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Joe Pa’s boys in the midst of transtional season

By Molly Reppen and Ben Hubner | Nov. 1, 2006

In 2003 it was Ohio State. Wisconsin students marked their calendars for the home game against defending National Champion Ohio State. In primetime, in the pouring rain, in a tie game, Lee Evans out-ran the nation's fastest defensive back, Chris Gamble, and caught a 79-yard touchdown in stride for the winning score in a much-anticipated, unforgettably monumental upset.

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Reszel: Bowl matchups clearer after Nov. contests

By Ryan Reszel | Nov. 1, 2006

The first few weeks of November can be a difficult time. Most of the leaves have fallen, and the trees stand gray and bare. The cold wind blows away any lingering memories of summer.

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Keep the unread book population in check: swap

By Carrie Lorig | Nov. 1, 2006

\Save a few sacred favorites, my books are sadly banished to a sedentary life on the shelf once I've read them. Unless someone slams the door to our apartment really hard. Then they spend a good week or two vacationing on the floor,"" writes Carrie L'

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One of the best seasons ever enters most competitive month

By Zach Kukkonen | Nov. 1, 2006

Zach Kukkonen looks back on the college football season thus far.'

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‘House of Leaves’ author Danielewski returns with more experimental fiction

By Ben Pickett | Nov. 1, 2006

The experimental novel, if it can be considered a genre, is rife with fascinating and innovative books, which unfortunately spur the question: Was this written to entertain and enrich the readers or simply the author? Mark Z. Danielewski's effort ""Only Revolutions"" provides no definitive answer to that question.

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Democrats propose new Internet sexual predator initiatives

By Elzbieta Beck | Oct. 31, 2006

Gov. Jim Doyle and Democratic candidate for Attorney General Kathleen Falk announced a new proposal Tuesday to crack down on child predators on the Internet.

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Just Off Campus...

By Brittany Schoepp | Oct. 31, 2006

Need a relaxing night after the big Halloween weekend?

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Dems: Green wrong for WI

By Ashley Spencer | Oct. 31, 2006

Gov. Jim Doyle and U.S. Senator Russ Feingold spoke on campus Monday, criticizing Mark Green's \extreme' stances on stem cell research, abortion rights and college financial aid.""'

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Badly Drawn Boy gets straight up bad

By Daily Cardinal Staff and Carrie Lorig | Oct. 31, 2006

In the past, Badly Drawn Boy has produced chamber-pop music that has managed to be both intelligent and innovative. His sound happily maintained a stable relationship between rock and pop. However, on Damon Gough's fifth album, Born in the U.K., the British musician seems to have lost footing in his musical middle ground.

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Sports costumes dominate the weekend

By Adam Hoge | Oct. 31, 2006

Halloween is now over, and for many it's time to celebrate all saints that aren't from New Orleans. For me, I would like to stay within the sports realm and rather celebrate the best sports-related costumes from the weekend.

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He’s only 22, what’s a boy to do?

By Joe Hasler | Oct. 31, 2006

What's so special about turning 22 years old? The answer—and I say this with all due respect to all of my friends and family members who've spent the last week sending me cards and packages and showering me with birthday salutations—is absolutely nothing. In fact, I would argue 22 is the most meaningless of all the birthdays, if for no other reason, because it comes on the heels of an unprecedented set of landmark birthdays.

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Final round of ads appeals to voter emotion

By Andy Berens and Abrianna Barca and Travis Serebin | Oct. 31, 2006

As the Nov. 7 election rapidly approaches, a slew of ads from Wisconsin candidates take to the airwaves.'

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Panel to settle fate of Union renovation

By Whitney Newman | Oct. 31, 2006

In the wake of revelations that voter-approved student referendums may be overturned for the second time in two years, the Student Judiciary assembled Monday night to form a panel to hear arguments against the living wage initiative and Student Union Init'

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Halloween likely to remain the same next year

By Leah Cowen | Oct. 31, 2006

Despite a few problems at Freakfest 2006, the new State Street Halloween festival will largely remain the same next year. '

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Area bishop pushes anti-gay marriage message on parish

By Chelsey Lewis | Oct. 31, 2006

All Catholic churches across Madison will be forced to play a pre-recorded announcement Sunday, supporting the ban on gay marriage.

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Reader of the Day

By The Daily Cardinal | Oct. 31, 2006

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Finance committee shaves budgets of GUTS, CFACT

By Jeff Grimyser | Oct. 31, 2006

The Associated Students of Madison Student Services Finance Committee continued determining student organization budgets Monday night, slightly trimming the budgets of two organizations. '

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Average undergrad debt more than $18,000, expected to rise

By Whitney Newman | Oct. 31, 2006

Gov. Jim Doyle announced Monday he intends to prevent UW System tuition from increasing faster than the rate of inflation if he is re-elected governor Nov. 7, a goal many students may welcome, as UW System undergraduates' average debt rises every y'

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Doyle, Green both raise close to $2 million, spend $4 million

By The Daily Cardinal | Oct. 31, 2006

Both gubernatorial candidates, incumbent Gov. Jim Doyle and Republican Mark Green, have spent and raised nearly the same amount of money in the last pre-election period, according to their respective campaign finance reports due Monday. '

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Regents near disciplinary process agreement

By Jacob Kushner and Tony Schultz | Oct. 31, 2006

The committee that oversees the UW-Madison faculty disciplinary process voted to amend a proposal that if passed would expedite suspension without pay hearings for faculty convicted of serious misconduct. '