One group of UW students is headed south for spring break where they will soak up the sun while tearing down houses.
More than 100 students chose to spend their spring break helping Hurricane Katrina victims get back on their feet. They left Sunday night and will rebuild houses through Habitat for Humanity throughout the next week.
The challenge is to be cleaner and quieter. The UW Madison snowmobiling team hopes to meet that challenge and clean up the competition.
The team is taking part in the Society of Automotive Engineers Clean Snowmobile Challenge in Michigan this week.
Wet, rainy weather may be to blame for thousands of incorrect S.A.T. scores. That statement comes from the company responsible for scanning answer sheets.
The U.W. Madison says it was notified this week that scores for more than 40 applicants were incorrect out of 23,000 who applied. One S.A.T. score was off by more than 300 points.
About 4,000 college-bound high school students ââ?¬â? not to mention parents, counselors and college admissions officials ââ?¬â? are struggling to recover from the news this week that their SAT scores were miscalculated. ââ?¬Å?I don’t understand how this could have happened,ââ?¬Â says Katie MacDowell, 17, a senior at Littleton (Mass.) High School. She learned Thursday that the score reported to colleges for her test was 40 points lower than it should have been.
It is a universally-acknowledged truth that human beings cannot help drinking water, since approximately 75 percent of fat-free mass of the human body is made of this precious fluid.
When Robbie Earl and Joe Pavelski are flying down the ice, just about everyone in the Kohl Center, from coaches to Crease Creatures, is hoping for the same thing: the next score. Everyone, that is, except for the UW men�s hockey athletic trainer, Andy Hrodey. Though he is as much in favor of a win for the Badgers as anyone else, he hopes first and foremost that his players are hydrated.
Eighty percent of college students report experiencing depression some time after coming to college, according to a study cited by Nathan Pruitt, a doctor at University Health Services. Pruitt discussed depression and its tendency to go untreated Wednesday.
Although graduate-level research grants may seem more common at UW-Madison, undergraduate opportunities do exist and are more accessible than some may believe.
Seniors in the College of Letters and Science Honors Program are able to apply for Senior Thesis Grants. Twelve to 15 students yearly are given a $2,000 stipend for their work and roughly $700 for expenses, according to Jeffrey Shokler, associate director of the L&S Honors Program.
Patrick V. Farrell, former associate dean of the UW-Madison School of Engineering, was named provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs by UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley Wednesday.
Early Wednesday morning, Madison police were called to the 1000 block of West Dayton Street after a report of a strong-armed robbery. The victim of the alleged robbery said he had been walking home from a UW-Madison library when three males attacked him.
In announcing yesterday that Patrick Farrell will become the next provost of the University of Wisconsin, Chancellor John Wiley permanently filled the first of many interim posts atop Bascom Hill and helped usher in a new era for the University.
To offer support and relief to the obliterated areas of the Gulf Coast, most volunteers offer services to its desperate victims by rebuilding shattered homes, distributing needed supplies and cleaning up debris.
Three men allegedly confronted and robbed a University of Wisconsin student on the 1000 block of W. Dayton Street early Wednesday morning, police report.
After a nationwide search and months of candidate interviews, University of Wisconsin Chancellor John Wiley has selected Patrick Farrell, executive associate dean of the College of Engineering, to be the next UW provost.
The College Board miscalculated the SAT scores of 4,000 students who took the test in October 2005, and company officials say they are still not sure what caused the error.
As more and more students turn to websites such as Facebook and MySpace to chronicle their lives and socialize with friends, they also are learning that their words and pictures are reaching way beyond the peers for whom they were intended.
CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) — The American Medical Association is warning girls not to go wild during spring break.
All but confirming what goes on in those “Girls Gone Wild” videos, 83 percent of college women and graduates surveyed by the AMA said spring break involves heavier-than-usual drinking, and 74 percent said the break results in increased sexual activity.
The success of the latest phase of the college antisweatshop movement hinges, in part, on whether college officials can be assured that supporting it will not get their institutions into legal trouble.
At least eight institutions have publicly endorsed the principles behind a proposal that calls for colleges to require that apparel bearing their logos be made only at factories that pay employees a living wage and that have legitimate unions. But those colleges have stopped short of backing the proposal to the letter.
The date of the Mifflin Street Block Party is now official. Tuesday night, alders approved the April 29th party date in a roundabout way…the city council approved the area for a no-glass zone on that date, paving the way for the annual party.
A growing number of college students are running their own businesses, educators say.
Faced with rising tuition and a fiercely competitive job market, students are eager to find ways to make their own money. Having been raised on the Internet, they’re well-equipped to build virtual storefronts. Cell phone and e-mail allow them to operate a business on the run.
Students will vote on funding for Union improvement and living wages for employees in the upcoming Associated Students of Madison elections this spring, following approval by the Student Judiciary Committee Tuesday.
The Madison City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to set April 29 as the date for the Mifflin Street Block Party hoping to avoid the same confusion that occurred over the date last year.
Students convicted of drug-related crimes may not be able to receive financial aid under a proposed bill that went before the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities Tuesday.
From federal funding and national educational agencies, to alumni donations and private corporations, UW-Madison students and faculty members receive funds for research grants from a diverse array of sources.
Though he missed out on the Big Ten Player of the Year to Ohio State senior forward Terence Dials, Wisconsin junior forward Alando Tucker was a consensus first-team All-Big Ten selection by both the conferences� coaches and the media. Tucker�s selection marks the fifth consecutive year in which the Badgers have had a consensus first-team selection.
At its latest meeting, University of Wisconsin-Madison�s Faculty Senate formally expressed displeasure with a Board of Regents policy draft on faculty suspension. Specifically, the Senate opposed allowing faculty to be suspended without pay when charged with a felony.
In a short and quickly run session, the Madison City Council officially approved this year�s Mifflin Street Block Party for April 29, 2006.
More sex, more drinking, more ââ?¬Å?sloppy and promiscuousââ?¬Â behavior.
That is what a majority of college-aged women will be facing during their spring break vacations, according to a study to be released today by the American Medical Association.
State lawmakers debated and approved a bill Tuesday that would deny financial aid to students convicted of possessing controlled substances with the intent of distributing.
The Assembly College and Universities Committee rejected a bill Tuesday proposing to place temporary restrictions on the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents.
There may be some truth to the image of spring break as an orgy of wet T-shirt contests, booze parties and sex on the beach. But a survey finds most women (65%) don’t think such activity is essential to college life. And nearly all (91%) agree that what people see in typical TV portrayals of spring break, Girls Gone Wild videos and similar programs perpetuate a negative stereotype of women.
The Wisconsin Union Directorate announced their signature drive in support of the Wisconsin Union Facilities Improvement Plan earned enough signatures to be placed on the Associated Students of Madison�s March 28 ballot at a press conference Monday.
Tonight the city council will likely pass a ââ?¬Å?no glassââ?¬Â ordinance for April 29 and will soon set aside an overtime police force for the same day, effectively designating the date for the annual Mifflin Street Block Party.
The U.S. Supreme Court�s unanimous decision Monday to uphold the Solomon Amendment, a mandate requiring federally funded universities like UW-Madison to give military recruiters equal access on campus, has led some campus organizations to question if recruiters� policies are directly associated with the University�s image.
Daniel Vilione was frantically at work.
Vilione runs coffeehouse.com, a Web site that sells specialty coffee. On a recent afternoon, he was sorting through thousands of brochures that needed to be mailed.
The company president had to hurry. He had class in two hours.
Sometimes things can start to sound like a broken record.
Last Thursday, the Student Services Finance Committee presented Chancellor Wiley with next year�s student organization budgets for his approval. The UW Roman Catholic Foundation is among the recipients of funding in a budget totaling more than $27 million.
While the relocation site of the University Square Theatres is yet to be known, city officials say the demolition of the local theater this summer will impact student life.
With the demolition of the University Square starting this summer, the student bar scene in the University Avenue area will be affected by the loss of Madhatter�s.
It�s official.
Come March 28, it will be up to University of Wisconsin students to decide whether to raise tuition by up to $96 per student, per year, for up to 30 years. This would help fund an approximately $153 million project to renovate Memorial Union and build a new Union South.
A compromise proposal before the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents resolves a potential church-state problem in a positive and common-sense way.
At issue is whether resident assistants ââ?¬â? who serve as floor leaders in university dormitories throughout the state ââ?¬â? have the same rights as other students to be involved in political or religious activities.
The University of Wisconsin approved a new Middle Eastern Studies certificate program available to students next fall.
It’s about this time every year, when thousands of area students get fed up with all the snow and ice, and start lining up for warm weather vacations.
“When I found this opportunity, I knew I had the money to go and I really wanted to go,” said Casey Bilyeu, UW sophomore.
Bilyeu is taking advantage of a new program the school is offering, to go to a typical, warm-weather destination for a notââ?¬â??soââ?¬â??typical reason.
It’s a big legal victory for the U.S. military.
Monday, the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that colleges and universities who accept federal money must allow military recruiters on campus, or risk losing funding.
University of Wisconsin officials say they anticipate seeing expression against the ruling on campus.
More and more students are giving up the sun and surf for a hammer and nails…
They’re called alternative spring breaks, and they are anything but a relaxing vacation. Still for the students who choose them, they say there’s nothing else they’d rather do.
MADISON, Wis. — Spring break starts Friday for UW Madison students.
While many students will be heading for warmer temperatures and sunshine, many are also heading to work.
….When it was announced this week that 99 college sports teams could lose scholarships for failing to meet the NCAA’s new academic standards, most around town greeted the news with a collective yawn. After all, none of the teams at the University of Wisconsin were being penalized.
But a closer look at the NCAA’s stats shows that the UW’s two most high-profile squads – the Badger football and men’s basketball teams – have numbers dangerously close to the cut line.
Fondly recalling his Peace Corps experiences in Tunisia, Gov. Jim Doyle complimented returning Corps volunteers and congratulated newly nominated ones for their dedication and service at Agriculture Hall Friday.
After an introduction by UW-Madison Interim Provost Virginia Sapiro, the governor said he was delighted to speak about his experiences and personal insight gained through his Corps service. Remembering former President John F. Kennedy�s call for service, Doyle said the former president�s inspiration encouraged him to embark on the new service program back in 1967.
A Christian group active on campuses and a student representative of religious workers in Madison responded positively last week to news that the University of Wisconsin System proposes to give dormitory advisers the same rights as fellow students.
There was a time not too long ago when bringing food or drink into the library would have gotten a visitor thrown out.
Today, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s College Library, there is actually a cafe on the main floor. Want to carry a coffee and muffin to a study room? No problem.
….The cafe is one of several changes UW-Madison library officials have taken in recent years to keep the libraries relevant, enticing and cost-effective.
Students used to spend spring break in New Orleans to relax. This year, trips to the Crescent City tend to be of the service-and-learning variety.
There’s still plenty of hurricane and flood cleanup left to do there. Delegations from Madison Area Technical College, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Edgewood College and private organizations will be pitching in there later this month, hammers in hand.
Madison police arrested convicted felon Steven Lopez-Ruiz, 24, early Sunday morning for the sexual assault and battery of a UW-Madison student at the Saxony Apartments, 305 N. Frances St., earlier this weekend.
Less than two months ago, this Board endorsed Virginia Sapiro for the position of University of Wisconsin provost. It was then, and is now, our firm belief that Ms. Sapiro is the most sensible candidate for the high office.
The Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education finished up a two-part seminar last week concerning the consequences of the increasing trend toward merit-based student aid.
Police arrested Madison resident Steven Lopez-Ruiz early Sunday morning on charges of second-degree sexual assault, robbery and parole violation.
Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle and his wife Jessica visited the University of Wisconsin Friday to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the Peace Corps ââ?¬â? an organization they said changed their lives.
A proposed University of Wisconsin policy would give resident assistants the same rights other students have to hold meetings in their dorm rooms or elsewhere on campus. Interestingly, you won’t find the word “religion” or “Bible” or the like in the proposal, but it was a church-state flap that prompted the proposal.
This proposal deserves the regents’ support.
MADISON, Wis. – Some Wisconsin college students are heading south for spring break, but not to play on the beach. They’re heading to the Gulf Coast to help people there recover from Hurricane Katrina.
More than 100 students sponsored by the environment consumer group WISPIRG will work with Habitat for Humanity to clear away homes in New Orleans March 11-19.
A group of students at the U.W. Madison received today what one man calls an unfair job advantage.
Several university students attended the First Job workshop on Sunday. The workshop teaches students how to better market themselves to prospective employers.
A UW-Madison graduate has started a company that aims to help would-be college graduates market themselves for a job.
Bob Klein’s First Job, which is based in the Chicago area, is holding a workshop on Sunday from noon-5 p.m. at the Pyle Center on campus. The cost is $75 for UW Ad Club members, $95 for other students.
The Democratic candidate for state treasurer has withdrawn from the race to continue his college studies. Robert Fyrst, 37, a three-term supervisor on the Dane County Board, announced his withdrawal today.
“Right now is not the time for me to serve as the Wisconsin state treasurer,” Fyrst said in a prepared statement. “I am not saying goodbye to politics.”
Fyrst will graduate from UW-Madison with degrees in sociology and political science this year, and has decided to apply to graduate school to continue his education.
