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So, will President Barack Obama?s rally on Library Mall Tuesday evening have much of an impact on the November elections? What message did he attempt to convey? The Wisconsin Union Directorate Society and Politics Committee will host a discussion and attempt to answer these questions Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Memorial Union.

After visiting Madison two years ago for the All Campus Party, American rock band OK Go will return to Madison to headline the annual Freakfest festival on Oct. 30, the event?s organizers confirmed with the Herald Sunday.

President Barack Obama will try to recapture the magic of his 2008 youth vote next week, pulling out some of the organizational tricks of his presidential campaign at a massive rally at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

President Obama will swoop into the heartland this week in a high-stakes bid to boost enthusiasm for Democrats by reigniting the coalition of young and minority voters who were critical to his success two years ago.

Among the most iconic moments of the 2008 presidential campaign were the scenes of Barack Obama, shirtsleeves rolled up, in front of a sea of voters that seemed to go on forever.

Presidential visits can be exciting, but they also present many logistical headaches, upending a city?s normal routines. Such can be expected on Tuesday, when President Obama flies into town for a speech at the UW-Madison library mall: flights will be canceled, traffic and buses rerouted, and areas of campus normally public will suddenly have the highest security.

A Democratic president, facing waning popularity, heads into the heart of the country to seek support.He chooses to speak at the state university in Madison ? to be welcomed by thousands of young, eager faces in a bastion of liberal support. The scenario applies to President Barack Obama?s rally on Library Mall on Tuesday, but it also describes the last time a sitting president came to the UW-Madison campus ? 60 years ago.

With the midterm elections less than two months away, President Obama is traveling the country stumping for his party?s candidates.Obama will be in Wisconsin Tuesday for a rally on the UW-Madison campus. But with the president?s popularity in the state lagging, are democrats here eager to have his backing?

It?s no secret that Dane County is one of the biggest Democratic vote producers in the state of Wisconsin. Local political analyst Charles Franklin said Obama?s Tuesday visit ? his sixth to Wisconsin since being elected ? is all about turning out the Democratic vote.

Two Students at UW-Stout face charges in the death of another student. Twenty-two-year-old Brad Simon had been hospitalized since the weekend after an alleged assault while on his bicycle, he died Thursday afternoon in an Eau Claire hospital.

Proposed renovations to West Mifflin Street remain to be a primary topic of discussion at the Downtown Plan Public meeting Thursday.

With President Barack Obama set to speak at the University of Wisconsin campus next week, students can expect tight security at the event location and surrounding areas, officials said.

The next several decades will likely see the development of major urban parks along Lake Monona and throughout downtown Madison if area residents and city officials give the green light to major proposals in the city?s Downtown Plan.

MENOMONIE ? A UW-Stout student from Waunakee who was assaulted before a bike crash on Sept. 18 died Thursday afternoon as a result of serious head injuries. Two men have been arrested in connection with the death.

President Barack Obama?s appearance in Madison next week to campaign for Senator Russ Feingold and gubernatorial hopeful Tom Barrett will be at the UW Library Mall.

University officials say you should expect traffic delays when President Barack Obama visits UW-Madison?s Library Mall on Tuesday.

Downtown Madison will likely be packed with people Tuesday as President Barack Obama holds a rally outside in the heart of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

President Barack Obama will speak on Library Mall Tuesday to kick off his Moving America Forward tour in preparation for the upcoming midterm elections, according to the Democratic National Committee.

President Barack Obama will appear at UW?s Library Mall to to garner support for the Democratic Party as the Nov. 2 election approaches, DNC spokesperson Derrick Plummer said.

President Barack Obama?s rally on Tuesday will be held on Library Mall, an outdoor venue that connects the UW-Madison campus to State Street, according to the Democratic National Committee. The event will be open and not ticketed, although the committee is asking people to RSVP to this website: http://wi.barackobama.com/MadisonRally.

President Barack Obama?s rally will be outside in the heart of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on Tuesday. The Democratic National Committee announced Wednesday that Obama will appear on Library Mall, which is adjacent to the student union and where State Street, which leads to the Capitol, begins.

It?s been over two years since Marshfield High School Alum and UW-Madison student, Brittany Zimmermann was found dead in her off campus apartment.

President Barack Obama will speak at a political rally at University of Wisconsin-Madison next Tuesday, which is being organized by the Democratic National Committee.

A 55-year-old Columbus man is recovering from being beaten up severely over the weekend while working as a security guard at an apartment complex near the UW campus. Police said the man was patrolling outside the complex in the 1000 block of West Dayton Street just before 2 a.m. Sunday when he saw two men twisting mirrors on mopeds and trying to knock them over.

….Police are looking for a white male, 19 to 21 years of age. He’s approximately 6 feet tall, 145 to 165 pounds, with short blond or brown hair worn in a “buzz cut.” He was wearing blue jeans and a blue and black checkered button-down shirt. Anyone with information on the assailant would be asked to contact Madison Area Crime Stoppers at 266-6014.

In order to allow for more time to tweak a measure that would change the Downtown apartment rental season, the City Council voted to refer it to their Oct. 19 meeting late Tuesday night. At issue is a measure that would move back the period when landlords can start showing and leasing occupied apartments for next year?s rental cycle to the third week in January. Currently, landlords are allowed to begin showing and leasing after 25 percent of the current lease has expired, which falls on or near Nov. 15.Alds. Verveer and Bridget Maniaci, 2nd District, who sponsored the measure, amended the language from 25 to 45 percent in the referred measure.

A 55-year-old Columbus man working as a security guard outside an apartment building on Dayton Street allegedly was beaten and spit upon by a young man early Sunday morning. The attack happened at about 1:40 a.m. Sunday in the 1000 block of West Dayton Street outside the Dayton House apartments, Madison police said.

….According to the police report, the security guard was hired to watch over mopeds parked on the property, since there had been vandalism problems in the past.

President Barack Obama is coming to the UW-Madison campus next Tuesday during his trip to Madison, a university spokesman confirmed. The Sept. 28 event is being described as a political rally, hosted by the Democratic National Committee, the spokesman said.

President Barack Obama will hold a rally at the University of Wisconsin-Madison next week, and just two weeks later the first lady will be in Milwaukee raising money for U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold. The Obamas? visits to Wisconsin point out the importance of the swing state in midterm elections, with Feingold facing a tough challenge from millionaire Republican Ron Johnson and Democrats hoping to hold on to the governor?s office.

President Barack Obama will hold a rally at the University of Wisconsin-Madison next week and just two weeks later the first lady will be in Milwaukee to raise money for U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold.

President Barack Obama will be coming to the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus during his visit to the city next week.

President Barack Obama will be coming to the University of Wisconsin campus during his visit to Madison next week.

Two women were on the receiving end of a Taser after an altercation broke out just outside Memorial Union Friday night.

Noted: To mobilize younger voters who supported him in 2008, Mr. Obama will hold four big campaign-style rallies, the first Sept. 28 at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, with satellite transmission to campuses in other states. The later rallies will be in Ohio, Philadelphia and Las Vegas. He also will send e-mail and record robocalls to spur voters, and conduct a national ?town hall? Webcast in October.

The large lighting trucks previously located on State Street will no longer illuminate Freak Fest this year after the Downtown Coordinating Committee approved a new appropriation of funds for the event.

OSHKOSH, Wis. — A student at the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh has been diagnosed with a case of viral meningitis. The Northwestern newspaper reported that according to the Student Health Center, the student was admitted to a local hospital for treatment on Wednesday.

Crime rates in Madison reached a 36-year low in 2009, according to a UW-Madison Police Department report.