[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 5566]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           125TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DAILY CARDINAL NEWSPAPER

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                            HON. MARK POCAN

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, April 4, 2017

  Mr. POCAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 125th 
anniversary of The Daily Cardinal newspaper serving the University of 
Wisconsin-Madison Campus since its debut on April 4, 1892.
  This distinguished student newspaper has been a valued staple on the 
University of Wisconsin-campus since it was founded by two natives of 
Monroe Wisconsin, who originally distributed the newspaper on 
horseback. One of its founders, William Wesley Young, was the 
University of Wisconsin-Madison's first journalism graduate. In fact, 
the current home of UW-Madison's School of Journalism in Vilas Hall is 
built on the site of former Cardinal offices.
  Thousands of students used the Daily Cardinal to pursue investigative 
journalism, expose corruption and develop photographic and storytelling 
skills. Alumni of the paper have subsequently become not only leaders 
in journalism, but also in politics, business, law, and medicine. Some 
of these students have even subsequently gone on to win Pulitzer 
Prizes, Emmys, Peabody awards, and Nobel prizes.
  As one of the oldest college student newspapers in the United States, 
The Daily Cardinal has survived and thrived through decades of change 
at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Its editorial board has proudly 
been on the forefront of advocating for important issues and advancing 
progressive stances from women's suffrage to civil rights to marriage 
equality, while also fighting injustice and racism.
  Today, it is my honor to commend The Daily Cardinal staff, advisors, 
and distinguished alumni for all they have accomplished at this 
venerable student newspaper for the past 125 years.
  Mr. Speaker, it is with great honor that I recognize the 125th 
anniversary of The Daily Cardinal.

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