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Jan. 30, 2004At least 73 incidents of vehicle break-ins were reported in Madison's West District during November and December 2003, the Madison Police Department reports. Significant losses included over $13,000 in computer ' ¦
Badgers, Gophers set for battle
By Steven Wishau - The Daily Cardinal and Jesse Vazquez | Jan. 30, 2004The Wisconsin Badgers men's hockey team makes a trip across the Minnesota border to face the two-time defending champion Minnesota Gophers. Seventh-ranked Wisconsin (9-4-5 Western Collegiate Hockey Association, 15-7-6 overall) ' ¦
Kids are allright
By Steven Wishau - The Daily Cardinal | Jan. 30, 2004No More Songs About Sleep and Fire (Parasol) The college music scene has changed a lot since the Poster Children started playing music in 1987. The alternative rock scene inflated ' ¦'
Speaker tells of factory, Lands' End experiences
By Jennifer Kidd | Jan. 30, 2004Maria Deysi Hernandez, a garment worker from El Salvador, said she used to have to wake up early to walk to her job where employees faced poor working conditions and ' ¦
UW student group supports casino expansion
By Jason Stitt and Beth Skopp | Jan. 30, 2004A new student group encouraging UW-Madison students to vote Feb. 17 in favor of allowing DeJope Bingo to become a full casino held its first meeting Thursday. The coordinators of ' ¦
Survey gives textbook publishers bad review
By Emily Winter | Jan. 30, 2004The Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group along with 19 other student PIRGs nationwide announced survey findings Thursday showing publishing companies are the source of needless university textbook price inflation, a ' ¦
Union Art turns 75 years old
By Lisa Muccigrosso | Jan. 30, 2004It's a little known fact that UW-Madison owns some great works of art, not only by students and faculty but also by some of the greatest artists of all time. ' ¦'
Letters to the editor
Jan. 30, 2004This letter is in reply to the piece written by Eric Kleefeld, entitled \Whether dishonestly, or ignorantly, George W. Bush led the United States astray,"" which ran on Jan. 28. ' ¦
Pulitzer Prize journalist talks UW unrest in '60s
By Les Chappell | Jan. 29, 2004Wednesday night at Tripp Commons in the Memorial Union, acclaimed journalist David Maraniss silenced an auditorium with tales of social upheaval as part of the Spotlight Series sponsored by the ' ¦
Organic produce stays fresh in the minds of local groups
By Ben Schultz | Jan. 29, 2004The countryside may be coming to the city. While most students only see the farmers in Madison on Saturday mornings at the Capitol Square, we may be treated to some ' ¦'
Firefly lights up the Asian cuisine scene
By Rena Archwamety | Jan. 29, 2004The concept was an Asian restaurant with entrees spanning the Pacific Rim, dishes including Chinese, Japanese, Thai and Vietnamese flavors. A place where people would not just go out to ' ¦'
Hinkel and friends take it to the road
By Dan Hinkel | Jan. 29, 2004A few weeks ago, I went to Nashville with a central goal in mind-see the Badgers beat Auburn in the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl. But I had other hopes ' ¦'
Vote no on Dejope casino
By Elliot Morris | Jan. 29, 2004A Feb. 17 referendum will give voters a chance to weigh in on the proposed DeJope casino. Hopefully, when casting their ballots, citizens will consider both the damage a casino ' ¦
Dangerous St. Cloud lurking for UW
By Adam Raeder | Jan. 29, 2004The Wisconsin women's hockey team (9-4-1 WCHA, 13-4-3 Overall) takes on the St. Cloud State University Huskies (3-12-1 WCHA, 6-15-1 Overall) this weekend in Minnesota.?? Coming off a bye week, ' ¦
Survey finds college freshmen veering right
By Stosh Jonjak | Jan. 29, 2004College freshmen nation-wide have become more conservative and more interested in politics, according to recent survey conducted by The American Freshman. Linda Sax of the University of California-Los Angeles directed ' ¦
Wis. legislators receive threatening e-mails
By Amanda Becker | Jan. 29, 2004Wisconsin legislators opened their e-mail inboxes yesterday and were shocked and appalled to find a threatening e-mail concerning the possible historic override of Gov. Jim Doyle's veto of the concealed ' ¦
State St. ice cream joints dish it out
By Ben Sykes | Jan. 29, 2004Three ice cream stores. Two blocks. One street. Who will reign supreme over the dairy domain known as State Street? Chocolate Coyote, 341 State St., Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream Co., ' ¦
'Precious' Oscars for LOTR?
By Amos Posner | Jan. 29, 2004Conspiracy theorists are looking pretty smart in Hollywood right now. After a winter that offered sparse big-studio critic bait, the academy has showered nominations on several smaller films. This supports ' ¦'



