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Volume 98, Number 19
Thursday, October 31, 2013
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Students discuss LGBTQ issues
28 arrested at Freakfest during 2013 Halloween By Claudia Brokish
claudia.brokish@marquette.edu
Photo by Natalie Wickman/natalie.wickman@marquette.edu
Ryan Pawlowski (standing) addressed concerns relating to his experience in Marquette’s LGBTQ community as president of the GSA.
Townhall considers discrimination, legal rights, terminology By Natalie Wickman
natalie.wickman@marquette.edu
As a part of LGBTQ history month, the Center of Intercultural
Engagement held an LGBTQ Townhall meeting Wednesday, intended to foster awareness of the LGBTQ community and its presence on Marquette’s campus. An estimated 25 students discussed misconceptions about media stereotypes of LGBTQ individuals. They identified a lack of sexual identity communication as the root of most LGBTQ issues. Alexandria Taylor, a graduate
student in the College of Education and graduate assistant in the Center of Intercultural Engagement, facilitated the meeting. “The point of the Townhall series is to enhance learning, have students walk away thinking and get them to interact with someone that they may not interact (with) on a normal basis,” Taylor said. The students said they also gained a better understanding of
stigmatized or commonly misunderstood terms such as sex, gender and metrosexual. Ryan Pawlowski, a sophomore in the college of Business and president of the Gender & Sexuality Alliance, said he thinks Marquette’s transsexual community is too often overlooked. “I think the trans community is See Townhall, Page 4
Palermo’s faces new labor law challenges Allegation could delay union vote, prompt federal investigation By Jason Kurtyka
jason.kurtyka@marquette.edu
Palermo’s Pizza, Marquette’s main pizza vendor, faces new allegations from employees, this time accusing the management of disrupting union organization efforts. The labor dispute comes six months after the National Labor Relations Board ruled Palermo’s did not violate labor laws when it fired 75 workers
as part of an immigration audit in April. The NLRB, though, found Palermo’s unlawfully fired nine workers for engaging in or supporting unionizations. In a recent settlement, seven workers received back pay and four of the seven were re-hired. Voces de la Frontera, the organizational arm of Palermo’s employees, filed the new allegations with the NLRB Thursday, the group announced in a news release. “Since or around Oct. 18, the employer has interfered with, restrained, and coerced employees in the exercise of rights guaranteed by the (National Labor Relations Act), and retaliated and discriminated employees for exercising rights guaranteed
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Now, the group has filed yet another claim with the National Labor Relation Board, and it clearly is an attempt to stifle our workers.”
Freakfest, an annual Halloween celebration that takes place a block off of the University of WisconsinMadison campus, presents significant safety concerns. Police arrested 28 people at Freakfest, which takes place on Madison’s State Street. Most faced underage drinking or disorderly conduct citations and were later released. High arrest rates are a yearly trend for the event. Freakfest collected a total 36 arrests last year during the two weekend celebrations, according to Madison police reports. Some Marquette students also joined the Madison festivities. Lisa Bonvissuto, a sophomore in the Arts & Sciences, attended the event with a few friends last weekend along with thousands of other students. “There were a lot of people there, but the police kept an eye on things,” Bonvissuto said. “The police did pull some people aside and talk to them to keep things calm.” Madison police patrol the area, standing at each entrance to the festivities to make sure no one without a ticket enters and to look out for inappropriate behavior. This year’s event featured such memorable costumes as a condom and a male Miley Cyrus wearing her infamous teddy bear leotard. Overall, Freakfest draws about 35,000 attendees from both on and off campus. Julie Griep, a sophomore in the College of Engineering, joined Bonvissuto at the event. She said they stayed with friends who attend Madison and made sure to be safe while off campus. “(Freakfest) is definitely worth it,” Griep said. “It’s really fun, there are tons of cool costumes, five different band stands, a street fair and so many brightly colored people.” Making sure to stay in touch with Madison friends who knew their way around and to keep See Freakfest, Page 4
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Killian
Former athlete’s next court date scheduled for Dec. 9. PAGE 3
Disparity in education is the biggest problem we face today. PAGE 8
Golson’s second chance at Notre Dame part of disturbing trend. PAGE 11