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SSFC Spotlight: UHS receives million-dollar budget increase for mental health, sexual assault prevention services

By Madeline Heim | Feb. 16, 2016

A $1.2 million increase in University Health Services’ budget for the next fiscal year will serve to expand mental health and sexual assault prevention services, as well as closing the organization’s current structural deficit, according to UHS Executive Director Sarah Van Orman. Van Orman and UHS Administrative Director Arnold Jennerman presented the proposed budget to the Associated Students of Madison Student Services Finance Committee at its Feb. 8 meeting.

Quinn Dickinson, a research specialist at the UW-Madison’s Wisconsin Energy Institute, helped develop a new strain of yeast to improve biofuel production.
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New technique could improve biofuel production

Feb. 16, 2016

Research specialists from the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center helped design a new strain of yeast that has the potential to improve biofuel production. Quinn Dickinson, a research specialist at the UW-Madison’s Wisconsin Energy Institute, and Jeff Piotrowski, the lead author of the report, used a method called chemical genomics to produce the yeast strain that could tolerate different ionic liquids, according to a university release.

CAMPUS NEWS

McBurney Center fights for equal access for all Badgers

By Andrew Bahl | Feb. 15, 2016

It’s something most students are aware of through a few lines on a syllabus or a brief mention in lecture, but for scores of other students, the McBurney Center is a lifeline to ensure academic success on the UW-Madison campus. In accordance with the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act, the McBurney Center works to determine whether students meet the legal standards for possessing a disability. The center arranges for a vast array of accommodations, including supplying sign language interpreters, braille and note-takers, providing closed captioning of media used in classes and making arrangements for test taking. Additionally, the center will collaborate with University Housing and other departments to arrange accommodations for students, such as modifying dorm rooms. “We’re working with the student to figure out what they need to have reasonable accommodations and equal access in the classroom,” said McBurney Center Director Cathy Trueba.

CAMPUS NEWS

Language barriers separate student body

By Peter Coutu | Feb. 15, 2016

UW-Madison international student Xiaofei Xu struggled to integrate with the local community on campus—until he studied abroad in Paris with roughly 30 other students during the fall semester of his junior year. Xu grew up in a city near Hong Kong and decided to attend UW-Madison in 2013, without ever visiting the campus. Both the school’s history and journalism programs were ideal for him, Xu said. There are more than 4,000 international students from roughly 130 countries currently enrolled at UW-Madison, though most are from China. According to Xu, academic programs for international students at UW-Madison are geared toward students in science or engineering majors, which covers most of the students.  But Xu, however, studies in the humanities, saying he hopes to graduate with a double major in history and journalism, while also learning French.

CITY NEWS

Tipping serves student workers

Feb. 15, 2016

On the UW-Madison campus, tip-based service jobs play a pivotal role in student income; and, given the rising cost of college education, income proves to be essential in making the opportunity of higher education accessible to all.

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Justice Antonin Scalia dies at 79

By Jim Dayton | Feb. 13, 2016

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, 79, was found dead Saturday while on vacation at a Texas ranch, according to a statement by Chief Justice John Roberts. According to a government official, Scalia told friends he was feeling ill before bed Friday night and did not get up for breakfast Saturday morning.  Scalia was appointed in 1986 by Ronald Reagan, and his 29 years of service made him the longest-tenured member of the Supreme Court. He was known for his conservative leanings and originalist interpretation of the Constitution.  Though Barack Obama has power to appoint Scalia's replacement pending Senate approval, there may be political pressure to wait until the next president takes office before the vacancy is filled.

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ idealism and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s moderated liberalism were key focuses at the sixth Democratic debate Thursday. 
STATE NEWS

Milwaukee debate shows faction within Democratic Party

By Lucas Sczygelski | Feb. 13, 2016

After months of campaigning, two votes and the quiet elimination of Martin O’Malley, the Democratic primary has finally boiled down to Sen. Bernie Sanders’ idealism against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s moderated liberalism. They collided at UW-Milwaukee Thursday in the sixth Democratic debate.

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