It is old news that the state budget is in limbo. It is two months past the due date, and Wisconsin is the only state to be tardy in producing a budget. The question now is, who or what is to blame. Many are quick to blame the Republicans and Democrats for reaching an uncomfortable stalemate.
After indulging myself in HBOâ??s â??Hard Knocks,â? I have come to two realizations: The NFL depth chart is the most scrutinized aspect of the sports world, and it is a near impossibility that the time spent altering a teamâ??s depth chart eclipses the amount of time I have spent modifying my class schedule.
Check your privacy settings. The world will soon be able to view your Facebook profile via search engines like Google.
Two Democratic Representatives appeared on Library Mall Thursday to address the frozen financial aid of 4,708 UW System students, which has become a problem because of the state budget stalemate.
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.
Students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison continue to go wireless, and show increasing concern over computer security according to the most recent survey of student technology trends.
The report, released this week and conducted online through the school’s Division of Information Technology (DoIT) with about 350 students last spring, shows that more than three quarters (77 percent) of students own a laptop, up from 64 percent in 2006. As a result, reliance on campus wireless network connections increase. Wireless access was up from 30 percent in 2006 to 50 percent in 2007, according to the survey.
Meanwhile, a recent survey of faculty and staff technology trends at UW-Madison revealed that nearly 60 percent use a laptop, more than double the 29 percent in 2006, and 49 percent use a cell phone, up from 20 percent reported last year.
Armed with one of his (Big) Ten Commandments — “It’s not what happens, but how you react to what happens” — University of Wisconsin football coach Bret Bielema sounded confident after Wednesday’s practice that tailback Lance Smith’s suspension could have positive ramifications on everybody involved, even though the 19-year-old Smith will not be available to compete in any of the team’s five road games during the regular season.
“I think it’s another great opportunity,” Bielema said of the possibilities that may now exist for self-examination and self-improvement on several fronts.
Madison – University of Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema learned almost two weeks before the opener that sophomore tailback Lance Smith would be suspended for multiple games and learned one week later that the suspension would cover the Badgers’ five regular-season road games, beginning Saturday at Nevada-Las Vegas.
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.
Dear Editor: The Associated Press recently carried the following news item:
“UW-Madison is opening a kosher meat kitchen in a residence hall dining room starting this fall. Muslims who follow Islamic dietary laws, called halal, will also be accommodated.”
Is the University of Wisconsin-Madison violating the Constitution of Wisconsin because it has chosen to accommodate those people whose food consumption is dictated by religion?
If it weren’t for the fact that everywhere you turn, you — and your kids — can see and hear beer advertising, I could get excited about those Madison city buses wrapped in a Miller Genuine Draft ad.
Let’s not come unraveled, though, over a beer ad that is presumably helping to keep bus fares down because it might corrupt the children.
….We pack our kids off to college and tell them not to touch a drink until they’re of legal age, even when they’re walking past all those tailgate parties on the way to the football game or sitting behind the Memorial Union with a 21-year-old classmate or two.
Lance Smith, a sophomore running back for the University of Wisconsin football team, has been suspended for five games.
UW athletic director Barry Alvarez and Dean of Students Lori Berquam announced today that Smith will not travel or compete in each of the Badgers’ five road games, starting with Saturday’s game at UNLV.
The suspension, according to a news release serves “as resolution of a nonacademic misconduct case pending against” Smith, who was arrested in July following an incident with his girlfriend.
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.
Welcome Week, a Badger home football game and Labor Day weekend usually mean trouble for both the Madison police and the University Police Department.
But this past weekend moved along without much incident at all.
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.
As the academic year begins, University of Wisconsin students are preparing for projects, papers and exams.
But this fall, University Health Services will be asking students to take, and hopefully ace, yet another test.
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.
MADISON â?? Mario Selph said he probably has to drop out of school this semester.
Erin Campbell might not be able to buy her books for weeks, and Rose Reisinger may have to take out more loans.
The three are among 4,300 low-income college students on a waiting list for the stateâ??s premier financial aid program, which has run out of money because of a budget stalemate at the Capitol.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Business is unique, say its administrators, for its specialized courses in the second year. Students can focus on disciplines from brand management to entrepreneurship. Some students who responded to the 2007 BusinessWeek survey praised the school for its practical, applied lessons and personalized touches.
MADISON, Wis. — Even while U.S. numbers lag, the number of vaccinations for meningitis is high in Wisconsin.
A government survey finds that about 12 percent of teens get the relatively new vaccine.
But Wisconsin has higher compliance, in part because of a state law passed after a student died of the infection.
Wisconsin college students aren’t required to get the shot, which usually costs around $90.
Craig Roberts, an epidemiologist with the University Health Services in Madison, said that three-fourths of incoming freshmen are vaccinated.
The stalled state budget is stalling financial aid for students starting class this week at UW-Madison. Legislators are more than two months late in passing a budget. Without one, the state’s financial aid program cannot cut checks to its neediest students.
Tanika Wilson-Kromah is returning to school after ten years. She is also a mom, so searching for financial aid is helping her hit the books again.
The future of higher education in Wisconsin is at stake as budget negotiations continue between the state Assembly and Senate.
One item of particular concern is a proposed cap to limit the growth in tuition paid by University of Wisconsin System students to 4% a year for four years.
If approved, the tuition cap might preclude needed differential tuitions for high-demand majors, proposals that have been endorsed by students and approved by the Board of Regents.
The university that produces the most blue chip CEOs and university professors, the most Peace Corps volunteers, and the most productive and long-running patents isn’t Stanford or MIT — it’s the University of Wisconsin.
MADISON, Wis. — Given the University of Wisconsin football Badgers’ impressive home record, which only improved after Saturday’s victory over Washington State, fans of visiting teams who travel to Madison to see their team play Wisconsin are usually not happy with the outcome at Camp Randall.Even so, university officials are working to make Badger game day more enjoyable for all fans, regardless of their allegiances, WISC-TV reported.
Madison- 40,000 students are returning to UW-Madison this week, just 2 months after the disappearance and murder of UW-Whitewater student Kelly Nolan in the downtown Madison area.
Her killer was never caught. The crime is fresh in the minds of students. Some say they will be more cautious while out partying, knowing that Nolan’s killer is still on the loose.
MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Marching Band has been staying in line — both literally and figuratively — since it was threatened by officials for rowdy behavior and hazing last year.
News about the band has been positive since a series of embarrassing incidents came out about lewd behavior by the group led to Chancellor John Wiley’s decree to shape up.
Casey Nagy, an assistant to Wiley, said administrators have been “very pleased with their response” after band members were strongly warned about losing performance and travel privileges.
Madison police bust underage and over-served students on one of the busiest party weekends.
27 News rode along with Madison Police Department’s Party Patrol Friday night.
Six officers went from house to house and bar to bar busting underage drinkers.
The University of Wisconsinâ??s state-of-the-art, $28-million Ogg Hall opened in late August in the midst of a battle at the Capitol to secure funding for more housing projects at UW.
With just weeks to go until the start of the academic year, the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents voted in August to raise tuition at all of its four-year schools.
MADISON, Wis. — Heather Zucker ate mostly salad and spaghetti during the years she lived in the University of Wisconsin dorms. Sometimes, her dinner was just a bowl of ice cream.
Zucker wasn’t being picky. She keeps kosher, and she said there were ”slim pickin’s” for Jewish students in the dining halls.
MADISON – As students returned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the fall semester, detectives continued their search for the killer of a woman who vanished after a night of bar-hopping, common among the school’s 41,000 students.
Police and university officials are cautioning students to drink in moderation, stay with their friends and have a plan for getting home — things that 22-year-old Kelly Nolan apparently didn’t do before she disappeared early June 23.
Think back to your freshman year of college: what comes to mind?
Maybe meeting new people, taking tough classes or ordering pizza every night?That first year of freedom brings big changes for many new students. The most daunting may be managing their money for the first time.UW-Eau Claire allows credit card companies to market to students but only if a student organization or academic department sponsors the company’s visit to campus.
Policies vary by school in the UW-System, but at UW-Stout and UW-Madison, school leaders restrict where credit card companies or other marketing organizations can try to sell to students
MADISON, Wis. â?? As students returned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison this week for the fall semester, detectives continued their search for the killer of a woman who vanished after a night of bar-hopping common among the school’s 41,000 students.
As students returned to UW-Madison this week for the fall semester, detectives continued their search for the killer of a woman who vanished after a night of bar-hopping common among the school ‘s 41,000 students.
Starting Sept. 1, The Big Ten Network will be added to the UW-Madison Residential Network system along with several other campus buildings, following an agreement between the university and the network.
The Big Ten Network will be available as a normal cable channel wherever ResNet is available on campus, including the Memorial Union, Union South, the J.F. Friedrick Center, the Fluno Center and Lowell Hall. Direct T.V. users can also access the network.
Ticket prices for the famed Halloween party on State Street will increase this year.
Over the summer, Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, along with other city officials, hiked Halloween ticket prices from $5 to $7 on Saturday, Oct. 27, the day of the event. The $5 tickets were introduced last yearâ??attendance was free before then.
Tuition for resident and nonresident undergraduates at UW System schools will increase by 5.5 percent in the 2007-08 school year, the UW Board of Regents decided Aug. 7.
UW System President Kevin Reilly said the decision, which marks the lowest percentage of tuition increase students have seen in seven years, was made â??in the 11th hour,â? and tuition bills were finally mailed out Aug. 24.
Excitement for Welcome Week is in the air on campus, but the reality for 75 UW-Madison students is quite different.
Ogg Hall, the Campus Master Planâ??s latest edition and the second new campus residence hall in the last 42 years, is open and ready for move-in.
Local college students went back to school this week with many left in limbo as to their financial aid status.
As of June 27, the state stopped dispensing financial aid to low-income students because the state budget hasn’t been finalized, according to a Gannett Wisconsin Newspapers report.
MADISON, Wis. — A new campus residence offers University of Wisconsin-Madison an alternative to regular dorm life with the option of a faith-based lifestyle.
The Pres House Residence is one of the first-of-its-kind apartment buildings in the country. A cross between dorm and apartment living, it is run by the Pres House, a Presbyterian Campus Organization.
MADISON, Wis. — Wednesday marks the start of moving for hundreds of University of Wisconsin-Madison students living on campus.
On Wednesday and Thursday, about 2,500 students and their belongings will be moving into residence halls for the upcoming school year, WISC-TV reported.
“We probably have around 300 Badger Buddies to help us, plus our house fellows, plus all of our full-time staff, plus some of our student employees. So there’s a lot going on and a lot of people helping,” said Paul Evans, director of UW-Madison housing.
It’s goodbye mom and dad, hello college for freshman at the UW. But, move in day involves more than heavy lifting and unpacking.
“I’m really excited,” exclaims Elysha Decker! “I just don’t know how all this will fit in my dorm room.”
The first of more challenges to come for Elysha, who is from Portage.
“It will be an adventure, definitely,” she says. “I’ll learn a lot and have a lot of new experiences.”
Students in UW-Madison residence halls will be able to watch the Big Ten Network this fall under an agreement between the university and the network.
The network also will be available at Memorial Union and Union South, as well as the J.F. Friedrick Center, the Fluno Center and Lowell Hall.
As a new school year begins, University of Wisconsin officials are launching an effort to make students realize how dangerous alcohol can be.
“This is a messaging campaign aimed at incoming freshmen, primarily in the UW Housing dorms,” said Susan Crowley, director of prevention services at University Health Services at UW-Madison.
“We are very concerned about the increase in the number of students transported to detoxification with very high blood alcohol content. We want to let students know very early in the year about the seriousness of alcohol incapacitation.”
It is not just students, teachers and coaches who gear up for the school year and football weekends. Detox does too.
“We know we will have an increased number on football weekends. We’re prepared. We have to be,” said Melody Music-Twilla, who runs the Dane County Detox Center on Industrial Drive on Madison’s southeast side for Tellurian Ucan, Inc.
Between those sent to detox by Madison Police officers and University of Wisconsin-Madison campus police, Music-Twilla expects all 29 beds in the 24-48 hour triage center to be filled before the end of the night Saturday.
There are three things that can waylay the well-oiled machine of move-in day at UW-Madison, says Associate Dean of Students Kevin Helmkamp: Weather, an elevator breaking down and some guy who’s pulling a trailer for the first time in his life.
As students return to campuses across the nation, college administrators face the first test of their efforts to inoculate campuses against the sort of horrific violence that hit Virginia Tech last April, when a student killed 32 other students and faculty members, then committed suicide.
University of Wisconsin football coach Bret Bielema closed the door on any possibility fifth-year senior defensive end Jamal Cooper will return to the team.
Bielema announced Friday in a news release that Cooper “had been suspended indefinitely from the program for conduct detrimental to the team,” which appeared to leave open the possibility of Cooper returning to the team at some point. However, the same release also said Cooper “will have access to full academic support services, but will no longer be a part of the football program in any other way.”
Bielema cleared up the confusion during his Monday news conference.
MADISON – Several thousand college students around the state are still awaiting word on financial aid through the need-based Wisconsin Higher Education Grant program with only about a week to go before classes start in the University of Wisconsin System.
They are waiting for enactment of a new state budget, which is now in a legislative conference committee.
(MADISON) In downtown Madison, more than 30 surveillance cameras are scheduled to be installed and tested soon as a way to crack down on crime. But there are already mixed feelings on the camerasâ?? use and effectiveness.
Nearly $390,000 has been spent on the venture, which will set up a video monitoring system along State Street, University Avenue, and other areas police want to watch closely. Backers, like UW-Madison sophomore Becky Layman, say the cameras provide them and others with some peace of mind. UW grad student Nathan Vernau says heâ??s not entirely sure how effective the cameras will be, but says they can help police investigate incidents like the recent disappearance and murder of a UW coed and the shooting death of a Minnesota man during a fight on State Street.
University of Wisconsin men’s basketball player Kevin Gullikson received a citation early Saturday morning for underage drinking. According to the UW Police Department, he was picked up at 1:25 a.m. and had an alcohol level of .209, more than twice the legal limit.
Gullikson, 20, pleaded no contest in Sept. 2006 to an underage drinking charge.
Dear Editor: As a resident of Wisconsin and student body president of UW-Eau Claire, I am frustrated and troubled by the biennial budget process this year.
We are one of the last states in the country to finalize a 2007-2009 biennial budget and we are nearly two months behind. Significant problems are occurring because of this complacency.
Currently, there are thousands of UW students unsure if they can attend school in September because the Wisconsin Higher Education Grant has not been determined. Also, the UW System Board of Regents had to set tuition with no indication of what the state’s allocation would be.
With about a week to go before classes start at UW System schools, nearly 3,800 college students around the state are still waiting to hear what kind of financial aid they will — or will not — receive for the upcoming school year.
Jamal Cooper continues to find ways into University of Wisconsin football coach Bret Bielema’s doghouse.
Bielema announced Friday that Cooper, a fifth-year senior defensive end, has been suspended indefinitely from the program for conduct detrimental to the team. According to a news release, Cooper “will have access to full academic support services, but will no longer be a part of the football program in any other way.”
MADISON, Wis. — It was move-in day for UW students.
The new Ogg Hall opened its doors to 615 students.
The â??New Oggâ? is UWâ??s newest residence hall, which replaces the historic Ogg Hall towers.
