With tuition costs rising at the University of Wisconsin for the sixth consecutive year in 2012, the Associated Students of Madison Legislative Affairs Committee reviewed the impact the state and federal budgets will have on students, urging the campus community to get involved in the budget process at a meeting Monday.
Madison?s City Council unanimously approved plans to build two apartment buildings near the University of Wisconsin campus on West Johnson Street and Main Street at a meeting Tuesday night.
MADISON, Wis. – Some bicyclists on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus were surprised Tuesday night when they were stopped by police because of safety concerns. State law requires bicyclists to have at least a front light on their bikes after sunset. The fine for not having a bike light is about $160. UW-Madison police on Tuesday stopped bikers who were violating the law, but instead of ticketing them, they educated them and also set them up with free front and back lights for their bikes.
Noted: The University of Wisconsin-Madison has a similar system to move students out early. David Swiderski, spokesman for the university?s housing department, said the school always moves students out of expanded housing by November. The university has an agreement to lease spaces from Madison?s agriculture department until classes start that month, he said.
University of Wisconsin Dean of Students Lori Berquam has confirmed the death of a UW student in Smith Hall Monday.
With tuition costs rising at the University of Wisconsin for the sixth consecutive year in 2012, the Associated Students of Madison Legislative Affairs Committee reviewed the impact the state and federal budgets will have on students, urging the campus community to get involved in the budget process at a meeting Monday.
University of Wisconsin football coach Bret Bielema has never hidden his fondness for senior quarterback Curt Phillips. It was on display again Monday when Bielema addressed UW?s future at quarterback after confirming redshirt freshman starter Joel Stave will miss eight weeks with a broken left collarbone. There?s an outside chance Stave could be back for a bowl game, but until then the Badgers will have to choose between junior Danny O?Brien and Phillips at quarterback.
UW-Madison will pay a search firm about $167,000 plus additional expenses to help the university identify and recruit candidates to be its next chancellor, according to a contract obtained by the State Journal. The company, Storbeck/Pimentel and Associates, is a household name in recruiting top university executives nationally and touted its record in placing non-traditional candidates in top jobs.
At the first lecture for Political Science 103, before explaining the United Nations or mentioning Greece?s economic troubles, Professor Jon Pevehouse announces that he donates the royalties he makes off of UW-Madison students who buy new copies of his textbook to the Red Cross. While instructors like Pevehouse who require their own textbooks say the book is ideal for their class, they differ on what to do with profits they make off their students. Faculty members must disclose outside earnings related to their work on campus, but UW-Madison has no overarching policy telling instructors who use their own textbooks how to use their profits, giving UW-Madison professors a relatively flexible reign.
Over the next two weeks, Julia Boms has to take two midterms and the Graduate Record Examination. But what distracts the University of Wisconsin-Madison senior from studying is not the average internet browsing or chatting, but Hurricane Sandy, a tropical storm headed toward her family at home on Long Island, New York. Students at UW-Madison, many of whom come from the East Coast, are worried about Sandy, which hit land along the coast of southern New Jersey around 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time Monday, according to the National Hurricane Center.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison student died from cardiac arrest in Smith Residence Hall early Monday evening, according to Dean of Students Lori Berquam. UW-Madison Police Department Lt. Mark Silbernagel said the death is considered ?an open investigation? and more details, including the student?s name, will be released after further investigation.
Tammy Baldwin and two cast members from the television show ?Glee? spoke yesterday evening at the Red Gym to promote early voting.
A group of University of Wisconsin students launched a new search engine to simplify the search for off-campus housing earlier this month.
More than 30,000 people celebrated Madison?s twelfth Freakfest Saturday night with the amount of police citations and arrests dipping to a record low.
The young people over at the Simpson Street Free Press are proudly busting their buttons these days. And well they should. They?ve just put out another great edition of their little newspaper, which has been distributed to area schools where other kids read it and some of their teachers use it in class. The public can also pick up copies at local grocery and drugstores and other outlets all over town….The editorial page tackles the dismal graduation rate in Madison high schools and includes a column that labels recent attacks on UW-Madison?s admission policy misguided.
Plenty of research suggests the political views of a city?s adult population will be reflected in its student population, said Kathy Cramer Walsh, an associate professor of political science at UW-Madison. “There tends to be a pretty strong transmission between parents and kids in political leanings,” she said. “It may not be as specific as a candidate or a policy, but it influences who they pay attention to and what news they listen to.”
UW-Madison Police issued 23 citations, made 22 arrests and ejected 141 people during the Badgers? 16-13 loss to Michigan State on Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium. Among those cited and arrested, 16 were UW students, while 77 students were among those ejected.
Julie Underwood, dean of the UW-Madison School of Education, said she was surprised so many charter schools didn’t receive ratings. Private schools in Milwaukee and Racine that receive public voucher funds also don’t have report cards unless a change is made in state law.
“All of the charter schools should be evaluated and we should figure out ways to make valid assessments of them,” she said. “Not only do we need to give parents the information, but we also need good accountability measures because public funds are going to those schools.”
Starting quarterback Joel Stave is out for the season after suffering a broken collarbone, his family confirmed to a Madison TV station, a damaging blow to the University of Wisconsin football team?s hopes for a third straight Big Ten Conference championship.
A woman?s deeply personal op-ed detailing her experience of rape at Amherst College has moved women at other universities to speak out about their own experiences of inadequate response to sexual assault on campus.
This year has brought news of student athletes charged with sex crimes at Boston University and at Temple, along with countless other less publicized cases.
A television producer, writer and University of Wisconsin alumnus spoke as part of a UW Homecoming event yesterday, highlighting a life dedicated to non-profit work.
A University of Wisconsin student was the victim of a recent fraud involving suspicious contact from the suspect, who threatened the victim with police involvement.
City officials, the Madison Police Department and Frank Productions have finalized the plans for this year?s Freakfest celebration, which is expected to draw up to 45,000 people.
More than 1,600 students came together on the Kohl Center court to participate in an event supported by University of Wisconsin men?s basketball head coach Bo Ryan and his wife that ultimately raised $41,279 for cancer research.
A recently-released survey found the majority of American professors are politically liberal, and there has been a swing to the left within the group since three years ago.
While President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney have traded barbs about Big Bird and big government, two of the nation?s foremost economic advisers were at UW-Madison Thursday to speak to students about the role of economic issues in the upcoming election.
University of Wisconsin-Madison men?s basketball coach Bo Ryan issued the Charity Stripe Challenge to UW-Madison students Thursday, and over 1600 responded to ?Make Bo Pay.?
While Freakfest was plagued with riots and violence in 2006, officials say the city?s annual Halloween bash is on its way to becoming as safe as any other weekend night on State Street.
The Associated Students of Madison University Affairs Committee unveiled its plans to establish a regular forum to discuss students? concerns about safety on campus at a meeting Wednesday night.
Madison will once again host Freakfest Saturday, the annual Halloween bash that takes over State Street with music, food and costumes, which has become an integral part of Madison?s culture as a party destination on Halloween.
Wisconsin men?s basketball head coach Bo Ryan and his wife, Kelly, will host the Charity Stripe Challenge, a fundraiser for Coaches vs. Cancer and The American Cancer Society, Thursday at the Kohl Center. The Ryans will donate $1 for every UW-Madison student who comes to the arena between 3 and 7 p.m., and each student will have the opportunity to shoot a free throw and a half-court shot on the Kohl Center floor. The Ryans will donate $10 for every free throw made and $1,000 for each half-court shot made, and students who connect from long distance will also win men?s basketball season tickets.
A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty and students won grants from the 2012-13 Fulbright Scholar Program, an organization that gives grants for study abroad and teaching abroad opportunities.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., spoke about economic issues and their importance in this year?s election at Union South Tuesday prior to a debate between members of a student panel representing different political opinions.
Madison?s annual Halloween festival alone is enough to make city officials and local law enforcement batten down the hatches.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., spoke to students at the University of Wisconsin Tuesday night to educate them about the nation?s deficit and to urge their participation on Election Day.
Following an increase in online education at the University of Wisconsin, faculty and experts are highlighting the benefits and shortfalls of the university?s initiative to innovate education.
Wisconsin?s sophomore U.S. senator spoke to students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Tuesday night.
Freakfest, Madisons Halloween event, returns to State Street this weekend, and with the Badgers homecoming football game the same night, getting around the downtown area will be more difficult this year.
Why are Wisconsin voters so changeable? Polling results reinforce our independent streak. The Capital Times asked UW-Madison political science professor Charles Franklin, who is conducting polls this election season as a visiting professor at Marquette University Law School, to review recent survey results and pull out data on how Wisconsinites say they will vote based on their beliefs on several social issues: the Affordable Care Act “Obamacare”, Medicare, immigration, gay marriage and abortion.
The University of Wisconsin welcomed Mario Capecchi, a Nobel Prize winner in Physiology and Medicine, to campus Monday to deliver a series of lectures.
Student government members brainstormed methods for furthering the future of a state bill that would encourage underage individuals to call authorities in emergency medical situations.
University of Wisconsin-Madison sophomore Amber Cypcar works four days each week at Gordon Commons and nearly 40 hours a week at Buffalo Wild Wings in her hometown during semester breaks. But instead of spending her money on State Street shopping sprees or eating at expensive restaurants, she saves money to pay for her entire college education.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison released a joint statement Monday with University Health Services and the UW-Madison Police Department after a UW-Madison alumna published an account of her sexual assault in The Daily Cardinal. Erin Reilly, a UW-Madison alumna, wrote about her experience with sexual assault on campus, which included being discouraged from reporting the incident by counselors. Dean of Students Lori Berquam, UWPD Chief Susan Riseling and UHS Director Sarah Van Orman contributed to the statement, which expressed the university?s sympathy for Reilly, and detailed the available resources on campus for victims of sexual assault.
MADISON ? UW-Madison Police issued 24 citations and made 23 arrests while ejecting 47 people during the Badgers? 38-13 victory over Minnesota on Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium.
The University of Wisconsin Athletic Board shared its excitement for the grand opening of the school?s women?s hockey team home arena during their meeting Friday, hoping the new facility will positively affect both the team and the sport.
The University of Wisconsin?s Homecoming is taking on a new light this year with the Volunteer Campus Clean-Up Kickoff Sunday, as the planning committee prepares for a week focused on community outreach.
A walk across campuses locally and across the nation will show more faces like (Arwa) Alsughayyer, a graduate student at Edgewood College, and her husband, Suliman Alghnam, a graduate student at UW-Madison. They?re here thanks to a massive scholarship program funded by the Saudi king that pays for promising young Saudis to earn undergraduate and advanced degrees in the U.S. and other countries.
Online education still tends to get a bad rap in some circles — especially among those of us who grew up listening to professors talk at the front of a lecture hall. But it?s becoming increasingly apparent that a good mix of online and face-to-face teaching and learning can trump the more traditional (old-fashioned?) ways.
Quoted: Aaron Brower, who is serving as a special assistant to UW System President Kevin Reilly for new educational strategies, a role that allows him to provide leadership for the system?s new flexible degree initiative. Also mentioned, John Booske, chair of UW-Madison’s electrical and computer engineering department, the director of the Wisconsin Collaboratory for Enhanced Learning (WisCEL), and a believer in the value of the flipped classroom and blended learning.
University of Wisconsin-Madison students, faculty and staff will receive a test alert from the WiscAlerts notification system Tuesday morning. According to a university release, the test will run between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. Tuesday. The UW-Madison Police Department will send out the test alert via email, text messages and voice calls. Notifications will also appear on the UW-Madison home page, Facebook and Twitter.
….My rape incident happened to me in the least expected of places ? at UW-Madison, a university that I had grown to call home. It happened in my apartment ? a place I had lived comfortably for three years. It is true what they say. You never think it is going to happen to you until it does. And then, it is all you can think about. Sometimes for weeks, or in my case, for months…It is a well-known fact that sexual assaults are one of the most underreported crimes in the nation. And I contributed to that trend. But I never thought that university officials, or police officers, would play a part in that process.
?Do you hate America?? This was one of the questions Saad Siddiqui, secretary of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Muslim Students Association, remembers hearing while growing up as a Muslim in a post-9/11 world. A panel on the origin, impacts and iterations of Islamophobia in the United States, where Siddiqui told his story, brought together UW-Madison professors, students and experts Friday. The MSA and the Muslim-Jewish Volunteer Initiative, along with the Lubar Institute for the Study of Abrahamic Religions, co-sponsored the event, which featured six speakers and two First Wave performances, each touching on a different nuance of Islamophobia.
The college basketball season is right around the corner! On Thursday, Oct. 25, UW-Madison students will have the opportunity to team up with the Wisconsin men?s basketball team and Coaches vs. Cancer to take a shot at fighting the world?s deadliest disease.
Members of the Downtown Coordinating Committee addressed how to prepare for the uniquely large crowd Freakfest is expected to draw next Saturday.
The Muslim Students Association, the Muslim-Jewish Volunteer Initiative and the Lubar Institute for the Study of Abrahamic Religions will co-sponsor an event Friday to examine and discuss the way Islam is viewed in America. The event, entitled ?Understanding Islamophobia,? will feature five speakers from UW-Madison and around the nation who will discuss how Islam is depicted in American media and how it is treated in politics. The forum will also include performances by First Wave and a Q&A session for attendees.
Despite acknowledging concerns about the increasing costs associated with earning a college degree, the Regents this past June ultimately voted to increase tuition by 5.5 percent for the 2012-13 academic year for in-state undergraduates. It was the sixth straight year in which resident undergrads attending one of the UW System?s 13 four-year campuses have had their tuition bumped up by that exact same percentage. Add it up, and tuition and mandatory fees at UW-Madison are topping $10,000 for the first time in 2012-13, costing an in-state undergrad $10,378.
The University of Wisconsin furthered efforts to involve the public in the search for the next UW chancellor with the Search andScreen Committee?s second open forum held Wednesday afternoon.
Matt Romney, son of presidential candidate and former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass., gathered with a crowd of University of Wisconsin students at The Kollege Klub Wednesday evening.
In the midst of the controversy surrounding the Palermo?s Pizza workers? strike, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Teaching Assistants? Association and the Student Labor Action Coalition released a joint resolution calling for the university to cut all ties with Palermo?s.The issue began when workers at Palermo?s were fired from a Milwaukee factory after attempting to unionize. Workers also condemned poor working conditions and Palermo?s lack of effort to correct them.
UW-Madison administration is aware of the current dispute between the pizza company and its workers and will continue to monitor the situation, Vice Chancellor for University Relations Vince Sweeney said in an email. ?It appears to be a difficult and complicated issue and we are hopeful that the parties can reach a resolution in the immediate future,? Sweeney said.
A typical Badger home game experience includes walking with throngs of people through the Camp Randall arch, singing ?Varsity? with thousands of other Badger fans, and shaking the stadium during ?Jump Around.? But this year?s sudden enforcement of an assigned seating policy is leading to more students being ejected from one of their most anticipated traditions.
