Doyle focuses on economy, legacy in final State of the State Address
(01/27/10 6:00am)
Gov. Jim Doyle spoke to state lawmakers and Wisconsin citizens Tuesday night in his annual State of the State Address.
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Waisman center receives stem-cell research grant
(01/27/10 6:00am)
The Waisman Clinical Biomanufacturing Facility at UW-Madison received an $8.8 million contract award from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. The grant will help fund innovative stem-cell production technology in laboratories and clinical trials.
Students should stop fretting about body image, focus on health
(01/25/10 6:00am)
Apparently, ears can be sexy. I was under the ignorant impression that so long as your ears did not evoke childhood memories of Dumbo's flight, stick out from your neck, or you know, weren't there, ears were unimportant to overall attractiveness. I know, you must be thinking, ""What rock have I been living under?"" According to Heidi Montag, one of the reality celebs that make headlines by creating a ""situation,"" she did not have sexy ears until she went under the knife for 10 simultaneous procedures to perfect her body. The procedures included a neck liposuction, breast augmentation revision and a brow lift, the but for Montag, they do not seem to be enough. For now, it's the new year, new her, but she claims that surgery will still be necessary down the road.
Mash-ups add up to little more than ripoffs
(01/25/10 6:00am)
Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away (""Ready are you? Wh-wh-what know you of ready?"" interjects Yoda backed by a dubstep beat), technology became so advanced that artists could take the creative work of countless others and splice them together in new, trendy ways. These new, flashy packages became the ‘hip' to music's old ‘hop,' spontaneously sparking dance parties using the least likely of characters.
Doyle introduces new basic health-care plan
(01/22/10 6:00am)
Gov. Jim Doyle introduced a health-care plan Thursday aiming to cover thousands of low-income, childless adults, but critics questioned a lack of details about the plan.
Downtrodden Nittany Lions next test for UW
(01/22/10 6:00am)
After narrowly avoiding their first multi-game losing streak of the season against Michigan, the Badgers shift their focus to their second meeting of the season with Penn State Sunday.
OpenCourseWare brings both new benefits and questions to universities
(01/19/10 6:00am)
Today is the time to mine the Internet for higher education resources. Just recently, California passed a law requiring that all college textbooks be available in electronic form by 2020. Some institutions have taken steps no less progressive. MIT, for example, has successfully run its OpenCourseWare (OCW) project for eight years, injecting a rare dose of philanthropy into higher education. By offering its course content online for free, MIT initiated the noble cause of open course projects. Many top universities, including Yale and Carnegie Mellon, have since joined the party. However, ideas to take the project further are somewhat more controversial.
Badgers get ready for Big Ten Season
(12/15/09 6:00am)
While most students head to cars, buses and airports and head home for a relaxing winter break, the Wisconsin men's basketball team's season trudges on with three more nonconference games, followed by the beginning of its Big Ten schedule.
Honorable Mention - Missy ""Misdemeanor"" Elliott
(12/10/09 6:00am)
In the male-dominated universe of '00s hip-hop, Missy ""Misdemeanor"" Elliott broke through. She did so while rejecting hip-hop's submissive role for women while neither erasing her gender identity nor draining her persona of sexuality in the least. And just as significantly, she did it all with a body that was far from the fallacious female ""ideal"" that continues to be pumped into Americans' consciousnesses by male rappers' videos. Elliott emerged from the '90s with a few mostly down-tempo hits like ""The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"" and ""She's a Bitch"" under her belt, but beginning with So Addictive, the Missy Elliott of the '00s was more club anthem-oriented. The beats were provided by pre-superstar Timbaland, a childhood friend, and Elliott's rapping was inspired and, as in ""Work It,"" occasionally done in an apparently made-up language. Plus she was capable of singing without embarrassing herself, which can't be said of Jay-Z, Eminem or most other huge '00s rappers who tried it. Her videos also did their part to keep things strangely interesting in MTV's TRL era, like in ""Pass That Dutch"" when she appears as a scarecrow and performs under a flying saucer, or the phenomenal ""Get Ur Freak On"" when her head jumps off her body via a serpentine 20-foot neck. In that song, Elliott raps, ""Ain't no stopping me / Copywritten so don't copy me."" In the '00s, no one could.
Letter to the Editor: ""Coastie"" insults fester with anti-Semitism
(12/07/09 6:00am)
At my language table, we discussed ""what is a Coastie?"" Recently, thanks to the MySpace musical sensation ""What's a Coastie?,"" this question has once again become the heated topic of a campus-wide conversation. Participating in this debate, a soon-to-be PhD student at the table offered up his definition of a Coastie. He proceeded to describe the BlackBerry toting, Ugg boot donning, North Face fleece sporting, Starbucks drinking girl we have all come to love to make fun of. Oh, and he was sure to include that she had to be a Jewish woman from New York. As a Jewish woman from New York City, I felt that this last inclusion was a bit unfair, but I generally agreed with his description of the Coastie on campus, so I ignored this last comment. Plus, even I enjoy poking fun at the Coastie type. Uninterrupted, the student delivered his punch line—he had created a scheme in which he would create yellow stars of David with the word COASTIE inscribed inside it. He would pass them out (free of charge!) to every Coastie he saw so that they could wear it on their chest...just like in Europe during World War II. I was—I am—in total shock and remain completely appalled.
No letdown for UW with easy lopsided win over Grambling
(12/07/09 6:00am)
The Badgers (6-1) breezed through a cool-down game at the Kohl Center Saturday, beating Grambling State 79-46 behind 20 points on 6-of-11 shooting from senior guard Trevon Hughes.
'90s kids truly the 'Greatest Generation'
(12/03/09 6:00am)
I'm a huge proponent of the History Channel. Sometimes there's nothing better after a long day of toiling over mind-numbingly exhausting classes than sitting down and letting the History Channel indulge me with its infinite wisdom without even asking me to read a few hundred pages for tomorrow after the show ends. Recently, a special came on regarding the ""greatest generation"" and the hardship they endured to ensure you and I can shove double cheeseburgers down our throats while Facebooking until our eyeballs bleed. For those of you who aren't too keen on your generational knowledge, if you're in college right now, your grandparents were most likely part of the Greatest Generation.
Madison's finest spice up 'Oprah' episodes
(11/23/09 6:00am)
The Facts of Life
Lawmakers look for BadgerCare alternative
(11/18/09 6:00am)
An increased demand for health insurance and a large waiting list for the BadgerCare Core Plus Plan has prompted the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to propose a ""bare bones"" plan for poor, childless adults.
What we've learned from the NFL's first half
(11/18/09 6:00am)
We've just crossed the hump of the NFL season. After figuring out where teams were in the first half of the season, most have now found their identity and are either positioning themselves for the playoffs, a wild card race or a draft pick. Each and every NFL season presents its unique aspects, so here is what I've thought of the first half or so of the year.
College football rivalries stand above other sports
(11/12/09 6:00am)
There's nothing better than a great college football rivalry game.
Rodgers not worthy of praise from Packers
(11/10/09 6:00am)
Being a displaced sports fan creates many annoying situations. You hear a lot more about the hometown teams than you want to, you get a lot of biases about how good the local teams are and you're stuck watching Packers-Lions on Sunday afternoons instead of a good game.
NBA offers exciting regular season storylines
(11/06/09 6:00am)
As a self-proclaimed NBA fanatic, it's frustrating when year after year I'm unable to convince most people to follow the league's regular season. This is especially difficult with a packed NFL schedule and the World Series going on at the same time.
Students disconnected from state-level politics
(11/06/09 6:00am)
President Barack Obama's image-driven 2008 campaign and his use of social media outlets fostered in young voters an interest in public policy rarely seen in today's political climate.
Students must maintain pressure on city issues
(11/04/09 6:00am)
Students on this campus have a lot to be proud of in the action taken at Tuesday's Common Council meeting.
