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(10/21/21 7:00am)
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s campus life revolves around student engagement and activism. Central to this is the Associated Students of Madison, UW-Madison’s student governance body which has been in leadership since 1994.
(10/13/21 7:00am)
A dramatic display of weather disasters across North America this summer underscored the volatility of a changing climate. Heads turned northwest as lethal heat and wildfires enveloped the upper Pacific coast. Heads turned south, then slowly northeast as Hurricane Ida wrought havoc from the oil wells of coastal Louisiana to the subway tunnels of New York City.
(10/07/21 7:00am)
Facebook’s temporary shutdown on Oct. 5, 2021, gave our mediated world a time of peace.
(09/30/21 7:00am)
Between packed lecture halls, murmurs of friends isolating due to exposure and even a few classes shifting back to online instruction, it is clear that the pandemic is far from over.
(09/23/21 7:00am)
Time stood still for one year and a half. For most students, class just became something to entertain themselves for a few hours per day. Doing the bare minimum had never been easier than it was last year in the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some students went from turning on their computer and muting the Zoom to do other things during class to a full-fledged return to in-person instruction, and this has been an adjustment for many UW-Madison students.
(09/16/21 7:00am)
This year has been record-breaking for the Wisconsin state government, with 31% of legislators identifying as women, according to the Labor Reference Bureau. Yet nationally, Wisconsin lags behind other states, ranking 22nd in its proportion of female state legislators. The members of Wisconsin Women in Government are working to fix this by encouraging young women to follow their political aspirations and career goals.
(09/09/21 7:00am)
Study abroad — former college students have probably reminisced with you about it, sharing stories about how some of their craziest college experiences took place in a different country. Your friends have most likely been talking about it since the beginning of freshman year. Some of you have probably already sent in applications and been accepted to programs.
(08/18/21 7:00am)
Your morning alarm rings as you roll over, ready for another day as a college student during the COVID-19 pandemic. The idea of hopping between video calls and virtual class all day is daunting, and the only thing you look forward to is the Zoom happy hour scheduled for this evening. Weekends are dull, there is no spring break and you cannot even study at the local coffee shop or diner because there is no indoor seating.
(06/07/21 9:00am)
Campus operations at colleges across the nation have been undeniably different from previous years due to COVID-19, and UW-Madison is no exception. From an environmental and sustainability perspective, one can only wonder what the impacts of the pandemic will have on the environment.
(05/15/21 7:00am)
It may be the beginning of the end for fossil fuel dependency as oil infrastructure corporations like Enbridge and TC Energy face increasing opposition from indigenous people and environmental activists.
(05/09/21 7:00am)
Students have long flocked to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to take advantage of its nationally-ranked research programs, reputation for innovation and upgraded facilities.
(05/03/21 8:04pm)
Ex-Badger football player Daniel Howell Jr. hasn’t cracked open a textbook in 30 years. On Jan. 25, however, he returned to UW-Madison to tackle his dreams and work towards earning his Bachelor’s degree.
(04/29/21 7:00am)
Some names have been changed due to privacy concerns.
(04/22/21 7:00am)
Since last summer, the city of Madison has seen many fresh new faces emerge in local politics and activism. From alder candidates to community leaders, residents have expressed being called to action after the May protests downtown — but not all of them have been so quick to step in the spotlight.
(04/15/21 7:00am)
Fifty minutes. That’s the amount of time that Sam Jorudd spent of his brief spring break in a meeting with the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s administration. As the Chair of ASM’s Grants Allocation Committee and a junior at UW, Jorudd had been working to ensure that the University properly allocated emergency relief grants to students. He and the UW BIPOC noticed that the University had received these funds, but not dispersed them.
(04/12/21 7:00am)
Meet Izzie, a 12-year-old black Labrador Retriever therapy dog. Izzie loves visiting the University of Wisconsin campus and spending quality time with students, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she has become accustomed to long days at home with her owner Todd Trampe.
(04/08/21 7:00am)
It’s from China. #ChineseVirus. F *ck the Chinese Government.
(04/06/21 2:00am)
Every four years, U.S. citizens across the country wait in winding lines, patiently standing back-to-back as they prepare to cast their ballots for a presidential election. Yet, when the COVID-19 pandemic arose in March 2020, the days in which strangers could stand less than six feet apart or share an unmasked smile with other voters quickly vanished. While some still opted to vote in person in the 2020 Presidential Election, others cast their vote via absentee ballots in record numbers to avoid the risks associated with contracting the virus.
(04/01/21 6:00am)
Shorewood High School alumna Sophie Scherwenka posted a short video to her private Instagram account last week, but she didn’t do it to update her friends or show off an outfit or meal.
(03/29/21 7:00am)
When I met with Charlotte Francoeur over Zoom on a sunny March afternoon, she was eager to share her experience and knowledge as a microbiology graduate student. She wore a white pantsuit patterned with red strawberries matched with burgundy framed glasses. This nature-inspired look seemed appropriate for a student dedicated to spreading the joy of natural science.