Category: Campus life

MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Madison?s Union South opened to the public on Friday.

The new Union South re-opened Friday on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

Students, members of the community and James Cameron fans were on hand to witness the debut of a new robot designed by University of Wisconsin students at the biannual Engineering Expo.

Plans for the Mifflin Street Block Party have been significantly scaled back following an announcement from the Madison Police Department that its officers would not enforce attendees only being allowed to drink alcoholic beverages bought at the event.

This Friday?s inaugural Union South music show featuring Of Montreal comes at a price: $10 for students and $20 for non-students.

MADISON (WKOW)–The University of Wisconsin Varsity band is celebrating its 125th anniversary in grand style.

A city commission delayed action on an entertainment and street use permit for the Mifflin Street Block Party Wednesday, asking the event?s new sponsors to further explain and finalize details for the party?s schedule and set-up plan.

It?s enough to make you want to go back to school. The $95 million new Union South, which has its official grand opening on Friday, April 15, at 1308 W. Dayton St., is an eye-popper of a building.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is ranked sixth in Playboy?s annual list of the “Top 10 Party Schools.” Wisconsin?s flagship placed third last year. We?d provide you a link to this year?s rankings, but the photos accompanying the text are a bit, um, racy.

….According to a press release, Playboy’s editors compiled the list with “input from students, fans of Playboy’s social media pages, alumni, feedback from Playboy campus representatives at schools across the country, and interviews with countless others.”

MADISON (WKOW) — The UW MadHatters are a staple on campus. The acapella group touches the hearts of people with their voices.

City officials said student representation on Madison?s City Council could become more consolidated if redistricting efforts extend a student-heavy district further west.

Saturday?s letter questioning the rebuilding of Union South and renovating Memorial Union missed key facts. Memorial Union has obsolete electrical, plumbing and ventilation systems from the 1930s that are energy inefficient and environmentally unfriendly. Large sections of the building are inaccessible to wheelchairs. And with an average of more than 10,000 visitors daily, the more than 80-year-old building experiences much wear and tear. To ignore the need to renovate it would be irresponsible .These issues and old Union South?s inadequacies led to a student referendum and resulted in more than 30,000 people contributing to the new design. Research indicated that many found the old building dysfunctional and inadequate. No tax dollars were used to build Union South or will be used to renovate Memorial Union. And, as is the Wisconsin Union?s policy, students will continue to determine how both buildings operate and manage a thousand events annually.

St. Norbert?s social media efforts have been ranked as the best among Wisconsin colleges. Lawrence University in Appleton was the only other Northeast Wisconsin college to make the list, coming in at no. 82. Two other Wisconsin universities: the University of Wisconsin-Madison (45) and Marquette University (56) were also listed.

Think of the new Union South as a $95 million tree fort. When you were a kid, and you either built a clubhouse up in the oak tree in the backyard or dreamed of it, you wanted to pack it with every cool thing imaginable.

?This will be the crime lab where we solve mysteries, this will be the entertainment area where we play video games, then we?ll put the secret trap door exit over here …? A tour of the new Union South at 1308 E. Dayton St., which officially opens to the public on Friday, brings that feeling, writ large.

The specter of $4 gas prices has Shelly Raddatz, of Excelsior, Minn., re-evaluating her vehicle fuel economy and the frequency of her visits to see daughter Leah at UW-Madison. In Madison, premium gas prices crossed the $4 threshold Saturday and regular prices could pass that mark this summer, according to analysts.

UW-Madison Police have released a sketch of a man they say sexually assaulted a woman on campus last year. Police said the victim, who was 27 at the time of the attack, was sexually assaulted and choked in her vehicle in UW Parking Area #3, 408 N. Lake St., by a man she had met earlier at the Church Key bar, 626 University Ave. The assault took place between 1 a.m. and 3:10 a.m. Feb. 13, 2010, but was not reported to police until Thursday, police said.

A team of Madison East High School sophomores will compete in the final rounds of the Euro Challenge this month at the Federal Reserve Bank in New York City. They advanced to the April 27 finals by winning the Midwest preliminary round last month against four other teams from Illinois, Iowa and Indiana at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Sanja Badanjak, a UW-Madison graduate student in political science who was a judge at the preliminary round, said she was impressed by the team spirit shown by the East students.

Student unions are called the living rooms of college campuses. But UW-Madison?s new Union South is more like a playground.

Dear Editor: I am a student at UW-Madison concentrating on international studies and political science. While I do agree the federal government needs to focus more on domestic issues, the situation in Libya should not be compared to President Bush?s wars in Afghanistan or Iraq.

After reading past articles in the Badger Herald about the Wisconsin Union, we felt the campus should know more about the Wisconsin Union?s referendum process, distribution of segregated fees and student leadership program. We refer to recent Herald articles, including the Op-ed published on April 4, as well as the March 30 piece featuring grossly inaccurate comments alleging that the Union used student segregated fees to campaign to build the new Union. This letter will attempt to clear up some of the misconceptions often associated with the Wisconsin Union.

A new student union set to open at the University of Wisconsin at Madison next week is being called ?opulent? and a ?playground? by the local press.

There?s no denying the Mifflin Street Block Party is part of Madison?s identity. Every year, thousands of out-of-towners flock to Madison to enjoy what ? since 1996, at least ? has been a peaceful day of spring weather and typically, heavy drinking.

A 23-year-old Madison man was mugged by a group of teen males Wednesday morning while walking on a downtown residential street, Madison police reported. Police said the mugging was reported at 11:31 a.m. on West Lake Lawn Place.

Energized by his win Tuesday, Mayor-elect Paul Soglin on Wednesday met with Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and city managers and started to forge his early agenda. Cieslewicz, coming to terms with a loss that denied a third, four-year term, said he faced a “perfect storm” in his re-election bid. He said he faced the only challenger capable of beating him, had lost key support on the Isthmus over his advocacy for the Edgewater hotel redevelopment and was hurt by lower-than-expected turnout from younger voters around UW-Madison.

?Consider dangerous,? the memo warned. ?Case is to receive continuing attention even through holiday weekend approaching.?

The McBurney Disability Resource Center celebrated its grand opening Wednesday with tours showcasing technology at the center?s new building and speeches by previous and current McBurney students.

The university has taken steps to combat student suicide on campus over the past year, though a new grant proposal shows University Health Services administrators believe there is still work to be done.

Thousands of middle and high school students will be rubbing elbows with collegians April 15-16, as the 116th State Speech Festival is held on the UW-Madison campus.