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Cross talks student debt, college costs before upcoming state biennial budget By Madeline Heim THE DAILY CARDINAL
The cost of college remains on the minds of students, parents, campus administration and legislators alike as the UW System considers what it could face in Wisconsin’s next biennial budget, which Gov. Scott Walker will announce early spring semester. Wisconsin students graduating last spring left school with an average of $30,650 in cumulative debt, according to the UW System. And as the cost of being a student has risen—with factors like housing, food, textbooks and expensive school supplies all playing a part— system leaders have increasingly asked for state support to keep college affordable and accessible. Although Walker froze tuition for system schools four years in a row and has discussed the
possibility of furthering it more, UW System President Ray Cross argued that the freeze, combined with declining state support for higher education, equals less opportunities for students looking to finish school without breaking the bank. “When you freeze tuition, freeze financial aid and cut state funding, you chip away at the money used to help ensure we can offer the classes our students need,” Cross said in a Sept. 9 statement. “When you cut classes, it takes longer to graduate. While freezing tuition may save a couple hundred dollars a year, students and families may end up paying more in the long run.” In August, the Board of Regents approved the system’s $42.5 million budget request, a modest one
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UW System President Ray Cross published a summary of solutions for student debt in Wisconsin in preparation for the state’s 2017-’19 biennial budget, which will be announced in early spring.
Sexual assault reportedly occurred in fraternity house
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An estimated 20,000 students, faculty and members of the general public attended A Program for Reflection and Remembrance Sept. 14, 2001. The program was hosted by UW-Madison and the Dane County Board of Supervisors.
Remembering September 11, 2001 through UW’s homepage By Miller Jozwiak THE DAILY CARDINAL
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tarting 15 years ago, Americans have annually taken pause to recognize the tragic events that occurred on Sept. 11, 2001. The words “Never Forget 9/11” are often spoken and written,
more frequently as summer turns to fall. America has certainly not forgotten the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil. The 2,983 names of those killed in both the 2001 and 1993 attacks are engraved in bronze parapets
surrounding reflecting pools that once were the foundation of the Twin Towers. Even on campus, 9/11 is remembered in various fashions. This year, the leaders of College Republicans and College Democrats, Alex Walker and Augie
A sexual assault was reported to UW-Madison by a Campus Security Authority Thursday morning, according to a UW-Madison Police Department incident report. The report said that the assault occurred Sept. 3 around 12 a.m. in a Langdon Street fraternity house, the name of which has not been released. The victim may have been drugged at the time of the incident, according to the incident report. The assault was reported by a
third party, according to UWPD spokesperson Marc Lovicott, to an employee of University Housing who is required by law as a campus security authority to report it to the university. “An official report hasn’t been made to the police department at all,” Lovicott said. “In this case, the victim has not reached [out] to law enforcement as far as we know, and, if they do, it will be to Madison Police Department.”
McGinnity-Wake, set up nearly 3,000 flags on Bascom Hill to commemorate the victims. While time has not allowed for Americans to forget the event, it has put distance between Americans and the fear that immediately followed the event. The memories of that day and the images broadcasted have not faded for most, according to UW-Madison journalism professor Kathleen Culver . Culver earned her doctorate at UW-Madison in 1999 and was interviewing a job candidate for the journalism school when she was told that a plane had crashed into one of the towers. “You certainly did feel a lot of risk,” she said. “It was a really crisp fall day. That day was gorgeous in Madison, the sky was brilliant blue. Every fall there will still be times when I look out and the
light is exactly the same.” But the paralyzing fear of the unknown that gripped the U.S. has been distanced. Unlike older adults, most current undergraduates at UW-Madison are unlikely to remember that exact day because they were three - six years old. And even if they can remember some detail from that day, most never knew the fear of not knowing what was next for America. The internet, and its powerful servers moving 1.1 zettabytes of traffic per year, however, has not distanced at all from 2001. Through the Internet Archive, a nonprofit with the goal of creating an “Internet Library,” users are able to access live versions of documented webpages from as far back as 1996 for some websites. Among the websites archived
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“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”