Head football coach Barry Alvarez has a postââ?¬â?game policy for his team: win or lose, the players have 24 hours to forget the previous contest. There is no time to dwell on what has happened and what can no longer be controlled. Alvarez holds himself accountable to the same rule, and last Saturdayââ?¬â?¢s loss at Penn State was no exception.
University of Wisconsin Interim Dean of Students Lori Berquam gets my vote for the overzealous, super-mother of the year award.
The U.S. House of Representatives will consider a bill this week that would include $14.3 billion in cuts to federal student aid programs throughout the nation over the next five years.
Ald. Paul Skidmore, District 9, amended his proposed keg-registration ordinance last week so that a person looking to secure more than two kegs for a party will no longer need to provide a reason to the city clerk during the application process.
While University of Wisconsin students and the Madison Police Department generally had the same goal of participating in a safe Halloween event, disagreement persists regarding the use of mounted patrol on State Street.
University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly delivered a State of the University System address to the UW-Madison Faculty Senate in Bascom Hall Monday, speaking about such topics as stem-cell research and relations with the Legislature.
Regulating scientific research is a priority for lawmakers, but as science marches forward, its breakthroughs must be incorporated into policy-making and modern legislation. To address this need, the UW-Madison Neuroscience Training Program and LaFollette Public Policy School created a joint program to equip Ph.D students with skills to bridge scientific and political disciplines.
University preparations for a possible future avian influenza pandemic are still in progress, according to University Health Services Director Kathy Poi.
While individuals afflicted with the avian flu are as of yet confined to Southeast Asia, the disease�s severe attack on the respiratory system so far killed approximately 50 percent of the 120 people infected.
The ongoing tug-of-war over a small plot of land between UW-Madison�s primate research center and Budget Bicycle Center, 1201 Regent St., entered its next legal battle when the Primate Freedom Project filed an injunction Oct. 26 in Dane County Circuit Court to prevent the property�s sale.
This is how the Wisconsin Idea was described by many people after it was coined in the early 20th century. In order to put into words what was already done in practice, UW President Charles Richard Van Hise and the author of the Idea, Charles McCarthy, worked to describe the relationship between the state and the university.
He�s done it again.
Governor Jim Doyle vetoed AB 499, an initiative that would have banned all methods of human cloning. In doing so, Doyle has once again made the right choice for Wisconsin. Thanks to Doyle, stem-cell research in Wisconsin will continue to prosper and, it is hoped, find cures to life-threatening diseases, as well as continue to help the state�s economy.
After several weeks of waiting, Governor Doyle finally did the expected last week and vetoed AB 499, which would have effectively banned human cloning.
Two Wisconsin legislators expressed outrage last week over University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire�s policy of prohibiting residential assistants from leading bible study groups in their dorm rooms.
As soon as calculated Halloween arrest statistics are available, University of Wisconsin officials will discipline students as they see fit. But those numbers have yet to be released, according to Mike Hanson, public information officer for the Madison Police Department.
With 20 years of experience in the Wisconsin Legislature, Regent Peggy Rosenzweig serves an important role on the Board of Regents. She brings the background of someone who intimately understands and recognizes the relationship between the UW and state lawmakers.
A collection of John Lennon artwork displayed over the weekend at the University of Wisconsin attracted many art and music enthusiasts, but also raised questions about the exhibit�s marketing.
With a state audit of the University of Wisconsin�s hiring practices underway at the request of UW System President Kevin Reilly, it might not be surprising to learn that some professors within the humanities departments of the College of Letters and Science are worried about the tenure process.
In offering $1 million to purchase property near the UW Primate Research Center, UW-Madison has become a bullyââ?¬â?overstepping its bounds and recklessly throwing its power around to put down a small group of harmless advocates.
A new solution has arisen in regards to the milk shortage that affects developing countries around the world.
Despite thousands of rowdy party-goers and the use of pepper spray, many State Street and downtown businesses deemed Halloween weekend safe and successful.
Approximately 58 UW-Madison students were arrested last weekend for violations related to Halloween parties.
That number is nearly identical to the number of UW-Madison students arrested last Halloween. UW-Madison students accounted for approximately 15 percent of all arrestees this year, approximately the same as last year. Police report that 447 people were arrested during this year�s Halloween festivities.
Earning the title of the No. 1 party school in the nation is something that many students here are proud of. Our school is known for being a place where students like to have fun, but lately it seems that this behavior has gotten too out of control and even dangerous.
As the University of Wisconsin continues to address diversity issues on campus, the Multicultural Student Coalition wants to help the university attain and retain more minority students.
The NCAA announced last week plans to begin allotting $10 million annually to reward Division I members whose student-athletes are in good academic standing.
The University of Wisconsin�s own Susan Fischer trumped two out-of-state candidates to become the new director of the Office of Student Financial Services, officials announced Tuesday.
After another Halloween party in Madison required police to deploy pepper spray to disperse the crowd, Mayor Dave Cieslewicz may look to generate support to cancel the event next year.
Joining a worldwide effort to safeguard humanity from the growing risk of avian influenza, University of Wisconsin researchers developed a more efficient method of producing vaccines to combat the disease.
A travel agency passed over for a state contract called the state of Wisconsin�s procurement practices into question Tuesday, alleging the state Department of Administration unfairly gave another company the contract.
Former Sen. John Edwards� supporters speak of his ability to disarm crowds with his Southern charm in the same mythical tones Star Wars fans use when referring to the Force. Edwards� powers were put to the test Wednesday when he delivered a passionate and personal plea asking UW-Madison students to commit themselves to a new fight against poverty.
Four state legislators are calling for a new ââ?¬Å?independentââ?¬Â investigation into the Paul Barrows controversy following UW System President Kevin Reillyââ?¬â?¢s acknowledgement Saturday that he was aware of the reasons for Barrowsââ?¬â?¢ sick leave.
Madison police deemed this year�s Halloween festivities a success Monday, despite the need to declare an unlawful assembly and disperse the crowd using pepper spray.
In the wake of another Halloween celebration that ended in police force and pepper spray, Mayor Dave Cieslewicz has had enough. The mayor, who has crusaded against the festivities for some time now, has already begun to rally support for the cancellation of the annual tradition.
Xavier University of Louisiana, one of the colleges hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina two months ago, will dismiss over half of its faculty and staff on unpaid leave in preparation for the spring semester.
After more than a year of staunch deliberation and a summer of idling, the Teaching Assistants Association and the Office of State Employment Relations agreed to resume negotiations for a new contract today.
Coming into Barry Alvarez�s final season as head football coach at Wisconsin, expectations for success were not high. The Badgers began the season unranked, and no one, even Alvarez, considered this year�s team strong enough to make a run at the Big Ten title.
The University of Wisconsin may see a second internal investigative report into the Paul Barrows scandal after a letter was sent to Board of Regents President David Walsh Monday.
The Madison Police Department confirmed the death, possibly related to the weekend�s festivities, of a 22-year-old University of Wisconsin alumnus at a press conference Monday.
When Celera Genomics first sequenced the entire human genome in 2000, the scientific community and the world at large met the news with unbridled enthusiasmââ?¬â?and with good reason. Sequencing the three billion base pairs in human DNA in a little over a year was a staggering achievement.
A multidisciplinary team of UW-Madison researchers recently received a five-year, $3.4 million grant to develop techniques for using stem cells to repair nerve damage in victims of diseases like Multiple Sclerosis, and to improve imaging technology to view the lesions and repairs at the cellular level.
Tens of thousands lined State Street for this year�s Halloween event Saturday night. While this weekend�s party was an overall improvement from past years because there was not a riot, a few thousand partygoers lost their common sense and impeded the evening�s potential to reach expectations of city officials.
Madison police declared a gathering on State Street an unlawful assembly early Sunday morning and cleared the crowd with officers in riot gear and pepper spray for the fourth consecutive year.
There is bittersweet sentiment from both Madison city officials and UW-Madison students following a Saturday night filled with a boisterous crowd of more than 100,000 on State Street, chants of, ââ?¬Å?Fuck the policeââ?¬Â and the deployment of pepper spray to clear the largest gathering the State Street Halloween celebration has ever seen.
As police officers used force and pepper spray to restrain crowds of unruly partygoers, some University of Wisconsin students have called the police�s behavior into question.
As the State Street crowd turned suddenly riotous early Sunday morning, police resorted to the use of pepper spray to quell the horde of Halloween revelers for the fourth year in a row.
Many State Street bars will maintain close-to-normal bar times this Halloween with last call at 2 a.m. and doors closing at 2:30 a.m., despite city pressure to close early. Some will also open their back-door exits to help ease bar-time congestion.
Halloween is defined by children in the United States as the one day each year that they can dress up as something other than themselves, go door-to-door and receive candy for free, and then proceed to hoard and consume the candy that they have earned. If that same definition were applied to Madison, one would assume that every day is Halloween.
City engineering and planning staff members informed the State Street Design Project Oversight Committee of possible funding problems and plans for posting kiosks on the 300 and 400 blocks of State Street at a meeting Thursday.
To reduce the number of visitors to Madison for Halloween, Interim Dean of Students Lori Berquam has made significant strides in contacting neighboring university officials about expectations regarding the celebration.
The University of Wisconsin System took a major step forward in the merger between UW Colleges and UW-Extension Thursday, as it released the names of four finalists for the new chancellor position, which will oversee both institutions.
Most know of it as ââ?¬Å?The Red Gym.ââ?¬Â Others simply refer to it as ââ?¬Å?the castle on Langdon Street.ââ?¬Â There is even a group on facebook.com that is convinced the Red Gym is the home of Bowser, the famous archenemy of Nintendoââ?¬â?¢s classic videogame hero, Mario.
On the daily trudge up Bascom Hill, although students may not realize it, they are passing a National Historic Landmark. Tucked between Bascom Hall and the Education building sits the first building erected on the University of Wisconsin campus: North Hall.
Walking down Langdon Street toward Memorial Union, you cannot miss it. It is waiting for you at the end of the block, testing your audacity. The recently turned orange ivy creeps up the sides of its brown stone base. Overgrown bushes frame the uncomfortable shade of crimson red brick. Once you have finally digested the structure, your eyes dart to rusty green letters reading Science Hall directly centered over the entrance. ââ?¬Å?Proceed,ââ?¬Â it dares.
Madison starts its weekend-long Halloween revelry this Friday, with area officials urging participants to celebrate responsibly or face ââ?¬Å?strong actionââ?¬Â in the future. While this warning may seem standard, it is far from hollow. A similar celebration in Boulder, Colo., where reckless behavior drove the city to discontinue its Pearl Street Mall Crawl, could foreshadow the future of Halloween in Madison.
Police Chief Noble Wray and Mayor Dave Cieslewicz outlined Wednesday the City of Madison�s plan to keep Halloween safe and secure this weekend.
Madison�s Halloween celebrations have been marked by rioting and extreme disorderly conduct for the past three years. City officials said they intend to stop the trend. Security planning for this year�s event started immediately after last year�s Halloween.
The stereotype of college students as apathetic, uninvolved individuals is simply not accurate, Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., declared Wednesday at an event held by College Democrats of Madison in the Wisconsin Union Theater.
On a cold October evening in Madison some three years ago, a few ordinary people decided that a holiday normally reserved for elementary school children with candy pails should include excessive inebriation, pyromania and looting. These troublemakers were not a representative sample of the city�s population or even the University of Wisconsin student body; they were a group of bad apples with no caramel coating.
Louisiana State University finds itself at the center of a First Amendment debate this week. A group of over 100 protesters has made its opposition clear to the prevalence of purple and gold Confederate flags at Tiger football games.
In the past decade, 1,500 college seniors with good academic standing dropped out of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
Madison city leaders urged University of Wisconsin students to be leaders in their efforts to make the State Street Halloween celebration safe and fun at a press conference Wednesday.
Former vice presidential hopeful and current U.S. Sen. John Edwards, D-North Carolina, called University of Wisconsin students to action in the fight against poverty at Union Theater Wednesday afternoon.
