Crew house construction disrupts students
UW-Madison students met with representatives from the university and construction companies Wednesday to discuss the demolition and reconstruction of the Crew House on Babcock Drive.
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UW-Madison students met with representatives from the university and construction companies Wednesday to discuss the demolition and reconstruction of the Crew House on Babcock Drive.
As urban sprawl pushes developments farther into untouched areas of Wisconsin, environmentalists advocate designating areas of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore as a federally protected national wilderness.
Outraged senators and lawmakers requested Monday that the UW System Board of Regents rescind recent pay scale increases for various top UW System officials and revisit the issue in a fully noticed, open meeting.
Combining a little bit of big band swing, an ancient Greek myth and childhood innocence versus willful ignorance, the play \Eurydice"" makes for an excellent night of entertainment.
The No. 3-ranked Wisconsin men's crew defended its Cochrane Cup with a victory over No. 8 Dartmouth and Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Lake Mendota Saturday morning. UW followed that up Sunday with a victory in the Jablonic Cup over No. 17 Boston University and, once again, MIT.
As the academic year winds down and summer stretches before us, as a public service, I present you with a few seasonal safety tips:
Spectators lined the north shores of Lake Wingra to watch the Wisconsin Badgers' rowing teams win every race they entered at the Midwest Rowing Championships on Saturday, and were rewarded with two of the fastest performances in school history and also the of the 31-year old regatta.
There are certain areas on the radio dial to which the average college-aged student has never been. Somewhere in that deep, dark netherregion of the radio lurks the greatest show known to man, \This American Life."" Mixing a keen insight into the human psyche with funky music and a radio voice to die for, Ira Glass, creator of ""This American Life,"" each week assembles a cast of commentaries, personal essays and vignettes. ""This American Life"" features regulars such as author David Sedaris and personal submissions from the public surrounding themes such as ""Superpowers,"" ""Monogamy"" and a personal favorite, ""Fiasco!"" Glass recently spoke to The Daily Cardinal about rocky beginnings, evolving creativity and sacrificing one's life for one's country to fill vending machines for the United States Armed Forces.
No. 3 Wisconsin men's rowing won its first W Cup in the 11 years of the trophy's existence when it defeated No. 2 Washington on Lake Mendota Saturday morning.
The annual W Cup is up for grabs Saturday as the No. 3 Wisconsin Badgers and No. 2 Washington Huskies Men's varsity rowing teams match up on the friendly waters of Lake Mendota. Both teams will look to continue their early season success and solidify themselves as the frontrunners to unseat the top-ranked, defending national champion California Golden Bears.
Despite having to change courses halfway through its home opener due to rough wind conditions on Lake Mendota, the No. 2 UW Men's Rowing team still took all seven of its races Saturday morning against the No. 14 Oregon State Beavers and the No. 18 Michigan Wolverines.
Chang and Eng Bunker were born with more than the simple brotherly bond that one would expect between twins. Instead, what linked these two was a six-inch band of flesh stretching from one's breastbone to the other's, and as Mark Slouka's novel \God's Fool"" sadly reveals, they were fated to lives of public exhibition and private struggle.
I signed a lease for an apartment the other day. Nice place--over on Wisconsin Avenue.
Dirk Nowitzki. Tony Parker. Yao Ming. Steve Nash. These are the faces of the enemy. Yes, gentle reader, if there is one thing I have learned from our nation's defender, John Ashcroft, it is that foreigners are dangerous subverts to our American culture.
The United States increased pressure on its allies Tuesday to support military intervention in Iraq regardless of the contents of the upcoming interim report by the U.N. weapons inspectors due Jan. 27.
The first story of \A Brief History of the Flood"" beautifully sets the scene'the dysfunctional Andersons of Acorn Lake, Minn. begin decorating their pontoon boat for a float ""parade.""
I have had the pleasure of receiving some feedback from readers this year, both positive and negative. I appreciate it all, and thank you very much for reading. However, I would like to respond to some of the criticism. All of it has focused on at least one of two issues: My columns lack strong arguments and/or are unnecessarily vulgar.