Category: Campus life

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison now has its own iPhone app.

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.

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.

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.

A University of Wisconsin-Madison student accused of killing his mother was ordered held Wednesday on $2 million bail.

A Wausau native accused of killing his mother to collect $1 million in insurance money will need $2 million to get out of jail.

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.

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.

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.

After dozens of hate-crime graffiti incidents, teachers at UW Platteville say enough is enough.

Two former hockey players at the University of Wisconsin-Stout have been ordered to stand trial in the death of a fellow student who was allegedly shoved off his bicycle.

Thanks to funding from the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates, students in one University of Wisconsin class were able to help animals conceive offspring.

Members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison cycling team will be back on their trainers spinning in the cold on Thursday to raise money for the Safe Kids Coalition. The charity group provides car seats and bike helmets to people with limited means in the Madison area.

Nearly six months after his mother?s drowning in Lincoln county was ruled suspicious, a 24-year-old University of Wisconsin student is being charged with homicide and has a warrant issued for his arrest.

It?s refreshing to see University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly and chancellors of UW campuses, including Joe Gow of UW-La Crosse, call for civility. Sadly, this year has seen its share of problems, both here and throughout the system.

A University of Wisconsin junior was arrested in Madison Monday and accused of murdering his mother, who drowned in a lake in Northern Wisconsin in June.

After 25 cases of hate-crime graffiti, UW Platteville officials move some black student leaders to secret locations.

Police arrested a man they say is wanted for murder in Lincoln County. Boruch is a UW-Madison student.

In the wake of a number of racist incidents on the University of Wisconsin-Platteville campus, faculty members are stepping in.

The UW System released a statement in response to violence, bullying and vandalism on campuses across the state this fall, including a series of hate crimes on the UW-Whitewater campus.

It?s with sadness and concern that I have followed stories of physical and emotional assaults of students on and around various UW System campuses.