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Sold out: Ticket lotteries force empty-handed students to navigate risky reselling networks
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Sold out: Ticket lotteries force empty-handed students to navigate risky reselling networks
by Brody Killoren October 1, 2024
US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks at the Orpheum Theatre. September 27, 2024.
‘Wisconsin is the front line of the fight on reproductive rights’: AOC speaks at reproductive freedom rally in Madison
by Jones Millstone-Rivo September 28, 2024

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., spoke Friday evening at The Orpheum Theatre in Madison as part of the Harris-Walz campaign’s “Fighting for Reproductive Freedom” bus tour.  With only 39 days remaining until the 2024 election,...

Protesters Rally in Solidarity with Lebanon at Madison Capitol Sept. 24, 2024.
Madison Protesters rally in solidarity with Lebanon
by Anja Breiehagen September 27, 2024

The University of Wisconsin chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, CODEPINK, Jewish Voice for Peace-Madison and Madison for a World Beyond War gathered Wednesday evening outside the Wisconsin Capitol Building for an emergency protest...

Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway hosted a roundtable for student journalists. September 19, 2024.
Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway talks affordable housing, budget deficit, gun safety at student media roundtable
by Zoe Klein September 26, 2024

City of Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway hosted a student media roundtable Sept. 19, addressing important issues impacting Madison including affordable housing, budget cuts, gun violence and the upcoming election. Rhodes-Conway said there...

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Voting sign at Memorial Union. April 1, 2024.
News
Wausau voters demand DOJ investigation into drop box removal
by Sophie Wooldridge October 3, 2024

Residents of Wausau and voting rights advocates gathered outside the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Wisconsin...

Chadbourne Residence Hall. September 8, 2024.
News
Facing high freshmen enrollment, UW converts study lounges into dorms
by Zoe Klein October 3, 2024

The University of Wisconsin has enrolled 8,516 freshmen for the fall 2024 semester, its second-largest class in school history, according to...

Graduate research assistant, Sean Kim, speaking to viewers about cannabis.
Science News
UW workshop explores medicinal and psychoactive properties of plants with interactive tour
by Jordan Sklar October 2, 2024

The UW School of Pharmacy and Psychedelic Past, Present and Futures workshop hosted the third annual Plants as Psychoactives and Medicines tour....

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The Badger Herald archival photo of Bascom Hall. September 9, 2022.
Parkinson’s research breakthrough goes to human trials
by Kiran Mistry October 2, 2024

University of Wisconsin researchers opened a new path to curing Parkinson’s disease through grafting brain cells into the brains of macaque monkeys. The research, conducted at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, aimed to see if this method...

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Braelon Allen. September 14, 2023.
Badgers in the NFL: Braelon Allen shines as youngest player making history with the Jets
by Cameron Wilhorn October 2, 2024

Every year, exceptional college football players slip into day three of the NFL Draft, with some never proving worthy of an early-round pick. Others make the general managers who passed on them regret their decisions. New York Jets fourth-round pick and...

Crowd member at the Kamala Harris rally in Milwaukee. Aug. 20, 2024
‘You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?’: How Harris’ campaign embraces Gen Z pop culture
by Anna Kristoff September 13, 2024
‘Harm or Harness’: AI anxieties among UW students, faculty increase along with demand for skills
‘Harm or Harness’: AI anxieties among UW students, faculty increase along with demand for skills
by Blake Thor September 10, 2024
Semester in Focus: Top stories from Spring 2024
Semester in Focus: Top stories from Spring 2024
by Brody Killoren July 25, 2024
The Badger Herald archival photo of Bascom Hall. September 9, 2022.
Science News
Parkinson’s research breakthrough goes to human trials
by Kiran Mistry October 2, 2024
Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway hosted a roundtable for student journalists on Thursday, September 19, 2024.
Mayor Rhodes-Conway announces 2025 city budget, Capital Improvement Plan
by Anja Breiehagen October 2, 2024

City of Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway announced her 2025 Executive Capital Budget and Capital Improvement Plan Sept. 10, according to the...

Braelon Allen. September 14, 2023.
Badgers in the NFL: Braelon Allen shines as youngest player making history with the Jets
by Cameron Wilhorn October 2, 2024

Every year, exceptional college football players slip into day three of the NFL Draft, with some never proving worthy of an early-round pick....

The new Zoe-Bayliss Co-op, one of the many around downtown Madison
The affordable housing no one is talking about
by Aiden Mellon, Opinion Editor • October 2, 2024

Editor's note: A previous version of this article stated that kitchens in Chadbourne and Leopold were being converted into bedrooms when in fact...

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“It’s All the Rage: Activism, Aging, and the Raging Grannies of Madison” exhibit at Nancy Nicholas Hall. Sept. 20, 2024.
“It’s All the Rage” exhibit proves activism has no age
by Elsa Englebert October 2, 2024

Anyone who frequents the Dane County Farmers’ Market may have stumbled across a band of apron-clad, high-spirited elderly women, huddled together...

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