Category: Campus life

A 19-year-old UW-Madison student sustained minor injuries after a man allegedly sexually assaulted her shortly after midnight Nov. 21, according to the Madison Police Department.

Increasing numbers of college students are eating breakfast cereal as a meal, citing it as a low-cost, easy alternative to uncertain dining hall meals, according to the New York Times.

As University of Wisconsin students continue registering for spring 2005 classes, many UW students and officials have found the process to be convenient and successful.

In colleges across the country, admissions strategies are undergoing a number of changes in respect to examining extracurricular activities � particularly when it comes to a record of volunteering.

A 19-year-old University of Wisconsin female student was sexually assaulted just after midnight Nov. 21. The attack occurred on the 100 block of Langdon Street after the victim walked home alone from a downtown bar.

Members of the Joint Southeast Area Campus Committee met Monday to discuss plans to replace Ogg Hall with a new 600-bed residence to be built on Dayton Street, across from Sellery Hall.

The construction around the newly renovated Chamberlin Hall is almost complete, meaning pedestrians will soon be able to use the whole of the sidewalk and not listen to a jackhammer as they walk.

UW-Madison made the decision to redo the current building instead of constructing a brand-new one because of its stunning structure, according to Al Fish, UW-Madison associate vice chancellor of facilities planning and management.

Construction of the new Dayton Street dormitory continues to be a work in progress in Madison, officials determined Monday. Joint Southeast Campus Area Committee members met to better visualize the new and upcoming addition to the dorm community during a meeting Monday night.

An organizer of the first apparel company to unionize in the country of El Salvador spoke with student, faculty and staff members of the University of Wisconsin Labor and Licensing Policy Committee Monday.

People who packed the Union Theater on Monday night expecting to hear about the best-selling book “Fast Food Nation” were instead served a diatribe from the author about his thoughts since the presidential election.

Students who have yet to register for spring classes may not be able to ask an upperclassman friend to “hold” a spot in certain desired courses, because once dropped by that upperclassman, the available seat will disappear.

Four UW students were arrested Thursday after they went into the Army Recruiting Station near campus and demanded that the office be shut down. The four were among up to 75 people who gathered at University Square Mall Thursday afternoon in an impromptu protest that also drew about 20 officers.

At the Downtown Coordinating Committee meeting Thursday, Police Lt. Mary Shauf spoke to committee members regarding police action on Halloween weekend.

Shauf characterized Friday night of Halloween weekend as fairly trouble-free, the only problems being the torrential rain that pelted the city around midnight and a small confrontation with revelers occurring around 3 a.m.

As the sun rose over Library Mall Thursday, a group of UW-Madison students awoke outdoors to fresh perspectives thanks to the second night of the Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group’s homelessness awareness sleep-out.

After President Bush’s re-election, a group of friends determined “enough is enough.”

With the Army Recruitment Office on University Square Mall as their target on Thursday, students decided they would not stand to participate in this war on Iraq, said UW-Madison junior Ruth Castel-Barnco.

Halloween may be over and done for this year, but discussion and debate still litters the Madison city scene, with the Madison Police Department presenting members of the Downtown Coordinating Committee with a report of the celebration Thursday night.

Eight men, including five current University of Wisconsin students, were charged in Dane County court Wednesday with the beating of another UW student.

Students upset about this semester�s finals beginning the night after regular classes end might be surprised to discover the Wisconsin tourism industry plays a significant role in their troubles.

Four University of Wisconsin students were arrested and charged with unlawful trespassing Thursday following a sit-in protest at the U.S. Army Military Recruitment Station in University Square.

Last spring, the instructors of Environment, Textiles and Design course number 501 set out to accomplish what few college courses strive to achieve: education through community service.
Titled “Threads of Remembrances: Infant Bereavement,” ETD 501 was a joint effort between Meriter Hospital and the Textile and Apparel Design program of the UW Human Ecology department, aimed at utilizing the skills of UW-Madison students to help grieving parents better cope with the loss of their premature infant.

The Associate Students of Madison’s Saving Halloween Open Forum saw students expressing various levels of disappointment regarding Halloween Wednesday, ranging from regret Halloween had lost its meaning to a declaration of a lawsuit against the Madison Police Department.

Madison’s Halloween Planning Committee met yesterday to review the consequences of Halloween weekend and to contemplate next year while the Madison Police Department released dollar values of expenses incurred during the weekend.

In an effort to improve communication between the city and UW-Madison, and to address drinking-related issues downtown, the City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to create an alcohol coordinator, who will assume office July 1.

Many high school students know that if they want to major in business, medicine or education, UW-Madison is the right choice for college. But when considering fashion design, the Midwest does not immediately leap to mind.
Although UW-Madison is not widely publicized as a great place to learn about fashion, the Textile and Apparel Design program is not only one of the most comprehensive majors on campus, it’s also one of the most competitive.
Students must take a series of design courses before applying for the major. Once they can finally apply, only 15 students each are accepted for the textile focus and apparel concentration.

The Associated Students of Madison Halloween 2004 Committee hosted a ââ?¬Å?Saving Halloween Open Forumââ?¬Â Wednesday night, allowing students to describe their experiences on Halloween and offer their opinions of what should change in future celebrations.

Almost three weeks have passed since Madison�s infamous Halloween weekend, but many city officials and students are still questioning what exactly happened and discussing how a riotous celebration can be prevented during next year�s festivities.

Madison police costs for Halloween released Wednesday landed within the amount budgeted.

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.