Author: Kelly Tyrrell

The University of Wisconsin System has reinvested in Tyson Foods International after dissociating itself from its bonds last December.

The University of Wisconsin administration will undergo significant changes after the Wednesday announcement Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Paul Barrows is to step down effective immediately.

With the price of crude oil hovering around $50 a barrel, the energy pinch in the United States is being felt, especially within the University of Wisconsin System. According to Darrell Bazzell, the vice chancellor for administration at the Madison campus, the UW System has accumulated a shocking $30 million utilities deficit in the past year.

With the wave of voting madness hitting the University of Wisconsin student body over the past few months, many UW students may believe young voter turnout was equally strong nationwide.

Most students would agree that it seems as though daylightsaving did not take place this past weekend.

Instead of looking at the “spring ahead, fall back” quote as an opportunity to catch up on some much-desired sleep, some of us chose to think of it as an extra hour of drinking.

But is it actually possible for us to really “catch up” on sleep?

UW-Madison’s student government is crying foul over the membership of a search committee to replace Charles Read, the outgoing dean of the School of Education.

The 17-member committee, which has met once, includes two students – an undergraduate and a graduate who both are enrolled in the school. Eyal Halamish of Associated Students of Madison says their appointments aren’t legitimate because his group didn’t choose them.

They said they felt crushed.

And terrified.

And embarrassed for their country in the eyes of the world.

It may have taken possibly the closest and most pivotal presidential race of our time, but Election Day 2004 elicited the kind of response this campus usually reserves for home football games.

In response to Chancellor Wileyââ?¬â?¢s ââ?¬Å?wake-up callââ?¬Â reported in the Oct. 21 Herald that he stands with students against rising tuition, I want to remind people of the title of another article from two years ago (12/3/02): ââ?¬Å?In financial crunch, Wiley supports in-state tuition increases.ââ?¬Â The situation was the same then as it is now, with Gov. Doyle, state legislators and the Board of Regents saying that due to the state budget crisis, students need to brace for tuition hikes because of reduced state spending for the UW.

Since 1998, the government has denied more than 157,000 people federal financial aid because of an amendment in the Higher Education Act barring assistance to all students with drug convictions, according to Students for Sensible Drug Policy.

University of Wisconsin officials and student leaders are disappointed a disturbance erupted during the State Street Halloween party, but they still feel some parts of the weekend were a success.

During Halloween-weekend havoc, the Madison Police Department�s self-reporting line went unanswered due to a system overload.

The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents will vote Thursday whether to seek state funds for faculty, staff and executive pay increases of 5 percent over each of the next two years.

The characteristically liberal-leaning University of Wisconsin campus did not surprise many with its presidential election results: a whopping 25,692 votes for Sen. Kerry and 7,049 for President Bush, according to the Dane County website of wards in neighborhoods highly populated by students. Kerry won Dane County with more than 66 percent of the vote, with only a handful of polling places not reporting by press time. Bush received nearly 33 percent of the vote in ââ?¬Å?progressiveââ?¬Â Dane County and Libertarian candidate Michael Badnarik and Independent Ralph Nader received less than 1 percent of the vote combined.

The Madison Police Department announced Monday they issued approximately $125,000 in fines relating to Halloween weekend, and preliminary police reports show most arrests came from out-of-state revelers and not UW-Madison students.

A flyer sponsored by the Dave Magnum for Congress campaign incorrectly urged UW-Madison students to “Vote at the Polling Place of Your Choice,” prompting challenger U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, to decry the Republican Party for giving out false information.

For a third consecutive year, the annual Halloween celebration ended in less-than-stellar form. And despite the fact this year’s “disturbances” resulted in considerably less damage than those of years past, both the city and university are reviewing their plans for this event in an effort to prevent further incidents which, by all accounts, put a damper on the celebration’s intended spirit.

An angry and concerned Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz announced Sunday that the future of Madison’s annual Halloween celebration is “in peril” after an unruly crowd forced police to suit up in riot gear and deploy pepper spray for the third year in a row.

Many say the emphasis on early voting has made the process of casting a ballot easier this year, a belief reflected in large numbers of votes already cast at City Hall.

Following the death of a University of Wisconsin student, the Madison Police Department has submitted preliminary investigation findings to the Dane County district attorney�s office. The police file was submitted with no recommendations to charge the driver who hit the student with a pickup truck Tuesday night, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.

Despite intense yearlong planning, increased police staffing and extensive community involvement, the State Street Halloween party turned ugly early Sunday morning.

Despite festivities turning riotous the past two years, university and city officials are optimistic the focus on Halloween as a community event will create a positive atmosphere this weekend.

UW-Madison sophomore Kristina Mueller, chair of the Associated Students of Madison Halloween 2004, said bringing the town together is one of the group’s main goals.

The excitement of Halloween weekend has just begun, but the city of Madison has been planning for months. The Associated Students of Madison Halloween Committee has put together several activities for University of Wisconsin students and the Madison community in order to keep Halloween a fun and safe weekend for all.

If official predictions ring true on Nov. 2, a record-breaking crowd at a Thursday John Kerry rally could be matched on Election Day by record-high voter turnout numbers.