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Gun robberies inspire more police patrols City, university put more officers near campus By Melissa Howison the daily cardinal
The Madison Police Department and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department are working in conjunction to put more officers on the streets in campus areas that have experienced recent upticks in dangerous crimes, according to MPD spokesperson Joel DeSpain. DeSpain said although crime numbers are not extraordinarily high for this time of year, department officials are concerned about the alarming number of sidewalk armed robberies. The two most recent incidents occurred late Thursday night and early Friday morning.
In one case, two collegeaged women, who had just stepped out of Grainger Hall onto West Johnson Street, were approached by a knifewielding man at approximately 8:20 p.m. Thursday. The women outran the suspect and immediately provided police with a detailed description of their attacker, according to DeSpain. Officers tracked down 37-year-old Antonio Fleming and arrested him for attempted armed robbery soon after on the 300 block of North Brooks Street. DeSpain said the Fleming case is an isolated incident and does not follow the pattern of men in their late teens to early 20s robbing pedestrians with a weapon. However, there was an incident early Friday morning that did closely resemble crimes of late.
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Dick LaCroix: ‘UW taught me dedication’ By Sam Cusick the daily cardinal
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Dick LaCroix (’67) started as a right guard for the Badger football team in his sophomore, junior and senior years. for UW-Madison. He said the scholarship changed his life and allowed him to complete his education. Even with his scholarship, LaCroix had trouble mak-
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Woman kicks attacker near State Street
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In 1963 a full scholarship to play Badger football was worth $1100 a year. But, even with the help of his scholarship, University of WisconsinMadison alumnus Richard “Dick” LaCroix had to work harder than he ever dreamed to complete his education at UW-Madison. LaCroix earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Dairy Science in 1967 and a master’s degree in Soils in 1969. While his road to graduation was not necessarily common, he has remained close to UW-Madison and continues to serve on numerous campus committees, including the corporate board of Alpha Gamma Rho, an agricultural fraternity on campus. LaCroix grew up near Manitowoc, Wis. in a family of eight children, and as in many big farm families, money was tight when it came to tuition. However, after being noticed by recruiters, he received a full scholarship to play football
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ing ends meet on his own. However, his future wife, who was also having trouble paying for school, dropped out of school to help LaCroix pay his way.
“We both were going broke,” he said. “We said one of us has got to drop out, but one of us has got to get our education.” LaCroix went on to earn varsity letters in Badger football as a starting right guard in his sophomore, junior and senior seasons, but not with a shortage of hard work. “You really had to be dedicated,” he said. “I watched TV once in four years of college. The time when [John F. Kennedy] was killed I watched his funeral… You really had to be dedicated and lucky to make it.” Despite all of the hard work it took to balance playing football and maintaining a 3.85 grade point average, LaCroix said it was all worth it. “It was really hard … but, if I didn’t do it, then how would I get through school?” he said. “I had a girlfriend back there supporting me … and she is counting on me to get through because she dropped out of school. It was hard, but I wouldn’t change it for the world.”
A sexual aggressor fled when the college-aged woman he pushed to the ground Sunday morning near State Street kicked the suspect, according to a police report. Madison Police Department Lt. Marianne Flynn Statz said in the report the victim was walking along Langdon Street near Frances Street at approximately 2:55 a.m. when she realized someone was following her. The suspect pushed the woman down and forced her head to the ground after she asked him why he was following her, according to the report. The victim then kicked her attacker, and he fled. The police describe the suspect as a blond, white male in his late twenties with a buzz cut, approximately six-foot-threeinches tall with a thin build, wearing a long white T-shirt and blue jeans. University officials alerted students of the incident by way of a WiscAlert sent out to all wisc. edu email accounts.
Ruptured pipe floods track in Shell rec center The track at Camp Randall Sports Center, better known as the Shell, will close for an undetermined amount of time after a water pipe ruptured Sunday, flooding the floor with water. Recreational Sports Director John Horn said students had to be evacuated from the facility after the pipe burst. He said some of the flooding has spread over the running track, and the basketball courts had “taken a lot of water.” Horn said a plumber from the UW-Madison Physical Plant and other staff are working on turning the water supply off, and they will then locate the burst pipe to make repairs. “We’ve got a major maintenance issue,” Horn said. On Twitter, Rec Sports said although the track will be closed Monday, the CRSC ice rink may be open for use. It is too soon to determine what the lasting damages will be, Horn said. Rec Sports will continue to update campus about the status of CRSC through their Twitter account and website. “We’re going to do whatever we can as fast as we can to try to get the building back open for the users,” Horn said.
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