The University of Wisconsin-Madison will hold a “Town Hall on Anti-Semitism” next week in response to an incident last month in which large paper swastikas and a picture of Adolf Hitler were taped to the door of a Jewish student’s room in Sellery Hall, according to university officials.
The incident happened in Sellery Hall on Jan. 26, and was meant to be a prank, Dean of Students Lori Berquam said. Berquam did not name the people involved, though she said the students all knew one another, and said federal law prohibits the university from saying what disciplinary sanctions the student who posted the photos received.
Members of the UW-Madison administration issued a statement Thursday on the Jan. 26 incident in Sellery Hall in which students taped pictures of Hitler and swastikas to resident’s door. University Housing and the Division of Student Life quickly responded to the event, according to the statement, and an email was sent to residents of Sellery Hall notifying them of the incident.
A student has been disciplined by the University of Wisconsin Division of Student Life after he taped swastikas and a picture of Adolf Hitler to the door of a student in Sellery Hall Jan. 26, according to the University of Wisconsin. The university plans to send a communication to all students about the incident Thursday afternoon.
The victim involved posted a statement on Facebook, calling the incident an “insensitive joke/prank gone wrong.”
Sen. Klobuchar was in Madison on Wednesday promoting her new book, “The Senator Next Door: A Memoir from the Heartland.” She also gave a talk on UW-Madison’s campus titled, “Internationalism in the Heartland.”
She’s a college student, member of a sorority, and social media superstar.
Online she’s known as “Raw in College,” but in real life her name is Ashley Hampton. The sophomore at UW-Madison originally aimed to educated college students on being a raw vegan, but now her message has reached a much larger audience.
On the UW-Madison campus, few students were taking the time to cast ballots. At the Red Gym, 15 people had voted by 12:30 p.m. while across the street at Memorial Library just five people had voted by midday. Poll workers at both sites said directing students to the correct polling place was more time-consuming than checking IDs. “Everything’s worked out fine. Everybody’s prepared and has their ID and we haven’t had any issue at all,” said Jim Fortner, who has been the chief inspector at Ward 48 since 2000. The polling place is normally at Memorial Union but was moved to the Red Gym because of construction.
Q&A with Karla Foster, the Pathways African-American Campus and Community liaison, who created the Black History Month student planning committee in 2014, a student-led committee that plans events and programs for Black History Month. Since its implementation, black students on campus have had the opportunity to celebrate themselves, discuss issues surrounding their lives and college experience and make memorable friendships in the process. This year’s theme is called “In Living Color: An Exploration of Blackness and Intersectionality.”
For Brooke Evans, nightfall marked the start of a new day. She could barely sleep at night. Instead, her moments of unconsciousness would come during the daylight. . . This homelessness and insecurity lasted for Evans, a University of Wisconsin undergraduate philosophy student, for five years.
A $1.2 million increase in University Health Services’ budget for the next fiscal year will serve to expand mental health and sexual assault prevention services, as well as closing the organization’s current structural deficit, according to UHS Executive Director Sarah Van Orman.
This semester, The Daily Cardinal is embarking on the second installment of the Action Project. In this three-part series, staff members will produce issues centered on one special topic not normally covered through day-to-day reporting. These issues focus on subjects we feel are relevant and important not only at a campus level, but city and nationwide. Read the stories from our first issue, focused on college accessibility, below.
Noted: The best professors bring more than passion to the classroom and a deep caring for students outside it. Chad Navis, who teaches entrepreneurship at the University of Wisconsin, couples candor with his enthusiasm and sense of humor to prepare students for the harsh realities that await them.
“He is not afraid to discuss with students the potential risks of entrepreneurship or the less than glamorous side,” says Wisconsin senior Vanessa Mariscal. “He works with students to limit these risks and make their ventures successful.”
Also mentioned: Mark Laplante.
Noted: None have been given so prominent a place, however, as Abraham Lincoln, whose statue sits atop Bascom Hill at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The statue is modeled on the original created by Adolph A. Weinman in Lincoln’s hometown in Kentucky and was commissioned by UW alumnus Richard Lloyd Jones. Many cities and universities hoped to receive the replica, but Jones won out. The statue was unveiled in 1909, 100 years after Lincoln’s birth. It’s become a campus landmark, as the above image shows, with students decorating Lincoln for homecoming.
UW Madison professor and researcher Kenneth Cameron made a monumental discovery this week.
Fungi samples found by George Washington Carver, the famous African American scientist, were discovered after sitting untouched for over fifty years.
A few students at the University of Wisconsin at Madison have gathered this weekend to create bundles of warm clothing to be given out to homeless members of the community.
Oliver Lees, the president of the BundleUp project, said got the idea after getting stranded during a blizzard. Lees said he felt firsthand the affects of the harsh Wisconsin cold.
The historically Black Greek Letter Organizations at UW-Madison seek to initiate change on campus through activism and volunteering efforts.
Like other colleges and universities across the country, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is attempting to prevent sexual assaults by stepping up educational programs and awareness campaigns.
Black Greek Letter Organizations are a small but powerful presence on the UW-Madison campus, according to a feature spotlight by UW News.
Shelly Cai was 18 years old when she left the southern Chinese metropolis of Nanjing to enroll in the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In August 2010, after a 13-hour flight from Shanghai to Chicago and a three-hour bus ride, Cai finally arrived in Madison, where a distant cousin picked her up.
Members of a UW-Madison fraternity held what they hope becomes an annual event at the Edgewater Hotel Tuesday.
UW’s Sigma Pi chapter held its first annual Skate for a Cure.
The money raised will be donated to Never Quit, a pediatric cancer foundation started by Chicago Cubs pitcher Jon Lester.
In the wake of the AAU Sexual Assault and Misconduct Climate Survey that revealed one in four undergraduate females were sexually assaulted, University of Wisconsin-Madison officials have developed a plan to address the issue. UW-Madison was one of 27 campuses that participated in the survey.
The Nicholases, who are both alumni, stipulated that to receive the full pledge, the university must raise other money to endow support for students. Gifts of $125,000 to $1 million are eligible for the matched funds.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison released a plan for addressing sexual violence Tuesday, a document that comes in the wake of a 2015 survey that found high rates of sexual assault at the school.
At a University of Wisconsin student government committee meeting Monday, University Health Services proposed a two-year plan to financially back support for expanded mental health and sexual assault services — a change that would cost students almost $45 more per semester.
The Student Services Finance Committee, a branch of Associated Students of Madison, also unanimously approved WSUM’s budget proposal of $376,599 Monday.
Noted: SB 276: Allow the UW System to use parking fines and fees to help pay for campus safety. Now, that money can be used only for parking and transportation facilities and enforcing parking regulations. The measure would also bar the UW System from building new parking facilities using bonds backed by general taxes.
Noted: AB 808: Prevent law enforcement from issuing underage drinking tickets to sexual assault victims and those assisting them. It would also bar the University of Wisconsin System from suspending them or taking other actions against them.
It is Founders’ Day at the University of Wisconsin-Madison marking a milestone for the campus. The first class was held in a brick building 167-years-ago on February 5, 1849.
Students with the Wisconsin Alumni Student Board handed out free cake and hot cocoa throughout campus. Kristen Grilli, UW alumni president and senior, said she is excited.
The finalists include Charles Hoslet, interim vice chancellor; Brent Colburn, former assistant to the Secretary of Defense for public affairs; and Richie Hunter, vice chancellor and vice president of university marketing, communications and media relations at the University of Houston.
About 30 students stood up in the audience of a Union South meeting room chanting “Power!” Two protesters read demands over the voices of regents as they discussed an agenda that included progress on increasing diversity on UW system campuses.
At 21 years old, Keven Stonewall, a Chicago Public Schools graduate, has already conducted lab research offering scientists worldwide a breakthrough in their fight to cure colon cancer.
Noted: Badgerloop, the University of Wisconsin’s largely undergraduate team, laid claim to one of the event’s most impressive booths. Throughout the weekend, team members, who were clad in matching red-and-black polo shirts and khakis, built an Oculus Rift-like headset out of cardboard to help explain their pod’s unique technology to the steady throng around their eye-catching display.
Noted: Also on Lake Mendota this weekend, UW-Madison’s Hoofers student organization hosts its annual Winter Carnival at Memorial Union, featuring broomball and pond hockey tournaments, turkey bowling, snowshoeing and a lakefront social.
Senior class officers at University of Wisconsin-Madison didn’t choose a famous entertainer, author or politician to give the Class of 2016 commencement address May 14.
A UW-Madison team that designed a pod for transporting people at futuristic speed finished third in SpaceX’s first worldwide Hyperloop competition, hosted at Texas A&M University Jan. 29 and 30.
The University of Wisconsin says Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson will return to Madison this spring to give the school’s commencement address.
Former University of Wisconsin quarterback Russell Wilson will return to Camp Randall Stadium this spring to deliver the commencement address to UW-Madison’s class of 2016.The university announced Wilson will address the graduates at the May 14 ceremony in a video posted online Wednesday afternoon.
A dazzling sight streaked across the skies of southern Wisconsin Monday night leaving some people confused about exactly what they saw. A bright strip of light was captured by a rooftop camera and the footage was posted to YouTube by University of Wisconsin Madison’s Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. Based off of the video’s timestamp, the “fireball” was spotted just before 6:30 p.m.
MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin says Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson will return to Madison this spring to give the school’s commencement address.
Rose lives in a four-by-seven-foot trailer she built herself with salvaged materials, and she parks wherever she can. It’s a small space to share with an enormous red bloodhound, but Rose wouldn’t have it any other way.
Demographers forecast that more college students in the future will be low-income adults returning to school. And President Barack Obama is pushing to make college more affordable with a package of proposals that includes providing two free years of college to all high school graduates, expanding the low-income Pell grant program for older students like Atkinson, and giving bonuses to colleges that enroll and graduate significant numbers of low-income students. Meanwhile, student activists pushed for more affordable college on campuses across the country during the Million Student March in November.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank outlined the university’s efforts to educate students on voter ID information in a Friday blog post.
Blank said in the post that after the 2011 voter ID law was implemented, she and other administrative officials worked with legislators to ensure that students across the UW System could obtain voter ID cards.
Noted: The University of Wisconsin in Madison estimates that its students have about $2,310 for miscellaneous spending.
Do the president’s racial views disqualify him from Bascom Hill?
#blackOclock: That’s the social media tag some University of Wisconsin-Madison students are using to share pictures of themselves decked out from head to toe in the color black to celebrate the first day of Black History Month.
For as long as she can remember, Dr. Patricia Tellez-Giron has been inspired to help others. That selflessness was rewarded Jan. 27 as the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (UWSMPH) Faculty and Staff Equity and Diversity Committee honored Dr. Patricia Tellez-Giron with the annual Faculty and Staff Equity and Diversity Award for her promotion of equity and improvement of diversity and climate in the Madison community.
Executive Director of University Health Services Sarah Van Orman said Thursday the campuswide smoking policy will undergo three changes in an updated version.
UW-Madison’s current smoking policy, developed in 1991 and last amended in 2008, calls for all university-owned buildings, indoor areas and vehicles to remain smoke-free, as well as outdoor areas belonging to the university medical center.
Van Orman said campus policy does not fully align with the Wisconsin Indoor Air Act, a change that will appear in the updated version to comply with state law.
UW Police’s K9 Unit is a regular attendee at large campus events for explosive and narcotics detection. This afternoon, NBC 15’s Saira Anwer got to watch the unit show off their skills in a residence hall exercise.
Today’s drill was the first time the UWPD K9 unit trained with students present.
A recent article, “UW-Madison sex assault discipline process leaves both sides crying foul,” raised questions about how the university responds to allegations of sexual violence.
Madison firefighters were at Memorial Union shortly after 3:30 p.m. on Thursday to combat the fire which was extinguished by 4 p.m., said Madison fire Department spokeswoman Cynthia Schuster. According to Schuster, the fire was discovered underneath roof tiles of the Union. A portion of tiles had to be removed to put out the fire and some water damage occurred on the fourth floor of the building as a result. The cause has not been determined and the fire remains under investigation.
After years of shaky finances and two studies into the long-term viability of the center, the Union heard hours of discussion and ultimately voted to shut down the Hoofer Equestrian Center in Belleville, the UW equestrian team’s home since 1997.
The UW-Madison equestrian team and a student riding club will have to find new homes after Wisconsin Union officials voted this week to shut down the Hoofer Equestrian Center outside Belleville.
President Gregory L. Fenves named Darrell Bazzell, vice chancellor for finance and administration at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as senior vice president and chief financial officer of the University on Tuesday. Bazzell will assume his new role at UT on April 18.
Though computer science skills applicable to broad range of disciplines, women make up less than 15 percent of the major at this university.
The United Council of University of Wisconsin Students fired back at a state senator Monday, saying the efforts to improve the climate on campus for students of color are important for all students … State Sen. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, vice-chairman of the University and Technical Colleges Committee, last week criticized UW System President Ray Cross for acknowledging that UW campuses had work still to do to improve the experience of students, faculty and staff of color.
Wisconsin legislators are proposing a bill that would ensure sexual assault victims and others who report such crimes can’t be cited or disciplined for underage drinking.
Wisconsin legislators are proposing a bill that would ensure sexual assault victims and reporters can’t be cited or disciplined for underage drinking.
Legislation being proposed at the Capitol provides “ticket amnesty” for underage drinkers who report sexual assaults on UW campuses. With sexual assault remaining the most under reported crime, Attorney General Brad Schimel backs the legislation.
UW students who cheat on a test, haze a fraternity pledge or drink while underage can find themselves brought up on disciplinary charges, with the possibility of being expelled or suspended. It’s a high stakes situation, with the procedure for determining responsibility and sanctions spelled out in University of Wisconsin System Administrative Code. Those are rules, adopted by the UW System Board of Regents, that have the force of law.
UW System President Ray Cross met for two hours on Thursday with representatives from the United Council of University of Wisconsin Students — the same group that held a protest during a meeting of the UW Board of Regents last month … On Friday, state Sen. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, sent out a press release blasting Cross for “wasting time appeasing the political correctness crowd.”
After crossed signals scuttled efforts to talk last month, students advocating for a more inclusive racial environment on University of Wisconsin campuses sat down Thursday with UW System president Ray Cross. They emerged with a promise to meet, at least partially, the first in a list of student demands.
