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Ferrer transports with his voice
By Will Aquino | Feb. 13, 2003Ibrahim Ferrer (Nonesuch Records) Septuagenarian Ibrahim Ferrer was born at a social club dance in Santiago, 1927. It is no surprise that this man, at the ripe age of 74, ' ¦'
Council candidates vie for student vote
By Yphtach Lelkes | Feb. 13, 2003Candidates say they are out spreading the word to vote February 18th in the Madison City Council primaries, but many students are just not paying attention. Almost all the candidates ' ¦
'Eva' fails to 'Deliver'
By William Temby | Feb. 13, 2003In yet another cinematic pass at Shakespeare's \Taming of the Shrew,"" ""Deliver Us From Eva"" does very little to differentiate itself from the average romantic comedy. Whether that's good or ' ¦'
Marquette, Wade soaring
By Josh Salm | Feb. 13, 2003Head Coach Tom Crean once again has his players in the hunt for the Conference USA title, but the road that lies ahead of the No. 11 Marquette Golden Eagles ' ¦'
TAs upset over contract approval delay
By Beth Skopp | Feb. 12, 2003Teaching and project assistants at UW-Madison will stage a work-in today from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the state Capitol to call attention to their nearly two-year wait for ' ¦
Guitar rock back with vengeance... again
By Andrew Haffner and Evan Rytlewski | Feb. 12, 2003In order to understand the current commercial music climate we should first look back to the early '90s, and in particular the beginning of alternative music's commercial reign. The beginnings ' ¦'
Downtown will see addition of Club Majestic next week
By Rob Hunger | Feb. 12, 2003There will soon be a new addition to the downtown area: Club Majestic, 115 King St. The old Majestic Theater has been transformed into a dance club and will open ' ¦
UW overcomes Spartans
By Matt Lerner | Feb. 12, 2003The freezing-cold fans trudged into the Kohl Center Tuesday to see the Wisconsin Badgers host the red-hot Michigan State Spartans. Fans may have arrived with chills from the cold, but ' ¦
Money, hockey and fiscal responsibility
By Tom Soule | Feb. 12, 2003Fiscal Responsibility? The one thing that I found most remarkable about the federal budget is that this otherwise stereotypically conservative administration has proposed a budget that makes no pretenses about ' ¦
Mayer, Sandstrom seek respect in race
By Molly Reppen and Adrienne Bell | Feb. 12, 2003Two candidates in the mayoral race have been portrayed in the media as \kooky,"" yet both Davy Mayer and Will Sandstrom said they are offended by that characterization because they ' ¦
Third time's not a charm
By Bill Cooney | Feb. 12, 2003This better be the end, Mike. On Oct. 30, 2001, the unthinkable happened. The greatest player in basketball history made his return to the NBA for the third time, sporting ' ¦
Bin Laden may be alive
By Peter Long | Feb. 12, 2003Rumors of Osama bin Laden's continued existence flourished Tuesday afternoon when the Arabic television network Al Jazeera presented a 16-minute audio tape with a vocal likeness of the al Qaeda ' ¦
News Briefs
Feb. 12, 2003A lecture by architect Cesar Pelli scheduled for today has been cancelled because Pelli is ill. Organizers said the lecture will be rescheduled. Pelli designed the Overture Center, which is ' ¦
Skillz spills all about hip-hop, perspective and life with The Roots
Feb. 12, 2003Originally from Virginia, Skillz knows about being overlooked. Coming from a state previously not known for its rap stars (but which has since produced the likes of Timbaland), Skillz has ' ¦'
Candidates speak out at sole campus forum
By Jake Witz and Renee Gasch | Feb. 12, 2003Madison mayoral candidates tackled student issues and fielded questions about affordable housing, preserving a \funky"" State Street and college drinking at a forum sponsored by the College Democrats Tuesday night ' ¦
George and Saddam sitting in a tree...
By Maureen Backman and Dan Hinkel | Feb. 12, 2003Hey folks, it's two days 'til Feb. 14 and I've got one question for you: Am I the only one who thinks George W. Bush might ask Saddam Hussein to ' ¦'
Giving gifts might be risky business
By Rebekah Ravenscroft-Scott | Feb. 11, 2003The Weekly Piece'
Cloning not harmful if respected
By Karl Schook | Feb. 11, 2003As a clone, I would like to address the ignorance, fear and misconceptions in society with regards to human cloning and cloning in general. By identifying myself as a clone, ' ¦
Stem-cell work yields results
By Kristen Titus | Feb. 11, 2003Stem-cell researchers at UW-Madison recently applied genetic manipulation techniques to human embryonic stem cells for the first time. This development, published Monday in the journal Nature Biotechnology, may aid in ' ¦



