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. ' ¦
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 ' ¦
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.
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 ' ¦
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.
Gov. Jim Doyle convened a hearing on gas and oil profits held at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Continuing Education Wednesday afternoon.
Students living in off-campus residences have an outlet in their local neighborhood association for issues they may hold with the City of Madison. 'We are here for residents. Sometimes people, ' ¦
It is true that U.S. Rep Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., is not up for re-election again for 11 months, but the outcome of that election should not be in doubt considering how well Baldwin has represented her district'especially UW students. In November 2004, both student newspapers endorsed Baldwin for re-election. And both papers, as well as the overwhelming number of students who voted for her, had every reason to support her.
The Associated Students of Madison voted to approve next year's student segregated fee budget, Wednesday, zero-funding two key features of the Safe Arrival For Everyone program: SAFEcab and SAFEwalk. The ' ¦
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 ' ¦
Most consider the flu an annual hassle, a virus prevented by vaccinations and treated with plenty of fluids and several days of bed rest. Recently, however, a new type of ' ¦'
Officer group swayed by promise of database tracking of weapons
Ryan Gattis' debut novel 'Kung Fu High School,' exploring the story of a high school split into gangs and controlled by a psychotic drug dealer, is as ambitious and fierce as any Jet Li film and even more of a ride. It's a work of fiction that feels almost real, with long paragraphs of tight details putting every drop of blood on the page.
For car-addicted Americans, high gas prices and smoggy skies may soon be nothing more than bad memories of the petroleum era. Two promising new developments in alternative fuels could replace ' ¦
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 ' ¦'
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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