MADISON, Wis. â?? A new study says binge drinking among University of Wisconsin System students has declined slightly but remains higher than the national average.
The survey found that 54 percent of UW students admitted binge drinking at least once in the last two weeks.
Thatâ??s down from 59 percent two years ago but above the national average of 44 percent.
The ground floor of the Petersen Automotive Museum’s parking garage looked like pit row at a NASCAR race. Vehicles covered in brightly colored decals were strewn about, motors revving, while folks poked about beneath hoods and discussed various aspects of speed and performance.
But instead of promoting Valvoline or Viagra, the decals sported the names of lithium-ion battery companies and state universities. The vehicles were 2005 Chevy Equinox crossovers — not over-engined stock cars — with power plants not found on any race track.
MADISON, Wis. — A 21-year-old UW student is lucky to be alive after falling eight stories on Saturday night.
Madison police said the student fell from the La Ciel Apartments in downtown Madison.
Police found the man lying on the ground.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new study says binge drinking among University of Wisconsin System students has declined slightly but remains higher than the national average.
The survey found that 54% of UW students admitted binge drinking at least once in the last two weeks. That’s down from 59% two years ago but above the national average of 44%.
The survey defined binge drinking as consuming 5 or more alcoholic beverages in one sitting.
The study also found a slight decrease in the consequences of drinking among students, such as missing class the next day or driving drunk.
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As part of World AIDS Day, UW-Madisonâ??s Sex Out Loud organization will host a display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt from Friday until Dec. 14 at the Red Gym.
Although the number of law school applicants has declined across the country, a study conducted this summer revealed admissions have nonetheless become more competitive.
….While it sounds like a common complaint for singles in any city, those interviewed say there are a number of reasons why meeting a partner in Madison is challenging for those in the post-college, pre-family range. Chief among them is the city’s “brain drain,” when young, qualified workers leave for opportunities elsewhere after graduation.
Arash Bahrami doesn’t like the Iranian government. When he was last in Tehran, in 2005, he urged friends, family members and people he met on the street to vote against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He didn’t particularly like the other candidate either, but he foresaw terrible things for his country if Ahmadinejad were elected president. Bahrami’s fears have been realized; he views Iran’s administration as ineffective, repressive and corrupt.
But, Bahrami says, “the most horrible thing that could happen is war between the United States and Iran.”
Should this come to pass, as some pundits now say is inevitable, Bahrami, 28, who has lived in Madison for the past five years pursuing a Ph.D. in biophysics, would feel helpless. “I cannot do anything,” he says, “so I’d just have to stay here and watch it.”
MADISON, Wis. — Madison fans could soon have a new sports bar to watch games, but the project’s location downtown is raising some eyebrows.
The proposed restaurant and bar, called Field Pass, is part of the new University Square complex under construction right now. It will be located on the corner of Johnson and Lake streets, which has some people concerned about the already high density of bars in the area.
The city’s Alcohol License Review Committee did approve the new restaurant and bar Wednesday night, but it didn’t let the $4.2 million establishment through without making a few rules. Among them, Field Pass must remain a restaurant — making more than half its income from food rather than alcohol.
Over 500 Facebook groups are devoted to sleep, yet, for being such a popular topic, many experts say most college students are not giving it the respect it deserves, especially with the end of the semester looming.
Walking across campus near Lake Mendota on a sunny Sunday afternoon, itâ??s hard to ignore the thunderous cacophony reverberating from the tower standing in front of the Social Sciences building on Observatory Drive.
Alpha Pi Omega, the first historically American Indian sorority in the nation, provides American Indian women on the collegiate level with confidence in their capability. Founded at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Sept. 1, 1994, the sorority has spread to other universities around the country and currently has over 250 members.
In 2001, the sorority began initiating women at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Twenty-two-year-old Sasanehsaeh â??Suziâ? Pyawasay, who was initiated in the spring of 2005, is one of five members of Alpha Pi Omega Sorority at the UW-Madison.
A policy that would limit the use of student segregated fees is on its way to the UW System Board of Regents.
The policy would prevent student governments from allocating segregated fees to organizations for some purposes, such as the hiring of staff members not affiliated with the university and renting off-campus facilities. Organizations that wanted to use segregated fees to such purposes would have to appeal to the chancellor, according to the policy.
In a 6-3-1 vote, a committee of System administrators and students passed the proposal, which now heads to UW System President Kevin Reilly. The Board of Regents will review the proposal at its Dec. 6 and 7 meetings.
Madison fire officials determined discarded smoking materials were the root cause of the Nov. 18 fire at 123 N. Bedford St. that killed a 23-year-old UW-LaCrosse student and displaced five UW-Madison students.
The Committee to Review Allocable Segregated Fee Policies, composed of five University of Wisconsin System students and five UW System administrators, met for the fourth and final time yesterday to finalize recommendations for the segregated fee policy.
The fatal fire that struck the home of University of Wisconsin students last week was caused by discarded smoking materials, the Madison Fire Department announced Tuesday.
Today Gov. Jim Doyle signed legislation that will require insurance providers to continue coverage of dependent college students if they have to leave school on a medical leave of absence.
The requirement includes all health care plans — private policies as well as those offered by the state or other public entities.
A student group at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee that invited a controversial speaker to campus is protesting the school’s demand for extra security fees, saying the university is trying to kill the event and stifle free speech.
City of Madison fire investigators on Tuesday said discarded smoking materials caused the fatal blaze that killed a 23-year-old man in a Downtown house on Nov. 18.
Peter J. Talen, a former UW-La Crosse student, was unable to get out of the burning house at 123 N. Bedford St. and was found dead by firefighters near a couch in the living room next to the front porch. He had been visiting his brother, Andrew Talen, a UW-Madison student who lived at the house with four other students. Three house occupants were injured during the fire.
Shaun Winter was a miracle to his family the day he was born and had a knack for overcoming obstacles throughout his life, said Fran Winter, the father of the Wausau-native whose life was cut short Saturday in a deer hunting accident.
Winter, 26, died after he was shot by another hunter in the town of Kennan during a deer drive.
Days after his death, family and friends gathered in Wausau to mourn the loss of Winter, who was studying biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was on the verge of taking medical school entrance exams. Fran Winter, 53, reflected on his son’s life Tuesday, calling him an inspiration.
The first of three finalists for the position of UW-Madison Vice Provost of diversity and climate visited campus Monday night and discussed his role as a leader on diversity issues.
Students raised concerns and questions on changes to the segregated university fee policy Monday at a forum hosted by the university.
A large and passionate crowd of University of Wisconsin students and campus community members voiced their concerns in an open forum Monday to discuss proposed changes to the student segregated fee policy â?? a fee included in all studentsâ?? tuition.
Madison fire officials said today that a cigarette was the cause of a Nov. 17 fire that claimed the life of a Plymouth man at an off-campus residence.
Peter J. Talen, 23, was found dead in the living room at 123 N. Bedford St. after passers-by reported the blaze at about 5:35 a.m. In a press release, Madison Fire Department spokeswoman Lori Wirth said a couch on the porch of the nearly 100-year-old home was where the fire likely started. The living room where firefighters found Talen was adjacent to the porch.
Stefanie Whittaker crossed the stage last spring to pick up her bachelor of science degree at UW-Madison.
This fall, Whittaker crossed town, enrolling in the paralegal program at Madison Area Technical College.
The way she figures it, coming to MATC is no knock against her UW-Madison degree. It ‘s a practical decision to help her get the kind of job she wants.
At large universities such as UW-Madison, it is not uncommon for a freshman to attend an introductory lecture brimming with hundreds of other students.
Such is the necessity of getting the 28,000 undergraduates who attend UW-Madison through their coursework.
The television program “Beauty and the Geek” is coming to Madison to find contestants for the fifth season of the reality show.
Representatives of the production will be at the University Book Store on 711 State Street next Saturday, Dec. 1 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. to audition both “geeks” and “beauties,” as the show calls them, in an open casting call.
Since audition signs have been posted, “students have been inquiring quite often, actually,” said Kevin Phelps, vice president of UBS. “It seems like it’s kind of a hot topic down on campus.”
At the University of Wisconsin at Madison, registered student organizations can request the information at a rate of $35 per hour, while third parties must pay $90 per hour. The effect: Student organizations are formed on the campus to support a candidate, and those groups request the information.
“Every election year we get some requests,” says Marilyn N. McIntyre, manager of information services in the registrar’s office at Madison. Most political campaigns request students’ e-mail addresses, she notes, since that is a cheap way to reach them.
….As long as there are cheaper apartments for rent in the older houses around campus, however, there will be students living in substandard housing. The city must increase housing inspections, and landlords must take responsibility that their houses meet fire codes.
If not, we risk more tragic deaths, as history repeats itself.
Fire safety has become a top priority among city and campus officials in the wake of Sunday’s tragic blaze that claimed the life of a young man visiting his brother at an off-campus residence.
The UW-Madison Athletic Department has increasingly become a separate entity from the rest of the university. This hurts everyone involved with the university including students, fans, donors and athletes.
The University Book Store announced the arrival of Fair Trade Wisconsin T-shirts Friday as part of a new university licensing agreement.
In the wake of Sunday morningâ??s tragic blaze at 123 N. Bedford St., city and university officials continue investigating the cause of the fire and stress the importance of keeping up on fire safety codes.
A University of Wisconsin professor edited a journalism encyclopedia published Monday, collecting the works of several other UW professors and alumni.
The Madison Fire Department has not yet discovered the cause of a Sunday morning blaze that killed a 23-year-old University of Wisconsin-La Crosse student near the UW-Madison campus, but investigators said the house had no working fire detectors.
Dear Student, your professor added you as a friend on Facebook. We need you to confirm that you are, in fact, friends with your professor.
The owner of the rental house where a visiting 23-year-old Plymouth man died in a fire Sunday said smoke detectors at the property were working when the current tenants moved into the building in August 2006.
“I know we were in compliance with all the rules,” said Chris Houden, whose Palisades Properties owns the property at 123 N. Bedford St. and several others in the area leased to students.
The death of the first-born son of a Plymouth performing-arts family in a weekend fire in Madison has sent waves of grief through both communities.
Peter Talen, 23, was remembered Monday by Plymouth High School educators as a student whose impact went beyond the classroom and stage.
“Our faculty is broken up about it,” said Principal Dan Mella. “Peter was very involved in community and school activities, in 4-H and the arts.
If you’re among the 27 million people who will be traveling on U.S. airlines over Thanksgiving, this probably won’t come as a shock. But travel experts say the odds are fairly high you won’t have a pleasant experience.
This has been the worst year ever for cancelled flights and long delays, and passenger complaints are up 50 percent over 2006. But are the odds of having a bad experience even higher if you’re a non-American?
MADISON, Wis. — UW students in need, like those who lost their home to fire, can get some financial help from the university, reported WISC-TV.
The crisis loan fund is a program that grants UW Madison students zero interest loans of around $500, for any type of crisis such as fire, an accident, or maybe just to a student who needs help paying an electric bill.
Students can then use the loan money to meet their immediate needs in a crisis situation.
MADISON, Wis. — Madison’s chief building inspector, George Hank, told WISC-TV that despite repeated messages every year about checking smoke detectors, the message, many times, falls on deaf ears.
He said both occupants and landlords are to blame.
Hank estimates that 40 percent of all the smoke detectors they check are not working, even though, he said, “The smoke detector is the greatest advance ever made in home safety.”
MADISON, Wis. — Authorities are investigating what caused a house fire this weekend that killed a 23-year-old University of Wisconsin-La Crosse student and hurt three others, but said that smoke alarms weren’t working.
The Madison Fire Department said that three smoke alarms in the house were disabled.
The blaze broke out at about 5:30 a.m. in the 100 block of North Bedford Street. Madison and UW firefighters arrived at the scene within minutes and it took them about 20 minutes to contain the fire. Firefighters evacuated nearby houses fearing that the fire would spread, WISC-TV reported.
The Dean of Students at the UW is urging everyone across campus to make sure their smoke detectors are working properly.
The urgent reminder follows Sunday’s deadly fire on Bedford Street.
23-year-old Peter Talen of Plymouth, a UW LaCrosse student in town visiting his brother was found dead inside the rental property.
Three others were taken to the hospital and are in stable condition Monday afternoon.
There were no working smoke detectors inside the home that burned early Sunday morning in downtown Madison.
That’s according to the Madison fire investigators working this case.
The fire killed 23-year-old Peter Talen of Plymouth.
As UW-Madison students prepare travel plans to get to and from Madison for Thanksgiving break this week, two student-run bus companies are providing convenient, low-cost services to get home.
A house fire early Sunday morning on Bedford Street left one dead and three UW-Madison students injured, according to Madison fire officials.
Chancellor John Wiley and Athletic Director Barry Alvarez announced Friday that revenue generated from the Big Ten Network would be distributed to campus entities outside the UW Athletic Department.
A judge found Antonio Popeâ??the man accused of two attacks on women near UW-Madisonâ??s campus last semesterâ??guilty of two felony counts of first degree sexual assault and kidnapping Friday, after Pope pled no contest to the charges.
Investigators today were still trying to figure out the cause of Sunday’s campus area fire swept through a nearly 100-year-old house in a student residential neighborhood, which killed a young man who was visiting his brother and injured three others.
Forcing cable providers to provide the Big Ten Network makes about as much sense as passing legislation that mandates McDonaldâ??s carry the Whopper. Not surprisingly, this is exactly what the state Legislature is considering.
An innocent game may have turned violent at the Memorial Union Saturday when a building manager was allegedly punched and kicked several times by two young males.
A Dane County man was found guilty Friday of abducting and raping two female University of Wisconsin students in late 2006.
The University of Wisconsin will receive $6.1 million in royalties from the Big Ten Network by the end of the 2007-08 academic year, Chancellor John Wiley said Friday.
A U.S. district judge granted the Recording Industry Association of America a subpoena Thursday allowing the company to request information on 56 University of Wisconsin System students accused of illegally downloading music.
UW-Madison will earn at least $6.1 million this year under its broadcasting agreement with the Big Ten Network, Chancellor John Wiley said Friday.
An early Sunday morning blaze destroyed a house near the University of Wisconsin campus, leaving a UW-La Crosse student dead and three UW-Madison students with burn injuries.
STEVENS POINT â?? In his three months at UW-Stevens Point, freshman Joe Kooi, 18, has gradually moved more of his possessions to campus from his home in Milwaukee â?? a computer, a microwave oven, his iPod, his shotgun.
A house fire near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus Sunday morning killed a 23-year-old man who was visiting friends for the weekend and injured three others, according to the Madison Fire Department.
On Thursday, when college students take their seats at Thanksgiving tables, there could be some surprises in store. The biggest one might be that there aren’t many surprises.
Anthony Reuter, 20, a junior at the University of Minnesota, told his parents about his shaved head a full month before going home to Viroqua this week.
“My mom screamed,” said Reuter, who also gave them a heads-up when he pierced his lip this time last year.
MADISON, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin will earn at least $6.1 million this year under its broadcasting agreement with the Big Ten Network, Chancellor John Wiley said Friday.
Wiley said 70 percent of the revenue will go to the athletics department to support its strategic plan. The rest will be used for financial aid for low-income students and to support the school’s library system.
The university released the details Friday afternoon, capping a week in which state lawmakers started to question the deal.
Many Badgers fans are angry they can’t get some Wisconsin games on cable TV since the state’s two biggest cable companies and the network have failed to reach an agreement.
