CITY NEWS
Passerby finds dead body near zoo
By The Daily Cardinal and Kevin Warnke | Sep. 26, 2012A pedestrian discovered a dead body near the west entrance of Henry Vilas Zoo around noon Tuesday.
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NEWS
Michelle Obama to speak in Appleton Friday
By The Daily Cardinal | Sep. 25, 2012First Lady Michelle Obama is scheduled to speak in Appleton at Lawrence University Friday, according to the Associated Press.
CAMPUS NEWS
HR redesign sparks campus conversation
By Cheyenne Langkamp | Sep. 25, 2012After over a year of planning, the University of Wisconsin-Madison human resources redesign plan has garnered praise and criticism alike from campus stakeholders since its release Friday.
CAMPUS NEWS
HR Plan further discussed among UW Academic Staff
By Cheyenne Langkamp | Sep. 25, 2012The Human Resources redesign team presented a condensed version of the new personnel plan to the Academic Staff Assembly Monday.
CAMPUS NEWS
UW System President appoints committee for UW-Madison Chancellor Search
By Meghan Chua | Sep. 25, 2012University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly appointed a committee Monday to represent the campus community in the search for the next University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor.
CITY NEWS
Surveillance cameras to aid downtown police officers
By Abby Becker and Tom Walsh | Sep. 25, 2012In response to the recent violence in downtown Madison, the city may install additional surveillance cameras throughout the campus area for police to more effectively catch criminals and monitor safety.
CAMPUS NEWS
Student Services Finance Committee approves eligibility for two student groups
By Cheyenne Langkamp | Sep. 25, 2012Two student organizations moved closer to receiving funding Monday when the Student Services Finance Committee voted in favor of allowing both groups student segregated fee funding eligibility.
CITY NEWS
Suspects attack Wando’s bouncer with broom, bottles
By The Daily Cardinal | Sep. 25, 2012Madison police arrested four suspects who attacked several Wando’s staff members early Sunday morning in a bar fight that a city official called “absolutely perverse” and included an assault with a broomstick.
CAMPUS NEWS
City officials seek student input to improve UW safety
By Sam Morgen | Sep. 25, 2012Following a recent increase in concern over campus safety, student leaders reached out to city officials who spoke to student government Monday about student-city collaboration.
CITY NEWS
Third annual “Brittany Run” to take place Friday
By Andrew Haffner and Jesse Pollans | Sep. 25, 2012In homage to the late University of Wisconsin-Madison student Brittany Zimmerman who was tragically murdered in 2008, Madison Area Crime Stoppers are hosting a third annual 5K run and walk Friday.
CAMPUS NEWS
UW alumnus wins two Emmy Awards
By The Daily Cardinal | Sep. 25, 2012University of Wisconsin-Madison alumnus Steve Levitan won his third-straight Emmy Award Sunday for Best Comedy Series for his work as an executive producer on “Modern Family.”
CITY NEWS
Taxi passengers rob woman downtown
By The Daily Cardinal | Sep. 25, 2012One woman’s multiple misjudgements led to the theft of her valuables in the early hours of Sept. 14 when she falsely believed the men she shared a taxi with to be moral citizens.
CITY NEWS
Court sentences man responsible for 2011 Mifflin Street Block Party stabbings to two and a half years in prison
By Whitney Newman and Abby Becker | Sep. 24, 2012A Dane County court sentenced a Green Bay man who stabbed a University of Wisconsin-Madison student several times at the 2011 Mifflin Street Block Party to 2.5 years in prison.
NEWS
CardCast: Kal Penn, PETA allegations and MP3 experiment
By Dani Golub | Sep. 24, 2012Daily Cardinal reporter Dani Golub covers recent hot topics around the UW-Madison campus, including a visit from actor Kal Penn, PETA allegations about the mistreatment of cats by UW researchers and a flashmob in Library Mall.
NEWS
UW students combat 'blood minerals' in technology
By Taylor Harvey and ??zge Sevindik | Sep. 24, 2012When former University of Wisconsin-Madison student Tosha Songolo visited her family in the Eastern Congo for a week in 2010, she entered a country “clearly torn apart” by the deadliest conflict the world has seen since World War II.
NEWS
Obama rallies supporters, asks for four more years in Milwaukee
By Andrew Haffner | Sep. 24, 2012President Barack Obama appeared before around 18,000 people at the Summerfest grounds in Milwaukee Saturday to drum up support and make the case that he deserves four more years in the Oval Office.
CITY NEWS
Police eject 91 students from Badger football game
By Abby Becker and JoEllen Amato | Sep. 24, 2012If the student section looked empty at Saturday’s game, it may not have been because of the early 11 a.m. kick-off time.
FOOTBALL
Madison voted top college football city
Sep. 24, 2012Badger fans have always claimed Madison is the best place for college football, but now it is official.
CITY NEWS
Program to reinforce ‘rules of the road’
By Tom Walsh and Leo Rudberg | Sep. 24, 2012While traveling to class each morning, students can expect a chaotic and stressful exchange between other pedestrians and cyclists, which Madison police say they hope to fix with a new community outreach program.
CAMPUS NEWS
Man breaks into Sellery dorm rooms
By Sarah Dobrofsky | Sep. 24, 2012University of Wisconsin-Madison freshman and Sellery resident Caitlin Wagner said she had always felt safe in her dorm room until she woke up one night to find a strange man dressed in black breaking open her door.
