It is the home to three amazing summer music festivals: Lollapalooza, Pitchfork and Intonation. Every year, thousands of people and hundreds of bands from all over the world flock to the Chicagoland area to catch the hottest music on the scene. But throughout the rest of the year as well, the city maintains its tradition as a music hotspot.
Despite atrocious television ratings, people should be excited for the start of the NHL season.'
With a month left until the Nov. 7 election, Joe Wineke, chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, spoke Tuesday about the importance of student involvement to the UW-Madison College Democrats.'
Kate Waller, a UW-Madison junior, is the true definition of an American girl. This Park Ridge, IL native is an avid fan of Da Bears and accomplishes the magnificent feat of cracking her ears. Kate actually holds the world record for loudest ear crack and is known to be able to make apples fall from their tree by simply performing this task.
Monday morning Madison police responded to a bank robbery at Home Savings Bank, 3672 E. Washington Ave. The robbery is the latest in an unusually high number that have occurred in Madison this year.'
I didn't ask to fall in love with Manny's tostado chips. If I'd only ever eaten Tostitos or Old Dutch brand tortilla chips, I'm sure my quality of life wouldn't be drastically different. But somehow, Manny's found its w'
Basketball ticket distribution should mirror that of hockey or football tickets.'
The body of a UW-La Crosse student missing since Saturday night was pulled from the Mississippi River Monday morning.'
The red hot men's soccer team takes on Western Illinois Wednesday night.'
The UW-Madison ""We Conserve"" campaign is a proposal by the university to cut energy consumption by 20 percent by 2010, supported by the university and the state government and is lacking only in student involvement.'
I used to work in a video store. It was the northside Family Video in Kenosha, my hometown. Everybody I worked with was nice. There were single moms, college students, housewives, sketchballs and the occasional senior in high school. You see, in order to get a job at the FV, you only need to earn a 70 or higher on the basic skills test (I got a 72. Woot.) and to be 18 years of age. Why 18, you ask? That's easy. Family Video rents PORN.
Three U.S. school shootings in the past week, one of which occurred only an hour away, have put Madison schools on edge. '
\There's a sadism to 'Confetti,'"" writes Eric R. Schmidt, ""and director Debbie Isitt doesn' provide a convincing way out of it.""'
The men's hockey team doesn't start its title defending campaign until Friday, but the hype is already is full force.'
UW-Waukesha held a debate on the proposed amendment that would ban gay marriage. The amendment will be voted on by the public on Nov. 7.'
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