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Marvel Comics gets better with each new innovation
By Dan Weltin | Sep. 11, 2001Editor in chief Joe Quesada reveals the tricks up his sleeve'
Navigate the study abroad process
By Katie Saur | Sep. 11, 2001Don???t get lost when planning to study abroad '
Bonds’ run at record nothing to cheer about
By Alan Hamari | Sep. 11, 2001As I was surfing the Internet the other day and ignoring my homework as usual, I came across an interesting feature on ESPN.com's Page Two. The site had used fan input along with contributions from everyday reporters to determine a list of the least likeable players in Major League Baseball.
UW-Madison tops System in endowments
By Molly Reppen and Courtney Heeren | Sep. 11, 2001Gifts, grants and contracts given to the UW System rose in the last fiscal year by $99.3 million, nearly a 30 percent increase. UW-Madison generated the most external income of ' ¦
Internet 2 links K-12 with UW System schools
By Kevin Roth | Sep. 11, 2001While still in its infancy, Internet 2 will now be connected to more than 500 institutions in Wisconsin as part of an initiative to connect K-12 schools to each other ' ¦
UW officials say Camp Randall renovations may debut next year
By Maya Ziv-el | Sep. 11, 2001Camp Randall Stadium could see major changes as early as next season when a $99.8 million renovation begins, UW-Madison officials told the Madison Plan Commission Monday. UW-Madison Associate Athletics Director ' ¦
Marvel takes it to the MAX
By Dan Weltin | Sep. 11, 2001Marvel Comics is growing up. Under the name MAX, the new line will feature stories aimed at an adult audience. Hoping to expand its audience, these stories will feature both ' ¦'
A sane Coupland defines meaning of psychotic
By Bri Mass and Elisabeth vonUhl | Sep. 11, 2001Douglas Coupland, pioneer of the Generation X counter-culture, graced the Orpheum Theatre Monday night in his first stop on his ten week tour promoting his new novel, 'All Families are ' ¦'
’Origin’ reveals the mysteries of Marvel’s best-kept secret
By Dan Weltin | Sep. 11, 2001One of the biggest comic book secrets is being revealed. September 5, the first installment of 'Origin' was released. The six- issue mini-series, written by Paul Jenkins and penciled by Andy Kubert, tells the story of one of Marvel Comics's most sought after secrets'Woverine's origin.
Honesty and emotions told ’on the rocks’
By Nikki Kowbel | Sep. 11, 2001The pressure to follow up an immensely successful debut with more success must weigh extremely heavily on all authors, but it's rare that readers get to see the havoc that it wreaks on a writer.
Jordan announces return to NBA
Sep. 11, 2001Michael Jordan told the Chicago Sun-Times Monday that he will return to the NBA as a member of the Washington Wizards in the upcoming season. He will hold a press ' ¦
U.S. international relations not indicative of leading world power
By Jonathan Linder | Sep. 11, 2001The United States has established a miserable pattern in foreign policy. With Israel, the United States recently pulled out of the U.N. Conference on Racism because of language in a ' ¦
Student struck by car sustains broken leg
By Alana Katz | Sep. 10, 2001A UW-Madison student struck by a hit-and-run driver suffered a broken leg early Saturday morning. Kristin Wieben, 19, was hit around 2:30 a.m. 'by what the police think was a ' ¦
Despite downturn, hiring continues
By Danielle Szulczewski | Sep. 10, 2001Data released Friday placed the nation's unemployment rate at 4.9 percent for August 2001, marking a half percentage point jump in the last month and a nearly four-year high, but ' ¦
Thompson speaks on UW campus
By Sam Morgan | Sep. 10, 2001Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson returned to Madison Friday to celebrate the groundbreaking ceremony for the $65.9 million Health Sciences Learning Center. The new facility, on the west ' ¦
Playing it safe
By Ryan Byrne | Sep. 10, 2001Avoiding campus crime is easy with a variety of resources'
Regents continue to address race-based admission, praise budget
By Callie Kollenbroich | Sep. 10, 2001Discussion of the UW System's use of race-based admissions continued in a Board of Regents meeting Friday after it was cut short at the meeting the previous day. Pat Brady, ' ¦