Category: Opinion

The idea that a university is in charge of feeding its students fuels a problematic cycle: The more we ask colleges to do for students, the higher tuition gets, and then we ask them to do even more for students who are forced to pay more to go to school.

The building was soon fully engulfed. Madison’s fire department arrived, but when they pointed their hoses at the blaze, nothing came out. There was no pressure — city water tanks had been drained earlier in the day so a boiler could be cleaned. On top of that, the nearby University of Wisconsin-Madison’s reservoir was empty. Units from Milwaukee and Jacksonville’s fire departments boarded trains and raced to the scene. But when they arrived, the bitter cold temperature had frozen the water in their pumps solid.

Guidance from experienced students could ease overwhelming transition.

Without weekend hours, UHS makes all students, sick or healthy, susceptible to disease.

Turning away students with “too many credits” works against goals of a college education.

Noted: State general-fund support for UW System down 6.3 percent. State government’s subsidy of the 26-campus UW System was $1.1 billion in fiscal 2011 and $1.03 billion six years later.

To be greener, we must want to do more than sign a pledge.

Missing time with family, not offering enough time for employment are just two reasons UW needs to reform academic calendar.

Vice President Pence’s praise of President Trump during a Dec. 20 Cabinet meeting prompted a lot of derision, and not just from the late-night comics. This wasn’t the first time Trump’s subordinates have publicly performed effusive praise that seems to violate “a norm against excessive and ungrounded flattery,” but Pence’s performance made many cringe. In emphasizing that working for Trump was a “blessing,” Pence managed to praise the president once every 12 seconds.

MADISON, Wis. – The cause of supporting epilepsy research has had no better friend than Lily, and there has been no better benefit than Lily’s Luau.

In November, the first government satellite in the Joint Polar Satellite System series, JPSS-1, an effort of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), was successfully launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Letter to the editor: The differences in Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican Legislature’s treatment of universities and Foxconn are revealing.

I am concerned about how the mandatory Dining deposit will impact low-income students’ access to our state’s public flagship university.

Sororities and fraternities puts its members in harms way and negatively affects those around the area, so where will colleges draw the line?

Mandating certain consumer behavior limits freedom, suppresses competition.

Although this new STEM “pipeline” appears to be contemporary, it actually uses outmoded and ineffective methods to deal with the problems facing women.

A few months after Donna Shalala was named UW-Madison’s chancellor designate, she began a brief speech to the Wisconsin Alumni Association board by saying, “I’ve actually spent seven days of my entire life in Wisconsin, so you’ll forgive me if I do not offer you a detailed agenda on the future of the university.”

Prioritizing profits over individual needs hurts religious, economically disadvantaged students.

Dietary restrictions for students of faith unaccounted for in proposed dining hall account minimum of $1400.

A new UW-Madison study underscores the theory that living in poverty, being underemployed and suffering the effects of crime and abuse are physically and emotionally unhealthy and dangerous.

UW is losing its workforce to more attractive off-campus options, and it’s time for them to raise wages if they hope to keep a viable employee base.

If we are to create a welcoming, accepting, inviting campus with options for all economic, religious and dietary backgrounds, then we need to create a meal plan that can attend to all students. Not just the average student.

Freeze keeps tuition costs low for students, allows UW schools to maintain academic excellence.

Few sectors of the economy have been hit harder in the proposed overhaul of the federal tax code than higher education. The legislation calls for new taxes on graduate students and the endowments held by wealthy institutions, and the elimination of several student and family tax benefits.

Robin Mittenthal, the former advisor for the global health certificate at the University of Wisconsin, died this weekend in an accident at his farm.

The Republican tax plan winding its way through Congress includes a special middle finger to the nation’s graduate students.

On Oct. 11, 2017, University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross proposed that the UW Colleges, a system of two-year liberal arts universities, merge with seven of the state’s four-year universities. Just under a month later, the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents voted to approve this merger.

Shouldn’t students’ chances for success at UW-Madison be the same, regardless of their families’ educational background?

From the moment I arrived in Wisconsin last year, I loved the familiar energy, intellect, and passion for doing things well.  I was happy to return to my Midwestern roots.

More than 145,000 graduate students are attending college for free, according to an estimate by the American Council on Education, which represents 1,800 college and university presidents across the country. For these students, who are often living on minimum-wage stipends, working long hours, studying and attending classes, repealing the tuition tax break could have dire financial consequences.

Eliminating a significant number of programs at the University of Wisconsin-Superior is counterproductive. It affects not only the first generation students, but also the entire student body, families, UWS and its community, faculty and staff, and the city of Superior.

As a member of UW-Madison’s faculty, I was deeply troubled by the recent article on sexual harassment at the university. The way in which UW handled alleged sexual harassment in the urban studies and planning department is a double failure for women on this campus.

Peterson, professor of psychology and popular public figure came to campus to foster stimulation, not divide the student body.

President Trump’s improbable campaign focused on the singular importance of trust — trust in Donald Trump against all comers. His campaign was built on the foundation that he alone was the person voters could believe in to make American great again.

Based on recent campus climate survey results, the problem should not be lack of conservative voices, but lack of support for marginalized voices.

For the past two years, we have been fighting to establish a Hmong American Studies Certificate Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The 2016 Campus Climate Survey found that only 35 percent of trans students felt welcome on campus. Trans students are also more likely to be the target of hate or bias incidences. We need to do better.