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Victim into Advocate: One sexual assault survivor’s fight for justice Story by Taylor Harvey

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This is the second story in a two-part series spotlighting sexual assault survivor Laura Dunn, a 2007 University of WisconsinMadison graduate, who became a primary advocate for the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act, which President Barack Obama signed into law March 7 under the Violence Against Women Act. Laura Dunn was working for Teach For America in New Orleans when she received a letter from the U.S. Department of Education. She immediately skipped to the last page, and what she read left her devastated.

She read the conclusion of the Title IX complaint she filed against University of WisconsinMadison after she felt officials did not conduct a “prompt and appropriate” investigation into

her sexual assault that occurred April 4, 2004. The DOE’s Office for Civil Rights concluded there was “insufficient evidence” to rule UW-Madison guilty.

“I was in the next phase of my life,” Dunn said. “And it was just another door slammed.”

UW-Madison exonerated Dunn’s perpetrator due to a lack of “clear and convincing” evidence, which Associate Dean of Students Kevin Helmkamp said was partially because Dunn reported her assault 15 months after it occurred. This was the standard for evidence for indicating sexual assault until 2011, when Helmkamp said the standard in sexual assault cases changed to preponderance— meaning a claimant must show a greater weight of evidence toward his or her claim than

against it.

“Once we reach that evidentiary standard, it would be one-year suspension, at the minimum,” Helmkamp said.

He added that setting standards for evidence is necessary due to the severity of the consequence one may face after perpetrating sexual assault, which often results in a two-year suspension or expulsion.

Dunn’s luck changed after the Center for Public Integrity spotlighted her in an investigation about Title IX complaints regarding the way universities handle sexual assault cases.

Soon after the report was released, the DOE released the “Dear Colleague” Letter, which clearly defines how uni-

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Obama’s budget proposal urges affordability in higher education

By Jack Casey the daily cardinal

President Barack Obama officially released his version of the federal budget Wednesday, which included various proposals aimed at keeping higher education affordable across the country, drawing mixed responses from Wisconsin politicians.

The education portion of the budget is designed to address rising tuition costs and student loan debt across the country, according to a release from the White House

Office of Communications.

The budget includes a provision that allocates approximately $1 billion to a federal initiative Obama has referred to as a “race to the top” that would give additional funding to colleges and universities that reduce education costs and expand education initiatives, such as research.

Additionally, the budget includes a provision that would take control of student loan interest rates away from Congress and instead tie them to market rates. Proponents of

the move say the market interest rate will be lower than the current rate, but others caution the market rate could rise quickly in the future.

U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., said in a statement he supports the majority of Obama’s budget, including its allocations to education and economic development.

“I am particularly pleased that the president’s proposal increases investments in the kind of innovative research

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Joint Finance Committee hears public testimony on UW System More than 10 students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison testified at a Joint Committee on Finance hearing Wednesday on the state biennial budget held in Lake Delton, asking for legislators’ support in funding the UW System and keeping tuition low.

United Council of UW Students President Geoff Murray requested the committee members support

three key items with regard to Wisconsin universities: $181 million in new investments in the UW System, additional need-based financial aid and a 3 to 4 percent tuition cap.

Murray said these actions would help the UW System contribute to “a vibrant and prosperous Wisconsin” for the future.

Other students shared personal stories regarding their struggle to cope with

rising tuition rates, which they said are affecting the accessibility and affordability of the UW System.

UW-Madison senior Max Love asked the committee to keep state universities affordable to all Wisconsin families, speaking about his greatgreat-grandmother, who also attended UW-Madison.

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Forensic expert David Lisak speaks with UW-Madison students Wednesday about how to prevent sexual assault on campus.

Sexual assault researcher speaks with UW students

By Megan Stoebig The Daily Cardinal

Forensic consultant and sexual assault researcher David Lisak spoke with University of Wisconsin-Madison students about his research Wednesday at a campus sexual assault summit.

Lisak is a professor at the University of MassachusettsBoston and speaks with colleges about the prevalence of sexual assault on campuses.

Lisak stressed the need for leadership on college campuses to acknowledge sexual assault is a serious issue, and they need to mobilize to create solutions.

“We generate all this research on college campuses in this country, and yet we still don’t have a single university where the leadership has gotten behind this and said, ‘We’re going to do everything that we can do to prevent sexual violence,’” Lisak said. “It has never happened.”

He encouraged parents and students to put pressure on university leaders to make changes and question what universities are doing to prevent sexual assault.

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“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”

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ance, yet One Barrel nails it.

The microbrewery has also pulled out some other bold new beers like their coffee imperial stout, which takes the flavors of their Oatmeal Stout to a delicious new level. Oh, and I almost forgot: The bar is really cool too.

Exposed brick, minimalist décor and lots of light gives the bar a warm and modern, if not slightly hipster, feel.

niko ivanovic beer columnist This is the third installment in Niko’s series of the best beer bars in Madison.

6. The Old Fashioned

The Old Fashioned is THE place to go for Wisconsin beer. It has 50 or so Wisconsin-brewed taps and another 100 bottles (stick to the taps, though; pretty much the entire bottle list is available at Riley’s for cheaper).

For this reason, there is no better place to go to try the local, relatively unknown microbreweries. The only problem is, most of them are relatively unknown for a reason. It’s safe to say a good staff recommendation is needed to confidently stray away from the safer choices like Ale Asylum, Tyranena, New Glarus, CW, O’so, etc. Sadly, I’ve ended up with a couple “IPAs” that straddle a confused, not-so-fine line between pale ale and pilsner.

Still, there are a lot of great hidden gems to be found at The Old Fashioned, like O’so Coffee Train Porter or Hop Whoopin’ IPA on nitro, a combination you don’t see too often for the style.

It’s also ridiculously cheap, with most taps costing four bucks a pint and the special of the month just two. The restaurant also features what may be the best happy hour in Madison, with 2-4-1 taps and rails from 3 p.m.-5 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.-12 a.m., Monday-Thursday.

5. One Barrel Brewery

If you’re a student, chances are you’ve never heard of this new neighborhood microbrewery (unless you’re a devoted fan who has been reading my column since last fall, of

4. Paul’s Club

Niko’s picks so far 10. The Malt House 9. Cooper’s Tavern 8. Brickhouse BBQ 7. Maduro 6. The Old Fashioned 5. One Barrel Brewery 4. Paul’s Club ...and more to come! stephanie daher/cardinal file photos

Top: The Old Fashioned on the Capitol Square. Bottom left: the indoor tree inside the bar at Paul’s Club. course). Located a few miles off campus in the Atwood Street neighborhood, the brewery sits in a quiet little cluster of bars and restaurants just past Willy Street. Even though it’s far, I really recommend making the long walk out to One Barrel on a warm spring day, if for no other reason than to try their Strong Ale #2.

I was lucky enough to try the beer a few months ago, and I have to say this is easily my new favorite Belgian Ale made by any Wisconsin brewer. The beer is an explosion of tropical fruit on the tongue, with some fluffy malts, Belgian Spice, yeast and an amazing warming, boozy finish. It’s an ambitious style to pull off with this kind of bal-

Speaking of hipsters, it wouldn’t be fair to talk Madison beer without mentioning the 20+ taps at the new Paul’s Club.

The beer menu will look relatively familiar if you’ve been to bars like Brickhouse and Maduro, with popular brewers Founders, Oskar Blues, Lagunitas and Bell’s dominating the lineup. Unlike those spots however, Paul’s manages to walk the fine line between fun and chill, in a way that makes you want to drink and not sink into a cozy Maduro arm chair half asleep while your cigar stub becomes a potential fire hazard.

The point is, though it may need a giant tree, a cool modern look and a mostly postgrad crowd to do it, Paul’s Club makes the list for accomplishing the apparently miraculous task of making craft beer really popular. In fact, it may be the only spot mentioned here that manages to procure a line every Friday and Saturday night, so for that I have to give them credit. After all, it’s not easy to drag your friends to a bar where the average customer qualifies for Medicare.

Niko will continue his series about Madison bars throughout the semester. His beer column runs every other Thursday.

Send comments to ivanovic@ wisc.edu.

A student offers insightful social commentary andy holsteen a-cynetrical

ing to sound all intelligant and stuff and there making all these claims like, “Oh economy, blah blah blah, Social Secturditie, ecudation… ” WILL YOU PEOPLE STFU ALREADY?

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K, I’ve been getting really pissed off with all you peepal lately and you need to no it. YOU NO WHO U R! It’s just not funny anymore.

And above all, the thing that’s really making me super super super angry is how dumb everyone is and you wont get out of my face no matter how much up in your face I get and I’m tired of it.

Yeah you heard me right.

Sorry I’m not sorry. Talk to the hand yo becuz the face says “no.”

It’s like, I’ll go on Pintrest or Facebook or Twitter or MySpace or Google+ (less frequently) or YouTube or Yahoo and nobody nos how to talk with like smart person words and stuff anymore.

It’s like “hellllooo,” just learn the difference between they’re and there and to and two. It’s the best when those people are all like up on some high horse try-

I’M ALREADY SO FREAKING SMART WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT HATERS?!

No I don’t need to like read books or learn how to spell anything or listen or go to class or respect my parents to be awesome.

I’M ALREADY SO FREAKING SMART WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT HATERS?! All I kneed is Facebook to be the best and just becuz you don’t like no how to like be cool and all the girls don’t like text you

pictures of their armpit tattooze all the time does’nt mean you can be a loser and cramp my style when I’m like all like up in here with like a beer and like everbodys all like, “Bro I’m so glad your here.”

All I no is that when me and my frends all get in our cars and drive down the street with the windows down yelling at everybody we see were the coolest people and when we throw stuff out the windows and all the people are like, “Hey why’d you do that?” and we like sped away and were like, “Sucks to be you!” were the coolest and nobodys better or smarters or gets more and I don’t care if its old people or not I’m just the best an nobodys ever gonna be better that’s just a fact. Well yeah that’s what I used to do with my frends but now my new frends are even cooler then those frends so we like are like some “self fulfilling property” is what my mom says but shes dumb and were the coolest so I don’t listen to anybody.

Now I’m in collage and everybody nos that I’m the coolest so they like don’t even try to be cooler than me anymore there like, “Woah

bro did you just drink that whole beer?” and I’m always like “Yeah so what? All I do is drink beer becuz I’m the best and I don’t need to do anything else than drink beer all day everyday becuz that’s just what the coolest peepal do.” And soon I’m just gonna gradudate and make like a craplode of money becuz I’m just better and all those other stupid peepal are gonna be crying becuz they will all be begging me to be nice and give them some of my cars and girlfrends but Ill say ‘no’ becuz they don’t deserve anything becuz they aren’t as cool and awesome as me and I should have everything.

So my only advise to all of you is that you should just look out when I’m coming around maybe like bow or something becuz you don’t want to make me mad becuz I have a really bad temper and if I for some reason think that your in my way I’m gonna make you be in pain because I’m the best and everyone should look at me and be like, “Wow I want to be like him.”

Do you effing hate Andy as much as he hates you? Email Andy at holsteen@dailycardinal.com.

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Meningitis sends student to hospital A University of WisconsinMadison student was hospitalized with meningococcal disease, according to a university statement released Wednesday.

The disease is only contagious from very close contact with someone infected, and even then the risk of it spreading is small, according to University Health Services Director Sarah Van Orman.

Meningococcal disease is a specific strain of bacterial meningitis that can cause a healthy person to become seriously ill in a matter of hours. But, Van Orman stressed the risk of contracting the illness is low, even for those in direct contact with the student, and there is no immediate threat to the community’s health.

The disease causes the lining surrounding the brain and spinal cord to swell. It is

most often treated with antibiotics but can sometimes be fatal, according to a university release.

Van Orman said spread of the disease requires saliva to be transferred between individuals by actions such as kissing or sharing cups and utensils.

Students in close contact with the hospitalized student have been contacted and given medication as a precaution, according to Van Orman.

Additional information about the student was not released, out of respect for the student’s family and friends, according to the release.

More information about meningococcal disease can be found on the UHS website.

Additionally, students concerned about their health or in need of counseling can call UHS at 608-265-5600.

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chased textbooks to save money while rising tuition has forced them to question their ability to return to college each semester.

The committee will hold two more official hearings, as well as additional hearings held by Democratic and Republican committee members, before making changes to Gov. Scott Walker’s biennial budget.

—Cheyenne Langkamp

years later, I stand here today to ask you to keep accessibility and affordability in mind,” Love said. “I want you to take the responsibility to ensure that my great-great-grandkids can go to this institution.”

Many students said they have taken multiple part-time jobs and skipped meals or not pur-

Case made for DNA sampling Kevin Zimmermann, father of former University of WisconsinMadison student Brittany Zimmermann, who was murdered in her Doty Street apartment April 8, 2008, spoke Wednesday at the Joint Finance Committee meeting to advocate to receive adequate state funding for DNA sampling.

Gov. Scott Walker allotted a portion of his budget to improve law enforcement through increasing the number of DNA

samples the state can obtain to solve and prevent crime.

Zimmermann said he could not describe how he and his wife, Jean, felt walking into the police department to see hundreds of mugs of “people of interest.” He said DNA sampling would have narrowed down the search.

“I just want justice for my daughter and other victims,” Zimmermann said.

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Wisconsin Department of Justice administrator Dave Matthews announces a reward for details about 1986 UW student murder.

Police hope reward will uncover new evidence in 1986 UW student murder Officials with the Town of Madison Police Department and the Wisconsin Department of Justice announced Wednesday they are offering a $5,000 reward to anyone who can provide information to help solve a 1986 stabbing murder of a University of WisconsinMadison student.

“We need help, the police cannot just solve this,” DOJ Division of Criminal Investigation administrator Dave Matthews said. “There are people who know what happened that night. There are people who remember it.”

Andrew Nehmer, 20, was working alone at the Open Pantry Food Mart, located at 2201 S. Park St., when an armed robber held up the store April 22, 1986. Nehmer’s body was found in the parking lot at 4 a.m. next to a pool of blood, and police determined a knife wound in his neck as the cause

of death.

Police arrested Donald Braxton, who now lives in Colorado, at the time but were unable to link him to the crime. TOMPD detective David Bongiovani said although there is DNA evidence connecting Braxton to the scene of the crime, it is insufficient, and prosecutors need more information before arresting the suspect.

Investigators reached out to Open Pantry Marts for a donation to provide a monetary reward to people Bongiovani said he knows have information that can bridge the gaps in the case because some witnesses are “suggesting that might be an incentive for them.”

Bongiovani confirmed Braxton passed a lie detector test regarding the Nehmer case in 2011, but he remains the primary suspect. ­—Melissa Howison

Community discusses concerns about 425 W. Washington Ave. development

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Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, favored a new development to be built at 425 W. Washington Ave. at a meeting Wednesday.

Bassett Neighborhood residents met Wednesday to discuss concerns over how a proposed apartment building at 425 W. Washington Ave. could impact the community.

John Sutton of Sutton Architecture presented a plan for the five-story building, which would include 50 apartment units and space for the optometry practice that currently stands on the lot.

Erik Minton, who would own the building, also plans to run a Capital Fitness gym on the first floor.

Community members said they worried the high number of apartment buildings being built in the area would over-saturate the neighborhood.

However, Sutton said demand for apartments in the area has been rising due to the growth of Epic Systems, a medical technology company.

“A lot of the development [in the area] is based on projections from Epic,” Sutton said. “The demand is very strong for the downtown.”

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Association Chair Peter Ostlind said he relies on developers to analyze demand trends in the area, and added having additional residency options downtown is beneficial.

“The more people we have, the more vibrant the neighborhood and the more opportunities for businesses that support residents,” he said.

Sutton also highlighted several environmentally friendly attributes the firm is looking to include in the design plan, such as a partial green roof.

“I love sustainability,” Sutton said. “We always look at efficiency.”

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, favors the proposal, but said it will need to be improved with community input, because “there are still unanswered questions and details that still need to be worked out.”

Plans for the proposal and construction process remain flexible, but Sutton said he and Minton hope to begin construction late this fall.

—Ricardo Romero

Police arrested a man Tuesday they suspect is responsible for breaking into The Statesider Sunday and sexually assaulting several women before stealing money from a resident, according to a police report.

Stephen Burton, 18, is being tentatively charged with fourth degree sexual assault because he climbed into bed with an unknowing girl and inappropriately touched another in an elevator, according to the report.

Police are also charging him with assault, burglary and disorderly conduct.

Burton gained access into The Statesider at approximately 2:15 a.m. Sunday by telling the security clerk he was visiting a friend. Police used surveillance footage from The Statesider to identify him.

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“ [Sexual assault] breeds here on university campuses ... this is where young people need to learn about it... ” David Lisak sexual assault researcher University of Massachusetts

Based on this assessment, he said a vast majority of men will not rape, and are the ones universities need to target for participation in prevention programs. “[Sexual assault] breeds here on university campuses,” Lisak said. “This is where it needs to be addressed and this is where young people need to learn about it, how it can be curtailed and prevented.”

According to Lisak, there are many common misconceptions about sexual assault, including the assumption victims do not know their attackers, although a large portion of assaults occur from friends or acquaintances.

Lisak said he hopes that after hearing his lecture, students will leave with a sense of mobilization to address current problems.

“My fondest wish is that students … [are motivated] to do whatever they can,” Lisak said. “To not be passive or feel helpless, but to take this on however they can. To affect change.”

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sexual assault from page 1 versities should handle sexual assault incidents and investigations. Dunn said there was a direct correlation.

“The Title IX rewrite is very strong,” Dunn said. “It really calls out universities’ practices that discourage or delay campus victims’ justice.”

But Dunn, still dissatisfied, took her fight for justice to Washington.

Taking the fight to Washington

In August 2011, Dunn flew to Washington D.C. to begin law school at the University of Maryland, located in Baltimore. Before she even settled in her new residence, Dunn visited the U.S. Senate offices along with representatives from various sexual assault prevention advocacy organizations to change the way universities handle sexual assault cases.

After nearly two years, the efforts resulted in the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act. When Campus SaVE was introduced as Section 304 under the then-proposed Violence Against Women Act, Dunn said she thought her work was complete, noting how the issue of sexual assault typically has a history of unanimous bipartisan support.

But to her disappointment, the bill expired when Congress’s last session ended Jan. 3, 2013 after a legislative stalemate.

“I think universities need to accept that this is a problem, rather than thinking it is something that comes up only once in a blue moon.”

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U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., quickly reintroduced Campus SaVE to Congress when the session started up again, and the U.S. Senate passed the bill shortly after.

Dunn spoke at a Feb. 26 press conference held by U.S. Rep. Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to push the House of Representatives to reauthorize VAWA. Listening to Dunn speak, one could sense the anger and frustration—even the hurt— in her shaken voice.

“Justice delayed is justice denied,” Dunn said at the press conference, according to footage. “The Senate realized this and took bipartisan efforts to pass this legislation, which is about justice, not politics.”

Two days later, Congress passed VAWA, and with it, Campus SaVE. Dunn was there when President Barack Obama signed VAWA into law March 7.

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Dunn said Campus SaVE, which will take effect in the 2014-15 academic year,

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Laura Dunn spoke at a press conference Feb. 26 held by U.S. Rep. Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to convince Congress to pass Campus SaVE. will make the sexual assault investigative process more “even-handed” by requiring universities to provide information about the investigation to both parties involved at the same time. It also creates a new process for victims to be given the same appealing rights as their perpetrators.

After UW-Madison’s investigation concluded, Dunn said the university exonerated her perpetrator before telling her of the investigation’s outcome, which made it impossible for her to appeal the university’s findings. Campus SaVE prevents such actions from happening.

“This is the ideal. That there are standards that law protects the accused and gives them a fair process and really make sure victims have an opportunity for justice,” Dunn said. “That’s the lasting effect.”

The new bill also requires universities to provide victims with their written rights, which include university assistance in reporting a crime, changing “hostile” living environments as well as offering counseling and health services.

According to Assistant Dean of Students Tonya Schmidt, UW-Madison already follows most of the Campus SaVE policies. One policy the bill will change is that now, instead of delivering options and investigation details orally, officials will have to do so in writing.

Campus SaVE also instructs universities to provide sexual assault prevention education for all incoming students and employees, including safe and positive bystander intervention techniques.

UW-Madison educates all incoming students at Student Orientation and Registration, where first-year students spend an evening with student leaders discussing the definition of sexual assault and consent, as well as available resources on campus.

“The Title IX guide and Campus SaVE—that’s my form of justice,” Dunn said. “Now I hope to turn around and start giving justice to others.”

Not the answer, but a ‘very important first step’

On Oct. 17, 2012, former Amherst College student Angie Epifano published an opinion piece in the college’s student newspaper, The Amherst Student, detailing her acquaintance rape on Amherst’s campus.

The column also detailed the neglect she felt working with university officials after she reported her rape, as well as detailed her decision to leave Amherst, while her rapist graduated with honors, even after she reported him.

The article gained national attention and generated thousands of comments. One day later on Oct. 18, Amherst President Carolyn “Biddy” Martin— the former UW-Madison chancellor— released a response letter. She stated, “The administration’s responses to reports have left survivors feeling that they were badly served. That must change, and change immediately.”

Soon after, Amherst held panelled dis-

cussions, community meetings and days of silence. And in January 2013, the newly established Special Oversight Committee on Sexual Misconduct released a report called “Toward a Culture of Respect: The Problem of Sexual Misconduct at Amherst College,” which details the administration’s new, stricter approach in handling sexual assault cases.

“They did everything to expose the culture of sexual violence,” Dunn said. “And that’s I what wish the university had done in my case and it’s what I still hope the university does.”

Dunn said there could still be more done to expose and combat rape-supportive culture and hopes universities will eventually “fully accept” there is a cultural ignorance surrounding sexual assault and firmly address issues surrounding rapesupportive culture to the level Amherst College did in October 2012.

“I think universities need to accept that this is a problem, rather than thinking it is something that comes up only every once in a blue moon,” Dunn said. “They need a culture that supports victims while they are on campus.”

While Campus SaVE addresses issues surrounding the victim’s protection and enforces some sexual assault prevention education, Dunn said the legislation is only the beginning of combatting the larger culture surrounding campus sexual assault.

“Justice delayed is justice denied.

The senate realized this and took bipartisan efforts to pass legislation, which is about justice, not politics.”

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“I don’t think Campus SaVE is the answer to the problem,” Dunn said. “But it is a very important first step.”

Even with Campus SaVE implemented, Schmidt admitted UW-Madison still has room to grow. She said the Dean of Students Office is “not exactly being proactive” about advertising its services and encouraging victims to report.

“I always tell people we need a marketer,” Schmidt said. “Because we are really busy responding to incidents.”

Dunn said she thinks when universities recognize problems surrounding rape-supportive culture, “it just changes everything.”

“It diminishes the silence, allows improved policies, it allows those who feel as though they have been victimized to feel like they have a place still at the university,” Dunn said. “That they can stay, and the university is paying attention now.”

Dunn is now a law student at the University of Maryland and a legal intern for the Office on Violence Against Women in the Department of Legal Justice.

State Senate to consider equal pay bill Democratic state legislators announced Wednesday they plan to reintroduce an equal pay act that aims to equalize pay for both men and women in the state.

It is currently illegal for an employer to pay different wages based on gender in the state of Wisconsin. The Equal Pay Enforcement Act would allow

women who realize their employers are breaking the law to bring a lawsuit in state and federal court. Current law only allows people to sue in federal court.

Additionally, the act would allow women who have been discriminated against to seek punitive damages and legal fees in court.

The act was originally enacted in 2009, but was repealed during the last legislative session. While it was in effect, Wisconsin moved from 36th to 24th place among the states in terms of wage equality among genders.

The act will likely be reintroduced to the state legislature Thursday.

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budget, saying it would only expand the deficit and maintain a negative status quo.

“The president’s budget is such a disappointment because it’s a missed opportunity,” Ryan said. “We need a new approach to meet our generation’s most pressing challenges. I hope the other side will join us in proposing real reforms … [b]ut until then, we need to take steps in the

right direction.”

Additionally, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said Obama’s budget did not accurately address the depth of the country’s problems, such as health-care and social-security spending.

The president’s budget is only in its preliminary stage and will likely give rise to numerous debates over its provisions in the coming months.

and development that is taking place at the University of Wisconsin, while also providing $50 billion for infrastructure projects that will put people back to work,” Pocan said in the statement.

But Republican politicians, including U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., heavily criticized the

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By Adam Paris The Daily cardinal

There’s an odd stench in the air at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce.

No, it’s not the billow of reefer stemming from Don’s creative team.

No, that my friends is the debilitating odor of death. The office is no stranger to death, but this season seems a more macabre meditation on mortality.

A dreary opening transitions to sunnier skies as Don and Megan relax in the heat of Hawaii.

One of my favorite elements of “Mad Men” is how events happen naturally between episodes, with viewers expected to catch up through the show’s conversations.

In this vein, it appears Megan has become a soap opera star since her last gig as Beauty in her fairytale TV commercial.

Creator Matthew Weiner has stated change is a primary theme this season. Yet early on Don

remains static as he mirrors last season’s closing shot, alone at a clouded bar. His blackened silhouette clashes with the pastel paintings while a serviceman, private first class Dinkins, strikes up a conversation. Don indulges him, but there’s an unnerving realization of isolation on his face as the soldier talks of one day being “the man who can’t sleep and talks to strangers.”

Betty remains a child. Her regression has become almost uncomfortable. Delighting in the sounds of a violin like a newborn babe, making casual rape references to “spice” things up with her husband, dying her hair on a whim, every action Betty makes seems childish and petulant. I recognize that’s her character, but Betty’s storyline is less palatable than the homeless men’s makeshift goulash.

Luckily, Peggy is handling success well across town at her new

agency, but her stubborn adherence to Don’s antiquated practices is holding her back from rolling with the times. The consummate professional, she solves her agency’s crisis, but exudes Don’s negativity.

Meanwhile, Roger contemplates life’s inevitabilities with a psychiatrist as the creeping smell of death filters into his barren office. Roger’s mother has died, but he can’t bring himself to cry. Roger wished for life experiences to change him. It’s strange how fulfilled wishes can so easily end in disappointment.

As Don leaves Grandma Sterling’s funeral after providing the maid with an ever-refreshing pile of vomit, drunken Don interrogates his building’s doorman while Ken and Pete help him to his room.

Earlier in the episode, Don nearly saw the man die and sat in a state of utter shock while his new friend, Dr. Rosen, saved his life.

He merely wants to know what

the man saw when he died. What remains for man when he is entirely alone? When he has reached the pinnacle of existentialism? Don assumes tropical beaches; in reality, it’s probably the darkness of the empty elevator shaft he stared down last season.

Don also mistakenly acquired Pfc. Dinkins’ lighter. Every time he tries to dispose of the flame, it winds up back at his side. Don has already stolen one soldier’s identity and he doesn’t want another lingering in his back pocket. The lighter exudes contemplation, but he’d prefer Dinkins remain a drunken soldier rather than a catalyst for reflection.

At the office, Don enters the pitch for the Hawaiian hotel he visited, with his “experience” driving the narrative. The ad says Hawaii is the jumping off point, as a man leaves behind his clothes and enters the sea. It’s suicide, yet Don

remains blind to its meaning. He’s still lost amidst the rolling sea as Lumberjack Stan explains the suicide is what makes it so great.

Don describes how the word “love” has lost its electricity.

Hawaii is a jumping off point, a simple search for the spark Megan’s love once provided. Don didn’t start sleeping with Dr. Rosen’s wife because he stopped loving Megan, but because their love stopped meaning as much.

Dr. Faye was right; Don only loves the beginning of things. Don gave up the wife he wanted for the life she coveted, and it cheapened their love. Megan’s proclamation of love in costume during last season’s finale now seems as much a fairy tale as any. Happy endings are a fool’s revisionist history; the original tales were grim.

What did you think about the new “Mad Men?” Let Adam know at aparis@wisc.edu

Rememberng Ebert and why he was such an asset to film Austin Wellens all’s well-ens well

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K so I know this is a week late, but Roger Ebert died.

Oh man. I mean, just in terms of pure ability to get inside movies, to understand how and why they connected with us on our most basic level and in terms of being able to take us from laughter to insight as quickly as even the

best of the movies he loved… he can’t really ever be replaced. We’d be insane to try.

So, after I heard the news, and got done with being temporarily depressed, I started to think about film criticism. Like, can we even have people who get paid to watch movies and tell us which are good and which are bad?

The answer is yes; yes we can.

I know a lot of people who would say, “No way, movies are all about personal taste; you can’t tell me my opinion is wrong.” And to a certain degree they have a point.

But here’s the thing: There is a definite, objective scale on which to measure how good a film is. In terms of its innovation, the techniques it invented, rules it broke, messages it delivered and how effectively it delivered them—one movie can be better than the next.

Now obviously we all have opinions. Without them, discussing film would be unbelievably boring. It’s just that there’s a difference between not personally connecting with Charles Foster Kane’s futile search for happiness and not acknowledging “Citizen Kane” as

a brilliant, inventive and rightfully influential film.

There is a line between “best” and “favorite.”

To use a personal example, there’s a very clear division between my favorite movie, “The Royal Tenenbaums” and what I believe to be one of the best movies, “2001: A Space Odyssey.”

One is a deeply personal black comedy set in a tightly stylized dollhouse world narrated by Alec Baldwin. The other is an epic spanning several million years of human evolution and lacking in dialogue or direct communication for the majority of its two-and-a-half-hour run time.

However, there’s probably a point to all this. You see, despite this absolutely massive difference in scope, tone, theme and narrative, there are still some comparisons to be drawn between the two films.

First of all, both Wes Anderson (favorite director) and Stanley Kubrick (best director) are super detail-oriented filmmakers who favor wide, symmetrical shots, which tend to give their films a sort of disconnected or even impersonal feel.

However, it’s in the way that the two of them use this effect where you can clearly see each of them achieve something truly groundbreaking.

Anderson’s use of techniques that tend to distance the audience actually plays with the micromanagement to the last detail aesthetic he creates to draw viewers in and make his characters more emotionally accessible.

By deliberately creating this unrealistic, ungrounded world for his characters to inhabit and then having them stare straight to the camera from it and deadpan their way through severe emotional trauma, he takes the external out of the equation and forces you to confront what the Tenenbaums are going through in a very direct, accessible way.

Contrast this with “2001: A Space Odyssey,” in which Kubrick embraces the full effect of the style he intentionally creates to remove the human element from the narrative and allow the focus

to fall on the subtext of the film and engage the audience on an intellectual level more fitting to the themes of human evolution and man’s role in the universe he’s exploring.

To quote Kubrick himself, “I don’t like to talk about ‘2001’ too much because it’s essentially a nonverbal experience. It attempts to communicate more to the subconscious and to the feelings than it does to the intellect. I think clearly there’s a problem with people who are not paying attention with their eyes. They’re listening. And they don’t get much from listening to this film.”

This was the exact effect he was going for as he masterfully conducted technical innovation and narrative experimentation in a meditation on the relationship between humanity and, um… everything else.

I mixed up my metaphors a bit, but it is, objectively, a great movie. It’s a high point of human artistic achievement and I understand perfectly well why it’s considered a greater film than “The Royal Tenenbaums,” a movie I vastly prefer.

I will defend “RT,” but when I do I understand why parts of my argument are subjective.

If someone thinks the compositions are weird and connect with the film the way I did, fine. But we also need to be able to acknowledge some parts of the film are inarguably well done and understand that neither half of the discussion is necessarily more important than the other.

This is, I think, what Roger Ebert was all about, respecting opinions while still forcing us to acknowledge—and I’m quoting Douglas Adams—not all opinions are created equal and sometimes movies are just objectively good or bad.

This is what we need more of in our discussion of film; this is what Roger Ebert did better than anyone else; this is what he dedicated his life to and… damn, I’m gonna miss that.

For the full and extended version of Austin’s column go to dailycardinal.com.

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President of the Bipartisan Issues Group and President of Students for Education Reform

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erhaps there is no bigger civil rights issue of our time than education reform. The achievement gap between high and low-income children born in 2001 is 40 percent higher than it was in 1976, according to a Stanford report.

The Alliance for Excellent Education states Wisconsin is home to 13 (eight more teeter on the edge) of the nation’s almost 1,600 drop out factories, schools which the graduating class is comprised of less than 60 percent of the students who entered freshman year. More than one-inten schools in the nation can be categorized as “drop-out factories.” Each lost diploma translates in $8,100 earned per individual or $1.8 billion

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in lost revenue per year for Wisconsinites alone.

One thousand six hundred dropout factories is 1,600 too many. That is why Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) is so vital to improving our education system. The countries that out-educate us today will outdo us tomorrow. DFER comes with the expectation that we, as a nation, can do better to educate our children.

Perhaps what draws us closest to DFER is their sense of eternal optimism. It is their audacity to expect better out of each and every one of us.

DFER recognizes that the status quo for many schools is working and we should not

change that. However, for the schools that the status quo is failing, DFER demands that we improve schools to ensure American primary and secondary schools are the best in the world because it is the right and moral action.

An outstanding education is one of a handful of rights that regardless of party preferences, Americans agree is a fundamental right of every American child. President Obama proposed an ambitious plan to achieve a 90 percent graduation rate by 2020. While progress has been made through Democrats and Republicans working together, more action is required as 25 percent of students in America today still do not receive high school diplomas.

DFER offers a path to close that gap by integrating ideas from both sides and then implementing them into the

classroom. The naysayers like to blame this group or that group for the underachieving schools. However, America faces the current education situation because communities made up of students, parents, teachers, principles and neighbors have not shared collective responsibility to ensure we get it done right.

The countries that outeducate us today will outdo us tomorrow.

Perhaps what draws us closest to DFER is their sense of eternal optimism. It is their audacity to expect better out of each and every one of us. It is their unique

conviction to demand change by collaboration that brews possibility and hope.

Please join us tonight to hear from state Sen. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee, and DFER. Alex is a sophomore majoring in poiltical science and economics. The Bipartisan Issues Group provides a platform to discuss and solve our nation’s issues. If you are interested in the work of the Bipartisan Issues Group and want to get involved, send an email to themadisonbig@ gmail.com. Beau is a 5th year senior majoring in international studies. Students for Education Reform aims to mobilize the next generation of leaders in education. If you are interested in the work of the Students for Education Reform, please send an email to beau@studentsforedreform.org. Senator Lena Taylor will speak this evening in room 212 of the the Educational Sciences building at 7 pm.

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Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9.

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Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com TEN CATS IN A BOAT ACROSS 1 Nursery powder 5 Hold the same view 10 Ring around a castle 14 White-centered snack 15 Swag 16 “___ la Douce” 17 Be this close to having in-laws 20 Place for a tiny flag 21 Like some horror film settings 22 “Honky ___ Woman” 25 “___ we forget” 26 Gibson of Tinseltown 29 Everything’s downhill from here 31 Wedding reception tributes 35 “___ got my eyes on you” 36 Doesn’t receive for nothing 38 Spring’s opposite, tidewise 39 Typical mall anchor 43 Not even a semipro?

44 “Toodle-oo!” in Honolulu 45 Exploit 46 Deprive of nourishment 49 Black & Decker item 50 Garbage can part 51 Muddy the waters 53 Ever so proper

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Hymnal’s kin Gymnast Comaneci Be self-evident Encircled by Tedium Villain in the Batman series 68 Guitar string tighteners 9 Catches one’s breath 6 70 Word after “who,” “what” or “where” DOWN 1 Charge down the highway 2 Flooring measure 3 Sudden transition 4 Really fancy?

5 Org. that accredits law schools 6 Took revenge on 7 “Portnoy’s Complaint” novelist 8 Neighbor of Lucy and Ricky 9 Hole for a shoelace 10 Vigorously aggressive, as in support of a cause 11 Doggie-bag items 12 Asian au pair 13 ___ Heel (native of North Carolina) 18 Miss on the run 19 “Before I forget ...”

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24 Destiny or fate, to some 26 King with a golden touch 27 Word with “main” or “blessed” 28 Greek penny, once 30 Got down to be dubbed 32 Capital of South Korea 33 Ankle bones 34 What some people do when they’re over 55?

37 Privacy violator 40 Strikes from on high 41 Odin’s thunderous son 42 County seat in central Kansas 47 GM’s electric car 48 “Both work for me” 52 Spaghetti Western maker Sergio 54 Indecisive response 55 Fleshy fruit, as an apple or pear 56 Drink heartily 57 Takes a few laps, say 59 Rotary phone feature 60 Respites for the roadweary 61 Tommie or James 62 Spark-plug specification 63 Egyptian boy king 64 Family girl, for short

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Louisville’s team unity leads to championship Rex sheild rex’s higher education

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s I contemplated what to write my column about this week, I came to a standstill. Should I write about the mess at Rutgers and the mindboggling severance package head coach Mike Rice received? Eh, perhaps. What about the allegations regarding the 2010 Auburn national title championship team?

No, allegations surrounding championship programs should be old news by now. While I could have torn Rutgers and Auburn a new one, I had the odd urge to be nostalgic and sentimental with my column for the mere reason to shy away from the norm.

I get the feeling viewers watch sports for the entertainment value. Some eat, breathe and sleep sports, which is completely fine.

If you are for some reason concerned about your dedication to sports, please don’t be because you’re not in the minority by any means. However I want to challenge you to look at sports in a different way—a way of looking that goes beyond the box score.

Take Louisville, for example. I along with the rest of the country witnessed the gross, freak injury of Kevin Ware’s bone sticking out of his skin. While some may have gone a step further to feed their appetite of gruesome injuries and looked it up on Youtube, the reaction of Ware’s teammates drew my attention.

The Cardinals’ bench was shown flinching to the back of their seats at the site of the initial injury. Wayne Blackshear was on his knees in agony. Peyton Siva sat down with his hands over his face in despair. Chase Behanan and Russ Smith were close to tears— if they hadn’t shed them already.

In a matter of seconds, Louisville went from getting back in transition off of a missed Duke threepoint shot to utter turmoil and heartbreak. In a spine-chilling turn of events, the four Louisville players huddled together on the court rushed to the sideline where Ware was being carted off on a

stretcher with a final camera shot of Rick Pitino wiping tears off his face. And the rest is history.

As you may already know, the Cardinals marched their way to victory against Duke in the Elite Eight, took down Wichita State in the national semifinals and went toe-to-toe with the No. 1 ranked offensive team Michigan en route to the program’s second national title. It wasn’t the final score that determined their championship run, but rather their togetherness as a team.

At the point when Ware suffered his injury, it was a sink-orswim situation for Rick Pitino’s squad. They could have let the loss of Ware end their run just shy of a second-consecutive Final Four or they could use it as a motivation to win for their teammate—to rise to the occasion.”

Ironically enough, adidas introduced a new warmup shirt for adidas-sponsored schools to wear titled, “Rise Above The Occasion.” Once Ware was sidelined, Louisville went one step further and incorporated Ware’s number five into the shirts. The 13 young men who represented the University of Louisville took that saying across their warmups to new heights.

When it was all set and done, and the streamers fell from the rafters, Ware was seen cutting down a portion of the net at eye level for him, a remarkable and breathtaking feat. Finally, he was interviewed on the championship podium by CBS’s Jim Nantz and alluded to the notion that the team was like brothers—a family. They were a family indeed, whose championship run was defined by their unity and love for each other, rather than by a lone superstar or a slew of NBA-type talent.

As “One Shining Moment” played after the post-game interviews and analysis, I realized sports are so special because of stories like this one.

What was your reaction to Kevin Ware’s injury? Do you think Louisville won because they rallied around their fallen teammate? Let Rex know what you think by emailing him at sports@ dailycardinal.com

The Daily Cardinal Sports section’s top tweets: 4/4-4/10 We spend an inordinate amount of time on Twitter, so we’ve decided to justify that wasted time by compiling the week’s top tweets. They might be funny, they might be motivational and they might be none of the above, but as long as the tweets come from a past or current Badger player or coach, they pass the only prerequisite to make our list.

What do you think of this week’s top tweets? Is there another 140-character dispatch of goodness that should replace one of the tweets on this list? Tweet at us @Cardinal_Sports with your favorite tweets!

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