Fearless Sifting

… and kicks off the year with a research mistake.
UW-Madison is one of only two Big Ten universities who do not offer domestic partner benefits.
Wrong. We’re the only one. On such an important issue to so many students and faculty members, that’s a pretty basic error to make.

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The first time reading through Sara Mikolajczak’s column in the send home to freshman edition of the Badger Herald, I didn’t think too much of it. But after some thought, I began to realize the significance of the first two paragraphs.
Campus climate is changing. And I’m not talking about Al Gore-style climate change; this is [...]

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One of the major themes from certain members of the state legislature critiques of the UW System is the need to bring “accountability” to the UW System. One needs to look no further than a quote from Steve Nass about what he wanted to do as the newly appointed chair of the Assembly Colleges and [...]

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UW-Madison just lost another prominent faculty member. This time to Minnesota of all places. He also wasn’t shy about placing a large chunk of the responsibility for the reasons he left on the state legislature.
Mostly, Foley said, he is leaving because of the rich opportunity that awaits in Minnesota. But Foley is not shy about [...]

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The ideas of bringing some organization to Mifflin and involving ASM have been tossed around before, but now things are starting to get serious. New ASM chair Brittany Wiegand has been meeting with the owners of Majestic and a representative from the Mayor’s office, Joel Plant, to discuss ASM sponsorship of the proposed event. Brittany [...]

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