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(10/12/09 6:00am)
The Alcohol License Review Committee is one of the most
important bodies in Madison's government, tasked with coordinating
and implementing all alcohol related policies in the city. From
approving the liquor licenses of new bars to coordinating with
police, the ALRC has a lasting effect on how city residents use
alcohol. And when a city loves its alcohol as much as Madison,
there will always be a wealth of issues to deal with. Yet until
recently the voices of students have been comparatively absent on
the committee, with a non-voting student advisory position added
only last semester.
(10/06/09 6:00am)
While it is true that Walter Ellis' sample appears to have been
taken from the wrong inmate by the Department of Corrections over 8
years ago, it is not true that the samples which the DNA Databank
does not have but should have under the law is due to
""mismatches"" or ""incorrect filing."" Nor are they ""missing,""
as that term is commonly used. All indications are that the samples
were never collected or sent to the DNA Databank in the first
instance.
(10/06/09 6:00am)
Plans to renovate Peace Park on State Street may sound
appealing, but the estimated $1,000,000 price tag comes at a time
when we should be tightening our expenditures as a city. Expenses
that would not draw significant jobs or economic activity to
Madison should be scrutinized, not rubber-stamped. From a new
police training facility to the Edgewater development to a new
central library branch, the city is currently staring down plenty
of more beneficial multimillion-dollar projects.
(10/05/09 6:00am)
What is most disappointing about ""The Invention of Lying,"" the
latest comedy by Ricky Gervais, creator of ""The Office"" and
""Extras,"" is that it comes so close to being as brilliant as its
premise. Gervais' protagonist, Mark Bellison, lives in a world
where people never developed the ability to lie. The result is a
society without mistrust, without fiction and without that which
becomes the focal point of the plot: religion. The idea that
religion cannot exist in an exclusively truthful world is both
subversive and fascinating, but unfortunately the concept is never
fully fleshed out.
(09/13/09 6:00am)
By many accounts, the Dodos' second album, Visiter, was
one of the most criminally underrated albums of 2008. Their
incendiary passion lit fires in their songs, and they paved a new
approach to psychedelic acoustic folk, inciting as much meaning
through mechanical ferocity as the songwriting itself. However, on
their newest release, Time to Die, the Dodos pull back on
the reins and present themselves in a much more meditative
manner.
(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.
(09/10/09 6:00am)
The UW Cinematheque kicked off its schedule for the fall
semester this past weekend with two films generally regarded as
cinematic masterpieces, though of very different species: Vincente
Minnelli's iconic musical ""Meet Me in St. Louis"" (1944) and the
Harold Lloyd silent comedy ""The Kid Brother"" (1927).
(09/09/09 6:00am)
UW-Madison stem-cell researcher and
professor of anatomy James Thomson worried little about the funding
for stem-cell research during President Bush's terms. He especially
did not think it impacted the amount of people involved in
stem-cell research.
(09/08/09 6:00am)
One of my favorite professors here likes to talk about how, in
international politics, style is substance. He says that when
global leaders interact, their strategies and appearances can be
just as important as what they actually achieve.
(09/03/09 6:00am)
If you want to put a positive spin on it, you might say the
Wisconsin football team is ""flying under the radar"" as the 2009
season starts.
(09/03/09 6:00am)
During the off-season, the top question on most fans' minds was
simple: who starts at quarterback?
(08/24/09 6:00am)
In this unbreakably conservative country of ours,
the endless search for ""middle ground"" is deemed to be among the
noblest of political pursuits. Mixing your opponents' ideas with
your own to create a recipe of consensus is rewarded with accolades
from the media and, by extension, the opinion polls. Yes, the
American political system has an almost irresistible tendency
toward bipartisanship.
(08/02/09 6:00am)
The UW Cinematheque concluded its annual Pan-African Film
Festival on July 30 with Juju Factory,"" a Congolese/Belgian film
originally released in 2007. The Cinematheque's summer schedule,
while much too brief, provides us with the invaluable opportunity
to catch international films we may never again be able to see. Yet
""Juju Factory,"" which isn't currently available on DVD or on the
Internet, proved that it warranted screening for reasons beyond its
relative obscurity.
(07/30/09 6:00am)
In this unbreakably conservative country of ours, the endless
search for middle ground"" is deemed to be among the noblest of
political pursuits. Mixing your opponents' ideas with your own to
create a recipe of consensus is rewarded with accolades from the
media and, by extension, the opinion polls. Yes, the American
political system has an almost irresistible tendency toward
bipartisanship.
(07/30/09 6:00am)
In this unbreakably conservative country of ours,
the endless search for ""middle ground"" is deemed to be among the
noblest of political pursuits. Mixing your opponents' ideas with
your own to create a recipe of consensus is rewarded with accolades
from the media and, by extension, the opinion polls. Yes, the
American political system has an almost irresistible tendency
toward bipartisanship.
(07/19/09 6:00am)
The cabaret that is American politics has always
been a little more flamboyant than the rest of the world's.
Somehow, the infidelity of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford was as
important as the rather peculiar Iranian elections. The Iranian
elections reeked of potential revolution. They were a sign of hope
in the Middle East and around the world. But this would-be
revolution was still sharing time on cable news with our own
Republican Romeo, a man destined to fall just as fast as
Shakespeare's star-crossed lover. If it weren't for President
Obama's push for universal health care and the Supreme Court
hearings of Sonya Sotomayor, we would probably still be hearing
about Sanford's tryst in South America and its political
ramifications.
(07/19/09 6:00am)
The cabaret that is American politics has always been a little
more flamboyant than the rest of the world's. Somehow, the
infidelity of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford was as important as
the rather peculiar Iranian elections. The Iranian elections reeked
of potential revolution. They were a sign of hope in the Middle
East and around the world. But this would-be revolution was still
sharing time on cable news with our own Republican Romeo, a man
destined to fall just as fast as Shakespeare's star-crossed lover.
If it weren't for President Obama's push for universal health care
and the Supreme Court hearings of Sonya Sotomayor, we would
probably still be hearing about Sanford's tryst in South America
and its political ramifications.
(07/10/09 6:00am)
The following should be made clear right away: Madison doesn't
figure very prominently in this, the latest film directed by
UW-Madison alum Michael Mann. The Capitol serves as the backdrop
for a brief press conference delivered by J. Edgar Hoover (Billy
Crudup) and Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale). The scene lasts all of
30 seconds or so. Now that this disappointing fact has been
established, it should also be said that the other 8,370 seconds of
Public Enemies"" are pretty remarkable in their own right.
(06/03/09 6:00am)
Hi! My name is Erica Andrist, and I like sex. What can I say? I
like sex in the missionary position, I like sex standing up... I
think overall I'm pretty flexible.
(06/03/09 6:00am)
Hi! My name is Erica Andrist, and I like sex.
What can I say? I like sex in the missionary position, I like sex
standing up… I think overall I'm pretty flexible.
