About 35 individuals congregated in the Humanities building Tuesday to discuss President Obama's speech on his strategy in Afghanistan. Buzz Davis, a member of Wisconsin Impeachment and the Bring Our Troops Home Coalition, led the discussion.
The Madison Initiative for Undergraduates accepted 114 new proposals for its second-round deadline Nov. 23.
Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Campus Center Director Eric Trekell and Dean of Students Lori Berquam hosted a listening session for the UW-Madison community, students, faculty and staff Tuesday.
A new and improved Planned Parenthood facility opened Tuesday to replace two locations that had become overburdened and were in need of major updates.
This holiday season, consider donating to the Dane County Farmers' Market to help those in need.
University Health Services has announced plans for a large-scale H1N1 vaccination clinic this Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Southeast Recreational Facility.
For the first time ever, UW-Madison college freshman Jeremy Levin was hailed as ""kinda cool"" by students in his alma mater, Pembleton Senior High in northeast Wisconsin. Visiting his hometown over Thanksgiving break, Levin insisted on visiting the institution that once brought him so much pain, humiliation and creative limitation so he could show them how much wiser and sexier he had become over the past three months.
UW-Madison's Visitor and Information Programs will host a food drive this December in an effort to help area families in need.
Anti-gang and community policing programs will receive a substantial boost because of a new state grant adopted at Monday night's Board of Estimates meeting.
Wisconsin residents will gather at First Congregational Church Tuesday to commemorate the 21st anniversary of World AIDS Day.
Mayor Dave Cieslewicz announced his intention to appoint Mark Woulf as an Alcohol License Review Committee voting member Monday.
The Landmarks Commission denied both the Edgewater project's request for a Certificate of Appropriateness and a Landmark Ordinance Variance, which will block progress in Hammes Co.'s plans for renovation.
Statewide budget cuts passed in June continue to affect state employees, including those at UW-Madison.
Noted economist Jeremy Rifkin spoke Monday as part of the UW-Madison Distinguished Lecture Series, calling for a young people's revolution to end global climate change.
Some people, especially those from Iowa and surrounding states, have probably gotten their groceries from Hy-Vee for as long as they can remember. However, most people have never heard of the Iowa-based grocery chain until late last month, when Wisconsin's first Hy-Vee opened at 3801 E. Washington Ave. in Madison.
The company originally responsible for the demolition of the old Ogg Hall in spring 2008, Dore and Associates, is asking the state for $1.7 million in damages after being fired before the demolition was complete.
A 21-year-old Madison woman was the victim of an attempted robbery last week on the 200 block of North Broom Street, according to a police report.
Be honest: coming into this football season, how good did you think Wisconsin was going to be?
Two weeks ago I wrote a column calling for an end to the practice of using race in university admissions. While many took offense to the way the column was written, I was surprised by how many people took offense to the existence of my ideas and to me personally. When I wrote the column, I thought I was simply contributing another idea to the campus climate that would enliven our discussions of race. I knew some readers would agree and others would disagree, but I was certain that I wouldn't find an environment that was hostile to me or to my arguments.
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