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 ' ¦'
Kimia Lounge agreed to hold an underage event Feb. 22, the Associated Students of Madison announced Thursday at its spring semester opening press conference. ASM said these efforts are a ' ¦
Costs to Madison residents continue to pile up in the wake of one of the biggest snowstorms in years. The Madison snowstorm, which came a week after parts of the ' ¦
Sparks flew at an open meeting concerning the proposed apartment development on the 200 block of West Mifflin Street Thursday night as neighborhood residents and builders squared off.
Chris Elliott the actor occasionally lucks his way into scene-stealing roles in movies such as 'Groundhog Day' and 'There's Something about Mary.' Chris Elliott the author, however, has run out of luck, because his fiction debut 'The Shroud of the Thwacker' is an easily forgettable 'Da Vinci Code' parody.
Being cooped up in the midst of the snowstorm of the year was too much to handle for the six to eight horses that broke free from their lodgings and ' ¦
A day-long snowstorm resulted in the cancellation of all UW-Madison evening classes Thursday, as five to seven inches of snow buried the campus. UW-Madison Interim Provost Virginia Sapiro cancelled classes ' ¦
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