Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Matt Davies spoke to students at Chadbourne Residential College Wednesday evening as part of a series sponsored by the Public Affairs Writer in Residence program.
Davies is the 2004 recipient of the Herblock Prize, a new award named for three-time Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Herbert Block.
After what administrators are calling a “clerical oversight,” university officials canceled a concert at the Union Saturday night and have agreed to pay a portion of the expenses incurred in order to reschedule the event.
Lying on the hood of the Humvee he used as his bed for much of the war, Brandon Nordhoff would put on his earphones, turn up the volume on his Discman to drown out battlefield noises, and imagine himself at a party back on the Indiana University campus.
City and campus officials are confident the upcoming Halloween weekend will steer clear of the examples past celebrations have set.
Matt Davies, a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist, has been at the University of Wisconsin throughout the week speaking to students and faculty as part of a series titled ââ?¬Å?What Matters to Me and Why.ââ?¬Â
MADISON, Wis. — The Memorial Union has canceled the time-honored tradition of serving a Thanksgiving dinner buffet.
A few weeks ago, the parents of a Harvard student told Dr. Richard Kadison, the chief of the university’s mental health service, that they suspected their daughter had a serious drug problem.
Halloween on State Street was a big part of campus life even before I was a student here in the early 1980s. For the most part, it has been a peaceful celebration that reflects the energy and creativity of students. Madison wouldn’t be the city it is if not for the 40,000 students on the UW campus. Students bring excitement, ideas and optimism to the city. Some of us like Madison so much that we find excuses to stick around after we graduate. That’s what I did, and now I’ve got a great excuse to keep living in Madison. In fact, my job requires it.
Police will require mandatory court dates for all juvenile offenses committed during Halloween, and will begin removing all bicycle racks and mopeds on State Street today in preparation for this weekend, according to a press release from the Madison Police Department.
Citing financial loss, the UW-Madison Memorial Union canceled its annual Thanksgiving Day buffet indefinitely. To replace the buffet, which had been deemed unprofitable, the Union will offer Thanksgiving meals to go, which can be ordered on its Web site.
Halloween is quickly approaching, and as you are putting the finishing touches on your costumes, the Associated Students of Madison is finalizing plans for an inclusive, fun and safe weekend celebration. ASM, in collaboration with Madison business associations, the City of Madison, the University of Wisconsin and the UW Greek System, is trying to make safe space for the entire community by holding costume contests for children, trick-or-treating at State Street businesses and having complimentary hay rides throughout the downtown area during the day.
During Monday�s news conference regarding the basketball ticket fiasco, a front row girl walks up to basketball head coach Bo Ryan and puts her arms on his shoulders.
A record number of students are planning to head to the polls for next week�s election.
The Harvard University Institute of Politics surveyed 1,202 college students nationwide ââ?¬â? drawn from a national database of almost 5.1 million students ââ?¬â? and found 72 percent said they were registered to vote and will ââ?¬Å?definitelyââ?¬Â vote this November, according to an IOP release.
It takes a strange event to turn the heads of people on a campus chock full of oddities such as a six-foot, walking, talking bratwurst mascot. Maybe that�s why nobody questioned their own sanity upon spying some large Hawaiian men taking off on cafeteria trays from the top of a snowy Bascom Hill a couple years back.
The city of Madison is bracing itself for what is reported to be one of the biggest political rallies to ever hit the city and state.
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Division of Intercollegiate Athletics will hold an on-line vote among the 3,750 UW-Madison students that submitted applications for menââ?¬â?¢s basketball tickets to help finalize the process for distributing 2004-05 tickets. The voting begins Tuesday (Oct. 26) afternoon.
Madison isn’t trying to suffocate its party by shutting down bars, which happens in Carbondale, home of Southern Illinois University, or by blocking the main hot spot, like in Boulder, home of the University of Colorado.
Undergraduates’ sense of psychological well-being declines significantly during college years.
Study finds link between faith and mental health.
Young people were the driving force when Tammy Baldwin was first elected to Congress in 1998. She hasn’t forgotten. She shares a downtown campaign office with the John Kerry campaign – but she also keeps a campus office of her own at Laundry 101 on Gilman Street. The Madison Democrat relies heavily on student volunteers.
While most of the plans for this weekend’s Halloween celebration are in place, city officials and student organizers are hoping the chaos of the past two years will be avoided if they can just reach enough students with their message: Police yourselves. If not, police say, they’re ready to do it quickly and aggressively.
What’s been lost in the last couple days [in the lottery situation] we believe,” said UW Deputy Athletic Director Jamie Pollard at a town hall-style meeting the Athletic Department held at the Kohl Center Monday, “is how proud we are of the student support.”
The UW-Madison Athletic Department held a press conference Monday to offer a solution for the problems with UW-Madison men’s basketball season tickets. An error with the Athletic Department’s software provider had excluded 625 students from the lottery.
MADISON, Wis. — Police said Monday they have done all they can for a peaceful Halloween this weekend on State Street. Now they are depending on revelers to take “personal responsibility” for their actions.
A few weeks ago, the parents of a Harvard student told Dr. Richard Kadison, the chief of the university’s mental health service, that they suspected their daughter had a serious drug problem.
“The student in question argued that, although she needed some help, her problem was not substance abuse,” Dr. Kadison said. “From my standpoint, the problem was not who’s right and who’s wrong or what’s the diagnosis, but whether she is getting the right help.”
(MADISON)Ã? Madison Police Chief Noble Wray’s call to action. “We would like for people that are attending this event to take it upon themselves to set the proper tone to discourage and resist disorderly, disruptive and illegal behaviorsââ?¬â?that is the key.”Ã?Â
A UW-Madison graduate says she should have acted when her gut told her there was “something off” about her roommate.
In a jam with no housing and little money her junior year, she agreed to live in a two-bedroom apartment with Andrew McKee, 26, who was recommended by a mutual friend.
In anticipation of the upcoming Halloween weekend, the Madison Police Department is stressing personal responsibility and expects UW-Madison students to set the tone for a safe evening, according to Police Chief Noble Wray.
“It is really up to those that are attending this event to make sure it is a safe event,” he said during a press conference Monday with Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, Special Assistant to the Chancellor Lamarr Billups and Associated Students of Madison Halloween Committee Chair Kristina Mueller.
According to a police report, crimes in the central district of Madison, which encompasses the campus area, increased significantly in the past three years.
The city of Madison is ready for the Halloween ball to roll, thanks to efforts by the police department, city officials, the University of Wisconsin, Associated Students of Madison and downtown businesses.
For years, college ranking systems such as the U.S. News and World Report�s have informed students and families about the academic aspects of choice universities.
(MADISON)Ã? — UW athletic officials have a plan for dealing with a glitch in the system to distribute basketball tickets to students.
UW-Madison police ejected 37 fans from Camp Randall Stadium during Saturday’s Homecoming game against Northwestern. The Badgers won 24-12.
A UW-Madison graduate says she should have acted when her gut told her there was “something off” about her roommate.
In Jake Dowell’s case, the torture of Huntington’s goes beyond seeing his father slip away. Children of a person with the disease have a 50 percent chance of inheriting the gene. Everyone with the gene develops the disease, which rarely strikes before age 35.
University of Wisconsin professor Nietzchka Keene, a filmmaker and member of the Communication Arts Department, passed away Wednesday from complications with cancer.
Following the suspension of the men�s basketball student ticket distribution due to a computer glitch discovered in the online applications, the University of Wisconsin Athletic Department announced it will retry the lottery.
Scholarship athletes are graduating at record rates in most sports, according to a report issued on Monday by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. In particular, black male basketball players are fast catching up to their white peers and to athletes in other sports.
The possibility of a repeat of last year’s Halloween riot has many State Street businesses spooked, but this holiday some owners are hoping for as many treats as tricks.
UW-Madison students engaging in criminal behavior could face sanctions ranging from warnings to expulsion from UW-Madison, said LaMarr Billups, special assistant to the chancellor. The Dean of Students Office will review every case involving a student to see if it applies to the non- academic misconduct code.
In an effort to avoid the disturbances that marred the last two Halloween weekends on State St., Madison officials Monday announced a battle plan they hope will keep a lid on the revelry.
A computer glitch apparently is to blame for a major ticketing snafu at the University of Wisconsin. The UW athletic department said in a press release Friday that it has suspended its 2004-05 men’s basketball student ticket process.
Madison: The University of Wisconsin has a major ticket problem.
(Madison) Before the game got going� Saturday,� alumni and students had a chance to socialize and get revved up.
Madison is framed, and often defined by, its lakes.
Whether it means gazing across the 9.842 acres of Lake Mendota from the Union Terrace, fishing in Lake Monona from the bike path or swimming in Lake Wingra, the lakes make the city a unique confluence of water and land. As a city built on an isthmus, Madison’s lakes, as part of the Yahara Lake chain, can be, simultaneously, a wonder to behold and a threat to its health.
John Magnuson, professor emeritus of zoology, has an office in the limnology laboratory overlooking Lake Mendota. He sees the lakes as a source of the city’s allure and their condition as a consequence of that allure.
UW-Madison senior Megan Lipke registered to vote when approached by a volunteer armed with a clipboard on State Street nearly two months ago.
But after waiting in line for more than 30 minutes to vote at the city clerk’s office, she was told there was no record of her registration anywhere.
Some college professors across the country are making special efforts to get students ââ?¬â? who are expected to vote in record numbers this election year ââ?¬â? to the polls Nov. 2.
Nationwide college tuition is on the rise again, climbing nearly 11 percent this year at four-year public institutions, according to an annual survey by the College Board.
For 24 University of Wisconsin students, their ââ?¬Å?campingââ?¬Â experience at the Kohl Center came to a lucky end Oct. 29.
The 2004-05 men�s basketball student ticket lottery was suspended Friday afternoon after University of Wisconsin athletic department officials learned that 625 students who submitted electronic applications were not included in the selection process.
A town-hall style meeting, which
University of Wisconsin Athletic Deparment officials issued an apology this morning for a technology breakdown that stalled confirmation e-mails for UW student who had applied for 2004-05 men’s basketball tickets. (10/22/04 Capital Times print edition)
Every student complains about his or her classes at one point. Now, thanks to the Provost’s Office, a Student Focus Group series allows students to express concerns directly to UW-Madison administrators.
Working as an intimate forum to gauge students’ experiences, the Student Focus Group series commenced Thursday at Memorial Union.
In an effort to allow students to speak openly about their experiences with the campus climate at the University of Wisconsin, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Bernice Durand and Assistant to the Provost Mo Noonan Bischof held the first of five open-forum-style meetings Thursday night.
Dan Ginsburg is a die-hard fan of the University of Wisconsin men�s basketball team.
He�s traveled to away games. He hasn�t missed a home game in the last four seasons. And he�s even camped out for more than five weeks to grab the best seats in the Kohl Center.
Halloween is increasingly a treat for cities that can turn local attractions and celebrations into revenue….Yet, some cities find Halloween has more tricks than treat. For example, Madison, Wis…. (USA Today)
T.J. Wielebski, a solid student, opted to enroll at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and walk-on to the football team.
He said last week it’s the best decision he ever made.
Captain Davenport says the horses will help officers as they work to move crowds, and remove problems.
Classes had been over for hours by the time dozens of Bradley Hall residents crowded into their dorm’s basement to watch a live political debate Tuesday night.
When my niece Lauren came home recently from her first semester at Spelman College in Atlanta, one of the first things we talked about was money.
I asked Lauren if she needed any. She gave me that look teenagers give when asked an obvious question.
On the weekend of Oct. 31, Madison will be anything but ordinary. However, the city is doing everything in its power to make sure that just because the weekend will not be normal, it does not mean it has to be dangerous.
