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State Senate overrides concealed carry veto
By Maureen Backman | Jan. 23, 2004The state Legislature came one step closer to overriding the governor for the first time in more than 17 years Thursday, when the Senate voted 23-10 to override Gov. Jim ' ¦
Digital networks serving UW-Madison, state, to combine in $100 million upgrade
By Les Chappell | Jan. 23, 2004UW-Madison, along with the state of Wisconsin, will make a major advancement to its digital systems, with a planned $100 million upgrade to the state's computer network. This proposed upgrade ' ¦
Democrats debate politely in N.H.
By Patrice Kohl | Jan. 23, 2004The seven remaining Democratic presidential hopefuls took cues from Howard Dean's recent blunder and Senator John Edwards' successful nice-guy approach in a debate in New Hampshire Thursday. It was the ' ¦
Campus buildings to see construction this semester
By Emily Winter | Jan. 22, 2004In addition to the recently-released several hundred-million-dollar campus renovation plan, other locations will soon see construction. Planning for expansion of the emergency department and a relocation of the Med-Flight helipad ' ¦
Flaky movies fall on January
By Amos Posner | Jan. 22, 2004January is the magical time of year when studios dump movies that have been shelved, are terrible or seem likely to flop. In the three weeks since we sang \Auld ' ¦'
Senate delays vote on concealed carry override
By Whitney Newman and Elizabeth Wachowski | Jan. 22, 2004Confusion reigned in the state Senate chambers Wednesday afternoon, as Republicans fought for a vote to override Gov. Jim Doyle's concealed carry bill veto and Democrats remained in a closed ' ¦
News Brief
Jan. 22, 2004The Student Service Finance Committee met Wednesday to determine the internal budget for the Associated Students of Madison, UW-Madison's student government. The major issue debated was whether SSFC should fund ' ¦
Amid pending override, Doyle addresses state
By Maureen Backman | Jan. 22, 2004Gov. Jim Doyle addressed concealed carry, minimum wage and Medicare, among other issues in his State of the State address Wednesday in the Assembly Chambers of the state Capitol. Doyle ' ¦
Catacombs wins fans with local organic fare
By Katie Will | Jan. 22, 2004If you have a hankering for a good lunch between classes-one that doesn't involve foil wrapping or a paper container-your lone option is a long trek back to your apartment. ' ¦'
'Torque' brutally twists reality
By Ben Schultz | Jan. 22, 2004Though \Torque"" may appear to be a complete failure of a movie, there are 10 minutes of the film that rise above the other 70. Because of those 10 minutes, ' ¦'
Super Bowl, yet super boring
By Michael Jones | Jan. 22, 2004JAKE DELHOMME! TOM BRADY! SUPER BOWL XXXVIII?! I don't know about you folks, but I'd be more excited about the possibility of seeing \Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!"" than ' ¦
Clark representative outlines foreign policy
By Amanda Becker | Jan. 22, 2004Jamie Rubin, senior foreign policy advisor for Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark spoke at Memorial Union Wednesday, outlining Clark's ideas about the Kosovo crisis, North Korea, the AIDS epidemic in ' ¦
Amid pending override, Doyle addresses state
By Maureen Backman | Jan. 22, 2004Gov. Jim Doyle addressed concealed carry, minimum wage and Medicare, among other issues in his State of the State address Wednesday in the Assembly Chambers of the state Capitol. Doyle ' ¦
Pelmini a hearty treat
By Ben Schultz | Jan. 22, 2004Pelmeni is the type of restaurant that gives you a story with your meal. This little gem of the 500 block of State Street is the place to go for ' ¦'
Ice control issues rarely crystal clear
By Alex Balistreri and Brad Rysz | Jan. 22, 2004It takes a team of about six people five hours to sprinkle the entire campus with the ubiquitous sand-salt mixture UW-Madison uses to control seasonal ice. Despite a recent flurry ' ¦
Big Ten play stumbles out the gate
By Ryan Blahnik and Katy Hertel | Jan. 21, 2004Three short months ago, before the men's college basketball season tipped off, great expectations flowed through the Big Ten. After struggling in past seasons to find a place among America's ' ¦'
UW, MIT team up to promote video games as educational tool
By Sam-Omar Hall | Jan. 21, 2004UW-Madison curriculum and instruction professors Kurt Squire and James Gee imagine a future in which video games play an increased role in education. Although computer games are already used in ' ¦
Exchange rate drops in marketplace of ideas
By Nitin Julka | Jan. 21, 2004In 1894, Richard T. Ely was the head of the UW-Madison's School of Economics, Politics and History. Ely's sociology and economics research on labor-management relations prompted a Wisconsin Board of ' ¦
Badgers conference play heats up
By Brad Rysz | Jan. 21, 2004Wolverines, Illini prepare for UW showdown'




