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H 36°, L 27°February 21, 2012
Column
UW followers in opiate research
Yesterday, while I was poring over the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, I found an interesting report about the proliferation of opioid… Read more »
Editorial
Budgets done right
More often than not, this board takes issue with the proceedings of the Associated Students of Madison student government. However,… Read more »
Column
To be or not to be? UW debates a new College of the Arts
Adelaide Blanchard, Editor-at-Large:I hate to disappoint you, but if you have read this far looking for the rogue Badger Herald… Read more »
Column
New legislation takes away tenant rights
If asked for an honest response of how many college students dissect their renter’s lease with a fine-toothed comb, I… Read more »
Column
Students deserve close budgetary review power
Every semester, full-time students on this campus pay $539.52 in segregated fees. Multiply that by all of the students on… Read more »
February 20, 2012
Editorial
Wisconsin craptography
Time has come for Wisconsin to implement a new, redrawn voting map. As expected, this redistricting has come with a… Read more »
Column
Hardcore birth control rhetoric won’t score GOP points
GOP candidates for the U.S Senate seat in Wisconsin have jumped on board with their party’s presidential candidate hopefuls in… Read more »
Column
Shadid provided wartime insight
The shocking news of New York Times reporter and University of Wisconsin alum Anthony Shadid’s sudden death last week inspired a… Read more »
Letter
Pan’s rhetoric a threat to civil discourse
In a recent opinion piece The Badger Herald printed Feb. 15, Reggie Young brought to light some rhetoric from Leland Pan,… Read more »
February 19, 2012
Guest Column
New Voter ID rules should not deter students from polls
The Spring Primary is being held tomorrow, and it marks the first election in which the new voter ID law… Read more »
Editorial
Systematic exclusion
An internal document recently circulating around the University of Wisconsin System threatens to eliminate students’ shared governance power. It would… Read more »
Letter
Pan’s zeal perfect for constituency
In response to the Feb. 15 column, “Pan hot-headed and partisan, politically questionable,” I strongly urge students to vote for… Read more »
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February 19, 2012
Guest Column
ASM lays down concrete goals
ASM leaders on the Coordinating Council, the organized group of all ASM committee chairs, have created a Strategic Plan to… Read more »
Column
Mining hearings show GOP plan
“I remember growing up next to a coal mine — those were some of the best days of my life.”… Read more »
Column
Verifiers should take all the time they need for democracy
It seems that yet again, common sense is taking a backseat for Gov. Scott Walker’s opponents. Their newest outcry is… Read more »
February 16, 2012
Editorial
All day I dream of severance
University of Wisconsin Chancellor David Ward declared a period of mediation between Adidas and the campus following allegations of misconduct… Read more »
Guest Column
Young misleads: Pan ideal candidate
This letter is a response to Reggie Young’s 2/15 Badger Herald column about my candidacy for Dane County Board. Mr.… Read more »
February 16, 2012
Column
Compromise needed more than recall
As the upcoming recall election approaches, Wisconsin Democrats are looking for change in the form of a promising candidate for… Read more »
Column
Vouchers not entire answer to Wis. education system
The United States’ education system is extraordinary in several ways. A quick look at rankings of universities around the world… Read more »
February 15, 2012
Column
Pan hot-headed and partisan, politically questionable
Leland Pan’s Facebook candidacy page states you should “empower the student voice and elect [him] for Dane County Board District… Read more »
Editorial
Lazy legislators lob lousy landlord law
Tenants in Wisconsin have been up against the ropes since late December when the state passed a law eliminating the… Read more »
Column
Skepticism for sexual assault discomforting
In 2009, 364 people were the victims of a robbery within Madison’s city limits, and 28 were forcibly raped. For… Read more »
