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CAMPUS NEWS

Badger Herald discontinues Friday print issues

By Meghan Chua | Nov. 12, 2012

The Badger Herald will discontinue printing Friday issues of its newspaper beginning this week.

NEWS

Youth vote proves elusive for Republicans

By Jenna Bushnell | Nov. 12, 2012

Tuesday night’s election results were a ringing reminder for the Republican Party that it has had a difficult time finding an appealing message for young voters since the late 1980s, as exit polls showed President Barack Obama won the 18-to-29-year-old demographic.

CITY NEWS

City Council to deliberate proposed operating, capital budget for 2013

By Abby Becker | Nov. 12, 2012

Madison’s city Council will deliberate and vote on Mayor Paul Soglin’s proposed operating and capital budgets for 2013, including a set of amendments packaged together, during three upcoming meetings this week.

CAMPUS NEWS

Campus officials begin work on diversity plan

By The Daily Cardinal | Nov. 12, 2012

University officials have begun work on a new diversity plan they hope to finish by the end of the Spring 2013 semester.

CITY NEWS

Occupy Madison encampment relocates from East Washington to Lake View Hill County Park

By Abby Becker and JoEllen Amato | Nov. 11, 2012

After the city of Madison issued an eviction notice for Occupy Madison members to vacate a site on East Washington Avenue Wednesday, the group set up camp at a county park Saturday.

CAMPUS NEWS

ASM, university to host housing fair at Union South

By The Daily Cardinal and Negassi Tesfamichael | Nov. 11, 2012

As renting season nears for students on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, the Associated Students of Madison and the university’s Campus Area Housing program are collaborating to host the 2012 Student Housing Fair Monday from 3 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. in Union South’s Varsity Hall.

CAMPUS NEWS

ASM to discuss campus issues in public forums

By The Daily Cardinal | Nov. 11, 2012

Over the next week the Associated Students of Madison student government will host four public forums to solicit student input on campus issues.

CITY NEWS

Former UW-Madison researcher charged with growing marijuana in university lab

By The Daily Cardinal and Irene Burski | Nov. 11, 2012

A county court charged a former University of Wisconsin-Madison plant researcher Friday with two felonies for allegedly growing marijuana in a university lab.

CAMPUS NEWS

UW professor aids FBI, CIA: Genocide expert trains agencies on prevention tactics

By Tom Walsh and Mary Kate McCoy | Nov. 9, 2012

University of Wisconsin-Madison Political Science Professor Scott Straus created and coordinated a workshop in October to help agencies within the U.S. government better understand the causes of genocide and ways to suppress it.

CITY NEWS

Free music festival draws criticism

By Stephanie Castillo | Nov. 9, 2012

Local music artists expressed concern with Mayor Paul Soglin’s plan to implement a free city-wide music festival in 2013 at a town hall meeting Thursday.

CAMPUS NEWS

Regents discuss economic future of higher education

By Cheyenne Langkamp | Nov. 9, 2012

The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents discussed Thursday the national and state higher education climate in relation to economic development—a topic that Board of Regents President Brent Smith said will be brought up in many upcoming board meetings.

CITY NEWS

State Street redevelopment to be completed in 2014

By Abby Becker | Nov. 9, 2012

Construction on the renovation of the 100 block of State Street began Thursday and is expected to be completed in the the spring of 2014, according to the Block 100 Foundation.

NEWS

Health care deadline looms: Walker must make Affordable Care Act decision

By Jack Casey | Nov. 9, 2012

Following President Barack Obama’s re-election Tuesday night, Gov. Scott Walker now faces a political challenge he has avoided addressing: implementing the Affordable Care Act in Wisconsin.

NEWS

State Senate election remains uncertain, recount possible

By The Daily Cardinal and Ariel Shapiro | Nov. 9, 2012

Republicans will control the Wisconsin state Senate in its next session after Tuesday night’s elections, but proposed recounts by state Democrats may cut into their overall advantage.

CAMPUS NEWS

UWPD hosts second ‘Be Bright’ bike light initiative

By The Daily Cardinal | Nov. 9, 2012

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department conducted a second night of its “Be Bright” bike light campaign Thursday.

CAMPUS NEWS

SSFC passes Atheists, Humanists and Agnostics budget, delays WISPIRG vote

By Caroline Zellmer | Nov. 9, 2012

The Student Services Finance Committee approved 2013-’14 funding for the campus group Atheists, Humanists and Agnostics Thursday after making significant adjustments to its budget proposal.

NEWS

Youth voter turnout close to 2008 level: High turnout, but less support for Obama in 2012

By Tyler Nickerson | Nov. 8, 2012

Despite concerns young voters would not turn out in big numbers to re-elect Barack Obama as president Tuesday, early statistics suggest the youth voter turnout nationally mirrors the huge numbers from 2008. However, the numbers this time around suggest Obama received a significantly lower proportion of these votes.

CITY NEWS

Bus drivers to ask for student ID

By Meghan Chua | Nov. 8, 2012

Beginning Monday, students using their unlimited-rides bus pass will have to show their WisCards to bus drivers when boarding Metro Transit vehicles that require the swipe of a pass to board.

CITY NEWS

City officials consider downtown development proposals, initially approve one project

By Kristen Tracy | Nov. 8, 2012

City officials gave initial approval for one proposed downtown building and postponed further discussion of two other building proposals at an Urban Design Commission meeting Wednesday night.

CAMPUS NEWS

ASM approves creation of Sustainability Committee

By Paige Villiard | Nov. 8, 2012

The Associated Students of Madison Student Council approved Wednesday the creation of a new grassroots committee to involve students in campus sustainability efforts.