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The LGBT Campus Center will officially change its name to the Gender and Sexuality Campus Center.
CAMPUS NEWS

LGBT Campus Center to change name again after receiving feedback

Students will soon see the LGBT Campus Center name replaced with Gender and Sexuality Campus Center in the Red Gym, the campus center recently announced. After initially changing the center’s name to the Gender and Sexuality Spectrum Center in November, the name was changed once again to reflect a broader community and allow for growth of language and emerging identities, according to a news release.


This years distinguished faculty award winners include Professors Ellen Damschen and Simon Gilroy.
CAMPUS NEWS

2018 UW-Madison Distinguished Faculty Awards announced

Twelve UW-Madison faculty members will be honored this April with the university’s annual Distinguished Teaching Awards. Recipients of this historic award, which dates back to 1953, are chosen based on student nominations and contributions faculty have made to student learning in their departments. This years winners include associate professor of integrative biology, Ellen Damschen, botany professor Simon Gilroy and professor of Afro-American Studies Michael Thorton.


CITY NEWS

Parking commission approves motion to increase parking rates

The Madison Transit and Parking Commission approved a motion Wednesday to increase parking rates at lots and garages around the city starting in June. Because of an increase in usage, the rates for the State Street campus and State Street Capitol garages are set to jump $0.20 and $0.30, respectively.


The Associated Students of Madison hosted a town hall with representatives from city, state and student governments along with campus law enforcement Wednesday to address student safety concerns.
NEWS

ASM Town Hall addresses student safety concerns, Wisconsin gun laws

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.


Only 2,411 UW-Madison students completed ballots in this springs ASM elections, a three percent drop from last year's voter turnout.
NEWS

ASM elections see lowest student voter turnout in 10 years

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.



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