The Badger Herald The Badger Herald The Badger Herald is a newspaper serving the University of Wisconsin–Madison community. Founded in 1969, it is one of America's first independent daily student newspapers. The paper is published Monday through Friday during the academic year and once during the summer. Available at newsstands across campus and Downtown Madison, Wisconsin and published on the Web, it has a print circulation of 15,000. The Badger Herald, Inc. is a nonprofit corporation run entirely by University of Wisconsin–Madison students and funded solely by advertising revenue. The Board of Directors, which operates the company, is composed of nine UW students
American badger weasel, otter, ferret, and wolverine. The American badger belongs to the Taxidiinae, one of three subfamilies of badgers – the other two being the Melinae (9 species, including the Eurasian badger) and the Mellivorinae (honey badger). The American badger's closest relative is the prehistoric "Chamitataxus". Recognized subspecies include: the nominate subspecies "T. t. taxus", found in central Canada and central US; "T. t. jacksoni", found in the southern Great Lakes region including southern Ontario; "T. t. jeffersoni", in British Columbia and the western US; and "T. t. berlandieri", in the southwestern US and northern Mexico. Ranges of subspecies overlap considerably,