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Vending committee picks top food cart, considers tougher regulations

Associated Students of Madison Chair Tyler Junger leads Wednesday’s debate regarding new bylaws on the removal of Student Services Finance Committee members.

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ASM weighs bylaws on removing SSFC members By Kelsey Gunderson THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Associated Students of Madison debated a change to bylaws governing the process of removing Student Services Finance Committee members from their positions at Wednesday’s Student Council meeting. SSFC Secretary Matthew Manes said interest in changing the bylaws came after Monday’s SSFC meeting when members realized there existed no way to

remove SSFC members without Student Council approval. “The council meets every two weeks, which would be four of our meetings,” Manes said. “During that time, if a problem arose there would be really no way for us to address it in a timely matter.” SSFC is the main funding committee for many student groups on campus. Manes said he felt it necessary for the SSFC to have the power

to remove a member because the committee needs to have the ability to hold itself accountable. “The ability of the SSFC to self-regulate is critical because of the amount of money we handle and the time frame we operate on,” he said. According to Manes, if the new bylaws were approved, one-third of SSFC would need to petition the chair to begin the removal asm page 3

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The winner of the annual juried review of street-side vendors in the Library Mall area was unveiled at Tuesday’s meeting of the Vending Oversight Committee. Kakilima, named for the authentic “five-legged” food carts common in Indonesia, came out on top this year, moving up from a previous ranking of tenth. Athens Gyros, Johnson Brothers Coffee, Curt’s Gourmet Popcorn and El Burrito Loco came in second through fifth, respectively. Twenty-seven reviewers sampled dishes from over 38 of the city’s food vendors, rating each cart out of 100 possible points on taste, quality, appearance and originality. Points were deducted for health-code violations, and up to seven points were granted on the basis of seniority.

“Athens Gyros had a brilliant debut, getting second without any seniority points at all,” Madison street vending coordinator Warren Hansen said. The highest-ranked vendors are formally granted priority locations around the campus and downtown area. Coveted spots generally include the areas around Library Mall and Capitol Square. Also discussed at the meeting was a new proposition for establishing assigned sites for late-night vendors on Broom and Johnson Streets to replace the current first-come-first-served system. According to Hansen, an increased volume of cart owners has been migrating toward the area and causing issues with parking and traffic. The Sabores Latinos and Afrikana food vendors have carts page 3

SLAC protests in chancellor’s ofﬁce over sweatshop concerns By Kelsey Gunderson THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Student Labor Action Coalition protested at Chancellor Biddy Martin’s office Wednesday to voice their concerns with UWMadison’s actions toward sweatshop conditions. SLAC members gathered in Martin’s office and asked to speak with her regarding their concerns with clothing factories owned by Nike, who has an apparel contract with UW-Madison. According to Daniel Cox, a UW-Madison student and SLAC organizer, Nike closed a factory in Honduras, fired their workers and refused to give them severance pay, which is prohibited under the code of conduct all apparel com-

panies have with UW-Madison. “The university is getting apparel from sweatshops with bad working conditions,” he said. “It reflects badly on the university and the students.” Jonah Zinn, also a UWMadison student and SLAC organizer, said UW-Madison plans to host a $50,000 educational program to inform the university’s licensees about the code of conduct regarding the treatment of workers in labor shops. Zinn said SLAC was uncertain about the necessity of the program. “We don’t think that these companies can really plead ignorance on the issue of the labor slac page 3

Gore to speak at conference in Madison

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A customer peruses the produce at the Dane County Farmers’ Market on Martin Luther King Street Wednesday morning.

Former Vice President Al Gore will deliver the keynote address Oct. 9 at the Society of Environmental Journalists conference at the Concourse Hotel in Madison. The SEJ’s 19th annual conference, hosted by UW-Madison, will take place October 7-11 and include informational workshops for participants as well as other environmentally oriented activities. The mission of the organization is to “improve quality, accuracy and visibility of environmental reporting,” according to Jay Letto, SEJ’s conference director. This year’s conference will focus on freshwater and agricultural issues. Gore, who is well known for

his environmental activism, will speak about the scientiﬁc community’s claims and concerns, as well as “what’s at stake” at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen this December. The gathering of climate scientists and world leaders in Copenhagen is expected to be the most important climate change conference since the signing of the Kyoto Protocol. The SEJ conference will mark the first time in a number of years that Gore will answer questions from the press. People who are not SEJ members can attend the conference for $450 per day.

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on came down with a terrible case of face herpes this week, so his extremely sexist twin brother Joe agreed to fill in for him today. I’m not very good at tackling serious topics in this here weekly column, but today I’ve decided to take on an issue very dear to my heart. For centuries, man has struggled under the oppressive rule of women, suffering unbearable discrimination, hardship and anguish. We’ve been denied rights, equality and fairness in the workplace and suffered blatant sexism. Well I say enough is enough. I’ve come to fight back against the way woman has controlled man through blatant discriminatory treatment and oppression. We shall overcome someday. For starters, I want to clear up some blatantly untrue stereotypes that women have spread about our fair sex. The first I’d like to clear up is the belief that only men are stubborn when it comes to asking for directions. That’s simply not true. I mean, look at Amelia Earhart. She was all like “Oh, look

at me, I’m a woman and I’m flying. I definitely know where I’m going.” BAM. Mountain. Poetic justice if you ask me. Another cruel stereotype depicts men as unsympathetic, insensitive and ultimately lacking the emotional range of their female counterparts. However, I’d like to point out that men are just as sensitive and emotionally charged as women. The only difference is that men do not have tear ducts. That’s just scientific fact, plain and simple. Look it up... but be sure to look it up in a book that is not biased toward the “female-dominant” version of history (or that of the oppressor, as I like to call it). Perhaps one of the biggest misconceptions of all relates to the female body. Women would have you believe that they invented periods. That’s simply not true. Men actually invented periods and even the entire menstrual cycle, but chose to give them to women. Once again, if every history textbook weren’t biased toward the female-centered retelling of past events, I wouldn’t have to clear such things up in a Page 2 column in a college newspaper. Guess it is my cross to bear. I also always hear women complaining that men get paid more than women performing the same job. Guess what? Wrong again. Women

actually get paid more than men on average in the same position, but women simply spend more of their earnings on frivolous things such as scrapbook supplies and aprons, giving the illusion that they make less money overall. Meanwhile, men such as myself are spending our hard-earned pennies and nickels on various charities, orphanages and homeless men who play kazoos for our entertainment. Although the female brain is portrayed in most Will Ferrell comedies as being smaller than a man’s brain, I will go on record to say that is not true. Women do, in fact, have larger brains, but their brains are simply full of more wasted space—space being used to contemplate about what petticoat they’ll buy next, or how Kate from “Jon and Kate Plus 8” will get by as a single mom. At the same time, a man’s brain spends most of its time trying to ﬁgure out ways to ﬁx the problems that his wife/daughter/ ex-wife has caused in a given day. I’ve also got to say I’m sick of getting on a city bus and having all of the females tell me to go sit in the back because that’s where “my sex” belongs. We’re regressing into segregation practices I thought the civil rights movement sought to eliminate. In public places, there

are now separate bathrooms for males and females! What is this, the south during post-Civil War Reconstruction? Are we re-instating Jim Crow laws? Can’t we go back to the days when males had the right to urinate along with females in the same facilities? And don’t get me started on how much nicer women’s bathrooms are—couches, massage therapy, little tampon and “feminine napkin” dispensers... the list goes on! Something has to be done. First, I propose some drastic rectiﬁcation for all that has been done to hold man down by their oppressive counterparts. I think we should make January “Male History Month” so that we all can take time to honor the great accomplishments of the male sex. We should also change the name of January to Manuary to further support our oppressed sex. The month of May should also be henceforth referred to as simply “Man.” In fact, let’s just insert the word “man” into every month. Then MAYBE men will ﬁnally get the recognition and respect they have been missing since the dawn of womankind. Are you appalled by the comments made by Joe Spike, Jon’s twin brother who is most certainly not Jon? Tell Jon how you feel at spike@wisc.edu.

New Beer Thursday Buffalo Bill’s Brewery pumpkin ale Fall decided to show up this past weekend, kicking summer out with a fury. We can say goodbye to swimming in Lake Mendota and tanning on Bascom Hill and welcome the barrage of seasonal beer, especially pumpkin ales. Celebrating the cool weather and changing colors, America’s Original Pumpkin Ale from Buffalo Bill’s Brewery seemed fitting this week. At first glance, Pumpkin Ale appears to be everything you’d expect with a name like that, creamy orange color and a wafting aroma of cinnamon, nutmeg and pumpkin. Sadly, the drink itself can’t live up to the expectations. Fall seasonal beers tend to

edge toward the heavy side leading into winter, and Pumpkin Ale certainly misses the mark. It is slightly watery, relying on the excessive spice to make up for a legitimate body. Buffalo Bill’s did pick the right combination of spices, and we commend them on that. Everything that makes a pumpkin pie great found its way into the bottle cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, cloves and roasted pumpkin hit the palate and linger on far after you’ve finished. For a specialty beer with such strong flavor, a hefty alcohol content should accompany it, and at only 5.2 percent alcohol by volume, this just falls short. Amidst the spice, the beer flavor gets lost and

resembles a spiced cream soda. One Pumpkin Ale was enjoyable, but more than that in a sitting might be a little much. We certainly welcomed the crisp fall flavor, but it also leaves plenty of room for improvement in our seasonal quest. Although the ale fails to achieve the perfect blend of pumpkin and hops, the refreshingly unique taste serves as a good alternative to other Oktoberfest ales.

• Pumpkin Ale • $9.99 at Riley’s Wines of the World

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House committee to discuss youth unemployment The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor will hold a hearing Thursday to address effects of the recession on young Americans. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 18 percent of 16- to 24-year-olds are unemployed, compared to a 9.7 percent national average.

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Members of a Dane County task force gathered at the City-County Building Wednesday to discuss solutions for racial disparities in Wisconsin’s criminal justice system.

Racial disparities report shows need for improvement By Katie Foran-McHale THE DAILY CARDINAL

Recommendations for reducing racial inequalities in Dane County’s criminal justice system were revealed by the Dane County Task Force on Racial Disparities in a report released on its ﬁndings Wednesday. The report’s top recommendations include a call for county and state leaders to reduce disparities by providing additional funding to diversion programs, which allow offenders to avoid criminal charges under certain conditions, and establishing a restorative justice program. “It is urgent, it is critical and it is necessary for us to move these recommendations forward,” task force co-chair Celia Jackson said. “Without the political will, without collaboration and without a sense of solidarity, these recommendations just become issues ... They become lost in the budget process.” County Executive Kathleen Falk requested that the Dane County Equal Opportunity Commission form the task force in 2008 to identify and offer possible solutions to disparities in rates of arrest and incarceration among different races.

The 82-page report includes a brief history of racial disparities in Dane County, socioeconomic factors that lead to disproportionate arrest and incarceration rates and a detailed list of recommendations for the system as a whole to improve. According to the report, in 2008 Wisconsin had one of the top 10 largest disparities in incarceration rates nationwide. More specifically, Dane County was among the nation’s top five communities with the highest racial disparities in arrests and imprisonment in the early 2000s. Nearly one half of young black men in Dane County are either in prison or on probation, parole or extended supervision. The task force divided into five subgroups for the report: data collection on the plea-bargaining stage, re-entry into the community and revocation in the corrections systems, pre-arrests, policing practices, prosecution alternatives and arrest alternatives. At a news conference held to discuss the task force’s findings, Falk expressed her commitment to fulfilling the task force’s recommendations.

Proposal would eliminate lieutenant governor, secretary of state positions The state Senate Committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations held a public hearing Wednesday to consider proposals to abolish the positions of lieutenant governor and secretary of state. The resolutions, proposed by state Sen. Alan Lasee, R-De Pere, would effectively eliminate the positions through amendments to the state constitution as a cost-saving measure. According to Lasee’s spokesperson Jennifer Esser, the state currently spends $2,336,600 per year funding the two positions. “[Lasee] thinks this is just a good way to streamline the state government,” Esser said. The lieutenant governor is next in line if the governor is unable to serve and serves as acting governor when the governor is out of state.

The secretary of state maintains the official acts of the state Legislature and governor and affixes the state seal to all official acts of the governor. Democrats currently hold both offices. “[Lasee] has been introducing both of these [amendments] since the late ’80s,” Esser said. “This is not a pointed partisan attack.” Esser said Lasee was “very grateful” to committee Chair Sen. Fred Risser, D-Madison, for holding the hearing and hopes people will consider the measures seriously. The proposed amendments must pass both the Assembly and the Senate twice in addition to a popular vote by Wisconsin citizens before being enacted into law. “The people will have a say in this,” Esser said. —Grace Urban

process, and then three-fourths of SSFC’s voting members would need to vote in favor of removal after a hearing. The representative who was the subject of the removal hearing would be allowed to have legal counsel present.

carts from page 1 already expressed interest in latenight vending in this area, and other spots would be allocated based on seniority. “There are now up to six large carts licensed and two small ones,” Hansen said. “There are still more sites than there are carts.”

slac from page 1 code of conduct,” he said. “By signing a legal document, they are aware of their actions and the implications.” Zinn said aside from feeling the program was unwarranted, he was also concerned about where the funds were coming from. According to Cox, SLAC submitted letters to Martin within the past month and never

The hearing was scheduled in response to a conference organized by the 80 Million Strong for Young American Jobs coalition. The coalition was formed by leaders from the nation’s leading youth organizations and works to endorse policy platforms that create jobs and economic opportunities for young people. “In order to strengthen the

American economy, we must invest in young adults,” 80 Million Strong co-chair Hilary Doe said in a statement. She added, “We cannot leave this young generation crippled with debt and waiting for jobs; we need to help them stand up and lead the new economy, lifting the burden of all generations in the process.”

Student Council members voted to refer the bylaw change back to the SSFC members for further review, as many felt language in the new bylaws was unclear. ASM Vice Chair Tom Templeton said the new bylaws will be further discussed among SSFC members outside of the

committee meeting. “Sending it back is the right thing to do, and also re-looking at it and thinking of what improvements can be made,” he said. The Student Council also unanimously approved a grant of $13,752 for the pre-Halloween all-campus concert event.

Madison police officers have voiced concerns about latenight vending in the area, citing issues such as noise disturbances, unauthorized furniture setups, unacceptable cart appearance and vendors operating without licenses. There has also been discussion of a total ban on largecart vending on Broom Street,

similar to the restrictions on Frances and Langdon Streets. “Broom Street has turned into another Frances Street, with vendors almost coming to fisticuffs and physically fighting over locations,” Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said. “The police were very concerned about it.”

received a response. However, both Cox and Zinn said they felt Martin listened to their concerns Wednesday and seemed willing to help take further action against sweatshop conditions. “[Martin] was pretty respectful,” he said. “She expressed her concern and said that she would definitely take an active role once we have the official reports out.”

Cox said he hopes after today’s event, UW-Madison will take a stronger stance against sweatshops. “The administration should lean on these companies and make sure that they are expected to follow the code of conduct which they are legally bound to, and if they do not, they should no longer have the opportunity of making [University of ] Wisconsin apparel,” he said.

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By Lauren Fuller THE DAILY CARDINAL

Rated PG, “Fame” is almost laughably bland and watered-down in its desire to appeal to the widest possible audience. It won’t succeed in this goal, but it has enough pizzazz and glitz to captivate undemanding tweens. The differences between the original version of “Fame” and the splashy new production reveal a great deal about the changes in the movie business over the last three decades. Alan Parker’s “Fame,” released in 1980 tackled subjects like racial conﬂict and homosexuality; it had a gritty urban ﬂavor mixed with high-powered musical numbers. This retooled version, directed by former music video whiz Kevin Tancharoen, tries to duplicate “High School Musical.” The plot avoids exploring controversial issues that seems to go handin-hand with a famous life: sex, drugs, rumors and hardships. The exception is when one character, goody-goody actress Jenny, is faced with the option of using sex to land a role in a TV show. However, the scene is incredibly awkward and completely unbelievable, just like the rest of the movie. Although this new version retains the basic structure of the original by

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following several kids over four years at the grueling New York High School of Performing Arts, it has been diluted in almost every imaginable way. Even the Academy Award-winning title song is played only once, over the end titles in this movie. The characters’ stories in this picture, written by Allison Burnett, are pitifully thin. Lovers quarrels and family conﬂicts are at the most primitive dramatic level, and the characters have no vivid quirks. Given the shallow roles, there probably was not much the actors could do, which explains the atrocious acting. However, a few of them demonstrate a strong screen presence. The standout in the cast is Naturi Naughton, a marvelous singer who nails her musical numbers. When Naughton’s performing, you get a hint of the electricity and energy that the whole ﬁlm should have had. Kherington Payne, former “So You Think You Can Dance” star, was a disappointment. Payne’s dancing is superb, but seems to be her only asset for the big screen. Perhaps if Payne attended the school for acting, her performance would have been better. Several excellent actors—Charles S. Dutton, Bebe Neuwirth, Kelsey Grammer—have their talent wasted

playing teachers. Tancharoen doesn’t weave the stories together gracefully, and the musical sequences are edited in the chop-chop

MTV style that does no favor to the performers. The choreography is lively, though very few dance routines are played out at any length.

Overall, the new “Fame” is like a series of snippets and teasers for a movie still waiting to be made. Grade: D

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The new “Fame” lacks the grit of the original ﬁlm, substituting hardships with dance and romance.

Polanski needs to stop running, serve time for horrible crime KEVIN SLANE dr. slanelove

erhaps the biggest news in the film industry this week was the arrest of noted filmmaker and fugitive of the law Roman Polanski. Polanski is the director of great films such as “Chinatown,” “Rosemary’s Baby” and most recently, “The Pianist,” for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director. He was also a fugitive, wanted in the United States for the rape of a 13-year-old in 1977, until his arrest Saturday in Switzerland. His arrest in neutral Switzerland has brought a wave of protest, from French actors and dignitaries to great American directors such as Martin Scorsese and Woody Allen. There is already a high-profile petition, signed by Scorsese, Allen and many others, demanding Polanski’s immediate release. While no one can argue the artistic merit of Polanski’s work, you would have to be brain-dead or lack a moral compass to think he should be released and forgiven.

There is no denying Polanski’s work has artistic merit, but that does not excuse him from facing punishment.

For those of you who don’t know much about Polanski and his case, here’s a little background. Polanski went through a lot of strife in his life, ranging from his imprisonment in Auschwitz (and the killing of his mother there by Nazis), to the grisly murder of his eight-and-a-half-month pregnant wife Shannon Tate by followers of Charles Manson. Polanski was so distraught over the murders that he gave away all of his possessions, saying they reminded him of Tate too much. Eight years later, in 1977, Polanski

was invited to guest-edit an issue of Vogue, and took modeling photos of 13-year-old Samantha Gailey. Polanski asked her to undress in front of him, and took a series of photos with her drinking champagne, in which Polanski had placed quaaludes (a popular sedative at the time) in her drink. He then proceeded to engage in unwilling cunnilingus, vaginal and anal intercourse, with Gailey protesting each time. This is not disputable evidence, as Polanski signed court documents admitting to as much. Polanski was hoping for probation, but when the prosecuting judge seemed to be moving toward jail time—which is certainly not unreasonable given the crime—Polanski fled the country and has moved throughout Europe in exile for over 30 years. People often talk of celebrities receiving preferential treatment or lighter sentences because of their status, and Polanski was arguably in that boat. He was this close to only receiving probation for raping a 13year-old girl, but when minimal jail time was discussed, he fled. Polanski apologists will point to the victim, now 44, motioning to have the case dismissed as evidence that Polanski should be let go. But wouldn’t you want to try to leave behind a case that has defined you for over 30 years too? What Roman Polanski did was unforgivable. Not only did he perpetrate a heinous crime, but rather than face the consequences, he fled like a coward, living in the lap of luxury in Europe. There is no denying Polanski’s work has artistic merit, but that does not excuse him from facing punishment. Gary Glitter, who wrote the stadium anthem “Rock and Roll Part 2,” also known as “The Hey Song,” tried to flee his home in Vietnam after being arrested on charges of molesting girls aged 10 and 11. In the case of Glitter, however, justice was served, and he spent three years in a Vietnamese prison, and was deported thereafter. Even now, stadiums try to avoid playing Glitter’s song, choosing to play a cover of it or eliminate it from their playl-

ists altogether. Yet through Polanski’s years of exile, his works have received endless airplay, and he even received an Oscar for his directing work. Why such a double standard exists is beyond me. “Chinatown” is one of my alltime favorite movies. Starring Jack Nicholson (whose house was the site of Polanski’s rape) as private detective J.J.

Geddes, the film deals with corruption in Los Angeles and features a horrible villain named Noah Cross who raped his daughter. In the final scene of the film, his daughter laying dead int he street, Cross grabs his granddaughter, his incestuous intentions clear. Critics at the time lauded the film’s dark, gritty feeling, and classes have studied the sheer evil of Noah Cross for years.

Maybe the moral issues in Polanski’s case are unclear for people like Woody Allen (a man who should be familiar with inappropriate relationships with his own children), but they certainly aren’t for me. The sooner Polanski can accept what he did and begin serving his punishment, the better. Think Polanski deserves to be released? E-mail Kevin at kevslane@gmail.com.

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Today’s Sudoku

Evil Bird

By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu

Angel Hair Pasta

By Todd Stevens ststevens@wisc.edu

Sid and Phil

By Alex Lewein alex@sidandphil.com

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 THROWN FOR A LOOP ACROSS 1 Had ___ (knew someone) 5 Boris Godunov, e.g. 9 “Ars gratia ___” (MGM motto) 14 Legendary Horne 15 2001 erupter 16 “ ___ in peace” 17 It comes before a fall 18 “Indiana Jones and the Temple of ___” 19 Observe furtively 20 Cast aspersions 23 “And now, without further ___ ...” 24 Big Apple letters 25 Lipton rival 28 Applied teeth to 30 Athletes Ripken and Hubbard 32 Spheroid 33 “The Munsters” actress Yvonne 36 Carpet calculation 37 Celebrated, in a way 39 Less-than-average grades 41 Patronized, as a restaurant 42 Different ending? 43 “Alfred” and “Judith” composer 44 Fancy sheet material 48 Nutritious breakfast

cereal 50 Have the usual, e.g. 52 Detroit-to-Baltimore direction 53 Intense fighting at close range 57 Burrito topping 59 Met solo 60 Toward the mouth 61 Britain’s PM until 2007 62 Nervous contractions 63 Act like a hot dog 64 Bottomless pit 65 Child of the first family 66 “___Anything” (“Oliver!” song) DOWN 1 Introductory Greek letters 2 Poet Pablo 3 Lined up single-file 4 Pt. of NFL 5 1901-09 presidential nickname 6 Hardly the screaming type 7 Popular poet, briefly 8 Gate-storming aids 9 Pew separators 10 Sales slips (Abbr.) 11 Film with Mr. Potato Head 12 “According to me,” in shorthand 13 “D-OH” person, e.g. 21 Rear-___ (road

mishap) 22 Confess in a big way 26 “... ___ he drove out of sight ...” 27 “Defending Liberty, Pursuing Justice” org. 29 Old English letters 30 Cherry picker, e.g. 31 Mont Blanc, par exemple 34 “The Entertainer” comedian 35 Eke out ___ (barely beat) 36 “Boy!” or “girl!” lead-in 37 “Twelve Angry Men,” originally 38 Certain Jamaican believer 39 Headlight setting 40 ___ Claire, Wisc. 43 Hitching posts? 45 Any foursome 46 “Cast Away” locale 47 Can’t help but 49 Insistent Andalusian assents 50 Command from the king 51 Embarrass 54 Millinery inventory 55 “... ﬁfteen miles on the ___ Canal” 56 African antelope 57 Federal agcy. for entrepreneurs 58 Clerical garment

You Can Run

By Derek Sandberg kalarooka@gmail.com

opinion Kindle could revolutionize college courses dailycardinal.com/opinion

JAMIE STARK opinion columnist

istory professor Jeremi Suri’s senior seminar students are luckier than most. All 20 students received a free Kindle for the semester, along with eight course texts. Kindle, an electronic reader manufactured by book megawebsite Amazon, shows signs of being the future of books, for better or worse. Ken Frazier, director of UW Libraries, purchased the Kindles and e-books for Suri’s class using the money of a private fundraiser. Suri described Frazier as “one of the most forward-looking people in the whole university.” “We’ve been teaching the same way for 30-40 years—someone with glasses on lecturing to people,” Suri said. “Technology allows the ability to take old wisdom and make it more accessible, exciting and more relevant.” According to Suri and my own brief contact with one of the rare, Amazonian delights, Kindles are lightweight, easy to use and more fun than a textbook. The screen appears like an actual printed page, not a computer monitor. With no backlighting it’s easy on the eyes and energy efficient. Students can even highlight while reading and save highlights in one separate file for efficient studying. Who wouldn’t prefer carrying around one Kindle instead of numerous textbooks? Suri’s students did complain that the note-taking function,

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which requires typing with small keys reminiscent of texting, is time-consuming and frustrating. But Kindle will undoubtedly develop more user-friendly editions as the e-reader becomes more popular. For those of us who aren’t wooed by Kindle’s sheer nerd factor, Suri says there are substantial savings involved. Though initially expensive, Kindles are investments. True, they cost $300, but the price may creep down as more are produced. A one-time Kindle purchase may save students hundreds over the course of four or more years of college. Books that typically cost $35 on Amazon.com cost from $1 to $9 for Kindles, according to Suri. If more textbooks are made Kindle-friendly, the amount saved by buying texts on Kindle could outweigh the cost of the e-reader. The amount of paper saved by transitioning just some textbooks from print version to Kindle would be astonishing. Not only could it help the environment, but publishers may benefit by the massive reduction in production and distribution costs. Their reduced savings could then be passed along to consumers. Suri would like to see the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates money spent on teaching professors how to use Kindles and bargaining for cheaper Kindle book prices with publishers. If most UW students had a Kindle, the university could negotiate for cheaper books by volume, Suri said. Kindles aren’t the only e-readers on the market, though they are the most successful. Hopefully

similar and superior e-readers will become popular soon so consumers can have real market competition. Steve Jobs, this sounds like your kind of bag. Despite the benefits, realize Kindles and the like are not all sunshine and honeybees. This July, Amazon deleted several purchased e-books from individual Kindles after discovering publishers had provided Kindle with illegally-obtained copies. Coincidentally, this overextension of power was exercised on e-copies of George Orwell’s “1984” and “Animal Farm,” famous novels on authoritarian control. Even if kind-hearted corporations promise not to replicate such actions in the future, the possibility will always be there, and should become increasingly scary as more and more of our pertinent personal information is moved to the interwebz. Barnes and Noble could not enter a customer’s house to silently steal back a purchased book. But what’s to prevent Kindle from taking back or even modifying an e-book? The dangers of the electronic era must be remembered as we use technology to simplify our lives. Douglas Yang, a Kindle-carrying Suri senior seminar student sums up the situation succinctly. “I think there is no way going around electronic book readers like the Kindle; they are the future, and there’s no way we can avoid them.” Jamie Stark is a sophomore intending to major in journalism and political science. We welcome all feedback. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

Numbers Don’t Lie: Amazon’s Kindle $299 Manufacturer’s standard retail price for a Kindle

$462 Average cost for a semester’s worth of textbooks (purchased online) for a college freshman taking 12 credits

500,000 Estimated number of Kindles sold in 2008

$1.2 billion Projected sales for Kindle hardware and downloadable content by 2010

10.3 Weight, in ounces, of a Kindle Source: Peter Kafka, All Things Digital

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Men’s Soccer

Penalty kicks doom Badgers in Chicago By Parker Gabriel THE DAILY CARDINAL

In a matchup of two struggling offenses, the University of IllinoisChicago used two penalty kicks to defeat the Wisconsin men’s soccer team, 3-0, in Chicago, Ill., on Wednesday night. The Badgers, who suffered their second consecutive shutout loss, did not register a shot in the first half, and only managed five shots, and only two on target, the entire game. The Flames (2-2-4), opened up the scoring in the 25th minute after Wisconsin (2-4-2) was called for a penalty in front of its own goal. Junior forward Matt Spiess put the ensuing penalty kick past Wisconsin’s senior goalkeeper Alex Horwath to give the Flames a 1-0 lead. In the 34th minute, IllinoisChicago tallied another goal, which again came via a penalty kick. The Flames attempted a third penalty kick before the first half ended, but Horwath stopped an attempt from UIC junior mid-

fielder Charlie Trout. UIC capped the scoring for the night in the sixty-ninth minute, with a goal by senior defender Paul Kopec. The score came off a corner kick. Including the three attempts tonight, the Badgers have been haunted by penalty kicks this season. Of the Badgers’ four losses thus far, three have featured penalty kicks as game winners, including Wednesday night. Wisconsin has not had a PK attempt of its own this season. The Badgers’ HORWATH offensive struggles continued on this night, as they faced a UIC defense that had allowed just eight goals in its seven matches. Wisconsin has tallied just ﬁve goals in eight matches, and has been shut out four times. For the most part, the team has been able to stay competitive because of excellent team defense

and goaltending. No team can expect a shutout every night, however, and the Badgers have yet to win a game in which they give up a goal this year. Their two victories, at home against Western Illinois and on the road against Oakland, were 1-0 decisions. Generating goal scoring opportunities have not necessarily been the issue for the Badgers, but rather capitalizing on those chances. The offense has given itself chances on runs and set pieces, but has not done a good job of finishing plays off. The schedule does not do Wisconsin any favors in the coming days, as the Badgers will travel to Ann Arbor, Mich., to face Michigan (7-2-1), on Sunday at 1 p.m. Following that match, the Badgers will have a week off before taking on the Michigan State Spartans at the McClimon Complex in Madison. That match is slated for a 3 p.m. kickoff and will be aired on the Big Ten Network. —uwbadgers.com contributed to this report.

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Sophomore forward Mark Roos had one of the Badgers’ ﬁve shots Wednesday, and one of their only two shots on target.

Turn down that ﬁnal beer bong, get to the football game on time BEN BREINER boom goes the breinamite

or years we heard the excuse. It’s that damn ticket lottery. Too many unworthy fans and non-fans who just want to scalp tickets got them. That was why the student section was never full at kickoff and often didn’t come close until deep into the first quarter. So what’s the excuse now? The game’s too early? The opponents are not good enough? The ticket website somehow screwed the dedicated fan out of his rightful ticket? Well, Northern Illinois was in the late afternoon. Michigan State and Fresno State were both good opponents. Yet in every game this season, the student section was less than half full (and often far less) when the game began. Nothing was ﬁxed because the lottery was never the problem. The

ﬁrst-come, ﬁrst-serve apologists ignore the fact that having to get up early on one morning would probably not deter any student who wanted to sell their tickets (in fact, based on the attendance, extra money would probably be a better motivator than actually having the opportunity to go to the game). But in truth, the problem here is much simpler than that. Wisconsin’s student fan culture does not give a crap about the football game. Only in Madison will an undergrad post a Facebook status saying “I’m the biggest Badger fan ever, how could I not get season tickets?” and months later, think nothing of rolling into Camp Randall 20 minutes after the game starts. That extra beer bong, that extra game of pong, that is what matters to most UW student fans on football Saturdays. There seems to be a disconnect between the idea of being a fan here and that idea anywhere else. Students assume that being a fan means getting as trashed as they can and then

stumbling into the stadium, only to leave after “Jump Around” so the drinking can resume. Almost no other Big Ten stadiums see the sun shining off row after row of empty student bleachers at game time, and certainly none of the stadiums that actually sell out deal with it.

That extra beer bong, that extra game of pong, that is was matters to most UW student fans on football Saturdays.

Now some people won’t see this as a problem. They’ll argue that they have the right to come late because they (or their parents) paid for the ticket, or because they make the most noise at the end of close games (assuming they stay for the fourth quarter). But those boasts just seem immature in the end. Clearly the athletic department

wants something to change. The players don’t like seeing the north end of the stadium more than half empty, and the coach even made a call for students to actually show up last week. And nothing happened. So what should be done? The athletic department should create a system that punishes students for not showing up. Say a student arrives even a minute after kickoff three times, and the tickets are revoked and resold to the highest bidder. Then charge a fee for losing the tickets to keep students from buying them and then cutting their losses in a losing season. That should get fans to at least try to arrive on time. If it doesn’t, threaten to take section P and J away from the students. If the threat doesn’t fix anything, then follow through on it. The athletic department benefits from the extra money since student tickets are deeply discounted. The team might get to play in front of a packed house

for all 60 minutes. Many stadiums still generate noise plenty without big student sections (the loudest in the country, Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon, has under 7,000 student tickets). And those students who are left out? Well they get another three hours to drink without having to actually bother with the strenuous task of actually attending the game. It might even be a relief to not carry that hefty responsibility. Or maybe, just maybe, the student section could try to rebuild its image. Of course the cheers will still be vulgar, this is still Madison. Of course they will be drunk. But perhaps the students could turn from a sheer embarrassment into something that improves the stadium atmosphere. All it would take is the will to look at a watch, put down a drink and aim to be in the gates by 10:30. Shockingly, all that booze will still be cold after the ﬁnal whistle. Think Ben’s too hard on the students? Tell him about it at breiner@wisc.edu.