THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER SINCE 1969 MONDAY, MAY 2, 2011
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VOLUME XLII, ISSUE 136
BIN LADEN KILLED BY TROOPS IN PAKISTAN Terrorist responsible for worst attack in U.S. history dies after raid by forces near Islamabad Julie Pace and Matt Apuzzo Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Osama bin Laden, the glowering mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that murdered thousands of Americans, was killed in an operation led by the United States, President Barack Obama said Sunday. “Justice has been done,” said the president in a dramatic late-night announcement at the White House. A small team of Americans killed bin Laden in a firefight Associated Press Sunday at a compound Osama bin Laden, one of the most pursued and reviled enemies in modern in Pakistan, the president American history, died Sunday nearly 10 years after the September 11 attacks. said, and took custody
of his remains. American officials said they were being handled in accordance with Islamic tradition. A jubilant crowd gathered outside the White House as word spread of bin Laden’s death after a global manhunt that lasted nearly a decade. Former President George W. Bush, who was in office on the day of the attacks, issued a written statement hailing bin Laden’s death as a momentous achievement. “The fight against terror goes on, but tonight America has sent an unmistakable message: No matter how long it takes, justice will be done,” he said. Obama said he ordered the operation after receiving undisclosed intelligence information.
Senior administration officials said the terrorist mastermind was found inside a custom-built compound with two security gates. They said it appeared to have been constructed to harbor one highvalue target and that for undisclosed reasons, officials became clear the hideout was bin Laden’s. Officials also said they believe the death puts alQaida on a path of decline that will be difficult to reverse, but there was no word on the whereabouts of bin Laden’s secondin-command, Ayman alZawahri. The stunning end to the world’s most widelywatched manhunt came just months before the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Centers and Pentagon, orchestrated
by bin Laden’s al-Qaida organization, that killed more than 3,000 people. The attacks a decade ago seemed to come out of nowhere, even though al-Qaida had previously damaged American targets overseas. The terrorists hijacked planes, flew one of them into one of Manhattan’s Twin Towers — and, moments later, into the other one. Both buildings collapsed, trapping thousands inside and claiming the lives of firefighters and others who had rushed to help them. A third plane slammed into the Pentagon, defacing the symbol of America’s military night. A fourth crashed in
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Partygoers crowded the streets with beers in their hands for this year’s Mifflin Street Block Party, but one UW student is in the hospital after being stabbed six times at a house party on Mifflin’s 500 block. City officials have spoken out about their disappointment with this year’s event and a variety of violent incidents on Saturday afternoon.
'hammered out of their skulls' Alexa Sunby City Reporter This year ’s Mifflin Street Block Party ended on an unsettling note as the crowds swelled to record numbers, bottles and cases of beer flooded the street and police said two partygoers were stabbed. While the stabbings were unrelated and occurred about two hours apart, both victims were sent to a local hospital. The first stabbing occurred around 5:12 p.m. on the 500 block of Mifflin. A 21-year-old University of Wisconsin student was hospitalized with multiple lifethreatening stab wounds, according to a Madison Police report. His name had not been released Sunday. At the time of the stabbing, three men were observed fleeing the scene, and police believed one of them to be the suspect. The 22-year-old suspect listed a Green Bay address and was later arrested along with the two accomplices who police found a block away with bloodstained clothing, said Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4. “The extremely serious stabbing really cast a giant cloud over this year ’s event,” Verveer said. Verveer said police told him late Saturday that the victim would fully recover from his injuries. Another drunk
partygoer was taken to the hospital after being stabbed in the buttocks on the 400-block of Mifflin Street, MPD Lieutenant Dave McCaw said. The victim told officers he was stabbed and police are still investigating, as there were no witnesses at the scene. As of 9 p.m. Saturday, police made 160 arrests, the report said. Despite the rough ending to the event, the day appeared to start off well. The sky was clear, the sun streamed in and out and the thunderstorms students were dreadfully expecting failed to make an appearance. Partiers older than 21 were allowed to carry open intoxicants in the street for the first time since the 1990s, as the event found a new sponsor with Majestic Theaters, which cosponsored with Capitol Neighborhood, Inc. Students carried cases of beer down the street while others took pulls from plastic bottles of vodka. “This is the easy portion of [Mifflin],” McCaw said around 11:30 a.m. At the beginning of the day, McCaw said MPD’s biggest concern was overcrowded balconies. But as time continued and the alcohol flow increased, the arrests grew and police officers suffered more injuries than in recent years. Verveer said three
officers were taken to the hospital and later released. One officer received a black eye after being punched in the face when trying to stop a student carrying a bottle. The MPD report said two other officers were injured while trying to apprehend a partygoer. One suffered bruised ribs and the other, a leg injury. Verveer said overall he expects city officials to try to make major changes to the event, including potentially shutting it down. “In no way can I see the city supportive of alcohol in the streets again at this event,” Verveer said. “It obviously did not work. It’s an experiment that failed.” By early afternoon, Verveer said the event was the most crowded he had ever seen after attending block parties for many years, most likely because of the cooperative weather. At that point, navigating the streets became a challenge for attendees, as stumbling students were packed shoulder-to-shoulder throughout Mifflin Street. By mid-afternoon, McCaw said people appeared to be “hammered out of their skulls” after police broke up four house parties. He said officers had
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Martin faces tough crowd at 2nd forum Chancellor defends New Badger Partnership against charges of racial disparity, raised tuition, lobbying Katherine Krueger Campus Editor Students gathered in the hallway outside Chancellor Biddy Martin’s office in Bascom Hall Friday to urge the University of Wisconsin’s chief executive to plot an alternate course for the school’s future. For more than an hour, Chancellor Biddy Martin fielded questions and criticism from students concerning her stance on Zhao Lim The Badger Herald the controversial New Chancellor Biddy Martin responds to accusations of raising tuition and racial Badger Partnership and disparity at a Friday afternoon students’ forum on the New Badger Partnership. said the university would
not go to the high tuition, high financial aid model of private institutions. Martin said the public authority model would promote tuition at the median level of UW’s peers with high needbased aid availability, a position she has promoted for nearly three years. She also said should the status quo continue, tuition will go up as the same rate as other UW System institutions, and the university will not be able to hold students from low income households harmless from these
increases. Martin maintained while the current political climate in the state may not be ideal and she considers it short-sighted not to invest in higher education, it is important to seize the opportunity for autonomy presented by the current proposal. “It’s as if you think this not going through means things will get better,” she said. “Tuition would increase as much as under the new model but we would have the necessary tools.” Associated Students of
Madison representative Leland Pan asked Martin why the Board of Regents would not support the proposal if it would actually strengthen UW’s relationship with other schools. Pan also charged the public authority model would cause the homogenization of the student body and would promote a lack of diversity as a result of tuition spikes. “All students I know
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