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The Student Services Finance Committee heard a budget proposal for UW-Madison?s student child care service on Monday. The Child Care Tuition Assistance Program provides UW students with child care services, and also assists eligible students with financial expenses through various grants programs. SSFC will decide on the group?s budget Thursday.

A city commission approved St. Paul?s University Catholic Center?s designs Monday for a new student center for Library Mall. The Catholic Center, located at 723 State St., originally proposed a 14-story building with student housing space but scaled down the plans to six stories with room for a student center, chapel and education center.

UW-Madison?s Faculty Senate heard a recommendation that would give voting rights to the student member on the university?s committee that oversees academic issues and changes. The student representative on the University Academic Planning Council does not currently have voting rights.

A taxi with the right of way hit a woman after she reportedly ran into traffic at the intersection of W. Johnson and N. Frances Street just after midnight Sunday morning. Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain said the initial investigation indicates the cab driver had a green light when the 23-year-old woman tried to cross. Police cited the Oregon woman for ?sudden pedestrian movement,? according to DeSpain.

In the past year, 19 Tibetans lit themselves on fire in protest of a Chinese government that recently increased its security forces in Tibet, killing one protester in the process. At UW-Madison, campus group Students for a Free Tibet is speaking out against the alleged human rights violations. This three-part series explores the issue.

The Madison Plan Commission unanimously approved a demolition permit and the rezoning of a property that will likely make way for a new St. Paul?s University Catholic Center along Library Mall.

Students at UW-Parkside have reported three hate crimes this week, according to The Journal Times. Among them are a student who found a noose in a residence hall and threatening fliers. On Thursday night, UW-Parkside Chancellor Deborah Ford delivered a message to a packed audience that “we will not tolerate hate,” according to a UW-Parkside news release.

Madison police are looking at the possibility that a man who attacked a UW-Madison student in December could be the same suspect in two assaults reported in July. Police spokesman Joel DeSpain told madison.com the sketches made of the suspect in the July attacks and the suspect in the December attack are similar.

KENOSHA, Wis. — Students at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside said there have been new death threats made on campus Thursday night. The threats came hours after university officials said a student found a noose hanging in a dormitory. Emotional students gathered inside the University of Wisconsin-Parkside student center.

After receiving complaints of long days and a “rushed” orientation, UW-Madison is changing the way incoming freshman take placement tests, the university announced Thursday. Rather than taking the tests during Student Orientation, Advising and Registration, new Badgers must now complete their placement exams before attending SOAR.

“This allows students to test at their pace, and when they’re ready,” said Coordinator of Orientation Advising and Operations Chris Verhaeghe.

The Student Services Finance Committee passed its internal budget at over $170,00 and fined the Multicultural Student Coalition for its third policy violation Thursday. While committee members debated de-funding its accountability liaison position, the position ultimately remained funded at $12,000.

The buses in Madison were filled with more people than ever in 2011, as riders on fixed routes for Metro Transit totaled nearly 15 million, up more than 10 percent over 2010….Leading the way in ridership increases was the UW-Madison campus route including Park Street (Route 85), which jumped 33.7 percent to 330,390 riders, and the Verona-West Transfer Point commuter route (Route 55), which increased by nearly 20,000 riders to 263,452. Student ride totals rose from 2.52 million to 2.75 million, a tribute to the use of student bus pass program. Every UW-Madison student gets a “free” bus pass, but Metro gets $1.15 from the university every time that card is used.

Madison police have released a sketch of a man who allegedly attacked a UW-Madison student in December. The assault happened at about 4 a.m. on Dec. 21 on North Carroll Street, with the 19-year-old female student getting punched two or three times in the face before the attacker was distracted by an approaching car and the victim was able to run away.

UW-Madison plans to renovate 144 university-owned apartments first built in the 1940s, meaning the residents will need to move out by June 30, 2014, according to a letter the university sent to residents last week. The apartments, called University Houses, are located northwest of campus and make up one of three “neighborhoods” of apartments owned by UW-Madison. The other two neighborhoods are Eagle Heights, adjacent to University Houses, and Harvey Street Apartments, about a half mile southwest of campus near University Avenue.