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The Red Gym will house two new cultural student centers this fall. 

Move over ASM bus pass: Wiscards may become the new swipe

Students tired of digging around for their bus passes may no longer have to.

Groundbreaking proposal would make UW-Madison dining halls food stamp accessible

Starting next fall, UW-Madison could be the first school in the nation to accept food stamps in dining halls, according to a university administrator who called the program a no-brainer.

Jeff Novak, UW-Madison’s director of university housing, announced his intention to make dining halls food stamp accessible in a speech to ASM’s Student Council Wednesday.

Cost of immigration is overshadowed by our country’s racist ideals

The most common argument I hear when discussing immigration is that if immigrants—specifically Mexican immigrants—want to come to the U.S. so badly, why don’t they do it legally?

Student leader’s campaign works to increase tuition transparency

Some students may not know that segregated fees and housing fees are separate from tuition, and that tuition does not pay for athletics. Providing more tuition transparency will allow students to see where exactly their tuition money is going toward.

After Red Gym controversy, Sellery emerges as likely Amazon pickup point location

Following pushback from students, faculty and alumni last semester about the Red Gym as an Amazon pickup point location, UW-Madison students will likely be picking up their packages from Sellery Residence Hall.

Nearly half of UW-Madison fraternities faced punishment in 2016, documents show

A young man, face bright red, covered in vomit and urine, lay slumped in the corner of a basement while a frat party continued.

Peace Corps Week recognizes national program’s 56th year

Most students coming to UW-Madison know the university ranks among the top schools in the country for research and teaching. What they may not know is that the university has produced the second-most Peace Corps volunteers in the country since the program’s inception, according to the Peace Corps website, or that it sent 68 graduates abroad in the last year alone.

It’s On Us brings campuses together to combat sexual assault

RIVER FALLS, Wis.—Lynn Rosenthal used to leave the White House gates every day thinking it was her last and that she would be fired. Little did she know that her work would spur the national campaign “It’s on Us.”

Professor’s ‘explicit’ proposal aims to streamline low-income aid

For first-year student Melissa Strupp, the struggle to start her college career began long before she ever scaled Bascom Hill.

UW Housing needs to increase pay in order to retain employees

As soon as prospective students are admitted to UW-Madison, they begin the housing application process. Along with this process, students are highly encouraged to apply for a student job on campus. These jobs are presented as being conveniently located, with flexible hours and a great way to make friends and connections. While all of this may be true, there is one major detriment to working for the university: the pay.

Slichter Hall’s renovation proposal is one of the several campus proposals deferred in the capital budget. Post-occupancy student satisfaction surveys reveal that this facility receives the lowest scores of all on-campus housing facilities.

Several UW-Madison building repair requests deferred in Walker’s capital budget proposal

Multiple UW-Madison building project requests have been deferred, according to Gov. Scott Walker’s capital budget proposal.

Financial aid office open house explains changes to FAFSA verification

The UW-Madison Office of Student Financial Aid has moved toward no longer being "paper-pushers," as many other financial offices are, according to the office's Communications Manager Karla Weber.

Substance talk in classrooms can alienate sober students

At the No. 1 party school in the nation, encountering party culture around campus is not surprising outside of the classroom. But when references to drugs and alcohol leave basement house parties and surface in classroom discussion, some students say they promote high risk behavior, marginalize the experience of those who choose not to drink and challenge the image of the university.

Choices about Alcohol aims to educate, some claim through intimidation

UW-Madison students who violate university drinking policies do not have any choice but to take Choices about Alcohol, a two session course that teaches students about the dangers of alcohol abuse.

‘All hands on deck’: the national, state and local battle against the opioid epidemic

Late last month, a child was found unconscious in his Milwaukee-area home. The boy had accidentally swallowed an oxycodone pill from his mother’s purse while she slept. His mother found him after she woke up, something the two-year-old would never do again. The cause of the death was opioid overdose.

While students excite over ‘party school’ rankings, university works to turn the tide

For Sunny Singh, a senior at UW-Madison, the school’s party culture is hard to avoid. The social life on UW-Madison’s campus is synonymous with drug and alcohol use, to Singh.

Cardinal View: Good Samaritan laws should go further

Passed out on a stranger’s bathroom floor. Stumbling down the street, held up by friends. Leaning over a plastic Walgreens bag in an Uber. Images most college students have witnessed—or personally experienced—during a night out.