Category: Campus life

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)

If personal experience counts for much, Pap Sarr will be well-positioned to lead UW-Madison’s office for international student services this school year.

The first weekend night since students began flooding back to campus, exemplifies the boozy — and sometimes dangerous — atmosphere on the campus and throughout Downtown.

CliffsNotes, a boon or crutch for students, depending on your perspective, plans to announce today that its 180 literature guides can be read free at cliffsnotes.com.

A survey in the September issue of Men�s Health Magazine has ranked Madison the 11th most dangerously drunk city in the nation.

Empty bottles of Jack Daniels and Bacardi Razz will no longer decorate UW-Madison dorm rooms.

After reviewing the alcohol policies of UW-Madison housing, campus staff made the decision to no longer allow students under 21 years of age to keep empty alcohol containers in their living areas, according to a letter sent to incoming dorm residents by UW-Madison Housing director Paul Evans.

After leaning over the balcony of a house party at 453 Mifflin St. the evening of Saturday, Aug. 28, UW-Madison freshman Jason Gratzl fell two stories and sustained critical injuries on what was his first night in Madison.

“[Graztl] moved in at one that afternoon,” Witte Hall Residence Life Coordinator Magpie Martinez said, adding that she believed he spent the majority of the day with his parents.

The former head of the UW-Madison chapter of the Black Student Union, Christopher Loving, appeared in court Thursday to answer charges of misdemeanor theft after allegedly embezzling $1,395.68 of the group’s funds.

A gun-wielding man confronted and beat three men in two separate incidents downtown early Wednesday morning, and police still do not have any information about the suspect, according to Lt. Pat Ma

With dreams of high GPAs in their heads, tens of thousands of UW-Madison students slid into flip-flops, downed lattes and started amassing syllabi Thursday, the first day of fall classes. A few scenes from 933 acres of higher education: Adriana Rosales arrives 35 minutes early for English 100 – her first class on her first day at UW-Madison.

Police suspect that the same gun-wielding man beat three young men in two separate downtown incidents early today.

What better way to get 600 people acquainted at the same time…than to play a game most of them probably hadn’t played since they were kids. The UW-Madison students living in Sellery Hall on campus this year played what might be the world’s largest game of “telephone” last night. That’s where one person whispers a phrase to the next person in line, and so on until the last person hopefully gets the original message right. Tyler Johnson of St. Paul was last in line last night…and while he didn’t get it exactly, he tells WIBA news…he didn’t cheat.Ã?  Johnson yelled out “UW-Madison Rocks”…but the original message was “Go Big Red.” The UW plans to contact the Guinness Book of World Records to see if the students set one.

Police suspect that the same gun-wielding man beat three young men in two separate downtown incidents early today.

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 spring semester.

Come this fall, a massive, widespread voter registration effort will inundate campus to ensure that a record number of 18- to 24-year-olds go to the polls and cast their ballot this election. Students can expect to be bombarded by both presidential campaigns and a number of non-partisan groups as part of an ââ?¬Å?historic get-out-the-vote effortââ?¬Â targeting new voter

For one University of Wisconsin freshman, the excitement of his first weekend living away from home ended in disaster.

At a time when many students were preparing for the new fall semester, Kevin Prosen was acclimating himself to an entirely different, and potentially hostile, situation.

Prosen, a University of Wisconsin senior, was in New York City protesting the Republican National Convention.