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Ask Bucky

Do you have questions? We have answers! Ask Bucky is a service provided by the Campus Information and Visitor Center, your one-stop shop for information about the UW–Madison campus and community and your centralized source for off-campus housing listings. For more information, call 263-2400, visit the office in the Red Gym or the new satellite location in Bascom Hall, or visit us at http://www.civc.wisc.edu. Below are two questions Ask Bucky recently answered.

Q: My husband and I both graduated from the UW, and we recall a housing exchange program that we have been trying to locate without much luck. We are in the process of building a home and we would like to “house-sit” for someone that may be out of town on sabbatical, etc. Could you help me locate this service/program?

A: Several years ago, the Office of the Secretary of the Faculty, which had previously maintained a list of faculty housing vacancies, began referring all faculty interested in looking for or listing housing vacancies to UW–Madison’s off-campus housing office. Today, that office, now called the Campus Area Housing Listing Service (http://www.housing.civc.wisc.edu) provides a searchable online database of hundreds of rentals available in and around Madison, including empty apartments and houses, roommate situations, privately owned residence halls, co-ops and rooms in private homes or boarding houses. Listings are free to search and a nominal fee is assessed to list. There are a variety of search parameters, including unit type, number of bedrooms, rent, location and availability of parking. Listings of faculty members’ homes are noted as such. For questions, call 263-2400.

Q: I have noticed that the flags around campus are at times flying at half-staff, but I am never sure why. Who should I contact to find out?

A: To find out when and why flags on campus are flying at half-staff, contact the University Police Department at 262-2957.

Biocore Prairie in Lakeshore Nature Preserve to receive burn

A prescribed burn of the Biology Core Curriculum Prairie at the top of Picnic Point will be conducted this spring if weather conditions are suitable. The prescribed burn is meant to assist germination and plant establishment. The burn is part of the Biology Core Curriculum Prairie initiated in 1997.

For more information about the prescribed fire, call 265-9275 or e-mail cbruner@fpm.wisc.edu. To learn more about Biocore Prairie, contact Janet Batzli at jcbatzli@wisc.edu.