This past July, the University of Wisconsin kicked off celebrations for its 175th anniversary with festivities at the Memorial Union for years of achievements, traditions and the legacy of the Wisconsin Idea.
September 13, 2023
Top Stories
Higher Education/System
Wisconsin Assembly to vote on $3B income tax cut that Gov. Evers vows to veto
Evers has said he was open to reconsidering cutting taxes if Republicans would look at funding some of his priorities. Evers called a special session for the Legislature next week to spend more than $1 billion for child care, the University of Wisconsin System, worker shortage programs and other areas.
Campus life
Sculpture created by Ho-Chunk artist Truman Lowe returns home to UW-Madison after 26 years
An official dedication of the sculpture honoring Ho-Chunk artist and Professor Emeritus Truman Lowe’s life and work will take place on the UW-Madison campus this Friday, Sept. 15 at 10 a.m. After several stopovers, the artwork has made a final journey back home to UW-Madison.
Students establish Vietnamese International Student Association
During summer 2023, Mai Nguyen and Lacey Dinh established the Vietnamese International Student Association at the University of Wisconsin, with the goal of facilitating networking for Vietnamese international students.
Conscious curriculum: The fight for expansion of UW’s Ethnic Studies Requirement
Students, faculty fight for expansion of three-credit requirement, but challenges persist.
Sister Cindy, TikTok evangelical preacher, to visit Madison
The controversial speaker announced via TikTok that she will visit Madison on Sept. 19.
Athletics
Rekindling of Wisconsin-Marquette volleyball rivalry leads to special night at Fiserv
The expectation from this neck of the woods is that history will be made at Fiserv Forum on Wednesday night.
Loud music ruins UW basketball games as well — Martha A. Taylor
Letter to the editor: Thank you to the State Journal for the coverage about the terrible noise at the recent Wisconsin Badgers football game. Sadly, we have experienced the same horrific noise levels for several years at the UW basketball games.
Why The Varsity Collective is offering club membership around Wisconsin football
Agoal for organizers of The Varsity Collective in its second year in business is to lock in on a mission of supporting name, image and likeness opportunities for players from all 23 University of Wisconsin sports.
Opinion
Diversity needed to further conservation field
Conservation must include more diverse voices from people of color to truly enact change.
Evers must do more to protect UW System
Despite Evers’ partial-veto targeting DEI funding, Republicans continue to threaten UW System
UW Experts in the News
US poverty rate 2022: Levels jumped, breaking a three-year streak
“Child poverty took a big jump,” said Timothy Smeeding, a leading expert on the poverty line and professor of public affairs and economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.