State Street was glimmering early Sunday morning, still damp from an even earlier street cleaning that took place after Freakfest ended. The street was almost empty, save for a few dog-walkers and half-costumed students walking to catch a bus or meet up with friends. Workers from city engineering drove around in trucks, picking up the stacked orange barrels that were the only sign that Saturday night was different from any other weekend in Madison.
….While city workers had State Street sparkling by 8 a.m., some students began a cleanup of nearby streets later in the morning. Michael Lasecki, a junior at UW-Madison, helped organize a campus clean-up effort with the Wisconsin Union Directorate. WUD works with the city streets department on this cleanup, leaving trash bags in designated spots for pickup, but Lasecki added it’s important that students are involved in the event cleanup directly.