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UW eyes up the Axe
By Kelly Kallien and Josh Salm | Nov. 5, 2003Saturday will mark the 113th game between the Wisconsin Badgers and the Minnesota Golden Gophers. With the exception of a one-year hiatus in 1906 when President Theodore Roosevelt cancelled collegiate ' ¦
Ribbon sculpture may help expand art atmosphere to Madison-Monona border
By Patrice Kohl | Nov. 5, 2003The Madison CitiARTS commission plans expanding art to Madison's borders to let people know when they have entered the city, according to CitiARTS Administrator Rebecca Kasemeyer. CitiARTS will begin this ' ¦
Wis. has key role in 2004
By Nathan Kalmoe | Nov. 5, 2003Sunday, a poll conducted by ABC News and the Washington Post found that President Bush is in a statistical dead heat (48-47) with his Democratic rivals for the 2004 presidential ' ¦
Florida politicians play with peoples' lives
By Kelly Kallien and Derek Brink | Nov. 4, 2003Florida Gov. Jeb Bush recently got involved in a case to keep a woman alive after a court ordered the removal of her feeding tube, the only thing sustaining her ' ¦
Halloween teaches sobering lesson
Nov. 4, 2003Originally, I didn't want to donate any more space of my column to Halloween this year, but unfortunately, what started out as a good holiday weekend degenerated into something much ' ¦'
'Hookup List' not so A-list
By Julia Bartz | Nov. 4, 2003Ah, MTV. Home of such classics as \Punk'd"" and ""Cribs,"" as well as other shows that are amusing but might leave you with the disturbing suspicion that Generation Y is ' ¦'
Badgers look forward to 'golden' week
By Joe Hasler | Nov. 4, 2003After a much needed bye week, the Wisconsin football team (3-2 Big Ten, 6-3 overall) now turns its attention to the rival Minnesota Gophers (4-2, 8-2). While the Badgers remain ' ¦
Landlords dodge city apartment ordinance
By Rob Hunger | Nov. 4, 2003Some landlords are sidestepping a city ordinance that is aimed at stopping the mad rush for apartments early in the year. Students have already been signing leases to apartments for ' ¦
Linda Chavez addresses affirmative action in DLS speech
By Les Chappell and Alex Pacheco | Nov. 4, 2003Conservative author, columnist and president of the Center for Equal Opportunity Linda Chavez spoke at the Wisconsin Union Theater Monday night as part of the Wisconsin Union Directorate's Distinguished Lecture ' ¦
New-look Bucks provide hope
By Andy Van Sistine and Arvind Gopalratnam | Nov. 4, 2003What a difference a couple of years make. A team that was a Glenn Robinson 15-foot jumper away from the NBA Finals in 2000-'01, on the brink of NBA supremacy, ' ¦
Study finds binge drinking lower on diverse campuses
By Whitney Jensen and Alex Balistreri | Nov. 4, 2003Campuses that are not racially diverse foster a significant increase in student binge drinking, according to a study appearing in the American Journal of Public Health's November 2003 issue. Henry ' ¦
Eagle Hts. incident called hate crime
By Adam Bissen | Nov. 4, 2003The victim of last month's hate crime in Eagle Heights believed he was being retaliated against for taking early leave of a barbecue attended by white supremacists from across the ' ¦
News briefs
Nov. 4, 2003State Rep. Jeff Stone, R-Greendale, said Monday the UW System Board of Regents should establish ethical rules prohibiting system employees from receiving compensation from businesses that work for the system. ' ¦
Everyday things can teach lessons
By Crystal Crowns and Angelique Pope | Nov. 4, 2003Droit takes readers on journey to see life differently'
Immigrants deserve higher ed
By Michelle Turner and Jessica Gartner | Nov. 4, 2003There is a bill being discussed that will qualify illegal immigrants and their children for in-state tuition. So far it has attracted little attention, but there is some chance of ' ¦
Congress OKs plan to increase student aid from fed. agencies
By Caitlin Cieslik-Miskimen | Nov. 4, 2003With average student loans at UW-Madison soaring to amounts over $17,000 and student debt increasing across the country, the U.S. House of Representatives signed a bill Oct. 28 to attract ' ¦
Halloween problems not unique to UW
By Jill Swenby and By Marina Oliver and Jaime Brackeen | Nov. 4, 2003While UW-Madison is undecided about what actions to take in response to Saturday night's chaos on State Street, another university, faced with a similar situation, has taken aggressive steps to ' ¦
High-rise building going up
By Bethany Billman | Nov. 3, 2003Despite the fact that the vacancy rate in the Madison area is at a four-year peak, developers have started moving toward building high-rise complexes recently. High-rise buildings are springing up ' ¦