Native American landmarks brought to the surface by preservation efforts
(02/21/18 2:50pm)
Walking up the cement path of Bascom Hill, students may not know they are stepping over remnants of Native American life.
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Sharing spaces with Madison’s urban wildlife
(02/22/18 3:01pm)
It’s a little past 6:45 in the morning when David Drake pulls his truck up the hill into Owen Park, on Madison’s near west side. The view from the top of the hill is surprisingly wooded — a restored prairie criss-crossed with snowy trails slopes down into a forest, which Drake says is a favorite haunt of the neighborhood turkeys. The only orienting landmarks are the UW Hospital towers to the east, which glint gold in the sunrise.
UW-Madison again ranked first in number of Peace Corps volunteers
(02/21/18 11:24pm)
UW-Madison is once again the top producer of Peace Corps volunteers in the country, ranking first among large universities in the number of volunteers worldwide for the second consecutive year, according to a university release Wednesday.
In a primary without an incumbent, four opponents vie for a spot on the ballot
(02/20/18 12:51am)
In the race for a seat on Dane County’s Board of Supervisors, four candidates are gearing up for the primary election in District 6 on Tuesday, Feb. 20. Yogesh Chawla, Pam Porter, Heather Driscoll and Britt Cudaback hope to gather the votes to proceed to the general election on April 3.
UW-Madison suspends Theta Chi fraternity for multiple conduct violations
(02/19/18 11:23pm)
The UW-Madison chapter of Theta Chi has been suspended from all university activities until Oct. 21, 2018 following a series of conduct violations by the fraternity, a university report revealed Monday.
As nation reels from Parkland tragedy, the state debates its own gun laws
(02/19/18 12:14am)
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.
Bucky's Tuition Promise is important, necessary
(02/15/18 5:55pm)
When I arrived at UW-Madison last semester, I held the naïve opinion that class stratification was not a large problem on campus. While my experiences so far have drastically changed my mind, I think that Chancellor Rebecca Blank’s new financial assistance program for low-income students, called “Bucky’s Tuition Promise,” was a step in the right direction.
Are you interested in off-campus housing? Keep reading.
(02/15/18 2:53pm)
So, you and your best friends have decided that this next school year is the year you’re going to live across the street from Cap Centre Market.
Amid student protests, official says meal plan will “financially stabilize” dining program
(02/15/18 5:03pm)
Petitions have been circulated. Meetings have been held. Trays have been kicked and thrown across the Gordon Dining Hall floor.
Students block off market in Gordon Dining Hall to protest university meal plan
(02/14/18 1:50am)
Approximately 100 UW-Madison students and community members gathered in Gordon Dining Hall Tuesday evening to share their outrage over the university’s meal plan for incoming freshmen.
Lawmakers hope to retain out-of-state students by giving them back some tuition money
(02/14/18 1:48am)
Legislators hope to convince out-of-state students to remain in Wisconsin after graduation by offering them some of their tuition money back, in an attempt to bolster the state’s struggling workforce numbers.
‘Derail the Jail’ activists host teach-in on racial injustice in Dane County
(02/13/18 4:49am)
Individuals supporting the Derail the Jail movement banded together for a teach-in Monday night to discuss proposed renovations to the Dane County Jail, which will cost nearly $108 million to restore.
Upcoming meal plan protest justified, necessary
(02/12/18 6:00pm)
At the end of the 2017 fall semester, reports came out that UW had ideas of implementing a new “meal plan” idea that would come into effect the fall semester of 2018. The University would require new incoming freshmen to deposit a minimum of $1,400 on their WisCard account.
UHS prepares for May expansion to accommodate more space for mental health services
(02/09/18 3:19am)
Students who go to University Health Services to visit mental health providers and participate in group therapy sessions can look forward to an increase in rooms.
UW-Madison to cover tuition and segregated fees for low-income Wisconsin students
(02/08/18 9:21pm)
Wisconsin students who want to attend UW-Madison and have a family income of $56,000 or less are now eligible to have four years of tuition and segregated fees covered by the university, Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced Thursday.
Friend and mentor: Off-court relationship helps Moesch mold Davison into future UW star
(02/08/18 2:00pm)
On a recent Friday night, Aaron Moesch and Brad Davison drove to James Madison Memorial High School to see the high school’s performance of its school play, Curtains. The duo was meeting their shared-pastor, Matt Metzger of Blackhawk Church and Metzger’s family, including both his and his wife’s parents, who were all in town to see the pastor’s daughters in the performance.
UW students may see gap in aid after the demise of a popular student loan program
(02/06/18 4:00pm)
The Perkins Loan Program, which provided $25.4 million in low-interest loans to UW System students, has expired, with seemingly little hope of congressional renewal in sight.
Dane County Elections Forum: Major takeaways and impact for students
(01/26/18 5:04am)
Sixteen candidates for Dane County’s Board of Supervisors participated in a forum Thursday night hosted by Our Wisconsin Revolution to promote policy priorities and goals for the county.
UHS resurrects two decades of missing student death data
(01/23/18 2:15pm)
For the past 20 years, University Health Services at UW-Madison recorded the total number of students that died each year. This amounts to 192 total students from April 1998 to 2017, 56 of whom died in the last five years.
UW-Madison has least expensive meal plan in Big Ten
(01/23/18 2:00pm)
UW-Madison’s new meal plan for the 2018-’19 academic year sparked backlash throughout campus. The university’s plan, however, is similar to others across the Big Ten Conference — and more affordable, too.
