Noted: All of the artwork was accounted for except a piece by Bohrod, a former UW-Madison artist-in-residence who died in 1992. The painting in its gold and velvet frame was missing from the security room of the residence, the complaint said.
Noted: UW Madison police spokesperson Marc Lovicott said the website’s values go against everything the department and campus stands for. He says the department was made aware of the possible meetings this week, and in response, officers were in communication with other departments around the state.
Lovicott said there is no indication a meeting like this will take place in Madison, but he said the idea of “pro rape” events is disappointing.
“The fact that there’s an organized group that promotes this, I think that’s really disappointing and really disturbing,” Lovicott said. “What we can do as a community, though, is stand up against it and make sure people realize that this type of behavior, this mentality, just won’t be tolerated here.”
Noted: Joers said she met O’Kroley in eighth grade when they rode the same bus to school in Cottage Grove. She became pregnant by O’Kroley when she was a sophomore in high school, she said, but noted she went on to graduate from UW-Madison with a double major in physics and philosophy — in May 2015, according to the university registrar’s office — “while mental illness prevented Christopher from maturing into a functional adult.”
The lead “investor” in a student-run drug business that bought marijuana in California and Colorado to sell around University of Wisconsin-Madison has been sentenced to 30 months in prison.
“Investigators cannot rule out the possibility of a pipe fitter’s hot work in the area of the origin, or an unspecified electrical fault,” said spokeswoman Cynthia Schuster.
Madison firefighters were sent to the UW-Madison campus for the second time in two days on Friday, after a burning smell was reported on the 16th floor of Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive.
The UW-Madison Police Department says a sexual assault was reported at a school residence hall. The assault reportedly happened to a student sometime between Jan. 22 and Jan. 24 at a school residence hall.
A UW-Madison student told campus security she had been sexually assaulted in a dormitory last weekend, but since she didn’t report it to local or school police, no criminal investigation is being done.
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.
Fire investigators are still looking into what caused a fire at the Memorial Union on the UW-Madison campus Thursday afternoon.
Memorial Union was evacuated Thursday afternoon as crews worked to put out a fire in the attic, officials said.
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.
A state appeals court says a man didn’t have a constitutional right to view pornography on a University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire library computer.
Noted: The bill is supported by Attorney General Brad Schimel and University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank, who said avoiding citations for victims and their supporters is already policy on campus.
“We have been telling them if you are drinking but helping a friend we will focus on the sexual assault issue and not the drinking issue,” Blank said. “But I think being able to say under the law of Wisconsin this is not just our practice but this is the law does have a certain depth of convincingness to it.”
Victims of sexual assault in Wisconsin wouldn’t get in trouble for underage drinking under a bill introduced by Rep. Joan Ballweg, R-Markesan, backed by the University of Wisconsin and Attorney General Brad Schimel.
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.
Victims of sexual assault and bystanders who call for help would not have to worry about citations or university discipline for underage drinking if a bill introduced Monday with support from UW-Madison and state law enforcement officials becomes law.
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-Madison is among 161 college campuses across the country that are the target of federal inquiries for their handling of sex assault investigations. Under the Obama administration, the OCR put the nation’s college campuses on notice in a 2011 letter that they were responsible for investigating allegations of sexual violence and harassment and sanctioning anyone found to have done wrong. Now sex assault survivors are speaking out about that process. Five of them visited Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel in December, asking that UW procedures for investigating reports of sexual assault and disciplining students found responsible for such misconduct be made more transparent.
The national conversation on how to reduce gun violence has continued after more than 300 mass shootings in 2015, according to the Mass Shooting Tracker. In Madison, the debate has resulted in proposed legislation that would allow concealed weapons in university buildings.
The UW-Madison law professor who helped free Steven Avery after a wrongful conviction in the 1980s says “Making a Murderer,” the Netflix documentary about his 2007 homicide trial, illustrates problems in the criminal justice system that affect many cases beyond Avery’s.
More and more colleges across the country are saying no to hoverboards.
But UW Madison spokesman Marc Lovicott says the university is hovering over what to do.
“You’re allowed to possess them for now but you can’t use them here.”
The two campuses are among at least 20 other colleges and universities across the country where administrators have banned or restricted the self-balancing scooters, citing the risk of falls and warnings from consumer groups that the batteries that power hoverboards could catch fire.
Days after two shooters killed 14 people and injured 22 others in San Bernardino, Calif., Jerry Falwell Jr., president of Liberty University, stood in front of 10,000 students, faculty and staff and urged them to bring guns onto campus. In his back pocket, the president said onstage, he carried a small pistol.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Police have identified the California man who sent officers coconut doughnuts after he was kicked out of a football game.
Dean Strang grew up wanting to become an editorial cartoonist for a newspaper.
The department initially refused to identify L.A. resident Eyal Binshtock, as he was never arrested or cited, but provided his name in response to an open records request.
A federal complaint against the University of Wisconsin-Madison about its handling of a sexual assault report — one of three such complaints filed against UW-Madison in 2015 — alleges the victim was subjected to a sexually hostile environment because the university failed to respond promptly and equitably.
Federal authorities have launched another investigation into UW-Madison’s handling of a sexual violence allegation, bringing to three the number of cases on the campus now under review by the U.S. Department of Education.
A bill that would allow concealed carry permit holders to bring guns into college and university buildings probably won’t come up for a vote during this session of the state Legislature, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Tuesday.
The instigation of a new probe last month means the University of Wisconsin-Madison is under federal investigation for its handling of three sexual violence cases, among the highest for any college campus in the nation.
A Netflix documentary focusing on a Wisconsin criminal case is lighting up the internet this Christmas season. The documentary called “Making a Murderer” is centered on the case of Steven Avery.
In 2003, The Wisconsin Innocence Project helped prove Steven Avery was not guilty of sexual assault, which came after Avery already spent 18 years behind bars for the crime he didn’t commit.
Badgers football player Corey Clement paid over $800 in fines in connection with two disorderly conduct citations.
Authorities say Clement punched a man at a downtown apartment building Nov. 8 after the man and his friends argued with Clement.
Madison Municipal Court officials say $878 has been paid to satisfy Clement’s citations. Clement has a Jan. 5 court date in the cases. An official says the cases can be closed on that date, unless Clement fights the citations.
A woman was groped by a man near the UW-Madison campus early Monday morning, according to a release.
Police said the man dropped his pants and rubbed up against the victim, a 21-year-old woman, near the corner of North Bassett and West Washington Streets.
A number of sexual assault survivors from four University of Wisconsin campuses and their lawyer are asking UW System officials for an opportunity to share their concerns about how they were treated and to provide ideas on how future cases should be handled. So far, their request has been denied.
Two projects at UW-Madison are going forward after approval Wednesday by a state panel.
The state building commission approved the renovation of the Babcock Hall dairy plant so it can house the Center for Dairy Research.
The building commission also okayed money for an addition to the UW-Madison police department on Monroe Street.
Baldwin met with the University of Wisconsin System Task Force on Sexual Violence and Harassment for an hour on Friday. The discussion came as the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee — of which Baldwin is a member — discusses changes to the Higher Education Act, a sweeping 1965 law that covers the federal financial aid system.
University of Wisconsin Police Department and University Health Services collaborated to reach out to the Madison campus and community about how to handle tragedy when it strikes.
Though the San Bernardino, California, mass shooting did not prompt UWPD’s and UHS’ message, it discussed how to act in times of violence and how to prevent such acts from occurring.
The timing was interesting, UWPD spokesperson Marc Lovicott said, and though the tragedy was extremely unfortunate, it created a captive audience for the message.
Senator Tammy Baldwin spent an hour with the University of Wisconsin System Sexual Assault and Violence Task Force on the campus of the UW-Madison Friday.
The group discussed ongoing efforts both the university and Congress are making to combat sexual assault on college campuses.
The University of Wisconsin System Sexual Assault and Violence Task Force met with Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D- Wisconsin) Friday afternoon.
The conversation focused on how congress can help universities deal with on campus sex assaults. A recent survey of women at UW-Madison found one in four reported experiencing a sexual assault. Friday’s meeting centered around ways to tackle the problem.
(Video) Students across the country are upset with a bill that would change the way sexual assaults are reported on campus. Velena Jones reports.
Just-released surveillance video shows Badger football player Corey Clement decking a man with a punch, and then being swarmed by the man and others in retaliation. Madison Police officials relied on the video to reject Clement’s claim he was the initial target of aggression in the incident Nov. 8 at The Hub apartments.
“His assertion that he was defending himself was not represented in the video,” detective Joel Peterson says.
Badgers running back Corey Clement has been cited with two counts of Disorderly Conduct in the fight that happened November 8 at the Hub apartment building in Madison. Three others are cited in the incident, as well.
Madison Police say the story released by Wisconsin Athletics earlier this month was not reflected in the video footage obtained during their investigation, going so far as to say the news release was not factually accurate.
University of Wisconsin running back Corey Clement was cited for two counts of disorderly conduct, after a fight inside The Hub, Clement’s downtown apartment building.
The fight was witnessed by a few residents and was captured on security and cellphone cameras.
One cellphone video shows the tail end of a fight. Clement heads down the stairway at the beginning of the clip, and a security guard and a few others remain by the elevators.
Wisconsin junior running back Corey Clement has been cited for two counts of disorderly conduct for his role in a Nov. 8 fight at his off-campus residence, according to a release from UW Athletics.
“We were informed yesterday by Madison police that Corey Clement was cited for two counts of disorderly conduct for his role in an incident on Nov. 8. When we first became aware of this incident, we knew this was a possibility,” the release said.
A California man who pranked UW-Madison police by sending them 240 coconut doughnuts after he was kicked out of Camp Randall Stadium has helped organize a more desirable gift: A $1,000 donation to the Salvation Army of Dane County.
There was something fishy about the dozens and dozens of coconut doughnuts delivered this week to the campus police at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Everyone knows cops love doughnuts. “We call them energy rings around here,” said police spokesman Marc Lovicott. But coconut? “That raised some red flags,” he said. “Who does that? It seemed kind of bizarre.” So he got in touch with the doughnut shop, which told him they needed to order extra ingredients to fill the order for 20 dozen doughnuts. The shop gave him an email address for the person who sent them—a man who Mr. Lovicott said had been ejected by campus police from last Saturday’s Wisconsin-Northwestern football game.
A University of Wisconsin football fan who was ejected from Saturday’s game signaled his disapproval to UW police by sending them 20 dozen coconut doughnuts.
A University of Wisconsin football fan who was ejected from Saturday’s game signaled his disapproval to UW police by sending them 20 dozen coconut doughnuts.
A man who was kicked out of Camp Randall Stadium during Saturday’s Wisconsin football game let UW-Madison police know he wasn’t happy about what happened — but that there were no hard feelings — by sending them 240 coconut doughnuts on Monday.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department received a strange, anonymous delivery of 20 dozen coconut doughnuts on Monday, the department posted on Facebook.
A California man sent 20 dozen coconut doughnuts to police officers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as payback for getting kicked out of a Badger football game.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Alumni Association has sent an email to parents of current students telling them how to lobby on a bill allowing concealed weapons in campus buildings.
The email, sent Friday morning, tells parents about the bill and why UW System leaders oppose it. There’s no explicit request to lobby against the bill, but the email encourages families to discuss campus safety and the impact the legislation might have on learning.
(Video) Officials say a winter storm rolling through Southern Wisconsin Friday evening will cause increased wait times at Saturday’s Badger football game, as traffic moves slower and security personnel search fans’ coats. Dannika Lewis reports.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni group has sent an email to parents of current students telling them how to lobby on a bill that would allow concealed weapons in campus building.
The UW Alumni Association sent the message Friday morning. The email tells parents about the bill and how UW System leaders oppose it. The message doesn’t explicitly ask parents to lobby against the measure but encourages families to discuss campus safety and the impact the legislation might have on learning.
University of Wisconsin-Madison police report more than 100 fans were ejected from Saturday’s Big Ten football game against Northwestern at Camp Randall Stadium.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports fans threw snowballs and ice at each other and onto the field as the season’s first big snow hit Madison.
Friday and Saturday’s winter storm brought about 4 inches of snow to Madison. With snowfall ending around noon Saturday, crews did not have time to clear seating sections before the 2:30 p.m. game against Northwestern. Fifty people were ejected from the stadium for throwing snowballs and other hard objects, according to UW-Madison police.
The University of Wisconsin announced there will be an increased police and security presence at Saturday’s football game versus Northwestern.
