Tomorrow night we'll be all decked out in our blue and gold to celebrate Marquette University's third straight trip to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen. Our allegiance to the Golden Eagles Warriors began more than 30 years ago when we wandered onto that sweet little urban campus utterly naïve to its eternal hold. I thank Marquette every [...]
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Real Men Sing, it’s a Fundamentally Sound truth
Real men sing. We've known this since the Appleton Boychoir taught our very young boys to stand up straight, harmonize, knot a tie properly, and conduct themselves with dignity, both on and off the stage. Raised in the shadow of Lawrence University's renowned music conservatory, nurtured by a sweet, talented elementary school music teacher and encouraged by a series [...]
When you say Wisconsin you’ve said it all
Regardless of the well monitored political opinions of its residents, Wisconsin is a red state on Saturday afternoons for college football fans. Recently voted America’s best college football town in a survey conducted by USA Today, Madison gets hopping early on game days. A steady stream of patient parents and alumni make their way via bumper-to-bumper [...]