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Grateful Dead’s last hurrah provides highlights for fans in new concert compilation

By Brian Weidy and Peter Cameron | Nov. 17, 2015

For three days in July, the jam band world converged in Chicago, Ill., chosen specifically because it was between the two coasts—where the majority of the Grateful Dead’s fan base resides. Now, after tapes of the performances have been circulating for months, the band is releasing Fare Thee Well (The Best Of), a two-disc set compiling the 16 best—or at least best flowing—performances from the three-night run.

News

New talent discovered through use of hip-hop samples

By Peter Cameron and Jake Witz | Nov. 16, 2015

Sampling has always been closely intertwined with the idea of documenting and paying homage to the past. In his book “Off the Gangsta Tip,” author and professor Tim Brennan claims that rap music serves to be “both the encyclopedia and the built-in commentary on all the African cultural production that existed before it.” Sampling has become the most efficient and poignant way of achieving this effect. Structuring a song around one from the past that’s preloaded with history and connotation is a great way for people to be conscious of all of the influences that have led up to the modern sample—and it sounds amazing.

Morgan Winston

CAMPUS NEWS

Nerf blasters and orange bandanas take over campus to defeat zombies

By Peter Cameron and Laura Grulke | Sep. 23, 2015

Aliens invaded Madison and overwhelmed human forces Sunday, forcing a group of Marines to secure ammunition and a satellite feed to drive off the enemy. After a series of efforts to deal with the subsequent zombie invasion, the Marines discovered a possible cure and hope to distribute it Thursday.

SCIENCE

MyEarth- track your carbon savings app encourages students to embrace a green lifestyle

By Peter Cameron and Lily Hansen | May. 4, 2015

Do you ever wonder how much energy you could save if you took the stairs instead of the elevator? Or how about if you unplugged your chargers and reduced your TV-watching time? Unfortunately, it’s unlikely that these questions have even crossed your mind. In an effort to increase consumers’ awareness of their environmental impact, Professor Nancy Wong from UW-Madison’s School of Human Ecology has created an app that allows people to track their daily energy use.

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Quiz: Which Civil War general would your best friend say you are?

By Peter Cameron and Dylan Anderson Andy Holsteen | Apr. 19, 2015

1. How many teeth do you have?

SCIENCE

Ask Ms. Scientist: Antibiotic use in the livestock industry

By Peter Cameron and Corinne Thornton | Dec. 7, 2014

Antibiotic use in the livestock industry greatly varies on the animal industry and the farm. Much of the controversy is over the use of subtherapeutic levels where antibiotics are not used for treating sick animals, but instead routinely given at low doses.

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Student gains valuable insight through Trend Tribe

By Peter Cameron and Samantha Silverman | Dec. 2, 2014

Many girls are looking for experience in the fashion industry and fail to find a place where they can learn the skills they need to get a job.

Thomas Yonash

BASKETBALL

Men's Basketball: Frontcourt hammers through Green Bay

By Peter Cameron and Jack Baer | Nov. 20, 2014

It could have been Wisconsin’s stacked frontcourt that burned the Phoenix. Could have been the early foul trouble. Could have been Keifer Sykes’ inability to clone himself.

News

Record Routine: father and son duo till new ground on debut album

By Peter Cameron and Mary Sullivan | Sep. 25, 2014

Twenty years after the debut of American rock band Wilco, Jeff Tweedy has veered off from the band’s consistent schedule of new releases to instead showcase new project “Tweedy,” a family affair featuring his 18-year-old son Spencer Tweedy on percussion, alongside additional members Scott McCaughey on keyboards and backing vocalists Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig from Lucius. The album, Sukierae, is a lengthy 20 songs in 71 minutes, and what it lacks in excitement and spontaneity, it makes up in the heart and soul of this talented father-son combo.

Jeff Miller, Courtesy of University of Communications, Jeff Miller

CAMPUS NEWS

UW-Madison professor debunks therapeutic ‘stem cell tourism’

By Peter Cameron and Jackie Bannon | Mar. 24, 2014

University of Wisconsin-Madison law and bioethics professor Alta Charo works to raise awareness for the dangers of “stem cell tourism,” according to a university press release Monday.