For the first time in several years, none of the UW-Madison fraternities will be hosting formal parties the night of Freakfest 2008, but that will not stop police from patrolling Langdon Street during the Nov. 1 event.
The University of Wisconsin, in partnership with the Madison Fire Department, will give students the ultimate hands-on experience in fire safety on Wednesday, which is Campus Safety Day.
Mackenzie Heinrichs is less than two months into her freshman year at UW-Madison but already is playing an active role in political protests around town.
She recently helped organize a gathering outside U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin’s office to protest the government’s $700 billion bill to bail out the nation’s financial services industry. Baldwin voted for the bailout. Heinrichs then made T-shirts that stated “No Money for Wall St. and War, Bailout Workers and the Poor!” and participated in another small protest Oct. 8 that disrupted Baldwin’s appearance at the Memorial Union for a panel discussion on voter issues.
Yet as active and enthusiastic as Heinrichs is herself, she’s frustrated by what she sees as a general apathy among her classmates toward important political issues — especially the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Quoted: Political science professor Kathy Cramer Walsh and Paul Soglin, an adjunct associate professor at the LaFollette School of Public Affairs
College career counselors are intensifying efforts to help students. Ms. Steinfeld’s group is inviting recruiters from smaller employers around New York, soliciting job postings from NYU alumni and scouring newspapers to find companies that are expanding. This week, the career center will hold an information session on “alternatives to Wall Street.”
At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the number of companies attending a September career fair fell to 225, from 232 last year. Leslie Kohlberg, director of career services for the College of Letters and Science, is encouraging students to seek individual counseling, visit employers and develop a back-up plan — or two.
“Things have been so good that students were able to rely on even some of the least-effective job search strategies,” like sending résumés via email and searching online career postings, she says. “They can’t really afford to do that now.”
The only taxi stand in downtown Madison will try to stay in operation despite diminishing funds expected to run out at the end of the month.
When Nate Lustig lost the lottery for student-section Badger football tickets in 2005, he turned to a year-old online business called ExchangeHut.com to buy seats for campus athletic events at market-rate prices.
Within a year, Lustig and friends John Tucker and Corey Capasso bought the company for $6,000 from founder Matt Stamerjohn, who was graduating from UW-Madison.
Beer for beer and shot for shot, when all 50 states belly up to the bar, few can hold their own with Wisconsin.
Binge drinking â?? weâ??re No. 1.
Percentage of drinkers in the population â?? No. 1.
Driving under the influence â?? No. 1.
We lag a few states in beer consumption, but weâ??re near the top. With brandy, itâ??s no contest. We put away more brandy per person than any other state. We have a strong claim on the vodka title, too.
And often we have no clue how drunk we are. Consider, for example, 75 drinkers who took a breath test for the Journal Sentinel. About half underestimated their blood-alcohol level, and when they did, they missed by a lot â?? falling short of their actual results by an average of 35%. Many who were over the legal limit for driving expressed full confidence in their ability to get behind the wheel.
Madison – There’s nothing pretty about detox.
In Madison, that starts with the facility itself – concrete block walls, stark rooms, beat-up showers and a stash of restraints the staff keeps ready to use when necessary. Then there’s the vomit, the yelling, the drunken fighting and, in one case, the maggots crawling in the sore a man left untended on his foot.
The family of slain UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann hung up reward posters in the downtown area Saturday, revealing new details surrounding the April 2 homicide at Zimmermannâ??s off-campus apartment.
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will stop at a rally in Madison Thursday with less than two weeks until Election Day, his campaign announced Friday.
Dozens of disabled children and their families gathered for a Sunday afternoon carnival on Library Mall in an event sponsored by two University of Wisconsin Greek organizations.
Hoping to bring closure to their loved oneâ??s homicide investigation, the family of slain University of Wisconsin student Brittany Zimmermann hung reward fliers around downtown Madison over the weekend.
Connie Pesek lost her only biological child when she was a battered wife. Though her abusive ex-husband ended that pregnancy, she has nevertheless gained lots of children.
She’s been a house mother for fraternities and sororities for more than 20 years in Nebraska, Missouri and now in Madison, where she mothers the young ladies at the Delta Gamma Sorority on Langdon Street.
The former teacher started out in her rather unusual profession when she saw a Help Wanted ad and called the phone number given.
Ever wonder what those elegant sorority and fraternity street houses on and near Langdon Street look like on the inside?
Very nice indeed, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison students who live in them opened their homes to local residents on Sunday in the second annual Greek Tour of Homes.
Concerned that police are not doing enough to get information that could help find their daughter’s killer, the parents of slain UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann spent part of Saturday putting up reward posters in and around the Downtown neighborhood where she was killed April 2.
What, you might ask, were they sinking? Out there on Lake Mendota within splashing distance of the Union Terrace on Friday afternoon was a flotilla built and crewed by students from UW-Madison groups, Greek chapters and residence halls, all participating in the cardboard-barge race. One of the first events in the buildup to Homecoming, the 17 vessels were built from cardboard, plastic and tape. The object: to race from pier to pier and not sink.
Mike Leckrone is legendary as the unbound band director at the University of Wisconsin. In the band’s annual spring concerts, which draw rock-star levels of crowds, Mr. Leckrone has dropped onto the stage on a bungee cord, ridden a bicycle down a wire, slid down a firefighter pole, driven in on a motorcycle, arrived on a wedge of cheese and flown in on a cow that flipped in midair.
“I tell the kids it’s supposed to be fun, but not fun at the expense of other people,” said Mr. Leckrone, who’s been a director for 39 of his 72 years.
When the bars close up downtown, students head home.
For many, heading home includes phoning a cab for a ride, or trying to hail one heading down State Street.
City leaders found a temporary solution to the problem by setting up a late-night taxi stand on University Avenue on Friday and Saturdays.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin is designating next weekend’s homecoming football game with Illinois as “carbon-neutral.”
The designation gives the university a chance to raise awareness of environmental issues, such as the damaging effects of carbon dioxide and the benefits of recycling.
Fliers have now been posted around downtown Madison urging people who may have seen something suspicious in the 500 block of West Doty Street April 2 to call police.
The fliers were created and distributed by the parents of Brittany Zimmermann. Zimmermann was killed inside her apartment at 517 W. Doty Street April 2.
As Halloween weekend is shaping up to be an even bigger event than usual with the actual holiday on Friday and the cityâ??s annual Freakfest party on Saturday night, officials are speaking out on how to minimize trouble and inconveniences during the celebration.
From now until December, Memorial Library will be hosting a traveling exhibit designed to reveal the persecution of homosexuals by the Nazis.
UW-Madison students exploring political activism of today’s youth released a short documentary on Friday titled “Youthanized.”
The video, which is available at www.youtube.com/youthanized, compares activism of today’s UW students with those of the late 1960s and early 1970s — when Madison was a national hot spot for Vietnam War protestors.
The documentary, which started to take shape in the fall of 2007 as a school project for Mark Korshak, begins by posing the question, “Is Generation Y uniquely apathetic?”
The Madison Police Department announced at a press conference Thursday night it will reduce the number of state troopers patrolling the streets during Freakfest, even though a larger crowd is expected.
UW seniors are growing anxious. Excited to graduate, but nervous about what lies ahead in the real world.
Especially today where getting a job is getting a lot harder.
“I am legitimately scared, because we are going into the job market, and it’s going to affect our futures,” says UW senior Danielle Frydman.
Steve Schroeder of the UW’s Business Career Center tells students companies are still hiring, but because of the downturn in the economy, they may be hiring less.
On Friday, Oct. 3, UW Band director Mike Leckrone and Dean of Students Lori Berquam announced the suspension of the band amidst hazing allegations. Six days later allegations were confirmed, and the suspension was lifted, under the provision that the band would not travel â??for the time being,â? according to Berquam. Six days later, that restriction was lifted as well. See a pattern emerging?
As the new school year begins, thousands of UW-Madison students struggle to balance cramming for exams and volunteering for various organizations on campus. Amid all this stress, two organizations fly under the radar, avoiding any promotion of their activities.
Thereâ??s an elephant in the room, but the university would sooner shove you outside than let you talk about it. For an institution that supposedly values discussion that sifts and winnows through ideas, it has refused to talk about the enormous pachyderm squatting right in front of its face.
College students become increasingly liberal within their first three years of college, according to a recent study.
The University of Wisconsin Band will travel to Green Bay this Sunday as scheduled after allegations of hazing from the bandâ??s trip to the University of Michigan put the Lambeau Field appearance in question.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Marching Band will be allowed to make a trip to Green Bay on Sunday to perform during the Packers’ game against the Indianapolis Colts at Lambeau Field.
UW-Madison made the announcement in a press release Wednesday afternoon.
The UW Marching Band will be allowed to perform at a half-time show at Lambeau Field on Sunday, but it better be on its best behavior, said Director Mike Leckrone.
The announcement means that a temporary travel ban, which was adopted last week because of hazing among band members, is lifted.
MADISON â?? The University of Wisconsin marching band is getting another chance to behave while traveling.
The university announced Wednesday the band would be allowed to play at halftime during the Green Bay Packers game at Lambeau Field on Sunday.
The university temporarily suspended the band’s travel privileges last week after an investigation uncovered inappropriate hazing and alcohol-related activities. Some of the behavior occurred during the band’s last road trip to Michigan in late September.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin-Madison is establishing a student exchange program with a university in Beijing.
Lieutenant Gov. Barbara Lawton announced the new agreement with Tsinghua University in Beijing on Wednesday.
She recently returned from a National Lieutenant Governors Association mission to China where the deal was signed.
Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton recently returned from a mission to China as head of the National Lieutenant Governors Association. While there, Lawton signed a student exchange agreement between the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Tsinghua University in Beijing. Lawton says China understands that their development as a country depends on importing knowledge and technology, which is something Wisconsin can export.
UW-Madison Libraries will soon become part of HathiTrust archive service, a new digital repository collaboration among research libraries, the Committee on Institutional Cooperation announced Monday.
A recent series of allegations of misconduct by college marching bands across the country has raised questions about the culture and practices the groups adopt.
In several instances, university officials have responded by suspending the bands criticizing the groups’ behavior.
The marching band at the University of Wisconsin, Madison also landed a suspension on Oct. 3 amid allegations of misconduct, including inappropriate use of alcohol, serious hazing and sexualized behavio
U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., visited UW-Madisonâ??s Chadbourne Residential College Monday evening, speaking with students on the issues of the economy, energy and heath care.
University Health Services began offering free flu vaccinations Monday in hopes of decreasing the number of student illnesses this year.
The University of Wisconsin has apologized to a black student shown a clip from the 1974 satire â??Blazing Saddlesâ? that featured several racial slurs in a November 2007 training seminar at the Pyle Center.
Two University of Wisconsin students were sexually assaulted over the weekend, in two separate incidents within three blocks of each other.
MADISON, Wis. — On Saturday night, the University of Wisconsin Marching Band made a comeback after being suspended from last weekend’s Badger football game.
School officials said the investigation into serious hazing allegations is still ongoing, but the UW Marching Band is once again permitted to play at football games.
Some fans said that they were glad to have the band back. One fan said of the band’s return, “It was invigorating. It was so much fun. It just wouldn’t be the same if they weren’t there so we were really glad that they were there tonight.”
According to Madison Police, a 20-year-old woman was walking home at 2:16 a.m. when she was confronted by the suspect in a dark alleyway shortly after two o’clock Sunday morning.
The UW student was going home to her residence in the 400 block of N. Henry when she said she was approached by somebody at the back of the residence. This person — a stranger — assaulted her and fled.
The UW marching band is practicing hard for their return to Camp Randall.
They missed the big ten home opener against Ohio State because of a suspension.
The first missed home game in 40 years.
Any Badger fan will tell you, there’s nothing like a gameday at Camp Randall Stadium. “Being at a Badger game is that’s about as good as it gets,” said Ron Green, a parent of a UW-Madison student.
As the details of hazing within the band began surfacing over the past week, many fans felt band director Mike Leckrone did the right thing by suspending the band. Leckrone and UW administration lifted the suspension Thursday after the team missed the previous game against Ohio State University. A suspension for away games is still in effect.
Over the past weeks, the economy has become one of the dominant issues in the country. College financial aid, and thus studentsâ?? access to higher education, is one area that experts feel will be drastically affected by the financial turmoil.
The University of Wisconsin Marching Band performed at Saturdayâ??s Badger match against Penn State after university officials suspended them Oct. 3 for allegations of hazing.
James Pawley is unimpressed with University of Wisconsinâ??s sustainability efforts. A UW zoology professor, he teaches a course called â??Responding to Global Warming,â? one of his many efforts to keep students active in going green.
Police are investigating a sexual assault that was reported downtown early Sunday morning.
Top advisers for each of the two presidential candidatesâ?? campaigns debated issues surrounding the countryâ??s tumultuous economic situation on campus Friday afternoon.
A total of 43 citations were issued for Saturday nightâ??s University of Wisconsin football game against Penn State, up from the Oct. 4 night game against Ohio State.
Five people give their responses to the question.
Fans from both Penn State and the University of Wisconsin were on their best behavior before Saturday night’s showdown at Camp Randall Stadium.
In fact, one fan who drove all the way to Madison from Pennsylvania gave me the shirt off his back. Really.
I was assigned to look into whether Badger fans still act like what a scolding editorial in our competitor’s paper dubbed “drunken louts.” What better way to do that than to be an undercover Penn State fan myself?
The mother of 21-year old Brittany Zimmermann is finally speaking out, hoping she can find her daughter’s killer. Brittany was found murdered in her off-campus apartment back in April.
In two private facilities on campus, UW-Madison varsity athletes can request a tutor in everything from calculus to Portuguese faster than it takes the wave to make its way around Camp Randall stadium.
There are advisers who help student athletes make flashcards and outlines, life skills seminars, career fairs and etiquette dinners to help them distinguish the salad from the dessert fork.
MARSHFIELD â?? Brilliant flashes of autumn leaves light up the landscape and attest to the change of seasons in this central Wisconsin city. But for Jean Zimmermann and her family, time stands still.
More than six months have passed since her 21-year-old daughter was killed in her Downtown apartment after walking home from a morning exam at UW-Madison. Police have yet to find her killer.
After allegations of hazing silenced the University of Wisconsin Marching Band last week, the band will play at Saturdayâ??s football game against Penn State as officials lifted their suspension Thursday.
And the band will play on.
The culture that has allowed demeaning and inappropriate conduct within the University of Wisconsin Marching Band, however, must change.
That was the message University of Wisconsin-Madison officials sent Thursday when they held a news conference to announce the band would be allowed to play at Saturday night’s UW football game against Penn State at Camp Randall Stadium.
The University of Wisconsin Marching Band will perform at Saturdayâ??s football game, ending their indefinite suspension following hazing allegations, officials announced Thursday.
Other college marching bands have had controversies similar to the one at UW-Madison:
