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Jump Around

March 7, 2013 1 comment

Take a hop, skip, and jump back in time . . .

Badger DNA

November 10, 2012 2 comments · 1 reader letter

Before Bucky, there was a raccoon.

Farewell to the Head

September 4, 2012 1 comment

Badger Nation has lost its head.

All Wet

May 30, 2012

In May 1969, [the Mifflin Street Block Party] began as a street dance and ended as a three-day riot

Torrid Madison

February 28, 2012

. . . very little about Madison’s winter has been appropriate this year.

Flashback Winter 2011: Fiddlers on the Run

November 9, 2011 1 comment

… they are known for playing oldies. Really, really old oldies.

Flashback: Fall 2011

August 29, 2011

When you enroll at the UW, you’d better be prepared to learn a lot — and to develop your upper body strength.

Tears and Gas

June 2, 2011 3 comments · 1 reader letter

. . . the teargas has been absent.

Foul Weather, Fair Ball

February 28, 2011 1 comment

Wisconsin does not, perhaps, have the most felicitous climate for outdoor sports.

GLU-Madison

November 3, 2010 4 comments

What’s that campus that looks so much like the UW? It’s the fictitious Grand Lakes University, which 25 years ago hosted non-grad Thornton Melon (aka Rodney Dangerfield).

Bye Bye, Bernie

August 24, 2010 1 comment

Happy trails, Bernie. Thanks for keeping our UW memories alive.

Seeing Is Believing?

May 25, 2010 1 comment

Did the Zoological Museum’s taxidermists take on the Easter Bunny?

Badger Beauty

February 18, 2010 3 comments

What happened to the “Campus Mascot for the Seventies”?

Floating in Furs

November 16, 2009 1 comment

The residents of Ann Emery Hall create a nautical display for Homecoming 1931.

All Hail John Muir!

November 4, 2009

One of the UW’s first great non-graduating alumni, John Muir x1863 got busted (in bronze) on campus in 1918.

Hey, Dummy

June 28, 2009 1 comment · 1 reader letter

What did ventriloquy, dances, and electioneering have in common? Dormsylvania!

Pat Answers

June 3, 2009

St. Patrick’s Day in Madison used to mean just one thing: the annual battle between engineering students and those at the Law School. It was shysters vs. plumbers, and everyone took a side.