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A detour from superstardom

By Alan Hamari | Nov. 27, 2001

Ham's Beef

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Wiley announces new School of Business dean

Nov. 27, 2001

Michael Knetter is slated to be the next UW-Madison School of Business dean, UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley announced Monday. Knetter, who currently serves as an international economics professor and associate ' ¦

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Report questions patriotism in college

By Courtney Heeren | Nov. 27, 2001

UW-Madison student's letter cited as example

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An athletic balancing act

By Katie Gilbert and By Rachel Schulze | Nov. 27, 2001

UW players juggle academics, sports

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Wisconsin volleyball will host Tournament rounds

By James Wold | Nov. 27, 2001

Monday afternoon, the Wisconsin women's volleyball team was named the sixth-overall seed in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's 2001 Women's Volleyball Division I Championships. Due to the high ranking, the ' ¦

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Bush pushes for ban on human-cloning efforts

Nov. 27, 2001

The Bush administration urged the U.S. Congress Monday to ban human cloning in response to a Massachusetts company's Sunday announcement that it had produced the first human embryos via a ' ¦

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Assault on civil liberties reflects Bush's reign

By Jonathan Linder | Nov. 27, 2001

Attorney General John Ashcroft has been in rare form since Sept. 11. Unsatisfied with arresting more than 1,200 individuals under a cloak of secrecy to find out what knowledge they ' ¦

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Powell, in reversal, will run for District 5 position

By Nathan Tasso | Nov. 27, 2001

Ald. Tom Powell, District 5, said Monday he will run in April to keep his Madison City Council seat, despite his assertions last spring that he would hold office only ' ¦

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Letters to the Editor

By Alex Pacheco | Nov. 27, 2001

UW problems more urgent than Lyall raiseHow can UW System President Katharine Lyall look in the mirror and not be disgusted with herself? Tuitions have gone up, a recession is ' ¦

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Thanksgiving travel smooth, despite security

By Joe Kaser | Nov. 27, 2001

As students around the country set down their books and ventured home this Thanksgiving, they took part in what is historically the most popular travel week of the year. But ' ¦

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Travel troubles can't stop humiliation

By Caitlin Kirihara and Mike Bromberg | Nov. 27, 2001

Brom's Qualms'

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Local survey shows support for financial aid, stem-cell research

Nov. 27, 2001

Constituents of the 77th Assembly District, which includes the majority of the UW-Madison campus, voiced overwhelming support for student financial aid and stem-cell research in a survey conducted by state ' ¦

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Frat's mission is freedom, equality

By Tom Walsh and Stella Joyce | Nov. 27, 2001

Once upon a time of anti-Catholic and anti-Semitic sentiments, on a campus far, far away, three men of different faiths came together to create a fraternity based on the principle ' ¦

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Thirsty? Mars may have what you need

By Kelly Kallien | Nov. 27, 2001

Researchers have found more evidence of water on the Red Planet. \Certainly water was circulating in the upper part of the Martian crust within the last billion years,"" said Brian ' ¦'

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Researchers look to shorten summer fun

Nov. 27, 2001

As Midwesterners revel in this unusually warm November, researchers at UW-Madison and Harvard are looking for ways to keep winters colder'and longer. A common theory on how to slow global ' ¦'

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Bureau confirms end of economic growth period

Nov. 27, 2001

A committee of economists announced Monday that a 10-year economic expansion ended last March and that the nation has been in a recession since then. However, the Business Cycle Dating ' ¦

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First city rail accident since beginning of whistle ban injures two

Nov. 27, 2001

Two months after a citywide evening train whistle ban took effect, a 38-year-old Madison man and his daughter were hit by a train Sunday evening. The accident, which took place ' ¦

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Suspects at large after State St. armed robbery

Nov. 27, 2001

Police officers responded Monday afternoon to an armed robbery in an apartment at 311 State St. According to a Madison Police Department news release, the robbery, which remains under investigation, ' ¦

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Doyle's actions politically effective

By Kate Burkart-Paulson | Nov. 26, 2001

Jim Doyle is proving to be a great politician. In the last couple of months, he has taken actions as Wisconsin's attorney general to attempt to save money for the ' ¦

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Badger Bits

Nov. 26, 2001

The sixth-ranked women's volleyball team was named Big Ten Champion after it defeated Northwestern (5-14 Big Ten, 9-17overall) at home Wednesday night. Wisconsin (19-1, 24-3) ran away with its second ' ¦