Higgs boson researcher to speak at UW
A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor who aided in the discovery of the Higgs boson, known as the “God particle,” will give a lecture about the discovery on campus Thursday.
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A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor who aided in the discovery of the Higgs boson, known as the “God particle,” will give a lecture about the discovery on campus Thursday.
Those with the power and responsibility to look after the public’s safety are faced with a task of epic proportions. The job is never done, and any progress seems to eventually roll back down the proverbial hill.
The Student Judiciary elected Nick Checker to its chief justice position for the next school year Tuesday.
Since the 1890s, The Daily Cardinal has been a lens through which Wisconsin students have seen their world. Reprinted from the pages of the Cardinal, these article excerpts show how Badgers experienced some of the biggest events of the past 120 years.
Coming into the WCHA playoffs the Wisconsin men’s hockey team was riding a wave of momentum, but in the end that renewed confidence wasn’t enough to push the Badgers past No. 9 Denver on the road in their first-round WCHA match-up.
The No. 1 Wisconsin women's hockey team (22-2-2-1 WCHA, 28-2-2 overall) will host Ohio State (12-13-1, 15-13-4) this weekend in its final regular season series.
Months before Urban Meyer was officially hired as Ohio State's football coach, rumors swirled about his arrival in Columbus. Nearly immediately upon accepting the Buckeyes' offer, the school had a waiver that allowed Meyer to recruit and build a new staff while interim head coach Luke Fickell prepared the 2011 OSU squad (3-5 Big Ten, 6-7 overall) for the Gator Bowl.
Senior forward Anya Covington and the rest of the Wisconsin women's basketball team look to keep their winning streak alive when they welcome Michigan to the Kohl Center on Monday. The Badgers (3-5 Big Ten, 7-13 overall) are fresh off of a 78-72 road victory over Minnesota on Thursday and have won two straight games. Meanwhile, Michigan (5-3, 16-5) hopes to bounce back from their first home loss of the season, falling to Penn State 77-56 on Thursday.
I don't particularly like to dabble in politics. The Dirty Bird, my regular column, is the sex column on Page 2. Sure, individual politics likely play a role in individual sexual choices, but I believe there should be little global overlap between the two realms; and let me assure you, I much prefer sex to politics.
Tis the season for thanksgiving. With the holidays approaching quickly, I've been more introspective.
2008-01-30
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The State Assembly's Committee on Colleges and Universities will host a hearing early next week addressing a conservative think tank's findings that UW-Madison's undergraduate and law school admission policies discriminate against white and Asian students.
I have aspired to be a disc jockey ever since I was a young kid. Local LA radio personalities like KRTH 101's ""Real"" Don Steel and 95.5 KLOS' Uncle Joe Benson were consistently on the family radio during my childhood. Growing up, I began to develop an admiration for such on-air personalities: they just sounded so smooth, so cool as they talked about music. These guys, Shotgun Tom and Uncle Joe, were all about keeping the oldies alive during the 1990s. Because of my youthful exposure to the FM throwback stations, it became my prime objective in life to be heard on the airwaves.
Dane County authorities have identified the body found floating in Lake Monona Bay Friday.