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Suppress stress by eating right
By Leann Barden | Apr. 28, 2005Finals are upon us; impending doom is less than a week away. During such times of crisis, it can be just as easy to reach for a bag of chips ' ¦'
Playing politics with the minimum wage
By Adam Petras | Apr. 28, 2005The Madison Common Council passed an ordinance last spring raising the city's minimum wage. The alders were aiming to help the working poor in a way that federal and state ' ¦
Outdoor caf??s, alcohol service top city committee's agenda
By Kelly Kallien and Luke Behnke | Apr. 28, 2005Non-street-level restaurants may soon have sidewalk caf??s on State Street and around the Capitol. The Vending Oversight Committee voted Wednesday night to create a priority system for assigning sidewalk space ' ¦
How to make-or break-an ideal Mifflin house party
By Laura Kalinowski | Apr. 28, 2005The music According to the \experts,"" the defining factor that can either make or break a Mifflin house is its music. UW-Madison sophomore Heidi Cavill will be celebrating Mifflin for ' ¦'
Do the Hustle! Cartoon 'Kung Fu' style!
By Amos Posner and By Rachel Schulze | Apr. 28, 2005It took a lot for \Kung Fu Hustle"" to make it to Madison. Last April, after delaying its release for more than a year and a half, Miramax finally released ' ¦'
LGBT students voice concerns over Dean's office shuffle
By Hayley Jacobs | Apr. 28, 2005The Dean of Students Office's possible reorganization of student services and student development programs has raised serious concerns among the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community at UW-Madison. The proposed ' ¦
SAFEride limits leave some out in the cold
By Jeana Anderson | Apr. 28, 2005Students find program useful but frustrating
Student leader: We will not pay for Mifflin
By Emily McWilliams | Apr. 28, 2005Last week, Associated Students of Madison came to Mayor Dave Cieslewicz to convey the message that their constituents, residents of Mifflin Street, wanted to move the block party, which was ' ¦
Crazylegs Classic kicks off Saturday
By Betsy Golomski and Aarushi Agni | Apr. 28, 2005While most UW students will most be enjoying drunken debauchery on Mifflin Street this Saturday, many others will be doing their body good by participating in the annual Crazylegs Classic. ' ¦
'What comes after the blues?'-a mediocre album
By Matt Hunziker | Apr. 28, 2005It must be hard to be an alt-country musician. Your genre has barely turned old enough to see dirty movies, half of the country thinks you're Hank Williams' pot-smoking grandnephew ' ¦'
How to pace yourself
By Amos Posner | Apr. 28, 2005The Mifflin Street Block Party is the best opportunity of the year to see Madison's brightest people doing incredibly stupid things. The fact that people break laws in broad daylight, ' ¦'
More police with greater power a recipe for disaster
By Teddy O???Reilly | Apr. 28, 2005Operation FALCON sounds like an episode of \Super Friends,"" but was actually the title of a week long dragnet, organized by Gonzales' Justice Department, carried out by state and local ' ¦
Roman Candle offers illuminating Italian fare
By Erik Stadler | Apr. 28, 2005East of the Capitol lies a new pizzeria named Roman Candle, at 1054 Williamson St. Though only open for four weeks, it is stuffed full of great food, good company ' ¦'
Familial differences keep Lee's newest unique, 'Aloft'
By Julia Bartz | Apr. 28, 2005Families can be tricky. While some are comprised of members disturbingly similar in appearance and outlook, others make even the thought of DNA relations hard to accept. In Chang-Rae Lee's ' ¦'
News Briefs
By Dimitri Syrkin-Nikolau | Apr. 28, 2005WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed act H.R. 748 on Wednesday, which declares it a federal offense to transport a minor across state lines for an abortion ' ¦
Working out around campus not a piece of cake
By Katrina Peterson and By Adam Wollner | Apr. 28, 2005Spring is in the air and you know what that means. It's the \get-in-shape"" season. This time of year; you see runners come out of the woodwork and populate the ' ¦'
Conservatives misrepresent federal courts
By Josh Gildea | Apr. 27, 2005For more than a generation, the American right has fallen back on the idea that our federal courts were too liberal and \activist"" judges were unmaking every aspect of our ' ¦
Bascom renovations wrap up this week
By Carina Spaulding | Apr. 27, 2005Restoration of Bascom Hall, which began August 2004, is set to conclude this week. Construction has focused on renovating the building's wooden columns and portico. Steve Harman, campus civil engineer, ' ¦



