Seven months after the off-campus party at the heart of the unresolved rape case involving the Duke University lacrosse team, colleges across the country have profoundly changed how they respond to even the most minor indiscretions by athletes.
In the groundbreaking ceremony celebrating the start of the construction of a $40.5 million addition to Grainger Hall, a distinguished panel spoke of the advantages the addition would bring to the University of Wisconsin business program.
A group of juveniles robbed four University of Wisconsin freshmen on Madison�s west side Friday evening, adding to the string of local crimes that have occurred this year.
With Halloween less than two weeks away, the Halloween Action Committee and the mayor�s office made final decisions on both the performing bands and street vendors for the evening of Saturday, Oct. 28.
In a student-oriented debate Sunday evening, U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and her Republican opponent Dave Magnum answered questions submitted by University of Wisconsin students.
MADISON, Wis. — While many Badger fans will gather this weekend to celebrate University of Wisconsin-Madison’s homecoming game against the University of Minnesota, members of the school’s marching band might be looking to make the crowds extra proud amid recent accusations of hazing and improper conduct allegations.
MADISON, Wis. — While many Badger fans will gather this weekend to celebrate University of Wisconsin-Madison’s homecoming game against the University of Minnesota, members of the school’s marching band might be looking to make the crowds extra proud amid recent accusations of hazing and improper conduct allegations.
MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin-Madison officials said they are hoping casting ballots will be easier this fall than it was in the spring.
After three days of heavy media coverage regarding the UW Marching Band�s alleged misconduct, university administration revealed specific, graphic details of the band�s misbehavior Thursday.
University of Wisconsin libraries are going digital, and Google is there to help.
The University of Wisconsin Marching Bandââ?¬â?¢s Sept. 23 trip to Michigan was the latest incident in its ââ?¬Å?ingrainedââ?¬Â culture of sexualized hazing, Chancellor John Wiley said Thursday.
University of Wisconsin marching band director Michael Leckrone, under fire from Chancellor John Wiley because of misconduct by band members, said Thursday if the conduct doesn’t improve, he might not continue on as the director.
At a hastily called news conference in the university’s administrative offices at Bascom Hall, Leckrone, 70, band director for 38 years, said if changes don’t come, he could relinquish his baton.
UW Marching Band members engaged in a head-shaving hazing incident and lewd dancing on a recent road trip that recalls even worse conduct in previous years, administrators said Thursday.
MILWAUKEE (AP) – Joseph Munz, a former high school football player from Lodi, didn’t worry about the danger of his job delivering sandwiches to help pay his way at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, friends and family say.
John Kunz, the entertainment promoter for Madison’s Halloween Party on Oct. 28, today announced this musical lineup of local talent: I Voted For Kodos, the CREST, Plunket, the Mighty Short Bus, DJ Jeremy Thomas, Paper Tiger and Depth Beyond Depth.
The performances are scheduled on two stages between 7:30 p.m. and 1:30 a.m.
After Madison�s ABC 27 News unearthed a story Tuesday that a textbook used by UW-Madison Professor Kevin Barrett is politically charged and includes an essay comparing President Bush to Hitler, state legislators again decried Barrett�s UW-Madison lecturer position.
Library eighth institution in world to team with Book Search program
UW-Madison and Google announced an agreement today to digitize more than 7.2 million holdings at UW-Madison Libraries to their book search database, exposing the world to Wisconsin resources and shaping the way Internet research is conducted worldwide.
For a group that does its work on large fields in front of thousands of fans, it�s hard to believe the University of Wisconsin marching band could be shrouded in so much mystery.
The executive producer of Nova, PBS�s popular science show, will be interacting with students and faculty at the University of Wisconsin next week.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee received a $100,000 housing grant from the Department of Commerce Wednesday.
Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle unveiled a new job-creation initiative Wednesday in an effort to address the state�s growing need for workers capable of filling jobs in emerging high-tech industries.
Wednesday marked the 35th anniversary of the creation of the University of Wisconsin System, following the merger of the state�s two public university systems in 1971.
For many University of Wisconsin students, owning two houses and a new BMW Z4 is out of the question. Not for Drew Breneman.
With recent increases in the number of downtown muggings and assaults, several Madison officials are taking action by increasing the number of street lights on some campus-area streets.
In a personal and confidential letter dated Oct. 3, University of Wisconsin Chancellor John Wiley warned UW Marching Band Director Michael Leckrone the group could face ââ?¬Å?virtual extinctionââ?¬Â if any further incidents of severe misconduct arise.
Dear Editor: Aaron Nathans’ article on the funding of University of Wisconsin student union construction was really quite heart-rending, with its dramatic story of disabled inaccessibility.
But does it really cost almost $200 million to solve the accessibility issues? No, because the bulk of the money being sought is for tearing down a fairly new Union South, which does not have these problems.
The University of Wisconsin has put its marching band on probation after receiving reports of severe misconduct during the band’s trip last month to the University of Michigan football game.
MADISON, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin has put its marching band on probation after receiving reports of severe misconduct during the band’s trip last month to the University of Michigan football game.
The chancellor at the University has put the band on probation after a trip to the Badger’s September 23rd football game in Michigan.
One UW band member, who asked to remain anonymous, says the band has dropped most nicknames for each other, and have altered offensive lyrics to some songs and chants. The member says they hope they’ll do their best and hope that’s good enough.
MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin chancellor John Wiley laid out new ground rules for the UW-Madison marching band on Wednesday following an alleged incident that occurred during a road trip to Michigan last month.
The question is: Has the University of Wisconsin’s marching band done something so egregious that it deserves to be put on strict probation or has the ghost of Puritan Cotton Mather reappeared on the UW campus in the form of Chancellor John Wiley?
The computer keyboard helped kill shorthand, and now it’s threatening to finish off longhand.
When handwritten essays were introduced on the SAT exams for the class of 2006, just 15 percent of the almost 1.5 million students wrote their answers in cursive. The rest? They printed. Block letters.
And those college hopefuls are just the first edge of a wave of U.S. students who no longer get much handwriting instruction in the primary grades, frequently 10 minutes a day or less.
So what exactly happened in Michigan that has Chancellor John Wiley primed to dismember entire sections of the University of Wisconsin Marching Band?
No one in the band seems to know, and the administrators who do aren�t saying much.
ââ?¬Å?I think no one in the entire band knows what happened in Michigan,ââ?¬Â UW sophomore and band member Kevin Hart said after practice yesterday. ââ?¬Å?There werenââ?¬â?¢t any arrests; there wasnââ?¬â?¢t any serious injury. I have no idea what spurred it at all.ââ?¬Â
An increase in violent crime on and near campus is spurring a new safety campaign spearheaded by UW-Madison’s student government association.
At a news conference Tuesday, members of Associated Students of Madison said the initiative would foster cooperation between police agencies and involve student organizations in coming up with ways to make campus safer.
MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin chancellor has issued a stern reprimand to the UW-Madison band following an incident that occurred on a road trip to Michigan.The incident occurred on a September road trip to Ann Arbor, Mich., for the Badger football game, and although no one will provide details of the incident in question, it has the university’s administration clamping down on the band.
UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley has told UW band members, travel to a bowl game, even regular home game appearances, could be in jeopardy, if more conduct rules are broken in the future.Ã?Â
Madison is seeking to change the character of its Halloween celebration on State Street this year, but will students stick to the calendar and keep Saturday the main event?
Can you imagine going to a University of Wisconsin football game at Camp Randall Stadium and not hearing the marching band play “On Wisconsin”?
It could happen if band members don’t shape up, and band director Mike Leckrone may be on the hot seat as well.
UW Chancellor John Wiley apparently read the riot act to the band at a meeting on Oct. 5 after reports of shenanigans by band members when they took a road trip to play at the football game between the Badgers and the University of Michigan Wolverines at the Big House, aka Michigan Stadium, in Ann Arbor on Sept. 23.
With less than three weeks until Madison celebrates Halloween 2006, the city is starting to work out the details of Mayor Dave Cieslewicz�s controversial plan to charge admission to State Street.
Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said arrangements for bands and stages are progressing, largely because of event promoter John Kunz. Though Kunz does not yet have a street use permit for the Oct. 28 celebration, Verveer said The Onion has already come forward as an early sponsor of the event. Kunz could not be reached for comment as of press time.
http://www.dailycardinal.com/commerce/my-prof-makes-more-than-yours.htmlThe typical university student is surrounded by financial jargon and buzzwords as they maneuver through his or her college years. By the end of four years, students know that professors are paid obscenely high salaries, parking costs are impossible and segregated fees are why we all have to eat Ramen. All these topics sound familiar enough, but upon further investigation, the average student�s knowledge about the actual facts surrounding these issues is minimal at best.
For instance, most students know that it takes years of education to teach at the university level and that warrants a paycheck. But not many know they can see how much this paycheck is.
ââ?¬Å?The public has a right to know the salaries and budgets since itââ?¬â?¢s their money,ââ?¬Â Brian Campbell, a freshman at UW-Madison, said.
More than 1,000 Halloween tickets have been sold since sales began last Monday, according to the Madison Parks Department.
The city plans to make 80,000 tickets available for the event, and is selling them primarily out of a trailer near Library Mall. The Parks Department is also selling the $5 tickets at its offices in the City County Building, 215 Martin Luther King Blvd.
Even though a statewide survey revealed a majority of Wisconsinites plan to vote in favor of the same-sex marriage ban, Students for a Fair Wisconsin is mobilizing the UW-Madison community to vote no and sway the final outcome of the Nov. 7 referendum.
Even if you bought tickets to Halloween on State Street, there’s still a chance you won’t get in.
Gates don’t go up on State Street until 7:30 p.m.
The University of Wisconsin Think Campaign student organization held a kickoff meeting at the Humanities Building Thursday evening to introduce interested students to its initiative that promotes an inclusive campus atmosphere.
University of Wisconsin lecturer Kevin Barrett again used the UW campus as a platform to express his view that the U.S. government was behind the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks Thursday.
A University of Wisconsin Board of Regents committee voted Thursday to oppose the controversial same-sex marriage ban that will be on the state ballot this November.
If you have a computer with Verizon DSL Internet service, expect to be very popular Saturday.
Other than having a ticket to the Big Ten football game between Wisconsin and Northwestern, you possess the only legal way of seeing the game live in the Madison area.
In the most recent controversy surrounding the recognition and funding of religious student organizations within the UW System, the UW-Superior chapter of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship filed suit against the Board of Regents Monday.
In an effort to better connect University of Wisconsin students� academic and social lives, UW�s Office of the Dean of Students has revised its mission statement to better reflect the Wisconsin Idea.
Luke Homan, a University of Wisconsin-La Crosse student who drowned in the Mississippi River early Saturday morning, died with a blood-alcohol level of 0.32, according to preliminary information released Tuesday.
Medical school hopefuls will face a unique hurdle this upcoming year as the primary admissions test changes its face.
Standing outside Camp Randall on a Saturday afternoon in September, University of Wisconsin Police Officer Aaron Chapin took a deep breath and recognized a familiar scent in the air.
Can religious student organizations in the University of Wisconsin System limit their leadership to students of a particular faith? Can a Christian organization prohibit homosexuals from serving among its leaders?
Those questions crashed down on a federal court in Wisconsin Monday, when the Alliance Defense Fund, a national organization that promotes religious freedom, filed a lawsuit on behalf of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at the University of Wisconsin-Superior.
LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) – As a psychology professor at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, Carmen Wilson likes the idea of sharply raising tuition to hire more professors and recruit more poor and minority students.
Community members came together Tuesday night to share stories and discuss the benefits of Union South.
The goal of the meeting was to talk about positive aspects of Union South and bring forward the elements of the facility that are working for students and community members.
After negotiations spanning over a year between labor groups, UW-Madison administration, workers and student government, UW-Madison limited term employees have secured a living wage and, potentially, full-time positions.
Twenty to 30 mopeds have been reported stolen in the downtown area since early September, according to a Madison police estimate.
Higher Education Day was recognized yesterday in Wisconsin, with Gov. Jim Doyle, other state leaders and even former U.S. Secretary of State Madeline Albright, calling on residents to start saving for college early.
The Madison Police Department reported exceptionally high numbers of moped thefts on campus since the start of the semester and warned students Tuesday about the consequences of not properly securing vehicles.
