Category: Campus life

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.

University of Wisconsin freshman Sarah Whiteaker has been selected as one of six college students nationwide to appear in America Onlineââ?¬â?¢s new documentary series ââ?¬Å?Project Freshman.ââ?¬Â

Halloween weekend in Madison continues to bring thousands of visitors and partygoers to the downtown area each year and impacts the livelihood of a number of State Street eateries and businesses.

At first, they came in multiples of ten. Now they come in multiples of one hundred. During the summer of 2005, approximately 800 middle and high school students of color studied on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus in hope of fulfilling their dream to enter higher education through the Pre-collegiate Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence. (Centerspread.)

A mass e-mail will be sent to UW-Madison students today, encouraging them to participate in an online survey related to the Union Facilities Involvement Plan.

The purpose of the survey is to get feedback on what types of renovations students would like in both Union South and the Memorial Union.

At a panel Thursday night at the Memorial Union entitled Meet Your Representatives, local legislative members had the opportunity to field questions regarding issues important to UW-Madison students. Halloween and student involvement came to the forefront at the discussion.

In the coming weeks, this year�s Halloween celebration in Madison will continue to be a hot-button issue. Unfortunately for students, while the majority of the attention has been paid to decisions and discussions of the City�s Halloween Planning Committee, several extremely suspect decisions made at the University level regarding Halloween have gone unnoticed by most of the student body.

Sometimes it really is about the writing. Just ask UW-Madison graduate Kevin A. Gonzalez, who won Playboy magazine’s annual College Fiction Contest this year.

His story, “Statehood,” about a 12- year-old Puerto Rican boy and his dad, is printed in the October issue and he won $3,000. Gonzalez was raised in Puerto Rico, got his MFA in poetry from UW-Madison and is now a graduate student at the University of Iowa’s Writers’ Workshop.

The University is going to start telling on students who get so intoxicated they end up in the hospital.

The University has already started calling the parents of students under the age of 21 who end up in detox or attempt to commit suicide. The new policy is designed to get the parents involved instead of leaving them in the dark on what’s happening to their child.

There are always those people who never win anything. They consistently enter contests to win a new car or the opportunity of a lifetime, thoroughly convinced that they will not come out the winner. Why would one continue to enter these contests? Maybe they’re holding onto the hope that it may just be their day to win that chance to have their 15 minutes of fame.

UW-Madison campus police and transportation services have been vigorously ticketing moped violations on both new and existing laws during an “enforcement phase,” which began Monday and lasts until Sept 30.

Parents will now be notified if their underage student at UW-Madison is involved in extremely serious alcohol or drug incidents due to a policy Chancellor John Wiley announced Wednesday.

A University of Wisconsin alumni group, Hollywood Badgers, is helping students and graduates break into the entertainment industry.

In the past, University of Wisconsin underclassmen could rest easy knowing their parents would be unaware of their college antics.

….Madison’s approach to the challenge that Halloween has become remains a work in progress, despite the city’s press release describing the “final plans” for dealing with this year’s revelry. Reasonable observers might fear that city officials are setting themselves up for another Halloween that is more a trick than a treat.

UW leaders now have a formal policy on the books….on how to deal with the fine line between the independance of students under the age of 21….and the need to contact someone’s parents. Chancellor John Wiley released the standards yesterday….and interim dean of students Lori Berquam says extreme drinking is one of them.

Underage students at UW- Madison who find themselves in detox be warned: Someone from the university will be calling mom and dad.
UW-Madison announced Wednesday that officials will involve parents or guardians if their underage students are involved in “extreme alcohol or drug incidents.”

State Street business representatives expressed frustration Tuesday after Mayor Dave Cieslewicz requested that bars close early Halloween weekend.

To honor a late housing-department figurehead, a new University of Wisconsin dormitory under construction on North Park Street will be named Newell J. Smith Hall.

The Nature Preserve Committee held its first public meeting Tuesday in the main lounge of Chadbourne Residential College to present information and gather input on how the preserve should be conserved, restored and used at the University of Wisconsin over the next quarter century.

Racism in Wisconsin�s education and judicial systems was the topic of panel discussion at the Multicultural Student Center Tuesday evening.

At a meeting Tuesday, Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz re-emphasized his desire to have State Street taverns voluntarily close an hour-and-a-half early during Halloween festivities Saturday, Oct. 29, due to daylight saving time.

MADISON, Wis. — Madison leaders say they have a plan in place for Halloween weekend on State Street, but they still don’t know what time bars will close