Subscribe to this tag Wisconsin Goes Mad for 'Jeopardy!'
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Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - April 4, 2008
"I love Alex Trebek," said one student.
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Trail Mix: April Fools' Edition
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Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - April 2, 2008
Pranks aplenty at Hawaii-Manoa, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Oklahoma
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Trail Mix
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Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - February 25, 2008
A small chemical spill in a University of Wisconsin engineering building elicited a "full response"; LSU held a rock-paper-scissors tournament to hype up the school's men's basketball game
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Wisconsin Students Get Rare Snow Day
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Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - February 7, 2008
More than a foot of snow forced University of Wisconsin-Madison officials to cancel afternoon and evening classes yesterday.
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Trail Mix
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Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - February 7, 2008
A Harvard study suggests napping may aid memory recall; the University of Wisconsin considers offering students a second transcript of extracurricular activities
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Presidential Campaign Ads Top $100 Million
News Desk - February 4, 2008
Presidential candidates have spent a lot of money flooding your television sets with advertising during this campaign season. So much that they have already spent $107 million on TV ads as of last Sunday, a new study out of the University of Wisconsin Advertising Project found, and that was before Republican candidate Mitt Romney began his televised assault in some Super Tuesday states and before Barack Obama showcased his message to last night's Super Bowl viewers.
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Best Alternative Media Outlet
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Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - January 15, 2008
Which nontraditional medium do you prefer?
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Winter Weather a Literal Pain in the Butt
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Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - December 12, 2007
Iowa, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin feel the freeze.
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College Republicans Hit With Fee and, Like With Taxes, Don't Want to Pay
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Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - December 12, 2007
The University of Wisconsin College Republicans are crying foul over $1,300 in security fees for an October David Horowitz event.
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Trick or Treat. Please Don't Arrest Me
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Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - October 26, 2007
Even the best costume won't protect you from stepped-up law enforcement at campuses nationwide this Halloween weekend.
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Surprise! Drunk Kids Steal Things
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Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - October 9, 2007
Late-night restaurants at the University of Wisconsin consider the pros and cons of catering to the raucous post-bar crowd.
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Suicidal Man Terrorizing Campus = Free Meals
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Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - September 27, 2007
Free meal vouchers kept students calm and distracted as man threatened safety of University of Wisconsin's campus.
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Latino Frat and Police Get Metaphorically Rowdy
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Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - September 20, 2007
Just as Hispanic Heritage Month kicks off, University of Wisconsin officials and a Latino fraternity are at odds over a party that was canceled by university police last weekend.
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A Wake-Up Call on Campus
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Nancy Shute
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Health - September 13, 2007
Virginia Tech has inspired counseling services to reassess.
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Trail Mix
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Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - September 6, 2007
*According to the Badger Herald, the University of Wisconsin canceled at least two courses, then forgot to tell anyone. Oops.
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The Music Industry Campus Crackdown Continues
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Christina Mueller
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Education - September 5, 2007
Letters were sent to 58 colleges warning of possible lawsuits against students.
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Police Get to Leave Poop Behind
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Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - September 5, 2007
Proving once again that the police are a privileged lot, the Madison (Wis.) City Council passed an ordinance that excuses officers on patrol from having to scoop the poop their four-legged friends leave behind.
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Madison Police Use Facebook to Track Parties
The Paper Trail - December 15, 2006
Police in Madison, Wis., have been using Facebook to track student parties since Halloween--and they will continue to do so in 2007.
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Primate Research Foes Will Open a Museum Between Two Primate Research Centers
The Paper Trail - November 28, 2006
A Wisconsin animal rights group wanted to build a museum that showcases "the history and current use of monkeys and apes in publicly funded experimentation," so it bought a piece of land right between two research centers that conduct publicly funded experiments on monkeys, the Daily Cardinal reports. When the University of Wisconsin-Madison learned about the plan, it tried to outbid the group, topping its offer of $675,000 with a promise of $1 million.
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Trail Mix
The Paper Trail - November 21, 2006
Administrators who worried about Tulane University's first post-Katrina freshman class are no longer worried--not even close, the Hullabaloo reports.
Ivy League schools are about to get bigger, both in physical space and number of students, says the Daily Pennsylvanian.
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