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Player of the Week: Michael Flowers
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Player of the Week: Michael Flowers
It's probably the most used cliché in the Big Ten: grinding out a win.
Intramural basketball started for me on Sunday, the time of year when college-aged burn-outs try to prove they still have some sort of athletic talent. Dusting off my basketball shoes was the first step, followed by bundling up and fighting the below-zero temperature on my walk over to the SERF.
Presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., will host a \Stand for Change Rally"" at the Kohl Center Tuesday evening. The event will be free and open to the public. Doors at the Kohl Center will open at 6:15 p.m. Tickets are not required, but students can RSVP to the event at www.barckobama.com.
With another season now officially in the books, the Wisconsin volleyball team will have to give a final farewell to five seniors who have been some of the most productive and prominent players the program has ever had.
A snow and ice storm blanketed Madison and much of the Midwest over the weekend. Several people were injured in vehicular accidents and a 37-year-old Madison male was killed in an accident. Madison received more than six inches of snow and a half inch of ice.
The Wisconsin Alumni Student Board will host a stand-up comedy show entitled MadLaughs: Comedy for a Cause Thursday at Madison Avenue to raise money for Operation Smile.
Television viewers are creatures of habit.
The state budget came one step closer to being finalized Monday, passing out of the Conference Committee of legislative leaders and gaining support by UW System leaders.
Gov. Jim Doyle announced his plan to end the budget stalemate on the steps of the Memorial Union Tuesday, proposing a special session of the legislature be called to pass a compromise budget on Monday Oct. 15.
Madison police reported two cases of alleged strong-armed robbery occurred Wednesday night on the outskirts of campus.
Let's not rush things people. Classes don't start for five days, but I'm already hearing talk of book-buying, class-swapping and meeting with professors. I expect better. This last week of freedom should be used to take five-hour naps and watch Top Chef marathons, not to organize study groups or find internships. Let's celebrate this last glorious weekend of summer with cookouts, Frisbee and the ultimate summer cocktail - the mojito.
An innovative website giving the public access to all state government-related spending will be launched by the State Ethics Board before fall 2007. This website is the first of its kind in the United States.
I used to depend on a stuffed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle to protect me from the monsters that lurked in the dark of night. That really wasn't all that long ago, but since coming to Madison I've learned that darkness harbors no scary beasts—just goofy ass drunken creatures.
The Mifflin Street Block Party is scheduled for Saturday, but before the party starts, police and residents will meet Wednesday night at 7 p.m. at the Madison Senior Center, 330 W. Mifflin St., to express concerns about one another's expected actions.
The Wisconsin softball team (5-5 Big Ten, 24-13 overall) will be facing conference foe No. 7 Northwestern (8-3, 33-10) in a two-day, two-game series at the Goodman Diamond. These will be the last games played on the Badgers' home field for the remainder of the regular season. The first game will be played Friday night at 6 p.m. The first pitch of game two will be on Saturday at noon.
A group of 300 UW-Madison students and local community members marched down State Street Saturday to the steps of the Capitol, demanding Congress ""Step It Up"" in the name of global warming.
The Wisconsin women's basketball team (21-12) moved on to the Elite Eight of the Women's National Invitation Tournament after holding off Kentucky (20-14) Thursday evening at the Kohl Center 67-61. This is the first postseason experience Wisconsin head coach Lisa Stone has had with the Badger program, and so far her team has shown that it is a strong contender for the WNIT championship trophy.
The UW men's basketball team might have proved they are a better team than Marquette Saturday, but it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out which school has the better student section.
The Wisconsin-Marquette rivalry never needs extra juice. Every year when the Badgers and Golden Eagles lock up, basketball fans across Wisconsin are captivated. But when the two teams match up Saturday in Milwaukee, there's a little more on the line.