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Windsurfer killed by boat on Lake Mendota
By Lawrence Andrea | Jun. 1, 2017A person was struck and killed by a boat while windsurfing on Lake Mendota Wednesday evening.
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UW-Madison student injured in hit-and-run incident
By Lawrence Andrea | May. 27, 2017A UW-Madison student suffered “significant injuries” in a hit-and-run Friday morning, according to the Madison Police Department.
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Former Badger running back to serve prison time
By Lawrence Andrea | May. 25, 2017A former UW-Madison running back and first-round NFL draft pick has been sentenced to five years in California prison after pleading no contest to multiple felonies including identity theft and burglary.
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UW-Madison to open leadership center named after former governor
By Lawrence Andrea | May. 23, 2017Coinciding with the 30th anniversary of Tommy Thompson’s inauguration, state government leaders and UW-Madison officials announced plans Tuesday to open a leadership center on campus named after the former Wisconsin governor.
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Attempted sexual assault reported on west side of campus
By Sam Schwab | May. 20, 2017An attempted sexual assault allegedly occurred Thursday in a university building on the west side of campus, according to a crime warning from the UW-Madison Police Department.
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Hackers infiltrate UW-Madison Twitter
By Lawrence Andrea | May. 17, 2017UW-Madison’s official Twitter account is the latest account to fall victim to hackers, as everal obscenity-riddled tweets were issued from the university’s account early this morning. “[The hack] looks like it happened about 6:30 this morning central time,” UW-Madison spokesperson Meredith McGlone said.
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Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association names new alumni officer, director
By Lawrence Andrea | May. 16, 2017The Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association has appointed a new face to the position of chief alumni officer and executive director of the foundation’s branch organization, the Wisconsin Alumni Association.
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Thousands attend 2017 Spring Commencement to celebrate new graduates
By Lawrence Andrea | May. 13, 2017A crowd of roughly 42,000 friends and family of graduates enjoyed the clear and sunny sky for the 2017 Spring Commencement at Camp Randall Saturday.
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Park honoring alumni to open on Lake Mendota
By Lawrence Andrea | May. 10, 2017UW-Madison students and community members will soon be able to enjoy a new park overlooking Lake Mendota.
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University deactivates official class Facebook groups
By Noah Habenstreit | May. 9, 2017After many UW-Madison students were confused by a May 5 Facebook notification telling them their official senior, junior or sophomore class groups had been “archived,” a university official confirmed to The Daily Cardinal that the school shut down the groups.
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UW-Madison plays key role in Big Ten’s Green Power Challenge victory
By Noah Habenstreit | May. 9, 2017The Big Ten won the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2016-’17 Green Power Challenge, and UW-Madison was a key player.
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Got scammed on your WiscMail address? Here’s what you should do
By Noah Habenstreit | May. 4, 2017Did you get a mysterious email inviting you to open a Google Doc some time in the last few days? Chances are, you were scammed.
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Controversial political scientist continues with speech despite small protest outside
By Lawrence Andrea | May. 4, 2017After much anticipation for protests during a speech from controversial libertarian political scientist Charles Murray’s Wednesday the only disturbance came from a brief fire alarm.
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A year after #TheRealUW, campus opens Black Cultural Center
By Lawrence Andrea | May. 3, 2017Answering the year-old demands of #TheRealUW movement to provide a hub for UW-Madison’s black community, the university opened the Black Cultural Center Wednesday in the Red Gym.
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Students use theater to engage Madison kids with the issue of hunger
By Alexa Miller | May. 2, 2017A group of eight UW-Madison students is aiming to start a conversation about hunger with the city’s children as part of a theatre course offered by the university.
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‘Hillbilly Elegy’ selected as 2017-’18 Go Big Read book
By Lawrence Andrea | May. 2, 2017“Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis” is the 2017-’18 selection for Go Big Read, the university announced in a release Tuesday.
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Many warnings of sexual assault on campus, but few arrests ever follow
By Sammy Gibbons | May. 1, 2017Few of the sexual assault crime warnings issued in the last four years resulted in police investigations, and even fewer—one out of the 24 total—resulted in an arrest. That arrest ended in deferred prosecution.
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Fourth-degree sexual assault reportedly occurred in Union South
By Sammy Gibbons | Apr. 28, 2017UW-Madison Police Department received a report of the fourth-degree sexual assault Friday, according to a UWPD crime warning. They are currently investigating the crime.
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New student organization rises to the challenge of getting women in office
By Matthew Whitney | Apr. 28, 2017Rise to Run is an up-and-coming national organization with four pilot locations: North Carolina, Colorado, Florida and UW-Madison.
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Study: UW-Madison makes progress in combatting sexual assault
By Lawrence Andrea | Apr. 26, 2017UW-Madison is one of 55 universities that have made efforts over the last three years to address the issue of sexual assault on campus by taking part in a study by the Association of American Universities. AAU released a new report Wednesday that showed UW-Madison has made progress in combatting sexual assault.
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