Aylin Merve Arikan

The University of Wisconsin System announced on March 19 it will be giving back nearly $80 million to students who vacated their on-campus residencies early due to the rapid spread of COVID-19. The university ordered students living in the dorms to move out earlier in March following the announcement classes would be moved online.

The Associated Students of Madison passed legislation Wednesday that has been in the works for a decade. Medical amnesty policies aim to shield individuals from penalization for seeking medical help while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Currently 10 Big Ten institutions have medical amnesty policies. In the past the UW-Madison’s Responsible Actions Guidelines provided amnesty only for sexual assault victims/survivors and the caller.

UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone announced a voluntary buyout offer to senior faculty members Monday amid a $7 million revenue loss, partly due to decreases in student enrollment and tuition freeze. “Even with comprehensive efforts to enroll and retain students, our fall 2019 enrollments declined approximately 4 percent, resulting in a tuition revenue loss of about $7M,” Mone said in a campus-wide email sent out Monday.