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Who spends more for Valentine’s day, guys or gals?
By Erica Walkup | Feb. 8, 2006Some say Saint Valentine was a priest who performed secret weddings after marriage was outlawed in third century Rome. Others say he sent the first 'valentine' to a young girl while he was in prison. However the tradition started, it has since evolved into one of the most commercialized holidays of the year.
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Badgers hope to defeat Hoosiers at home
By Adam Putter | Feb. 8, 2006Both Indiana and Wisconsin come in to Wednesday night's matchup struggling and in desperate need of a victory. They have both slipped lately, but the season is not yet lost ' ¦'
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Government rules stifling our freedoms
By Erik Opsal | Feb. 7, 2006At the State of the Union Address last week, Beverly Young, wife of U.S. Rep. C.W. Bill Young, R-Fla., was kicked out of the House gallery for wearing a shirt ' ¦
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State St. sidewalk space to open for second-floor, basement businesses
By Megan Roepke | Feb. 7, 2006A proposal aimed at increasing outdoor business on State Street is set to pass the Madison Common Council tonight. The new ordinance would allow non-street level restaurants sidewalk seating on ' ¦
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Yellowcard ’Sounds’ no different than contemporaries
By William Temby | Feb. 7, 2006On Lights and Sounds, Yellowcard clearly attempts to grow beyond the teen punk-pop of their past. Their last album, Ocean Avenue, achieved mainstream popularity without having any significant depth or originality, beyond the fact that the Southern California outfit has a violinist. Lights and Sounds is a different album than Ocean Avenue, but change is not synonymous with growth.
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Former Sudanese slave recounts history, promotes abolition
By Shira Nanus | Feb. 7, 2006Francis Bok, a 26-year-old Sudan native, spoke about the 10 years he spent as a Dinka slave in Sudan and his goal to end slavery Monday at the Wisconsin Union ' ¦
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Cardinal View: Banning protests a political waste
Feb. 7, 2006Upholding the U.S. Constitution's protection of free speech means tolerating groups that abuse this freedom to spew their hateful messages. Earlier this week Wisconsin lawmakers ignored the first amendment when ' ¦
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Digital effects have a future in drama
By Britta Johnson | Feb. 7, 2006We all know about the danger of having too much of a good thing. Many students realize the truth of this after going on binge-drinking tangents resulting in long make-out ' ¦'
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Jumble Jumble Answers
By Todd Stevens | Feb. 7, 20061. Sighentology 2. Explosive colonels 3. Fishy'
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City mounts first WiFi transmitter downtown
By Michelle Goldberg | Feb. 7, 2006Free broadband wireless Internet is now available in downtown Madison. Monday afternoon, Cellnet Technology Inc. mounted its first transmitter to the traffic signal pole at the corner of Main Street ' ¦
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Attorney general hopeful Falk addresses College Dems
By By Rachel Schulze and Savannah Ziegelbauer | Feb. 7, 2006Attorney general hopeful Kathleen Falk addressed the College Democrats Monday night, saying she was confident in her race for the Democratic ticket and urging awareness of issues at stake. Brian ' ¦
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Doyle hit with second round of accusations involving exchange of donations for contracts
By Dana Hamilton | Feb. 7, 2006The Republican Party of Wisconsin announced Monday there was another state-issued contract followed by subsequent campaign contributions, an issue it said proves Gov. Jim Doyle is 'for sale.' In a ' ¦
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Elliott will remain seated
By Jon McNamara | Feb. 7, 2006The Badger men's hockey team (19-7-2 overall, 14-6-2 WCHA) is officially in survival mode until the team regains full strength. Despite out-shooting the Bulldogs 32-21 Saturday, the difference in the ' ¦
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Students support union referendum, WUD says
By Jamie Thomas | Feb. 7, 2006A move to establish a referendum to renovate Memorial Union and rebuild Union South seems to have cemented student support, Wisconsin Union student representatives said Monday. Student input on union ' ¦
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Gonzalez appears before Senate Judiciary Committee
Feb. 7, 2006The Senate Judiciary Committee grilled Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez Monday on the first day of hearings related to the legality of President Bush's embattled wiretapping program. The procedure commenced on ' ¦
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Recent losses won’t ignite major changes
By Sam Pepper | Feb. 7, 2006For the Wisconsin men's basketball team, (5-4 Big Ten, 15-7 overall) losers of five of their last six, some might think a change may be in order. Maybe to the starting lineup.
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UW freshman Hill dismissed from team for violating discipline policy
By Jon McNamara | Feb. 7, 2006For the third time in just over two weeks, a member of the Wisconsin football team has been suspended for violating the University of Wisconsin's Student-Athlete Discipline Policy. Freshman running ' ¦
