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UW-Madison students rally for Ferguson By Andrew Bahl and Negassi Tesfamichael THE DAILY CARDINAL
Protesters rallied in Madison and around the state Tuesday demanding reforms to the Dane County’s criminal justice system following a grand jury’s decision not to indict the officer who shot 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri in August. Madison Police Department Chief Michael Koval estimated the crowd in Madison at approximately 250 participants. He addressed the events in Ferguson at a press conference Tuesday. “Respect for all lives, underrepresentation in government processes [amongst minorities] and education are primary areas
that must be addressed across the nation to prevent another Ferguson happening anywhere else,” Koval said. Also at the press conference, Floyd Rose, president of 100 Black Men of Madison, a group devoted to improving the quality of life for African-Americans and other minorities, criticized what he views as institutional failures. “We need to take a very serious look at policy over procedures,” Rose said. “We often look at the situation in Ferguson as someone who didn’t behave properly, but if you look at the underpinnings, in many cases Ferguson was a debtors’ prison. It was a situation where democracy was not in place.” Protesters took to Capitol
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Approximately 250 students and Madison residents protested outside the Dane County Jail Tuesday after the Nov. 25 grand jury decision not to indict the officer who shot Michael Brown. Square carrying signs and chanting “hands up, don’t shoot” and “black lives matter,” the two refrains of protests in Ferguson and other protests nationwide. While peaceful and orderly,
there was no lack of frustration amongst the participants regarding what they perceive to be an unjust criminal justice system. “There are stereotypes in every police department, and they con-
tribute to the problem,” said Nada Elmikashfi, a UW-Madison freshman who attended the protests. Though the protest took place
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STUDENT PROFILE
Student musician strives to be ‘voice for the voiceless’ By Thomas Yonash THE DAILY CARDINAL
Juggling class, homework, a job and a social life can be difficult for most students, but for Jack Ringhand, the issue becomes more complex as he attempts to balance his studies with performing music. Ringhand, a second-year nursing student from Onalaska, grew up singing constantly and added the guitar during his high school years. His interest in guitar also led him to explore other types of music, which greatly diversified once he arrived in Madison, especially in the folk rock and bluegrass genres. “[Madison] facilitates innovation and invention … a hotbed of ideas and growth,” Ringhand said. “As I hear more, I can identify what genres I like more.” He released his debut EP
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“A Place I’ve Never Been” in January and is working on his second EP, expected to be released over the winter. The new EP will feature multiple instruments and voices from other student-musicians in Madison, a trend he hopes will continue. In addition to satisfying his craving for writing and performing, Ringhand said he hopes his music becomes a “voice for the voiceless” and addresses the social, political and cultural injustices he finds important. “‘That one lyric and that one song got me,’ and that’s really the whole point for me; the songs that I write speak to people,” Ringhand said. He said the opportunity to perform for mostly new audi-
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University committee begins search for new chief diversity officer Members of the campus community are invited to submit nominations to permanently fill the vice provost for diversity/chief diversity officer position. The role of the vice provost and CDO is to work with campus departments to “create and maintain robust pathways for
diverse and underrepresented populations” and to help establish an inclusive campus climate for students, according to a Nov. 25 university statement. This vice provost provides guidance to the chancellor, provost and other UW leaders on diversity matters.
They will also have the responsibility to oversee the implementation of the university’s recent Diversity Framework. A search and screen committee comprised of students, faculty and administration has been formed to accept nominations nationwide and make recommendations on a
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new vice provost. Brian Yandell, a professor in the Department of Statistics, will serve as the chair. Patrick Sims, a theatre and drama professor, has been serving as interim vice provost since Damon Williams vacated the position in August 2013. The deadline to submit nomi-
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nations is Jan. 19 and the university said in the release the new vice provost will assume responsibility April 1. All nominations and applications should be sent to the search and screen committee at vp-diversity-search@provost.wisc.edu. —Emily Gerber
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