According to the watchdog group LegiStorm, congressmen handed out bonuses to their staffs in record numbers in 2008, including several Wisconsin representatives.
Kiera is sending out her cover letters and resumes'
Columnist Andy van Sistine explains why less-known sports leagues can often be more entertaining than the pros
Campus chapter of Challah for Hunger bakes and sells fresh bread to fight social injustice'
Follow Claire on an adventure around the Capitol as she explores the first outdoors farmers' market of 2009.'
The estimated homeless population increased 17 percent last year in Dane County, but the effects of the recent recession on these numbers has yet to be seen.
Chev Chelios is one angry man. He spent the entirety of the first ""Crank"" film keeping his heart pumping with the use of adrenaline. He had a snowball's chance in Hell of surviving, especially after falling thousands of feet from a helicopter directly onto the pavement, yet he is still alive. Now, in ""Crank: High Voltage,"" that indestructible heart of his is being stolen by Japanese doctors to give to an elderly Chinese gangster (kung-fu legend David Carradine) in poor health. Chelios (Jason Statham) is stuck with a battery-powered heart and needs to give himself a series of electrical jolts to keep the heart pumping. He's like the Energizer Bunny, but angry and British.
UWPD officers trained members of SAFEwalk in crime prevention and awareness at Memorial Union Sunday.
Last Wednesday, thousands of people flowed up State street and assembled near the state capitol, some sporting various costumes, including pigs, minutemen and corporate CEOs. However, it wasn't for the annual Freakfest celebration. Instead, the crowd was there to support the ""Tea Party,"" a nationwide event aimed at protesting higher taxes at the state and national level. Wisconsin's ""Tea Party"" was aimed specifically at Gov. Jim Doyle and other Democrats' handling of spending and tax hikes.
Mayor Dave Cieslewicz announced committee appointments for the newly elected alders in Madison's student districts Friday.
Recent events in Iran are eerily similar to U.S. practices at Guantanamo Bay.
UW-Madison students protested at the Capitol in support for LGBT rights Friday.
Nearly one in ten people are out of a job, according to the Department of Workforce Development, which stated that the unemployment rate in Wisconsin hit 9.4 percent in March, from 8.8 percent in February. This is higher than the national unemployment rate, which reached 9 percent in March. These are obviously very dire economic times for both Wisconsin and the entire nation, but recently President Obama revealed his strategy to introduce high-speed rail to the nation. His plan included a list of 10 top projects. On his list was a Midwest line that would link Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison and the Twin Cities to other major Midwestern cities. Many politicians believe supporting such an idea will not only relieve congested highways and airways but also help by supplying a much-needed boost to the slumping economy.
The Wisconsin softball team dropped two games to Ohio State Saturday.
Megan finds many options more appealing than her paper'
The Wisconsin men's and women's rowing teams were in action this weekend and both teams posted solid results.
According to a recent poll from the St. Norbert College Survey Center, Gov. Doyle's approval rating has fallen to 45 percent.
The Wisconsin football helped the coaches learn the strengths and weaknesses of their team and brought an end to the spring season.
This week highlights include a 13-year-old rockin' out and recycled Disney animation.'
""State of Play"" is a terrible movie with an amazingly astute marketing strategy. By shamelessly pandering to media luddites with nostalgia-inducing montages of a reporter's life, it softened the hearts of some of the most jaded film critics (it made A.O. Scott cry, for God's sake). Although the movie itself fails to intelligently show the lack of objectivity in reporting today, perhaps the critical response it has received does exactly that.
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