EN SORORIDAD A UNA MUJER EN LA LUCHA, MELIDA ANAYA MONTES, PRESENTEl October z, 133Th7 e UWEstablished M1956 Posvolumte 4Z, Number 5 By Rochelle Deborah Bernard A"\nother "silent witness" has been added to the list. University of Michigan student Tamara Williams was stabbed to death by her boyfriend recently. He had a violent history, having beenjailed and put on proba­ tion for previous attacks on Tamara. Even though she had a no-contact order against him, the Michigan courts did nothing when he continued to harass her. Consequently, Tamara leaves behind a 21 /2-year-old daugh­ ter: another victim in the never-ending struggle against domestic violence. Hundreds gathered at Marquette Univer­ sity last Thursday evening for the annual Take Back the Night rally, which acknowl­ edges victims of violent crimes like rape and battery, and mourns those who, like Tamara, lost their lives as a result of such crimes. In the past year there have been over 5,500 court cases involving domestic violence in Milwaukee. Wisconsin's mandatory arrest law requires police to make an arrest in any complaint of domestic violence. Once con­ victed, offenders are also subject to manda­ tory perpetrator counseling. One of the speakers at the event, Milwau­ kee Police Department Deputy Inspector Monica Ray, recalled the days when police officers had virtually no training in dealing with domestic violence. She told of one case in which several officers spent an hour and a half talking a woman out of pressing charges against her abusive husband, saying she would "only anger him" if she pursued charges. Now, Milwaukee police officers receive 23 hours of domestic-violence training. Re­ ported sexual assaults in Milwaukee are down 21 percent with a 96 percent clearance rate, meaning 96 percent of perpetrators are charged and convicted. While the number of offenders being con­ victed is up, the number of domestic vio­ lence calls that MPD responds to are still high. Last year MPD received almost 7,000 domestic violence calls, over half of which were for battery. All led to arrests under the mandatory arrest law; however, these were only the cases that were actually reported to the police. An unknown number were not. Take Back the Night's Silent Witness ex­ hibit honored the women who have been silenced at the hand of their domestic part­ ner. The row of near-life-size, human-shaped cutouts included short descriptions of the woman killed and her assailant. The exhibit has been on display in UWM's Union on various occasions. Other exhibits at the rally included those from area anti-violence campaigns, and the Clothesline Project: a memorial to survivors of violence and women who have been killed. Participants in previous rallies designed their tttmN0HPA6i!> • • • < ; EWS October 2, 1997 ThellWM Post Seen & EARN WHILE The Budget Cometh issued a statement Friday praising Vou LEHRN Heard student activists who lobbied on Finance your education and gain valuable work LastThursday evening, the State the budget. The statement said in experience before you graduate. * Senate finally did something it had Compiled by the Post staff part: been trying to do for a remarkedly "Without all your efforts stu­ •Accounting long time without success - it passed dents wuld not have been able to •Administrative its biennial budget. secure the additional $9 million •Customer Service seven percent tuition increase next So what's in the thing? that was given for the above pro­ •Data Entry year. Also, the flexibility was writ­ Well, whatever its horrors and grams. The mass amounts of calls •General Clerical ten to apply only for the next two highlights in other areas, it at least senators received forced them to and more! years, though that limitation could looks as though UW students man­ find some additional money in the be vetoed by the Governor. Enjoy the benefits of working as an aged to win some of the things final compromised version. Every WHEG: There was a big boost in Olsten assignment employee: they'd been askingfor in the course student, was well as every student funding the Wisconsin Higher of the debate. government, that participated in Flexible Schedules Education Grant. It'll go up 20 (The delay was responsible in the campaign should claim a vic­ percent over two years, with most of Premiere Companies large part for this semster's abnor­ tory on what you were able to accom­ the boost in year one. Nearly three Free Computer Training mally-large increase in tuition; one plish." Weekly Pay student lobbyist noted amid praise and half million was added. Lawton: The Lawton Under­ From the Senate, the budget Call now to get the job you want. for State Senator Chuck Chvala's graduate Minority Retention Grant goes back to the Assembly and then We're in the white pages. stands with students on issues like to the Governor. Stay tuned. capping the student-footed por­ got another $600,000. Brookfield'DelavarvFond du LacFort Atkinson AOP: The Advanced Opportu­ Janesville-Kenosha«Milwaukee»Racine tion of instructional costs, that SheboygarvWest Bend Chvala was "screwing us" by sitting nity Program was boosted $400,000. Polystyrene, Polystyrene Advising: The funding has been on the budget.) Cloer to home, the Student As­ put in for a pilot program for a Aft Olsten Anyhow, the results are in. sociation Senate has been in pitu­ Staffing Services- Tuition flexibility. 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Located in the B-Level of the Student Union October 2, 1997 The UWM Post NEWS Seen/Foam Cup Wars inspire less-than-epic poetry nents of the ban, and distributed to the major issue of contentious de­ the Senate the afternoon before bate was on whether to press for a the meeting: ban of polystyrene, which is aimed principally at the misnomered Polystyrene, Polystyrene, You still have "styrofoam" cups used by Dining some fight. Services to serve hot and cold bever­ Polystyrene, Polystyrene, Is paper so ages alike. For over a week leading right? into the debate, this issue domi­ nated behind-the-scenes machina­ Polystyrene, Polystyrene, Don't be so tions. blue. The bill to ban failed in the Sen­ Polystyrene, Polystyrene, Some people ate only by the slenderest of mar­ still love you. gins, when Vice President Liliana Amparo broke a tie against the reso­ Polystyrene, Polystyrene, Does anyone lution, calling for further study. care? (However, anticipate a Student Polystyrene, Polystyrene, It just isn't Court challenge from thebill'sspon- fair. sors, since the bill would have passed if two proxy votes from oppo­ Polystyrene, Polystyrene, If only you nents had been rejected, per Sen­ were a recyclable mug. ate precedent.) Polystyrene, Polystyrene, You just need Alas, the intrepid Post corre­ a hug. spondent who attended the meet­ ing and logged the highs and lows Polystyrene, Polystyrene, You are sub­ of debate for us suffered a massive ject to such hate. seizure as deadline approached, Polystyrene, Polystyrene, What is your leaving readers without the ster­ fate} ling account we would otherwise have offered.