LGBT rights activists rally to show support
By Anna Discher | Dec. 6, 2009Proponents of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights rallied at Library Mall and marched to the Capitol to show their support Saturday.
Proponents of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights rallied at Library Mall and marched to the Capitol to show their support Saturday.
Red and green are usually synonymous with the Christmas season, but this winter some are asking to add blue to the holiday color palette.
The Wisconsin Alumni Association awarded incoming UW-Madison freshmen with more than $600,000 in scholarships this year.
Gov. Jim Doyle's approval rating now stands at 46 percent, according to a UW Badger Poll of Wisconsin residents released Thursday. Doyle's approval rating had been 52 percent in an October 2008 UW Badger Poll.
Plans for a newly designed Mendota Court apartment complex have continued to move forward through the development process in recent weeks.
The average debt for UW-Madison graduates continues to increase, according to a recent report released by the Project on Student Debt.
Gov. Jim Doyle will meet with governors and international leaders in mid-December at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.
UW-Madison chemistry professor Bassam Shakhashiri's 40th annual Christmas Lecture, scheduled for this weekend, will air on television in late December.
The Union Council reviewed proposals for the renovation of Memorial Union and approved the final furniture and decorum selections for the new south campus union at its meeting Thursday.
Two women and two girls were fatally shot Thursday evening in separate locations in Madison and Middleton, according to a Madison police report.
The new UW-Madison WiscMail interface is now available for all students to try, and will eventually become the default interface on the WiscMail website.
Troy Vosseller, a UW-Madison graduate student and co-founder of the ""Sconnie"" brand of merchandise, discussed the advantages of starting a small business while attending college to a group of business students Wednesday.
President Obama's announcement Tuesday of his plan to increase the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan drew mixed responses from Wisconsin lawmakers.
Madison's Housing Committee approved two measures bolstering tenant protections against landlords with potentially questionable practices Wednesday night.
The Vending Oversight Committee gave initial approval to a new vending area that would prohibit vending in certain downtown areas at Wednesday's meeting.