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Article: TIP OF THE HAT TO THE BADGER HERALD.(LOCAL)(DOUG MOE)(Column)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- September 13, 2009
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Byline: Doug Moe
The 40th anniversary of the Badger Herald student newspaper was Thursday, and the paper celebrated with a special front page that included two articles on the Herald's founding and growth.
Next month, on homecoming weekend on the UW-Madison campus, there's a series of reunion events for former and current staffers.
The headline on one of Thursday's front-page stories caught my eye: "How a rag became the paper of record."
A rag?
Well, we weren't The New York Times, that's for sure. But we wrote some good stories, and we certainly had some good times. We didn't take ourselves too seriously and we loved poking ...