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Murder victim’s father speaks about domestic violence By Jackie Pecquex The Daily Cardinal
Tom Santoro, whose 18-year-old daughter was beaten to death with a baseball bat by her ex-boyfriend, spoke about domestic violence Monday at the Memorial Union. The event was sponsored by Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment as a part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Santoro, who has been speaking to high school and college-age students about dating violence for 13 years, said abuse often does not begin with physical violence. “It will start out with some name-calling, putting down ... which is outright verbal abuse ... but when they do this to you over and over again, that person starts to believe what they’re being told ... and this can start to affect the person emotionally,” Santoro said. Verbal abuse can quickly turn into physical
abuse in the form of punching, hair-pulling and slapping, according to Santoro. Santoro said dating violence comes down to power and control over the other partner. He said even tickling can turn dangerous. “As soon as you tell your partner ‘cut it out, stop it’ and they don’t listen to you, it can turn into abuse,” Santoro said. Santoro said there are two essential ingredients for a healthy, safe relationship. “Find a partner who is going to respect you and trust you,” he said. PAVE Volunteer Coordinator Claire Udell urged students to attend PAVE volunteer orientations to get information about domestic violence and to learn how to get involved with prevention. More information about dating violence prevention, along with campus events for Domestic Violence Awareness Month, can be found on the PAVE website at uwpave.rso.wisc.edu.
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Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal’s appearance at a fundraiser for Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker caused controversy within his home state.
Jindal stumps for Walker, gets flack from La. students By Ariel Shapiro The Daily Cardinal
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is not the only gubernatorial candidate bringing major national politicians to the state. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal appeared at a fundraiser at the Sheraton Hotel Monday to campaign for Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker. “What Scott understands better than most is the need to cut government spending, cut taxes, get government out of the way … that’s great news for the families of Wisconsin,” Jindal said. Walker in turn praised Jindal on his leadership in times of economic and natural disasters. “He’s been a great leader for the state of Louisiana, a great leader nationally, and I am proud to have him help us with our campaign for governor of the great state of Wisconsin,” Walker said. However, Jindal’s presence on the campaign trail for Walker and others nationNelson Cho/the daily cardinal
Tom Santoro, father of a dating violence murder victim, spoke about domestic violence as part of PAVE’s recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Lawton holds democracy panel on foreign relations By Ariel Shapiro The Daily Cardinal
Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton held a panel on the state’s role in forming global relationships at the Pyle Center Monday, the first of its kind on campus since the Eisenhower administration. “There is a rich fabric of citizen diplomacy that goes on in the state of Wisconsin,” Lawton said. “It strengthens the fabric of international relationships.” Experts across fields participated in the panel, contributing their personal and professional perspectives on how states can be more involved with forging global connections. Captain Joe Davidson, coordinator of the National Guard State Partnership Program, discussed how his program allows the state to create not only military bonds with foreign
nations, but civilian connections as well. The program, which was founded in 1993 in response to the collapse of the Soviet Union, pairs up states’ National Guard Programs with newly democratized countries to establish similar civilian military programs. However, Davidson said the learning experience goes beyond the military component. “You are able to conduct exchanges, learn about them, have them learn about us and contribute to our strategic objectives in a more comprehensive way than we would otherwise,” Davidson said. Mark Johnson, a UW-Madison professor of education policy and public diplomacy, stressed the need to fund international and foreign language programs. lawton page 3
ally has caused some controversy within his home state. Louisiana State University Student Body President J. Hudson sent a letter to the media criticizing Jindal for neglecting the state and its institutions of higher education. Hudson said the letter was the best way he could think of to get LSU students heard by their governor in the wake of massive cuts to university funding. “Bobby Jindal has not done anything purposely to hurt education, it’s just he hasn’t done anything to protect it, and that’s what we’re trying to preach,” Hudson said. However, Jindal defended his position on the campaign trail and said he has been dedicated to Louisiana issues. “I’ve spent over 90 percent of my time in my state. I’ve done that since being elected,” Jindal said. Whether or not his constituents approved of his campaigning activities, Jindal said he was happy to support Walker. “I am proud to call him a friend, and I look forward to calling him a fellow governor,” Jindal said.
Chancellor Martin proposes Badger Partnership business model By Molly Reppen The Daily Cardinal
Approximately 100 people attended a discussion with Chancellor Biddy Martin about her Badger Partnership proposal Monday at the first of three forum sessions about the new business model. Martin’s resolution aims to organize UW-Madison more like a business to improve relationships with state government. The ongoing proposal has received public attention recently as Martin presents new ideas for improving relationships between the state of Wisconsin and the university. “One of the solutions that would allow us to do what we need to do, which is preserve quality and value, while remaining public in our mission, would be to become more entrepreneurial and to depend somewhat lesser on the state,”
said Martin. Martin said the university needs more autonomy from the state to thrive. “The state can give us a little more room to operate if we’re going to compete among international research universities.” “We can look at the Madison Initiative for undergraduates as an index of what the value would be to students of doing everything we can to preserve the quality of UW-Madison and of student’s degrees,” Martin said. Martin spoke highly of UW-Madison’s research achievements throughout the school’s history in the state and the world. “It’s something of a miracle that a state of modest population and wealth has invested over 150 years in a university and made it one of the world’s great budget 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.”