Category: Campus life

The Student Services Finance Committee denied funding to another religious group Monday night, but this time around, all parties involved indicated it was the correct decision.

Provost Patrick Farrell addressed a lunch-hour forum on challenges facing UW-Madison, a major topic for a first-year provost to tackle amidst rising tuition costs and the university finding itself increasingly at odds with the state Legislature.

One of the men accused of the sexual assault on University Avenue appeared in court for the first time Wednesday, as new details emerged in the case.

The Dane County District Attorney�s office officially charged three individuals Wednesday in connection with a sexual assault on the 500 block of University Avenue Sept. 4. If convicted on all charges, the individuals could face life sentences in prison.

Thousands of University of Wisconsin students study abroad every year, and that doesn�t appear to be changing.

Students managed to push back the schedule slightly, but plans for the city’s annual Halloween party still include gating State Street and charging a $5 admission.

With only two dissenting votes, the City Council on Tuesday finalized Mayor Dave Cieslewicz’s strategy to minimize mayhem at the event, which for the last four years has ended with police using pepper spray to clear the streets.

Halloween on State Street will be different in 2006, due to measures passed in an 18-2 vote by the Madison City Council on Tuesday.

Fire alarms rang throughout the University of Wisconsin campus Tuesday afternoon, causing confusion at some university buildings.

After the Royal Thai Army overthrew standing Prime Mininster Thaksin Shinawatra in a nonviolent cout d�etat Tuesday night while he was scheduled to speak at the United Nations in New York, University of Wisconsin students and faculty have responded with both shock and understanding.

Mayor Dave Cieslewicz�s revised proposal for this year�s Halloween festivities passed in the City Council Tuesday with heavy support from both the alders and the Halloween Action Committee.

Forever linked in the public’s mind to her television husband Bill Cosby, actress Phylicia Rashad defended Cosby’s critical remarks about African-American culture and lack of personal responsibility before a University of Wisconsin-Madison audience Monday night.

“Why is everybody so upset? What he was saying was it’s important for parents to parent. It’s important for people to look after young people,” Rashad said to about 150 people at an Alpha Week event sponsored by the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.

Tony Award winning actress Phylicia Rashad, well known for her role as Clair Huxtable on ââ?¬Å?The Cosby Show,ââ?¬Â gave a speech, ââ?¬Å?Enjoying the Journey of Life,ââ?¬Â Monday evening. Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity sponsored the event, held in Ingraham Hall.

ââ?¬Å?The Cosby Showââ?¬Â focused on family values, respect and loving your neighbor ââ?¬â? all things Phylicia Rashad addressed Monday at Ingraham Hall.

Campus-area alders drafted a final proposal for Mayor Dave Cieslewicz�s Halloween plan, adapted following further student input in order to address safety concerns, and the City Council is scheduled to take a deciding vote on the issue today.

UW-Madison and UW System officials, along with the namesakeââ?¬â?¢s daughter, gathered Friday to dedicate and rename the building formerly known as simply ââ?¬Å?the Social Sciences Building.ââ?¬Â

Madison Police announced Friday the arrest of two more suspects in the sexual assault on the 500 block of University Avenue Labor Day Weekend.

U.S. News & World Report announced last week the launch of a new college blog that aims to highlight the work of student journalists.

Echoes of the past reverberated through the building formerly known as Social Sciences as the late sociology scholar William H. Sewell was honored at a renaming ceremony Friday.

The Madison Police Department charged 21-year-old Marcus Bonner of Madison and 20-year-old Anthony Feda of Waukesha Friday for the Sept. 4 sexual assault of a young woman on the 500 block of University Avenue.

MADISON, Wis. — Summer flooding is making for a rocky start to the semester for some University of Wisconsin-Madison students.Some renters at a Randall Station apartment said that they’re even threatening rent abatement after damage from summer storms has left them with leaky ceilings.

In a spare moment, it’s not unusual to find students killing time at the computer.

What are they doing? Increasingly, spending time on Facebook.com, a popular Web site that allows users to put in some face time without even leaving their rooms.

Madison police say an anonymous tip led them to the arrest of 33 year old Paul Curtis Aud of Madison.� 

Madison Police arrested Paul Curtis Aud Thursday for the attempted sexual assault of a UW-Madison student on the 100 block of Langdon Street in late August.

n response to recent assaults near campus, police and university officials visited campus Thursday to promote safety and awareness. Students, however, did not show up.

University of Wisconsin student organization Action in Sudan! kicked off the semester Thursday night in the Red Gym.

In light of a slew of assaults and robberies in recent months, the Associated Students of Madison hosted a Campus Safety Forum Wednesday night to discuss methods of keeping students and Madison residents safe from attacks similar crimes.

A special forum designed to help protect UW Madison students from the rash of downtown violence kicks off plans to create a strategy on lowering campus attacks by 10%.Associated Students of Madison and the offices of the Dean of Students are collaborating to figure out how to make sure students aren’t vulnerable to the violent crimes that have plagued downtown since this Spring.

The UW-Madison Interim Dean of Students, Lori Berquam, hopes that she will be able to continue developing the ââ?¬Å?Thinkââ?¬Â campaign to promote diversity as the new, permanent dean of students.

UW-Madison students criticized nearly every aspect of Mayor Dave Cieslewicz�s Halloween plan at a town hall meeting Wednesday night, particularly attacking the ideas of fencing off State Street and charging $5 admission to the event.

In preparation for next week�s final vote on Halloween�s re-branding initiative, two Madison alders teamed up with UW students Wednesday night at an informal town hall meeting to discuss their concerns.

A new dorm at UW-Madison encourages prayer. But the Christian home is creating controversy.It’s called Pres House, and it’s run by the Presbyterian Campus Ministry. You don’t have to be Presbyterian to live there. You don’t even have to be a Christian. But some are questioning whether dorms of this nature are a good idea.

UW-Madison students will finally have a chance to offer input on Halloween 2006 plans tonight at a town hall meeting at Bascom Hall.

Today is the day, you crazy students. If you want to live up to the party school reputation and participate in a fun and safe Halloween, here is your chance. Mayor Dave Cieslewicz proposed his plan, and the students of UW expressed their displeasure. So much, in fact, that Ald. Austin King and Ald. Mike Verveer were able to delay the vote. So today, Sept. 13, go to Bascom Hall at 7:30 p.m. so that Halloween does not become a ghost.

The Office of the Dean of Students plans to host a safety forum Thursday night for students, faculty and staff to address the recent surge of crime in the University of Wisconsin community.

The man arrested Thursday for second-degree sexual assault of a young woman on University Avenue was released from jail Monday on a signature bond.