Category: Campus life

Three universities: the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison), the University of Oregon-Eugene (UO-E), and CU-Boulder will compete to see who registers more students to vote in the November elections,

City citations and fines for disorderly behavior due to alcohol are set to increase in Madison after recommendations by the Police Alternatives Community and Education project in accordance with the Madison Police Department and city officials.

The University of Wisconsin ranked sixth in the country for percentage of its student body studying abroad, according to the latest Public Research Universities study.

The Alcohol License Review Committee removed drink-special bans from Crave Restaurant and Lounge, Buck�s Madison Square Garden and Madison�s Dining and Diversions Tuesday, a week after bans were lifted on three other area bars.

A Madison fraternity member faces a misdemeanor charge after allegedly reaping hundreds of dollars by posting phony parking tickets on cars. (9/14004 Capital Times print edition)

Saturday marked the third anniversary of the terrorist attacks that transformed security policies in America, and many universities nationwide have begun to reassess what role security should play on campuses today.

Dean of International Studies Gilles Bousquet and a panel of professors met Monday at the Memorial Union to speak to students and the general public about this new responsibility: To redefine security and heighten awareness of the American university’s role in a broad global community.

UW-Madison student Anthony Gallagher was charged in Dane County Circuit Court Monday with obstructing an officer following a police investigation since April 2003. Police found he and an individual identified as Nate Grede had been placing fake parking tickets on windshields and collecting payments for approximately six weeks.

UW-Madison’s School of Nursing enrolled its highest percentage of men this fall, but these 19 new students are still dramatically outnumbered by women.

Riot gear and resting officers will replace drunken revelers in the rooms of University Inn, 441 N. Frances St., this Halloween as the building will be the center of Madison Police Department’s effort to prevent a third straight riot at the annual bash.

The downtown police headquarters is one of a host of changes discussed Monday at a meeting of the Halloween Task Force.

In his one month on the UW-Madison campus, Joe Strand said he’s collected names of some 600 students ready to stump for Democratic candidates. Strand’s Republican counterpart said her group also has signed up more than 600 new members since students began returning to classes last week.

A committee of city and campus officials met Monday to determine ways to control the crowd at this year�s Halloween festivities, following last year�s devolution into vandalism, and the necessity for police intervention.

Attorney Gerald Mowris represented University of Wisconsin student Anthony Gallagher, 23, Monday on charges with Resisting or Obstructing an Officer.

JOE LOUIS, the great heavyweight champion,is purported to have said about a light but fast boxing opponent: “He can run, but he can’t hide.”

Students pushed the books aside and joined the ranks of athletes as they hit the streets of Madison Sunday for the 2004 Ironman Wisconsin.

A trip scheduled for October to Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), hosted by the Wisconsin Alumni Association, has undergone changes because of controversy surrounding the nation�s human-rights abuses.

A majority of colleges and universities are not in strict compliance with a federal law that requires them to make a “good-faith effort” to provide students with voter-registration materials, according to a national survey by The Chronicle and the Institute of Politics at Harvard University. (Subscription required.)

The Madison City Council quietly ended drink special restrictions for three University of Wisconsin campus area bars this week, after it was revealed that the restrictions did nothing to curb excessive drinking or violence. The UW administration’s campaign to restrict drink specials was never anything more than a misguided attempt to blame bar owners for a problem that they did not create.

Tuesday night was the season premiere of “The Real World: Philadelphia.” The Daily Cardinal’s Amanda Becker watched the premiere with UW-Madison senior Landon, [MTV does not want his last name to be used] who is in this season’s cast. Before the show aired, Becker interviewed him about his experiences on “The Real World” and found out how seven strangers stopped being polite and started being real.

New rules in University of Wisconsin housing policies have changed the way students decorate their rooms, pushing shelves loaded with empty liquor bottles and beer cans into the closet.

The ongoing project for University of Wisconsin officials and students to improve safety on campus recently took a step forward.

A new electronically monitored door-access system and door security cameras were added to Sellery, Witte, Ogg and Chadbourne residence halls at the end of the spring semester.

Improving diversity on campus has been an ongoing priority for the University of Wisconsin for many years. Since their inception, initiatives to increase the number of minority students and faculty have been expanding.

For most universities, a top ranking from The Princeton Review is good news — unless that score is for partying. From hitting the bars to hitting the books, we look at how some schools are trying to shed the image of the party school.

Interviewed: Susan Crowley, director of prevention services at UW-Madison. (Audio.)

With election day less than two months away, the UW-Madison branch of the New Voters Project announced they have already registered 3,218 young voters, and said they hope to register a total of 10,000 by November 2.

While city and campus officials have long worried about the run-down balconies found on many campus-area houses, University of Wisconsin students got a terrible reminder last week of just how dangerous these favorite party hangouts can be.

The City Council voted Tuesday to revoke a voluntary drink special restriction that sparked controversy and even an antitrust lawsuit in recent months.

While on-campus speakers on Library Mall may capture the attention of a handful of people at a time, one UW-Madison student is making his voice heard throughout the entire Madison-area community.

Casey Hoff, a senior majoring in marketing, is the host of “New Ground,” a daily radio show on Madison’s AM 1670, WTDY radio.

A student housing building spree and caps on student enrollment have driven downtown vacancies up, a circumstance that tenants may be able to leverage to their advantage.

“I’m seeing a lot more ‘for rent’ signs than I’ve ever seen for this time of year,” said David Keller, a principal owner of the Keller Real Estate Group.

Students at the University of Wisconsin now have access to more than e-mail with new online services offered by the Division of Information Technology.

With thousands of new students on campus this fall, many alone for the first time, safety is a vital concern.

(UNDATED) Dorm residents at the University of Wisconsin-Madison can expect long distance telephone service for only one more year. The popularity of cell phones is largely behind the restriction. (First item)