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SSFC freezes Wisconsin Union’s 2014-’15 budget
By Emily Gerber | Feb. 25, 2014This article has been updated to reflect updated financial numbers.
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TAA singles out Athletics in funding Rec Sports Master Plan
By Emily Gerber | Feb. 24, 2014The University of Wisconsin-Madison Teaching Assistants’ Association is set to issue a letter-writing campaign directed at the Athletic Department, in an effort to increase contribution from the department in the upcoming Recreational Sports Master Plan.
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Action Project: From the runway to campus-wide equality
By Gillian McBride and C.P. VanValkenburg | Feb. 24, 2014“The day of the pageant, I just wasn’t even nervous,” laughs Alexandria Mason, a freshman, hopeful journalist, dancer, published writer and the 2014 winner of the “Miss Black and Gold: Diversity of a Woman” scholarship pageant.
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Action Project: Room for improvement in LGBT housing
By Adelina Yankova | Feb. 24, 2014Among excitement, Cass Henriques’ admittance to the University of Wisconsin-Madison two years ago brought with it a great deal of anxiety and a mounting list of uncertainties, atop which loomed questions of where he would live freshman year.
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Action Project: Gender gap fosters dedication
By Franco LaTona | Feb. 24, 2014Melissa Abler is used to being one of the few females in her classes; it has been that way since her freshman year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She recently recalled day one of her introduction to computer engineering class, where she met her best friend.
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Action Project: International students strive to make a home at UW-Madison
By Alex Bernell | Feb. 24, 2014An international student from China was recently sitting at a table in Dejope Residence Hall talking to one of his American friends in English, when another Chinese student saw him and attempted to translate for the American student, believing the international student did not speak proficient English.
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Action Project: Recruiting and retaining future Badgers who complete the conversation
By Melissa Howison | Feb. 24, 2014A simple taste of Madison’s scenery and school spirit is all it takes to clinch many incoming students’ commitment to the Badger family. However, had Maria Espino been exposed to the environment pre-enrollment, she said there is a good chance the ethnic uniformity of the student body would have dissuaded her from becoming the junior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison she is today.
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TAA singles out Athletics in funding Rec Sports Master Plan
By Emily Gerber | Feb. 23, 2014The University of Wisconsin-Madison Teaching Assistants’ Association is set to issue a letter writing campaign directed at the Athletic Department, in an effort to increase contribution from the department in the upcoming Recreational Sports Master Plan.
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Athletic Board recognizes Women’s Volleyball coach
By Renee Gasch and Emily Gerber | Feb. 21, 2014The University of Wisconsin Athletic Board recognized the success and efforts of UW-Madison women’s volleyball coach Kelly Sheffield at a meeting Friday.
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UW System President Cross appoints chief of staff
By The Daily Cardinal | Feb. 21, 2014University of Wisconsin System President Raymond Cross launched his tenure in the new university position with the appointment of his chief of staff.
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Bangladeshi workers visit UW-Madison to promote workers’ rights
By Steven Wishau - The Daily Cardinal and Adelina Yankova | Feb. 21, 2014After two and a half days among rubble, Reba Sikder lost track of whether it was day or night, enumerating her hours by the number of silenced screams around her.
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University Committee hosts Bangladesh workers, discusses international labor practices
By By Emily Gerber | Feb. 20, 2014Bangladeshi representatives voiced a call to action to the University of Wisconsin-Madison at a committee meeting Thursday, asking those in attendance to support a pact that would ensure rights of foreign garment workers.
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DoIT presents plan to redesign campus email system
By Maija Inveiss | Feb. 20, 2014The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s technology department presented a plan to change the campus email system from WiscMail to Microsoft Office 365, to Associated Students of Madison Coordinating Council Wednesday.
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Rec Sports Master Plan emphasizes sustainability
By Whitney Newman and By Emily Gerber | Feb. 20, 2014Director of Recreational Sports John Horn assured Sustainability Committee members Wednesday environmental efforts will remain a priority in the Rec Sports Master Plan.
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Ad Hoc Diversity Planning Committee releases UW-Madison Diversity Plan draft
By Emily Gerber | Feb. 20, 2014The Ad Hoc Diversity Planning Committee released the first draft for the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Diversity Plan Feb. 18, outlining recommendations to foster a greater diversity presence on campus.
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Campus-area alder Scott Resnick proposes pilot program to provide Internet to low-income neighborhoods
By Daniella Emanuel | Feb. 20, 2014Correction: This article was changed Feb. 20 to accurately reflect a proposal to bring Internet access to low income neighborhoods though a city of Madison grant.
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Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian to visit campus Thursday
By Maddy Wolfe , Jon Spike and By Chace Goff | Feb. 19, 2014Alexis Ohanian, a co-founder and investor of Reddit, a user-aggregated social media website, will visit campus Thursday as part of University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Distinctive Lecture Series.
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University looks to divide leadership positions
By The Daily Cardinal | Feb. 19, 2014A working group that is examining the reorganization of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s research and graduate education structure proposed a dual leadership plan and a finalized draft report to the University Committee Feb. 14.
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Committee moves closer to final draft of eligibility criteria
By Paige Villiard | Feb. 19, 2014The Eligibility Criteria Review Committee discussed the final draft of the eligibility criteria for the General Student Services Fund in a meeting Tuesday.
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Nursing school to incentivize doctoral degrees for nursing students
By The Daily Cardinal | Feb. 18, 2014The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing will offer new loan forgiveness and fellowship programs to encourage nursing students to pursue further education and fill nurse educator positions in the state, according to a university press release.
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