Frank Productions, the producer of Freakfest, has sold more tickets for admission to downtown Madison’s 2012 Halloween party than it did last year at this time, a company representative said at a press conference Tuesday.
The city is implementing alternate traffic routes for post-game travel on Saturday in anticipation of traffic delays that could result from crowds leaving Camp Randall from the 2:30 p.m. Michigan State football game after city officials begin gating off State Street at 5 p.m. to prepare for Freakfest.
Around seventy-five campus community members filled the Memorial Union’s Great Hall on Tuesday to discuss issues with proposed changes to the University of Wisconsin-Madison personnel plan.
A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty and students won grants from the 2012-13 Fulbright Scholar Program, an organization that gives grants for study abroad and teaching abroad opportunities.
Student government leaders approved the Associated Students of Madison internal budget for the 2013-14 year Tuesday.
A new Madison council that will focus on examining and improving access to healthy, sustainable food will hold its first meeting Wednesday, on the same day as the national annual celebration of Food Day.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Search and Screen Committee held an online chat Tuesday to receive feedback from another portion of the campus community.
Vice President Joe Biden will return to Wisconsin to campaign in Oshkosh and Kenosha Friday.
University of Wisconsin-Madison sophomore Amber Cypcar works four days each week at Gordon Commons and nearly 40 hours a week at Buffalo Wild Wings in her hometown during semester breaks. But instead of spending her money on State Street shopping sprees or eating at expensive restaurants, she saves money to pay for her entire college education.
After lengthy discussion and numerous testimonies from community members Monday, the city’s financial committee voted on 38 amendments proposed to Mayor Paul Soglin’s 2013 operating budget, including denying additional funding to the Overture Center.
Police arrested University of Wisconsin-Madison biochemistry researcher Christopher Schwartz Monday days after discovering he was growing between 200 and 1,000 grams of marijuana in the university Biochemistry building.
The Dane County judge who struck down parts of Gov. Scott Walker’s collective bargaining bill refused to stay his decision Monday, meaning the law will not stay in effect until an appeals court decides whether or not to overturn the ruling.
It is the first day Wisconsinites can vote in person for presidential, senatorial and state government candidates, and Madison voters are already setting records.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison released a joint statement Monday with University Health Services and the UW-Madison Police Department after a UW-Madison alumna published an account of her sexual assault in The Daily Cardinal.
Nobel Prize-winning scientist and University of Utah professor Mario Capecchi shared stories and advice from his career as a molecular biologist with students and faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Monday.
In their third and final presidential debate Monday, President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney engaged each other on foreign policy issues facing the country, from an increasingly volatile situation in Iran to a humanitarian crisis in Syria.
The Associated Students of Madison Legislative Affairs Committee is in the process of lobbying support for a bill that would protect students from punishment for underage drinking when calling police to help in an emergency.
A committee created by the City of Madison Pedestrian/Bicycle/Motor Vehicle Commission met for the first time Monday to discuss the issue of bicyclists illegally riding on sidewalks throughout the city.
Student Services Finance Committee passed the budget of another student organization Monday by approving Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment’s funding request.
Madison firefighters responded to a fire caused by burnt popcorn at the Der Rathskeller Saturday, which is the second fire this month at Memorial Union.
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