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Two UW-Madison student organizations, including We’re Better Than That, are taking advantage of national Sexual Assault Awareness Month by running campaigns throughout April surrounding issues of sexual violence.Two UW-Madison student organizations, including We’re Better Than That, are taking advantage of national Sexual Assault Awareness Month by running campaigns throughout April surrounding issues of sexual violence.

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Sexual assault awareness month sparks creative events from student organizations

By Hannah Malone | Apr. 3, 2017

Several UW-Madison student organizations are looking to raise awareness of sexual violence throughout April, national Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Two organizations on campus—Promoting Awareness Victim Empowerment and We’re Better Than That—are addressing the sensitive topics that surround sexual assault through student activism. WBTT Incoming Students Committee Leader Rachel Nicolaison is running the “Share Your Why” campaign, which aims to create open conversations on sexual assault through personal storytelling. “We want people to get more of the personal touch which is often missing from the conversation,” Nicolaison said.

The 48th Annual Spring Powwow welcomed Native Americans from across the nation and members of the Madison community at the New Holland Pavilion over the weekend.

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Spring powwow connects UW-Madison community with Native American culture

By Luisa de Vogel and Hannah Malone | Apr. 2, 2017

The sound of drum beats filled parts of the Alliant Energy Center as dancers in traditional native regalia performed at the 48th On Wisconsin Annual Spring Powwow. The UW-Madison student organization Wunk Sheek coordinated the powwow in the center’s New Holland Pavilions Saturday and Sunday.

A UW-Madison sophomore who received an organ donation and the student organization Donate Life Wisconsin will hold events to inform the community about registering as a donor throughout April.

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Student group, transplant recipient promote National Donate Life Month

By Matthew Whitney | Apr. 1, 2017

The Wisconsin branch of Donate Life America strives to “help students combat the misconceptions that surround organ and tissue donation,” according to Sydney Kelly, a member of the group.

Demonstrators gathered on Library Mall to promote agendas for Industrial Workers of the World, Young Americans for Liberty and Young Americans for Freedom Friday.

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Demonstrators protest against fascism, promote free speech on Library Mall

By Megan Provost and Kate Daniels | Mar. 31, 2017

The Madison branch of the Industrial Workers of the World held a demonstration speaking out against fascism and recent violence against members of their union Friday. The demonstration, titled “All Out Against Fascism and Hate,” and organized by the union’s General Defense Committee, attracted roughly 45 people to Library Mall. Demonstrators gathered at Library Mall to listen to speakers such as Alex Gillis of the Union de Trabajadores Inmigrantes, Lariisa Stewart of the Madison Feminist Directory and Sam Olson of the Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement.

UW Chamber Orchestra, James Smith, conductor

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Symphony Orchestra director to retire after 34 years at UW-Madison

By Noah Habenstreit | Mar. 31, 2017

James Smith, a professor in the UW-Madison Mead Witter School of Music, will also retire from his posts as music director of the University Opera and conductor of the Chamber Orchestra.

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Two finalists chosen to fill Title IX coordinator position

By Claire Campbell | Mar. 30, 2017

UW-Madison announced Thursday they are in the final stages of hiring a new Title IX coordinator after David Blom announced he will retire from the position in May. The university is currently under investigation for its handling of sexual assault cases for possible Title IX violations. Two finalists—Nicholas Oleksy and Lauren Hasselbacher—are vying for the position.

Reza Aslan told audience members that bigotry is based on fear not ignorance.

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Award-winning religious scholar says fear leads to otherism

By Nina Bertelsen | Mar. 30, 2017

For Reza Aslan, an award-winning religious scholar, author and producer, the rise of xenophobia and fear of Islamic terrorism in the United States isn’t a Muslim problem, it’s an American problem.

UW-Madison junior Ella Strei stopped going to UHS for mental health care because of the university's cap for one-on-one counseling sessions.

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Access to mental health services varies by students' degree

By Peter Coutu | Mar. 29, 2017

Because she was nearing the university’s limit on counseling sessions, Ella Strei chose to stop using University Health Services for mental health care.

UW-Madison student leaders of environmental advocacy organizations and professors with expertise in climate change expressed concern over President Donal Trump's executive orders that affect the Environmental Protection Agency.

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Student environmental advocates, experts react to Trump’s executive order on EPA

By Hannah Malone | Mar. 28, 2017

The goals of the Environmental Protection Agency—to protect human and environmental health by passing regulatory legislation through U.S.

Attendees participated in an open group conversations regarding one’s privilege and the roles of black womxn in society at Wisconsin Black Student Union’s Talk To Me Tuesday: Showin’ Up for Black Womxn event.

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WBSU supports, empowers black womxn by 'Showin' Up'

By Megan Provost | Mar. 28, 2017

While the Black Lives Matter movement as a whole warrants discussion, the adversity faced by black womxn in particular often lacks media coverage.

The student organization Accessible Reproductive Healthcare Initiative will accept donations of menstrual products in boxes set up throughout campus until the end of the month.

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Student organization collects menstrual products to donate to Madison community

By Catherine Goslin | Mar. 27, 2017

The student organization Accessible Reproductive Healthcare Initiative is holding a drive through the end of March to collect menstrual products to distribute to low-income people who need them in Madison who could not otherwise afford them.

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Early voting for judicial, local government opens on campus

By Claire Campbell | Mar. 27, 2017

Polling places will be open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Student Activity Center in the third floor Sun Room and in Union South in the Info Lounge. Students must present an I.D. to vote and make sure they are registered at their current address.

A non-academic misconduct hearing committee found former UW-Madison student Alec Cook “responsible for violating university student conduct policies related to a crime of violence.”

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Alec Cook’s lawyers appeal UW-Madison expulsion

By Peter Coutu | Mar. 27, 2017

Blank has 30 days from the date of filing to make a decision on the appeal.

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New activities, events to ring in the Memorial Union Terrace summer season

By Sammy Gibbons | Mar. 26, 2017

The Terrace summer schedule will feature new daytime entertainment, including many events centered around the arts, according to a Wisconsin Union press release. These will consist of a classical music series which will take place every Sunday afternoon, as well as crafting activities such as “Paintaculars” at which attendees create paintings while being lead by an instructor.

A man was arrested Thursday for allegedly taking pictures of a female in a Witte Residence Hall bathroom.

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'Pretty Witte' set to break ground in March 2017

By Hannah Malone | Mar. 15, 2017

An idea conceived by four UW-Madison students in the fall of 2012 is coming to fruition with the remodel of Witte Residence Hall.

A UW-Madison student told police she is concerned she was sexually assaulted at a fraternity house on Langdon Street.

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Faced with disproportionate rates of assault, efforts focus on Greek life, residence halls

By Sammy Gibbons | Mar. 15, 2017

Following a 2015 survey that revealed high rates of sexual assault at UW-Madison—particularly in residence halls and Greek houses—campus groups have been working to build prevention programs aimed at reducing these numbers. This programming aims to reach a significant portion of the campus population, as 90 percent of freshman choose to live in university housing and approximately 13 percent of undergraduates are members of the Greek community. University Health Services, UW Housing and Greek councils are working to combat sexual assault before it occurs through education and legislation. First-year students receive double dose of preventative measures In the fall of 2016, UHS held the first educational sessions they created for first-year students.

The UW-Madison Police Department launched the “Don’t Be That Guy” campaign in 2015, which targeted male perpetrators with heteronormative imagery.

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‘Balancing act’: inclusivity in sexual assault prevention remains illusive

By Hannah J. Olson | Mar. 15, 2017

Although the statistical majority of perpetrators are men, anyone can be a survivor of sexual assault.

Campus groups and the installment of a Title IX coordinator are part of UW-Madison's efforts to maintain sexual violence prevention efforts in the midst of four investigations by the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights..

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With 4 Title IX cases under investigation, groups try to improve handling of sexual violence on campus

By Cameron Lane-Flehinger | Mar. 15, 2017

Student groups and university administration, faced with the possibility of these cases never being fully investigated, are working to fight sexual violence on campus.

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Alec Cook found responsible for crime of violence in university hearing, expelled

By Peter Coutu | Mar. 14, 2017

One of Cook's attorneys said they will appeal the decision.

Current and former residents of the Lakeshore and Southeast neighborhoods faced off on Bascom Hill in the annual Battle for Bascom snowball fight.

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Battle for Bascom crowns Lakeshore victors for sixth consecutive year

By Claire Campbell | Mar. 13, 2017

Excitement rose Monday as snow fell with the announcement that the annual Battle for Bascom would be taking place.

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