CITY NEWS
Cook defense moves for 11 separate trials
By Nina Bertelsen | Jul. 27, 2017Defense attorneys are seeking 11 separate trials for all charges brought against expelled UW-Madison student Alec Cook.
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NEWS
Apple to pay WARF $506 million for patent infringement
By Sammy Gibbons | Jul. 26, 2017Apple has been ordered to pay the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation $506 million, up from the original amount of $234 million, after a Madison federal judge ruled that the technology company infringed on WARF patents for devices used in their iPhone products.
CITY NEWS
Former UW-Madison student found not guilty of third-degree sexual assault
By Gina Heeb | Jul. 26, 2017A former UW-Madison student was found not guilty Wednesday of a felony sexual assault charge, though he seemingly admitted to sexually assaulting a sleeping peer in a campus residence hall in 2015. Following a two-day trial, a jury in the Dane County Circuit Court ruled 21-year-old Nicholas Ralston of Shellsburg, Iowa will be acquitted of third-degree sexual assault. Ralston, who was expelled months after the assault, reportedly initiated nonconsensual oral sex with his roommate’s girlfriend in their Ogg Hall dorm room in April 2015, according to the criminal complaint. The victim and her boyfriend fell asleep on a futon in the dorm room after returning from a party around 1 a.m., the complaint said.
CITY NEWS
Two injured in robbery at campus-area apartment
By Noah Habenstreit | Jul. 24, 2017At least two people were injured in an incident at a campus-area apartment Monday that was initially reported by WKOW 27 News as a shooting.
CAMPUS NEWS
Sexual assault reported in UW-Madison residence hall
By Lawrence Andrea | Jul. 24, 2017A sexual assault was reported to the UW-Madison Police Department early Monday morning.
CAMPUS NEWS
The trial for a UW student charged with sexual assault in 2015 begins tomorrow. Here's what you need to know.
By Peter Coutu | Jul. 24, 2017More than two years after the alleged assault was first reported, former UW-Madison student Nicholas Ralston now heads to trial.
CITY NEWS
Former UW student Alec Shiva pleads guilty in sexual assault case
By Gina Heeb | Jul. 20, 2017Expelled UW-Madison student Alec Shiva, who was accused last November of sexually assaulting another student in a campus dorm room while high on LSD, pleaded guilty to three felonies and two misdemeanors Wednesday. The felonies, charged in the Dane County Circuit Court, include second-degree sexual assault, strangulation and suffocation and false imprisonment.
STATE NEWS
Bill to end agreement between UW, Planned Parenthood received committee hearing
By Sammy Gibbons | Jul. 18, 2017State lawmakers heard testimony Tuesday on a bill which would bar UW medical students from receiving training on how to perform an abortion, a move which critics say could threaten the accreditation of some programs. The bill, sponsored by state Rep.
CAMPUS NEWS
Phone scam posing as campus police targets UW students
By Megan Provost | Jul. 18, 2017A well-known phone scam has re-emerged and is targeting UW-Madison students, particularly international students, according to a release issued Tuesday by the UW-Madison Police Department. UWPD received multiple reports from students over the past few days of a caller posing as a campus police officer.
CAMPUS NEWS
Gas leak in Sellery causes evacuation, road closures
By Sammy Gibbons | Jul. 17, 2017A gas leak occurred at Sellery Residence Hall Monday, causing the building to be evacuated and the surrounding area to be closed off.
CITY NEWS
Woman assaulted on North Henry Street, suspect at large
By Lawrence Andrea | Jul. 15, 2017Madison police are investigating a sexual assault reported on the 400 block of North Henry Street early Saturday morning.
CAMPUS NEWS
Hagenah Fountain on Library Mall reactivated after six years
By Ellen Krebs | Jul. 13, 2017Many current UW-Madison students have never seen the Hagenah Fountain turned on, however, after a six-year dry spell, the fountain on Library Mall started to flow again Monday.
CAMPUS NEWS
UHS to replace Tonight program for first-year and transfer students
By Lawrence Andrea and Megan Provost | Jul. 9, 2017In a continuation of UW-Madison’s efforts to combat sexual violence after a year in which three students were expelled for sexual misconduct, first-year and transfer students will complete a new program to learn about dating violence, sexual assault and violence prevention beginning this fall.
CITY NEWS
Former UW-Madison student convicted of 2nd-degree sexual assault won’t serve jail time
By Gina Heeb | Jul. 7, 2017Suspended UW-Madison student Nathan Friar—who was found guilty in April of second-degree sexual assault and use of force and accused of strangulation and suffocation—will not serve prison time, a county judge ruled Friday at a sentencing hearing.
CAMPUS NEWS
In-state students by the numbers
By Peter Coutu | Jul. 6, 2017The map displays student representation at UW-Madison compared to each county’s share of the state population. A value of one would mean a county is proportionally represented at UW-Madison.
STATE NEWS
State budget misses deadline, stalled over transportation
By Lilly Price | Jul. 1, 2017Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled Legislature will not pass the state’s two-year budget on time due to disputes between leaders in the Assembly and Senate over how to fund road and highway projects. The state’s current budget ran out on June 30, a date that arrived without a consensus between the two chambers.
CAMPUS NEWS
Berquam to continue chemotherapy, thanks campus community
By Sammy Gibbons | Jun. 30, 2017Dean of Students Lori Berquam thanked the UW-Madison community for providing her with “energy and optimism” as she begins the second half of chemotherapy treatments in a statement this Friday.
CAMPUS NEWS
UW-Oshkosh Foundation to pay off debts without assistance of state dollars
By Maggie Chandler | Jun. 27, 2017No state money will be spent on paying off the real estate debts for the UW-Oshkosh Foundation, a private nonprofit organization, the Board of Regents Audit Committee Chair Michael Grebe said in a statement today.
IN-DEPTH
UW-Madison expels three as sexual assault punishments grow more severe
By Peter Coutu | Jun. 24, 2017UW-Madison handed down their harshest-ever sanctions for sexual assaults that occurred in 2016, expelling three students from the university. The number of new expulsions marks a departure from the previous years’ punishments, though policy surrounding the hearings and sanctions hasn’t changed.
STATE NEWS
State representatives attempt to curb teen dating violence with bipartisan bill
By Noah Habenstreit | Jun. 23, 2017Teen dating violence is defined by the Centers for Disease Control as “physical, sexual, psychological, or emotional violence within a dating relationship.”
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