In January, the Policy, Alternatives, Community and Education Project met to discuss initiatives for the upcoming year. Among the community-based objectives was to conduct rigorous ID checks during the sale of alcohol using electronic ID scanners as a means of curbing underage consumption of alcohol in Madison.
The Recording Industry Association of America released its 13th wave of pre-litigation letters Thursday.
This wave, which did not include UW-Madison among the 12 offending universities, is the most recent in the RIAAâ??s year-long campaign to combat illegal downloading on university campuses.
The influenza outbreak because of this yearâ??s inadequate vaccine has sent several UW-Madison students to University Health Services and Meriter Hospital.
For University of Wisconsin sophomore Daniela Juarez, a typical day doesnâ??t really have a beginning or an end.
A University of Wisconsin student spoke out Thursday on charges of disorderly conduct, after allegedly pulling a knife on two students in Witte Residence Hall following a night of drinking Feb. 1.
The bells of the Carillon Tower at the University of Wisconsin solemnly tolled for an entire minute Thursday, stopping all pedestrian and vehicle traffic in the area as the ROTC honored the victims of last weekâ??s shootings at Northern Illinois University.
Not too many full-time college students start their own business.
And it’s a fair bet that the ambitious few who do don’t give away their product to support a worthy cause.
But that’s what 21-year-old UW-Madison economics student Ryan Schmudlach is doing.
“That might have been a little bit of a mistake on my part,” he quipped, referring not to the charity but to his full plate, before adding that, “It’s working.”
Influenza has hit the UW-Madison campus hard this month, and the illness is strengthening statewide.
The number of cases on campus doubled from the weekend ending Feb. 1 to the week of Feb. 11-15, when there were 40 student visits to University Health Services with flu symptoms.
“Flu season on campus has begun,” said UHS epidemiologist Craig Roberts. “We believe that cases will continue to rise.”
Students, faculty and staff are being encouraged to prevent further spread of flu by washing their hands frequently, using soap and water or alcohol-based gel; getting sufficient sleep, exercise and nutrition; covering coughs and sneezes; and staying home if they are sick.
Organized labor may have given us the weekend, but college students have extended it a day.
For many years, Thursday nights have rivaled Friday and Saturday nights as the night to go out and have fun in Madison. Some students refer to Thursday nights as “Thirsty Thursdays.”
“The drink specials are really good and the crowds are usually really fun. And it’s nice to know that you have two other weekend days ahead,” said Emily Byrne, 22, a University of Wisconsin-Madison student in elementary education, who was sipping a vodka and cranberry juice Thursday night at the State Bar & Grill.
“I think any night’s a good night to go out. Is it Thursday?” joked Byrne’s friend, Jason Preisler, 23, a UW accounting major.
With competition for jobs heating up, colleges are looking to give their graduates an edge in the employment market. Will a second transcriptâ??one that focuses on a student’s so-called soft skillsâ??do the trick?
University of Wisconsin officials think so. The 26 universities that make up the state system, which includes the undergraduate business program at Madison, are working on a plan to develop dual transcripts that could be sent to job recruiters and graduate school admissions committees. These dual transcripts would include the traditional one with courses and grades and a second one that somehow validates a graduate’s creative thinking, participation in extracurricular activities, jobs, and internships, and gives those reading it a sense of the person’s life outside the classroom.
One hundred miles and one week separates the UW-Madison campus from the school schooting at Northern Illinois University.
In a show of support and as a way to remember the six victims from last Thursday’s rampage in Dekalb, the carillon bells rang at UW at noon.
In light of the record-setting snowfall and bitterly cold temperatures building up ice on campus sidewalks, UW-Madisonâ??s Physical Plant is looking to hire students to help clear ice and snow on nearly 50 miles of sidewalks.
UW-Madison received a record number of applications for admittance next fall. According to Associate Director for UW Admissions Tom Reason, about 25,000 applications were submitted to the admissions office as of the Feb. 1 deadline, surpassing last yearâ??s record by nearly 500 applicants.
The University of Wisconsin Greek community and Madison Police Department recognized a police officer Tuesday for his contributions toward safety in the Langdon Street area.
Poll workers had their work cut out for them Tuesday as a record number of student voters braced the cold and headed to the polls to cast their vote for the 2008 presidential primary.
The University of Wisconsin is hiring students to lend some muscle and help clear the campus of ice and snow until spring provides some relief for the worn-out grounds crew.
The University of Wisconsin announced Wednesday it has received a record number of freshman applications for fall 2008.
When Jolene Anderson realized she was on the verge of breaking the all-time career University of Wisconsin basketball scoring record Wednesday night, she held true to her belief of putting team abov
Second semester is in high gear, and so is flu season. College campuses, those great breeding grounds for illness, are widely reporting an unusual number of cases this year, possibly because the vaccine is a poor match to the flu viruses circulating.
Flu traffic at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s health center likewise has “increased dramatically in the past three weeks,” says Sarah Van Orman, director of clinical servicesâ??and two doctors and a pharmacist have been out of work sick so far this season.
In an election season when young voters have made more impact than ever, a quarter of Wisconsin’s eligible voters under 30 participated in Tuesday night’s primary – making youth turnout here equal to Massachusetts and second only to New Hampshire this year.
According to The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement, 220,200 voters under age 30 cast ballots in Tuesday’s primary – 25% of eligible voters in that age group.
At 16 voting wards at or near University of Wisconsin-Madison, Marquette University and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Sen. Barack Obama beat Democratic rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton among local college students, grabbing at least 79% of the vote. He was most popular at UW’s Gordon Commons, capturing 87% of the vote there.
Student season ticket packages will not face a price increase next year, according to the UW Athletics 2008-â??09 budget unanimously approved Tuesday by the Athletic Board Finance Committee.
Youâ??re doing some serious cramming by yourself at the library, your laptop open in front of you and your iPod bringing sweet tunes to your ears.
A group of University of Wisconsin College Democrats huddled around a small heater that inadequately warmed their tent on Library Mall as they coordinated volunteer efforts during Tuesdayâ??s presidential primaries.
University of Wisconsin-Madison students, most voting in their first presidential primary Tuesday, were excited to have the opportunity.
Caroline Gomez, 19, who aspires to be a politician one day, voted absentee at the City Clerk’s office a week ago so she could spend all her time at the polls Tuesday volunteering, thanking voters and just making sure everything went smoothly.
“I like the election process. I’m a political science major and democracy in itself is inspiring,” Gomez said, standing next to the vote feeder and counter at the Doyle Administration Building on West Dayton Street just before the poll for Ward 44 closed at 8 p.m. “It’s a beautiful thing about our country, the ability to choose our leaders and choose how things are supposed to run,” she said.
Election observers closely watched student turnout for this election because young voters have been strong supporters of Sen. Barack Obama in his race for the Democratic nomination against Sen. Hillary Clinton. Obama targeted UW students for support early on and drew more than 19,000 people — many of them students — to the Kohl Center last week for a rally.
Recently, the University of Wisconsin scored a coup over Harvard and Penn when it persuaded the Minority Student Achievement Network to bring its offices from Evanston, Ill., to the Wisconsin Center for Education Research here.
So what, exactly, is the Minority Student Achievement Network (MSAN), and why were prestigious major research universities vying to offer it a home?
The group, whose Wisconsin members include the Madison Metropolitan School District and the Green Bay school system, is a consortium of about 25 high-performing school districts from across the country. They joined forces in 1999 to figure out why their students of color aren’t doing as well in school as their white counterparts.
It ‘s not the news that prospective freshmen want to hear, but getting into UW-Madison this fall will be tougher than ever.
UW-Madison has received a record number of applications for next fall ‘s freshman class. To date, the admissions office has received 24,747 applications — up about 500 from this time last year.
UW-Madison student Becca Dobrez, 19, of Chicago was one of the first-time voters who picked Obama. “What gets me is the way he motivates and inspires people in a way they haven’t been inspired for a long time,” Dobrez said.
It was only a few minutes after 8 p.m. when the Great Dane, a brew pub within sight of the state capitol’s illuminated eggshell dome, learned that Barack Obama was leading in Wisconsin. Soon after that, the networks called the state for Obama, and Gov. Jim Doyle mounted the stage to address his Wisconsin victory party. Obama was still speaking in Houston, but the bartenders turned the sound off, and Doyle stepped to the microphone.
Doyle was backdropped by University of Wisconsin students sporting red “Badgers for Obama” T-shirts, all bearing the candidate’s face. At his side was Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, who triumphantly declared that Obama had carried the campus 10-to-1. Everyone had expected Obama to run up the score at the famously liberal school, but as the results rolled in, it became clear that Obama had won counties all across the state, from Lake Michigan to Lake Superior.
Welcome news: New Era Cap Co. has ended a curious and volatile period of contract negotiations with a settlement that puts the Buffalo-based company, the Teamsters union and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on the same page.
Bud Selig, commissioner of Major League Baseball and a UW-Madison alumnus, told students Monday his history degree helped him achieve success in sports management.
The University of Wisconsin Union proposed Monday a 3 percent increase in its 2008-09 budget to the Student Services Finance Committee.
Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., asked more than 3,000 people Monday at Monona Terrace to think about who they would hire to run their country.
Sgt. Tony Fiore not only does the Madison Police Department proud, he makes the entire city of Madison proud.
As described by reporter Anita Weier in Monday’s Capital Times, students at UW-Madison are honoring Fiore with a reception Wednesday for his past two years of working to better the conditions on Langdon Street.
Fiore’s tenure in the campus area is an example of what modern policing can do to bring people together in a cooperative effort to battle crime and make neighborhoods safe for residents.
Anyone curious about the ingenious ways in which classroom lessons can have practical applications can look to the annual Innovation Days competition held this past week at UW-Madison’s College of Engineering.
Five UW-Madison biomedical engineering students claimed $10,000 and the Schoofs Prize for Creativity with their ActiveCath creation, a catheterized system to sense bladder pressure and prevent incontinence.
Over the past four years, Sue Riseling has watched a disturbing trend surface on the University of Wisconsin campus: The number of students drinking themselves to incapacitation has nearly doubled.
But as alarming as the numbers are, Riseling is uncertain how serious the problem is, because no other campus can offer comparable statistics.
While the economy has slipped past the War on Terror as Americansâ?? top concern in choosing a Presidential candidate, many college-age voters – including those at the University of Wisconsin-Madison – still see it as a deciding factor. Election officials are expecting an above-average turnout of young voters, which could influence the outcome of tomorrowâ??s primary eleciton. Brian Bull reportsâ?¦(Audio.)
Gov. Jim Doyle is seeking applicants to serve as the nontraditional student member of the UW System Board of Regents, the governing body of the 26 UW System schools.
Ticket applications for the 2008 Jeopardy! College Championship at the Kohl Center will be available starting Monday at all Subway restaurants in the Madison area.
College students can now receive tutoring from Ph.D.s anytime during the day or night, making late-night cramming just a little bit easier.
University of Wisconsin students and community members braved freezing waters and low temperatures to jump in Lake Monona Saturday to benefit Special Olympics Wisconsin.
There was a time when fraternity members might run at the sight of a police officer, but times have changed on Langdon Street.
Now, community police officers help sorority and fraternity members form night patrols and often patrol with them to keep the area where many Greek houses are located safe.
The Greek community credits Madison Police Sgt. Tony Fiore, who for the past two years was the neighborhood officer on Langdon. A reception to honor him will take place Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the On Wisconsin Room at the Red Gym.
But Fiore, who was promoted Feb. 3, very much credits the students he has come to know.
The Governor ‘s Task Force on Campus Safety filed its final report in November, detailing the best campus security practices from around the country. While there is no magic formula suited for every campus, all Wisconsin campuses have been encouraged to use the report to improve their own safety plans.
Until two weeks ago, Brian Jenks planned to vote for Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York in the Wisconsin presidential primary on Tuesday.
But now the 25-year-old UW-Madison law school student is leaning toward Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois.
Former President Bill Clinton spoke to a crowd of UW-Madison students and community members Thursday, campaigning for his wife, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y.
Students at the University of Wisconsin could see costly improvements to some facilities throughout campus next year.
Former President Bill Clinton stumped for his wife, presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., on campus to nearly 2,000 students Thursday, calling her a â??change-maker.â?
MADISON, Wis. — The shooting at Northern Illinois University Thursday is the fourth at a U.S. school in a week, and the tragedy is hitting close to home for many families in southern Wisconsin.Some Rock County parents whose children are students at NIU all said they heard about the incident first through TV or radio. But in some cases, it was well more than an hour before they knew their children were OK.
Dave Smith’s daughter is a junior at Northern Illinois. He said that when he and his wife found out, they tried to track down their daughter, who was in basketball practice. Because of communications problems, the Janesville parents had to wait for their daughter to call them.
Former President Bill Clinton came to Madison Thursday to give an issues oriented, policy-heavy hourlong stump speech making the case for his wife’s bid to become president of the United States.
“This is a time of great promise, but also significant problems and peril for America,” Clinton told about 2,000 people, mostly student Hillary Clinton supporters, in the UW stock pavilion. “We have a huge economic problem at home and a significant set of challenges around the world that will affect your tomorrows.”
Maggie O’Connor did something she’s not sure she’s ever done before Wednesday night. The University of Wisconsin sophomore watched a Badger men’s basketball game, at the Kohl Center — sitting down.
UW-Madison was named to the 2007 Presidentâ??s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll With Distinction earlier this week.
While still struggling to deal with Madisonâ??s snowiest winter on record, University of Wisconsin officials said Wednesday they are going to reevaluate how the institution deals with snow removal â?? and they said they need help.
A day after Sen. Barack Obama drew roughly 20,000 to the Kohl Center, Sen. Hillary Clintonâ??s campaign put all hands on deck, bringing former U.S. Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson to speak in support of the former first lady.
It looked like a typical night of basketball at the Kohl Center. Fans were filing in a half-hour before tipoff of the game Wednesday night between the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team and Indiana.
MOBILE, Ala. â?? New Era Cap Co., the exclusive cap supplier for Major League Baseball, and the Teamsters union have reached a contract deal with workers at its Mobile plant after a lengthy dispute that included allegations of racial discrimination.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison in protest ended its cap logo-license with New Era.
Wisconsin’s primary is just days away but the city clerks office is frantically looking for help staffing polling places. Once enough workers are found, they still need to be trained.
The city clerk says they still need about 50 more people in addition to the 1300 already signed up.
In comparison, last year they only had seven hundred people working, but because turnout for Tuesday’s election is expected to be high, the city clerk says having the polls fully staffed will help move voters through quickly.
Some thieves got caught in the act and two young women took action to protect themselves and get some stolen property back. North Frances Street fell victim to some burglars Saturday night. As they moved on to their next victims, chances are they didn’t know they would come up against a fight.
Stephanie Wexler and Melissa Smith were in their apartment bathroom Saturday night. “Just like doing our makeup and stuff we walked out of our bathroom and as we walking out two guys walked out of my roomates room,” explained Stephanie.
It was no accident that Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Barack Obama’s first appearance in Wisconsin this week was at the Kohl Center in the heart of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
And even before Obama could get there, his rival, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, had already sent her daughter Chelsea on a two-day tour of college campuses around the state.
Both events drew big crowds of young people. More than 17,000 people, many of them students, filled the Kohl Center to hear Obama Tuesday night in the largest such pre-primary event in Wisconsin history.
Chelsea Clinton’s appearance, meanwhile, was a prelude to at least two more events focused on campus voters, including an appearance by Sen. Clinton herself on Monday and an event featuring former President Bill Clinton Thursday.
As the news came in that he scored resounding victories over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia Tuesday night, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama pumped up an overflow Madison crowd at the Kohl Center.
“This is our moment. This is our time,” Obama said to overwhelming applause during a 25-minute stump speech in front of more than 17,000 supporters in the arena and another 2,000 in the Kohl Center’s Nicholas-Johnson Pavilion. “And where better to affirm our ideals than here in Wisconsin, where a century ago the Progressive movement was born?”
The Teamsters union and New Era Cap Co. have reached a deal at the company’s 118-worker Mobile distribution center, both sides confirmed, although they released no details.
New Era was also under fire from college students who push for better working conditions at plants making college-logo apparel. The University of Wisconsin-Madison cut off its license to the company, and other schools have moved in that direction.
One day seven or eight years ago in Bangkok, Joe Falcone began to feel an uncomfortable sensation of futility. The grandson of garment workers, he had been working in Asiaâ??s clothing factories for nearly a decade, making certain they complied with labor and environmental laws.
The idea was to assure American consumers their apparel and shoes were not made in sweatshops. But, as Mr. Falcone recalled in a recent interview, he had come to wonder if the laws were strong enough.
Quoted: Dawn Crim, a special assistant to the chancellor at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, was one administrator persuaded by Mr. Falconeâ??s sales pitch.
â??Our chancellor has always said to find the best supplier who makes the best product in a fair way and give him a chance,â? said Ms. Crim, whose responsibilities include licensing. â??Weâ??re always on the lookout for a company that can operate in an ethical way.â?
