Test prep courses unfair
By Derek Brink | Oct. 22, 2003The sole purpose of standardized admissions tests for graduate school is to rank potential students according to the grading criteria of the exam, but these tests are arguably far from ' ¦
The sole purpose of standardized admissions tests for graduate school is to rank potential students according to the grading criteria of the exam, but these tests are arguably far from ' ¦
The Wisconsin Book Festival kicks off Wednesday, Oct. 22, and will run through Sunday, Oct. 26, hosting a wide range of events for every reader. Among these events will be ' ¦'
Two days after a disheartening 26-23 loss to then-No. 15 Purdue, Head Coach Barry Alvarez announced senior quarterback Jim Sorgi will not play in this weekend's game against Northwestern, with ' ¦
With the first Bowl Championship Series standings coming out Monday, it provides me the perfect opportunity to again advocate one of the best things ever to happen to the game ' ¦
The Student Financial Services Committee decided Monday to table till next week the re-examination of the previously approved budget for Safe Arrival for Everyone, which includes SAFEwalk, SAFEcab and SAFEbus. ' ¦
National Novel Writing Month set to kick off'
An attempted burglary in Eagle Heights Sunday involved a group of men wearing swastikas, but police are still investigating whether the incident was a hate crime. According to a source ' ¦
The Madison Fair Wage Campaign, a highly debated topic that aims to increase the minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.75, has made waves among UW-Madison students once again. Each year, ' ¦
UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley held an energy policy forum Monday to assert the necessity of the new power plant funded by the university and Madison Gas & Electric.
National Novel Writing Month set to kick off'
The UW-Madison building Agriculture Hall is celebrating its 100th birthday this year with an ice-cream-creation contest. Highlighted in the National Register of Historical Places in 1978, Ag Hall has been ' ¦
Due to a technical error at UW-Madison's Division of Information Technology, 1,800 online ballots from the 2003 Associated Students of Madison fall election were lost, resulting in incomplete election results. ' ¦
The Bush administration said that Israeli house demolitions in a refugee camp in Gaza were self-defense against terrorism, Oct. 14. The next day, President Bush condemned the bombing of a ' ¦
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The Lisa Link Peace Park Advisory Committee approved a report Monday calling for the rejuvenation of Lisa Link Peace Park on State Street. The committee's report contains data from two ' ¦
UW-Madison students grilled Gov. Jim Doyle on a variety of topics following his lecture during Friday's political science 205 class. In his opening lecture, Doyle spoke about the difficulties he ' ¦
Amato: Lyall, Doyle's \friends"" seek removal
Last week, Luis Aldofo Cardona delivered a speech here at the UW-Madison. He told of his experiences with the Coca-Cola company in his native Colombia and how it was complicit ' ¦
In a matchup of two unbeaten Big Ten teams, No. 12 Wisconsin came up short in a 26-23 loss to No. 15. Purdue walked away from Camp Randall victorious as ' ¦
Madison Public Library has started to delete more of its patron records so federal agents cannot secretly survey their reading habits, but technical issues prevent university libraries from doing the ' ¦