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Federal judge orders improved voter education, more training after voter ID controversy

By Ningyuan Ma | Oct. 13, 2016

With Election Day weeks away, a federal judge ordered Thursday that the state must provide more information to help every legal voter navigate the complex process of acquiring state-issued voter ID. U.S. District Judge James Peterson issued the ruling to provide a "targeted remedy" to problems with a program designed by Wisconsin Department of Transportation to help people without identification documents obtain IDs promptly.

CAMPUS NEWS

Social justice organizer inspires students with activism experience

By Kelly Ward | Oct. 13, 2016

Community organizer and activist Bree Newsome discussed “Tearing Hate From the Sky” Wednesday evening as part of the Multicultural Student Center’s social justice speaker series. Newsome is an intersectional social justice activist who is most well-known for scaling the flagpole at the South Carolina State House and removing the Confederate flag in 2015.

CAMPUS NEWS

Panel urges student of color to engage through activism, voting

By Mason Muerhoff | Oct. 13, 2016

In an election cycle marked by racial tensions and controversial voter ID laws, a community panel at the Black and Brown Vote Discussion Wednesday night emphasized to students the importance of voting in November as well as engaging in non-traditional methods of civic action. The panel—composed of journalism professor Mike Wagner, history professor Cindy I-Fen Cheng, Associated Students of Madison Vice Chair Mariam Coker, student activist Jessica Franco-Morales, co-founder of Young Gifted and Black Coalition Matthew Braunginn and alumna of the PEOPLE program Jessenia Gomez—urged those in attendance to vote and organize through non-traditional methods to enact change on campus and in the community.

STATE NEWS

Clinton’s lead rises to seven points in new Marquette Poll

By Sam Schulz | Oct. 12, 2016

The latest Marquette University Law School poll released Wednesday shows Hillary Clinton’s lead over Donald Trump has grown to seven points. Among likely Wisconsin voters, 44 percent support Clinton while 37 percent Trump, with Libertarian Gary Johnson supported by three percent and the Green Party’s Jill Stein at three percent.

Mitchell could face felony charges related to assaulting an officer. 
STATE NEWS

State building commission green lights Witte Hall renovation

By Andrew Bahl | Oct. 12, 2016

Fifty-two-year-old Witte Residence Hall will receive a $47 million renovation, after approval Wednesday from the State Building Commission. The project, slated to begin in the spring, will add an 11th floor to one of the towers, build bridges connecting the two buildings and bring new lounge space and air conditioning.

CAMPUS NEWS

Reports of hate and bias more than triple on campus

By Sammy Gibbons | Oct. 12, 2016

The number of hate and bias incidents reported on campus has increased from 18 in Fall 2015 to 66, according to the Bias Response Team’s Spring 2016 Bias Incident Report. Dean of Students Lori Berquam and Chair of the Bias Response Team Joshua Moon Johnson discussed the details found in the report in a conference call on the day of its release Wednesday.

POLCO, a startup that “improves civic engagement by connecting the members of the community with their local representatives on active policy proposals,” was this year’s Pressure Chamber winner, a competition in which a number of companies pitch their ideas in front of out-of-state investors, business executives and a live audience.
CITY NEWS

Madison startups showcase their ideas in Silicon Valley

By Chad Faust | Oct. 12, 2016

Five emerging Madison startups met with prominent venture capital firms in Silicon Valley this week in an exclusive delegation led by The Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce. “Our economic momentum is real, and it is important that we continue to tell the Greater Madison’s story as a world-class place to build and invest,” said Chamber President Zach Brandon in a release.

CAMPUS NEWS

Panelists toy around with idea of playing in adulthood

By Sammy Gibbons | Oct. 12, 2016

Audience members jumped across hopscotch squares to their theater seats, which held containers in the cupholders filled with small animal figurines and bouncy balls to entertain themselves during an interactive panel discussion, “Playing with Play.” Four panelists discussed the importance of playing, and how it is not just for children, at the Fredric March Play Circle Theater in Memorial Union Tuesday.

State Sen. Luther Olsen, R-Ripon, and Waupaca Mayor Brian Smith are fighting to represent the 14th Senate District.
STATE NEWS

Moderates Olsen, Smith square off in 14th Senate District

By Andrew Bahl | Oct. 12, 2016

Each week, The Daily Cardinal will be taking a look at down-ballot races throughout the state. This week we travel to central Wisconsin, where incumbent Republican Luther Olsen and Democrat Brian Smith are running to represent the 14th state Senate District. In a sleepy corner of the Fox River Valley, two self-professed moderates are battling in a race which has major implications for Democratic hopes of taking back the state Senate. State Sen.

The LGBT Campus Center encouraged attendees to express their sexuality among friends at their National Coming Out Day social event.
CAMPUS NEWS

LGBT Campus Center celebrates National Coming Out Day

By Jalynn Valliere | Oct. 11, 2016

The LGBT Campus Center staff and UW-Madison students gathered at the Red Gym to celebrate the 28th anniversary of National Coming Out Day Tuesday. The National Coming Out Day Open House was a social event where attendees could enjoy refreshments and "come out" of a purple door. The open house was a chance for UW-Madison students in the LGBT community to celebrate coming out about their sexuality.

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