The Student Labor Action Coalition hosted a protest and sit-in at Bascom Hall Thursday to demand Chancellor David Ward cut ties with Palermo’s Pizza Company, citing allegations of labor violations.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will begin its annual All Campus Party Saturday, an end of the school year event hosted by Wisconsin Alumni Student Board and the Wisconsin Alumni Association. The event will kickoff with a scavenger hunt called Bucky’s Urban Odyssey on Saturday. The Odyssey will start at 3 p.m. On Monday, there will be free breakfast for all students who present student IDs on East Campus Mall, Bascom Hill and Engineering Mall from 7:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Tuesday will feature All Campus Idol at 7 p.m. at the Sett in Union South. Students can vote for their favorite performer to win the title. Wear Red, Get Fed will run 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Engineering Mall. The event will feature a student organization fair and free food for any students wearing red. On Thursday, Club Bucky, one of the largest dance parties on campus, will begin at 9 p.m. and run until 12 a.m. in Union South Plaza. Bring your student ID to enter.
A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison undergraduate students won $5,000 Wednesday for developing a way to re-capture the heat generated from laptops to conduct electricity.
Madison police officers will be present on and around Langdon Street, in addition to the Mifflin Street area May 4 due to the overflow of students from the 2012 block party into the Greek community following last year’s stricter Mifflin patrols, according to Langdon neighborhood Police Officer Grant Humerickhouse.
Revelry Arts and Music Festival announced times and locations Thursday for musical performances during the event.
Farmers and vendors from around Wisconsin will sell local produce and handcrafted goods at this season’s first Farmers’ Market on Capitol Square Saturday.
A local Madison Police officer helped a homeless man without legs, securing him a wheelchair Tuesday.
The Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the University of Wisconsin-Madison employee who died April 16 after a machine malfunction as Kenneth J. Newman, 63, of Prairie du Sac, Wis., Thursday.
The Associated Students of Madison Diversity Week continued Thursday with Gender Day, where two student organizations came together to educate approximately ten students on issues surrounding gender relationships and stereotypes.
Divers located the body of a 26-year-old man who had been missing since January in Lake Monona Wednesday, according to Madison police.
Democratic state legislators scheduled an April 23 budget hearing in Madison to hear public opinion on Gov. Scott Walker’s biennial budget.
Two state legislators recently proposed a bill that would help people avoid political robocalls by keeping their names on the state’s do-not-call list, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
The state Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would allow drivers to use their smartphones to show digital proof of insurance if pulled over by police.
Fifty-six people were quarantined in a Beloit health center Wednesday morning after three individuals experienced negative side effects because they were exposed to an envelope containing a white powder.
The Associated Students of Madison hosted a panel discussion Tuesday with disability advocates who addressed issues facing University of Wisconsin-Madison students who are disabled as part of Diversity Week.
The state Assembly passed a bill Tuesday that further defines illegal uses for food stamps in the state, including selling or exchanging food stamps for money and goods.
A McBurney Center representative discussed the culture surrounding deafness Tuesday as part of Associated Students of Madison’s Diversity Week.
Madison’s Common Council unanimously approved the demolition of Stadium Bar as well as a change to an alcohol policy ordinance at its meeting Tuesday.
State representatives circulated a bipartisan social-media bill this week that would restrict employers’, landlords’ and schools’ access to private social-media accounts during application processes.
Four state legislators introduced legislation Monday that would speed up the appeals process on challenged laws and keep laws enforceable while higher courts consider the appeals.
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