Category: Campus life

Noted: Giving evidence that UW-Madison students excel at more than just tweeting and underage drinking, The Peace Corps told the Associated Press that the university ranks as the number eight college source of volunteers in the nation, with 104 Badger alumni currently serving. Historically, UW has always ranked high on the list, producing over 3,000 volunteers in the last 50 years?a number only bested by the University Of California At Berkley. Sure, part of the high enrollment might also have something to do with the fact that many graduate studies programs allow Peace Corps service to count for credit toward a masters or doctorate?but as any philosophy major will explain in excruciatingly excessive detail, there is no such thing as a truly selfless act.

On January 24 my Egyptian friends and I sat in a café smoking hookah and drinking tea; a normal day. The topic of the next day?s protests came up. We talked about Mubarak, 30 years of marshall law and the quality of life, but overall my peers assured me that the protests of Police Day would be short-lived. They were wrong.

Seven higher education organizations have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case involving UW-Madison and its refusal to fund activities for the Badger Catholic group on campus.

Despite turmoil in Egypt, University of Wisconsin experts said demand for study abroad programs in the region is not predicted to decline.

After months of compromise and collaboration among University of Wisconsin faculty, staff and students, a committee to evaluate an administrative overhaul for the university has made its final recommendations to the Faculty Senate. 

The road to a championship football season is littered with bad parodies and amateur fan videos. But standing out from the crowd are the music videos created by UW-Madison student Logan Cascia ? who directed both ?Teach Me How to Bucky? for UW Badgers fans and ?Feelin? So Fly Like a Cheesehead? for devotees to the Green Bay Packers. Together, the two videos have generated more than 2 million views on YouTube.? The intent was to go widespread, but I don?t think any of us thought it would hit over a million-and-a-half views,? Cascia said, referring to ?Teach Me How to Bucky.?

UW-Madison remains on the list of the top 10 schools, which send students and alumni to the Peace Corps. Madison has been among the top 10 schools for 10 years, since the ranking system began.

When mealtime rolls around at the UW-Madison campus, 42,000 students empty their wallets and feed their appetites. But what are these students putting on their plates? Are they filling them with produce from the Dane County Farmers? Market, with local cheeses, with apples that haven?t fallen too far from the tree?

The conflict in Egypt is disrupting a semester that University of Wisconsin-Madison student Kelsey Eaton has been planning for months.

On January 24 my Egyptian friends and I sat in a café smoking hookah and drinking tea; a normal day. The topic of the next day?s protests came up. We talked about Mubarak, 30 years of marshal law and the quality of life, but overall my peers assured me that the protests of Police Day would be short-lived. They were wrong.

Six UW-Madison students were studying in Alexandria, Egypt when the protests began. That?s about three hours from Cairo.

Nearly one hundred students gathered Feb. 3 in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union with the common goal of solving minority problems on the UW-Madison campus.

In response to numerous incidents on campus that drew attention to issues of diversity at the University of Wisconsin, a Student Town Hall Meeting held Thursday sought to brainstorm realistic solutions.

Just in time for the Super Bowl, the cheesehead is “fly” – as in cool, awesome, attractive, amazing – and not just because the Packers are in the game. Some talented University of Wisconsin-Madison students and alums are helping to redefine the image of the foam headgear, which made its debut before most of them were born.

There are plenty of students who have musical ability but who just can?t afford to pay for a piano teacher and lessons to help them hone their talents. That?s where Piano Pioneers, a program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music that helps to provide piano lessons to under-served students in the community, comes to the rescue.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison remains 1 of the most prolific colleges in terms of sending students and alumni on to the Peace Corps.

At 6 p.m. Tuesday, the UW-Madison campus erupted with cries of “Snow day!” as students rushed to sledding hills and liquor stores to celebrate their day off.

First-time college applicants that have been yearning for more time to spend writing their statements and submitting their applications are in luck after the University of Wisconsin Admissions Office extended the application deadline due to the recent blizzard.

The brutal mix of snow and high winds was no storm for amateurs. Madison received 12.7 inches of snow between noon Tuesday and noon Wednesday, for a three-day total of 18.7 inches, according to the National Weather Service. But it was the snow drifts, whipped together by 60 mph wind gusts and placed inconveniently, that made cleanup such a chore. By noon, most streets were passable and city life had largely returned to normal, although government agencies remained closed to the public, and UW-Madison and school districts throughout the area had canceled classes. Classes were scheduled to resume classes Thursday.

Students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison had the day off classes Wednesday, and they used the free time to hold a huge snowball fight on Bascom Hill.

After days of students hoping for a ?snowpocalypse? to hit the University of Wisconsin campus with full force, Chancellor Biddy Martin announced all classes and campus events would be cancelled Wednesday for the second time in as many years.

In a weekend of football parties, plastic cups and plates are the very boring norm. But at the Souper Bowl, artsy ceramic dishes are de rigueur. On Saturday, Feb. 5, the UW-Madison chapter of Habitat for Humanity hosts the event, its largest fundraiser of the year.

While violent political upheaval and rioting in Egypt continues to intensify, the six University of Wisconsin students studying abroad in Alexandria were safety evacuated to Prague, Czech Republic, Monday.

Update 12:40 p.m.: UW-Milwaukee is canceling classes after 4 p.m. today and all classes Wednesday. Some University of Wisconsin System campuses are canceling classes tonight due to the impending snowstorm. UW-Whitewater, UW-Waukesha, and UW-Washington County will not hold classes after 5 p.m. UW-Rock County announced it is canceling classes after 4:45 p.m.

UW-Waukesha also canceled classes on Wednesday. It is the only campus to make that decision so far.

UW-Whitewater is helping to raise money for a new baseball field in memory of 6-year-old Treyton Kilar, who was killed by an accused drunk driver. The “Treyton Kilar Field of Dreams” is in the running for a $250,000 Pepsi Refresh grant, a voting-based award that ends today. Treyton?s story was featured in Curb magazine, produced by UW-Madison journalism students.

It?s not a snow day, but it?s close on the UW-Madison campus. Classes have not been cancelled at UW-Madison this snowy Tuesday, but officials have declared “snow action days” for both Tuesday and Wednesday, putting snow removal crews in winter storm mode to keep critical areas as clear of snow as possible.

….During snow action days, crews will first work on clearing out building entrances and pathways in high-priority areas, so some walking routes, including the south walk along Lot 46, the west walk on Lake Mendota Drive and others have low priority and will be cleared last.

Parking restrictions are in effect, so there’s no parking on Observatory Drive or Linden Drive between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. and there are designated parking areas in Lots 16, 51, 32, 34 and 40.

The six UW-Madison students studying in Alexandria, Egypt were able to get on a flight to Prague on Monday, according to university officials. They are expected back in the U.S. later this week.

Six UW-Madison students are at an Egypt airport awaiting evacuation back to the U.S.

The university is suspending its study abroad programs in Egypt in light of political unrest. The students had arrived in Alexandria in January to study Arabic language programs. Two other students who were scheduled to go to Cairo on Wednesday will not go as planned, according to UW-Madison officials.

As political protests in Egypt become increasingly violent, University of Wisconsin officials are bringing students currently studying abroad in Egypt home and have indefinitely suspended programs scheduled to depart for Cairo later this week.

Looking back at huge snowball fights: The University of Wisconsin-Madison didn?t win the title, but it does look like a good time.

The recent street protests in Egypt have some University of Wisconsin students speaking out.

As political protests in Egypt become increasingly violent, University of Wisconsin officials are bringing students currently studying abroad in Egypt home and have indefinitely suspended programs scheduled to depart for Cairo later this week.

Residents of the State-Langdon Neighborhood Association debated the potential height of the proposed remodeling of the St. Paul Catholic Student Center and Residential College Thursday.

Representatives from State Street?s St. Paul Church diffused worries about the possible height of the faith-based residence hall at a State-Langdon neighborhood meeting Thursday.