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Vel Phillips Residence Hall is named after the late activist.
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UW-Madison graduate, civil rights leader dies at 94

By Ethan Feller | Apr. 18, 2018

UW-Madison graduate and pioneering civil rights leader Vel Phillips passed away Tuesday at age 94, the university announced Wednesday. Phillips was the first black woman to earn a degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School back in 1951. She would go on to break boundaries by being the first black woman to hold a variety of respected government positions in Wisconsin, like secretary of state.

Officials hope the new enrollment application will allow students to spend less time talking with advisors about how to use the tools and more time talking about their futures.
CAMPUS NEWS

New course enrollment app to simplify enrollment process

By Lawrence Andrea | Apr. 18, 2018

Having trouble registering for classes? There is now an app to help with that. Course Search & Enroll, a new application found on Learn@UW, aims to make the course enrollment process simple and stress-free by allowing students to complete enrollment tasks like choosing classes, scheduling and enrolling all in one place.

UW-Madison selected “The Death of the Great Lakes” as the 2018-’19 Go Big Read.
CAMPUS NEWS

University announces next year’s Go Big Read selection

By Gianina Dinon | Apr. 18, 2018

UW-Madison selected “The Death of the Great Lakes” as the 2018-’19 Go Big Read, according to a UW-Madison press release. The book, written by two-time Pulitzer-Prize finalist and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Dan Egan, examines the dangers facing the Great Lakes, as well as the different ways they can be restored and preserved.

The university’s student chapter of the National Agri-Marketing Association was awarded first place at the NAMA Student Marketing Competition last week.
CAMPUS NEWS

UW-Madison agriculture club wins marketing national championship

By Ethan Feller | Apr. 17, 2018

If you think UW-Madison’s athletics are the only teams winning championships, you’re wrong. The university’s student chapter of the National Agri-Marketing Association was awarded first place at the NAMA Student Marketing Competition last week. The competition, held in Kansas City, Mo., featured 30 teams from across the U.S. and Canada.

Since the founding of the Office of Sustainability in 2012, UW-Madison has made great strides in efforts to make campus more environmentally friendly. However, there are still problems around waste and food management that need to be addressed. 
CAMPUS NEWS

Events aim to promote campus sustainability as university, students celebrate Earth Week

By Gianina Dinon | Apr. 16, 2018

Earth Day is celebrated globally on April 22, but UW-Madison’s Office of Sustainability, along with other student groups, is dedicating an entire week to celebrating earth and learning about sustainability. While UW-Madison has organized events around Earth Day in the past, this year’s focus has shifted to focus on sustainability in the life of the individual, as well as in the broader context of society.

CITY NEWS

State Street Taco Bell is lawyering up, sues City of Madison over liquor license

By Luisa de Vogel | Apr. 16, 2018

The franchiser of Taco Bell announced today a lawsuit against the City of Madison, for the unfair denial of a liquor license, furthering the months long battle over alcohol sales at the restaurants new Cantina on State Street. The restaurant chain is claiming that their liquor license was unfairly denied on the grounds that weeks after their denial, the city issued a license to a similar establishment, Chen’s Dumpling House, across the street. Originally, the city’s Common Council originally approved the license, but it was then vetoed by Mayor Soglin, and did not garner enough votes for a veto-override. “The City’s approval of the Chen’s application proves there is no evidence or rational basis for the finding that granting Bell’s License Application would undermine public safety,” the complaint stated. Soglin vetoed the original application on the grounds of “public safety.” “[Issuing a license to this location would have] enormous costs for the residents of Madison and our city government by contributing to the alcohol related problems, downtown, potentially including violence and raising the cost of policing,” Soglin stated, according to the complaint. The lawsuit claims that Soglin’s evidence of alcohol related crime all occured on University Avenue, and therefore the denial of Taco Bell’s license was “arbitrary and capricious.” According to the complaint, various Madison Alders were concerned that the denial of Taco Bell’s license was arbitrary. “I don’t know how we can call ourselves ‘policy makers’ and vote [to uphold] the veto with the Mayor, because we would be making a decision with the absence of a policy at the detriment of a business, regardless of it it’s a national chain or whatever,” Alder Phair said, according to the complaint. Taco Bell is asking the city of Madison for the approval of their liquor license and “recoverable costs” for the revenue the restaurant would have made had the original license been approved.

CITY NEWS

After 10 years, The Frequency is set to close its doors

By Luisa de Vogel | Apr. 16, 2018

After 10 years in Madison’s downtown area, local music venue The Frequency will be closing on June 30. When Darwin Sampson started concert venue, he hoped the venue could act as a stepping stone for small local bands and occasionally host touring acts as they passed through Madison on their way to larger cities. “That’s the whole concept of The Frequency, it’s just that next step for that band in the basement that has aspirations to maybe up their game a little bit,” Sampson said.

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