Tomorrow our Wisconsin Badgers will face the Minnesota Golden Gophers. These teams will be competing for the ever famous Paul Bunyan's Axe. 

The trophy goes to the winner of the annual University of Wisconsin--Madison vs. Minnesota game, the longest football series in Division I-A football. The teams first met in 1890 and have played consecutively since 1907. The axe replaced other trophies in the rivalry, such as the walnut Slab of Bacon, and was a gift of the National W Club in 1948. The winners of all the Wisconsin-Minnesota games are engraved on the handle. In November 2003 the original axe was donated to the College Football Hall of Fame and replaced by a sturdier version with room for more names on the handle.

Now keeping in mind that the gopher is part of the badgers regular diet, I hope to see all of you out there supporting our team!

Also in the spirit of Homecoming, we have created a special Flickr collection dedicated to UW Madison Homecoming images through the decades.  Take a peek!

Spring on campus seems to be a great time to celebrate. This week, April 17-23, is All Campus Party. The Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) and the Wisconsin Alumni Student Board (WASB) along with student organizations, businesses and national corporations to sponsor All-Campus Party to celebrate the end of the school year, the onset of spring and the enthusiasm of the campus community.

Although we don't have images from past All Campus Party celebrations, we do have images of past campus events.

The image on the left shows a toga party sponsored by the Wisconsin Student Association in 1979. There were approximately 10,000 people in attendance that night.

The image on the right shows the bed race at UW Madison in May of 1971.

Our University of Wisconsin-Madison collection contains great images of all past Madison events such as Homecoming, football games, rush week, and much more. Take a look at the collections and see how the UW used to party!