Dean of Students Lori Berquam is taking on some daunting challenges during her first full semester as one of the University of Wisconsinâ??s top administrators.
Get up, stand up
Badger Herald
Author: Kelly Tyrrell
UW Police force frat to nix party
Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin Police Department canceled a Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity event last week due to security concerns, representatives of the fraternity said Saturday.
Budget can still meet UW needs
Badger Herald
As the new academic year kicks off, University of Wisconsin students have high hopes for an enjoyable start to the semester. As penny-pinching college students, we are always looking for a bargain. Unfortunately, our tuition is still mounting, and relief is nowhere in sight.
Reilly: UW System at â??crossroadsâ?? with paths of progress
Badger Herald
University of Wisconsin System president Kevin Reilly said at a meeting Thursday the UW System is currently at a â??crossroads.â?
Nass alleges political ploy
Badger Herald
With the Wisconsin state budget nearly two months behind schedule, a state representative is accusing the University of Wisconsin System of trying to influence budget decisions.
We are Ironmen
Badger Herald
Itâ??s a story as old as dating: A boyfriend gets dragged into going to a movie or out to dinner by his significant other, even though he really doesnâ??t want to go.
Student aid still in doubt
Badger Herald
Several state representatives urged members of the Wisconsin Assembly budget conference committee on Thursday to include grants for the 4,708 University of Wisconsin students still waiting for financial aid in the yet-to-be-determined state budget.
Lawmakers need to pass budget
Daily Cardinal
It is old news that the state budget is in limbo. It is two months past the due date, and Wisconsin is the only state to be tardy in producing a budget. The question now is, who or what is to blame. Many are quick to blame the Republicans and Democrats for reaching an uncomfortable stalemate.
Online registration for classes causes anger
Daily Cardinal
After indulging myself in HBOâ??s â??Hard Knocks,â? I have come to two realizations: The NFL depth chart is the most scrutinized aspect of the sports world, and it is a near impossibility that the time spent altering a teamâ??s depth chart eclipses the amount of time I have spent modifying my class schedule.
Facebook grants limited profile access to public
Daily Cardinal
Check your privacy settings. The world will soon be able to view your Facebook profile via search engines like Google.
Budget must fund financial aid, two Reps say
Daily Cardinal
Two Democratic Representatives appeared on Library Mall Thursday to address the frozen financial aid of 4,708 UW System students, which has become a problem because of the state budget stalemate.
RIAA files new copyright suit against UW student
Daily Cardinal
The Recording Industry Association of America said Thursday it filed a new federal copyright infringement lawsuit this week against one UW-Madison network user, following months of legal processes.
UW Band marches to the beat of a new drum
Daily Cardinal
The University of Wisconsin Band is marching to a better tune this season, putting last yearâ??s sexual misconduct and hazing allegations behind them and reestablishing themselves as a positive symbol for the university.
Kosher meat kitchen to open at Chadbourne’s Rheta’s dining facility
Daily Cardinal
Beginning in early November, a kosher meat kitchen will open in Chadbourne Residence Hallâ??s renovated Rhetaâ??s dining facility, which is available to all students.
Gameday fans surprise police
Daily Cardinal
Welcome Week, a Badger home football game and Labor Day weekend usually mean trouble for both the Madison police and the University Police Department.
But this past weekend moved along without much incident at all.
DoIT survey prompts improvements in campus technology
Daily Cardinal
Drawing from the results of the 2007 Student Computing Survey released Tuesday, the UW-Madison Division of Information Technology is making improvements to keep computing safe and effective at the university.
International Studies receives $140,000 in grants
Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin announced last week nearly $140,000 in new research grants have been awarded to the Division of International Studies.
UW administers â??party testâ??
Badger Herald
As the academic year begins, University of Wisconsin students are preparing for projects, papers and exams.
But this fall, University Health Services will be asking students to take, and hopefully ace, yet another test.
Alan M. Collinge: Student borrowers often victims of serious abuse
Capital Times
For four months this year, while Congress was overhauling student loan laws, I traveled the country in a beat-up RV meeting with citizens and legislators. My mission was simple: Persuade Congress to restore consumer protections to student loan borrowers. After 22,000 miles, 42 states and five flat tires, I can’t help but feel that my efforts were a waste of time. And gas.
Also on display: Curry ‘s lost mural
Capital Times
The Museum of Wisconsin Art is a fine, small art museum that’s grown up. Since an increasing number of local and state donors began building on the generous legacy of the Peck family of Milwaukee philanthropists, it has outgrown its strictly local identity as the West Bend Museum of Art.
Early game brings quiet downtown bar scene
Capital Times
Mayor Dave Cieslewicz thought he would be in the thick of the action Saturday night.
He rode from 10 p.m. until 3 a.m. Saturday night and Sunday morning with Sgt. Dave McCaw in an unmarked police car as part of the Madison Police Department’s Downtown Safety Initiative.
Kids in crossfire: Michael Kienitz’s ‘Small Arms’ photos show the littlest survivors
Capital Times
They are not your typical smiling children.
The children are smiling, all right, but they are standing on a tank gun, sitting in a bombed-out bus or holding an automatic assault rifle.
Doug Moe: Grumpy Old Badgers swimmers ready for Maui challenge
Capital Times
FOR A grumpy old Badger, Art Luetke sure is having a lot of fun.
The well-known Madison real estate broker phoned this week from Hawaii, where he was engaged in grueling advance work for the Maui Channel Swim, a famous open-water relay race that starts Saturday.
UW football: Refreshing Bielema continues education as young coach
Capital Times
In some ways, Bret Bielema faces more pressure in year two of his reign as University of Wisconsin football coach than he did as a fresh-faced, mostly anonymous rookie last fall.
Big Ten Network reaches deal with UW housing
Badger Herald
Students living in university residence halls will be able to watch all games available on the new Big Ten Network, regardless of whether Charter Communications reaches a deal with the network by its Aug. 30 debut.
No room: Housing turns away 700
Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsinâ??s state-of-the-art, $28-million Ogg Hall opened in late August in the midst of a battle at the Capitol to secure funding for more housing projects at UW.
Cranes and cones: Signs of progress
Badger Herald
On Wisconsin Avenue, leading to the Capitol, orange cones fill the street, signaling detours through the normal traffic pattern.
UW tuition on the rise, again
Badger Herald
With just weeks to go until the start of the academic year, the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents voted in August to raise tuition at all of its four-year schools.
UW athletes must stop misconduct
Daily Cardinal
Head coach Bret Bielema made an example of Jamal Cooper last weekend when he dismissed Cooper for conduct detrimental to the team. Although Bielema decided to kick Cooper off the team, this was not his first infraction.
ResNet to add Big Ten Network in dorms, unions
Daily Cardinal
Starting Sept. 1, The Big Ten Network will be added to the UW-Madison Residential Network system along with several other campus buildings, following an agreement between the university and the network.
The Big Ten Network will be available as a normal cable channel wherever ResNet is available on campus, including the Memorial Union, Union South, the J.F. Friedrick Center, the Fluno Center and Lowell Hall. Direct T.V. users can also access the network.
City ups State Street Halloween party ticket price to $7
Daily Cardinal
Ticket prices for the famed Halloween party on State Street will increase this year.
Over the summer, Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, along with other city officials, hiked Halloween ticket prices from $5 to $7 on Saturday, Oct. 27, the day of the event. The $5 tickets were introduced last yearâ??attendance was free before then.
Regents increase tuition for fall 2007 semester
Daily Cardinal
Tuition for resident and nonresident undergraduates at UW System schools will increase by 5.5 percent in the 2007-08 school year, the UW Board of Regents decided Aug. 7.
UW System President Kevin Reilly said the decision, which marks the lowest percentage of tuition increase students have seen in seven years, was made â??in the 11th hour,â? and tuition bills were finally mailed out Aug. 24.
Nearly 4,000 UW System students waiting for aid
Daily Cardinal
Excitement for Welcome Week is in the air on campus, but the reality for 75 UW-Madison students is quite different.
New Ogg opens to 600 lucky students
Daily Cardinal
Ogg Hall, the Campus Master Planâ??s latest edition and the second new campus residence hall in the last 42 years, is open and ready for move-in.
Cops push limit on bars plan, but draws some skepticism
Capital Times
Police say limiting the number of downtown liquor licenses would reduce crime and prevent a bar-time drain of police resources from other parts of the city, but not all City Council members agree.
Lucas: China trip a learning experience for hungry Pressley
Capital Times
University of Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema couldn’t resist the punch line. Or rather the “paunch” line. Speaking in Chicago to a gathering of Big Ten sportswriters, who should know paunch from punch, Bielema related how one of his football players had reshaped his body through a weight loss program. Which one? Jenny Craig? Nutrisystem? Weight Watchers? Atkins Diet? LA Weight Loss? South Beach Diet? None of the above. “Our weight loss program? ” posed Bielema. “We send kids to China. ”
UW football: Ikegwuonu insists off-field issues won’t affect him
Capital Times
As the media horde made its way toward Jack Ikegwuonu on Wednesday afternoon at Camp Randall Stadium, the star cornerback for the University of Wisconsin football team sat back in his chair and flashed his trademark smile.
State lawmakers take on UW during budget negotiations
Associated Press
State lawmakers are focusing on funding the University of Wisconsin as they try to reach a budget compromise.
DeSpain now sees other side of the story as police spokesperson
Capital Times
It was March 2004, and 20-year-old Audrey Seiler had managed to captivate the nation by faking her own abduction. An army of media descended on Madison to wring whatever information they could out of Police Department spokesman Larry Kamholz. Not willing to let the likes of Fox News or CNN get the jump on him, WISC-TV/Ch. 3 reporter Joel DeSpain made his presence known.
Why an ache in milkshake’s wake?
Capital Times
Nothing beats a milkshake on a hot summer day. It’s cool and refreshing whether you suck it through a straw or spoon it into your mouth.
Obituary: Ann E. Kelley
Madison.com
Ann E. Kelley, noted neuroscientist and loving mother of three, died Sunday afternoon at her home in Shorewood Hills of metastatic colon cancer. She was 53.
Pioneering UW behavioral neuroscientist Kelley dies
Capital Times
Ann Elizabeth Kelley, an internationally acclaimed UW-Madison behavioral neuroscientist who conducted important research on brain mechanisms underlying drug addiction and obesity, died Sunday at her home in Madison from metastatic colon cancer at age 53.
Tuition boost: 5.5 percent
Wisconsin State Journal
The UW Board of Regents voted Tuesday to increase tuition by 5.5 percent at the state’s four-year universities â?? the smallest boost in several years â?? despite great uncertainty over their budget.
Regents raise UW tuition
Capital Times
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents today approved a 5.5 percent tuition increase this fall for the four-year universities in the system.
Groups must use own funds for off-campus rent
Capital Times
The UW System Board of Regents ruled today that student fees cannot be used to rent off-campus facilities by student organizations at UW-Madison.
Proper disposal during moving days urged
Capital Times
The annual tradition of moving days — when student apartment leases end on Aug. 14 and begin Aug. 15 — is approaching, with its familiar mess of clogged traffic downtown and some hapless students sleeping outdoors with their stuff.
From eggs to landfills: live chickens at the dump?
Capital Times
Liz and Garrett Perry were dropping off scrap lumber and old shingles from a garage roofing project at the Deer Track Park landfill when they saw what appeared to be a bloody chicken darting between the big trash bearing rigs roaring through the massive dump just off Interstate 94 near Johnson Creek.
UW football: Smith back with Badgers; Clay in limbo
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin football team welcomed back one running back Monday but was still waiting to hear about the status of another as preseason camp opened.
UW-Madison gets state grant for perfect grape search
Capital Times
Wisconsin agriculture officials hope to find sweet success with a new grant aimed at the grape industry.
State agriculture officials were expected to announce a $22,500 grant today to researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to develop a seedless table grape fit for Wisconsin’s cool climate.
Students struggle with tuition
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison junior Joe Xaypharath doesn’t want to think about how much debt he’s piling up as he works toward his pharmacy degree. He’s not even sure how much he owes right now, except that it’s a lot.
St. Paul’s plans dorm, new church
Wisconsin State Journal
Officials at St. Paul’s University Catholic Center plan a new center on the State Street Mall and a residence hall for UW-Madison students.
Throwing cold water on hot-weather myths
Wisconsin State Journal
Like ghost stories around the campfire, hot weather myths are part of summer.
There are the endearing, the enduring and the just plain ridiculous — dogs with sweaty paws, potato salad’s bacteria bonanza, air-conditioning-induced colds.
So what about these almost believable, almost dismissable summer legends?
â??Institutionalizingâ?? Interdisciplinary Research
Inside Higher Education
As interest in interdisciplinary research continues to increase, colleges still donâ??t have answers to critical questions about the best ways to support and encourage collaboration across the disciplines. How can a department fairly evaluate interdisciplinary research in promotion and tenure decisions, for example? How can an institution raise money for interdisciplinary endeavors within a system designed to fund raise for individual schools and colleges? â??We donâ??t yet have the solutions,â? said Gail Dubrow, vice provost and dean of the graduate school at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. â??But we know what the problems are.â?
Violinist Vartan Manoogian dies
Capital Times
Virtuoso violinist and longtime University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Vartan Manoogian died Thursday in Spain. He was 71.
More algae haunting Madison lakes?
Capital Times
Lilac Carson took her son Deontae to Marshall Park Beach on the western edge of Lake Mendota for the first time recently, just two days after the city reopened the beach. According to city public health records, the beach had closed on July 3 for the third time this year because of “abundant cyanobacteria,” or blue-green algae, which can be hazardous to children and pets.
UW off list for research facility
Capital Times
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is no stranger to attracting federal research funds, ranking eighth in the nation in 2006 among all universities.
Student group balks at UW fee decision
Capital Times
Associated Students of Madison is appealing a decision by University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor John Wiley to refuse to allow student organizations to use fees paid by students to rent off-campus offices.
Another big weekend for Madison Early Music Festival
Capital Times
The eighth annual Madison Early Music Festival will finish up over the next four days.
Assembly budget cuts hit tech schools hard
Capital Times
The Assembly’s version of the state budget hits Wisconsin’s technical college districts hard in two ways, said Dan Clancy, president of the Wisconsin Technical College System.
UW Regents Delay Decision on Tuition Increases Until August
WKOW-TV 27
UW students will have to wait until next month to find out how much their tuition will cost during the coming academic year.
The UW System Board of Regents announced today it will delay a decision on tuition increases from next week until early August because of uncertainty surrounding the state budget.