Americans need to see through Donald Trump’s pageantry
By Samantha Wilcox | Mar. 7, 2016The race for the Republican nomination has offered the American people endless hours of entertainment since their campaign started last year.
The race for the Republican nomination has offered the American people endless hours of entertainment since their campaign started last year.
Few things are a more recognizable harbinger of spring than the return of baseball. As Major Leaguers show up to camp in Florida and Arizona and teams made up of players of all ages dust off their old mitts, people around the country know that at long last, winter is coming to an end. In Madison, however, the first few weeks of March are devoid of these joys.
Just this past Sunday I took part in a privilege walk during the All Campus Leadership Conference.
The way we elect our presidents in the U.S. is a convoluted system filled with primaries, caucuses, delegates, party conventions, campaigns and rhetoric filled with fear and anger.
If you have shopped in a grocery store within the last six months, you have undoubtedly come across products displaying the label “non-GMO” or “GMO-free,” meaning they are not genetically modified organisms.
In today’s job market, applicants cannot be competitive without digital fluency. For most people, that means proficiency in Microsoft Office and other Internet platforms.
For the first time in this presidential primary season, businessman Donald Trump was put on his heels during a debate.
When I was only two weeks old, I embarked on my first plane ride across the Atlantic Ocean. Considering traveling is one of my family’s favorite pastimes, it was something that they practically forced me to do against my own will ever since I can remember.
In early December of 2015, Syed Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik shot and killed 14 people in the now infamous San Bernardino shootings.
"Hey, what’s up?” “Just got raped by an exam.” This is a quote from a conversation that I overheard in the hallway of my residence hall.
The United States Constitution says nothing about political parties. However, before it was even ratified, two different factions were already forming.
College campuses should be environments free of racism and hate, which is why recent anti-Semitic incidents on our own campus have been so shocking.
Adjacent to the Chazen Museum sits a sign, the lone marker in an otherwise barren lot: “Future Home of the UW School of Music Performance Center.” In a few years’ time, the new venue—which will host a 325-seat recital hall and a large rehearsal area—will make its debut.
Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” an adage recognizable to many. It calls upon humanity to learn from its mistakes to make the future a better, more hospitable place for us all.
“Communication is key,” a phrase we are probably all too familiar with. Whether it is coming from our soccer coach from grade school, or our current academic advisors attempting to convince us that never contacting them is simply not to our benefit, such a statement is bound to be heard.
This past Saturday, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia passed away at the age of 79. He was known for being a stalwart conservative on the bench who disagreed with topics such as the Affordable Care Act, Affirmative Action and immigration reform.
Imagine any university building. Find a bathroom. Now find a bathroom where you feel safe. This is a relatively simple task for the majority of UW-Madison students.
Fifty-four percent of students in the highest-income quartile earn a college degree, while 9 percent of students in the lowest-income quartile earn a college degree.
For: One of the most prolific, yet highly controversial, agenda items from Sen.
For those of you who may not know George Watsky, let me introduce you to him. Watsky is a 29-year-old rapper, writer, performer and lyricist from San Francisco, Calif.