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School board’s motion anti-American
By Anna Gould | Oct. 15, 2001If you didn't laugh, then you don't know Madison. Last Monday, a devious outfit, which we will refer to as the Madison Metropolitan School District Board, passed a motion that discouraged the Pledge of Allegiance and forced the Madison public schools to play an instrumental version of the national anthem. Today they will reconsider their decision because their foolish action was met with well-deserved scorn.
Volleyball breezes past Purdue
By Andrew Haffner and Stacy Hicklin | Oct. 15, 2001Wisconsin stays undefeated in Big Ten with win
Letters to the Editor
Oct. 12, 2001Al Qaeda not worthy of diplomatic relationsSarah Turner's article ('Bombs threaten hope of long term peace,' Oct. 10) has numerous problems. First
’United’ rally supports U.S. military action in Afghanistan
By Jessica Peterson | Oct. 12, 2001Fearful that peace activists have incorrectly portrayed the Madison community as unsupportive of recent military action, a group of UW-Madison students organized a rally Thursday in an attempt to alter that image.
Getting back on their feet
By RA Barahona | Oct. 12, 2001The Badgers face a tough opponent in No. 25 Ohio State
When the dorm room is a rockin’...
By Ben Pierson & Victoria Statz and Jessica Brown | Oct. 12, 2001Allow me to share a story about something that happened to a good friend of mine in college. Let's call her Jennifer. One lovely afternoon, Jennifer was lying in bed by herself flipping the bean, petting the kitten, shaking hands with the unemployed'ahem, masturbating.
Plan’s progress vexes students
By Ryan Weinkauf and Joshua Orton | Oct. 12, 2001After more than three years, progress has been made with Plan 2008, said Oversight Committee Co-Chair Deborah Brandt.
Williams hits the Madison ra-Dar
Oct. 12, 2001Dar Williams returns to Madison's Orpheum Theatre, 216 State St., tonight to promote her fifth album, Out There Live. This introspective and often political singer-songwriter has really come into her ' ¦'
Bush says U.S. ’on full alert’
By Steven Wishau - The Daily Cardinal | Oct. 12, 2001President Bush said Thursday night the military strikes in Afghanistan have put the al Qaeda terrorist network 'on the run' and promised that U.S. forces will keep up the hunt until the 'evil-doers' are brought to justice.
U.S. government must prepare for bioterrorism
By Christian Krautkramer | Oct. 12, 2001This past week, panic erupted in Florida because of anthrax. Anthrax obviously doesn't normally float around office buildings; somebody has to put it there. The FBI has taken over the ' ¦
Volleyball sweeps Northwestern
Oct. 11, 2001Badgers still perfect in conference after win over Wildcats
Madrid Metro brings people together
By Anna Krejci | Oct. 11, 2001After experiencing Madrid, Spain, I came to realize the Madrid Metro brings people together physically and mentally. Amid the shortage of physical space, there is an abundance of unfocused attention ' ¦
Judge questions record industry procedures in Napster court hearing
Oct. 11, 2001Online song-swapping site Napster got a new ray of hope Wednesday when a federal judge questioned whether the record industry's plans for authorized digital music licensing could amount to misuse ' ¦
Autumn colors may be nature's sunscreen
By Andrew Haffner | Oct. 11, 2001As leaves start littering sidewalks and roads around the nation, and trees are left stark naked, a team of researchers have found why they think leaves turn colors in the ' ¦'
Take a ride with destiny
Oct. 11, 2001To the genius in the Miramax marketing department whose idea it was to give away a seven-day trial subscription to an Internet dating service as part of the promotion for ' ¦'
Americans must unite to support war on terrorism
By Molly Reppen and Matt Modell | Oct. 11, 2001America is at war. Whether we should be is no longer an issue. But why we must be at war is an important issue needing examination. Exactly one month ago ' ¦
’Training Day’ whips it out, finds male ego
By Andy Ross and Jen Wagman and Theresa La Susa | Oct. 11, 2001You know the feeling when you get out of a car-chase movie, and you can't keep your foot off the gas pedal? Well, I walked out of 'Training Day' with the a smug strut, my shoulders hanging low as if they have muscle on them, my jaw clenched and eyes glaring. You wouldn't know from my JC Penney Catalog columnist mug up there, but I can be very imposing.