"UW-Madison makes security changes to ID cards," Channel3000.com, March 14.
UW-Madison is halting the use of ID cards based on Social Security numbers to lessen the possibility of identity theft.
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March 17, 2008
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On Campus
"UW-Stout's art is long gone," Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, March 17.
Over the years, most of the antiquities on display in UW-Stout's museum have gone missing; the museum was founded in 1890 and the collection included wrought iron works by Thomas F. Googerty and an audio recording of John F. Kennedy speaking at Stout during the 1960 primary.
"Senate approves military minor," River Falls Student Voice, March 13.
UW-River Fall's Student Senate unanimously supports the new military leadership minor that will be offered in fall.
"Brew U: UW-Platteville may be the only college in the nation to own its own commercial brewery," Wisconsin State Journal, March 15.
UW-Platteville brewery brews about 10 barrels a year; the beer is only available at the school's Pioneer Student Center.
State
"Seeds of a great new industry taking root," Column, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 16.
Tom Still, president of the Wisconsin Technology Council, shares the idea that the emergence of stem-cell technologies is leading to a new arena of Wisconsin commerce.
National
"The modern family: a challenge for student-aid," Chronicle in Higher Education, March 17.
Universities face challenges with the ever-changing dynamics of the modern family and how those dynamics affect student-aid.