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Monday, April 14, 2008
Wis. measles outbreak worries health officials By Jennifer Evans THE DAILY CARDINAL
State health officials and UWMadison clinicians are urging the public to become properly vaccinated against measles after four cases of the disease were confirmed in the Milwaukee area last week. A 37-year-old man and three children under two years old with no history of immunizations are the only known cases of measles in the state, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services. “Measles is one of the scariest, most contagious diseases known to man,” James Conway, UWMadison associate professor of pediatrics said. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, symptoms of measles include fever, rash and pinkeye, and, in severe cases, pneumonia, brain damage and death. Because measles can be trans-
ferred through the air and those infected might shrug off the eight to 10 days of cold-like symptoms before realizing they have the disease, the number of cases could increase, Conway said. While no vaccine is perfect, Conway said the measles vaccine is 99 percent effective. Stephanie Marquis, spokesperson for the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, said the Wisconsin health department is working with local health officials to try to contain the disease. “Our recommendation at this time is for those who have not been vaccinated to do so,” Marquis said. MMR, the vaccine used to protect against measles, comes in a combination with the vaccines for mumps and rubella. To receive full protection from the vaccine, doctors recommend measles page 3
Measles in Milwaukee Current outbreak • Four cases of measles were reported. • All of the infected lacked immunizations.
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Immunization • Vaccines are 99 percent effective • The MMR vaccine is available at University Health Services for $42. To make an appointment to recieve the measles vaccine, call 1-608-265-5600.
State cigarette tax short of earlier projections by millions THE DAILY CARDINAL
The January cigarette tax increase is not generating as much revenue as expected, according to state officials Friday, though supporters said it is forcing people to quit smoking. Documents from the state Department of Revenue show the March 2008 collections were over $40 million, up from $22 million last year. The tax raised cigarette prices to $1.77 per pack from $0.77 per pack. However, collections would have to be around 11 percent higher for each remaining month in the fiscal year to reach the amount projected in the state budget, said Rob
Sea of red invades set of Jeopardy! championship By Staci Taustine
Disease Information • Symptoms are flu-like and include fever, rash and pinkeye. Appear in eight to 10 days. • Can be spread by close contact or through the air.
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The ninth Jeopardy! 2008 College Championship taped at UW-Madison’s Kohl Center Friday and Saturday. The two-week series will air at the beginning of May.
Reinhardt, a program supervisor at the state Legislative Fiscal Bureau. Reinhardt said it was too early to estimate if the tax would continue to not earn as much as expected, as only a few months’ worth of data are available, but collections do need to increase. He said the cigarette tax was meant to generate $449 million in the budget. Maureen Busalacchi, executive director of SmokeFree Wisconsin, said the tax is working because more people are not smoking. She said 20,000 people called the state hotline intended to help people quit in only a few months. Busalacchi said the cigarette cigarette page 3
UW-Madison’s Kohl Center was transformed into an elaborate game show set this weekend, as Jeopardy! America’s Favorite Quiz Show taped the 2008 College Championship. Fifteen college students, including UW-Madison senior Suchita Shah and Marquette University’s Danielle Zsenak, competed for the top prize of $100,000. To honor its host university, the show’s set inside the Kohl Center depicted a backdrop of campus landmarks. UW-Madison is the ninth college campus to host the tournament. The audience included many UW-Madison students dressed in red apparel, cheered loudly throughout the taping and held up hand-made signs to support their favorite contestants. “This is great, it’s a lot of fun,” Mayor Dave Cieslewicz said. “I’ve been watching the show since I was a little kid.” Cieslewicz reminded audience members that Gov. Jim Doyle officially declared April 11 “Jeopardy! Day” in the jeopardy page 3
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Library event emphasizes solutions to illegal file sharing By Stephanie Dar THE DAILY CARDINAL
UW-Madison Libraries held a forum Saturday at Memorial Union about peer-to-peer file sharing, fair use and the difficulty of deciphering copyright laws. Nelson Pavlosky, co-founder of the national Students for Free Culture, shared his personal experiences working with creativity and copyrights. Pavlosky said the creative process repeats itself over time. After witnessing something inspirational, individuals create their own works. Future generations then reference these works and continue to create, based off of
the work of others before them. “We do not create out of thin air,” Pavlosky said. “Rather what we have is a creative cycle.”
“We do not create out of thin air. Rather what we have is a creative cycle.” Nelson Pavlosky co-founder Students for Free Culture
During his undergraduate career, Pavlosky sued Diebold, a company that manufactures
electronic voting machines, for falsely claiming that he was infringing on their company’s copyrights. Prior to the lawsuit, Pavlosky posted on his website internal memos that leaked from Diebold stating they had knowledge of problems with their equipment. Pavlosky won his case, and used this experience to discuss the concept of fair use. “Fair use is a use which you can make of a copyrighted work, even if you do not have the permission of the copyright holder,” he said. file sharing page 3
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”