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Man loses to tiger in tug-of-war bout By Maggie DeGroot the daily cardinal
A Baraboo man is in good condition at UW Hospital after a Siberian tiger bit him at the Wisconsin Big Cat Rescue and Educational Center Friday. Volunteer John Meeker had been watering Kahn, a 7-year-old Siberian tiger, at the rescue facility in Rock Springs. According to the center’s cofounder, Jeff Kozlowski, Meeker was wearing a baggy sweatshirt, which the 500-pound tiger grabbed hold of along with Meeker’s arm through the fenced enclosure. “The tiger was playing tug-of-
war,” Kozlowski said. Volunteers were able to get the 38-year-old Meeker away from the tiger and began first aid until responders from Rock Springs arrived, according to the Wisconsin State Journal. Meeker was then flown to UW-Hospital by helicopter and underwent surgery to close the wound. Kozlowski said none of Meeker’s major arteries were hit and he had feeling in all of his fingers. Kozlowski described the incident as a “freak accident.” Meeker’s wife, who was present at the time of the incident, told Kozlowski the
tiger was not growling. The tiger will stay at the center and is not considered a threat to workers or guests. The non-profit rescue facility works to rescue abused, abandoned or unwanted big cats, Kozlowski said. The center is open to the public and allows people to see the animals at the facility. Kozlowski said Meeker had been working as a volunteer at the rescue facility for a while and is excited to return. “He said he cannot wait to come back and be with the cats again,” Kozlowski said.
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Feingold and Johnson face off in final debate By Ariel Shapiro
Members of Colleges Against Cancer released 100 pink balloons on Bascom Hill Friday afternoon.
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U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wisconsin, and his Republican challenger, Oshkosh manufacturer Ron Johnson, found little to agree on in their contentious third and final debate at Marquette Law School in Milwaukee Friday. Johnson criticized Feingold’s vote for the stimulus package and his disconnect from the business world. “The premise of that is … the government can create long-term selfsustaining jobs, and that’s just wrong,” Johnson said. Feingold attacked what he called Johnson’s lack of specific plans and his avoiding the questions. Johnson noted that over Feingold’s 18-year Senate career, however, the deficit has gone from $4 trillion to $14 trillion, referencing his most recent television ad. “Everybody knows that when Bill Clinton was president we worked together, we completely balanced the budget. I took very tough votes,” Feingold shot back. “And then I stood up to the deficit spending of the Bush administration. Your ad is absolutely dishonest, Ron.” The two also disagreed on the recent decision by a federal judge to
overturn the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. Feingold said he supported a fully integrated military, while Johnson said he disagreed with the judge’s injunction and that the military needs more information on the effects of removing the policy before overturning it. “That’s what the American people, that’s what Wisconsin voters dislike, when one federal judge replaces democracy,” Johnson said. “I think we should get the input from the people who actually serve.” When it comes to the conflict in Afghanistan, Johnson said there should be no limit on the military’s presence there so long as Afghanistan acts as a haven for terrorists. “We better get ready to invade just about every country in the world then,” Feingold said in response, arguing that Al-Qaeda is an international problem that cannot be solved with the invasion of just one country. In their final statements, the two candidates presented very different offers to Wisconsin voters. Johnson said he could bring a fresh, business world discipline to Washington to fix the deficit. Feingold emphasized his experience and reputation for fiscal responsibility.
Professor awarded for diversity involvement UW-Madison Vice Provost for Diversity and Climate Damon Williams was awarded the W.E.B. DuBois Community Advocacy Award. The award is given annually by the Madison branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to a citizen who works to foster equality and is named for the civil rights activist who helped
found the organization in 1909. “Dr. Williams has assumed the mantle of working toward diversity in higher education at the state’s flagship university campus with unflinching commitment,” Madison NAACP President Linda Hoskins said in a statement. “We’re proud to present him with this recognition of his work to date and the goals he has set for him-
self, the university as an international institution and the entire state of Wisconsin,” she said. Williams works on diversity projects at UW-Madison including Posse, the Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives, the Center for Educational Opportunity and the Pre-college Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence (PEOPLE).
Chancellor Martin holds first student panel to gain insight UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin met with the Chancellor’s Panel of Student Leaders for the first time Oct. 20 to hear the concerns of 20 students. According to a statement, the panel consists of leaders from student organizations, student government and other individual leaders selected by university officials.
Positions were offered through the ASM Shared Governance Committee, the Wisconsin Union, UW-Madison Housing and the College Dean’s Office. The group allows university leaders to communicate with students directly to discover what concerns they see on campus. Input from the students will be
considered in university government decisions. Panel members also have the ability to suggest initiatives or other ideas to Martin. Provost Paul DeLuca and other university vice chancellors will help with the committee, and Dean of Students Lori Berquam will fill in for Martin if she is absent.
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Russ Feingold and Ron Johnson squared off in their third debate Friday, the last time they will meet before the Nov. 2 election.
Architects narrow library designs to four Architects working on the renovation of Madison’s Central Library have narrowed the number of concepts from seven to four, according to the Wisconsin State Journal. Architects from Meyer, Scherer and Rockcastle, of Minneapolis, and Potter Lawson, of Madison, are working on the design for the new library. The architects presented seven plans at a schematic design meeting earlier this month. The design team
then used the feedback from the public meeting to narrow it down to four design concepts. All of the four options conserve the Aaron Bohrod mural currently located in the children’s section. The project is currently budgeted a $29.5 million with $8 million of coming from private funding. The four designs will be presented for public input at an informational meeting Wednesday.
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t’s autumn. It’s all beautiful and shit but those leaves are slippery, dawg and that crisp air makes it a little slick in the morning, okay? For me, it’s even worse because I’m a natural-born klutz. It started when I was threeyears-old and I tumbled down a steep flight of stairs while doing a fake wedding march with my lifesize Roger Rabbit stuffed animal. Unfortunately, Roger didn’t make it through the fall. He broke his neck. It was a sensitive issue for a while. There is evidence that it progressed throughout my elementary school years when I fell in mud on the last day of sixth grade school before summer break and walked around with a poop butt all day. Some say there were slip-ups in junior high as well. There are few witnesses to corroborate the story, but as legend has it, I fell OUT of a blow-up swimming pool in my friend’s backyard and proceeded to tumble down the hill along with all the water in the pool. There’s also documentation on the incident, which is transcribed at least five times in the 2008 yearbook from my high school. It even continued throughout high school. As a sophomore I went on vacation in Maui and cut my knee open on coral while surfing. Trust me—that story sounds way cooler than it actually is.
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In fact, it’s embarrassing to the degree of “ride to the emergency room on a golf cart down the freeway,” “tourists gawking and taking pictures of the nasty wound,” “guy who rented me the surf board trying to calm me down by telling me the story of when he smashed his face into coral,” and “mom passing out in the doctor’s office at the sight of blood.”
I fell UP the stairs walking into Birge Hall one slippery fall day.
Since I’ve been in college these accidents have been less severe, but far more frequent. I fall/trip/stumble/move awkwardly at least once a week. I fell while simply walking down the street outside Animal Sciences (even though I still blame the sidewalk’s uneven nature) and ripped my jeans open. I didn’t realize I was bleeding profusely until half way through my Econ power lecture. I fell UP the stairs walking into Birge Hall one slippery fall day. Then, in an effort to leave the same building in one of those jubilant, Willy Wonka-like hops and skips after having done well on a test, I ended up hopping onto a patch of ice and doing one of those balancewiggles until I fell down the stairs. Sometimes in the winter, when University Avenue becomes an ice-
skating rink, it takes me 15 minutes to get from Lucky to Vilas Hall because I’m penguin-waddling my way to class while desperately holding on to the side of the building. Then when it snows and there’s enough traction on the sidewalk that I feel comfortable walking like a normal person, those little patches of black ice right in front Vilas Hall always fuck me over. Too many times I’ve taken that confident step onto a big patch of ice and ended up on my ass. Once, I watched a guy fall on a patch of ice I was approaching on the sidewalk. I chuckled arrogantly and attempted to walk around the patch, failed, and fell ridiculously on my ass. Then, it was too late to warn the other guy walking behind me. He was already down before I turned around. While I’m still sitting on the ground, trying to get up, ANOTHER person does the balance-wiggle on the ice.
More recently, I fell walking out of a communal, co-ed dorm bathroom in France with only a towel on.
Does my presence on the ground not warn these people of something? Oh wait, that means the first guy plastered on the sidewalk should have warned me... Whatever, I’m a natural-born klutz, what’s his excuse? More recently, I fell walking
out of a communal, co-ed dorm bathroom in France with only a towel on. That was only awkward because I don’t speak French and they have a very touchy-feely culture. I immediately slunk to my room and cowered on my bed, rolled up in the fetal position. But ever since the weather has been dewy and crisp so early in the morning, lately I’ve been noticing that those white pedestrian lines in the street are getting quite slick and that metal-grate path in the construction area next to Helen C. White is a fucking hazard for more reasons than that it’s covering a daunting open pit, with a six-inch gap between it and the sidewalk—it’s a fucking Slip n’ Slide of broken tailbones. My biggest klutz-a-phobia with this time of year, though, is leaves. Yes, the leaves are really pretty for like A DAY but then they just fall in your hair, stick to the soles of your shoes, crumble up into sheets of slippery powder on the sidewalk, and turn into patches of slime when it’s raining. It’s throwing my balance totally off! Now I need to realign my chi, so I’ve started the traditional grieving process of a klutz by giving Roger Rabbit a proper burial and burning every remaining 2008 yearbook. Next, imma go chant the Hare Krishna mantra and see if John Lennon’s ghost will channel my chi. Honestly, with all the money they spend on those damn sidewalks, they can’t throw a little sand on ‘em too? Send your solutions to campus’ slippery situations to slindholm@wisc.edu.
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s proud as I was to show my support for victims of bullying by wearing purple last Wednesday at Library Mall, I was quickly reminded later that day that members of the LGBT community are not the only victims who are regularly attacked because of their identity. In fact, some gay rights supporters and many other activists with liberal leaning perspectives are actually to blame for at least a portion of the disrespect that has recently come to the forefront of our society.
Is there some hypocrisy in preaching love and equality while still opposing gay rights? Yes, but opposing gay marriage is a long way from condoning bullying of gay youth.
More specifically, I’m talking about the recent attacks against the Christian right. Though I don’t identify myself as a part of that group, I am horribly dismayed that it has seemingly become entirely acceptable, if not encouraged, to attack the entire Christian faith based solely on the fact that they have unique beliefs. The internet has provided, quite literally, the perfect forum for the name calling and personal attacks geared toward those whose beliefs align with the pro-life and sanctity-of-marriage camp, and it really got out of hand last week when popular sex columnist Dan Savage joined the already heated discussion. Savage, who is openly gay and the founder of the “It Gets Better” campaign against youth bullying, made a remark during an NPR interview that asserted his belief that the church perpetuates the discrimination. A Christian listener wrote in to tell him he was offended by the comment, and stated that he and many others were deeply saddened to hear of the recent suicides. The letter was well-written, polite, and simply pointed out the hypocrisy of preaching against discriminating based on sexual preference while simultaneously discriminating against people of faith. Savage’s reply, on the other hand, was a blatant attack on the writer and their faith, complete
with references to their “magic sky-friend Jesus,” and expressions like “dehumanizing bigotries” and even, I’m sad to say, a “Fuck you.” While I fully expected him to respond in typical Savage fashion to the listener’s complaint, his full-blown attack on Christianity as a whole displayed just as much disrespect and ignorance as the people he fights against. Though I fully support the rights of my LGBT friends to marry, adopt, and lead full and successful lives, I also grew up attending church and Sunday school. I cannot once recall hearing what Savage calls “the lies about (gay people) that vomit out of the pulpits” or learning “to see gay people as sinful, damaged, disordered and unworthy.” Instead, the message was constantly one of love and acceptance. While I’m sure those messages are preached in some churches (Westboro Baptist, for instance) the vast majority of Christians are taught that all humans are equal and deserve respect. Moreover, it is entirely possible to be a gay Christian without giving up any part of your identity. Just ask my openly-lesbian aunt, also an ordained minister. Is there some hypocrisy in preaching love and equality while still opposing gay rights? Yes, but opposing gay marriage is a long way from condoning bullying of gay youth, just as supporting abortion rights in no way equates to condoning the killing of infants. The real hypocrisy lies in groups that, like Savage, demand to be treated with respect while they themselves attack huge swaths of the population just for disagreeing with their beliefs.
Savage was right about one thing in his column: gay and lesbian children are dying, and we should do everything in our power to bring an end to the heartbreak.
The LGBT community is understandably sensitive to this issue as of late, and should absolutely pour all their efforts into asserting their right to equal protection and the pursuit of happiness. However, it should (and absolutely can) be done without belittling other Americans for subscribing to different ideologies. Just as being Christian doesn’t give anyone the right to say they’re better than anyone else, being gay doesn’t give anyone the right to say: “I’m right and you’re wrong, so you need to abide by my rules.” Savage was right about one thing in his column: gay and lesbian children are dying, and we should do everything in our power to bring an end to the heartbreak. But we, as a society, won’t truly be victorious against this tragedy until we find a way to stop the bullying without turning into bullies ourselves. Lydia Statz is a junior majoring in journalism and international studies. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
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n the past month there has been a deserved devotion to raising awareness of LGBTQ equality in response to recent suicides, bullying, and harassment. The “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and “Proposition 8” rulings and have also increased attention to the unfair plight that American society has forced upon the LGBTQ community members. Awareness, education and increasing tolerance are pertinent and actions like anti-bullying campaigns, national observances, and protests promoting these practices are necessary for a brighter tomorrow. But what about today? Transitioning from current displays of intolerance to a future of acceptance raises the question of how to handle some recent anti-gay incidents. Where is the line between expressing one’s beliefs and intentionally demeaning someone else? What actions require punishment and blame, and what actions can be defended by free speech? A recent incident at UW-Eau Claire addresses this problem.
Where is the line between expressing one’s beliefs and intentionally demeaning someone else?
In September, Dr. Tom Hilton, Chairman of the Information Systems Department at UW-Eau Claire, responded to an e-mail from the student director of the Eau Queer Film Festival that requested advertising space for the festival, in the most disrespectful, ignorant and prejudiced terms I can imagine. In the e-mail, Hilton first claims that homosexual behavior damages communities. He goes on to write, “I decry attempts to legitimize [homosexuals’] addictions and compulsions. We only hurt them further when we choose to pretend that these walking
wounded are OK the way they are, that their present injuries are the best they can hope for in life.” This e-mail does not address my lifestyle, nor does it come from one of my professors and refers to a festival I had no part in, but I am personally offended to read these words knowing they came from a figure of authority that sought to separate students based on their sexual preference. Eau Claire Chancellor Brian Levin-Stankevich addressed the vulgarity of this e-mail in a statement to the University Senate, stating, “These words are such as to deny the individual worth and experience of LGBTQ students, faculty and staff … such an e-mail can neither educate nor contribute to dialogue or understanding.” So far, the chancellor has promised to take administrative action against Hilton. Although reading Hilton’s e-mail makes my skin crawl, I wonder what kind of administrative action is appropriate for the circumstance. Hilton was clearly expressing his strong beliefs regarding homosexuality and exercising his right to free speech. However, as a professor and chairman, Hilton crossed the boundaries of free speech as an authoritative figure on campus by condemning, belittling, and objectifying a group of students on campus. As an educator, Hilton should have acted professionally and simply stated that he disagreed with the message of the program and would not be willing to support the cause. Hilton’s prejudiced e-mail is the perfect example of the recently acknowledged unwelcoming and disrespectful atmosphere for LGBTQ individuals on campuses across the country. In light of the six recent LGBTQ suicides, this issue is finally coming into focus for the broader community. Yet, in a letter to the editor of the Daily Cardinal on Oct. 4, Robin Matthies and Aiden Caes demonstrated that these deaths are not unusual and do not “truly reflect the pervasiveness of bullying that students face on a regular basis.” In fact, they go on to share statistics from Campus Pride’s 2010 State of Higher Education for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People that report that, “One-third of LGBTQ and
transgender students, faculty, and staff have seriously considered leaving their institution due to the challenging climate.” In response to this sensitive issue, UW-Madison is taking action to promote equality, acceptance and tolerance. It is about time. Many students around campus observed the national “Wear Purple Day of Remembrance and Memorial” on Wednesday and attended The LGBT Campus Center’s Stop the Silence, an emotional gathering exposing the realities of LGBTQ bullying on campus and offering hope for the future. Demonstrating UW-Madison’s vision of equality, Dean of Students Lori Berquam spoke at the event proclaiming; “We start here and we start now. Together, I believe we can do it.”
In response to this sensitive issue, UW-Madison is taking action to promote equality, acceptance and tolerance. It is about time.
I commend the response of our university and UW-Eau Claire to address equality on campus, and I believe the Eau Claire administration needs to continue this equality enforcement and censure Professor Hilton. While this e-mail controversy has emerged under the spotlight of other serious controversies, Hilton’s punishment should not simply ride on the coattails of the recent LGBTQ furor. The e-mail controversy should be regarded independently based on the details and effects of that particular case. Although it does clearly demonstrate the challenges LGBTQ individuals face on campus, Hilton should only be severely punished for unprofessionally promoting intolerance and discrimination of a group of students on campus. Not for having such a strong, controversial opinion, ignorant and bigoted as it is. Melissa Grau is a sophomore majoring in journalism. We welcome all feedback. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
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The author of Go Big Read selection “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” talks to The Daily Cardinal By Kati Garness The Daily Cardinal
Author Rebecca Skloot discovered the story of Henrietta Lacks in a college classroom during the 1980s. The initial curiosity led to a ten-year journey cumulating in her book, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.” Following multiple story lines, Skloot details the life of Henrietta Lacks and her family, as well as the unique existence of her cells. Taken without her consent during a period where medical ethics were still in question, Henrietta Lacks’ cells (nicknamed HeLa) became the first cell line to grow and reproduce in culture. Starting in the 1950s, HeLa cells have been used in a variety of ways, including forming the first polio vaccine. Her cells have had lasting effects on science and her family. With her book chosen for this year’s UW Go Big Read program, Rebecca Skloot took time to discuss her writing with The Daily Cardinal:
Why do you think this is relevant for University students to read today?
Are any of the proceeds from the movie going toward the Lacks family? Yes, I’ve always seen the movie as something able to benefit the family quite a bit. So, I specifically negotiated things with the movie. They’ll [the Lacks family] actually be getting paid for their time to be consultants, but then there will also be a large donation going toward helping the family with education costs and things like that. You wrote the book in three different angles: Your journey, Henrietta’s life and the science behind it. Did you write the different parts at the same time? Initially, I actually tried to write them in a broken up way where I’d write a little bit of one and then I learned that’s just enough to make a person go crazy. Then I realized for some sort of narrative flow and various other reasons it was important to write each one as its own story and then break it apart and weave them together.
For starters, there isn’t a single person out there who hasn’t benefited in some way from these cells, students or otherwise. If you’ve gotten a vaccine, you’ve taken drugs, your parents have taken drugs. Everyone’s life has been affected in some way by these cells. So I think it’s really important for students to read it whether they’re science students, students in the humanities, students interested in law, whatever it is. All these different areas have a very personal connection to these cells. Both because people in each of the fields have benefited from them, but also because there are specific parts of the story that are relevant to all those different fields. It’s sort of incredible in that sense, there aren’t so many stories in science where it’s really obvious the way that science affects everyone’s life and all these different fields of study. People often see science as being very separate and I think one of the reasons it is important for students to read this is to see not only how they personally have been affected by the science in the book, but also to see how science connects to so many other fields that people don’t always imagine that it does.
I think every person has their own sort of personal feelings and opinions about it, but it’s not something I really take a stand about one way or another. One of the points behind mass producing HeLa cells was to decrease the number of primates that were used in research and to decrease the number of dogs and cats and other animals. Ending it is probably not feasible in that way, but there are certainly many other ways. So I think it’s a really important discussion to always have and I think there are a lot of people who are involved in that research who do ask those questions. Do you have Pulitzer hopes for the book?
Scientists often assume that it’s a book that sort of demonizes science in some way or tells the story of evil scientists who’ve done something bad to this poor family. Another common misconception ... is that they often assume that I made some of it up. Every detail in the story is verifiable in various ways and this is part of what took ten years to get the story together.
No, [laughs] that’s not my job, my job is to not think about that at all. I think as a writer you just can’t think about that stuff because it’s completely out of your hands. Is there anything else you want university students to know about the book?
I’ve also heard there is going to be an HBO movie coming out? Yes, there is. It’s going to be produced by Oprah. It’s very exciting.
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Your father is also an author, do the two of you discuss your writing processes? Oh yes, a lot. We talk about writing all the time and we read each other’s stuff. I read his stuff and give him comments and he reads mine. And my mother too, my mother went to graduate school for English literature, so she was always an incredibly helpful critic. In Madison the upcoming midterm election might have a significant impact on how the university can do stem cell research. Does your book relate to this issue? Not so much actually. You know people often sort of assume that it does, but the connection between HeLa cells and stem cells is really that the technology used to grow stem cells was developed using HeLa cells. But they’re completely different political entities, and HeLa cell research couldn’t replace stem cell research. This is one of the things that gets caught up with this debate about stem cells, is that people think, “Well why do you need them we have all these other cells?” like HeLa cells and this cell, but they’re completely different. There are things you can do with stem cells that you can’t do with any other kinds of cells. PHOTO COURTESY OF omar a. quintero
For a lot of different types of research and for things like art, consent is just something that needs to be obtained before you do something with someone’s body. Whether they are alive or dead, whether it’s a little tiny cell taken from their body or whether it’s something larger than that and I think that’s pretty universally accepted at this time. Except for the cell part they’re still debating about that a lot. When it comes to donating your body for art, I’m not sure which Body World (this is in Madison). There are a lot of different types of exhibits out there now, some of them are very clear about the consent, what it is people are consenting to, and there are people who are very involved in the process. They go to these conventions every year where all the people who will someday be donating their bodies to this kind of art get together. So there are some people who are very aware of what it is. But there are other cases that have been controversial where the consent is not so clear, where maybe they thought they were giving their bodies to medical research and science, not realizing that their body could end up on display at a museum somewhere. So I think part of the discussion is just about how much information do you include, what is informed consent in a case like this. On the UW campus the ethics of primate research has been in question. Do you have an opinion on human versus primate research?
Are there any common misconceptions by some readers about the book?
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There is a Body Worlds exhibit currently in Madison. These types of exhibits have raised controversy over issues of consent. What do you think should be done about requiring consent?
One of the things I’ll talk about in my larger talk to the school is about how in a lot of ways there are many important take home messages about the book. Some of them are about science and how it affects your life in ways you don’t realize and how important it is. Also how important it is to ask questions about the people behind the science both in terms of the scientists as well as the human beings behind the research. But I think for students its also about how a little moment in a classroom can change your life, which is what happened to me. I learned about HeLa cells when I was a teenager in my first big basic biology class. I was at a community college and just one sentence that my teacher said about these cells changed everything about my life. That was in the late 80’s, and here I am now all these years later just having finished a book, the seed of which was planted in my first college class. So for students, that’s an important part of the story. Just think about the ways of following your curiosity in a moment during a class can lead you in all these directions you couldn’t possibly imagine. I was going to be a veterinarian. If you had told me my first year of college that I was going to be a science writer I would have been “Yeah, right.” So you just have no idea about these little things that grab your attention in class. If you actually follow up on them and say, wait, what is it that will let me learn more about that and follow this path and see where it leads me. It can just take you all sorts of amazing places. Rebecca Skloot will be on the UW campus on Monday, October 25, speaking to the campus community at 7:00 pm. in the Kohl Center. No ticket is required for this event.
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Mere Shadow of Kylesa’s great potential shown on new album By John Barisone
it. It doesn’t sound pretty; worse, it sounds nü-metal. But it doesn’t Kylesa is a blossoming exam- end there. Quickly followed by ple of a metal band with crossover this tragic misstep, “To Forget” appeal. This appeal stems from and “Forsaken” rehash similar forKylesa’s stylistic dexterity, a qual- mulas to equally lame results. It is ity that became fully apparent in sad because the potential energy the success of their last album, of these songs remains intact, but Static Tensions, a delicious slab the vocals spanning all these tracks of metal that contained equal doesn’t enhance it any way. Instead, parts punk, hardcore and sludge. it leaves Kylesa sounding neutered, It was a dominating release that weakened and––at worst––generic. solidified Kylesa’s place amongst But all is not lost for Spiral the metal elites. Much of Spiral Shadow. Kylesa’s old tendency to Shadow continues in the vein of pummel the listener’s still pop its predecessor, but it also expands up in tracks like “Drop Out” and their sonic diversity to encompass “Crowded Road,” which offer a even more of the distant fringes of savory taste of the warring drums the genre,and the overall effect is and jagged walls of guitar that lay a mixed bag. the groundwork for Philip Cope’s As was the case with Static caterwaul of vocals. And without Tensions, song structures are as tight straying too far from the metalas ever on Spiral lic side of things, Shadow as Kylesa album standCD REVIEW allay their damout “Don’t Look age with a cool Back” shows that and calculated Kylesa can write efficiency. But a melodic song the intensity without comprothrust upon the mising their metal listener is not machismo. It always sustained, begins with a riff Spiral Shadow as demonstrated that sounds like a Kylesa on album opener gritty re-working “Tired Climb.” of the Smashing The song begins with a limber yet Pumpkins’ “Today”––and like punishing rhythm that immediate- “Today,” “Don’t Look Back” is ly harkens back to previous album anthemic, replete with a riff of opener “Scapegoat.” However, melodic trajectory and a heartfelt whereas “Scapegoat” constructed message to match. A song in which this seed of furious momentum Cope reflects about his youth and into an equally blistering chorus- belts to the listener, “Keep moving melody, “Tired Climb” sputters / Don’t look back! / Keep moving out, offering only a lazy interlude / Don’t look back!” It is one of the of Laura Pleasant’s airy vocals. This best songs Kylesa has ever written, drop in pace is frustrating, but and it is a reminder of the youth it’s a tendency that runs a current as much a reminder of the kind through the album’s second half, of brilliant album Spiral Shadows a set of songs that shows Kylesa’s could have been. willingness to slow things down As partial as I am to Kylesa’s and explore new musical territories. more threatening material, the Unfortunately, such explora- first half of the album bodes far tions yield little payoff for the better than the second. For all listener. “Distance Closing In” of Kylesa’s progressive weight, meanders for a while under a play- the strongest successes are those ful bass line, only to break off that stay grounded in what they into a chugging riff showcasing already know. Spiral Shadow is Pleasant’s awkward singing ability, an inconsistent listen, but amidst which sounds nearly comical juxta- the murk there is gleaning that posed against the heaviness behind can be done. The Daily Cardinal
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Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley star as Kathy and Ruth in director Mark Romanek’s adaptation of the 2005 Kazuo Ishiguro novel, “Never Let Me Go.”
‘Never’ not a ‘let’-down Brilliant acting highlights thought-provoking book adaptation By Abigail Cardinal THE DAILY CARDINAL
With a set of ingredients that includes clones, forced organ donation and the English countryside, “Never Let Me Go” has the makings for an intriguing scifi drama film. Based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, “Never Let Me Go” presents the excellent combination of the themes, characters and plotlines from the book so that the audience never knows what’s going to happen next. “Never Let Me Go” comes from director Mark Romanek, who despite helming 2002’s “One Hour Photo” has a filmography made up mostly of music documentaries. However, screenwriter Alex Garland, who wrote the screenplay for “28 Days Later,” brings some recognizable experience to the helm.
The film follows the plot accurately without sounding like a book on tape.
The movie opens in the English countryside at a seemingly normal boarding school. As in most schools, the children play sports, tease one another and learn about the human body. None of the students speak of families, vacations or anything from the outside world except the occasional “sale.” In these “sales,” children barter and purchase discarded and well-used items from the outside world with
tokens earned from good behavior. However, there is a palpable sense of eeriness that seems to shroud these scenes of schoolyard youth, and not everything is as it seems. The children, who are constantly reminded of the importance of taking care of their bodies, a detail that becomes important as the characters learn more about their purpose in life later in the story. Specifically, the film follows the lives of three students, Kathy, Ruth and Tommy. Kathy, (Carey Mulligan, “An Education”), and Tommy, (Andrew Garfield, “The Social Network”), seem to be headed towards a relationship. Suddenly, Kathy’s best friend Ruth, (Keira Knightley, “Pirates of the Caribbean”) steals him away. As the three students depart school to enter their time on a farm, where they will await their impending operations, Kathy struggles to accept the change in their group dynamic. It’s worth noting, however, that the beginning of the movie finds these characters played by child actors, before Mulligan, Garfield and Knightley take over about a third-of-the-way into the film. The characters in the film go through the all-too-familiar emotions of losing friends, embracing reality and understanding their futures. While the characters struggle with these problems as their time becomes increasingly shortened, “Never Let Me Go” offers its audience insight to some of society’s biggest difficulties. Mulligan, Garfield, and Knightley all give excellent perfor-
mances, and the depth of the themes in the film allow each character to develop with one another and the audience. It is through Mulligan’s eyes that we see each of these characters’ relationships develop as her character narrates the film. While the 25-year-old is still relatively new to the feature film scene, Mulligan’s role in “Never Let Me Go” solidifies her position as one of Hollywood’s most promising young actresses.
A serious film that asks questions through a somewhat dreary composition, “Never Let Me Go” is extremely thoughtprovoking.
The film follows the plot of the book accurately without sounding like a book on tape. And while there are differences between the two, the essence of each character and his or her intentions is still well-preserved and the film is just as thoughtprovoking as the book. Clocking in at 103 minutes, “Never Let Me Go” seems even longer due to its drawnout scenes and subject matter. A serious film that asks questions through a somewhat dreary composition, “Never Let Me Go” is extremely thought-provoking. And it puts an interesting twist on one of life’s most important questions: Who are we, and what do we want to do with the short time we have together?
Viral Videos of the Week Search terms: Ukrainian Fireworks Good Idea Rub a dub dub, two stupid Ukrainians sitting in a tub. In this video, posted on Collegehumor.com, two Ukrainians discover a different method for self cleansing. Not reccomended for drunk college students.
Search terms: Kanye West Runaway The self proclaimed “voice of this generation” outdoes himself in this thirty four minute music video for the song “Runaway.” Featuring Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Selita Ebanks, “Runaway” is worth at least a few glances if not an entire screening.
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Kylesa, a five-piece outfit from Georgia, have appeal that transcends their “metal” classification.
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Today’s Sudoku Being bitten by a tiger in a room full of tigers
Evil Bird Classic
By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu
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Branching Out
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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.
Eatin’ Cake
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Crustaches
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First in Twenty
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DO SOME DAMAGE ACROSS 1 Coral Sea hazard 5 Items in Caesar’s closet 10 Frost 14 Wheel-to-wheel shaft 15 Bee squadron 16 First word of “The Raven” 17 Measurement for a bird 18 Mountain bird nest 19 Clarinet accessory 20 Snacks covered in caramel syrup 23 German steel town 24 Soaked in hot water, as a tea bag 28 Ruby of “A Raisin in the Sun” 29 Diamond protector 33 Walk casually 34 Not automatic, as a car 36 Roll call reply 37 Huddle outcomes? 41 Tiny power unit 42 Process, as sugar 43 Exotic fruit 46 Gambling hotspot near Carson City 47 Meander 50 Unsightly sight
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Washington and the Bear
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Wisconsin tops Michigan State, Michigan at home to grab second place in Big Ten By Cory Romdenne the daily cardinal
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For the third pre-seaon scrimmage in a row, Keaton Nankivil led all players in scoring with 22 points, spurring the White squad to a 65-51 victory.
Red- White game previews new team, season for Badgers By Sam Sussman the daily cardinal
The Kohl Center opened its doors on Sunday for the annual RedWhite scrimmage, marking the start of another highly anticipated season for Wisconsin men’s basketball. After 40 minutes of intra-squad play, team White emerged victorious by a final score of 65-51, led by senior forward Keaton Nankivil’s game-high 22 points. “He’s more confident around the rim. There were a couple post moves that he finished on that we didn’t see a lot of in the past,” head coach Bo Ryan said. “If he can do it here, there’s no reason why he can’t do it during the regular season.” While there are few individuals with more experience coaching in the game than Ryan, who has led the Badgers to 12 consecutive NCAA tournament appearances, success in the scrimmage and success during the regular season are two very different things. “Its just a scrimmage. Not that it’s something to look over, but at the same time when we get into the season, it’s always a different story,” Nankivil said. Nankivil wasn’t the only big man in the spotlight on Sunday, as senior forward Jon Leuer, who was named to the John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 list, tallied a teamhigh 15 points for the Red squad while also adding four rebounds, two blocks and two steals. Sophomore forwards Mike Bruesewitz and Ryan Evans were noteworthy as well, recording four points and 11 rebounds, 12 points
denver from page 8 That goal put Denver up 3-2, and it was clear after that goal that the momentum in the game had shifted in Denver’s favor and about four minutes later Denver struck the game’s decisive blow. Senior defenseman John Ryder took a shot from the point that found its way through a crowd in front of Gudmandson and was deflected by sophomore Chris Knowlton for the goal, putting Denver up 4-2, which proved to be the final score.
and five rebounds respectively. With the frontcourt improving, the majority of confusion still surrounds the Wisconsin backcourt. “Question marks are always going to boil down to, right now, how do you replace the two guards that played so many minutes,” Ryan said in reference to losing last year’s backcourt of Trevon Hughes and Jason Bohannon. Not only did these two Badgers receive the most minutes on last year’s squad, but they led Wisconsin in three point shooting percentage and steals. Aside from their statistical leadership, these two seniors’ on-the-court leadership will be difficult to replace. Senior guard Brett Valentyn, who went 5-6 from beyond the arc, sophomore guard Rob Wilson who scored seven, and the leadingassist man from last year’s squad, sophomore guard Jordan Taylor, who totaled nine points and 10 assists, may be ready to fill the void left by Bohannon and Hughes. The Badgers currently sit at 24th in the USA Today Coaches Poll and are projected to finish fifth in the Big Ten. With five teams in the preseason Top 25 and a nation-leading ten players from the Big Ten on the John R. Wooden Award preseason Top 50 list, the Big Ten is stacked this year. The Badgers will need Nankivil and Leuer to play up to their preseason hype and for the backcourt to find a stable core of contributors if Wisconsin wants to make it a lucky 13 NCAA tournament appearances in a row. The Badgers jumped out to a 2-0 lead during the second game of the series on Saturday thanks to a first period goal from freshman forward Mark Zengerle, and a second period goal from senior captain Sean Dolan. Denver would storm back however with two third period goals from senior forward Kyle Ostrow to tie the game. Despite a five minute overtime period, the game resulted in a 2-2 tie, leaving the Badgers without a win to show from their first WCHA clash of the young season.
The Wisconsin women’s soccer team enjoyed a successful twogame series at home this weekend with wins over Michigan State and Michigan to hold on to second place in the Big Ten standings going into their last weekend of regular season play. The Badgers disposed of Michigan State on Friday via a brace by co-captain Laurie Nosbusch, sophomore midfileder Alev Kelter broke a scoreless draw in double overtime against Michigan on Sunday to bring the Badgers’ record to 9-4-4 overall (6-1-2 Big Ten). The Badgers jumped out to an early lead on Friday against the Spartans, with Nosbusch putting away another scrappy goal off of a fumbled save by Spartan keeper Jill Flietstra in the 22nd minute. Nosbusch tallied her second in the 62nd minute on a header from a cross by sophomore defender Lindsey Johnson. Badger keeper Michele Dalton made four saves on the way to her ninth shutout of the season. The two goals brought
Nosbusch’s season total to seven, which ties her highest output in a season. “Anytime you score a goal, it’s fantastic,” Nosbusch said following the game. “But when you can do it against a team like Michigan State at the end of the season when you need every win that you can get, the feeling is just amazing.” “Laurie has great leadership,” said head coach Paula Wilkins about her captain. “She had two goals tonight, but she was also KELTER all over the field making plays. Everybody is behind her and they see what she does and hard she works for this team. I think that her unbelievable work ethic really sets the standard for everyone else on in this program. Everyone believes in her and what she is trying to do for this squad and that really shows on the field.” The Badgers’ typically staunch defense exerted its influence again
on Sunday against Michigan, keeping the Wolverines off the scoreboard for 108 minutes. With just two minutes remaining in the second period of extra time, freshman midfielder Kodee Williams sent a cross toward Kelter in the box. Kelter hit a first-time shot that caromed off of Michigan keeper Haley Kopmeyer and the ball fell to Kelter for a second attempt, which she put away to win the match in dramatic fashion. After the match, Kelter described the game-winning goal. “Kodee beat her girl on the outside and got a great cross off,” Kelter explained. “Laurie went front post, taking her player out of the mix, and left me all alone for the shot. It feels great [to get the goal]. We were able to hang on to another game and hopefully we can keep it going.” With the two wins, Wisconsin gave themselves a larger cushion at second place in the Big Ten standings. However, the Badgers will need a win against Northwestern next Sunday to avoid being overtaken by Penn State in the final weekend of the regular season.
Men’s Soccer
Team falls in wild game, even more bizarre overtime goal By Matthew Kleist the daily cardinal
The Wisconsin men’s soccer team (0-3-1 Big Ten, 1-11-2 overall) dropped another heartbreaker Saturday night, falling to Northwestern (2-1-1 Big Ten. 7-5-2) 4-3 in overtime. The Badgers began the scoring early, getting on the board first in the 16th minute. Freshman forward Chris Prince received the long ball from fellow freshman defender Paul Yonga, and after beating a defender, found the back of the net. The Wildcats would get the equalizer in the 24th minute on a goal by freshman midfielder Lepe Seetane. Pressuring the Badger defense, Northwestern found themselves with the ball at the top of the UW penalty box. Seetane ripped a hard shot that was deflected by a Badger defender and past UW freshman keeper Max Jentsch. “Lepe turned us well, he smacked it and it had some pace,” head coach John Trask said. “It took that deflection, [Jentsch] was not going to be able to do anything on that.” The Badgers would take the 1-1 tie into halftime, looking to get the lead back in the second half. However, it would be the Wildcats taking the lead though.
sweep from page 8 Decker added another goal and sophomore defenseman Stefanie McKeough scored on a long shot through traffic to give Wisconsin its first lead of the game. In the opening 11 minutes of the third period, the Badgers went from down 4-2 to leading 5-4. There was no quit in the Buckeyes, however, as they pulled their goaltender and scored with a minute left in regulation to send the game into overtime. Decker completed her hat trick with an overtime winner a little more than two minutes
On a brilliant play by Northwestern forward Oliver Kupe, the junior put the ball on the net to score, but only after hitting the crossbar did the ball bounce back into the goal, giving the Wildcats the 2-1 lead in the 51st minute. After a period where it looked as though Northwestern would put the game beyond the reach, Wisconsin finally found an answer in the 84th minute. Receiving a well played ball down the line, senior defender Aaron Nichols sent a cross into the Northwestern box. Controlling the cross, Prince directed the ball to the back of the net to tie the score.
Not even a minute later, Wisconsin was back on the attack. Fighting his way into the box, freshman defender Paul Yonga created just enough space to send the ball across the front of the goal. Continuing his spectacular night, Prince made
an excellent play on the ball to fool Northwestern’s keeper and once again scores for the Badgers. “I rarely get into the box,” Yonga said. “So when I did, I knew I had to fight my hardest to keep going and get a cross in.” “I was on the front post and I think the goalie thought that I was going to let the ball go back post,” Prince said. “I just let it go through my legs and put it right back at him, and he wasn’t expecting it.” With just over a minute left, Northwestern earned a penalty kick on a UW handball. Taken by Matt Eliason, Eliason kept the ball on the ground, putting it to the right of Jentsch and past the UW keeper. The game would end just over four minutes into the first overtime period, when Northwestern senior midfielder Jack Hillgard played the ball from nearly 70 yards out. Jentsch came out to make a play on the balll, but misjudged the bounce. The ball went clear over Jentsch’s head and into the goal, giving Northwestern the win. When asked what the team will take away from Saturday’s tough loss, Yonga responded, “Really, I don’t know. There’s got to be a reason we’re losing right now. Hopefully, we’ll learn how to fight through these loses.”
into the extra frame. She said the confidence in the Badger dressing room during the second intermission helped them overcome the deficit. “We were relaxed in the locker room, we weren’t real nervous,” she said. “We knew we still had a chance to win the game and we came out focused.” Wisconsin was as good on special teams Saturday night as they were bad Friday. After Ohio State converted on better than half of their man advantage opportunities, the Badgers held them to one shot on three power plays. When Wisconsin had the extra
player on the ice they were successful as well, scoring on two of their four power plays. The first goal came when a lazy Buckeye clearing attempt found Duggan near the faceoff circles and she scored. Duggan iced the Wisconsin victory with an empty-net goal late in the third period. Junior forward Hilary Knight, who played alongside Duggan on the 2010 U.S. Olympic team, said her success Saturday was indicative of her skill and dedication. “You always know where she is on the ice,” Knight said. “She’s just a dominant presence and a dominant player.”
“There’s got to be a reason we’re losing right now. Hopefully we’ll learn how to fight through.” Paul Yonga freshman defender UW Men’s Soccer
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Badgers topple Iowa in classic grit match ANALYSIS
Nortman, Ball, Watt all heroes in 31-30 win over Hawkeyes By Mark Bennett the daily cardinal
Even the boldest pundit would have been laughed off had they, prior to Wisconsin’s tilt against Iowa, suggested that the punter and a thirdstring running back would eventually be heroes for the Badgers. Sure, junior defensive lineman J.J. Watt seems to make some sort of massive play every week, and against the Hawkeyes, he made two. But junior punter Brad Nortman and sophomore running back Montee Ball were incredibly pleasant surprises. With the Badgers taking a 3-0 lead on a field goal in the opening drive, the Hawkeyes came back down the field to jump ahead with a touchdown on the ground. Momentum now with the Iowa sideline, Watt found a crease in the defense on the ensuing extra point attempt and got a hand in to block the kick. In an eventual one point game in favor of the Badgers, this play was nothing less than absolutely critical. “It ends up being the game,” head
coach Bret Bielema said. “I’ve always told my defense that to me the truest test of what a defense is all about is how they play [the point after touchdown] because … you were just scored upon and [you] have to ask yourself, how are you going to react?” Five weeks ago, when junior defensive back Jay Valai blocked an Arizona State extra point attempt, a game the Badgers also won by just a single point, Valai noted that before the kick, he asked himself, ‘what would J.J. Watt do?’ On Saturday, Watt proved exactly what he does, also collecting a sack on Iowa senior quarterback Ricky Stanzi in a critical moment late in the game. “Big time players make big time plays in big time games,” Watt said. “At that moment, I knew we needed a stop, we needed a spark and got lucky enough to get it. Unbelievable feeling.” With the Badgers down six in the fourth quarter, the Badgers faced a fourth down and the punting unit came on the field. When he received the snap though, kicker Brad Nortman took off down the field for 17 yards and a first down, keeping the drive and game alive for Wisconsin. “That was something we had seen on film,” Bielema said. “We made that call once I saw [Iowa] send out the punt return unit.” The fake was the first Nortman
have ever attempted in a game, yet alone successfully converted. “My heart was beating. I was nervous, I was excited,” Nortman said with a giant grin. “When I got the call, I saw a wide-open field. It was just perfect, I just ran.” With both junior running back John Clay and freshman back James White facing injuries during the game, a man who hasn’t seen much time lately was called into duty for the Badgers. Montee Ball ended the game with just 18 yards on the ground, but his touchdown in the fourth quarter was the eventual game-winner for Wisconsin. Additionally, Ball found success Saturday night through the air, collecting five passes for 48 yards, including a critical first down catch across the middle of the field to convert a 4th and four on the final drive. “I felt that I don’t want people to forget about me,” Ball said. “It feels great to finally contribute.” This Wisconsin team though is certainly full of potential heroes every single week, and Saturday against Iowa, the Badgers proved just how dedicated every player is to every game. “What an unbelievable football game—great individual efforts by some of our guys,” Bielema said. “These guys have earned a bye-week and they are going to have a head coach that is very rewarding.”
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Facing a fourth down in the fourth quarter, senior punter Brad Nortman executes a fake punt, gaining 17 yards and a first down.
Wisconsin opens up WCHA play with loss, tie on road against Denver
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Mark Zengerle continued his impressive freshman campaign with a goal against Denver Saturday night in the Badger’s 2-2 tie.
The Wisconsin men’s hockey team opened up WCHA conference play this weekend against the Denver Pioneers at Magness Arena. The Badgers fell to Denver on Friday 4-2 in a game dominated by penalties, but salvaged a point on Saturday with a 2-2 tie. On Friday night in the series opener, it was Denver that jumped out to the early lead. Pioneer freshman Drew Shore won a battle for the puck with Wisconsin junior defenseman Eric Springer and found freshman Jason Zucker waiting in the slot area to put the Pioneers up 1-0. The Badgers would respond late in the first period on the power play. Sophomore defenseman John
Ramage launched a shot from the point that went wide of the net, but the puck took an odd bounce off the back boards and bounced to the front of the net where junior forward Jordy Murray put it away to knot the game at one heading into the intermission. Denver would regain the lead just over two minutes into the second period on a power play goal of their own. The puck came out to freshman defenseman David Makowski at the point, he ripped a shot that was deflected by junior Luke Salazar at the top of the crease for the goal. Wisconsin would start the third period on the power play, and quickly took advantage to tie the game at two. Twenty-eight seconds into the period, sophomore
defenseman Justin Schultz passed to sophomore forward Craig Smith who fired a shot on goal that hit Pioneer goalie Sam Brittain in the mask and trickled over his shoulder, and into the net. Despite a flurry of odd man rushes for Wisconsin, the Badgers were not able to take the lead, and Denver was eventually able to take control of the game for good. Taking advantage of a Wisconsin line change during a 4-on-4, Jason Zucker took an outlet pass from junior defenseman John Lee and went in on a breakaway. Zucker made a nice move to his backhand and beat Wisconsin junior goalie Scott Gudmandson to his glove side for his second goal of the game. denver page 7
Women’s Hockey
UW sweeps No. 10 OSU in weekend series By Nico Savidge the daily cardinal
With both teams averaging better than four goals per game heading into this weekend’s series, fans at the Kohl Center were likely expecting an offensive shootout between Wisconsin and Ohio State this weekend. They were not disappointed. Sophomore forward Brianna Decker earned a hat trick in the topranked Badgers’ 6-5 overtime win Friday night, while a much-improved special teams unit led the way in a 5-2 victory Saturday. “We realized what we had to bring to the table in order to beat these guys,” senior forward Meghan Duggan said. “They had a great team
and we stepped up to the plate and had a great weekend overall.” Wisconsin looked shaky through the first two periods of Friday’s series opener, however, committing eight penalties before the second intermission. Those infractions gave Ohio State seven power play opportunities, four of which the Buckeyes converted into goals. The first two Ohio State goals came on remarkably similar plays, as junior forward Natalie Spooner camped out on the doorstep and redirected long shots past freshman Wisconsin goaltender Alex Rigsby on both goals. Although he said the Badgers had to improve their positioning to
neutralize players like Spooner, head coach Mark Johnson said the team simply could not commit as many penalties as they did. “The big thing is to stay out of the box,” Johnson said. “You give a team like this six power play opportunities, eventually they’re going to score.” Down by two goals, Wisconsin’s offense and Decker came out strong in the third period. A great shift from Decker led to her first goal of the night, as she rang a shot off the crossbar, chased the rebound down, stole the puck from an Ohio State defender and scored to bring the Badgers within one. sweep page 7
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Brianna Decker is mobbed by her teammates on the boards Friday after scoring the Badger’s winning goal in a 6-5 OT victory over OSU.