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Thursday, February 16, 2012
TIBET PROTESTS REACH IOWA In the midst of widespread revolt against Chinese rule in Tibet, UW-Madison’s students joined hundreds of demonstrators from Madison, Minnesota and Chicago to protest the visit of the Chinese vice president in Iowa Wednesday. This is the last of a three-part series exploring the issue. Story by Alex DiTullio and Scott Girard
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UW faces $46 million cut 38 percent of state cuts falls on system By Sarah Olson The Daily Cardinal
The Joint Finance Committee allocated $123 million in state budget cuts for the coming year along party lines Wednesday, $46 million of which will come from the UW System. The cuts were approved last year in the state budget plan, but Wednesday’s meeting specified where the money would be cut. UW System’s $46 million in cuts accounts for 38 percent of the total. In the 2007-’09 budget cycle, the UW System shouldered 9.9 percent of the state’s $540 million lapse. In the 2009-’11 cycle, upon facing a $509 million lapse, the UW System’s share of the cuts was 8.7 percent.
Sen. Bob Jauch, D-Poplar, argued at Wednesday’s meeting the 38 percent share of the cuts the UW System would suffer under this plan is disproportionate compared to cuts to other government expenditures. “The University of Wisconsin is no longer a priority for the Republican Party,” Jauch said. “And instead of the Wisconsin Idea, its becoming the Walker nightmare.” Capitol Police removed four student demonstrators from the meeting after they entered the committee room holding signs in protest to the cuts to the UW System. “This was not my choice, but it is my problem,” said Damon Terrell, UW-Madison student and protester. “I have to fight to finish my education, not in terms of getting good grades, but getting into the classes I need to graduate. This is because of budget cuts and disproportional lapse
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Wednesday morning rally and afternoon march led to passionate tears on the faces of some of the ‘Free Tibet’ supporters from around the Midwest who traveled to Des Moines, Iowa, to protest visiting Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping. The approximately 500 protesters, inspired by the 24 people who set themselves on fire in the past two years to protest the Chinese government’s alleged human rights violations in Tibet, included UW-Madison students and other members of Madison’s Students for a Free Tibet. “This [Chinese] occupation [of
Tibet] is wrong, the self-immolations are wrong, [China’s] policies in general are wrong … and it should not be tolerated,” UW-Madison student Louis Martino said. Jinping traveled to Iowa following a visit with President Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress in Washington, D.C., on his way to California. Jinping chose to visit Iowa because Gov. Terry Branstad welcomed him to the state in 1985, two years into Branstad’s first term. The morning rally began at a World War II memorial a block
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Members of the Muslim-Jewish Volunteer Initiative met at Der Rathskeller Wednesday to share ideas for spring community service events.
Muslim and Jewish students connect over community service
President Obama visits Milwaukee factory
By Aarushi Agni
President Barack Obama visited a Master Lock factory in Milwaukee Wednesday where he spoke about bringing outsourced jobs back to America. Gov. Scott Walker was sick with the stomach flu and could not accompany the president on his tour of the factory as originally planned. He did, however, give the president a Milwaukee Brewers jersey with “Obama” printed on the back when he arrived at General Mitchell International Airport. The president mentioned Master Lock in his State of Union speech last month as an example of a U.S. company that has
The Muslim-Jewish Volunteer Initiative, a student organization founded last year that uses community service to bridge the gap between the two groups on campus, kicked off their semester with a meeting at Der Rathskeller Wednesday. Co-presidents Jeremy Levinger and Lamin Manneh explained at the meeting that they hope to create a safe space for connection between students of both religions, where each can learn about the other’s perspectives. “You always hear that Muslims
brought jobs back from oversees. “My message to business leaders is simple: Ask yourselves what you can do to bring jobs back to your country, and your country will do everything we can to help you succeed,” Obama said Wednesday. Walker said in a statement he appreciates the attention the president is giving to the Wisconsin-based company. “Wisconsin manufacturers are some of the best in the world and this helps us highlight that fact,” said Walker. Wednesday’s visit was the president’s first since January of last year.
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hate Jews, or that Jews hate Muslims. And this relationship has been defined by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,“ Manneh said. “We are trying to get beyond this— we want to form a relationship between these groups based on something other than conflict. Service can bring us together.” Islam and Judaism share a similar philosophy of charity, called tzedekah in Hebrew, or zadakat in Arabic. “It’s charity from the heart,” said Levinger. “You give because you really do care, not out of obligation or
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“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”