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Interview with Tanner from the Phi Alpha Fraternity

By Gillian Rawling | Mar. 11, 2021

As I was browsing Twitter this week, I came across an unfamiliar face in the UW-Madison community. Member of the Phi Alpha Fraternity — notorious for excessive drinking and leaving mounds of trash on the frozen lake after dartys (as well as being completely made up). Tanner Smith left a tweet that piqued my interest: “Listen. If you abolish Greek life, who’s gonna do the dirty work of making Madison objectively worse? This city needs us.”

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The Lake Flower

By Ashton Jenks | Mar. 11, 2021

Where were you a year ago?

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The plastic pile to recovering from the pandemic

By Ashton Jenks | Mar. 4, 2021

The plastic pile to recovering from the pandemic

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Prat

By Anupras Mohapatra | Mar. 4, 2021

A Brit walked into an American restaurant

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"Cardinal-Scopes” Returns

By Nick Rawling | Mar. 4, 2021

Pisces (February 19 - March 20)

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Nine ways to get UW-Madison vaccinated — with and without force

By Hannah Ritvo | Feb. 25, 2021

Every day, vaccination access is becoming more widespread. However, we all know some people who swear they will never get the COVID-19 vaccine. Chad from your business class, the girl on your floor who was a little too into the moon landing being fake or maybe the entirety of PIKE. Thus, the UW-Madison administration must decide if they will make the vaccination a requirement for returning to school in the fall. Here are nine ways Becky and the administration can incentive the student body to get vaccinated.

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Donald Trump Bought Some Really Weird Shit

By Gillian Rawling | Feb. 25, 2021

The day of reckoning for Donald J. Trump has finally arrived: This week the New York tyrant’s tax returns were released to the public and the Department of Justice is at last able to expose the scamming, cheating scum he really is.

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Yet Another Mediocre White Man Decides to Launch a Podcast

By Nick Rawling | Feb. 25, 2021

Forced to come of age in an era characterized by near-ubiquitous economic insecurity, ecological catastrophe and the slow collapse of a once-hegemonic empire, UW junior Brett Brungle has decided to confront his bleak reality the only way he knows how to: start a podcast.

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UW Chancellor announces she'll take COVID-19 into her own hands

By Gillian Rawling | Feb. 18, 2021

If you haven’t gotten tested for Coronavirus with the safer-badger app up until this point, you may have received an email from the university asking you to go.

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Fuck that Groundhog

By Hannah Ritvo | Feb. 18, 2021

There’s one thing Wisconsinites are feeling this week, and that’s hatred for Punxsutawney Phil. The infamous groundhog predicted 6 more weeks of winter, and with subzero temperatures rolling in this week, it is clear that the groundhog had insider knowledge.

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Climate scientists forced to admit global warming actually was a hoax all along

By Nick Rawling | Feb. 18, 2021

In the midst of a record cold snap causing power outages and deaths across the country, some Americans with unmatched critical thinking skills are once again asking: How globe warming if cold outside?

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Almanac’s official guide to being single on Valentine's Day.

By Gillian Rawling | Feb. 11, 2021

For some, this weekend means roses, chocolate, dropping loads of money on dinners, and best of all: gifted squishmallows. Couples will be swept away by the spirit and whimsy of the holiday and enjoy themselves on intimate dates, relishing the one-on-one time that only COVID-19 can provide.

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Wisconsin Senate decides they are over COVID-19

By Hannah Ritvo | Feb. 11, 2021

The Wisconsin Senate voted Tuesday to repeal the statewide mask mandate. If this mask mandate is abolished, Wisconsin will be joining a list of other memorable states without federal mask mandates. Gracing this list are Alabama, Oklahoma, Missouri and Nebraska, all states people spend their lives dreaming of visiting.