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Donning my Christmas sweater early this year

I will admit that I am a tad off my rocker when it comes to the holiday season. I start jammin’ to Frank Sinatra’s Christmas Legends album way before I’ve indulged in four different pies, turkey, stuffing and an abundance of potatoes on turkey day ( ’round abouts Sept. 16 to be exact). Insane? Maybe. But for me, nothing can cheer me up like hearing Frank sing “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” as I huff and puff my way up Bascom.

Roommates tackle, deter burglars

Football: Axemen: Battle for Paul Bunyan’s Axe set in the 121st meeting between Wisconsin and Minnesota

This weekend’s battle for Paul Bunyan’s Axe will make the 121st meeting between Wisconsin (3-2 Big Ten, 7-2 overall) and Minnesota (1-4. 2-7), the first coming all the way back in 1890.

Gloves off at "SoLe Sanctuary"

Savion Glover nearly stomped through the floorboards of the Wisconsin Union Theater's floorboards Thursday evening, followed by multiple standing ovations from the audience. Glover, a 37 year old tap dancer, actor and choreographer from New Jersey has incredible amount of expertise, which was immediately apparent through his performance.

Expanding my excuse repertoire

There is nothing worse than finding yourself being sucked into an activity or event that you have absolutely zero interest partaking in—except maybe an unintended night of drinking Sauvignon Blanc out of a chalice. The loathsome, sinking feeling when your heart drops so low you can feel it in your ass as you scramble to come up with some excuse as to why you cannot attend or fulfill a person’s request trumps several dreadful experiences that come to mind.

November: worst month ever

Ahh, November. With football games and good weather exhuasted the only legitimite reason for your alcoholism is because seasonal depression is about to set in, and we all know alcohol is an upper. Oblivious coasties will be walking around in a T-shirt and those Beats By Dre scarves that don’t even keep their necks warm. Us Midwesterners will sack up and wear sweatpants for weeks on end, complaining about how cold it is as we pass homeless guys passed out on top of a heating vent. Everyone will get pretty pumped about Thanksgiving, that great feast thousands of years ago when we traded with the Indians: land and corn for some hand-me-down blankets infested with small pox. God bless America.

Cuts to UW system demand attention

To say the University of Wisconsin System has reached its peak in the budget crisis is to repeat a recycled and ubiquitous headline currently echoing throughout the state. While the impressive elongation of Wisconsin’s funding drought has started to drown out the severity of any new budget cuts, this editorial board recognizes that the funding storm currently hovering over the UW System—and the causalities sure to result from it—deserve immediate attention.

Need for English tutors not met

Last year, Hannah Goodno showed her Conversational English class episodes of “How I Met Your Mother,” “Modern Family” and sketches from “Saturday Night Live.”

Top-notch film threatens rating taboo

I remember the old posters that used to hang in movie theater lobbies explaining the Motion Picture Association of America ratings system to patrons-a vertical ladder of movie ratings G through NC-17 accompanied by cartoon renditions of the appropriate audiences for each.

Following the football

Five UW-Madison industrial engineering students, Kyle Brown, Tom Best, Ross Glodowski, Matt Kopetsky and Silas Bernardoni, attended an end-of-the-year barbeque last spring when they threw around the idea of one day owning a bus. The desire was not just to own any bus, but rather a bus that could elevate the spirit of Badger game days to a whole new level.  

Watching the 'Days' fly by

New campus-area apartment complex plan proposed

Members of the Urban Design Commission discussed initial plans for a new student housing apartment complex on the corner of Dayton and Brooks Wednesday.

Toll roads best way to fund highways

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How the Internet is e-nnoying

Don't get me wrong; the Internet is a great tool. It answers questions like, ""What is a clitoris?"" (For those wondering, the clitoris is a mythical part of the female anatomy). There are tools like Sparknotes, Google Maps and YouTube (For those wondering, YouTube is an online video site that piggybacks off the idea of the ever-popular YouJizz).

The guy at the door

It's a Saturday night and your big moment has finally come. You've been growing your scrubby facial hair out for the last two weeks, and you're wearing shades to cover up your bright blue eyes, even though your fake ID says they're brown. Yes, tonight is the night you finally get into Wando's bar in Madison, and now there's only one obstacle standing in your way.  His name: Jbob Immel.  His job: Experienced bouncer, the guy keeping you the fuck out.

Beginning of year shows instability within ASM

The Associated Students of Madison is having a rough month. Since new leadership took over in the summer, ASM gave birth to a somewhat heretical student government and in turn received harsh but justified criticisms from members of the 17th session. Former ASM Chair Brandon Williams even tweeted, ""It might just be me, but the @asmstudentgovt is starting to look and feel a lot like the WISPIRG office. Take it or leave it."" While bold, the tweet is probably true.

Ward welcome for one more year

The question surrounding Interim Chancellor David Ward's term length recently surfaced as UW-Madison's University Committee requested he stay an additional year. While the interim position is only allotted a single-year term during a search and screen process, members of the UW faculty argue Ward's background, collegiate experience and national insight put him in the best position to lead UW-Madison through Wisconsin's rocky political climate.

Nothing wrong with graduating in church

Last Week, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the graduation of Brookfield East and Brookfield Central held at Elmbrook Church did not violate any laws. The panel reasoned that the ceremony did not contain any religious content, so the public school did not endorse religion of any kind.

Lost in the supermarket of life: A love letter to London Calling

I was about 12 years old when I began my long and contentious, co-dependent relationship with the Clash's London Calling. Only recently have I realized that it has loomed larger in my life than all but a few friends or family members. Over the last nine years, I've listened to that album hundreds of times. In the last month alone, I must have put it on a dozen times or more. Only one of my friendships has lasted as long, and sadly, I haven't spoken to that particular friend since January.