ASHWAUBENON – The members of the Hawaii women’s volleyball team were shocked 12 days ago when they learned their unbeaten season and No. 2 national ranking were not good enough to merit a home-court advantage for the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament – similar to the one their opponent tonight, the University of Wisconsin, received.
For Jessica Janiuk, a transgendered student at UW-Eau Claire, one of the most basic decisions of daily life was a brain-dender.
Which bathroom she she use?
“There is no safe choice when you are between genders and are constantly forced to make a decision,” she said. “I was afraid I would get assaulted in the men’s bathroom or get arrested in the women’s bathroom.
UW-Madison officials are abandoning a plan to put up to 800 student beds in the proposed University Square development, saying Thursday that complaints from private landlords Downtown swayed their decision.
“We wanted to save the most important parts of this project,” said Al Fish, UW- Madison’s associate vice chancellor of facilities planning/ management. “(The proposed student beds) threatened the entire project.”
Mike Eaves’ progress at UW is similar to past title seasons at North Dakota and Minnesota
Zachary Wyatt can remember the exact moment his virtual world and actual world collided, creating a new, interconnected universe that temporarily unnerved him.
The UW-Madison Law School student was making his way to class one day last semester, secure in the anonymity of a campus crowd, when suddenly a stranger, then another, then another, rushed up to talk to him.
As the end of the semester is approaching and finals are looming in the not-too-distant future, I can’t help but feel a little nervous. Last semester after finals were over and I was eagerly checking my grades, I was horrified to discover I had received a D in one of my classes. Having had an AB in the class going into the final I was in total shock.
Are you tired of sitting in Beltline traffic? Can’t take one more day spent circling Madison’s downtown blocks for a parking spot? Take heed-those days may be numbered.
Despite efforts to explain why Madison police officers used pepper spray on crowds during Halloween weekend, students failed to hide their rancor toward police during an open forum hosted by the ASM Halloween committee and the police department Tuesday night.
The Wisconsin athletic ticket office will determine student seating at the Jan. 1 Outback Bowl using class standing as who receives tickets first.
According to UW-Madison Associate Athletic Director Steve Malchow, the bowl game has allotted approximately 11,000 tickets in Raymond James Stadium to UW-Madison.
With finals, papers and the distraction of semester break approaching, UW-Madison students often look for ways to intensify their study habits. While many choose the conventional caffeinated methods of coffee or soda, some students turn to prescription drugs like Adderall and Ritalin.
Who better to squelch rumors that Barry Alvarez may be leaving UW-Madison to coach football at Notre Dame than the head coach himself?
In a Tuesday interview on Sporting News Radio’s “The Tim Brando Show,” Alvarez said while he would talk to Notre Dame Athletic Director Kevin White, he has no plans to leave UW-Madison for the golden domes of South Bend, Ind.
We are writing to blow the whistle and sound the alarm. The UW System administration is not showing the initiative needed to complete the goals of Plan 2008, the University of Wisconsin plan for diversity.
Students are finding it harder to keep up with rising tuition costs despite low interest rates throughout the nation.
University of Wisconsin Sytem officials are working to improve transfer students� transition into UW after receiving an extensive review detailing areas of challenge these students experience.
The Teaching Assistants Association has not held any bargaining meetings this semester to discuss their current contracts. Negotiations between the TAA and the Wisconsin Office of State Employee Relations ended after the TAA presented a new contract proposal early last May and it remains unclear where the negotiations will lead in the coming months.
The University of Wisconsin System announced Tuesday Jack Miller, chancellor of UW- Whitewater, will likely leave to become the 12th president of the Central Connecticut State University. Miller has spent over 25 years in four state university systems nationwide.
In response to student concerns regarding the outcome of the Halloween weekend, members of the Madison Police Department and City Council and Associated Students of Madison
Charles O. Beckwith, age 69, died on Monday, Dec. 6, 2004. He worked for the University of Wisconsin in the Physicial Department for many years until his retirement.
Joyce Marie Peterson, age 81, of Clintonville, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004. She attended the UW-Madison. Prior to retirement Joyce was at the computing center as manager at UW-Madison.
If you’re a Madison Gas and Electric Co. customer, you’ll soon pay more to run the dishwasher, keep your home cool in the summer and watch your big-screen television.
The rate boost also covers a chunk of costs related to construction of the West Campus Cogeneration power plant, scheduled to be completed by mid-2005, and transmission line improvements passed along from American Transmission Co.
For the love of the game. That’s why Kjersten Bakke and Megan Rogers are where they are today.
When wide receiver and defensive back Braxton Amy, from Richmond, Texas, tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee on Oct. 29, his prep football coach had two immediate concerns.
More than 60 people packed a meeting room in Memorial Union on Tuesday to discuss police handling of Halloween festivities on State Street this year, many to criticize police use of pepper spray.
University of Wisconsin football coach and athletic director Barry Alvarez said Tuesday that he has no interest in the vacant coaching position at Notre Dame.
It’s another wild weekend in the Humanities building on the UW-Madison campus.
Men and women climb over chairs in the auditorium like hyperactive monkeys, chattering about classes, movies and the Internet while trying to set up a DVD player. Leftover Halloween candy and other snacks provide the fuel the audience will need to stay up late to watch and discuss the cultural implications of . . . schoolgirl nun exorcists in the roaring ’20s?
On Dec. 3, more than 100 nervous biomedical engineering students gathered in the Engineering Centers Building for a student design exposition. At noon, what had begun as mere ideas culminated in the presentation of 20 prototypes, potential solutions ranging from artificial limbs to X-rays.
As finals loom, students who procrastinated during the semester will be paying the price, burning the midnight oil into the wee hours of the morn. Many of them will stave off sleep with a caffeine source of choice: coffee, tea, soft drinks or caffeine pills. But while caffeine can keep sleep at bay, it can leave you too wired and jittery to study effectively.
Most graduate students are happy just to earn their degrees. But Jeff Sledge, a Ph.D. student in land resources at UW-Madison, has already found real-world applications for his research.
The Madison Police Department’s decision to deploy pepper spray to quell unruly crowds on State Street during the early morning hours of Oct. 31, 2004, has drawn pointed criticism from students.
UW-Madison Transportation Services became over a million dollars richer last year, the result of nearly 53,000 paid parking citations it issued throughout the year.
“Parking on campus is expensive and very hard to find,” said UW-Madison senior Kelly Arps. “Whoever is enforcing parking must be making a fortune.”
Source: www.croquetproject.org
Madison, Wis. ââ?¬â? The North Carolina simulated learning company 3Dsolve is the latest partner in the development of the Croquet Project at UW-Madison, a graphical communications framework.
Eleanore May Oimoen, age 86, of Sauk City, died on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2004. After taking a civil service test, she became a clerk in the extension division of the U.W. Other promotions led to jobs in the agricultural journalism department and eventually as secretary in the President’s office, where she served with President E.B. Fred, President Conrad Elveljem, President Fred Harrington and President John Weaver. Due to a brain aneurysm, she retired early at age 64, having worked in the university system for 44 years.
Moving swiftly in the wake of an ominous warning from Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson concerning vulnerabilities in the nation�s food supply, the Food and Drug Administration issued new regulations Monday enhancing record keeping of the country�s food stock.
Halloween may be said and done, but police and student actions during the riotous weekend are still spurring talk.
Ruby Mick, age 77, passed away on Monday, Dec. 6, 2004. Ruby managed Mac’s Bar and Cafe, on Atwood Ave., for 18 years, before joining University Hospital for 17 years, retiring in 1989.
An 18-year-old female from Madison was sexually assaulted on the 100 block of North Park Street at shortly before 4 a.m. Sunday morning.
Margaret A. “Margie” Fitzpatrick, age 38, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2004. Margie graduated from the University of Wisconsin. As a student at the UW, she starred on a Big Ten championship volleyball team. She later was an assistant coach in volleyball at the UW.
The UW volleyball team moved into the national ranking as No. 22 in the USA Today-CSTV Top 25 coaches poll.
UW-Madison’s Faculty Senate, alarmed by the disputed firing of UW-Superior professor in 2001, voted unanimouslty Monday to ask the UW Board of Regents to meet with faculty leaders from across the 26-campus University of Wisconsin System or face a formal complaint to a national group representing professors.
“I do believe that the Regents feel they are the bosses and we are the servants, and that they have no need to speak to (us),” said Anatole Beck, a UW-Madison math professor who sponsored the resolution.
After a year of unexpectedly high milk prices, more Wisconsin dairy producers are starting to invest in their operations, the head of the state’s largest farmers’ group said Monday.
At the Farm Bureau’s annual meeting at the Marriott Madison West in Middleton, UW- Madison researchers told about 500 farmers that the state’s economy could gain from strengthening an agribusiness sector that sends $51.5 billion circulating through Wisconsin each year.
The speculation has followed junior center Donovan Raiola almost since he arrived at the University of Wisconsin.
OAK CREEK – The University of Wisconsin football team landed its top-ranked choice in recruiting on Monday when Oak Creek outside linebacker Travis Beckum gave an oral commitment to play for the Badgers.
Madison police hope for a dialogue tonight with UW- Madison students and State Street businesses about Halloween.
The police intend to explain their actions and show videotape of the recent Halloween celebrations that attracted 75,000 people to State Street on Oct. 30 and in ended in violence.
Kohl Center basketball and hockey fans have been basking in the powerful glow of flashy new gadgetry this year.
The $1.6 million video- enhanced scoreboard that hangs from the ceiling and the intensely luminous message beam that rings the arena are big hits.
For victims of spinal cord injuries and other paralyzing conditions, new research at the UW-Madison Biomedical Department could offer hope for a better life. Professors Justin Williams and Charles Garell have developed what they call a brain computer interface that allows people to control a simple computer program using only their brain.
A joint committee of the Wisconsin Technical College System and the University of Wisconsin System issued a draft report Friday outlining plans to increase the number of bachelor’s degree holders emerging from the two systems.
To UW-Madison chemistry Professor Bassam Shakhashiri, Christmas is not about presents, trees or eggnog. It is about explosions, toxic chemicals and fire.
Shakhashiri entertained capacity crowds this weekend in the Chemistry building as part of what has become a Madison tradition, the 35th annual “Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri” presentation. Shakhashiri calls the event, in which he performs dazzling chemistry experiments, “my holiday gift to the community.”
… Through his job at the UW-Madison Graduate School of Banking, Kirby Davidson met Jim Phillips, who sits on the Trojans’ board of directors. …
The federal government is proposing a new means of tracking secondary education achievements ââ?¬â?? or the lack thereof ââ?¬â?? by following high school graduates as they work their way through the collegiate system. Studentsââ?¬â?¢ personal information, including Social Security numbers, would be collected by higher education institutions in compilation with marks of academic achievements (namely grades) and reported to Washington so that high schools may be better assessed for the quality of students they are able to place in the collegiate field.
At age 65, though, UW- Madison chemistry professor Bassam Shakhashiri sets a lofty goal for the experiments in his annual Christmas show: ” My aim is to reach …
… The UW-Madison experiment is about far more than games, it’s about eventually helping people mentally unlock limbs paralyzed by Lou Gehrig’s disease, strokes …
While the advent of the information age and the Internet has given people greater access to information, it has not helped in deterring plagiarism.
UW-Madison senior Grant Zukowski wields a metal rod with a chunk of glass barely the size of a walnut molded to its end. He repeatedly …
Saturday afternoon finds Edward Erwin studying at a community coffee shop. The 45-year-old takes a break from his work to discuss his involvement with Madisonians struggling with mental sickness.
Their next stop is the world finals in China in April. The UW-Madison computer programming team is a relatively recent creation. …
Following the restructuring of a large division of administration when the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs (VCSA) stepped down from his position Nov. 4, University of Wisconsin announced a new position in the Offices of the Dean of Students.
A floating fungus has landed on soybean crops in the South, and experts say it could mean trouble for Wisconsin farmers and consumers.
Asian soybean rust was discovered last month in Louisiana and has since turned up as far north as Missouri and Tennessee — a finding that was as inevitable as it was unfortunate, said Craig Grau, a soybean pathologist at UW-Madison.
When Wausau native David Cohen decided to go back to school at age 24, he wasn’t sure where his academic career was headed.
So Cohen enrolled at the University of Wisconsin Marathon County in Wausau, one of 13 two-year colleges in the University of Wisconsin system statewide.
A group of University of Wisconsin students gathered to protest allegedly racist dress codes at two Madison bars ââ?¬â? Johnny Oââ?¬â?¢s and Brothers ââ?¬â? Friday night.
The Wisconsin football team lost an opportunity to play in the $14 million Rose Bowl when it stumbled through the final two games of the season. In the process, UW lost a Big Ten Championship, a Bowl Championship Series appearance and plenty of luster in its 2004 campaign. However, neither the university nor Athletic Department lost a single dime.
