UW System Clipsheet

August 19, 2008

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On Campus

"Field, track readied for new turf at UW-L sports complex," La Crosse Tribune, Aug. 19.

The blacktop base for the track and field is an obvious new addition at the site of the Veterans Memorial Field Sports Complex at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse...

"Local college leaders cautious over lowering drinking age," La Crosse Tribune, Aug. 19.

While calling the idea of lowering the drinking age worth considering, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow said Monday he’s not ready to join with other college leaders in seeking the change...

"UW-P text plan born of tragedy," Editorial, Racine Journal Times, Aug. 18.

...the University of Wisconsin-Parkside deserves a pat on the back for implementing a system to notify students of emergencies via text message...

"UW-Parkside building a new residence hall," Racine Journal Times, Aug. 18.

University of Wisconsin-Parkside administrators and students broke ground July 24 for a new campus residence hall. The $17.7 million, 250-bed suite style facility is scheduled to welcome its first students in August 2009...

"Evening fire damages lab on UW campus," Capital Times, Aug. 19.

The Madison Fire Department responded to a fire that damaged a UW-Madison molecular biology lab just after 8 p.m. Monday on campus...

National

"Forbes.com names top colleges," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Aug. 18.

...Generally, large public schools didn't fare as well as smaller liberal arts schools in the Forbes.com analysis. Wisconsin's public flagship, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, for example, ranks 335th, while some relative unknowns sit high on the list. The all-male Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Ind., ranks 12th, and Centre College in Danville, Ky., ranks 13th...

"Freshmen 'Mindset' of Harry Potter, GPS tells teachers to update references," Associated Press, Aug. 19.

Students entering college this fall have lived their whole lives in a digital world — where GPS has always been available, phones have always had caller ID and tax returns could always be filed online...

"Will colleges friend facebook?," Inside Higher Ed, Aug. 19.

As colleges have worked over the years to solidify their Web 2.0 presence and reach out to students where they’re most likely to congregate online, there’s often a glaring omission from their overall Internet strategies: social networks...

"College presidents want drinking age debate," Associated Press, Aug. 18.

College presidents from about 100 of the nation's best-known universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18, saying current laws actually encourage dangerous binge drinking on campus...