<p>among large universities with 129 students volunteering for the Peace Corps. UW has been number one on the list for the last 18 straight years according to an article in one of today's campus newspapers. Overall, only UCB has produced more volunteers since the Corps began. </p>
<p>Not bad. Ties with Harvard for CEOs (did I remember that right?) and 18 straight years with the most Peace Corps volunteers.</p>
<p>I only could find the list from 2001?</p>
<p>oh I found it
I see it is under umbrella of "freedom corps"
<a href="http://www.usafreedomcorps.gov/%5B/url%5D">http://www.usafreedomcorps.gov/</a>
Be interesting to see percentage of students rather than just numbers
and what they plan to do after.
<a href="http://peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=resources.media.press.view&news_id=900%5B/url%5D">http://peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=resources.media.press.view&news_id=900</a></p>
<p>That's why I like UW so much--It's not just about one thing. Crunchies and future CEO's living in relative harmony--and everyone goes to the games--if they can get tickets.</p>
<p>They also feel like they have made a real breakthrough on stem cells</p>
<p><a href="http://www.news.wisc.edu/10648.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.news.wisc.edu/10648.html</a></p>
<p>And our second world poker tour champion!</p>
<p>Even if I could get tickets to any games I still haven't figured out where to park at Kohl Center and I haven't even be able to find the football stadium. I did find the new glassmaking studios. They're right by Kohl. The students produce really nice stuff.</p>
<p>Seattle legend and leading glass guy Dale Chihuly is an alum. </p>
<p>One does not drive to games in Madison--you walk or take the bus. For football I would park in a ramp by the Capitol Square, go to the Farmer's market and walk to the game. It's just south of the tall engineering building (not yet on the hit list but blahh). I never was overweight in Madison. Bball/hockey are a little tougher due to the weather. I always lived near a bus line and just took the bus--but I never lived more than a couple of miles off campus.</p>
<p>Tsdad - If you feel you must drive to the Kohl Center, you can park in the Lake and Frances St. ramp at the campus end of State Street. We have also parked in the the ramp behind the new performing arts center and walked. It is about 6 blocks away. Don't even bother trying to park near the stadium for football. If you go to a non football event there, there is a ramp right behind the stadium. Otherwise, take the bus or ride a bike. And, hey, with your free bus pass, it is a lot cheaper anyway!</p>
<p>Dale Chihuly?
<snort></snort></p>
<p>Not a fan I take it??</p>
<p>Barrons, how are tickets made available to students? Can they buy a season ticket package? How about tickets for visiting team fans? I appreciate your advice, as I'm hoping to attend many games in the next four years as a rival fan cheering against my kid's school. :)</p>
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<p>Students can by season tickets for football, basketball and hockey. Bball is very limited and a lottery is used. Football is popular but I think all that want them get them but you have to apply early. Hockey used to be limited but the move to Kohl made enough seats available that I think most kids can get them for either Friday or Saturday games. Costs are around $10/ticket/game so it can add up quickly.</p>
<p>tsdad - You can park on my son's apartment/house lawn and walk four blocks to Kohl. Hockey is great.</p>
<p>ez - Your S will be a frosh at UW next year? It will be my S's last year of grad school. We always visit and see the UMN and UM hockey games when they are in Madison. H and I are empty-nesters now, so take quick trips to bug our kids.</p>
<p>Students are very unhappy with the distribution of tickets for the basketball games. According to yesterday's Daily Cardinal there was to have been a "protest" (hey we're not talking the 60s here) by the student government at this weekend's game but the guards seized the papers the students were going to hand out. This was done even after permission was obtained from the athletic department or something like that. </p>
<p>This is not the first problem this year with ticket distribution for bb games. The athletic department has not covered itself with glory on this issue.</p>
<p>Your right. I'll take the bus, but there's still the small problem of getting tickets. I really, really like the free bus passes. Best extra benefit the University offers.</p>
<p>BTW, they are finishing up rebuilding the columns on Bascom. The scaffolding should be down soon.</p>
<p>Barrons, thanks for the info!</p>
<p>Maize and Blue: Decision won't be made till April, but I'm happy D is considering such a wonderful school that is such a financial bargain!</p>
<p>On another note, I must say that Bucky is the scariest looking mascot I have ever seen...</p>
<p>Badgers are scary animals. So much for midwestern nice. LOL.</p>
<p>When I think of "Bucky" I think of an Ipana toothpaste commerical from when I was a kid. Bucky in this case was a beaver and not scary.</p>
<p>The hockey team has become a hot seller this year. I heard recently that the remaining games are all sold out. Don't know if that is true, but my guess is that tickets to any remaining games will be hard to come by. </p>
<p>ts - the best way we have found to often get tickets is to just put out the word that you interested in attending a men's sporting event and would be happy to buy anyone's unused tickets. We end up getting tickets once or twice a year that way. Certainly not to the prime games, usually preseason, but it is fun and you get to have the experience. FB tickets are usually quite a bit easier to get from people selling them outside the stadium before the game. Again, not for big games, but for most others. If you want the Camp Randall experience, get a ticket for a preseason game. And make sure you stay after the game for the fifth quarter.</p>
<p>According to one of today's student newspapers (2/1), UW has one of the smallest student sections for basketball of any school in the Big 10. Only Northwestern, with a substantially smaller student body (14,000), has less. UW's 41,000 students recieve 12% of the available 17,142 seats at the Kohl Center or about 2,100 tickets.</p>
<p>On Saturday and Sunday the Memorial Union is going to sponsor "Kites on Ice" on Lake Mendota. Firworks at night and dancing inside.</p>
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<p>That is funny! Likely a beneficiary of the NHL lockout. All those poor hockey junkies suffering from withdrawal, looking for a hockey game, any hockey game! :)</p>
<p>College hockey at UW has been big since the days of Badger Bob Johnson in the early 70's. It was the only winning team we had. All the games were soldout. The most recent former coach ran the team into the ground after a few good years and attendance slipped. At the same time bball got very good so some shifted to that. </p>
<p>The limit on bball seats for students goes back to the students' failure to partially support the new arena through a fee. That left the funding to the alums and they got the seats.</p>
<p>UW #1 in total paid attendance</p>
<p>Agree about icky Bucky. UMich grad S told me that he was attending a "cousin" school when it came to mascots. </p>
<p>Googled this: "The wolverine is the largest land-dwelling member of the family Mustelidae (animals such as minks, weasels,otters, skunks). Fot its size, the Wolverine is probably one of the smallest and most powerful top-of-the-food-chain predator. It makes a Tasmanian Devil look like a sissy. Badger is the common name for any animal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: the same mammal family as the ferrets, the weasels, the otters, and several other types of carnivore. </p>
<p>Badgers just don't raise the same level of fear in the sports arenas as Wolverines!</p>