Category: Campus life

The Department of Counseling Psychology in the University of Wisconsin�s School of Education was awarded the 2005 Suinn Minority Achievement award by the American Psychological Association (APA).

The Associated Students of Madison held a press conference Wednesday to formally announce their goals for the semester and prove they are ââ?¬Å?not clowning aroundââ?¬Â when it comes to the University of Wisconsinââ?¬â?¢s new Halloween policies.

The University of Wisconsin System announced the winners of the 2005 Regents Teaching Excellence Awards Wednesday. The Board of Regents, which begins its October meeting in Van Hise Hall this morning, will ceremoniously recognize the recipients as part of its agenda Friday morning.

Twenty-five local City of Madison taverns face a federal antitrust lawsuit filed by two University of Wisconsin students.

Syndicated Miami Herald columnist and 2004 Pulitzer Prize winner Leonard Pitts spoke to an overflowing crowd of University of Wisconsin students and faculty at the Pyle Center Wednesday.

Lynetta Coats loved being a college student in New Orleans.

Now she is back in Milwaukee – one of hundreds of displaced students attending a Wisconsin college while they wait for their schools to reopen. The University of Wisconsin System has waived their tuition this semester, and private colleges are trying to eliminate or limit the costs. All the institutions have worked hard to link students with housing and the classes they need.

Downtown bar owners are facing another legal challenge from a Minneapolis law firm that says they overcharged patrons.

The firm, Lommen, Nelson, Cole & Stageberg, filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday accusing 25 bars near UW- Madison and their trade association of conspiring to inflate drink prices from 1990 until last year. The class-action lawsuit seeks relief for revelers it claims were ripped off.

The University of Wisconsin has waived tuition for Hurricane Katrina evacuees, although the number of students accepting the offer has been limited.

UW-Madison has announced plans to have wireless access for the entire campus by June 2006, by adding 2,200 access points for wireless access in 180 dorms, laboratories and administration buildings.

One UW student group is speaking out about the city’s plans for Halloween weekend 2005.

Madison’s Halloween Task Force decided on three rules students say they were not a part of: Students living in residence halls may not have guests over the weekend, on Halloween the Union will not serve alcohol after 9:00 pm, and student organizations may not hold late night events around campus. The head of the student Governance Committee says the task force was in violation of university policy.

Madison’s homeless will soon have another option when it comes to seeking employment and having their voices heard. To finalize their first issue, members of the Homeless Cooperative street paper met Tuesday night to formulate ideas that may provide the homeless of Madison with a chance for employment and a place to voice their concerns.

Few University of Wisconsin students are familiar with the university�s administrators, and even fewer are aware Gary Sandefur, dean of the College of Letters & Science, is not only responsible for allocating resources to the 39 departments within CLS, but is also a fan of hip-hop group Outkast.

Craig Munier, one of three finalists chosen to potentially fill the vacant position of director of financial services at the University of Wisconsin, spoke to members of the faculty and a student about his qualifications and goals concerning academic financial services during a press conference at the Red Gym Tuesday.

A faith-based campus coffeehouse is struggling to survive now that its 50 or so volunteer workers are boycotting it.
Catacombs Coffeehouse, 731 State St., lost most of its kitchen help and customer base over a dispute between the board of directors and the students who provided the free labor and positive word of mouth.

NEW ORLEANS – In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, professors and students from the city’s universities took academic refuge in other schools ââ?¬â? some as far away as the University of Haifa in Israel.

Diversity is a loaded term � plain and simple.

But the diversity sensitivity training required for all teaching and project assistants on this campus only adds to our society�s hypersensitivity towards diversity and casts a proverbial dark cloud over freedom of thought.

Lives changed drastically and permanently during two days of October 1967. This month, with the documentary “Two Days in October,” the wounds are reopened for the nation to see, absorb and perhaps help heal.

“War doesn’t go away when the bullets stop,” observes Pulitzer Prize winner David Maraniss, a Madison native. “Vietnam still is as relevant today as it was then.”

PBS, through its “American Experience” series, is airing a documentary adaptation of the acclaimed 2003 Maraniss book, “They Marched Into Sunlight.” Madison has a prominent role in both the book and 90-minute film, which are about the war and anti-war protest.

The ââ?¬Å?Creating Inclusive Communitiesââ?¬Â forum addressed the growing amount of diversity faced in todayââ?¬â?¢s workplace and the need for potential business leaders within the University of Wisconsin to place it among the top of their priorities in Grainger Hall Friday.

Suddenly, remote controls are not just for the television.

Remote controls, or clickers, have made their way into classrooms at four University of Wisconsin campuses as part of a grant project to evaluate the effectiveness of the eInstruction Classroom Response System, said Nick Dvoracek, director of media services at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.

Being a student landlord is not a career for the faint- hearted.
Steve Brown, who just completed a $1.3 million renovation on one of Madison’s oldest student apartment buildings in the Mansion Hill neighborhood, is reminded of that almost daily.

Embracing modest successes and bemoaning perceived failures on the part of the UW-Madison administration and student community, students and faculty shared experiences, observations and tears at the sixth annual Plan 2008 campus forum on diversity.

In an effort to keep people aware of the severity of the punishments planned for out-of-control partiers on Halloween, the City of Madison Police Department highlighted the amount of fines that will accompany various citations on Halloween in a release.

During Thursdayââ?¬â?¢s Plan 2008 ââ?¬Å?Creating Communityââ?¬Â forum, an overwhelming number of University of Wisconsin administrators, faculty and staff supported efforts to improve campus diversity.

The Student Labor Action Coalition stormed Chancellor John Wiley’s office Wednesday after rallying on Bascom Hill to demand union-produced collegiate apparel.

MADISON � A ban on human cloning passed Wednesday by the Wisconsin Senate will be vetoed, Gov. Jim Doyle said.

He contended it would hurt stem cell research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and deflate hopes for curing serious diseases with the new technology.

A national network of student labor activists demanded on Wednesday that universities require the makers of apparel bearing their college logos to produce the goods at factories where workers are paid a “living wage” and have been allowed to form unions and bargain collectively.

A fire that broke out in the basement of the Mechanical Engineering Building Tuesday night forced a hurried evacuation for students and faculty.

Former UW-Madison Vice Chancellor Paul Barrows, who allegedly sexually harassed several female co-workers, returned to his backup position in the Office of the Provost Monday, angering campus activists.

Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass., has caused a stir across the country after his controversial comments about international students from ââ?¬Å?terrorist-sponsoredââ?¬Â countries studying in the United States.

The City of Madison Police Department presented evidence that they believe links downtown liquor license saturation to incidents of crime and violence at a Policy Alternatives Community Education (PACE) Project meeting Tuesday.

While most freshmen at the UW-Madison were still getting to know everyone on their dorm floor, Paris Echoles was off last week in Washington, D.C., mingling with Denzel Washington, Herb Kohl and Tammy Baldwin.

Echoles, 18, Beloit, took a break from his classes to compete in the Boys & Girls Club “National Youth of the Year” honor.

When evaluating plans for expansion, one of UW-Madison’s priorities is constructing a greener, denser campus. In order to achieve this goal, university officials further detailed plans to build upward and replace low-rise buildings at a Southeast Campus Area Committee meeting Monday.

Campus officials met with developers from Potter Lawson Inc. Monday as part of continuing efforts to design the University Square area. The building will boast over one million square feet of floor space, and final plans will be worked out at a Nov. 1 meeting.

Chancellor Wiley sent me an e-mail Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 2:14 p.m. In truth, he sent it to all 40,000 University of Wisconsin-Madison students, but nevertheless I was still excited to get an email direct from the man whose salary I pay to lead this university.

Mommy and Daddy employ various forms of punishment for ââ?¬Å?bad behaviorââ?¬Â with young children. Different tactics include the ââ?¬Å?timeout,ââ?¬Â spanking, an early bedtime, ââ?¬Å?groundingââ?¬Â or in very mild cases of punishment when ââ?¬Å?Mario Brothersââ?¬Â was the hottest thing on the market in the ââ?¬Ë?80s, ââ?¬Å?No Nintendo for two weeksââ?¬Â.

Although she tried to shut it out, the rapist’s voice kept creeping into Alison’s head after the attack, and she couldn’t stop feeling the icy stones and dried, damp leaves against her naked body.
She would hear his quickening footsteps behind her. Feel his arm around her neck.

Sexual assault is an act of violence and power that uses sex as a weapon. Any person may be raped regardless of age, race or economic status.
There is no typical rapist. A rapist can be an acquaintance, relative, salesperson, neighbor or stranger. More than half of all rapes occur in the victim’s or assailant’s home. Eighty percent of rapists are known to the victim. Males commit 94 person of rapes.

It’s a major question-and one asked by relatives over Thanksgiving break.

What is your major?

And with such a bevy of options, UW-Madison students, usually have an answer. But, in the major-centric society, what about minors?

After living at home, in apartments, in co-ops and abroad, UW-Madison graduate students Toni Drake and Tim Gill finally found the ideal living situation.

Madison has a literacy problem. Many Madisonians cannot read or write beyond an elementary level and others cannot read or write at all. UW-Madison students rarely interact with these Madison residents. Many do not even know they exist.

It’s a far-fetched notion: A state treasure such as the University of Colorado – born in 1877 with the ringing of Old Main’s bell, the fanfare of a brass band and the governor in a horse- drawn carriage – becoming a private school.

Quoted: Katharine Lyall, UW president from 1992 to 2004.