The lure of a trip to New York is apparently not as important to UW offensive lineman Joe Thomas as using lures with his father, as Thomas will be skipping NFL draft day to go fishing with his dad.'
Since I've started this column, I've never focused my 500 words, give or take, on one author or one book. I've always wanted to emphasize that literature isn't fragmented for me. It doesn't stop when I get to the end, press together the cover and the back for a few moments, absorbing, celebratin og, digesting and mourning before I shut off the light. Writing is the world's constant conversation, and it's a noise that is as comforting and constant in my head as traffic. It's a six cup a day habit for me because I need to think about life that seriously and love it and do something about it.
\Cassadaga, the newest release from Bright Eyes, is a stop on one such road trip. The album weaves the famously poetic lyrics of their previous work with a more relaxed energy that brings the album a complex, rich sound that seems both new and familiar,"" '
A 22-year-old Madison man was the victim of a severe beating on the 200 block of Gorham Street early Saturday morning by two men who wanted pizza, according to a report by the Madison Police Department.'
Executive Director of Amnesty International USA Larry Cox spoke at the Pyle Center Tuesday on the ""war on human rights"" currently taking place in the United States.
Talish Barrow does not consider himself a song-and-dance man. Until recently he did not even really like musicals. Four years at an art high school and four more studying drama at New York University made him a theater traditionalist. He majored in acting'
Student fantasies of a world with free beer are closer to becoming a reality in Wisconsin — three ounces at a time.'
A look at the Badgers' wide receiving core for their upcoming season.'
Columnist Zach Kukkonen gives his take for why the NBA needs to change the behavior of its referees.'
Chazen Museum of Art opened its door to nature April 7 for the opening of ""Silver Wings and Golden Scales: An Installation by Jennifer Angus and Alistair MacDonald.""
Athletes training for long-distance endurance events can benefit from a well-balanced, carbohydrate-focused diet.'
UW-Madison reacted Tuesday to what is now being called the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, as a professor expounded on being on Virginia Tech's campus as tragedy struck, and UW-Madison police and administrators detailed emergency preparedne'
The City Council swore in nine new alders Tuesday afternoon and later in the evening held its first meeting with the new council.'
What's in a chain? Apparently not much, according to participants in a recent survey conducted by Downtown Madison Inc.'
The Friends of the UW-Madison Libraries recently received a donation of nearly $1 million from the estate of a UW-Madison graduate and book-lover. '
Sharon Pero, the UW-Madison administrator in charge of managing the UW-Madison timetable and other key features on the PeopleSoft Student Center system, died suddenly at her home over the weekend at the age of 58. '
Monday, April 16 scared me for many different reasons. The first is the sheer number of deaths: 33. That is more than that of the Columbine shootings in 1999 and the University of Texas sniper shootings in 1966 combined. And the fact that this happened on'
The UW men's basketball team will play at Duke Nov. 27.'
I read the editorial today in The Daily Cardinal about the tragedy at Virginia Tech. I agree with the opinion expressed, except I would go much further.'
As a concept, fate is incredibly universal, because it attempts to clarify and impose meaning on the very nature of existence. Is every minute action we take one more step toward reaching our predetermined destiny? Or, is life a completely random, chaotic series of events in which, as Sarah Connor would say, the only fate is what we make for ourselves?
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