While the turnout for the annual Mifflin Street Block Party reached its highest numbers since 2012, the event overall ran smoothly for both attendees and police officers, according to Madison Police Department Lt. Carl Strasburg.
Virtual reality isn’t a new fad in the gaming world. Since its earliest inception, there have been hilarious depictions in popular culture of kids entering some futuristic deathtrap masquerading as a VR machine. There has already been many failed examples of trying to immerse players in a virtual environment, such as the quasi-VR Nintendo Virtual Boy that doubled as a retina destroyer.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will host its ninth annual Madison Reads Leopold event Saturday as part of Leopold Weekend, according to a university release.
State Sen. Neal Kedzie, R-Elkhorn, released the state Senate’s version of a contentious Assembly bill passed on Jan. 26 easing regulations on iron ore mines in Wisconsin.
The Madison Common Council passed legislation Wednesday to create a procedure that temporarily prohibits street vending in specific locations throughout the city during conventions.
Apparently, history often forgets to question the separation of church and state, assert the presence of Russian spies in the U.S. government during the Cold War, glorify Ronald Reagan above Lincoln and unwrite hip-hop as a contributing part of American culture. Such are the (generalized) recommendations coming from the Texas Board of Education as it awaits the final vote on what has become a buzz-worthy topic over the last month: revisionist history, a touchy subject when it comes to mixing seemingly historical fact with how certain factions may prefer to view history subjectively. What Texas' Board of Education is really trying to do is take the rules of recontextualization—the refitting or reassigning of a work of art into its greater context because of enhanced or simply new perspectives reached over time—and apply them to history.
An analysis of the ""State of the UW Freshmen"" shows this year's incoming students are entering UW at an opportune time.
Home brewing is a popular hobby for students and grads alike, but what happens when the brew you can create underage is illegal to consume?'
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