Restoring themselves
May 8, 2008 - 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 »
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Training ground
May 7, 2008 - 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 »
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Sunshine and Pesticides
May 6, 2008 - 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 »
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Bringing hope to his homeland
May 1, 2008 - As an 8-year-old, Augustino Ting Mayai didn’t ask God for a new bike, a homerun or an A on his spelling quiz. He asked God to keep him alive. When his village in southern Sudan was attacked nearly 20 years ago, Mayai became one of thousands of young boys to flee their war-ridden homes and walk hundreds of miles… View story »
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UW’s search for diversity
April 24, 2008 - As the academic year comes to a close, many University of Wisconsin students are beginning to plan their summers, life after graduation or simply deciding on a major. A group of UW administrators, however, has another task at hand: planning and potentially eliminating a long-range diversity scheme. Plan 2008, the current plan created in 1998, is a UW initiative… View story »
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Behind closed doors
April 17, 2008 - Casey stopped working the streets four days shy of her 18th birthday. The Madison native, now 25, had originally been laid over in Chicago on her way to a modeling gig when an older man enticed her out of the bus station. In search of money, drugs and attention, the 17-year-old agreed to turn a trick for him, as she… View story »
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Riding out the storm
April 10, 2008 - While Wall Street investors are frantically dumping their nose-diving stocks and panicky homeowners are watching house values plummet, some experts say most Wisconsin residents can take a deep breath and relax. According to local economists, the slump in the U.S. economy will take only a mild toll on Wisconsin and an even milder toll on Madison. In fact, some local… View story »
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A nation of immigrants
April 8, 2008 - When UW third-year pharmacy student Tope Awe was arrested by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement late last month for failure to comply with a deportation order, thousands joined in support trying to convince responsible authorities to allow the student to stay in the country until her expected graduation in May 2009. They made posters, collected signatures and created a… View story »
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Ethanol rush: Do energy solutions really grow on cornstalks?
March 27, 2008 - From the maíz fields of Mexico to his own Sauk County dairy farm, fourth-generation farmer John Kinsman says he has seen the downside of the recent rise in U.S. ethanol production. As president of the Wisconsin non-profit Family Farm Defenders, Kinsman traveled to Mexico last month to discuss the effects of ethanol with local farmers. For the past four… View story »
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Break in the action
March 13, 2008 - Several University of Wisconsin students are finding alternative ways to spend their spring breaks. South Africa Who would have thought a summer job at a day camp could land you a two-week trip to South Africa for spring break? Already having missed a week of classes, UW senior Katy Resop and sophomore John Fink are now halfway through their escapade… View story »
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Battle-scarred by bullets, benefits
March 4, 2008 - Juniors Joe Dillenburg and Zach Jones both began attending the University of Wisconsin after serving in the U.S. Army. While Dillenburg fought in Iraq and Jones served in Afghanistan, they both have dealt with physical and mental health problems resulting from their deployments. But Dillenburg receives well over twice as much veterans’ aid money as Jones — $1,763 compared… View story »
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No business like snow business
February 21, 2008 - For the Davenport brothers, this year’s wild Wisconsin winter has been a gift from God. “This is beautiful,” Travis said with a grin, scanning the fresh heaps of snow piled around his bright blue Jeep Sunday night. “Let it snow.” Travis, Zach and Casey Davenport have been shoveling yards in their Maple Bluff neighborhood since they were boys. Now, with… View story »
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The Capital Times Online: Future trend or big mistake?
February 14, 2008 - Last week, Madison’s afternoon newspaper The Capital Times announced it would no longer print daily and will instead switch to online-only publication. Chicago Tribune media columnist and former Capital Times reporter Phil Rosenthal noted Sunday the careful eye the vulnerable industry has turned to the trend. “[The Capital Times] becomes the latest experiment that the newspaper industry, wrestling with… View story »
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12-Story Makeover
January 31, 2008 - Location, location, location: That’s what the new University Square is all about. The prime real estate on the 700 block of University Avenue will finally reach its potential when construction ends in December and its tallest tower looms just feet below the Capitol skyline. While some may miss the University Square Cinema and the Madhatters bar of the previous one-story… View story »
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Nothing to complain about?
December 12, 2007 - Calling all complaints For any criticism you might hear about the university police, the department has received a low number of formal complaints over the past three years. Thirteen complaints — ranging from excessive use of force to general misconduct — were investigated internally, and all but two were considered unjustified. The two complaints the University of Wisconsin Police Department… View story »
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When hate disrupts the classroom
December 6, 2007 - When a noose appeared on the office door of a black professor at Columbia University's Teachers College this October, students and professors were outraged at the blatant act of racism. The professor, Madonna Constantine, who specializes in multiculturalism, became the victim of a bias crime — a crime the University of Wisconsin Police Department defines as "bias or hatred of… View story »
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Professors know what you REALLY did last summer…
November 20, 2007 - Dear Student, your professor added you as a friend on Facebook. We need you to confirm that you are, in fact, friends with your professor.The popular social networking website Facebook now has more than 53 million users in 55,000 networks worldwide, more than half of them being non-college students. According to Facebook.com, the largest growing demographic on the site is… View story »
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Faculty free agency
November 1, 2007 - When political science professor Jon Pevehouse told his students he was leaving the University of Wisconsin last spring, one student said his departure was a “huge loss” to the school. Pevehouse was one of several political science professors who left the university after receiving better offers from other institutions. The issue of faculty retention extends well beyond the political science… View story »
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Mopeds hit the streets
August 31, 2007 - Seven months after her accident near campus, Meggie Bertram considers herself lucky to be alive. "I flew in the air like 30 feet and landed on a curb," the University of Wisconsin junior said. "My initial reaction was my leg sticking out of my body." Riding double on her friend's moped — which is illegal in Madison — Bertram said… View story »
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Homeless for a day
August 31, 2007 - They ride out each summer from the West, traveling from city to city more like Gypsies than modern-day cowboys. The New York Times has classified them with the neat neologism "freegan"; they see their scavenging as a civic duty, if not a moral imperative. What brings them, dressed in ruffled chenille and black, to this heartbeat of the Upper Midwest,… View story »
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Not in Dunn’s backyard
May 3, 2007 - It's a bright Monday morning in the town of Dunn, warm but windy. The sun shimmers on the surface of Lake Kegonsa in the distance and on the hoods of a stream of cars being parked along the shoulder of Schneider Road. The chirping of "chorus frogs" seems to echo across the open expanse beside the vehicles, a barren cornfield… View story »
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Spending money to make money
April 26, 2007 - The costs for a top-notch education keep piling up for those at the University of Wisconsin, as rising tuition continues to thin out the wallets of students and their families. However, students in specific degree programs may see even more increases in their tuition. The Board of Regents approved a proposal two weeks ago that raised overall tuition for students… View story »
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Looking inside UW’s closet
April 12, 2007 - For students at the University of Wisconsin, a Motion W on clothing around campus doesn't get a second glance. But concerns about the $1.2 million contract UW has with Adidas — one of many clothing companies licensed to use the logo on its products — have garnered national attention. The controversy centers on whether or not Adidas is working to… View story »
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Getting accepted at UW
March 29, 2007 - After the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents passed a new freshman admissions policy last month, college admissions has come under increasing scrutiny in the state of Wisconsin. Since May 2006, when the Board of Regents announced they would consider revising the freshman admissions policy to include non-academic factors including race, the regents have come under fire from some… View story »
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Planned planet-hood
March 15, 2007 - High on the brick wall of the Psychology Building, a red and white sign proclaims the four tenets of University of Wisconsin-Madison's We Conserve campaign to students passing below: "Efficient systems. Informed people. Realistic expectations. Responsible actions." Two blocks away, on the corner of Dayton and Charter Streets, a four-story mound of coal looming beside the university's primary power plant… View story »
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Mastering campus disasters
March 1, 2007 - At the Stetson Law and Higher Education Conference Feb. 19, representatives from colleges and universities around the nation attended an information session about strategies for avoiding liability for negligent management of emergency situations. After natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and catastrophic events like the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, universities across the country began increasing their contingency plans to ensure… View story »
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Razing the downtown bar ban
February 22, 2007 - For many University of Wisconsin students, bar time on a Saturday morning means time to stumble home after a long night of drinking and maybe devour some after-hours Ian's Pizza or Taco Bell along the way. However, for Madison Police officers — who have taken criticism from many students after several recent campus-area muggings and assaults — the scene at… View story »
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UW’s collateral damage
February 15, 2007 - In his budget address Tuesday, Gov. Jim Doyle promised a large monetary commitment to higher education in Wisconsin. Doyle specifically targeted the University of Wisconsin System in his speech, proposing the allocation of $21 million to the UW Board of Regents, $44 million to student financial aid and an additional $10 million to the Madison campus specifically. Whether such money… View story »
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A place called home
February 8, 2007 - The coldest stretch of temperatures in more than a decade was enough to make even the most seasoned Madisonian want to stay home this past week. But for the 130 to 150 men who stay at the Men's Emergency Drop-In Shelter on the Capitol Square each night, "home" shuts down at 7:30 a.m., regardless of subzero weather. The men are… View story »
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Continuing the legacy of discovery
February 1, 2007 - Already achieving an international reputation for extensive and groundbreaking scientific research, the University of Wisconsin decided to take further strides last year by approving a multi-million dollar project to build a new research facility on University Avenue. Slated for construction in 2008 — and expected to be completed by 2010 — the Wisconsin Institutes of Discovery will house two institutes… View story »
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Plan for diversity
January 25, 2007 - Race relations have progressed over the years to create and sustain a world that boasts equality and human rights. However, despite the progress, most say the nation has a long way to go. A similar situation exists on a smaller scale within the University of Wisconsin System and, more specifically, at its flagship campus in Madison. Interim Dean of Students… View story »
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Madison looks at future of public transportation
November 16, 2006 - Sometimes changes come too rapidly for people to effectively react, forcing them to play catch-up to make the adjustments necessary to cope. The city of Madison, with its continually growing population, finds itself in this type of a predicament. According to a study by Transport 2020, a project meant to develop the future of public transit in the city and… View story »
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The collegiate vote
November 6, 2006 - The term "apathetic" means not interested or not concerned, indifferent and unresponsive. Many people across the nation have tied one group of people to the term, though — it seems the view of many candidates and the general public is that the most apathetic portion of potential voters are college students. Despite the recent increase in the 18-to-29-year-old voting demographic… View story »
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College towns get down
October 26, 2006 - For the thousands of University of Wisconsin students who attend Madison's Halloween celebration every year, participation in the State Street festival is simply a given — but it was not always that way. From the party's roots as an event organized by the university's student government that included beer gardens throughout Library Mall to its current modifications, which will barricade… View story »
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Where da ‘hood at?
October 18, 2006 - A Madison resident walked into her living room one evening and found her two children standing by the bay window, staring rather attentively at the house across the street. Intrigued by what could possibly grip their attention in their quiet neighborhood less than three blocks away from Camp Randall, the woman went over to investigate — and within seconds shut… View story »
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‘We Conserve’ shines light on campus conservation issues
September 28, 2006 - As the concern over energy efficiency becomes more the rule than the exception, the University of Wisconsin is ready to get its hands dirty. Launched last spring but taking its roots this fall, the university's "We Conserve" campaign aims to make both UW and the city of Madison more environmentally friendly and energy conscious — and in no small way…. View story »
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Ins and outs of the Chazen Museum
September 21, 2006 - The Chazen Museum of Art is on the brink of a massive $35 million expansion, which the University of Wisconsin hopes will attract more students to the visual arts by adding space to the interior while lifting the face of the exterior. Donors Simona and Jerome Chazen, in a May 2005 release, said they view the anticipated expansion as necessary… View story »
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United by the outcome, divided by the process
September 21, 2006 - In what seems like a never-ending saga, the crusade to improve the University of Wisconsin's disciplinary policy could be facing yet another hurdle. The current policy received intense criticism beginning last fall for its lack of expedience in firing felonious faculty, and has since stirred up more issues regarding possible constitutional flaws and, most recently, the authority of faculty governance… View story »
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Taking back our city
September 4, 2006 - "I won't spend a minute alone. I have to relearn when I can feel safe. I don't want to live like this for the rest of my life." That is the harrowing reflection of a University of Wisconsin junior who thought she would never be the victim of a violent assault — especially here in Madison. Though disinclined to share… View story »
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Changing the face of Badger fans
September 4, 2006 - Imagine going to a University of Wisconsin football game sober. You arrive at Camp Randall Stadium and have the ability to find your seat immediately, instead of drunkenly wandering around. The extra time you have after finding your seat allows you to notice that students are not the only fans at the stadium. You see that families consisting of young… View story »
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Hanging workers out to dry?
April 27, 2006 - Years of alleged atrocities against the workers of third world countries by sports apparel companies may soon be slowing to a halt as students and administrators at universities continue a tradition of joining forces against corporations. For years, universities have made an effort to combat the poor working conditions of Nike, Adidas and Champion-supplied factories. A point where they believe… View story »
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Where are we going?
April 20, 2006 - After several down years, University of Wisconsin officials have good news for graduating seniors: the job market looks good. According to career planning directors in the College of Letters & Science, the School of Business and the School of Engineering, spring 2006 is a prime time to graduate. "It's really strong. It's about the strongest we've seen in about six… View story »
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The evolution of student government?
April 6, 2006 - After yet another election debacle, could this campus actually see a change in power? Yes. It happened 13 years ago. View story »
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Tax cap may weigh heavily on UW students
March 30, 2006 - Its supporters say it will force legislators to be fiscally responsible and be accountable. Its detractors say it will deleteriously affect the state of Wisconsin so much so that even the state's largest economic engine, the University of Wisconsin, could become privatized or worse. One thing is for sure — the state's proposed Taxpayer Protection Amendment is set to be… View story »
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The struggle for fair discipline
March 23, 2006 - Something has to change with the University of Wisconsin's disciplinary process for faculty and academic staff — and nobody seems to dispute that. But after a special Board of Regents committee agreed on a set of proposed dismissal procedures, faculty groups from across the state are crying foul. Some say the regents' proposal has constitutional flaws and violates due process… View story »
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Untying the Knot
March 9, 2006 - Last Tuesday, the Wisconsin Assembly advanced what some see as one of the most important debates in the state's history. Lawmakers decided in a 62-31 vote to allow Wisconsin residents to vote on whether the state's Constitution will be amended to ban gay marriages and civil unions come this November. Already, the largely partisan vote has resulted in the mobilization… View story »
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Wisconsin, Minnesota trading diplomas
March 2, 2006 - Providing higher education access to its citizens — for as little cost as possible — has long been a top priority for the state of Wisconsin. One tool aimed at increasing such opportunities has been a longstanding reciprocity agreement with the state of Minnesota in which students from one state can attend universities in the other at the in-state tuition… View story »
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Drawing controversy or debate?
February 23, 2006 - Idealism v. realism; free speech v. freedom from offense; duty v. discretion. In recent weeks, these issues were catapulted from the international level and national to the campus stage when several student newspapers across the country reprinted cartoons depicting the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. Some of those newspapers, like the University of Illinois' Daily Illini and Northern Illinois University's Northern Star,… View story »
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Forward. Planning.
February 20, 2006 - The University of Wisconsin campus will see some significant changes over the next couple of decades, assuming their new master plan is as successful as the last one. According to Gary Brown, UW's director of planning & landscape architecture, 80 percent of the components of the 1996 master plan have been finished or are in some stage of completion. "This… View story »
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Banking on Students
February 9, 2006 - Every day students make a difference at the University of Wisconsin by participating in campus life, studying hard and working to change the way we view the world. However, the means to that difficult undertaking often begins with funds students themselves have provided through student segregated fees — a process few students know about and in many cases are relatively… View story »
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Criminalizing hate
February 2, 2006 - By nearly all accounts, the alleged actions of University of Wisconsin freshmen Benjamin Chamberlain and Michael Riha Dec. 21 were reprehensible and morally offensive. To some, however, the criminal repercussion these students face — up to three years in prison each — is not proportionate to their alleged actions and is the result of an unconstitutional law that punishes people… View story »
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Watching where the dollar drops
January 26, 2006 - Since 1978, the Madison-based Freedom From Religion Foundation has tried to draw a very strict line between church and state. The most recent incarnation of that pursuit has come in the form of preventing federal dollars from falling into the hands of faith-based initiatives. However, such an endeavor has not been easy and the group only recently won the right… View story »
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WiCell unveils stem cell breakthrough
January 15, 2006 - In the culmination of more than four years of study, researchers from the University of Wisconsin-affiliated WiCell Research Institute reported a major breakthrough in the way stem cells are derived and cultured. The findings were published Jan. 1 in the scientific journal Nature Biotechnology and will likely aid in speeding the process of getting stem-cell technologies from laboratories and to… View story »
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UW losing top administrators
January 15, 2006 - University of Wisconsin officials thought they had three final candidates for the vacant provost position, but these are difficult economic times. One of the candidates, Kumble Subbaswamy of Indiana University, recently withdrew his candidacy after accepting the same provost position at the University of Kentucky, a decision that will net him anywhere between $23,000 and $67,000 more in his starting… View story »
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UW System takes step toward policy
January 15, 2006 - Administrators and students from 14 different University of Wisconsin institutions delivered a final recommendation to UW System President Kevin Reilly Jan. 11 in regard to resident assistant (RA) policy. The recommendation is the result of the first of several roundtable discussions and comes in the wake of controversy surrounding an initial ban on allowing resident assistants to hold Bible studies… View story »
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Competing against time
December 8, 2005 - Many University of Wisconsin students' most exciting college memories involve cheering in the stands with thousands of other Badger fans during sporting events, from football to basketball to hockey. For athletes, memories consist of actually being on the field, or on the court or in the rink — and going to class, studying for finals and having a social life…. View story »
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Straying from the path
December 1, 2005 - Since early November, the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and UW-Madison have been under the magnifying glass of legislators and other public officials for a student housing policy prohibiting resident assistants from holding Bible studies in their residence hall rooms. At its core, the dilemma concerns whose rights should be defended first — student RAs' or universities'. RAs claim their religious… View story »
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Rising past the numbers
November 10, 2005 - For more than 30 years, officials in higher education have made a mission of leveling the playing field for potential college applicants in a variety of ways. One of those was the creation of affirmative action in the mid-'40s. The aim was to temporarily increase campus diversity, which had been horribly corrupted for minority students who wished to seek a… View story »
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Destination: class
November 3, 2005 - Each year, a new group of freshmen arrives on the University of Wisconsin campus and quickly realize the fairly high chance of getting side-swiped by a bus, run over by a bike or trampled by a moped while walking to class. UW Police Department Community Officer for the Central Campus Kristin Radtke went as far as to call certain intersections… View story »
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Letter and the law
October 13, 2005 - The University of Wisconsin's Student Services Finance Committee denied recognition to the UW Roman Catholic Foundation Sept. 26 in a 6-6 vote for a second time after the group had appealed the first decision a week earlier. The decision follows in a line of denials issued to Christian student groups by student-funding groups around the country. In the past eight… View story »
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Backing up going down
September 15, 2005 - Although the University of Wisconsin says the term "back-up appointment" does not exist, the expression has been a sore point for both the state and UW System for the last three months. "It does not exist in state statute. It's parlance that unfortunately we've been some of the biggest abusers of," UW System spokesperson Doug Bradley said. The UW System's… View story »
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What’s affected by budget cuts?
September 1, 2005 - For the third consecutive year, the University of Wisconsin System has taken another slew of budget cuts, but officials say there were fewer cuts than in the past. While students were away over the summer, the Wisconsin Legislature signed into law the final draft of the 2005-07 state budget. From that document, the UW System reported a $90 million loss… View story »
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State Street’s balancing act
September 1, 2005 - Madison has been classified as everything from Sports Illustrated on Campus’s Best College Sports Town to the Princeton Review’s No. 1 party school, but what category does State Street fit into? A combination of small specialty shops, large name-brand stores, theaters and bars galore, the definition of State Street is ever changing. And with the recent closing of 29-year-old Madison… View story »
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What’s a UW degree worth?
November 18, 2004 - “It’s like UW students need not apply.” After more than a year out of college, University of Wisconsin graduate Carla Maas discovered that finding a job in her field of study poses a lot bigger challenge than she bargained for. Forced to take a job in customer service, she sometimes questions whether her four-year-long investment to get a biomedical engineering… View story »
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Four more years
November 11, 2004 - If the fury of activity in Iraq this week is any indication, President Bush is making a quick transition from the campaign trail back into the oval office to address a number of challenges confronting his administration over the next four years. “Whoever is president is going to have a mess to deal with,” said assistant University of Wisconsin political… View story »
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Who is the higher-education candidate?
October 14, 2004 - Although Pell grants, college tax credits and student loans may not register as major election issues for either Kerry or Bush this campaign season, for many people around the UW, both candidates’ stances on higher education could be deciding factors in determining their vote come November. Many students are looking to the presidential election this fall as the venue to… View story »
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Bush, Kerry largely ignore higher-education issue
October 14, 2004 - Despite the fact that the two major presidential candidates both say they have the best hand for higher-education policies, some attack Bush and Kerry for keeping their cards hidden on the issue. Although some students plan to vote in part on the issue of higher education, problems facing the University of Wisconsin are not a major point of debate between… View story »
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The students that shape the UW
October 7, 2004 - College students are often told they hold a lot of power. They have the energy, the enthusiasm and the ideas to change things. They hold the keys to tomorrow and can send the world in any direction they choose. But many young people don’t feel powerful, particularly on campus. Too many times, they feel constrained by the university bureaucracy or… View story »
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Higher tuition threatens public education
September 9, 2004 - Despite the budget cuts and tuition hikes, they say it is still a good deal. Although the University of Wisconsin system has taken a fiscal beating over the past two years, coping with $250 million less in state funding that subsequently forced tuition up 37.5 percent, many state officials and university administrators contend Wisconsin students are still lucky enough to… View story »
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Low-income families feel crunch
September 9, 2004 - Tuition hikes don’t surprise Lindie Paquette. After paying her way through college for more than three years, the University of Wisconsin senior said she expects a consistent jump in her schooling costs. In fact, Paquette is forced to always bank on tuition increases while planning all her finances for the year. But while Paquette is busy balancing at least one… View story »
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Criminal activity and UW’s response
February 27, 2003 - Madison has been host to a recent spree of gun-related crimes. Over the last two months, an estimated 30 armed robberies have occurred within the area. The criminals have targeted everything from tavern goers to small businesses, Madison police said. Madison Police also reported that while the attacks aren’t necessarily related, they have narrowed the crimes to three categories: armed… View story »
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The new realities of air travel
January 24, 2002 - Americans typically get behind the wheel without a second thought about personal safety. Although this most common form of travel has proven a far greater threat to life than commercial flying, the images of airliners acting as missiles to destroy the nation’s largest buildings has implanted a deep anxiety in the social psyche of the nation. The formal provisions of… View story »
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Pop culture thrives beside classics at UW
September 27, 2001 - University of Wisconsin sophomore Kim Plude is reading “Death of a Salesman.” She is watching Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” for her theater class. But there is a life-sized poster of Justin Timberlake hanging next to her desk. She is a self-proclaimed pop-culture junkie. This classification is problematic. College life is spattered with both high culture and pop culture. What seems like… View story »
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