THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER SINCE 1969 Volume XLIV, Issue 107
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
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3 killed, dozens injured in Boston UW students near grisly scene reflect on mass confusion after two explosions Sarah Eucalano City Hall Editor Two explosions at the Boston Marathon finish line killed at least three people and injured more than 140 on Monday, sparking concerns of a terrorist attack on United States soil, according to the Associated Press. Of the nearly 23,000 athletes from around the world who ran in the Boston Marathon on Monday, 45 of the athletes who were registered listed their current location as Madison, Wis. Many of the runners who participated in the race are students, faculty and staff at the University of Wisconsin. Erin Opgenorth, a UW undergraduate student studying dietetics, was a few blocks away from the finish line when the explosions detonated and was unharmed by the blasts. She said she had fi nished the marathon and was in a designated family meeting area waiting for her husband when she heard and felt each of the two explosions. “At first I didn’t realize
what had happened,” she said. “I didn’t see any reaction from anyone around me, but then I heard sirens and police cars came by, and I figured something more serious had happened.” Opgenorth said she had originally planned to do some sightseeing downtown during her visit, but instead began driving back to Wisconsin Monday night. Brian Lee, a UW senior studying mechanical engineering, was also a block away from the fi nish line when the explosions occurred. He said he finished the race and was inside of a building where runners could receive massages when police officers arrived and told everyone to evacuate the area. “[The police officer] didn’t say what it was…I just got my things to meet my friend,” Lee said. After he finished the marathon at approximately 1:30 p.m. EST, Lee said and was on the corner of Stuart Street and Berkeley Street, about a half mile away from the explosion that detonated at 3:00 p.m. EST. Lee said his friend, who was in Boston, called him soon after and told him about the explosions and said he needed to leave the area. Lee said
Associated Press
In his address to the country, President Barack Obama ensured citizens that whoever is responsible for the Boston Marathon bombings will “feel the full weight of justice.” he and his friend had difficulty leaving the downtown because public transportation was shut down, but they eventually took a taxi out of the area. He said he is taking a plane home Tuesday evening. In an email to The Badger Herald, local running store Berkeley Running Company said all
of its customers who were at the Boston Marathon are safe. President Barack Obama said in his address to the nation that he did not yet have the answers for why the explosions occurred or who is responsible for them. In a statement, he reminded people not to jump to conclusions, but emphasized whoever is
responsible for causing the explosions would be found and “will feel the full weight of justice.” “I’ve...made it clear that [Boston has] every single federal resource necessary to care for the victims and counsel the families,” Obama said. “And above all, I made clear...that all Americans stand with the people of Boston.”
Gov. Scott Walker said in a statement his heart goes out to the victims of the bombings in Boston. In the statement, he said Wisconsin’s two intelligence fusion centers, the Wisconsin Statewide Information Center and the Southeastern Wisconsin Threat Analysis
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Report questions campus abroad Critics say university values at odds with Kazakhstan government in partnership Bryan Kristensen Herald Contribuor
TJ Pyzyk The Badger Herald
In her visit to campus Monday, Jane Goodall described her inspiration for the path she has chosen as “Tarzan, “and said it was her dream to live among apes and people in Africa.
Jane Goodall urges hope in talk Advocate for world peace visits Madison to share life path, passion for environment Muge Niu Higher Education Editor Jane Goodall shared her reasons for hope in a world of environmental crisis and reflected on her journey from being a scientist to an environmental protection advocate with more than
2,000 people at an Earth Day conference Monday. Goodall dreamed of living among apes in African jungles as a little girl fascinated by “Tarzan of the Apes.” She later lived out her childhood dream and became known for her groundbreaking chimpanzee
research in Tanzania that challenged the long-standing beliefs of contemporary scientists. Despite being Goodall’s inspiration, Tarzan was nonetheless a great disappointment, Goodall said. “What did he do?” Goodall
said. “He married the wrong Jane!” Although she had the life she dreamed of, living in the wild studying the most amazing animal, Goodall did not stop there. After attending a session
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The University of Wisconsin’s partnership with Kazakhstan to establish a humanities and social science program in the country has drawn criticism the project contradicts the core values of the “Wisconsin Idea” by partnering with a country ruled by a dictatorial regime. U.S. historian Allen Ruff and investigative journalist Steve Horn recently published an in-depth analysis of UW’s partnership with Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan, referring to it as an example of the problem of institutions rushing to establish themselves as “global universities.” According to a statement from the Division of International Studies, UW entered into a partnership with NU to help develop a college of humanities and social sciences modeled after the campus. The University hailed the partnership as an opportunity to spread the “Wisconsin Idea” globally. “It would be a fitting
extension of the ‘Wisconsin Idea’ for universities all over the world to dedicate themselves to doing work beyond the classroom that addresses the needs and concerns of their regions,” Bill Graf, coordinator of the Wisconsin Idea Project, said. The project was created with the help of UW
“We have conditions for our involvement... which includes academic freedom.” Cynthia Williams
Division of International Studies
leaders including Cynthia Williams, director of external relations in the Division of International Studies, and Gilles Bousquet, who was then the dean of the Division of International Studies and director of the International Institute, according to their website.
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Bill to allow local school districts to exceed budgets for safety Noah Goetzel State Politics Editor Lawmakers reintroduced a bill this month that would allow school districts to exceed revenue limits in order to afford additional security measures. Rep. Amy Sue Vruwink, D–Milladore, a co-sponsor of the bill, said 28 senators and representatives
support the initiative to implement greater degrees of safety into state public schools if the district school board so chooses. She said the proposed legislation would allow schools to exceed revenue caps by $100 per student or a total of $40,000, whichever is greater. “Especially with what happened [in
Newtown, Conn.], if there’s something we can be doing to protect our students, we should be doing whatever we can to do that,” Vruwink said. “A lot of parents and educators have asked for it.” Potential increased safety measures that could be introduced in schools could include more security officers,
surveillance cameras and any other equipment or safety measures local school districts deem necessary to ensuring safe learning, Vruwink said. A pair of bipartisan lawmakers passed a similar measure into law in the 2009 biennial budget, but Gov. Scott Walker repealed it in 2011. Andrew Reschovsky, a professor in the University
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of Wisconsin La Follette School of Public Affairs, said allowing schools to spend more on security spending may open up allpurpose funds previously used to provide such security measures. “If they spend the money on security, that effectively frees up money to spend all over the deck, like reading, arithmetic and things schools are
supposed to do,” he said. Reschovsky, an expert on school finance, said the governor’s proposed budget prevents increases in revenue limits, general aid or property taxes in the next two years. Thus, he said any increase in aid this bill permits would have to be offset by a rise in property taxes.
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