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. '
Elected at only 21 years old, King brought a fresh young perspective and progressive politics to the council. Eventually, he earned the crown as the youngest council president ever. However, lacking the perspective that comes with more life experience, Ki'
Mayor Dave Cieslewicz's Streetcar Study Committee may not be the only entity deciding the fate of his proposal to add streetcars to Madison to address growing congestion and pollution problems. '
UW-Madison Undergraduate School of Business Dean Mike Knetter said the school needs the currently proposed tuition increase to maintain the quality of the school, at an informational meeting in Grainger Hall Thursday. '
Anthony Amos, 32, was arrested Wednesday night on charges of drug possession with intent to deliver. Amos recently made his way onto Madison's Most Wanted list for his involvement with drugs.
Preview of weekend series against Minnesota State.'
When it comes to Hollywood directors, Clint Eastwood has a fascinating anomaly of a career. We used to regard him primarily as the squinty icon that popularized characters as integral to great cinema as Josey Wales, Dirty Harry and the Man With No Name. Even though he's been directing movies since 1971, including modern classics like ""The Outlaw Josey Wales"" and ""Unforgiven,"" Eastwood has never entered a true artistic prime as a director; that is, until the last few years. With the one-two punch of ""Mystic River"" and ""Million Dollar Baby,"" Eastwood made us forget all the ""Blood Works"" and ""Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evils"" and re-established himself as one of the best contemporary American filmmakers. And now, with ""Letters From Iwo Jima,"" a focused and assured tour de force that ranks as one of the greatest war movies ever made, Eastwood has given us what is arguably his best film yet.
As the battle between the understaffed and underfunded in UW-Madison's Department of Comparative Literature and the College of Letters and Science drags on, the department may be in danger of being phased out, said a recent letter posted on the department's website.
Pop music went into cardiac arrest quite a few years ago. You can blame it on the evolution of recording technology that allowed producers to turn almost anyone into a Grammy winner, or you can even blame the recording industry's desire to sign moneymakers over true talent, but somewhere along the way Michael Jackson turned white, Ashlee Simpson went platinum and pop went to hell. Raw talent was traded in for an image""a product, and it's safe to say that music is no longer the love of many pop stars' lives, but an easy starting point for them to build their resumé.
After four years of serving the local music community, Madison's music publication Rick's CafAc has announced it will cease operation due to declining revenues.
A brief idea of the military history program at Madison.'
In this week's \Going Back to Kali,"" Laura discusses her struggles with sleep without the background noise of a television.'
Whether it owes its name to the basketball player, bloodthirsty pirate or character in the legendary arcade game World Heroes 2, Kidd Lager will kick down the door of your epiglotis with chocolatey guns blazing. '
Sweat visibly drips down the character's face, bullet casings fly as the alien enemy approaches. Then without hesitation, the character switches to a shotgun, braces himself and blasts away the opponent.
Wisconsin students attending UW-Madison would pay the same amount of tuition if they chose to attend the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Minnesota students, however, would pay more than Wisconsin students even if they attended their home state''
Every girl knows its cool to date the captain of the football team, but it takes a special kind of person to date the captain of the bowling team. Molly Anderson is up to the task.
Students should be held accountable for poor performance, but repaying grants is not the answer.'
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation — UW-Madison's fundraising arm — is loosening its policies in hopes of increasing stem cell research opportunities and funding, foundation officials announced Tuesday. '
Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, along with Police Chief Noble Wray, outlined the details of a $100,000 funding proposal for the Downtown Safety Initiative to members of the police department and Madison citizens Tuesday.'
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