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By Justin Zyduck | Jan. 24, 2006My girlfriend got me Scrabble for Christmas. I realize for a lot of you out there, this sounds like a lame gift, somewhere in the league of a three-pack of ' ¦'
My girlfriend got me Scrabble for Christmas. I realize for a lot of you out there, this sounds like a lame gift, somewhere in the league of a three-pack of ' ¦'
Each week throughout the season, the Wisconsin men's hockey team looks to a choosen quote to rally around in preparation for upcoming action. Not often has one been as apt ' ¦
Wisconsin freshman forward Marcus Landry of the men's basketball team announced Monday in a prepared statement to the media after practice that he would be ineligible for the remainder of ' ¦
The Joint Southeast Campus Planning Committee met Monday night to approve plans for the new University Square development, set to begin construction in June. Eric Lawson, whose Potter Lawson architecture ' ¦
Hunting is not only about shooting a gun. It is a complete and immersive experience about an individual's connection to nature and the land. Wisconsin has a well-respected and strong ' ¦
Gov. Jim Doyle delivered on his promised veto Friday following the passage of concealed carry legislation, officially rejecting Senate Bill 403. SB 403 passed the state Assembly in late December ' ¦
The Badgers have been cool under pressure in games. That was until Saturday. Wisconsin was ice cold in their game against the North Dakota State Bison, going 16-for-72 from the ' ¦
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Last week, Capitol Neighborhoods Inc. publicly criticized several Capitol Square area nightclubs, claiming the clubs' clientele are making the neighborhood unsafe. Police reports of assault and fighting often stemming from ' ¦
Although smaller anonymous hate crimes may be more common, it could be the overt targeting of a specific UW-Madison student that has forced recent allegations of hate crimes in Ogg ' ¦
The claim of last Thursday's Cardinal View editorial, 'The constitution protects hate,' that hate crime laws 'afford minority populations special, un-equal rights under the law' is both erroneous and ignorant. ' ¦
Coal burning generators at the Blount Street Power Plant will be phased out within six years, according to a Madison Gas and Electric statement released late last week.
The Wisconsin men's hockey team (13-2-2 WCHA, 18-4-2 overall) entered this weekend's series against Denver (11-5-2, 14-10-2) surrounded by question marks regarding freshman goaltender Shane Connelly, who was starting in ' ¦
Terrence Malick is probably the most enigmatic director alive today, having made only four films over the past 30-plus years. As he has spent most of his time teaching philosophy, Malick essentially moonlights in film, and every time he ventures out to make another, it becomes an event for cinephiles. Like the similarly reclusive Stanley Kubrick, Malick is a striking visionary whose work eschews conventional storytelling techniques. Malick's latest film, 'The New World,' is his most stylistically extreme and will undoubtedly inspire divisive reactions, but for those who are not put off by its deliberate pace, it is a lush, intoxicating masterwork.
What do you call 1,000 lawyers chained to the bottom of the ocean? A good start. Everybody has heard lawyer jokes, where they are continually seen as ambulance chasing, business ' ¦'
Woody Allen has dwelled on familiar themes for the entirety of his career, and though his films have met with varying degrees of success, he has always managed to make the same themes of love, betrayal and justice seem fresh and relevant. His latest film, 'Match Point,' is no exception to the pattern: The tale of lust, infidelity and unpunished evil seems as meaningful and compelling as the last time he told it.
One writer???s story of winter break in the heart of the Hurricane Katrina recovery effort.'
A tape believed by the Central Intelligence Agency to be from Osama bin Laden boasts of terror attacks underway in the United States and offers a truce between al Qaeda ' ¦