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Madison area schools visited the UW-Madison engineering campus Thursday to participate in Engineering Expo 2011.

Various activities will take place throughout the weekend including Rube Goldberg and robotics competitions.

Former vice- presidential candidate Sarah Palin will come to Madison Saturday to deliver the keynote address at a Tea Party Rally at the Capitol, Americans For Prosperity announced Thursday.

“Governor Palin is a strong voice for taxpayers and for reforming government to make it more accountable,” Wisconsin AFP director Matt Seaholm said in the announcement. “She doesn’t pull punches and is one of the most influential and followed commentators in politics today.”

Palin’s appearance comes at a time when Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair law is facing legal challenges and a handful of Republican state senators are likely to be up for recall elections. Palin has yet to make a statement on her visit.

Palin will be joined by talk-show host James T. Harris and John Fund, a columnist for The Wall Street Journal.

Vocalist Chuck Day will also be performing.

The Autonomous Solidarity Organization released a statement saying they will be hosting a simultaneous event starting at 11 a.m. in protest of the tea party rally.

“The workers of Wisconsin will stand together this Saturday to have our voices heard, educate the misled members of the Tea Party and show everyone once again what democracy truly looks like,” the ASO statement read.

The Tax Day Tea Party Rally will take place between noon and 2 p.m. Saturday at the Capitol.

Mr. Walker goes to Washington

By Samy Moskol The Daily Cardinal

Gov. Scott Walker testified in front of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Thursday to discuss the policies he has put in place at the state level since he took office in January.

Walker defended his budget repair law as “progressive.” He said his brother, a banquet manager and member of a typical middle-class family, “would love a deal like the one I offered government workers.”

Walker also commended the bi-partisanship of the Wisconsin state Legislature in passing the budget legislation.

“The Wisconsin Legislature recognized that we are growing—not Republican or Democratic jobs—but Wisconsin jobs,” Walker said.

“Together, we worked to show that Wisconsin is open for business.”

U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wis., questioned whether Walker’s need to cut spending on important services like education and Medicaid were a “choice or necessity.”

“What in the world does balancing the budget have to do with your program in Milwaukee to expand education vouchers so the richest person can take $6,500 away from the poorest kids in the

state?” Moore asked.

U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., supported Walker’s policies. He described the difference between government providing services people expect and providing benefits for a few state workers. “We as taxpayers have to foot that bill,” McHenry said.

“Together, we worked to show that Wisconsin is open for business.”

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When U.S. Rep Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, asked Walker how much his collective bargaining reform saves, and Walker eventually replied, “It doesn’t save any.”

However, Walker said his policies could be an example for the rest of the nation.

“My hope is that our actions in Wisconsin will remind the rest of the nation what makes our country great,” Walker told the committee.

Playboy ranks UW-Madison 6th best party school Playboy ranked UW-Madison sixth on its list of top party schools for 2011.

The top five schools were the University of Colorado at Boulder, Pennsylvania State University, Arizona State University, University of Western Ontario and University of Texas at Austin, respectively.

Playboy editors determined the rankings based on responses from students, alumni, readers and campus representatives. They also studied factors such as female to male ratios, location and academic and athletic

accomplishments.

The rankings will be published in the May edition of Playboy, alongside rankings such as “most-coveted dorm room” and “hottest sorority.”

UW-Madison ranked third last year, while the University of Texas at Austin came in first.

Playboy has published lists of top party schools in 1987, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2011. UW-Madison topped the chart in 2006.

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Police will continue to control underage drinkers at this year’s Mifflin Street Block Party.

Block party may allow open containers

By Maggie DeGroot The Daily Cardinal

Majestic Theatre owners Scott Leslie and Matt Gerding met with the West Mifflin Neighborhood Association Thursday to go over ideas and tentative plans for this year’s Mifflin Street Block Party.

The West Mifflin Neighborhood Association is a part of Capitol Neighborhood Inc. Committee member Scott Kolar said CNI previously agreed to co-sponsor the Mifflin Street Block Party after the executive council expressed strong support.

Majestic has proposed a plan to allow those of legal drinking age to obtain special wristbands that would allow them to purchase beer from beer vending stations and drinking within specified areas at this year’s block party.

With approval, the block party will be the first since the early 1990’s where open

containers could be permissible on the streets, Kolar said.

“The important thing is the student body did not have a negative reaction to what we’re trying to do,” Kolar said.

Due to time constraints, Gerding said the Majestic has scaled down plans for the event for this year in comparison to previous plans.

“We’re really hoping in 2012 we can really push for everything we want to see Mifflin become,” Gerding said.

The Madison Street Use Commission still has to formally vote for a street use permit for the block party to take place. A meeting is set to take place this next coming week to finalize maps and scheduling.

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Erica andrist sex columnist The advice given [last week] to the [person] disgusted by [their] partner’s pornography collection was the most ignorant, ill-informed bit of guidance I have ever seen.

Ever. Even if the collection was not illegal, if it was material that is degrading, such as [example of material I find degrading], the [person] has every right to be both angry and repulsed.

—S.F. Certainly. And in addition to feeling angry or repulsed, they have every right to keep this material out of their relationships—as I clearly stated last week. But their right to do that ends at controlling whom will be their partner, not at controlling what their partner is permitted to enjoy.

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PORN IS INHERENTLY DEGRADING TO WOMEN!!!!

—M.S. Interesting. I think it’s degrading to women to say porn is inherently degrading to women. Of course, not all women choose porn out of desire or free agency, and especially during Sexual Assault Awareness Month, we should be cognizant of this fact and the institutional factors that make it so. But many women consume and/or participate in porn actively and frequently, with enjoyment and discerning ethics.

Discounting our participation erases our sexual agency and restricts our free sexual expression.

I also think it’s degrading to read all these e-mails assuming last week’s letter applies to a delicate ladyflower letter-writer and her big rapey porn-watching boyfriend. Because feminism is best advanced and defended with a healthy dose of gender stereotyping and heteronormativity, right?

[Last week’s] column telling “PORN” that [they] should just keep quiet about [their] boyfriend’s disgusting pornography collection was a disgrace to women in relationships. You basically said that [they] should keep [their] mouth shut while [their] boyfriend masturbates to material that requires the mistreatment and degradation of women. You said that [PORN] can set boundaries in [their] relationship, but there’s no way [to] set boundaries if you can’t talk about it.

—M.C. Let’s examine what the letterwriter said last week, shall we?

In PORN’s own words, “I found some porn [on my bf ’s computer]. I didn’t like it at all … this particular material was such a turnoff.” That gives no indication whatsoever about kind of material PORN found, so why don’t we cut the assumptions about it, eh?

Yes, it certainly could have been violent. Or maybe it depict-

ed a completely consensual activity PORN happens to find unsexy. Maybe PORN had some homophobia surface after finding gay porn. Perhaps PORN was appalled that the actors were not using condoms or barriers.

If you’re out there, PORN, I’m not accusing you of anything in the previous paragraph. My point is that we know absolutely nothing about PORN’s particular circumstances, and any one of those totally non-violent scenarios is plausible.

It’s irresponsible and inconsiderate for readers and particularly for me as a sex advice columnist to flesh out writers’ stories with details not included or specified in their letters. And, per my advice last week, it’s irresponsible and inconsiderate for people to barge into conversations with their lovers—especially conversations which will likely and perhaps inevitably result in one party feeling shamed for their sexual desires and enjoyment—without considering their words and aims carefully first.

Finally, even if the porn was violent, that still doesn’t neces-

sarily legitimize these kinds of sneering reactions. First, “violent” and “nonconsensual” are not synonyms. Some activities, in porn and in real bedrooms, which may be perceived as violent to an outsider may be consensual and in fact desired and enjoyed by all parties in a scene.

There is a boundary between fantasy and reality.

Second, there is a boundary between fantasy and reality. Without a doubt, there is pornography out there that dehumanizes people. But this starts to occur precisely when consumers begin to unquestioningly conflate these images with reality— assuming that’s what all sex should look like, that that’s the best and most/only pleasurable way to fuck or be fucked. Thus, those who seek

to dismantle these kinds of degrading attitudes are better served by drawing sharp distinctions between pornography and “real life”—not by further blurring the lines between the two.

If we choose to enjoy porn, we can also choose websites and production companies that clearly demarcate the division between fantasy and reality as well as demonstrate unequivocal respect for the ways in which performers are treated behind and in the scenes—no matter what the scenes depict. We can also demonstrate this kind of respect for consent and pleasure with our own partners.

Porn isn’t for everybody, and even people who enjoy porn generally don’t indiscriminately enjoy all kinds of porn. That’s fine.

Nobody should be required to observe or participate in a sexual act that makes them uncomfortable. I mean, duh.

But seriously. Andrea Dworkin is dead. Let’s move on.

Comments? Questions? E-mail them to sex@dailycardinal.com.

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Sumi dismisses Dane County case against union law

By Stephanie Laumer The Daily Cardinal

Dane County Judge Maryann Sumi dismissed a lawsuit brought on by Dane County challenging Gov. Scott Walker’s controversial law restricting collective bargaining rights of public employees.

Dane County and two officials, County Executive Kathleen Falk and County Board Chair Scott McDonell, chose to sue the state on the grounds that they unconstitutionally passed the budget repair bill without the 24-hour notice required by the state’s Open Meetings Laws.

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SSFC Chair Matt Manes said Thursday SSFC must decide how to continue with the ongoing WISPIRG eligibility discussion.

SSFC discusses CFACT eligibility again

By Alison Bauter The Daily Cardinal

Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow made its second eligibility appeal before the Student Services Finance Committee Thursday.

CFACT is a non-profit student group “with a different viewpoint from any other group on campus,” said Vice President Dominik Ellena, referring to the group’s relatively conservative standpoint on environmental issues.

The SSFC denied CFACT eligibility last semester, but recently lost an appeal against the group before the Student Judiciary. The Student Judiciary rejected SSFC’s claim that CFACT deliberately violated policy by failing to return Associated Students of Madison equipment.

SSFC representatives asked CFACT members Thursday about an e-mail submitted in evidence that

SSFC said proved the group’s deliberate violation. Members also questioned the flexibility of the group’s direct services and time spent on these services.

“Frankly, I have a hard time seeing how these numbers are accurate,” said Rep. Cale Plamann, adding the breakdown of time spent on administration, campaigns, elections and other services didn’t add up.

The committee requested CFACT bring a detailed breakdown of services Monday, at which time SSFC will vote whether to grant the group eligibility.

SSFC Chair Matt Manes said SSFC must also decide how to proceed with the “unprecedented situation” of the ongoing eligibility appeal process with the Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group.

“We’re not in a good position, and we just have to deal with it,” Manes said.

SJ hears allegations against ASM rep

By Anna Duffin The Daily Cardinal

The UW-Madison Student Judiciary heard a complaint Thursday that newly elected Associated Students of Madison representative Leland Pan violated campaign rules prior to his election.

Freshman and former ASM candidate Sam Seering said Pan canvassed in his dorm, violating election and housing rules.

Pan said he did not deliberately canvass his dorm, but admitted to talking to friends and others nearby about his campaign while in his dorm, Friedrick Hall.

“In my opinion, it would seem rather absurd to consider me talking to my friends about something that I’m

passionate about as a form of canvassing,” Pan said.

Pan said he was unaware canvassing in dorms violated election rules.

Seering said he thought an appropriate punishment for the violation would be to refuse to allow Pan to serve as a representative on ASM. Pan won by 109 votes, the equivalent of 16 individuals dedicating all their votes to him.

Petitioners argued because of this, Pan’s discussion in his dorm could have influenced the outcome of the election.

If Pan were refused his seat, Dan Shanahan, the candidate with the second-most votes, would fill it.

The SJ will come to a decision about the case within ten school days.

Teen injured following several fights Several disturbances around Madison required intervention after the disturbances escalated into physical fights Wednesday afternoon and evening, according to Madison Police.

Madison Police cited the suspects Nethena Smith, Demetris “Stankyman” Harding and Dashon “Pooh Daddy” Lewis for disorderly conduct. A 16-year-old Madison girl was cited for battery and disorderly conduct, according to the police incident report.

The officer in charge said multiple feuding teenage girls appeared to be at the center of the disputes, Madison

Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain said. The officer also said the ongoing “disrespect” issues fueled a great deal of the anger.

Some of the suspects suffered minor injuries after being punched, police said. The 19-year-old victim was punched multiple times, but not seriously injured, DeSpain said.

Incidents were reported at the 3000 block of East Washington Avenue, North Oak Street at Coolidge Street and the 4800 block of Commercial Avenue, police said.

“One officer collected a dozen hair braids from the scene of one skirmish,” DeSpain said in a statement.

Sumi ruled Dane County lacks standing to assert constitutional claims against the state. In her statement, Judge Sumi said “the District Attorney has explicit statutory authority to enforce the open meetings law; Dane County does not.”

In late March, Sumi ruled the public was not given enough notice on the vote and placed a temporary restraining order on the law. The Department of Justice has said they would appeal the case, but in order to do so the lawmakers involved, including Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald,

R-Juneau, and Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald, R-Horicon, would have to give up their legislative immunity.

Falk did not criticize Sumi’s decision, but emphasized this ruling has no bearing on the ongoing lawsuit.

“Her decision also doesn’t dismiss the questions of open meetings and quorum violations raised after the actions by legislative Republicans, it just says Dane County isn’t the proper entity to sue the state over those violations,” Falk said in a statement.

Democrats block GOP constitutional amendment for ‘rainy day’ fund

By Nick Graetz and Ariel Shapiro The Daily Cardinal

Assembly Democrats blocked Republicans’ attempt to pass a constitutional amendment that would create spending restraints and push state revenues into a rainy day fund if tax collections exceed certain benchmarks.

The amendment would create a fund that could only be accessed during a fiscal emergency or recession with approval from two-thirds of the state Legislature. It would

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also require state tax collections in excess of 6.5 percent of statewide personal incomes be deposited into a special fund.

However, state Rep. Tony Staskunas, D-West Allis, said the bill was “written very poorly” because it requires money contributions at a time when the government is cutting aid to school districts.

The objection delays a vote on the bill until the next session after the next scheduled floor day, which would push a vote until May 10.

To become a law, it would need to be passed in this next session and approved by voters.

State Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald, R-Horicon, defended the bill as something that could help prevent cuts to essentials, like education, in the future.

“This is a common sense approach, it’s a fresh, and it’s something I think this state is clamoring for,” Fitzgerald said.

Democrats also blocked legislation on bear hunting licensing.

would be located in Logan’s current parking lot reserved for Logan’s customers. The parking lot would be brought back after the summer, Mais said.

Committee members also

received an update on the recently approved West Mifflin apartments on the 400 block of West Mifflin Street.

Developers are set to break ground in June and the complex is expected to open next May, Kolar said.

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When Zion I and The Grouch take the stage at the Majestic Friday night, it’ll be safe to say the building will not be lacking energy.

Having just released their latest collaboration, Heroes in the Healing of the Nation, The Grouch and Zion I—the Oakland, Calif.- based duo made up of rapper Zumbi and DJ/ producer AmpLive—are starting the eastern portion of their current tour.

As they do so, they will look to continue growing their profile outside of their comfort zone out west and expose audiences to the sound that has become legendary in the San Francisco Bay Area.

A big reason for their status on the West Coast, and their growing popularity in places like Madison, is the energy-packed shows they have become famous for. That’s something Zumbi said has always been the focal point of what they do.

Zumbi admitted Zion I’s music is a counterexample to the hyphy sound, but said that’s a result of the different sources of inspiration available to them.

“Ever since we started making music, the main way that we’ve garnered fans and spread the word about what we do is the live show.

That’s always been paramount for us,” he said. “And we’re basically still doing the same thing we were doing when we started—going hard at the show and making quality music.”

Along with their prolific touring schedule, Zumbi and AmpLive have been equally active in the studio, putting out a slew of albums and solo projects in the past year. Their latest album as just Zion I was November’s Atomic Clock, an eclectic, soulful follow up to their 2009 record The Take Over. Most recently, the duo paired with The Grouch to release Heroes in the Healing of the Nation just over a month ago.

All of those releases came with a wide range of influences and samples, and resulted in a sound far different from the more stripped-down “hyphy” music the Bay Area became famous for a few years ago. Zumbi admitted Zion I’s music is a counterexample to the hyphy sound, but said that’s a result of the different sources of inspiration available to them.

“We represent that countercultural thing, which is very consistent with the Bay Area anyway,” he said.

“We represent that real organic hip-hop, soul music—that’s what we make—but I think it represents the bay at the same time.”

As for their live show, fans can expect to see a hyped-up Zumbi interacting with the crowd and pouring passion into freestyles and performances. And while

some DJs are content to sit in the background spinning records at a show, AmpLive will play a big part in Friday’s concert as well.

Look for him to break out what can only be described as a beat box guitar—an innovative, Frankenstein piece of hiphop mad science consisting of an MPC mixer turned into a guitar.

Even AmpLive himself cannot fully describe what goes into what The Grouch once referred to as a “crazy-ass guitar thing.”

“I don’t know what it is, actually,” AmpLive said. “On the neck I have different effects and stuff I can use to manipulate the sound, so I’m just doing it all at the same time. It’s basically like a guitar neck on an MPC.” Complementing AmpLive and Zumbi on stage will be the duo’s frequent collaborator, The Grouch, who joins Zion I for their first full tour together since their 2006 album Heroes in the City of Dope. Zumbi said fans can expect the show to be changed from those with just Zion I. “He brings a real different twist of an artist,” Zumbi said. “Amp and I have been working so long so it’s cool to have a new energy, somebody who thinks about stuff a little different, who has different perspectives on everything.”

Zion I and The Grouch will headline Friday’s show at the Majestic, with artists One Be Lo and The Shotgun Wedding opening at 9 p.m.

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Zion I will be bringing special guest The Grouch with them to Madison Friday night, touring in support of Heroes in the Healing of the Nation.

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Fukushima incident highlights areas for improvement

By Joseph Zimny opinion contributor

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arlier this week, Japan’s nuclear safety ageny raised the level of last month’s Fukushima Daiichi incident from a rating of five to a rating of seven according to the International Nuclear Event Scale (INES). In layman’s terms, that means it has been raised from an “Accident with wider consequences” to a “Major accident.” The amount of radiation released from the four nuclear reactors exceeded a minimum threshold, moving the incident in the level 7 range.

The only other 7 rating that has been issued was the Chernobyl nuclear incident in Ukraine in 1986. The radiation that has been emitted from Fukushima to date, however, is roughly one tenth of the radiation released from Chernobyl, according to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) website. Moreover, the Chernobyl event crossed the threshold of radiation emissions immediately. A large amount of radioactive material was emitted into the air and quickly began to spread around Europe. At the Fukushima plant, the radiation was emitted more gradually, which made evacuation easier and limited the widespread radiation exposure to citizens significantly.

In addition, Chernobyl had a nuclear reactor that exploded, instantly killing two workers. At Fukushima, there were a few steam explosions in the buildings surrounding the six reactors at Fukushima, but none that were nearly as dangerous as the initial explosion at Chernobyl.

There have been no reported deaths specifically from radiation at Fukushima thus far. In the three months following the Chernobyl incident, by comparison, 28 of the firemen and emergency clean-up workers died because of radiation exposure.

Estimates of civilians who developed

radiation-related cancer were in the thousands from Chernobyl. It’s difficult to predict exactly how many in Japan were exposed to high enough levels of radiation to develop cancer.

However, because the emissions were more gradual, it’s likely that this number will be much smaller.

There has been a lot of debate on how these events should affect our outlook on the safety of nuclear power plants in the United States.

Clearly, no nuclear accident should improve the outlook on the safety of nuclear reactors.

In large part due to issues with the Fukushima cooling systems, there was damage to the reactors and power plant itself. More importantly, hazardous radioactive materials were released into the air and into the ocean.

On the other hand, it is certainly worth noting that it took a massive earthquake (the fifth largest since 1900) to cause these events. The earthquake, as well as huge tsunami waves, devastated buildings throughout Japan. Death and the missing total nearly 25,000 people.

To date, there have been no civilian deaths at Fukushima.

The earthquake in Japan actually exceeded the design specifications for the Fukushima nuclear reactors. The reactors were designed to withstand an earthquake of magnitude 8 and a tsunami with waves as high as 5.7 meters (19 feet). However, the earthquake had a magnitude of 8.9, and the tsunami waves as high as 14 meters (46 feet).

Moreover, the design was a Generation II model called Boiling Water Reactors. Currently, there are several more modern Generation III designs that are in operation today, including some in Japan. These designs have more passive safety systems. These systems implement con-

vective cooling and sprinkler systems automatically upon shutdown. Such systems would not need any operator intervention for a few days, whereas yet at Fukushima, intervention was necessary from operators within the first few hours.

Still, there are other past-generation nuclear reactor designs in operation today, and inevitably there will be more

natural disasters in the future—eventually there may be even more devastating disasters than the one in Japan.

Most experts agree that Fukushima was much more controlled of an accident than Chernobyl, but it raises concerns for the future of nuclear power. The global nuclear community will need to re-examine the current designs of

nuclear reactors and make appropriate adjustments in the future. Also, plant safety with regard to natural disasters will need to change, and only then will we have safer plants in the long run.

Joseph Zimny is a senior majoring in chemical engineering. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Badgers carry momentum into Indiana

By Haylee Kuepers The Daily Cardinal

After closing out a sevengame homestand Wednesday, the Wisconsin softball team will travel to Bloomington, Ind., this weekend to play its first road game since April 3 at Michigan State.

The Badgers (2-4 Big Ten, 22-15 overall) look to continue their recent success in Bloomington, where they will take on a Hoosiers squad (6-2, 24-15) that ranks second in the Big Ten. The Badgers, however, are feeling confident about their chances after coming off one of their best performances of the season.

Wednesday, the pitching duo of freshman Cassandra Darrah

and sophomore Meghan McIntosh shutout South Dakota State, while the offense combined for 11 runs in the doubleheader.

Sophomore Whitney Massey says the Badgers will have an edge entering the series after going 5-2 during the seven game homestand.

“I think we have a lot of momentum going into this weekend,” Massey said. “I don’t think that Indiana’s expecting that.”

The Hoosiers, however, are coming off their own shutout Wednesday where they trounced Ohio State, 9-0 in game two of a doubleheader, after narrowly escaping the first game 3-2.

The first game was more character-

Ass Kicking

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Cardinal ace Ben Pierson is poised to bring his moves back to the mound this Saturday in the annual matchup of wit and athleticism.

The worst match-up on campus: Cardinal set to crush some skulls Herald’s long list of excuses can’t delay inevitable

By Breiner I. Hardlyknowher the daily cardinal

Despite one cowardly paper’s best efforts to back out of what promises to be its resounding defeat, The Daily Cardinal and The Badger Herald will add another chapter to their timeless rivalry Saturday in Vilas Park.

Although the outcome of the game—another Cardinal victory that will destroy the will of its meager opponent—was never in doubt, its timing briefly was.

After a Herald editor suggested the teams do battle Saturday, the Cardinal amicably agreed. But in a move of bitchassery indicative of the paper’s moral standing, Herald staff tried to change the date of the contest, because they apparently needed their entire newspaper to cover Sarah Palin.

“I know we said we could do Saturday, but we got one look at your team and knew we stood no chance against your staff of champions,” Herald Editor-in-Chief Kevin Bargnes told Cardinal EIC

Emma Roller as a wet puddle formed at his feet. “Please, have mercy! I want to keep one of these legs!”

Roller dismissed the unipedal Bargnes, saying the game/ruthless ass kicking would go on as scheduled.

“Lake Wingra’s waters will run red from the blood of Herald staffers,” Roller proclaimed. “They shall know our wrath upon the brutal end to their miserable existences.”

It’s easy to see why Bargnes, who doubles as the cross-dressing frontman of indie rock band of Montreal, wouldn’t want to play Saturday.

The Herald will be without its star reporter and emoBARGNES tional backbone, known only as “AP,” this weekend.

AP has done everything for the Herald, from writing 700-word pieces of “brief ” international news to covering pivotal spring training Brewers games. In AP’s absence, Herald Managing Editor Adam Holt is expected to take its place, batting third and playing first base.

That is, unless Jordan Schelling tries to steal that job from him too.

istic of an Indiana team that has won most of its games this season by a small margin of victory.

UW head coach Yvette Healy believes that the Badgers will need persistence to keep themselves in the game and come out on top.

“I think we’re going to have to get a little momentum,” Healy said. “If we can just stick with them, I think we’ll be able to put some hits together late in the game.”

The Badgers will be put to the test as they face one of the best pitchers in college softball, Indiana’s senior ace Morgan Melloh.

“Their pitcher is one of the best in the country,” Healy said. “I think we’re going to have to work hard to

be creative.”

Melloh is first in the Big Ten with 32 starts and 325 strikeouts. She has 20 wins, which is good enough for second place in the conference. Melloh ranks in the top five in nearly all statistical categories.

The Badgers, however, have a set of talented young pitchers to counter Melloh’s attack.

In Darrah’s last outing she threw a no-hitter through the first six innings and allowed just one hit in seven innings. McIntosh appears to save her best stuff for when runners are on. She has had a knack for getting out of jams unharmed, especially as of lately. In her last 17.1 innings of work, she has not

allowed a run.

Darrah, who boasts an impressive 12-5 record, admits she has out-performed even her own expectations just a year out of high school.

“I didn’t expect this much success,” Darrah said. “Hitters are a lot tougher, [than in high school] and I was used to striking people out a lot.”

The Badgers will rely on their young pitchers, sound defense and creative offense as they look to even their Big Ten record to 4-4 against a successful Hoosiers squad this weekend in Bloomington.

Saturday’s first pitch is scheduled for 12 p.m. while Sunday’s is set for 11 a.m. Sunday’s game will be aired on the Big Ten Network.