Louise F. Root-Robbins, co-director of the University of Wisconsin System�s Sloan Project for Academic Career Advancement, spoke to a crowd of UW students and faculty about gender equity in higher education Thursday night.
The University of Wisconsin search and screen committee publicly announced three candidates for the dean of education Thursday to replace retiring dean Charles Read.
Barry Scheck argued in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court that Ralph Armstrong deserves a new trial in light of DNA evidence
Ralph Armstrong was convicted almost 25 years ago in the brutal rape and murder of a University of Wisconsin student. His attorney’s, including Scheck, asked the state Supreme Court Thursday to grant him a new trial, saying DNA evidence casts doubt on his conviction.
Charise Kamps, 19, had just finished her freshman year at UW-Madison when she was killed in her downtown apartment June 24, 1980. The daughter of a UW-Platteville professor was friends with Armstrong, then 27, who was on parole for rape and sodomy convictions in New Mexico.
Several University of Wisconsin students attended an open forum Thursday concerning the upcoming referendum that would increase segregated fees to help fund the renovation of the Memorial Union and Union South.
From Uganda to Sudan to UW, professor Harold Scheub shares his stories with students.
Coming up with an idea for a company can be difficult-unless coming up with ideas is the company.
Two UW-Madison students have pioneered a business that markets ideas-the least tangible but perhaps most valuable asset of a successful company. In April 2004 Anand Chhatpar and Nate Altfeather co-founded BrainReactions, a company that outsources ideas to high-tech and consumer product firms.
The Statue of Liberty gained its place as a true Wisconsin monument, just before a flock of pink flamingos descended on Bascom Hill. Sound like the beginning of a wild piece of fiction? Nope, just a couple days in the life of some UW-Madison legends.
A pair of UW-Madison experts on student financial aid said Wednesday President Bush’s proposed 2006 budget would eliminate several important aid programs and drastically cut funding to others.
U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D- Madison, held an open discussion for students Wednesday night to touch on the Social Security debate and encourage students to get involved.
**This opinion/letter also appears in the March 31 edition of the Daily Cardinal.
The administration�s recent cuts to federal financial aid for higher education send a clear message to students: When it comes to paying for college, don�t count on Pell Grants.
Chancellor John Wiley wrote Monday about continuing to make the University of Wisconsinââ?¬â?¢s campus more diverse. The UW administration ââ?¬Å?[remains] absolutely committed to building an inclusive community free of social bias and inclusion,ââ?¬Â he said. And creating a campus atmosphere free of social bias should absolutely be a priority at this university.
With tax day rapidly approaching, the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program offers income-tax assistance to students and low-income individuals free of charge.
The Joint West Campus Area Committee discussed upcoming planning strategies for the betterment of University of Wisconsin facilities, including city and campus culture, Wednesday night.
In a discussion with students and community members, Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin tackled the heated Social Security dilemma Wednesday night.
Two campus leaders spoke to University of Wisconsin students Wednesday about how recent proposals from the Bush administration might change campus-based financial-aid programs.
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.
