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Chancellor Blank upset after UWPD officers entered classroom for student’s arrest

By Peter Coutu | Apr. 15, 2016

UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank released a statement Friday saying she is upset the proper practices that help ensure classrooms are a welcoming space were not followed by the UW-Madison Police Department during Thursday’s arrest. UWPD police officers entered a classroom in the Humanities building and asked to speak with a student while a class was underway.

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UWPD Chief Riseling apologizes to students, professor following Thursday's arrest

By Sammy Gibbons | Apr. 15, 2016

UW-Madison Police Department Chief Susan Riseling released a statement Friday to address an officer’s decision to approach a student in a university classroom.

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UW-Madison faculty and staff demand end to racism on campus

By Madeline Heim | Apr. 15, 2016

More than 500 UW-Madison faculty, academic staff and graduate students have signed a letter released Thursday calling for an end to racist practices on campus.

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Author, activist Jackson Katz advises men how to prevent gender violence

By Sammy Gibbons | Apr. 15, 2016

Author and activist Jackson Katz advised men on their roles in stopping sexual assault during his talk Thursday called “The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and Why All Men Can Help.” Katz, a violence prevention activist and renowned author, spoke as the Sexual Assault Awareness Month keynote speaker for Promoting Awareness | Victim Empowerment and “We’re Better Than That” - Men Against Sexual Assault’s event.

An accident between a SUV and a city bus left two passengers with minor injuries and temporarily shut down West Johnson Street between Marion and Broom streets Thursday.

CITY NEWS

West Johnson Street, Broom Street accident Metro bus driver not at fault

By Miller Jozwiak | Apr. 15, 2016

An accident at the corner of North Broom Street and West Johnson Street resulted in an SUV being flipped and a Madison Metro bus being damaged, according to Madison Fire Department Spokesperson Joe Seifert. The accident was reported at 11:04 p.m. and six emergency units responded, according to MFD.

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Madison Fire Department performs water rescue

By Miller Jozwiak | Apr. 14, 2016

Madison Fire Department is on Lake Mendota working to rescue a boat that lost engine power and started taking on water, according to a Dane County Public Safety Communications Duty Supervisor. The supervisor said a boat ran out of gas.

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Wisconsin DOJ releases new website

By Miller Jozwiak | Apr. 14, 2016

This Wisconsin Department of Justice launched a new website Tuesday to allow residents to look up crime statistics for over 380 local police departments.

A UW-Madison student was arrested Thursday in connection to 11 incidents of graffiti that highlighted racism on campus.

NEWS

UWPD enters classroom, arrests UW-Madison student for vandalism

By Peter Coutu | Apr. 14, 2016

The UW-Madison Police Department arrested a UW-Madison student on vandalism charges Thursday in a university classroom, according UWPD Public Information Officer Marc Lovicott. Lovicott said that charges were related to the recent instances of graffiti on campus buildings on Library Mall.

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UW-Madison professors discuss trade policy, presidential campaign rhetoric

By Scott Behrens | Apr. 14, 2016

Three UW-Madison professors gathered in the Festival Room of Memorial Union Wednesday to talk about the future of trade in the U.S., EU, and around the world.

State elections will now be managed by two new commissions comprised of bipartisan members.

STATE NEWS

Attorneys selected for new commissions set to replace GAB

By Jason Snyder | Apr. 14, 2016

Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, announced this week his appointments to the new Ethics and Elections commissions, which are set to replace the nonpartisan state election board by early summer. Barca appointed Milwaukee attorneys David Halbrooks, a former member of the state elections board, to the new state ethics panel and Mark Thomsen to the state election panel.

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Students march to demand higher minimum wage, lower college costs

By Jake Skubish | Apr. 14, 2016

Students and community members marched from Library Mall to Bascom Hall Wednesday, protesting the lack of a living wage for student workers and demanding the elimination of student debt, among other issues.

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Wisconsin workforce, economic development praised at student research event

By Madeline Heim | Apr. 14, 2016

More than 200 undergraduate students, faculty advisors and guests gathered at the Wisconsin state Capitol Wednesday for the 13th annual Posters in the Rotunda research event.

STATE NEWS

Madison socialists still skeptical of Sanders

By Lucas Sczygelski | Apr. 14, 2016

Despite enthralling thousands of frustrated Madison progressives living under austerity minded Republican rule and winning 62 percent of Dane County’s democratic vote in the process, a small but persistent band on the liberal fringe remains reserved in their support of Vermont Sen.

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Walker, conservative talk radio key in Wisconsin’s “Never Trump” movement

By Gina Heeb | Apr. 14, 2016

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign cited Gov. Scott Walker and state radio hosts as forces behind the candidate’s Wisconsin loss to Texas Sen.

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Students involved in Dejope bias incident issue apology

By Peter Coutu | Apr. 14, 2016

Several students involved in a bias incident at Dejope Residence Hall emailed a letter of apology Wednesday to different members of the UW-Madison campus community.

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Tenant Resource Center educates ASM about available resources

By Nina Bertelsen | Apr. 14, 2016

The Associated Students of Madison Student Council heard a presentation from the Tenant Resource Center during its meeting Wednesday, to raise awareness of services the center offers to students.

As the Orpheum Theater is changing management, the venue will have to reapply through the the Alcohol License Review Committee for a license.

CITY NEWS

National company to manage family-owned Orpheum Theater

By Ellie Borstad | Apr. 13, 2016

Management of the Orpheum Theater will soon change hands from a local family to Live Nation Entertainment, a national event and concert promotion company.

STATE NEWS

Federal court ruling could help those without voter ID cast their ballot

By Yifan Yu | Apr. 13, 2016

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously Tuesday that a lower court should consider whether certain demographics of voters who face more difficulty getting photo IDs are unduly punished by Wisconsin’s voter ID law. The ruling keeps the law in place but could open the door for those who cannot get voter IDs to find other ways to vote.

A narrow group of voters could be able to vote without IDs, after a ruling from a federal court Tuesday.

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Federal court ruling could help those without voter ID cast their ballot

By Yifan Yu | Apr. 13, 2016

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously Tuesday that a lower court should consider whether certain demographics of voters who face more difficulty getting photo IDs are unduly punished by Wisconsin’s voter ID law. The ruling keeps the law in place but could open the door for those who cannot get voter IDs to find other ways to vote.

Investigators have been looking for Emily W. Paul for three years and said they now have reason to believe she may be in Madison.

CITY NEWS

Investigators look for missing Florida teen in Madison

By Miller Jozwiak | Apr. 13, 2016

Emily W. Paul, now 17, vanished from Florida on April 13, 2013. Bay County investigators believe someone with whom she was acquainted picked her up in Southport on her own accord. The Bay County Sheriff’s Office said they are renewing their plea for help to reunite Paul with her family and believe that she could be in Madison, according to a Madison Police Department incident report. The report said she was last known to be 4 feet 10 inches and about 100 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes.