NEWS
President Obama to endorse Burke Tuesday in Milwaukee
By Phoebe Kiekhofer | Oct. 22, 2014President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit Milwaukee Tuesday to support gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke.
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NEWS
Hillary Clinton bus tour stops in Madison Wednesday
By Andrew Bahl and Andy Van Sistine | Oct. 22, 2014The nationwide Ready for Hillary bus tour stopped in Madison Wednesday to drum up support both for ex-New York Sen. Hillary Clinton’s potential 2016 presidential campaign and for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke.
CAMPUS NEWS
Professor William Cronon lectures on Wilderness Act anniversary
By Dana Kampa | Oct. 22, 2014Environmental history professor William Cronon transported hundreds of viewers Tuesday evening from a theater in Memorial Union to iconic national areas including Niagara Falls and Yellowstone Park, challenging them to question the real meaning of wilderness.
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Food scientist Dave Arnold to headline next Distinguished Lecture Series event
By Sam Cusick | Oct. 22, 2014Self-described “food innovator” Dave Arnold will share his tales of combining food and technology to create new, innovative products with UW-Madison students on campus Wednesday as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series.
CAMPUS NEWS
Students can Make Bo Pay and help cure cancer with basketball
By Jen Wagman | Oct. 22, 2014Students and community members will have the opportunity to make Wisconsin men’s basketball coach Bo Ryan contribute money to cancer research at the Kohl Center Wednesday.
CITY NEWS
Madison Water Utility plans to revitalize infrastructure
Oct. 22, 2014Madison Water Utility announced Thursday it is seeking a water rate increase, subject to approval from the Public Services Commission, according to a city of Madison press release.
CAMPUS NEWS
UW-Madison ties for second-most Fulbright grant winners
By Dana Kampa | Oct. 22, 2014Seven UW-Madison doctoral students received grants totalling $306,628 through the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad program.
CITY NEWS
Alder salaries, emerald ash borer trees pose conflicts for members
By Irene Burski and Melanie Shibley - The Daily Cardinal | Oct. 22, 2014In back-to-back meetings Tuesday, Madison’s Committee of the Whole and Common Council weighed the feasibility of increasing council member salaries and raising funds for tree maintenance as part of the 2015 budget.
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Thousands of emails are disclosed from John Doe investigation
By Charlotte Laracy | Oct. 21, 2014Milwaukee County officials released 16,000 emails collected from a secret John Doe investigation of Gov. Scott Walker’s aides and associates two weeks before the Nov. 4 election.
NEWS
Speaker Vos outlines Republican agenda for upcoming session
By Jake Skubish | Oct. 21, 2014Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, joined other Assembly Republicans for a news conference Tuesday to outline their upcoming legislative agenda, which mainly focused on economic growth.
CITY NEWS
Madison to be featured on C-SPAN’s nationwide film tour
By The Daily Cardinal | Oct. 21, 2014Madison will be a part of C-SPAN’s nationwide project to discover select cities’ literary and historic values and discuss the television program’s mission to cover public affairs with local experts for the week of Oct. 20, according to a press release.
CITY NEWS
Coors Light Free Rides program to offer rides in Madison
By Leo Vartorella | Oct. 21, 2014Coors Light announced in a press release Monday it will team up with Madison’s Metro Transit to provide free bus services to all riders 21 and older this Saturday, Oct. 25, along all Metro Transit routes.
CITY NEWS
East Mifflin Street fire leaves two tenants temporarily without a home
By Clay Thomas and Jen Wagman | Oct. 21, 2014A fire that started in an apartment building on the 2400 block of East Mifflin Street Sunday sent one tenant to the hospital and left thousands of dollars in damages.
CAMPUS NEWS
Badger Catholic emphasizes discussion, ALPS stresses safety in SSFC meeting
By Dana Kampa | Oct. 21, 2014Badger Catholic continued its “history of making fiscally responsible decisions” while Adventure Learning Programs made plans to improve program safety in a Student Services Finances Committee meeting Monday, according to Secretary Brett DuCharme.
NEWS
Mary Burke meets with students, hosts teleconference on student issues
By Jane Roberts and Andrew Bahl | Oct. 21, 2014Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke spoke at a rally on campus Monday to encourage students to cast their ballots early ahead of the Nov. 4 general election.
NEWS
Politics panel discusses gubernatorial race polls
By Annie Schoenfeldt | Oct. 21, 2014The gender gap, the recall election and the accuracy of recent gubernatorial polls were debated by a four-person panel made up of experts in political science.
CAMPUS NEWS
LCLAC members assess recent changes to committee structure
By Adelina Yankova | Oct. 20, 2014Red duct tape labeled with the word “silenced” covered the mouths of three members of UW-Madison’s Student Labor Action Coalition as they lined the wall of a Labor Codes and Licensing Advisory Committee meeting Monday.
CAMPUS NEWS
UW-Madison develops see-through brain implants
By Jessica Dorsky | Oct. 20, 2014UW-Madison researchers developed see-through brain implant sensors, which will lead to more effective monitoring and research of brain activity, according to a university news release.
NEWS
UW Athletic Board shines light on compliance guidelines
By Lorin Cox | Oct. 20, 2014Within nearly every scandal across the NCAA, there is an issue of compliance, whether it be between the players, coaches, administrators or the NCAA itself. It was these issues of compliance—and the rules in place to combat them—that members of the UW Athletic Board focused on at their meeting Oct. 17.
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Gov. Scott Walker announces precautionary Ebola plan
By Annie Schoenfeldt | Oct. 20, 2014Gov. Scott Walker announced Friday precautions the state will take in the event of an Ebola outbreak in Wisconsin.
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