Almanac

Ask Bucky

Do you have questions? We have answers! Ask Bucky is a service provided by the Campus Information and Visitor Center, your one-stop shop for information about the UW–Madison campus and community and your centralized source for off-campus housing listings. For more information, call 263-2400, visit the office in the Red Gym or the new satellite location in Bascom Hall, or visit us at http://www. civc.wisc.edu. Below are two questions Ask Bucky recently received.

Q: I heard that all the recycling in housing and in the unions just gets sent to the trash. Does the university really recycle? Where can I get more information about university recycling?

A: The UW–Madison community is an ardent believer in recycling! UW–Madison’s Environmental Management Division promotes “cultural resource conservation, waste prevention, and landscape preservation.” In fact, the university lists numerous programs that are in place to ensure that the campus is recycling and preserving the environment at http://www2.fpm.wisc.edu/campusecology/. For additional information on campus recycling efforts, contact Daniel Einstein, UW–Madison’s environmental management coordinator, at 265-3417 or deinstein@fpm.wisc.edu.

Q: I’m an alum and am hoping to bring my son (who is almost 4 years old) to the campus to visit. One of the items I’ve been told you now have is a kid-friendly dinosaur exhibit. Can you tell me which building it is in and when it’s open?

A: The Geology Museum is located in Weeks Hall. It contains minerals, rocks and fossils, including a mastodon skeleton from Wisconsin and Wisconsin’s first reconstructed dinosaur skeleton. Features also include meteorites, a fluorescent mineral exhibit, a walk-through model of a Wisconsin limestone cave and a 6-foot-diameter rotating globe. Free, self-guided tours are available from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. weekdays and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays. For information, visit http://www.geology.wisc.edu/~museum, call 262-1412, or e-mail rich@geology.wisc.edu.

Meet your community officers

Four UW Police Department community officers serve various areas of the campus. Their primary focus is on problem solving, crime prevention and safety issues. They invite members of the university community to contact them with any questions, comments or concerns.

Heidi Golbach assumed her duties as the Lower Campus community officer in mid-2004. Her office is located in Room 132 of Memorial Library. Her phone number is 262-8088 and her e-mail address is hagolbach@wisc.edu.

Erik Pearce became the new Southeast Campus community officer in May. He has an office in Room 130 of Wendt Library, 227 N. Randall Ave. Reach him by phone at 265-5223 or e-mail him at empearce@wisc.edu.

Kristin Radtke has been the Central Campus community officer since November 2003 and coordinates the department’s Badger Watch crime prevention program. Her office is in the Preschool Lab building, 1440 Linden Drive. She can be reached at 265-6753 or keradtke@wisc.edu.

Marshall Ogren has served as the Eagle Heights community office since April. He welcomes residents to stop by his office in the Eagle Heights Community Center, or to contact him at 265-5717 or by e-mail at meogren@wisc.edu.

Backward Glance

From Wisconsin Week of Sept. 27, 1995: The newly revealed Campus Master Plan focused on aesthetics, with tree-lined plazas, open-space malls and a Medical School partially located on the west campus as part of the plan.