Category: Campus life

Quoted: Rashi Mangalick, a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Wisconsin Student Public Interest Research Group board chairman.

Despite witness accounts and the identification of a suspect, a Madison police investigation of a bar attack languished for months, as the suspect allegedly attacked yet another victim — a Badger football star.

A slain University of Wisconsin-Madison student?s fiance cannot sue authorities for mishandling the Marshfield High School graduate?s 911 call or the couple?s landlords for lax security because he doesn?t have the legal standing, a court ruled Thursday.

The fiancée of a slain UW-Madison student can?t collect damages in her murder.

A slain University of Wisconsin-Madison students fiance cannot sue authorities for mishandling her 911 call or the couples landlords for lax security because he doesnt have the legal standing, a court ruled Thursday.

With the 40th anniversary of the Sterling Hall bombing approaching, the news from the Federal Bureau of Investigation is really no news at all ? Leo Burt is still on the lam. The FBI held a press conference Wednesday in Madison to issue an update on its 40-year investigation into the whereabouts of Burt, the last remaining fugitive from the bombing and one of the longest-listed individuals on the agency?s list of domestic terrorism suspects.

It?s been a manhunt 40 years in the making,  and the FBI says they refuse to up in their search for Leo Burt.

Special Agent Kevin Cassidy sat down to answer questions this morning about the FBI?s search for Leo Frederick Burt, as we approach the upcoming anniversary of the Sterling Hall bombing. Authorities have been looking for Burt since shortly after a truck, rigged with explosives, exploded near Sterling Hall on the UW campus August 24, 1970.

A month away from the 40th anniversary of the Sterling Hall bombing, the FBI is still actively searching for Leo Burt, the only one of the four bombers who has not been caught.

As the 40th anniversary of the bombing of Sterling Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus nears, one suspected bomber remains at large.

It?s been nearly 40 years since a deadly bombing on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, but authorities said the search for one of the men responsible for the bombing continues.The FBI will speak to the media Wednesday about the manhunt for Leo Burt.

Metro Transit had a slight decrease in ridership while revenues continued to grow in the first five months of 2010. Ridership is a touchy subject for city officials because some feared a decrease after Metro raised fares in April 2009. The current decrease, however, may partly be the result of new drivers not counting riders on ?no fare? routes at UW-Madison, Metro General Manager Chuck Kamp said.

UW-Madison ranked fifth among large schools contributing graduating seniors to the 2010 Teach for America pool. This fall, 56 recent graduates from UW-Madison will join the corps, committing two years of service to underserved schools in rural and urban areas.

Would you prefer to live in a tent while retaining your job and savings, or in a temporary housing structure with nothing? Luckily, that?s a question most of us don?t have to answer.

A generation ago, college orientation was a perfunctory affair, lasting little more than a day. The focus was on registering for classes and buying textbooks. If parents were needed at all, it was primarily for their wallets.

Despite an increase in reported bicycle thefts in major cities across the nation, the city of Madison has seen a drop off over the past few years. The number of reported bike thefts citywide fell from 492 in 2007 to 426 in 2008, and then down to 346 in 2009, according to Madison Police Information Systems Coordinator Thomas Dull. Through the end of April, there were 48 bikes reported stolen this year.

“It seems a little odd from what I see,” Dull said of the decrease, adding the police aren’t exactly sure why there have been fewer reported bike thefts in Madison in recent years.

However, Dull said the decrease might stem from the Downtown Safety Initiative, which increased the police presence on the Isthmus, where most bicyclists live and ride, in 2007, and also from the UW-Madison Police Department’s use of a “bait bike” program.

Four Madison area public gardening ventures, including the Eagle Heights Community Garden, are competing for a free orchard from the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation and Edy?s fruit bars. In the national contest ? in which supporters vote online for their favorite public garden project ? five winners will receive fruit and nut trees and equipment. UW-Madison?s Eagle Heights Community Gardens, which is in the Lakeshore Nature Preserve, plans to extend a fruit tree management program that started in 2007 with 36 dwarf fruit trees, including heritage apple varieties. Organizers there hope to press their first cider this fall.

Bicycle thefts in Madison have dropped 30 percent in recent years, and police say one reason might be a new program designed to help track down thieves. Police say about 500 bike thefts were reported citywide in 2007. That number fell to about 425 the next year and 350 last year. The decrease coincides with a “bait bike” program launched by the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s police department. The program involves an unspecified number of bikes fitted with GPS tracking devices and left at various spots around campus.

For the sailing club at the University of Wisconsin, what to do with used sails is in the bag. Tom Barry, Head of Instruction for the Hoofer Sailing Club, says with 100 boats and 1200 members, they go through a lot of sails each year.

One of Madison?s most popular summer music venues has been expanded. The Terrace at the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s Memorial Union is bigger than ever.

Grandparents and children alike moved to the beat of the University of Wisconsin Marching Band on Monday afternoon.

Men?s Health magazine recently named Madison the 10th most patriotic city in the country.The magazine used percentage of people who vote, volunteerism, flag sales and who spends the most on fireworks to rank a city?s patriotism. Portland. Ore., landed the top spot with Salt Lake City and Kansas City, Mo., taking second and third slots.

A Dane County judge ruled Wednesday a negligence claim filed by the family of slain UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann against Dane County and 911 dispatcher Rita Gahagan should be halted pending release of evidence from an ongoing criminal investigation. But, at the same time, Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi did not dismiss the claim, which was brought by the slain student?s parents, Jean and Kevin Zimmermann.

The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point will no longer sell bottled water on campus. School officials say they?re trying to help the environment by eliminating plastic containers.