University of Wisconsin-Madison

Report: UW Madison Newspaper Fires Student Who Criticized ‘Defund the Police’ Movement

The student newspaper at the University of Wisconsin-Madison reportedly fired a student this week after he submitted a column in which he pushed back against calls to “defund the police.” Student Tripp Grebe was swiftly removed from his role as a columnist at the paper after the Young America’s Foundation (YAF) questioned the university’s administration over the paper’s refusal to publish the column.

Protesters rally Wednesday, June 3, 2020, in Phoenix, demanding that the Phoenix City Coun

U. of Wisconsin Grad Student Lied About Being Black, Resigns from Teaching Position

A graduate student at the University of Wisconsin recently announced that she has lied about her race. Graduate student CV Vitolo-Haddad, who is actually Sicilian, wrote in a blog post this week that she has pretended to be black for some time. At one point, Vitolo-Haddad also told her peers that she identified as Latino. She has resigned from her position as a teaching assistant

U of Wisconsin Grad Student CV Vitolo Haddad

U. of Wisconsin: Blaming Chinese Virus on China Is “Racist”

Administrators at the University of Wisconsin, Madison condemned a series of “anti-China” chalk messages that appeared this week. One chalk message referred to the “Chinese virus” while another blamed the ongoing pandemic on the Chinese government. The University’s chancellor referred to the chalking as “racist behavior.”

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Wisconsin Athletes Demand Change After Obama Mask Incident

Athletes at the University of Wisconsin took to social media Monday night, and posted a statement demanding that the school address what they perceive as racial inequalities on campus. The impetus for the statement stems from an incident on October 29 when two fans wore a mask depicting President Obama, and a noose, at a football game.

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American Radio Host: Zionists Behind Terror Attacks, Islamophobia, in Bid to Get Support for Trump

TEL AVIV – An American scholar and radio personality said that the “Zionist-controlled media” was behind Islamophobia, according to an interview released by Iranian state news agency PressTV on Tuesday. Dr. Kevin Barrett, a former professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the wave of terror attacks all over the world was not carried out by Islamists, rather they were perpetrated as “false-flag” operations by the American and Israeli armies.

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