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Char Haus offers unexciting but dependable far
By Justin Damm | Nov. 15, 2001Gustation Vacation'
Rowland donates $23 million to arts district
By Daily Cardinal Staff and Ben Sykes | Nov. 15, 2001A local philanthropic couple continued their support of culture and arts in downtown Madison Monday as the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation announced a multimillion-dollar endowment grant for art organizations that ' ¦
Leaders must call for student involvement
Nov. 15, 2001In his 1961 inaugural address, President Kennedy issued a challenge to a new generation of Americans: \Ask not what your country can do for you'ask what you can do for ' ¦
'Heist' familiar territory for director Mamet
By David Eisenberg | Nov. 15, 2001David Mamet is a master at wordplay. He's also a master at writing intelligent scripts with so many twists that they generally keep the viewer guessing up until the very ' ¦'
Former governor's brother plans to kick off gubernatorial race
By Tom Czaja | Nov. 15, 2001Ed Thompson will officially join the Wisconsin governor's race today. The current Tomah, Wis., mayor and brother of former governor and current U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson ' ¦
ALRC approves Char Haus license, Blue Velvet expansion
By Diana Wu | Nov. 15, 2001The Alcohol License Review Committee gave permission to the Blue Velvet Lounge, 430 W. Gilman St., to add a second level and to the soon to be renamed Bucky's Char ' ¦
High school home can never be the same
By Michael Jones | Nov. 14, 2001Keeping up with the Jones'
Funding next in State St. plan
By Danielle Szulczewski | Nov. 14, 2001How does Madison plan to raise the money necessary for aesthetic street improvements in the proposed State Street design plan? \I don't know exactly,"" said Susan Schmitz, president of Downtown ' ¦
County trims human resources budget
Nov. 14, 2001Across-the-board budget cuts at Monday's Dane County Board of Supervisors meeting threatened to trim up to a third of county funding to organizations like the Tenant Resource Center and the ' ¦
Q&A: Penney from heaven
Nov. 14, 2001The Daily Cardinal spots up and shoots a few jumpers with UW's sharp shooting guard, junior Kirk Penney. Penney, a New Zealand native and the first basketball Olympian in UW ' ¦
Badgers prepare to hit the road
By James Wold | Nov. 14, 2001Defeat of AIA gives UW boost prior to road trip
Beef: It's what's for dinner’if you rhyme
By Derrick Holt | Nov. 14, 2001We all know that the old-school beef-on-record phenomenon has never died. The media blew up the east-west thing until it was all that people could think of to explain the Pac-Big tragedy. I'm not going to call that one beef; it was simply a misunderstanding between friends that could not be resolved before time ran out. Who knows who was really winding the clock? Marley and Shan made \The Bridge,"" and then Chris and BDP made "" The Bridge is Over."" Cool J and Mo Dee, of course, had their storied episodes, and then LL played the punk role and wrote his dis verse after Canibus' was already laid down. The shame is that Can-I-bus' career has been minimal at best (good thing he studied computer science), and as a result garners little credit for his immense gift with words.
Council backs addition of 5 police officers
By Molly Borgstrom | Nov. 14, 2001The Madison City Council voted 12 to 8 Tuesday night in favor of a budget amendment that would add five officers to the city's police force next year. Proponents of ' ¦
National update
Nov. 14, 2001President Bush issued a broadly worded executive order Tuesday allowing the use of special military courts to try suspected terrorists. People designated as terrorists shall be ""placed under ' ¦
WTO not concerned with welfare of poor
By Sarah Turner | Nov. 14, 2001Last week, United States trade delegates arrived in the Persian Gulf state of Qatar. They met with trade ministers from around the world to decide the rules that will determine ' ¦
Madison parking fees set to rise in January
Nov. 14, 2001It will cost more to park in Madison, following a vote Tuesday by the Transit and Parking Commission to increase parking expenses in Madison parking ramps. On-street meter rates will ' ¦
Participants in UW bioterror conference say risks vary
By Courtney Heeren | Nov. 14, 2001On a Friday in March 1979, an employee of an anthrax-producing factory in Sverdlosk, Russia, asked that one of the building's filters leading outside be replaced. After being told to ' ¦
'The Wash' so fresh; Garbage, however...
By Haleigh Amant and Ryan Bullen | Nov. 14, 2001(Aftermath/Doggystyle/Interscope Records) Snoop Doggy Dogg is no longer just a rapper: He is a veritable hip-hop renaissance man, now as interested in getting high and pontificating on celluloid as he ' ¦'
Letter to the Editor
Nov. 14, 2001Gubernatorial race preview disappointingWe were very disappointed with Jessica Peterson's piece in The Daily Cardinal concerning the race for governor (""Governor race g



