Nearly half of college seniors are ââ?¬Å?swirlingââ?¬Â through school ââ?¬â? that is, they have taken or are taking classes at multiple institutions on their way to earning a bachelor’s degree, a report released today says. And, it says, those seniors tend to be less engaged in their education compared with peers who have spent their college years at one school.
Every Tuesday last school year, Lance Steiger took a Bible to the basement of his dormitory at UW-Eau Claire and led a small group of friends in a discussion about a particular chapter or verse.
Steiger, a resident assistant and a junior at the time, said he was never told he could not lead a Bible study in the dorm where he worked helping students adjust to college classes and campus life.
But in July, he got a letter from school administrators warning him that if he continued to hold Bible studies in his dorm this year, he would face disciplinary action.
Dear Editor: As a peaceful participant (along with the other 99,600 State Street-goers), I thought the use of police pepper spray was ridiculous.
While trying to leave the 400 block of State Street, I got sprayed when I was legally leaving the bar at bar time and heading home just as the speakers told us to do. I had to run back in the bar like everyone else to escape this. I saw no attacks on police, their horses or any revolt against police except for maybe playful teasing.
As anti-war protesters made their lunchtime stand on Library Mall, a small band of counter-protesters sized up their ideological competition as they marched by.
“It’s 30 students and 150 old hippies,” mused one of the counter-protesters, before the two dozen conservative students broke into “God Bless America.”
It was, of course, an exaggeration. The anti-war group was about 400 strong. But on a beautiful fall day, the somewhat sparse turnout at Wednesday’s “The World Can’t Wait” rally had some protesters wondering where was the muscle behind their movement.
Supporters gathered today to thank the troops serving overseas, while opponents of the war gathered to say it’s time to bring American soldiers home.
About 30 UW Madison student members of the College Republicans rallied in support of the troops near University Square downtown.
Nothing was going to keep first-year art history student Mary Johnson from participating in the largest college Halloween party in the country, she said.
Despite requests from Madison, Wis., and University of Wisconsin officials to stay home, Johnson and thousands of other out-of-towners donned their costumes last weekend on State Street, Madtown�s main drag.
It started with one group against the war in Iraq, calling for students to walk-out of class in protest. But, another group countered the Anti-War message head on, in the middle of Library Mall.
When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently delayed, once again, its decision on whether to make the “morning-after pill” available over the counter, a top official had enough.
Susan Wood, director of the FDA’s Office of Women’s Health, quit in protest.
As an alcohol fueled event, Joel Plant has a stake in what happens every Halloween. Hired in August, Plant was thrown into the deep end; right in the middle of the smoking ban debate — and during final preps for this past weekend’s Halloween mayhem.
As the crowds gathered on State Street, the city’s new Alcohol Policy Coordinator observed — both in the command post, and amongst the crowd.
With a state audit of the University of Wisconsin�s hiring practices underway at the request of UW System President Kevin Reilly, it might not be surprising to learn that some professors within the humanities departments of the College of Letters and Science are worried about the tenure process.
Despite thousands of rowdy party-goers and the use of pepper spray, many State Street and downtown businesses deemed Halloween weekend safe and successful.
Approximately 58 UW-Madison students were arrested last weekend for violations related to Halloween parties.
That number is nearly identical to the number of UW-Madison students arrested last Halloween. UW-Madison students accounted for approximately 15 percent of all arrestees this year, approximately the same as last year. Police report that 447 people were arrested during this year�s Halloween festivities.
Earning the title of the No. 1 party school in the nation is something that many students here are proud of. Our school is known for being a place where students like to have fun, but lately it seems that this behavior has gotten too out of control and even dangerous.
As the University of Wisconsin continues to address diversity issues on campus, the Multicultural Student Coalition wants to help the university attain and retain more minority students.
The University of Wisconsin�s own Susan Fischer trumped two out-of-state candidates to become the new director of the Office of Student Financial Services, officials announced Tuesday.
After another Halloween party in Madison required police to deploy pepper spray to disperse the crowd, Mayor Dave Cieslewicz may look to generate support to cancel the event next year.
….Working at the UW I know how rules must be set down firmly for students, but this year I’m thinking the police were oversensitive and perhaps used tear gas when they did not have to. I think they were looking for a way to say “No More Halloweens” – and a quiet, peaceful one would not have given them what they want.
Since David Couper has left, the Madison Police Department has the mind-set that they are only doing their jobs when they are exerting their presence, by gassing crowds, knocking heads, and making arrests. Turn the police force into a helpful peace force. This will prevent future police riots. Another Halloween has come and gone. I am not going to elaborate on the mistakes.
I am disgusted with the Madison police and Mayor Dave for their handling of this year’s Halloween festivities.
….This is a disgrace. Simple solutions have been offered in the past – keep the bars open later or close them down all together. But Mayor Dave and the Madison Police Department think it’s best to use preemptive violence to solve the problem. Perhaps they’re following the lead of our so-called president. It seems after this year’s Halloween fiasco, they are at least as incompetent.
Dear Editor: I wanted to relate my personal experience from last Saturday night….
Dear Editor: New Orleans and Mardi Gras; Madison and Halloween.
That says it all.
How come New Orleans manages to celebrate Mardi Gras every year without generating national news headlines about “police riots,” pulling in thousands if not millions of dollars of tourist revenue, whereas Madison regularly loses its head and blows it every year at Halloween?
Come on, Mayor Dave! Take a delegation from Madtown down to the Crescent City and find out how they do it!
Theodore H. Voth Jr. Madison
Those arrested during last weekend’s State Street Halloween celebration provide a snapshot of just how far the party’s reputation has spread, police say.
Those arrested came to the celebration from 15 states, including Wisconsin; 25 states if you add the hometowns of those attending universities in Wisconsin.
“It clearly shows this has become a well-known, large event, as people from all over the country attended,” police spokesman Mike Hanson said.
As police in riot gear worked to clear State Street after the annual Halloween Party, UW-Madison senior John Ostlund was leaving a bar, dressed as a sperm, and about to get dosed with pepper spray.
By his account, he had just left The City bar as it was closing, was “rather sober,” and had no warning that authorities were taking aggressive action to clear the area sometime after 2 a.m. on Sunday.
It’s time again for another round of hand-wringing, blame-assigning, and all-around navel-gazing about Madison’s biggest holiday of the year and the problems that come with it.
MADISON, Wis. — Madison police spent Tuesday breaking down the arrest numbers from the weekend Halloween bash, only to discover a trend.
The numbers show most of the trouble is coming from three midwestern states, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois.
MADISON, Wis. — News 3 found the police tactics over the weekend were somewhat different from those used last year.
Police said the tactics prevented violence but they still were forced to use pepper spray.
(MADISON) The most effective way to reduce violence against women is to change men�s attitudes about what it means to be a man. That�s the message a national speaker will bring to the UW-Madison campus Wednesday. (Third item.)
Former Sen. John Edwards� supporters speak of his ability to disarm crowds with his Southern charm in the same mythical tones Star Wars fans use when referring to the Force. Edwards� powers were put to the test Wednesday when he delivered a passionate and personal plea asking UW-Madison students to commit themselves to a new fight against poverty.
Madison police deemed this year�s Halloween festivities a success Monday, despite the need to declare an unlawful assembly and disperse the crowd using pepper spray.
In the wake of another Halloween celebration that ended in police force and pepper spray, Mayor Dave Cieslewicz has had enough. The mayor, who has crusaded against the festivities for some time now, has already begun to rally support for the cancellation of the annual tradition.
After more than a year of staunch deliberation and a summer of idling, the Teaching Assistants Association and the Office of State Employment Relations agreed to resume negotiations for a new contract today.
The Madison Police Department confirmed the death, possibly related to the weekend�s festivities, of a 22-year-old University of Wisconsin alumnus at a press conference Monday.
MILWAUKEE – The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to consider an appeal from a man who was sentenced to eight years in prison for jamming Madison police radio frequencies.
A 19-year-old Illinois man remained in critical condition today after falling down some stairs at an apartment building during the State Street Halloween celebration.
Customers seeking the morning-after pill from a Wisconsin pharmacy stand a good chance of leaving empty-handed.
They might also very well encounter an uninformed pharmacist – at least when it comes to birth control.
Another unruly end to the State Street Halloween celebration has Mayor Dave Cieslewicz threatening to close the street, and maybe all the businesses, next year.
But he’s not likely to find much support among business owners, many of whom said as they reopened on Monday that Halloween weekend is the biggest cash cow of the year.
For the fourth year in a row, the Halloween festivities on State Street in Madison ended with confrontation, the police clearing the street with pepper spray. This is also one of the biggest local stories of the year, with what is certain to be a lengthly and contentious debate about the causes of and solutions to the city’s continuing Halloween problems yet to come.
Police Chief Breaks Down Halloween Numbers
The tally is in….468 people got in trouble with the law over Halloween weekend….and police chief Noble Wray says they’re recommending a total of 700 different charges.
Workers at the Campus Inn …a hotel that sits only a block from State street … were no more busy last week, than they were any other weekend out of the year.
Hotel manager Bill Wellman say higher room rates … and the fact that they were already booked with business travelers and other vacationers, meant the Campus didn’t host very many Halloween partiers.
In the end, Halloween on State Street may have cost taxpayers upwards of $700,000 dollars. Halloween on state street has ended the same way for four years. Madison Police Chief Noble Wray defended his department’s year long planning process from critics who argue it wasn’t enough.
MADISON, Wis. — Some downtown business owners aren’t crazy about the mayor’s idea of shutting down State Street during Halloween next year.
The owners of Larry B’s, which has been open since February, said they did three times the normal business because of the added Halloween traffic.
MADISON, Wis. – A 19-year-old man remained hospitalized in critical condition Monday after falling down stairs at an apartment building during Madison’s annual Halloween Party over the weekend, authorities said
MADISON, Wis. — A weekend death has been linked to the Halloween festivities, and another man is in critical condition.
Although Madison police won’t tie the death to the State Street revelry yet, a source close to the investigation says it is.
News 3 learned a 22-year-old man was in town for the Halloween party.
MADISON, Wis. — Madison’s mayor is indicating he would be willing to impose a local version of martial law next Halloween ââ?¬â?? and shut down the party for good.
The mayor is questioning whether this is really an event the citizens of Madison want to sponsor.
Police Chief Noble Wray said he believes the party needs to be changed substantially or be put down.
For the fourth year in a row, the State Street Halloween celebrations end with MPD enforcement action that includes chemical weapons.
Tens of thousands lined State Street for this year�s Halloween event Saturday night. While this weekend�s party was an overall improvement from past years because there was not a riot, a few thousand partygoers lost their common sense and impeded the evening�s potential to reach expectations of city officials.
Madison police declared a gathering on State Street an unlawful assembly early Sunday morning and cleared the crowd with officers in riot gear and pepper spray for the fourth consecutive year.
There is bittersweet sentiment from both Madison city officials and UW-Madison students following a Saturday night filled with a boisterous crowd of more than 100,000 on State Street, chants of, ââ?¬Å?Fuck the policeââ?¬Â and the deployment of pepper spray to clear the largest gathering the State Street Halloween celebration has ever seen.
As state support for higher education diminishes in Wisconsin, public universities are turning to students to make up the difference. And not just through tuition.
As police officers used force and pepper spray to restrain crowds of unruly partygoers, some University of Wisconsin students have called the police�s behavior into question.
As the State Street crowd turned suddenly riotous early Sunday morning, police resorted to the use of pepper spray to quell the horde of Halloween revelers for the fourth year in a row.
As UW-Madison’s 3,000 teaching assistants enter their 28th month of working without a contract, some TAs are showing signs of frustration with their union leaders.
The Teaching Assistants Association and the state have been locked in a contract dispute over wages and benefits. The chief sticking point is health care – the state wants the assistants to start paying a modest monthly premium for their coverage, and the assistants, worried about the prospect of spiraling costs in the future, have refused.
Police in Madison, Wis., declared the crowds of Halloween partiers along a pedestrian mall an unlawful gathering early Sunday and used pepper spray to break up the revelers about 2 a.m.
There was far less pepper spray this year than last year. That from Madison’s Downtown Alderman Mike Verveer…commenting on this year’s Halloween Celebration on State Street.
The clean up from Halloween ’05 was swift.
By the time many bar managers left early Sunday morning, no remnants remained from Saturday night’s revelry.
The word of the night is density, as in managing crowd density here in the 500 block of State Street. Police have set up these pedestrian roadblocks to prevent people from gaining access to the area where the trouble usually starts.
For the fourth year in a row, the annual Halloween celebration on State St. ended with police unleashing pepper spray on the crowd. But in a departure from previous years, police didn’t wait for revelers to turn violent before taking action.
MADISON, Wis. — Among the non-locals there were dozens of UW students ticketed for different violations.
Now the UW must interview troublemakers to decide whether or not to discipline them.
They filled State Street to see a parade of costumes. “It’s like Mardi Gras it’s a good time, people here have fun,” said Josh Thompson of Manitowoc, dressed in blue dress and white apro
In the wake of a record attendance at Madison’s annual halloween party, Mayor Dave Cieslewicz sang a familiar tune — “If it were in my power to cancel it – I certainly would.” Cieslewicz repeated what he’s said in previous years: that he’d prefer the end of Halloween on State St.
