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.
University of Wisconsin Chancellor John Wiley signed a new Limited Term Employee policy into effect Tuesday, what he called a ââ?¬Å?milestoneââ?¬Â for the university.
La Crosse – The facts, police say, are that Luke Homan drank, wandered to the banks of the Mississippi River, ended up in the water and drowned.
The headline says it all: ââ?¬Å?Another tragedy.ââ?¬ÂThe story in La Crosse is all too familiar: The mixture of alcohol and a river has deadly consequences.
THIS IS how far Silas Bernardoni can heave a pumpkin. Imagine him standing on the 50-yard line at Camp Randall. From there, Bernardoni could send the pumpkin clear out of the stadium.
Not by himself, of course. Bernardoni, a senior in engineering at UW-Madison, utilizes a trebuchet – a large catapult-like device that was once employed by invading armies to hurl stones at castle walls.
Mostly obsolete since the 1300s, the trebuchet has of late made something of a comeback, as engineering enthusiasts and others have staged competitions and teachers have learned that the visually stunning trebuchet tosses can get students excited about science.
….Bernardoni has since gained a supporter in UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley and thinks a world record pumpkin launch may be in reach.
There are still plenty of tickets remaining for Madison’s annual Halloween party. But an official was pleased after the first day of sales.
On Monday, the city sold 321 ticketsÃ? out of 80,000 printed for the city’s first paid-admission Halloween party on State Street.
“For the first day, I think it’s really quite good,” said Laura Whitmore, city parks community relations coordinator. Most of the tickets were sold at the ticket booth at Library Mall, but a small number were sold at the Parks Office in the Municipal Building at 215 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
The body of a UW-La Crosse student missing since Saturday night was pulled from the Mississippi River Monday morning.
Luke Homan, a basketball player and Brookfield native, was last seen celebrating Oktoberfest at The Vibe, a popular downtown bar, with several of his friends.
NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin and Madison Alder Zach Brandon, District 7, introduced a proposed emergency contraception ordinance Monday aiming to improve emergency contraception access for women in Madison who need the morning-after pill.
The body of a University of Wisconsin-La Crosse student who went missing Friday was found in the Mississippi River Monday.
The Alliance Defense Fund turned up the heat Monday afternoon in a two-year debate surrounding the funding revocation of the University of Wisconsin-Superior�s InterVarsity Christian Fellowship student group.
MADISON, Wis. — Tickets went on sale on Monday for this year’s Halloween festivities on State Street.A ticket kiosk opened for the first time on the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Library Mall, WISC-TV reported.
The discovery of student athlete Luke Homan’s body Monday in the Mississippi River left a legion of his family, friends, coaches and even former competitors in disbelief that he had met the same mysterious fate as seven other young males in recent years.
University of Wisconsin-Madison football players Joe Thomas, Ben Strickland and Steve Johnson, all former Brookfield Central students, helped in the search, along with Brookfield Central High School Athletic Director Scott Nelsen. Former high school athletes who competed against Central also turned up for the search.
So far today, more than 100 Halloween tickets have been sold, many of them to people who aren’t UW students.
A.J. Hunter can’t start the day without first pulling out his laptop. Each morning, the 21-year-old Ball State University junior downloads his schedule onto his Mac Powerbook G4, which ââ?¬â? along with his iPod and cellphone ââ?¬â? is always close at hand. Hunter, of Uniondale, Ind., is a typical tech-savvy college student. He can access the social networking site Facebook from his cellphone. He uses e-mail and instant messaging anywhere on the wireless campus. He downloads music to his laptop and his iPod, and he uses a 1-gigabyte flash drive provided by the university to transfer files and songs and to access his digital portfolio.Technology is so second-nature, ââ?¬Å?I can’t even think of when I use it and when I don’t. It’s such a part of life,ââ?¬Â he says.Hunter isn’t a techno-geek. He’s just a ââ?¬Å?digital nativeââ?¬Â ââ?¬â? a term that has been used to describe millennials, the first generation who grew up in a world filled with computers, cellphones and cable TV.
LA CROSSE (AP) – The body of a 21-year-old University of Wisconsin-La Crosse student was found in the Mississippi River this morning, police said.
Lucas G. Homan was last seen around 2:30 a.m. Saturday after he celebrated Oktoberfest downtown, police Capt. Robert Abraham said.
The La Crosse Police Department and Wisconsin Department of Criminal Investigations are continuing their investigation of his death, a statement from La Crosse police said.
Start with 20 computers sitting in a room.
Next, come up with software that lets you run a complex calculation on all 20 computers. Since you�ve got so many computers working on it, they finish the task sooner.
As we continue our preparation for our first Big Ten Conference home football game on Oct. 7, we would like to respond to your recent editorial urging the UW Athletic Department to ââ?¬Å?revisit and reviseââ?¬Â the new Ticket Revocation Policy.
The British Ambassador to the United States, Sir David Manning, addressed global energy consumption and climate change in a speech at Memorial Union Friday, lauding the university and state�s conservation efforts.
UW Roman Catholic Foundation spokesperson Tim Kruse said Sunday night that blatant religious discrimination, miscommunication and unaccountability were responsible for the organization�s current preclusion from Registered Student Organization status.
In the Jewish religion, which encompasses 15 million people worldwide, Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the year.
Speaking about energy and climate security Friday at the Memorial Union Theater, Britain�s ambassador to the United States, Sir David Manning, said we are amid a worldwide crisis.
A little rain may have kept much of Madison indoors Saturday morning, but some still managed to make their way to Lake Mendota to watch the second annual Pumpkin Regatta.
Tickets to enter State Street Oct. 28 for the annual Halloween celebration go on sale today and can be purchased for $5, with a limit of four tickets per person, at Library Mall or from the Madison Parks Office.
It’s not unusual to see a group of UW-Madison M.B.A. students listening intently to a teacher and taking notes.
But on a recent Friday, it was in the wine cellar of Porta Bella rather than Grainger Hall. The subject of today’s lecture was wine, and their instructor was Patrick Fegan, director of the Chicago Wine School.
University of Wisconsin lecturer Kevin Barrett and University of Minnesota-Duluth professor James Fetzer took time Sunday afternoon to explain their Sept. 11 theory that has been the source of recent widespread media attention and legislative debate.
