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.
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.
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.
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.
Members of UW-Madison Police Department and JP Cullen contractors dug their ceremonial shovels Wednesday afternoon to expand their headquarters.
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.
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.
Some people identify as undocumented immigrants. Others identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer.
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.
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 high school students performed at proficient or higher levels in their studies, according to data from Wisconsin Forward Exam released Tuesday.
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.
Whether or not shootings by police are justified has been a common refrain in the news this year.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sex Out Loud, a student organization that focuses on promoting healthy sexuality, met with a student government committee Monday in order to assess potential repercussions for wage policy violations. Sex Out Loud was found to have intentionally violated Associated Students of Madison bylaws and General Student Services Fund Rules under the 20-hour work day policy in early October.
Donald Trump traveled to Green Bay Monday to continue his campaign with a rally at the KI Convention Center, lashing out at what he claimed to be large-scale voter fraud. With a poll from FiveThirtyEight suggesting that Trump has less than a 10 percent chance of winning Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes, Trump attempted to rally his fervent supporters to go and campaign on his behalf.
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