Monster.com president and UW-Madison alumnus Steve Pogorzelski told 40 students in UW’s Vilas Hall on Thursday that they have a lot to be optimistic about when they start their job hunt.
Author: Kelly Tyrrell
Stadium Name Ruling Upheld
Wisconsin State Journal
A state appeals court Thursday upheld a decision that UW-La Crosse didn’t violate the state open meetings law in naming Veterans Memorial Stadium and its field after a former coach.
Scientists Surprised By Squid’s Trick
Wisconsin State Journal
You’ve heard the old saying that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure?
Joyce S. Steward
Madison.com
Professor Emerita Joyce S. Steward died on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2004. Professor Steward was a faculty member in the UW-Madison English Department beginning in 1966, until she retired in 1982.
A plan to stay a stem-cell leader (WSJ)
Gov. Jim Doyle is expected to soon announce a strategy to keep Wisconsin at the forefront of stem-cell research despite a California vote to spend billions on the effort.
UW history professor puts focus on fast food
Wisconsin State Journal
“The bestseller “Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal” is required reading for one UW- Madison class. Professor Stanley Schultz assigns it as a textbook in History 402, “American Urban History, 1870-Present.” The author, Eric Schlosser, will visit Madison on Nov. 22 to discuss the book as part of the Wisconsin Union Directorate’s Distinguished Lecture Series.
State labor talks near an impasse
Wisconsin State Journal
There’s no disagreement that state labor negotiations on 2003-05 contracts have slowed. The question is, are the negotiations at an impasse?
Urban residents find natural roots
Wisconsin State Journal
Starkweather Creek on Madison’s East Side is far from pristine, its environs anything but wild.
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University leaders take it to the bank.
Wisconsin State Journal
Sharp tuition increases and tight state budgets have not stopped salaries from continuing to climb for higher education leaders at top public and private institutions nationwide.
UW will help its staff start businesses (WSJ)
The UW-Madison Office of Corporate Relations will launch a program today that aims to create and support start-up companies that would capitalize on the research and technology produced at the university.
Protesters hold up rush-hour traffic (WSJ)
A group of about 40 war protesters marched Thursday up streets running through the UW-Madison campus.
Professor offers Democrats advice (WSJ)
Democrats will need a strong social movement if they hope to recapture control of U.S. government, an election reform advocate said Thursday night at UW-Madison.
Law spotlights mental health (WSJ)
This September, Rebublicans and Democrates in Congress passed The Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act.
Virginia M. Zuehlke
Madison.com
Zuehlke, age 87, passed away on Wednesday Nov. 10, 2004. She worked for many years as a secretary to the dean of engineering at the University of Wisconsin.
Ova Beetem Combs
Madison.com
Beetem Combs, professor of horticulture, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, UW-Madison, died on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2004.
Local women sought to test promising osteoporosis drug (WSJ)
UW Health researchers are recruiting women to test a new drug that could build bone mass, staving off osteoporosis or undoing some of its damage.
UW Hospital, union reach a deal
Wisconsin State Journal
UW Hospital and the union representing its nurses have reached a tentative agreement on a four-year contract that ends forced overtime and includes raises of roughly 10 percent.
Uranus: Whacky weather, odd rings – Francis Reddy (11/10/2004)
In the southern hemisphere of Uranus, as summer draws to a close, methane storm clouds brew beneath the planet’s thick blue-green haze. New observations from two research teams using the Keck II 10-meter telescope atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii reveal unprecedented cloud behavior, fast winds, and a unique ring system.
Fran Webb
Madison.com
Fran Webb, age 73, died peacefully on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2004, after having battled a variety of illnesses for a number of years. Fran was a UW-Madison alumnus with a Ph.D. in physical chemistry, who worked for 35 years as a researcher in the molecular biology laboratory.
Sharon A. Meinholz
Madison.com
Sharon Meinholz, age 53, died suddenly after a heart attack on Monday, Nov. 8, 2004. Since 1978, Sharon worked for the University of Wisconsin, first in the agriculture college and the medical school physiology department, then in 1983, she joined the UW department of geology and geophysics.
New UW System chief ‘still fired up’ about job (WSJ)
UW System Prsident Kevin Reilly told members of the Rotary Club of Madison that his first 2 1/2 months on the job have been “a little bit like drinking out of a fire hose.”
UW students voice their concerns (WSJ)
Practical improvements for students, such as expanded bus routes, better notice when classes are cut and more input on study-abroad destinations, are being pursued this week in meetings between UW-Madison’s student government and campus administrators.
Death signals new day for Palestinians (WSJ)
Madison residents with ties to the Middle East conflict speculated on the future of Israeli-Palestinian relations post-Yasser Arafat.
UW WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Stone likes recruits’ versatility
Wisconsin State Journal
University of Wisconsin women’s basketball coach Lisa Stone replenished the roster with recruits, and did so with a combination that provides depth and the top players available.
Forecast for Uranus: Stormy … for several years
Wisconsin State Journal
Ask Larry Sromovsky about the weather and he’ll describe huge, churning storms that last for years, 250 mph winds and monstrous hurricanes.
COMMENTARY: UW’s new compliance officer knows plenty about Clarett
Wisconsin State Journal
When Maurice Clarett lit the fuse and rolled that stink bomb into the Ohio State football headquarters Tuesday, you could smell it at Camp Randall Stadium.
Prescription meds and UW students:
Daily Cardinal
Despite warnings of addiction and a growing underground market for the illegal purchase of prescription drugs, medication-coupled with professional guidance-often helps university students more than it hurts them, according to University Health Services Director of Counseling and Consultation Bob McGrath.
Group aims to turn travel abroad into service abroad
Daily Cardinal
Opportunity knocks to “give back while traveling” for UW-Madison students.
Representatives from the headquarters of the International Student Volunteers will be visiting UW-Madison Thursday to recruit students for volunteer opportunities overseas.
Foreign student drop dangerous
Badger Herald
Administrators at American universities have one more thing to worry about.
University professors play pivotal part in 2004 election
Badger Herald
University of Wisconsin professors played a vital role in the media coverage of the 2004 presidential elections.
Study questions admissions
Badger Herald
Affirmative action may be hurting black law students more than helping them, according to a controversial new survey by a University of California-Los Angeles law professor.
Police will hand over cases to UW
Badger Herald
University of Wisconsin students involved in Halloween mayhem will not only have city citations to pay, but they could also face a university sanctioned probation, suspension or even expulsion.
Remembrance of campus of long, long ago.
Wisconsin State Journal
What’s the spot on the UW-Madison campus nearest to your heart?
John W. Rundle
Madison.com
John W. Rundle, age 87, worked at the Veterans Hospital and the UW Biotron.
UW student makes T. rex discovery
Wisconsin State Journal
Meat-eating bipeds who gnaw on baby-back ribs may share everything but the sauce and the napkins with the gnawing style of Tyrannosaurus rex, a UW-Madison undergraduate student has discovered.
Gopher fan in Badger clothing scores bargain tickets
Wisconsin State Journal
How creative did a Gopher fan have to be to get a ticket to Saturday’s sold-out UW- Madison football game against Minnesota at Camp Randall Stadium?
UW-Eau Claire may reject religious community service
Daily Cardinal
UW-Eau Claire’s University Senate will discuss a proposal by university administrators today to prohibit students from receiving community service credits required for graduation by working for religious organizations.
Calif. stem-cell funding puts UW’s research in jeopardy
Daily Cardinal
The passage of a California ballot initiative to fund stem-cell research could be harmful to UW-Madison, one of the leading embryonic stem-cell research centers in the country,
Proposition 71, which passed last Tuesday, provides $3 billion for stem-cell research in California. Scientists can use this money for research involving new embryonic stem-cell lines, which is prohibited for projects using federal funding.
Scientists critique Bush policies
Daily Cardinal
Most people know the Church forced Galileo to recant his “blasphemy” after he asserted the Earth rotates around the sun, and that John T. Scopes was convicted in 1925 of teaching evolution in a Tennessee classroom.
We like to think ours is a more enlightened age, where science is unrestrained by hidden agendas and influences. But the current presidential administration has caused people to question their naivet�©.
UW avoids national trends with suicide-prevention devices
Daily Cardinal
Suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people, claiming the lives of nearly 4,000 people between the ages of 15 and 24 in 2001, according to the American Association of Suicidology. Still, the rate of suicide at UW-Madison has remained remarkably low, due in large part to the university’s pro-active approach to this extremely sensitive issue. Assistant Dean of Students Ervin Cox pointed out despite suicide’s status as a national problem, there were zero suicides last year at UW-Madison, a school of more than 40,000 students.
CALS Dean announces retirement
Badger Herald
The dean of the University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture and Life Sciences announced his retirement Monday.
Elton Aberle will retire Sept. 1, 2005, after serving the world of academia for 35 years, six of which he worked as dean.
Davis closing out legendary UW career
Badger Herald
The Wisconsin offense revolves around the running game, and for the past four seasons the Wisconsin running game has revolved around Anthony Davis.
Out-of-town partiers undergo preliminary hearings
Badger Herald
Some of the more serious out-of-town Halloween troublemakers are biting the bullet after preliminary court hearings late last week.
COMMENTARY: Alvarez right not to run up score
Wisconsin State Journal
Just as we all have a personal code of ethics, we also have moments when we wish we didn’t.
Barry Alvarez is no different.
Michigan State limits tailgating (Wisconsin State Journal)
Fans hoping to enjoy a leisurely tailgating breakfast at the UW-Madison football team’s Saturday destination in East Lansing, Mich., face a five-hour limit on their pregame gatherings.
Remembrance of campus of long, long ago.
Wisconsin State Journal
What’s the spot on the UW-Madison campus nearest to your heart?
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Retiring dean praised for growth of research (Wisconsin State Journal)
Elton D. Aberle will end a 38-year academic career next year when he retires as dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, UW-Madison announced Monday.
Research May Lead To Glaucoma Treatment
Wisconsin State Journal
People with glaucoma, a disease that can lead to blindness, might some day be better able to treat their illness, thanks to an agreement between UW-Madison and a North Carolina biopharmaceutical company.
Study: 2004 youth voter turnout impressive
Daily Cardinal
Nearly one week after the 2004 presidential election, the political atmosphere on campus and around the country has significantly settled down.
The important issue now is voter turnout, especially that of young voters ages 18 to 29. After being bombarded with pro-voting propaganda for months, the results from the polls revealed that some of the work paid off.
Regents vote in favor of higher exec. salaries
Daily Cardinal
While students sold baked goods for “poor chancellors” outside Van Hise Hall Friday, the UW System Board of Regents formally recommended a 5 percent salary raise for UW personnel. Provided the state chooses to accept the salary increases for staff and denies funds to pay for them, the recommendation stands to increase UW student tuition 5.5 percent.
While the salary raise would not go into effect this year, it represents a 2 percent increase over the salary raise the Board of Regents requested this summer.
UW life mental ‘balancing act’
Daily Cardinal
hey face a wide variety of transitional challenges and difficulties adjusting to college and achieving independence.
From academic anxiety to severe clinical depression, the concerns students face create a need for complex solutions, not faceless statistics. Differences in race, gender and sexual preference can further alienate students, creating new problems and making existing ones worse.
Mary Alison Thompson
Wisconsin State Journal
Mary Alison Thompson, age 82, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2004, at Four Winds Lodge, Verona. She retired from the University of Wisconsin Department of Agriculture.
Halloween: See You Next Year?
Badger Herald
Provided you are reading this in the comfort of your own home, or in a lecture hall, and not still behind bars or nursing sore wrists, congratulations on successfully surviving Halloween 2004. That weekend was full of crazy costumes, overcrowded parties and, of course, the usual herds of police officers equipped with tear gas and riot gear. The benefit of hindsight lets us calmly look back and ask the serious question: was Halloween weekend successful, tear gas and all, or is it time for UW students to say goodbye to Halloween and hello to an October sans looting and arrests?
All In A Day’s Work
Wisconsin State Journal
Sunday’s scrimmage provides the first peek at a University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team brimming with lofty expectations, yet filled with question marks.
Regents Support Construction Of Research Center Near Uw Hospital
Wisconsin State Journal
The UW Board of Regents approved construction of a $133.9 million research center Friday near UW Hospital and the recently opened Health Sciences Learning Center.
Holding accountable
Badger Herald
No Wisconsin student can claim that in the past year they haven�t been directly affected by rapidly rising tuition costs. Repeatedly, the University of Wisconsin has been forced to tell its students that, because of the Governor, Legislature and Board of Regents, more money will be needed in the form of tuition hikes.
Football Crowd Will See Patients’ Flyover Protest
Wisconsin State Journal
A group of patients with neurological diseases have rented an airplane with a banner to fly over the Badgers football game today.
Regents give green light for Healthstar
Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents approved a large construction project Friday: the final part of the multi-year Healthstar initiative, which is changing the face of west campus Medical School buildings.
Badger Seniors Can Make History
Wisconsin State Journal
Four years ago, Scott Starks was a wide-eyed freshman cornerback who sat and listened as senior linebacker Nick Greisen addressed his University of Wisconsin teammates the night before his final game at Camp Randall Stadium.
UW Students Object To Raises For Chancellors
Wisconsin State Journal
Student frustration about proposed raises for university chancellors boiled over briefly at the start of Friday’s UW Board of Regents meeting.