Stories of social injustice filled student newspapers’ pages throughout the previous academic term.
After a year that saw drastic changes for Wisconsin public higher education, faculty governance bodies from more than half of UW System schools have cast no confidence votes to express their disappointment in system President Ray Cross and the Board of Regents.
Segregated fees for students across the UW System will increase $59 on average during the upcoming fiscal year as a part of the System’s 2016-’17 operating budget, which was approved by the Board of Regents Thursday.
Garret Payne was having a bad day. A junior at UW-Madison, Payne dutifully went to the polls on Wisconsin’s April 5 primary only to be told that his Illinois driver’s license was not enough for him to vote. An annoyed Payne was forced to trek to Union South to get a voting ID but he said he would not be deterred by the state’s voter ID law, signed into law in 2011 and put into place in 2016 after various legal challenges.
Madison Police Department arrested UW-Madison student Nathan J. Friar June 8 for second-degree sexual assault and strangulation of a 21-year-old female.
The UW System Board of Regents will consider an initiative from UW-Madison to raise the school’s undergraduate application fee during its meeting Thursday.
Wisconsin Democrats voted to adopt resolutions calling for change to the party’s superdelegate system at the state convention Saturday. One passed resolution requests that the Democratic party abolish superdelegates in the 2020 presidential nomination.
Former senator Russ Feingold, joined by Madison supporters, filed nomination papers Wednesday for the upcoming U.S.
House Speaker Paul Ryan said he will vote for Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump in a tweet Thursday afternoon after weeks of speculation as to when he would endorse the business-mogul-turned politician.
UW-Madison’s chapter of the fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon has been suspended until Nov. 1, 2016.
The Memorial Union Terrace will remain open, according to a press release from Wisconsin Union.
According to UW-Madison spokesperson Meredith McGlone, a crowd of roughly 47,500 families and friends of graduates attended the 2016 Spring Commencement Saturday in Camp Randall Stadium despite strong winds, cold temperatures and brief snow.
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Wisconsin Republicans met in Green Bay Saturday for the Republican Party of Wisconsin 2016 Convention to hear stump speeches from politicians and cast delegates for the presidential elections. U.S.
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Madison Police Department Chief Mike Koval announced Wednesday that Tuesday’s homicide in the parking lot of a southwest Madison BP gas station was not random.
Gov. Scott Walker blasted faculty opposition to UW System President Ray Cross in a statement Tuesday, just hours before the state’s second largest public university took a vote on a “no confidence” measure on Cross. UW-Milwaukee faculty voted without opposition to approve the “no confidence” measure Tuesday afternoon.
A memorial for UW-Madison students that passed away during this academic year was held at the Carillon Tower outside of the William H. Sewell Social Sciences building Friday.
UW-Madison student Denzel McDonald has been referred to the Community Restorative Court after being arrested for 11 counts of graffiti on campus buildings.
In a historic night for American politics, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz announced he will suspend his presidential campaign Tuesday after business mogul Donald Trump all but secured the Republican nomination with a win in the Indiana primary.
The Memorial Union Terrace will open temporarily May 12 until midnight May 15. The opening gives individuals a final opportunity on their graduation weekend to enjoy the Terrace as UW-Madison students.
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