The Daily Cardinal Alumni Association

Forsmo Family Announces UW/Cardinal Art Scholarship

 On Saturday, March 12, James Forsmo, Daily Cardinal graphics editor in Fall 1981 and 1984, passed away.

The DCAA is working with his widow, Sharon Ely Forsmo, also a Cardinal alumna, and the UW Foundation to create a benefit in his name.

The James J. Forsmo Art Scholarship would be a one-year scholarship for art students at the UW, with preference for those working at the Daily Cardinal. The UW Foundation will manage the fund and the amount and number of scholarships will depend upon the amount raised. The minimum that would need to be raised is $10,000 to endow a $1,000 annual scholarship (a matching fund scholarship with the Wisconsin Alumni Association).

The fundraising is starting with the sale of a poster that Jim designed. This poster can be purchased through the DCAA on this site. Of the cost, $25 will go to the scholarship and the rest toward shipping and handling.

Sharon will be holding a live silent art auction in Phoenix at First Studio on April 9. The DCAA hopes to follow this with an online art auction on eBay the following week through the end of the month. More information on the art auction will be forthcoming.

Any Cardinal alumni artists or photographers interested in donating work should contact us at +1 877 THE DCAA (843 3222) or dcaa@dailycardinal.net for more information.

 

Cardinal Alumnus, NBC News Veteran Edwin Newman Dies at 91

Edwin Newman was a 1940 graduate of the University of Wisconsin and was inducted into the Cardinal Hall of Fame in 1999.

His obituary, from CNN:

Newman, 91, served in many capacities for NBC, as an anchor, a news reporter, a commentator, a moderator and a host.

He was particularly well-known for his writings, including those about language. They include "Strictly Speaking: Will America Be the Death of English?" and "A Civil Tongue."

“For decades America got its news from NBC’s Edwin Newman. He was one of our nation’s preeminent journalists, an authoritative figure on grammar and the English language, a true professional and always the gentleman," President of NBC News Steve Capus said in a statement. "He brought dignity and great perspective to an endless array of historic news events. He set a standard for decades to come, at NBC News and throughout this profession. Edwin will be missed as a journalist, and as a respected member of the NBC News family.”

The DCAA extends its condolences to his family and friends.

Alumnus Fred Schepartz gets novel published

Well, it's kind of old news, but I just joined the DCAA, so I guess it's new news. Earlier this year, my novel "Vampire Cabbie" was published by Literary Road, a small press based in Seattle.

Acclaim for New Daily Cardinal Biography

Doug Moe, columnist for The Capital Times in Madison, recently talked with Allison Hantschel about her new book, It Doesn't End with Us: The Story of The Daily Cardinal. The book also features a foreword by Richard Schickel, Time magazine film critic and fellow Cardinal alumnus.

Of the book, Moe writes: "[It] made me jealous for my own student newspaper days."

Read Moe's complete review and the full interview here:"Story of Daily Cardinal relights fire for news biz"

It Doesn't End with Us is available from Amazon... but, if you act now and renew your membership with the DCAA at the director level of $100, we will ship you a copy signed by Allison for your library for free!

Your donation will go towards supporting DCAA programs that sustain the Cardinal and the students who work at it today.

Use the donation form on the right to make your contribution and we'll contact you to arrange for delivery of your copy. Of, if you prefer, send an email to cross (at) dailycardinal.net to make your donation over the phone.

Don't miss this chance to experience the Cardinal's history, as told by your fellow alumni. It Doesn't End with Us is a great opportunity to reconnect with your own student newspaper days.

DCAA Scholarship Founder Marilyn Shuman Dies

From her memorial in the Chicago Sun-Times:

Born in Spring Grove, Minn., Ms. Shuman was class valedictorian at Frederic High School in northern Wisconsin and graduated in journalism with honors from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she was managing editor of the Daily Cardinal. After graduation, she took a job with the Easter Seal Society in Elyria, Ohio, and moved with the organization when it relocated to Chicago. She later worked as associate editor for Success Unlimited and as editor of the Great Books Foundation's monthly publication Gadfly until her first child, Kristin, was born in 1955.

Working as a free-lance writer while rearing her three children in Arlington Heights, Ms. Shuman produced numerous travel and other articles for the Daily News, writing under both the names Marilyn Shuman and Marilyn Johnson. She wrote a Daily News travel column largely about trailer camping called the Pampered Camper in the 1960s and '70s and in the '70s also wrote an advice column called "Ask Marilyn."

During that time, Ms. Shuman also was public relations director for UNICEF's Chicago office and served on the organization's board. She returned to school in her 50s, earning a master's degree in media and communications from Roosevelt, and in the 1980s, she was public relations officer for the Arlington Heights Memorial Library. As a volunteer she helped on Democratic campaigns, including George McGovern's presidential run in 1972, and with meals for the homeless.

"My mother was a model for me and others, demonstrating that women could rear their children, work using their talents for the benefit of others and volunteer," Chicago-based civil rights lawyer Betsy Shuman-Moore, Ms. Shuman's daughter, said in an e-mail.

Shuman was inducted into the Daily Cardinal Hall of Fame in 2000 along with many of her fellow staffers from the World War II years. Shuman served as military editor at the Cardinal and was promoted to managing editor in 1943. She and a number of other women provided invaluable service to the Cardinal in keeping the paper going; many other student newspapers suspended publication during the war years.

In 2002, Shuman organized an effort to provide scholarships to Cardinal editors who served more than one term at a desk or position in an effort to keep experienced staffers in place. The Winner's Circle Scholarship has since awarded more than $3,000 to deserving Cardinal editors. For her efforts Shuman was named the DCAA's 2003 Alumna of the Year.

The DCAA would like to extend its condolences to her family. Her work on behalf of the Cardinal was extraordinarily valuable, and she will be very much missed.

Cardinal's Braver Profiled

CBS's Rita Braver talks to the network's Public Eye:

A few years ago, a huge crowed gathered as I was doing the on-camera section of a story in a very dangerous neighborhood in Port au Prince, Haiti. Suddenly, I saw a man approach our cameraman Mario DeCarvalho. The two seemed to be arguing, but I was too far away to hear what they were saying. The next thing I knew, Mario was shrugging his shoulders, popping the cassette out of his camera, and giving the tape to the local man, who seemed to be objecting to our presence in his neighborhood. Worried that the man was taking not only my stand-up (which was easily replaceable) but also all of the tape we'd shot earlier in a clinic for impoverished children, I started following him, begging him to return our property. Suddenly I heard Mario call out: "Rita, could you please come over here right now." I immediately turned and walked back to Mario ... who said: "I gave him the tape because he pulled a gun on me ... now we have to leave very quickly." Mario, our producer, soundman and I all jumped into our vans. The crowds tried to block our car ... but our experienced Haitian drivers were able to get us out of the neighborhood. The good news is that Mario had changed tapes just before shooting the stand-up and our morning's work was safe.

Cardinal Alum, DCAA Award Winner Norton Publishes Book

J.R. Norton's new book, Saving General Washington, is available on Amazon:

An edgy work of political journalism that debunks conservative contentions tying the right-wing political agenda to the visionary ideas of America's founders, while reclaiming the progressive legacy of the Founding Fathers.

Modern Republicans have made a smart bet. They're wagering that Americans have gotten so far from their own history that a timely grab could put a "Founding Fathers" stamp of approval on the party that brought us policies as fundamentally un-American as the PATRIOT Act, as well as the war in Iraq.

But the more you learn about the Founding Fathers, the more broad and powerful parallels emerge between their practical--and revolutionary-political ideas and the modern progressive movement. The Founders loved reason and strenuous debate, not the quashing of dissent. They believed in checks and balances, and certainly not an imperial presidency. There were no "deferments" from the Colonial army. There were no "Schooner Ship Vets" to bail them out by making George Washington look like a deceptive medal hound.

With wryness and a touch of understated outrage, J. R. Norton reintroduces a generation (or two) to their Founders, men who were more dangerous and exciting than Che Guevara, Joe Strummer, and 50 Cent combined. We had toughies killed in politically motivated gunfights (Hamilton) and presidents who were also frontline heroes of war (Washington). Nowadays, the politicians who claim fraternity with these men are pampered oil heirs appointed to the presidency by the Supreme Court, leaders who spend "working weekends" on their ranches in the midst of a war-not to mention a massive natural disaster. We have draft-dodgers in the House and adulterers in the Senate and most want to alter the Constitution to take rights away from their own citizens (via the Federal Marriage Amendment). Saving General Washington sets our current political leaders in stark relief against the men who designed this "last best hope of earth," showing us just how far we've departed from the brilliant ideas and core values America was built on--and inspiring us to take up the mantle of the Founders again.

A former editor in chief of the Cardinal and past Middle East Editor of the Christian Science Monitor, Norton was the 2004 winner of the DCAA's William Wesley Young award.

Cardinal Alumnus Milewski Covers Badger Frozen Four

Former Daily Cardinal sports editor Todd Milewski, writing in The Capital Times:

MILWAUKEE - The shifts were seismic, providing boosts at critical times.

Twice Thursday night, the University of Wisconsin was in a precarious situation in a high-pressure environment. Twice, the Badgers responded with a momentum-changing goal to ignite their team and an already charged Bradley Center audience.

The reward? "We get to play in the last game," Badgers winger Ross Carlson said.

It was Carlson who figured into both of those turning-point plays, scoring a second-period shorthanded goal to break a tie and helping set up a Maine momentum-stuffing score in the third to produce a 5-2 victory over the Black Bears in front of 17,691 in the national semifinals.

Wisconsin's Robbie Earl (10) and Joe Pavelski (8) celebrate Adam Burish's goal in the first period of the NCAA Frozen Four semifinal in Milwaukee. Joining the celebration at far left is Josh Engel (6).

Now, there's just one more victory between Wisconsin and a sixth national championship after a series of pivotal moments that gave the Badgers a title-game matchup Saturday against Boston College.

Lisa Marie Trafton 1985-2005

Lisa was a copy editor at the Cardinal during the last school year. Full details and funeral information can be found here.

Winston O. Olson, 1960s typesetter, passes away

Winston O. Olson, who worked in the Cardinal backshop during the 1960s, passed away March 29, 2005. He was 74 years old.