Category: Opinion

We don’t know how it is even possible to produce a video about the University of Wisconsin without images of students of color.

MADISON, Wis. – We don’t know how it is even possible to produce a video about the University of Wisconsin without images of students of color. What we do know is it is irrelevant who was responsible for the final product, the fact that it existed for even the short time it did is a damning indictment of our ongoing lack of cultural awareness, sensitivity and respect for diversity and inclusion.

Athletes bring in huge profits for university, but do not reap benefits.

Intersection of arts and science has power to introduce more people to different fields.

Recognition of Indigenous People’s Day is a good start — but it’s only the beginning of education process.

Three years ago, a group of health-tech entrepreneurs, investors and others familiar with UW-Madison’s painfully sluggish clinical trial process delivered a plea to campus leaders with the power to make changes.

College Republicans’ response to this week’s protest at SAC does not contribute positively to productive discourse.

Taking care of your mental health is an integral part of your college experience.

Time and time again, students of color are ignored as members of this community — effectively erased from a sense of belonging. Instead of aiming to tick the boxes for a photo-op or attempting to fix issues after the fact, notions of equality must be embedded into every decision, especially at the University-level.

As an institution whose primary focus is on education, lackluster performance in this category is a call to action.

While diversity training and more extensive critique process are good steps, they fail to address underlying racial issues in Wisconsin.

Lovicott tells News 3 Now that many Badger students did not grow up in cities as large as Madison so understanding how to navigate campus safely is an adjustment.

Fraternities are known for their wild antics, what function do they serve in campus settings?

With the recent University of Wisconsin homecoming video, it should go without saying that this university — from its administration down to its student body — has failed to cultivate a space that is truly a home for its students of color.

What makes the video so egregious is the homecoming committee solicited many student groups to participate in the filming and groups of color did volunteer and participate.

ynda Barry is the most democratic artist I’ve ever met, so I feel sure she’d bristle at being elevated to the status of genius. But now she’s stuck with the title. Last Wednesday, Barry became one of 25 winners of the MacArthur Fellows Program, worth $625,000 and popularly known as the “genius grant.” According to the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Barry’s award is for “Inspiring creative engagement through original graphic works and a teaching practice centered on the role of image making in communication.”

Despite distance from center of campus, living in Lakeshore offers many benefits that Southeast residents don’t have.

Small and large universities offer different benefits and downsides, depending on your educational priorities.

There are plenty of available alternatives, other options to keep students safe on campus.

College internships are widely viewed across the postsecondary landscape as one of the high-impact practices that campuses should adopt, scale and sustain. The designation of internships as a HIP is based on analyses of the National Survey of Student Engagement data, which show that such practices are significant predictors of student learning and engagement. That has led to a national focus on high-impact practices, along with growing interest in students’ career and transitions to the workforce, with many institutions encouraging or even mandating students to have internships.

Quintez Cephus always said he was innocent of the charges and the members of a Dane County jury ultimately agreed. It is clear that the two women still feel victimized and want another day in court. I keep thinking that this not the experience that anyone wanted for these three young people.

The course is “Geoscience 100: Introductory Geology,” and on this particular day, music spills out through the closed doors as the students await playbills for a lecture called “Beginnings.”

Increasing awareness, tackling stigma surrounding food insecurity on campus vital to supporting UW students.

The University of Wisconsin rose slightly in the 2020 rankings, leading UW Communications to craft a giant press release. To the casual observer, it seems like there must be something the school is doing to warrant the change in ranking. Likely, that is not the case.

Last month, HBO premiered “Our Boys,” a 10-episode series exploring violence in Jerusalem in the summer of 2014, co-produced by popular Israeli television station Channel 12. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Israelis to boycott the popular channel for airing what he termed an “anti-Semitic” show.

The underlying conceit of the editorial is that an Ivy League education can be a critical factor in a student’s future success. The most recent study of Fortune 500 executives shows that the University of Wisconsin produced the most chief executives in the country. And of the top 10 of the Fortune 500, eight were educated in public colleges. An equal number of C.E.O.s graduated from public colleges and private colleges.

Like many topics that involve socioeconomic status, food insecurity on campus has to do with shame. It’s one thing to struggle to pay Madison’s exorbitantly high rent, as many students do. But if you can’t afford to feed yourself, what are you spending your money on?

A blog post by the Office of the Chancellor dated August 22 entitled “UW’s relationship with China,” which originally mentioned Taiwan in the student statistics, sparked a degree of controversy among Taiwanese students. Many Taiwanese students sent e-mails to protest, arguing that China is not Taiwan and that Taiwan is a sovereign and independent country. The Office of the Chancellor responded by revising the data to be more specific to mainland China.

The latest White House display of disregard for science was President Donald Trump’s insistence that Alabama had been seriously threatened by Hurricane Dorian at one point in its march toward the mainland.

Letter to the editor from Steve Ackerman and Jonathan Martin, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, UW-Madison.

The Wall Street Journal came out with its college rankings last week and UW- Madison came in at #67. There are a number of reactions you might have to that.

Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Lori Reesor and the University Housing Office sent emails in response to the morning’s events. These messages did well to remediate the impact caused by the actions of the protesters and offered counseling for those in need.

Our fascination with athletic competitions on grandstand presents interesting questions about our interests, priorities

Noted: Natasha Oladokun is a poet and essayist. She holds fellowships from Cave Canem, the Virginia Center for Creative Arts, and the Jackson Center for Creative Writing. Her work has appeared in the American Poetry Review, Harvard Review Online, Pleiades, Kenyon Review Online and elsewhere. She is associate poetry editor at story South, and is the inaugural First Wave Poetry Fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

UW Madison and Chancellor Becky Blank did the right thing by reinstating Quintez Cephus as a student after he was found not guilty of sexual assault changes.

Nearly 60% of graduates each year choose to leave Wisconsin to pursue their post-graduate ventures — be it to serve other communities with Americorps and the Peace Corps, join the military or enter the workforce.

Freedom of speech has been an integral principle in American jurisprudence since our country’s conception. Generally, it is an idea celebrated and protected, regardless of political affiliation. Heralded as one of our democracy’s central tenets, it would make sense for it to be continuously upheld.

UW Madison and Chancellor Becky Blank did the right thing by reinstating Quintez Cephus as a student after he was found not guilty of sexual assault changes.

Campus Free Speech Bill supports those who espouse hate speech more than those who disrupt it.