Dawn Cherek, who owns a chain of hair salons in the Madison, Wis., area, was having trouble drawing student customers to her newest salon, just blocks from the University of Wisconsin campus. A friend suggested she contact the university to see whether there were any marketing majors who could hammer out a plan to lure those potential customers.
MADISON, Wis. – Four violent muggings were reported in recent days, adding to about a dozen similar attacks reported in the last two weeks, police said.
The attacks occurred downtown near the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison but it’s unclear whether the attacks are related to each other or to previous muggings, authorities said.
In 1940, James Bryant Conant, then president of Harvard University, laid out his vision of an egalitarian society, a classless culture based on educational opportunity, not chance of birth.
The nation had the duty “to afford all an unfettered start and a fair chance in the race of life,” Mr. Conant said in the speech at the University of California.
Madison police reported four more attacks Downtown and near UW- Madison Friday night and early Saturday, most of the victims young men walking alone
UW-Madison is celebrating 10 years of progress in its main alcohol-abuse prevention program even as the university’s student body finishes one of its booziest years on record.
IT WASN’T until her elderly parents died a few years ago that Arlene Rothschild was able to begin coming to terms with what happened that terrible May day in Madison 38 years ago.
“I was unable to grieve,” Rothschild said from her home in Chicago this week.
She said she is grieving now, and as part of that process, Rothschild is hoping to spark new interest in the unsolved murder of her sister, Christine Rothschild, who was an 18-year-old UW-Madison freshman when her body was found in a clump of bushes in front of Sterling Hall on campus on the evening of Sunday, May 26, 1968.
Citing an ineffective and cumbersome student-athlete discipline policy, the University of Wisconsin Athletic Board voted unanimously Friday to approve a revised policy that it believes will be fairer and easier to understand.
That revised policy, which Athletic Board chairman Walter Dickey said will be implemented immediately, narrows the number of disciplinary committee members from six to four. It also gives that committee a more flexible range of measures to discipline student-athletes.
….Take a casual glance into the hordes of students walking across campus, and chances are you’ll notice a large number of them wearing a pair of cords around their neck. According to a survey last year by the Division of Information Technology, 35 percent of University of Wisconsin-Madison students own some kind of an MP3 player.Along with changing their musical habits, the devices are also changing the way students interact with each other.
Students on the UW campus are preparing for final exams.
And what could be better than man’s best friend for support?
About a halfââ?¬â??dozen canines visited Library Mall today to help students who are passing from class to class.
….From diploma frames to class rings to travel expenses, graduation can be another financial burden for students, and their families.
“I just don’t think the costs are worth it,” said Avi Galali, a UW-Madison senior who is graduating with a business degree. For Galali and her family, graduation is a time for family and not excessive celebrations.
However, the costs required to bring her family together from Minnesota will be significant, what with the price of gas, plus meals and hotels. Also, two of Galali’s grandparents are flying in from Israel, which will cost them over $2,400.
On April 4, 2004, Sara, an 18-year-old UW freshman, says she was sexually assaulted by two members of the crew team.
….On Wednesday, the UW Police Department referred the case to the District Attorney’s Office, where prosecutors will consider criminal charges. But last month the Dean’s Office closed the case, saying there was not enough evidence to impose sanctions against the student.
Dean’s Office officials say that because Sara was drunk and flirting with one of the men, they can’t prove that the sex wasn’t consensual. They also say that because Sara took more than a year to report the case to them, there is no physical evidence or eyewitnesses to back her allegation.
If the University of Wisconsin’s diversity challenges were a pass-fail course, then “we failed,” said Vicki Washington, UW System assistant vice president for multicultural affairs.
“We have not yet achieved the goals of Plan 2008,” she said in a presentation this (Thursday) morning, pointing to small successes over the last decade, but showing vast lingering gaps between the graduation rates of minorities and white students.
UW System President Kevin Reilly said pre-college programs appear to be successful, but require more money that UW doesn’t currently have.
While students prepare to celebrate the end of the year, the UW-Madison Carillon Memorial Bell Tower will play host to a more somber event. The tower�s 56 bronze bells will play a concert Thursday in honor of the UW-Madison students who passed away during the 2005-�06 academic year.
Two 20-year-old male UW-Madison students were arrested at College Library Wednesday afternoon for selling and possessing prescription drugs, according to Lt. Eric Holen of the UW-Madison Police Department.
Beginning fall 2006, a brand new Park Street residence hall will provide some freshmen with an upscale dorm experience. Though Smith Hall will represent a more luxurious housing option, it will not alleviate the crunch on freshmen housing in the long run.
There are those who say universities are festering grounds for liberal propaganda, places where teachers regularly try to indoctrinate students ââ?¬â? covertly or openly ââ?¬â? with their radical leftist viewpoints.
As classes once again draw to a close, we look back and recount the events that shaped Spring 2006 for the University of Wisconsin. To be sure, this term had its ups and downs, but, on the whole, we believe the semester brought a positive turn in what has been a troublesome year for UW.
While extensive summer construction may bring headaches to those staying in Madison, when University of Wisconsin students return to campus and downtown areas this fall, they will notice many changes.
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents is set to meet today and tomorrow, hosting Gov. Jim Doyle in open session Friday.
MILWAUKEE – The number of confirmed mumps cases in Wisconsin has nearly tripled over the past week, state health officials said Wednesday.
More than a third of the state’s counties have reported at least one confirmed case of the mumps, according to the Department of Health and Family Services.
Surrounded by friends and colleagues Wednesday, Sen. Fred Risser, D-Madison, celebrated 50 years of service in the Wisconsin Legislature, becoming the longest serving state lawmaker in U.S. history.
Excessive drunkenness at Badger football games could lead to more than just a boot out of Camp Randall depending on a vote from the University of Wisconsin athletic board tomorrow.
MADISON, Wis. — Fewer tickets were doled out but more people were arrested at the Mifflin Street Block Party this past weekend, according to Madison police.
(MADISON) The Chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has approved funding a campus group that has sparked debate about separation of church and state. (Second item.)
Community members and students joined forces on Tuesday to showcase the history of one of Madison�s oldest and most well-known neighborhoods.
The recent outbreak of mumps at UW-Madison continued Tuesday, when a female undergraduate Witte Hall resident was confirmed to have the virus.
As Plan 2008, a UW System-wide effort to create a more diverse campus, enters its final years, the opinions of administration and students voice glaringly different definitions of diversity. This distinction may be hindering the success of Plan 2008 and the future expansion of a more diverse campus.
Diversity, diversity, diversity. For some on this campus, the word is little more than an ambiguous rallying cry whose intentions harm more students than it helps. Furthermore, such critics say affirmative actions programs, like the University of Wisconsin�s Plan 2008, are held to contain dubious value in terms of widening racial gaps and tensions.
University of Wisconsin students and staff rallied at Library Mall Tuesday afternoon to raise awareness for lung cancer.
The number of mumps cases at the University of Wisconsin continued to rise Tuesday with the confirmation of another student contracting the highly contagious virus.
After a year of planning and weeks of so-called ââ?¬Å?teaser adsââ?¬Â promoting a big announcement, the University Bookstore unveiled a new program allowing University of Wisconsin students to buy textbooks online for a reduced price.
After announcing a new transfer agreement Apr. 19, University of Wisconsin Chancellor John Wiley said Tuesday he is disappointed with the reaction of some UW students.
After all that has occurred in the past two years, one might expect Paul Barrows to hold a deep-seated resentment against the University of Wisconsin.
According to Barrows, however, the exact opposite holds true.
An official at a campus area Catholic organization said he’s glad it appears his organization will receive student funding for the upcoming school year.
But the battle over using student funds for religious purposes is far from over, said Tim Kruse, development director for the UW Roman Catholic Foundation. The foundation owns St. Paul’s University Campus Center, located on Library Mall.
Dear Editor: Once again, the city of Madison has compensated for its inability to control a minority of the yearly Halloween crowd by cracking down on the Mifflin Street Block Party like overprotective chaperones at a middle school dance.
The pettiness of 267 arrests and thousands of dollars in anticipated fines for a subdued and shortened event with no serious incidents is ridiculous. Underage drinking should not be a campus issue. College students are adults, and the absurd drinking age forced down Wisconsin’s throat by the abstinence-obsessed Reagan administration deserves repeal.
The question of whether student fees can be used to fund religious activities at Wisconsin’s public universities landed in the lap of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents on Tuesday after UW-Madison’s chancellor reluctantly agreed to fund UW Roman Catholic Foundation activities that he previously called into question.
Students from an interdisciplinary service learning course took time off from their hectic end-of-semester schedules Monday to show off their help to local nonprofit organizations.
ePICS, short for e-Projects in Community Service, is designed as a learning community in which students can develop professional skills in a way that fosters civic engagement.
MADISON – A Catholic group could use University of Wisconsin-Madison student fees to print religious booklets and support religious activities under a recommendation by the school’s chancellor on Tuesday.
Chancellor John Wiley said he would endorse $145,000 for the UW Roman Catholic Foundation even though he has concerns it may violate the separation of church and state.
To help prevent a repeat of a test-scanning mishap in October that led to thousands of college-bound students learning that their SAT scores were incorrect, a New York state senator said Tuesday that he wants to force test companies to make public more information about tests and to respond more quickly when errors occur.
Statistics show the only group whose smoking rates are increasing is college-age women. Now there’s an effort to reverse that trend at U-W Madison.
Bucky wants you to quit smoking. Liz Ledvina of the “Kick Your Butt” campaign says they’re putting on an event Tuesday on Library Mall, targeted toward college women. Ledvina says the U-W Cancer Center and University Health Services are working with them on the campaign, and Tuesday’s event will encourage college age women to quit now. She calls the trend towards smoking by her peers a disturbing one.
With the end of the semester approaching, nearly 5,000 undergraduate and professional students are planning to graduate. But before a single cap is tossed in May�s graduation ceremonies, students must ensure that they have met the necessary degree requirements.
While the hype surrounding Saturday�s Mifflin Street Block Party winds down, several houses are still in the process of receiving citations and fines.
The third case of mumps ââ?¬â? the second in just two days ââ?¬â? hit the University of Wisconsin Monday.
Last week, the residents at 518 W. Mifflin St. were pumped for the street’s annual block party. But today, after police shut down their backyard house party – featuring a live band and a pig roast – they were feeling a little deflated.
“We were kind of bummed after that happened,” said Ted Horstick, one of the organizers.
Sometime this week, 11 people who organized the party are expected to be handed fines totaling thousands of dollars for a variety of municipal violations, including procuring alcohol for minors, dispensing alcohol without a license, and knowingly allowing underage persons to consume alcohol.
Erin Hatton knows that Jamie Peck is unusually devoted to his work.
Last summer, Hatton needed to defend her dissertation so she could move to Buffalo, N.Y. Her dissertation was in Peck’s area of expertise, so his participation was necessary, she said.
But there was a problem: Peck, an avid cyclist, was seriously injured May 22 when a drunken driver hit him and fled the scene. Nevertheless, Peck honored the late July appointment, even meeting with her ahead of time to talk about the project, Hatton said.
Joe Monty, a starting defensive end for the Wisconsin Badgers football team and UW-Madison senior, suffered serious facial injuries after a motor-vehicle accident early Friday. Monty had allegedly been drinking beforehand.
UW-Madison is failing its commitment to diversity, according to a panel of the University�s senior administrators, faculty and students at the Plan 2008 Student Forum Friday.
Despite steady rain and chilly temperatures, Madison police made 267 arrests during Saturday�s Mifflin Street Block Party.
University health officials confirmed the first case of mumps in University Housing Friday, with the infection of a 19-year-old female in Witte. The case marks the second confirmed case of the disease on the UW-Madison campus.
Separated from the chilly waters of Lake Monona by no more than a thin skin of concrete, college students from UW-Madison and 11 other schools put faith in their ability to design and build canoes out of a material usually more fit to be an anchor.
This feat of flotation, not always entirely successful on Friday, was part of the Great Lakes Regional Concrete Canoe Conference in which engineering students competed against one another for the chance to advance to a national competition while demonstrating the versatility of a rigid material.
With rain pouring down on the Mifflin Street Block Party Saturday, cleanup could have been a nightmare, but instead, residents were pleasantly surprised by a few extra helping hands.
While approximately 10 to 15 thousand people packed Mifflin Street Saturday, drinking and partying from morning until evening, more than 13,000 decided to do something a little bit healthier.
University of Wisconsin football player Joe Monty suffered lacerations and fractures after crashing his moped into another vehicle early Friday morning.
A heated crowd of students interrogated University of Wisconsin administrators and student representatives about efforts to enhance the college experience for minorities at the Plan 2008 Student Forum Friday.
April rain showers failed to stop University of Wisconsin students and others from partying at the annual Mifflin Street Block Party Saturday.
MADISON, Wis. — Two 2005 graduates of Waubonsie Valley High School were sentenced Thursday to a form of probation for their roles in an anti-gay hate crime late last year on the campus of the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Purdue University’s yearbook has problems. One of them is that its name conjures up images of trash.
The publication was named Debris back in the 19th century, when, according to the yearbook’s lore, its founders took the word to mean “a collection of works.”
MADISON – Thousands of grinning, hollering college students in superhero costumes, flip-flops and bathrobes jammed the streets Saturday for an annual spring block party.
They won top honors a week ago at the UW-Madison’s Burrill Technology Business Plan Competition. Now, the students who run Internet Privacy & Identity Credential are facing a big question: Should they remain in Madison?
The company, which helps provide secure Internet transactions, is being courted by investors, banks and others from around the country, the students say.
The rain couldn’t keep a parade of people from perusing Mifflin street during the annual block party.
