Dalai Lama’s speech touts compassion
By Peter Cameron and Amanda Hoffstrom | May. 6, 2007With education and a strong desire for world peace, eventually society could literally change.
With education and a strong desire for world peace, eventually society could literally change.
The Wisconsin softball team (6-12 Big Ten, 27-20 overall) fell short of making it to the Big Ten tournament Saturday afternoon when it split a doubleheader at Minnesota (4-9 Big Ten, 24-22 overall).
In the wake of the tragedy at Virginia Tech, Korea Night, originally scheduled for April 30, was canceled. The event, which was sponsored by the Korean American Student Association, the Korean Students and Scholars Association and the Korean Undergraduate'
There's a scene in ""Spider-Man 3"" near the end when the evil Spider-Man doppelganger named Venom writes a message in a web, ""Charlotte's Web""-style, to our hero telling Spidey to come and get him. This probably doesn't belong in the film and probably wouldn't be seen in the comic, either. It's something straight out of a Saturday morning cartoon. Maybe that's what keeps ""Spider-Man 3,"" the newest installment of the web-slinger's story, from being another masterpiece: It's high on action sequences and amazing visuals but a little short on the emotional depth that kept the first films grounded in reality, even in a comic book world.
Republican presidential candidate Tommy Thompson said he misheard a controversial question about whether employers who believe homosexuality is immoral should be able to fire gay employees at a debate among 10 Republican presidential candidates. '
The Wisconsin men's rowing team enjoyed a highly successful weekend at the Charles River Course in Boston, where they won five out of a total six events at the Cochrane Cup Saturday and at the Jablonic Cup Sunday.
By Eric Stringfellow
\Like a Phish out of water, Page McConnell tries to lock into his own musical identity on his self-titled solo debut. Even though Phish is no more, keyboard player McConnell is still basking in all his jam band glory by modifying the distinctive sound of '
Broadway actor AndrAc De Shields will be the commencement speaker for spring 2007, the secretary of the faculty announced Thursday.'
The hushed whispers still ring in my ears. The little ""pssttts"" of first graders, when multiplied by 30, can create an almost deafening roar. And it's even louder when the information is the hottest piece of gossip to hit the first grade since Billy's marriage proposal to Suzie was rejected.
Correctional officers from around the state gathered in Madison on Thursday for a hearing by the Committee on Corrections and Courts that focused on the officers' support of Assembly Bill 92. '
A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision could make it more difficult for the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation to defend existing stem cell patents that are now being challenged by two national groups and patent experts.'
The Sierra Club officially filed a lawsuit against the UW-Madison Wednesday, alleging the university's Charter Street Power Plant has continually violated the Clean Air Act.
Doubt no longer exists that commuter train plans, as part of Plan 2020, are moving forward.'
Shortly after a federal judge ordered the University of Wisconsin to hand over the names of 53 UW System students targeted as habitual illegal music downloaders, the Recording Industry Association of America cracked down on more campuses Wednesday.'
A loophole in Virginia's gun laws allowed Cho to purchase his weapons. Now that loophole must be closed in states across the country, including Wisconsin.'
Nobel Peace Prize winner ""His Holiness"" Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, will give a public talk at 2:30 p.m. in the Kohl Center in front of a sold-out crowd of more than 9,000 UW-Madison students, faculty and community members. '
If her 2005 album Let It Die was the explosion that catapulted former Broken Social Scene singer Leslie Feist onto everybody's radar, her second major-label album The Reminder is a slow burn.
Wisconsin must defeat rival Minnesota to have any hopes of playing in the Big Ten Tournament.'