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Quaker Steak & Lube to take place of Uno

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:21:26 -0500

By: Grace Urban

The corner of State Street and Gorham Street will be getting a face-lift as Pizzeria Uno Chicago Grill closes to make way for Quaker Steak & Lube. Pizzeria Uno has been paying reduced rent for “a while,” according to Kevin O’Driscoll...

Lawyer shares views on food-borne illness

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:20:44 -0500

By: Lydia Statz

Lawyer Bill Marler shared some of his two decades of experience prosecuting cases of food-borne illness Monday night at Memorial Union. Part of the Distinguished Lecture Series, his lecture focused on the method his firm uses on food manufacturers to hold...

Lawmaker admits to exaggerating records complaints

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:18:57 -0500

By: Ariel Shapiro

The main sponsor of a new court records bill admitted Friday that he exaggerated the number of direct complaints his office received regarding online public access to court records. State Rep. Marlin Schneider, D-Wisconsin Rapids, told The Associated Pres...

Doyle, Midwest governors meet for Asian carp summit

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:18:03 -0500

By: Alison Dirr

Gov. Jim Doyle met Monday with federal officials and governors from Illinois and Michigan to discuss strategies to limit the spread of Asian carp into the Great Lakes. Doyle said President Barack Obama’s administration plans to work with states to p...

City committee considers controversial hotel plan

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:15:19 -0500

By: Ryan Kirsch

The city’s Plan Commission held a public meeting Monday regarding the controversial Edgewater Hotel development proposal, with nearly all of the discussion centered on a zoning ordinance revision that would allow development close to the waterfront....

Student tenant center may not receive funding

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:13:17 -0500

By: Kelsey Gunderson

Website for student tenant discussion still in progress

A proposed student tenant resource center was removed from the Associated Students of Madison’s budget last week, and ASM members will vote to finalize that budget Wednesday. Brandon Williams, chair of the ASM Student Services Finance Committee, sai...

Keeper of the Cup has a hockey fans dream job

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:41:46 -0500

By: Nico Savidge

Columnist Nico Savidge recently met the man with the best job in the world

If you’re lucky enough to find them, there are some pretty sweet jobs out there. Who among us wouldn’t want to be a taste tester for the New Glarus Brewing Company, a high-profile movie star or a supercar reviewer? I would probably say any job...

Badgers jump in rankings after weekend wins over SMU, UIC

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:38:44 -0500

By: Emma Condon

The Wisconsin men's tennis team scored a pair of wins over the weekend

The Wisconsin men’s tennis team notched two more wins this weekend with a pair of straightforward victories over Southern Methodist University 4-0 and University of Illinois-Chicago 6-1. The Badgers (6-1), who jumped seven positions in the most rece...

Late scoring bites UW back as Purdue scores dramatic win

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:33:07 -0500

By: Mark Bennett

The Wisconsin women's basketball team fell to the Boilermakers over the weekend

Less than three days after defeating the Minnesota Gophers in dramatic, double-overtime fashion, the Wisconsin women’s basketball team had the tables turned against them Sunday night on the road at Purdue. The Badgers held a comfortable lead for mos...

Eaves not worried about letdown this weekend

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:13:17 -0500

By: Nico Savidge

Men's Hockey head coach Mike Eaves said the Badgers will be ready for Minnesota State this Weekend

After the emotional high of a victory in the first ever Camp Randall Hockey Classic, men’s hockey head coach Mike Eaves said he is not worried about a letdown as his team prepares to face struggling Minnesota State this weekend. According to Eaves, ...

World needs inspiration and imagination for innovation

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:59:15 -0500

By: Anthony Cefali

The second day of a week-long look at science education in America

Late last week, scientists at CERN announced they would be turning the Large Hadron Collider back on. The world’s largest physics experiment broke down shortly after its first test runs in 2008 and has only been tested once since then. Unfortunately...

Illinois up next as Badgers try for Big Ten title

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:58:31 -0500

By: Nick Schmitt

The Wisconsin men's basketball team will face the Illini at the Kohl Center Tuesday

Two storms are brewing on their inevitable paths toward campus. One brings drifts of snow, and the other, if weathered, could bring the Wisconsin’s men’s basketball team another Big Ten regular season title. The Badgers are coming off a succes...

Government and society can't ignore homelessness

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:44:02 -0500

By: Melissa Grau

Homelessness can happen to anybody and its victims should not be treated as a fringe group.

After witnessing the electrifying performances in “Rent,” in which love awakens the characters from their nightmares, I am ashamed of the way in which we treat the homeless in our society. Yes, our society. The vets, the mentally ill, the addi...

Letter to the Editor: Super Bowl ad reveals pro-life bias and contempt for public from CBS

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:39:41 -0500

By: Madison Students for Choice

Airing the infamous Tim Tebow Super Bowl ad was a poor decision.

Many believe that in a country with free speech, CBS should be allowed to air whatever advocacy message they so choose. Others believe that the Super Bowl is about football and it is in poor taste to televise controversial messages during that time. We, h...

New Sparks movie stays 'Dear' to heart

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:13:47 -0500

By: Caitlin Furin

In his typical romantic fashion, Nicholas Sparks brought us a story of young love tested by distance and time in his novel “Dear John.” Now, thanks to director Lasse Hallström, an adaptation of Sparks’ novel has hit the big screen, ...

Good bands can also do good deeds

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:06:58 -0500

By: Justin Stephani

Music has acquired a unique place in our society’s hypermedia atmosphere. Audiences are segmented in more ways than you can fold a single sheet of paper, and mainstream markets borrow or buy trendy sensibilities only after a year or two of sustained...

Deer Cardinal: Valentine's Day Edition

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:32:59 -0500

By: The Daily Cardinal

As usual, all you sad sacks out there seem to be having trouble with your Valentine’s Day plans, so I’ve devoted an entire column to addressing all your romance needs for the upcoming holiday. Deer Cardinal, It’s almost Valentine’s...

New study shows melanomas make you hot

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:30:56 -0500

By: Erin Van Pay

Baby, you’re real pretty and all, but dammit, you’re pastier than Janet Reno’s thighs in the dead of winter. You know what you can do to make me happy and actually want to have sex with you? Radiate yourself in a hot, plastic cylinder fo...

UW-Madison awarded $9.8 million for cardiac arrest research

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:47:29 -0500

By: The Daily Cardinal

UW-Madison will receive a grant of nearly $9.8 million over the course of the next five years from the National Heart, Blood and Lung Institute for research on sudden cardiac death. After receiving the grant, several UW-Madison researchers are now in the ...

State superintendent threatens to withhold $175 million from Milwaukee Public Schools

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:47:02 -0500

By: The Daily Cardinal

State Superintendent Tony Evers threatened to withhold millions of federal dollars from the Milwaukee Public Schools if they fail to make progress, in a letter submitted to the school district Thursday. Evers said if MPS does not take corrective action, t...

MPD staffing changes increase patrols during busy hours

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:46:38 -0500

By: Allison Geyer

The Madison Police Department introduced a new staffing model to begin Sunday. Police said it will increase officer presence on the streets during the day’s busiest times and improve response times to calls. The change was a result of a staffing sur...

Library plans move forward despite issues

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:46:12 -0500

By: Ashley Davis

Plans for a new downtown library are still in place after concerns arose about unexpected costs and building delays. The mayor’s bid for a $37 million, six-story Central Library has maintained support from the Common Council, though it has encounter...

100,000 Wisconsin residents could lose unemployment benefits

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:44:53 -0500

By: Hannah Furfaro

Up to 100,000 Wisconsin residents may see an end to their unemployment benefits by late April if Congress does not approve federal assistance extension legislation. The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development sent out 8,000 letters last Tuesday noti...

Regents OK Eau Claire tuition hike

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:44:20 -0500

By: Michelle Langer

Board also presents diversity awards to university faculty

The UW System Board of Regents voted Friday to raise UW-Eau Claire’s tuition by $1,200 over the next four years by expanding the university’s differential tuition program. The Blugold Commitment, which was approved on a 14-2 vote, will raise u...

Anti-abortion rally draws large crowd, triggers counterprotest

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:43:39 -0500

By: Kelsey Gunderson

Groups of both anti-abortion and abortion rights advocates rallied Saturday to voice their opinions about the proposed abortion clinic at the Madison Surgery Center, a UW Hospital and Clinics affiliate. One rally was organized by Pro-Life Wisconsin and Vi...

UW offense storms past Michigan in win

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:06:54 -0500

By: Nick Schmitt

The Wisconsin men's basketball team defeated the Wolverines on the road Saturday

Recently Wisconsin (8-3 Big Ten, 18-5 overall) has relied on its late game heroics to clinch its wins, but in Ann Arbor on Saturday the Badgers continued what they started last Tuesday against Michigan State and jumped all over the Wolverines early. The h...

Offense shines Saturday, fizzles Sunday as Badgers split series

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:03:53 -0500

By: Ryan Evans

The Wisconsin women's hockey team split its series with Bemidji State

The source of excitement for the Wisconsin women’s hockey team coming into this weekend’s games against Bemidji State was clearly the highly-anticipated Camp Randall Hockey classic that opened the series Saturday. The Badgers did not disappoin...

Power play sparks UW in Camp Randall victory

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:38 -0500

By: Parker Gabriel

The Wisconsin men's hockey team defeated Michigan at the Camp Randall Hockey Classic

Wisconsin junior defenseman Brendan Smith entered Saturday’s Culver’s Camp Randall Hockey Classic leading the team with three game winning goals, but his fourth is going to be tough to top. Smith converted on two power play goals in the final ...

Watson Twins worth Talking about with newest release

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:29:40 -0500

By: Jacqueline O'Reilly

These days country music is often associated with cheese like Taylor Swift, Tim McGraw and Rascal Flatts. Because of this, it’s hard to give the genre the benefit of the doubt. More often than not, the only thing such artists ever add up to are catc...

Yeasayer growing up with album Odd Blood

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:20:34 -0500

By: Kyle Sparks

Through all the genre-saturation hullabaloo generated by the Internet, there are two veins of sound most poised to identify themselves as the namesake of the current decade-plus in music history. Animal Collective’s digitalized experimentation has t...

Environmental future depends on education

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:00:57 -0500

By: Kathy Dittrich

Day 1 of a week-long look at science education in America

The beginning of my environmental education as an elementary schooler started with Reduce and ended with Recycle. Back in the day environmental education consisted of little more than teaching kids about the three Rs. If global warming existed in the earl...

Democratic failures have given rise to conservative ideas and solutions

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:51:51 -0500

By: Matt Payne

The Republican Party has become the coalition of solutions and ideas.

In a press conference last Monday President Barack Obama announced the national deficit would be increased to a record 1.6 trillion dollars in 2010 up from the 2009 deficit of 1.4 trillion. In the press conference Obama stated he was going to be fiscally ...

Education worth more than grades

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:49:49 -0500

By: The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board

Your education is what you make of it, not just your transcript.

With programs like “No Child Left Behind” beginning almost a decade ago and Race to the Top being included in the Recovery Act last year, the emphasis for national education reform has been on a teacher’s ability to reach each and every ...

The super silly secret life of sorority skanks

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:36:31 -0500

By: Kevin Slane

(The following conversation took place one Thursday night at a sorority on Langdon. The names of the girls involved and the sorority they belong to has been changed to protect their identities.) Julie: And so then Chad was like “blow me,” and ...

Badgers defeat Gophers in double-OT Border Battle thriller

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:30:00 -0500

By: Mark Bennett

The Wisconsin women's basketball team took down Minnesota thanks to some heroics from Alyssa Karel

It was a hero’s homecoming for junior guard Alyssa Karel. The St. Paul, Minn., native led the Wisconsin women’s basketball team to a much-needed 76-74 victory against the Minnesota Gophers Thursday night, grabbing a steal and then scoring the ...

UW looks to avoid slow start in road rematch with Michigan

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:27:34 -0500

By: Scott Kellogg

The Wisconsin men's basketball team will head to Ann Arbor for a road game against the Wolverines

The Badgers pulled to within two games of No. 5 Michigan State after beating the Spartans by 18 points Tuesday, and now look to continue their ascent through the Big Ten Saturday against Michigan. No. 16 Wisconsin (7-3 Big Ten, 17-5 overall) may be coming...

Warner more than deserving of place in Hall of Fame

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:23:30 -0500

By: Jack Doyle

Columnist Jack Doyle argues Kurt Warner deserves a place in Canton

The biggest question facing Kurt Warner’s recent retirement shouldn’t even have to be asked. Does he belong in the Hall of Fame? The answer is a resounding yes. An NFL and Super Bowl MVP award, a career completion percentage that is second all...

Matchup with Beavers key in race for playoffs

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:22:01 -0500

By: Nico Savidge

The Wisconsin women's hockey team will face Bemidji State this weekend

For all the excitement over the Camp Randall Hockey Classic this weekend, the better game looks to be the women’s hockey showdown between Wisconsin and Bemidji State. The Badgers will enter Camp Randall Stadium for the first game of their series aga...

Badgers to battle elements, Wolverines in outdoor Classic

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:20:22 -0500

By: Parker Gabriel

The Wisconsin men's hockey team will face Michigan at Camp Randall Stadium Saturday

On Feb. 11, 2006, the Wisconsin men’s hockey team downed Ohio State 4-2 in front of 40,890 brave souls at Lambeau Field. Ben Street, a freshman at the time, notched an assist in that contest. Now, four years later and with a different Big Ten rival ...

Change comes from us

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:31:01 -0500

By: By Gregory Reeb

This weeks Green Room looks at sustainability and American culture.

Before embarking on this article, I wish to make a statement about what I will be referring to as “our culture.” I am choosing to engage with the culture that is widely propagated via our mass media, but surely is not the only culture in Ameri...

UW System to form task force on faculty pay

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:10:10 -0500

By: Cathy Martin

UW system President Kevin Reilly presented his new initiative to improve faculty compensation at a Board of Regents meeting Thursday. Reilly said UW System staff salaries and benefits lag behind those of their peers more now than before the recession hit....

Hammes Co. addresses community concerns regarding Edgewater Hotel

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:08:57 -0500

By: Ryan Kirsch

Community members joined several Madison alders and Hammes Co. President Bob Dunn at the MATC Downtown Education Center Thursday night to discuss the proposed redevelopment of the Edgewater Hotel before the Common Council votes on the proposal Feb. 23. &l...

Committee reviewing role of Athletic Board to release report

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:06:16 -0500

By: Robert Taylor

A final report is expected soon from the committee reviewing the role of the UW-Madison Athletic Board. The committee is examining faculty oversight of the athletic department, especially in the evaluation and hiring of coaches. In fall 2007, the UW-Madis...

Recent survey reveals UW-Madison ranks in the top ten nationally in terms of fundraising dollars e

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:05:22 -0500

By: Kelsey Gunderson

UW-Madison is ranked among the top 10 universities nationally in terms of fundraising dollars earned, according to a recent survey. The report, conducted by the Council for Aid to Education, revealed that UW-Madison raised a total of $341.81 million, with...

Task Force proposes changes to Doyles Energy Jobs Act

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:04:08 -0500

By: Ashley Davis

State Senate and Assembly committees will hold hearings from Feb. 10 to Feb. 15 to review the modifications proposed by Gov. Jim Doyle’s Clean Energy Jobs Act. The recommendations came from former members of the Governor’s Task Force on Global...

Take fiscal responsibility now for Nat update

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:54:09 -0500

By: By Todd Stevens

Progress comes at a cost, especially in the case of the Nat remodeling.

You may not be able to tell from my relatively scrawny physique, but I spend quite a bit of time at the SERF. And I keep coming back despite seeing little in the way of results. School is stressful. So is working 30 hours a week at a newspaper for no pay....

Look to the community first for diversity awareness

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:47:38 -0500

By: Shyla Gorham

MCSC discusses the importance of Black History Month and the campus community.

Throughout our American history, black Americans have made monumental change in our society. Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., Billie Holiday, Spike Lee, Iman, Langston Hughes and Barack Obama have all made a lasting impact on this country. Not only hav...

New Midlake release lacks Courage to be personal

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:46:03 -0500

By: Justin Stephani

Folk music is one of the oldest, most diluded, yet prestigious genres of music. So as frustrating and understandable as it is to hear a good 10 genres ascribed to Midlake—psych folk, indie folk, progressive folk, contemporary folk, alternative pop, ...

An interview with 'Up in the Air' author Kirn

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:25:53 -0500

By: Ariel Shapiro

“Up in the Air,” a film about Ryan Bingham (George Clooney), who fires people for a living while in pursuit of reaching 10 million frequent flyer miles, is one of this Oscar season’s most talked about films. It has been noted widely for ...

Learning the ropes of bondage

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:28:05 -0500

By: Erica Andrist

I have been looking for a good way to spice things up with my boyfriend and my friend told me about a Sex Out Loud program where you talked about bondage. I don’t really know anything about it and I don’t really even have a question, but I was...

Why Americans really watch the Olympics

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:26:12 -0500

By: Andrew Lahr

Now that Conan’s off the air, and considering the fact that SNL hasn’t been momentarily funny for as long as I’ve been alive, there’s seldom a reason for me to consider watching NBC. This is all about to change though, as it does e...

Raising the Bar on Alcohol Policies

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:31:18 -0500

By: Kayla Torgerson and Caitlin Gath

A typical student walking the Friday night bar scene may think the biggest decision in opening a new tavern is décor, location and staffing. However, many students may be surprised to find that the city has specific, detailed regulations about when...

Edgewater developers alter plans to suit city

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:25:13 -0500

By: Jacob Brand

The Urban Design Commission met with representatives of the Edgewater Hotel redevelopment project again Wednesday to discuss design changes and hear public opinion. Edgewater’s architect David Manfredi displayed their new building plan and addressed...

A dear friend passes on

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:24:13 -0500

By: Sam Berg and Ryan Hebel

More than 200 students, faculty and family members gathered Wednesday at Lathrop Hall to share memories of Neha Suri, the UW-Madison senior who passed away Tuesday. Neha, 22, had been at UW Hospital in critical condition since last week with bacterial men...

We'll always remember Neha

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:51:37 -0500

By: Charles Brace

On Tuesday the UW-Madison community, The Daily Cardinal and countless friends and family lost an incredible individual. Neha Suri, a senior majoring in journalism and political science, passed away that day after bravely fighting a case of bacterial menin...

Doyle views Wisconsin with overly rosy glasses

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:48:38 -0500

By: Ben Turpin

Gov. Doyle's State of the State Address glossed over too many of his own failures.

To hear Gov. Doyle describing the “state” of our state, one has to wonder why he decided not to seek re-election in 2010. An outsider would never have known that his popularity as governor has been slipping for some time, even within his own p...

Pit Er Pat flexible in defining entertainment

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:22:31 -0500

By: Anthony Cefali

As the cliché goes, the whole is often more than the sum of its parts. We as humans are not our biochemistry, a maze of neurons or our limbs. In art, the gestalt is the ultimate goal, the pinnacle of artistic vision. Pit Er Pat’s latest relea...

Defining cinematic experiences: the line between art and trash

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:15:29 -0500

By: Dan Sullivan

What does it mean to see a film? To me, these types of questions are much more interesting and fruitful than the more widely posed “Does all cinema count as art?” As I see it, the point of talking and thinking about art is not to make art an a...

Badgers brace for border battle

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:14:55 -0500

By: Mark Bennett

The women's basketball team travels to Minnesota to face the Gophers

The Wisconsin women’s basketball team (6-5 Big Ten, 16-5 overall) is recovering from a tough loss at home to the Northwestern Wildcats last Sunday night. After leading by as many as 14 points in the first half, the Badgers ultimately fell by six. Th...

Signing day madness completely unwarranted, inappropriate

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:00:07 -0500

By: Ben Breiner

Columnist Ben Breiner discusses the problems with recruiting

It might be college football’s most important and over-hyped day: the day recruiting classes are all but finalized and a fresh crop of players signs their letters of intent. But past all the obnoxious hat-picking ceremonies and signing day madness, ...

Wisconsin finalizes 2010 recruiting class

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:58:23 -0500

By: Scott Kellogg

Head coach Bret Bielema announced his 2010 class Wednesday

Head coach Bret Bielema announced his fifth recruiting class yesterday on signing day, a group that includes 24 scholarship players from eight states, in addition to seven walk-ons. Typically Wisconsin does not earn high grades from scouting websites such...

Biddy Cent puts holla back in Chancellor

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:24:42 -0500

By: Jon Spike

Reclusive rap artist Biddy Cent, also known as Chancellor Biddy Martin of UW-Madison, recently announced plans for of her new album due this March. Biddy Cent’s latest album is her second release since her double-platinum debut, You Should Try to Ma...

Badgers chalk up another marquee win for their resume

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:07:37 -0500

By: Ben Breiner

The men's basketball team downed its third top-10 foe of the seaason at home

One could almost think that home wins over top-10 teams and dominating Michigan State outside of East Lansing might lose a bit of their luster with how common it has become for Wisconsin. The No. 16 Badgers’ 67-49 win over No. 5 MSU gave the home te...

Wisconsin bulldozes No. 5 MSU

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:00:12 -0500

By: Nick Schmitt

Lopsided win brings No. 16 UW back into Big Ten title contention

Well that was definitely easier than expected. With a Kohl Center standing ovation drowning out the Grateful Red’s “Bo owns Izzo” chant, the clock ran out on Michigan State’s chance for a perfect Big Ten season and propelled Wiscon...

Karel excited for life beyond UW after visit overseas

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:35:32 -0500

By: Mark Bennett

Junior forward Alyssa Karel talks about her experiences abroad

While she’s probably most well-known for her presence on the basketball court, Wisconsin women’s basketball junior guard Alyssa Karel experienced a whole new arena this past summer. During her break, Karel traveled to South Africa through The ...

Sports media hypocritical with discourse

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:31:07 -0500

By: Scott Kellogg

Columnist Scott Kellogg says the sports media should embrace outspoken figures

A couple weeks ago when Charles Woodson was announced as the Defensive Player of the Year, Rex Ryan, the head coach of the New York Jets, was asked about the decision. If Ryan followed the rules of coach speak, he would have told reporters he was hoping h...

Campus in need of eating disorder support

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:52:21 -0500

By: Letter to the Editor

While reading Melissa Grau’s article, it was quite clear to me that she has never sought treatment from University Health Services for an eating disorder. Anyone who has actually taken the courageous step of seeking help, would certainly not be prai...

Health-care coverage lacking for students

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:49:27 -0500

By: By Kathy Dittrich

BadgerCare Basic is not an adequate insurance option for college students.

Two days after the Massachusetts special election put health care on the back burner in Washington (that’s assuming it was even on the front burner), Governor Jim Doyle announced a non-state funded health-care plan for adults without dependants. The...

Lost season premiere: To spoil or not to spoil, that is the avid fans question

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:08:38 -0500

By: Mark Riechers

Monday, Feb. 1. Sadly for me, I’m the Jin to your Sun, stuck 48 hours in the past and 24 hours before the “Lost” season six premiere. I’ve got my web browser open to an article that has been mocking me for at least 12 hours. I chec...

When in Rome should stay on Holiday

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:01:31 -0500

By: Lauren Fuller

A high-powered career woman falls in love with a sports writer in “When in Rome.” Sound familiar? Maybe because the storyline steals plot details from the Hollywood classic “Roman Holiday.” Unlike the original version, though, &ldq...

Jillian didnt start the fire (wait, yes she did)

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:11:59 -0500

By: Jillian Levy

When I watch movies or read books and hear stories about people who see their lives flash before their eyes, I, like most other reasonable people, think they’re out of their minds (or are on a mind-altering substance that immediately makes the story...

Enhanced sound on 'Love in You'

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:33:51 -0500

By: Jon Mitchell

Back in 2001, a little known band named Fridge released their album Happiness.The album consisted of nine tracks with titles such as “Cut Up Piano and Xylophone” and “Sample and Clicks,” exemplifying the band’s ability to mak...

Legends make best SB shows

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:26:25 -0500

By: Justin Stephani

Since the infamous “wardrobe malfunction” in 2004, there has been a significant shift in the direction of Super Bowl halftime performances. The trend is obvious in the six years since: Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, Prince, Tom Petty and ...

Birds of America an intense narrative experience

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:22:21 -0500

By: Mary Chen

Lorrie Moore’s third collection of short stories begins with an epigraph, “It is not news that we live in a world / Where beauty is unexplainable / And suddenly ruined / And has its own routines. We are often far / From home in a dark town, an...

Hirsi Ali lecture will only breed fear

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:12:01 -0500

By: Rashid Dar

Hirsi Ali's antagonistic rhetoric will not benefit the university's religious conversation.

In an e-mail sent to the UW Muslim Students Association (MSA) on behalf of Dean of Students Lori Berquam regarding the Wisconsin Union Directorate’s Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS) committee’s decision to bring controversial anti-Islam writ...

DLS speaker deserves to be heard

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:06:57 -0500

By: Jamie Stark and Matt Payne

Hirsi Ali has every right to speak in an effort to spread ideas and create discussion.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, feminist activist and author of “Infidel,” will speak today as part of the long-standing Distinguished Lecture Series sponsored by the Wisconsin Union. Her voice and life story should not be excluded from the marketplace of id...

Grad school not in doomsday scenario

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:59:23 -0500

By: The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board

DeLuca and Martin should step away from grad school reform for now.

The academic staff ad hoc committee recently released a report analyzing the current state of UW-Madison’s graduate school and the Administration’s restructuring proposal. Written by seven members of a world-class research institution, the rep...

Deer Cardinal Week Three

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:33:41 -0500

By: The Daily Cardinal

Deer Cardinal- My roommate never showers, and it’s driving me nuts. Whenever I have girls over, they say the room smells bad, and he’s usually there just playing video games anyways. How can I get him to stop being such a cock block and take a...

Tenants should be wary of terrible leases

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:31:45 -0500

By: Erin Van Pay

Dear Tenant(s): Attached below is your lease agreement. This LEASE AGREEMENT will be proof of your legally binding acceptance of the terms and agreements for which you have signed away your privacy, right to the Fourth Amendment and thereby any fre...

Strong acting isnt enough to save Fat Men in Skirts

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:31:48 -0500

By: Michelle Langer

“Fat Men in Skirts,” produced by the Mercury Players Theatre and playing at the Bartell Theatre the weekends of Feb. 4th and 11th, goes for shock over substance. Upon entering the theatre, two understudies/ushers arbitrarily chose audience mem...

Bridges shines in 'Crazy'

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:26:11 -0500

By: Mark Riechers

Great music allows a collection of strings twanging, drums beating and bells shaking to be a medium through which the listener can bond with the performer. “Crazy Heart” attempts to give the complete picture of where soulful, personal music or...

Let's embrace America's spirit of independence

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:57:35 -0500

By: Cole Wenzel

In the wake of the "Great Recession," it is time to embrace the do-it-yourself attitude.

The approach to one’s job, one’s life, to do-it-yourself, is a well-represented embodiment of the American dream. It is one that draws completely on the advantages of capitalism; it is one that takes the concept of individual liberty and pushe...

DARS report for life's awkward situtations

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:55:10 -0500

By: Bonnie Gleicher

Several things in life come with a manual— the dishwasher, your digital camera, the Tamagotchi you had in middle school— but only in college are the required actions of your own life completely provided for you, in four pages or less. Say hell...

Beware the pitfalls of fast-track applications

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:54:17 -0500

By: Qi Gu

So called "snap apps" may be efficient, but they might be getting out of control.

Still remember the stressful days of college application? Your piggy bank was never full enough for the application fees, $50 here and $60 there. Next came the tortuous months when every frantic reach for the mail box ended with you empty-handed. Thanks t...

Las cinco fases de principio de semestre

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:50:42 -0500

By: Laura Mannino

Nueve. Nueve días de universidad y ya me siento como si el trabajo ya hubiese empezado. Tengo una teoría: al principio del semestre, ya sea después de tres meses de verano o tres cortas semanas de descanso, existe un...

More tenacity needed in climate change debate

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:40:18 -0500

By: Stephen Collins and Danny Spitzberg

Get angry for climate change

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., told Americans last week to “get angry” about climate and clean energy legislation. Similarly, in President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address, we heard that he was angry and that American citizens are an...

University's prestige comes worth the price

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:35:03 -0500

By: By Mark Bennett

Don't be so quick to complain about tuition increases, they benefit your diploma.

Any person who knows me relatively well might tend to describe me, among many things, as occasionally frugal. So as a frequent penny pincher, I too am surprised to find myself endorsing tuition increases. To be completely honest, I would have never imagin...

Although shy, new album is still a 'dream'

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:58:58 -0500

By: Justin Stephani

The official website of Beach House, the four-year-old, two-person “dream-pop” duo, brings you to a single image of the two acting like a pair of misfit, ironically swanky teens. You can’t see their faces. There is a sculpture of a head ...

WUD Film Committee offers students opportunity to see quality foreign films

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:52:24 -0500

By: Dan Sullivan

It’s really too bad that, at some indeterminate point in American cultural history, having a taste for world cinema became a signifier of either one’s sophistication or one’s pretentiousness. Equally unfortunate is the categorical divisi...

Blowjob blues

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:11:09 -0500

By: Erica Andrist

Hi Erica, I have a question about blowjobs. I have never been able to reach orgasm from a blowjob except on a few rare occasions, and manual stimulation was also used. I don’t know what’s wrong with me. It feels great, and I wish my girlfriend...

Underappreciated superheroes unionize

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:09:23 -0500

By: Andrew Lahr

As of last evening, it’s become evident that even superheroes are not immune from one of humanity’s most menacing qualities: envy. In a strikingly bold move, Robin, arguably the nation’s most popular sidekick, defected from his daily dut...

Go Out Tonight and see Rent

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:32:37 -0500

By: Lauren Fuller

A little more than a year after its Broadway run came to a close, the revolutionary rock opera “Rent” is being performed at Madison’s Overture Center. The cast features three of its original members from its first appearance off-Broadway...

Turn of the Screw a must-see

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:04:25 -0500

By: Katie Foran-McHale

Emotional turmoil and chaos reign in Madison Opera’s production of Benjamin Britten’s “The Turn of the Screw,” playing in the Playhouse at the Overture Center this weekend. Based on the novella by Henry James, “Turn of ...

Jon quits writing, starts loving... HARD

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:07:34 -0500

By: Jon Spike

There comes a time in every Page Two columnist’s life when he has to step up and do the right thing. Granted, I’ve failed to step up at these crucial times or just flat-out denied being in the wrong in the previous five instances, but now I&rs...

Addicted to Energy

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:30:12 -0500

By: Diana Savage

Sales of energy drinks are expected to grow at an annual rate of 12 percent and exceed $9 billion by 2011, according to a recent study by the research publisher Packaged Facts. These figures are up from $1.2 billion in 2002, according to a recent article ...

Avoiding 'Boredom' with Los Campesinos!

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:20:06 -0500

By: Kyle Sparks

In the frantic waning moments of “You! Me! Dancing!,” Los Campesinos! frontman Gareth Campesinos! hastily shouts, “And we’re just like how Rousseau depicts man in the state of nature: We’re underdeveloped, we’re ignoran...

Local readings are worth the expedition

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:10:44 -0500

By: Alex Kuskowski

Another new semester has begun my friends, and even though you thought you may have left me and my worldwide literacy ambitions behind, I’m back again to needle you into reading just one more sentence, and possibly the sentence after that. I assume ...

Students live the suite life on Lucky Island

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:42:37 -0500

By: Jillian Levy

At the beginning of last semester I learned that one of my friends, we’ll call her “Sally” to avoid revealing her true identity and causing her utter humiliation, was moving into the Lucky Apartments. Half-jealous and half-sh...

Local eateries cut prices for weeklong event

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:34:34 -0500

By: By Caissa Casarez

If you’ve ever wanted to try a fancier restaurant for a date or a night out with friends but couldn’t because they were too expensive, now’s your chance. During Winter Restaurant Week, which runs through Friday, you get to experience res...

Get killer looks that take it easy on the pocketbooks, planet

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:15:16 -0500

By: By Treena Nicole Fischer

While the holiday shopping flux may be over and we are faced with the sobering fact that, once again, academic responsibility is upon us, the “what’s in” and the “no, seriously, is that in?” of fashion are only beginning to t...

Syllabus for the world's absolute worst TA

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:10:43 -0500

By: Erin Van Pay

Author’s note: Just for the record, I am probably going to end up being a TA in the next few years. I know it goes both ways. I have had a number of awesome TAs and I applaud them for their work, especially within the university’s guidelines, ...

Ask the Deer Cardinal

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:06:28 -0500

By: The Daily Cardinal

Life is hard. The Deer Cardinal is here to help.

Deer Cardinal, I’m from Florida, and I can’t handle this cold. I’ve been wearing long underwear everywhere I go, but I still feel like my body temperature is dropping to dangerously low levels. How can I make Wisconsin feel like the balm...

Breaking the ice with the world's worst TA

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:56:20 -0500

By: Kevin Slane

With the beginning of the semester upon us, most people are easing back into classes, cursing their sudden lack of free time and pining for the carefree days of winter break. While I hardly call myself a fan of school, I will say that the beginning of the...

Propsitos para el nuevo ao

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:50:10 -0500

By: Isabel lvarez

Cada 31 de diciembre miles de personas deciden empezar el año nuevo con una lista de propósitos que les ayudarán a mejorar como individuos. Dietas para adelgazar, hacer ejercicio, beber menos...etc. Yo, como todos estos ilusos, tambi&...

Fresh Madison Market: Quality is close

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:31:00 -0500

By: Danny Spitzberg

Fresh Madison Market is a new grocery store downtown with an enormous variety on the shelves as well as grab-and-go food and a deli counter. Located below the Lucky apartments at the corner of University Avenue and Lake Street, Madison’s late...

Balancing Science and Ethics

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:05:17 -0500

By: Madeline Anderson

For 17 years, researcher Ei Terasawa restrained rhesus monkeys and left them fully conscious while repeatedly pumping deadly chemicals into their exposed brains. It wasn’t until the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) discovered that a neglected m...

Giving 'fast food' a new name

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:37:09 -0500

By: Valerie Klessig

Many fast food restaurants provide a cheap and less-than-nutritious meal. But one restaurant claims

Fast food often means a cheap, greasy burger and french fries. Struggling to cover monthly expenses, students may take the cheap, often less nutritious fast food meal over a wholesome one. However, Chipotle thinks of itself as a quick service restaurant t...

Who's ready for college?

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:49:00 -0500

By: Kao Yong Thao

Adjusting to college is a difficult process for most students. But some find the transition harder t

Parents often say the high school diploma is no longer as valued as it was in the past, and insist that college is the best route to success. However, according to an August 2009 U.S. News and World Report article, 30 percent of university students drop o...

An ever changing campus

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:15:46 -0500

By: Kristina Dundas

Throughout UW-Madisons history, buildings have been demolished, reburbished or simply renamed. But

UW-Madison is currently comprised of over 200 buildings that make up the 390 acres of the campus. Its beginning are rooted in an often forgotten building sitting along Bascom Hill. Built in 1851, North Hall once served as the offices, the classrooms, the ...

New Hy-Vee offers high nutrition, low cost

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:15:54 -0500

By: Caissa Casarez

Some people, especially those from Iowa and surrounding states, have probably gotten their groceries from Hy-Vee for as long as they can remember. However, most people have never heard of the Iowa-based grocery chain until late last month, when Wisconsin&...

Early-bird sales fly in before Turkey Day

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:32:21 -0500

By: Nicole Daniels

It was a tragic accident that should never have happened in the first place. On Friday, Nov. 28, 2008, over 2,000 people in line at the Wal-Mart in Valley Stream, N.Y., surged through the doors in the early morning hours of a post-Thanksgiving sale. In th...

Wishing you a 'b-lighted' Halloween

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:59:30 -0500

By: Joe St. Peter

The night before Halloween, I found myself desperately searching for a costume. After three years of donning humorous and cuddly attire, I gradually lost my self-perpetuated reputation for being hardcore This year I decided to go as the most badass entity...

A tradition of centuries past carries on

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:00:12 -0500

By: Ariel Shapiro

In 1892, William Wesley Young, a native of Monroe, Wis., had the radical idea to found an independent daily student paper. While dailies were not without precedent at other universities on the east coast, it was a first for a campus whose only experience ...

Overcoming the post-exercise cravings

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:15:48 -0500

By: Julia Brenner

An age-old proverb states that good behavior deserves a reward. Moms want the chores done, teachers want completed homework and coaches want to win games. And whether it is a treat from the cookie jar, a gold star or a starting position, the human body is...

How did Halloween start?

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:00:13 -0400

By: Diana Savage

Candy and costumes dominate the UW-Madison campus when Halloween arrives. Students leave Walgreens carrying candy bags the size of pillowcases and insist that their parties be “costumes-only.” Such things raise the question of why this holiday...

Claire celebrates October birthday with a ghouls night out

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:12:54 -0400

By: Claire Wiese

Join Claire as she enjoys fall foods and celebrates her birthday, Halloween style....

Premiere Madison tasting event a sweet success

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:53:39 -0400

By: Sara Barreau

Artisan cheeses, succulent dishes and sense awakening wines take center stage at Madison Food & Wine

The Madison Food & Wine Show features Artisan cheeses, succulent wines and other devine treats at the Alliant Energy Center....

New writing collection simplifies science

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:01:22 -0400

By: Thomas Jasen Gardner

Real-life sci-fi episodes including a self-inflected deathly itch, transcendental meditation, torture victims and genetically engineered rice and 26 stories glorifying these motifs grace the pages of the ninth book in a yearly series called “The Bes...

Famous dentist returns to UW for education

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:25:34 -0400

By: Simone Warrack

In January 2009, Richard Smith re-enrolled at UW-Madison after a 46-year hiatus. He is a distinguished dental surgeon who left UW-Madison for dental school at Columbia in 1963 without completing his undergraduate education. When you were a little boy, wha...

Policy prescription side effects

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:20:57 -0400

By: Konnor Schmaltz

Although UW-Madison health officials are not releasing exact numbers, the H1N1 virus has hit UW-Madison harder than any other UW System school, according to Sarah Van Orman, executive director of University Health Services. With predictions of H1N1 having...

Creating bonds at Homecoming

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:50:01 -0400

By: Andrea Parins

Whether they met at Homecoming, still go every year or haven’t been since their senior year, UW-Madison Homecoming brings couples together. ---------- Tom and Pat Jones have only missed one Homecoming weekend in the past 17 years. “Homecoming ...

Claire gets hyped up for midterms with caffeine and cookies

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:22:30 -0400

By: Claire Wiese

Food columnist Claire Wiese shares some advice on staying awake and keeping your sanity throughout midterms....

Fall season sparks craving for autumn produce

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:19:12 -0400

By: Sara Barreau

Editor's Note: This article gave the incorrect initial impression the Fruit Stand was closed for the season, when it will be open through the first week of November depending on weather. Folk artist Joni Mitchell got it right, “Don’t it...

Madison Metro makes grocery shopping easy

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:15:26 -0400

By: Caissa Casarez

Student bus pass prevents frozen fingers and sore biceps as students seek more efficent ways to shop

Trips to the grocery store are less intimidating in the frigid weather when you have the Madison Metro bus system to get you to one of Madison's many grocery stores. Find out which bus routes get you to the nearest supermarket near you....

Deciding on the right food

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:03:59 -0400

By: Diana Savage

When students compile their grocery lists, they face the decision of where to buy their food and what type of food to buy, how much to spend and how far to travel. What students may not know is that the origin of their food largely drives their decision, ...

Breakthrough UW study may lead to cure for blindness in the future

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:48:06 -0400

By: Amanda Gasper

In a recent breakthrough, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have successfully grown retinal cells from two types of stem cells, a critical step in treatments of certain kinds of blindness. Noticing a lack of stem cell research involving the reti...

Expanding equality

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:15:02 -0400

By: Valerie Klessig

The debate over immigrants' rights continues in Wisconsin, bringing the issue of in-state tuition to the forefront...

The media and medicine

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:37:29 -0400

By: Steve Furay

Time to take up more responsibility

By now, the American public understands that the debates surrounding health-care reform have little to do with medicine. Both sides of the argument have launched accusations about the delivery systems, whether it’s suggestions of a government...

This is no monkey business

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:15:02 -0400

By: K.J. Hanssman

UW-Madison professors show that monkeys can groove to music,contrary to previous evudence

While humans and other primates share many similarities in their molecular makeup and behavior, responding to music is not on the list. Researchers studying how primates respond to music have always found that they scarcely do and in fact, given a choice ...

Constructing a better campus

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:46:35 -0400

By: Megan Corbett

Soon after students took their last exams and the majority of students left campus, those all-to-familiar orange cones began appearing. It was summer, and it was time for road construction in Madison. The renovation of University Avenue domi...

Julie and Julia an inspiration to bite off more than one can chew

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:55:25 -0400

By: Sara Barreau

Daily Cardinal Food Editor Sara Barreau watches 'Julie and Julia' and embarks on a spiritual journey through cake....

Fat Sandwich packs on the novelty but lacks intense flavor

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:47:20 -0400

By: Justin Stephani

New Fat Sandwich restaurant throws everything on the bun but the kitchen sink. See if you're up for the challenge. ...

A Fine Food Frenzy at Taste of Madison

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:23:19 -0400

By: Marly Schuman, Sara Barreau, Ariel Kraut, Caissa Casarez

Cheese curds and coconut curry live harmoniously on the square during annual food festival

Labor Day Weekend is substanially amazing in its own right, but in Madison it gains significance as the weekend to celebrate Taste of Madison. Showcasing more than 65 area restaurants, 20 beverage stands and three entertainment stages, this event dr...

Captured in Ethiopia: An American nightmare

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:15:21 -0400

By: Rory Linnane

A UW-Madison sophomore recounts her experience being detained and deported from her host country of Ethiopia. ...