Gov. Jim Doyle and Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton kicked off their 2006 gubernatorial campaign Wednesday night at the Concourse Hotel, 1 W. Dayton St., with a plea for all state citizens to 'keep Wisconsin blue.'
A party-line vote in the state Senate put Wisconsin on track to be the 20th state to ban gay marriage. The body decided, in a lengthy, heated debate Wednesday, to ' ¦
A model to increase higher-income students' tuition while lowering the tuition for lower-income families will be brought to the table tomorrow morning during the University of Wisconsin System Board of ' ¦
The immigration reform debate is beginning to look like most political debates in our polarized nation. Extremists from small, opposing factions are pushing everyone in the middle to take positions ' ¦
If you have an older sibling who attended UW-Madison and swears by something called the Melting Pot hamburger, chances are you have heard about Dotty Dumpling's Dowry, 317 N. Frances ' ¦'
Three UW football players were recently named to SI.com's Second-Team All-America. Junior running back Brian Calhoun, junior offensive lineman Joe Thomas and sophomore punter Ken DeBauche were named to the ' ¦
Inclusionary Zoning has been in effect since Jan. 2004. The Madison ordinance requires developers to make 15 percent of their new housing developments affordable to low and medium- income families. ' ¦
If the Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team (6-1) had the idea that it would coast past Wednesday night's opponent in the second of six consecutive games at home, UW-Green Bay showed them to be sorely mistaken.
As winter closes in on Wisconsin, many look forward to using frozen lakes for recreation. Those doing so need to exercise caution, however, as thin ice can be deceiving and ' ¦
On Thursday the Wisconsin women's basketball team (4-3) faces South Dakota State (4-2) at the Kohl Center.
This early in the season, with teams continuing to work their way through the non-conference portion of their schedules, it's difficult to tell exactly how things will pan out in ' ¦'
'Hockey isn't an individual sport,' senior defensemen Tom Gilbert said, and that is a very good thing. Gilbert, an assistant captain for the No. 1 ranked team in the country, ' ¦
Everyone loves a great sports story. Tales of overcoming seemingly-impossible odds are enjoyable. Just think of Daniel E. 'Rudy' Ruettiger. But some sports stories are not so magnificent. Those stories often tell accounts of potential that was not met and tragedy that ensued thereafter.
We all have everywhere people'people we see everywhere. But Katie actually IS everywhere. She's a journalism and international studies major because?she can't decide between working for the UN or Vogue. She also can't?decide where to live, so she's just going to live everywhere: Argentina,?Morocco, Iceland, Italy and NYC. Don't worry if you can't find her for the?next decade'she plans to settle down in St. Paul after she cruises the?planet. And, if you're lucky, you might find her on the cover of a?magazine in the meantime.
The holiday season is a time for giving. But to be honest, most of us would rather receive. So give or take, to yourself or others, these are the essentials for the gamer in your life this year.
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