After student protests ensued at UW-Stevens Point, the university announced last week that a counterproposal is being drafted to address a controversial plan which would eliminate 13 humanities majors while adding or expanding 16 STEM programs at the school.
After initially challenging a circuit judge’s order to call new special elections, Gov. Scott Walker has complied with the similar ruling of a higher court, and issued an executive order to hold new elections.
For the second time in less than two weeks, thousands of Madison area-students, teachers and residents — joined by prominent Democratic elected officials — packed the steps of the state Capitol to protest gun violence and call for stricter laws regarding firearms as part of the international March For Our Lives.
Republican leaders have announced plans to reconvene the Legislature to pass changes to state election laws after a judge ordered Gov. Scott Walker to hold special elections.
Clusters of colored papers plaster the walls of the Bascom Hall rotunda. The papers display emotional stories from UW Madison graduate students whose lives are negatively impacted as they struggle to pay university mandated segregated fees.
A judge has ordered Gov. Scott Walker to call special elections for two empty seats in the Legislature, siding with voters represented by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s Democratic advocacy group.
On April 3, voters around the state will decide not just who will sit on the state Supreme Court but also who will win a variety of local city and county elections.
In 1968, the feminist movement was the leading force in introducing the Gender & Women’s Studies class “Women and Their Bodies in Health and Disease” into UW-Madison’s curriculum. Fifty years later, the class has become imperative to the department, according to Professor Jenny Higgins.
In April 1996, three former UW-Madison law students sued the UW System because they felt that their mandatory segregated fee — which was distributed to groups with ideologies the students disagreed with — violated their First Amendment rights.
Where rows of books once rested, shelves are beginning to collect dust in the Science Hall Geography Library. Tom Tews, campus geography librarian, has spent the last three months dismantling the collection he’s maintained over the last 30 years of his career.
Attempts to encourage UW-Madison’s student body to have a say in choosing their student representatives proved mostly futile last week after just six percent voted in the Associated Students of Madison student election — the lowest turnout in 10 years.
While lawmakers prepare to vote on a series of school safety measures, some student voices fear that their concerns are not a part of the conversation.
“I was really upset when I found out they were tearing our house down,” Wunk Sheek Co-president of Fiscal Relations Collin Ludwig said. “I wish the university could look for parking spots in places that won’t affect students of color."
Dean of Students Lori Berquam will be leaving her position at UW-Madison in August to participate in a fellowship program. Berquam has worked with UW-Madison’s Division of Student Life since 2002 and has served as dean and chief student affairs officer since 2007. She has been undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer and has a positive prognosis.
After months of student outcry against the controversial mandatory meal plan, Director of Housing and Dining Jeff Novak came before Student Council to address concerns Tuesday night.
The Madison Common Council offered unanimous support Tuesday night for a resolution supporting the office of State Treasurer.
In the wake of last week’s national student walkout, the Madison chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America met Tuesday to discuss upcoming opportunities to engage with state and local politics on comprehensive gun legislation. The group discussed the planned March for Our Lives at the state Capitol on March 23.
Questions from members of Student Council Tuesday prompted a delay on a vote of legislation that would allow first year representation on the body, as some want further clarification on the measure.
The UW-Madison College Democrats hosted gubernatorial candidate and open government activist Mike McCabe on Tuesday to talk to students about the issues central to his campaign.
After GOP leaders rushed to finalize cross-chamber agreements on a series of legislative priorities, the state Senate voted to shut down Lincoln Hills and approve Walker’s child tax credit plan.
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