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Freakfest organizers highlight student partners
Man robbed at gunpoint inside home
By Melissa Howison the daily cardinal
City officials said there will be no major procedural changes to Freakfest policing this year, and Frank Productions thanked students for their unprecedented role in organizing this year’s annual State Street Halloween bash at a press conference Wednesday. The biggest change to Freakfest for 2013 is the addition of a WSUM-sponsored stage, to be located at the corner of Frances and State Streets, which will feature five regional bands; all unsigned, “emerging acts,” booked by University of Wisconsin-Madison students, according to Frank Productions promoter Tag Evers. Those artists will include The Living Statues, The Sharrows, Boy Blue, Vic and Gab, and Gabe Burdulis. Evers said Frank Productions is pleased with the “major student involvement” this year. Going into the seventh annual Freakfest, Evers said “it seems like every year it gets better and better and 2013 is no different.” The University Bookstore is selling tickets at the same rate as last year, according to Evers, who also said he expects a similar turnout this year as last, when approximately 33,000 people attended Freakfest. Madison Police Department Central District Captain Carl Gloede said he anticipates Freakfest to be “more normal” this year because there are no competing downtown events, such as the Badger home foot-
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University officials and senior class officers partnered to move the class of 2014 commencement ceremony from the Kohl Center to Camp Randall at 12 p.m. May 17.
Camp Randall to host 2014 commencement By Melissa Howison the daily cardinal
Members of University of Wisconsin-Madison’s class of 2014 will celebrate their undergraduate experiences differently than their predecessors, in one joint ceremony held at Camp Randall Stadium, university officials announced Wednesday morning. According to a press release, a partnership between Chancellor Rebecca Blank and this year’s senior class officers brought about the modifications to the commencement ceremony. In previous years, graduates bid farewell to their undergraduate academics in one of four ceremonies determined by their respective school or college of
study, held in the Kohl Center over the course of one weekend. However, at 12 p.m. May 17, roughly 6,000 graduating students and approximately 40,000 friends and families will fill Camp Randall for an allencompassing ceremony to cut down on the amount of time the events took in the Kohl Center, according to the release. “Sitting alongside your entire graduating class will be a really powerful experience,” Senior Class President Joe Meeker said in the release. “Regardless of your major, school or college, commencement is an opportunity to think about the time we’ve shared with all our fellow Badgers.” Associated Students of Madison Chair David Gardner
said in a press release Wednesday the Camp Randall ceremony will be held in addition to independent commencement services the smaller schools and colleges will perform. UW-Madison senior Stacy Severson said the decision means she will not attend the commencement at Camp Randall, especially considering there will be a separate ceremony for her program as well. “I think it’s kind of a waste of time and money to have one giant one when you’re going to have to go to one for your own school anyways,” she said. “This is money that could be used toward other programs,
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Police are still investigating a residential armed robbery that occurred on the 500 block of West Mifflin Street early Wednesday morning, according to a police report. Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain said in the report at approximately 2:27 a.m., a man was robbed at gunpoint of various electronics inside a residence. The report does not specify whether the victim was at his own place of residence or not. Police describe the victim as a black male, approximately 5 feet 7 inches tall, wearing a red T-shirt and blue jeans. According to the report, police are still searching for the suspect.
Man robs woman at gunpoint on North Mills Street A man allegedly robbed a college-aged woman at gunpoint on the 100 block of Mills Street at approximately 9:43 p.m. Tuesday, according to Madison police. The male suspect approached the woman from behind and demanded her belongings, according to Madison Police Department Lt. Marianne Flynn Statz in a police report. He fled from the scene after threatening the victim with a handgun and stealing her iPhone and backpack, the report said. The victim was not injured in the robbery. The suspect is described as a 5-foot-9-inch tall black male between 20-25 years old, wearing a gray sweatshirt with a orange shirt underneath and jeans, according to the report. A police dog attempted to track the suspect, but was unable to locate him, the report said.
Student leaders discuss internal budget, green fund By Emily Gerber The Daily Cardinal
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Coordinating Council approves a “green fund” in ASM’s budget draft.
The Associated Students of Madison Coordinating Council finalized a draft of its 2015 internal budget Wednesday. The budget is funded by student segregated fees and pays for costs such as grants to registered student organizations and salaries for ASM chairs and staff. Discussion of the internal budget was held in preparation for presentation to Student Council next week.
The main topic of debate was the proposed addition of the “green fund.” The fund, which was introduced by the Sustainability Committee, would make a portion of student segregated fees available to students as grants to start environmental initiatives on campus. The projected budget has $80,000 allotted for the fund. Student Council representative Maria Giannopoulos opposed the budget addition, saying the amount would be too
high for a brand new project. “How much can students really handle when we’re already paying for sustainability through our tuition?” Giannopoulos asked. “I do think that the green fund is a good idea but we also have to be mindful that this is student money.” ASM Sustainability Committee Chair Will Mulhern, who originally presented the idea of the “green fund,” defend-
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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.”