Kathryn Minnick - The Daily Cardinal

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Obama's speech failed to address real problem of situation

By Kathryn Minnick | Mar. 25, 2008

Obama's response only proves the importance of political correctness in a presidential campaign.

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Sea change needed in U.S. gun control debate after Va. Tech

By Kathryn Minnick | Apr. 24, 2007

The loss of 32 vibrant lives last week at Virginia Tech was tragedy number one. Failing to recognize the underlying cause of the massacre would be tragedy number two.

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Let your money do all the talking

By Kathryn Minnick | Dec. 12, 2006

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Trader Joe’s brings tropics to Madison

By Kathryn Minnick | Nov. 15, 2006

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New drug battles avian influenza

By Maureen Backman and Kathryn Minnick | Nov. 12, 2006

A new drug recently discovered by UW-Madison researchers has the potential to prevent avian influenza infections in humans.'

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Funding progress

By Kathryn Minnick | Nov. 5, 2006

Since taking office, the Bush administration has started three wars—the war on terror, the war in Iraq and, according to some researchers, a war on science.

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Patents are UW’s other favorite cow, cash cow that is

By Kathryn Minnick | Sep. 26, 2006

Patents are big business and big philanthropy at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, which helps keep UW-Madison in the top tier of research universities.

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Class differences narrowing, New York Times writer says

By Kathryn Minnick | Apr. 5, 2006

The ubiquity of cell phones and jet travel — as well as more people in Appalachia playing golf — are all signs that class lines in the United States have blurred in the last ' ¦

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A little pick-me-up: organizations dub March 'Caffeine Awareness Month'

By Kathryn Minnick | Mar. 23, 2006

While nicotine users have recently become social pariahs, people who crave a caffeine buzz have become the new elite — at least in the eyes of companies eager to give a caffeinated ' ¦'

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Grant money policy chases researchers away, critics say

By Kathryn Minnick and Justine Colgan | Mar. 6, 2006

Campus research funding Part one of a three-part seriesThe loss of one of UW-Madison's world-known engineering centers has caused the University to lose millions of dollars in grants and exposed ' ¦