UW-Eau Claire finally has a mascot. Sort of. The student senate announced Wednesday that students chose the image of a blue and gold bird for a school mascot, based on a student-wide survey. But UW-Eau Claire leaders are not taking on the image as the official university mascot.
The state Senate on Thursday gave final approval to a controversial bill requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls. The measure now heads to Gov. Scott Walker, who said he plans to sign it next Wednesday. Under the bill, a voter would have to present a driver?s license, a state ID, a passport, a military ID, naturalization papers or a tribal ID. College students could vote with a school ID as long as it has their signature and an expiration date within two years of the card?s issuance. University of Wisconsin IDs currently do not meet that criteria and would have to be updated to comply before students could use them to vote.
Last weekend I attended one of the commencement ceremonies at UW-Madison and, while I was very proud of the students, I was disappointed with the graduation itself.
….Upon returning to Madison, Smith reiterated his plans to play another season at the college level. That?s good news for the Badgers, who have already lost two underclassmen to the pros in defenseman Jake Gardiner and winger Jordy Murray.
“I made my decision before I left,?? Smith wrote in a text message. “That?s what felt right in my heart.??
The University of Wisconsin Multicultural Student Center celebrated its 11th annual graduation by honoring more than 100 students and naming the inaugural honorees of the McDowell Alumni Achievement Award.
The state Senate gave final legislative approval to a bill that would require Wisconsin voters to show photo identification during a ragged session Thursday, clearing the way for Gov. Scott Walker to sign the measure into law next week.
Forget about voting in the July 12 recall elections if you move to Wisconsin after June 14. Under a proof-of-residency provision in the voter ID bill passed this week by the state Legislature, voters will now need to live in the state 28 days before an election — instead of 10 — in order to cast a ballot.
….Once fully implemented, the voter ID law will require voters to present a valid driver’s license, passport, tribal ID or naturalization papers to obtain a ballot. Student IDs are allowed but will need to include a current address, birth date, signature and expiration date. No college IDs used in the state, including those on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, now meet those standards.
Last weekend I attended one of the commencement ceremonies at UW-Madison and, while I was very proud of the students, I was disappointed with the graduation itself.
….All in all, it was disappointing to see these students? graduation ceremony hijacked by politics and begging for funds.
Catching up on a couple higher education-related items …
** One of three finalists has withdrawn from consideration to be the next dean of the University of Wisconsin Law School, the Wisconsin Law Journal reports. Gene Nichol, professor and director of the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity at the University of North Carolina School of Law, told the university of his decision earlier this week, the website reports. It?s not clear why he pulled his name. The two finalists still in the running are Nicholas Allard and Margaret Raymond.
** The Senate voted 25-7 to ensure each region of the state has a representative on the University of Wisconsin System’s Board of Regents, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. The measure next goes to the Assembly.
** States allowing illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition — instead of charging more costly out-of-state fees — have witnessed a 31-percent increase in that population’s college-going rate and a 14-percent drop in high-school dropouts among undocumented Latino students, according to a report out of Roger Williams University’s Latino Policy Institute.
The Big Ten Conference is flush with cash and looking to possibly divert some of it to athletes? pockets to cover the full cost of going to college. That bit of news came out of this week?s Big Ten meetings in Chicago.
The Tenant Resource Center has been awarded a contract with Associated Students of Madison to provide housing counseling services and outreach to University of Wisconsin-Madison students for the upcoming academic year. In addition to services currently available at TRC?s Williamson Street office, TRC will have an office in the Student Activity Center. The room will be in the ASM Office, Room 4301 at 333 East Campus Mall.
The University Square Food Court closed indefinitely Tuesday, according to a sign on its door on East Campus Mall.
“In a nutshell, it was not performing as forecast. It never took on the life we intended,” property manager Todd Greenwald told Isthmus. Greenwald could not be reached for comment Tuesday evening.
MADISON ? Democratic state senators tried Tuesday to derail a Republican-backed measure that would require Wisconsin voters to show photo identification at the polls starting next year, arguing there is no need for the measure that would be one of the most restrictive such laws in the country.
The Voter ID bill debated into the early hours of Wednesday morning ended the night without a final vote.
A late night debate on a bill that requires voters to show photo identification ends with Senate Democrats delaying its passage. During debate, Senator Kathleen Vinehout (D-Alma) was among Democrats who expressed concerns about rural citizens not having access to a DMV to get a state issued ID. She says in some areas, the service centers are only open once a month.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison?s student government voted Saturday to stress it neither supports nor opposes Gov. Scott Walker?s proposal to grant Wisconsin?s flagship institution public authority status and break it away from the rest of the UW System.
The 18th session of the Associated Students of Madison?s Student Council passed a resolution which reads, in part, that it “remains neutral on the New Badger Partnership until the 18th session feels sufficient dialogue with (the) student body has been accomplished.”
UW-Madison benefactors John and Tashia Morgridge shared the dais at the Kohl Center on Sunday, delivering the commencement address to graduates, taking turns speaking from two different lecterns. The high school sweethearts said they shared a rich and unique experience with graduates, with some key differences. The Morgridges spoke at the weekend?s four undergraduate ceremonies for about 6,000 graduates.
Frequent UW-Madison donors John and Tashia Morgridge have pledged to match gifts that this year?s graduates give the university. Through Dec. 31, the Morgridges will match gifts ranging from $20.11 to $120.11 to support a graduate?s college, school or department, or the university as a whole. The couple made the pledge during remarks at Saturday?s undergraduate commencement ceremonies.
UW-Madison MFA student Hongtao Zhou, the artist who in 2009 built an enchanting set of ice furniture from the frozen waters of Lake Mendota behind Memorial Union, has now ?Reconstituted? discarded belts and wooden chairs into powerful sculptures on display in the Union?s Porter Butts Gallery through Saturday.
At UW-Madison, it doesn?t take much to create a registered student group. All a student needs is three other people with a common interest. That means ? among some 830 registered student organizations ? there are groups that fill even the most quirky and bizarre niches.
But this spring?s graduates, like many of late, face a hard reality once they?ve returned the caps and gowns: the persistently brutal job market. Nilesh Patel, JD career advisor with the University of Wisconsin Law School, said that in the past two years, about half of the school?s graduating class did not have positions lined up. While the numbers aren?t yet in for the Class of 2011, he suspects that figure won?t be dramatically different.
Noted: Nike actually said it heard about the situation and told the WRC, who were among a few groups to put pressure on them last year to remedy workers pay in Honduras when two subcontractors failed to make employees whole. Nike eventually paid $1.54 million, but lost its licensing deal with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the process.
If you find yourself constantly checking over your shoulder this weekend, it could be from empathizing too much with those paranoid “Survivor” castaways. Or, it could be the fact that there are now roughly 6,000 new college graduates from the University of Wisconsin-Madison who are looking for a job and the job they?re looking for may be yours.
For the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse, the route to campus internationalization has been less like a highway and more like a series of small, winding paths.
A small but growing cadre of online universities is developing mobile apps to help students pursue their studies whenever and wherever they want.
The UW-Madison?s Mosse Humanities Building is slated for demolition. Long live the Humanities Building!
One of the largest student organizations at the University of Wisconsin-Madison recognized many of its members for their various accomplishments this past school year. During the Badger Dairy Club end-of-year banquet, freshman Cara Biely, sophomore Mitch Kappelman, junior Curtis Horsens, and seniors Dana Mohn and Bob Heintz were named Outstanding Class Members for 2010-11.
The Wisconsin state Assembly passed a bill Wednesday requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls, a longtime priority of Republicans who finally have the power to enact the law this year. The Assembly passed the bill 60-35, despite objections from Democrats who argued the new photo ID requirement, along with other changes affecting voter registration and qualifications to vote, will create chaos and confusion at the polls. One addition allows students to use college IDs. At one point, the bill would have required the student?s address and date of birth to be on the cards. Those requirements were taken off after security concerns were raised by UW-Madison, because the cards also provide access to residence halls. Under the version passed Wednesday, the ID cards must include the student?s signature and expiration date no farther out than two years after the card was issued. University of Wisconsin IDs currently do not meet that criteria, meaning they would have to be redone to be used by students to vote.
Some students may talk a good game about changing the world but Steven Olikara is following through.The UW-Madison junior from Brookfield is active in the university?s sustainability initiative and is helping to create a study abroad program in China focused on sustainability issues. Olikara, 21, was recently elected senior class president for the 2011-12 school year, has spoken at two rallies for Barack Obama, one since Obama became president, and serves on the program committee of pop artist Usher?s New Look youth empowerment organization. Olikara, who plays guitar, bass and drums, just received a $30,000 Truman Scholarship for graduate study and a $5,000 Udall Scholarship for his senior year.
A bill that requires Wisconsin voters to produce photo identification at the polls is almost certain to pass the Legislature.
After nearly seven hours of debate, the state Assembly on Wednesday night passed a controversial bill requiring voters to show a photo ID at the polls. State Representative Jeff Stone (R-Greendale) says it will help prevent fraud at the ballot box, and sets a hurdle 95-percent of voters can already overcome.
After more than six hours of debate, the Wisconsin State Assembly passed a bill Wednesday requiring people to show certain forms of identification before voting. The bill will be brought up in the Senate next week.
Republicans who control the Wisconsin state Assembly have passed a bill that will require voters show photo identification at the polls.
Few issues are more divisive or difficult to tackle than immigration reform. But a key point from President Barack Obama?s speech on the touchy topic Tuesday in El Paso, Texas, deserves wide support and quick action in Congress. Obama called for allowing more of the brainy and creative foreign students studying at American universities to stay in the United States after graduation. UW-Madison alone had more than 4,000 international students on campus during the last school year. And more than half of those students are earning advanced degrees.
Another faith-based student center at UW-Madison has plans for a major redevelopment project, although this time the result would be less square footage for the student center, not more.
St. Francis House Episcopal Student Center wants to redevelop its property near UW-Madison?s Grainger Hall by selling off part of the site and downsizing itself to make way for a privately owned, 12-story student apartment building. The apartment building would be unconnected to the student center and have no religious orientation, said attorney Bill White, who is representing developer LZ Ventures of Madison.
The latest version of a bill requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls cleared the Legislature?s budget-writing committee after undergoing more changes that Democrats said will only lead to chaos and confusion.
Wednesday, the Assembly will take up the controversial Voter ID bill.
UW students have the opportunity to let themselves go to the dogs to help get through final exams.
Voters taking part in the upcoming recall elections would need photo identification, if the latest version of the controversial voter ID bill becomes law. The Legislature?s Joint Finance Committee passed an amended version of the photo ID bill Monday, removing a provision that required student IDs to carry correct addresses and moving up the date of implementation to immediately after the bill passes. The original bill required student IDs to carry a current address, birth date, signature and expiration date. Currently, no college or university ID used in the state, including from UW-Madison, meets those criteria.
It?s final exams week, and that means it?s time to send in the hounds. UW-Madison students will have a chance to relieve test stress by petting and hugging therapy dogs at Helen C. White Library Tuesday from 3 to 7 p.m. Dogs on Call, Inc. will bring more than 20 pooches into the library – from Shih Tzus to German Shepherds. This is the event?s third year.
The latest version of a bill requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls cleared the Legislature?s budget-writing committee on Monday after undergoing more changes that Democrats said will only lead to chaos and confusion. The measure could clear the Legislature as soon as Wednesday. The version passed Monday would allow college IDs, but would not require them to include a student?s birth date or address. The expiration date would have to be no more than two years after the date the ID was issued. UW-Madison lobbyist Don Nelson said the latest version was an improvement.
This weekend kicks off the college graduation season. Here?s a round-up of local ceremonies. Alumni John and Tashia Morgridge will deliver the commencement speech at four UW-Madison undergraduate ceremonies on Saturday, May 14 and Sunday, May 15 at the Kohl Center.
University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez released a statement Monday night pledging support for women?s tennis coach Brian Fleishman after questions were raised about his treatment of players. Alvarez?s vote of confidence came in the wake of a report in Thursday?s Badger Herald in which four unnamed members of the team alleged Fleishman subjected players to unhealthy eating habits and psychological abuse.
The latest version of a bill requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls cleared the Legislature?s budget-writing committee on Monday after undergoing more changes that Democrats said will only lead to chaos and confusion.
The voter ID bill, which would require you to show a photo ID at the polls, passed the final hurdle to reach the full legislature.
The legislature?s Joint Finance Committee has passed an amended version of voter ID legislation. This latest voter ID bill would require individuals to be living at their current address for 28 days before voting.
The past few years have been very discouraging for graduating seniors. But, for the class of 2011 at UW-Madison, it?s a better story. Across campus, UW career advisors say they?re not surprised and overall more companies are hiring.
Every year after the spring game, University of Wisconsin football coach Bret Bielema gathers the seniors, plus a select group of juniors ? and their parents ? to discuss the NFL draft process.
This week the state Legislature will debate a controversial measure requiring voters to show a photo identification before they can cast a ballot. The legislation, which proponents say will prevent people from voting illegally, would give Wisconsin arguably the most restrictive voter identification law in the country. Proponents say combating voter fraud, no matter how rare, is a good thing. Critics say the measure is a solution without a problem. They say fears of voter fraud are overblown, and photo ID laws discourage many people from voting, especially college students, seniors, minorities and people with disabilities…Student IDs would be allowed, but would have to include a current address, birthdate, signature and expiration date. Currently no college or university ID used in the state, including UW-Madison, meets those standards.
As an emeritus professor at the UW-Madison Medical School, I have published papers on the potential beneficial effects of moderate alcohol consumption, such as two glasses of red wine, and the harmful effects of excessive consumption. I thought it would be interesting to take my blood alcohol analyzer to the block party. As I tested myself by blowing into it, a group of young people gathered and wanted to be tested, too. So I randomly tested six men and six women, and showed them the results. I was amazed at how eager most of the subjects were to be tested, and they all wanted to have the highest level like it was a contest.
When we should be encouraging our citizens to vote, why do some of our legislators want to restrict voting rights?…Assembly Bill 7 requires all voters to present a photo ID card, lengthens the residency requirements and makes it nearly impossible for students to use their university-issued ID cards for identification (which might require the University of Wisconsin to spend dollars it doesn?t have to create new IDs).
….Wisconsin?s bill, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau, would cost more than $5.7 million to implement. The measure would require voters to use a driver?s license, state ID, military ID, passport, naturalization papers or tribal ID at the polls. Student IDs would be allowed, but would have to include a current address, birthdate, signature and expiration date. Currently no college or university ID used in the state, including UW-Madison, meets those standards.
Tired of reading stories about the ever-escalating costs associated with higher education? Here?s something different: Texas Gov. Rick Perry challenged universities in the Lone Star state earlier this year to create a bachelor?s degree which will cost students only $10,000 for four years of tuition, fees, and textbooks.
That might sound impossible considering just one year of tuition, fees and textbooks at UW-Madison now tops $10,000. But last week the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board indicated it?s moving “aggressively” to tackle Perry?s challenge, the San Antonio Express-News reported.
With the expansion of a national program for underrepresented students the University of Wisconsin, officials look to further diversify campus and instill enthusiasm for studying science.
Madison Police Department officers were dispatched to the Langdon Street neighborhood Wednesday after a tense situation on a rooftop culminated in a woman falling to the ground and being rushed to the hospital.
The University of Wisconsin cycling team will compete in the USC Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships, hosted for the second consecutive year by the UW Cycling Club.
While taking my kids to a school athletic event at 9:30 a.m. the morning of the Mifflin Street party, I had to address their questions about people playing ?beer pong? on the sidewalks and students doing beer bongs in the school parking lot.
The rampant pre-partying, as well as the debate about the party itself, are embarrassing for UW-Madison, the city of Madison and its officials. It?s amazing there is any consideration of allowing this ?party? to continue. Aren?t life-threatening injuries, sexual assaults and injured police officers enough? Will it take a death in the community to make a difference?
As an emeritus professor at the UW-Madison Medical School, I have published papers on the potential beneficial effects of moderate alcohol consumption, such as two glasses of red wine, and the harmful effects of excessive consumption.
I thought it would be interesting to take my blood alcohol analyzer to the block party. As I tested myself by blowing into it, a group of young people gathered and wanted to be tested, too. So I randomly tested six men and six women, and showed them the results. I was amazed at how eager most of the subjects were to be tested, and they all wanted to have the highest level like it was a contest.
Dear Editor: In response to the Mifflin Street block party: It saddens me to see that we have raised a generation that has so little respect for themselves and people around them and the property of others. Why is it that people have to get so intoxicated and consider that to be fun?
….UW-Madison has a reputation of being ?the? place to get a great education, yet the administration and professors look the other way when their students behave in this manner. Amazing to me.
Several members of the University of Wisconsin women?s tennis team have come forward to The Badger Herald illuminating issues with the team?s head coach, saying his actions have put the players? health at risk. According to phone interviews with four players, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, head coach Brian Fleishman places strict limitations on what they eat and how they train, which has forced several girls to surrender to unhealthy lifestyles.
