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(03/01/17 10:56pm)
A man drove into an east-side hotel and died after being shot multiple times by a still-at-large suspect early Wednesday morning, according to the Madison Police Department. The case is the city’s first homicide of 2017.
(02/27/17 12:00pm)
Like the terms and services agreement on the iTunes Store, a disclaimer: I’ve been reporting on the Minnesota-based indie pop band Hippo Campus for over a year-and-a-half. Call me mundane and monotonous, but repeated coverage and concerts provides the chance to see how the group has changed since the release of their first two EPs in 2015.
(02/22/17 11:07pm)
All year, the stars of the No. 22 Wisconsin men’s swim and dive team have been seniors Cannon Clifton, Matt Hutchins and Brett Pinfold. Although the three will be heavily relied upon this weekend at the Big Ten Championships, head coach Whitney Hite believes that the meet will be his entire team’s time to shine.
(02/20/17 12:13am)
Everyone that is going on spring break this year has one thing on their mind: their beach bod. Whether it’s Europe, Central America or the Wisconsin Dells, everyone wants to be looking their best for both their spring break plans and their Instagrams. Here are some easy tips on how to get in tip top shape in just under a month.
(02/15/17 12:00pm)
If you told me a week ago I’d be seeing Waka Flocka in Florence I probably wouldn’t have believed you, but crazier things have happened. Either way, a piece of home across the world brought me that much closer to happiness within myself.
(02/13/17 5:42am)
Late last month, a child was found unconscious in his Milwaukee-area home. The boy had accidentally swallowed an oxycodone pill from his mother’s purse while she slept. His mother found him after she woke up, something the two-year-old would never do again. The cause of the death was opioid overdose.
(02/13/17 12:00pm)
When Michael Penn II was nine years old, he had his first sip of alcohol. Mistaking his father’s glass of Hennessy in the fridge for a glass of Coke, the young Penn confidently took a sip of the dark beverage. The moment it touched his lips, he realized the mistake he had made and spit it back into the glass.
(02/11/17 5:12am)
Eight minutes into the second period of Friday night’s game, Penn State dumped the puck into the Badgers’ zone on a seemingly harmless play. The puck, however, took a weird jump off the boards, bounced over freshman goalie Jack Berry’s stick, and found its way to Denis Smirnov right in front of the Badgers’ net for a goal that put the Nittany Lions up 3-2.
(02/09/17 6:36am)
As state legislators sat down Wednesday in the Capitol to hear Gov. Scott Walker’s biennial budget address, “my body, my choice” and “fight back, stand up” chants broke out among roughly 300 people in pink shirts gathered under the rotunda to lobby for Planned Parenthood funding.
(02/09/17 12:00pm)
The way the painted arches flowed into the midnight blue ceiling scattered with twinkling lights, coupled with the scaffolding’s tight embrace of the stage made Dawes’ performance at the Barrymore Theatre on Monday night feel like a night straight out of an indie film.
(02/06/17 4:07am)
Republican legislators recently reintroduced three bills to enforce harsher penalties for repeat drunk driving offenders, among others to make Wisconsin’s roads safer.
(02/06/17 12:00pm)
The Barrymore Theater may be a little out of the way for most UW-Madison students, but on Monday night, it will certainly be the place to be. Dawes, the alt-folk-rock band from Los Angeles, will be gracing Madison with their presence on the 13th stop of their 50-stop tour.
(02/06/17 2:03am)
As little as two weeks ago, it looked like Purdue’s Caleb Swanigan was about ready to lap the field in the Big Ten Player of the Year race.
(02/02/17 10:51pm)
Legendary men's hockey coach Jeff Sauer, who guided the Badgers to two national championships in 1983 and 1990, passed away Thursday at the age of 73.
(01/31/17 12:00am)
Remember first learning about the Holocaust? Whether you had a parent explain it to you, or a guest speaker at school, it was surreal. It’s rare that something can penetrate the hearts and minds of young kids, to strip away from them their immature nature and make them really think seriously. Wasn’t this how we all reacted to hearing about the Holocaust? Dead seriousness. I don’t remember anybody goofing around or making jokes in school, or myself wanting to go outside and play rather than hear about it. It transcends youth, immaturity and innocence. On a visceral level, as a young kid you realize the magnitude of it. As a result my first question, and I’m sure I wasn’t alone, was why did people let this happen?
(01/24/17 4:15am)
Life is a culmination of indescribable virtue and value regardless of gender, appearance, race or age. Because of its importance, our society often demands the essentiality of reproduction. However, as countries develop and the standard of living climbs, people are beginning to choose to have less children. According to The Economist, people are not reproducing enough to create a stable successive generation or to have a smooth population transition. The frustration toward the changing view of human reproduction often takes an ironic turn, and oppresses the people who are not at fault.
(01/18/17 3:34am)
Nancy Nicholas and Albert “Ab” Nicholas made one of the largest donations in UW-Madison’s history, a $50 million matching gift, in June 2015 with the goal of encouraging other donors to contribute to the university.
(01/17/17 12:00pm)
We all know the shiny (and often misplaced) key to a successful date is thoughtful conversation. But in times like these, locating that key amid the patchwork of memes, passwords, fanatical behaviors and psychological scarring that fills our minds can be difficult. Luckily, if world-class conversationalists are stylish yet weatherproof furniture, then the Almanac is the veranda of a rich southern land baron—i.e., we got you.Here are some conversation starters to try with your next hot date.1. Warm ups. ’Cause you gotta spark a flame to start a fire.Do I know you?What is your name?How are you?Are you lactose intolerant?2. If you’ve gotten this far it’s likely the date is going well, and you’re probably about halfway through a coffee and/or ham sandwich. It’s time to get to know what your date is passionate about, and show them how cultural and smart you are.What is your favorite movie?Have you seen that video online with the lawnmower and that goat?Did it upset you?Did you finish watching it, anyway?If Rocky Balboa and Clubber Lang were in a hot dog eating contest, who would win?If Rocky got in a bar fight with Rambo, who would win?What if Rambo was wielding a broken pool cue?What if the Rocky that Rambo was fighting was from Rocky IV, and in peak condition after training to box Ivan Drago?Do you think it’s implied that Rocky dies after the end of “Creed,” or do you think it’s possible a few months of pushups and eating raw eggs could see Rocky make a full recovery from cancer?3. Closers. These are the figurative left hooks to end your date with. If all rounds of the date have gone well thus far, it’s important to throw the knockout questions and express interest in a second outing.Would explicitly showing Rocky die at the end of “Creed” be in bad taste, or a painful but necessary step in ensuring the future protection of an American cultural legacy?Do you think that scene from the first “Rocky” movie when Rocky doesn’t let Adrian leave his apartment until she kisses him is sexual assault, or an awkward but romantic moment that just doesn’t reflect well on him under current social norms?Have you ever seen the movie “Rocky?”What about the sequels?Have you ever been so excited about something that you were afraid if you did it and nobody was around to watch over you that you might accidentally hurt yourself in your fit of excitement because you were just so passionate about a certain topic and to experience it in its pure form would be like mainlining a potent drug?Are you interested in watching every training montage from the “Rocky” franchise, back-to-back, including “Creed,” with the lights off and the volume at full blast?
(01/12/17 11:12pm)
Oliver Smithies, a renowned geneticist, Nobel laureate and former UW-Madison professor, died Tuesday at the age of 91.
(01/12/17 5:55pm)
UW-Madison Police Department’s police horse, Vegas, died Tuesday after more than one year of suffering from Degenerative Suspensory Ligament Disease.