The Badger volleyball team split a spring season match with UW-Milwaukee last night at the Field House by a match score of 2-2.'
It was Oscar Wilde who once commented that ""All bad poetry is sincere."" If he were alive today, he might add that all bad feel-good sports movies are sincere, too. ""Pride,"" about James Ellis' (Terrence Howard) African-American swim team in Philadelphia, is as sincere as any of the poets Oscar Wilde was undercutting. And it's just as bad. Good God is this movie boring. It's formulaic, tepid and its aesthetic poverty strips it of any potential affect. ""Pride's"" emotional intelligence is derived not from any great civil rights literature, but from The Wonderful World of Disney's vault of race-related movies.
Here's a word problem: Valerie wants to find her baby's daddy. She is giving a paternity test to the 33rd man. If Valerie is two and a half months pregnant, how often was she having sex assuming a two-day lag between men? '
It's official. Just months after Al Gore's theatrical release of ""An Inconvenient Truth"" blew open a political Pandora's box on global warming, a small clan of Ralph Nader crusaders have followed suit, entering the field of ""enlightened people making eye-opening documentaries to inspire Americans"" with their new film ""An Unreasonable Man."" Co-directed by Henriette Mantel and Steve Skrovan, it chronicles the turbulent life of Ralph Nader, a contemporary Don Quixote of consumer advocacy and two-time presidential nominee who, practically overnight, was demoted from beloved public figure to political outcast.
Anyone who follows Wisconsin politics knows that Dave Obey has a notoriously short fuse. Anyone who follows Wisconsin politics also knows that the 18-term congressman from Wisconsin's 7th District is one of the most principled and authentic public servants in the country. Thirty-seven years in the U.S. House of Representatives may not have softened his legendary temper, but neither has it eroded his dogged commitment to building a more responsible and transparent federal government.
We encourage the City Council to approve an alcohol permit for the new Majestic Theater.'
As UW expands, conserving energy becomes harder and harder.'
\Clutch are as unclassifiable as they come. Are they metal? Hardcore? Punk? Listening to only one of their albums will likely give the wrong impression,"" writes Brian Sweeney.'
Would you like balsamic vinaigrette with your ice cream? Students share their odd food combinations that entice their taste buds, but likely do not appeal to their other senses.'
The university-owned Charter Street power plant—known for its single brick smokestack and mountains of coal—has not drawn widespread criticism since a baghouse was installed in 1988 to reduce the once visible cloud of black soot. However, an impending lawsuit by the Sierra Club has brought the plant into the public eye once again.
\From the moment Son Volt's The Search starts it is evident the band has reinvented themselves,"" writes Jeff Landow.'
Caroline savors limes from the fruit stand man before heading home for summer break.'
\I'm sorry, I have to confess that sometimes, I am judging you by the cover of your book,"" writes Carrie Lorig.'
The Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed to hear a price-fixing lawsuit that has been brewing in lower courts since March 2004. Filed by two former UW-Madison students, the lawsuit asks the court to eliminate the ban on drink specials and create a class of pers'
In order to make up lost costs, UW-Madison's College of Engineering should instate differential tuition.'
Gabe doesn't always fit in. Maybe it's because he looks and often acts much older than his own age. After meticulously growing and trimming his facial hair, Gabe likes to hit the town in his usual combination of argyle sweaters and plaid pants'
The UW softball team won its home opener 7-6 over Loyola Tuesday.'
Over the years, especially the most recent ones, violence in action movies has become a lot more brutal and a lot less fun. Thanks to this decade's two most influential action-oriented narratives—the TV blockbuster ""24,"" which features Jack Bauer torturing the shit out of nefarious people for the greater good, and ""The Bourne Identity,"" which revels in nasty bouts of hand-to-hand combat—the line between ""hard R"" action and formerly neutered PG-13 action blurs more every day. In this present environment, when little differentiates an R-rated action movie from Monday night's primetime lineup, where does a meat-and-potatoes guy movie like ""Shooter"" fit in?
The season has just begun for the Wisconsin women's rowing team, but if Saturday's domination of Indiana is any indication, the Badgers are starting 2007 on the right stroke.
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