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Finally, Charter strikes deal with Big Ten Network; Saturday’s game telecast uncertain

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Capital Times

Charter Communications and the Big Ten Network finally have a deal, but it’s uncertain if it will be in time for Charter to carry Saturday’s telecast of Wisconsin’s football opener.

The two sides said in a joint announcement Wednesday morning that they “have reached an agreement-in-principle on terms of a multi-year distribution agreement in which Charter will carry the Big Ten Network and related programming throughout the Big Ten territory, including its systems in Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and northern Illinois.

Cable deal a relief for Badgers

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

After 18 months, and only days before the start of the Big Ten football season, Time Warner Cable and the Big Ten Network finally found common ground.

The result is a multi-year deal that will put the year-old network on Time Warnerâ??s expanded basic cable system for high definition and video-on-demand programming, and allow University of Wisconsin sports fans to watch hundreds of hours of Big Ten sports events.

Dorm move-in days expected to tie up traffic

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Madison motorists are advised to be on the lookout for out-of-state license plates Wednesday and Thursday when panicky dads and moms look for parking on the UW-Madison campus, their eager youngsters anxious to move into their dorms.

Charter: Company ‘Very Close’ To Deal With Big Ten Network

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WISC-TV 3

MADISON, Wis. — Charter Communications is actively negotiating with the Big Ten Network and an announcement about a possible deal to bring college games to local cable subscribers could come as soon as Tuesday afternoon, according to a spokesman with the cable provider.

“I cannot confirm that a deal has been done, but we are very close,” said Charter spokesman John Miller.

Miller said that Charter workers are preparing to make the games available should both sides reach an agreement, which might open the possibility to see Saturday’s football game between the University of Wisconsin Badgers and Akron.

Section Reserved Seating Set For UW Student Season Ticket Holders

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WISC-TV 3

MADISON, Wis. — Student season ticket holders to University of Wisconsin football games are being reminded of the new section reserved seating system in place for this season.

When students enter Camp Randall Stadium, they will receive a wristband designating their seating area within a section. Once in the designated section, students may sit in an open seat between the row numbers written on the wristband.

New UW Chancellor to welcome students at convocation

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WKOW-TV 27

Incoming Chancellor Biddy Martin will address the University of Wisconsin-Madison community for the first time at the Chancellor’s Convocation for New Students.

The event will be held at noon on Friday, Aug. 29, at the Kohl Center. As a bookend to commencement, the convocation inaugurates students into the campus community as they begin their studies.

UW Move in traffic advisories

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WKOW-TV 27

The majority of University of Wisconsin-Madison students who will be living in university residence halls this fall – approximately 6,900 of them – began moving in on Aug. 24, and many of them are scheduled to move in Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 27 and 28.

Motorists should be aware that the following temporary changes in campus-area traffic patterns will take place between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday to accommodate the unloading of the students’ belongings.

Gene & Linda Farley: Thanks to Epic and Wiley for standing up to WMC

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Dear Editor:

It’s time for more people, businesses and institutions to come out against the arrogant, anti-people, anti-government, anti-education and often anti-business stands and actions of Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce. We thank the people at Epic and outgoing UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley for taking leadership roles in this.

Gene & Linda Farley, Verona

UW football: Reading Playboy for the articles

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I couldn’t believe it when I heard Travis Beckum was left off Playboy’s 2008 All-American team. I had to see for myself. Luckily, a representative from the magazine sent a copy of the September edition to the office so I could review it.

Charter now the lone holdout on Big Ten Network

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And then there was one.

Just days after a testy public exchange and publicly expressed pessimism about the chances for a deal, the Big Ten Network and Time Warner Cable announced late Monday that they have reached a deal for BTN to be carried by Time Warner, the dominant cable provider in the Milwaukee and Fox Valley areas.

Coupled with a report â?? yet to be officially confirmed â?? by Multichannel.com last Friday that BTN and Iowa’s major cable company, Mediacom, reached a carriage agreement, Charter Communications now is the lone remaining major TV provider in the region without a BTN deal.

….But there still may be hope for Badger fans who are Charter subscribers, according to a statement e-mailed to The Capital Times Tuesday morning by Charter spokesman John Miller.

Time Warner adding Big Ten Network

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Time Warner Cable and the Big Ten Network, a year-old network featuring Big Ten sports, announced Monday that they had reached an agreement-in-principle on a carriage agreement for high definition and video-on-demand programming.

Madison looks primed for IT boom

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

More information technology companies could be joining Google and Microsoft in opening offices in Madison.

A number of professors in the University of Wisconsin-Madison computer science department are at the point in their careers where they’re interested in business ventures and industry collaborations, said Guri Sohi, a professor in the computer sciences and electrical and computer engineering departments and former chairman of the UW-Madison computer science department.

UW-Madison launches new website to help students stay safe

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WKOW-TV 27

From University of Wisconsin: Taking care of your personal safety isn’t something to just to think about at nighttime or after class, but to make a part of your life, all of the time.

That’s the message from the Offices of the Dean of Students to UW-Madison students, faculty and staff, at the start of the 2008-09 academic year. Move-in for some University Housing residents is already under way, and classes begin on Tuesday, Sept. 2.

The university is making an added effort to raise the level of safety education and awareness during the start of the fall semester with the launch of a new Web site.

Open the discussion on binge drinking

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Green Bay Press-Gazette

It’s too simplistic to dismiss out of hand a call by about 100 college presidents to examine the practicality of the 21-year-old drinking age. It’s also too simplistic to embrace dropping the age to 18, and that’s not what the so-called Amethyst Initiative is about.

Young adults of 18 through 20 have been considered underage drinkers for about 25 years, ever since the federal government threatened to withhold 10 percent of transportation funds to states that did not set the legal drinking age at 21.

Initiative Afoot To Lower Legal Drinking Age To 18

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WISC-TV 3

MADISON, Wis. — Some of the nation’s most educated academic professionals believe the legal drinking age should be lowered from 21 to 18.

The movement, called The Amethyst Initiative, was undertaken by college leaders who believe that lowering the drinking age could cut the abuse of alcohol.

“The important thing from the university perspective is the decision-making,” said UW Associate Dean of Students Kevin Helmkamp. “We want our students to make good decisions.”

Though 128 college and university chancellors and presidents have weighed in, the UW has not. Outgoing UW Chancellor John Wiley did not sign the initiative, though there is a possibility that incoming chancellor Biddy Martin could.

Time Warner, Big Ten Network negotiations take ugly turn

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Capital Times

With the college football season set to begin, things are getting down and dirty between Time Warner Cable and the Big Ten Network.

…while Charter and BTN have mostly kept their negotiations and dispute civil, Time Warner on Friday sent a letter to UW Athletic Director Barry Alvarez offering to broadcast the UW games against the University of Akron Aug. 30 and Marshall University Sept. 6 on a pay-per-view basis, with UW setting the price and keeping the proceeds, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

A similar letter was sent to Ohio State University athletic director Gene Smith, the paper said.

Time Warner makes offer for UW games

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Time Warner Cable on Friday sent a letter to University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez, offering to broadcast upcoming UW football games against the University of Akron and Marshall University on a pay-per-view basis, with the proceeds from the games going to UW.

Goaltending coach leaves hockey program

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Bill Howard, the only member of the Badgers’ six men’s hockey national championships, has resigned from his position as assistant and goaltending coach.

Howard spent 36 years with the Badgers. He coached eight players at UW who received All-American status as well as Mike Richter, who will be inducted into the USA Hockey Hall of Fame in October.

Cal Poly game a poor choice for Senior Day

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Because Camp Randall Stadium undeniably is in the top 10 of college footballâ??s game-day experiences, hereâ??s the analogy that comes to mind for the final game on Wisconsinâ??s 2008 schedule:

Youâ??re at the Cannes Film Festival, day after day of great cinema in an unparalleled setting. Then, to close it out, they screen the Don Knotts opus, â??The Incredible Mr. Limpet.â?

This is not to besmirch Cal Poly, an excellent school that does what it can with football in the division formerly known as I-AA. But this is no way for a place like UW to complete a regular season, much less to honor its seniors.

High hopes

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

UW, which opens the college football season Saturday against visiting Akron, has gone eight seasons without winning a Big Ten title.

Since UWâ??s last crown in 1999, seven Big Ten teams have won at least a share of the league title. The three teams in addition to UW that have been on the outside looking in are Minnesota, Michigan State and Indiana.

Been there, done that

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

As quarterback Allan Evridge entered the McClain Center Sunday night after practice, a member of the University of Wisconsin athletic communications staff alerted him that he was about to swarmed by reporters.

Evridge a fifth-year senior who was speaking to reporters for the first time since being named the starter for the opener Saturday against Akron, quietly said:

â??Iâ??ve done this before.â?

The nerve of these . . . tradesmen!

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

As you may have read, departing University of Wisconsin-Madison boss John Wiley has undammed the dark waters that had collected behind his reticence. He wrote a 3,000-word essay for Madison Magazine saying why practically everything wrong with Wisconsin politics can be traced to the state’s leading business lobby.

If you haven’t read the piece, you should. It’s weirdly petulant, almost a little Captain Queeq (though the magazine’s editors, if they do say so themselves, call it “extraordinarily honest and poignant”), but it’s a decent exposition of how a certain slice of the state’s political establishment thinks

Canâ??t fool these ladies

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

In a dark, damp corner of a University of Wisconsin-Madison laboratory, Jenny Boughman dropped a 3-inch, three-spined female fish into a fish tank, and waited.

She sat perfectly still as she watched a male fish swim out slowly from its nest, beneath a cracked flower pot.

At first, the male didnâ??t notice the female among the strips of floating green, plastic table cloth that Boughman had ripped up to mimic a seaweed-like plant.

Then he spotted her. He zigged left and zagged right â?? the fish equivalent of strutting his stuff.

Wiley: College rankings like astrology

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The University of Wisconsin-Madison tied for 35th among 262 national doctoral universities in the 2009 edition of America’s Best Colleges, which is produced by U.S. News & World Report.

Among public institutions, UW-Madison ranked No. 7.

….”They have no meaning,” Wiley said prior to Friday’s University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents meeting in Van Hise Hall on the UW-Madison Campus.

No meaning?

“No, none at all,” said Wiley, who is stepping down from his post atop Bascom on Sept. 1, when Carolyn “Biddy” Martin will take over as UW-Madison chancellor.

UW men’s hockey: After 36 years and six NCAA titles, Howard stepping down

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Bill Howard, the only member of all six University of Wisconsin men’s hockey NCAA championship teams, is stepping down after 36 years as an assistant coach.

Howard, a longtime volunteer with the program, is credited with developing UW into “Goaltender U.” through his work with a series of accomplished backstops that includes Julian Baretta, Marc Behrend, Mike Richter, Curtis Joseph, Duane Derksen, Kirk Daubenspeck, Graham Melanson and Brian Elliott.

US News & World Report releases college rankings

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The highly anticipated U.S. News & World Report magazineâ??s annual college rankings edition hits newsstands Monday.

Officials at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse are sure to be happy. The school jumped from 22 to 17 in the rankings of masterâ??s universities in the Midwest region. Marquette University alumni are likely pleased to see the school went from 82 to 77 this year in the national rankings.

Beloit College also got a nod as No. 37 among liberal arts schools in the â??Great Schools, Great Pricesâ? section, and Alverno College is a an up-and-coming school to watch. Alvernoâ??s internships, senior projects, learning communities and first-year programs were also recognized as top-notch. UW-Madison was recognized for its undergraduate research, and Marquette for its service learning.

Outgoing UW chancellor lashes out at business lobby

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The outgoing chancellor of Wisconsin’s public flagship school is not leaving his post quietly.

University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor John D. Wiley, who steps down Sept. 1 to pass the torch to former Cornell University Provost Biddy Martin, penned a 3,000-word story in the September issue of Madison Magazine blasting Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce and what he describes as the hyper-partisan political environment at the state Capitol.

Local campuses noted for green programs by conservation group

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The National Wildlife Federation on Thursday released its Campus Environment 2008 Report Card, which offers an in-depth look at trends in sustainability among U.S. institutions of higher education.

The report compares findings with a previous study conducted in 2001. The complete report is available at www.nwf.org/campusecology.

Locally, both UW-Madison and Edgewood College received kudos as institutions with “exemplary programs” in at least one of the 18 areas being graded in the report.

UW-Madison received high marks in three areas: “students taking a course on ecology or sustainability”; “green landscaping and grounds”; and “plans to do more green landscaping and green grounds.”

UW regents begin planning ‘very difficult’ budget year

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The University of Wisconsin System’s Board of Regents met Thursday on the top floor of Van Hise Hall, which provides a breathtaking view of the UW-Madison campus below.

And while the 18-member group that governs the UW System’s institutions of higher education has more than 500 pages worth of materials to sift through on a wide range of topics before adjourning Friday, the main focus of this week’s meetings is centered on submitting biennial budget requests to the state for 2009-11.

….The Regents’ Capital Planning and Budget Committee unanimously approved the Design Report for UW-Madison’s Chazen Museum of Art project and gave the authority to increase the project’s scope and budget by $15.6 million, of which $15.4 million will be paid for with gift funds.

New UW stem cell bank launched

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The WiCell Research Institute, a private, not-for-profit supporting organization to the UW-Madison, is launching its own stem cell bank to distribute cell lines beyond the 21 lines eligible for federal funding and distribution through the National Stem Cell Bank.

“We are establishing the WiCell Bank to grow, test, store and distribute cell lines that the National Stem Cell Bank currently is unable to offer since it is limited to the 21 human embryonic stem cell lines approved for federal funding,” said Erik Forsberg, executive director of the WiCell Research Institute.

WiCell hosts the National Stem Cell Bank for the National Institutes of Health under a federal contract.

UW author’s new book dives into state rivers

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People interested in Wisconsin’s waterways will find interest in a UW-Madison employee’s new book that explores the state’s rivers.

Author Doris Green is a university relations specialist in the UW-Madison School of Human Ecology. “Explore Wisconsin Rivers,” published by Madison-based Trails Books, is her third book dealing with the outdoors.

UW officials hesitate to join drinking-age debate

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Capital Times

University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly is aware of a push by some leaders of higher education to ask lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18, saying current laws actually encourage binge drinking on campus.

And while Reilly isn’t ready to jump onto that bandwagon just yet, he didn’t discount the notion, either.

BTN inks another cable deal; Charter still on sidelines

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Capital Times

The Big Ten Network announced Thursday it has signed a deal with US Cable, which serves numerous small communities in Minnesota and northern Wisconsin.

US Cable, a N.J.-based company that serves seven states, will offer the network on its expanded basic level of service to the majority of its customers in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Communities it serves in Wisconsin include Alma, Bay City, Buffalo City, Cochrane, Ellsworth,

UW athletics seeks $51 million in state bonds for building projects

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Three University of Wisconsin athletics building projects are included in the biennial budget that the UW System Board of Regents is considering Thursday, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the athletic department is any closer to breaking ground.

The proposed budget for 2009-11 includes a portion of the funding for the projects, which will not be paid for with tax dollars. Instead, the state would issue bonds that are to be repaid with athletic department revenue.

The budget asks for $28.1 million toward a $66.4 million athletic performance facility and renovation of the McClain Center; $19.4 million toward a $38.8 million hockey facility connected to the Kohl Center; and $3.8 million toward a $7.6 million improvement of tennis and softball facilities.

Wiley fires closing salvo at WMC and state lawmakers

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Capital Times

With just weeks to go before he steps down as chancellor of UW-Madison, John Wiley has penned a blistering rebuke of state officials and the state’s largest business lobby for putting Wisconsin on the road to becoming a “permanent third-world state.”

“Wisconsin has lost its way,” opened Wiley in a 3,000-word treatise titled “From Crossroads to Crisis” that appears in the September issue of Madison Magazine. “We’ve lost touch with our traditions and values. Our politics has become a poisonous swill, and the most influential voice for the business community has been taken hostage by partisan ideologues.”

New UW research reveals how male sex traits evolved

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Few things seem so silly as a peacock preening its gaudy tail or an elk clanking through the trees with its cumbersome antlers or even a male human displaying its hairy chest, but now we know that these secondary sexual characteristics have evolved because they attract mates, and in the animal kingdom, procreation leads to better odds of survival.

These days, the study of evolution has shifted from the question of why such male traits exist to what makes them work and where they came from. In Thursday’s edition of the science journal Cell, a team lead by world-renowned University of Wisconsin-Madison molecular biologist Sean B. Carroll has published the first study to come up with some of the genetic nuts and bolts behind this ornamentation.

Hello, Biddy! UW-Madison’s new chancellor arrives on campus

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Incoming UW-Madison Chancellor Carolyn “Biddy” Martin moved to town on Friday — and her belongings finally arrived at Olin House, the official residence of the chancellor, on Monday.

“I’ve started the process of unpacking and moving in,” said Martin. “It’s a lot of work but I’ve cleared a path from my bedroom to the coffee maker, and I thought maybe that would do for now.”

UW’s Wiley Has Strong Words For State, Interest Group

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WISC-TV 3

MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor John Wiley is stepping down in less than two weeks and he has a message for the state.

He’s taking lawmakers and the state’s largest business organization to task for creating a political environment he calls toxic. Wiley lays out his arguments in an article in the September issue of Madison Magazine.

The column was written as a follow-up to one five years ago, which sounded the alarm about the state’s economic health and its effect on education. He’s ramping up that concern and taking a stand against what he said is bringing Wisconsin down, WISC-TV reported.

Your Right to Know: Let photographers do their jobs

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Capital Times

A picture, they say, is worth 1,000 words. The television and print photographers who take them play a vital role in keeping the public informed. It’s a job that requires much skill, and sometimes entails great risk.

News photographers in Wisconsin have been attacked, threatened, arrested, and had their cameras and film confiscated. They have been barred from meetings that were open to other members of the public. The hand held up to the camera is unfortunately a familiar image.

Recently, the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council and Wisconsin News Photographers Association jointly produced a Bill of Rights outlining where and under what circumstances state photographers are allowed.

Dylan Abraham: Cherish and protect Arboretum

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Capital Times

Dear Editor:

We in Madison are blessed with wonderful things to do, places to go and a rich history of enjoying the environment. One place that we are blessed to have is the Arboretum. The Arboretum is a place to walk, run, bike and cross country ski. It is also a place for study and research.

We must preserve this wonder for our generation and generations to come. We as citizens must not take for granted what the Arboretum is all about. It is for the family and it is for individuals as well.

Falk proposes $578K in 911 Center improvements

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Capital Times

Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk announced Wednesday that her 2009 budget proposal calls for the county’s 911 Center to receive $578,000 in significant improvements.

….Both Falk and the 911 Center have been heavily criticized for the mishandling of an emergency call from UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmerman, who was murdered earlier this year.

‘Evening of Celebration’ for Wiley is Sept. 15

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Capital Times

The public is invited to take part in a multicultural arts event honoring outgoing University of Wisconsin Chancellor John Wiley at the Overture Center in downtown Madison.

The Sept. 15 event, “An Evening of Celebration,” will feature music, drama and dance performances from some of UW-Madison’s most accomplished artists.

Plant discovery could spur biofuel production

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Capital Times

Michigan State University scientists have identified a protein required for photosynthesis that could ultimately lead to plants designed for biofuel production.

Professor Christoph Benning and other MSU researchers discovered the protein that is necessary for development of chloroplasts — the machinery of photosynthesis, which uses light and energy to convert carbon dioxide into carbohydrates for plant food and oxygen.

UW-Madison bacteriology professor Tim Donohue, director of the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, is quoted.

UW-Madison Sees Record Revenue From Apparel, Goods

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WISC-TV 3

MADISON, Wis. — Increasing sales of trademarked University of Wisconsin merchandise means the school will have more financial aid money for its neediest students this school year.

The university earned a record $2.8 million in royalties from the sales of sweat shirts, hats, jerseys and other items in the budget year that ended June 30. That was up $700,000, or 33 percent, from the previous year.

UW men’s hockey: Badgers get verbal commitment from 14-year-old

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Capital Times

Before he starts playing for a midget minor hockey team, before he even starts his first class at Verona Area High School, Jordan Schmaltz has a college hockey destination planned.

Schmaltz, a 14-year-old defenseman, gave University of Wisconsin coaches a verbal commitment last week, accepting an offer of a full scholarship more than four years before he can even start using it.

Library Mall podium closed for utility work

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Capital Times

UW-Madison students hoping to use the podium concrete stage next on the Library Mall for speeches, rallies and music are being displaced by underground utility construction.

But never fear, demonstrators, the city parks department will let you speak (or sing, or act) your piece on either side of the public platform.

The podium is expected to be out of service from now to November.

UWM seeks another $10 million to boost research

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee plans to ask the state this week to devote $10 million more in taxpayer funding and fees to fuel Chancellor Carlos Santiagoâ??s $300 million effort to transform the university into a top research institution and economic development catalyst.

Racine picks UW professor

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

University of Wisconsin-Madison professor James Shaw will be the Racine Unified School Districtâ??s next superintendent, the School Board voted unanimously Monday night.

Shaw, who directs a program in UWâ??s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, had been the sole candidate for the job since the boardâ??s previous pick backed out of negotiations in June and accepted a position in Georgia.

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Is There a Pharmacist in the House?

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Inside Higher Education

Also attempting to differentiate itself for a peer institution is Concordia University Wisconsin, which is working to establish a new pharmacy school in 2010. Currently, Wisconsin has the highest demand for pharmacists in country with a 4.67 on the ADI. Though it has such a high demand, the state only has one pharmacy school, located at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

UW’s John Wiley will never be a lame duck

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Capital Times

Outgoing University of Wisconsin Chancellor John Wiley says he is “truly a lame duck at this point.” But the truth is that Wiley’s legacy is alive and writ large across a campus that he led in bold new directions. We did not always agree with Wiley, but we came to respect his clarity of vision and determination.

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Wiley leaves UW-Madsion campus a better place (AP)

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When John Wiley moved into the University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor’s residence in 2001, the house built in 1911 was in such bad shape he kept a fishnet by his bed to catch bats.

He had to install an air compressor to push water through the ancient pipes to the second floor so he could take a shower. And he was often kept awake at night by the clanking of steam radiators and sound of mice running inside the walls.

Now the house is in stellar shape thanks to a $2.4 million privately funded renovation that Wiley made possible by moving out for two years. His successor, Biddy Martin, is moving this month into a comfortable, energy-efficient home.

Just as Wiley fixed up Olin House, he transformed the UW-Madison campus by helping oversee its largest building boom in 40 years and elevate its status as an international research powerhouse.

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Carroll ranks ahead of the rest

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Better than Madison? Better than Marquette?

Even students who enthusiastically chose Carroll University found it hard to believe Tuesday that Waukeshaâ??s private, four-year college beat Wisconsinâ??s largest in a new national ranking.

â??Wow, that surprises me,â? said Megan Falk, a freshman psychology major from Lindenhurst, Ill.

Helping boys minus any harm to girls

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Chicago Tribune

Remember back in the old days when we used to fret about how girls weren’t doing as well as guys in school, especially in math and science? Ah, that seems so last century.

Gender gap? What gender gap? That’s the message in a new study by five professors at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of California-Berkeley. Although other studies have found similar results, this one is the most sweeping. Comparing math test scores of 7 million students in 10 states from 2005 to 2007, the study found that girls and boys do equally well.