Category: Campus life

Students who attend the 26 campuses of the University of Wisconsin System will pay hundreds of dollars more in tuition this fall ? ranging from $235 more a year at UW Colleges to $659 more a year at UW-Madison. On a vote of 11 to 4, the UW Board of Regents approved a 5.5 percent tuition increase for in-state students at a meeting Thursday in Madison. Tuition will cost an average of $6,543 a year for resident students attending a four-year UW System campus in 2011-12. That?s an average increase of $381 per year. Out-of-state students will pay increases at the same dollar amount as residents.

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay students could shell out an extra $311 in tuition for the academic year that starts in the fall, under a state proposal to be voted on today.

A local UW student has been appointed by Governor Walker as a new student representative to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents.

Tuition likely will increase by 5.5 percent per year starting in the fall at all University of Wisconsin schools, including the University of Wisconsin Marathon County, which hasn?t seen a tuition hike in five years.

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Scott Walker announced on Wednesday the appointments of two student representatives to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents.The students — Troy Sherven, of Oregon, and Katie Pointer, of De Pere, — will join with other members of the body, which is responsible for “establishing policies and rules for governing” the UW System, according to a news release issued by the governor?s office.

The city?s Plan Commission voted Monday night to kill a proposal by St. Francis House Episcopal Student Center that would have added a 12-story student apartment building to its site. Ald. Chris Schmidt, a member of the commission, said the first vote to recommend approval of the project to the City Council failed on a 5-3 vote. The UW-Madison student center could wait at least several weeks to resubmit the proposal to the commission or they could come back with a different proposal, Schmidt said.

Damon Williams looked out at the eager faces of incoming UW-Madison freshman and told them the truth.

?Now, you?ll notice that the faces in this room are pretty diverse, particularly from an ethnic and racial perspective,? said Williams, UW-Madison?s top diversity officer. ?I?m here to tell you, that?s not going to be your experience on a day-to-day basis here at UW-Madison.?

On Sunday, UW-Madison held an orientation session ? known as SOAR Student Orientation Advising and Registration ? for new students of color. The idea is to allow under-represented students a chance to get to know one another before school starts.

MADISON, Wis. — A federal grand jury has indicted a former University of Wisconsin-Madison student on one count of sharing child pornography computer files. According to court documents, an FBI agent in Los Angeles logged onto a file-sharing site in August 2010 and downloaded nearly 160 images linked to a computer in 23-year-old Matthew Hendrickson?s UW-Madison dorm room.

Madison police are coordinating with UW police to investigate a pair of violent attacks against women that occurred over the weekend and might be connected.

MADISON (WKOW)– The Madison Common Council adopted new alcohol licensing legislation Tuesday that will allow for more opportunities for businesses looking to sell liquor downtown.

Madison police said they?re investigating two sexual assault cases in which a stranger attacked women walking alone in downtown Madison.

MADISON, Wis. — Madison police said they are investigating an attempted sexual assault early Saturday morning near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

Many in Madison have long perceived the city to be a youthful place based in part, I suppose, on the annual infusion of University of Wisconsin freshmen. Well, the facts are indicating otherwise. A report by The Brookings Institute has Madison 6th in the nation for the rate of growth of pre-seniors, people ages 55 to 64, between 2000 and 2010. It is hard to generalize, but it feels like all those Vietnam-era Baby Boomers at UW who chose to stay are still around.

UW-Madison accepted about half of the students who applied to be a member of the freshman class, the lowest admission rate in at least 20 years for the state?s flagship university. It?s a function of the fact that a record number of students applied, while the size of the freshman class remained the same as in recent years, at about 5,900.Officials say more applicants for the same number of spots have led to an unintended consequence: Admission to UW-Madison is more selective.

MADISON, Wis. — Nearly two years ago, Stephen Lee uprooted his wife and two children from their home in Clarksville, Tenn., to study political science here at the University of Wisconsin.

Dear Editor: I am a former city worker and a union supporter, but Madison Metro has way too much attitude. Service gets worse every year. Both management and drivers are at fault, so fire them all. Close Metro down!

Madison police are investigating several downtown residential burglaries that were reported Saturday morning.

More than 100 international students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and their family members are learning about agriculture firsthand Sunday.

COTTAGE GROVE, Wis. — More than 100 international students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and their family members are learning about agriculture firsthand Sunday.

Dear Editor: On the night of Wednesday, June 8, something sickening happened in our neighborhood ? something we cannot get out of our minds, no matter what we do. Students living in the Badger House on Langdon Street, near where we live, made the poor decision of hanging a black nylon dummy from a noose, attaching it to their balcony.

Women, queer folks and people of color oftentimes do not feel safe walking down Langdon Street the way it is. To know that there was what is tantamount to a mock lynching (regardless of the intent) more than bothers those minorities living in the neighborhood. It is both terrifying and infuriating. The response from the UW has been minimal at best.

Nearly two years ago, Stephen Lee uprooted his wife and two children from their home in Clarksville, Tenn., to study political science here at the University of Wisconsin.

As a 31-year-old Army veteran, Lee took advantage of one of the most successful tuition assistance programs in the nation?s history — the G.I. Bill. In exchange for his nine years of military service, the federal government agreed to pay for Lee?s college education.

But on a brittle February night, the rules suddenly changed. At a Vets for Vets meeting on campus, Lee listened in disbelief as a university official told his classmates that the government had reneged on its original promise. In December, Congress voted to cut their G.I. Bill benefits.

A proposal by the Episcopal student center at UW-Madison to add a 12-story student apartment building to its site has met major pushback from a neighboring church, forcing a delay. The Madison Plan Commission voted Monday to send the proposal by St. Francis House Episcopal Student Center back to architects for adjustments.

UW-Madison placed second in the American Society of Civil Engineers? 24th annual National Concrete Canoe Competition, losing to California Polytechnic State University.

Starting Sunday and ending Friday, some 200 university architects from the United States and Canada will make UW-Madison their latest case study. They will explore the interplay between its buildings, communities and natural settings, organizers said, as they share ideas to build better connections on their own campuses. ?Ultimately, what we all do as campus architects is build the stage for all of the activities that take place on a campus,? said Daniel Okoli, university architect at UW-Madison for the past six years.

First, hats off to three – yes, three – teams of food science students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison who competed as finalists last weekend at the Institute of Food Technologists annual meeting in New Orleans. One team, creators of a product called Pixie Dust, took home the grand prize in a competition sponsored by Disney.

The sight of a life-sized Spider-Man doll being hanged by its neck from a balcony of a Langdon Street home near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus is prompting a stern response from school officials. Students who live on Langdon Street said the doll that some believe represented a black man hung for two or three days last week before it was taken down. But many said it never should have been put there at all.