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Police fine UW film students using fake guns $412 each
Mar. 28, 2005Five UW-Madison film students were fined $412 apiece Wednesday for disorderly conduct after an encounter with Madison Police atop the Overture Center Ramp, 318 W. Mifflin St., according to the ' ¦
Diversity needs decisiveness
By Marlon Lima and John Wiley | Mar. 28, 2005Many see spring as a time of renewal, but it is one of reflection as well. Seniors are placing perspective on the closing weeks of their undergraduate experiences, parents are ' ¦
News Briefs
Mar. 28, 2005A Madison police officer was called into assistance Wednesday, March 23, after Nichole Lewis allegedly mugged a woman walking on the 1100 block of Regent Street, near McDonald's. The victim ' ¦
Scares missing in 'Ring' sequel
By Molly Reppen and Stacie Wedvick | Mar. 28, 2005\The Ring Two,"" sequel to 2002's ""The Ring,"" proves yet again that sequels usually fall short of their predecessors. Gore Verbinski, the previous director, was replaced by Hideo Nakata, director ' ¦'
Madison Area Music Awards ready for second annual show
By Andrew Haffner and Ben Schultz | Mar. 17, 2005Though spring break will whisk students away from Madison, one event is bringing the town together. The second annual Madison Area Music Awards, slated for Saturday, March 26, will bring ' ¦'
Bloc parties are far from 'Silent'
By Beth Wick | Mar. 17, 2005It is a breath of fresh air when a highly anticipated new band's first full-length release is worth listening to from start to finish. Not many bands can produce an ' ¦'
WCHA Final Five meet in showdown
By Max Hooker | Mar. 17, 2005Five of the nation's top teams will be on display this weekend at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. for the Western Collegiate Hockey Association Men's Final Five ' ¦
UW profs boast video games' academic merit at conference
By Lauren Silberman | Mar. 17, 2005San Francisco-With an eager audience of leading game developers and academics in attendance last week, the Moscone Convention Center was transformed into a video game lovers utopia. On one floor ' ¦
'iPod' tax unwise for Doyle, unacceptable for music fans
By Nick Rotchadl | Mar. 17, 2005It is nearly impossible to walk a block in downtown Madison without seeing someone bobbing his or her head to the beat of an iPod. I have a message for ' ¦
A slice of Saint Patrick's Day
By Kristen Gregory | Mar. 17, 2005In Ireland, it has long been considered a sign of respect to serve guests warm, freshly baked bread. Irish soda bread, a traditional staple of the Irish diet since the ' ¦'
UW skates with old foe
By Zach Kukkonen | Mar. 17, 2005This weekend marks a series of firsts for the University of Wisconsin's women's hockey team. For the first time in four years, they are playing Dartmouth, and for the first ' ¦
Fat food to go
By Katrina Peterson | Mar. 17, 2005What does it mean to be a fast-food restaurant? Does it entail cheap food prices? Fast service? Offering fatty and high caloric foods? Picking up your meal at the counter ' ¦'
Students celebrate St. Patrick's Day in several ways
By Sarah Wieckert and Sam Morgan | Mar. 17, 2005While many students in Ireland will gather for mass in celebration of their country's Patron Saint Patricius today, halfway across the globe most UW-Madison students will be found nowhere near ' ¦'
New Beer Thursdays
Mar. 17, 2005Whoooooooo!!!!! Yeah! Dude! St. Patricks Day! I can't believe how wasted I am! And it's totally noon! Whooo!!! Whoa. Alright, I gotta compose myself. Seriously. Alright. OK. Alright. Alright. Whoa. ' ¦'
Hunger strikers send wrong message
By Nick Barbash and Sarah Turner | Mar. 17, 2005In a Political Science 466 lecture last semester, Professor Kenneth Mayer displayed a graph of information on Democratic and Republican federal candidates. When asked to explain the absence of third-party ' ¦
Newest M.Ward CD says you better listen to the 'Radio'
Mar. 17, 2005If it was M. Ward's goal on his second Merge Record album, Transistor Radio, to draw attention to the increasingly homogeneous and trite horizons of commercial radio by crafting a ' ¦'
Spring break: Not just for partying anymore
By Anne Flavin | Mar. 17, 2005Charity work the focus of Alternative Breaks



