Doug Moe is writing a book about Kit Saunders-Nordeen, who in 1974 became the first director of women’s athletics at UW-Madison. Living in a Madison retirement community, she turns 80 today.
Well, it’s nearly time to vote. And there’s no better time to decide what I want from our next president over the next four years.
For winning an individual NCAA title in 1956 as a 139-pound boxer for the Badgers, Dick Bartman is one of the 11-member 2020 class of inductees into the University of Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame. A virtual induction ceremony is planned for mid to late October.
"He’s a man of resounding awareness, both of himself and the world around him."
This marks Neil Heinen's final “For the Record” column, capping 20 years of monthly column writing for Madison Magazine.
David Egan has testified before the U.S. Senate, served a year-long fellowship in Washington, D.C.; served as a global messenger for the Special Olympics and spoken before audiences of thousands.
Cyrus Nowrasteh’s work has been controversial, and his new film, "Infidel," is unlikely to be received warmly by the Iranian government.
Wei Dong is a distinguished professor of design studies in the School of Human Ecology and a global ambassador who annually leads UW-Madison student groups on trips to China.
"One of the many difficult and vexing ramifications of living in a pandemic is the forced separation from one another. But the truth is we’ve been moving further apart for awhile now."
"I wonder daily when and how we became so profoundly stupid."
As we approach the six-month mark of a pandemic no one thought would take us this long to outsmart, we’ve also been in search of new distractions.
Other than a memorable run-in with Don King and Rudy Giuliani at a past convention, WisPolitics.com Editor JR Ross won't miss much about an in-person event as the DNC goes digital this year.
Jason Horowitz’s prize for winning the trivia contest is having his name given to a character in English author David Mitchell’s next novel. But the real prize was getting 10 minutes to chat by Zoom one-on-one with Mitchell.
By last week Oak Steingass had raised $2,600 of the $3,500 needed for a new Madison West High School sign and established a GoFundMe page to help him cross the finish line.
Sam Ness chose the road over college musical theater scholarship offers. He travels with a guitar and little else, and has accrued a deep well of colorful stories.
Kaleem Caire wrote a guest column in the August 2020 issue of Madison Magazine.
Anyone with a sense of Madison and Wisconsin history should appreciate both fish fries and the Laurel Tavern.
Once a month I walk down the dark hallway of Madison Magazine’s empty office to pick up the latest copy of the magazine, check my messages and empty my mailbox.
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