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Fighting Bob Fest Gets Progressive Juices Flowing

The nip of fall was in the air, but the flicker of hope fanned by the fifth annual Fighting Bob Fest on Saturday warmed progressive hearts yearning for social justice and government accountability.
Event organizers estimated that more than 5,000 people gathered for the daylong event, which trumpeted the fight for true democracy and economic fairness in the spirit of Robert "Fighting Bob" La Follette. (The Capital Times- Metro 9/11/06)

Impeachment Rally Brings Out Faithful- Capitol Protest Part of Nationwide Effort

When Dennis Coyier marched up State Street Sunday afternoon to the Capitol in protest of the Iraq war, he was walking a familiar path. The Vietnam-era Navy veteran got tear-gassed in anti-war protests in Madison when his active duty ended in 1968 and is proud to fight to "reverse this kind of militancy that is just unbecoming of an American." (The Capital Times- Metro 12/11/06)

Living on Edge- 6 Lebanese Students Are Suddenly Stranded

Studying abroad can be a life-changing rite of passage, but it pales in comparison to watching a humanitarian crisis unfold at home and being powerless to lend a hand.
For six Lebanese research interns at the University of Wisconsin, this summer has been a coming-of-age experience. They have become refugees stranded in a foreign land. Their peaceful homeland of a mere six weeks ago is little but a memory. (The Capital Times- Front 8/7/06)

Marijuana Fest Stokes Fight For Legalization

The skies were clear but a haze hung over hundreds of marijuana activists as they paraded up State Street to the Capitol for the 36th Annual Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest Festival. Some who marched advocated marijuana for medicinal purposes, while others championed hemp as an answer to the state's agricultural woes.

And more than a few undoubtedly toked up for the sheer pleasure of smoking a doobie on a sunny afternoon on State Street. (The Capital Times- Metro 10/9/06)