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Baldwin says Wisconsin still progressive By Adam Wollner The Daily Cardinal

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President Barack Obama accepts his party’s nomination for President of the United States at the Democratic National Convention Thursday. The election will take place Nov. 6.

Obama addresses nation, makes case for a second term By Adam Wollner The Daily Cardinal

CHARLOTTE, N.C.— President Barack Obama accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination for a second term Thursday, urging voters to stay the course and let him finish the work he began four years ago of turning the economy around. Speaking to over 20,000 delegates and supporters in a packed Time Warner Cable Arena, Obama assured the crowd that all the problems the country faces – from unemployment to the deficit to foreign threats – can be solved by continuing in the direction he has taken the country, but warned it will be difficult and timely. “I won’t pretend the path I’m offering is quick or easy. I never have,” Obama said. “You didn’t elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth. And the truth is, it will

take more than a few years for us to solve challenges that have built up over decades.” Obama framed his re-election battle against Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney as the “clearest choice of any time in a generation,” arguing that he would continue to fight for policies that benefit the middle class and small businesses, while his opponent would defend special interests and the wealthiest in society. “On every issue, the choice you face won’t be just between two candidates or two parties,” Obama said. “It will be a choice between two different paths for America. A choice between two fundamentally different visions for the future.” Vice President Joe Biden, who spoke before Obama Thursday evening, used his nomination acceptance speech to provide an inside look at the moral compass that guided

Obama on key issues through his first term, such as the auto bailout and the Osama bin Laden killing. “Ladies and gentlemen, I’m here to tell you, bravery resides in the heart of Barack Obama,” Biden said. “And time and time again, I witnessed him summon it. This man has courage in his soul, compassion in his heart, and steel in his spine.” Reflecting criticism commonly offered by Romney supporters, UW-Madison College Republicans Chair Jeff Snow said Thursday following the speech that after nearly four years, Obama’s agenda failed, meaning voters will take his speech with a grain of salt until he can deliver real results. “Even though he’s a smooth talker, they’ve seen his policies haven’t worked out,” Snow said. Originally, Democrats had

CHARLOTTE, N.C.— U.S. Senate candidate and U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., told delegates at the Democratic National Convention Thursday evening about “the Wisconsin [she] know[s],” pushing back against the notion of a Republican wave in the state and advocating for a more level economic playing field. In her address on the final night of the convention, Baldwin said GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan, Gov. Scott Walker and her opponent in the U.S. Senate race Tommy Thompson do not truly represent the state’s values. “I’m here to tell you that they don’t speak for all of Wisconsin,” Baldwin told the audience. “I want you to hear about the Wisconsin I know, the place where my grandparents raised me, the place where generations of families have worked hard to get ahead, the place where our state motto might sound familiar to you. It’s just one word: forward.” Baldwin, who has served seven congressional terms rep-

resenting Madison, made the case for rebuilding the economy through the middle class and assailed Republicans for supporting policies that have favored the wealthiest Americans. She touted the “Buffett Rule” legislation she introduced in Congress, which would raise taxes on the top bracket of income-earners. “We believe that if we’re going to prosper, everyone has to have a fair shot, and everyone has to do their fair share,” she said. Baldwin, who is vying to become the nation’s first openly gay senator, also praised Obama for repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” a policy that prevented openly gay and lesbian Americans from serving in the military. “Republicans want to write discrimination into our Constitution,” Baldwin said. “But the Wisconsin I know believes that with each passing year and each generation, our country must become more equal, not less.” Wisconsin delegate and College Democrats of Wisconsin

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UW students say Memorial Union construction beneficial despite hassles With construction to the Memorial Union already in full swing, University of Wisconsin-Madison students are finding the renovation an inconvenience, but said it was worth it in the long run. The construction, which began June 18 and is projected to continue until June 2014, focuses on the west wing of the union. The renovation

aims to update the temperature regulation system, while making the union more handicap accessible and remodeling and enlarging the lounge for the Union Theater. Due to the west wing construction, several study rooms at the union have been closed, creating minor frustration among students such as UW-Madison senior

Crescentia Stegner-Freitag. “[The construction] closed my favorite study spot,” StegnerFreitag said. “But otherwise it’s been pretty unobtrusive.” Some students, including UW-Madison senior Megan McDowell, find the construction blocking their traditional running routes by the Memorial

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“…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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Library Mall fountain is a tease

Ian’s Pizza is ‘really good,’ freshman says By Poops McGee fake news friday

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After two years of keeping the Library Mall fountain closed to the public, UW-Madison opened it for a brief minute on August 23 but then proceeded to cover it again. Dean of Students Lori Berquam said it would be closed again “indefinitely” or until the Memorial Union renovation is finished, whenever that’ll be. Onlookers described the reclosing as comparable to the democratization of the Iraqi government or an ironic episode of Gilligan’s Island. “There was some hope and beauty for a mere moment, and then they just took it away, just like that,” said disgruntled Robin “Nico” Savage, a seventh-year senior who often enjoyed swimming in the fountain after post-dinner marijuana smoking. After two weeks of protest, Savage gave up and assumed a new position lying face down in the Frances Street decorational fountain. Two Lake Mendota ducks who had previously used the fountain as a spawning spot could not be reached for an interview by press time. Over the coming months, new construction atop Bascom Hill will begin phase three of the “Replace Grassy Spaces with Piles of Dung” project.

That girl from high school still irrelevant By Jacqueline O’Shapiro Fake news friday

Susan Harty, a former high school classmate of University of Wisconsin-Madison sophomore Mara Duffin continues to be an insignificant acquaintance in Duffin’s life. Harty, a Miami University student who came to Madison the weekend of August 17 to visit other high school friends, passed Duffin on University Avenue on her way to a birthday party. After Harty informed her she was “on her way to a birthday party of the brother of a friend of a friend,” Duffin shrugged, said “cool,” and resumed talking to actual friends. A couple days later, Duffin who was jogging on the Lakeshore Path, passed Harty and others by the terrace. Harty proceeded to greet Duffin enthusiastically but Duffin pretended not to notice. “It’s just hard to give two shits about someone who thought the word ‘chaos’ was pronounced ‘chows’ until the 11th grade,” Duffin said. “One shit, maybe.”

After dining at Ian’s Pizza on State Street Thursday night, University of Wisconsin-Madison freshman Drew Lingidiot said it was “really good.” “Dude I totally blacked out last night,” said Lingidiot, recollecting his evening. “I was about two beers deep, just sooo completely wasted. It was Thirsty Thursday so obviously I’m goin’ ham, and then some guys down the hall are like ‘BRO! Let’s go to Ian’s’ and so we packed Sellery 6A into an elevator and walked over there, all 40 of us. I don’t even know how we got there, man, we were sooooo hammered.” Lingidiot recalls the excitement of the popping of his Ian’s cherry, which was probably really fucking difficult after two whole beers.

“I don’t even know how we got there, man, we were sooooo hammered.”

Drew Lingidiot Sellery 6A winner of the “most likely to vomit in the water fountain” award

“We got there around 12:30 a.m. and the line was already getting pretty long, especially since all of 4B decided to come along at the last minute too. I finally got up to the counter and was feeling pretty ballsy so I decided to go with a slice of the Mac ’n’ Cheese pizza. And from

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Ian’s mac and cheese pizza is a favorite among shlammered freshmen, Drew Lingidiot, freshman, certified bro and self-declared Sellery sex god, said. what I can remember, since I was just smashed off of those Keystones, it was really good.” After ceremoniously tossing his grease-soaked paper plate onto the street because who really gives a shit about littering when they’re “plastered” anyway, Lingidiot and his floormates safely made it back to Sellery, where they proceeded to draw dicks of

all shapes, sizes and degrees of hairiness on the whiteboards hanging on people’s doors. “I’m just glad I had my lanyard around my neck with my keys and WisCard or I would’ve lost ’em for sure. It was craaaazyyyy,” said Lingidiot. “But Ian’s, bro. Really good. I’m a regular there so I’ll take you sometime. You’ve just gotta try it.”

Bob’s Copy Shop no longer confused with Bob’s Copy Shop By Timothy McCorgi Fake news friday

After decades of students walking all the way down University only to be told they needed to go to the other Bob’s Copy Shop on the other side of campus, Bob and Bob have reached a agreement where they will have separate names. “Fucking finally” cried every student at UW-Madison and recent alumni all over the world. “Seriously, how asinine is it for two companies that perform the same service to have the exact same name. Even their websites have the same url, except for the addition of a ‘1’ to the title. Who does that? Fuck.” Bob’s Copy shops began as The Bobs’ Copy Shop thirty

years ago when it was founded by Robert Conley and Robert Fernando. In 1992 there was a schism between the Bobs after a dispute involving a paper jam, a scanner and, supposedly, Bob’s sister. Since then, both Bobs have maintained separate businesses with the same name and separate locations, much to the frustration of the UW populace. Even after the West-side Bob’s moved, most students still experienced troubles locating the correct shop. Senior Janet Nashat recounted, “Sure, they’re not both on University Avenue anymore, and one has... like, a pig in their title or something? That doesn’t stop professors from blindly referring students to Bob’s Copy Shop without

distinction. Thank-fuckinggod they changed the name.”

“Fucking finally.”

Everyone

The shop on University Avenue will continue to be known as Bob’s Copy Shop. The shop on North Charter street will become Copy Bob’s Paper Bazaar. When asked for comments, both Bobs told us we were at the wrong shop and gave directions to the other store.

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Madison state official says charges against him for bothering child ‘political’ State Rep. Brett Hulsey, D-Madison, told the Wisconsin State Journal Wednesday the charges leveled against him for his recent interaction with a nine-year-old boy at a city beach may be “politically motivated” and connected with Mayor Paul Soglin’s administration. Witnesses reported Hulsey “horsing around” with the boy in the swim area at Spring Harbor Beach on July 4 around 7 p.m., according to a redacted version of Madison Police Officer Stephen Mackesey’s report. The boy said while he was swimming, a man he did not know flipped him off his floating inner-tube and took his picture,

which “upset and bothered” him. Hulsey told the Wisconsin State Journal he did nothing wrong and said the report was inaccurate. He pleaded no contest to the municipal disorderly conduct charge and was fined $114. While Hulsey said he’s concerned the charges may be motivated by his support of former Mayor Dave Cieslewicz in previous races against Soglin, he doesn’t describe the allegations as a conspiracy. “I do not understand why this is happening,” Hulsey told the Wisconsin State Journal. Soglin declined to comment on Hulsey’s statements Wednesday. Police included statements

from the boy’s parents and grandparents who witnessed the incident in the report. His grandmother, Sally Miley, works in the mayor’s office as an assistant and recognized Hulsey’s voice during the incident. “Hulsey had been creepy and inappropriate and had bad intentions with what he was doing,” Miley said in her statement. Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain said the MPD stands by their reports. The captain also consulted the Dane County district attorney and the Wisconsin Department of Justice throughout the investigation. —Abby Becker

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The Student Services Finance Committee participates in direct service activities with campus organizations Thursday.

Student groups present services at SSFC meeting By Cheyenne Langkamp The Daily Cardinal

The Student Services Finance Committee hosted a direct services demonstration night Thursday to give campus organizations the opportunity to display the services they provide to the student body. To be eligible to receive funding, a group must demonstrate its ability to perform “direct services,” which is defined as an educational service that is available and tailorable to any UW-Madison student’s needs, according to SSFC Chair Ellie Breucker. “These are things that segregated fees pay for, so students can use them anytime they want to,” Breucker said. SSFC is the branch of student government that decides

on the allocation of more than $32 million in student segregated fees from the General Student Services Fund to registered student organizations. Breucker said she came up with the idea for a demonstration night last spring after observing last year’s climate had become “a little scary for groups.” “I just wanted to offer them some time that was unstructured by us, that they could do whatever they wanted with,” said Breucker. “So that when they come back for eligibility or for budget hearings, there’s some friendly faces behind the table.” Approximately seven groups gave short presentations or demonstrations of their services, including the Student Leadership Program, which presented its “True Colors” activity that split participants into groups according to personality traits. SLP Internal Affairs and Development Coordinator Kevin Prickett said he represented his group because he wanted SSFC to see exactly what SLP does for students. “I’ve had such a passion for SLP because, even in myself, I’ve seen the impact it makes on shaping people into leaders and being leaders on this campus,” Prickett said. “So with eligibility coming up next week, it’s great to interact with SSFC members and let us show them what we do just so it’s not a boring presentation.” Overall, Breucker said she thought the night was successful and a valuable experience for her committee. “It seemed like everybody had fun and I think it was kind of good teambuilding for the committee too,” Bruecker said. “It was cool for us to participate together and I think they learned a lot about the groups.”

Students can expect bus detours and delays on various bus routes Sunday when approximately 2,900 athletes compete throughout downtown Madison in Ironman Wisconsin. The race will primarily affect the 80, 81 and 82 campus bus routes as athletes run a 26.2 mile loop through the city’s downtown, Camp Randall and the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s campus.

State Street, Observatory Drive, Walnut Street and a segment of Park Street north of University Avenue will be closed around noon Sunday, according to Madison Metro Transit. The detour 80 route will still serve Eagle Heights, UW Hospital and University Avenue. Observatory Drive, State Street and Park Street will remain closed until midnight on routes

81 and 82. Additionally, Dayton Street will be closed on route 82 until midnight. Metro buses will also operate on a modified loop of Capitol Square and will not run on Fairchild, Doty or State Streets because of closures. Routes 2, 4, 6, 7 and 8 will use Johnson and Gorham Streets to cross State Street, which is closed for the event.

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U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., addresses the Democratic National Convention Thursday.

baldwin from page 1 Chair Andy Suchorski said it was an “awesome” experience to watch Baldwin address a packed crowd of Democrats in prime time and successfully illustrate the party’s vision. “She laid out that there is a clear choice between what we have in

Wisconsin… and what we could have in Wisconsin,” Suchorski said. At a Wisconsin delegation breakfast Thursday morning, Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis., said Baldwin deserved the prime time slot because she is a “very real example of what the Democratic Party stands for.” Kohl told delegates they need

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to ensure Baldwin takes his seat in the Senate because the two parties have never had such contrasting visions for the country. “Nobody else in the United States understands more than we do in Wisconsin that elections have consequences,” Kohl said. “Wisconsin is a state right on the edge of deciding the national election.”

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DJ, UW create First Wave scholarship The University of WisconsinMadison announced a new First Wave full-tuition scholarship Thursday named for hip-hop artist MC Lyte. The $100,000 scholarship was created by a partnership between UW-Madison’s Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives, which includes First Wave, and the Hip Hop Sisters Foundation, an organization created by MC Lyte. The recipient will also receive a spot in the university’s competitive First Wave program, which

is the only college level program of its kind to incorporate hiphop artistry. First Wave will award the scholarship, starting in Fall 2013, to one student pursuing a bachelor’s degree at the university. MC Lyte and HHSF will announce the winner of the scholarship in conjunction with the Soul Train Music Awards. The application deadline for the scholarship is Oct. 1, 2012. More information about the scholarship can be found at the HHSF website, hiphopsisters.org.

Drought continues to hurt struggling farmers The latest in a string of bad news for Wisconsin agribusiness, a report released Thursday revealed nearly 90 percent of the state is still experiencing crippling drought. Only eight counties, all in northwestern Wisconsin, are not experiencing a severe lack of rainfall, according to the national group Drought Impact Reporter. The southernmost areas of the state are suffering the most. Farmers have been struggling with the weather conditions all year, according to a Wisconsin Crop Progress report released by the U.S.

Department of Agriculture Tuesday. The report showed 39 percent of the state’s corn crop is in “poor” or “very poor” condition, 25 percent is in “fair” shape, 29 percent is “good” and seven percent “excellent.” The report also shows twenty-seven percent of the soybean crop is in “poor” or “very poor” condition, 33 percent is in “fair” shape, 32 percent “good,” and eight percent “excellent.” Grapes are the only crop having a good season. Nationally, drought is affecting 77.5 percent of the contiguous 48 states, with Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska hit the hardest.

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Construction on the Memorial Union began in mid-June and is projected to finish in June 2013.

construction from page 1 Union Terrace annoying, but see it as only a small issue. “I’m sure that whatever they’re doing is for restoration purposes so it’s not destroying anything, except maybe adding a few seconds onto my run,” McDowell said. Even a new student to campus, international student Fatima El Ouarit, has noticed small hassles with the con-

obama from page 1 planned a large outdoor rally at Bank of America Stadium to close out the convention Thursday, but due to weather concerns were

struction, but finds the positives outweigh the negatives. “It is sometimes a bother when you have the noise right behind you, but if it’s to make [the union] better, then why not?” El Ouarit said. The renovations to the union will include rooms such as the Union Theater, which will undergo reconstruction to modernize the space while still maintaining the historic design, according to project planners.

Additionally, the Paul Bunyan room, which traditionally receives complaints about its uncomfortable temperatures, will receive a new temperature regulation system to solve the problem. A second phase of construction focusing on the central areas of the union will start after the west wing construction is complete. The timeline for the second phase has not been finalized.

forced to move the night’s proceedings to the much smaller Time Warner Cable Arena. The move prevented thousands of Obama supporters the campaign had previously granted commu-

nity credentials from watching the president’s speech in person. Obama personally apologized to the credential-holders denied access to the arena over a conference call earlier in the day.

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had zero idea that I would end up in the middle of Dance Motherf*cker at Union South with Gabe Herrera spinning last May. He moved seamlessly between hip hop and electronic vibes and I found myself thoroughly enjoying the mix and pondering why I never came to DMF. Eventually, by my request, Chief Keef’s “I Don’t Like” boomed menacingly in a room containing me and about 20 others. I leapt with some sort of graceless aggression with my friend Ian while watching the rest awkwardly performing a verbal tiptoe around the infamous N-word war-chant chorus. In fact, this seems like some sort of snapshot in a parallel universe only found emanating from a forum in nowhere, or my dorm room after a lecture reverberating into the unsuspecting ears of neighbors only accustomed to Top 40 monotony over DatPiff download links. This was not the moment that marked the beginning of trap music’s current infiltration of the eardrums of America, but it serves as an integral example of the trap sub-genre’s marriage to electronic that has taken refuge in our hard drives and coffee table chatter. And with this infiltration came a redefinition. And with this, I pinpoint the origin of my confusion. I call it “The Trap Conundrum.” Trap music (in the formerpresent sense of the word) is a cavalcade of street symphonies originated from the underbelly of hip hop. Geared toward trunk subwoofers instead of conservative wine mixers, this subgenre is loud, boisterous and unforgiving with roots in a DIY approach. Furthermore, “the trap” is an abbreviated term for “trap house”: an unsavory locale found anywhere that drug- and gangrelated activities occur in high frequency. Thus, trap music is the essential soundtrack to a lifestyle many Pitchfork endorsers would never willingly convert to no matter how many times “Flockaveli” receives an 8. Follow? It is a conundrum of blissful proportions relegated to blogs and Boiler Room sets, both localized and global. Complete with 808

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A modern day depiction of trap music flavored with electronic influences strays from the genre’s Southern hip hop roots. snares, pitch-shifted samples and the simple desire to feel invincible at a party, this conundrum blooms from Serato and blows in the winds of awkwardness from the speakers. Flash a few years back in time and this brew was only found in the trunks of the South through the chapters written by street prophets such as Waka Flocka Flame, Gucci Mane, Lil Boosie, Slim Dunkin and dozens more (generally dead, in jail, or obscure). The internal and external conflict of hood lifestyles were brought to the forefront of the subject matter: drugs, violence, liquor, misogyny, gold grills and turmoil. Accompanied by outlandish Photoshop visuals, gunshots, air horns and obnoxious DJ introductions aplenty, trap music was in a dim spotlight alone in the alleyway never traveled through past dusk. Especially in the suburbs.

Allow something to be trendy enough in this industry and it will become a staple in mediocrity. Currently, this grisly formula has been fully embraced by DJs across the country in the means of mixes as well as original production. Noted

producers Hudson Mohawke & Lunice formed the TNGHT duo and released one of the year’s most raved-about electronic EPs in the key of trap aesthetic. SpaceGhostPurrp has received acclaim for what many have called “post-trap” production on his Mysterious Phonk album. Scroll through SoundCloud and you’ll be hardpressed to find a mix without some sort of Flocka a cappella yelping over abstract instrumentation from the finest of innovators. Even Star Slinger has done a song with Juicy J (who became relevant again and I don’t understand how it happened). The echoes of these entries move swiftly through fraternity row to the basements of the upper-middle class. And here we meet our conundrum. Trap music has clutched our collective conscience. It is the exact frame of reference that made us bounce in disjointed, freeform harmony at DMF that night. But something about it felt misplaced. And it made me ponder ominously: Has the trap been taken from us? The bitterness manifests in two major facets of concern for me, the first being its expansive nature in the electronic scene. I find it possessing dangerous properties that will eventually depreciate its value as well as enjoyment. Remember

how we imported dubstep from Europe and crafted this inescapable void of Mountain Dew ads and Skrillex haircuts? Americans tend to ruin things in stylish fashion, and this is not an exception. Has this bond doomed the trap subgenre to trendiness matching the popularity of Lugz Footwear or Ryan Leaf ’s career? Allow something to be trendy enough in this industry and it will become a staple in mediocrity. This is not what Max B got wavy for. (FREE MAX B.)

Trap music was in a dim spotlight alone in the alleyway never traveled through past dusk.

The other concern shows itself in social discussions revolving around the genre. When someone possesses prior knowledge of what “trap music” is, I invisible-dread-shake with excitement upon discussing the genre with a peer. But I rarely hear a tidbit about “Lebron Flocka James” or “The Burrprint” anymore; I hear a plug about the 2,000th remix of “Mercy” that dropped on some obscure blog that picked up speed over the last week or

so. These new game changers enter the conversation to my piqued interest (Flosstradamus, UZ, Baauer), but find an obvious disconnect when I make a “Trap-a-Holics Mixtapes” joke (and for Christ’s sake, it just sucks when a “trap” fan can’t appreciate a “Trap-a-Holics Mixtapes” joke). This is not bred from the purist nonsense spewed from “real hip-hop heads” of yesteryear, but a call to appreciation for the blossoming of this once-neglected art. But where is the connection made when the genres begin to coexist in separate universes which subtly divide their shared population? This awkward harmony exposes eardrums to realms rooted in hip hop as well as electronic, but there is a need for clearer dialogue in these discussions that maintain open-mindedness without divisive forces at work. Also, a knowledge that one does not exist without the other must be promoted before it is a little too late and “the trap” plays hostage to its own popularity. Then no one can have fun quoting “Rooster in My Rari” over any beat whatsoever. Real trap shit. Have you noticed the “trap conundrum”, too? Does it bother you or can you dig it? Let Michael know your thoughts about the future of the genre at mdpenn@wisc.edu.

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• Even if you’re running low on cash from buying all those pesky textbooks, the Sett has you covered: head to indie-pop duo Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.’s free DJ set at the Sett in Union South and get ready to get down. They have rocked legendary stages such as Bonnaroo and now they are bringing their smooth sound to our very own city. The party starts at 9 p.m.

• UW Cinematheque presents another way to spend a night without breaking the bank with its showing of “The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid,” a fresh take on the thrilling tales of Jesse James and his infamous outlaw gang. The film begins at 7 p.m. and will be screened in 4070 Vilas Hall.

• The Monroe Street Festival will host a plethora of entertainment options such as Wadoma’s West African drumming and dance (11 a.m.) or Bathtub Mother’s local take on acoustic folk rock (3:30 p.m.), among others. Visit the festival between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. to sample all the flavors of music and art.

• For a relaxing and cultured Sunday afternoon to cap off your first post-class weekend, visit the Chazen Museum of Art on campus to experience their Sunday Afternoon Live from the Chazen. The museum will open their Brittingham Gallery III to the chamber music stylings of duo Ensemble SDG from 12:30 until 2 p.m.

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Today’s Sudoku

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Evil Bird

By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu

Eatin’ Cake

By Dylan Moriarty www.EatinCake.com

Caved In

By Nick Kryshak nkryshak@wisc.edu

Solution, tips and computer program available at www.sudoku.com.

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

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

First in Twenty

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GRADUAL SUCCESS ACROSS 1 Installed, as carpet 5 Horror 9 Microfilm sheet 14 In times past 15 “Green Gables” girl 16 Corbeled-out window 17 Superimposed 18 Swimmer’s slot 19 Started from scratch 20 Part of a pianist’s studies 23 Suffix with “ethyl” or “methyl” 24 Plum pudding ingredient 25 One on the way up? 27 Stickball venue, usually 30 Black Hawk part 32 “Caught you!” 33 Quartet minus one 35 Poke fun 39 Learn through trying different things 43 “Wake Up Little ___” 44 Bit of medicine 45 Drivel 46 Added cold protection 48 Barnyard enclosure 51 Chess move 54 ___ no good (scheming)

55 “What was ___ think?” 56 AA feature 62 Projections from a hub 64 What a band may have planned 65 Account 66 Gold-rush purchase 67 Legally qualified 68 Tied 69 Famous spokescow 70 Coveted role 71 Far from frowsy DOWN 1 Potting soil 2 Prefix for “freeze” 3 Clickable desktop image 4 Kick out of office 5 High voice 6 Pass, as a law 7 Role for Jodie Foster 8 React to a punch, maybe 9 “Truly,” old-style 10 More than displeasure 11 “Hard” apple drink 12 “Book of Songs” author Heinrich 13 Person to respect 21 Regret bitterly 22 Better-than-all-theothers suffix 26 Circle statistic 27 Bends under stress

8 You, formerly 2 29 “Peanuts” expletive 30 Laxity’s opposite 31 ___ and aahs 34 Disrespectful 36 Coiled killers 37 Plane assignment 38 Catch sight of 40 To the ___ (maximally) 41 Hours actually elapsed 42 Seasoned, in a way 47 Bow wood 49 Part of TGIF 50 Obtained 51 Enchantress who turned men into swine 52 In no time ___ (instantly) 53 Carbonated quaffs 54 Soft palate feature 57 “Too many more to mention” abbr. 58 Lung section 59 Gutter place 60 Urgent request 61 Mailed off 63 Super Bowl in which Joe Namath was the MVP

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ate money. This is not necessarily bad. One of the first actions taken to build a relationship between Matt Curry UW-Madison and China was the Opinion Babcock Institute signing a letter Columnist of cooperation with the Shanghai little over a year ago, the Dairy Group to provide equipment, University of Wisconsin- technology and guidance. Madison opened up This is a win-win situation for a new office in Shanghai to help everyone as everyone benefits, further its reputation and to estab- while at the same time the Chinese lish more research and business people will be able to get more milk associations. To help open up the products they need and the univeroffice in Shanghai, sity will make money. This which is officially called is something I absolutely the “UW-Madison support. Shanghai Innovation Where my concern Office,” Chancellor comes from is that we are TransparDavid Ward joined with working with Chinese govency Intl’s a delegation that includernment officials as our corruption ed local Chinese officials relationship grows. After score for China (10 and Wisconsin business all, this is the same Chinese being the representatives; some of government that engenders least these included the repsuch a high level of corrupcorrupt) resentatives of major tion that even its own automultinational corporacratic system believes that tions such as Promega corruption is a major threat billion, the and Abbott Labs. A few to the country. On top of cost of months ago, Abbott this, multinational corporaChinese Labs pleaded guilty to tions love to advertise the corruption knowingly selling inapimage that they are cleaning on business, per year. propriate and subseup China, when the reality quently harmful mediis China is on the verge of an cation to elderly people environmental catastrophe. in the U.S.; they are also paying a One of my family members mammoth $1.6 billion fine. who frequently travels to China The Chinese venture, while for business recently made marketed and advertised by the this fact clear to me and ultiuniversity as benevolent outreach mately drove me to write this to Chinese educational institutes, article. He is a pretty conseris really meant to help gener- vative businessman, which is

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why I was struck by his tone and demeanor when he told me about how common it was for businesses to pour industrial waste, in his example paints, down municipal water supplies and think nothing of it. Who is going to stop the blatant dumping of contaminants when Chinese officials are so deep in the hands of unlimited corporate investment?

Just two decades ago the Chinese Government was actively murdering prodemocracy protestors at Tiananmen Square.

Let me make this clear: the university is not conspiring to do harm and pollute China. However, how can students be certain that other corporations and officials who are out to make money—not to benevolently help the Chinese people—are not cutting corners to spike their own profits as China’s toxic cohesion between official corruption, authoritarianism and industrial belligerence is actively oppressing the Chinese people? One way to do that is to simply be as transparent as possible, by providing updates on any business

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Last year, protestors in Iowa raised awareness of China’s egregious human rights violations in Tibet. negotiations and tracking the flow of money. Again, working with China is not bad, but in the wake of UW-Madison’s poor labor choices, for example adidas and Nike, it is never bad to have more transparency in business. I love this university and would hate to see its name and image inadvertently tied to some kind of malfeasance. After all, just a few years ago, Shanghai’s party boss was imprisoned for embellishing hundreds of millions in pension funds. In the end, I guess what bothers me the most is to see such a happy image slapped on this relationship, when just two decades ago the Chinese gov-

ernment was actively murdering pro-democracy protesters at Tiananmen Square and supports governments that murder pro-democracy protesters, such as Iran and Syria. I can only imagine the horror as kids my own age are being murdered all around me, simply for having a different view of government. I just want to know that the money and relationships being forged aren’t benefitting people who are part of the problem. Do you think China’s social and political issues should affect university policy? Send any feedback or questions for Matt to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Landlords at fault for tenants’ messy move-ins Kate Krebs Opinion Columnist

t is the beginning of a new school year and many students have chosen to leave University Housing for the liberating spirit of apartment life. Unfortunately, that feeling of freedom may be short-lived as inexperienced tenants move into their new homes.

But while my apartment may have been an exception to the rule, this one failure is enough to discredit the JSM establishment. As a new lessee myself, I have suffered the awful stomach-dropping moment of realization that follows finding a grade-A disaster zone instead of a clean apartment on move in day. And, like many other Madison students, I was con-

fronted with the same emotion as I slowly discovered my landlord was not legally responsible for the mess. When I signed with JSM properties, I was under the impression that each apartment underwent rudimentary cleaning and maintenance after the end of a lease, therefore I was expecting a habitable and allergen-free environment in which my roommates and I could begin to live. This is what most other companies promise as well, but this is clearly not what I discovered. So we sent an email, began cleaning and waited. For days. In their defense, our emails did not reach the landlord immediately due to a change in their email address. Even so, it seems like common sense for landlords to give their tenants notice of such a change, since email is one of the primary forms of correspondence today. It is their responsibility to make sure tenants have

updated information and can contact them whenever necessary. This oversight added to my frustration. When a JSM representative finally made his way to our humble abode, little was resolved. Though the property manager was personable and kindly sought to rectify the situation, it felt as though he was downplaying the issues. Cigarette burns in the carpet and a missing rail on the balcony are livable—to be sure—but broken furniture and cat hair? Not so much, particularly when half the apartment’s inhabitants are allergic to cats. Worse, after consulting my lease I discovered JSM had a full 60 days to complete any necessary cleaning or repairs and would not be compensating me for the eight hours of intense cleaning I endured my first night there. Management made it obvious we were unimportant to them. They are such a large business that we didn’t really matter. They unsuccessfully deodorized the carpet which smelled

strongly of a litter box, as evidenced by the occasional cluster of cat food and sprinkling of litter under the couch cushions. Instead of replacing the couch altogether they deferred real cleaning services for the bathrooms and kitchen. And, to add to their failings, when the painter came through to touch up putty, scuffs and even burn marks on the walls, he informed us that our apartment had likely been missed altogether.

I slowly discovered my landlord was not legally responsible for the mess.

Everyone expects some light cleaning when they change residence, but JSM truly failed to provide an inhabitable living space. After seeing other apartments in the same complex, it became clear that mine was one of the exceptions.

On the whole, JSM’s other tenants seemed satisfied—and for good reason. Their apartments were pristine, tainted at most by a single cobweb or a dusty countertop. But while my apartment may have been an exception to the rule, this one failure is enough to discredit the JSM establishment, which owns several properties in the Madison area. No one that saw the state of the apartment would dare to recommend JSM in the future, myself included. I am convinced that our apartment did not receive the quality inspection promised by JSM properties, and though I must admit their representatives had pleasant personalities, nothing can make me forget the black toilet bowls and the golf-ball-sized dust bunnies I found hanging from the fan. Perhaps a different cleaning company in the future, JSM? Kate is a sophomore with a double major in English and Spanish. Do you have any movein horror stories or success stories? Send any and all feedback to the opinion desk at opinion@ dailycardinal.com.

Organizations’ displays on Bascom Hill should be held to higher standard David Ruiz Opinion Columnist

s students, fresh or weary from their summer breaks, walked onto Bascom Hill for their first day of classes Tuesday they were treated to a commercial and educational display on Bascom’s lawn. The display, which promoted a new grocery store in Dejope Hall, featured dozens of plastic flamingo lawn ornaments embedded all across the grassy expanse below Bascom Hall. The display itself might come off as esoteric, but is actually a call-back to the infamous Pail and Shovel student government party which ascended to power in 1978. The party, whose (hilarious)

history should be explored by every University of Wisconsin - Madison student, received its namesake from one of its primary campaign platforms. They pledged to convert the student government budget into pennies and dump them onto Library Mall. Students would then take from the pile with pails and shovels, hence the Pail and Shovel Party. These notorious jokers were also responsible for the first Statue of Liberty on frozen Lake Mendota (which promptly burned down and has since been replaced). The first pink flamingo flock on Bascom, which arrived on the first day of Fall classes in 1979, was 1,008 flamingoes strong. This past Tuesday’s flock was much smaller but the callback itself was both a creative way of advertising and an immersive way of introducing new students to Wisconsin’s rich history. Unfortunately, the vast majority of Bascom’s displays are not nearly as thought-out or interesting as the pink flamingoes. The University’s Campus Events Services Office (CESO), which runs the reservations for displays on Bascom, needs to do a better job of controlling the quality of what ends up on the hill. Most displays are a few half-hearted signs that vie for my attention as I hustle up or down the hill to class. Generally, the displays utterly fail to excite or inform in any way. Since the advertisements are always for groups that deserve more attention, CESO’s lackadaisical

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The Pink Flamingoes which adorned Bascom Hill this past Tuesday were a call-back to the Pail and Shovel student government party which rose to prominence in the late 1970s. approach to controlling who and what ends up being displayed makes sense. But Bascom Hill should spend less time clamoring for students’ attention and more time being the soothing grass expanse that we all know and love. Unfortunately, CESO lacks the necessary resources to adequately quality-control the advertisements on Bascom Hill. And to demand that they only approve innovative or creative displays on Bascom is unfair; however, the student organizations that use CESO should make an effort to create interesting and more dynamic displays. I don’t mean to suggest that every single student organization should litter Bascom Hill with pink flamingoes or some other frivolous item. Student

organizations looking for attention should only approach CESO to book Bascom Hill if they have a solid promotional idea that works well on the hill. CESO offers a variety of different promotional services and their staff is both friendly and extremely coop-

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erative. Student organizations need to expand their horizons beyond displays on Bascom to the entire variety of advertising means on campus. David Ruiz is a senior majoring in english and minoring in computer science. Send any feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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UW set to open season at talent-heavy Cougar Classic By Matt Masterson the daily cardinal

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Senior middle blocker Alexis Mitchell is leading the Badgers this season with a .409 hitting percentage and 60 kills. Her 2.86 kills per set is second best on the team.

Wisconsin to begin home slate with InnTowner Invitational By Vince Huth the daily cardinal

The Wisconsin volleyball team (5-1 overall) will return to the UW Field House this weekend for the 21st annual InnTowner Invitational. For a team that faced road trips on both coasts to open its season, Wisconsin’s five wins in six games has certainly been a strong start. In fact, the Badgers lost just five sets combined in their six games. Wisconsin appears to be in prime position to win its host tournament after failing to do so last season, with the combined records of its competitors—Drake, North Dakota State and Milwaukee—a com-

road test from page 12 said. “We just have to prepare for both.” Allen also noticed how much more the Beavers put the ball in the air as the season progressed, something that should concern UW after last weekend’s poor pass coverage in the second half. Many wondered why the Badger defense fell apart after shutting out UNI in the first half. The answer may lie in the fact that the Panthers threw the ball only six times in the first half, completing three of those passes for 27 yards. In the second half, they threw 28 times for over 200 yards. A possession time of only

bined 5-14. Wisconsin will start things off at the round-robin-style tournament against Drake (0-6 overall) Friday night at 7 p.m. Saturday will feature a doubleheader, with the Badgers slated against North Dakota State (1-5 overall) at 12 p.m. The tournament’s marquee matchup will be saved for last, with Wisconsin battling Milwaukee (4-3 overall) at 7 p.m. On paper, the winner of the primetime game will take the tournament title. The Panthers are just one season removed from an undefeated conference season. With Big Ten play starting in just two weeks, the Badgers will need to

take advantage of every game on their schedule until then, as the competition won’t be anything near what they will see in Madison this weekend. It’s safe to say the Big Ten conference is the toughest in women’s volleyball. With six teams ranked in the top-25—including No. 1 Nebraska and No. 2 Penn State—Wisconsin will face some of the nation’s top teams once conference play begins. Until that Big Ten Conference opener September 21 in Evanston, Ill., however, all the Badgers can do is build on the success they’ve enjoyed so far this season. UWBadgers.com contributed to this report.

6:35 obviously had something to do with the low amount of pass plays in the first quarter last weekend, but the Panthers managed 28 passes in the second half on just over 14 minutes. UNI simply didn’t realize until the fourth quarter that it could throw the ball at will against a veteran Badger secondary. If Oregon State sticks to its formula of throwing often, the Badgers could very well be playing a game similar to the one fans saw last Saturday in Camp Randall. “They definitely were passhappy toward the end of the year,” Allen said of the Beavers. In the 11 games that Beavers’ sophomore quarterback Sean Mannion started last season

(he replaced the previous starter halfway through Week 1), he threw an average of 41.9 times per game, including as many as 66 times in a 35-20 loss to Arizona State. This, as well as the maturity from the massive amount of first-year starters from last season’s team, is Borland’s main concern heading into Saturday. “Their quarterback has a full year under his belt (now),” Borland said. “Just their personnel, I think that they have more experience might be a challenge.” “Young guys with experience is a dangerous recipe,” junior quarterback Danny O’Brien said. “We’re going to have to start well and finish well (on Saturday).”

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Senior running back Montee Ball carried the load against Northern Iowa with 35 touches. Junior running back James White should have fresh legs for UW’s game at Oregon State.

The Wisconsin women’s golf team hits the links this weekend to start its 2012-’13 season, travelling to Charleston, S.C., for the Cougar Classic. The tournament is being hosted by the Yeamans Hall Club, which has put together a challenging 6,219-yard, par-72 course. The Badgers will be competing against a very deep field this year, which includes 10 of the 15 teams from last season’s NCAA National Championship field, including the team that won it all, Alabama, and last year’s Cougar Classic winner, LSU. The field also boasts 13 of the top-25 teams from last season’s final 2012 Golfweek rankings. The Badgers finished ninth at the Big Ten Championships last season, which was one of seven top-10 finishes they had as a team. Wisconsin will look to improve this season under head coach Todd Oehrlein, who returns for his 10th season as a Badger. Oehrlein was previously named the Co-Big Ten Coach of the year in 2011. The Badgers boast a group of experienced golfers, including senior Lindsay Danielson, junior Kris Yoo and redshirt junior Alexis Nelson. Danielson had a stellar junior

sanctions from page 12 USC’s first bowl-eligible season since the sanctions were given. Its top recruits stayed at school, it continued to grab the top high school prospects during its bowl-ineligible years and voilà: the program has skipped over the Alamo Bowl, through the Rose Bowl and right into the National Championship conversation. It’s as though the Trojans rolled the dice, landed on a hotel-loaded Boardwalk and two turns later were right back in the game. This season they will be favored in every game on their regular season schedule with the only real test being a home date against defending Pac-12 and Rose Bowl champion Oregon.

I’m not sure what’s actually stopping these top-tier programs from running the risk of giving improper treatment to their stars.

USC isn’t the only program to recently have received NCAA sanctions. Ohio State is banned from postseason play this year because some of its players received free tattoos. Timeout: Just think about that. USC’s players get to live in Los Angeles and they get free housing. Ohio State dishes out ink to its players, who live just 45 minutes from Cleveland. Ohio State is the worst. No, I take that back. What’s even worse is that OSU’s recruiting classes haven’t taken a hit, its new coach

year for the Badgers last season, putting together a 75.9 stroke average, which was not only the best on the team, but the fourth best for a single season in UW history. She carded her best score last year at this very tournament, shooting a 222 over the three-day event. Yoo, a Schaumburg, Ill., native, put together an impressive sophomore campaign with a 76.4 stroke average and three top-20 finishes.

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2011-’12 scoring averages Lindsay Danielson: 75.9 Kris Yoo: 76.4 Alexis Nelson: 77.5 Kimberly Dinh: 77.6 Aaren Ziegler: 79.3

A leg injury kept Nelson out of action for the fall, but she returned for four of the five spring tournaments, where she put together a 77.5 stroke average. Her best tournament came at the Westbrook Invitational, where she finished sixth, shooting a 213 over 54 holes. The Cougar Classic runs September 9-11. UWBadgers.com contributed to this report. Urban Meyer will be better than Jim Tressell and it’s going to be a favorite to win the Big Ten—in addition to being in the national title conversation—next season. After seeing what happened at USC and what’s likely going to happen at Ohio State, I’m not sure what’s actually stopping these toptier programs from running the risk of giving improper treatment to their stars. Look, I understand the NCAA has some crazy-stupid (love) rules. This is the association that, until recently, said schools giving a student-athlete a bagel was an acceptable practice, but giving him or her that same bagel with a slab of cream cheese was means for a rules violation. If you’re the head coach at a program where anything short of a national championship is a failure, you have to at least consider risking sanctions to ensure a top recruit plays for you. Keep in mind that people in these positions had to do a lot to get where they are. Falling from the top of the mountain is simply not an option. I remember being completely content when the punishments were doled out to USC and OSU, and a board of people a hell of a lot smarter than me felt the same way. But the Trojans and Buckeyes have proven it will take more than a two-year bowl ban to truly lay the hammer down on top-tier programs. Does it bother you that USC is back on top so soon? Do you think the NCAA should give more severe penalties to schools that give student-athletes illegal benefits? Email Vince at vhuth@wisc.edu.

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Ramage, three others named men’s hockey captains for 2012-’13 By Matt Masterson the daily cardinal

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Wisconsin’s pass defense will look to improve this weekend after giving up over 200 yards in the second half against UNI.

The calendar may only read September, but hockey is in the air in Madison. Men’s hockey head coach Mike Eaves named his team’s captains for the upcoming season on Wednesday, and to the surprise of no one, some familiar faces will be wearing the “C” and “As” on their sweater this winter. For the second straight season, senior defenseman John Ramage will serve as the team’s captain. A native of St. Louis, Mo., Ramage had an up-and-down season in 2011’12. While he had a career high in goals (three) and delivered one of the most memorable moments of the season with his bone-crunching hit on St. Cloud’s Nick Oliver, he also had a career low in points (10) and committed multiple mental errors that cost his team. Ramage becomes the first Badger to wear the “C” for consecutive seasons since Adam Burish in 2004-’05 and 2005-’06. The primary assistant captain to Ramage will be fel-

low senior Ryan Little. The forward was also an assistant captain last season, when he put up 10 points (three goals, seven assists) in 31 games. The biggest highlight for Little in 2012 was his game-winning goal on the road against Minnesota March 2.

Wisconsin captains 2011-’12 point totals Frankie Simonelli: 19 Derek Lee: 11 John Ramage: 10 Ryan Little: 10

While it was up to Eaves to name the primary captain and assistant, it was up to the players to vote on who would fill the final assistant captain role. Senior center Derek Lee and junior defenseman Frankie Simonelli received the most votes and will split the final “A” for the season. Lee, the team’s No. 2 center, was limited to just 17 games

last year in a season that was marred by injuries. On October 28, Lee was cut by the blade of a skate against NebraskaOmaha and didn’t play again until January 6. Later that month, the injury bug struck again, as Lee suffered a concussion against North Dakota. Frankie Simonelli, on the other hand, enjoyed a breakout sophomore campaign in 2011-’12, setting career-highs in goals (five), assists (14) and points (19). He was the team’s second-highest-scoring defenseman behind the now departed Justin Schultz. Lee will wear the “A” for home games, while Simonelli will wear it on the road. It is also the first time since the 2006 National Championship team that the Badgers will use one captain and three assistants. The Badgers’ season gets underway in just over a month, as they host the U.S. Under18 team in a scrimmage on October 6 before opening the year in Green Bay in a series against Northern Michigan October 12-13.

Badgers face test at OSU By Ryan Hill the daily cardinal

The Wisconsin Badgers (1-0 overall) are not concerned one bit. However, seemingly everyone else is panicking heading into Saturday’s matchup against Oregon State (0-0 overall) in Corvallis, Ore., and for understandable reasons. Being away from Camp Randall, not having game film of the Beavers from this season, an extremely mediocre performance offensively and not having a defense show up for the fourth quarter last week would worry almost any team, especially if it were ranked 12th in both preseason polls. Not this Badger team. Negativity wasn’t even remotely apparent from Badger players and coaches this week after practices. Instead, they all seem to have moved on from the last game and are ready to make a statement. Not a statement just to Badger fans, but to the entire country. “We definitely just need to show the nation that that’s not what we’re all about,” senior cornerback Devin Smith said Wednesday. “I think this week is going to set the tone for our season and for our defense.” For redshirt junior linebacker Chris Borland, Saturday’s goal is to simply show up for the entire day and not repeat the dismal fourth quarter that fans had to worry through last Saturday. “We just have to play well and not give up the few big plays here and there,” he said. “Our main goal is to play the

whole game right now.” Hurricane Isaac cancelled Oregon State’s first game of the season, as the poor weather wouldn’t allow Nicholls State to leave for Corvallis. Luckily for the Badgers, they played host to the Beavers last season and won 35-0. “We’re watching all their film from last year and kind of preparing for last year’s team,” redshirt sophomore defensive lineman Beau Allen said. “So we just have to be real flexible and just talk to our coaches on the sideline.” The problem, though, is that the matchup between the two teams last year was during the second week of the season. Head coach Bret Bielema and other players weren’t afraid to admit that the Beavers, who had 24 firstyear players in last season’s game, will be better and more experienced than the team Wisconsin squared off against a year ago. “I know they’re going to be a better opponent,” Bielema said. “We don’t have to tell any of our kids how good Oregon State is, they know it, they can see it on the film from last year.” Smith and Allen both noticed a marked improvement—and a change in style offensively—just from comparing the Beavers’ games late last year to their game at Camp Randall. “They used to be more of a pro-style team toward the end of the season and even in our game last season they were [running] more spread,” Smith

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Senior defenseman John Ramage was named a team captain Wednesday for the second consecutive season. A trio of upperclassmen will serve as Ramage’s assistant captains.

NCAA sanctions maybe not severe enough Top-tier football programs back on top after short hiatus vince huth huth the truth

ollege football is here, and one of the sport’s traditional powerhouses, the University of Southern California, is among the national title favorites. In fact, it was ranked the preseason No. 1 team in the nation over defending national champion Alabama. Normally this contender status wouldn’t come as a surprise, but USC was issued severe sanctions—including a two-year postseason ban—in 2010 for illegal benefits given by sports marketers to its former Heisman-trophy-winning

running back Reggie Bush. USC’s sanctions also included a loss of 30 scholarships over three years. The Trojans won a National Championship with Bush in their backfield, but the title and Bush’s Heisman have both been taken away since the NCAA’s findings. The NCAA determined these sanctions fit the crime, and on the surface they appeared to be fair punishment. After all, the NCAA found similar violations at Alabama in the late 1990s and early 2000s and gave the program a two-year bowl ban and loss of 21 scholarships over three years. In retrospect it’s difficult to say whether USC was penalized enough.

On one hand, the magnitude of the Trojans’ cheating was unprecedented; the NCAA had to make an example of them. It had to make sure other programs wouldn’t consider breaking the rules out of fear they would suffer the same program destruction as USC. The thought-to-be harsh penalties were given with the presumption that USC would be a down program for a number of years—you know, the type of “down” that means the Trojans would play in non-BCS bowl games for a few years before returning to national prominence. On the other hand, it’s

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