Alex Hess
Cartoonist relates history, comics
By Alex Hess | Nov. 11, 2003Art Spiegelman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist known for his books \Maus I"" and ""Maus II"" and his numerous New Yorker covers, spoke to a crowd of several hundred people ' ¦
NY Times writer bashes Bush
By Alex Hess | Oct. 14, 2003Paul Krugman, a Princeton University professor of economics and foreign affairs and a regular columnist for The New York Times, spoke Monday evening to a near-capacity crowd at the Wisconsin ' ¦
Int'l students face registration obstacles
By Alex Hess | Oct. 7, 2003Many international students who sought to attend UW-Madison this semester encountered delays in the student visa application process, a situation university officials have tried to resolve by adopting new policies ' ¦
WiCell Research Institute receives $1.7 million in grant
By Alex Hess | Sep. 30, 2003The National Institute of General Medical Sciences recently awarded a $1.7 million grant to the WiCell Research Institute on the UW-Madison campus and designated it as one of three Exploratory ' ¦
Vonnegut's eclectic speech packs theater
By Alex Hess | Sep. 23, 2003Kurt Vonnegut, the acclaimed author of such landmark novels as \Slaughterhouse Five"" and ""Cat's Cradle,"" spoke Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the Wisconsin Union Theater. A capacity crowd packed the ' ¦
Palestinian activist to speak tonight about West Bank's new 'apartheid wall'
By Alex Hess | Sep. 16, 2003Tonight at 7 p.m. at the Memorial Union, a Palestinian activist will speak about the controversy surrounding \the Apartheid Wall,"" as Palestinians call it, which the Israeli government is now ' ¦
West side of campus to see new union facility
By Alex Hess | Sep. 9, 2003Wisconsin Union officials have begun planning a new union facility to be built on the west side of the UW-Madison campus. According to Union Director Mark Guthier, he and fellow ' ¦
Capitol rally takes on numerous Wis. issues
By Alex Hess | May. 2, 2003In recognition of International Workers Day, a diverse crowd of approximately 250 people gathered on the steps of the state Capitol Thursday evening to protest the policies of the Bush ' ¦
Wis. soldiers await deployment
By Molly Reppen and Alex Hess | Apr. 18, 2003As the fighting in Iraq subsides, approximately 50 Wisconsin Army National Guard units stationed at Fort McCoy continue to wait for their deployment to the Middle East. According to Wisconsin ' ¦