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Comment on If You Want to Be a Badger … by Elaiine Miller

Elaiine Miller — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:39:53 +0000

Of course I knew all of these things–but I was a student when most of these traditions was instituted. Class of ’56

Comment on Kurt Unterholzner ’82: Transplant Hero by ***** unterholzner

***** unterholzner — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:05:02 +0000

by the way his brother is my dad and his name is steve unterholzner i cant believe they didnt put his name!

Comment on Bucky Wagon Goes Electric by Tom Anderson

Tom Anderson — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:17:44 +0000

The Bucky Badger Wagon was originally a Wisconsin Rapids Fire Department truck, donated by a citizen of Rapids and alumnus of UW Madison. As President of the Wisconsin State Firefighters Memorial located in Wisconsin Rapids and also a retired member of the Wisconsin Rapids fire Department, could you make sure that you save all articles that are taken off the Bucky Wagon. Once gone it can never be retreived. Thank you. Tom Anderson

Comment on Integrative Medicine Man by JANET

JANET — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:47:55 +0000

i HAVE WORKED IN HEALTH CARE FOR 35 YEARS AND HAVE SPENT 20 OF THOSE YEARS STUDYING HEALING TOUCH, MASSAGE AND HERBAL MEDICINE.I WOULD LIKE YOUR ADVISE IN STARTING A DEPARTMENT OF COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES HERE WHERE I WORK. THE PERSON IN CHARGE SAID” HOW WILL IT WORK. HOW WILL IT START?” GIVE ME A HINT HOW YOU STARTED.CAN PEOPLE FROM OTHER HOSPITALS HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR THIS?

Comment on Badger Hockey’s Super Fan by Sue Murray

Sue Murray — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:45:38 +0000

Wow Phil…you are recognized for all you do in the cheering section. Way to go. Great picture and article. What a guy! But we all know that! Does anybody know all the other stuff you do like the bikeathon and singing all those great fun lyrics you make up.
Glad to know you.
See you at church
Sue

Comment on The Ice Rink Cometh by Mike Grasmick

Mike Grasmick — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:06:16 +0000

Thank you for your excellent report with pictures on the transformation of Bball to Hockey at the Kohl Center. The details of how this is completed have perplexed me for years.
Now I can fully appreciate the required 120 man hours required to remove the floor, remove chairs, and change the elevation of north and south seating stands.

Michael Grasmick. ’84

Comment on Rules to Roll By by Jack Murray

Jack Murray — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:56:14 +0000

I was extremely gratified to see this wonderful article about Shana Martin in On Wisconsin, and immediately put it up on my Facebook page for all of my friends and fellow Badgers to see. Shana is a true inspiration.

HD runs in my family, and I know too well how easily, and thoroughly, it can devastate decimate a family and decimate family resources. The decision of whether or not to be tested, and how to handle the stress of HD in the family and even the possibility of having HD, is especially trying for young people, who all too often keep the secret of HD in the family to themselves.

Shana, and On Wisconsin, have done a great service to Badger students and the public at large by publishing this great story.

Every time an article like this gets published, it helps to break down the walls of isolation for families at risk, reduces the ignorance and fear of others, and helps to speed the day when we will find the urgently needed treatments and a cure.

As a former Research Administrator for the National Headquarters of HDSA, (and a longtime reader of On Wisconsin) I recall that in years past there were scientists at UW-Madison engaged in research on HD–in fact I recall reading an item blurb about this some years ago in On Wisconsin. A great follow-up to this article would be to get more information on their important contributions.

Jack Murray
Jersey City, New Jersey
L&S ’90

Comment on Flashback Winter 2011: Fiddlers on the Run by Udayan Sen

Udayan Sen — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:47:28 +0000

Thanks for the item on the Pro Arte Quartet. Although I was studying Studio Art and Art History when I attended the U, I developed an interest in classical music, which I was able to feed by attending many of the recitals and concerts offered through the music department. I vividly remember Mr. Karp in performance (I think it was a Haydn cello concerto), and one of the highlights of my concertgoing was hearing the Blums perform the Sinfonia Concertante of Mozart with the student orchestra, a piece that I love still. Many warm thanks to all the musicians who made my sojourn at the U so tuneful. The sequel: what do you know; I ended up marrying a musicologist…

Comment on The Ice Rink Cometh by Mike Collins

Mike Collins — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:28:58 +0000

Thanks for this story. I always wondered how that transformation of the Kohl Center happened. It would make a great time-lapse video.
Mike Collins, Professor, UW-Madison

Comment on Life Lessons by steven palmore

steven palmore — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 01:52:26 +0000

Kudos Mr.Davis,your’s are the words of a saint.Most of America stills lives in denial, even in the year 2011.Denial to me means not being a part of the soultion to the problem.Race is still the biggest problem in this country ,though it is hidden and more often that than not either ignored, or not mentioned,both are just many of the forms of denial.Only by grabbing the bull by the horns and making an attempt to chaning he problem will real healing occur,and America is by and large SICK!