Category: Campus life

Lindleigh Whetstone wears headphones as she shoves clothes into the washing machine. Her classmate, Stepheno Zollos, wears them as he shops for groceries. An onlooker might assume the teens are listening to the latest top-40 hit, but they’re really learning Spanish.

Whetstone, 18, and Zollos, 17, are in Kathy O’Connor’s class at Tidewater Community College in southeastern Virginia. O’Connor got a grant for $11,000 to lend her students iPods so they can practice their Spanish conversations anywhere – not just in front of a computer.

The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse is proposing to increase studentsâ?? tuition by $1,300 over three years as a pilot for proposed systemwide tuition increases.

MADISON, Wis. — Hundreds turned out on Saturday to jump into the frigid waters of Lake Monona or to support those taking the plunge.Well more than 100 groups registered to participate in the 2007 Polar Plunge in Madison, a fundraising effort benefiting Special Olympics Wisconsin.

Nearly 1,500 Madisonians braved freezing temperatures Saturday and plunged into Lake Monona for the annual Polar Plunge.

A controversial policy introduced by the University of Wisconsin Student Organization Office may drastically limit the consumption of alcohol by student organization members both on and off campus.

UW-Madison Interim Dean of Students Lori Berquam will keep her job, Chancellor John Wiley and Provost Patrick Farrrell announced Thursday.

Bradley Zika, 31, was formally charged with a felony Thursday, following a Monday accident in which police say he hit a UW-Madison student with his car while driving drunk.

The man who hit a University of Wisconsin freshman with his car Monday night was formally charged with one felony and five misdemeanors Thursday.

Delete â??interimâ? from her title â?? Lori Berquam is now officially the University of Wisconsin Dean of Students.

After a yearlong, nationwide search that brought in finalists from New Jersey and Illinois, Chancellor John Wiley and Provost Patrick Farrell decided to choose an in-house candidate who has served as UWâ??s interim dean of students since July 2005.

And Berquam said she couldnâ??t be happier.

Talking on cell phones, listening to iPods and conversing with friends while crossing streets put students and citizens at risk. Although, Madison officials do not want to make any laws against pedestrians lackadaisical walking habits.

The Dalai Lama is coming back to Madison.

Five years after his last visit, the Dalai Lama will address University of Wisconsin students and a general audience May 4 at the Kohl Center.

The owners of five private residence halls near the University of Wisconsin campus, including Statesider and the Towers, are close to finalizing the sale of the properties.

For UW-Madison students and city officials the time is always right to talk about Halloween, and Tuesday night, the two sides converged to discuss last fall’s event and look at future improvements for the event.

University of Wisconsin students have a plethora of food choices, bars and shops surrounding the Madison campus, specifically on State Street.

A University of Wisconsin student is recovering at a local hospital after being struck by a car last night on the 800 block of Langdon Street.

City officials and members of the student community met Tuesday night to discuss the success of last yearâ??s Halloween festivities on State Street.

The assistant director of the University of Wisconsin marching band resigned Monday amid allegations of sexual harassment during a trip to the University of Michigan Sept. 22-23, 2006.

MADISON, Wis. — An 18-year-old University of Wisconsin-Madison student is in serious condition on Tuesday after being hit by a car in a busy campus crosswalk on Monday night.

Meanwhile, the man who faces charges for allegedly hitting her has faced charges previously in two prior incidents of operating while intoxicated.

Bradley Zika, 31, is being held on charges of OWI causing injury, having an open intoxicant in the car and driving without a valid driver’s license in connection with the incident, WISC-TV reported.

Students trying to save a minute on their way to class Monday morning risked their lives by crossing over and crawling under a stopped train that began moving shortly after.

A UW-Madison student was struck by a car Monday night in the mid-block crosswalk on the 800 block of Langdon Street, directly outside of Memorial Union, Madison police reported.

Members of the Bassett Street Neighborhood had their first opportunity Monday night to meet their new community officer, Mark Allen.

A 19-year-old University of Wisconsin student was struck by a car and dragged for several feet in front of Memorial Union Monday night.

Kevin Barrett has his fair share of critics, but according to last semesterâ??s course evaluations, most of his students were not among them.

Statistics aren’t available, but an official said there are at least 350 student-parents at UW- Madison. Almost all student-parents grapple with the cost of child care. Infant care at a campus center will cost about $10,872 per child this academic year, said April Kigeya, a parent resource specialist at UW- Madison’s Office of Child Care & Family Resources.

Jake Warner lashes out when his classmates at the University of Wisconsin-Madison protest the war. Katie Nelson, a junior at UW-Milwaukee, gets confused by her financial aid. Four years after enrolling at UW-Oshkosh, Todd Johnston still feels lonely; he misses having friends by his side 24 hours a day.

A slew of government benefits, including a new Wisconsin G.I. Bill, is propelling record numbers of veterans into Wisconsin’s colleges and universities. But even with the financial assistance, the transition to college can be difficult, as veterans can attest.

On rare occasions, a high school diploma is not required for admission to one of the highly-coveted freshman slots at UW-Madison.

“We get some inquiries about this, but in light of the enrollment demands here, don’t do this (apply without high school diploma)unless it’s truly an unusual set of circumstances,” Office of Admissions Associate Director Tom Reason told 27 News.

A highschoolerâ??s race, income level and the amount of clubs and sports he or she joins will now offficially help decide if the student is admitted any UW System school.

President George W. Bushâ??s Pell Grant aid, announced earlier this month, will provide more opportunities for students to attend the University of Wisconsin-Marathon County.

University of Wisconsin-Madison Provost Patrick Farrell touted campus research but discussed the challenge in retaining staff Friday morning at the UW System Board of Regents meeting.

The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents voted unanimously Friday to allow all state universities to consider non-academic factors â?? including race â?? in their admissions decisions.

Now that the lakes have finally frozen over, longtime Madison residents may gaze (if their eyes don’t tear up too badly) over the bleak landscape of Lake Mendota and reminisce about that fateful February 28 years ago when the Statue of Liberty came to town.