Category: Campus life

Candace Gingrich, the sister of former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich, came to Madison, not on behalf of the Republicans or even the Democrats, but just to talk to University of Wisconsin-Madison students about the importance of voting. (10/20/04 Capital Times print edition)

(but)…Chances are good that Kerry’s stepson, Chris Heinz, will make a stop in Madison along with Tom DeLonge of the band Blink-182, Max Weinberg of Bruce Springsteen’s “E” Street Band, and Scott Wolf of the TV show “Party of Five” next week as part of a get-out-the-vote tour aimed at college students.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison has taken the “if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em” approach to this year’s Halloween festivities by kicking in $17,000 to support the efforts of a student group whose plans it had opposed.

Late in a year-long planning process, Chancellor John Wiley has reversed his opposition to university involvement in Halloween festivities on State Street, saying Monday that UW-Madison will donate $17,000 to help underwrite a student group’s efforts to make the event safer.

It�s official � most University of Wisconsin students will have to forego flu vaccinations this year.

The Madison City Council unanimously approved the use of outdoor lighting during Halloween, a voter outreach competition between city districts and suspended Jin�s Chicken and Fish license for four weeks with four months of additional conditions.

In an effort to increase campus safety and prevent possible terrorist attacks, the University of Wisconsin has shifted construction goals from just visual and practical values to include security measures.

UW System Board of Regents hosted a listening session at UW-Eau Claire Monday to discuss issues ranging from tuition cost to recruitment of quality staff members as well as the important role UW campuses provide in helping to create a thriving Wisconsin state economy.

With more than 60 foreign languages and 11 study centers covering every region of the globe, UW-Madison can boast legitimately about the preeminence of its world offerings.

Chalking sidewalks on campus is an essential activity for many student organizations to raise campus awareness, but few groups realize the possible danger for those chalking late at night.

Last Tuesday, Oct. 12, a student chalking with Students for Feingold was physically attacked at about 10:30 p.m.

Halloween revelers will not go hungry if the university has its say.

In a meeting with Associated Students of Madison’s Halloween Planning Committee Monday, university officials offered $16,000 of additional funding for Halloween.

Nearly $15,000 of the projected funding will pay for food to be distributed on Library Mall from midnight to 3 a.m. the Sunday of Halloween weekend.

In light of the weakening of the U.S. job market in recent years, the creation of new jobs is a crucial issue for many Americans.

The University of Wisconsin�s Homecoming 2004 extends from the typical yearly celebration to the realm of politics with a theme that reflects a presidential election year.

The presidential election is still two weeks away, but for University of Wisconsin senior Casey Welch it is all over, save for the shouting and campaigning.

Major Madison property owner Steve Brown reportedly agreed to sell his five private residence halls to a multi-billion-dollar Texas-based real-estate company for an estimated 60 to 65 million dollars.

Despite continued resistance from University of Wisconsin officials, it looks like students planning to pipe in music and stage Halloween costume contests on the Library Mall will get the street permit they need.

….University of Wisconsin students, bombarded by political signs and television ads, got to party like rock stars Friday afternoon. Some students said it was all beginning to feel like swing-state sensory overload.

Donning a Badger hat, a scruffy beard and the uncanny ability to rouse emotion in a crowd, filmmaker Michael Moore worked Madison students into a political fervor Saturday night.

Best known for his collection of liberal books and movies that attack right-wing politicians and the state of the American political scene, Moore spoke on the Union Terrace amidst protesting Republicans who obviously did not agree with his anti-Bush rhetoric.

MTV�s Rock the Vote tour made its final stop of the year at University of Wisconsin�s Library Mall on Friday to register student voters and motivate them to get to the polls on Election Day.

The University of Wisconsin, apparently, is full of slackers.

Braving the cold, students came out in droves Saturday night to hear filmmaker and liberal provocateur Michael Moore, who spoke at the Memorial Union terrace as part of his nationwide ââ?¬Å?Slacker Uprising Tour.ââ?¬Â

UW’s Homecoming kicked off this weekend. Committee members hope the theme, Bucky for President, will get the huge student body fired up to vote.

Madison)Ã?  On TV, onââ?¬â??line Ã? and on the ground ââ?¬â?? ‘Rock the Vote’ is a nonââ?¬â??partisan, nonââ?¬â??profit organization that is making sure young people are registered and ready to hit the polls come November 2nd.

A State Street businessman who’s been upset with a slow police response to window breaking and looting during the last two Halloweens…is more optimistic this year. Dan Waisman owns the Poster Master at 506 State and says we expect them and based on what Madison Police Central District Captain Luis Yudice says…they will move in quicker to pacify violence

Muslims around campus will begin eating “fast” food today, with the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Forbidden to eat between sunrise and sunset, it serves as an exercise in self-discipline and a reminder that others are less fortunate.

Police at UW-Madison are ready to bring the hammer down on student moped owners who still haven’t learned to drive properly on campus. “Violations are still happening all over campus,” said Officer Kristin Radtke. “It’s very frustrating.”

University of Wisconsin students, faculty and members of the Madison law community will run and walk this weekend to raise money for summer grants to benefit UW law students performing unpaid work for underrepresented clients.

UW-Madison soon will provide students who earn it with a great icebreaker for those awkward first-job interviews. Starting this spring, besides their academic transcript, graduating seniors will be able to offer prospective employers a new document known as a “leadership and involvement record,” or a leadership transcript, for short.

Although Pell grants, college tax credits and student loans may not register as major election issues for either Kerry or Bush this campaign season, for many people around the UW, both candidates� stances on higher education could be deciding factors in determining their vote come November.

Millions of students eligible to receive financial aid do not because they simply forgo applying.

With Halloween only two weeks away, city officials and student groups are working to finalize plans for the annual celebration.

The Street Use Staff Team gave ââ?¬Å?conceptualââ?¬Â clearance Wednesday to the University of Wisconsinââ?¬â?¢s Associated Students of Madison for street-permit usage during Halloween weekend.

If Melissa Zamora were an average 20-year-old political science student, she would be spending 14 hours a week in lecture halls listening to professors. Instead, she puts in 12-hour days, seven days a week, to help Sen. John Kerry’s bid for president.

It�s been said that no University of Wisconsin student lets his or her schoolwork interfere with the college experience. For one UW student, balancing work and school has been a way of life.

UW sophomore Kate Holoyda would bashfully call herself a busy little bee, but she said her busy schedule isn�t something to complain abou

While dealing with after-bar customers can be a trying ordeal for workers at local eateries, the amount of business generated from late-night feasters can be worthwhile.

Faculty, staff and students convened Tuesday in one of many planned forums to discuss the new Campus Master Plan for the University of Wisconsin campus.

Professors, architects and design specialists gathered Monday at an informative and audience-interactive session at the Red Gym regarding the UW-Madison Campus Master Plan. According to a University Communications statement, the plan will be “a document that will guide campus renewal well into the next decade.”

University of Wisconsin chancellors are allowed to waive out-of-state tuition for certain categories of students, athletes among them. Graduate teaching assistants and research assistants are the main beneficiaries. But there�s another category of student just as deserving. That would be students who happen to be undocumented immigrants.

MADISON, Wis. — Bucky is running a campaign for president on the University of Wisconsin campus, but you won’t find him on your ballot

MANITOWOC � Travis Ouradnik elected to attend the University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc to save money on tuition and room and board

The campus University Bookstore will soon give up its second floor general books section.

A UW-Madison fraternity is hoping to raise $10,000 for UW Children’s Hospital this week with a 300-mile bike ride to West Lafayette, Ind.

The Offices of the Dean of Students controls the “Student Crisis Loan Fund,” an emergency assistance program for students with an unexpected financial crisis “whose academic continuation can be ensured by a small, short-term loan.”

Phoebe Allen joins a freshman class that is, mostly, financially illiterate. She joins a student body that may have trouble sleeping or concentrating because of money problems, and, it was announced last week, she and her classmates stand a good chance of graduating with five-digit debts.