October 28 is the 302nd day of the year. On this day in 1636, a vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become the United States, today known as Harvard University.

* TCT: Despite more than an hour of public testimony against a bus fare increase, the city's financial committee rejected multiple plans to avoid that increase in this year's budget.

* WSJ: Wilco to play Concert for Change in Madison at noon on Saturday at the Union Theater.

* WKOWTV: Early voting in the presidential race is already surpassing 2004 levels in many parts of Wisconsin, including several cities expected to favor Sen. Barack Obama.

* Eating in Madison A to Z: A review of the Mermaid Cafe.

* Fearful Symmetries: It had been ages since I'd ordered anything from [Pizza Extreme] and, upon gazing at their menu for the first time in years, I was pleasantly surprised to find that they had Italian beef available. That sounded good to my Chicago ex-pat palate. Unfortunately, it turned out to be shite.