The Badger Herald reported yesterday (â??UW apologizes for showing film with racial slurs,â? Oct. 15) that a black student objected to clips from â??Blazing Saddlesâ? shown at a recent â??training seminar.â?
U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., visited UW-Madisonâ??s Chadbourne Residential College Monday evening, speaking with students on the issues of the economy, energy and heath care.
University Health Services began offering free flu vaccinations Monday in hopes of decreasing the number of student illnesses this year.
The University of Wisconsin has apologized to a black student shown a clip from the 1974 satire â??Blazing Saddlesâ? that featured several racial slurs in a November 2007 training seminar at the Pyle Center.
Two University of Wisconsin students were sexually assaulted over the weekend, in two separate incidents within three blocks of each other.
As part of the Distinguished Lecture Series, UW-Madison Professor Emeritus of political science Robert Booth Fowler spoke Sunday about Wisconsin voting trends that may affect the approaching election.
Over the past weeks, the economy has become one of the dominant issues in the country. College financial aid, and thus studentsâ?? access to higher education, is one area that experts feel will be drastically affected by the financial turmoil.
The University of Wisconsin Marching Band performed at Saturdayâ??s Badger match against Penn State after university officials suspended them Oct. 3 for allegations of hazing.
James Pawley is unimpressed with University of Wisconsinâ??s sustainability efforts. A UW zoology professor, he teaches a course called â??Responding to Global Warming,â? one of his many efforts to keep students active in going green.
Police are investigating a sexual assault that was reported downtown early Sunday morning.
Top advisers for each of the two presidential candidatesâ?? campaigns debated issues surrounding the countryâ??s tumultuous economic situation on campus Friday afternoon.
A total of 43 citations were issued for Saturday nightâ??s University of Wisconsin football game against Penn State, up from the Oct. 4 night game against Ohio State.
The Union Design Committee focused their meeting Thursday night on sustainability, particularly water usage, as they forged ahead with plans for the new south campus union.
After allegations of hazing silenced the University of Wisconsin Marching Band last week, the band will play at Saturdayâ??s football game against Penn State as officials lifted their suspension Thursday.
University of Wisconsin graduate Linnea Smith shared stories Thursday about her life-changing vacation to Peru, and said her two-decade trip transformed her medical career.
The University of Wisconsin Marching Band will perform at Saturdayâ??s football game, ending their indefinite suspension following hazing allegations, officials announced Thursday.
Seven hundred and sixty University of Wisconsin faculty are expected to retire in the next 10 years, posing yet another challenge to the recruitment and retention issue at the university.
As someone who despises public relations on a general moral principle, it takes a lot for me to say this: I want to see a press release from or written on behalf of University of Wisconsin Chancellor Biddy Martin.
University of Wisconsin officials suspect some Marching Band members were sexually fondled or forced to drink alcohol against their will in a recent road trip, two of several allegations that resulted in the bandâ??s suspension from last Saturdayâ??s football game.
A Madison man led police and witnesses on a chase through the downtown area after he cut through a window screen and stole a laptop from an apartment Monday evening.
The Madison Common Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the cityâ??s proposed contract for Freakfest 2008 and to allow the appropriation of $40,000 of Madison Police contingent reserve funds to fund security for the event.
It was pouring rain, but that didnâ??t stop University of Wisconsin custodians from showing up to picket Tuesday afternoon.
For the first time since allegations of hazing came out last week, the University of Wisconsin Band practiced Tuesday for Saturdayâ??s football game, with the knowledge they may not perform.
UW-Madisonâ??s dean of studentsâ?? office is in the process of conducting individual interviews with UW Marching Band members in the hazing investigation that led to the suspension of the entire band Friday for the game against Ohio State.
The tone of the first 2008-â??09 Faculty Senate meeting Monday turned from a welcome for new Chancellor Biddy Martin to concerns over the suspension of the UW Marching Band from last weekendâ??s football game and the recent resignation of a faculty member from the Athletic Board.
Nearly a decade after the city enacted a plan to revamp State Street, residents and officials gathered Monday to celebrate the grand reopening of Madisonâ??s signature downtown drag.
The University of Wisconsin Faculty Senate voted Monday to support changing the name of Campus Drive to honor a former UW professor who created a popular blood thinner.
Finding a job in investment banking has always been a top priority for University of Wisconsin senior Ross Chapman.
The UW System Board of Regents approved a new draft of rule revisions to Chapters 17 and 18 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code at a meeting Friday, which moves the changes to the next stage in the process.
Taped versions of â??On Wisconsinâ? and â??Varsityâ? were the only sounds of the UW Marching Band Saturday during the Badgers-Ohio State football gameâ??a result of Band Director Mike Leckrone suspending the band for misconduct allegations.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents moved forward Friday with the finalization process of a newly revised set of student misconduct policies.
The band wasnâ??t playing and the Badgers didnâ??t take the victory, but University of Wisconsin officials have one thing to be satisfied about after Saturdayâ??s game against Ohio State: The number of arrests and citations has slightly decreased from to last yearâ??s night game.
For the first time in his 40-year tenure as director of the University of Wisconsin Marching Band, Mike Leckroneâ??s group did not play at Saturdayâ??s home football game, as the Badgers lost to the Ohio State Buckeyes 20-17.
UW System Board of Regents revealed Thursday a new system wide accountability proposal to be released this spring.
A passage in the brain may determine caloric intake and therefore obesity, University of Wisconsin researchers announced Thursday.
The Board of Regents convened for their monthly meeting at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Thursday to discuss accountability, student misconduct and campus safety issues.
Officials urged students to â??Roll out the Red Carpetâ? for Ohio State football fans in Madison for Saturday nightâ??s game at Camp Randall.
UW-Madisonâ??s newest emergency communication method, WiscAlerts-Text, underwent its first test-run Wednesday afternoon.
Dean of Students Lori Berquam released the 2008-â??09 Campus Safety Guide in a mass e-mail sent to UW-Madison students Wednesday.
The UW Credit Union announced a $215,000 donation to the universityâ??s â??Great people. Great place.â? scholarship initiative Tuesday, and agreed to match member donations dollar-for-dollar up to an additional $215,000 through the end of the year.
Actors Adam Brody and Joy Bryant spoke to a full crowd at Memorial Union Wednesday as a part of a nationwide campus tour to mobilize young supporters to elect Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in November.
The University of Wisconsin could receive nearly $1 million for need-based scholarships within the next several years as a result of the combined efforts of the University of Wisconsin Credit Union and the UW Foundation.
After two recent sexual assaults on campus, local officials reminded students and Madison residents Tuesday to take precautions both day and night.
Although Wisconsin suffered a heartbreaking 27-25 defeat at Michigan last Saturday, one bright spot for the team was the introduction of redshirt freshman wide receiver Nick Toon into the offense. While Toon played in the games against Akron and Marshall, he recorded his first reception as a Badger against the Wolverines in the Big House, a pitch and catch from quarterback Allan Evridge for 18 yards.
The University of Wisconsin System will take the next step this week in updating its student misconduct policy, which, if approved, could lead to serious changes in the way students are disciplined by officials.
Effective for Saturdayâ??s football game against Ohio State, University of Wisconsin students will be assigned a seat and given a ticket just as they were in 2007, officials said Tuesday.
UW-Madison prides itself on numerous aspects that allow it to stand out amongst other major universities, such as the revolutionary research it conducts or its reputation for competitive sports programs. Unfortunately, the latter mention tends to outdo the first in terms of campus notoriety.
A possible Madison Area Crime Stoppers software upgrade could allow UW-Madison students and city residents to text message anonymous tips to help solve city crimes.
In an effort to improve safety and awareness among college students, an innovative new website called UCrime.com is combining Google Maps and police incident reports to help students track crime at UW-Madison and other campuses across the country.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents will decide whether to grant pay raises to four UW System chancellors Friday.
Following a failed chancellor search at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, a consultant released a range of suggestions Friday for the system to improve future searches.
A controversial beer pong display at a local Walgreens came down over the weekend after leaders said it promoted binge drinking.
UW-Madison can give money to religious student organizations, but is also allowed to deny funding to the groups, according to a federal district judgeâ??s ruling Wednesday.
Members of the city and university police departments addressed a group of Madison residents Thursday in the Memorial Union in an effort to increase awareness about safety and crime prevention measures.
City and university officials teamed up Thursday and urged Madison residents to be on high alert after a string of violent robberies in the downtown area.
Students seeking mental health services can now look to a new guide released on Tuesday for ways to find help and learn more about their legal rights.
Frequenters of downtown Madison will not be able to celebrate the completion of State Street construction for long, as city planners met Thursday to discuss various construction projects that will last until 2013.
More than a dozen robberies and burglaries on the University of Wisconsin campus are being linked by a common theme: violence.
UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee have joined forces to provide graduate students a unique opportunity to take classes at the other university, while staying enrolled at and graduating from their own school.
After city officials hinted last week that partygoers could expect a popular headlining act at Madisonâ??s Halloween celebration this year, Mayor Dave Cieslewicz announced Wednesday the band O.A.R. landed the gig for the upcoming Freakfest 2008.
