By Ray Kirsch and Kayla Dembiec It’s awards season across the U.S.! Not only did WSUM celebrate our wins at the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association student forum, but the SAG Awards, the Oscars, and others also occurred. The past two weeks …

By: Oliver Gerharz “Black and White House” by Scott Ableman is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Martin Echeverria visited from Mexico to lecture in UW–Madison’s Vilas Hall this week, highlighting the similarities between current authoritarian patterns in the …

By Ray Kirsch While we wait to see what new jaw-dropping controversies the government has in store for us, Weekly Debrief has returned for the spring semester! UW–Madison students probably want to stay at home and avoid the snow, and …

Written by Nick Doermann The misery-season of the dead, post-Christmas cold is finally upon us. Beautiful snow that once served the purpose of reflecting rainbow lights and keeping us in our cozy little cottages now makes us slip and fall …

By Ray Kirsch and Kayla Dembiec While students may have been away from Madison over winter break, the pop culture drama around the world certainly stayed! If there’s one constant in life, it’s drama. What exactly happened during the last …

By Austin Sheehan @MOHASELI ARMAN, taken with an NIKON D610 08/04 2018 The picture taken with 24.0mm, f/7.1s, 10/2000s, ISO 2500The image is released free of copyrights under Creative Commons CC0. If you’ve been wanting to have Mediterranean food but …

By Austin Sheehan “Pizza” by cobaltfish is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. When exploring pizza places in Madison there are two establishments that stand out the most. In this article we will cover my top two favorite pizza restaurants within …

By Austin Sheehan Neon restaurant signage is reflected in a framed Wisconsin graphic on display at Dotty Dumpling’s Dowery near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on Sept. 26, 2016. (Photo by Jeff Miller/UW-Madison) When it comes to satisfying your burger …

While midterms reign on for UW–Madison students, pop culture has been calm and quiet since the election. Some celebrities have deleted their Twitter accounts, some pop culture figures are apparently getting hired to be government officials, and others are seemingly …

What an eventful three weeks it’s been for your pop culture connoisseur! I worked at the Wisconsin Book Festival, watching many awesome author events and acquiring some free books. But, the ending of the festival signified another exciting thing for …

By Ray Kirsch The opinions expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of WSUM, the University of Wisconsin–Madison or its Board of Regents. This piece discusses sexual assault, rape, suicide and sex trafficking. For resources or help, …

This piece contains depictions and references to sexual assault and rape. The opinions expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of WSUM, the University of Wisconsin-Madison or its Board of Regents. Last week, Production Director Lexi and …