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Student resilience shines through the pandemic

By Gina Musso | Aug. 18

Despite pandemic induced academic, financial and health challenges, student resilience has proven strong.

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The pandemic’s effects on campus sustainability

By Caitlyn Halfon | Jun. 7

The pandemic has exacerbated the use of single-use plastics and halted some sustainability programs on campus — yet UW’s waste and consumption levels have not increased overall.

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The Fight against Pipeline 3

By Anna Feldman and Amona Saleh | May. 15

Native Americans raise issues regarding environmental impacts and indigenous rights as construction on a pipeline from Alberta, Canada through Minnesota and Wisconsin continues.  

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UW grad speaks on her time working with primates on campus

By Addison Lathers | May. 9

The recent graduate previously worked as a student research assistant at the Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research alongside the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center.  

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Ex-Badger tight end returns to the classroom amidst pandemic

By Kalli Anderson | May. 3

Ex-Badger football player Daniel Howell Jr. will complete his degree after 30 years.

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‘Continuously Unsafe’: UW admissions puts student sexual assault survivors at risk

By Cailyn Schiltz and Natalie Zientek | Apr. 29

A case from Cambridge High School sheds light on how UW-Madison repeatedly overlooked potentially dangerous students on campus.

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Being an activist when it isn’t about you

By Addison Lathers | Apr. 22

Activist Alec Esther went from transcribing police scanners to community dialogues in his mission to elevate and put names to Madison’s Black voices. 

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Burnt Out: Madison’s student activists prioritize the community’s needs over their own

By Cailyn Schiltz | Apr. 15

Students involved in Common Council, the County Board, activism groups and ASM report feeling tired but hopeful after a long year of struggle and advocacy work.  

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Dogs On Pause: How Dogs On Call is coping with COVID-19

By Elea Levin | Apr. 12

While Dogs On Call has not been able to hold most in-person visits in over a year, the organization was able to do a social distanced event at UnityPoint Meriter Hospital in October.  

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‘The ugly is out in the open’: Asian students face increasingly overt racism, fight back

By Anna Feldman | Apr. 8

Students and activists address the surge in anti-Asian sentiments and hate crimes nation-wide and on campus. 

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The politics of voter drop boxes

By Nicole Herzog | Apr. 5

Continued division over recently-installed ballot drop boxes creates controversy ahead of this week’s April 6 election.

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Wisconsin village sees surge of sexual assault survivors come forward

By Morgan Lock | Apr. 1

Shorewood High School alumni speak on past experiences with sexual assault, leading to town’s very own #MeToo movement. 

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'Relationships are key for microbes, the scientists who study them': PhD student reflects on research, community at UW

By Anna Feldman | Mar. 29

PhD student Charlotte Francoeur created the zine “The Wonderful World of Microbes” in partnership with the UW Arboretum to illustrate the relationship of microbes to other organisms in the arboretum’s ecosystems and beyond. 

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'Perkins borrowers are being failed again': UW withholds debt relief to loan holders amidst the pandemic

By Addison Lathers | Mar. 25

The Department of Education has allowed universities and colleges to suspend payment and interest accumulation on the needs-based student loan program since April, but the UW Administration has neglected to follow through.  

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The changing face of State Street

By Molly Davis | Mar. 25

Recent development projects proposed for the downtown area further contribute to State Street’s gentrification.  

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Student struggle with homelessness exacerbated by COVID-19 pandemic

By Karissa Schumacker | Mar. 25

“Online school is our home. Where we live is our classroom right now, this is where we're learning... what will happen to people who can't pay for housing?” 

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Wisconsin’s 2020 wolf hunt: What went wrong?

By Helena Wehrs | Mar. 18

Delayed reports of kills, lack of communication with tribes and an outdated wolf management plan contributed to hunters surpassing the DNR’s harvest quota.