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Man identified in drowning incident in Lake Mendota
By The Daily Cardinal | Apr. 8, 2012Authorities reported a 56-year-old man drowned in Lake Mendota in the early-morning hours of April 1.
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University asks city to demolish two West Johnson Street buildings
By The Daily Cardinal | Apr. 8, 2012UW-Madison officials have requested permission from the city of Madison to demolish two university-owned buildings on West Johnson Street to expand a parking lot on Clymer Place.
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Leland Pan wins fifth district seat for Dane County board
By Abby Becker | Apr. 3, 2012After months of campaigning, UW-Madison sophomore Leland Pan won the race for Dane County’s Board of Supervisors District 5 seat.
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Mitt Romney wins Wisconsin GOP presidential primary
By Adam Wollner | Apr. 3, 2012Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney took another step toward securing the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday, notching a key victory in Wisconsin’s primary.
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GOP primary is ‘pause’ from recalls
By Jack Casey and John Price | Mar. 29, 2012As former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum looks to make up ground against former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney during Wisconsin’s open Republican primary April 3, Wisconsin voters are preoccupied with Wisconsin’s own political turmoil.
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Supreme Court may hear voter ID appeal
By Jacob Riederer | Mar. 29, 2012The recently suspended voter ID law may be reinstated if the Wisconsin Supreme Court decides to hear a challenge to the ruling and determines the law is constitutional.
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Students urge ASM to take stand against hate crimes
By Mackenzie Chaffee | Mar. 29, 2012Students urged UW-Madison student government leaders Wednesday to act against hate crimes at the university, saying campus is not a safe place for racial minority students.
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APRIL FOOLS': ASM chair changed by time in jail
By Derek Vinyard | Mar. 29, 2012Colleagues of Associated Students of Madison Chair Allie Gardner have noticed changes to the student government leader recently, saying they are seeing a more aggressive and combative attitude after her brief stint in a Washington, D.C. jail.
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APRIL FOOLS': Ward prepares for week of ‘booze, biddies and beaches’
By Matt Fox and Haley Henschel | Mar. 29, 2012Chancellor David Ward left Madison Wednesday morning, several days earlier than expected, for his annual spring break trip to Panama City Beach, Florida.
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APRIL FOOLS': Soglin just wants to relax
By Yams McYummy | Mar. 29, 2012Madison Mayor Paul Soglin announced Wednesday he would be canceling the traditional Mifflin party on West Mifflin St. this year to be replaced with “a quiet no-stress day” where he could “Mifflin all he wanted inside.”
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APRIL FOOLS': Veteran legislator has seen it all before
By Maida N. Woulf | Mar. 29, 2012Commentators nationwide have dubbed Wisconsin’s past political season “historic,” “chaotic,” “momentous,” “groundbreaking” and more. One Wisconsin legislator disagrees.
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City will not allow food vendors at Mifflin due to safety concerns
By Jeffrey More | Mar. 29, 2012City officials decided Wednesday food vendors will not be allowed at the 2012 Mifflin Street Block Party.
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Ron Paul will now speak at Terrace
By The Daily Cardinal and Jon Spike | Mar. 29, 2012Presidential hopeful Ron Paul will now be holding his on-campus town hall meeting at the Memorial Union Terrace Thursday, instead of at the Stock Pavilion.
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House fellow leads activities promoting alcohol-free week
By Alex DiTullio | Mar. 29, 2012As UW-Madison students awoke with pounding heads the morning after St. Patrick’s Day, one house fellow began a floor-wide initiative to encourage students to find alternative activities to drinking.
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Absentee voting available until Friday
By The Daily Cardinal | Mar. 29, 2012Students, faculty, and staff leaving for spring break who wish to vote in the April 3 presidential primary election can still cast an absentee ballot with the Madison City Clerk’s office.
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Whitehead’s research in Guyana shaped life: Professor found that violence is universal
By Molly Reppen and Samy Moskol | Mar. 28, 2012Neil Whitehead, professor and chair of the Anthropology Department, died Thursday, March 22 after an illness. He was 56 years old. This story is a product of the last interviews he had with the Daily Cardinal, Jan. 31 and Feb. 7, 2012.
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Student protest reflects national, state outcry over recent shootings
By Ben Siegel | Mar. 28, 2012While a larger tide of public outcry focuses on the killing of African-American teen Trayvon Martin in Florida, a “Speak-Out” on Library Mall Tuesday focused on the less-publicized killing of Bo Morrison in Wisconsin and the state law that protects his killer.
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Fraternity member, multicultural student leader look to end racist incidents on Langdon Street
By Alex DiTullio and Jon Spike | Mar. 28, 2012In 1988, UW-Madison’s Zeta Beta Tau fraternity was accused of sponsoring a slave auction party that included members of the fraternity wearing blackface and Afro wigs. The incident sparked a small, but passionate, student-led protest on ZBT’s property, at which eight students were eventually arrested.
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Police, residents talk Mifflin safety
By David Jones | Mar. 28, 2012After sterns words on its direction from Madison’s police chief earlier this week, the Mifflin Street Block Party was discussed at a meeting of local leaders, police and student government representatives Tuesday.
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Human resources redesign team seeks student input through campus forums
By Anna Duffin | Mar. 28, 2012University officials are seeking input from throughout the UW-Madison community on the university’s Human Resource redesign, design team members said at a forum Tuesday.
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