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From Oct. 13-15, The Badgers competed in what ended up being their best tournament performance, so far, of the fall season at the Bryson Invitational. They finished eighth out of the 15 programs in attendance. This was their first top 10 of the fall. This was definitely a nice sight for sore eyes after eleventh...| The Badger Herald
University Health Services presented a list of suggestions for UHS funding models to the Associated Students of Madison council Wed. night, discussing the future of funding of health services and the impact they will have on students, according to ASM. UHS Executive Director Jake Baggott and Chief Operating Officer Lindsay Barber presented four different models...| The Badger Herald
No. 9 Wisconsin Badgers (13-2, 6-1 Big Ten) take three-straight sets from No. 23 UCLA Bruins (10-7, 4-3 Big Ten) and former Badger libero Lola Schumacher. The intensity was high as the Badgers faced UCLA and former Badger Schumacher, but the power that Wisconsin brought was unmatched. Wisconsin came out hot in the first set,...| The Badger Herald
A chill sweeps through the air as a late October breeze stirs more than just the crackling leaves of Madison’s streets. The Capitol looms over the city, casting an eerie glow across the night and footsteps echo all around. Laughter floats out from the taverns, but also from the unbecoming wisps of shadow as the...| The Badger Herald
Editor’s note: This story uses person-first language (“people with disabilities”) and identity-first language (“disabled people”), per the mixed use in various interviews. Please note that people may prefer either term or different terms. Across University of Wisconsin campuses, 9.6% of enrolled students utilize disability services, a number that has grown by 95% in the past...| The Badger Herald
The first month of school is one long fever dream. You come back from summer with every intention of being a new person: more put together, more academic, more balanced. You tell yourself that this semester, you’ll keep your planner updated, drink a lot of water and maybe even start your homework before midnight. Then,...| The Badger Herald
Minutes after a single shot rang out at the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, right-wing commentators were spinning a narrative of Charlie Kirk. The Christian nationalist who voiced hatred for Black Americans, LGBTQ+ Americans, supported the racist “great replacement theory” and embraced violence as a means to an end was presented as...| The Badger Herald
At a Sept. 22 White House press conference, President Donald Trump discouraged the use of acetaminophen — more commonly known as Tylenol — in pregnant women. Trump, along with several deputies, suggested a link between the use of the common painkiller and autism in children — a claim with a notable lack of direct scientific...| The Badger Herald
Microsoft announced alongside Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers Sept. 19th it will invest an additional $4 billion to expand its current datacenter project in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, raising their total investment to $7 billion, according to Dryden Wire. The project promises jobs, prestige and the opportunity to place Wisconsin at the center of the global AI...| The Badger Herald
University of Wisconsin Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin spoke at the Reagan Institute Summit on Education where she emphasized the importance of civil discourse on college campuses in the wake of recent political violence. Mnookin encouraged students and faculty to learn how to disagree respectfully and learn from one another, according to UW News. Civil discourse is defined...| The Badger Herald
Academia is a sort of hell in itself, at least as presented in R.F. Kuang’s “Katabasis” — quite literally meaning “descent” in Greek mythology. Released Aug. 26 by Kuang, a New York Times bestselling author, the novel follows a PhD student at the University of Cambridge as she travels to hell in a quest to...| The Badger Herald
In an email July 9, University of Wisconsin Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin announced the Division of Diversity, Equity and Educational Achievement was ceasing operations and most of its staff would be transferred to other departments within UW. The sudden end of the 15-year-old division walks back the short history of the university administration accommodating its marginalized...| The Badger Herald
Independent Student Newspaper Since 1969| The Badger Herald
There’s something insulting about a job that wastes your time and pays you $7.00 an hour. Summer jobs are marketed as “time fulfilling” and “good experience,” but most of them just tested my patience, delayed my sleep schedule and gave me weird tan lines. So in honor of every time I said “no worries!” when...| The Badger Herald
Preliminary results indicate of a University of Wisconsin partner study indicate the high-stress environment of higher education may play a role in the negative mental and physical health outcomes seen among Black women in academics. The UW School of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis received a grant to expand a study on how racial stress...| The Badger Herald
