Steven Pinker, leading cognitive scientist and author of ""The Stuff of Thought,"" attracted a full house Sunday night at the Wisconsin Union Theater as he spoke about language as a window into human nature.
Of the 44,000 tickets sold for Freakfest, not all were bought to parade around State Street dressed in disguise, but instead were purchased to see the event's headlining band, Third Eye Blind.
Freakfest began four years ago as a city-sanctioned event to offset years of Halloween violence and riots downtown, with this year being the tamest yet.
The UW-Madison Police Department made fifteen arrests and 36 ejections at the Badger football game against Purdue Saturday.
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President Barack Obama will speak at Wright Middle School in Madison Wednesday, the White House confirmed Friday.
The state Legislature dropped a $0.50 per liter liquor tax increase from a bill that boosts drunken driving penalties Thursday. The tax was originally proposed to fund part of the bill.
The Wisconsin Department of Justice announced Wednesday it arrested 34 undocumented immigrants throughout the state last week as a part of a two-week operation.
The Alcohol License Density Plan could see several changes, or a possible repeal in the near future, according to a sub-committee of the Alcohol License Review Committee that met Thursday.
The race for the governorship is still in flux for the Democrats, evidenced by Gov. Jim Doyle's recent praise of a relatively unknown potential candidate Thursday.
A new law will go into effect in January 2010 that requires all young adults up to age 27 to receive coverage from their parents' health insurance policy, Gov. Jim Doyle announced Thursday.
President Obama will have the opportunity to discuss federal stimulus incentives such as the ""Race to the Top"" education program during his visit to Madison next week, Gov. Jim Doyle said Thursday.
Former UW-Madison basketball player Jeremy Glover pleaded guilty Thursday to burglarizing a Sellery Hall dorm room in early September, according to the Dane County Circuit Court.
In these tough economic times ,the hospitality industry and its employees are suffering. As consumers revisit home cooking and grocery shopping in an effort to cut food costs (and improve eating habits), both the restaurant business and the salary of its employees, which depends on patron numbers, have decreased.
Late-night vendors on Broom and Johnson Street may be moved to Library Mall because of complaints from residents in the area, members of the Vending Oversight Committee said at their meeting Wednesday.
Associated Students of Madison unanimously voted to officially endorse a Common Council amendment that would make a permanent position for a student representative on the Alcohol License Review Committee.
In the United States, an overwhelming majority of Americans identify with both religious and political beliefs. In every major religion of the world, people are called to love one another as themselves. That being the case, why isn't this fundamental idea inherent in our politics as well?
Craig Houston, a UW-Madison student, was killed in a motorcycle accident Saturday Oct. 24 near Oshkosh, Wis.
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