Some University of Wisconsin-Madison students said that they believe organization and sponsors are the keys to a peaceful Mifflin Street Block Party in the city’s downtown.
For decades, the annual event has gone on with no one person or group organizing it, but this year, a couple students said that they hope to change that.
UW-Madison lost its top spot in Playboy Magazineâ??s rankings of top party schools but still made the top 10, hitting the No. 6 spot in this yearâ??s poll.
Playboy doesnâ??t put out the list every year and UW-Madison was ranked No. 1 in 2006, the last time Playboy came out with the rankings.
â??The top party school from our previous list makes it again as the northernmost representative,â? according to UW-Madisonâ??s write-up in the magazine. â??Negative: Itâ??s cold, no doubt. Positive: It has the coldest beer on any campus.â?
Electric bicycles. Bring-your-own-bottle vending machines. Ergonomic piano benches. Disease assessment tools for developing countries.
Those are some of the ideas that UW-Madison students want to turn into working companies.
They presented their concepts Friday at the G. Steven Burrill Business Plan Competition at Grainger Hall, home of the School of Business.
An environmentally friendly soda vending machine that doesnâ??t use bottles.
A snowmobile powered by an electric engine so that it doesnâ??t pollute or sound like the Indy 500.
An inexpensive windmill that can be built from junk and provide power to homes without electricity.
Madison Police arrested a 49-year-old homeless man Thursday afternoon for allegedly stealing mail from someone’s porch.
Two UW-Madison students living at a home on W. Mifflin called police to report seeing a man stealing a package from their porch. It was addressed to a neighbor and contained a purse that had been ordered.
A state lawmaker criticizes the governor’s budget proposal for raiding yet another segregated fund.
Republican Senator Rob Cowles (R-Green Bay) wants the Joint Finance Committee to remove a provision in the two-year spending plan that takes $25-million from UW system student fees and places it in financial aid programs.
Since Chancellor Biddy Martin unveiled her supplemental tuition proposal weeks ago, it has been fervently discussed across campus. The Herald Editorial Board sounded off in favor (with conditions) immediately after the announcement and the enemy paper followed suit with an endorsement as well. On the other side of the issue has been the venerated Board of Roommates. Their editorials have run the gamut from â??huh?â? to â??fuck that.â?
With the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates proposal scheduled to be sent to University of Wisconsin System officials Thursday, Chancellor Biddy Martin sent an e-mail to students last week updating them on the direction the initiative is taking.
The e-mail outlined several updates to the proposal, which was originally announced March 24. The updates concern common questions asked by students and details on the parts of the proposal that have been deemed especially important or were added after its initial unveiling.
An environmentally friendly soda vending machine that doesnâ??t use bottles.
A snowmobile powered by an electric engine so that it doesnâ??t pollute or sound like the Indy 500.
An inexpensive windmill that can be built from junk and provide power to homes without electricity.
A golf cart that can raise paraplegic golfers into a standing position so they can swing their club.
What do all of these ideas have in common? Other than being eye-opening innovations, they all come from the minds of UW-Madison engineering students.
Ted Shultz of Madison was just checking. Though he’s not himself visually impaired, he always uses the machine provided for those who are to make sure it’s working properly.
“I want everyone’s vote to count,” says Shultz, a grad student in mechanical engineering at the UW-Madison.
Have you seen your adviser lately? Who are these people anyway?
Each student on campus has an assigned adviser, typically depending on whom you saw at SOAR. Unfortunately, many students fail to fully appreciate and use this important resource. The value of advising cannot be underestimated.
The truth is, there arenâ??t enough advisers to go around. Wouldnâ??t it be nice to have easy access to good advisers across campus, regardless of your major? There have been lots of questions and discussion about Chancellor Biddy Martinâ??s Madison Initiative for Undergraduates.
Recently, Chancellor Carolyn â??Biddyâ? Martin proposed a tuition increase called the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates. While some of the goals of this initiative seem worthy and noble, many students have found problems with parts of this plan and have voiced valid oppositions and concerns through the Madison Initiative for Undergraduate websiteâ??s forums (www.madisoninitiative.wisc.edu) and through local student newspapers.
While it is admirable that Chancellor Biddy Martin tried to collect student feedback through the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates website, thus far no action has been taken to change the proposal to accommodate the concerns of current and future students and their parents. Therefore, if students do not take real action to oppose this proposal, it will soon be passed by the Board of Regents.
There seems very little sense in trying to get water from a dry well. Chancellor Biddy Martin, however, feels otherwise. The chancellor released a plan, the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates, that would increase in-state tuition $250 and out-of-state tuition $750 annually for four years. The proposal has noble enough goals; half the money will go to financial aid to needy students, while the other half will go into better undergraduate education.
You donâ??t need to be rich to get into UW-Madison if youâ??re from Wisconsin or Minnesota, according to the results of a new study.
An analysis conducted by researchers at the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs at UW-Madison found that the relative family income of Wisconsin and Minnesota applicants to UW-Madison has remained flat over the past few decades.
The annual G. Steven Burrill Business Plan Competition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business will take place on Friday.
This year’s entrants range from high-tech flavored plastics and eco-friendly vending machines to micro-gifting services and medical devices for emerging countries, according to a UW news release.
UW-Madison Dean of Students Lori Berquam isnâ??t the only one disappointed by MTVâ??s new reality show about UW-Madison students.
Hundreds of students apparently donâ??t like it either.
At least two Facebook groups have sprouted up in protest against the show. One, called “Dear MTVâ?¦,” with more than 2,600 members, argues that the show makes UW-Madison students look like “a bunch of immature morons.”
UW-Madison Dean of Students Lori Berquam isnâ??t the only one disappointed by MTVâ??s new reality show about UW-Madison students.
Hundreds of students apparently donâ??t like it either.
At least two Facebook groups have sprouted up in protest against the show. One, called “Dear MTVâ?¦,” with more than 2,600 members, argues that the show makes UW-Madison students look like “a bunch of immature morons.”
You donâ??t need to be rich to get into UW-Madison if youâ??re from Wisconsin or Minnesota, according to the results of a new study.
An analysis conducted by researchers at the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs at UW-Madison found that the relative family income of Wisconsin and Minnesota applicants to UW-Madison has remained flat over the past few decades.
The income of out-of-state applicants has increased considerably over that same time.
The study also found family income does not affect who gets admitted or rejected.
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UW-Milwaukee student journalists traveled to the state Capitol Wednesday requesting clarification regarding how Wisconsinâ??s open record and open meeting laws apply to UW System student governments.
The UW School of Public Health is in the process of phasing out its Clinical Laboratory Sciences program by the end of 2012. The UW School of Public Health will no longer be accepting students into the Clinical Laboratory Sciences program.
A 54-year-old Madison woman who lost her little green fuzzy purse with $100 inside had the purse returned to her, with the money intact, by a 22-year-old University of Wisconsin-Madison student who found the purse lying in a driveway near her home.
The return of the purse took some doing. The female student left a note on the older woman’s front door saying she found a purse and gave an e-mail address to contact her, but the older woman told the police officer responding to her call that she didn’t know how to use e-mail.
When Chynna Haas was about 10 years old, her father asked if she had hopes of one day going to college.
“Yes,” she answered.
“OK, then start saving,” her dad told her.
Haas took that advice to heart and now is a junior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. But making ends meet while coming from a family of modest means has not been easy.
A group of college reporters asked Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen on Wednesday for his opinion on whether Wisconsinâ??s open records and meetings laws apply to University of Wisconsin System student government.
Jonathan Anderson, editor of the UWM Post, a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus newspaper, and Mark Zoromski, a UW-Milwaukee broadcast journalism instructor, and two of his students filed the 147-page request. They argued that state law mandates UW System students perform government functions, including divvying up millions of dollars in public funds each year. That means the open records and meetings laws should apply to student government, just as it does to other government entities.
One of UW-Madisonâ??s aspiring student leaders already has a famous name.
Elizabeth Wrigley-Field will likely take a seat in UW-Madisonâ??s student government, the Associated Students of Madison. You could say she was destined to be a Chicago Cubs fan, if not born one.
Three UW-Milwaukee journalism students want Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen to decide if student governments must abide by public record and open meeting laws.
The students submitted a formal request for a legal opinion to Van Hollenâ??s staff Wednesday, said Jonathan Anderson, editor-in-chief at the UW-Milwaukee Post.
Chancellor Biddy Martinâ??s tuition surcharge plan is called the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates, but the big winners are graduate students.
By now, the details are well-known. Undergraduate tuition rises faster than normal for the next four years. Half of the new money goes to expand financial aid; the rest goes to opening more sections of bottleneck courses and better student services.
UW-Madison students had mixed feelings about the MTV show â??College Lifeâ? following its premiere Monday night.
Campus experts on sexual assault urged students to look for the roots of abuse in unhealthy relationships at a forum hosted by the Campus Womenâ??s Center Tuesday.
A proposal to tame the Mifflin Street Block Party will be considered by the Street Use Staff Team today, as sponsors hope the addition of organized music will lower the amount of police regulation.
The series premiere of College Life on MTV delivered a 1.18 rating in the network’s target P12-34 demo and 1.16 million total viewers Monday night, according to Nielsen live plus same day data.
That is up slightly from the last major series launch in that timeslot, Run’s House spinoff Daddy’s Girls, which debuted Jan. 5 to a 1.15 rating.
Focusing on the disparity in tuition costs between UW-Madison and other Big Ten universities, Chancellor Martinâ??s Madison Initiative for Undergraduates proposes a yearly progressive hike in tuition. This proposed increase would support greater financial aid, expanded student service and improved faculty retention.
Although the intention of this proposal is on track in many ways, there are a few inherent flaws. For one, the choice of $80,000 as the cutoff that determines whether students will pay the cumulative increase seems to be one of convenience rather than logic. Second, although it seeks to provide aid for students who demonstrate financial need, raising tuition is generally not an ideal process to make the cost of a college education more affordable. Third, as a soon-to-be alumnus of the university, I would much rather see any monetary donation used to retain faculty and be a lure for newer faculty instead of providing financial aid.
Chancellor Biddy Martin recently released the details of a plan to enhance the quality of the undergraduate educational experience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison while preserving affordability for families with demonstrated financial need. The Madison Initiative for Undergraduates will be funded through an increase in tuition, a premium that will be offset with private grants for those who can least afford to pay the increase. The stakes have never been higher for our great university, and I wanted to share my thoughts on this initiative with current students who may feel confused or burdened by this.
A proposal to tame the annual Mifflin Street Block Party will go before a city of Madison committee today.
The Street Use Staff Team will discuss giving a block party permit for May 2 to DCNY PRO, a local music and event production company.
After months of tweaking plans, Union South Design Committee members discussed the most recent and nearly finalized sketches for the interior of the new Union South building during one of their final design meetings Monday.
The University of Wisconsin Committee on Student Organizations suspended the Sigma Chi fraternity Monday for the duration of an investigation of an alleged alcohol-related incident that occurred April 2.
Raking leaves, pulling weeds, trimming, planting, cleaning and more â?? they may even whistle while they work.
The UW-Madison Concert Choir is offering to do your spring yard chores in order to pay off the cost of a European concert tour.
The Sigma Chi fraternity has been suspended on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus for an alleged alcohol-related violation on April 2.
The fraternity chapter, 221 Langdon St., will be investigated, most likely by the office of the dean of students, following the suspension from the UW-Madison Committee on Student Organizations.
The fraternity house was vandalized in March when rocks were thrown through three picture windows, apparently in retaliation for an alleged rape of a student at the house last October.
Does Facebook lead to lower grades? Or do college students with lower grades use Facebook more than their higher-achieving peers? A study of 219 students at Ohio State University being presented at a conference this week doesnt answer those questions definitively. But it suggests a link between the social networking site and academic performance.
Students who said they used Facebook reported grade-point averages between 3.0 and 3.5; those who dont use it said they average 3.5 to 4.0. Also, Facebook users said they studied one to five hours a week, vs. non-users 11 hours or more.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Committee on Student Organizations has suspended the Sigma Chi Fraternity chapter on campus for an alleged alcohol-related violation.
Officials said that an investigation is continuing into an incident that occurred on April 2. They said that sanctions are possible for members or the fraternity as a whole.
According to a UW news release, a suspension “prevents a student organization from holding events, reserving space or enjoying the other privileges of student organization status.”
University of Wisconsin-Madison police said that they’re seen a significant spike in laptop computer thefts on campus in recent months, prompting new calls for vigilance.
Madison Area Technical College has seen more than 30 laptops stolen since January, but the trend is also hitting those on the UW campus.
UW police said that laptop thefts are up more than 500 percent this year as compared to 2008. In most cases, the crime is completely preventable, they said.
Equipped with personal video cameras, eight University of Wisconsin–Madison students began filming themselves last fall, as part of MTV’s new reality series “College Life.”
They said they were extremely excited for Monday’s premier, and packed couches in front of every TV on or near campus.
“College Life” is billed as a real and uncensored look at the lives of college students — everything from academic stress to relationship adventures.
A U-W Madison fraternity is suspended after allegations of alcohol violations.
University Communications confirms that the Offices of the Dean of Students is investigating the Sigma Chi fraternity for an alleged alcohol violation that occurred on April 2nd, into April 3rd.
Details of the violation are not available, but the fraternity will not be able to hold events or hold club activities until the investigation is complete.
About 40 student leaders and administrators met with Chancellor Biddy Martin Monday to clarify and introduce advancements to the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates.
In an effort to include the student voice to the greatest extent, the chancellor received an extension for when the final date the plan must be submitted to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents.
April is Sexual Assault Awareness month, and students at the University of Wisconsin are shedding light on how alcohol adds to the problem.
The student group called, Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment, or PAVE, is focusing on the dangers of alcohol.
Members say not enough attention is paid to alcohol as a date rape drug.
With the commencement of Sexual Assault Awareness Month and the recent allegations of the crime on campus, students are engaging in a discussion about the issue of sexual consent.
With the MTV reality show â??College Lifeâ? set to premiere tonight, University of Wisconsin officials are concerned about the balance of aspects of campus life the show will depict.
Under a change made this month to the bylaws of the University of Wisconsin Greek Judicial Board, the board can now vote to send complaints they feel are especially egregious directly to the Committee on Student Organizations.
Spencer Sebo dreams of developing the fuel source of tomorrow, and he has a plan for how to get started. Next fall, the D.C. Everest Senior High School student will attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison to study chemical engineering.
The big question, though, is where he’ll find the money to pursue his dream.
“If the economy picks up, I should be good,” said Sebo, 18, of Ringle.
Starting college can be an intimidating experience. New people, new home and no parents to set a curfew or make sure you do your homework. Now imagine placing a camera in the hands of these college freshmen and sending them off to record their lives – the good, the bad and the unexpected.
Remember your freshman year of college? Yeah, there are parts of it we’d like to forget, too. Now imagine you’ve filmed all the ups â?? new found freedom, more responsibility â?? and downs â?? too much drinking, too little studying â?? for the whole world to see. That’s exactly what St. Paul’s Kevin Tracy did when he (along with seven other students) were chosen to document their lives at the University of Wisconsin Madison for the new MTV show “College Life” (9:30 p.m. today). For half a year, the 19-year-old Cretin-Derham Hall grad used a camcorder to captured all his freshman year’s highs and lows. We phoned Tracy, a communications major, in Madison to chat about his experience.
â??Quiet Please! Filming in Session,â? warns a sign on the second floor of UW-Madisonâ??s Memorial Union.
Thatâ??s because in a nearby lounge, five students are chattering at 100 miles-per-minute for UW-Madisonâ??s own version of â??The View,â? a talk show about student life.
The show, called â??IMHO,â? or â??In My Humble Opinion,â? is one of a number of shows UW-Madison staff members have created for the Big Ten Network. It aired for the first time last month.
A month-long education effort is underway across the nation in hopes of eradicating sexual violence.
One organization heavily involved in April’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month is the Dane County Rape Crisis Center. Officials there say the impact of sexual violence affects millions of men, women, and children from all walks of life, many of whom keep their stories to themselves out of fear or embarrassment or both.
Cable media monster MTV is hours away from shining the national spotlight on Madison and the University of Wisconsin.
It’s a reality show with a twist, with students taping their own stories, both good and bad.
The show’s preview paints a wild picture. Everything that is freshman year at the University of Wisconsin they claim, filmed and documented by the students themselves.
“They’re really getting things that you probably wouldn’t get in any other show,” Kevin Tracy said.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison campus is buzzing in anticipation of a new reality show set in the city that aims to give a candid look at college life, but some are concerned about how the show will portray the university.
The show “College Life” is premiering on MTV next week. It’s all shot by students with handheld cameras instead of by camera crews and aims to show what the collegiate experience is like.
Amid a blur of images of parties, dorm rooms, kissing and close-ups, University of Wisconsin-Madison student Kevin Tracy makes a confession: â??I drank too much. I made a mistake, Iâ??m sorry.â?
This is the trailer for the new MTV reality series, â??College Life,â? premiering Monday night. The show follows the lives of four freshman at UW-Madison, including Tracy, who documented their first year of college with handheld cameras.
Although we all come from different backgrounds, are majoring in different subjects and have different goals and expectations for ourselves, every single UW-Madison student can agree with the following statement: Tuition hikes suck.
Unfortunately, these increases are inevitable, even in the midst of a recession. Chancellor Biddy Martinâ??s Undergraduate Initiative proposal is yet another justification for an additional tuition increase. However, is it a practical and justified burden to place on students? The short answer is yes, but despite the many issues Martinâ??s Undergraduate Initiative proposal addresses, it also unfortunately contains several flaws which need to be dealt with before the proposal itself actually takes effect.
You and I have been privileged to attend one of the top 25 teaching and research universities in the world. We are the beneficiaries of the people of the state of Wisconsin and of the ongoing support of our federal government. The people of Wisconsin recognize the role the university plays in educating the workforce of the state, in fostering the arts, in making breakthrough discoveries that improve our health and well-being and in broadening the opportunities for the citizens of Wisconsin.
In the midst of midterms and finals UW-Madison students often find it difficult to receive help from professors with crowded office hours, but with the Greater University Tutoring Service looking to expand its services, help may be more readily available to students.
Shuhan He, a senior at UW-Madison, said he has big plans to expand GUTS to include Skills Acquisition Guiding Experience. The program would provide peer-mentoring groups, beginning in the Zoology department. SAGE would eventually expand to all departments on campus that wish to collaborate with GUTS.
On more than one occasion this fall, a group of researchers streamed out of the Microbial Sciences Building, garbage bags flapping in the breeze, each a different degree of overqualified for this work.
MTV’s new “reality” show about four University of Wisconsin-Madison freshmen has a far more real feeling than most such programs.
Part of that comes from the fact that the four subjects of “College Life” – premiering at 9:30 p.m. Monday – are shooting their own stories with hand-held cameras. That means plenty of blurry images that stir college memories for some of us.
The first installment features plenty of drinking, lots of boy-girl stuff and even a bit of time devoted to studying in the half-hour weekly show.
