MADISON, Wis. — In the wake of Monday’s deadly shooting at Virginia Tech, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department is considering ways to contact students faster in emergency situations.
UW-Madison police said that they are looking into the possibility of mass text messaging as a more appropriate and timely means of communicating with students during a crisis.
The first shooting happened in a dormitory, the second more than two hours later in a classroom building.
In the meantime, the university was preparing an e-mail alert. That notification after the first incident is coming under scrutiny.
Madison bartenders are doing less coughing and wheezing since the July 2005 city smoking ban came into effect, according to the findings of a recent respiratory health study by UW-Madison researchers.
University of Wisconsin police say they are as prepared as they can be for a tragedy like the one that occurred Monday on the Virginia Tech campus, where more than 30 people were killed in a shooting rampage.
And UW-Madison Dean of Students Lori Berquam stressed that officials are responding to concerned students and reaching out to students who come from Virginia to help them deal with the frightening reality.
“The other component is to make sure our crisis plans are intact and up-to-date. They are pretty comprehensive. It indeed could happen here,” Berquam said.
“Sex Out Loud,” a UW-Madison student group promoting open discussion of sex and sexuality, gave credence to its name by hosting a candid discussion of public sex education on the UW-Madison campus Monday night.
“One of Sex Out Loud’s’ main goals is to promote healthy sexuality through a variety of different methods,” said Emily Shor, UW-Madison senior and “Sex Out Loud” outreach coordinator. “We are basically trying to provide sex education to make sure people know how to be safe and happy at the same time.”
Watching the horror of the Virginia Tech shootings unfold on television and the Internet, many University of Wisconsin students said what worries them is that it could happen in Madison, too.
“I’m scared it could happen here. They are a big campus just like we are,” said Ian Behm, a junior studying economics and agriculture business management. “I’ll be sitting in class tomorrow thinking it could happen right now.”
Late into the a.m. before a packed house of cheering spectators at the UW Memorial Union, break dancers from across the globe are breaking the laws of physics to the eternal sounds of the funky drummer.
As the DJ samples the James Brown beat, teams compete for the reaction of the crowd, which is piled up everywhere outside the dancers’ expanse of hardwood.
The event, now in its fourth year, is called “Breakin’ the Law,” and its size and scope demonstrate what an organizing force hip-hop has become for this generation. The show is just one part of “Hip-Hop Week,” which the UW Multicultural Student Coalition has been filling campus venues with this week.
A new fiber optic network will allow University of Wisconsin researchers to access information up to 20,000 times faster and one million times greater than the capacity of a typical home broadband connection, the Division of Information Technology announced Monday.
A University of Wisconsin alumnus and longtime contributor gave UW libraries nearly $1 million to benefit Friends of the UW-Madison Library initiatives in an endowment announced Monday.
In less than one month, Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle will allow eighth graders across Wisconsin to officially pledge good grades to a program that has not yet been approved by the state Legislature.
After the Virginia Tech campus was thrown into terror and chaos Monday, University of Wisconsin officials were left scrambling to contact five graduate students and three faculty members that were on the Virginia Tech campus.
For parents of students away at college, the news Monday that 32 students were gunned down at Virginia Tech hit hard.
It’s not like we don’t already have enough things to fret about: Are they eating properly? Studying? In love? Depressed?
And why don’t they ever call?
I’m sure cell phones were ringing all over the UW- Madison campus, and others, as the news spread about the Virginia Tech shootings. On the students’ phones, the word “Mom” lit up.
For years, UW students were able to buy the pill well below cost; eight to nine dollars s a pack rather than the â??real-worldâ? price of 30 to 50 dollars a pack.
That all changed after the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, federal legislation which no longer allowed colleges to offer birth control at a nominal cost.
Police call an incident outside of a UW sorority house disturbing. Investigators say the cruel nature of it raises concerns that whoever is responsible is capable of something worse.
The animal cruelty case starts at the front door of Pi Beta Phi sorority.
“I don’t know who would do something like that, it’s kind of sick,” neighbor and UW junior Rick Jobski said.
The President of the UW System says campuses will be ready to deal with the first class of students signing the Wisconsin Covenant. Thousands of 8th graders are expected to sign the agreement in May, which will guarantee them access to a college education. UW System president Kevin Reilly says they’re gearing up to meet that expected increase in students with their growth agenda. That includes increasing physical space at UW schools and adding more faculty.
f youâ??ve had a general chemistry class at the UW-Madison, you probably know â??Jim the demo guy.â?
Jim Maynard, 43, has been working as a lecture demonstrator in the UW Chemistry department since 2001.
The recent thrust to quantify the value of a college education has sparked heated debate across campuses nationwide and has caused some government officials to consider requiring graduates to take a college exit exam.
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents approved a differential tuition plan for undergraduate business students at their meeting Friday, which will require students enrolled in the Business School to pay more tuition per semester than others.
Tim Sell sees potential every time he comes to work. He hopes a group of UW-Madison students taking part in a unique entrepreneurial program next week will have similar visions.
Sell, the marketing supervisor for the UW-Madison’s Surplus With A Purpose (SWAP) Shop, is anxious for the participants in the first Wiscontrepreneur Challenge to walk the aisles of the shop at 2102 Wright St.
Michael Quieto has been a well-known leader for the UW-Madison teaching assistants union.
The room really was much too big.
Wearing a surprised expression, Delta Lambda Phi president Jake Aebly walked tentatively into the Red Gymâ??s On Wisconsin room, which is as spacious as a basketball gymnasium. His eyes were wide as he looked around.
â??This is not the room I requested!â? he said to fraternity brotherhood director Michael Balen, who had been sitting alone in the room, waiting for eight or so of his brothers to join him. They had more space, comically more space, than they needed for their business meeting that Sunday night last December. Balen looked amused. Aebly did not.
At least one UW-Eau Claire student has accepted a settlement offer as the Recording Industry Association of America continues to crack down on illegal music downloading on college campuses.
Freshman Courtney Dokkestul, who received a letter during the first round of notifications, said she has accepted a settlement offer for a principal amount of $3,000.
“At first I thought it was a joke,” Dokkestul said, adding she still hasn’t decided whether to go with a six-month payment plan for $3,250 or a 12-month plan for a total of $3,500.
MADISON, Wis. — A new gay fraternity is opening on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
It is the first gay fraternity on campus in more than 15 years, WISC-TV reported.
“Building a fraternity, a chapter or a colony, is a lot of work. So what I’m doing isn’t necessarily for me,” said Rodolfo Alaniz, co-founder of Delta Lambda Phi.
Alaniz said that the idea of starting a gay fraternity came up three years ago.
With the flood of on-campus sexual assaults this academic year, UW-Madison students have more than a right to be concerned. Equally concerning is the confusion. Since most situations require students to walk home alone at night, they are left wondering how they can protect themselves.
The UW System Board of Regents came one step closer to officially passing the UW-Madison School of Business differential-tuition proposal when it approved the policy in committee at its Thursday meeting at UW-Oshkosh.
University of Wisconsin students and Madison residents will rally volunteers for local shelters and food banks tomorrow as part of the 23rd annual national Hunger Cleanup.
Updating students, faculty and community members on congressional progress on global warming, Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., paid a visit to the University of Wisconsin campus Thursday night and heard concerns from UW experts and concerned citizens.
A University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents committee approved the UW-Madison Business School differential tuition program Thursday, setting it up for a vote by the full board today.
Differential tuition could continue at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh if the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents gives the proposal a continuing green light today.
The continuation of UWO’s differential tuition plan received the blessing of the regents’ finance committee Thursday, the regents first day of meetings at the UWO campus.
Differential tuition is any tuition charged for students above what other students in the UW system pay. At Oshkosh, the fee has been used to provide for more academic advising, career counseling and other student support services.
(MADISON) The University of Wisconsin-Madison sent an envoy to El Salvador Thursday, to investigate allegations of mismanagement and corruption at a factory that made official sportswear for the University.
Hermosa Manufacturing contracted with Adidas to make UW clothing from 2000 to 2002. After it closed in 2005, complaints streamed in from former employees, including claims that 260 people were dismissed without receiving $825,000 in back pay or severance, and that unionized workers were blacklisted.
The last time I had been in the clinic was for my Hepatitis-B vaccine. I screamed so loudly I scared the kids in the waiting room. Now, six years later, the same nauseating feelings of pre-shot anxiety were rising in my throat.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents will meet today at UW-Oshkosh to begin their monthly two-day meeting and discuss new system degrees and differential tuition programs.
University of Wisconsin athletics holds one of the best home advantages in the nation. While the Badgers menâ??s basketball team won all 19 of its home games this past season, itâ??s not the Kohl Center. Nor is it Camp Randall. However, it is located just off of Breese Terrace.
For students at the University of Wisconsin, a Motion W on clothing around campus doesnâ??t get a second glance.
Representatives from dozens of engineering student organizations could not come to an agreement Wednesday night on the hotly contested differential tuition plan proposed earlier this year.
For students at the University of Wisconsin, a Motion W on clothing around campus doesnâ??t get a second glance.
But concerns about the $1.2 million contract UW has with Adidas â?? one of many clothing companies licensed to use the logo on its products â?? have garnered national attention.
The controversy centers on whether or not Adidas is working to uphold necessary labor conditions in some of its factories.
(MADISON) Most students are now back from spring break. While many took in beach parties and dance clubs, some chose to do some volunteer work down by the border.
Last week, ten UW-Madison students drove 30 hours to San Juan, Texas, which has a large immigrant community. They worked with LUPE, a group affiliated with the United Farmworkers Union, to visit with farm laborers and fix up their homes.
UW senior Adrian Coon says the trip was also a way to reconnect with his Mexican heritage. He says he now understands what they had to go through and adds it makes him even more grateful of what he has and how lucky he is to be one who succeeded.
Alternative Breaks sponsored the event. The organization has coordinated other community service trips across the country, including New Orleans and South Dakotaâ??s Cheyenne River Indian reservation.
A bill preventing convicted drug dealers from receiving state financial aid had a public hearing Tuesday. Colleges and Universities Committee Chairman Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, said he expects the bill to reach the Assembly floor in the near future.
University of Wisconsin students gathered with state leaders on campus Tuesday to explore ways to alleviate the growing concern over global climate change.
 UW-Madison senior Johnathon Godlewski is frank about why he wants UW-Madison to sever ties with athletics apparel manufacturing giant Adidas.”I would just like to wear a Bucky Badger shirt without feeling bad about it,” Godlewski said.
Responding to a rising tide of similar sentiment, UW- Madison Chancellor John Wiley is sending an envoy to El Salvador this week to look into allegations that Adidas isn’t doing enough to address workers’ rights abuses at an apparel factory it formerly contracted with there.
Two UW-Madison Student Wage Committee members are challenging Chancellor John Wileyâ??s refusal to honor the Associated Students of Madison 2006 ballot referendum concerning student employees affected by the living wage initiative.
Two Student Wage Committee members are challenging a decision by University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor John Wiley that the living wage concept does not apply to student hourly employees because they are primarily engaged in pursuing an education, not supporting a family.
A federal test administrator announced last week that Education Testing Service will not be implementing a new version of the Graduate Record Examination this year as previously planned.
Two University of Wisconsin students sent a dissenting message to Chancellor John Wiley Monday, urging him to approve a controversial wage increase policy for UW workers.
UW-Madison sophomore Eli Judge secured Ald. Austin Kingâ??s former District 8 City Council seat last Tuesday night in the cityâ??s 2007 elections by defeating UW-Madison senior Lauren Woods.
Though spring break scattered University of Wisconsin students across the globe, Madisonâ??s student-dominated District 8 elected a new representative to the City Council April 3: UW sophomore Eli Judge.
The University of Wisconsin student government will take part in a proactive nighttime safety program aimed at curbing crime around campus.
While many college students around the nation relaxed on beaches over their spring breaks, some University of Wisconsin students spent their vacation doing service work to help those in need.
With 280 beds of student housing in 176 rooms, a residence hall being built on a former parking lot in the 400 block of North Murray Street is on schedule to open in August.
The recent spate of legal threats from the music industry against the UW campus community apparently has convinced few students to change their file swapping habit, but they’re also using a slew of other tools to find new music.
A stroll down State Street is all one needs to see the pervasiveness of the digital music culture: white wires disappear into students’ ears, an Apple iPod loaded with hundreds, even thousands, of songs on the other end — some tracks likely acquired illegally.
The University of Wisconsin at Madison, whose licensing agreement with Adidas is worth $1.2-million annually, says it will not cut its ties to the athletics-apparel company despite a recent recommendation to do so by its own licensing-policy committee.
Instead, the institution plans to meet with Adidas executives to discuss reports of workers’-rights abuses at one of Adidas’s former subcontractors. The university will also send an envoy this week to El Salvador, where the now-closed Hermosa Manufacturing plant is located, to investigate those claims.
“I am prepared to pursue my very grave concern about what has happened with the Hermosa facility directly to the senior management of Adidas,” Chancellor John D. Wiley said in a written statement.
A student in a public university dormitory room had a â??reasonable expectation of privacyâ? for his personal computer and its hard drive, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday. The decision also found that despite that right to privacy, an administrator in the case under review had the right to conduct a remote search of the computer â?? without a warrant â?? because of the circumstances involved.
The decision â?? by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit â?? is among the highest level court rulings to date on a set of legal questions pitting privacy vs. security that are increasingly present in academe. While experts cautioned that the decision involved a specific set of facts, several also said it provided guidance for students on their privacy rights and for administrators at public colleges and universities on setting computer policies that give them the flexibility they feel they need to prevent security breaches.
The ruling dates back to an incident in 1999, and the actions of administrators at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, when they were notified by Qualcomm Corporation, a San Diego company that produces wireless computing devices, that someone on Madisonâ??s network was hacking into the companyâ??s network.
University of Wisconsin regents may extend a program that gives discounted tuition to children and grandchildren of alumni living in other states.
UW System President Kevin Reilly has recommended continuing the Return to Wisconsin program for three more years. The program has an enrollment of 49 students this year.
The list is always too long.
In the last week alone, one University of Minnesota student died after falling from the third floor of a parking ramp, three days after another Minnesota student drowned. One Northeastern University student died Tuesday after falling down the stairs of a bar,
Construction won’t interrupt business on State Street this summer. City officials agreed Thursday to delay the project for a year.
Students and officials are surprised at UW-Eau Claire’s prominence in the Record Industry Association of America’s spate of lawsuit threats.
‘It’s weird that we would have so many,’ junior Brianna Schieve said.
Possible causes include university policy, students’ view of file sharing and the RIAA’s own methods.
Most of what we know about the habits of “helicopter parents” comes from anecdotes about extreme parenting that have made their way into the popular lexicon. Now, though, what’s believed to be the first scholarly research on parents who hover too closely over offspring of any age finds that helicopter parenting appears to cross racial and ethnic lines, as well as socioeconomic status.
A battle to replace PD City Council President Austin King with another PD-endorsed candidate, Lauren Woods, ended in a victory for Eli Judge in the student-dominated 8th District.
More than twice the usual number of absentee ballots for a spring Madison election were cast, most likely the result of UW-Madison, Edgewood College, Madison Area Technical College, the Madison School District and several other area school districts being on spring break this week.
Though spring break scattered University of Wisconsin students across the globe, Madisonâ??s student-dominated District 8 elected a new representative to the City Council Tuesday â?? UW sophomore Eli Judge.
Dear Editor: As a Hmong man, I do not feel that law Professor Leonard Kaplan said anything that is “hateful.” I think what he said might have been misinterpreted by the students in his classroom.
There are times when people take what is said and hear what they think is being said. I truly think that if statements of this magnitude were made in the classroom, the students should have addressed the issue with Professor Kaplan in the classroom. The class should have asked for clarification of what he meant by what he said there and then.
