“I’d encourage [everyone] to please take your minds as seriously as you take your teeth. And nurture qualities like kindness because it will improve your well-being,” said Dr. Davidson, the founder and director of the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Proposal would narrow definition of sexual harassment, grant ’supportive measures’ to accused.
Collaboration among UW System schools provides a hopeful beginning for future campus initiatives, according to Associated Students of Madison Sustainability Chair Katie Piel.
The group also employed its share of gimmicks. In August, organizers brought puppies to the UW-Madison campus to encourage students to register to vote. A few days before the election, a giraffe-shaped bounce house graced the UW-Madison campus to encourage early voting.
This Saturday’s game vs. Minnesota will be the last time Leckrone leads the UW Marching Band at Camp Randall. One last “run-on”, half-time show, and one last “Fifth Quarter”.
While a student has the right to protest a speaker, a student never has the right to disrupt a speaker, Schweber said. It is “the obligation of the university” to stop a student from disrupting a speaker.
Schweber opened his speech by explaining the difference between free speech and academic freedom. He explained academic freedom as the ability of a university to guide its own educational mission. Free speech and academic freedom are opposing concepts because of that discretion, and the two can often be confusing for people to understand, Schweber said.
Emcee Argyle Wade, interim dean of students, left the audience with groan-laced grins after showcasing his recently acquired dad jokes.
