Mike Leckrone said Sunday he consistently takes a disciplinarian approach to band activities despite media coverage to the contrary.
ââ?¬Å?Our justice is pretty quick and sometimes very sudden,ââ?¬Â the embattled University of Wisconsin Marching Band Director said.
Seven months after the off-campus party at the heart of the unresolved rape case involving the Duke University lacrosse team, colleges across the country have profoundly changed how they respond to even the most minor indiscretions by athletes.
As part of its ongoing effort to improve math and science education, the National Science Foundation awarded the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire a $500,000 grant last month.
In the groundbreaking ceremony celebrating the start of the construction of a $40.5 million addition to Grainger Hall, a distinguished panel spoke of the advantages the addition would bring to the University of Wisconsin business program.
A group of juveniles robbed four University of Wisconsin freshmen on Madison�s west side Friday evening, adding to the string of local crimes that have occurred this year.
With Halloween less than two weeks away, the Halloween Action Committee and the mayor�s office made final decisions on both the performing bands and street vendors for the evening of Saturday, Oct. 28.
In a student-oriented debate Sunday evening, U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and her Republican opponent Dave Magnum answered questions submitted by University of Wisconsin students.
The University of Wisconsin System has come under pressure to reform personnel policies following an independent audit released Friday.
After three days of heavy media coverage regarding the UW Marching Band�s alleged misconduct, university administration revealed specific, graphic details of the band�s misbehavior Thursday.
University of Wisconsin libraries are going digital, and Google is there to help.
The average Midwestern television news broadcast devotes 36 seconds to election coverage during a 30-minute newscast, according to a new University of Wisconsin study released Thursday.
A Republican state legislator called for an ethical investigation Thursday into the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents� formal declaration of public opposition to the state�s proposed constitutional marriage amendment.
The University of Wisconsin Marching Bandââ?¬â?¢s Sept. 23 trip to Michigan was the latest incident in its ââ?¬Å?ingrainedââ?¬Â culture of sexualized hazing, Chancellor John Wiley said Thursday.
Bob La Follette would be proud. In the spirit of the Wisconsin idea, UW-Madison has forged a partnership with Google that will vastly expand the capacity to sift and winnow beyond university confines.
After Madison�s ABC 27 News unearthed a story Tuesday that a textbook used by UW-Madison Professor Kevin Barrett is politically charged and includes an essay comparing President Bush to Hitler, state legislators again decried Barrett�s UW-Madison lecturer position.
Library eighth institution in world to team with Book Search program
UW-Madison and Google announced an agreement today to digitize more than 7.2 million holdings at UW-Madison Libraries to their book search database, exposing the world to Wisconsin resources and shaping the way Internet research is conducted worldwide.
For a group that does its work on large fields in front of thousands of fans, it�s hard to believe the University of Wisconsin marching band could be shrouded in so much mystery.
The executive producer of Nova, PBS�s popular science show, will be interacting with students and faculty at the University of Wisconsin next week.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee received a $100,000 housing grant from the Department of Commerce Wednesday.
Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle unveiled a new job-creation initiative Wednesday in an effort to address the state�s growing need for workers capable of filling jobs in emerging high-tech industries.
Wednesday marked the 35th anniversary of the creation of the University of Wisconsin System, following the merger of the state�s two public university systems in 1971.
For many University of Wisconsin students, owning two houses and a new BMW Z4 is out of the question. Not for Drew Breneman.
With recent increases in the number of downtown muggings and assaults, several Madison officials are taking action by increasing the number of street lights on some campus-area streets.
In a personal and confidential letter dated Oct. 3, University of Wisconsin Chancellor John Wiley warned UW Marching Band Director Michael Leckrone the group could face ââ?¬Å?virtual extinctionââ?¬Â if any further incidents of severe misconduct arise.
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents is the governing body for the Wisconsin school system, and while the board has many tasks, political activism is not one of them. Despite this minor detail, the UW Board of Regents voted last Friday to oppose a state amendment outlawing same-sex marriage.
As part of his plan to provide $5 million to stem-cell research companies, Gov. Jim Doyle presented $1 million Tuesday to a new company aiming to generate blood products from human embryonic stem cells.
Doyle presented the financial package to founders of Stem Cell Products Inc., started by research pioneer and University of Wisconsin biology professor James Thomson, who isolated the first embryonic stem-cell line.
So what exactly happened in Michigan that has Chancellor John Wiley primed to dismember entire sections of the University of Wisconsin Marching Band?
No one in the band seems to know, and the administrators who do aren�t saying much.
ââ?¬Å?I think no one in the entire band knows what happened in Michigan,ââ?¬Â UW sophomore and band member Kevin Hart said after practice yesterday. ââ?¬Å?There werenââ?¬â?¢t any arrests; there wasnââ?¬â?¢t any serious injury. I have no idea what spurred it at all.ââ?¬Â
Last week, Chancellor Wiley signed into effect the university�s new policy on Limited Term Employment. This issue has mainly been promoted on campus as a social justice imperative, and while it is tempting to believe that we need only adopt a new policy to put us one step closer to a just society, it is necessary to take a closer look at the policy to see if the changes will have their intended effects and to determine whether different policies could be more effective in achieving the stated social goals.
Gov. Jim Doyle announced another pledge for stem cell research Tuesday, giving $1 million to a stem cell start-up company founded by three UW-Madison researchers including James Thomson, the professor who pioneered stem cell research and isolated the first embryonic stem cell.
Stem Cell Products, Inc., run by Thomson and fellow UW-Madison researchers Igor Slukvin and Dong Chen, will begin research on a process that derives red blood cells and platelets from embryonic stem cells. According to Doyle, platelets are in short supply and the U.S. military frequently flies wounded soldiers to Germany in order to perform blood transfusions.
LIKE it or not, the No Child Left Behind Act passed under President Bush has transformed the conversation about American public education. The law has its flaws, but the nation has benefited from its focus on results and its willingness to confront gaps in educational achievement.
Scientists studying 25 years of satellite images have found that the frequency of hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean was substantially reduced in years when sandstorms and trade winds combined to send millions of tons of dust streaming west over the sea from the Sahara Desert. The correlation, measured by a team of scientists from the University of Wisconsin and federal agencies, is described in the current issue of Geophysical Research Letters. Layers of dry, dusty air, moving at up to 50 miles an hour, can disrupt tropical storms in several ways. The research shows that many factors can affect hurricane seasons, complicating efforts to determine whether global warming has played a role recently, some of the authors said.
PLATTEVILLE ââ?¬â? In a move that adds fuel to a fiery statewide debate, the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents voted Friday to oppose a state amendment outlawing same-sex marriage.
The board took the formal stance as part of an effort to retain quality educators in the UW System, saying the amendment would hurt the chances of instituting domestic partners benefits in Wisconsin schools.
PLATTEVILLE ââ?¬â? The president of the University of Wisconsin System and the UW Board of Regents said Friday that people across the state of Wisconsin are voicing their support for higher education in the state.
UW Board of Regents President David Walsh said people have been passionate about the work the UW System is doing.
Long known for its state-of-the art research facilities, the University of Wisconsin has historically made a place for itself in addressing worldwide issues. Continuing in that tradition, three top UW researchers addressed alumni who have since become CEOs around the nation Saturday at the Fluno Center.
ââ?¬Å?We heard from people today that are attacking some of the biggest problems we have, in industry and society,ââ?¬Â Chairman and CEO of Rockwell Automation Keith D. Nosbusch said at Saturdayââ?¬â?¢s summit. ââ?¬Å?What theyââ?¬â?¢re working on here at Wisconsin has a direct connection to the future.ââ?¬Â
With less than three weeks until Madison celebrates Halloween 2006, the city is starting to work out the details of Mayor Dave Cieslewicz�s controversial plan to charge admission to State Street.
Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said arrangements for bands and stages are progressing, largely because of event promoter John Kunz. Though Kunz does not yet have a street use permit for the Oct. 28 celebration, Verveer said The Onion has already come forward as an early sponsor of the event. Kunz could not be reached for comment as of press time.
University of Wisconsin College of Agricultural and Life Sciences professor Michael Carter will administer a $10 million, five-year federal program aiming to curtail poverty in third-world nations.
The program, called the Assets and Market Access Collaborative Research Support Program, is part of a United States Agency for International Development effort addressing global poverty.
http://www.dailycardinal.com/commerce/my-prof-makes-more-than-yours.htmlThe typical university student is surrounded by financial jargon and buzzwords as they maneuver through his or her college years. By the end of four years, students know that professors are paid obscenely high salaries, parking costs are impossible and segregated fees are why we all have to eat Ramen. All these topics sound familiar enough, but upon further investigation, the average student�s knowledge about the actual facts surrounding these issues is minimal at best.
For instance, most students know that it takes years of education to teach at the university level and that warrants a paycheck. But not many know they can see how much this paycheck is.
ââ?¬Å?The public has a right to know the salaries and budgets since itââ?¬â?¢s their money,ââ?¬Â Brian Campbell, a freshman at UW-Madison, said.
Patents are big business and big philanthropy at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, which helps keep UW-Madison in the top tier of research universities.
Since its founding in 1925, WARF, which manages all intellectual property for the university, has donated approximately $800 million to UW-Madison from income on licensing university-based patents, said Jill Ladwig, senior writer for WARF.
Incumbent Gov. Jim Doyle and his Republican challenger U.S. Rep. Mark Green, butted heads for a second time Friday night in Milwaukee, debating a wide range of social issues including stem cell research, abortion, the death penalty and education.
Stem cell research proved to be the hot topic of the debate, with Doyle saying, “There is no issue on which we differ [more] fundamentally.”
Citing the need to compete as the university loses faculty due to its lack of partner benefits, the UW System Board of Regents voted Friday to oppose the proposed gay marriage amendment.
Regent President David Walsh said the amendment might further limit benefits for same-sex domestic partners.
More than 1,000 Halloween tickets have been sold since sales began last Monday, according to the Madison Parks Department.
The city plans to make 80,000 tickets available for the event, and is selling them primarily out of a trailer near Library Mall. The Parks Department is also selling the $5 tickets at its offices in the City County Building, 215 Martin Luther King Blvd.
Even though a statewide survey revealed a majority of Wisconsinites plan to vote in favor of the same-sex marriage ban, Students for a Fair Wisconsin is mobilizing the UW-Madison community to vote no and sway the final outcome of the Nov. 7 referendum.
Gubernatorial candidate Mark Green equates stem cell research with leaving the ââ?¬Å?moral compassââ?¬Â behind. On the other hand, incumbent Gov. Jim Doyle equates stem cell research with an industrial compass that will bring scientific breakthrough and job market expansion to Wisconsin.
Emphasizing the need for increased diversity, the UW System Board of Regents met Thursday at UW-Platteville for its first monthly meeting of the 2006-Ã?¢ââ??‰â??¢07 academic year.
The Business, Finance and Audit Committee passed a resolution to take a formal stance opposing the proposed constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriages and civil unionsÃ?¢ââ??‰â?¬Âthe full Board is considering the resolution today.
The University of Wisconsin Think Campaign student organization held a kickoff meeting at the Humanities Building Thursday evening to introduce interested students to its initiative that promotes an inclusive campus atmosphere.
University of Wisconsin lecturer Kevin Barrett again used the UW campus as a platform to express his view that the U.S. government was behind the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks Thursday.
A University of Wisconsin Board of Regents committee voted Thursday to oppose the controversial same-sex marriage ban that will be on the state ballot this November.
In the summer of 2005, 67-year-old cancer surgeon John Niederhuber was ready for a new chapter in a career spent hopscotching across the country in academic medicine. His wife had died of breast cancer a few years earlier, and his son would soon head off to college. So when Andrew von Eschenbach, director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), asked him to join his staff as a deputy director, Niederhuber left his job as a surgery and oncology professor at the University of Wisconsin, sold his house in Madison, and headed to Washington, D.C.
If you have a computer with Verizon DSL Internet service, expect to be very popular Saturday.
Other than having a ticket to the Big Ten football game between Wisconsin and Northwestern, you possess the only legal way of seeing the game live in the Madison area.
A substance that could block the deadly bird flu virus exists right in your body.
It’s a peptide – a very small piece of a protein. But it has managed to block several strains of influenza in tests with cell cultures and mice at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Roger Dobrick likes to play the recorder, a flute-like instrument, as part of a Renaissance music group. His daughter, a University of Wisconsin-Madison student, got him involved with the Society for Creative Anachronism.
You have probably all heard, at one point or another, that UW-Madison scientist Jamie Thomson was the first person in the world to grow human embryonic stem cells. You have also probably heard about the amazing promise that stem cell research has to cure scores of deadly diseases.
In the most recent controversy surrounding the recognition and funding of religious student organizations within the UW System, the UW-Superior chapter of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship filed suit against the Board of Regents Monday.
In an effort to better connect University of Wisconsin students� academic and social lives, UW�s Office of the Dean of Students has revised its mission statement to better reflect the Wisconsin Idea.
Luke Homan, a University of Wisconsin-La Crosse student who drowned in the Mississippi River early Saturday morning, died with a blood-alcohol level of 0.32, according to preliminary information released Tuesday.
Medical school hopefuls will face a unique hurdle this upcoming year as the primary admissions test changes its face.
University of Wisconsin researchers have discovered a new drug that could help protect people against the avian flu virus.
The University of Wisconsin�s Board of Regents may be ready to get involved with another political controversy.
Standing outside Camp Randall on a Saturday afternoon in September, University of Wisconsin Police Officer Aaron Chapin took a deep breath and recognized a familiar scent in the air.
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine issued a plan today for how it would spend the $3 billion assigned by the state�s voters to finance stem cell research.
