Thinkstock / iStockphoto. Also known as Toddâs syndrome, Alice in Wonderland syndrome (AIWS) is a neurological condition that distorts perception, causing disorientation and a warping of the senses [source: PubMed ]. AIWS can be triggered by an abnormal amount of electricity in the body, causing a change in blood flow in the brain.
History of the Department. The UW Colleges Department of History traces its origins to 1964, when the Board of Regents and state legislature approved the establishment of the UW Center System. Prior to that event the historians who taught at many of the two-year campuses had been members of the UW-Madison History Department. When all the stateâs two-year campuses were merged in 1972, the department was merged temporarily with Political Science.
Campus and Visitor Relations Knowledgebase. History of Bucky Badger / Buckingham U. Badger. In the 1890s, the University of Wisconsin-Madison football team began using an unnamed live badger as a mascot. The animal, however, was not too nice to students, escaped its cage on numerous occasions, and had to be retired to the Madison Zoo. A new mascot was then drawn in 1940 by artist Art Evans.