IN-DEPTH
Ex-Badger tight end returns to the classroom amidst pandemic
By Kalli Anderson | May. 3Ex-Badger football player Daniel Howell Jr. will complete his degree after 30 years.
FOOTBALL
Packers draft targets: Get Aaron Rodgers some help
By Seamus Rohrer | Apr. 29The Packers have a chance to add playmakers for future Hall-of-Famer Aaron Rodgers once again. Will ...
ARTS
What The Cardinal has been binging this semester
By The Daily Cardinal Arts Desk | Apr. 29As the semester comes to a close, the Daily Cardinal Arts desk looks back on what's gotten them through ...
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Wealth and Poverty: Daily Cardinal Action Project Part Two
How is the Madison art community adapting to financial challenges during the pandemic? We also discuss the cost of attendance at UW-Madison and why it is higher than other UW campuses. Finally, we learn where food deserts exist in Madison and how to increase access to nutritious food.
This is all covered today in our 2-part episode series on the Cardinal’s spring 2021 action project issue Wealth and Poverty, hosted by Gaby Vinick and Hope Karnopp.
Guests: Emily Knepple, Samantha Benish and Forrest Ziebell
ADVERTISING BLOG
How To Spend A Summer Weekend in Madison
By Daily Cardinal Advertising Team and Taylor Slutzker | Apr. 30After enduring a stereotypical midwest winter filled with icy streets and sub-zero temperatures, it’s impossible not to appreciate warm weather to an elevated extent. When you’ve spent three months fiddling your thumbs trying to figure out what to do inside all day (a feeling that became even more exaggerated from the pandemic and working from home), it starts to feel criminal not to be outside once the temperature hits 60 degrees or higher.
ALMANAC
Badger Promise rumored to have been discontinued in original form, now a threat
By Mackenzie Moore | Apr. 29When it was introduced in 2017, the Badger Promise made it look as though UW-Madison was providing a major incentive for first-generation college students to call Madison home. The program, which originally offered two to four semesters of free tuition to first-generation college students transferring from two-year colleges around Wisconsin, is rumored to have been discontinued due to budget cuts and the fact that one of the university’s high ranking officials wants a new boat.
ALMANAC
Mifflin Street Block Party quiet, respectful
By Mackenzie Moore | Apr. 29Since 1969, the Mifflin Street Block Party has been an annual tradition for UW-Madison students. While it originally began as an anti-war protest, one thing has been true for decades — it is an opportunity for students to get obliterated with their peers before getting ready for finals week. That is until the 2020 Mifflin Street Block Party was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Something appears to have been learned from the past year, as Mifflin was reportedly very tame this past Saturday.
ALMANAC
“Heroic students save dog from hot car during Mifflin”
By Owen Shao | Apr. 29Anticipation for the annual Mifflin St. Block Party has subsided in Madison, Wis. Thousands of crushed cans and shattered glass were all that remained Sunday morning as the students in attendance reeled from their collective “post weekend denial.” Public concerns regarding student safety and COVID-19 precautions are being raised in response to the large congregation of maskless children. However, these questions appeared insignificant and misguided in light of the heroic act that took place Saturday.
SCIENCE
Superfoods: Are they worthy of the name?
By Forrest Ziebell | Apr. 29Kale, berries, cacao, eggs, sweet potatoes, greek yogurt and more are among the dozens of foods that are labeled "superfoods." This new group of products is advertised as being nutritionally dense — or containing high amounts of vitamins/minerals per calorie — ways to improve your diet and prevent disease simply by consuming them.
CITY NEWS
Madison affordable housing neighborhood gets a $50 million makeover
By Molly Carmichael | Apr. 29Residents helping to reinvigorate the Triangle neighborhood, new housing and community center
SCIENCE
I just think they’re neat: Muskrats
By Will Cioci | Apr. 29In Ojibwe legend, there was a time when water covered all. Unhappy with the Anishinabe people, Kitchi-Manitou, the Great Mystery, flooded the earth. The only survivors in a world without land were those animals who could swim or fly — and one man, Nanaboozhoo, who clung for life to a floating log.
CAMPUS NEWS
New ASM Chair and Vice Chair-elects look ahead for more progressive change
By Gina Musso | Apr. 29ASM Chair-elect Adrian Lampron and Vice Chair-elect Lennox Owino build on lessons from a pandemic year, push for campus CAHOOTS system.
OPINION
Sen. Ron Johnson should get the COVID-19 vaccine whether he likes it or not
By Nick Rawling | Apr. 29In what has become a somewhat-regular occurrence as of late, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis, once again thrust himself into the national spotlight last week by saying something incredibly dumb.
CAMPUS NEWS
ASM passes three new pieces of legislation in last meeting of the year
By Anthony Trombi | Apr. 28The student government passed legislation in support of Indigenous people at UW-Madison, demanding the elimination of specific student fees and refining their COVID-19 Student Relief Fund.
CITY NEWS
New Hotels to Housing initiative to house those experiencing homelessness in Dane County
By Sarah Eichstadt | Apr. 28The program is expected to support 250 families and individuals total in finding permanent housing.
CAMPUS NEWS
UW wins sustainability award, students call for further action
By Gina Musso | Apr. 28Although UW-Madison won the U.S. Department of Education’s Green Ribbon Schools Postsecondary Sustainability Award, students still advocate for divestment from fossil fuels.
CAMPUS NEWS
Students reckon with policing of Mifflin Street Block Party
By Caitlyn Halfon | Apr. 28Students identified significant inconsistencies between the policing of Mifflin Block Party and events with higher Black, Indigenous and People of Color engagement.
ARTS
'The United States Vs. Billie Holiday' proves unable to rescue its heroin from its own confusion
By Rebecca Perla | Apr. 27Andra Day is excellent as Billie Holiday in 'The United States Vs. Billie Holiday' but the film around her cannot decide exactly what story it wants to tell.
CITY NEWS
Madison West faces criticism after dividing parents based on race for police brutality conversations
By Samantha Henschel | Apr. 27A district representative says the email sent to parents for the conversations was “unfortunately, poorly worded.”
CAMPUS NEWS
PAVE’s Denim Day 2021 seeks to support, empower survivors of sexual violence
By Sophia Vento | Apr. 27Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment is hosting their annual Denim Day event on Wednesday, April 28, in solidarity with victims of sexual violence.
STATE NEWS
Wisconsin retains eight U.S. House districts while South, West make gains
By Tyler Katzenberger | Apr. 27Wisconsin’s number of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives will remain at eight, according to apportionment data published by the U.S. Census Bureau on Monday.
CAMPUS NEWS
UW-Madison to welcome garden plaza for the Divine Nine
By Ellie Nowakowski | Apr. 27A dedication ceremony Saturday marked the location of a developing plaza that will house National Pan-Hellenic Council meetings and historic markers.
STATE NEWS
Cardi B claps back at Wisconsin representative’s ‘WAP’ complaints
By Emma Grenzebach | Apr. 26U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Glenbeulah, stood on the House floor Thursday morning to discuss Cardi B and her recent Grammys performance of “WAP” with Megan Thee Stallion.
CAMPUS NEWS
Student-led climate strike urges university to divest from fossil fuels
By Ellie Nowakowski | Apr. 26The Wisconsin Student Climate Action Coalition teamed up with multiple student organizations to host a climate strike on campus Friday.
