The UW System Board of Regents approved a new draft of rule revisions to Chapters 17 and 18 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code at a meeting Friday, which moves the changes to the next stage in the process.
Taped versions of â??On Wisconsinâ? and â??Varsityâ? were the only sounds of the UW Marching Band Saturday during the Badgers-Ohio State football gameâ??a result of Band Director Mike Leckrone suspending the band for misconduct allegations.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents moved forward Friday with the finalization process of a newly revised set of student misconduct policies.
The band wasnâ??t playing and the Badgers didnâ??t take the victory, but University of Wisconsin officials have one thing to be satisfied about after Saturdayâ??s game against Ohio State: The number of arrests and citations has slightly decreased from to last yearâ??s night game.
For the first time in his 40-year tenure as director of the University of Wisconsin Marching Band, Mike Leckroneâ??s group did not play at Saturdayâ??s home football game, as the Badgers lost to the Ohio State Buckeyes 20-17.
MILWAUKEE — A missing University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student may have been the victim of foul play, the Dodge County Sheriff’s Department said Saturday.
Acting on a tip, authorities in the Watertown area found the vehicle of Haroon Khan in a storage unit in southern Dodge County and, on Saturday afternoon, worked to remove a body from a shallow grave about 220 yards away, Sheriff Todd Nehls said.
University of Wisconsin band dirctor Michael Leckrone announced Friday that the famed UW marching band has been suspended for Saturday night’s nationally television game against Ohio State and won’t play again until an investigation into allegations of hazing and inappropriate sexual activity is finished.
Leckrone and UW Dean of Students Lori Berquam declined to say where the latest alleged incidents occurred or talk in specifics about the allegations, but Leckrone said they involved “inappropriate alcohol use, hazing and sexual behavior.”
MADISON, Wis. — The No. 18-ranked University of Wisconsin football team will host No. 14. Ohio State Saturday night on prime-time TV, but the late start is presenting a security challenge.
It’s a battle between two ranked teams in the Big Ten on a national stage, and everyone from the players, to the fans, to the bars are getting ready.
MADISON â?? The University of Wisconsin marching band has been suspended indefinitely while allegations of hazing, alcohol abuse and sexual misconduct are investigated.
The band wonâ??t play tonight during a nationally televised football game between the No. 18 Badgers and No. 14 Ohio State at Camp Randall Stadium.
University of Wisconsin officials interviewed members of the university Marching Band one at a time Saturday as part of their investigation into â??serious hazing allegations,â? officials said.
Staffers in the UW-Madison dean of studentsâ?? office began meeting Friday night with the 300-plus members of the band, and the interviews continued Saturday, UW-Madison spokeswoman Amy Toburen said.
A couple of weeks ago, UW-Madison Police Officer Truli Bertram saw a man taking a table from the Memorial Union at about 2:15 a.m.
When Bertram tried to stop the man, the suspect ran off.
After 22-year-old Zachary Raff was later caught, he reportedly said he took the table so he could play a drinking game called beer pong in the street. He also said he could not recall how he got into the locked Union, according to police.
As a student in my final year at UW-Madison, I am proud of our campus and all that it represents.
The 2008 football season has been a wonderful opportunity for me to show my pride by helping Wisconsin and visiting team fans enjoy their game-day experience at Camp Randall Stadium. I have been able to do this because I am the coordinator of the university’s Rolling Out the Red Carpet program.
MADISON, Wis. – A University of Wisconsin-Madison junior has started a new magazine that’s now available throughout the city.
“Red” is the brainchild of editor-in-chief Sydney Burdick and geared toward University of Wisconsin-Madison students.
The cover story of Red’s premiere issue focuses on students who have made an impact on the campus community.
STEVENS POINT, Wis. – University of Wisconsin System leaders say they’ve expanded a program that allows students to earn UW-Madison degrees after spending their first two years at other campuses.
The Connections program creates another route to a degree from the state’s flagship university. Students who are qualified for UW-Madison but turned away because of space limitations enroll at other schools before transferring as juniors.
Madison (WKOW)– 27 News has learned the entire UW Marching Band has been suspended. That means, no band for the game against Ohio State.
The mother of a band member told 27 News Friday night, the band was informed Friday afternoon by band director Mike Leckrone that something happened during last weeks trip to Michigan.
Band director Mike Lekrone suspended all UW band members yesterday after serious hazing allegations.
It’s the first time in 40 years the UW band won’t be leading the crowd from the stands of Camp Randall.
Fans say it’s a dispiriting moment in Badger history.
Badger tailgate parties are missing a pregame staple Saturday.
The UW-Marching Band is not be performing before or during the game because of an investigation into hazing allegations.
This suspension was handed down last night and it comes as a bombshell to fans attending the game and even many of the band members themselves.
MADISON, Wis. — Fans expected — and got — a quieter Camp Randall on Saturday night as the University of Wisconsin’s Marching Band was not there to lend its boisterous support.
The area normally reserved for the band was replaced Saturday with about 350 UW seniors, beneficiaries of the school’s decision to fill the area instead of having an empty reminder of what has transpired with the band over the last couple of days.
MADISON, Wis. — Saturday was a difficult night for Badger fans — not only was there a loss to Ohio State, and the band was suspended, but Madison police also cracked down on drunk and disorderly fans.
Police issued 32 underage alcohol citations along with two disorderly conduct citations.
Proposed changes to the University of Wisconsin System student conduct code that would expand administrators’ ability to punish students for off-campus misconduct advanced to the next stage today.
The Board of Regents voted this morning to send the proposed changes to Chapters 17 and 18 of the administrative code to the Legislative Council for review. A university review committee has solicited feedback on the changes but has not held a public hearing.
UW students ejected from Badger football games for drunken rowdiness can get a second chance. Assistant Dean of Students “Kipp” Cox says the “Show and Blow” program allows those students to gain admission by taking a breath test. The program impacts only students who have been ejected from Camp Randall for alcohol-related reasons, requiring them to come to all subsequent games completely sober if they are underage or legally sober if they are of age.
UW System Board of Regents revealed Thursday a new system wide accountability proposal to be released this spring.
The Board of Regents convened for their monthly meeting at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Thursday to discuss accountability, student misconduct and campus safety issues.
Officials urged students to â??Roll out the Red Carpetâ? for Ohio State football fans in Madison for Saturday nightâ??s game at Camp Randall.
Students and professors at the University of Illinois decided to rally for Barack Obama on the Urbana-Champaign campus Thursday to make clear their stand on an increasingly controversial question as the November elections approach: Is it legal for employees and students at state colleges to express support for political candidates while on campus?
….The participants are young men and women attending colleges, universities and post-secondary schools across the country. They come to look at groups of dairy animals, rank them according to breed standards and explain why they did so to an impartial judge.
Simple?
No, not at all. In fact, it’s a tense, nerve wracking, fingernail biting, heart racing, life defining experience!
UW-Madison students ejected in the past for being drunk at football games will need to blow sober readings Saturday night before being admitted to the big game between the Badgers and the Ohio State Buckeyes.
The “Show and Blow” program started last year to cut down on students showing up inebriated at Camp Randall Stadium.
In a city renowned for its Halloween celebrations, the UW-Madison’s annual Giant Pumpkin Regatta has emerged as one of the most inspired hoots of the season — albeit one that is not without its haunted hazards. Now marking its fourth year, this contest of the gourds is scheduled to hit Lake Mendota off the Memorial Union Terrace this Saturday, October 4.
Starting at noon, students paddling enormous hollowed-out pumpkins — buoyed by tractor-tire inner-tubes — will face off in a series of races between the piers at the Terrace. The event is organized by UW horticulture professors Jim Nienhuis and Irwin Goldman in cooperation with the Hoofer Sailing Club, a handy group to have around considering what happened during the event’s inaugural year.
UW Madison implemented the WiscAlerts text messaging system this fall.
The system is suppose to alert students of staff about any potential danger on or near campus.
Wednesday, officials tried it out and found a number of glitches.
Out of more than 13,000 students and staff, 25% did not receive the test message.
(MADISON) The manager of the U-W Madisonâ??s new emergency text-alert system says heâ??s satisfied with todayâ??s first full-scale test of the serviceâ?¦despite just 65-percent of the test calls reaching subscribers.
Lieutenant Michael Newton of the U-W Police Department says at 1:15pm today, 13,470 calls went out to peopleâ??s cell phones whoâ??d signed on for the WiscAlert program. Newton says an â??unusualâ? delay would be 30 minutes or longer, but nearly 2500 people never received the alert .
Newton says that’s because some companies — including U-S Cellular and Virgin Mobile — arenâ??t enabled yet to receive text alerts, but WiscAlert developers will work with them to do so. (10th item.)
UW-Madisonâ??s newest emergency communication method, WiscAlerts-Text, underwent its first test-run Wednesday afternoon.
Dean of Students Lori Berquam released the 2008-â??09 Campus Safety Guide in a mass e-mail sent to UW-Madison students Wednesday.
The UW Credit Union announced a $215,000 donation to the universityâ??s â??Great people. Great place.â? scholarship initiative Tuesday, and agreed to match member donations dollar-for-dollar up to an additional $215,000 through the end of the year.
Actors Adam Brody and Joy Bryant spoke to a full crowd at Memorial Union Wednesday as a part of a nationwide campus tour to mobilize young supporters to elect Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in November.
This time, the police put out an incident report, albeit one flagging it as a mere “robbery.” There was even a four-sentence item about it on the Cap Times’ website.
But what happened to Jon Young, 23, in downtown Madison on Sept. 15 is far more disturbing than the MPD release or news brief conveyed.
At about 8:30 p.m., the UW-Madison engineering student was walking past James Madison Park when he passed a group of young males. One asked him for a cigarette. He said he didn’t smoke. That was all it took.
The University of Wisconsin could receive nearly $1 million for need-based scholarships within the next several years as a result of the combined efforts of the University of Wisconsin Credit Union and the UW Foundation.
Walgreens’ pingpong balls and plastic cups are back in their regular places â?? no longer displayed together in a manner that UW-Madison officials said promoted binge drinking.
And peace has returned to the relationship between Bucky Badger and the nation’s largest drugstore chain.
The University of Wisconsin Credit Union announced Wednesday it is making an outright gift of $215,000 to need-based scholarships at UW-Madison.
“I think everyone knows that need-based financial aid is one of my highest priorities,” UW-Madison Chancellor Carolyn “Biddy” Martin said during a Wednesday press conference at the Mechanical Engineering building to announce the gift. “I couldn’t be happier about this announcement.”
In addition, the UW Credit Union will match contributions from its members through the end of 2008.
After two recent sexual assaults on campus, local officials reminded students and Madison residents Tuesday to take precautions both day and night.
Although Wisconsin suffered a heartbreaking 27-25 defeat at Michigan last Saturday, one bright spot for the team was the introduction of redshirt freshman wide receiver Nick Toon into the offense. While Toon played in the games against Akron and Marshall, he recorded his first reception as a Badger against the Wolverines in the Big House, a pitch and catch from quarterback Allan Evridge for 18 yards.
The University of Wisconsin System will take the next step this week in updating its student misconduct policy, which, if approved, could lead to serious changes in the way students are disciplined by officials.
Effective for Saturdayâ??s football game against Ohio State, University of Wisconsin students will be assigned a seat and given a ticket just as they were in 2007, officials said Tuesday.
Those in education have long promoted the value of getting a college education.
But just how much is that higher education degree really worth?
In an effort to better quantify an answer, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has unveiled its Payback Calculator (http://payback.wisc.edu) — a tool that gives prospective and current students, along with their families and high school counselors, some answers related to the financial investment in a university education.
Mark Dyer remembers the last time his favorite team traveled to Camp Randall Stadium for a night game. It was Oct. 11, 2003, and he and a group of friends — all students at Ohio State University — decided a road trip to Madison was in order. The University of Wisconsin, ranked No. 23 in the nation, hadn’t beaten the Buckeyes at home in more than 10 years. Meanwhile, the Buckeyes were the third-ranked team in the country, the reigning national champions who came into the game having won 19 games in a row.
But UW snapped Ohio State’s winning streak with a 17-10 victory — and some Badger fans snapped, too. Many Ohio State fans later reported feeling threatened by the drunken crowds, both inside and outside the stadium.
Walgreens’ pingpong balls and plastic cups are back in their regular places â?? no longer displayed together in a manner that UW-Madison officials said promoted binge drinking.
And peace has returned to the relationship between Bucky Badger and the nation’s largest drugstore chain.
MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Madison reported that two students were victims of separate incidents of apparent fourth-degree sexual assault.
According to a UW news release, the first incident took place in the 120 block of East Gorham Street at 10 a.m. on Monday.
In that incident, a student reported a strange man approaching her from behind, grabbing her on the outside of her clothing and making a sexual gesture while hugging her around the chest area. When the victim reacted, the man ran off.
People might think the members of Students for Obama have an easy job — backing a Democrat in a president election in which the Republicans are blamed for an unpopular war and tanking economy. But Bryon Eagan nonetheless perceives the stakes as high.
â??If he didnâ??t win and I didnâ??t give my all, I would be kicking myself down the line,â? says Eagon, 20, from Neenah, Wisconsin.
Eagon, a a junior majoring in political science and communication arts, is taking the semester off to serve as state coordinator of for Students for Barack Obama. The Daily Page recentlty sat him down for a few questions.
Two University of Wisconsin-Madison grads have launched a new website they say will boost peopleâ??s grades. But others say itâ??ll diminish the learning process.
UW-alumni Christopher Klundt and Dave Sargent began devising TheClassConnection.com three years ago, after becoming dissatisfied with the Universityâ??s online study aids. Klundt calls their creation the worldâ??s â??first and bestâ? academic network.
â??We offer students a diverse collection of tools that allow them to create academic content, to share that with other people who have similar academic interestsâ?¦and thatâ??s built around a network, that we connect students from your class, your campus, campuses around the world, anybody whoâ??s connected to you academically so that everyone can collaborate together and work together,â? says Klundt. (7th item.)
MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Madison Athletic Department is changing the way it lets students into Camp Randall Stadium.
The procedure has been under review since the Badger’s last home contest — against Marshall — when too many students complained it took too long to get into the stadium, WISC-TV reported.
Starting Saturday, the UW is reverting back to the system used last year.
The Wheel is ready to roll.
The UW-Madison television show highlighting university programs will debut on the Big Ten Network at 4 p.m. Thursday.
The 30-minute show is produced by University Communications in collaboration with John Roach Projects, a Fitchburg video production company.
Madison police are investigating a report of a “strange man” who allegedly grabbed a 20-year-old UW-Madison female student, then ran away when she asked him what he was doing.
The incident happened about 10 a.m. Monday in a parking lot in the 120 block of E. Gorham St., as the victim was getting into her car.
UW-Madison prides itself on numerous aspects that allow it to stand out amongst other major universities, such as the revolutionary research it conducts or its reputation for competitive sports programs. Unfortunately, the latter mention tends to outdo the first in terms of campus notoriety.
A possible Madison Area Crime Stoppers software upgrade could allow UW-Madison students and city residents to text message anonymous tips to help solve city crimes.
In an effort to improve safety and awareness among college students, an innovative new website called UCrime.com is combining Google Maps and police incident reports to help students track crime at UW-Madison and other campuses across the country.
The geek elite was out in full-costumed force this weekend for the second annual Geek.Kon at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which simultaneously drew amused smiles and bemused headshakes from casual passers-by and n00bs like me. The campus setting was a bit labyrinthine, with patrons wandering from room to room excitedly, but it was fitting. What better place for a total nerd fest than the decrepit windowless sweat sock that is the Humanities building and the equally dank Vilas Hall on Park Street?
A federal district Judge ruled in favor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison last week, saying it had the right to both grant and deny funding to religious student organizations, the Daily Cardinal reports. The suit was originally brought by the Roman Catholic Foundation, a campus student group that was refused funding for some activities for the past two school years.
MADISON, Wis. — Madison residents have another tool to help fight crime — texting on their cellular phones.
Officials said the public can now use a cell phone to text anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers.
Police said the change is because texting seems to be where the future of communication is headed. They say more technology will help stop crime.
A controversial beer pong display at a local Walgreens came down over the weekend after leaders said it promoted binge drinking.
Alcohol was “a significant contributing factor” in the Aug. 27 crash on Midvale Boulevard that killed three UW-Madison students, Dane County Coroner John Stanley said.
The driver, Milwaukee native Richard H. Putze, 22, had a blood alcohol level of 0.144 percent, nearly twice the 0.08 legal limit for drivers in Wisconsin. Stanley said Putze’s speed was also “extremely high,” but the actual speed has not yet been determined.
t their gathering, Geek.Kon.08, at UW-Madison, they said they were fans of many things, from anime (Japanese animation) and role playing to computer games and a craze called Dance Dance Revolution.
