Category: Campus life

It was not easy for Gerardo Mancilla, a University of Wisconsin senior, to leave his tightly knit community four years ago and be the first person in his family to attend college.

Four suburban teenagers have been charged with felony hate crimes, accused of shouting slurs at a gay University of Wisconsin-Madison student and vandalizing his property, authorities said Monday.

No one was injured in the early morning altercation in Ogg Residence Hall on Dec. 21, and property damage was limited to torn photographs and posters promoting a campus center for lesbians, gays and others.

Traditional library research may go the way of the typewriter thanks to a new alliance between Google, universities and libraries from across the world.

Although smaller anonymous hate crimes may be more common, it could be the overt targeting of a specific UW-Madison student that has forced recent allegations of hate crimes in Ogg Hall into the limelight.

In response to the alleged hate crimes that occurred in Ogg Hall, University of Wisconsin Interim Provost Virginia Sapiro issued a statement Friday condemning the crimes.

Information technology in the classroom was supposed to bridge digital divides and enhance student research. Increasingly, however, our networks are being used to entertain members of “the Facebook Generation” who text-message during class, talk on their cellphones during labs, and listen to iPods rather than guest speakers in the wireless lecture hall.

Three members of the Waubonsie Valley High School class of 2005 and another man face trial later this year for their alleged roles in a hate crime on the campus of the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

An attorney for one of the accused men, Kevin R. Sochacki, expressed confidence his client will be acquitted of the felony criminal damage to property and misdemeanor disorderly conduct charges lodged against all four suspects.

Students, faculty and staff at the University of Wisconsin-Madison were shaken after learning this week about an apparent hate crime in Ogg Hall.

Earlier this week, four men were charged with hate crimes after a Dec. 21 incident in which an Ogg Hall lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender liaison had his door defaced.

UW-Madison is offering new international studies courses this spring semester, including Literature in Translation 248, ââ?¬Å?The Vampire in Literature and Film.ââ?¬Â

The University of Wisconsin got its MTV.

For the first time, students living in campus residence halls received mtvU � the popular cable channel�s 24-hour college network � Thursday as part of the basic cable package provided by UW Housing.

While many students were shocked to hear of the felony hate crime charges brought against two University of Wisconsin students, representatives of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Campus Center said they were not.

A Catholic organization serving University of Wisconsin-Madison students wants to be the first group to spend student fees on activities that are openly religious.

The UW Roman Catholic Foundation, which operates the private St. Paul’s University Catholic Center at 723 State St., is pushing to get $205,000 in segregated fees, a portion of which would pay for Lenten booklets.

A Catholic organization serving University of Wisconsin-Madison students wants to be the first group to spend student fees on activities that are openly religious.

The UW Roman Catholic Foundation, which operates the private St. Paul’s University Catholic Center at 723 State St., is pushing to get $205,000 in segregated fees, a portion of which would pay for Lenten booklets.

….The Catholic foundation’s budget request was scheduled for a vote Wednesday night by the Associated Students of Madison Council. But the council decided to delay it and seek legal advice.

The Madison Police Department released a report last week evaluating the effectiveness of Halloween policing actions during the 2005 celebration. The report was based on 2004 recommendations and contained proposed changes for 2006.

Four men, two of whom are UW-Madison freshmen, face charges of criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct for their alleged involvement in a hate crime that occurred in Ogg Hall shortly before winter break. Maximum penalties could mean nearly four years of jail time and $30,000 in fines for each defendant.

A University of Wisconsin graduate student suffered severe facial and head injuries after he was robbed early Wednesday morning, police reported.

Two University of Wisconsin freshmen appeared in court Jan. 17 facing felony charges of disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property as hate crimes.

Two men went to the hospital after a pair of similar violent robberies in Madison during the past few days. Police aren’t connecting the two robberies, but said that both are troubling.

The first incident occurred when a 38-year-old man was hit in the head with an unknown object and robbed of cash on Saturday night. The robbery occurred at about 10 p.m. on East Lawn Court. The victim had severe head injuries and was taken to the hospital for surgery, WISC-TV reported.

In a second incident on Wednesday morning, a University of Wisconsin-Madison doctoral student was attacked by two men. The robbery occurred at about 2:40 a.m. at the corner of University Avenue and Chamberlain Avenue, police said.

Four college students were charged with hate crimes for an incident during which they allegedly wrote anti-gay statements and spit on a dorm room door.

According to a criminal complaint, the victim, whose door displayed a red sign reading “LGBT Liaison” and several gay-themed posters, told police he was awakened in his Ogg Hall dorm room at about 2:30 a.m. on Dec. 21 by someone yelling, “All faggots should die” and “I hate f– faggots.” He opened the door to find “I hate f— faggots. Die,” written on the dry erase board on his door and saliva dripping down his door.

Two Janesville brothers expect college to be a breeze after being shot at in Iraq.

Derek Hahn, 25, and Micheal Hahn, 23, landed in Kuwait on Christmas Eve 2004. They returned Dec. 14.

This week, the sergeants reported to school at UW-Madison.

MADISON, Wis. — Two University of Wisconsin students are among a group of four men charged with criminal damage to property and a hate crime for allegedly tearing down a bulletin board in a University of Wisconsin-Madison residence hall.

The four men are accused of ripping the bulletin board off a wall in Ogg Hall because it directed gay students to support services, WISC-TV reported.

Administrators and students from 14 different University of Wisconsin institutions delivered a final recommendation to UW System President Kevin Reilly Jan. 11 in regard to resident assistant (RA) policy.

University of Wisconsin officials thought they had three final candidates for the vacant provost position, but these are difficult economic times.

The University of Wisconsin named Roger Maclean the new associate dean of executive education at the School of Business in late December.

The State Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities held a public hearing last week to discuss a number of proposed Assembly bills that, if passed, could affect the University of Wisconsin System.

University of Wisconsin administrators expect Chancellor John Wiley to fill the vacant provost position, second in rank at the university, early this spring.

LA CROSSE, Wis. � No foul play has been discovered thus far in an investigation into two men�s night on the town that ended with one in the river and another passing out at a hospital, La Crosse police said Friday.

But the night, which inspired e-mail speculation linking it to the river drownings of seven young men in recent years, will likely be one the two men won�t forget � or ever completely remember.

A milestone in Madison�s history is fast approaching as the city prepares for its 150th birthday in March.

To mark the event, the city is planning two celebrations, one for the weekend of April 7ââ?¬â??9 and one to last throughout 2006, according to Rebecca Kasemeyer, who is in charge of the Sesquicentennial festivities.

Kiplinger�s Personal Finance magazine recently rated UW-Madison the 15th best value of the nation�s public universities.

urprisingly, for students from the warmer West, Wisconsin winters actually are a feature that draws students to the school, rather than driving them away.

UW-Madison plays host to nearly 4,000 international students each semester, and during the bone-chilling winters, it is easy to wonder why these students ever wanted to come to Madison.