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New activities, events to ring in the Memorial Union Terrace summer season

By Sammy Gibbons | Mar. 26, 2017

The Terrace summer schedule will feature new daytime entertainment, including many events centered around the arts, according to a Wisconsin Union press release. These will consist of a classical music series which will take place every Sunday afternoon, as well as crafting activities such as “Paintaculars” at which attendees create paintings while being lead by an instructor.

Madison Police Department Chief Mike Koval was cited for misconduct by the Police and Fire Commission Wednesday, after calling the grandmother of Tony Robinson—a teen shot and killed by an MPD officer in 2015—a “raging lunatic.”
CITY NEWS

MPD chief faces reprimand, no disciplinary action following ‘raging lunatic’ comment

By Cailynn Hensen | Mar. 15, 2017

Madison Police Department Chief Mike Koval was reprimanded but will not face any disciplinary actions after calling the grandmother of Tony Robinson—a teen fatally shot by an officer in 2015—a “raging lunatic,” according to a decision reached Tuesday by the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners. The decision came after Sharon Irwin, Robinson’s grandmother, and Shadayra Kilfoy-Flores, a friend of Irwin’s, asked PFC to suspend Koval.

CITY NEWS

Madison police looking for alleged theft suspects shown in surveillance footage

By Gina Heeb | Mar. 15, 2017

Madison police released surveillance footage Wednesday of several men thought to be stealing items from cars parked in a downtown parking garage. The theft incidents, which occurred on the 800 block of East Washington Avenue, were reported Tuesday morning. Police have not yet said how many vehicles were broken into or what was taken from them. Anyone with information can contact Madison Area Crime Stoppers at 608-266-6014.

A UW-Madison student told police she is concerned she was sexually assaulted at a fraternity house on Langdon Street.
CAMPUS NEWS

Faced with disproportionate rates of assault, efforts focus on Greek life, residence halls

By Sammy Gibbons | Mar. 15, 2017

Following a 2015 survey that revealed high rates of sexual assault at UW-Madison—particularly in residence halls and Greek houses—campus groups have been working to build prevention programs aimed at reducing these numbers. This programming aims to reach a significant portion of the campus population, as 90 percent of freshman choose to live in university housing and approximately 13 percent of undergraduates are members of the Greek community. University Health Services, UW Housing and Greek councils are working to combat sexual assault before it occurs through education and legislation. First-year students receive double dose of preventative measures In the fall of 2016, UHS held the first educational sessions they created for first-year students.

Former UW-Madison student Alec Cook, facing over 21 criminal charges including sexual assault, lived in an apartment on Henry Street.
NEWS

Advocates say common stereotypes of the ‘perfect victim’ don’t encompass survivors’ experiences of sexual assault

By Luisa de Vogel | Mar. 15, 2017

About 60 percent of reported sexual assaults at UW-Madison were committed by a friend or acquaintance of the survivor, according to a 2015 American Association of Universities’ survey. But the cultural narrative around sexual assault de-legitimizes women assaulted by someone close to them, UHS Violence prevention and Survivor Services Team Manager Carmen Juniper Neimeko said.

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