Zimmermann, Nolan homicides still unsolved
Madison’s homicide count for 2008 increased to five this summer, after a man allegedly stabbed his girlfriend at their home a few miles south of the University of Wisconsin campus. The mid-July crime follows four other homicides since January; there were a total of eight for all of 2007. Last year, UW-Whitewater student Kelly Nolan disappeared and was later found… View story »
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Restoring themselves
On Dec. 13, 1973, 19-year-old Robert Mallory made a horrifying mistake. Mallory and two others were convicted of killing Milwaukee police officer Ronald Reagan on that day almost 35 years ago. Since then — when Richard Nixon was in the midst of the Watergate scandal and most current University of Wisconsin undergraduates were not even a slight consideration in their… View story »
Training ground
In the past year, five chancellors within the University of Wisconsin System announced their intentions to step down. UW-Madison’s John Wiley, 66, and UW-Parkside’s Jack Keating, 70, are stepping down due in part to their age and are not taking positions at other institutions. Today, UW-Madison will announce a short list of candidates to replace Wiley. But UW-Green Bay’s… View story »
Sunshine and Pesticides
Temperatures are warming up, and the last of the snow has finally melted, leaving behind the University of Wisconsin’s all-too-inviting grassy expanses. Grateful students are hitting Bascom Hill and other campus green spaces in droves. What they might not know is that every year, the UW Physical Plant treats campus lawns with powerful herbicides scientifically linked to serious health risks… View story »
Martin to start at UW this fall
The University of Wisconsin System’s flagship campus will be welcoming a new chancellor this fall. Cornell University Provost Biddy Martin begins later this summer, filling the spot left vacant by outgoing chancellor John Wiley. Martin, who obtained a Ph.D. in German literature from UW in 1985, was appointed to the chancellor position early June by the UW System Board of… View story »
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Thousands sign up for alerts
The University of Wisconsin’s new emergency text messaging service is approaching 10,000 subscribers, marking a number university officials hope to increase by thousands this school year. WiscAlerts-Text launched late spring 2008 as an additional precautionary measure during campus emergencies. The initiative sparked after the Virginia Tech shootings in April 2007, and the number of subscribers reached 9,825 by the end… View story »
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Madison off list of top party schools for 2nd straight year
The University of Wisconsin was absent from the list of top party schools for the second consecutive year in the Princeton Review’s most recent review of the “Best 368 Colleges.” This year, the top party school title was given to the University of Florida, followed by the University of Mississippi and Penn State University. Three years ago, UW was ranked… View story »
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Budget shortfall to cost universities $25 million
The University of Wisconsin System will suffer a $25 million budget cut this academic year, which will likely lead to challenges for some state campuses. Due to a faltering national economy, the Wisconsin Legislative Fiscal Bureau estimated a general shortfall of $652 million throughout the state by the end of June 2009. In response to this projection, a budget repair… View story »
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