Category: Campus life

When he was a child, Tyler Hendricks was a big fan of the University of Wisconsin Marching Band.

ââ?¬Å?I thought the band was the coolest, and I really wanted to be part of the band when I grew up,ââ?¬Â he said.

Hendricks said he thought one could play in the band without enrolling at UW.

Under the guise of a student, Northern Arizona University anthropology professor Cathy Smith enrolled as a freshman at her own school for two semesters, moved into the dorms and took a full load of courses.

Jordan Smith, a University of Wisconsin senior, has been politically active her whole life.

Hailing from Norwich, New York, a small town near Syracuse, Smith grew up with what she calls ââ?¬Å?politically mindedââ?¬Â parents, who encouraged her to speak her mind.

And now, as the chair of the UW College Republicans, Smith is doing just that.

When Brian Shactman, a University of Wisconsin junior, was in second grade, he spent recess having fun, just like the rest of his classmates. But while other children played, Shactman got his thrills collecting quarters to donate to the Clinton campaign, which his father worked on.

Totaling more than $27 million in student tuition money, next year�s segregated-fee budget is now in the hands of Chancellor John Wiley, awaiting his final approval.

UW Madison students could see their tuition go down.

That’s if the Student Services Finance Committee gives the go-ahead to give them some money back.

Members of the Committee met Thursday night to talk about the issue, but decided to wait until next Wednesday to vote

Resident assistants at the University of Wisconsin would have the same rights as other students, but would be expected to use their influence wisely under a UW System proposal created in response to a controversy over Bible study sessions.

The plan will go before a panel of the Board of Regents a week from today and the full board next Friday for final approval.

College life is one of the most disorganized, fast-paced, busiest and craziest lifestyles. When you are running around as much as UW-Madison students, it can be challenging to grab a bite to eat�let alone a healthy or home-cooked one.

Resident assistants across the UW System could hold activities such as Bible studies and political rallies in their rooms, if the Board of Regents approves a recommendation for RAs rights next week, according to a UW System statement.

The Peace Corps celebrates its 45th anniversary this week and UW-Madison has more alumni serving in the Corps than any university for the 20th consecutive year, due to a heightened spirit of service on campus that promotes the program, according to its veterans and facilitators.

UW-Madison labor activists delivered an ultimatum to Chancellor John Wiley�s office Wednesday, demanding fuller endorsement of the Designated Suppliers Program, which aims to eliminate sweatshop-manufactured UW-Madison apparel.

This year, $830,000 of unused student segregated fees may go back to students, pending a decision by members of the Student Services Finance Committee Thursday.

Chanting, yelling and dealing out ultimatums, representatives of the Student Labor Action Coalition stormed Chancellor John Wiley�s office Wednesday, demanding the chancellor adopt a new policy for University of Wisconsin-licensed apparel.

Memorial Union and Union South are one step closer to receiving a facelift.

In order to help fund an approximately $153 million plan to renovate Memorial Union and build a new Union South, the Wisconsin Union Directorate, Feb. 1, proposed raising student-segregated fees by up to $96 per student, per year, for up to 30 years.

University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly announced a proposal Wednesday that would allow resident assistants to lead and participate in all activities, religious and otherwise, anywhere on campus.

Resident assistants in the University of Wisconsin System would be allowed to host Bible study in their dorms as long as they don’t coerce other students to participate, under a recommendation released Wednesday by system President Kevin Reilly.

A student who supervises student housing in the University of Wisconsin System has the same rights as the students being supervised.
That simple statement reached biblical proportions Thursday when System officials recommended a policy designed to resolve an issue that erupted at UW-Eau Claire last fall. A resident assistant there was told to stop leading Bible study groups in his dormitory room.

By expanding its stellar PEOPLE program to grade-schoolers, UW-Madison is giving poor and minority children an even better shot at a college education.

And for many of these youngsters, college will be a way out of poverty and a path to becoming productive citizens.

MADISON, Wis. — A national group is voicing concerns about University of Wisconsin student tuition fee money slated to fund a Catholic student organization.

The controversy centers on booklets that would be handed out on campus next year at the start of Lent, WISC-TV reported.

Peruvian dancers, donning colorfully knit hats and ponchos, spun their partners across the floor. Latino music pumped through the room�s speakers continuously. And melted chocolate poured from a fountain in the middle of the room.

However, the party atmosphere did not distract University of Wisconsin officials from the more serious issues at hand Tuesday.

MADISON, Wis. ââ?¬â? Just next to the University of Wisconsin-Madisonââ?¬â?¢s student union towers a castle-like red building ââ?¬â?? a foreboding presence in the center of campus.

But thereââ?¬â?¢s a place in this building that, for many UW-Madison students, makes the 933-acre, 43,000-student university feel smaller and more approachable ââ?¬â?? like a home away from home.

An effort to renovate Memorial Union and construct a new south campus union building will likely earn a spot on the Associated Students of Madison�s March 28 ballot if a petition introducing the initiative earns the required amount of student signatures.

The Wisconsin Union and UW-Madison Police defended the security of Bernie�s Place daycare center, 206 Bernard Ct., detailing some of their precautionary measures Monday.

A national watchdog group urged Chancellor John Wiley Monday to veto a funding decision made Feb. 15 for the University of Wisconsin Roman Catholic Foundation.

Imagine a night of partying ending with a wake up call in an unrecognizable cell block of a room. If it’s not jail, it’s detox.

This school year began with the number of UW Madison students admitted to Dane County’s Detox Center double the previous year.

But is that kind of experience enough of a wake up call to change a young person’s behavior?

Madison-based Freedom From Religion Foundation wants to take on the University of Wisconsin. The organization works to keep church and state separate and it says the university should stop giving student fee money to the UW Roman Catholic Foundation.

Just because Local 171 Steward Mark Thomas claims something does not mean it is true. In his letter to the editor, Thomas once again is disingenuously claiming limited-term employee abuse at the Wisconsin Union and is using this as leverage to oppose the student-led effort to pass Wisconsin Union Facilities Improvement Plan this Spring. The plan aims to renovate and preserve the historic ambience of Memorial Union, and build a new more functional, appealing and energy-efficient green south campus union.

Within the next year, all Wiscmail users must change their passwords to comply with new minimum-security standards to prevent hacking of e-mail accounts and loss of personal information, the UW-Madison Division of Information Technology said at its Feb. 17 meeting.

Three Latin American garment workers touring universities in the United States exposed their continuous struggles to unionize the Third World in an event put on by the UW-Madison Student Labor Action Coalition Saturday.

Imagine living 12 years of your life behind bars for a crime you did not commit.

Such was the unfortunate reality for Chris Ochoa, a third-year law student at the University of Wisconsin, who served 12 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of murder.

Madison’s Red Shed and State Street Bar and Grill were two of the taverns targeted by Madison police Thursday night in an effort to catch underage drinkers

Every year, a team of UW students builds a race car from the groupd up. The Badger Racing Team brings together a wide range of students…from engineering majors, to business and journalism majors.

The students are responsible for the entire process; the design, the building, the marketing, and the racing.

Students at Ball State University who choose to download music and movies will no longer have to worry about the legal consequences.

Though hundreds of University of Wisconsin students may mourn the destruction of landmark Ogg Hall next year, two new residence halls are in the works to serve as adequate replacements.

While some students may still be going through the difficult process of selecting a new roommate for next year, some have chosen to avoid this ordeal by choosing to live with a non-human roommate instead. There are many UW-Madison students who share their homes with pets, but doing so can come at a hefty price that might catch some students off guard.

With media perceptions of Islam ranging from incendiary to offensive, many UW-Madison Muslim students said they are concerned with the assumptions made about them.