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How labels ruined my Greek experience

By Marisa Bernstein | Oct. 5, 2015

Congratulations! You have all survived the beginning of another school year at UW-Madison. For freshmen, that meant waiting in line until your calf-high sock tan lines fade just to board the elevator on move-in day. For others, it meant lingering on that treacherous intersection on Charter Street to see if you could score some free tuition. And, for some, the new school year meant Greek recruitment.

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Newest Badger class totals more than 6,000 students

By Bri Maas | Oct. 5, 2015

This fall, 6,270 new freshmen began calling UW-Madison home, contributing to a fall 2015 total enrollment of 43,405 students, a slight increase from 2014, according to a university release.

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Iowa fan attacked at Camp Randall following Saturday’s game

By Allison Garcia | Oct. 5, 2015

A 15-year-old Hawkeye fan was attacked by a Badger fan after the Wisconsin loss to Iowa Saturday, according to a UW-Madison Police Department incident report.

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UWPD investigating residence hall robbery

By Bri Maas | Oct. 5, 2015

A reported aggravated assault and strong-arm robbery occurred Sept. 30 in a university residence hall, according to a UW-Madison Police Department incident report.

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UW-Madison alumnus, colleague receive Nobel Prize

By Ellie Herman | Oct. 5, 2015

UW-Madison alumnus William C. Campbell has been awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Monday for his part in a medical discovery.

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UW-Madison students carry on a Badger family lineage

By Allison Garcia | Oct. 4, 2015

Terry and Laura Fons met on a UW-Madison intramural volleyball team in 1982. After graduation, the two got married and went on to have four children who would eventually create a Badger legacy. All four of their kids—Nathan, Lindsay, Steven and Allie—followed in their parents’ footsteps “by the light of the moon” and joined the Badger family.

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UW-Madison campus dining facilities to stop printing receipts

By Ellie Herman | Oct. 1, 2015

Students will have one less thing to grab when checking out at UW-Madison dining halls next week, as University Housing cash registers will no longer print out receipts for each transaction, according to a UW-Madison release.

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‘Breaking Bad’ co-star breaks barriers to overcome adversity

By Laura Grulke | Sep. 30, 2015

If a person spends their entire life manipulated by fear, tendencies to back down to intimidation will perpetuate and limit what a person can be, “Breaking Bad” co-star R.J. Mitte said on UW-Madison’s campus Wednesday night.

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Federal Perkins Loan program expires in Congress

By Ellie Herman | Sep. 30, 2015

One of the nation’s oldest student federal loan programs expired due to a lack of Congressional support Wednesday, affecting approximately 1,700 public and private U.S. colleges and universities.

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Notable UW-Madison alumnus, prankster dies at 64

By Luisa de Vogel | Sep. 30, 2015

Legendary UW-Madison prankster Leon Varjian died from a heart attack at 64 in his Wood-Ridge, New Jersey home Tuesday, according to a UW-Madison release.

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Director of financial aid to retire after more than 30 years

By Miller Jozwiak | Sep. 29, 2015

After spending decades helping many UW-Madison students pay for a college education, director of the Office of Financial Aid Susan Fischer will retire this week, ending a career that started by chance in 1979. Fischer earned a degree in natural resources and soils without financial aid.

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UW-Madison Chancellor debuts first issue of ‘Wisconsin Ideas’

By Laura Grulke | Sep. 29, 2015

UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank launched the first issue of a new e-newsletter Tuesday that focuses on the university’s research projects that have a positive impact on Wisconsin communities, according to Blank’s blog, Blank’s Slate.

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UW-Madison student details his role with Board of Regents

By Jake Skubish | Sep. 28, 2015

UW-Madison undergraduate student and UW Board of Regents member Nicolas Harsy provided the Associated Students of Madison Legislative Affairs Committee with an opportunity Monday to learn more about how student voices can be heard.

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Students, alumni team up to race for injured student

By Bri Maas | Sep. 28, 2015

On the one-year anniversary of a nearly fatal accident that left a UW-Madison student paralyzed, 30 students and alumni teamed up to run the Chicago Half Marathon Sunday, raising more than $25,000.

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Chemistry demonstrator aims to make science fun, more relatable

By Kelsey O'Hara | Sep. 27, 2015

Sounds of explosions reverberate through chemistry classrooms as UW-Madison instructional specialist Jim Maynard breaks the monotony of the traditional approach to teaching by doing live demonstrations of scientific experiments. Maynard develops and facilitates interactive activities for students to receive the most beneficial education experience.

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Professor looks at 2011 protests through new lens

By Addison Mumms | Sep. 24, 2015

UW-Madison sociology professor Jane Collins took a new look at the 2011 Wisconsin protests when she kicked off the gender and women’s studies department Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series Thursday, presenting her findings on gender and racial inequality within the public sector.

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Nerf blasters and orange bandanas take over campus to defeat zombies

By Peter Cameron and Laura Grulke | Sep. 23, 2015

Aliens invaded Madison and overwhelmed human forces Sunday, forcing a group of Marines to secure ammunition and a satellite feed to drive off the enemy. After a series of efforts to deal with the subsequent zombie invasion, the Marines discovered a possible cure and hope to distribute it Thursday.

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ASM, UW-Madison administration review campus climate survey results

By Madeline Heim | Sep. 23, 2015

The Associated Students of Madison Student Council met with UW-Madison administration during its meeting Wednesday to examine results of the recently published campus climate survey.

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George Mosse returns to campus through archived lectures

By Laura Grulke and Sam Morgan | Sep. 23, 2015

UW-Madison students will once again be able to hear an iconic professor’s lectures, archived in recordings spanning from 1969 to 1982, by way of an online course offered throughout the month of October, according to a UW-Madison press release.

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University Affairs narrows campaign focus

By Clay Thomas and Scott Bembenek | Sep. 22, 2015

The Associated Students of Madison University Affairs Committee met Monday to select potential campaigns to focus on for the upcoming school year.