Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday called for a special session of the State Legislature to introduce a $100 million grant program to fund school security improvements. Walker’s grant program would increase funding for updated security technologies and facilities.
UW-Parkside became the second UW System school to declare no confidence in System President Ray Cross, following controversial comments he made in the wake of a decision to merge the state’s two-year and four-year schools.
Students, law enforcement and state representatives met for an Associated Students of Madison town hall Wednesday to discuss safety measures on campus and throughout Madison. Following the Parkland shooting, demands for improved gun control legislation and discussions of concealed carry have spread throughout the U.S., with the UW-Madison campus being no exception.
Research from a group of UW-Madison graduate students sheds new light on the potential relationship between gun ownership and mental health. Sociology graduate student Jinho Kim found that teens with easy access to a firearm in their home were 3 percent more likely to experience severe depressive symptoms, and the effects were greater for girls.
Just six percent of UW-Madison students turned out to vote in the Associated Students of Madison elections this spring, down from nine percent in last spring’s general election and the lowest turnout in 10 years. “We’re always looking for new ways that we can reach our demographic, especially on a college campus where [there] can be a lot of noise,” said Kate Wehrman, Student Elections Commision Chair.
As public pressure rises to generate meaningful solutions to ensure school safety, lawmakers clash over how best to address the issue.
It’s not just a high school movement. Hundreds of students and community members gathered Wednesday at noon on Library Mall to get the attention of legislators and advocate for tighter gun laws as part of National Walkout Day.
The controversial Lincoln Hills youth prison will likely remain open despite allegations of abuse and mistreatment after the state Senate rejected the Assembly’s plan to shut the facility down.
Around 5,000 Madison-area high school students marched to the Capitol steps Wednesday to protest new gun legislation in the aftermath of last month’s shooting in Parkland, Fla.
Graduate students are challenging a recent proposal from the UW-Madison Bursar’s Office that would force students to pay their segregated fees and tuition in full before the start of each semester.
Coleman Chung was charged Tuesday with sexually assaulting a woman who passed out at a UW-Madison dining hall on Sept. 29 and recording the incident on video. According to a criminal complaint obtained by the Wisconsin State Journal, the 30-year-old Monona resident was charged with four counts of second-degree sexual assault of a 17-year-old UW-Madison student outside Gordon Dining Hall.
Cries of “I can’t eat” once again rang through a UW-Madison dining hall as students gathered Tuesday evening in opposition to the university’s meal plan for incoming freshman. Nearly two dozen UW-Madison students and community members shared stories about how the meal plan will negatively impact loved ones, as well as chanted slogans like “This meal plan has got to go” as they marched through Four Lakes Market in Dejope Residence Hall.
As Scott Walker was honored for his executive orders on government transparency, an open records advocacy group debated his record on the matter.
Pushback continued Tuesday after UW-Stevens Point announced a proposal to cut 13 humanities majors while adding or expanding 16 STEM programs last week, even as Chancellor Bernie Patterson wrote a piece in the Stevens Point Journal to justify the university’s proposed cuts.
A search and screen committee has named three finalists for the next vice provost for university libraries after presenting its recommendations to Provost Sarah Mangelsdorf, UW-Madison announced Tuesday. The 11-member search committee — chaired by Director of The Information School Kristin Eschenfelder — selected Lisa R. Carter, the associate director of special collections and area studies at The Ohio State University Libraries; M. Elizabeth Cowell, a university librarian at University of California, Santa Cruz; and Todd Grappone, associate university librarian for digital initiatives and information technology at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Students discussed ways to address inclusivity disparities on campus Monday as part of UW-Madison’s second student forum about the results of the university’s first-ever campus climate survey. Survey data — drawn from the 8,652 “representative” responses — revealed that while 81 percent of UW-Madison’s overall student population often feel welcome on campus, just 69 percent of LGBQ students, 67 percent of students with a disability, 65 percent of black students and 50 percent of trans or nonbinary students felt similarly.
State Rep. Chris Taylor, along with a colleague in the state Senate, introduced legislation on Friday to expand the resources available to UW students who have been victims of sexual violence.
The College Republicans chapter at UW-Stevens Point backed the university’s proposal to cut $4.5 million from 13 liberal arts programs to shift funding into 16 STEM-related programs Monday.
Madison area high school students will participate in a national school walkout Wednesday to support gun control legislation following the Parkland shooting, despite pushback from some school districts.
Gov. Scott Walker signed off on a bipartisan bill on Monday which would significantly increase state support for rural public schools.
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