Category: Campus life

Can you look poverty in the eyes? Matthew Desmond, author of The New York Times bestselling book Evicted, wants to know. His book was this year’s Go Big Read selection.

Noted: The University of Wisconsin at Madison, for instance, used to offer screenings free of charge to students and nonstudents in the local area. But although it still serves students, the university stopped community screenings after state funding was cut. Still, though, the free screenings for students are a vital resource. In addition, after the CDC data were released, administrators at University Health Services have been discussing how to reach out to high-risk patients and close the gap in the university’s educational outreach and screenings, according to William Kinsey, director of medical services at Madison.

The Wisconsin Idea is based on the belief that UW-Madison students will take the knowledge they gain on campus and apply them to issues throughout the state. With his best-selling book “Eviction: Poverty and Profit in the American City,” alumnus Matthew Desmond took that idea to full effect.

The UW-Madison student organization Promoting Awareness and Victim Empowerment, or PAVE, presented their budget proposal last Thursday in front of the Student Services Finance Committee.

UW-Madison’s latest race-related incident at a football game on Saturday where a man could be seen wearing an offensive costume was a topic of discussion at the university’s diversity forum.

“It’s really disheartening and sickening,” said Ashley Duffy as she explained the situation. Duffy is a second year law student at UW-Madison whose studies are focused on federal Indian and environmental laws. “And I think this really hits home,” she added. She’s also part of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa tribe.

With thousands of students and faculty working to bring change through various academic projects at UW schools, it can be easy to feel as if one’s work isn’t appreciated. This was not the case for a few students and faculty Friday, however, as the Alliant Energy Foundation and the UW System awarded them for their exceptional achievements.

With about 30,000 people partaking in the 11th annual Halloween celebration on State Street Saturday evening, no serious incidents were reported.

Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine will hold an event on the UW-Madison campus at 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday at the Gordon Dining & Events Center, 770 W. Dayton St.

Langdon Street on the UW-Madison campus will be closed from Monday through Sunday, Oct. 31 to Nov. 6, so paving work can be completed in the stretch of street fronting Memorial Union.

Halloween and State Street have had a long, often uneasy relationship.

With 10 years’ experience taming the Halloween beast on State Street — and each year since 2006 more peaceful than the last — the toughest task facing Madison police and city planners at Saturday’s Freakfest may be managing swarms of football fans, as nationally ranked and undefeated Nebraska takes on UW at Camp Randall Stadium.

UW-Madison’s student government is the only shared governance group that has not yet endorsed the campus’s upcoming institutional diversity statement, which seeks to affirm the university’s commitment to diversity efforts.

The Saturday night closest to Halloween brings Freakfest to the streets of Madison. This annual event is the heart of Madison’s Halloween celebration.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison announced Wednesday its December commencement speaker is one of only 24 people to have gone to the moon and back.

Candidates and surrogates from both the presidential and senate races came to Madison Tuesday in the hopes of inspiring students to get politically involved in the remaining two weeks before the November elections.

UW-Madison students and faculty are gradually transitioning to a single learning management system — a computer application that allows students and instructors to communicate about course materials, assignments and grades — from the three now used on campus.

UW-Madison’s University Relations announced its next director of state relations Tuesday.

After singing the national anthem before a team scrimmage at the Kohl Center on Sunday, senior forward Vitto Brown of the UW men’s basketball team has lent his voice to another patriotic appeal.

Students began casting their first votes in the 2016 election Monday, as early voting began at two campus locations.

UW-Madison undergraduate Selina Armenta has lived in Wisconsin for most of her life, moving with family from Mexico during her childhood. She has experienced frigid midwest winters, Packers football and the typical challenges of life as an American teenager.

UW-Madison students can vote before Election Day Nov. 8 at two campus locations.

Several Downtown streets all tied to State Street will shut down Saturday night for the annual Freakfest party, a situation exacerbated by thousands of football fans in town for the big Wisconsin-Nebraska tilt, also slated for Saturday night.

Students of color at UW-Madison said the campus drinking culture diminishes their college experience and makes them avoid places where drunken students congregate, according to recently released survey results.

In an office cluttered with monkey memorabilia —stuffed animals, posters and photos, books galore —Dr. Karen Strier smiled as she spoke about the species she holds close to her heart: the muriqui monkeys.

At a recent Black and Brown Vote event at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, many of the attendees were active in student politics and protest movements. L. Malik Anderson, a 21-year-old journalism and communications arts major, helped organize the Oct. 12 panel discussion to encourage people his age to register and vote.