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Gov. hopefuls square off
Oct. 8, 2002State Attorney General Jim Doyle and Gov. Scott McCallum spoke Monday to state business leaders. McCallum, the Republican gubernatorial candidate, said Doyle's proposed budget plans raises the state's income taxes. ' ¦
Smokers carry some of the blame for harms
By Mari Armstrong-Hough | Oct. 8, 2002Last Friday a California jury awarded life-long smoker, and more recently cancer victim, Betty Bullock a record $28 billion in punitive damages to be paid by tobacco giant Philip Morris. ' ¦
Law school to put on race
Oct. 8, 2002Race Judicata, an annual 5K fun run/walk sponsored by the UW-Madison Law School's Public Interest Law Foundation, will be held Oct. 26. Proceeds go toward the student run foundation that ' ¦
ALPs funding drops in initial seg fee approvals
By Michelle Diament | Oct. 8, 2002The Student Services Finance Committee of the Associated Students of Madison approved the first student organization budgets for this year Monday night. The committee set the Adventure Learning Programs' budget ' ¦
Supreme Court bows out on Torricelli case
By Andy Van Sistine and Ben Sykes | Oct. 8, 2002The U.S. Supreme Court began its 2002-'03 term Monday by declaring it will not hear the Republican legal challenge to the Democrats' replacement of U.S. Sen. Robert Torricelli, D-N.J., on ' ¦
Latest gov. poll shows Doyle with 9-point lead
By Erin Rushmer | Oct. 7, 2002As the Wisconsin governor's race heads into its final month, Democratic state Attorney General Jim Doyle has a nine point lead over Republican Gov. Scott McCallum, according to a poll ' ¦
UW Police arrest 2 in fake ID ring
Oct. 7, 2002Two UW-Madison students were arrested Friday morning, accused of being in a false identification ring. UW-Madison sophomores Adrian Johnson and Marcus Hill were arrested on felony charges. According to a ' ¦
ILSA alleges lack of neutrality in SSFC
Oct. 7, 2002The Associated Students of Madison Student Judiciary heard arguments Sunday night in Indigenous Law Students Association v. Clark & Baumgardner, an appeal made by the ILSA after the Student Services Finance Committee denied its eligibility request.
State high schoolers better prepared for college
By Amy Martin | Oct. 7, 2002Higher education in Wisconsin is more affordable than in other states and high school students here are better prepared for college-level education, according to a recent study by The National ' ¦
Minnesota loss doesn't stop UW volleyball
By Jerry Weil | Oct. 7, 2002An emotionally-charged loss against No. 6 Minnesota Friday didn't stop the women's volleyball team from sweeping Iowa Sunday. The weekend's action puts the Badgers at 2-2 in Big Ten play ' ¦
Game sees most arrests this season
Oct. 7, 2002UW Police gave out more citations and ejected more people from the UW-Madison football game Saturday against Penn State than at any other game so far this season. Sixty-three people ' ¦
Jimmy Fallon not funny in compact disc form
By William Temby | Oct. 7, 2002(Dreamworks Records) It's not often that an album's liner notes induces giggles'not on purpose, at least. But after playing Mick Jagger's mirror image and Wade from the fictitious boy band ' ¦'
Citizens must make effort
By Alexandra Gekas | Oct. 7, 2002Since the fall of the Soviet Union, America's role in the world has become very clear. The delicate equilibrium of a bipolar world has been replaced by U.S. hegemony, and ' ¦



