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Committee will consider coverage mandate at UW Ryan Hebel The Daily Cardinal

A new committee will consider mandating health insurance for all UW students, among other options, when it evaluates the UW System’s insurance policies next semester, according to UW System Assistant Vice President Larry Rubin.

“Not many students have taken advantage of [the System’s voluntary insurance] and … in some cases, decide not to have insurance at all,” Rubin said, adding the current system is financially “unsustainable.”

UW-Madison Health Services Director Sarah Van Orman was asked to sit on the committee and said one of its main goals will be helping students who have “serious issues but are either scared to get care … or don’t even get care,” because they are uninsured or underinsured.

A recent UHS survey found about 10 percent of UW-Madison students may be uninsured.

Mandating insurance to all students would be a dramatic

reform—though UW-Madison already mandates for international and study abroad students—but the committee wouldn’t need to look far for examples.

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In 2002, an Ohio State University committee recommended a universal mandate, according to its Insurance Director Dyane Plumly, and four other Big Ten universities—Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Northwestern— have adopted a mandate.

Plumly said one year after the mandate, enrollment in Ohio State’s insurance increased nine percent and costs dropped two percent.

Each Big Ten mandating university allows students to file a waiver if they have other insurance, though

this can be difficult to track without high administrative expensives.

University of Minnesota Director of Student Health Benefits Susann Jackson said only a few thousand of Minnesota’s 35,000 waiving students are checked each year, and hundreds of those are caught violating the mandate.

Jackson said Minnesota’s benefits have still improved because of the mandate, and students can receive financial aid to pay for insurance.

Health and counseling directors within the UW System have varying opinions about a mandate.

UW-Milwaukee Counseling Director Paul DuPont said he recognized a mandate may increase costs for some students who can’t get financial aid, but that, overall, premium cuts would benefit many students.

UW-Whitewater Director of Health Services Ruth Swisher will serve on the committee with Van Orman and said it will need to consider and involve students, especially if a cost-imposing mandate being considered.

Barrett to decide on governors’ race in the coming weeks Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett will announce his decision on whether he will run for Governor in 2010 in the coming weeks, a campaign representative said Thursday.

Steve Chernof, Barrett’s finance chair, said Barrett is “weighing the decision.”

“I expect that we will have a decision within a couple of weeks,” he said.

As of right now, Barrett is keeping his focus on city issues, but he is still “taking the opportunity seriously,” Chernof said.

Officially, Barrett is currently pur-

suing a general mayoral campaign.

Chernof said they “are certainly not geared up to run a mayoral campaign,” and did not rule out the possibility of the current campaign turning into a gubernatorial campaign.

This statement comes on the heels of Gov. Jim Doyle’s expression of “second thoughts” to Wispolitics. com about not running for re-election in 2010.

The Barrett campaign had no response to Doyle’s comments.

However, Chernof said that while he did not want to speculate on how

that would affect Barrett’s decision, Barrett’s initial consideration rested on Doyle not seeking re-election.

“The opportunity was presented because the Governor announced that he was not going to run,” Chernof said.

Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton is the only official Democratic candidate. Doyle has yet to make an endorsement.

Chernof said although Barrett is aware of the opportunity to run, he is taking this time “to make the right decision.”

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ASM announces results, notes increased turnout

By Robert Taylor

The state Capitol lights up pink to show support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

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Associated Students of Madison’s Student Election Commission met Thursday night to announce the results of the fall ASM elections.

UW-Madison first-year students elected freshmen Mario Ademaj, Maxwell John Love, Sam Peters and Jamie Bemis to serve on the 33-member student council. These students will serve a term of one year and will be eligible to run in the general ASM spring elections next year.

The student vote seated four election-winners as first year student representatives on the ASM student council, as well as two new representatives as members of the Student Services Finance Committee.

Student Election Committee Chair Noah Pearce said turnout in the fall ASM elections increased from 5.1 percent in 2008 to nearly 7.2 percent this year. Pearce said he was impressed with the turnout and

student participation, citing that the 2009 numbers represented a nearly 50 percent increase in the total ballots cast.

“If you look at the freshman numbers, some of the first year student candidates this year received more ballots than were cast in total during last year’s elections,” he said.

Sophomore Coffey Zhang and freshman Aliyya Terry were elected in the general election to serve twoyear terms on the Student Services Finance Committee, the committee of students who allocates funding to UW-Madison student organizations.

The SSFC has taken heat recently from campus groups and student advocates in response to a series of controversial budget cuts to the Campus Women’s Center throughout the fall.

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Newly elected ASM student council members announced their plans for the upcoming semester at the press conference Thursday.

After final committee approval, Peace Park moves to Council

By Josh Hilgendorf The Daily Cardinal

The State Street Design Project Oversight Committee unanimously approved the latest plans to revamp Peace Park at their meeting Thursday.

Mike Sturm, the project manager from Ken Saiki Design, presented the plans to the committee and highlighted new design elements.

An eight-foot Peace Pole, designed in 1955 in response to the Hiroshima bombings, will be erected in the park. According to Sturm, the pole symbolizes world peace and will be constructed to withstand the harsh State Street environment.

Sturm also highlighted improved sight lines from the work stations within the building and ZD Studios designed panels on the outside of the structure featuring the Peace

Park name.

Sandra Torkildson, owner of A Room of One’s Own Bookstore, voiced her approval of the park’s design. According to her, the addition of a visitor center to Peace Park will be especially beneficial. She said a significant portion of her business comes from visitors and attracting more will be helpful to the county as a whole.

The SSDPOC is the last committee to approve Peace Park before it goes to the Madison Common Council for final approval. The Urban Design Committee, Planning Commission, Public Works Commission and Parks Commission have already approved the plans. peace park page 3

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hen it gets right down to it, for most morally deranged people such as myself (and the people I generally choose to associate myself with), the edgier a joke is, the more potential it has to be a real knee-slapper.

It’s a fact of life that the more you push the present limits of humor in a society, the greater the potential for reward. When you tell or hear them, you know they’re funny; it’s just a matter of whether you’re comfortable enough to throw your moral compass out the window for a great laugh session. Don’t get me wrong, there are some real ass-hat comedians who scrounge up their livings taking below-the-belt shots at certain subgroups to get a cheap laugh. We all saw that guy who used to play Kramer do it, but it’s important to realize the reason he did it was because he wasn’t funny

anymore. Just imagine being that “quirky” neighbor of Jerry Seinfeld, chock-full of zany shenanigans, on the most widely cycled sitcom of all time. Then, imagine finding yourself a few years down the road in a low-grade comedy club parading around like an idiot and cussing out an entire race for a couple of forced giggles and a shot at some YouTube stardom.

Where do we find a common ground between appropriate and inappropriate? How can we tap the untouched reserves of comedy without going against the strict norms of what’s “PC” in society?

I struggle with this just as much as any white, upper-middle-class male does. We are confined to a very small nugget of the gold mine of comedy that lies before us all. If I’m going to poke fun at a group of people for something without getting censored or slapped (yes, it’s happened), all I really have to work with are drunk Irish jokes.

My ethnicity has unprecedented alcoholism rates, a title envied by the rest of the modern world, and that’s funny, if presented in the

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right way, but it gets old. You can only crack so many “How many Irishmen does it take to screw in a light bulb” jokes without getting thoroughly criticized. So the question is, is there a technique by which someone can display incredible amounts of hilarious, unprecedentedly offensive material without having to deal with the modern-day whambulance that’s called in at any inkling of “politically incorrect” material? Yes, there is, it’s called the “South Park Effect.”

The South Park Effect completely circumvents the outcry made by the good majority of the “humorously challenged” (notice how I phrased that?) Americans living today.

“What’s the secret?” you may ask... It’s all in who you choose to belittle on TV. In South Park’s case, it’s everybody. South Park so quickly went through every subgroup in the world that’s ever been isolated for a comical trait that by the time people got keen to the massively offensive statements made, they’d realized that everyone else had been ripped to shreds, too: Catholics, Jews,

Muslims, Buddhists, Scientologists, Mormons, blacks, whites, the mentally challenged, fat people, the homeless, Tom Cruise, Helen Keller and even the Jonas Brothers, to name only an incredibly small portion, are all put up on the chopping block for public humiliation.

This “distribution of degradation” eases the pressure they get from the media, showing they’re not taking sides against a particular group.

This, ladies and gentlemen, is the key to great, offensive comedy, something most people just don’t quite understand. Comedy isn’t just about singling out a population and cracking tremendously inappropriate, funny jokes, it’s a give and take.

Every group has to understand that even if they’re being singled out for “being penny-pinchers,” “loving corn bread” or having a “hard time controlling their temper,” these are things that make us who we are, and other people should damn well be able to laugh at them. Just as long, of course, as we can laugh hysterically right back at them.

Questions, comments, concerns? Email Andrew at aplahr@wisc.edu.

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BEDAZZLING THE BIKINI BISCUIT

ERICA ANDRIST sex columnist What are some things that I should know if I am going to get my clit pierced?

I have been hearing a lot about [genital piercings] lately, and it’s something I have been thinking about. I found some stuff on the Internet, but I am not sure what is right and what isn’t, so do you have any advice?

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Could Like IT Oooh, what a great question! We have a number of fantastic piercing places here in Madison, so for this one, I turned to two expert campus-area piercers: Chris Ziebell of Affliction Tattoo & Body Piercing on Regent Street and another piercer in the downtown area who preferred to remain anonymous; I’ll call him Piercer X. They provided me with firsthand knowledge of how genital piercings are done, who’s getting them done and additional important things to know.

First of all, some of you may immediately ask, “Who on earth would let a stranger with a needle near her hoo-ha?”

The answer may surprise you. “I do [clit piercings] all the time...and from feedback it is the best thing women can do,” Ziebell said. Piercer X also described the piercing as “very common” and said he has had female clients who had never had an orgasm until they got a piercing: “It’s not a guarantee, but it can definitely help.” Elayne Angel, the author of The Piercing Bible who estimates she has performed over 40,000 piercings, echoes this last point: “I have had more than one client confide in me that she had never had an orgasm ... until after I had performed her [piercing]!”

However, every one of these experts is quick to note that the clitoris is usually not what’s pierced in a “clit piercing.” Instead, it is the clitoral hood that is bedazzled.

The clitoral hood is the fold of tissue that

covers the clitoris. Since the clitoris itself is so highly innervated, Ziebell cautioned, “If one false move is made, all feeling is lost forever, and I don’t want that on my conscience.” Indeed, Piercer X explained many women who come in requesting “clit piercings” are actually looking for a clitoral hood piercing: “I sometimes spend part of the time going through the names of the hills and valleys down there so I’m sure I know what [a client] wants,” he said.

Neither [piercer] reported seeing greater complications from genital piercings than from any other types.

Once everyone is on the same page, there are two types of clitoral hood piercings: vertical and horizontal. As the names imply, this just means the piercing will be placed vertically or horizontally through the hood. Piercer X says he places 95 percent of hood piercings vertically. “It kind of goes with the body ... [the female genitals] run up and down,” he said. Additionally, a vertical piercing tends to provide more stimulation to the clitoris; for a horizontal piercing to be stimulating, a woman must have an exposed clitoris, and most femalebodied individuals have their clitorises partially or completely covered by the clitoral hood when the clit is not aroused. There are also a number of other options femalebodied people can explore in addition to or instead of a clitoral hood piercing, e.g. the outer and/or inner labia or a fourchette (perineum) piercing.

Costs and care for genital piercings are pretty standard; depending on the piercing, it can run anywhere from $50$80, including jewelry. The piercing itself stings for a second and may be sensitive for a few days. A pantyliner for the first few days may be beneficial; the piercing won’t gush, but you may have a couple droplets of blood you’d prefer to keep off your underwear. To avoid rare com-

plications, such as infection, Piercer X recommended soaking the piercing in warm sea salt water: “It’s the closest you can get to irrigating with saline,” he said.

For the genitals, he recommended using a warm compress of white paper towel or gauze. You’ll also need to wait at least a few days to start enjoying your new piercing. Both Ziebell and Piercer X recommended avoiding sex for a week or so because of the tenderness of a fresh piercing. However, both piercers noted a hood piercing is generally “very quick to heal,” taking four to six weeks. Neither reported seeing greater complications from genital piercings than from any other types.

Finally, although Piercer X said he has heard very few-and-far-between stories of two partners with piercings having them lock together during sex, after the piercing is fully healed, it should not pose much risk to any partner. It’s important to use barrier methods while the piercing heals, even if you and your partner are monogamous or fluid-bonded, but posthealing, so there is no increased risk of infection. On that note, genital piercings generally do not interfere with condom or barrier use; Angel notes medical studies of this have not been done, but as she explains, genital piercings are smooth, without sharp pokey edges, and thus should not increase breakage (try putting a condom over your hand while wearing a ring to see how this works). An extra-large condom or a condom with a large tip may prevent the condom from stretching tightly over a penis piercing, further minimizing likelihood of breakage.

Whew! I’m out of space, but there’s a ton of stuff I wasn’t able to include (including some stuff on piercings for male-bodied people), so if you’re interested in learning more, shoot me an e-mail or call one of the reputable piercing salons in the campus area. Thanks to the experts who helped me out this week, and thanks again for the great question—here’s hoping you glitter, CLIT! Please send anymore questions about painful procedures in the netherregions to sex@dailycardinal.com.

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SSFC OKs budgets for ALPs, F.H. King The Student Services Finance Committee approved budgets for the Adventure Learning Program and F.H. King at the meeting Thursday.

SSFC members approved ALP’s budget of $138,199.24 with a 6-0-0 vote after making minor cuts to their budget, including striking some funding for airfare under specialized staff training.

“In light of this committee’s past decision to do this same thing of cutting it to $300 per speaker when it’s an unknown arrival point, I feel we should also vote the same on this orga-

nization,” Vice Chair Michael Romenesko said.

SSFC members also unanimously voted to approve F.H. King’s requested budget of $60,470.29 in full.

Representative Carl Fergus said he felt F.H. King’s budget was presented well and was fiscally responsible. All other members agreed.

“It was a very detailed and responsible budget,” he said.

The student organization, Vets for Vets also presented their budget request Thursday. The SSFC will decide on their budget Monday.

Sexual assault occurs on University Ave. A young Madison woman was sexually assaulted along the outskirts of campus Wednesday evening, according to a police report.

The 21-year-old victim was walking along the 2000 block of University Avenue around 7 p.m. when a stranger approached her from behind, lifted her skirt and touched her inappropriately, the report said. The woman then allegedly turned around, and the suspect ran westbound on University Avenue. The victim said it all happened within seconds.

Originally, several concerned citizens called the Madison Police Department when they heard the woman screaming, the report said. Later, the victim called the MPD herself and reported the incident.

The suspect is described as male, between 5'5'' and 5'6'' and of average build. He is said to have medium-length brown or black hair. The victim also said the man was wearing a green hooded sweatshirt with baggy blue jeans and white tennis shoes.

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Wisconsin has fourth-highest job-loss rate

By Hannah Furfaro The Daily Cardinal

Wisconsin ranked among the top four states with the highest job losses percentage-wise according to a report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Employment decreased in 43 states and increased in seven states according to the report. The District of Columbia, New York, Kentucky and Wisconsin suffered the largest job losses in the nation.

Dennis Winters, Wisconsin Department of Workforce development chief of the Office of Economic Advisors, said Wisconsin’s large manufacturing industry took a large hit during the recession.

“We are one of the major manufacturing states in the upper Midwest that has been beaten up pretty hard by this last recession. We are still feeling the effects of that,” he said.

Carolyn Heinrich, director of the LaFollette School of Public Affairs, said the closure of the GM plant in Janesville had a domino effect on job loss in Wisconsin.

“We are one of the major manufacturing states in the upper Midwest that has been beaten up pretty hard by this last recession.”

Dennis Winters development chief Wisconsin Department of Workforce

“The multiplier effects of a big loss like that can continue over time … there are other employers that have continued to close [down],” she said.

Winters also attributed the unemployment rate to the weak housing

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advocate for student needs.

“Student organizations should be judged based upon the level of participation and success of the group’s services in whatever they are providing, and students should have an input about the organizations that they feel should receive funding,” she said.

“It is our responsibility to reach out to students and to find out which organizations are benefiting them so that we can advocate for them.”

The committee also approved an amendment limiting the number of spaces available to newspaper vending machines and calling for boxes with a uniform color and design.

The committee approved the amendment 6-1 after clarifying that it only applied to State Street, 125 feet from the Capitol Square.

The newsstand companies have six months to comply after Common Council approval.

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market, decline in the automotive sector and a loss of trade.

Despite the high percentage of jobs lost in Wisconsin, unemployment dropped to 7.7 percent in September, down from 8.4 percent in August.

“A lower unemployment rate is a good thing, we have had that for a few months in a row now,” Winters said.

According to a report from the Center on Wisconsin Strategy, unemployment in Wisconsin is steady but is expected to increase in the next few months. The report said jobs are declining in the construction sector but increasing slightly in manufacturing.

The COWS report indicated the percentage of jobs lost during the current recession has now exceeded the percentage lost during the recession in the 1980s.

State Street have been beautified, the idea is to have news boxes as attractive as they can be,” said Madison resident Rosemary Lee. “It is not at all trying to restrict anybody’s distribution of newspapers.”

Ald. Bridget Maniaci, District 2, however, voted against the amendment, saying it was unnecessary and put more pressure on an already strained newspaper industry.

“With the certain state of publications right now, the last thing I want to be doing is restricting them even more,” Maniaci said.

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he Daily Cardinal and The Badger Herald often offer strongly opposing viewpoints on campus or city issues. But after Wednesday’s meeting of the city’s Alcohol License Review Committee, the main organization in Madison that decides alcohol policies citywide, we have agreed with the Herald’s editorial board that a combined call to action is needed.

If you are a student at UWMadison, we forcefully ask for you to boycott the Nitty Gritty restaurant and bar, as we feel the comments made by owner Marsh Shapiro indicate a serious disdain for student viewpoints.

Shapiro sits on the ALRC as a nonvoting advisor, representing the Madison-Dane County Tavern League. The comments at issue deal with the ALRC voting down a proposal to add a two-year student voting seat to the ALRC, where there is currently a nonvoting student technical advisor, Mark Woulf.

He stated at the meeting that few to no members of the Tavern League understand “why a student should be on this body,” along with these and other quotes: “I’m just not sure the students should be involved in the business that we have here.”

“I just don’t see any reason for them to be on this committee, since a lot of the issues that we are dealing with are not entirely campus-oriented.”

“I just don’t think they belong here.”

We realize that his comments at the meeting were as a Tavern League spokesperson, representing the viewpoints of a group that has unilaterally opposed student representation on the committee, but when asked in a follow-up interview if he would say the same thing as owner of the Nitty

Gritty, Shapiro said he likely would have the same position.

Shapiro said in the meeting that Ald. Bryon Eagon, District 8, who represents a largely student district and proposed the idea, is entitled to represent his constituents. Yet students also make up the major constituency of the Gritty’s patrons, and it seems Shapiro does not believe the students on this campus are smart enough or hardworking enough to understand what goes on in the ALRC. He stated at the meeting that many issues dealt with in the ALRC might not involve downtown or campus, but failed to mention that downtown-related issues often take up the majority of the committee’s time, even if they are not the most common agenda items.

As noted by Woulf in the meeting, ask bar owners what their sales are like in the summer and see if student “input” is appreciated.

ALRC member Chet Gerlach said at the meeting that if students care about the voting position, then they should lobby Mayor Dave Cieslewicz. We couldn’t agree with him more. The ALRC has a concrete effect on the everyday lives of students, and it is past time for them to have better representation on the committee. We realize that both the university and the Tavern League have asked for a voting seat, but they are not a 40,000-strong community in the city. This is not about one bar or special-interest group opposing a student voting seat on this influential committee, it is about students advocating forcefully for themselves and making it clear they are determined to help shape city policies.

We demand that the mayor create a student voting seat or students must make their economic and electoral impact felt on other parts of the city.

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s should be plainly obvious to anybody glancing at today’s opinion page, this past Tuesday Madison’s Alcohol License Review Committee rejected a proposal

by District 8 Ald. Bryon Eagon to create a permanent student position on the ALRC. The proposal had previously been approved by the Common Council Organizational Committee, a body akin to the Committee on Rules in the state Legislature.

This was only after Eagon edited the proposal thoroughly to appease complaints from council members, such as concerns about the eligibility of Edgewood and MATC students and term length for the student position.

The proposal was fully reworked from simply an intriguing idea into a fully fleshed-out proposition that would have brought a fresh new perspective to the ALRC and given a voice to a mostly voiceless population.

Instead, the student vote was met with a scoff.

While the ALRC’s rejection doesn’t signify the death of the student voting member, it certainly doesn’t help. The proposal can still be approved by the Common Council as a whole, but the council usually defers to the decisions of the individual committees. This rejection from the backward-thinking ALRC means an uphill battle lies ahead.

That backwardness is the greatest pity of this whole affair. A student on the ALRC could have reinvigorated a committee that for the past several years has kept itself handicapped by the Alcohol License Density Plan, a flat out antibusiness initiative that effectively prevents any new bars from opening in the downtown area as if they are some menace to society. Apparently, new bars are a threat on par with H1N1, African killer bees and the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

In particular, one has to wonder how the presence of a voting student would have affected the fate of the Badger Hall of Fame Grill, an establishment proposed by Middleton Quaker Steak and Lube manager Scott Acker for University Square. The resistance Acker faced

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Students no more worthy of ALRC seat than other groups My name is Marsh Shapiro. I have owned and operated the Nitty Gritty restaurant and bar at the corner of Frances and Johnson for 41 years. I am a Madison native and U.W. grad.

For the past 6 years I have served as the Madison-Dane County Tavern League representative on the city’s Alcohol License Review Committee.

(ALRC) as a non-voting member.

I would like it to be clear that my position as a consultant or technical advisor on this body made up of 7 members, 5 Madison citizens and two Alderpersons, all selected by the Mayor, is as a spokesperson for the 250 members of the Tavern League, all city of Madison alcohol license holders, and not that as the owner of The Nitty Gritty.

During the course of discussion at last nights ALRC meeting I stated that the Tavern League vehemently opposed the creation of an additional seat on this committee to be filled by a student with voting privileges.

The Tavern League has previously opposed the appointment of a University of Wisconsin representative to the ALRC with non-voting privileges, and also the appointment of a student to the ALRC as a

non-voting member. Both of these appointments were made over our objections. There is history here.

On numerous occasions in the past, the Tavern League has requested voting privileges for our representative on the ALRC from the Mayor, only to be turned down due to a perceived conflict of interest. Even though, just as a judge recuses himself from hearing cases where conflict issues might arise, we have asked that we be accorded those same privileges our words have fallen on deaf ears.

One may ask, “who has a more vested interest in the basic policy, licensing, review, ordinance creation, discipline and possible revocation processes than the city’s alcohol licensees themselves, yet we are closed out from the voting process on all issues affecting our businesses and livelihood.

Why doesn’t the University of Wisconsin’s representative from the Chancellor’s Office, Dawn Crim, have voting privileges? Why doesn’t the city’s Alcohol Policy Coordinator Katherine Plominski have voting privileges? Why doesn’t the Madison Police department’s representative Carl Gloede have voting privileges?

This past summer, over the objection of the Tavern League, a

student was granted a non-voting seat on the ALRC. This appointment was made for a 3 year period, with a sunset clause, meaning it would be reviewed in 2012 to determine if that seat should continue to exist. Now, after only 3 months, Alderman Bryon Eagon is seeking to have this seat turned into one with voting privileges.

It is the Tavern League position that it is way too soon to elevate that seat from a non-voting one to a voting one, and I expressed that at last night’s meeting. The Tavern League is also opposed to the fact that the ordinance proposal calls for a student 18 or older to be eligible to fill this seat.

The Tavern League does not feel comfortable having an 18 year old, who is not legally allowed to drink alcohol deciding the fate of any alcohol license applicants or current license holders on issues coming before the ALRC. Between 75 and 85% of the business of the ALRC deals with citywide alcohol issues. Interestingly enough, last night, after an hour and a half discussion by the ALRC committee members on a proposal to grant an alcohol license and an 18+ license to a new Boutique Bowling Lounge on

University Avenue to be patronized by mostly students, not a single student showed up to speak in support of the granting of this license. The Tavern League supported it, as did all other voting and non-voting members.

It is our position that Mark Woulf, the student non-voting member who has been seated on the ALRC since August, is quite capable of offering his expertise and opinion when needed in his current capacity similar to ours. At the end of the 3 year period, if it is determined that there is a value to having a student on the ALRC as a voting member, that decision will be made at that time. In the meantime, I will continue to do my best in my position on the ALRC representing my constituency of Class A, and Class B license holders throughout the city as a non-voting member.

As the owner of the Nitty Gritty, I am disappointed that you are apparently not able to separate my longtime ownership of the Nitty Gritty from that of serving as a representative of the Madison-Dane County Tavern League on the ALRC. Marsh Shapiro Owner, The Nitty Gritty

from the ALRC ultimately resulted in him canceling his new business venture, something I bemoaned on this page several weeks ago. As it was designed primarily to be a restaurant, the under-21 crowd would have been able to mingle with their legal counterparts after bar time, filling a previously empty niche in the campus area. But ALRC members like District 18 Ald. Michael Schumacher questioned whether the grill would truly be a restaurant and meet the 50 percent food sales threshold, despite Acker’s solid track record.

Perhaps a student would have given Acker the benefit of the doubt. Perhaps a student would have realized that there are several 18-to-20-year-olds wandering the streets of Madison at 1 a.m. who wouldn’t mind finding a respectable place to socialize and would be more than willing to spend some cash on a cheeseburger. But since students don’t have a vote on the ALRC, we’ll never know.

The ALRC has made a few good decisions recently. Their approval of the bowling alley/ lounge combo Segredo was a step in the right direction to help fill that under-21 niche. But the ALRC really did this mostly to replace Madison Avenue, an establishment with a history of problems. You could have replaced Madison Avenue with a Beer Bongs ‘R Us and it probably would have received approval.

Segredo is more about improving safety downtown. While this is still a worthwhile pursuit, it must be balanced with the rights of businesses.

Students care about their safety and will surely take this into account while still making sure downtown residents can enjoy themselves.

What the ALRC needs is somebody who sees the bar scene from a student perspective. Last weekend, ALRC members went on a bar crawl from Capitol Square down State Street, and many members called it an eye-opening experience. Most students go through this eye-opening experience every Friday night. If this isn’t a perspective that the ALRC feels it needs, then they have clearly become dedicated to close-mindedness and stodgy thinking. What the ALRC needs is some new ideas, but they don’t appear to be particularly fond of those. Let’s get somebody on the ALRC who does: Your average, everyday intrepid student.

Todd Stevens is a junior majoring in history and psychology. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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By Emily Crain THE DAILY CARDINAL

Brett Anderson’s new album, Slow Attack, is a dud. From its first song, “Hymn,” to its last, “Leave Me Sleeping,” the entire album is disappointing. It is a mixture of sinister tunes and off-balanced singing. The only parts of the album that are pleasing are the beginning—because you haven’t heard it yet— and the end—because it’s over.

pitched voice, but he doesn’t succeed.

He sings like James Blunt, except that he is a hundred times worse at it. In other songs, he goes for a deeper, more folkish sound, and it sounds awful. It is as if he can’t make up his mind whether he wants to sound like a folk singer or not. He sings along with the background music instead of disregarding it completely, which is the only thing that doesn’t make this album a complete catastrophe.

CD REVIEW The only parts of the album that are pleasing are the beginning—because you haven’t heard it yet—and the end—because it’s over.

Slow Attack Brett Anderson Slow Attack’s lyrics are undesirable.

They’re confusing with no sense of purpose. In “The Hunted,” Anderson repeats, “She is the hunter, you are the hunted,” over and over again. Sure, there are verses in the song, but you can’t understand a word he is saying. “Frozen Roads” goes on and on about how “the hills are like sorrow... and the sun will rise again, and your moon will fall.” The verses don’t really have a purpose because the lyrics are indecipherable.

The actual instrumentation in Anderson’s songs is worth hearing.

Unfortunately, he ruins the songs when he starts singing. In the song “Hymn,” Anderson tries hard to sing in a high-

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Despite being written by a bunch of blockheads, the sixth installment of the ‘Saw’ franchise will be released this weekend opposite the full-fledged release of indie horror darling ‘Paranormal Activity.’

However, it doesn’t help that he is off-pitch most of the time. His voice ranges from flat to sharp without ever hitting a note in tune. A voice like that gives me a headache and isn’t worth listening to. His ranges are unbearable and the very existence of his vocals ruins the music. “Hymn,” “Julian’s Eyes” and “Leave Me Sleeping” all start with creepy sounds and background music, and Anderson doesn’t do anything to make them better.

If you like folkish indie with off-key vocals, then go ahead and check out Slow Attack. But good luck finding it, because it’s not on iTunes. Maybe they didn’t think it was a good idea to promote this new album.

Bloody battle at box office

Two horror movies hit Madison this weekend

By Kevin Slane THE DAILY CARDINAL

Halloween is arriving a week early for moviegoers this year, and it looks like this year’s movies are attending the weekend box office costume party as David and Goliath. Going as Goliath is “Saw VI,” another installment in the unstoppable torture-porn franchise. With a relatively cheap budget of $10 million and a builtin audience that can’t wait to see more Jigsaw action, “Saw VI” has everything going for it.

“Paranormal Activity” has been billed as the next “Blair Witch Project,” and the comparisons are pretty fair.

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The off-pitch musings Brett Anderson provides on his misguided and boring new release fail to evoke much of anything from listeners.

But don’t count on “Paranormal Activity” lying down without a fight. The movie has been expertly handled by Paramount and has exceeded expectations by relying on a word-of-mouth campaign that has built expectations to unbelievably high heights.

With a budget of only $15,000 and an initial release of fewer than a dozen theaters, “Paranormal Activity” has been grossing an exceptionally high amount per theater.

Last week it finished third at the box office with $19.6 million in only 763 theaters.

With almost 2,000 screens playing the film by Friday, David could easily knock Goliath out cold.

“Paranormal Activity” has been billed as the next “Blair Witch Project,” and the comparisons are pretty fair. The film is shot in a documentary style, and, much like “Blair Witch,” the scariest moments occur off-camera, leaving viewers to piece together the grisly occurrences in their own mind. “The Blair Witch Project” managed to gross a little under $250 million worldwide on an initial

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budget of $20,000 (though postproduction reshoots and sound mixes by the studio left the budget at about $750,000).

Perhaps “Paranormal Activity” won’t have the classic “I’m so scared” catchphrase that kept “The Blair Witch Project” on the pop-culture forefront for so long, but it will almost certainly be this year’s biggest horror film, both in terms of quality and box-office mastery.

Experts are already predicting a sizable international audience for “Paranormal Activity,” as they are usually receptive to the top U.S. films of the year. It’s very unlikely “Saw VI” will find that audience, as the “torture porn” genre that the original “Saw” helped pioneer is much less popular overseas, making it an almost exclusively American venture.

Audiences prefer to think of the film as a hidden gem they’ve found rather than a mass-produced megaplex release.

In keeping with the low-profile, wordof-mouth marketing strategy, the stars of “Paranormal Activity” (Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat) have given very few interviews. Paramount may want to give the film a slightly bigger marketing campaign to push it over the top in the coming weeks, but for now, as the old saying goes, less has been more. Audiences prefer to think of the film as a hidden gem they’ve found rather than a mass-produced megaplex release.

“Saw VI” doesn’t have any of that underground, indie credibility, especially given that it has reached its sixth installment.

Despite “Saw VI” holding all the foreseeable advantages in this weekend’s box-office battle, it may be “Paranormal Activity” standing over the fallen Jigsaw at the weekend’s conclusion. Still, as is the case with predicting box-office success, anything can happen.

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Today’s Sudoku

Evil Bird

By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu

Angel Hair Pasta

By Todd Stevens ststevens@wisc.edu

Sid and Phil

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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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The Graph Giraffe

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Charlie and Boomer

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ACROSS 1 Sacred choral work 6 Playing hard to get 9 Cobra’s cousin 14 Muscle weakness 15 Pennsylvania in D.C., e.g.

16 Bank feature 17 Gridlock consequence 18 Gain an advantage 20 Female hormone 22 Small songbirds 23 Agent Matt played by Dean Martin 24 Exasperated exhalation 25 “All men ___ created equal” 27 Armchair companion 30 Like typical April weather 33 “The ___ Archipelago” 35 “... ___ a midnight dreary ...”

36 Entree go-with 37 “Jaws” town 38 “Anna Karenina” author Tolstoy 39 Works at the bar 40 American Indian corn bread 41 A witch’s nose might have one 42 Black-and-white outfit

43 Before, in palindromes 44 Former Winfrey rival 46 “Yeah,” formally 47 “My king” 48 “Tat-tat” preceder 50 Turn in the right direction 53 Guard 57 Aid 59 Poetic form 60 Invitation from within 61 “How ___ this happen?”

62 Artful dodges 63 Aerosol targets 64 It’s fit for a pig 65 Passed the buck?

DOWN 1 Buddy, down under 2 “The Adventures of Milo and ___” 3 Get ready to sprint?

4 Become accustomed (to) 5 Study of symbolism 6 Animal confinement 7 Baker’s need 8 Up to this point 9 Badmouth 10 Hebrew alphabet opener 11 Balthasar, Gaspar and Melchior 12 Drier than sec 13 Rock concert

equipment 19 Pertaining to bees 21 Prime meridian hrs.

24 Clean-shaven 25 Amazed 26 It’s often spread 28 The Green Wave, in college sports 29 Handel’s “Deidamia,” for one 30 Triumph, but just barely 31 Murphy of Hollywood 32 Screen and stress, for two 34 Stopped fasting 36 Hemingway novel setting 39 Where movies are played 41 Valued at 44 Algerian monetary units 45 Big coffee holder 47 Jewish meal 49 Raise the end of 50 Bar in the fridge 51 Separate with force 52 “What am I getting myself ___?”

53 Agitated condition 54 Drainage indicator 55 Idyllic garden 56 For fear that 58 Commercial spots

Washington and the Bear

By Derek Sandberg kalarooka@gmail.com

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bye week could not have come at a better time for the Wisconsin football team.

The season is far from over, but the level of frustration from Badger fans has reached a high point. On paper, Wisconsin only has two losses, but the nature of these back-to-back contests has caused a great deal of heartbreak.

UW’s matchup at Ohio State provided them with a favorable position as underdogs. It was either lose, as most people expected, without having their standing take much of a hit, or win and establish themselves as a surprising force in the Big Ten. In short, it was the ultimate low risk, high reward situation. The Badgers outgained the Buckeyes 368 to 184 in total yards but lost by 18 points solely because of three plays: one kickoff return and two interception returns for touchdowns.

Still, Badger fans were not discouraged, as their Homecoming matchup against Iowa had the potential to be one of the more exciting games all year.

Wisconsin controlled the first half before getting shut out in the second.

To make matters worse, Ohio State fell in an upset just hours later, meaning the Badgers could have held a share of the Big Ten lead with a favorable schedule ahead.

Now, only a far-fetched scenario would give them that opportunity.

These are the types of missed opportunities that Badgers fans have grown accustomed to over the past few years. This year’s graduating class has had some great moments but has also gone through a series of what-ifs that has kept the Badgers out of higher-profile games.

The UW men’s basketball team’s ‘06-’07 season held tremendous promise for a trip back to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. With a healthy Alando Tucker returning, the Badgers had a senior leader who could

hockey from page 8 “We played really well Friday night,” he said. “I was more upset about Saturday night when we got a point.”

Senior forward Andy Bohmbach said the team can’t lose its focus when playing with a lead.

“We’ve got to keep on playing through every period like we play the

carry them through the season.

Carry them he did, as the Badgers pretty much rolled through the beginning of the regular season, including electrifying wins on the road at No. 20 Marquette and at home against No. 2 Pittsburgh and No. 5 Ohio State. After a win against Penn State in late February, the Badgers held a 26-2 record, including a 12-1 mark in Big Ten play, propelling them to their first No. 1 ranking in school history.

This did not last, as the Badgers fell on the road to Michigan State. But the real turning point of their season actually took place Feb. 25 at No. 1 Ohio State, when junior center Brian Butch dislocated his elbow midway through the first half.

Even as UW’s leading rebounder his junior year, many still labeled him as an inconsistent and soft big man. But the events following Butch’s injury taught his skeptics a valuable lesson. He may have been inconsistent at times, but Butch played a crucial role in Bo Ryan’s system. He spent a lot of time on the perimeter for a big man, but this spacing often gave Tucker the space he needed on offense to dominate opponents in the paint.

The Badgers still made it to the finals of the Big Ten Tournament, but this time they were blown out

by Ohio State. They advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament to play UNLV, but it was evident the Badgers were not the same team they had been just weeks before, leading to a startling upset.

After the season was over, I couldn’t help but wonder what would have happened to the Badgers had Butch not suffered a season-ending injury.

When things don’t go your way, it’s hard not to take this mindset.

With the same reasoning, a few plays that had gone Wisconsin’s way this year might have led to a very different outcome.

But the season’s not over yet, so before you go listing all the what-ifs and hypotheticals, realize the Badgers still have five games left and anything can happen.

Can Wisconsin turn its season around this year? E-mail your thoughts to Matt at mfox2@wisc.edu. first period,” he said. “We can’t stop once we get a lead.”

Bohmbach and senior forward Blake Geoffrion both had goals in the Badgers’ 3-2 loss against Colorado College, but Geoffrion left the game in the first period with a concussion and did not return the next night.

Despite that scare, Geoffrion has been practicing with the team and will play this weekend, according to Eaves.

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Last Week Overall

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Former Daily Cardinal Sports Editor Nate Carey prepares to obliterate a defenseless Herald quarterback.

The Cardinal will almost certainly replicate its success from last year and destroy its helpless rivals.

Domination

Cardinal promises pain train

The biggest intracollegiate newspaper football rivalry in the country will write another chapter in its storied history today as The Daily Cardinal and The Badger Herald face off in Vilas Park.

Last year, Lawrence Tayloresque defense from the Cardinal’s Nate Carey and a strong passing game from junior quarterback Tom Shield propelled the powers of good to a 2612 win over the forces of evil residing above Silver Mine Subs.

Shield returns for another year at quarterback, while the Cardinal will have to replace Carey’s intimidating defensive presence. This year, a number of Cardinal players have stepped up to fill that gap, including Arts Editor Kyle “Pain Train” Sparks.

“The Herald know how I do

it, baby!” Sparks said. “When it’s game time, it’s pain time! WOO!” “Click-clack!” he added.

Given the Herald’s offseason, this year’s victory should be the easiest yet for the heavily favored Cardinal.

Like their paper, many Badger Herald players have slimmed down over the summer, leading many experts to predict they will be effortlessly flattened by the Cardinal. Still, Herald Editor-inChief and potions professor Jason Smathers foolheartedly predicted success for his gang of flunkies.

“This game will be an introducion to an era of unlimted Herald dominance,” Smathers said.

Weather could play a major role in the contests. Despite the rain anticipated for Friday afternoon,

the Herald predicted a high of 447 degrees. Still, recently buffed-up former Cardinal head coach Ben Breiner said it should not be a major issue.

“Meh,” Breiner said.

With the exception of 2007’s game, which featured worse officiating than the 1972 Olympic basketball gold medal game, SMATHERS the Cardinal has roundly dominated the series. Editor-in-chief Charles Brace predicted another epic victory in 2009.

“Honestly, it won’t even be fair.”

Brace said. “Bring it on, fuckers.”

Volleyball

UW looks to extend Big Ten success at home

By Sam Sussman THE DAILY CARDINAL

Wisconsin (4-4 Big Ten, 9-8 overall) finishes off the first half of Big Ten play this weekend as two more tough opponents come to the Field House.

The Badgers play host to No. 8 Illinois Friday night at 7 and face Northwestern the next night at the same time.

“We’ve got two very good teams coming in. Illinois just beat [thenNo. 6] Minnesota over the weekend in three. And Northwestern [has been] playing better than they have in years,” head coach Pete Waite said.

The Badgers have stepped up their game in recent weeks. After beating Ohio State and Indiana on the road and topping two ranked teams, Michigan and Michigan State, Wisconsin is now in sole possession of fifth place in the Big Ten standings.

“They’re starting to believe in themselves. They’re starting to look at everybody as somebody they can beat, not somebody to be worried about so much, but somebody to go after,” Waite said.

The players feel this shift in morale as well.

“We’ve beaten some really good teams that were ranked. Our confidence is definitely up from when we weren’t doing so well,” senior outside

hitter Brittney Dolgner said.

Wisconsin will need all the newly found confidence they can get Friday night.

“Obviously, we’re the underdogs,” freshman middle blocker Alexis Mitchell said.

“They’re starting to believe in themseves. They’re starting to look at everybody as somebody they can beat.”

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Illinois has won its past four matches, currently sitting second in Big Ten conference matches with an opponent hitting percentage of .175, 2.89 blocks per set and 15.32 digs per set. The Illini attack is led by junior outside hitter Laura DeBruler, who has knocked in 4.50 kills per set. DeBruler is directed by junior setter Hillary Haen, who has put up 11.62 assists per set. Junior middle blocker Johannah Bangert anchors the defense, averaging 1.50 stuffs per set, along with senior libero Ashley Edingerm, who has tallied 4.23 digs per set.

Coming off the big Illinois match on Friday, the Badgers need to main-

tain their focus going up against a less threatening Wildcat team. The Badgers may seem like the better team on paper, but the Big Ten is stacked from top to bottom with talented competition.

“Everybody is beating up on each other, so things are getting really interesting in the conference race,” Waite said.

The Badgers must keep their eye out for senior libero Kate Nobilio, who leads the Big Ten with 4.56 digs per set. They must also be wary of junior setter Elyse Gab, who guides Northwestern’s offense with 10.06 assists per set.

For Wisconsin to continue to play at its improved level this weekend, it will need production from not only its tested veterans but from their younger players, as well.

Dolgner has to continue her recent excellence; she was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week after the Badgers’ last homestand.

“Obviously, attacking she’s very good. Defensively, she’s putting up good numbers. She’s the true definition of a well-rounded player,” Waite said.

Mitchell and freshman right-side hitter Kirby Toon have to remain dependable, as well. Mitchell had a career-high 14 kills against Purdue, and Toon is the Big Ten leader in conference matches with .39 aces per set.

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Men’s Hockey

Badgers look for road win against Mavericks

By Nico Savidge THE DAILY CARDINAL

After a rough season-opening series, which saw a highly touted Wisconsin men’s hockey team take just one point from Colorado College, the task of starting the 2009-’10 season well will not get any easier. The Badgers must now leave the friendly confines of the Kohl Center and head to the intimidating environment of Minnesota State’s Verizon Wireless Center to take on the Mavericks Friday and Saturday.

Although Wisconsin swept Minnesota State at home in the WCHA playoffs last spring and leads the all-time series against the Mavericks 17-13-4, the Badgers are 4-9-3 in Mankato. However, head coach Mike Eaves said he is happy Wisconsin will play a tough team like Minnesota State, saying it can help

the Badgers rebound from a difficult opening weekend.

“It’s our type of game that we need to play to establish that we’ll compete going into a tough environment,” he said. “I expect this group to play well and to bounce back.”

Eaves added that Wisconsin’s younger players will have to keep their heads in the game and not let the crowd get to them. Freshman defenseman John Ramage, who scored his first college point with an assist in Saturday’s tie with Colorado College, echoed that sentiment.

“You’ve just got to focus on your game, just kind of block out all of the noise,” Ramage said. “It really shouldn’t affect you too much.”

The duel between junior goaltenders Scott Gudmandson and Brett Bennett will continue against the

Mavericks this weekend.

Eaves split starts between the two players in the first series, with Bennett starting in Friday’s loss and Gudmandson getting the nod for Saturday’s tie. He said Bennett will start in the first game of the series against Minnesota State, but Eaves did not want to commit to splitting starts between goaltenders before seeing how Bennett performs Friday.

“We’ve always said we know who our goalie’s going to be on Friday and we’ll see on Saturday how we feel and go that way,” Eaves said.

“You never want to paint yourself in a corner and say, ‘this is what we’re going to do.’”

Providing goal support for the team’s netminders will also be crucial if Wisconsin wants to leave Mankato with points, Eaves said. To avoid the

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Andy Bohmbach scored a goal in Wisconsin’s 3-2 season-opening loss to Colorado College. He and the Badgers will now face Minnesota State. third-period collapses that killed the Badgers down the stretch last season, he said they simply need to score more goals.

Despite eventually losing the game, Eaves added he was very happy

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