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Gov. Scott Walker gave his biennial budget address to a Joint Session of state Legislature Wednesday at the state Capitol, emphasized how his administration is “working and winning for Wisconsin."

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Making allocable fees optional could lead to a loss of student orgs

By Ariela Rivkin | Feb. 9, 2017

We—the members of the Associated Students of Madison Grant Allocations Committee— have spent the last year funding over 300 Registered Student Organizations to host events, travel to conferences and sustain a yearly budget. Every week we spend hours reading organization applications, listening to hearings, asking questions and thoroughly vetting requests.

Republicans have begun to dismantle health care policies.

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Health care repeal puts lives of everyday Americans in jeopardy

By Samantha Wilcox | Feb. 6, 2017

Much to the chagrin of many Americans and people across the globe, President Donald Trump has steadfastly maintained his campaign promises during his first days in office.

Many travelers were recently stranded at airports after being denied entry into the United States.

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Travel ban threatens our democratic values

By Hae Rin Lee | Feb. 6, 2017

New leadership often brings a new set of policies that seek to improve the conditions of the nation.

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Cardinal View: Campus health services vital in light of threats to Planned Parenthood

By Editorial Board | Feb. 2, 2017

Among a myriad of other injustices, the overall health of our nation faces stomach-sinking danger, and the threats to U.S.

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Age cap on justices will ensure progress

By Thomas Rademacher | Feb. 2, 2017

President Donald Trump has recently announced that he will soon make his recommendation as to who should fill the vacant seat in the Supreme Court.

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Trump’s executive refugee ban ignores vital historical lessons

By Will Stern | Jan. 30, 2017

Remember first learning about the Holocaust? Whether you had a parent explain it to you, or a guest speaker at school, it was surreal.

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Sports provide escape from political culture

By Lucas Johnson | Jan. 30, 2017

What, among the media industry, attracts attention most in our society? Action? Love? Conflict? Resolution?

OPINION

Pushing personal limits builds grit and character

By Thomas Rademacher | Jan. 26, 2017

Many people can push their mind or body to the limit, but very few people can push their mind and body past their breaking point and continue moving forward. I challenge everyone reading this to sign up for that triathlon, marathon, or 5K you’ve been telling yourself you’ll train for.

This was taken about halfway up the block on the east side of Broadway, between 79th and 80th Street. It's at the north end of the "Filene's Basement" store on the corner, and it's a place where I've often seen homeless people holding up a sign that asks for assistance...

With very rare exceptions, I haven't photographed these homeless people; it seems to me that they're in a very defensive situation, and I don't want to take advantage of their situation. But something unusual was happening here: the two women (who were actually cooperating, and acting in tandem, despite the rather negative demeanor of the woman on the left) were giving several parcels of food to the young homeless man on the right.

I don't know if the women were bringing food from their own kitchen, or whether they had brought it from a nearby restaurant. But it was obviously a conscious, deliberate activity, and one they had thousght about for some time...

What was particularly interesting was that they didn't dwell, didn't try to have a conversation with the young man;they gave him they food they had brought, and promptly walked away. As they left, I noticed the young man peering into his bag (the one you see on the ground beside him in this picture) to get a better sense of the delicious meal these two kind women had brought him...

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This is part of an evolving photo-project, which will probably continue throughout the summer of 2008, and perhaps beyond: a random collection of "interesting" people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.

I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me.

I've also learned that, in many c

OPINION

Radical goodness will help change our lives

By Lucas Johnson | Jan. 25, 2017

Imagine a world where characteristics that make us “different” are invisible. Race, gender, sexual orientation and religion are all inconceivable.

Thousands joined the Women’s March in Madison this Saturday where the protection of Planned Parenthood and women’s reproductive rights were a major theme.

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Planned Parenthood policies leave America behind other nations in reproduction rights

By Haerin Lee | Jan. 23, 2017

Life is a culmination of indescribable virtue and value regardless of gender, appearance, race or age.

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Cardinal View: Explicit chant deserves punishment beyond hollow condemnation

By Editorial Board | Jan. 23, 2017

Discouraging. Disturbing. Disrespectful. Disgusting. These are a few words used by the Committee on Student Organizations and the international fraternity Sigma Chi to describe the recent actions of UW-Madison’s chapter of the fraternity. Sigma Chi’s members, roughly 50 of them, participated in a chant that “encouraged sexual assault” and “contributed to a culture of fear and concern,” according to the CSO. The chant is an anthem of rape culture. Lyrics, if they can be dignified with the term, include: “We’re going to throw her against the wall and we’re going to fuck her, and then fuck her mother and sister.

Rural Wisconsinites are led to believe that their urban counterparts benefit at their own expense.

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Rural, urban dwellers should reconcile

By Mitchell J. Ewald | Jan. 23, 2017

It’s no secret: There is a strong divide between urban and rural Wisconsin, between Madison and Milwaukee and the rest of Wisconsin.

John Lewis, civil rights icon and Georgia Representative, was the first Democrat to boycott the inauguration.

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Inauguration protest does little to mitigate partisan bickering

By Samantha Wilcox | Jan. 17, 2017

This coming week, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the president of the United States. His road to the White House has been a long and rocky one, but to the shock of many Americans and people around the world, Jan.

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Don’t underestimate the absurdness of our nation’s current events

By Sebastian van Bastelaer | Jan. 17, 2017

Let me take a moment of your valuable time to talk about memes. In this time of short attention spans, memes—which have captured the long-practiced form of photo captioning and made it mainstream—have proliferated. They vary in comedic value and subject matter, and it feels as if there’s a new style every day.

“The Problem of Whiteness" class has sparked controversy on campus and in the state legislature.

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Cardinal View: ‘Problem of Whiteness’ course is valuable, necessary

By Editorial Board | Jan. 2, 2017

UW-Madison’s spring course guide has been available for more than two months, but some legislators recently raised concerns about next semester’s offerings, particularly about an African languages and literature class called “The Problem of Whiteness.” The class itself has now gained national attention, thanks to people like state Rep.

Christina Berchini, an assistant professor in the Department of English at UW-Eau Claire, hopes to inform students, representatives and others about the value of whiteness as a field of study.

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Letter to the editor: Whiteness misunderstood as field of study

By Christina Berchini | Dec. 22, 2016

What does this mean? It means that we examined our assumptions about race, and the foundation upon which our experiences with race rest.

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Reflecting on a historic semester in Madison

By Editorial Board | Dec. 12, 2016

ASM delivers early voting to students Leading up to November’s general election, Associated Students of Madison prioritized voting accessibility on campus.

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ASM looking for more campus involvement

By Mara Matovich | Dec. 8, 2016

About once or twice a month, shared governance committees meet to discuss plans for campus projects and changes.

If Wisconsin politicians pass campus carry legislation in January, our campus could become more dangerous and violent.

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Campus carry will put campus at risk

By Kat Kerwin | Dec. 8, 2016

We have lost a lot here in Wisconsin. The dignity of working women was attacked on Election Day when the state voted to re-elect a U.S.

The proposed route of the North Dakota Access pipeline would cut through sacred Native American lands. Thousands of protesters from around the country traveled to North Dakota to protect these lands.

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Environmental issues remain important after Standing Rock Victory

By Samantha Wilcox | Dec. 5, 2016

Sunday, the Army Corp of Engineers announced that the North Dakota Access pipeline would not be immediately granted permission to pass through the Missouri River next to the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota.