From corn on the cob to a plastic blob
By Steven Wishau - The Daily Cardinal and Kathleen Masterson | Nov. 19, 2006Biopolymers hope to replace oil-based plastics in the near future as an equally cheap material for mass-produced products.'
Biopolymers hope to replace oil-based plastics in the near future as an equally cheap material for mass-produced products.'
Twenty-six games removed from a February loss to Minnesota, the Wisconsin women's hockey team (11-0-1 WCHA, 13-0-1 overall) continues to be unbeaten. This weekend, it traveled to Bemidji State, downing the Beavers 6-2 and 4-2.
For the second game in a row, the Badger men's basketball team (3-0 overall) got out to a quick start and did not look back. In Sunday's win over Southern (0-2), the Badgers took it to another level.
The UW volleyball team appeared to get its confidence back Friday with a sweep of conference rival Iowa.'
This week's News of the Weird features strange artists.'
Upon further review, the tuition remission man set for implementation in January is best for the university and gives breathing room to find a better long-term solution.'
The Wisconsin men's hockey team (4-8-2, 3-6-1 WCHA) continued their struggles on the ice this weekend, being swept in its weekend border battle against Minnesota. '
Lizzy Henning is a UW-Madison junior majoring in elementary education and dance. Her sweet and bubbly personality not only shines in the classroom but also through her dancing.'
The UW men's basketball team started off the South Padre Invitational with a victory in the Kohl Center Sunday afternoon mostly because of the turnovers it was able to force. '
The Wisconsin women's basketball team (3-0 overall) made winning look easy as they toppled Central Connecticut State University 75-45 at the Kohl Center Friday evening.'
It may have been the scene in 2002's ""Die Another Day"" when James Bond tried to outrun beams of solar energy, or perhaps when he eluded capture with his invisible car, that it became impossible to ignore how the venerable series was starting to rot. Few agree on the Pierce Brosnan-era of Bond flicks—some say he's the best since the Bond we measure all Bonds by, Sean Connery, while others claim he doesn't even stack up to Timothy Dalton—but they got us revved up about the franchise again. It's not that the Brosnan movies weren't fun, but after ""Goldeneye"" got our attention, they got sloppy fast, with ""Die Another Day"" approaching a level of camp unmatched since ""Moonraker."" When Bond becomes a full-blown cartoon, it's time to go back to the well, and the latest 007 adventure, ""Casino Royale,"" is a very promising step in a different, but gratifying, direction.
The Wisconsin Union Travel Center — established in 1976 as a student market for discounted bus tickets to Chicago, non-UW study abroad advising and discounted passport and visa photos — will close in Summer 2007, Wisconsin Union administrators ann'
State Rep. Spencer Black, D-Madison, announced plans Thursday to take steps to ban ""robocalls,"" an automated technique used extensively in the 2006 midterm elections. '
The UW System Board of Regents discussed proposed amendments for the disciplinary process for faculty members who are convicted of felonies at Van Hise Thursday. '
After a memo from Chancellor John Wiley released to the Associated Students of Madison Student Services Finance Committee Chair Zach Frey Thursday stated SSFC cannot fund off-campus rents in student organizations' budgets, the committee may need to '
Madison will have $100,000 to work with for fighting downtown crime following a city council vote Thursday night.'
Mayor Dave Cieslewicz will be out of the office today, trading his suit and tie for blaze orange and boots.'
As part of its 30th annual ""Great American Smokeout,"" the American Cancer Society honored Gov. Jim Doyle and 15 other lawmakers, doctors and leaders from Wisconsin for their continuing efforts to promote tobacco control and awareness Thursday.'
UW-Madison faculty members expressed anger and discussed plans to leave the university at a listening session on the recently approved gay marriage ban Wednesday.'