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Panelists discuss the role of religion in politics at a panel Thursday night at the High Noon Saloon.

CITY NEWS

Panelists explore role of religion in 2016 election

By Andy Goldstein | Oct. 20, 2016

The intersection of religion and politics is a historic and controversial tradition in American discourse, and one given contemporary insight by a diverse panel of members of the faith community brought together by The Capital Times Thursday night. “I was kind of hoping to think of a joke about everyone on this panel walking into a bar,” joked moderator and Cap Times reporter Jessie Opoien. Faith has often been a galvanizing factor in American politics, from the scripture-charged battle against slavery, to the natural law-based defense of statewide same-sex marriage bans.

STATE NEWS

With declining state support for UW, budget could tie funding to performance

By Andrew Bahl and Madeline Heim | Oct. 20, 2016

The state’s biennial budget might seem complicated, but it has very real effects for the students, faculty, administration and staff that make up the UW System.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump squared off in the third and final presidential debate Wednesday in Las Vegas.

STATE NEWS

Trump, Clinton meet in final debate

By Lucas Sczygelski | Oct. 20, 2016

Nominees Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton met Wednesday night for the third and final presidential debate at the University of Nevada,Las Vegas. The exchange began in a surprisingly subdued manner.

NEWS

Petition circulates to remove representative from Student Council

By Madeline Heim | Oct. 20, 2016

An Associated Students of Madison Student Council representative could face a recall election for his seat if a petition circulated on social media gathers enough signatures.

State Sen. Dave Hansen, D-Green Bay, hears testimony on a bill he introduced last year, which allows students to refinance their loans.

STATE NEWS

Report reveals growing student debt in Wisconsin

By Hannah J. Olson | Oct. 19, 2016

According to a report issued Monday by the Institute for College Access & Success, national debt levels are climbing, with seven in 10 Wisconsin graduates amassing debt. After increasing by 4 percent nationally and 2 percent statewide this year, the accumulated average debt of Wisconsin college graduates now stands at $29,460.

CITY NEWS

UW-Madison student files complaint alleging discriminatory rental practices

By Miller Jozwiak | Oct. 19, 2016

UW-Madison student Nicole Niebler, president of the student organization Atheists, Humanists & Agnostics, has filed an Equal Opportunities Commission against the owners and managers of the apartment Lumen House, which is a former Catholic school. The complaint alleges Lumen House is operating discriminatory rental practices against renters who are not practicing Catholics.

CAMPUS NEWS

UWPD breaks ground on expansion project

By Tayler Blake | Oct. 19, 2016

Members of UW-Madison Police Department and JP Cullen contractors dug their ceremonial shovels Wednesday afternoon to expand their headquarters.

STATE NEWS

Clinton maintains lead in new Monmouth poll

By Andrew Bahl | Oct. 19, 2016

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is holding on to a lead over Republican Donald Trump in Wisconsin, according to a Monmouth University poll of the state released Wednesday. Forty-seven percent of those surveyed say they will back Clinton, with 40 percent supporting Trump.

CITY NEWS

MFD paramedic saves overdosing man after dog bites her

By Miller Jozwiak | Oct. 19, 2016

A West Side man’s dog sat on his chest following a heroin overdose Tuesday. The dog growled at Madison Fire Department paramedics when they arrived and even bit one before they could help the man. MFD officials responded to a report of an unconscious man in the basement of a University Hills Farms-area neighborhood around 2 p.m., Tuesday.

LGBT Campus Center Program Coordinator Tiffany Lee praised Julio Salgado for bringing in the human aspect of being a queer artist of color during his talk Tuesday.

CAMPUS NEWS

Queer artist of color encourages students to embrace, defend identities

By Megan Provost | Oct. 19, 2016

Some people identify as undocumented immigrants. Others identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer.

NEWS

Journalism professor calls Wisconsin a "laboratory of oligarchy"

By Martha Morgenstein | Oct. 19, 2016

Lewis Friedland, a UW-Madison professor, proposed to an audience Tuesday that the state of Wisconsin has become a “laboratory of oligarchy” controlled by the ultra-wealthy.

CAMPUS NEWS

Wisconsin Black Student Union challenges student athletes’ role in campus activism

By Cameron Lane-Flehinger | Oct. 19, 2016

With NFL player Colin Kaepernick’s national anthem protest continuing to appear in headlines, UW-Madison’s Wisconsin Black Student Union hosted an open discussion on the role of student athletes in campus social justice movements. “Talk to Me Tuesdays” is a new initiative lead by the WBSU to stimulate an open discussion of racial issues and experiences related to race.

Roughly 42 percent of students are proficient in English and math according to data from the state’s new standardized tests administered to students throughout the state.

STATE NEWS

New standardized tests show 42 percent of students are proficient

By Lilly Price | Oct. 18, 2016

Roughly 42 percent of high school students performed at proficient or higher levels in their studies, according to data from Wisconsin Forward Exam released Tuesday.

NEWS

Sustainability Committee plans for possible environmental studies course requirement

By Sydney Widell | Oct. 18, 2016

The Associated Students of Madison Sustainability Committee evaluated its efforts to introduce a campus-wide sustainability credit requirement Tuesday after its proposed agenda was met with some faculty criticism.

An MPD officer will not face criminal charges after shooting a man wielding a pitchfork in June, Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne announced.

CITY NEWS

MPD officer will not face criminal charges after June shooting

By Jake Skubish | Oct. 18, 2016

Whether or not shootings by police are justified has been a common refrain in the news this year.

CAMPUS NEWS

UW-Madison student arrested for second-degree sexual assault

By Sammy Gibbons | Oct. 18, 2016

A UW-Madison student was arrested for two counts of second-degree sexual assault Monday, according to Madison Police Department. 20-year-old Alec R.

NEWS

SSFC Spotlight: BadgerSpill gets go-ahead for yearly budget request

By Madeline Heim | Oct. 18, 2016

Students looking to relieve stress over a roommate, midterms, relationships or any other anxiety that comes with college life can find a quick and thorough way to do so with BadgerSpill. The program began at UW-Madison in 2009 and has since spread to more than 200 campuses across the United States, according to BadgerSpill President Lauren Hammer.

Chancellor Rebecca Blank addressed members of the University Committee Monday about issues such as tenure and meningococcal disease.

CAMPUS NEWS

University Committee discusses Westboro Baptist Church, tenure, gender equality

By Jake Skubish | Oct. 18, 2016

The University Committee discussed a number of topics ranging from the Westboro Baptist Church visiting campus to faculty childhood care at its meeting Monday. Associated Students of Madison Chair Carmen Goséy spoke at the beginning of the meeting about the infamously hateful, anti-LGBTQ church’s impending Thursday visit.

Morton Forest is located in Mazomanie, in the western part of Dane County and is around a 40-minute drive from the UW-Madison campus, according to Google Maps.

CITY NEWS

New hiking area opens 40 minutes from campus

By Lawrence Andrea | Oct. 18, 2016

Dane County opened Morton Forest, a new county park in Mazomanie, Monday . The approximately 114-acre forest was created when Madison resident Stephen Morton donated his family’s estate to the county earlier this year, according to a Monday press release.

STATE NEWS

Panel explores potential for criminal justice reform in state

By Sarah Schoenfeldt | Oct. 18, 2016

Wisconsin needs to do more to reduce recidivism in the criminal justice system—including changing laws to better support former offenders—according to a panel of activists, who spoke Monday night at Grace Episcopal Church.