It was 1970. Tom Skilling was a meteorology major at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Louis Uccellini was among his student group in the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences program.
Universities must ensure that attending is affordable for most Americans. In a country that values education, college has become less of a luxury and more a necessity for a successful career. As such, colleges and universities must combat inflation by passing the cost to donors and governments, rather than students.
—Jackson Walker, University of Wisconsin, journalism and English
While the cooperative is located in a university-owned building, which the cooperative has leased at the corner of Park and West Johnson streets for the past 67 years, Zoe Bayliss operates independently from UW-Madison. Elected student board members manage Zoe Bayliss’ finances and determine rent prices for the year. They also hire a chef to cook lunch and dinner on weekdays, a perk included in the rent.
The new five-story, 26,000 square-foot building — called Levy Hall — will be “one of the most heavily used academic buildings on campus,” said Eric Wilcots, dean of the College of Letters & Science, in October. Levy Hall will also support UW-Madison’s largest academic program, Dybdahl said, “providing 1,800 seats in state-of-the-art classrooms.”
UW Madison’s Center for Russia, East Europe and Central Asia hosted a panel Wednesday night on the Russian-Ukraine conflict to help members of the community better understand the conflict and it’s impact beyond the two countries’ borders. The public forum was the second event on the subject–the first meant to reach students–hosted by the group since the Russian invasion of Ukraine last week.
Students have lived in the Zoe Bayliss Cooperative building on UW-Madison’s campus since 1955, but a new construction project is threatening the building and co-op’s future. “They’re displacing us,” co-op president Angela Maloney said. “We didn’t ask to be displaced. We like the building that we’re in.”
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will begin construction on the “Divine Nine” plaza this spring. The plaza will be located in the garden space across from the Walgreens on East Campus Mall, and it will be unveiled as a tribute to the Divine Nine in early May.
The Black Voice marked its 50th anniversary Tuesday night at Union South where the organization presented a documentary celebrating the history of University of Wisconsin-Madison’s only Black newspaper. The Black Voice was initially founded in 1971 and operated until 1973 before it was re-established on campus in 2015 by student Jordan Gaines.
The chancellor was very respectful and responsive to ASM’s advocacy, offering a compromise to every request, Bailey said. “We were really happy to get this meeting, and I think the fact that the chancellor was willing to sit down and meet with us face-to-face signaled how she was willing to listen and hear our advocacy,” he said.
Ozioma Okonkwo at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Both of UW’s coordinators now are making at least $1 million with Leonhard’s raise. First-year offensive coordinator Bobby Engram, who was hired in February, will make $1 million this year and $1.1 million in 2023.
President Biden addressed concerns of high inflation in his State of the Union address, while presidents have “very limited ability to effect price inflation.” That’s according to Andrew Reschovsky, a professor emeritus of applied economics and public affairs at UW-Madison.
