Recent sightings

Rotten to the core
Wolfe Tree Service workers gather the remains of an American elm tree cut down on Bascom Hill during spring break because of safety concerns. Already dying in its upper canopy, the tree, estimated to be 180 years old, succumbed to multiple stresses including Dutch elm disease, rot, opportunistic bark beetles, drought and, probably, the impact of recent steam tunnel repairs near North Hall. Records indicate that 700 American elm trees were planted on the hill between 1851 and 1852. Today, 16 of these grand but disease-prone elm trees remain. (Photo: Jeff Miller)

Lunchroom with a view
Faculty, staff, students and visitors to Memorial Union, including sophomore Rachel Alkon and her cousin Melanie Oberman, foreground, eat lunch in the renovated Lakefront on Langdon cafeteria, which reopened in March. (Photo: Michael Forster Rothbart )

 

Cookies and conversation
John D. Wiley talks with about 25 students at a “Cookies and Milk with the Chancellor” event sponsored by the Wisconsin Union Directorate. The group discussed social and civic issues, and Wiley answered questions about tuition, campus climate and development plans for east campus. (Photo: Jeff Miller)