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"That’s bare minimum that we’re guaranteed no police brutality for the next 24 hours:" On the solidarity encampment's fourth day, student demonstrators got a small reprieve - after a meeting with Chancellor Mnookin

May 02, 2024

Here's your local news for Thursday, May 2, 2024:

  • We share an update on the "liberated zone" at UW-Madison,
  • Hear from some high schoolers who participated in today's May Day protest,
  • Check in with the UW faculty members speaking out in support of student demonstrators,
  • Discover the power of storytelling and solidarity,
  • Peruse the wide world of countertops,
  • Investigate the science of bowling,
  • And much more.