Higher education committee passes campus free speech bill
By Lilly Price | May. 30, 2017A Republican bill aimed to protect free speech by issuing penalties to students who disrupt speakers passed an Assembly committee on higher education Tuesday.
A Republican bill aimed to protect free speech by issuing penalties to students who disrupt speakers passed an Assembly committee on higher education Tuesday.
A UW-Madison student suffered “significant injuries” in a hit-and-run Friday morning, according to the Madison Police Department.
A student-led petition demanding that Madison Metropolitan School District change the name of one of its high schools honoring U.S. President James Madison, who owned slaves before the Civil War, has received more than 1,100 signatures since it began circulating online earlier this week.
UW System schools may have to change the way they use segregated fees after state lawmakers approved a measure Thursday requiring the Board of Regents to revise fee policies.
A former UW-Madison running back and first-round NFL draft pick has been sentenced to five years in California prison after pleading no contest to multiple felonies including identity theft and burglary.
Lawmakers passed a motion to continue the UW System tuition freeze, rejecting a proposal by Gov. Scott Walker that would slash tuition by 5 percent, electing instead to use those funds for other pieces of the 2017-’19 biennial budget.
Coinciding with the 30th anniversary of Tommy Thompson’s inauguration, state government leaders and UW-Madison officials announced plans Tuesday to open a leadership center on campus named after the former Wisconsin governor.
The state’s Joint Finance Committee decided Tuesday to postpone a vote on Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget for the UW System, with Republicans in a disagreement over tuition rates.
An attempted sexual assault allegedly occurred Thursday in a university building on the west side of campus, according to a crime warning from the UW-Madison Police Department.
UW-Madison’s official Twitter account is the latest account to fall victim to hackers, as everal obscenity-riddled tweets were issued from the university’s account early this morning. “[The hack] looks like it happened about 6:30 this morning central time,” UW-Madison spokesperson Meredith McGlone said.
The Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association has appointed a new face to the position of chief alumni officer and executive director of the foundation’s branch organization, the Wisconsin Alumni Association.
A crowd of roughly 42,000 friends and family of graduates enjoyed the clear and sunny sky for the 2017 Spring Commencement at Camp Randall Saturday.
The Associated Students of Madison’s Student Judiciary voided legislation Wednesday which would have created a bylaw change for the creation of a financial transparency and ethics subcommittee. The ruling comes after former ASM Chair Carmen Goséy and current Chair Katrina Morrison received a complaint about their conduct at the April 12 student council meeting.
UW-Madison students and community members will soon be able to enjoy a new park overlooking Lake Mendota.
Leaving behind blood and shattered glass, a 27-year-old man reportedly broke into the Wisconsin State Capitol after a night of drinking over the weekend.
Just under a week after opening the Black Cultural Center on campus, UW-Madison released a statement detailing the university’s accomplishments over the past year—particularly those relating to diversity on campus. Dean of Students Lori Berquam and Chief Diversity Officer Patrick J.
After many UW-Madison students were confused by a May 5 Facebook notification telling them their official senior, junior or sophomore class groups had been “archived,” a university official confirmed to The Daily Cardinal that the school shut down the groups.
The Big Ten won the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2016-’17 Green Power Challenge, and UW-Madison was a key player.
To avoid losing Wisconsin’s top students to other top universities, state lawmakers and agency officials presented a bill Tuesday establishing “the largest scholarship in state history” for UW schools. The scholarship, referred to as the Wisconsin Merit Scholarship, would grant $5,000 per student based off metrics such as test scores and GPA.
In April, U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., sat down for with The Daily Cardinal an hour-long interview to discuss issues surrounding the university, Wisconsin and the nation as a whole.