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The Red Gym will house two new cultural student centers this fall.

NEWS

At Madison, tradition of shared governance overshadows state changes

By Max Bayer | Mar. 4, 2017

In August of last year, the UW System Board of Regents approved the usage of UW-Madison’s Red Gym as an Amazon package pickup zone without consultation from student or faculty groups. Representatives from the Associated Students of Madison felt blindsided. “It’s unacceptable that administration disregarded student voice in making its decision,” said Sally Rohrer, chairwoman of the Legislative Affairs Committee, in a press release.

UW-Madison Police Department arrested Chanell M. Cousins, a suspect in a string of burglaries that have occurred on campus.

CAMPUS NEWS

Suspect in series of campus burglaries arrested

By Sammy Gibbons | Mar. 3, 2017

Chanell M. Cousins, 20, was booked in the Dane County Jail following a tip from a community member that led to the arrest. She is facing tentative charges of burglary and party to a crime.

Caliph Muab-El engaged attendees in an interactive talk at the Multicultural Student Center that examined definitions of race.

CAMPUS NEWS

Local activist ‘unpacks,’ promotes discussion of white supremacy

By Megan Provost | Mar. 3, 2017

The interactive talk and workshop, titled “Mechanics of the Mind: Unpacking White Supremacy,” was sponsored by the organization Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment. It was initially supposed to be led by racial justice consultant and trainer Brandi Grayson. However, due to a family emergency, Muab-El stepped in for Grayson.

The Associated Students of Madison Shared Governance Committee proposed to make Wiscards function as the ASM bus pass.

NEWS

Move over ASM bus pass: Wiscards may become the new swipe

By Maggie Chandler | Mar. 3, 2017

“I think having the bus pass automatically connected to the WisCard makes it a lot easier for students to use it, since they don't have to pick up a separate card, which with more convenience could lead them to using the pass more often,”Matovich said.

A group of UW-Madison faculty, staff and students exchanged thoughts on trigger warnings and maintaining comfortable space in the classroom, or not.

CAMPUS NEWS

UW faculty members oppose trigger warnings, discuss safe spaces

By Sammy Gibbons | Mar. 3, 2017

UW-Madison instructors debated how they should deliver course content to this generation of college students that have seen the term “trigger warning” splashed on recent headlines. Ellen Samuels, an associate professor in the Gender and Women’s Studies and English departments, gathered a group of students, faculty and staff to discuss how instructors can handle the communication of difficult content in their courses.

Representatives for two student resources, including Katrina Morrison of the Student Activity Center Governing Board, presented budget proposals to the Student Services Finance Committee Thursday.

NEWS

SSFC debates budgets for endangered student resources

By Noah Habenstreit | Mar. 2, 2017

With the passage of a potentially devastating state budget proposal looming, the Student Services Finance Committee debated the budgets of two student resources that may be in jeopardy.

A bill that would give terminally ill patients more treatment options by utilizing experiential passed through the Assembly Health Committee with support on both sides of the aisle.

STATE NEWS

Right to Try bill moves out of Committee with bipartisan support, to Assembly floor

By Sarah Schoenfeldt | Mar. 2, 2017

The state Assembly Health Committee passed the Right to Try bill Wednesday which will broaden terminally ill patients’ access to experimental drugs.

CITY NEWS

Clerk’s office steps up election transparency

By Cailynn Hensen | Mar. 2, 2017

A newly available program that allows the public to access ballots cast in the last presidential race is making Dane County a pioneer in election transparency. The county clerk’s office is now disclosing every ballot cast from the November election to the public on its website, through the computer program Election Audit Central. “This was impossible a couple of years ago,” said Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell.

A man connected with three different downtown burglaries that occurred in January was arrested Wednesday by Madison police on multiple counts of theft.

CITY NEWS

Man arrested in connection with three recent downtown burglaries

By Gina Heeb | Mar. 2, 2017

A homeless man was arrested Wednesday in connection with three different downtown burglaries, according to the Madison Police Department. Grahm T.

NEWS

Study: UW-Madison graduation rates improving, UW-Milwaukee failing its black students

By Noah Habenstreit | Mar. 2, 2017

A new report praised UW-Madison for improving graduation rates for students of color as well as overall, while singling out UW-Milwaukee as a school that must "get far more serious about success rates for their black students."

CAMPUS NEWS

Panel considers how students can be better social justice advocates

By Téalin Robinson | Mar. 2, 2017

A panel titled “The Urgency of Now: Perspectives on Leading for Social Change,” assembled Wednesday evening to speak about racial and social justice and its impact on the UW-Madison campus.

Jeff Novak, UW-Madison’s director of university housing, announced his intention to make dining halls food stamp accessible in a speech to ASM’s Student Council Wednesday.

NEWS

Groundbreaking proposal would make UW-Madison dining halls food stamp accessible

By Noah Habenstreit | Mar. 1, 2017

Starting next fall, UW-Madison could be the first school in the nation to accept food stamps in dining halls, according to a university administrator who called the program a no-brainer.

U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wis., proposed a bill that would eliminate the practice of charging parents taxes on their deceased children’s forgiven student loans.

STATE NEWS

U.S. Rep. Kind introduces bill to ensure funding for Pell Grants

By Lilly Price | Mar. 1, 2017

U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wis., introduced a bill in La Crosse Wednesday to funnel any profit made from federal loan programs back to Wisconsin students and families by directing those profits into federal Pell Grants.

STATE NEWS

Milwaukee charter schools performed better than public schools on ACT, report shows

By Sam Schulz | Mar. 1, 2017

A report published Wednesday by the libertarian Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty found that charter schools in the Milwaukee area outperformed their public counterparts. The study specifically compared 2016 ACT and Forward Exam – the successor to the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Exam – scores and controlled for different factors in student populations such as poverty levels, race and number of non-native English speakers. “This matters for parents. It’s not about building one sector up or tearing another down,” said the author of the report, Will Flanders.

CITY NEWS

Hughes ends Madison School Board re-election campaign

By Gina Heeb | Mar. 1, 2017

Incumbent Madison School Board member Ed Hughes announced Wednesday that he is ending his campaign for re-election to seat seven in order to be with his wife, who is ill. “Yesterday, we learned that my wife’s cancer has returned,” Hughes said in an email statement.

A 31-year-old man crashed into an East Washington Avenue hotel Wednesday after being shot multiple times by a suspect who is still at large.

CITY NEWS

Man fatally shot on East Washington Avenue, crashes into hotel

By Gina Heeb | Mar. 1, 2017

A man drove into an East side hotel and died after being shot multiple times by a still-at-large suspect early Wednesday morning, according to the Madison Police Department.

Mara Matovich said educating students on their misconceptions of tuition is one of the driving goals of the campaign for greater tuition transparency.

NEWS

Student leader’s campaign works to increase tuition transparency

By Ellen Krebs | Mar. 1, 2017

Matovich has noticed the rising cost of college in comparison to previous years, which led her to kickstart this campaign. She noted that there is not much information to explain the spike in tuition fees. With more transparency, Matovich believes that the campaign can make a better assessment of how to critically evaluate tuition spending.

UWPD Assistant Chief Brian Bridges will retire Wednesday after 32 years at UW-Madison.

CAMPUS NEWS

UWPD assistant chief to retire after 32 years on the force

By Noah Habenstreit | Mar. 1, 2017

Over 32 years after joining the UW-Madison Police Department’s ranks, Assistant Chief Brian Bridges will serve his final day on the force Wednesday.

After Sigma Phi Epsilon's old house burned down in 2008, the fraternity built a new $2.2 million, 12,500-square-foot living space in 2011. Next year, following the fraternity's termination in 2016, they will rent out the premises, according to Eric Knueve.

IN-DEPTH

Nearly half of UW-Madison fraternities faced punishment in 2016, documents show

By Peter Coutu | Mar. 1, 2017

A young man, face bright red, covered in vomit and urine, lay slumped in the corner of a basement while a frat party continued.

NEWS

Wisconsin Union budget increase approved by SSFC

By Luisa de Vogel | Mar. 1, 2017

Student Services Finance Committee met Thursday to approve a 1 percent increase in the Wisconsin Union’s budget. This increase brings their budget from $10.57 million to $10.6 million this year, a larger increase than previously.