Authorities say Dorton was fired from her job at Delta Delta Delta sorority in early 2016 for violating terms of her contract. The complaint says student leaders at the house later came to suspect she had been making unauthorized purchases on a sorority credit card.
The former house director for a sorority near the UW-Madison campus was charged this week with embezzling more than $225,000 from the sorority over a period of more than six years.
Quoted: Michael Light, associate professor of Sociology and Chicano/Latino Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said he is not surprised to see that level of public opposition. He said general views on immigration crackdown are linked now to the family separation policy, which Democrats unanimously oppose and Republicans are split on.
“The family separation issue galvanized many people,” he said.
Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, NOW organizers discuss the importance of protesting rape culture on campus.
Mariono L. Weaver, 48, currently an inmate at New Lisbon Correctional Institution, was tied by DNA evidence to reported sexual assaults in Madison, the town of Madison, Fitchburg and on the UW-Madison campus, according to the search warrant, which was filed by the state Department of Justice.
A UW-Madison spokesperson said that they treated it like all graffiti, by promptly removing it and reaching out to those it targets.
An annual tradition since 1969, Mifflin Street Block Party will be celebrating it’s 50th year on Saturday, and police are preparing for anything.
A UW-Madison student brought attention via Twitter to a second sticker from the white nationalist group Hundred-Handers, garnering a response from students and faculty Tuesday.
Seven establishments — including Wando’s on University Avenue and State Street Brats — had conditions added to their licenses last year that prohibit them from allowing people in after 1:30 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights, even if they were previously in the bar that night.
In 2017, within the span of a week, Chung attempted to abduct a woman from the UW-Madison campus, sexually assaulted an unconscious UW-Madison student and attacked another woman while trying to rob her.
A Monona man who tried to abduct a woman from the UW-Madison campus in 2017, and in the same week sexually assaulted an unconscious woman and attacked and tried to rob another woman on a Downtown street, was sentenced Wednesday to 22½ years in prison.
The University of Wisconsin Police Department hosted its annual awards ceremony Wednesday to present awards to a number of department personnel and community members. At the event, four award recipients got quite the surprise.
This time, a burglar came in through a sliding glass door early Saturday morning and took two laptop computers and other items from an apartment on Saint James Court, Madison police said.
A sticker labeled with white-nationalist messaging created by extremist group Hundred-Handers was found on campus today. The sticker read “Make America White Again,” and included the group’s Twitter handle, official website and email address, listed from a secure email service.
UW-Madison reached out to any students living in the building, to assess their needs.
The occupant suffered minor injuries but didn’t seek emergency medical care, the fire department said.
The UW System, which has fielded a raft of misconduct complaints at universities around the state, announced Wednesday it was joining a national coalition to prevent sexual harassment on college campuses.
Suspect may have entered additional rooms Friday beyond those reported, police say.
The Fourth District council member is having a neighborhood meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Madison Senior Center, 330 W. Mifflin St., to discuss ways to keep the April 27 party a safe success.
While UW-Madison administrators continue to seek ways to ensure campus is as safe as possible, a violent assault that occurred on Langdon St. last month inspired students to demand new and improved safety measures on campus.
UW says software does not fit need of university, cites concerns over implementing third-party software.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Dean of Students denied students’ request to implement a sexual assault reporting app on campus.
Wide receiver Quintez Cephus, who is scheduled to stand trial on sexual assault charges in July, no longer is enrolled at the University of Wisconsin.
Michael Thom was charged Thursday in Madison with second-degree sexual assault by a health care employee and fourth-degree sexual assault, according to a Wisconsin State Journal report.
A UWM police officer shot an individual outside the Fine Arts Building Tuesday morning. No students or employees were hurt or involved in the incident.
University police tweeted an alert Tuesday morning that urged people to stay away from the Fine Arts Complex where shots reportedly had been fired by a loading dock. Authorities say the “subject” involved is not at large. There are no reports of injuries and no further details.PauseCurrent Time 0:00/Duration Time 0:00Stream TypeLIVELoaded: 0%Progress: 0%0:00Fullscreen00:00Mute
A mix of surveillance video from Witte Hall and body camera footage from UW-Madison Police show the tense moments between officers and a student who they say was drunk.
A UW spokesperson says Mitchell’s criminal charges have no impact on his standing at the school.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison student has been arrested for striking a UW-Madison police officer in the face.
A UW-Madison student who reportedly was urinating in the hallway of a dorm building early Sunday morning was arrested by campus police but not before he allegedly fought with officers.
UW-Madison police took action to prevent a possible tragedy Friday night when they stopped a driver for speeding.
UW-Madison student Logan Mitchell was arrested at 1:15 a.m. Sunday after UW-Madison Police Department officers forcibly removed him from Witte Residence Hall.
Burke parted with a message to the university: “Don’t invite me to your school and think you’re checking a box. Y’all haven’t done anything yet.”
The plaintiff in the case, identified as Jane Doe because she is under 18 years old, accused another student in the PEOPLE program of directing inappropriate sexual behavior at her and other female students. The student accused, who is also under 18 years old, is identified as “M” in the lawsuit.
Former participant says male student made advances upon female students which staff knew about.
According to online court records, the trial for 20-year-old Quintez Cephus will begin on July 29.
Burke challenged UW administration to find better solutions to campus sexual violence.
Founder of the Me Too Movement Tarana Burke spoke to hundreds of UW-Madison students, faculty and community members Monday, urging them to push the boundaries constructed by the university and create a community based on safety and protection.
Parents settle lawsuit with John Cabot University.
According to UW spokesperson Meredith McGlone, UW changed its Rome study abroad program in 2018. Instead of working with JCU, they now use the Council on International Educational Exchange Open Campus Center, which also allows students to travel to places like Paris or Berlin.
The University of Wisconsin fraternity Alpha Sigma Phi ordered new members to wear a bag featuring the popular children’s TV program, run errands for older members, and carry fruit around campus, as part of their initiation.
“A University of Wisconsin-Madison fraternity was suspended after the chapter forced new members to wear a ‘Dora the Explorer’ backpack, among other requirements, the school announced Friday. A student-led Committee on Student Organizations made the decision to suspend Alpha Sigma Phi through March 24 and place the fraternity on probation until Dec. 11 because the requirements were tantamount to hazing, according to a school press release
One fraternity got suspended from the University of Wisconsin-Madison for hazing, the school announced in a press release.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is using smart ID scanners that have successfully helped them catch the fakes. Last week, university officials suggested that the bars and liquor stores in the city use smart ID scanners as well, a move a Madison Police Department captain supports.
In the memorandum, Rice states Campbell accessed the tunnels as a student and recorded a video.
Lawyers for a man convicted of mixing dangerous chemicals in his Far West Side apartment last year want a Dane County judge to seal and disregard a prosecution sentencing memorandum that claims the man was plotting a domestic terror attack on the UW-Madison campus, telling a judge Thursday that prosecutors crossed a line when they compared the man to infamous domestic terrorists.
A man who pleaded no contest to possessing homemade explosives in his Madison apartment appeared to be planning an attack on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, a prosecutor said.
A man who pleaded no contest to possessing homemade explosives in his Madison apartment appeared to be planning an attack on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, a prosecutor alleged.
A prosecutor alleges that a man whose Madison apartment was found to contain homemade explosives appeared to be planning an attack on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Police believe Jerome Winslow, 22, of Madison, attacked a girl walking home on Langdon Street on Feb. 3 and dragged her through the street.
The complaint charged Jerome R. Winslow, 22, of Madison, with two counts of first-degree reckless endangerment, substantial battery, false imprisonment and attempted second-degree sexual assault for an attack that happened early Feb. 3 near the UW-Madison campus Downtown.
Brian Campbell, whose Far West Side apartment was found a year ago to contain a vast array of chemicals and materials used for making pipe bombs, appeared to be contemplating an attack on the UW-Madison campus, a prosecutor alleged in a sentencing memorandum filed Tuesday.
Dane County Circuit Court Judge William Hanrahan, who was to preside over the trial, chose to allow Cephus to remain out on bail while the trial dates are reset.
The trial for a former Badgers wide receiver will not be happening at this time according to online court records Monday morning.
The trial of Quintez Cephus — the former Badgers wide receiver suspended from the team after being charged with sexual assault — is scheduled to begin Monday with jury selection and opening statements.
All University of Wisconsin System employees and 87 percent of students have completed sexual assault and harassment training, officials told the UW Board of Regents Thursday at Union South on the UW-Madison campus.
Madison police have arrested a 22-year-old man that they say is responsible for an apparently random and unprovoked attack that severely injured a UW-Madison student near campus early Sunday.
When Inside Edition visited the University of Wisconsin-Madison recently, Chief Investigative Correspondent Lisa Guerrero found a plethora of students dressed for a night on the town, but often the students left their coats behind despite the subzero weather.
Madison Police Chief Mike Koval usually supports restorative justice and giving criminals with underlying issues a chance at a better life and a second chance. But the attack on Langdon Street was not a time for that.
The Madison Police Department announced Thursday it had made an arrest in last Sunday’s early morning Langdon Street attack.
