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(06/28/10 6:00am)
For many first-year students, leaving home to attend a big
university can be spine tingling, nerve racking or nostalgia
invoking. Some cannot wait to escape their drama-infused friend
group or parents' control while others cringe at the thought of
departing from a place so comforting and familiar. Wherever on the
college ""can't wait"" continuum you find yourself, the concept of
""home"" will inevitably change, and the best thing to do is to let
it happen.
(06/28/10 6:00am)
The ongoing debate over the ultimate college experience
continues to inspire death matches across campus. Badgers
throughout Madison argue and defend the seemingly rat-infested pit
that is Witte or the first-class, ritzy hotel that is Smith (where
are the bell men?) against the students who find comfort in the
small, almost hobbit-hole homes that make up the Lakeshore
neighborhood.
(05/04/10 6:00am)
Are you struggling to find a likeable personality, feeling
lonely or just plain socially inept? Do you feel jealous and
helpless on weekend nights, silently sobbing to yourself as you
peek through the blinds of your dorm or apartment at the site of
drunken and happy-go-lucky students squiring about the town? If so,
you've got two decent options for stopping the vicious cycle of
unwanted self-isolation. You could try your luck at becoming a
reclusive savant, a modern-day Rain Man if you will, using the time
not spent socializing to master an incredible talent like gambling
or chess. Or just take the much easier, albeit less impressive
route; join a fraternity.
(04/29/10 6:00am)
In a brash and controversial move regarding tomorrow's Mifflin
Street Block Party, the school's favorite binge-drinking holiday,
the city of Madison has banned the sale of alcohol from today
through Sunday. The decision, based on the standard fears of
arrests, vandalism, deaths and injuries related to mass alcohol
consumption, will certainly have severe implications toward the
partygoing community. Ned Cheever, 87, of City Hall, one of the
people who voted for this year's drying-out of Mifflin, explained
their decision.
(04/23/10 6:00am)
Earlier this month, the watchdog group Security on Campus
lobbied for Congress to amend sexual assault acts so universities
would have to disclose the total number of sexual assault hearings
that occur on campus. The legislation would narrow the Clery Act,
which requires universities to report information on crime that
occurs on and around campus.
(04/20/10 6:00am)
I'm naturally competitive by nature (though I could totally be
less competitive than anybody! Anybody!) and this weekly column has
not done much to diminish that competitive spirit within me. Week
in and week out, I have to stare in defeat as I view The Daily
Cardinal website's ""Most Read"" tab and see the Friday Sex Column
(written expertly by Erica Andrist) pummeling my unfunny Thursday
column into the ground. What have I done wrong? Well, who am I
kidding. It's not me. It's you. Yeah, you. Readers like you who
love the explosions, the car chases and, oh yes, the sex. That sexy
sex. Yes, you're salivating right now at just the mention of the
word. If I'm ever going to take down the ""Most Read"" crown, it's
going to be through sex, and lots of it.
(04/14/10 6:00am)
Of the sexual assaults reported last year at UW-Madison, more
than 60 percent of the victims were attacked by someone they
knew.
(04/13/10 6:00am)
Jocker Spaniel
(04/12/10 6:00am)
Someone once said that college is an adventure and only you hold
the map that shows the path to success. That ""someone"" was an
ex-con turned motivational speaker who completed two hours of his
court-ordered community service by speaking at my eighth grade
graduation. Despite his teardrop tattoo and missing fingers, I took
the advice of Henry ""T-Bone"" Watkins to heart; he was genuine and
emphatic and said anyone who didn't listen to his advice ""IS GONNA
GET STABBED.""
(04/12/10 6:00am)
Someone once said that college is an adventure and only you hold
the map that shows the path to success. That ""someone"" was an
ex-con turned motivational speaker who completed two hours of his
court-ordered community service by speaking at my eighth grade
graduation. Despite his teardrop tattoo and missing fingers, I took
the advice of Henry ""T-Bone"" Watkins to heart; he was genuine and
emphatic and said anyone who didn't listen to his advice ""IS GONNA
GET STABBED.""
(04/07/10 6:00am)
A constant countdown clock ticks away the time separating
UW-Madison students from Election Day on the NatUP 2010 website.
Within a week the decision to give birth to a new and fresh member
of the University of Wisconsin family of buildings rests in the
hands of those attending it. Will you vote in favor of the NatUP
proposal, or will you suck the life out of the futuristic drawings
designed to give voters a sneak peek into the potential athletic
facility to come? The decision depends on a few important factors;
the most significant being the simple, campus-wide notion that an
online referendum is taking place April 12 through the 14 regarding
renovations to the Natatorium (the gym on that other end of campus
used by those residing in Lakesnore).
(03/23/10 6:00am)
Sex Out Loud's 7 Sexiest Badgers
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In their last game at the Kohl Center senior guards Jason
Bohannon and Trevon Hughes said farewell the only way they know
how: with style.
(02/23/10 6:00am)
Every once in awhile, I am so excited or distraught (or both) by
something I see or hear that I must break the traditions I have
made for myself as a Page Two columnist.
(02/16/10 6:00am)
Now that this year's rental rush is, for the most part, over,
it's important to begin reflecting on your current living
situation. Things probably aren't as rosy as you thought they would
be when you decided to sign the lease on your apartment or
house.
(02/16/10 6:00am)
I'm a senior who
needs to figure out a place to live next year. What are some of the
various advantages to the different living options around the
campus area?
(02/11/10 6:00am)
I was on my way back to the dorms after a vigorous day of
protesting those crazy liberal protestors down at the Capitol with
my buddy Carl from the local gun club, when I stumbled across my
floormate working on some big biology project. He was really having
a hard time with it because he said it involved a lot of research
and source-checking and stuff of that matter. He asked me to read
it over and tell him what I thought about it, which surprised me
because people usually don't ask for my input on just about
anything, but I obliged. I read it over, and I won't lie, there was
a lot of scienc-y stuff in there. About three-quarters the way
through I realized he was writing about the stuff my ma and pa told
me to steer clear of. I am speaking, of course, about evolution.
When I realized the sin I had just committed, I immediately dropped
what I was reading (which actually wasn't a fantastic idea because
it was his brand new MacBook). He got real mad after I did that and
got up lookin' for a fight, I suppose. Usually I'm prepared for
such confrontations, but I quickly realized I left my concealable
spray can of bear mace in my bear-hunting jacket (what was I
thinking?). Bummer. I'm really not all that big of a guy but I'm
quick as a hot-to-trot buck during the rut, so I just kind of ran
away at that point.
(02/09/10 6:00am)
A proposed student tenant resource center was removed from the
Associated Students of Madison's budget last week, and ASM members
will vote to finalize that budget Wednesday.
