Category: Campus life

The second leg of the Rock the Vote Bus Tour 2012 rolled into Madison Tuesday, with the bus parking on East Campus Mall and workers targeting students who have not yet registered to vote.

A 42-year-old mother in Oshkosh showed the world that it?s never too late to get a degree ? or run for homecoming queen. Heidi Hansen, a senior nursing major at UW-Oshkosh, became the most publicized finalist for the crown in school history last weekend.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison released the names of three finalists for assistant dean in the Division of Student Life and director of the Center for the First-Year Experience. Carren Martin, interim co-director of UW-Madison?s Center for the First-Year Experience; Elizabeth John, Edgewood College?s assistant dean of Students and Director of Student Activities; and Emily Arth, Indiana University?s senior assistant director in the Office of First-Year Experience Programs are the three finalists chosen by a six-member search committee.

County and city officials jointly held a forum Monday to hear University of Wisconsin-Madison students? input and to answer questions about the 2013 city and county budgets. Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, and County Board Supervisor and UW-Madison student Leland Pan discussed a wide range of issues at the forum, from explaining where revenues for the county and city budgets come from to talking about proposed cuts and expansions of programs affecting students, such as the implementation of surveillance cameras throughout downtown streets.

Rock the Vote, an organization dedicated to encouraging the youth vote, is bringing its bus tour to the University of Wisconsin campus Oct. 16.

The keynote speaker of University of Wisconsin?s Diversity Forum addressed issues of diversity in higher education by bringing light to the larger problems in admissions and student success Friday.

Tigers with toothaches, capybaras with upset tummies and penguins with dings in their flippers will soon have a larger dedicated space to be treated and healed. ….The zoo has a 600-square-foot treatment room in the administration building but it has limited capabilities. Animals are typically taken to Stoughton, where the zoo?s longtime veterinarian, Michael Petersen, has a practice, or are treated at the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine. The upgrade in facilities will not only lead to improved health care but also aid in training veterinary students from UW-Madison and improve the zoo?s breeding programs.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison?s Ultimate Frisbee club team capped off its season by winning a second-straight national title at the Ultimate Players Association College Championships.

With the future of the Mifflin Street Block Party uncertain, the Associated Students of Madison announced they are not interested in any formal involvement in organizing the event this spring at a meeting Thursday.

Unbeknownst to most students, a team of staff members exists that is dedicated to ensuring the safety of the University of Wisconsin?s student population through observations and intervention.

University of Wisconsin?s student government hosted a Campus Safety Forum Wednesday night with representatives from local police departments and city officials in order to address student concerns with crime and safety on campus.

This Friday, Oct. 12, the University of Wisconsin-Madison will be hosting its biannual Diversity Forum. The Diversity Forum is a place for students, staff, faculty and administration to discuss the challenges that UW-Madison faces regarding race, religion, sexuality, gender identity and social class. All students are welcome to attend, and student input is crucial for helping determine UW policy for diversity in the coming years.

Amidst the excitement surrounding ?National Coming Out Week,? the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Campus Center hosted an event Wednesday dedicated to disabilities and circus freaks in conjunction with other LGBT and campus organizations. Eli Clare, an activist and writer specializing in disability and LGBT issues, spoke about the history of freak shows, defined as spectacles that feature humans with unusual characteristics.

Investigators have concluded the death of a University of Wisconsin-Whitewater student who fell in a limestone quarry this summer was accidental. The body of 21-year-old Benjamin Fuder was found July 29 in the Whitewater Limestone Quarry in the Town of Whitewater. Fuder had been reported missing the night before after being last seen in downtown Whitewater.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis.- A second student has died after fire swept an off-campus apartment near the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. A spokeswoman for Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis said 21-year-old Jacob Clarkson died Tuesday.

While the University of Wisconsin System experienced a minor decline in overall enrollment this fall, the University of Wisconsin saw an increase in its enrollment from the 2011-12 school year.

In effort to appeal to more students, Freakfest event planners have presented a campus-wide Battle of the Bands competition for this year?s Halloween event.

A proposed increase in Metro Transit bus fare will not affect student bus passes in 2013 but could potentially affect the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s negotiations with Metro Transit when their contracts are up for renewal.

A student government grassroots committee discussed plans Monday to move forward with a new campaign that would require student government input in the appointment of student representatives to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents.

The number of new freshmen in the University of Wisconsin System from outside of the state increased 20 percent this fall and has doubled over the past decade, according to preliminary data released Friday. Overall enrollment dipped 0.6 percent from last year?s final count, including a 4.3 percent decline in graduate student enrollment. Part of the decline could be attributed to a record number of degrees last spring and an anticipated generational decline in high school graduates, said Mark Nook, vice president for academic and student affairs. The UW System conferred 35,708 degrees, up 3.1 percent from the previous year.

A 19-year-old female UW-Madison student was mugged early Saturday morning near a busy off-campus intersection. The mugging was reported Saturday afternoon, but the student said it happened at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday at Regent Street near Park Street, the Madison Police Department stated in a news release. “The student was walking alone when a man punched her in the face and demanded her handbag,” said police spokesman Joel DeSpain.

Regarding Saturday?s article about President Barack Obama?s visit to the UW-Madison campus, what kind of political science professor could possibly think a lecture from him on American government could be more life impacting than taking part in a live political event and a chance to see a sitting president? UW-Madison professor Ken Mayer loses credibility by questioning the event.

When the Obama administration announced last week President Barack Obama would be speaking on campus, many students waited to hear from their professors about the status of their Thursday classes. In the meantime, they flocked to Obama?s campaign website to acquire a ticket for the event. To acquire a ticket, prospective speech-goers had to enter their email and phone number, giving the Obama campaign thousands more emails to spam on a daily basis. The university should not have let this happen, not while at the same time allowing the speech to take place in the heart of campus.

The University of Wisconsin System experienced a minor decrease in enrollment for the fall 2012 semester, the Board of Regents learned Friday.

The president wowed his mostly student crowd Thursday on Bascom Hill in Madison. But his record on the biggest issues affecting America?s younger generation is mixed.

President Barack Obama brought a renewed vigor among voters on the University of Wisconsin?s campus Thursday as he distanced himself from former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and highlighted the importance of voting to an audience 30,000 strong.

President Barack Obama stood between an inflatable Bucky Badger and Bascom Mall?s Abraham Lincoln statue yesterday as he took to Bascom Hill to address the campus just one day after the first presidential debate.

An estimated 30,000 people converged on Bascom Hill at UW-Madison Thursday to see the President of the United States.

On October 4th, 2012, President Barack Obama visited the UW Madison campus. People wanting to enter the event began lining Observatory Drive around 7 AM. The crowd continued to grow and in an effort to accommodate the large crowd, the venue opened early at 11:30 AM.