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Frigid weekend weather cancels ’06 Polar Plunge
By Mark Ignatowski | Feb. 20, 2006Citing concerns regarding sub-zero temperatures and dreadful windchill, organizers of the 2006 Madison Polar Plunge decided to cancel the annual event for the first time in eight years.
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Wisconsin posts shutout in senior day at Kohl Center
By Sam Pepper and Tom Walsh | Feb. 20, 2006With its first Western Collegiate Hockey Association title under UW's belt, the No. 2 Wisconsin women's hockey team (22-3-1 WCHA, 27-4-1 overall) shutout Minnesota State 5-0 Saturday (8-16-2, 11-18-3). The ' ¦
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Indie drama doesn’t die tryin’
By Stephen Dierks | Feb. 20, 2006As a character states early in 'The Dying Gaul,' 'No one goes to the movies to have a bad time or to learn anything.' Yet this film is deeply disturbing and a profound meditation on mortality, fidelity and psychology.
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Langdon Street once hot bed for frat/co-op tension
By Sandra Knisely | Feb. 20, 2006Madison: 150 years of history. Part two of a semester-long series
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THE BADGER RUNDOWN
By Sam Karp | Feb. 20, 2006Freshman superstar Yi Ting Siow picked up the first Big Ten title of her blossoming career at UW Saturday, as Wisconsin wrapped up play at the 2006 Big Ten Championships. ' ¦
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Herpes virus outbreak infects UW Hoofers barn, leading to euthanasia of two horses
Feb. 20, 2006An outbreak of an equine herpes virus has struck horses owned by the UW-Madison Hoofers riding club, imposing a quarantine on a barn owned by the organization, according to the ' ¦
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UW ’ecstatic’ after home upset
Feb. 20, 2006The Badger women's basketball team has definitely found their feet in the second half of this season and got fans on theirs as the team (5-10 Big Ten, 11-16 overall) No. 17 Minnesota (9-5, 17-8) 67-61 in front of nearly 15,000 fans at the Kohl Center Sunday afternoon. It was the team's third conference win in four games, and its second consecutive home victory.
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Exploiting the 'I' in 'Olympics'
By Kelly Schlicht | Feb. 20, 2006Before the XX Olympic Winter Games began, the American mainstream got its first taste of skiing sensation Bode Miller by witnessing a press conference last month in which he brazenly ' ¦
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Wienermobile comes to UW-Madison in search of recruits
By Jason Soriano | Feb. 20, 2006UW-Madison graduate Lindsay Barone gets a lot of laughs when she drives through campus. But Barone usually laughs right along. After all, she usually drives a 27-foot-long hot dog. 'It's ' ¦
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Cardinal View: Cornelius for Dane County Board
Feb. 20, 2006Students need a Dane County Board Supervisor focused on accomplishing the day-to-day administrative duties that keep essential county services working. Students need a technocrat. They need to cast their vote ' ¦
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It’s all about the presidents, baby
By Whitney Newman and Dan Wohl | Feb. 20, 2006Today is Presidents Day, a national holiday dedicated to celebrating the past leaders of our nation. Most people see these forefathers as stuffy, stodgy old coots; in short, wanksters. But actually, nothing could be further from the truth. Some of our commanders in chief were the illest playas of their respective eras, as their connections to some recent hip-hop artists display. Here is an examination of a few of the original gangstas who have ascended to the United States' highest public office.
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Readers of the Day: Kelsey Wolter & Greg Smith
Feb. 17, 2006Kelsey and Greg were rocking the desk at the Shell when the DC caught up with them in the middle of the Blizzard of '06. Amazingly, while all of campus decided to stay home under the cover of snow, these two were hard at work. Trudging through the snow wasn't stopping the athletic-inclined from turning out in full force to run their laps. Well, we'll leave Kelsey and Greg to their runners and be at home curled under blankets and clutching hot chocolate.
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Cheney trumps third graders
By Eric Jensen | Feb. 17, 2006Let this be a lesson to all hunters. Whether you are eight or 88 years old, accidents happen. Say you're hunting fattened quail that have been raised in cages and ' ¦'
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Student govt. goals include lower bar age, textbook rentals
By Erica Pelzek | Feb. 17, 2006Kimia Lounge agreed to hold an underage event Feb. 22, the Associated Students of Madison announced Thursday at its spring semester opening press conference. ASM said these efforts are a ' ¦
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Snowstorm means big spending for Madison
By Kyle Dropp | Feb. 17, 2006Costs to Madison residents continue to pile up in the wake of one of the biggest snowstorms in years. The Madison snowstorm, which came a week after parts of the ' ¦
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121-year-old Mifflin house won’t go down without a fight
By Andy Van Sistine and John Leppanen | Feb. 17, 2006Sparks flew at an open meeting concerning the proposed apartment development on the 200 block of West Mifflin Street Thursday night as neighborhood residents and builders squared off.
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