Category: Campus life

The family of a Madison college student who was killed last year isnâ??t giving up its efforts to find her killer.Relatives of Brittany Zimmermann have placed ads on a Madison billboard and inside Metro Transit buses. Theyâ??re hoping the ads will encourage anyone with information on her 2008 death to come forward.

Members of the University of Wisconsin Labor Licensing Policy Committee voted Friday to recommend Chancellor Biddy Martin immediately notify UW apparel manufacturer Nike it violated the universityâ??s labor code of conduct by neglecting to pay severances to workers in Honduras.

The UW Labor Licensing Policy Committee voted Friday to issue Nike, Inc. an ultimatum — clean up your act, or weâ??ll take away your license to do business with the university.It wasnâ??t a unanimous decision (7-2), but enough people said Nike wasnâ??t treating workers fairly, and therefore, violated the university code of conduct.

UW-Milwaukee police have stepped up off-campus patrolling in a response to a recent string of nearby robberies and assaults.  The partnership between the cityâ??s police force and campus police has been augmented with UWM squad cars seen alongside MPD vehicles in surrounding neighborhoods.

After experimenting with Amazonâ??s electronic reading device â?? the Kindle DX â?? in the classroom, the University of Wisconsin has decided it will not adopt the current version of the device for general use due to its inaccessibility to the blind.

Members of the campus community, including several campus officials, are speaking out against recent incidents of graffiti in the residence halls, including a third incident that occurred last weekend in Melcher Hall, again using the n-word.

Director of Housing, Rhonda Viney, said that the people who committed these acts were cowardly and hid their actions in anonymity. Viney also encourages students to stand up against intolerance by posing the question, â??Is this acceptable to you, and if not, what are you going to do about it?â?

A smart and disciplined UW-Madison team has advanced for the ninth straight year to its top tournament. And it’s not the football or basketball squad. It’s the university’s three-member computer programming team, which learned this week it’s heading to China in February for the IBM-sponsored world finals. The team’s consistent success is great publicity for UW-Madison and its high-tech prowess. It also helps further Wisconsin’s reputation as a strong source of knowledge and new-economy workers.

The faculty adviser to College Republicans at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point says a recent event there did not violate a political fundraising ban. Professor Justin Rueb said the group did not solicit or collect any money for Republican Scott Walkerâ??s gubernatorial campaign.

Two Democratic lawmakers asked regulators Tuesday to review whether Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walkerâ??s campaign violated a law that bans fundraising in state buildings.Reps. Marlin Schneider of Wisconsin Rapids and Amy Sue Vruwink of Milladore asked the Government Accountability Board for the investigation.

MADISON (WKOW) — University Health Services (UHS) reports that 115 students were treated for flu-like symptoms in the most recent week of the fall semester (November 1â??7).

That number is also the fourth-highest number of students with flu-like symptoms since the academic year began… and only the four time more than a hundred students came to UHS complaining of the flu.

With UW-Madison moving forward on a new diversity initiative, officials are examining the effectiveness of past efforts such as Plan 2008.

A routine chemistry experiment gone awry sent a University of Wisconsin student to the hospital with minor injuries Monday afternoon.

Ahead of what would have been her 23rd birthday, the family of slain University of Wisconsin-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann is awarding a scholarship in her name. The scholarship was given to a freshman student from Zimmermannâ??s hometown of Marshfield. The recipient plans a career in medicine.

The family of slain UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann has awarded a scholarship to financially assist a student from Marshfield, Wis., Zimmermannâ??s home town.

Eight proposals have been awarded funding through a tuition increase and associated program approved last summer for UW-Madison, university officials announced Friday.

Acknowledging planned student involvement in the Union South project was lacking in the final stages of the process last summer, Union Council passed a motion ensuring a student design committee would be reinstated for the Memorial Union renovation.

The attorney representing the family of slain UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann will get to hear a 911 call made from Zimmermannâ??s cell phone the day she was murdered last year, a Dane County judge ruled Wednesday.

Just 90 minutes after Air Force One left the Madison airport Wednesday, Mark Halperin, a senior political analyst for Time magazine, give his opinion on President Barack Obamaâ??s performance so far to an audience of UW-Madison students, faculty and community members.

Noted: The conundrum for Democrats is especially obvious here, the liberal bastion around the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where Obama chose to mark the first anniversary of his election Wednesday with an appearance. On campus — described by one Wisconsin pol as an isthmus of liberalism surrounded by reality — young voters said they see a dwindling of enthusiasm. Will Bradley, a senior in Spanish and economics, said he likes much of what he says is Obamaâ??s pragmatic, methodical approach to passing his agenda. But, Bradley said, “he does need to come through on what he promised.”

The Madison Common Council voted Tuesday to add a new citizen voting member, as well as an additional alder, to the cityâ??s Alcohol License Review Committee.