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Cars headed west down University Avenue at the intersection of Park Street and University Avenue under long exposure, taken from the pedestrian footbridge.

Kaitlyn Veto

OPINION

The case for traveling in your twenties

By Sergey Fedossov and Mary Chen | Sep. 9, 2015

I may be not much of a spiritual person, but one of the most profound experiences of my life was behind the wheel of a 1999 Toyota Highlander on the road from Madison to Florida for spring break. In a 24-hour period, I spent half that time behind the wheel, and the rest talking to my fellow passengers, bickering with other members of our collegiate caravan or attempting to get some uncomfortable sleep. We made the return trip about five days later, with similar distributions of fitful rest and bloodshot-eyed driving.

Grey Satterfield

SOFTBALL

New approach bringing hits for Miller

By Andrew Tucker and Mary Chen | Apr. 30, 2015

When it comes to archetypes, sports are chock-full of them. There’s the tall but slow center in basketball, the loud, team-leading middle linebacker in football and the low average, power-hitting catcher in softball and baseball.

Courtesy of UW Athletics

SPORTS

Jordan, Wisconsin prepare for NCAA Championships

By Andrew Bahl and Mary Chen | Mar. 9, 2015

As a redshirt senior, Frank Cousins has seen the best and worst of Wisconsin wrestling. In his redshirt freshman year, the Badgers turned in a strong season with four All-Americans and a 10th place finish in the NCAA Championships only to turn around and go winless in Big Ten competition the next year.

Brent Cizek of UWBadgers.com

SPORTS

Wisconsin wins WCHA Final Face-Off

By Bobby Ehrlich and Mary Chen | Mar. 8, 2015

After three straight years of losing in the semifinals, the Badgers are finally WCHA Final Face-Off Champions. Wisconsin was powered by sophomore forward Sarah Nurse, who scored four times in two games and was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player.

OPINION

Pampered homecoming does not meet expectations

By Lilly Hanson and Mary Chen | Dec. 2, 2014

After watching the Nov. 22 episode of “Saturday Night Live,” I was curious to see if the hilarious and catchy skit “Back Home Baller” was true to Thanksgiving break (pause reading here if you have not seen the video and watch it). As a freshman, I had always watched my older sister come back from college with stories and leave with leftovers. In the SNL skit the lyrics say, “I’m a back home baller, if I want something I just holler. I do what I want and I get what I want cause my parents miss their daughter!” I wondered if the situation would be the same for my Thanksgiving break.

News

Record Routine: Azealia Banks satisfies with long-anticipated debut album

By Brandon Danial and Mary Chen | Nov. 9, 2014

Azealia Banks first announced the release of her debut album in early 2012. After numerous delays, dropping a label and igniting some ugly controversy on her Twitter, Banks slipped through the cracks of publicity and drifted from the minds of those anticipating a new release from the promising musician. Now, in similar fashion to Beyoncé’s latest release, Banks surprised the industry with the release of Broke With Expensive Taste Nov 6.

CAMPUS NEWS

UW-Madison sophomore to launch new food delivery service on campus

By Adelina Yankova and Mary Chen | Oct. 6, 2014

UW-Madison sophomore Ethan Claes will help bring a new meal option to campus as he readies for the upcoming launch of Envoy, a student-to-student food delivery system.

COLUMNS

Reflections on a summer in the books

By Maham Hasan and Mary Chen | Sep. 14, 2014

"And the fever called living ... is conquered at last.” It will be extremely pompous and presumptuous of me to begin my first column of the semester with a randomly—albeit exceptionally brilliant—selected sentence from a poem that you may or (probably) may not be aware of. But then again, where’s the fun in not doing something like that?

OPINION

The United States of America: Welcome to oligarchy

By Mary Chen and Tony Castagnoli | Apr. 27, 2014

Oligarchy is a word you better get used to; because that’s the system of government we have in America today. It’s been a long time coming, and we’ve been far too apathetic to its toxic approach. A government of the corporation, by the corporation, and for the corporation is what we have now. Oligarchy isn’t a pretty picture, unless you enjoy the idea of corporate slavery. Say goodbye to worker’s rights, women’s rights, student’s rights and certainly prisoners’ rights. Keep your mouth shut about the broken system, and don’t question authority! Disregard the principles of physics, because with oligarchy, it’s not gravity that makes the world go round; it’s unfortunately money.

OPINION

Sex education should be a positive, uniform experience

By Mary Chen and Sara Vinson | Dec. 4, 2013

I’ve talked with countless people about their sex education. It varies so widely, it is amazing we can all come to any of the same conclusions about sex. Sex is almost universally desired and experienced, unlike almost every other subject we learn in school.