Dear Editor: On the night of Wednesday, June 8, something sickening happened in our neighborhood ? something we cannot get out of our minds, no matter what we do. Students living in the Badger House on Langdon Street, near where we live, made the poor decision of hanging a black nylon dummy from a noose, attaching it to their balcony.
Women, queer folks and people of color oftentimes do not feel safe walking down Langdon Street the way it is. To know that there was what is tantamount to a mock lynching (regardless of the intent) more than bothers those minorities living in the neighborhood. It is both terrifying and infuriating. The response from the UW has been minimal at best.