Category: Campus life

Everyday masses of students march up and down Bascom Hill at the University of Wisconsin and on their way, pass a piece of history.

A man allegedly peeping into bedroom windows has been reported in a housing area near the UW-Madison campus.

Three cheers for the members of the UW Band who were riding their bikes on a wet, dark and cold early Saturday morning down Walnut street with instruments on their backs for a final game day rehearsal.

UW-Madison Police issued 14 citations, ejected 26 people, and made 13 arrests at the Badgers 83-20 blowout of Indiana on Saturday.

A group of runners decided Sunday to bare it all. About 150 people brought clothes and ran in the annual “Bare it All for Charity” 5k at UW-Madison.

“KKK” was spray painted on three cars owned by African-American UW-Whitewater students Monday, marking the third hate crime at the university this semester, UW-Whitewater Chancellor Richard Telfer said.

On another seasonally warm night in November, friends and family members gathered at the University of Wisconsin to share memories about a student whose impact on their lives will never be forgotten.

Police at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater are investigating a hate crime involving three African-American students that occurred hours after school officials condemned an alleged anti-gay assault.

For the second time this week and third time in the last few months, police on the campus of The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater are investigating a hate crime.

A group of UW cadets paid a special visit to veterans hospitalized at the VA Medical Center.ROTC students from the Army, Air Force and Navy delivered appreciation cards to patients in honor of Veterans Day. The group says they make cards for VA patients for holidays throughout the year.

Approximately 200 students, faculty, and community members gathered on Bascom Hill to participate in the making of a video hosted by the LGBT Campus Center and UW Housing Wednesday.

More than 70 people participated in a video shoot to raise awareness about bullying of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals Wednesday.

Three cars owned by African-American students at UW-Whitewater were vandalized this week, in what university officials are describing as the third hate crime incident on campus this semester. The owners of the vehicles notified police that the tires were slashed and “KKK” was written in spray paint on the doors and hoods. The cars were parked in residence hall lots and the incidents happened between 11 p.m. Monday and 10 a.m. Tuesday.

WHITEWATER, Wis. — The chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater said he?s working with students on strategies to prevent people from committing hate crimes on campus. Chancellor Richard Telfer made the pledge after authorities said a freshman student walking on the north side of campus at about 6:45 p.m. on Sunday was approached by two men, and one of the men shoved her into a fence and called her “gay” before letting her go.

On the eve of Veterans Day, some R.O.T.C students at UW-Madison are showing their appreciation for the soldiers who came before them.

The University of Wisconsin System has launched a new website with information about all of its online degree programs in one place.

Six presidents, six University of Wisconsin chancellors and one presidential visit later, a downtown Madison fixture closed up shop Tuesday afternoon after 31 years weathering a constantly changing Madison landscape.

As if one was not appalling enough, this Sunday the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater had its second alleged hate crime on its campus this semester.

Just after dark, the freshman student walked near a cemetery on the north side of the UW-Whitewater campus on Sunday. Passing by on the sidewalk, a man shoved her and called her gay. The incident ? recounted by police Tuesday ? was the second this semester at UW-Whitewater that police say could be considered a hate crime.Both involved anti-gay harassment, an issue that has sparked a national movement at college campuses calling for compassion and awareness. At UW-Madison, students and administrators held a vigil last month to talk about bullying.

The Madison Landmarks Commission discussed how the proposed plans for the St. Paul Catholic Student Center and Residential College could potentially affect Pres House, a 103-year-old campus Presbyterian chapel and Madison historic landmark.

For the second time this fall, a UW-Whitewater student may have been victim of a hate crime. On Sunday night, two men stopped a female student while she was walking, according to a message to students from UW-Whitewater Chancellor Richard Telfer. One of them pushed her into a fence and made a derogatory comment about her sexual orientation, according to Telfer?s statement.

“UW-Whitewater is a place that values all people,” Telfer wrote. “This incident goes against everything that we stand for as a campus.”

In an attempt to make a fourteen-story building appear more subtle, designers for St. Paul?s Catholic Center introduced their plans to the city?s Landmarks Commission for advice and direction in development of a proposed new building.

Teams have formed at universities around the nation, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

For more than three decades, The Fruit Stand has been a Madison staple. Tens of thousands have enjoyed the fresh produce downtown, but the end of an era is near as it readies to close.

After providing fruit to UW-Madison students and Downtown residents for 30 years, the Fruit Stand on State Street Mall will close Tuesday, a victim of competition and changes in customer habits.

The University of Wisconsin System has fallen under the scrutiny of free speech groups for a policy that limits free speech on the UW System campuses.

University of Wisconsin-Madison: UW-Madison scored an A on the College Sustainability Report Card, making it one of just seven schools to earn the highest marks possible in overall sustainability. In addition to making the green grade, the university was ranked No. 3 among party schools by Playboy and No. 12 by The Princeton Review.

Noted: Organizations have gone viral. Harvard has more than 400, up from about 250 six years ago. The University of California, Berkeley, has more than 1,000 organizations. The University of Wisconsin, Madison, estimates more than 800, with a Web site that encourages students to ?Discover your passions. Bring your résumé to life.? The Web site of the College of William & Mary, which has 400 clubs, boasts ?endless geekery from quiz bowl to Ping-Pong to heavy metal.?

Nico Fassino of Hudson, a junior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was featured in the Sept. 8-14 edition of The Capital Times.

The Sept. 22 suicide of Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi horrified many people, especially because he was just one of a series of gay kids who, in a period of a few weeks, have committed suicide. Clementi jumped from New York City?s George Washington Bridge after his roommate broadcast Clementi?s gay romantic encounter on the Internet.

I read with dismay of the grand plans for the makeover of the St. Paul Center on the UW-Madison campus. While I can understand that it?s been many years since the building was updated, the current plans seem to be more than is necessary.

A 21-year-old Madison man was injured Wednesday night after driving his bicycle into a car that was turning in front of the bike. The crash happened near the UW-Madison campus at about 7 p.m. Wednesday, at the intersection of University Avenue and North Randall Avenue, Madison police said.

Nearly two months after the first Taser deployment on the University of Wisconsin campus in several years, conflicting reports about what happened that evening have emerged.

Four men living on the 500 block of West Mifflin were robbed at gunpoint early Wednesday morning.

Students wearing yellow reflective vests armed with flashlights will hit the streets in the Langdon area Thursday night as part of the first Langdon Street Neighborhood Watch in recent memory.

Four University of Wisconsin students became victims of an armed robbery while sitting on their Mifflin Street porch early Wednesday morning.

Two people sitting on their front porch in downtown Madison early Wednesday morning got an unwelcome surprise when they were held up by two men, according to Madison police.

Madison police are investigating a home invasion early Wednesday morning in which two men, one armed with a handgun, ordered residents back inside their home and took several electronic items before fleeing. The armed robbery was reported as 12:23 a.m. Wednesday at a residence in the 500 block of West Mifflin Street, police said.

While most students were still recovering from Freakfest Sunday morning, one University of Wisconsin student had to deal with a different issue.

Noted: ?The numbers we thought we were getting into did not quite reflect the reality of what we saw when it came time to graduate,? said 2010 University of Wisconsin Law School graduate Kyle B. Flanagan. Of the 275 UW Law School graduates in 2009, 267 responded to the school?s job survey and 247, or 93 percent, reported employment.

MADISON (WKOW) — Don?t leave items unattended on UW campus. That?s the message from UW-Madison police who say there has been an increase of thefts.

The UW Police Department says the primary targets are laptop computers, backpacks and purses, and are often in open study areas. Police say nearly all thefts were of personal items left unattended by students or staff.

State Street was quietly buzzing Friday night in anticipation of Saturday night?s Freakfest, the city?s gated and ticketed Halloween event, which may bring as many as 50,000 people to the street.

Dane County?s detox center may scale back services next year as it faces annual deficits, reduced public funding and county pressure to re-evaluate its role in combatting alcohol abuse. County Executive Kathleen Falk has asked the Human Services Department to study the effectiveness of detox and consider alternative models for 2012 with a report due back to the County Board by June 1. Falk declined to suggest any specific alternatives other than possibly asking UW-Madison to pay for the many students brought to detox.

It is cleanup time on State Street following Saturday?s Freakfest.

Madison police are touting another successful Freakfest and said the number of arrests at the large Halloween celebration decreased this year.