A lot has happened to Damien Rice since he released O, his debut album. His music appeared on the ""Closer"" soundtrack, he dated RenAce Zellweger and he embraced his popular success. Rice seemed to disappear after his whirlwind in the spotlight, but now he is back to where he belongs with 9, his stunning, long-awaited comeback.
Pulsating sobs were echoing throughout Steenbock Memorial Library late one Tuesday night and interrupting the very motivated students who surrounded the circulation desk. It was too early for an exam breakdown—those were at least five days away—but it apparently was time for an inter-family fight over a $1,300 credit card bill.
Although the star of Saturday's 70-66 win over Marquette may have been Alando Tucker, the Wisconsin men's basketball team may have found a diamond in the rough in Trevon Hughes.'
Coming soon: an effective male contraceptive in pill form.'
With Big Ten Conference play only a few weeks away, the Wisconsin women's basketball team continues to expand on their record-breaking season, defeating Albany 75-46 Sunday at the Kohl Center.'
\Trail of Dead now appear to be looking in all directions at once for new ideas,"" writes Matt Hunziker. ""Unsurprisingly, this approach yields mixed results.""'
My favorite pastime of the holiday season is arguing over the greatest Christmas movie of all time. The conventional choice is Frank Capra's classic ""It's a Wonderful Life."" There's just no arguing with Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed and the theme of ""No man is poor who has friends.""
\This weekend senior Jim Reuter, UW-Madison's favorite trombonist and the man we all hope to marry won the year's most coveted title, Most Eligible Bachelor.""'
When the Cold War Kids released their EP Up in Rags in early 2006, one thing was clear: These kids were going to be big. With music blogs giving these guys a lot of love, they were quickly catching on, but still a well-kept secret. To their advantage, they were signed to Downtown Records, also the label for Art Brut and Gnarls Barkley, and fans were waiting for their much-anticipated full-length release.
Manchester, England's Jim Noir burst onto the scene with his tune ""Eanie Meany,"" used to striking effect in the ubiquitous Adidas ads which ran during the 2006 World Cup. Since, his three home-recorded EPs, made with backing group the Beep Seals, have been compiled and expanded upon as the Tower of Love full-length album.
For the last issue, News of te Weird gives you the sexiest, \X-Rated"" stories of the year.'
With finals coming up, most students see College Library as the ideal spot to absorb temporary knowledge for its peace and privacy—just you and your books. But as you sit in your little cubicle reviewing old lecture notes, let me make one suggestion: do not look up. No, do not look up because the words, numbers, symbols and drawings inscribed in the wood around you will suck you in. It always happens to me.
After his DUI arrest and subsequent anti-Semitic rage this summer, Mel Gibson eclipsed Tom Cruise as America's preeminent crazy male celebrity. It's now impossible to discuss his movies, particularly everyone's favorite religious snuff film, ""The Passion of the Christ,"" without discussing the increasingly enigmatic man behind them, especially since his latest offerings have been so personal in nature. Gibson throws himself even further out there with ""Apocalypto,"" his much-ballyhooed epic set in 16th century Mayan civilization, and while the results are certainly not for everyone, it is a flawed but furiously entertaining adrenaline rush of a movie.
The Wisconsin men's hockey team has been known to vanish late in the second and the entire third period, but if this past weekend's series against North Dakota is any indication of what is to come, then Badger fans should be in for a much different second half of the season.
Tom Waits' \Orphans"" is ""like an abstract painting — a bunch of shit on a poster board, but it looks pretty cool anyway,"" writes Andrew Dambeck.'
When we were first introduced to Brand New in 2001 with Your Favorite Weapon, we heard a band with raw skills, pop-punk riffs and lyrics full of teenage angst. After building a fan base by touring relentlessly, Brand New went back to the studio to record 2003's Deja Entendu. Drastically different from YFW, it once again showed extreme potential (they actually learned to play their instruments), but many knew there was much more on the way.
NASA's week would make any government agency proud. Keaton takes a look at the future of humanity, as planned out by NASA's directors.'
As a leader, UW-Madison should not only fully comply with current U.S. environmental laws, but move ahead of the pack as much as possible, even if doing so requires the major expense of replacing the Charter Street plant.'
In one heartbreaking sweep, the No. 10 Wisconsin volleyball team ended its season the same way it started. The Badgers came up short in the third round of the 2006 NCAA volleyball tournament Friday night against host school No. 8 Texas, losing the match 30-19, 30-22, 30-12 and falling short of the Elite Eight for the first time in three years.
Unable to hold two leads against St. Cloud State, the Wisconsin women's hockey team skated to a pair of ties this weekend against the Huskies.
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