MADISON, Wis. — Problem partygoers better bring extra cash if they come to Madison for Halloween.
Halloween Rioters Will Pay For Problems This Year
WISC-TV 3
Author: jplucas
Second Article Pins Madison as Hot Spot for Halloween Mayhem
NBC-15
More bad news as Madison gets ready for Halloween 2004.
AÃ? second article has been published surrounding the infamous State Street Halloween bash. In the new October issue of Maxim magazine, the annual event is calledÃ? ââ?¬Å?just plain mad.ââ?¬Â The article describes the State Street scene of 2002, and advises attendees to dress as a riot cop to fit in.
State Street Halloween: Anarchy Vs. Homegrown Fun
WISC-TV 3
A downtown business owner says the collective anxiety level along State Street about the annual Halloween bash just went up.
Living, Learning Go Hand-in-hand With Innovative Housing Options Study Communities, On-site Tutors And More Can Help Keep Students On Academic Track.
Wisconsin State Journal
Eat, sleep, party … yes, that is all part of life in university housing, but academics are creeping out of classrooms into campus housing around the country, including UW-Madison.
There is no excuse to be late when the classroom is right in your residence hall, an arrangement for a third of all freshman composition classes at UW-Madison. Of course, students rolling out of bed into morning classes may not be at their peak.
Dorm sweet dorm
Wisconsin State Journal
Like Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, UW-Madison students Stacy Blackburn and Leslie Lamont have been decorating their new home at college. Both sets of roomies have top-floor digs in high-rises, the famous twins in New York because they’re going to NYU.
Yet while the twins have more than 5,000 square feet, no one would call the Madison students’ Ogg Hall room a penthouse.
Another ineffective prohibition
Daily Cardinal
As many students have read, been told and repeatedly reminded, the use of empty alcohol containers as room decoration by underage residents of UW-Madison Housing is no longer permitted. Although the campus staff may have had the best intentions in mind while devising this new policy, the only noticeable changes will be superficial at best.
30th Anniversary of Wisconsin Women’s Athletics Celebration Planned
UWBadgers.com
MADISON, Wis. – Badger women athletes mark your calendars for a 30th Anniversary Celebration. The University of Wisconsin-Madison will celebrate 30 years of Womenââ?¬â?¢s Intercollegiate Athletics during a weekend of festivities in Madison on Saturday-Sunday, January 29-30, 2005. (Athletic Communications)
Stem Cell Claims Face Legal Hurdles (Science)
Researchers hoping to sew up rights to discoveries involving human embryonic stem (ES) cells in Europe are facing an uphill battle.
Police, UW map strategies for Halloween
Wisconsin State Journal
Strategies such as increased fines and making more food available to revelers were discussed Thursday night as Madison police and university representatives met with the Downtown Coordinating Committee about controlling Madison’s annual Halloween celebration.
Plenty to do for gameday
Wisconsin State Journal
They come to this dingy, dimly lit room in the bowels of Camp Randall Stadium to answer tough questions and make important decisions that pertain to you, the University of Wisconsin football fan.
Is it OK to bring video cameras to the game?
What about those charcoal grills being used by tailgaters atop the parking ramp in Lot 17?
Baggott: A practice with hidden purpose
Wisconsin State Journal
When a guy calls at the last minute asking for a date, then orders out for pizza and soda, what kind of love connection should he expect
Wiley: Students more politically active than any time since Vietnam (Bisnow on Business/The Hill)
John D. Wiley, Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Madison since early 2001, says the level of political awareness is greater than at� anytime in the thirty years heâ��s been on campus and unseen since the Vietnam era.
UW-Madison gets $13 million to study nanotech
Wisconsin Technology Network
MADISON, Wis. ââ?¬â? A new kind of science is revolutionizing technology, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison just received more than $13 million to harness its potential during the next five years.
House Democrats Press College Associations to Bolster Voter-Registration Efforts on Campuses
Chronicle of Higher Education
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter on Thursday urging the presidents of eight higher-education associations to improve voter registration at their member institutions. The letter cited a survey showing that 35 percent of colleges are not working to register their students in compliance with the Higher Education Act of 1998.
Editorial: Time to ante up for science
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
If Wisconsin is serious about going head to head with other states looking for high-tech jobs – and it had better be – it must not drop the ball on stem cell research. To do so would betray Wisconsin’s scientific legacy in this promising new field of biomedical study.
Santiago issues call for UWM to step up
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Chancellor Carlos Santiago on Thursday challenged the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to live up to its status as a public research institution, saying that to do so, the school must “fundamentally enhance” its research and academic profile.
U. of Calif. to Raise Bar for Admission (AP)
Yahoo! News
SAN FRANCISCO – University of California officials have raised the bar for admission to the prestigious system, despite protests the decision will hinder enrollment of disadvantaged students.
Network ban in dorm creates student uproar (Ft. Worth Star Telegram)
It’s OK to make college students do more homework, write longer papers or even pay higher tuition.
But mess with their Internet access and you’ll get some high-tech turmoil.
Through the power of blogs, or online journals, news that officials at the University of Texas at Dallas were trying to restrict students from using personal wireless networks grew from a local dispute to a national online debate on student rights.
Former Prescott’s owner donates $2.1 million for Parkinson’s research
Milwaukee Business Journal
The Prescott family is also donating $500,000 to the Waisman Center, a medical research facility at the University of Wisconsin-Madison that is conducting research on Parkinson’s disease;
The Candidates’ Advertising War (PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer)
Featured: Ken Goldstein, associate professor of political science and director of the advertising project at the University of Wisconsin. (Text and audio.)
Marshall man staring at possible 12th drunken driving conviction
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Nina Emerson, director of the Resource Center on Impaired Driving at the UW- Madison Law School
UW NOTES: Private donations boost renovation
Wisconsin State Journal
When University of Wisconsin Athletic Department officials outlined their plan to finance the renovation of Camp Randall Stadium, they counted on two sources of income.
Regional dictionary proves spoken, written culture more diverse than ever (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
ATLANTA ââ?¬â? If you know that a preacher’s nose is something to eat for Sunday dinner, along with light bread, chances are you’re from the South.
And if you can identify tangle-breeches as a kind of cruller, you’re probably from Pennsylvania or Maryland.
Television was supposed to homogenize language so much so that everyone would talk like the folks on the 6 o’clock news. But that hasn’t happened, says Joan Houston Hall, editor of the Dictionary of American Regional English, a multivolume work in progress from Harvard University Press.
Cleveland rated poorest big city in U.S. (AP)
MSNBC.com
Quoted: Tom Kaplan, the associate director of the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
There’s more to Wisconsin than just cheese (Centre, Pa. Daily Times)
Aggregate Research Industries
We called the student newspaper at the University of Wisconsin, The Daily Cardinal, and asked around the news room for someone to review their college town. Amos Posner, an opinion editor, was happy to oblige. Here are his picks for what to do in Madison. Rip out the page and shove it in your bag if you plan to attend Saturday’s game.
NSF Awards 6 Universities $69-Million for Nanotechnology Centers
Chronicle of Higher Education
University of Wisconsin at Madison: The Center for Templated Synthesis and Assembly at the Nanoscale will receive $13.4-million for research on the self-assembly of complex materials and building blocks, including biological materials, at the nanoscale level. (Subscription required.)
UWM’s Santiago expects research
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A growing number of seemingly random books rest on the shelves of Carlos Santiago’s office. One is about computer science. Another is in Arabic. All appear to be academic.
They are the publications, authored or edited, by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee faculty. The books are flowing in at the request of Santiago, who started as UWM’s chancellor in July. If the new chancellor cares about anything, it’s tangible results.
Vote Policies Impeding Students
Washington Post
Voting-rights activists say that officials nationwide have unfairly discouraged or prevented college students from taking part in the electoral process.
Halloween Horror
NBC-15
With fewer than six weeks until Madison’s annual State Street Halloween event takes place, business owners and city officials may already be spooked. An article in a recent issue of Sports Illustrated magazine campus insert is touting the event as a stop on their upcoming Road Trip report and area businesses and city officials say the stop is more trick than treat.
Mary Conroy: Still wearing blinders on minority hiring
Joyce Jones has lived in Madison all her adult life. She went to UW-Madison as an undergraduate, did very well academically and enjoyed her experience. Even though other African-American students have experienced discrimination at the UW, Jones says she had a very positive undergraduate experience.
Price of security
Badger Herald
For the second consecutive year, the University of Wisconsin is picking up the tab for the federally-mandated Student and Exchange Visitor Information System. SEVIS, an electronic database designed to track and monitor international students, was implemented in 2003 as part of the USA Patriot Act and is meant to prevent terrorists from entering the United States on student visas.
Inmates’ phone rates an issue before County Board
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Bill Whitford, a UW-Madison law professor, called the phone rates a tax on some of Dane County’s poorest citizens.
Kerry plans pre-debate Spring Green stay
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Stephen Lucas, a professor of communication arts at UW- Madison
Smith: SI’s Halloween promo is no joke on State Street
Wisconsin State Journal
Of course Sports Illustrated On Campus picked Madison as its only Midwestern stop on its annual Road Trip.
They loved Wisconsin’s traditional tailgate parties, Bucky Badger and our beautiful campus, right?
Wrong.
They’re visiting Wisconsin because we have really great riots.
Poll: Jews still favor Kerry (JTA News)
JTA
Quoted: Ken Goldstein, professor of political science and Judaic studies at the University of Wisconsin
For some international students, a long, uncertain road to U.S. (The Michigan Daily)
The Michigan Daily
After completing her undergraduate degree at Lawrence University in Wisconsin, Wenjie Chen, an international student from Germany, decided she wanted to come to Ann Arbor to get her doctorate in economics.
Even though she had spent four years studying in the United States, she still had to go through the new procedures of applying for a visa. ââ?¬Å?Itââ?¬â?¢s a long process, and definitely a frustrating one,ââ?¬Â Chen said.
Kerry to prep in southwestern Wisconsin for TV debate (AP)
The Wichita Eagle
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist Charles Franklin
School district, UW-L project going international
La Crosse Tribune
An international/multicultural elementary school that would offer at least one foreign language is being considered thanks to a new partnership between the La Crosse School District and University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
Fuel cell converts waste to power (Technology Research News)
Technology Research News
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin at Madison have found a way to use the carbon monoxide to produce more energy in a reaction that can take place at room temperature.
Colleges awarded grant for nanotech (Boston Globe)
Boston Globe
Yesterday the NSF issued awards to six new nanotech centers, from the University of Wisconsin to the University of California at Berkeley, bringing to 14 the number of centers funded since 2000. So far, the foundation has committed a total of $250 million to the effort.
Considering college climate, parents must stay involved
USA Today
By John Zmirak, editor of Choosing the Right College, published by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute.
I don’t have a child in college this fall. But millions of Americans do, and parents often find it difficult to just let their children go, unsure of exactly what they will encounter this semester and beyond.
College Choices Are Limited for Students From Needy Families, Report Says
Chronicle of Higher Education
Most students from low-income families never consider going to college, and those who do tend to go to community and for-profit colleges, according to a report released on Tuesday by the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education. (Subscription required.)
UC frat members worried about drinking habit (Boulder Daily Camera)
Boulder Daily Camera
Gordie Bailey’s University of Colorado fraternity brothers were worried about him the night the 18-year-old pledge died and in the weeks before that because of his drinking habits, a Chi Psi member said Tuesday.
University housing going ââ?¬Ë?new school’
USA Today
Upgrades, privacy, high-tech amenities are what it takes to attract, retain the kids of baby boomers. Heather McIntosh is an only child. She always had privacy ââ?¬â? her own bedroom and bathroom. Until she went to college.
Sports Illustrated On Campus Highlights Madison (WIBA)
WIBA Newsradio
Sports Illustrated on Campus is bragging that its annual fall Road Trip will make a stop in Madison for the Halloween party on State Street. And, the magazine is telling readers to “mark Ocotber 31st on your calendar with an anar
Is State Street a Safe Street? (nbc15.com)
NBC-15
“There’s no reason why you shouldn’t be able to feel safe walking downtown, and that makes me mad.” He may be angry today, but early Saturday morning fear was the emotion firmly gripping State Street resident Travis Knapp.
Will Increased Alcohol Fines Keep Students From Drinking? (nbc15.com)
NBC-15
At last year’s State Street Halloween riot theÃ? fine forÃ? throwing a rock or beerÃ? bottleÃ? was $71.Ã? This year it might cost $288. That’s because the Common Council is looking into dramatically increasing the fines for many alcohol related offenses.Ã?Â
Wisconsin a leader in organic agriculture
www.wisbusiness.com
Quoted: Matt Mariola of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and Michelle Miller and John Hendrickson of the Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems.
Step up investment in stem-cell work
Wisconsin State Journal
Stem cell research, for all practical purposes, was invented in Wisconsin. But as a national competition for high-tech businesses heats up, the state risks blowing its head start. If that happens, we’ll forfeit thousands of high- wage jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars to more farsighted state
A monetary attack on students – The Daily Cardinal – Opinion
Daily Cardinal
Today Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, will make a proposal to the Madison City Council, outlining a plan to increase the monetary penalties for drinking-related offenses. These penalties include tickets for throwing objects such as rocks, public urination and disorderly conduct
PACE works to stifle speech in student newspapers
Badger Herald
Flipping through the pages of The Pitt News last year, University of Pittsburgh students could read a feature called ââ?¬Å?Drink Specialsââ?¬Â where prices of drinks at local bars were published by the newspaper, free of charge
Closed classes snag students
Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin offers approximately 4,500 courses. Each semester UW students battle the Internet registration system for access to their desired classes.
50-billion-ton `Spud Rock’ is ready for its close-up (Orlando Sentinel)
Orlando Sentinel
Quoted: University of Wisconsin professor Steven Dutch. (Login required.)
One hole of a mystery stumps area family (Shawano Leader)
Shawano Leader
Quoted: Richard Slaughter, Geology Museum director at UW-Madison
Textbook Prices On the Rise
Washington Post
As college students across the country settle into their dorms and class routines this month, many of them are feeling the lingering pinch of an unexpected bill: the high price of college textbooks.
To fight Lou Gehrig’s disease, Caledonia man is headed to China (Racine Journal Times Online)
Racine Journal Times
Quoted: Dr. Benjamin Rix Brooks, a professor of neurology at the University of Wisconsin Medical School
UW freshman crowned Miss Latina Racine (Racine Journal Times)
Racine Journal Times
RACINE – Carmen De LaCruz, an 18-year-old freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was named Miss Latina Racine Friday night during a scholarship banquet at Festival Hall.
Editorial: Educational alarms
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Despite giving some good grades, a new report card on higher education in Wisconsin sounds alarms the state should heed.
The share of young people who attend college is shrinking in Wisconsin, and faster than in the nation as a whole, according to the analysis, conducted by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, an independent think tank
Murky partisan politics mar stem-cell debate (Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune)
Quoted: Terry Devitt, who is a spokesman for the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Poll shows Wisconsin moves toward Bush (AP)
Quoted: Ken Goldstein, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison