Category: Campus life

A fraternity at the University of Wisconsin has been suspended after younger members were allegedly pressured to run errands, wear “Dora the Explorer” backpacks and carry fruit around campus.

Dozens of members of the Theta Chi Fraternity shaved their heads on Saturday to see if they could raise more money than other college groups.

The chapter violated the Student Organization Code of Conduct as new members were coerced to wear “Dora the Explorer” backpacks, carry fruit around campus and run errands for the older members.

2018 National Teacher of the Year and returned Peace Corps volunteer Mandy Manning will headline UW-Madison’s upcoming Peace Corps week.

University Communications senior photographer Jeff Miller took winter wonderland photos above campus from the open window of a smal chartered airlane during the “blue hour” of dusk on Feb. 13.

Award-winning professor Christy Clark-Pujara, Ph.D., presented on the history of voting rights for Black men at the Capitol yesterday as part of a series of events hosted by the Wisconsin Legislative Black Caucus.

“My project showed me a lot … it was sobering to know that these things aren’t new and not too much as changed,” Millet said. “It’s sometimes frustrating to live inside this campus that claims to be so progressive, but race issues have been historically here since the beginning.”

Butler earned his law degree from UW in 1977, would later be subject to bitter partisan attack ads in bids for Supreme Court.

University Housing Director Jeff Novak said the meal plan, which requires first-year students living in residence halls to make a $1,400 minimum deposit onto their Wiscards for on-campus dining, “rebounded” the dining program from where it was “a few years ago.”

Hines, an alumnus of UW’s Law School and a former associate of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, discussed what she learned about racialized policing throughout her career.

Rye encouraged students to demand change, draft agenda to start revolution.

Now Williams is involved with Bird Collision Corps, a partnership between the UW-Madison Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, Department of Facilities Planning and Management, and the Madison Audubon Society.

50 years after black UW-Madison students demanded several changes to campus during a strike, the Wisconsin Black Student Union recreated the movement.

University of Wisconsin at Madison: J. J. Watt, the football player.

The Student Services Finances Committee approved a $94 increase in student segregated fees to fund the Nicholas Recreation Center Monday.

The committee assigned with giving out the awards evaluated funding proposals on a variety of criteria, including creativity, innovation and planning. The most important criteria, however, were how the individual’s work affected the community and how it contributed to the art form, Mark Hetzler, a UW trombone professor who chaired the awards committee, said.

Beto O’Rourke, the unsuccessful 2018 Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate who is now being closely watched for a possible 2020 presidential run, visited the the University of Wisconsin Friday night to discuss key issues and answer questions in a student-only event.

Former Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke met with students and faculty Friday night in a crowded room in the Education Building.

While reporters were invited to attend the Milwaukee event, O’Rouke is shutting out most of the media in Madison.

What drains black UW-Madison students the most isn’t the national political climate or when a flashpoint issue crops up on campus, but the everyday isolation at a university where a small percentage of students look like themselves.

O’Rourke is scheduled to be on campus for a two-hour meeting early Friday evening. UW-Madison spokesman John Lucas said Thursday the event is not open to the press, public or anyone not affiliated with the university.

Potential 2020 presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke is coming to the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus for a meet and greet with students and faculty.

Phillips organized successful protest in support of fair housing legislation in inner-city Milwaukee.

Less than a minute after student protesters draped their hand-painted banners over the second floor railing at Union South, campus security forced the small group to roll up their flags and issued some of them warnings.

A year later, Leadholm, a freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said she doesn’t think the debate has gone far enough to ensure there won’t be another Parkland.

bloh is the first Black person to design Louis Vuitton’s menswear line.

Center’s closure is stalling several automotive student organizations who compete in less than a month.

Wahid Rashad and Shiloah Coley talk about the 50th anniversary of the black student strike.

Conservatives worry act will increase crime rate while liberals worry act isn’t doing enough, Ayesha Rascoe says.

Despite the progress that has been made, Liberty Rashad talked about how more change needs to be made, especially with bringing more black students and people of color to campus. “The numbers did grow to some extent, but not enough as we even see today,” she said.

The program offers newly admitted students the opportunity to take five credits of college coursework. All courses will be online only, and students will be matched with an academic advisor who will help them choose the right courses for them.

The school announced the review in a news release Thursday. The university says a team will look at accountability, diversity and inclusion, members’ experiences and student safety. The team is expected to release a report with recommendations this summer.

Gerald Lenoir remembers the Black Strike of 1969 as both a exhilarating and frightening experience as a Black student at UW-Madison. It marked the beginning of his life as an activist.

Seven UW-Madison students presented their research on the Hmong American College experience to a group of students, staff and faculty last Friday. Their findings suggest the university needs to make Hmong students feel more welcome.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is launching a review of fraternity and sorority life.

When it comes to funding for facilities operations and maintenance, the University of Wisconsin-Madison lags behind other universities.

The university says a team will look at accountability, diversity and inclusion, members’ experiences and student safety. The team is expected to release a report with recommendations this summer.

’Color of Drinking’ shows differences in opinion regarding drinking on campus.

Team will work towards increasing security, strengthening relationship between UW, Greek community.

Timely to the budget request, Chancellor Rebecca Blank stopped by to speak with the students about the dropping temperatures, the Badger Promise and of course, the rising costs of non-resident tuition.

Former Badger and current NFL star J.J. Watt will be the UW-Madison class of 2019 spring commencement speaker.

The University of Wisconsin System saw a record number of students of color graduating in the 2017-18 academic year, leaders announced today.

Watt transferred to UW as a walk-on, “gambling” on himself despite naysayers saying he wasn’t good enough. His gamble soon paid off, becoming a second-team All-American and the NFL’s No. 11 overall draft pick in 2011.

University of Wisconsin Archives held an open house for their newly published teaching kit on the 1969 Black Student Strike Wednesday night.

The State of Wisconsin Self-Funded Property Program, which is administered by the state Department of Administration, does not cover individual personal property unless reported, authorized and utilized for the mission of campus, university spokesperson Meredith McGlone said.

The Black Student Strike at the University of Wisconsin – Madison began 50 years ago today. This is a history of that strike and surrounding events, excerpted from the Wisconsin Historical Society Press’s new book, Madison in the Sixties, by Stuart D. Levitan.

Students who sign up for this optional, bi-weekly math workshop credit it with changing more than their grades.