In 1988, UW-Madison’s Zeta Beta Tau fraternity was accused of sponsoring a slave auction party that included members of the fraternity wearing blackface and Afro wigs. The incident sparked a small, but passionate, student-led protest on ZBT’s property, at which eight students were eventually arrested.
After sterns words on its direction from Madison’s police chief earlier this week, the Mifflin Street Block Party was discussed at a meeting of local leaders, police and student government representatives Tuesday.
University officials are seeking input from throughout the UW-Madison community on the university’s Human Resource redesign, design team members said at a forum Tuesday.
A federal court said it will redraw the same Milwaukee Assembly District election maps it ruled unconstitutional last week, taking the task out of lawmakers hands.
Prosecutors in the ongoing John Doe investigation into Gov. Scott Walker’s staff during his time as Milwaukee County Executive have requested more information about two of Walker’s former spokespersons.
Associated Students of Madison Chair Allie Gardner and other student government leaders were arrested protesting in Washington, D.C. Monday.
Student government’s Legislative Affairs Committee discussed plans to advocate making a campus-wide policy to protect underage students who have been drinking from being punished after reporting an incident into a state law Monday.
The Student Services Finance Committee removed the SAFEcab service from its Student Transportation Budget Monday.
UW-Madison administration is simplifying protocol for students to report incidents involving prejudice conduct, speech or expression.
After the Student Services Finance Committee denied the Multicultural Student Coalition funding in October, the group appealed the decision to Chancellor Ward last Friday.
Religious history expert and UW-Madison Emeritus Paul Boyer died Saturday after a short battle with cancer at age 76.
Madison police arrested a 24-year-old Monona man for sexually assaulting a Madison woman and biting the neck of another man at a downtown bar early Sunday morning.
The Brewers’ home opener may be on April 6, but Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig is bringing baseball to UW-Madison with his lecture on April 10.
Robbers targeted pedestrians early Sunday morning in a series of three strong-armed robberies in a student neighborhood.
Neil Whitehead, a professor and chair of UW-Madison’s Department of Anthropology, died Thursday March 22 from a sudden illness. He was 56 years old.
The Los Angeles Police Department has started a criminal investigation into the allegations that John Chadima, former UW-Madison Senior Associate Athletic Director, sexually assaulted a student Athletic Department employee while in a Los Angeles hotel during the Rose Bowl Weekend.
A UW-Milwaukee student died on spring break Saturday after falling from the balcony of the condominium building where he was staying in Panama City Beach, Fla.
In his first appearance on the UW-Madison campus as a U.S. Senate candidate, former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson spoke to UW-Madison’s College Republicans about the national implications of his senate race and encouraged the students to get involved with the campaign.
Federal judges who last week found the new Assembly districts 8 and 9 in southern Milwaukee unconstitutional may now have to redraw the lines themselves.
After meeting with Student Services Finance Committee Chair Sarah Neibart last Wednesday, UW-Madison Chancellor David Ward revised his decision on where some student segregated fees could be spent next fiscal year.
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