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The road goes ever on and on in the quest for literary understanding
By Carrie Lorig | Oct. 18, 2006\Seeing the physical place where a story takes place or where an author lived is going to give the reader the text three more times is never going to achieve,"" writes Carrie Lorig in this week's Conceal and Carrie.'
Drowning in thought
By Kiera Wiatrak | Oct. 18, 2006Founded after the 2004 presidential election, the Roosevelt Institution is a national, nonpartisan, student-run think tank with chapters established in almost 50 schools across the country. UW-Madison's chapter held its kick-off this past April and '
Elliott anchors strong UW defense
By Sasha Goldstein | Oct. 18, 2006Elliot looks for another championship his senior year.'
Badgers fall to rival Gophers
By Andy Van Sistine | Oct. 18, 2006Wisconsin suffered its first loss in the annual Border Battle between UW and the University of Minnesota when the Badgers fell to the Gophers in volleyball Tuesday night.'
Election coverage abysmal
By The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board and Alex Pacheco | Oct. 18, 2006It's no wonder that citizens are uninformed about local elections. Considering this week's release of a study about local television news broadcasts by the NewsLab at UW-Madison, it is amazing that people even know there is an election Nov. 7.'
Campus view obstructed by new highrises
By Jessica Sprang | Oct. 18, 2006Columnist Jessica Sprang says, \In the heart of downtown Madison, the opinion of students seems to matter the least, even though they dominate the population. Against the approval of much of Madison's student population, high-rise residences are inc'
Bartell’s lesbian comedy entertains
By Mollie Levison and Jon Spike | Oct. 18, 2006Bartell Theatre's latest play, ""Ugly Ducklings,"" directed by Jan Levine Thal and written by Carolyn Gage, is like a reenactment of all those exciting, innocent and youthful days at overnight summer camp—but with a serious twist. Camp Fernlake, the fictional camp in Maine where ""Ugly Ducklings"" takes place, is an all-girls camp where many of the girls discover and come to terms with their lesbian identities.
Key injuries propel ‘fresh’ faces into lineup
By Ben Breiner | Oct. 18, 2006The UW hockey team knew it would need to rely on new faces its year after losing their top five scorers from last year's title team. They just didn't realize how much they would need to rely on those new faces.
Mind Your Morsels
By The Daily Cardinal | Oct. 18, 2006The UW Dietetics and Nutrition Club answers your health and diet questions.'
Hold Steady do more than just hold steady
By Matt Hunziker | Oct. 18, 2006For musicians with Minnesota roots, the state seems to exercise a kind of artistic magnetism with a lingering effect that holds on long after they've moved on to national status. Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited added his home stretch of road to the rock and roll canon. Prince's Purple Rain helped make Minneapolis' First Avenue club into a national landmark.
Gaining the Freshman 15 begins at home
By Jay Storey and By Marina Oliver and Jaime Brackeen | Oct. 18, 2006Jay packs a week of eating into a weekend at home.'
Landlords skeptical on plan that lets tenants make repairs
By Adam Riback | Oct. 17, 2006A city ordinance that would allow tenants of irresponsible landlords to deduct repair costs from their rent is generating mixed feelings in Madison. '
Student labor advocates tout agreement with university
By The Daily Cardinal | Oct. 17, 2006Last week, Student Labor Action Coalition members planned to storm the Chancellor John Wiley's office in protest to what they perceived as his reneging on the Designated Suppliers Program, an initiative intended to direct the purchase of university '
Democrats aim to tie Green to unpopular president
By Jacob Kushner | Oct. 17, 2006Members of Gov. Jim Doyle's campaign and UW-Madison College Democrats are using Mark Green's record of voting with President Bush to attract moderate voters who disapprove of the president's performance. '
Funding decision held off for MCSC
By Erica Pelzek and Sam Marz | Oct. 17, 2006After nearly three hours of debate Monday night, the Associated Students of Madison Student Services Finance Committee decided to postpone the MultiCultural Student Coalition final budget decision until the committee's Thursday meeting.'
Roommate survey a staple of dorm life in other universities
By Tali Korrub | Oct. 17, 2006At UW-Madison public residence halls — unlike at other universitiesA- — A-there is no system to match students with roommates through personality questionnaires. Roommates are randomly placed together without any regard for personal scheduling, smok'
Millions of dollars cut from Madison bike path projects
By The Daily Cardinal and Crystal Crowns | Oct. 17, 2006Bike path funding will receive no money for preservation. Instead, the millions of dollars will be used for highway projects'



