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Leveling the playing field
By Laura-Claire Corson | Feb. 21, 2005Saturday, Sept. 28, 1957, was not a normal day for Sidney Williams. Williams, Wisconsin's starting quarterback-as well as the Big Ten's first starting black quarterback-should have been preparing for the ' ¦'
Eager young artists do not hear music to their ears
By Jessica Sprang | Feb. 21, 2005In the past semester I have been privileged enough to be introduced to a wide array of local artists, ranging from well publicized local bands like The Profits and Scarlet ' ¦
Beyond L&S, a tedious application process
By Laura Kalinowski | Feb. 21, 2005As pressure increases to become the perfect students and get into their schools of choice, UW-Madison students are spending more and more time making sure their applications will catch the eyes of admission review boards.
'Mask' sequel lacks humor, talent
By Brad Boron | Feb. 21, 2005They say if you let a thousand monkeys type at a thousand typewriters for a thousand years they will eventually recreate Shakespeare. Having said that, \Son of the Mask"" is ' ¦'
Women's swimming, diving take third at Big Ten Championships
By Clint Robus | Feb. 21, 2005Despite being favored to run away with the Big Ten championship, Wisconsin's women's swimming and diving team finished a solid third this past weekend in Bloomington, Ind. The No. 8 ' ¦
UW graduate shows true colors in Union South bowling alley murals
By Dan Hogan | Feb. 21, 2005When the games room manager of Union South asked student desk worker Philip Salamone to cover a worn-down storage box with stickers, he had no intention of inciting a major ' ¦
News Briefs
Feb. 21, 2005UW-Madison freshman and women's basketball redshirt Lesha Jones will make her initial court appearance today at 10 a.m. to face probable charges of burglary and fraudulent use of a credit ' ¦
Firefighter in court for Halloween blaze
Feb. 21, 2005Jared Sunde, a Rio, Wis., volunteer firefighter caught on film fanning a bonfire on State Street during Halloween, received formal misdeamenor charges last Thursday for his alleged Halloween antics. Madison ' ¦
Grapplers win thriller in final home meet
By Justin Dreyfuss | Feb. 21, 2005The No. 11 Wisconsin wrestling team welcomed a fiery No. 10 Minnesota team to the Field House Friday night. The Badgers were coming off two consecutive wins and looking to ' ¦
Author Hunter S. Thompson commits suicide Sunday
By William Temby | Feb. 21, 2005'Fear and Loathing' scribe dies at age 67'
Sober Students on Campus refuse to booze
By Andy Berens | Feb. 21, 2005Hoping to combat what is perceived as an epidemic of alcoholism on the UW-Madison campus, a determined group of students decided to take matters into its own hands. Sharing only ' ¦
Mantegna languishes in family-flick 'Uncle Nino'
By William Temby | Feb. 21, 2005There are a limited number of fundamental stories storytellers can utilize. Films that tell one of these stock stories in an original or exceptionally flawless manner are recognized as \good""-the ' ¦'
Men's tennis rattles cages, takes bite out of visiting Bulldogs
By Jon McNamara | Feb. 21, 2005In one of its most impressive performances of the season, the Badger men's tennis team improved to 3-4 overall (0-1 Big Ten) sweeping all three doubles matches and dropping only ' ¦
Power out on much of campus, State Street
By Sam Karp | Feb. 21, 2005Underground fire believed at fault
Coffee house with a mission celebrates anniversary
By Chris Essig | Feb. 21, 2005Sunday marked the one-year anniversary of a unique coffee shop whose name explains its cause. The Fair Trade Coffee House, 418 State St., provides much more than many different flavors ' ¦
'Inside Deep Throat' quite pleasurable
By Joe Pudas | Feb. 21, 2005Following the recent release of the Oscar-nominated \Kinsey,"" the incendiary topic of sexual insecurity in America is fresh in moviegoers' minds. Bill Condon's biopic of 1950s sex researcher Alfred Kinsey ' ¦'



