The Badger Herald and three non-voting advisers, including noted First Amendment expert Donald Downs and former Republican congressional candidate John Sharpless. The staff consists of nearly 100 students. The office is located off-campus at 152 W. Johnson St. Suite 202. The paper is printed by Capital Newspapers, Inc., home of the "Wisconsin State Journal" and "The Capital Times". "The Badger Herald" was founded in 1969 by a group of four students seeking a conservative alternative to the UW–Madison's primary student newspaper, "The Daily Cardinal", which editorialized against the Vietnam War and had close ties to leaders of the radical campus protest movement. When
North State Communications In 1905, the High Point company was incorporated as North State Telephone Company. In 1919, Hayden bought the Southern Bell system in High Point, which had operated since 1907. In 1920 North State became the first telephone company in the state to install the automatic-dial system. In 1929 the company bought the Randleman system, and in 1935 the Thomasville company became part of North State. In 2004, North State began offering DirecTV digital satellite TV. In 2005, North State spent $30 million to begin offering the area's first fiber optic residential service. In 2007, North State's cell phone service changed