Category: Campus life

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.

(AP) — It’s a sad but recurring campus story: This autumn, students are again drinking themselves to death.

(UNDATED) A new study shows a three-year decline in the number of international students enrolling in American graduate schools. Officials at the University of Wisconsin-Madison say the downward trend may hurt the image of the United States overseas. (8th item.)

UW-Eau Claire’s University Senate will discuss a proposal by university administrators today to prohibit students from receiving community service credits required for graduation by working for religious organizations.

Madison, Wis. � The University of Wisconsin-Madison plans to extend its wireless network coverage to cover the entire campus by June 2006, according to the Division of Information Technology.

The dean of the University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture and Life Sciences announced his retirement Monday.

Elton Aberle will retire Sept. 1, 2005, after serving the world of academia for 35 years, six of which he worked as dean.

Some of the more serious out-of-town Halloween troublemakers are biting the bullet after preliminary court hearings late last week.

….It may turn out that Cieslewicz finds he cannot bar next year’s Halloween party altogether. But if it does go on, Cieslewicz will try to make it a very different event. Those efforts will be most successful if the University of Wisconsin, the State Street business community and other interested parties work closely with the mayor.

The University of Wisconsin System has reinvested in Tyson Foods International after dissociating itself from its bonds last December.