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Armed assault occurs near Ingraham Hall
By Megan Provost | Oct. 2, 2017UWPD is investigating an attempted abduction that occurred early Monday morning near Ingraham Hall.
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STATE NEWS
UW Flexible Option program expected to expand with little new state funding
By Emily Curtis | Oct. 2, 2017Although Gov. Walker signed the two-year state budget into law over a week ago, the UW System is still figuring out how the budget affects one of its programs targeted at non-traditional students.
CAMPUS NEWS
McBurney Center to implement privacy, software changes throughout semester
By Lawrence Andrea | Oct. 2, 2017The McBurney Disability Resource Center, the university office that provides accommodations to students with disabilities, will introduce a new electronic accommodation and case management software this semester that will affect the way students and faculty communicate.
CAMPUS NEWS
Reflection space in SAC to be available for daytime student use
By Jessica Sullivan | Oct. 2, 2017Students who want to pray, meditate or reflect during the school day can now do so thanks to a new reflection space in the Student Activity Center that will have its “soft run” Tuesday.
CITY NEWS
City council expects heated debate over campus-area hotel’s entertainment license
By Noah Habenstreit | Oct. 1, 2017Is the Edgewater Hotel too loud? Some Langdon Street residents say the hotel’s frequent concerts and loud outdoor events make it nearly impossible to have a conversation in their own homes.
STATE NEWS
Critics say Walker’s budget negotiations broke state rules
By Lilly Price | Oct. 1, 2017Gov. Scott Walker used 99 partial vetoes to appease a handful of senators who were stalling the passage of the state’s 2017-’19 budget but some critics are saying Walker’s negotiations went so far as to break state laws. A state court ruling on the type of negotiations officials in the Legislature can and can’t make is unprecedented.
CITY NEWS
Police searching for ‘suspicious person’ who grabbed woman’s neck near Langdon Street
By Katie Kalvelage | Oct. 1, 2017Police are seeking help identifying a “suspicious person” after a woman’s screams frightened away an unidentified attacker near campus early Saturday morning.
CAMPUS NEWS
Free DACA renewal clinic to be hosted in Red Gym
By Lawrence Andrea | Oct. 1, 2017A free DACA renewal legal clinic will be held in the Multicultural Student Center of the Red Gym Monday afternoon.
CAMPUS NEWS
UW-Madison to conduct tests at Agricultural Hall amid lead concerns
By Megan Provost | Sep. 29, 2017UW-Madison Environment, Health & Safety is investigating potential lead dust contamination in Agricultural Hall and surrounding areas, including Nancy Nicholas Hall after receiving reports of “unacceptable levels of lead dust” in the areas.
CAMPUS NEWS
UW System students could lose some financial aid if Perkins Loan program expires
By Sydney Widell | Sep. 29, 2017If the Perkins Loan, a federal institutional loan program, expires nation-wide Sunday, the nearly 4,000 UW-Madison students who used that funding will have to find it elsewhere.
CITY NEWS
Police investigating shots fired near home of Tony Robinson’s mother
By Gina Heeb | Sep. 28, 2017Madison Police Department officers are investigating an apparent shooting that happened Wednesday on the north side of Madison, near where the mother of Tony Robinson — a teen fatally shot by an MPD officer in 2015 — currently lives. No one was hurt, MPD Officer Matthew Schroedl said in a report, but police found damage to a building in the 2100 block of Winnebago Street, where the incident occurred.
CAMPUS NEWS
‘Sustain-A-Bash’ brings campus environmentalists together
By Noah Habenstreit | Sep. 28, 2017If you’re wondering why there was a giant inflatable earth on the Gordon lawn, here’s your answer: Sustain-A-Bash.
CAMPUS NEWS
Controversial speaker to visit campus in October; anti-gun advocates plan protest
By Caitlyn Koch | Sep. 28, 2017A conservative group on campus will host a controversial speaker to give a talk on the Second Amendment in October, and student activists are already planning to protest the event.
CAMPUS NEWS
Blank to increase sustainability conversations this year
By Kohei Tsukada | Sep. 28, 2017UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank said administration will highlight sustainability efforts more this academic year in her blog post Wednesday.
STATE NEWS
State DOJ launches website to track the testing stage of sexual assault kits
By Allyson Duffy | Sep. 28, 2017Attorney General Brad Schimel announced Wednesday that the Department of Justice will launch a website designed to keep the public updated on the status of the state’s sexual assault kit backlog.
STATE NEWS
Candidate for governor wrote reference letter on behalf of sex offender
By Noah Habenstreit | Sep. 28, 2017State Sen. Kathleen Vinehout, D-Alma, just announced she is launching a campaign for governor. It’s not off to a great start.
CAMPUS NEWS
For the first time, UW-Madison accepts food stamps
By Nina Bertelsen | Sep. 28, 2017Gordon’s Flamingo Run began accepting food stamps this Monday — and they’ve already had their first transaction.
STATE NEWS
Recovery high schools part of solution to end opioid epidemic
By Lilly Price | Sep. 28, 2017Without Horizon High School, a recovery high school for teens with substance abuse, 17-year-old Ken Adams says he wouldn’t be alive. “It saved my life,” the high school senior said. Although Adams attends the school sculpted for teens recovering from drug and alcohol abuse, he’s never had an addiction problem.
STATE NEWS
An early look at the 2018 governor’s race
By Noah Habenstreit | Sep. 28, 2017The Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial primary is scheduled for Aug. 14, 2018. That distant date hasn’t stopped a flurry of Democrats from jumping in to challenge Gov.
CAMPUS NEWS
UW students push to make menstrual products more accessible
By Lawrence Andrea | Sep. 28, 2017Last April, UW-Madison’s student government and administrators partnered to conduct a pilot program that would evaluate the cost and feasibility of permanently providing free menstrual products in campus restrooms.
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