Sreejita Patra

Senior Staff Writer

Sreejita Patra is a senior staff writer and the former summer ad sales manager for The Daily Cardinal. She has written for breaking news, campus news and arts and has done extensive reporting on the 2024 presidential race. She also covered the Oregon Village Board for the Oregon Observer.

Alexa Coleman

STATE NEWS

Live updates: Wisconsin votes in 2024 elections

By Joseph Panzer , Anna Kleiber , Annika Bereny , Alaina Walsh , Audrey Lopez-Stane , Gavin Escott , Jake Wesson , Nick Bumgardner , Iain Chang , Mary Bosch , Elijah Pines , Clara Strecker , Drew Wesson , Noe Goldhaber , Tomer Ronen , Gabriella Hartlaub , Wanwa Omot , Ella Hanley and Sreejita Patra | Nov. 5

Follow The Daily Cardinal news team as we bring you live updates on the presidential race, Wisconsin’s U.S. House of Representatives races, U.S. Senate race, state Legislature races and more.

Mary Bosch

CAMPUS NEWS

With record early turnout, more than 10,000 early vote at UW-Madison locations

By Sreejita Patra | Nov. 5

Students reported lines of about two hours, and early voters at campus polling locations comprised nearly a fifth of in-person absentee ballots cast in Madison.

Emma Schieffer

STATE NEWS

Q&A: ‘The West Wing’ star Bradley Whitford wants Madison to vote

By Bryna Goeking and Sreejita Patra | Oct. 21

In an interview with The Daily Cardinal, “The West Wing” actor Bradley Whitford talked post-2000s politics and encouraged voter turnout for the Harris-Walz campaign.

Emma Schieffer

STATE NEWS

‘The West Wing’ cast triumphs abortion, climate policy for Harris-Walz ticket in Madison

By Bryna Goeking and Sreejita Patra | Oct. 21

Madison native Bradley Whitford was joined by castmates Martin Sheen, Richard Schiff and Mary McCormack for a morning of canvassing before holding a rally at the Barrymore Theatre.

Bailey Krause

CAMPUS NEWS

Students for Justice in Palestine rally on Oct. 7, decry recent violence in Gaza

By Jake Piper , Noe Goldhaber , Gabriella Hartlaub and Sreejita Patra | Oct. 8

Students for Justice in Palestine hosted a rally on Bascom Hill Monday. They were met with pro-Israel demonstrators who shouted obscenities and said SJP lacked sensitivity for protesting on Oct. 7.

Elijah Pines

CAMPUS NEWS

‘It’s the same history repeating itself’: Wisconsin Black Student Union holds vigil in memory of Marcellus Williams

By Sreejita Patra | Sep. 30

The Wisconsin Black Student Union hosted a candlelight vigil on Friday to commemorate Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams, who was executed in Missouri on Tuesday.

Finnegan Ricco

CAMPUS NEWS

Pro-Palestine civil rights group calls post-encampment disciplinary proceedings illegal, discriminatory

By Sreejita Patra | Sep. 24

Palestine Legal, a civil rights and advocacy group, argued that university disciplinary proceedings against pro-Palestine activists violate First Amendment rights and called on the university to drop two cases they called “discriminatory.”

Jake Piper

CAMPUS NEWS

Charlie Kirk challenges students to ‘prove me wrong’ in provocative UW-Madison visit

By Tomer Ronen and Sreejita Patra | Sep. 5

The conservative media personality spotlighted right-wing talking points about abortion, gay marriage and affirmative action at The University of Wisconsin-Madison Thursday.

Jake Piper

STATE NEWS

Tim Walz rallies union vote with Milwaukee Laborfest speech

By Clara Strecker and Sreejita Patra | Sep. 2

The Democratic vice presidential candidate gave a Labor Day speech on Monday emphasizing the Democratic ticket’s pro-union, pro-worker agenda.

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Mary Bosch

CAMPUS NEWS

Madison man charged with hate crimes for threats against multicultural sorority

By Sreejita Patra | Aug. 15

Lukas Nowak was formally charged Monday for disrupting a November sorority meeting with racist threats and disorderly conduct.