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Chancellor candidates complete visits
- Blank calls fundraising top priority
- Minnesota’s Mulcahy stresses accountability in bid
- UW grad Martin hopes to bring ‘fresh pair of eyes’
- Sandefur makes pitch to become top leader
Check out Muckrakers, the Herald opinion blog, for analyses of chancellor candidate forums.
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Fire destroys frat house
A raging fire at a Langdon Street fraternity house left three firefighters injured and the house destroyed Monday night, though no residents were hurt.
The fire reportedly caught near the base of the Sigma Phi Epsilon house on 237 Langdon St. around 11:30 p.m. and eventually engulfed much of the third floor.
The Madison Fire Department said in a statement Tuesday three firefighters suffered minor injuries, including burns, dehydration and muscle strain. Two were transported to UW Hospital and the other was taken to Meriter Hospital.
MFD spokesperson Bernadette Galvez said the house is destroyed, but there appeared to be no damage to surrounding buildings. Only the two adjacent buildings were evacuated. View story »
Sports
For sports fans, athletes alike, there’s always next year
Things change. Sports do not. Take comfort in that. In life, you can’t always say, “There’s always next year,” because next year, for better or worse, won’t be the same as this one. There is no guarantee that things will get better. Often times, the good things will be gone next year. Except when you’re talking about sports. That’s something… View story »
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Conchords take flight at Milwaukee concert
MILWAUKEE - Partway through their two-hour set at the Riverside Theater Sunday, Bret McKenzie of the Flight of the Conchords accidentally knocked his acoustic guitar off its stand. The dramatic “ooh”s elicited from the sold-out crowd as the instrument toppled to the floor were met with a comedic “Who did that?” from McKenzie. And just like that, the episode was… View story »
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- UW announces final 4 candidates for chancellor
- A chancellor's reflections
- Wray: Sponsor could decrease Mifflin arrests
- SAFEwalk back to full staff for exams
- Quinton's defends liquor license
- Restoring themselves
- Former Ogg demolisher to file suit against state
- Swastika symbols show up on Jewish synagogue
- Alder: No bartending license for DUI
- Racial disparities plague Madison, study says
- Poll finds Wisconsin wants troop withdrawl from Iraq
- Union celebrates year's accomplishments
Opinion & Editorial
- Bull won’t stop fraternity foibles
- The 2008 Badger Herald Headliner Awards (editorial board)
- Greatest love story known
- Drug enforcement racist?
- Stop buying race narrative
- Not death, nor divorce: Strong ‘counseling’ will rescue ASM
- Williams wrong to stereotype, speculate
ArtsEtc.
- Taking it to the streets
- ‘WALL-E’ writer, director set to launch next Pixar hit
- ‘Absurd blurbs’ offer hope to hopeless
- Summer festival preview
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