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Slow Food UW broadens access to food by expanding free meal requests online

By Sydney Widell | Oct. 22, 2018

Charlie Koczela, Executive Director of Slow Food UW, is hoping a new online free meal request platform launched last Tuesday will help build those alleyways, and that the expansion will make the Pay it Forward initiative more accessible for more people. Monday’s Family Dinner Night event will mark the first dinner where guests will be able to request free meals in advance.

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UW-Milwaukee faces brain drain despite recognition as top research university

By Robyn Cawley | Oct. 21, 2018

As UW-Milwaukee celebrates recognition as a top research university, it continues to suffer a “brain drain” much like UW-Madison in recent years.

STATE NEWS

Our Lives, Our Vote initiative registers 50,000 young Americans in effort to harness the 'youth vote'

By Milica Andric | Oct. 21, 2018

Our Lives, Our Vote — a nationwide initiative that aims to encourage voter registration among American youth — reached its program goal of registering 50,000 young Americans to vote, according to a statement released by the organization Thursday.

Madison Mayor Paul Soglin announced his re-election campaign in a video Friday, despite saying in July that he would not run.

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Soglin reverses course, announces re-election campaign

By Jon Brockman | Oct. 20, 2018

Just three months after announcing he would not run for re-election, Madison Mayor Paul Soglin declared his candidacy in a surprise move Friday morning. Soglin, who has served as mayor on three separate occasions, announced in July he would not seek another four-year term.

Experts warn that unsustainable student borrowing is reaching crisis levels across the country. Default rates at UW-Madison have actually fallen over the past year.

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Student loan default rates reaching ‘crisis’ levels

By Sydney Widell | Oct. 20, 2018

This generation of college graduates will include more borrowers than ever who may not be able to repay their student loans, according to a report by Bloomberg News Wednesday.

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UW-Milwaukee Chancellor reassures concerned postsecondary students of restructuring

By Defang Zhang | Oct. 19, 2018

Concerns among local residents lingered in the weeks following the merging of UW-Milwaukee with two-year colleges. Since then, UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone has promised that Washington County students are “in good hands.”

NEWS

VoteFest to promote civic engagement among students

By Tiffany Huang | Oct. 19, 2018

UW-Madison will host a week-long VoteFest to encourage students to vote. The Morgridge Center for Public Services will hold VoteFest from Oct. 22-27 in an effort to encourage students to be civically involved and continue to be engaged after graduating.

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ASM postpones bills to encourage student-administrator dialogue, comprehensive legislation

By Robyn Cawley | Oct. 19, 2018

Associated Students of Madison ignited concerns of their ability to maintain an active role on campus after passing a negligible amount of legislation after seven weeks in session.

Dane County will receive $20,000 from the MacArthur Foundation to improve the criminal justice system, just days after local law enforcement officials disputed online the handling of juvenile offenders.

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Dane County set to receive $20,000 for criminal justice reform

By Jon Brockman | Oct. 19, 2018

Dane County’s Board of Supervisors will accept a $20,000 grant for criminal justice reform from the MacArthur Foundation. In a statement Thursday, the county said the funds would be used to create a data system for tracking race, gender, age and reason for arrest of those on trial.

The Transfer Transition Program is holding a week-long celebration of transfer students.

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UW-Madison dedicates week to appreciating transfer students

By Lexi Schweinert | Oct. 18, 2018

More than one in three undergraduate students has transferred to a different college, according to the Transfer Transition Program website. In order to make transfer students feel more welcome, UW-Madison is celebrating National Transfer Student Week to spread positivity and inclusion to transfer students.

The university has not released the exact location of a sexual assault reported on campus this week; however, a crime warning sent to students today said it took place in a southeast residence hall.

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Sexual assault reported in southeast residence hall

By Jenna Walters | Oct. 18, 2018

A sexual assault occurred on campus earlier this week, according to a crime warning UW-Madison students received via email Thursday. The assault happened on Oct.

Gordon Dining implements new strategies to cut down on food waste.

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Gordon Dining dishes out new policies to reduce food waste

By Kalli Anderson | Oct. 18, 2018

Gordon Dining changes policies upon finding much of the leftover food was wasted.

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Fluctuating high school graduate numbers forces UW System to act

By Robyn Cawley | Oct. 18, 2018

Even though the school-age population has increased, the number of high school graduates has decreased over the past few years. UW System campuses are eager to combat this, but some feel that their efforts are not enough.

Dan Egan fields questions from a record-breaking crowd gathered at the Working Draft Brewery as part of the university’s Science on Tap lecture series.

CITY NEWS

Great Lakes on tap as Big Read author steps off campus, into local bar

By Joshua Mitchell | Oct. 18, 2018

Over 100 community members crowded the Working Draft Beer Company to sip craft brews and chat with the Milwaukee author, whose book The Life and Death of the Great Lakes landed on the New York Times Best Sellers list and was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize this year.

99.6 percent of applicants to a hopeful student loan forgiveness program were denied help, sparking questions from congress members.

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Legislators demand answers on student loan forgiveness process

By Will Husted | Oct. 18, 2018

99.6 percent of applicants to a hopeful student loan forgiveness program were denied help, sparking questions from congress members.

UW-Madison’s National Organization for Women handed out stickers and buttons promoting body love on the UW-Madison campus.

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Student organization helps spread body positivity on campus

By Jenna Walters | Oct. 18, 2018

UW-Madison’s National Organization for Women celebrated Love Your Body Day with campus activities, including a speaker who addressed self-love and feminism. For nearly 20 years, NOW has celebrated body positivity on Oct. 17.

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Foxconn returns to campus to promote job creation, enhance innovation

By Robyn Cawley | Oct. 17, 2018

After announcing the partnership with UW-Madison, Foxconn will provide an opportunity for students and faculty to engage with the company’s new technology and discuss job outlook.

NEWS

Go Big Read author visits campus, gives insight into his inspiration

By Sarah Jensen | Oct. 16, 2018

Seats in the theater at Memorial Union filled up quickly as people waited for Dan Egan, this year’s Go Big Read author, to discuss his book about the ecological disasters of the Great Lakes.

Madison Police Chief Mike Koval and Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne traded blows online today following Koval’s blog post that criticized the juvenile justice system.

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Madison police chief, Dane County DA trade criticisms over juvenile justice system

By Jon Brockman | Oct. 16, 2018

Two of Madison’s top law enforcement officials traded public criticisms online Tuesday, chastising each other for their treatment of juvenile offenders. The dispute began when Madison Police Chief Mike Koval released his daily blog post, in which he expressed concern about the increasing frequency of “juveniles engaged in serious, illegal behavior[s].” Koval cast doubt on whether the "failing" juvenile justice system actually held offenders accountable for their actions.

A proposed remodel of UW-Madison’s School of Veterinary Medicine could expand the space by 50 percent.

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UW-Madison’s School of Veterinary Medicine could be remodeled in coming years

By Jenna Walters | Oct. 16, 2018

Students and staff of UW-Madison’s School of Veterinary Medicine are determined to make sure a proposed remodel of the building is not pushed off to a later budget cycle by the state Legislature.