City of Madison Police Capt. Mary Schauf, accompanied by Chief Noble Wray and other members of the police force, addressed crime issues at a Capital Neighborhood Association monthly program at the Concourse Hotel Thursday night.
More than 20 representatives from the police departments, the University of Wisconsin and the local business community met with Madison Police Chief Noble Wray, Captain Mary Schauf and Mayor Dave Cieslewicz Thursday afternoon, pushing the upcoming Mifflin Street Block Party aside to discuss Halloween 2005.
University of Wisconsin Chancellor John Wiley and Provost Peter Spear met with students during the Plan 2008 Student Forum Thursday to address possible solutions to problematic diversity issues within the campus community.
UW-Madison chancellor John Wiley fielded questions from a hostile student body last night… talking about race relations and minority achievement at the University. (Middle of page.)
It may only be spring, but there’s already talk about Halloween. Madison leaders held a heated discussion Thursday on how to keep State Street safe this year. (Video.)
Large state universities are spending more time thinking about how to engage undergraduates, and one issue receiving increasing attention is time: When are students in class?
This week’s Someone Special volunteers are two women who help at the UW Hospital and Clinics Poison Prevention and Education Center. They are Amanda Sweet and Jessica Vande Burgt.
Both are poison outreach specialists, presenting programs to teachers, parents and elementary school children as well as helping with health fairs and other events. They volunteer despite carrying full academic loads in the UW School of Pharmacy.
Eleven members of the Madison City Council have suggested that the student government of the UW-Madison should chip in to help cover the costs of policing the Mifflin Street block party this weekend. On the surface, that sounds like a reasonable proposal, since Associated Students of Madison pushed for changing the date of the annual party from the traditional first Saturday in May to April 30.
….To pressure ASM to help pay for the party at this late date would strain relationships, and potentially upset the delicate balance that seeks to ensure the street partying is orderly and does not spill over to the following weekend. The precise amount of a contribution to the management of the event by ASM is also complicated by the fact that the party attracts a great many nonstudents.
Finals are upon us; impending doom is less than a week away. During such times of crisis, it can be just as easy to reach for a bag of chips or cookies as it is to lug out that twenty-pound physics book. Crunching on junk food, however, will not only add weight to the waistline, it will agitate your nervousness and increase your stress even more.
For many students, the significance of the daily thrust-and-parry of the political process is not a high priority. The Capitol building, despite its location at the other end of State Street, might as well be another universe. However, its relevance has never been greater.
The Dean of Students Office’s possible reorganization of student services and student development programs has raised serious concerns among the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community at UW-Madison.
The UW-Madison Safe Arrival For Everyone taxi-service program was created to provide students with a way out of potentially dangerous situations, but some find it difficult to actually get a ride.
Many students seeking to avoid contact with UW-Madison police officers may only worry about hiding open intoxicants and loud music.
However, UW-Madison police look for much more than this on a typical shift.
Every year at the Mifflin Street Block Party, residents’ items are stolen and their property is damaged because they are not able to control who enters their house. Even if nothing is stolen or damaged, a rowdy crowd can attract police attention and result in a fine for house occupants for selling alcohol without a license. Many blame the wild atmosphere and occasional disorderly conduct on people who are not actually UW-Madison students.
UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley said Wednesday he is committed to working with peer universities to protect workers’ rights by pressuring apparel manufacturers to adopt stricter disclosure policies.
Vietnam spurs the Birth of Mifflin Street Block Party: 1969
The Mifflin Street Block Party began in 1969 as a street dance to celebrate community spurred by demonstrations taking place all over the country in response to the Vietnam Conflict. It ended as a confrontation between students and police to show the independence of the ââ?¬Å?Mifflandââ?¬Â area and the student distaste of the war.
A cold front did not stop the Madison Warming Center Campaign from holding a sleep-out on Library Mall Monday and Tuesday nights to gather more than 900 signatures for a petition and raise awareness of the need for a wet shelter in Madison at their ââ?¬Å?Falk-Lewicz-Villeââ?¬Â campsite.
Mayor Dave Cieslewicz unveiled his ââ?¬Å?Imagine Madisonââ?¬Â initiative, encouraging discussions of the cityââ?¬â?¢s future, through a mid-term speech at a Downtown Rotary Club meeting at the Edgewater Hotel Wednesday.
The University of Wisconsin Labor Licensing Policy Committee met with Chancellor John Wiley to further discuss current issues surrounding UW merchandise production and workers� rights Wednesday.
Milwaukee’s Violent Femmes, a popular 1980s band, will headline this year’s student-planned All-Campus Party. The “Badger Blowout Concert” will be from 7 p.m. to midnight Friday on the Memorial Union Terrace.
“The Violent Femmes are wild, experienced performers with a classic and upbeat style – a perfect fit” for this year’s party, said co-director Kris MacDonald.
By changing the date of the Mifflin Street block party, students hope to avoid a finals-week hangover. But a group of Madison alders wants to hand students a different kind of rude awakening.
Eleven of 20 City Council members sent a letter Tuesday to Mayor Dave Cieslewicz asking that an itemized bill be sent to Associated Students of Madison for the cost of moving the Mifflin Street block party from May 7 – the Saturday before finals week – to April 30.
Since UW-Madison’s first class met Feb. 5, 1849, the university has only grown-in square feet, students, faculty, majors and public involvement. Growing is still the top priority, according to UW-Madison Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities Planning and Management Alan Fish and Director of Planning & Landscape Architecture Gary Brown, as they unveiled the draft of the UW-Madison Campus Master Plan Tuesday at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
The Campus Natural Areas Committee held an open input session Tuesday to solicit public opinion on the group’s struggle to maintain and protect campus natural areas in its master plan.
Ald. Zach Brandon, District 7, wrote a letter to Mayor Dave Cieslewicz demanding that the Associated Students of Madison foot the bill for the cost of the Mifflin Street Block Party April 30.
Enforcement of city drinking ordinances at Saturday’s Mifflin Street Block Party will mirror that of prior years, city officials said Tuesday night.
The University of Wisconsin Campus Natural Areas Committee held a public meeting Tuesday night to hear views on the future of the campus natural areas.
In preparation for the second-largest bash of the year in the city, a group of Madison officials and Mifflin Street residents gathered Tuesday night to discuss logistics of Saturday�s Mifflin Street Block Party.
A draft of the Campus Master Plan was presented Tuesday detailing the next 20 years of construction on University of Wisconsin campus buildings, transportation, utilities and green space.
More than half of City Council members co-signed a letter addressed to Mayor Dave Cieslewicz Tuesday asking him to send the Associated Students of Madison a bill for the costs of this weekend�s Mifflin Street Block Party.
A number of big events this weekend will draw plenty of crowds, and the more people, the more need for police.
At University Avenue Liquors, calls for kegs pour in come time for Mifflin Street’s infamous party.
City officials gave their words of warning Tuesday night to Mifflin Street residents who are preparing to host thousands of party-goers Saturday.
Boston University built a pool with a wave machine. The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh offers massages in the student union. The University of Houston has a hot tub and rock-climbing wall. Duke University gave all of its freshmen iPods.
Even the intensifying rain outside could not dampen the optimistic mood surrounding UW-Madison’s presentation of its Campus Master Plan to the Joint Southeast Campus Committee Monday night.
Mifflin Street residents and interested UW-Madison students have one last chance to hear police lay down the law regarding Mifflin Block Party expectations before the Saturday festivities. At a meeting tonight, city officials will clarify the ground rules for the Mifflin event, as well as hammer out concerns with students.
The U.S. Education Department’s new way of determining a student’s need for financial aid will disqualify 81,000 students from receiving Pell Grants, the Government Accountability Office said in a report last week, a conclusion that confirmed earlier predictions by many higher-education lobbyists.
After the controversy settled on the date for the Mifflin Street Block Party, city and university officials are informing residents of final plans, safety issues and expectations necessary for the success of the annual revelry.
Two weeks after Associated Students of Madison members proposed a mandatory diversity education program as an addition to the Student Orientation Advising and Registration program, SOAR directors said they are in favor of the program, but they remain undecided how it should be implemented.
After the Madison Warming Center Campaign rallied in front of the City County Building Monday afternoon, the group traveled down State Street ââ?¬â? ending at Library Mall for a two-day sleep-out in a push for a wet shelter built in the city for homeless people who have alcohol and drug addictions.
Stanford is close to home in California, laid back and offers programs that Aman Kumar wants to pursue. But Princeton offers an idyllic campus and would show him a different part of the world.
James Burgess, former publisher of the Wisconsin State Journal, has contributed $1 million to the UW-Madison School of Journalism in efforts to raise integrity and ethics among future journalists who attend this school. Increasing the amount of courses devoted to ethics within the Journalism School will bring to light the importance of responsible writing and the obligation of truth journalists owe to society.
Mayor Dave Cieslewicz’s announcement Thursday morning that the city of Madison had officially set April 30 as the date for the Mifflin Street Block Party came as a huge relief. After months of irrational hope that students would agree to have the party May 7-the eve of the first day of final exams-city officials came to the realization that students would party April 30 whether there was a police presence or not.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Louella Hill has found a sure-fire method for spreading her passion for locally grown food to students at her alma mater, Brown University: She has produced a calendar, titled “Ripe,” that features naked students posing with strategically placed Rhode Island-grown kale, alfalfa sprouts, mushrooms and other produce.
If you were raped or sexually harassed, would you know where to go?
Most UW-Madison students don’t.
But victims can turn to the Dane County Rape Crisis Center for help.
Mozart’s creativity led him to compose magnificent symphonies. Shakespeare’s creativity inspired him to write timeless plays. Einstein’s creativity helped him formulate a revolutionary vision of the universe.
Gov. Jim Doyle was on hand Friday when UW-Madison held the grand opening of its new 52,000 square foot, $8.56 million Crew House.
The facility features a plethora of new additions that, according to UW-Madison Athletic Department Spokesperson Paul Capobianco, will help the university’s three crew teams better compete with the nation’s other top-tier squads.
UW-Madison Marching Band Director Michael Leckrone said he felt he received a vote of confidence for his decision to fine band members for profanity when a Dane County Court dismissed a lawsuit pending against him Friday.
A University of Wisconsin Varsity Band member fined $41.38 after a rowdy road trip doesn’t have a federal case against band director Michael Leckrone, District Judge Barbara Crabb has ruled.
Crabb dismissed on Thursday a lawsuit brought by business school graduate David B. Gauder. He and 28 other band members were collectively fined $1,200 by Leckrone after he learned they had used the “f-word” six times during a return bus trip from the 2004 Big Ten women’s basketball tournament in Indianapolis.
A 21-year-old University of Wisconsin senior was held at knifepoint in the stairwell of a North Carroll Street apartment building early Saturday morning when a man demanded her purse.
LIKE most large universities, the University of Arizona is a virtual city: 37,000 students and nearly 14,000 employees on a sprawling campus in Tucson of 174 buildings and 11,000 parking spots. Also like most of the country’s colleges and universities, it is not particularly selective.
A district judge ruled to dismiss a lawsuit last week filed by a former University of Wisconsin student and varsity band member who had been fined $41.38 for swearing on a returning bus trip from the 2004 Big Ten women�s basketball tournament.
University of Wisconsin Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Peter Spear, who has announced he will retire in December, said he has witnessed many changes at UW since joining the faculty nearly three decades ago. Among them, he says, is the changing diversity and climate.
The Wisconsin Alumni Student Board will kick off its fifth annual University of Wisconsin All-Campus Party Monday.
ime is ticking for Madison landlords to get locks on all doors at city apartment complexes.
The new ordinance — which starts in about two months — came about after a UW student was sexually assaulted in her downtown apartment building last summer. (Video.)
CORAL GABLES, FLA. ââ?¬â?? Plenty of college students load up their undergraduate years with episodes of self-discovery, tweaking life goals in response.
Mary Carriere’s experience might be considered Exhibit A.
College seniors are experiencing the best job market in four years, but hiring for soon-to-be graduates is still nowhere near the dot-com boom of the late 1990s.
Finally bowing to pressure from University of Wisconsin-Madison students who want to party hearty a good week before final exams begin, Mayor Dave Cieslewicz has agreed to an April 30 date for the official Mifflin Street block party.
UW-Madison representatives revealed another phase of the Campus Master Plan Thursday, unveiling basic plans for the tentatively named “University of Wisconsin-Madison Welcome Center.”
UW-Madison students and state-worker unions combined efforts Thursday as they rallied and marched from Bascom Hill to the Capitol demanding a state budget that will help UW-Madison students and state workers.
The Mifflin Street Block Party is officially slated for April 30 following a closed meeting Thursday morning among Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, the Madison Police Department and Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4.
The Office of the Dean of Students announced it will delay office reorganization until next fall to give University of Wisconsin students a chance to provide input.
