After weeks of uncertainty and debate among University of Wisconsin students, Mifflin Street residents, the Madison Police Department and Madison community members, Mayor Dave Cieslewicz announced Thursday the Mifflin Street Block party will be officially celebrated Saturday, April 30.
This morning at 11:00 a.m. UW-Madison students will join state employees in marching to the Capitol to demand the state of Wisconsin straighten out its budget priorities. Sponsored by the Student Labor Action Coalition, Associated Students of Madison, Multi-Cultural Student Coalition, Green Progressive Alliance and MEChA, the purpose of the rally is to roll back tuition to 2003 levels, provide good contracts for state and campus workers and ensure affordable healthcare and education for all.
Gov. poses pay increase for state employees
Madison
Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle called Tuesday for state employees with unsettled labor contracts for 2003-’05 to return to the bargaining table to work out their differences with the state.
The Sweet 16 birthday is usually trademarked by everything motorized. Rarely does turning 16 also include cancer.
The expansion of UW-Madison’s medical facilities, the elimination of older pipelines and the possible introduction of heating and cooling plants are some of the initiatives to revamp campus, according to the directors of the Public Utilities Board. The board came together Wednesday in the Red Gym to chart the future of campus utilities under the Campus Master Plan.
If you were to ask UW-Madison’s football season-ticket-holders what effect next year’s switch to a game-day voucher exchange will have, their answers would run the gammut.
A UW-Madison graduate student is part of a group of six lesbian couples seeking domestic partner benefits in a lawsuit filed against the state of Wisconsin Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union.
In a heated open forum with Chancellor John Wiley Wednesday afternoon, students who demanded the removal of military recruitment on campus faced off with ROTC members and supporters.
We are writing to ask every member of the university community to attend a rally today to protest the massive funding cuts to the University of Wisconsin System which have hurt all of us, employees and students of the university alike. Campus unionists and undergraduates will gather together at 11 a.m. in front of Bascom Hall and will then march up State Street to the Capitol, joining thousands of undergrads and state workers at an 11:30 rally.
The reauthorization of the Higher Education Act in the U.S. Senate may still have a long way to go after concerns were raised Tuesday that increased government spending on higher education actually has an adverse effect on helping low-income and middle-class students afford college.
It�s hard to find a difference between Kari Liotta and Danielle Berkovitz.
Both are University of Wisconsin freshmen. Both live in the same residence hall. Both hold the same leadership position in the same student organization.
University of Wisconsin students continue to demonstrate a devotion to fighting the battle against cancer as more than 1,000 students plan to participate in Friday�s Relay for Life event at the Camp Randall Sports Center, the Shell.
The Harvard Institute of Politics introduced a comprehensive study detailing the political concerns of college students Tuesday. Students ranked U.S. foreign policy and Social Security as the two issues of greatest concern.
The Wisconsin American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Wednesday against several state agencies, including the University of Wisconsin, on behalf of six lesbian couples.
University of Wisconsin Chancellor John Wiley spoke in a heated open forum with members from student organization Stop The War and other concerned students about military recruitment on campus Wednesday afternoon.
To the untrained eye, it looks like a peaceful creek. But the water flowing through the UW Arboretum’s West Wingra Marsh is a deep gully cut by unmanaged storm water.
Elected in 2002, Gov. Jim Doyle’s tenure at the helm of the Badger State has just passed the halfway point. This fact, if converted to the semester time zone in which students reside, would mean that Gov. Jim Doyle has just finished his midterm and is focusing on his final in 2006.
Theorists bent on exposing falsehoods in The 9/11 Commission Report maintain the attacks were a conspiracy led by the Bush administration, as UW-Madison students heard Monday at an event sponsored by the Muslim Jewish Christian Alliance for 9/11 Truth.
Facing an inevitable change in the current football voucher exchange program, UW-Madison students voted to trade in their vouchers on game day, the UW-Madison Athletic Department said Monday.
The North Dakota state Legislature passed a bill last month requiring public universities in the state to address complaints about international instructors and students� ability to understand foreign accents.
A controversial study submitted last November to the Stanford Law Review claims affirmative action has detrimental effects on black students.
While many consider America a leader in higher education and research around the world, a new study by the Education Policy Institute says the United States lags behind many nations in both affordability and accessibility.
While state legislative, research and business leaders debate the ethical and economic implications of an amendment denying tax credits to companies engaging in new lines of embryonic stem cell research, University of Wisconsin scientists are not worrying, pointing to the improbability of its approval.
A speaker accused the Bush Administration of orchestrating the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in front of C-SPAN cameras, University of Wisconsin students and Madison community members at Bascom Hall Monday night.
For the first time in more than 10 years, University of Wisconsin student football tickets will be exclusively distributed on game-day using a first-come-first-served basis during the 2005 season.
An intimate conference room in the secluded English department floors of Helen C. White was the site of an unusual course Friday afternoon. The class, composed of 30 creative writing students and a handful of faculty, was led by Sting. The same guy who told Roxanne she didn’t have to put on the red light temporarily assumed the role of professor (his tenure status is unknown).
The Strings of Hope Foundation is kicking off its fund-raiser this month taking donations to string tennis, squash and racquetball rackets for pediatric burn care.
Instead of going to class last Thursday and Friday, engineering students joined community-members and businesses in the biennial Engineering Expo.
Although student groups like Wisconsin Public Interest Group fight to keep textbooks affordable and ensure students can sell their books back, thrifty students may be curious to know which classes are more expensive than others in terms of textbook costs.
Through the Saturday evening rain, women and men met at the steps of the Capitol for Take Back the Night, a rally to end sexual violence.
Anyone with a basic knowledge of politics can recognize that an issue deemed ââ?¬Å?plain and simpleââ?¬Â never actually is. For some unapparent reason, politicians remain loyal to this failed rhetorical tactic, as if its clichÃ?© justification will elicit public acceptance. However, this pathetic excuse for an explanation never works and there is no reason to think this time will be an exception as Republicans use it in an attempt to shoot down the current proposal to extend partner benefits to University of Wisconsin employees.
Associated Students of Madison representatives, Mifflin Street residents and other University of Wisconsin students met with Mayor Dave Cieslewicz Friday to further discuss the controversy surrounding the date of the Mifflin Street Block Party.
Can something relying heavily on the course of the past have no future? Beginning last week and continuing through April 23, scholars and inquisitors conjoin on campus to tackle such issues in the hopes of understanding the future of folk. With only a week left of discussions and lectures, the role of folk culture in the future may not be resolved. Awareness of its endangerment will be.
More than 300 University of Wisconsin students and Madison residents marched down State and Langdon Streets Saturday evening during the 21st annual ââ?¬Å?Take back the nightââ?¬Â protest against sexual assault and violence.
The students were half the teacher�s age. And he stood close. So close.
Was I the only one bothered and dismayed by receiving the campus-wide “pick a prof” e-mail in my inbox?
With enrollment underway, what better way to pick a class than by peering into the future and seeing what grade might transpire? Yet, doesn’t this just put more emphasis on grades in our already grade-obsessed society?
University officials and alumni gathered on Henry Mall Thursday to attend a program entitled The BioStar Journey: Celebrating Discovery that introduced three new building additions on campus and allowed attendees to tour the buildings.
Approximately 200 students walked out of class Thursday morning to protest military recruiters on campus.
The late-morning protest began as a rally on Bascom Hill, turned into a march around campus with a standoff between pro- and anti-war demonstrators and finally culminated with a sit-in outside UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley’s office.
The Mifflin Street Block Party has long served as students� last chance to let loose and enjoy the return of warm weather to Madison before the realities of final exams and summer break settle in. It�s the last hurrah for those graduating, returning home for the summer months or studying abroad for a semester or two. It serves as an opportunity for high school friends and childhood pals to gawk in awe at our university�s renowned social scene and enjoy the atmosphere of a top college town.
A type of chlamydia infection that often leads to pneumonia may also be linked to serious heart attacks in young men, according to a recent study.
It has been 12 years since Nancy Hopkins, a senior professor of molecular biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was crawling around the floor of her laboratory with a tape measure, intent on proving to a male administrator that she had 1,500 square feet less laboratory space than her male counterparts.
In a new wave of lawsuits launched Wednesday by the Recording Industry Association of America, 405 students at 18 universities across the country were targeted for illegal file sharing through the new high-speed infrastructure, Internet2.
Warfarin, a drug discovered and patented at the University of Wisconsin, has more negative side effects than its competitor aspirin, according to a recent study published in last month�s New England Journal of Medicine.
More than 100 University of Wisconsin students participated in a walkout Thursday, leaving their classes behind to protest the war in Iraq and on-campus recruitment.
The second-story balcony railing of 453 W. Mifflin Street, where a University of Wisconsin freshman fell last August, has been raised this week in preparation for the Mifflin Street Block Party.
Police request Mifflin residents’ compliance May 7
Madison
West Mifflin Street residents and neighboring areas received a letter from Captain Mary Schauf of the Madison Police Department Wednesday morning stating that the Mifflin Street Block Party’s official date is May 7.
Picnic Point was originally created for pedestrians, but over the years it has become a more common path for bicyclists. Strong debate has surfaced over whether or not bicyclists should be banned from using Picnic Point due to erosion, safety concerns and the harm they could cause to pedestrians while traveling at high speeds.
The title “religious studies” usually conjures images of churches and traditional worship. However, the religious studies program at UW-Madison examines the role of religion in every context except the stereotypical perspective. The program has become quite an attractive major for students, both religious and not, at UW-Madison, according to professor and undergraduate advisor Ronald Troxel.
Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, sat down with The Daily Cardinal Wednesday to answer questions about the debate over the Mifflin Street Block Party dates. While the city has set the date at May 7, that day’s proximity to finals has made it contentious.
Representatives of several student organizations gathered Wednesday in Tripp Commons to take UW System President Kevin Reilly to task for rising tuition costs.
In opposition to the presence of military recruitment on campus and escalating financial costs of the conflict in Iraq, some students will be walking out of class at 11:00 a.m. today.
Several University of Wisconsin athletic officials have affirmed there are a variety of reasons the new Academic Progress Rate may be flawed. The APR was issued last February by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to measure student-athlete academic success.
The Campus Natural Areas Committee held a public forum to discuss safety and environmental issues surrounding a potential bicycle ban on Picnic Point Wednesday night in Science Hall.
Laboratories around the world are scrambling to destroy a deadly influenza virus that was mistakenly sent from the College of American Pathologists as part of routine test, according to World Health Organization officials.
University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly received criticism on a variety of student issues from Associated Students of Madison and Multicultural Student Coalition representatives during a roundtable discussion at the Memorial Union Wednesday.
Dozens of Madison community members and University of Wisconsin students congregated on the steps of the State Capitol Wednesday, participating in a national ââ?¬Å?Day of Silenceââ?¬Â to recognize and protest discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
For the second time this year, the University of Wisconsin System�s Lawton Minority Undergraduate Retention Grant has come under fire for being a race-based scholarship.
Picnic Point is an accessible natural area all of the campus can enjoy. On any given afternoon, students arrive at the natural area by foot, bike and boat from across University Bay. As a peninsula in a city on an isthmus, Picnic Point’s allure is its accessibility.
Former Associated Students of Madison Vice Chair Cedric Lawson will be required to pay back more than $1,000 to the university in the wake of his resignation last week, according to an ASM source who wished to remain anonymous.
Incoming students may soon confront diversity issues in a way no current student has if Associated Students of Madison continues its work toward implementing Plan 2008.
