An unidentified chemical agent sweeping through the 5400 block of Elizabeth Waters inflicted uncontrollable coughs and distress for residents there Monday night, prompting hall directors to temporarily evacuate the building at approximately 7:30 p.m.
Seeking to escape from University of Wisconsin oversight, the Associated Students of Madison is incorporating a faction of their organization as a non-profit company, according to student governance officials.
The UW Board of Regents resolved to immediately investigate felony charges facing university employees at the UW System Board of Regents meeting in West Bend, Wis. Friday.
As the city of New Orleans attempts to recover in the wake of hurricane Katrina, some students enrolled at the now-closed Tulane University found themselves thrust into the arms of UW-Madison.
Wisconsin students who want to leave the Dairy State but still attend college in the Midwest may soon be able to pay discounted tuition at over 125 schools in six states starting this fall.
The Board of Regents passed a preliminary resolution Friday recommending that the UW-System waive tuition for students displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
The University of Wisconsin earned the No. 9 overall ranking for fittest college in Menââ?¬â?¢s Fitness magazineââ?¬â?¢s ââ?¬Ë?First Annual Fittest and Fattest Colleges in America,ââ?¬â?¢ a special report fielded by the Princeton Review.
Concerned over a proposed bill banning emergency contraception, and possibly all forms of oral contraception from University of Wisconsin Health Services, students and members of the grassroots organization Our Bodies, Our Rights! rallied at Library Mall Friday in opposition to the bill�s potential passage.
After a multitude of Gulf Coast area colleges were forced to shut down for the fall semester after widespread damage from Hurricane Katrina, many universities nationwide have offered displaced students enrollment at their institutions, sometimes at no cost, for the fall semester.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents passed a resolution Friday mandating that the system administration establish policies to assure the public and Legislature that any employee charged with a felony is immediately investigated and that disciplinary action, if any, be determined in a timely manner.
Despite some traffic difficulties, the City of Madison hosted its annual Ironman Triathalon Sept. 11 and provided a satisfactory training ground for local and nationwide competitors.
This year, the Athletic Department has continued its depressing trend of finding new ways to regulate the handout of student hockey tickets. Over the past few years it has added group size restrictions, group registration, and last year, made the long wait for hockey tickets a test of stamina by eliminating the use of blankets, sleeping bags and other minor comforts.
It has been 18 months since the Teaching Assistants’ Association walked back into classrooms following an unsuccessful and unpopular strike. Still operating under a contract negotiated in 2001, teaching assistants are scheduled to enter mediated discussions with UW officials in upcoming weeks. Given that recent talks have proven unfruitful for the TAA, we anticipate that upcoming negotiations will be highly sensitive affairs, invoking passionate pleas from union members and student supporters. However, if one state lawmaker has his way, the TAA’s right to collective bargaining will soon disappear.
In stark contrast to another, less-prestigious, high rank study this fall, UW-Madison placed ninth this September in Men’s Fitness Magazine’s list of the 20 fittest colleges in America.
In response to a 2004 strike by UW-Madison teaching assistants which he deemed illegal, Senator Tom Reynolds, R-West Allis, introduced a bill Wednesday to eliminate the ability of the Teaching Assistants’ Association to collectively bargain.
Thousands of athletes, volunteers and spectators are expected to attend Madison’s fourth annual Ironman Wisconsin Triathalon this Sunday.
While housing officials at UW-Madison try to find space in overcrowded facilities for students displaced by Hurricane Katrina, UW-Milwaukee, is experiencing a public housing crunch as well, due in part to an exceptionally large freshman class.
Following criticism of the UW System for holding “backup” jobs for some UW administrators, a committee of the UW System Board of Regents agreed in West Bend, Wis., Thursday to draft immediate and long-term changes for UW employment practices.
The Madison-based Freedom from Religion Foundation announced this week it was successful in convincing the University of Minnesota not to offer a Faith/Health Clinical Leadership Program after filing a lawsuit against the University March 25. The FFRF said the course promoted religion, which is unconstitutional for a public university.
After being ââ?¬Å?blastedââ?¬Â by Fox News Channel program ââ?¬Å?The Oââ?¬â?¢Reilly Factor,ââ?¬Â the University of Wisconsin released an official status report Thursday concerning university employees convicted of felonies.
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents reconvened Thursday for the first time since July to discuss a variety of matters centered on recent employment and personnel matters affecting the UW System. Those matters were addressed during the regents� Business and Finance Committee hearing.
The Teaching Assistants’ Association is set to renew negotiations with the state this fall in an effort to break a two-year stalemate over a contract for TAs and program assistants. But a proposed new bill could strip the TAA of its right to bargain, according to a TAA statement.
Moped owners will have to start following the rules of the road this week as the UW-Madison Police Department began the process of educating moped owners about new moped regulations Sept. 6.
The Urban Design Commission passed initial approval Wednesday night for a six-story university housing and office structure at 731 State St.
Various University of Wisconsin student services once housed at the former bank and office building at Park and University Streets have re-located to make way for the future expansion of Grainger Hall.
The City of Madison Police Department aims to limit illegal drinking and drinking-related crime on the University of Wisconsin campus by using Community Police Teams and a hard-line approach to house parties.
The Teaching Assistants� Association denounced a prospective bill that would eliminate collective bargaining for graduate employees in the University of Wisconsin System Wednesday.
To accommodate for the rising numbers of free-wheeling mopeds on campus, University of Wisconsin officials have begun implementing a more structured and stringent parking policy for the popular student vehicles.
In an effort to bring mainstream attention to the fledgling field of nanotechnology, University of Wisconsin scientists have created a rendition of Bucky Badger out of microscopic carbon fibers, dubbing it ââ?¬Å?Nanobucky.ââ?¬Â
Hurricane Katrina was quickly heading towards Tulane University as freshman Alison Skaise met her roommate while moving into her dormitory.
The University of Wisconsin Press, following a costly five-year stint with former Director Robert Mandel at the helm, is mired in a $2.8 million debt, UW Press officials have confirmed to The Badger Herald.
University Housing created more problems than solutions for Halloween festivities when it declared this past summer that no guests will be allowed to stay in the dorms from Friday, Oct. 28 through Tuesday, Nov. 1. The tactic is meant to prevent out of town students, who accounted for 391 of the 450 arrests during Halloween in 2004, from attending the festivities. The no-guest policy is a dangerous step because the hazards far outweigh the benefits of keeping a minute percentage of the 75,000 party-goers away from Halloween in Madison.
Some 1,092 UW System employees have backup positions with guaranteed pay, according to figures UW System president Kevin Reilly released to the state Legislature Friday, Sept. 2. The university system, which is comprised of 26 campuses, employs 33,000 people in all, meaning that about 3.3 percent of employees have such pay guarantees. According to UW System spokesperson Doug Bradley, state statute guarantees 64 percent of these backup positions.
After spending five years and $25 million on a new payroll system for the University of Wisconsin System, UW officials still face significant challenges with its development and implementation. With some state lawmakers criticizing the UW System for the expensive new payroll software and the fact that it is months past deadline, UW officials stressed its complexity and breadth made it more difficult to execute than they had first thought.
The school year has just begun, but the Associated Students of Madison have already proposed to change the date of the Mifflin Street Block Party.
Again, the traditional block party falls on May 6-the official final exam study date-and ASM requests that it be changed to April 29.
In the early morning hours on Friday, Sept. 2, Madison police arrived at Bradley Hall to find a UW-Madison freshman had died in her dorm room.
Citing swiftly moving lines, a minimum of hassle and a more focused and responsive audience, the Athletic Department does not hesitate to label the new football ticket distribution process a success.
Chancellor John Wiley announced last Wednesday that UW-Madison will assist students of universities closed by Hurricane Katrina by enrolling previously admitted students.
“We’d like to be able to help them and their families out by making it possible for them to continue their studies until their schools reopen,” UW-Madison Provost Peter Spear said.
In the wake of devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, the University of Wisconsin System ââ?¬â? along with other colleges and universities around the nation ââ?¬â? has taken it upon itself to help students displaced by our nationââ?¬â?¢s latest tragedy.
Easy to overlook in the devastating wake of Hurricane Katrina are the thousands of college students who suddenly had their fall semesters cancelled as universities surveyed the damage to their campuses in the New Orleans and Gulf Coast areas.
University of Wisconsin athletic officials are resting easy following last Saturday�s football-season opener and the implementation of a new student-ticket policy. The policy, which was widely accepted but not necessarily approved by the student fan base, came off with no major altercations or debauchery.
Badger fans rushed to help raise nearly $60,000 in relief for victims of Hurricane Katrina on opening day of the University of Wisconsin football season, supporting efforts to aid those deluged by the disaster.
Before attending her first day of class, University of Wisconsin freshman Hannah Means was found dead in her Bradley Learning Community residence hall early Friday morning, according to university officials.
As part of a much-publicized system audit, University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly disclosed the number of UW System employees who are provided with back-up appointments and acknowledged the completion of the Paul Barrows report during a Tuesday teleconference.
Like the Watergate scandal, it wasn�t the crime, but the cover-up.
For the third consecutive year, the University of Wisconsin System has taken another slew of budget cuts, but officials say there were fewer cuts than in the past.
A bill that would halt the advertising, prescribing and dispensing of emergency contraceptives on University of Wisconsin campuses passed the Wisconsin State Assembly in mid-June and has been sent to the state Senate, where it could be considered as soon as this fall. The contraceptive, also known as EC or the morning-after pill, has been available in the UW System without a doctor�s appointment.
The City of Madison and the University of Wisconsin plan significant changes in the handling of Halloween celebrations this year after holding a series of meetings throughout the summer that will continue on a bi-weekly basis until the event.
The University of Wisconsin ranked the eighth-best public college in America and the 34th-best overall in this year�s U.S. News & World Report. Despite the notable rankings, some UW administrators criticize the yearly report�s accuracy.
University of Wisconsin students can now disregard football-ticket lines at the Kohl Center in favor of a ââ?¬Å?first-come, first-servedââ?¬Â ticket policy.
Just in time for the start of the fall semester, the City of Madison initiated its first alcohol-policy coordinator to deal with general alcohol issues throughout the city.
While much of the focus will be on the field Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium when the Badgers kick off their 2005 campaign, University of Wisconsin student-ticket holders will, for the first time in years, arrive at the stadium with their seating locations yet to be determined.
Sailing has not been smooth for the city-wide smoking ban as many Madison bar and restaurant owners have made waves complaining of a decrease in business due to the new environment, and a proposal to reverse the ban will be introduced to the City Council this fall.
For the first time in a decade, the state of Wisconsin cannot boast the highest average composite ACT score among the 25 states where the ACT is the dominant college-entry exam. The state of Minnesota, which shared the top honor with Wisconsin last year, now sits alone in first place.
When Mary Flynn joined the National Guard, the main reason was to get money for her college career. However, after she was called to serve in Iraq in November 2003, her experience in the military turned into much more.
More than two weeks after the disappearance of University of Wisconsin student Andrew Lathrop in Hokodate, Japan, police there have increased efforts to find him.
The Healthy Families, Healthy City Campaign is proposing a city mandate requiring paid sick leave for all employees, allowing lower-income workers the ability to visit a doctor or recover from an illness without worrying about getting fired or falling short on rent or utility bills.
Due to low student-housing demands, the University of Wisconsin�s all-women lakefront dormitory, Elizabeth Waters, plans to become a co-ed facility in fall 2006.
Citing her position as ââ?¬Å?toxicââ?¬Â and being in a ââ?¬Å?dysfunctional environment,ââ?¬Â former Dean of Students LuoLuo Hong said she left her University of Wisconsin position for administration-related issues, including controversy over former Dean of Student Affairs Paul Barrowsââ?¬â?¢ paid leave.
Celebrated by students and dismissed by administrators, the Princeton Reviewââ?¬â?¢s 2006 ââ?¬Å?The Best 361 Collegesââ?¬Â rates the University of Wisconsin the No. 1 party school in the nation.
