Five Things to Watch
By Jeremy Wodajo | Oct. 7, 2010What should you be watching for this Saturday as the Badgers take on the Gophers?
What should you be watching for this Saturday as the Badgers take on the Gophers?
On Sept. 22, Rutgers student Tyler Clementi committed suicide three days after Dharun Ravi, his roommate, secretly streamed video of Clementi during an intimate encounter with his male partner. Unfortunately, this story of cyber bullying is nothing new; it is yet another saddening example of the tragic consequences of intolerance and disrespect.
Well, Wisconsin, we've got ourselves a Palin-esque ""Mama Grizzly"" who tweets about minivans and God, uses her self-proclaimed ""kitchen-table common sense,"" writes a fairytale for her online biography and has big hair to match her big ideas. Ultra-conservative former Milwaukee WISN-TV news anchor Rebecca Kleefisch, is running for Lieutenant Governor on the same ticket as Scott Walker.
This Saturday, the Wisconsin Badgers take on border rival Minnesota in their yearly Battle for Paul Bunyan's Axe.
On Sept. 22, Rutgers student Tyler Clementi committed suicide three days after Dharun Ravi, his roommate, secretly streamed video of Clementi during an intimate encounter with his male partner. Unfortunately, this story of cyber bullying is nothing new; it is yet another saddening example of the tragic consequences of intolerance and disrespect.
Take a look at what other big games are happening this weekend around college football.
It's not often that a college campus a thousand miles away can affect students in Madison, but that is not to say that we shouldn't be concerned with what other students are doing outside of our little bubble. Two weeks ago, an issue arose on the Louisiana State University campus that really should demand our attention.
This Monday, the state Supreme Court reviewed a petition from the State Bar of Wisconsin to grant judges more power to erase online court records wherein either the case was dismissed or the suspect acquitted. Ultimately, the court decided it should be up to lawmakers in the state legislature, not the court. We feel any erasure is an unnecessary measure that would only diminish the transparency of the courts.