In addition to State Street damage, parts of the UW-Madison campus experienced vandalism over the Halloween weekend as well, UW-Madison police reported Monday.
Nine windows were broken on the southeast side of campus, mostly at Camp Randall Stadium and the Engineering campus.
Also, seven parking gate arms were broken at various parking garages around campus. Damages for the parking arms are approximately $400.
Police urged anyone who knows about these crimes to contact them with information. Police ensure caller anonymity and may offer cash rewards.
Approximately 90 percent of Wisconsin sheriffs would ask their county boards to let them opt out of issuing concealed weapons permits under a proposed weapons bill, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported Monday.
The conceal and carry bill must still go through a second run in the state Senate before it hits Gov. Jim Doyle's desk, although the governor has said he would veto it.
If the bill did become law, citizens could carry concealed weapons in certain areas, including university grounds, provided they pass a background check by a county sheriff. A two-thirds vote on a county board would allow a sheriff to opt out of providing the background checks.
Jeff Wiswell, a spokesperson for Wisconsin Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs Association, said as many as 65 of the 72 counties' sheriffs want to opt out because they do not have enough personnel to do the checks.
\It's ridiculous in the extreme to think that we would do a simple computer check on a concealed weapons application,"" Wiswell said.
Saudi Arabia's King Fahd announced Monday he would hit militants with an ""iron fist"" after a weekend car bomb in Riyadh killed 17 people, according to CNN.
The king added he wants to make it safe for people to travel to Mecca during Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting and reflection.
