Category: Campus life

People in the market for original art at reasonable prices could find a basrgain at the annual fall art sale at the Memorial Union through Friday.

It’s a Friday night and Cory and Neil are on decent rolls on the roulette and blackjack tables. The 25-year-olds (who didn’t want their last names used) are a business graduate student and a law student, respectively, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Neither man knows or even notices the other. Instead of a seafood buffet and a bar with high-end booze, Cory has an end table with chips, dip, pizza and a can of Miller Light. Neil isn’t eating. There are no other gamblers or gawkers around him. And their roulette and blackjack tables? They’re confined to computer monitors in corners of their apartments.

Although the latest data shows binge drinking and drinking-related consequences are decreasing at UW-Madison, the university’s Policy Alternatives and Community Education project is continuing its campaign to eliminate late-night drink specials at downtown bars.

The Halloween Planning Committee, which met throughout the past year, will meet once again today, this time to craft plans for next year’s Halloween.

Though the meeting was previously planned and is not a response to the chaos of this year’s celebration, October’s events will remain a focus.

Despite the dissolution of the UW-Madison Division of Student Affairs, the shift of Plan 2008 initiatives to the Provost’s Office will not result in the initiatives “get[ting] lost in the cracks,” said UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley.

Gordon Smith, a University of Wisconsin Law School professor, decided in September to utilize a personal passion and growing Internet trend for educational purposes. Today, Smith sees his creation as a growing success.

Two college students in Colorado died recently from the effects of binge-drinking on campuses in Boulder and Fort Collins.

According to the New York Times, 1,400 college students ages 18 to 24 die annually as a result of alcohol abuse.

Signs decorated Bascom Hill Tuesday as part of Native American Heritage Month. The signs, which are positioned again today, represent various Native American tribes present at the University of Wisconsin and is one of many efforts made by UW students to educate their peers about Native American culture

Binge-drinking continues to be an object of criticized debate in the city of Madison, as the Policy, Alternatives, Community and Education (PACE) group met yesterday for its second quarterly meeting to discuss alcohol abuse on the University of Wisconsin campus and the effect on students and the city.

A few dozen researchers housed in a tall limestone building at Indiana University have been sifting data for five years, trying to determine how much teaching and learning is going on between parties and football games at the nation’s colleges and universities.

BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) — The recovering economy and looming retirement of the baby boomers are making this a very good year to be a college senior looking for a job after graduation. Recruiters, career counselors and students say the fall recruiting season has been the most active since the dot.com boom

As part of their Hunger and Homelessness Awareness week, the Wisconsin Student Public Interest Group conducted ââ?¬Å?Food Swipe 2004ââ?¬Â Monday in all University of Wisconsin cafeterias.

The Madison City Council will debate Mayor Dave Cieslewicz�s yearly budget during a meeting tonight.

The City Council members look to amend 30 sections of the proposed operating budget, many portions of which affect University of Wisconsin students.

With the re-election of President Bush and the presence of a more conservative Senate and House of Representatives, some college students and higher-education experts have expressed concern that a business-driven administration will serve the needs of profiteers of the system rather than beneficiaries.

Monster.com president and UW-Madison alumnus Steve Pogorzelski told 40 students in UW’s Vilas Hall on Thursday that they have a lot to be optimistic about when they start their job hunt.

“The bestseller “Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal” is required reading for one UW- Madison class. Professor Stanley Schultz assigns it as a textbook in History 402, “American Urban History, 1870-Present.” The author, Eric Schlosser, will visit Madison on Nov. 22 to discuss the book as part of the Wisconsin Union Directorate’s Distinguished Lecture Series.

Is there something about the mere sight of police officers in riot gear that incites large crowds to go berserk? Former Madison Police Chief David Couper suggested as much two years ago….

Mental health problems are a widespread concern in today’s stressful society. However, at UW-Madison, officials work hard to minimize occurrences of more serious mental health-related incidents. Prescription drugs, counseling and administrative actions are the three primary methods the university uses to actively engage students who are experiencing one or more of a myriad of challenges to mental he

A group of about 40 war protesters marched Thursday up streets running through the UW-Madison campus.

After years of arduous studying and seemingly infinite exams and term papers, young politicians leave college with a diploma that says they are ready for their civic duty.

Stop the War, a student organization opposed to the war in Iraq, held a protest march yesterday afternoon for Veteran’s Day. The demonstration began on Library Mall and included approximately 50 peace activists who marched down University Avenue and Johnson Street in the middle of rush hour, stopping traffic on both thoroughfares.

Since the advent of the computer age, college campuses nationwide have upgraded classrooms to keep up with technology savvy students. Despite the efforts to stay modern, some students complain technology can get in the way of teaching.

Madison police say there were some “tense moments” during an anti-war demonstration that blocked west-bound traffic on University Avenue during rush hour yesterday. An estimated 40 protesters disrupted things for about an hour…and blocked all three lanes at one point. No injuries were reported and no one was arrested. (Final item.)

Being a minority student on the UW-Madison campus-one that is primarily white and heterosexual-can take a toll on the mental health of these students, often creating feelings of isolation, according to UW-Madison Assistant Dean of Students Suzanne Jones.

The Associated Students of Madison held its 2004 Town Hall meeting Wednesday at Gordon Commons. Students in attendance discussed issues under current debate within the organization, including potential tuition hikes and controversy involving the selection of a new School of Education dean.

The Associated Students of Madison is taking issue with University of Wisconsin administrators because of alleged ââ?¬Å?side-steppingââ?¬Â in the student appointment for the search-and-screen committee for the new dean of the School of Education. This conflict could result in a claim brought to the Student Judiciary by ASM.

After a string of downtown assaults, robberies and purse thefts earlier in the semester, the city has remained free of high-profile crimes during the last few weeks.

Practical improvements for students, such as expanded bus routes, better notice when classes are cut and more input on study-abroad destinations, are being pursued this week in meetings between UW-Madison’s student government and campus administrators.

In early October, high school guidance counselors from schools across the country toured the UW-Madison Campus, met with students and faculty, but were also treated to a private dinner reception and stayed at Madison’s upscale Concourse Hotel. The all expenses paid tour of the counselors was sponsored by UW-Madison and four other universities in Wisconsin.

The number of foreign students on American campuses declined last year by 2.4 percent — the first drop in foreign enrollments since the 1971-72 academic year. The figures, which confirm widespread predictions, appear in the latest edition of “Open Doors,” an authoritative annual report on academic mobility, which is scheduled to be released today. (Subscription required.)

Opportunity knocks to “give back while traveling” for UW-Madison students.

Representatives from the headquarters of the International Student Volunteers will be visiting UW-Madison Thursday to recruit students for volunteer opportunities overseas.

Affirmative action may be hurting black law students more than helping them, according to a controversial new survey by a University of California-Los Angeles law professor.

Today’s test consists of only one question, so think carefully. The ”A” in SAT stands for: (a) aptitude; (b) achievement; (c) assessment; (d) all of the above; (e) none of the above. (Login required.)

University of Wisconsin students involved in Halloween mayhem will not only have city citations to pay, but they could also face a university sanctioned probation, suspension or even expulsion.

BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 5 – Lynn G. Bailey, 18, a freshman at the University of Colorado here, spent his last night chugging whiskey and wine as part of an initiation ceremony with his fraternity brothers. Left by his friends to sleep it off, he died from alcohol poisoning.