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STATE NEWS

Students skip ballot box over choosing between Clinton, Trump

By Julia Gilban-Cohen | Nov. 9, 2016

Many UW-Madison students headed to the polls on Election Day, though one in particular didn’t vote for a presidential candidate—he casted a vote for every other position on the ballot instead. Tuesday marked the second election Eric Underwood, a graduate student and registered Republican from Illinois, voted in; however, in 2012 he cast a vote for presidential candidate Mitt Romney. “I just feel much better about myself not voting for anyone and not writing anyone in either,” Underwood said about casting his absentee ballot.

Madison citizens gather for Halloween festivities on State Street in 2012 for the 7th year of Freakfest.

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NEWS

11 years of Freakfest impact culture of Madison Halloween celebration

By Julia Gilban-Cohen | Oct. 31, 2016

On Halloween of 2005, Wendy Hathaway and a few of her friends found themselves in the middle of a police effort to break up the crowd that gathered on State Street for the holiday’s festivities. “I remember the police in riot gear; seeing people climbing light posts and trees and throwing things,” said Wendy Hathaway, freelance writer and UW-Madison alumna.

The UW-Madison Faculty Senate drafted a “No Confidence” resolution in UW System President Ray Cross and the Board of Regents.

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CAMPUS NEWS

UW-Madison Faculty Senate to vote on 'No Confidence' resolution in UW System leadership

By Julia Gilban-Cohen | Apr. 25, 2016

The UW-Madison Faculty Senate will vote May 2 on a resolution regarding its lack of confidence in UW System President Ray Cross and the Board of Regents.

UW-Madison psychology professor Linnea Burk is one of the recipients of the Academic Staff Award for Excellence.

CAMPUS NEWS

Academic Staff Awards for Excellence recipients to be honored April 8

By Julia Gilban-Cohen | Apr. 5, 2016

The UW Board of Regents will honor the 2016 recipients of the Academic Staff Awards for Excellence at its board meeting April 8 in Green Bay.

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NEWS

Tenure report released ahead of upcoming Board of Regents decision

By Madeline Heim and Julia Gilban-Cohen | Mar. 7, 2016

Before an upcoming Board of Regents meeting concerning tenure policies, the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute released a report providing various recommendations for revised measures surrounding tenure.

UW-Madison received a grant that will provide for 205 paid student internships in the next few years, according to a university press release.

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CAMPUS NEWS

UW-Madison receives grant for paid student internships

By Julia Gilban-Cohen | Mar. 1, 2016

The Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corporation awarded UW-Madison with a $360,501 Career Ready Internship Grant, according to a Monday university release.

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STATE NEWS

ASM sends valentines with voter-related message to Capitol

By Julia Gilban-Cohen | Feb. 16, 2016

The Associated Students of Madison delivered 450 paper valentine hearts to the office of Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, Monday, representing the 450 UW-Madison students registered to vote by Special Registration Deputies (SRDs) this year, according to an ASM release.

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CAMPUS NEWS

Absence of emergency housing perpetuates student homelessness

By Julia Gilban-Cohen | Feb. 15, 2016

The first time Brooke Evans saw the word “homelessness” related to higher education was when she was filling out the FAFSA (or Free Application for Federal Student Aid) in 2010, where it wasn’t well-explained and implied that she was not homeless, even though that was not the case.

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NEWS

Cooperative Extension study identifies barriers local women face in running for office

By Julia Gilban-Cohen | Feb. 9, 2016

A new study by three UW-Extension educators addresses the reasons why more women than men, statistically, opt out of political endeavors.

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CITY NEWS

Cold presents challenges for city homelessness

By Julia Gilban-Cohen | Dec. 7, 2015

In August 2011, Tami Fleming was volunteering in the St. Mary’s Hospital emergency room when she encountered and comforted an elderly woman who was homeless, physically ill and struggling with a psychotic episode.