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Badger Baloney: Troops, ’Great Wall’ to stop Halloween visitors

Mystery of the Halls - North Hall

On the daily trudge up Bascom Hill, although students may not realize it, they are passing a National Historic Landmark. Tucked between Bascom Hall and the Education building sits the first building erected on the University of Wisconsin campus: North Hall. 

Natural gas prices’ effect on UW unclear

The recent spike in fuel costs has homeowners scrambling this winter to cover the expected rise in heating bills; but as to exactly how these high fuel costs will affect the UW-Madison campus, not much, if anything, is known.  

UW to visitors: stay home Halloween ’05

Madison's party-school reputation draws 80,000 people from across the country to State Street each October. This year, UW-Madison is attempting to impart a reality check by openly stating that out-of-town guests are unwelcome on campus during Halloween weekend.  

Madison offers tenants more security than other cities

The apartment shopping season is about to begin. One year before actually moving in, UW-Madison students will select their roommates and venture house-to-house looking for places to live next fall.  

Student visits to detox soar over six weeks

As of Oct. 17, the UW-Madison Police Department has had the most detox commitments in the past three years, according to Chief of Police Susan Riseling, who held a press conference yesterday, at the University of Wisconsin Police Department. 

Housefellows lax in enforcing no-alcohol policy, students say

The number of students sent to detoxification centers is on the rise, highlighting the drinking behavior of UW-Madison Housing residents. Lenient housefellows draw attention to an already growing problem: underage drinking in the dorms.  

Escalating gas costs mean higher rent, few fixes

A federal report released Wednesday projected that heating bills for the Midwest this winter could skyrocket as much as 61 percent, potentially affecting costs for students living on and off campus. 

Mom? So, I kinda went to detox...

Remember when you used to get in trouble at school and you had to call your parents? I'm not talking about a \Mom, I've got a tummy ache, come pick me up"" call. No, I mean a serious snafu. Something like, ""Sorry to call you at work, but I just put an entire pack of Bubblicious gum in Daisy May's hair and she's threatening to press charges."" 

City to fund all-night lighting for Halloween

The use of lights, blocked streets and increased arrests will characterize this year's Halloween celebration, according to city officials who met Thursday at a Halloween forum sponsored by ASM.  

Rec. field construction displaces student sports

The UW-Madison campus is having some growing pains. It is becoming awkward for students to traverse, and in many places new pipes are emerging. These changes are being caused by two large construction projects occurring around campus, the construction of the new Southeast dorm and the Campus Utility project.  

Cardinal View: Students lose out in Halloween debate

Halloween adheres to no easy solution, and the beginning of solving any problem with no easy solution is extensive discussion among those involved. In this endeavor, both Associated Students of Madison and UW-Madison administrators fell short.  

Romance and research in one place

As a UW-Madison senior and man-about-town millionaire playboy, I sometimes have new students ask me where the best places to meet someone of the opposite sex on campus are.  

Pro-marijuana org. asks Greek system for financial support

The national non-profit organization, Marijuana Policy Project, is asking fraternities and sororities at UW-Madison and other universities to raise money and awareness for its mission to make marijuana legal.  

Survey shows Madison residents largely unprepared for emergencies

Recent surveys of Madison homeowners indicate that most households are unprepared for emergencies. To help residents prepare themselves, the Madison Fire Department has joined public health and safety partners in a program called People Responding to Emergencies Program, a year-long effort of informing the public through events. 

Chateau residents live in luxury

After living at home, in apartments, in co-ops and abroad, UW-Madison graduate students Toni Drake and Tim Gill finally found the ideal living situation.  

RIAA amnesty offer seeks pirate booty

Welcome to week two of the two-part guide to the Recording Industry of America's campaign against the sharing of music files on the Internet. Last week's column gave a brief history of the battle between several of the world's largest music labels and services like Napster. I highlighted the changes that led to suits being brought against individual downloaders, old people and the deceased.  

ASM: Mifflin date officially changed

The date for the Mifflin Street block party has been officially changed from May 6, 2006 to April 29, 2006, according to Associated Students of Madison members, who held their kick-off meeting Wednesday. Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, confirmed the date change. 

UW-Madison student steps into the spotlight

There are always those people who never win anything. They consistently enter contests to win a new car or the opportunity of a lifetime, thoroughly convinced that they will not come out the winner. Why would one continue to enter these contests? Maybe they're holding onto the hope that it may just be their day to win that chance to have their 15 minutes of fame.  

A guide to non-revenue sports

Yesterday, a column ran shedding light on the non-revenue sports on this campus. It discussed their importance to UW and suggested fans should broaden their horizons when it comes to attending sporting events.