If and when the allure of the Cheesehead vanishes, what will be the next pop culture symbol for Wisconsin?
The UW’s Ruth Olson posed that question to her Folklore 540 class and says she got the same response over and over: Sconnie.”
The idea came off the slang word for Wisconsin but has grown to represent all things that pertain to a Badger lifestyle, such as eating cheese curds or driving a John Deere tractor,” says Amy Peterson, responding via e-mail to her teacher’s query.
University of Wisconsin researchers have discovered a new way to make glass that could result in better prescription drugs.
The discovery, to be published Friday in the journal Science, may allow pharmaceutical companies to explore previously unusable drug compounds, the scientists say.
“Many newly discovered drugs are poorly soluble, in water or in fluids in the body,” explained Lian Yu, an associate professor in the School of Pharmacy who co-authored the report in Science.
Former reporter and current MBA student at Wisconsin discusses her choice of a school and the Wisconsin MBA program.
Letter writer opines on Sex Out Loud.
“Does art imitate nature, as Aristotle said? Or does nature imitate art, as Oscar Wilde said?
The answer, at least according to a new show of Japanese, British and American color woodcuts that opens this weekend at the University of Wisconsin’s Chazen Museum of Art, is that art imitates other art.
“Money is a scarce resource,” says Sara Davis, a senior at La Follette High School, “and it can be challenging to manage it in such a way that all of your necessities, plus a few luxuries, are covered.”
Educators and business leaders agree. If kids are left financially illiterate, they can find themselves easy prey to savvy credit lures, financial scams and credit overload later in life. Smart financial planning and decision making, experts say, are basic survival skills in a capitalistic society.
Dear Editor: The Department of Administration is selling (“divesting”) the valuable wireless frequencies that were given to the Educational Communications Board to hold in husbandry for the education of Wisconsin’s citizens. It is my opinion that once these frequencies are gone, they will be gone forever.
With New York officials voting Tuesday to become the first major city in the nation to ban the use of artery-clogging artificial trans fat in restaurants, can Madison be far behind?
Despite the city’s reputation in the business community for interventionism, the answer may be “No way.”
(Dr. Pat Remington, director of the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, is quoted.)
In this day and age, when your Web site crashes due to heavy traffic, you know you’re doing something right.
Such was the case with University of Wisconsin-Madison senior Danny Tenenbaum, who is planning the first Madison Pop Festival on Friday and Saturday at the Memorial Union.
Fourteen acts will play across three stages, and best of all, the entire event is free to the public and open to all ages. (Organizers suggest donating $20 to a favorite charity.)
Catholic Bishop William Morlino found an ally in academia as he argued during a forum at the University of Wisconsin-Madison that human embryonic stem cells should be saved from research that destroys them.
William Hurlbut, a professor in the Neuroscience Institute at Stanford University, told an audience at Union South on Tuesday that human embryos are, by their very nature, living beings, and he argued that scientific stem cell extraction procedures that destroy these embryos are immoral. He attacked notions that embryos that have only developed for a short time period are simply “clumps of cells.”
An editor at a University of Wisconsin-Madison student newspaper was fired after repeatedly plagiarizing stories from other media outlets, the Badger Herald’s editor in chief said Tuesday.
The paper fired state editor Dan Powell Nov. 30 and ran an apology to readers by editor in chief Taylor Hughes in today’s paper. Hughes declined to name Powell in an interview Tuesday but did so in today’s editorial.
E. David Cronon, author of one of the most popular books ever published by the University of Wisconsin Press and longtime dean of the College of Letters and Science at the UW-Madison campus, died Tuesday following a brief illness. He was 82.
Even though they work year-round, some 178,000 Wisconsin families rely on public support programs, according to a Madison think tank report that suggests some employers are “playing a game” that’s unfair to taxpayers and other employers.
The study on the cost of public benefits for low-wage Wisconsin workers, released this morning by the Center on Wisconsin Strategy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, found that 45% of nearly $1.85 billion in state and federal public support went to families working year-round – most of whom are working full time.
As second-year medical students at the Medical College of Wisconsin, we speak on behalf of many other medical students in support of the college’s circulatory control laboratory using dogs. An opinion column by three medical students.
We continue to believe that the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee campus is not just the best place to locate a school of public health, it is the right place.
There will continue to be arguments that the existing resource base here in Madison makes it a more logical location for the school. But a new, 230-page report, prepared by a broad public health planning team at the request of the System Board of Regents simply makes a compelling case for building the new school in Milwaukee.
The state Department of Health and Family Services wants to put more public records related to medical errors online, partly in response to the death of a 16-year-old girl at St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center following a medication mistake.
While lawmakers and hospital associations debate what medical information should be kept private, officials at DHFS are pushing only to make what is already public available on their Web site. Department spokesman Jason Helgerson said this would apply to records such as the investigative report for the St. Mary’s case.
(Law professor Meg Gaines, director of UW-Madison’s Center for Patient Partnerships, is quoted.)
A sprinkling of snow was enough to bring out an avalanche of skiers for the 43rd annual Wisconsin Hoofers Ski and Snowboard Resale at the Memorial Union on Saturday and Sunday.
The event featured more than 6,800 pieces of discounted cross-country, downhill and snowboarding equipment and accessories from area vendors, as well as used gear from the general public.
For a second straight year, fresh powder enhanced the enthusiasm of area skiers, and sales were unusually high, topping $250,000.
While American women overall are closing the wage gap with men, the situation in Wisconsin is worsening, according to a recent report.
“The State of Working Wisconsin 2006” by the Center on Wisconsin Strategy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in September found that women earned 25 percent less than men in 2005, a gap that actually increased from about 23 percent in 2000.
Dear Editor: I am a junior at UW-Madison and attended my first men’s basketball game. I was having a great time until an older woman sitting behind me tugged on my sweatshirt and said, “If you’re going to stand, could you at least stand still?”
Dear Editor: A recent letter to the editor expressed concern about the possibility of a new federal agricultural support laboratory, the National Bio and Agro Defense Facility, being located at the UW Kegonsa Research Facility.
It is important to note that the safe conduct of research on infectious diseases, and employment of the related precautions to ensure that safety, is not new. The UW-Madison has for decades been a leader in such research, and the findings and applications of that research have led to the elimination of such diseases as tuberculosis and brucellosis from our livestock population….
Dear Editor: I found your editorial regarding Judge O’Brien’s decision on the dispute between Roger Charly and Dr. McLellan misguided.
While I agree that the University of Wisconsin should be a good neighbor, the case was not a dispute between the university and Charly. The case arose because Charly failed to honor his agreement to sell the property to Dr. Richard McLellan.
Another election season has come and gone. In Wisconsin, there was little intelligent discussion about our environment and how we should protect, manage and use our incredible natural resources to maintain the quality of life and recreational opportunities most Wisconsinites cherish.
….Gov. Jim Doyle and his agencies, along with a new Legislature and new local leadership, now have a responsibility to lay out their vision for Wisconsin’s environment, including what actions they plan and what resources they propose to commit.
(Born is a UW-Madison emeritus professor of planning and environmental studies)
Barry Alvarez said he has been approached about resuming his football coaching career but will stay put as the University of Wisconsin’s athletic director.
“I’ve had people call me,” Alvarez said Friday. “I’m not interested in any schools. I’m not looking to coach anymore. I’ve very happy right now.”
WASHINGTON – Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner will seek the top Republican spot on the House Science Committee, after GOP leaders told him term limits would prevent him from taking that spot on the Judiciary Committee.
….(Sensenbrenner spokesman Jeff) Lungren said that if Sensenbrenner gets the top GOP spot on the Science Committee, he would focus on oversight as well as issues such as climate change and NASA.
When University of Wisconsin football coach Bret Bielema made the announcement a few weeks ago that his team had accepted a bid to play in the Jan. 1 Capital One Bowl, he had a feeling that a large following would be joining the Badgers in Orlando, Fla.
“I’m assuming by the amount of people that have told me they wished they had gone a year ago, they won’t let that opportunity squeak by them again,” he said.
A recent study in the Midwest is quite fascinating, but also disturbing: It showed people mainly got their political news and information prior to an election by television broadcast and the majority of that was paid advertising.
In other words, the coverage was probably quite biased, not very in-depth, and may have even been loose with the facts or context as often political opponents are tempted to slam each other and integrity and honesty are usually ignored.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison did the analysis as a project. Funded by Chicago’s Joyce Foundation, the UW-Madison’s NewsLab project is called the Midwest News Index and is doing an ongoing study on content and effect of local television news in several Midwest states: Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.
In September, John J. Millerââ?¬â?¢s article, ââ?¬Å?Sounding Taps,ââ?¬Â for National Review launched a widespread discussion. Ten years ago, Miller pointed out, the historian Stephen Ambrose donated $250,000 to endow a chair at his alma mater, the University of Wisconsin. The chair in American military history was to be named for his mentor, William B. Hesseltine. Subsequently, Ambrose urged others to contribute to the chairââ?¬â?¢s endowment and, before his death in 2002, he contributed another $250,000. Ultimately, the chair was renamed the Ambrose-Hesseltine Chair and it is endowed at over $1 million. Yet, charged Miller, the University of Wisconsinââ?¬â?¢s history department has dragged its feet in conducting a search to fill it. That story, he said, demonstrated the hostility of historians, generally, to the field of military history and contributes to its general decline in American colleges and universities.
Admissions to Wisconsin’s only pharmacy school ââ?¬â? at the University of Wisconsin-Madison ââ?¬â? have “remained flat” since 2001, says the hospital association, adding that Wisconsin hospitals are turning to out-of-state graduates to meet the growing need.
Quoted: David Kreling, a professor who specializes in pharmacy economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Iowa State coach Christy Johnson knew all about the strengths and weaknesses of the University of Wisconsin players.
Having coached six seasons with current UW coach Pete Waite, she knew Waite’s system and his tendencies.
All that knowledge meant little in the second round of the NCAA women’s volleyball tournament Saturday night at the UW Field House.
UW won the first two games comfortably and survived a tense battle in the third game to sweep Iowa State – 30-20, 30-25, 30-27 – in front of 3,399 fans.
“No matter how hard you hit someone with this flogger, it will not hurt,” said Ann Slabosky, a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as she unleashed a black leather whip on the forearm of her partner.
The duo was leading a workshop on sexual pleasure for nearly 15 classmates in the lounge of a residence hall. They had started with a discussion of body parts and were now on the subject of sex toys. The toys were being removed from a large red toolbox and passed around with glee.
“Can I whip you?” one participant giggled to another after the flogger landed in her lap.
It was all part of Sex Out Loud, a student organization causing a lot of, um, excitement at UW-Madison. Begun a decade ago to provide information about HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, the group has expanded to include graphic workshops on how to give and receive sexual pleasure.
Wisconsin, 11-1 and ranked No. 7 in the final Bowl Championship Series standings released Sunday, will get its chance to discredit its critics against Arkansas (10-3) in the Capital One Bowl on Jan. 1 in Orlando, Fla.
….Those who want to see “The Madison Kid” filmed in Madison have mobilized one last push to see if they can get state government to change the date of implementation of the tax incentives to Jan. 1, 2007. As part of that effort, Hellmuth has written an op-ed piece that will be offered to numerous papers in the state.
In his piece, Hellmuth makes both a logical and passionate case for moving the date so “The Madison Kid” can be filmed here. He stresses the economic benefits, as well as the karmic importance of having it shot in Madison.
It may work. But I have an idea that will work even better. It’s this: Promise them all a role in the movie! Everyone wants to be in the movies, especially legislators….
Jack Ikegwuonu, a star cornerback for the University of Wisconsin football team, was arrested over the weekend in DeKalb, Ill.Ikegwuonu and his brother Bill were charged with residential burglary, a Class 1 felony in Illinois, and criminal trespass.
It’s unclear whether Jack Ikegwuonu, who last week was named a first-team All-Big Ten selection by the league’s coaches, will face a suspension. Under the UW’s Student-Athlete Discipline policy, “felony theft or felony criminal damage to property” are among the crimes which can cause a student-athlete to be suspended.
For his first, and arguably most important appointment of his second term, Gov. Jim Doyle today tapped Revenue Secretary Michael Morgan as his new secretary of the Department of Administration.
Morgan will succeed Steve Bablitch, who announced today that he is leaving the office Jan. 1.
UW-Madison representatives answered questions concerning the proposed federal lab in a public meeting at the Dunn Town Hall. Some opponents say building this laboratory could be hazardous to local residents.
Animal diseases such as bird flu, hoof and mouth, and mad cow could find a home near Lake Kegonsa under a plan by the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Already, the University of Wisconsin system has lost and will likely continue to lose excellent faculty members who choose to relocate to more hospitable social and intellectual climates. As more bright bulbs leave, this is likely to be a dimmer and more intolerant place.
Like UNC Chapel Hill, UW-Madison is pursuing campus development on a large scale, and that university and city officials have set up several standing committees and appointed neighborhood residents to them. Early in the design process, the committees point out potential problems.
With more than half of the state’s public health work force over the age of 50, Wisconsin needs an accredited school of public health to train tomorrow’s workers. And because Milwaukee’s public health needs are so great, the school should be located here, where some of the critical building blocks for such a school already exist at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, a report to be released today concludes.
Establishing a school of public health at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee would take six to eight years and require about $10 million in annual funding, according to a report released Thursday.
The report – done by representatives from UWM, the City of Milwaukee and the UW System – outlines steps for UWM to take and recommends that the Board of Regents endorse the proposal.
University of Wisconsin sophomore cornerback Jack Ikegwuonu was arrested Saturday in DeKalb, Ill., and faces charges of residential burglary and criminal trespass.
Over at the University Of Wisconsin School of Music, and at Edgewood College too, the fall semester is busily finishing up and winding down to the holidays just exactly as you would expect: with lots of singing and brass playing.
University of Wisconsin cornerback Jack Ikegwuonu faces residential battery and criminal trespass charges after being arrested last Saturday in DeKalb, Ill., according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
The newspaper quoted DeKalb Police as saying Ikegwuonu and his brother Bill, who plays at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, apparently tried to steal an Xbox player after breaking into an apartment. Bill Ikegwuonu was caught by police, the newspaper reported, and Jack Ikegwuonu later surrendered to police.
Renovar Inc., a fledgling Madison-based company focused on the development of kidney disease diagnostics, announced that it has raised $1.22 million in funding.
The financing round, the UW-Madison spin-off’s second, brings the total capital raised by the company to $3.2 million.
LISTENING THIS week to a new song devoted to public transportation in Portland has led me to conclude that Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz needs to expand his vision of how Portland’s futuristic ideas can be transferred to Madison.
….The question for Madison is: Where can we build a tram? The obvious answer is Bascom Hill….
A Madison homebuilder who had planned to build a couple of small homes on lots he owns in the Arboretum had his proposal shot down Wednesday, which he said could result in two “incredibly large” homes built on the land instead.
By LAURIE KELLMAN, The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The same embryonic stem cell bill that prompted President Bush’s only veto is headed to his desk again, this time from Democrats who have it atop their agenda when they take control of Congress in January.
It’s uncertain whether supporters of the measure can muster enough votes to override another veto.
Five University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty have been awarded fellowships from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the largest scientific society in the world, founded in 1848, the year before classes began at the UW. (11/29/06 print edition of the Capital Times)
The University of Wisconsin-Madison hopes to land a new high-security federal lab where scientists would help lead the nation’s research on deadly animal diseases. The lab would be operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Scientists at the new lab would study foreign animal diseases that could harm agriculture if spread in the United States. They would also study bird flu, anthrax, SARS and other pathogens that can spread from animals to people and that have become bioterrorism concerns.
Hoping to send a warning to organ transplant centers nationwide, the federal government said Tuesday that it would pull funding from two heart programs that failed to meet its minimum performance standards. A third center agreed under pressure to forgo federal money.
….The University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Transplant Program was not on the Los Angeles Times list.
Combining books and CDs with tickets to a live performance makes a great holiday gift based on companionship.
Holidays are a good time to establish new ties and reaffirm old ties, to feel less isolated from others, from the culture around us, and from ourselves and our own interests.
Dane County Circuit Judge Sarah O’Brien made it clear earlier this week that the University of Wisconsin cannot just throw its weight and money around to get its way.
Those who want to develop a film industry in Wisconsin are back for the sequel and are working to bump up the effective date of a package of tax incentives intended to lure movie, television and commercial projects here.
Sen. Ted Kanavas (R-Brookfield) said he’s preparing two bills that aim to put the tax credits in effect earlier than the current start date of Jan. 1, 2008.
Students aiming to become successful entrepreneurs have a new academic option at the UW-Madison.
The School of Business now offers students the opportunity to pursue a concentration in entrepreneurship within its undergraduate major in management and human resources.
TRENTON, N.J. – The family that in 1961 made one of the biggest donations in the history of academia to Princeton University wants their money back.
Relatives of Charles S. and Marie Robertson said the couple wanted their gift to be spent solely to educate graduate students for careers in government, especially as diplomats for the United States.
Backers of a research animal cruelty museum have a valid contract to purchase a building located between two University of Wisconsin-Madison primate research labs, a Dane County judge ruled Monday.
Although Circuit Judge Sarah O’Brien said it “seems like a quintessential Madison case,” in which animal rights protesters square off against the university, O’Brien said she was deciding the case between Budget Bicycle Center owner Roger Charly and the Primate Freedom Project as a contract matter.
WHOEVER SAID there is no business but show business was onto something.
Stanley Kutler, the esteemed U.S. historian who lives in Madison, was sipping tea on the far west side Monday afternoon and thinking about something his late, great colleague in the UW history department, George Mosse, used to say about being a professor.
“We don’t teach,” Mosse said. “We perform.”
Dear Editor: “Colleges ought to shed light on religions.” Thus opined Notre Dame’s top academic officials, John I. Jenkins and Thomas Burish. It might surprise them and a lot of your readers to know that almost all atheists are 100 percent in agreement with the sentiment, if only for the reason expressed by Isaac Asimov: “Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.”
People are starting to take notice of the University of Wisconsin women’s basketball team.
The Badgers, who take a 6-0 record into tonight’s game at California Riverside, received 20 votes in the most recent Associated Press Top 25 poll that came out Monday. Texas Tech, which is ranked 25th, had 77 votes.
Three Big Ten Conference teams are ranked in the poll: Ohio State (No. 6), Purdue (No. 9) and Michigan State (No. 20).The Buckeyes, Boilermakers and Badgers are all undefeated.
