News
Charities most affected by slow economy, not attacks
By By Adam Paris and Erin Buege | Oct. 22, 2001Recent reports of financial trouble for charities not related to the Sept. 11 attacks may be exaggerated or premature. According to some Wisconsin nonprofit organizations, a lagging economy before the ' ¦
Letters the the Editor
Oct. 22, 2001Male-female comparison misleading, inaccurateI have been wondering why Lisa Wade wrote an editorial on 'male genital mutilation' ('Male genital mutilation
Inconsistency, injuries plague UW’s season
By Jamie Duklas | Oct. 22, 2001CHAMPAIGN, Ill.'About the only consistent trend the Wisconsin football team has shown eight games into the 2001 season is an innate capacity toward inconsistency, within a game and from game to game.
World’s largest South Asia Conference highlights Taliban-Pakistan relations
By Maya Ziv-el | Oct. 22, 2001As the world focuses its attention on the current political situation in Afghanistan, educators from across the globe convened in Madison this weekend to discuss issues they never realized would be so pertinent.
Hockey opens with split decision
By Sarah Lerman | Oct. 22, 2001Bruckler first UW goalie to open with shutout since 1992
Cooperative living: a lifestyle alternative
By Max Magee and Suzanne O’Connell | Oct. 22, 2001Madison is proudly one of the most progressive cities in the United States. There's a first-rate recycling program that is ahead of most of the country. There are bicycle trails ' ¦'
UW receives $21.7 million alumni gift
By Jeremy Jewett | Oct. 22, 2001UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley announced Friday the second-largest gift to UW-Madison, the Wisconsin Idea Endowment from the estate of Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin. The gift is rivaled only by ' ¦
’Tempest’ an untraditional treat
By Nick Kaplan | Oct. 22, 2001As I sat and watched the University Theatre's adaptation of 'The Tempest,' I wondered what William Shakespeare would have thought. With costumes ranging from Armani suits to ripped-up daisy dukes, techno music-dancing spirits and a woman playing the lead role of Prospero, this was not exactly a traditional portrayal of Shakespeare's tale of betrayal, magic and forgiveness. Yet all these eccentricities seemed not only to make the Shakespearean language and themes more accessible to this largely college-age audience, but also accentuated and magnified the level of dark surrealism and creepiness that can be read into this play.
No second helping for UW
By By Marina Oliver and Jaime Brackeen and Tim Stumm | Oct. 22, 2001Gridders fail to hold lead against Illini
UW athlete arrested for concealing weapon
Oct. 22, 2001Madison police arrested Badgers redshirt wide receiver Dontez L. Sanders on charges of carrying a concealed weapon and armed disorderly conduct after he allegedly threatened a man with a knife ' ¦
Anthrax hospitalizes D.C. postal worker
Oct. 22, 2001Health authorities announced Sunday that a District of Columbia postal worker is seriously ill with the often-deadly inhaled form of anthrax, the third such diagnosis in the baffling series of ' ¦
Poverty in India opens American eyes
By Mari Armstrong-Hough | Oct. 22, 2001CHENNAI, India'It never ceases to amaze me that people accept poverty. Its very coexistence with the enormous wealth it so often neighbors seems antithetic to the principles of egalitarianism embraced ' ¦
UW fights the Illini
By Ty Toepfer | Oct. 19, 2001Two weeks ago the Badgers were pounded by Indiana, 63-32. A week later, they came from behind and defeated then-No. 25 Ohio State, 20-17. This week the wild ride continues ' ¦
History helps explain current situation
By Michael Hsu | Oct. 19, 2001I bet you can't guess the subject of this column, so let me help you out. Hint #1: The word starts with a 'c.' Hint #2: It rhymes with 'moose-made.' ' ¦
UHS reports 4 new possible E. coli cases
Oct. 19, 2001Four more people reported suffering from symptoms they believe to have been caused by E. coli bacteria contracted at a University Housing tailgate party at the UW-Madison Stock Pavilion prior ' ¦
U.S. opens ground phase of terrorism war; Pentagon promises long stay
Oct. 19, 2001U.S. special forces have begun the ground phase of America's war against terrorism in Afghanistan, operating in small numbers in southern Afghanistan in support of the CIA's existing effort in ' ¦
Faculty analyze U.S. foreign policy following attacks
By Zachary Mesenbourg | Oct. 19, 2001UW-Madison faculty members spoke to more than 100 community members and students during a forum Thursday to discuss the future character of the U.S. government following the Sept. 11 terrorist ' ¦



