Fight for $15 panel advocates for minimum wage increase
By Jessica Dorsky | Apr. 9, 2015With an average wage of $8.50 per hour, a UW-Madison student would need to work 38 hours per week to pay for in-state tuition.
With an average wage of $8.50 per hour, a UW-Madison student would need to work 38 hours per week to pay for in-state tuition.
The Board of Regents approved UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank’s four-year plan Friday to increase out-of-state and international tuition starting in fall 2015.
The Student Services Finance Committee passed a revised plan Thursday, to allow General Student Services Fund groups to voluntarily returned funds that are no longer necessary.
Interim Vice Provost for Diversity and Climate Patrick Sims conducted the first of four campus-wide sessions on the Diversity Framework Thursday, in an effort to update members of the UW-Madison community on the Framework’s progress.
Richard Nixon is the only American president in history to resign from office. Thanks to UW-Madison historian and professor Stanley Kutler, Americans heard thousands of hours of secretly recorded phone calls related to the Watergate scandal that drove Nixon out of office.
UW-Madison’s complicated past with the JanSport apparel company led the Associated Students of Madison Student Council members to pass a resolution Wednesday, demanding Chancellor Rebecca Blank cut ties with the company.
To advance the status of their current campaigns, members of the Associated Students of Madison University Affairs Committee collaborated with another ASM leader Tuesday.
Growing up in the 1980s as a black male in Baltimore presented many unique experiences, from being in constant fear of having to protect one’s own body to a history of hating Duke University lasting longer than most Badgers’ lifetimes.
Dean of Students Lori Berquam released a proposal Monday detailing a tuition increase for nonresident and international undergraduate students and for several graduate programs at UW-Madison.
In preparation for Monday night’s basketball game, State Street filled with cardinal-and-white-clad Badger fans waiting outside the campus’ most popular bars as early as 1:30 p.m.
Crowds of proud Badgers peacefully flooded State Street Saturday night in celebration of the men’s basketball team’s victory against the University of Kentucky, drawing praise from law enforcement.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank supported employees’ contribution on campus in a blog post Thursday, after various statements suggested faculty increase their workload.
While many aspects of the movement for racial equity in Madison and across the country have included protests and press conferences, Jay Katelansky uses a phantom to fight the status quo in Madison, which she described as a “bubble.”
In their matching gray #SaveOurUW T-shirts, members of the Associated Students of Madison traveled to the Joint Finance Committee hearing Thursday to vocalize their concerns over Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed state budget.
The beloved Memorial Union Terrace with its iconic chairs will close early this summer, leaving students disheartened.
The Associated Students of Madison Coordinating Council prepared for the upcoming selection of two UW-Madison vice provost positions during its meeting Wednesday.
Sitting onstage at a UW-Milwaukee budget forum Wednesday, UW System President Ray Cross affirmed an audience member’s question that if Gov. Scott Walker’s budget passes and shared governance is lost, he will resign from his position.
UW-Madison officials announced plans to hold forums to update students and community members on the Diversity Framework’s progress throughout April.
Political theorist Danielle Allen shed a modern light on the Declaration of Independence Tuesday by analyzing the U.S. colonists’ foundation for political equality in a lecture given at Memorial Union’s Shannon Hall.