As a former Stanford student athlete and now a faculty athletic representative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, I read “A Women’s Sport, Ruled by Male Coaches” (news article, Dec. 20) with great interest.
The Wisconsin Idea was born in 1905, when University of Wisconsin-Madison President Charles Van Hise said, “I shall never be content until the beneficent influence of the University reaches every family of the state.”
The next University of Wisconsin System president should have a background in academia. But some members of the UW Board of Regents, including Michael Grebe, who chairs the search committee for a new president, aren’t convinced such experience is important.
Many people who had worked for and with him when he was Madison’s mayor from 1979-83 were there to pay tribute. But just as noticeable was the number of folks there to pay their respects from the University of Wisconsin.
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.
According to a study I published this year from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, these Russian trolls are more coordinated than we thought when the news first broke.
Letter to the editor: As a UW-Madison double alumnus, I was pleased to join a couple of hundred UW climate activists rallying to urge the university and its stakeholders to better address our local and global climate crises with significant and immediate action to lower carbon emissions.
We typically think of social media platforms—Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, etc.—as distinct from one another.
As impeachment hearings proceed in the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, one key member could upend the fiercely partisan stalemate and fundamentally recenter the rule of law. U.S. Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, R- Menominee Falls, can save our Constitution.
Quoted: Tim Donohue is a bacteriology professor at the University of Wisconsin — Madison who studies renewable energy. Donohue told me that corn ethanol does have advantages over other fuel sources because it burns better, releasing fewer pollutants into the air. He said there are indirect factors to consider as well.
Last week (former Lt. Gov.) Lawton was particularly upset — outraged would be a better word — over UW Regent President Drew Petersen’s refusal to include faculty, staff or students on the search committee for a new system president to replace outgoing president Ray Cross.
Since the National School Lunch Program was created in 1946, it has had a flawed funding model that relies on children’s payments to supplement federal funding. This ultimately puts pressure on local school administrators to go after families with unpaid school lunch bills, or “lunch debt,” to balance budgets.
-Jennifer Gaddis is assistant professor of civil society and community studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of “The Labor of Lunch: Why We Need Real Food and Real Jobs in American Public Schools.”
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.
Letter to the editor: A couple of weeks ago I was startled to hear the new name, “PBS Wisconsin.” I first heard it one morning as I was making coffee. I turned to the TV on the kitchen counter and said out loud, “What the hell?”
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.
Column by Kraus, chair of UW-River Falls’ political science department.
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.
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.
We need to organize a youth-led movement for school food justice. Universal free, healthy, tasty, eco-friendly, culturally appropriate school lunches could be a reality in the United States, but only if students, cafeteria workers (over 90% of whom are women), and communities join together in solidarity to fight for real food and real jobs in K-12 schools.
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.
Letter to the editor: Faculty in the University of Wisconsin System are many things — underpaid, undervalued, and working under former Gov. Scott Walker-era policies that continue to wreak havoc on universities across the state.
On this week’s “Center Stage” political podcast Milfred and Hands play audio from and comment on the recent debate between President Donald Trump booster Stephen Moore and never-Trumper Max Boot on the UW-Madison campus.
As colder months approach, we must deconstruct narratives surrounding stereotypes related to clothing purchases.
WSB does not require sustainability business classes within its curriculum, meaning an overwhelming majority of graduates are unaware of the business implications and solutions to climate change.
Disruption is a form of protest and banning it is undemocratic.
Letter to the editor: Show of hands: Who believes that former band director Mike Leckrone should have a statue commissioned in his honor at UW-Madison?
Letter to the editor: In my decades of attending college football games, I have never been treated worse by an opposing student fan base, with rude and vulgar comments shouted in my direction as I walked to the game, and inside the stadium.
Noted: Larry Shapiro is a philosophy professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Drinking culture in Madison has vast negative impacts on entire community.
When the Nicholas Recreation Center opens, more students will have easier access to resources important for mental health.
New study by UW researcher points to negative mental health effects bullying causes in adolescents.
The program distributes proceeds for public health initiatives from an endowment fund created when Blue Cross Blue Shield United of Wisconsin became a for-profit company in 2000. I have served on the program’s oversight advisory committee for 15 years as one of three members of the public who represent the interests of Wisconsin’s rural and urban communities and children.
Letter to the editor: While many know Lincoln as the “Great Emancipator,” few know him as the mass executioner of 38 Dakota men.
In fact, I find it entirely likely that this video was not racially motivated whatsoever. This was made even more obvious by their full-throated apology and remake of the original video.
A group of friends sees people drowning in a river. They immediately dive in to help — however, people continue to appear, drowning. One friend swims upstream to see what is pushing people into the river. This story is how we, as future physicians, are introduced to the social determinants of health.
For the safety of myself and all of the other students and Madison residents that live in the Central District area of the city, I believe it is utterly irresponsible of the Madison Police Department to remove this critical position that fosters trust between Langdon residents and the police department itself.
Last week’s report from the UW-Madison that one in four women on campus report being sexually assaulted was certainly no surprise to us.
Last week’s report from the UW-Madison that one in four women on campus report being sexually assaulted was certainly no surprise to us.
The prevalence of sexual assault is not limited to female undergraduates — this continues to disproportionately affect minorities, students with disabilities and LGBTQ+ students.
I absolutely refuse to allow people who hate my body, my politics, or my embrace of pleasure to make me feel guilt or shame. I love who I am and what I do. I wish this level of happiness for everyone. As Lizzo says in her song “Juice,” “If I’m shinin’, everybody gonna shine (yeah, I’m goals). I was born like this, don’t even gotta try (now you know).”
Dr. Sami Schalk is an assistant professor of gender and women’s studies at the University of Wisconsin—Madison. Learn more about her at samischalk.com, and follow her on Twitter at @DrSamiSchalk.
The Associated Students of Madison proposed on October 2 to add crisis hotline numbers on the back of incoming freshmen’s Wiscards. The numbers that are planned to be added are the UW Police Department phone number, University Health Services Mental Health Crisis Line and Rape Crisis Line.
Move to open Eagle Heights to undergraduate students positive step, but not sufficient.
MADISON, Wis. – It’s a curious phenomenon of the early 21st century that our political and cultural divisions have led us to try to “dumb down” our lives and our world. As if it is our curiosity that is causing us so much fear and anxiety, distrust and discomfort. Curiosity has historically led us to discovery, to knowledge and understanding and hope. And if we would unleash it once again it still will.
Noted: In Wisconsin, for example, where the bill stalled in the state Senate, the University of Wisconsin board of regents nonetheless approved its own Goldwateresque policies that mandate that students who disrupt speakers twice be suspended and those who disrupt three times be expelled. The US House and Senate have also introduced similar bills, which would apply to all public universities and colleges.
