CITY NEWS
Woman found unconscious, naked in car downtown
By Noah Habenstreit | Oct. 8, 2017A naked and unconscious woman was found in a car in downtown Madison Friday night.
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CITY NEWS
Food cart employee appears to brandish gun, frightening passersby; MPD investigating
By Noah Habenstreit | Oct. 8, 2017A food cart employee appeared to point a large rifle at another man early Sunday morning in an incident captured on video by an onlooker.
CAMPUS NEWS
Hundreds attend Alumni Park opening despite rain
By Lawrence Andrea | Oct. 6, 2017In the midst of a constant rainfall and the threat of thunderstorms, hundreds of UW-Madison alumni, students and community members crowded Library Mall Friday to celebrate the opening of a new park honoring alumni and their achievements.
CAMPUS NEWS
Regents approve policy to punish student protesters
By Maggie Chandler | Oct. 6, 2017Expulsion and suspension will be handed down to students who disrupt speakers on campus, after the Board of Regents voted in favor of their policy resolution Friday.
CAMPUS NEWS
WABM sues SSFC over segregated fee eligibility
By Nina Bertelsen | Oct. 5, 2017The Wisconsin Association of Black Men is suing the Student Services Finances Committee.
CAMPUS NEWS
Scholarships to aid largest freshman class of UW-Madison students
By Kohei Tsukada | Oct. 5, 2017The university is committed to helping students — particularly the largest UW-Madison freshman class in history — afford college through scholarships, Chancellor Rebecca Blank said in her blog post Wednesday.
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UW must look outside of academia to fill top positions
By Maggie Chandler | Oct. 5, 2017The next UW-Madison chancellor could come from the private sector, after the Board of Regents approved sweeping hiring policy changes requiring the UW System to also recruit potential hires from non-academic fields.
CITY NEWS
Nearly nine percent of MMSD students are at risk of not graduating high school, data shows
By Brandon Brown | Oct. 5, 2017The Madison Metropolitan School District is making moves this year to help students in grades five through 12 succeed, after recent data showed nearly nine percent of students in the district are at risk of not graduating high school. Though Wisconsin law requires each district to submit a list of at-risk students and a developed plan to help them every year, MMSD officials couldn’t say the last time they turned in a plan, according to the Capital Times. Originally, MMSD would send a single letter to the parents or guardians of at-risk students, but the new plan could allow schools to work with individual students and their families for the best solutions.
STATE NEWS
Police body camera footage would be limited under new bill
By Benita Mathew | Oct. 5, 2017Wisconsinites would have highly limited access to police body camera videos in a new proposal making its way through the state Legislature.
CAMPUS NEWS
Ahead of regents’ vote on free speech draft policy, students and legislators voice concern
By Sam Nesovanovic | Oct. 5, 2017The Board of Regents’ proposed free speech draft policy would harm students’ ability to express dissenting opinions on campus, state and campus leaders argued Thursday.
CITY NEWS
UW-Madison student delivers blow to thief, possibly dodges exam
By Gina Heeb | Oct. 5, 2017When a 23-year-old UW-Madison student walking home from studying was tested by a thief on State Street early Thursday, he aced it — not only hitting the robber to the ground and reclaiming his belongings, but also possibly dodging an exam that morning.
CAMPUS NEWS
UW System introduces ‘ALEX,’ who aims to help employees with their benefits plans
By Noah Habenstreit | Oct. 5, 2017UW-Madison employees struggling with choosing a benefits plan can now seek help — from ALEX.
CAMPUS NEWS
UW-Madison panel will tackle hotly debated Go Big Read book
By Robyn Cawley | Oct. 5, 2017UW-Madison will host a panel of three experts to discuss its 2017-’18 Go Big Read book, J.D. Vance’s “Hillbilly Elegy.”
STATE NEWS
Conservative group releases ad criticizing Baldwin over tax reform
By Lauren Sorensen | Oct. 5, 2017A national conservative group recently launched a $1.4 million ad campaign in Wisconsin against Democratic U.S.
NEWS
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s on-campus concert will benefit Chancellor’s Scholarship
By Noah Habenstreit | Oct. 5, 2017Steve Miller, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and a former UW-Madison student, is coming back to campus — for a good cause.
CAMPUS NEWS
Drinking citations on campus decrease, report shows
By Lawrence Andrea | Oct. 5, 2017First-year students on campus are more likely to be low-risk, rather than high-risk, drinkers, according to a new report from University Health Services.
CITY NEWS
After string of incidents, crackdown on University Avenue crime continues
By Adam Maisto | Oct. 4, 2017City officials, downtown residents and local business owners are grappling with a wave of crime in a popular bar district near the UW-Madison campus. Three times in the past three weekends, police encounters have resulted in the use of pepper spray.
CAMPUS NEWS
Hate crimes on campus increase, with one group the main target
By Lawrence Andrea | Oct. 4, 2017Reported hate crimes on UW-Madison’s campus dramatically increased in 2016 — and anti-Semitic vandalism was the most prominent issue.
CITY NEWS
Langdon Street hotel scores entertainment license
By Ellie Borstad | Oct. 4, 2017Amid controversy, Madison city council members approved an entertainment license Tuesday for the Edgewater hotel, with set limits on the number of events per year and sound levels.
STATE NEWS
Madison state legislators implore colleagues to tackle gun violence
By Leah Kramer | Oct. 4, 2017After a shooting at a concert in Las Vegas Sunday night left nearly 60 dead and over 500 injured, state legislators from Madison teamed up to introduce legislation regarding gun violence and held a press conference to discuss specific gun safety policy steps.
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