Get ready for the World Naked Bike Ride in Madison
Move over, Bike to Work Week. Planning is under way for a mass naked bike ride in Madison on Saturday, June 19, as part of a worldwide movement, World Naked Bike Ride. The goal, according to the...
View ArticleWhat the public is saying about Chazen Museum's goats sculpture
The most surprising thing about public reaction to artist Beth Cavener Stichter's sculpture "A Rush of Blood to the Head," now on display at the UW-Madison's Chazen Museum of Art, is how little public...
View ArticleMonkeys suffered and died at UW-Madison
Clearly, something significant happened for the UW-Madison to revoke the animal-use privileges of researcher Michele Basso last year. But what, exactly?
View ArticleDid UW-Madison campus Hillel 'freak out'?
Steve Horn admits he was drawn to bringing in a Palestinian speaker to a campus-based celebration of Israel in part because he "didn't want to be part of propaganda." Horn, a UW-Madison junior majoring...
View ArticlePilot questions Warner Park goose-kill rationale
Jens Luebow has a unique perspective on the Madison Park Commission's decision to approve the killing of dozens of geese at Warner Park. He's a veterinarian and a self-described "animal...
View ArticlePolicing the Madison police, the untold story
Lt. Linda Kosovac thought something must have gone wrong. On Friday, April 16, the Madison Police Department's head of Professional Standards and Internal Affairs sent an email to area media regarding...
View ArticleUW's nuclear terror risk now even lower
In the aftermath of 9/11, UW-Madison officials hastened to assert that a campus-based nuclear reactor used for research and teaching posed little danger to the public or national security.
View ArticleUW nuclear reactor: not to worry
Joan Knoebel calls it "the kind of thing you'd think was speculative -- before Sept. 11." Now she worries that her fears could become reality: "I wouldn't forgive myself if I didn't say anything and...
View ArticleCity of Madison to socialists: Pay for free speech
Chris Dols is not happy with how things are turning out. For years his group, the UW-based International Socialist Organization, sold its "Socialist Worker" newspaper on State Street and elsewhere. Now...
View ArticleUW Memorial Library 'red-flagged' felon
Wayne Murphy says he's gone to UW's Memorial Library at least 10 times a year since 2001, doing research for his writing. "I looked for book publishers, writing workshops, tips from successful...
View ArticleGoing vegan for God
The good folks at PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) are always looking for converts. And so when the Virginia-based animal rights group saw that the Holy Wisdom Monastery in Middleton...
View ArticleAdjudicate this! Wacky lawyer stories
The Dane County Bar Association recently asked its members to nominate "strange-but-true stories" to share at its annual Bench Bar Brawl, held April 22 at the Elk's Club. To spur recollections, it...
View ArticleEdgewater fatigue be damned: Monday's meeting will be televised
Clark, the station manager of Madison City Channel, says the mayor's office had nothing to do with his initial decision not to cover Monday night's informational meeting for Common Council members on...
View ArticleEdgewater process: Hurry up and wait?
The quest to secure the necessary city approvals for the Edgewater Hotel expansion, set to culminate in a marathon Common Council meeting Tuesday night, has been driven by an almost palpable sense of...
View ArticleMadison cops bust drivers for violating pedestrians' crosswalk rights
A remarkable thing happened around 5 p.m. this Monday at the intersection of Webster and Main Streets, on the outer ring of the Capitol Square. Three lanes of heavy traffic uncharacteristically slowed...
View ArticleCrash-test pedestrians
Here's a corollary to last week's "Isthmus" story on police efforts to uphold pedestrians' rights.
View ArticleDurian makes a big stink on State Street
One recent day a customer using the bathroom in a common area behind Community Pharmacy on State Street noticed what she thought was the smell of natural gas. Madison Gas and Electric was called and...
View ArticleMore bad news for newspapers
While the newspaper business is starting to stabilize as the economy improves, newspaper sales continue to decline.
View ArticleFountains of sorrow
Last year the fountains on the Capitol Square, part of a $810,000 renovation in 2005, were on the blink well into summer, due to a series of mechanical and plumbing problems. "Everyone involved is...
View ArticleUnexpected windfalls for Dane County residents
In last Thursday's "Wisconsin State Journal", the state Treasurer's Office ran a huge list of Dane County residents who have unclaimed property valued at $50 or more. (An affiliated website gives...
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