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.
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Police remove encampment at University of Wisconsin’s Madison campus
Police were removing an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Wisconsin’s Madison campus and have taken away several protesters.
June bug season has begun. What are they and how to keep them away.
These critters might also be known as May bugs, June beetles or even screen-thumpers, depending on where you live, and are characterized by a reddish-brown or almost black color, according to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Recent college campus protests are hateful, not peaceful — Joseph Tripalin
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.
What the National Shortage of Construction Workers Means for the US
Fewer construction workers means less — and slower — residential construction, which in turn leads to higher home prices, according to a 2023 report from researchers at the University of Utah and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Dueling protesters clash at UCLA hours after police clear pro-Palestinian demonstration at Columbia
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
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
Multiple arrests are underway on UW-Madison’s Library Mall as protesters try to prevent police removing an illegal tent encampment.
2024 Was the Year That Broke College Admissions
These days Cornell, for example, admits roughly 40 percent of its incoming class without a test score. At schools like the University of Wisconsin or the University of Connecticut, the percentage is even higher. In California, schools rarely accept scores at all, being in many cases not only test-optional, but “test-blind.”
Jewish UW students, groups respond to pro-Palestinian encampments
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
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.
Why Colleges Don’t Know What to Do About Campus Protests
Two decades later, in cases in 1991 and 1993, this precedent led lower courts to rule for students who had been disciplined by the University of Wisconsin and George Mason University for “hate speech.”
Are we repeating the mistakes of the 1960s?
That same year, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Black students called for a campus-wide student strike until administrators agreed to 13 demands. Along with “thousands of white allies,” they held rallies, boycotted classes, marched to the state Capitol, took over lecture halls and blocked building entrances, leading the governor to activate the Wisconsin National Guard.
Third parties will affect the 2024 campaigns, but election laws written by Democrats and Republicans will prevent them from winning
rofessor of Political Science, Director of the Elections Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
In Pitctures: A lookback at student protest movements in the US
Police use tear gas and night sticks to break up anti-war demonstrations at the University of Wisconsin campus in Madison, Oct. 18, 1967.
Video: Gaza war protest on the campus of UW-Madison
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
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
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.
UW-Madison students continue protest as night falls; tents set up on Library Mall
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.”
UW-Madison responds to day long protests, demonstrators not backing down until demands are met
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.
UW Madison protesters encamp overnight on Library Mall
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.
UW Odyssey Project Class of 2024 Graduation Ceremony set for Wednesday
The UW Odyssey Project Class of 2024 Graduation Ceremony will be held Wednesday, May 1, 6 p.m., at the Great Hall of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St.
Live updates: Encampment demonstration passes 12-hour mark as UW administration urges protesters to remove tents
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.
Letter to the editor: Muslim and Muslim-allied faculty, staff support rights of UW-Madison students to protest
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.
Live updates: Campus leaders call on protesters to remove tents before discussing their demands
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.
Georgia M. Shambes
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
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
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
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
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.
Human Jawbone Found Embedded Into Tile by Couple Renovating Bathroom
That’s what led him to share the discovery on Reddit. From there, the poster was able to source the expertise of John Hawks, a professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He regularly writes about paleoanthropology, the study of human evolution through fossil and archaeological records.
Betty L. Skaggs
After working 34 years at the UW-Madison, she retired in 1996.
Mifflin Street party leads to ambulance runs, deck failure, arrests
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.
Strange ‘Ring’ of Water in Michigan Seen From Space
The phenomenon attracted the attention of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who shared thermal imagery of the ring on social media and then studied the warm water, revealing the cause in a blog on its website.
Ecstasy’s bid for FDA approval reveals challenges of psychedelic trials
“It’s very kind of New Age with spiritual components,” said Bruce E. Wampold, a counseling psychology professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin at Madison who has studied the effectiveness of psychotherapy in clinical trials. “It’s on the periphery of what I would say evidence-based treatments would be.”
Recruitment underway for new Wisconsin Singers student performers and band members
For 56 seasons, the Wisconsin Singers have been performing for ages and groups of all sizes.
UW-Madison releases statement on protest policies and potential consequences
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.
UW-Madison warns breaking campus protest policies ‘will have consequences’
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.”
Mnookin joins university leaders to advance student free expression, civic preparedness
‘College Presidents for Civic Preparedness’ work to uphold Institute for Citizens and Scholars’ three key principles on campuses across US.
Tech layoffs constrict job market for recent grads, but value of UW degree remains high, experts say
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.
Mifflin Street Block Party results in arrests, flipped car
Turnout at 2024 event largest since pandemic.
Sex Out Loud announces plans to establish national chapters
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.
MPD investigates death after fire department finds female in Lake Mendota early Friday
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.
UW-Madison chancellor does not plan to authorize encampments on university grounds
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.
US births fell last year, marking an end to the late pandemic rebound, experts say
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
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
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
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
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.
H5N1 bird flu outbreak in cows is likely widespread, milk tests show
In H5N1-infected cows, the first thing that tends to happen is their appetite disappears and their activity goes down. Then their milk production dries up. In some animals, the milk they do produce turns yellow and thick. “It’s an odd thing that seems to be unique to this particular virus,” said Keith Poulsen, director of the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.
Puerto Rico is Voting for its Future
Column by Jorell Meléndez-Badillo, assistant professor of Latin American and Caribbean History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His most recent book is Puerto Rico: A National History (Princeton University Press, 2024), also published in Spanish as Puerto Rico: Historia de una nación by Grupo Planeta USA.
Why Your Voice Sounds Older As You Age
These changes happen to about 1 in 5 of us as we age, according to Lisa Vinney, a speech-language pathologist and faculty member at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Age-related voice changes happen to everyone to some degree,” she said. “But those changes can occur more rapidly or be more pronounced thanks to genetic, lifestyle and health factors.”
Scientists debate adding a Category 6 for mega-hurricanes
In their paper, which was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Wehner and co-author James P. Kossin of the University of Wisconsin–Madison did not explicitly call for the adoption of a Category 6, primarily because the scale is quickly being supplanted by other measurement tools that more accurately gauge the hazard of a specific storm.
Madison police prepare for upcoming Mifflin Street Block Party
The event is one the Madison Police Department has said in the past it’s “very serious” about shutting down for good.
UW Madison police investigating after man allegedly grabs woman by the throat
The U-W Madison Police Department is investigating a battery that happened Wednesday night outside of Grainger Hall.
PROFS panel calls for de-politicization of higher education at public forum
Panelists discuss decreasing funding for flagship universities at event Wednesday.
UW student Haia Al Zein spearheads effort to establish MENA student center on campus
Students show support for center in petition with over 300 signatures.
UWPD investigation of Wednesday battery ongoing
Students notified of incident, encouraged to take safety precautions.
Tuition hike will offload university financial pressures, may strain student budgets, expert says
According to Agricultural and Applied Economics professor Steve Deller, the funding from the state that goes to support public higher education has been declining for about 30 years and the Universities of Wisconsin have been needing to make up for those financial resources.
Blk Pwr Coalition launches scholarship program to support Black students
Scholarships aim to alleviate financial stress during college career, BPC officers say.