Sunday was a monumental day. In the midst of Black History Month, two black coaches stared each other down across the sidelines. And though Tony Dungy and the Indianapolis Colts came out on top, not enough can be said about the job Lovie Smith did this year and the importance of his appearance in the championship game.
'd like to use my space today to discuss one of the most pressing cultural and political debates of our time. No, this isn't nukes in Iran or troops in Iraq or global warming—I'm talking about something infinitely more important: Is the new Beatles compilation album, Love, worth your dime or isn't it?
Serve your self some idealism in the morning and believe the impossible if just for a minute or two.'
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Minority applicants who are not admitted to UW-Madison competitively unfairly get another shot.'
According to Thursday's edition of the Milwakee Journal-Sentinel, junior defensive end Jamal Cooper has been dismissed from the UW football team because of academic violations.'
In the wake of criticism surrounding the accumulated sick leave credit Wisconsin politicians have stacked up, several pieces of legislation have been drafted to remedy the problem and will be debated in the next session. '
Keaton it Real: This week, Keaton discusses the scientific tendency for overly-complex names and a very rare sleep disorder.'
The UW wrestlers were back on the mats this past weekend, upending Purdue 27-12 and defeating No. 21 Michigan to improve their record to 18-1 (4-1 Big Ten).'
Peter MuAoz has lived and worked in Wisconsin—particularly in Madison—for many years. MuAoz served as a board member under former Madison Mayor Sara Bauman and is currently the Executive Director for Centro Hispano.
The Badger women's hockey team clinched their second consecutive WCHA regular season title Saturday night, defeating the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs 2-1 in overtime on a goal by junior forward Jinelle Zaugg.'
When interviewed by People magazine last October about his portrayal of a Ugandan dictator, Forest Whitaker claimed after the movie wrapped, he had a difficult time ""trying to get the guy to leave me. I needed to wash those darker passions away.""
A pending bill in the state Legislature would require sixth-grade girls to receive a recently approved Human Papillomavirus immunization. Lawmakers must treat the bill as a public health issue and a positive step in the fight against cervical cancer.'
Although the UW men's basketball team jumped out to a 24-point lead in the second half of Saturday's game, they still had to fight off a feisty Northwestern team to the bitter end of their 69-52 victory.'
Following a weekend theft putting state lawmakers at risk for identity theft, one politician is demanding action and calling for a state audit to investigate security practices at the Capitol and government offices.'
he skinny: This quirky food find is well hidden in Dotty's menu. But Madison foodies say this ""secret recipe"" is as mouthwatering as any of the burgers.'
\It's the same story in most every zombie film. Walking dead appear and begin to sweep across the world, joined by their freshly gnawed victims to form an unstoppable army,"" writes Les Chappell.'
Films like ""Because I Said So"" are written, acted and shot in a vacuum. In such movies, women are front and center in every frame, the men are only around to cheat on them and to be breeding stock, mother-daughter relationships are everything and men only have parents so that girlfriends can meet them way, way too early in their relationships. Not all of these have proven to be bad, but how can one be asked to identify with characters when their world is so out of touch with the real world?
As fans celebrate and mourn last night's Super Bowl, a different sort of battle is raging inside their arteries.'
Imagine working tirelessly at some thankless minimum-wage job just to scrape together enough money to cover the cost of living. Being broke means taking shortcuts. Not only do you have to forego luxury items such as nice TVs and fancy vacations, but basic needs like yearly doctor visits.
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