In a statement Wednesday afternoon, university officials said that students and faculty liaisons walked out of a meeting on Wednesday. Student protesters are calling on the university to divest from groups that they said are supplying arms used by the Israeli government against Palestinians.
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The first was reported Wednesday, May 8, but happened on May 1. A student displaying a pro-Israel sign said a man approached her and said “Jews shouldn’t be on campus,” according to UWPD.
“We decided that it seemed like the university is not negotiating in good faith with us and as such, further negotiating meetings where the university refuses to talk about specific points are not worth our time,” Justice for Students in Palestine member Dahlia Saba said. The university says it remains an urgent campus priority to end the encampment.
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The messages, located on an electrical transformer box on North Henry Street, depicted a woman in hijab with the message “Islam is satanic/martyrs burn/in hell.”
The group presented 12 requests to the school, including to adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism and enforce the law on encampments.
Roughly 250 faculty and pro-Palestine protesters marched up Bascom Hill to express frustration at University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin and campus administration during a UW-Madison Faculty Senate meeting Monday.
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“I’m glad the university is actually talking about these things openly and willing to listen to what the students have to say, but I think what we have seen from this university before and from other universities across the country is that they are willing to speak to students just to pacify them and we want to see the actions behind the words,” said Dahila Saba, a UW-Madison Graduate student and member of the student group, Students for Justice in Palestine.
Four people who were arrested and booked into the Dane County Jail after police broke up an encampment on the UW-Madison campus Wednesday morning were formally charged on Friday, online court records show.
They plan to rally on Library Mall at 2:15 p.m. Monday. Faculty members said it’s an opportunity to explore the encampment and have important conversations with students and other organizers.
Chairman of Young Americans for Freedom Harrison Wells says they are hoping to send a message to student protestors at Library Mall. “We just want to show the school and all of the protestors that are here doing it illegally, that there is a way to voice your opinion, there is a way to exercise your First Amendment, but within the laws.”
“All 30 of our students made it to the end, despite incredible challenges, and I’ve seen a transformation in each one,” said Emily Auerbach, executive director of the Odyssey Project. “They’re cheering each other on. They have this newfound community within Odyssey.”
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Negotiations continue between UW administrators, protest organizers.
Antisemitic chalk messages endorsing Hezbollah, the Houthis and the military wing of Hamas — all of which are designated as terror groups by the United States — were found at the Dane County Farmers Market on Saturday alongside messages endorsing violence against Israelis and Zionists.The chalkings, located on the corner of State, Mifflin and Carroll Streets in downtown Madison, contained messages praising Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas.
The pro-Palestine protest and encampment organized by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Young Democratic Socialists of America continued through Friday night.
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Encampment demonstration on Library Mall enters fifth day.
We are Jewish faculty, staff, and students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who stand with the peaceful and righteous coalition of student activists calling for the university to divest from Israel.
More than 20 tents remained up on Library Mall through the night despite UWPD’s removal of all but two tents Wednesday morning.
“We think it’s important to protect free speech and the right to freedom of assembly,” stated Dane County Supervisor Hedi Wegleithner, who represents District 2.
Former University of Wisconsin Police Chief Kristen Roman violated university policy for not immediately disclosing a romantic relationship she entered into with a subordinate and for her use of a department-issued squad car.
Tensions grew between police and pro-Palestine protesters Wednesday morning as officers tore down tents and arrested some protesters on UW-Madison’s campus.
82-year-old Bonnie Block is a Wisconsin native who lives in Madison and is a part of a group called the Raging Grannies, who encourages people to speak out. “We wanted to come and tell these students thank you for being here because I think it’s really important,” Block said. “All my life I’ve been heartened by groups of people who are saying no to what they see is wrong. I think that that’s critical.”
Student Salomon Delarosa said he and other Jewish students on campus felt the need to show their support to one another by gathering at the steps of the Wisconsin State Historical Building, directly across from Memorial Library. Pro-Palestine protestors have been holding a peaceful protest outside of Memorial Library since Monday morning.
Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman said the system supports freedom of speech while upholding the law and ensuring the safety of the community. “The free exchange of ideas through open dialogue and debate is a hallmark of the Universities of Wisconsin,” Rothman said. “We support the First Amendment and the right to free expression – including through legal protest – and we continue to uphold these ideals, even in the face of difficult and competing demands.”
Early on Wednesday morning, on the third day of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s pro-Palestininan encampment in front of Library Mall, police from multiple agencies arrived to remove students camping in protest of Israel’s genocide on Gaza and demanding UW-Madison’s disclosure and divestments from Israel.
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Demonstrators stay in encampment for third night in a row.
More than 20 tents remained up on Library Mall through the night despite UWPD’s removal of all but two tents Wednesday morning.
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Pro-Palestine protesters called for divestment from a $249 million fund that includes weapons manufacturers and other war related companies.
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Throughout the years, there have been thousands of demonstrations at UW Madison. Whether it was five people or hundreds at a time, protesters found a way for their voices to be heard. “We want to foster the ability for students to learn something, to be passionate about it and to make their voice heard,” Kacie Lucchini Butcher, director the Center of Campus History.
On April 29, starting in the morning, alumni, students and supporters came out to UW-Madison to set up an encampment, a budding national trend across universities around the country, in a continued effort to call for a ceasefire in the ongoing war in Gaza. In addition, protestors are demanding UW-Madison disclose and divest from any investments in Israeli companies.
Students, community members continue to demand university’s divestment from Israel.
Pro-Palestine demonstrators who organized an encampment Monday at the University of Wisconsin-Madison remained on Library Mall despite warnings from university officials that the event violated state law.
Students reported to UWPD that an individual performed a Nazi salute Monday. There is no indication this person is affiliated with the university or Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP).
A group called “Students for Justice in Palestine – UW Madison” organized the event.It defined its protest against “ongoing genocide and Zionist war crimes in Gaza, and against the new wave of student repression across the country.”
According to a UW spokesperson, Reesor is meeting with protest organizers Monday night. The University asked students to comply with campus policy and state law by taking down their tents, but several tents remained in place.
University of Wisconsin-Madison students protesting for Pro-Palestine encamped overnight on Library Mall.Hundreds of students in support of Palestine started protesting at 9 a.m. on Monday.
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An encampment was built on the University of Wisconsin campus around 9:40 a.m. Monday. The building of the encampment followed a protest on Library Mall during which hundreds of students and community members led chants denouncing the ongoing war in Gaza and calling for UW’s divestment from the state of Israel.
We, Muslim and Muslim-allied faculty and staff at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, affirm our solidarity with and support for UW-Madison students who — in light of Israel’s siege and attack on Gaza — are demanding that the University of Wisconsin does not show complicity with Israel’s current military actions that have killed over 34,000 Palestinians (70% of whom are women and children) and displaced a million people who are now facing famine. It is our understanding that these students are demanding that the university disclose its financial investments, divest from any American Friends Service Committee listed companies, cut ties with Israeli institutions and call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire.
Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) organized a protest on Monday to call for the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s “financial and social” divestment from Israel, mirroring similar pro-Palestine demonstrations on college campuses across the country.
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The statement comes after numerous colleges across the country have been showing support for Palestine during the current Israel/Hamas conflict. A pro-Palestine protest is planned for this upcoming Monday on UW-Madison campus.
In an email to all students, faculty and staff Friday, UW-Madison’s dean of students and the interim UW-Madison police chief warned not following campus protest policies “can and will have consequences, both within our code of student conduct and more broadly under Wisconsin law.”
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Mnookin emphasized investments in SuccessWorks — the College of Letters and Sciences’ center for career and professional development — and the presence of job-focused opportunities within all of UW’s schools.
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Sex Out Loud started in 1995 as a University Health Services (UHS) proposal to provide students with peer resources for sexual health before becoming a registered student organization in 1998. Nearly three decades later, Sex Out Loud Chair Mia Warren told The Daily Cardinal she hopes to expand the organization to college campuses across the nation.
The Madison Police Department (MPD) is investigating a death after the Madison Fire Department’s lake rescue team responded to reports of a person yelling for help in the water of Lake Mendota around 4:30 a.m. Friday.
Dean of Students Christina Olstad sent an email to students Friday morning reminding them of their protesting rights and the university’s protest policy. The email also said the university will enforce the administrative code prohibiting camps on university grounds.
The event is one the Madison Police Department has said in the past it’s “very serious” about shutting down for good.
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