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Students at the University of Wisconsin now have access to more than e-mail with new online services offered by the Division of Information Technology.

With thousands of new students on campus this fall, many alone for the first time, safety is a vital concern.

(UNDATED) Dorm residents at the University of Wisconsin-Madison can expect long distance telephone service for only one more year. The popularity of cell phones is largely behind the restriction. (First item)

CliffsNotes, a boon or crutch for students, depending on your perspective, plans to announce today that its 180 literature guides can be read free at cliffsnotes.com.

A survey in the September issue of Men�s Health Magazine has ranked Madison the 11th most dangerously drunk city in the nation.

Empty bottles of Jack Daniels and Bacardi Razz will no longer decorate UW-Madison dorm rooms.

After reviewing the alcohol policies of UW-Madison housing, campus staff made the decision to no longer allow students under 21 years of age to keep empty alcohol containers in their living areas, according to a letter sent to incoming dorm residents by UW-Madison Housing director Paul Evans.

After leaning over the balcony of a house party at 453 Mifflin St. the evening of Saturday, Aug. 28, UW-Madison freshman Jason Gratzl fell two stories and sustained critical injuries on what was his first night in Madison.

“[Graztl] moved in at one that afternoon,” Witte Hall Residence Life Coordinator Magpie Martinez said, adding that she believed he spent the majority of the day with his parents.

The former head of the UW-Madison chapter of the Black Student Union, Christopher Loving, appeared in court Thursday to answer charges of misdemeanor theft after allegedly embezzling $1,395.68 of the group’s funds.

A gun-wielding man confronted and beat three men in two separate incidents downtown early Wednesday morning, and police still do not have any information about the suspect, according to Lt. Pat Ma

Police suspect that the same gun-wielding man beat three young men in two separate downtown incidents early today.

What better way to get 600 people acquainted at the same time…than to play a game most of them probably hadn’t played since they were kids. The UW-Madison students living in Sellery Hall on campus this year played what might be the world’s largest game of “telephone” last night. That’s where one person whispers a phrase to the next person in line, and so on until the last person hopefully gets the original message right. Tyler Johnson of St. Paul was last in line last night…and while he didn’t get it exactly, he tells WIBA news…he didn’t cheat.Ã?  Johnson yelled out “UW-Madison Rocks”…but the original message was “Go Big Red.” The UW plans to contact the Guinness Book of World Records to see if the students set one.

The ongoing project for University of Wisconsin officials and students to improve safety on campus recently took a step forward.

A new electronically monitored door-access system and door security cameras were added to Sellery, Witte, Ogg and Chadbourne residence halls at the end of spring semester.

Come this fall, a massive, widespread voter registration effort will inundate campus to ensure that a record number of 18- to 24-year-olds go to the polls and cast their ballot this election. Students can expect to be bombarded by both presidential campaigns and a number of non-partisan groups as part of an ââ?¬Å?historic get-out-the-vote effortââ?¬Â targeting new voter

For one University of Wisconsin freshman, the excitement of his first weekend living away from home ended in disaster.

At a time when many students were preparing for the new fall semester, Kevin Prosen was acclimating himself to an entirely different, and potentially hostile, situation.

Prosen, a University of Wisconsin senior, was in New York City protesting the Republican National Convention.

Whether Flip Night will continue as a staple of the Madison social scene is up in the air. And the days of cheap Jack and Cokes might be limited.

Although months away, Halloween is already a hot topic.

The Associated Students of Madison led a proposal to allow a live band to perform longer and to keep bars and restaurants open later during this year�s Halloween party.

It�s 10:42 p.m. on a Wednesday evening, one week before classes begin at the University of Wisconsin.

Tim Kong, a UW junior, is headed out with friends to the Madison bars for a night of drinking and partying.

Student falls from 2nd story balcony
For one University of Wisconsin freshman, the excitement of his first weekend living away from home ended in disaster.

As of Tuesday afternoon, 18-year-old Witte resident Jason Gratzl was listed in critical condition at UW Hospital after falling from a second-floor balcony late Saturday night. He was attending a party at 453 W. Mifflin St.

In light of recent summer assaults, two city officials are pushing a proposal that would require landlords to have exterior locks on all buildings with more than two apartments

The former president of the University of Wisconsin chapter of the Black Student Union was charged with theft of approximately $1,400 of the student group�s funds.