University of Wisconsin Interim Dean of Students Lori Berquam, detailing the university�s plans for the Halloween celebration, explained the reasoning and goal of the university�s parental involvement policy at a Policy Alternatives Community Education meeting Tuesday.
The Wisconsin State Senate voted by unanimous consent Tuesday to pass a bill that will encourage the donation of umbilical-cord blood of newborn children, but legislators blocked a vote to ban human cloning which will instead be intended for a vote today.
Chancellor John Wiley addressed the Faculty Senate Monday, speaking to issues important to professors, such as sick leave and vacation policy, in his annual State of the University speech. While these shortcomings are important, we believe a much wider portrait must be painted to fully assess the condition of our great, state university of Wisconsin.
When evaluating plans for expansion, one of UW-Madison’s priorities is constructing a greener, denser campus. In order to achieve this goal, university officials further detailed plans to build upward and replace low-rise buildings at a Southeast Campus Area Committee meeting Monday.
Campus officials met with developers from Potter Lawson Inc. Monday as part of continuing efforts to design the University Square area. The building will boast over one million square feet of floor space, and final plans will be worked out at a Nov. 1 meeting.
Chancellor John Wiley addressed possibly the most prominent concerns on faculty’s minds-sexual harassment, sick leave and vacation policy-in his State of the University address at Monday’s Faculty Senate meeting.
Chancellor Wiley sent me an e-mail Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 2:14 p.m. In truth, he sent it to all 40,000 University of Wisconsin-Madison students, but nevertheless I was still excited to get an email direct from the man whose salary I pay to lead this university.
Mommy and Daddy employ various forms of punishment for ââ?¬Å?bad behaviorââ?¬Â with young children. Different tactics include the ââ?¬Å?timeout,ââ?¬Â spanking, an early bedtime, ââ?¬Å?groundingââ?¬Â or in very mild cases of punishment when ââ?¬Å?Mario Brothersââ?¬Â was the hottest thing on the market in the ââ?¬Ë?80s, ââ?¬Å?No Nintendo for two weeksââ?¬Â.
When former vice chancellor Paul Barrows returned to campus Monday morning, the entire community let out a slow breath, hoping against hope that the scandal was now firmly in the past and that UW could begin the slow process of healing.
Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle announced an update to a plan to boost the state�s economic growth in several cities Monday.
In an effort to preserve professors� right to tenure, the University of Wisconsin Faculty Senate passed a resolution Monday advising the American Association of University Professors to conduct a formal investigation into possible due process and shared governance violations surrounding the Board of Regent�s dismissal of UW-Superior professor John Marder.
In the wake of the release of the Paul Barrows investigation last week, Chancellor John Wiley expressed a need to review and repudiate certain University of Wisconsin employment policies regarding disciplinary and paid leave issues at a Faculty Senate meeting Monday.
Former Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Paul Barrows returned to the University of Wisconsin after a highly scrutinized leave of absence Monday. Barrows� return comes just four days after UW System President Kevin Reilly announced his decision that there were not grounds to fire Barrows based on attorney Susan Steingass� internal investigative report.
It’s a major question-and one asked by relatives over Thanksgiving break.
What is your major?
And with such a bevy of options, UW-Madison students, usually have an answer. But, in the major-centric society, what about minors?
After living at home, in apartments, in co-ops and abroad, UW-Madison graduate students Toni Drake and Tim Gill finally found the ideal living situation.
Editor’s Note: This is an official response to the Sep. 7, 2005 Cardinal View in which our editorial board criticized the Halloween no-guest rule in UW-Madison dorms.
The Division of University Housing provides a residential community for 7,000 undergraduate students. The residence halls are students’ homes-we are not in the business of running a hotel.
Madison has a literacy problem. Many Madisonians cannot read or write beyond an elementary level and others cannot read or write at all. UW-Madison students rarely interact with these Madison residents. Many do not even know they exist.
Today Former Assistant to the Chancellor Paul Barrows will return to his academic staff back-up position at UW-Madison as the Senior Administrative Programming Specialist in the Provost’s office.
Barrows will work out of an office on Bascom Hill and, according to Provost Peter Spear, he will be reporting to the Associate Vice Chancellors in the Office of the Provost.
Progress reports, parent-teacher conferences and detention slips are all elements of years past ââ?¬â? or so we thought. It turns out that University of Wisconsin-Madison is trying to bring the parents back into the school with a new parental notification policy announced last week. Students who thought that upon arriving in Madison they were ââ?¬Å?freeââ?¬Â from their parents are shocked at this policy change. But after a reported 14 trips to detoxification so far this semester, I say it is about time we do something.
A University of Wisconsin study on gender found little-to-no difference in males and females psychologically, and stereotypes commonly perpetuated by the media are invalid.
University of Wisconsin freshman Sarah Whiteaker has been selected as one of six college students nationwide to appear in America Onlineââ?¬â?¢s new documentary series ââ?¬Å?Project Freshman.ââ?¬Â
The U.S. Senate passed a bill Thursday which will give more than $100 billion in federal funding to agricultural research, management and conservation projects throughout the nation.
Halloween weekend in Madison continues to bring thousands of visitors and partygoers to the downtown area each year and impacts the livelihood of a number of State Street eateries and businesses.
Mary Carbine of the University of Wisconsin Arts Institute has directed the Wisconsin Film Festival since its debut in 1999, but Carbine will be stepping down from the film festival and the university to pursue a career in the ââ?¬Å?private sectorââ?¬Â this year.
Paul Barrows, the former University of Wisconsin vice chancellor for student affairs, will return to work this morning, the attorney for the embattled administrator confirmed Sunday.
A mass e-mail will be sent to UW-Madison students today, encouraging them to participate in an online survey related to the Union Facilities Involvement Plan.
The purpose of the survey is to get feedback on what types of renovations students would like in both Union South and the Memorial Union.
At a panel Thursday night at the Memorial Union entitled Meet Your Representatives, local legislative members had the opportunity to field questions regarding issues important to UW-Madison students. Halloween and student involvement came to the forefront at the discussion.
With Thursday’s release of the Steingass report-an investigation into the circumstances surrounding Paul Barrows’ employment status-came a slew of new allegations of sexual harassment, decision-making errors and further knowledge of the debates among top UW-Madison officials as the Barrows controversy unfolded.
Gov. Jim Doyle and state lawmakers expressed doubt in university officials following the release of a report alleging that former UW-Madison Vice Chancellor Paul Barrows sexually harassed several women.
UW-Madison released an investigative report conducted by private attorney Susan Steingass Thursday that claims UW-Madison Administrator Paul Barrows sexually harassed five women, one of whom is former UW-Madison Dean of Students Luoluo Hong, and wrongly used his sick and vacation time.
After a year of eerie silence blended with sordid deceit, the University of Wisconsin opened the blinds on the Paul Barrows affair Thursday afternoon.
In the coming weeks, this year�s Halloween celebration in Madison will continue to be a hot-button issue. Unfortunately for students, while the majority of the attention has been paid to decisions and discussions of the City�s Halloween Planning Committee, several extremely suspect decisions made at the University level regarding Halloween have gone unnoticed by most of the student body.
Publicly announcing a course of action after spending weeks reviewing attorney Susan Steingass� investigation into the Paul Barrows controversy, University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly handed down a reprimand to UW-Madison�s top official Thursday, along with calls for change in the school�s employment policies.
Capping a summer of controversy unparalleled in recent memory, the University of Wisconsin released the much-awaited report by attorney Susan Steingass Thursday detailing the circumstances surrounding former UW administrator Paul Barrows� paid leave of absence from the university.
Terry D. Snowden died on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2005. His working career included Maintenance Supervisor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
There are always those people who never win anything. They consistently enter contests to win a new car or the opportunity of a lifetime, thoroughly convinced that they will not come out the winner. Why would one continue to enter these contests? Maybe they’re holding onto the hope that it may just be their day to win that chance to have their 15 minutes of fame.
very year, approximately 100 UW-Madison students are admitted to emergency detoxification. So far this semester, 14 students have been so admitted to university hospitals-most of them 18- or 19-years old. Beginning this week, university policy will direct the Office of the Chancellor to formally notify parents and guardians when “their son or daughter has been involved in a gravely serious situation,” including detox. This action is both inconsistent and dangerous for underage students.
UW-Madison campus police and transportation services have been vigorously ticketing moped violations on both new and existing laws during an “enforcement phase,” which began Monday and lasts until Sept 30.
Parents will now be notified if their underage student at UW-Madison is involved in extremely serious alcohol or drug incidents due to a policy Chancellor John Wiley announced Wednesday.
Former UW-Madison Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Paul Barrows filed a lawsuit against Chancellor John Wiley and former Dean of Students Luoluo Hong Tuesday, claiming Wiley forced him to use his sick and vacation time and violated his due process rights.
On Badger game days, standards of appropriate behavior in Madison change as fans yell ââ?¬Å?a*sholeââ?¬Â to out-of-state strangers, chant ââ?¬Å?f*ck you, eat sh*tââ?¬Â to their fellow students and paint their bodies red and white.
A University of Wisconsin alumni group, Hollywood Badgers, is helping students and graduates break into the entertainment industry.
In the past, University of Wisconsin underclassmen could rest easy knowing their parents would be unaware of their college antics.
Former University of Wisconsin Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Paul Barrows filed suit against UW Chancellor John Wiley Tuesday for allegedly asking Barrows to use accrued sick leave and vacation time without due process.
Wisconsin is the worst place to be black according to four panelists who referred to a report in Black Commentator magazine at the “Education Not Incarceration” forum in the Red Gym Tuesday.
The Teaching Assistants Association held its first meeting of the year Tuesday night to discuss several issues including its battle with the state Legislature over a contract negotiation that has been locked in a stalemate for three years.
UW-Madison is stepping up its Internet protection by spreading awareness about system breakthroughs. Jim Lowe, chief internet technology security manager at the Division of Information Technology is spearheading the campaign.
State Street business representatives expressed frustration Tuesday after Mayor Dave Cieslewicz requested that bars close early Halloween weekend.
To honor a late housing-department figurehead, a new University of Wisconsin dormitory under construction on North Park Street will be named Newell J. Smith Hall.
Jim Lowe, the new manager of information-technology security on the UW campus, plans to bring a more cooperative approach to mounting Internet security concerns at the University of Wisconsin.
The Nature Preserve Committee held its first public meeting Tuesday in the main lounge of Chadbourne Residential College to present information and gather input on how the preserve should be conserved, restored and used at the University of Wisconsin over the next quarter century.
Racism in Wisconsin�s education and judicial systems was the topic of panel discussion at the Multicultural Student Center Tuesday evening.
Princeton University students have graduated with too many ââ?¬Å?Aââ?¬Â grades over the past 20 years, faculty and administrators say.
At a meeting Tuesday, Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz re-emphasized his desire to have State Street taverns voluntarily close an hour-and-a-half early during Halloween festivities Saturday, Oct. 29, due to daylight saving time.
Take a cursory glance at the health news on any given day and you’ll start seeing reoccuring buzzwords pop up again and again. Antioxidants, in particular, are a popular choice. In my mind, a typical viewer would likely make note these findings: “Oh, coffee has antioxidants? Sweet! And blueberries, too? That’s friggin’ awesome!” The news item proceeds to replicate in their head like a virus. During their next trip to the grocery store, these consumers may be stricken by a need to pick up said products.
As the Louisiana floodwaters begin to recede, the suspended mixture of human waste and chemicals contained in them continues to linger, posing a major health threat to aid workers and returning residents.
Riot gear and pepper spray have defined Madison’s annual Halloween party for the last three years, staining the image of Madison and the university. In our view, there are two major problems that must be dealt with if the city is to enjoy a safe and uneventful weekend this year. The influx of people from closing bars creates a chaotic, congested State Street and, second, most rioters are intoxicated outsiders with no stake in the Madison community.
Deputy athletic director to move to Iowa State
New plan leads to savings for state taxpayers
Smoke affects bartenders, study says
UW-Madison is the top research institution in the nation and twelfth overall, according to the September issue of Washington Monthly Magazine, which released a college guide ranking 245 public and private colleges.
It is a common sight to see students walking to class with iPod ear buds jammed into their ears and possibly damaging their hearing with each step they take.
