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THE STATESMAN
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2012
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH
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UMD revamps incident reporting website
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BY SHANNON KINLEY kinle005@d.umn.edu
Students and faculty who are victims of crime now have new means of confidentially and safely reporting it online, thanks to a new link on UMD’s website. The link, “Reporting an Incident,” was created in an effort to make UMD a more inclusive campus. On the website, students, employees and faculty can find detailed information on how to file a report online and what to expect after they file. Lisa Erwin, vice chancellor of Student Life, said the page was redesigned and added as a link to the homepage under quick links in order to make it easier for students. “It (the website) is really clear,”
Erwin said. “You know where to go.” This newly laid out website aligns with the university’s goal two of the Strategic Plan, which is to create a positive and inclusive campus climate for all by advancing equity, diversity, and social justice. Bilin Tsai, co-chair of the Campus Change Team, explained that they have heard several times from students that they don’t know how to report. “The website used to be just text. There were no boxes to draw your attention to how to report an incident,” Tsai said. Tsai also explained that the formatting and clarity were their main goals in the new layout. “We didn’t want people to have to search around. We wanted to
make it very clear,” Tsai said. The website states that people should report incidents that undermine and damage a safe, respectful and diverse environment. It then gives examples of incidents worth reporting, how to file the actual report, and what happens after it is filed. Incidents can be reported both by victims and witnesses, and those who report have the option of remaining anonymous. It also provides resources for students, faculty and staff who would not like to report an incident, but who would like to talk to somebody. Tsai said she has heard several times from students who have reported an incident but had nothing happen afterward. “We want to be accountable,” Tsai said. “We have learned that a
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campus needs to respond in a way that is more clear and responsible.” Susana Pelayo-Woodward, STUDENT LIFE STUDENT LIFE STUDENT LIFE director of the Multicultural Center and co-chair of the Campus Change Team, agreed with Tsai. UMD campus “If we don’t have a welcoming veteran’s club environment we will not have new students,” Woodward said. Come the end of October, all of UMD faculty will be invited to take a campus climate survey. Students will be able to take the survey spring semester. “With these surveys we will be able to better analyze the data,” Woodward said. “We want to move the actions forward.” Similar surveys were given out to the campus community in 2002, 2009 and 2010. Woodward hopes to get a better response in these upcoming surveys.
New street signs coming to campus BY ANNE KUNKEL CHRISTIANSON kunke063@d.umn.edu
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Five years after the initial idea, next week students will see new street signs throughout UMD’s campus in time for homecoming. UMD’s Student Association (SA) has reached its goal of raising enough money to replace the existing green and white signs with ones that are maroon and gold. This is an idea that they hope will join community and student pride. “We’re increasing people’s pride,” said TJ Kiewatt, SA’s representative at large. “People are seeing these signs and feeling that sense of feeling, that sense of ‘I am a bulldog, I’m that awesome’ sort of feel.” According to Hannah Mumm, SA’s president, the final cost for the signs was roughly $5,734. Most of that came from donations and fundraisers. However, $1,300 was provided by the Strategic Small Grant Fund set in place by Chancellor Lendley Black’s Strategic Plan. The plan aims to bring students and the community together.
The signs will replace all the existing ones on campus, which Mumm hopes will “create a soft edge to campus.” After attempts to contact Mayor Don Ness, he said in a voicemail that he thinks it’s a great project. ”It’s a very small but solid way to show the connection between the city of Duluth and UMD,” said Ness. “By defining where Bulldog country lies but not putting such a harsh border on it, I think that that will help fulfill the goal of the Strategic Plan,” said Mumm. With the funds raised, and money from the grant, SA actually overshot their goal and raised a total of $6,200. Since the signs cost less than that, Kiewatt said it gives them some cushion money. “The extra money goes into a fund to help maintain the signs,” said Kiewatt. “Each sign needs to be replaced every 10 years because the reflective paint wears off, and then there are people who steal them or something.” The new signs will be officially unveiled next Thursday, Oct. 16 at 6 p.m. in Ordean Court, which SA hopes will be a community event.
A digital mock-up of a soon to come University Drive street sign.
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Ethics of wolf hunt discussed at UMD
BY JOSH MACVEY macve004@d.umn.edu
With hunting season fast approaching, Minnesota citizens filed into a UMD auditorium Friday to discuss the ethics of harvesting wolves. “What’s the rush?” a Duluth woman asked, echoing the critics of the wolf hunt who are concerned that the DNR-approved policy was passed too soon, and without public support. The policy legalizes the shooting and trapping of 400 wolves that, until January of 2012, were listed as an endangered and protected species. “Ethically, we feel the DNR and the legislators broke the public trust and their promise,” said Maureen Hackett, founder of the anti-wolf hunt organization Howling for Wolves. “As early as 2011, there were letters sent saying ‘no wolf hunt.’” Hackett referred to the onceanticipated moratorium, which would have prohibited wolf hunting for five years after they were removed from the protected list. “In our generation, there is no legitimate reason to conduct hunts,” said Howard Goldman, panelist and director of the Minnesota Humane Society. “This is sport hunting, leisure, trophy hunting—nothing more.” see WOLF HUNT
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