New surveys of the Wisconsin electorate show residents are more likely to vote for Democrats in the presidential primary and approval of the state Legislature has dropped significantly since the spring because of the past budget impasse.
A UW-Madison student dressed as mascot Bucky Badger at Saturdayâ??s hockey game against North Dakota will receive an apology from a Sioux hockey player who slashed him on the shins, The Capital Times reported Tuesday.
The old Ogg Hallâ??s era has come to an end but thanks to â??The One and Only Ogg Blog,â? hundreds of former residents have shared their memories and even requested pieces of the building.
In the wake of the apartment fire on Carroll Street Saturday, Dean of Students Lori Berquam said displaced UW-Madison students have received close to $5000 from UW-Madisonâ??s Student Crisis Loan Fund.
When University of Wisconsin students approached Dean of Students Lori Berquam with the â??Think Campaignâ? in spring 2006, the idea was easy to support. Fighting oppressive attitudes on campus seemed to be uniquely opportune, especially in light of the anti-gay incident in Ogg Hall.
If the University of Iowa administration gets its way, students at the university had better cancel their Thursday night party plans.
Wednesday, 3:30 p.m., Espresso Royale on lower State Street. The drone of a latte machine and the gentle throb of the indie music mix permeate the cafe.
The first man banned from the entire UW-Madison campus was sentenced to nearly six months in Dane County Jail Monday after pleading no contest last Wednesday to three charges against him. As required by the sentencing, Albert Wellstein, a 52-year-old UW-Madison alumnus, will serve time for resisting a police officer and misdemeanor bail jumping in May 2007, and for violating a harassment restraining order banning him from the UW-Madison campus in September 2007.
A UW-Madison education does not just happen on campus, but stretches across the globe.
This week marks the eighth annual International Education Week, and UW-Madison is recognizing its efforts as a global university.
It is important for students to know that their fellow students play an important role in selecting the art displayed at our Wisconsin Union. Also, students have produced a vast number of the art we hold in our collections. I regret to report that there has been a recent string of vandalism in our Memorial Union and Union South that has destroyed pieces of our art collection.
Affirmative action is a withering cause. Since the late 1970s, state referendums and court rulings have given the program a slow but steady beating â?? a bruising that must give comfort to opponents of racial equality everywhere.
In a column I wrote last semester I referred to the new UW holistic admissions policy as racist. I think that the policy adopted by the Board of Regents seeks to solve a legitimate problem â?? a lack of diversity on UW System campuses â?? but does so without addressing any of the underlying causes of why minority students in Wisconsin are unprepared for college.
A man who was arrested in September for violating a court order to stay away from the University of Wisconsin campus was charged with four months in Dane County Jail on Monday.
Madison Fire Department officials said Monday a weekend fire at a downtown apartment will surpass early damage estimates, with possibly more than $500,000 in damages.
Over the years, University of Wisconsin Chancellor John Wiley has expressed a great deal of discontentment with Badger fansâ?? behavior during home football games.
The Chronicle of Higher Education released an annual survey Monday reporting the total compensations for U.S. university presidents, chancellors and rectors.
he UW System Board of Regents outlined plans to implement its Growth Agenda through new accountability initiatives at its regular monthly meeting Friday.
Early Saturday morning an apartment fire on North Carroll Street left more than 30 peopleâ??most UW-Madison studentsâ??homeless after Madison firefighters spent several minutes battling the flames.
Several UW-Madison student organizations will be able to re-apply for eligibility to receive university funding the Associated Students of Madisonâ??s Student Judiciary.ruled Friday.
According to the ruling, ASMâ??s Student Services Finance Committee misinterpreted bylaw criteria when it denied funding to groups earlier this semester and must re-evaluate any group that was previously denied funding based solely on the bylaw.
I am writing to describe to you my experience at this weekâ??s football game, which was one of the best and worst experiences I have had at a Badger game.
College students facing life-threatening illnesses would no longer have to worry about remaining full-time students in order to keep their health insurance, if Gov. Jim Doyle signs a recently passed bill into law.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents discussed the future of postsecondary education in Wisconsin during a meeting Friday.
Two University of Wisconsin faculty members were honored Thursday for their contributions to programs supporting female UW students.
The Associated Students of Madisonâ??s Student Judiciary issued a ruling Friday in response to the Roman Catholic Foundation of the University of Wisconsinâ??s appeal in hopes of receiving student segregated fees.
By sifting through global agricultural data and economic indicators, UW-Madison scientists identified countries best positioned to enter the quickly growing biofuel marketplace.
UW-Madison may top the list in academics and athletics, but the university fails to compete with other universities regarding faculty salaries.
The UW System Board of Regents discussed the emerging College Portrait initiative Thursday, highlighting a feature that would measure how much students learn between their freshman and senior years in college.
UW-Madison ranked second in a list of top national research universities for the 2006 fiscal year, improving from third in 2005, according to statistics released Thursday by the National Science Foundation.
After Wednesdayâ??s column, Wisconsin Union Communications Director Marc Kennedy attacked my piece as being full of inaccuracies and â??patently false.â?
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents heard a presentation Thursday about how information from each campus will be collected and compiled with the intention of improving accountability.
Thousands of parents will have a chance to participate in the University of Wisconsin experience this weekend, as a part of the Wisconsin Alumni Associationâ??s First Year Parentsâ?? Weekend 2007.
The University of Wisconsin will now be able to schedule games against teams with American Indian symbols and names after the Faculty Senate approved a new policy regarding athletic competitions Monday.
The University of Wisconsin spends nearly $900 million in research annually and has claimed top positions in national research rankings, according to a National Science Foundation report released Thursday.
Earlier this year, ESPNâ??s Scott Van Pelt called Madison the â??greatest college sports town in America.â?
UW-Madisonâ??s Wisconsin Singers, a song and dance ensemble, will celebrate its 40th anniversary this weekend with campus performances.
A U.S. District Court judge ruled Wednesday that UW-Madison and the state of Wisconsin violated the federal Clean Air Act by expelling excess emissions from Madisonâ??s Charter Street Heating Plant during major renovations from 2001-â??04.
From a swanky tapas bar to a gloriously carnivorous Brazilian grill, the recent additions to the roster of Madisonâ??s downtown restaurants are very exciting for many University of Wisconsin students. However, one restaurant opening that will surely have the greatest impact on these individuals is last Sundayâ??s grand opening of Rhetaâ??s at Chadbourne Residential Collegeâ??s newly redesigned dining hall.
There are many inaccuracies in Jason Smathersâ?? â??opinionâ? piece (â??Labor Scandal at Wisconsin Union?â?) published in The Badger Herald Nov. 7.
A search-and-screen committee named three finalists for the University of Wisconsinâ??s Vice Provost for Diversity and Climate Wednesday.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents will convene Thursday and Friday, and among their discussion topics is a new accountability report.
A man arrested in September at the Red Gym for violating a court order to stay off the University of Wisconsin campus until May 2011 plead no contest to charges Wednesday.
The Wisconsin Union denied two employeesâ?? accusations of mistreating illegal immigrant workers Wednesday.
A University of Wisconsin heating plant is in violation of the federal Clean Air Act, a judge ruled Wednesday.
Union directors and UW police said Tuesday they would collaborate with students to streamline union event policies, in response to complaints police unfairly cancelled several social fraternity events this semester.
UW Police are investigating a suspended UW-Madison student who wrote potentially threatening e-mails to UW-Madison English department faculty last week and issued a poster Monday to alert faculty in Helen C. White Hall.
The University of Wisconsin Alliance for Programming Equality and UW Police Department reached an agreement Tuesday to open communication about safety in planning Union events.
In Madison, not a day goes by without someone â?? a student, an activist or a bystander â?? yelling his opinions, declarations or grievances from a makeshift soapbox.
The UW-Madison Athletic Departmentâ??s revenue for varsity team sports is up $4 million from last year, totaling $82.6 million, according to a report submitted to the U.S. Department of Education Tuesday.
UW-Madison faculty members Ahna Skop and Sterling Johnson were among 58 researchers awarded the 2006 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers Thursday at the White House in Washington, D.C.
Jeopardy! producers and UW-Madison officials announced Thursday that UW-Madison will host the 2008 Jeopardy! College Championship April 11 and 12.
Gov. Jim Doyleâ??s Wisconsin Covenant program received $40 million in endowment Thursday to fund lower-income students pledging the higher education plan.
In his story (â??Law School warns students of strange man,â? Oct. 18), Pedro Oliveira condones how some persons from the Law School have damaged the reputations of Alfred Fares and myself.
Students from across the nation will gather on the University of Wisconsin campus this weekend to discuss strategies for combating national and world hunger and homelessness.
Despite recent announcements of price increases and the failure to reach an agreement with the Big Ten Network, Charter Communications has not received a significant number of complaints from its customers.
This Big Ten university will be home of the Jeopardy College Championship 2008.
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With Charter still in conflict with the Big Ten Network, bars and restaurants across Madison will be televising this Saturdayâ??s game against Ohio State University for those who cannot watch it on regular cable television.
Many fans throughout Wisconsin will not be able to cheer on the Badgers as they play Ohio State University this Saturday because the game will only be aired on the Big Ten Network, a company currently unaffiliated with Charter Communications.
University of Wisconsin Marching Band Director Michael Leckrone has been awarded a lifetime achievement award in music, marking the second time this award has ever been given.
Although most people are knowledgeable about the positive effects of antidepressants (a.k.a. â??happy pillsâ?), far fewer are aware of the dark side of these drugsâ??the same pills prescribed to help make patients happy may be leading some patients to suicide.
This weekend, Madison will host the cityâ??s first environmental film festival to explore and celebrate the power of film as a force of environmental change.
