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These Trump voters back his immigration crackdown, but some worry about his methods

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Reuters

Other voters, such as Will Brown, 20, a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, urged the administration to pursue even more ambitious deportation goals.
Brown, who said he “couldn’t be more of a fan of Stephen Miller,” the White House aide credited with designing Trump’s immigration policy, noted that the deportation rate of Trump’s second term so far lagged that of the last two Democratic administrations.“Honestly, I don’t think they’re doing enough,” he said.

Harvard wants to ‘queer education’ — but who will actually teach education?

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The Hill

This ideological rot is not at all unique to Harvard. It’s the norm in teacher prep programs nationwide. The University of Wisconsin system has discussion circles reading “Anti-Racist Baby” and making Black Lives Matter friendship bracelets. The University of Florida fills its syllabi with such critical race theory icons as Kimberlé Crenshaw and Gloria Ladson-Billings. Columbia has a course on “Exploring Gender and Sexuality in Everyday Curriculum Practices.” Some of the most assigned authors, like Paulo Freire and Gloria Watkins, are outright Marxists.

What it costs to buy a beer at Camp Randall Stadium in 2025

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Wisconsin State Journal

Prices might be going up elsewhere but it costs the same to buy a beer at Camp Randall Stadium this season as it did in 2024.

Cans of Coors Light, Varsity Golden Ale, Modelo and other beers were priced at $11.99 when the University of Wisconsin football team opened the 2025 season Thursday night. Other alcoholic beverages like Blue Moon, Ninja Dust and Nutrl were listed at $12.49.

UW-Milwaukee branch campus sale to Christian school moves forward despite criticism

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Wisconsin State Journal

The sale of UW-Milwaukee’s former Washington County branch campus to a private Christian school is moving forward, despite public outcry.

The Washington County Board Wednesday told the county executive to proceed with the sale of the campus to the Ozaukee Christian School for $3 million — which is $2 million less than the property’s appraised value.

Rabbits with hornlike growths spotted in northern Wisconsin

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Wisconsin Public Radio

Paul Lambert is an oncology professor and director of the McArdle Lab for Cancer Research at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Lambert, who studies human papillomavirus, said the Shope virus was the first tumor virus ever discovered. American physician and animal pathologist Richard E. Shope first identified the virus in the 1930s.

“This is not a bloodborne pathogen,” Lambert said. “This virus, papillomaviruses, is transmitted by exposure on the skin.”

Despite record-high jobs and median wage, federal policy changes could challenge Wisconsin families

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Wisconsin Public Radio

Wisconsin has a record-high number of jobs and median wage, but there are signs that the economy is softening and changes in federal policy could negatively affect workers in the coming years.

That’s according to a new report from the High Road Strategy Center, a labor-focused economic think tank at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. On Friday, the organization released its annual State of Working Wisconsin report, which aims to provide insight into how workers are faring in the economy.

Washington County is selling former UW campus to Christian school

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Wisconsin Public Radio

The former University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee at Washington County campus will be sold to a Christian school and land conservation group.

The Washington County Board voted to move forward with the sale after a closed session meeting on Wednesday, despite objections from several community members who have raised questions about the sale price and why the county would sell to buyers who won’t pay taxes.

UW-Madison’s new Afghan Student Association launches this year

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Wisconsin Public Radio

Hera Salehi’s adjustment to college life wasn’t easy. Salehi grew up in Afghanistan. Although she had been living in the United States for a while, she had trouble finding her place when she enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Madison two years ago.

But Salehi saw how student groups and organizations helped nurture community at the large Midwestern university. It inspired her to start the Afghan Student Association to help connect other Afghan students and the larger community.

A Wisconsin vibe as construction of state’s namesake submarine begins

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Wisconsin State Journal

Stanke, a Wausau native with a nuclear engineering degree from UW-Madison, spoke from the stage in Rhode Island and is part of the nuclear fuels team and a spokesperson for Constellation, the nation’s largest producer of nuclear energy. During her tenure as Miss America, she was an outspoken advocate of zero-carbon nuclear energy.

What parents should know about the Sun Prairie Area School District and Meta collaboration

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Channel 3000

Catalina Toma is a communication professor at UW-Madison and says that preventative measures like this are beneficial.

“By some accounts, amongst American teenagers, about a third have suffered some sort of cyberbullying victimization online. And about 15%, according to the latest reports, have engaged in cyberbullying. So these incidents do happen, and there’s a lot of evidence about how damaging cyberbullying can be,” said Toma.

Susan Monarez, CDC director with Wisconsin ties, out after less than a month on the job

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Susan Monarez, who noted her Wisconsin roots prior to her confirmation as head of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on July 30, is out at the agency after less than a month on the job.

Monarez had had a long career in the health field but was the first person to assume the position without a medical degree in more than 70 years. She said in her testimony before the U.S. Senate that she grew up the daughter of a dairy farmer in rural Wisconsin. She holds bachelor’s and doctorate degrees in microbiology and immunology from UW-Madison.

Wisconsin Democrats move to change state law to ban concealed carry of guns on college campuses

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Democrats announced legislation to amend Wisconsin law to prohibit the concealed carry of firearms on college and university campuses in Wisconsin.

The legislation, which has been introduced in previous sessions and failed to advance, would make it a misdemeanor to possess a gun on campus, making the penalty up to nine months in jail and a fine of up to $10,000. The new stipulations would not apply to law enforcement or military personnel, nor anyone who possesses a gun on campus with permission.

Democratic lawmakers propose prohibiting concealed carry on college campuses in Wisconsin

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Wisconsin Examiner

Democratic lawmakers want to align gun laws for Wisconsin colleges and universities with those in place for K-12 schools by prohibiting concealed carry on campuses.

Sen. Kelda Roys (D-Madison) and Rep. Brienne Brown (D-Whitewater) said during a press conference Wednesday that the bill would help protect students at a time when schools continue to be targets of gun violence.

The home of UW–Madison’s game day hype committee

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Madison Magazine

Sure, there are other marching band houses on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus: Tuba Haus, Clarinest, Pi Palace (for the saxophones), Bone Zone (trombones). Nine in all. But only Trumpet Haus — Thaus, for short — lays claim to being the unofficial game day hype committee. This is where a lucky few trumpet players in the UW Marching Band call home.

How hip-hop has grown in Madison in the face of opposition

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The Cap Times

The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s scholarship program, First Wave, brings hip-hop pedagogy into the community by encouraging their scholars to engage with Madison’s youth. Meanwhile, an artist-led youth movement seeks to cultivate an underground hip-hop scene that directly engages with Madison’s unofficial “hip-hop ban” during the 2010s. 

More heat, more humidity, more rain, more floods, more tornadoes — and more bad air

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PBS Wisconsin

“So far, Wisconsin’s summer has been warmer than average and also wetter than average,” said Amanda Schwabe, a climate outreach specialist with the Wisconsin State Climatology Office at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Across the state, we’ve been about two degrees warmer than the average and the state has also been about 25% wetter than average.”

Madison priest restricted from ministry after arrest on suspicion of child sex crimes

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

A Catholic priest in the Diocese of Madison who was once a leader at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Catholic student center has been restricted from public ministry after he was arrested on suspicion of child sex crimes in Waupaca County.

Andrew J. Showers, 37, is accused by the Clintonville Police Department of arranging to meet with a 14-year-old girl to have sex with her. Clintonville police arrested him Aug. 24 on suspicion of attempted second-degree sexual assault of a child, using a computer to facilitate a child sex crime, and child enticement, Police Chief Craig Freitag said in a statement.

Wisconsin men’s basketball program leader in scoring average dies at 75

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Wisconsin State Journal

Clarence Sherrod, one of the top scorers in University of Wisconsin men’s basketball history, died Aug. 18. He was 75.

Sherrod was a three-year starter at guard for Wisconsin from 1969 to 1971. He was the leading scorer for the program’s 1970-71 team, a squad that averaged the most points per game in a single season in team history at 86.3 points per game.

Photos: Fall Move-In at UW-Madison

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Wisconsin State Journal

While the fall semester of classes at UW-Madison officially commences on Sept. 3, this week offers the chance for nearly 9,000 students to transition into the campus’ 21 residence halls, explore their new surroundings and begin to enjoy university life.

Wisconsin researchers sound alarm after US Supreme Court upholds DEI-related research cuts

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Wisconsin Public Radio

In a statement, a spokesperson for UW-Madison said the university “does not yet have clarity on the full impacts of” the ruling, but that it “puts at risk” more than $14 million for biomedical research.

“This figure represents the remaining money on 22 grants that were already approved and underway, which also means the time and money already spent on these projects will potentially go to waste, in addition to the money that will not be recovered,” said UW-Madison spokesperson Victoria Comella.

Court seeks more information from Wisconsin football player Nyzier Fourqurean, NCAA

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

 University of Wisconsin football player Nyzier Fourqurean scored a small win in court Aug. 25.

Wisconsin district judge William Conley denied part of the NCAA’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit Fourqurean filed against it in July that seeks declaratory, injunctive and monetary relief against the NCAA for its rules related to how many years a student-athlete is eligible to play NCAA Division I football.

Why prices have been slow to rise in response to Trump’s tariffs

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MarketPlace

As more companies realize that they can’t keep absorbing the cost of import taxes, the impact on inflation could eventually start to snowball, said Menzie Chinn, an economics professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

“If everybody’s facing the same game, they know they all can’t keep prices low forever and take a hit to their profit margins, they’re going to start raising them more rapidly,” Chinn said.

Congregation at the oldest building on Capitol Square raising money for new roof

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Wisconsin State Journal

“It’s an absolutely gorgeous church (with) great historic distinction,” said Barbara Copeland Buenger, a member of the church’s roof committee and a professor of art history emerita at UW-Madison. “To have something of such beauty and historical value is really magnificent given the modern character of the city.”

Photos: Remembering the UW-Madison Sterling Hall bombing 55 years ago

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Wisconsin State Journal

Early in the morning of Aug. 24, 1970, four anti-Vietnam War radicals — Karleton Armstrong, his brother Dwight Armstrong, David Fine and Leo Burt — used a van filled with almost a ton of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil to bomb UW-Madison’s Sterling Hall, killing researcher Robert Fassnacht and injuring three others.

2 Madison School Board members criticize administration on weighted grading

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Wisconsin State Journal

The district announced Friday evening that it would not use weighted grading as part of its response to the Wisconsin Guarantee program. Approved by the state Legislature, the program guarantees admission to UW-Madison for students who rank in the top 5% of their class and guarantees admission to the 12 other four-year Universities of Wisconsin campuses for students who rank in the top 10%.

New UWM chancellor Thomas Gibson talks Trump policies, research and first impressions of Milwaukee

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Gibson, 51, emerged as the top pick among 73 applicants to lead Milwaukee’s largest university. He succeeds Mark Mone, who led UWM for 11 years and is now on a yearlong sabbatical before returning to teach.

Gibson faces an array of challenges, including declining student enrollment, budget pressures and a presidential administration that’s put colleges in its crosshairs.

A professor accused of doing little to no research pushed back. UWM paid him to leave.

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Professor Kevin Renken was in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s mechanical engineering department for nearly 40 years. But he may be remembered most for what UWM claimed he didn’t do: his job.

A UWM investigation last year alleged Renken wasn’t pulling his weight as professor in the last half of his career despite what the school admits was a “commendable” record of classroom teaching

Creating Mexican Fiesta at Summerfest grounds is labor of love, in just 3 days. Take a look inside

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Also installing his art that day was Victor Hugo Jimenez, 22, a recent University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate. He will be displaying his pieces in a new merchandise area near the Generac Stage, where people can buy T-shirts and baseball caps to commemorate the festival with motifs such as Our Lady of Guadalupe, retro cars and cowboy boots.

Hip-hop’s role in today’s classrooms

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USA Today

“The reason why it resonated with students … is because it felt like an opportunity for them to be met on their own ground and to have a kind of shared ground with which to meet instructors or meet ideas,” says Nate Marshall, award-winning poet and assistant professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Ultimately, like, the role of an educator is to connect the students in order to serve the students. So, if that’s not your way to connect with them, that’s cool. You find other ways.”

An invasive, edible mushroom is spreading across southern Wisconsin

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The Cap Times

An invasive mushroom is spreading across southern Wisconsin and North America, severely reducing the biodiversity of other fungi, according to a new study led by a University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher.

Aishwarya Veerabahu and a team of mycologists from UW-Madison and USDA Forest Service studied the edible golden oyster mushroom, which was brought from East Asia to the United States by mushroom cultivators in recent decades and has spread in the wild.

Hungry Japanese beetles are a formidable foe for Wisconsin vineyard owners

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Wisconsin State Farmer

Christelle Guédot, a fruit crop entomologist and extension specialist in the Department of Entomology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, says that Japanese beetles were once the bane of gardeners and farmers in the southern half of the state, but their range has since spread northwards.

“Over the past 10 years, they have been detected by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection up in Bayfield. We also trap many hundreds in Spooner and we see them now in Door County,” Guédot said. The beetles have also been wreaking havoc in the northeastern counties, including Oneida and Vilas.

UW-Madison scores big with $3M in alcohol sales at Camp Randall events

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WKOW - Channel 27

The University of Wisconsin pulled in more than $3 million from alcohol sales at Camp Randall Stadium.

This marked the first year alcohol was sold during a full Badger football season, as well as three sold-out concerts. Patrick Herb, UW’s assistant athletic director for strategic communication, described the first year as a success both financially and operationally.