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Report reveals sexual assault on bowl trip trators knew about the parties, which Chadima hosted for four Senior athletic official John consecutive years during the Bowl Chadima’s allegedly sexually games, but did not attend. The incident reportedly occurred assaulted a student employee during a Rose Bowl party in his hotel at a party hosted by Chadima to thank student employees for suite, a UW-Madison their work for the football report revealed Tuesday. team. The party included In the report, invesbetween 25 and 30 people, tigators chronicled alleabout half of whom were gations that Chadima students and several Athletic reached down a male Department staff members. student employee’s pants After nearly seven hours after a hotel party during during which guests conwhich students, some sumed alcohol provided by under 21, drank alcohol Chadima the Athletic Department, purchased by the UW an allegedly intoxicated Athletic Department Chadima requested the remainusing donor funds. Alvarez and other senior ing student, named John Doe in Athletic Department adminis- the report, also intoxicated, stay to
By Alex DiTullio The Daily Cardinal
have another drink. Seated at a corner table Chadima told Doe he and other student employees “thought [Doe] might be gay.” Doe told investigators he watched in shock as Chadima then removed Doe’s belt and put his hand down Doe’s pants, touching his genitals. After Doe slapped Chadima’s hand away, Chadima allegedly retorted, “I thought you liked it,” asked, “What are you going to do about it?” and told Doe, “I could have you fired.” Soon after, Doe told supervisors about the incident, but said he did not want them to take immediate action out of fear of
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
From Rose Bowl to resignation: How John Chadima went from hosting Athletic Department parties to resigning in disgrace. pre-Rose Bowl party in Chadima’s Dec. 30-31The hotel suite begins at 7:30 p.m. In the
early hours of the next morning, Chadima allegedly put his hands down student employee John Doe’s pants, Doe immediately reports the incident to his supervisors at 3:15 a.m. Doe’s supervisors report the incident to UWPD. Although
Jan.4 urged to file a report with the Dean of Student’s Office,
“uneasy” supervisors contact athletic department authorities.
Counsel asks the athletic department to halt Jan. 6 Legal its investigation and let the chancellor’s office take
over. Chancellor Ward and Athletic Director Alvarez put Chadima on administrative leave and appoint a committee to conduct a further investigation. Chadima resigns later that day. outlets report allegations from anonymous Jan. 24News sources at 2 p.m. Chadima releases a statement
regarding the committee report at 6 p.m. The university releases its full report and a statement from Chancellor Ward at 10 p.m.
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Governor discloses funding, Dems critical By Adam Wollner The Daily Cardinal
ON Campus
State of the Memorial Union
Students and community members watched President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address in Der Rathskeller in the Memorial Union Tuesday night. Obama’s speech focused on creating American jobs and reforming tax policy. + Photo by Shoaib Altaf
In wake of Porchlight fire, community acts to help displaced homeless residents By Ben Siegel The Daily Cardinal
Jeff Gilbert did not think much of the smoke alarms in the night of Jan. 13. Where he lived—the Porchlight Transitional Housing Complex on North Brooks Street—they could be typical. “When [a Porchlight worker] banged on my door, I realized it wasn’t a false alarm,” he said. Fortunately for Gilbert, the fire that forced him and the building’s 100 other homeless residents to evacuate for hours left his room and pos-
sessions unharmed. Doretha Garrett, who first saw the couch in the second floor lounge where the fire started, was not as lucky. She returned to her room next to the lounge three days later to find her possessions unsalvageable, except for the television she hasn’t been able to fix. Though shaken, Garrett is grateful for one thing: her new, albeit temporary home in the neighboring St. Francis Board House, where all sixteen of the similarly displaced and posses-
sion-less Porchlight residents have been relocated. “I’m comfortable there,” Garrett said. “I feel safe in the church.” St. Francis will eventually be disassembled as part of a contentious proposal for a student apartment building approved by the Common Council earlier this year. For now, though, the house has been repurposed for the displaced, and relief efforts have brought together community
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Gov. Scott Walker has raised $4.5 million over the past five weeks to defend himself against a potential recall election, according to his latest campaign finance report. However, Democrats are critical of where that money is coming from. According to Wisconsin Democracy Campaign executive director Mike McCabe, Walker raised over $12 million in the past year, the most by any candidate ever running for state office in Wisconsin, topping his own previous record. Walker raised nearly the same amount during his 2010 gubernatorial campaign, around $11 million, but over a four-year period. Ordinarily, individuals cannot donate more than $10,000 to a campaign. However, since Walker is the target of a recall, the limit is currently lifted for him. Once a recall election is authorized, Walker will not unable to accept unlimited amounts of campaign contributions. McCabe said every signature must be verified and ensuing legal challenges will need to be dealt with before an election is authorized, which could take up to three months, meaning Walker will likely raise more money in weeks to come. “He’s only just getting warmed up,” he said. Sixty one percent of the donations Walker received
during the latest reporting period, Dec. 11 through Jan. 17, were from out of state, a figure McCabe called “unprecedented.” McCabe said 10 percent of donations coming from outside of Wisconsin is usually considered a high number. “We’ve never seen anything like that when it comes to reliance on outside money,” McCabe said. In response to the high number of out-of-state donations, executive director for the liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now Scot Ross accused Walker of “traveling across America selling out Wisconsin to the highest bidder” in a statement. However, Walker campaign spokesperson Ciara Matthews emphasized the importance of grassroots donors to the campaign in a statement, pointing out about 75 percent of the donations were $50 or less. “Gov. Walker’s message of moving Wisconsin forward continues to resonate with voters,” Matthews said. “It is this message, and the success of the governor’s reforms, that have inspired people to contribute to his campaign in overwhelming numbers.” About half the money Walker raised came from just 33 of the over 21,000 donors. Four out-ofstate donors each contributed $250,000 to the campaign, the highest individual contribution reported during this period.
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”