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Unfortunately, I saw this coming. It is the inevitable downside to Jessica McBride's outing of 9/11 crackpot Kevin Barrett and his enablers within the University of Wisconsin system. By definition, a true kook refuses to acknowledge that he (or she) is a kook. A kook's world view is that everybody else in the world is either uninformed, ignorant, a dupe of the government or just plain crazy. No amount of discussion will ever dissuade your true kook. True kooks also crave attention. I think this is because your true kook probably gets bored sitting around wearing a bed sheet talking...

<p>A University of Wisconsin-Madison lecturer who has sparked controversy by teaching that the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks were an inside job lashed out Sunday at public officials who have questioned his right to teach.</p> <p>Speaking at a gathering at UW-Milwaukee, Kevin Barrett took aim at state Rep. Stephen Nass (R-Whitewater), U.S. Rep. Mark Green (R-Wis.) and Gov. Jim Doyle.</p>

Several professors from across the nation came together at the first conference on academic freedom, held in our nation’s capital last week. Not all the professors on the panel discussing “Faculty Issues” supported the Academic Bill of Rights, David Horowitz’ legislation to promote academic freedom. Yet, they all agree on one thing, it is time for a change on college campuses. “If you’re a multi-university,” started the moderator, Steve Balch, President of the National Association of Scholars, “than you should have many personalities.” He then elaborated that the biggest problem facing universities is, “the inability of the timid to stand...

MADISON, Wis. A retired University of Wisconsin historian noted for his research into the Watergate scandal pleaded no contest today to threatening to blow up a health insurance building. Seventy-one-year-old Stanley Kutler entered the plea in Dane County Circuit Court to a disorderly conduct charge arising from a phone call with his insurance company. He's best known for his successful 21-year fight to obtain President Nixon's secret tapes, Judge Patrick Fiedler fined Kutler 50 dollars and imposed 149 dollars in court costs. The case hinges on an April 26th phone call between Kutler and Dean Health over a billing dispute.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor was allowed to work on campus for months after he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting young girls even though some colleagues were threatened by his presence, according to a document released Thursday.

University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly announced a proposal Wednesday that would allow resident assistants to lead and participate in all activities, religious and otherwise, anywhere on campus. The proposed system-wide policy would replace previous policies, which varied among individual UW campuses, many of which banned RAs from holding or leading Bible studies within their rooms or residence halls. “You have to weigh and balance everything,” UW System spokesperson Doug Bradley said. “This [proposed policy] is the best way to ensure all students have access to everything our campus has to offer.” According to Reilly’s recommended policy, RAs are...

MADISON, WI (AP) -- The University of Wisconsin System was unaware it employed a total of 40 felons this fall, including two who committed homicides in the 1970s and four child sex offenders, according to an audit released Tuesday.UW System President Kevin Reilly promised a review of all 40 cases cited by the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau to determine whether the crimes were related to their employment and the system should dismiss the employees. He said 12 of the employees no longer work for the system and 25 committed the crimes before they were hired. State law prohibits job discrimination...

I come late to this one, but I thought I'd add my two cents. There's been a bit of a dust up going on at the University of Washington. It's over a recent proposal to erect a monument there to honor Col. Greg "Pappy" Boyington. Col. Boyington was a Marine Corps pilot who commanded the "Black Sheep" squadron during some of the toughest fighting of World War II. He was credited with shooting down more than 20 Japanese aircraft before he, himself, was shot down and then spent almost two years as a prisoner of war. For his leadership, bravery...

Boyington Memorial Nixed at U. of Wash. In a move that has ignited a firestorm of protest, students at the University of Washington have turned down a memorial to a famous alumnus who was awarded the Medal of Honor for "extraordinary heroism" in World War II. Major Gregory "Pappy” Boyington was a U.S. Marine pilot who commanded the famed Black Sheep Squadron. He shot down 28 Japanese planes, making him a five-time Ace, and spent years in a Japanese hellhole prison camp. But a proposal to erect a memorial in his honor was voted down by the Student Senate. Some...

UW Student Senate To Vote Again On Memorial February 16, 2006 By Bryan Johnson SEATTLE - The University of Washington Student Senate is expected to vote again on a memorial to honor five former students awarded Congressional Medals of Honor. Earlier this month the Senate deadlocked 45-45 on a proposal to honor Gregory "Pappy" Boyington. The student president then cast the deciding vote "No". Now the student who proposed the campus memorial is suggesting honoring all five former students and some members of the Senate tell KOMO 4 News that is more likely to pass. Gregory "Pappy" Boyington shot down...

TCS Daily "Man Without Honor" By Ralph Kinney Bennett Greg Hallenbeck was like many men of his generation. He had to work hard to get a good start in life. A tough, stocky kid, part Sioux Indian, he managed to get to the University of Washington in the teeth of the Great Depression. By that time his parents were separated. His mother helped him through school by working as a switch board operator in Tacoma, Wash. To pick up the rest of the financial slack he had to work all his spare hours at various jobs. During the summers he...

Member of Marines not 'sort of person UW wanted to produce'The University of Washington's student senate rejected a memorial for alumnus Gregory "Pappy" Boyington of "Black Sheep Squadron" fame amid concerns a military hero who shot down enemy planes was not the right kind of person to represent the school. Student senator Jill Edwards, according to minutes of the student government's meeting last week, said she "didn't believe a member of the Marine Corps was an example of the sort of person UW wanted to produce."

Offers of discounted Venezuelan diesel fuel from CITGO to the Chicago Transit Authority have sparked speculation on similar offers being made to Madison Metro. The offer to the CTA would have given a 40-percent discount in return for reduced fares for lower income groups. Ann Gullickson, transit service manager of Madison Metro, wrote in a memo to general manager Catherine Debo that if a similar offer were made to Madison, it could provide “in excess of $1 million.” She noted the CTA refused the offer because of incompatibility of diesel fuel standards. According to Gullickson, the CTA and Madison Metro...

2 UW Buildings Evacuated February 2, 2006 By KOMO Staff & News Services Tools Email This Story Printer-friendly Version SEATTLE - Two buildings on the University of Washington campus were evacuated Thursday afternoon after the second floor of Thomson Hall buckled, university spokesman Bob Roseth said. As many as 200 people were in Thomson Hall at the time of the incident, which was reported to campus police at about 1:53 p.m. No injuries were reported. The Communications Building next door was evacuated as well for a short time as a precaution, said university spokesman Vince Stricherz. Roseth said it was...

In light of national debate surrounding the U.S. government’s surveillance of its citizens, Stop the War, a UW-Madison student-run anti-war organization, accused the University of collaborating in spy games with the U. S. Defense Department in a letter to Chancellor John Wiley Monday. The letter was sent in response to a Dec. 14 NBC News expose in which a Department of Defense database containing reports on the meetings and actions of anti-war groups around the country was revealed. According to an April 2005 posting on the Campus Anti-War Network website, which STW is a chapter of, an information day the...

There are some campus groups advertising trips on my campus to Venezuela, including a catholic group and the ISO. They want people to see what good things Chavez has done for his country. The advertisment talks about the good things the Cuban doctors have done. They are looney leftists, however The websites are: www.witnessforpeace.org www.calsmadison.org (CALS=Community action on Latin America)

MILWAUKEE - The company that sped up pulls of draft beer at sports stadiums around the country with its Turbo Tap nozzle is bringing the technology to rec rooms across America. Laminar Technologies LLC has outfitted six sports arenas including U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago and some 30 Chicago bars, receiving fawning media coverage. Time magazine lists the gadget as one of the coolest inventions of 2005 in an issue that hits newsstands Monday. After all the attention, the company says hundreds of beer drinkers are clamoring to get a Turbo Tap of their own. On Monday the company will...

As the State Street crowd turned suddenly riotous early Sunday morning, police resorted to the use of pepper spray to quell the horde of Halloween revelers for the fourth year in a row. Madison’s Halloween tradition is now in jeopardy, as indicated by a release Sunday from Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and Police Chief Noble Wray, which raised serious questions about the future of the event. Discussions to cancel the event or limit it are expected to ensue over the course of next year.

Housekeeper at UW has backup job System president's employee guaranteed an academic spot By CHASE DAVIS cdavis@journalsentinel.com Highlighting what critics called the pervasiveness of backup appointments across the University of Wisconsin System, officials confirmed Friday that President Kevin Reilly's own housekeeper holds one of the controversial positions, although Reilly has said he learned of it only recently. Section: State politics UW spokeswoman Kate Dixon confirmed Friday that Mary Lou Gritzmacher, the housekeeper at Reilly's official residence, was among the UW staff and administrators guaranteed a backup job - a three-year academic staff position. The parameters of that job are unclear....

SEATTLE - Officials at the University of Washington's women studies department believe they've found the perfect man for the chairman's job. And he is a man - reversing a 35-year UW tradition of assigning the post to a woman. Professor David Allen also will be the only man in charge at the 10 major universities that offer doctoral programs in women studies. In Seattle, the appointment is getting mixed reviews. "It's not so much risky for me individually as it is politically. One way to interpret this is, 'Here's yet another white guy claiming to have expertise over women,'†" Allen...