Banning straws leads the way in UW System schools sustainability efforts
Universities across the state are looking to decrease plastic products on campus, beginning with banning straws.
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Universities across the state are looking to decrease plastic products on campus, beginning with banning straws.
For some universities throughout Wisconsin, diligent efforts have been made to increase recycling and sustainability efforts on campus.
State transgender rights advocates expressed alarm after a report Sunday revealed the Trump administration is considering narrowing the definition of gender as both exclusively biological and unchangeable.
Conservative UW-Madison Student Council representatives said former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin didn’t speak for them when she published an article on her website earlier this month criticizing the Associated Students of Madison for crafting legislation meant to make Babcock Ice Cream more inclusive.
Hundreds of miles from Madison, in the nation’s capital, a small group of rich white men is once again threatening our most basic human rights.
Many UW-Madison students, faculty and staff are in support of a tobacco-free campus, according to a recent survey.
In the wake of the shooting at a Middleton company Wednesday, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin stressed the need for gun control policies “consistent with the Second Amendment.”
Women in the workplace still contend with unwanted advances from male colleagues, which hits close to home as the UW System opens a third investigation into a sexual harassment case at UW-Whitewater.
The UW System will look into reforming their hiring processes and reference checks in order to prevent prospective candidates with a history of sexual harassment from being considered during the hiring process.
At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, there are over a thousand organizations for students to pursue their passions. However, for performing arts lovers, the university falls short.
There soon may be a new crop accompanying the cows on Wisconsin’s farms: hemp.
Hemp, a plant similar to marijuana but without any psychoactive qualities, was banned from cultivation in the U.S. in 1970 when Congress passed the Controlled Substances Act, grouping hemp with marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug.
Farmers rise with the sun, sometimes as early as 3 to 5 a.m., labor in the fields or work with livestock for the entire day, and end their day around 8 p.m. For farmers with disabilities, however, the manual and mental labor that is their livelihood can become impossible.
In the wake of last week’s national student walkout, the Madison chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America met Tuesday to discuss upcoming opportunities to engage with state and local politics on comprehensive gun legislation.
As lawmakers grapple with how to address school safety in response to a recent spree of school shootings, Gov. Scott Walker faces growing pressure to call a special legislative session to deal with the issue.
In the wake of last month’s mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., local Madison-area high schoolers decided they were tired of being ignored.
In a press conference with Madison public officials, students and educators, Gov. Scott Walker and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan were called on to make a difference in the push to pass new gun legislation.
Jon Greendeer was “raised on the idea” that the Ho-Chunk language would become extinct.
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi launched a new initiative Friday allowing residents to voice their opinions on gun reform in light of the recent school shooting in Parkland, Fla.
As the nation grieves for the victims of another deadly school shooting, state lawmakers around the country are taking a step back and examining their own legislative safeguards against similar tragedies.