'UW-Madison Minute' promotes Wisconsin Idea to Badger fans
By Brandice Altfillisch | Oct. 4, 2009The 2009 Badger football season marked the introduction of University Communications' radio show ""UW-Madison Minute.""
The 2009 Badger football season marked the introduction of University Communications' radio show ""UW-Madison Minute.""
On Wednesday, the Offices of the Dean of Students held a town hall meeting to discuss exactly how they would use the $1.5 million that has been appropriated for student services. During the town meeting, many good ideas were floated around dealing with student leadership, textbook resources, and faculty retention concerns.
Last year, approximately 10 percent of UW-Madison students visited UHS to treat at least one mental illness, but that's just skimming the surface, according to UHS Director for Clinical and Crisis Services, Dennis Christoffersen.
Officials from across the UW System gathered Thursday for a panel to discuss preparation for an H1N1 outbreak, emphasizing the importance of technology and communication.
Officials from UW-Madison and the Madison Police Department are urging students to take extra safety precautions in the wake of several robberies in the Madison area.
The city of Madison could receive a huge boost to its economy if Chicago wins the bid to host the 2016 Olympics, which will be announced today.
Louis Butler, former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice, was nominated to the Western Wisconsin District Court by President Obama Thursday.
The Student Services Finance Committee denied the Campus Women's Center the right to an appeal Thursday by a margin of one vote.
It's Saturday night and your date is off to a good start. You've already gone to dinner; you've even held hands. But it's still early and you're not ready for the night to end. Thankfully Madison has several late-night date bars, all conveniently located in the King Street area near the picturesque Capitol, that are sure to make your date as pleasurable as possible.
Acouple weeks ago, a crowd of conservatives held one of those tea party events in Milwaukee, the kind where they wave signs around decrying Obama's health-care reform plan and shouting words like ""socialism"" and ""death panels."" One of the speakers at this self-titled ""angry mob"" rally was Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker, who is currently seeking the Republican nomination for governor.
High Noon Saloon
Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk blamed a poor economy for a series of painful cuts and a 7.9 percent property tax increase as she outlined her proposed 2010 budget Thursday.
Jin's Chicken and Fish
Don't let the ALRC fool you, Madison likes to drink. Despite the university's attempts over the years to convince everyone otherwise, UW is a school that likes to have fun. And what better way to have fun than a few rousing drinking games? Everyone plays beer pong and flip cup, and the only real arguments on those games are whether you should leave cups or pull (definitely leave), and whether you should call the game flip cup, flippy cup or (God forbid) tippy cup. And everyone has played the many variations of quarters, circle of death and president, to the point where while they are still fun, you long for something new. Here are five lesser known drinking games that should become household favorites in no time.
History professor Jeremi Suri's senior seminar students are luckier than most. All 20 students received a free Kindle for the semester, along with eight course texts.
Recommendations for reducing racial inequalities in Dane County's criminal justice system were revealed by the Dane County Task Force on Racial Disparities in a report released on its findings Wednesday.