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This campus could use a few improvements

I'm relatively sure most students would agree that as gorgeous and wonderful as our campus is, it could benefit from a pretty serious makeover.

Keeping albums under lock a futile endeavor for most bands

Earlier this summer, an unforeseen surprise caused Christmas to come early for music geeks everywhere, and it presents two starkly contrasting approaches to the current music market. I was able to get my hands on Eminem's Relapse and Wilco's the album in the same week, but what made it such an unexpected celebration is the fact that Wilco's album wasn't supposed to come out until June, yet it matched Eminem's May 15 release.

Bonnie balances time between two loves

I used to sleep with him every night. He was warm, approachable, soft to the touch. He'd lie across my bed and gaze into my eyes with a longing usually reserved for a platter of chocolate chip cookies after dinner. He was my confidante, my companion, my second self. He was... Boopsie, my stuffed animal.

Over 77,000 Wis. residents lost health insurance in 2009

Over 77,000 Wisconsin residents lost their health insurance coverage in 2009 because of unemployment, according to statistics released Tuesday by Citizen Action of Wisconsin.

Hot older professors spark Jillian's interest

For the most part, people in my age bracket (""20-somethings"") look at elderly people—anyone over the age of 40, maybe 50 if they have aged well—as a completely different species.

Star-studded stunts beg for our attention

Unless you are illiterate, live in the center of the Earth, or are my whorish ex-girlfriend Sherry, then you most certainly heard about the tale of little Falcon Heene: the boy who had America holding its collective breath at the end of last week. For a few gripping hours, authorities believed the child had climbed inside a large weather balloon the family built, and had set sail almost 7,000 feet above the Earth. As it turns out, the family likely faked the whole ordeal as a publicity stunt to get their own TV show.

Hot older professors spark Jillian's interest

Premium channels could give fans better access to in-game player audio

When I would watch the NBA playoffs last spring, one of my favorite parts of the coverage was the ""wired"" segments from TNT and ESPN in which the networks would show three or four clips, mostly of head coaches yelling at their players or talking strategy with them during a timeout.

Better communication needed from ASM

One of the easiest things to do is to understand the basic idea of ASM. Any politician in a finely tailored suit would catch the essence of it: a student government. So like any other political entities, it suffers a great problem of public outreach. To most students on campus, ASM is no more than some confusing headlines. The organization has always been working hard to make changes. But their overtly political approaches rarely attract new fans.

Former walk-on Nzegwu beginning to make an impact

Talk to anyone from Platteville High School, and they'll say that sophomore Louis Nzegwu is one beast of a running back. But who, Badger fans may ask, is Louis Nzegwu? Isn't John Clay the Badgers' beast of a running back?

My roommate's girlfriend, as told by Matt

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.

Belittling others best cure for depression

 Has your life gotten so pathetic that the only bright spot to your day was looking down into the toilet and realizing you just shit in the shape of the first letter of your name? Is your existence so sad that you spend one day out of the week writing a Page 2 column about how your ex-girlfriend is a two-timing whore? These problems clearly aren't mine, but a close friend of mine (we'll call him Jon S. to preserve anonymity) recently expressed these concerns and said he's a bit down in the dumps. And how can't he be? The guy sounds pathetic.

BadgerCare Plus Core Plan forced to to waitlist applicants

Doyle: Doyle announced Monday that the BadgerCare Plus Core Plan will have to begin wait-listing applicants after Friday, Oct. 9. However, he promised a transition plan for wait-listed applicants.

BadgerCare Plus Core Plan forced to to waitlist applicants

The BadgerCare Plus Core Plan will begin wait-listing applicants after Friday, Oct. 9, Gov. Jim Doyle announced Monday at St. Mary's Hospital. Doyle promised a transition plan for wait-listed applicants.

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Table for two

It's Saturday night and your date is off to a good start. You've already gone to dinner; you've even held hands. But it's still early and you're not ready for the night to end. Thankfully Madison has several late-night date bars, all conveniently located in the King Street area near the picturesque Capitol, that are sure to make your date as pleasurable as possible.

Putting the 'men' back in women's rights

Jon came down with a terrible case of face herpes this week, so his extremely sexist twin brother Joe agreed to fill in for him today.

Some find UW mental-health care limited

Transferring to UW-Madison can be a stressful ordeal, but assimilating into Badger red when all you feel is blue is especially tough.

Unpopular SSFC Decision Tolerable

There are few organizations on campus that can puzzle students as much as the SSFC. Many people don't even know what it does (allocate a select amount of your segregated fee dollars to various eligible student groups) or for that matter what those letters stand for (Student Services Finance Committee). Those who do know tend to think of it as the most stereotypical of bureaucracies, the kind of group in which jargon is thrown around so often they almost speak a different language and you need to fill out three different forms just to get permission to sneeze (though with the looming threat of swine flu, additional paperwork may be required).

Badgers start Big Ten season with strong win

With the exception of a wobbly last four minutes of a game that had long been over, John Clay and Wisconsin made a statement to the rest of the Big Ten Saturday as they stampeded to a 38-30 win over Michigan State.