Letters: Pier Pleasure
One of the fondest UW memories I have is going for lunch on the Union Terrace and then grabbing a skiff for a quick sail before returning to the pharmacy school for an afternoon of research. Your...
View ArticleLetters: Voter ID Coverage “Disheartening”
“Carded” [Summer 2012] states that the voter ID law is “designed to combat ballot box fraud.” While that is the alleged goal, there is another equally, if not more compelling, reason for the law — that...
View ArticleLetters: ’Round and ’Round with Roundabouts
“Ring around the Roads,” [Summer 2012] made the point quite clear: [roundabouts are] effective, but unpopular. American culture doesn’t seem willing to readily accept a “give-and-go” concept of...
View ArticleEditors’ Note: You Like Us! You Really Like Us!
The On Wisconsin editors recently participated in an online survey conducted by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. Responses told us that: On Wisconsin is the number-one source...
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UW Arboretum
Jeff Miller photo. The Longenecker Gardens, UW Arboretum, October 2011 Photo by Jeff Miller
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Team Player: A. J. Cochran
A. J. Cochran. Photo: Bryce Richter. When A. J. Cochran x’15 is on the soccer field, people tend to notice. It starts with his size: at six foot three, and just under two hundred pounds, he sometimes...
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Competitive Contingent
Former UW rowers Ross James (left) and his twin brother, Grant James, were among eight Badgers competing in London. AP photo/Paul Sakuma Current and former Badgers competed in London’s summer Olympic...
View ArticleBadger Sports Ticker: Fall 2012
In June, the Big Ten Conference and the Ivy League began a joint effort to study the effects of head injuries on athletes. The two conferences want to gather a broad set of data about brain trauma for...
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Lessons from Stephen Ambrose
Illustrations: Barry Roal Carlsen After I read a feature article about celebrated author and UW visiting professor Stephen Ambrose ’57, PhD’63 in On Wisconsin in August 1996, I decided that he was...
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Moving Day
Photo: Bryce Richter What do you do when the lease is up on one apartment, but your new lease does not start until the next day? Every August 14, thousands of UW students face this dilemma, joining...
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