Kendl Friedman knows she’s enjoying a lavish lifestyle, at least by college standards.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison freshman has a big bedroom, a private fitness room and even the availability of a personal trainer at her home at the University House Statesider, 505 N. Frances St.
From this experience, she’s become a discerning shopper.
A U.S. district court judge said Wednesday the University of Wisconsin System must release the names and contact information of 53 students accused of illegal file sharing on UW networks.
Sophomore Liz Hutchison is one of a growing number of UW students who doesn’t download music illegally. She pays for every song she downloads.
“I know I won’t get into any trouble or have any problems with my computer,” she said.
It’s a smart decision. A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the UW must cooperate with lawyers from the music industry. The university must hand over the names, phone numbers, and addresses of as many as 53 students the music industry’s lawyers suspect of downloading copyrighted music illegally.
MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Madison said it will comply with a federal judge’s decision and turn over private contact information of 53 students who could be sued for allegedly sharing digital music files over the Internet.
Sixteen record companies filed a lawsuit to get the names tied to 53 Internet connections of alleged copyright infringement.
Judge John Shabaz signed an order on Thursday that requires the university to comply with subpoenas that seek the names, addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses for the individuals.
Angela Steckart, a short, blond young woman, walks into Espresso Royale on a Friday afternoon. With a smile giving off a laid back, confident aura, she orders a latte and sits down after a long day of class. Making small talk, she seems only vaguely interested until the pleasantries give way to her favorite subject. She beams from ear to ear conversing about her â??hysterical,â? sports-loving 2-year-old son, Callen.
To anyone passing her on the street, Steckart looks like any college student but her responsibility as a single parent sets her apart.
In wake of the Virginia Tech tragedy, parents worry about their children and whether UW-Madison would react appropriately if such a dangerous event were to occur here. The UW-Madison system recently started a review of the campusâ?? current security policies and instituted a plan to conduct future reviews to ensure that the campus has a safety plan should one of any number of different scenarios arise.
What do you value about UW-Madison? Chancellor John Wiley and Provost Patrick Farrell want to know. â??We need your help!â? the two said in an e-mail to students Wednesday, inviting them to participate in an online survey running from now until May 4.
UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley, along with other Labor Licensing Policy Committee members, gathered Wednesday in Bascom Hall to hear findings from Special Assistant to the Chancellor Dawn Crimâ??s recent trip to El Salvador to investigate the Hermosa factory situation.
Students, residents and police are gearing up for next Saturday, the date set for the 38th annual Mifflin Street Block Party.
Badger fans across campus expressed both anger and confusion with the UW-Madison Athletic Department Wednesday after discovering season football tickets had sold out before knowing they had even gone on sale.
When I was a freshman, I wanted to live next to Lake Mendota. I knew the southeast dorms were not for this small-town boy. I felt lucky getting my first choice of Kronshage Hall, and when I moved in, my view of the lake from my room was one of the best in Madison. Even now, I still go out to Chamberlin and run along Lakeshore Path down to Picnic Point because it is one of the most serene runs in all of Madison.
The costs for a top-notch education keep piling up for those at the University of Wisconsin, as rising tuition continues to thin out the wallets of students and their families.
Several students expressed outrage Wednesday after learning season ticket packages for home football games had sold out, saying the University of Wisconsin never notified them about the sale.
Chancellor John Wiley acknowledged Wednesday that Adidas has not completely fulfilled its promise to clean up its labor practices at some of its Central American factories.
Dear Editor: By April 16, I was a little concerned when I hadn’t been able to locate any media coverage of the previous weekend’s events sponsored through the “Hip-hop as a Movement” Week.
….To counter the negative publicity that hip-hop venues in Madison have been receiving, positive events like these should be making front pages.
As many as 53 UW-Madison students could be slapped with lawsuits by the music recording industry after a federal judge on Wednesday ordered the university to surrender their names and other information for sharing digital music files over the Internet.
The relationship between a student loan company and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is now more suspect than it appeared at first glance. UWM said it chose Student Loan Xpress as a sole “preferred lender” because of the firm’s “superior customer service and real savings to UWM students.” Yet its loans were more expensive than those proposed by two other companies.
MADISON â?? Trisha Weiland, a native of Menasha who is attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison, spent spring break helping flood victims in Kentucky, through the Universityâ??s Alternative Breaks Program.
Weiland is a graduate of Menasha High School and is majoring in nutritional science at Madison. Weiland volunteered for one week in April during her 2007 spring break through the University organization Alternative Breaks.
Madison Ald. Eli Judge proved last week that swearing an oath to the Wisconsin Constitution in no way implies opposition to gay rights.
Other elected officials in Madison and across Wisconsin should take note and follow his example.
Judge, 19, a sophomore at UW-Madison, was sworn in Tuesday as the youngest member of the Madison City Council, representing the campus area.
In the wake of last weekâ??s tragedy at Virginia Tech, UW-Madison Police Chief Sue Riseling has agreed to chair the UW System Presidentâ??s 2007 Commission on University Security.
That familiar yellow tag on our textbooks that reads â??usedâ? could mean catastrophe for all of us collegiate scholars because we may have unknowingly purchased an outdated chronicle of finite mathematics or an ancient account of what makes a good speech.
After a yearlong legal struggle, a federal court has ruled that the University of Wisconsin Roman Catholic Foundation is eligible to receive segregated fee funding. It seems that the final chapter of one of the yearâ??s most misunderstood stories has been written.
Demand for a business degree is booming worldwide.
In many respects, thatâ??s good news for me as the dean of the UW-Madison School of Business, but that same popularity also carries a downside.
Men are paid more than women immediately following college graduation, according to a report released April 20.
University of Wisconsin officials outlined a renovation project costing nearly $2.5 million for the historic 126-year-old campus observatory Tuesday, laying out the projectâ??s timeline and logistics during a meeting with university community members.
Baas and bleats combined with the excited chatter and giggles of more than 500 elementary children Tuesday at the annual College of Agriculture and Life Sciences for Kids event at the Stock Pavilion.
Student season tickets for the 2007 University of Wisconsin football season are sold out.
After only three days, every single one of the 10,500 student tickets was gone by Tuesday afternoon.
Dear Editor: I could not help but feel pangs of sympathy for the Korean students who fear retaliation in wake of the Virginia Tech incident….
As difficult and awkward as it can be as an American to reach out to someone from a culture you know little about, it can even more difficult for foreign students, especially for those who are not naturally outgoing. I encourage everyone who is able to extend the hand of friendship to a Korean student.
Mark Huntsman, Baton Rouge, La. (formerly of Madison)
When Loretta Medeiros’ financial aid letter from New York University arrived last summer, she remembers seeing just one lender mentioned: Citibank.
Assuming it was the only lender NYU worked with, Medeiros borrowed nearly $29,000 in a private loan for graduate school. But this year, when she needed $3,000 more, she decided to ask NYU if other lenders were available. The university directed her to a school website, where she says she found a lower-cost option that will save her money.
“I was kind of going in blind” in seeking loans, says Medeiros, 23. “I wish I’d known there were other options, instead of (the school) throwing a main bank in my face.”
Concerns that such students are paying too much for loans because of questionable ties between lenders and universities are reaching a boiling point. With New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo set to testify before a House panel today about his probe of the student-loan business, the industry could be on the verge of transformational change.
After the horrors of the Virginia Tech massacre, a popular game on campuses nationwide called “Assassin” is raising concerns and prompting warnings from police. Officers in three communities in Illinois and Pennsylvania urged students to halt the games, which involve ambushing other players with sometimes realistic-looking toy guns or other objects, after the Virginia Tech shooting last week that left 33 people dead. Police say they worry that players, mostly college and high school students, would be mistaken for real-life killers, endangering themselves and others.
The governor’s budget is designed to cap tuition increases at four percent over the next two years. But that’s still too much, according to Lilia Williams of the United Council.
She says students want a freeze this year because tuition has increased over 70 percent in just the last six years. She says the governor’s proposal would still price too many students out of higher education.
The Joint Southeast Campus Area Committee met Monday and tackled a number of issues ranging from shenanigans in downtown parking ramps to renovations on Regent Street and campus construction this summer.
Expounding on stereotypes and prejudices they have encountered on campus, UW-Madison students and faculty called into question the future of the campusâ?? principal diversity program Monday at an All Campus Party forum.
Type in “Virginia Tech” into the search engine at YouTube, and the top entries, surprisingly and poignantly, pre-date last week’s horrific campus shootings.
There’s an arena-shaking clip of the 2003 Hokies football team rushing onto the field to the tune of Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” against the Miami Hurricanes. And there’s a cute little video prank where some students run through the streets with giant cardboard boxes over their bodies.
Both of these clips got to me in a way a lot of the network news coverage of the shooting and its aftermath didn’t.
Students voiced their frustration Monday with shortfalls in reaching goals to increase diversity on the University of Wisconsin campus.
Exactly one week after the deadly shootings at Virginia Tech, the president of the University of Wisconsin System announced his specific plan Monday to address university security statewide.
University Avenue and Johnson Street will be seeing heavy construction this summer as work begins on building an underground utility tunnel to aid in new construction.
You won’t go broke betting on the short-term thinking of teenagers.
Which is why the ad that landed in some UW-Madison students’ mailboxes right around the time of spring break is a work of marketing genius. It shows a young person wearing a T-shirt that reads:
“I went to Cancun on my Citi/AAdvantage Card, and I got 743 miles, a good start on my credit history and a bunch of memories.”
Is that great or what?
Milk, meat, fruit and veggies â?? all things very important to growing children’s bodies.
Alice in Dairyland spent time at several Oshkosh elementary schools last week â?? Roosevelt, St. Frances Cabrini, Washington, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Oakwood, Franklin and Smith â?? talking to students about the importance of agriculture to Wisconsin health.
Nicole Reese, 23, a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is this year’s Alice in Dairyland. Reese, Wisconsin’s Agricultural Ambassador, frequently travels around Wisconsin to talk with children about the foods they eat. Namely, cheese, beef and Wisconsin-grown fruits and vegetables.
Connecticut College senior Paul Dryden has known for years that he’d have lots of competition for an entry-level promotions job in New York’s music industry. So in a bid to get an edge last summer, he invented a job for himself. The job, as an intern in Universal Music’s Buenos Aires office, had never existed before Dryden proposed it. Yet because he was willing to work without pay, he got his foot in the door and was soon translating interviews with American rock stars for his boss, who didn’t speak English.
Allegations of stalking, like those against Virginia Tech gunman Seung Hui Cho, are common on college campuses, according to psychologists and police. The most widely cited national survey, published in 2000, found that 13% of college women said they had been stalked in the previous seven months, says the study’s primary author, Bonnie Fisher, a criminal justice professor at the University of Cincinnati. Stalking is generally defined as a repeated pattern of behavior or conduct that causes a reasonable person to feel fear, she says.
MADISON, Wis. — Candles lit the way down State Street on Monday night as members of the UW community and city leaders extended the hand of friendship to members of the Korean American Student Association.
Members of the UW campus Greek fraternities and sororities said they want to help reduce any fear that there will be some sort of backlash of Korean students.
As a nationwide controversy recently erupted over student loans, state lawmakers are investigating how UW schools may be affected.
The Associated Students of Madison launched its Neighborhood Watch program at Memorial Union Friday night to help assist police in patrolling areas frequented by its fellow students.
A business plan for bicycle advertising on college campuses took first place and a $10,000 prize in the 10th annual G. Steven Burrill Technology Business Plan Competition Friday.
AdverCycle, a plan presented by Stacy Knuth and Matt Lerner, edged nine other teams from UW-Madison that were competing for $22,000 in prize money at Grainger Hall.
Every year, there are one or two UW-Madison students whose behavior or psychological state raises serious concern among university officials.
“I don’t want to alarm anybody, but it’s not just a ‘very rare’ thing,” said Elton Crim, UW-Madison’s associate dean of students.
Simon Cowell wasn’t there to serve up biting insults, Ryan Seacrest didn’t schmooze the contestants and not one ‘dawg’ was uttered, but the UW-Madison All-Campus Idol competition Sunday night was just as entertaining and talent-filled as the nationally televised version.
Foreign applications to American graduate schools increased last year, but still fell short of reaching numbers before Sept. 11, 2001, according to a study released last week by the Council of Graduate Schools.
Although the Big Ten Network still doesnâ??t have a contract with Madisonâ??s Charter Communications, network officials are confident they will close the deal by kickoff this fall with the aid of University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez.
What does UW-Madison do to help students with mental health problems, and how much authority do university officials have to deal with those who may become a danger?
Those are questions on many people’s minds after a mentally troubled student killed 32 others and himself on the Virginia Tech campus Monday.
The University of Wisconsin has a three-pronged system aimed at helping students resolve problems before they become serious.
U-W Madison’s bell tower rang out 33 times to pay tribute to those killed in Monday’s massacre at Virginia Tech. Virginia Governor Tim Kaine declared Friday a day of morning and called for a moment of silence at noon eastern time to support those touched by Monday’s tragedy.
The UW is made up of thousands of students from hundreds of different backgrounds, but on Friday they all came together with one purpose, to do something.
The newest Neighborhood Watch Program kicked off tonight in Madison’s Spring Street neighborhood.
Students will patrol this area and look for suspcicious activity or students in need of assistance.
If something happens students will notify police.
The bells at UW tolled for Virginia Tech Friday, as the Madison campus mourned victims hundreds of miles away.
At 11 am, the carillon bells at UW rang 32 times…once for each victim of Monday’s massacre at Virginia Tech.
And at that moment, some students and staff stopped what they were doing to send their thoughts and prayers to the families and friends of the victims.
It’s a scary statistic that hits close to home–one in four women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime.
We’ve recently seen it in Madison.
Last month, a UW student says she was raped by two men on Spring Street.
(UNDATED) College students across the country have tried to comfort those at Virginia Tech, through vigils, memorial funds and other means. Friday at UW-Madison is orange and maroon day — Virginia Techâ??s school colors. Sometimes that support extends beyond those directly affected by the tragedy.
Since the shooting on Monday there have been vigils across the country. Not all the displays of grief and comfort are so public. Less obvious and sometimes harder to uncover is the anxiety that campus counselors are on hand to deal with.
Greg Smith, the director of counseling services at UW-Green Bay, says students identify with others students. Thatâ??s why, he says, even those far removed from the tragedy at Virginia Tech may feel disturbed, especially those who may have gone through some trauma. Smith says even though the trauma may be very different from this event, it can still stir up memories and concerns.
University of Wisconsin System Regent Danae Davis said today the schoolâ??s new policy of holistic admissions gives the stateâ??s business community students who can succeed in a growing global economy.
She said business leaders want students who have a â??total understanding of diverse cultures and diverse backgroundsâ? and have told the regents the System is not producing that type of talent. The policy, which was approved by the regents at their February meeting, puts more emphasis on non-academic factors than the previous admissions policy and â??achieves consistencyâ? for the entire system, she said. (Second from bottom.)
A PROFILE of UW football star Joe Thomas in the current Sports Illustrated focused on next week’s NFL draft has given me an idea for Mike Bie and his classicwisconsin.com Web site.
Bie has conducted some inspired contests on the Web site, which features much that is offbeat and colorful about Wisconsin. One of the most interesting contests was Bie’s search, several years ago, for the best ice fishing shanty in Wisconsin.
Now, with the SI article on Thomas as inspiration, it is time for Bie to try to identify the best college living quarters in Wisconsin.
Afrika Bambaataa is famous across the world, a pioneer of hip-hop and one of its greatest missionaries both home and abroad. And yet, despite over 30 years in the public eye, his real name is not known, and his age is a mystery.
Bambaataa, or Bam for short, has grown into his own mythos as easily as the rest of the world has adapted to his prophecy: hip-hop as a universal language.
Facing increasing needs for services and declining state funding, UW-River Falls undergraduate students will pay an additional $72 next year to keep the library open longer, increase research opportunities and develop a tutoring and testing center.
Studies show criminals often target college students because they’re seen as easy victims, but one step at a time students at the UW Madison are working to change that perception. A second neighborhood watch program is going into effect tomorrow night in the College Court and Spring Street area to help deter crime. The neighborhood watch program is already proving to be successful at doing just that along Langdon Street, and now one student organization is working to make more neighborhoods just as safe.
