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Swastikas painted on historical marker near synagogue By Nina Bertelsen NEWS MANAGER
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UW-Madison students said they combat discomfort and alienation daily while suffering from mental and physical invisible illnesses.
Invisible illnesses burden more than the eye can see By Erica Gelman THE DAILY CARDINAL
Standing tall at six-foot-two, with a wide grin and pencil in between thumb and forefinger, UW-Madison sophomore Ruben Arndt looks like any other student. While classmates may assume from his appearance that he’s in perfect health, what they can’t see is the pain of degenerative disk disease, hernias and a broken spine. “A lot of people who have back pain probably have this and it goes undiagnosed a lot,” Arndt said.
“[Having a] degenerative disc disease means the discs in my back are bad … and because of that it lead to other troubles in my back.” While health issues like this may be common for many, they are also invisible to the casual observer, which poses another set of obstacles. Invisible disorders are seen on campus more often than students may realize, according to Lisa Webne-Behrman, a psychologist at University Health Services. Webne-Behrman gave examples of depression, anxiety, attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder and learning disabilities. However, physical ailments can also be missed by sight alone. William Kinsey, a family doctor at UHS, listed several examples, including Type 1 diabetes, digestive problems, certain types of arthritis and congenital heart disease. According to Arndt, it was hard for even doctors to pinpoint his exact problem; it took two painful days in the hospital before staff could determine his spine was broken. In addition, there are even less visibly
diagnosable signs as time passes. An invisible illness presents unique challenges not inherent to a visible illness. For Arndt, chronic back pain that emerged during his senior year of high school forced him to permanently change his behavior. Everyday movements such as jumping can aggravate his back, making it hard to bend over or even walk. “It’s those things that aren’t flashy,” Arndt said. “If you break your leg and can’t walk, people get
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State senator fires back at student clothing line By Lilly Price STATE NEWS EDITOR
State Sen. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, called for local law enforcement to take action against UW-Madison student Eneale Pickett, who released a video earlier this week promoting his clothing line that Nass says is racist and anti-police. Pickett owns a clothing line called Insert Apparel, which he says is meant to initiate conversations about social justice by printing controversial messages on clothing. His newest line is centered on police brutality on black Americans. The line is set to be released on Friday. Pickett also released a video earlier this week
promoting the clothing line that was released ahead of schedule. The video depicts a scene where cops dressed in pig masks lynch a black man while a woman, dressed in an American flag to represent justice, watches and laughs. Near the end of the video, the two cops run away from a black man, who is dragging a sledgehammer behind him. It closes with a shot of Pickett holding one of the cop’s detached heads, representing the death and decapitation of the police officer. The video was initially posted to Box, an internal dropbox designed for assignments. The link to the video has since been removed.
UW-Madison spokesman John Lucas said the video was posted in Box in violation of the university’s IT policies around commercial activities. “The university strongly condemns the glorification of violence such as that contained in the promotion of a student-produced clothing line,” Lucas said. “We support our police partners, reject violence and violent imagery as tactics to achieve political objectives. Pickett denied a request for comment. Nass decried the video, stating it was racist with the intent to spark violence against police officers. He called upon local police and the state Department of Justice to open an investigation.
“This can’t be condoned or ignored. UW-Madison must act swiftly and decisively against anyone on their campus who promotes hateful actions of this type.” Lucas added that Pickett is engaged in a private business activity that is not endorsed by UW-Madison and is unrelated to his status as a UW-Madison student. Last year Nass threatened state funding unless the university discontinued a class titled “The Problem with Whiteness” and fire the professor who taught it. Nass has also accused UW-Madison of attacking men and masculinity by offering a sixweek program called the “Men’s Project,” which explores masculinity and the problems it may cause.
Swastikas were discovered spray-painted in red on a historical marker in James Madison Park early Wednesday morning. According to Madison Police Department officials, a passerby said the graffiti was not there at 10 p.m. the night before and without any surveillance footage in the area, police cannot pinpoint the crime’s exact time. Another individual alerted them at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday to the swastikas, as well as “TRUMP RULES,” and “ANTIFA SUCKS” sprayed across the monument. Joel Despain, public information officer for MPD, told The Daily Cardinal that as of right now the tentative charges are defamation of property. Once they find the perpetrator, it could rise to the level of a hate crime. He said that if they find the perpetrator and their action was motivated “by a hatred of the Jewish Faith,” it would meet the intent requirement under Wisconsin State Statutes. In their press release MPD notified The Jewish Federation of Madison and said they will continue to keep them updated. Yogev Ben-Yitschak, a member of the University of Wisconsin Hillel and Outreach Director for the Associated Students of Madison, said, “Such blatant anti-semitic acts like this remind me that our society still has so far to go in regards to hatred and discrimination in Madison. I hope with the coming of the Jewish New Year [today], we think about everything we can do to support students and community members through these horrific acts of discrimination.”
COURTESY MADISON POLICE DEPARTMENT
A passerby found the graffiti at James Madison Park early Wednesday morning, according to Madison law enforcement.
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”