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"New UW admissions policy won't change high school advising," West Bend Daily News, June 15.

High school guidance counselors don't see a UW System admissions approach that would take more than grades and test scores into account when admitting prospective students as a major shift, but note that students might more carefully consider a rigorous course schedule.

On Campus

"Wileys pack bags; Olin ready for rehab," Wisconsin State Journal, June 16.

Olin House, the 95-year-old UW-Madison Chancellor's residence, will undergo a complete renovation, financed by the UW Foundation; Chancellor John Wiley will move out of the residence into a condominium he purchased and will not accept a housing allowance.

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Related: "Olin House to get major renovation," Capital Times, June 15.

"UW holds conference on video games," Wisconsin State Journal, June 15.

Organizers of the Games, Learning and Society Conference, a conference sponsored by UW-Madison to study the practical usefulness of video games, said they hope to make Madison the city that studies broader issues of game design and game theory.

National

"A different approach to divestment," Inside Higher Ed, June 16.

Colleges and universities around the country are seeing the sort of coordination around divestment from companies with holdings in Sudan they have not seen since the anti-apartheid divestment movement of the 1980s.