Category: Campus life

The Madison Police Department is investigating an alleged sexual assault at a University of Wisconsin fraternity party last semester.

The Madison Police Department is investigating an alleged sexual assault at a University of Wisconsin fraternity party last semester.

Partygoers who attended a December event at Zeta Psi, located at 132 Breese Terrace, are being investigated for the alleged sexual assault of a UW student who has since dropped out of school, according to Dean of Students Lori Berquam.

Even at age 19, University of Wisconsin-Madison students Ben Fiechtner and Troy Vosseller knew they had the entrepreneurial spirit. When an online student dating service and gasoline delivery failed to come to fruition, an apparel line donning the affectionate Wisconsin nickname “Sconnie” quickly developed into the business they’d dreamed of starting.

Sconnie Nation began in 2004 as a $600 investment yielding 100 T-shirts. When the shirts sold out in a week, Fiechtner and Vosseller knew they were on to something.

A 27 News report on a crowded fraternity party and the alleged sexual assault of a UW-Madison student there, has prompted a university investigation into the party sponsors and what occurred.

In an exclusive 27 News interview, the woman said the night at the party has thrown her life into turmoil.

For two months, Madison police detectives have been investigating what happened to this woman.

What is clear at this point is the woman, then 20 years old, was drinking at the December 9, 2006 party.

Students protested a proposed alcohol-consumption policy at a meeting Monday evening at Memorial Union, complete with pitchers of beer.

The current draft of the policy would restrict â??student groupsâ? from providing alcohol at certain group-related events.

A group of students met Monday evening to plan how to challenge the University of Wisconsin administration over a proposed policy limiting alcohol consumption at university events.

Following your bliss may be good advice, but if you want to follow Milton Bliss, you better be able to keep up.

In addition to working his Alderly farm, carving out time to volunteer in the community and being active in his church, Bliss drives to Madison three times a week to take classes at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Despite the old adage, ignorance is not bliss. In fact, in this case, Bliss is knowledge.

Nearly a year and a half after New Orleans and much of the South was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, clean-up efforts are still in high demand, and many organizations have targeted college students when recruiting volunteers for the cause.

Wisconsin residents planning to attend the University of Minnesota may soon pay higher tuition.

U of M Provosts Office Senior Analyst Peter Zetterberg said one of three actions could be taken to close the tuition reciprocity gap that currently has Wisconsin residents who attend the U of M paying approximately $1,200 less per year than Minnesota residents.

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.