Category: Campus life

The buses in Madison were filled with more people than ever in 2011, as riders on fixed routes for Metro Transit totaled nearly 15 million, up more than 10 percent over 2010….Leading the way in ridership increases was the UW-Madison campus route including Park Street (Route 85), which jumped 33.7 percent to 330,390 riders, and the Verona-West Transfer Point commuter route (Route 55), which increased by nearly 20,000 riders to 263,452. Student ride totals rose from 2.52 million to 2.75 million, a tribute to the use of student bus pass program. Every UW-Madison student gets a “free” bus pass, but Metro gets $1.15 from the university every time that card is used.

Madison police have released a sketch of a man who allegedly attacked a UW-Madison student in December. The assault happened at about 4 a.m. on Dec. 21 on North Carroll Street, with the 19-year-old female student getting punched two or three times in the face before the attacker was distracted by an approaching car and the victim was able to run away.

Three racial incidents in two days at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside have African-American students? fearing for their security.

UW-Madison plans to renovate 144 university-owned apartments first built in the 1940s, meaning the residents will need to move out by June 30, 2014, according to a letter the university sent to residents last week. The apartments, called University Houses, are located northwest of campus and make up one of three “neighborhoods” of apartments owned by UW-Madison. The other two neighborhoods are Eagle Heights, adjacent to University Houses, and Harvey Street Apartments, about a half mile southwest of campus near University Avenue.

Madison?s Housing Committee voted Wednesday to reject an ordinance aimed at curbing nuisance parties.

A group of University of Wisconsin law students is preparing to travel across the United States as part of a nationwide effort to provide legal assistance to non-profit groups.

Textbooks continue to account for a large chunk of college expenses ? an average of $1,168 per student annually at four-year public colleges, according to CollegeBoard. Some U.S. universities are searching for ways to keep more money in students? wallets by making affordable digital textbooks readily available.

A Bonduel High School graduate?s anti-bullying music video became an Internet hit last month after only a few days on YouTube.

A small audience said they were satisfied with a UW committee?s newly proposed unified university disaster management plan to respond to a variety of potential hazards at an open meeting Tuesday.

A University of Wisconsin group working to develop a campus-wide plan to react to possible disasters held an open house on Tuesday aimed at gathering students? ideas and feedback on the plan.

A small explosion in a Chemistry Building laboratory Monday morning injured one UW Staff member when a distillation apparatus shattered, sending out shrapnel and starting a fire.

A postdoctoral student sustained minor lacerations to the fingers and neck after an explosion and a small fire in the University of Wisconsin Chemistry Building Monday morning.

A student government committee examined several potential measures Monday night to protect student tenants following recent updates to the proposed Madison Nuisance Party Ordinance.

Carthage College and the University of Wisconsin-Parkside have taken steps to make sure the state?s new voter ID law does not get in the way of students casting their ballots.

Could you live without daily electronic conveniences — Twitter, Facebook, email, texting and more — for 90 days? Jake P. Reilly, a 24-year-old college student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, did just that.

Officials at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse say students were evacuated from a residence hall after an early morning fire in a basement recreation room. No one was injured in Sunday?s fire at Drake Hall. The school says on its website that smoke alarms went off at 4:23 a.m. and the students were evacuated.

A UW-Madison student and filmmaker wants bullied teens to know that life gets better after high school. UW-Madison senior Colton Boettcher unveiled a music video on Thursday, Jan. 26, that promotes the message of the “It Gets Better” Project, an Internet-based support group for LGBT teens that arose after a series of gay teen suicides in 2010.

A UW-Madison student suffered several facial fractures after being robbed and attacked early Sunday morning. According to Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain, the victim was returning to his place after walking his girlfriend home when he was blindsided with a blow to the head on Broom Street.

The Student Services Finance Committee passed the Associated Students of Madison?s internal budget of over 1.3 million dollars on Thursday, striking over $90,000 from the $100,000 ASM alumni training request. SSFC Chair Sarah Neibart said $100,000 was too much money to go towards training.

A 20-year-old University of Wisconsin-Madison student contacted the Madison police Wednesday afternoon wanting to report a strong-armed robbery that occurred around 2:30 a.m. Sunday morning. The victim said he was walking on North Broom Street, just south of State Street, when he was blindsided with a blow to the head. The man told police he thought he was punched, but he said he was definitely knocked to the ground.

The American Red Cross is utilizing the iconic Badger-Gopher rivalry to help increase participation in a two-month long blood drive that began Tuesday, by holding a competition between the two universities called the ?2012 Border Challenge?.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison this year ranks third among large universities nationwide in the number of alumni currently serving as Peace Corps volunteers, up from eighth last year.

Five University of Wisconsin classes have gone digital, and are joining forces with other large universities around the country in an eText pilot program this semester.

The Student Judiciary denied the Multicultural Student Coalition?s request for an appeal Tuesday, upholding the decision to deny the group funding eligibility. MCSC requested the judiciary reconsider its decision in the group?s original appeal challenging the Student Services Finance Committee?s decision to deny it funding.

University of Wisconsin-Madison student John Magnino announced his candidacy for the Dane County Board of Supervisors Tuesday. If he were to be elected, Magnino said he would focus on securing the necessary resources for public protection, campus safety and social services, for which the Board is responsible for funding. He also emphasized the need to increase student participation in local government, but acknowledged the obstacles presented by Wisconsin?s Voter ID law.

With hopes to restructure the current student government system at UW-Madison, the Students for a Constructive Associated Students of Madison hosted its kickoff meeting Monday. The group is looking to implement a new ASM constitution that would divide ASM into an executive branch consisting of a president and vice president, a legislative branch made up of a Senate, a judicial branch similar to the current Student Judiciary and an allocations branch that would appropriate student segregated fees. Currently, ASM consists of a student council, the Student Services Finance Committee and the Student Judiciary.