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Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Fed bill may change UW sex assault reporting
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Students participate in all types of festivities on Library Mall as part of All-Campus Party 2010. Events including live music, free food and outdoor yoga will continue through this Friday.
ASM, city officials debate high-speed rail locations By Daniel Tollefson The Daily Cardinal
The Associated Students of Madison Legislative Affairs Committee met Monday to discuss high-speed rail stops and alcohol policies with representatives from Madison’s Downtown Coordinating Committee. Last Friday, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation selected
four possible Madison stop locations for the proposed high-speed rail, which would connect Madison and Milwaukee. The committees discussed the pros and cons of the four possible locations: Monona Terrace, the Kohl Center, Yahara Station on East Washington Avenue and the Dane County Regional Airport. According to Troy Thiel, chair of the DCC, a Monona Terrace stop would have
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Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, met with ASM’s Legislative Affairs committee Monday to discuss city related issues, including high-speed rail locations.
operational issues, space concerns and a lack of parking. He said the Kohl Center is also landlocked in terms of transit connects and would present problems during rush hour. The Yahara Station has 15 bus routes with stops on its block, carrying over four million passengers a year, while transit routes to the airport transport only 5,600 people per year, he said. “Connectability is a major key,” Thiel said. “When you’re locating a transit station … it needs to be a place where the market is already accessing.” According to Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, the Department of Transportation should study the efficacy of a stop at Monona Terrace or the Kohl Center. He agrees that a stop at the airport is not the best location. “The airport clearly fails in practically all aspects,” he said. Verveer said the high-speed rail stop location is ultimately chosen by the state government and the Department of Transportation, not the city of Madison. “Hopefully we can have a lot of influence,” he said. “We’re hoping to make an important statement … at the city council meeting.” The committees also discussed how the Alcohol License Density Ordinance affects alternative entertainment options for students. ALDO, which prevents new establishments from obtaining an alcohol license asm page 3
Recently proposed legislation may require universities to report the number of sexual assault hearings and their outcomes annually. The legislation was introduced Friday by the lobbying group Security on Campus and would be an enhancement to the Clery Act, which consists of crime-reporting and sex-discrimination laws. If passed, the enhancements would require universities to disclose the number of sexual assault hearings, including their time frame and any action taken. Failure to disclose these numbers would cost universities roughly $27,500 for each offense, according to the Security on Campus website. The website also said the proposed enhancements would require universities to consistently enforce these laws, implement a sexual assault education program and provide accommodations for sexual assault victims. Kevin Helmkamp, associate dean of students, said typically about 40 sexual assault cases are reported on campus each year. Of those 40, he said only a handful choose to proceed with disciplinary action and take the case to court. He said the university currently only reports sanctions where the assailant was found guilty and suspended from the university, not the total number of hearings. Helmkamp said he would be against the legislation if it were to require the university to make the court cases public, fearing this would cause victims to be hesitant in reporting their cases. “Anything that would have the end result of making it more difficult and harder on victims, legislation page 3
City to use carbon data in improving energy efficiency By Ashley Davis The Daily Cardinal
The Sustainable Design and Energy Committee hosted a presentation Monday by graduate students in the Energy Analysis and Policy certificate program in an attempt to establish a carbon baseline for reducing energy consumption. The presentation worked to create awareness of sustainable energy initiatives and give the city an idea of where it stands on these issues, Corey Singletary, a UW-Madison graduate student heading the project, said. Data was collected from the city of Madison’s government operations in 2007, which includes buildings, facilities and vehicles such as garbage trucks. sustainability 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.”