The Princeton Review ranked UW-Madison No. 9 for ""Best Value College"" in the 2008 edition of its annual book, ""America's Best Value Colleges,"" claiming UW-Madison ""offers an essential education at rock-bottom rates.""
By way of a 13-6 vote, the City Council passed an ordinance amendment Tuesday night that regulates the sale of secondhand textbooks.'
The day before His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama arrived in Madison, the UW-Madison Chapter of Students for a Free Tibet invited Tibetan Tenzin Dickyi to speak to students Tuesday in the Humanities Building about the issues Tibet is currently facing.
\Truth be told, there is a lot of silliness in the world. Some of it makes me laugh and some of it keeps me, and Charles Dickens, from sleeping soundly,"" writes Carrie in her last lit column.'
On Oct. 18, 1967, more than 500 UW-Madison students staged a sit-in in Ingraham Hall because they were disgusted that the Dow Chemical Company—the main producer of a chemical liquid used in warfare—was recruiting on campus.
In the aftermath of the Virginia Tech massacre, the spotlight has been trained once more on people who for some reason or another are isolated from the rest of society. '
Hold your horses Badger fans. Before you start freaking out about another change in the student ticket process, take a second and understand the pros and the cons of the new plan.
The mayor's obsession with streetcars could derail Transport 2020.'
By Ben Breiner
Higher salaries would give more incentive for Madison's most dynamic minds to serve on City Council.'
Global climate control continues to be a predominant social issue in national politics. Wisconsin policy makers have the chance to make a change and be on the forefront of groundbreaking emissions reduction legislation, and we encourage all Wisconsin lawm'
\Picture a boxing ring. The air is so damp you can almost sip it from a spoon. In one corner, there's a drunk pirate, and in the other, there's a ferocious lion. Who would win in a fight?"" writes Tarah in this week's The Taraminator.'
After a season in which the UW football team played only one game at home that did not start at 11 a.m., school officials announced Tuesday that the Badgers will play at least one home game in primetime.'
Looking at The Playhouse stage for The Madison Repertory Theatre's production of ""Home,"" one would think that the play is about carpenters or lumberjacks. The setting is a farm home in Crossroads, N.C. and, like a ship, everything is made with large planks of wood. A ship is a good allusion for this play, which centers around Cephus Miles (Patrick Sims), a man who spends a good chunk of his life in transit. Luckily for director Ron OJ Parsons, playwright Samm-Art Williams and the audience, he pauses long enough to tell us about what he is thinking.
Not many people are able to say that they walked onto a Division I college softball team, started every single game of their college career and set two program records. However, Wisconsin's senior center fielder Samantha Polito most certainly can. '
People today are no longer satisfied with working hard, supporting their families or living a normal life, but instead yearn for wealth and fame.'
Men and women's track run past the competition in Iowa.'
Wisconsin became the twelfth state to join a Midwest organization focused on researching, financing and developing alternative energy resources in the form of biofuels last week. '
A man is in custody after allegedly biting a Madison police officer's face after being transported to UW Hospital for an evaluation, police said. '
The 94 Denver Nuggets trump anything that the Golden State Warriors may accomplish this season. '
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