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Raising consciousness with poetry

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When Jim Ferris was a doctoral student, he directed a theatrical production in which each cast member had a disability. All but one of the performers used a wheelchair, so that put a woman who could walk in the minority. “Where do I fit?” she asked. It is a fundamental question for people who live with a disability, says Ferris, a poet who also teaches at the University of Wisconsin and has succeeded in making disability studies an interdisciplinary program there.

Sparrows don’t need much sleep, UW finds

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Researchers trying to determine when migrating birds sleep have concluded that a type of sparrow gets by on very little — and without suffering negative effects….The finding could help to better understand sleep in humans and might someday benefit sufferers of sleep disorders, according to Ruth Benca, a professor of psychiatry at the UW Medical School. (AP article in 7/13 print edition of The Capital Times)

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UW football: Where’s Darius Jones

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When asked about the availability of defensive ends Darius Jones and Erasmus James for the 2004 football season, University of Wisconsin defensive line coach John Palermo was very pragmatic last April. “Right now,” he said, “I’m not counting on having them.”

Capital Times photo: New academy fellows

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Among the five fellows inducted into the Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts and Letters during ceremonies Sunday, July 11, at Monona Terrace were: Michael Fiore, who has pioneered smoking cessation at UW Hospital & Clinics; UW Professor Richard Davidson, who has pioneered Eastern spiritual practices in physical and mental health; and UW Professor Richard Davis, nationally acclaimed jazz bassist. Other inductees were Ellen Kort, Wisconsin’s poet laureate, and Tom Uttech, a renowned landscape painter who taught art for 30 years at UW-Milwaukee. (Caption only)

Doug Moe: The Talk (Capital Times)

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National Public Radio’s “Inside Edition” on Wednesday took a look at the increasingly comical use of Sen. John McCain in political ads by both the Bush and John Kerry campaigns….UW-Madison Professor Ken Goldstein was interviewed on the show…

Capital Times view: Retain Amato as a regent

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It is no secret that Gov. Jim Doyle and his aides have been trying for some time to come up with a way to get Nino Amato replaced as president of the Wisconsin Technical College System Board. By all acounts, Doyle wants Amato removed from the position he currently holds because it allows him to serve on the UW Board of Regents.

Ban on all happy hours? (Capital Times)

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Not to be deterred by a drink special lawsuit already pending against local bar owners, the chair of the Alcohol License Review Committee is floating a citywide ban on happy hours and drink specials. Ken Kamp said Thursday morning that he’s going to present the idea to his colleagues, but is not inclined to fight if there is opposition. (See Capital Times home final print edition for more details.)

UW dorm rezoning approved

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Over the objections of downtown landlord Steve Brown and the Apartment Association of South Central Wisconsin, the City Council approved rezoning property in the 100 block of North Park Street for a large-scale UW-Madison dormitory.

Madison Early Music Festival turns 5

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The annual Madison Early Music Festival, which will begin Saturday, has reached a turning point. UW-Madison baritone Paul Rowe, co-director of the festival, says “This is the first year we feel we’re not making wholesale changes.”

Films & fun

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Hey, it’s summer. And, just as you might catch your European classics professor wearing flip-flops to class, the UW-Cinematheque film series is loosening up a little.

Stem cell issue divided along party lines

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WASHINGTON – When UW-Madison researchers established a collection of human embryonic stem cells six years ago, “Wisconsin became the epicenter of the scientific universe,” according to a recent letter sent to candidates running for state office in November. Despite the breakthrough for the university, however, many of Wisconsin’s Republican candidates view the research as a step in the wrong direction – and are seizing on the issue in their campaigns.