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December 5, 2006

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UW System

"UW may rewrite admissions policy," Associated Press, Dec. 5.

The Board of Regents will consider a revised admissions policy that would continue to emphasize academic factors, but also consider other predictors of a student's success in college by conducting a "comprehensive review" of each applicant; UW System campuses could still set their own, more specific admissions standards.

Related: "Few changes expected at UW-Green Bay," Green Bay Press-Gazette, Dec. 5.

On Campus

"UW-Milwaukee right for public health school," Editorial, Channel3000.com, Dec. 4.

An editorial supporting a new School of Public Health at UW-Milwaukee, a location that will best serve the area's citizens.

"UW-Madison Faculty Senate endorses partner benefits," Daily Cardinal, Dec. 5.

Although state law prohibits the university from offering domestic partner benefits, UW-Madison's Faculty Senate passed a resolution favoring such benefits, in part to aid efforts to recruit and retain employees.

"Form and function," Kenosha News, Dec. 4.

UW-Parkside Art Professor Trenton Baylor said his unique brand of sculpture, where art also serves as furniture, reflects his interest in combining natural shapes with man-made objects.

"University event courts community involvement," Superior Daily Telegram, Dec. 5.

UW-Superior's inaugural Winterfest is designed to bring the campus and community together and will feature student musical performances.

"Sierra Club to sue university, state," Daily Cardinal, Dec. 5.

The Sierra Club announced its intention to file suit against the state of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin over allegations that two state power plants violate the 1976 Clean Air Act.

National

"24 bowl teams fail to meet NCAA's academic standards, report says," Chronicle of Higher Education, Dec. 5.

UW-Madison was among the 24 campuses sending a football team to this season's bowl games that failed to meet the NCAA's student-athlete academic standards; the majority of those schools will not, however, be sanctioned by the organization because of insufficient evidence that overall academic performance is on the wane.

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