Opinion
SB 306 creates wrong message for Wis. youth
By Daily Cardinal editorial board | Feb. 27, 2012
Too many people are going to college
By Matthew Curry | Feb. 26, 2012College is a great institution for those looking to seriously challenge themselves and advance their understanding of self and environment. A collegiate environment also provides an excellent opportunity for students to form a working relationship with their professors in a way that helps them understand what they went to school to learn in the first place. Additionally, the dynamic environment of a campus, particularly here in Madison, allows for one to form his or her own connections in the vast social network—the real, living one, not that fake online knockoff. Unfortunately, the aspects that make college so great are being diluted by the overwhelming amount of people attending college.
Human rights is biggest issue in adidas contract mediation
By Ethan Safran | Feb. 23, 2012The angry protesters marching around Madison these past few days have good reason to be upset.
Potential mine will harm tribe’s land
By Kate Krebs | Feb. 23, 2012The dispute over open pit mining continues as controversy over legislation regarding a prospective mine in northern Wisconsin resurfaces. A subsidiary of the Cline Group has proposed an open pit iron ore mine to be created in the Penokee Hills, a project which could boost the economy and create many jobs for Wisconsinites.
Letter: Students must pay attention to new nuisance party ordinance
By Rachel Lepak | Feb. 23, 2012H
GOP values come from the wrong places
By Anurag Mandalika | Feb. 21, 2012The twisty race for the Republican presidential nomination now finds itself with former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum in the lead, ready to take the fight to President Barack Obama. He recently launched into a tirade against Obama, chiding the president's policies protecting the environment as based on a theology that has nothing to do with the Bible. Apart from being interpreted as an attack on Obama's faith by the media, it also makes one ponder what Santorum bases his opinions.
Twitter does not tailor to local news
By Zach Thomae | Feb. 20, 2012Whitney Houston's death was first reported on Twitter. The Arab Spring was both organized and disseminated on Twitter. Twitter has even started a new account just for "spotlighting best practices and innovative uses of Twitter by journalists and newsrooms." That said, social media is not being utilized everywhere-in particular, not in local newsrooms.
Retaining value by utilizing technology
By The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board | Feb. 19, 2012
Internet helps advance global revolutions
By Matthew Curry | Feb. 16, 2012Not long after I first began using the Internet in mid-2001, I found myself patronizing certain websites I found funny or interesting-most times both. Over time I noticed these web forums are in themselves small communities with each person contributing their own material or thoughts, which define that specific forum. These societies have their own citizens, their own humor and their own general will. All small groups have a mini-culture, so what?