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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
UW student dies in Smith Hall Monday Dean of Students confirms male student suffered cardiac arrest By Abby Becker and Sam Cusick The Daily Cardinal
A University of WisconsinMadison student died from cardiac arrest in Smith Residence Hall early Monday evening, according to Dean of Students Lori Berquam. U W-Mad i s o n Po l i c e Department Lt. Mark Silbernagel said the death is considered “an open investigation” and more details, including the student’s name, will be released after further investigation. Berquam said the university is saddened by the male student’s death and sends its sympathies to all who are affected. “Our hearts go out to the student’s family, friends and people who lived in the resi-
dence hall with him,” Berquam said. “And I hope that we as a community come together to support all [who] were impacted by this.” Berquam also said the death of a student is especially tragic and difficult to accept because at such a young age the student is never able to reach his or her full potential. “When there is a tragedy like this, it’s a person that we don’t know what amazing things he could have done, we don’t know what kind of leader he would have been, or what impact he would have had on the world, so we’re going to grieve that,” Berquam said. Residents on the student’s floor in Smith Residence Hall were notified of the death Monday evening in a meeting with residence life officials and counselors. Grief counselors will also be available at Smith Hall Tuesday for residents, but any student may speak with additional grief counselors at University Health Services, according to Berquam.
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Hurricane Sandy has caused flooding and affected power lines in Northeastern states.
Hurricane Sandy causes concern among East Coast UW students Over the next two weeks, Julia Boms has to take two midterms and the Graduate Record Examination. But what distracts the University of WisconsinMadison Senior from studying is not the average internet browsing or chatting, but Hurricane Sandy, a tropical storm headed toward her family at home on Long Island, New York. Students at UW-Madison, many of whom come from the East Coast, are worried about Sandy, which hit land along the coast of southern New Jersey around 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time Monday, according to the National Hurricane Center.
In Boms’ hometown, flooding from Hurricane Sandy shut down the train station, as well as power and phone lines. Boms said it is hard to deal with being away from home and hearing about the storm, the severity of which became apparent when her mom said the area WalMart was sold out of essential items such as pasta. “I know I’m a lot safer here, but I do want to be with my family in case, God forbid, anything happens,” she said. Tropical Storm Sandy has also caused shutdowns of schools and mass transit in cities such as New York.
UW-Madison Junior Kris Doerfler said his brother visited him over the weekend, but is unable to return home to a town on the outskirts of Queens until Wednesday due to the weather conditions. Doerfler said his family is more concerned with monetary damages from basement flooding than of a threat to their lives. One of his friends had to support a tree in his backyard with two giant metal rods to keep it from falling on the house. “I’m not too worried in terms of life danger,” Doerfler said. “Only property danger.” —Meghan Chua
Obama, Romney cancel Wisconsin stops due to hurricane Both President Barack Obama and his opponent Gov. Mitt Romney cancelled their visits to Wisconsin this week due to Hurricane Sandy wrecking havoc in the Northeast, according to releases from both candidates’ campaigns. For Romney and Obama, campaigning in Wisconsin this week would have been one last push to attract voters in the bat-
tleground state. Obama canceled his Tuesday campaign visit in Green Bay to remain in the Oval Office to monitor Hurricane Sandy, which broke ground on the East Coast Monday evening, according to an Obama campaign release. “I am not worried at this point about the impact on the election,” Obama said in footage from a press conference Monday. He said
he is worried about the impact on families, first responders, economy and transportation. Romney also canceled his campaign visit to the Milwaukee area Monday evening due to the storm, but his running mate, Paul Ryan, still intends to return to his home in Janesville Wednesday to continue cam-
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Study finds Baldwin, Thompson ads most negative in US By Sarah Olson The Daily Cardinal
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Police cars arrive at Smith Hall to respond to the death of a UW-Madison student who suffered cardiac arrest Monday.
In recent weeks leading up to the election, the U.S. Senate race between U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and former Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson has proven
to be one of the most negative senate races in the country, according to an organization that tracks campaign ads. Data from Kantar Media CMAG found 99 percent of television ads that aired over a 30-day period ending Oct. 26
were negative, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The race between Thompson and Baldwin is even more negative than the presidential race. In the first
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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.”