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State Reps. Chris Taylor, D-Madison, and Jesse Kremer, R-Kewaskum, squared off Monday at Union South to debate potential campus carry effects.
STATE NEWS

Politicians spar over campus carry at UW

By Emily Curtis | Nov. 14, 2016

State politicians and community members met Monday to discuss concealed carry on UW System schools’ campuses, with a bill allowing for so-called campus carry potentially looming next year. At times, the panel became very tense as state Rep. Jesse Kremer, R-Kewaskum—the only Republican panelist present—disagreed with state Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison, College Democrats Chair Augie McGinnity-Wake, UW Madison professor Lisa Cooper and Samara Safarik from the group Moms Who Demand Action.

CITY NEWS

Fight on Park Street leaves 14-year-old girl unconscious

By Miller Jozwiak | Nov. 13, 2016

Three teenagers were arrested last week after a fight on South Park street left two other teenagers injured, one of whom was unconscious. “The victim was pulled down by the hair and punched multiple times in the head,” Madison Police Department Public Information Officer Joel DeSpain wrote in an incident report.

STATE NEWS

Priebus to serve as Trump’s chief of staff

By Jake Skubish | Nov. 13, 2016

Reince Priebus will serve as President-elect Donald Trump’s chief of staff, according to a statement from Trump Sunday. Priebus, the Republican National Committee Chairman, will provide Trump with the experience and political connections the billionaire outsider lacks.

Writing in chalk was recently found on Mosse Humanities Building that sends the same message as the letter calling for UW-Madison to protect undocumented people. 
CAMPUS NEWS

Letter calls on UW-Madison to protect undocumented people following Trump’s election

By Peter Coutu | Nov. 12, 2016

Following President-elect Donald Trump’s Tuesday victory, a letter has begun circulating online calling on UW-Madison administrators to protect students, staff and their family members “who face imminent deportation” because of their undocumented status. Trump promised to deport anyone living in the country illegally during his campaign, and his election has already inspired fear among Latino students in Madison, according to the Wisconsin State Journal. The letter calls on Chancellor Rebecca Blank as well as other senior administrators to declare the UW-Madison campus as a sanctuary for community members who are undocumented or those who have Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which is a program that allows certain immigrants to receive renewable two-year work permits. UW-Madison students Sergio M.

STATE NEWS

Student voters beat 2012 turnout on Election Day

By Katie Moakley | Nov. 10, 2016

Student voter turnout for the 2016 presidential elections is up seven percent campus wide since the 2012 elections, with the overwhelming majority of those votes going to Democrat Hillary Clinton. Student wards themselves counted nearly 30,000 undergraduate votes, and there was a two to five percent increase of voters in dorms. Ward 55, which includes the Spring Street area of campus, saw 3,177 voters, an increase from 2012 when 2,694 votes were tabulated.

More than 2,000 students and members of the Madison community engage in a "die-in" at the Capitol steps in solidarity with historically marginalized groups. 
CAMPUS NEWS

After Trump's win, hundreds of students march to Capitol in solidarity

By Madeline Heim and Sammy Gibbons | Nov. 10, 2016

UW-Madison community members showed support for individuals that have been negatively impacted by President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign by marching from the top of Bascom Hill to the Capitol. Following Trump’s win Wednesday, students from historically marginalized groups expressed concerns with his rhetoric and plans for action in his presidency. The event was organized by UW-Madison students Katrina Morrison, Brooke Evans, Sally Rohrer, Kat Kerwin, Jonny Vannucci, Ali Khan, Billy Welsh and Christian Bradley.

Violating the alternate side parking ordinance can be punishable with a $20 fine, which increases to $60 during a declared snow emergency.
CITY NEWS

Alternate side parking rules go into effect Tuesday

By Miller Jozwiak | Nov. 10, 2016

The City of Madison will start enforcing alternate side parking rules Tuesday at 1 a.m., and the rules will stay in effect through March 17, 2017. The alternate side parking rules mean that Madison residents must park their cars on the odd-numbered side of the street between 1 a.m. and 7 a.m. on odd dates, and park on the even-numbered side of the street on even date mornings, according to a city press release.

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