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In race for MIU, some departments left behind
By Hannah McClung | Mar. 15, 2010The Madison Initiative for Undergraduates Shared Governance Oversight Committee and the Student Oversight Committee submitted 31 recommended proposals to Chancellor Biddy Martin in mid-February. That leaves 83 of the original 114 proposals on the outside looking in as Martin is slated to make her final decision on which proposals to fund by the end of March.
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Thompson leads Feingold in WPRI poll, race for governor appears close
By Hannah Furfaro | Mar. 15, 2010Tommy Thompson leads incumbent U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., in a hypothetical matchup, according to a poll released Friday from the conservative-leaning Wisconsin Policy Research Institute.
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Athletic officials top earners in UW System
By Kelsey Gunderson | Mar. 15, 2010Documents from the UW System revealed that the highest paid UW-Madison official makes over three times as much as the governor.
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WISPIRG seeks student support for bill that may increase financial aid
By Melanie Teachout | Mar. 12, 2010The Wisconsin Students Public Interest Research Group held an event on East Campus Mall Thursday, advocating student support for a federal bill that may increase financial aid opportunities for students.
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Madison man propositions young woman on Gorham
By The Daily Cardinal | Mar. 12, 2010A 65-year-old Madison man propositioned a young woman on the 10 block of W. Gorham Street Friday evening, prompting her to call 911.
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UHS appoints new director for campus prevention services
By The Daily Cardinal and Matt Fox | Mar. 12, 2010University Health Services announced its new director of prevention services and campus health Thursday, who will address issues like excessive alcohol use and sexual assault on campus.
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Lawmakers push for southeast Wisconsin regional transit bill
By Jon Spike and Robert Taylor | Mar. 12, 2010The Assembly Committee on Transportation held a public hearing Thursday to discuss Wisconsin transportation planning and possible rail and bus services.
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Gubernatorial candidates face off in television ads
By Cathy Martin | Mar. 12, 2010Gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker stressed his commitment to lowering government spending in his first television campaign advertisement released Thursday.
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City seeks input on possibility of Google Fiber
By Gillian McBride and Taylor Harvey | Mar. 12, 2010The city of Madison held a public meeting Thursday to discuss implications and ideas about its application to bring ""ultra high speed broadband"" called Google Fiber to Madison.
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'Damn' divided on 'United'
By Todd Stevens | Mar. 11, 2010Brits love soccer, at times to an unhealthy degree. They love it so much that they have been known to kill, maim and disembowel each other in the name of football—and that is just the fans. The coaches and players, if anything, are even more vile, vicious and vitriolic, as shown in ""The Damned United,"" a biopic of former English Premier League coach Brian Clough (Michael Sheen) and the lead-up to his disastrous 44-day stint as head coach of league juggernaut Leeds United.
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Worst of economic recession seems to be over for Madison and Dane County
By The Daily Cardinal Arts Columnists | Mar. 11, 2010As experts are increasingly in agreement that the national economy has hit bottom and is slowly mending, statistics also reveal this may be true of Madison and Dane County.
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Wisconsin unemployment rate stays steady at 8.7 percent during January
Mar. 11, 2010Wisconsin's unemployment rate has stabilized since December 2009 at 8.7 percent, according to new federal statistics released Wednesday.
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Robbery on West Gorham Street leaves man in hospital
Mar. 11, 2010A 24-year old Madison man was taken to a local hospital Saturday morning after being assaulted and robbed on the 300 block of West Gorham Street. According to the police report, the victim was walking down West Gorham Street when he was approached by three men. The robbery took place early Saturday morning around 5:30 a.m.
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Dept. of Workforce Secretary says Wis. owes federal gov. $1.2 billion
By Alison Dirr | Mar. 11, 2010The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development said Wednesday that it is currently paying out more in unemployment benefits than it is taking in, forcing the state to borrow funds from the federal government.
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Cabinet member to speak at UW commencement
Mar. 11, 2010Chancellor Biddy Martin announced Wednesday that U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will be the 2010 Saturday morning commencement speaker.
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Neurologist explains in a lecture science behind phantom limbs
By Sammy Luterbach and Daniel Tollefson | Mar. 11, 2010Neurologist Vilayanur S. Ramachandran presented his theories on the inner workings of the brain during his speech Wednesday, which was part of the Distinguished Lecture Series.
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UW cancer researchers find promise in unusual places
By Kara Turtinen | Mar. 11, 2010They aren't yet making leaps and bounds toward a cure, but rather they are taking baby steps towards comprehension.
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Doyle signs legislation aiming to increase health-care cost transparency
By The Daily Cardinal | Mar. 10, 2010Gov. Jim Doyle signed legislation Tuesday that aims to make health-care costs more transparent for consumers.
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WiCell Research Institute expands WISC Bank stem cells
By The Daily Cardinal | Mar. 10, 2010The WiCell Research Institute, the host of the former National Stem Cell Bank, has increased the number of cell lines available in its WISC Bank.
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