After a week of closed-door negotiations at the governorâ??s residence, state legislators are back to wrangling over the budget in the state Capitol. They are closer to a compromise but still have work ahead of them.
A University of Wisconsin fraternity is being investigated by the Intrafraternity Council for allegations of misconduct, in a case that could lead to the groupâ??s suspension from campus.
In the past week, sections of UW-Madison campus were locked down twice. The first was last Tuesday after Jesse A. Miller called the Dane County Crisis Center and saying he was at the UW Hospital, had a weapon and wanted to be killed by police.
The second occurred Friday after a man robbed an Italian deli on Regent Street. Following the robbery, police locked down the Welcome Center, Newell Smith Residence Hall and Ogg Hall because a suspect of interest was inside the Center.
Over the last few weeks, Bret Bielemaâ??s thoughtless, harmful comments regarding the violent actions of UW Badger running back Lance Smith have made it perfectly clear where his priorities lie: The head football coach certainly doesnâ??t care about the devastation of domestic abuse when football is at stake.
Dean of Students Lori Berquam again sent important campus safety information to members of the UW-Madison community Monday to highlight services available on campus.
UW Hospital and Clinics has been added the list of â??100 Best Companiesâ? for working mothers in the October issue of Working Mother magazine for the first time in the listâ??s history.
The latest plans for the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery building to be constructed across from Union South were unveiled Monday at the first of three town hall meetings hosted by UW-Madison and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
Chancellor John Wiley commended efforts to urge the state budget conference committee to pass a budget sufficient for UW-Madison, but again stressed the need for enough funds at his State of the University address Monday.
Members of the UW System Board of Regents are calling for full state support of student veteransâ?? tuition, demanding legislative leaders to fund it in the current budget negotiations.
University of Wisconsin Chancellor John Wiley urged UW faculty to join efforts to pass the much-stalemated state budget Monday.
Students will no longer have to travel far to find a United States Post Office, as Monday marked the opening of a relocated campus area University Station Post Office.
The number of University of Wisconsin campus-area burglaries has increased more than sevenfold in the past year, according to a safety report released by the university Monday.
Even a thousand feet above Camp Randall Stadium, the crash of two football players generates enough noise to put a smile on the face of blimp pilot Andrea Deyling.
In a statement issued several weeks ago, scientists reported Arctic sea ice coverage has shrunk to its lowest level in more than 30 years, alarming researchers that global warming might be occurring at an even faster rate than expected.
Agustin Garcia, the founder and national chair of the Lambda Theta Phi Fraternity, visited UW-Madison this weekend to speak about the integrity of Latin culture and also met with university officials Friday to discuss the cancellation of an event celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month.
Parts of the southern section of the UW-Madison campus were put on lockdown Friday afternoon when police swarmed the area to search for a suspicious, possibly armed man, who was believed to be inside a UW-Madison building.
he troubled 19-year-old, whom police suspect was the man behind Tuesdayâ??s campus lockdown, was caught early Friday morning in San Diego, according to the University of Wisconsin Police Department.
The recently developed Public Child Welfare Training Program in the University of Wisconsin School of Social Work will pay studentsâ?? tuition in exchange for a promise that, upon graduation, the students will work in Wisconsinâ??s public child welfare system for at least one year.
The University of Wisconsin received more than $6.6 million last week from the federal government in an effort to jumpstart alternative fuel research.
University of Wisconsin officials and members of a campus fraternity are one step closer to creating a new logistics procedure for Wisconsin Union events, after UW police were accused of racial profiling for canceling a frat event mid-September.
Police arrested a suspected armed robber Friday who fled into a University of Wisconsin building on the south side of campus.
The man accused of causing a campus scare last week, which including a bomb threat at University of Wisconsin Hospital, was arrested in San Diego Friday morning.
The downtown Madison business climate is thriving and ready for growth, according to a year-long Downtown Madison Market Analysis study published Thursday.
Jesse A. Miller, the 19-year-old white male responsible for the campus lockdown Sept. 25, is now in custody by the San Diego California Police Department.
Authorities close to the suicidal and potentially armed 19-year-old who put UW-Madison and the surrounding community on edge Tuesday afternoon, say his long history of abuse and mental illness justify that he is only a threat to himself while he remains at large.
Madison Metroâ??s five new hybrid-electric transit buses are taking a little longer than expected to get out on the road.
Madison area police officers are still investigating the whereabouts of 19-year-old Jesse Miller, who allegedly called a Dane County Crisis Center Tuesday claiming he wished to commit suicide or be killed by police.
The Wisconsin Budget Conference Committee received two letters Thursday expressing the necessity of appropriately funding the University of Wisconsin System.
The Wisconsin Budget Conference Committee received two letters Thursday expressing the necessity of appropriately funding the University of Wisconsin System.
The escaped inmate accused of threatening the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus was captured early Friday in California, police said.
Thirty-six black and white photographs taken by Madisonâ??s own Michael Kienitz come together at the Chazen Museum of Art to form a wonderful photo essay called â??Small Arms: Children of Conflict.â? The photographs were taken during Kienitzâ??s world travels from 1978 to 1988, and are powerful in their subject matter and style. Kienitz uses wide-angle shots to give the viewer more than just a portrait of a person, but a portrait of that personâ??s relationship with their surroundings.
The president of Americans for Medical Advancement and a UW-Madison professor and animal researcher clashed heads on the question of whether using animals for research can help scientific advancement for humans at a debate Wednesday in a packed Wisconsin Historical Society building auditorium.
Campus police say the emergency messages students received Tuesday night was a successful execution of a new crisis plan, while students say the updates produced a range of reactions, from fear to laughter.
UW-Madison is in danger of massive cuts and reductions if the state Assembly version of the budget is passed, according to a letter sent by Chancellor John Wiley to legislative leaders currently debating the stalled issue.
Student rights are under attack. Thatâ??s right, I said it.
Dean of Students Lori Berquamâ??s recent comments on student activism indicate that either she is willfully ignorant of student organizing around issues affecting this campus or she would prefer to divert attention away from campuswide activism completely.
Two respected experts debated the issue of using animal research as a reliable predictor of human diseases and their cures Wednesday night at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
When University of Wisconsin sophomore Marie Piontek was walking home with her boyfriend downtown on a recent Saturday night, she had no idea they would soon be involved in a potentially disastrous situation.
From the moment Nick Toon was born, destiny, if you will, told him that he was going to play football.
University of Wisconsin Chancellor John Wiley warned the Joint Finance Committee Tuesday that if the university does not receive necessary funding in the new budget, serious midyear cuts will be made.
Business returned to normal Wednesday on the University of Wisconsin campus after three buildings were locked down Tuesday evening.
Visitors to UW Hospital are allowed in once again as of 10:25p.m. Tuesday night.
Police started searching the area around UW Hospital around 5p.m. for a person, who UW Police tell 27 News is not a patient, but claimed to have a gun. 27 News learned the subject of the search is escaped Dane County jail inmate Jesse Miller, 19, who was convicted of armed robbery with use of force in 2006.
As Madison police and University police search for a potentially dangerous man, the university is keeping students updated through e-mail and on the university website. Around 6:00 Tuesday evening, the UW-University police department sent an e-mail to all students alerting them of the situation.
Classes resumed at UW-Madison Wednesday morning. But, police say they still haven’t found the man who tried provoking a deadly shootout with authorities Tuesday evening.
Campus Police Sergeant Jason Whitney says they don’t believe Jesse Miller is on campus, but may be in the Madison area because of his local ties.
For the third consecutive season, the two-time defending NCAA champion Wisconsin women’s hockey team will open the year as the preseason No. 1 team in the country.
Classes resumed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Wednesday morning, but police said that they still haven’t found the man who allegedly threatened to provoke a deadly shootout with authorities on Tuesday night.
her piece, Ms. Turcotte describes the moral oppression of the universityâ??s policy toward drinking. The policy states that if a student is ejected from or receives a ticket during a football game, the student will take a Breathalyzer test before they enter the stadium for the next game.
After winning two consecutive NCAA championships, the Wisconsin womenâ??s hockey team will dawn the preseason No. 1 ranking for the third-straight season.
The Madison Police Department arrested 56-year-old Kevin F. Howard Monday night for allegedly asking two UW-Madison students for â??recreational sexâ? on the 1200 block of Spring Street.
The state Legislatureâ??s current delay in passing a budget has wasted $17.2 million since the July 1 deadline, according to the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign.
The state Senate and Assembly have been unable to reach an agreement on a new 2007-09 budget for the past several months.
University of Wisconsin and Madison police spent nearly all afternoon and evening Tuesday searching the west side of campus for a 19-year-old inmate with a history of mental problems, who claimed he was armed and wanted to be killed by police.
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D. Ill., is coming to Madison Oct. 15, according to an announcement by his national campaign Tuesday.
I got out of work around 9 last night, ushering for a show in the Humanities building. Before I left, I checked my phone, as many do religiously. Seeing that no one had called, I began my walk home. It was dark out and the sidewalks eerily empty, although Iâ??ve never felt particularly uneasy at night in Madison. I arrived at my dorm to a group of house fellows asking if I was aware of what was happening on campus. They informed me of the suicidal man, the campus lockdown and the additional information that could be found on the University of Wisconisnâ??s webpage.
Two male University of Wisconsin students were asked to have sex by a 56-year-old man who came to their doorstep Monday night.
Presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, will be speaking in Madisonâ??s Orpheum Theater on State Street Oct. 15 as part of his Countdown to Change tour.
o the delight of some and displeasure of many, the University of Wisconsin Athletic Department announced Tuesday the lottery winners of coveted basketball season tickets.
Some University of Wisconsin students found themselves trapped in campus buildings Tuesday when a gunman scare forced university staff to lock down some area facilities.
The University of Wisconsin remained on high alert late Tuesday night as police continued to search for an armed man on campus who said he wished to commit suicide or be killed by police.
In this era of â??greenâ? living, universities across the nation are taking the necessary steps toward developing a sustainable society. UW-Madison is among those universities. Still, critical sustainable measures remain absent at UW-Madison. Most notably, Camp Randall and Kohl Center events offer little to no active recycling, so recycling at many UW Athletic events is essentially nonexistent.
Two state legislators called on the cable companies Time Warner and Charter Communications to provide Wisconsin residents with the Big Ten Network on Monday.
Agustin Garcia, the national chairman of the Lambda Theta Phi Foundation, will speak on campus Saturday about civil rights, immigrant rights and the emergence of a Latin society in America.
The speech follows the cancellation by the UW Police Department of a Lambda Theta Phi event scheduled for Sept. 15. UWPD officials cancelled due to safety concerns.
