By: Kate Bothe

Friday night football games, skip days, prom, applying to colleges­. These are typical highlights that make the senior year of high school most memorable. However, while some kick up the effort a notch for this final year, others bask in thoughts of g...

By: Kelly April

The road ahead of you is aglow with thousands of tiny sparkling snowflakes, like diamonds in the distance. The air on your face is brisk and refreshing, but it harmonizes with the warm sun. There is bliss in these moments of winter, experienced in the sol...

By: Kara Turtinen

They aren’t yet making leaps and bounds toward a cure, but rather they are taking baby steps towards comprehension. For more than 10 years, oncologist Michael Gould and his team of researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have slowly unrav...

By: Stephanie Lindholm

Graffiti. Is it art or vandalism? The difference of opinion can be as close as two coats of paint, literally. Traditionally, marking public or private property is considered vandalism, but as the Generation Y-ers grow restless and stigmas are replaced, a ...

By: Grace Kim

The latest estimated death toll from Haiti’s recent earthquake is 212,000, according Haiti’s prime minister. The United Nations has reported that more than 300,000 are injured and three million have been affected worldwide by the earthquake. A...

By: Madeline Anderson

When the Stars and Alleles Align The process is fairly simple. Participants are asked to use a cotton swab from a DNA collection kit and dab the inside of their cheek, send it back to the company and wait for the results. The sites then analyze the geneti...

By: Kayla Torgerson and Caitlin Gath

A typical student walking the Friday night bar scene may think the biggest decision in opening a new tavern is décor, location and staffing. However, many students may be surprised to find that the city has specific, detailed regulations about when...

By: Diana Savage

Sales of energy drinks are expected to grow at an annual rate of 12 percent and exceed $9 billion by 2011, according to a recent study by the research publisher Packaged Facts. These figures are up from $1.2 billion in 2002, according to a recent article ...

By: Madeline Anderson

For 17 years, researcher Ei Terasawa restrained rhesus monkeys and left them fully conscious while repeatedly pumping deadly chemicals into their exposed brains. It wasn’t until the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) discovered that a neglected m...

By: Valerie Klessig

Fast food often means a cheap, greasy burger and french fries. Struggling to cover monthly expenses, students may take the cheap, often less nutritious fast food meal over a wholesome one. However, Chipotle thinks of itself as a quick service restaurant t...

By: Kao Yong Thao

Parents often say the high school diploma is no longer as valued as it was in the past, and insist that college is the best route to success. However, according to an August 2009 U.S. News and World Report article, 30 percent of university students drop o...

By: Kristina Dundas

The current Ogg Hall, located at the intersection of Dayton Street and Park Street, was built in 2007, with features the residents of “Old Ogg” lived without: more spacious bedrooms, central air conditioning, classrooms, kitchens on each floor...

By: Nicole Daniels

It was a tragic accident that should never have happened in the first place. On Friday, Nov. 28, 2008, over 2,000 people in line at the Wal-Mart in Valley Stream, N.Y., surged through the doors in the early morning hours of a post-Thanksgiving sale. In th...

By: Ariel Shapiro

In 1892, William Wesley Young, a native of Monroe, Wis., had the radical idea to found an independent daily student paper. While dailies were not without precedent at other universities on the east coast, it was a first for a campus whose only experience ...

By: Julia Brenner

An age-old proverb states that good behavior deserves a reward. Moms want the chores done, teachers want completed homework and coaches want to win games. And whether it is a treat from the cookie jar, a gold star or a starting position, the human body is...

By: Diana Savage

Candy and costumes dominate the UW-Madison campus when Halloween arrives. Students leave Walgreens carrying candy bags the size of pillowcases and insist that their parties be “costumes-only.” Such things raise the question of why this holiday...

By: Konnor Schmaltz

Although UW-Madison health officials are not releasing exact numbers, the H1N1 virus has hit UW-Madison harder than any other UW System school, according to Sarah Van Orman, executive director of University Health Services. With predictions of H1N1 having...

By: Andrea Parins

Whether they met at Homecoming, still go every year or haven’t been since their senior year, UW-Madison Homecoming brings couples together. ---------- Tom and Pat Jones have only missed one Homecoming weekend in the past 17 years. “Homecoming ...

By: Diana Savage

When students compile their grocery lists, they face the decision of where to buy their food and what type of food to buy, how much to spend and how far to travel. What students may not know is that the origin of their food largely drives their decision, ...