Author: Kelly Tyrrell

The wheels are literally turning toward the creation of a better-but not bigger-campus at UW-Madison.

Gary Brown, director of the Office of Planning and Management for the Campus Master Plan, spoke at Memorial Union Tuesday night about plans to renovate the campus on many levels. The presentation focused on the central region of campus.

A recent study published by a Hillsdale College professor is challenging financial aid programs in higher education.

The 15-member La Crosse Alcohol Task Force made proposals to La Crosse City Council officials Feb. 10 intending to make the city safer from alcohol-related deaths and health issues.

University of Wisconsin students stopped on their way to class Tuesday to sign doors in protest of tuition increases as part of a rally organized by the United Council of UW Students.

The director of planning and landscape architecture for the campus master plan, Gary Brown, presented specifics about the University of Wisconsin�s plans for improvement in the central part of campus Tuesday night at Memorial Union.

Amid another proposed tuition increase for UW System students, some Wisconsin legislators are attempting to ease the burden of paying for college by establishing a tuition gift certificate program.

Though it makes decisions that affect students’ daily lives, the City Council often goes unnoticed by its constituents at UW-Madison. The group is made up of Madison alders who link residents like students to city government and make important decisions every day.

The Associated Students of Madison announced plans last week to bring disagreements to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents about student government�s exclusion from appointing two student representatives on the Dean of Education Search and Screen Committee, the purpose of which is to determine the new head of the Madison program.

The Student Services Finance Committee scrutinized the budgets presented by Associated Students of Madison Bus Pass Program and University Health Services during their Monday night meeting at the Memorial Union.

The UW System Board of Regents showed its wholehearted support for increasing diversity on its campuses Friday when it unanimously voted to pass a resolution endorsing Phase II of the ongoing Plan 2008 program.

The dream of a “green” building at UW-Madison became a reality last Friday, when students and professors from the Gaylord Nelson Environmental Program Building Project convened in Memorial Union to propose what would be UW-Madison’s first environmentally conscious building.

The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents recently approved a new Master�s of Public Health [MPH] degree at the University of Wisconsin Medical School. The MPH program will begin fall 2005, and aspires to augment the state�s public-health workforce.

University of Wisconsin students displayed groundbreaking inventions to compete for up to $10,000 in prizes Thursday and Friday as part of Innovation Days.

A multitude of complex designs, drawings and diagrams all detailing the future possibilities of the University of Wisconsinââ?¬â?¢s first ââ?¬Å?green buildingââ?¬Â surrounded Tripp Commons Friday afternoon.

The committee leading the $35.9 million demolition of Ogg Hall and building of two new dormitories announced Thursday the new dorm will have features unlike any of the other university residence halls.

The Expansion of Grainger Hall will soon evict 60 graduate students from the Rust-Schreiner House at the end of their lease May 15.

The new budget proposed by President Bush Monday could eliminate funding for student aid programs such as Upward Bound and Talent Search which give first generation students an opportunity to attend college.

After gaining national attention, the controversy over University of Colorado-Boulder ethnic studies professor Ward Churchill has arrived in Wisconsin, raising issues of First Amendment rights. Churchill is scheduled to speak at UW-Whitewater Mar. 1.

After buying expensive course books and paying tuition, rent and meals, college kids are often strapped for cash. Nevertheless, many UW-Madison students must decide to add time and lose money by accepting internships-many of which are unpaid-rather than a paying job.

The second annual UW-Madison Integration Bee took place Tuesday with 14 competitors, all UW-Madison students, vying for the title of “Grand Integrator of Madison.” Fans of these integrators filled the seats cheering them on with excitement, some even with signs.

Four UW-Madison fixtures, all currently located at 905 University Ave., will be moving to accommodate the new Masters of Business Administration wing of Grainger Hall, according to a UW-Madison press release.

According to UW-Madison officials, two-thirds of UW-Madison students currently enter this university with some form of Advanced Placement credit, yet these credits do not seem to help students graduate earlier by any significant amount.