UPDATE - CORRECTION Walker Unfairly Attacked On College Rape

[DonViejo]

Last edited Sat Feb 28, 2015, 04:27 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: TDB/Jezebel

Walker Would End Campus Rape Reports

Neatly hidden in his new budget that slashes hundreds of millions of dollars from the public university system, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has proposed that universities no longer be required to report the number of sexual assaults on campus to the Department of Justice. It also includes language to, “Delete the requirement that any person employed at an institution who witnesses a sexual assault on campus or receives a report from a student enrolled in the institution that the student has been sexually assaulted report the assault to the dean of students.” No explanation for the deletions is given.

Read it at Jezebel

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Read more: http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2015/02/27/walker-stop-college-assault-reports.html

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Update

CORRECTION Walker Unfairly Attacked On College Rape

Jezebel incorrectly reported parts of the budget from Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin on Friday, accusing the presumed candidate for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016 of suppressing the reporting of college rape statistics at the University of Wisconsin. A Daily Beast college columnist at the university based an article off Jezebel's post. On Saturday, Jezebel updated their post with the following after USA Today published a story debunking the feminist website's account and clarifying Walker's position: "UPDATE: After Jezebel ran this item yesterday, a spokesman for the University of Wisconsin came forward—over two weeks after the budget was released—to clarify: the University requested that Gov. Walker delete the requirements because efforts were redundant with their compliance of the Cleary Act. Scott Walker's camp assures that he's committed to protecting victims.”

When The Daily Beast contacted Republican Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel for comment on Friday, his office expressed reservations about Walker’s proposal. His office told The Daily Beast in a statement that the Attorney General “is concerned about some of the provisions in the budget that may reduce information provided to college students and take away reporting requirements. He will work with representatives from UW and the Governor’s office to determine what prompted these changes and to ensure that we provide all of the protection we reasonably can for our college students.” It is unclear if Schimel’s office was aware of the stated purpose of the provision in question. The Daily Beast is committed to covering the news fairly and accurately, and we should have checked this story more thoroughly. We deeply regret the error and apologize to Gov. Walker and our readers. Our original story should be considered retracted.

Read it at USA Today

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2015/02/28/walker-unfairly-attacked-on-college-rape.html

[BeyondGeography]

1. It's like this asshole wakes up every morning wondering, well, how to be an asshole

[christx30]

7. Tomorrow's forecast calls for

kicking puppies.
Holy crap. "Let's make college rapes easier to cover up." How is that a useful thing? What could he be thinking? Wait... Nevermind. He's a tea party darling. That answers that question.

[Enthusiast]

33. Well put.

[roguevalley]

54. guys like this either were rapists themselves or

have a lot of rape fantasies.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

2. Sick SOB.

[lark]

25. OMFG!

How lowdown, insanely stupid and mean can one person get? Obviously he sets an extremely low std. so that pond scum looks down on him. I can hardly believe the perfidity of this so called person. He's not a man, no way! He's a subhuman Koch whore who hates all women, and I'm sure women hate him back except for the ones he buys and they just use him for the $, same as he does with everyone else.

We are so fucking screwed if this guy steals his way into the WH!!!

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

30. You are a wise man, for someone not living in WI

Everything you said is true. If this dude gets anywhere near the WH, the blame will not be his. The people that vote for this ignoramus will be at fault. Those types are disinterested in understanding truth. They just want something to mirror their hatred. Fox, and Rush, et al., give them what they need to remain stupid. If they ever wanted to find out the truth, they would find that the hatred is self-hatred.

[lark]

59. wise woman

Thanks

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

60. So sorry!

[sendero]

58. And yet...

.... the voters of WI keep electing him. Go figure.

[Mr.Bill]

3. I am wondering if there was an incident

during his college years that is driving this. You know, something that would make a guy leave college in the spring of his senior year. Hmmmmm.

[niyad]

4. hmmmmmm indeed

[Judi Lynn]

5. Odd time to decide to drop out, isn't it? Good grief! Thanks. n/t

[central scrutinizer]

10. That's when I dropped out of college

My student deferment was running out and my draft lottery number was high enough so I stopped going to class, took a couple of incompletes, a couple of Ds and see ya later. (15 years later I did finish a couple of degrees)

[Mr.Bill]

17. That brings back memories...

In my first year of Community College, as soon as the lottery happened an unusually large number of students suddenly decided they were pre-med.

[LynneSin]

14. I knew he dropped out...

but didn't realize it was in the spring of his senior year.

What was up with that??!!

[Mr.Bill]

16. He says it was because of a job offer

from the Red Cross, which is something he really wanted to do. He did go to work for them at that time. But that doesn't mean there couldn't be other reasons, too. What kind of employer would demand that you leave college a few months short of graduating in order to get the job?

[progressoid]

19. Yeah, that story sounds a little fishy. n/t

[ANOIS]

32. He supposedly had 30+ credits to make up at that point.

And then there was the fiasco about his losing the student government election (the year before?)

And then this is out there:

"The Child Scott Walker Left Behind"
bloggingblue.com/2015/02/the-child-scott-walker-left-behind/

If you google it, there are many things written about it, but roughly this version, or refuting it.

[appalachiablue]

52. Very fishy. Something serious & strange caused him to drop out that close & never complete

his education. I read of a possible suspension, maybe for some not so trivial action. Or the child issue. Gross.

[LynneSin]

20. Absolutely no company would force a person to drop out of school that close to graduation

I remember when it was near my graduation and all the recruiters showed up on campus - every single one of them had the expectation that any one of us hired would start AFTER we graduated. That pretty much has been the norm for decades and I highly doubt a company as respectable as the American Red Cross would force a student to drop out of college a few months before graduation just for a job. If you think about all the time and effort a student puts into a job and what that diploma means - no company would force someone to drop out for a position. They might offer him to work part time while in school but never to drop out totally.

So there has to be something fishy going on there that hasn't been unearthed.

[Mr.Bill]

22. Certainly not back then, anyway.

It does happen in Silicon Valley today. They want to snap you up before you graduate and they risk having some other company hire you. Not the norm, but it does happen.

[murielm99]

27. That was the first thing that popped

into my mind, too. He should be badgered, over and over, for the reason he dropped out of school so close to graduation. We should not let up. They have no scruples. We should take advantage where we can.

[Mr.Bill]

29. While I certainly don't hope that there was such an incident,

if there was I hope the female(s) involved come forth after he has won a bunch of primaries.

[murielm99]

36. It is hard for women to do that.

Even years later, if some woman got drunk at a frat party, or on a date, and was raped, people will blame the woman for "putting herself in that position," for "asking for it." The right wing will not be the only ones to judge.

And it is too easy to say that the woman is lying. People only started believing the Cosby stories after there were so many of them, and because so many of the women were prominent.

[Mr.Bill]

38. Very true, I'm sure.

Also, in the case of Cosby, if the women had any aspirations of a career in show business, a mogul like Cosby is not someone you would want as an enemy. And I wouldn't doubt that he made that clear to them if they didn't already understand that.

[Cryptoad]

6. Hell,,,

we know that none of them are "legitimate",,, why waste money listing them..... geeez..... are there no "real " American left!

[Dustlawyer]

44. If a rape happens on campus, and it's not reported, did it really happen?

Walker says NO!

[riversedge]

8. Vice Chair Phoenix Rice-Johnson responds to Walker's budget proposal to eliminate campus rape report

http://www.wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=343081


PRESS RELEASE

College Democrats of Wisconsin: Vice Chair Phoenix Rice-Johnson responds to Walker's budget proposal to eliminate campus rape reporting requirements
2/27/2015

Contact: Phoenix Rice-Johnson, Vice Chair 808-937-0392, [e-mail]

College Democrats of Wisconsin Vice Chair Phoenix Rice-Johnson released the following statement in response Gov. Walker's budget proposal to eliminate crucial campus rape reporting requirements:

"Gov. Walker’s recent proposed budget--which slashes $300 million from the UW System-- includes plans to delete a requirement that colleges report instances of sexual assault to the Department of Justice. Additionally, Walker's budget no longer requires university employees who witness sexual assault to report it to the Dean of Students and eliminates the requirement for sexual assault education for new students. The fact that Walker wants to remove provisions intended to protect students from sexual assault without any alternate or replacement plan shows how reckless his leadership is.

Gov. Walker’s attack on student safety comes at a time when sexual assault on college campuses is at the forefront of many people’s attention. According to the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, there are currently ninety-seven colleges under federal investigation for mishandling sexual assaults on their campuses. With campus sexual assault already at crisis levels across the nation, it is disgraceful that Walker is taking steps that risk making the problem worse.

How does Gov. Walker expect students across the state to achieve academic excellence when they can’t even be sure of their own personal safety?"

[jberryhill]

9. To be fair, it would dramatically reduce campus rape reports

[jtuck004]

11. Time to get out those protest signs with the LED lights from the highway...

Say a rotating group of women who stand in front of the universities and advertise the number of reported rapes that year. All lit up. 24 x 7. Could even have a Christmas display around it. No names, just a big number.

And maybe a message to parents about whether they want to expose their kids to these criminals that run the schools and cover this up.

Balloons, lots of balloons.

There are a number of ways they could highlight this in a much, much bigger way, in response to their dirtbag governor.

[Dustlawyer]

46. How about having the sign be like the Republican's debt clock from their Tampa convention?

[jtuck004]

53. They shouldn't have to, but the more ass clown scotty tries to hide it, I think the louder it

needs to become.

And I think that's an excellent idea. Wouldn't it be funny if duplicates appeared but used for this?

[JDPriestly]

12. Hmmmm! What was this about Scott Walker dropping out in his

senior year in college? Any connection? I have no information. Does anyone else?

This strikes me as an odd issue for Walker to take any stand on at all.

[Mr.Bill]

31. Here's some info:

http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/article/2013/dec/18/scott-walker-early-years/

[JDPriestly]

39. That he never went back and finished school looks very strange.

There is something interesting, some problem, in his story about himself. Either his grades were not good or something. Could be a problem with a girl or something he hides from himself even.

Any person would want a college degree if they wanted to go into politics. Even then. It's just sort of a ticket. Even if you aren't keen on learning, you need to prove that you can stick to something and finish it.

This strikes me as very odd.

[Enthusiast]

35. We should investigate.

[turbinetree]

13. Rape is a crime---No means NO

He is under investigation for having his little band of merry men and woman use the capital as a slush fund (and some of them are in jail).
Then he gets pranks calls on how to take down unions (the state is rated at 33rd in job growth and they have and its starting to climb a state budget deficit of over 230 million, but he has given tax breaks for the ELITE MILLIONARIES and BILLIONARIES).
He has now proposed that when a woman mind you gets raped, that the crime be hidden, so in essence he condone rapes>
Does he not fully understand that when a woman says NO that it means NO.
How does this tin foil hat "punter" sleep at night, it's like he has no moral compass or conscience, and he then gallivants down to CPAC ( Conservative Paranoid Action Conference) and says that everyone in the state (Wisconsin) that protests and for that matter in this country, that they are terrorists if they want a voice at the table from government or the oligarchies for wages , pensions and benefits, by voting in unions through a democratic process, and the First Amendment Rights.
And he is suppose to be an example of what, the tin foil hat libertarians as a leader----really, he has failed and will continue to fail.
Be very afraid, he has access of the future 900 million in slush fund to be president, courtesy of the ELITE Koch brothers MILLIONARIES and then we can all see the Punch and Judy puppet show starring the Koch's as Punch and Walker as Judy

[Lionel Mandrake]

15. Walker just wants to free up some money

to investigate all them liberal perfessers who didn't vote for him.

And besides, boys will be boys.

(Full disclosure: )

[Half-Century Man]

18. Rapes would taper off if there was no reporting

Just like unemployment tapers off when you cut benefits from Unemployment Insurance.
Or illness tapers off when you eject thousands of Wisconsin residents from medicaid.

[jberryhill]

55. Yeah. Makes it less trendy

[madashelltoo]

21. Why bother beating around the bush, Dumbo?!

Just abolish all laws in Wisconsin and call it a freaking day. This is like a dumb drip that's driving everybody crazy except the dripper and the Kooks.

[riversedge]

23. "Walker the Destroyer. Who in his or right mind would send a child to a UW campus?"

I really do not even know what to say anymore. I feel like I am losing Wisconsin as I know it.


http://thepoliticalenvironment.blogspot.com/2015/02/walker-budget-ends-uw-sexual-assault.html

Friday, February 27, 2015
Walker budget ends UW sexual assault orientation, crime reporting

Walker the Destroyer. Who in his or right mind would send a child to a UW campus?

From Walker's budget - - and read the entire link's contents for all the programs Walker's budget would end at and by the UW system

25. DELETE LANGUAGE RELATED TO SEXUAL ASSAULT INFORMATION AND REPORTING

Governor: Delete the requirement that the Board direct each institution and college campus to incorporate oral and written or electronic information on sexual assault in its orientation program for newly entering students and to supply all students enrolled in the institution or college campus with the same information in either printed or electronic form.

.......

[iandhr]

24. Surely you can't be serious.

[randys1]

26. But both parties are the same and if he is president he wont do any more or less to protect

Women than whoever the Dem candidate is, right?

Not asking you, Don..

[DisgustipatedinCA]

62. Which do you have: a link, or an overactive imagination?

[Shrike47]

28. Sounds like he thinks all the recent hullabaloo about rape on campus is just lyin' wimmens.

You know women get attention and lovely consolation prizes if they claim they were raped.

[Enthusiast]

34. Walker is in favor of rape.

[Ed Suspicious]

37. Why? What a meddling little fucker.

[Kber]

40. It's another way to cut funding

If U of Wisconsin doesn't comply with reporting requirements, they lose federal funding as well as what he's trying to cut out of the state budget.

He is trying to kill the university any way possible.

I wonder why.

[red dog 1]

41. Scott Walker is a union busting douchebag

and this is just another example of his evil tea bagger games.

Thanks for posting this, DonViejo.

[Hekate]

42. Makes you wonder what he was doing in college...

What a creepy guy.

[hue]

43. Why would ANY woman vote for this scum bag?? & FU Wanker!!

[Lars39]

45. He's a pro-rapist POS.

[BlueJazz]

47. I can't express my thoughts about this man in polite company.

[sulphurdunn]

48. Is this little asshole

even a human asshole, or is it just an opportunistic cartoon caricature of a real asshole.

[littlemissmartypants]

50. And there's no war on women, yeah right. nt

[truebrit71]

51. Why? What useful purpose does this serve?

Just sickening.

[valerief]

56. Jesus, he always finds a way to outasshole himself. nt

[Rosa Luxemburg]

57. Has Walker raped someone on a university campus?

and is he is trying to cover it up? Sounds fishy.

[Snow Leopard]

61. Imagine that,

Jezebel reporting something wrong.

[hugo_from_TN]

63. Shocking isn't it?

What a bunch of morons.

[Orsino]

64. Well, he shouldn't have gone out dressed like that. n/t

[34th Avenue]

65. The attention has turned towards the falsehood of the article

That's what happens when we dont' fact-check. The Right is having a field day posting the apologies of those who were not responsible journalists.