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(10/15/09 6:00am)
Homecoming 2009 will provide opportunities for just about
everybody. Numerous alumni will use the weekend to come back and
stake out the old stomping grounds, student organizations will
build up their floats and march them through the annual Homecoming
Parade, and the student section will gets a few extra chances to
bow down in gratitude to athletes and teams from the past. The team
itself will use the week to lean heavily on their ""one game at a
time"" mantra, reminding everybody that this is just another week
and just another opponent, albeit a good one.
(10/15/09 6:00am)
Today, during peak Internet-usage hours at a local apartment off
of University Avenue, Junior Alex Rothman came to a disturbingly
apparent realization. Rothman, 20, red-faced and teeth gritted,
stared irately at his Macbook-Pro screen as it struggled to muster
the Wi-Fi necessary to display his Facebook Newsfeed, and suddenly
realized it. ""I'm just not happy when my internet speed falls
below a certain level, just the thought of a total loss of Internet
connection scares me far more than global warming and North Korea
combined.""
(10/14/09 6:00am)
In his 1971 novel ""Rabbit Redux,"" John Updike thrusts his
estranged hero, Rabbit, into the climax of the space race. Rabbit
finds himself, like many other Americans, observing the first steps
on the moon. Stuck on the ground, Rabbit ruminates, ""I know it's
happened, but I don't feel anything yet."" The monumental space
race defined a generation, spurring imaginations to move beyond the
previous boundaries of reality into an unknown. But how do we
define and categorize such an accomplishment in human terms?
(10/12/09 6:00am)
Ugh, finally home. Oh shit, those are definitely women's flip
flops on the rug. Crap. This can only mean one thing: She's
here.
(10/05/09 6:00am)
Contrary to popular belief, the end of human kind
will not come suddenly, taking the shape of a mushroom cloud in the
red sky. The destruction of society is already underway, and you
can see it at the library, in lecture halls, on Bascom hill,
walking Charter Street and in State Street cafés.
(10/02/09 6:00am)
High Noon Saloon
(10/02/09 6:00am)
Acouple weeks ago, a crowd of conservatives held one of those
tea party events in Milwaukee, the kind where they wave signs
around decrying Obama's health-care reform plan and shouting words
like ""socialism"" and ""death panels."" One of the speakers at
this self-titled ""angry mob"" rally was Milwaukee County Executive
Scott Walker, who is currently seeking the Republican nomination
for governor.
(10/01/09 6:00am)
The Pub, formerly known as ""The Pube,"" underwent an ambitious
makeover this summer. The result is a respectable establishment
that now boasts high-definition televisions and cushioned seating
instead of picnic tables, but maintains plenty of dart boards, pool
tables, open space and relatively cheap drinks.
(09/27/09 6:00am)
Coming into Saturday's game, most of the talk was about
Wisconsin's chances of slowing down the Spartans' prolific passing
offense. At day's end, however, it was the Badgers' signal caller
who made the big impression.
(09/22/09 6:00am)
Each year, Wisconsin football fans are forced to hear and read
about how weak Big Ten football is. Unfortunately, as the Big Ten
schedule begins this weekend, we'll be hearing more of the
same.
(09/22/09 6:00am)
Snarf: a character in the popular mid-1980s animated show
ThunderCats, or the word I have to start this column with after
losing a drinking-induced bet to my friends Saturday night.
(09/18/09 6:00am)
DNA from 12,000 convicted felons is missing from the statewide
DNA database, according to a memo from the Wisconsin Department of
Justice released Wednesday.
(09/17/09 6:00am)
Law school is hell. Ask your average first year what their life
is like, and chances are their answer will involve screaming,
incoherent frustrated mutterings and a whimper or two. Maybe even a
little sobbing. Law students start off with a huge workload that
fails to let up until they graduate three years later. And even
after that wondrous graduation day, there is still the looming
spectacle of the bar exam hanging over them, just waiting to
squeeze that last extra teaspoon of life out of those enterprising
legal minds.
(09/10/09 6:00am)
The Ohio State -USC matchup, Oklahoma's week one implosion, and
BCS busters are on everyone's mind heading into week two.
(09/07/09 6:00am)
Jay-Z is a hustler. I could cite dozens of his lyrics
self-proclaiming such (especially pertinent to this column's topic,
""I'm more Frank Lucas than Ludacris""), but the more music that
comes and goes, the more the evidence supports his claims.
(09/04/09 6:00am)
Some time ago, a friend of mine took issue with a comment I made
about Madison's sometimes testy relationship with its business
community, disputing my claim that the city could be less than
friendly towards many of its economic engines from time to time.
Recently I found my exhibit A in the trials of the proposed Badger
Hall of Fame Grill from Scott Acker, owner of the Quaker Steak and
Lube restaurant in Middleton, who had planned to open a restaurant
in University Square. But now it is doubtful the restaurant will
ever open, due to the intense hassle Acker has had to go through to
open its doors.
(09/04/09 6:00am)
Some sex columnists use cheap techniques, using words like HOT
ANAL PENIS BOOBS VAGINA SEX to get your attention. I'm above
that.
(09/04/09 6:00am)
Some sex columnists use cheap techniques, using words like HOT
ANAL PENIS BOOBS VAGINA SEX to get your attention. I'm above
that.
(09/04/09 6:00am)
Some time ago, a friend of mine took issue with a comment I made
about Madison's sometimes testy relationship with its business
community, disputing my claim that the city could be less than
friendly towards many of its economic engines from time to time.
Recently I found my exhibit A in the trials of the proposed Badger
Hall of Fame Grill from Scott Acker, owner of the Quaker Steak and
Lube restaurant in Middleton, who had planned to open a restaurant
in University Square. But now it is doubtful the restaurant will
ever open, due to the intense hassle Acker has had to go through to
open its doors.
(09/03/09 6:00am)
Now, I'm not one to claim I can foresee the future. I'm
certainly no psychic, but I did watch two episodes of ""Crossing
over with Jonathan Edwards"" once. I also totally called that Lance
Bass was gay. Swish!
