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Best Alternative Media Outlet
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- January 15, 2008
Which nontraditional medium do you prefer?
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Winter Weather a Literal Pain in the Butt
By Alison Go -
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
By Alison Go -
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
By Alison Go -
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
By Alison Go -
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
By Alison Go -
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
By Alison Go -
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
By Nancy Shute -
Health
- September 13, 2007
Virginia Tech has inspired counseling services to reassess.
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Trail Mix
By Alison Go -
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
By Christina Mueller -
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
By Alison Go -
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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