Gov. Scott Walker launches statewide bus tour
By Laura McCaul and Annie Schoenfeldt | Oct. 26, 2014Gov. Scott Walker began a 10-day tour across Wisconsin Saturday to rally supporters and continue to spread his campaign message.
Gov. Scott Walker began a 10-day tour across Wisconsin Saturday to rally supporters and continue to spread his campaign message.
State Rep. Terese Berceau, D-Madison, joined other Wisconsin Democrats in a letter criticizing Gov. Scott Walker for declining up to $60 million in early education grants last week.
Officers arrested 28-year-old Madison resident Benjamin J. H. Brossard for taking pictures of a nude woman at an East Campus Mall tanning salon at 5 p.m. Oct. 3, according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
A police officer conducting a traffic stop on the 1100 block of Williamson Street was sideswiped in his vehicle by another driver Saturday at 10 p.m, according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
In the spirit of homecoming week’s community service theme, UNICEF’s Next Generation founder and Director Casey Rotter spoke to UW-Madison students about the importance of young people’s dedication to charity.
Adventure Learning Programs received a $155,049.58 budget for 2015-'16 Thursday from the Students Services Finance Committee, while the Working Class Student Union made a budget request for the upcoming fiscal year.
In honor of UW-Madison’s Multicultural Homecoming, alumnus Winslow Sargeant will deliver the keynote address “What It Really Means to Bring the Victory Home for Diverse Alumni” Saturday, according to a university news release.
For their 2014 campaign Partners in Giving is putting into effect a new online pledging system that allows employees in Dane County to donate money through payroll deductions or credit cards, according to the organization’s website.
The UW-Madison Police Department was alerted to a sexual assault that happened in an on-campus residential hall last Friday, according to a Thursday UWPD release.
Faculty and staff at UW-Madison can apply for $500 grants to spread awareness of the Wisconsin Idea, which aims to “improve people’s lives beyond the classroom,” Vice Chancellor for University Relations Vince Sweeney said in a UW-Madison release Thursday.
Following the state’s release of a report regarding Wisconsin’s newly expanded school voucher program, a pro-voucher organization accused them of tailoring data against the program.
With Wisconsin’s statewide election 12 days away, state Rep. Brett Hulsey, D-Madison, reemerged into the political sphere as he announced a write-in campaign as an Independent, according to a release.
UW-Madison to create a new center for transportation education
The pomp and circumstance of homecoming week is colored by scores of red and white balloons and flowers, hoards of alumni returning to their old stomping grounds and a slate of events celebrating all things UW-Madison.
The 2015 UW-Madison spring commencement ceremony is scheduled to be held in Camp Randall Stadium for the second year in a row, according to a university release.Camp Ran
For students like UW-Madison junior Becca Mischel, Wisconsin Men’s Basketball head coach Bo Ryan’s Shooting Down Cancer means more than meeting Wisconsin’s basketball players and taking advantage of the event’s free t-shirts, food and other giveaways.
As the days grow colder, the increasingly monotonous walk down State Street has been brightened for many by the clear, resounding sound of trumpet music.
Culinary innovator Dave Arnold spoke with UW-Madison students and community members about new techniques and changing culinary mindsets Wednesday.
John Horn, the Director of Recreational Sports, gave an update on the progress of the Rec Sports Master Plan, a student-supported plan passed through an Associated Students of Madison referendum, at a Student Council meeting Wednesday.
UW-Madison will see major campus changes on campus in upcoming years under the 2015 to 2017 university capital budgetary plans that Madison’s Joint West Campus Area Committee discussed at a meeting Wednesday.