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(12/07/09 6:00am)
Around the nation universities are taking antismoking policies
to the next level by banning smoking everywhere on campus. While no
Wisconsin schools have extended smoking bans beyond 25 feet from
public buildings, yet UW- Plattville has begun talks to institute a
schoolwide smoking ban. With its traditionally harsh stance on
smoking it seems inevitable that Madison will follow suit. For
students and residents, now is the time to take a stance against
these bans. If we wait to voice our support for freedom of choice,
our school will soon be faced with the same initiatives currently
being considered at Purdue University and being enacted in 2011 at
the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.
(11/30/09 6:00am)
Two weeks ago I wrote a column calling for an end to the
practice of using race in university admissions. While many took
offense to the way the column was written, I was surprised by how
many people took offense to the existence of my ideas and to me
personally. When I wrote the column, I thought I was simply
contributing another idea to the campus climate that would enliven
our discussions of race. I knew some readers would agree and others
would disagree, but I was certain that I wouldn't find an
environment that was hostile to me or to my arguments.
(11/17/09 6:00am)
Diversity is a recurring theme at UW-Madison and, as always, the
discussion turns to race. Administrators who focus on the color of
students' skin continue to find a lack of diversity, which is a
nice way of saying we are too white. Responding to this crisis of
superficial uniformity has been a favorite task of chancellors,
committees, and columnists for decades. While the overwhelming sea
of good intentions is aimed at increasing diversity, I would argue
that there are almost no students who pay any attention to
race.
(11/11/09 6:00am)
Last week two facilitators and a supervisor from Sex Out Loud
came to my residence hall to lead a program called ""Safer Sex.""
At first, my Christian values made me a little apprehensive.
However, despite my concerns I was pleased to find that the program
concentrated on asking for consent, sexually transmitted diseases
and preventing the dangers of sex. While I disagree with the idea
that the university should be promoting promiscuous sexual
behavior, I understand the importance of giving students the
information they need to make their own decisions. People have the
right to know how to use a condom or how likely they are to
contract HIV before they make their own sexual choices.
(10/26/09 6:00am)
Besides those of us who will go on to be teachers, no one really
thinks about the pledge of allegiance. But if we really examine the
pledge, its wording, how it is used and what it means, we find an
issue we should be thinking about in great detail. Anyone who said
those words, be it one time or every day throughout their
schooling, pledged to support a nation ""under God."" For a campus
that values diversity of opinion and freedom of choice, this is a
startling realization. We all gave our allegiance to the idea that
our country is guided by the hand of God with his principles
influencing the way we run our state.
(10/20/09 6:00am)
In his column On Oct. 1, sports columnist Ben Breiner blamed the
empty student section on apathetic students. ""Wisconsin's student
fan culture does not give a crap about the football game,"" he
wrote. I disagree. It's not that the students don't care about the
game, they are late because they care about beer more.
(10/12/09 6:00am)
I hear a lot about gay rights as a student in Madison but the
discussion is almost exclusively one- sided. The newspapers, the
administration, multiple campus groups—everyone seems to be pushing
for equal recognition of same-sex partnerships here at the UW.
While we live in a hotbed of activism and support for homosexuals,
our state did ban gay marriage. Not in the legislature but in a
public vote: no matter how loud Madison cries, the silent majority
closed the books on this issue in Wisconsin.
(10/06/09 6:00am)
Coming into office on the heels of the Bush
administration has given Obama numerous advantages. It doesn't take
much for him to look good when compared to his predecessor, because
almost any current problem can be blamed on the previous eight
years of ineptitude. In many ways all our new President has to do
to succeed is be the opposite of George W. Bush: well-spoken,
reasonable, diplomatic.
(09/28/09 6:00am)
Most Wisconsinites have never thought to choose between global
warming and nuclear power. Today Wisconsin seems to be much more
afraid of things heating up than of things melting down. But 26
years ago it was a different fear that kept environmental studies
professors awake at night.
(09/22/09 6:00am)
I've never actually heard someone say ""thank goodness the
drinking age is 21! Remember how bad it was back before in the
'60's?"" The idea that the drinking age should be 18 is more or
less a given, especially here in Wisconsin. Even though most of us
disagree, we continue to ticket our fellow citizens who are old
enough to die for their country, vote and live on their own. The
reason for the gap between what the public thinks and does and the
laws our politicians continue to support is the lack of a safe,
cost-effective plan to lower Wisconsin's drinking age.
(09/21/09 6:00am)
Have you ever wondered why anyone would pay a dollar a song when
they can just get the music for free? You can find thousands of
CD's through the library, download the music from a file sharing
program or use a torrent site with almost no risk. Anyone can, and
most students do, obtain multiple gigabytes of music in just a few
days for free and without punishment. To get the same amount of
music would legitimately cost thousands of dollars and be
incredibly more time consuming than simply downloading any song you
wanted.
(09/07/09 6:00am)
Entering my final year here at Madison, there are some
things that just don't shock me like they did freshman year.
Three-story beer bongs, crying freshmen, Evangelicals, Harvest
Fest; it was all crazy for a year or two, but somewhere toward the
end of junior year I became habituated to seeing a guy play guitar
while standing on his head.
(09/01/09 6:00am)
For all of the Obama supporters I heard
storming the Capital last November I'm sure you first laugh, and
then get angry, when you hear conservatives question Obama's
citizenship. You're probably thinking, ""well clearly he's a US
citizen, how else could he have filled out the W2 tax forms when he
became President? Doesn't he need a passport to travel out of the
country and meet world leaders? How would he get through customs?
Jokes aside, for Obama supporters, his status as a US citizen is a
non issue. We can see a copy of his birth certificate and Hawaiian
officials have verified its authenticity. The Supreme Court refused
to hear a major lawsuit regarding Obama's citizenship. And most
importantly, with no substantial evidence, it is simply
unreasonable to assume we are dealing with a massive
conspiracy.
(08/26/09 6:00am)
For all of the Obama supporters I heard storming the Capital
last November I'm sure you first laugh, and then get angry, when
you hear conservatives question Obama's citizenship. You're
probably thinking, ""well clearly he's a US citizen, how else could
he have filled out the W2 tax forms when he became President?
Doesn't he need a passport to travel out of the country and meet
world leaders? How would he get through customs? Jokes aside, for
Obama supporters, his status as a US citizen is a non issue. We can
see a copy of his birth certificate and Hawaiian officials have
verified its authenticity. The Supreme Court refused to hear a
major lawsuit regarding Obama's citizenship. And most importantly,
with no substantial evidence, it is simply unreasonable to assume
we are dealing with a massive conspiracy.
(04/17/09 6:00am)
Dear Madison Students,
(11/14/08 6:00am)
I just got finished reading your 11/13 article Solving the
Internet Gridlock"" and the story makes me very concerned. While it
may seem like technology will advance computer processing power and
allow for scientific advancement, I believe there are significant
ethical implications that have been missed. Have you seen ""The
Terminator?"" I quote, ""To decide who has precedence, UW
programmers have developed a program called CONDOR that serves to
allocate tasks.""
(04/20/06 6:00am)
More Madison Area Technical College students could become
four-year degree holders, thanks to an agreement announced
Wednesday between UW-Madison and the two-year college.