Disputing Diversity at UW and a Madison Valentine’s Day Guide
The City Cast team is here to round up the news of the week. Bianca Martin and Hayley Sperling recap a story about a state bill looking to ban race and ethnicity, among other protected statuses, as a consideration for financial aid. Plus, we have quite a wide range of suggestions for how to spend your Valentine’s Day… many of them coming from you! Thank you, boo!
Mentioned on the show:
Bill to ban race consideration in college financial aid gets hearing [The Cap Times]
After a controversial deal, growing legal threats target UW System DEI programming
[The Daily Cardinal]
Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty lawsuit against the State Bar of Wisconsin [United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin]
Civil rights complaint against the UW Morgridge Center’s BIPOC Fellowship [Equal Protection Project]
Madison’s Best Date Spots [Madison Minutes]
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