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New Beer Thursdays
Feb. 10, 2005Name: McEwan's Scotch Ale Rating: [4.5 out of 5] Where Brewed: Edinburgh, Scotland Cost: $1.89 per bottle; $8 for a six-pack There appeared to be some sort of mix-up regarding ' ¦'
Activist discusses race issues in talk
By Erica Pelzek | Feb. 9, 2005The words \diversity"" and ""tolerance"" are often seen as footholds of anti-racist rhetoric. Anti-racist activist Tim Wise disagrees. ""By 2005, over 50 percent of the country will be people of ' ¦
Don't blame the alcohol
By Joe Lemon | Feb. 9, 2005Two Fridays ago a student fell from a balcony and sustained serious injuries. But according to an eyewitness in the police report who wished to remain anonymous for this article, ' ¦
Olivia is one righteous band
By Kristin Czubkowski | Feb. 9, 2005Olivia the Band Self-titled (Provident Records) Upon listening to the first two tracks of Olivia the Band's self-titled debut album, one can tell that there is something amok with the ' ¦'
Gov. touts stricter smoke ban
Feb. 9, 2005State-run government buildings will be subject to an all-building smoking ban within 30 days, and Gov. Jim Doyle urged Monday that local government buildings follow suit. This measure is one ' ¦
Paying jobs vs. unpaid internships
By Carina Spaulding | Feb. 9, 2005After buying expensive course books and paying tuition, rent and meals, college kids are often strapped for cash. Nevertheless, many UW-Madison students must decide to add time and lose money ' ¦
107 Grammy Awards and few are worthy
By Molly Reppen and Beth Wick | Feb. 9, 2005At Wick's End'
AP credits do not encourage early graduation
By Laura Kalinowski | Feb. 9, 2005Despite advanced credit, students opt to stay longer
Ants, bacteria wage 50-million-year-old battle for food
By Emily Laughnan | Feb. 9, 2005\Ant""-ibiotics could spur human research'
Wisconsin: you need to read this
By Peter Long | Feb. 9, 2005Last week, Gov. Jim Doyle quietly unleashed the state of Wisconsin's newest beast of a tourism slogan, \Wisconsin-Life's So Good,"" along with a $3.8 million increase to the state's tourism ' ¦'
Availability of paid jobs varies for humanities, science students at UW
By Erica Pelzek | Feb. 9, 2005For students of the humanities, \paid internships"" can be a nearly oxymoronic phrase-it is no wonder UW-Madison competition for them is so fierce. A few students receive internships each year, ' ¦
'Overnight' is too overdone
By Joe Pudas | Feb. 9, 2005The new documentary \Overnight"" displays the brief rise and fall of the egomaniacal filmmaker Troy Duffy, the man behind 1999's hit ""The Boondock Saints."" It comes pre-packaged as a ""real-life ' ¦'
Pierce versus Wade-the matchup you won't see
By Jon McNamara | Feb. 9, 2005Two months ago, tonight's match-up between the Wisconsin Badgers and the Iowa Hawkeyes would have featured one of the Big Ten's most prolific scorers going head to head against one ' ¦
Hawks fly into Kohl Center
By Justin Dreyfuss | Feb. 9, 2005The No. 21 Wisconsin men's basketball team (6-3 Big Ten, 15-5 overall) will take on an underrated Iowa Hawkeyes team (3-5, 15-6) Wednesday night at the Kohl Center. If you ' ¦
Budget includes tuition cap
By Andrew Haffner and Michael Worringer | Feb. 9, 2005UW System cuts not as severe in Doyle's second state budget
Privatization would end Social Security
By Josh Gildea | Feb. 9, 2005George W. Bush may not be the smartest president, but he's certainly a clever politician. Many of the policies he has championed have not just advanced his conservative agenda, but ' ¦
Match made in Madison
By Betsy Golomski | Feb. 9, 2005Wilkinson drafts Schrubbe as leading lady



