Student beaten in random attack

A UW-Madison student was beaten early Wednesday in a bizarre and apparently random attack by a stranger inside her apartment building.
The 20-year-old woman told police she was walking home alone in the 100 block of Langdon Street about 1:15 a.m. when she noticed a man watching her. She said she initially avoided the person by crossing the street to a better lighted area and then visiting a friend’s apartment.