Category: Campus life

….Both of UW-Madisonâ??s student newspapers — The Daily Cardinal and The Badger Herald — covered Wednesdayâ??s Holocaust awareness rally at Library Mall.This was one of two campus events organized in response to a number of anti-Semitic comments posted to the Badger Heraldâ??s website last month and that newspaperâ??s decision to publish an online ad from a group that denies the existence of the Holocaust.

Annette Kaufman had a feeling something was wrong when a close friend sent her an early-morning text message Feb. 27. The friend asked Annette for the Web address of her daughterâ??s blog.

Itâ??s a beautiful spring afternoon on the University of Wisconsin campus. Youâ??re done with classes and donâ??t want to have anything to do with homework. After all, that 20-page research paper due in three days can always wait a little longer.

Before UW-Madison graduates foray out into the real world, students have a last chance to put some polish on their table manners. The Spring Etiquette Dinner, sponsored by the Letters and Science Career Services office, will be held Tuesday, Mar. 9

Thanks to some excellent reporting by a collaborative effort between the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Reporting and the UWâ??s Journalism School, the issue of sexual assault on campusâ??and how itâ??s dealt with (or not)â??was brought to light yet again in an article in Mondayâ??s Badger Herald.

UW-Madison students evacuated Grainger Hall after a small fire triggered the smoke alarms Monday afternoon.

University of Wisconsin students constructed everything from a bathing suit made out of computer keys to a residence hall composting station at this yearâ??s 100-hour Wiscontrepreneur Challenge.

Firefighters responded to reports of smoke at Grainger Hall on the University of Wisconsin campus before noon Monday, evacuating the building and extinguishing the fire.

Eyleen Chou couldnâ??t hear the screams.She did not see the buildings collapse as lives and entire families were wiped out in an instant. Surveying in fields 70 miles north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering student felt only a tremor Jan. 12 as a 7.0-magnitude earthquake ripped through the countryâ??s capital city. But she still feels the aftershocks from the tragic event.

Also relieved, many UW students with family in Chile. UW-Madison students Patricio Mendoza and Javier Vera are graduate students at the UW. Mendoza is from Santiago, Chile… about ten hours from the epicenter in Concepcion, Chile.

Rape is the most under-reported crime in the country, especially on college campuses. The University of Wisconsin is trying to change that, and to prevent more rapes before they happen.

The numbers arenâ??t pretty, according to an in-depth review by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. Center staff reviewed the most recent rape statistics on UW System campuses, and found that only 188 rapes were reported in 2008, the most recent year for which numbers are available. But national surveys of college women predict there were probably more than 3,000 sexual assaults on the systemâ??s 13 campuses.

For the past week, members of the UW-Madison community have been debating the extent to which denials of the Holocaust, or more specifically, ads that deny the Holocaust constitute free speech. As a scholar in German studies, I want to take a few moments to address a slightly different set of issues.

Student starting school at a University of Wisconsin campus have a new tool to help them evaluate how safe schools are. For the first time, the sex assault statistics that used to be found only in reports that went to the Board of Regents, have been aggregated into one big Web site accessible to all.

UW-Madison officials have confirmed the safety of all students studying in Chile this semester after the earthquake that occurred Saturday.

University of Wisconsin students studying abroad in Chile are safe after a massive earthquake struck offshore early Saturday morning.

UPDATE: As of 1:30 p.m., Grainger was reopened to students.

Officials said Grainger Hall will remain evacuated until a fire reported this afternoon is completely extinguished.

Sergeant Kurt Seavel of the University of Wisconsin Police Department said the fire was reported shortly after 12:00 p.m. today. Six fire trucks were then dispatched to the scene, where a fire was discovered in a wall.

Does paying for college send chills down your spine? UW-Madison financial aid staff will try to assuage your fears during a live one-hour web chat on Tuesday from 6-7 p.m.

Staff from the Office of Student Financial Aid plus a representative from the UW-Madison Parent Program will field questions from students and parents about the aid available, work-study opportunities, common sense financial tips, even how to fill out the FAFSA, or Free Application for Federal Student Aid.

University of Wisconsin-Madison officials launched what appears to be a pre-emptive strike.

A letter from Dean of Students Lori Berquam to “members of the UW-Madison community” and posted on the universityâ??s website earlier this week starts by noting: “In coming days, there will be a great deal of media and online coverage of sexual assault in our community and around the UW System.”

The Center for Public Integrity is running an interesting series about “Sexual Assault on Campus.”

Dear Editor: I applaud Dave Zweifelâ??s column â??Fast trains are something to celebrate.â? The idea of trains not only connecting Madison to Milwaukee, but Madison to Chicago and the Twin Cities is indeed exciting.

(Schmid is a UW-Madison senior and transit intern at WISPIRG)

People flocked to the UW-Madison campus Friday night to dance the night away… literally. The second annual Wisconsin Dance Marathon ran from 7:00 p.m. Friday to 9:00 a.m. Saturday as part of a fundraising effort to support the American Family Childrenâ??s Hospital.

At University of Wisconsin campuses, sexual assaults remain seriously underreported and many women still face barriers to notifying authorities. Most victims do not report crimes. The statistics are inconsistent. And most rapists go free.

University of Wisconsin-Madison Officials said all of its students studying in Chile this semester are safe following a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake early Saturday. The students are in Chile with the International Academic Programs exchange program, as well as programs affiliated with the Wisconsin School of Business and College of Engineering.

Got your own cool take on the “On Wisconsin!” fight song? The University of Wisconsin-Madison wants to hear it.

Kudos to the Greenbush Neighborhood Association for getting involved at the start in making the most of Klief Park.

The group is circulating some statements on what members want to see at the park as the city begins to develop a master plan to improve it. The park at Milton and South Charter Streets is a favorite with families — and UW students — who live nearby in the â??Bush. The group wants to keep many of the features packed into the city-block sized park: playground, basketball court, open lawns, while making improvements that show the park “is cared-for and valued by the community and is welcoming to all.” What to add? New play equipment, a water-jet kiddie cooler, benches for adults watching children, accessible walkways.

The online ad, a small text link, is easy to miss. It reads, â??The Holocaust Question: The Power of Taboo.â? The advertisement on the Badger Herald website leads to a site denying the Holocaust and the UW-Madison student newspaper is now taking heat for running it.

The latest estimated death toll from Haitiâ??s recent earthquake is 212,000, according Haitiâ??s prime minister. The United Nations has reported that more than 300,000 are injured and three million have been affected worldwide by the earthquake.

Most of us know the brassy rendition performed by the UW Marching Band.But could “On, Wisconsin!” be reimagined as a rap, a guitar solo, or an a capella ballad? People are invited to perform their own version of UW-Madisonâ??s fight song, “On, Wisconsin!” at an open mic night Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Memorial Union. This year is the 100th anniversary of the song.