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Mar. 26, 2004Associated Students of Madison representatives will send letters in opposition of a two-tier minimum wage system in which people under 18 and new employees will have a lower minimum wage ' ¦
Associated Students of Madison representatives will send letters in opposition of a two-tier minimum wage system in which people under 18 and new employees will have a lower minimum wage ' ¦
Representatives argue policy has little benefit
Members of Nuclear Watchdog and several other groups opposed to expansion of nuclear energy protested Thursday in Library Mall against the re-licensing of two nuclear reactors currently operating at Point ' ¦
After investigating several unpublicized UW System Board of Regents teleconference conversations, Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager announced Wednesday that regents may have repeatedly broken the Wisconsin open meetings law. Last year, ' ¦
For one night, the Madison music community came together in a symphony of thanks, cooperation and support. The first Madison Area Music Awards honored the city's best and most creative ' ¦'
Communication Arts students enjoyed a visit Wednesday from Hollywood producer and UW-Madison alumna Deborah Schindler, one of many lectures included as part of an effort to bring in alumni who ' ¦
A meeting of past and present protesters gathered Wednesday to confer on UW-Madison's activist past and the reasons behind it. Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Paul Barrows said the objectives ' ¦
What a treat to have a new Robert Altman movie gracing the big screen. \The Company,"" which is currently playing at Westgate Cinema, is a hugely entertaining fictional look behind ' ¦'
Madison's Vending Oversight Committee ruled Wednesday that Tutto Pasta Cucina Italiana, 107 King St., violated the city's sidewalk vendor ordinance with its oversized sidewalk cafe, resulting in a 30-day suspension ' ¦
The Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce has surprised Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and common council members by launching a $15,000 radio ad campaign opposing the potential city minimum wage increase. Mayoral ' ¦
I hate writer's block. It is a true constipation of the mind, especially when your sole job is to excrete whatever is there. On a particular spring afternoon (yesterday to ' ¦
Spring break witnessed several Wisconsin programs struggling to succeed. The men's basketball team flopped in Milwaukee, men's hockey melted against Alaska-Anchorage in the WCHA tournament and the softball team suffered ' ¦
After the 2001 New Year's Day fire that burned down O'Cayz Corral, former manager Cathy Dethmers has been in the process of rebuilding the legendary Madison music venue under a ' ¦'
A lively discussion about Mel Gibson's film \The Passion of the Christ"" brought everyone from devout Catholics to ""rib-loving Jews"" together in the Humanities building Wednesday. A panel led by ' ¦
Armed with hundreds of UW-Madison student signatures petitioning for lower college loan interest rates and increased Pell Grants, this weekend approximately 20 UW-Madison students will drive 16 hours to lobby ' ¦
Willalbys exemplifies the strange creature that is Willy Street. Willy (and not, I insist,?? Williamson Street) is the stretch of Madison as the city should be, as if preserved in ' ¦'
After spending a week in France, almost any aspect of Madison is bound to seem pale and uninteresting by comparison. A dull Lake Mendota cannot possibly compete with the romantic ' ¦'
Ten years ago the Badgers were headed to the Rose Bowl. Brent Moss tallied 158 yards and two touchdowns to be awarded the 1994 Rose Bowl MVP as the Badgers ' ¦