[btn-post-package]?On Wisconsin, On Wisconsin, Fight on for her fame?? The University of Wisconsin has an iconic fight song, one that fits nicely with the state?s single-word motto: Forward. And whether it?s the Badgers? bulwark offensive line or vast ranks of Peace Corps volunteers, you can be sure that they?re moving things forward in Madison. Here […]
It's Father's Day, and that means it's time to honor all of the dads in our lives. The editors of The Journey, our award-winning series, dug through their archives to compile a father-child montage.
To most people, a small bead and fragment of metal found in Alaska just south of the Arctic Circle wouldn?t qualify as particularly significant. But for H. Kory Cooper, associate professor at Purdue, they reveal a world of historical possibility. Cooper, who?s part of Purdue?s Department of Anthropology and School of Materials Engineering, recently examined […]
Don't forget, Big Ten fans: Father's Day is Sunday. To celebrate all of the Big Ten dads out there, BTN.com scoured social media for pictures of former Big Ten standouts with their children.
Student-athletes can usually look forward to a break from school and sports during the summer months. And while a handful of Huskers recently got a breather from lectures and practices, the work they performed instead was at least as challenging - and rewarding. About 20 student-athletes traveled to the small village of Las Pajas in […]
Rebel. Prisoner. Leader. Nelson Mandela was all of these things and more. He led the fight against the injustice of the South African apartheid state and was jailed for nearly three decades because of it. Then, shortly after he was freed, he became the father of the ?new? South Africa when he was democratically elected […]