Quoted: University of Wisconsin Law School bioethicist Alta Charo
Author: jplucas
Souls On Ice (Mother Jones)
Quoted: University of Wisconsin law professor and bioethicist Alta Charo
Leave Student Fees Up To The Regents
Wisconsin State Journal
The UW Board of Regents calls student fees “stealth tuition.”
A student government committee at UW-Madison uses the slang “seg fees.”
But ask average UW students for their own definition of segregated fees and they will invariably tilt their heads and effuse a blank shrug.
UW men’s hockey: Officials assess Likens arrest
Wisconsin State Journal
Senior-to-be Jeff Likens is expected to be sanctioned by University of Wisconsin men’s hockey coach Mike Eaves after being cited for disorderly conduct and underage drinking over the weekend.
“It’s still about young people making good decisions, and obviously this wasn’t a good one for Jeff,” Eaves said Monday.
Lampert Smith: Summer just isn’t summer without faculty softball
Wisconsin State Journal
It’s been two long summers without the crack of a bat ringing out over Lake Mendota, accompanied by cheers as the literary English team scored on their rivals from history.
The UW-Madison faculty-staff softball league was a summer tradition for nearly 40 years, until the construction of the Madison Gas & Electric congeneration plant halted play in 2004.
UW team in hot pursuit of elusive HIV vaccine
Wisconsin State Journal
For David Watkins, the search for an HIV vaccine has as much to do with Darwin as disease.
Watkins heads up UW- Madison’s HIV vaccine research team. With a new lab, expanded research funding and encouraging new results from a study in monkeys, the team is gaining prominence in the field.
Student borrowers face deadline (The Sheboygan Press)
College student Sierra Bethke is a little nervous about the rising cost of higher education ââ?¬â? but she has a chance this week to save more that $1,000 in interest on her student loans.
A Stunned UC System Tries to Make Sense of a Tragedy (Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles Times
SANTA CRUZ ââ?¬â? On the University of California’s quiet campus here and throughout the UC system Monday, friends and colleagues of Denice Dee Denton struggled to find answers to a question that may ultimately be unknowable:
UW links with Israeli school to locate genes
Wisconsin Technology Network
Madison, Wis. – A collaborative project between the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa has shown that while it might be best to let sleeping dogs lie, thousands of sleeping computers can unravel the twisted code of genetic diseases.
Study To Track Genealogy Of UW’s Startup Companies
WISC-TV 3
MADISON, Wis. — Spinning out new businesses is the goal of many a university in the 21st century.
University of Wisconsin-Madison has been doing that for more than 100 years, helping start roughly 250 companies that have gross revenues today of more than $1 billion.
ââ?¬Å?Itââ?¬â?¢s our responsibility as a major research institution to push ideas into the marketplace to create companies, good jobs and wealth,ââ?¬Â said Noel Radomski, an official in the universityââ?¬â?¢s Office of Corporate Relations (
Chancellor’s Suicide Came After Months of Politicized Controversy and Angst Over Her Compensation
Chronicle of Higher Education
Denice D. Denton came under fire immediately and often during her 16-month tenure as chancellor of the University of California at Santa Cruz, which ended with her apparent suicide on Saturday.
Former UW-Madison Coach Auditions For Fox Sports
WISC-TV 3
MADISON, Wis. — Former University of Wisconsin-Madison Badgers football coach Barry Alvarez could be on his way to the broadcast booth.
Disabled Badger Fans Forced To Pay Big For Parking
WKOW-TV 27
Disabled Badger football fans will have to shell out, big bucks, if they want to keep access to disabled parking, right near Camp Randall.
Oates: TV deal could click you off
Wisconsin State Journal
The Big Ten’s entry into the television business is, as conference officials proclaim, a win-win proposition.
When the Big Ten Channel starts in 2007, the conference will receive guaranteed national exposure, each school will get a projected $7 million a year and the athletes in non-revenue sports will have a chance to perform on TV.
On second thought, that makes it a win-win-win proposition.
Nevertheless, the creation of the Big Ten Channel, a joint venture with Fox Cable Networks, and the conference’s new contracts with ABC and the ESPN family have come at a cost.
And who will bear the brunt of that cost?
Who else?
You.
UW notes: Parking spaces shrink
Wisconsin State Journal
The parking pinch for University of Wisconsin football games has become so pronounced that everyone, including the disabled, will feel it in the coming years.
The UW Athletic Department will lose access to 120 prime spaces in 2006 and at least 55 other slots in 2007 because two properties – the UW Credit Union across Monroe Street from Camp Randall Stadium and Randall School two blocks away from the facility – are reducing the number of parking spots made available to UW Athletics.
After 42 Years Campus Memories Remain Fresh
Wisconsin State Journal
I turn 64 just six days after Paul McCartney. So I’ve been pondering the lyrics of his famous song with more than passing interest and marveling at where the time has gone.
Coincidentally, I completed a 42-year journey a few days ago while christening my new racing bike.
A leader in turbulent times, Hastad bids UW-L farewell
La Crosse Tribune
Bragging about the employees and students of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse is common practice for Chancellor Doug Hastad.
The Generic Onslaught (Forbes)
Forbes
Quoted: Jim Stein, a cardiologist at the University of Wisconsin
State signs on to signature cheese
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Dairy economist Ed Jesse.
Water Main Break Shows Need For Better Art Storage At UW Union
WISC-TV 3
MADISON, Wis. — Water damage to an important area of the University of Wisconsin’s Memorial Union is drawing attention to the need for renovations.One-third of the Union’s art collection is stored in a basement room — the only place available in the Union for storage, but also one in danger of flooding.
Recall requirements eased
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: UW-Madison political science professor Donald Downs.
Madison’s Halloween Party could cost revelers (AP)
Duluth News
MADISON, Wis. – The annual Halloween bash on State Street may no longer be a free.
George Twigg, spokesman for Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, says a plan to gate the street and charge admission to Halloween revelers has been seriously discussed as an option.
Rape law expands to include alcohol
Wisconsin State Journal
The nation’s top party school could get a sobering jolt from a change in state law that puts alcohol on a par with date-rape drugs as an aggravating factor in certain sexual assaults.
The change, long sought by rape- victim advocates in Wisconsin, means that victims who are very drunk during a sexual encounter can be judged incapable of giving consent, triggering a possible second-degree sexual assault charge.
Ex-UW professor Denice Denton dies
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison faculty, staff and administrators are mourning a former UW-Madison professor who died Saturday in an apparent suicide.
Denice Denton, who was appointed chancellor of the University of California-Santa Cruz two years ago, is believed to have jumped from a 43-story luxury apartment building in downtown San Francisco, police and UC officials said.
UCSC head falls to death (San Mercury News)
Denice Dee Denton, chancellor of the University of California-Santa Cruz, apparently jumped to her death Saturday morning from the 44th floor of a San Francisco building where she shared an apartment with her partner.
UC chancellor remembered as ‘unstoppable’ (San Francisco Chronicle)
San Francisco Chronicle
Colleagues and longtime friends of UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Denice Denton were struggling on Sunday to make sense of her apparent suicide jump off the roof of a 42-story San Francisco apartment building, describing a woman who had been having a difficult time in recent months but who was known to be resilient in the face of adversity.
Why our milk costs so much (Chicago Tribune)
Chicago Tribune
Quoted: Ed Jesse, a dairy economist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Trouble-Plagued UW Rescue Boat Back On Water
WKOW-TV 27
UW-Madison officials say a nearly $200,000 investment in a lake rescue boat was a good decision, even though the boat has been unuseable for weeks at a time since its purchase last year, and some rescue staff still question its seaworthiness.
Chancellor of U. of California at Santa Cruz Plunges To Her Death
Chronicle of Higher Education
The chancellor of the University of California at Santa Cruz fell to her death on Saturday morning from a high-rise San Francisco apartment building in an apparent suicide. Denice Dee Denton, an engineer, had been chancellor since February 2005.
Badger Player Arrested
NBC-15
Police say a Badger hockey player who’s about two-months shy of his 21st birthday was busted this weekend at Country Fest.
UW Graffiti Plan
WKOW-TV 27
UW Officer Heidi Laundrie credits UW staff for covering up or cleaning graffiti on campus as soon as it’s reported. So far it cost the University 20-thousand dollars to fix the graffiti in the Humanities building
Uw Should Rein In Salaries For Top Officials
Wisconsin State Journal
After reading about tuition increases in the UW System, I was especially disgusted to see the recent report of UW officials receiving raises, regardless of their already shocking salaries.
Students planning to attend any of the two- or four-year UW System schools will face a 6.9 percent increase in yearly tuition, which, on average, will add nearly $300 dollars to each student’s tuition bill. However, at the same time, the System president and numerous other top executives will receive more than a 2 percent pay increase twice within the next year.
Curiosities: Five-second Rule Debunked By Instant Bacteria
Wisconsin State Journal
Q: Is there any validity to the so-called five-second rule?
A: If your piece of toast fell on the floor, would you pick it up and eat it? You probably would if you believe in the five-second rule, which suggests that your spilled breakfast stays germ-free as long as you snatch it up within five seconds.
Editorial: Barrows still isn’t whole (Channel 3)
WISC-TV 3
It’s been almost two weeks now since UW Provost Patrick Farrell basically rejected a unanimous exoneration of UW Administrator Paul Barrows, instituting instead his own opinion that Barrows’ behavior was unprofessional and in need of sexual harassment training and a letter of counsel in his personnel file and not deserving of an appropriate position in the administration. We find the lack of additional response baffling.
Raise in rates spurs students to face loans (Green Bay Press-Gazette)
Green Bay Press-Gazette
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay senior Emily Ellis had a moment of panic earlier this month.
After hearing that student loan interest rates were set to increase considerably July 1, the human biology major began to consider her own loans.
Cadmium linked to breast cancer (Reuters)
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women with the highest levels of cadmium in their urine have more than a two-fold higher risk of breast cancer than women with the lowest levels, according to a new study. However, further studies are needed to determine if these elevated levels are a cause or effect of breast cancer.
Audit: Wis technical colleges employ 15 felons (AP)
Duluth News
MADISON, Wis. – A felon on probation for sexual assault of a child and armed robbery was hired as a peer tutor at Chippewa Valley Technical College.
A registered sex offender convicted of indecency with a child is a faculty member teaching sociology at Northcentral Technical College. And a faculty member at Moraine Park Technical College was hired despite a conviction for second-degree sexual assault.
Religion in Residence (Inside Higher Ed)
This week, an excited group of Protestant clergy members and nonprofit officials broke ground on a new and unusual dormitory project that will serve the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Once constructed, the building will allow just under 300 students to live in an environment that is supportive of spirituality and religion, say organizers.
Can kids, parents afford college? (Fond du Lac Reporter)
Fond Du Lac Reporter
60,000 big ones.
That’s how much Laura Pickart expects to owe, despite a partial scholarship, after earning a biology degree from St. Norbert College in DePere.
Real cost of “Supersizing” (WTMJ-TV, Milwaukee)
More food for less money sounds like a great deal. But Wisconsin researchers say there’s a hidden cost. They calculated the real cost of upsizing your next meal.
College costs pushing students deep into debt (Fond du Lac Reporter)
Fond Du Lac Reporter
It started already in elementary school ââ?¬â? pushing young kids to pick a career path, says college junior Jennifer LaBorde.
But the cost of college is pushing back, she maintains.
Students Rush to Refinance as Loan Deadline Approaches but Complain About Lenders’ Misleading Offers
Chronicle of Higher Education
With the cost of consolidating student loans set to spike on July 1, college students and recent graduates are rushing to refinance their debt, and consolidation companies are scrambling for their business.
Killing not planned, lawyer says
Wisconsin State Journal
The lawyer appointed to defend former Verona and UW- Madison basketball player Deandre Buchanan said the shooting death of Buchanan’s friend was not planned and occurred during a struggle.
Freed Man Gives Lesson on False Confessions (Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles Times
Seventeen years ago, Christopher Ochoa told a Texas jury exactly how he and a friend repeatedly raped 20-year-old Nancy DePriest and then shot her dead at the Pizza Hut where she worked.
The details were so gruesome that DePriest’s mother, Jeanette Popp, fled the courtroom and threw up in a bathroom. Ochoa and his co-defendant, Richard Danziger, who steadfastly maintained his innocence, both received life sentences.
Rate of African forest loss underestimated (Reuters)
ABCNEWS.com
Quoted: Holly Gibbs, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Wisconsin.
Former UW athlete accused of murder
Wisconsin State Journal
Deandre Buchanan, once a highly rated Verona High School athlete and a teammate of basketball players Devin Harris and Mike Wilkinson at UW-Madison, was being held on $500,000 bail Tuesday after appearing in a North Dakota court on charges of murder.
Baggot: UW’s good fortune comes with a price
Wisconsin State Journal
One of the biggest risks inherent with climbing to the top of the flagpole is that everyone tends to focus on the make and model of your underwear.
So it goes for the University of Wisconsin Athletic Department, whose brief of choice, by the way, is whitey tighty.
Big Ten plans to launch national TV network
Wisconsin State Journal
In her first three years as women’s basketball coach at UW-Madison, Lisa Stone’s teams were on national television three times.
That number should go up substantially in future years, following the announcement Wednesday of the creation of the Big Ten Conference’s own national television network, which will greatly increase the exposure for sports and athletes outside the mainstream of football and men’s basketball.
University Square woos former critic
Wisconsin State Journal
Although his complaints in 2004 helped nix a plan to include a dorm at the University Square redevelopment near campus, Steve Brown is now a partner in the mixed-used project and will oversee its 350 apartments.
Pipe burst soaks Memorial Union art
Wisconsin State Journal
Between 50 and 75 pieces of the Memorial Union art collection might be damaged after a deteriorating water line burst on June 8.
Scientists Want Bird Flu Report Withdrawn (AP)
Quoted: Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a virologist from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Tokyo.
Editorial: Broad look at UW applicants still emphasizes academics (Appleton Post-Crescent)
Appleton Post-Crescent
The goal of colleges in the admissions process is a little like the goal of an NFL general manager preparing for the draft.
The general manager is looking for players who will succeed at the pro level. How they succeeded at the college level plays a big part of that evaluation, but so do other factors.
UW-Madison, Milwaukee technical college sign transfer agreement
Duluth News
MILWAUKEE – The University of Wisconsin-Madison has expanded a program that guarantees admission to qualified transfer students from state technical colleges.
Students at Milwaukee Area Technical College who complete 54 credits in specified areas and earn a 3.0 grade-point average will be guaranteed admission to UW-Madison when they apply as transfer students, officials from both schools announced Wednesday.
Big Ten Gets Its Own Network
NBC-15
It’s a big venture for the Big Ten and they’ve got big ideas.
Right now you get to see some Badger sports on ESPN and ABC – that won’t change. But soon, an entire 24 hour channel will be devoted to the Big Ten.
Big Ten Conference Signs Landmark TV Deals
Chronicle of Higher Education
The Big Ten Conference announced on Wednesday that it plans to start its own cable-television network next year. The league also announced a new 10-year agreement with ABC and ESPN to continue televising many of its marquee football and men’s basketball games, including the annual Ohio State-Michigan football rivalry.
Madison’s suburbs booming
WKOW-TV 27
Quoted: UW urban planning professor Jim LaGro.
Paralyzed rats walk in stem cell study (Baltimore Sun)
Newsday
Quoted: Clive N. Svendsen, a researcher at the University of Wisconsin.
Cholesterol-lowering drugs may cut cataract risk (Reuters)
Reuters
Taking a ‘statin’ cholesterol-lowering drug may be good for the eyes as well as the heart.
People who take statins such as Zocor or Lipitor, for example, have a 45 percent reduced risk of developing a cataract, a clouding of the lens of the eye, according to a report in this week’s Journal of the American Medical Association.
Study finds statins cut cataracts by 45% (Los Angeles Times)
Buffalo News
Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs can reduce the incidence of the most common type of cataract by 45 percent, according to a five-year study of nearly 1,300 people.
Researchers were surprised at the findings because several potential cholesterol-lowering drugs never made it to market because studies showed that they caused cloudiness and other eye problems.
Big Ten’s TV channel to debut in ’07 (Chicago Tribune)
Chicago Tribune
The Big Ten will announce Wednesday that it is about to enter into the television business, forming its own network that will launch in 2007.
Sources said the conference also will announce the ABC/ESPN family will remain the exclusive carrier of some of its signature events. The current deal, set to expire in June 2007, is said to be worth up to $50 million per year.