WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Buoyed by tough U.S. visa policies after Sept. 11, countries from Europe to Asia are eating into the United States’ multibillion dollar business of educating foreign students, academics and officials said on Thursday.
Madison police and city officials say they aren’t budging on the date for this year’s annual Mifflin Street Block Party, despite complaints from some students that the May 7 bash will conflict with their studies.
“I’m sure in the history of Mifflin Street this has come up before,” said Mike Hanson, spokesman for the Madison Police Department, on Thursday. “To start changing the date now sets a bad precedent.”
Four UW film students shooting a school project on the top of a downtown parking ramp with a fake gun Wednesday wound up in a tense confrontation with Madison police that took on the feel of a real Hollywood production.
It ended with the students – plus a non-student “actor” – staring down police firearms, getting placed in handcuffs and being issued stiff citations. All five men were tentatively charged with disorderly conduct and fined $412.
Another revolution is stirring at the influential University of California system. A faculty committee there concluded this week that National Merit Scholarships ââ?¬â? the academic plums that high school strivers dream of winning ââ?¬â? should be abandoned.
After 35 years, the date of the annual Mifflin Street Block Party in Madison is being contested. Why? This year, if the event is held on the traditional first Saturday in May, it will fall on May 7, the study day preceding the first day of finals for UW-Madison students. Students are lobbying for the party date to be moved to April 30.
Madison: It all started with a University Health Services ad in the Badger Herald telling students not to forget their emergency contraceptives when they left for spring break.
“I thought that was inappropriate,” says Rep. Daniel LeMahieu (R-Oostburg). “I thought that was stepping over the line. I thought it was promoting irresponsible behavior.”
MADISON ââ?¬â? Sometimes you can see her standing behind a red-covered table at the Dane County Farmer’s Market on the Capitol Square. Other days, you will hear her speaking lightning-paced Spanish at the Juneteenth Celebration, Africa Fest, or Fiesta HispaÃ?±a, answering questions posed by people interested in attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
UW-Madison women are adults who deserve easy access to sunblock, aspirin and, yes, birth control, before leaving town for spring break.
They also deserve and might need cautionary advice about the dangers of skin cancer, binge drinking and casual sex.
That’s exactly what University Health Services, a clinic for students, provided with a series of advertisements in campus newspapers leading up to spring break this week. The ads advised students to protect their skin from the sun, drink in moderation and practice safe sex.
Robert Shaw, an educational consultant based in Garden City, N.Y., was working with a very bright Chinese American student who feared the Ivy League would not notice her at New Jersey’s Holmdel High, where 22 percent of the students were Asian American, and she was only in the top 20 percent of her high-scoring class.
UW-Madison women are adults who deserve easy access to sunblock, aspirin and, yes, birth control, before leaving town for spring break.
They also deserve ââ?¬â?Ã? and might need ââ?¬â? cautionary advice about the dangers of skin cancer, binge drinking and casual sex. That’s exactly what University Health Services, a clinic for students, provided with a series of advertisements in campus newspapers leading up to spring break this week.
Several times a year, when I enter the Ames post office through the south door of the main entrance, I check to see if Leo is still there, in the glass case where wanted posters are displayed.
MADISON ââ?¬â? A state lawmaker wants to make it illegal for clinics serving University of Wisconsin System campuses to provide students birth control pills.
As other students open their backpacks, Milton Bliss unties the string that holds together the ragged mailing envelope containing his notebook. At 95, he’s not too concerned about fashion trends.
Bliss is one of a growing number of Wisconsin seniors taking advantage of free lectures offered by UW-Madison to those ages 60 and older. The program is intended to reward older residents for years of tax support while diversifying the campus.
A state lawmaker wants to prohibit clinics serving University of Wisconsin campuses from providing students with birth control pills and devices, contending such services promote promiscuity. Rep Daniel LeMahieu, R-Oostburg, said he was outraged when he learned University Health Services, the clinic serving UW-Madison students, had taken out ads in the two campus newspapers suggesting students get advance emergency contraceptive prescriptions before leaving town for spring break.
UW-Madison psychology professor Colleen Moore, who specializes in child development behavior and risk perception by children, is quoted in this article.
Errors in the federal database that tracks foreign students enrolled at American colleges can take months or even years to correct, according to a Government Accountability Office report released on Thursday.
As students headed out for their annual 6 a.m. toast to St. Patrick’s Day, the eyes of Whitewater were watching them.
An anti-binge-drinking coalition on the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater campus set up a hotline program in which community members can call in any obnoxious behavior they witness. Professors were encouraged to call if students showed up to class in an impaired state.
About 45 students stormed University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor John Wiley’s outer office on Wednesday, demanding he work more closely with them to combat sweatshop labor.
They stayed for about 10 or 15 minutes and left. There were no arrests, the UW Police said.
On April 5-7, UW-Madison students will have the opportunity to vote in the student referendum to upgrade, renovate and expand Wisconsin Union facilities. Wednesday night, Wisconsin Union Directorate members hosted an open forum and discussed the proposed future plans for Memorial Union and Union South.
For some students, the winter blues can signal a larger problem than just longing for warmer weather. Seasonal Affective Disorder, depression sparked by fewer daylight hours, can interfere with a student’s ability to function academically and socially.
Canc�ºn, Daytona Beach and Acapulco are popular spring break locations among college students, but for those not interested in these typical trips, there are many alternatives involving service projects as well as sightseeing.
The $375 million Wisconsin Institute for Discovery will turn the near west side of the UW-Madison campus into a cutting-edge nexus for integrated research, allowing the state to remain a leader in research areas across the academic spectrum.
UW System President Kevin P. Reilly and Lic. Carlos Brisefio, Secretary General, University of Guadalajara System sign a joint agreement between the University of Wisconsin System and the University of Guadalajara.
Many University of Wisconsin students plan to take alternative breaks aiming for an educational experience instead of taking a more traditional, sometimes wild, vacation.
In an effort to bolster and reinforce the University of Wisconsin System�s dedication to the liberal arts, the collection of campuses entered a partnership with the Association of American Colleges and Universities.
Quoted: Ian Powell, University of Wisconsin physician and addictionologist at Meriter Hospital.
A group of 45 students protested outside University of Wisconsin Chancellor John Wiley�s office Wednesday afternoon and demanded an end to sweatshop labor in the production of UW apparel and merchandise.
Steve Van Ess, who has helped connect thousands of UW-Madison students with their financial aid checks for 30 years, is retiring by Sept. 1. Van Ess, 55, has led the office of student financial services for the past decade.
The University of Wisconsin steps up efforts to make the morning after pill available to students before leaving for spring break, but at least one politician wants it to stop immediately.
A UW-Madison student was accused of trying to steal an exam from the computer of a physics professor. Justin D. Peltzer, 22, was charged with burglary Monday after he allegedly was caught by professor Lynn Knutson on Dec. 17 trying to retrieve the exam from Knutson’s computer in his Sterling Hall office.
A Republican legislator says he is “outraged” that the University of Wisconsin student health service provides prescription birth control, especially the so-called morning-after pill.
State Rep. Dan LeMahieu, R-Oostburg, said he is drafting a bill to stop all UW student health services from either advertising or providing students with the morning-after pill.
The Teaching Assistants Association will again reject the state’s contract offer for 2003-05. An overwhelming majority of TAA members told their bargaining committee Tuesday night the contract was insufficient and the bargaining procedure with the state is broken.
Putting not only a human, but a female, face on the life of soldiers in Iraq was the focus of a talk given by UW-Madison senior Laura Naylor Tuesday evening about “A Woman’s Perspective” as a soldier.
Everyone can remember a particular teacher from his or her educational history that simply wasn�t cut for the job.
The Teaching Assistants� Association decided to decline last week�s 2003-05 contract offer from the Office of State Employment Relations in a general meeting Tuesday night.
University of Wisconsin senior and U.S. National Guard Sgt. Laura Naylor spoke to students Thursday about her experiences as a young female soldier serving in the war in Iraq.
A University of Wisconsin freshman was arrested Monday for allegedly dealing drugs out of his Ogg Hall room.
Dozens of student protesters congregated at Gordon Commons Tuesday night, demonstrating against the allegedly discriminatory actions of Ed�s Express supervisor Dan Jonas March 1.
University of Wisconsin students could be restricted from obtaining prescription birth control, and in particular emergency contraception, if proposed legislation banning the University Health Services distribution is approved by the state Legislature.
Arwen Sheridan felt terrible. She had a sore throat, swollen glands and a fever that came and went for weeks.
“Even brushing my hair hurt,” she said.
Brant Kochsiek is putting the final fixings on his Spring Break plans.
“It’s a beautiful place! I don’t know… we got um… we’re staying at a huge hotel.” (Text and video.)
Gov. Jim Doyle signed off on an agreement between the University of Wisconsin System and a Mexican college that allows them to exchange students and faculty and possibly conduct joint research projects.
Two UW-Madison newspapers have been publishing ads encouraging students to have emergency contraception on hand during spring break, prompting criticism from abortion opponents.
A University of Wisconsin student was arrested Monday for allegedly running a drug operation out of his dorm room.
University of Wisconsin wide receiver/quarterback Marcus Randle El was charged Monday with disorderly conduct in connection with an incident at Ogg Hall last week.
A rainbow of Easter eggs cool in a corner of the Muscle Biology Lab on Friday on the UW-Madison campus.
Poultry science students including Melissa Leonard, and Michelle Behl, volunteered to color 2,000 hard-boiled eggs for the annual Governor’s Easter Egg Hunt to be held Saturday.
Police say a 19-year-old UW-Madison student was dealing drugs from his room at Ogg Hall, 716 W. Dayton St.
Promoting academic freedom in the classroom is a responsibility for both the presiding professor and the participating students. If the professor stifles students’ speech to spout an agenda, then students’ academic freedoms are at risk. The same holds true for students-if one student’s discourse threatens the speech of other students or the professor, then the classroom environment is harmed.
UW-Madison Director of University Housing Paul Evans contended the alleged March 1 harrassment of several students at Ed’s Express was not racially motivated, contrary to what protestors claim.
After allegedly breaking into Sterling Hall to steal final exam questions for his friend, UW-Madison senior Justin Peltzer received formal charges of burglary Monday, and could face up to $25,000 in fines or 12 years in prison if convicted.
The principles of appropriate classroom behavior and intellectual diversity recently collided in Professor Scott Straus’ Politics of Human Rights seminar, resulting in an angry and frustrated class, a student alleging professor incompetence and the student being forced to meet with an assistant dean of students.
Hundreds of University of Wisconsin students have signed up to join the MadisonCorps, a tutorial program unveiled in the capital city last July, to close the academic achievement gap between students of color and white students.
A recent survey of more than 600 University of Wisconsin faculty members reveals 90 percent of the participating faculty members agreed or strongly agreed they are satisfied with the electronic grade-submission technology utilized by the UW campus.
University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly talked about the 2004-05 UW System Accountability Report, a grade sheet for the current performance of state-funded post-secondary schools at the UW System Board of Regents meeting. While regents were able to claim success in 12 of the 20 goals previously outlined for the system, some questioned the state of diversity.
Twenty-two-year-old University of Wisconsin student Justin Peltzer was released on signature bond at a hearing Monday morning after allegedly entering the Sterling Hall office of a physics professor with the intent to steal a final exam last December.
As colleges expand entrepreneurship education, more are giving hands-on schooling in the rarefied world of start-up finance.
UW football player Marcus Randle El was formally charged today with one count of misdemeanor disorderly conduct for a skirmish with his girlfriend in a dorm room last week.
Randle El, 18, was arguing with the young woman in his room at Ogg Hall when he allegedly pushed her down, causing her to suffer some minor scrapes to her arms, the complaint says.
Wisconsin’s problem with dangerous and underage drinking has been making news.
The majority of UW students enter the Madison campus at age 18, having graduated from their parents’ houses around the same time as high school, ready to tackle life without the training wheels of a mother and father.
Adidas has been at the center of the campaign against apparel produced in sweatshops. With the arrest of 54 demonstrators, Bascom Hall was the battleground for students and the administration. The campaign reached its climax and sweatshops became a buzzword on college campuses.
