Cops hand out more tickets at game Saturday
A total of 43 citations were issued for Saturday night’s University of Wisconsin football game against Penn State, up from the Oct. 4 night game against Ohio State. Seventy-six people were ejected, 38 of whom were not issued a citation but forced to leave for reasons including possession of alcohol, throwing objects, body passing and disorderly conduct. Overall, ejections have… View story »
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The graying of UW faculty
Seven hundred and sixty University of Wisconsin faculty are expected to retire in the next 10 years, posing yet another challenge to the recruitment and retention issue at the university. With predicted retirement rates at more than 50 percent at UW’s School of Nursing, School of Veterinary Medicine and the Division of Continuing Studies, many of these once-young departments… View story »
Woes on Wall Street
With the Dow Jones falling nearly 778 points Monday — the largest single-day drop in U.S. history — and Wall Street staples like Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers collapsing, Americans currently face what experts deem the gravest financial crisis since the Great Depression. The country’s policies are rapidly changing as the government continues strengthening its hold over the market. “The… View story »
Election 2008: ‘Beyond Imagining,’ now a reality
Kelly Clifton first voted in the 1948 presidential election — one of the greatest political upsets in election history — when incumbent President Harry S. Truman defeated Republican nominee Thomas Dewey, despite being dismissed by the pundits and the polls. Now 81, Clifton, a University of Wisconsin oncology professor emeritus, will vote in his 21st presidential election — and the… View story »
Top fiscal advisers for Obama, McCain square off
Top advisers for each of the two presidential candidates’ campaigns debated issues surrounding the country’s tumultuous economic situation on campus Friday afternoon. Hosted by the University of Wisconsin Business School, the debate was held in Grainger Hall and UW faculty and business students were primarily in attendance. Austan Goolsbee, senior economic adviser to Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, and… View story »
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Woman reports assault on Henry
Police are investigating a sexual assault that was reported downtown early Sunday morning. According to a police report, a 20-year-old female was walking home around 2:10 a.m. when she was assaulted on the 400 block of North Henry Street in a dark alleyway. The suspect is described as male, five-foot-six inches tall and wearing a black hooded sweatshirt. Sgt. Dave… View story »
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Activists rally for immigrant rights
Anti-war and civil rights groups gathered for a rally at the State Capitol Sunday afternoon to demand reformed immigration policies in the United States and to end the war in Iraq. A Mariachi band, a hip-hop group, poets, protesters and speakers gathered at the first annual celebration of Indigenous People’s Day to express unity, protest deportations and express disapproval of… View story »
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Examining campus sustainability
James Pawley is unimpressed with University of Wisconsin’s sustainability efforts. A UW zoology professor, he teaches a course called “Responding to Global Warming,” one of his many efforts to keep students active in going green. “We have not brought glory to ourselves,” Pawley said. “In fact, it is miserable and appalling. Our entire sustainability system must be reevaluated.” Pawley may… View story »
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