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Former Ogg demolisher to file suit against state DOA Administrator for the Division of State Facilities David Helbach said construction has been halted since March 19 on the project that was scheduled BY KEN HARRIS to be done by March 31. “The contract was terminated Campus Editor because of timeliness, quality After having their contract and safety issues, safety being terminated following a series paramount,” Helbach said. of mishaps, the company contracted to tear down the University of Wisconsin’s Ogg “We don’t think they Hall is planning legal action against the state of Wisconsin. did it the right way.” Dore and Associates Contracting, Inc. of Bay City, Mich., was given the contract Buck Sweeney through the Department of Attorney Administration’s low bid process. Since the demolition Dorf and Associates began, however, problems have plagued the project. There was a fire in one of Helbach added the west the elevator shafts this past December and, according to tower of Ogg Hall is “all but UW architect Dan Okoli, a piece down,” with about three floors of the building fell on top of a left standing while the east car parked in the work zone tower is almost completely intact. earlier this spring.

Dorf and Associates blame problems, fire for delaying process

Miron Construction Co., Inc., that does utility work at the university, has been hired to take down the remainder of the west tower, according to Helbach. He said the bid process for the contract to take down the east tower will begin in a couple weeks. Helbach said he would not discuss the details of the reasons Dorf’s contract was cut because the DOA is “expecting litigation on this” but added he does not deny a piece of the building fell on a car. According to Helbach, there is a possibility of legal action “anytime you fire” a company. Buck Sweeney, attorney for Dorf and Associates, Inc., said he would not give any specifics about the situation either, adding the company is preparing to take legal action. “We don’t think they did it the right way,” Sweeney said, referring to the severing of the contract. “As of today we are planning to file a claim.”

QUINTON’S: Bar defends license From page 1A the establishment make no more than 50 percent of its profits from alcohol sales. The audit calculated 50.82 percent alcohol sales. Assistant District Attorney Steven Brist proposed either suspension or revocation of the establishment’s ability to sell alcoholic beverages because the conditions of the license have not been met. Quinton’s owners and their representation, attorney Rick Petri, did not object to the accuracy of the numbers drawn from the audit but told the committee about its strategic marketing efforts to turn the numbers around and reach 60-70 percent food sales. Jimmy Powers, co-owner of the establishment with his brothers Kevin and Michael Powers, said he was surprised when he opened Quinton’s two years ago and realized the enthusiasm for drinking present in Madison.

“The alcohol situation in this city is one I think everyone is aware of — it likes to drink,” Powers said. “I think it’s time to start working our food and nonalcoholic members to a level higher than we have right now.” Powers said the establishment has already gone to great lengths with a strategic marketing plan to open the food sector to a wider audience. He said the advertising Quinton’s used to dedicate to drink specials does not exist anymore. Petri questioned Debra Simon, budget and audit manager for the city of Madison, about the worth of the audit on Quinton’s since it encompassed 6 1/2 months of gross receipts instead of the preferred length of one year. “It would make sense to do 12 months because there are definitely seasonal variations,” Simon said about the differences in receipts at different times of year.

Simon said she received a formal request to do an audit on Quinton’s in November 2006 and got started early in 2007. Initially, she was unable to perform an audit because she said the documents Quinton’s provided were “handwritten and were not auditable.” A second audit request came in October 2007, and this time Simon was able to interpret the documents from Quinton’s. Simon started the audit on May 16 because it was the “first date Quinton’s had the cash-register-generated reports,” she said. The 50.82 percent alcohol sales were calculated out of the total amount of food, alcohol and retail sales at the establishment located at 319 W. Gorham St. Sales from door entry fees, artwork, shirts, glassware and game royalties were not included in the figure. If these items were included the total amount of alcohol sales would be 50.24 percent.

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“I made [Gregory and the Hawk] up,” Godreau said. “Greg is my brother, and I don’t know why ‘the hawk.’ It was me and a friend bouncing ideas off each other. It sounds like a children’s story.” Though the music sounds sweet and innocent, not all shows are as equally relaxed. “There’s always a bad show when people are getting drunk and they’re not even listening to you,” Godreau said. “But there are always really good shows where people are totally there to see you and it’s them sitting down watching you … I feel a kind of tension in a good way. It’s pretty chill though, no one really jumping or moshing or anything.” Gregory and the Hawk is scheduled to perform 9 p.m. at Newport, Ky.’s Southgate House, Thursday, Nov. 20. Tickets for the show, 18-yearsold and older only, are $8.

Downloads | from page 1 “Truthfully, a lot of students do get caught, and it’s important for students to not reflect on if they’ll get caught or not, but if it’s right or wrong,” Cummins said. If they do get caught, disciplinary action typically ranges from a reprimand to probation – and often an educational sanction. A written paper on illegal file sharing is also required. Last year, 150 students were caught illegally downloading files, and at least 15 cases this year have already been resolved. So where can students get music without getting into trouble? There are several alternatives. The iTunes store offers more than 8 million songs for 99 cents each, according to its Web site. It also features music videos, television shows and movies. UC is affiliated with the Ruckus Network, a program supported by several major music labels. Ruckus is free to anyone with a valid school (.edu) e-mail address, and more importantly, it’s legal. The college-based program allows students to download unlimited songs onto their Ruckus player. The Ruckus.com software is only compatible with

Windows, which leaves Apple users in the dust. Also, their library isn’t as extensive as iTunes, with only 2.5 million songs. Other alternatives include the reformed Napster, which now offers unlimited music plans for a monthly fee, Yahoo! Music (view music videos for free) and Pass Along, which is similar to iTunes, but allows users to buy discounted “points.” Hoffman offers another option: A new movement in the recording industry, nicknamed “copyleft.” Copyleft “asserts that what artists want most of all is to be disseminated,” Hoffman said. Artists use copyleft in an attempt to share their music with as many people as possible in hopes of gaining popularity. Companies like Prison Soup offer free, downloadable songs under copyleft terms, asking that users simply allow anyone who asks them to receive a copy. While downloading music and other files illegally may be tempting, there are legal alternatives that won’t get students into trouble. “We just want students to stop and think,” Cummins said. “We want to engage students to take the legal, ethical and moral road.”

Fashion | from page 2 And if you’re really good, you may be able to trick them into thinking this is just a bonding moment for the two of you. They’ll never know they’ve rendered their craft-making skills for free. Stock up on glue sticks, googly eyes and yarn. This is the season for homemade gifts. Every week

until New Year’s check in on The Fashion Dungjen blog (thefashiondungjen.blogspot.com) for giftmaking tutorials and reviews of local Etsy.com sellers. Maybe even a contest or two. Maybe. If we’re lucky. Deck the halls, jingle balls – I mean bells – fa la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.

Strickland | from page 1 can’t or don’t pay their taxes. “With the current economics, passing a new tax is going to be nearly impossible,” Boyd said. “We have a challenge next year; either in ’09 or ’10, we’re going to need to come back and ask for a renewal of a levy, and if that would not pass, that could be devastating.” For any district, funding is important, but for a district in need like CPS, reform is crucial for the future. The district now relies on fundraising to help subsidize some of the money they aren’t seeing, according to Boyd. Over the last decade, the district has had to lay off staff members and teachers and take other costsaving measures such as cutting back on programs

like field trips. “We as a district do need help with the flaws in the school funding formula,” said Boyd. “We need more dollars for basic education, and the school funding formula-fixing would do that.” Educators know they want a workable solution, but there are varying opinions on what exactly would work. Griffith would like to see the state or local government institute a sales tax to help fund schools, while Boyd would like to see a system that taxes the property of businesses and the income of citizens. Many around Ohio believe that the solution must come through the budget Gov. Strickland releases in 2009, but it is still unclear exactly what the state’s solution will be.

English | from page 1 Zimpher, who has a degree in English education and another in English literature, said the statement was a quick reference from her personal background. “My comment was not intended to slight any department or make anyone feel undervalued,” Zimpher said in an e-mail. “It was intended to be a generic reference, not aimed at any specific department.” Earlier this year, Laura Micciche, director of composition, rhetoric and composition, and others in the English department, sent Zimpher a “long memo that said English 101 is one of the most coordinated programs, it’s not redundant at all,” according to Campagna. The memo was sent as a result of a similar comment made by Zimpher at a faculty senate meeting. “When I saw [what Zimpher said at the State of the University address], I sent a note to Laura and said, ‘Did you see this? What is she talking about?’ ” Campagna said. “[Laura] told me she was surprised; shocked is actually what she said. She said, ‘I’m shocked she would say this again because we sent her a pretty long response.’ ” The president’s office has no record of receiving a memo from Micchiche, according to Zimpher. Because the English composition department is so extensive and reaches a large number of students, faculty of the department make up a committee that sets standards for the course. All teachers are required to teach the same curriculum, with the same essays and each instructor uses the same grading rubric. The English department also reorganizes and rewrites the student guide books

for the 101 and 102 English classes each year. The only difference in the curricula is that a teacher may institute their own personality or teaching style to their class. The composition department is comprised of 19 field-service instructors, one adjunct faculty member and a varying number of teaching assistants, according to Maddux. “[Zimpher’s statement] isn’t a giant big deal,” Campagna said. “But it seems like it’s not a good idea to insult the efforts of the faculty that are doing a really good job. A lot of people put a lot of effort and time into [the department] and why dismiss that? I think it just kind of sloppy really, I mean, still, words matter.” The department does not plan to take further action. “Maybe [Zimpher would say] perhaps I used a misleading example here, maybe I was given wrong information that I didn’t bother to check out, maybe, like I said she was speaking off the top of her head,” Maddux said. “I’m not looking for her to [prosecute] herself or beg our forgiveness or anything, but to acknowledge that the English composition department is a very well-oiled, comprehensive program that offers the same curriculum to every student that enters the university.” In an e-mail, Zimpher acknowledged the program’s structure. “I asked a rhetorical question, and happily, later on, I got a great, factual answer,” Zimpher said. “In short, English composition is a model of course coordination that other areas may want to adopt.”

BO KNOWS | from page 6 In addition to the basketball and football teams, UC is also enjoying an unprecedented level of success in two other sports, baseball and volleyball. The UC baseball team won a school-record 39 games last year and came one win short of making the 2008 College World Series. Three players from that team (Dan Osterbrock, Tony Campana and Josh Harrison) were drafted and went on to play minor league ball last year. And finally, the UC volleyball team has been

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GREGORY | from page 3 what you’re going to encounter.” Though she may still be nervous, what Godreau doesn’t have to worry about is shaky songwriting. Impressive in her first two releases, Boats & Birds EP, released summer 2006, In Your Dreams LP, released summer 2007, the new album, Moenie and Kitchi, which was released on FatCat Records, Oct. 7, raises the bar significantly for any future projects. Godreau has a peaceful, almost child-like voice, one that rises and falls with the songs’ variable tempos. Imagine the perfect fairytale music or the perfect lullaby; Godreau’s vocals are what you hear in your head. They’re so relaxed they seem almost unreal, like you’re dreaming. The mysteriously make believe-sounding voice pairs perfectly with Godreau’s Gregory and the Hawk alias.

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– or what – Edward is, with his changing eye-color, abrasive manner and distinctive speech pattern (in the beginning of the film, it almost seems like Pattinson is speaking English as a second language – Pattinson said, “This is kind of a different accent ... It’s not just me doing an American ... In the book sometimes he talks like an 108-year-old and sometimes he talks like a young guy – there are so many kinds of confusing elements to it.” By half-way through the film, the quirkiness isn’t noticeable anymore). Edward tries to persuade Bella to stay away from him - “If you were smart, you’d stay away from me. What if I’m not the hero? What if I’m the bad guy?” Bella though, is persistent as she seeks out the truth, wading through Native American legends and the wonders of Google. The turning point of their relationship takes place in a forest with this exchange: “Bella: How old are you? Edward: 17 Bella: How long have you been 17? Edward: Awhile. Bella: I know what you are. Edward: Say it. Out loud. Say it. Bella: Vampire. Edward: Are you afraid? Bella: No.” The Cullens – Edward, his foster siblings Alice (Elizabeth Reaser), Jasper (Jackson Rathbone), Emmett (Kellan Lutz)

and Rosalie (Nikki Reed), and his foster parents, Dr. Carlisle Cullen (Peter Facinelli) and his wife Esme (Elizabeth Reaser) – are “vegetarian vampires” - they exist only on the blood of animals, rather than humans. In the second half of the movie, we meet the villains of the film, James (Cam Gigandet), Victoria (Rachelle Lefevre) and Laurent (Edi Gathegi), who, unlike the Cullen family, feast on unsuspecting mortals. Gigandent is especially terrifying as he thirsts for Bella’s blood in the climax of the film. Fans of the series will be happy to the know Melissa Rosenberg’s screenplay closely follows Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight – with a few exceptions (the book is 498 pages after all). From an aesthetic standpoint, the film has a few issues. The makeup used to add a pale, translucent quality to skin of the Cullen clan – and this was particularly an issue with Facinelli’s (The Scorpion King, Riding in Cars with Boys) Carlisle – reminds me of my childhood, playing dress up and using baby powder as foundation. Lipstick on Pattinson, used to add color to make his lips stand out, frequently makes it look like his character is wearing makeup. Similarly, scenes with obvious use of special effects, such as Pattinson running though the forest at lighting speed, take you out of the moment.

I had an opportunity to participate in a conference call with Pattinson, who was pretty adorable with his British accent and charming personality. Wire-work, the basis for many of the special effects, is pretty difficult, Pattinson said. “I had to be sort of agile, and you actually had to look like you were controlling the movements ... But just keeping your body in the right shape to keep the physics correct – was really, really hard,” Pattinson said. “You need to be very, very talented to be good at wirework,” Pattinson said. “And it’s also incredibly painful as well. All of your weight is just on two little straps in your crotch, which is not exactly the most pleasant experience. It’s like a hard, hard experience.” Aside from a few moments where Pattinson’s acting is reminiscent of Hayden Christensen’s Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars: Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith), the acting holds up, with relationships and emotions ringing true. The cinematography utilizes the gorgeous Pacific Northwest landscape, and the soundtrack – which includes an original composition by Pattinson, works well with the movie. Twilight – which is rated PG-13 – opens in theaters, Friday, Nov. 21, at midnight.

million round the world and they said that I couldn’t get it / I done got so sick and filthy with benji’s I can’t spend / How you gon’ be talkin’ sh-t? / You act like I just got up in it / Been the number one diva in this game for a minute.” Beyoncé uses her Sasha Fierce persona to step out of herself and take risks while evading criticism. Sorry Beyoncé but it’s not

going to work. On I am, Beyoncé cements her place as one of the best vocalists in the industry. On Sasha Fierce, Beyoncé makes the same uptempo records she has presented her audience with, both as a solo artist and as a member of Destiny’s Child. Yes to Beyoncé, no to Sasha Fierce.

SASHA FIERCE | from page 3 switches to Sasha Fierce and cranks up the tempo and the attitude. Through her alter ego, Beyoncé challenges every critic who questions whether or not she is still one of pop music’s elite while providing another female anthem with “Diva.” “Stop the track, let me state facts” Beyoncé raps. “I told you give me a minute and I’ll be right back / Fifty

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Free use of laundr y machines in College Houses lets students save money when they wash their clothes. And with new online alerts that track the status of washers and dryers, students will be able to conserve their time as well. The new ser v ice, called Laundry Alert, lets residents check the status of laundry machines in their building. “Laundry Alert was one of a series of laundry service enhancements that were introduced this year for students,” said Doug Berger, Executive

Director of Housing Services. “Others include installing more energy efficient machines that offer 32 percent greater capacity than conventional washers.” Residents can check the status of laundry machines by signing into laundryalert. com, where they can view how many machines are in use and approximately how much time is left on busy machines. Students can also sign up to receive e-mail alerts telling them when their machine is finished and when a washer or dryer becomes available. College sophomore Gregory Wall said the new system has

helped make “doing laundry incredibly convenient,” and he hopes that students will utilize the technology. “Laundry Alert doesn’t directly resolve the problem of people leaving their laundry in the washers in dryers and picking it up at the end of the night,” Wall said. “But it definitely offers services like the e-mail alerts which can potentially mitigate those types of frustrations.” Cornell University already offers a similar service, which students say saves time and effort. “It’s really convenient to be able to check the availability of the machines online, and it saves a lot of time because you know exactly when there will be free machines,” said Cornell sophomore Kristen

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