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Students could avoid citations using Twitter By Abby Becker The Daily Cardinal
University of WisconsinMadison students may be able to avoid citations and underage drinking tickets due to a new initiative by a Madison Police Department group’s Twitter account that informs followers about upcoming bar raids and house parties police plan to bust around campus. The MPD Central District Community Policing Team launched a Twitter account Sept. 13, just in time for the
first nighttime Badger football game. In addition to tweeting about upcoming bar and house party raids, police also tweet safety tips, according to Sgt. Tony Fiore. Fiore said the new initiative is an “overdue tool” aimed at keeping students safe and preventing them from getting into trouble with the law. “We can really reach a valuable part of our community that in all honesty we’ve probably been missing,” Fiore said. A community policing team
is a group comprised of one police sergeant and five officers who are assigned to each of the five police districts in Madison, according to Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4. Verveer said the central district’s CPT is focused on addressing house parties and bars violating their liquor license, which includes serving to minors and extremely inebriated patrons. He added the cops that students
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Committee encourages students to voice support for city cab plan By Cheyenne Langkamp The Daily Cardinal
Student leaders are encouraging University of WisconsinMadison students to attend Tuesday’s Madison city Council meeting to support legislation allowing late night taxicab use on State Street, which they say would increase campus safety. The city’s Transit and Parking Commission drafted new legislation in a meeting last Thursday that would allow cabs to drive the city’s most energetic street between the hours of 7 p.m. and 4
a.m. looking for hailing patrons. City ordinance currently allows taxicabs to pick up and drop off riders on State Street who called for their service, but restricts them from intentionally driving on the street looking for individuals flagging down cabs. Associated Students of Madison Legislative Affairs Chair Dan Statter asked students in a meeting Monday to show campus support for the legislation at the city Council meeting Tuesday when the city will vote on the legislation.
Statter said allowing taxicabs to service State Street will increase students’ safety, which is an important issue for his committee. “It comes down to campus safety,” Statter said. “We want to ensure students that if they’re out having fun, whether it involves alcohol or not, they are able to choose safe options to get home.” However, Mayor Paul Soglin said he opposes the proposal because taxis would create danger by increasing State Street
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U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., has raised more than $7 million in her campaign for a seat in the U.S. Senate.
Poll shows Obama, Baldwin hold narrow lead in Wis. New poll results released Monday show close races for the presidential and U.S. Senate campaigns in Wisconsin, with Democrats holding a slight lead over Republicans. Public Policy Polling conducted a poll of Wisconsin residents for Democracy for America, which has endorsed U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., that showed 49 percent of voters currently plan to support President Barack Obama in the Nov. 6 election, one point more than the 48 percent who plan to support Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. The poll also showed Baldwin leading Republican former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson in the race for the U.S. Senate seat that retiring senator Herb Kohl, D-Wis., will leave open. Baldwin received 48 percent of support in the poll compared to Thompson’s 45. In its mid-August poll, PPP had shown Thompson leading Baldwin by five points. David Canon, a University of
Wisconsin-Madison political science professor, said more voters recognized Thompson’s name early in the race because of his former position as governor of Wisconsin. Baldwin’s campaign strategy includes introducing herself to voters through ads, according to Canon. To fund that campaign, Baldwin has raised over $7 million, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Thompson has raised just under $2.5 million. Roughly three-fourths of Baldwin’s campaign contributions come from out of state, according to the CRD. Thompson’s campaign contributions are almost equally split between in- and outof-state donations. Canon said the amount of out-of-state contributions is “substantial.” “To have outside money coming in during a tight race like this can really be a huge boost for the campaigns,” he said. —Meghan Chua
Court charges three UW students suspected in attack of Montee Ball
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Battle of the minds
Students gather at the Sett in Union South Monday to battle it out for team trivia supremacy. Question topics at the weekly event ranged from the arts to popular culture. + Photo by Lesia Witkowsky
A local court formally charged three University of WisconsinMadison students Monday for an attack against Badgers running back Montee Ball Aug. 1. The three students are charged with substantial battery and are scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing Oct. 2 at 10 a.m., according to the Dane County District Attorney’s office. UW-Madison seniors Wendell J. Venerable and Deonte J. Wilson and junior Robert A. Wilks allegedly attacked Ball at approximately 2 a.m. Aug. 1 as he was walking
on the 500 block of University Avenue with friends, according to Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain. Although three men are charged, witnesses said five men “jumped” and beat Ball, according to police. During the investigation, police discovered a fight allegedly took place at a house party July 27 that included Badger football players and other UW-Madison students. Police have evidence to believe Ball was present at the July 27 incident, but was not involved.
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