The @UWMadison pro-Palestine encampment has been going for about 60 hours now. I've been present helping provide coverage for nearly 30 hours, and many @dailycardinal reporters have been there longer than I. Student journalists are putting in the work and it's showing.
Drake White-Bergey ๐ธ
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Photographer. Opinionator. Badger. Wisconsinite. Not necessarily in that order. | Editor & writer @thewiscoforward
- This is a photo of students and community members viewing the solar eclipse today on UW-Madison's Library Mall, not an anti-Biden protest
- Protesters staged a silent sit-in protest in Bascom Hall to call for action from @UWMadison regarding a video showing a white UW student using racial slurs circulated online. The protesters than marched to Library Mall before continuing to University Avenue.
- Replying to @AlexanderShur and @_kaylahuynhThe youth represent the best of us ๐ช
- BREAKING: A top UW-Madison official confirmed Wednesday that UW-Madison will not cut diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) positions despite repeated calls from Republican lawmakers to do so. By @LiamPBeran for @dailycardinal
- Replying to @DWhiteBergeyLooks like tents have begun to reemerge.
- I'd like to take a moment to shout out Anna's photos of President Biden visiting Milwaukee today. Especially this one of Milwaukee County Executive @DavidCrowleyWI holding a baby - it's an amazing photo!PHOTOS: President Joe Biden visits Milwaukee (me & @TylerKatzen via @dailycardinal) dailycardinal.com/gallery/5hgvpbโฆ
- HAPPENING NOW: Police have moved in to remove the pro-Palestine encampment at @UWMadison. Protesters chant "Disclose. Divest. We will not stop, we will not rest" as they link arms around the remaining tents.
00:00 - BREAKING: Speaker Vos said Thursday that UW System schools โwill never get another nickel"โ unless they cut DEI programming, a day after a UW-Madison official said the university will not cut DEI positions. By @LiamPBeran / @dailycardinal
- I just finished my final essay of college! Although it feels anticlimactic to turn in an essay on Canvas and suddenly be done, I also feel immense gratitude for being the first person in my family to be able to say they turned in their last college essay or exam.
- I started my new job as a photography intern for @WisconsinWatch yesterday by taking photos of the National Women's March in Madison! wisconsinwatch.org/2023/01/here-aโฆ
- After a long day of working in the Capitol (@TylerKatzen for @journalsentinel and me for @WisconsinWatch), we just finished our first issue of the @dailycardinal! Photo of the moment we submitted it to the printer (courtesy of @sophiasvento) Grab copies on stands tomorrow!
- Excited to have been elected editor-in-chief of The @dailycardinal!! When I joined the paper almost two years ago, I never would have imagined I'd be here today. I'm proud to have been elected alongside @tk_kutz, and together we'll make sure the Cardinal stays the best paper everIntroducing our management team for the 2023-2024 school year, Editor-In-Chief Drake White-Bergey (@DWhiteBergey) and Managing Editor Tyler Katzenberger (@tk_kutz)!

















