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(03/10/11 6:00am)
Reduce, reuse, recycle. Or is it reload? Continuing his ridiculous
anti-environmental binge, Walker decided to target recycling and
sustainability in his 2011-'13 biennial budget proposal after
already terminating construction of high-speed rail and restricting
wind farms.
(02/02/11 6:00am)
Looking out the window and watching the snow circle to the
already-white ground invites me to blissfully reminisce about the
sense of triumph, giddiness and playfulness last year's snowday
created. Like yesterday, I felt like a kid again. And judging by
the thousands of Badgers who ran amuck through
(01/27/11 6:00am)
One of President Barack Obama's messages in his State of the Union
address was encouraging bipartisan cooperation and unity. ""We will
move forward together, or not at all,"" he said. And although Obama
visited Wisconsin the next day to emphasize his message in our
purple state, Gov. Scott Walker's recent plans for election reform
seek only to separate parties and set our voting system back.
(01/20/11 6:00am)
There's been a lot of talk about Chancellor Biddy Martin's new
financial plans for UW-Madison. The Badger Partnership details ways
to increase the UW's flexibility and autonomy by decreasing state
support, and therefore, state control. Despite the visionary
picture created by Martin's column, ""Bucky in the New
Millennium,"" and other selected news updates on the Partnership's
website, there are gaping holes in the proposal that should concern
students.
(12/08/10 6:00am)
When I heard the name, ""Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery,"" the
image that immediately came to mind was Disney Epcot's fake
Imagination Institute, complete with Wayne Szalinski from ""Honey,
I Shrunk the Audience."" This may have originated from the fact
that I am a Disney freak and somehow relate most things back to the
Mouse, but it also stems from the too-good-to-be-true illusion I
got when hearing details of the interdisciplinary research
facility.
(12/03/10 6:00am)
I have been called technophobic, Islamophobic, a hippie socialist
and biased about everything from eating disorder treatments to
Charter Internet service. My sanity has been debated and I have
even been referred to a psychiatrist's couch. That's a lot of crazy
talk about one person.
(11/18/10 6:00am)
Unlike the children who spend at least five minutes crafting their
Christmas lists to Santa, Governor-elect Scott Walker did not spend
much time thinking through his wish list to Gov. Doyle. Last week,
Gov.-elect Walker sent a letter current Gov. Doyle's administration
with list of requests. Besides the fact that giving a list of
policy demands to a sitting governor is unprecedented and arguably
unconstitutional, Walker's letter to Doyle is uneducated, arrogant
and makes requests that undoubtedly harm Wisconsin's growth and
economy. His list includes a ""freeze"" of any federal health-care
bill implementations, suspending employee contracts, hiring new
civil service positions and a vague message insisting a shift to
natural gas from biofuel at the Charter Street Heating Plant.
(11/11/10 6:00am)
Joy to the world and behold! 'Tis the ""Chrismahanukwanzakah""
holiday season! Corporate consumerism for the holidays has begun,
but every year Scrooges mumble that this holly jolly season begins
earlier and earlier. This negative sentiment is, in fact, not true.
Somehow, the general public is annually surprised to see Rudolph,
smell fake pine, and hear Mariah Carey and the crunch of tinsel
around Halloween—still refusing to accept that the costumed booze
fest is now the start to the holiday season. What about
Thanksgiving? What about waiting for snow? What about passing me
that Starbucks peppermint mocha in the red cup?
(11/05/10 6:00am)
In the real world, four square is a playground game for the kids
who didn't get chosen to play kickball. Foursquare in the digital
world is a ""location-based, social networking site, travel guide
and game,"" according to the recent announcement from UW-Madison
declaring its debut on the popular site. Unlike the second-rate
playground game, the digital version has taken some steps toward
popularity. In its first year, Foursquare has lost its underdog
status as a social networking site, currently experiencing a growth
rate more than double that of Twitter.
(10/28/10 6:00am)
There are three pivotal facts I learned from my first Halloween
experience in Madison last year. First, Zachery Binx, the loyal,
scrawny brother-turned-black-cat devoted to thwarting the three
witches of Salem in the movie ""Hocus Pocus,"" is actually named
Thackery. Salem folk celebrated their virginity by lighting candles
and speaking with heavy lisps. Second, pumpkins,
pre-Jack-o-lantern, are unusually long-lasting vegetables that can
add a festive touch to a windowsill for up to seven months. And
third, Freakfest, with its newly minted safe and positive
reputation, is a contradiction in itself that is not worth
students' time.
(10/24/10 6:00am)
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(10/07/10 6:00am)
Well, Wisconsin, we've got ourselves a Palin-esque ""Mama Grizzly""
who tweets about minivans and God, uses her self-proclaimed
""kitchen-table common sense,"" writes a fairytale for her online
biography and has big hair to match her big ideas.
Ultra-conservative former Milwaukee WISN-TV news anchor Rebecca
Kleefisch, is running for Lieutenant Governor on the same ticket as
Scott Walker.
(10/07/10 6:00am)
Well, Wisconsin, we've got ourselves a Palin-esque ""Mama Grizzly""
who tweets about minivans and God, uses her self-proclaimed
""kitchen-table common sense,"" writes a fairytale for her online
biography and has big hair to match her big ideas.
Ultra-conservative former Milwaukee WISN-TV news anchor Rebecca
Kleefisch is running for lieutenant governor on the same ticket as
Scott Walker.
(10/03/10 6:00am)
Recently, rumors have been circulating around campus that the
UW-Veterinary School plans to absorb the recent $800,000 budget cut
by terminating the special species program. Special species include
exotic pets such as turtles, snakes, rabbits, birds, and sometimes
the occasional domestic skunk. Cutting the relatively small, but
far reaching, program would devastate Midwest exotic pet owners and
rob veterinary students the opportunity to gain valuable, hands-on
experience. Good thing this rumor is not at all based on fact.
(09/23/10 6:00am)
Wednesday marked the official start of Fall, and as the leaves
begin to change and the farmers' tans from summer fade away, the
autumn Farmers' Market shines bright. Wisconsin's fall harvests
yield some of the most mouth watering produce like crisp apples,
sweet corn, broccoli, carrots, wild mushrooms, strawberries,
tomatoes and squash, all of which are available every Saturday
around the Capitol Square. About 150 vendors, all locally producing
what's on the table in front of them, attend each week. This
display of delicious food and community effort is the largest
producer-only farmers' market in the nation. Go ahead and feel
cocky about it. I do.
(09/16/10 6:00am)
Fish have historically been a subject of religion, human
sustenance, sport, income and entertainment. But now, something is
coming. Something we've never seen before. Cue the dramatic
repetition of notes E and F in a blatant crescendo.
(09/09/10 6:00am)
(08/26/10 6:00am)
This summer has been host to an increasingly sweltering marriage
debate, with conservative traditionalists embarking on the ""Summer
for Marriage: One Man, One Woman"" publicity tour, while more
progressive gay advocates respond with 1967-esque ""Summer of
Love"" protests and ideals. Same-sex marriage is clearly a hot
button issue that's temperature has been rising in recent years,
but the sizzling end to the summer of 2010, has engulfed the
country in fire. It was already getting hot, but with Federal Judge
Vaughn Walker striking down Proposition 8, it is getting ugly.