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Illinois causes Badger 'Head'-ache
By Cary Dohman | Feb. 14, 2005CHAMPAIGN, Ill.-For the second time in less than a month, Wisconsin (7-4 Big Ten, 16-6 overall) had the opportunity to knock off the top-ranked team in the nation when the ' ¦
Women notch emotional weekend sweep
By Max Hooker | Feb. 14, 2005The No. 4 Wisconsin women's hockey team swept Ohio State-one of only three teams to beat the Badgers this year-in decisive fashion this weekend, defeating the Buckeyes 6-3 on Friday ' ¦
Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Watching the Traditional Romantic Comedy and Love the Bizarre
Feb. 14, 2005Every year, Valentine's Day lists inform lovers on the perfect gifts to buy, music to listen to and movies to watch. However, traditional romantic comedies have spiraled into a pit ' ¦'
Spartans light up Badgers, halt Wisconsin win streak
By Clint Robus | Feb. 14, 2005The Wisconsin women's basketball team ran out of their recent Kohl Center magic Sunday afternoon, falling to No. 9 Michigan State 84-60. The Badgers (4-8 Big Ten, 10-12 overall) failed ' ¦
UW lays plans for area's first 'green building'
By Laura Kalinowski | Feb. 14, 2005The dream of a \green"" building at UW-Madison became a reality last Friday, when students and professors from the Gaylord Nelson Environmental Program Building Project convened in Memorial Union to ' ¦
News Briefs
By Tom Walsh | Feb. 14, 2005The UW System Board of Regents approved the appointment of Donald Betz as the new chancellor of UW-River Falls, according to a System press release. Betz, who is currently provost ' ¦
Future of Korean nuclear stores could depend on U.S. action
By Chris Essig | Feb. 14, 2005When North Korea declared itself a nuclear power Thursday, diplomatic alarms sounded across China, Russia, Japan, South Korea and the United States. The revelation not only heightens foreign relations tensions ' ¦
Valentine's Day loses its romantic ideal
By Jessica Sprang and Sam Karp | Feb. 14, 2005Commercialization has ruined the holiday with disposable gifts
Madison sued over affordable housing ordinance
By Luke Behnke | Feb. 14, 2005Group declares ordinance violates state rent law
Regents endorse Phase II of Plan 2008
By Eric Reinert | Feb. 14, 2005The UW System Board of Regents showed its wholehearted support for increasing diversity on its campuses Friday when it unanimously voted to pass a resolution endorsing Phase II of the ' ¦
Rubber bracelets spreading like disease
By Ariel Shapiro and Holly Noe | Feb. 11, 2005Holly Go Lightly'
Columnist battles poker problem, underworld lifestyle, falling into clich??
By Joe Hasler | Feb. 11, 2005I'm in deep now. I should have seen it coming. Sooner or later, it was bound to get me. Now, it's official, I'm part of the poker revolution. Gambling is ' ¦
Students vow to act on budget concerns
By Eric Reinert | Feb. 11, 2005Members of Associated Students of Madison and the UW-Madison Student Labor Action Coalition met Thursday to air their grievances regarding Gov. Jim Doyle's budget proposal, saying both groups plan to ' ¦
Pony Up! should ride into the sunset and vanish
By Bridget Maniaci and Corrie Eggimann | Feb. 11, 2005Pony Up! (Dim Mak Records) Much of today's \breakthrough"" music is highly produced and overly refined. Although the all-female Montreal group Pony Up! goes for vast quantities of fuzz and ' ¦'
UW comes all the way back in thriller
By Nathan Dygart | Feb. 11, 2005Badgers pull one out from free-throw line
Nuclear bunker busters need no extra funding
By Nick Rotchadl | Feb. 11, 2005As the world is about to be destroyed by a Russian doomsday machine near the end of Stanley Kubrick's 1964 classic satire film \Dr. Strangelove,"" U.S. leaders pace about the ' ¦
Band supplies Coolerful of Cats, rock
By Sam Berns | Feb. 11, 2005Madison-based band tests unique sound with its local shows'
UW has upset on mind vs. Illini
By Maria Boncyk | Feb. 11, 2005After Boston College's upset loss to Notre Dame Tuesday night, Illinois now stands alone as the only unbeaten team in the nation. Wisconsin will face off against the Illini Saturday ' ¦