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UW grad school sciences struggle with diversity Part 1 of 2 By Hannah McClung The Daily Cardinal

Graduate student diversity levels in multiple hard science departments have remained near constant over the past decade despite recruitment efforts. Underrepresented groups in graduate science departments include African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans and Southeast Asian Americans, according to enrollment documents provided by the UW-Madison Office of the Registrar. The percent of underrepresented graduate students in the sciences has remained almost constant at 4 percent from 1994 to 2008, according to the documents. In 2000 4.3 percent of graduate students in the

sciences were minorities and in 2005 it dropped to 3.5 percent. According to Damon Williams, UW-Madison Vice Provost for Diversity and Climate, diversity numbers are low in graduate science departments at every “institution across the country.” “These communities are very underrepresented at Michigan, Indiana, Harvard and Stanford,” Williams said. “The pipeline of talent amongst those communities is underrepresented across every institution.” Minorities are underrepresented in higher education overall but there is an even greater disparity in some of the programs, Williams said. Common factors for UW-Madison’s low diversity numbers are the weather and lack of money, according to Theresa Duello, associ-

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ate director of Diversity Initiatives for the Endocrinology – Reproductive Physiology Program. “I don’t believe that the weather is a breaking point here, and we’ve got money, we could raise money,” said Duello. “You cannot be passive about this, it’s not adequate or sufficient to just send an e-mail to somebody.” According to Duello, the lack of diversity in science graduate pro-

Controversial renting ordinance considered by city subcommittee By Taylor Harvey The Daily Cardinal

The city Landlord and Tenant Issues Subcommittee discussed a controversial proposal to extend the dates landlords can begin rerenting occupied property Thursday. Students and those supporting the proposal said they feel the current leasing policies create a large false demand for properties, while leasing companies claim they are simply responding to supply and demand.

Adam Johnson, chair of Associated Students of Madison’s Legislative Affairs Committee, said there is artificial market demand being pushed onto students. “I think that there is some predatory and deceptive practices that go on in targeting advertising towards creating these false market pressures, and this happens to both freshmen and returning students,” he said. “Even students that have been here for several years think that everything good is gone by

December.” The Nov. 15 start date to sign leases also poses a conflict for graduate students, according to supporters. By the time grad school acceptance letters arrive, it is too late to lease in the downtown area, proponents said. Graduate students are presented with little opportunity to rent and are forced to the outskirts of off-campus housing. Some leasing companies said they lease page 3

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grams makes recruitment difficult. Flow of Undergraduates The lack of diversity throughout the “pipeline” of undergraduate students moving to graduate school has “locked us in inactivity,” she said. “It is pretty safe to say there isn’t going to be a huge increase in the budget to work on this, so we all have to do a little more.”

“Nationally, when students in their first year enroll for college and declare majors, underrepresented minorities declare science majors at the same frequency … as their white counterparts,” Williams said. There’s the same amount of interest in completing a science program but somewhere along the way that goal is diversity page 3

BadgerCare Plus Basic Plan passes in Senate 17-16 By Cathy Martin The Daily Cardinal

The state Senate passed a bill Thursday that would provide basic health insurance to thousands of low-income Wisconsin residents. Gov. Jim Doyle introduced the BadgerCare Plus Basic Plan to the legislature last month, aiming to temporarily cover the nearly 25,000 people who were turned away from the state’s more comprehensive Core Plan. The BadgerCare Plus Core Plan stopped its enrollment October 2009 at 64,000 due to budget constraints. The Basic Plan would “offer a life-line for the people on the waiting list,” according to Julie Laundrie, spokesperson for the bill’s author Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-Waunakee. The plan includes limited physician, hospital and prescription coverage. The bill passed 17 to 16 without a single Republican vote. Many who opposed the bill called it a step toward “Obamacare.” “We have an alternative program; it’s called the private sector,” Minority Leader Sen. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, said during the debate. But Carrie Lynch, spokesperson for state Senate Majority Leader Russell Decker, D-Schofield, said the plan applies only to childless adults with yearly incomes of less than $21,000 for whom the private market will not offer insurance. She said Decker voted for

the bill “to give access to people who desperately need health care and cannot get it anywhere else.” Lynch said the state did not allocate any funds to the program, which would be paid for entirely by individual $130 monthly premiums. However, state Sen. Kathleen Vinehout, D-Alma, the sole Democrat to oppose the bill, said these would not be enough to sustain the program. She said Wisconsin would eventually have to take money out of the Core Plan or create an enormous reserve fund to make up the difference. “Sen. Decker voted for the bill to give access to people who desperately need health care and cannot get it anywhere else.” Carrie Lynch spokesperson Sen. Russell Decker

Vinehout said the plan would provide poor care and that only the sickest of those eligible for it, who already significantly pay out of pocket, would take advantage of it. “You can say they have an option, but are they going to choose that option?” Vinehout said. “The answer is no because it’s too much money.” The bill has moved to the state Assembly for consideration.

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andrew lahr spare me the lahrcasm

f I had a Twitter account, which you can bet your ass I don’t, here’s what I would be “tweeting” about today: @AndrewLahr just recently discovered how hard Twitter sucks. It seems like I can’t watch, read or listen to any form of media these days without hearing about some incredibly enthralling nugget of personal information from some celebrity in the form of a tweet. TV news is by far the worst. Matt Lauer or some other reporter trying to be “hip” will usually be talking about something seminewsworthy, like McDonalds’ soaring sales revenues on their new McDouble burger, and then boom, the tweet comes. “On that note, Rosie O’Donnell tweeted her views about the new McDouble today. Apparently she’s eaten seven since 11 a.m., when their lunch menu started, and she gives them two big fat thumbs up.”

There are two things wrong with this scenario. First, the McDouble bites. It’s the same price as the beloved and now-deceased double cheeseburger from the dollar menu, and they just took a piece of cheese off of it to save a couple million every hour. The cheeseto-meat ratio is alarmingly low. Second, and more importantly, at what point did modern TV news—already the worst source of good information on the planet— decide to start half-assedly quoting washed-up celebrities from their couches at home? I mean, if you’re a big enough news source, get off your ass and go talk to your lead in person, especially if you’re looking for juicy information. It’s not like Mel Gibson is just going to tweet willy-nilly that he “just got another DUI, went on a rant against the Jews again too.” So, now that we’ve established how Twitter has destroyed news delivery, let’s see how it has ruined modern-day life for most people. I created a Twitter account a couple of days ago under the name Tweet2MeBaby23, not to see what kind of sandwich my buddy Karl was making over at Boise State, but in a get-to-know-your-enemy sort

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of way. I really wanted to infiltrate the Twitter community, which I did, though the account has long since been deleted. I’m still recovering from the experience, it’s hell in there, but I’ve learned much from my time among the nation’s tweeters, including why Twitter sucks so much. Approximately 99.9 percent of us live pretty mundane lives, and though we’d like to think that this isn’t the case, it’s a reality that must be accepted at one point or another. Yesterday, the largest decision I had to make was whether I wanted chunky or smooth peanut butter on my English muffin. This is nothing to be ashamed of, but here’s where Twitter rears its ugly head. If I had a Twitter account, not only would I feel that I needed to tell everyone that I “just put chunky peanut butter on his English muffin!!”, I would proclaim useless facts all day long and expect people to be interested enough to keep reading these updates consistently. This is what is baffling to me about Twitter. I could see maybe posting a Twitter update if I actually did something noteworthy, like, “I just resuscitated a dead-looking person lying on the sidewalk #lifesavers”, or “I just won the Pulitzer! Thanks

@PulitzerCommittee!”. These things don’t happen often though, at least not nearly often enough for me to expect people to follow my every friggin’ move. Here’s an idea Twitter lovers: Pick up your phone and call someone to see what’s going on. That way if anything semi-interesting has happened to whoever you’re calling in the past few days, they’ll tell you about it. Just think of all the useless tweets you’ll save yourself from reading. You know the ones I’m talking about... “Just went to white castle, mmmm”... “brushed my teeth this morning!”... “WATCHING JERSEY SHOOOREEE!”. Please, spare me the details of your absolutely unentertaining lives. I go to action movies to see things explode spectacularly. I read books about espionage because that shit’s awesome to read about. But your Eggo waffle burning really does not interest me. Unless, of course, it burned into the shape of Christ or something that people would get excited about. I’d also be interested to see how much you fetched for it on eBay. “I just finished writing my article! #Deadlines #MyEditorSucks” On Twitter? Then please, don’t email Andrew at aplahr@wisc.edu.

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First-time fornicators should focus on foreplay Erica andrist sex columnist My boyfriend and I have been together for several months and we are thinking about having sex. I am a virgin and so is he... How do we know if we are ready for the first time? Virgin Couple

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Ah, V.C., an age-old question. I think the process of sexual decisionmaking is a fascinating topic, and for many of us, one of the bigger decisions we make is when and with whom to have sex for the first time. Before I get into that, though, I want to take just a second to talk about virginity on college campuses. College students sometimes get a reputation for being wild, adventurous types. However, according to statistics released by the Centers for Disease Control in 2007, less than half of high school teenagers (47.8 percent) report having ever had sex, and only about a third (35 percent) report being currently sexually active. Although “sex” and “sexually active” can be ambiguous terms, the implication is clear—unless some serious boning is going on the summer before freshman year, many students come to the UW as abstinent as they are excited. When pondering the end of our abstinence, the first step is being able to talk to our partners about the decision itself. How do our partners respond when we tell them we’re not quite sure? Are they understanding, or do they try to dismiss our concerns? While the first time is certainly not a huge, heavy choice for everyone, the choice to engage in any kind of sexual activity should always be an informed, wholehearted one. If our

partners seem to belittle our right to make this choice, that might be a tipoff that this isn’t the person to have sex with, first time or not. Do we feel comfortable talking about the (potential) sex itself? Making sure everyone’s needs are met, making sure potential risks are mitigated, etc.? We certainly don’t need to have a complete Unplanned Pregnancy Action Plan (that’s sort of oxymoronic, actually), but if we don’t feel comfortable talking about these things with our partners, that might be tip-off number two to give it more time. Finally, though this is a much more abstract criterion, it’s important to accept the fact that we might make a mistake. The short answer to your question, V.C., is that often we don’t “know.” Predicting our feelings and reactions several days/weeks/years from now can be tricky territory. Many of us are socialized to believe the first time should be a magical, breathtaking experience with someone we’re going to love—or at least have a special place in our hearts for— forever. That isn’t always, nor should it necessarily be, the case. Some of us thought we were in love, but as it turns out—we weren’t. Some of us didn’t see the first time as anything particularly special. Some of us didn’t have our first sexual experiences by choice, which raises complex questions about what constitutes “sex” for the “first time.” Whatever the case may be, recognize that our first sexual experiences are unique to us, and know the glittering first-time façade is not a responsibility or an expectation. Which brings us to... My boyfriend and I just started having sex. We were both virgins, and honestly pretty inept in the bedroom. My question is about the first time. While he enjoyed it, I found the experience painful at worst and somewhat uninteresting at best...

What gives? Will it get better? Thanks, First Timer Yes, F.T., it will. In addition to the whole romance-love-eternity pitch, we also sometimes get the transcendentorgasm-mindblower model. But while pain is our body’s cue to stop and reevaluate our approach, pleasurable sex is just like any other recreational activity. We’re not even born with the skills to feed ourselves—why do we think cosmic cunnilingus capabilities should just, erm, come naturally? Your first task is a really simple one, F.T.: Go out and get yourself some lube. We have like eight different kinds for free in the Sex Out Loud office; and if you want to take a trip to A Woman’s Touch on Willy Street, they’ll have eight more. Next, use that lube, your hands and your mouth to engage in a little sexploration with your partner. Tell him how you like to be touched, and better yet, show him. Ask him how he likes to be touched. Touch yourself while he touches you. Find a position that allows you to control the depth/ speed/angle of penetration. Does it hurt? Stop. Try something else. Maybe come back to it later. Maybe not. Too often, we use “sex” and “intercourse” interchangeably. But what often gets dismissed as “foreplay” leading up to a main intercourse event is actually the most intimate, pleasurable part of sex for many of us. Explore. Touch. Taste. Smell. Look. Watch. Listen. Try. It might take an hour, it might take a year. But pleasurable sex and orgasm are not instinct—they’re learned. And working with our partners to make sure we’re having safe, pleasurable, enthusiastic sex is a skill each of us should aspire to acquire, whether it’s the first time or the five hundredth. Ask Erica all your sex-related questions at sex@dailycardinal.com.

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First Wave hip-hop group to compete internationally By Devin Mulertt The Daily Cardinal

UW-Madison’s First Wave hip-hop dance performance group has been selected to participate in Contacting the World 2010, an international theater project that marks First Wave’s debut on the world stage. First Wave, which is administered by the Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives, is the first university program in the country concentrated on hip-hop culture and spoken-word performances. The group has 45 student artists on full-tuition scholarship at UW-Madison. According to Willie Ney, director of the OMAI, the students create scripts and perform pieces based on various issues that affect youth. “All of the pieces are the original conception of the students themselves,” he said. “[They are] reflections on issues that affect youth culture in communities … They could be issues related to gender, domestic violence, racism, or sexuality.” First Wave is the only theater group from

the U.S. that was chosen to participate in Contacting the World, and there are only two groups from the Western Hemisphere participating. Ney said in a statement that the event is a special opportunity for First Wave. “This is an unprecedented and unique opportunity for First Wave students to be exposed to artistic colleagues from around the world, while creating and performing on an international stage,” he said. According to a release, Contacting the World connects young people’s theater groups for the goal of creating theater worldwide. The release said all groups are paired with a partner in the creation of their material, and First Wave will work with Junges Theatre Basel from Basel, Switzerland. The two groups will collaborate via social media and travel between the two countries. The event will take place in Manchester, England, July 18 to 26, and there will be more than 40 countries and almost 1,000 students involved in the event.

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lease from page 1 felt otherwise. According to data presented by opponents of the measure at the meeting, people rent throughout the year. The rush that takes place in the early fall is the result of the top 10 or 15 percent of units that are in demand, opponents said. An opponent of the ordinance said the demand would only be magnified if the start date was changed to mid-February or mid-March.

Another controversial proposal discussed Thursday involved whether or not at least two owners should be available to be contacted by renters who can exercise control and care of their property. Opponents argued that the city should specifically concentrate on units that are creating problems, because the passing of this proposal would hurt independent landlords. The committee decided to take a definite stance about both proposals at their next meeting.

Gov. Doyle mandates comprehensive sex-ed By Steven Rosenbaum The Daily Cardinal

Gov. Jim Doyle signed a law that mandates comprehensive sex education in all Wisconsin public schools Wednesday. The Healthy Youth Act stresses that schools take an unbiased, age-appropriate approach to sexual education. It mandates the instruction of both the benefit of abstinence as well as the benefits and proper use of contraceptives. “I am pleased to sign the Healthy Youth Act, which gives every Wisconsin teen the tools they need to make healthy and responsible life decisions,” Doyle said in a statement. The law requires schools to cover materials such as sexual communication skills, sexual anatomy and the effects of alcohol and drug use on decision making. It also mandates that schools identify accessible counseling resources for students. Opponents have previously stated the bill might encourage unsafe

diversity from page 1 not accomplished, according to him. “[We] can’t increase graduate initiatives in science if minorities aren’t getting through undergrad programs,” Duello said. According to the Office of the Registrar, 7.2 percent of UW undergraduates in 2008 were targeted minorities. “One of the things I am working on with the Chancellor is potentially some new strategies that might help us to increase the numbers at the undergraduate level,” said Williams. “Hopefully going forward, we will be developing strategies at the graduate level.” Williams said he could not comment on any specific initiatives. Williams added that he doesn’t think southern institutions with warmer climates are doing much better with diversity efforts for science programs than UW-Madison. “This is a major topic of discussion nationally, it is a national crisis whether you’re at Southern Mississippi or at the University of Wisconsin,” he said.

behavior and could contradict what parents tell their children. State Rep. Kelda Helen Roys, D-Madison, co-authored the bill. She said the bill was necessary to combat sexual issues statewide. “There is no sex-ed when you’re a grown-up. So this is really our best time to equip young people to make healthy decisions.” Kelda Helen Roys state representative Madison

“We have an epidemic rate of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases and it’s completely preventable,” Roys said. “The passage of this bill shows that finally lawmakers have the courage to put the health and safety of young people before political ideology.” According to Roys, exist-

The challenge UW has to face is cultural, faculty need to support students in ways that are going to help diverse students be successful, according to Williams. “I hope that every student, every faculty, every staff would all find some level of shared ownership of the challenge of improving the atmosphere,” Williams said. Need Different Approach “Outside of the general challenges that all institutions deal with regarding diversifying the graduate programs, one of UW-Madison’s major challenges is the lack of competitive financial packages,” Jerlando Jackson, associate professor of Higher and Postsecondary education and an expert on higher education administration and policy, said in an e-mail. According to Jackson, UW-Madison loses students of color to other schools that can guarantee them more funding for their desired programs. “[UW needs to] establish a system for the identification and recruitment of diverse undergraduate and master’s

ing state laws did not standardize effective sexual education approaches, and the Healthy Youth Act requires usage of research-based information. “No more are we going to be paying taxpayer dollars… to mislead young people about decisions that are going to potentially negatively impact their health. We are actually going to be spending money on what works,” Roys said. Roys said the bill deals with a range of issues that had not previously been addressed, including domestic and dating violence and tools to negotiate, avoid and resist peer pressure. She said she stressed the importance of a comprehensive decisionmaking education for teens. “There is no sex-ed when you’re a grown-up. So this is really our best time to equip young people to make healthy decisions. Not just while they’re young but throughout their lives,” Roys said.

students and guarantee funding for them,” he said. He said Vice Provost Williams has developed a set of plans to enhance the “diversity landscape” at UW-Madison. “His plans are grounded in the best thinking and research focused on harnessing the benefits of diversity in higher education,” Jackson said. “If given the proper support, both financial and mission-based, he could move UW-Madison to an epicenter of diversity practice in higher education.” According to Jackson, the best strategy would be comprehensive and target undergraduates, along with current graduate and professional students. “More attention needs to be placed on understanding important factors that encourage diverse groups to pursue science-related fields,” Jackson said. “Once we understand what encourages degree and career aspirations in this regard, we can then turn our attention to developing programs to address the dilemma.” Look for Part 2 in Monday’s edition.

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Today’s Sudoku

Evil Bird

Baby blue eyes: A scallop has 35 eyes, all of which are blue.

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Ludicrous Linguistics

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Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9.

Angel Hair Pasta Classic

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Today’s Crossword Puzzle

Crustaches

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And there’s more ACROSS 1 Type of salt used medicinally 6 Prayer addressee 10 Gloom producer 14 Classical column style 15 Ancient Assyrian city (Var.) 16 Succulent emollient 17 Type of joke 20 “How’s that again?” syllables 21 Zoe’s red friend on “Sesame Street” 22 Terminates 23 Carpet component 24 It’s less lovely than a tree, to Kilmer 25 The supreme aim 31 Oscar-winning actress Kedrova 32 Where the pupil sits? 33 Proceed after grace 35 Thor’s father 36 Honda, even in reverse? 38 “Don’t look ___ like that!” 39 Part of a baseball glove 40 When tripled, a war movie 41 Small river dam 42 Irwin Shaw novel

7 Delineate 4 48 Like thick cords 49 Three-in-one 52 Unit of loudness 53 TV’s Norton and Grimley 56 Principle of conservation 59 Applying to ears 60 Black & Decker item 61 “A Fistful of Dollars” director Sergio 62 Beauty queen’s wear 63 “___ I was saying ...” 64 Survey answers, sometimes DOWN 1 Beat, but barely 2 Christopher Robin’s pal 3 Signs of hits? 4 Human tail? 5 “Raisin in the Sun” actress Claudia 6 Stagecoach robbers’ bane 7 ___ buco (Italian dish) 8 Cause friction 9 Unusually cruel 10 Hat or canal 11 Alternatives to lagers 12 “The Outsiders” actor Rob 13 Result of downsizing 18 Suffix with “salmon”

9 Accomplishments 1 23 Think ahead 24 “Scope” prefix 25 Stupidly lose, as a game 26 Large sea duck 27 Suspect’s story 28 Armless couch 29 Wings hit “___ In” 30 Female vampire 34 Flier around a lighthouse 36 Remarks 37 One place Kurdish is spoken 38 Out of order 40 “... for ___ is the kingdom ...” 43 Brake neighbor 44 Walks about looking for prey 45 Wife of “The Little Tramp” 46 Without secrets 49 “Terrible” age 50 ___-tat (snare drum sound) 51 Egyptian goddess of fertility 52 Athens promenade 53 Seth begat him 54 Fit for serving 55 French holy women (Abbr.) 57 Winning tic-tac-toe line

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Addiction to Trio’s vocals By Ryan Kirsch

these eccentricities make for one of the band’s more interestThe past few records from ing releases. “Lead Poisoning,” a punk Chicago natives Alkaline great song with Skiba on vocals, Trio have been staggeringly dis- contains several horn sections appointing when compared to that give off more of a Reel Big their earlier Fish feel than CD REVIEW gems, specificalthe dark style ly From Here to recognizable to Infirmary. That Alkaline Trio. album was the They aren’t a point at which turn-off, but the band put provide a more together a comupbeat atmopletely compresphere that is This Addiction hensive sound, initially starAlkaline Trio tling. Some mixing their organ synth dark, haunting lyrical content with the bass-driv- creeps into “Draculina” and en focus that made their songs so “Eating Me Alive” and remains enthralling. Their seventh studio present throughout the two, album, This Addiction, marks a making them the weaker songs fine return to form for the band. on the album. To some ears, the album may be extremely front-loaded. Lead track “This Addiction” The album does have a few exudes classic Trio composioddities that could be cut, but these eccentricities make tion, and easily stands as the best choice to open the release, for one of the band’s album title completely aside. more interesting releases. Venturing a little deeper into the song list, “The American Scream” presents a little conunIt is clear that This Addiction drum. At first, the song may does not have nearly the bass seem politicized in a Green presence found on From Here Day-esque way, but is probto Infirmary, but that serves to ably the catchiest and most distinguish this record rather gut-wrenching song the band than detract from the enjoy- on This Addiction. Detailing ment of listening to it. The the story of an American solguitars retain a great sound, dier who committed suicide the drums are tracked well after returning from a tour in and the vocals shine as an Afghanistan, it’s especially poiintegral part of the band’s gnant and a detour from the identity. True to form, Matt band’s normal standby of love Skiba and Dan Andriano share and relationship material. Comparing this record to vocal duties on the record, which often leads to divi- previous releases may be a bit sive styles. The high-pitched unfair. Sure, the band’s sound Skiba definitely dominates this progression over the past few record, but Andriano’s deep years seemed to meet with genvoice punches hard during his eral disapproval, but is This leads, especially the album’s Addiction merely on the market closing track, “Fine.” A little to tickle the ears of disenfranslower than most of the band’s chised fans? It’s evident that compositions, it’s easily one of the band took the criticism the best songs on the album, and molded it into a product overshadowing the cliché track that can stand up to From “Dine, Dine My Darling” by a Here to Infirmary, but they still manage to make the album not large margin. The album does have a few feel like a simple rehashing of oddities that could be cut, but old material. THE DAILY CARDINAL

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With the terrible plotline and lack of substantial humor, Kevin Smith’s disappointing comedy endeavor, ‘Cop Out,’ contains less substance and taste than that unappetizing-looking bowl of chips.

Slacker Smith ‘Cops Out’ By Todd Stevens THE DAILY CARDINAL

Buddy cop films often get a bad rap. In an art form that almost requires constant re-invention in order to remain relevant and engaging, anything tried and true like the buddy cop formula can seem like it is yesterday’s news. But oftentimes old comedy tropes can be as hilarious as any edgy new trick on the block, especially when they feature comedians in their prime who can make the material feel fresh. This could have been the result in “Cop Out,” a collaboration between slacker generation spokes-director Kevin Smith and current comedy golden boy Tracy Morgan. Sadly, “Cop Out” instead proves that neither Smith nor Morgan can light Twitter afire with LOL comments unless nestled in his comedy niche. In the duo’s defense, it generally helps when a worn genre staple like the buddy cop flick has some decent legs to stand on, instead of the meager excuse for a story that exists in “Cop Out.” Morgan plays Paul, an NYPD detective with a clichéd penchant for playing by his own rules. Bruce Willis plays his partner Jim, who plans to sell an expensive collectable baseball card in order to pay for his daughter’s lavish wedding until a parkourloving man-child bandit (Seann William Scott) steals it, forcing the

two cops to turn New York upside down looking for the card. That’s right, the whole movie is about Tracy Morgan and Bruce Willis knocking heads together to find a baseball card, which sounds funny at first until you realize it could be elementary school fan fiction. But worse than the painfully awful story is the nearly tragic waste of talent. Smith has gained a well deserved cult following with films like “Clerks” and “Chasing Amy,” but where those films prospered with Smith’s nerd-friendly stylized dialogue, Smith merely took the director’s chair here, and the script feels woefully lifeless as a result. If not for a brief cameo by Smith’s frequent collaborator and bromantic partner Jason Lee, it would be hard to tell this was a Kevin Smith film at all. Even his editing skills are off, with scenes all too often ending in a jarring rushed fashion. Morgan and Willis don’t fare any better. As a straight man, Willis leaves plenty to be desired, as he clearly left all of that charisma he showed in the “Die Hard” movies in the 20th century. As for Morgan, it’s depressing to watch an actor who has been so consistently hilarious on “30 Rock” and “Saturday Night Live” resort to comic crutches such as YELLING EVERY SINGLE WORD BECAUSE APPARENTLY IT

MAKES THINGS FUNNIER. Morgan thrives when he is given full reign to embrace his almost Dadaist tendencies of sheer random quirkiness, but here he’s just asked to play the funny black man. Between Morgan and the sadly underutilized Rashida Jones of “Parks and Recreation,” “Cop Out” is probably the biggest waste of NBC Thursday night talent since “The Ofﬁce” started sucking. If “Cop Out” has any redeeming moments, they come from Seann William Scott. Effectively playing a sugar-high seven-year-old in a 30-year-old’s body, Scott easily could have come off as grating, but instead he secures every big laugh the movie has, likely because he seems to just be enjoying himself, while Morgan tries too hard and Willis doesn’t try at all. That lack of effort is the fatal ﬂaw of “Cop Out.” While Morgan may fail to even get a slight chuckle, at least he’s trying something, while Willis and Smith are clearly just here for the paychecks. Hopefully in Smith’s case, he’ll use that money to make some actual worthwhile projects. But even so, it’s still an incredibly sad sight to see a man who once made a generational touchstone like “Clerks” using some friends and a few grand make something as conventionally bland as “Cop Out” just for the payday.

It Was Easy to enjoy Title Tracks’ latest, just as easy to dismiss By Todd Stevens

Tracks, ironically stand out. It’s so nondescriptive—and that nonAs a musical artist, naming descriptive quality ends up saying your album is an important task, more about the album than any akin to naming your child. This abstract reference ever could. is the first impression the musical This characterless quality leads community is to a versatility one has CD REVIEW going to have to imagine was completely unintentional of your work, and accidental on the long before part of Title Tracks they hear the mastermind John first set of Davis. Almost any one chords, so it of these songs could be should come used as a theme song as no surprise It Was Easy for a TV show set in when many Title Tracks some indeterminable acts give their time period. Throw LPs flashy titles or names that are more abstract Joe Cocker and the Rembrandts than a Jackson Pollack painting. aside, both “The Wonder Years” It helps give your work a unique and “Friends” could have worked identity right off the bat. Perhaps with “Steady Love” as their, ahem, that’s what makes the simple, title track. Despite the claim Davis declarative nature of It Was Easy, makes in “Hello There” that “We the title of the debut album from were our dreams / for most of the D.C. one-man indie band Title 1970s,” his dreams could just as easTHE DAILY CARDINAL

ily involve Tamagotchis and Sinbad as much as the age of Gerald Ford. Title Tracks has coined the sound of the generic previous generation. Part of this seeming utility man quality of It Was Easy is because of the album’s lyrical and musical dichotomy, as Davis’ brand of power-infused indie pop often tends to undermine his negativity-tinged words. In “Found Out,” Davis may claim that “Your oldest hopes aren’t the only thing you’ve lost,” but it’s hard to take him seriously when mirth emanates from every strum of his guitar. Delving even further into the land of milk and honey, “Every Little Bit Hurts” may be the most peppy song about a depressing topic since Third Eye Blind brainwashed all of Generation X into humming along to meth-head lyrics. Once again, it’s tough to believe somebody who claims “Life is not a dream to me / It’s a sour melody” when he keeps

ﬂailing around with a tambourine like a Parisian gypsy.

But even with these missteps, It Was Easy still makes for a pretty enjoyable listen.

But despite the cognitive dissidence they create, these tracks are at least enjoyably active. The same cannot be said for Davis’ cover efforts, particularly his take on Bruce Springsteen’s “Tougher Than the Rest,” which lacks the conviction of the Springsteen original and instead makes Davis seem like “that guy” at a party who brought his guitar in an attempt to woo potential bed mates. But even with these missteps,

It Was Easy still makes for a pretty enjoyable casual listen. In particular, songs like “No Girl” would be great background music for a day at the beach, thanks in part to some great guest vocals from Camera Obscura’s Tracyanne Campbell. With It Was Easy, Davis has created an album that singularly exists only for a very short period of time, from the point it enters your ear canal to when it floats through your temporal lobes. Beyond that the brain doesn’t process much of It Was Easy into memory. Title Tracks’ debut is as easy to forget as it is easy to listen to, and it’s hardly an album people are going to be talking about a year, let alone a week from now. But while it lasts, Title Tracks’ sound is perfectly agreeable, and any act that slides some positivity past the ear drum deserves a listen, even if it is incidental.

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DNR veto showcases the worst of politics By Anthony Cefali THE GREEN ROOM

Gov. Jim Doyle is really taking advantage of his lame duck status. In a move rank with politics, Doyle vetoed a bill, allowing him to retain appointment privilege of Department of Natural Resources secretaries. Subsequently, the Republican bloc handily defeated the veto effort. Both moves come as no surprise because of Doyle’s weak conservation record and a Republican representation dominated by private interests. But Doyle’s desire to use the environment for his own political power plays indicates a deeper ambivalence toward the issue. The bill recently put forth by Rep. Spencer Black, D-Madison, would strip Doyle of his ability to appoint DNR secretaries, a power that has become more politicized since its inception in 1995 by then Gov. Tommy Thompson. Since then, the power has consistently been abused, as you would expect when you turn what should be a scientiﬁc position into a political one. As a government agency, the DNR protects and preserves our

natural resources in Wisconsin. They enforce state laws as well as federal laws when applicable, and give us the opportunity to enjoy the state’s wilderness. The DNR secretaries, the position in question, are the people who enforce all of these rules on a case-by-case basis. This is where the breakdown occurs. When asked about the kind of person he envisions as a DNR secretary, Black didn’t hesitate. “Buzz Besadny,” he said. Besadny served as a DNR secretary in the 80’s and was a man with a “strong scientiﬁc background and integrity beyond doubt.” For 70 years the Natural Resource Board voted on the DNR secretaries. They voted for people of compassion, people who really cared about preserving Wisconsin’s resources for the future, people like Besadny. This system of environmental stewardship reaches all the way back to the time of Aldo Leopold, conservationist and writer of “The Sand County Almanac.” When Leopold worked at UW, the DNR was a cooperative of scientists, most of them from the university.

Recreating this forum for conservation and environmentalism was Black’s intention when he introduced the bill. “What we need are decisions based on science and what’s best for the environment,” said Black. “Not decisions based on political pressure.”

We cannot keep trading money for natural resources.

But instead we get people who are appointed based on special interest and political favors. The Wisconsin State Journal reported lobbyists for and against the bill spent around 3,000 hours making sure that the appointment power remained with the government. Lobbying hours probably aren’t the best barometer to measure private interest involvement. People can spend a lot of time without spending a lot of money. But there are groups in Wisconsin

that have the resources to do both. The business association Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce have a vested interest in keeping DNR regulation lenient. A lenient DNR equates to less regulation and cheaper construction costs. Of course this comes at the cost of the environment. One of WMC’s agendas as an organization is to limit government spending. Looking at campaign expenditures over the years, they have shown no inclination to abate their own. WMC have shown a willingness to spend as much as they need to ensure their interests are considered. They have the resources—it all comes back to resources—and their voice gets heard loudly above the rest. So the politicians remain in the pocket of organizations like WMC, and the environment suffers as a result. We are seeing this sort of negligence all over Wisconsin. Already fragile ecosystems continue to stumble, strained by poorly planned construction and a disregard for ecological leakage. And scientists cannot keep up with the new variables interacting with the

environment. We cannot keep trading money for natural resources. The marginal cost of producing cheap goods will not outweigh the benefits for much longer. The DNR needs to be able to select its own representatives so that science and the community are chosen over business interests. This is politics at its finest, a game that Doyle would give up if he cared at all about the environment. This is the state of Wisconsin, a state that his given us environmentalists like Leopold as well as the then Senator Gaylord Nelson. Artist Robert Rauschenberg focused on Nelson’s environmental contributions in his print “Earth Day 1970.” The print shows an eagle inundated with polluted imagery. Harsh contrasts and decay reign. But for all the despondence that surrounds the eagle the message is still clear. It only takes one person, one action, to stand up and make a difference. Anthony Cefali is a senior majoring in biolog y and English. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

New study shows “Fox & Friends” doesn’t care about knowledge TODD STEVENS opinion columnist couple of weeks ago, The Daily Cardinal crafted a week-long feature for the opinion page dedicated to science education in America. We took a look at how science is shaped in the mind-grapes of America’s adolescents, from preschool all the way up to Calculus 222. One of the key points we emphasized throughout the week was the need for more people to think like scientists, to stop taking things at face value and actually dig and experiment to ﬁnd the truth. Now, with the release of a new study on college education from the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, that need should be as obvious as it has ever been. The study has gained some notoriety recently thanks in part to the newly minted viral video status of a Fox News interview featuring Tucker Carlson discussing its ﬁndings on “Fox & Friends.” The basic claim of the study is simple: Attending college makes people more liberal. The study surveyed professionals with at least a bachelor’s degree as well as a separate group who had obtained at most a high school diploma. The study found that 39 percent of college graduates were in favor of same-sex marriage, compared to only 25 per-

cent of lesser-educated persons. Thus, apparently it has been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that college brainwashes students into becoming liberal automatons, ready to march to the drum of Barack Hussein Obama and take over the world for his nefarious purposes. Mua ha ha ha. The problem? That conclusion is completely asinine. First and foremost, in order to infer any actual change in the persons studied, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute would need to use a longitudinal model instead of the cross-sectional study they actually used. In a cross-sectional model, researchers take two separate sample groups, study each at the same time, compile separate data for each sample and then compare the two. This concept is a confounding one, as the groups you are comparing together are obviously, well, different. The college graduates could have just as easily been liberal before they entered college, and liberal kids just might be more likely to attend college. That’s every bit as likely as the complete shift in ideology the friendly friends at “Fox & Friends” would have you believe. At the end of this study, all the Institute should have been able to claim was that college graduates are different from non-college graduates, which my four-year-old cousin Richard probably could have told you. Granted, Richard’s a smart kid, but still. He’s four. What this study is pretending to be is a longitudinal study. An experiment using a longitudinal model relies on

only one sample group and tracks them over time. The data is measured at the beginning of the study and at the end, then compared. This is a much better gauge of whether an actual change has occurred in the sample, because you are comparing the same people at two different points in time.

The problem? That conclusion is completely asinine.

But the Intercollegiate Studies Institute didn’t do that. They decided to do it the stupid way. They decided to give the anti-intellectual dolts at Fox News more ammunition to attack college professors as far-left propagandists corrupting this nation’s youth. They reduce the credibility of educational research in general by crafting such a scientiﬁc hack piece. But worst of all, they belittle the pursuit of knowledge, inferring that you need to choose between the pursuit of knowledge and holding on to your short-sighted political ideology—and if you have to choose between the two, choose your short sighted political ideology. But nobody comments on that. Sure, “Fox & Friends” and Tucker Carlson have been soundly mocked, but the study still ﬂoats out there on the ether with most of the masses

taking it at face value. It’s depressing that such an easily debunked study can gain any traction at all when just a little scientiﬁc thought will dismiss it quicker than an e-mail from a Nigerian prince. But you probably shouldn’t listen

to me. I’d wager that the Intercollegiate Studies Institute will tell you critical thinking makes you more liberal too. Todd Stevens is a junior majoring in history and psychology. Please send all responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Women’s Basketball

Behind D’Alie’s 21 points, Badgers rout Penn State By Mark Bennett THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Wisconsin women’s basketball team came out with a fury Thursday night against Penn State, shredding the Nittany Lions 71-39 in College Park, Penn. The 32-point margin of victory was the largest for Wisconsin this season. The 39 points also marks the second fewest scored by an opponent this season. Only SIU-Edwardsville scored fewer, with just 38. The Badgers (10-7 Big Ten, 20-8 overall) came into this game with a vengeance after Penn State embarrassed the team at the Kohl Center earlier in the year. The win puts the Badgers in sole possession of third place in the conference, and also guarantees a ﬁrst round bye in the Big Ten Tournament. In what has become somewhat of a tradition this season, the Badgers jumped out to a commanding lead early. Wisconsin found themselves up 7-0 just two minutes into the contest. Thursday night however, the Badgers did something they have not always been able to accomplish this year—they held on to that lead.

The team shot 74 percent from the ﬁeld during the ﬁrst half, and at halftime Wisconsin led Penn State 40-13. 13 points marks the fourthfewest points allowed in a half in program history. While the Nittany Lions closed the gap to just a 19point Badger lead in the second half, this game really was 40 minutes of Wisconsin domination. “This team is locked into what we’re doing. The credit goes to the players,” head coach Lisa Stone said. “They are a special group that wants a lot this year. This is a team of servants, and they’ll do whatever it takes.” Leading the team on the night was senior guard Rae Lin D’Alie, who, on her second-to-last regular season career game, posted a careerbest 21 points. D’Alie grabbed eight rebounds and dished out six assists. Additionally, following up her 19 point performance at Michigan this past Sunday, sophomore guard Anya Covington scored 10, while teamleading scorer junior guard Alyssa Karel contributed 10 as well. “What a tremendous game by our whole team,” Stone said. “Rae

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indiana from page 8 hot shooting as well. After scorching the net for 75 percent in the ﬁrst half against Northwestern, the Badgers shot almost 55 percent from the ﬁeld for the game and an amazing 8-of-11, or 72.7 percent from 3-point land. Hughes helped head coach Bo Ryan and the Badgers pull away in the second half. He had a game-high 17 points on 6-of-9 shooting, including 3-of-4 from behind the arc. It was his sixth consecutive game scoring in

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double figures. Leuer continued to improve on his way back from the wrist injury, though he was not as accurate as Wisconsin fans have come to expect. He netted 13 points on 6-of-14 shooting, pulled down seven rebounds and also tied a season-high with four blocks. In the series against Indiana this season, the Badgers have outscored IU head coach Tom Crean and his young team 161-101. The poor performance by the Hoosiers was not tolerable for Crean. He accumulated two quick technical fouls and stormed off into the locker room. All five of Wisconsin’s starters finished in double figures in the dissection of the Hoosiers, and the win gives Ryan his sixth straight win against Indiana. Freshman forward Derek Elston led Indiana with 12 points on 5-of-6 shooting in 18 minutes. He was the only Hoosier in double figures. The win keeps the Badgers’ slim chances of a Big Ten regular season title alive. They take on Iowa on Wednesday to conclude their home schedule.

Lin was outstanding. She was on fire offensively for us. We did a good job taking care of the ball, and we rebounded well.” The Badgers turned the ball over just 11 times and capitalized on Penn State’s mistakes, scoring 23 points off of 17 Nittany Lion turnovers. Wisconsin shot a season high 57.7 percent from the floor on the night, while holding Penn State to just 27.3 percent shooting. The Nittany Lions only made 12 field goals all evening. The Badgers will look to take the enormous momentum that this win provides as they head into their regular season finale this Sunday at the Kohl Center, where the team faces the 9-8 Iowa Hawkeyes at 1 p.m. Sunday’s game will not only factor incredibly into possible postseason and conference tournament seedings, but will also mark senior night for D’Alie and guard Teah Gant. “I love this team, and it’s in large part the love I have for those two seniors,” Stone said. “Sunday will be a great day for us and one where we want to play some great basketball.” —uwbadgers.com contributed to this report.

donovan from page 8 studs would go overseas, warm the bench and be booed; now, Yanks are actually given an opportunity and, in some cases, thriving. Take Clint Dempsey and Tim Howard. These two have grown on fans and have their support—a very rare occurrence. To put it in perspective, an English soccer purist cheering for an American player is like a Badger fan rooting for Minnesota when the Axe is on the line—a heresy, to say the least. Dempsey has been a catalyst at Fulham, and

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Senior guard Rae Lin D’Alie shot 9-of-11 from the ﬁeld, including 3-of-4 from long range in Wisconsin’s 71-39 victory over PSU.

had a huge game-winning goal against EPL powerhouse Liverpool, instantly earning him the fans’ support. And Howard may be the most accomplished American footballer to ever set foot on an English ﬁeld. He played for Manchester United, the most recognizable sports team on earth, and had success doing so, becoming the ﬁrst U.S. player to ever win an FA Cup. After he was replaced by Edwin van der Sar at Man U for inconsistent play, Everton proceeded to pick up Howard and now the Toffees have an American duo with him and Donovan.

The U.S. is still light years behind the rest of the world, but when one of our own makes an impact in top professional leagues it’s time to take notice and embrace it. If even the British can appreciate our soccer talent, why can’t we? If America is ever to be a true soccer force, continued development and production of skilled footballers like those mentioned above must be a priority. For now, let’s enjoy what we have and hope for the future. Think the U.S. can ﬁnd club success overseas? E-mail Jack at jpdoyle2@wisc.edu.

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Donovan and fellow Yanks paving path overseas

Indiana shows little resistance as UW cruises By Nick Schmitt THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Badgers picked up just their fourth road win of the season with a 78-46 clinic over the Hoosiers last night, marking their largest margin of victory in a road Big Ten game since their 54-20 win over the University of Chicago in 1942. Perhaps most importantly, the Badgers ﬁnished the game without any injuries. With Purdue junior forward Robbie Hummel’s season cut short with an ACL injury Wednesday against Minnesota, the injury bug has found its way to each of the Big Ten’s top teams. Ohio State’s junior forward Evan Turner, Michigan State’s junior guard Kalin Lucas and the Badgers’ own junior forward Jon Leuer have all missed at least one game this Big Ten season. Indiana (3-12 Big Ten, 9-18 overall) forced Wisconsin (11-5, 21-7) into a drowsy start, but junior forward Keaton Nankivil was sharp for the Badgers. He was just 12-of-30

from the field since the Illinois game, but started 4-of-5 to jump-start Wisconsin’s 23-to-8 run in the first half that gave the Badgers a 39-22 lead going into the locker room. Wisconsin’s guards had a field day and found success getting into the lane, which lead to open layups. Sophomore guard Jordan Taylor collected two uncontested layups as the first half was winding down in front of a frustrated Assembly Hall. In the early going it was all about balance for the Badgers. Senior guard Trevon Hughes and Taylor both contributed eight points while Taylor also pulled down five rebounds in the first half. Each of Wisconsin’s starters scored at least five points in the first half, with Nankvil scoring a game-high 10 at the half and finishing with 14, the highest since his 25-point explosion against the Boilermakers. Turnovers plagued the Hoosiers again. In the first meeting at the Kohl Center, Indiana finished with

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Junior forward Keaton Nankivil hit six of his seven shots from the ﬁeld, scoring 13 points for Wisconsin. an incredible 21 turnovers, and followed it up by giving away the ball 18 times to Wisconsin. The Badgers turned those 18 turnovers into 21 points, and thanks to 32

rebounds, they scored 11 secondchance points. Wisconsin continued its streak of indiana page 7

Men’s Hockey

UW with a lot riding on Michigan Tech series By Parker Gabriel THE DAILY CARDINAL

Maybe Michigan Tech is not the most prolific opponent Wisconsin has faced this year, and maybe the match up fails to grab the attention that becomes virtually commonplace in the WCHA, but good luck convincing the Badgers that this is a throwaway weekend. They have the chance to come back from Houghton, Mich., with a home playoff berth and sole possession

of second place in the league wrapped up, and that stands as plenty of incentive. The puck drops from the MacInnes Student Ice Arena at 7 p.m. both Friday and Saturday in the second season series between the Badgers and the Huskies. When these two teams met in Madison in early December, the Badgers racked up 85 shots and outscored Michigan Tech 14-2 en route to the most lopsided series UW has played this sea-

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Junior forward Brendan Smith has tallied 39 goals this season, one behind senior forward Michael Davies for the team lead.

son. Despite the domination in round one, senior forward Ben Street expects a more competitive weekend this time around as Tech attempts to play spoiler. “It’s a different dynamic,” he said. “I’m sure they’re looking at us like we have big targets on our jerseys. They always give us a tough fight in their barn. Wisconsin thrashed an understaffed Husky defense by converting on 7-of-13 power-play opportunities. For Tech, things have not gotten much better on the penalty kill. They enter this series at the bottom of the WCHA, managing to kill off just 68.3 percent so far. To make matters worse, the Badger power-play unit is hitting on all cylinders, converting 10 of the last 34 chances and sits fifth in the country (21.5 percent) for the season. “Special teams we’ve been pretty good in,” said junior defenseman Brendan Smith, who has notched ten power play goals this year. “The power play is such a crucial thing because goals are so hard to come by in our league.” Although the power play has been reliable the last five games, it may very well sport a different look this week. Senior captain and power-play leader Blake Geoffrion has not practiced this week after suffering a concussion last Saturday against St. Cloud State. While there is a chance he will be available, the Badgers practiced this week with sophomore forward Jordy Murray in Geoffrion’s normal spot down low on the power play. “You can’t replace [Geoffrion],” Smith said. “It’s a little different having [Murray] on the power play, but we’re getting used to it.”

Geoffrion leads the WCHA in goals scored with 21, and has averaged a league-best 1.43 points per contest in conference play. Should he be unavailable, head coach Mike Eaves should be able to dip into his bench and find a suitable replacement.

“I’m sure they’re looking at us like we have big targets on our jerseys.” Ben Street senior forward UW men’s hockey

“We have people that we’re pretty confidant can jump in there and we won’t drop off the edge of the world,” Eaves said. Smith, who leads all defensemen in the nation with 14 goals, added that no team can expect to go through a season without injuries, and the best ones rise to the occasion. “You have to go through some adversity to become a championship team,” he said. “This is one of those tests for us.”

WCHA Standings Team Denver St. Cloud State Wisconsin Minnesota-Duluth Colorado College North Dakota Minnesota Alaska-Anchorage Minnesota State Michigan Tech

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U.S. soccer player making it big overseas is like the Cincinnati Bengals having a season without one of their players being arrested: a rare and pleasant surprise. And just like the Bengals’ ever-increasing number of players in jail, the consistent failure of American footballers across the pond has become a favorite punch line in the media. Once in a while, though, an attempt to play with the big boys pans out—Tim Howard, Clint Dempsey and, most recently, Landon Donovan. These occurrences are all too rare and must happen more often if the U.S. is to gain more credibility in the soccer world. So what’s to make of Donovan’s current surge at Everton, a fairly respectable team in the English Premier League? It demonstrates that U.S. players are making progress in “the beautiful game.” Looking at his stats, casual fans will write Donovan off because he only has one goal and two assists in seven games. Upon further inquiry, though, one of his assists was against Arsenal—a world-class squad—and has been dynamic in his playing time against the likes of Chelsea and Manchester United. In fact, Everton is 5-1 in the last six games since Donovan’s arrival, the only loss coming against Liverpool. Although he has only been in a Toffees uniform for a month or so, Donovan’s contributions to the side—“team,” for all you non-footballers—have been so dramatic he was named the Everton Player of the Month. Although this is a step in the right direction, soccer fans can’t expect this to suddenly start a string of success in European play. For every Donovan at Everton there is, well, a Donovan in the Bundesliga, a Freddy Adu at Benﬁca, and the list goes on. Even the best U.S. players fail in leagues overseas because their technical skills and creativity are not on par with the rest of the world’s. This problem can be traced all the way back to our youth system here in America—a whole column in itself—but I’ll summarize. Being a standout footballer in the U.S. means playing for a quality club team, moving onto Division I and then getting a Major League Soccer contract equal to what A-Rod earns after four atbats. Contrast that to Europe’s or South America’s system where players are identiﬁed early in their lives and then join prestigious youth squads such as Manchester United or Real Madrid. Basically, the players are getting more touches on the ball and working intensively with top coaches around the world. But Donovan’s surge brings a ray of hope for soccer fans in the U.S. because it shows that world-class teams are willing to give Yanks an attempt to prove themselves. Even though the rest of the planet knows Americans are inferior at soccer, they have come to respect the fact that we are gaining ground. Before, U.S. donovan page 7