IN-DEPTH
Gordon Dining dishes out new policies to reduce food waste
By Kalli Anderson | Oct. 18, 2018Gordon Dining changes policies upon finding much of the leftover food was wasted.
News
CAMPUS NEWS
Fluctuating high school graduate numbers forces UW System to act
By Robyn Cawley | Oct. 18, 2018Even though the school-age population has increased, the number of high school graduates has decreased over the past few years. UW System campuses are eager to combat this, but some feel that their efforts are not enough.
CITY NEWS
Great Lakes on tap as Big Read author steps off campus, into local bar
By Joshua Mitchell | Oct. 18, 2018Over 100 community members crowded the Working Draft Beer Company to sip craft brews and chat with the Milwaukee author, whose book The Life and Death of the Great Lakes landed on the New York Times Best Sellers list and was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize this year.
STATE NEWS
Legislators demand answers on student loan forgiveness process
By Will Husted | Oct. 18, 201899.6 percent of applicants to a hopeful student loan forgiveness program were denied help, sparking questions from congress members.
NEWS
Student organization helps spread body positivity on campus
By Jenna Walters | Oct. 18, 2018UW-Madison’s National Organization for Women celebrated Love Your Body Day with campus activities, including a speaker who addressed self-love and feminism. For nearly 20 years, NOW has celebrated body positivity on Oct. 17.
CAMPUS NEWS
Foxconn returns to campus to promote job creation, enhance innovation
By Robyn Cawley | Oct. 17, 2018After announcing the partnership with UW-Madison, Foxconn will provide an opportunity for students and faculty to engage with the company’s new technology and discuss job outlook.
NEWS
Go Big Read author visits campus, gives insight into his inspiration
By Sarah Jensen | Oct. 16, 2018Seats in the theater at Memorial Union filled up quickly as people waited for Dan Egan, this year’s Go Big Read author, to discuss his book about the ecological disasters of the Great Lakes.
CITY NEWS
Madison police chief, Dane County DA trade criticisms over juvenile justice system
By Jon Brockman | Oct. 16, 2018Two of Madison’s top law enforcement officials traded public criticisms online Tuesday, chastising each other for their treatment of juvenile offenders. The dispute began when Madison Police Chief Mike Koval released his daily blog post, in which he expressed concern about the increasing frequency of “juveniles engaged in serious, illegal behavior[s].” Koval cast doubt on whether the "failing" juvenile justice system actually held offenders accountable for their actions.
NEWS
UW-Madison’s School of Veterinary Medicine could be remodeled in coming years
By Jenna Walters | Oct. 16, 2018Students and staff of UW-Madison’s School of Veterinary Medicine are determined to make sure a proposed remodel of the building is not pushed off to a later budget cycle by the state Legislature.
STATE NEWS
Evers goes on offensive against Walker’s record on health care
By Andy Goldstein | Oct. 16, 2018As Wisconsin’s justice department takes part in a Republican lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act, Democratic candidate for governor Tony Evers placed doubt on state Republicans’ commitment to protecting patients with pre-existing conditions.
STATE NEWS
Candidates for governor react to criticisms with policy
By Jessica Lipaz | Oct. 16, 2018Gov. Scott Walker and Democratic governor candidate Tony Evers appeal to voters on the opposite side of their respective aisles.
NEWS
Wunk Sheek budget approved despite SSFC backlash
By Morgan Lock | Oct. 16, 2018Wunk Sheek requested a 20 percent increase in their budget for the upcoming fiscal year, although they had not spent the entirety of their budget from the previous year.
CAMPUS NEWS
Former SSFC member 'proud' of decision to take action after Nominations Board wins in court
By Robyn Cawley | Oct. 15, 2018Following deliberation, the Student Judiciary has voted in favor of the Nominations Board in the case issued by Sophia Alzaidi, a former SSFC member, after she was not selected to be on the current session committee.
STATE NEWS
Mail and online voter registration ends Wednesday for midterm election
By Jessica Lipaz | Oct. 15, 2018Wednesday is the last day Wisconsinites can register to vote by mail or online in the upcoming midterm election.
CITY NEWS
'We’re just getting started' 13-year-old arrested for car theft, battery according to police
By Jon Brockman | Oct. 15, 2018Madison police arrested a 13-year-old boy Friday on charges of strong-arm robbery and battery in connection with a car theft last week that resulted in the arrests of three other teenagers. The three other teens, two 13-year-old girls and a 14-year-old girl, were arrested last Thursday after stealing and crashing an SUV.
CAMPUS NEWS
UW-Madison students granted award that will help further their research abroad
By Jenna Walters | Oct. 15, 2018UW-Madison ranked as the top university in the 2018 Fulbright-Hays Awards with seven students being awarded grants that will help further their research abroad.
FOOTBALL
Students, community members celebrate UW-Madison Homecoming
By Jenna Walters | Oct. 15, 2018Homecoming week at UW-Madison is a time-honored tradition filled with student and community activities that highlight what it means to be a badger.
CAMPUS NEWS
Students gather in the gardens to celebrate the harvest, sustainable agriculture
By Sydney Widell | Oct. 15, 2018The fields glowed pink in the last streaks of daylight as students and community members gathered in the Eagle Heights Community Gardens to celebrate the harvest and the end of the growing season with F.H.
STATE NEWS
NextGen pledges more money to encourage youth voting
By Andy Goldstein | Oct. 15, 2018NextGen Wisconsin has announced a new wave of digital ads to encourage young people to come out to the polls as progressive groups continue to see unlocking youth turnout as the key to unseating vulnerable Republicans in November.
CAMPUS NEWS
Police announce pilot for off-campus WiscAlerts
By Sydney Widell | Oct. 14, 2018Students who live in some off-campus neighborhoods will be able to receive WiscAlerts for crimes in their areas while police pilot a new notification system over the next six months, the UW-Madison Police Department announced last week.
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