Category: Campus life

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Two volunteers from a Milwaukee church group are safe in Haiti after a powerful earthquake. Volunteers at the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukeeâ??s Haiti Project were trying Tuesday and Wednesday to reach two men who had been working in a small village in the mountains near the community of Jeannette, Haiti.

Seven current and former University of Wisconsin-Madison students were doing electrical work and trying to establish an Internet connection. Five returned already and the other two were to return Wednesday. One is from California and the other from Minnesota. Project coordinator, Jan Byrd, says they posted a Facebook message Wednesday that they were on a roof of a guesthouse when it collapsed and they are safe.

A group of UW-Madison students in Haiti Tuesday when a major earthquake struck report they are doing fine. A travel blog on UW-Madisonâ??s Engineers Without Borders website states: “We are OK! Donâ??t worry, it was a mere tremor here.”

Mentions that members of a student-led group from the University of Wisconsin-Madison who were in Haiti reported on a blog Tuesday that they werenâ??t hurt.

As NBC15 News reported last night, some UW students with the group “Engineers Without Borders” are in Haiti. They posted this message on their blog:

We are ok! Donâ??t worry, it was a mere tremor here. But please do keep an eye on the news for PAP airport as our travel plans may be affected.

Members of a student-led group from the University of Wisconsin visiting Haiti say they werenâ??t hurt when a strong earthquake struck the Caribbean nation.

A group of University of Wisconsin students in Haiti felt the tremors from Tuesdayâ??s 7.0 magnitude earthquake, but escaped unharmed. Five students and one advisor arrived in Haiti on Sunday, part of Engineers Without Borders, a group that helps impoverished nations design and build major projects.

Members of a University of Wisconsin-Madison group are safe after a major earthquake caused devastation in Haiti Tuesday.

As far as UW-Madison, 1,300 students have presented to Health Services with flu-like symptoms. Theyâ??ve administered 6,500 vaccines there. Officials say that doesnâ??t include any students who headed home to get vaccinated, or to private clinics.

Add to that, university students heading back to school. Sarah Van Orman, M.D., the Executive Director of University Health Services, says, “We know with everyone returning to campus, thereâ??s a possibility for an increase.”

University of Wisconsin-Madisonâ??s top health official said sheâ??s expecting another wave of swine flu cases as students return for the spring semester, although the disease is turning out to be relatively mild and not as severe as initially feared.

The 21-year-old University of Wisconsin Madison senior chose the field of social work in hopes of one day helping others. She was set to graduate this May but her dreams were cut short New Year’s Day when a driver fleeing from police ran a red light and struck the car Shanica was in.

A funeral was held Friday for a University of Wisconsin-Madison student who was killed in a crash on New Yearâ??s Eve.

Fresh Madison Market is at the corner of University and Lake Streets. Itâ??s located in the same building as the Lucky apartments where many UW-Madison students live.

University of Wisconsin-Madisonâ??s top health official says sheâ??s expecting another wave of swine flu cases as students return for the spring semester.

The Daily Mirror blog on the Los Angeles Times Web site offers a glimpse into life on the UW-Madison campus 110 years ago.

A University of Wisconsin student is balancing his education with his career as a professional snowboarder.Sophomore Colin Tucker put himself on an eight-year plan in which he will continue to enroll at UW-Madison in the fall semesters and take off in the spring to concentrate on snowboarding.

A fund has been set up in the name of a University of Wisconsin-Madison student killed last week when a vehicle fleeing Milwaukee police struck her car.

Jan. 7, 1900: I think I just found my new favorite kicker, â??An Idiotic Idea.â? Itâ??s almost as good as â??Created Two-Headed Dog,â? but not quite. What is it with the University of Wisconsin? The faculty bans flirting â?¦ and the students give up sleep.* 

The city of Madison has gone two years in a row without a fire fatality, something that hasnâ??t happened since the early 1980s, Madison fire officials said Tuesday. The push in Madison for smoke alarms was driven by the family a 23-year-old former UW-La Crosse student who died in a North Bedford Street fire in 2007. The student was visiting his brother, a UW-Madison student.

One of Madisonâ??s most beloved terms is on the path toward national recognition. The word “Sconnie” is up for City Dictionaryâ??s 2009 Local Word of the Year award.

Shanica Adkins, 21, died in a car crash early Thursday when she was hit by a car fleeing police in Milwaukee. The UW-Madison School of Social Work is planning a memorial service for her when school resumes later this month, a UW-Madison spokesman said.

Since the Hammes Co. proposed a massive redevelopment of the venerable Edgewater Hotel this summer, debate has raged over whether the project is suitable to the historic region appropriately named Mansion Hill. But thereâ??s much more to the region than the area surrounding the Edgewater. The neighborhood, which stretches from the lake to the Capitol, and west toward the UW-Madison campus, encompasses a wide range of residents, from students to long-time owners, fraternities to cooperatives, churches and bed and breakfasts.

Three universities in the University of Wisconsin System have made the list of the countryâ??s best values in public colleges.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison has been ranked 14th in the nation for value to its students.

Kiplingerâ??s Personal Finance reviewed more than 500 public four-year colleges and universities to determine the best values, taking into account academic measures — ACT or SAT scores, admission and retention rates, student-faculty ratios and graduation rates — as well as affordability, which includes total expenses and available aid.

The life of a promising University of Wisconsin-Madison student was cut short after she is killed by a suspected drunken driver on New Yearâ??s Eve in Milwaukee. Shanica Adkins, 21, was killed early Thursday morning when the car she was riding in was struck by a suspected drunken driver fleeing from police. Adkinsâ?? boyfriend was critically injured in the crash.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is ranked as one of the best values in public education according to Kiplingerâ??s Personal Finance.

For in-state students, UW-Madison ranked 14th on the websiteâ??s list of the “100 Best Values in Public Colleges for 2010.” It is the highest-ranked Big Ten Conference institution.

UW-Madison is ranked 15th for out-of-state students.

This is probably good news for current UW-Madison students. But in the future, donâ??t be stunned if rankings like these are used by cash-strapped administrators to argue that tuition at Wisconsinâ??s flagship university is too low.

Ralph Armstrong, whose charges for the 1980 rape and murder of a UW-Madison student were dismissed in August after almost 30 years in prison, remains in a New Mexico prison on decades-old parole violations.

Armstrong, 57, was transferred in August from Wisconsin to New Mexico after the Dane County district attorneyâ??s office decided not appeal the dismissal of charges against Armstrong in the death of Charise Kamps.

A program that provides free cab rides for stranded UW-Madison students will be cut back significantly next month because of cost overruns and misuse, a student leader said. Designed for late night, emergency situations, the SAFEride cab service currently allows students to take four free taxi rides per month â?? the equivalent of about 16 rides per semester. But beginning Jan. 2, students will only be able to take six rides per semester. The program, funded through student fees, ran over its budget by almost 50 percent last year, said Michael Romenesko, member of a student-led transportation committee.

Continuing a trend, a developer is proposing to demolish older student housing and replace it with two housing towers near UW-Madison. Otto Gebhardt III hopes to demolish rental houses at 1208, 1212 and 1214 Spring St. to erect a 10-story, 92-unit apartment building designed to meet the needs of older and graduate students.

Some students at UW-Fox Valley in Menasha are objecting to a new policy that gives preferential parking to those who drive fuel-efficient cars, arguing that it favors the wealthy.

Police officers who pursued vehicles that killed three people in two separate crashes used proper judgment and followed department procedures, Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn said Saturday.

University of Wisconsin-Madison student Shanica Adkins, 21, was killed Thursday when the Geo Prizm driven by her high school sweetheart, Donta Brown, was struck by an SUV that ran a red light at N. Sherman Blvd. and W. Center St. The suspects in the Mercury Mountaineer that killed Adkins were fleeing police, who had attempted to pull the SUV over because it was missing a front license plate.

A University of Wisconsin-Madison student was killed and her high school sweetheart critically injured early Thursday when the car they were in was struck by an SUV fleeing Milwaukee police.

Milwaukee police said a suspected drunken driver who was fleeing from police struck and killed a 21-year-old University of Wisconsin-Madison student Thursday.Police said the incident occurred around 2:30 a.m. Thursday near Sherman Boulevard and Center Street in Milwaukee.

A passenger killed when the car she was riding in was struck by an SUV fleeing Milwaukee police early Thursday has been identified as Shanica Adkins, 21, according to a Milwaukee County Medical Examinerâ??s report.

A former UW-Madison student who was convicted in 2004 of jamming police radios during Madisonâ??s Halloween celebration was charged Monday with possessing and creating child pornography.

Morris native and University of Wisconsin-Madison student Megan Norton recently participated in the third annual Army ROTC Ranger Challenge at Fort McCoy, Wis.

As the echoes of the band leave Camp Randall after another successful Badger football season, the Wisconsin band has been preparing for more performances and the Champs Sports Bowl on Tuesday.

Steven Schecher, a sophomore trombone player from Juneau, has been out practicing with the band as the snow flies onto the practice field at the edge of Lake Mendota.

News of the University of Wisconsinâ??s slang term “Coastie” exploded over the weekend with a song called “Whatâ??s a Coastie” quickly going viral on Youtube.  A “Coastie,” as explained in the song, is an out-of-state student who wears East Coast fashion and is a “rich Jewish girl.” 

Noted: Many private institutions, such as the University of St. Thomas, have slightly shorter semesters and wrapped up their finals last week. But the last exams at UW-Madison begin at 2:45 Wednesday, by which time snow and gusty winds could be hampering travel to Minnesota.

A man trying to strike up a conversation with a UW-Madison female student went a little too far Thursday night, grabbing the woman by her shoulders before she screamed and fled, Madison police reported. The incident happened shortly before midnight Thursday on North Park Street, Madison police said.

The events of a lifetime sometimes get bumped out of order. Take Frank Schultz, who walked across the stage this weekend at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewaterâ??s commencement.

He earned his degree 50 years ago. He has been retired from his teaching career for a decade now.

The graduation ceremony was denied to him in 1959 because of what turned out to be a clerical error showing he missed the cut by a fraction of a credit.

Noted: The University of Wisconsin-Madison enforces a similar policy. Four students died from alcohol-related causes during the last school year. Since then, officials have revised their policies, said Ervin Cox, assistant dean of students. Wisconsin students only face formal disciplinary action for off-campus drinking incidents when they result in a trip to the hospital, an assault occurs, previous disciplinary history is on record, or alcohol was provided to a minor who needed medical care.

Both the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Edgewood College held Winter Commencement ceremonies on Sunday. UW- Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin spoke at the UWâ??s graduation. Chancellor Martin said she believes grads are well-prepared to face the hiring world. She says their education was one of the best investments theyâ??ve made.