March 4, 2010
I’ll confess that I’ve spent most of my life actively avoiding listening to Usher.

March 4, 2010
More police officers commit suicide than die in the line of duty.

February 25, 2010
Citizen Cope has presented me with a unique conundrum.

February 18, 2010
I often hear the conversation of exactly how far is too far to go up the Ave, alone or with company, when it gets dark outside.

February 11, 2010
Every night, for a week, now, I’ve been having the same dream.

February 4, 2010
Wikipedia tells me David Shields (an accomplished essayist, as well as fiction and non-fiction writer) has a library of work that cannot be placed within generic boundaries of style or genre.

January 28, 2010
Nowadays, there’s jazz, Jazz, jazzy jazz, jazzzz, more jazz, real jazz, Jazzy Jeff, Jeffy Jazz, jazz-rock, and Swedish Hip-Hop Swing Fusion.

January 21, 2010
I want everybody to think back to junior high, the most awkward, terrible three years of your life, right? Grades finally mattered, and your parents wanted you to be perfect in every way.

January 21, 2010
The Weekender staff offers their thoughts on Sunday's awards.

January 14, 2010
It occurred to me, while listening to Contra, that I have no idea what popular music even sounds like anymore.

January 7, 2010
I had never seen Glee two weeks ago, but I had been assaulted by its presence in every facet of everyday life.

December 10, 2009
In reviewing the world Jasper Fforde has created for Shades of Grey, and the story and characters surrounding it, I’m forced to use his terms.

December 9, 2009
Stabbing at Binghamton University kills professor Richard Antoun, a professor of anthropology at Binghamton University in Vestal, N.Y., was fatally stabbed by a student on Dec.

December 8, 2009
Iraq reaches last-minute consensus in election law change Iraq’s parliament narrowly skirted a potential political disaster this weekend when an agreement was finally reached to change certain election and representation laws, according to Al-Jazeera.

December 3, 2009
The Nintendo Holiday Mall Tour is a kiosk showcasing the brightest, if not the best, of Nintendo’s upcoming prospects for interested shoppers this holiday season.

December 2, 2009
Notre Dame Watch: Charlie Weis ousted as football coach In what is only the latest in a long string of upsets and bad news for Notre Dame fans, the Notre Dame athletic department announced head coach Charlie Weis will not be retained for next year’s season.

December 1, 2009
US-bound oil tanker seized by pirates The BBC reported that nine armed Somali pirates seized a massive supertanker full of oil on Sunday, 800 miles off the coast of Somalia.

November 25, 2009
Notre Dame quarterback punched in the face at a bar The Chicago Tribune reported that Jimmy Clausen, the captain and starting quarterback for the University of Notre Dame’s football team, suffered “at least one black eye” as the result of being punched in the face at a bar in South Bend, Ind.

November 24, 2009
Coal mine explosion in China kills dozens In what looks like the deadliest mine explosion in China in years, 92 workers have died and 16 remain trapped, according to The New York Times.

November 19, 2009
The end of the world, but not the end of Hollywood.

November 18, 2009
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN QUITS KINDLES The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s daily newspaper The Badger Herald is reporting that after just a couple of months, the school will drop its support of the Kindle device in replacing textbooks.

November 17, 2009
HOPE BREWING IN NIGERIAN PEACE TALKS Al-Jazeera reported that the Nigerian government’s meetings with the militant group Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) have proved “frank and fruitful,” said a spokesperson for the Nigerian president.

November 12, 2009
Pro-Rape Facebook group started by University of Sydney athletes A Facebook group called “Define Statutory” was recently revealed to have been started by a group of athletes at the all-male St.

November 12, 2009
Wyclef Jean used to be a household name.

November 10, 2009
Hurricane Ida devastates El Salvador In El Salvador, 124 people are dead and at least 60 are missing after days of raining and flooding as Hurricane Ida passes through the region.

November 5, 2009
In the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, there are few levelheaded voices to be heard in the mainstream; people tend to pull strongly and vocally in one direction or the other.

November 4, 2009
Quinnipiac University student injured during pot raid Two students at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut were arrested earlier this month for marijuana possession and breaching the peace, and one of their roommates was injured when a routine drug search turned ugly, according to collegenews.com.

November 3, 2009
Afghan election challenger steps down before runoff Abdullah Abdullah, challenger to incumbent President Hamid Karzai in this year’s election in Afghanistan, has announced that he will no longer be participating in next Saturday’s run-off election, alleging further fraud on the part of the Independ

October 29, 2009
In a town like Seattle, recommending a country band is like inviting personal insult onto yourself.

October 29, 2009
Biography sheds new light on rock legend.

October 28, 2009
MOST UNPRODUCTIVE DAY OF THE YEAR DISCOVERED Students who had trouble getting their work done this past Monday may have an excuse rooted in a poll recently published by Promotur, the tourism board for the Canary Islands.

October 22, 2009
So, who here’s familiar with Icelandic music? Anyone? If not, go on and head out and pick up a few Sigur Rós and Björk albums.

October 21, 2009
University of Connecticut athlete stabbed to death Jasper Howard, the starting cornerback for University of Connecticut’s football team, was stabbed to death outside of a school dance over the weekend.

October 20, 2009
The misadventures of a misplaced meat-eater

October 20, 2009
Kidnapped aid workers released in Darfur Two women who had been held hostage for three months by kidnappers in Darfur were released Sunday morning in good health, according to BBC News.

October 19, 2009
UW's vegans dish on their diets

October 13, 2009
More college graduates work jobs that don’t need degrees A recent study by the Center for Labor Market Studies (CLMS) at Boston’s Northeastern University found that in the first four months of the year, fewer than half of all college graduates under the age of 25 were working jobs that required a college degree.

October 8, 2009
Trying to rationalize the end-of-relationship cliché

October 8, 2009
Imagine that Radiohead and Muse got together and re-wrote Sigur Rós songs for a band with metal tendencies to play at parties where Album Leaf fans go to have existentialist novels re-told through a sonic soundscape.

October 7, 2009
Students with swine flu at Pennsylvania State aren’t faking Pennsylvania State University’s The Daily Collegian newspaper is reporting that, despite the obvious temptation for students to fake having swine flu to skip class, very little of that is actually happening.

October 6, 2009
Late-season monsoon floods ravage southern India India’s agricultural industry needs the monsoon season to raise their crops and animals in India’s arid climate.

October 1, 2009
Dawg Daze comedy show crass, hilarious, illuminating

September 30, 2009
Campuses nationwide reject, condemn Budweiser “Fan Cans”  Anheuser-Busch, owner of Budweiser and Busch breweries, has come under fire recently for its latest marketing scheme: “Fan Cans,” cans of Bud Light marked with the colors of any one of 27 colleges nationwide.

June 2, 2009
Israel is in the spotlight in several ways this week, just before President Barack Obama heads to the Middle East to give a speech that will lay out his plans for promoting stabilization in the region.

May 29, 2009
UW hosts drag show and competition

May 26, 2009
North Korea angers world once more with 2nd nuclear test

May 19, 2009
Sri Lanka’s 26-year civil war has ended, the Sri Lankan government reported Monday.

May 12, 2009
Pope’s visit to Middle East a sign of good faith, but opens old wounds

May 7, 2009
Just a little more than a month ago, the UW celebrated an apparent victory for international labor rights after direct intervention brought about severance payments to almost 1,000 laid-off workers in Guatemala.

May 5, 2009
Peace in Pakistan precarious

April 30, 2009
Pride and Prejudice begins with the opening line, “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” Pride and Prejudice and Zombies author/editor Seth Grahame-Smith has carefully augmented this passage to instead describe a zombie in want of brains.

April 28, 2009
Attacks in Iraq bring up issues about troop withdrawal

April 21, 2009
Representatives from 23 European Union countries walked out of the main hall at the United Nations’ anti-racism conference in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, after a speech by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

April 20, 2009
Standing on the stage in Meany Hall, Alpha Gamma Delta’s Lexie Miller was awestruck when the master of ceremonies called her name, announcing her as Miss Greek 2009.

April 16, 2009
Students, faculty and staff rely on the U-PASS to get to and from campus each day.

April 14, 2009
Sri Lankan government calls for 48-hour cease-fire against terrorist group

April 14, 2009
“The Clef Notes is boring.

April 8, 2009
A UW maintenance worker and U.S. Army reservist has filed a lawsuit against the UW.

April 7, 2009
In a brazen rejection of international pleas for restraint, North Korea launched a satellite-toting rocket this weekend in what many suspect was a cover-up for a long-range missile test.

April 3, 2009
The UW is celebrating an apparent victory for international labor rights after direct intervention brought about severance payments to almost 1,000 laid-off workers in Guatemala.

April 2, 2009
International conflict and disputes between leaders marred the 31st Arab League summit in Doha, Qatar this week.

March 9, 2009
Clear skies, a crowd of eager well-wishers and the UW Marching Band set the mood for the ceremonial groundbreaking of the University Link light rail construction that took place at Husky Stadium last Friday.

February 23, 2009
Staff and students aren’t the only parties at the UW concerned about how the reeling economy might affect their future employment prospects; professors are addressing the concerns as well.

February 9, 2009
For students trying to find a way to pay for college, recent news has been bleak: state funding for the UW will be cut, tuition will likely increase, endowment funds are losing money.

January 27, 2009
When the men’s swimming team practices, there is something like the sound of thunder that fills the room — just as focused and rumbling, and at times just as loud.