Author: Kelly Tyrrell

Dozens of student protesters congregated at Gordon Commons Tuesday night, demonstrating against the allegedly discriminatory actions of Ed�s Express supervisor Dan Jonas March 1.

Police say a 19-year-old UW-Madison student was dealing drugs from his room at Ogg Hall, 716 W. Dayton St.

UW-Madison Director of University Housing Paul Evans contended the alleged March 1 harrassment of several students at Ed’s Express was not racially motivated, contrary to what protestors claim.

After allegedly breaking into Sterling Hall to steal final exam questions for his friend, UW-Madison senior Justin Peltzer received formal charges of burglary Monday, and could face up to $25,000 in fines or 12 years in prison if convicted.

The principles of appropriate classroom behavior and intellectual diversity recently collided in Professor Scott Straus’ Politics of Human Rights seminar, resulting in an angry and frustrated class, a student alleging professor incompetence and the student being forced to meet with an assistant dean of students.

Hundreds of University of Wisconsin students have signed up to join the MadisonCorps, a tutorial program unveiled in the capital city last July, to close the academic achievement gap between students of color and white students.

A recent survey of more than 600 University of Wisconsin faculty members reveals 90 percent of the participating faculty members agreed or strongly agreed they are satisfied with the electronic grade-submission technology utilized by the UW campus.

University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly talked about the 2004-05 UW System Accountability Report, a grade sheet for the current performance of state-funded post-secondary schools at the UW System Board of Regents meeting. While regents were able to claim success in 12 of the 20 goals previously outlined for the system, some questioned the state of diversity.

Twenty-two-year-old University of Wisconsin student Justin Peltzer was released on signature bond at a hearing Monday morning after allegedly entering the Sterling Hall office of a physics professor with the intent to steal a final exam last December.

With an eager audience of students and adults in attendance Friday, the UW-Madison Law School hosted a conversation regarding the role of constitutions in democracy.

UW junior Brittany Lindemann rushed out of her class, hoping to beat UW campus police to her car parked near by.

She quickly realized that would not be the case as she spied the dreaded paper on her windshield flapping in the breeze. For many drivers on UW campus, the limited parking remains an irritating problem.

UW-Madison’s cultural sensitivity was brought into question Friday night when a group of students staged a sit-in at Ed’s Express over an alleged instance of racial harassment by an employee that occurred at the restaurant on March 1.

Six University of Wisconsin student organizations are holding a five-day demonstration at Ed�s Express in Gordon Commons to oppose what they are calling prejudice attitudes of an Ed�s manager who allegedly harassed two black UW students.

This fall, about 2.5 million freshmen will enter colleges and universities nationwide, most of them with plenty of cash in their pockets.

The debate over this year�s Mifflin Street Block Party date continued as students voiced their concerns at a meeting in the Madison Senior Center Thursday night.

February 7, 2004 was much different than May 6, 2003.

On May 6, the Madison City Council voted 11-2 to pass a resolution denouncing UW-Madison for the “unconscionable” tracking fee it was set to force upon its international students and Chancellor John Wiley, the man at the center of the firestorm.