The recent spike in fuel costs has homeowners scrambling this winter to cover the expected rise in heating bills; but as to exactly how these high fuel costs will affect the UW-Madison campus, not much, if anything, is known.
The recent spike in fuel costs has homeowners scrambling this winter to cover the expected rise in heating bills; but as to exactly how these high fuel costs will affect the UW-Madison campus, not much, if anything, is known.
Halloween 2002 inaugurated a pattern of destruction on State Street that university and city officials are desperate to end. But for many new students at UW-Madison, the background to the preparations for this weekend may be unclear.
When Provost Peter Spear packed his bags and bid adieu to the University of Wisconsin earlier this week, this campus lost an accomplished administrator who helped guide the university to where it is today.
In Celtic Ireland, Halloween traditions began in the year 5 B.C.E. On State Street in Madison, the University of Wisconsin students� tradition began in the late 1970s.
To further the public understanding on nanotechnology, the University of Wisconsin, in coordination with various science museums nationwide, is focusing on creating interactive exhibits on this science.
A University of Wisconsin student suffered from heroin overdose early Sunday morning on North Frances Street, the Madison Police Department released Tuesday.
University of Wisconsin professor William Cronon spoke Tuesday about the importance of Wisconsin�s geography in shaping the state�s history and culture.
David Walsh has accomplished quite a bit since graduating from UW-Madison in 1965. He served in Vietnam, graduated from Harvard Law School, received a partnership in the Foley & Lardner law firm and was even part of the ownership group that turned down a lucrative offer from North Carolina to keep the Brewers in Milwaukee.
John E. Proctor, age 71, passed away Sept. 25, 2005. John retired from the University of Wisconsin System in Madison, as director emeritus of data processing in 1997.
Roger W. Palmer, age 62, of Madison, died Monday, Oct. 24, 2005. In 1997 he became assistant professor in the Dairy Science Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with responsibilities in teaching and extension and was promoted to associate professor in 2003.
David Wilcove, keynote speaker for the Madison Ecology Group�s fall Ecology Symposium, came to campus last month to speak about America�s endangered species and the struggle to save them from extinction.
The development of genetically modified plants has allowed people to change certain traits in crops, but humans have been influencing the genetic makeup of crops for thousands of years. Maize took more than 7,000 years to descend from a tropical, small-eared plant to the modern crop grown on farms today.
Every now and again, the insatiable desire to explain the supernatural turns science and the paranormal into strange bedfellows. Modern medicine allows doctors and scientists to play the game of pin-the-condition-on-the-monster but since vampire and werewolf test subjects are hard to come by, their speculation is solely based on finding parallel symptoms between folklore legends and modern disease definitions.
Men and women may be from the same planet after all, according to recent findings by UW-Madison professor of psychology Janet Hyde.
The recent study conducted by Hyde confirmed that men and women are fundamentally identical psychologically and that gender differences, such as math ability and self-esteem levels, have been greatly overestimated.
This summer the southeast campus will undergo a four-year redevelopment project at the University Square lot located north of Gordon Commons.
A law that prohibits state employees from signing contracts of more than $15,000 with the state has hindered UW-Madison professors attempting research with independent companies, UW officials and professors said.
The Primate Freedom Project filed a lawsuit against Budget Bicycles owner Roger Charly for selling his property to UW-Madison despite a previous contractual obligation with the animal rights group.
The strategy to prevent non-UW-Madison students from rioting on Halloween is a coordinated effort to standardize University-related penalties, according to UW System administrators.
The University of Wisconsin Public Affairs Writer in Residence program invited National Public Radio Senior Washington Editor Ron Elving to speak about a broad range of political and journalistic issues Monday.
The University Square redevelopment project, which should be completed by fall 2009, is making its way through Madison committees.
A special-interest group committed to ending primate testing for scientific research filed a lawsuit with a Madison property owner Oct. 18.
University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly sent a letter to UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley Monday acknowledging he has reviewed the report Wiley delivered to him late last week.
Madison�s party-school reputation draws 80,000 people from across the country to State Street each October. This year, UW-Madison is attempting to impart a reality check by openly stating that out-of-town guests are unwelcome on campus during Halloween weekend.
A 31-year-old man threatening to jump from a bridge halted traffic on the 800 block of University Avenue for approximately one hour Sunday night. UW-Madison Campus Police and Madison Police worked to persuade the man, who was dangling over the outer-side of the Vilas/Humanities bridge, back to safety.
University of Wisconsin students stuck with a tough question from class they just can�t answer need not worry. The Greater University Tutoring Service is available on the UW campus for all students� academic conundrums.
As October ends, Ald. Austin King, District 8, is not only working hard on his Halloween costume, but is also helping to prepare a safe celebration and guarantee parties for years to come.
Following a week and a half of homecoming activities boosting Badger spirit, University of Wisconsin police arrested more than 20 students at Camp Randall Stadium during Saturday�s game against Purdue University.
With Madison�s Halloween celebration less than a week away, the reality is setting in for University of Wisconsin dormitory residents who cannot host visitors this year.
University of Wisconsin Police successfully prevented a 31-year-old man from jumping off the pedestrian footbridge connecting the Humanities building and Vilas Hall Sunday night.
University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly will make public this week an Oct. 20 letter from UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley presumably reporting on corrective measures to ensure appropriate sick-leave policies.
University of Wisconsin Provost Peter Spear will leave the office today for the last time as he retires with his wife and mother in Tucson, Ariz.
Thursdayââ?¬â?¢s article is no surprise to our departmentââ?¬â?our staff has been dealing with the drinking problem of dormitory students for years.
This letter is in response to the story ââ?¬Å?House fellows lax in enforcing no-alcohol policy, students sayââ?¬Â (News, Oct. 20). The photo and caption on the front page undermine the work of house fellows. The article was inaccurate and disrespectful to house fellows.
At a Downtown Coordinating Committee meeting Thursday, Captain Mary Schauf of the Madison Police Department announced the MPD�s final plans for Halloween weekend.
A Student Labor Action Coalition referendum, overwhelmingly approved during the Fall 2005 ASM election last week, is at the center of a growing debate over the right of UW-Madison students to participate in the university decision-making process, which could result in legal action.
In regard to your article ââ?¬Å?Michigan fans claim UW students grossly inappropriate at game,ââ?¬Â I must say that I am dismayed by the bellyaching of Michigan fans about their alleged mistreatment at the hands of zealous Badger fans. I am a Michigan alumnus and a current UW graduate student, and I had ten friends from my undergraduate days up to Madison for the game. They all enjoyed themselves immensely.
David Walsh, president of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, announced this week the formation of a new ad hoc committee to investigate means to accelerate the UW System�s employee dismissal process.
University of Wisconsin political science professor Donald Downs spoke at the Memorial Union Thursday to explain the message behind his recently published book, ââ?¬Å?Restoring Free Speech and Liberty to Campus.ââ?¬Â
Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz announced Thursday that a wireless Internet system will be available in the downtown area by March 2006.
The Madison Downtown Coordinating Committee heard the police department�s plans for Halloween 2005 at a meeting Thursday.
Authorities from the federal, state and local levels announced Thursday that they will join forces to probe whether a state contract was awarded fraudulently.
The number of students sent to detoxification centers is on the rise, highlighting the drinking behavior of UW-Madison Housing residents. Lenient housefellows draw attention to an already growing problem: underage drinking in the dorms.
As of Oct. 17, the UW-Madison Police Department has had the most detox commitments in the past three years, according to Chief of Police Susan Riseling, who held a press conference yesterday, at the University of Wisconsin Police Department.
Last week, the Student Services Finance Committee faced a difficult decision regarding whether the SAFEwalk service was beneficial overall to the campus given its steep costs per walker. SAFEwalk is based on two central tenets: transportation and safety.
A solitary cup defiantly remains across the table, half-filled with warm beer and taunting the player on the opposite side to sink the ball and finish the game. Staring at the hazy cup with glazed-over eyes, the player leans precipitously over the table to steady himself, at the same time releasing the ball in a hurried, erratic motion. The ball sails across the table in a wobbly arc, landing nowhere near its intended target. The ball is picked up and the game continues.
City officials and the Madison Police Department will use many of the same strategies as in past years to deal with Halloween crowds, but they will increase the number of mounted officers and additional neighborhood patrols to monitor house parties. Stadium-style lighting will be turned on at dusk, instead of at a designated ending time, as last year.
The weekend of Oct. 28 through Oct. 30 will prove to be an eventful one for the city of Madison. Between two hockey games, a Broadway show and Halloween, the isthmus will be overflowing with people and parking garages will be full.
The Alcohol License Review Committee reviewed updates from the Policy Alternatives Community Education (PACE) project�s efforts to limit drink specials at Madison bars during a meeting Wednesday. The committee also gave a liquor license to the Ale Asylum, the east-side microbrewery set to open in February.
The University of Wisconsin fell under state scrutiny once again as the Senate Higher Education and Tourism Committee held a public hearing at the Capitol Wednesday concerning the university�s employment policies.
Thousands of University of Michigan fans traveled to Camp Randall Stadium Sept. 24 only to watch their beloved Wolverines succumb to the Badgers in a thrilling fourth-quarter comeback.
In a moment of unexpected candor from the University of Wisconsin Police Department, Chief of Police Susan Riseling held a press conference Wednesday in which the department released detailed information and data pertaining to all 30 cases of UW students who have been committed to a detoxification center so far this semester.
In response to the Student Services Financial Committee’s Friday decision to cut more than half of SAFEwalk’s funding, UW Transportation has pledged to fund the service anyway, provoking complaints from SSFC members who claim the university is undermining student government authority.
For UW-Madison students, alcohol use is rampant, whether consumed at a frat party, house party or Badger game. But, in a top party school climate, what happens when underage students throw caution to the wind, drink and subsequently get caught?
A state audit of UW System employment practices and policies is set to delve into issues such as felons employed at UW schools and backup jobs after the Joint Legislative Audit Committee approved the scope of the study Tuesday.
Though the University of Wisconsin-Madison consistently ranks as one of the nation�s finest state universities, this mark of distinction could very well lose all validity in the near future. As the university continues to receive less and less money from the state, it faces the serious possibility of becoming a de facto private institution. Indeed, statistics suggest that the status of many of the nation�s state-financed institutions may be in peril.
The first few days of class are always the same. The professor introduces him or herself, reads through the syllabus (although most students are capable of reading on their own), and discusses the rules of cheating. An especially salient topic that arises in the cheating segment is that of plagiarism.
Wisconsin residents feel they are taking a backseat to special interests and personal agendas in state and local governments, a new study revealed Tuesday.
Presented with the task of selecting a group of viable candidates to replace University of Wisconsin Medical School Dean Philip Farrell, a 22-member search-and-screen committee has decided on four potential successors. The successor would assume the deanship by fall semester next year.
Nobody ever told Regent Charles Pruitt it would be easy serving as chair of the Board of Regentsââ?¬â?¢ Business & Finance Committee, although few could have foreseen the scandals surrounding University of Wisconsin personnel policies and practices over the past few months ââ?¬â? scandals Pruittââ?¬â?¢s committee is responsible for resolving.
