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UW-Madison considering creating College of the Arts

UW-Madison announced Thursday university officials are considering creating a College of the Arts.

State high school basketball tournament leaving Madison

After being held in Madison for nearly a century, Wisconsin's high school state basketball tournament is moving to the Resch Center in Green Bay starting next spring, the Wisconsin State Journal reported Thursday.

Ethics bill sparks debate on partisanship in Assembly

Legislation concerned with political ethics proposed by Assembly Democrats met stiff opposition Thursday, touching off debate on the state of Wisconsin's economy and the current session's legislative record.

Mining bill moves to Senate

Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald dissolved the state Senate's Mining Jobs Committee Wednesday, putting the Assembly version of a controversial mining bill on the fast track to a floor vote.

UW assistant professor competes in ‘Amazing Race’

Anyone who tunes in to CBS this Sunday at 7 p.m. will see one of UW-Madison's assistant professors compete alongside his wife for a $1 million prize through a series of physical and mental challenges on the "The Amazing Race."

13th annual Polar Plunge to support Special Olympics

Participants will brave the icy Lake Monona waters Saturday in the 13th annual Special Olympics Polar Plunge to raise money for local Special Olympic athletes.

Dane County to waive birth certificate fees for residents

Dane County leaders proposed Thursday to eliminate a fee for residents who need to obtain birth certificate copies to vote.

Meeting to discuss $67.5 million addition to heating and cooling plant on campus

A public meeting to discuss a $67.5 million project to expand a gas-fired heating and cooling plant on the west side of UW-Madison's campus will take place March 1.

Tibet protests reach Iowa

In the midst of widespread revolt against Chinese rule in Tibet, UW-Madison’s students joined hundreds of demonstrators from Madison, Minnesota and Chicago to protest the visit of the Chinese vice president in Iowa Wednesday. This is the last of a three-part series exploring the issue.

$46 million cuts to UW System approved

The Joint Finance Committee allocated $123 million in state budget cuts for the coming year along party lines Wednesday, $46 million of which will come from the UW System.

Muslim and Jewish students connect over community service

The Muslim-Jewish Volunteer Initiative, a student organization founded last year that uses community service to bridge the gap between the two groups on campus, kicked off their semester with a meeting at Der Rathskeller Wednesday.

President Obama visits Milwaukee factory

President Barack Obama visited a Master Lock factory in Milwaukee Wednesday where he spoke about bringing outsourced jobs back to America.

ASM to put United States Student Association membership on spring election ballots

Walker requests more time to review recall signatures

Gov. Scott Walker asked for another two-week extension Wednesday to review and challenge the approximately 1 million recall petitions signed against him.

Students oppose mediation with adidas

The Student Labor Action Coalition condemned Chancellor David Ward’s announcement that the university would attempt to repair, rather than sever, relations with Adidas over for labor issues Wednesday.

State Street reconstruction proposal delayed

A vote on a controversial proposal for the reconstruction of the 100 block of State Street was postponed Wednesday.

Looking back into ‘Protest Village’

While many remember the Capitol protests that thrust Madison into the national spotlight one year ago as surrounding the right to collectively bargain, the movement first started as an organized action supporting UW System funding.

Protestors ‘still ? UW’ one year later

Crowds led by UW-Madison's Teaching Assistants' Association marched on the Capitol Tuesday to demonstrate their continued dissatisfaction one year after the first major protest against Gov. Scott Walker's reforms.

Ward calls for mediation to negotiate with adidas, student group unhappy

In a decision that is frustrating members of one UW-Madison student group, UW Chancellor David Ward announced Tuesday the university will enter a period of mediation with adidas in an attempt to resolve the dispute over whether or not the company owes 2,800 unemployed workers severance pay.

Obama, Walker to tour WI factory

President Barack Obama will greet and accompany Gov. Scott Walker on a tour of a Master Lock factory when the President arrives in Milwaukee on Wednesday.