Gun law creates unsafe campus
By The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board | Sep. 12, 2011The Daily Cardinal editorial board has serious concerns with Wisconsin's new concealed carry law.
The Daily Cardinal editorial board has serious concerns with Wisconsin's new concealed carry law.
Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment (PAVE) continually finds that the majority of students come to UW-Madison believing rape is something that only happens in the middle of the night when no one is around.
On the day after Labor Day, it is important to look at the tumultuous state of the labor movement. Back in the day, labor unions helped organize workers in order to get employers to create safer workplaces. Unions helped push wages up to a fair level and solidify work rules that keep workers healthy and safe.
What would happen if every student on campus were required to take a course in the department of Gender and Women's Studies? Would students brush the class aside like any other breadth credit or take the valuable information it offers seriously?
Last week, the university provoked another series of racial tensions across campus. Following an e-mail sent to several UW-Madison minority student organizations from the office of the Vice Chancellor of Diversity and Climate, many students were incensed at the administration's lack of tact.
Can you hear the fat lady singing, my fellow Badgers? She's singing about the Democrats preparing to abandon another fight in Washington D.C. During the current lame-duck legislative session, Democrats are silently jumping ship on the LGBT initiative of repealing the ""Don't Ask, Don't Tell"" policy that bars gays and lesbians from openly serving in the armed forces.
Ann Coulter, the famous right-wing writer and commentator, is at it again. The woman, who prides herself on not pretending to be fair or balanced, has certainly enraged millions of Americans over the years with her controversial opinions. And right now, she's currently setting her sights on a target that is slightly closer to home: the 18 to 26-year-old demographic.
Last Friday, MSNBC suspended Keith Olbermann indefinitely for his contributions of $2,400 to three Democratic political candidates. The network claims the donations are in conflict with their news policies and that Olbermann's contributions could jeopardize both his and the network's neutrality. The unpaid suspension has caused quite a bit of debate over whether cable news anchors should be allowed to contribute to political campaigns and whether the suspension was a just punishment for the breach in policy.