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Take parking lots and put up a paradise
By Anna Duffin the daily cardinal
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Participants in the fifth annual (Park)ing Day created miniature public parks out of parking spaces Friday. Artists in the [Park it!] project made their own parks in eight stalls on Atwood Avenue.
OK Go named Freakfest headliner OK Go will headline Madison’s Freakfest celebration this year on Oct. 30. OK Go earned YouTube fame in 2006 for their Grammy-winning music video “Here It Goes Again,” which featured an intricately choreographed dance on treadmills and has racked up millions of views. The rock band previously performed in Madison at the Badger Blowout Concert during the costfree All-Campus Party in April of 2009. Prior headliners at Freakfest include Third Eye Blind, OAR and Lifehouse. Frank Productions, who organized the entertainment for Freakfest, is set to announce more musical acts Sept. 27. Brigid Hogan, director of the Wisconsin Union Directorate Music Committee, said the Freakfest organizers have continually booked bands that have been a crowd pleaser for Madison students and visitors. “It’s bound to be another successful night at Freakfest,” Hogan said. OK Go’s third album Of the Blue Colour of the Sky was released earlier this year.
Monday, September 20, 2010
UW-Madison College Democrats encouraged political participation from students, in light of the upcoming November election, during their kickoff meeting Sunday. The meeting featured speeches from Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., Milwaukee mayor and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett and a video message from U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis. Evan Giesemann, chair of UW-Madison College Democrats, said the organization plans to draw attention to the election and promote overall political involvement from the student electorate. Giesemann said College Democrats will be showing debates and sending out pledge cards to students to get them excited about the election. “We’re going to be doing a lot on campus talking to students directly,” he said. Each of the candidates said students are valuable in the approaching election and that College Democrats could help encourage their peers to vote in November. Senator Feingold recognized the students of Madison as his “backbone” in previous elections, and said he hopes they will play a key role in his re-election.
Baldwin said student political involvement is important to her because, when she was first elected congresswoman in 1998, students were active in getting her into office. “You need to know your own power to influence change,” she said.
“We’re going to be doing a lot on campus talking to students directly.” Evan Giesemann chair UW-Madison College Democrats
Barrett touched on the economy in his speech, saying he has been productive as mayor of Milwaukee by creating employment opportunities. He said he understands student apprehension about their ability to obtain jobs after graduating. “I am concerned, just as many of you are, about our economy and jobs and what’s going to happen when you finish school— what jobs are going to be there for you,” he said. Both the speeches delivered by Baldwin and Barrett as well as the video submitted by Feingold maintained a positive outlook on the results of November’s midterm election for Democrats.
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OK Go will follow in the footsteps of Third Eye Blind and OAR as they are set to headline at this year’s Freakfest on October 30.
Senate race gets nasty as Feingold and Johnson clash over attack ads, debates By Ariel Shapiro the daily cardinal
With a primary victory behind him and a growing lead in the polls, Oshkosh businessman Ron Johnson is posing an increasing threat to three term U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., sparking one of the most contentious senatorial races in the country. The two candidates have
sparred not just over policy, but everything from each other’s campaign ads to the debate schedule. Johnson, who won the Republican Senatorial nomination easily over Watertown businessman Dave Westlake and Milwaukee plumber Stephen Finn, recently released an ad titled “18 Years,” which accuses Feingold not only of being a
“career politician,” but also of never having a job outside of the political world. According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, the Feingold campaign requested Johnson drop the ad, as Feingold had worked as lawyer before entering politics, Feingold published an inflamsenate page 3
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett encouraged students to engage in politics at the Campus Democrats kickoff.
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”