A chemistry PhD student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is no longer serving as an instructional teaching assistant after a fellow student disclosed his alleged history of anti-Semitic statements on social media. Dylan Bleier was the subject of a blog post by graduate student CV Vitolo-Haddad, who wrote that Bleier had disseminated swastikas and other…
The University of Wisconsin-Madison saw a huge spike in anti-Semitic hate crimes in 2016, according to a report released by the school last month. The report was released by the university to comply with federal law mandating such reports annually. It noted 20 reported hate crimes in 2016, with 14 motivated by bias against religion—with…
Marching in the Rose Bowl Parade on New Year’s Day, the Pulaski High School “Red Raiders” Marching Band, honoring their home-state University of Wisconsin Badgers. They proceed smartly through the streets of Pasadena, California, playing “On Wisconsin.” Then they stop in front of the reviewing stand—apparently an unplanned stop, as the announcers seem surprised—and while…
Coastie, a new term for out-of-state students that is floating around the University of Wisconsin, Madison, definitely seems like a euphemism for Jewish American Princess. And I am just not sure it is such a bad thing. The term, which, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has been used at the school for around a…
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