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Cuts in Metro budget may increase efficiency
By Paul Blazevich | Apr. 30, 2002Bus passengers will benefit from a reduction in services and altered routes, which will save Madison Metro $800,000, according to Metro General Manager Catherine Debo. The service changes are a ' ¦
Track teams look forward to home run
By Kellen O\'Brien | Apr. 30, 2002With only two weeks left before the Big Ten Outdoor Championship, it's crunch time for the men's and women's track teams. The Badgers will host the Wisconsin Twilight Friday and ' ¦
Irrational protests inefficient, fall short of objectives
By Nishant Bagadia | Apr. 29, 2002A baby's head torn off and held in the air by a pair of tongs. This was on a poster held up by an anti-abortionist outside of the Kohl Center ' ¦
Thompson won't re-run for Gov.
By Jacob Densow - The Daily Cardinal | Apr. 29, 2002Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson, the current U.S. health and human services secretary, will not attempt to reclaim his old job this fall. Thompson, who served as governor for 14 ' ¦
UW backs professor in Pao dispute
By Courtney Heeren | Apr. 29, 2002Disagreement involving Hmong protesters and a UW-Madison history professor increased Friday when a state senator asked for an investigation into the professor's allegations that the commander of the CIA's secret ' ¦
Badgers fall at Big Ten Tournament finals
Apr. 29, 2002The UW women's tennis team (10-4 Big Ten, 16-8 overall) ended its successful season with a loss to No. 1 Northwestern in the Big Ten Tournament finals Sunday. On its ' ¦
Law may be to blame for underreported assaults
Apr. 29, 2002A federal law is the reason UW System and Big Ten universities, including UW-Madison, have routinely underreported sexual assaults on their campuses, The Capital Times reported Saturday. The law, which ' ¦
Newsted is the brain behind his new band
By Sam Karp and Dan Weltin | Apr. 29, 2002Ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted first met drummer Brian Sagrafena during a 1995 Super Bowl party when Brian began playing funk riffs on an old drum set. Shortly after, Sagrafena introduced ' ¦'
Badger Bits
By Molly Reppen | Apr. 29, 2002The UW women's track team took a break from the scheduled Drake and Penn Relays to participate in the UW-La Crosse Classic Saturday. The team dominated the meet, coming home ' ¦
UW students indicted in drug case
By Ben Sykes | Apr. 29, 2002Six individuals, including three UW-Madison students, were indicted Friday for an alleged scheme to transfer 100,000 doses of Ecstasy from Florida through Pennsylvania and finally to Madison for distribution between ' ¦
Illness at Ogg Hall
By Courtney Heeren and Ryan Seib | Apr. 29, 2002Meningitis infects second UW student
WARF among 4 recipients of stem-cell grants
By Molly Reppen and Courtney Heeren | Apr. 29, 2002Tommy Thompson, the U.S. secretary of health and human services announced Friday in Fitchburg the first federal grants to embryonic stem cell research since President Bush delineated last August what ' ¦
Multicultural center delayed until 2003
By Whitney Newman | Apr. 29, 2002The commencement of a multicultural living area, previously set to open this fall on the second floor of Witte Residence Hall, has been delayed until 2003, with officials citing a ' ¦
Softball strikes back with big wins
By Cary Dohman | Apr. 29, 2002The Badger softball team (9-6 Big Ten, 28-17 overall) did not get the start to the weekend that it desired, but the ending was much sweeter. Wisconsin's weekend began on ' ¦
White House may cancel student-loan program
By Molly Reppen | Apr. 29, 2002Bush administration officials said Saturday that there were plans to eliminate a student-loan program in an attempt to remedy budget shortfalls. According to a proposal from White House budget director ' ¦
Americans overlook differences abroad
By Mari Armstrong-Hough | Apr. 29, 2002Visit to Cairo reveals hidden prejudices against Middle East
Crusaders for conservation
By Sara Murphy | Apr. 29, 2002Three Lakeshore dorms compete to save electric energy'



