Category: Campus life

A UW-Madison MBA student won an award for ââ?¬Å?Best Tropical Latin Albumââ?¬Â at Wednesday nightââ?¬â?¢s 48th Annual Grammy Awards, according to a university statement.

Derek Kwan, a UW-Madison business student in the Bolz Center for Arts Administration, was associate producer for the winning album, ââ?¬Å?Bebo De Cuba,ââ?¬Â featuring artist Bebo Valdez.

Members of the Student Labor Action Coalition claim the University of Wisconsin administration invaded their privacy by obtaining their organizational e-mail, a charge the university has deemed false.

Non-Wisconsin residents could pay less tuition to attend all UW System campuses except UW-Madison for the 2006-�07 academic year after the UW System Board of Regents passed a resolution Thursday.

Though Student Labor Action Coalition members have cried foul, a University of Wisconsin administrator said the university did nothing illegal in obtaining the minutes of a recent SLAC meeting.

The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents� Business, Finance and Audit Committee reconvened Thursday to discuss resolutions to lower nonresident student tuition and to adjust UW executive salaries.

Derek Kwan, a first-year MBA student at the UW-Madison School of Business in arts administration, can now count a Grammy Award among his accomplishments.

Kwan, who works for UW-Madison’s Union Theater, was the associate producer for “Bebo De Cuba” featuring Bebo Valdes, which won Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album Wednesday night. He also co-produced an album by the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra with Arturo O’Farrill, which was nominated in the same category

While many people watching the Grammy’s were rooting for Mariah, Kayne, or Bono.

A UW-Madison student was pulling for Bebo.

Derek Kwan was an associate producer on the album “Bebo De Cuba,”which won the Grammy Wednesday night for “Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album.”

A review performed by the Office of Student Financial Services has found that UW-Madison students are diligent about repaying student loans, according to a university statement.

The office found UW-Madison showed low default rates for two prominent federal loan programs.

ââ?¬Å?I love this old man! He is hilarious!!ââ?¬Â a UW-Madison student writes of a sociology professor on RateMyProfessors.com.

ââ?¬Å?A bit overweight. His assignment instructions are awful, and apparently he hasnââ?¬â?¢t heard of proofreading,ââ?¬Â writes another of an engineering professor.

Every day students make a difference at the University of Wisconsin by participating in campus life, studying hard and working to change the way we view the world.

For the 20th consecutive year, the University of Wisconsin has produced the most Peace Corps volunteers in the nation, with 104 undergraduate and 22 graduate student-volunteers.

Amid the tranquility of white marble and potted plants in Birge Hall lobby Wednesday, University of Wisconsin officials held a reception for UW provost candidate Patrick Farrell.

It looks as if UW Madison students are taking their financial obligations seriously. (Audio.)

If the Christian rock concert stage doesn’t draw students away from boozy State Street, perhaps the laundry machines, fireplace study rooms or game room might.

Pastor Thomas Trapp says the palatial Wisconsin Lutheran Chapel and Student Center, scheduled to open later this month, has everything students need to serve as a home away from home.

“It’s just where we want to be,” said Trapp, noting its location at 220 W. Gilman St., just steps away from State Street. “To be where the action is, where the students are, to give them an alternative.” The $5.1 million center is the first of four new private religious facilities planned for University of Wisconsin-Madison students.

There has been much talk recently about giving Waukesha County residents the opportunity to earn four-year degrees at the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha.

But on Tuesday night, at a UW-Waukesha event scheduled to talk about different pathways to UW-Madison, many said they found the idea of earning a four-year degree without ever leaving home unappealing.

At the event, UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley spoke about the UW-Madison Connections program.

Gambling experts say poker for entertainment is fine, but when money gets involved or the gambling moves online, that’s when problems can occur.

Andrew Jensen got into the poker craze four years ago in high school.

“It started four years ago getting more into it with friends, then we started weekend games on Friday and Saturday nights,” said Jensen. Jensen is now a UW sophomore.

Various students, faculty and community members met in the lounge of the Red Gymââ?¬â?¢s Multi Cultural Student Center on Tuesday to discuss sexism on campus. The meeting was part of ââ?¬Å?Terrific Tuesdays,ââ?¬Â a series of discussions on current diversity issues held by the College of Letters and Sciencesââ?¬â?¢ ââ?¬Å?Pathways to Excellenceââ?¬Â program.

Associated Students of Madison representatives believe they may have finally found a way to lower the cost of textbooks for University of Wisconsin students.

Next semester, ASM plans to launch a pilot textbook-rental program in two or three classes on the UW campus, which could potentially save many students hundreds of dollars.

Tests show a college student who claimed he escaped a freezing Mississippi River on Jan. 8 had only alcohol in his system that night, a family spokesman said.

Cullen Fortney, 21, a University of Wisconsin-Madison student from Viroqua, Wis., who was in La Crosse with friends that night, told police he could not remember what happened after he left a downtown bar about 1:45 a.m.

The pit bull that attacked the puppy is in quarantine tonight. Dogs are only put into quarantine if a person is injured. According to police the woman watching the dog and the puppy’s owner suffered minor injuries. So, it’s quarantined to make sure it doesn’t have rabies. The owner of the pit bull is trying to save his dog from being put to sleep.

PLATTEVILLE – After sitting impatiently at a lunch counter and getting no service, a white man finally called to the waitress.
Immediately, he was verbally attacked by a group of black people screaming racial slurs and yelling that he and his friends were in a “colored only” section. They spilled a drink on the white man’s head and wrestled him to the ground.

A move to establish a referendum to renovate Memorial Union and rebuild Union South seems to have cemented student support, Wisconsin Union student representatives said Monday.

Student input on union construction has increased since past efforts to pass a referendum to overhaul the unions failed, according to UW-Madison senior Jenna Reidi, vice president of internal relations for the Wisconsin Union Directorate.

In light of a legally questionable harassment policy, University of Wisconsin Housing has changed its policy to better define what qualifies as harassment and protect the constitutional rights of students.

The debate about whether graffiti is art has gone a step further in the Art Department’s sixth- and seventh-floor landings at UW-Madison’s Mosse Humanities Building.

MADISON, Wis. — A University of Wisconsin-Madison student is considering legal action against the owner of a 3-year-old pit bull that attacked and killed her 6-month-old Dachsund puppy this weekend.

The woman said that the attack happened in the fenced courtyard at Surfside Apartments, located at 661 Mendota Court, in Madison.

The pit bull that attacked the puppy is in quarantine tonight. Dogs are only put into quarantine if a person is injured. According to police the woman watching the dog and the puppy’s owner suffered minor injuries. So, it’s quarantined to make sure it doesn’t have rabies. Monday the owner of the pit bull that is trying to save his dog from being put to sl

(EAU CLAIRE) A survey on college campuses is underway around the country to find out if students are cheating or plagiarizing. UW-Eau Claire started its survey this week. (Fourth item.)

Students who eat in University Housing Food Service are aware of the themed meals and made-to-order foods that are offered, but they may not know these features are specifically designed to keep them coming back for more.

With the University of Wisconsin still dealing with the aftermath of the alleged hate crimes that occurred in Ogg Hall last December, one aspect of the incident has not gone unnoticed in the UW community: alcohol.

After the Dane County Sheriff�s Office and the Madison Fire Department conducted a day-long search for University of Wisconsin student Justin Myers on Lake Monona, he turned himself in to Madison police Friday.

University of Wisconsin-Madison students and employees can learn to fix their bicycles and gain free access to tools under a newly expanded program.

In conjunction with the UW Madison student ââ?¬Å?Village Health Project,ââ?¬Â the Invisible Children National Tour is coming to Madison next week.

People consider UW Madison number one in any number of things — sports, research … or volunteerism. A campus recruiter for the Peace Corps says a record number of Madison alumni understand the value in serving their country by serving others abroad.

“I was in Uganda doing water and sanitation work from 2002 to 2004,” Greg Pepping says.

The debate about whether graffiti is art has gone a step further in the Art Department’s sixth- and seventh-floor landings at UW-Madison’s Mosse Humanities Building.

Students seeking an eclectic array of music and talk may find 91.7 FM-WSUM, the student-run radio station ââ?¬Å?in tuneââ?¬Â with their interests. Besides unique content, equally distinctive to the station is the devotion and passion of the student staff, consisting of hundreds of volunteers dedicated to free speech and non-commercial networking.

About a week and a half ago, I received a call from Mr. Andriy Pazuniak in order to have a phone interview about the People and Posse programs on campus. Being a Posse scholar, I agreed to the interview.

The Madison Police Department has dealt with a drug bust, strong-armed robberies, battery incidents and downtown pipe-bomb threats � and those incidents only occurred in the past month.