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(11/10/16 2:00pm)
Going into Election Day, the presidential race was former Secretary Hillary Clinton’s to lose. At the beginning of the day, it was predicted that Clinton had an 80 percent chance of winning the presidency, according to the New York Times. Pollsters and the media solidly had her winning the day, sending Donald Trump and his campaign of hate away with its tail between its legs. However, by 9 p.m., her likelihood of winning plummeted to 20 percent.
(11/08/16 2:00am)
An Open Letter to the University of Wisconsin-Madison Community:
(11/07/16 2:00pm)
Clinton deserves student vote for recognition of campus sexual assault
(11/07/16 2:00am)
No degree is worth one's dignity, yet it seems Black students are continuously asked to sacrifice theirs.
(11/03/16 1:00pm)
For as long as humanity has been around, violence has been glorified. Millennia ago, personal conflicts were settled exclusively through confrontation. Today, the same concept is often true on a much larger scale. And I can’t stand it.
(10/31/16 7:00pm)
The madness that is “Halloweekend” in Madison has passed. State Street is alive again post-Freakfest, and college students are waking up with buzzed and foggy memories of what happened last night. Madison is famous for its ghoulish party scene every Halloween, with people from around the Midwest making the pilgrimage to experience the weekend.
(10/31/16 5:00pm)
As the the presidential election draws closer, many of us await the future with great anticipation. All of us seek a better future regardless of how different our anticipated paths may be, and thus the presidential election holds the attention of many as it plays a determining role in the policies that affect our lives. There are many ways to access information on politics these days to help determine which candidate to vote for, and it has never before been so easy to acquire such knowledge with the power of the internet, social media, television and the radio. Not surprisingly, as our network of information has grown, so has the range of the knowledge we are presented with—from petty personal blogs and comments to extensive records of the candidates’ lives. This trend begs several questions: What topics should we focus on, and how well should we know them?
(10/31/16 3:00pm)
Facts are reality and truth and should be the basis for all our policy decisions. A fact is something that is known to exist. In the post-fact political world we now live in, facts are spun, criticized and taken as opinions or partisan beliefs.
(10/31/16 1:00pm)
According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, Halloween is defined as “the night of October 31 when children dress up as ghosts, witches, monsters, etc., and go to houses to ask for candy.” A marginally less reliable source, Urban Dictionary, defines Halloween as an annual excuse for girls to dress promiscuously and get away with it. The idea of dressing up for Halloween has followed students from first grade, when they begged their parents to create the most original costume, to college when a group of girls put on oversized t-shirts and call it a day. While both definitions include the idea of dressing up, what isn’t mentioned is strewing the immediate surroundings with trash.
(10/28/16 1:00pm)
There seems to be two philosophical approaches to education. One, most prominently espoused by Gov. Scott Walker, is that higher education should primarily focus on preparing students for their career. The other, particularly embedded within UW-Madison, is that higher education is meant for intellectual exploration, gaining breadth in the liberal arts, becoming “culturally competent” and graduating a “well-rounded” person and citizen.
(10/27/16 3:00pm)
This general election is historic for many reasons. However, one of the most groundbreaking reasons is Hillary Clinton’s fantastic strides for women. Not only is she the first woman to be nominated by a major party, but she is looking at an impressive lead over her opponent, Donald Trump. She could potentially steamroll her way to being the first female president in United States history.
(10/27/16 1:00pm)
In a college setting where we are situated within a campus of 40,000 students, it can be hard to formulate your own opinion. when you are graded in class discussions on your ability to collaborate with and listen to others, it can be hard to separate what you believe from what others think.
(10/24/16 3:00pm)
The Republican Party is in shambles and party officials have no one to blame but themselves. Donald Trump has emerged from years of fear-mongering and conspiratorial thinking within the party. From the birther movement and outrageous accusations leveled at Planned Parenthood to beliefs that elections are rigged, the Republican Party has harbored conspiratorial thinkers for years.
(10/24/16 1:00pm)
As a new undergraduate student a year ago, I was looking forward to exploring various disciplines since I had not decided on a major. Being in the College of Letters and Science, I was required to take quite a few prerequisite classes since L&S focused on a liberal arts background.
(10/19/16 3:00pm)
For many Wisconsin students, November will mark the first time they cast a ballot in a presidential election. In just a few weeks, students will be lined up outside the Memorial Union or maybe the Red Gym to pull a lever that will determine the course of our nation—no pressure for you first-time voters.
(10/19/16 1:00pm)
The definition and rights of shared governance at UW-Madison have undergone so many changes since Gov. Scott Walker released the 2015-’17 budget in January 2015 that the relationship between shared governance and university administration still appears unclear today. Within the past month, the UW-Madison administration has announced major changes to campus life without consulting shared governance beforehand, disregarding crucial perspectives.
(10/17/16 3:00pm)
Donald Trump has had an interesting few weeks on the campaign trail. Hours before the second presidential debate, the now infamous and misogynistic tape of him and Billy Bush found in the Access Hollywood archives came up for air, leaving his campaign flailing. Republican officials and influencers denounced him in scores, with some even calling for Trump to leave the race entirely.
(10/17/16 2:00pm)
A week ago, a video, which recorded Donald Trump talking about his attempts to grope and seduce a married woman, was released to the public. Later, several women who said they had been sexually assaulted by Trump came out to the media to have their voices heard. Even though Trump apologized after the release of the video from 2005, the scandal still became ubiquitous in newspapers, drawing a great deal of attention.
(10/17/16 1:00pm)
The 2016 presidential election has left two key groups unfulfilled. Conventional supporters of the Republican Party and millennials who were galvanised by the refreshing campaign of Bernie Sanders.
(10/13/16 3:00pm)
The upcoming general election has been on the minds of Americans for over a year. It is in the final stretch, with Donald Trump and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton facing off in debates, something that will surely have an impact on the election next month.
