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WISPIRG seeks student support for bill that may increase financial aid By Melanie Teachout The Daily Cardinal

The Wisconsin Students Public Interest Research Group held an event on East Campus Mall Thursday, advocating student support for a federal bill that may increase financial aid opportunities for students. According to Rashi Mangalick, a junior at UW-Madison and organizer of the WISPIRG event, passing the bill, the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, would

increase potential student aid by $87 billion. SAFRA was passed in the U.S. House of Representatives in September, but is currently pending approval in the Senate. Mangalick said Sallie Mae, the largest supplier of student loans in the nation, is a major obstacle the bill currently faces. According to Mangalick, the loan company often lobbies against student grant aid. She added that she feels students deserve more options

for paying for college tuition, because companies like Sallie Mae often charge high interest rates and are known for not negotiating with borrowers who face financial obstacles. Sam Gibb, WISPIRG campus organizer, said she hopes to make more students familiar with the bill and how it will benefit them. “The major thing that we wanted to do is educate students wispirg page 3 Matt Marheine/the daily cardinal

Mark Evans hands out Babcock ice cream created specially for the occassion at Thursday’s public meeting to discuss Google Fiber.

City seeks input on possibility of Google Fiber By Taylor Harvey The Daily Cardinal

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WISPIRG members allowed students to “take a swing” at Sallie Mae, a loan provider that is against a bill that could potentially provide more financial aid opportunites for UW-Madison students.

UHS appoints new director for campus prevention services University Health Services announced its new director of prevention services and campus health Thursday, who will address issues like excessive alcohol use and sexual assault on campus. Thomas Sieger, a UW-Madison alum, currently serves as the deputy administrator for the Wisconsin Division of Public Health. At the Division of Public Health Sieger was responsible for emergency response, and recently worked as the leader of the Wisconsin H1N1 influenza response. “Tom Sieger brings a wealth of public health expertise that spans health promotion, disease prevention, environmental and occupational health, and communicable disease control,” UHS Executive Director Sarah Van Orman said in a statement. “I’m delighted he’s going to join us. He will be a tremendous asset to UHS and to the campus.” Sieger, whose predecessor resigned in August, officially begins the job Monday, April 12 and will receive a salary of $104,000.

The city of Madison held a public meeting Thursday to discuss implications and ideas about its application to bring “ultra high speed broadband” called Google Fiber to Madison. Google is planning to test ultra high-speed broadband networks in one or more locations

across the country. The company said the network will provide one gigabyte per second and fiber-tothe-home connections that will advance broadband speed up to 100 times faster. The city is currently drafting an application that, according to supporters, embodies why Madison google page 3

Gubernatorial candidates face off in television ads

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Students filed into Segredo Thursday night to watch the lingerie show. All proceeds from the show were donated to The Sewing Machine Project.

Gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker stressed his commitment to lowering government spending in his first television campaign advertisement released Thursday. In the ad, the front-running Republican contender said he has returned roughly a third of his salary over the last eight years to taxpayers in Milwaukee, where he is currently the county executive. He began giving back the $370 thousand after learning he earned more than the governor. “We believe that government spends too much, and that included my salary,” Walker said in the ad. Campaign spokesperson Jill Bader said Walker’s campaign strategy is to make sure “the people of gop ads page 3

“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”

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ANDREW LAHR spare me the lahrcasm

hy hasn’t Larry King died yet? Why haven’t I shit in four days? How big was the fattest person who has ever lived? How deep underwater do you need to swim before your ears implode? He’s only 76, a low-ﬁber diet, 1,225 pounds and pretty fucking deep. These are the real questions in life; the questions your professors will be scratching their heads at. Luckily, we have Google. For poor, uninformed bastards like me, it’s the slickest route for answers the world has ever known. Sometimes when I’m really hungry for answers, I’ll just sit in front of Google for hours suckling on the unending virtual teat of knowledge until I can’t take any more. Google will own the world one day. Don’t believe me? Google it. This is a fact known to all and accepted by few. Just earlier this year they called out China on some shady business and gave them the shaft. Why? Because they can do whatever the hell they want. Miss a whole semester’s worth of lectures in history? Big deal. Google knows lots about Napoleon and Stalin. Don’t know what to write your weekly col-

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Top results: -What is the meaning of life -What is the average peni size -What is the date today? The first result is obvious. If anyone is going to know the meaning of life, it’s Google, but even I don’t have that much faith in the all-knowing search engine. Apparently the word penis is censored in Google search, because even a phrase with a typo for male genitalia made it to the top of the list. Finally, and more seriously, how often has anyone seen a computer without the time and date in the bottom right corner? This search might as well be “Why am I such an ignoramus”? Search: Why Haven’t... Top Results: -Why haven’t I started my period? -Why haven’t I hit puberty? -Why haven’t I lost weight yet!? -Why haven’t we flown to the moon again? Clearly Americans love starting their medical questions with this beginning phrase; in fact only one out of ten results wasn’t medical in nature. What baffles me is the fact that there must be a massive amount of eleven-year-olds out there who are turning to Google to quicken their sexual maturity. What’s the rush? Search: How long does... Top results: -How long does sperm live?

-How long does implantation bleeding last? -How long does it take to get pregnant? -How long does gum take to digest? The gum question is legit. That can be a scary thing the ﬁrst time you swallow a wad of Wrigley’s with all the rumors circulating about the havoc it can wreak on your digestive system. Speaking of swallowing wads, what’s with all these damn sperm and pregnancy questions? This search only reinforced the fact that there really are quite a few people out there who need to take Sex Ed. again. Search: Why can’t I... Top results: -Why can’t I own a Canadian? -Why can’t I ﬁnd a boyfriend/girlfriend? -Why can’t I lose any weight? -Why can’t I get wet? The top result was surprising to me, but at the same time, owning a Canadian doesn’t sound half-bad really. Weight issues and relationship troubles are pretty standard I guess... I’ll let everyone’s imagination run wild for the last one, though I’d recommend jumping in a large body of water before trying anything more promiscuous. Enjoy playing stupid games with Google too? E-mail Andrew at aplahr@wisc.edu.

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ERICA ANDRIST sex columnist

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umn on this week? No biggie. Yesterday I just asked Google: “What should I write about in the paper this week?” It graciously replied: Thou shalt pay us homage this week. Google is invaluable. I’d go so far as to say that Google has taught me far more than tens of thousands of dollars worth of education here at Madison. If it weren’t for the esteemed nightlife, I may have gone the cheaper route of education involving a computer screen, scattered cans of Coke and many spent boxes of Cheez-Its. You know how Google will usually anticipate what it thinks you’re going o say depending on the words you punch in? The words you can choose from in the dropbox are usually common phrases that other people have searched, and thus are phrases Google thinks you will probably search. One fun thing I like to do is punch in a bunch of very common phrases and see what is on the minds of other people in the world by reading the anticipated phrases. Unfortunately, Google does not allow inappropriate searches to appear in the box so half the fun is immediately squandered, but you’d be surprised what the majority of people are frequently searching these days. It’s really a blast for the easily entertained, and here are a few fun ones to get you started. These are 100 percent REAL, if they weren’t, they’d be a lot more amusing. I guarantee it. Search: What is the...

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This is a tough question for me to ask, but I am very concerned my boyfriend is cheating on me. He is always busy lately, and when we do hang out, he always seems distracted or angry...I don’t have any real evidence that he’s cheating, but I just am concerned...what should I do? —Worried

Wow Worried, that is a tough question. Relationships are tricky enough when communication is good, but throw in a little distrust and/or suspicion and things can get hairier than my legs in the middle of January. First, I’d like to offer a gentle reminder about the assumptions we sometimes make in relationships. Many of us enter a relationship assuming our and our partners’ monogamy. A monogamous relationship is most certainly not a bad or unhealthy desire, but it is also most certainly not a universal desire. Further, a “monogamous” relationship can be deﬁned differently by different people. Take some time to discuss your relationship status with your partner. It doesn’t have to be framed as an accusation, but it’s important to make sure everyone is aware of partners’ wants, needs and boundaries. Are you both on the same page about what constitutes cheating? No matter how long a relationship has lasted, it’s always a good idea to make sure everyone’s expectations are clear in order to minimize the likelihood of confusion, misunderstandings and/or hurt feelings. If you’ve had that boundary discussion already, Worried, then there’s really only one (sensible) thing left to do—have a chat with your boyfriend about his recent behavior and demeanor. We all deserve a partner we trust to respect our boundaries. If you let this suspicion fester, your relationship will suffer. If you refuse to confront him in favor of snooping through his e-mail or text messages, your relationship will suffer. If you interrogate his and your friends about his whereabouts, your relationship will suffer. And your

relationship will suffer whether he’s cheating or not. Begin your discussion as you wrote in your e-mail: “Hey, you’ve seemed really busy lately, and I miss hanging out with you. What have you been working so hard on?” or, “You seem a little distracted tonight. What’s on your mind?” Try to avoid yes-or-no questions, and feel free to probe—“A project for your biology class? You told me how much you love that class. How’s it going?” People in relationships generally talk about their day-today lives, so it’s hardly out of line for you to ask about work, school, etc. However, be aware going in that this may not give you what you want. Maybe his answers are enough to calm your worries, or maybe the discussion gives him an opportunity to confess. But maybe not. So while these tips may help you ease into the conversation, you may still need to be direct. “I’ve noticed we don’t spend as much time together as we used to, and I’m worried the reason for this might be because you’ve been seeing someone else.” Try your best to be calm. Listen to what he has to say. I can’t help you beyond this point, except to say above all, take care of yourself. Healthy relationships make us feel happy, loved and fulfilled. Yes, sometimes they also make us feel like total shit, but on the whole, when we think about our lovers, that dopey smile should start to creep over our faces. Don’t sacrifice that dopey smile because you feel uncertain, guilty or afraid. You are the person who best understands what it is you need from a partner or a relationship, and nobody has the right to make you believe otherwise. Is there any chance at all that anal sex will stretch out my anus so I can’t control when I have to poop? —Poopypants

Only if you’re doing it wrong, and your body will warn you well before you do any damage of that caliber. Use lube, relax and don’t force it. Your anus will be ﬁne. Though my credibility may never recover from publishing a letter signed “Poopypants.” Is it gross to kiss a guy after you give him head? —C.M. Maybe—ask him! This is purely an issue of personal preference; apart from the potential risks associated with oral sex, there aren’t any additional safety concerns associated with post-oral kissing or snowballing. How do you know if you have an STD? —STD You go to UHS and they tell you. If anything about your nethers is looking or feeling funky—funky bumps, funky colors, funky smells—stop by UHS for free STI screening. Since some STI’s can be asymptomatic, it may be also good idea to make regular appointments, even if nothing is funky. Low-cost screenings are also available at Planned Parenthood, Access Community Health Centers or the AIDS Network. Worried, Poopypants, C.M. and STD—thanks for making this a record week here at The Dirty Bird. I cannot possibly describe to you how excited I get when I open my inbox to ﬁnd such a plethora of great questions that students really want to know the answers to. Keep it up. [Insert erection joke here]. Erica was so excited to get so many e-mails this week! Why don’t you keep her happy by e-mailing her all your sex questions at sex@dailycardinal.com.

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Lawmakers push for southeast Wisconsin regional transit bill By Robert Taylor The Daily Cardinal

The Assembly Committee on Transportation held a public hearing Thursday to discuss Wisconsin transportation planning and possible rail and bus services. Of the Senate and Assembly bills discussed at the hearing, Rep. Peter Barca’s, D-Kenosha, sponsored bill seeks to create a regional transit authority in southeastern Wisconsin that would plan for commuter rail and bus expansion. He spoke to the committee about the impact his bill would have on the immediate and surrounding regions. He said the transit authority project was vital to connect the Northern Suburbs of Milwaukee to Southern Suburbs of Chicago. “This project is about more than connecting Kenosha, Racine and Milwaukee or their northern and western suburbs. The Southeast Regional Transit Authority is about

gop ads from page 1 Wisconsin know the person that Scott is.” “Scott is a very frugal guy,” Bader said. “He packs his own brownbag lunch every day… he drives his 1988 Saturn with 100,000plus miles on it, and he and his wife Tonette WALKER really believe that government should function the same way: cutting costs when they can and trying to find ways to do more with less.” Walker’s GOP opponent Mark Neumann has already been running TV ads since mid-February, releasing his third Thursday.

wispirg from page 1 about the fact that this bill is going on and that SAFRA is happening,” she said. “We want to let our Senators know that students really want this to pass, and get a bunch of media attention across the country.”

“A lot of people don’t know who Sallie Mae is and what they’re up to.” Rashi Mangalick secretary WISPIRG

According to Mangalick, after the event, WISPIRG plans to send media clips and pictures of

our state’s role in the region… tying together one of the largest corridors in the country and this corner of the state to one of the largest metro areas in the U.S.” Barca said

“Make no mistake about it, this is a jobs bill.”

Peter Barca representative Kenosha

According to Barca, the “train corridor” from Milwaukee to Chicago would have 1.2 million people living within a mile of the route. Barca also said that this infrastructure investment would spur job creation and sustain growth into the future. Members of the business community, mayors, environmentalists Chris Lato, a campaign spokesperson for Neumann, said that “Mark Neumann is playing offense right now and Scott Walker is playing defense.”

“If anything, Neumann is responding to our overwhelming momentum.” Jill Bader spokesperson Scott Walker

With the election more than seven months away, Lato said the fact that Walker released the ad this early in the race shows he feels threatened by his competitor. “We have gotten a tremendous students rallying against Sallie Mae to the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, who she said speaks daily with lawmakers. Students were able to throw beanbags at signs of Sallie Mae at the event Thursday, advocating their support for SAFRA. “A lot people don’t know who Sallie Mae is and what they’re up to and a lot of this is just education,” Mangalick said. According to Mangalick, the bill has the potential to be passed in the senate in the next couple weeks.

and fellow representatives urged regional transit system legislation to ease congestion, expand service and create jobs, according to the Wisconsin State Journal. “Creating an integrated, coordinated transportation infrastructure in southeastern Wisconsin, where approximately 40 percent of our state’s population lives, is critical to helping our state’s economy to grow and to giving our workers the ability to get to the jobs they need to support their families,” Barca said. “Make no mistake about it, this is a jobs bill.” According to a spokesperson from Barca’s office, Thursday’s session represented a first step. The committee must now hold an executive session to consider and amend the bills before they are sent to the floor for a vote. The committee also heard testimony on the formation of Transit Authorities for Fox County and La Crosse. response from the television ads that we have been running… and Scott Walker’s campaign obviously felt the pressure to get out there in some way,” Lato said. However, Bader said the ad is part of Walker’s overall strategy and was not in response to Neumann’s campaign. “If anything, Neumann is responding to our overwhelming momentum,” Bader said. The 30-second spot will run everywhere in the state except Milwaukee, where Bader said Walker is already well known, until the middle of next week.

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Madison man propositions young woman on Gorham A 65-year-old Madison man propositioned a young woman on the 10 block of W. Gorham Street Friday evening, prompting her to call 911. According to the police report, the 24-year-old victim said the man offered to pay her money to watch him perform a “sex act” on

google from page 1 would be the perfect candidate. Supporters claim that Madison has the perfect population size of 225,000 and a unique combination of tech-savvy civilians who are also engaged in the community. “Madison has a lot of unique assets—governmental, business and academic. We need to get this uniqueness exposed,” said Preston Austin, creator of Madfiber.net, a webpage designed to provide information about the application and advise the public about how to further support Google Fiber. The Google Fiber project would not affect the current Madison campus-broadband network, but would still impact students living off-campus. According to Brian Rust, communications director in the Division of Information Technology at UW-Madison, “We already have a very high-performance network. But it would provide a significant boost in network capacity for approximately 34,000 UW students who live off-campus.” “The UW campus would benefit in that those who are offcampus could access on-campus resources much more quickly,” he

himself. She left the area shaking, very disturbed by the remark, the report said. The man is described as being Caucasian, of medium height, with white hair and a trimmed beard. He was wearing a dark jacket, khaki pants and a red hat with netting on the back, according to the report. said in an e-mail. According to supporters, implementation of Google Fiber also means more opportunities for businesses. With faster Internet, they argue, there will be a massive increase in technological businesses in the industry that will benefit the economy of the city.

“The UW campus would benefit in that those who are off-campus resources much more likely.” Brian Rust communications director DoIT

Google’s Fiber network would not threaten competition with other broadband companies. Customers of any network provider could take advantage of Google Fiber. According to one supporter at the meeting, “Google is giving us all a magic feather saying that this is no longer a zero-sum game, they are not going to put other broadband companies such as AT&T or Charter out of business. Everyone can win.” The application will be sent to Google on March 26 for consideration.

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Today’s Sudoku

Evil Bird

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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.

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places, people! ACROSS 1 Big blowout 5 Not firm, as recently poured concrete 10 Office communication 14 Toast-topping option 15 Take game illegally 16 Awestruck 17 A drawbridge may span one 18 Bantu language group 19 You can make one for yourself 20 What our secret should be 23 Make modifications to 24 Road Runner’s scenery 25 At no cost 28 Ballpark beverage 30 Shade of green 31 First wrecker of Ruth’s homerun record 33 ___-o’-shanter 36 Where a fox hunt may go 40 TV attorney Matlock 41 Kind of legend or renewal 42 Bemoans 43 Iowa State’s home

44 Courtroom rendering 6 Mexican muralist 4 Rivera 49 Port city of ancient Rome 51 In custody 57 Cut at the mill 58 Prefix with “national” or “personal” 59 “Chariots of ___” 60 Make leg warmers 61 Take the wheel 62 Longest bone above the waist 63 Cap. Hill 100 64 Tot’s training site 65 Balance sheet deduction DOWN Broadway turkey African succulent Board membership Big trouble Angers “If a tree falls in the forest and ___ ...” 7 Woman-chaser 8 Reverberation 9 Scriptural pronoun 10 Way of doing things 11 “Goodness gracious!” 12 “Throw ___ From the Train” (1987 film) 13 Double-S curves 21 Football player 1 2 3 4 5 6

Manning 2 Revise for the better 2 25 Large amount of whipped cream 26 Split asunder 27 Shout in church 28 All-___ (Kellogg’s cereal) 29 1,000,000,000 years 31 Mass robes 32 ___ carte 33 Fully stretched 34 Baldwin of “30 Rock” 35 Interlock, as gears 37 It’s good for a laugh 38 Fury 39 Dire 43 FBI employees 44 Like the Milky Way 45 They’re all in the family 46 Twilight times 47 Absurd 48 Reagan’s attorney general Meese 49 Band of eight 50 Shooting at clay targets 52 Speak like Daffy 53 “I’m ___ your tricks!” 54 2.2 lbs., approximately 55 Diving eagles 56 “For” votes

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‘Bioshock’ sequel shockingly good By Mark Riechers

transforms Adam-quests from attack missions to protection missions, It’s easy to assume that “Bioshock which may have you groaning until 2,” a sequel that many fans and even you see all the new toys available for original game designer Ken Levine setting traps around gatherers: the wanted little to do with, is all about the big, bad Daddy drill, mobile turrets, Benjamins—a pointless entry diluting plasmids that can summon secuthe purity of the original’s story and rity bots, proximity mines and more. characters. While it cannot be said that Hacking has also improved to help “Bioshock 2” really does anything to you secure areas of the level as you outshine its predecessor, it tweaks the gather Adam with your Little Sister. original formula (flaws and all) within When you finish harvesting all a side story to the original game that the Adam in a level, you are attacked extends our stay in the undersea city by a Big Sister, a beefed-up version of of Rapture by long enough to make it the Big Daddy that is faster, stronger worth the trip back. and sexier than you are. They cer“Bioshock 2” returns to Rapture tainly provide a challenge, especially 10 years after the first, even leakier early in the game, but their random and rustier than before. This time nature sticks out poorly in a game around you play as one of the first Big world primarily geared around planDaddies, awakened ning and setting up by your connection traps that work with GAME REVIEW to your Little Sister, the environment. now grown up and The game makes attempting to sumup for challenges mon you to her like this with more aid. The game foland more upgrades lows your attempts and gene tonics that to make your way make you practically across Rapture to invulnerable by the “Bioshock 2” rescue her, encoungame’s conclusion— tering enemies called Splicers to drill I could cause Splicers to burst into to pieces and moral conundrums to flames, freeze solid and be shocked solve along the way. to death if they so much as touched Although its actual game mechan- me. While it is fun to feel so powerful ics were a bit dated for the time, by the game’s final battles, the chal“Bioshock” received great acclaim for lenges to the player become few and its exceptional storytelling and immer- far between by the end, making for a sive atmosphere. While the atmosphere game that has a difficulty curve that is is still here in spades—the once merely completely backwards. rusting underwater city now blooms There is a multiplayer mode this with coral and decaying broken time around too, complete with orimachinery—the storytelling seems a entation films from Andrew Ryan bit less revolutionary, playing it on the himself. While they certainly dressed extremely safe side. We have traded vil- up the mode to be a fun nod to lains from Andrew Ryan, the runaway fans, the actual gameplay mechanics objectivist from the first game, to Sofia do not translate very well to player Lamb, a runaway socialist hell-bent on versus player combat. Deathmatches making Rapture a utopia. Otherwise, and “Capture the Sister” are basically not a whole lot has changed the- “Quake III” matches with Bioshock matically—someone is always trying to touches, like Big Daddy suits and manipulate you, and you have to figure plasmids. They are a fun diversion, but out how and why. they often make the game feel dated. One aspect of the game that has “Bioshock 2” is certainly worth changed is the way you attain Adam, a play through for fans of the origithe magic genetic goo that allows nal—if nothing else, it allows you you to upgrade your character’s pow- another 15 hours under the sea. ers. Instead of merely harvesting (or But the sequel’s developers clearly rescuing) the Little Sisters that gather fear that too much innovation could Adam, you can now protect each of hurt game sales; a shame, since being them as they skip along their merry innovative is what made Bioshock way harvesting dead bodies. This worth playing in the first place.

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In his previous movies, like ‘The Queen’ and ‘Frost/Nixon,’ Michael Sheen has been upstaged by actors like Helen Mirren and Frank Langella. In ‘The Damn United,’ Sheen is ﬁnally able to shine in the spotlight.

‘Damn’ divided on ‘United’ By Todd Stevens THE DAILY CARDINAL

Brits love soccer, at times to an unhealthy degree. They love it so much that they have been known to kill, maim and disembowel each other in the name of football—and that is just the fans. The coaches and players, if anything, are even more vile, vicious and vitriolic, as shown in “The Damned United,” a biopic of former English Premier League coach Brian Clough (Michael Sheen) and the lead-up to his disastrous 44-day stint as head coach of league juggernaut Leeds United.

Sheen is excellently cast as Clough, a role that ﬁnally gives him the opportunity to take the spotlight in a ﬁlm and deliver a big, showy performance.

The best description of Clough’s character easily comes from actor Jim Broadbent as Derby County chairman Sam Longson, who describes Clough as a “cocky little twat.” “The Damned United” follows Clough as he rises to fame as the manager of league doormat Derby County, all the while harboring an unhealthy and borderline sociopathic grudge against Leeds United manager Don Revie (Colm Meaney). Clough is accompanied by his softspoken assistant Peter Taylor (Timothy Spall, who continues his pattern of playing the sidekick to malicious evil bastards). Throughout the film, Clough is depicted as nothing less than a despicable man who is the physical embodiment of envy, willing to throw anything in his life aside merely to upstage Revie. Sheen is excellently cast as Clough, a role that finally gives him the opportunity to take the spotlight in a film and deliver a big, showy performance. While he has been given noteworthy parts before in films like “The Queen” and “Frost/Nixon,” it seems like Sheen has always been upstaged by powerhouse performances from the

likes of Helen Mirren and Frank Langella (who both won countless awards while Sheen was relegated to the sidelines). “The Damned United,” on the other hand, gives Sheen a chance to get as histrionic as he wants as the ﬂamboyant and volatile football manager, and his performance drives the entire ﬁlm. It is a good thing that “The Damned United” has such an excellent performance to anchor it, as the story surrounding Clough’s crazed antics is incredibly weak. For a story about coaching, remarkably little actual coaching is shown. As far as screenwriter and frequent Sheen collaborator Peter Morgan is concerned, apparently Clough and Taylor simply signed one or two good players then rocketed to the top of the points standings. There is never a moment when Clough exhibits any advanced football coaching ability. In “Miracle,” they show how Herb Brooks conditioned his team to be

the best. In “Hoosiers,” Norman Dale actually calls some plays. In “The Damned United,” Clough just stands around with Michael Sheen’s giant marmoset eyes and glares at people. The film lacks a focus on actual coaching and instead concentrates on the relationships between Clough, Taylor and Levie, and unfortunately they are all entirely clichéd. “The Damned United” tries to claim the entire Clough-Levie rivalry began when Levie refused to shake Clough’s hand after a match, which seems like a massive oversimplification. As for Clough and Taylor, that turns into an overdone buddy-movie relationship, complete with a bland emotional break-up and make-up. Thankfully, Sheen does not let any of these tried plot devices hamper the force of nature that is his performance. If there is any defining feature of a great actor, it is the ability to save a bad film, and with “The Damned United,” Sheen has done just that.

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BPA ban a safe choice for health, environment Samantha Egelhoff THE GREEN ROOM

BPA-free water bottles have popped up everywhere. They come in a rainbow of colors. You can acquire them basically everywhere, from the corner Walgreens to the merchandise stand at your favorite band’s concert. They keep you hydrated. They last. They are good for the environment, and evidently, for you as well.

But BPA is not just harmful to our bodies, it also takes its toll on the environment.

A startling conclusion was revealed in 2008. BPA, or Bisphenol A, is hazardous to your health. BPA is a common organic molecule found in plastics and is linked to neurological dam-

age, thyroid disease, certain cancers and heart disease. The safety frenzy began for good reason. BPA is also found in baby bottles and children’s toys. Children are the most susceptible to neurological damage as their young brains develop. Mothers across Wisconsin can breathe a sigh of relief though. On March 3, thanks to efforts by WISPIRG, Gov. Doyle agreed to sign the BPA Free Kids Act, which banned the toxic chemical from all manufacture and sale in the state. Wisconsin is the third state in the country to do so. But BPA is not just harmful to our bodies, it also takes a toll on the environment, especially from our wastewater leakage into natural water sources and the incredible amount of plastics we throw away every day. Low levels of BPA in water systems have been shown to have harmful effects on fish and amphibian reproductive organs, and they do not just affect animal reproductive systems. Low BPA levels have been shown to cause

miscarriages in women and low sperm counts in men. Scary fact of the day: Scientists found levels of BPA in women with a history of recurrent miscarriage three times higher than in women who had normal pregnancies. Extremely low BPA levels in lab mice even caused Down Syndrome. With so many known harmful effects, it is disturbing to know that a study conducted in 2007 found that the average human has more BPA in his system than the levels that are harmful to laboratory test animals. In fact, 95 percent of humans showed traces of it in their urine, and only low levels of exposure are needed to cause some serious problems. BPA has a weak chemical bond, and thus can break apart and leach very easily into our water and food, exposing us to its harmful effects on a daily basis. Because BPA is an endocrine system disrupter, meaning that it throws off the body’s natural hormone levels by mimicking them, it

is especially dangerous when exposure happens during child development and puberty. I don’t know about you, but I played with a lot of plastic toys as a child (especially Legos!). It makes me wonder what my IQ would have been if I was only allowed to play with cardboard TV boxes instead. I might have been a Harvard grad or a lead scientist working at NASA or some other super-cliche job that smart people have. That got me thinking: If my plastic childhood toys are so dangerous, what else is?

BPA has a weak chemical bond, and thus can break apart and leach very easily into our water and food.

It is not surprising that many of the household items we use daily, including cleaners that kill harm-

ful viruses and bacteria, are fueling the fire for numerous cancers and diseases. Almost everything we use today has been chemically created or involves a chemical process, so is it any wonder that it seems every person today beyond the age of 60 is almost guaranteed cancer? What can we do about it? Ban all plastics? Ban cleaners? Live in plastic bubbles? Oh wait, those probably have BPA too. At least we are starting with the most vulnerable cases. Wisconsin: 1. Bad BPA: 0. But unless you get your meal out of a baby bottle every day at lunch, you are still being exposed this very minute. Hopefully someday soon, we will successfully ban all BPA. But until then, we might have to start living in trees and eating acorns if we want to stop toxins from leaching into our bodies for good. Samantha Egelhoff is a junior majoring in zoology with a certiﬁcate in environmental studies. We welcome all feedback. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

Time to get on board with high-speed rail, take the train to Yahara Station MARK BENNETT opinion columnist

s someone who spent his childhood never more than 20 minutes away from the City of Milwaukee, who has made the trip between Milwaukee and Madison hundreds of times in his life and who now holds residence in the city of Madison for the majority of the year, the idea of a possible high-speed rail line between the two cities initially caused stunned excitement. The prospect of a faster and easier connection between the two largest municipalities in the state of Wisconsin was

definitely nothing but great news. Sure, the Badger Bus service works pretty well right now. The busses are clean, usually on time and have convenient stops in both downtown Milwaukee and at the Memorial Union. However, Milwaukee’s newly renovated Intermodal Station, the most obvious candidate for the Milwaukee train stop, has even more convenient access from Interstate-794, and the potential of 110 mph trains would greatly reduce the 75 mile trip from 85 minutes on a bus to about 45 by train. Then the project concept hit a snag. It was reported that the leading location to place a new train station in Madison was at the Dane County Regional

Airport. Putting the stop so far removed from downtown and the UW campus would add at least a 10-minute, $12 cab ride—and that does not include the time you will spend waiting for that cab. Alternatively, you could catch Madison’s Route 20 Metro bus from the airport, an option that would be free for students and relatively cheap for any other passengers. However, Route 20 makes a detour to the North Transfer Point, which is incredibly inconvenient for anyone not living around that transfer point, causing you to wait until you’re able to catch another route downtown or to campus. Additionally, a ticket from Madison to Milwaukee on the

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Badger Bus is just $17.50. For comparison, a train ride from Milwaukee to Chicago will cost $22. For this proposal to be attractive to any traveler, the high-speed rail ticket price would have to be signiﬁcantly less than the price of a bus ride. Suddenly, this plan, initially glimmering with 21st century, Euro-style chic, becomes more of a hassle than it’s worth. Recently, however, a legitimate and promising alternative to the airport station has been proposed. It is an idea known as the Yahara Station. The site is at the corner of East Washington Avenue and North First Street and is within a block of over a dozen different bus routes, eliminating the possible extra routes that would need to run to and from an airport station. Additionally, a train stop at Yahara Station would be about three-and-a-half miles closer to both Milwaukee and downtown Madison than an airport stop. Barry Gore, the man behind the concept of the Yahara Station stop, proposes that considering six trains daily running from Milwaukee to Madison, this mileage difference would amount to almost 15,000 fewer miles in one year. Gore has also suggested that as many as seven fewer street crossings would be necessary with the Yahara Station site in comparison to an airport stop. Additionally,

the Yahara Station plan would not necessitate any “back tracking,” an issue with most other proposed downtown Madison sites. The dream of high-speed rail from Milwaukee to Madison was an exciting one from the beginning. Now thanks to the nearly $800 million in stimulus funds directed toward the project, this dream is close to becoming a reality. The benefits of the project are numerous. Most significantly, the trip between the two cities would be drastically shorter, more environmentally friendly and more reliable without a bus having to fight with freeway traffic. Additionally, it was announced last week that Spanish train manufacturer Talco plans to use the abandoned Tower Automotive Factory site in Milwaukee to build the new trains for the Milwaukeeto-Madison line as well as other projects around the country. This plan is set to add up to 80 new jobs to the state economy. However, so close to this new reality, we cannot afford to make the blatant mistake of placing the Madison station at the Dane County Regional Airport. For this new rail line to ever reach its full potential and provide the greatest benefits possible, project planners and lawmakers must make certain the new station finds its home at a location close to downtown and the UW campus, such as the Yahara Station site. As we look to usher in the future of transportation, let us make sure we do it correctly. Otherwise, we are bound to end up regretting the past. Mark Bennett is a freshman intending to major in journalism. We welcome all feedback. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Men’s Hockey

WCHA Playoffs commence as Badgers face Seawolves By Parker Gabriel THE DAILY CARDINAL

If the regular season stood as a barometer of success in college hockey, the Badgers would have to be satisfied. Their second place WCHA finish is the highest since Mike Eaves took over as head coach in 2002. They ranked in the top-five nationally in goals scored, scoring average, scoring margin, shots allowed and scoring defense. Ultimately, though, the success of this team will be measured on what happens over the next four weeks. Playoff hockey has arrived, and the Badgers kick off the postseason Friday by hosting the No. 9-seeded Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves in the first round of the WCHA playoffs. The best-of-three series will send one of the teams to St. Paul for next weekend’s Final Five and a chance to win the Broadmoor Trophy. The Badgers swept the Seawolves in a November matchup at the Kohl Center. While Anchorage was outscored 11-3 on the weekend, it was not for a lack of toughness. The scrappy Wolverines, lacking

the depth in personnel to match Wisconsin line-for-line, forced Wisconsin into 16 penalties in the first matchup by maintaining a physical presence before and after the whistle. “They’re a wily, veteran team,” senior forward Ben Street said. “Their play will definitely be elevated because they’ve got their backs against the wall. Their only chance to make the [NCAA] tournament now is to win out.” The Badgers will not have to worry about qualifying for the NCAA tournament, but this weekend can help the team move toward attaining a No. 1 seed. No matter what happens, though, this will be the last weekend in the familiar confines of the Kohl Center. “We have talked so much about finishing in the top five just so we could play at home and play in front of our fans because it’s such an advantage,” Street said. Wisconsin has indeed been very tough to beat at home this season, compiling a 13-3-3 record in Madison. Junior goaltender Scott

Gudmandson boasts similarly impressive numbers, compiling a 7-1-3 record at home. Though Gudmandson is seeing regular playing time for the ﬁrst time in his career, he is not completely without playoff experience. His ﬁrst postseason minutes came two seasons ago against St. Cloud State after starter Shane Connelly found himself benched, and Gudmandson believes it might help. “I think that is something I can build on, even just that little bit of time,” he said. “It was a pretty special experience.” After splitting time in net with fellow junior Brett Bennett for much of the year, Gudmandson appears to be the No. 1 goaltender moving forward. Neither played particularly well down the stretch, but Gudmandson said all he can do is focus on the task at hand and try to put his team in position to advance. “You have to have a short memory and just learn from your mistakes,” he said. “The regular season doesn’t matter now. This is the best time of year.”

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Senior forward Ben Street and the Badgers need to defeat AlaskaAnchorage to advance to the Final Five next weekend.

Men’s tennis prepares for doubleheader By Emma Condon THE DAILY CARDINAL

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Patrick Pohlmann and Wisconsin have their ﬁnal tune-up before Big Ten play this weekend against Illinois State and Western Illinois.

tournament from page 8 Now the two teams clash for a third time, with different goals in mind. Wisconsin is looking to improve its seed and win the event. A loss today to Illinois would not have major ramiﬁcations for Wisconsin in the long run, as the Badgers have secured their status as a member of the 65-team ﬁeld in the NCAAs. Head coach Bo Ryan, however, said his team will not approach the Big Ten tournament any differently than he normally would, especially with last season in mind, when Wisconsin was on the NCAA bubble. He did acknowledge, though, that there would be teams in critical situations, who need victories at this point of the season in the worst way. “Some teams get into these things and it’s all desperation, meaning their only chance of playing any more after this [is to succeed in the

tournament],” Ryan said. No team ﬁts that bill better than Illinois. ESPN’s Joe Lunardi currently lists Illinois as the last team in the tournament, but a loss today could kill the Illini’s chances. After falling to Wisconsin last Sunday, junior center Mike Tisdale called this game a “do-or-die” situation. Wisconsin holds the momentum in the season series, but Ryan said he believes the Illini could come right back and take today’s contest. “For that 40 minutes [we played better], but now we have another 40,” Ryan said. “I don’t have time to go ‘oh yeah, boy we did a good job.’ We don’t have time for that.” But several trends stand out in the regular-season meetings that may have led to the outcomes. The most apparent one is the presence of junior forward Jon Leuer. Leuer missed the ﬁrst game, the one Illinois won, with an injury. In addition, the Illini’s most dangerous post threat, Tisdale, scored 19

With the conference season only a week away, the No. 38 Wisconsin men’s tennis team will have one last chance this Sunday to sharpen their skills as they host No. 70 Illinois State and Western Illinois. The Badgers, who stumbled on their last two road trips by dropping all three matches to ranked opponents, earned their first victory in nearly a month against Marquette (61) Wednesday night. With an encouraging effort across the board, head coach Greg Van Emburgh believes the squad is back on track, improving to 8-4. “This [win] really helped with the whole team chemistry and I feel like this was definitely a positive performance for us, not only to get the win, but as a group,” he said. “As a team, they really responded well. They know what’s at stake this year, and I think they’re going to really rise to the challenge.” For players too, the victory seems to alleviate some of the stress surrounding their performance. “It still kind of stings because we thought we could win some of those points on 8-of-11 shooting. But Leuer played in the second game and scored 20 points on 8-of-13 shooting, while Tisdale was less of a factor as UW held him to only four field goals. Ryan downplayed the impact of Leuer. “I’m not going to say that if we had Jon we would have won the game,” Ryan said. But one would be hard-pressed to say, based on the season series, that Leuer does not make a difference. The performance of Illinois junior guard Demetri McCamey is also a factor in today’s matchup. In Illinois’ win, McCamey scored 27 points on 11-for-17 shooting from the field. In UW’s win, McCamey struggled, scoring 11 points on 2of-8 shooting. The Illini need their First Team All-Big Ten player to succeed today. The game tips off at approximately 1:25 p.m. and can be seen on ESPN.

matches,” freshman Billy Bertha said. “In the coaches’ minds and our minds, it helps calm the water a little bit.” The calm could not have come at a better time either as this weekend’s all-Illinois doubleheader is the only task standing between the Badgers and conference play, which begins on March 21 against No. 10 Illinois. Van Emburgh acknowledges that this weekend will be a much-needed tuneup before taking on a team that is a strong contender for the conference title this year. “There are going to be matches that are going to help us prepare for other matches and to make sure we’re geared up, we’re working on things and improving,” Van Emburgh said. “You always want to have matches before conference matches. You don’t want to go in there cold. It gives us two solid teams to play and then the following Sunday we’ll start with Illinois.” Illinois State is 6-4 this season after winning four out of its last six matches, but a win at Nielsen on Sunday would be a ﬁrst for the Redbirds, who are winless against the Badgers in 20 meetings. All the same, the Badgers are careful not to put too much stock in past records or

owen from page 8 It wasn’t just his greatness as a club player that made Owen the sensation he once was—it was partially because of his international accomplishments for England. Not since the days of Charlton and Best had the Three Lions seen someone of Owen’s caliber on the world stage. In 89 appearances he scored 40 goals, ranking fourth all-time among goalscorers for England’s national squad. But once again, an injury cut Owen’s success with the Three Lions short. This time it was an ACL tear in the ﬁrst minute of a group game during the 2006 World Cup that sent Owen home and left his future with the national team in doubt. After having productive stints at Newcastle and now Manchester United, hope for Owen’s glorious return was growing. This was until last week, when news was announced that Owen had suffered a season-ending injury to that damned hamstring.

discount any opponent. “The team differs every year so we shouldn’t look back on the stats,” sophomore Patrick Pohlmann said. “We should play and try to win every game at every spot.” Against Western Illinois, the Badgers have little history, winning the teams’ only meeting. The Leathernecks fell to 2-7 last week with losses to Creighton and Drake and are re-examining their own doubles pairings before facing Wisconsin. Bertha, however, defends the need to anticipate a ﬁght. “Especially in tennis, a game here and there can decide the whole outcome, so you don’t want to go in there ﬂat or thinking that they’re going to lay down,” he said. For the Badgers, the extra motivation and practice hours can only fortify their offensive. In a game that is as much mental as physical, Van Emburgh thinks the men are ready for whatever’s next. “It’s never questioning their work ethic, it’s just sometimes questioning the determination,” Van Emburgh said. “We were determined [Wednesday], we refocused, and I think that’s really going to help us through the rest of the year.” I couldn’t believe it when I heard it—well, I could, but I didn’t want to. See, Owen was not Kwame Brown or Ryan Leaf—guys who were “can’t miss” but failed epically at the pro level. No, Owen was an undeniable once-in-a-lifetime athlete who was cursed by the very limbs that gave him his awe-inspiring abilities: his legs. Named one of FIFA’s 100 Greatest Living Players, Owen still has a legacy and people who recognize his talents, but it is always going to be a question of what might have been for the striker. When he is old and looks back on his career, there will undoubtedly be times of joy and unforgettable memories for the striker, but for each of those moments there is a haunting reminder of a torn hamstring or ACL. These injuries severely limited Owen’s attempt to become a legend, and like Boobie, we will never know the true extent of his potential. Know anyone else who’s career has taken a poor turn because of injury? Email Jack at jpdoyle2@wisc.edu.

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Men’s Basketball

English star Owen a sad soccer story

Badgers kick off tournament against Illini By Scott Kellogg THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Badgers open up postseason play in the Big Ten tournament today, beginning their quest for a Big Ten championship. As the No. 4 seed in the event, Wisconsin takes on No. 5 seed Illinois. The two teams should know one another as well as anyone else, as Friday’s game marks the second time the two squads face each other in the last six days, and the third time this season. The regular-season series between No. 18 Wisconsin (13-5 Big Ten, 23-7 overall) and Illinois (10-8, 18-

13) was a tale of two games. Feb. 9 the Illini came into the Kohl Center and knocked off the Badgers 63-56 to become the first unranked team to down UW under Bo Ryan at the Kohl Center. Since that contest, the Illini dropped five of their final six games, including a crucial regularseason finale against the Badgers. Head coach Bruce Weber tabbed his team’s second meeting against Wisconsin a must-win, but Illinois lost to the Badgers on its own floor by 15 points. tournament page 7

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Junior forward Jon Leuer scored 20 points on 8-of-13 shooting last Sunday against Illinois.

hate when athletes with so much potential end up falling short because of injuries. Whether it is Boobie Miles, Mark Prior or Marcus Camby, I can’t help but feel sympathy—even pity—toward these would-be greats. So when Manchester United’s Michael Owen went down for the season after suffering a torn hamstring, I was devastated for the 30-year-old striker. For those who don’t know, Owen is one of the most talented English-born forwards of all time, and had he not been plagued by a hurt hamstring, he could have possibly been mentioned among the likes of other British legends such as Bobby Charlton and George Best. Unfortunately, his nagging injury has rendered him unable to live up to the inﬁnite potential he once had. At the age of 10 some of England’s top scouts were already keeping an eye on Owen’s progress. At 13—when clubs are allowed to sign youngsters to “schoolboy contracts”—he held talks with Chelsea, Man U and Arsenal, before eventually agreeing to a deal with Liverpool. Owen quickly rose through the ranks of their youth teams and was known as a tenacious goal-scorer. Four days after he turned 17, Owen was on the Liverpool senior team and scored a goal in his ﬁrst-ever appearance for the club a few months later.

[Owen’s] nagging injury has rendered him unable to live up to the inﬁnite potential he once had.

Imagine what you were doing when you were 17 years old. Odds are you were wallowing in teenage angst after reading “The Catcher in the Rye,” worried about prom or barely scraping by on your high school’s varsity squad. Contrast that with playing for one of the most proliﬁc soccer teams in the world, making millions and being a prodigy. Needless to say, expectations were high for the young lad. The fateful hamstring injury appeared the very next season and would continue to hamper Owen throughout his career. Despite his injuries, the youthful phenom still scored more than 150 goals for Liverpool by the time he was 24. But after another injury-riddled season in 2003-’04, Owen’s status with the squad was questioned, and he was eventually transferred to Spanish superpower Real Madrid for £8 million. One cannot help but wonder what Liverpool would be like now had Owen not been sent to Madrid. With Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres and Owen it could be the most dangerous side outside of Barcelona. Alas, Owen’s productivity fell off because of his consistent injuries so the team felt it was in their best interest to cut their losses. owen page 7