Top Ten News Spring 2014
By The Daily Cardinal | May. 5, 2014UW-Madison campus responds to Final Four berth
UW-Madison campus responds to Final Four berth
The smell of brats on the grill and sound of music blasting from a neighbor’s porch Saturday morning signified University of Wisconsin-Madison students preparing for the Mifflin Street Block Party.
Thousands of University of Wisconsin-Madison students and community members took to Langdon Street Saturday, helping to transform it into the city’s largest concert venue for a day.
The election of sophomore Genevieve Carter as the 21st session chair of the Associated Students of Madison is characteristic of the grassroots committees in which she had her start with student government: full of passion and with the promise of yielding big results.
As both graduation day and Election Day rapidly approach, Democrats and Republicans alike have turned their attention to a national trend toward increasing student loan debt.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department is investigating two unrelated reports of sexual assault that occurred in residence halls early Saturday morning, according to a timely warning.
UPDATE 5/2/2014 4:50 p.m.: Police confirmed a double homicide and officer-involved shooting that took place on East Washington Avenue Friday, leaving two dead and one victim in stable condition, during a Madison Police Department press conference.
Among new leadership roles chosen in the first meeting of the Associated Students of Madison's 21st session Thursday, Genevieve Carter was elected as ASM chair.
Madison Police Department is seeking help from the public regarding an armed robbery at a Rocky Rococo Pizzeria Monday April 12.
The city of Madison has created three 24-hour waste oil recycling sites for motor oil and automatic transmission fluid and safely prevent polychlorinated biphenyl contamination.
A federal judge declared Wednesday that a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s gay marriage ban will continue.
Phil Swanhorst, a Chippewa Falls resident and active community member, announced Thursday his candidacy for Wisconsin’s 23rd state Senate District.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights placed the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater on a list of schools possibly inappropriately handling harassment cases, according to a Thursday White House release.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Recreational Sports announced Thursday a $2 million endowment available to sports clubs on campus.
Dane County released a warning cautioning people against the dangers of contracting West Nile Virus (WNV), a disease which is on the rise in recent years.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Morgridge Center for Public Service named Kathy Cramer interim director, according to a Wednesday university release.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s provost office selected Mark Johnson, assistant professor of educational policy studies, as the new director of Educational Innovation, according to a university release.
Bike thefts are on the rise on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, according to a Wednesday statement from the UW-Madison Police Department.
Each week, University of Wisconsin-Madison students and community members spend hours in the Dane County jails providing books and other readings for inmates.
Representatives from each of the ethnic studies programs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison held a town hall meeting Wednesday to discuss the future of their respective programs.