When a student graduates from high school with hopes of becoming an officer in the military, they have three options: They can apply to a military academy, enter a 12 to 14 week program after college called Officer Candidate School or join the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC).
Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill Thursday that would expand the state’s teacher loan program to include rural areas.
A Bureau of Labor Statistics report released Thursday shows Wisconsin has had more private-sector jobs in recent months and that the unemployment rate has dropped slightly in March. The state Department of Workforce Development released the report, covering unemployment and employment statistics based on seasonally adjusted estimates in Wisconsin.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank released a statement Friday saying she is upset the proper practices that help ensure classrooms are a welcoming space were not followed by the UW-Madison Police Department during Thursday’s arrest. UWPD police officers entered a classroom in the Humanities building and asked to speak with a student while a class was underway.
UW-Madison Police Department Chief Susan Riseling released a statement Friday to address an officer’s decision to approach a student in a university classroom.
More than 500 UW-Madison faculty, academic staff and graduate students have signed a letter released Thursday calling for an end to racist practices on campus.
Author and activist Jackson Katz advised men on their roles in stopping sexual assault during his talk Thursday called “The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and Why All Men Can Help.” Katz, a violence prevention activist and renowned author, spoke as the Sexual Assault Awareness Month keynote speaker for Promoting Awareness | Victim Empowerment and “We’re Better Than That” - Men Against Sexual Assault’s event.
An accident at the corner of North Broom Street and West Johnson Street resulted in an SUV being flipped and a Madison Metro bus being damaged, according to Madison Fire Department Spokesperson Joe Seifert. The accident was reported at 11:04 p.m. and six emergency units responded, according to MFD.
Madison Fire Department is on Lake Mendota working to rescue a boat that lost engine power and started taking on water, according to a Dane County Public Safety Communications Duty Supervisor. The supervisor said a boat ran out of gas.
This Wisconsin Department of Justice launched a new website Tuesday to allow residents to look up crime statistics for over 380 local police departments.
The UW-Madison Police Department arrested a UW-Madison student on vandalism charges Thursday in a university classroom, according UWPD Public Information Officer Marc Lovicott. Lovicott said that charges were related to the recent instances of graffiti on campus buildings on Library Mall.
Three UW-Madison professors gathered in the Festival Room of Memorial Union Wednesday to talk about the future of trade in the U.S., EU, and around the world.
Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, announced this week his appointments to the new Ethics and Elections commissions, which are set to replace the nonpartisan state election board by early summer. Barca appointed Milwaukee attorneys David Halbrooks, a former member of the state elections board, to the new state ethics panel and Mark Thomsen to the state election panel.
Students and community members marched from Library Mall to Bascom Hall Wednesday, protesting the lack of a living wage for student workers and demanding the elimination of student debt, among other issues.
More than 200 undergraduate students, faculty advisors and guests gathered at the Wisconsin state Capitol Wednesday for the 13th annual Posters in the Rotunda research event.
Despite enthralling thousands of frustrated Madison progressives living under austerity minded Republican rule and winning 62 percent of Dane County’s democratic vote in the process, a small but persistent band on the liberal fringe remains reserved in their support of Vermont Sen.
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign cited Gov. Scott Walker and state radio hosts as forces behind the candidate’s Wisconsin loss to Texas Sen.
Several students involved in a bias incident at Dejope Residence Hall emailed a letter of apology Wednesday to different members of the UW-Madison campus community.
The Associated Students of Madison Student Council heard a presentation from the Tenant Resource Center during its meeting Wednesday, to raise awareness of services the center offers to students.
Management of the Orpheum Theater will soon change hands from a local family to Live Nation Entertainment, a national event and concert promotion company.
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