The U.S. Senate began Monday to address a 2005 budget proposal that looks to eliminate the multi-billion shortfall in the Pell Grant program. The program, the largest need-based financial aid ' ¦
The UW System Board of Regents outlined its criteria for finding a replacement for outgoing System President Katharine Lyall at the UW System search-and-screen committee meeting Tuesday. Board of Regents ' ¦
The other day, I saw something that depressed me. Walking through Library Mall, I saw a small black lab--still a puppy--leading a woman down the block. What saddened me was ' ¦'
Wisconsin withdrew Tuesday from a system giving law enforcement access to a large, organized database of personal information called the Matrix that some fear would trod on privacy rights, according ' ¦
Human nature shines in Wallace's hilarious book'
I'm ashamed to be a citizen of Wisconsin right now. The state's House of Representatives is en route to portraying Wisconsinites as bigots. It has passed a potential constitutional amendment ' ¦
A group of city officials, despite the growing opposition of students, is blindly going forward with a proposal banning smoking in public establishments. In doing so, it has decided to ' ¦
Zimbabwe seized a U.S.-registered cargo plane Monday after learning it held 64 suspected mercenaries and a cargo of military material, according to CNN.com. Home Affairs Minister Kembo Mohadi said in ' ¦
This week the 13th Annual Maria Legere Student Play Festival comes to the Memorial Union's Fredric March Play Circle. The Play Festival, which was started in 1992 by Todd Bachman, ' ¦'
No matter how much it has been covered by irrigation and interstates, the American West will always have cowboys to spare. And, as a counterpart to cowboys, hopefully it will ' ¦'
In an effort to expand federal funding for stem-cell research, U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, announced Tuesday she plans to send a letter to President George Bush urging him to ' ¦
Schools gaining more prestigious reputation
The UW System Board of Regents learned last Thursday it may face hard limits on increases in state funding. A day later, several regents proposed measures to give students from ' ¦
Bartender Mueller pours out wisdom with drinks'
Bookin' It'
At 4 p.m. this Thursday, I will be on an airplane headed east, not south. While many of you will be chasing the worm, embarrassing your family on soft-core porn ' ¦'
In what Wisconsin representatives call an unprecedented event in the state Legislature, Democrats recently discovered state Rep. Mark Gundrum, R-New Berlin, intercepted e-mails sent to Democrats from the Legislative Hotline ' ¦
Gov. Jim Doyle plans to lead the largest foreign trade delegation in the history of Wisconsin when he goes to China later this month, according to The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. ' ¦
After hours of heated arguments during an all-night Democratic filibuster, the state Assembly voted 68-27 Friday morning to approve a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one ' ¦
Patriarchy exists. Racism is alive and well. And it's been made crystal clear of late that homophobia is still a powerful force. It seems those critics who persist in attacking ' ¦
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