The UW men's basketball team held on for a 57-46 victory over the Hawkeyes (3-4 Big Ten, 11-10 overall) Sunday, but it took some halftime adjustments to secure their seventh conference win.'
Wisconsin head coach Lisa Stone had two things to celebrate Sunday afternoon as the Wisconsin women's basketball team (5-4 Big Ten, 16-6 overall) defeated Minnesota 70-57 at the Kohl Center in front of a crowd of 15,269 people. Stone donated 25 cents per fan in attendance to the Gilda's Club Madison, a nonprofit cancer foundation, for the ‘Raise the Roof' event. Stone was impressed with the crowd turnout and decided to donate a total of $4,285.50 to match a sellout crowd. This number was matched by the American Transmission Company, and Bucky's Locker Room also donated $2,000, for a grand total of over $10,000.
Creating an original, compelling film from scratch is hard enough, but adapting a popular novel into a successful movie brings its own unique set of complications. With the exception of books by authors like Elmore Leonard, who writes terse yet vivid prose that is naturally cinematic, it's impossible to perfectly replicate material from the page to the silver screen. Then there are those pesky books that, for one reason or another are deemed unfilmable,"" like ""Naked Lunch,"" ""A Confederacy of Dunces"" or anything by Kurt Vonnegut or Thomas Pynchon. Patrick Suskind's 1985 cult novel ""Perfume: The Story of Murderer"" was considered one of them after some notable filmmakers""such as Stanley Kubrick""tried and failed to adapt it. But now ""Run Lola Run"" director Tom Tykwer has done it, and while his ""Perfume"" is a visually astounding, well-paced effort, the results are certainly mixed.
It took me approximately 12 seconds to register what I saw lying on the bathroom floor — my jade bracelet broken into four separate pieces. At first, I thought I was looking at a surreal photograph or having a mean joke played on me. '
As the cost of higher education continues to escalate, America's publishers are helping students get the most out of their tuition dollars by responding to changing needs.'
When the word ""emotional"" is used to describe Wisconsin men's basketball head coach Bo Ryan, his fiery demeanor on the sidelines is usually what comes to mind. The word took on a different meaning Saturday in Platteville, as Ryan fought '
With yet another series split, the UW men's hockey team showed the inconsistency that has dogged it all season long.'
As college students, many of us have done things we regret in regard to partying in one form or another. Compounding that issue is the proliferation of taking digital pictures and storing them on the Internet, meaning our regrettable actions cannot be eas'
Imagine if your personal information — name, home address, e-mail address — became public knowledge. Despite increased vigilance regarding identity theft, it has now been revealed the Wisconsin Department of Transportation makes money by selling y'
The skinny: Ever feel cheated when your ‘value meal' includes a two-year-old bag of Lay's? These babies are sliced and fried before your eyes.
The UW men's basketball team extended its nation-best winning streak to 17 games Sunday by defeating Iowa 57-46.'
The Melvins have always fallen short of the mainstream""maybe that's why they're so damn good. They heavily influenced the grunge movement and inspired more than a few doom metal acts with their savagely slow tempos and fanatically fuzzed-out guitars. But sadly, the FM gods have denied the radio-listening public the pleasure of the Melvins' eclectic rock cocktail.
A new state plan unveiled Thursday could connect patients and doctors in a new wayA-: digitally.
The streaking UW men's basketball team hits the road to face Iowa Sunday, but will make a pit stop in Platteville, Wis. Saturday for a special honor.'
Gov. Jim Doyle announced plans to combat the ""scourge of tobacco"" by increasing the Wisconsin cigarette tax by $1.25 and passing a statewide smoking ban Wednesday. '
After years of petty lawsuits and other roadblocks, the music industry threw in the way of the natural evolution of the music industry model, it is finally seeing the light. This could very well be a consumer equivalent to VJ Day. '
The currently unfilled position was vacated by Edward ""Mac"" Coffman, who taught ""U.S. Military History"" at UW-Madison every semester from 1961 until 1992. Col. James Seidule, chief of the military history division at the United Sta'
In his new self-titled album, Hicks attempts to dispel any critics still remaining and assert himself as a genuine artist. The album is his first major label release""having recorded two albums previous to Idol""""and is an homage to t'
As U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., dismissed rumors of a run in the 2008 presidential race Wednesday, former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson appointed a national political director to his presidential exploratory committee.
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