UW-Madison student returns to apartment building her mom lived in 4 decades ago
SABINE MARTIN
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Thousands of students were honored at the 2026 UW-Madison Spring Commencement Ceremony. Listen as a handful of Badgers describe their favorite moments from their time at the school.
When UW-Madison freshman Rebekah Stine was apartment hunting for a place to live her sophomore year, Madison’s rental market was moving faster than she was.
Incoming UW-Madison sophomore Rebekah Stine organizes her belongings with the help of her mother, Sarah Stine, as she moves into an apartment on West Johnson Street in Madison. The building is the same one Sarah lived in when she was a student at the university.
Incoming UW-Madison sophomore Rebekah Stine talks with her mother, Sarah Stine, outside the apartment building she is moving into on West Johnson Street in Madison. Since she rented the same Downtown apartment in 1984, Sarah Stine said, the buildings around it have gotten higher and denser.
Rebekah Stine worried when fellow UW-Madison freshmen were beginning to search for an apartment for their second year in the fall — just weeks after the academic year kicks off. Her mom had an idea for where Rebekah could live.
Incoming UW-Madison sophomore Rebekah Stine organizes her belongings with the help of her mother, Sarah Stine, as she moves into an apartment on West Johnson Street in Madison. The building is the same one Sarah lived in when she was a student at the university.
Incoming UW-Madison sophomore Rebekah Stine talks with her mother, Sarah Stine, outside the apartment building she is moving into on West Johnson Street in Madison. Since she rented the same Downtown apartment in 1984, Sarah Stine said, the buildings around it have gotten higher and denser.
Rebekah Stine worried when fellow UW-Madison freshmen were beginning to search for an apartment for their second year in the fall — just weeks after the academic year kicks off. Her mom had an idea for where Rebekah could live.
