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Walker discusses security issues with Obama By Beth Pickhard The Daily Cardinal
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Protestors against the privatization of food services at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery disrupted the grand opening ceremony Thursday.
Protestors interrupt WID grand opening By Taryn McCormack The Daily Cardinal
Union members protesting the hire of privately employed food service workers interrupted the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery’s grand opening ceremony Wednesday. Alex Hanna, co-president of the Teaching Assistants Association, was among those leading the protest. Hanna said he felt an appearance at the grand opening of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery was necessary because of the privatization of the food services. “We see this as the first step and we see it as a continuing process,” he said. “We are standing up for all the food service workers on
campus.” Member of the Student Labor Action Coalition also participated in the protest. “The SLAC has developed a really good relationship with the Local 171,” SLAC member Daniel Cox said at an earlier protest. “As students, how our university treats its campus workers truly matters to us.” The protestors continued to chant and interrupt throughout the opening ceremony until they were escorted out by police officers. Police were then stationed at each set of doors on University Avenue. The Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery’s mission is to create
opportunities for scientists and the public to interact. Chancellor Biddy Martin said she was excited about the completion of the Wisconsin Institutes of Discovery. “This facility is an extraordinary and spectacular facility, not only because of the beauty of the facility itself, but because of the interdisciplinary science and all of the outreach, education and humanistic and social scientific work that will occur in this facility,” Martin said. Gov. Jim Doyle also spoke at the ceremony. “I believe when I look at wid page 3
Governor-elect Scott Walker met with President Barack Obama and his cabinet to discuss security issues in Washington, D.C. Thursday. Walker was accompanied by other newly elected governors from around the country. Walker sent a letter to Obama prior to the meeting to expose two issues, high speed rail and healthcare. In the letter, Walker said he spoke with the U.S. Department Secretary Ray LaHood soon after he was elected about his opposition to the proposed high speed rail line in Wisconsin. “It is my hope that there is a way to use these or other funds to fix the crumbling roads and bridges in Wisconsin that are a part of the
federal interstate system – instead of using $810 million on a proposed high speed rail line,” Walker said in the statement. In the letter, Walker also urged the Obama administration to “allow Wisconsin to take a free-market, consumer driven system approach under the healthcare exchange provisions of the federal act.” He said Wisconsin needs “maximum flexibility at the state level” to carry out his plan. Walker said U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sibelius was in support of his proposed healthcare model when he shared it with her last week. Walker also met with Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan Thursday to discuss housing issues.
Costs for Obama’s visit to Madison 2009 Police
2010
$117,000 — — Firefighters $2,446 overtime regular
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$92,513 $88,000
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Source: Madison.com
Madison resident, 22, goes missing
SJOBERG
A 22-year-old Carleton College graduate and recent Madison resident has gone missing over the past week. J o s e p h Sjoberg, originally from Seattle, Wash., has been
living in Madison since July, according to his older brother Patrick Sjoberg. “He recently moved to Madison to work for Epic in July,” Sjoberg’s brother said. Epic Systems is a Madison-based company that makes software for hospitals and other medical groups. missing page 3
Pulitzer prize winner, UW-Madison alum tells of Iraq War’s unintended effects By Kayla Johnson The Daily Cardinal
Two-time Pulitzer Prize Winner and Daily Cardinal alumnus Anthony Shadid spoke about his experiences reporting in the Iraqi town Thuluyah at the Pyle Center Thursday. His talk stressed how the town exemplifies the unintended consequences of the war in Iraq. Shadid, who graduated from UW-Madison with a degree in journalism and political science in 1990, is a foreign correspondent for The New York Times in Baghdad and Beirut. From 20032009, he worked as a staff writer for The Washington Post in the Middle East. In 2003, American troops invaded Thuluyah, raided 24 homes, arrested 400 people and killed three people.
Town members blamed a local named Sabah for acting as an informant to the U.S. and causing the strike, Shadid said. Tribal leaders ordered Sabah’s family to kill him or else they would kill the entire family. Sabah was shot dead by his father and brother. Shadid said when people hear this story, they often blame the death on the brutality of the country. However, Shadid said he thinks that perception fails to examine the unpredicted results of the U.S. invasion. “Sabah’s death to me was less a story of brutality and more a tale of the repercussions of a country turned upside down,” Shadid said. “I thought it was a metaphor for the devastation of these unintended consequences.” “In one narrative the United States
came as a liberator, almost immediately became an occupier, but most importantly served as a catalyst for consequences most of us never foresaw,” Shadid said. Shadid said stories like the raid’s affect on Thuluyah are essential to convey the effects of war. “The raid itself was the footnote to a war and its aftermath that has dragged on more than seven years,” Shadid said. “But I think the best journalism is sometimes about footnotes—when we write small to say something big.” Shadid said contrary to popular perception, the war in Iraq is far from over and the repercussions will be long-lasting. Many UW-Madison commushadid page 3
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Two-time Pulitzer Prize Winner and UW-Madison alumnus Anthony Shadid shared stories from reporting in the Iraqi town of Thuluya.
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”