UW System President Kevin Reilly announced the five finalists in the UW-La Crosse chancellor search Friday, including UW-Madison's own Associate Vice Chancellor for Teaching and Learning, Virginia Sapiro.'
The third and final gubernatorial debate Friday night in La Crosse focused mostly on healthcare and education issues, and the candidates took their last opportunity to defend themselves and attack each other. '
One household's struggle with allergy-inducing mold casts light upon a common problem among UW-Madison student renters'
Columnist Nick Barbash says, \The next time you're surfing YouTube, take a look at the footage from Oct. 4 at Columbia University as protesters drowned out the speech of Jim Gilchrist... Screaming protesters appeared on stage with banners and preven'
UW-Milwaukee froze its student government Friday amidst an ongoing investigation into embezzlement of $10,000 by student officials. The university literally has locked the doors and halted government access to funds in the wake of the investigation.
In light of Sweetest Day last Saturday, News of the Weird presents the most disastrous sweetheart stories...'
Wisconsin's team-wide search for scoring may have ended Saturday night as the offense came alive in a 5-2 win over Minnesota-Duluth.'
While Saturday's 24-3 win in West Lafayette was not as flashy as the past three wins for the Badgers, they took advantage of key opportunities to beat Purdue.'
Sonya Geiger: Media Darling'
BusinessWeek magazine recently rated UW-Madison's Master's of Business Administration program fourth in a national ranking of schools with the fastest return on students' investment. The magazine ranks by considering how long it takes st'
\Within the short, breezy chapters of '/A Spot of Bother,'/ Mark Haddon entertains the reader with his subtle observances of humor lying dormant in our ordinary lives,"" writes Carrie Lorig.'
With Halloween less than a week away, Madison's downtown bars remain unsure of what to expect.'
\The faculty room in 'The Faculty Room' becomes a comfort for the audience just as it is for the teachers, and neither wants to leave by the end,"" writes Marly Schuman.'
Viewing Sofia Coppola's ""Marie Antoinette"" is a lot like spending two hours walking through a fine art gallery. Save for a few pieces of intrigue, it is, above all, a lavish visual tour. Lacking moments of climax, the film rolls along at a truly languid pace that proves enjoyable simply for its aesthetic appeal.
Nick Van Sicklen's 8-inch growth spurt in high school merely foreshadowed the height his soccer career has grown to since graduating from UW-Madison in 2005 as lead scorer and team captain of the men's soccer team. Since then, Van Sicklen has '
The Badger football team used a stifling defense and an effective rushing attack to defeat Purdue 24-3 Saturday.'
Although electronic voting machines promise to increase the reliability and accuracy of election results, most machines have disturbing vulnerabilities that undermine these goals.'
A common toothpaste and mouthwash ingredient may prevent skin cancer, according to an Oct. 19 announcement by a UW-Madison professor-led research team at the American Association for Cancer Research meeting in Seattle. '
Everyone has seen Joe Rosenthal's photograph of six American servicemen raising the American flag at Iwo Jima. But contrary to popular belief, the flag was raised at the start of the brutal weeks-long battle. After the Americans had taken the island and Rosenthal's picture had become a great patriotic symbol, three of those immortalized had been killed. The remaining three—Navy Corpsman John Bradley (Ryan Phillippe) and Marines Rene Gagnon (Jesse Bradford) and Ira Hayes (Adam Beach)—were persuaded (perhaps intimidated) to return to the United States for a nationwide tour to convince Americans to buy war bonds. Clint Eastwood's ""Flags of Our Fathers,"" based on the bestselling memoir by James Bradley and Ron Powers, is about the emotional toll this took on these three men.
The Wisconsin women's soccer team continued its late-season slump this weekend, losing 3-0 at No. 9 Penn State Friday and 1-0 at UW-Milwaukee Sunday.
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