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Author Margaret Atwood discussed her latest novel “Hag-Seed,” a modern version of William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” for a crowded Varsity Hall in a lecture hosted by UW-Madison Center for the Humanities and other groups Monday.
CAMPUS NEWS

Margaret Atwood advocates funding for the arts, talks new novel on campus

Award-winning author Margaret Atwood visited UW-Madison Monday to discuss reinventing a classic story, and to give her Canadian perspective on national funding for the arts. Atwood began with a quip about the U.S administration, and said sarcastically she was “so happy she was able to cross the border.” She later criticized recent executive orders to cut funding from the National Endowment of the Arts. “Defunding the arts is particularly disadvantageous to smaller communities, many of which have now built up an economy of sorts around things like music and theater ... as those go, there’s going to be a big hole in the economy,” Atwood said, in the talk, which was hosted by the UW-Madison Center for the Humanities along with other organizations . The Canadian author’s latest novel is a revitalization of William Shakespeare’s play “The Tempest” in a more modern, technical setting. Atwood explained the use of technology in the book, “Hag-Seed,” to a crowd of more than 1,000 people in Varsity Hall.


Included in Gov. Scott Walker’s 2017-’19 budget is a proposal to end a state law requiring a public and private voucher schools to teach for a certain amount of hours.
STATE NEWS

Mandatory teaching hours for K-12 schools could be eliminated under proposed budget

As the GOP formulates its spending priorities into the new state budget, one proposal from Gov. Scott Walker would lift the sole mandate enforcing a minimum number of hours of instruction per year in Wisconsin schools. The plan would do away with the state law that ensures such criteria in both public and private schools, and also lift time requirements for one-on-one instructor availability for students enrolled in virtual charter schools. Walker’s proposal would make Wisconsin the only state in the country without laws to ensure minimum instruction time for students. “For us, it’s about eliminating the mandate,” Walker told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Monday.


CITY NEWS

What’s on the ballot in Tuesday’s election

Several races on the ballot in Tuesday’s municipal election—including those for judicial, education and city posts—are contested. Here’s what to expect for community members heading to the polls with downtown and campus addresses.


Two UW-Madison student organizations, including We’re Better Than That, are taking advantage of national Sexual Assault Awareness Month by running campaigns throughout April surrounding issues of sexual violence.Two UW-Madison student organizations, including We’re Better Than That, are taking advantage of national Sexual Assault Awareness Month by running campaigns throughout April surrounding issues of sexual violence.
CAMPUS NEWS

Sexual assault awareness month sparks creative events from student organizations

Several UW-Madison student organizations are looking to raise awareness of sexual violence throughout April, national Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Two organizations on campus—Promoting Awareness Victim Empowerment and We’re Better Than That—are addressing the sensitive topics that surround sexual assault through student activism. WBTT Incoming Students Committee Leader Rachel Nicolaison is running the “Share Your Why” campaign, which aims to create open conversations on sexual assault through personal storytelling. “We want people to get more of the personal touch which is often missing from the conversation,” Nicolaison said.


Demonstrators gathered on Library Mall to promote agendas for Industrial Workers of the World, Young Americans for Liberty and Young Americans for Freedom Friday.
CAMPUS NEWS

Demonstrators protest against fascism, promote free speech on Library Mall

The Madison branch of the Industrial Workers of the World held a demonstration speaking out against fascism and recent violence against members of their union Friday. The demonstration, titled “All Out Against Fascism and Hate,” and organized by the union’s General Defense Committee, attracted roughly 45 people to Library Mall. Demonstrators gathered at Library Mall to listen to speakers such as Alex Gillis of the Union de Trabajadores Inmigrantes, Lariisa Stewart of the Madison Feminist Directory and Sam Olson of the Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement.



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