UW-Madisonâ??s in-state tuition and fees for the 2007-08 academic year increased by 7 percent, a rate on average with state and public universities of its kind, the College Board announced Monday.
Controversial conservative author David Horowitz addressed a mixed crowd of protesters and supporters at the Memorial Union Theater Monday, launching a week-long campaign discussing the dangers of fascist Islamic governments.
By Britney Tripp The Daily Cardinal A nonpartisan watchdog group recently showed students have contributed almost $100,000 to political campaigns from 2002 to June 2007 in the state, with some of the larger donations raising ethical concerns.
The state budget came one step closer to being finalized Monday, passing out of the Conference Committee of legislative leaders and gaining support by UW System leaders.
Friday afternoon I received an e-mail from the Campus Antiwar Network. Opening the e-mail I read across the headline: â??TheCampus Antiwar Network and theOffices of the Dean of Studentsbrings youâ?¦.â? Later I read that military deserter, Camilo Mejia, was the â??guest of honorâ? for the event the e-mail was publicizing. This did not sit right in my stomach.
A group of University of Wisconsin students and faculty are concerned over a lack of inclusiveness of the disabled community in decision-making at the Natatorium.
The Wisconsin Alumni Association awarded University of Wisconsin students nearly $569,000 in scholarships for the 2007-08 academic year, the WAA is expected to announce today.
The newest version of the 2007-09 state budget passed through the conference committee 7-1 late Monday afternoon.
The cost of a college education is rising across the country â?? including in Wisconsin.
According to an annual survey released yesterday by the College Board, tuition at both public and private universities across the country has risen 6.6 percent this year. The average in-state tuition at a four-year public university is now $6,185, up $381 from last year.
The University of Wisconsin welcomed the third-largest entering class in history this year, despite talks about the possible negative effects of a still unknown state budget and increased tuition.
During his four years at Wisconsin, Ron Dayneâ??s No. 33 jersey ran past, through and over opposing players, as the bruising tailback amassed an NCAA-record 6,397 yards and won the 1999 Heisman Trophy.
After threats of escalating tuition costs and drastic cuts in course availability, members on the state of Wisconsin Budget Conference Committee agreed on a budget that University of Wisconsin officials said is sufficient.
Conservative author David Horowitz attacked Muslim extremism and anti-Iraq war movements, calling liberals â??unable to add two and two and get fourâ? Monday.
Some UW officials initially felt uncomfortable about asking students awaiting financial aid to appear at a Gov. Jim Doyle press event held in early October, according to recently released documents.
Gov. Jim Doyle and legislative leaders announced Friday that an agreement on the overdue state budget had been reached, with a full vote possible as soon as Tuesday.
Of all the great traditions enrooted at the University of Wisconsin, it is the timeless pledge to â??ever encourage that fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be foundâ? that students ought to be most proud of â?? and most eager to defend.
For the past few weeks, state legislators have gone to bed with visions of their version of the state budget dancing in their heads. Taxpayers, school districts and the University of Wisconsin System slept with dread, as they worried that hopes for a budget before Christmas were dead. But this weekend all woke to a compromise deal instead.
The University of Wisconsin Greek community and Wisconsin Alumni Association welcomed hundreds of Greek alumni to celebrate the 150-year anniversary of sorority and fraternity life on campus.
Drawing concern from liberal and minority-based campus groups, conservative author David Horowitz kicks off a weeklong event at the University of Wisconsin today opposing Muslim extremism.
After sparking an analysis of a mold outbreak problem at Ingraham Hall, University of Wisconsin officials are also facing similar problems in other on campus buildings.
Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle reached a budget agreement with bipartisan legislative leaders late Friday night, but some legislators are still uncertain of its future.
When inspired choreography, dancing and music come together, they grab hold of an audience and don’t let go.
All three elements meshed on Thursday night as a packed house at UW-Madison’s Lathrop Hall basked in 90 minutes of “Concert 10” by Jin-Wen Yu Dance. The evening could have gone on longer, and the viewer’s mind was so entranced it rarely wandered beyond the stage.
Another square-shouldered architectural mass will rise on the UW-Madison campus, a quietly imposing presence to protect the vast riches of the Chazen Museum of Art.
LAST SATURDAY morning Madison city attorney Mike May was in Happy Valley, but he wasn’t smiling. Just the opposite.
“I was unhappy in Happy Valley,” May was saying Thursday.
Michael Flowers had been practicing with the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team for the past week and set the pace for his teammates running the Elver Park hill twice a week in September and early October.
On the day in July 2005 he was named to succeed Barry Alvarez, Bret Bielema sought to downplay his youthful exuberance as the main reason he was given the University of Wisconsin football coaching job.
Legislative leaders and Gov. Jim Doyle met behind closed doors Friday afternoon to discuss resolving the nation’s longest budget impasse.
Mold at Ingraham Hall on the UW-Madison campus burst into public view last week, but the persistent fungi also have attacked air quality in other buildings at the university.
Students and energy policy leaders from around the country listened Thursday night as Chancellor John Wiley kicked off the Roosevelt Energy conference, which will address issues about energy conservation and efficiency until Saturday, Oct. 20.
The Recording Industry Association of America released its ninth wave of pre-litigation letters Thursday, which did not include any UW-Madison students, but contained an attachment telling univeresities the best ways to deal with illegal file sharers.
University of Wisconsin Chancellor John Wiley greeted energy industry representatives Thursday at a preliminary dinner for an energy conservation conference this weekend, saying technologies from UW will contribute to the field.
Chazen Museum of Art officials unveiled the design concept of an adjacent addition to the facility Thursday, a $36 million project set to begin construction by early 2009.
With the excitement of Halloween just around the corner, plans for Freakfest 2007 are being finalized.
Shivering outside a locked door on the south side of Chicago last Friday, a dozen University of Wisconsin students expressed a sense of anxiety with their situation.
Popular images of â??green-builtâ? homes often come in two distinct shapes: do-it-yourself rustic cottages made of straw bales, or million-dollar â??eco-mansionsâ? with state-of-the-art technologies that only the wealthy can afford. Middle-income families have traditionally had fewer options when it comes to living â??green.â?
On a typical Thursday, Kathryn Grajeda, a UW-Madison junior majoring in engineering mechanics, finishes class at noon and hurries home to work. Grajeda is luckier than many student workersâ??she can work from her apartment and set her own hours for her job at Total Water Treatment Systems handling data entry and spreadsheets. But the 10-20 hours she works in addition to a 17-credit, six-class schedule is critical, because Grajeda pays for school entirely on her own. When she graduates in 2010, she anticipates $40,000 in debt.
The University of Wisconsin Police Department has made necessary advances toward developing an emergency plan in the case that an incident on the scale of the Virginia Tech shootings arises on a UW campus.
A study by UW-Madison researchers showed almost half of women who have recently given birth in Wisconsin engage in excessive alcohol use, causing numerous problems for themselves and their children.
Debate over the stalled state budget erupted into two competing rallies at the state Capitol Wednesday, with one group demanding no new taxes and another group urging legislators to pass the budget now.
The home debut of the Badgers menâ??s hockey against Robert-Morris Friday will kick off the 10th season anniversary of the Kohl Center.
University of Wisconsin Law School officials warned students Tuesday to avoid talking to a man banned from the department, marking the second time the law school sent a mass e-mail to warn students of suspicious behavior within its premises this semester.
In the midst of the continuing budget chaos, a new bill to divide the state budget and pass each aspect separately through bipartisan committees is being drafted by Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills.
Capitol Square was flooded Wednesday afternoon with the loud protests of angry public workers, sympathetic honking car horns and music from a taxpayers group, which looped between politiciansâ?? calls for decreased spending and U2â??s â??Beautiful Day.â?
After running back Lance Smith was suspended for five road games this fall, questions were raised about the discipline policy within University of Wisconsin Athletics, and the school in general, regarding athletes.
The Havens Center is commemorating the 40th anniversary of â??Dow Dayâ? in Madison with three days of lectures and a forum. The series entitled â??The Day that Changed Madison: The â??Dow Riotâ?? forty years on,â? began Tuesday night with a lecture by Paul Buhle, a lecturer at Brown University, focusing on Madisonâ??s history of liberal activism, how it was reinvigorated in the 1960s, and its continuing effects on the university.
The University of Marylandâ??s Robert H. Smith School of Business announced Tuesday that a team of UW-Madison School of Business MBA students won second place at a national Mergers & Acquisitions competition earlier this month.
Gov. Jim Doyle announced Tuesday that the state government might temporarily shut down in the coming months if the budget process is not finished soon.
With the Republican-controlled state Assembly rejecting Gov. Jim Doyleâ??s amended budget in a special session Monday, University of Wisconsin System representatives are still unsure of what the stateâ??s future will hold.
A University of Wisconsin freshman waits anxiously in line outside of the Madison Avenue nightclub on University Avenue Friday night.
Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle said the state may experience a partial government shutdown in the wake of the Wisconsin Legislatureâ??s failure to pass a budget in a special session Monday night.
The biennial Memorial Library book sale represents a great opportunity for Madison residents and students to add to their libraries for nominal prices. The selection is quite impressive, including everything from Jane Austen to Isaac Asimov, from cookbooks to childrenâ??s books. Everyone who attends can find something to read and enjoy or something to give to a relative or friend. The book sale also has another facet to itâ??business.
John Stossel, co-anchor of ABCâ??s 20/20 and host of his own primetime special, spoke Monday at the Memorial Union Theater about the negative effect of government regulation.
Three UW-Madison alumni spoke Monday about their international careers and experiences, explaining the importance of multiple language proficiency for students entering the workplace.
The Truman Foundation has recognized UW-Madison as an â??honor institutionâ? for the 2007-â??08 academic year. UW-Madison joins Michigan State University, the University of Alabama and the University of Georgia as the four schools receiving the Truman Honors Institution Award this year.
The budget impasse remains, with the Democrat-controlled state Senate having passed Gov. Jim Doyleâ??s budget Monday, and the Republican-controlled state Assembly having rejected it.
A UW-Madison student was battered and the victim of an attempted robbery downtown Friday night, according to Madison police.
Presidential candidate and Illinois Senator Barack Obama spoke Monday to a crowd of nearly 4,000â??more than half of whom were UW studentsâ??at the Monona Terrace and emphasized achieving change and hope if elected president in 2008. Obama urged the crowd, from the moment he started his speech, to get involved and take an active interest in the government. He claimed the Bush Administration has failed the country miserably during its tenure and said the whole governmental system needs to be changed.
The Wisconsin Legislature will convene in a special session today in an attempt to pass the 2007-09 Wisconsin state budget.
The University of Wisconsin was nominated as one of the Truman Foundationâ??s four honor institutions Monday for the universityâ??s commitment to leadership and education in public service.
A 19-year-old male UW-Madison student was a victim of battery and attempted armed robbery in the campus area Friday night.
