Proposed budget cuts may place strain on language department
By Ellie Herman | Feb. 25, 2015The proposed state budget could jeopardize the future of language certificates on campus, according to University Affairs Committee Chair John Paetsch.
The proposed state budget could jeopardize the future of language certificates on campus, according to University Affairs Committee Chair John Paetsch.
Associated Students of Madison’s Diversity Committee hosted the second annual Diversity Day Tuesday, featuring workshops, performances and seminars by groups on campus to address topics related to diversity.
Madison City Council members greenlighted a proposed Marriott Hotel near Capitol Square in their vote to approve zoning structural changes.
A fast-tracked right-to-work bill came one step closer to passage Tuesday while protesters rallied and gave testimony at a public hearing before its abrupt end.
A 27-year-old Cuba City man was hit in the head with a beer bottle while walking down State Street Sunday, according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
Tension was evident in Union South’s Varsity Hall Monday during a public forum discussing the ramifications Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed UW System budget cuts could have on UW-Madison undergraduates.
Student Services Finance Committee approved Rec Sports’ 2015-’16 budget Monday, but added an amended recommendation for the chancellor to consider a raise in student segregated fees to help fund Rec Sports next year.
Right-to-work legislation came one step closer to a vote, as Senate leaders referred the bill Monday to the Senate Committee on Labor and Government Reform.
Police are looking for a male assailant after a 20-year-old Madison woman reported being inappropriately touched on the 500 block of North Henry Street in the early hours of Sunday morning, according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
The deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner in 2014 sparked an ongoing insurgence of race-related activism by young adults across the country, beginning in Ferguson, Mo., and eventually reaching UW-Madison’s campus.
Spring break is often seen as a time that college students go wild, converging on warm places like Florida and Mexico, doing what could be objectively considered the opposite of healthy and productive activities.
Police are investigating reports of a sexual assault incident on the 500 block of North Lake Street, according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
Madison Mayor Paul Soglin held a press conference Saturday at Monona Terrace to criticize state Republicans for fast-tracking the right-to-work law announced Friday that will be up for vote later this week.
Update (5:56 p.m.): Police found and arrested the suspect later in the afternoon, and are not looking for any other suspects at this point in time, Lt. Kelly Donahue wrote in an update.
State Republican leaders announced Friday that the Legislature will meet in a special session to pass right-to-work legislation. Despite urging his colleagues to delay a vote on the issue in previous statements, Gov. Scott Walker indicated Friday he will sign the bill if it reaches his desk.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley is facing a challenge from Rock County Circuit Court Judge James P. Daley as she runs for re-election in April.
State Democrats defended Chancellor Rebecca Blank Thursday after Republicans attacked her Wednesday for “playing politics” with her university.
In February 2015, America finds itself in the midst of Black History Month, nationwide racial violence controversies and its first black presidency.
UW-Madison is collaborating with Johnson Controls to create algorithms to help make more efficient heating, ventilating and air conditioning control systems for large commercial buildings, according to a university release.
An unexpected open forum appearance from the UW-Madison College Republicans prompted the Associated Students of Madison Student Council to review language in its biennial budget resolution during Wednesday’s meeting.