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Marvel Comics gets better with each new innovation

Editor in chief Joe Quesada reveals the tricks up his sleeve'

Navigate the study abroad process

Don???t get lost when planning to study abroad '

Bonds’ run at record nothing to cheer about

As 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

Gifts, 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

While 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

Camp 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

Marvel 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

Douglas 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

One 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’

The 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.  

Unbound freedom and dirty toilets

Brom's Qualms'

Jordan announces return to NBA

Michael 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 ' ¦

Education plan not sufficient for diversity goals

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U.S. international relations not indicative of leading world power

The 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

A 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

Data 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

Health 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

Avoiding campus crime is easy with a variety of resources'

Regents continue to address race-based admission, praise budget

Discussion 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, ' ¦