Six days after UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann’s murder, the crime scene tape is down and her West Doty Street apartment is no longer cordoned off.
But the police work continues.
Madison police spokesman Joel DeSpain said one of the focuses of this investigation is the downtown’s transient population.
UW upperclassmen use to have top choice to both tickets and seats to Badger football games,
But starting next year, it’s a more level playing field.
“We use to have a lottery for freshman and new students and transfers and we simply expanded that to include all students,” says UW Senior Associate Athletics Director Vince Sweeney.
“She was just an amazing girl. Just an amazing girl.”
Brittany Zimmermann always dreamed of attending U-W Madison.. and she worked hard to get there.
“We always told her, if you’re going to Madison, you have to earn this yourself. She put all that time in.”
UW-Madisonâ??s Athletic Department announced Monday several changes to the allocation process for student season football tickets, as well as new procedures to be implemented at the games during the 2008 season.
The new South Campus Union will feature both a climbing wall and bike station, as voted Monday by the projectâ??s design committee.
Dean of Students Lori Berquam asked Faculty Senate members Monday to speak with any students or colleagues about the death of Brittany Zimmermann, and university police said they are working to keep the campus and city safe.
About 2,000 UW-Madison students and staff will wear orange â??orphanâ? T-shirts Tuesday as part of a campus-wide â??Orphan Campaignâ? hosted by UW-Madison student group Athletes in Action.
Although several arrests have been made during the homicide investigation of UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann, there are still no suspects in the case, police said Monday.
he University Bookstore executive board presented the University of Wisconsin with a gift of $60,000 Monday at the Faculty Senate meeting to start off the need-based scholarship fund the Senate created at its meeting last month.
The Madison Police Department has made numerous arrests of individuals with possible connections to the homicide of 21-year-old University of Wisconsin junior Brittany Zimmermann, police announced Monday.
Upperclassmen at UW-Madison used to get upper-class treatment when it came to getting the highly-prized Badger football tickets each fall, but not anymore.
The UW Athletic Department announced a new student ticket plan which, among other things, requires all students wanting to go to games and sit in the student sections at Camp Randall Stadium to take part in the lottery system to get their season tickets, a lottery system previously only used for freshmen and new students.
Section P at Camp Randall, the boisterous section reserved for upperclassmen, also will be fair game for all levels of students, now open to all student ticket holders.
The investigation into the death of UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann last week, focused on the central city area, has resulted in the arrest of “many” people on unrelated charges, police reported Monday.
No numbers were available, but Madison Police Department spokesman Joel DeSpain said Monday that of the people arrested on outstanding warrants and unrelated charges, none was being called a suspect in Zimmermann’s death.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. â?? The Wisconsin man who collapsed and died last month after finishing the Little Rock Marathon had a heart condition that would have been undetected in a routine physical exam and was not by itself fatal.
Dr. Stephen J. Erickson, a pathologist with the state crime laboratory, said Monday that Adam Nickel had narrow heart arteries that tended to restrict the flow of blood that caused his death when combined when combined with the electrolyte abnormalities that can result from running long distances.
Nickel, 27, a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, collapsed after finishing the 26.2-mile race in 3:02:26 on March 2. He was an experienced long-distance runner and had no known medical problems.
MADISON, Wis. — Madison landlords are required by law to provide security-locked entrances for buildings with more than two units.
Deadbolts are also required on each apartment door, but tenants must remember to use the locks.
MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Madison student who was found dead last week in her campus area apartment was buried on Monday as the search for her killer or killers is continuing.
The funeral was held on Monday morning for Brittany Zimmermann, 21, at St. Andrew’s Church in Stratford. During the service, the church was filled with family and friends. Zimmermann was a UW junior and her family said they would welcome any students who wanted to attend the services. The university provided a free bus for those that wanted to make the trip, WISC-TV reported.
A man whose arrest was first reported last week by 27 News has been identified by neighborhood witnesses as a home intruder on the day of UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann’s murder.
Court records also show David Kahl, 42, stole money from an elderly man in 1993 and then raped an acquaintance, who objected and was told by Kahl, “he would break her neck if he wanted to.”
Madison Police spokesman Joel DeSpain confirmed Monday a man who had intruded into a downtown home and asked for money, and also solicited others for money around the time of the Zimmerman murder, was in custody on a probation hold.
In light of the recent homicide of University of Wisconsin junior Brittany Zimmermann, city and university officials reassured more than 200 students, residents and retirees Saturday afternoon that Madison is still a safe city.
About 200 members of the Madison community took time out Sunday to remember University of Wisconsin junior Brittany Zimmermann, who was killed last Wednesday.
UW-Madison senior Suchita Shah will compete in the â??Jeopardy! 2008 College Championship,â? game show officials announced Friday.
The University of Wisconsin System released its annual accountability report Friday, highlighting that the system is achieving the majority of its goals but still lacks progress on diversity issues.
UW-Madison community members joined classmates and family members of Brittany Zimmermann at a memorial vigil Sunday to remember a woman who was â??always smiling.â?
In the wake of the murder of UW-Madison junior Brittany Zimmermann, city and university officials renewed their call for vigilance at a Bassett neighborhood meeting Saturday.
A staggering economy pushed a capital campaign for a new cathedral for the Madison Diocese back by at least a year, the diocese said in a statement Friday.
“The next year will allow me the opportunity to address these questions: as to what a cathedral is and why one is needed in Madison and why the inclusion of campus ministry in our capital campaign is a top priority,” Bishop Robert Morlino said in the diocesan statement.
In his column Thursday in the Catholic Herald, Morlino cited a consultant’s feasibility study, which included a survey of thousands of local church members on their priorities for the diocese.
Madison police are “very active” today tracking down leads in the Brittany Zimmermann murder case, but are not naming any suspects or persons of interest at this time, or a motive in the slaying or how Zimmermann was killed.
“It’s very active at this point,” said Madison Police Department spokesman Joel DeSpain today. “We are talking to lots of people. We are getting good information from many in the community, including residents, students and transients, with the transient population being very helpful.”
Zimmermann, 21, a UW-Madison senior, was killed Wednesday afternoon in her apartment on West Doty Street downtown.
Sources said she was stabbed, and her father, Kevin Zimmermann, was told by police she suffered a chest trauma, but police are tight-lipped about that aspect of the investigation.
It was September 2006 and Sister Celestina Menin of St. Paul’s University Catholic Center had just arrived in Madison from Italy.
She approached a young woman sitting on top of Bascom Hill on a beautiful day and asked for information.
The young woman she approached was Brittany Zimmermann, who not only answered her questions but asked if she was in a hurry and invited her to sit down and chat.
“She was so kind and welcoming,” Menin said. When she found out Menin was a nun, Zimmermann had all kinds of questions about God and prayer, Menin said.
UW-Madison students voted to support a symbolic referendum to bring five Iraqi students to study on campus at a cost of $1 per student per semester.
Madison police plan to expand their horseback patrols Downtown this year and launch a fundraising drive to support the costs of housing, feeding and equipping their mounts.
This year, beginning in May, two officers riding horses will patrol in the State Street and University Avenue areas from about 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. on most Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, said Capt. Jill Klubertanz, who supervises the mounted patrol.
Next week, the 2008 “Jeopardy!” College Championship will be recorded at the Kohl Center, making UW-Madison the ninth college campus to host the competition.
The contest, April 11 and 12, will feature 15 student hopefuls from universities nationwide with their eyes on the $100,000 grand prize. Students hail from universities such as Harvard, Cal Tech and Georgetown.
As police search for the person who murdered a UW-Madison student in her Downtown apartment on Wednesday, other students are asking, “Could this happen to me?”
Bob McGrath, director of counseling and consultation services at UW-Madison, said there is “certainly a lot of anxiety” among students and recent graduates following the death of Brittany Sue Zimmermann, 21, whose body was found about 1 p.m. Wednesday in her first-floor apartment at 517 W. Doty St.
More than 200 Downtown neighbors of slain UW-Madison student Brittany Sue Zimmermann remembered her with a moment of silence on Saturday before meeting with local leaders to discuss their fears and share ideas for improving safety.
City and university officials, their voices cracking with emotion, said they take Zimmermann ‘s murder personally because they either live near her apartment at 517 W. Doty St., where her body was found about 1 p.m. Wednesday, or they lived in the area during their days as UW-Madison students.
Not long ago, the popularity of UW-Madison’s dairy science program was in such decline Stephen Babcock himself may have been rolling in his grave.
California surpassed Wisconsin in milk production years ago and is nipping at the heels of the state’s Cheddar title. The enrollment woes are somewhat of a sign of the health of the dairy industry in Wisconsin, Grummer said.
Quiet hands protected flickering flames as students, faculty and community members joined with the family of Brittany Zimmermann on Sunday night around the fountain at Library Mall to remember the life that ended violently last week and to try to come to grips with the loss of one of their own.
A mysterious topic began popping up in conversations among Alex Reifâ??s friends four years ago.
Reif, now a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, would hear his friends at other colleges such as the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee chat excitedly at parties about a new Web site called Facebook.
â??They would always talk about it, and I would be sitting there in the dark,â? Reif said.
Which is where he stayed until December 2004, when Parkside became a member of the social utility Web site that was launched by a 19-year-old Harvard University student in February of that year. Reif signed on right away.
Mentioned: Suchita Shah, a senior neurobiology major at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, joins 14 other students in the “Jeopardy!” 2008 College Championship being taped Friday and Saturday at the Kohl Center in Madison. The tournament starts airing May 5.
Kelly Ryan used to scoop up her psychology books when the Electric Earth Coffee shop closed at 11 p.m. and walk back to the house she shares with six other women attending the University of Wisconsin.
Not anymore.
An early-morning house fire in Menomonie killed three University of Wisconsin-Stout students and left the campus in a state of shock Saturday.
MARSHFIELD, Wis. — In Marshfield, where woman found slain near campus on Wednesday is from, many are mourning and trying to come to terms with Brittany Zimmermann’s killing.
Many there said they are finding it difficult to understand how something so senseless could happen to such a well-liked person.
Staff and former teachers at Marshfield High School said they remember Zimmermann as a bright student with a great attitude who was always smiling.
Associate Dean of Students Kevin Helmkamp is interviewed on campus reaction and response to Brittany Zimmermann’s death. (Video.)
MADISON – Family members, friends and Madison officials gathered at a vigil Sunday for a murdered University of Wisconsin student.
Brittany Zimmermann had a promising future ahead of her. Just 21-years-old, she was engaged to be married and wanted to go to graduate school to study medicine.
At a vigil in her honor held at the UW-Madison campus on Sunday, her family spoke about the tragedy for the first time.
MADISON, Wis. — As concerned parents of prospective University of Wisconsin-Madison raise questions following a student’s slaying, the university’s Admissions Office said it takes a very proactive approach to talking about safety.
Tour guides are trained to talk about the school’s various safety measures, such as the SAFEwalk and SAFEride programs offered on campus.
WISC-TV joined a group of high school students and their parents on a campus tour Thursday. Most parents said that while they hope the recent homicide investigation is an isolated incident, safety is always a primary concern for them.
MADISON, Wis. — Madison police have in custody a man suspected of panhandling in the area where a University of Wisconsin-Madison student was found killed earlier this week.
As authorities continue to investigate the slaying of Brittany Zimmermann, investigators have looked into various reports of a man knocking on people’s doors in the neighborhood asking for money and in some instances, doing so after entering through unlocked doors.
MADISON, Wis. — The UW campus community remembered Brittany Zimmerman on Sunday with a candlelight vigil.
Zimmerman was found murdered in her campus apartment on Wednesday.
The vigil offered comfort to more than 100 friends and students.
“Brittany was the light of all of our lives, “said Zimmerman’s aunt Lisa Walcisak. “She was a little angel.”
Zimmerman was special to her family.
MADISON, Wis. — Downtown Madison residents Saturday got a chance to voice their concerns over the recent violence in their neighborhoods.
Madison police and Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz attended the meeting to stress community involvement to people living downtown.
Authorities said at the meeting that they had more than 20 detectives working full-time on the Brittany Zimmermann murder investigation. Zimmermann was found dead Wednesday afternoon in her residence in the 500 block of West Doty.
Days after the downtown murder of 21 year old Brittany Zimmermann, safety on the U-W campus is being heightened. On campus, safety organizations are noticing the overall feeling of safety seems to have declined since Wednesday.
“It’s gotten incredibly hectic,” says Safe Walk employee, Chelsea Riley. “I would say which is definitely a good thing.”
Safe Walk, a student run safety peer service, takes calls from students looking for someone to walk with in the downtown area to ensure their safety. And now their services are needed more than ever.
Ben Burdick, a maintenance worker for the McBride Company, spent the day checking security locks on dozens of windows on West Doty Street. The company owns three apartment buildings on the same block where Brittany Zimmerman was found killed on Tuesday.
“We got a lot of phone calls with concern,” said Burdick. He says management wants residents to feel safe. Many students, he thinks, don’t realize they have special pin-locks in their windows to keep them from opening all the way.
A number of residents living near the scene of Brittany Zimmerman’s murder don’t seem that concerned for their safety. Many students are not even locking their front doors.
Only four of ten doors 27 News knocked on Friday afternoon was locked.
Hundreds gathered Sunday evening on UW’s campus with candles and fond memories to remember the life of Brittany Zimmermann. Those who knew her best made clear that the 21-year-old student from Marshfield who was found murdered inside her Doty Street home last Wednesday, will not be forgotten.
Nationally syndicated columnist and Fox News analyst Michelle Malkin called for reform to immigration enforcement strategies in front of a diverse audience of supporters and protesters Friday night at Ingraham Hall on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Malkin, who stirred applause and jeers throughout the speech, said immigration reform policies should adhere to the “rule of law, not the rule of the mob.”
“If we value self-preservation, if we value our sovereignty, immigration must be treated first and foremost as a national security issue,” said Malkin.
â??Jeopardy!, Americaâ??s Favorite Quiz Showâ? came to the UW-Madison campus Thursday to audition students for the College Championship taping at the Kohl Center April 11 to 12.
Police continue to search for answers in the homicide of Brittany Zimmermann, a 21-year-old UW-Madison junior found dead in her apartment Wednesday.
Friends of Brittany Zimmermann said Thursday she was a generous and ambitious individual. “She could just light up a room,” said Joanne Burg of the UW-Madison registrarâ??s office, where Zimmermann worked for three years.
The University of Wisconsin brought back the HTML web timetable Thursday in response to an outcry by students who felt it was superior to a new system for searching for classes.
University of Wisconsin students filled the Memorial Union Great Hall Thursday afternoon trying to qualify to be a contestant on â??Jeopardy!â?
Following the homicide of University of Wisconsin junior Brittany Zimmermann, officials did not report a significant increase in SAFE services Wednesday evening.
Madison police are aggressively pursuing the transient population in the downtown area for information about the killing of a 21-year-old University of Wisconsin junior, found dead in her West Doty Street apartment Wednesday afternoon.
The slaying of a young woman in her downtown apartment has University of Wisconsin-Madison students and her neighbors on edge.
“I’m extra scared because of the little bit of information that’s been released,” said Christian Caflisch, 23, a recent UW-Madison graduate who lives less than a block from where Brittany Sue Zimmermann, 21, was found dead Wednesday in her apartment at 517 W. Doty St. “They are basically telling us, ‘A killer is out there. Be safe.’ ”
Another student expressed confidence in the police.
“We trust the campus and city police to take care of us, to protect our safety,” said senior Jessica Zeier.
Madison police do not have a suspect or any persons of interest identified in the murder of UW-Madison senior Brittany Sue Zimmermann, but the department has received more than 75 tips over the past 24 hours about the case.
Police spokesman Joel DeSpain said today items found “that may have evidentiary value” are already being examined by forensics analysts with the Wisconsin State Crime Laboratory in Madison.
Zimmermann, 21, was murdered Wednesday in her apartment in the 500 block of West Doty Street in downtown Madison.
Almost 1,000 UW-Madison students tried out Thursday for just one spot as a contestant on the popular TV quiz show “Jeopardy!”.
Most of those interviewed before or after the initial 10-question written test at the Memorial Union wanted to participate because they were longtime fans of the knowledge-based show, but some were more interested in the chance to win some big money.
Tope Awe said she thought her interview at the Department of Homeland Security office in Milwaukee last week was dragging on a bit too long. And then, the University of Wisconsin-Madison student recalled, in came the plastic bags.
“As soon as I saw the plastic bags, I realized what was happening,” Awe recalled in an interview. Immigration agents suddenly entered the interview room carrying the bags to collect personal belongings from her and her brother, Benga Awe. “I don’t even know how to describe it. I had no idea what to do,” said the 22-year-old Pharmacy School student, who remembered breaking down in tears.
On Thursday, Awe was back at school, trying to catch up on her missed classes after being released two days earlier from the Dodge County Jail, where she and her brother were detained on an immigration hold.
As a freshman in high school, Brittany Zimmermann already knew she wanted to attend UW-Madison and study to be a physician.
She also realized it wouldn’t be easy, so she visited her guidance counselor, Liz Dostal, early that year. Throughout Zimmermann’s four years at Marshfield High School, she returned often, making sure she was on the right academic path.
