In an attempt to nullify the controversial second sentence of the passed gay marriage ban that prohibits same-sex couples from forming anything similar to a marriage, state Senator Jon Erpenbach, D-Middleton, recently introduced an equal rights amendment '
The Madison City Council passed a proposal Tuesday that will allow elected officials taking an oath of office to protest the ban on gay marriage, which became an amendment to the state constitution November 2006 after residents voted on the referendum.
In her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel March,"" Geraldine Brooks takes characters from one of the most beloved children's books, Louisa May Alcott's ""Little Women,"" and uses them to illuminate the horrible, far-reaching effects of war. Brooks takes the March parents whose stories are only explored so far as they relate to the March sisters and deeply imagines their relationship and experiences of the Civil War.
After stumbling into the break with two ties at St. Cloud State, the Badger women's hockey team regained its balance and began 2007 with four convincing wins against rival Minnesota and East Coast foe Providence.
Snowy owls — birds only occasionally seen in Wisconsin — have recently caught the attention of Madison locals on the UW-Madison campus. '
UW System admission policies are under scrutiny after the Board of Regents postponed a decision to enforce the UW-Madison comprehensive admission process presented by UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley in December 2006.'
For the first time in over 20 years, UW-Madison is not the top-producing institution for Peace Corps volunteers. '
How to solve Wisconsin's ""brain drain""? Looming over the head of the state Legislature for years, the ""brain drain"" conundrum is a complex problem to solve. One definitively wrong way to solve it? Free tuition.'
ORLANDO, Fla.—Wisconsin's worries about Arkansas' potent running game were justified on the third play from scrimmage at the Capital One Bowl Jan. 1 when sophomore Heisman finalist Darren McFadden broke a big run and seemed destined for the end zone. Instead, UW sophomore cornerback Jack Ikegwuonu caught McFadden and brought him down at the nine-yard line.
ORLANDO, Fla.—The UW football team rushed for negative five yards, allowed 257 yards on the ground and did not score in the second half of the Capital One Bowl. Yet somehow, despite these numbers, the Badgers (12-1) took home their second straight Capital One Bowl victory, defeating Arkansas (10-4) 17-14.
The U.S. must break its ties to Saudi oil in order to ever advance in the field of alternative fuels.'
For many students, winter break was spent visiting family and friends, but for one UW-Madison student, the break brought heroism.
Now that head coach Bret Bielema has a very successful year and a bowl win under his belt, the sky's the limit for the UW football team.'
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