Governor Tony Evers on a UW-Madison Wiscard. Graphic: Sam Buisman Author: Sam Buisman Governor Tony Evers signed a bill requiring student IDs to include contact information for suicide prevention hotlines. This law will affect all newly issued student IDs issued …
Wisconsin Senators Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, licensed under creative commons. Author: Sam Buisman Wisconsin’s Senators voted on opposite sides of the Iran War Powers Resolution, which passed the Senate with a bipartisan vote. While Senator
Anticipation mounts among caucus-goers as Chair Wolfe opens the Clinton First Precinct Caucus. Photo: Sam Buisman Author: Sam Buisman Iowa led the nation in choosing the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate on Feb. 3, with the Iowa Caucuses. In this almost …
Author: Alyssa Hui Tune in to On Wisconsin’s second episode where Alyssa Hui and Sam Buisman talk about the coronavirus and the concerns over xenophobia toward Chinese international students with special guest, Ella Guo.
Host Adam Fell opens the reading. Photo: Sam Buisman Author: Sam Buisman It’s Saturday night at a packed bar on Madison’s north side. Friends laugh and joke with one another, jazz music quilts the room, and a pair of bartenders …
By Sam Buisman The 2010s will be remembered as one of the most divisive and accelerated decades in American history. Marked by widening polarization and the conflation of ideological and personal values, manifested in a zero-sum, “us-versus-them” approach to politics, …
Protestors gather on Engineering Mall. Photo: Sam Buisman Author: Sam Buisman Students and activists gathered on Engineering Mall on Dec. 6 to protest the reinstatement of Dr. Akbar Sayeed. The crowd of over 200 protesters demanded that the University reverse …
Author: Alyssa Hui HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS A MAJOR ISSUE NOT ONLY GLOBALLY, AND NATIONALLY, BUT LOCALLY HERE IN WISCONSIN. REPORTER ALYSSA HUI WENT ON A RIDE-ALONG WITH A LOCAL TRUCK DRIVER IN WISCONSIN AND ASKED HIM A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT TRUCK DRIVERS ARE DOING TO HELP COMBAT THIS ISSUE. ALYSSA ALSO SPOKE WITH A SAFETY PROGRAMS COORDINATOR FROM THE WISCONSIN MOTOR CARRIERS ASSOCIATION TO TALK ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE CAN DO DAY TO DAY TO HELP.
Photo: Av9, licensed under Creative Commons Author: Sam Buisman and Alice Alexeeva UW Health is expanding its efforts to provide the preventative HIV medication called PrEP to Madisonians. According to a press release, UW Health received a $350 thousand grant …
Protestors gather at Bascom Hall. Photo: Sam Buisman Author: Sam Buisman The newly-formed Student Inclusion Coalition, or SIC, organized a protest on Bascom Hill this Friday to demand inclusive policies for marginalized students. Roughly two hundred protestors crowded the walkways …
Ivan Milat, circa 1970. Photo: Marco Uiller, licensed under creative commons. Author: Cailyn Schiltz Ivan Milat, Australia’s most notorious serial killer, died this Sunday in Long Bay Jail’s Hospital at the age of 74. He was given seven life sentences …
Author: Alyssa Hui Learn more about Samad Qawi’s journey with basketball and how he achieved one of his life long dreams of joining the UW Badgers Basketball team. Reporter for WSUM News: Alyssa Hui.