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Fighting against 'Campus Credit Card Trap'
- Wisconsin Radio Network (new window)
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| College students want to rein in "out-of-control" unfair credit card marketing. | |
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Group takes aim at card sign-ups
- The Badger Herald (new window)
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| The Wisconsin Student Public Interest Research Group said Thursday it is launching a campaign aimed at curbing aggressive credit card marketing on the University of Wisconsin campus. | |
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UWM Student Activists Warns Students About Credit Card Debt
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Forum gives advice for next campus chancellor
- The Daily Cardinal (new window)
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| Students, faculty and many others attended the second chancellor search forum Tuesday to provide opinions on qualities needed for the next UW-Madison chancellor. | |
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Wiley encourages student participation in Wisconsin primary
- The Daily Cardinal (new window)
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| In preparation for Wisconsin's primary Feb. 19, Chancellor John Wiley e-mailed the student body urging them to be active in the election. | |
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Record Turnout Expected At Polls Tuesday
- WTMJ-TV Milwaukee (new window)
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| The City of Milwaukee elections commission anticipates a huge voter turnout. Currently, there are 300,000 registered voters. The commission anticipates at least half that to vote on February 19th. That would be unprecedented for a primary. Also on Tuesday, the commission expects to register several voters. | |
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WISPIRG to host weeklong clothing drive
- The Daily Cardinal (new window)
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| Beginning Monday, Sellery Hall will be home to Wisconsin Student Public Interest Research Group’s clothing drive for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. | |
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Cieslewicz vows to keep environment at city’s forefront
- The Badger Herald (new window)
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| Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz told a group of University of Wisconsin students Thursday he will increase efforts to make Madison one of the country’s greenest cities. | |
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Lawmakers call for reduced emissions; voter mobilization
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| Wisconsin lawmakers and community leaders told University of Wisconsin students and Madison residents Thursday it is imperative to immediately reduce greenhouse gas emissions and make Wisconsin a “green state.” | |
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Students organize for state primary
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (new window)
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| Fresh off winter break and eager to hit the pavement, some politically active students are starting to mobilize get-out-the-vote efforts and form groups for a range of candidates still left in the race leading into Wisconsin's Feb. 19 primary. | |
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College Democrats Host Legislators
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| State legislators highlighted the power of student voices in swaying policy and elections during a discussion with University of Wisconsin students Monday. | |
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UW Students Take on Homelessness
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| Students from across the nation will gather on the University of Wisconsin campus this weekend to discuss strategies for combating national and world hunger and homelessness. | |
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UW Jumps Ahead in National Energy Sustainability Ranking
- UW-Madison Badger Herald (new window)
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| The University of Wisconsin has improved its ability to use natural resources efficiently, increasing its rating on the Sustainability Report Card score this year. UW now holds a B-plus on the ranking system from the Sustainable Endowments Institute. | |
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Madison Unleashes Progressive Energy
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| That’s where groups like Mpowering and Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group’s "Big Red Go Green" campaign come in. In other parts of the country, where the idea of global warming is still scoffed at, awareness campaigns are crucial. But in Madison, a city filled with activists, students and people who thrive on knowledge and challenge the majority, we need action to make an impact not only on the planet, but on the mindsets and ideologies of the nation. | |
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WISPIRG's What's Your Plan? Campaign
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A Political Voice for Wisconsin’s College Students
- UWM Post (new window)
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| Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group (WISPIRG) students, concerned with skyrocketing tuition costs, were “Starving for Attention” outside a Mequon residence on Sept. 24. Inside presidential candidate John McCain held a $1,000 per-plate dinner fundraiser. | |
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WISPIRG Adds New Semester Initiatives
- UW Madison Badger Herald (new window)
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| The Wisconsin Student Public Interest Research Group is expanding beyond its Big Red, Go Green campaign this semester to fighting homelessness, expensive textbooks and dirty politicians. | |
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Legislators Discuss Safe Climate Act
- UW Madison Badger Herald (new window)
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| The State Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources heard testimony regarding the Wisconsin Safe Climate Act Tuesday. | |
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Student Loan Burden Eased by Federal Bill
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| For the hundreds of thousands of college students who take out student loans and sink themselves into thousands of dollars worth of debt, relief is on the way. | |
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Student Groups Gather for Civil Student Shakedown
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| Several non-profit and activist organizations gathered to stimulate involvement and unity among young people during last week’s Civil Student Shakedown in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Spaights Plaza. | |
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Climate activists upset with Wiley
- The Badger Herald (new window)
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| Several representatives from a number of different climate-friendly student groups participated in a rally on Library Mall Wednesday that culminated in a disappointing march to Chancellor John Wiley’s office. The protesters, whose ultimate goal was to get Wiley to sign the Presidents Climate Commitment, were surprised to find an “Office Temporarily Closed” sign on the chancellor’s door. | |
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Adams save most energy
- The Badger Herald (new window)
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| In an attempt to continue the University of Wisconsin’s efforts to reduce energy consumption, residence halls competed this month to conserve the most electricity and the winner was announced Monday. The Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group helped organize the competition between 10 residence halls located near Lake Mendota. Adams Hall was declared the winner with an estimated 38-percent energy reduction over the 13-day competition. | |
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Wis. joins fight against global warming
- The Daily Cardinal (new window)
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| Wisconsin became the twelfth state to join a Midwest organization focused on researching, financing and developing alternative energy resources in the form of biofuels last week. A general trend toward renewable energy seems to be prevalent on both the nationwide and local level. According to UW-Madison student Lauren Crane, the co-coordinator for WISPIRG’s “Big Red Go Green” campaign, the group’s goal is to create a more sustainable campus. | |
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Students back climate initiative
- The Badger Herald (new window)
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| In their final Student Council meeting of the year, representatives from the Associated Students of Madison unanimously passed a resolution supporting a nationwide climate change initiative. “WISPIRG is largely going to be leading the charge on this,” ASM representative Steve Lawrence said. “Putting an ASM stamp on this issue should help in the effort to try and get Chancellor Wiley to sign this.” | |
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WISPIRG helps celebrate Earth Day
- The Daily Cardinal (new window)
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| Local students, businesses, musicians and environmental organizations gathered at Library Mall Saturday to partake in Earth Festival hosted by a student activist group. The Earth Festival was part of a week-long effort to bring the community together and raise awareness about environmental issues in honor of Earth Day Sunday. Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group Vice Chair and sophomore student Jeff Rolling said the event was more about “bringing together the unique community of Madison to support the Earth, the Planet and ourselves,” and less about pushing certain issues like global warming. | |
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Madison Celebrates Earth Day
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| Many Madison groups celebrated the planet this weekend. One of the biggest Earth Day events was held on the UW campus, where students made saving the earth a fun, family event. The First Annual Earth Festival was sponsored by the Wisconsin Students' Public Interest Resource Group. | |
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County touts its green buildings
- The Capital Times (new window)
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| The Dane County Courthouse was touted by county and energy conservation officials this week as a shining example of how much money and fuel can be saved by using energy-saving techniques and construction. Lauren Crane, co-coordinator of the Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group's "Big Red Go Green" campaign, said the state should follow the county's lead in saving energy and reducing greenhouse pollution. | |
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Hundreds Rally Against Carbon at the Capitol
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| On a sunsplashed Saturday afternoon, hundreds ditched the car in Madison and instead biked, skated, walked, and (in the case of Janesville resident Ravelle Rosenberg who was dressed as a penguin) waddled up to the Capitol with concern. Saturday's rally in Madison was one of more than 1,300 taking place across the country. Organizers billed it the biggest grassroots environmental protest since the first Earth Day in 1970. The goal is to reduce the nation's carbon output by 80-percent before the year 2050. | |
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Local climate activists call on Congress to set carbon limits
- The Daily Cardinal (new window)
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| A group of 300 UW-Madison students and local community members marched down State Street Saturday to the steps of the Capitol, demanding Congress “Step It Up” in the name of global warming. The group hosting Madison’s Step It Up was The Hot Party, in conjunction with Wisconsin Student Public Interest Group, the Sierra Club and GW: FACT. The 300 participants gathered with signs, bicycles and dogs at Library Mall at noon, making their way down State Street and ending with a rally at the Capitol. | |
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Pollution 'wake-up call' tells state to shape up
- The Capital Times (new window)
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| Wisconsin's increase in pollution from fossil fuels has outpaced increases in many other states, according to a report from the Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group. Drawing on U.S. Department of Energy Data between 1990 and 2004, the group found that carbon dioxide emissions, primarily from coal-fired power plants and transportation fuels, increased by 25 percent in Wisconsin. Nationwide, such emissions increased by 18 percent. | |
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