Conservative critics of higher education in Wisconsin have opened a new chapter of their long-running complaints about institutions such as UW-Madison, scrutinizing specific university courses and even a class reading they consider biased or inappropriate.
A joint celebration of life service has been set for a father and daughter who were close in life and together in death.Brian Sean Casey, 50, and Megan Elizabeth Casey, 19, were among the six people aboard when their plane crashed into Lake Erie on Dec. 29.
MADISON, Wis. — At least three times in the past six months, state legislators have threatened to cut the budget of the University of Wisconsin at Madison for teaching about homosexuality, gender and race. As a faculty member who focuses on how public organizations are managed, I hear a great deal about the dangers of political correctness in higher education. Several of Wisconsin’s elected officials have joined the growing chorus of demands for better protections for free speech on campus, even as they fail to recognize how their own politicized approach to managing campuses poses a much more fundamental risk to free speech.
If all goes according to the plans of the UW-Madison Division of Recreational Sports, the facility at 715 W. Dayton St. will be closed for good late in the summer of 2017 and torn down in the fall. Two years later a new SERF with nearly four times as much fitness space as the current one will open to students, at an estimated cost of $93 million.
Elizabeth Galoff, 19, has suffered with depression and anxiety since she was in elementary school.
MADISON — A UW-Madison program that explores masculinity amounts to a declaration of war on men and the university should be punished in upcoming budget deliberations, a Republican legislator said Wednesday.
Republican legislators in Wisconsin last month threatened to cut funds from the University of Wisconsin at Madison for offering a course on race relations called The Problem of Whiteness. University officials have defended the course and denied allegations that the course denigrates white people.
Megan was a freshman studying nursing at UW and also a member of the Delta Gamma sorority. Family members say she and her dad were loving, caring, remarkable individuals.Although her sorority sisters are all still away on winter break, the president of the UW chapter Jillian Parks describes Megan in a statement as a vibrant and ambitious young woman who aspired to be a neonatal nurse one day.
Two aboard the plane that went missing outside of Cleveland last week attended a Columbus-area high school. On Tuesday, the school’s principal said both were outstanding and involved students.
The leader of the Wisconsin State Assembly is temporarily pumping the brakes on a proposal that would allow people to carry guns on on college campuses in the state.
The excitement and trepidation was very real as Badger fans young, and old gathered to watch the Cotton Bowl game at Union South in Madison, Monday.
McKinney, a senior studying English and creative writing, is one of the university’s most honored students. He is a finalist for a Rhodes Scholarship, won the Truman Scholarship in the spring and, last month, won the prestigious Marshall Scholarship, given to less than 40 students in the nation.
There’s nothing unusual about a planned UW-Madison class, “The Problem with Whiteness,” that so offended Republican lawmakers that they want the class cancelled, said the editor of a national higher education news website.
Megan Casey, 19, was traveling home on a private, two-engine plane following a Cleveland Cavaliers basketball game, according to a UW-Madison news release. The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for the plane, which is suspected to have crashed shortly after takeoff.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison freshman is among six people feared dead after a private plane crashed into Lake Erie near Cleveland on Dec. 29.
A UW-Madison student is missing and feared dead after a private plane carrying six people crashed into Lake Erie near Cleveland on Thursday, university spokesman John Lucas said in a statement Monday.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison freshman and her father were among six people aboard a plane that disappeared over Lake Erie as the group was returning from a Cleveland Cavaliers game, the school said Monday as search crews continue to hunt for the aircraft.
Two University of Wisconsin-Madison police officers who entered a classroom to make an arrest in April acted within their authority, according to the conclusion of an administrative review of the arrest. The review also offered recommended changes for the department
A University of Wisconsin-Madison freshman is one of the six people missing after a private plane crashed in Lake Erie near Cleveland last week, according to a release from UW.
Two UW-Madison police officers who went into a classroom in April to initiate the arrest of an alleged graffiti vandal were within their rights to do so, according to an administrative review of the case.
The financial health of Wisconsin’s farms and agricultural business and emerging issues and opportunities are topics for the upcoming Wisconsin Agricultural Outlook Forum on Thursday, Jan. 19 on the UW-Madison campus. The event is sponsored by UW-Madison, UW-Extension, Wisconsin Farmers Union and Wisconsin Farm Bureau and features both academic and business leaders.
Former UWPD chief Susan Riseling ordered the review after the April 14th arrest of Denzel McDonald. McDonald was arrested on 11 criminal counts of graffiti and one count of disorderly conduct for threatening a bystander.
The two officers who entered a university classroom in April to question a suspect acted within their authority, University of Wisconsin-Madison police said Thursday.
There was no stopping Freedom native Andrew Philibeck and his Wisconsin Badgers teammates on their road to the “Team Ninja Warrior: College Madness” championship.
The Republican lawmaker who introduced a bill last year to allow concealed carry permit holders to bring guns inside university buildings says he will reintroduce the proposal in the Legislature’s upcoming session because he believes students are still at risk when they can’t bring weapons with them to campus.
Hanns Kuttner loves “It’s a Small World stories, and last September he shared one with Madison philanthropist Jerry Frautschi.
University of Wisconsin-Madison students plan to carry sex toys around campus next semester to protest a bill that would allow concealed weapons in university classrooms.
For the past four years, Pat Smet has been a Bucky Badger for the University of Wisconsin. This year he is one of the eight Wisconsin students on the Bucky Badger mascot troop.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is offering a course next semester called “The Problem of Whiteness,” and it’s not sitting well with a Republican legislator.
A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison students is planning to carry sex toys on campus to protest a bill that may come before the state Legislature next year.
Saturday evening, the Student Coalition for Progress started a petition asking UW administration to demote UW’s Young Americans for Freedom chapter to a hate group and require all students involved to attend intensive diversity training.
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, which tracks campus speech policies at colleges and universities across the country and criticizes efforts to limit First Amendment rights, said the statements this week from state Rep. Dave Murphy, R-Greenville, and Sen. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, threaten academic freedom.
WISN 12 News’ Kent Wainscott spoke to state Rep. David Murphy, who originally wanted to cut funding because of the “The Problem of Whiteness” class but is now changing his mind.
Turning up the heat on the long-smoldering relationship between state lawmakers and the University of Wisconsin System, leading Republicans are threatening to pull any hope of more state funding unless a new course at UW-Madison called “The Problem of Whiteness” is canceled.
Gov. Scott Walker said Wednesday that a University of Wisconsin-Madison class titled “The Problem is Whiteness” is “goofy” and “unusual,” but he stopped short of saying offering it should put UW’s funding in jeopardy.
The University of Wisconsin Madison is being called on by two state lawmakers to cancel a course planned for next semester titled “The Problem of Whiteness.”
Noted: “You have teachers coming up to you saying, ‘Don’t go into the profession because you’re limiting your potential,’” said Briana Schwabenbauer, 22, who is studying at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to be a teacher. “You’re looking at them, like, ‘What?’”
It’s a class that will be offered spring semester of 2017 and it’s titled,”The Problem of Whiteness.” It’s jarring to some, but to others the boldness of the name is welcomed.
A Republican lawmaker called for UW-Madison to cancel a planned course on racism and fire its professor for posting tweets the legislator said condoned violence against police officers, warning Tuesday that the class could affect the university’s funding in the next state budget.
Two Wisconsin Republican legislators have threatened to withhold state funds from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in relation to a planned course on racism called The Problem of Whiteness. State Representative Dave Murphy has also called on the university to fire the professor in charge of the course over his tweets, saying that some condone violence against police officers.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is responding to criticism over an African cultural studies course being offered next semester.
At universities, not every player gets a scholarships. The ones who don’t are called walk-ons. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, walk-on players have been incredibly successful. One example is J.J. Watt.
In the midst of the “Black Lives Matter” movement, a new course at the University of Wisconsin-Madison could stir up controversy.
In the midst of below-zero temperatures, UW-Madison recognized more than 1,000 graduates at the mid-year commencement ceremony at the Kohl Center Sunday.
Gov. Scott Walker is looking for University of Wisconsin System students who want to serve on the System’s governing Board of Regents.
Suspended UW-Madison student Alec Cook, charged with many counts of sexual assault reported by 10 different women, will be released Friday from Dane County Jail, according to university officials.
A day after University of Wisconsin student Alec Cook received six new criminal charges, he posted a reduced $100,000 cash bail.
As the semester comes to a close, the University of Wisconsin Police Department has named Kristen Roman as the new police chief.
We’re still a ways from March, but a team of Badgers is already making a tournament run. A trio of University of Wisconsin-Madison students competed in “Team Ninja Warrior: College Madness” last Tuesday and advanced to the finals, which air this Tuesday on Esquire.
A retired astronaut famous for his role in the 1970 Apollo 13 mission headlined UW-Madison’s winter commencement ceremony for graduates Sunday morning.
UW-Madison has chosen a Madison Police captain to lead the University of Madison Police Department as a new chief.
Astronaut James Lovell returns to Madison to speak at UW-Madison’s winter commencement.
UW-Madison student Alec Cook was released from the Dane County jail Friday, just hours after a judge cut his bail in half, in a case involving more than a dozen sex-related crimes.
UW Madison students are looking ahead to a new chapter, after getting their diplomas Sunday. More than 1,000 students gathered at the Kohl Center bright and early for winter commencement, receiving their diplomas, and getting the once in a lifetime opportunity to hear Wisconsin astronaut and UW Madison Alum, James Lovell speak.
UW-Madison Police Department has named their new police chief.
Final exams and graduation might be a little more difficult this semester at UW-Madison.
A suspended UW-Madison student accused of sexual assault, stalking or harassment of 10 women was released from the Dane County Jail on Friday after his bail was cut in half at a hearing earlier in the day.
UW-Madison has chosen Kristen Roman, a captain and 26-year veteran of the Madison Police Department who has led efforts to improve relationships between law enforcement and the communities it polices, to be the next chief of the campus’ police force.
Jim Lovell brought a love of model rocketry, the rank of Eagle Scout, few finances and hopes of becoming a pilot when he came to UW-Madison in the fall of 1946 for the start of his freshman year.
Noted: Prompted to act by a post in her Twitter feed, University of Wisconsin-Madison librarian Raina Bloom has launched a GoFundMe campaign centered on a simple idea: paying off the outstanding lunch account balances for Madison Metropolitan School District students.
