MADISON, Wis. — The parents of a University of Wisconsin-Madison student killed more than three years ago are renewing their plea for help in solving the case.
Zimmermann Family Still Seeks Answers
WISC-TV 3
Author: jplucas
Zimmermann family keeps pushing for answers
WKOW-TV 27
Kevin and Jean Zimmermann drove down to Madison last week from their home in Marshfield, exactly 41 months to the day since their daughter, Brittany, was killed in her campus apartment.
Fetal tissue bill would roll back the clock on medical research in Wisconsin
MADISON ? For 50 years or more, researchers in Wisconsin and around the world have used cells derived from human fetal tissue to pursue cures for chronic diseases, to develop and produce vaccines and to conduct basic research on a wide range of human health issues.
How far right will the Wisconsin GOP go?
Isthmus
Quoted: “I think it is pretty remarkable,” says Barry Burden, a political science professor at UW-Madison. “It tells me something is at stake here. Conservatives in the party are really concerned about Tommy winning the election. They are trying to head off his really owning the nomination at this point, and I think that?s why they?re in so early.”
Ask the Weather Guys: Was the forecast of Irene a success?
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Steven A. Ackerman and Jonathan Martin, professors in the UW-Madison department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences.
Curiosities: Is idling better for a diesel truck’s engine than turning it off briefly?
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Starting both diesel engine and gasoline engines from cold conditions causes a significant amount of friction and wear, says Rolf Reitz, an expert on combustion engines and professor of mechanical engineering at UW-Madison.
Zimmermann family renews plea for help in finding her killer
Wisconsin State Journal
The parents of slain UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann are renewing their plea for help in solving her 2008 murder while urging participation in a fundraising run in her name. The second annual Brittany Zimmermann 5K Run/Walk will take place Sept. 17 starting at 9 a.m. at the Memorial Union. The course will follow the scenic Howard Temin Lakeshore Path. The $20 entry fee benefits the Madison Area Crime Stoppers reward fund, which helps law enforcement agencies solve crimes by offering money for information leading to arrests.
Psst! Have you heard about Kelley?s Country Creamery?
Wisconsin State Journal
Even without advertising or a highway sign, plenty of people have found their way to Kelley?s Country Creamery just south of Fond du Lac. The ice cream parlor and plant on a fifth-generation farm pulled in 80,000 visitors last year, its inaugural year, and people continue to flock to the family business just off Highway 41. Karen Kelley attended value-added conferences to learn how to complement the family?s dairy operation. Once she settled on ice cream as a product, she took two UW-Madison dairy short courses and another at the University of Florida.
When law takes effect, guns will be legal on UW campuses, but not in buildings
Wisconsin State Journal
Come November, Badger fans may tailgate while armed but will still be forbidden from bringing their guns inside stadiums, classrooms or any other buildings at the flagship UW-Madison campus and the University of Wisconsin System?s 26 campuses statewide, officials confirmed Thursday. “I would like that,” said UW-Madison sophomore Roxolana Sklepova of keeping buildings weapon-free. “You would hope people wouldn?t bring guns to those places anyway.” The shift ? currently guns are barred on system campuses ? comes to accommodate the state?s concealed carry law and will likely change the look of campuses, with large “Firearms Prohibited in Building” signs expected to adorn every entrance to every campus building in accordance with the new law.
UW’s Wilson Big 10 offensive player of the week
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Wisconsin senior quarterback Russell Wilson on Monday was named the Big Ten Conference offensive player of the week.
UW to allow guns outside, not in buildings
Madison.com
The University of Wisconsin will allow concealed weapons outside, including tailgates, but not inside buildings at any of its campuses statewide, including Madison. The Wisconsin State Journal reported Friday that under the new state legalizing the carrying of concealed weapons, the university will forbid them inside stadiums, classrooms and other buildings.
GOP candidates line up for U.S. Senate seat
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Quoted: Economist Andy Reschovsky of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A decade later, schools find lessons in 9/11 (AP)
Madison.com
Material about 9/11 in textbooks has changed over time, too, from stories about heroes to examinations of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, researchers at the University of Wisconsin found.
On Campus: New badger statue unveiled outside Camp Randall
Wisconsin State Journal
Nail?s Tales ? the controversial tower o? footballs statue outside of Camp Randall ? has some company. A new, snarling 600-pound bronze badger statue now guards the stadium on the southeast side near the Shell.”The badger you will see here today is not Bucky,” said Terry Murawski, executive director of the W Club, at the statue?s unveiling before the Sept. 1 football game against UNLV. “It?s not friendly. It?s not huggable. It?s not lovable.”
Report: UW System should give more power to campuses to compensate for budget cuts
Wisconsin State Journal
UW System administration should relax its grip on the 26 University of Wisconsin campuses and give individual chancellors more authority, according to a new report. The recommendations are in large part motivated by necessity: UW System must reduce its operating budget by $2.4 million a year and eliminate 51 full-time positions under Gov. Scott Walker?s two-year state budget. The report is the result of a committee that UW System President Kevin Reilly convened to evaluate the role of UW System and advise him on how to make those cuts. The committee included campus representatives and members of the UW Board of Regents. The report?s authors describe the need for a fundamental shift from a centralized model to one that distributes more power to the campuses.
Wisconsin study: Big dairies produce cleaner milk
Wisconsin State Journal
With buying from small, local, family-run farms becoming more popular, the results of a new study from Wisconsin could be surprising: It found that milk from big dairies is cleaner than that from small ones. Lead researcher Steve Ingham said he did the study because he wanted to see whether there was a link between milk quality and the size of a dairy farm. He said the results cast doubt on the perception that big dairies can?t matcher smaller ones in terms of quality. “Certainly, the small-is-better blanket statement doesn?t appear to be true,” said Ingham, who started the study when he was a food science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is now a food safety division administrator at the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.
UW offers free canoe, if you pick it up in New Orleans
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison wants to give away a 16-foot canoe to a nonprofit group. The catch is the recipient has to pick it up ? in New Orleans. The canoe is up for grabs because it?s outlived its usefulness in a UW-Madison wetland research program in the Big Easy. “We seem to get a lot of interesting scenarios like this one,” said Matthew Thies, of the university?s Surplus With a Purpose, the program that redistributes and sells surplus equipment.
Wis. canoe free — if you pick it up in New Orleans (AP)
Madison.com
Want a free canoe from the University of Wisconsin-Madison? It?s yours _ as long as you pick it up in New Orleans. UW-Madison geology professor Henry Wang has taught summer courses in New Orleans for four years. He says the 16-foot canoe was purchased for several hundred dollars and used to conduct wetland research, such as collecting water and sediment samples.
Zimmermann family is still looking for answers
Madison.com
The parents of a University of Wisconsin-Madison student killed more than three years ago are renewing their plea for help in solving the case. Brittany Zimmermann was strangled and stabbed after someone forced open a door to her apartment building in April 2008. Her mother, Jean Zimmerman, says someone knows who killed her 21-year-old daughter and she?s begging for someone to come forward with information.
Jobs’ biological father wants to meet him (Toronto Star)
Toronto Star
Noted: Jandali and his girlfriend, Joanne Carole Schieble (later Simpson), met at the University of Wisconsin, where he was a professor and she was a student, according to previous press reports. They wanted to marry, but Simpson?s father wouldn?t let her marry a Syrian immigrant, Jandali said. Simpson left and when their son was born in 1955, she gave him up for adoption. A few months later her father died and she married Jandali.
Students, Alum Disagree Over Changes To Memorial Union
WISC-TV 3
A popular spot on the University of Wisconsin campus could soon be getting a makeover, but the plan to update and add onto the iconic Memorial Union isn?t sitting well with some in the community.
UW Establishes Concealed Carry Rules For Sports Venues
WISC-TV 3
With the University of Wisconsin Badgers football season opener just hours away, university officials are establishing rules for the state?s new concealed carry law.
Arts Beat: UW arts dorm will gather culture-minded residents
Isthmus
The University of Wisconsin is working to set up a “Creative Arts and Design Residential Learning Community.” In other words, an arts dorm. It?s scheduled to open in the fall of 2012.
UW-Madison TAs return to class more financially stressed
Isthmus
Classes at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are going to be different this fall, courtesy of Gov. Scott Walker. Graduate teaching assistants and program assistants are also public employees, and they?re feeling the effects of legislation he championed that blunts the power of unions and imposes steep increases for health insurance coverage. Undergraduates will bear part of the burden.
Sanctions upheld against former UW Hospital doctor
WKOW-TV 27
An appeals court has upheld sanctions against a former University of Wisconsin Hospital doctor who was accused of fondling female patients.
Neighbors Concerned About Loud Crowds Following Badgers Game
WISC-TV 3
The Wisconsin Badgers will be playing under the lights Thursday night at Camp Randall Stadium.
Badgers’ Weeknight Game Brings New Parking Challenges
WISC-TV 3
Wisconsin Badgers fans know that parking is a premium on game day, but the football team?s opening game falling on a work day brings some new challenges.
UW Fraternity Has New Home
WISC-TV 3
A University of Wisconsin-Madison fraternity has a new home after fire burned down its chapter house three years ago.
Suspect Arrested In Attack On UW-Madison Campus
WISC-TV 3
Detectives from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department said they have arrested a suspect in connection with a substantial battery that happened outside the Red Gym early Thursday morning.
UWPD Arrest Sexual Assault Suspect
WISC-TV 3
A sexual assault investigation is under way, according to the University of Wisconsin Police Department.
Badger Fans Don’t Get Too Out Of Hand
WISC-TV 3
Concerns about parking, traffic and intoxication didn?t keep most Badger fans from having fun at the first home football game of the year Thursday.
Wilson, Badgers send message in lopsided victory
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Now that is the way you open the college football season against a game but overmatched opponent.
2 men battered by group, UW police say
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison police are investigating a battery that happened early Thursday outside the Red Gym, 716 Langdon St. Sgt. Aaron Chapin said that two men, both UW-Madison students, were victims of an unprovoked attack by a group of four to seven males about 12:19 a.m. Thursday.
Suspect in custody following sexual assault in Arboretum
Wisconsin State Journal
Officers and detectives from the UW-Madison police department are investigating a sexual assault that took place in the UW-Madison Arboretum at 2:30 a.m. on Thursday. Neither the victim nor the suspect are affiliated with the university.
Police eject 39, arrest 18 at Badgers opener
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison Police reported that they ejected 39 people from Thursday night?s football game against UNLV at Camp Randall Stadium and arrested 18 of those people, all of them UW students. Of the 39 ejected during Wisconsin?s 51-17 win, 30 were UW students. Police also issued 21 citations, all of them to students. Citations included 16 for underage alcohol, three for having fake identification and one each for disorderly conduct and assaultive behavior.
Arrest made in assault near Red Gym
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison Police have arrested one person for involvement in the assault of two students outside the Red Gym, 716 Langdon St., early Thursday.
Tom Oates: With the nation watching, Badgers score big style points
Madison.com
Traditionally, the University of Wisconsin opens its football season in anonymity. Although the Badgers have been ranked in 14 of the last 18 preseason polls, they never schedule big-time opponents for their opener and thus tend to make their debut well off the radar screen.Not this year.
When law takes effect, guns will be legal on UW campuses, but not in buildings
Wisconsin State Journal
Come November, Badger fans may tailgate while armed but will still be forbidden from bringing their guns inside stadiums, classrooms or any other buildings at the flagship UW-Madison campus and the University of Wisconsin System?s 26 campuses statewide, officials confirmed Thursday.
Sizzling start to season for Badgers, fans
Wisconsin State Journal
The scoreboard at Camp Randall stadium looked a lot like any thermostat in Madison on Thursday ? both kept climbing higher and higher.The University of Wisconsin football team racked up the score against UNLV on a stuffy, sweaty evening, the first game of a highly anticipated season. With the temperature at 90 degrees at 7 p.m. kick-off, it was the hottest game in Camp Randall history. With the eyes of the nation watching, the Badgers topped the 50-point mark by the end of the third quarter and beat UNLV 51-17.
UW-Madison students enter the gates to see Wisconsin play
University of Wisconsin-Madison students enter the gates to see Wisconsin play UNLV at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wis., Thursday evening, Sept. 1, 2011.
Education Week: Majority of States’ Standards Don’t Mention 9/11
Quoted: Diana Hess, professor of curriculum and instruction.
Landscape architectural firm JJR celebrates 50 years, announces new hires
Wisconsin State Journal
Landscape architecture firm JJR, with offices in Madison and around the country, is celebrating a half-century of work with a book highlighting its top 50 projects and a new national award from its peers. In the Madison area, JJR designed Edgewood College?s campus plan, UW-Madison?s East Campus redevelopment and Epic Systems? sustainable, water-and-nature-based plan for its corporate headquarters in Verona.
Wisconsin teacher retirements double
Wisconsin State Journal
When students return Thursday for the first day of school across Wisconsin, many familiar faces will be gone, as teachers chose retirement over coming back in the wake of a new law that forces them to pay more for benefits while taking away most of their collective bargaining rights. Documents obtained by The Associated Press under the state?s open records law show that about twice as many public school teachers decided to hang it up in the first half of this year as in each of the past two full years, part of a mass exit of public employees. Teachers weren?t the only ones heading for the exits. State agency retirements were particularly dramatic, nearly tripling from 747 in all of 2010 to 1,966 through June. Retirements from the University of Wisconsin System more than doubled, up from 480 last year to 1,091 this year. All told, 9,933 public workers had retired by the end of June, a 93 percent increase from 5,133 in 2010. The year before, there were 4,876 retirements.
Thursday night Badgers’ game could be challenging
Madison.com
The University of Wisconsin Athletic Department is paying overtime for 16 Madison police officers to patrol neighborhoods around Camp Randall Thursday night. That’s 12 more officers than UW usually pays for during a Badger home game.
UW football: Badgers welcome national hype with open arms
Madison.com
Bret Bielema, whose college football resume includes more than two decades as either a player or a coach, can’t remember this much hype heading into a season. The University of Wisconsin football coach isn’t hiding from it, either. In fact, he’s embracing it.
Tom Oates: With expectations, expect some fizzle
Madison.com
When Russell Wilson trots on to the field for the 11th-ranked Badgers? nationally televised season opener against UNLV Thursday night at Camp Randall Stadium, it will be the most-anticipated debut in the program since a 260-pound curiosity named Ron Dayne showed up to carry the ball 15 years ago. All Dayne did was lead UW to two Rose Bowls and win the Heisman Trophy.
On Campus: Why start class the day before Labor Day weekend?
Wisconsin State Journal
If you?re wondering why the first day of class at UW-Madison is the Friday before a holiday weekend — and the day after the Badgers season opener — UW-Madison has an explanation. It?s because state statute dictates that the semester must start after Sept. 1. But faculty need to fit in a certain amount of instructional days before Christmas Eve. Instructors would not be able to fit in the full course content if class started on, say, Tuesday, Sept. 6, according to UW-Madison.
Pros, cons of Memorial Union renovation highlight meeting
Wisconsin State Journal
The 1928 building at 800 Langdon Street is the only student union in the country to have a vital, active member program, and many of those members packed the second-floor Tripp Commons Tuesday night along with UW-Madison students and staff to talk about an expansion scheduled to begin construction next summer.
Dr. Norman Jensen: Free market pricing bad for health care
Wisconsin State Journal
Letter from Dr. Norman Jensen, professor emeritus, UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health.
McClain heads class of seven into UW Athletics Hall of Fame
Madison.com
It?s been 25 years since Dave McClain died, forever changing the fortunes of the University of Wisconsin football program, and the voice of his legacy still can be heard across time. When McClain leads a class of seven inductees Friday into the UW Athletic Hall of Fame, the man who coached the Badgers with unsung aplomb from 1978 to ?85 will be more than just a bittersweet memory for his players.
Tom Oates: Could UW make the national title game? Here’s one scenario
Madison.com
The path to the BCS national championship is there for UW, but don’t expect it to happen. The addition of quarterback Russell Wilson has University of Wisconsin football fans dreaming of a national championship. Could it happen?
On Campus: Open house today of UW-Madison frat, rebuilt after fire
Wisconsin State Journal
The Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity is hosting an open house and tour today of its new house, which was rebuilt on the ashes of the old building. The fraternity house, 237 Langdon Street, was destroyed in a late night fire on May 12, 2008. The Madison Fire Department has not released a cause for the blaze, said Ryan Sugden, a member of the fraternity?s alumni board.
Thursday night game could mean headaches for many Madison residents, workers
Wisconsin State Journal
Think of it as a football Saturday ? complete with 80,000 exuberant fans, bustling beer tents and snarled traffic ? only during the work week. The University of Wisconsin football team?s highly anticipated season opener Thursday night against UNLV will showcase a new but veteran quarterback and a team that?s nationally ranked with hopes of again becoming Big Ten champions. But the big event also could create big headaches for travelers during the afternoon and into the rush hour. So if you?re not passionate about Badger football or don?t have a ticket to the game, it?s probably best to steer clear of campus starting around noon Thursday. The game, which starts at 7 p.m., will be shown on ESPN and will be the first game of the college football season shown on a major network.
Community members comment on Memorial Union renovation
WKOW-TV 27
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is gathering input on its plan to revamp the Memorial Union.
Badgers season opener poses parking challenges
WKOW-TV 27
Gameday is a parking zoo under the best of conditions, but this week?s Badgers season opener promises to offer even more parking and traffic challenges.
Badgers’ Weeknight Game Brings New Parking Challenges
WISC-TV 3
Wisconsin Badgers fans know that parking is a premium on game day, but the football team?s opening game falling on a work day brings some new challenges.
On Campus: Stephanie Fassnacht tells CBS: “no ill will” toward Karl Armstrong over Sterling Hall bombing
Wisconsin State Journal
Stephanie Fassnacht reportedly told CBS Sunday Morning that she feels “no ill will” toward Karl Armstrong, one of the men who set off the bomb that killed her husband. Armstrong, his brother Dwight, and fellow students David Fine and Leo Burt bombed the Army Math Research Center in protest of the Vietnam War on Aug. 24, 1970, killing 33-year-old researcher Robert Fassnacht.
School Spotlight: Educators explore expression through hip-hop
Wisconsin State Journal
Hip-hop and other means of expression through spoken word might find a way into more classrooms this year after educators and others participated in a summer training program. The sixth annual Hip-Hop Educator and Community Leader Training Institute was held in July at UW-Madison through its Office of Multicultural Initiatives and Urban Word NYC. About 25 educators, education students, community leaders and activists learned the best practices in hip-hop and spoken word during the week-long program.
Bruce Porter: Lakeside terrace unique to Madison
Wisconsin State Journal
As a student and an employee of UW-Madison, I have spent many hours on the Terrace enjoying the wonderful, unique and laid back surroundings. To replace this with glass and concrete is crazy.
One man’s harrowing tale of fear and survival
Wisconsin State Journal
On an ordinary December day, Marv Kotney, a UW-Madison retiree and Vietnam veteran was jerked from his peaceful life by an armed intruder. After being robbed and tied up in his own basement, he was taken at gunpoint to his bank, where later a policeman’s bullet ended the life of his attacker.