Author: jplucas

Sara Radulovicâ??s blonde hair falls in her face as she peers at the image coming to life on the table in front of her. She gently uses a brown, colored pencil to shade in the forehead of a portrait of Moses, a Ugandan orphan who lost both parents to AIDS.

The program is the brainchild of Ben Schumaker, a graduate student from the University of Wisconsin-Madison who was inspired to start the Memory Project while volunteering in Guatemala in 2003.

A family business co-owned by UW board of regents member Jeffrey Bartell is listed as one Dane Countyâ??s top ten property tax delinquents.

The decision from Copenhagen left Chicago speechless. Madison was equally muted.

“I was hoping for the thrill of victory, instead we got the agony of defeat,” said Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz after the International Olympic Committee on Friday morning eliminated Chicago’s bid from consideration to host the 2016 summer games. Rio de Janeiro eventually won.

Wisconsin officials didnâ??t have to wait long for the International Olympic Committeeâ??s decision Friday when Chicago was eliminated in the first round of voting for the 2016 Olympic Games.

Q: Iâ??ve worked on campus for more than four years now and never once have seen the left-turn signal go on for the people turning on to University Avenue from Lake Street. The street gets blocked up during the evening commute. Why have the left-turn signal if it is never lit?

The weekend of Nov. 9-11, 2007, was a great time to be a Badger. On that Friday, the University of Wisconsin menâ??s hockey team opened a home series with rival North Dakota, while the nationally ranked UW volleyball team welcomed Michigan. On Saturday, Bucky hosted the football Wolverines, and Sunday brought the menâ??s basketball regular-season home opener. It was a perfect storm of scheduling that challenged Justin Doherty, who handled the athletic departmentâ??s day-to-day communications at the time, to somehow capture it all. His idea: dispatch a single staffer armed only with a camera, a computer and the capacity to seek out a good time.

The race for the 2016 Olympics has came down to just Rio de Janeiro and Madrid, with the International Olympic Committee eliminating Chicago in a stunning first round of voting.

Wisconsinâ??s government and business leaders and sports fans have their fingers crossed in anticipation of the potential bounty for the Badger State if Chicago wins its bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Wisconsin officials are awaiting the International Olympic Committeeâ??s decision Friday whether to award the 2016 games to Chicago or one of three other finalist cities.

We are less than 24 hours from a decision that could change the Madison area’s future.

But even if we aren’t chosen as a host for the 2016 Olympics a lasting impact has already been made.

The biking culture is nothing new for the Madison area.

A bill that would ensure geographic diversity on the UW Board of Regents moved one step forward Wednesday.

The state Assembly Colleges and Universities Committee voted to approve the legislation on a vote of 8-4.

The Madison area could host some cycling events if Chicago is selected for the 2016 Olympic Summer Games, and excitement is building among some local young athletes.

For some of the area’s talented young athletes, the goal isn’t only about winning a medal someday. Many said an Olympics in Chicago could bring hope to reaching all of life’s accomplishments.

We will learn Friday if the Isthmus, Old Sauk Road, Blue Mound State Park and Tyrol Basin become Olympic venues.

Sounds surreal, doesn’t it?

But if officials in Copenhagen select Chicago over Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo and Madrid for the 2016 Summer Games, road cycling and the mountain biking events will be hosted in Dane County. That means thousands of spectators, Olympic officials and athletes will need places to sleep, eat and be entertained.