News
Deans express opinions of New Badger Partnership at forum
By The Daily Cardinal | Mar. 29, 2011
Young talent has future looking bright for the UW men's hockey team
By Ryan Evans | Mar. 29, 2011
Basketball standouts Taylor and Leuer earn All-American honors
By Max Sternberg | Mar. 29, 2011
GOP files request for e-mails of UW history professor
By Andrew Haffner and Ariel Shapiro | Mar. 28, 2011
Letter to the Editor: UW needs to share governance
Mar. 28, 2011The University of Wisconsin-Madison is a proud university with a diverse array of accomplishments and awards. From our outstanding research initiatives to our top ranking in ""books, babes, and beer"" from Playboy, our prestige stands uncontested. Our faculty, staff and students all play an equally vital role in these achievements as we push forward year after year to better our university. But there is one thing that sets us, and the UW System as a whole, apart from the rest of the nation — our shared governance.
Ends don't justify means in program cuts
By Nick Fritz | Mar. 28, 2011Gov. Scott Walker is at it again — making budget cuts that affect citizens across Wisconsin. This time Walker is attempting to eliminate funding to state mandated recycling programs. Local communities can still operate recycling programs, but they wouldn't receive a state subsidy to help with the costs, which means local governments would have to make up the difference. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee will lose $3.3 million a year in recycling aid with no relief on tipping fees, money trucks pay landfills based on their weight.