Category: Campus life

A man was arrested after he punched three bouncers at Wando?s Bar and Grill early Sunday morning, according to a Madison Police Department report.

Relatives of a UW-Madison student who had previously studied abroad wired more than $4,000 to Peru after callers said the student needed the money to be bailed out of jail and pay a fine, Madison police said. According to police: Relatives who live in St. Paul, Minn., received a phone call on Feb. 27 from a female who sounded like the 22-year-old student. UW-Madison spokesman John Lucas said the student had not studied in Peru through a university program. Lucas said the university was looking into the incident.

Madison police identified two suspects, one of whom is a UW-Madison student, whose fight with each other resulted in one man stabbing the other with a knife. The Madison Police Department received a call Sunday at 5:22 p.m. and responded to a Brian House apartment complex at 201 Langdon St. At 6:30 p.m., six police cars were at the scene, and the apartment?s backyard was taped off.

Two Madison men have been charged with the sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl in an incident that took place in a Langdon Street apartment, while another suspect has not yet been identified.

Police responded to an alleged stabbing of a Madison man in a student neighborhood near Langdon and Henry streets Sunday.

Brittany Griese suffers moments of panic when she thinks about how much money she owes for college. The 20-year-old University of Wisconsin-La Crosse student tries to keep focused on her studies, but the debt is always there ? a nagging concern.

A UW System official told the Board of Regents Thursday that financial aid for students is becoming increasingly important as the nation trends toward decreasing public funding to higher education, forcing institutions to hike tuition.

When students graduate from Wisconsins public campuses, university officials say they have about $27,000 in loan debt.

Less than a month until the national spotlight will be focused on Wisconsin?s Republican presidential primaries, figures central to the campaign to reelect President Barack Obama visited Madison Wednesday to encourage students to begin campaign efforts of their own.

University of Wisconsin students shared their experiences and opinions on the current system of undergraduate advising at an open forum Wednesday afternoon in Bascom Hall.

Members of Madison?s City Council introduced a resolution to create a permanent position for University of Wisconsin students on an alcohol review committee in an effort to further open discussions between students and city officials.

Strategists with President Barack Obama?s reelection campaign plan to meet with University of Wisconsin students in Madison on Wednesday.

University of Wisconsin students will have the chance to meet with strategists with President Barack Obama?s campaign in Madison on Wednesday. The hosts of this summit are former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs and Obama?s national field director Jeremy Bird. The summit is to mobilize young people to support President Obama; it?s part of Obama?s re-election effort.

STEVENS POINT, Wis — Police in Stevens Point are conducting an extensive search using volunteers and tracking dogs for a missing University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point student. Eric Duffey, 21, is a Fitchburg native and a Verona Area High School graduate. Police said Duffey was last seen about 1:15 a.m. Saturday leaving Joe?s Bar in Stevens Point. He was believed to be heading home.

To solve the problem of the unruly Mifflin Street Block Party, Mayor Paul Soglin is turning to an unlikely source: the rabble-rousers themselves. Soglin has asked students to work with city officials to tame the annual drunk-fest ? which turned especially ugly last year. A committee is meeting once a week to develop a plan for the end-of-the-school-year party on May 5. Their deadline is mid-March.

High school girls wanting to be the belles of the ball will be lining up early Saturday for the annual free prom dress hysteria known as “All Dressed Up.” Hundreds of gently used and new dresses, along with accessories, will be up for grabs at Madison Area Technical College on Saturday, beginning at 7:30 a.m. at the Truax campus, 3550 Anderson Street. The event is put on by the Junior League of Madison and the Panhellenic Association at UW-Madison.

A member of the Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln High School wrestling team is in jail, and two of his teammates received deferred judgments after the three agreed Friday they would not contest disorderly conduct charges filed against them for behavior in the locker room.

While the winter months can draw disdain and wonder, in equal measure, snow lovers have been left wanting so far this season. For students on the UW-Madison campus, Friday?s snowstorm provided the perfect opportunity to enjoy a frosted version of Bascom Hill, which has historically been a focal point for snowball fights and other winter recreation.

UW-Madison Transportation Services is working on an initiative that would discourage students from driving mopeds from class to class throughout the day, officials said Thursday.

On March 9 and 10, Playboy will be coming to town looking for “Girls of the Big Ten”. 

David Nguyen pumped his legs up and down on a stationary bike outside of UW-Madison?s Natatorium, keeping up both a steady cadence and banter with the other students in the triathlon training class. The 23-year-old said he feels lucky to be taking the class. The course is slated to be eliminated after this spring. “It seems like there are other classes that could be cut before this one,” Nguyen said.

Police assisted a UW-Madison student who was assaulted on University Avenue between Lake and Francis Streets early Saturday morning.

Katie Cierzan?s flat on the 500 block of West Mifflin Street has been standing 110 years and shows its age with tall pillars and noisy radiators. Even though her house is in good condition, those surrounding it are slanted with crumbling foundations. But Cierzan has made her house and neighborhood her home?and she would like to keep it that way.

An attack on a University of Wisconsin student near campus early Sunday morning has resulted in serious injuries, according to a Madison Police Department report.

A UW-Whitewater student was attacked by a man wielding a baseball bat outside a near west side house where a party was going on early Saturday morning, Madison police reported. The 20-year-old male student suffered a gash to his hand when the attacker used the bat to smash a glass beer mug the victim was holding, according to a police news release. The attack was reported at 3:26 a.m. Saturday in the 1100 block of Mound Street.