Former UW-Madison Dean of Students Paul Ginsberg died Monday at age 90 after spending 39 years on campus, according to a university press release.
The Student Labor Action Coalition bared it all during a nude protest Monday afternoon on Library Mall to collect signatures for a petition encouraging Chancellor Rebecca Blank to cut licensing ties to the VF Corporation.
It’s difficult to have a citizenry who gives a damn about voting when they immediately associate politics as a shouting match between two sides who are constantly trying to undermine the other. There is the office of the presidency and then there is the President of the United States. There is the governorship and there is the governor. In both of these instances, the titles and the individuals themself are not synonymous but you must have civility when discussing the man or woman holding that office. When the media is critical of, and investigates Gov. Scott Walker or President Barack Obama’s policies it is healthy and just as much a part of the democratic process as voting, calling them names in an effort to boost ratings or web traffic, is not.
State Rep. Melissa Sargent, D-Madison, unveiled legislation Monday that would decriminalize marijuana possession and fully legalize its use for both recreational and medicinal purposes for those over 21 years old.
State Democrats introduced a law repealed by Republicans three years ago that they say would allow the state to enforce laws preventing pay discrimination on the basis of sex.
Madison’s Board of Estimates sparred during its meeting Monday night over development plans for the abandoned Garver Feed Mill on the edge of the Olbrich Botanical Gardens.
A statement from the Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the body found in Lake Mendota Saturday afternoon to be 23-year-old Jacob D. Payne of Fitchburg.
A $25,000 grant from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation is expected to help improve pedestrian safety, according to a UW-Madison Police Department press release.
A group of 15 Midwest research universities, including UW-Madison, announced their partnership with a network of 14 liberal arts colleges Monday in an effort to encourage liberal arts students to pursue graduate and academic work, according to a UW-Madison news release.
A sexual assault reported Sunday to a UW-Madison staff member will not be investigated by the UW Police Department, according to a crime warning sent to students’ emails.
Seconds after Wisconsin’s loss to Duke, as the camera swept through a sea of heartbroken fans, it paused on one fan dressed as “Po,” the red Teletubby whose face captured the emotions of Badgers across the country.
Multiple callers reported hearing shots in the Park Street and Regent Street area in the early hours of Sunday morning, but responding Madison Police Department officers could not find any evidence supporting the reports.
A body was found in Lake Mendota near Governor’s Island Saturday afternoon, according to an official within Dane County Communications Center, who remembered the incident.
Madison police officers issued a citation to a driver for failing to yield to a pedestrian at the intersection of North Frances Street and West Johnson Street early Friday morning, according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
A 22-year-old student encountered two men in the University Avenue and North Bassett Street area early Sunday, resulting in one of the men hitting the student for “no apparent reason,” according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
A coalition of law enforcement agencies seized approximately $40,000 in drugs at two residences in the Madison area Thursday morning, in the culmination of “Operation Hog Day,” according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
With a special guest appearance from Batman, Terrace chair season officially began Friday morning at the Memorial Union Terrace after a preview earlier this week.
With an average wage of $8.50 per hour, a UW-Madison student would need to work 38 hours per week to pay for in-state tuition.
The Board of Regents approved UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank’s four-year plan Friday to increase out-of-state and international tuition starting in fall 2015.
The Student Services Finance Committee passed a revised plan Thursday, to allow General Student Services Fund groups to voluntarily returned funds that are no longer necessary.
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