Category: Campus life

With early voting underway and only six days until Election Day, on the streets around the State Capitol and on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, we asked people who they want to become the next president of the United States and what are the issues that matter to them.

Milwaukee chef and restaurateur Dan Jacobs will cook up a commencement speech for the University of Wisconsin-Madison this winter.

UW-Madison has announced a special guest for its winter commencement on Dec. 15.

Comedian’s comments toward Latinos, African Americans ignite backlash from Puerto Rican community, GOP leaders.

Dan Jacobs, a contestant on the popular cooking show and Milwaukee restaurant owner, will address graduates at the Winter Commencement Dec. 15.

In a talk at Memorial Union, Politico politics bureau chief Jonathan Marin discussed campaign strategies and the strong influence of University of Wisconsin-Madison students in the upcoming election.

Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler held an early vote block party for University of Wisconsin students on Friday afternoon.

The block party took place on Library Mall, where around 20 students and community members tabled to encourage pedestrians to register to vote.

Each fall, University of Wisconsin students throw themselves into the battle for their next house or apartment. Simultaneously, students on campus contemplate various routes they can take to not only lock down a room but to make living cheaper for themselves.

According to a 2023 Housing Snapshot Report on the City of Madison, demand exceeds supply when it comes to housing, rendering prices unaffordable to the median renter household. Throw tuition into the mix and students who become overwhelmed by finding affording housing may feel the need to get creative. Students may resort to alternative and unfavorable methods to make housing prices more manageable.

A group of UW-Madison alumni and other supporters say the university’s track and field and cross country programs shouldn’t be cast aside to bolster the football team, though.

“There’s absolutely no reason that it has to be one over the other,” said Heidi Kalsen, who competed as a long jumper and sprinter at UW-Madison from 1999 to 2003.

Spotted Cow in hand, Yung Gravy marched hundreds of students from a club to the polls at his alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wednesday. The tongue-in-cheek rapper got his start during his time as a student there.

“We’re going to party to the polls, baby,” Gravy — in a red Wisconsin T-shirt with an “I voted” sticker on it — said in a video he shared to his Instagram Story as a crowd cheered behind him.

he early vote push continued Wednesday, with rapper and University of Wisconsin-Madison alum Yung Gravy seen leading a crowd of students toward the campus’ Memorial Union to cast in-person absentee ballots in a video posted by Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler.

More than 650 young voters joined rapper and UW-Madison alumnus Yung Gravy on a festive march down University Avenue to Memorial Union to cast their ballots on the second day of early voting in Wisconsin.

Hundreds of students and community members partied with artist Yung Gravy Wednesday afternoon before heading to the polls to vote.

Political journalist, columnist shares unique lens on political journalism ahead of presidential election.

On the second day of early voting, Yung Gravy led attendees to Memorial Union to vote early.

Members of nonprofit Black and brown youth organization Leaders Igniting Transformation debated issues related to democracy on Thursday.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is already the only campus in the nation with two daily student newspapers. The student media landscape is only growing despite deep lay-offs in the professional journalism industry.

Anna Jesch, a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said she thinks Obama’s appearance was drawing lots of college students. As a Minnesota native, she was excited to see vice presidential candidate Tim Walz — governor of Minnesota — too.

Jesch, who studies endocrinology and reproductive physiology, will cast her first vote in a presidential election in November. She said she didn’t know what the future of reproductive science would be under the Trump administration.

“I feel like my career, my future, my science kind of depends on this election,” she said.

‘It’s for Badgers and Badgers at heart,’ Homecoming committee member says.

In 2014, Garcia-Rivera entered a new role as a career adviser in UW’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and by then, a new generation of young people were entering a media and public relations industry completely transformed by those platforms and others.

At 1 p.m. Gravy and a brass band will lead a parade of voters to Memorial Union’s early voting polls.

UW-Madison’s Homecoming Committee has been preparing for the celebration for months. The jam-packed week of fun features everything from performances, to tailgates, to parties, and parades.

Rebekah Taussig visited the University of Wisconsin-Madison for discussions on disability in classrooms, panels and in her keynote speech as part of the Go Big Read curriculum.

“The Wisconsin Alumni Association is where all Badgers belong, and we’re excited to welcome alumni and friends back to campus for Homecoming,” Sarah Schutt, the chief alumni officer and executive director of WAA, tells Madison365. “We’re especially happy to support events and traditions that, for more than 10 years, have created meaningful spaces for alumni of color communities to connect and celebrate.”

The educational, nonpartisan event was one of many celebrating Latine Heritage Month. This year’s theme, “Illuminating Our Voices,” aimed to showcase how Latine people share personal passions and culture through art.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison removed a sex education module from University Health Services after an inquiry from The Madison Federalist indicated the module had a link to a pornographic website.

“It literally feels like [the] Hunger Games,” the student said of the housing process. “You got to be quick, or you’re going to be lost.”

Conservative students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison launched a new student newspaper, The Madison Federalist, Wednesday evening. They first covered a sex education program that ‘promotes pornography.’

‘In order to be successful, we strive to make this organization a place that provides resources, space and a support group for all Latine students,’ LSU president says.

‘We’re still here, we’re not just in the past,’ Wunk Sheek marketing chair says.

“Cripescast” podcast host Charlie Berens will team up with University of Wisconsin-Madison journalism professor Mike Wagner in a sold-out event to highlight the importance of voting this November and break down key ballot issues.

University of Wisconsin-Madison indigenous student organization Wunk Sheek, celebrated Indigenous People’s day with a Powwow at Dejope Residence Hall. Over 150 people attended the celebration of campus Indigenous life.

Festivities begin with the “Badger Games,” which is a bracket-style student intramural volleyball tournament. That goes from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Nicholas Recreation Center.

The Union will continue to host concerts, art events and other activities inside once the outdoor area closes.

Wisconsin Union announced the move on Monday. The removal date is subject to change based on factors including staffing. Crews will remove 2,000 chairs and 431 tables from the Terrace.

The iconic chairs are expected to be removed from the Terrace on Oct. 28. The more than 2,000 yellow, orange and green chairs and more than 400 tables mark an end to the Terrace summer entertainment season.

On Friday, over 50 students came to UW-Madison’s Library Mall to protest its investments in Israeli companies. Protesters took aim at how the university treated ongoing calls for divestment and new rules on free speech that followed late Spring’s encampment. The protest from SJP marks the last demonstration in its “Week of Rage” during the anniversary week of the genocide in Gaza’s start.

The revised Creando Comunidad program aims to bring together students interested in addressing systemic oppression by engaging with communities of color.

Protest leaders criticize university police, administration’s response to demands.

SJP marched from Library Mall to Bascom Hill, calling for the university to divest their funds and for an end to violence in Gaza as a part of their final event during their “week of rage.”