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And it'll be interesting to
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motivate his Republican
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moderate voters and
>> When it comes to college

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life? Burlington, Vermont,
city of Madison are

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connected by one house
Mansfield Hall tonight,

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"Here& Now". Reporter Murv
Seymour takes us inside the

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dorm that provides a one of
a kind college experience

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for students in all three
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>> I would love a giant MH
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other Greek letters.
>> Nestled on the busy

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street known as Fraternity
Road near UW-Madison.

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>> You find a community.
>> Here is a former frat

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house.
>> We are college housing

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that is a lot more than
just college housing.

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>> That is home away from
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>> You don't just live here.
You thrive here.

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>> I'm Ashley. I'm from
Chicago. The city of

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Chicago. And this is
Mansfield Hall.

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>> Mansfield Hall is a
living and learning

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community that serves
college students that are

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neurodiverse or diverse
learners. It can include

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someone with ADHD, autism,
any kind of learning

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difference like dysgraphia
or dyslexia, processing

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disorders, anxiety.
>> Oh, here we go.

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>> This is brilliant. Good
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>> I'm glad I thought of
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students. We have students
from around the country. We

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support students at Madison
College, at Edgewood

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University, and at the
University of Wisconsin,

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Madison. It can look like
course planning. We do

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student life support, med
management, learning how to

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cook, learning how to make
friends, learning how to

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communicate, executive
functioning. So setting up

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systems of support for
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>> Because your Edgewood is
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week.
>> This floor is all

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bedrooms. And of course
this one is mine. So come

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on in.
>> At this super dorm.

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>> It's almost like it was
written in the stars.

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>> As it's sometimes called.
Sure, you'll find plenty of

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puzzles and games.
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they are weighted
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changed.
>> But they do business

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here too. There are nearly
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Don't just learn to learn
more independently.

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>> And I just need to see
the numbers and how they.

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What happens? Yeah, yeah.
>> You need the steps.

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>> They learn life lessons
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independently.
class either. So I really

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don't want to have to take
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>> UW film student Han
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help planning her class
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>> Any props and successes
of the day.

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>> Gavin Speranza leads the
weekly community group.

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>> Well, yeah, because that
turns into 3/6.

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>> Isaac Moore works
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equations during what's
called Stemtown Katy.

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>> How did marketing turn
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>> A weekly tutoring
session for those who need

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help with science.
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though. That's awesome.
>> Technology in math.

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>> What worked? Like what?
What helped overcome the

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testing anxiety. Just
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>> The staff here are super
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>> Alissa, Sarah, Naomi.
Eric and Koko. The canine

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who casually provides
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needed. Are some of the
almost two dozen staff at

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Mansfield Hall. Isaac Moore
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Attention Deficit disorder.
For him, it's hard to focus

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and stay organized.
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my school, so there was
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change it. You know, I
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tests and stuff. And so it
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here, like, I really do
have to like, you know, I

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have a schedule and I have
like a meeting with Eric

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once a week to make sure
that I'm like, if I have

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any questions with math,
I'm getting those done. I

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have like Google calendar
now, so all my classes are

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in there. So like I get
reminders 30 minutes before

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class. I have this class on
this day. I have like due

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dates in my Google calendar
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more organized. Like it's
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eight different papers.
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provides support that helps
students transition from

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living at their house here
on Fraternity Row, before

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they step out into the
community, which helps them

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to step out in the real
world to live on their own

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once they leave college.
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hall at Edgewood.
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will graduate and live in
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in what's called the
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Mansfield Hall, designed
for students making the

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transition away from dorm
life to living on their own

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or with a roommate.
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very challenging, very
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I've always wanted to live
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some symptoms of OCD, ADHD,
and autism. And I can be a

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perfectionist with the way
things look in my room. I

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like things to look orderly
and clean, which is also a

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good thing, but it can also
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>> What isn't hard?
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applause for all of our
volunteers today that came

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in volunteering. Thank you.
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milk right now, but we do
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>> The Senior center in
Madison is one of many

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organizations around town
where people from Mansfield

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Hall lend a helping hand
every week.

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>> Oh yeah. Definitely.
Where are the milks?

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>> Aiden Mattingly and
everyone else say giving

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back helps them get job
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>> Bandana person wants
salt and pepper.

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>> And it helps them gain
something else.

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>> I'd say the social
skills really it really

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helps with like talking
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like everyone here is
really friendly.

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>> And some of those skills
can go from volunteering,

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can go out, can be utilized
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>> Can give you the
troublemaker ticket. Oh.

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>> One of the senior
centers lead volunteers Kat

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Hemming loves to give. And
she loves the crew at

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Mansfield Hall. Without the
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others.
>> All right, let's go to

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the next table.
>> She says they would

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probably only have two
volunteers.

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>> Having the volunteers
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talk to the to the seniors
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It's a lot more exciting.
And they really help. And

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they're not just I know it
helps them, but it helps us

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as well.
>> I also don't want to

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take myself out of this
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>> Yeah, I wouldn't either.
>> Did I tell you all my

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second exam scores.
>> For your current classes?

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No.
Hall is straightforward.

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>> To provide equitable
access to higher education

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and to prepare young adults
for the world that can be

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getting a certificate. It
can be getting an

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associate's, a bachelor's,
a master's. It can be

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learning to make a friend
group for the first time

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and just try out college
courses. It can be finding

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something they're
passionate about, feeling

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seen and heard for the
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>> Now.
>> For students to make the

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most out of being part of
the Mansfield Hall family.

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Kirstin Bowns hopes every
one of them will.

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>> Lean into it. We're not
writing the script. We're

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just supporting their story.
just supporting their story.