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Weekend, April 24-26, 2009
SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH A monthlong series focused on sexual violence in America and on the UW-Madison campus in an effort to dispel myths and educate students, including weekly feature articles and daily facts.
UW resources help in victims’ recovery efforts By Estephany Escobar THE DAILY CARDINAL
After being sexually assaulted on campus by a summer acquaintance in the fall of 2008, a UW-Madison female student walked to her classes, feeling unsafe and consumed with anxious thoughts. “[Rape] is a small, four-letter word, but it’s the biggest thing in the world,” the 21-year-old female UW-Madison student said. Although she was hurt by the incident, the victim said she found the strength to decide it would not determine the rest of her life. “Four days after it happened, I decided I’m not going to be the person who 10 years down the line [is] still hurt by this,
and I think that’s the best thing you can do,” she said. After reporting the assault to UWPD and receiving counseling and support from the dean of students and her family, she feels empowered and ready to move on. Over 188 students reported a sexual assault across the UW System universities in 2007. The highest number of reports in the UW System was at UWMadison, with 42 reported cases, followed by UW-Oshkosh with 30 reports and UW-Milwaukee with 16. Cathy Seasholes, director of the UW-Milwaukee Women’s Resource assault page 3
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Officer Lester Moore of the Madison Police Department stressed the idea that gangs are a community issue and that not all members are necessarily evil at an event Thursday night.
CNI sponsors gang-awareness event By Grace Urban THE DAILY CARDINAL
In an event sponsored by Capitol Neighborhoods Inc. Thursday, Officer Lester Moore of the Madison Police Department and former MPD Captain Luis Yudice emphasized gang awareness and prevention to residents. “The gang issue in Madison is not just a police problem, it’s a community problem,” Moore said. A gang is considered to be
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three or more people who have a common identifying sign, symbol or name and whose members engage in criminal activity. Yudice, security director for the Madison Metropolitan School District, said students join gangs for multiple reasons, including a desire for prestige among friends, making money, a sense of identity and protection. “Youth violence and gangs go hand in hand,” he said. “It’s consid-
ered a national health problem.” According to Moore, Madison has its fair share of gang-related activity, with approximately 1,400 gang members and associates in the area. “All of the [police] agencies within Dane County are dealing with gang members, and we work together through an informationsharing network,” Moore said. gangs page 3
Hospital board members to remain despite abortion critics By Megan Orear THE DAILY CARDINAL
Although anti-abortion activists have spoken out strongly against three pro-abortion rights members serving on the UW Hospitals and Clinics Authority Board, the state Senate voted Thursday to reappoint them. The Senate’s vote confirmed Gov. Jim Doyle’s recommendation for current members Roger Axtell, Mike Weiden and Sheldon
Wasserman, a former state representative, to serve again on the board. They voted 17-15 for Axtell and Weiden, with one Democrat voting with the Republicans, and voted 21-11 for Wasserman. Axtell and Weiden voted in February for a plan to allow second-term abortions to be performed at the Madison Surgery Center, an affiliate of UW hospital page 3
Sponsor still uncertain for Mifflin party By Erin Banco THE DAILY CARDINAL
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UW-Madison graduate student Joe Cesarz performs as part of the funk band Los Brujos at a battle of the bands competition at the Memorial Union Terrace Thursday night.
The final decision for a 2009 Mifflin Street Block Party sponsor will be made Friday, but officials are saying it is unlikely DCNY PRO will host the event. Madison’s Street Use Staff Team granted DCNY PRO a permit Tuesday, but co-owner Ny Bass said the group needed to raise $4,000 by Friday for the
sponsorship to be solidified. � Lt. Kristen Roman of the Madison Police Department said a sponsorship could decrease the number of arrests made at the party. � “A sponsored event has a middle and an end and a focus, and that is what has been missing from Mifflin,” she said. “In the history of the event there used to mifflin page 3
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”