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Is Russia interfering in Guatemala’s anti-corruption commission? The real story might surprise you.

The Washington Post

On April 27, the U.S. Congress’s Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the U.S. Helsinki Commission, held a hearing about alleged Kremlin pressures on the United Nations Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), a hybrid legal body that investigates and tries high-level corruption cases.

Rachel A. Schwartz is a PhD candidate in political science at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

So, we’re really doing this thing with the huge Bucky Badgers

Tone Madison

There is one acknowledgement of Latinx Madisonians, but as a whole we’re left with the standard narrative of Wisconsin, Madison, and UW-Madison as an uncomplicated and not very diverse landscape in love with its German heritage and Frank Lloyd Wright and the marching band jet pack guy. Why not keep it short and just brain passerby with a Terrace chair?

Unintended Consequences: Sex Offenders in Motels

NBC Chicago

Take a single interchange in Madison Wisconsin. Last fall — when rooms were at a premium during the University of Wisconsin’s football season — NBC5 Investigates found six separate chain-affiliated motels at that one interchange listed as housing a total of nine sex offenders, convicted for such crimes as sexual assault of a child; aggravated child molestation, child pornography, and rape.

Digital Jukeboxes Erode the Dive-Bar Experience

The Atlantic

Last year, Gina Heeb of the University of Wisconsin at Madison’s The Daily Cardinal found that over a dozen popular rap artists—such as Drake, Lil Wayne, Kendrick Lamar, and Kanye West—had been deleted from the TouchTunes listings of prominent, campus-adjacent bars.

‘Bucky on Parade’ puts spotlight on UW mascot

Wisconsin Radio Network

Bucky on Parade is sponsored by the Madison Area Sports Commission with support from the Greater Madison Convention & Visitors Bureau and in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison and other associated entities.

High rise development – U.S. studies indicate states with legalized pot have seen a boost in property values but this trend isn’t expected to hit Canada

The Guardian-Canada

Noted: In their study published in August last year, Contact High: The External E?ects of Retail Marijuana Establishments on House Prices, the University of Georgia’s James Conklin, University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Moussa Diop, and Herman Li of California State University in Sacramento reported an even greater boost to home prices after recreational marijuana sales became legal in Colorado.

As Young People Leave Rural Areas, What Is Dating Like For Those Who Choose To Stay?

Wisconsin Public Radio

Wisconsin’s rural counties saw an estimated 9 percent fewer 20- and 30 year-olds in 2010 than they would have if their population from 2000 had remained static, according to data from the Applied Population Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. That’s compared to a statewide average loss of less than 1 percent. And looking at just 20 year olds, that figure jumps to a loss of 34 percent in rural counties.

Safety experts say Missouri would be brainless to repeal helmet law

The Washington Post

Noted: The National Conference of State Legislatures says helmets saved an estimated 1,630 lives in 2013. The organization, citing a 2009 report by the University of Wisconsin Medical School, also says several studies have proved the obvious, that medical costs from motorcycle crashes are higher for riders without helmets.

‘Barbaro’ sculptor continues to turn history into art

NBC Sports

King originally moved to the Madison area in the early 1980s. About the time the “Barbaro” project came along two decades later, she was also finishing up her art degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, parenting her three children, and creating the statue of a veterinarian, using her daughter Nicole as a model, that stands outside the UW School of Veterinary Medicine.

Colleges prepare to treat opioid misuse, but see few cases

Inside Higher Ed

For example, the University of Wisconsin Madison forged an agreement with a nearby Walgreens that enabled students to purchase naloxone from the pharmacy, and the university has also hired two new substance abuse counselors in recent years. However, opioid misuse at the flagship university is exceptionally rare, said Angela Janis, director of psychiatry and co-director of mental health services at Madison