A recent meeting showed how two different classes from two different and unrelated departments can cooperate to benefit students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Jacob Stockinger’s “Feature Writing” (Life Sciences Communication 320) and Zoology Prof. Emily Stanley’s graduate seminar (Limnology Seminar 955, “Writing About Science for Non-Scientists”) met jointly on Tuesday, Oct. 27, in Hiram Smith Hall’s PC lab. Both classes take place in the late afternoon, so logistics were not difficult.
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Miflin 2009, by Derek Anderson.

When talking about Madison’s drinking culture, it is hard to ignore the big three: Mifflin, Halloween and Badger football games. Mifflin, which began in 1969 as a part of a Vietnam protest, has morphed over the last few decades into an event centered entirely around drinking. I went this year to ask students: How it all started? Why they celebrate Mifflin? and If they thought drinking was a big problem in Madison? Here is what they had to say:

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