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Gay marriage resumes in Wisconsin By Andrew Bahl THE DAILY CARDINAL.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear appeals Monday from Wisconsin and four other states, paving the way for the immediate issuance of same-sex marriage licenses both in Dane County and statewide. The high court gave no explanation for its rationale in declining to hear cases from Indiana, Oklahoma, Virginia, Utah and Wisconsin. Following the decision, Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell announced his office would begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples immediately. In June, U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb sided with eight same-sex couples attempting to overturn the state’s constitutional ban but eventually stayed the order pending appeal. The three-judge panel of the

U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago upheld Crabb’s ruling. Wisconsin Attorney General J.B Van Hollen appealed the decision to the Supreme Court a month later. Van Hollen conceded defeat in his attempts to preserve the state’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. “It is now our obligation to comply with those court decisions,” Van Hollen said in a statement. The high court’s lack of action immediately allows for marriages in those five states but the ruling could affect up to six more. These states—Colorado, Kansas, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia and Wyoming—are under the jurisdiction of the same appellate courts as the original five states. If the ruling were applied to those states as well, same-sex couples living in 30 states would

be allowed to marry, according to the Associated Press. “For now, it is definitely the case that same-sex marriage exists in Wisconsin,” University of WisconsinMadison political science professor David Canon said. Canon noted, however, that the court’s refusal to hear the case leaves the door open for the court to rule on another lawsuit that provides for the reinstitution of the same-sex marriage ban, although that “seems unlikely.” U.S . Sen. Tammy Baldwin D-Wis., the first openly gay senator in U.S. history, championed the decision in a statement as “a huge victory for freedom and equality both in Wisconsin and in states across America.” “We can proudly say that marriage equality is the law of the land in Wisconsin,” Baldwin said in the statement.

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Same-sex couples can now apply for marriage licenses across five states including Virginia, Utah, Oklahoma and Indiana.

UW System reports tuition fund decrease The UW System reported a $150 million drop in the tuition fund balance in its 2013-’14 fiscal year Program Balances Report, which was released this week. Program Revenues are composed of funds collected from tuition, residence halls, parking, food and general program operations. The UW System is required to provide the Board of Regents with estimates of program revenue balances, which will help determine UW System’s annual budget and set tuition rates for the next academic year.

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Cheba Hut to see new outdoor eating area

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By Patricia Johnson

She’s the First (UW) and Delta Chi Fraternity are hosting the HeForShe campaign on the UW-Madison campus for gender and educational equality. They will be selling t-shirts to raise awareness for their philanthropies. + Photo by Thomas Yonash

Woman is sexually assaulted on 100 block of State Street A homeless woman was sexually assaulted on the 100 block of State Street Sunday afternoon, according to a Madison Police Department report. Tyrone Flood, 52, escorted the 29-year-old victim into the bathroom of The Fountain restaurant and bar, located at 122 State St., at approximately 3:15 p.m., where

In response to concerns raised by state legislators and the public, the UW System worked with Legislature and its service agencies to create a new system that more clearly reports program balances, according to the report. “This is an unprecedented level of transparency for the UW System or any State of Wisconsin agency,” according to the report. The aggregate year-end tuition fund balance dropped by $156.1 million, from $551.5 million to $395.4 million in one

he fondled her and forced her to fondle him. “[Flood] got her into the bathroom on State Street and sexually assaulted her. She was able to break free and get out,” MPD spokesperson Joel DeSpain said. Flood and the victim knew each other prior to the assault as both were homeless and

living in the downtown area, DeSpain said. Officers later located and arrested Flood on tentative charges of fourth degree sexual assault, according to the report by MPD Lt. Eric Tripke. The investigation into the incident is ongoing, Tripke said in the report.

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The Cheba Hut toasted sub shop is planning to install a new outdoor eating area in the upcoming months after receiving a conditional use permit from Madison’s Plan Commission Monday. Cheba Hut Owner Marc Torres presented commission members with plans for the new 450 square foot porch would be a located at the back of the shop and be made from redwood with a bamboo privacy screen along the eastern side. Torres plans to begin construction any time between

Oct. 13 and 17 with the newlyadministered permit. The permit was originally a unanimously approved item for commission members until complaints from a neighboring resident brought up a discussion about the establishment’s use of amplified music. “I live in the back side of the building and they installed a speaker system for outdoor music,” the West Gilman Street resident said. “I’ve at least three times have had to call the police on them.”

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The indie pop band pleased a Majestic crowd

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sn’t it kind of weird to know that there are so many variables in the world we can’t really, with absolute certainty, say will turn out OK? Most of our lives our spent in an idle headspace. We get up in the morning, do a few things and then go to bed at night. But we never expect that BIG THING everyone’s always talking about to just come to a head. Think about all the disasters that already line the annals of human history: Pompeii, Katrina, the Inquisitions, World Wars; where will it end?! Usually people seem to be pretty good at tuning out the doomsday warnings spewing from fair and balanced news stations everyday. There’s a chance they’re on to something though. At any time the next mega-catastrophe could strike and there would be nothing we could do about it. Nothing! As individuals, our opinions are not enough to direct actual societal change, potentially saving us from these atrocities. We will, however, feel the full amount of suffering when they come to fruition. Imagine for a minute that cell phones, a more-than-ubiquitous technology, cause incurable deformities in people who use them for periods of longer than 30 years. Well, I guess we’ll find about about that in a few decades, am I right? Climate change: There’s a doozy of a topic. Two or three scientists are still convinced we have nothing to worry about. Still, if those brilliant minds for some reason fail us, the consequences will be unimaginable. Entire cities will be destroyed, starvation will sweep the globe, species will disappear by the day, all because we believe more in progress than keeping things relatively clean. Let me tell you, it’s going to be a hellish nightmare if we guess wrong on that one. Speaking of hellish, just consider how terrible it will be if god ends up being real. God: If it exists in the popular form of angry man in the clouds, we’ll be totally fucked. Nobody actually does all that stuff they say is so crucial in the Bible. Unless we sacrifice the firstborn goat of the virgin bovine on the tenth full moon of the new millennia, of course. Okay maybe I’m being a bit too grand with this. Things don’t need to get out of control

in a macro fashion to go horribly wrong. There are infinite things that could ruin your life this second, or this second, or this second or this one. All that fast food you’ve been eating lately, don’t be surprised when it turns around and gives you a heart attack. Car accidents happen by the thousand every day. And every year thousands of people in the U.S. die from them. Sad, extremely sad, but you could very easily be next. You just didn’t listen when people told you not to smoke, did you? Well, even things that can easily be avoided by simply

doing nothing can in fact come around to take your life at any given time. Hell, a rock could clock you on the head tomorrow and you wouldn’t even know it because you would be dead the instant it made contact with your skull. And the craziest thing about all of this is no matter how much can go wrong, despite all the warnings from environmentalists, church leaders and experts of all fields of gruesome death, pretty much nobody will do anything to counteract the possibilities mother chance has set out to decide fate for them. Somehow we just disre-

gard all these imminent warnings, these avoidable health risks, and keep on truckin’. Yeah! Everything is fuckin’ fine as fuck right now, so why be a worrywart? The party’s just getting started down here on this Earth planet—where nothing exists if it doesn’t hurt this second. Global warming, the wrath of God, those are all things of the future. We don’t need to think about the future. At all. Ever. Just think about what’s happening now, and now, and now and now. And because of that, I say “Go you, America.” Don’t let pesky facts or statistics get you down. We’re bigger than that. This column has been brought to you by corporate sponsors Monsanto and Exxon Mobil. For any resources about how we are doing our part to change the planet, don’t look on the Internet. A lot of that stuff is just bad and false. Just know that we promise we are doing our part. God bless W. If you really need to ask something, email our pawn, erhm, associate, Andy at holsteen@wisc.edu.

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Chancellor Blank discusses finances with Faculty Senate By Scott Bembenek THE DAILY CARDINAL

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Chancellor Rebecca Blank said she is committed to making sure UW-Madison invests in education and research.

ASM voter registration Tuesday, Oct. 7 - Ogg Hall 5-7 p.m. - Chadbourne Hall 5-7 p.m. - Four Lakes Market and Dejope Hall 5-8 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 10 - Chadbourne Hall 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - East Campus Mall 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Library Mall and Grassy Area 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Van Vleck-Bascom Area 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 14 - Intersection of Charter & Linden 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 2-4 p.m. - Van Vleck Quad 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 2-4 p.m. - Bascom Hill 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 2-4 p.m. - East Campus Mall 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. - Holt Commons 5-8 p.m. - Union South 5-8 p.m. - Intersection of State & Lake 6-8 p.m.

Man leaves victim with stitches after fight at Whiskey Jacks Saloon A fight broke out between two men at Whiskey Jacks Saloon regarding a woman Saturday, leaving one man with stitches due to a head injury, according to Joel DeSpain, Madison Police Department spokesperson. The perpetrator, Ra E. Fury, 28, of Fort Atkinson, came up behind the victim, who is an acquaintance of Fury’s, seated at the bar located at 552 State St., and placed him in a headlock, according to DeSpain. Witnesses told police the suspect then went on to punch the victim’s head repeatedly with

his free hand while laughing. “They evidently both have a common interest in the same woman. I don’t think they’re friends, they just know each other because of this woman,” DeSpain said. DeSpain said police arrested Fury for substantial battery and paramedics were called to the scene to treat the victim, who needed “about a dozen stitches” after the incident. It has yet to be confirmed whether either individual was under the influence of alcohol, according to DeSpain.

UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank outlined budgetary issues facing the university in her State of the University Address to Faculty Senate in its first meeting Monday. Blank began the address by discussing the value of the university to the state-wide community. “At UW-Madison, we’re making Wisconsin a better place to live, to work and to play,” Blank said. Blank also addressed the upcoming state budget proposals. She said the university must be prepared to deal with any possible cuts to its funding in the next biennial budget, which is scheduled to be approved in June. She emphasized the importance of public support for the university’s work in the state. “We are at a moment when

tuition from page 1 fiscal year. Approximately $711 million of the $973 million in total fund balances is scheduled for institution-specific initiatives within the next few years, according to the report. UW-Madison’s fund balances fell nearly 8 percent from $419.7 million to $386.5 million. Chancellor Rebecca Blank said in a Monday university press release the university covered the funding gaps left by cuts in the state budget, as requested by legislators. However, she said she does not think further spending is prudent. The Board of Regents is scheduled to review the report Thursday in Stevens Point. —Dana Kampa

cheba from page 1 The city’s zoning administrator, Matt Tucker, explained the restaurant did not violate any zoning codes with the speakers, despite the resident’s complaints. “Right now, it’s perfectly legal for them to have outdoor amplified sound and it is up to the police ... to decide whether or not that amplified sound is disruptive,” Tucker said. The permit will change this policy, however, due to the three conditiowns of the city’s approval. Under the new conditions, there must be no outdoor amplified sound on the porch and the restaurant must close the outdoor eating area at 10 p.m. from Sunday to Wednesday and 12 a.m. Thursday to Saturday. The restaurant will also be able to serve patrons alcohol on the deck, with an alcohol license administered by the city Aug. 20. The conditional use permit will require the owners to keep the deck’s occupancy at a 16-patron maximum to stay in compliance with the Alcohol License Review Committee’s policies. Torres told committee members he was “happy to com-

the degrees that we grant have never been more valuable to our graduates, and the research that we do has never been more important in helping to solve complex problems,” Blank said. She has asked deans and directors of administrative units to consider how their departments would implement such cuts if necessary. “I am very committed to making sure that UW finds ways, not just to continue to do what we’ve been doing, but to grow and to change, to invest in our education and our research where there are opportunities to do more, and I look forward to your help and guidance,” Blank said. The senate then addressed a recommended amendment to the Faculty Policies and Procedures which would create a process for working out

faculty grievances. Faulty again voiced complaints for a lack of informal or formal processes to combat intimidation from a fellow faculty member. Professor Jo Ellen Fair said if such behavior continues, it could hinder research and other tasks. Faculty Senate also discussed a recommendation to close the Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies, which has been approved by both the Academic Planning Counsel in the College of Letter and Science and the University Academic Planning Counsel. Finally, The Department of Theatre and Drama previously voted to move from the College of Letters and Science to the School of Education, which the School of Education Academic Client Counsel and the University Academic Planning Council also approved.

Experts to discuss ethics of using animals for research Thursday In light of controversy revolving around using animals for research purposes, UW-Madison’s Department of Medical History and Bioethics will host a discussion centered on bioethics Thursday, according to a university news release. UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine associate professor of pathobiological sciences Eric Sandgren and Johns Hopkins University professor of bioethics and public policy Jeffrey Kahn will talk about the ethical concerns of using monkeys in anxiety and depression research. The presenters will assess whether it is humane to sepaply” with all requirements and remove the amplified music. “We definitely understand the need to work with our

rate baby monkeys and their mothers in an attempt to learn more about the neurochemical foundation of anxiety and depression. Similar methods have been used to study ways of helping patients suffering from these mental health disorders. Russ Shafer-Landau, chair of UW-Madison’s Department of Philosophy, will moderate the event. Kahn and Sandgren will be available to answer questions following the discussion. This free event will take place at 7 p.m. in the GeneticsBiotechnology Center, Room 1111, and be open to the public. neighbors and our community to have strong relationships,” Torres said, “and that’s how we’ll continue to operate.”

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Cheba Hut, the toasted sub shop on West Gilman Street, will see a new deck installed for outdoor eating and drinking.

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By Cameron Graff THE DAILY CARDINAL

I’m glad that I came out of this month’s Spoon show (you know the one) feeling so maligned, because it provides a perfect foil for the wonderful of Montreal show Sunday night at the Majestic Theatre. For those who don’t remember (or don’t care), I left Spoon’s set disenchanted with indie rock and its ethos; it seemed hollow and depleted and it was distressing seeing a staple band of the scene just going through the motions to an apathetic and cooler-than-thou crowd. But where Spoon failed, of Montreal succeeded at every turn, proving that there was still something to be said and enjoyed by a genre that hasn’t been exciting since Mission of Burma obliterated audiences 25 years ago in mostly empty clubs.

Everyone else, take note; this is how you resuscitate a dying scene. This is how you have fun.

Revitalized by last year’s trim Lousy with Sylvianbriar, the current incarnation of the Athens, Ga., indie pop band is leaner and punkier than ever. Their five member live setup— consisting of Kevin Barnes, Clayton Rychlik, Jojo Glidewell, Bob Parins and Bennett Lewis— was considerably more guitarcentric than other variants of the band, transposing songs long-ago etched as Beatles-aping synth pop into fuzzed-out jams. Lewis’s guitar work especially brought a distinct heaviness and crunch to the product, and for the first time in many years the band

sounded full and enthused. More than just a circus troupe backed by music, of Montreal seemed like an actual rock band. And if that sounds suspiciously like how one would talk about Spoon—another notorious studio band who play up their rock sensibilities live—it really isn’t that far off the mark. But whereas Spoon is a band that relies purely on craft in a live setting, of Montreal were truly there to have fun. From the moment they took the stage it was pure engagement; the band sans-Barnes filed out and churned out country guitar noodles and meandering bass lines as a masked and caped MC warned the audience that American country steak consumption was the only thing keeping the earth from hurtling off its access and into the godless vacuum of space. Much like other avant-pop artists (Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, PC Music and so on), of Montreal in their later incarnations understand the relation between the sublime and the absolutely horrific. As per the norm, the show wove in nightmarish theatrics with the music, creating an immediate disparity between sugar rushes and eerie thespian antics. It’s maybe in this particular pocket of Montreal separate themselves from the pack, with a distinct sense of tension that makes you think about what exactly they’re trying to say. That’s not to say it’s the theatrics themselves, which—having seen them now eight times in as many years—can definitely grow tiresome after repeated exposure, but rather the ideals they highlight. If Spoon play with subversion and mess with rock formulations while never breaking free of their hold, then of Montreal revel in the destruction of norms. Their pop music is at once aggressive and abrasive

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of Montreal treated the audience to a visually delightful and musically visceral performance that highlighted their rock ’n’ roll credentials, especially on “The Past is a Grotesque Animal.” but also sweet and empathetic, powerful but subtle.

Revitalized by last year’s trim Lousy with Sylvianbriar, the current incarnation of the Athens, Ga., indie pop band is leaner and punkier than ever. When Barnes, decked out in a wig and mesh top (introduced as a female ghost who haunts King Street), sang “I want you to be my pleasure puss/I wanna know how it feels to be inside you” on “Plastis Wafers” over chugging guitar, it’s not the delicate effeteness or limp campiness that usually categorically confines Barnes’ pansexual

writing niche. Instead it’s muscular and sweaty; masculine without the binary restrictions (and it also got the Majestic floor literally shaking with the crowd jumping along in time). Think of Cakes da Killa, another artist making loose-term pop music but infusing it with thematic gender politics. This is brilliant pop music masquerading as exhibition, equal parts fun and provocation. So: visceral music, theatrics, intellectual stimulation, what else do of Montreal do that Spoon don’t? For lack of a better word, fun. From the buzzing and monstrous bass of a reworked “Oslo in the Summertime” to the new anguished shrieks on the falsetto bits on “Gronlandic Edit” and the blistering eight-minute jam on “She’s a Rejector,” the band and

the audience never stopped having a good time. Just as often as Barnes was gallivanting stoically around the stage playing Apollo he was cracking jokes with his bandmates and grinning at an endless animated crowd. The audience never stopped moving, either; it was a constant, swirling mass of Dionysian proportions, especially during the epic “The Past is a Grotesque Animal,” which closed out the second encore with a blisteringly noisy jam of feedback and frantic guitar shredding. It wasn’t just a great show or even one of the best of Montreal shows I’ve been to, it was one of the better shows I’ve ever seen. Everyone else, take note; this is how you resuscitate a dying scene. This is how you have fun.

Riveting horror novels to get you ready for Halloween MAHAM HASAN lit columnist

appy October folks! We have officially transitioned to what only the Wisconsinites call “fall,” rife with pumpkin spice lattes, a multitude of other pumpkin cliches and the countdown towards what will be my first official Halloween! I did not grow up dressing up in costumes to celebrate Halloween or go trick-or-treating; therefore my experience on that front is abysmally little. However, I did grow up reading too many—as if there can be such a thing—scary books for my own good, which helped me morph into someone who’s far from being a rookie within the realms of horror literature. Which is precisely why I decided it’d be a good idea to enlighten you with books to put you in the Halloween mood. And because there’s nothing more pleasurable and spine tingling than a book that paints images of absolute and sheer terror in your mind. We begin by James Tipper’s

epitome as master of setting and atmosphere in “Gods of the Nowhere: A Novel of Halloween.” What begins in ancient Ireland— the land where Halloween incidentally was born—is a tale that introduces the possibility of everything that we associate with Halloween, leaking into our world from somewhere else Unlike Disney princesses and the Avengers, “Nowhere” plays by its own rules, has its own agenda and its own brand of terrifying species. The veil that separates that world from ours is hence thinnest and most vulnerable on Halloween, the night where anyone can move through it. A book that respects the true spirit of the holiday without making it juvenile, Tipper offers you Halloween as it’s meant to be: dark, mysterious and primitive. Edgar Allan Poe, the master of madness and deranged emotions, is next on my list, with his short story “The Black Cat.” Although admittedly this may not be everyone’s cup of tea, Poe’s delightfully gruesomeness writing is very Halloween appropriate, and so is the black cat reference. A story that allows

you to delight in the protagonist’s descent into violence and insanity, Poe drags you to the very dregs of despair and forces you to witness the morphing of good into something truly heinous. Poe’s subliminal and sly suggestions of substance abuse, not creating evil but bringing out the horror that was always innately present there anyway, is unimaginably chilling. Next, Anne Rice, the queen of paranormal terror, reigns again with “The Witching Hour,” a tale of witchcraft and the occult spanning the length of four centuries. One of Rice’s lesser known books, this story weaves an intricate legend of evil that was unleashed in 17th century Scotland, which manages to bleed through time and bring its chaos to the present day (the book came out in 1990). We meet a dynasty of witches and witness one of them being confronted with her true heritage and powers, and the ultimate resonating bedlam that results from it. Unapologetically horrific, “The Woman in Black” by Susan Hill is a true testament to words having the capacity to instill in you a fear like no other. The ghost

genre has become nothing but a trite joke in recent years. However, this novel may somewhat redeem the neglected genre in your eyes. While the element created for the purposes of our fear—the woman in black—does the least in this book, the vivid imagery that she is described with while standing in the marshes with her face wasting away is enough imagination fodder for you to be looking over your shoulder for quite some time to come. You follow the story of the young protagonist, traveling to the English countryside to settle the affairs of someone’s death; he soon stumbles upon secrets and horrors more terrifying than anyone could possibly conjure. Agatha Christie, the lady of thriller and mystery, also rises to the occasion with “Hallowe’en Party,” which as tradition would have it, investigates multiple murders at a Halloween party itself. Christie, as we all know, has a way with writing about murders and an even better ability of writing about multiple murders and their twisted investigation. Christie doesn’t underestimate the importance of shock value and immediate drama by opening with a premise that is quite

deliciously macabre, with the death of a little girl—who had just announced she witnessed a murder—by drowning in a bucket meant for the obvious Halloween game. The novel’s winning element though is the atmosphere Christie weaves that invokes real emotions of you possibly witnessing the entire ordeal. Concluding with another story set on the day of Halloween itself, “Dark Harvest” by Norman Partridge will creep up on you and suck you in so fast, it’ll truly be poetic and in tune with all that is frightening. Although a fastpaced thriller for this wonderful holiday, the book also contains coming of age themes. Though, their presence can be easily overlooked by the rituals described that have the power to reach inside and squeeze your heart with an ice cold grip. Witness Halloween in 1963, where every year Ol’ Hacksaw Face rises from the cornfields in a Midwestern town and makes his way to town where teenage boys eagerly look forward to confronting this walking nightmare. Do you have any spooky books to suggest to Maham? Send her an email at mhasan4@wisc.edu.

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Minus the Bear lose the love on new album

Lost Loves Minus the Bear By Trevor Krause The Daily Cardinal

Minus the Bear burst onto the scene in 2001, with the release of This Is What I Know About Being Gigantic, an electrifying EP featuring seven quirkily titled songs with lyrics about beer, women and little else. Since then, the band has evolved and matured, releasing five full-length LPs across their 13-year career, along with an assortment of EPs, bonus tracks and B-sides. It is from those bonus tracks and B-sides that Lost Loves came to be, an “odds and ends” compilation containing unreleased material from the band’s past three full-length albums. The album kicks off with

PLAYLIST Here are a few choice B sides, odds and ends, outtakes and what not. The Replacements “Beer for Breakfast” Pretty selfexplanatory.

“Electric Rainbow,” a track that at first doesn’t seem like much more than a generic alt-rock jam until about two thirds of the way through, when a crowded, feedback-laden bridge takes the song for a more dramatic turn.

The tracks on Lost Loves were more than likely left off the full-lengths for a reason.

From that point we are led into “Surf-N-Turf,” a song that was originally released as a promotional seven inch for the band’s 2012 tour. Only 300 copies were sold, and each was hand numbered and pressed on transparent red vinyl. All of which seems like overkill in retrospect, as this is one of the least memorable tracks on the album. Lost Loves doesn’t really hit its stride until about mid-way through, when the robotic vocals

NehruvianDOOM NehruvianDOOM By Brandon Danial The Daily Cardinal

Stephen Merritt “The Song From Venus” Interplanetary romance. The Hold Steady “Girls Like Status” For all your “from the ‘Aqua Teen Hunger Force’ soundtrack” needs.

The Smashing Pumpkins “Hello Kitty Kat” This Siamese Dream outtake is, well, a dream.

Radiohead “Gagging Order” Surprisingly gentle track, with an emphasis on Thom Yorke’s croon.

and eerie bells of “Patiently Waiting” make one wonder where it might have fit into the flow of a Minus the Bear album, had the band decided to include it in one of their full lengths. The most interesting track on the album is probably “Invented Memory.” Vocalist Jake Snider is accompanied by sputtering synths and ethereal guitar strums as he asks, “Do you remember when we were young, yesterday?” This however, brings up an important point about the album. Minus the Bear’s lyrics on Lost Loves seem to be mainly directed to some unnamed “you,” and upon further inspection, every song on the album seems to fit this style, to the point where it feels like “you” songs are a lyrical crutch for the band. The tracks on Lost Loves were more than likely left off of the full-lengths for a reason. Listeners can take what they like, and leave the rest for the hardcore fans and collectors.

Rating: CMF DOOM showcases new protege on collaborative album NehruvianDOOM ALBUM REVIEW

It isn’t uncommon for a veteran MC to take an up-andcoming rapper under their wing as a way of introducing them to the big leagues. In the case of NehruvianDOOM, self-proclaimed supervillain and lyrical mastermind MF DOOM aims to create a foundation for young rapper Bishop Nehru.

Bishop Nehru has the potential to impress the next time around.

While the album is fully produced by DOOM, longtime DOOMheads may be disappointed, as DOOM only raps briefly on several tracks. But it should be clear that this collaborative work is supposed to be a showcase for DOOM’s new underling. If this wasn’t already evident, the album deliberately points it out, as heard in the intro sample to “Caskets” which says, “Young blood, he’s smart and he’s tough/ But he’s got a lot to learn about survival/ And the man he’s gonna learn from is.../ DOOM!” Nehru proves his worth as a

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lyricist, forming fluidly structured verses that unsurprisingly emulate the style of his masked mentor. Being in the position of a ’90s hip-hop revivalist is only benefited by the production of someone who has plenty of experience in that cultural period of rap.

But it should be clear that this collaborative work is supposed to be a showcase for DOOM’s new underling.

DOOM’s abilities as a producer are well-grounded. The songs are occupied with catchy bass lines and soulful jazzy beats, ingredients you’d find on a typical DOOM track. Old film samples once used to characterize the villainous DOOM have now been replaced with samples that create a persona for his new partner in crime, Nehru. Stylistically, Nehru seems to be following in DOOM’s footsteps, but he brings little appeal to differentiate himself as an artist. Many of his lines, while well-structured, feel like a monotone recital with no real bite or personality, though it’s hard to blame an 18-yearold artist for a lack of presence. Although NehruvianDOOM falls a bit flat, it’s only a prologue for the young performer. With time, Nehru is bound to create some individuality, which leaves much to be hopeful for in the future. His statement in “Great Things” clearly expresses there’s a lot he strives for, and with any luck, Bishop Nehru has the potential to impress the next time around.

Rating: B

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ame a better rock singer than Steve Winwood. If you answered anyone other than Bob Seger, you’re dead wrong. About 18 months ago, in one of my seminal columns, I purported Bob Seger was objectively the greatest musician of all time. Six months ago, I included Billy Joel in that pantheon of greatest musicians of all time, with a caveat that one needs to be from New York to fully understand and appreciate the greatness of Joel. Today, I add a third musician to this exalted plane of people I name the greatest musician of all time: Stephen Lawrence Winwood.

I can say with a firm vote of confidence that [Winwood’s] voice stacks up with anyone of any era.

My first exposure to Winwood came when I saw Eric Clapton at Madison Square Garden in February 2008. Clapton was not alone for this performance, as it was billed as Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood. Being a huge Clapton fanboy at the time, he could’ve been performing with Cher or Creed and I still would’ve gone. But thankfully, it was not Scott Stapp or Cherilyn Sarkisian, but Steve Winwood. Over the course of the twohour performance, as mesmerized as I was with the guitar theatrics of Clapton (which weren’t quite as theatrical as they were in say 1969 but still, to my 13-yearold self, this was far and away the greatest school-night of my life to date) it was Winwood who really stole the show. Opening with the Blind Faith classic “Had to Cry Today,” the nearly nine-minute track that opens the supergroup’s eponymous (and only) album, I was hooked. By the time I got home, I had to go to sleep because I was 13, but the following weeks and months became a full-fledged investigation into Winwood’s catalog. Being 13 is a good segue here as Winwood joined The Spencer Davis Group at just 14, catapulting him to a level of fame typi-

cally reserved for the Macaulay Culkins of the world and other child actors, not usually in accomplished and groundbreaking rock bands of the era. It was Winwood’s unmistakable organ stabs that accentuate the intro of The Spencer Davis Group’s “Gimme Some Lovin’,” which has been used in every movie and TV show of all time, notably in “The Blues Brothers” and many more. All the more impressive is that the song was written when he was just 18. After leaving The Spencer Davis Group, still a teenager, Winwood formed Traffic with Jim Capaldi, Dave Mason and Chris Wood. In two stretches, from 1967 to 1969 and then 1970 to 1974, Traffic created some of the most memorable and iconic songs of the era. Bringing this back to the Clapton/Winwood show I saw, in the absence of playing “Layla,” the biggest song of the night was Traffic’s “Dear Mr. Fantasy,” an indelible song that seems to sum up the era in which it was written more perfectly than anything that came before or after it. Winwood went on to an illustrious solo career, adapting his sound to that of the times, playing blue-eyed soul with the best of them—think Hall and Oates for the uninitiated—and then hearkening back to an earlier era in his later career. While Winwood may not be able to hit all of the high notes he was once able to, which was a remarkable feat at the time, he’s still not grasping at straws to hit his old high notes (like, say, Axl Rose of Guns N’ Roses fame) but rather has adapted, just like his music, to take the rough edges of his voice and make them sound intentional. So at the end of the day, while it may just seem like me and Dennis Reynolds are the only ones who profess our fandom for Winwood so proudly, the next time you find yourself on a classic rock radio station, you may very well find that the song getting you to bang on the steering wheel and tap your foot is a Winwood original. It may be a stretch to say that Winwood is objectively the greatest musician of all time, as saying that would cheapen the value of the phrase, I can say with a firm vote of confidence that his voice stacks up with anyone of any era— even you, Rick Springfield. Do you agree with Brian on the greatness of Steve Winwood? Believe Brian’s off the mark completely? Send him an email at weidy@wisc.edu

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

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

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ACROSS 1 Having moxie 6 “As ___ instructions” 9 Graf rival, once 14 Exiled elephant 1 5 Barbary beast 1 6 Helpful, as a tool 1 7 Awesome hotel lobbies 1 8 “Spare” bone 19 Small tree 2 0 Colorful part of the decor 2 3 Schmuck 24 “What’s ___?” 2 5 Leave scratches on 2 8 Maine or Montana 3 0 Lawyers’ grp. 3 3 Severe colic 3 6 Avoid work 3 9 Prove positively 4 2 Small scraps 43 Some sandwich cookies 4 4 Commandments count 4 5 Out-of-fashion 4 8 Secret agent 49 Lift over snow 5 1 Gardener’s need 5 4 Start bawling 6 1 Break one’s spirit 6 2 “Capital”

attachment 3 Counter a point 6 6 4 Express sorrow 6 5 ‘60s war zone, informally 6 6 Family-reunion attendee 67 Jittery 6 8 Gal’s counterpart 69 Classroom units DOWN 1 Lingerie catalog items 2 Campus recruiting grp. 3 City on the Yamuna River 4 They’re taken to the cleaners 5 Tract of wasteland 6 Pet shop squawker 7 Like some proportions 8 Present an opposing view 9 Japanese fish dish 1 0 Small, decorative cases 1 1 Airport pickup 1 2 Spirited quality 1 3 Moments, for short 2 1 German spa town Bad ___ 22 Peanut cover 2 5 Central area 26 Classic dress style

2 7 Varnish component 2 9 Accumulate 3 0 Feverish conditions 3 1 ‘40s jazz style 3 2 Pretentious, as a display 3 4 Baseball judge 3 5 Champagne sample 37 Words from the bride and groom 3 8 Here-there link 4 0 Calyx component 41 Famished 46 Symptom of a wheel misalignment 47 One billion years, geologically 49 “The ___ Bride” (Rimsky-Korsakov opera) 5 0 Pretty, in Dundee 5 2 King novel (with “The”) 53 Spine-tingling 5 4 Defunct Russian parliament 5 5 Knowing, as a secret 5 6 Censor’s target 57 Jacob’s twin 5 8 Quite a while 59 The usual run of things 6 0 Catches sight of

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opinion Ebola scares continue to be unwarranted Lilly Hanson Opinion Columnist

ave you touched the vomit, blood, sweat, saliva, urine or feces of someone who might have the Ebola virus disease? No? Then you do not have Ebola virus disease. A better question to ask is why is the Ebola virus disease a new joke? It’s a life-threatening disease that has killed hundreds, yet people are already starting popular sayings such as “I look like I have Ebola” or “I would rather have Ebola than (insert first-world problem here).” Are we so insensitive that we choose to turn a deadly illness into a new punch line? It seems I am asking more questions than a normal person would. However, the reason I question to this extent is because there is so much confusion over the way Americans are acting toward this epidemic. When Thomas Eric Duncan, the first patient to be diagnosed with Ebola virus disease in the U.S., was diagnosed at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas last Sunday Ebola became the number one news story nationwide. The virus has not ravaged the United States. But the word Ebola is ubiquitous, and so is the fear that comes with it. This is both a biological plague and a psychological one, and fear can spread even faster than the virus. Ebola has cap-

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tured our collective fear because it, like epidemic movies, relies on a fictional burst of imagination. Ebola is an ingredient in an outbreak story we’re already primed to tell. While I am no doctor, nor a researcher of the disease, I am an observer of the current status of the health systems and news corporations. As Dr. Paul Farmer pointed out during an Interview on Aug. 15, 2014, the current Ebola virus disease outbreak is a stark reminder that we need to focus on strengthening our entire health systems, from supporting community health workers who accompany patients and conduct active case-finding to bolstering the capacity of Ministries of Health so that they are well-staffed and well-supplied to respond when such outbreaks occur. He stated, “Community health workers, who almost never get remembered, could and should be the front line against epidemics like this, but they need the support that all of us need if we’re going to be health care providers, and that support, again, requires tools for diagnosis, for care, and for selfprotection. If we are willing to invest in these systems, we’ll always find people willing to take risks to help serve the rest of humanity.” Simply put, we need to focus on health care worldwide. Since the U.S. has developed a cure to Ebola, we should be helping others with the treatment and medication.

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Community engagement is key to successfully controlling outbreaks. Good outbreak control relies on applying a package of interventions, namely case management, surveillance and contact tracing, a good laboratory service, safe burials and social mobilization. The other issue brought to light through the Ebola epidemic is the media’s response.

By googling “Ebola,” one finds millions of news articles dating from 30 seconds ago to three weeks. With the nation in fear of an outbreak, which is highly unlikely, news corporations continue to use headlines such as “unimaginable tragedy” and “Ebola ravages.” The media continues to use false headlines to gain larger audiences and satisfy consumers. Scientists know

how to stop the virus from spreading throughout the U.S., yet panic continues to spread as Americans remain uneducated, uninterested and fearful of the next tragedy in America. Lilly is a freshman columnist for The Daily Cardinal. Tell us what you think about Ebola in the United States and please send all of your feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

Supreme Court decision on gay marriage falls short Miller Jozwiak Opinion Columnist

he United States Supreme Court took an odd step toward marriage equality Monday. Most were anticipating high court to pick up one of the five states’ cases over gay marriage bans. However, none of the cases from Indiana, Oklahoma, Virginia, Utah or Wisconsin were picked up by the court.

The court had an opportunity to make a progressive ruling stepping toward true social equality. Unfortunately, the court decided to take a half step in the right direction. This means that the appeals court rulings in those states, in favor of gay marriage, stand, effectively granting marriage equality to those states. This is a step, albeit a misguided one, toward marriage equality for the entire nation. Since the rulings in the circuit courts will now stand, the states under those circuit courts will now most likely legalize gay marriage. These circuit courts include the 4th, which covers Maryland, Virginia, West

Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina; the 7th Circuit, including Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin; and the 10th Circuit, which covers Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah and Wyoming. This means that in total 30 states will have the opportunity to legalize gay marriage. In addition, the 20 states that still have a gay marriage ban are now more likely to also have that ban overturned by a lower federal or state court. The Supreme Court’s decision to not hear any of the five cases does not have any official ramifications. However, it does send a message to lower courts: follow the precedent set by other circuit courts. This will make it more likely for the 20 states that still have bans to have said bans ruled illegal in court. A federal appeals court has yet to uphold

Decades from now, future generations will not look back positively on the court’s non-decision that granted civil liberties to just over half the states.

a same-sex marriage ban. This non-decision by the Supreme Court makes it more likely that no same-sex marriage ban will

be upheld. The non-decision has many more positive consequences for gay marriage advocates than for those in favor of the bans.

Today’s non-decision is a misguided step that is great for the fight of gay marriage legalization but at the same time it damages America’s image as a nation of truly equal rights.

However, Monday’s announcement should not be seen as a win for civil rights. The court had an opportunity to make a progressive ruling stepping toward true social equality. Unfortunately, the court decided to take a half step in the right direction. Imagine if the Supreme Court decided not to hear Brown v. Board of Education or Tinker v. Des Moines, it would of resulted in ambiguity and uncertainty. Today, history looks back positively on those court decisions as steps toward true social justice. Decades from now future generations will not look back positively on the court’s non-decision that granted civil liberties to just over half the states.

The Supreme Court exists to make decisions on the constitutionality of laws and clear the ambiguity that arises from certain laws. Today the nondecision did not reflect the true purpose of the court, making this step toward marriage equality a misguided one. The legalization of gay marriage is inevitable, but it is being prolonged by decisions such as this. I fear history will reflect on my generation as an intolerant and socially misguided generation. Today’s non-decision

is a misguided step that is great for the fight of gay marriage legalization but at the same time damages America’s image as a nation of truly equal rights. Miller is a freshman columnist for The Daily Cardinal. Is the Supreme Court’s most recent ruling on gay marriage acceptable or do you believe that it didn’t do enough to ensure social equality? What is your stance on gay marriage? Tell us how you feel and please send all of your feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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good opportunity,” Andersen said.

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After a frustrating loss at Northwestern last weekend, head coach Gary Andersen had an important message as UW looks to bounce back at home against Illinois Saturday. “A year ago we sat in this exact same spot, if I’m not mistaken. So the sky has not fallen completely for sure,” Andersen said. “So these kids I truly believe will be able to come back, and being 0-1 in conference is not the end of the world.” Despite the loss, Andersen is excited to see more great games out of running back Melvin Gordon after his career-high 259 yards last Saturday. “Melvin, unbelievable game again, and I’m sure there’s more to come. Excited about the level of play and where he is and the situations that he’s putting us in to be able to have an opportunity to win games,” Andersen said. The Badgers (3-2) will also add a new wrinkle to their offense with the current quarterback situation with redshirt juniors Tanner McEvoy and Joel Stave. “We’re best served to be able to play both quarterbacks to help both Joel … and Tanner,” Andersen said. “You’ll have a flavor. Tanner can run our offense, and he can also give us the flavor of some of the option stuff that he’s done, which is great. And Joel, on the flip side of things, can get that ball down the field like we hope he can,” Andersen said. The most important factor for the Badgers to win this week will be for them to play their game. “The key is this week for the Badgers to take care of the Badgers on offense, defense and special teams. If we do that, we’ll have a

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After two victories against Northwestern and Illinois this past weekend, Wisconsin (12-2) will face Rutgers and Maryland this week, the two newest members of the Big Ten. “We’re excited about this week, first of all, to get a full week of practice. We haven’t been able to do that the past couple weeks because we’ve been playing on Wednesday night,” said head coach Kelly Sheffield. “Second of all, we’re excited to play Rutgers and Maryland for the first time, and to have them in the Field House.” Coach Sheffield told his team they have to stay focused against Rutgers and Maryland, even though neither team has won a conference game yet this season. “We haven’t seen Rutgers, but we saw two matches of Maryland when they were out there in Seattle. They’re very athletic, very talented,” Sheffield said. “They gave Purdue all they could handle the other day. Purdue is the only team in the conference that hasn’t lost yet, so I think they’re going to have our attention.”

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The Badgers are excited for a new season as they get set to travel to Alaska this weekend to play Alaska and Alaska-Anchorage. No. 10 Wisconsin will have a lot of young talent this year, with 11 freshmen on the team. “I feel a little bit like a farmer planting his fields, getting the seed in the ground,” said head coach Mike Eaves. “We have a checklist of things that we’re trying to get through, and just introduce it to the kids, get some reps in practice, film it, get some feedback that we just

covered and move on to the next thing.” Even though the Badgers have a young team, they have two goaltenders returning which should greatly benefit the younger players. “We feel that having those veteran goaltenders will buy time for our young kids both on the blue line and up front to get their feet underneath them, and get their feet underneath them and learn in a positive light,” Eaves said. Eaves said traveling to Alaska will help the young team’s chemistry. “You go into somebody else’s backyard, and you’re battling them, and it brings you closer together,” Eaves said. “The fact that we’re going to be together from Wednesday until Sunday, just us, we’ll get to know each other a little better.”

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The Badgers came away with two victories against Minnesota– Duluth this past weekend as they head towards conference play. “We came out strong and played well and earned a really strong victory Friday night. As a coach early in the season what are you going to get on the second night?” said head coach Mark Johnson. “Again, very pleased with a lot of different parts of our game.” Johnson is also encouraged about the depth on this roster. “I think from last year’s team to this year we’re probably a little deeper. So we added a couple pieces and we had quite a few bodies coming back,” Johnson said. “So the pieces we added from a scoring standpoint adds a little depth, adds a little more chemistry to some lines. It’s still early, so it’s a work in progress.”

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Tom Barlow (11) leads the Badgers in assists this season.

UW faces state rival By Jason Braverman the daily cardinal

Following their third overtime match in their last five contests, the Badgers (1-7-1 overall) will look to get back on track against instate rival UW-Green Bay (3-4-3). Wisconsin is coming off yet another close game, its fourth match of the year decided by one goal. They have been unable to convert any of those into points though, losing all four including two in overtime. Despite the disappointing final result, freshman play has continued to be a positive for the Badgers. Freshman forward Tom Barlow collected his team-leading third assist in the 2-1 loss to Michigan Saturday, and freshman goalkeeper Adrian Remeniuk set a career high with five saves in his first start in net since the beginning of September. In the loss, Wisconsin outshot the opposition 19-10, at least creating some hope of a turnaround in the next few games. Green Bay is also looking to turn its season around, going winless in its last five matches after starting the year 3-2-0. The Phoenix and Badgers have had similar fates thus far, as seven of Green Bay’s games have either ended in a tie or been decided by just one goal. The similarities between the two

Wisconsin clubs goes deeper, as the Phoenix, who have gone to extra time in half of their games this season, have also gone to overtime in three of their past five matches, all of which went the full two extra periods. Sophomore midfielder Audi Jepson has been the offensive leader for the Phoenix, who are coming off a 2-0 defeat. Jepson’s nine goals and 21 total points puts him at the top of both categories in the Horizon League, and tied for fourth in all of Division 1 soccer. In addition to stopping Jepson, the Badger defense will also try to contain junior forward Fayçal Oulahbib, who ranks in the top 10 in the Horizon in both goals and points as well. While Green Bay’s strength this season has been its offense, with 19 goals in 10 matches, junior goalkeeper Dani Alvarado has kept the Phoenix tough on the defensive side. In eight games played, he has stopped 31 shots and holds a goals against average of 1.09. Ultimately both teams will be looking for their first win since early September, and with the way the two clubs have played, another tight one could be in store. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7 at the McClimon Complex.

Poor red zone playcalling, bad quarterbacks doom Wisconsin offense rushad machhi breaking shad

adison, we have a problem. For the first time in distant memory, that problem is the Wisconsin Badgers’ offense. It looked anemic in a 20-14 loss at Northwestern, breaking a streak of 17 straight games of 20 or more points. Usually when a player runs for over 250 yards and averages nine yards per carry, as redshirt junior Melvin Gordon did Saturday, it signals a healthy offensive performance, unless of course that team’s quarterbacks combine to complete 41 percent of their passes with four interceptions, the exact tallies of redshirt juniors Tanner McEvoy and Joel Stave. While a lot of the problem lies with the mediocre quarterback play, the finger also deserves to be pointed at offensive coordinator

Andy Ludwig’s bland playcalling. Do not get me wrong, Stave and McEvoy looked terrible against the Wildcats. McEvoy looked hesitant on almost all of his drop backs, with questionable accuracy whenever he got the ball out. His terrible first quarter interception in Northwestern’s end zone set a bad tone for the game, and he just never found a rhythm. Stave did not fare any better as his replacement, as his last two interceptions were about as bad as any that I have seen. His second pick ended a crucial drive as the Badgers had first and goal at the Northwestern 3-yard line. With Stave being flushed out of the pocket rolling to his right, he should have just thrown the ball away to live another day, but instead threw it straight at a Wildcat. His final pick came when he had loads of time (thanks to a declined holding call) and he still threw it straight to a purple jersey. Clearly Stave still has not figured out that he should be throw-

ing to the dudes in red and white. Let’s revisit Stave’s disastrous second pick. So in one corner you have a Heisman contender running back named Melvin Gordon who had been tearing up the Wildcats all day, and in the other, you have a quarterback named Joel Stave seeing his first action this season who had already thrown a pick. On first and goal from the three, do you A) run the ball with said prolific running back, or B) throw the ball with said shaky quarterback? I think it would be safe to say everyone except a guy named Andy Ludwig would choose option A. Unfortunately, it was Ludwig making the play calls on Saturday, and his effort to be cute and pass on first on goal failed and arguably cost the Badgers a chance to win. It was a truly terrible and inexcusable call. While that was one play, overall Ludwig has had a suspect season thus far as offensive coordina-

tor, as he has so far failed to design a system to utilize McEvoy’s strengths. McEvoy runs a 4.6 second 40-yard dash, similar to Cam Newton’s time of 4.58. News flash, Coach Ludwig, that’s fast. Against Northwestern, McEvoy ran only once for eight yards, not on a called running play, but on a broken pass play. For a talented runner like McEvoy, that is not enough. Ludwig is trying to fit a square peg into a round hole with McEvoy. He is not a traditional pocket passer, but a pure dual-threat quarterback who could thrive utilizing the read option, a play the Badgers rarely used to open the season. While Ludwig’s system is more of a traditional pro-style, he has shown the knack to be creative in the past, and it would really benefit the Badgers if he started dialing up more zone reads and spread option type plays to take advantage of McEvoy’s mobility. We all know what Newton did in his lone season with Auburn

with that kind of system in place, and many experts compared McEvoy to the former Heisman winner when he too came out of junior college. If Ludwig does not adapt to what he has in McEvoy’s running ability, his offense will continue to suffer and his job security will come into question. Wisconsin’s quarterback situation is clearly a mess, and if it does not get fixed soon, a once promising season could end disastrously. Head coach Gary Andersen has indicated that the team will utilize both McEvoy and Stave this upcoming week against Illinois, similar to how Northwestern used Kain Colter and Trevor Siemian last season. However, unless both quarterbacks improve their throwing ability and Ludwig innovates his play calling with McEvoy, the Badgers’ offense could be in for a long year. Should Wisconsin use a twoquarterback system? Should D.J. Gillins get a chance? Email machhi@wisc.edu to discuss.