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OPINION

Human race too attached to terrestrial life, lacks curiosity

By Anthony Cefali | Sep. 4, 2009

Do you realize that we're floating in space? It's something I found myself saying over and over again this summer, while being bombarded with coverage of Apollo 11's 40th anniversary as well as the Parseids meteor shower in July. I also found myself asking, why aren't we out there in space? Why aren't we exploring like we used to? Have we run out of curiosity?

OPINION

University Alcohol Policy Consistant

By The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board | Sep. 4, 2009

War begins Saturday for the University of Wisconsin, albeit a relatively tame war. While the Badgers look to go 1-0 on the football field, the university looks to keep the alcoholic culture associated with football games down to a minimum. In many ways, the war on binge drinking and underage drinking is a futile endeavor, especially when dealing with something as inveterately linked as football and beer. But it is a noble endeavor nonetheless; one that the University has shown it is willing to fight. The concept of ""show and blow"" was introduced last year to keep underage drinking down, and now UW has dropped radio ads during football games associated with alcohol presumably to obscure the connection between football and beer drinking.

OPINION

Poor alcohol policy hurts local business community

By Todd Stevens | Sep. 4, 2009

Some time ago, a friend of mine took issue with a comment I made about Madison's sometimes testy relationship with its business community, disputing my claim that the city could be less than friendly towards many of its economic engines from time to time. Recently I found my exhibit A in the trials of the proposed Badger Hall of Fame Grill from Scott Acker, owner of the Quaker Steak and Lube restaurant in Middleton, who had planned to open a restaurant in University Square. But now it is doubtful the restaurant will ever open, due to the intense hassle Acker has had to go through to open its doors.

OPINION

Obama's birth certificate brings out the worst in politics

By Andrew Carpenter | Sep. 1, 2009

Though rumors spread about Obama's citizenship have constantly been shown to be unfounded, the president nonetheless is hurting the country by failing to address them. By ignoring the ""birther"" movement, Obama has increased the national partisan divide, with his supporters mocking and deriding the birth certificate protesters and his opponents increasing their rhetoric to extreme levels.