Two dozen boats have been lashed together in the service of a writhing mass of human flesh bent on shedding inhibitions and clothes as fast as a four-headed beer bong will allow. In other words, genteel greetings from spring break 2005. But there’s a new wrinkle to this age-old lost week: What happens on break doesn’t necessarily stay on break.
(MADISON) A committee of faculty and students says the University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor isn�t doing enough to enforce sweatshop licensing rules. At issue is a letter the chancellor sent to foreign factories that some committee members say doesn�t send a strong enough message about protecting workers� rights. (Fourth item.)
KEVIN GONZALEZ, a 23-year-old MFA student in poetry at UW-Madison, learned Monday that he has won the prestigious Playboy College Fiction Contest. Gonzalez won for his short story, “Statehood.”
Madison: The Mifflin Street Block Party is one of the largest keg parties in Madison, and Alderman Paul Skidmore would like to know where all the beer comes from. (Video included.)
MADISON, Wis. – Last week the University of Wisconsin Athletic Department gathered and donated 360 pounds of food during its second annual week-long Spring Food Drive. The food is contributed to the Community Action Coalition for South Central WI, which will distribute the donated items to 36 pantries in Dane County as needed.
MADISON, Wis. — The city of Madison is trying yet another measure to try and curb binge drinking on the UW campus, and it starts at the source of the alcohol.
The Labor Licensing Committee, whose ultimate goal is to have university-licensed companies uphold fair labor practices, has commendable ideals. However, the decision of four members to resign in light of a dispute with Chancellor Wiley over his decision to be less harsh with licensees, hurts their worthy cause more than it helps.
Members of the Associated Students of Madison said the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents returned a complaint regarding how members were picked to the School of Education dean search-and-screen committee without filing it with UW System President Kevin Reilly.
As tuition rates at universities across the country continue to swell, financial aid continues to play an increasingly significant role in the lives of a large portion of college students. In a study released by the National Center for Education Statistics, there has been a 16 percent increase of students requesting financial aid between the 1992-93 and 1999-2000 academic years.
The University of Wisconsin Police Department plans to educate bicyclists and moped drivers this week about on-campus laws and regulations regarding their transportation choices.
Officers will be patrolling the campus and downtown areas through Sunday educating riders about the laws that affect them.
The Harmless Fluffy Bunnies are on a mission.
This little-known University of Wisconsin-Madison team hopes to use its problem-solving and code-writing skills to make a big splash at the Big Dance of the college computing world: the Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals.
“The cars are stopping, or not stopping, and then the bicyclists are stopping, or not stopping, and then pedestrians are stopping, or not stopping. It becomes a mess,” says UW Police Officer, John Deering.
But, beginning this week, University of Wisconsin Police in the campus and downtown areas aim to do a little spring cleaning.
Political unrest in Kyrgyzstan could affect an upcoming UW-Madison study abroad program in Bishkek, the nation’s capital.
Uli Schamiloglu, UW-Madison professor in the Languages and Cultures of Asia department and chair of the Central Asian Studies program, said the three-week international seminar, at the American University in Central Asia, remains scheduled to begin in late May.
It was impossible to walk through the main square of Georgetown University’s campus last week without noticing the 20-foot banner that read “Hunger Strike,” and the white, domed tent beside it. Inside, a group of students huddled in sleeping bags and vowed they would not eat until the university gave its janitorial workers a “living wage.”
Although it announced some minor changes, the Joint Southeast Campus Area Committee revealed Monday that plans are on track for the Dayton and Park Street residence halls as well as the Campus Master Plan.
Fed up with what they called a series of insults from the UW-Madison chancellor’s office, four members of the Labor Licensing Committee tendered their resignations Monday. University officials, however, are calling the dispute a disagreement over policy options.
Memorial Union, one of a handful of historical buildings on the University of Wisconsin campus, is in the midst of a series of renovations designed to both restore the building and bring it to 21st Century standards.
he demolition of Ogg Hall in summer 2007 will usher in two new modern replacements across the street for incoming freshmen at the University of Wisconsin in the fall of the same year. The Joint Southeast Campus Area Committee discussed the new residence halls and the Campus Master Plan at a meeting Monday night.
Three student members and one faculty member of the University of Wisconsin�s Labor Licensing Policy Committee resigned at a meeting Monday in response to what members describe as Chancellor John Wiley�s refusal to cooperate in discussions regarding human rights abuses in UW�s licensees� factories.
Monday’s spring sunshine flowed down on Madison like a benediction, washing away the old sorrows and snow.
The UW-Madison campus was the perfect place to watch the transformation.
The American college campus, long an oasis of scholarship and coming-of-age, is now being transformed by a more palpable force: an armada of laptops, cellphones and perpetual connectivity.
Another student voice could soon be heard on the UW System Board of Regents. The state Assembly Colleges and Universities Committee passed Assembly Bill 158 on March 22, which would add a nontraditional student-an undergraduate 24 years old or older-to the board.
Five UW-Madison film students were fined $412 apiece Wednesday for disorderly conduct after an encounter with Madison Police atop the Overture Center Ramp, 318 W. Mifflin St., according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
The Wisconsin Union South would be razed or renovated – and students would pay a major part of the cost of the project, which could include a hotel, according to plans under discussion.
Spokesman Marc Kennedy confirmed that Wisconsin Union officials are actively considering the fate of the 34-year-old building, a center for University of Wisconsin-Madison social life that includes restaurants, meeting rooms and study space. They are also planning upgrades to the main Memorial Union that would include accessibility improvements and better Internet access.
The proposed Wisconsin Institute of Discovery took another step toward becoming a reality on the UW-Madison campus March 18 when the state’s Building Commission voted 7-1 to finance the project.
* This article also appears in the 3/28/05 Daily Cardinal Opinion Column.
While recent snowfalls might seem to argue the point, the equinox has come and gone, and it�s officially spring. Many see this as a time of renewal, but it is one of reflection as well.
Despite optimism aimed at reforming the way college athletics play a role at universities, the National Collegiate Athletic Association�s new Academic Progress Rate system could prove detrimental for several institutions.
Most students know Camp Randall houses one of the largest stadiums in the nation, but what many students do not know is that its history dates back to 1861.
The Assembly Colleges and Universities Committee unanimously passed a bill Tuesday that would potentially provide students with the addition of a second student representative to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents.
University of Wisconsin students will vote on the use of segregated fees to aid in the planned reconstruction of Union South following a referendum planned by the Associated Students of Madison.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. ââ?¬â? It took the vaunted North Carolina Tar Heels more than 39 minutes to secure an 88-82 victory over the sixth-seeded Wisconsin Badgers and a place in the 2005 Final Four.
Geoff Tam-Scott probably will be paying off his college education until he’s 35, but at age 22 he considers himself lucky: A year after graduating from Amherst College, he shells out only $125 a month on about $20,000 in loans. ââ?¬Å?I have friends who have like $100,000 to $120,000ââ?¬Â in debt, he says.
The Harmless Fluffy Bunnies are on a mission. This little-known University of Wisconsin-Madison team hopes to use its problem-solving and code-writing skills to make a big splash at the Big Dance of the college computing world: the Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals in Shanghai.
Students learn about moderation, breweries and why $3 bottles of wine taste bad….The get-togethers are intended to teach students how to imbibe well and in moderation.
(AP story reprinted in the 3/25/05 Wisconsin State Journal. The Journal added information regarding UW-Madison.)
A year ago Sunday began the odyssey of a U-W co-ed…who was reported missing…claimed to have been kidnapped…then admitted she made the whole thing up. Madison Police Sergeant Emil Quast coordinated the volunteers who searched for Audrey Seiler.
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.
