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Elliott signs with Ottawa, will join AHL affiliate Friday night

By Matt Fox | Mar. 21, 2007

Brian Elliott found work fast as he signed with Ottawa Wednesday.'

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Friends of the UW-Madison Library early-bird book sale begins today

By The Daily Cardinal | Mar. 21, 2007

Fifteen-thousand used books will go on sale at Memorial Library Wednesday through Saturday for the Friends of the UW-Madison Library's semiannual fundraiser.'

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Absentee ballots flood Madison Clerk’s office

By Mary Malahy | Mar. 21, 2007

As many UW-Madison students cram for midterm exams, the City Clerk's office is overwhelmed too: filing an abnormally high number of absentee ballot requests for the April 3 municipal elections.

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UW student gov’t opposes city’s alcohol density plan

By Molly Reppen and Rachel Haas | Mar. 21, 2007

Associated Students of Madison hosted a student forum Tuesday evening in an effort to address concerns with the city's proposed Alcohol Density Plan and allow students the opportunity to respond to it.

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Strong finish leaves UW with 4th-place

By Royston Sim | Mar. 20, 2007

The UW men's golf team used a big Tuesday to move up and finish in fourth place at Pinehurst.'

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Badgers return home to face Marquette at Nielsen Stadium

By Chris Lindeke | Mar. 20, 2007

The UW men's tennis team returns home to face Marquette Wednesday.'

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CRs should avoid destructive politics of their elders

By Nick Barbash | Mar. 20, 2007

Young Republicans too often follow their elders blindly, repeating the same, destructive mistakes.'

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Reader of the Day: David Stern

By The Daily Cardinal | Mar. 20, 2007

Much of David's life strangely models his favorite TV shows. For instance, when David's not watching ""The Office,"" he can be found studying econ for his planned business major. Or between commercials for ""Heroes,"" David'

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Green license plates a Band-Aid to real issue

By Anna Williams | Mar. 20, 2007

Green license plates for certain sex offenders serves only to give parents a false sense of security.'

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UW doing all it can with Adidas

By The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board | Mar. 20, 2007

SLAC needs to give the university time to conduct its own investigation into Adidas' alleged wrongdoing.'

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Tarah’s rental how-to

By Tarah Scalzo | Mar. 20, 2007

Working in a video store, I found it to be quite hilarious when people came in late on a Friday night, absolutely scandalized, expecting to rent a new release: ""You have no copies? How is that possible? There's a whole wall of them!""

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Carter, Pleasant take over at safety for UW

By Negassi Tesfamichael and Ryan Reszel | Mar. 20, 2007

One of the biggest holes to fill is at safety where two sophomores are stepping in as starters.'

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Now is the spring of our discontent

By Ryan Gallentine | Mar. 20, 2007

\I suspect if the founding fathers hadn't given us free assembly, the people in this city would never leave the coffee shop. We'd just wander the streets jacked up on skim mocha lattes shouting political slogans indiscriminately at confused pe'

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Clearing the smoke

By Emily Erbs | Mar. 20, 2007

In high school Marissa's* close friends began smoking marijuana. As their habit progressed, they began choosing to smoke over hanging out with her.

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Nothing wrong with 2880 minutes of basketball

By Adam Hoge | Mar. 20, 2007

Sports Editor Adam Hoge shares his random thoughts from the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament.'

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A spy film like no ‘Other’

By Dan Wohl | Mar. 20, 2007

The terror apparatus of Nazi Germany and the corrupt communism of Soviet Russia are familiar topics for filmgoers. ""The Lives of Others,"" the German winner of the 2006 Best Foreign Language Film, focuses on a less frequently filmed regime: The German Democratic Republic (East Germany), which, during the Cold War, was like a slightly tempered hybrid of the two. The unbelievably named Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's film about the Stasi, the East German secret police, is a meditative examination of the unexpectedly human side of surveillance and of an oppressive state quietly crumbling from within.

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