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Johnson and Valai heroes as Badgers stumble past ASU
By Parker Gabriel and Jon Spike | Sep. 20, 2010
Panel to talk monkey business is a waste
By Lydia Statz | Sep. 19, 2010Last Thursday, the Dane County Board of Supervisors struck down a motion to create a citizen's advisory panel on primate testing at UW-Madison, and rightly so. The duties of the panel were to include analyzing and investigating the ethics behind primate testing in hopes of educating the public. And while it is certainly a topic of great public interest that is worthy of deep debate, the board has no power over the university. Discussing primate testing in a forum that has no authority to affect change is simply a waste of taxpayer dollars and the county legislature's time.
Sexual assault: an issue on and off the screen
By Jacqueline O'Reilly | Sep. 19, 2010Like it or not, celebrities have more power over the public's mindset than those in office. Laws deeming sexual assault and rape illegal are enforced in all 50 states, yet the entertainment industry depicts the crime in such a way that society perceives it as permissible.
Badgers set to face off against athletic ASU
By Parker Gabriel | Sep. 16, 2010Maybe the best thing that can be said about the Badgers performance in the first two weeks of this season is that they enter this weekend with two wins. Despite the unblemished record, Wisconsin has struggled to find its rhythm on offense and given up untimely big plays on defense.