Tuesday Timeout: Cheap shot corner
(03/05/07 6:00am)
The Ides of March have come early for the sports world, as three different players felt the wrath of ""cheap shots"" this past weekend.
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Uncle Earl’s yodeling not enough to mask awful lyrics
(03/01/07 6:00am)
Oh Uncle Earl, where to begin; the less than spectacular harmonizing, the not so inspiring lyrics and yodeling or the Mandarin Chinese?
Snow and sleet to frost over, shower on Madison this weekend
(02/23/07 6:00am)
Local meteorologists are forecasting a major winter weather system will enter Wisconsin Friday and pound the Madison area with snow, freezing rain and sleet all weekend.
Polar Plungers splash for Special Olympics
(02/16/07 6:00am)
This weekend students and residents from Madison plan to brave the cold and take an icy splash into the waters of Lake Monona in Madison's eighth annual Polar Plunge at Olin Turville Park.
More efficient crime lab needed
(02/14/07 6:00am)
It has been called the ""CSI Effect""—the tendency for law enforcement to rely too heavily on DNA evidence to back up their case. Unfortunately, DNA evidence is not always the magic bullet. Nevertheless, the CSI Effect has created a backlog of evidence, and the pile does not look like it will stop growing. In fact, the state Department of Justice says the backlog is now up to more than 1,700 cases.
Van Hollen moves to address crime lab backlog
(02/06/07 6:00am)
As Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen and Gov. Jim Doyle both focus on forensics and cleaning up the some-1,700 DNA cases backlogged at the state crime lab, ""CSI: Wisconsin"" seems less farfetched than one might think.
Physicists to ‘see’ extra dimensions
(02/04/07 6:00am)
UW-Madison physicists developed a new method of projecting possible shapes of extra dimensions, according to a study released Friday in Physical Review Letters.
Tuesday Timeout: Ask the Beat Writer
(01/29/07 6:00am)
Q: Was the tape on senior forward Alando Tucker's hand affecting his shooting the last few weeks?
Comparative lit dept.’s future reads unclear
(01/25/07 6:00am)
As the battle between the understaffed and underfunded in UW-Madison's Department of Comparative Literature and the College of Letters and Science drags on, the department may be in danger of being phased out, said a recent letter posted on the department's website.
Military history back on the radar at UW-Madison
(01/25/07 6:00am)
This spring, the UW-Madison history department will welcome a new professor. The position is for U.S. military history, a professorship that has been open for 15 years and is being filled just six months after a conservative journal said: ""Wisconsin doesn't actually want a military historian on its faculty.""
UW No. 2 producer of Peace Corps volunteers
(01/18/07 6:00am)
For the first time in over 20 years, UW-Madison is not the top-producing institution for Peace Corps volunteers.
Embattled sick leave policies will remain mostly intact, assembly reviewers say
(12/07/06 6:00am)
In response to the release of documents revealing millions of dollars amassed by state politicians in unclaimed sick days, the state Assembly reviewed a former policy Tuesday and has agreed to allow retroactive sick leave.
Cocaine bust called one of state’s largest
(11/26/06 6:00am)
Early Tuesday Nov. 21, police seized 41 kilograms of cocaine worth approximately $4 million and arrested three men in one of the largest drug busts in Wisconsin's history.
High profile coaches land on hot seat
(11/20/06 6:00am)
It seems that every year the beginning of college basketball season brings up the debate of various coaches around the NCAA being on the ""hot seat."" The patience of loyal fans has worn thin for these underachieving coaches, and their cry for change plays a big role in decisions made by their respective universities. This season is no different than any other, with a long list of potential coaching vacancies.
High-rise plan moving forward
(11/02/06 6:00am)
Madison's Urban Design Commission reviewed plans Wednesday for a new condominium on the corner of Bassett and Johnson Streets where Casa Bianca, 333 N. Bassett St. and Milio's, 454 W. Johnson St. are currently located.
Up next on Fox: Hunting for Punting
(10/30/06 6:00am)
It's never good to be ""that guy."" You know, that guy who always wears the fanny pack, or that guy who has the disgusting cough in class. It's especially not so impressive to be that guy who, 10 minutes before Spanish class, goes into the Van Hise vending machine area, buys and defrosts those packaged White Castle cheeseburgers and scarfs them down in the room just in time for the opening bell. In short, don't be that guy.
Clayton Hanson: Investing on and off the court
(10/25/06 6:00am)
Ninety-hour weeks? No problem, he's been doing it for years.
Scrimmage gives fans first look at Badgers
(10/25/06 6:00am)
The Wisconsin men's basketball team kicked off its preseason festivities Tuesday, playing probably a tougher opponent than it will play all regular season: itself.
Torre odd man out after too many postseason failures
(10/09/06 6:00am)
Ding dong, the witch is dead, the empire has fallen, the Yankees are out of the playoffs. The Tigers took the Bronx Bombers down in four games, culminating in an 8-3 victory Saturday afternoon.
Following Ann Arbor roadtrip, ‘old people’ can feel free to stay in their seats
(10/04/06 6:00am)
There's nothing quite like a car ride from Milwaukee to Ann Arbor, Mich. The picturesque scenery of Gary, Ind., bumper-to-bumper traffic on Interstate 80, and an abundance of Illinois tollways are enough to make watching the ""Golden Girls"" marathon seem like a good time.
