As a student at UW-Barron County, I love my campus, the academic community and the open-minded pursuit of knowledge it encourages.
Author: Kelly Tyrrell
Our Opinion: Let free speech pass test of reckless speaker (WSJ 3/1/05)
Listening to Ward Churchill speak must be a lot like watching a train wreck — horrifying yet riveting.
COMMENTARY: Some stats should irk Alvarez
Wisconsin State Journal
Barry Alvarez has always struck a cavalier pose when it comes to statistics and rankings associated with being the University of Wisconsin football coach.
UW Hospital listed as one of the best
Wisconsin State Journal
UW Hospital has safety measures to make sure patients get the right medicines and don’t have the wrong body part operated on, efforts that helped it land on two national lists released Monday that spotlight hospitals quality.
Most UW teams make the NCAA cut
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison athletic teams, with two exceptions, made the grade Monday when the NCAA released its newly created statistical calculation aimed at improving the academic performance of student-athletes.
STATE: Consortium aimed at research money (WSJ 2/26/05)
Represenatatives of the UW System, UW-Madison, UW-Milwaukee, the Medical College of Wisconsin and the Marshfield Clinic have agreed to form a consortium in an effort to attract classified and sensitive federal research funds to the state.
Uw Athletic Board Approves Lean’ Budget Of $66.5 Million
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin Athletic Board unanimously approved a $66.5million budget Friday that chairman Bruce Jones said “is lean in terms of making sure we live within our means.”
Athletics Employees Have High Cell Phone Expenses
Wisconsin State Journal
In September 2004, the five highest cell phone bills in state government were rung up by three sports staffers, one dean of a two-year college and one military commander in Wisconsin’s Army National Guard.
Agencies told to cut cell phone cost
Wisconsin State Journal
Government agencies should work harder to find less expensive calling plans to help reduce the $2.9 million spent on 10,000 state-owned cell phones last year, State Auditor Jan Mueller said Friday.
Cyclist will pedal cross-country for charity
Daily Cardinal
While typical college students work, sleep and engage in debauchery this summer, 90 of their peers from across the country, including UW-Madison sophomore April Williamson, will bike coast-to-coast to benefit Habitat for Humanity.
Reinstated Israel program a great experience for students
Daily Cardinal
We are privileged at UW-Madison because our post-secondary education is enhanced daily by an intellectual, political and physically appealing environment. However, this does not hinder us from choosing to explore the education, culture and landscapes of universities in countries where study abroad programs are available.
Piping Hot
Daily Cardinal
If you sat next to an Olympic gold medalist in class every day, would you be able to tell?
If that champion was UW-Madison senior Carly Piper, then probably not.
UW students to commemorate voting rights in Selma, Ala.
Daily Cardinal
Approximately 45 UW-Madison students will travel Wednesday to Selma, Ala. to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Right to Vote and the Bridge Crossing Jubilee.
Lake’s Ice Ridges Are Early Sign Of Spring
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: John Magnuson, UW-Madison limnologist.
Mabel Jensen LaBarro
Madison.com
Mabel Jensen LaBarro, age 93, of Evansville, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2005. She worked at UW-Madison in food service, from where she retired.
Not happy at work? Your bucket probably isn’t full (WSJ 2/28/05)
It didn’t take a scientist to figure out that grumpy people make others feel lousy, and feeling lousy makes them less productive at work.
Telemarketers try hand at scamming libraries
Badger Herald
While the nation�s Do Not Call list protects everyday households from the threat of telemarketing scams, a new slew of scams are starting to target university libraries.
New institute will focus on discoveries
Badger Herald
In an effort to bring together the strengths of universities, former director of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign�s supercomputer center Daniel A. Reed will bring together a research center aimed at unifying both science and the arts through the benefit of technology.
DOA considers custodian privatization
Badger Herald
The Department of Administration (DOA) contracted a consultant to consider the possible savings of privatizing University of Wisconsin custodians in upcoming years.
Scholars divided on gender, ability (WSJ 2/28/05)
Harvard University president Lawrence Summers has suffered acrimonious condemnation, and may have jeopardized his job, for suggesting that the underreprentation of women in engineering and some science fields may be due in part to inherent differences in the intellectual abilities of the sexes.
Organization attempts to welcome international students
Badger Herald
In response to the steady decline of enrollment among foreign students at the University of Wisconsin throughout the past decade, UW is offering several programs designed to aid international students in becoming immersed in college life and, in a broader scope, with life in America.
ER: Where the crowds are
Wisconsin State Journal
Fifteen hours after they arrived at the St. Mary’s Hospital emergency room, two patients were still waiting for hospital rooms.
UW first in state to use biodiesel
Badger Herald
In an effort to reduce air pollution, the University of Wisconsin physical plant�s diesel-burning fleet of campus vehicles will be the first in Wisconsin to fill its tanks with a blend of ultra-low-sulfur diesel (ULSD) and a soybean-based biodiesel.
Governor wants domestic partner benefits for UW
Wisconsin State Journal
Nobody has to remind me that I’m no Ben Bradlee, but I know how he felt after watching President Johnson appoint J. Edgar Hoover director of the FBI for life after Bradlee wrote that Johnson was going to fire the director.
Bucky Budget teaches Money 101
Wisconsin State Journal
For David Stuart, the joy and satisfaction of finishing college in December was tempered by one pesky detail.
“When I graduated, my father stopped paying all my bills, so my budget was a little bit tighter,” said Stuart, 22, who earned a degree in sociology from UW-Madison. “I decided I needed to do something.”
PETA urges Wiley to cancel Taser tests on pigs
Daily Cardinal
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley imploring him to cancel plans for a two-year study that would test the effects of Tasers on live pigs.
Mifflin date forces students to prioritize, UW officials say
Daily Cardinal
Causing scheduling controversies months before it arrives, the Mifflin Street Block Party, currently set to take place May 7, could be problematic not only for UW-Madison students, but also for their professors.
UW System students rally for lower tuition
Daily Cardinal
College students around Wisconsin gathered on the steps of the Capitol Thursday to protest a proposed 14 percent tuition increase in Governor Doyle’s biennial budget. The protesters held doors signed by students from various UW System schools and marked with “Keep UW Doors Open 2 All.” These doors were delivered to Joint Finance Committees that met with student representatives of state schools.
A letter from Chancellor John Wiley
Badger Herald
As most members of the university community are aware, the state legislature is in the early stages of responding to Gov. Doyle�s recent proposed budget
** Chancellor Wiley’s letter to the editor also appears in the February 25th issue of Daily Cardinal.
Government proposes extended visas
Badger Herald
The Government Accountability Office announced last week the United States has proposed a deal with China that would make it easier for Chinese students to study in the United States.
Adult drinking behavior trickles down
Badger Herald
Research from the Harvard School of Public Health released Tuesday suggests binge-drinking patterns among college students can be correlated with the number of adult binge-drinkers.
Students protest tuition hikes
Badger Herald
University of Wisconsin students delivered doors to legislators at the Capitol Thursday in protest of tuition increases proposed by Gov. Jim Doyle�s 2005-07 biennial state budget.
Badgers again in running (WSJ 2/25/05)
The University of Wisconsin men’s track and field team has won seven of the past nine indoor Big Ten Conference championships.
Concert nets $1,500 for tsumami relief (WSJ 2/25/05)
UW-Madison students raised about $1,500 for tsunami victims in Asia with a benefit concert last week on campus.
New Yorker’s college tour to stop here (WSJ 2/25/05)
UW-Madison will be part of The New Yorker magazine’s 2005 College Tour for three days starting March 8, with some events open to the public on and off campus.
UW Law School student, grad win (WSJ 2/25/05)
One UW Law School student plans to use a prestigious national fellowship to help protect the property rights of Wisconsin’s American Indians, while a graduate will provided legal aid to low-income minority farmers.
Cultural Affairs poster features UW alum’s painting
Wisconsin State Journal
A Wisconsin prairie in full bloom is the subject of the 2005 Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission art poster.
Mayor, alders cite alcohol as top concern at State of City address for UW students
Daily Cardinal
Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, and Ald. Austin King, District 8, met with students to explain key issues and answer questions at the State of the City arranged by Associated Students of Madison Wednesday evening.
Student leaders rake in thousands every year
Daily Cardinal
Although strained state funding drives tuition higher every year and slowly dwindles the university’s selection of classes and programs, leading a student organization remains a profitable venture.
No sweat: UW licensing
Badger Herald
As reported two days ago in this newspaper, University of Wisconsinââ?¬â??Madisonââ?¬â?¢s Special Committee on Labor and Licensing made recommendations to Chancellor John Wiley Monday regarding the production of UWââ?¬â??Madison-themed apparel and sporting goods
Professor warns of disease emergence
Badger Herald
The topic of discussion at a special seminar Wednesday night given by Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH, of the University of Wisconsin department of population health sciences and Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, centered on the emergence of disease from global ecological change.
Lawmakers call to cancel speech
Badger Herald
State legislators approved a resolution Tuesday requesting a cancellation of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater speech by controversial University of Colorado professor of ethnic studies, Ward Churchill.
Defining freedom (WSJ 2/24/05)
The First Amendment in the News.
Students ask for Wiley�s support
Badger Herald
Members of the Associated Students of Madison met with University of Wisconsin chancellor John Wiley Wednesday, to request assistance in sending out a letter to students� parents regarding recently proposed tuition increases.
UW-Madison plans economic forum (WSJ 2/24/05)
Four economists will present projections and insights March 4 as part of the UW-Madison’s Economic Outlook at the Fluno Center, 601 University Avenue.
Mayor speaks of campus issues
Badger Herald
Mayor Dave Cieslewicz spoke to University of Wisconsin students about age segregation at bars with live music, Halloween and the Mifflin Street Block Party at ââ?¬Å?The Studentsââ?¬â?¢ State of the Cityââ?¬Â meeting Wednesday night at Science Hall.
Fans watch Adult Swim at Union (WSJ 2/24/05)
About 60 people congregated in the Memorial Union’s Rathskeller Wednesday to binge on Adult Swim, a late-night Cartoon Network programming block geared toward grown-ups that has acquired a cult following.
Downtown blackouts blamed on contractor (WSJ 2/24/05)
An electrical contractor working on state-owned equipment caused power failures that twice darkended Downtown on Monday afternoon and evening. Madison Gas and Electric representatives said Thursday.
Book sale slated at Memorial Library (WSJ 2/24/05)
More than 15,000 books will go on sale during Wisconsin’s largest used book sale Wednesday through March 5 in Room 116 of Memorial Library, 728 State Street.
State adults lead nation in binge drinking (WSJ 2/24/05)
Wisconsin college students have for years been noted for their binge drinking. But a report released this week says it’s the states’ adults who lead the nation.
UW-Whitewater prepares for controversial professor’s speech
Wisconsin State Journal
Five days before the biggest media event in UW- Whitewater history, students are taking sides and staff are planning detailed security measures for what they hope will be a safe and peaceful appearance by embattled Colorado professor Ward Churchill.
Violet Radke
Madison.com
Violet Radke, age 99, passed away on Monday, Feb. 21, 2005. Violet was employed with the University of Wisconsin in the buildings and grounds department.
Bush plan ripped for cuts for farm research (WSJ 2/23/05)
A UW-Madison official criticized President Bush’s proposed federal budget for cutting a more than 100-year-old program that provides millions of dollars for research for Wisconsin farming.
System survey seeks data on drug, alcohol use
Daily Cardinal
In an effort to determine the extent of drug and alcohol use among UW System students, System officials, in conjunction with the UW-Madison Division of Information Technology and the now-defunct System Administration Market Research office, is conducting a System-wide student survey this week.
Blackout began at substation
Daily Cardinal
Madison Gas and Electric determined Tuesday the cause of the Monday-evening blackout that left most of the State Street and Langdon Street areas powerless.
UW may be notified of house parties
Daily Cardinal
UW-Madison Policy Alternatives Community Education discussed updated strategies for curtailing house parties at UW-Madison, including issuing notices to the university after parties get busted.
Assembly condemns Churchill’s speech (WSJ 2/23/05)
In a dspute pitting decency against academic freedom, the state Assembly voted 67-31 Tuesday to condemn the “anti-American hate speech” by Colorado professor Ward Churchill and urged UW-Whitewater to cancel a planned speech there by Churchill next week.
Midwest rates high in heavy alcohol use
Badger Herald
It is no secret that those in college drink in excess and now a study conducted by the National Survey on Drug Use and Health corroborates the claims that students drink more than the general population.
UW professor to test Tasers on pigs
Badger Herald
A University of Wisconsin professor plans to test his hypothesis that deaths occurring after Taser use are not a result of the darts but instead caused by the drugs present in the person�s system.
Equipment causes city blackouts
Badger Herald
Equipment failures at the east-campus substation near the Kohl Center caused both the downtown afternoon and evening power outages Monday.