Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman joins “UPFRONT.”
UPFRONT: UW System president on protests
WISN-TV
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Heavy-handed tactics won’t dissuade legitimate protests — Dick Cullen
Wisconsin State Journal
Letter to the editor: Heavy-handed tactics didn’t work with the Vietnam War protests, and they will not work now. I urge leaders to be on the right side of this horrible issue.
UW-Madison students, staff react to Gaza protests on campus
PBS Wisconsin
Student protests on campuses around the nation have led to violently police crack-downs, so when pro palestine encampments sprung up- to milwaukee and madison campuses, organizers and officials weren’t sure what to expect. Students and community members on both sides of the issue and has this report.
College Republicans counter-protest against pro-Palestine encampment at UW-Madison
WKOW-TV 27
As a pro-Palestine encampment continues into the sixth day on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, college Republicans took a stand on Friday with their own counter-protest, urging university officials and law enforcement to intervene.
Pro-Palestinian protesters and UW-Madison leaders still negotiating
The Capital Times
Talks between pro-Palestinian protesters camped on the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Library Mall and administrators are continuing, but neither side has moved much as of Friday afternoon, the fifth day of the protest.
Peter Hart-Brinson on the Israel-Hamas war campus protests
PBS Wisconsin
UW-Eau Claire sociology and journalism professor Peter Hart-Brinson discusses perspectives among college students around Wisconsin on the pro-Palestinian campus protests in Madison and Milwaukee.
UW-La Crosse students rally for Palestinians, demand ceasefire and divestment from Israeli …
La Crosse Tribune
University of Wisconsin La Crosse students gather for a protest in solidarity with Palestine and UW Madison student protests on Friday, May 3.
4 charged following their arrests this week at UW-Madison protest
Wisconsin State Journal
Four Madison men, one of them a UW-Madison student, arrested this week during a clash between police and protesters on Library Mall, were charged Friday with offenses ranging from disorderly conduct to battery of a police officer, according to criminal complaints.
Scenes From the Gaza Solidarity Encampments
The Nation
We asked five student writers to talk about the pro-Palestine protests at their schools, how their administrations have responded, and what the next steps are for organizers.
Wisconsin volleyball has new radio home as part of rights deals covering 6 Badgers teams
Wisconsin State Journal
Good Karma Brands won the rights to Badgers volleyball games and will air them on 100.5 FM in Madison and 620 AM in Milwaukee.
UW-Madison’s Odyssey Project truly is the start of an adventure, graduates say
Wisconsin State Journal
The newest graduates from the UW-Madison Odyssey Project all have big plans for the future: One student wants to write an autobiography, one hopes to become a dental hygienist and another is going into social work.
Letter | Student loan relief subject to Wisconsin tax
The Capital Times
Letter to the editor: I had the unpleasant surprise of having to pay to the Wisconsin Department of Revenue over $3,000 when I filed my taxes.
Letter | Supervisors oppose sheriff’s participation in breaking up encampment
The Capital Times
Letter to the editor: University campuses maintain a special status in society where First Amendment rights, and their extension into academic freedom, must be zealously preserved. UW-Madison maintains a robust history of free expression, which has helped shape the university into a world-class institution that substantially contributes to the vibrancy of our Dane County communities.
Photos show police confrontation with pro-Palestinian protesters
The Capital Times
Photojournalists for the Cap Times were on the scene as police officers descended on the University of Wisconsin-Madison Library Mall early Wednesday to remove a protest encampment, which campus leaders said violated state administrative code.
UW protester arrests: 18 students, 7 staff, 9 unaffiliated
The Capital Times
As University of Wisconsin-Madison leaders continued discussions with student organizers of a pro-Palestinian protest Thursday, campus police released more details about the people who were arrested the day before. Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin met with student and faculty negotiators as both sides remained in a stalemate over an encampment on Library Mall.
Opinion | Polling shows low Gaza interest despite campus protests
The Capital Times
Given what can feel like Vietnam-era levels of unrest at UW-Madison and other campuses nationwide, those numbers seem surprising.
Update: UW-Madison chancellor promises no police intervention until next meeting with protest leaders
Wisconsin State Journal
Aday after police broke up an illegal campsite on campus, UW-Madison administrators have pledged not to have police intervene in the rebuilt pro-Palestinian encampment on Library Mall until school officials and protest leadership meet on Friday.
UWPD chief violated policies, including a workplace relationship
The Capital Times
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has concluded its investigation into former UW Police Chief Kristen Roman, finding she violated a number of policies, including failing to immediately report her romantic relationship with an employee to whom she later gave special advantages.
Investigation: Former UW police chief had relationship with employee, violated policies
Wisconsin State Journal
When she resigned as chief of the UW-Madison police department, Kristen Roman was facing allegations of nepotism toward a romantic partner, inappropriate fleet vehicle use, and misreporting of outside-of-work earnings.
UW system didn’t treat Richland County community with respect — John Poole
Wisconsin State Journal
Letter to the editor: President Jay Rothman and other Universities of Wisconsin officials have proven to be callous, disingenuous and morally bankrupt with the manner they’ve treated the citizens of Richland County.
UW-Madison professor injured at protest: ‘They specifically targeted me’
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison professor Samer Alatout was attending the protest on Library Mall early Wednesday when police gave the order to remove the encampment that had been set up Monday morning.
Barry C. Burden: US election laws doom third parties
Wisconsin State Journal
Column by Burden, a professor of political science at UW-Madison.
Donald Trump targets Joe Biden on economy, immigration at Waukesha rally
Wisconsin State Journal
Trump also took aim at the pro-Palestinian protests taking place on college campuses across the country, including at UW-Madison, where protesters clashed with police on Wednesday. Trump called on local leaders to “vanquish the radicals” and “take back our campuses.”
Madison City Council members ask UW-Madison chancellor to OK encampment protesting Gaza war
Wisconsin State Journal
Alds. Juliana Bennett, Marsha Rummel and Nasra Wehelie are offering a resolution to the Council asking Mnookin to allow the encampment “in the spirit of the Wisconsin Idea.”
Tents back up at UW-Madison after police raid pro-Palestinian encampment
Wisconsin State Journal
Two days after it went up, a pro-Palestinian encampment on Library Mall was largely dismantled by police early Wednesday, with 34 people arrested and some protesters and police officers injured in the noisy fracas that followed.
Library Mall encampment up in full force, protesters to meet with chancellor
Wisconsin State Journal
A day after police had largely dismantled it, a pro-Palestine encampment on Library Mall at UW-Madison has returned with 28 tents as of 7:30 Thursday morning.
Here’s what we know about the protests at UW-Madison
Wisconsin State Journal
Aprotest at UW-Madison over the war in Gaza started Monday. On Wednesday morning, police clashed with protesters as they took down the encampment. Here’s what we know.
Police descend on Gaza war protesters at UW-Madison, begin arrests
The Capital Times
State and local police broke a two-day standoff with anti-Gaza war protesters Wednesday morning as they began removing an encampment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and arresting people in the crowd.
Police remove encampment at University of Wisconsin’s Madison campus
The Associated Press
Police were removing an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Wisconsin’s Madison campus and have taken away several protesters.
Recent college campus protests are hateful, not peaceful — Joseph Tripalin
Wisconsin State Journal
Letter to the editor: I was on the UW-Madison campus during the late 1960s and witnessed firsthand the ongoing riots and protests surrounding the Vietnam War and protests over race relations.
Dueling protesters clash at UCLA hours after police clear pro-Palestinian demonstration at Columbia
The Associated Press
Dueling groups of protesters clashed Wednesday at the University of California, Los Angeles, grappling in fistfights and shoving, kicking and using sticks to beat one another. Hours earlier, police burst into a building at Columbia University that pro-Palestinian protesters took over and broke up a demonstration that had paralyzed the school while inspiring others.
Margaret H. Fose
Wisconsin State Journal
In 1946, Margaret accepted a position as membership secretary at the UW Memorial Union. She married Dale Fose on August 28, 1948 at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Madison. When their first son was born in 1949, Margaret began her career as a stay-at-home mom until 1979 when she returned to work at the UW Memorial Union Director’s Office. She retired in 1988.
Police begin dismantling pro-Palestinian encampment at UW-Madison; multiple arrests underway
Wisconsin State Journal
Multiple arrests are underway on UW-Madison’s Library Mall as protesters try to prevent police removing an illegal tent encampment.
Jewish UW students, groups respond to pro-Palestinian encampments
Wisconsin Public Radio
As pro-Palestinian encampment protests entered their second day at the Universities of Wisconsin-Madison and Milwaukee Tuesday, some Jewish students and organizations expressed concern about what the protesters’ message meant for them.
UW to pro-Palestinian protesters: Take down tents, then we’ll talk
The Capital Times
Protesters calling for the University of Wisconsin-Madison to cut any ties with Israel filled the campus Library Mall on Monday and set up tents, ignoring the university’s warning that camping there is against state law.
Video: Gaza war protest on the campus of UW-Madison
Wisconsin State Journal
Hundreds gathered at Library Mall early Monday in support of the Palestinians in Gaza as Israel’s war against Hamas continues.
Scenes from the Gaza war protest at UW-Madison
The Capital Times
More than 200 people attended a protest Monday at University of Wisconsin-Madison in support of the Palestinian people. Demonstrators set up at least a dozen tents on the grass outside Memorial Library.
Pro-Palestinian encampments go up at UW-Madison protest
Wisconsin State Journal
An encampment erected Monday in support of Palestinians and against the war in Gaza appeared dug in after a day-long demonstration on Library Mall that defied warnings and threats of consequences from UW-Madison leaders and the campus police department.
Georgia M. Shambes
Wisconsin State Journal
She became a professor in the Department of Physical Therapy in 1968 after receiving her PhD in physical education and anatomy. During her 20-plus years in this Department she played an important leadership role, by helping to develop the graduate program in therapeutic science and by serving as coordinator of the Physical Therapy program.
Keep upcoming Gaza protest legal and safe, UW-Madison officials plead
Wisconsin State Journal
Ahead of a planned protest next week over the war in Gaza, officials at UW-Madison sent a letter to students Friday reminding them of the consequences of breaking the law and university policies regarding protests, including a long-held policy that bans camping on university property.
Ronald J. Reynolds
Wisconsin State Journal
As a Professor Emeritus of Astronomy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, astrophysics was both his career and his passion.
Game against Caitlin Clark, Iowa boosts Wisconsin women’s basketball crowd average
Wisconsin State Journal
The Badgers’ Dec. 10 game against Clark and Iowa had 12,142 tickets scanned, by far the highest since Wisconsin started using digital scanners at gates in 2006.
City to hold informational meeting on potential passenger rail station sites
Wisconsin State Journal
The city and national consultant HNTB have explored six corridors and recommend in January advancing three of them — Downtown/Isthmus, First Street near the Public Market, and around Oscar Mayer — for further evaluation. The study recommended dropping three other corridors — the UW-Madison campus, the East Side near Starkweather Creek and by Dane County Regional Airport.
Betty L. Skaggs
Wisconsin State Journal
After working 34 years at the UW-Madison, she retired in 1996.
Mifflin Street party leads to ambulance runs, deck failure, arrests
Wisconsin State Journal
About 10,000 students clogged an artery in the heart of Downtown on Saturday, marking 55 years of the Mifflin Street Block Party with the legally ambiguous nonsense for which the event has become infamous.
US births fell last year, marking an end to the late pandemic rebound, experts say
The Associated Press
But “the 2023 numbers seem to indicate that bump is over and we’re back to the trends we were in before,” said Nicholas Mark, a University of Wisconsin researcher who studies how social policy and other factors influence health and fertility.
NCAA Tournament game boosts Wisconsin women’s hockey 2023-24 crowd size average
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team hosted an NCAA Tournament game for the first time in five years in 2024. As usual, it was among the most attended contests of the season at LaBahn Arena.
UW-Madison ends alumni email accounts, citing cybersecurity risks and financial strain
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison students will lose access to their wisc.edu email accounts nine months after graduation, according to the UW Division of Information Technology, the last step in a yearslong process of eliminating email accounts connecting alumni with the university.
Madison’s Crazylegs Classic race causes street closures and bus detours
Wisconsin State Journal
Closures will begin at 9:45 a.m. for the race beginning at 9:50 a.m. on Library Mall at State and North Lake streets. Major streets affected will include West Gilman, Langdon and West Dayton streets, and Old University Avenue.
More than 150 police officers and drones to monitor 55th annual Mifflin Street Block Party
Wisconsin State Journal
For each of the past 55 years, the 400 and 500 blocks of West Mifflin Street have undergone a one-day transformation. The usually quiet stretch of vintage student rentals becomes a seething mass of humanity, a jungle that officials have tried to weed and tame, often with little success. The will of a 19-year-old business major to get plastered continues to triumph over the best-laid plans of mayors and council members.
More cows are being tested and tracked for bird flu. Here’s what that means
The Associated Press
Several experts said the USDA’s plans to require testing in cows are a good start. “We need to be able to do greater surveillance so that we know what’s going on,” said Thomas Friedrich, a virology professor at the University of Wisconsin’s veterinary school.
UW system to vacate Richland Center campus; county warns of ‘economic crisis’
Wisconsin State Journal
Universities of Wisconsin officials announced Tuesday that UW-Platteville will vacate its Richland County campus on July 1, an unexpected move that local officials say creates a “potential economic crisis” for the county.
Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
The Associated Press
The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse’s top official has taken the first steps toward removing a faculty member who was earlier fired from his job as chancellor over his fledgling porn career.
Wisconsin fans love to drink, and proved it in first year of alcoholic beverage sales
Wisconsin State Journal
Sales for the season totaled more than $1.3 million at Wisconsin basketball and hockey home games.
Wisconsin men’s hockey sees record high ticket scans for a home game during 2023-24 season
Wisconsin State Journal
The Badgers’ success early in Hastings’ first season, however, apparently made a difference in bringing fans back to the Kohl Center. The average number of ticket scans ended at 7,444, the highest figure since 2014-15 and a 58% gain over the previous season.
What to know about Madison’s Crazylegs Classic
Wisconsin State Journal
The 42nd annual Crazylegs Classic, with a 5-mile run and 2-mile walk, is expected to draw more than 9,500 participants to Downtown Madison on Saturday.
Designers of Cottage Grove’s first dog park hope to capture community’s vibe
Wisconsin State Journal
James Steiner, a lecturer in UW-Madison’s Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture, collaborated with UW-Madison design students Keegan Ripley and Henry Hinchsliff to design the project, currently dubbed Bark Park. The effort was carried out through UniverCity Alliance, a campus organization that’s part of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and provides students with hands-on experience developing local projects.
Wisconsin men’s basketball adapting to name, image and likeness, transfer portal challenges
Wisconsin State Journal
And Wednesday, Gard seemed calm amid the seeming firestorm, acknowledging there being no shortage of short-term options into the transfer portal while also emphasizing heavily into a long-term vision of how the Badgers can adapt to a new world dominated by big money.
Find a fix for UW campus closures and Wisconsin’s worker shortage — Andrew Lewis
Wisconsin State Journal
Letter to the editor: The UW Board of Regents appears to be incapable of creative solutions. The GOP seems committed to a strategy geared toward degrading support for higher education by defunding the UW Extension and our small two- and four-year campuses that serve rural Wisconsin so well.
A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
The Associated Press
University of Wisconsin regents agreed in December to shift at least 43 diversity positions to focus on “student success” and eliminate statements supporting diversity on student applications. The actions were part of a deal with lawmakers to release funding for pay raises and campus construction projects.