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Top 10 News of Fall 2016
Dec. 24, 2016In closing out the fall semester, The Daily Cardinal looks back at the most newsworthy moments.
State News
STATE NEWS
Legislators threaten funding, professor over ‘The Problem of Whiteness’ class
By Lilly Price | Dec. 20, 2016Wisconsin legislators have come out strongly against a UW-Madison class called “The Problem of Whiteness,” suggesting it may impact the university’s upcoming budget if administrators don’t take action.
STATE NEWS
President-elect Donald Trump visits Milwaukee County on 'Thank You Tour'
By Lilly Price | Dec. 14, 2016WEST ALLIS, Wis.—Dressed in matching black “Make America Great Again hats,” Trump pins and white Trump t-shirts, Juliana McMan and her three sisters stood together, eagerly waiting to see President-elect Donald Trump Tuesday night. McMan, a day-one Trump supporter and a recent DePaul University graduate, traveled two hours from her home in western Illinois to the State Fairgrounds where she was one in a crowd of thousands that attended Trump’s “Thank You Tour.” “The Chicago rally got shut down because crazy protesters and stuff,” McMan said.
STATE NEWS
Presidential recount wraps up in Wisconsin with no major changes
By Lilly Price | Dec. 12, 2016Green Party candidate Jill Stein’s $3.5 million presidential recount came to a close in Wisconsin Monday with only 1,769 of the 2.95 million ballots differing from the Nov.
CAMPUS NEWS
As financial aid office pushes to help students, state is unable to provide more grant funding
By Andrew Bahl and Madeline Heim | Dec. 12, 2016The state’s biennial budget might seem complicated, but it has very real effects for the students, faculty, administration and staff that make up the UW System.
STATE NEWS
Student climate activists brace for Trump
By Lucas Sczygelski | Nov. 21, 2016As last week’s election shock dissipates, climate change activists and policy professionals are coming to terms with a president-elect who rejects climate science as conspiracy and promises to roll back regulatory regimes and international agreements meant to curtail carbon emissions.
STATE NEWS
Religious freedoms organization sues UW-Eau Claire for student discrimination
By Hannah J. Olson | Nov. 13, 2016As post-election tensions rise nationwide, UW-Eau Claire came under fire for a school policy denying students community service credit for religion-focused volunteer work. After strong GOP gains in state legislature, Republicans are speaking out about a squabble characterized as “anti-religious political correctness” by state Sen.
STATE NEWS
Priebus to serve as Trump’s chief of staff
By Jake Skubish | Nov. 13, 2016Reince Priebus will serve as President-elect Donald Trump’s chief of staff, according to a statement from Trump Sunday. Priebus, the Republican National Committee Chairman, will provide Trump with the experience and political connections the billionaire outsider lacks.
STATE NEWS
Undocumented students pursue activist alternatives to voting
By Jake Skubish | Nov. 9, 2016Thousands of students across Wisconsin cast their ballots Tuesday in the hopes that their voice will influence the future policy decisions of our nation.
STATE NEWS
Students skip ballot box over choosing between Clinton, Trump
By Julia Gilban-Cohen | Nov. 9, 2016Many UW-Madison students headed to the polls on Election Day, though one in particular didn’t vote for a presidential candidate—he casted a vote for every other position on the ballot instead. Tuesday marked the second election Eric Underwood, a graduate student and registered Republican from Illinois, voted in; however, in 2012 he cast a vote for presidential candidate Mitt Romney. “I just feel much better about myself not voting for anyone and not writing anyone in either,” Underwood said about casting his absentee ballot.
STATE NEWS
Republicans expand lead in state Legislature
By Tenley Sanduski and Sam Schulz | Nov. 9, 2016Republicans maintained their majorities in both the state Assembly and state Senate Tuesday. With all 99 seats in the state Assembly up for election, the Republicans earned enough seats to maintain control of the chamber.
STATE NEWS
Republicans maintain majority in House
By Gina Heeb and Hannah J. Olson | Nov. 9, 2016House Republicans maintained a majority in Wisconsin and nationwide, an unsurprising result in an otherwise volatile election season.
STATE NEWS
Ron Johnson wins second six-year term as Wisconsin’s U.S. senator
By Emily Curtis and Lilly Price | Nov. 9, 2016Republican incumbent Sen. Ron Johnson battled Democratic former Sen. Russ Feingold for the Wisconsin Senate seat Tuesday, winning a second term despite trailing in every poll before Election Day. Even though many considered Feingold the favorite, the race tightened up during the last week, showing a close statistical tie before election day. Johnson celebrated his victory in his hometown of Oshkosh, where Gov.
STATE NEWS
Students in shock as Clinton loses Wisconsin, the presidency
By Andrew Bahl | Nov. 9, 2016Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton entered the night as the favorite to win the White House. But as the night wore on, Clinton’s odds of winning dwindled.
STATE NEWS
Despite left-leaning district, Novak hopes to hold off Wright in southwestern Wisconsin
By Andrew Bahl | Nov. 7, 2016Each week, The Daily Cardinal will be taking a look at down-ballot races throughout the state. This week, we visit the 51st Assembly District in southwestern Wisconsin, where incumbent Todd Novak and educator Jeff Wright face off. If you look at State Rep.
STATE NEWS
Record number of early votes cast in Wisconsin
By Ningyuan Ma | Nov. 6, 2016Wisconsin set the state record Friday for the number of votes cast before Election Day, with the number still expected to grow. More than 775,000 early votes, or 96 percent of the total early votes sent, have been received by election officials so far.
STATE NEWS
Clinton, Trump make their cases for improving college affordability
By Andrew Bahl | Nov. 6, 2016College affordability has become a hot-button issue this campaign, with both candidates spending more time talking about reducing rising student debt loads and tuition rates than President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney did four years ago. Part of that attention is due to the rise of Bernie Sanders’ campaign during the Democratic primary.
STATE NEWS
New research paints negative view of Wisconsin economy
By Ningyuan Ma | Oct. 31, 2016In an election season dominated by doom and gloom about workers and the economy, some of this pessimism may ring true in Wisconsin, according to a new report by UW researchers. In the report, the researchers from UW-Madison and the UW Extension said Wisconsin is faced with a disproportionate loss of talent caused in part by a low domestic immigration rate of people with college degrees. In terms of educational attainment, Wisconsin has a strong high school graduation rate compared to both neighboring states and the rest of the country.
CAMPUS NEWS
Undocumented students face challenges without eligibility for in-state tuition
By Andrew Bahl and Jake Skubish | Oct. 24, 2016UW-Madison undergraduate Selina Armenta has lived in Wisconsin for most of her life, moving with family from Mexico during her childhood.
STATE NEWS
Johnson, Feingold spar over presidential endorsements, student debt
By Hannah J. Olson | Oct. 16, 2016In a refreshing bout of civil discourse missing from the presidential race, the Wisconsin candidates for U.S.
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