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City OKs Gorham apartment building
By Amanda Becker | Feb. 23, 2005Members of the City Council discussed the building of a 12-story student apartment building and increased parking on Capitol Square Wednesday evening at the City-County Building, 210 Martin Luther King ' ¦
Team 'Star Fox' ready for action!-Players experience 'assault' on classic title
By Jason Ducat | Feb. 23, 2005\Star Fox"" for the Super Nintendo was a revolution of video game design. Back then a 16-bit machine pushing polygons like that had never been seen. The Nintendo 64 version ' ¦'
DDR helps college students lose weight
By Sarah Wieckert | Feb. 23, 2005Thanks to a brilliant Japanese idea, active video games now allow lazy-or money-conscious-college students to revel in the same mindless distractions from the intellectual world that traditional video games did ' ¦'
Networks plan to sue FCC to recoup fine fees
By Steven Wishau - The Daily Cardinal and Laura Kalinowski | Feb. 23, 2005Various broadcasters are expected to bring a lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission sometime within the next month, citing the FCC's failure to define standards for indecency violations. The networks ' ¦'
Blackout began at substation
By Molly Reppen and Luke Behnke | Feb. 23, 2005Madison Gas and Electric determined Tuesday the cause of the Monday-evening blackout that left most of the State Street and Langdon Street areas powerless.
USA curling team steps toward gold in Madison
By Clint Robus | Feb. 23, 2005UW student makes run at '06 Olympic games
Hidden 'Dreaming' of being found
By Will Hoverman and Bridget Maniaci | Feb. 23, 2005Fighting the competition from such radio-crowding rockers as Franz Ferdinand or the Killers, Hidden in Plain View has the ability to prolong the attention span of the suburban masses who ' ¦'
Men's track ready for repeat
By Jessica Dorsky and Maria Boncyk | Feb. 23, 2005The UW Men's Track team has done something some other UW teams can only dream about: They've won six Indoor Big Ten titles in a row and established somewhat of ' ¦
Council may close lobbying loopholes
By Mary Cavanaugh and Jake Herrera | Feb. 23, 2005In an effort to clean up a 2001 ordinance ridden with lobbying loopholes, members of Madison's City Council will aim to make business owners who are in frequent contact with ' ¦'
Dance Dance Revolution
By Emily Winter | Feb. 23, 2005How to play the game The object of Dance Dance Revolution is to keep up with the fast paced Japanese techno and pop music by stepping on a tough, sticky ' ¦'
Women's hoopsters last home stand
By Chris Bates | Feb. 23, 2005It has been a long tough road, marred by unexpected collapses, understandable coaching changes and sub-.500 records. But for seniors guard Stephanie Rich and forward Ebba Gebisa, Wednesday night's home ' ¦
UW may be notified of house parties
By Amanda Infield | Feb. 23, 2005UW-Madison Policy Alternatives Community Education discussed updated strategies for curtailing house parties at UW-Madison, including issuing notices to the university after parties get busted. Discussion revolved around certain \hot spots"" ' ¦
Writing fellows: Friends to all
By Steven Wishau - The Daily Cardinal and Nancy McMurray | Feb. 23, 2005They are a rare breed who love the complex process of thesis development, the endless variety of sentence structure and the art of the perfect transition. Their majors range anywhere ' ¦'
States lose billions due to lack of Internet sales tax
By Caitlin Cieslik-Miskimen | Feb. 23, 2005The e-commerce industry is booming, and everyone wants a piece of the pie. But when it comes to collecting sales tax on items bought over the Internet, certain states are ' ¦'
Lawmakers search for ways to help Wis. families pay tuition
Feb. 23, 2005Helping UW System students pay tuition was foremost on the minds of state Assembly representatives Tuesday morning at a meeting of the Colleges and Universities Committee at the Capitol. Of ' ¦
'The Simpsons' pushes buttons
By Molly Reppen and Josh Gildea | Feb. 23, 2005Those who watched the most recent episode of \The Simpsons"" Sunday night may have noticed that it began with a warning that the episode dealt with the issue of gay ' ¦
Reality television warps reality
By Bob Probst | Feb. 23, 2005It all seemed to start out so innocently. In 1991, MTV launched \The Real World,"" which offered viewers a bird's-eye view into the lives of an assortment of conflicted and ' ¦



