Since September of last year, Vic Wahl has served as Madison’s interim Chief of Police while the city has hunted for its new top police officer. Wahl was thrust into that position after former Police Chief Mike Koval abruptly resigned from the position with a one-day notice. Now, Wahl is ready to hang up his […]
Madison, November 1965
Madison in the Sixties –November, 1965 John Lewis, the 25-year-old national chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, SNCC, returns to Madison for two speaking engagements on the second, starting with a noon rally on the Memorial Union steps. That night, 400 students give him a standing ovation after his address in Great Hall, then […]
Wisconsin Congressional delegates push back on recent Trump tweet
In a tweet this morning, President Trump proposed delaying the November elections, arguing that a mail-in election would be the most “INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history.” With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history. It will be a great embarrassment to […]
Madison, 1965 – Civil Rights
Madison in the Sixties. Civil rights, 1965 In November, two great civil rights leaders come to campus. John Lewis, the 25-year-old national chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, speaks twice on the second — a noon rally on the Union steps, and an evening address in Great Hall. “Racism is embedded in the heart […]
