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Public audits LGBT sexual assault data By Bri Maas THE DAILY CARDINAL
Earlier this semester, members of the UW-Madison administration revealed the results of a survey taken by students last spring surrounding issues of sexual assault. The UW-Madison Sexual Assault Climate Survey Task Force continued this conversation Monday, focusing on what the results mean for LGBTQ+ community members. Task force members gave a lengthy, detailed presentation on the survey’s key findings, including statistics showing a higher than average incidence of sexual assault at UW-Madison, especially for females, undergraduates or students with disabilities. Results also showed that nonheterosexual students disproportionately reported sexual assault and sexual misconduct as compared to heterosexual peers. “The disparities don’t surprise me, but it does surprise me how wide the disparities are,” said an audience member who wished to remain anonymous. Recommendations for how to improve campus climate included
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Task force members Kari Hajduk (left) and Valyncia Raphael present results from the AAU sexual assault survey. targeted prevention efforts and improved support for minority groups who are disproportionately affected, including those who identify as LGBTQ+.
UW-Madison graduate student Valyncia Raphael and undergraduate student Kari Hajduk then opened up discussion for community members to give their
own recommendations on how to improve future data collection, programming and services. “We know the limitations of how you ask questions and how
Judge denies newest efforts to expand state voter ID options By Laura Grulke THE DAILY CARDINAL
A federal district court refused to expand the kinds of identification voters can use in Wisconsin Tuesday, rejecting the arguments made by a special interest group that aimed to make voting easier for students, veterans and people with outof-state driver’s licenses. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against Wisconsin’s voter ID law earlier this year, claiming the law was unconstitutional due to its limitations. The ACLU asked the court Oct. 5 to expand the law to include IDs for veterans, IDs for technical college students and out-of-state driver’s licenses. They argued the law arbitrarily excluded those classes of people. District Judge Lynn Adelman rejected the ACLU’s arguments in his decision. Adelman explained that a line must be drawn between acceptable and unacceptable forms of ID, otherwise the state would
have to create and maintain an infinite list. Adelman believed the logistics of expanding the list of acceptable forms of ID could hinder the state’s capability of administering the law, but also conceded the state could have added veteran’s IDs to the list. “To be sure, Wisconsin probably could have included veteran’s ID on the list … without significantly increasing its administrative burden,” Adelman said in his opinion. “However … the state had to draw the line between acceptable and unacceptable forms of ID somewhere.” The ACLU addressed Adelman’s decision, especially in regards to veteran’s IDs, as upsetting. “It’s unconscionable that even veterans, who have so valiantly served our country, can’t use their governmentissued IDs under this law,” Director of the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project Dale Ho said in
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you label things, that matters. I’ve definitely been vocal about that with the task force,” Raphael said. “As a black woman, I’m not represented by the data … That’s very limiting for me.” Participants recommended improving existing support programs and student awareness of them, especially for minority groups. Audience members criticized UW-Madison Police Department’s “Don’t Be That Guy” campaign and other efforts for “norming” sexual violence. “While the numbers for men being assaulted are smaller, they’re significant, I think. Yet I don’t see any efforts towards preventing or helping those survivors,” an anonymous participant said. Hajduk said the task force will likely recommend more surveys in the future, whether they are in-house or done by another outside company. “After four years we have a whole new set of students on campus and if we’re continually pushing out new prevention efforts, very quickly we could get very different data each year,” Hajduk said.
New brewpub, outdoor seating area coming to Regent Street By Negassi Tesfamichael THE DAILY CARDINAL
one million rentals archived in 30 cities, but will maintain UW-Madison’s “look and feel,” Director Steve Amundson said in a university release. Alec Slocum is one of two
The city’s Plan Commission unanimously approved a conversion of an auto repair shop to a new restaurant-brewpub, laying the groundwork for expanded opportunity for the Regent Street neighborhood. The Regent Street Brewpub, pegged for the 1300 block of Regent Street, will have a 58-person outdoor seating area, though the city’s current zoning code will not allow for alcohol in the outdoor dining area on football Saturdays. The restaurant also includes a reception hall for special events during football Saturdays, the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association high school football tournament and the Crazylegs Classic race. The reception hall will also host private events. “One of the keys to this project
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Abodo, a startup business founded by UW-Madison alumni, aims to help students find off-campus rental housing more easily.
UW-Madison uses startup technology to help students find housing UW-Madison Campus and Visitor Relations recently partnered with Abodo, a startup that helps students navigate off-campus housing options. The CAVR office will use Abodo’s searching and sorting technology, which has more than
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”