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Absence makes the heart grow fonder

Dear Erica,

The ordinary is extraordinary

One Saturday afternoon this past summer, I grew bored with my routine of typically thrilling activities, namely watching Food Network and playing solitaire. Thus, I needed to think of something even more awesome to do. Luckily, I found just the thing lying around my house: magnets. Holy hell are they fun to play with or what?

Officials speak against lapses

Of dingleberies and Bob Saget

Have you ever had one of those weeks were nothing—absolutely nothing!—funny happens to you, but your friends’ lives seem to be a constant source of amusement? Welp, that was my life last week. In the continual cycle of coffee, class and work, my existence turned completely lackluster. Thank goodness for the absurdities of others.

Lakeshore fosters learning, not nightlife

College Questions with Davis Scrottinger! 

Doing it live: An ode to WSUM

I have aspired to be a disc jockey ever since I was a young kid.  Local LA radio personalities like KRTH 101's ""Real"" Don Steel and 95.5 KLOS' Uncle Joe Benson were consistently on the family radio during my childhood. Growing up, I began to develop an admiration for such on-air personalities: they just sounded so smooth, so cool as they talked about music. These guys, Shotgun Tom and Uncle Joe, were all about keeping the oldies alive during the 1990s.  Because of my youthful exposure to the FM throwback stations, it became my prime objective in life to be heard on the airwaves.  

President's speech more important than football

President Obama just can't win.

Kyle ponders the mystery of music and helicopter escapes

My favorite entry on Wikipedia is ""List of helicopter prison escapes."" I was first directed to the page by my brother, and it's an interesting topic in its own right (escaping prison via helicopter has to be the most ballin' exit anyone's ever had). The stories in the entry are interesting unto themselves, too. You can read about David McMillan's 1983 botched escape and subsequent trial, or Pascal Payet's somewhat ominous 2001 escape (he's still at-large).

Streaming media is a win for consumers

At Sundance this year, I noticed a particularly strong marketing push by the festival to promote that about six of the movies at the festival were already available to be streamed by the home viewer via various video-on-demand outlets. This is the second year festival titles have been simultaneously released at Sundance and in the digital market. In conjuncture with the 2010 festival, YouTube launched its own streaming movie-rental service by offering several contemporary and previous festival selections. And in the year since YouTube stuck its toe in the movie-streaming pool, a variety of other outlets have emerged and are jumping in the pool themselves.

Some UW chancellors oppose possible UW System split

A mixture of optimism and concern surrounds Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to split UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee from the UW System.

Martin answers questions on Madison split, budget

Chancellor Biddy Martin and Vice Chancellor Darrell Bazzell answered questions about how a proposed public authority model and major budget cuts would affect UW-Madison faculty and students at a forum Wednesday.

Administrators answer New Badger Partnership questions in web chat

Chancellor Biddy Martin, Vice Chancellor of Administration Darrell Bazzell, Dean of Students Lori Berquam and the Director of the Office of Human Resources Bob Lavigna held a live web chat for students and community members to have questions about the New Badger Partnership Thursday.

Giada, Paula fill void created by reality TV

With all of the reality TV shows on these days, I tend to stick to one faithful channel—The Food Network. It is the only channel that never makes me wonder, ""What is happening to American culture?"" and ""When did we all became such mindless simpletons?"" I mean, honestly, how can anyone seriously feel the need to drop everything he or she is doing to tune into ""The Real World"" every SINGLE Monday night at 9 p.m.? I can predict exactly what is going to happen: Amanda, the house trollop, slept with Terrance and now there is tension looming throughout the house. Then, the prick comes home with some floozy he met at the bar that night, and Amanda spends the night with Molly, the good girl from a farm who didn't drink until she came on the show, spying on Terrance and his new tart (of course the camera goes into night vision mode and all you see are some ruffling sheets and a few lines across the screen that say something like: ""No one's listening, calm down."") The next morning, she confronts him, and Sarah, the girl who don't take shit from no one, backs Amanda up, resulting in Terrance getting bitch slapped and a proliferation of people dropping f bombs. Shocking.

Walker addresses state in televised fireside chat

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Walker addresses state in televised fireside chat

Sitting next to a fireplace at the governor's mansion, Gov. Scott Walker defended his budget repair bill as necessary to correct the deficit while Democrats countered that it is just about suppressing worker's rights.

Legislature to meet Tuesday for budget, voter ID bills

Both the state Senate and Assembly will meet Tuesday as protests outside the Capitol over the budget repair bill are expected to continue and grow.

We could all take a lesson from Shel Silverstein

It might be the giving season, but with the murk of final exams, papers and snow weighing down on every student, it sure doesn't feel like it. People don't need to say what they're thinking; their actions say it all:

Talking about sexual violence is uncomfortable, but necessary

It's never easy for anyone to openly discuss sexual violence, especially someone who knows the reality of such injustice all too well. Below is a column written by a dedicated PAVE volunteer who has decided to remain anonymous for the sake of friends mentioned in the piece. As PAVE's media advocate, I am proud that our volunteers are speaking out, even if they do not attach their names to their opinions.

The art of the coffee shop

Always in need of a caffeine fix, college students have come to treat coffee as their go-to drink, making coffee shops a quintessential part of campus culture. Here at UW-Madison, students frequent State Street cafés and other coffee stops scattered around campus for their favorite caffeinated beverage. 

Cyber world is taking over real world through tech expansion

Hypothetical tweet: ""I'm on the tallest mountain in the world, check out this funny video I just found on YouTube!"" A tweet of this nature may cause you to ask how anyone could be watching YouTube on Mt. Everest. Well, now that 3G wireless coverage towers have officially been installed at the 16,994 feet above sea level base camp of Mt. Everest, connecting to the Internet and chatting with friends while braving avalanches is now possible.