Commission approves Dayton Street apartment complex, Echo Tap extended hours
By Abby Becker | May. 8, 2012A city planning committee approved plans Monday for a new apartment complex aimed at student renters on West Dayton Street near Union South.
A city planning committee approved plans Monday for a new apartment complex aimed at student renters on West Dayton Street near Union South.
Although approximately 20,000 fewer people attended the Mifflin Street Block Party this year than last, arrests were over ten times as common, according to the Madison Police Department.
The outreach of Badgers Against Racism on campus Friday raised the profile of the group’s issue behind the Mifflin Street Block Party’s unofficial “Cinco de Mifflin” theme, but it did not stop a number of students from wearing costumes that played on Mexican stereotypes.
With only days until Tuesday’s recall primary election, four Democrats vying to oust Gov. Scott Walker from office debated Friday in front of a statewide audience.
The Associated Students of Madison student council modified its bylaws and appointed new members to its grass-roots committees in a meeting Sunday.
The Associated Students of Madison appointed representatives to internal leadership positions and passed amendments to its bylaws in a meeting Friday.
A UW-Madison study analyzing victimization found that lesbians, gays and bisexuals face higher rates of threats and assaults than heterosexuals.
UW-Madison professor Dave Brown and his wife Rachel Brown beat out ten other pairs to win the 20th season of CBS’ “The Amazing Race,” claiming the contest’s $1 million prize.
A national Down syndrome advocacy organization recognized the Wisconsin Singers for its work with a cognitively challenged student at a January dance workshop.
While the drive to recall Gov. Scott Walker has been a high-profile affair, leading Democratic candidate Tom Barrett sat down at der Rathskeller Thursday for a more intimate conversation with a group of students.
Given the trend of burglaries increasing at the end of the academic year, police in Madison’s southern district are reaching out to residents in student-heavy areas, telling them to take extra precautions against theft.
Students and other members of the UW-Madison community told officials Thursday they have concerns with proposed cuts to the campus bus services.
Madison police arrested a woman on East Washington Avenue early Thursday morning for her fourth offense of driving while intoxicated.
As Wisconsin voters prepare to head back to the polls for Tuesday’s recall primary, they can expect a different experience from the last time they cast a ballot because of a unique recall rule and changes in election law.
UW-Madison Native American student organization, Wunk Sheek, will host the 35th annual Spring Pow Wow Saturday, which celebrates Native American culture with singing, dancing, crafts and vendors.
1969 marked Richard Nixon’s first year in office. “Sugar Sugar” by The Archies topped the music charts. And in May, UW-Madison students threw the first Mifflin Street Block Party.
The Mifflin Street Block Party with its crowded porches, empty beer cans and matching T-shirts is inseparable from the end of the academic year.
Looking forward to the next school year, Associated Students of Madison Chair Andrew Bulovsky said he feels the 19th session of student council will be more productive than sessions past.
Many students who are Mifflin residents signed a protection plan with police at the last Mifflin Street Block Party information meeting Wednesday.
A Marquette University Law School poll released Wednesday found Governor Scott Walker and Democratic candidate Tom Barrett to be virtually tied in this June’s gubernatorial recall election.