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Freshman year is a very exciting time. Everything is new: friends, living environment, eating habits, social life, school and much more. One thing that almost every incoming freshman experiences is the inevitable cold. All of the changes, excitement and exposure to new people and things make you extremely susceptible to getting sick.
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Fifty minutes. That’s the amount of time that Sam Jorudd spent of his brief spring break in a meeting with the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s administration. As the Chair of ASM’s Grants Allocation Committee and a junior at UW, Jorudd had been working to ensure that the University properly allocated emergency relief grants to students. He and the UW BIPOC noticed that the University had received these funds, but not dispersed them.
As we approach the end of this semester, many students are left burned out, exhausted and overwhelmed with the seemingly endless demands of college. Coupled with the increasingly demanding academics, the COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated students’ existing feelings of continuous stress. In fact, 71% of college students have indicated increased anxiety due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, more than ever, it is essential for students to find ways of dealing with these demanding stressors. This is where meditation comes into play!
The Associated Students of Madison advocated for better implementation of student aid efforts and clarified their bylaws regarding student government positions at their Tuesday night meeting.
One day after announcing it would offer pass/fail grading for the spring semester, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Office of the Provost dissolved the student-led Academic Policies Task Force that recommended those policies.
Shorewood High School alumna Sophie Scherwenka posted a short video to her private Instagram account last week, but she didn’t do it to update her friends or show off an outfit or meal.
Mental health has been a topic of campus conversation for months, as the challenges of COVID-19 and remote learning affect UW-Madison students.
Madison's Finance Committee cast a unanimous vote Monday to implement a pilot program that will designate crisis response teams that will respond to certain behavioral and mental health emergencies instead of the MPD.
The population of homeless Madisonians has increased and the conditions this community has faced have become increasingly precarious in the past year where the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has had severe financial repercussions for Americans. Homelessness has long been an issue experienced by members of the Madison community, a fact most apparent in the downtown area, where dozens of homeless people have no choice but to live on the streets.
The Public Safety Review Committee voted to recommend that the City Council not pursue using body cameras for Madison Police officers. The City of Madison had allocated $83,000 for a pilot project that would purchase body cameras, in addition to another $50,000 that would be required to process the footage recorded by the cameras.
During the mid-semester, many students and faculty experience burnout and exhaustion caused by weeks of schoolwork, heightened by the midterm slump.
UW-Madison student leaders reacted to the Spring 2021 Campus Climate Progress Report, which highlights diversity initiatives on campus.
Last week, Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Madison announced they are rolling out their own stimulus payments to local residents.
One year ago, students were packing themselves into bars, fraternities and house parties. They’d meet new people, travel and drink freely in confined spaces — COVID-19 was only an overlooked whisper. Now, in February 2021, the college drinking scene undoubtedly looks very different than it did last year.
A robust COVID-19 testing plan is at the forefront of university efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19 across the UW-Madison campus, but some students are reporting the university’s saliva-based testing has given them false positive test results, forcing themselves and acquaintances into isolation.
Gov. Tony Evers delivered his $81 billion 2021-23 budget in a virtual address to the state legislature on Tuesday night that includes legalizing marijuana, expanding Medicaid and helping small businesses recover from financial damage due to the pandemic.
A coalition of law enforcement agencies, hospitals, medical professionals, county and state health services and mental health advocates released recommendations Thursday to reform Wisconsin’s mental health crisis response.
If you’re under 31 and are considered young and healthy, why would you worry about health coverage from an insurance company? You may think that health insurance is not necessary, that it's too expensive or maybe not worth the trouble. Chances are that you will not need to even use your insurance until you get older. So why would you buy a private health insurance plan?
In a letter to UW-Madison leadership, the Teaching Assistants’ Association (TAA) called on the university to provide serious financial relief for students, citing university policy concerning segregated fees and international student fees, as well as the current telecommuting policy affecting international student workers, as crises that “mark the difference between eating and going hungry” for some.
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