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UW studies the joy of babies
By Kathleen Bushman | Mar. 2, 2004Happy babies tend to make people smile, but a recent study by UW-Madison researchers showed that for new mothers, pictures of their babies not only make them happier, but also ' ¦
'Illegal Drugs' recommended for all
By Taniquelle Thurner | Mar. 2, 2004A note to book publishers: When sending out books to prospective reviewers, pay attention to the title of the book and how it could possibly confuse the post office or ' ¦'
Doyle's proposal raises state minimum wage
By Maureen Backman | Mar. 2, 2004Gov. Jim Doyle announced Monday the Minimum Wage Advisory Council voted 16-2 to increase the state's minimum wage from $5.15 to $5.70 per hour in 2004 and $6.50 per hour ' ¦
More than a patriotic experience: Vote 2004 increases turnout but shortchanges students
By Maureen Backman and Nathan Arnold | Mar. 2, 2004The Wisconsin Primary is behind us, and voter registration groups are rejoicing at a high voting turnout. Our very own Vote 2004 Coalition is claiming credit for registering 1,000 new ' ¦
Regents committee recommends next UW-Milwaukee chancellor
By Emily Winter | Mar. 2, 2004UW System President Katharine Lyall and the Board of Regents Special Committee for the UWM Chancellor Search announced Monday their recommendation to hire Carlos Santiago, the University of Albany's current ' ¦
Smith's lawyer asks state to disclose evidence
By Jennifer Kidd | Mar. 2, 2004The lawyer for UW-Madison football running back Dwayne Smith filed a motion Monday asking disclosure of evidence he claims would reveal that the 19-year-old Madison woman who accused Smith of ' ¦
Pulitzer winner slams Bush administration
By Crystal Weinberger | Mar. 2, 2004Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh shared an insider's view of global and national politics to a capacity crowd in 2650 Humanities Monday during his lecture, \Bush's Washington, Iraq and the Middle ' ¦
Aristide flees Haiti, U.S. sends Marines
By Alex Balistreri | Mar. 1, 2004A contingent of U.S. Marines departed for Haiti Sunday after the abdication of its president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide earlier that morning. Aristide fled the country after international pressure from France and ' ¦
UW outlines goals for wage disclosure
By Les Chappell | Mar. 1, 2004UW-Madison's Labor Licensing Policy Committee took another step toward receiving worker wage disclosure from major suppliers to the university, meeting at Bascom Hall Friday to discuss future plans following Chancellor ' ¦
Community Car offers services to students
By Jessica Gartner and Katrina Peterson | Mar. 1, 2004A car-sharing service, Community Car, will offer students who bus, bike, walk or carpool to campus the opportunity to reserve a car from the Helen C. White parking ramp starting ' ¦
Women in science film series premieres today
By By Pita Laffa and Beth Hoenisch | Mar. 1, 2004The first of a series of films documenting the role of women in science and engineering at UW-Madison will premiere today at 2 p.m. in Union South. The film, which ' ¦
Paxton plays around in horror spoof 'Dread'
By Daily Cardinal Staff and Kevin Nelson | Mar. 1, 2004After obtaining success with 2002's \Super Troopers,"" comedy troupe Broken Lizard had the notoriety to make any type of comedy they wanted. So they made a horror movie. Actually, it ' ¦'
Badger Bits
Mar. 1, 2004Lady Icers sweep Buckeyes The Wisconsin women's hockey team (16-5-1 Western Collegiate Hockey Association, 22-5-3 overall) continued their hot streak by beating WCHA rival Ohio State 5-1 and 8-2 in ' ¦
Computer repair a toxic wasteland
By Louie Holwerk | Mar. 1, 2004Three weeks ago my computer broke. I hit the \on"" switch one morning, and instead of going beep, whir, click, click, beep, it just went beep, whir, click, and nothing ' ¦'
Wall not the answer to Middle East conflict
By Alexandra Gekas | Mar. 1, 2004After three days of hearings, last Wednesday, The International Court of Justice in The Hague went into deliberations over the security fence being built by Israel. It could take months ' ¦
Struggling Badgers lose again at home
By Ben Hubner | Mar. 1, 2004It was a bittersweet Senior Night at the Kohl Center Sunday night as the UW women's basketball team (4-12 Big Ten, 10-16 overall) fell to Ohio State (11-5, 19-8), 72-56. ' ¦
UW sweeps Alaska, unbeaten in last 6
By Ryan Blahnik | Mar. 1, 2004As the regular season moves toward its most critical juncture, No. 6 Wisconsin (14-6-6 Western Collegiate Hockey Association, 20-9-7 overall) earned a pair of victories over Alaska-Anchorage (7-18-3, 10-19-3) this ' ¦
'Dancing' has no legs
By Jared Davis and Katie Panosh | Mar. 1, 2004For those whose contemporary standards of \dirty"" dancing have changed over the past 17 years, rest easy with the knowledge that you no longer have be content with notions of ' ¦'
UW exacts revenge on Purdue
By Arvind Gopalratnam and Maida N. Woulf | Mar. 1, 2004From start to finish Sunday afternoon, No. 22 Wisconsin showed the Big Ten world that the race for the conference title is far from over. Behind 23 points and 12 ' ¦



