UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank is poised to begin a committee this fall that will share information with and seek insight from various leaders in the community regarding diversity and inclusion.
The city of Madison Common Council unanimously voted to delay discussion of a motion intended to curb roadside panhandling put forth by Mayor Paul Soglin Tuesday. Madison suspended enforcement of its General Ordinances regarding panhandling in January after the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin sent a letter to city attorney Michael May, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, released an op-ed Tuesday urging for more conservative speakers to be hosted at UW System campuses. The op-ed, titled “A Free Speech Challenge to the UW System” and published by Right Wisconsin, claims liberal ideology is disproportionately offered at university-sponsored lectures across the state. The article calls on UW System to “practice what they preach,” referring to a Board of Regents statement released last year emphasizing the need for free speech. “It is not the proper role of the university to attempt to shield individuals from ideas and opinions they, or others, find unwelcome, disagreeable, or even deeply offensive,” Vos wrote. “Although the university greatly values civility, concerns about civility and mutual respect can never be used as a justification for closing off discussions of ideas.” Vos says past speakers do not reflect a commitment to intellectual diversity.
University Health Services has hired three new mental health professionals prepared to support underrepresented student groups, including one specifically for students of color, who began their positions Tuesday.
Each week until Election Day, The Daily Cardinal will profile a down-ballot race in Wisconsin, taking a look at the state and local candidates and their policy views.
The UW-Madison Police Department bid farewell to their chief of 25 years, Sue Riseling, at the end of this past spring semester.
While most are focused on election season, the University of Wisconsin System is instead firmly focused on January, when the start of a new budget cycle begins and the fiscal fate of each of Wisconsin’s 26 public colleges and universities is determined. Many were predicting another tough budget for UW, but Gov.
Members of the UW-Madison community can begin to take advantage this year of several new initiatives meant to foster more diversity and inclusion on campus.
Additions to the UW-Madison Police Department building begin this fall. The renovations will more than double the current space the department has, an expansion UWPD spokesman Marc Lovicott said they have wanted for nearly five years.
A man was taken to a local hospital after being shot in the abdomen near Memorial Union early Sunday morning. The man, whom Madison Police are not identifying at this time, was at an outdoor party on the 600 block of Mendota Court.
UW-Madison Police Department responded to a phone call reporting an aggravated assault at the lakeshore of Memorial Union around 1 a.m.
Madison police identified Richard Friday and Andrew Muir as the officers involved in the forceful June 21 arrest of Genele Laird at East Towne Mall.
Two new polls released Wednesday show the presidential race tightening in Wisconsin, with Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton losing ground to Republican rival Donald Trump in the last month. According to the August Marquette University Law School Poll, Clinton leads Trump 45 to 42 percent with likely voters and 42 to 37 percent amongst registered voters.
The Board of Regents approved the UW System’s request to increase the operating budget by $42.5 million for the 2017-’19 biennium budget. The regents also passed two other proposals, both unanimously: a strategic framework for the system titled 2020FWD and a capital budget request that calls for $454.6 million in general fund-supported projects.
Several UW-Madison students sat down with U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., Sunday in Union South to plan how to best unite students for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton before the 2016 election.
During the student lease turn-over process, residents on the UW-Madison campus may find themselves left with unwanted items as they move from one location to the next. An estimated 20,000 students will participate in the moving process over the next two weeks.
As she prepares to step into her new role as UW-Madison’s director of community relations, Leslie Orrantia is poised to send a message of collaboration between the university and all of Dane County.
The UW System will request a slight budget increase in the 2017-’19 state budget, according to a preliminary proposal released to reporters Tuesday. The proposal requests an addition $42.5 million in additional state aid, a step up from the last budget where state universities saw their budget reduced by $250 million. The UW System is also requesting an end to the in-state tuition freeze, which has kept tuition for Wisconsin residents at roughly $10,000 over the past four years.
GREEN BAY, Wis.—Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump officially endorsed House Speaker Paul Ryan of Janesville Friday at a rally in Green Bay. After months of heavy contention between Trump and Ryan, the move suggests efforts to bring the party together.
Gov. Scott Walker has indicated a desire to continue a freeze on in-state tuition at UW System schools, according to a letter released to state agencies last month. In the document, Walker said his 2017-’19 biennium budget proposal would freeze tuition to help preserve the accessibility of higher education in the Badger State “To build on our commitment to student success, we must extend the tuition freeze,” Walker wrote in the July 25 letter.
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