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Momaday addresses convocation

By Adrienne Bell | Oct. 18, 2002

Novelist speaks of lofty goals

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Affirmative action harms the future of those it seeks to benefit

By Nishant Bagadia | Oct. 18, 2002

How do you feel when the minority student gains admission to the university you applied for, and you were rejected due to your color, not your academic record? In this ' ¦

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ASM announces election winners

By Nico Savidge | Oct. 18, 2002

Associated Students of Madison election polls closed Thursday night at 8 p.m. With a voter turnout of approximately 2,000, students selected new freshmen, non-Letters and Science Graduate and Special Student ' ¦

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Chvala faces 20 indictments

By Ben Sykes | Oct. 18, 2002

Senator plans to step down

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Three movies to catch this weekend

Oct. 18, 2002

\White Oleander"" follows the story of Astrid, (played by newcomer Alison Lohman) who endures a kaleidoscopic journey through the foster care system after Ingrid (Michelle Pfeiffer), Astrid's mother, murders her ' ¦'

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'The Ring' answers the call for scares

By William Temby | Oct. 18, 2002

Most people agree that the horror film genre self-destructed in the '90s. \Scream"" and the like pushed the limits of acceptable clich??, slasher films hit complete lows, and even complete ' ¦'

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MEChA faces segregated fee denial from ASM

By Michelle Diament | Oct. 18, 2002

Procedural questions dominated discussion Thursday as the Associated Students of Madison Student Council denied Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan's eligibility to receive segregated-fee funding. The motion to grant eligibility failed ' ¦

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Columnist urges: eschew obfuscation

By Michael Jones and Jameson Arasi | Oct. 17, 2002

Keeping Up With the Jones'

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SSFC shaves Wunk Sheek, CALS, Women's Center budgets

By Andrew Haffner | Oct. 17, 2002

The Student Services Finance Committee passed budgets for Wunk Sheek, the Campus Women's Center and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences student council Wednesday with some cuts to each. ' ¦

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The Dean of the Big Ten

By Leif Griffin | Oct. 17, 2002

Alvarez fights to get back to where he once was???atop the Big Ten'

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Sports and sex appeal

By Kate Hedlin | Oct. 17, 2002

Sex sells for female athletes

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Chvala could face indictment for scandal

By Peter Long | Oct. 17, 2002

Although no votes were cast or results tallied, state Senate Majority Leader Chuck Chvala, D-Madison, lost one of the most important political battles of his career Wednesday, as he became ' ¦

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Tackling the best and worst of this season

By Arvind Gopalratnam | Oct. 17, 2002

Surprising Air Force and Iowa State opening eyes early after impressive starts '

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Minnesota shows middle road with third-party candidates

By Eric Kleefeld | Oct. 17, 2002

The debate Tuesday night between U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, and her Republican challenger, ultra-conservative Ron Greer, promised huge differences between the two candidates. Between Baldwin's unadulterated liberalism, Greer's uncompromising ' ¦

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'Rules of Attraction' 'Goes Down' this weekend

Oct. 17, 2002

Every bit of marketing for \Rules of Attraction"" makes it seem like an edgier, college-age ""Dawson's Creek."" Since ""Dawson"" star James Van Der Beek and ""7th Heaven"" star Jessica Biel ' ¦'

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Soccer falls in overtime

By Bob Spoerl and Jesse Vazquez | Oct. 17, 2002

The UW men's soccer team competed physically in the battle of the \Wisconsins"" and against the cold weather. The Badgers went head-to-head against their in-state rival, UW-Milwaukee. Wisconsin entered the ' ¦

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