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Atomic data storage method of the future
By Beth Hoenisch | Sep. 20, 2002Back in 1959, scientist and physics icon Richard Feynman predicted that if all the words ever recorded in the world's history were written with atoms, they could be contained in ' ¦
Badger Bits
By Jim Dayton | Sep. 20, 2002Badger runner earns honors Senior Elaine Canchola was named the Big Ten Cross Country Athlete of the Week for her first-place finish in the Oz Memorial Meet in Minneapolis. ' ¦
'Stealing Harvard' fails to make the grade
Sep. 20, 2002Last Friday, Tom Green and Jason Lee stole not only Harvard, but also time and money from several unfortunate moviegoers. Going into \Stealing Harvard,"" one might anticipate the similar antics ' ¦'
Woe to the Badgers
By Brian Lauvray | Sep. 19, 2002This past Saturday was dubbed \Yard Stick"" Saturday for the Big Ten conference as several big wigs of the conference competed against high profile opponents. Ohio State sent Washington State ' ¦
Dell guy scrapes bottom of PR barrel
By Michael Jones | Sep. 19, 2002Keeping Up With the Jones'
UW-Madison professor receives $1 million grant
By Beth Skopp | Sep. 19, 2002UW-Madison plant pathology Professor Jo Handelsman is one of 20 professors nationwide to become a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor. As such, she is one of 20 professors from 19 ' ¦
Council votes to protect renters
By Ben Sykes | Sep. 19, 2002Madison tenants could soon have a plethora of new city ordinances in the books to protect them from bad landlords after Wednesday night's Madison Housing Committee Landlord and Tenant Issues ' ¦
From the Market to the table
By Amos Posner | Sep. 19, 2002I love the Farmers' Market, but it isn't always easy. When you love the Farmers' Market and share my inability to wake up before 11 a.m. on a Saturday morning, ' ¦'
Wis. poor example of scandal
By Eric Levine and Eric Kleefeld | Sep. 19, 2002Anyone who reads The Capital Times, The State Journal, The Journal Sentinel or that fantastic website, WisPolitics.com, will read constantly of one scandal or another: the caucuses this, Brian Burke ' ¦
'Barbershop' quartet: laughs, love, drama and hair
By Amos Posner | Sep. 19, 2002Going into \Barbershop,"" I promised my roommate Liz that I'd say whether it was funnier than Sunday, when she pointed out while watching ""Dateline"" that Jack LaLanne has two belly ' ¦'
Freshmen meet UW challenge
By Maya Ziv-el and Sam Morgen | Sep. 19, 2002New Kids on the Block: Moving On
SSFC deems orgs ineligible
By Katie Will | Sep. 19, 2002The Student Services Finance Committee denied eligibility to the UW Labor Center and the UW InfoShop Wednesday. The committee, which approved eligibility for WSUM, previously denied MEChA and the Diversity ' ¦
American psyche to play large role in upcoming Congressional race
By Joel Troge | Sep. 19, 2002Voter turnout could be key
'One Hour Photo' is a good print
Sep. 19, 2002Robin Williams continues to hone his talent for playing understated creeps in the Mark Romanek release \One Hour Photo."" The film portrays Williams as a simple photo technician who lives ' ¦'
Shooting yourself in the foot
By Leif Griffin and Andrea Snow | Sep. 19, 2002As his team trudged off Camp Randall last Saturday, something didn't sit right with Northern Illinois Head Coach Joe Novak. Hadn't his team run and passed all over Wisconsin? Hadn't ' ¦
'Doctoring diversity:' two years beyond
By Whitney Newman , Kevin Warnke and Jon Spike | Sep. 19, 2002Two years ago, I co-authored a story about how UW-Madison officials digitally altered the cover photograph for an admissions booklet to include a black student to make the picture, and ' ¦
Badgers lose to in-state rival Marquette
By Erich Mueller | Sep. 19, 2002Conway sets UW save mark in loss
Libraries begin new help program
Sep. 18, 2002UW-Madison has adopted a program called Libraries Live Help that allows students to connect with librarians live via the Internet, according to Ed Van Gemert, associate director of library services ' ¦