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Barry’s Bunch

The four graduating seniors on the offensive line and in the backfield'linemen Jason Palermo, Matt Lawrence and Donovan Raiola, and fullback Matt Bernstein'have certainly taken different roads in their Wisconsin careers. Two waited until 2005 to start. Another has been an anchor on the offensive line for three straight years and might be the senior that is missed most. The last, a perennial fan favorite, has had numerous shining moments in his four years of starting, but has been slowed by injuries this year. 

Local artists ’band’ together for survival

At times the music industry seems like it has its cards stacked hopelessly against the success of smaller artists. Not only do financial pressures assure that mainstream television and radio programming are restricted to artists on the rosters of major labels, but companies such as Sony often engage in directly anti-competitive measures in coordination with other major labels and media conglomerates. 

On Fire / Cold as Ice

Smith completed 13 of 21 passes for a career-high 298 yards and three touchdowns while the usually conservative Ohio State offense rolled over Illinois 40-2 on Saturday. The senior quarterback ' ¦'

New Beer Thursdays

Tsingtao Beer'

Alvarez’s legacy goes beyond football field

All good things must come to an end. 

Texas’ Young fending off USC duo in Heisman race

The art of the everyday: underdog art assumes its throne next to the classics

Little do people realize, but there is art in this world that doesn't hang in a museum or that hasn't been sculpted into stone. Art beyond what can be projected ' ¦'

Consumer power leads organic food revolution

For people not intimately involved with the organic food industry, the rise of organic food products from humble origins on the fringes of American counter-culture to the center of a ' ¦

Business on and off court for Chappell

On college basketball teams across the nation, few players with junior standing are more than a year older than anyone else on the team. However, that is the case with ' ¦

Union upgrades may include theater, terrace, guest rooms

Students gave input on plans for creating a new Union South and renovating aspects of the Memorial Union during the Wisconsin Union Facilities Improvement Plan 2005 Student Open Forum Wednesday. ' ¦

Sensing economic opportunity, Doyle casts gaze to the east

Gov. Jim Doyle's current nine-day trade mission to Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic will expand relationships that may benefit Wisconsin businesses and UW-Madison research facilities. Doyle is joined on ' ¦

Artist and Union South split over futures of bowling alley mural, defunct building

After five months of labor on two murals in Union South, a Madison artist must leave his work unfinished, as the future of the building is uncertain. UW-Madison alumnus Philip ' ¦

IU has contolled Big Ten tourney in past

In arguably the toughest draw for a No. 3 seed in recent history, the Wisconsin Badgers (8-10-0, 2-4-0 Big Ten) face off against the Indiana Hoosiers later today in the ' ¦

FEARfully Realistic

Halloween might be over, but it is always the right time for a downright creepy first person shooter. Monolith Soft, the team behind the FPS genre classic 'No One Lives ' ¦'

Reader of the Day: Ben Sigerson

The Hair Fairy'

Standout Iowa linebackers compete on, off the field

Despite differences, Greenway and Hodge close friends'

Birdies & Badminton

Hearing the words 'please hand me my shuttlecock' uttered on campus would probably get a few chuckles anywhere except one place, a UW-Madison Badminton Club practice. 

Ali, king of banter

Pep Talk

Ladytron bewitches

Although Ladytron has been around since 2001, casual music fans could ignore the chronology and write them off as part of the recent synth pop revival. Gimmicky bands from this ' ¦'

Letters to the Editor

In regard to Jake Herrera's Nov. 8 column, 'The future of TABOR in Wisconsin,' TABOR is not 'dead' but will only be held in abeyance for a few years and ' ¦