Almanac

Ask Bucky

Actual questions from real people, answered by the friendly folks at the Campus Information and Visitor Center.

Q: What is the name of the documentary about the Vietnam War protests at UW–Madison?
A: “The War at Home”(1979) was directed by Glenn Silber and is a year-by-year look at the anti-war protests at UW–Madison.

Q: What is UW–Madison’s smoke-free policy?
A: All buildings and vehicles owned by UW–Madison are entirely smoke-free. Smoking can occur outside buildings at a distance of 25 feet or more. For additional details about this and other policies, see UW System’s policy and procedure database at http://www.uwsa.edu/spp.htm or UW–Madison’s policies at http://www.wisc.edu/wiscinfo/policy.

Questions for CIVC can be asked in person at its office on the first floor of the Red Gym. Or call 263-2400 or e-mail askbucky@redgym.wisc.edu.

University caps decade of Peace Corps leadership
UW–Madison leads the nation for the 10th straight year in the number of students joining the Peace Corps in 2002.

Peace Corps headquarters in Washington, D.C., reports that 123 UW–Madison students are volunteering in the developing world. Campus recruiter Lisa Wandke says that Madison seems to attract service- oriented people.

“They’re very interested in global issues and want to make a difference,” says Wandke, who served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Micronesia between 1993-95. “Our volunteers also want to bring back what they’ve learned from their experiences and apply it here at home.”

The following universities were in the top five institutions for Peace Corps volunteers with enrollments of more than 1500 undergraduates: Michigan-Ann Arbor, Washington, North Carolina-Chapel Hill and Texas-Austin
Backward glance

From Wisconsin Week of Feb. 10, 1993: Campus reaction to Gov. Tommy Thompson’s 1993-95 $30.2 billion budget is generally cautious. Thompson proposes $4 million for new initiatives at UW–Madison, including funds for law school improvements, instructional technology and undergraduate services. However, the proposed budget cuts the UW System’s share of state general-purpose revenue. The plan also proposes the decoupling of faculty and academic staff salaries from the state pay plan. … Women faculty begin receiving pay increases of as much as 3.8 percent as interim Chancellor David Ward allocates $800,000 to begin correcting gender-based pay inequities. The increases are distributed on a case-by-case basis, based on merit and experience.