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(01/23/12 4:14am)
When Newt Gingrich triumphantly challenged President Obama to seven, three-hour Lincoln-Douglas style debates in early December, the prospect appeared to coincide with his image as the intellectual Republican candidate. Yet since his impressive performances in GOP debates, the professorial Gingrich appeal has tapered significantly. His disappointing fourth-place finish in the Iowa Caucus-due, in part, to a horde of negative advertisements in the state-shattered any hopes of the utopian, debate-based primary Gingrich desired. A strong showing in Florida could give a jolt of energy to his candidacy, but with a limited war chest and reservations about his personal life, Gingrich would best avoid buying new milk.
(01/23/12 2:07am)
I want to tell you about my roommate. For those three of you who
read my column on a regular basis, you know she, Claire, functions
as a constant source of amusement. Yes, she most definitely has a
sparkling sense of humor, but a sizeable chunk of this
entertainment is of the accidental variety, which is to say Claire
makes a fool of herself quite often.
(01/23/12 2:04am)
January 25, 1973
(12/06/11 5:16am)
Abortion: my favorite thing to watch people bicker about via the
comfortable anonymity of the Internet. Discourse in various comment
sections and discussion boards has enlightened me to the fact that
pro-choice liberals are "cold-hearted baby-killers," while pro-life
conservatives are "soulless misogynistic slavers." This surprised
me, because, I had always thought of liberals as those friendly
tree-huggers and conservatives as the freedom lovers.
(12/05/11 2:15am)
Cameron Crowe was once regarded as a seminal modern American
filmmaker. He spent the ‘80s and ‘90s producing some of the most
beloved films of those respective decades. In the 80's Crowe began
his film career by adapting a screenplay from his non-fiction book
"Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A True Story," a chronicle of the
lives of six different teenagers, which Crow secretly re-enrolled
in high school at the age of 22 in order to capture.
(12/01/11 1:56am)
Well people, it’s officially December. I’ve recently developed a
love/hate relationship with this month, and I can’t decide if I
should be excited or not. We college students get to spend the bulk
of it furiously studying for finals and catching up on a semester’s
worth of work we really shouldn’t have gotten behind in. But when
that’s all over, we’re rewarded with a trip home, CHRISTMAS and a
solid month of break.
(11/30/11 4:38am)
My parents never gave me "the talk." Based on the awkward
stories I've heard and knowing my own parents, I think I'm pretty
lucky. The fallopian tubes scene from the Amanda Bynes movie
"Sydney White" never happened, nor did the tennis conversation from
"American Pie." I would probably have locked myself in my room with
Fall Out Boy's "7 Minutes in Heaven" blaring if they had tried.
(11/30/11 2:49am)
Wisconsin is closer to Brussels than one might think. Despite the geographical difference, the fate of the European Union and the Land of Cheese are closely connected, and Wisconsinites have ample reason to closely monitor the worsening debt situation in Greece and Italy. In 2010, 19 percent of Wisconsin goods exports went to the 27 member nations of the EU, more than the total exports to Canada, Japan, Brazil and China combined. In 2009, around 36,800 jobs in Wisconsin were supported by direct foreign investment from France, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. And the EU as a whole accounted for $5.1 billion (37 percent) of direct foreign investment in Wisconsin in 2007.
(11/02/11 6:12am)
I am going to start this off with a confession: I, Elliot Jack
Morris, have never in my life been to either the SERF or the Nat.
I walk past the SERF ever day with a feeling of guilt that I’m
trashing my body internally by rarely demonstrating any physical
exertion. Still, however soul-crushing this feeling is, it’s never
quite enough to actually get my ass to the gym like my arteries
crave so desperately.
(11/02/11 5:32am)
In a town filled with first-time renters and an uncountable
number and variety of landlords, we as students have come to expect
a few things. Namely, we’ve grown to accept that those big
companies—Madison Property Management, in particular— will look to
exploit at every turn the naivete and ignorance of their
tenants.
(10/24/11 6:00am)
While skimming channels the other day with a girl friend of mine
(note the space, friend first, girl second), she alerted me to an
intriguing phenomenon by asking me, Why are you stopping here? This
movie sucks."" The movie in question was ""2 Fast 2 Furious,"" a
ferociously bad movie that would please only the truest
auto-maniacs. The reason I had stopped was not due to an
aesthetically pleasing automobile, nor was it the witty
back-and-forth dialogue between esteemed singer/actor Tyrese and
Paul ""the guy who was in the first 'Fast and the Furious' not
named Vin Diesel"" Walker.
(10/24/11 6:00am)
""While anti-Semitism has indeed been shunned by the civilized
world, things are quite different in the Muslim/Arab world, because
anti-Semitism is an integral part of their religion and
culture.""
(10/24/11 6:00am)
Three women sit on a bench outside of a the small-town diner where
they work as waitresses. They start up what appears to be a
conversation familiar to them. Dawn: ""But now here you are
[Jenna], married to this handsome guy … who's got very good hair,
and pregnant with a little girl. But neither of us would trade
places with you for one second, now would we Becky?""
(10/21/11 8:01pm)
SCIENCE
(10/19/11 6:00am)
At a time when they are cutting at least an additional $65 million
from the UW System on top of $250 million of previously announced
cuts, Republicans took aim yet again at the UW at this week's
public hearing of the Assembly Colleges and Universities Committee.
The hearing was one of the most embarrassing meetings I've ever
been a part of in my 13-year legislative career.
(10/09/11 6:00am)
The populist revolution has swept across the Atlantic and stoked
the flames of discontent in several American cities, most notably
New York. From the Egyptian struggle against oppression that echoed
loud from Tahrir Square to the heroic standoff at
Benghazi, and from a Hazare-led fasting against
corruption in India to the Greek protests against austerity
measures, the world's population has been fighting against
oppression in all shapes and sizes. A commonnality
exists among these seemiingly varied movements—most of
these revolutionary events have been populist in nature,
representing the majority population against a minority of
extremely powerful people who call all the shots. It may be the
first time in history that a number of localized revolutions have
had such a common defining character.
(10/07/11 6:00am)
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).
(10/04/11 6:00am)
Wisconsin public school districts with sexual education programs
may no longer be required to inform students of contraceptive
information if a bill recommending abstinence-based education
passes the state legislature in the coming months.
(09/26/11 6:00am)
Restaurant on Rye
(09/25/11 6:00am)
Like most people, my mind tends to wander as I fall asleep at
night. Unlike most perfectly healthy 21-year-olds, my mind wanders
to, ""HOLY SHIT WHAT IF I DIE IN MY SLEEP TONIGHT?"" Perhaps all
the sodium from the Spicy Sweet Chili Doritos is going to my head,
but I can't help but worry about the possibility of dying before I
wake.
