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Being the most reputable group hailing from Milwaukee, The Rusty P's have opened for just about every major hip-hop act that has rolled through the Brew City. They bring the ' ¦'

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Assembly, Senate spar over new districts

Mar. 8, 2002

The state Senate and Assembly passed two opposing legislative redistricting proposals during Tuesday's floor sessions. The plans are based on the 2000 census data and will redraw the boundaries of ' ¦

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Elimination games filled with emotion

By James Wold | Mar. 8, 2002

INDIANAPOLIS'While the UW men's basketball team will not take the Conseco Fieldhouse court until 1 p.m. today, exciting things have already occurred in the Big Ten Tournament. From Iowa Hawkeye ' ¦

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Regents consider cutting enrollment

By Katie Will | Mar. 8, 2002

Calling the additional budget cuts to the UW System proposed by the state Joint Finance Committee potentially \devastating"" and ""tragic,"" UW System President Katherine Lyall and UW System Board of ' ¦

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Minimum standards necessary for UW

By Matt Modell | Mar. 8, 2002

\No student may be denied admission to, participation in or the benefits of, or be discriminated against in any service, program, course or facility of the system or its institutions ' ¦

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Stem-cell researchers earn Parkinson's grant

Mar. 8, 2002

Furthering its reputation in the stem-cell field, UW-Madison will receive more than $800,000 in grants from the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. The foundation announced Wednesday it would ' ¦

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Chvala promises more funds in budget to UW

Mar. 8, 2002

State Senate Majority Leader Chuck Chvala, D-Madison, promised Thursday that state schools and municipalities will receive more state funding than has been proposed by both Gov. Scott McCallum and the ' ¦

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UW tops in Peace Corps volunteers

By Alexandra Gekas | Mar. 8, 2002

For the 13th consecutive year, UW-Madison was ranked as the university with the highest number of Peace Corps volunteers. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor ranked second and the University of California-Berkley ' ¦

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What does it take to be 'skinny enough'?

By Jessica Brown | Mar. 8, 2002

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New York Times ad sparks debate on medical marijuana use in Wis.

By Molly Reppen and Graham Dostal | Mar. 8, 2002

A recent full-page advertisement in The New York Times in support of the legalization of medicinal marijuana has reintroduced the controversy in Wisconsin surrounding the issue. The ad, in the ' ¦

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Badgers brace for showdown with Hawkeyes

By Katie Gilbert | Mar. 8, 2002

UW to face Iowa in second round of Big Ten tourney

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Palestinian gunman slays four Israelis in Gaza Strip

By Mary Curtius | Mar. 8, 2002

JERUSALEM'A lone Palestinian gunman slipped inside a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip late Thursday night, killing at least four Israelis and wounding 13 others on a day of violence ' ¦

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Letters to the Editor

Mar. 8, 2002

RU-486 very different from morning-after pillThis letter is in response to the article (""Women's center, choice advocates to lead UW debate on abortion issues,"" March

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Gibson leads 'Soldiers' of misfortune

Mar. 7, 2002

\We Were Soldiers"" should be a match made in heaven. America craves patriotic war movies, and Mel Gibson is the master of patriotic war heroes. Unfortunately, what could have been ' ¦'