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(01/30/08 6:00am)
UW-Madison students are always under attack for their drinking.
Usually, the criticism comes from within the university, where
administration and faculty are concerned about academic
performance. Occasionally, questions arise from within the police
department, where despite a penchant for ticketing house parties
there is also real concern for the safety of those drunkenly
strolling city streets late at night.
(01/29/08 6:00am)
In the last gubernatorial election, campaign finance reform was
a highly controversial issue after candidate Mark Green transferred
almost $500,000 in campaign funds.
(01/28/08 6:00am)
The termination of UW-Madison's licensing contract with New Era
Cap company marks an important step in the fair labor battles
UW-Madison has fought for the last few years.
(01/25/08 6:00am)
There are two things the state of Wisconsin is known for: the
dairy industry and stem-cell research. Today, the state of
California has a higher-producing dairy industry and currently has
more money to fund stem- cell research. If Wisconsin wants to keep
up, it must pony up.
(01/24/08 6:00am)
Gov. Jim Doyle warned Wisconsin residents that challenging days
are ahead"" in his annual State of the State address held at the
State Capitol Wednesday. These challenging days are in reference to
the national state of economic crisis. After a year in which state
legislature struggled to pass an acceptable state budget four
months past it's deadline, Doyle focused heavily on affirming
recent accomplishments and major goals in contributing to the
overall growth and survival of Wisconsin in a ""very difficult
fiscal situation.""
(01/23/08 6:00am)
For the third time since September 2006, UW-Madison men's
basketball player Kevin Gullikson was cited in Madison for underage
drinking. For the third time, the UW-Madison athletic department
has failed to properly discipline Gullikson, whose actions have
embarrassed the basketball program and the school.
(12/13/07 6:00am)
With the results of Plan 2008 still undetermined, it is
impossible to say that the UW System will call it a success.
(12/12/07 6:00am)
The next vice provost for diversity and climate at UW-Madison
must put forth an effort to not only increase numbers of minority
students on campus, but also to make diversity an experience for
students while they attend the university.
(12/11/07 6:00am)
Ten years after the launch of Plan 2008, the University of
Wisconsin still faces many of the same issues regarding campus
diversity that it did a decade ago. And despite an admirable
effort, UW's intentions often appear just as concerned with
increasing minority enrollment as with eliminating many of the
barriers that continue to separate white students from their
non-white peers.
(12/10/07 6:00am)
On Jan. 1, 2001, Chancellor John Wiley took office in 161 Bascom
Hall. From his desk, Wiley oversaw a campus construction boom,
endured employment scandals, found giant footwear on his doorstep
and dealt with a hostile state Legislature - all while loyally
observing the university's 25-feet-from-building"" smoking
ordinance.
(12/07/07 6:00am)
Until 12 years ago, the highly decorated seasonal conifer in the
Capitol rotunda was known as a Christmas tree."" Since then, the
evergreen has assumed the name ""Holiday Tree.""
(12/06/07 6:00am)
Gay men and women were not the only ones whose rights were
violated when Wisconsin voters approved the ban on same-sex
marriage and civil unions last year.
(12/05/07 6:00am)
According to the Wisconsin State Journal, the average UW-Madison
student paid $890 for textbooks last year. The General Accounting
Office estimated that the annual price of textbooks for the average
state university student nationwide is 26 percent of the total cost
of tuition and fees. A number of campus entities have proposed
solutions to alleviate the textbook problem - herein we analyze a
number of these initiatives and their potential to lessen the
financial burden on students.
(12/04/07 6:00am)
Since the Dec. 1 snowstorm, the City of Madison has not spared a
single grain of salt to de-ice city sidewalks or streets. In many
parts of the city, post-blizzard pedestrian traffic compacted snow
into ice sheets, while motorized traffic smoothed freezing rain
into black ice. As a result, the Madison area had more than 100
automobile accidents and innumerable pedestrian injuries.
(12/03/07 6:00am)
Following fierce protests from Moveon.org and thousands of its
own members, Facebook announced this weekend that it would not move
forward with the most egregious invasion of personal privacy in its
short history.
(11/30/07 6:00am)
In the first week of the spring semester, Associated Students of
Madison, in collaboration with the College of Agricultural and Life
Sciences and Chadbourne, plans to sponsor a textbook exchange to
help alleviate the financial hit students take when they buy and
sell books at the bookstore.
(11/29/07 6:00am)
The upscale transformation of Madison is underway, and if you
blink, your eyes may open to a completely different place. As
Madison's skyline changes, the city's identity also undergoes a
transformation.
(11/28/07 6:00am)
Last week, researchers at UW-Madison announced the discovery of
a new technique with which skin cells can be reprogrammed to mimic
embryonic stem cells. This is one of the biggest advances in stem
cell research in years, and these findings from the lab of
UW-Madison biologist James Thomson have the potential to end the
political and ethical debate that has surrounded stem cell research
for much of the 21st century.
(11/27/07 6:00am)
The finalized agreement on the Charter Street coal plant
provides a reasonable timeline for regular decreases in emissions,
meaning the plant can no longer reasonably stonewall and subvert
efforts to clean up local air.
(11/26/07 6:00am)
State Sen. Alan Lasee, R-DePere, plans to propose a bill that
would ban text messaging while driving. If passed, Wisconsin will
be the third state to adopt such legislation.