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Rivalry provides incentive to continue streak

UW looks for first conference win against Michigan

Volleyball confident wins will come

Keeping 'Mama Grizzly' hidden is bad for voters

Well, Wisconsin, we've got ourselves a Palin-esque ""Mama Grizzly"" who tweets about minivans and God, uses her self-proclaimed ""kitchen-table common sense,"" writes a fairytale for her online biography and has big hair to match her big ideas. Ultra-conservative former Milwaukee WISN-TV news anchor Rebecca Kleefisch, is running for Lieutenant Governor on the same ticket as Scott Walker.

Frustration evident as Badgers rack up fouls, run winless streak to nine

County settles lawsuit against four media outlets

Keeping 'Mama Grizzly' hidden is bad for voters

Well, Wisconsin, we've got ourselves a Palin-esque ""Mama Grizzly"" who tweets about minivans and God, uses her self-proclaimed ""kitchen-table common sense,"" writes a fairytale for her online biography and has big hair to match her big ideas. Ultra-conservative former Milwaukee WISN-TV news anchor Rebecca Kleefisch is running for lieutenant governor on the same ticket as Scott Walker.

Five Things to Watch

What should you be watching for this Saturday as the Badgers take on the Gophers?

National Outlook

Take a look at what other big games are happening this weekend around college football.

Committee members discuss logic, feasibility of Overture buyout

Feingold holds campus voting rally

Ravi's actions terrible, but not worth such a long sentence

On Sept. 22, Rutgers student Tyler Clementi committed suicide three days after Dharun Ravi, his roommate, secretly streamed video of Clementi during an intimate encounter with his male partner. Unfortunately, this story of cyber bullying is nothing new; it is yet another saddening example of the tragic consequences of intolerance and disrespect.

Border Battle Resumes

This Saturday, the Wisconsin Badgers take on border rival Minnesota in their yearly Battle for Paul Bunyan's Axe.

Historic mounds at LSU deserve respect

It's not often that a college campus a thousand miles away can affect students in Madison, but that is not to say that we shouldn't be concerned with what other students are doing outside of our little bubble. Two weeks ago, an issue arose on the Louisiana State University campus that really should demand our attention.

Transparency takes precedence

This Monday, the state Supreme Court reviewed a petition from the State Bar of Wisconsin to grant judges more power to erase online court records wherein either the case was dismissed or the suspect acquitted. Ultimately, the court decided it should be up to lawmakers in the state legislature, not the court. We feel any erasure is an unnecessary measure that would only diminish the transparency of the courts.

NFL demands Feingold change campaign ad

Vending Committee talks campus food cart futures

2011 Madison Operating Budget proposed, keeps cuts at minimum

UW professors address coastie, sconnie divide and stereotypes

Colbert brings humor in defense of AgJobs bill before House Judiciary

It is a rare occurrence that a person of my age would watch C-SPAN and laugh (unless it's at the old representatives who like to nod off on the job). Quite honestly it's rare that I would go out of my way to watch C-SPAN at all. Yet on Friday, Sept. 24th pseudo-GOP pundit, Stephen Colbert got my attention along with thousands of others both young and old when he spoke in front of the House Judiciary Committee in support of the AgJobs bill.