New committee aims to empower Black student voices; ASM also discusses changes to violence prevention module.
ASM passes legislation to establish Committee of Black Affairs
Badger Herald
November 15, 2024
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Madison police say residents should take caution around coyotes
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin Canid Project, which studies coyotes and red foxes in the area, has also fielded calls about the coyote. In a post on the Project’s Facebook page Thursday, officials said they believe there are two coyotes roaming the West Side: The one with the leg injury and another with an unknown illness. Recent reports with the Project suggest that the animal with the leg injury might be moving better.
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Defense attorneys fleeing courtroom of Dane County judge accused of bias, disrespect
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison clinical associate law professor John P. Gross, a former criminal defense attorney, said that typically when a criminal court judge sees a lot of requests from defense attorneys to move cases out of a courtroom, it’s because the judge has developed a reputation for being “particularly harsh when it comes to sentencing.”
Other reasons could include that an attorney has disagreed with some of the judge’s past rulings, that a client has said something seen as inflammatory that upsets the judge, or that the judge has a poor judicial temperament, he said.
Inside the Quest to Make Fusion Energy a Reality
The New York Times
Realta Fusion is building a reactor that the company’s co-founder, Cary Forest, calls “Tootsie Roll shaped”: a cylinder with magnets at both ends.
When is the right time to start a new habit—and actually keep it?
National Geographic
“Research shows that couples who go on a diet together are more likely to lose weight and keep it off than those who do so alone,” says Christine Whelan, a clinical professor and consumer scientist at the School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. One reason for this is that both partners ensure the other is sticking to their goals.
Pro-Palestine Wisconsin residents voted third-party, abstained from voting in protest of Israel policy
Daily Cardinal
Political science professor and director of the Elections Research Center Barry Burden told the Cardinal Harris may have fallen short of Biden’s performance due to discontent among young progressive voters regarding the Biden-Harris administration’s Middle East policies.