Category: UW-Madison Related

Every fundamentalist movement she has studied has been rooted in profound fear, convinced that modern secular society wants to wipe out religion, British theologian Karen Armstrong told an attentive crowd at the Memorial Union Theater Wednesday night.

MADISON, Wis. — The largest political gathering in Madison history could take place today.

The Wisconsin Union no longer will offer Thanksgiving buffets because student participation dwindled in recent years. Instead, the union will offer Thanksgiving dinners to go.

A 21-year-old woman crossing the street and a 53-year-old bicyclist died within a half-hour of each other Tuesday night in east side traffic accidents. Both accidents happened as a light rain fell, possibly limiting visibility. (The woman was identified as UW-Madison senior Jai Plia Thao, an English and biology major.)

(MADISON)Ã?  Today it was Caroline Kennedy stumping for Senator John Kerry, and come Thursday expect two more big name acts. Both Bruce Springsteen and the Foo Fighters will accompany Kerry on stage near Capitol Square. Campaign organizers expect Thursday’s rally to draw as many as 60,000 people.

MADISON, Wis. — Residents along West Washington are preparing for a rock concert and political rally in their front yards tomorrow.

The No Child Left Behind Act is intended to help K-12 schools meet educational standards and grow academically.

However, according to Charles Read, dean of the UW-Madison School of Education, who spoke to UW-Madison students and Madison-area residents Monday night, the act is not up to standards and has experienced growing pains.

Rising costs of building materials, including steel, concrete and lumber, have left University of Wisconsin campuses millions of dollars over budget on construction projects.

A memo to University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point faculty and staff outlining restrictions to political activity on campus riled some faculty members concerned over the tone of the letter.

FYI: We were at the recent Michael Moore speech at the Memorial Union Terrace. A group of what looked like college Republicans interrupted a lot of it by endless chanting inane slogans like “No Moore lies” and “Daddies love Bush.” Why didn’t the police stop them from disrupting a public event?

When the Audrey Seiler disappearance case became national news earlier this year, the rest of the country became aware of something a lot of Madisonians have known for years: Noble Wray has the experience, the intelligence and the demeanor to lead an urban police force even in the most difficult circumstances.

It’s now Madison Police Chief Noble Wray. There was a sense of jubilation and relief Thursday as the “acting” part of Noble Wray’s title was dropped and he became police chief….”My first week as acting chief was Audrey Seiler. My first week as chief will be Halloween,” Wray quipped.

Stretching limited resources in an expanding city and building public trust for the department are among the top tasks newly chosen Madison Police Chief Noble Wray says he is eager to tackle

Six alleged cocaine dealers, including former Badger running back Marvin Artley, were arrested and about 13 pounds of th

This year, after careful consideration, the benefit committee has elected to change the benefactor to the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin Madison.

Three recent news stories were linked by a thread that stands out as if spun from lightning. It’s about time we were shocked into action.

The most recent article, under the headline “Lack of financial savvy can be the road to misery,” the State Journal’s George Hesselberg detailed how a variety of factors, including rising tuition and a tough job market, make it more important for UW-Madison students to know how to manage their personal finances – and how, if managing their finances were a course, lots of students would flunk.

Federal immigration officials arbitrarily cut off the supply of much-needed foreign technology workers and students on day one of the annual visa-granting cycle this month, with troubling implications for American businesses and universities including UW-Madis

Filmmaker Michael Moore is a controversial figure. The left loves him for having the courage to shine the light of truth on the abuses of power and privilege that have defined the past 3 years of American history. For exactly the same reason, the right hates him.

Construction crews are shoring up security features at the Kohl Center and Camp Randall Stadium.

The University of Wisconsin will begin construction on a new residence hall today, part of a major project that will change the entire look of the downtown campus over the course of the next 16 years.

MADISON, Wis. )�  About five thousand students and community members turned out to see controversial filmmaker Michael Moore in Madison.

Harvard scientists are seeking permission to conduct therapeutic cloning that would involve the creation and destruction of early stage human embryos to get their stem cells for research. Although this kind of research is anathema to the Bush administration and has been opposed in unusually strong language by the president, it is vitally needed to improve scientific understanding of some of the most daunting diseases that plague human beings.

Finding a new president for the University of Wisconsin System cost state taxpayers more than $115,000, according to information provided by system officials. (Second item in Regional Briefs).

MADISON, Wis. — “Fahrenheit 9/11” director Michael Moore will be on the University of Wisconsin campus Saturday night.

…[includes:] intiative to transform East Washington Avenue into a ”Solar Mile” that would teach the community about energy from the sun. That would include installing solar panels along the street just east of the Capitol.

Madison:Ã?  More conservation and more renewable energy- that’s the edict from Madison ‘s Energy Task Force.

Hollywood heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio will come to Madison Wednesday to lend his star qualities to the effort to kick George W. Bush out of office. DiCaprio will stump for Democratic candidate U.S. Sen. John Kerry at the Orpheum Theatre at 1:30 p.m. downtown, heating up a politically charged week that will culminate Saturday night with an appearance by “Fahrenheit 9/11” director Michael Moore at the Memorial Union Terrace on the UW campus.

The day after the Rock the Vote tour hits Madison urging people to register to vote, Michael Moore will visit to exhort those voters to kick George W. Bush out of the White House. Moore is scheduled to bring his message to the Memorial Union Terrace stage at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, rain or shine.

Philip Mumm stripped to his boxer shorts and jumped early Saturday from a sailboat into the 57-degree water of Lake Mendota for a swim. It happened in the dark and about 450 yards from the UW-Madison shoreline.

Liberal firebrand Michael Moore will speak outdoors – regardless of the weather – at the Union Terrace on Saturday night.

Who would have thought you could get 500 people to watch radio? That’s what comedian and political commentator Al Franken did Wednesday, when he broadcast live from the Great Hall of the Memorial Union on the University of Wisconsin campus.

The day his book debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list for nonfiction, “Daily Show” executive producer Ben Karlin was in Madison joking about the book, the show – and, whenever the opportunity arose, President George W. Bush.

Twenty-four-year old Philip Mumm presumably drowned early Saturday morning after he jumped from a sailboat into the 47-degree waters of Lake Mendota.

Search efforts continued throughout the weekend; however, no body has been recovered.

The UW Board of Regents gave the go-ahead Friday to nearly $2 million of UW-Madison building projects.

Mayor Dave Cieslewicz wants to get city employees out of their cars and give them a free ride. The mayor proposes in his recently released 2005 executive operating budget to provide free Madison Metro bus passes to all city employees next year. (UW-Madison bus pass program mentioned.)

MADISON, Wis. — Ralph Nader’s running mate Peter Miguel Camejo will be on the University of Wisconsin campus today.

(Madison) The countdown is on to Halloween and it looks like the plans are finally set and for the most part everyone’s happy.

University police Tuesday arrested two self-described “anarchists” in connection with a vandalism spree that left more than 20 cars and two buildings damaged.
(10/6/04 Capital Times)

Looking a little worn out from his 5 a.m. arrival in Madison today, comedian and political commentator Al Franken landed his Air America radio show at the Memorial Union’s Great Hall. Broadcasting live in front of a morning overflow crowd of more than 500, Franken received a standing ovation when he took the stage… (10/6/04 Capital Times print edition)

MADISON, Wis. — Al Franken is bringing his radio show to Madison today.

“The Al Franken Show” is making stops in eight cities as it hits the campaign trail

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 – Howard University will receive a gift of software and other technology valued at more than $70 million, the largest contribution in its 137-year history, the university announced Tuesday.

When Shiva Bidar-Sielaff was named to Madison’s powerful Police and Fire Commission, workmates had questions. Bidar-Sielaff, manager of minority community relations at UW Hospitals and Clinics, recently was appointed to the five-member commission to break a deadlock in choosing a new police chief.

Members of Madison’s Latino community came together Sunday to unite against what they say is a Republican smear campaign aimed at presidential candidate John Kerry and fellow Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold. (Francisco Scarano, a professor of Caribbean and Latin American history, is quoted. )

What is it that sets Madison apart from other cities?…Of course, a lot of it has to do with State Street, (Abdul) Bensaid says. “At one end you’ve got one of the greatest universities in the world. At the other end you’ve got one of the greatest state capitols in the world.

The Joint West Campus Area Committee voted Wednesday night, 10-0 with three abstentions, to recommend the building of the Interdisciplinary Research Center, a $144 million laboratory and research facility.

One block down, five to go.

After the near completion of renovations to the 100 block of State Street, the State Street Design Project proposed the preliminary plans for the renovations to the 200 block Wednesday night.

Nancy Zimpher, whose first anniversary as president of the University of Cincinnati is Friday, has dealt with a variety of issues ranging from producing a new strategic plan to disciplining basketball coach Bob Huggins.

The University of Wisconsin System needs to stop losing its brightest professors, increase the percentage of residents with college degrees and resist a drift toward privatization, new System President Kevin Reilly said Tuesday.

As 27 News first reported Monday at 6PM, Madison Police will shed some light on Halloween Partiers on State Street

Judith Claire Mitchell, author of “The Last Day of the War,” served as the grand judge for this yearââ?¬â?¢s contest.

Mitchell teaches in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Wisconsinââ?¬â??Madison and will also be reading from her new novel on Oct. 7 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Orpheum Theatre.

The “Dane Train” picked up some steam Monday night thanks to the task force charged with developing a transportation plan for Madison.

Two men face hate crime charges after allegedly harassing an Asian couple downtown and shouting at them to “speak English.”

MORAGA, Calif., Sept. 24 – Looking back, it all seems too good to have been true. But until a few weeks ago, almost everyone here believed it.

Seven years ago, a first-time donor pledged the largest gift in the history of Saint Mary’s College, a small liberal arts school run by Christian Brothers in Moraga, a secluded town in the San Francisco Bay area. The college’s origins date back to the state’s early history.

Chancellor Carlos Santiago on Thursday challenged the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to live up to its status as a public research institution, saying that to do so, the school must “fundamentally enhance” its research and academic profile.

A Wisconsin Alumni Association trip planned to Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) was ââ?¬Å?pulledââ?¬Â following public outcry concerning the countryââ?¬â?¢s human rights abuses, according to Amy Toburen, director of University of Wisconsin communications.

Frustration with the Bush administration’s shortsighted restrictions on embryonic stem cell research has found its most extreme expression in an ambitious ballot measure that will be presented to California voters in the November elections. The measure calls for the state to borrow some $3 billion in the next decade or so to finance stem cell research in the state’s medical schools and other nonprofit research institutions, with priority given to the kind of research that is now barred from receiving federal support under President Bush’s policy. The amount of money is staggering, an order of magnitude as great as what is now spent by the federal government on the limited embryonic stem cell research the president is willing to support.

The Bush administration has studiously looked the other way while well-connected lenders have exploited a loophole in the student loan program that will reap them nearly a billion dollars in undeserved subsidies this year alone. Congress, which rakes in contributions from banks and other lenders, was reluctant to even discuss this problem until a public outcry recently made it impossible to avoid. The Education Department has claimed that it lacks the authority to close the loophole unilaterally. But that position was blown away this week in an unusually caustic report by the Government Accountability Office, which outlined the scope of the problem and urged the Education Department to solve it quickly.

An international/multicultural elementary school that would offer at least one foreign language is being considered thanks to a new partnership between the La Crosse School District and University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

Today Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, will make a proposal to the Madison City Council, outlining a plan to increase the monetary penalties for drinking-related offenses. These penalties include tickets for throwing objects such as rocks, public urination and disorderly conduct