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UW seeks student, adviser input to improve current advising system
By Maya Ziv-el | Apr. 18, 2002At least one time in most UW-Madison students' college careers, they will enter one of the numerous advising offices on campus in hopes that one person will help steer them ' ¦
UW sending five players to pros
By Paul Ferguson | Apr. 18, 2002Saturday, while the Badgers take the field at Camp Randall for the first time in 2002, five members of last year's team will participate in football's most sacred rite of ' ¦
Bill of Rights for advisers, students
By Ryan Reszel | Apr. 18, 2002Most of the evidence regarding the successes and failures of UW-Madison's advising services is primarily anecdotal, and the range of student satisfaction through these accounts is as varied as the ' ¦
Military technology gives soldiers the edge on the battlefield
By Jesse Raymond | Apr. 17, 2002Technology has revolutionized the practice of military engagement. In years past, military strength was measured by sheer manpower, but today's military depends on technology. Since World War I, the tank ' ¦'
Pete remembers the days of Yorn
By Fred Jones | Apr. 17, 2002Pete Yorn is a model of earnest gumption. After graduating college, he set his mind to landing himself a record deal, and just like that, it happened'and on Columbia Records ' ¦'
Stigma of disabilities results from outsiders' perceptions
By Paul Engelman | Apr. 17, 2002A stutterer speaks of his experiences with the false expectations of peers, strangers
Court strikes down porn law
By Ben Sykes | Apr. 17, 2002A law that could have potentially criminalized the making of movies like Academy Award-winner \American Beauty"" was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday. The Child Pornography Protection Act ' ¦
Sharon's violent past requires justice
By Sarah Turner | Apr. 17, 2002Ariel Sharon, the prime minister of Israel, is a war criminal. In 1982, he gave the order for the Israeli separatist militia, the Phalange, to invade the Sabra and Shatilla ' ¦
UW professors react to Harvard feud
By Katie Will | Apr. 17, 2002The ongoing tensions between professors and administrators within Afro-American studies programs at two Ivy League colleges highlight major differences in the ideologies of various campuses, according to professors in UW-Madison's ' ¦
Author Wiesel talks about Holocaust, anti-Semitism, Mideast unrest
By Maya Ziv-el | Apr. 17, 2002World-renowned author, Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Elie Wiesel addressed an audience of several thousand at the Orpheum Theatre, 216 State St., Tuesday night as part of the ' ¦
Nowhere to live, but loving the weather
By Mike Murphy and By Rachel Schulze | Apr. 17, 2002This is a Long Title for Someone with Nothing to Talk About'
Peer-to-peer programs tax campus network
By Nicholas Ptacek | Apr. 17, 2002It has been hard to avoid the deluge of news covering the ongoing battle between the major record companies and the makers of peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing programs such as Kazaa ' ¦'
Sloan elected to City Council president
By Molly Borgstrom and By James Lanser | Apr. 17, 2002The City Council wore through three sets of ballots before ultimately electing Ald. Matt Sloan, District 13, as council president Tuesday night. A plurality of 11 votes was required to ' ¦
NFL Draft Preview: Part 1
By Matt Carroll | Apr. 17, 2002The following is the first of a two-part guide to the 2002 NFL Draft. This year promises to have quality depth at many position, especially defensive tackle. Today, we analyze ' ¦
Flawed advising system frustrates students
By Maya Ziv-el | Apr. 17, 2002All Karla Vehrs wants is to hear from her adviser. The UW-Madison senior and international studies major has sent four e-mail messages this semester with no response. \You're just a ' ¦