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Ethnic studies students discuss value of requirement

By Molly Reppen The Daily Cardinal

UW-Madison students discussed the importance of the ethnic studies requirement in producing an informed student body at a student-run talk Wednesday as part of Ethnic Studies Week.

Students enrolled in Chicano and Latino studies, Afro-American studies, Asian-American studies and AmericanIndian studies courses attended the discussion.

Freshman Gaochia Sayaovang said the requirement ensures students are informed about different racial topics.

“I think that having a required class to learn about diversity is important. It will only benefit everyone to open up everyone’s minds and make note that there’s different people in this world,” Sayaovang said.

Freshman Hue Vang agrees the requirement is important, especially at a school as large as UW-Madison.

“When I first took an ethnic studies course here, I learned of all these

problems happening even twenty or thirty years ago, and to me it’s a real eye-opener,” Vang said.

Vang said the course he took to fulfill the requirement taught him that ethnicity is a more complicated issue than he once thought.

“It will only benefit everyone to open up everyone’s minds and make note that there’s different people in the world.”

Gaochia Sayaovang freshman UW-Madison

Students discussed their opinions about diversity trends around campus and the ethnic studies courses they were taking.

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U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., accompanied students to the polls Wednesday to help them cast their ballots weeks before the general election.

Feingold holds campus voting rally

By Scott Girard The Daily Cardinal

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Dan Duster, great-grandson of Ida B. Wells, spoke as part of Ethnic Studies Week to continue spreading Wells’ message of standing up for justice.

Anti-lynching activist’s greatgrandson spreads message of justice

By Alicia Goldfine The Daily Cardinal

Dan Duster, the great-grandson of civil rights activist Ida B. Wells, discussed the importance of standing up for justice in a lecture Wednesday night at Helen C. White as part of the nationwide Ethnic Studies Week.

Duster said his great-grandmother and her prominent role in the anti-lynching movement influenced him to carry out her legacy and spread her message through his lecture series he calls “Stand Up For Justice and Do the Right Thing.”

Duster said it is important to spread information about the problem of injustices. He said today, as in the time of Ida B. Wells, it is crucial to apply the problem to society as a whole. “[Wells] had the foresight to broaden the problem, and that’s what she did constantly,” Duster said. “It wasn’t just about me and you. It’s about rights. It’s about justice.”

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U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., walked with dozens of students and community members up State Street Wednesday as they prepared to cast their votes early after holding a rally in Library Mall.

“People are busy, students are studying, older people sometimes are not able to get out on election day,” Feingold said. “What early voting does is give us an opportunity to have the maximum possible democracy.”

Feingold recalled his time as a student at UW-Madison when one could not vote early “without an ironclad excuse.”

Democratic 77th assembly district candidate Dane County Supervisor Brett Hulsey and his Green Party opponent Ben Manski also appeared at the rally.

“Voting early is important and very convenient for students and others to do it at home, and it’s a great chance to get the bird in the hand,” Hulsey said.

Manski agreed with Hulsey on the benefits of early voting, saying “It’s very

important that students ensure their vote is counted.”

Many students were excited to take the chance to vote early and come out to support Feingold’s re-election campaign.

Junior Megan Reichert said she attended the event because she has always been interested in Feingold as a politician.

Fifth year senior Michael Shumway said he voted early because “it just makes sense to do it now.”

Feingold said he hopes early voters will encourage their peers to vote Nov. 2.

“It means that you don’t have to wait until Nov. 2 to cast your ballot, so you can vote and you can run around this campus Nov. 2 gathering your friends and buddies and making sure they vote,” he said.

Feingold also took the rally as an opportunity to joke about his conflict with the NFL over his recent campaign advertisement.

“The NFL was upset last night because I put Randy Moss’ bad behavior in my ad,” he said. “But you know what happened? Because I did that, he got traded back to the Vikings.”

County settles lawsuit against four media outlets Dane County has agreed to pay $118,000 to settle a news media lawsuit stemming from the April 2008 killing of UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann.

The Wisconsin State Journal, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WISC-TV and WTMJ4 in Milwaukee filed the lawsuit in May 2008 over the release of records related to the 911 phone calls in the Zimmermann murder.

The settlement will pay for the four media outlets’ legal fees, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.

Dane County Corporation Counsel member Marcia MacKenzie said any payment would be covered by the county’s

insurance carrier, not by taxpayers.

After the four media outlets filed a lawsuit last year, a judge issued a court order that officials release documents relating to the 911 call made by Jordan Gonnering, Zimmermann’s then-fiancé, soon after she was murdered.

The call was released after police redacted any information they believed would harm their investigation, according to channel30000.com.

The recording of the 911 call itself has not been made public.

Zimmermann was stabbed to death in her Doty Street apartment April 2, 2008.

The case remains open for investigation.

“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”

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early every day one of my friends asks me, “why are you so gosh darn weird Victoria? I thought you were normal when I first met you, but within an hour I realized you were crazy as shit.”

By fourth grade I’d gotten used to the abuse. I even found out that people who weren’t even my friends thought I was wack. Sometimes I cried, but as every young girl knows, you’ll always be able to get your mother to make you a nice pot of Mac N’ Cheese just the way you like it—crusty and lukewarm, and your troubles are guaranteed to vanish!

Since I came to college, though, my mom isn’t around to make me comfort food. (Mac N’ Cheese is only soothing when she makes it.) So, I’ve had to develop a survival strategy in order to cope with the ramifications my eccentric nature has on my societal interactions. The following is the mastermind offensive plan I’ve developed to launch on over-inquisitive friends/humans. These are the results of my first experiment: First thing I did was give the person a Wet William. Next, I inquired as to why the hell they were still talking with me if they think I should be institutionalized.

Then, with a faux-forlorn look on my face, I told them, “It’s my family—I can’t help it. My genetic pool is overrun with Germanic

blood.” The person looked at me, a sympathetic and patronizing smile emblazoned on their face and they said, “Oh, well I guess that explains it. Those excessive amounts of sauerkraut have pickled your brain.”

(And there marked the end of my facial expression remaining “faux”) “Not to mention all that beer—I bet your putrefying liver is causing you to hallucinate. “ The perpetrator walked away, confident in their destruction of not only the best parts of my heritage, but any potential merit my “mastermind offensive plan” may once have had.

Next, I correctly guessed that my plan didn’t work out for shit.

Time for plan numero dos. I got to thinking about my past, and wondering what in heaven’s name could have caused my mind to be soooo weeiird. Then it hit me like a deadly strike from a sidewinder: it must be none-other than my elementary school gym teacher whose name will remain unsaid.

I will tell you however that she was, in fact, a lady, who wore the typical female PE teacher uni of top-to-bottom ugly metallic purple or hot pink wind suit with white Reeboks. Don’t forget the bowl cut!

Sure as the sunrise she and all her convoluted ideas for games are the root of all my oddness in character.

It makes sense to me now, but I suppose I had better let you in on the secret gym society secrets of Mrs. M— if you are ever going to forgive my being WEIRD. For starters, there is no way a small child can ever have hope for normalcy if from kindergarten through the fifth grade they have been subjected to the

regular teaching and playing of jacks.

I believe the hours of time wasted in mindless tedium melted part of my cerebral cortex.

Additionally, the over-active encouragement of rock-paper-scissors over and over again during gym time day after day could cause my breaking out into sudden bursts of anger and obscenity due to the cruel subjection to overwhelming amounts of unpredictability.

Sure as sunrise she and all her convoluted ideas for games are the root of all my oddness in character

Worse than that are the sign language lessons we were forced to undergo for the last five minutes of class, after wasting the previous five trying to line ourselves up alphabetically. In the quotations that follow, the elongated spelling represents her manner of speaking, as well as the place in which she performed the corresponding hand gesture. All of this in a vain attempt to get us to “learn” phrases of this nature: “We are staying innnnsiiideee today” (like we were ever allowed to go outside) and “Next, you have muuuuuusiiiiiic class with Mrs. S—“, or the infamous “Does anyone need to take a baaathrooom breeeaaak?”

I think the glass-breaking pitch and lack of giving a shit about other languages at age eight but still being forced to observe caused

me to undergo symptoms similar to Restless Leg Syndrome. Thus, I look haggard every day due to waking myself up every 5 minutes.

Still another normal-dementing game we were forced to take part in was the “juggling” of scarves, but usually only one at a time. I don’t know about you, but any activity as imbecilic as tossing an ugly 80s scarf into the air and waiting 10 minutes to catch it will partially sever the neurons paths allowing for sense and reason in any young child, including myself.

I spoke with my 10-year-old brother on the subject, and he confirmed my memories on all accounts.

He is able to do so because Mrs. M— remains to this day, (mind you, I am TWENTY-ONE years of age) the physical education instructor at my elementary school! There is no hope for my family or the young citizens of my hometown. We are all doomed to utter weirdness and uncontrollable fits of oddity.

So, I suppose I will rattle off this story to the next person who asks why I am abnormally odd. I will also tell them that I’ve discovered yet another reason why childhood obesity runs rampant in this country. It is those odd elementary school gym teachers like Mrs. M—, who happen to entertain an intense distaste for letting children do anything that would actually spur the burning of all those hot lunch French toast sticks, chicken nuggets and tater tots.

Do you too wonder why you have become so weird? Ponder these and other questions by joining the support group. E-mail vstatz@wisc.edu.

New Beer Thursday

Bell’s Brewery Octoberfest Beer

Last week in New Beer Thursday I brought up Oktoberfest beers without actually reviewing one of the style. So this week and next the New Beer Desk is going to take an in-depth look at the style.

First, it’s time for a quick lesson on the history of the Oktoberfest beer. As I said earlier, the classic beer drunk at Oktoberfest is a Märzen, which is typically a darker copper color with a mild hop profile.

Märzenbier is malty and relatively strong. This is because they started brewing it before refrigeration. Back then, law declared that brewing stopped in late April, but the beer that would be drunk at the end of the summer would be brewed in March or Märzen, to take advantage of the last of the lake ice to keep the beer cool in while it lagered over the summer. However, they made sure to put lots of germ-killing alcohol and hops in it so it wouldn’t spoil (a similar story to the IPA, but less extreme.)

Anyway, people finally got to drinking this stuff around August or September and they would finish it up in October.

Now two hundred years ago—October 12, 1810 to be exact, marked the very first Oktoberfest. The party was held in honor of the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig

and his bride and namesake of the future festival grounds Princess Therese von SachsenHildburghausen—who was Napoleon’s number-one crush the year before. She was upheld as the ideal queen, showing grace, tact and a fantastic love for beer that would inspire generations of Germans to drink liter upon liter of rather strong brew.

As the festival grew and more foreigners decided they enjoyed drinking outside in early autumn, the beer tents started serving lighter brews to satisfy their guests.

This new style is what us Yanks call Oktoberfest beer.

Anyway, back to the beer of the week. All the way from Kalamazoo, Mich., comes Bell’s version of the Ok t o b e r f e s t b i e r.

Most of us Union Terrace regulars know Bell’s Brewery for its famous—or infamous, depending how much you drank—Two Hearted Ale. Oktoberfest is like Two Hearted, but with much milder hops and

a sweeter taste. I was looking for some of the same dryness that I loved in Two Hearted, many of the other Oktoberfests I have drunk or last week’s Dortmunder Gold (the beer that inspired my Oktoberfest kick). But I just don’t feel the same way about Bell’s Oktoberfest.

I guess I really should be judging this beer against itself: It is very ... erm, nice.

It pours a rather transient one-finger head, which looks fantastic atop the rich copper-golden beer.

A quick-deep gulp is no way to drink this beer, because it will taste like Pabst Blue Ribbon if you rush when you should savor.

Breathing in as I drink, I can taste the mild hops and a delicate tension between creaminess and dryness.

Un f o r t u n a t e l y this is a beer that should be drunk fairly quickly, as the optimum carbonation—like the head—fades fairly quickly, and leaves an aftertaste that mildly reminds me of the first time I caught a whiff of my

uncle’s “special glass.” Light-beer drinking relatives aside, Bell’s Oktoberfest can be a great beer given the conundrum of drinking it fast enough while savoring the subtle flavors. It just needs the right conditions. Drunk cool out of a cool stein on a cool day, this beer will warm taste buds, but it won’t wreck them. At 5.5 percent ABV, relatively low for its style, Bell’s Oktoberfest is drinkable without fear of becoming a bierleichen (German for beer corpse).

Regardless, here at the DC New Beer Desk we think its subtlety is mostly lost on our pedestrian palates—and our wallets. Bell’s $9.99 price tag is worth it for some of their selections, but the Oktoberfest is iffy. If you have the patience for flavors that don’t come out and wallop you, then this brew is right up your alley, assuming you can’t wait until next week when we bring out the big guns.

What are we going to review next week? Well, we have a special surprise for you. Instead of a review of one beer New Beer Thursday will review some of the best Oktoberfest themed brews you can get in Madison.

—Benji Pierson

Bell’s Brewery Octoberfest Beer

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Committee members discuss logic, feasibility of Overture buyout

By Grace Gleason The Daily Cardinal

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Ethnic studies students discussed how the ethnic studies requirement encourages cultural understanding Wednesday night.

justice from page 1 controversial newspaper, The Memphis Free Speech. From there she began to use her surroundings and ingenuity to aid her cause, according to Duster.

Duster said Wells used boycotts to affect the local economy in order to draw attention to her cause.

“Economics works extremely well with racism because if it’s not economically sustainable, folks won’t do it,” Duster said.

According to Duster, injustices must be addressed in our everyday lives, even if that means making the unpopular move and speaking out.

“And while we don’t see lynching today, we still see a lot of

injustices,” Duster said.

Not simply accepting an injustice, but instead finding the mentality to overcome that injustice is a way to differentiate yourself from a guilty bystander, Duster said.

“The thought process is often like, ‘somebody needs to do something.’ You are that somebody, you can be,” said Duster.

Ethnic Studies Week is a national event at many universities with the goal to promote ethnic studies. During the week, “students, faculty and staff are able to actively engage with people, cultures and ideas they might not otherwise encounter,” according to the Ethnic Studies Week website.

20-year-old Fitchburg woman attacked A 20-year-old Fitchburg woman contacted Madison police Monday to report a battery incident that occurred Sept. 28 near the intersection of Regent Street and Ash Street.

The woman told police she was in one car and the suspects were in another. When they saw each other both vehicles came to a stop.

The victim was allegedly in the midst of a dispute with the female suspect, according to Madison police spokesperson Joel DeSpain.

A teenage woman and a man in his 20s got out of the car and proceeded to attack the victim, police said.

The victim told police the other woman punched her to the ground. Once on the ground, the male suspect kicked the victim in the head.

The 20-year-old went to a hospital where she received four staples to close a head wound.

The case is currently under investigation, police said.

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The Overture Ad Hoc Committee developed recommendations for Mayor Cieslewicz and the Common Council concerning the focus model after hearing heated arguments from Overture Center employees, management, resident companies and patrons Wednesday.

According to the current plan, the city would purchase the building for $1 and assume some maintenance costs and responsibilities.

A separate non-profit entity would oversee the operation of the center.

Conflict arose between Overture employees and managers about whether the proposed focus model, drawn up by AMS Planning and Research, was financially accurate and feasible.

“The AMS model doesn’t quite seem right ... in terms of their

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chase the building.

“In the end, I sincerely hope that we can keep the lights on here and that we can keep the high level of programming going without missing a beat ... I just don’t want to see this place go dark. I’m scared,” Executive Director of the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society, Samantha Crownover said.

Ultimately, the committee agreed upon several recommendations to give to the council regarding the focus plan. These included hiring an independent expert to review the focus model, engaging an engineering firm to create a to-do list and engaging an advisor to create financial and programming standards to be negotiated with the non-profit operator.

The committee will meet Friday to further discuss provisions to the focus plan and their recommendations to the city.

ASM changes who will draft internal budget

By Anna Duffin The Daily Cardinal

The Associated Students of Madison passed reforms Wednesday night to change who authors the ASM internal budget and enforce member attendance.

The Internal Budget Reform Act will transfer the task of drafting the internal budget from the finance committee to the coordinating council.

In the past the finance committee, which consists mostly of appointees who are not necessarily directly involved with ASM, has drafted the initial budget.

However the coordinating

council, which is made up of ASM committee chairs, ASM Chair Brandon Williams and ASM Vice Chair Adam Johnson, will now draft the budget.

Johnson, one of the act’s sponsors, said he thinks this is a more efficient way of drafting the internal budget.

“The coordinating council has a good idea about what’s wrong with our current budget, what we need money for that we don’t have and what parts of the budget are wasted, so that we can have a smart budget rather than just drafting the same budget every year,” Johnson said.

Additionally, ASM approved

the Committee Appointment Accountability Bylaws, which will monitor the attendance of student council members.

The bylaw states that if a student council member receives two unexcused absences at their appointed committee meetings, they will also receive one unexcused absence from student council.

Representative Tyler Junger said the bylaw is fair and will prevent members from missing an excessive number of meetings.

“I agree with it,” Junger said.

“You know, if you are going to commit yourself to a committee, then you should show up.”

Madison man knocked unconscious near Park Street Monday A 36-year-old Madison man was knocked unconscious at the intersection of Park Street and University Avenue.

Witnesses told police the victim was involved in a dispute with two men near a bus stop. One man allegedly told the 36-year-old to “stop running his mouth” and then proceeded to punch the victim in the head.

The second man also threw punches as the victim fell to the pavement, witnesses told police.

The victim hit his head on the con-

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The Onion hosted their Jarringly Obscure Trivia in Memorial Union’s Great Hall Wednesday night as part of Homecoming festivities.

income projections. When I went back to look at what we were actually bringing in, I found that they didn’t seem to match,” said Jay Young, a theater technician at the Overture Center.

“We are confident this plan cannot succeed,” Overture Center employee Jeff Porter said.

Tom Carto, president and CEO of the Overture Center, defended AMS as a highly respected firm.

“Let’s circle back to the elephant in the room: We have a one-time opportunity to erase a $28 million debt ...

Let’s make it happen,” Carto said.

Representatives from resident companies of the Overture Center including Madison Opera, Madison Ballet, Children’s Theatre of Madison and Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society said they were concerned about the future of the center and their arts groups should the city decide not to pur-

diversity of her culture with other students.

“Not every Asian person believes the same thing or has the same culture or lives the same life,” Sayaovang said. “Being able to sit around and discuss our own thoughts and feelings about this whole diversity issue was good.”

Senior Anjali Misra said she enjoyed hearing other students’ ideas and opinions at the discussion.

“I think it’s a positive thing, hearing [what student’s have to say about ethnic studies] and engaging in these conversations because Ethnic Studies Week made a space for it,” Misra said.

“I think that talking is a great starting point to get some action and to get stuff done.”

crete. The Madison man was then transported to a hospital to treat a cut on his head.

The two attackers fled with a woman, according to the police incident report.

One of the suspects was described as a black male, 6'1",

around 185 pounds. At the time of the incident he was wearing a black vest or cardigan with a white shirt underneath and black jeans.

The other male suspect was said to be hispanic, 5'10" and around 200 pounds. He was said to be 30 years old with long curly hair in a ponytail.

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transparency takes precedence This Monday, the state Supreme Court reviewed a petition from the State Bar of Wisconsin to grant judges more power to erase online court records wherein either the case was dismissed or the suspect acquitted. Ultimately, the court decided it should be up to lawmakers in the state legislature, not the court. We feel any erasure is an unnecessary measure that would only diminish the transparency of the courts.

Currently, the Wisconsin circuit court system uses a Consolidated Court Automation Program (CCAP) that allows public access to court case records posted online.

Anyone can log on to wcca.wicourts. gov and sift through various court records by typing in a person’s first and last name. As it stands today, CCAP even documents dismissed cases or instances where the suspect was acquitted.

Although the website always clearly indicates a dismissal or acquittal by the suspect’s name, the State Bar argued that potential employers

and landlords are misusing CCAP. Regardless of the outcome of the case, people feel like they are being discriminated against for having their name on the site at all—which can be detrimental to employment or housing prospects.

Unfortunately, that has nothing to do with transparency or the public’s right to access court records. Also clearly indicated on the main page is a notice to all potential employers: “It may be a violation of state law to discriminate against a job applicant because of an arrest or conviction record. Generally speaking, an employer may refuse to hire an applicant on the basis of a conviction only if the circumstances of the conviction substantially relate to the particular job.”

If landlords or employers are using CCAP as a background check, they should be able to competently read the law and the case result.

Employers and landlords are not allowed to refuse a person housing or a job only because his or her

name shows up on CCAP. If they choose to ignore a dismissal or an acquittal, then they are violating the law.

Although we are hesitant to trust claims of such widespread discrimination, in the cases that they do occur it is not the fault of the court for providing open records.

Rather, the court should pride itself on providing more transparency, not less.

As evidenced through former Calumet County District Attorney Kenneth Kratz’s lengthy scandal, there is no timely or efficient check on the court system and its participants. Allowing the public to access court records, regardless of outcome, is one small step toward ensuring that proper procedure is being followed.

If anything, we feel like CCAP should provide more information about cases. That way, outside parties could better evaluate patterns and trends involving plaintiffs, defendants, attorneys and judges that may be intentionally acting in a certain manner.

CCAP documents the action of both the defendant and the court system. Regardless of exaggerated claims of discrimination, to erase access to particular cases due to acquittal or dismissal tarnishes the historical documentation of the court. It’s selfexplanatory: The public wants access to court records because they are in fact, public records. To provide anything less is an exercise in censorship, not justice.

dissent: record disclosure unfair I can understand why my fellow members of The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board would want access to as many court records as possible. We are journalists and it is our job to get all necessary information out to the public.

The problem with releasing these aforementioned CCAP records is that they do not always include necessary information.

In the United States court system, as civics teachers and “Schoolhouse Rock” songs have drilled into our head, a defendant is innocent until proven guilty. If the case is dismissed or the person is acquitted, the government has no cause or means to punish them. But that is exactly what the government is doing by keeping these records open to the public: Punishing people who were never found guilty of a crime.

The mere record that a person was tried for a crime, even if the individual is acquitted or the case is thrown out by a judge, is damaging to that person’s reputation. The simple fact is that there are definitely employers, landlords, business associates and others who will look at that CCAP record and

think differently of their potential employee, tenant or client despite the fact that the court found they did nothing wrong.

There is virtually no way to police employer discimination based on CCAP records

I admire the idealism of my colleagues who think that a simple disclaimer on the CCAP website solves these issues. But it does not. There is virtually no way to police employer discrimination based on CCAP records except in the most obvious circumstances, and if an employer wants to use these records to judge a candidate, a few words of website text aren’t going to stop them.

If you are acquitted from a crime, you should be able to move on with your life. As useful as CCAP is, the state of Wisconsin should allow its citizens the opportunity to truly live “free of all charges” through the removal of select records.

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By Jeremy Gartzke The Daily Cardinal

Blending dance music and heartwrenchingly honest lyrics, the fivepiece indie-pop outfit Stars will grace Madison with their presence at the Barrymore Theatre this Friday night.

With ten years of touring and five albums under their belt, these rockers have set out to “make the live show better and more compelling, more fun to watch.”

Hailing from Canada, the band was originally formed by vocalist Torquil Campbell and keyboardist Chris Seligman in 2000. With a lineup filled out by guitarist Amy Millian, bassist Evan Cranely and drummer Pat McGee, Stars has a wide range of influences and a unique sound.

Touring in support of their fifth album, The Five Ghosts, which came out this past June, Campbell said they’ve “still got some tricks up [their] sleeve” on this tour. His philosophy is that “every time you go out there it has got to be a little better, you’ve got to work a little harder.” But with tunes as infectious as the poppy “We Don’t Want Your Body,” it shouldn’t be hard for them to get the crowd moving.

“In terms of just doing what we wanted to do and set out to do,” Campbell said, “it’s the best record we’ve made.”

He explained the darker sound of the new record, saying “It wasn’t the plan going in, I mean, it was affected by a lot of really intense shit that happened to us. My dad died in the middle of making the record and he

was a great friend obviously, not just to me, but to everyone in the band.”

That doesn’t mean the music is all dark and moody. Far from it, in fact as Campbell said the band “was very committed to making a dance record.” A sad dance record, Campbell’s favorite type.

He did say that looking forward he would “like to make a record where for the next year and a half I’m just like ‘yeah, let’s fucking party every night, let’s do this!’” In light of the traumatic events the band has gone through in the last few years, Campbell says “it’s heavy for me to have to sing these tunes over and over again; I’m finding it a challenge because they take me back to a part of my life that was extremely painful and extremely hard.”

With a base of material that includes five EPs in addition to their five full-length albums, the set list for Friday night’s show could include almost anything. Campbell explained how the band goes about choosing a set to assure the audience isn’t “shortchanged” on its favorites.

The band members, however, want their say as well, and “finding those ten or twelve tunes that are up for grabs is very hard.” “Elevator Love Letter” is one of his favorites.

“Every time we play it I always love it, I always finish the song thinking ‘wow, what a great song that is, I really love that song,’” Campbell said.

This tour marks some changes for the band, with Campbell being a relatively new father, and Millian and her partner Cranely expecting a child this coming March.

Campbell jokes that “there’s a hell of a lot more booze laying around than there used to be.” He’s very serious about parental love however.

“Now I know how much your mother loves you and let me tell you dude, she loves you so fucking much, and that’s an amazing thing to find out about the world,” he said. “It’s hopeful: it’s a nice thing.”

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A tour of this size is refreshing in an economy of big tours, bringing fifty bands to town for ten minute sets over the course of one afternoon.

“I find it’s a bit like wandering around Wal-Mart,” Campbell said of festival-style tours. “There’s so much shit you end up not really experiencing any of it.”

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With all of the hard work and heart put into this tour, this Friday night at the Barrymore promises to be a great experience.

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Frustration evident as Badgers rack up fouls, run winless streak to nine

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Senior strong safety Jay Valai currently has 16 tackles and two passes defended for UW. He has never lost against the Gophers.

Rivalry provides incentive to continue streak

By Parker Gabriel the daily cardinal

Since Saturday’s loss against Michigan State, plenty of people have noted that head coach Bret Bielema’s career record against ranked Big Ten teams now stands at 1-8. Minnesota is not ranked this year—not even close, really—but they are Wisconsin’s archrival, and Bielema has their number.

The fifth-year head coach has yet to spend his first day at the helm of the Wisconsin football program without having possession of Paul Bunyan’s Axe. Factor in two straight wins to close out the rivalry under the tenure of Bielema’s predecessor, Barry Alvarez, and the Badgers check in with six straight wins over Minnesota.

By beating Minnesota every year since 2004, no player currently on Wisconsin’s roster has lost to the Gophers. Senior tight end Lance Kendricks said he has no interest in finding out how it feels.

“For me, having the axe ever

“You know you did your job when the score reads what it’s supposed to read.”

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since I’ve been here is very special,” said Kendricks, who caught a fourthquarter touchdown that put UW up 24-13 against Minnesota last year.

“That’s something to be proud of.”

Though none of the Badger players have lost possession of the Axe, some of the upper classmen do know what it’s like to lose grip on a rivalry trophy. In 2008, Wisconsin carried the Heartland Trophy into Iowa City after a dramatic win the year before, but suffered a

38-16 blowout and watched as the Hawkeyes came to take it away.

“They ran on our sideline and we were getting bumped by fans on the field,” said senior strong safety Jay Valai, a sophomore at the time.

“It was just a disgusting feeling.”

Given the style Wisconsin plays, it should come as no surprise that the Badgers run the ball very effectively against the Gophers. Each of the last ten matchups between the two schools has seen a UW running back compile at least 100 yards on the ground. On top of that, a Wisconsin running back has found the endzone at least twice in eight of the last nine meetings.

Notable rushing performances in recent memory include a 2002 matchup in which Anthony Davis rolled up 301 rushing yards on 45 carries, and last year’s game which saw then-sophomore running back John Clay rush for 159 of his 186 yards in the second half.

Clay’s second half performance in 2009, along with a timely strip from defensive end O’Brien Schofield helped UW overcome a 14-13 halftime deficit and keep Minnesota’s late-game chances to a minimum. Close calls seem to have become the norm in this rivalry.

In 2005, it took a miraculous blocked punt and touchdown for Wisconsin to cap off a ferocious fourth-quarter comeback and claim a 38-34 victory in the Metrodome.

The last three years, UW has won by a combined thirteen points. No matter the fashion, the Badgers look run their win-streak to seven and keep Paul Bunyan’s Axe in Madison.

“The best part of the rivalry is when the clock is winding down and you’re up,” sophomore center Peter Konz said. “Even if guys are talking smack, it’s down to the final score. You know you did your job when the score reads what it’s supposed to read.”

Despite sophomore Danny Ahlering’s first goal of the year, the Wisconsin men’s soccer team extended their winless streak to nine matches, falling 2-1 to Northern Illinois Wednesday night at the McClimon Complex.

The Badgers went into the second half tied 0-0 with the Huskies, but NIU capitalized on a chance just three minutes after halftime.

A Husky shot trickled through the Badgers’ penalty box and eventually found an unmarked Juan Hoyos, who put it past freshman goalkeeper Max Jentsch to give NIU a 1-0 lead.

The Huskies would maintain their lead for nearly half an hour, but Wisconsin finally broke through in the 80th minute. Motivated by an injury to junior Austin Spohn, who did not return to play following a hard tackle by an NIU player in the 75th minute, the Badgers began to put pressure on the Huskie defense. Five minutes later, Ahlering finished a rebound off the post by placing it in the lower corner of the net, tying the match at one.

Ahlering did not take much time to bask in the glory.

“Its fine but I’d rather win than score,” Ahlering said. “It was nice at the time, but that was about it.”

Since the remaining ten minutes went scoreless, the match proceeded into overtime. After an evening littered with slide tackles and elbows, the last of UW’s 20 fouls proved to be fatal.

Following an Ahlering foul on an NIU player near midfield, the Huskies sent a ball into the Badgers’ penalty box, where NIU’s Tim King flicked it past Jentsch to secure the win.

Head coach John Trask said he was none too pleased with the team’s effort and did not hold back as he described where his squad stands.

“We’re not good enough, we’re not hard enough. we’re not big enough, we’re not tough enough,” Trask said. “We’re missing every single element of being a good college soccer team at this point.”

“Tonight was a character game, and to be honest, we failed,” he added.

There was at least one bright spot in the loss, however, as Jentsch

was solid in net during the second collegiate start of his career.

Although senior goalie Ryan Vint was fresh off Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors and a career game—11 saves against Indiana—Trask said it was time to give the newcomer Jentsch a few starts.

“We’re missing every single element of being a good college soccer team at this point.”

John Trask head coach Men’s soccer

“The bottom line is I need to get Max games,” Trask said. “We think he can be a goalkeeper of the future here.”

Sunday afternoon features a doubleheader with the men’s and women’s soccer teams taking on Big Ten opponents as part of the “Pac the Mac” promotion. The women’s soccer team will play Illinois at noon, followed by the men’s squad facing Michigan at 2:30 p.m.

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Freshman goaltender Max Jentsch made four saves in a 2-1 overtime loss against Northern Illinois Wednesday night. Jentsch made his second straight start after debuting against Marquette Sept. 28.

This UW defensvie lineman may have an unfair advantage based on his sheer number of tweets.

I walked into Microbial Sciences today and a woman looked at my football sweatshirt, then asked if I was lost. #Wow @JJWatt99

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homecoming A history of UW Homecoming

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By Maggie DeGroot The Daily Cardinal

Year after year the UW Homecoming Committee puts on campus-wide events to build excitement leading up to the Homecoming football game.

However, Homecoming has not always been a week filled with traditions such as Yell like Hell or the parade down State Street. Homecoming started off as a way to encourage football game attendance.

According to uwbadgers. com, the original purpose for the Homecoming game was to promote attendance at the last home game, especially by inviting alumni back.

The first recorded Homecoming game was at the University of Illinois in 1910, and the first UW-Madison Homecoming game was against the University of Minnesota in 1911. The Badgers tied the Golden Gophers 6-6.

To go along with the game, many colleges began to add traditions including parades. UW-Madison students donned nightshirts as the first Homecoming parade traveled around campus, according to uwbadgers.com.

Although the nightshirts have yet to make a comeback, UW-Madison students and alumni have continued the parade tradition. The usual parade features many student organizations, the Spirit Squad, Bucky Badger and the UW Marching Band.

“It’s a great experience to get everyone to come out and get excited about the football game the next day,” UW Homecoming Committee co-director Ellyn Frank said.

Another notable Homecoming tradition is the annual law stu-

dents’ pre-game cane toss during the Homecoming game. Other traditions include the Yell like Hell Spirit Parade and the Badger Huddle before the football game Saturday.

Frank said student involvement in such events is another big asset of why Homecoming is so valuable to campus.

Frank also said the addition “[The parade] is a great experience to get everyone to come out and get excited about the football game the next day.”

Ellyn Frank co-director UW Homecoming Committee

of events such as the parade has made Homecoming about more than just a football game.

“I think it’s [addition of events] made it about celebrating what it means to be a Badger and really harnessing that Wisconsin pride,” Frank said.

Homecoming week also has a history of putting on several charity events such as a blood drive and a run/walk event.

According to uwalumni.com, the blood drive donated 438 units and saved over 1300 lives last year.

“I think it really also gives some students some ownership as far as the money from the activities they participate in,” Frank said.

The UW Homecoming Committee, “empowered” by the Wisconsin Alumni Association, is a non-profit, student-run organization. It consists of 55 volunteer members who help to plan a week of Homecoming events for UW-Madison students, alumni and the Madison community.

Homecoming week festivities benefit students in crises

By Alison Dirr The Daily Cardinal

A portion of the profits from UW-Madison’s Homecoming events will benefit the Student Crisis Loan Fund, which provides short-term loans for students with financial emergencies.

Dean of Students Lori Berquam said the fund receives between $3,000 and $5,000 each year from Homecoming festivities. She predicted a successful year because of high involvement due to nice weather.

“That’s really, on the average, the amount we’ve gotten every year,” Berquam said. “If we could continue … getting that amount from homecoming, we’re really, really happy. Remember that homecoming also contributes to many other things. We feel very fortunate to be one of the benefactors.”

Students may receive under $500 for a variety of unexpected financial issues, including rent payments and emergency airline tickets.

However, Assistant Dean Kathy Kruse said funding does not cover all financial problems.

“You can’t use it for fines or tickets,” Kruse said. “So if you

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Students may not use funds for tuition payments either.

Berquam estimated that about $50,000 in emergency funding aids between 125 and 150 students per year and noted that some recipients cannot repay the loan immediately.

“It is like that checking account balance that keeps going down and down and down,” Berquam said. “We don’t get back that $50,000 right away. Sometimes a student won’t pay us back until they graduate. We hope they’ll try to pay it back before that, but we realize they might not.”

Some students who fail to repay the funds may be unable to register for classes or obtain their student records.

Overall, Kruse said, there is a need for this fund.

“It’s amazing,” she said. “We get letters back from alumni saying, ‘this is my gift back to you because this helped me so much when I was an undergraduate and I was struggling. I want to give now back to it.’”

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The legend behind Paul Bunyan’s axe

By Taryn McCormack The Daily Cardinal

The UW-Madison Homecoming parade Saturday is based on the tradition of retrieving the “all-important axe” from the University of Minnesota football team.

The axe has been in the Wisconsin football team’s possession for the past six years, and the team has the opportunity to posses the axe for one more year by winning the Homecoming game Saturday.

This leads many students, alumni and parents to question: What is this infamous axe?

According to uwbadgers.com, the competition between UW-Madison and the University of Minnesota, which began in 1890, is now the nation’s oldest rivalry.

The axe originated in 1948 when Wisconsin suffered a 16-0 loss to University of Minnesota.

The National “W” Club presented Minnesota with the axe, which was supposedly crafted by the legendary Paul Bunyan, according to uwbadgers.com.

The trophy continues to be rewarded to the winning team of the rivalry game. Each year, the axe is inscribed with the winner and score of the game.

“[The axe] is a tangible representation of supporting the Badgers.”

Sarah Katsandonis events director UW Homecoming

According to Director of Athletic Communications Brian Lucas, the axe serves as a traveling

trophy for the two rival teams.

The grudge match was originally the final game of the regular season.

Sarah Katsandonis, an events director for UW Homecoming, said the axe is more than a simple trophy to students.

“The axe is a symbol of the students’ pride in their team and their university, and it’s a tangible representation of supporting the Badgers,” Katsandonis said.

According to uwbadgers. com, a trophy called the “slab of bacon” was passed off to the winning team until 1940, when it was misplaced The slab of bacon was later found in a storage room in 1994 and now hangs in the football office.

According to Lucas, the axe currently resides in the UW-Madison football locker room, where it will hopefully stay for many years to come.

Homecoming court represents university, serves community

By Ariel Shapiro The Daily Cardinal

Although Homecoming Court has been a UW-Madison tradition since Homecoming’s conception, it has transformed from a pageant of sorts to a collaboration of 10 students to represent the campus and generate excitement on the university’s most festive of weekends.

Rachel Roesslein, who is in charge of Homecoming Court and participates in the selection process, said students are picked based on their involvement in campus and community activities, including participation in student organizations and community service.

Sixty people applied this past spring semester for the 10 positions. Applicants went through a comprehensive application process comprised of interviews and essays.

However, this was not always the case, according to Roesslein. It used to be the stereotypical Homecoming King and Queen spectacle reminiscent of high school.

“It kind of phased out of that a lot in the past ten years or so,” Roesslein said.

Senior Bobby Manier, a member of this year’s court, said there is no crowning involved. Instead, Bobby said the court serves as a group of students who help get the campus involved in all the excitement of homecoming.

“It’s just a really good time,” Manier said. He described his fellow courtiers as “really enthusiastic, optimistic, energetic students who have had a really great experience here and are just really wrapped up in the traditions of this school.”

Manier said the court is an eclectic group. “People are com-

ing from all over, but we all have that badger pride in common,” he said.

Senior Megan Bruggink, another court member, also emphasized the important role community outreach plays into being on the court.

She said in addition to participating in all of the Homecoming events, in the weeks leading up to the big weekend they volunteer with charities or community organizations around the area.

“It was really rewarding and humbling to be chosen to represent it [the university] on court,” Bruggink.

In addition to Manier and Bruggink, the members of 2010’s Homecoming Court are Teague Harvey, Lauren Heffron, Susie Jensen, Jon Liebherr, Jordan Listenbee, Marc Weimer and Josh Wolf.

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UW-Madison students participated in various Homecoming festivities throughout the week. The kickoff events included a barge race (pictured top left) on Lake Mendota Friday, Oct. 1. Several teams competed in the Badger Games (middle and bottom left) Monday, participating in games like Tug-of-War and Dizzy Izzy. The Air Band competition (middle left) rocked der Rathskeller Tuesday night. Homecoming events continue through Saturday including the parade taking place Friday at 6 p.m., and travels from Gilman Street to State Street.

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The Wisconsin Badgers will look to claim Paul Bunyan’s Axe for the seventh straight year when the nation’s most-played rivalry returns to Camp Randall Saturday.

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here are few rivalries in sports as storied as the one between the Wisconsin Badgers and the Minnesota Golden Gophers. This

weekend’s border battle will mark the 120th time these two teams have met on the gridiron, making it the most-played rivalry in all of college football.

This weekend Paul Bunyan’s Axe will again be on the line, as it has been since 1948.

Story by Ryan Evans The rivalry between the two schools means a lot to the players who participate in it. Wisconsin senior quarterback Scott Tolzien said the rivalry with Minnesota is something Badger players hear about as soon as they arrive in Madison.

“It’s the first thing you learn about when you’re here,” Tolzien said. “It’s a huge rivalry, one of college football’s best. Even players from other states like myself learn early on how important this game is to the people of Wisconsin and the football program as a whole.”

The Badgers have emerged victorious in this rivalry each of the past six years, and therefore no Badger player has ever known what it is like not to have the axe in their possession, and they would like to keep it that way.

“We don’t want to have the feeling of going out like that,” senior safety Jay Valai said. “We don’t want anyone on our sidelines. I remember when we lost to Iowa in 2008 and lost the Heartland Trophy and they rushed our sideline. Their players and fans were

bumping into me. It was a disgusting feeling. We don’t ever want to have that feeling again.”

“The worst possible thing would be for them to come in here and win and storm our sidelines,” sophomore linebacker Mike Taylor added.

“This is our stadium, our turf, and we have to defend that. We’re going to need to play smart, fundamental football to win and prevent that from happening.”

The Badgers are coming off a disappointing opener in Big Ten conference play, falling 34-24 to the Michigan State Spartans in East Lansing last Saturday.

The Badgers will be looking to rebound after that game, and a big rivalry matchup might be the best way to do that.

“It’s a great time to have extra motivation,” junior defensive end J.J. Watt said. “Coming off a loss, it’s double the motivation because we want to show people what we can do. At the same time, I’m pretty sure no one on Minnesota’s team has ever touched the axe, so we’d like to keep it that way.”

“With Minnesota coming in it’s a personal game. Both sides of the ball need to be ready to go,” Valai said. “Our team has a lot of doubters, but as a team we respond a lot

better when people don’t believe in us. We have the little brother syndrome that way.”

Minnesota comes into this game with a 1-4 record on the season, including a defeat at the hands of the FCS South Dakota Coyotes at TCF Bank Stadium. Despite Minnesota’s poor record, the Badgers know better than to underestimate the Gophers in a rivalry game.

“You put no merit to record right now in a game like this,” Tolzien said. “In the Wisconsin-Minnesota rivalry, records mean nothing. We know that they are going to give us their best shot and we’re going to have to do the same. It’s going to be a battle.”

“This game is a totally different animal,” freshman running back James White said. “No matter what the two teams’ records are, they are going to be excited and give us all they have. They’ve lost four games this year but they are going to come out like they’re undefeated. So we need to be prepared, do our jobs and hopefully come away with the victory.”

Wisconsin knows they’re a better team than they showed last week in East Lansing, and they will have to prove that this weekend if they want to retain Paul Bunyan’s Axe.

“We have to go out there and do the best we can,” Tolzien said.

“We have proven that when we are firing on all cylinders we are tough to stop. But we have to be better in all areas, keep getting better and fix our mistakes.”

On defense, Wisconsin will look to shut down the weapons Minnesota has on offense— senior quarterback Adam Weber and junior running back Duane Bennett. Defensive end J.J. Watt emphasized the need to get pressure on Weber while he is in the pocket.

“When you are able to apply pressure, any quarterback is going to get flustered,” Watt said. “Hopefully we can get pressure on him early and force him into some mistakes.”

“We have to focus on doing what we have to do on defense,” Mike Taylor said in reference to Duane Bennett. “If we do that we should be able to stop him. He’s a great running back, so we have to limit the number of plays he makes.”

Overall, junior running back John Clay did the best job of summarizing the Badgers’ goals for this weekend.

“They want something we have,” he said. “We have to be able to defend it. We have it in our possession, and we want to keep it in our possession.”

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Minnesota Golden Gophers (0-1 Big Ten, 1-4 overall) vs. Wisconsin Badgers (0-1 Big Ten, 4-1 overall) Series: Minnesota leads the all time series 57-45-8

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Wisconsin’s Bret Bielema (Fifth year as head coach: 42-15 career) and Minnesota’s Tim Brewster (Fourth year as head coach: 15-28 career)

The battle for Paul Bunyan’s Axe, most played rivalry in the FBS, resumes this Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium. The Badgers will look to take home the axe for the seventh consecutive year.

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In-State Rivalries Highlight Week Six Action odds-on favorite to be the No. 1 overall pick in the upcoming NFL draft, junior quarterback Andrew Luck. Luck has thrown for over 1,200 yards, 13 touchdowns and is the complete package as a pocket passer. Luck has a powerful and deadly accurate arm. He is also mobile, and is excellent at throwing on the run. The Trojans will have to pressure Luck and hope to confuse him if they have any chance at the upset Saturday night at 7 p.m. CT.

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Michigan’s Heisman hopeful sophomore quarterback Denard Robinson looks to put an end to Michigan State’s perfect start in a meeting to determine Michigan’s supreme squad.

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Three states feature week 6 showdowns which will determine pride, superiority and bragging rights as teams from Michigan, Florida and California meet. With Michigan State playing host to the most exciting player in the nation, a battle in Tallahassee, Fla., which could reveal the ACC’s top team, and Stanford looking to rebound from last week’s shellacking in Eugene, Ore., week six promises to be full of turmoil and tumult.

Michigan State vs. Michigan Two of the remaining four undefeated Big Ten teams square off this weekend in Ann Arbor in a battle to decide the Wolverine State’s finest. While the No. 17 Michigan Wolverines have a substantial lead in the alltime series (67-30-5), the No. 18 Michigan State Spartans have hoisted the Paul Bunyan Trophy after each of the past two instate encounters.

If there ever was a time for Michigan head coach Rich Rodriguez to secure a significant victory it is now. In his third year with the Wolverines, he is 0-4 against Michigan State and Ohio State, but there is a certain player donning the timehonored maize and blue who can help Rodriguez’s cause: Heisman frontrunner Denard Robinson.

Through just four and a quarter games, Robinson has amassed 1,008 yards through the air and a nation-leading 905 yards on the ground with 15 total touchdowns and only one lonely interception. Robinson does it all for his team, accounting for 68 percant of the Wolverine’s total offense and even punting once for 30 yards.

The secret to success for Michigan State is simple, then: Stop Robinson and win the game. However, even with preseason Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year senior linebacker Greg Jones, who has already tallied 42 tackles, five for loss, 2 picks and a sack, it will be a lot easier said than done.

Florida State vs. Miami (FL) The No. 23 Florida State Seminoles will host their intrastate rival, The No. 13 Miami Hurricanes this Saturday in another episode of one of the most storied rivalries in college football. This is the first time in the past four years both teams will be ranked when facing each other, and with so much talent on the field it promises to be an exciting game.

The Miami offense centers around junior dual-threat quarterback Jacory Harris. Harris has thrown 10 touchdowns this season (six to senior wide receiver Leonard Hankerson) and is the engine that makes Miami go. When Harris sputters, like against Ohio State in week 2 where he threw four interceptions, Miami’s offense comes to a screeching halt.

His Seminole quarterback counterpart is senior Christian Ponder. While Ponder doesn’t garner the same kind of nationwide respect as Harris, he has

posted 844 yards and thrown only three picks compared to Harris’ eight.

The last nine meetings between these teams have all been decided by 10 points or fewer, with an average difference of 4.1 points per game.

With the two best defenses in the ACC, it is a safe bet that the game will be another closely contested affair. This battle for Florida glory will, like many close contests, go to the team that is able to limit turnovers and penalties.

USC vs. Stanford First-year head coach Lane Kiffin and the USC Trojans pack their bags for Palo Alto, Calif., hoping to test the No. 16 Stanford Cardinal. Both teams are coming off disappointing losses, in which their defenses were not able to keep up with potent opposing offenses. Bouncing back against an in-state Pac 10 rival is just what both squads need.

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Unfortunately for USC, they are coming off of a loss in which they gave up 420 total yards to Washington senior quarterback Jake Locker, who is otherwise having a dissapointing season.

USC will rely on sophomore quarterback Matt Barkley and the two-headed rushing attack of junior Marc Tyler and senior Allen Bradford. At the end of the day, expect Stanford to rally behind Luck and get back to its winning ways.

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1 THree is the magic number As a team, third-downs have been a sore spot for the Badgers as of late.

The Badgers eliminated any chance of sparking a comeback against Michigan State Saturday by allowing the Spartans to convert three crucial third-downs within the final 10 minutes of the game. The Spartans were 9-for-18 on third-down conversions Saturday, and only punted once in the game. Look for UW to come out aggressive against a Minnesota team that was only able to convert 43 percent of the time on third-down against somewhat mediocre competition (they did play USC).

On the offensive side of things, UW struggled mightily with third downs Saturday in East Lansing, converting three of their 11 chances.

Senior quarterback Scott Tolzien seemed reluctant to throw to his most consistent third-down receiver last season, senior Nick Toon, after Toon dropped a couple easy ones against the Spartans. Look for UW to get their big play threats involved more this week on thirddown against the Gophers who have allowed their opponents to convert 46 percent of the time.

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Steady diet of running After an average display through the air against Michigan State and a less than stellar Gopher squad that boasts one of the worst rush defenses in

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the Big Ten, look for UW to rely a little more on the three-headed monster of sophomore Montee Ball, freshman James White and junior John Clay to carry the load this weekend. Although UW is predominantly a run-first team and has been since the Alvarez era, the Badgers' threats at the wide out and tight end positions, along with having a returning starter at QB, have allowed them to open the air game up a bit more. With Toon still trying to acclimate himself back into the offense and an average outing in East Lansing from standout senior tight end Lance Kendricks, you can expect the Badgers will use a heavy dose of running to bandage those sores from last weekend’s devastating loss at MSU. White has emerged as the most consistent tailback in UW trio after a 10-carry, 98-yard outing Saturday.

For the season, White is averaging 8.3 yards per carry and remains tied with fourth-year junior John Clay in touchdowns with six.

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The Two-year hangover In each of the past four seasons, UW has failed to bounce back with a win following their first Big Ten loss. Most recently, the Badgers fell victim to Michigan at the Big House after giving up a huge halftime lead in 2008. UW lost three straight following that game and it took them just under a month to record their next win. Last season, after falling victim to eventual Rose Bowl champ

Ohio State on the road, the Badgers came up short at home in a close one with then-No. 4 Iowa. Each of those seasons resulted in a Champs Sports Bowl appearance for UW and increased amounts of criticism as far as coaching and recruiting goes.

Following last weekend’s loss, UW has a great shot at ending that dry-spell this weekend against the Gophers. Minnesota is already 1-4 going into week two of the Big Ten season, and has dropped two of their five games to FCS schools Northern Illinois and South Dakota.

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'Special' Attention After squeaking by Arizona State Sept. 18 and giving up 288 yards and one touchdown on special teams in the process, the coverage squad has never looked the same and was again torched last weekend against Michigan State.

The Badgers' special teams unit has come up short as of late, especially in the areas of punt and kick-off coverage. UW’s punt team has given up 108 yards on six punts against its opponents this season, and is allowing just over 23 yards on kickoff returns.

Things aren’t looking any better this week as senior Gopher kick-off returner Ryan Collado is averaging 28.8 yards per return, although Northwestern was able to hold the Gophers to an average of 15.6 yards on five returns last weekend.

On the other hand, the Gophers boast a less than stellar 7.2-yard average on punt returns, which gives the Wisconsin some hope in fine-tuning its special team’s squad one week before their nationally-televised matchup with the Buckeyes.

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Toon-ing out frustrations Toon returned to the top spot on the depth-chart last week for the first time in three games. In his return, he caught one pass for 28 yards and took some heat for a couple drops he made on textbook passes from Tolzien. Immediately after the game, Toon spoke about his lack of involvement in the

offensive schemes against the Spartans, alluding to the idea that he didn’t get the opportunities needed to make the big plays when it counted.

Following those comments, it will be interesting to see how Toon responds this weekend when faced with his first start at Camp Randall Stadium this season. Head coach Bret Bielema feels Toon has been the most consistent player since the start of camp and believes he is poised for a breakout game. It would be odd to think that Toon will not eventually get back on track with the offense, but the question remains whether he will now be able to co-exist with Tolzien and offensive coordinator Paul Chryst after what he said Saturday.

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