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Incoming students largely choosing more expensive tier meal plan, data show

By Lawrence Andrea | Apr. 24, 2018

The majority of first-year students living in residence halls in the upcoming semester are selecting high-tiered options in the new meal plan program unveiled by University Dining, according to documents obtained by The Daily Cardinal. A document distributed at a meeting between a dining shared governance group and University Dining officials revealed that 73.66 percent of the 4,511 students who have signed their housing contracts for the fall chose to deposit a minimum of $2,100 onto their WisCard exclusively for on-campus dining.

Wisconsin Union student workers are frustrated after wage change. 
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Sunburst chairs to return to Memorial Union Terrace

By Lawrence Andrea | Apr. 23, 2018

It is that time of year again. The Memorial Union Terrace will celebrate the warm weather Tuesday by returning its popular sunburst chairs to their lakeside home at 4:30 p.m., the Wisconsin Union announced Monday. The Union will begin Terrace season — an almost 90-year-old tradition — by inviting UW-Madison students and community members to line up at the North Park Street entrance to the Terrace at 3:30 p.m. Each person in line will pick up a chair to take onto the Terrace, kicking off the 2018 Terrace season.

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Student org to bring controversial talk show host to campus

By Jenna Walters | Apr. 19, 2018

A UW-Madison conservative student organization will bring political commentator Dennis Prager, a talk show host who has drawn controversy over remarks criticizing gay marriage and the AIDS crisis, to campus next week to discuss Judeo-Christian Morality. The event — hosted by Young Americans for Freedom — is scheduled highlight the foundational principles of Judeo-Christian morality including the Ten Commandments and how they have impacted the construction of Western culture.

Vel Phillips Residence Hall is named after the late activist.
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UW-Madison graduate, civil rights leader dies at 94

By Ethan Feller | Apr. 18, 2018

UW-Madison graduate and pioneering civil rights leader Vel Phillips passed away Tuesday at age 94, the university announced Wednesday. Phillips was the first black woman to earn a degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School back in 1951. She would go on to break boundaries by being the first black woman to hold a variety of respected government positions in Wisconsin, like secretary of state.

Officials hope the new enrollment application will allow students to spend less time talking with advisors about how to use the tools and more time talking about their futures.
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New course enrollment app to simplify enrollment process

By Lawrence Andrea | Apr. 18, 2018

Having trouble registering for classes? There is now an app to help with that. Course Search & Enroll, a new application found on Learn@UW, aims to make the course enrollment process simple and stress-free by allowing students to complete enrollment tasks like choosing classes, scheduling and enrolling all in one place.

UW-Madison selected “The Death of the Great Lakes” as the 2018-’19 Go Big Read.
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University announces next year’s Go Big Read selection

By Gianina Dinon | Apr. 18, 2018

UW-Madison selected “The Death of the Great Lakes” as the 2018-’19 Go Big Read, according to a UW-Madison press release. The book, written by two-time Pulitzer-Prize finalist and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Dan Egan, examines the dangers facing the Great Lakes, as well as the different ways they can be restored and preserved.

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