The Madison Police Department reported 167 employee recognitions for extraordinary service and two internal disciplines during the first quarter of 2016, according to a press release. The 167 positive recognitions included acknowledgement from inside the department and citizen thank-yous in the form of emails, letters and voice mails.
The UW System Board of Regents removed a presentation from its upcoming meeting that originally allowed system chancellors to speak about the impact statewide budget cuts have had on their campuses.
Despite fears of long lines and unprepared voters, for the most part UW-Madison’s first major election under the state’s new voter ID laws went smoothly. The state’s flagship public university was spared hour-plus wait times that existed at colleges elsewhere in Wisconsin, including Marquette University and UW-Green Bay. Nate Moll, social media specialist for UW-Madison Communications, attributed the lack of problems to a robust campaign designed to inform students of what they needed to vote.
Wisconsin handed presidential front-runners of both parties a pair of solid defeats Tuesday, ensuring that the races will continue long into spring.
The state Supreme Court election Tuesday has raised the stakes for future campaign donors and outside groups to contribute funds as the pattern of increased spending on elections continues.
Educator on sexual violence prevention Dr. Keith Edwards spoke to campus members Tuesday at Gordon Dining and Event Center about reframing the issue of rape and sexual violence as a men’s issue, and the ways in which students can act to make a positive change on campus. “To frame something where women are the victim as a woman’s issue would be like if we had an epidemic of drunk drivers hitting and killing pedestrians in Madison and how we responded to that was having classes on how to walk across the street,” said Edwards, who frequently speaks to campuses on these issues.
The United Nations awarded UW-Madison Tuesday with its UNESCO Chair on Gender, Well-being and a Culture of Peace, according to a university news release.
Subhi Nahas, an advocate for LGBT refugees, shared Tuesday at Union South his personal experiences with persecution during his talk, “Seeking Refuge: A Journey to Refugee Advocacy.” WUD Society and Politics and WUD Global Connections co-sponsored the lecture, which kicked off the LGBT Campus Center events for Out & About Month.
The Greater Madison Jazz Consortium announced Monday its plans for its third annual spring concert series entitled InDIGenous.
Incumbent state Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley defeated challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg Tuesday to secure a full 10-year term in a tight race. The Associated Press called the race with 87 percent of precincts reporting and Bradley leading 53 percent to 47. Bradley was appointed last year by Gov.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders surged ahead in Tuesday's Democratic primary in Wisconsin, defeating former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with ease. Although this win doesn’t secure the likelihood that Sanders will take the Democratic nomination, it does increase the momentum needed in the April 19 battle for New York.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz easily beat national front-runner Donald Trump in the Wisconsin primary Tuesday, making it more difficult for the business mogul to clinch the GOP nomination prior to the convention in Cleveland this summer.
Hayley Young has been elected to represent most of the UW-Madison campus as the District 5 Dane County Board of Supervisors, beating UW-Madison sophomore and former University Affairs Chair Angelito Tenorio. Young, a recent UW-Madison grad and half-time legislative aid in Representative Melissa Sargent (D, Madison) office, won the election with over 60 percent of the vote.
After weeks of campaigning, Wisconsinites have finally gone to the polls to cast their vote for who they want to be president.
The Associated Students of Madison Legislative Affairs Committee voted unanimously during its meeting Monday to begin a campaign that would make UW-Madison a food stamp-friendly campus. Originally proposed by UW-Madison fifth-year student Brooke Evans, the initiative would allow students to use food stamps at university dining halls and other eating areas on campus. Evans explained there is currently a bill in the Wisconsin legislature that calls for all institutes of higher education in the state to be food stamp-accessible, but said a proposal from ASM would be beneficial even if the bill does not pass. According to Evans, there is a growing population of students who use food stamps at UW-Madison, and the initiative would work to ensure that using food stamps would not be “an ‘otherized’ form of adversity.” If a student who uses food stamps is studying with friends and needs a dinner break, Evans said, it could be an “awkward” issue for that student to leave campus to be able to purchase a meal with food stamps. Evans also said UW-Madison should become accessible and adaptable to this student demographic because it would allow these students to eat in proximity to their peers, and the university has a responsibility to expose other students to socioeconomic diversity. “That’s our job, and I don’t think we’ve been doing it sufficiently well,” Evans said. Evans added that hardware and technology used to pay with food stamps comes free from the state, and if UW-Madison moved forward with this initiative, the university would be among the first five institutions within the country to do so. Legislative Affairs Committee Chair Carmen Gosey said although details of the initiative have not yet been decided, Monday’s vote determined that the committee would begin to pursue options.
The UW Board of Regents will honor the 2016 recipients of the Academic Staff Awards for Excellence at its board meeting April 8 in Green Bay.
In a final push for Wisconsin voters, presidential candidate Ted Cruz came to Madison for a town hall at the Masonic Center on Monday.
A white nationalist group began distributing a robocall endorsing Donald Trump to all Wisconsin landlines Saturday in advance of the April 5 primary.
As election day eve is upon us, candidates are scrambling to make their final appeals to Wisconsin voters.
Two UW-Madison adult students will accept an award for continuing their education in the face of everyday challenges.
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