Category: Opinion

After UW announced its first case, increasing rates of coronavirus-inspired prejudice against Asian-American students must be addressed.

Most of the ethnic studies classes I really wanted to take had been filled up by those who had the opportunity to enroll earlier. To make matters worse, I got a schedule that was evening-heavy, which meant that I could not take part in many of the extracurricular activities I had intended to, when I became a Badger.

Letter to the editor: Before I retired, I spent 23 years at UW-Madison. When I was there, management of UW building projects was done by the Wisconsin Division of Facilities Development and Management. This division was underfunded, and on multiple occasions I had long discussions with their engineers when we would bump into each other doing our grocery shopping at 10:30 at night.

While Wisconsin stores are left in legal limbo following Trump’s new nicotine bill, Wisconsin,UW needs to take definitive action against high vaping rates.

Public availability of phone numbers today is most certainly harmful and puts students’ privacy at risk, thus endangering students and preventing them from making the most of the opportunities afforded to them on campus with a clear mind.

John Brady’s experience is not unique. His experience resulted from a systemic problem, not a problem limited to one professor/researcher or one department.

Letter to the editor: National rankings for university research expenditures matter a lot. That’s why the Dec. 8 story in the State Journal “UW hopes to reverse research ranking slide” was so disturbing.

Enforcing the state law will merely help ensure that a liberal University of Wisconsin student doesn’t vote in both Madison and Milwaukee—or a Trump supporter in Wisconsin and Iowa.

We typically think of social media platforms—Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, etc.—as distinct from one another.

While one may be inclined to blame vague rhetoric for varying expectations of graduate and other students, there is nothing but harm done when a professional refers to their students as “chimpanzees” and “slaves.”

UW needs to turn away from fossil fuels if Wisconsin is to address climate change and reach target of 100% renewable energy by 2030.

My removal has resulted in irreparable trauma. Not only inflicted on myself, but students of color who I have had the honor of building relationships with, regardless of their involvement on the MLC.

Partisan divide in public trust of scientists reveals Republican scientific policy counteracts research, progress.

Insistence that protests remain orderly enforces status quo, silences minority voices

MADISON, Wis. – In keeping with the spirit of the holiday we reflect on what’s behind the feast so many of us enjoyed and too many of us take for granted. The availability and sustainability of good food is not guaranteed.

MADISON, Wis. – Awareness is the first step to action. Thirty years ago it was rare to talk about HIV and AIDS in public.

Awareness is the first step to action. Thirty years ago it was rare to talk about HIV and AIDS in public.

MADISON, Wis. – Make no mistake, there are nearly 900 colleges and universities that would like to have UW Madison’s ranking for national research by the National Science Foundation.

One hundred years ago, on Nov. 19, 1919, Alice Roosevelt Longworth threw a late-night party. Longworth, the daughter of Theodore Roosevelt and wife of Nicholas Longworth, the future speaker of the House, was celebrating the defeat in the Senate that day of the Treaty of Versailles, which encapsulated President Woodrow Wilson’s grand project for world peace, the League of Nations. “We were jubilant,” she recalled later, “too elated to mind the reservationists. And by we, I mean the irreconcilables, who were against any League, no matter how ‘safeguarded’ with reservations.”

Make no mistake, there are nearly 900 colleges and universities that would like to have UW Madison’s ranking for national research by the National Science Foundation.

As voter turnout among students increases, so have efforts to silence students — here’s why that matters.

Students who can afford to stay in college for four years should consider graduating on time, avoid missing senior year opportunities.

Ritcherson was the first African American coach at UW, and like many African Americans integrating formerly white spaces, he faced discrimination and prejudice.

Many students of color banded together for the Student Inclusion Coalition protest — #WeAreSICofUW — atop Bascom in the days following the video’s release. Try to look for a story at our newspaper and you won’t find it.

Pay Our Interns needs your support in national movement to support interns.

“We have plenty of support from different political stripes, protecting free speech,” said Richard Avramenko, director of the center and a political science professor.

In light of Chicago Teacher Strike, it’s important for education students to understand the field, be fully dedicated.

On college campuses in particular, flu shots protect you and everyone around you.