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Webber, Stephany to battle
Feb. 19, 2003Candidates Robbie Webber and Jason Stephany came out on top in the District 5 race, with 53 and 36 percent of the vote, respectively. Tim Corver, who virtually disappeared during ' ¦
Updike's latest a familiar 'Face'
By Ben Schultz | Feb. 18, 2003Veteran author remains true to form'
Doyle will reveal plan to fix budget mess, deficit today
By Abby Becker and Rob Hunger | Feb. 18, 2003Gov. Jim Doyle will address the looming budget problems facing the state today. Among the issues he is likely to discuss are shared revenue and funding and tuition for the ' ¦
TAs demand new deal
By Katie Will | Feb. 18, 2003Members of the UW-Madison Teaching Assistants' Association were among the loudest protesters at a rally at the state Capitol Monday, where hundreds of state employees gathered over their lunch hours ' ¦
'Artemisia' paints gorgeous portrait of artist's life
By Sarah Mucek | Feb. 18, 2003Susan Vreeland's new novel a masterpiece'
Group to conduct voting experiment outside polls today
By Erin Rushmer | Feb. 18, 2003Voters may be asked to vote for mayor twice today. As they leave the polls, a group of election reformers will ask them to fill out a different ballot in ' ¦
National security to be considered in scientific journal
By Adam Bissen | Feb. 18, 2003Thirty-two leading scientists and journal editors released a statement Saturday calling for greater caution in publishing articles that could possibly threaten national security. The statement, which will be published this ' ¦
Alvarez: 'the right stuff'
By Steven Wishau - The Daily Cardinal and Eric Varney | Feb. 18, 2003On Valentine's Day, while many got flowers or chocolates, UW unfortunately got the inevitable news that Athletic Director Pat Richter would be leaving. Richter informed the University of Wisconsin administration, ' ¦
Badger Bits
Feb. 18, 2003After losing Friday to No. 17 Purdue 32-6, the No. 22-ranked Badgers (1-6, 9-6) fell to No. 3 Minnesota (6-1, 16-5) 40-6 Sunday at the Field House. Junior Ralph DeNisco ' ¦
Tired communist excuses don't justify embargo today
By Mari Armstrong-Hough | Feb. 18, 2003Not a lot of Americans have been to Cuba. The U.S. embargo prevents ordinary American citizens from traveling to Cuba and spending their money there, though recent changes in the ' ¦
Commercialist V-Day stifles romance
By Angela Barian and Corrie Eggimann | Feb. 18, 2003The Weekly Piece'
Wis. prison system denies women rights
By Andrea Falkenhagen | Feb. 18, 2003I remember reading \The Scarlet Letter"" for the first time in high school and thinking how unfair the whole story was. Why was the woman punished for becoming pregnant while ' ¦
Women's basketball falls to IU
By Kate Hedlin | Feb. 17, 2003Badgers lose in low-scoring affair
Bioethics course creates discourse about science, animal rights
By Maeghan Killeen | Feb. 17, 2003A new Animal Sciences course is giving students a chance to hear from many sides of one of science's most controversial on-going debates. The first course of its kind offered ' ¦
New technology aids suspect identification
By Erica Dimka | Feb. 17, 2003People may want to think twice before lying to the police, as determining the true identity of a person can now be done within seconds. Several police departments across the ' ¦
Richter to pass athletics ball to Alvarez
By Michelle Diament | Feb. 17, 2003After 14 years at the helm, UW-Madison Athletics Director Pat Richter announced Friday he will retire April 1, 2004. Head Football Coach Barry Alvarez will take on Richter's responsibilities while ' ¦
Big Red hands Hoosiers Big Ten loss
By Erich Mueller | Feb. 17, 2003UW rallies against IU to stay atop conference