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A number of physical altercations occurred near campus over the weekend, including a fight at Bassett Street Brunch Club and a substantial battery on N.

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UWPD involved in pedestrian incident near Humanities building

By Jenna Walters | May. 18, 2018

The UW-Madison Police Department was involved in a pedestrian-vehicle collision on campus Thursday afternoon, according to a UWPD release. According to the release, the occupant of a vehicle stopped at a routine traffic stop and fled her vehicle around 2:30 p.m. Thursday. The suspect — a 15-year-old girl — ran across Park Street toward the Humanities Building when she was struck by a separate UWPD squad vehicle entering the building parking lot.

Over 7,000 students from the class of 2018 received bachelor's, master's and law degrees from UW-Madison.

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Over 40,000 gather at Camp Randall to take part in the 2018 Spring Commencement

By Jenna Walters | May. 12, 2018

With over 7,000 students receiving master’s, bachelor’s or law degrees, the class of 2018 is one of the largest classes in UW-Madison history. Of those graduating, roughly 6,500 students met at Camp Randall to take part in UW-Madison’s 165th Spring Commencement.

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Arrests made in battery incident outside residence hall

By Lawrence Andrea | May. 8, 2018

UW-Madison Police Department arrested three suspects Tuesday in connection to the battery incident that occurred outside a UW-Madison residence hall last week. According to a university police report, a UW-Madison student was injured following a fight outside Sellery Hall last Friday. The fight stemmed from another confrontation earlier in the evening at a downtown bar. The victim in the battery suffered a broken wrist and a concussion as a result of the altercation, according to the report.

UW-Madison Police Department arrested a man in child abuse case, Sunday night.

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Battery reported outside UW-Madison residence hall

By Lawrence Andrea | May. 5, 2018

A battery reportedly involving a UW-Madison student outside a residence hall early Friday morning, according to a UW-Madison Crime Warning issued Saturday afternoon. The warning said the UW-Madison Police Department received the report Saturday and are actively investigating the incident.

According to a 1924 Badger Yearbook, members of the organization titled the “Ku Klux Klan” included actor Fredric March and longtime Memorial Union director Porter Butts, who are both memorialized with the Fredric March Play Circle and Porter Butts Gallery at the Union.

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Union to cover KKK fraternity members’ names on gallery, play circle

By Sydney Widell | May. 3, 2018

The council will work to develop programing that confronts the campus history UW-Madison scholars have called a “pervasive culture of racial and religious bigotry.” Its plans include creating spaces to delve into racial campus history, as well as examining current social justice issues.

Dennis Prager spoke Wednesday night at an event hosted by conservative student group Young Americans for Freedom.

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Controversial political commentator speaks on Judeo-Christian morality

By Taylor Osborne | Apr. 26, 2018

UW-Madison students and community members gathered Wednesday in Sterling Hall to listen to conservative political commentator Dennis Prager speak on Judeo-Christian morality. During the event hosted by the Young Americans for Freedom, Prager discussed topics ranging from racism to “gender dysphoria.” Prager’s main concern in his “commencement address you won't hear from your school” was the question of how to make good people.

The group suggested the university address the struggles of underrepresented groups today but provided no answer regarding the renaming of the Fredric March Play Circle and Porter Butts Gallery at the Union — both named after members of the 1920’s “Klu Klux Klan” student group.

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Students to file hate and bias report against university for KKK committee response

By Lawrence Andrea | Apr. 25, 2018

A group of UW-Madison students and alumni are responding to the university’s Ku Klux Klan study group decision by filing a hate and bias report. Adan Raed Abu-Hakmeh, a UW-Madison senior, announced on Facebook Tuesday her plans to file a hate and bias report against the university for its “inadequacy in renouncing the memorialization of the KKK on campus.”

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Incoming students largely choosing more expensive tier meal plan, data show

By Lawrence Andrea | Apr. 24, 2018

The majority of first-year students living in residence halls in the upcoming semester are selecting high-tiered options in the new meal plan program unveiled by University Dining, according to documents obtained by The Daily Cardinal. A document distributed at a meeting between a dining shared governance group and University Dining officials revealed that 73.66 percent of the 4,511 students who have signed their housing contracts for the fall chose to deposit a minimum of $2,100 onto their WisCard exclusively for on-campus dining.

The graffiti was found on Agricultural Hall Monday morning.

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Apparent Hebrew graffiti found scribbled on Agricultural Hall

By Lawrence Andrea | Apr. 23, 2018

Hebrew graffiti containing Messianic language was found spray painted on Agricultural Hall Monday morning. A translation of the writing revealed the writing says, “Long live our Lord, our Master, and our Lord, King Messiah, forever and ever.”

Members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity have denied rumors that they threw trash into Lake Mendota.

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UW-Madison fraternity under fire for allegedly throwing trash into Lake Mendota on Earth Day

By Gianina Dinon | Apr. 23, 2018

A Facebook post allegedly showing members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity throwing objects into Lake Mendota sparked backlash Sunday night. The video, shared by junior Laurel Noack, showed someone throwing objects into Lake Mendota from the back lawn of the SAE Fraternity.

Wisconsin Union student workers are frustrated after wage change.

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Sunburst chairs to return to Memorial Union Terrace

By Lawrence Andrea | Apr. 23, 2018

It is that time of year again. The Memorial Union Terrace will celebrate the warm weather Tuesday by returning its popular sunburst chairs to their lakeside home at 4:30 p.m., the Wisconsin Union announced Monday. The Union will begin Terrace season — an almost 90-year-old tradition — by inviting UW-Madison students and community members to line up at the North Park Street entrance to the Terrace at 3:30 p.m. Each person in line will pick up a chair to take onto the Terrace, kicking off the 2018 Terrace season.

The UW-Madison undergraduate policy journal Sifting and Winnowing held the first annual Wisconsin Ideas Conference from April 18th to the 21st, bringing together students from across the nation.

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Wisconsin Ideas Conference encourages students to be voices of public change

By Marissa Beaty | Apr. 22, 2018

Students from colleges and universities across the U.S. came together in Madison this weekend to discuss issues of public policy and their research surrounding these topics. “This is an open discussion about current times.

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UW-Madison Arboretum partners with local business to brew up unique, local beer

By Gianina Dinon | Apr. 22, 2018

To most, the UW-Madison Arboretum and local beer production make an unlikely pair. For Levi Funk, they’re a match made in heaven. Funk, owner of Funk Factory Geuzeria, was taking a walk through the Arboretum’s Longenecker Horticultural Gardens last fall when he stumbled upon the garden’s osage oranges.

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Student org to bring controversial talk show host to campus

By Jenna Walters | Apr. 19, 2018

A UW-Madison conservative student organization will bring political commentator Dennis Prager, a talk show host who has drawn controversy over remarks criticizing gay marriage and the AIDS crisis, to campus next week to discuss Judeo-Christian Morality. The event — hosted by Young Americans for Freedom — is scheduled highlight the foundational principles of Judeo-Christian morality including the Ten Commandments and how they have impacted the construction of Western culture.

Associated Students of Madison host distinguished campus organizations to talk about diversity on campus.

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KKK study group tells university to focus on struggles of current underrepresented students

By Nina Bertelsen | Apr. 19, 2018

After months of speculation, a UW-Madison study group recommended campus should confront its past ties to the Klu Klux Klan by addressing struggles of underrepresented students today.

Vel Phillips Residence Hall is named after the late activist.

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UW-Madison graduate, civil rights leader dies at 94

By Ethan Feller | Apr. 18, 2018

UW-Madison graduate and pioneering civil rights leader Vel Phillips passed away Tuesday at age 94, the university announced Wednesday. Phillips was the first black woman to earn a degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School back in 1951. She would go on to break boundaries by being the first black woman to hold a variety of respected government positions in Wisconsin, like secretary of state.

Officials hope the new enrollment application will allow students to spend less time talking with advisors about how to use the tools and more time talking about their futures.

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New course enrollment app to simplify enrollment process

By Lawrence Andrea | Apr. 18, 2018

Having trouble registering for classes? There is now an app to help with that. Course Search & Enroll, a new application found on Learn@UW, aims to make the course enrollment process simple and stress-free by allowing students to complete enrollment tasks like choosing classes, scheduling and enrolling all in one place.

UW-Madison selected “The Death of the Great Lakes” as the 2018-’19 Go Big Read.

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University announces next year’s Go Big Read selection

By Gianina Dinon | Apr. 18, 2018

UW-Madison selected “The Death of the Great Lakes” as the 2018-’19 Go Big Read, according to a UW-Madison press release. The book, written by two-time Pulitzer-Prize finalist and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Dan Egan, examines the dangers facing the Great Lakes, as well as the different ways they can be restored and preserved.

The group Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment hosted the event.

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Blogger, writer talks fighting rape culture, sexual assault in divided political climate

By Kayla Huynh | Apr. 17, 2018

Wagatwe Wanjuki, an activist, blogger and writer, spoke as the UW-Madison keynote speaker for Sexual Assault Awareness Month Tuesday evening in the Red Gym to the audience about her personal experience with sexual assault.

The university’s student chapter of the National Agri-Marketing Association was awarded first place at the NAMA Student Marketing Competition last week.

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UW-Madison agriculture club wins marketing national championship

By Ethan Feller | Apr. 17, 2018

If you think UW-Madison’s athletics are the only teams winning championships, you’re wrong. The university’s student chapter of the National Agri-Marketing Association was awarded first place at the NAMA Student Marketing Competition last week. The competition, held in Kansas City, Mo., featured 30 teams from across the U.S. and Canada.

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