CAMPUS NEWS
Finalists chosen for UWPD police chief position
By Sammy Gibbons | Nov. 14, 2016Four finalists have been selected for the position of UW-Madison Police Department chief of police.
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STATE NEWS
Rep. Keith Ellison announces candidacy for chairman of DNC, Baldwin and DPW chair support
By Sarah Schoenfeldt | Nov. 14, 2016U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., announced Monday his decision to run for chairman of the Democratic National Committee after Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigned earlier this year.
STATE NEWS
Politicians spar over campus carry at UW
By Emily Curtis | Nov. 14, 2016State 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. At times, the panel became very tense as state Rep. Jesse Kremer, R-Kewaskum—the only Republican panelist present—disagreed with state Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison, College Democrats Chair Augie McGinnity-Wake, UW Madison professor Lisa Cooper and Samara Safarik from the group Moms Who Demand Action.
NEWS
University Committee talks noose costume, election fallout, faculty tenure
By Jake Skubish | Nov. 14, 2016The University committee discussed a number of issues related to marginalized student inclusivity and safety, as well as issues of tenure and funding, at its meeting Monday.
CITY NEWS
Drunken driver rear-ends car on Campus Drive
By Lawrence Andrea | Nov. 14, 2016A 50-year-old pizza delivery driver was rear-ended near the 2000 block of Campus Drive Sunday at 10:35 p.m.
CAMPUS NEWS
Alec Shiva released from jail on signature bond
By Sammy Gibbons | Nov. 14, 2016Suspended UW-Madison freshman Alec Shiva was released from the Dane County Jail on a signature bond Monday. Shiva was arrested Thursday after a female student reported that he sexually assaulted her in his Sellery Residence Hall room.
CITY NEWS
Madison to choose finalist Library Mall art piece
By Miller Jozwiak | Nov. 14, 2016A new piece of public artwork will soon stand at the convergence of State Street, Library Mall and East Campus Mall as a capstone for the State Street Reconstruction Project, which the city began planning in 2013 and constructing in 2014.
IN-DEPTH
Professors, politician reflect on gendered stereotypes in elections
By Olivia Andersen | Nov. 14, 2016While campaigning for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Ohio a week before the election, President Barack Obama spoke of the double standards that have morphed voters’ perception of Clinton. “When a guy’s ambitious and out in the public arena and working hard, well that’s OK,” Obama said.
STATE NEWS
Religious freedoms organization sues UW-Eau Claire for student discrimination
By Hannah J. Olson | Nov. 13, 2016As post-election tensions rise nationwide, UW-Eau Claire came under fire for a school policy denying students community service credit for religion-focused volunteer work. After strong GOP gains in state legislature, Republicans are speaking out about a squabble characterized as “anti-religious political correctness” by state Sen.
CITY NEWS
Fitchburg man arrested for repeated child sexual assault
By Miller Jozwiak | Nov. 13, 2016Madison Police Department officers arrested Mister M.S. “Seville” Gibson Thursday for repeated acts of first-degree sexual assault of a child. Seville was originally charged in 2014 for sexual assault of a child.
CITY NEWS
Fight on Park Street leaves 14-year-old girl unconscious
By Miller Jozwiak | Nov. 13, 2016Three teenagers were arrested last week after a fight on South Park street left two other teenagers injured, one of whom was unconscious. “The victim was pulled down by the hair and punched multiple times in the head,” Madison Police Department Public Information Officer Joel DeSpain wrote in an incident report.
STATE NEWS
Priebus to serve as Trump’s chief of staff
By Jake Skubish | Nov. 13, 2016Reince Priebus will serve as President-elect Donald Trump’s chief of staff, according to a statement from Trump Sunday. Priebus, the Republican National Committee Chairman, will provide Trump with the experience and political connections the billionaire outsider lacks.
CAMPUS NEWS
Letter calls on UW-Madison to protect undocumented people following Trump’s election
By Peter Coutu | Nov. 12, 2016Following President-elect Donald Trump’s Tuesday victory, a letter has begun circulating online calling on UW-Madison administrators to protect students, staff and their family members “who face imminent deportation” because of their undocumented status. Trump promised to deport anyone living in the country illegally during his campaign, and his election has already inspired fear among Latino students in Madison, according to the Wisconsin State Journal. The letter calls on Chancellor Rebecca Blank as well as other senior administrators to declare the UW-Madison campus as a sanctuary for community members who are undocumented or those who have Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which is a program that allows certain immigrants to receive renewable two-year work permits. UW-Madison students Sergio M.
NEWS
Task force on campus climate addresses instances of racism, homophobia
By Maggie Chandler | Nov. 12, 2016Members of the UW System Board of Regents’ task force on campus climate expressed concerns about instances of racism and homophobia on UW System campuses during a meeting Friday.
CAMPUS NEWS
UW-Madison students, community members protest Dakota Access Pipeline
By Megan Provost | Nov. 11, 2016Demonstrations on campus continued Friday as around 200 students and community members alike gathered at Library Mall to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline. According to Katya Com, Socialist Alternative member, the DAPL, a pipeline intended to transport crude oil from North Dakota to Illinois, was recently rerouted through sacred Sioux lands.
CAMPUS NEWS
Students, community leaders occupy Bascom Hill to demand community control
By Sammy Gibbons | Nov. 11, 2016Members of the Black Liberation Action Coalition and supporters interrupted traffic and the UW-Madison Homecoming Parade Friday to demand community control of the police.
CAMPUS NEWS
UW-Madison student arrested for second-degree sexual assault in residence hall
By Sammy Gibbons | Nov. 11, 2016UW-Madison student Alec Shiva was arrested by UW-Madison Police Department 0fficers Thursday for second-degree sexual assault. UWPD responded to a UW-Madison residence hall where the incident was reported around 8 p.m.
STATE NEWS
Student voters beat 2012 turnout on Election Day
By Katie Moakley | Nov. 10, 2016Student voter turnout for the 2016 presidential elections is up seven percent campus wide since the 2012 elections, with the overwhelming majority of those votes going to Democrat Hillary Clinton. Student wards themselves counted nearly 30,000 undergraduate votes, and there was a two to five percent increase of voters in dorms. Ward 55, which includes the Spring Street area of campus, saw 3,177 voters, an increase from 2012 when 2,694 votes were tabulated.
CAMPUS NEWS
After Trump's win, hundreds of students march to Capitol in solidarity
By Madeline Heim and Sammy Gibbons | Nov. 10, 2016UW-Madison community members showed support for individuals that have been negatively impacted by President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign by marching from the top of Bascom Hill to the Capitol. Following Trump’s win Wednesday, students from historically marginalized groups expressed concerns with his rhetoric and plans for action in his presidency. The event was organized by UW-Madison students Katrina Morrison, Brooke Evans, Sally Rohrer, Kat Kerwin, Jonny Vannucci, Ali Khan, Billy Welsh and Christian Bradley.
CITY NEWS
Alternate side parking rules go into effect Tuesday
By Miller Jozwiak | Nov. 10, 2016The City of Madison will start enforcing alternate side parking rules Tuesday at 1 a.m., and the rules will stay in effect through March 17, 2017. The alternate side parking rules mean that Madison residents must park their cars on the odd-numbered side of the street between 1 a.m. and 7 a.m. on odd dates, and park on the even-numbered side of the street on even date mornings, according to a city press release.
