University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) officials condemned antisemitic messages that were found scrawled on campus sidewalks on Wednesday, the first day of the fall semester. Administrators said in a statement on the university’s website on Thursday that the messages written in chalk called Jewish student groups “racist” and “genocidal,” and accused them of “having blood on their hands.” While officials urged “civility and kindness” they said in the statement that the messages were not against university free speech policy. Vice Chancellor Lori Reesor and Deputy Vice Chancellor LaVar Charleston, the university’s chief diversity officer, said that nonetheless the messages “violate our...