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Wisconsin spiker: Built Ford tough
By Katie Gilbert | Oct. 1, 2002For the most part, Lauren Ford is a pretty typical freshman. She's a bit quiet, excited to be at college and is slightly apprehensive about her first exams. She leads ' ¦
When gubernatorial campaigns turn negative, no one wins
By Derek Brink | Oct. 1, 2002I am starting to get the impression that one of the requirements of running for public office is having the maturity level of a 9 year old. Perhaps I'm being ' ¦
Activists' efforts face praise, criticism
By Molly Borgstrom | Oct. 1, 2002UW rejoins list of active campuses
New treatment may reduce effects of bone decay
By Paul Medenwaldt | Oct. 1, 2002A group of UW-Madison scientists have developed a promising compound to help treat osteoporosis, a disease that affects an estimated 44 million Americans, especially post-menopausal women, according to a report ' ¦
Students to garden in France
By Christine Sowinski | Oct. 1, 2002The fairy tale fa??ade of the Chateau de Chenonceaux rises majestically over the River Cher. Next to the Chateau are the equally spectacular potager gardens, a tapestry of checkerboard squares ' ¦
Council to face smoking ban
By Elizabeth Wachowski | Oct. 1, 2002City Council members will vote tonight on a controversial ordinance that would ban smoking in many popular Madison hangouts. While a 1992 law already prohibits smoking in restaurants, the proposal ' ¦
Expanded ban infringes on smokers' rights
By Dylan Katz beer columnist | Oct. 1, 2002Staff Opinion
War of world views
By Morgan Bottner | Oct. 1, 2002In an opinion column which appeared in the New York Times in February 1992, Mikhail Gorbachev remarked on former President Bush's then-recent assertion that America had finally won the Cold ' ¦
These half-stories are in need of fixing
By Hillary Schroeder | Oct. 1, 2002Mike Singleton's story collection offers a few interesting premises while shoving a few overly colorful characters down your throat. Largely set in South Carolina, \The Half-Mammals of Dixie "" attempts ' ¦'
UW progressive attitudes have distinct history
By Adam Bissen | Oct. 1, 2002Efforts to increase minority enrollment and foster diversity at UW-Madison have a long but largely unspoken history, according to university historians. In the 1800s, the student population was overwhelmingly white, ' ¦
Men's soccer hits road block on road trip
By By Rachel Schulze | Sep. 30, 2002The Badgers (0-1Big Ten, 6-4)opened up Big Ten conference play on the road this weekend traveling to Ohio State Saturday and to Xavier University Sunday. The Badgers fell to the ' ¦
Beck achieves a new 'Golden Age'
By Clay Thomas and Jon Spike | Sep. 30, 2002(DGC) Anticipation is a strange and powerful thing: Not only can it make newspaper reporters cleave at each others throats to grasp a prerelease copy, but also create wild expectations, ' ¦'
Council to decide future of potential cab company
By Erin Rushmer | Sep. 30, 2002Tuesday's upcoming City Council meeting could determine the fate of an one-man taxi cab company in Madison. At the last council meeting, Mike Roach's bid for a license was neither ' ¦
Pay raises unlikely for top UW staff
Sep. 30, 2002The UW System's top employees will not likely see pay increases this year, according to UW Board of Regents member Fred Mohs. Last year, despite financial strains caused by state ' ¦
Corporate media loses legitimacy
By Youssef Sawan and Aarushi Agni | Sep. 30, 2002Media are often referred to as the fourth branch of government. People say this because the media should have the same accountability. In the past few years, this has not ' ¦
Women's soccer win, lose, no draw
By Ross Patterman | Sep. 30, 2002Badgers split two weekend match-ups
Michigan case on race-based admissions may influence UW
By Joel Troge | Sep. 30, 2002As the U.S. Supreme Court reviews a request Gruttner v. Bollinger, the argument concerning the role of race in admissions policies at the University of Michigan Law School, the nation's ' ¦