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Student group campaigns for lower tuition
By Eric Reinert and Sam Karp | Feb. 15, 2005UW-Madison students will get a preview today of what the United Council of UW Students has cooked up for the state Legislature when the group presents its \Keep the UW ' ¦
'Hitch' sweetens the screen
By Amos Posner | Feb. 15, 2005Holiday movie programming is a lot like Holiday food sales. Any idiot can sell a stale fruitcake on December 24th, but only the most appealing Easter egg will find a ' ¦'
Biotron makes 'extreme research' possible
By Nicole Miller | Feb. 15, 2005UW facilities can simulate harsh conditions'
Students could soon receive 'gift certificates' for tuition
By Michael Worringer | Feb. 15, 2005Amid another proposed tuition increase for UW System students, some Wisconsin legislators are attempting to ease the burden of paying for college by establishing a tuition gift certificate program. \It's ' ¦
UW men's tennis discovers 'Sonkin' treasure
By Sam Pepper | Feb. 15, 2005There is an athlete on this campus who has quietly become a leader of his team. He simply continues to win and strives to receive great praise from his coaches. ' ¦
Stop the War: much more than protests
By Carina Spaulding | Feb. 15, 2005It is hard to miss the campus chalkings from UW-Madison student group Stop the War, but the organization is greater than simply pigment on pavement. A group of students originally ' ¦
Answers for Wuzzles
Feb. 15, 20051. Falling down the stairs 2. Tied in knots 3. Change is in the air'
Last-minute concession transforms Dist. 8 primary
By Brittany Jones and Dan Tierney | Feb. 15, 2005In an eleventh-hour twist, Ryan Corcoran dropped out of the race for Madison City Council, leaving only incumbent Ald. Austin King, District 8, and business owner Kami Eshraghi as candidates ' ¦
UW hockey 'tied' up in WCHA play
By Eric Schmoldt | Feb. 15, 2005For the No. 6 Wisconsin men's hockey team (15-6-1 Western Collegiate Hockey Association, 20-8-2 overall), solid special teams play has been the staple of its success. Such was the case ' ¦
More street parking in the works for Capitol Square
By Jeff Rumage | Feb. 15, 2005The City of Madison Board of Estimates met Monday to consider adding more public parking and a bike lane to the Capitol Square area, and to discuss a possible commercial ' ¦
UW lays plans for area's first 'green building'
By Laura Kalinowski | Feb. 14, 2005The dream of a \green"" building at UW-Madison became a reality last Friday, when students and professors from the Gaylord Nelson Environmental Program Building Project convened in Memorial Union to ' ¦
News Briefs
By Tom Walsh | Feb. 14, 2005The UW System Board of Regents approved the appointment of Donald Betz as the new chancellor of UW-River Falls, according to a System press release. Betz, who is currently provost ' ¦
Valentine's Day loses its romantic ideal
By Jessica Sprang and Sam Karp | Feb. 14, 2005Commercialization has ruined the holiday with disposable gifts
Future of Korean nuclear stores could depend on U.S. action
By Chris Essig | Feb. 14, 2005When North Korea declared itself a nuclear power Thursday, diplomatic alarms sounded across China, Russia, Japan, South Korea and the United States. The revelation not only heightens foreign relations tensions ' ¦
Illinois causes Badger 'Head'-ache
By Cary Dohman | Feb. 14, 2005CHAMPAIGN, Ill.-For the second time in less than a month, Wisconsin (7-4 Big Ten, 16-6 overall) had the opportunity to knock off the top-ranked team in the nation when the ' ¦
Recent taser incidents move alder to call ban on city use
By Ivy Okoniewski | Feb. 14, 2005The recent use of a taser on a 14-year-old student, a taser-related hospitalization of one Chicago citizen and the death of another last week were reason enough for Ald. Andrew ' ¦