STATE NEWS
Baldwin and Vukmir face off in first Senate debate
By Andy Goldstein | Oct. 9, 2018The first debate in Wisconsin’s race for U.S. Senate outlined the combative nature of the campaign thus far.
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NEWS
New technology could help generate and store electricity
By Jenna Walters | Oct. 9, 2018A UW-Madison chemistry professor and research assistant developed a new technology that can generate and store electricity.
NEWS
SSFC approves internal operating budget
Oct. 8, 2018The new $177,566.22 budget will help cover the hourly rate of SSFC members as they work to allocate $51 million in student segregated fees over the course of the year, as well as travel, programming and supply expenses.
NEWS
UW-Oshkosh student seeks justice in federal court for neglected sexual harassment reports against professor
By Sydney Widell | Oct. 8, 2018The complaint, filed Oct. 3 with the U.S Eastern District Court, stated that former professor Michael Beitz violated the former student's rights under Title IX and the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause. The complaint states that the university "acted with deliberate indifference to Beitz' sexual harassment of the plaintiff."
CITY NEWS
Madison’s postal workers hold ‘U.S. Mail Not For Sale’ rally against privatization
By Jon Brockman | Oct. 8, 2018Madison postal workers gathered Monday in front of the city’s main post office on Milwaukee Street for the “U.S. Mail Not For Sale” rally protesting threats from the Trump administration to privatize the postal service.
STATE NEWS
DOJ leads campus sexual assault training in La Crosse
By Andy Goldstein | Oct. 8, 2018While the Association of American Universities prepares to launch its second survey about sexual assault on college campuses, the state Department of Justice said it is seeking to help colleges respond to reports.
STATE NEWS
Student groups react to Kavanaugh confirmation
By Andy Holzmann | Oct. 8, 2018In the wake of a successful vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, student groups on campus share their thoughts on the controversy.
NEWS
International graduate student enrollment rate rises
By Jenna Walters | Oct. 8, 2018The enrollment rate for international graduate students at UW-Madison has risen steadily in recent years, increasing by over 5 percent in the past decade.
CAMPUS NEWS
UW System seeks funds to promote affordability, prosperous opportunities
By Robyn Cawley | Oct. 8, 2018The UW System shared plans to improve resources and increase student opportunities post-graduation through the Capacity-Buildings Initiatives and Fund for Wisconsin Scholars Grant Thursday.
CITY NEWS
Soglin “disappointed” in Town of Madison’s hire of former DeForest police chief
By Jon Brockman | Oct. 7, 2018Madison Mayor Paul Soglin expressed his disappointment in the Town of Madison police department’s decision to hire former DeForest Police Chief Daniel Furseth, who resigned in August after making racist comments in a YouTube video. The video, posted to YouTube in December 2015 by a former DeForest police intern, features Furseth speaking in a stereotypically black voice while filming a group of well-dressed black men walking into a Steak and Shake restaurant.
CAMPUS NEWS
Students call for reforms, representation in Gender and Women’s Studies curriculum
By Sydney Widell | Oct. 7, 2018Campus activists are calling on the Gender and Women’s study program to change the name of their class “Women and Their Bodies in Health and Disease,” arguing that the name excludes and marginalizes trans and nonbinary students.
CAMPUS NEWS
UW-Madison mini film showcases progress, achievement
By Aylin Merve Arikan | Oct. 7, 2018UW-Madison released its 2018 TV spot during Saturday’s football game, featuring themes of challenge and achievement.
STATE NEWS
Tech and journalism organizations team up to boost innovative reporting
By Sydney Widell | Oct. 6, 2018A variety of lecturers talked security, analysis and big data at an event Thursday to an audience of journalism students and local reporters. The speakers introduced the audience to new ways of using technology to tell stories, while also cautioning them about the security risks inherent to navigating life in a digital age.
CAMPUS NEWS
Madison protestors join a nationwide movement in support of sexual assault survivors
By Grace Wallner and Robyn Cawley | Oct. 5, 2018On Thursday, UW-Madison students and community members participated in the #CancelKavanaugh Walkout Against Sexual Assault in response to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s trial.
CITY NEWS
City officials warn of flooding as forecasts show rain
By Jon Brockman | Oct. 4, 2018Madison city officials are warning residents to keep sandbags in place as rain forecasts over the next several days raise concerns for a new round of flash flooding. City officials report both Lakes Monona and Mendota rose five inches following rainstorms Sunday and Monday, but are still down six and nine inches respectively from their highs during the August storms.
IN-DEPTH
STEM students of color seek community on campus
By Tiffany Huang | Oct. 4, 2018Students of color report feeling isolated on UW-Madison’s predominantly white campus, particularly in science, technology, engineering and math classes.
STATE NEWS
Campus registration reaches a peak for midterm year
By Andy Goldstein | Oct. 4, 2018Voter registration on campus in 2018 is comparable to that of a presidential election year, which usually boasts much higher turnout.
CITY NEWS
Man arrested after exposing himself to a family
By Morgan Lock | Oct. 4, 2018The 31-year-old woman spotted the man on 600 block of East Washington Avenue around 6:30 p.m. The police identified the suspect as 58-year-old Waldemar Santiago-Rivera. They arrested him on charges of disorderly conduct while armed, felon in possession of a knife, as well as lewd, lascivious behavior and exposure.
NEWS
UW-Madison Professor speaks on misogyny in hip-hop
By Carl Zabat | Oct. 4, 2018Alexander Shashko, a lecturer in the Afro-American Studies department at UW-Madison, spoke to students about misogyny and hypermasculinity in hip-hop at a Men Against Sexual Assault meeting Wednesday evening.
CAMPUS NEWS
UW-Milwaukee reached a balanced budget, but at a cost
By Defang Zhang | Oct. 3, 2018The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee balanced its budget at the cost of trimming down faculty and adjusting academic programs.
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