Body Art - Piercings
By Sarah Berkowitz | Feb. 20, 2006A look at artistic expression that runs more than just skin deep.'
A look at artistic expression that runs more than just skin deep.'
State Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager urged for public hearings on two bills to discuss granting the Department of Justice civil rights enforcement authority in a letter to state lawmakers Thursday. ' ¦
Google entered a storm of controversy over free speech recently, when it decided to censor the Chinese version of its search engine. While Google explained in its official blog that the move was an attempt to 'contribute to openness and prosperity,' critics have blasted the release as contrary to one of Google's stated mantras: 'Don't Be Evil.'
Citing concerns regarding sub-zero temperatures and dreadful windchill, organizers of the 2006 Madison Polar Plunge decided to cancel the annual event for the first time in eight years.
With its first Western Collegiate Hockey Association title under UW's belt, the No. 2 Wisconsin women's hockey team (22-3-1 WCHA, 27-4-1 overall) shutout Minnesota State 5-0 Saturday (8-16-2, 11-18-3). The ' ¦
As a character states early in 'The Dying Gaul,' 'No one goes to the movies to have a bad time or to learn anything.' Yet this film is deeply disturbing and a profound meditation on mortality, fidelity and psychology.
Madison: 150 years of history. Part two of a semester-long series
Freshman superstar Yi Ting Siow picked up the first Big Ten title of her blossoming career at UW Saturday, as Wisconsin wrapped up play at the 2006 Big Ten Championships. ' ¦
An outbreak of an equine herpes virus has struck horses owned by the UW-Madison Hoofers riding club, imposing a quarantine on a barn owned by the organization, according to the ' ¦
The Badger women's basketball team has definitely found their feet in the second half of this season and got fans on theirs as the team (5-10 Big Ten, 11-16 overall) No. 17 Minnesota (9-5, 17-8) 67-61 in front of nearly 15,000 fans at the Kohl Center Sunday afternoon. It was the team's third conference win in four games, and its second consecutive home victory.
Before the XX Olympic Winter Games began, the American mainstream got its first taste of skiing sensation Bode Miller by witnessing a press conference last month in which he brazenly ' ¦
UW-Madison graduate Lindsay Barone gets a lot of laughs when she drives through campus. But Barone usually laughs right along. After all, she usually drives a 27-foot-long hot dog. 'It's ' ¦
Students need a Dane County Board Supervisor focused on accomplishing the day-to-day administrative duties that keep essential county services working. Students need a technocrat. They need to cast their vote ' ¦
Today is Presidents Day, a national holiday dedicated to celebrating the past leaders of our nation. Most people see these forefathers as stuffy, stodgy old coots; in short, wanksters. But actually, nothing could be further from the truth. Some of our commanders in chief were the illest playas of their respective eras, as their connections to some recent hip-hop artists display. Here is an examination of a few of the original gangstas who have ascended to the United States' highest public office.
Kelsey and Greg were rocking the desk at the Shell when the DC caught up with them in the middle of the Blizzard of '06. Amazingly, while all of campus decided to stay home under the cover of snow, these two were hard at work. Trudging through the snow wasn't stopping the athletic-inclined from turning out in full force to run their laps. Well, we'll leave Kelsey and Greg to their runners and be at home curled under blankets and clutching hot chocolate.
Let this be a lesson to all hunters. Whether you are eight or 88 years old, accidents happen. Say you're hunting fattened quail that have been raised in cages and ' ¦'