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After rash of gun violence, city officials look to prevention programs in budget

By Gina Heeb | Oct. 23, 2017

Does a safer city start with violence prevention programs or law enforcement? That question was key as a Madison finance committee voted Monday night on nearly two dozen proposed changes to the city’s budget — and violence prevention seems to be the answer for local officials, at least for now. After more than four hours of debate, the committee shot down a proposed amendment that would have removed a quarter of a million dollars toward violence prevention efforts led by the city’s public health agency.

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Burlington, came under fire for calling Republican state Senators who made a “backroom deal” with Gov. Scott Walker “terrorists.”
STATE NEWS

Assembly speaker apologizes for calling fellow Republicans ‘terrorists’

By Noah Habenstreit | Oct. 23, 2017

After receiving intense — albeit predictable — backlash for referring to three GOP state Senators as “terrorists,” the top-ranking Republican in the state Assembly issued an apology Monday. “I now regret using the word terrorist because it goes against the guidelines I’ve set for our chamber, and myself,” Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Burlington, said in a statement.

A class from the School of Human Ecology aims to create innovative ways to improve the lives of women in Kenya while also giving them the tools to become self-sustaining entrepreneurs. 
CAMPUS NEWS

SoHE class aims to give Kenyan women entrepreneur opportunities

By Lawrence Andrea | Oct. 23, 2017

What started as a design assignment in a class in the School of Human Ecology has transformed into a non-profit organization that helps empower women in Kenya. After a student in one of Lesley Sager’s design classes thought of the idea to created cardboard disaster relief shelters, Sager, now the director for the Design Thinking Initiative in the School of Human Ecology, traveled to Kenya in 2012 — where monsoon season often destroys mud homes — to examine the Kenyans’ living situations.

Madison Metropolitan School District and UW-Madison work together to facilitate enrichment programs for high school students in order to bridge achievements gaps among student demographics.
IN-DEPTH

Madison schools, UW strive to close disparities among student demographics

By Luisa de Vogel | Oct. 23, 2017

Programs created through collaboration between Madison Metropolitan School District and UW-Madison address the “achievement gap” exists among high school students of color have historically been given fewer educational resources — and some students are left behind with an “educational debt,” compared to advantaged peers. She said we can’t assume it is the student’s responsibility to catch up, but rather society's responsibility to invest in education for students of color.

The $25 million gift from Ted and Mary Kellner will go towards the All Ways Forward campaign, a $3.2 billion dollar campaign launched in 2015 to fund various departments across the university.
CAMPUS NEWS

Homecoming Week capped with $25 million gift

By Megan Provost | Oct. 22, 2017

Some Badgers welcomed homecoming weekend with a beer at a tailgate. Others donned red-and-white overalls and sang “Build Me Up Buttercup” in the stands of Camp Randall. For Ted and Mary Kellner, homecoming marked a time to give back to their alma mater.

Students on campus held a call-in Friday to encourage Republican lawmakers to vote against a bill that would end a partnership between UW and Planned Parenthood.
STATE NEWS

Students call upon lawmakers to kill bill that would end agreement between Planned Parenthood, UW

By Andy Goldstein | Oct. 20, 2017

Student activists organized Friday in opposition to a controversial Republican bill that would prohibit UW medical students from performing abortions or receive training at medical centers that do so. The proposal would end a decade-long partnership between the university and Planned Parenthood, which provides abortion-related training and work opportunities to medical students. The state Senate heard testimony on the legislation Tuesday, months after a state Assembly committee considered a nearly identical measure.

UW-Madison, along with 800 other colleges and universities, signed a letter petioning members of Congress to implement legislation that would protect Dreamers.
STATE NEWS

UW joins hundreds of other universities in defending Dreamers

By Sammy Gibbons | Oct. 20, 2017

UW-Madison joined 800 other universities Thursday in a letter calling upon key congressmen to advance legislation to protect Dreamers. The letter, compiled by the American Council on Education, urged the leaders to implement a “long-term legislative fix” that would protect Dreamers — individuals protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals act.

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