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UW-Madison investigating incident of discrimination where three students were spat on, pushed

By Peter Coutu | Mar. 12, 2016

University Housing is leading an investigation into an incident of discrimination that occurred early Saturday morning in Sellery residence hall, according to an email sent to First Wave Scholars from Vice Provost and Chief Diversity Officer Patrick Sims. A student reportedly pushed three residents of Sellery Hall at roughly 2 a.m. The aggressor also spat on one of the students, according to an email sent to Sellery Hall residents later Saturday morning. No further details of the incident have been provided yet, but the email from Sims said the incident “affected the First Wave community.”

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Soglin squares off with state Republicans over Oscar Meyer

By Andrew Bahl and Miller Jozwiak | Mar. 10, 2016

City, county and state officials are locked in a battle over whether more should have been done to prevent the closing of Madison’s Oscar Mayer plant last year. Legislative Democrats and city officials have pointed the finger at the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and the state’s chamber of commerce, saying both entities knew Kraft-Heinz was considering shuttering the east Madison facility but didn’t do enough to keep the company in the Badger State. But Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, countered Tuesday by announcing that he was submitting open records requests to determine if Madison Mayor Paul Soglin and Dane County Executive Joe Parisi could have prevented Oscar Mayer’s departure. "If the Mayor did have advance knowledge of changes at the Madison location as he has suggested, the city’s residents deserve an explanation as to why no action was taken,” Fitzgerald said in the statement. “His misguided attempts to shift blame onto WEDC or other state business groups are no more than a smokescreen to disguise his office’s culpability.” Fitzgerald added that since the Oscar Mayer facility was located in Madison, the closure happened “under Mayor Soglin’s watch.” Soglin held a press conference Thursday in which he claimed the Walker administration has caused Wisconsin’s economic performance to lag.

The first Unpaid Ticket Resolution Day will be held this Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Villager Mall-Head Start Room.
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City officials announce Unpaid Ticket Resolution Day

By Miller Jozwiak | Mar. 10, 2016

City officials from several departments announced Thursday the first Unpaid Ticket Resolution Day, where citizens will have the opportunity to resolve unpaid citation fines this Sunday. Madison Police Department Chief Mike Koval originally announced the initiative on his blog Tuesday and expanded on it during a Thursday press conference.

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Board of Estimates further discussion on Judge Doyle Square project

By Katie Scheidt | Mar. 10, 2016

Two Chicago-based companies appeared before the City of Madison Board of Estimates Wednesday evening to pitch their development ideas for the Judge Doyle Square project. Beilter Real Estate Services and Vermillion Enterprises, LLC both proposed hotels and retail centers for the area, which includes two blocks of land in between Monona Terrace and Capitol Square.

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Professor Goldrick-Rab to leave UW-Madison, condemns university actions on tenure

By Madeline Heim | Mar. 9, 2016

UW-Madison professor Sara Goldrick-Rab announced Monday she will be leaving the university, pointedly criticizing recent changes in tenure and academic freedoms for faculty. Goldrick-Rab said although her extensive research and questions surrounding public higher education were initially welcomed by UW-Madison leadership, the university has quickly become a place where faculty members are chastised for speaking out. “Leadership continues to assert its commitments to tolerance,” Goldrick-Rab wrote in a post for the online forum Medium.

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