UW Badgers football coach Bret Bielema announced Monday at a press conference he talked to the dean of students office last week about trying to get â??a fair shakeâ? for his troubled running back, who is suspended for all of UWâ??s road games this season.
The new â??Show and Blowâ? procedure implemented at last Saturdayâ??s Badger football game received mixed reviews from those involved.
â??I blew zeroes which pretty much made my game day un-fun,â? said a 21-year-old UW-Madison junior on the â??Show and Blowâ? list who showed up about five minutes into the game. â??[The of-age limit of] .08 is pretty low so I pretty much didnâ??t drink at all.â?
With the Wisconsin state budget now nearly three months behind schedule, politicians from both sides of the aisle are speaking out in support of sufficient funding for the University of Wisconsin System.
The University of Wisconsin Athletic Board reviewed plans for a new, comprehensive Wisconsin Athletics Facilities Master Plan, which would include a new indoor ice rink to be connected to the Kohl Center.
Officials from a University of Wisconsin fraternity will meet with university administrators Friday to discuss recent allegations of racial profiling by the UW Police Department.
You may have heard about UWâ??s new questionably titled â??Show and Blowâ? policy, which requires students with a previous ejection or citation during a football game to blow into a Breathalyzer before games to prove sobriety. Mess up just once and youâ??ll be blowing into a tube for the police before kickoff.
Aboard a newly built research vessel, UW-Madison geologist Harold Tobin and a team of scientists set sail Friday on an eight-week expedition to drill, sample and study a fault zone off the coast of Japan.
The international research expedition, which is part of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, will look into understanding what causes earthquakes at deep-sea fault lines.
An Alpha Phi Alpha dance party in Memorial Unionâ??s Great Hall with an estimated 2,000 attendees was shut down by police and fire departments Friday night due to the eventâ??s over-capacity.
The final seconds ticked off the clock at Camp Randall Stadium Saturday night, as the student section, in a thundering chorus, echoed â??Letâ??s get wasted.â?
This impromptu chant gave police an idea of the chaos to come.
Lori Berquam ought to be careful what she wishes for.
One week ago, this newspaper ran a news story in which Ms. Berquam, the University of Wisconsin dean of students, bemoaned the lack of student activism regarding the ongoing war in Iraq.
The University of Wisconsin has been awarded a $7.2 million grant for research employing stem cells and growth factors to fight a devastating disease.
The nationally touring rock band Lifehouse announced Friday it will be performing at Freakfest 2007 for the Saturday, Oct. 27 Halloween festivities on State Street.
The number of alcohol-related incidents and arrests nearly doubled between the past two Badger football games, according to a report released by the University of Wisconsin Police Department Sunday.
While searching for a mouse that exhibits the behaviors commonly seen in patients with autism, researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center have stumbled upon a super smart yet socially awkward mouse similar to the loveable Raymond from the 1988 movie â??Rain Man.â?
Droughts, floods, surges in insect populations and threats to food supply may sound like a biblical apocalypse but according to Jonathan Patz, UW-Madison professor of environmental and population health sciences, these are likely future consequences of climate change.
Last week, UW-Madison researchers announced they had created a new form of an enzyme that adds sugar to a variety of chemicals. In the future, researchers hope to use the newly evolved sugar enzymes to improve current drug treatments.
Even before the sun eases up past the horizon, the Lakeshore Path is dotted with runners and bikers hoping to get the path to themselves before itâ??s filled with families and leisurely walkers, looking for the first glinting red leaves of autumn. A few people walk briskly in the crisp air, swinging briefcases and backpacks, on their way to work at the Capitol or to campus for school. Golden light sifts its way through the trees near the Lakeshore dorms, revealing a large pair of bulldozers near a huge pile of brush.
As one walks through the dimly lit rooms housing the â??Natura Mortaâ? Medici â??still lifeâ? collections at the Chazen Museum of Art, it becomes easy to see how the Italian term for still life developed from the word for â??death.â? The botanical subjects of the paintings emerge vividly from an eerie and intense darkness as if they decorated the gates of the Underworldâ??the meticulousness of their creation at once fantastic and frighteningly realistic.
Madison police reported two cases of alleged strong-armed robbery occurred Wednesday night on the outskirts of campus.
Over 100 protestors joined the campaign to kick the Halliburton Corporation off the UW-Madison campus Thursday.
The corporation participated in the engineering schoolâ??s annual career fair at UW-Madisonâ??s Engineering Centers Building.
The Recording Industry Association of America, which began its effort to eradicate illegal downloading last year, announced Thursday it has reinvigorated its effort with the start of the new academic year.
UW-Madison is among 22 universities nationwide to receive a new wave of pre-litigation settlement lettersâ??â??62 of which were sent to UW System studentsâ??â??as part of the most recent installment of the RIAAâ??s comprehensive anti-piracy campaign.
Albert Wellsteinâ??s harassing behavior toward women on the UW-Madison campus led him to become the firstâ??â??and onlyâ??â??person on the universityâ??s â??persons banned from campusâ? list.
I want to thank the Badger Herald for taking a keen interest in the Offices of the Dean of Students (ODOS) and student life in general and take this opportunity to clarify some of the statements in Mondayâ??s article â??Get up, stand upâ? by Nick Penzenstadler.
Thousands across the United States, including some at the University of Wisconsin, responded to the incident in Jena, La., where six black teenagers were incarcerated after being accused of beating a white classmate.
Preparations for the infamous Madison Halloween celebration have begun.
University of Wisconsin students discussed the possibility of an open forum to debate UW Police Department procedures concerning hip-hop-based events targeted to minority students at a meeting Thursday.
Protesting the presence of Halliburton Co. on the University of Wisconsin campus, nearly 200 students marched from Bascom Hill to the recruitersâ?? stand Thursday.
A number of strong-armed robberies have hit Madison streets, as the Madison Police Department reported four attacks in less than 48 hours.
Ethnic movies at Memorial Union, live international bands on the terrace and a variety of food stands on State Street are just some of the perks of attending school at UW-Madison. After being immersed in other cultures, I did not anticipate seeing the outright bigotry as I have.
Halliburton will still appear on campus Thursday to recruit UW-Madison engineering students for employment, the company said, despite protest threats from a campus anti-war group.
College students receive an â??Fâ? in national history, according to recent results of a civic literacy test given by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute to college freshmen and seniors across the nation.
UW-Madison scored 15th out of 50 schools. Seniors scored an average of 58 percent while freshmen scored an average of 52 percent. According to these results, seniors scored only 6 percent more.
Badger football game days may be synonymous with tailgating, but a new â??Show and Blowâ? program through the Offices of the Dean of Students may end some studentsâ?? early-morning drinking parties.
A provision in the Senateâ??s version of the Wisconsin budget that would allow University of Wisconsin System professors to unionize is being hotly contested by state Republicans.
The University of Wisconsin allowed a star researcher to study material that could be used to produce the Ebola virus in a lab less secure than whatâ??s required under federal guidelines.
Several University of Wisconsin student organizations will meet today with representatives of the UW Police Department to discuss policies regarding planning and execution of events taking place at the student unions.
A man officially banned from stepping foot on the University of Wisconsin campus was arrested Wednesday evening after entering the Red Gym.
UW Hospital became the first hospital in Madison on Monday to offer free high-speed wireless Internet access for patients and visitors to use during their stays.
Lisa Brunette, UW Hospital media relations director, said this advance in technology is becoming a national trend, and is important for a large medical research center.
The Madison City Council voted 13-6 Tuesday night to approve the proposed Alcohol License Density Plan.
The density plan has been in the works for months, and now that it has passed it will ultimately limit the number of new alcohol-licensed establishments allowed to open in a specific section of the entertainment district downtown.
The National Institutes of Health annoaunced Tuesday it has awarded UW-Madisonâ??s School of Medicine and Public Health a $41 million grant, one of the largest grants in the schoolâ??s history.
The grant will funnel into the universityâ??s new Institute for Clinical and Translational Research. â??This is a highly visible, highly covetous award given to only the most elite institutions in the country,â? said Robert Golden, dean of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health.
Wisconsin ranks as the most prolific alcohol consumer in the nation, despite falling from The Princeton Reviewâ??s party school rankings earlier this year.
A $41 million research grant was awarded to the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Tuesday.
University of Wisconsin students wonâ??t be seeing any new bars downtown in the near future, as the Madison City Council passed an ordinance Tuesday night that will prohibit new liquor licenses from being granted in the downtown area.
Wisconsin has the highest rates of both binge and heavy drinking in the nation, according to a report released by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Population Health Institute.
The University of Wisconsin Police Department said Monday the cancellation of a fraternity event was due to staffing concerns, not racial profiling as the group speculated Sunday.
Kelly Nolanâ??s killer, or killers, remain at large, and Monday, her sisters and the Madison Police Department spoke publicly to reach out to the community for help in solving several unanswered questions.
Wisconsin lawmakers are not much closer to finalizing a budget today than they were two and a half months ago, when the 2007-09 biennial budget was supposed to take effect. Senate Democrats continue to demand increased funding for the UW System, stewardship and health care while Assembly Republicans continue to demand a budget that works â??within the means of taxpayers.â?
I was reading the Wisconsin State Journal this weekend, and a column by Scott Milfred caught my attention. In the column, he argues that Republican legislators must be careful when criticizing the University of Wisconsin because Bucky will bite back.
Cancer can be fatal.
So can cystic fibrosis.
While there are thousands of support groups for people fighting cancer around the United States, the 30,000 Americans suffering from cystic fibrosis have only one â?? the support group at the University of Wisconsin Hospital.
The University of Wisconsinâ??s Master of Business Administration program was ranked No. 32 in the regional category of the Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive ranking of MBA programs Monday.
University of Wisconsin professor Daniel Eimermann died while competing in a triathlon in Devilâ??s Lake State Park Saturday morning.
For UW-Madison sophomore Becky*, the decision was easy.
Becky sat upright, her hands clasped together and resting on the table. The tension in her body matched the tension in her voice as she recounted the details of the depression she suffered her sophomore year of high school.
During the Vietnam War in the 1970s, demonstrations could be seen just outside classroom windows at the University of Wisconsin. Photographer Michael Kienitz was one of many students drawn to the power and devastating effects of war during this time. As a political philosophy major, Kienitz graduated to move on to photojournalism, capturing conflict on assignment for The Capital Times and U.S. News & World Report, among others.
After being accused of racial profiling for canceling a party at a University of Wisconsin fraternity last weekend, the UW Police Department said Monday their decision was due solely to security issues.
Following months of debate and public hearings, the Madison City Council plans to vote tonight on a proposal to ban most new liquor licenses in the downtown area.
Humans might not be the only species to go â??ga gaâ? over their infants. A recent study published by University of Chicago researchers suggests female rhesus monkeys may also engage in a form of â??motherese,â? a form of baby talk in which parents make high-pitched cooing noises for their infants.
If you are looking to start the semester off on the right foot, researchers advise placing exercise high on your to-do list. Although you may be familiar with the positive effects of exercise on the body, a growing collection of research suggests exercise cannot only make you physically fit, but smarter too.
The deadline for fall tuition has passed for many universities in the UW System, but with the state budget in deadlock, as many as 5,000 students are still unsure if they will be able to completely finance their first semester.
More than 230 national and international employers will network with UW-Madison students Monday night at the 2007 Fall Career Forum.
Part of the ongoing confusion regarding the state of Wisconsinâ??s 2007-09 budget involves a proposal meant to increase the safety of University of Wisconsin-Madison students and downtown residents.
A piece of legislation that would decrease the cost of loan interest rates and increase grant eligibility among college students is expected to soon be signed into law by President Bush.
