More than 200 University of Wisconsin-Platteville students marched on campus Tuesday in response to more than two dozen racially motivated hate crimes on campus this semester.
UW-Platteville Students March To Condemn Hate Crimes On Campus
WISC-TV 3
Category: Campus life
The Worst People on Campus
Badger Herald
Update: The Badger Herald has removed the names of the individuals previously listed here. We don?t have the resources to continue fact-checking and adding the additional 200 or so names that have been submitted to the newspaper since the initial publication of ?The Worst People on Campus.? Because of this, it would be unfair to single out the three dozen people previously listed on this page.
The Worst Policy on Campus
Badger Herald
Monday?s list titled ?The Worst People on Campus,? that ran on this opinion page has garnered a tremendous amount of buzz, not only on this campus but across the nation.
Ticket distribution’s role in student scalping
WKOW-TV 27
MADISON — Suggestions for changing the system of distributing Rose Bowl tickets to UW students are being offered in the wake of widespread student scalping of the hard-to-get tickets. In an open letter to UW Athletic Director Barry Alvarez, published in the campus newspaper The Badger Herald, UW graduate Tyler Bye proposed student tickets be picked up by the purchaser in Pasadena at the game venue to reduce the possibility of student scalping.
UW-Platteville Students March To Condemn Hate Crimes On Campus
WISC-TV 3
PLATTEVILLE, Wis. — Dozens of University of Wisconsin-Platteville students marched on campus on Tuesday in response to more than two dozen racially-motivated hate crimes on campus this semester.
Badger Herald names ticket scalpers ?worst people on campus,? receives national attention
Daily Cardinal
By publishing a list of 38 names in a 100-word anonymous opinion piece, The Badger Herald garnered national media attention and over 1,0000 website comments Monday.
Enrollment in the UW System reaches all-time high
Daily Cardinal
Enrollment in the UW System hit a new high this semester, reaching almost 182,000 students, according to new numbers released Monday.
Open letter to Barry Alvarez
Badger Herald
I am writing to you as an alumni and also a University of Wisconsin employee. I?ve been living in Madison for the last six years and have been a Badger fan for much longer. I held student season football tickets all four years of college and purchased a student season pack second-hand this year at an inflated price.
Legislative Affairs prepares medical amnesty proposal for UW approval
Badger Herald
Medical amnesty is on its way to becoming an official policy at the University of Wisconsin now that the student government has formally written down its proposal.
UW football: Tolzien is Unitas winner as top senior quarterback
Madison.com
University of Wisconsin senior quarterback Scott Tolzien set out to win games, not awards. It turns out he?s doing both.
Tolzien has a 21-4 record as a starter and put his name in school annals alongside the likes of quarterbacks Ron Vander Kelen, Darrell Bevell, Mike Samuel and Brooks Bollinger for leading the Badgers to a Rose Bowl. Also, Tolzien was recognized on Monday as the school?s first winner of the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, given to the top senior quarterback in the nation.
Wisconsin school paper calls out students for selling Rose Bowl tickets – Campus Rivalry: College Football & Basketball News, Recruiting, Game Picks, and More
USA Today
On Sunday night, the University of Wisconsin put 5,800 Rose Bowl tickets on sale for students through the school?s athletics department. All the tickets were scooped up in 20 minutes at a face value of $150 apiece. But shortly after the sale concluded, many of the tickets popped up for sale again — some for as much as $400 each — on various web sites, such as Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist.
Campus Connection: Students selling Rose Bowl tickets called out
Capital Times
The Badger Herald posted an opinion piece headlined: “The Worst People on Campus.” The Herald then lists the names of 35 students. What did these people do?
They bought student tickets to the Rose Bowl through the university — and now are trying to sell them for a profit at Facebook Marketplace.
UW paper calls out students over Rose Bowl tickets
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Editors at The Badger Herald got mad when they saw people they believed to be students reselling Rose Bowl tickets on Facebook.On Monday, they got even.The Badger Herald, one of two student papers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, printed 38 names they said they saw advertising tickets on Facebook Marketplace.
On Campus: Badger Herald declares Rose Bowl scalpers as “worst people on campus”
Wisconsin State Journal
It was the equivalent of a scarlet letter with a capital “W.” On Sunday night, UW-Madison student newspaper The Badger Herald posted the names of 35 students, calling them, “The Worst People on Campus.” The students, according to the Herald, had committed the cardinal sin of trying to sell coveted Rose Bowl tickets online for a profit.
Five choreographers help dancer find her ?Second Skin?
Wisconsin State Journal
?Second Skin? is truly a one-woman show.For her solo performance at Music Hall on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 10-11, Ella Rosewood solicited new dances from five professional choreographers. She wrote grant applications, coordinated publicity and recruited a technical team. Rosewood, 22, even developed a dance curriculum for grade levels K-8 and took her dance to seven area schools ? all before she herself has graduated from college. ?I have never been a person who thinks I?m going to be discovered as a dancer, because that doesn?t really happen,? said Rosewood, a dual major in dance and elementary education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. ?You have to make happen what you want.”
Chrisler to Step Down as Leader of UW-Madison Collegiate FFA
Wisconsin Ag Connection
The former Wisconsin FFA President, who has recently been elected to lead the University of Wisconsin-Madison Collegiate FFA, said he is stepping down from the post. In a memo e-mailed to colleagues last night, BJ Chrisler said he is resigning his officer position for personal reasons.
Wisconsin Student Paper Names, Shames Students Re-Selling Rose Bowl Tickets
The Badger Herald is pissed off, and taking names. Well, listing names. The names of UW students who snapped up coveted Rose Bowl tickets, and are attempting to scalp them. As strong proponents of public shaming, we stand with you, Badger Herald.
In defense of The Badger Herald (Bucky’s 5th Quarter)
On Sunday night, the University of Wisconsin-Madison put 5,800 student-tickets up for sale after the Wisconsin Badgers football team was invited to the Rose Bowl. Unsurprisingly, the Wisconsin students bought their allotment of bowl tickets in less than 20 minutes. Why wouldn?t they? The Badgers haven?t been to the Rose Bowl since 2000, and what half-frozen Wisconsinite wouldn?t want to take a mini-vacation to Pasadena during winter break?
UW campus newspaper calls out student scalpers
WKOW-TV 27
The Badger Herald identified over three dozen student ticket scalpers as “The Worst People on Campus” in an editorial intended to blast the practice of profiting from possession of Rose Bowl tickets from the UW?s limited allotment.
UW Student Paper Creates Controversy
NBC-15
Controversy on campus! A UW-student newspaper publicly calls out dozens of classmates.
Badger Herald Rips Students Selling Rose Bowl Tickets
WISC-TV 3
The University of Wisconsin-Madison student newspaper Badger Herald is ripping students trying to sell their Rose Bowl tickets online.
UW System sees record enrollment
Wisconsin Radio Network
The University of Wisconsin System is reporting record enrollment for the fall 2010 semester. Preliminary figures show almost 182,000 students attending the UW?s 26 campuses, as of this fall.
Harassment v. journalism in Rose Bowl ticket-scalping controversy
Isthmus
Today the Badger Herald posted the names of 30 students who bought low-price (in relative terms) student tickets for the Rose Bowl and then put them for sale at inflated prices online. It?s a practice that has been around forever, but has taken off at especially vicious rates since sites like Facebook began offering places for students to reach thousands of potential buyers very quickly. It?s always been controversial, but in my memory, never widely-publicized in the student press.
UW Enrollment Projected To Increase 1.6 Percent
WISC-TV 3
MADISON, Wis. — Enrollment at the University of Wisconsin?s 26 campuses across the state this fall is about 1.6 percent higher than a year ago, according to school officials. Preliminary figures released Monday by the university show there are nearly 182,000 students enrolled at the campuses, an all-time high.
Badger Herald Rips Students Selling Rose Bowl Tickets
WISC-TV 3
MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Madison student newspaper Badger Herald is ripping students trying to sell their Rose Bowl tickets online. The paper published a list of students trying to sell their tickets to the Badgers? New Year?s Day game, calling them “The Worst People on Campus.”
The list, published as an opinion piece on Sunday, called out more than 30 students who had put their tickets up for sale on Facebook Marketplace within two hours of the tickets selling out on uwbadgers.com. The paper said some of the tickets, which were $150 face value, were posted for more than $400.
University debuts free application for iPhone users
Daily Cardinal
UW-Madison University Communications and the Division of Information Technology released a mobile phone application for the iPhone to enable students, staff and faculty to access university resources on the go.
It?s official: Badgers headed to Pasadena
Daily Cardinal
Fans have anticipated the announcement since Wisconsin beat Northwestern 70-23 Nov. 27, but now they know for sure: The Badgers are going to the Rose Bowl.
It?s official: Badgers Rose Bowl bound
Badger Herald
One wait is over. Now comes 26 more days of anticipation.
Despite winning a share of its first Big Ten title since 1999 last Saturday, the Wisconsin football team had to wait for the unveiling of the final BCS standings to make its appearance in the Rose Bowl official. UW will take on No. 3 TCU.
UW launches new iPhone app
Badger Herald
Students can forget running to a computer kiosk to figure out the bus schedule or look up someone?s contact information thanks to the University of Wisconsin?s new smart phone application.
On Campus: Watch out for Rose Bowl scams
Wisconsin State Journal
Watch out for scams on your Rose Bowl ticket or travel package, warns the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. “Fraudulent tickets appear on a number of websites, including Craigslist, and in classified ads,” said Janet Jenkins, administrator of the Division of Trade and Consumer Protection.
Madison symphony sees uptick in student rush ticket sales
Wisconsin State Journal
It was already a week past Black Friday, but UW-Madison junior Lauren Gunderson, 20, still managed to strike a great bargain when she walked up to an Overture Center ticket window Friday morning with $20, and walked away with a pair of prime seats for that evening?s performance of the Madison Symphony Orchestra?s “Christmas Spectacular” worth $151. The Madison Symphony Orchestra has ratcheted up its marketing among students like Gunderson with its student rush tickets, offering the best seats available at the time of sale. Students must present an ID to buy up to two $10 tickets the day of the show.While student rush has been around for awhile, sales this year have on average more than tripled from the 2009-10 season, said MSO marketing director Ann Miller.
UW sells out Rose Bowl allotment, but will it be tough ticket?
Madison.com
Looking for a Rose Bowl ticket? If you?re not a season ticket-holder or donor at the University of Wisconsin, you?re on your own. The Badgers have sold out their entire, unspecified allotment for the Jan. 1 matchup with TCU through a reserve sale to those groups. Those who have applied will receive an e-mail regarding the status of their request no later than Monday.
Doyle appoints DA to replace Ken Kratz
Wisconsin State Journal
A female prosecutor who was once the victim of sexual assault was named Friday to replace a district attorney who resigned in disgrace after trying to strike up a relationship with a domestic violence victim. Gov. Jim Doyle said his appointment of Jerilyn Dietz as Calumet County district attorney will restore the community?s faith in the office and ensure crime victims have a strong advocate. In 1997, while an undergraduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dietz was sexually assaulted by a man who broke into her apartment and attacked her at knife point. Dietz said that experience changed her life and made her decide to become a prosecutor who would work with sensitive cases like rape, incest and sexual assault.
Footnote: What will happen to enrollment status of UW student charged with murder?
Wisconsin State Journal
Q: Chad Boruch, 24, a UW-Madison junior, was charged last week in Lincoln County with killing his mother. He is being held on a $2 million bond. What happens to his enrollment status? A: UW-Madison Associate Dean Kevin Helmkamp said he could discuss only general policies ? federal student privacy laws preclude UW-Madison from commenting on Boruch?s status, he said.
Questions abound after uptick in hate crimes at university campuses
Wisconsin State Journal
It all started when some jerk punched Lauren Meyer in the face. The UW-Whitewater freshman, an out lesbian, was wearing a “Legalize Gay” T-shirt that day in September.A t the time, the assault was an anomaly. But then a string of other hateful acts followed, and not just at UW-Whitewater but at UW-Platteville and UW-Stout, too. “All I know is it shouldn?t be happening, but it is, and it?s kind of a little disconcerting,” said Meyer, 18, as she sat in the campus gay-pride center at UW-Whitewater one day last week. Each new incident raised questions ? why now, and why these campuses?
Money troubles preceded mom’s death in Wausau case (Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune)
Chase Boruch left central Wisconsin for the war in Iraq as a devoted son who cared for his ailing mother.
Editorial: UW System civility statement a good first step
Green Bay Press-Gazette
We?re glad University of Wisconsin System leaders have issued a joint statement on the importance of civility on campus, even as it is deeply unfortunate such a message was necessary in the first place.
Anthony Shadid talks with UW-Madison students on Iraq, foreign reporting
Isthmus
UW-Madison alumnus Anthony Shadid, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent for The New York Times, has experienced his fair share of danger reporting from the Middle East. A few years back, he was shot in the back while covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
UW-Madison? There’s An App For That (AP)
WISC-TV 3
The University of Wisconsin-Madison now has its own iPhone app.
UW-Madison launches iPhone ?app?
Wisconsin Radio Network
Another app is now on the market, and it?s good news for anyone who wants to keep up with what?s going on around the UW-Madison. The University?s free application is now available to anyone who has an iPhone, iPad, or iPod.
Goodwill Hunting
Inside Higher Education
The Motion Picture Association of America endorses creativity, in general. But when it comes to laws forbidding students from pirating movies, it would prefer that colleges adhere to the MPAA?s interpretation rather than coming up with their own.
UW launches new iPhone app
Badger Herald
Students can forget running to a computer kiosk to figure out the bus schedule or look up someone?s contact information thanks to the University of Wisconsin?s new smart phone application.
Ghana native gets 2 years for student loan fraud
Capital Times
A naturalized U.S. citizen has been sentenced to two years in prison after defrauding a Madison firm and the government to get student loans. Ernest Kwasi Bankas, 56, originally from Ghana but living in Texas, was sentenced this week by U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb in federal court in Madison.
UW women’s swimming: Meyer breaks her own school record in 100-yard backstroke
Madison.com
AUSTIN, Texas ? University of Wisconsin senior swimmer Maggie Meyer broke her own school record in the 100-yard backstroke at the Texas Invitational on Thursday, earning an automatic berth to the NCAA championships in March.
$2 million bond set for UW student accused of killing mother
Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin student accused of killing his mother in June will have to pay a hefty bond if he wants to come back to Madison for classes.
Student accused of killing mom held on $2 million bail
A University of Wisconsin-Madison student accused of killing his mother was ordered held Wednesday on $2 million bail.
Chase Boruch faces murder charge in mother’s death (Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune)
A Wausau native accused of killing his mother to collect $1 million in insurance money will need $2 million to get out of jail.
Son?s story on mom?s death didn?t add up
Wisconsin Radio Network
A UW Madison student and Iraq war veteran has been charged with killing his mother in Lincoln County this summer, a crime which may have been motivated by a desire to collect a life insurance settlement. Prosecutors have charged Chase Boruch with first-degree intentional homicide in the June 6th death of his mother Sally Mae Pergolski.
Man accused of faking mother?s death in court (AP)
Associated Press
The Wisconsin college student accused of faking the cause of his mother?s death is being held on $2 million bond.
UW Student Accused Of Killing Mother Has $2M Bond
WISC-TV 3
MERRILL, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Madison student accused of faking the cause of his mother?s death is being held on $2 million bond. Chase Boruch, 24, made an appearance in Lincoln County Circuit Court today. He?s charged with killing his mother, Sally Pergolski, last June.
Career cut short, ex-UW football player DeCremer succeeds off the field
Madison.com
To say that Kirk DeCremer was intense as a football player would be an understatement.
UW-Platteville Community Rallies Against Hate
WISC-TV 3
In the wake of a number of racist incidents on the University of Wisconsin-Platteville campus, more than 300 university faculty, staff and students attended an anti-hate rally on campus Tuesday afternoon. Faculty members organized the rally to show their support for students and to take a stand against recent hate crimes on and off campus.
Police: UW-Madison student accused of killing his mom had taken out life insurance policies
Wisconsin State Journal
The UW-Madison junior told authorities his mother?s early June death in a Lincoln County lake was an accident. But then police found a will and life insurance policies with him as sole beneficiary, according to a criminal complaint. And they found maps of area lakes, with the deepest areas highlighted.
The discoveries led to a Nov. 29 Lincoln County search warrant, served Monday night by Madison police and state Department of Criminal Investigation officers at the Downtown apartment of 24-year-old Chase Boruch.
Around the Bubbler: Origami, Hoofers Resale, Caroling in the Cave
Wisconsin State Journal
The 47th Annual Wisconsin Hoofers Ski & Snowboard Resale, the largest sale of its kind in the Midwest, will be held Saturday, Dec. 4, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 5, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., in the UW Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St.
Son charged in death of central Wisconsin mother
Madison.com
A University of Wisconsin-Madison student has been charged with killing his mother, who he claimed died when she drove their pickup truck into a central Wisconsin lake during a fishing trip in June. Chase Boruch, 24, was arrested Monday night at his apartment in Madison on a warrant charging him with first-degree intentional homicide, according to a criminal complaint.
News of accusation against Chase Boruch shocks UWMC official, former classmate
Wausau Daily Herald
News that Wausau native Chase Boruch is accused of killing his mother shocked those who knew him as an active college student who excelled in school.
Iraq war veteran killed mother, claimed she drowned, investigators conclude
Wausau Daily Herald
A former Wausau student leader and Iraq war veteran is accused of killing his 63-year-old mother and trying to make her death look like an accident so he could collect nearly $1 million in insurance money.
UW student arrested in mom?s death
Wisconsin Radio Network
A UW Madison student has been arrested on charges that he murdered his mother this past summer. Twenty-four year-old Chase Boruch was taken into custody Monday night at his Madison residence.
UW-Platteville holds rally against racism following hate crime
WKOW-TV 27
After dozens of hate-crime graffiti incidents, teachers at UW Platteville say enough is enough.
UW-Madison student charged in mother’s murder
WKOW-TV 27
Police arrested a 24-year-old UW-Madison student who they say is accused for murdering his mother in Lincoln County. Chase M. Boruch is in the Lincoln County Jail.