Milwaukee, WI
9 years later, former students settle with UW-Milwaukee in student government case
Two former College of Wisconsin-Milwaukee college students who waged a yearslong courtroom battle towards the college have settled almost a decade after a contested scholar authorities election, their lawyer mentioned.
Mohammad Samir Siddique was a senior in faculty in 2013 when he says he was elected president of UW-Milwaukee’s scholar authorities. The college’s administration refused to acknowledge the election, favoring as a substitute a separate scholar authorities physique arrange by administration.
In 2014, a college committee disciplined Siddique, discovering that he’d falsely represented himself as scholar physique president and ordering him to confess this to a gaggle of greater than 1,000 college students who had supported his scholar authorities group moderately than the administration’s.
That dispute kicked off a collection of lawsuits in state and federal courtroom that proceeded in some kind till final week. In a press release, Milwaukee legal professional Gary Grass mentioned Siddique and one other scholar, Taylor Q. Scott, had accepted a “six-figure settlement” from the college. Scott was the final of about 40 college students who filed an motion towards the college in 2014, Grass mentioned.
“They actually informed us that our actions had not been in useless and that it had resulted in coverage modifications, after which they apologized to us for what we had gone via,” Scott mentioned in a current interview with Grass on a Milwaukee neighborhood radio station.
Siddique and Scott mentioned the unique battle over the coed authorities election was a battle about management over scholar charges they mentioned belonged with college students below Wisconsin’s shared governance legislation. That legislation was modified in 2015 below former Republican Gov. Scott Walker.
An earlier lawsuit by Siddique alleging that the college violated his First Modification rights failed in courtroom, as did different civil rights claims. The case has additionally been topic to open conferences and public data complaints, a few of that are ongoing. Siddique alleges that the college wrongly destroyed data regarding its institution of a brand new scholar authorities.
After profitable a 2014 case that permitted him to attend courses whereas his case was in courtroom, Siddique graduated from UW-Milwaukee and now works as an legal professional in Milwaukee. Scott, who mentioned his enrollment was positioned on maintain amid the dispute, didn’t graduate. He works as an editor of a southwest Wisconsin information web site, the Valley Sentinel.
Milwaukee, WI
Hundreds celebrated second night of Hanukkah with concert from American-Israeli rapper/singer, Nissim Black
MILWAUKEE — From all over Milwaukee, hundreds of people celebrated the second night of Hanukkah with a special performance from a world-renowned Jewish singer and rapper.
Chabad of the East Side hosted Nissim Black, an American-Israeli rapper/singer at a Milwaukee venue. Nissim Black performed some of his most popular songs for an eager crowd who knew all the words to his songs. Along with the concert, there was a menorah lighting, prayer, dreidel playing, donut bar, music synthesizers, arcade games, and more.
Dec. 26 was the second night of Hanukkah. During the eight days and nights of Hanukkah, various celebrations are being organized by local Jewish groups. The Jewish Community Center hosted a Hanukkah dinner that was accompanied by live music. The Hoan is being lit each night. Also, a public menorah is lit on Whitefish Bay on Silver Spring Drive. Different groups will light it each night around 5:30 p.m., except for Friday when it’s at 4:00 p.m. Congregation Shalom in Fox Point will host a Hanukkah service, dinner, and activities on Friday starting at 5:00 p.m.
Watch the interviews to see what it was like at the concert.
Celebrating Jewish pride on the 2nd night of Hanukkah
The best moments from the Hanukkah concert in Milwaukee
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OUT: Bojan Bogdanovic (foot), De’Anthony Melton (knee), Cam Thomas (hamstring), Trendon Watford (hamstring), Ziaire Williams (knee)
QUESTIONABLE: Dorian Finney-Smith (calf), Ben Simmons (back)
OUT: AJ Johnson (illness), Chris Livingston (illness), Liam Robbins (Two-Way), Tyler Smith (G League)
QUESTIONABLE: Giannis Antetokounmpo (back), Damian Lillard (illness)
PROBABLE: Khris Middleton (ankle)
Each time the Brooklyn Nets have taken on the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2024-25 campaign, they’ve boasted vastly different lineups. In their first meeting on Oct. 27, Cam Thomas and Dennis Schroder combined for 61 points in a major upset victory.
Most recently, the Nets came up just short against the Bucks on Dec. 8 while riding Schroder’s 34 points to a five-point loss sans Thomas.
Neither Schroder nor Thomas will suit up for Brooklyn tonight, the former having departed for Golden State and the latter continuing to nurse a hamstring injury.
Trendon Watford and Ziaire Williams join Thomas as absentees, while Dorian Finney-Smith and Ben Simmons could enter that category themselves.
Milwaukee’s star trio of Giannis Antetokounmpo, Damian Lillard and Khris Middleton all may sit out this evening as well, forcing the Eastern Conference rivals to rely on a “next man up” mentality to secure the win.
As four key players carry the “questionable” tag ahead of tip-off, the third meeting this season may look quite different from its predacessors.
Nets-Bucks is slated for 8 p.m. EST.
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