The Young Progressives to host women’s rights forum featuring state Representatives
By Nurul Bachik | Dec. 3, 2013The Young Progressives to host women’s rights forum featuring state Representatives
The Young Progressives to host women’s rights forum featuring state Representatives
The final Badger home football game of the 2013 season Saturday against Penn State saw a high number of all-around rambunctious behavior, as well as a University of Wisconsin-Madison student streaking on the playing field.
A proposal to redefine the policies dictating what behaviors are accepted of visitors to the City-County Building aims to strike a balance between the humanitarian needs of the public and the workplace needs of city staff, according to Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8.
A quarantine has been placed on the Dane County wood supply to contain the recently confirmed presence of an invasive species of East Asian beetles, Emerald Ash Borer, in northern Madison.
University of Wisconsin-Madison senior and 2014 Rhodes Scholar Drew Birrenkott will continue his studies at Oxford University in England after graduation, but as a true Wisconsin native, he said there are certain things he will miss.
Three professional health organizations awarded the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics the 2013 Partnership in Prevention Award Tuesday for its steps forward in reducing health care associated infections.
Pope Francis issued a statement Tuesday denouncing the modern focus on business and profit-making and called for a renewed mission of ending poverty, drawing attention from campus-area Catholics.
State Sen. Fred Risser, D-Madison, is circulating a new bill that would prohibit licensed mental health service providers from persuading or counseling people under the age of 18 to change their sexual orientation, according to a press release Wednesday.
University police arrested a University of Wisconsin-Madison student at the Kohl Center during the UW men’s basketball game Saturday for fourth degree sexual assault, battery and disorderly conduct, UW-Madison Police Department Spokesperson Marc Lovicott said.
Despite widespread skepticism about whether or not the digitalization of America’s dialogue can advance modern thought, University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Dietram Scheufele said there are only three common behaviors that, if corrected, could transform the current state of polarizing disagreements online into beneficial conversations.
A small fire that occurred at approximately 1:45 p.m. Friday in Chamberlin Hall caused minor damages and an evacuation of the building, according to a news release
University of Wisconsin-Madison senior Drew Birrenkott is the recipient of the 2014 Rhodes Scholarship and will be invited to spend two or three years of study, all-expenses paid, at Oxford University in England.
President Barack Obama announced a historic nuclear weapons deal with Iran that would limit its ability to create nuclear weapons in a nationally televised address Saturday night.
When University of Wisconsin-Madison graduates walk out of commencement with diplomas in hand, they know they have accomplished something great, but never think they will someday be renewing one of their school’s most iconic buildings, Melanie Taylor, Boldt Construction’s project manager for the Memorial Union Reinvestment, said.
The state Legislature is discussing a bill that would subject state private voucher schools to the same report card system currently used to rate public schools starting in 2015.
Gov. Scott Walker announced Friday the state Legislature will hold a special session Dec. 2 to address recent difficulties Wisconsinites have faced transitioning from BadgerCare and the federal Affordable Care Act, according to a press release.
A teenage theft ring struck Sports World shop on State Street Monday, according to a police report.
A Metro Transit driver was treated at a hospital for head trauma following an altercation with two passengers Wednesday, according to a police report.
A proposed residential development incited concerns at a community meeting Thursday from residents and University of Wisconsin-Madison students worried it would cost the Mansion Hill neighborhood some of its historic character and affordable housing options.
The Associated Students of Madison Student Services Finance Committee approved the 2014-’15 budget for Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán at a meeting Wednesday after a long debate from committee members.