Tammy Baldwin not right for UW
When Jimmy Carter was president, his energy policy was an absolute failure. Telling the American people to “turn down the heat and put on a sweater” simply wasn’t going to fly. Thirty years later in the United States, we are still facing energy issues, now with a financial crisis on top of it. With the University of Wisconsin in the… View story »
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Herald Editorials
October 8, 2008
Contra-Band
The University of Wisconsin Marching Band learned once again last week that what happens in Michigan does not stay in Michigan. After allegations of hazing surfaced last Friday afternoon, Band Director Mike Leckrone suspended the band indefinitely, including during last Saturday’s football game against Ohio State. According to Leckrone, the hazing allegations are alcohol-related and involve inappropriate sexual conduct. The… View story »
October 6, 2008
We’re down with Downs
Last week the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents approved a series of system-wide reforms for non-academic student misconduct proceedings. The changes were aimed specifically at off-campus misconduct in which a student is charged with an offense by non-campus authorities. In such proceedings the university may administer sanctions that may range up to — in rare circumstances — expulsion…. View story »
October 2, 2008
Necessary, but proper?
Last Monday, the Associated Students of Madison released the first draft of its new constitution to the student body via its blog. Our student representatives held listening sessions to discuss the document with the student body yesterday and will hold a second round on Oct.ober 14. Although we hope non-ASM students will give their two cents on this 15-page foundation,… View story »
Editorial Cartoons
McCain bailout plan pure tripe
Sen. John McCain has a new plan for our economy. He wants to directly bail out every floundering homeowner. Does this sound like the judgment of leader, let alone the president of the United States? Neither Democrats nor Republicans can swallow this most recent ploy, which is only slightly more ridiculous than McCain suspending his campaign a couple of weeks… View story »
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Register to vote now, avoid lines
The 2008 presidential campaign is drawing to an end, and now more than ever, young people have the power to influence the vote. While voting may be an undeniable right, it has not always been executed. In 1971, the 26th amendment changed the voting age, allowing anyone 18 and older to participate in the process. Unfortunately, in the following decade,… View story »
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Don’t laugh at unconscionable incompetence of Alaska governor
“Here to play Tchaikovsky’s first piano concerto in B flat minor is the world famous soloist, Sviatoslav Richter. During the performance, he will escape from a sack, three padlocks and a pair of handcuffs.” So begins a legendary Monty Python skit. What follows is Richter, played by Terry Jones, writhing about on the ground in a burlap bag as the… View story »
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