“In 2011, we saw an explosion in the number of college students seeking Sugar Daddies to help pay their college tuition”, says Brandon Wade, Founder & CEO of SeekingArrangement.com. “One in every two sugar babies who join our website today are college students, and college sugar babies now make up 40% of our sugar baby population, up from 33% in 2010.”

So which Universities do these college Sugar Babies come from?

SeekingArrangement.com today announces the Top 20 list of Universities with the largest number of Sugar Baby signups in 2011:

University Ranking -- # Signups

1. New York University (NYU) -- 185
2. University of Georgia -- 155
3. University of Phoenix -- 144
4. Tulane University -- 129
5. Temple University -- 113
6. Virginia Community College -- 108
7. University of Southern Florida -- 93
8. Arizona State University -- 85
9. Michigan State University -- 81
10. Ivy Tech Community College -- 78
11. Georgia State University -- 74
12. University of Wisconsin -- 73
13. Penn State University -- 72
14. University of Central Florida -- 67
15. Kent University -- 65
16. Maricopa Community College -- 63
17. Indiana University -- 62
18. University of California, Berkeley -- 61
19. The Art Institutes -- 60
20. Florida International University -- 59

College students who register for an account on SeekingArrangement.com with their dot-EDU email address automatically receive a free premium membership upgrade, and are certified as “College Sugar Babies”. Profiles that are certified as “College Sugar Babies” receive three times more inquiries from potential Sugar Daddies.

The University of Wisconsin athletic department contributed about $50,000 to the School of Nursing building project with funds generated from ticket sales at the spring football game.

But that was only part of the story.

School of Nursing dean Katharyn May believes a $1 million donation received about three weeks prior to the spring game probably would not have happened without the affiliation with the football program.

"I am absolutely convinced that gift would not have happened without the enthusiasm and momentum, if you will, leading up to the spring game," May said Monday.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is ranked sixth in Playboy's annual list of the "Top 10 Party Schools."

Wisconsin's flagship placed third last year.

We'd provide you a link to this year's rankings, but the photos accompanying the text are a bit, um, racy.

About UW-Madison's ranking, the magazine notes: "In Badgerland the beer flows freely, there's always a sports team to toast and every night offers an array of things to do. Even winter can't squelch that feisty Badger spirit; Madison's frosty temps give students one more reason to imbibe and cozy up to a warm body. And then there are the epic weekend-long parties -- Halloween and the Mifflin Street Block Party being the two standout events. Past celebrations got so big, riots broke out."

The University of Colorado at Boulder earned the top spot, followed by Pennsylvania State University, Arizona State University, the University of Western Ontario and University of Texas at Austin.

Thanks to our friends at Sconnie.com for sharing this story!

That's it folks. The poll is closed, the voting is over and Madison, Wisconsin, home of the University of Wisconsin, is America's Best College Sports Town. Go nuts Badgers! After seven days of voting in the Final Four and nearly 66,000 votes cast, Madison emerged victorious with 35% of the vote. Morgantown, West Virginia, wasn't far behind in second with 28%, nor was Knoxville, Tennessee, which received 25%. Eugene, Oregon, on the other hand, trailed the pack with only 12% of the vote. Poor showing Ducks.

Thanks to everyone for voting and congratulations to Madison, which we're hoping will now stop all that silly protesting and band together to celebrate this unprecedented honor.

Madison population: 235,626
University of Wisconsin enrollment: 42,009
Top 25 finishes in football and basketball since 2000: 14
Awesome Alums: Frank Lloyd Wright, Joan Cusack

When one thinks of Madison, Wisconsin, one thinks of a bunch of longhairs playing hacky sack and the kind of political activism that has pushed the state capital to the forefront of the news over the past month.

But lurking alongside the tree-hugging and hemp-loving is the University of Wisconsin’s powerful athletic program, which has been equating itself rather well in both football and basketball over the past decade.

The Badgers are known to have one of the most passionate student cheering sections in the nation, whether they are making noise in the Kohl Center, their state-of-the-art basketball arena, or Camp Randall Stadium, their ancient football field.

During football games the students sing frat-house favorites "Jump Around" and "Sweet Caroline" in unison--which probably makes you whatever the opposite of a hippie is.

Thanks to our friends at Sconnie.com for sharing the link!

A little ditty to brighten up your day... UW-Madison Alum Steve Miller!

A new smart phone application developed by three UW-Madison students can help shoppers find local products at a grocery store and learn more about them.

The True Local iPhone app was launched Wednesday at Fresh Madison Market, the only store that has been licensed to use it. The app can scan a barcode, list local products by categories and provide coupons that can be scanned off the phone at checkout.

"That's the goal of this app, to increase the amount of sales of products that are local," said Claus Moberg, one of the founders of the company that designed the application.

MTV's "The Real World" is hosting an open casting call Saturday in Madison for the show's 26th season.

The open call for MTV's longest running show will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at State Street Brats, 603 State St.

"We look for characters from real life; people with strong personalities who are unafraid to speak their minds," Jonathan Murray, the show's executive producer, said in a press release. 

Happy quasquicentennial, UW Marching Band!

UW-Madison is celebrating 125 years since the earliest rendition of the UW Marching Band. It was called the Wisconsin Regimental Band when it was first authorized in fall of 1885.