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No decisions in Halloween debate
Despite continuing discussions among UW–Madison students, Madison police and the city, no firm resolution has been reached over whether the city’s annual Halloween celebration will be staged in 2006.
Report addresses drinking policies
UW-Madison’s efforts to combat student high-risk drinking were featured last week before the Board of Regents.
More changes in store for ODOS, other offices
A trio of well-known academic staff members will depart campus later this semester.
Almanac
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Union plans takeout Thanksgiving dinner
Wisconsin Union Catering will again offer home-cooked Thanksgiving dinners and sides for take out. An individual dinner is $8.95; a family meal for six is $99. All of the various entrees may also be purchased a la carte (by the pound or “each” for turkeys and pies).
Milestones
Appointed Meyer Jackson, professor in the Department of Physiology, was appointed Kenneth S. Cole Professor of Physiology on July 1. The WARF professorship…
Ombuds program strives for courteous work environment
The Ombuds Office for Faculty and Staff continues to provide a place for all faculty and staff to come to resolve conflict, with a new staff member offering new perspectives on issues.
Hunger Banquet to simulate poverty for the well-fed
The Hunger Banquet simulates the life of the less-privileged. All are welcome to discuss poverty with an expert panel.
Sorority to present Kwanzaa Fair
To prepare for the seven-day African American winter holiday, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority is sponsoring a Kwanzaa Holiday Fair on Saturday, Nov. 26.
WSRC to open gallery exhibition
Oils and mixed media works based on an underlying theme or narrative will be on view at the UW–Madison Women’s Studies Research Center through December.
Dancer makes leap to new visual media
Doug Rosenberg, associate professor of dance, is directing a film that explores the five senses through dance.
For the Record
University to switch office supplier to Office Depot The state has awarded the contract for office supplies to Office Depot. The university has…
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Writer’s Choice
“Open a Door ... Open a Book ... Open Your Mind ... to the World,”will bring four international writers for a celebration of children’s literature on Saturday, Nov. 19, at UW–Madison.
Community service demonstrates student beliefs
Although officially neutral on political platforms and not aligning itself with or advocating for specific public policy, UW–Madison takes an emphatic position on the value of active participation in learning and in the community.
Art on the fly: Fighting graffiti with chalk
In an attempt to combat graffiti in the Department of Art, located in the Mosse Humanities Building, the university has taken steps to make some walls in the department “authorized”for student messages and doodles.
Book Smart
The Vikings: scourge of the seas, masters of the strategic rampage, fearsome warriors of the frozen North… Actually, this somewhat lopsided view…
Professor plans annual holiday chemistry lecture
Chemistry professor Bassam Shakhashiri will present “Once Upon a Christmas Cheery In the Lab of Shakhashiri”again this year.
Research runs deep at Trout Lake Station
More than eight decades ago, two enterprsing biologists from UW–Madison opened a modest research outpost on Trout Lake, deep in the heart of Wisconsin's northern lakeregion. The goal was to peer into the fundamental mysteries of freshwater lakes, from their basic chmistry to their elaborate life cycle.
Photo essay: Picnic Point
Picnic Point in autumn.