Quoted: Carl Foster, president of the American College of Sports Medicine and a professor at the University of Wisconsin’s Department of Exercise & Sport Science.
Elliptical machines gaining in popularity (AP)
Tallahassee Democrat
Author: jplucas
UW among top research centers (AP)
MADISON ââ?¬â? The University of Wisconsin-Madison continues to lead state institutions in research spending, according to figures released by the National Science Foundation.
Living the dream as Bucky Badger (Racine Journal-Times)
St. Paul Pioneer Press
MADISON, Wis. ââ?¬â? Now that school is back in session, Troy Maragos is finding some interesting ways to spend his time on the UW-Madison campus.
Stadium pedestal awaits its sculpture
Wisconsin State Journal
As you make your way to Camp Randall Stadium for today’s game, you might be wondering: What’s with the concrete pedestal at the corner of Breese Terrace and Regent Street?
Psssst: Wanna ticket for $150?
Wisconsin State Journal
It’s the hottest football ticket in at least five years.
The scalpers sense a windfall as they cruise the streets around Camp Randall Stadium, scooping up tickets before Saturday’s 5 p.m. showdown between the University of Wisconsin and 14th-ranked University of Michigan.
A rape victim’s torment
Wisconsin State Journal
Although she tried to shut it out, the rapist’s voice kept creeping into Alison’s head after the attack, and she couldn’t stop feeling the icy stones and dried, damp leaves against her naked body.
She would hear his quickening footsteps behind her. Feel his arm around her neck.
Some tips for avoiding rape
Wisconsin State Journal
Sexual assault is an act of violence and power that uses sex as a weapon. Any person may be raped regardless of age, race or economic status.
There is no typical rapist. A rapist can be an acquaintance, relative, salesperson, neighbor or stranger. More than half of all rapes occur in the victim’s or assailant’s home. Eighty percent of rapists are known to the victim. Males commit 94 person of rapes.
Strapped colleges weigh autonomy (Denver Post)
It’s a far-fetched notion: A state treasure such as the University of Colorado – born in 1877 with the ringing of Old Main’s bell, the fanfare of a brass band and the governor in a horse- drawn carriage – becoming a private school.
Quoted: Katharine Lyall, UW president from 1992 to 2004.
Family a trailblazer in virtual charter school
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: David Williamson Shaffer, assistant professor of educational psychology at UW- Madison who specializes in how technology changes the way people teach and learn
Cloning, stem cells, fears and questions
Wisconsin State Journal
The moral status of human embryos and fears of doctors harvesting organs from clones will be pitted against economic development and the potential for stem cell-based cures for fatal diseases this week as the state Senate takes up a bill to ban human cloning.
Continuing the progression to higher education
At first, they came in multiples of ten. Now they come in multiples of one hundred. During the summer of 2005, approximately 800 middle and high school students of color studied on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus in hope of fulfilling their dream to enter higher education through the Pre-collegiate Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence. (Centerspread.)
Camp Randall Congestion Alleviation
NBC-15
Following two weekends of chaos and congestion some U.W. football fans enjoy a bit more elbow room.
During the past week, the U.W. Athletic Department pumped $50,000 into an effort to ease the flow of traffic. Camp Randall is wrapping up a $109 million renovation project and university officials say the application of these improvements represents an on-going process.
Roll Out the Red Carpet for Michigan Fans
NBC-15
It appears as though a University of Wisconsin initiative is paying off as the Badgers roll out the red carpet.
Following years of complaints regarding inhospitable behavior by Badger fans, the university began its Roll Out the Red Carpet initiative during the 2004 football season. The program’s goal involves helping provide a more welcoming atmosphere for fans of visiting athletic teams.
Feingold again bewilders liberal allies (AP)
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Conklin: Beautiful words
Wisconsin State Journal
Sometimes it really is about the writing. Just ask UW-Madison graduate Kevin A. Gonzalez, who won Playboy magazine’s annual College Fiction Contest this year.
His story, “Statehood,” about a 12- year-old Puerto Rican boy and his dad, is printed in the October issue and he won $3,000. Gonzalez was raised in Puerto Rico, got his MFA in poetry from UW-Madison and is now a graduate student at the University of Iowa’s Writers’ Workshop.
More Allegations In Barrows Case
WIBA Newsradio
U-W Chancellor John Wiley inappropriately put an embattled administrator on sick leave….after Paul Barrows had an affair with a graduate student…and other allegations were raised by a top university official. That’s the finding of an independent investigation of the Paul Barrows case….done by Susan Steingass.
Events in the Barrows case
Wisconsin State Journal
November 2004: Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Paul Barrows goes on leave.
UW-Madison Chancellor Reprimanded Over Barrows Case
WISC-TV 3
MADISON, Wis. — An investigation ordered by the University of Wisconsin System president says Madison’s chancellor allowed a top administrator to take sick leave for more than three months, even though he wasn’t sick.
Hong’s memo about Barrows hit hard
Wisconsin State Journal
Former UW-Madison Dean of Students Luoluo Hong held little back when she unloaded on her boss, Paul Barrows, in a secret memo to Chancellor John Wiley in November 2004.
She told Wiley she wanted to convey her “extreme level of dismay, disgust and disappointment” regarding Barrows, who supervised her as vice chancellor of student affairs.
Reaction to Barrows-case report mixed
Wisconsin State Journal
A report on the Paul Barrows case drew mixed reaction from the campus community Thursday.
UW-Madison Faculty Senate leader Patricia Brennan said she was “very, very pleased” that what she considered appropriate due process took place.
UW Tracks Rita’s Moves
WKOW-TV 27
As Hurricane Rita approaches the Texas-Louisiana border, forecasters are relying heavily on research done in Madison.
UW Chancellor Reprimanded In Paul Barrows Case
WKOW-TV 27
UW-System President Kevin Reilly has reprimanded UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley for approving months of paid, sick leave for administrator Paul Barrows, even though Barrows was not sick.
“You and your administrative team should have been aware of the requirement that an employee must be ill in order to charge an absence to sick leave, and should have acted promptly either to obtain the appropriate documentation on Dr. Barrows’ situation, or to require his return to work,” Reilly wrote to Chancellor Wiley. “The failure to do so has hurt the University’s reputation.”
Report faults Barrows and Wiley
Wisconsin State Journal
A university-commissioned investigation released Thursday finds fault on both sides in the case of UW-Madison administrator Paul Barrows’ seven- month personal leave, blaming Barrows and UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley.
The report faults Barrows, the former vice chancellor of student affairs, for inappropriate conduct toward two campus women, including a student who worked for him. Barrows denies those charges but agrees he had an unrelated consensual relationship with a 40-year-old graduate student that led to his demotion by Wiley and subsequent leave in November 2004.
New U.W. Alcohol Policy
NBC-15
The University is going to start telling on students who get so intoxicated they end up in the hospital.
The University has already started calling the parents of students under the age of 21 who end up in detox or attempt to commit suicide. The new policy is designed to get the parents involved instead of leaving them in the dark on what’s happening to their child.
UW Athletics Staff and Students Aid Hurricane Katrina Victims
UWBadgers.com
MADISON, Wis. – Helping welcome relocated students and families from the Gulf Coast region affected by Hurricane Katrina has been on the minds of many UW student-athletes and staff recently. The athletic department has assisted with several separate events since the devastating storm ripped through the countryââ?¬â?¢s southeastern region.
The patriarchy isn’t falling
USA Today
There are still too few women at the top, too many at the bottom. Every few years, a report that women are gaining ground prompts panicky articles proclaiming that ââ?¬Å?men are falling behind!ââ?¬Â Don’t get me wrong: I believe in equality for all. I’m concerned about women’s status and I’m concerned about the race, ethnicity and income divisions revealed in the Department of Education survey.
Editorial by Kim Gandy, president of the National Organization for Women
Decline in male college attendance is a serious national problem
USA Today
Where the Boys Are, released in 1960, is the quintessential college spring-break movie. Today, visitors to college campuses can’t help but ask: Where are the boys? Currently, 135 women receive bachelor’s degrees for every 100 men. That gender imbalance will widen in the coming years, according to a new report by the U.S. Department of Education.
College football’s bowl selection system: Fans love it, hate it, can’t stop talking about it
USA Today
Tucked in a file cabinet in the office of University of Oregon President David Frohnmayer is an inch-thick folder of plans for a college football playoff. The mail, on average, brings one a week.
UW NOTES: Press row passes? UW considers plan
Wisconsin State Journal
The never-ending search for revenue has University of Wisconsin Athletic Department officials looking at a source that, at first glance, is pretty tapped out.
Supreme Court to hear Marder’s case
Duluth News
The Wisconsin State Supreme Court will hear the case of fired University of Wisconsin-Superior communications professor John Marder on Tuesday.
The court’s ruling will clarify the process by which the UW system can dismiss tenured faculty members.
Resistance to flu drugs mushrooming
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Quoted: Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a virologist and flu researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Tokyo.
University of Michigan plans major stem cell research center
Wisconsin Technology Network
Madison, Wis. – The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor will create a $10.5 million interdisciplinary center for stem cell biology in a move aimed at bolstering the university’s position in the science.
For federally funded research, University of Michigan researchers use stem cell lines from Wisconsin’s WiCell Research Institute, among others
Affluent Students Displaced by Katrina Find World of Options, While Others Must Put Education on Hold
Chronicle of Higher Education
For a few days in the past month, students in the Gulf Coast region were all in a similar situation. None were thinking about registering for classes or buying books. Most concentrated on evacuating the area, staying safe, and taking care of their basic needs for food, water, and shelter.
But after the initial shock of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath wore off, the differences between richer and poorer students began to re-emerge. Despite many generous offers of free tuition and other donations from colleges around the country and the world, students displaced by the hurricane who came from affluent backgrounds had much more flexibility in continuing their educations than those with fewer financial resources.
Lampert Smith: Hmm … an opera for Luoluo
Wisconsin State Journal
I’m working on an opera about the university and I’ve already got a great title – I’m calling it “Luoluo’s Revenge.”
Luoluo (pronounced low-low) Hong, the recently departed dean of students at UW-Madison, would perform her swan song aria at the beginning of the opera.
New Standards At UW
WIBA Newsradio
UW leaders now have a formal policy on the books….on how to deal with the fine line between the independance of students under the age of 21….and the need to contact someone’s parents. Chancellor John Wiley released the standards yesterday….and interim dean of students Lori Berquam says extreme drinking is one of them.
UW to contact parents if their child overdoses
Wisconsin State Journal
Underage students at UW- Madison who find themselves in detox be warned: Someone from the university will be calling mom and dad.
UW-Madison announced Wednesday that officials will involve parents or guardians if their underage students are involved in “extreme alcohol or drug incidents.”
Crushed Spirit (Inside Higher Ed)
Inside Higher Education
Big time athletic departments at colleges around the nation have spirit, yes they do, but theyââ?¬â?¢re telling some ââ?¬Å?spiritââ?¬Â groups ââ?¬Å?Weââ?¬â?¢ll have to do it, without you.ââ?¬Â
Halloween Plans Set, Bar Time In Question
WISC-TV 3
MADISON, Wis. — Madison leaders say they have a plan in place for Halloween weekend on State Street, but they still don’t know what time bars will close
Criminal conviction should be new cause for UW dismissal (Oshkosh Northwestern)
Employees of the University of Wisconsin System who want to trade their academic robes for the orange jammies of jail life shouldn�t continue to enjoy the perks they had while working for the state.
California Wants to Serve a Warning With Fries
New York Times
Quoted: Michael W. Pariza, a professor in the University of Wisconsin’s food microbiology and toxicology department, on acrylamide-reduction research.
Policy reflects Big Ten trend (The State News, East Lansing, Mich.)
Saturday, Oct. 1 is slated as the first test of a new policy permitting the sale of alcohol inside premium seating areas of Spartan Stadium, a practice that is becoming more common in schools around the Big Ten Conference.
Doyle, other leaders seek refunds for gas gouging (AP)
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison economist Don Nichols,
Katrina Destroyed Decades of Research, Some Scientists Find, and Took the Lives of Thousands of Lab Animals
Chronicle of Higher Education
The wrath of Hurricane Katrina wreaked billions of dollars in damage and claimed hundreds, maybe thousands of lives. For many researchers at universities affected by the storm, it also destroyed or menaced their lives’ work.
That work often involved animals that perished. At Tulane University, the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, and the University of Southern Mississippi, Katrina destroyed thousands of animals — including fruit flies, mice, rabbits, dogs, and primates — and materials ranging from tissue samples to cell lines to microorganisms like yeast and bacteria.
Halloween 2005 Plans On the Table
NBC-15
Tuesday the city carved out its final plan to address problems that could arise during this year’s Halloween celebration.
There are no easy ways to directly deal with concerns because the event isn’t sponsored. But city officials say they are hopeful this year’s celebration won’t end with mass chaos.
Repairs to Camp Randall Stadium Will Improve Congestion on West Side
UWBadgers.com
MADISON, Wis. – The congestion issues that have arisen in the west concourse during UW football games at Camp Randall Stadium should be improved for Saturdayââ?¬â?¢s Michigan game.
Dorm guest lockout gets a mixed reaction
Wisconsin State Journal
This year, for the first time in UW-Madison history, students living in university housing will not be allowed to have guests during Halloween weekend.
Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and other city officials announced their plan for this year’s Halloween weekend on Tuesday, emphasizing the need for order and safety. The dorms’ no- guest policy is part of an effort to keep out-of-town visitors to a minimum.
Dozens wait to have say on smoking ban
Wisconsin State Journal
Asthmatics, cancer survivors and UW-Madison students spoke in favor of upholding the ban, while many tavern owners and bartenders showed up to support the repeal.
Medical research spending criticized
USA Today
The United States spends nearly $95 billion a year on medical research, twice what was spent a decade ago, a study finds. Whether the money is being well spent needs much better scrutiny, researchers say.
UW SPORTS: Pollard off to Iowa State
Wisconsin State Journal
In his role as University of Wisconsin football coach, Barry Alvarez talked Monday about having to find replacement parts for his team on the field.
In the same news conference setting, Alvarez discussed the reality of having to take similar action off the field as UW athletic director.
Badgers’ Pollard lured by Iowa State ââ?¬â? and hospital (Des Moines Register)
Ames, Ia. ââ?¬â? Jamie Pollard looked at the potential for the Iowa State athletic department, then he looked south to Des Moines before agreeing to become the Cyclones’ next athletic director Sunday night.
Specifically, Pollard looked at the services Blank Children’s Hospital could offer one of his four children, 3-year-old son, James, who was born with a tumor called sacrococcygeal teratoma.
Wisconsin deputy named Iowa State’s AD (AP)
AMES, Iowa – Jamie Pollard wanted the perfect fit if he was going to become an athletic director.
He found it at Iowa State.
Pollard, deputy athletic director at Wisconsin the last two years, was introduced as Iowa State’s athletic director on Monday, completing a quick, secretive search by the university and a whirlwind week for Pollard and his family.
What’s in that name? Nothing ducky (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Star Tribune
Quoted: Jim Leary, co-director of the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Jamie Pollard Named Iowa State Athletics Director
UWBadgers.com
Ames, Iowa – Jamie Pollard, deputy athletics director at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been named athletics director at Iowa State University, effective Oct. 1.
Thomson’s speech gives a blueprint of UW’s stem cell research
Wisconsin Technology Network
Madison, Wis. – Undeterred by a small group of anti-abortion protestors, a crowd of more than 450 people packed the Madison Overture Center Monday night to hear a speech by University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor James Thomson, who used the forum to outline UW’s stem cell research efforts.
UW rated No. 1 for research
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison is named the nation’s top research university in a new college guide that tries to measure higher education’s contributions to society.
UW-Madison was ranked 12th overall by the guide among 500 public and private colleges and universities. The top three finishers, the survey said, were MIT, UCLA and the University of California at Berkeley.
Making Camp Randall easier to navigate
Wisconsin State Journal
An aggressive effort to ease traffic flow problems for UW-Madison football fans on the west side of Camp Randall Stadium began in earnest Monday.
Athletic Department officials were given the go-ahead to spend money – from a Camp Randall renovation contingency fund, part of the current budget for UW-Madison athletics – for improvements intended to be in place Saturday when the Badgers host Michigan.
Newer Edition (The Boston Globe)
Boston Globe
Quoted: Craig Werner, who also teaches African-American studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Payday lending under scrutiny
La Crosse Tribune
Quoted: Stephen Meili, director of the Consumer Law Clinic at the University of Wisconsin Law School.
Beyond help in Rwanda
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Shyira, Rwanda – At the age of 15, Good News weighed 50 pounds. Just four months ago, his bones were held together only by the thin envelope of his bruised and fungus-infected brown skin.
He was dying of a disease that many Rwandans consider their new genocide: AIDS.
Out-of-towners Badger UNC supporters during weekend (The Daily Tar Heel)
On Saturday afternoon, the Carolina Inn was host to a pre-game ââ?¬Å?huddleââ?¬Â complete with cheerleaders, a bluegrass band and trays of eastern North Carolina barbecue pork.
Almost 500 fans were there ââ?¬â? all of them dressed in red.