Jordan Wood, a fifth-year senior at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, tells incoming freshmen he drank in high school and came to UW-L with every intention to drink.
A CULTURE OF DRINKING: Binging on the rise
La Crosse Tribune
Category: Campus life
Our view: The real problem is extreme intoxication
La Crosse Tribune
Two things stood out in Tribune reporter Terry Rindfleisch’s story Sunday about binge drinking.
First were the anecdotes from very drunk students trying to get home but going in wrong directions.
UW tech program gives high schoolers a leg up
Capital Times
Amid controversy and criticism of the UW-Madison’s ability to foster diversity on campus, seven new freshmen will quietly enroll this fall. All of them have just finished four years of intensive computer and academic training and they are all either minority or low-income students.
A stiffer sentence for Seiler was unlikely
St. Paul Pioneer Press
The judge and prosecutors must have viewed Audrey Seiler’s lies to police as a desperate tale from a troubled young woman, not a premeditated, deliberate criminal act, legal experts concluded Thursday. (Reg. required.)
U.S. Agency Publishes Final Rules for Collecting $100 Fee From Foreign Students
Chronicle of Higher Education
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security released final regulations on Thursday covering a $100 fee it will levy on most foreign students and scholars tracked by the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System. (Subscription required.)
Lawyer tells of Seiler’s depression
Wisconsin State Journal
By Ed Treleven
Audrey Seiler was battling depression long before she arrived as a student at UW-Madison, and she continues to battle it to this day.
That depression, brought on by the death of a favorite aunt, caused the 20-year-old sophomore to lose touch with reality and, with time, prompted her to slip away from her apartment early March 27 to think things through, her attorney said.
Seiler gets 3 years’ probation in faked abduction
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Madison – The college student whose faked abduction led to a massive manhunt shown live around the nation avoided jail Thursday by pleading guilty to two misdemeanors and accepting a sentence of three years’ probation.
Madison Reacts: Does Seiler’s Punishment Fit The Crime?
WISC-TV 3
Madison residents have mixed reactions about Audrey Seiler’s sentence
UW Music Clinic is a summer tradition
Wisconsin State Journal
About 900 middle- and high-school students are not only taking band, orchestra, jazz ensemble and choir at the UW-Madison Summer Music Clinic, they’re taking special classes on dance, John Philip Sousa, famous jazz musicians and humor in music
No jail time for Audrey
Capital Times
Audrey Seiler, the UW sophomore who faked her own abduction, will serve no jail time for her hoax.
Audrey Seiler Sentenced To Probation For Faked Abduction
WISC-TV 3
MADISON, Wis. — The UW student who faked her abduction and disappearance has been sentenced to three years probation and restitution to the Madison Police Department. She must also continue to seek mental health help
New Web site aims to help firms recruit in state
Capital Times
The UW-Madison Office of Corporate Relations has created a new Web site that aims to help companies identify potential interns and employees at Wisconsin’s universities and colleges.
Audrey Seiler Returns To Madison
WISC-TV 3
MADISON, Wis. — Madison is preparing for a media circus downtown at the courthouse Thursday when the University of Wisconsin student who is accused of faking her abduction and disappearance is expected in court
Don’t Touch That Virtual Dial
Chronicle of Higher Education
These days, students want their MTV on their PC’s. Many students living in dormitories at Northwestern University, for instance, do not have a television set, opting instead to use their desktop or laptop computers to see their favorite shows. (Subscription required.)
Students Worry Handwriting to Affect SAT (AP)
Yahoo! News
At Greenwich Country Day, a prestigious Connecticut private school, computers have all but replaced pencil and paper. Typing instruction starts in second grade, and laptops are mandatory by seventh. Essays are typed, and often class notes are, too.
Student debt carries pluses and minuses (MJS)
Accounting students know the ramifications of taking on debt. But they also know that without debt, an eventual gain in overall earnings might be impossible.
In the Admissions Game, Students Change the Rules
Chronicle of Higher Education
High-school seniors waiting for acceptance letters from colleges may think that admissions officials have all the power in the world. Yet those gatekeepers have never felt less in control of the final outcome of the admissions process than they do now. (Subscription required.)
No Room in the Class
Chronicle of Higher Education
George Mason University here used to be a “safety school” for Northern Virginia’s high-school students, an institution they felt they could count on to offer them a spot if they failed to make the cut for admission to the University of Virginia or other prestigious state colleges. (Subscription required.)
Activists� on Missouri campus split on Patriot Act
CNN.com
COLUMBIA, Missouri (CNN) — The Iraq war, jobs and the economy have overshadowed the contentious issue of the Patriot Act during this year’s presidential election, but it has not been completely overlooked by activists on the University of Missouri campus.
Addressing the culture of alcohol
La Crosse Tribune
Binge drinking in La Crosse is rooted in Wisconsin’s culture of alcohol, several members of a new city advisory task force.
Miss Wisconsin to continue efforts for organ donor awareness
Duluth News
OSHKOSH, Wis. – Physician Tina Sauerhammer’s reign as Miss Wisconsin ends Saturday night, but not her dedication to a medical issue close to her heart.
Apartment For Rent, No Social Security Number Required
WISC-TV 3
College Lobbyists Abandon Proposal to Have Foreign-Student Fee Collected on Campuses
Chronicle of Higher Education
Higher-education lobbyists have decided not to ask the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to let colleges collect a $100 fee from foreign students to finance a federal database that tracks them. (Subscription required.)
Schools struggle with affirmative action (AP)
CNN.com
(AP) — One year ago this week, supporters of affirmative action cheered as the U.S. Supreme Court upheld factoring race into college admissions.
Park Street dorm project moves ahead
Capital Times
With only some minor concerns about parking for mopeds, the Plan Commission has given the thumbs up to the largest student housing project in 40 years on the UW-Madison campus.