An innocent game may have turned violent at the Memorial
Union Saturday when a building manager was allegedly punched and kicked several
times by two young males.

University of Wisconsin junior Tony Uhl, who works at the
Memorial Union information desk, said he noticed an unusual disturbance in the
entrance of the Union involving a group of people probably in their late teens
or early 20s.

"After the event, there was a large group hanging out by the
Daily Scoop, where you get creamer for coffee," Uhl said. "They started
throwing sugar packs at each other. Building manager Brian Falkowski asked them
to stop — they didn't."

Uhl said Falkowski waited a few minutes and went back to ask
them to stop one more time.

"Those two guys got up in his
face, pressed him against the wall and started punching him. He fell on the
ground, and they started kicking him," Uhl said. "They hit him a few times, and
they tried to walk away. They walked past me and asked, 'You got a problem?'"

Uhl responded by saying he was
just "going to help his friend," when the attackers turned simultaneously and
punched him in the face.

"I never saw it happening," Uhl
said. "They caught me right below the ear on the cheekbone."

The men were allegedly attending an event at the Rathskeller
— a battle of producers called "Feel the Beat" — where DJs played for 60
seconds and were judged by a panel of three celebrity judges, according to UW
sophomore Claire-Elizabeth Van Fossen, part of the MultiCultural Student
Coalition administrative staff.

Van Fossen said the event was full, but did not hear
anything about the outside disruptions.

Union policy states people present in the building must
either be students or Union members, and they must present proper
identification in order to be in the building. But that night, students were
allowed to bring guests to the event, and it was unclear whether or not the
attackers were UW System students or Madison residents.

The two attackers were described as black males, about 5
feet 10 inches tall and no more than 18 or 19 years old, Uhl said.

UWPD arrived at the scene a few minutes after the two men
left and questioned a group of girls who were allegedly with the attackers
during the sugar-packet tossing. According to Uhl, the girls did not have IDs,
but said they were not UW students.

Union director of communications Marc Kennedy said Memorial
Union has no regular security officer on duty, and normally UWPD "sweeps
through in their regular route, unless there is a big event where they think
there's a lot of people going to be there."

A UWPD officer was not available for comment as of press
time.