The Madison Misnomer
Encyclopedia
The Madison Misnomer is a quarterly undergraduate newspaper
published at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, Wisconsin
featuring comedy articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, and arts reviews.
The newspaper is printed twice per semester as a tabloid. The front and back pages are generally printed in color while the inside pages are printed in black and white; occasionally, the entire issue is printed in color. Issues vary between eight and twelve pages. The paper differentiates
itself from The Onion, which also originated at UW-Madison, by focusing on the university and its student life.
. In fall 2009, Moss became the sole editor-in-chief of the paper before Ethan Krupp assumed the editorship in January, 2010.
2011: Presenter of All Campus Party Comedy Bash
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
published at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....
featuring comedy articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, and arts reviews.
The newspaper is printed twice per semester as a tabloid. The front and back pages are generally printed in color while the inside pages are printed in black and white; occasionally, the entire issue is printed in color. Issues vary between eight and twelve pages. The paper differentiates
Derivative
In calculus, a branch of mathematics, the derivative is a measure of how a function changes as its input changes. Loosely speaking, a derivative can be thought of as how much one quantity is changing in response to changes in some other quantity; for example, the derivative of the position of a...
itself from The Onion, which also originated at UW-Madison, by focusing on the university and its student life.
History
The Madison Misnomer was launched in 2007 by Joshua D. Moss and William Nelson, who published the first issue before winter break. They felt that the university not having a humor publication was an anachronismAnachronism
An anachronism—from the Greek ανά and χρόνος — is an inconsistency in some chronological arrangement, especially a chronological misplacing of persons, events, objects, or customs in regard to each other...
. In fall 2009, Moss became the sole editor-in-chief of the paper before Ethan Krupp assumed the editorship in January, 2010.
Content
The newspaper has continually supported one section since its first edition: "Sports, Technology and Thoughts On Abortion", which is always featured as the final section, inside the back cover, with articles on said topics. The paper tailors the remaining sections to each issue: examples of sections include: "Alumnus Issues", "Around Town", "Exclusives!", "Funny Pages", "Let's Get Sued", "Lifeways", "Men Objectifying Women Page", "Newspaper Page", "Page Sex", "Page Six (Not to Be Confused With Page Sex)", and "We're Going to Hell For You!"Campus service
2010 & 2011: Creator of special Misnomer-edition program for UW MadHatters2011: Presenter of All Campus Party Comedy Bash