Category: Campus life

Freakfest is just around the corner. Next Saturday, thousands will dress up and take to the streets for Madison?s annual Halloween bash.

Approximately 100 people attended a vigil on Library Mall Wednesday night in honor of LGBTQ students across the country who have been affected by bullying. The event was co-hosted by the LGBT Campus Center and the UW Housing Diversity Squad.

In the wake of the recent suicides and assaults on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender teens and students across the country, University of Wisconsin campus organizations banded together to stop the silence Wednesday night.

Gabe Peeples didn?t act very girly as a child, but wore feminine clothing and was teased in school. Aiden Caes was spat on and run off the road as a teenager. According to others who spoke at a vigil on a chilly Wednesday evening on Library Mall, treatment such as this toward people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning has not improved. Amid the glow of small purple lights, with many people sporting purple shirts and armbands, dozens of students and Madison residents gathered to recognize the effect of bullying that has led to suicides among gay teenagers. The Stop the Silence vigil, which began in 2008, is held to acknowledge the prevalence of bullying, harassment and homophobia, said Kassie Brown with the UW-Madison LGBT campus center, which held the vigil.

Dozens of people gathered Wednesday night in hopes of putting an end to bullying based on a person?s sexual orientation.

Approximately 100 people attended a vigil on Library Mall Wednesday night in honor of LGBTQ students across the country who have been affected by bullying. The event was co-hosted by the LGBT Campus Center and the UW Housing Diversity Squad.

UW-Madison’s LGBT campus center has launched a campaign called “Stop the Silence.” Dean of Students Lori Berquam says that she hopes that the community will start to pay attention to the connection between bullying and a student taking his or her own life.

In the wake of the recent suicides and assaults on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender teens and students across the country, University of Wisconsin campus organizations banded together to stop the silence Wednesday night.

A glow-light vigil will be held Wednesday night on the UW-Madison Library Mall as part of “Stop the Silence,” the anti-bullying campaign in the campus LGBTQ community.The vigil starts at 8 p.m. on the mall which is across Langdon Street from the Memorial Union. During the vigil, a moment of silence will be held for students around the country who?ve committed suicide following bullying.

Call this the curious case of the woman in apartment 605A, and the same woman in apartment 802. Xi Luan, a UW-Madison engineering student from China, arrived in Madison in 2009 and found a cheap, simple apartment ? 605A ? at 215 N. Frances St. Furnishings were rudimentary, conditions acceptable but not extraordinary, rent exceptional at $360 per month.

Chad Lee, the young Mount Horeb resident who is challenging six-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, in the Nov. 2 election, said in a debate Sunday night his opponent is a failure. Lee, 27, who owns and operates a residential and commercial cleaning business, told the 110 people who filled a room in UW-Madison?s Grainger Hall, that he has “no lifelong dream to be a politician, nor do I have a dream to be a lifelong politician.” The debate was a Global Affairs Forum organized by the United Nations Association-Dane County and nine other civic groups.

Students at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater are rallying after a woman was punched in the face while wearing a T-shirt that said “Legalize gay.” Between 50 and 100 people gathered Friday afternoon to raise awareness of hate crimes.

One of the most beloved arts, entertainment and recreation venues in the city is about to get a makeover. The University of Wisconsin-Madison?s Memorial Union is embarking on a renovation that could result in major changes to the 1928 building.

Students at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater held a rally on Friday to celebrate diversity and to protest a recent anti-Gay attack.

Making bullying unacceptable is the goal at the UW Madison. Along with participation in a national ?Stop the Silence? effort, Dean of Students Lori Berquam is initiating a campus conversation on bullying, harassment and respect issues as they relate to LGBT students.

WHITEWATER, Wis. — Students at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater are rallying after a woman was punched in the face while wearing a T-shirt that said “Legalize gay.” Between 50 and 100 people gathered Friday afternoon to raise awareness of hate crimes.

On a sunny fall Friday, I was invited to the Islamic Center of Madison Area (ICMA), the mosque closest to downtown, to see how some members of the UW campus Muslim community worship. Located at 21 N. Orchard St., the Center is quietly tucked behind Palis Cafe on Regent. Walking by, one barely notices the two-story, gray stone building with quaint flowering planters out front.

The Obamamania that gripped college campuses two years ago is gone. An Associated Press-mtvU poll found college students cooling in their support for President Barack Obama, a fresh sign of trouble for Democrats struggling to rekindle enthusiasm among many of these newest voters for the crucial midterm elections in three weeks. Forty-four percent of students approve of the job Obama is doing as president, while 27 percent are unhappy with his stewardship, according to the survey conducted late last month. Hoping to rekindle campus enthusiasm, Obama planned to appear Thursday at a youth town hall being shown live on MTV, BET and other networks. He also is to lead a rally Sunday at Ohio State University, and in recent days he headlined a massive gathering at the University of Wisconsin and a webcast town hall at George Washington University.

Chilean students studying here at the University of Wisconsin are following the rescue operations to free 33 trapped miners closely.

The University of Wisconsin-Stout suspended ten of its hockey players in connection with the death of a fellow student in September.

With the help of a reality television personality and a civil defense attorney, the UW-Madison American Civil Liberties Student Alliance gave a group of approximately 100 students a crash course in civil liberties and individual rights Tuesday.

The “Know Your Rights” event was the first event to be sponsored by both the College Democrats and College Republicans in almost two years and featured Kevin Tracy, a cast member on the MTV series “College Life.” Tracy spoke about his experience receiving numerous police citations for hosting a house party last month.

There are hundreds of intelligent individuals brought to the UW-Madison campus each year to give a lecture or take part in an event related to this or that. Few happenings, however, offer the intrigue of a Christianity vs. atheism debate.

Student organizations on campus are teaming up to host a debate Thursday night headlined “Is God the Problem?”

After its Homecoming game debut Saturday, the music video ?Teach Me How To Bucky? is growing across the Internet as it reached 100,000 views on YouTube and was featured on the University of Wisconsin?s home page Tuesday.

With the recent and tragic surge in gay bullying related suicides across the country, media attention toward the topic has also spiked. But the issue is not a new one, and the LGBT Campus Center at the UW-Madison has been working to address homophobia and create a safe space on campus for gay and questioning students for many years.

Last week in this blog, I wrote about the big fines that three UW-Madison students face for hosting a recent beer party.

In the wake of multiple homosexual student suicides across the country, UW-Madison?s LGBTQ Campus Center is launching “Stop the Silence,” an anti-bullying campaign, as well as holding its annual Coming Out Week this week.

Coinciding with National Coming Out Day, the University of Wisconsin?s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Campus Center sponsored ?Coming Out Week,? which started Monday with a giant closet on Library Mall to urge students to ?come out.?

UW-Madison launched a new anti-bullying campaign called “Stop the Silence,” designed to support LGBT students. The campaign will seek to raise awareness about homophobic harassment and bullying, in the wake of several incidents across the country, including the death of an 18-year-old Rutgers University student.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is starting a campaign to address the bullying of gay and lesbian students. The “Stop the Silence” campaign aims to start a “campus conversation” on the bullying and harassment of students who are gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender. It comes in response to a tragedy at Rutgers University and others across the country in which gay students have committed suicide.

A video produced to help boost the University of Wisconsin?s reputation has gone viral.And it may be winning the hearts of future students.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is starting a campaign to address the bullying of gay and lesbian students.