Author: Kelly Tyrrell

Incumbent mayor Dave Cieslewicz and his opponent Ray Allen debated Sunday night in the Red Gym to discuss a number of issues facing the city and the university.

With less than three weeks remaining until the spring election, Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and candidate Ray Allen shared their views on issues like the Alcohol Density Plan and campus safety in a debate Sunday.

The University of Wisconsin went against the national trends Friday by warning students about its policy regarding illegal file sharing but refusing to forward settlement letters to violators from the Recording Industry Association of America.

Some student groups are still concerned UW-Madison is not taking enough action to confront Adidas on sweatshop abuses, even after the university agreed Wednesday to investigate first-hand the treatment of workers making UW gear.

With summer just a few months away, the question on many studentsâ?? minds is how to find a summer internship.

Now that the UW Roman Catholic Foundation has increased student membership of its leadership board under the orders of a federal court, UW-Madisonâ??s Student Organization Office should grant the foundation Registered Student Organization status â??very soon,â? according to UWRCF Director Tim Kruse.

This letter is in response to Mike Hahnâ??s recent opinion piece â??Students Shouldnâ??t be forced to pay segregated fees.â?

The UW Roman Catholic Foundation officially voted Tuesday night to dedicate nine spots on its 12-member leadership board to students, following a federal court judgeâ??s orders, to gain eligibility for Registered Student Organization status from UW-Madisonâ??s Student Organization Office.

Two cases of sexual assault in less than two weeks have rattled students and raised questions about safety downtown and the prevalence of sexual violence on and near the UW-Madison campus.

The University of Wisconsin Roman Catholic Foundation altered its bylaws to include more students on its board of directors Tuesday, bringing the group into compliance with a federal judgeâ??s recent ruling.

University of Wisconsin Law School senior faculty members and UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley issued separate statements Friday surrounding the recent controversy involving law professor Leonard Kaplan and student accusations of racist comments toward Hmong people during his Legal Process course Feb. 15.

Defending free expression in the classroom and criticizing the backlash against University of Wisconsin law professor Leonard Kaplan, Chancellor John Wiley and senior faculty members of the UW Law School weighed in Saturday on the ongoing controversy surrounding the racist comments attributed to Kaplan by some of his students.

A federal court ruled Thursday that the UW Roman Catholic Foundation cannot be recognized as a UW-Madison Registered Student Organization unless it changes its leadership to be more student-directed, according to UWRCF Director Tim Kruse.

The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents Education Committee voted unanimously Thursday to recommend the approval of a degree that students could attain with credits earned at both a state technical college and a UW school.

A student at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine won the 2006 Starcherone Fiction Prize with her first published novel, and she is looking to promote the book throughout the country in the coming months.

The University of Wisconsin Roman Catholic Foundation is not eligible to receive student-segregated fees from the university, a federal judge ruled Thursday, since it does not currently meet the criteria of a student organization.