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Hamster balls solve political, social ills

By Holly Noe and Sam Morgan | Sep. 19, 2003

Holly Golightly'

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UW-Madison graduate aims for Miss America crown

Sep. 19, 2003

A UW-Madison Medical School graduate will get a chance to shine this weekend as she competes with 50 other contestants in the annual Miss America Pageant. Tina Marie Sauerhammer of ' ¦

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Power plant gains final approval

By Emily Winter | Sep. 19, 2003

Campus plant sparks debate among locals

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UW-Madison students assess current Middle East conflicts

By Jen McCoy | Sep. 19, 2003

President Bush let it be known Thursday that he believes Yassir Arafat, the Palestinian president, has \failed as a leader."" Regardless of Israeli or Palestinian support, several students on the ' ¦

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Students push for book rentals

By Maureen Backman | Sep. 19, 2003

Associated Students of Madison representatives rallied on the steps of Bascom Hall Thursday afternoon to demand lower costs for textbooks. After ASM representatives announced their goals, press and members of ' ¦

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BADGER BIT

By Betsy Golomski | Sep. 19, 2003

The No. 25 UW volleyball team (6-2) will journey down south to Georgia this weekend to compete in the Georgia Tech Invitational. The girls are coming off of a tournament ' ¦

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SSFC upholds first amendment

By Aarushi Agni | Sep. 19, 2003

Wednesday night, the Student Services Finance Committee decided to make two groups, the UW Roman Catholic Foundation and the Jewish Cultural Collective, eligible for university funding. While detractors say the ' ¦

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Tar Heels to invade Camp Randall

By Clint Robus | Sep. 19, 2003

The Wisconsin Badgers (2-1, 0-0) have a simple goal for this Saturday's game at Camp Randall Stadium against the visiting North Carolina Tar Heels (0-2, 0-1). \Just to win and ' ¦

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UW will employ beetles to deflesh dead giraffe

By Jason Stitt | Sep. 19, 2003

Savannah, Henry Vilas Zoo's 10-year-old giraffe, died late last Friday, but she will live on in the students and researchers who visit the UW-Madison Zoological Museum in the Noland Zoological ' ¦

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Inside the life of UW's Bucky

By Katie Gilbert | Sep. 18, 2003

Buckingham U. Badger does far more than just cheer on gamedays'

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Flash mobs, not nude gatherings

By Dan Hinkel | Sep. 18, 2003

The D.H. Steps to the Plate'

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Bill would partner UW System and charter schools

By Elizabeth Wachowski | Sep. 18, 2003

State Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, is circulating a bill in the state Senate that would allow UW System schools to sponsor private K-12 charter schools. Wednesday was the final ' ¦

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This week's games to watch

By Greg Porter | Sep. 18, 2003

With college football starting to heat up, here is a look at the marquee matchups coming to your TV screen this Saturday. Cupcakes need not apply. UCLA (1-1) at No. ' ¦'

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Residents deal with stabbing

By Seth Bichler | Sep. 18, 2003

A joint investigation involving University Housing and the Office of the Dean of Students into last weekend's Sellery Residence Hall stabbing is still in the preliminary stages, but due to ' ¦

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SSFC to fund diversity of student groups

By Andrew Haffner and Katie Will | Sep. 18, 2003

The UW Roman Catholic Foundation and Jewish Cultural Collective are eligible to receive student segregated fees, the Student Services Financial Committee decided at its meeting Wednesday evening. The groups' applications ' ¦

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Standing strong, poor nations fight back

By Kate McCormack and JoEllen Amato | Sep. 18, 2003

This past week political elites, powerful corporate heads, NGOs, representatives of both powerful and small countries, South Korean farmers, Mexican campesinos, feminists, students, the media and many more all converged ' ¦

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Capitol investigates BCS 'monopoly'

By Clint Robus | Sep. 18, 2003

Tulane, other mid-major schools fight controversial system for BCS bowl allotments'

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The Treats make sweet rock 'n' roll music

By Tony Schultz | Sep. 18, 2003

The Treats, a Madison trio, was formed in 1999 when bass player Tom Payne joined with guitarist and lead vocalist Andrew and drummer Don Isham. The brothers Andrew and Don ' ¦'

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'Betsy' looks at marginalized lives

By Jessica Lischka | Sep. 18, 2003

As an attempt to address the grand issues of the loss of rural life and adaptation to modernization, \Red Betsy"" brings an emotional account of the generation gap to the ' ¦'

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New sports medicine clinics open

Sep. 18, 2003

UW-Madison now has two new sports medicine clinics on campus available for all students, including those who work out and play recreational, intramural and club sports. One of the clinics, ' ¦