Category: Campus life

Dean of Students Lori Berquam is taking on some daunting challenges during her first full semester as one of the University of Wisconsinâ??s top administrators.

The University of Wisconsin Police Department canceled a Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity event last week due to security concerns, representatives of the fraternity said Saturday.

Saturday’s Badger football game is the first of two airing on the new Big Ten Network this season, but no matter if the Badgers win, some who wanted to catch the big game on TV remain at a loss.

The Badgers’ coach has said he wants a “sea of red” at home games. Well, some fans wear red. Others now see red themselves — from outside of Camp Randall.

This fall, when students at Penn State-Altoona trudge back to their dorms demoralized by a failed test or a romance on the rocks, they can take advantage of free mental-health counseling, on the spot, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

All students who come to the health center at the University of Wisconsin, even if just for a sprained ankle or a case of the sniffles, soon will be automatically screened for depression and offered treatment if needed.

The race for the White House kicked off in Madison Thursday night. The 2008 Presidential Election is more than a year away but candidates already want momentum on the UW campus to spread to the entire state. Even though it is starting with students, organizers say the ultimate goal is to get people of all ages involved well before next November.

Aaron Olson is confident he’s ready for UW-Madison. He graduated from Memorial High School last year with a 3.6 grade point average, scored a 28 on the ACT exam and did it all while being an athlete.

But University of Wisconsin-Madison officials continue to struggle to attract minority students like Olson, and even more importantly, to retain them through graduation.

Itâ??s no secret that underage alcohol consumption is a major issue at the University of Wisconsin, but instead of the issue being glamorized as it has in the past, UW is being applauded for its approach in curbing the problem.

The New York Times ran an article Wednesday about the UW administrationâ??s techniques for handling alcohol violations, including parental involvement and notification.

With the first full week of lectures and discussions coming to a close, it is not surprising that many students are already feeling stressed, particularly regarding all the money theyâ??ve spent on textbooks. Many have saved their receipts, naively hoping December will bring a 50 percent return on the $300 or so they just spent on course materials. Yet what they may not know is that the majority of students attending a University of Wisconsin campus never experience the textbook angst we know all too well.

UW-Madison students have the chance to crown their university â??Americaâ??s top party schoolâ? by voting on a Chicago-based newspaper website.

The Chicago Tribuneâ??s RedEye newspaper is sponsoring the online contest as an imitation of the Princeton Reviewâ??s â??Top 20 Party Schoolsâ? list.

A University of Wisconsin student organization is planning to protest against the inclusion of Halliburton Energy Services in a career fair sponsored by the College of Engineering later this month.

Following years of legal disagreements, the Roman Catholic Foundation of the University of Wisconsin has once again filed a lawsuit against UW.

Formerly known as the University of Wisconsin Roman Catholic Foundation, RCF-UW filed the lawsuit against UW late Monday afternoon.

Few college students do not remember exactly where they were or what they were doing the morning of Sept. 11, 2001.

The University of Wisconsin Police Department said Tuesday they are investigating an incident involving a suspicious middle-aged man allegedly conversing with and looking at photographs of young girls at a College Library computer Monday.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – The University of Wisconsin-Madison isn’t just about football and basketball. The concrete canoe team is pretty good, too.

The team took first place overall in the Dutch Conference Canoe Challenge in the Netherlands this past weekend.

The team won five out of six race categories, and their 20-foot, 176-pound canoe won the construction and innovation categories.

Earlier this year, we reported dozens of non-profit organizations owed the University of Wisconsin almost $200,000 because of accounting issues. The students in the work study program got paid, but because of the glitch in the system the UW ended up paying more than they were supposed to pay.

Officer Brent Plisch drove off to start his shift with the campus police, as all around this college town the planets were aligned for undergraduate excess. It was Friday night of the Labor Day long weekend, the eve of the first football game for the highly ranked Wisconsin Badgers. Classes for the fall semester had yet to begin, so there was no homework to tug at the student conscience for moderation, much less temperance.

Sure enough, half past midnight, Officer Plisch got a call in his cruiser from three other policemen. They had spotted a young woman woozily negotiating a pedestrian bridge between two dorms. When they questioned her, she couldnâ??t spell her name or remember her address. Her breath test showed a blood alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit.

MADISON (AP) â?? A Catholic student group sued the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Monday, saying the school is illegally refusing to allow student fees to pay for certain religious activities.

The Roman Catholic Foundation is asking a federal judge to force the university to pay for things like printing Lenten booklets, running Evangelical Catholic training camps and hosting spiritual retreats where students are counseled by priests and nuns.

UW Regents got a progress report on campus safety Friday. Officials discussed the feasibility of constant police presence and how to best oversee students or teachers who may be planning violence. Shamane Mills reports. (Audio.)

The Recording Industry Association of America said Thursday it filed a new federal copyright infringement lawsuit this week against one UW-Madison network user, following months of legal processes.

Members of the Regent Neighborhood Association delivered a two-part message Thursday to UW-Madison students living in the apartments just west of Camp Randall.

Part one: Welcome to the neighborhood!

Part two: Now don ‘t screw it up.

Dear Editor: In response to the recent coverage about UW-Madison students, alcohol overdoses and detox, I wanted to share my perspective on the issue.

Alcohol is indeed a problem here at UW-Madison, as it is at many, if not all of our peer institutions. In partnership with students, police, the city and community, the Office of the Dean of Students is committed to the safety of our students, which includes communicating important messages about drinking on our campus and promoting programs that do not involve the consumption of alcohol.

The University of Wisconsin Band is marching to a better tune this season, putting last yearâ??s sexual misconduct and hazing allegations behind them and reestablishing themselves as a positive symbol for the university.

Beginning in early November, a kosher meat kitchen will open in Chadbourne Residence Hallâ??s renovated Rhetaâ??s dining facility, which is available to all students.

Drawing from the results of the 2007 Student Computing Survey released Tuesday, the UW-Madison Division of Information Technology is making improvements to keep computing safe and effective at the university.

At this time of year it’s customary for the media to reach out. We want to help. We understand you. We’re just like you, after all – except old. Terribly, terribly old . . . sometimes I get so lonely.

Wednesday’s article on increasing textbook costs did a good job of identifying possible solutions. As a recent graduate from the UW-Madison with a triple major in liberal arts, allow me to propose another: Advise faculty to reconsider their reading lists.

Madison police are trying hard to reduce crime Downtown, and surveillance cameras will help this important effort.
Police will install eight wireless video cameras by mid-September to monitor trouble spots in and around State Street and University Avenue near the UW-Madison campus. Video will be transmitted to a central server and streamed to squad cars in the street.