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.
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.
“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.”
Speakers share experiences of growing up under occupation, facing discrimination.
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.
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.
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.
The former chief of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department (UWPD), Kristen Roman, resigned on Feb. 11, 2024. The University of Wisconsin-Madison said Thursday that after a review, Roman “substantiated multiple violations of university employment policies and work rules.”
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.
Report finds Roman failed to track mileage on squad car used for personal appointments, engaged in relationship with UWPD employee
Encampment demonstration on Library Mall enters fifth day.
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.
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.
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.
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.
More than 20 tents remained up on Library Mall through the night despite UWPD’s removal of all but two tents Wednesday morning.
Given what can feel like Vietnam-era levels of unrest at UW-Madison and other campuses nationwide, those numbers seem surprising.
“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.
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.
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.
Richard Thau, who conducts focus groups with swing voters, said his recent work finds that many young voters support the goals of the protests but are only lightly committed to the cause. “Support was a mile wide and maybe three inches deep,’’ said Thau, who conducted two focus groups this week with independent voters from across the University of Wisconsin system, all of whom were too young to vote in 2020. “It became clear that these students had empathy for what the people in Gaza are experiencing, but most would not go the extra mile to relieve the suffering of the Palestinians.’’
If concerns around bird flu persist, milk’s relevance may continue to slide. Even the slightest bit of consumer apprehension could cause already-struggling dairy farms to shut down. “An additional contributing factor really doesn’t bode well,” Leonard Polzin, a dairy expert at the University of Wisconsin at Madison’s Division of Extension, told me. For the rest of us, there is now yet another reason to avoid milk—and even less left to the belief that milk is special.
I spoke to Tyler Lark, a scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison whose 2022 study questioned ethanol’s climate credentials and concluded that it can be more carbon-intensive than gasoline. He told me that the margins on ethanol’s benefits are thin enough that, depending on the model you chose to calculate its effects, the results can be radically different. His paper prompted rebuttals from the Renewable Fuel Association, an industry group, and the United States Department of Agriculture.
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.
Tensions grew between police and pro-Palestine protesters Wednesday morning as officers tore down tents and arrested some protesters on UW-Madison’s campus.
There are some educational interventions that could help those at the lower end of the income-distribution spectrum. Educating consumers on certain kinds of fraud or teaching them how to negotiate or dispute debts are examples of some effective interventions, said J. Michael Collins, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and faculty director of the school’s Center for Financial Security.
Months later, molecular testing revealed the culprit: human metapneumovirus (HMPV), one of a collection of viruses that presents in people as a common cold but is “a well-known killer” in our closest primate relatives, says Goldberg, a researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. More than 12% of the community that Stella belonged to died in the outbreak. Others were lost as a result of being orphaned. “Stella had a baby that was clinging to her body for a while after she died,” Goldberg says. “The baby subsequently died.”
Representation for people of color has been steady over the years – books for children and teens that have Asian representation are up from an estimated 2.9% in 2002 to 11.7% in 2023, according to research by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center.
If Trump continues to defy a lawful order of the court, Justice Merchan shouldn’t hesitate to use the only effective deterrent the law allows: imprisonment. John Gross is a clinical associate professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School and director of the Public Defender Project.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
Column by Burden, a professor of political science at UW-Madison.
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.
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.”
Participation in community engagement projects helps students prepare for workforce, expert says.
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.
The Department of African American Studies confirmed her death in a statement Tuesday. “Nina was kind, quiet and generous,” the statement read. “She was a devoted mother and beloved daughter and sister. Nina had a welcoming spirit and smile.”
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.”
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.
Pro-Palestine protesters called for divestment from a $249 million fund that includes weapons manufacturers and other war related companies.
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.
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.
Workshop explores plants’ healing, mood boosting, apocalyptic uses.
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).
His colleague, Sainath Suryanarayanan, a researcher who wrote a 2017 book on environmental threats to bees and is also an associate director of the Holtz Center for Science and Technology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, wrote the first Freedom of Information Act requests.
