Shana Martin

At seventeen, and a senior in high school, Shana Martin has a lot going for her. She is currently involved in gymnastics , logrolling, pole vaulting, karate, body building, and running , and a fitness expert. Born and raised Badger, Shana graduated from the She remembers growing up with the knowledge that “Mommy is very sick.” Her mother being diagnosed with Huntington’s disease, a life threatening malady, then Shana was in the kindergarten. Childhood was hard for her since taking care of

On not being The Runner

So it’s probably wrong for me to continue to talk about wanting to be on vacation still, isn’t it? But, man, it was just so good. Soooooo good. But alright, life goes on. I will do my best to move on, and I won’t badger anyone any more with “did you see my pictures?” or “so do you want to go with me next time?” I won’t. Promise. I know that gets annoying. Or at least I try to remember it does. Onward, though, to all that normal life stuff. Like oh, say, running. Running that I haven’t reall

4 year old son of Nic It In The Bud for sale

Chex is a very sweet little gelding that I unfortunatly have not found the time for so I have to part with him. He is a son of Nic It In The Bud out of a daughter of Peppy Badger Chex. He has been started under saddle but hasn't been worked with for about a year. With some training Chex should be able to take his owner any direction he'd like to go.

What’s So Threatening About Sotomayor’s Real Life to Her Right-Wing Critics?

By Emily Badger, Miller-McCune.com. Posted June 12, 2009.For over 120 years, the idea that a judge’s background would influence how they approached cases was conventional wisdom. Why isn’t it now?Sonia Sotomayor’s critics and backers have spent recent weeks parsing one line of a speech she gave in 2001 during a conference at Berkeley on Latino representation on the judiciary. “I would hope,” she said, “that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach

Weekend hot jock: Luke Swan

Former Wisconsin Badger wide receiver Luke Swan was a contestant on Michael Irvin’s show 4th & Long, competing for a training-camp spot with the Dallas Cowboys. Swan was booted from the show this week because of a groin injury (his football career has been plagued by injuries). Swan was a member of the Kansas City Chiefs for a brief period in 2008 but was put on waivers without making the final cut. The 6-foot-1 24-year-old had 60 catches for 1,046 yards and 7 TDs in his final two years at W