The Badger Herald

The Badger Herald is a newspaper dedicated to the University of Wisconsin–Madison community. Established in 1969, it is recognized as one of the first independent daily student newspapers in the United States. The publication comes out from Monday to Friday during the school year and has one issue in the summer. You can find it at newsstands throughout the campus and in Downtown Madison, Wisconsin, and it also has an online presence, with a print circulation of 15,000 copies.

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Elimination of U.S. Department of Education could harm disabled students, UW special education professor says – The Badger Herald

1 month ago | badgerherald.com | Kiran Mistry

The Trump administration has targeted the U.S. Department of Education (ED) since the president’s inauguration in January and has floated its elimination. Project 2025, a federal policy agenda published by former Trump administration officials, also explicitly calls for the elimination of the ED, which distributes federal funds for special education programs and oversees states’ compliance...
Mark your calendars: TEDxUWMadison’s to host event April 6

2 months ago | badgerherald.com | Clare Cowan

TEDxUWMadison, a chapter of the globally renowned TED organization, brings thought-provoking and inspiring talks to the campus community through its events at the University of Wisconsin. President Melina Zarboulas, a senior at UW, shared insights about the TEDxUWMadison’s mission, process and upcoming speaker event on April 6. Curating speakers and organizing a TEDx event involves a thoughtful process.
Madison Opera to debut production of Maria de Buenos Aires at Overture

2 months ago | badgerherald.com | Akhilesh Peddi

Madison Opera will debut its first-ever production of Maria de Buenos Aires this Friday at the Overture Center for the Arts. Maria de Buenos Aires was first produced at the theater Sala La Planeta in Buenos Aires in 1968. It was composed by Astor Piazzolla with a libretto by Horacio Ferre.
Chazen exhibit highlights Latinx photographers

2 months ago | badgerherald.com | Akhilesh Peddi

One day inspired the newest exhibition at the Chazen Museum: ‘You Belong Here: Place People, and Purpose in Latinx Photography’ — May 10, 1974. On that day, a woman named Dolores in Dallas, Texas, visited her grandfather, bringing a tray with her. Her grandfather was bedridden by his age and illness, and the woman was bringing his lunch. Dolores would happily tell him the good news — she was pregnant. Her grandfather cried with happiness before eating his meal.
City of Madison Arts Commission deploys new commission system

Jan 24, 2025 | badgerherald.com | Akhilesh Peddi

The City of Madison Arts Commission announced the launch of its new arts commissioning system on Jan. 21 — a database of artwork prequalified for use in public infrastructure projects. It allows for any artist in or outside of Madison to submit an existing art of theirs to the city’s arts commission on any topic and medium, primarily 2D and 3D artwork — including sculpture, paintings, prints, photos and other media.
Comedian Brian Regan to perform in Madison

Jan 21, 2025 | badgerherald.com | Aiden Mellon

Comedian Brian Regan will stop at Madison’s Orpheum Theater on Friday as part of his 2025 national tour. Regan’s stop in Madison marks his first performance in years in the state’s capital city. Performing within a year and a half in the same city would go against an unwritten theory of performance business, Regan said.
‘Blood Meridian’ and violence in the media

Jan 16, 2025 | badgerherald.com | Evan Randle

Though the U.S. today possesses its fair share of violence — and many would argue the nation, and world as a whole, remains unnecessarily so — it is difficult to compare today’s landscape to that of the brutal Wild West. Indeed, the American West is known for its general lawlessness and violence, and it is rare to find a novel that expresses such savagery as “Blood Meridian,” the work most consider author Cormac McCarthy’s magnum opus.
In crowded dorms, overpriced apartments, freshmen lose out most

Dec 28, 2024 | badgerherald.com | Aiden Mellon

At the University of Wisconsin, lease agreements and housing plans weigh so heavily on freshmen, that these concerns are a regular part of freshmen introductions, alongside the classic questions of “what’s your major,” and “what dorm do you live in?”Putting aside the merits of off-campus life, the pressure felt by the UW’s newest and least experienced students to sign a lease is wrong.
Children’s Theater of Madison brings holiday classic ‘A Christmas Carol’ to Overture Center

Dec 10, 2024 | badgerherald.com | Akhilesh Peddi

An old man sits in his house alone on a cold Christmas eve in London when he hears a voice not from a living breathing creature, but the hollow spirit of his late business partner Jacob Marley. Beginning with this strange but soon-to-be illuminating encounter, the old man Ebenezer Scrooge’s night would only become stranger and happier as it passes until the next morning he wakes up a different person.
Mauree Childress’ ‘Expanding Perspectives’ gallery opens, champions unheard voices

Dec 4, 2024 | badgerherald.com | Akhilesh Peddi

Mauree Childress is a loving wife, mother, daughter, grandmother and painter. Childress shares her story and that of so many others through her “Expanding Perspectives” gallery opened in Gallery 1308 at Union South Nov. 15. Through her gallery, Childress shares with us the things most important to her, and pays homage to those who are hidden, but true, to supporting and running our communities.