Q&A: Parnika Shukla, Housing Equity Director at the Social Justice Hub
Parnika Shukla believes that housing equals stability.
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Parnika Shukla believes that housing equals stability.
Those who were unfortunate enough to live in Witte Residence Hall during the 2019-20 school year no doubt still have severe trauma from memories of the “Witte poop bandit.”
While the announcement of Chancellor Rebecca Blank’s departure from the University of Wisconsin-Madison may have been a surprise to some, she believes that the time was right for her to leave the institution.
COVID-19 positive students are being temporarily housed in vacant apartments at the Eagle Heights complex, which houses many graduate students and faculty.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison and Edgewood College co-hosted the 29th annual Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Asexual College Conference at the Monona Terrace over the weekend.
With the fall semester well underway, University of Wisconsin-Madison students are adjusting to a (mostly) in-person class schedule for the first time in a year and a half. However, for the thousands of students taking a chemistry course with a lab this semester, classes remain virtual due to ongoing construction delays of the university's chemistry building.
Most students have rejoiced about being in-person again. We’re able to see our friends, make new ones and actually know how tall our professors are. But, some students are missing the ease and privacy of Zoom school. The main reason? Students actually have to shower now, so as not to offend their classmates.
The Badgers pulled off their eighth sweep of the season on Friday night in front of a 7,540 person crowd at the Wisconsin Field House. The fans’ excitement was contagious as Wisconsin’s volleyball team defeated their conference rivals 25-17, 25-22, 25-17.
Upon returning to campus, the most common back-to-school question I was asked was: “What did you do over the summer?” In short, I would always respond: “I worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), without being a CNA.” While this description confused my peers, this was the best way to summarize my summer job.
Blaming Greek Life — the entitled party animals — was an easy avenue at the start of the pandemic. In “Greek life being Greek life,” relentless socializing spurred the foreseeable lockdown of 22 sorority and fraternity houses at the start of the 2020-2021 academic year. Presently, however, Greek life is not at fault — the blatant disregard for in-chapter sorority members is.
The City of Madison is considering two plans to redraw district boundaries which would break up District 8, a district that has historically been occupied predominantly by UW-Madison students.
The first meeting of the Equity and Inclusion Committee (EIC) was hosted on Tuesday by the Associated Students of Madison. The committee is dedicated to making space for students to advocate for social justice and inclusivity on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
On Tuesday, the Student Council of the Associated Students of Madison — the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s student government — convened in person for the first time since the onset of the pandemic.
It comes as no surprise to anybody who calls a University of Wisconsin-Madison residence hall home this semester that the university has enrolled a record number of freshmen. Triples, quads and unconventional housing situations abound, accommodating the surplus of students.
A sexual assault in a Southeast residence hall Sunday was reported in a “Crime Warning” email sent to the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus community on Monday. Because the alleged victim has not filed a police report, there remains no active police investigation into the incident. Instead, the case is being handled by the Sexual Misconduct Resource and Response Program formally known as the Title IX program.
Associated Students of Madison hosted the first Shared Governance Committee meeting of the semester on campus Tuesday. The committee seeks to bring together the university and city committees to discuss student and campus-related issues.
“After going into Witte once, Sellery just feels like an extremely downgraded version of that,” said Sellery resident and University of Wisconsin-Madison student, Riya Shah.
Several members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's marching band recently tested positive for COVID-19, prompting band directors to cancel two rehearsals this week.
The beginning of the fall semester signals the return of clubs and campus organizations — one of the largest being Greek life. With hundreds of students rushing for fraternities and sororities each fall, many adjustments have been made to the routine rush process to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks within the campus community.
The familiar sight of bodies cascading down Bascom Hill has finally made its return to the Madison campus. In-person instruction, a highly anticipated quality for any Big Ten institution, has drastically improved the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s academic, communal, and visual appeal. Students find themselves relieved and more motivated than ever to tackle the fall semester. However, this recent surge in ambition has coincidently resulted in shoulder to shoulder madness at the Nicholas Recreation Center.