The Tenant Resource Center, a Madison-based center devoted to helping local renters with landlord and other living issues like tenants� rights, declared Monday it is suing the Associated Students of Madison Student Services Finance Committee because it was denied funding eligibility due to not being a Registered Student Organization.
With the race to Nov. 7 intensifying, gubernatorial candidates beefed up their TV advertisements this week with new celebrity cameos and ethics accusations.
The provost at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee sent a comprehensive letter to students and faculty Monday regarding the shutdown of its student government.
Most of todayââ?¬â?¢s students were not even alive to see Ted ââ?¬Å?The Nugeââ?¬Â Nugent take the stage at sold-out venues to perform his hit ââ?¬Å?Cat Scratch Fever.ââ?¬Â Instead, they may know him for his fanatic hunting and outspoken conservative views.
Even though University of Wisconsin student voters passed the Living Wage initiative in last week�s Associated Students of Madison election, the implementation of the initiative might not actually be possible.
As Halloween weekend fast approaches, many students are threatening to boycott the planned Saturday night State Street event, ââ?¬Å?Freakfest,ââ?¬Â by doing their partying on State Street Friday night.
Partying Friday will show the mayor what happens when he denies us our right to party, right? Wrong. This is the spoiled and stubborn attitude that got restrictions placed on Halloween in the first place.
Police are leaving many questions unanswered about this year�s Halloween celebration on State Street this Saturday.
There are a few specific regulations about this year�s celebration that have changed from past years. Most obviously, State Street will be fenced off with a $5 charge to enter. The gates will open at 7:30 p.m., and people will be forced off the street at 1:30 a.m. Police have not granted a time extension because of daylight-savings time.
The Student Union Initiative and the living wage initiative both passed in last week�s Associated Students of Madison elections, the ASM Student Judiciary announced Monday night.
With National Chemistry Week underway, a University of Wisconsin chemistry professor accomplished a set of firsts when she was awarded the 2005 Harrison Howe Award.
The University of Wisconsin System honored four state professors Friday, commending them for their excellence in the classroom.
The University of Wisconsin showed its continued interest in the expansion of its research efforts Monday by taking another step toward building the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.
City officials and the Madison Police Department joined forces this weekend to spread the word about Madison�s glass ban and alternate traffic routes for Halloween 2006.
Much of the Memorial Union shook with jubilant celebration as the Associated Students of Madison�s Student Judiciary read off the fall 2006 Student Council election results Monday night.
One student loan company has invited college and university officials, and their spouses, to attend an education conference ââ?¬â? in the Caribbean this February, all expenses paid. Another pays universities bonuses based on how much their students borrow. Others gave away gifts like iPods at a recent conference for financial aid administrators.
The problems at a Mills Street residence began with headaches. They were soon followed by sore throats and itchy eyes. Then one of its inhabitants began getting persistent nosebleeds.
The source, it turned out, was an uninvited houseguest: mold.
Arecent report released by the Legislative Audit Bureau that looks at the personal practices and policies of the University of Wisconsin System found that faculty use a great deal less sick time compared to other staff.
In a response, UW System President Kevin Reilly addressed the concerns in the audit and ensured they would be reported on and further investigated over the upcoming months.
A mugger armed with a glass bottle attacked a man on the 400 block of North Murray Street Sunday night, less than a block from Library Mall.
UW-Milwaukee froze its student government Friday amidst an ongoing investigation into embezzlement of $10,000 by student officials. The university literally has locked the doors and halted government access to funds in the wake of the investigation.
BusinessWeek magazine recently rated UW-Madison�s Master�s of Business Administration program fourth in a national ranking of schools with the fastest return on students� investment. The magazine ranks by considering how long it takes students to pay off tuition based on salaries earned after graduate school.
With Halloween less than a week away, Madison�s downtown bars remain unsure of what to expect.
Last week, The Badger Herald published two editorials attacking me. Allow me to play Jesse Ventura (a 9/11 Truth supporter, by the way) and fight off this tag-team of Jeff ââ?¬Å?Butcher of the English Languageââ?¬Â Carnes and Ryan ââ?¬Å?Mistaken and Delusionalââ?¬Â Masse.
The director of University of Wisconsin�s embryonic stem-cell research hub, WiCell Research Institute, announced her decision to pursue job opportunities in the private sector last week.
An education at the University of Wisconsin is one of the best investments business students can make, according to BusinessWeek magazine.
Two suspects allegedly attacked a victim near Library Mall on the 400 block of Murray Street Sunday night, causing minor injuries.
More than 20 members of the University of Wisconsin Math Department praised the UW System Board of Regents last week for its opposition to the proposed amendment banning gay marriage in Wisconsin.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee administration shut down the school�s student government Friday after police began an investigation into whether a student leader embezzled $10,000.
The humanities are an extremely important and integral part of our university. And the University of Wisconsin administration is beginning to disregard the humanities in a way that will negatively impact our campus in the future.
This past week produced a flurry of media attention for the iconic UW marching band. Unfortunately, it hasn�t been the kind of attention the organization is used to receiving.
In a semester in which the University of Wisconsin has seemingly garnered attention for all the wrong reasons, it is easy to overlook professors whose contributions to the school are far more important yet attract considerably less notice.
The recent rash of muggings continued Thursday morning when a 23-year-old was held up on the 400 block of South Brooks Street at 1 a.m.
Given our governmental structure, one of the most effective ways to create policy is for the national government to introduce an idea, back it with funding, and allow states to implement and expand on its initiative. It�s always exciting when this kind of coordinated effort targets education, where change can be slow and funding scarce.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, with events planned through the spring to commemorate its half-century history.
The Downtown Coordinating Committee and the Madison Police Department made assurances that Madison is prepared for any potential problems this year after outlining the final details of Halloween 2006 Thursday.
Following a settlement Tuesday regarding a controversy involving three UW Health fertility clinic doctors, two have decided to resign from their positions Oct. 31 and open their own private practice in Madison.
While the controversy began before most of us returned to campus for the fall, the Kevin Barrett scandal seems not to want to die.
The big, nostalgic slogan of the Student Union Initiative is a clever one. It speaks of a time when some 3,000-odd University of Wisconsin students were selfless enough to give $50 each to fund the construction of Memorial Union.
The City of Madison is often referred to as a ââ?¬Å?college town,ââ?¬Â where rowdy students crowd the downtown streets on the weekends, innocent residents cringe at the thought of Halloween and not wearing red on game day is a cardinal sin.
For students looking to explore their faith, a new apartment building dedicated to spiritual growth will be opening on the University of Wisconsin campus next fall.
One interesting part of Madison�s yearlong sesquicentennial celebration aims to set a little something aside for an expected bicentennial celebration 50 years down the road.
Many University of Wisconsin students have been there, either firsthand or in the case of caring for an inebriated friend.
“Halloween this year is an experiment,” says George Twigg, spokesperson for Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz. “The mayor wants to get away from past years and look at a new way of doing things.”
The city hopes to keep the festivities from getting too rowdy by cutting off the entrance at 1:30 a.m. and providing food carts and music. But the hardest factors to control are consumption of drugs and alcohol.
“The entertainment will hopefully give people an alternative,” says Twigg. During last year’s Halloween, he notes, Dane County detox filled all eight of its slots, and three more people had to be transferred to local hospitals.
Proponents of the Student Union Initiative say Memorial Union desperately requires renovation and that Union South is too small and unwelcoming to students.
UW-Madison faculty met Tuesday to continue development of a faculty/staff disciplinary process.
After previous debate, ââ?¬Å?serious criminal misconductââ?¬Â was defined as ââ?¬Å?being charged with, pleading guilty or no contest to, or being convicted of a felony in a state or federal court.ââ?¬Â
The UW-Madison ââ?¬Å?Motion Wââ?¬Â can be recognized on memorabilia around the state and even the country as a logo exclusive to UW-Madison. Could a gold and purple ââ?¬Å?Wââ?¬Â representing a school nestled in the city of Waukee, Iowa infringe on its integrity?
A special Board of Regents committee met again Tuesday, inching the controversial faculty disciplinary process toward revision.
University of Wisconsin Chancellor John Wiley discussed campus construction concerns at a luncheon with colleagues at the University Club Tuesday.
Members of the University of Wisconsin Student Labor Action Coalition gathered for a party at Chancellor John Wiley�s office Tuesday, bringing cake, balloons and party favors with them.
A Madison resident walked into her living room one evening and found her two children standing by the bay window, staring rather attentively at the house across the street.
In the face of growing security concerns nationwide, as the Department of Education hands over student information in antiterrorism efforts, a fact unearthed by Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism student Laura McGann, more and more universitiesââ?¬â?including UW-Madisonââ?¬â?are stepping up security measures for the protection of their students and alumni.
After months of printing green t-shirts, pinning campaign buttons, publishing ads in newspapers and pressing students for their support, advocates of the Student Union Initiative have only one thing left to do: Hold their breath and hope that students will cast a vote in favor of the plan.
Last week, Student Labor Action Coalition members planned to storm the Chancellor John Wiley�s office in protest to what they perceived as his reneging on the Designated Suppliers Program, an initiative intended to direct the purchase of university apparel toward union-friendly factories.
Just as this board opposed the Union referendums last March, we ask students to vote ââ?¬Å?Noââ?¬Â once again this week as the Student Union Initiative is put on the ASM ballot.
Many students, faculty members and administrators agree that on the University of Wisconsin campus, no building matches the Humanities Building when it comes to character. Of course, nearly all would be quick to point out that saying Humanities has character is a nice way of calling it ugly and out-of-place.
Gordon Brewster Baldwin, University of Wisconsin Law School professor emeritus, passed away in his sleep this weekend after attending an opera in Italy with his wife.
Though business around its Library Mall ticket booth might look anything but booming, the Madison Parks Department has distributed more than 3,000 tickets for this year�s Halloween celebration.
This year, as the oldest baby boomers turn 60, scientists are working diligently to understand the aging brain. While scientists have led doctors to recognize and treat symptoms of neurodegenerative diseasesââ?¬â?diseases marked by the progressive breakdown of the brainââ?¬â?the causes and prevention of these diseases remain a mystery.
ââ?¬Å?Itââ?¬â?¢s not what actually happens, itââ?¬â?¢s what public perception is.ââ?¬Â These words, repeated by senior drum major Adam Gill, represent a concise understanding of how public relations works, something University of Wisconsin Marching Band Director Michael Leckrone has imparted to his band members frequently in the past.
After the release of last week�s allegations against the marching band, one thing is obvious: The University of Wisconsin Marching Band Director Michael Leckrone should not be blamed for the hazing actions of band members.
Four UW-Madison freshmen were mobbed by a group of teenagers on Allied Drive late Friday night, with one of the male students losing his wallet in the skirmish.
The UW System found itself under heavy scrutiny Friday following the release of a state audit questioning whether university employees are ethical in reporting sick leave and vacation time.
