Tenzin Gyatso’s trademark chuckle echoed through Madison’s Overture Center for the Arts Wednesday, during what he, the 14th Dalai Lama, described as a “peaceful atmosphere” to simply “talk with another human being.” The 78-year-old Tibetan holy figure, who was adorned in his Buddhist monk robes and a baseball cap, was… Read more »

Graduation is little more than two weeks away, and students at the University of Wisconsin are looking for jobs and internships to bolster their resumes. But for many, the internship search comes with the realization that many—if not most—summer internships are unpaid.The number of students who are accepting unpaid internships… Read more »

No two paths leading Badgers to the University of Wisconsin are exactly the same, and for UW faculty member Jampa Khedup, the journey to Madison began when he decided to start a new chapter of his life after spending 20 years as a monk in India.After his years at a Tibetan… Read more »

In line with a series of new gun control laws introduced on the national scale and a number of mass shootings leaving the country on edge, the University of Wisconsin will bring on two new staff members specifically to aid in threat assessment efforts on campus, but the threat assessment… Read more »

When David Chen decided to transfer to the University of Wisconsin from a Chinese university two years ago, he knew what he was leaving behind: his job as a radio DJ, his rock band and his position as student government president. However, he was uncertain of what his future at… Read more »

When University of Wisconsin psychology professor Patti Coffey was a Madison undergraduate in the early ’80s, students did not walk to class with iPods and there was no ‘jumping around’ between the third and fourth quarters of home football games. In an interview with The Badger Herald, Coffey details what… Read more »

As he sits in a leather armchair at a State Street coffee shop, a bright red Bucky hoodie draped over his frame, this could be any freshman student. His eyes earnest with anticipation and excitement, a grin permanently pressed across his face, he is but one new face in a… Read more »

University of Wisconsin graduate Will Harper is a child protection adviser for Save the Children, a humanitarian organization. A 2009 UW master’s degree graduate in counseling psychology, Harper has been based in Amman, Jordan, at the Zaatari Refugee Camp for four weeks. In a Skype interview with The Badger Herald,… Read more »

The highly-charged political protests in Egypt during the beginning of 2011 had dramatic effects for the University of Wisconsin students studying abroad there when they received a phone call telling them it was time to come home. Julie Lindsey, the interim managing director of University of Wisconsin’s International Academic Programs,… Read more »

In the era of digital downloads, instant file sharing and a slew of portable music players, it is a rare occurrence to stumble upon a store that is dedicated to selling tangible discs, especially of the vinyl variety. B-Side Records, a locally-owned record store on State Street, has been around… Read more »

Two University of Wisconsin graduate students peruse the gingerbread houses on display at the Overture Center this Tuesday. Different bakeries in Madison showed off their edible buildings. … Read more »

When an anonymous University of Wisconsin junior was a senior in high school, she was an honor student who volunteered and played sports. Like so many other bright students in the state, she set her sights on attending UW, where she was accepted. But as enrollment and her eventual attendance… Read more »

With thousands of people convening at the Capitol in response to Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair bill, legal questions abound about protesting and the actions of officials. Police have torn down signs. Senate Democrats have taken refuge across the state border. What is and isn’t allowed under state and local… Read more »

Students looking to take “going green” to the next level got an opportunity to live in an environmentally conscious Residential Learning Community in Cole Residence Hall this fall.The GreenHouse program promotes sustainability efforts through academic programs and out-of-classroom experiences, according to sociology professor and GreenHouse faculty director Jack Kloppenburg.… Read more »

After beginning its founding year Tuesday Oct. 5, the Altruistic Advertising Club is attempting to give the ethical concerns of advertising and marketing a place in the business discussions on campus. UW senior and founder Zac Miller said he thought of the club last year and decided to form the… Read more »

For most, graduation is a time for happiness, joy and the success that comes with earning a degree from the University of Wisconsin. For one student, however, graduation 2010 provided a different feeling, culminating in an attempt to end his life. UW senior Albert “Alby” Luciani spent the six months… Read more »

After Dane County Supervisor Brett Hulsey won the Democratic nomination to replace Spencer Black in the Wisconsin State Assembly’s 77th District, many political observers automatically penned Hulsey in as the likely victor in the general race considering the district’s progressive history. However, Madison-area lawyer and environmentalist Ben Manski has recently… Read more »

When one sees a person on the street, it is unremarkable. When one sees a person peeled away to their blood, bones and muscles, it is incredible. Such are the specimens for Bodies…The Exhibition, coming to Madison next month. The exhibits are as fascinating as they are startling. Past exhibits… Read more »

In the early morning hours of Aug. 24, 1970, a mysterious van parked unnoticed outside Sterling Hall on the University of Wisconsin campus. At 3:42 a.m., dynamite set off the massive amounts of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil packed into its hull by four young radicals enraged by the United… Read more »

What would you do with an additional $83 million? The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents answered this question during its August meeting with a requested and incomplete budget, asking the state for an additional $83.6 million for the UW System Growth Agenda. Whether or not the university gets… Read more »

One summer day at the Memorial Union, Jack Holzhueter, a former UW instructor, finished his lunch and was preparing to leave the Rathskeller before one of his students called out to him. The student told Holzhueter he would be living underground in Canada, for reasons he did not disclose and… Read more »

When four young radicals parked a car bomb next to Sterling Hall in the early hours of August 24, 1970, they never thought the ensuing explosion would kill a researcher working late, along with hope for the radical uprising in Madison they hoped to catalyze. Now, 40 years later, that… Read more »

During the semester, buildings on the University of Wisconsin campus are filled with 18- to 25-year-olds, many of whom are more interested in what they are doing after classes than during them. However, for four days over the summer, the campus is filled with a different kind of student —… Read more »

In February 2008, five student employees at Memorial Union’s Rathskeller were officially charged with stealing more than $14,000 from their employer. The students were said to have pocketed “tips” and sold pitchers of beer at discounted prices, keeping the extra cash or putting the money in a tip jar. The… Read more »

Editor’s note: This report contains descriptions that readers may find disturbing. Abby Panozzo said the day she was raped began in what seemed like safe surroundings — a block party with her teammates from the University of Wisconsin-Madison women’s lacrosse team. Panozzo’s teammates had vouched for the guy, an out-of-town… Read more »

For over 100 years, the Wisconsin Idea has remained an institutional mission driving the University of Wisconsin to extend its boundaries and connect the campus with communities throughout the state, and continues to do so to this day. The beginning of UW’s mission to improve the lives of Wisconsin… Read more »

Rep. Brett Davis, R-Oregon, announced Monday that he will be running for the Republican nomination for Wisconsin’s next lieutenant governor. “I know it will take strong conservative leaders with experience to get our state back on the right track, and put people back to work,” Davis said at a press… Read more »