A UW-Madison fraternity has been suspended from Greek membership at the university after Overture Center staff complained about the fraternityâ??s behavior during a fall gala. Alpha Epsilon Pi was suspended by the Greek Judicial Board, a student self-governing body, on Monday, said Ashkon Kiarashi, chief justice.
The Wisconsin Union and the Associated Students of Madison are about to start taking suggestions for what to name UW-Madisonâ??s new south campus union, which is currently under construction and slated to open in the spring of 2011.
On the surface, this sounds like a great idea — giving students and others a say in naming the new, $95 million facility. But is it?
Every few minutes during a talk last week at the University of California at Irvine, the same thing happened. A student would get up, shout something critical of Israel, be applauded by some in the audience, and be led away by police. In the end, 11 students were arrested and they may also face charges of violating university rules.
The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse is closing the achievement gap between minority students and their classmates. UW-Lâ??s gap in six-year graduation rates between minority and Caucasian students closed by about 5 percentage points within five years, from a 22 percent difference in 2002 to a 17 percent difference in 2007, said Carmen Wilson, special assistant to the chancellor.
Many sexual assaults on college campuses go unreported. Victims tell us it is a culture of shame, silence and secrecy, and often, perpetrators are never charged.A recent study by the Department of Justice found as many as one in four women is sexually assaulted while in college. And according to the Center for Public Integrity, 95% of those go unreported.
High school students, like all of us, encounter ethical issues everyday. The Rotary Club of Madisonâ??s Ethics Symposium, to be held Friday, provides them a chance to discuss ways to think them through.
This marks the service clubâ??s 10th annual symposium, where over 200 high school juniors from schools across the Madison area will discuss ethical issues that arise in everyday activities.
A group of talented UW-Madison students, known as the First Wave Spoken Word and Urban Arts Learning Community, will open the symposium with an interactive performance to engage the students and encourage them to examine their own thoughts and biases about ethics.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of Americans under the age of 18 with food allergies rose to 3 million, which is 4% of the age group, in 2007, up from 2.3 million, or 3.3% of the under-18 population, in 1997. As those kids grow up, some lose their allergies, but many others donâ??t. In greater numbers than ever before, theyâ??re arriving on college campuses with concerns that dining halls donâ??t know how to handle.
Peng Her recalls meeting with University of Wisconsin-Madison officials at the peak of controversy over culturally insensitive remarks by a Law School professor three years ago that focused attention on the Hmong-American student community.
â??We understood that there is a lot of misinformation about the Hmong out there. We wanted to find a way to resolve this,â? says Her, a leader in the Hmong community who is director of the East Isthmus Neighborhoods Planning Council.
The contacts with UW leaders in the hot light of controversy led to assurances, says Her, that they would work to build a Hmong studies program at the university.
While scary and unusual, Dane County health officials said Monday there is no cause for widespread alarm after another area student died of meningitis over the weekend – the second in two weeks.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has agreed to settle a campus newspaperâ??s lawsuit demanding full access to the student union boardâ??s meeting records. The university agreed to turn over unredacted copies of the minutes and pay the UWM Post nearly $11,800 in attorney fees, according to the settlement attorneys for both sides signed Friday.
The UWM Post and UW-Milwaukee reached a settlement last week for a public records lawsuit filed against UWM by the student newspaper in November of last year.
Beginning this academic year, undocumented immigrants can attend the stateâ??s public universities at the same tuition rate Wisconsin residents pay. Critics say the resident tuition program rewards people who are here illegally. Backers say it will help the economy as well as improve the lives of participants, which include a UW-Madison student called â??Normaâ?.
Local public health officials said on Monday that a 16-year-old Mount Horeb girl who died this weekend had the same strain of bacterial meningitis that recently killed a University of Wisconsin-Madison student last month.
College students take risks. They pull all-nighters ahead of early-morning presentations. They skip more classes than they attend. They eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, chocolate bars and pizza.
That last one doesnâ??t sound so risky â?? and isnâ??t, for most people. But it can be dangerous, even fatal, for the growing ranks of traditional-age undergraduates with food allergies.
Noted: The University of Wisconsin at Madison has begun cataloging all its ingredients and the allergens in them, says Denise Bolduc, assistant food service director there. Students will be able to search a database to see if specific items or meals include allergens. By next fall, all line signs will denote peanuts and tree nuts.
UW-Milwaukee has agreed to settle an open records lawsuit with the universityâ??s student newspaper, the UW-Milwaukee Post.
The student newspaper at Virginia Tech is coming under pressure for allowing anonymous comments on its website, according to this report in the Roanoke Times.
A panel looking into the situation said the student paper, the Collegiate Times, may be violating the campusâ?? “Principles of Community.” Some in the university community have objected to postings they view as racist or otherwise offensive. This panel, comprised mostly of students, then suggests the body that oversees media groups on campus withhold funds from the student paper.
LA CROSSE (WKOW) — Dive teams are searching the banks of the Mississippi River near La Crosse for a college student who disappeared early Sunday morning in La Crosse.
Police say 21-year-old Craig J. Meyers spent Saturday night at a wedding reception and drinking at two bars. He was last seen Sunday at 2:00 a.m.
Police say they’re told Meyers’ disappearance is out of character.
Roundup of campus events, including UW-Madison’s first Churchill Scholar in 30 years.
A Dane County official says a Mount Horeb High School student has died of bacterial meningitis. The death comes less than two weeks after a University of Wisconsin-Madison student died from the same illness.
When Edgewood College hosted its first minority recruitment day in the fall of 2000, the goal was modest: The small, liberal arts school on Madisonâ??s near west side hoped to draw a couple dozen high school students from the area.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison student has been named a Churchill Scholar. Madison native Daniel Lecoanet is one of only 14 from across the country, including five from public institutions.
Student inventors are squaring off at the UW-Madisonâ??s annual “Innovation Days” competition. The emphasis is on helping people live more efficiently.
Inside the universityâ??s Engineering Hall, students show off their inventions. At one table, a temperature controlled window opens and closes automatically. Nearby, a digital “bread box” alerts people when their food has gone bad. Further down, a stove runs entirely on plant oil, while a hand-powered generator at another demonstration table supplies enough energy to light a bus stop.
Students attending the second annual Wisconsin Dance Marathon may have sore feet after dancing for 14 hours, but their commitment will benefit those in need at the American Family Childrenâ??s Hospital.
University of Wisconsin senior Daniel Lecoanet has become the first UW student in 30 years to be awarded the Churchill Scholarship, an award that sends a graduated senior to Cambridge University for one year of post baccalaureate study.
A UW-Madison graduate student suffered burns to his right hand late Thursday night while conducting an experiment in the Medical Sciences Center, authorities reported.
Madison Fire Department firefighters were called to the building at 1215 Linden Drive at about 11:15 p.m. Thursday, and found smoke and haze in the building from a dry chemical extinguisher that the student used to put the fire out.
Sun Valleyâ??s Hilary Knight, all 5-10, 172 pounds of her, is likely to be a big Alex Ovechkin obstacle standing in the way of Canadaâ??s third consecutive Olympic gold medalâ??and the first American gold since the 1998 Games in Japan.
s Dean of Students, Iâ??m a regular consumer of newspapers, blogs and websites containing news and opinions about the state of our campus community. Iâ??m most proud of our students, faculty and staff when we engage in a thoughtful and productive exchange of ideas on even the most controversial topics. That is the foundation of our campus â?? the process of fearless sifting and winnowing.
UW-Madison has its first prestigious Churchill scholarship winner in 30 years.
Daniel Lecoanet, a Madison native whoâ??s been involved in chemistry and mathematical research on campus since high school, is one of only 14 Churchill scholars from America this year, with five of the U.S. scholars coming from public universities.
He will spend the 2010-11 academic year at Cambridge University in England, in the historic math program that has produced such luminaries as Sir Isaac Newton and William Thomson, Lord Kelvin.
Passing along a few links to some higher education-related items …
Empty possessions. Empty seats.
Was there a correlation Tuesday night at the Kohl Center? Unlikely.
Nonetheless, while the Badgers were misfiring repeatedly on offense throughout a brutal second half â?? coming up empty on possession after possession in the closing minutes against Illinois â?? you couldnâ??t help but notice the empty seats in the 300 level. That would be part of the so-called Grateful Red section.
Welcome to the Glorification Realization Appreciation of Metal and Prog Society, aka GRAMPS. At a time when folk-rock and hip-hop rule the college scene, this growing society of metalheads and prog rock geeks at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is fueling the local scene for what they consider a marginalized genre.
Unlike other undergrads on the UW-Madison campus, many of these students werenâ??t interested in taking AP chemistry or honors English in high school. Their kingdom is the farm, not the classroom. One of the universityâ??s oldest programs, UW-Madisonâ??s Farm and Industry Short Course has been offering Wisconsinâ??s future farmers cutting-edge techniques during the non-growing season, November to March.
State health officials are preparing for another possible H1N1 virus outbreak, according to the state epidemiologist.
Some University of Wisconsin-La Crosse students want to send a message to the UW System Board of Regents that student opinion matters when it comes to increasing tuition. A student senate resolution to be discussed tonight recommends students approve campus fee hikes by referendum before they are forwarded to the board for final approval.
Necessity isnâ??t always the mother of invention. Sometimes, itâ??s homework. Two upcoming UW-Madison events will highlight student inventions.
The Lake Mendota-bound Statue of Liberty is scheduled to make its second annual appearance this year, with construction to be completed over the next few days as the University of Wisconsinâ??s Hoofers Winter Carnival approaches.
As the final college applications trickle in for the 2010-11 year, University of Wisconsin officials reported an approximate 26 percent increase in international student applications.
…** The Badger Herald ran an interesting article about the UW-Madison fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi being accused of misconduct at an Overture Center event on Dec. 4. The student newspaper linked to a Dec. 18 letter in which the Overture Centerâ??s director of event and patron services, Jacqueline Goetz, outlines a number of problems with the fraternityâ??s Fall Philanthropy Gala at the centerâ??s Promenade Hall and Terrace.
Applications to UW-Madisonâ??s freshman class are up this year, due in large part to an increase in international student applications. I wrote about the 26 percent bump in international applications for Saturdayâ??s paper. I didnâ??t get her response in time to include it in the article, but Chancellor Biddy Martin e-mailed me some of her thoughts on the increase.
University of Wisconsin fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi is awaiting a decision from the Greek Judicial Board regarding complaints filed in January alleging misconduct at an event at the Overture Center for the Arts and an illegal party.
Dear Editor: A â??first-of-its-kind-studyâ? by graduate students at the UW-Madison Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies should have us all genuflecting at the spandex altar. They save the planet and pump big bucks into our state. But is it any more than mere advocacy research?
The creativity and inventiveness of UW-Madison students will be on full display this week during the annual Innovation Days competition at Engineering Hall.
The competition will feature 23 inventions built by 37 students, vying for more than $27,000 in prizes. The competition is for those inventions and ideas judged to be the most innovative and most likely to succeed in the marketplace.
UW-Madison students are said to bleed “Badger red” and now they have a chance to do so literally for a good cause.
The university is competing in the first-ever American Red Cross Big Ten Blood Drive Challenge, pitting all 11 Big Ten schools against each other to see which school can collect the most blood donations in one month.
The highlight of the UW-Madison effort is the annual Buckyâ??s Big Ten Blood Drive, a two-day affair on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Neha Suri, a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, died in the United States on Tuesday (Wednesday, Singapore time), a little more than a week after contracting bacterial meningitis.
Future deal-makers from three Wisconsin universities will compete at the Milwaukee Athletic Club on Saturday in a contest that tests their ability to analyze and make recommendations about real-life investment banking transactions.
While the Super Bowl gets all of the attention on Sunday, on Saturday in Madison it was all about the much tastier â?? and less expensive â?? â??Souper Bowl. â?Hundreds gathered at West High School to buy soup and decorative bowls with the proceeds going to the UW-Madison Campus Chapter of Habitat for Humanity.
Zola Jesus. Itâ??s a stage name, a fanciful dream of a middle-school student from Wausau who always knew she wanted to grow up and become a singer.
Congratulations, Fundemantally Sound! The all-male UW-Madison a cappella group was recently nominated for an award by the Contemporary A Cappella Society (CASA).
Fraternities have changed! The UW-Madison chapter of Phi Gamma Delta recently hosted a dance for Haitian relief that raised over $3,000.
About 26 percent more international students applied for admission to UW-Madisonâ??s fall freshman class, causing a bump in overall undergraduate applications. About 700 more international students applied to the university compared with a year ago.
If youâ??re an undergrad at UW-Madison, Tyler Junger has his hands on your money. Junger, a junior from Cudahy, is chair of the student committee that reviews which proposals will get funding through the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates. In-state students are paying an extra $250 this year for the program.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison sent out a special campus e-mail about meningitis late Friday.
Poultry science is only offered at UW-Madison. Students can only study golf management at UW-Stout. A new report, which will be presented before the UW Board of Regents today, took stock of the array of programs offered at campuses within the University of Wisconsin System. The report was in response to the tough budget climate, in order to give campuses information to eliminate or suspend programs that may be redundant or no longer relevant. The option to suspend programs is new for campuses.
Among the tributes sent to a website for friends and family mourning the death of Neha Suri, a UW-Madison junior who died this week of meningitis, was a note from a Wisconsin mother named Gail Bailey.
â??I do know the pain and horror of this,â? she wrote. â??My heart goes out to you, and if it is any comfort, I know (my son) Ed was at heavenâ??s gate with his great big smile to welcome her.â?
The family of a murdered UW student and her fiance want to prevent you from ever hearing another 911 call. On April 2nd, 2008, UW student Brittany Zimmermann called 911 as she was being murdered in her Doty St. apartment.
Her call was disconnected, and her body was not found until her fiance, Jordan Gonnering, came home from class and called 911.
The UW-Madison campus comes together to say goodbye to a classmate. Neha Suri passed away this week, after a battle with bacterial meningitis. The campus held a memorial service for Suri Wednesday afternoon to honor her. Friends, students and colleagues packed the Virginia Harrison Parlor in Lathrop Hall to say good bye to Neha Suri.
A couple of UW-Madison students were kind enough to share their thoughts on Tuesday nightâ??s talk at the Union Theater by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who in 2005 was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
The University of Wisconsin System is trying to make it easier for campuses to suspend or eliminate unpopular academic programs. A UW System review identified programs that are graduating relatively few students and are offered elsewhere within the system. The review suggested some of the programs could be eliminated or merged to save money.
The University of Wisconsin System is trying to make it easier for campuses to suspend or eliminate unpopular academic programs.
A UW System review identified programs that are graduating relatively few students and are offered elsewhere within the system. The review suggested some of the programs could be eliminated or merged to save money.
The UW community held a memorial tonight for Neha Suri, the student who died from bacterial meningitis yesterday. At the memorial, the UW awarded Suriâ??s her diploma, which she would have earned in Spring. They gave it to her family, instead.
