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Record number of early votes cast in Wisconsin

Wisconsin set the state record Friday for the number of votes cast before Election Day, with the number still expected to grow. More than 775,000 early votes, or 96 percent of the total early votes sent, have been received by election officials so far.


The cost of college has been a salient issue in this year’s presidential campaign, and both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have plans to make higher education more affordable.
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Clinton, Trump make their cases for improving college affordability

College affordability has become a hot-button issue this campaign, with both candidates spending more time talking about reducing rising student debt loads and tuition rates than President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney did four years ago. Part of that attention is due to the rise of Bernie Sanders’ campaign during the Democratic primary.


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Sexual assault occurs after suspect, victim meet at Wando's

A 26-year-old woman was sexually assaulted after meeting a man at Wando’s on University Avenue and accompanying him back to his apartment. The suspect and victim were previously unknown to each other, according to a Madison Police Department incident report. The suspect reportedly assaulted the victim at his apartment before she was able to leave, according to the report.


The student organization Atheists, Humanists and Agnostics had its annual budget approved for the upcoming fiscal year at the Associated Students of Madison Student Services Finance Committee meeting Thursday.
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SSFC approves budget for Atheists, Humanists & Agnostics

Atheists, Humanists & Agnostics presented their budget for the 2018 fiscal year to the Associated Students of Madison Student Services Finance Committee Monday. AHA serves as UW-Madison’s voice and support group for students who question their faith or do not identify with a specific religion. “So many people in college are discovering that they don’t associate with any religion, and it’s really important ... that we are a voice for those people who can’t necessarily tell their family members or can’t necessarily tell their friends,” said Nicole Niebler, AHA’s president. AHA programs include Secular Peer Support, which offers weekly meetings and on-demand peer counseling, and Secular Issue Awareness, which brings attention to “issues that secular people face and how those issues affect everybody on campus.” The organization also hosts larger events such as the Free Thought Speaker Series and the Free Thought Festival, both of which bring speakers from across the country to campus to present on secular topics and issues. AHA first applied for and received university funding in 2012 after learning that Badger Catholic, a religious student organization, was receiving funding from the public university.


Reggie Thedford discussed the importance of community awareness of prison conditions while fellow panelists Tyriek Mack and Michael Roy look on during a panel on mass incarceration at the Law School.
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Panel: Students should take action against mass incarceration

Two UW-Madison Law School student organizations encouraged attendees to take action against mass incarceration at a panel Thursday. The National Lawyers Guild and the Black Law Student Association chose the theme of mass incarceration for their “Take Action” panel because it is a permanent issue in the state of Wisconsin and permeates many different types of law, according to a BLSA representative. “[The panel] gave students a chance to come out to the Law School and have a conversation about mass incarceration and have an open dialogue about the issues,” said UW-Madison junior Nehemiah Siyoum. 


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CITY NEWS

World Series ends with bang in Madison

The Madison Police Department dispatch received two reports of gunshots following the Chicago Cubs'x victory in the World Series Wednesday night. According to an MPD incident report, an officer on duty also heard a “possible” gunshot, but the officer heard “nothing that allowed the officer to specifically locate the source.” “Based on the calls originating from different locations in the city, and the time of the reports, it is believed that the gunshots may have been a [celebratory] response,” officer Anthony Fiore wrote in the report.


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West Johnson Street to close for Biden visit

The Madison Police Department will close part of West Johnson Street Friday, starting at North Bassett Street and ending at North Carroll Street for an event featuring Vice President Joe Biden. According to a city press release, the closure will be from 7 a.m. through 3 p.m



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