Dear Editor: Two articles in the Jan. 4-10 Cap Times were noteworthy because of the similar topic of their omissions. The first, ?A brighter year ahead,? looked back on UW-Madison?s past year but made no mention of the university?s successful lobbying of lawmakers to exempt its staff from Wisconsin?s crimes against animals statutes. The second article, a retrospective look at the retiring UW-Madison library director?s tenure, made no mention of the library?s role in or silence about the 2005 shredding of a cataloged 628-piece collection of 15 years of video records from the UW Primate Center, after it refused to provide a copy of one record that was requested as part of a public records request.
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