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Chancellor Ward may stay for another year

By Anna Duffin the daily cardinal

Interim Chancellor David Ward may stay in UW-Madison’s top position for another year after the request of UW-Madison faculty members.

Professor Brad Barham is the chair of the University Committee, the group requesting the extension. Barham said the university is in the midst of changes resulting from flexibilities granted to the UW System from the state and it makes more sense to have consistent leadership during the changes.

“I think its just a time where really the model of how we do business at the university is up for discussion at a variety of levels,” Barham said. “He’s perfectly placed in terms of his experiences working at the national level.”

System spokesperson David Giroux said System President Kevin Reilly plans to seriously consider the committee’s request.

“He is very pleased that the faculty are this happy with Chancellor Ward’s leadership and skills,” Giroux said. “That is not a surprise given Chancellor Ward’s experience both here on campus and nationally, but it’s gratifying to see that this interim appointment has been received this well.”

Giroux said he has not heard any arguments against the request thus far.

Before being appointed interim chancellor, Barham said Ward worked with other universities within systems facing budget cuts, similar to the situation UW-Madison is currently facing.

Barham said Ward was flattered and “guardedly positive” about the request.

Ward told the committee he would consider remaining chancellor for the extended period, but did not want the discussion around him staying to be a source of conflict.

Barham said he urges any-

IF THE BILL PASSES: What kind of changes can student renters expect if the proposal becomes law?

Local governments would not have their own tenant laws.

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could show apartments before one-fourth of 4theLandlords lease is up, which they cannot do under Madison law.

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Landlords have access to personal histories of prospective tenants and deny leases when they see fit.

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one who opposes the request to get involved and see how Ward’s experience could be an asset to the university.

“They might not have the firsthand experience to see how much positive is happening, how much he is offering in terms of a chance to move some big issues forward rather than slowing down,” Barham said.

Associated Students of Madison Chair Allie Gardner said she thinks the request could offer UW-Madison some muchneeded stability.

“I personally think consistency can only benefit us at this time in economic and political turmoil,” Gardner said.

The University Committee and the Academic Staff committee have both endorsed the idea of Ward staying another year. If the ASM endorses it, all three major shared governance groups at UW-Madison will be on board with the request.

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A glass blower works on his latest creation at the Willy Street Fair on Sunday.

Senate legislation would nullify many Madison housing laws

By Samy Moskol the daily cardinal

City and student leaders say tenants’ rights may become more limited if a bill standardizing Wisconsin’s rental laws passes the state legislature in upcoming months.

Senate Bill 107, introduced by state Sen. Frank Lasee, R-De Pere, allows landlords to access more information about possible tenants—including income lev-

els, credit information and conviction records—and can use it to deny them a lease The bill, which passed the Senate in June, will be introduced in the Assembly in the upcoming months.

Lasee’s chief of staff Rob Kovach said the bill is designed to protect landlords from troublesome tenants.

“If [the landlord] doesn’t have the ability to research

those tenants they wouldn’t have any knowledge that tenant would be compatible with the neighbors they have already,” Kovach said.

It’s also designed to allow landlords to show occupied properties to prospective tenants, negating some municipalities’ rules that a landlord cannot show a property until

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Homeland Security secretary visits UW, unveils site to help international students

By Alex DiTullio the daily cardinal

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano introduced a new website to a packed UW-Madison auditorium Friday, designed to ease the process some foreign students experience when trying to study in the United States.

Napolitano described the website, called Study in the States, as a “one stop shop” where students can find information about acquiring and

renewing visas while staying compliant with visa laws.

International students previously had to fill out documents and seek information from several different federal agencies to complete the necessary paperwork to acquire a visa. Napolitano said the new site brings all documents as well as information on how to complete the documents to one comprehensive website.

“I hope [the website] will help us maintain that critical balance between opening our doors to

lawful international students who want to contribute their time and talents and energy to institutions like this one,” Napolitano said.

At the same time, Napolitano stressed the importance of preserving national security.

“We have to take some necessary precautions to protect against [security threats and] protect our schools and universities from exploitation,” Napolitano said.

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Secretary Janet Napolitano introduced a website to simplify the process of aquiring a visa for international students.

“…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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ack in high school, I liked to fancy myself a rebel. This not only shone through in my music and makeup choices—I was “emo” at one point, by which I mean I wore copious amounts of black eyeliner—but also my politics.

You see, I hail from Park Ridge, Ill., a suburb directly northwest of Chicago. It is a decently picturesque place, home to… well, a lot of rich, white, conservative people (and at one point Hillary Clinton, but that is irrelevant to this article).

Although this does not hold true for all, many Park Ridge citizens get nervous when they are anywhere south of the Loop or stumble into the neighboring, lower median income suburb of Niles. (Sorry to those of you who don’t understand my Chicagosuburbs humor. Just try to roll with it.)

Luckily, I was raised by two liberal parents who would ask themselves on a daily basis, “How the hell did we end up here?” They usually boiled

down their life choice to wanting to send my sister and me to good schools. (Shoutout to Maine South High School and its three minority students. You taught me nothing about the real world whatsoever. Go Hawks!)

By the age of 14 I had a pin on my backpack that read “Can somebody please give Bush a blowjob so we can impeach him?”

In a town like this, I did not feel as though I had any other choice than to stick it to the man, who apparently was Howard Frimark, mayor of Park Ridge (God I hope this guy has a Google Alert set up for himself ).

As such, by the age of 14 I had a pin on my backpack that read “Can somebody please give Bush a blowjob so we can impeach him?” which made its debut at my cousin’s first communion brunch. My other cousin, who was in the midst of changing her political views to that of her conservative, soon-to-be fiancé, had a better reaction than Bush himself could have provided.

Clasping her pearls and rais-

ing a hand to her mouth, she gasped “Oh my!” over her platter of eggs benedict.

Given UW-Madison’s rabblerousing reputation, it’s not surprising I choose to be a Badger.

Now I recognize and appreciate that not everyone at this fine institution is liberal, but I expected to find myself in good, left-leaning company, and I have.

As such, it can be easy to forget just how liberal I am. I’ve mistaken those sex-loving, organicfood-buying, recall-demanding badasses as the norm. When I returned to Park Ridge for an internship this summer though, I was reminded otherwise.

Within 24 hours of returning to the northwest suburb, reality slapped me in the face. I was walking Rory, my Portuguese Water Dog—totes got her before Obama got Bo, just saying— when I passed by a house with a “Don’t Tread on Me” flag flying. I knew this could not be good. A few paces later I found a sign that read, “Tea Party politics are the best politics” on the house’s lawn. Trying to hold in my vomit, I ripped off my sweatshirt to reveal my “Pro-Bucky, Pro-Child, Pro-Choice” shirt.

The rebel was back.

Over the course of the summer, I slapped an Obama 2012

bumper sticker onto my car, spoke too loudly in public about my disdain for the Republican presidential hopefuls and made a point to go commando in church. I’m not really sure what that last one has to do with politics, but I felt totally badass flaunting what Christ (read: genetics) gave me.

Trying to hold in my vomit, I ripped off my sweatshirt to reveal my “Pro-Bucky, ProChild, Pro-Choice” shirt.

Now back in Madison, there is little I miss about Park Ridge other than my family, friends and that Portuguese Water Dog. But hey, perhaps there is hope for the 60068. It went for Obama back in 2008, and there is now one whole minority family living on my block. This does not mean I’ll be scoping out apartments there after graduation, but maybe I’ll feel comfortable enough to wear at least a thong to church... probably not.

Do you also resent your hometown? Have a bitchfest with Jacqueline at jgoreilly@wisc.edu.

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The Politics of Education In a recent news story in one of the Madison papers it was reported that, “led by influential Republican leaders, the finance sub-committee of the Coordinating Council for Higher Education question proposed faculty pay increases, new programs and administration priorities.”

Aside from the usual financial haggling reported in this story, the article, by accident or otherwise, clearly illustrates the nature of top-level education administration in this state.

The reference to the “influential Republican leaders” was not just a convenient journalese handle, but, in fact expressed the essence of the orientation of several of its key members. If the allusion had been to similar Democratic leaders, the situation would be no less contemptible.

For whenever such importantly placed individuals are politically oriented and motivated in their public duties, the vital concern of education becomes a political volleyball, or in some areas, a bombshell.

But this parlor game of the Old Politics can be a dangerous affair. New York and other major cities have already experienced violence as politics and education have become irrevocably entangled there.

And on the college campuses above all, both

students and faculty alike have shown that they will no longer passively be the pawns of the political animals in the country. It is only a matter of time before these small-time politicians take the final step of harassment and repression and bring on further campus violence and quite possibly street violence.

But these politicians failed to realize this.

Nor do they realize the new character of student activism on this campus. At their recent meeting, one of the committee members went through the usual harangue about cutting back out-of-staters, in particular, graduate students.

Although in this case the attack was not quite as direct or volatile as at other times, the implications remained crystal clear - get rid of those damn commie agitators from the East, and you’ll have a good clean All-American campus.

A few years ago, this neat formula might have worked. This is now no longer the case. Typical campus “agitator” can no longer be stereotyped as having a New York or other Eastern accent. Today, the Wisconsin twang is growing louder within the movement. And the movement itself is no longer confined to Bascom Hill but is spreading to Sheboygan, Oshkosh, LaCrosse and elsewhere in Dairyland.

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Former student government leaders criticize new council

By Anna Duffin the daily cardinal

With high turnover since the last session, UW-Madison students can expect to see changes in the way student government functions, past and present leaders said.

New Associated Students of Madison Chair Allie Gardner said while the learning curve for student government is steep, she thinks the new representatives will bring a fresh perspective to council.

“I think that everyone has tried to prepare themselves in a way that’s going to best serve students, reach students and involve students,” Gardner said. “I think it’s a good thing.”

But last year’s Student Services Finance Committee Chair Matt Manes disagreed, saying the lack of experience on council is a “huge issue” ASM has faced before.

Manes does not expect to see this session of council accomplish as much as last session because they are “more focused on social justice movements than on programs that will produce results for students.”

“The student leaders now in

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Kovach said the vacancy period reduces the amount of money a landlord can make, and leads some landlords to raise rent on current tenants to offset losses.

But Madison city leaders and student representatives called the bill a cause for concern, arguing it takes away students’ protections. Associated Students of Madison Vice Chair Beth Huang cautioned the bill would “wipe out” current city ordinances meant to protect student renters, including a provision that says landlords can’t show apartments until one-fourth of the

charge are representative of a different guiding philosophy, one in which student activism is at the forefront of their minds,” Manes said.

Gardner, who formerly served as secretary for student advocacy group Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group, said it is ASM’s duty to advocate for topics that impact students, like accessible public higher education.

“I think we’re trying to engage and involve as many students as possible,” Gardner said.

But last year’s ASM Chair Brandon Williams said this session’s council will be more likely to take stances on issues that not everyone on campus would agree with.

“Last year we tried to narrowly focus as much of what we could do on stuff that most of the campus

would be 100 percent behind and by doing that we could focus on things that were really important and not stretch ourselves too thin,” Williams said. “I think that they might run into a problem with that kind of liberalized approach.”

Gardner said a wide range of political opinions is represented on this year’s council, and she does not foresee ASM taking stances on issues they should not.

In a move decried by both Williams and Manes, ASM sent out a mass email to the student body with details about an upcoming rally for diversity last week.

Gardner, however, says the message was designed to inform students, and did not constitute endorsement by the council.

Williams felt as if many people ran for positions this year because they were unhappy with decisions made by last session’s council.

“It almost felt like an ousting of sorts, and there was not a whole lot of outreach to get information from us,” Williams said.

New representatives ran for positions so they could address issues they didn’t think last session adequately addressed, Gardner said.

lease is up.

Students’ uniquely transient living situations, and relative unfamiliarity with renting policy, are reasons Madison’s distinct tenant protections are in place, according to Huang. She said the bill relies too heavily on landlords’ good intentions.

“I don’t think that’s a very good consumer protection policy to leave certain things up to the good will and the good faith of a landlord,” Huang said.

Huang urged students to “publicly pressure landlords” so they would “continue these good practices that have led to a healthy renting environment in Madison.”

But Kovach emphasized the

bill lets students have a consistent understanding of tenants’ laws since they would be the same statewide. Under the bill, “local governments can’t make rules that are more complicated,” he said.

Tenant Resource Center Executive Director Brenda Konkel critiqued the bill for not requiring landlords to install up-to-code smoke detectors, and for allowing landlords to have security deposits worth more than one month’s rent.

“I’m afraid the legislators making these laws don’t understand Madison legally,” Konkel said. “Local solutions to local problems are the best to adjust them.”

“I think we’re trying to engage and involve as many stuents as possible.”

Allie Gardner chair ASM

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Runners cross the finish line at the Brittany Zimmermann 5k Run/Walk in Madison Saturday.

Zimmermann race raises money for unsolved case

By Taylor Harvey The Daily CArdianl

In honor of slain UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann, parents Kevin and Jean Zimmermann helped host a second annual 5k run and walk Saturday morning to memorialize their daughter and show hope for the ongoing investigation of her murder.

Hundreds of people lined up at the Memorial Union at 9 a.m. to run or walk the course, which follows the scenic Lakeshore Path along Lake Mendota. This year’s race had almost 250 recorded participants.

Participants paid a $20 entry fee, which went to the Madison Area Crime Stoppers reward fund to help solve Zimmermann’s murder.

There is a private reward fund of $40,000 available in the case.

Officials hope the memorial run and the incentive of a larger reward for tips will raise awareness about the Zimmermann case and eventually lead to the capture of her killer, who is currently still at large.

napolitano from page 1 Following her announcement, Napolitano took questions from students in the audience.

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Zimmermann, was found dead in her West Doty Street apartment April 2, 2008 by her fiancé, Jordan Gonnering.

Police reports say Zimmermann was stabbed to death.

Madison Police Department Capt. Carl Gloede told the Wisconsin State Journal the Zimmerman case “is actively being investigated by detectives.”

The latest details of the case were released two years ago in December 2009, when recovered warrants disclosed 48 minutes passed between a 911 call from Zimmermann the day she was killed and the time police were sent to her apartment.

“The men and women of the Madison Police Department, and the University Police Department are proud to partner with the Zimmermann’s and Madison Area Crime Stoppers, raising funds to fight crime, while remembering and honoring Brittany,” Madison Police Department Spokesperson Joel DeSpain said in a statement.

Egypt said he had to wait more than two months to receive his visa. In addition to the lengthy process, he said he had to answer questions on various forms asking him if he planned to commit acts of terrorism upon arriving in the states.

The student wanted to know how he could live a more “normal” life in the U.S., one that does not include frequently being stopped at airports, even after acquiring a legal visa.

Napolitano said increased biometrics—methods for recognizing a person based on one or more physical traits such as fingerprints—will help airlines ensure international travelers do not commit visa fraud and reduce suspicion of innocent travelers that result in unnecessary searches.

Napolitano hopes the new site and procedures will benefit international students by making U.S. study abroad programs more accessible. Napolitano also said universities can benefit from international students’ economical contributions.

She said UW-Madison is a “shining example” of a university that benefits economically from its international students. Last year, Napolitano said, international students contributed nearly $217 million to Wisconsin’s economy during the academic year.

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his summer’s movie selection has been, let’s face it, lackluster at best. Where was the “Inception” of this summer?

J.J. Abram’s mystery project “Super 8,” while a solid flick, with its watered-down classic-Spielberg aesthetics, was nowhere close to being the summer-defining original blockbuster it purported itself to be.

“Deathly Hallows Part II” was thankfully a reasonably worthy capstone to what has now become the single-most successful movie franchise in history—that’s right, the box office from the eighth and final film vaulted the franchise’s total revenue above that of the combination of all 23 James Bond movies—but let’s be realistic, even if the film had been less enticing than a common room filled with Dungbombs it still would have been the highest grossing film of the summer.

How else can you explain the success of “Transformers: Dark of the Moon?” Despite being the follow up to

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“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” one of the most widely derided films of 2009 and being loathed almost equally by critics this year, “Dark of the Moon” took second place at the box office this summer.

The producers of 2009’s unexpected smash-hit “The Hangover,” after building up a wealth of public support, delivered a stagnant, putrid rehash of a sequel with “The Hangover Part II.” Even Pixar, always the summer kingmaker, couldn’t bring the magic this year. Instead, they released their worst received film ever—”Cars 2,” once again, a sequel. Sensing a trend here yet? And I haven’t even brought up the new “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “Conan The Barbarian” movies.

Thankfully cinematic salvation has been delivered to us at last. This weekend my hopes for the movie-going year finally hit a screeching turning point and pulled a U-turn back in the right direction.

From the 80s-throwback opening credits to the deftly crafted closing shot, Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn had me utterly enthralled with his art house neo-noir flick “Drive.”

It may seem like an abstract qualifier of a great movie, but

the reality is that over the course of “Drive”’s 100-minute runtime, I did not once remove my iPhone from my pocket— not to check the time, not to read a text, nothing. This is quite a rarity for me. In fact, I think the last time this occurred was just about a year ago, the first time I saw David Fincher’s “The Social Network” in the very same theater.

Even Pixar, always the summer kingmaker, couldn’t bring the magic this year.

“Drive,” Refn’s first U.S. production, already won him the Best Director Award at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and definitely places him in the league of Oscar contenders. And the even better news is that a myriad of high-caliber films like “Drive” are just around the bend.

Every year late September commences the Oscar season—the window in which films with awards aspirations usually plan their release in order to be fresh in the minds of voters. While the flow of

fantastic flicks won’t become a deluge until later this year, there are already a few promising, non-sequel prospects scheduled to be released before the month is over. If you only see one movie this month, make it “Drive.” But if you see a few more, I suggest you consider the following: “50/50” (9/30): A semiautobiographical story about screenwriter Will Reiser’s struggle with cancer, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen and Anna Kendrick, “50/50” may sound like a recipe for disastrous, unwarranted levity regarding a seriously depressing subject.

However, after reading a draft of the script from last year and seeing the early reviews posted by critics, I can promise you that Rogen and company make it work.

Some critics have even suggested it could sneak its way into the Best Picture or Best Original Screenplay categories come Oscar time.

“Moneyball” (9/23): Staring the unlikely dramatic pairing of Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill, “Moneyball” has so far been lauded on two main counts: for a mainstream movie, produced by a major studio for a wide audience, it’s refreshingly abstract and intelligent.

What’s more, it has the ability to make even the most disinterested sports fans care about baseball. And I suppose having a script co-written

by Aaron Sorkin, winner of the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for last year’s “The Social Network” can’t hurt either.

“Take Shelter” (9/30): The buzz I’ve heard surrounding Michael Shannon’s (“Boardwalk Empire”) performance in “Take Shelter” goes all the way back to Sundance 2011, in January of this year, where I heard firsthand from other festival goers about his riveting performance.

He portrays a working-class father who becomes obsessed with his dreams and visions of apocalyptic storms and begins building a storm shelter in his family’s backyard. This creepy psychological thriller from writer-director Jeff Nichols has already earned Shannon buzz among critics as a possible dark horse for Best Actor.

It’s one of the films I regret missing most this year at Sundance, but luckily it will begin showing in select theaters at the end of this month, expanding to more throughout October.

Got your own Oscar-season predictions? E-mail arts@dailycardinal.com

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Quench your thirst for new music and film with upcoming releases—for better or for worse

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MC Chris, along with MC Lars, brought nerdcore to town Friday night.

With the school year ramping up, who has time to read the usual blogs and magazines that tell you what to watch and listen to in between Facebook stalking and Twitter lurking? Lucky you, we’ve got the skinny on what’s hot and what’s not in the world of new releases.

If you don’t have enough time for a fulllength album or movie, there’s always those stand out tracks that are worth a listen in their own right. From Atlas Sound’s most recent album comes “Te Amo,” complete with crooning vocals and dream-like instrumentals.

From the folks that brought you the legendary “Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell”

(Das Racist) comes a far more artistically inclined track, “Power,” featuring Danny Brown and Despot. The electronic-rap mix brings their energetic lyrics to the forefront.

Unfortunately, if you’re lucky enough to have the time for a full length album, there’s not a lot out there of high caliber.

The latest from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is Hysterical, which is to be released Tuesday and has critics in hysterics over the group’s mainstream turnaround.

Known for their unique pop sound, this album is a disappointment of blandness.

If you’re looking for a little inspiration and a numbing feel-good flick, “Dolphin Tale,” is to be released this Friday. Complete with the soothing voice of Morgan Freeman (everybody’s optimal grandfather), this is sure to bring you back to the elementary school days.

For a more pertinent and sporty tale, check out “Moneyball,” starring Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill, who somehow managed to make the world of continual losses and baseball statistics into a good movie.

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Badgers vs. NIU

Today’s Sudoku

Evil Bird

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Eatin’ Cake

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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.

First in Twenty

By Angel Lee alee23@wisc.edu

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

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VERY CLEVER! ACROSS 1 Abyss 6 Abbr. akin to “alias” 9 Observes Ramadan, in a way 14 Rolls ___ (pricey auto) 15 Zip 16 Pitcher in a suit 17 Drama with music 18 Continental rival, once 19 Boise’s state 20 Know-it-all 23 Aussie hopper 24 Big fuss 25 Failed to include 27 Put under water 32 Coal mine find 33 Legendary Bruins defenseman Bobby 34 Morale-boosting meeting 36 Sees 39 Impediment to smooth sailing 41 Part of a mechanic’s bill 43 Betray irritability 44 Wicker-worker’s willow 46 Fraudulent 48 Down Under runner 49 Las Vegas light material 51 Type of innocence 53 Faint

56 Noon to noon 57 Mo. of Canada’s Thanksgiving 58 Have memorized 64 Golfers sometimes fib about it 66 Six-sided game piece 67 Space between buildings 68 Slip-up in the outfield 69 Not sweet, to a wine drinker 70 Amend an atlas section 71 Rat Pack pal of Dean and Frank 72 Ballot option 73 Military march DOWN 1 Cornfield bird 2 Pueblo tribe member 3 Pair for a captain?

4 Haunted house reaction 5 Wander aimlessly 6 Initial poker payment 7 Fuzzy fruit 8 “King of the Hill” beer 9 Pixie dust producers 10 Put in 11 Prudent wagers 12 Lake near Reno 13 Hair holder

21 Happening every 60 minutes (archaic) 22 Bad ___ (German spa) 26 Uses a foot to keep time 27 Like average grades 28 Coffee-shop equipment 29 Think tank product 30 Quarry piece 31 Plumbing piece 35 Stealer of pic-a-nic baskets 37 Change from wild to mild 38 Tater 40 Turns right on horseback 42 Hardly wan 45 Breeding ground for birds 47 Gastropod with earlike tentacles 50 Convent dweller 52 Shoelace hole 53 Sits for a picture 54 Capital and largest city of Ghana 55 Hot ___ (winter drink) 59 Put a mike on, secretly 60 Ottoman Empire bigwigs 61 ___ mater 62 Use a sickle, say 63 Write with a keyboard 65 “CD” follower

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Washington and the Bear

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By Derek Sandberg kalarooka@gmail.com

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Dear Editor, This is not the time or place to debate in detail the accuracy and validity of the Center for Equal Opportunity’s report alleging “discrimination” in the UW-Madison’s admissions policies, procedures and outcomes. It is important, though, to state now that the technical merits of the report are potentially dubious, and that doubts about the results will not be resolved until close examination of the data and analyses by expert social scientists is undertaken and completed. A critical response to this report is not, as Ms. Chavez would have it, “dishonest and thuggish.” It is imperative.

It also must be stated that the CEO’s interpretation of its statistical results, even if those results were to survive scrutiny, are debatable.

What constitutes “discrimination” is a matter of complex moral, historical, and empirical considerations that the CEO has grossly oversimplified in its rhetoric of “color-blindness.” So, too, the idea of academic “qualification” is complex, and cannot be reduced to the very few indices of qualification, albeit important ones, that CEO included in its analysis.

With respect to the actions of those protesting at the Doubletree and at the debate at Union South, we need to remind ourselves that the CEO is not engaged in an academic discussion. It is using its considerable power and resources to attack and attempt to dismantle the policies that make possible the attendance of a pitifully small number of students of color at the University of WisconsinMadison. Make no mistake, the actions of the CEO, if successful, will close the door on the opportunities that many of the protesting students were seeking to defend.

We do not need to impute “racist” motives to Mr. Clegg to recognize that he was not here simply to share his results with our academic community, and to engage in the niceties of debate. He was here to incite opposition to the UW’s policies and procedures.

During the press conference, he explicitly encouraged action by the governor to use his power of

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appointment to the Board of Regents to end UW’s present policies and practices. He held up the specter of lawsuits. I cannot recall if he explicitly encouraged legislative action, but already State Representative Stephen Nass, who chairs the committee charged with higher education policy, has announced his intention to initiate legislative hearings into UW-Madison’s admissions policies and procedures.

Finally, Ms. Chavez takes at face value, and further publicizes, the Doubletree’s manager’s description of what occurred at the hotel.

The press release issued by the Doubletree described the large group of student protesters as a “mob” that “became increasingly physically violent when forcing themselves into the meeting room where the press conference had already ended.” And, it alleged that “staff were then rushed by a mob of protesters, throwing employees to the ground.”

I attended the press conference, and was in the main lobby of the hotel afterward. There was no “mob” that was “physically violent.” There was an organized group of protesters whose loud chanting forced an end to the press conference, and which attempted to enter the conference room after the doors were open.

Two hotel employees attempted to physically prevent the group from entering the room, and the group pushed through them.

Members of the group attempted to confront Mr. Clegg, and made his exit difficult. Some followed him as he headed toward what I presume was the elevator bank. While this experience was clearly unfamiliar and unnerving to Doubletree staff, for the manager and Ms. Chavez to depict what occurred as the actions of a “mob” is an egregious slur on the students. While the protest may well have broken decorum, its well-motivated participants do not deserve to be characterized as a “mob.”

Michael Olneck is a Professor Emeritus of Educational Policy Studies and Sociology at UW-Madison. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.

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Students protested the Center for Equal Opportunity’s recent study which asserts that minority students have an unfair advantage in undergraduate and law school admissions.

Dear Members of the Board for the Center for Equal Opportunity, On behalf of the Students of the College of Agriculture and Life Science, I would like to formally request that the Center for Equal Opportunity make no subsequent visit to the flourishing and vibrant UW-Madison campus community. Due to the holistic admissions process that our institution employs, students at the university are able to engage in healthy and enriching dialogue that is essential to a wellrounded education.

Furthermore, multicultural competency is an attribute that is becoming increasingly more valuable in the workplace and job market.

UW-Madison does not admit students solely based on the attribute of race or ethnicity, as the CEO report claims. Rather, the admissions process tends to favor students who have faced some form of adversity in their pursuit of higher education, such as racism at the High School level. As your studies are based solely on skewed numerical statistics that neglect key factors such as legacy and socio-economic status, I assert that you are grossly underestimating the effort that goes into reviewing

all individual applications.

Further, the claims that CEO Chairman Linda Chavez made in her Daily Cardinal editorial are slanderous and invalid. The accusation of “mob”-like behavior is unwarranted and racially offensive.

As an attendee at the rallies, the march, the press conference, and the debate, I can speak to the tremendous amount of organization and respect that was exhibited by our student body. Your attacks and libelous claims against our students, faculty and staff will not be tolerated.

As a white male, I am ashamed that anyone with a white, middle-class background as myself would fail to consider our inherent privilage. Over the past two years that I have spent on this campus, I have never received a complaint from a white student pertaining to discrimination against them on the basis of race.

However, I do hear legitimate complaints of racial discrimination from the members of our Hispanic and African American communities on a regular basis. In addition, the state population of Wisconsin is 6.3% African American,

according to the 2010 census. And the enrollment for UW-Madison this semester is only 2.8% African American, according to the Bursar’s Enrollment Report. If anything our campus could use more cultural diversification and not a “cleansing” of our affirmative action practices.

United behind the Wisconsin Idea, each and every student at the University of Wisconsin deserves to be here.

Badgers are admitted based on exhibited qualifications in and out of the classroom that lead our Admissions Office to believe they have what it takes to succeed in the environment of high academic expectation.

All students are held to the same academic standard in the classroom once they arrive on campus regardless of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, political affiliation or otherwise. Please heed to our request and allow our student body to continue to pursue our academic responsibilities without controversy.

Clayton W. Thomas is the ASM Student Council Representative for the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.

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United States foreign policy must stress cooperation Andrew Thompson OPINION COLUMNIST

Over the course of the last year, a number of events have transformed the geopolitical landscape. Taken alone, these events do not provide enough impetus for a serious review of American foreign policy. Taken together, it becomes clear that the time has come for our politicians to think—and act—seriously about an ideological shift in the way we deal with other nations.

Perhaps no geopolitical event dealt a greater shock to the world than the revolutions of the Arab Spring. In March, four months after the revolutions began, an American-led NATO operation intervened in Libya, in what was viewed by many as a disproportionate response to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s attempt to quell insurrection in the country. The fruits of that intervention are just beginning to show as the National Transition Council,

a NATO-endorsed government, continues to gain power and legitimacy. The United States’ late response, and their inconsistent attitude towards a similar uprising in Syria, shows a lack of strategic cooperation. In addition, the nascent development of democratic governments in South Sudan, the Ivory Coast and Egypt signal a growing distaste for autocracy in the Middle East and North Africa. American foreign policy must respect this trend and act accordingly.

Further complicating the relationship between the United States and the Arab world was the killing of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, which represented a major victory in the war on terror. American troops followed up with other victories in Afghanistan and Iraq, including the elimination of other senior-level Al-Qaeda and Taliban commanders. After the Abbottabad operation,

however, relations between the United States and Pakistan, arguably America’s most important ally in the war on terror, have never been worse.

The Pakistani government cited the Abbottabad operation and the violation of national sovereignty as the reason for increased tension. The killing of bin Laden, while a victory, represented yet another case in which the United States’ unilateral approach to foreign policy yielded unintended consequences.

Aside from military conflict, a lack of cooperation at the international level threaten to undermine the global economy. Governments have had to adopt austerity measures to prevent defaulting on massive state-held debt. The irresponsible partisan bickering over the debt ceiling held the global economy hostage and threatened to destroy the modest economics improvement gained since the financial crisis of 2008.

These political fights in America and elsewhere are likely to grow worse as the world economy continues to lag.

Given these recent geopolitical events, the United States must undertake a serious review of its foreign policy. It is time for strategic change that creates a sustainable foreign policy and future. What is clear is the future direction of international relations will not be one of world hegemony by one superpower. If the events of the last year, and indeed the last decade, are an indication, multilateralism will be the modus operandi in the future.

Through multilateralism and dialogue building, American policy makers have been able to responsibly react towards the economic and political events of 2011 in a sustainable manner that builds America’s influence and credibility. In attempting to influence world affairs, America—traditionally a go-it-alone power—

will find benefit in adopting multilateral approaches to its problems, because American problems are increasingly global problems.

While unilateralism will still have a place in American foreign policy, and policy makers should never give up the ability to act alone, it is a policy best reserved for emergencies.

Instead, multilateralism and cooperation should be stressed in order for the United States to remain economically sound and politically flexible on the world stage.

Andrew Thompson is a senior majoring in political science and history. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com

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The Wisconsin offense was able to exploit the Husky pass defense, totaling 355 yards through the air while senior quarterback Russell Wilson would complete passes to eight different receivers. The Badgers ability to beat NIU’s defense through the air eventually opened up Wisconsin’s rushing offense adding another 266 yards of offense.

RECAP

By Max Sternberg the daily cardinal

In a matchup that seemed ripe for scoring, the Badger offense didn’t disappoint, running all over the Northern Illinois defense as No. 7 Wisconsin (0-0 Big Ten, 3-0 Overall) cruised to a 49-7 win.

Playing away from Camp Randall for the first time this season, UW was off their game early on, as the offense alone racked up six penalties for 45 yards in the first half.

Despite the mistakes, the Badgers scored touchdowns on four of five first-half possessions, taking a 28-7 lead into the half.

Once again, the story surrounded senior quarterback Russell Wilson. With former UW defensive coordinator Dave Doeren, now the head coach at NIU, able to hold down the bread-and-butter rushing attack of the Badgers, Wilson took to the air, throwing for 236 yards and two touchdowns in the opening half. He eventually finished 23-for-32 for 347 yards and three touchdowns on the afternoon.

“Russell played a great game today,” senior receiver Nick Toon said. “He does a great job of spreading the ball around and finding the open guy and all of us were able to make the play when the ball came our way.”

Although it was Wilson who got the Badgers going offensively, the rushing attack didn’t take long to join the act.

Junior running back Montee Ball notched a score with a 1-yard rush in the second quarter, but it was sophomore running back James White’s 20-yard touchdown run late in that quarter that really seemed to get the ground game going.

“Russell and our wide receivers are making it a lot easier for us backs to spread the defense out,” Ball said. “We work on it in practice and we’re carrying it forward into the games and it puts a lot of stress on the defense to try and stop everything.”

The Badgers’ big play capability, a new weapon in the UW offensive arsenal, continued to be on display as Wilson completed a 55-yard reception to Jacob Pedersen (setting up Ball’s first touchdown), a 38-yard pass

from Wilson to sophomore widereceiver Jared Abbredaris (setting up the first of two first-quarter touchdown receptions for Toon) and a 28-yard rush by White, leading to the fifth consecutive touchdown for Wisconsin, at the time giving the Badgers a 42-7 lead.

“It all starts with the offensive line,” Wilson said. “Their ability to run block and their ability to pass block allows guys on the outside to make plays.”

While the 42-point differential didn’t exactly lend itself to having any pivotal plays, the game turned late in the first quarter with a failed onside kick attempt by NIU. “You can’t point to one play,” UW head coach Bret Bielema said. “But it was definitely a big momentum swing because we did respond with a touchdown and got that score back where we needed to.”

With South Dakota coming to Madison on Saturday afternoon, Wilson and the Badgers have just one more rehearsal before Nebraska comes to town on Oct. 1 for the conference opener.

Now faced with the challenge of keeping up the early

momentum heading into a tough Big Ten slate, the Badgers are trying to stay confident but focused on one game at a time.

ANALYSIS

By Parker Gabriel the daily cardinal

When an offense puts on the sort of clinic that Russell Wilson and company displayed on Saturday at Soldier Field in Chicago, it’s easy to overlook the defensive contributions.

Discounting the work of co-defensive coordinators Chris Ash and Charlie Partridge’s unit against Northern Illinois (0-0 Mid-American Conference, 1-2 overall), though, minimizes the way the No. 7 Badgers (0-0 Big Ten, 3-0 overall) adapted, replaced and improved on the less glorious side of the football.

“Our defense was snapped in from the first snap,” Wisconsin head coach Bret Bielema said.

Against the Huskies’ high-powered senior quarterback Chandler Harnish, the UW defense allowed just one big play—a 39-yard post pattern to junior Perez Ashford that set up NIU’s only score of the day—and slowed down an offense that started lightning fast in each of it’s first two games.

Wisconsin started 2011 with a new-look secondary, replacing departed senior stalwarts Jay Valai and Niles Brinkley. After losing senior Devin Smith for the season early in the

last weekend’s win against Oregon State, junior Marcus Cromartie was tested early and often against the Huskies.

“If somebody’s throwing at you, you get a chance to prove yourself as a corner,” said Cromartie, who ended up with eight tackles.

“Any corner that tells you he doesn’t like competing is not really a cornerback.”

As an offense, Northern Illinois managed 237 yards total after putting up an average of 485.5 per game in the first two. The Huskies gained just 64 yards on 25 rushing attempts against the Badgers.

“We just had to find our thing on defense and I think it’s starting to get there,” sophomore middle linebacker Chris Borland said.

“It’s not there yet, we can do a lot better but I like where we’re at right now.”

Borland finished with a team-high 11 tackles (three solo, two for loss). Bielema pointed to the Kettering, Ohio native as an intense student of game film after the game and said it had helped Borland’s transition to middle linebacker after playing outside in 2009.

“Especially with the new staff, there’s not much carryover with what they did a couple years ago,” Borland said of the Huskies’ game plan. “[Film] just keys you into their tendencies more.”

Despite his move to the middle, Borland lined up as a pass-rushing end on several occasions Saturday, a package the Badgers have not shown so far this season. He pressured Harnish multiple times, but said returning to his quarterback-chasing days is a work in progress.

“I got close a couple times, but maybe I can polish my moves in practice,” he said.

The defense helped itself by allowing just four third-down conversions on 13 Northern Illinois tries. It also got help from the prolific UW offense, which rolled up 621 total yards and held the ball for 35:50.

Not everything went right for the Badgers’ defense, however. Still, Wisconsin has allowed just seven points in the last two games combined, leaving them at 8.0 allowed per game.