Category: Campus life

Van Galder Bus Co. is starting double-decker bus service Thursday to serve growing demand for travel from Madison to downtown Chicago. The closed-top, two-level bus can carry 81 people, up from the 57-passenger capacity in a regular coach-style bus, spokesperson Amanda Mullin said.

For the first time, swine flu has hit Marquette University.One student has a confirmed case of the swine flu, and that student is now recovering.

On the UW-Campus an H1N1 flu outbreak is now confirmed!University Health Services say they are seeing a marked increase in patients with flu-like symptoms, and studies now confirm H1N1 is causing a majority of these symptoms.University Health Officials tell us well over two hundred students have been evaluated.

The H1N1 virus continued its spread across college campuses nationwide Wednesday, but here in Madison, the University of Wisconsin says thereâ??s no need to panic.H1N1 is so widespread that doctors both here in Madison and nationwide say if you have any flu-like symptoms itâ??s safe to say you have some form of the virus.

On the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, so many students are visiting University Health Services with flu symptoms that a so-called “surge plan” has been put into effect.

When trying to pick which college to attend, many incoming freshmen look to rankings made by hundreds of institutions on hundreds of different levels of analysis. The question then becomes, what is the difference between these rankings and what is their real value?

University of Wisconsin officials are offering support and guidance to community members after a studentâ??s suicide Tuesday evening in the Lakeshore dormitories.

Two 18-year-old University of Wisconsin basketball players accused in burglaries on campus have been released on a signature bond.

A judge on Tuesday consolidated the lawsuit the family of slain University of Wisconsin student Brittany Zimmermann filed against Dane County with the lawsuit filed against an apartment management firm.

The Office of the Bursar has begun instituting an electronic initiative that will make tuition statements and bill payments available online, while allowing students to authorize those paying their tuition to do so immediately over the Internet.

Major outbreaks of H1N1 flu occurring at campuses across the United States, and one death recently reported at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, universities are putting detailed prevention and containment plans in place.

UW-Madison’s plan has included: e-mails to everyone on campus from the chancellor, provost or dean of students, and a flyer, What You Can Do About the Flu, handed out to students living on campus and e-mailed to all students.

That hasn’t kept the virus completely at bay on campus, however.

“We are starting to see an increase in cases here. That’s kind of what we expected, and it’s similar to what we’re seeing nationwide,” said Dr. Sarah Van Orman, executive director of university health services at University of Wisconsin-Madison. “We’re really stressing isolation of people who are sick and hygiene and all things that support that, making sure people are excused academically and making sure there are adequate supplies to practice good hygiene.”

School is back in session, and so is a whole new set rules at all 26 University of Wisconsin campuses.For the first time – campuses have power to discipline students for off-campus misconduct.Since the new rule went into effect September 1st, a university can hand over a penalty as severe as expulsion to a student who misbehaved off-campus.

I have one burning question as I take the elevator up to the fourth-floor studio of UW-Madisonâ??s student radio station, WSUM, on the west end of the Lucky apartment building.

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee health officials have been preparing for an early show of the flu on campus and 2 days into classes, students are already coming in sick.

UW-Madison officials sent an e-mail to students this weekend warning them to “be diligent” in regard to their personal safety.

“You should be aware that there have been several recent violent robberies around campus and downtown,” said an e-mail from Lori Berquam, dean of students.

The UW-Madison graduate student, who police cited with disorderly conduct after walking openly with a gun for about a dozen blocks in broad daylight through downtown, is fighting his ticket.

Some UW students played firefighter in an effort to learn the importance of fire safety.

Donning helmets, jackets and other fire gear, a group of student leaders got some hands on experience at the Madison Fire Department’s Fire Academy.

A University of Wisconsin-Madison student working as a SAFEwalk escort allegedly was beaten up Wednesday night by two men, who were found and arrested a short time later, UW-Madison police reported.

Itâ??s never too early to talk Halloween in Madison.

Two Madison men were arrested early Thursday morning for the battery of a University of Wisconsin SAFEwalk employee near the corner of Park and Johnson streets.

CNNâ??s chief business analyst Ali Velshi hosted a town hall meeting at the Grainger School of Business Thursday, offering University of Wisconsin students the opportunity to share their perspective on the recession and health care.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison has launched two initiatives designed to make it easier for undergraduate students to learn about and apply for scholarships.Theres a new Web site to help students search undergraduate scholarships. In the past, students and parents had to search out available scholarships through the separate campus school or college.The other new initiative is designed to make it easier for students to apply for scholarships by completing an online application form.

University of Wisconsin-Madison officials are defending their decision not to release any specific number of H1N1 flu virus cases.

Dr. Sarah Van Orman, executive director of UW Health Services, said issuing case numbers regarding the so-called swine flu would be largely inaccurate since there are too many factors to consider. Instead, UW officials are focusing its resources on managing the virus’ outbreaks.

University of Wisconsin-Madison police said that two men have been arrested in connection with the battery of a UW-Madison student employee Wednesday night.

UW-Madison police responded to the area of Park Street and Johnson Street at about 11:57 p.m. Wednesday for a report of a battery.

A UW student is beaten near campus.

It happened just before midnight near the intersection of Park and Johnson Street.

Police say Nathaniel Angelo Showers was arrested for drunk driving Showers, along with Yusef Wafford, are tentatively charged with substantial battery.

UW-Madison’s student health clinic is seeing more patients than usual for this time of year with flu-like symptoms, according to university officials.

The university has ramped up its efforts to prevent and control an outbreak of influenza, especially in light of concerns about H1N1, or swine flu.

Thousands of college students have been moving onto University of Wisconsin campuses across the state. But hundreds more canâ??t, due to housing crunches.

The UW-Eau Claire housed most of its student body on campus. But nearly 230 students, including 66 freshmen, will stay in two local hotels. Thatâ??s due to a higher than expected number of upper classmen returning to the dorms. UW-Eau Claire housing director Chuck Major says thereâ??ll still be dorm staff and services for the hotel students. Major says it really does resemble a residence hall on campus.

Meanwhile, Paul Evans of UW-Madison housing says theyâ??re in a crunch too, but expect relief soon. Evans says historically, the university has always had to turn away students in the hundreds it was unable to house. UW-Madison got approval in the state budget for two new residence halls that will include 560 beds. The first dorm is scheduled to open in 2012. (Eighth item.)