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Some find UW mental-health care limited

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The first in a series on mental health examines UHS’ counseling services

By Ryan Hebel

schools, with six sessions offered at Purdue, 25 at Ohio State and 10 at Transferring to UW-Madison can Minnesota, but Van Orman said the be a stressful ordeal, but assimilating policy satisfies about 90 percent of into Badger red when all you feel is students looking for therapy. blue is especially tough.

UHS has 31 counselors, or UW-Madison senior “Michelle,” one for every 1,290 students, who, along with the other students though many aren’t full-time and quoted below, chose to remain anon- only seven prescribe medication. ymous because of privacy concerns, UHS’ current budget for menknows all about that. Two years ago, tal health, Van Orman said, is she came to UW-Madison as a junior between $3 and $4 million. looking for a fresh start after dropMichelle is concerned more stuping out of an East Coast university dents are being deterred. because of chronic depression that “A lot of my problems came led to a suicide attempt. She soon because I was bouncing between turned to University Health Services eight doctors and 12 therapists,” she for anxiety counseling, where she said. “I was continuing to get worse met with a therapist throughout her until I was hospitalized that semester first semester. and had to drop all but one class, Last year, about 10 percent of then left school for treatment.”

UW-Madison Madison has students sought many mentaltreatment from health options, UHS’ Mental but students don’t Health Clinic enjoy the same OUR AILING for a total of at exemptions from HEALTH CARE least 17,000 sesdeductibles and SYSTEM sions in 2008, other expenses as A collaborative reporting project of according to they do at UHS. All Together Now, Madison, WI • ATNMadison.org UHS Executive “As a student, Director Sarah coming up each Van Orman. That’s at least 46 week with 20 percent of the visits per day. $150 fee or something like that Michelle’s UHS therapist helped ... a lot of students say, ‘Forget her ease the transition, but Michelle it,’” Michelle said. knew it couldn’t last. By semester’s “Nicole,” a UW-Madison law end, she was forced to find a new student, had just bought insurtherapist because of a UHS policy ance through UHS when she that requires students be sent to out- found out her ADHD-fueled side providers after 10 sessions in a anxiety would need outside year or 20 in their college career, and treatment since it couldn’t be exceptions are rare. cared for in 10 sessions.

“The demand for sessions and “It was the worst possible services has been increasing ... so timing, because I went in when instead of serving fewer students with I was anxious about money in very long-term care, we want to serve particular,” she said. “So to be more students with shorter-term told the $600 I paid wasn’t going care,” Van Orman said. mental health page 3 Session limits vary across Big Ten

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Homeless advocates unnerved by proposed renovations to Peace Park

By Maggie DeGroot THE DAILY CARDINAL

Although the plans have yet to be approved, the proposal to renovate Peace Park has proven to be quite controversial.

Some see the proposed renovation to Peace Park, located at 452 State St., as necessary, but others see nothing wrong with the park in its current state.

At Tuesday’s neighborhood meeting concerning the proposed renovations, many people wanted to know how the renova-

tions would impact the homeless population known to gather in the area.

One female UW-Madison student spoke out and said that by renovating the park, the homeless would be driven out, no help would be provided to them and they would have nowhere else to go.

The student also said she feared that if an ATM were installed in the proposed visitors center, which is part of the plan, then the homeless would be

forced to panhandle farther away from the park because of a law prohibiting panhandling within a certain distance of an ATM. Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said he wants the new park to encourage more use because there are very few green spaces in the downtown area. He said the renovations would increase the number of people using the park instead of pushing them away.

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String of downtown robberies could be linked

By Caitlin Gath THE DAILY CARDINAL

Madison has seen a string of recent robberies, prompting police to speculate on whether the incidents are connected.

“We’ve seen five robberies in the last couple of days where the perpetrator’s description is somewhat similar.”

Joel DeSpain public information officer Madison Police Department

“We’ve seen five robberies in the last couple of days where the perpetrator’s description is somewhat similar, so we’re looking into

the possibility that they could be linked,” Joel DeSpain, public information officer for the Madison Police Department, said.

DeSpain also said spikes in robberies are often the result of a person with a drug problem looking to get money for drugs.

He added that such a situation is not unusual for Madison.

Toppers Pizza, located at 1368 Regent St., was robbed late Monday night by a man carrying scissors.

The suspect fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of money.

Around 6 p.m. the same day, Jimmy John’s at 2807 University Ave. was also robbed. According to the police report, the suspect entered with a knife and fled on foot with an unknown amount of money.

Sunday evening, a man claiming to have a gun robbed Miller’s Liquor on the 2400 block of University Avenue.

Domino’s Pizza at 409 W. Gorham St. was robbed early Saturday afternoon. According to the police report, the suspect demanded cash and displayed a note stating he had a gun. Later on Saturday, a man displaying a knife robbed Greenbush Bakery on Regent Street.

In all five cases, the suspect is said to be a white male in his early to mid-20s. He is between 5'10" and 6'1" with a thin build, blue eyes and a scruffy beard or facial stubble, according to the police reports.

There have been no reported injuries resulting from the robberies.

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ome apartments come with free furnishings, others with free cable. Much to my dismay and disappointment, my new apartment on Gilman Street came with none of those things but it did offer one special feature. Free mice!

I’m not scared of mice per se, though they certainly can be startling. It’s more that they make me angry because they are invading my space and eating my food. And no one eats my food without my express permission.

To solve the problem, my boyfriend Jarred (or Stubby to those who know him/have ever met him) brought over a safe mousetrap and loaded it up with peanut butter.

Then we waited. And waited.

Apparently, either the smartest mouse in the world or one with a nut allergy moved into our apartment. Great. So we called in the expert: the pest control guy. He came over, put out a bunch of traps and told us he would be back in a month to check them.

But instead of capturing

Franklin—he’s been with us since the day we moved in, so we thought it was appropriate to name him— the exact opposite happened. We met Tomás, Franklin’s best friend.

My friend Aime spotted a mouse dart out of our living room closet and towards the kitchen. I assumed it was just Franklin and ignored him because he’s practically our fourth roommate. But then she saw another one. And while Franklin might be invincible and extremely clever, I highly doubt he has the ability to teleport.

This new mouse, Tomás, was not as smart as his counterpart.

He hung out under the closet door for so long Aime and I were able to rearrange the traps in my living room into an arrangement he couldn’t avoid. And within 15 minutes of moving the traps, we got him.

This turned out to be an even bigger problem than finding him in the first place because we used sticky traps, which I’m convinced are the most horrible things ever.

Tomás was only stuck by his back legs and tried to run away, clearly unaware that I was trying to capture/kill him.

Watching a cardboard box scoot around my living room while the mouse inside was making the most pathetic, heart-breaking crying

noise was just too much to handle.

We tried to free him with a cooking oil/water solution and Q-Tips, but Tomás was stuck. Sadly, we decided the only humane thing to do was kill him.

None of us, however, had the balls to just step on him, and I most certainly did not want to prolong his pain or panic by leaving him in the box. It was decided that an instant and as-painless-aspossible death was in order for our most deserving mouse friend.

Stubby put little Tomás—box and all—under his right rear tire, got a little momentum going and poof! He was flat and in mouse heaven. Unfortunately, we knew Franklin was still inside and as bad as I feel about killing little mice, I feel worse knowing that they’re in my apartment and not paying rent.

So we decided to put out some old-fashioned instant kill traps, a few new-fangled ones that look like chip-bag clips and some mouse bait. Turns out the combination works really well.

Exceptionally well.

Within less than 24 hours of laying the new traps, we had caught and disposed of Franklin.

Overjoyed that the invasion had finally ended, I walked into my kitchen to get a celebratory beer

and frozen pizza. And that’s when I saw the third mouse: Stumby—not to be confused with Stubby.

Stumby was no ordinary mouse, he was a three-legged mouse smart enough to work his way out of whatever trap it got into and was now dragging itself across our kitchen floor. I’m not sure who this upset more, me or him. I started to cry almost instantly because it was the most heartbreaking thing I’d ever witnessed.

Hearing my cries, my roommate Kristina came into the kitchen to help me get Stumby out of the house. As we pushed him onto a paper plate and into his final resting place—an empty Miller Lite box—Kristina offered this warning: “Let this be a lesson to the rest of you! Leave this apartment or you will end up dead in a beer box too!”

Apparently when it comes to killing mice, threats are more effective than traps because we haven’t seen once since then. Now that the ordeal is over, I certainly feel more sanitary but I’ll admit it gets a little lonely not hearing the pitter-patter of little feet in the pantry late at night.

Have any foolproof mouseremoval techniques? Want some food for your snake? Let Jillian know at jlevy2@wisc.edu.

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Speaking of your interests, this is one of the few times we’ve seen “crashing bachelorette parties” listed in a serious context. Now, we’d hate to speculate, but you’re sure that wasn’t a Miley Cyrus concert pre-party full of 13-year-old girls and their parental chaperones that you “crashed” last summer?

Stupid Fact About Your Hometown: Waukesha was once famous for having “healing” spas capable of curing indigestion, bladder problems and even chronic diarrhea.

Missed Opportunities: If only we could see more examples of you striking out with women.

We’re positive your profile picture is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of your problems with the opposite sex.

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Saving Grace: Finally, someone else who is a Pastafarian. You’ve seen the light, brother. Let’s spread the good word about carbohydrates and the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

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H1N1 cases down for second straight week on UW campus The number of students reporting flu-like symptoms has decreased for the second week in a row, officials from University Health Services said Tuesday.

According to UHS, 94 UWMadison students contacted them with flu symptoms during the week of Sept. 20-26, compared to the 168 students evaluated by UHS the previous week.

“We are still seeing more cases of the flu now than we typically see during our flu season.”

Sarah Van Orman executive director University Health Services

Those cases made up 7.1 percent of the total visits to the UHS primary care clinic, according to UHS. According to Dr. Sarah Van Orman, UHS executive director, the cause of the decrease remains uncertain.

However, she said students seem to be more aware of the

H1N1 virus and have been taking extra precautions to keep themselves protected.

“We are seeing that people are doing the right things with this, so I wouldn’t discount that as a factor,” she said. “Students are taking it seriously.”

Van Orman said although it is difficult to predict the future of the virus’ impact on campus, it is still possible another surge may occur.

She said it is crucial for students to continue to practice good hygiene despite the recent drop in numbers.

“We are still seeing more cases of the flu now than we typically see during our flu season,” she said. “So people should absolutely be aware that it’s still there and that we need to continue handwashing and staying home when they themselves are sick.”

According to Van Orman, a seasonal flu vaccine is now available free of charge for all UWMadison students, and she predicts an H1N1 vaccine will be available within the next few weeks.

—Kelsey Gunderson

Census Bureau finds Milwaukee was 11th-poorest city in 2008 Milwaukee was the 11th-poorest city in the nation in 2008, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released Tuesday.

The report showed 23.4 percent of people in Milwaukee lived in poverty in 2008. In Madison, 17.7 percent of people lived in poverty, and in Wisconsin as a whole, the poverty rate declined to 10.4 percent in 2008 from 10.8 percent in 2007.

The census estimate report examined U.S. cities with high poverty rates and populations of 250,000 or more. Detroit ranked as the poorest city in the nation, with a poverty rate of 33.3 percent in 2008. Cleveland ranked second, with 30.5 percent of the population living in poverty.

Glen Cain, UW-Madison professor emeritus of economics, said the primary reason for Milwaukee’s low per-capita income is the “tremendous” number of manufacturing

company shutdowns and the loss of other industrial jobs.

According to Cain, Milwaukee’s high minority population and “white flight” trends have contributed to Milwaukee’s steadily increasing poverty level.

“It’s been gradual ... I would say particularly the lowered status of blacks has been a 20-year decline.

But again, that is very much associated with the loss of relatively highpaying blue-collar jobs.”

Cain said the shutdown of breweries and diminishing construction jobs added to the rising number of layoffs in Milwaukee.

He said prospects of increased government spending on food stamps and income transfer programs are bleak.

“They are really struggling to stay at their existing levels, let alone be increased,” he said.

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As part of WISPIRG’s ‘sustainable semester’ campaign, UW-Madison students sent letters and postcards to U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., asking him to support the American Clean Energy and Security Act.

WISPIRG encourages students to help fight global warming The Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group encouraged students to take action against global warming Tuesday at its “sustainable semester” kickoff on Library Mall.

Big Red Go Green, WISPIRG’s global-warming campaign, and WISPIRG’s Conservation and Recycling Efforts campaign hosted the event in an effort to encourage students to use sustainable resources and to contact U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., who currently remains on the fence about the American Clean Energy and Security Act. According to Laura Goldberg,

mental health from page 1 to solve my problems, that they weren’t even going to help me and I had to pay another $250 to see somebody outside plus another 20 percent after I finished paying that deductible ...

I’m flabbergasted.”

Nicole was also frustrated because, though she had evidence diagnosing her with ADHD since grade school, UHS psychiatrists refused to prescribe her Adderall because, she said, they want to make sure stu-

Report reveals decrease in domesticviolence-related homicides in 2008

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Domestic-violence-related homicides in Wisconsin declined slightly in 2008, according to a report released Tuesday by the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

The Wisconsin Domestic Violence Homicide Report showed 46 deaths related to domestic violence occurred in 2008, compared to 49 in 2007.

Thirty-six were homicide victims, and 10 were perpetrators who committed suicide in conjunction with a homicide.

According to the report, perpetrators of domestic violence in 2008 were predominantly male, with males committing 97 percent of the homicide incidents. Twothirds of the victims were female.

According to the report, 17 of the 36 homicides resulted from

was the impact of a proposed police workstation. Some said that the workstation, as well as the overall police presence, were unnecessary.

However, Cpt. Mary Schauf of the Madison Police Department said there have been multiple crimes reported near the Peace Park area and the presence of police officers would not be excessive.

The proposed renovations include the rebuilding of the entire park and the addition of a visitors center. The current design of the new park would include an amphitheater, chess tables and lighting improvements. The proposed version of the visitors center would include an information desk, public restrooms and an ATM.

the use of a gun.

The report showed half of victims had left or been attempting to leave the relationship.

Patti Seger, executive director of WCADV, said leaving a perpetrator does not “guarantee safety.”

She said 40,000 individuals in Wisconsin receive domesticviolence victim services each year and said the programs were critical to helping victims transition out of abusive relationships.

“The [report] provides an opportunity to mourn the loss of domestic-violence victims, reflect on the cost of domestic violence in our communities and articulate and advocate for policies that will prevent violence in future years,” Seger said in a statement.

—Hannah Furfaro

Big Red Go Green global warming solutions coordinator, if the act were passed by the Senate, it would create more “green” jobs and require 25 percent of our electricity to be provided by renewable energy sources.

WISPIRG members provided UW-Madison students with letters and postcards to sign and send to Feingold to encourage him to support the act.

Goldberg said members also provided students with information and tips on how they can have an impact on reducing global warming in Madison.

“We want America to be a leader in energy efficiency,” Goldberg said.

“To have this liberal campus and to have so many great professors here, we really want to show that Madison itself can be a leader in the U.S. with energy initiatives.”

According to Goldberg, 185 UW-Madison students participated in Tuesday’s event.

“The main point of the day was to get people excited about being sustainable throughout the semester,” she said. “But we also had some successful grassroots action as well.”

—Kelsey Gunderson

dents aren’t abusing or selling the drug.

“They said they needed to look into school records and my whole history,” she said. “I mean, I graduated top-5 percent of my class undergrad ... That’s not going to show them anything.”

“We see a lot of students with attention deficit, and we do prescribe a lot of stimulants,” Van Orman said, adding they also “follow a very structured process for making sure we’ve correctly established the diagnosis.”

Van Orman stressed that

UHS’ nationally accredited mental-health services, while imperfect, provide many options for students, which UW-Madison senior “Danielle” said she appreciated when she sought counseling earlier this year.

“I really like their variety of options,” she said. “I currently attend yoga classes to deal with anxiety, and I know they also have meditation classes and support groups.”

Students can call 265-5600 for counseling services and can press ‘9’ for the mental crisis hotline.

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Ken Saiki, an architect on the Peace Park renovation project, responds to a questioner at a neighborhood meeting Tuesday night.

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By Sapir Sasson PROMOTING AWARENESS, VICTIM EMPOWERMENT

This week The Daily Cardinal is introducing a new series called the Student Organization Neighborhood. Biweekly we will be inviting contributions from various student groups across campus, advocating for issues important to their mission. Our first editorial comes courtesy of Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment, in anticipation of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Look for further editorials from other organizations in the coming weeks.

PAVE, Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment, is a student organization dedicated to preventing sexual assault and dating/domestic violence through education and activism. PAVE’s work is prevention-based, meaning that we work to stop sexual assault and dating/domestic violence before it happens. We challenge the cultural norms and attitudes that encourage and support multiple forms of sexual assault and dating/domestic violence.

Domestic/dating violence is more than physical violence.

October is a very important month to PAVE’s work, as it is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Domestic/dating violence is an ongoing pattern of behavior in which one person exerts power and control over another—this can happen in any type of intimate partnership, not just marriages or heterosexual relationships. In fact, 11 percent

of women and 23 percent of men in homosexual relationships report being raped, physically assaulted, and/or stalked by their intimate partner according to a 2009 National Center for PTSD Fact Sheet, 2009. Domestic/dating violence is more than physical violence. It can take the form of emotional abuse, interference with other positive relationships and other controlling behaviors.

The implications of domestic/dating violence are severe.

Whenever a man is violent against a woman, it perpetuates the image of all men as brutes who misuse their physical power to prey on the vulnerable; the majority of men are not abusive. Statistically, men are more often the perpetrators of domestic/dating violence, but that is not to say that men cannot be victims and that women cannot be perpetrators.

We need to protect each other and ourselves. If we see a situation that looks unsafe, we need to intervene or report it.

Domestic/dating violence issues are ongoing and quite common. In 2000, 1,247 women and 440 men were murdered by an intimate partner according to a 2003 report from the U.S. Department of Justice. Figures from 2005 show that in 21 percent of college relationships, one of the parties involved is being abused. These numbers only reflect the reported crimes; as Justice Department research from 2000 shows that only one-quarter of all domestic violence incidents are reported to the police.

Given how prevalent these issues are, we urge you, as students and concerned citizens, to take action against dating/domes-

tic violence. You can speak out publicly against these issues, reach out to support someone who you believe is a victim, or even offer support to domestic violence counseling programs and shelters.

Domestic Abuse Intervention Services, the domestic violence shelter for Dane County, offers a wide range of support services to domestic violence victims. If you or someone you know is experiencing any form of domestic/dating violence, do not hesitate to call their confidential, 24-hour helpline at 608-251-4445. Also, if you are looking for a way to get involved, they are always looking for volunteers!

Given how prevalent these issues are, we urge you as students and concerned citizens to take action against dating/ domestic violence.

Make it clear amongst your friends that any form of dating/domestic violence or sexual violence is unacceptable and will not be overlooked. We need to protect each other and ourselves.

If we see a situation that looks unsafe, we need to intervene or report it. Taking these steps will help ensure a safer and more supportive community for all of us. If you want to show your support and speak out against these issues, PAVE encourages you to attend one or more of the events that PAVE is hosting for DVAM. Get involved. Get consent. Create a world without sexual assault and dating/domestic violence.

Sapir Sasson is the media advocate for PAVE. This article was written as a collaboration of PAVE staff. If you have any questions, please contact uwpavechair@gmail.com or stop by the PAVE office at the Student Activity Center, office #3147.

PAVE Events for Domestic Violence Awareness Month National Day of Unity Monday, Oct. 5 from 8am to 4pm on Bascom Hill and Library Mall

In collaboration with Domestic Abuse Intervention Services, PAVE will create a Bascom Hill display and will table on Library Mall with other student organizations to raise awareness about dating/domestic violence on our campus. Stop by to learn more about domestic violence issues and show your support.

“I Am Domestic Violence” Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 7pm in the Morgridge Auditorium in Grainger Hall

Wambui Bahati’s “I am Domestic Violence” is an electrifying presentation in which she takes on the characters of Domestic Violence and the men, women and children affected by it.

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p to 3,000 convicted felons who perhaps should still legally be in prison may be wandering the streets of Wisconsin. That’s a comforting thought, isn’t it?

This month, during the investigation of a Milwaukee murderer, the Department of Justice uncovered missing or faulty DNA data for thousands of prison inmates. The actual failure is more extensive than 3,000 people. An estimated 12,000 DNA samples are mismatched, incorrectly filed or missing from the databank of 128,605 samples.

Gov. Jim Doyle described the situation as “very troubling.”

Given the possible risk to people’s safety, that is quite an understatement. This is simple downright incompetence. While we recognize that government is not always the most clean and innocent enterprise, we at least hope that the people we put there know what they’re doing.

It’s not a terribly high standard, but somehow the Departments of Justice and Corrections have failed to reach it.

To prevent such enormous errors in the future, the lines of communication between the Department of Justice, run by Republican J.B. Van Hollen, and the Department of Corrections, under the Democratic governor’s office, need more efficient, functioning lines of communication.

Only the Department of Justice had access to the two DNA databases in question, despite how closely the two departments should work together.

Particularly in this post-Katrina world where the consequences of poor communication between government entities are obvious, it is inexcusable that these two units can’t get together for such a simple public safety issue.

Doyle announced on Sep. 27 the creation of a task force that will be dedicated to tracking down the estimated 3,000 felons on probation or parole who do not have DNA samples with the Department of Justice.

Members of the task force will include retired police officers.

This is a step in the right direction, but it does not make up for the fact that the failure occurred in the first place.

Politics almost certainly played a part in this fiasco.

Doyle and Van Hollen’s offices are literally right next to each other in the Capitol. Yet the two men have severely differing political persuasions. This cannot be the most conducive environment for interdepartmental cooperation. Van Hollen in particular has shown that he has no reservations about letting a political squabble interfere with his duties, such as in his recent decision to not represent the state of Wisconsin in a lawsuit regarding its domesticpartnership registry.

It is inexcusable that these two units can’t get together on such a simple public safety issue.

Resolving the situation may prove tricky as the state government must protect the rights of people while trying to collect DNA samples. The task force cannot force people to submit to DNA sample collection unless they are a convicted felon, or on parole or probation.

According to the law, all convicted felons since 2000 are required to have DNA samples in the database. From now on, state government needs more cooperation and efficiency so those samples are collected properly before prisoners are released and Wisconsinites are unsure about their safety.

Wisconsin shouldn’t be crippled just because its government officials are avoiding talking to each other like 14-year-old girls fighting over who gets to date that football player in their Spanish class. This state’s citizens deserve competent leadership and when events like this occur, it is difficult to believe we have that.

Feeling the urge to opine?

Write for the Daily Cardinal opinion page!

Healthy Relationships Panel Monday, Oct. 12 at 7pm in office 4213 in the Student Activity Center

PAVE, the Campus Women’s Center and Sex Out Loud host a discussion about what makes a healthy relationship.

For more information on these events, visit PAVE’s website at uwpave.rso.wisc.edu.

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This is no day at the beach for the feisty frontwoman of MTV-rockers Paramore.

Para‘Bore’ no more

By Blake Rhiner

She is no brute, however, and like any cunning predator, she is capable of lulling her prey In 2007, Paramore’s single “Misery Business” into a false sense of security. The subtle ballad burst onto the MTV scene. Propelled by the “The Only Exception” does just this, showing song’s success, Paramore’s brand of emo-tinged the real range of the vocalist and introducing the pop rock went on to capture the hearts of teen- listener to a vulnerability that can only be called age girls around the globe. But a successful single sweet. The album closes with a bang, as Williams’ by a mainstream pop-rock band is no indication unaccompanied voice soaring to unthinkable of their musical quality. With their third full- heights. To call her vocal work on this album length album, Brand New Eyes, the boys and girl anything short of incredible is an injustice. of Paramore prove they offer more than a few With Williams at the front, it’s no catchy songs. wonder that Paramore are CD REVIEW I didn’t expect much from often identified by their my first listen of Brand New singer. However, the boys Eyes. I had never given into the of Paramore deserve a lot hooks of Paramore’s previous of credit. While many pop singles and had all but writreleases provide a simple ten the band off as radio rock wash of sound for the singer to work over, the instrumediocrity. I judged the book mental work on Brand New by its cover so to speak, and Brand New Eyes Eyes is very tasteful and as the album’s leading single, Paramore engaging. The drumming “Ignorance,” states, ignorance is cacophonous and, in was “my new best friend.”

However, by the closing notes of the album my conjunction with the steady bass lines, hits the listener in the chest, creating a heavy preconceptions had been all but shattered.

The most prominent aspect of Brand vibe throughout the album. The guitars New Eyes is the vocal work from Hayley slash and dance around Williams’ vocal Williams. It is undeniable that Paramore work, filling out every last bit of sonic receive attention due to their fiery redhead space. Even the distinctive backup vocals front, but it is ignorant to believe that this by lead guitar player Josh Farro are well attention is warranted solely for the niche done. Although Williams might be the role that a girl fronting a band may or may most recognizable face of Paramore, on not fill. Hayley Williams is not a niche in Brand New Eyes, the boys prove to be more the marketplace of the music world; she is, than figures in the background.

Brand New Eyes is a great pop-rock album. in a word, ferocious. Like Kelly Clarkson with sharper teeth, Williams is an absolute Unfamiliar with Paramore and coming in beast. From the album opener, she howls, with low expectations, I was floored by the “You can’t be too careful anymore / when album’s depth. It offers more than one all that is waiting for you / won’t come catchy single and flows nicely through its any closer / you have to reach out a little eleven tracks. For fans of pop-rock and girls more.” Consider this your warning: this with incredible vocal range, Brand New Eyes is one of the best releases of the year. girl is predatory.

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Tucker Max is an asshole. In fact, he is probably the biggest asshole to ever walk the face of the earth. He does whatever and whoever he wants whenever he wants. He enjoys getting excessively drunk, throwing insults left and right and manipulating hundreds of women into sleeping with him.

That’s right, hundreds. Although a man like Tucker Max might seem like a waste of human intelligence, his stories have topped the bestseller list, and he has now set out to conquer the box office.

“I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell,” loosely based off Max’s book of the same name, is hardly a motion picture masterpiece. But the movie isn’t stupid and will surely cause fits of laughter throughout.

Max, played by Matt Czuchry, and his friends Drew (Jesse Bradford) and Dan (Geoff Stults) take a road trip to find the mother of all strip clubs in order to celebrate Dan’s last night as a bachelor. In true Tucker Max fashion, the trip includes lots of booze, boobs, hook-ups and a prison fight. Unfortunately Max’s antics get him uninvited to Dan’s wedding and he is forced to spend a night out alone, which ends with him in a very shitty (literally) mood. Later, Max apologizes to Dan in a surprisingly sincere way and then runs off to hit on Dan’s cousin, leaving movie viewers with a smile and some laughter left in their throats.

Unfortunately, Tucker Max comes up short in achieving his goal of taking over

the box office. The acting leaves a bit to be desired, but in all reality the actors chosen fit in very well with the story. The character of Drew (known as Slingblade in the book) is played exceptionally well: his degrading comments toward women are sure to encourage laughter out of even the most reserved. Czuchry fails to give Max’s character the certain “charm” that entertains readers throughout the pages of the book, but that might be because the story in the movie isn’t told in Max’s first-person view as it was in the book.

“I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell,” loosely based off Max’s book of the same name, is hardly a motion picture masterpiece.

Overall, “I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell” is not the worst film ever made. It in no way does justice to Max’s recollections in his book, but for a movie about three friends taking a road trip to get drunk and go to a strip club, it’s pretty good. If you would like a night filled with inappropriate humor and offensive dialogue, this movie is for you. As far as Tucker Max is concerned, writing stories about these deranged, absurd endeavors is his forte; making movies about them is not.

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This smile promptly undressed six adjacent females and convinced four others to buy him another drink. Tucker Max, depicted here by Matt Czuchry, just has that charm.

Stop couch surfing and hop on the Reading Railroad ALEX KUSKOWSKI The Big Bookowski

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s I announced in my previous column, I’m on a one-woman crusade to see everyone on this campus with a book in their hands. Be it “Crime and Punishment” or a princess coloring book that you bought at Walgreen’s and color in during class instead of listening to the English 100 professor (you know who you are).

Well as you probably didn’t know, the university obviously saw my little column and decided to run with it. They created this whole program, Go Big Read.

Somehow anticipating my thought process they have been working on promoting it for months, maybe you’ve seen the posters lying around in Helen C.? Seriously, they’re right next to the computers you were using to stalk celebrities

instead of researching the nutri-sci reading you haven’t done. They picture what I know is every literate undergrad’s dream of reading a book with Bucky on Bascom. All that’s missing is a beer pyramid.

Unfortunately the university and I seem to have gotten our signals crossed. Twisting a magnificent idea of mine, they are promoting an “academically focused reading experience.” To which I say, “Knock it off!”

“What!” You say in a horrified voice. Our literature columnist isn’t for reading? The world must be ending. It’s like “The Day After Tomorrow” and “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” rolled into one.

No worries my young padawans. What I’m actually looking for from this campus is un-academic, un-focused reading, and none of this “experience” stuff. Enough academically based reading is going around for any one who isn’t a literature major to happily crawl into the black hole of (gasp) science or even worse... math. I

know it’s a tough pill to swallow, but my solution (drum roll please) is to read for fun.

Now I know what you’re thinking. Something along the lines of, “Who has time for stuff like that? I got to practice for Thirsty Thursday.” Probably with more vulgarity added in.

My simple solution is to a) choose something super easy to read (pictures allowed) or b) pick a movie you think you’d like and read the book instead. Seriously, practically every movie you didn’t go see this year is actually a book too.

Remember “Angels and Demons?”

Dan Brown’s book is actually perfect for those of you to whom the thought of looking at Tom Hanks for another two hours of your life is nauseating and need something word wise you can’t put down.

Alternately as a vicarious high for all you coasties put on a budget, Sophie Kinsella’s “Confessions of a Shopaholic” is not just a movie with that crazy chick from “Wedding Crashers.” Even that superhero flick

“Watchmen” is a book, with pictures no less, so that should cover even the functionally illiterate readers (read: majors in the sciences) of my column as well.

Now I have covered both the university’s mistakes and (yet again) suggested great books for

those pesky picky readers. No need to stop me on the street to thank me or anything, it’s no problem, I’m just super fantastic like that.

Think Alex is a liar liar pants on fire about that Go Big Read and being super-fantastic? E-mail her at kuskowski@wisc.edu.

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Arrested on counts of overacting, Tom Hanks’ snoozer of a Dan Brown film gave another reason why books are way better than movies.

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Today’s Sudoku

Evil Bird

By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu

Classic Angel Hair Pasta

By Todd Stevens ststevens@wisc.edu

Sid and Phil

By Alex Lewein alex@sidandphil.com

© Puzzles by Pappocom

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

The Graph Giraffe

Charlie and Boomer

By Yosef Lerner ilerner@wisc.edu

By Natasha Soglin soglin@wisc.edu

Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com

BUSINESS AS USUAL ACROSS 1 Downy mass 6 Take measures 9 Cooking or sewing term 14 Fine-twisted thread 15 Cigarette ingredient 16 Change 17 Domestic donkeys 18 Prospector’s interest 19 Number-match game 20 Go different ways 23 Visibly agree 24 Four-footed lowlife 25 Yeats heroine 27 Incidentally (Var.) 32 “Dukes of Hazzard” deputy 33 Bucolic setting 34 City near Assisi 36 Social blunder 39 They were once completely nuts 41 Nasal speech pattern 43 Extract venom from 44 Like some thrills or shots 46 Hog enclosures 48 Fish spawn 49 Creole cooking staple 51 Valued, as a colleague 53 Mario Puzo character 56 Shade from the sun?

57 “___ Wiedersehen”

(German goodbye) 58 Display care 64 Top-notch, in slang 66 Fold or mutilate 67 Brief star appearance 68 Like a practical-joker’s party punch 69 Quid-quo connector 70 An anagram for “times” 71 Mournful piece 72 Fell trees 73 “Shop ‘til you drop” trip DOWN 1 Do a Chicken Dance move 2 Co-star with Courteney and Jennifer 3 “Miracle on Ice” opponent 4 Chevy Chase comedy 5 Some lawn grasses 6 Molecular component 7 Complain gratingly 8 Radial pattern 9 Treating very gently 10 Some pint contents 11 Refuses to budge 12 Baritone’s little brother 13 Create chasms 21 Comet’s path 22 Aid in alumna identification

26 Buffalo may do it 27 Congressional group 28 Slangy “sure” 29 Start serving one’s electors 30 Berry-bearing evergreens 31 Maternally related 35 American cuckoos 37 Chunk of sea ice 38 ___ out a living (barely scraped by) 40 H.H. Munro’s pen name 42 “By the Time I ___ Phoenix” 45 Science of versification 47 Soul-searching sessions?

50 Wood used to make baseball bats 52 Pitch one’s tent 53 Furniture wood 54 Of the ear 55 Robust quality 59 “Hard,” “flat” or “soft” ending 60 Cornfield pest 61 Arab chieftain 62 Network of veins, e.g.

63 Margin of victory, sometimes 65 “Agnes of God” actress Tilly

You Can Run

By Derek Sandberg kalarooka@gmail.com

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schedule from page 8 ule, Wisconsin has Iowa, Purdue and Michigan.

Purdue is a program on the downswing, and should not be a problem for the Badgers. Iowa and Michigan will be more treacherous opponents, but the Badgers always have to feel comfortable in the confines of Camp Randall.

The three non-conference victories were reassuring, but they didn’t prove much. The Big Ten opener against Michigan State, however, gives Badger fans reasonable grounds to believe the team has improved from its 2008 campaign.

There is the possibility that the 13 Spartans just aren’t that good this year, but Wisconsin still conquered Michigan State in basically all facets of the game against a team picked by sportswriters to finish toward the top of the Big Ten. The 38-30 final score makes the game appear to be a close one, but the Badgers had the game well in hand at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

I don’t want to be one of those guys that looks deep down the schedule and predicts games, but excluding the Badgers’ meeting with Ohio State, it’s difficult to see

Brian Bultman has been an important part of Wisconsin’s defense, which has shut down top teams this season.

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Men’s Soccer

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Badgers prepare for midweek match against Illinois-Chicago Improving offense will be key after tough home loss

By Parker Gabriel THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Wisconsin men’s soccer team continues its stretch of strong opponents tonight as they travel to Chicago for a non-conference matchup with the University of Illinois-Chicago.

The Flames advanced to the Round of 16 in last year’s NCAA Tournament and are the fourth consecutive 2008 tournament team that the Badgers have faced. That streak will climb to six when the Badgers face Michigan and Michigan State in the next two weeks, but for now the Badgers attempt to rebound from a tough loss against Indiana in their Big Ten opener.

The Flames (2-3-2) and the Badgers (1-2-4) are off to similar starts this season.

Both teams have been tough to score on despite playing qual-

ity opponents. The Flames have allowed just eight goals through their first seven matches. The Badgers, aside from a rough weekend in California, have been formidable on the back-line.

In the last 10 days, Wisconsin has faced two of the most explosive offenses in the country, UC-Santa Barbara and Indiana, and yielded just one goal to each. Senior defender Brian Bultman played a big role in both efforts, but thinks there is still room for improvement.

“We’ve always been a confident group,” Bultman said.

“There are still things we can do to get better as a whole. We’re looking for shutouts.”

Both UIC and Wisconsin have had some problems generating goals on the offensive end as well. The Flames have scored just seven times so far this season, and have struggled to create scoring opportunities.

For the Badgers, the problem is not finding opportunities, but capitalizing on them. Although they generate chances, the Wisconsin offense has not found a way to put the ball in the back of the net on a

regular basis.

The Badgers moved the ball forward and created several dangerous situations on Friday night against Indiana, yet they only managed two shots on goal.

Against a defense as good as UIC, being assertive with the ball will be key for the Wisconsin attack.

“We need to take a few more shots and be aggressive,” senior midfielder Jon Rzepka said. “We maybe make the extra pass a little too much.”

This is the first Wednesday night match for the Badgers this season.

While the quick turnaround and mid-week road trip is tough on many teams, Bultman said his team felt up for the challenge.

“We’re an experienced group,” he said. “I’m looking forward to it, especially getting back out on the field sooner rather than later after a tough loss.”

The Badgers return to Big Ten action after playing UIC but remain on the road, visiting Ann Arbor to take on the No. 18 Michigan Wolverines Sunday. The next home game for Wisconsin is Sunday, Oct. 11, against Michigan State.

the 119th playing of the Border Battle for Paul Bunyan’s Axe. As a Minneapolis native and the son of former Minnesota wide receiver Melvin Anderson, this week’s game at Minnesota will surely be extra special for the junior.

Anderson starred in football and track at The Blake School in Minneapolis and set the Minnesota Class A record for the 100 meter dash in 2005 before deciding to attend Wisconsin in the fall of 2006. Although both parents starred in athletics at Minnesota (his mother Lisa was a member of the track team), Anderson said he never

hockey from page 8 she will try to bring the same intensity, now that she is one of the team leaders.

“It’s definitely an honor to have received the ‘C’ but I’m not going to change anything,” she said. “I’m going to play just as hard.”

DeKeyser praised Giles’ leadership skills, saying she and other returning players have stepped up to help the transitioning team.

Another point of contention for the Badgers will be the team’s starting goaltender. Although McCready backed up Vetter last year, DeKeyser said she has still not picked out

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Wisconsin losing close to as many games as it did last season.

Worst case scenario, maybe the Badgers fall to Minnesota this weekend, the Buckeyes the next and also end up splitting their home games against Iowa and Michigan.

Honestly, can you see Wisconsin falling at home multiple times again this season, or falling to the likes of Indiana or Northwestern?

Best case scenario, Wisconsin still comes up short in a tough game in Columbus, but takes down Minnesota the weekend before, doesn’t screw up any of its other road games, takes care of business at home and finishes 12-1 with a chance at playing in a BCS Bowl Game.

Although the season is still young, Wisconsin should improve drastically on its 7-6 record in 2008.

The encouraging signs we’ve seen from Wisconsin, especially at its quarterback position and perhaps more importantly with its favorable schedule, mean the Badgers should return to a New Year’s Day Bowl game this season, if not an even bigger postseason appearance.

Do you think the Badgers can challenge for the Big Ten title this year? E-mail Scott at kellogg2@wisc.edu. considered being a Gopher, instead choosing to blaze his own trail in Madison. But the decision did not come without plenty of criticism from up north.

“Just being a guy from Minnesota playing at Wisconsin, a lot of people like to say a lot of things,” Anderson said. “But it’s definitely just another opportunity to go out there and showcase your ability, and it’s definitely just a great opportunity to play a game.”

If Anderson continues to showcase his abilities the way he has so far this season for the remainder of his career at Wisconsin, he may be looking into another great opportunity: playing in the NFL. a starter between McCready, redshirt freshman Nikki Kaasa and true freshman Becca Reugsegger.

“We’ve left it open, it’s up for grabs and the ones that perform the best are going to get the nod,” she said.

DeKeyser said the goaltender for the team’s series against North Dakota will be determined based on who performs best in practice this week.

So while the 2008-09 season was all about a veteran squad running away with the national title, this year’s team will have a much tougher road to that success. The puck drops on the 2009-10 season at the Kohl Center Friday at 7 p.m.

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Football

With easy schedule, Badgers could be headed for big bowl

Anderson taking bigger role with tight ends unit

Border Battle means heading home for son of former Gophers

By Justin Dean THE DAILY CARDINAL

Junior wide receiver Isaac Anderson didn’t have to wait long for his time to shine in 2009.

After losing a year to injury and receiving erratic playing time in his other two years at Wisconsin, Anderson scorched the Northern Illinois secondary on the Badgers’ first offensive play this season and streaked into the end zone for an 80-yard touchdown that injected Camp Randall Stadium with a jolt of energy not felt since the beginning of last season.

Still, seemingly lost amid breakout seasons by junior quarterback Scott Tolzien and sophomore wide receiver Nick Toon has been Anderson’s emergence as an explosive, dependable deep threat. The 5-foot-10-inch junior ranks third

on the team with 10 receptions, and with 236 yards he shares the lead for receiving yards with Toon.

“The philosophy has been this year, just play consistent—do it again—over and over [and] definitely to make plays from Scott Tolzien throwing the ball,” Anderson said.

“And when the opportunity’s there, take advantage of it.”

There’s no doubt Anderson has taken advantage of his opportunity this season, as his true impact has come through his ability to reign in the deep ball. He is averaging 23.6 yards per catch, best on Wisconsin by a long shot and good for 11th best in all of Division I-A football.

Not surprisingly, wide receivers coach DelVaughn Alexander believes Anderson’s ability to harness his blazing speed has been the key to his success so far this season.

“He’s one of our fastest guys at the position and he’s playing that way, and that’s the thing that he’s really improved on over the last two years is playing as fast as he can play,” Alexander said.

Anderson, however, credits his strong relationship with Tolzien both on and off the field for helping

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Olympics, and there have been some major shakeups that could threaten the Wisconsin women’s hockey dynasty.

Interim head coach Tracey DeKeyser said the team’s first game, against North Dakota Friday, will help show how much the team has changed.

“With the number of new people we have in the program this year and the new staff members, I know we’re all excited to get started and just kind of see where this team shakes out with the competition,” DeKeyser said.

The summer has not been all bad news for Wisconsin, as the Badgers welcomed highly touted freshman Brianna Decker to the team. Decker was named WCHA Preseason Rookie of the Year, and senior goaltender Alannah McCready praised the skill she will bring to the Wisconsin offense.

“She’s a goal-scorer,” McCready said. “We’re lucky to have her.”

Rebuilding the offense will be crucial if the team wants to replicate its success from the 200809 season. Senior forward Jasmine Giles said returning players will have to produce in the place of offensive powers like Knight, Duggan and Lawler.

“Having the opportunity to just get out there even that little bit more on the ice, you’ll definitely see people step up and get more goals than they did last year,” Giles said.

Giles, who was named team captain over the summer, said

hate to jump the gun and turn into one of those overexcited fans, but if you’re looking at what Wisconsin has done so far, and looking ahead at its schedule, there’s a strong possibility the Badgers could be headed for a major postseason date in January.

Even before the season began for Wisconsin, one could see by its schedule that the team had a good chance to improve on its seven-win season in 2008.

As usual, the Badgers’ nonconference slate didn’t possess any tough challenges.

Wisconsin knew it would be favored in its first two contests against Northern Illinois and Fresno State, two teams coming out of mid-major conferences who combined to lose 13 games in 2008.

The opposition would only drop from there with a home date against FCS opponent Wofford.

Wisconsin’s only remaining nonconference game is on the road, but the opponent shouldn’t scare Wisconsin too much.

Ever since Hawaii’s undefeated regular season in 2007, the program has been on a free fall. Head coach June Jones departed to Southern Methodist, and the Rainbow Warriors lost seven games in 2008, including one against a Utah State team that went 3-9.

Turning to the Badgers’ Big Ten schedule, Wisconsin again has a favorable lineup. It dodges an enormous bullet by not facing defending Big Ten champion Penn State.

Although Wisconsin will have to take a trip to Columbus to take on Ohio State, that game may be the only one Wisconsin enters as an underdog.

The Badgers’ other three road games come against the mid- to lower-tier of the conference. The toughest one may be Wisconsin’s rivalry game with Minnesota, but it’s a fixture the Badgers have dominated, taking Paul Bunyan’s Axe in 12 of the 14 most recent contests, and the last five meetings.

A road date with the Gophers won’t be easy, but it’s a matchup the Badgers should enter with confidence.

Another road game for the Badgers will be the meeting between Wisconsin and Northwestern.

The Wildcats showed improvement last season, but are still an opponent the Badgers should beat.

The Big Ten has some intimidating road venues, but Ryan Field in Evanston isn’t one of them. Wildcat fans rarely fill the seats, and you can expect loads of Badger fans to make the short trip down.

The other road contest is at Indiana, another favorable matchup for Wisconsin. Last season, even during a down year, the Badgers went to Bloomington and blew the Hoosiers out of the water with a 55-20 win.

The home slate is tougher, but playing well in Camp Randall is something the Badgers have made a habit of. In his four years at the helm of the Wisconsin program, head coach Bret Bielema has only lost twice in Madison.

In its remaining home sched-

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Both of Isaac Anderson’s parents were athletes at Minnesota, and he will try to keep his strong play going against their alma mater. him elevate his game this season.

“Scott, definitely this year is real confident and [there’s been] a lot better communication this year with Scott, and definitely a lot more chemistry off the field as far as watching film together on a

daily basis and things like that,” Anderson said.

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Women’s Hockey

After dream season, Badgers looking to rebuild

By Nico Savidge THE DAILY CARDINAL

When a team spent its last year dominating all of its competition, losing just two games all year on the way to a third national championship in four years, it’s reasonable to expect an equally dominant season from them the next year.

For the Wisconsin women’s

hockey team, there is little guarantee that the 2009-10 season will be the dominant romp last year was, even though the team earned a preseason No. 1 ranking.

The Badgers’ top four scorers will not play this year, as Erika Lawler and Angie Keseley graduated and Hilary Knight and Meghan Duggan will spend the

year on the U.S. Olympic Team.

Dominant goaltender Jessie Vetter and defender Rachel Bible also graduated in the spring, meaning Wisconsin has big skates to fill on both offense and defense.

Add to that the year-long sabbatical of head coach Mark Johnson, who left to lead Team USA at the 2010 Vancouver

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With 45 points in the 2008-09 season, senior Jasmine Giles is one of Wisconsin’s top returning scorers. She is also team captain, and will try to lead the Badgers to another national championship.