Lara Sokolowski

Day-long event focuses on goals for new union
By Lara Sokolowski
UW-Madison students, faculty and staff participated in a "mini-conference" Monday to boost student involvement in the reconstruction of Union South and preservation of Memorial Union.

UW prof. joins nat’l pre-election polling panel
By Lara Sokolowski
UW-Madison polticial scientist Charles Franklin will participate in an Ad Hoc Committee to analyze why polls have not accurately predicted the 2008 presidential primary results

DoIT network access requires video screening
By Lara Sokolowski
UW Initiative to warn of the dangers of illegal downloading.

SLAC to carol, protest outside Wiley’s office
By Lara Sokolowski
UW-Madison's Student Labor Action Coalition will continue fighting for fair labor practices Monday. The university denies SLAC's newest allegations.

UW law professor reflects on Hmong remarks
By Lara Sokolowski
Leonard Kaplan, a UW-Madison law professor, was accused of making racist comments in a class last semester.

UW frat launches 16th ‘Tour de Touchdown’ philanthropy endeavor
By Lara Sokolowski
Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity members will bike to Minneapolis to deliver the football gameball to the Badgers before Saturday’s game against the Gophers.

Students rally for rights in seg fee distribution
By Lara Sokolowski
Regents' committee votes five to four to send ammended policy to UW System campuses for review.

UHS offers free influenza shots for registered UW students
By Lara Sokolowski
Students merely need a campus ID to get the vaccine.

UW earns ‘B+’ for green practices
By Lara Sokolowski
UW-Madison ranked in the top-10 public and private universities in the Sustaniable Endowments Institute's 2008 College Sustainability Report Card.

Police chief outlines UW campuses’ security plan
By Lara Sokolowski
UWPD Chief Susan Riseling, chair of the UW 2007 President's Commission on University Security, detailed plans at Memorial Union Wednesday to prevent a Virginia Tech-like incident at UW-Madison.

Activist, UW researcher debate animal testing ethics
By Lara Sokolowski
Each debator had 30 minutes to present their case.

Obama group garners most support on campus, plans trips to Iowa caucus site
By Lara Sokolowski
The UW-Madison chapter of Students for Barack Obama kicks off its campaign Thursday night, and the group says it already has 600 members signed up.

$120.5 million biotech building premieres at UW
By Lara Sokolowski
UW-Madison faculty are herlading the new Microbial Sciences Building as a place "built for opportunity" that will "support the state’s efforts to become a global leader in biotechnology."

Kosher meat kitchen to open at Chadbourne's Rheta's dining facility
By Lara Sokolowski


Ogg Hall the newest Campus Master Plan addition
By Lara Sokolowski
A fixture in the campus skyline since 1965, Ogg Hall will be torn down piece by piece beginning in August to make way for green space along the East Campus Mall. However, the building will be missed, said 2006-’07 resident Tanya Wallin.

As state’s 8th graders sign up, profs give tips for Wisconsin Covenant’s success
By Lara Sokolowski
Thursday marks the first day Wisconsin eighth graders can sign up for the Wisconsin Covenant, a program proposed by Gov. Jim Doyle that guarantees students who commit to the covenant a place in the Wisconsin higher education system and a financial aid pac

Dalai Lama to address sold out UW crowd
By Lara Sokolowski
Nobel Peace Prize winner “His Holiness” Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, will give a public talk at 2:30 p.m. in the Kohl Center in front of a sold-out crowd of more than 9,000 UW-Madison students, faculty and community members.

UW students honor Va. Tech victims
By Lara Sokolowski
Tears were shed as students, parents and teachers mourned Monday’s Virginia Tech shooting at a memorial vigil held Wednesday night in Bascom Hall.

UW committee OKs Business School increase
By Lara Sokolowski
The UW System Board of Regents came one step closer to officially passing the UW-Madison School of Business differential-tuition proposal when it approved the policy in committee at its Thursday meeting at UW-Oshkosh.

Undergraduate survey shows students proud to be Badgers
By Lara Sokolowski
The results of the 2006 UW-Madison Undergraduate Survey were released Wednesday and showed an overwhelming majority of students are satisfied with the university.

UW Rec Sports, UHS, Wis. Union budgets pass
By Lara Sokolowski
The Associated Students of Madison Student Council approved the Recreational Sports, University Health Services and Wisconsin Union budgets at its meeting Wednesday.

Walks more than double this year
By Lara Sokolowski
UW-Madison’s SAFEwalk program is a free safety service that operates nightly between 7 p.m. and 1 a.m. It provides any UW-Madison student with a team of two walkers, usually one male and one female, as escorts to destinations that are usually within

SSFC focuses on living wage in 2007-’08 budget planning
By Lara Sokolowski
The Associated Students of Madison Student Services Finance Committee passed the Recreational Sports budget and also heard the University Health Services and Wisconsin Union budget Thursday.

Regent Committee passes new admissions policy
By Lara Sokolowski
The Board of Regents Education Committee passed the contested UW System freshmen admissions policy Thursday and the full Board will vote on it today.

ASM will have Regents hear budget fight, Rath says
By Lara Sokolowski
Although the Associated Students of Madison continued its ongoing battle against UW System policy Wednesday night by officially approving the budgets of all General Student Services Fund organizations, UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley will most likely str

Comparative lit dept.’s future reads unclear
By Lara Sokolowski
As the battle between the understaffed and underfunded in UW-Madison’s Department of Comparative Literature and the College of Letters and Science drags on, the department may be in danger of being phased out, said a recent letter posted on the depa

UW No. 2 producer of Peace Corps volunteers
By Lara Sokolowski
For the first time in over 20 years, UW-Madison is not the top-producing institution for Peace Corps volunteers.

After conflict dating to 2004, Barrows retires
By Lara Sokolowski
Embattled UW-Madison administrator Paul Barrows has retired from UW-Madison, a fact revealed at his State of Wisconsin Claims Board hearing Wednesday morning. Barrows asked the university for $124,521 in accrued benefits used while he was on unpaid leave

Factory blast in Milwaukee kills 3
By Lara Sokolowski
Three workers were killed Wednesday morning in an explosion at a Falk Corp. plant warehouse in Milwaukee.

University to discuss student living wage
By Lara Sokolowski
UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley announced plans to launch a student wage review Wednesday.

Faculty, staff plot action on marriage law
By Lara Sokolowski
UW-Madison faculty members expressed anger and discussed plans to leave the university at a listening session on the recently approved gay marriage ban Wednesday.

Larcenies, other theft increasing at UW
By Lara Sokolowski
A 16-year-old law requires universities annually report statistics on major crimes, but not larcenies.

Students hear Sept. 11 survivor’s tale
By Lara Sokolowski
UW-Madison Christian student organization Student Impact presented a survivor of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks Tuesday to a packed Memorial Union Theater.

Profs use less texts, more online readings
By Lara Sokolowski
High textbook costs may be leading to an increase in the use of online readings by UW-Madison professors for their courses.

After reaching LTE agreement, SLAC not opposing union plan
By Lara Sokolowski
The UW-Madison Student Labor Action Coalition announced Wednesday it has decided not to actively oppose the Student Union Initiative.

Band antics detailed
By Lara Sokolowski
After three days of heavy media coverage regarding the UW Marching Band’s alleged misconduct, university administration revealed specific, graphic details of the band’s misbehavior Thursday.

UW voices varied opinions on online gambling ban
By Lara Sokolowski
U.S. Internet gambling companies plan to suspend operations after a bill passed in the Senate Sept. 29 making it illegal for banks and credit card companies to process online gaming payments from the United States. This caused the initial $12-billion mark

UW’s student gov’t kicks off academic year
By Lara Sokolowski
UW-Madison’s Associated Students of Madison kicked off the 2006-’07 academic year to a packed Humanities lecture hall Wednesday. While UW-Madison’s student council members placed much emphasis on moving forw

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