Suspended UW-Madison freshman Alec Shiva has been scheduled for a Dec. 27 preliminary hearing. Shiva was arrested by UW-Madison Police Department officers Nov.
Religion’s significant role on campus and across the state cannot be underestimated in order to gain a better appreciation for Wisconsin’s culture and climate, according to religious studies professors Corrie Norman, Susan Ridgely and Jordan Rosenblum. In their Tuesday lecture “Lived Religion in Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Idea,” Norman, Ridgely and Rosenbaum emphasized the ways religion and the search for meaning manifest themselves both directly and indirectly in all aspects of life, influencing the values and decisions of entire populations. “It’s here, it matters to people, it happens in multiple ways, and sometimes the best ways to see it is not to look for it in the grand ideas of the John Bascoms, but to look for it at the kitchen tables, in the gas station diners, in the cornfields, in the coffee shops of Madison,” Norman said.
Molly Ball spoke to UW-Madison journalism students about her path as a journalist, political journalism and her coverage of the presidential election, particularly the recent presidential election, as the Center for Journalism Ethics’ Writer-In-Residence for December.
Republican House leadership removed the Buy America amendment introduced by U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., Monday that was a part of a water infrastructure bill intended to protect domestic manufacturing jobs. The Made in America Water Infrastructure Act, also known as the Buy America legislation, required U.S.
Poor highway conditions are expected to deteriorate at double the current rate over the next decade, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation testified Tuesday, creating contention among GOP lawmakers over how to fund roads in the upcoming budget.
A man reportedly swindled a UW-Madison student out of two expensive pairs of pants during a transaction at Five Guys on State Street last week. After the student posted on Facebook’s Marketplace Community advertising designer jeans for sale, the suspect, who claimed to be from Baraboo, offered $100 for each pair.
Nonresident students at UW-Madison could see a $4,000 hike in tuition over the next two years if a proposed increase goes as planned during the UW System Board of Regents meeting Thursday.
More than 1,000 former UW-Madison law students could have had their social security numbers exposed by a computer hack that occurred Nov.
When it comes to issues of women’s rights and gender, Americans may have a lot to learn from their counterparts in North Africa, Turkey and South Asia, according to three UW-Madison professors. The professors—Funda Derin of the UW-Madison Languages and Cultures of Asia department, along with Aili Tripp and Christine Garlough of the UW-Madison Department of Gender and Women’s Studies—presented their research on worldwide gender issues Monday as part of the Wisconsin Union Directorate’s Global Connections program.
Representatives on the Student Services Finance Committee debated Wunk Sheek’s proposed budget at Monday’s meeting. Members of the committee expressed concern over the amount of money allocated to the group’s 2017-’18 On Wisconsin Spring Powwow.
A parked truck that was engulfed in flames on the 1600 block of South Park Street had slogans against President-elect Donald Trump spray painted on it, according to a Madison Police Department incident report. Several pedestrians called in the fire just before midnight Friday.
A 21-year-old man was forced to flee his house on South Broom Street around 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon after he saw a man trying to break into his back door, according to a Madison Police Department incident report. “The victim said prior loud bangs; a person was ringing his doorbell.
The Faculty Senate passed a resolution in support of undocumented students Monday amid fears that the incoming Trump administration could eliminate federal protections. Specifically, the resolution backs the “continuation and strengthening” of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protects eligible, undocumented youth from deportation.
Hundreds of students flooded the first floor of Memorial Union as its doors and familiar spaces reopened to the public Monday for a Finals Frenzy celebration.
All counties are on track to report their recount results by the federally mandated Dec. 13 deadline, the state said Monday. Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell also released a statement earlier in the day detailing the progress of the recount in Dane County. “We are one-third of the way through the number of days we have to conduct the recount and we are slightly ahead of schedule with over 100,000 ballots counted to date,” McDonell said.
Jason Sidener will take over as the new executive director of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, replacing current director Kory Kozloski.
Wisconsin lawmakers continued disagreements over road funding Monday, the day before the Assembly Transportation Committee has a meeting to discuss the proposed transportation budget.
Brooke Evans, a scholar-activist at UW-Madison who has dealt with homelessness on several occasions during her college career, will have her story, and ones like hers, recognized in a display on campus.
While in an Uber driving across Madison, Ashish Shenoy, a graduate student at UW-Madison from Bangalore, was surprised when his driver asked if he’d heard of Diwali night, an event Shenoy organizes. Shenoy is the president of the Indian Graduate Student Association, which facilitates many events that students and community members—both of Indian heritage and not—cherish.
UW-Madison students who participated in the activism against the Dakota Access pipeline say they are satisfied with The Army Corps of Engineers’ Sunday decision to look for alternative routes, but know that their jobs are not done.
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