The University of Wisconsin student body completed voting for the Associated Students of MadisonSpring 2026 Election this week, from March 16 to March 18.
As the polls closed, 2,134 ballots were cast by a student population of 49,724 students. Overall, this was a 4% voter turnout, a decrease from the previous year, which was a 6% voter turnout.
It would have been out of character for Nick Boyd to appear dejected.
The fifth-year guard’s college career had just ended, the No. 5 seed University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team falling in stunning fashion, 83-82, to No. 12 seed High Point in the NCAA Tournament’s First Round on Thursday in the Moda Center. But Boyd said the moment doesn’t define his career. Even if it was his layup at the rim that was blocked with four seconds left, which ended up being Wisconsin’s last chance at avoiding an upset loss.
It’s not difficult to know whose building the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team is in for the Frozen Four.
Most of the Penn State branding inside Pegula Ice Arena has been covered with NCAA or Frozen Four logos but the giant “Welcome to Hockey Valley” lettering and Penn State banners still hang over the rink.
Morning workouts. Skills training. The weight room. Watching game tape. They’re all part of the program for college athletes.
University of Wisconsin-Madison athletes have one more item on their training list: meditation.
Chad McGehee tells athletes that meditation is “strength and conditioning for the mind.”
The next few weeks are anticipated to be a flurry of travel as spring break approaches for both the Madison Metropolitan School District (March 23-27) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (March 28-April 5).
As those rush times approach, airports across the nation have reported hours-long delays due to inclement weather, and longer lines at security checkpoints due to Transportation Security Administration workers not being paid because of the partial government shutdown.
How will that affect travel in and out of the Dane County Regional Airport (MSN)? Michael Riechers, director of marketing and communications for the airport, said “we haven’t seen any noticeable change in our security throughput.”
Alexia Kulwiec, who teaches labor law at UW Law School, said, “A case in Wisconsin would likely be brought under the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act, which would prove more difficult than the California law” under which the current lawsuit in that state was filed.
DeMaioribus emphasized the importance of cultural shifts, saying, “It may be a bit of a band aid, because that’s not the way to end sexual violence – just by separating people.”
The class action lawsuit in California remains ongoing. As of now, no similar litigation has been filed in Wisconsin.
