Outgoing Supervisor Ashok Kumar, who is stepping down after two years as a rabble-rousing representative of this campus area district, leaves with a great message: “Student issues aren’t exclusively campus issues — they are inevitably intertwined with broader systemic concerns that affect the community we all share. Students are undoubtedly affected by county environmental, housing and criminal justice policy. We have a half a million residents in Dane County, and ‘campus safety’ translates to livable jobs, affordable housing and basic civil rights for residents on the other side of the tracks, maybe slightly beyond the campus comfort zone. Contrary to privileged opinion, the world does not end at Emerald Street.”
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