UW System spent $3M on lobbying over past 10 years
By Hannah Furfaro | Apr. 5, 2010The UW System spent nearly $3 million on lobbying efforts over the past 10 years according to data from a government watchdog group.
The UW System spent nearly $3 million on lobbying efforts over the past 10 years according to data from a government watchdog group.
UW-Madison students may not consider their role in Madison city politics, but city issues have a direct impact on the campus area and student life.
The UW-Madison Natatorium may see major renovations within the next few years if a student referendum passes next week.
An Edgerton man was arrested Monday, March 29, for allegedly stealing a vehicle from the 200 block of North Carroll Street and leading a Madison Police Department officer on a high-speed chase downtown.
The last three times Wisconsin was in this position, 60 minutes was not sufficient to decide a winner.Saturday night, it was just enough. The Wisconsin Badgers, for the first time since 2006, are headed back to the Frozen Four courtesy of a 5-3 win over conference rival St. Cloud in the Western Regional Final. There were 7,182 on hand at the Xcel Energy Center to witness the Huskies (15-9-4 WCHA, 24-14-5 overall) twice pull themselves within a goal in the third period before the Badgers (17-8-3, 27-10-4) finally held on to secure their spot in Detroit. ""It feels incredible,"" senior forward and captain Blake Geoffrion said. ""I know a lot of seniors have worked since our freshman year coming in, coming in after a championship team and seeing how those guys work and how hard they work, so for us the opportunity to possibly go to the national championship game, it's an incredible feeling right now. Job's not done yet though.""
Now I have overheard a lot of you humans talking quite a bit about primate research recently. Especially my human, Chancellor Biddy Martin. She paces around the house into the deepest hours of the night, going on about ""primates"" this and ""I hate those goddamn idiot activists"" that. It has reached a point where I believe that the obvious avenues for debate have been exhausted, and new voices must be sought out.
A group of Associated Students of Madison Student Council candidates announced their goals for improving UW-Madison for all students at a news conference Wednesday.
A joint effort between The Daily Cardinal, The Badger Herald, the Associated Students of Madison, Sex Out Loud, College Democrats, College Republicans and 97 other student organizations to boycott the Regent Street Retreat for ""just plain sucking"" has been incredibly successful.
After years of planning, weeks of deliberating and thousands of man-hours put into its construction, Union South is being demolished again.
Following approval from the Urban Design Commission and Plan Commission, the Hammes Co. intends to submit an application to the Landmarks Commission in search of a certificate of appropriateness for the Edgewater redevelopment.
Following controversy over anti-Semitic comments on The Badger Herald's website and an online ad linking to a Holocaust denial website, Herald Editor-in-Chief Jason Smathers decided Wednesday to make amends with UW-Madison's Jewish community by converting to Judaism.
UW Chancellor Biddy Martin announced the first projects to receive funding from the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates second round of proposals Wednesday.
Aw, come on man. Seriously bro, what time is it now? Like 4 a.m. or some shit? Honestly, I asked for a triple order of Topperstix hours ago. What the hell is up with this wait?
Wisconsin's employment numbers rose in February, according to the latest statistics released Wednesday by the Department of Workforce Development.
District 5 candidate Michael Johnson left voters in awe at a rally Wednesday by running a 200-meter dash in a blazing 19.89 seconds.
OMG this week has been so exciting. I got a 93 on my Geography test, my mom let me go to Steven Jacobs' Spin the Bottle party and most importantly, Justin Bieber's new album My World 2.0 came out!!! I was texting Ashley yesterday and we were fuh-REAKING out about it! Did you know his favorite color is blue? Mine too! Pretty sure we're soulmates or something. Ugh.
Registration information for 70,000 voters in Wisconsin does not match that of other state databases, according to a new report released Wednesday by the Government Accountability Board.
Yesterday Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett announced his gubernatorial campaign's first action since staging a bone-breaking attack outside the Wisconsin State Fair last year.