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Student NewsLink — October 8, 2003
THE NEWS
University, fans prepare for rare night game
The university is preparing for Saturday's rare, nationally televised night
game against Ohio State University by reminding Badger fans to include safety
in their game-day plans.
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Red carpet rolled out for Homecoming events
This year's Homecoming will be celebrated Hollywood style as part of "Lights!
Camera! Homecoming!" Friday, Oct. 10-Saturday, Oct. 18. Events this
weekend include the Charity Ball on Friday and the Charity Run on Sunday.
This year's parade starts at 6 p.m., Friday, Oct. 17. A fireworks display
and awards ceremony follows on the Memorial Union Terrace.
Details, schedule
Preparations under way for Cogen power plant
When the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin provides written approval to construct
the West Campus Cogeneration Facility, work will begin almost immediately near the
intersection of Herrick Drive and Walnut Street. The PSC gave verbal approval to the
2 1/2 year project last month, but the construction can't begin until there is written
approval, which is expected at the commission's Thursday, Oct. 9, meeting.
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UW Foundation launches campaign
The UW Foundation is hosting UW-Madison supporters this weekend as it launches the
public phase of Create the Future: The Wisconsin Campaign. On Friday, Oct. 10, an
unprecedented gathering of boards of visitors, committee members and campaign volunteers
from around the world will join campus leaders at a campaign summit at Memorial Union
to discuss plans and strategies for the fund-raising effort. This capital campaign,
which continues through 2006, is the most ambitious UW-Madison has ever undertaken.
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LIVING & LEARNING
Talented freshman class enrolls
This fall's incoming freshman class is projected to have an average high school academic
grade point average of 3.66. Fifty-five percent of freshmen graduated in the top 10
percent of their high school classes and 93 percent graduated in the top quarter,
both up slightly from last year. The class also tested strongly, averaging a 27.5
on the ACT Composite, up from 27.4 last year, and well above the state (22.2) and
national (20.8) averages. The incoming class has 629 students of color, down 11 students
from last year. There have been modest increases in African American and Native American
students.
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Tonight: Lidar instruments will test NASA's ICESat
Tonight (Oct. 8) at 8:45 p.m., NASA will test a laser instrument on the
Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite using accurately calibrated instruments
developed by the UW Lidar group and housed atop the Atmospheric, Oceanic
and Space Sciences Building. This test, which will produce a pulsing, ghostly
green light, may be visible over Madison's nighttime sky.
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Prairie research at the roots of environmental health
What lies beneath the tall prairie grasses at the Arboretum is helping restoration
ecologists understand the role prairies can play in improving the health of our environment
-- from the soil that nourishes our crops to the air that we breathe.
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AROUND CAMPUS
(Searchable campus events calendar)
Tonight: House party discussion
The PACE Project will host a discussion about how to keep house parties safe from
5:30-7 p.m., tonight Oct. 8, at the Pyle Center. Landlords, property managers and
police will participate. Free pizza. Information: 265-5231.
More about the PACE Project
Thursday: Dinner and culture, Senegal
Enjoy an evening of food, culture, history and politics of the West African nation
of Senegal from 6-8 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 9, 240 Union South. The event is free, but
the food is first come, first served. Information: 265-5236, aofreechild@wisc.edu
Saturday: Race Judicata 5K run/walk
The 14th annual Race Judicata, a 5K fun run/walk, will again raise money
for Law School students who do public-interest legal work for low-income
and underrepresented communities. The event will be held Saturday, Oct.
11, at Olin Park. Registration begins at 8 a.m. and the race starts at 9
a.m. Advance registration: $15 per person, or $12 per person for a team
of five or more. Day-of-race fee is $17. Each person who registers receives
a Race Judicata T-shirt. Information, registration: wiracejudicata@yahoo.com
Sunday: Discussion about alcohol issues
The UW-Madison fraternity and sorority community will talk to new members
about issues surrounding high-risk drinking at a presentation titled "Drink
Think" at 6 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 12, in the Wisconsin Union Theater.
Rick Barnes, a professional lecturer, past president of the Association
of Fraternity Advisors and board member of the North-American Interfraternity
Council, will lead the discussion. All new members of a fraternity or sorority
are required to participate and returning members of the Greek community
are strongly encouraged to attend. However, the presentation is open to
all students and members of the campus community. Information: 265-6612,
bekautz@das.wisc.edu
Monday: NY Times columnist Krugman to speak
New York Times op-ed columnist Paul Krugman will speak at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Oct.
13, in Memorial Union's Great Hall as part of the Spotlight Series. Krugman, a professor
of economics and international affairs at Princeton University, will be discussing
his new book, "The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century."
Krugman's book closely examines many of today's important economic issues, from corporate
scandals to unfair tax policies, and explains how the nation has been misled. Information:
263-2458, rgasch@wisc.edu
Art historian to discuss paintings of Caravaggio
Influential art historian Michael Fried will visit campus Oct. 16-17, and lecture
on "Caravaggio: The Invention of Absorption" at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct.
16, in room L160 of the Elvehjem Museum of Art. Fried is often considered a radical
and free-thinking art historian because his interdisciplinary work draws from literary
theory, philosophy and social history, and challenges commonly held views.
Information
IN BRIEF
Union Utopia wins Ice Cream Jubilee
"Union Utopia" won the 75th Anniversary Ice Cream Jubilee, a contest to
create a Babcock ice cream flavor in honor of Memorial Union's 75th anniversary. Kim
Lintner of Madison proposed the blend of vanilla ice cream with a ribbon of peanut
butter, fudge and caramel. More than 1,100 proposed concoctions were entered. Union
Utopia will be available through June in Memorial Union and Union South. It will be
available as a Babcock featured flavor during January/February and May/June wherever
Babcock ice cream is sold.
Upcoming dates and deadlines
FRIDAY, Oct. 31, is the last day to drop courses for all students except graduate
students.
More dates and deadlines
OPPORTUNITIES
Fall ASM elections set for Oct. 14-16
Associated Students of Madison student government fall elections will be
Oct. 14-16. Student council seats that are open for the fall election are:
Freshman (2 seats), Graduate, non-Letters and Science (1 seat), special
student (1 seat). One elected at-large representative to the Student Services
Finance Committee and two referenda will also be voted upon.
Details
Want SUM free tuition?
Starting Friday, Oct. 10, WSUM (91.7 FM) will begin selling $2 raffle tickets in its
"Want SUM free tuition?" fund-raising campaign. One ticket holder will win
either a semester of free tuition (12 in-state credits) or $1,500 cash. Tickets can
be purchased from noon-2 p.m., on Library Mall every Friday from Oct. 10-Nov. 14.
The winner will be announced at the Badger Bash before the Michigan State football
game Nov. 15 at Union South.
Information
Event features law school options
Law schools from across the country will be present to speak with pre-law students,
advisors and others from 11 a.m.-3 p.m., on Tuesday, Oct. 14, in Memorial Union's
Great Hall. Information: 262-1849, jljensen@lssaa.wisc.edu