On Tuesdays, the Daily Cardinal — one of UW-Madison’s student newspapers — shares the latest in campus news. This week, producer Hope Karnopp talks with feature writer Caitlyn Halfon about how campus sustainability has been affected by the pandemic. We also recap changes to COVID-19 policies, the new athletic director and plans to lift the […]
Aiming To Prevent Spread, UW-Madison Issues Strict Guidelines
(Photo: A student walks solo in front of the Hamel Music Center downtown; Photo: Chali Pittman/WORT News) UW-Madison officially reopened last week, bringing thousands of students back to campus. Initially, the university asked students to take precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Now, the university is issuing strict guidelines for undergraduate students who do […]
The Real Cost of College
As we recently discussed on the show, student loan debt in the United States has increased significantly over the past decade, jumping from $600 billion in 2008 to over $1.5 trillion USD today. Several Democratic presidential candidates, including Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, have proposed student loan debt cancellation or free college as a major […]
Sold My Soul for a Student Loan with Daniel T. Kirsch
Student loan debt in the United States has increased significantly over the past decade, jumping from $600 billion in 2008 to over $1.5 trillion USD today. This affects 44 million borrowers and their families, two-thirds of whom are women experiencing the ongoing gender wage gap. How did we get to this point, and where can […]
State Assembly Passes Bill Giving Free Tuition to Teens in Foster Care...
The state Assembly has passed bills aimed at improving the foster care system. They include a bill that would waive UW tuition for kids formerly in the foster care system. The slate of bills stem from a bipartisan task force that looked into ways to improve the foster care system in Wisconsin. One of those […]
