Bull won’t stop fraternity foibles
Revelation can take many forms, whether it’s in translucent rocks that help decipher scripture or the sudden shame that comes in the fourth or fifth hour of watching the NBC miniseries “Revelations.” You might think getting feces dumped on your head by your friends would be one of these. But while I’d bet for several seconds Friday night three members… View story »
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Herald Editorials
May 8, 2008
The 2008 Badger Herald Headliner Awards
The Badger Herald says goodbye to the spring 2008 semester today, which means it’s time to hand out some awards. And not just any awards, but the 2008 Badger Herald Headliner Awards! After the rousing success of last year’s inaugural Headliner Awards — which made winners out of the University of Wisconsin Law School, the Associated Students of Madison and… View story »
May 7, 2008
Still miffed
The vast majority of the students on the University of Wisconsin campus were not here five years ago. Many were not even in Wisconsin. That being the case, it is understandable that the student body does not remember certain things that happened five years ago. Or didn’t happen five years ago. On Saturday, May 3, 2003, an estimated crowd of… View story »
May 6, 2008
A lacking response
The investigation into the murder of University of Wisconsin junior Brittany Zimmermann re-entered the news in recent days, though unfortunately not for the right reasons. Instead, a media firestorm ignited after the weekly newspaper Isthmus reported that Dane County’s 911 Center failed to properly respond to a call from Ms. Zimmermann’s phone on the day of her death. The facts,… View story »
Editorial Cartoons
Greatest love story known
This is a tale of enduring passion and undying love. It is as true as the sky is blue; it is as self-indulged as the weekly columns of its authors: Once upon a time there were two would-be editors. They first met on a delivery run as Ed’s Express employees — the one involved in a puerile love-triangle with the… View story »
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Drug enforcement racist?
The Mifflin Street Block Party isn’t the only reason why arrest statistics were making the news recently. The Sentencing Project and Human Rights Watch, two non-governmental organizations, released independent studies this week lambasting Wisconsin as the state with the highest racial disparity in incarceration rates. University of Wisconsin sociology professor Pam Oliver reported that in 1996, African-Americans were 218 times… View story »
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Stop buying race narrative
Anyone who has kept tabs on Wisconsin government recently would most likely conclude the state Capitol, state and local police and even the court system must be chock-full of racists. After all, according to dual reports written by Human Rights Watch and The Sentencing Project published by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Monday, blacks are 42 times more likely to be… View story »
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Not death, nor divorce: Strong ‘counseling’ will rescue ASM
From my experience many failed relationships don’t stop after one. People often seek divorce assuming there is someone or something else better out there, when in reality many problems can be solved just by taking the time to look inward. With that in mind, I think that rather than throw in the towel, the Associated Students of Madison needs to… View story »
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Williams wrong to stereotype, speculate
Dear Badger Herald:I read Tim Williams’ article today (“Bull won’t stop fraternity foibles”) and do appreciate many of the points he made regarding fraternity life. This is certainly a time for self reflection for many fraternities and fraternity members and I hope that they all learn from this.I truly agree that there is a double standard between typical fraternity “values”… View story »
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