A representative from Adidas visited UW-Madison to address the controversy surrounding the universityâ??s contract with the company Friday at a Labor Licensing Policy Committee meeting.
If the No. 1 team in the country falls in Columbus, and almost nobody in Madison can see it, did it really happen?
That’s the potential scenario Saturday when the Big Ten Network televises the football showdown between the University of Wisconsin and top-ranked and undefeated Ohio State at 11 a.m. UW is 21st in the BCS rankings.
BTN is available on satellite TV services DirecTV and DISH Network, but not Madison area cable provider Charter Communications, making the game a virtual blackout in the Madison area and forcing Charter customers to find a friend or a bar with satellite TV in order to see the game.
The Wisconsin School of Business at UW-Madison has received an $85 million gift from a small group of alumni to keep its name just as it is for the next 20 years.
Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) — The Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison received $85 million from a group of alumni to ensure that the school will retain its name for at least 20 years.
The gift, including $5 million donated today at a football game, is the first of its kind among universities to preserve a name and not change it after a sizable donation, said the school.
MADISON, Wis. â?? A group of alumni of the University of Wisconsin-Madison are donating $85 million so the Wisconsin School of Business doesnâ??t change its name.
Not for at least 20 years.
The gift, the largest in UW-Madisonâ??s history, was announced Saturday morning. School leaders say itâ??s a unique take on naming, which typically involves a single donor or entity and a stipulation that the name change will be permanent.
Gov. Jim Doyle announced today that he used his veto pen to let local governments raise property taxes by 3.86 percent this year instead of the 2 percent limit agreed to by lawmakers in the new two-year budget deal.
In a ceremony at UW-Madison, Doyle signed the budget and announced vetoes.
Dear Editor: Thank you for the recent article exploring the economic impact of the Halloween Freakfest event.
The article mentioned a downtown Madison market analysis study by the UW-Extension suggesting that Halloween does not bring in as much revenue for downtown businesses as do other events. However, the article reported that the data came only from downtown bars. Rather, the data came from a comprehensive survey of retail, service, restaurant and entertainment businesses — from clothing boutiques to shoe stores, gift shops, galleries, cafes, restaurants, banks, salons, pharmacies, specialty food shops, and arts and entertainment organizations.
The Library Mall will lose a favorite spot for Thai cuisine on Friday when the SukhoThai food cart closes its window and rolls away.
Fans of the restaurant’s curries and pad Thai could get their fix at the food cart after the Regent Street restaurant closed in April, but as of Friday, the cart is shutting down for good.
A battle is brewing along Old University Avenue, where one of Madison’s leading real estate families is pushing the envelope on tall buildings in an established neighborhood.
The Mullins Development Group is pursuing a high-rise apartment complex at Campus Drive and Highland Avenue, across from the Best Western Inntowner hotel. It would be aimed at professionals, students and staff at the nearby hospitals, potentially including a future transit station for trains or buses.
Electric companies all across the U.S. are scrapping plans for new coal-fired power plants — but not in Wisconsin where coal remains king.
At least 16 coal-fired power plant proposals nationwide have been ditched in recent months and another three dozen are facing delays as utilities face growing concerns over global climate change coupled with soaring construction costs.
Five Madison area people have been named Rising Stars by the Wisconsin Biotechnology and Medical Device Association.
Students and energy policy leaders from around the country listened Thursday night as Chancellor John Wiley kicked off the Roosevelt Energy conference, which will address issues about energy conservation and efficiency until Saturday, Oct. 20.
University of Wisconsin Chancellor John Wiley greeted energy industry representatives Thursday at a preliminary dinner for an energy conservation conference this weekend, saying technologies from UW will contribute to the field.
Popular images of â??green-builtâ? homes often come in two distinct shapes: do-it-yourself rustic cottages made of straw bales, or million-dollar â??eco-mansionsâ? with state-of-the-art technologies that only the wealthy can afford. Middle-income families have traditionally had fewer options when it comes to living â??green.â?
For Kelly Meuer, the owner of State Street Brats, Halloween in downtown Madison is a fun night because he enjoys seeing all the creative costumes. But for business, the party — now dubbed Freakfest — is no bonanza.
….All in all, he concludes, “economically it’s a good night, but it is not an exceptional night by any means.”
That’s largely the same conclusion reached by those studying the annual party, which had its first peaceful ending last year after four consecutive parties ended with disorder, police action and pepperspray.
Libertarian John Stossel came to Madison on Monday to defend capitalism and condemn government regulation.
“Freedom will protect us better than government,” Stossel told a crowd of about 800 at the Union Theater during a lecture sponsored by the conservative student group Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow. He was introduced by radio talk show host Vicki McKenna of WIBA/AM 1310.
Stossel is co-anchor of ABC News’ “20/20” and the winner of 19 Emmys. His new book is called “Myths, Lies and Downright Stupidity: Get Out the Shovel — Why Everything You Know is Wrong.”
Who owns the air and sky between Langdon Street and Lake Mendota on the UW-Madison campus?
That question is delaying efforts by the UW Hillel Foundation to more than triple the size of its existing student center at 611 Langdon St.
The Jewish student organization, which traces its roots here to the 1920s and is the second oldest operating Hillel in the world, is seeking approval to tear down its existing 12,000 square-foot building and replace it with a four-story, 40,000 square-foot facility.
The Hillel center for UW-Madison ‘s Jewish students is hoping to break ground soon on a new facility, complete with a kosher cafe and an environmentally friendly design.
American Transmission Company filed an application with the state today to build a 345-kilovolt electric transmission line across Dane County, hoping to win approval from the Public Service Commission for the controversial power line by early 2009.
The Rockdale-West Middleton line, to be built either along the Beltline freeway or through the southern part of the county, is considered by ATC to be a critical infrastructure improvement in the county, a line that will reinforce the network, reduce the threat of future system outages and eliminate the need for multiple new, lower voltage transmission lines in the future.
The state Supreme Court last week heard arguments on the seemingly endless antitrust suit against 24 campus area bars, mostly mom-and-pop taverns, underscoring just how unfair the legal system can sometimes be.
The suit, which alleges that the taverns illegally conspired to eliminate drink specials for their mostly college student clientele, has already cost these family-owned establishments more than $600,000 to pay for the lawyers who have defended them from a seemingly endless trek from circuit court to the federal courts to the appeals courts and now to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. That kind of cold, hard cash undoubtedly wipes out the profits that the establishments hoped to make these past couple of years.
Microsoft’s new HealthVault project is a welcome innovation for consumers â?? and one that should not be a threat to electronic health records pioneer Epic Systems in Verona, a UW professor Patti Brennan said.
While national observers see a split developing in the traditional alliance between big business and the Republican Party, leaders here say that while some of those ties may be fraying, they continue to hold for now.
“I think it’s a critical crossroads for Republicans in Wisconsin and across the country because a lot of people believe the party has lost its way,” said Mark Bugher, director of the UW Research Park and a former top aide to Republican Gov. Tommy Thompson.
Quoted: Jerry O’Brien, director of the UW-Madison Center for Retailing Excellence
UW-Madison officials stressed changes have been implemented at Adidasâ?? factories to ensure better treatment of workers Thursday, despite the Student Labor Action Coalitionâ??s protest Wednesday of the universityâ??s athletic apparel contract with the company.
In September 2003, a group of potential RFID users, technology developers and UW researchers formed the UW RFID Industry Workgroup, which is part of the UW E-Business Consortium.
More than 40 companies in the group share lessons learned and best practices for RFID strategy and implementation.
Igal Hendel, a former UW-Madison economics professor, resigned two years ago along with several other professors due to the declining salaries and resources of the university.
The state Assembly received a petition from 32 Wisconsin business leaders early Wednesday arguing for increased support and funding from the Assembly for the UW System in budget negotiations.
The Student Labor Action Coalition delivered â??face-to-faceâ? demands Wednesday to Chancellor John Wiley, insisting he cut UW-Madisonâ??s athletic apparel contract with Adidas.
Dozens of University of Wisconsin students rallied Wednesday to demand the cancellation of a UW athletic apparel contract with Adidas.
By JOSHUA FREED
AP Business Writer
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — An attorney for six major music companies urged a federal jury Thursday to find a Minnesota woman liable for damages for illegally downloading and sharing music online, activity he said has gnawed at the industry’s bottom line.
Record companies have filed some 26,000 lawsuits since 2003 claiming their music’s been misused, but the case against Jammie Thomas, a mother of two from Brainerd, is the first to go to trial. Many other defendants settled by paying the record companies a few thousand dollars.
Regardless of how the first trial of a person accused of illegally sharing music online turns out, a spokesman for a record industry group said companies plan to keep suing listeners.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s new Surplus With a Purpose (SWAP) shop opens Friday, with a grand opening set for a week later.
The new location at 1061 Thousand Oaks Trail is in the Verona Technology Park near the intersection of County M and PB.
The SWAP shop sells quality surplus university and state government property to nonprofits and the public. The inventory changes constantly, from bowling pins to chemistry lab flasks to a TV set with a clear housing so that state prison guards could easily check it for contraband.
Downtown tavern owners who ended weekend evening drink specials in 2002 don’t have immunity from anti-trust legislation because the city of Madison never officially enacted a ban, an attorney for former University of Wisconsin students told the state Supreme Court Wednesday.
Although they may have been pressured by Ald. Tim Bruer to take measures to reduce their customers’ binge drinking, 24 tavern owners illegally conspired to fix prices when they voluntarily banned drink discounts Fridays and Saturdays after 8 p.m., said Kay Nord Hunt, attorney to the students.
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday for Freakfest 2007, which will sport three stages of live music featuring some nationally-known acts.
Details were announced Tuesday about the revamped Freakfest, which aims to build on the success of last year’s event. As businesses complained that Halloween on State Street had become too rowdy and destructive, city and student groups created Freakfest, a more organized event featuring live bands and a cover charge to get in.
Four entrepreneurs with connections to UW-Madison spoke to students about the three Ms of entrepreneurshipâ??money, marketing and mentorshipâ??Tuesday night at Memorial Union.
People don’t immediately think of State Street as a neighborhood where people live, but Bill Cosh has lived on the street for the past 10 years.
His apartment, in a 38-unit building above Walgreens on the corner of State and Lake streets, sits across from where the popular campus bar Madhatters planned on opening, causing an uproar.
That the bar’s owner decided not to relocate to the bottom of State comes as a big relief to Cosh and others like him.
….(Ted) Gervasi, who could not be reached Tuesday night, told (Alderman Mike) Verveer that he would still like to open Madhatters somewhere in the campus area and that he was going to start a new search for a suitable location.
How this Wisconsin grad’s specialized MBA from the Bolz Center helped him bring a competitive edge to a nonprofit performing arts organization
UW Hospital and Clinics has been added the list of â??100 Best Companiesâ? for working mothers in the October issue of Working Mother magazine for the first time in the listâ??s history.
The latest plans for the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery building to be constructed across from Union South were unveiled Monday at the first of three town hall meetings hosted by UW-Madison and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
MADISON â?? Allen Dines, assistant director at the UW-Madison Office of Corporate Relations (OCR), is a veteran of the high-tech start-up world, having created and sold two biotech firms.
Before that, he worked for another company that was spun out of a UW-Madison research lab. Even earlier, he worked for Booz Allen Hamilton in Bethesda, MD as a high-tech consultant. (Audio.)
I’ve got an idea for those Saturday night football games that are scheduled solely for the benefit of corporate television.
Since the games are aimed at nothing more than padding the bottom lines of the networks and the NCAA’s Division 1 schools, then what could be more fair than sending them the bills for the costs incurred by the cities in which the universities are located?
Why should Disney-owned ABC, the NCAA, the Big Ten and the UW’s athletic department, for example, make a bunch of extra bucks while the taxpayers of Madison pick up the tab for extra cops, overstaffed detox centers, and the dozens of other added costs that those late games in college cities require?
Two dormitories are under immediate lockdown on the UW campus as police search for an armed robber who went into a UW administration building on Park Street.
Students and staff are asked to stay out of the area around 21 N. Park St., and students in Ogg and Smith halls are asked to find shelter in a safe place.
UW police issued an emergency campus alert at 12:15. People on the street around 21 N. Park should follow on-scene police instructions.
(Since this was written, the situation has been resolved. Fraboni’s Italian Deli was the robber’s target. )
Madison’s economy grew about three times faster than Milwaukee’s in the recovery from the last recession, although it remains less than half as large, according to a new set of government data released Wednesday.
A small Madison biotechnology company called Ratio is working to commercialize a painless way to administer drugs. The system, which is touted as being simpler and less expensive than others on the market, was invented by David Beebe, a UW-Madison professor of biomedical engineering, and his colleagues at UW-Madison and the University of Illinois.
Pottygoers looking for a loo after the Badger football game Saturday night won’t have to keep their legs crossed when eyeballing porta-potties inside closed and empty bar beer gardens.
The toilets can be used, according to Madison City Council President Mike Verveer, bringing relief to thousands of fans who might otherwise contemplate going behind bushes, cars, each other, etc. and risk getting not only embarassed and possibly wet shoes but city cop fines as well.
Even with the toilet reprieve, Stadium Bar owner Jim Luedtke is still upset his beer garden has to shut down before the game is over, which will result in a jammed-up Monroe Street as fans try to find their friends and family pouring out of Camp Randall stadium right across Monroe St. from the bar.
Dear Editor: It appears that the money changers are back in the temple — the Temple of Alvarez. As a Wisconsin sports fan for many, many years, and a football season ticket-holder for 37 years, I highly resented being unable to see a home game last Saturday.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A couple hundred students jammed into a University of Wisconsin-Madison building Thursday to protest Halliburton Co.’s recruiting at a campus job fair.
The protesters sat in front of the company’s booth, virtually blocking access to the its four recruiters. Engineering student and protest organizer Chris Dols led the group in song.
“I said, ‘From high to low, Halliburton got to go,'” the crowd sang.
The memory of William “Curly” Hendershot is alive and well on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Hendershot was the Dow Chemical Co. recruiter whose 1967 visit here sparked one of the most important protests of the Vietnam War era. A sit-in against the company that made napalm used in Vietnam ended in a bloody clash with police that turned many students into radicals.
On Thursday, students plan to carry signs reading “Curly, off campus!” as they protest a recruiting visit by a company they see as a villain in the war in Iraq: Halliburton Co. Protesters plan to disrupt the company’s visit to an engineering career fair by discouraging students from talking to its representatives.
The Big Ten Network, the NFL Network and Fox Sports Net Wisconsin will soon be offered in high definition on DirecTV, as the satellite provider begins launching dozens of new HD channels.
Trade media have reported that Wednesday is a possible launch date for the first new HD channels.
The Big Ten Network vs. major cable TV providers.
The Citadel vs. Wisconsin.
What do these two matchups have in common?
Both are all about the money.
And both — um, how shall we put this — screw Joe Fan.
Not that the Big Ten Network, your cable provider or the UW truly care.
More than 230 national and international employers will network with UW-Madison students Monday night at the 2007 Fall Career Forum.
The Kauffman Foundation has already stepped into the Wisconsin scene by helping to get the Urban Entrepreneur Partnership going in Milwaukee by giving a $5 million grant to the University of Wisconsin-Madison as part of a five-year, $30 million program to make entrepreneurship available to all parts of the university, not just the business school.
The national housing sector is in serious trouble. That was one of the few unified messages Friday at the semiannual Economic Outlook Conference hosted by the UW-Madison School of Business at the Fluno Center.
MADISON â?? A top University of Wisconsin economist predicted today that the U.S. economy would slide into recession next year, led by the downturn in the housing market.
How severe that recession becomes remains to be seen, however, said Don Nichols, an emeritus professor of economics and former director of the LaFollete School of Public Affairs. He spoke as part of the universityâ??s semiannual economic forecast conference at the Fluno Center on the UW-Madison campus.
Dear Editor: When I found out that the superintendent of the University Ridge Golf Course was being replaced in September of 2006, I was surprised to say the least. When I found out that general manager Mike Urben and food and beverage manager Rick Schafel were forced to resign recently, I was floored.
I worked for these upstanding gentlemen from 1996 to 2004. I learned everything from having an upstanding work ethic to the nature of the golf business from these gentlemen. I’ve worked for three other golf facilities, and none compared to the operation and management that Mike and Rick instilled in their staff. They were looked up to and respected greatly by every member of their staff.
Wilson Miller is legally blind, but didn’t think that would stop him from getting a college education.
Think again.
He had trouble finding usable textbooks, a problem that, according to state officials, could affect as many as 10,000 students in the University of Wisconsin and Wisconsin Technical College systems who are blind, vision impaired or have other reading difficulties.
The UW-Citadel game is an emotional touchstone for Badgers fans because those who don’t have a ticket and don’t have the right cable provider will have to make special plans to watch it live. It’s expected that at least one more UW football game will be televised on the BTN this season.
UW-Madison economist Morris Davis doesn’t want to become known as the most bearish real estate pundit out there.
But considering past housing slumps and the depth of the current crisis, Davis isn’t looking for any recovery for at least another three years.
….Has there been any research to show what the alcohol industry means to the university in terms of financial support and student employment? If there is any doubt about the city of Madison’s position on the effects of alcohol — check out the Metro bus sporting the full body paint beer ad: “Drink Miller Genuine Draft!!!”
Now I know a suggestion to make the UW campus area a tavern- and alcohol advertising-free zone will be met with all kinds of sensible reasons why the idea is absurd. However, if the city of Madison, state of Wisconsin and University of Wisconsin were serious about the health of the students, and a vegetable, not alcohol, was the source of the ills, I think we would see a unified effort to rid the campus area of the product.
Scott Seyforth: I work for UW-Madison University Housing at four halls — Friedrick, Tripp, Adams and Slichter — as residence life coordinator. UW-Madison has a high population of transfer students and it ‘s my responsibility to coordinate programs at these halls to help students get to know each other and feel comfortable in the learning environment.
UW-Madison will host four economists during its semi-annual Economic Outlook Conference on Friday. The speakers will be Caroline Baum, a columnist for Bloomberg News; James F. Smith, a professor at Western Carolina University and author of the economic newsletter “Outlook “; Clare Zempel, an accountant and principal at Zempel Strategic; and Donald A. Nichols, professor emeritus of economics at UW-Madison.
