7.6 Mascot 8 Student life

7.1 Football
7.2 Men's basketball
7.3 Women's basketball
7.4 Ice hockey
7.5 Rivalries
7.6 Mascot
8 Student life
8.1 Media
8.1.1 Student publications
8.1.2 Campus radio
8.2 "Party school" image
8.2.1 MTV's College Life
9 Notable alumni and people
10 See also
11 References
12 Further reading
13 External links
History[edit]



Fire at Bascom Hall which destroyed the dome in 1916[14]


A view of modern day Bascom hall at dusk
The university had its official beginnings when the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature in its 1838 session passed a law incorporating a "University of the Territory of Wisconsin", and a high-ranking Board of Visitors was appointed. However, this body (the predecessor of the U.W. board of regents) never actually accomplished anything before Wisconsin was incorporated as a state in 1848.[15] The Wisconsin Constitution provided for "the establishment of a state university, at or near the seat of state government..." and directed by the state legislature to be governed by a board of regents and administered by a Chancellor. On July 26, 1846, Nelson Dewey, Wisconsin's first governor, signed the act that formally created the University of Wisconsi