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Residents question location of homeless resource day center By Johanna Lepro-Green THE DAILY CARDINAL

Residents of the TenneyLapham neighborhood have expressed concerns over an accepted offer to purchase a property on the 1300 block of East Washington Avenue to open a permanent day shelter for the homeless. After years of searching for a suitable site, the announcement encouraged homeless advocates. However, area residents have questioned its proximity to a day care, residences and Lapham Elementary School, located two

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Protesters took to the streets last month to show solidarity with a victim of a sexual assault. The Madison Police Department is currently investigating the incident as an attempted homicide.

Community members explore ways to end pattern of sexual assault By Kaitlyn Veto THE DAILY CARDINAL

Community organizer Dayna Long met with area residents Monday to reflect on the “Take Back the Bike Path” protest that took place just over two weeks ago. The meeting, largely held to receive feedback from the public, continued a discourse on the recent highly debated topic of sexual assault and rape culture. Long, creator of the “Take Back the Bike Path” march, which amassed over 1,000 protesters, is now focusing on how to turn a protest into a movement and continue the conversation around prevalent assault. Stressing the need to go beyond

the “Band-Aid fixes,” such as clearing the brush from the bike path and implementing a police patrol, Long spoke of the need to look at the bigger picture surrounding rape culture and victim blaming. “I heard a lot of people saying things like ‘If she hadn’t been on the bike path at this hour of the night, that never would have happened,’” Long said. “We can do better than that … We should be teaching that it’s never a woman’s fault. It’s never a person’s fault they were raped. It’s always on the rapist.” One in four undergraduate female students reported experiencing sexual misconduct in some way, according to the Association

of American Universities Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Sexual Misconduct that featured data from UW-Madison. Many people are uneducated about the presence of rape culture and the frequency that sexual assaults happen in the community, Long said. “There are a lot of people in our community who don’t know about rape in its usual form,”Long stated, referring to the reality that most cases of sexual assault are not as violently brutal as the incident that took place on the Capitol bike path. Due to the assault’s severity, it is

blocks away. During a “Chat with Chief Koval” forum on Thursday, Mike Ryanjoy, a resident of the Tenney-Lapham neighborhood, questioned Madison Police Department Chief Mike Koval about the decision to accept the offer without consulting residents and business owners in the area. “It skips over a lot of process that could have taken place, built social trust and engaged people to think more creative-

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University police investigate robbery in residence hall A reported aggravated assault and strong-arm robbery occurred Sept. 30 in a university residence hall, according to a UW-Madison Police Department incident report. A UW-Madison student reported the incident to UWPD Monday. She told police a man entered her room in Elizabeth Waters Residence Hall around 12:45 p.m. and knocked her unconscious. She added that she recalled someone digging through her backpack while she was lying on the ground and reported cash and other personal property missing.

UWPD is currently investigating the case, searching for a suspect that the survivor described as a 6-feet tall white male with a stocky build, last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with the hood up and black gloves, according to the report. The department sent an email to all students warning them of the attack in compliance with the Clery Act, a federal law that requires the university to inform students of crimes on or near campus. —Bri Maas

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Homeless man arrested for attempted sexual assault Madison police arrested a 43-year-old homeless man for attempted sexual assault early Saturday morning. Cedric D. May attempted to sexually assault another homeless woman who was sleeping on the 100 block of State Street, Madison Police Department Public Information Officer Joel

DeSpain said in a Monday statement. The victim told police a stranger got under her blankets but she got him to leave. Prior to the incident, the suspect had offered her money for sex, but she refused. Police arrested May near upper State Street Saturday afternoon after he tried to run

away. He was in possession of several wrapped packages of cocaine and marijuana. May was arrested on charges of attempted third-degree sexual assault, solicitation and possession with intent to deliver cocaine and marijuana, according to the incident report. —Helu Wang

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A female student reported an aggravated assault and strongarm robbery in Elizabeth Waters Residence Hall Monday.

“…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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