In September, Dane County's detoxification center saw an above-average number of UW-Madison students who required its services, according to an ongoing study by University Health Services. Students admitted to the ' ¦
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Three American academics won the Nobel Prize Wednesday for economics for their work on understanding how markets work when buyers and sellers have different information. George Akerlof, a professor at ' ¦
After Student Services Finance Committee member Matt Modell suggested Monday doing away with the SAFEwalk services of SAFEride completely, SSFC representatives voted Wednesday to increase the group's proposed budget by ' ¦
In the past, our country, in times of turmoil and war, has sought from a higher power some degree of solace and strength. The current war on terrorism is no ' ¦
I never recited the Pledge of Allegiance in school. In fact, I never got the chance to recite the pledge. I never had a teacher who felt it necessary to start each day with a reaffirmation of American values. I don't think this represents a deficiency in patriotism but rather an emphasis on other ways of learning patriotism.
Documents signed by George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Benjamin Franklin were among those allegedly stolen by a UW-Madison student arrested Monday. UW-Madison junior Benjamin Johnson was arrested for stealing rare ' ¦
Since the Sept. 11 tragedy there has been an obvious emphasis on increased airline security. Part of the process is finding out exactly what happened on the hijacked planes and ' ¦'
Snares, poison, trenches and guards'the artillery of an ongoing war in Africa. Farmers working the land near a national park in western Uganda are fighting a constant battle to prevent animals from raiding their property, a situation to which a growing number of Wisconsin farmers can relate. A UW-Madison scientist has uncovered which animals are raiding what and where as wel as how local people feel about unwillingly sharing their food with wildlife.
I lost my best friend from high school in the plane that went down over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988. David, with a manuscript for his first novel in his suitcase, ' ¦
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More than two dozen Madison area media outlets will participate in the United We Stand Wisconsin Cares fundraising drive for the United Way's September 11 Fund today. The event will ' ¦
When teams lose by large margins, sometimes the memory of the game stays with a team for a long while.
Researchers have found a reason why some people can spout beautiful prose while others spend eternity with a sweaty foot in their mouths. Anthony Monaco, of Oxford University, and a ' ¦'
Americans are living longer than ever and infant mortality rates have dropped to their lowest level on record, federal health officials said Wednesday. The overall life expectancy in the United ' ¦
Preliminary tests for anthrax performed on a Wisconsin man came back negative, an Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital spokesperson said Wednesday, but conclusive results will not be available until midday today. A ' ¦
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