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By Alexandria Zamecnik
By Andrew Marvitz
News  Editor
Staff  Writer
More  than  a  month  has  passed  since  Jordan  Gittens  was  attacked  for  being  gay,  on  the  900  block  of  W.  Main  St.  and  he  is  no  closer  to  getting  answers  than  he  was  the  night  of  the  incident. The  investigation  was  put  on  hold  by  the  City  of  Whitewater  Police  Department  after  no  one  came  forward  with  further  infor- mation. When  Gittens  received  the  letter  saying  they  could  not  in- vestigate  further  at  the  moment,  he  said  he  was  furious. “I  was  pissed  because  there  were  people  on  Yik  Yak  saying  they  were  going  to  report  it,â€?  Git- tens  said.  “They  never  did.  There  were  people  on  Yik  Yak  saying  they  knew  the  guys.  They  said  if  they  got  80  up  votes  they  would  report  it.â€? Yik  Yak  is  an  app  that  allows  students  to  post  whatever  they  want  to  say  anonymously.  Gittens  said  he  told  the  per- son  it  was  OK  if  they  reported  it,  but  they  never  came  forward. Jack  Bunting,  an  account  manager  for  Yik  Yak  said  in  cer- tain  instances  where  posts  reach  a  violent  nature,  Yik  Yak  works  with  local  law  enforcement  to  identify  the  location  of  a  user  and  help  with  all  investigations. “The  app  monitors  conversa- tions  and  posts,  and  any  nega- tive  or  harmful  behavior  will  re- sult  in  the  respective  user  being  blocked,  or  altogether  banned  from  future  use,â€?  Bunting  said. Gittens  said  he  had  no  idea  if  the  police  department  could  work  with  Yik  Yak  to  discover  more  in- formation  about  the  four  attack- ers  and  although  nothing  more  can  be  done  with  the  police,  more  awareness  needs  to  be  spread. “Educate  yourselves,â€?  Gittens  said.  “I  find  that  homophobia  comes  from  a  place  where  you  aren’t  educated  and  you  aren’t  exposed  to  differences  at  all.â€? Gittens  said  this  might  be  the  first  time  people  from  small Â
Enbridge  Energy  Company  is  aiming  to  upgrade  a  pipeline  that  runs  on  the  edge  of  Whitewater.   This  pipeline  spans  from  a  termi- nal  station  in  Superior,  Wiscon- sin,  to  one  in  Flanagan,  Illinois  and  runs  roughly  2.5  miles  from  the  city  of  Whitewater. The  aim  of  the  project  –  to  triple  the  capacity  of  Line  61  to  1.2  million  barrels  per  day  –  has  raised  concerns  for  human  safety  and  natural  resources  within  an  environmental  community  leery  of  the  Canadian  company’s  track  record.  To  address  these  concerns,  a  forum  was  held  in  the  Summers  Auditorium  of  UW-ÂWhitewater,  which  featured  speakers  from  Enbridge,  the  Wisconsin  De- partment  of  Natural  Resources  (DNR),  the  John  Muir  Chapter  of  the  Sierra  Club  and  the  350  Mad- ison  Climate  Action  Team.  The  first  panelist  was  Eliza- beth  Ward,  conservation  pro- grams  coordinator  of  the  John  Muir  Chapter  of  the  Sierra  Club  and  the  co-Âfounder  of  the Â
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A  salute  to  veterans
By Alexandria Zamecnik News  Editor
UW-ÂWhitewater  held  a  recognition  ceremony  at  the  11th  hour  on  the  11th  day  of  the  11th  month  to  honor  veterans  at  the  university  and  around  the  world. Ryan  Lonergan,  a  Sociology  major  at  UW-ÂW,  spoke  at  this  ceremony  about  the  transition  from  serving  in  the  Wisconsin  Army  National  Guard  for  six  years  to  becoming  a  college  student.  Longeran  WDONHG DERXW WKH GLIÂż FXOWLHV RI OHDYLQJ KLV PLOLWDU\ friends  behind.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Without  them  by  my  side,  I  felt  like  I  was  missing  something,â&#x20AC;?  Lonergan  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;But  then  I  VWDUWHG P\ Âż UVW VHPHVWHU KHUH DQG VORZO\ , JRW WR know  the  other  veterans  on  campus.â&#x20AC;?  Lonergan  was  raised  by  his  single  mother,  who  he  said  he  owes  everything  to.  When  he  was  grow-Â
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Displays  honor  veterans  on  campus By Ryan Marshick Staff  Writer
In  celebrating  Veterans  Week,  the  Chancellorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Veteran  and  Mili- tary  Service  Member  Committee,  in  partnership  with  other  organizations,  organized  a  variety  of  events  and  displays  to  honor  veterans.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;This  committee  works  to  pro- vide  outreach  and  support  to  veter- ans  on  campus,  both  students  and  faculty,  as  well  as  their  families,â&#x20AC;?  said  Elizabeth  Watson,  chair  of  the  Chancellorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Veteran  and  Military  Service  Member  Committee.  Veterans  Day  is  an  annual  feder- al  holiday  dedicated  to  recognizing  and  honoring  those  who  have  served  to  defend  our  country.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Putting  on  these  Veterans  Week  events  is  one  way  that  we  can  serve Â
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ing  up,  he  had  money  issues  so  he  knew  he  had  to  do  something  for  himself. His  action  was  joining  the  military.  In  2009,  Lonergan  deployed  for  Iraq.  After  his  return  in  2010,  he  decided  to  come  back  to  school. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  traded  our  wearpons  for  text  books,â&#x20AC;?  Lo- nergan  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  went  from  worrying  about  IEDs  [improvised  exploding  device]  to  GPAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.  Instead  of  sending  enemy  activity  reports,  we  were  writing  ERRN UHSRUWV 6ORZO\ , EHJDQ WR Âż QG P\ SODFH ´ Although  Lonergan  said  America  will  never  pay  veterans  back  for  all  they  have  given  up  and  all  they  have  done,  he  is  thankful  for  the  veterans  who  have  supported  him  throughout  his  time  at  UW-ÂW â&#x20AC;&#x153;Veterans  help  other  veterans  and  we  watch  each  others  backs,â&#x20AC;?  Lonergan  said.
the  students  and  community,â&#x20AC;?  Wat- son  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  hope  that,  throughout  this  week,  we  create  an  opportunity  for  members  of  the  community  to  WDNH D PRPHQW WR SDXVH DQG UHĂ&#x20AC; HFW ´ Watson  said.       One  display  for  Veterans  Week  is  located  outside  of  the  University  Center.   This  display  IHDWXUHV D VHULHV RI $PHULFDQ Ă&#x20AC; DJV and  signs  to  represent  and  remem- ber  fallen  veterans  in  wars  since  the  American  Revolution.   These  signs  show  the  total  num- ber  of  United  States  deaths  for  each  war  as  well  as  the  average  of  causali- ties  per  day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Looking  through  this  exhibit  was  an  eye-Âopening  experience.   It  was  interesting  to  see  how  much  has  changed,â&#x20AC;?  said  freshman  Emily  Curley. Another  display  is  located  in  the Â
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VHFRQG Ă&#x20AC; RRU $QGHUVHQ /LEUDU\ â&#x20AC;&#x153;This  display  remembers  the  seven  former  University  of  Wiscon- sin  -  Whitewater  graduates  who  lost  their  lives  in  World  War  I,  three  of  which  died  of  wounds  and  four  of  diseases,â&#x20AC;?  said  Karen  Weston,  uni- versity  archivist.   The  display  showcases  infor- mation  about  these  veterans,  along  with  some  photographs  of  them  and  the  memorial  remembering  them,  located  outside  on  the  west  side  of  Hyer  Hall.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  have  a  whole  lot  of  pictures,  but  we  used  what  we  could  ¿ QG ´ :HVWRQ VDLG The  display  will  continue  to  be  shown  throughout  Veterans  Week. Another  veteran  display  is  the  Working  Warriors:  Military  Life  Be- yond  Combat  exhibit  located  in  the Â
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Roberta  A.  Fiskum  Art  Gallery,  in- side  of  the  University  Center. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This  display  features  the  non- combat  workers,  such  as,  cooks,  nurses,  and  photographers,â&#x20AC;?  said  Deronica  Goldsmith,  university  ar- chive  assistant. The  Wisconsin  Humanities  Council  helped  to  make  it  possible  to  bring  the  exhibit  to  Whitewater,  from  the  Wisconsin  Veterans  Mu- seum. The  exhibit  shows  a  series  of  posters  about  different  non-Âcombat  roles  that  are  important  but  often  forgotten.   Also  in  the  display  are  advertisements  looking  to  recruit  people  for  these  roles.   Most  of  the  artifacts  from  this  exhibit  are  from  World  War  I  and  World  War  II. MarshickRD01@uww.edu
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