UW System Clipsheet

January 24, 2006

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On Campus

"Plan 2008: breaking through racial barriers," Badger Herald, Jan. 24.

UW-Madison officials said the PEOPLE and Posse programs have significantly helped boost the campus's recruitment of first-year students of color.

"Literature scholar McKay dies," Wisconsin State Journal, Jan. 24.

UW-Madison Professor Nellie McKay, who passed away on Sunday, turned the campus's Afro-American Studies department into a nationally recognized program.

"Mystery of stolen 'S' from UW-Stout campus tower solved," Associated Press, Jan. 24.

A prankster has confessed to the stunt, which took place in 1969.

"UW-Fox Valley needs to do more work on building plan," Editorial, Appleton Post-Crescent, Jan. 24.

An editorial calling for fiscal responsibility from UW-Fox Valley officials as they plan the construction of a new communication arts center.

State

"Communities may unite in war on drugs," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jan. 24.

UW-Extension would hold focus groups on reducing drug use in Waukesha County if a new Drug-Free Communities coalition is approved.

National

"A losing strategy?" Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 24.

Wisconsin is among those studying if high out-of-state tuition dissuades nonresident students from crossing state lines to attend a public college or university.