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Lakeshore site wins award

By The Daily Cardinal | Mar. 7, 2007

The UW-Madison Cartography Lab received a national award for a website displaying the history of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve.'

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Police warn locals about recent string of Regent area robberies

By Quinn Craugh | Mar. 7, 2007

Madison police reported on Wednesday that they are investigating several residential robberies in the Regent and Monroe streets area near Camp Randall.'

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Police crack down on street shaking stereo systems

By Matt Fox and Mary Malahy | Mar. 7, 2007

An increase in the number of complaints about loud car stereos or ""boom cars"" has prompted the Madison Police Department to start issuing more citations to those disturbing the peace. '

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Minimum wage could rise by over a dollar under new bill

By Dusty Pashouwer | Mar. 7, 2007

The Democratic senators of Wisconsin plan to jack up the state's minimum wage with their ""Wisconsin Families First"" agenda.'

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Dunder Mifflin, not just in Scranton

By Laura Kalinowski | Mar. 7, 2007

In this week's \Going Back to Kali,"" Laura relates ""The Office"" to her real life.'

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Judge, Woods address campus area safety in campaigns

By Kiera Wiatrak | Mar. 7, 2007

Campus safety is at the forefront of April's elections and the race between Eli Judge and Lauren Woods for District 8 alder is no exception, as both have released detailed campus safety proposals.'

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There is one simple philosophy for the Wisconsin Badgers men's hockey team as it prepares for a first-round, best-of-three road series against Denver in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association tournament:

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UW salaries no longer online

By Neha Suri | Mar. 7, 2007

The UW System has significantly reduced the online availability of salary data for faculty members. '

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Arcade Fire’s ‘neon’ burns out

By Andrew Dambeck | Mar. 7, 2007

While it worked wonders for Sonny and Cher, the marriage seems to be an untapped mechanism in popular music, which may be a good thing in all likelihood. Considering most pop songs deal with the topics of heartbreak and lust, an album full of ""What's for dinner, honey?"" just isn't nearly as marketable.

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‘Hogs’ lacks the gas to power the laughs

By Ari Lubet | Mar. 7, 2007

Four middle-aged, wannabe bikers, Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence, William H. Macy and John Travolta, embark on a cross-country journey with no particular plan. In fact, the tagline for the film is ""a lot can happen on the road to nowhere."" It should actually be ""road to nowhere."" Half the film is comprised of montage sequences of b-roll, filler in which the foursome cruise down the highway to the tune of Foghat's ""Slow Ride"" and then periodically stop to urinate on the side of the road. The other half of the film is equally unbearable.

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District 8 City Council candidate responds to campaign criticism

By Letters to the editor | Mar. 7, 2007

On March 6, Joseph Lindstrom lashed out against me for having a ""spokesperson"" on my campaign. '

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Seek proactive solutions to crime

By The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board | Mar. 7, 2007

Students must take advantage of safety resources and be aware of dangerous situations. Madison is a growing city and crime is inevitable, but it does not mean we cannot all be proactive in preventing it.'

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Former UW chancellor to lead medical center investigations

By The Daily Cardinal | Mar. 7, 2007

Former UW-Madison Chancellor and current United States Department of Health and Human Services secretary Donna Shalala was appointed by President Bush Tuesday to lead an investigation at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.'

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Tuition reciprocity to stay, state boards say

By Devin Rose and Ian Zangs | Mar. 7, 2007

Wisconsin and Minnesota's tuition reciprocity agreement will continue as it exists now, according to a decision made Wednesday by the higher education boards of both states.'

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Michigan takes on Minnesota at 8-9 matchup

By Sam Pepper | Mar. 7, 2007

Minnesota tries to improve its highly disappointing season Thursday in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament against Michigan.'

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Conservative agenda housed in deficit act

By Daily Cardinal Staff and Michelle Turcotte | Mar. 7, 2007

The federal government's brilliant plan to reduce the national budget deficit not only threatens students' reproductive rights, but could also cost students thousands of dollars after graduation.'

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French electronic duo fail to live up to expectations with boring ‘symphony’

By Stephen Dierks | Mar. 7, 2007

As a fan of the French band Air, and particularly of their last album, 2004's Talkie Walkie, I was excited to hear their latest album, Pocket Symphony. Unfortunately, the duo of Nicolas Godin and Jean-BenoArt Dunckel seem to have traded in electronic-textured pop music for meandering minimalist instrumentals and Jarvis Cocker guest appearances. The latter crime against music (unless you like Jarvis Cocker, in which case, ignore this comment), on the song ""One Hell of a Party,"" plods on interminably for four minutes with Cocker droning on about the ""burned-out husk of the morning"" after ""one hell of a party."" I found it insufferable; maybe you'd like it.

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$100,000 initiative set to fight downtown crime

By Ashley Ojala | Mar. 7, 2007

A ""noticeable spike"" in downtown crime in the first half of 2006 led city officials to push for a separate fund for downtown safety programs. In February, the City Council passed the Downtown Safety Initiative—$100,000 set aside for the Madison Police Department's central district.

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Doyle stands firm on Troha donations despite indictment

By The Daily Cardinal | Mar. 7, 2007

Gov. Jim Doyle defended the money his campaign received from indicted businessman Dennis Troha and said he will wait until Troha's court case to decide whether or not to return the cash in an interview with WISC-TV Wednesday.'

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Say Hi’s quirky pop ‘impeccable’ on latest

By Michelle Turner and Kate Manegold | Mar. 7, 2007

In his past albums, Say Hi to Your Mom frontman Eric Elbogen has been known to spill his angst into clever songs about spaceships and robots; however, on the band's fourth and newest release, Impeccable Blahs, he chose to move onto a slightly darker material. The liner notes explicitly state that ""Impeccable Blahs is a record about vampires."" However, they are ""not creepy goth vampires but rather people like you and me who happen to get their nourishment from drinking blood."" An interesting subject matter for a band that once specialized in detailing the angst of girls and video games, but it works well for them. Elbogen continues to write witty lyrics, this time using vampire tendencies as a metaphor for romantic human love, resulting in an album that is both fun and intelligent.