A UW-Madison postdoctoral biochemistry researcher has been tapped to receive a national fellowship, the university reported Monday. '
\It is Leonardo DiCaprio's performance that challenges the audience to wrestle with 'Blood Diamond's' issues beyond knee-jerk sympathy, eliciting the visceral reactions necessary to enact true progress and change,"" writes Zachary Levy.'
Redshirt freshman J.P. Gavinski plays an important part in the Badgers' success.'
So 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.
Numerous 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. '
With 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.'
Following pressure from state legislators, University of Wisconsin campuses will perform criminal background checks after a Board of Regents decision Friday.
Coming 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. '
Boston's inability to sign Daisuke Matsuzaka may be more planned than people think.'
The 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:
A fight is brewing over whether or not the Wisconsin Farm Bureau will support the proposed Wisconsin Health Plan. '
The 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. '
The 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.'
The UW-Madison Police Department still has not taken any suspects into custody for the Observatory Drive abduction and sexual assault that occurred Nov. 29. '
Madison 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-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. '
The 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. '
Charitable 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'
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