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Former UW-Madison student Alec Cook, facing over 21 criminal charges including sexual assault, lived in an apartment on Henry Street.
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Advocates say common stereotypes of the ‘perfect victim’ don’t encompass survivors’ experiences of sexual assault

By Luisa de Vogel | Mar. 15, 2017

About 60 percent of reported sexual assaults at UW-Madison were committed by a friend or acquaintance of the survivor, according to a 2015 American Association of Universities’ survey. But the cultural narrative around sexual assault de-legitimizes women assaulted by someone close to them, UHS Violence prevention and Survivor Services Team Manager Carmen Juniper Neimeko said.

Alec Cook's first trial is set to begin on Feb. 26 and will cover six of the more serious charges. 
CITY NEWS

Alec Cook’s attorneys land thousands of pages of previously unseen evidence

By Claire Lancaster | Mar. 13, 2017

Attorneys of suspended UW-Madison student Alec Cook are set to receive at least 2,800 pages of police reports and other evidence previously undisclosed by the prosecution, after an emergency motion was filed Friday requesting release of the material. Cook’s attorneys, Christopher Van Wagner and Jessa Nicholson, requested in the motion that the state turn over the following:any physical evidence that the state intends to use at trial, a list of witnesses that would be called at trial, a written summary of videotaped or recorded written and oral statements made by Cook and the witnesses, including emails, text messages or any other form of electronic messages, as well as a summary of any expert’s testimony. “This allows us, in this and every other case, to see what they have and then do our own follow-up investigation,” Van Wagner told The Daily Cardinal in an email.

Associated Students of Madison Chair Carmen Goséy explained how chairs were to report hours for payment at a Coordinating Council meeting. 
NEWS

ASM to switch from stipend to hourly pay

By Maggie Chandler | Mar. 10, 2017

“We had many individuals who were working technically below minimum wage before,” Evans said. “Hourly pay is closer to equitable pay, provides more accountability on what each paid individual in the student government body is doing, and helps justify hours.”

Members of the Climate Reality Campus Corps at UW-Madison (from left) Savannah Lipps, Lydia Stiegman and Mary Pierce and Climate Reality Project Midwest Regional Organizer Haley Hager talked about their efforts to urge UW-Madison to switch to renewable electricity by 2030.
CAMPUS NEWS

Student organization advocates for UW to switch to renewable electricity

By Matthew Whitney | Mar. 10, 2017

The Climate Reality Campus Corps at UW-Madison has been focusing on “raising a lot of student awareness and support, and faculty support for the 100% Committed campaign,” according to Mary Pierce, a member of the group. The organization has had success at smaller universities, but bringing the cause to UW-Madison is part of their goal of spreading awareness on a larger scale.

After a day of walkouts and rallies in Madison, students and community members met at the Humanities Building to hear speakers in an event called “International Women’s Day Against Trump.”
CAMPUS NEWS

Madison socialist community observes International Women’s Day despite heckler’s disruption

By Noah Habenstreit | Mar. 8, 2017

Hours after hundreds of Madison residents rallied at the Capitol to observe International Women’s Day, a group of UW-Madison students and community members gathered in the Humanities Building for a “discussion on a socialist strategy to defeat [President Donald] Trump's sexism.” The event, titled “International Women’s Day Against Trump” and sponsored by Madison Socialist Alternative and Socialist Students Madison, featured speakers from the Madison community and across the Midwest.

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