🎉 Celebrating a Decade of Tone Madison

📚 UW Communities Grapple with Harassment Case

• UW-Madison student Shanglin Yang from Shenzhen, China was harassed on State Street in October by two men allegedly making loud monkey noises and filming him. The harassment was documented, but despite that, Yang says the university has had a disappointingly slow and inadequate response.
• Although the university has plans to increase its international student enrollment, international students of color enrollment has dropped, potentially signifying a need to reevaluate how the campus responds to harassment, and real diversity and inclusion. [The Cap Times]

🚘 Electric Vehicle Owners Face New Tax

• Starting Jan. 1, Wisconsin’s Department of Revenue will impose an excise tax of “3 cents per kilowatt-hour” on EV charging spaces to support the state’s roadways and infrastructure.
• The tax won’t apply to residential chargers, besides hotels. [620WTMJ]

🫏 Wikler Enters Race for DNC Chair

• Over the weekend Ben Wikler announced he is joining the race for DNC Chair.
• Wikler has served as Wisconsin’s Democratic Party Chair since 2019. The party is expected to choose a new chair by February. [Wisconsin Public Radio]

For a decade, Tone Madison has been an essential part of Madison’s independent media landscape, with its insightful and idiosyncratic coverage of the city’s news and culture. Tone is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a party at Gamma Ray Bar on Friday.

On the City Cast Madison podcast, Tone Madison founder Scott Gordon sits down with Executive Producer Hayley Sperling and Host Bianca Martin to look back at some of their favorite Tone Madison stories of the last decade.

Snails at Midnight

City Cast Madison’s Executive Producer Hayley Sperling wrote for Tone Madison back in 2018 to share a sneak peek into the delight that is late-night escargot at the Tornado Room and what makes the experience quite so magical.

Mysteries of John Wilde

Writer Reid Kurkerewicz makes the case for why John Wilde is Wisconsin’s most famous painter, not without some reader pushback, and the fascinating legacy he leaves behind.

That Time a Witch Cursed Phil Hands’ Dick

As Tone Madison’s editor’s note declares: “I don’t know if Tone Madison has ever published a headline more attention-grabbing than this one.” A feud between a cartoonish and a professor ended with… a witch cursing Phil Hands’ dick.

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