In their most extreme display of student opposition to Gov. Scott Walker?s budget repair bill so far, teaching assistants at the University of Wisconsin announced they will hold an off-campus ?teach-out? to continue protests against the legislation.
As thousands of protestors flooded campus on their way to the Capitol, some UW-Madison student groups tried to make sense of the proposed Budget Repair Bill for students.
The Teaching Assistant Association (TAA) calls on Chancellor Biddy Martin to take a strong stance in opposition to Gov. Scott Walker?s budget repair bill. Her response to the bill to this point has been anything but.
A Madison icon marking over 30 years of campus and community history from the frozen waters of Lake Mendota was vandalized early this week on the University of Wisconsin campus.
Amid protests in and around the Capitol Tuesday, hundreds of citizens testified their concerns with the budget repair bill to the state?s main financial committee, lasting the majority of the day and into the early hours of this morning.
In a continued expression of solidarity and support for state workers? rights, nearly 13,000 protesters crowded Capitol Square and spilled onto State Street in the second day of rallying in opposition to the proposed budget repair bill.
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau released a memo Monday saying Gov. Scott Walker?s budget adjustment legislation would save the state $107 million for the 2010-?11 fiscal year, not including money owed to Minnesota and the Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund.
Gov. Scott Walker?s budget repair bill may be in jeopardy as rumors swirl around seven Republican state senators said to be on the fence about supporting the legislation.
Hundreds of Madison residents, including UW students and faculty, rallied at the state capitol to protest Gov. Scott Walker?s budget repair bill Monday, kicking off what promises to be a turbulent week for the new governor.
The two major research universities in the state of Wisconsin recommitted Monday to keep research channels between the two schools open.
Tentatively scheduled to be passed by the Legislature at the end of the week, the governor?s controversial budget repair bill is the focus of a finance committee public hearing today where turnout is expected to be large and vocal.
The voices of University of Wisconsin staff members, students and community members shouting ?Kill this bill? reverberated through the Capitol rotunda Monday as nearly 1,100 protesters marched down State Street to the governor?s office door.
For a while Saturday afternoon I thought the events that had transpired at the Kohl Center brought out nothing but the best this university has to offer. Then I read this on Twitter:
The UW System Board of Regents approved salary increases for UW-Madison football head coach Bret Bielema and offensive coordinator Paul Chryst Friday in a closed session.
Gov. Scott Walker announced his controversial “budget repair” bill Friday, which has prompted criticism and anxiety from lawmakers and state workers, including University of Wisconsin employees.
The warning shots came late last November.Weeks after being elected governor, Scott Walker sent a letter to the as yet Democrat-controlled Legislature urging them to halt work on public employee union contracts so that he may ?fully evaluate their effect on our next state budget.?
Gov. Scott Walker?s announcement last Friday was perhaps the greatest push yet toward the feudalistic dystopia the new administration envisions for Wisconsin. In the midst of a paranoid mobilization of the National Guard and a dramatically vamped up security detail, Walker fired his latest salvo in a full-frontal assault on public workers that, if successful, will debilitate a sector of the economy significantly represented by people of color and women.
In response to questions about possible state employee reactions to his new budget repair bill Friday, Gov. Scott Walker said he has contingency plans and is prepared to call up the state?s National Guard if necessary.
Gov. Scott Walker introduced a budget repair bill Friday morning that detailed sweeping changes to state employee contributions to pension and health insurance premiums, causing uproar in the public union leadership who took the bill as an attack on more than 50 years of organized labor progress.
In the wake of Gov. Scott Walker?s announcement of a budget repair bill, some University of Wisconsin students and faculty are preparing to mobilize in opposition an act that would eliminate many collective bargaining rights of unionized employees.
A new bill designed to repair the current budget shortfall in Wisconsin proposes the elimination of most collective bargaining rights for state employees, but base wage negotiations would remain intact.
Students can expect construction on the new Gordon Commons and Lakeshore residence hall to begin in the coming weeks as part of a vast University of Wisconsin Division of Housing plan to overhaul the campus neighborhoods.
The Wisconsin Board of Regents met Thursday to hear from experts on two of the most pressing issues in college life: Tuition and alcohol.
As University of Wisconsin students and faculty begin to revive lines of communication to improve campus climate, two researchers have received $1.5 million to study and support successful outreach programs in minority-serving institutions.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents heard a presentation about sticker-price effects and the benefits of higher education during a meeting Thursday, and a board committee approved requests for facility expansions and land acquisitions for UW.
Gov. Scott Walker told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview Thursday that he will propose removing nearly all public employee collective bargaining rights to help plug a $3.6 billion budget hole.
Just weeks before the mayoral primary, Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz spoke about hot-button issues to an enthusiastic crowd of over 250 students at the Wisconsin Student Public Interest Research Group kick-off meeting Wednesday night.
When recovering substance abuse patients need treatment advice or the support of a friend, they can turn to a new smart phone application University of Wisconsin researchers are developing to ensure these individuals are never without a guiding hand.
Mayor Dave Cieslewicz encouraged University of Wisconsin student advocates to renew their efforts to influence environmental policy-making on campus and at the state level by educating fellow students and the larger campus community.
Biddy Martin?s actions to hire a firm for what is estimated to be $3 million dollars is not the wise way of figuring out how to save money.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents is slated to review and vote on several UW facility projects during meetings today and Friday.
Stem cell research is a field that seems to fly under the radar for years until the next scientific breakthrough. Embryonic stem cells are able to generate any cell type in the body. Many believe that this potential provides enormous promise for individuals suffering from a wide variety of diseases and injuries.
The dispute over bus parking on Langdon Street near Memorial Union was the topic of debate at the Transit and Parking Commission meeting Tuesday night.
Recent findings from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and University of Wisconsin researchers suggests the effects of climate change have been accelerating over the past 60 years and could drastically transform the state?s idyllic landscape in the future.
A University of Wisconsin researcher won a National Academy of Sciences award for innovative young researchers for an invention that could one day lead to finding a cure for type 2 diabetes.
When University of Wisconsin junior Erica Winters voted in the midterm election, she did not have a Wisconsin driver?s license or state identification to show poll workers. She did not have to show them any form of photo ID at all.
Gov. Scott Walker announced the budget shortfall for the current fiscal year and the budget deficit for the next biennium has increased compared to past estimates, prompting the administration to begin planning a budget repair bill.
After the arrival of Greyhound Bus Lines caused the the elimination of several parking spaces along Langdon Street throughout the past several weeks, city officials have intervened to begin solving the controversy.
Gov. Scott Walker teamed up with 20 other Republican governors Monday to send a letter to the federal health department expressing their concern with health care reform and submitted a list of changes to be made before they would want to implement reform in their respective states.
Students can expect construction on the new Gordon Commons and Lakeshore residence hall to begin in the coming weeks as part of a vast University of Wisconsin Division of Housing plan to overhaul the campus neighborhoods.
On January 24 my Egyptian friends and I sat in a café smoking hookah and drinking tea; a normal day. The topic of the next day?s protests came up. We talked about Mubarak, 30 years of marshall law and the quality of life, but overall my peers assured me that the protests of Police Day would be short-lived. They were wrong.
Two studies conducted in part by UW-Madison researchers, revealed new information about the nature of cancer cells and stem cells.
Seven higher education organizations have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case involving UW-Madison and its refusal to fund activities for the Badger Catholic group on campus.
There is an infamous image that is inescapably tied to diversity efforts at the University of Wisconsin. You probably know the one ? two white women dressed in their Badger best raise their fists as they cheer on the football team. ?Wisconsin? and ?2001-2002 Undergraduate Application? float above their heads. And, at their left, out peeks the photoshopped face of a black man.
Despite turmoil in Egypt, University of Wisconsin experts said demand for study abroad programs in the region is not predicted to decline.
After months of compromise and collaboration among University of Wisconsin faculty, staff and students, a committee to evaluate an administrative overhaul for the university has made its final recommendations to the Faculty Senate.
Nearly one hundred students gathered Feb. 3 in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union with the common goal of solving minority problems on the UW-Madison campus.
UW-Madison may have routed Indiana University 83-20 during the football season, but IU outraised UW-Madison by over $30 million in private donations during 2010, according to the Voluntary Support of Education Survey.
While University of Wisconsin alumni and Badger enthusiasts in general are known for making generous donations to support their alma mater, the results of a recent survey suggest that tough economic times may have affected funds received in 2010.
As a result of city operations closing down following the season?s largest snowstorm, a proposal for a new limited service hotel building near the University of Wisconsin campus was delayed in passing through the City?s rezoning process.
With the United States? threatened economic dominance in the world becoming an increasingly debated topic, members of the University of Wisconsin administration met with students Thursday night to offer insight into the rapid changes affecting millions of Americans.
In response to numerous incidents on campus that drew attention to issues of diversity at the University of Wisconsin, a Student Town Hall Meeting held Thursday sought to brainstorm realistic solutions.
At 6 p.m. Tuesday, the UW-Madison campus erupted with cries of “Snow day!” as students rushed to sledding hills and liquor stores to celebrate their day off.
UW system leaders undoubtedly watched Gov. Scott Walker?s State of the State address with keen interest Tuesday as Walker spoke about possible cuts to the state budget.
Despite blizzard conditions that caused state emergencies in 29 counties, Gov. Scott Walker delivered his State of the State address Tuesday, calling for bipartisan unity to solve Wisconsin?s sluggish economy and budget problems.
First-time college applicants that have been yearning for more time to spend writing their statements and submitting their applications are in luck after the University of Wisconsin Admissions Office extended the application deadline due to the recent blizzard.
While a blizzard pounded outside the Assembly chambers at the Capitol Tuesday night, Gov. Scott Walker announced his plans to shovel Wisconsin out of a looming $3.3 billion deficit.
After the National Weather Service issued a Civil Danger Warning and Governor Scott Walker declared a snow emergency in anticipation of the blizzard, few city and campus residents were untouched by the effects of the winter storm.
After a conference last May where UW-Madison students said they felt minorities are represented negatively on campus, Vice Provost of Diversity and Climate Damon Williams will hold a town hall-style meeting Thursday for students to discuss campus climate and answered questions ahead of the meeting Monday night.
Although the governor signed four bills within his first month in office, political experts expect the State of the State address tonight to deal less with the governor?s successes and more with the economic challenges Wisconsin will be facing.
