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...true Senate maverick died Thursday, when 90-year-old William Proxmire, who represented Wisconsin from 1957 to 1988, finally succumbed to the ravages of Alzheimer's. It was particularly sad news for me, having worked as a legislative assistant to the senator during his last four years in office. In this age of blow-dried lawmakers whose tenure depends on their ability to raise millions of dollars in campaign funds, "Prox" was an oddity-one unlikely ever to be replicated, even by such latter-day mavericks as Senator John McCain...
...EUGENE MCCARTHY, who died last week at 89 in Washington, had scared the sitting President by articulating a principled opposition to the Vietnam War and corralling enough idealists to turn vexation into votes. Thousands of the scruffy young went Clean for Gene, proselytizing in New Hampshire, then in Wisconsin, where the Minnesota Senator won, 57% to 35%. That humiliation persuaded Johnson to quit the race...
...tough to get out of the zone.”PARITY STRIKES AGAINWhen Minnesota-Duluth took the number-one ranking in this past weekend’s polls, it seemed like finally the women’s collegiate hockey world had a team to beat.This past weekend, however, Wisconsin proved that the national picture is still wide open as the No. 4 Badgers outshot the Bulldogs by a 37-23 margin, tying Duluth 2-2.Moving east, the biggest shocker came against an ECAC frontrunner. Just last weekend, Clarkson proved that it may be just as good as No. 2 St. Lawrence...
...enraged because their movie stars are playing sympathetic characters in a film about a country that was, let’s be honest, more than a bit naughty towards China in the early 20th century. Who wins out? The director—Rob Marshall, a white guy from Wisconsin. “Something’s rotten in the State of that Tent Over There…is that two gay cowboys making out?”—“Brokeback Mountain” needs no introduction. It’s easily the most anticipated film...
Participants in the study were Florida State University, Georgia Tech, Lehigh University, Louisiana State University, University of Colorado, University of Delaware, University of Iowa, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, University of Vermont, and University of Wisconsin...