"UW's electric snowmobile," Wisconsin Radio Network, March 19.
UW-Madison won the Clean Snowmobile Challenge, held last week at Michigan Tech, with an electric snowmobile using a motor originally developed for a General Motors electric car.
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March 21, 2008
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State
"Senate's budget repair advances," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 21.
On Tuesday, the full Senate will take up its version of a budget repair bill, which is expected to pass; a bipartisan committee will work out the differences between the Senate and Assembly versions of the budget repair bill.
Related: "Madison / Senate panel OKs budget plan," St. Paul Pioneer Press, March 21.
Also: "Senate budget plan adds hospital tax, closes loopholes," Superior Daily Telegram, March 20.
And: "Budget repair: fixin' for a fight?" Wisconsin Radio Network, March 20.
National
"U. of California Is Expected to Name Mark Yudof as Its President," Chronicle of Higher Education, March 21.
University of California search committee recommends Mark G. Yudof, current chancellor of the University of Texas system, to be the university's next president.
Related: "Two steps forward, one big step back," Inside Higher Ed, March 21.
"States' data obscure how few finish high school," New York Times, March 20.
The No Child Left Behind law may be discouraging states from accurately reporting high school graduation rates to the federal government.