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SMELLING ROSES ONCE MORE
I N D I A NA P O L I S —A victory in the first-ever Big Ten Championship game was always going to leave a sweet taste. But after the No. 15 Badgers (7-2 Big Ten, 11-2 overall) defeated No. 13 Michigan State (7-2, 10-3) 42-39 on Saturday night, that sweet taste was even sweeter after the events that transpired when the teams last faced off in East Lansing. For most of the night, there was an aura of déjà vu. After storming out to a 21-7 first quarter lead, Wisconsin faltered in the second quarter, with the Spartans embarking on a 22-0 run that gave them a 29-21 lead heading into the halftime break. MSU dominated offensively in the first half, picking up 317 yards of total offense and converting four of six third downs, all while not having to punt.
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Who can beat Walker? UW professor: No clear frontrunner in race to oust governor By Rachel Hahn The Daily Cardinal
Even though UW-Madison political science professor Barry Burden said the field is “wide open” for a Democratic contender to face Gov. Scott Walker in a recall election, he asserts that no potential candidate stands out. Despite popular opinion from supporters, former Sen. Russ Feingold has reiterated that he will not run should the recall bid prove successful. “Because [Feingold] is not
there and [Milwaukee Mayor] Tom Barrett is not making obvious signals about what he’s going to do, there are a lot of Democrats toying with the idea [of running],” Burden said. Several potential challengers, including state Sens. Jon Erpenbach, D-Middleton, Tim Cullen, D-Janesville, former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk and others, have expressed interest in running, but none have officially announced their candidacies. Cullen, who Burden said is “known for working with politicians on both sides of the aisle,” told the Janesville Gazette Friday he hopes to be the Democratic candidate if there is a recall election based on his credentials. Another potential candidate,
Erpenbach, has positives and negatives according to Burden, who described him as a “hero” to Democrats and union leaders, skilled with the media, but too partisan and lacking name recognition outside of Madison. But all potential challengers seem to lack the necessary characteristics to pull ahead as a frontrunner. “None of them feel like the strongest possible candidate. Many of them don’t have statewide recognition,” Burden said. “They don’t have the range of experiences they would like them to have, beyond the legislature say, in seeking the governor’s office.” United Wisconsin announced
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Members of the Student Labor Action Coalition protested Nov. 21 against adidas’ alleged workers’ rights abuses.
Officials recommend adidas investigation By Taylor Harvey The Daily Cardinal
A university committee recommended Friday UW-Madison put top apparel manufacturer adidas on notice after an allegation of workers’ rights abuses in Indonesia. The Labor Licensing Policy Committee, made up of student representatives, faculty and administrators, voted university
officials propose a 90-day deadline for adidas to make $3.2 million in legally mandated severance payments owed to displaced factory workers in Indonesia. Indonesian factory PT Kizone, contracted by Nike and UW partner adidas, closed in January, leaving 2,800 workers jobless. Legally, the companies still owe
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Madison teachers marched on Capitol Square Nov. 19 at a rally to support the recall of Gov. Scott Walker. Currently, no Democrats have officially announced their candidacies.
UW-Madison could have office in Shanghai as early as June By Alex DiTullio The Daily Cardinal
UW-Madison could have an office in Shanghai by June, according to university officials who recently visited China to explore the possibility of bolstering ties
between the university and the Asian country. Gilles Bousquet, dean of the division of international studies and vice provost for globalization, said the office would be an important “physical presence in one of the
world’s most emerging countries,” adding it would help UW-Madison increase relations with Chinese institutions and Wisconsin-based companies doing business in China.
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Former Badger football lineman Jake Wood, the co-founder and president of a nonprofit organization that deploys military veterans to aid in disaster relief internationally, will be this year’s mid-year commencement speaker at the ceremonies taking place on Dec. 18 at the Kohl Center. Wood’s organization, Team Rubicon, aims to give military veterans a “continued feeling of self worth” by allowing them to apply their skills to disaster response. According to Team Rubicon’s website, 92 percent of the 2.2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans say continued community ser-
vice is important to them, and 44 percent of veterans report feeling they no longer serve a purpose. Created in January 2010, the organization has impacted thousands of people across the globe. Wood served four years in the U.S. Marine Corps, fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. He now speaks around the country about issues veterans face upon returning home. This year, Wood received GQ Magazine’s “Better Men, Better World” award as well as the Big Ten Conference “Live Big” award for his work with Team Rubicon.
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”