Category: Campus life

The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents meeting concluded Sunday with discussion of the Growth Agenda for Wisconsin, an appeal for more funding through the Wisconsin GI Bill and awards.

In its latest battle with the university, the UW Roman Catholic Foundation filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday against the entire UW System Board of Regents and four UW-Madison administrators, citing discriminatory policies in effect at all levels of the university.

The University of Wisconsin System announced its support of the Wisconsin GI Bill at the Board of Regents meeting Friday, recognizing the importance of providing higher education to today�s veterans. The regents said providing higher education to veterans is especially important because some would not have the funds to pay for it on their own.

Charges of religious discrimination are bringing several members of the University of Wisconsin System and the UW-Madison administration to federal court.

After the Associated Students of Madison election results were released three weeks ago, the validity of both referendums on the ballot have been challenged, with the future of the Student Union Initiative expected to be announced today.

With the end of the semester approaching, University of Wisconsin lecturer Kevin Barrett said he has opted not to apply to teach at UW next semester.

A Catholic group at UW-Madison sued school officials on Thursday, claiming their policies discriminate against religious groups who want to qualify for student fees.

In recent years, as the college-admissions process has reached a frenzy, much of the focus has been on the plight of type-A families and their A-earning progeny getting rejected by the top 100 or so schools in the country. This competitiveness started with the Ivies and then spread to what such students had long considered safety schools, like Tufts or Pomona. Yet with the exception of a few elite public universities (Berkeley, Michigan, Virginia), the country’s big state schools pretty much welcomed decent students with open arms and few questions.

Because filing a police report, going to University Health Services and talking to your friends about it is sometimes not enough, one student decided to organize another service for the community, a ââ?¬Å?sexual assault justice and accountability group.ââ?¬Â

Langdon Street is dangerous on a weekend night. Hundreds of students stumble along the dimly lit sidewalks going to and from the parties held every weekend at fraternity houses along the street.

The UW Roman Catholic Foundation filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the UW System Board of Regents and four UW-Madison administrators, claiming the university is discriminating against the organization on the basis of religion.

Thirty groups will honor American veterans Saturday by participating in Madison’s second annual Veteran’s Day Parade.

The United Council of University of Wisconsin Students is praising university students statewide, as the group announced Thursday that student turnout at polling stations Tuesday increased dramatically since four years ago.

MADISON – A Catholic group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison sued school officials on Thursday, claiming their policies discriminate against religious groups who want to qualify for student fees.

A STORY in the Nov. 10 Chronicle of Higher Education, out this week, links the recent problems of the University of Wisconsin marching band with those of the marching band at Stanford University in California.

The Chronicle notes: “Stanford’s band was not the only one to land in hot water this semester. The University of Wisconsin punished its marching band last month for a head-shaving incident and ‘highly sexualized banter’ on a road trip.”

This strikes me as highly unfair to the Stanford band. Because while the UW band did indeed get its hand slapped by Chancellor John Wiley for unruly behavior, the Stanford band is truly in a class of its own.

Nine UW-Madison students will be at UW-Parkside in Kenosha on Saturday to battle other computing gurus in the north-central regional competition of the 31st annual International Collegiate Programming Contest.

Events leading up to Saturday�s Veteran�s Day Parade begin today in an effort to raise awareness on the University of Wisconsin campus about past and present soldiers� impact on the United States.

A new program started Friday night where students walk the same beat police do overnight. This is in response to repeated incidents in recent months where students walking home have been battered, mugged, and sexually assaulted

MADISON, Wis. — As the UW campus looks to find ways to keep the streets safe, a new Neighborhood Watch group hopes to give it the old college try.

Collaborating with Madison police, the UW Greek community kicked off the watch this weekend.

The term ââ?¬Å?apatheticââ?¬Â means not interested or not concerned, indifferent and unresponsive. Many people across the nation have tied one group of people to the term, though ââ?¬â? it seems the view of many candidates and the general public is that the most apathetic portion of potential voters are college students.

University of Wisconsin fraternity members and the Madison Police Department kicked off their new neighborhood watch program Friday in an effort to keep the Langdon Street area safer.

Alarmed by a rise in crime too close to home, UW- Madison’s Greek organizations are stepping up to help improve safety with a new neighborhood watch program designed to put more eyes – and feet – on Langdon Street.

(PORTLAND, OREGON) Many college students may be left ill-informed about safer sex and more at risk for STDs and unintended pregnancies because of a lack of access to information about sexual health at some schools. Thatââ?¬â?¢s one conclusion of the newly-released ââ?¬Å?Sexual Health Report Card.ââ?¬Â The survey by Sperlingââ?¬â?¢s Best Places is the first that grades the sexual health of colleges and universities across the country. However, many schools were found to be doing a good job of providing essential information to students about sexual health.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison was ranked 21st among the 100 universities surveyed. It received grades of ââ?¬Å?Aââ?¬Â for website information, access to contraception, and testing for HIV and STDs. However, it only received a ââ?¬Å?Cââ?¬Â for sexual assault services, a ââ?¬Å?Dââ?¬Â for lecture and outreach and an ââ?¬Å?Fââ?¬Â in the category for access to a sex advice column in the school paper.

It was a brief, spontaneous gesture at the end of a long night.

But those who witnessed it say that when mounted police officer Joe Volz picked up a string of beads that had been tossed at him and playfully draped it over his neck in front of dozens of drunken revelers on State Street last Saturday night, he may have prevented an ugly repeat of Halloweens past.

As support for the University from the State of Wisconsin continues to wane, resulting in hefty increases in tuition, the University of Wisconsin Foundation is challenged to increase gift support for need-based student financial aid. Contrary to the beliefs of some, the Foundation receives very little unrestricted support that can be channeled to this purpose. Donors invariably designate their gifts for specific goals and activities.

National accolades were delivered to another University of Wisconsin organization this year, though this time for efforts outside of academia.

It’s not exactly whistle while you work. It’s more like study while you walk.

So the student you see walking on the Library Mall wearing earbuds could very well be listening to a podcast lesson from a UW course.

“It’s the idea of reaching students informally through something they are already doing (i.e. using iPods and listening to podcasts),” said Jan Cheetham, e-learning coordinator at the UW’s DoIT academic technology center.

High textbook costs may be leading to an increase in the use of online readings by UW-Madison professors for their courses.

As University of Wisconsin students begin to scrutinize next semester�s timetable, a website recently launched for the campus could cut down the time spent adjusting � and readjusting � their schedules.

The Madison Police Department is investigating a residential burglary and alleged sexual assault that occurred near campus early Wednesday morning.

Expensive textbooks: They�re a fact of life that all college students have to face at the beginning of each semester.

In response to the drastic rise in crime on and around the University of Wisconsin campus last spring and this fall, the UW Greek system plans to kick off a neighborhood watch program Friday.

Hoping to capitalize on insatiable late-night cravings, newly opened Madtown Munchies is being welcomed by University of Wisconsin students with arms wide open.

“It’s a hard issue to go through on your own and just to know that there’s people around campus that you can contact and get with”, Lisa Noe said.

It’s a student lead class, teaching members the definition of sexual assault and what to do should it happen.

The UW-Madison Greek community has started a new initiative to combat the growing problem of muggings near State Street in Madison.

Some of the Langdon Street fraternities and sororities are forming a neighborhood watch program.

With less than a week left before the midterm elections, political student organizations are busy campaigning by dropping literature in campus lecture halls, such as 3650 Humanities.

This campaigning was considered acceptable until the Student Organization Office and Elton Crim, UW-Madison associate dean, brought university policy regarding leafleting in campus buildings to the attention of political student organizations.