Category: Campus life

Noted: Interview with Jessie Wright of the Wisconsin School of Business

The outgoing chair of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s student government blasted the university in a letter that has been widely circulated on social media, saying the university “does not care about people of color.”

The Madison Traffic Engineering Division said the 300 block of North Lake Street, between West Dayton Street and West Johnson Street, will close at 6 a.m. Saturday and stay closed until 6 p.m. Saturday, May 13.

To get people to eat salad, make it cheaper than a cheeseburger. That idea is one of dozens of incremental changes executive chef Ellen Ritter, 41, has overseen over the past few years at UW Health.

A major diversity goal for UW-Madison officials is “enhancing the campus climate for inclusion.” However, for some students, including outgoing Associated Students of Madison Chair Carmen Goséy, the administration is failing to uphold this ideal.

There will be new faces at the table for the next Student Council meeting after the group elected new sustainability, grant allocation and SAC governing board chairs Thursday night.

On Wednesday, a series of events marked the grand opening celebration of the UW-Madison Black Cultural Center at the Red Gym in Madison.

After much anticipation for protests during a speech by controversial libertarian political scientist Charles Murray Wednesday, the only disturbance came from a brief fire alarm.

Carmen Goséy warns minority parents not to send children to UW.

Center for Study of Liberal Democracy hosted Murray in attempt to reaffirm First Amendment principles.

A couple of protesters blew kazoos and air horns, one pounded on an empty pizza box, and they all chanted that a libertarian speaker inside the Madison Club should go home.

There were police officers, private security guards and plenty of discussion about the potential for disruptions at a lecture Wednesday night by the controversial political scientist Charles Murray.

Noted: University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty from the Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy invited Murray to the dinner before things got out of hand at Middlebury in March. Murray, a political scientist and conservative writer, has spoken at Notre Dame, Vanderbilt and two universities in New York since Middlebury, and protests at those campuses have not interfered with his lectures.

The New York Times bestseller—written by J.D. Vance—details the author’s upbringing and struggle with class and social problems in the Rust Belt of Ohio, as well as in Appalachian town in Kentucky.

Grueling competition requires teams to solve series of complex problems in just five hours.

Student obituaries from the 2016-’17 academic year.

University of Wisconsin graduate student Michael Davis says he feels isolated, excluded and afraid as a black student on the predominantly white campus, where he’s been called a racial slur multiple times.

For students at Wisconsin’s flagship university, a college education now comes with a side of local hydroponic butter lettuce.

Two UW-Madison organizations will host one of the nation’s most controversial political scientists for an off-campus lecture this week, and demonstrators are gearing up to confront him.

Students are invited to gather at the UW-Madison Library Mall at 11 a.m. and also make their way to the Capitol.

University of Wisconsin-Madison administrators swiftly dismissed a call from the Associated Students of Madison student council to divest from corporations involved in private prisons, fossil fuels, border walls or arms manufacture.

To fix climate problems, says individuals need to realize they are not separate from nature.

The student government of the University of Wisconsin-Madison unanimously passed a divestment resolution targeting companies operating in many countries that included an amendment specifically about Israel.

The student government of the University of Wisconsin-Madison included an amendment specifically about Israel in a divestment resolution targeting companies operating in many countries.

Student council also approved resolution calling for community control of police.

Amid a recent push by students to create a more inclusive and safe campus for everyone, the UW-Madison community will bid farewell to an administrator who led these initiatives.

After a month of debates, walkouts and lawsuits, UW-Madison’s student government unanimously passed wide-ranging divestment legislation Wednesday—but an amendment naming Israel was once again the main point of contention.

As UW-Madison prepares to renovate its libraries, campus and community members heard the latest updates to the project in a town hall Tuesday.

n the face of protests about the violence of capitalism just outside the door, Steve Forbes’ appearance on campus hit back against regulation and extolled the moral and social virtues of free enterprise.