Controversial feminist speaks as part of DLS
By Lydia Statz | Feb. 3, 2010Former Muslim and feminist speaker Ayaan Hirsi Ali gave a controversial lecture at the Memorial Union Tuesday night as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series.
Former Muslim and feminist speaker Ayaan Hirsi Ali gave a controversial lecture at the Memorial Union Tuesday night as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series.
Bicycle manufacturing, sales and tourism generate over $1.5 billion annually in Wisconsin, according to a new report conducted by UW-Madison's Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies.
One day after refusing to open a Madison Initiative for Undergraduates Oversight Board meeting to the public, university officials reversed their position regarding media access Tuesday.
Madison Common Council members voted to increase parking fines Tuesday in addition to discussing a possible new apartment building on Mendota Court.
The Associated Students of Madison announced Wednesday that last week's Haiti Relief Day of Action raised over $7,700, all of which was donated to the American Red Cross to help the earthquake victims.
After recently admitting to dating a payday loan lobbyist, state Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan, D-Janesville, said his relationship with the lobbyist will not influence the strength of pending payday loan legislation.
UW-Madison will host a controversial speaker on Islam and feminism Tuesday who has stirred significant debate among students and faculty on campus.
The UW-Madison Faculty Senate voted Monday to support a state bill that would exempt non-state-funded university employees from state-imposed furloughs.
Candidates for the 2010 election season finalized reports Monday detailing their campaign finances as of December 2009.
The city's Plan Commission met Monday night to continue discussions about future renovations to the downtown area, including Broom Street and State Street.
The state Assembly's special session came to a close Thursday without resolving the continuing debate about education reform and the potential mayoral takeover of the Milwaukee Public School system.
The fourth annual UW-Madison Residence Hall Energy Competition, organized by Big Red Go Green begins Monday.
Officers responded to a frantic call for help from a man who was being beaten in the Equinox apartment building at approximately 8 p.m. Thursday.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker raised $1.79 million in the last nine months of 2009 according to a statement from his campaign released Saturday.
A 26-year-old man was taken to the hospital early Sunday morning after being stabbed on the 100 block of State Street, just outside of Frida's Mexican Restaurant.
Members of the Madison homeless community will have the opportunity to take their talents to the stage in the first ever Street Pulse/WISPIRG talent show Thursday.
The National Institute of Health approved a commonly researched line of stem cells Friday for continued use by scientists across the United States, including those at UW-Madison.
The student group Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment hosted an informational session about stalking Thursday as part of National Stalking Awareness Month.
The Wisconsin state Senate passed three major bills Thursday, all largely supported by Democratic lawmakers.
Advocates of the Hammes Co.'s proposed Edgewater Hotel renovation presented to members of the Madison Common Council once again Thursday evening.