MADISON, Wis. — Technology takes UW teachers and students to a whole new level.Cashing in on the popularity of mp3 players, UW professors are now producing their own podcasts. These mp3 files provide educators with an opportunity to talk about more than can be discussed in class. Containing music, speech and interviews the files are meant to help students gain a better understanding of the material.
Joe Monty, a starting defensive end for the University of Wisconsin football team, sustained facial fractures and other injuries early today when he slammed into the back of a car with his moped.
Monty, a fifth-year senior from Fort Collins, Colo., sustained “numerous facial fractures,” head trauma and lacerations to his face and legs, according to Madison police spokesman Mike Hanson. His injuries were not considered life-threatening, Hanson said.
….It appeared Monty had been drinking before the crash and will likely face a drunken driving citation, Hanson said.
While fun lovers revel in the debauchery that is the Mifflin Street Block Party Saturday, city residents averse to raucous crowds, hawk-like police presence and a vastly underage, out-of-town throng will have somewhere else to turn.
“Most people who go to Mifflin are not from Madison, and most people from Madison do not go to Mifflin,” said Chris Dols, organizer of the inaugural Pinckney Street Block Party.
….Dols said the purpose of the Pinckney party is to fill a niche that has been left empty by the Mifflin party’s current format.
Two college students pled guilty to charges stemming from their involvement in the Ogg Hall hate crime in December after seeing their charges reduced. Kevin Cochacki, a freshman from Purdue University, and Caleb Moore, an Auburn University freshman, pled guilty to disorderly conduct misdemeanors after felony criminal damage to property charges against them were dropped.
No one was more surprised at the success of the Crazylegs Classic than the race’s namesake.
Who would have believed the race, dreamed up by three running buddies over beers at the old Charley’s Cafe a quarter- century ago as a way to raise money for the UW Athletic Department, would become a springtime institution in Madison?
Very few college towns across the nation gather nearly 20,000 students every year for a block party that gains national attention.
MADISON, Wis. – State health officials want college students to avoid sharing their beer to keep mumps from infecting people at a massive street party planned this weekend.
The Mifflin Street block party, a University of Wisconsin-Madison tradition, is scheduled for Saturday. Tens of thousands of college students pack balconies and porches and fill the streets for the bash.
A recent survey found that women fret about the shape of their bodies every 15 minutes, even more frequently than men think about sex, if that’s possible.
This insecurity does not seem to bedevil 19 female students at UW-Madison who get bucky naked or nearly so in the May issue of Playboy and its glossy tribute to America’s top 10 party schools.
Some will roast and host; another’s twice shy
Ted Horstick and Ryan Well are taking two very different approaches to this year’s Mifflin Street Block Party.
Well — who lives at 448 W. Mifflin, where the residents last year drew more than $11,000 in fines — is locking his doors. But Horstick is ordering some kegs and roasting a pig, like last year.
Memorial Library has implemented a new policy that prohibits patrons from using cellular phones in all library locations aside from the West Corridor.
It is not everyday University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly serenades a class full of students.
Wednesday night, Reilly gave a lesson in Irish literature to Odyssey students, passionately reading a passage from James Joyceââ?¬â?¢s ââ?¬Å?Finnegans Wakeââ?¬Â and even singing an Irish-American tune about the revitalizing powers of whiskey.
Memorial Library officials hope a new policy will succeed where annoyed glances and subtle reminders of ââ?¬Å?shut the hell upââ?¬Â have failed: getting cell phones out of silent study areas.
A new effort to limit government spending intensified debate Wednesday between the University of Wisconsin and the state.
As with every annual Mifflin Street Block Party, city police expect a high level of intoxication among the majority of people attending the party.
Something’s changed in the air on the University of Wisconsinââ?¬â??Madison campus. Something hangs there outside lecture halls and bar doorways, clinging to clothes, masking perfume and lingering in the long hair of college-age women.
A new transfer program at UW-Madison is a smart way to increase minority and low-income students on campus.
The university will guarantee a place to any liberal arts student with a 3.0 grade point average and 54 credits from the Madison Area Technical College, according to a recently signed agreement.
Gino Cruse and Antonio Freeman, each cited recently for marijuana offenses, have been dismissed from the University of Wisconsin football team, continuing a house cleaning by first-year coach Bret Bielema.
The moves were announced in a statement that accompanied the release of the Badgers’ two-deep roster. The release of Cruse and Freeman, who were expected to be reserves next season, means three players have been booted from the program by Bielema.
As the Mifflin Street Block Party approaches, residents of the street are preparing for a heavy police presence on their block.
The first case of the mumps to appear at UW-Madison occurred Monday as a 20-year-old female undergraduate who lives off campus was daignosed, prompting local health services to warn students to take extra measures to avoid contracting the contagious disease.
With more than 20,000 people expected to gather on Mifflin Street this Saturday for the annual block party, two University of Wisconsin students are hoping each one will ââ?¬Å?pitch inââ?¬Â for an art project.
This year�s Mifflin Street Block Party promises a big turnout as students gear up to rub shoulders with 20,000 of their closest friends.
Undergraduate student researchers from 22 University of Wisconsin System schools presented their findings during a public event at the Capitol Tuesday.
Many University of Wisconsin students stand to pay less for textbooks next semester with the launching of an Associated Students of Madison-sponsored pilot textbook rental program.
University of Wisconsin and city officials celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the Policy Alternatives Community Education project Tuesday afternoon at the Pyle Center.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison�s first case of the mumps was confirmed yesterday, leaving university officials and students alike wary of whether there will be more in coming weeks.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison�s first case of the mumps was confirmed yesterday, leaving university officials and students alike wary of whether there will be more in coming weeks.
Mumps has been diagnosed in a 20-year-old University of Wisconsin-Madison student who lives in an off-campus apartment. That student has been asked to stay away from school until he or she is no longer contagious.
Madison: The first confirmed case of the mumps on the UW campus belongs to a 20 year woman. University Health Officials say her case was confirmed late Monday, and now they’re trying to figure out who else may have been in contact with her while she’s been contagious.
University of Wisconsin-Madison officials today said they have identified the first case of mumps among students here.
A blood test on a female undergraduate, conducted Thursday, came back positive on Monday, said Craig Roberts, epidemiologist with University Health Services. The 20-year-old woman lives off campus, according to a written statement from the university.
Mumps has a two- to three-week incubation period, Roberts noted. Two to three weeks from now will be around the end of the semester, he noted.
UW-Madison sophomore Ray Rosing was alert and in good condition Monday after a bike accident in which he was hit by two cars and dragged approximately 60 feet under the back tires of a car.
The UW-Madison POSSE Foundation held a celebratory dinner Monday night at the Pyle Center in recognition of its first four graduating scholars, who will officially finish school with their commencement in May.
A proposed UW-Madison plan to revoke season tickets from unruly fans may affect the way students buy and sell tickets. At the crux of the issue is the stipulation that season ticket holders are responsible for the actions of any person who occupies their seat.
Ordinances concerning underage drinking, open alcohol containers and noise will be enforced at Saturday�s Mifflin Street Block Party, city officials said at a meeting Monday.
The Wisconsin Capitol Rotunda will be alive with displays of undergraduate student research today for this yearââ?¬â?¢s ââ?¬Å?Posters in the Rotunda.ââ?¬Â
University of Wisconsin student Raymond Rosing remains in stable condition after being hit by two cars while riding his bicycle Sunday night.
Despite losing four full-time clinical doctors since July 2005, University Health Services Executive Director Kathleen Poi said Monday the student health-care provider would return to full staff by next fall.
Along with the usual junk mail and spam, University of Wisconsin students will find in their inboxes this morning an e-mail warning them about the mumps.
Mifflin Street residents and city officials met Monday to discuss issues and concerns regarding Saturday�s upcoming annual Mifflin Street Block Party.
For almost a year, Paul Barrows has been near the forefront of a tense political relationship between the University of Wisconsin and the state Legislature. His case, in many ways, has symbolized the universityââ?¬â?¢s inability ââ?¬â? perceived or actual ââ?¬â? to dismiss an unwanted employee.
Law schools eager to raise their national rankings are demanding higher scores on the Law School Admission Test, but they’re paying a price in terms of racial diversity as fewer black applicants make the cutoff.That’s the controversial argument of John Nussbaumer, an associate dean at Michigan’s Thomas M. Cooley Law School and author of a widely debated paper in this month’s edition of St. John’s University Law Review. His thesis says schools increasingly ignore their mandate not to overemphasize the LSAT. It is striking chords far beyond academic circles as the legal profession ponders how to reverse a steady 10-year decline.
Students at Milwaukee Area Technical College will soon have a straight path to entering the University of Wisconsin-Madison thanks to an all-but-inked agreement between the two institutions.
Some students living on Mifflin Street say they are not taking any chances at this year’s block party. Students call them horror stories–houses that have received thousands of dollars in fines. Now residents living on Mifflin Street say they are doing something police have been asking for for years: they’re listening to the warnings.
MADISON, Wis. — Police, students and neighbors have been gearing up for the annual, yet controversial Mifflin Street block party.
The party has been an annual celebration for nearly four decades.
Student government officials at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are standing behind the principle of giving student fees to campus religious organizations.But they’re willing to concede that the UW Roman Catholic Foundation is ineligible for some funds because it owns its own building.
MADISON, Wis. – A controversy is brewing over whether the University of Wisconsin-Madison should allow a campus Catholic group to use student fees for religious purposes.
A 20-year-old UW-Madison student was taken to a local hospital Sunday night after he was hit by two cars while riding his bicycle in the campus area.
The cyclist was hit by a vehicle traveling south in the 100 block of North Mills Street just before 8:30 p.m. He was knocked into the opposite lane and struck by a second vehicle, which dragged him 60 feet, according to Madison police.
University Health Services has lost half of its clinical doctors since last July, and students are paying a price for it in reduced services and medical training opportunities.
Instead of listening to moving speeches given by women during Sexual Assault Awareness Month, U.W. Greek men are working with each other on how to prevent sexual assaults from happening.
It’ll be practice as usual for the U.W. men’s soccer team Monday, except for one detail. It will be held at two in the morning, at Librar
Madison: The mumps have hit Dane County and health experts are expecting it to spread.
Two UW-Madison students were beaten and robbed in separate campus-area robberies late Saturday night.
At a university the size of UW-Madison, one does not often hear of students taking on the role of professors.
But since Fall 2005, the facilitators of Fraternity Action Coalition, a one-credit seminar through the School of Social Work, have been doing just that.
UW-Madison students and residents of the Mifflin Street area are encouraged to attend an informational meeting about the annual Mifflin Street Block Party tonight.
On the 100 Block of North Mills Street two cars struck a bicyclist Sunday evening, one of them dragging him approximately 50 feet.
Health officials are expressing growing concern over the recent outbreak of mumps in the Midwest and the possibility of its spread to the UW-Madison campus, as 17 Wisconsin cases have been confirmed in people ages 5 to 83 years old.
Diversity, diversity, diversity. In an editorial last week, the Wisconsin State Journal called for an independent audit of campus diversity initiatives. While the publicationââ?¬â?¢s editorial board was right about one thing ââ?¬â? efforts to increase diversity cost the UW System ââ?¬Å?tens of millions a yearââ?¬Â ââ?¬â? it still missed the mark by placing too much value on the leftââ?¬â?¢s social engineering ideal.
Dontez Sanders says he does not dispute that his unleased Pit Bull killed Laura Crylon’s leashed puppy, Cubby, as she walked him in a common area at their apartment complex.Ã? Ã? But, he says Kato is not aggressive toward people and has had training to help deal with his “prey drive”, or his urge to chase small animals.
A week after Princeton Review named UW the nation’s number one party school, Joel Plant began his job as Madison’s first Alcohol Policy Coordinator.Ã? Eight months later, he’s about to experience his first Mifflin Street block party.Ã?Â
Stereotypes of the ââ?¬Å?typical frat guyââ?¬Â abound on the University of Wisconsin campus. Though details vary from one account to another, the general idea usually involves some combination of ââ?¬Å?elitist meatheadââ?¬Â and ââ?¬Å?drunken partier.ââ?¬Â
City police are continuing a search for four suspects in two robberies of two different University of Wisconsin students early Saturday morning.
