Tulane University freshman Ileana Caceres was just settling into her dorm room on Aug. 26 when her world was turned upside down, and move-in day became move-out day.
Author: jplucas
Critics say Wisconsin’s proposed cloning ban muddles issues (Chicago Tribune)
CHICAGO – (KRT) – The Wisconsin legislature is weighing a cloning ban that critics charge would undermine embryonic stem cell research in the place where it was discovered and threaten the state’s huge biotechnology infrastructure.
Bringing water to Rwanda
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Muramba, Rwanda – As a steady flow of women and children carrying empty straw satchels and jerrycans made their way down the mountain road to the market below, a smaller, more determined stream worked its way up against the current. Carrying hoes, picks, shovels and machetes, these women – many with infants swaddled to their backs – were headed toward a potato field where Peter Bosscher, a civil engineering professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was waiting.
Men and women are from the same planet after all (The Sunday Times, UK)
The Times, UK
IN the battle of the sexes it may be time for a truce. A study has found that the differences between men and women have been vastly overestimated.
Dave Zweifel: We must stop starving government
Capital Times
Quoted: Dr. Judith Ladinsky, the UW-Madison scientist who serves on the U.S. Committee for Scientific Cooperation with Vietnam,
Drug Addiction? Forget About it (Science)
ScienceNOW
Quoted: Behavioral neuroscientist Ann Kelley of the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
UW System offers tuition waiver for Katrina victims (AP)
MADISON, Wis. – Students enrolled at Wisconsin public universities after their Gulf Coast schools were damaged by Hurricane Katrina will not have to pay fall tuition, officials said.
Small lakeside houses are being torn down for fancy places
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Steve Carpenter, a professor at UW- Madison’s Center for Limnology.
Iowa lacks ban on phosphorus (Des Moines Register)
Quoted: UW-Madison researcher Stephen Carpenter.
What’s Bubbling in Wisconsin’s Biotech Businesses? (Corporate Report Wisconsin)
Biotech is big here and growing bigger. There are 248 life- sciences companies in Wisconsin that employ 20,000 people and generate more than $6 billion in annual revenue, according to the Wisconsin Biotechnology and Medical Device Association.
Badge Requirement for Foreign Researchers Is Less Likely, Pentagon Says
Chronicle of Higher Education
The Defense Department is backing away from a controversial plan to require foreign researchers to wear badges when working with sensitive technology.
Tuition-Refund Policies Anger Parents of Some Students Displaced From New Orleans Universities
Chronicle of Higher Education
Parents of students at three New Orleans universities say they are losing patience with the administrators of their children’s institutions.
Marquette targets illegal downloading
Wisconsin Technology Network
MILWAUKEE — With the new school semester just under way, college students are settling into their routines. Marquette University, however, is hoping that illegal Internet downloading is not one of those routines.
Academic-FBI Rapprochement (Inside Higher Ed)
Inside Higher Education
J. Edgar Hoover never trusted academics ââ?¬â? and many felt likewise.
On Friday, however, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced the creation of a panel of university presidents that will advise the bureau on how to improve relations with higher education.
John Wiley, University of Wisconsin at Madison, will participate.
No Katrina economic storm, yet
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Don Nichols, economics
UW settles personnel case
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison paid a former School of Music employee one month’s salary and $10,000 in attorney fees to settle allegations that he mishandled cash received for instrument rentals and cheated students who used the band facilities at the Humanities Building.
The gang scene in Madison
Wisconsin State Journal
Yet the former gang member is baffled by one of the people charged in the Oregon shooting – Andrew Pirsch, 16, an East High School junior who lives in a $500,000 house in the village of Maple Bluff. His father is a doctor and professor at UW Medical School. His mother is an outreach specialist at the La Follette School of Public Affairs at UW-Madison.
Small lakeside houses are being torn down for fancy places
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Steve Carpenter, Center for Limnology
Schools need record number of volunteer tutors
Wisconsin State Journal
Last fall, officials at the UW- Madison Morgridge Center for Public Service recruited huge numbers of students for the paid tutoring posts, which paid $10.64 an hour. And their paperwork began flowing after they were hired – but before UW-Madison financial aid officials realized the scope of the increase.
Businesses here swing to Latin beat
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Ed Jesse, dairy economist
Survey: Non-smoking bartenders in smoky bars show respiratory distress
Wisconsin State Journal
Non-smoking bartenders in Madison at bars that allowed smoking suffer more respiratory symptoms than those who work at smoke-free establishments, says a UW-Madison study being released today, a day before the City Council is expected to discuss measures that could soften a contentious smoking ban that started July 1.
Treatment of Muslims spawned hate, Brit says
Wisconsin State Journal
British MP and anti-war activist George Galloway told a crowd of about 1,000 at the Union Theater on Sunday night that the governments of the United States and Britain had created a “swamp of hatred” among Muslims worldwide that led to the rise of Islamic fundamentalism and al-Qaida.
Galloway, speaking in Madison as part of his “Mr. Galloway Goes to Washington” North American tour, said that while he did not excuse the actions of terrorists – calling the Sept. 11 New York and July 7 London attacks “criminal acts of mass murder” – he believed that the past actions of the U.S. and United Kingdom toward Muslims helped motivate the attacks.
Displaced collegians get reoriented
USA Today
How quickly can young adults recover when their lives are thrown off course? For the estimated 100,000 students who were supposed to be at a college in New Orleans this fall, that question cannot yet be answered.
Police Plan To Pepper Spray, Hose Down Hallowever Revelers
WISC-TV 3
MADISON, Wis. — Police and fire officials plan to unleash new tactics on State Street this Halloween to handle any chaos.
Some ideas are still being studied, such as placing plain-clothed police officers in the midst of the revelry so that troublemakers might be quickly removed from the crowd, but command staff told News 3 other crowd-management tactics are definitely going to be ready.
UW acts to fire two professors, still pays one
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison on Thursday moved to fire two professors recently convicted of felonies but said one of them – registered sex offender Lewis Keith Cohen – will continue receiving his $73,000 salary until any appeals he might make of the university decision are resolved.
The other professor, Steven Clark, was convicted of felony stalking and began serving a one-year jail sentence on June 23. Clark will be on unpaid leave until all of his internal appeals are finished.
Party on, Wisconsin!
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
On a Wisconsin Badgers’ game day in Madison, thousands upon thousands of righteously red fans celebrate with copious amounts of drinkin’ and grillin’, dancin’ and hollerin’. There’s a reason Madison is known as one of the biggest party towns in America.
Why Are Lawyer Jokes So Funny?
WISC-TV 3
MADISON, Wis. A new book by University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School emeritus professor Marc Galanter explains why people find lawyer jokes so funny. “Lowering the Bar: Lawyer Jokes and Legal Culture” explores the tensions between Americans’ respect for law and disdain for attorneys (and includes a lot of funny lawyer jokes).
Relevance of elite universities appears to be on the decline (KRT)
Duluth News
Harvard College and the University of Wisconsin now tie for the most CEOs – 15 – on the list, according to Spencer Stuart.
From Yale to Cosmetology School, Americans Brush Up on History and Government
New York Times
Senator Robert C. Byrd, the Democrat from West Virginia who keeps a copy of the Constitution in his pocket, finds the nation’s historical amnesia frustrating. In December he inserted into a giant spending bill a passage requiring every American school receiving federal money to teach about the Constitution on Sept. 17, the date it was signed in 1787.
Felon Barred From UW Campus after 27 News Investigation
WKOW-TV 27
A UW-Madison professor is now barred from campus, after 27 News uncovered the convicted felon was on campus as part of a work release program.
UW-Madison officials said they had objected to literature professor Lewis Keith Cohen’s placement on campus all along.
UW-Madison officials released a statement, that Cohen will be barred from campus, effective September 16.
Going After the Little Guys (Inside Higher Ed)
Inside Higher Education
The U.S. Defense Department is taking another run at law schools that have refused to let military recruiters visit their campuses because of the Pentagon�s stance on gay servicemen and women.
Local businesswoman, former owner of V. Richard%u2019s Market, dies
Greater Milwaukee Today
Liz Little was a past president of the Zoological Society of Milwaukee and served on the board of the University of Wisconsin Foundation School of Veterinary Medicine.
College Republicans host expression discussion (NC St. Technician)
Donald Downs, professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of the book “Restoring Free Speech and Liberty on Campus,” spoke on Thursday to a small group of College Republicans assembled at Daniels Hall.
Animal House, revisited (U.S. News)
U.S. News and World Report
He may not have as many tattoos as Tommy Lee, but like the aging rocker, former Time magazine correspondent Barrett Seaman also decided to go back to school recently, almost 40 years after graduating from Hamilton College. (Three pages.)
Roberts sidesteps meaty issues for now (AP)
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Quoted: Ann Althouse, a law professor at the University of Wisconsin.
UW-Madison Removes Convicted Professor From Work Release Job
WISC-TV 3
A professor who used his university computer to send naked pictures to a boy he tried to meet for sex has been allowed to work at a University of Wisconsin-Madison library while on work release.
UW-Madison removes convicted professor from work release job
Duluth News
MADISON, Wis. – A professor who used his university computer to send naked pictures to a boy he tried to meet for sex has been allowed to work at a University of Wisconsin-Madison library while on work release.
WisBusiness: Magazine ranks UW-Madison tops in research
www.wisbusiness.com
UW-Madison is the top research university in the United States, according to the September issue of Washington Monthly.
The campus was 12th overall among national universities in the magazineââ?¬â?¢s annual college guide. But UW-Madison’s research ranking topped the likes of MIT, Stanford and UCLA, Michigan.
Bars should accept early closing time
Wisconsin State Journal
Madison’s effort to ensure a safer and saner Halloween bash on State Street this year includes a plan to bring the celebration to an earlier and more definite end. That’s why State Street- area bar owners should set aside their hostility toward city regulatory policies long enough to agree to close 90 minutes early on the night of the Halloween party.
The bar owners’ cooperation is important to protect the safety of people and property, including their own.
Madison has long had an unwanted reputation as the home of a massive Halloween bash, often marred by alcohol-fueled hooliganism that produces property damage and injuries. Though an early bar time for Halloween is a reasonable request, cooperation from bar owners is in doubt. In fact, this week Dane County Tavern League President Barb Mercer unequivocally rejected a request for an early closing time from Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, Police Chief Noble Wray, UW- Madison Chancellor John Wiley and Associated Students of Madison Chairman Eric Varney.
Bars should accept early closing time
Wisconsin State Journal
Madison’s effort to ensure a safer and saner Halloween bash on State Street this year includes a plan to bring the celebration to an earlier and more definite end. That’s why State Street- area bar owners should set aside their hostility toward city regulatory policies long enough to agree to close 90 minutes early on the night of the Halloween party.
The bar owners’ cooperation is important to protect the safety of people and property, including their own.
Madison has long had an unwanted reputation as the home of a massive Halloween bash, often marred by alcohol-fueled hooliganism that produces property damage and injuries. Though an early bar time for Halloween is a reasonable request, cooperation from bar owners is in doubt. In fact, this week Dane County Tavern League President Barb Mercer unequivocally rejected a request for an early closing time from Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, Police Chief Noble Wray, UW- Madison Chancellor John Wiley and Associated Students of Madison Chairman Eric Varney.
State Street Bars Say No to Closing Early on Halloween
NBC-15
Madison: Mayor Dave Cieslewicz does not want another Halloween celebration on State Street to end with bonfires and pepper spray.
A special task force has been working on a plan for 2005 since last year. “We’re very close. We’ll be able to finalize it by next week,” says Cieslewicz.
Obituary: Heinzen, Raymond Frank
Madison.com
As a State Senator, Heinzen chaired the State Education Committee and was chief sponsor of the University Merger Bill, which combined the 10 state universities with the University of Wisconsin at Madison under one board of regents.
Study bolsters warnings of fetal alcohol exposure
Wisconsin State Journal
Just one or two drinks a day during pregnancy can cause not only developmental defects in babies but also addiction, sensory disorders and other problems when exposed children become adults, suggests a new study in monkeys by UW- Madison researchers.
The findings provide even more reason for pregnant women or women who may become pregnant not to consume alcohol, the researchers say. That warning carries special significance in Wisconsin, where the binge drinking rate among women is nearly twice the national average.
Lampert Smith: Simpler times weren’t as puzzling
Wisconsin State Journal
The season of renewal in a college town comes now, as the leaves are falling.
Capistrano has its swallows; the Wolf River has its sturgeon.
And we here in Madison have a new crop of students taking root in our town.
Yes, we like to complain about the sudden crowding of our favorite haunts and the disappearance of our parking spaces, but you need only saunter down State Street to feel the energy they’ve brought to Madison. And even though they’re young, beautiful and smart, the great thing about students is that you can still make fun of them.
Birth control bill progresses (The Eau Claire Spectator)
A bill Gov. Jim Doyle plans to veto if it reaches his desk still has many on UW campuses concerned.
The bill, authored by Rep. Daniel LeMahieu, R-Oostburg, would prohibit advertising, prescribing or dispensing emergency contraception on UW campuses. The state Assembly passed it 49-41 on June 16, and it will now move to the Senate Committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long-Term Care.
Johnson Scores! (Inside Triathlon)
In the “where are they now” category, Mark Johnson successfully finished his first Ironman at Wisconsin.
“Who’s Mark Johnson?” most of you, except his imemdiate family, may be asking. Johnson is the current women’s hockey coach at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and, more famously, scored two goals in the semi-final round of the 1980 Olympic Games as a member of the gold medal-winning hockey team. He also recorded the assist on the game-winning goal against Finland in the championship game.
Bush’s presidency defined by three crises (AP)
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a University of Wisconsin political science professor.
Get used to jokes, author tells law students (St. Lousi Post- Dispatch)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Marc Galanter had them laughing Wednesday with lawyer jokes.
What’s the difference between a dead snake in the road and a dead lawyer in the road? he asked. Skid marks in front of the snake.
Galanter is no comic. He’s a University of Wisconsin law professor, who analyzed the modern lawyer joke for a lecture hall full of future targets at Washington University School of Law.
UC Irvine hires Vandell (O.C. Register)
UC Irvine has chosen the head of a University of Wisconsin real estate program as the executive director of its Center for Real Estate.
Kerry Vandell, who runs the Grasskamp Real Estate program at the Madison, Wis., campus, will begin his UCI duties full time in July, UCI officials said. (Registration required.)
UW Felon Still Working On Campus
WKOW-TV 27
27 News has uncovered UW-Madison literature professor Lewis Cohen, a convicted sex offender, works on campus as part of a state work release program and has access to student records.
“To give this person, who’s been convicted of a serious crime against children, access to student records, simply doesn’t make sense,” Rep. Scott Suder (R-Abbotsford)
UW’s slow firing of felons criticized (AP)
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Angry that three jailed professors remain university employees, state lawmakers on Tuesday complained that it takes the University of Wisconsin System far too long to fire convicted felons.
UW System President Kevin Reilly pledged that UW campuses would speed up the dismissal of employees convicted of crimes, but changes in state law may be needed to do so. Members of the Legislative Audit Committee, responding to public outrage over the recent cases, called for a quick solution.
Red tape has no allegiance to blue or red
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Quoted: Anne Miner, who teaches management at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
‘Brilliant’ minds honored
USA Today
Examining ancient trees, probing black holes and observing cannibalistic spiders are all part of the job for young researchers honored in Popular Science’s fourth annual “Brilliant 10” feature.
Amy Barger used data from multiple telescopes to study black holes, becoming a pioneer in studies of light wavelength. A cosmologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she is now studying how the activity of black holes relates to star formation and possible origins of the universe.
Some in Burlington resist effort to help Katrina evacuees (Racine Journal Times)
Racine Journal Times
Quoted: James Danky, a journalism professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who teaches a class on mass media and minorities.
UW System President Reilly: Testimony to the Joint Legislative Audit Committee (WisPolitics.com)
Thank you. Good morning. I want to thank the Committee Co-Chairs, Senator Roessler and Representative Jeskewitz, and all members of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, for the opportunity to continue the dialogue on the important issues before us.
Keg Proposal Does Not Get Support
WIBA Newsradio
A proposal to limit the number of kegs that a person could buy in Madison…..doesn’t have the support of a city panel. The public safety review board last night voted down the idea….which is aimed to cut down on house parties and underage drinking. Alderman Austin King says there are better pro-active ways to deal with the issue.
UW Felons, Back Up Jobs Questioned By Lawmakers
WKOW-TV 27
Some state lawmakers angered that three jailed professors remain university employees, turned up the heat on U-W System administrators.
Members of the Legislative Audit Committee complained that it takes far too long for the U-W System to fire convicted felons.
Mayor Considers Closing State Street Bars Early On Halloween
WISC-TV 3
MADISON, Wis. — Fed up with violence by Halloween partiers, Madison’s mayor has threatened to use a special authority to close down all businesses
“Yes, We Can” Campaign Starts Thursday
UWBadgers.com
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin football team, the Madison School Districtââ?¬â?¢s Elementary Schools and the Community Action Coalition of South Central Wisconsin are teaming up to assist the hungry in our community.
Close early on Halloween? No way, bars say
Wisconsin State Journal
Madison wants State Street- area bars to voluntarily close 90 minutes early to shorten the massive Halloween party there next month.
But bars, after being hit with legal costs for cooperating with the city on a drink specials ban and being hit with a local minimum wage, smoking ban and proposal for mandatory paid sick leave, are saying no way.
“This is not going to happen,” said Barb Mercer, president of the Dane County Tavern League. “This is an industry that has been beaten up, sat on, chewed up and spit out. I’m angry.”