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University Committee members discussed a number of campus issues at their meeting in Bascom Hall Monday.

NEWS

University Committee discusses campus carry, other issues

By Jake Skubish | Nov. 28, 2016

The University Committee convened Monday to discuss many campus issues, including campus carry, UW-Madison’s falling research ranking and the role of deans in post-tenure faculty review. PROFS President Judith Burstyn told the committee the faculty organization is working on drafting language opposing campus carry, an issue expected to come up in the state Legislature next year.

The Muslim Student Association celebrated the beginning of Islam Appreciation Week with a social in the Red Gym, where they discussed Islam.

CAMPUS NEWS

Islam Appreciation Week to educate campus on Muslim-American community

By Hannah Malone | Nov. 28, 2016

The Muslim Student Association aims to educate UW-Madison about Islamic culture during Islam Appreciation Week over the next several days. MSA kicked off the week with a social event.

CITY NEWS

SUV found submerged in Lake Mendota, one body recovered

By Miller Jozwiak | Nov. 28, 2016

A Dane County woman’s body was the only one found in or near an SUV submerged in Lake Mendota near the Spring Harbor Park boat launch. Dane County Medical Examiner Director of Operations Barry Irmen identified the victim as Julie B. Metcalfe of Fitchburg Monday night. She was 51. According to the Madison Fire Department, around 7:30 a.m. Monday the report of the submerged SUV came in.

A fight broke out at Red Rock Saloon, resulting in a glass being broken over one man’s head.

CITY NEWS

Man breaks glass over victim's head in Red Rock Saloon

By Miller Jozwiak | Nov. 28, 2016

Madison Police Department officers arrested Mirko Milicevic, 31, on alleged substantial battery charges after a bar fight broke out in the Red Rock Saloon on West Johnson Street around 2 a.m.

CAMPUS NEWS

First floor of Memorial Union to reopen Monday

By Sammy Gibbons | Nov. 28, 2016

The reopening of the first floor of Memorial Union, the next step in its reinvestment project, will take place Monday. At 3 p.m.

Without a robust research base and less alumni giving, UW-La Crosse faces challenges that the flagship university does not in dealing with the effects of recent budget cuts to the UW System.

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Lacking resources of flagship, UW-La Crosse struggles to weather budget storm

By Andrew Bahl and Madeline Heim | Nov. 28, 2016

LA CROSSE, Wis.—With more than 40,000 students, a billion dollars in research activity and Big Ten athletics, UW-Madison is not only the flagship university in the UW System, but is also one of the state’s most visible symbols nationally.

CITY NEWS

CrossFit games coming to Madison

By Miller Jozwiak | Nov. 27, 2016

The CrossFit games, a sports competition based in the fitness regimen created by Greg Glassman, will be hosted in the Alliant Energy Center from 2017 through 2019, according to a city press release. “As a competitive CrossFit athlete for several years, I was elated when Jamie Patrick of the Madison Sports Commission approached me about Madison putting together a bid for the Games,” Ald.

CITY NEWS

City opens disc golfing course for winter use

By Miller Jozwiak | Nov. 27, 2016

The Yahara Hills Golf Course will open its disc golf course to the public for winter disc golfing starting 12 p.m.

Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign will join two other third party candidates in a recount of Wisconsin’s general election results

STATE NEWS

Clinton to join controversial general election recount

By Andrew Bahl | Nov. 26, 2016

Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign will join a recount of the general election results in Wisconsin, officials announced Saturday.

CAMPUS NEWS

Woman involved in affair with Bo Ryan sues university leaders

By Madeline Heim | Nov. 24, 2016

A woman who was romantically tied to former UW-Madison basketball coach Bo Ryan filed a lawsuit against eight university officials, claiming defamation and deprivation of due process.

UW-Madison has fallen from its top-five ranking in the nation’s best research universities for the first time in 45 years.

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UW-Madison falls from top-five ranking for research universities

By Madeline Heim | Nov. 22, 2016

UW-Madison has dropped from its spot in the nation’s top five research institutions for the first time since 1972, following a few tumultuous years of declining state investment in Wisconsin’s flagship university.

UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank signed a letter Monday sharing her support for the continuation of the immigration policy Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which provides protection for undocumented students.

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Blank signs statement calling for protection of undocumented students

By Madeline Heim | Nov. 21, 2016

UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank added her name to a statement released Monday that calls for U.S.

STATE NEWS

Wisconsin legislative districts ruled unconstitutional

By Andrew Bahl | Nov. 21, 2016

A federal court ruled Monday that Wisconsin’s Republican-drawn legislative districts were unconstitutional, a major victory for state Democrats after losses at the polls on Election Day two weeks ago. A three-judge panel of federal justices ruled 2-1 that the state Assembly districts drawn in 2011 “were intended to burden the representational rights of Democratic voters” and boosted the ability of Republicans to retain control of the state Legislature. “Act 43 did, in fact, prevent Wisconsin Democrats from being able to translate their votes into seats as effectively as Wisconsin Republicans,” Circuit Court Judge William Ripple wrote in the decision. Ripple said the court found the discriminatory nature of the redistricting to constitute an unconstitutional instance of gerrymandering.

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Black Cultural Center will open in Red Gym in February

By Sammy Gibbons | Nov. 21, 2016

Following a call from students of color in the fall of 2015, Vice Provost for Diversity and Climate and Chief Diversity Officer Patrick Sims, Dean of Students Lori Berquam and Chancellor Rebecca Blank met to create a space at UW-Madison for black students that will open this spring.

STATE NEWS

Student climate activists brace for Trump

By Lucas Sczygelski | Nov. 21, 2016

As last week’s election shock dissipates, climate change activists and policy professionals are coming to terms with a president-elect who rejects climate science as conspiracy and promises to roll back regulatory regimes and international agreements meant to curtail carbon emissions.

UW-Madison fifth-year student Donale Richards instructed a science curriculum for high school juniors and seniors enrolled in the PEOPLE Program during the summer of 2016 and worked with the group to market their own pizza.

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UW-Madison student works to expand diversity in agricultural career field

By Sammy Gibbons | Nov. 21, 2016

UW-Madison fifth-year student Donale Richards is one of the few students of color who majors in biological systems engineering.

CITY NEWS

MPD arrests two in relation to credit card skimmer incidents

By Miller Jozwiak | Nov. 20, 2016

Madison Police Department officers arrested Arsen Piloyan, 46, of Van Nuys, Calif., and Wafig M. Jebarah, 49, of Los Angeles, in relation to a series of credit card skimmers that have recently been found on Madison-area gas pumps.

Carter Kofman, above, is a co-chair of Live Free, a UW-Madison student organization promoting student wellness and recovery. The organization received student segregated fee funding for the first time at Thursday’s Student Services Finance Committee meeting.

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SSFC Spotlight: Live Free budget approved for upcoming fiscal year

By Megan Provost | Nov. 19, 2016

Live Free, a UW-Madison student organization focused on student wellness and recovery, had its budget approved for the 2018 fiscal year by the Associated Students of Madison Student Services Finance Committee Thursday. According to Carter Kofman, Live Free’s vice chair, the organization’s goals for the upcoming fiscal year are increasing visibility of the organization and its purpose, creating more connections and developing allies on campus, in the community and nation-wide. Live Free has been a part of the UW-Madison campus for almost three years.

Maria (Masha) Alyokhina and Alexandra (Sasha) Bogino, members of feminist punk collective Pussy Riot, talked about their experience as political prisoners while being activists in Russia.

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Pussy Riot gives ‘voice to the voiceless’ through progressive activism

By Kelly Ward | Nov. 18, 2016

Members of the Russian feminist punk collective Pussy Riot came to UW-Madison Thursday to discuss their experiences as political prisoners and alternative media producers. The event, sponsored by Wisconsin Union Directorate Performing Arts and WUD Distinguished Lecture Series, featured Maria “Masha” Alyokhina and Alexandra “Sasha” Bogino, both of whom are current members of the collective.

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Social justice speaker photographs Indigenous identities

By Meghan Kuemmel | Nov. 18, 2016

Social Justice speaker and photographer Matika Wilbur spoke Thursday night to UW-Madison community members in the Elvehjem Building about her photography project that is focused on documenting Native Americans of every federally recognized tribe.