Author: jnweaver

University of Wisconsin System admissions officers sounded a loud and unified message Tuesday about their shift to holistic admissions: It’s no big deal.

The Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts and Letters will kick off a series of lectures starting Wednesday night at the Overture Center’s Capitol Theater geared to “understanding the Middle East.”

The first lecture, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., features Joe Elder, UW-Madison professor of sociology, who will talk about the differences between the major ethnic and religious groups in the Mideast.

One man has been arrested, but three other men are still on the loose, following the sexual assault of a 23-year-old woman early Monday morning downtown.

Mario Amaya, 26, of Madison, was taken into custody without incident early this morning on second-degree sexual assault charges and is at the Dane County Jail.

….The victim was not a University of Wisconsin-Madison student, Madison police spokesperson Mike Hanson said, but many students frequent the area where the assault took place, since it’s teeming with bars and restaurants on the eastern edge of campus.

Dear Editor: I compliment Rep. Gary Hebl for his recent letter to The Capital Times about UW political science professor Leon Epstein, and join in that tribute.

Professor Epstein also made a tremendous impact on my education and career. I was lucky enough to have him when I was a student at UW-Madison and to count him as a friend and mentor. Professor Epstein leaves behind a tremendous legacy at the University of Wisconsin, not just on the department, but also on the lives of his students who were fortunate enough to learn from him during his long and accomplished career.

Police say two men are on the loose after raping a woman in a secluded area downtown, and police are also seeking two men who tried to join the assault.

The attack happened Monday shortly after 3 a.m. behind several businesses in the 500 block of University Avenue. The 23-year-old woman told police the assailants approached and then raped her behind two dumpsters.

Letter writer says: After reading the Sept. 2 article “Researcher, grants leaving UW for lack of partner benefits,” I’m again left wondering when politicians are going to get out of our bedrooms. And, once again, I’m left wondering how gay marriage is a threat to these politicians, their marriages or their families.

Foundations and charities in Wisconsin have the potential to tap into unprecedented wealth – more than $687 billion – that will be passed from one generation to the next in this half-century, according to projections to be released today.

In this decade alone, foundations could build endowments worth $5.3 billion and generate $263 million in charitable donations by tapping into just 5% of the wealth expected to be transferred.

At $10,000 per season, minimum, the 40 new courtside seats for University of Wisconsin men’s basketball games are out of the reach of the majority of fans.

But for those with sizable discretionary income and a burning desire to get closer to the action, the plan could turn out to be something akin to hopping into the carpool lane to avoid rush-hour traffic.

Police today released information in the hope that someone would be able to identify the man who followed a woman into her Langdon Street apartment last week and punched her repeatedly in the face.

The attack happened about 1:15 a.m. Aug. 23 when the man slipped into an apartment building in the 100 block of Langdon Street through a opened door.

Monsignor Paul Swain, vicar general of the Diocese of Madison, will become the bishop of Sioux Falls, S.D., the diocese announced today.

He received a law degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison after serving as an Air Force intelligence officer in Vietnam from 1967-1972. Swain served as legal counsel and director of policy for Gov. Lee Dreyfus from 1979-1983.

COLUMBUS, OhioÃ? – Snap, Crackle and Pop have some competition in Columbus. The Ohio State Buckeyes have their own cereal.

Buckeye HerOes, the newest university-licensed food, will be available in grocery stores before the No. 1-ranked Ohio State football team opens its season Saturday against Northern Illinois at Ohio Stadium.

The box of honey-nut-flavored toasted oats features three mascots – former Buckeyes linebackers and current NFL rookies Bobby Carpenter, A.J. Hawk and Anthony Schlegel.”We couldn’t make them ‘block Os,’ so we made them Os,” said Rick Van Brimmer, director of trademark and licensing services at Ohio State.

A Madison man who robbed and pistol-whipped a man was hospitalized after the victim chased him down and, with several bystanders, beat him.

William D. Healy, 23, was tentatively charged with armed robbery and substantial battery after the incident, which happened Monday about 2 a.m. at a downtown Gorham Street parking lot.

Dear Editor: There has been much debate about how the community should react toward the Nazi rally, which took place on Saturday, Aug. 26. But on Sunday at 6:30 a.m. on the Memorial Union Terrace three men, emboldened by the rally in our Capitol Square, racially harassed a Memorial Union employee.

This employee was beginning her second day at the union and was walking toward the terrace stage when she heard “nigger” yelled at her.