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(09/28/11 6:00am)
With the 2012 Republican presidential primaries fast approaching,
the chalk graffiti on Bascom Hill suggests that one
candidate has gained a lot of momentum on campus: Rep. Ron Paul,
R-Tex. Paul, a 12-term congressman, has cultivated a loyal
fanbase in recent years thanks to his rigid
ideological consistency and libertarian values, which have
attracted conservative and liberal support as well as an incredible
amount of online donations.
(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.
(09/23/11 6:00am)
Today is Friday. The average guy wakes up with a pounding head,
some puke on his shirt, and next to a girl he has in his phone as
""Tig ass Bitties."" He then blasts
Rebecca Black, half to piss off his roommates and half because
Rebecca is cuter than ""Tig ass
Bitties."" Then it's breakfast. Tylenol, some eggs,
grab some sausage and maybe even grab some sausage.
(09/13/11 6:00am)
UW-Madison officials called an urgent meeting Monday to warn
students of an upcoming ""attack"" on university integrity after
conservative think tank released a study it says shows evidence of
""severe discrimination"" against white and Asian students in
UW-Madison's admissions process.
(09/13/11 6:00am)
There are few dates that brings our country together more than
Sept. 11. On that day the usual divides that separate our country
melt away and we all come together to remember and mourn one of the
most tragic day in our nation's history.
(09/13/11 6:00am)
UW-Madison officials called an urgent meeting Monday to warn
students of an upcoming ""attack"" on university integrity after
conservative think tank released a study it says shows evidence of
""severe discrimination"" against white and Asian students in
UW-Madison's admissions process.
(09/07/11 6:00am)
In the wake of controversy surrounding the Wisconsin Supreme Court,
Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson proposed to make all
court proceedings open to the public in a memo released
Tuesday.
(07/27/11 6:00am)
(07/05/11 6:00am)
University of Wisconsin Board of Regents President Kevin P. Reilly
announced the selection Wednesday of Chancellor Emeritus David Ward
as interim chancellor of UW-Madison following Chancellor Biddy
Martin's departure.
(06/27/11 6:00am)
The optimism surrounding Wisconsin football team right now is
palpable. With the news that former North Carolina State
quarterback Russell Wilson has decided to play this fall for head
coach Bret Bielema's Badgers, fans have set their expectations for
the 2011 season high.
(05/04/11 6:00am)
Summer time: Warm breezes, cool drinks, friends and free time. It's
the perfect reward for an exhausting semester and a cold spring.
Summer is when I actually get around to finishing that one book I
didn't have time for, or watching that movie I meant to see. Like
others staying in Madison, it means going to work or an internship,
then coming home to nothing—that is, no piles of homework or the
stress of impending exams. But perhaps even better than that is the
reclaimed ability to explore the city without feeling like I'm
skipping out on some important assignment. Countless concerts,
gallery tours, new music, theatrical productions and movie theater
trips have taken a back seat to schoolwork during the semester.
Yet, sweet summer arrives! There are fewer excuses to stay home and
wait for the arts to come inside when the city bustles with
artistic expression and the warmth of pleasant Wisconsin
weather.
(04/27/11 6:00am)
One of the biggest challenges humanity faces in the 21st century is
the protection of the environment. With the human population
reaching 7 billion people this year, increased consumption of raw
materials land and the onset of global warming, ignoring
environmental problems is no longer an option. People across the
globe need to change the way they live and make huge investments in
""green"" infrastructure for the future.
(04/25/11 6:00am)
Indie artist Thao Nguyen has a quirky personality and an
intelligent swagger. She is known for her powerful delivery and
awkward, albeit melodic, vocals, and one cannot help but fall in
love with her quirks. Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn, who goes by Mirah on
stage, has a more folk-ish style, with a breathy and lively voice.
This duo has performed on stage in the past, but this week they
will release Thao & Mirah, their debut collaborative
album.
(04/18/11 6:00am)
With impending finals and looming end-of-the-semester projects
starting to darken your horizon, you can at least anticipate the
summer 2011 movie season. And this summer is filled to the gills
with action-packed blockbusters and intriguing indie hits alike. In
fact, this year's summer schedule is so crowded that director Jon
Favreau (""Iron Man""), whose flick ""Cowboys and Aliens"" is out
July 29, described it as, ""Omaha Beach, it's going to be a blood
bath. There's never been a summer like this next summer. It's going
to be bloody [for filmmakers and studios].""
(03/24/11 6:00am)
Facebook has evolved into a social phenomenon that people of all
ages around the globe can't ignore. It began primarily as a
platform for college students to voice campus gossip online, but it
has since turned into an unstoppable business ploy, getting the
site to the 500 million user mark just this year, surpassing even
the search engine Google in the amount of Internet hits
worldwide.
(03/08/11 6:00am)
When I was in middle school I'd watch ""Boy Meets World"" and all
I'd want was to go to John Adams High and eat a cheeseburger at
Chubbie's Famous with Corey, Topanga and Sean. Forget recess and
middle school dances. At the time, those shenanigans seemed boring
compared to cool-high-school-teenager stuff, like going to pep
rallies or driving around with friends with nothing on the agenda
other than getting Frosties at Wendy's.
(03/02/11 6:00am)
Feb. 9, 2011 marked an event we'd foreseen yet wished to avert—the
official death of the ""Guitar Hero"" game franchise, shut down by
publisher Activision following poor sales despite multiple attempts
to expand their ""Hero"" brand. An obscure budget title for Sony's
aging Playstation 2, the game blossomed into a veritable touchstone
for original distributor Harmonix, and later
Activision Blizzard, before spiraling into obscurity, with its
final entry—""Warriors of Rock""—selling under a million copies at
launch. Yet in its fleeting five-year lifespan, it has left an
indelible mark on both mainstream music and gaming culture, putting
it among the most pervasive cultural and musical phenomena of the
21st century. And so, though it'd be of modest effort to simply
concoct various ‘axe' puns at the late franchise's
expense, I find it fitting to send off this once-venerable series
in the manner of any fallen rock star: a eulogy, reminiscing upon
better days and brighter futures.
(03/01/11 6:00am)
Run by three UW-Madison students, local online ordering service
BadgerBites.com has seen unprecedented traffic in the wake of
demonstrations at the Capitol over the past two weeks.
(02/24/11 6:00am)
Last year, school was a dark and gloomy part of my life. Why?
Mainly because every week I was relentlessly subjected to some of
the most gruesome material known to man in the form of ethers,
carboxylic acids and alcohols during a hellish course called
organic chemistry. This life wrecker of a class meant that I sat in
the library constantly, attempting to make little squiggly lines
react with other squiggly lines to create some other, more superior
squiggly line. As it was, I was in need of a little help, in pill
form, to generate the required mental processing power to do such
things. The idea was that some chemical reaction in my brain would
help me carry them out on paper. So I visited a friend and picked
up a little red study-helper for the library that night.
(02/24/11 6:00am)
Twice a week, four or five temperament-tested dogs make visits to
pediatrics patients at UW Health's American Family Children's
Hospital. The dogs, which work as part of a pet therapy program
called Pet Pals, visit sick children, even those who have been
immuno-supressed because of chemotherapy or transplants.
