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(05/05/10 6:00am)
As my final days as a student at UW-Madison fade into the
distant horizon on a Memorial Union Terrace sunset, I can't help
but feel like a part of me is about to die. No, I'm not talking
about that part of me I lost to frostbite in my extremities during
the Camp Randall Outdoor Classic when I tried to urinate on the
opposing team's mascot (wish it was Goldy Gopher). No, I'm talking
about a much more metaphorical type of death—the death of my weekly
opportunity to yammer on about trivial topics that vaguely relate
to the UW-Madison campus. As a tribute to the death of my column
and to that small part of me, I've decided to write our obituary to
save some time and also to get one final jab at my critics.
(04/28/10 6:00am)
Downtown business owners spoke disapprovingly of the Alcohol
License Density Ordinance during a meeting on Tuesday, addressing
the 365-day rule and calling for changes to the ordinance.
(04/13/10 6:00am)
Jocker Spaniel
(04/11/10 6:00am)
""Boys draw, girls color"": This is the dubious belief that
UW-Madison seniors Ella Bainton and Meg Lord Fransee interrogate
through their respective bodies of work. At once visceral and
contemplative, their new tandem exhibit at the Good Style Shop on
East Washington Avenue, ""New Miracle Pale in Drone,"" serves as
tangible evidence that Madison's art scene is more challenging and
stimulating than most likely realize.
(03/23/10 6:00am)
Although visually appealing with intense colors and characters,
""Final Fantasy XIII"" falls short. This game follows a basic story
path and gives the player little control, unlike previous ""Final
Fantasy"" games that allowed players to venture on side quests,
play mini games and direct their own experience.
(03/17/10 6:00am)
There is a lot of talk about connection and unity in John
Burnside's ""The Glister,"" but ultimately the plethora of
quasi-intriguing themes are never fully developed, leaving the
reader with too many superfluous passages, unoriginal plot
elements, linguistic nuances and an overall sense of vagueness as
the author becomes engrossed in his own manipulation of language,
neglecting clarity along the way.
(03/10/10 6:00am)
The Supreme Court has had slurry of important cases during
Obama's presidency, most notably overturning portions of the
McCain-Feingold campaign finance law. However, the recent case of
McDonald v. Chicago, which challenges the Chicago handgun ban, is
going to be its most important yet.
(02/23/10 6:00am)
As many people know, the fate of Brothers Bar & Grill on
University Avenue is currently very uncertain. The UW Board of
Regents wants to condemn the bar and use the land it is currently
sitting on for a new music building. There had been prior
negotiations regarding the school purchasing the land but those
fell through. Now the owners of the bar, Marc and Eric Fortney, are
suing the Board of Regents. Last week, a large sign appeared on the
wall of the bar opposing the new music school and vaguely asking
that people ""mobilize"" to save the bar. But the city of Madison
forced them to take the sign down, claiming it was larger than
regulations allow.
(02/12/10 6:00am)
At first taste I was dizzy from this intense chocolate.
It smells like chai, but the first notes are not quite familiar –
and vaguely (though strangely not in a negative way) reminiscent of
bug spray. The familiar chai flavor seeps in as the flavors parade
past the palate. Another favorite.
(02/05/10 6:00am)
Folk music is one of the oldest, most diluded, yet prestigious
genres of music. So as frustrating and understandable as it is to
hear a good 10 genres ascribed to Midlake—psych folk, indie folk,
progressive folk, contemporary folk, alternative pop,
etc.—considering The Courage of Others and their past work
folk is inappropriate. It's essentially layered pop music with
strong folk influences. All of this may sound amazingly bland on
paper, and although that is a perfectly understandable response, it
would also be a mistake to write off Midlake entirely for their
quaint approach. However, on The Courage of Others, the
group crosses that fine line between quaint and bland that they had
been toying with.
(11/19/09 6:00am)
The Campus Women's Center has been on a bit of an odyssey of late.
Ever since they were denied eligibility for General Student Service
Funds (better known as that pool of money where a couple bucks of
your segregated fees go every semester), the CWC has gone through a
seemingly endless series of appeals and hearings in an attempt to
gain funding for the 2010-'11 school year.
(11/11/09 6:00am)
Political satires have a tendency to be misleading. Often they
lure unsuspecting audiences in with the promise of a few good yuks
and then beat them repeatedly over the head with an agenda-laden
mallet, ultimately weighing them down with a humor too dark to be
truly enjoyed. ""The Men Who Stare at Goats,"" the directorial
debut of Grant Heslov, co-writer of ""Good Night and Good Luck,""
is not that kind of satire. Although it is a bit messy at times,
""The Men Who Stare at Goats"" presents, but does not force, its
antiwar stance, all the while never sacrificing the levity and
humor that make it so enjoyable to watch.
(10/16/09 6:00am)
Social media sites like Facebook and Twitter have infiltrated
practically every part of our society, sports coverage included. To
date, Facebook holds more than 300 million active users worldwide,
while Twitter receives roughly 55 million users per month. It comes
as no surprise, then, that not just fans and organizations, but
also athletes and coaches have begun participating in this
trend.
(10/12/09 6:00am)
A new single is set to be released along with ""This Is It,"" a
movie about the rehearsals leading up to what was to be Michael
Jackson's final tour. The song was unfinished, only a piano with
Michael singing and some of the lyrics. On top of this, a
significant amount of unfinished tunes have been recovered. But if
any artist is so electric and dynamic their work deserves to be
preserved the way they left it, it is Michael Jackson, though there
are some odd cases of posthumous work in the past that also warrant
questioning.
(10/02/09 6:00am)
The Student Services Finance Committee denied the Campus Women's
Center the right to an appeal Thursday by a margin of one vote.
(09/27/09 6:00am)
Save the Campus Women's Center, a student group formed after the
Campus Women's Center was denied funding for the 2010-'11 school
year, held a volunteer meeting Sunday to discuss possible future
actions in support of the CWC.
(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).
(09/04/09 6:00am)
Coach Bret Bielema and the UW coaching staff were faced with
several tough decisions before announcing the depth chart for
Saturday's opener against the Northern Illinois Huskies. It's
likely that the public was slightly thrown off by a depth chart
that includes shared duties at both quarterback and running back.
(09/04/09 6:00am)
Coach Bret Bielema and the UW coaching staff were faced with
several tough decisions before announcing the depth chart for
Saturday's opener against the Northern Illinois Huskies. It's
likely that the public was slightly thrown off by a depth chart
that includes shared duties at both quarterback and running
back.
(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.
