UW System Clipsheet

"Another involvement chance come and gone," Editorial, Whitewater Royal Purple, April 2.

An editorial about the lack of students voicing their opinions about proposed changes to UW System conduct rules and the UW-Whitewater chancellor finalists.

"Campus on alert after Zimmermann homicide," Daily Cardinal, April 3.

UW-Madison utilizes WiscAlerts to alert campus community about student homicide; this is the third time the school has utilized the emergency system.

Related: "UW student's murder may have been random, police say," Capital Times, April 3.

Also: "Death of UW student called homicide," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 3.

"Dorm takes on new form," Whitewater Royal Purple, April 2.

UW-Whitewater will begin the construction of a new residence hall in October; it is slated to be completed in the fall of 2010 and will have capacity for 446 students.

"The mayor gets a surprise shot at academia," Boston Globe, April 3.

The mayor of Boston is one of hundreds of nominees for the UW-Madison chancellor position.

Related: "WSU president declines job overtures," Seattle Times, April 3.

"Fundraising nears end for Oshkosh Sports Complex," Oshkosh Northwestern, April 1.

The second phase of construction for the Oshkosh Sports Complex will begin this month; UW-Oshkosh announced that it has raised $4 million of the $4.3 million needed to fund the construction.

"Elite colleges report record lows in admission," New York Times, April 1.

Many colleges have become even more competitive with some admission rates at 7 or 8 percent.

"Higher ed dips into the pork barrel again," Inside Higher Ed, April 3.

The Citizens Against Government Waste recently released its annual Pig Book summary which shows that earmarks for the 2008 fiscal year are at the second-largest number on record.