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Gavinski progressing well as redshirt
By Molly Reppen and Joe Skurzewski | Dec. 12, 2006Redshirt freshman J.P. Gavinski plays an important part in the Badgers' success.'
Get ‘High’ with Jamiroquai’s greatest hits
By Andrew Dambeck | Dec. 12, 2006So disco is dead, huh? Well according to Jamiroquai, disco never died—it just moved to England. For over a decade, frontman Jay Kay has been a mainstay for the early '90s acid jazz that found its chief popularity in roller-rinks and sock-hops. While known primarily for his European playboy status and his titillating headdresses, Kay also has quite the temper, and recently gave a ""funk you"" to Sony Records when they demanded an eighth album from the band—forcing Kay out of retirement due to contract obligations.
Police meet with city reps, discuss assaults
By Dawn Schueller | Dec. 12, 2006Numerous Madison groups, including the Madison Police Department, assembled Monday night in an attempt to counter the problem of crime and violence in the downtown area. '
Criminal checks crucial for safety
By The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board | Dec. 11, 2006With sufficient oversight and adherence to Wisconsin law, criminal background checks will avoid discrimination, while allowing the university to hire employees who enrich rather than endanger the campus community.'
Criminal checks ‘good step’ for university, Suder says
By The Daily Cardinal | Dec. 11, 2006Following pressure from state legislators, University of Wisconsin campuses will perform criminal background checks after a Board of Regents decision Friday.
No rest for the Badgers
By Tom Lea and Jon Spike | Dec. 11, 2006Coming off of their biggest win of the season at Marquette this past Saturday, the UW men's basketball team is looking to ride this momentum into another difficult week. '
Red Sox undermine Yankees with Matsuzaka
By Ryan Adserias and Sam Pepper | Dec. 11, 2006Boston's inability to sign Daisuke Matsuzaka may be more planned than people think.'
Stuart Davis: Musings of a punk monk
By Kevin Nelson | Dec. 11, 2006The monk approaches the front of the room. His followers sit in a Zen-like trance as he takes to the makeshift stage. He launches into his first hymn:
Huebsch urges farmers not to support health plan
By Elzbieta Beck | Dec. 11, 2006A fight is brewing over whether or not the Wisconsin Farm Bureau will support the proposed Wisconsin Health Plan. '
Regents approve background checks
By Erica Pelzek | Dec. 11, 2006The UW System Board of Regents voted Friday afternoon to mandate all UW System schools to implement criminal background checks for all potential employees by May 2007. '
Football takes recruit from Iowa
By Jon Bortin | Dec. 11, 2006The latest victory for the Wisconsin Badgers football team comes in the recruiting field. Kevin Rouse, a 6-foot, 220-pound middle linebacker from Joliet Catholic, gave an oral commitment to the Badgers Sunday, strengthening their 2007 class.'
UWPD requests info for assault case
By Erica Pelzek | Dec. 11, 2006The UW-Madison Police Department still has not taken any suspects into custody for the Observatory Drive abduction and sexual assault that occurred Nov. 29. '
City sees second abduction, sexual assault in two weeks
By John Leppanen | Dec. 11, 2006Madison saw its second stranger kidnapping and sexual assault in less than two weeks early Saturday morning when a UW-Madison student was abducted, assaulted and then dropped off near campus at approximately 3 a.m.'
UW taps Chicago clinician for UHS spot
By Andy Berens and Jameson Arasi | Dec. 11, 2006UW-Madison has appointed the director of the University of Chicago student health center to direct clinical services at University Health Services, the university announced Dec. 7. '
Mifflin Street Co-op closes for good
By Andy Berens and Haleigh Amant and Ryan Bullen | Dec. 11, 2006The Mifflin Street Co-op, 32 N. Bassett St., closed its doors for good Dec. 8, only a few weeks after a Nov. 20 83-3 vote by the grocery's board of directors to shut down the historic headquarters of the Mifflin Street anti-Vietnam War movement. '
Volunteers offer more than money and time
By Anna Williams and Crystal Crowns | Dec. 11, 2006Charitable giving not only serves the obvious purpose of helping those in desperate need, but it also reflects on the character and quality of Wisconsin citizens. Charity is not hard — it merely follows the golden rule of ""do to others as you wo'
Damien Rice releases ‘9’... number 9... number 9
By Beth Wick | Dec. 11, 2006A lot has happened to Damien Rice since he released O, his debut album. His music appeared on the ""Closer"" soundtrack, he dated RenAce Zellweger and he embraced his popular success. Rice seemed to disappear after his whirlwind in the spotlight, but now he is back to where he belongs with 9, his stunning, long-awaited comeback.
Freaks and those library-bound geeks
By Caitlin Cieslik-Miskimen | Dec. 11, 2006Pulsating sobs were echoing throughout Steenbock Memorial Library late one Tuesday night and interrupting the very motivated students who surrounded the circulation desk. It was too early for an exam breakdown—those were at least five days away—but it apparently was time for an inter-family fight over a $1,300 credit card bill.




