A seemingly modest proposal to make October 2015 hip-hop awareness month at Tuesday’s Madison Arts Commission meeting was universally applauded by members and community speakers alike.
The UW-Madison freshman class has the second largest number of in-state residents since 2001, with 3,750 of the 6,264 enrolled students coming from Wisconsin.
UW System students could soon see a new form of representation across the state, one that is more conducive to sharing and organizing their ideas and initiatives.
The state accused opposition attorneys of inciting confusion by requesting a federal appeals court reconsider the recent voter ID decision before Wisconsin’s Nov. 4 election.
Officials in charge of running Wisconsin’s elections asked a judge to dismiss a case brought forward by Republican legislators who alleged the state’s new ballots are unfair and will confuse voters.
Hundreds of shoes lined the state Capitol stairs representing Wisconsinites who have lost their lives due to gun violence. Legislators, law enforcement officials and advocates against gun violence met Monday to spread awareness on how to decrease gun fatalities around the state.
Student government leaders discussed the importance of voting and made new members eligible to register students to vote in a meeting Monday.
Student leaders decided to finance a group supporting working class students and are set to later determine financial eligibility for a student group combatting sexual assault.
Editor's note: this story was edited to correct the statement that Ald. Ledell Zellers, District 2, recommended to omit amplified music from the rooftop restaurant, Zellers recommended reviewing the use of amplified music should it cause any disturbances.
Mayor Paul Soglin made it clear at a press conference Monday that he wants all citizens to vote in November’s gubernatorial election, from students and the elderly, to single parents.
Though Phase One of the Memorial Union Reinvestment project is finished, the Union and Terrace will see more changes in the years to come.
An unidentified victim reported she was sexually assaulted in a UW-Madison residence hall early Sunday morning, according to a Timely Warning release from the UW-Madison Police Department Monday.
Wisconsin farms and agricultural businesses have been busy at work cultivating $88.3 billion in economic activity and more than 413,500 jobs in 2012.
UW-Madison student Hannah Kinsella lobbied U.S. Sen.Tammy Baldwin’s, D-Wis., office Sept. 19, pushing for greater transparency on how schools and students enter into agreements with financial institutions.
Saturday saw a record number of rushing yards for Wisconsin, but running onto the field before anyone else and guiding a charge of more than 300 student musicians was Eva Glisczinski, UW-Madison’s marching band drum major.
The UW-Madison Police Department and the Madison Fire Department extinguished a vehicle on fire early Saturday morning, according to a UWPD crime alert.
The UW-Madison Police Department saw a slight increase in the number of ejections and citations issued during Saturday’s football game against Bowling Green, according to a UWPD report.
The UW-Milwaukee chapter of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity came under fire Friday after police searched the house for evidence of members using date-rape drugs on female partygoers, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
A 20-year-old female Madison resident was shot when trying to prevent a suicide early Saturday morning at a residence on University Avenue, according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
A Cousins Subs employee was robbed when transporting an undisclosed amount of money from the business Saturday, according to a Madison Police Department incident report.
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