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Al 'The Badger' Purves is still learning

By Sophia Vento | Nov. 11

The UW-Madison TikTok star reflects on what running @althebadger and @badgerbarstool has taught him.

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Geraldine’s Pick: The person behind the concept

By Molly Schiff | Nov. 4

The UW Bookstore employee of nearly 35 years serves as a friendly face to the campus community.

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The hectic hunt for housing in Madison

By Amelia Zollner | Oct. 28

With lease signing for the following year occurring almost as soon as campus moves back to Madison for the fall semester, students share concerns over the early leasing period.

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Associated Students of Madison: By-the-numbers

By Gina Musso | Oct. 21

A breakdown of the people, funding and factors that make up UW-Madison’s student governance body.

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Local manifestations of a warming world

By Thomas Jilk | Oct. 13

The impacts of a changing climate are emerging in Madison. How will its residents respond?

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From health crisis to information disaster: False information about COVID-19 invades media

By Audrey Perry | Oct. 7

Media became a makeshift reality during the pandemic. While it was important to have a way to remain connected to people, that came at the price of higher exposure to misinformation.

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Anti-mask student organization fights university mask mandate

By Amelia Zollner | Sep. 30

UW-Madison student organization “Unmask UW” questions the legality and necessity of UW-Madison’s mask mandate.

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The trek back to normalcy

By Molly Schiff | Sep. 23

UW-Madison students react to the return of in-person instruction and events as campus reopens.

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Wisconsin Women in Government fight for a ‘seat at the table’

By Clare McManamon | Sep. 16

Despite a record-breaking year for the percentage of female legislators in Wisconsin government, women working in state government argue that there is still room for more gender and racial diversity in politics.

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Abroad: Are we going?

By Molly Schiff | Sep. 9

Students and UW staff weigh in on the possibility of the resumption of study abroad programs.

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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.