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Top 10 News: Spring Semester 2015
By The Daily Cardinal | May. 4, 2015Here are the biggest stories of the 2015 spring semester from UW-Madison, the city and the state at large.
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Large crowd at Mifflin Street Block Party remains on good behavior
By Irene Burski and By Jessica Phan | May. 3, 2015While the turnout for the annual Mifflin Street Block Party reached its highest numbers since 2012, the event overall ran smoothly for both attendees and police officers, according to Madison Police Department Lt. Carl Strasburg.
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Current, former ASM chairs reflect on goals
By Ellie Herman | May. 3, 2015The Associated Students of Madison started its 22nd session Friday, electing Madison Laning as the new chair.
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Officials expect changes on State Street to continue
By Irene Burski | May. 3, 2015Although Forever Yogurt and Smokes on State recently joined Cosi and Diego’s Mexican Bistro on a growing list of State Street venues that have closed, the rate of closures on State Street is nothing new, according to Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4.
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Gov. Scott Walker enacts regulations for rideshare companies
By Andrew Hahn | May. 3, 2015Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill into law Friday to provide statewide regulations for rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft, according to a statement released late Friday night.
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Restructured Revelry Music and Arts Festival attracts comparable crowds
By Jessica Dorsky and Bailey Nachreiner-Mackesey | May. 3, 2015In its third year on campus, the Revelry Music and Arts Festival drew just shy of 7,000 students and community members to festival grounds spanning the Memorial Union Terrace and Library Mall Saturday.
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UW-Madison regional dictionary continues despite facing financial setbacks
By Ellie Herman and Marcus Haugen | May. 3, 2015The UW-Madison based Dictionary of American Regional English is venturing into new, online friendly projects despite financial setbacks throughout the last several years.
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All Minds Matter protests against Madison’s education gap
By Michael Frett | May. 2, 2015All Minds Matter led its first march Friday night when several dozen protesters gathered and marched to the Capitol to protest for equal education and bridging Madison’s educational disparities.
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Committee takes up bills to drug test, regulate food purchases of welfare recipients
By Andrew Bahl | May. 1, 2015An Assembly committee heard public testimony Thursday on two bills that would require drug testing for public benefit recipients and another that would restrict what foods food stamp recipients can purchase.
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Discussion looks critically at components of public market plan
By Laura Grulke | Apr. 30, 2015The Madison Local Food Committee began discussions Thursday on plans to build a public market at Washington Plaza, which would feature permanent and temporary outlets for local food sources.
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New council aims to confront racial disparities in Dane County
By Laura Grulke | Apr. 30, 2015Leaders and organizations of the Dane County African-American community have collaborated to form a council, hoping to reform a city and county they say perpetuates poverty and discrimination.
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Community activists ask for joint action on longstanding homelessness issues
By Irene Burski and Peter Baker | Apr. 30, 2015A small group of community members, many of them homeless, met at the top of State Street and marched to the City-County Building Thursday, asking city and county leaders to address the root causes of homelessness, sooner rather than later.
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Hahn named as vice provost for enrollment management
By Ellie Herman | Apr. 30, 2015Steve Hahn will continue his involvement with the university as the new vice provost for enrollment management at UW-Madison.
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UW-Madison NOW encourages discourse on feminist activism
By Bailey Nachreiner-Mackesey | Apr. 30, 2015At the culmination of its first active year on campus, a UW-Madison student organization gave faculty, students and community members the opportunity to engage in conversations about feminism.
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City works to improve conditions for food carts during State Street construction
By Dana Kampa | Apr. 30, 2015The Vending Oversight Committee said Wednesday Madison's food cart environment has improved since Library Mall construction finished, but more solutions are still being sought.
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Community members gather in support of Nepali Earthquake victims
By Negassi Tesfamichael and Kelsey O'Hara | Apr. 30, 2015More than 3,000 citizens died and entire villages crumbled into nonexistence after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal, according to the Red Cross. Despite the tragedy occurring roughly 7,000 miles away, recognition of the earthquake has crossed borders into Madison.
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German professor aims to dispel Amish stereotypes
By Ellie Herman | Apr. 29, 2015As a Mennonite, UW-Madison German professor Mark Louden said he is aware of the minimal understanding of Amish life and hopes to dispel stereotypes and generate knowledge about this unique culture.
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Local businesses push investigation for unpaid labor
By Jason Snyder | Apr. 29, 2015Two state legislators sent a letter to Attorney General Brad Schimel Monday on behalf of several local contractors raising questions about a lack of issued payments for the construction of student housing at UW-Baraboo/Sauk County and UW-Marshfield/Wood County.
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New legislation introduced to combat gun violence
By Eric Cummings | Apr. 29, 2015A new bill introduced in the Wisconsin State Assembly Tuesday could impose mandatory minimum sentences for violent felons caught in possession of a firearm.
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State Supreme Court conservatives vote to oust Shirley Abrahamson
By Andrew Bahl and Ariel Shapiro | Apr. 29, 2015A majority of the state Supreme Court voted Wednesday to replace Justice Shirley Abrahamson as chief justice, hours after a constitutional amendment authorizing them to do so was certified, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
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