Category: Campus life

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.

Whether Flip Night will continue as a staple of the Madison social scene is up in the air. And the days of cheap Jack and Cokes might be limited.

Although months away, Halloween is already a hot topic.

The Associated Students of Madison led a proposal to allow a live band to perform longer and to keep bars and restaurants open later during this year�s Halloween party.

It�s 10:42 p.m. on a Wednesday evening, one week before classes begin at the University of Wisconsin.

Tim Kong, a UW junior, is headed out with friends to the Madison bars for a night of drinking and partying.

Student falls from 2nd story balcony
For one University of Wisconsin freshman, the excitement of his first weekend living away from home ended in disaster.

As of Tuesday afternoon, 18-year-old Witte resident Jason Gratzl was listed in critical condition at UW Hospital after falling from a second-floor balcony late Saturday night. He was attending a party at 453 W. Mifflin St.

In light of recent summer assaults, two city officials are pushing a proposal that would require landlords to have exterior locks on all buildings with more than two apartments

The former president of the University of Wisconsin chapter of the Black Student Union was charged with theft of approximately $1,400 of the student group�s funds.

UW-Madison freshman Alaina Werkhoven got off to a shaky start Tuesday, getting lost on campus on her way to the Pyle Center for the last day of fall registration.

MADISON, Wis. — An incoming University of Wisconsin freshman remains hospitalized after falling from a second-story balcony Saturday night.

Jason Gratzl, 18, of Burlington, is listed in critical condition.

That’s why Monday morning’s headline about the UW-Madison freshman badly hurt in a fall from a Mifflin Street balcony hit us so hard.

Eighteen-year-old Jason Gratzl had just finished a summer job on a Lake Geneva cruise boat and was excited about joining his older brother at UW-Madison.

Burlington – As a student at Burlington High School, Jason Gratzl, a tall boy with spiked red hair, cultivated a reputation for being a smart but zany free spirit, someone who turned public speaking engagements into magic shows and commanded attention at parties.

With the UW students back in town for their first weekend….Madison police say they had to deal with plenty of alcohol-related problems….and the director of a university project says those problems were “totally preventable.” Susan Crowley of PACE tells WIBA News her group even took extra steps to make sure students and their parents knew about the dangers of irresponsible drinking.Ã?  Crowley says the first six weeks at school are the most dangerous times for students…because for many…it is their first time away from home and being on their own.Ã?  She adds that this points out that some students aren’t making that transition in a very healthy way.Ã?  She says it’s alarming to see how students are hurting themselves and others by drinking too much.

Police say the first full weekend back for University of Wisconsin students wasn’t a pretty one.

MPD says its officers were busy responding to a slew of calls around campus, many of which they blame on excessive drinking.

A 19-year-old man is hospitalized in critical condition today after falling from a second-floor balcony during a house party Saturday night.

The signs of fall are here.

The trees are beginning to shine with the brilliant colors that help make this area a tourist destination.

Residents more frequently must shut their bedroom windows at night if they want to stay warm.

And the college students have started to arrive.

They complain about the small rooms. And how it stinks. Oh yeah, and then there are the cockroaches.
But all this week — just as they have for the past 39 years — people have been standing in line to get IN the place.

MADISON, Wis. — Police are looking for two men who allegedly attacked a woman in downtown Madison early Sunday.

An incoming UW-Madison freshman about to begin fall semester classes was critically injured in a fall from a balcony Saturday night.

Madison – A 19-year-old University of Wisconsin student who fell from a second-floor balcony this weekend remained in a hospital Sunday evening with serious injuries, police said.

Nicole Spranger of Greenville says she’s excited to start her college education, even as she says goodbye to her parents, who have returned to their northern Wisconsin home. (8/27/04 Capital Times)

MADISON, Wis. — A recommendation to consider banning late night drink specials in Madison bars is now on hold.

The Alcohol License and Review Committee listened to hours of testimony from bar owners who oppose any type of restriction. The ban is being discussed because the University of Wisconsin’s P.A.C.E. program, which stands for Policy Alternative Community Education, said it would help curb high-risk drinking downtown near campus. owners d

The mother of Emily Egen Smith, a 22-year-old UW-Madison senior who was enjured in China when a car crashed through a cafe, will be joining her daughter during her recovery. They hope to come home by Aug. 30.

Chris Heinz, stepson of John Kerry, was on the UW-Madison campus Monday seeking student support for Kerry.