If activity so far is any predictor, there’s bound to be debate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison over a “campus carry” bill Republican lawmakers have vowed to introduce when a new session of the Legislature convenes in January.
Letter to the editor from Virginia Tech assistant prof.: News about the Wisconsin Legislature introducing a concealed-carry policy at University of Wisconsin campuses sends fear through me.
Suspended UW-Madison student Alec Cook, charged with many counts of sexual assault reported by 10 different women, will be released Friday from Dane County Jail, according to university officials.
A day after University of Wisconsin student Alec Cook received six new criminal charges, he posted a reduced $100,000 cash bail.
As the semester comes to a close, the University of Wisconsin Police Department has named Kristen Roman as the new police chief.
UW-Madison has chosen a Madison Police captain to lead the University of Madison Police Department as a new chief.
UW-Madison student Alec Cook was released from the Dane County jail Friday, just hours after a judge cut his bail in half, in a case involving more than a dozen sex-related crimes.
UW-Madison Police Department has named their new police chief.
A suspended UW-Madison student accused of sexual assault, stalking or harassment of 10 women was released from the Dane County Jail on Friday after his bail was cut in half at a hearing earlier in the day.
UW-Madison has chosen Kristen Roman, a captain and 26-year veteran of the Madison Police Department who has led efforts to improve relationships between law enforcement and the communities it polices, to be the next chief of the campus’ police force.
A suspended University of Wisconsin-Madison student charged with multiple counts of sexual assault has been released from jail after his bail was cut in half at a hearing this morning.
Six additional criminal charges from five different women were brought Thursday against suspended UW-Madison student Alec Cook, who now faces a total of 21 charges, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
Thursday saw heated debate and discussion at Union South over potential campus carry legislation.
After University of Wisconsin student Alec Cook’s defense attorneys motioned last week to remove a $200,000 cash bail citing the state’s failure to produce new charges, the state added six new charges to the criminal complaint Wednesday.
UW-Madison student Alec Cook has been charged with six more crimes, involving five additional victims, to add to more than a dozen sex-related counts.
The UW-Madison student accused of several sexual assaults will be in court on Friday, facing more charges.
Prosecutors filed six additional charges Wednesday against Alec Cook, the former University of Wisconsin-Madison student who was already facing 15 charges related to sexual assault claims.
Prosecutors on Thursday added six new charges involving five women to the roll of charges against suspended UW-Madison student Alec Cook, bringing the number of criminal charges he faces to 21.
New charges have been filed against suspended University of Wisconsin-Madison student Alec Cook, bringing to 10 the number of women accusing him of sexually preying on them.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank said Tuesday that she opposes any form of legislation that would allow the possession of concealed guns in university buildings.
A group of students on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus are organizing opposition to a concealed campus carry bill being proposed by state Rep. Jesse Kremer, R-Kewaskum.
A 19-year-old UW-Madison student faces significant injuries after being hit by the car of an intoxicated driver while trying to cross an intersection near campus early Saturday morning, according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
Lawyers for a suspended UW-Madison student accused of sexual assaults of five women are asking a judge to release him from jail on a signature bond, arguing that the $200,000 bail keeping him in jail is not necessary.
In an effort to address alarming statistics both nationwide and across state campuses, the University of Wisconsin System will soon offer sexual violence training for all employees and students.
Months of a UW-Madison student’s Facebook messages were seized by police, who continue to investigate what authorities say were the student’s nearly half dozen sex assaults of campus women.
The attorneys of a former University of Wisconsin-Madison student who is facing multiple sexual assault charges are asking the court to remove his $200,000 cash bail.
Every student and employee in the University of Wisconsin System would have to undergo online training on sexual violence and harassment issues under a plan that regents are expected to approve Thursday.
Suspended UW-Madison freshman Alec Shiva has been scheduled for a Dec. 27 preliminary hearing.
Employees and new students throughout the University of Wisconsin System will soon have to take part in mandatory training on preventing sexual assault and harassment.
Madison police are investigating a situation Sunday night where an individual was beaten and kicked out of a car near Camp Randall Stadium.
Within the past semester, UW-Madison has had two high-profile sexual assault cases emerge on campus. In response to recent events and concerns from students, the UW Homecoming Committee hosted an educational panel Tuesday regarding sexual assault.
UWPD spokesperson Marc Lovicott said the police department will push information that will refresh the campus community on safety and handling of attack situations later this week once the events that took place at OSU have been processed. He said UWPD has been trained and has worked on campus to take precautions against occurrences such as knife attacks and active shooters.
Many are praising Ohio State University for its quick response and one specific tweet to students that told them what to do. It’s the same protocol taught to students at UW-Madison.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison student accused of sexual assault, strangulation and false imprisonment involving five women, including some he met in classes, will be back in court next month.
Forty-nine people, including eight students, were ejected from Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday, during the football game between Wisconsin and Minnesota.
The man behind the President Obama mask at Camp Randall stadium last month, with a noose around his neck, is a 40-year old Elkhart Lake resident.
The four candidates for UW-Madison police chief will be on campus next week to meet the public as well as student, faculty and staff groups and university leaders.
It’s Friday night on State Street, and a college guy is guiding a drunk woman down the sidewalk past a group of other students. “Hey, do you know him?” someone from the group asks, stepping toward the young woman who stumbles and slurs her words.
While undocumented students proactively fight to secure university protection from deportation as the president-elect’s inauguration approaches, state legislators are divided on how to move forward.
UW System President Ray Cross asked several leaders of UW-Madison’s student government Wednesday to “influence the decision-makers” who will decide the fate of Wisconsin’s public universities in the state’s upcoming biennial budget.
Graffiti that said “All white people are racist” appeared on the base of the Abraham Lincoln statue atop Bascom Hill following the election last week.
Over the past week, the University of Wisconsin has received 16 bias incident reports.In comparison, there were 66 incidents reported in the entire first half of 2016.
University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross discussed the future of Wisconsin’s educational system and heard concerns from representatives about diversity and safety during the Associated Students of Madison Coordinating Council meeting Wednesday.
Conservative public speaker Ben Shapiro, editor-in-chief for DailyWire.com and host of The Ben Shapiro Show, spoke at the University of Wisconsin to make his case against safe spaces and other recent movements on college campuses he sees as inhibiting free speech Wednesday.
Shouting broke out on both sides during a conservative writer’s presentation at UW-Madison. At one point protesters even gave the middle finger to Ben Shapiro, who fired two of them back.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison student accused of assaulting another student was high on drugs, according to a court document.
State politicians and community members met Monday to discuss concealed carry on UW System schools’ campuses, with a bill allowing for so-called campus carry potentially looming next year.
In many states across the country, legislation that allows concealed carry, a license which grants an individual the ability to covertly carry a gun on them, has already been passed. The addition of guns on campuses has caused students, staff, faculty and parents to worry, especially after mass school shootings such as Virginia Tech and Sandy Hook.
A UW-Madison student arrested last week after police said he choked and sexually assaulted a woman in his dorm room was high on LSD during the alleged attack, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday.
The four finalists are Gregory Habeck, assistant chief of the UW-Milwaukee Police Department; Thomas Phillips, chief of police for Northern Illinois University; Kristen Roman, a captain in the Madison Police Department; and John Vinson, chief of the University of Washington Police Department.
A man authorities say was a Resident Assistant in a private dormitory near the UW campus when he victimized a woman was charged with felony sexual assault.
One of the five women accusing suspended University of Wisconsin-Madison student Alec Cook of sexual assault is speaking out in an effort to help other women.
A woman was sexually assaulted early Saturday at the apartment of a man she had just met after leaving a bar near UW-Madison’s campus, police said.
Intimate partner violence will affect one in five undergraduate relationships at the University of Wisconsin.
Muslim students at UW-Madison say they hope the murder of a UW-Stout Muslim student sparks conversations about acceptance on campus.
Court documents show the UW-Madison student charged with the sexual assault of several women is accused of moving into a woman’s campus apartment complex in order to stalk her.
A UW-Madison student was ticketed for allegedly pulling a fire alarm in Witte Hall on the UW-Madison campus, forcing the dormitory to evacuate in the early Friday morning hours.
Students were evacuating Witte as the Madison Fire Department arrived to an alarm activation around 2 a.m. Friday, according to a daily report.
A University of Wisconsin- Madison junior says she was harassed by Alec Cook for a year after they met in class last fall. Cook was arrested on October 24 on charges of sexual assault.
University of Wisconsin-Madison police ejected a total of 69 people, including 11 UW students, from Saturday’s Badgers home football game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers, campus Interim Chief Brian Bridges said.
