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Students need Magnum’s common sense in Congress

By Jordan Smith | Dec. 2, 2005

Who's representing us in Congress? Currently, those of us who live in the 2nd District are 'represented' by Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin. Baldwin, a progressive Democrat, may be the embodiment of the Isthmus crew with her plans for nationalized health care and tax increases. However, she does not stand for the families, businesses and people living in the district who have a modicum of common sense. Fortunately, Dave Magnum has decided to run again in the 2nd District to provide an alternative to Baldwin. Magnum ran against Baldwin in 2004 and was, in a word, 'trounced.'  

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NCAA opening rounds begin at UW Field House

By Zach Kukkonen | Dec. 2, 2005

The No. 11 UW volleyball team (23-6) is starting the NCAA tournament right where they want to be not only geographically, but also momentum-wise. Heading into Friday's first-round matchup against ' ¦

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Ramis’ latest not a fruitful ’Harvest’

By Joe Pudas | Dec. 2, 2005

Christmas movies tend to fall into two camps: sappy affairs earnestly celebrating the Yuletide spirit (i.e. 'It's a Wonderful Life,' 'Miracle on 34th Street') and those that use the most stereotypically joyous and romantic of holidays to overtly contrast with their nastier content. Harold Ramis' cynical neo-noir 'The Ice Harvest' is the latest attempt to provide a cheerfully- bleak antidote to the sugary onslaught of Christmas-themed cinema, but it is too lopsided and strained to differentiate itself from any other lackluster black comedy.  

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Gov. holds hearing to question oil companies’ record profits

By Christopher Guess | Dec. 2, 2005

Gov. Jim Doyle convened a hearing on gas and oil profits held at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Continuing Education Wednesday afternoon. 

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MGE invests $1.8 million in clean energy for Madison

By Andrew Geisthardt | Dec. 2, 2005

This week, Madison Gas and Electric announced that it will invest $1.8 million in the City of Madison's 'green energy' initiatives over the next eight years, including supporting projects such ' ¦

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Remember, friends don’t let friends see ’Just Friends’

By Brad Boron | Dec. 2, 2005

The new Ryan Reynolds vehicle 'Just Friends' studies the theme of the 'friend zone' in an in-depth fashion. It looks at that bizarre area where a man and a woman like each other, but their friendship prevents the relationship from advancing any further. Oddly enough, 'Just Friends' exists in this same zone'the movie tries hard to make the audience like it, but as everyone knows, it will never succeed.  

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For Dungy, Jedi, time to ball up

By Connor McKnight | Dec. 2, 2005

Connorable Mention

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Reader of the day

By Andy Van Sistine | Dec. 2, 2005

Chris Brophey: Mr. Ultimate'

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UW aims to calm waves of Pepperdine

By Jon Bortin | Dec. 2, 2005

Wisconsin basketball has been dominant at home under head coach Bo Ryan. The team is hoping that trend continues when a string of six consecutive home games gets under way ' ¦

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State Street will remain open during construction

By Alana Katz and Benjamin Broeren | Dec. 2, 2005

The State Street Design Project Oversight Committee laid out its plans for new benches, lights, paved walkways and bike racks for the 300 to 400 blocks of State Street Thursday ' ¦

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Wis. seeks to sue FDA over birth control pill

By Ashley Spencer | Dec. 2, 2005

Wisconsin Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager asked for Gov. Jim Doyle's consent Thursday to bring suit against the Food and Drug Administration for what she claims is an unnecessary delay in ' ¦

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UW student activist announces bid for Dane County Board

By Clay Thomas and Nick Osiecki | Dec. 2, 2005

A UW-Madison student activist hopes to fill the vacancy on the Dane County Board of Supervisors left by long-time member Echnaton Vedder, who represented a district containing 85 percent students. ' ¦

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Black is back with delicious movie kitsch

By Joe Pudas | Dec. 1, 2005

Fifteen years ago, Shane Black was Hollywood's golden boy screenwriter: he had just penned the first 'Lethal Weapon' and studios were prepared to pay him obscene amounts of money to ' ¦'

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The Pomegreat cancer fighter

By Bill Rohde | Dec. 1, 2005

Pomegranates could combat prostate cancer, the second leading cause of cancer death for men, according to the results of a recent study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Currently, two million ' ¦'

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Reader of the Day: Steven Angeli

Dec. 1, 2005

The Sausage King of Fon du Lac'

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City wireless could stick to downtown, leaving lower-income areas without Wi-Fi

By John Leppanen and Jon Spike | Dec. 1, 2005

Madison's downtown will have wireless Internet access by early next year, but there is no guarantee that the rest of the city will become wireless-ready anytime soon. Cellnet, the company ' ¦

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Badger Bits

Dec. 1, 2005

Softball Head coach Chandelle Schulte announced her first recruiting class when pitcher Letty Olivarez and catcher Shannon Krein signed National Letters of Intent to play for UW in the 2006-07 ' ¦

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Badger 'bigs' know their time is now

By Jon McNamara and JoEllen Amato | Dec. 1, 2005

You would not exactly call the Wisconsin Badgers (4-1 overall) front court players, Brian Butch, Greg Stiemsma and Jason Chappell a three-headed monster. Not yet that is. The trio of ' ¦'

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Police over budget, but student parties only part of the problem

By Greg Stockwell | Dec. 1, 2005

Madison expects to spend at least $1.5 million from reserve funds this year, due in large part to payments to police. The Madison Police Department alone is about $1 million ' ¦

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Player of the year battle tips off early

By Samantha Yarock | Dec. 1, 2005

After the first two weeks of the 2005-2006 season, five players have begun to stand out from the rest. It is likely that one of them will be named the ' ¦'