In 1979 the Pail and Shovel Party planted more than 1,000 fake pink flamingos on Bascom Hill in celebration of winning re-election to head the Wisconsin Student Organization, according to the Wisconsin Historical Society website. Today, the University of Wisconsin revisits the decades old prank in a new way with the first annual ?Fill the Hill? campaign.
“Alcohol does not make somebody perpetrate,” said Sarah Van Orman, executive director of UW-Madison?s University Health Services. “But alcohol does put people in a situation where they?re not able to protect themselves. We do know that perpetrators use alcohol as a tool, and it affects the ability of other people to be good bystanders.”
Wisconsin artist Jill Sebastian?s proposed design for a “memorable and iconographic” sculpture to anchor the State Street Library Mall has been in the works for the better part of this year.
The intersection of Langdon and Park Streets closed at 6 a.m. Thursday and will reopen at 3 p.m. Thursday, according to a news release from the Madison Traffic Engineering and Parking Divisions.
In 1979 the Pail and Shovel Party planted more than 1,000 fake pink flamingos on Bascom Hill in celebration of winning re-election to head the Wisconsin Student Organization, according to the Wisconsin Historical Society website. Today, the University of Wisconsin revisits the decades old prank in a new way with the first annual ?Fill the Hill? campaign.
Pink flamingos once again dotted Bascom Hill Wednesday, as part of Share the Wonderful campaign?s ?Fill the Hill? event.
Madison?s official bird, the pink flamingo, will be flocking to UW-Madison?s Bascom Hill to help in a 24-hour fundraising effort followed on social media.
“There used to be a wide gap in terms of binge drinking,” said Sarah Van Orman, executive director of UW-Madison?s University Health Services. “That?s narrowing. We are seeing more women engaging in more high-risk drinking than before. The gap is smaller than it used to be.”
The city, UW-Madison and MSA Professional Services of Madison have been working for months on the future of the blocks and Library Mall, the area that connects State Street with East Campus Mall, Bascom Hill and the Memorial Union.
University of Wisconsin business students are helping people ?fetch? their groceries and receive automatic savings with the creation of a new smartphone application.
In 1979 the Pail and Shovel Party planted more than 1,000 fake pink flamingos on Bascom Hill in celebration of winning re-election to head the Wisconsin Student Organization, according to the Wisconsin Historical Society website. Today, the University of Wisconsin revisits the decades old prank in a new way with the first annual ?Fill the Hill? campaign.
For the first time in nearly a decade, there?s a new “top cop” on the SIU campus.Chief Benjamin Newman spent the last 15 years as a University of Wisconsin-Madison cop, most recently as a lieutenant there. He also fought wildfires for a year in Oregon.
Police reported the sexual assault of a 21-year-old female on North Henry Street at about 5:45 a.m. Monday.
No one was hurt or arrested during the ruckus, which happened at about 2:45 a.m. Friday at a residence in the 600 block of Mendota Court, a one-block street of apartments and Greek houses near the UW-Madison campus.
Long before going to the doctor, people who feel sick may go to Google and tell the search engine of their health woes. This year UW-Madison is hoping to capitalize on the same dynamic to get ahead of its own flu outbreaks on campus, using students and smartphones.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison wants to see if it can track flu better by using social media.
University of Wisconsin-Madison students and fans at the Badger home game against Northwestern Saturday received relatively low levels of drinking citations and required less medical attention, according to a UW-Madison Police Department press release.
A sexual assault occurred on the 700 block of Dayton Street near the University of Wisconsin campus early Saturday morning.
A woman was sexually assaulted on W. Dayton Street, and police are still searching for the assailant.
While Badgers celebrated Homecoming Saturday afternoon, campus and city police officers met with members of the Langdon Street neighborhood as part of a regularly scheduled patrol on game days.
A 22-year-old Madison man was robbed of his cell phone and backpack Sunday evening as he walked into an apartment complex near the UW campus, according to Madison police.
People can catch the flu almost anywhere ? on campus, an outbreak can spread quickly because students often live in close quarters. Ajay Sethi, an associate professor with UW-Madison?s Department of Population Health Sciences, is going to track illness with a smartphone application called OutSmart Flu where sick people report symptoms.
University of Wisconsin System officials say more effort has to be made when it comes to attracting and retaining minority students. That?s according to the UW System?s Annual Accountability Report.
WISCONSIN RAPIDS ? Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln High School band members still are tooting their horns about hanging out with the University of Wisconsin Madison Marching Band.
Although the University of Wisconsin?s Homecoming has evolved throughout 103 years of celebrating what is means to be a Badger, some traditions have stood the test of time.
The Wisconsin Badger football team takes on Northwestern on Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium.
Student and season ticket holders for University of Wisconsin football will be getting concession stand vouchers, officials said.
A city committee overseeing the redesign of State Street met Wednesday to discuss the reconstruction of the 700 and 800 blocks, as well as ways to enrich the ?Library Mall experience.?
Chancellor Rebecca Blank outlined ideas to move the university forward in a speech Wednesday that launched the Fall 2013 University Roundtable Series.
The University of Wisconsin needs to expand its outreach across the state, work closely with state lawmakers and make a strong case to alumni to donate to the university moving forward, Chancellor Rebecca Blank said in a roundtable on campus Wednesday.
Students at University of Wisconsin System schools might not need to use the ?My dog ate my homework? excuse for late work anymore; the federal government shutdown could suffice.
Downtown workers might want to hit the road home a little early on Friday afternoon, or get caught up in the UW-Madison Homecoming parade.
Chuck Kamp, the Metro Transit general manager, mentioned during his presentation that failure to increase funding to Metro Transit could result in higher costs for University of Wisconsin-Madison student bus passes, provided by Associated Students of Madison, and Madison College bus passes.
Following the fast track Landgon neighborhood officers frequently ride up the ranks of the Madison Police Department, officer Grant Humerickhouse will hand over patrol of the Greek community and surrounding area after approximately three years to up-and-coming officer Shawn Kelly in order to accept a detective promotion in November, according to MPD Lt. Dave McCaw.
The over-four-year initiative to create a College of the Arts was dropped in the spring, replaced by a plan that would revamp the Art Institute instead, University Committee Chair Michael Bernard-Donals said at a Faculty Senate meeting Monday.
After Detroit Lions center Dominic Raiola made ?inappropriate comments? to University of Wisconsin Marching Band members during their Green Bay performance last weekend, the band director says he considers the matter closed.
Social worker, human rights activist, and University of Wisconsin-Madison scholar Ada Deer will receive the State Superintendent?s Distinguished Public School Alumni Award on Oct. 8 at the Madison Concourse Hotel. The award will be presented during the reception for Wisconsin Title I Schools of Recognition prior to the noon awards ceremony at the State Capitol.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank delivered the State of the University address to the Faculty Senate Monday, outlining her financial and academic priorities for the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Amid the mixed chants of ?Congo is the key to our humanity? and ?Go Pack Go,? Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers joined campus organizations to raise awareness of the Congolese mineral conflict on the Memorial Union Terrace Monday.
Residential burglaries, strong-armed robberies and assaults have become a clear and present danger for students. This unfortunate trend has forced downtown residents to recognize the risk implicit in something as simple as walking home from the library after dark.
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is rallying support among college students for a cause
Lori Berquam, vice provost for student life and dean of students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Mike Leckrone, director of the UW Marching Band, have issued the following statement:
Berkeley is the Madison of the West. Or so said Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers as he attempted to draw UW-Madison students? attention to the ongoing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday night at the Memorial Union Terrace.
Star power came together on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus to raise awareness about the Congo.Emmanuelle Chriqui, an actress from the TV show Entourage, and Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers were at the Memorial Union Terrace on Monday night thanks to The Enough Project and UW?s student chapter of the Conflict Free Campus Initiative.
Rodgers is scheduled to participate next Monday in a rally at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to raise awareness about the war in Congo and America?s connection to it.
John Dean, former presidential counsel to President Richard Nixon, expressed his outlook on the Watergate scandal Friday as part of the University of Wisconsin Law School?s 2013 Kastenmeier Lecture.
University of Wisconsin-Madison junior Matt Hanson, co-founder of Madison-based company LowDrag Productions, helps bring artists? talent to life by creating a variety of videos for them.
In a taped conversation, former White House counsel to President Richard Nixon, John Dean is heard confronting Nixon about the Watergate Scandal.
The lecture hall was packed Friday night when John Dean, former counsel to President Richard Nixon, gave a lecture on ethics to UW law students.
University of Wisconsin established the first tenure-track teaching position in Hmong American Studies in the nation earlier this year, pioneering the new area of study.
Some traditions can transcend time. That?s what UW-Madison student Kait Vosswinkel has found while viewing the campus through a camera lens.
More state residents are attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
At first glance these pictures of student life more than a century ago look like they would not be out of place in Downton Abbey. The photographs, unearthed from the archives at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S.,show her room proudly adorned with flags and cushions bearing the letter W.
Wisconsin college students can learn more about their health insurance options under the new Affordable Care Act, thanks to an education campaign.
In January, Nelson, 65, retired from her dual role in art at UW-Madison, where she both taught in the art department and did outreach, partly as director of the Wisconsin Regional Art Program for nonprofessional artists. The mother of two adult daughters, Nelson also became chairwoman of the Madison Arts Commission this year. Her husband, UW-Madison Afro-American Studies department director Craig Werner, urged her to do a retrospective exhibit.
Design plans for the next phase of the Memorial Union Reinvestment project moved forward after Union Council voted to approve the latest update to the layout at a meeting Thursday.
he incoming freshman class at the University of Wisconsin-Madison boasts the most Wisconsin residents in 12 years.
The incoming freshman class at the University of Wisconsin-Madison boasts the most Wisconsin residents in 12 years.
Tuesday morning marked the beginning of the first government shutdown in 17 years, but unless the shutdown continues for a long time, the effects on the day-to-day life of University of Wisconsin students will not be extensive, experts said.
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will join ?Entourage? actor Emmanuelle Chriqui and Congolese rapper Omekongo Dibinga next Monday at a UW-Madison rally.
