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Geraldine’s Pick: The person behind the concept
By Molly Schiff | Nov. 4, 2021The 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, 2021With 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, 2021A 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, 2021The 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, 2021Media 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, 2021UW-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, 2021UW-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, 2021Despite 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, 2021Students 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, 2021Despite 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, 2021The 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 Amena Saleh | May. 15, 2021Native 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, 2021The 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, 2021Ex-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, 2021A 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, 2021Activist 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, 2021Students 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, 2021While 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, 2021Students 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, 2021Continued division over recently-installed ballot drop boxes creates controversy ahead of this week’s April 6 election.
