Category: Campus life

UW-Madison is working to curb sweatshop abuses in the making of UW apparel, so says the university chancellor. (Audio)

Robert Siegel, editor-in-chief of The Onion from 1996 to 2003, provoked much laughter from an audience of University of Wisconsin students as he reminisced about the chronology of the satirical newspaper during a Distinguished Lecture Series event at the Memorial Union Monday.

(MADISON) The University of Wisconsin will stay the course when it comes to enforcing its sweatshop licensing rules. The University has agreements with clothing makers using foreign factories to ensure those companies treat and pay their employees decently. (11th item)

University of Wisconsin-Madison students have narrowly defeated a referendum to pay for rebuilding or renovating Union South and fixing up the Memorial Union.

Students voted down the referendum 2,385-2,200 in a vote held online Tuesday through Thursday by Associated Students of Madison.

Officials from the Wisconsin Union say they will continue the push for renovation of UW-Madison’s two unions despite the defeat of a crucial referendum last week.

Over the long winter, the always-bustling UW-Madison Humanitites building has seen dust balls collect in corners, grime splatter on the windows and graffiti multiply in the bathrooms.

Today a group of UW-Madison music students calling themselves Habitat for Humanities plans to take a stand against this invasion of filthe with a thorough spring cleaning.

University of Wisconsin Dean of Students Luoluo Hong carries out a multitude of duties, but she said one of the greatest responsibilities of her office is the need to ââ?¬Å?put out fires.ââ?¬Â

More than 100 UW-Madison students will join 8,000 students nationwide today in the 21st annual Hunger Cleanup.

The one-day community service fundraiser is an opportunity for students to support local and international hunger relief through hourly sponsorships while volunteering at local shelters, soup kitchens or various service projects.

Madison’s Mayor says it’s too late to change the date of the annual Mifflin Street block party.

Mayor Cieslewicz met with student leaders and a downtown alderman late Friday afternoon to discuss the situation.

The students want the annual party moved from May 7 to April 30 because finals start on May 8.

Bars in Madison did not illegally conspire to raise prices when they voluntarily agreed to ban drink specials on weekend nights, a judge ruled Thursday.

Instead, the 24 bars that announced they would not offer the deals on Friday and Saturday nights in 2002 were reaching a political compromise to satisfy city officials who had threatened more stringent regulations, Circuit Judge Angela B. Bartell ruled.

Executive Management Inc., the private owner of University Square, and UW-Madison will turn a 30-year-old, low-density retail complex into a modernized nexus for student service and resources.

In a definitive ruling, a Dane County Circuit Court deemed drink specials ban illegal Thursday. Because they engaged in the ban with the city’s approval, taverns that participated in the bans in the past are legally immune from punishment, according to the court’s ruling.

In the midst of the controversy surrounding the date of the Mifflin Street Block Party will take place, Chancellor John Wiley announced Thursday he supports the decision of the city to hold the event May 7.

Associated Students of Madison Chair Emily McWilliams met with Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz Thursday to request changing the date of the Mifflin Street Block Party.

University of Wisconsin Chancellor John Wiley discussed issues surrounding the Labor Licensing Policy Committee, anti-war activity, diversity, animal research and his support of the Mifflin Street Block Party to take place May 7 at a press conference Thursday morning at Bascom Hall.

A judge found that the 24 Madison-Dane County Tavern League bars sued in a class-action lawsuit were not illegally price fixing and conspiring, following a Wisconsin Circuit Court ruling Thursday.

MADISON, Wis. — A Dane County judge ruled Thursday that bars in downtown Madison did not illegally conspire to raise prices when they voluntarily agreed to ban drink specials on weekend nights.

Students at UW-Madison living in the Mifflin, Basset, Vilas or Greenbush neighborhoods may face increasing pressure in the coming years to cede their residences to private owners, according to a City of Madison Housing Committee meeting Wednesday. The committee gave a presentation on the university’s assessment of neighborhood planning issues and trends in student housing.

As Mary Schauf embarks on her new position as captain of the central district at the Madison Police Department, she says University of Wisconsin students are pertinent to her job. Schauf said she has a unique relationship with the campus community, and for this reason she seeks the student voice in the decisions she makes.

University of Wisconsin Associate Vice Chancellor Alan Fish discussed potential changes for student housing on the fringes of the UW campus at a City of Madison Housing Committee meeting Wednesday night.

Associated Students of Madison is set to meet with Mayor Dave Cieslewicz Thursday afternoon to discuss a Mifflin Street Block Party date change.

The Madison Police department will take action on illegal activity consisting of providing alcohol to underage drinkers and selling cups at house parties on both April 30 and May 7.

The University of Wisconsin Offices of the Dean of Students proposed a plan to reorganize and promote student services by the end of the spring semester in hopes of creating better assistance.

Several University of Wisconsin student organizations submitted a proposal to the Student Orientation, Advising and Registration Board of Directors Tuesday that, if passed, would require all incoming students to attend an educational meeting about diversity on campus.

The Policy, Alternatives, Community and Education Project discussed keg registration and the Mifflin Street Block Party at a Partnership Council Meeting Tuesday afternoon at the University of Wisconsin Foundation Building.

Despite a number of City Council seats up for grabs, as well as a host of other contested positions, today’s election turnout is predicted to be low as usual. Local politicians, however, met at Memorial Union Monday to urge students and community members to get out and vote.

UW-Madison Provost and Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs Peter Spear announced Monday that he will be the latest high-ranking UW-Madison official to call it a career.

Student voting begins today on whether to approve an increase in segregated fees for renovations on Memorial Union and Union South.

Mark Guthier, director of the Wisconsin Union, said the renovations would include basic building improvements, as well as new program spaces for student organizations.

Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk and Ald. Austin King, District 8, spoke at the Memorial Union Monday encouraging students to vote in Madison�s spring elections today. Only two City Council districts within the University of Wisconsin campus are contested.

University of Wisconsin Provost Peter Spear announced plans Monday to retire at the end of the 2005 fall semester.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – A year after Audrey Seiler faked her own kidnapping while a student at UW-Madison, her lawyer says she’s getting help, paying restitution and focusing on the future.

Since admitting she fabricated her abduction, Audrey Seiler has been mocked on morning radio, parodied in a play and featured in an Oprah Winfrey show on pathological liars.

Questions are being raised as to how a 2003 Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action, which stated race was one of many factors that could not be considered when deciding admission to a university or other programs, applies to financial-aid policies. The College Board hopes to answer these questions by releasing a manual meant to help colleges evaluate their diversity-related programs.

University of Wisconsin�s Labor Licensing Policy Committee set up mock sweatshops in front of Chancellor John Wiley�s office Friday in an attempt to protest what the group calls Wiley�s refusal to do everything in his power to end sweatshop practice in UW licensee factories.

AKRON, Ohio – Dominic Mann had been considering attending the University of Akron when he saw the school’s new $40 million recreation center. The expansive center, with its basketball gym and weight equipment ââ?¬â? even a rock-climbing wall ââ?¬â? helped Mann decide to attend Akron.