Each survivor of sexual assault is different, and each has felt the impact of their assault in different ways.
‘Me Too:’ UW survivors speak out about their experiences, paths to recovery
Badger Herald
Author: gbump
Homecoming blood drive experiences slow first day
Daily Cardinal
Although they did not get the turnout they expected, the American Red Cross began accepting blood donations for its Homecoming blood drive.
More than 20 cars vandalized with swastikas at Madison dealership
Daily Cardinal
Swastikas were carved onto the hoods of more than 20 vehicles in an outdoor lot at a Madison car dealership.
Heated debate leaves Muslim Student Association with budget decrease
Daily Cardinal
The Muslim Student Association received a 14 percent slash to their budget after more than an hour of heated debate over program eligibility for funding from the student finance committee.
Manchester, Jean
Madison.com
She was a member of the UW Foundation Board of Directors beginning in 1982 (ex-officio in recent years), and was the first woman to chair the Foundation (1996-1998).
Nimmow, Esther Marie
Madison.com
Esther served as head of the Wisconsin Restaurant Association and later was a dietitian for two residence halls at UW-Madison.
Bill would bar UW employees from working at Planned Parenthood
Wisconsin State Journal
Anti-abortion advocates, and a Republican U.S. Senate candidate, clashed with University of Wisconsin medical school leaders Tuesday over a proposal that would end an arrangement allowing UW doctors to perform abortions and train students at Planned Parenthood.
Badgers football: Stage set for new era at Camp Randall Stadium
Wisconsin State Journal
From his office above the seating bowl, Barry Alvarez can point to the areas where the second century of progress in Camp Randall Stadium are likely to be shaped.
UW officials say bill banning abortion training would ‘destroy’ ob-gyn program
Capital Times
A bill that would bar University of Wisconsin employees from performing or assisting with abortions under the scope of their employment would prevent the UW School of Medicine from training ob-gyn students to perform the procedure.
UW-Madison opposed to proposed 12-story apartment project near campus
Wisconsin State Journal
A proposed 12-story apartment building on the edge of the UW-Madison campus has drawn opposition from the university.
Student leaders want say in University of Wisconsin merger
Madison.com
Student leaders at the University of Wisconsin’s 26 campuses are pressing regents to include their input on plans to merge two-year schools with four-year campuses.
New UW research space puts digital tools in hands of music scholars
Capital Times
Enter Room 2401 of the UW’s Humanities Building these days, and you’ll likely find Daniel Grabois tinkering with keyboards, speakers, microphones, pedals and all kinds of high-tech gizmos that now litter the space.
UW Homecoming parade to close several Downtown, campus streets Friday
Wisconsin State Journal
The annual UW-Madison Homecoming parade will bring fun, music and Bucky to Downtown and the campus, but will also bring traffic congestion for a few hours Friday afternoon and evening.
Bill Berry: UW merger could turn out to be a good thing
Capital Times
Recent travels took me to the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Marathon County in Wausau, where local bright-eyed first- and second-year students were busy preparing for the future.
‘Healthy Minds’ professor Richard Davidson elected to National Academy of Medicine
Wisconsin State Journal
The founder of UW-Madison’s Center for Healthy Minds has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
UW students try to improve the world — Peter Haney
Wisconsin State Journal
After reading Chris Rickert’s recent column, “50 years later, UW activists look inward,” I wondered what he would be saying about the Dow Chemical protests if they had happened yesterday. Would he be cheering or sniggering from the sidelines that kids today just don’t get it? We’ll leave that for the alternate historians, but Rickert is dead wrong about student protest.
Subway restaurant robbed by armed man near campus, Madison police say
Wisconsin State Journal
The Madison Police Department said a man armed with a handgun entered the sub shop at 1401 University Ave. shortly before 8 p.m.
Four UW-Madison students to receive Fulbright awards
Wisconsin State Journal
The students were selected to receive the federally funded Fulbright-Hays-Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Award that will allow them to do research on three different continents for a year. The funds are provided from the U.S. Department of Education.
James W. Perry: Thoroughly vet UW merger plan
Capital Times
There are far too many unanswered questions for Regents’ approval in November and implementation in July 2018. Given the business background of the Regents, it would be astounding for them to approve this major change without having fiscal projections and understanding the consequences.
UW ensemble wins Acapellooza contest
NBC-15
Lee Conway and Alex Becker joined NBC15’s Leigh Mills to talk about their group, Fundamentally Sound.
Study showing success in reducing hospital readmissions for postpartum hypertension
WISC-TV 3
A telehealth study being conducted by UW Health, so far, has completely eliminated hospital readmissions for postpartum hypertension.
Study: Children from more affluent backgrounds more likely to receive autism diagnosis
WISC-TV 3
hildren living in less affluent neighborhoods are less likely to be diagnosed with autism, according to a new study led by the University of Wisconsin.
With $3.8 million grant, UW-Madison researchers look to confront opioid crisis
Daily Cardinal
UW-Madison researchers have set their sights on increasing treatment participation rates and options for those who suffer from opioid addiction after receiving a $3.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef scheduled to visit UW campus
WISC-TV 3
Known as Egypt’s Jon Stewart, noted satirist Bassem Youssef will come to University of Wisconsin’s Shannon Hall in November as a part of the Wisconsin Union Directorate’s Distinguished Lecture Series.
Mills: UW’s ham-handed effort to regulate speech
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
What kinds of free speech should be protected? Do some people, or some ideas, get more protection than others? How inviolable is our right to protest speech that we find offensive, or potentially an incitement to violence?
Know Your Madisonian: Outreach specialist finds success with Natural Circles of Support
Wisconsin State Journal
Jeffrey Lewis, an outreach specialist for under-served communities at the University of Wisconsin Extension, will retire Nov. 3, after being recognized next week as a “distinguished prefix,” a title reserved for a small number of high-level academic staff “whose superlative accomplishments are evidenced by widespread peer recognition.”
Tony Evers: One is the loneliest number
Capital Times
They always say that one is the loneliest number. As state superintendent for Wisconsin’s public schools and one of only two non-Scott Walker appointments on the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, I know it all too well. 16-1.
Scott McDonell and Sharon Corrigan: Dane County study shows voter ID law should be temporarily suspended
Wisconsin State Journal
Dane County has recently been criticized for funding a study with UW-Madison that looked at the specific effects of the new photo ID law on voting patterns in Dane and Milwaukee counties. Apparently, some believe it is inappropriate to study this issue at the local level.
UW-Madison to absorb UW Cooperative Extension under system reorganization
Capital Times
The University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension is a natural fit with University of Wisconsin-Madison, Chancellor Rebecca Blank said Wednesday about news that the agency would be absorbed by her campus as part of a sweeping reorganization of the UW System.
Jobs likely to be lost in planned merger of University of Wisconsin 2-year Colleges with 4-year campuses. officials say
Wisconsin State Journal
The wide-ranging restructuring plan System President Ray Cross announced Wednesday would also bring UW Extension programs under new administration.
Federal court document identifies man arrested for attempted UW abductions as federal sex offender
Wisconsin State Journal
A man who was arrested by UW-Madison police on Tuesday for a reported assault and attempted abduction was identified in federal court documents Wednesday as Monona man who is serving five years of federal probation for possessing child pornography.
Chris Rickert: Alleged racist student leaves UW-Madison with few good options
Wisconsin State Journal
If you’ve thought about expending brain power to untangle the case of the UW-Madison grad student who may or may not be a racist and the UW-Madison grad student who exposed him, beware that it’s quite the rabbit hole.
Proposed merger would keep two-year colleges afloat in UW System
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A downward spiral in enrollment at the University of Wisconsin System’s two-year campuses spurred the announcement Wednesday of a proposal to keep them afloat by merging them with nearby four-year UW institutions.
Wisconsin professors raised partisanship worries over Thompson Center
Wisconsin State Journal
University of Wisconsin political science professors involved in the creation of a new publicly funded policy center expressed concern that there wasn’t enough balance between Democratic and Republican speakers at its first planned major event, newly released emails show.
Sterling Hall bombing ended war protests — Richard Shropshire
Wisconsin State Journal
After the Sterling Hall bombing, the war protests on the UW campus came to halt.
Night and Day: As Greek life works to serve community, counter-culture of drinking, sexual assault pervades
Badger Herald
While acknowledging areas for improvement, sororities, fraternities seek to expand capacity for positive change.
Student, government leaders advocate for gun control in light of campus carry legislation
Badger Herald
Speakers were protesting Senate Bill 169, which allows individuals to carry weapons in public places with no permit.
Amid Madison gun incidents, legislators and students rally against permitless carry bill
Daily Cardinal
Following four gun-related incidents throughout Madison in the last week, a campus protest of concealed carry on Tuesday and a mass shooting in Las Vegas Oct. 1, legislators and student leaders gathered at the Capitol to voice opposition to a proposed permitless carry bill.
We All Have a Retail Flinch Point
Racked
Quoted: “There are no good ways to describe it, but using ‘flinch point’ sounds appropriate,” said Nancy Wong, a professor of consumer science and marketing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
UW-Madison: 2016 campus voting campaign successful, despite drop in turnout
Capital Times
Officials at the University of Wisconsin-Madison say a recent study of voting on college campuses in the 2016 presidential election shows that efforts to help students navigate the new state Voter ID law were successful.
Lutze, A. Frederick “Fritz”
Madison.com
For his professional career, Fritz worked in sales positions at Nabisco and Great Lakes Homes, following which he entered an extended career with UW-Madison Housing, both in student housing and family housing.
UW-Madison teaching assistant removed from classroom instruction after alleged anti-Semitic social media posts
Wisconsin State Journal
A UW-Madison graduate teaching assistant has been removed from his position after an alleged history of racist and anti-Semitic social media posts.
Vandal desecrates fire circle honoring Native Americans at UW-Madison’s Dejope Hall
Wisconsin State Journal
A bigoted message was painted on a fire circle honoring Native American tribes outside UW-Madison’s Dejope Residence Hall, a university official said.
No decision on a Madison-area Foxconn facility until 2018, a rep says
Wisconsin State Journal
Editorial: UW regents’ assault on free speech is indefensible
Capital Times
Unfortunately, the current UW Board of Regents — with the notable exception of state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers — no longer recognizes this essential premise of the University of Wisconsin. They have made clear their abandonment of a commitment to sifting and winnowing, and the Wisconsin Idea that extends from it, by voting to restrict First Amendment rights on UW campuses.
Despite protest outside, pundit advocates for guns on UW-Madison uninterrupted
Wisconsin State Journal
A conservative commentator speaking at UW-Madison on Tuesday advocated for allowing firearms on campuses on the coattails of a new policy that disciplines students for disrupting others’ free expression.
Police: Person of interest arrested in UW-Madison assault could be culprit in prior assault
Wisconsin State Journal
A person of interest was arrested Tuesday in relation to an assault and attempted abduction on the UW-Madison campus last week.
Katie Pavlich at UW: Colleges should not limit students’ 2nd Amendment rights
Capital Times
College women cannot rely on the police — no matter how hard-working — to protect them from sexual assault. And their universities should not take away their right to carry guns on campus, conservative commentator Katie Pavlich told a full house Tuesday in a University of Wisconsin-Madison lecture hall.
Mary Carbine: Come check out Alumni Park
Capital Times
While the Wisconsin Alumni Association built the park, it’s those who visit who make the park come alive.
UW teaching assistant removed after white supremacy allegations
NBC-15
The University of Wisconsin – Madison has relieved a teaching assistant after a blog post with controversial statements went viral.
Vandalism on UW Madison campus
NBC-15
Early Monday morning the sacred fire circle at Dejope Residence Hall was desecrated with red paint.
UW students continue to protest pro-gun speaker
NBC-15
University of Wisconsin-Madison students plan to rally Wednesday against Senate Bill 169. The bill would eliminate a required conceal-carry permit in Wisconsin. It would also allow concealed firearms on properties they were previously banned from, unless otherwise noted.
Sweeping proposal could change structure of UW System campuses
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross is expected to announce this week a sweeping proposal to restructure two- and four-year campuses in an effort to cut costs, increase college access, reduce barriers to transferring credits, raise graduation rates, and address declining enrollments, according to sources.
Gov. Walker’s son joining Vukmir’s Senate campaign
WISC-TV 3
Alex Walker graduated last year from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and had been chairman of the college Republicans in Wisconsin.
Foxconn looks to collaborate with Wisconsin cancer researchers
WISC-TV 3
Taiwanese electronics company Foxconn announced its intentions to collaborate with Wisconsin cancer researchers, one of many potential national collaborations on cancer treatment and prevention.
Man arrested for campus assault, attempted abduction, police say
WISC-TV 3
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department has a person of interest in custody in connection to the Oct. 2 assault and attempted abduction on campus, according to UWPD.
Katie Pavlich discusses campus carry amid colorful protests
Badger Herald
The contentious speaker was met with students wielding dildos, shouting ’cocks not glocks.’
Coordinating Council adds student leader wages, more outreach money to ASM internal budget proposal
Daily Cardinal
If the Associated Students of Madison’s internal budget proposal gets passed in its current form, more student leaders will receive wages and the outreach committee will receive more money than in the past.
Clogged pipe closes Memorial Union cafés, allows for facility enhancements
Daily Cardinal
According to Memorial Union Communications Director Shauna Breneman, the clogged pipe was caused by visitors flushing baby wipes and menstrual pads down toilets.
As officials target violence, city sees four gun-related incidents in three days
Daily Cardinal
Madison police responded to at least four weapons violations across the city within the past three days. The incidents came amid renewed conversations between city officials on how to curb violence in the area.