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Although it featured plenty of crazy costumes, Freakfest 2009 was Madison’s tamest Halloween celebration yet.

In its fourth year since beginning, the annual event saw far fewer arrests The Daily Cardinal

Freakfest began four years ago as a city-sanctioned event to offset years of Halloween violence and riots downtown, with this year being the tamest yet. “I think Freakfest has transformed the nature of Halloween in Madison,” said Det. Dave Gouran of the Madison Police Department. “People are having a good time for the right reasons.” As of midnight, Gouran said he had not heard of any violent events occurring. “It’s been buoyant and jovial … people are having a great

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time,” he said. Joel DeSpain, MPD’s public information officer, said in a statement that from a police perspective the event “went extremely well” this year. About 44,000 tickets were sold, and as of 2 a.m. there had only been 47 arrests, most of which were for minor offenses, he said. The majority of the people who received tickets were simply cited and released. Only two people went to jail, according to the statement. There were no major incidents reported in the event area, no sigfreakfest page 3

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Stephan Jenkins, lead singer of Third Eye Blind, performs in a wig during the Freakfest concert Saturday night.

Third Eye Blind draws huge crowd By Caitlin Gath The Daily Cardinal

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Madison’s annual Freakfest celebration on State Street drew in over 43,000 costumed partygoers in its fourth year.

Of the 44,000 tickets sold for Freakfest, not all were bought to parade around State Street dressed in disguise, but instead were purchased to see the event’s headlining band, Third Eye Blind. Stacy Fierstein, a resident of Chicago, said she traveled to Madison just to see them play. “I wouldn’t be here otherwise,” she said. “This will be my 41st time seeing them in concert.” Dee N., a Milwaukee resident, said she has never been to Madison for Freakfest and only made the drive to see Third Eye

Blind. The band, which began playing around 12:30 a.m., 30 minutes after they were scheduled to begin, captured the crowd’s attention right away. “This is my favorite day of the year and I had the time of my life,” lead singer Stephan Jenkins said to the audience. “This is not lost on us at all.” “You made us feel like a brand new band,” he added. “I feel like a vampire with brand new blood in his veins.” Although the band sang about starting riots, the crowd never fully got out of control. Band

Student involvement and interest in politics on the decline Part 1 of 3 in a series on student political activism By Jessica Feld The Daily Cardinal

Last fall the corners of Madison’s streets became soapboxes for political diatribes and the sidewalks transformed into mile-long billboards featuring the “Rock the Vote” campaign. An undeniable sense of excitement surged throughout the campus as students prepared for what would be a historic election. College Democrats Chair Molly Rivera recalled her organization’s kickoff event drew nearly 500 students, almost filling Humanities’ room 3650 to capacity. Overwhelmed with the amount of student interest, Rivera said, “We were just trying to figure out what

to do with all of our volunteers that we had.” Almost a year to date since the nation elected Barack Obama as president, the campus’ political climate, once vigorous and widespread, is now dormant and secluded. This year’s College Democrats kick-off event drew 140 people, less than a third of 2008’s attendance figure, Rivera said. Not surprised, Rivera attributes the decline in student interest to the non-election year. “Elections are exciting, elections are sexy, they’re fun to work on, students really enjoy that,” Rivera said. “Non-election years they would rather do homework; they have all these other things going on.” The election’s significance influenced UW-Madison senior Tirrell

Chester’s political involvement. “It was a big election,” Chester said. “Any presidential election is going to be, you want to know the different candidates and their viewpoints so you read up more on what they’re talking about.” However, when asked today about his current political participation, Chester said, “If the question is, ‘am I an activist? Do I actively support my political party?’ No.” Associate professor of political science Kathleen Walsh said a decline in political participation in a non-election year is normal in the political cycle. “Most people, regardless of age, are more politically interested and actively involved in politics during presidential elections,” Walsh said. According to College Republicans Chair Crystal Lee, students’ political

members instead said they tried to bring people together. “I think you should all take care of each other,” Jenkins said. “If somebody falls, pick ‘em up.” Sophie Lalambe, a concert-goer who saw the tail-end of the show, said it was pretty good, while Kristy Miller, also in the crowd, said the show was awesome. Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said it was great to see a variety of different demographics present at many of the concerts. He also said he would love to be able to create more space around the main stage in future years.

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detachment results from a decline in the media’s political coverage. “The media bombards you with [information],” Lee said. “You can’t hide from it. It’s everywhere. So, it’s a lot easier to get involved when it’s hitting you in the face.” During the 2008 election, senior Maria Lopez said she relied on media to remain politically active. One year later, Lopez said politics are no longer part of her daily life. “I’m not saying we should not care less about it, but we have other things to do,” Lopez said. With a decline in interest and lack of information, student organizations are challenged to reinvigorate political involvement on campus. Learning from the success of

President Barack Obama will speak at Wright Middle School in Madison Wednesday, the White House confirmed Friday. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will join Obama to likely discuss K-12 education. In a statement last week the White House said Obama would discuss “strengthening America’s education system.” According to Wispolitics.com the event is invitation-only and will primarily include an audience of students, teachers and school staff. Wright Middle School, a 12-yearold charter school, emphasizes community involvement and social action, according to its website. The school is named after the late Rev. James

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ongratulations, you survived Halloween!

You battled the crowds of State Street zombies, Michael Jacksons and slutty cops, the wind chill and 30-degree Ifeel-like-I’m-dying” weather, and the food vendors that tempt you with their irresistible yet unrecognizable will-I liveafter-this-cuisine. And now, here you are on Monday, November 2, alive. Well done! Although Halloween has passed, many find it hard to shake the mysticism, mischief and costumed personas of the night(s) before. For days, even weeks, after the holiday, some students suffer from an unclassified, unscientific pseudo-illness known as “Post-Halloween Stress Disorder” (PHSD). Like WWI, II and Vietnam, the effects of a holiday that is life and appearance changing as Halloween linger long after the clock strikes 12. From the moment we awake from our slumber on November 1, we are ruthlessly thrust back into our lives as college students. No longer are we celebrities, animated cartoons, nurses, firemen or jailbirds

without pants or with half our ass cheeks sticking out of tutus. Nope. Say hello again to jeans, Wisconsin sweat shirts and piles of homework shouting, “Do me. You haven’t done me in weeks.” Dammit. Not surprisingly, more and more students at UW-Madison are being diagnosed with PHSD on campus. According to a UHS study done about four—no, 10—minutes ago, (probably while you were sitting on your bed clutching the tattered remains of your fairy/banana costume) there has been a 45 percent surge since 2007 alone. “It’s really just crept up on us so quickly,” said UHS Chairwoman Donna “I-Wish-I-Was-Still-Madonna” Slater. “We’ve been ﬂooded with emergency phone calls since 9 a.m. Sunday morning.” Andy “Superman-Was-My-FavoriteCostume” Bates, UHS spokesman, was astounded by the response. “Our psychologists haven’t been this busy since Ian’s Pizza ran out of mac and cheese slices for two full days last May,” he said. “It’s unbelievable.” However, with group therapy sessions popping up all around campus, more students feel encouraged to come forward and express their feelings with one another, helping them feel like they’re not so alone. Last night, I sat in on a therapy session at Espresso Royale (across from the Goodwill store, where many students

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first set eyes on their picture-perfect afro wig to complete their 1970s disco look). With pumpkin spice lattes cradled in their hands and remnants of blue eye shadow and sparkles on their faces, 12 brave students let loose, revealing their innermost fears, anxieties and desires. Below are several testimonials. All names have been changed for confidentiality reasons. Cassandra, Sophomore, Costume: Devil “I’ve just never felt before so... liberated. So wrong, so bad, so... evil. With my pitchfork in hand, donned in my red leotard (and just my leotard) I felt like I could do anything, say anything to anyone—and I did! I finally had the guts to tell my roommate what a dirty skank she is. After I said it, I couldn’t have felt better! But then, when I woke up this morning, I realized all my clothes were missing and all my money was gone. The bitch up and left and took everything I had! Will I ever feel again like I did last night?” Thomas, Junior, Costume: Edward Cullen “I’ve never had girls think I was so hot before. I mean, they were literally hanging off of me, salivating on me, kissing my neck, asking me to bite them. I was like, “Damn, girl! I’ll do more than that!” I gave my phone number to about 40 different girls and got more calls last

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Después de estar viviendo en Chile durante seis meses, yo me di cuenta que todas mis amigas gringas se enamoraron de hombres chilenos en muy poco tiempo. Se me ocurrió pensar que posiblemente hay algo en el agua de Chile que hace que las chicas se vuelvan locas por los hombres chilenos, pero he oído muchas historias como estas de otras gringas con hombres en otros países hispanos. Entonces ¿qué es lo que tienen los hombres hispanos que vuelve locas a las mujeres gringas? Desde mi punto de vista y siendo una chica gringa, he aquí mi opinión. Creo la cosa más notable es que al principio de todas estas relaciones las parejas muestran su afecto en público. Yo he visto esto en cada lugar que he visitado; en los parques, plazas, calles y todas partes, las parejas se comportan de esta manera. Por ejem-

plo, todas las parejas caminan abrazadas o agarradas de las manos, o si las parejas están sentadas siempre se están besando o con las caras muy cerca. La cosa impresionante es que nadie parece notarlo. Por el contrario, en Madison las personas no muestran su afecto en público porque molesta a las otras personas que están cerca. Personalmente, no sé por qué pero la gente detesta el afecto de las parejas y nadie quiere tenerlo delante. Si las parejas se comportan de esta manera, muchas personas miran y dicen lo típico de: “get a room!” Sobre todo pienso que las personas que más detestan que las parejas muestren su afecto en público son las personas solteras. En segundo lugar, la lengua que los hombres usan para llamar la atención de las mujeres es muy diferente también. Los hombres hispanos usan palabras como mi amor, linda, bonita, hermosa, mi niña, muchos besitos, abrazos, te quiero

night than a freaking sex hotline at 2 a.m.! But today, just look at me: I’m an instant-oatmeal eating, physics failing, dorm-living loser without a girlfriend and clinging to the memory of a night long gone. I’m screwed.” Kelsey, Senior, Costume: A Beyonce Single Lady “For a good seven hours of drunken fun, I was single! It didn’t matter that I’ve had a boyfriend for four years and three months. It didn’t matter that he calls me six times a day and is considering naming our kids Dana and Jon. It didn’t matter that he’s planning our wedding for July 6 next year, the day after my birthday. Why? Because I was a freaking single lady! Last night, I got with seven different guys. But today, all I’m left with is a needy boyfriend, a couple of nameless numbers and two STDs. I WANNA DIE.” Evidently, Halloween is a hard holiday to say farewell to. What other day of the year can Madonna and Luigi hang out in the same room and have a good time? And what other day can you actually answer two of life’s most puzzling questions: “Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?” and “Where’s Waldo?” Only October 31. Are you suffering from PHSD? So am I! LIFE SUCKS. Let’s drown our sorrows in some candy. E-mail me at gleicher@wisc.edu!

mucho y muchas más, aunque no conozcan a la mujer. En Madison nadie habla así a menos que esté en una relación muy seria con alguien. Si un hombre se refiere a una mujer, o le llama por un nombre que no le corresponde, la mujer probablemente se sentirá ofendida. La cortesía es más evidente que en Madison. Por ejemplo, los hombres hispanos siempre dan sus asientos en el bus a las mujeres y abren las puertas para las mujeres y ellos pasan después. Si les das tu número, seguro que van a llamarte el día siguiente. Los hombres serán diferentes pero está claro que esta combinación no es tan mala para crear el amor Lea la columna completa en línea en dailycardinal. com/page-two. Estas interesado en escribir de The Daily Cardinal, mándanos un e-mail a edit@dailycardinal.

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Zombies wander down State Street Saturday night. While some students felt Freakfest was not worth the time or money, others found the event to be entertaining and well worth the ticket price.

freakfest from page 1 nificant injuries and no property damage. The minor incidents that did occur were similar to those that take place on any given Saturday night in the downtown area, DeSpain said. Mayor Dave Cieslewicz said in his blog that Asst. Police Chief Randy Gaber and Herb Frank of Frank Productions helped Freakfest through another successful year. “We pretty much cobbled together that first year by the seat of our pants,” he said of Freakfest’s inaugural year. “But the next year the Franks stepped forward to take it on. They brought professional event management and connections to dozens of popular

activism from page 1 Obama’s 2008 campaign, College Republicans plan to increase their use of social networking sites to establish a connection with students. “Recently I’ve seen a lot of the conservative community who have Twitters, who are angry about the current situation, Tweeting about it, they’re Facebooking,” Lee said. “College Republicans are updating their Twitter a lot more, they’re blogging.” By simplifying political issues into “caucuses,” or committees focused on specific issues, College Democrats also hope to keep students politically involved. “[Caucuses] give [students] the opportunity to work in smaller groups, they can hold leadership positions, they can lead campaigns, lead an event or meeting and work together and try to affect tangible change in these areas,” Rivera said. While both organizations focus on different initiatives and goals for the academic year, College Republicans and College Democrats said they welcome the off-election year as an oppor-

obama from page 1 C. Wright, a well-known local civil rights leader. Last week, Gov. Jim Doyle indicated at a news conference that Obama would discuss the impact of federal stimulus incentives such as Race to the Top dollars. Doyle said he has taken steps in the past few weeks in an effort to improve Wisconsin’s chances of

bands to the table.” Not all students, however, felt that Freakfest was worth their money or their time. Dan Sutton, a 2009 UW-Madison graduate, said he was not impressed by the organization of the event, but rather by the sheer ridiculousness of it. According to Sutton, he was here for the “better years” and has not once paid to attend Freakfest. Still, other students appreciated what the event had to offer. Susan Kenzie, 19, a student at St. Olaf’s, said this is the second year she has attended Freakfest from out of town. “I came last year and thought it was really fun,” she said. “I would pay for it again.” tunity to rebuild their organizations. “This year as we focus on member retention, it’s going to be really nice to establish personal relations with a smaller group of people,” said Stephen Duerst, public relations chair for College Republicans. Thankful for a break in political activity, Rivera said she looks forward to starting fresh. “Personally, I don’t want to think about the race again … I’m still a little burned out,” Rivera said. “As chair I’ve decided it’s more important for the fall semester to focus on bringing new members, retaining the older ones and really just firing up our base to get ready for [next year].” Despite the current lull in political activity on campus, the 2010 gubernatorial election will likely reawaken a dynamic political climate next fall. Exactly one year from today, students will once again participate in politics as they line up to vote for Gov. Jim Doyle’s successor, consistent with the cyclic nature of political involvement. Until then, groups will remain focused on preparing for another fierce political contest. receiving funds from the Race to the Top program. Doyle proposed legislation allowing for mayoral takeover of the Milwaukee Public School system and recently proposed other reforms related to teacher evaluations. “In Wisconsin, we are taking this as a great challenge, and we are really moving forward, which never would have happened without the recovery act,” he said. ‑—Hannah Furfaro

Richard Rojas, a graduate student at UW-Madison, also said this was his second year participating in Freakfest. As a native of Puerto Rico, Rojas said there is nothing like it there. “This is new for me … we don’t do this in Puerto Rico,” he said. “But I enjoy it a lot.” Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said he thinks Freakfest has become an event the community has embraced, especially since the Madison Halloween tradition has been present since the 1970s. “I think it’s great that we have this tradition and what pleased me the most was the increased attendance,” he said. “After four years I think we almost have this down to a science.”

Steven Pinker, leading cognitive scientist and author of “The Stuff of Thought,” attracted a full house Sunday night at the Wisconsin Union Theater as he spoke about language as a window into human nature. Pinker appeared as a part of the Distinguished Lecture Series. Those who attended Sunday night listened attentively as Pinker explained many aspects of human thought and action through examples that had the audience roaring in laughter. “I’m going to give you the view from language, what kind of insight we can gain to thought, emotion and social relations from words and how we use them,” Pinker said. Pinker began by speaking about language as understood through geometry. He explained geometry in language and made sense of it by looking at examples of nouns, prepositions and other parts of speech. He also looked at what he called “Crazy English.” For example, he questioned “why is it called ‘after dark’ when it is really ‘after light.” Pinker went on to describe language in terms of space and time, cognition and emotion. “I understand the language of

swearing, it helps some people to think of the cognitive neuroscience, what happens in the brain when a person produces a taboo word,” Pinker said. “The first generalization is the taboo words activate brain areas associated with negative emotion.” Finally, Pinker gave an example of indecency on television and the way words are construed in our language as a result of emotion. “The first generalization is the taboo words activate brain areas associated with negative emotion.” Steven Pinker author “The Stuff of Thought”

He referenced the live coverage at the Golden Globe Awards in 2003 when the lead singer of U2 used profanity in his acceptance speech. Pinker said there was conflict when the Federal Communications Commission allowed the profane word to be aired on national television. Pinker was recently named as one of TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in The World.

Few arrests at football game The UW-Madison Police Department made fifteen arrests and 36 ejections at the Badger football game against Purdue Saturday. Twelve of the 15 people arrested and 20 of the 36 ejected were UW-Madison students.

Fourteen ejections involved underage drinking and 13 involved possession of alcohol or intoxication. Only one citation was made for disorderly conduct. Despite the Halloween festivities, these numbers are not above average.

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Viral Videos of the Week In honor of Halloween, we’ll be delivering exclusively Halloween-themed viral videos this week. Search terms: Bat Prank First up is a clip from a French prank show, in which the show’s character dresses as a giant bat and startles people. It may be simple, but it’s effective and hilarious.

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Lorna (Arta Dobroshi) drinks beer at a Belgian bar, exacting her revenge in Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s latest complex narrative, “Lorna’s Silence,” a deﬁning signature of their trademark style.

Dardennes use ‘Silence’ in narrative complexity By Dan Sullivan THE DAILY CARDINAL

In cinema, an auteur is typically defined as a director whose work bears a number of stylistic signatures and distinctive motifs. By this definition, it’s tough to deny that Belgian filmmakers JeanPierre and Luc Dardenne are about as auteur as it gets. Their style is instantly identifiable: handheld cinematography, characters dwelling on the margins of Belgian society, little if any non-diegetic sound, money as a corrupting, ruinous force and so on. Since their feature-length breakthrough, 1996’s “La promesse,” the Dardennes have steadily raked in awards and critical praise. It’s a treat that their latest film, “Lorna’s Silence,” is getting a brief run at Sundance Cinemas. The Dardennes’ sensibility is commonly traced back to Italian neorealism, but their most direct spiritual predecessor is Émile Zola, the canonical author of naturalist fiction. Like Zola’s image of France, the Dardennes’ image of Belgium is marked by near-constant gloom and omnipresent drizzle, and it’s populated by people who are, to borrow the words of Thurston Moore, “like unmade beds.”

The plot is more complex than can be summarized here, and it’s probably the windiest, knottiest tale the Dardennes have ever told.

Indeed, the narrative of “Lorna’s Silence” follows a small, lowerclass network who are more or less in denial regarding their material and social circumstances. The exception to this is Claudy, played by Dardenne repertory member Jérémie Renier, a smack addict who tries like hell to clean up his act so as to preserve his “marriage” with the eponymous Lorna (played by Kosovan actress Arta Dobroshi). Claudy and Lorna’s marriage is little more than an arrangement that allows Lorna to become a Belgian citizen. Lorna schemes with a gruff gangster named Fabio to off Claudy, thus freeing her

up to marry a ridiculously shady Russian who also wants to become a Belgian citizen and is willing to fork over a lot of dough to make it happen. The plot is more complex than can be summarized here (hint: Lorna doesn’t stay guilt-free for very long), and it’s probably the knottiest tale the Dardennes have ever told.

If you like Dardennes’ other ﬁlms, you’ll like this one; if you like this one, you’ll like the Dardennes’ other ﬁlms.

“Lorna’s Silence” doesn’t depart all that much from the Dardennes’ trademark style, which is composed of the many signatures I alluded to earlier. Their camera is still ﬁdgety yet unwavering, their characters are still deer staring ﬁxedly into oncoming headlights, and they continue to take a generally pessimistic view of money’s effect on human relations. Perhaps the most interesting technique at work here is the handheld pan following a figure in motion (usually Lorna), turning the figure’s environment into an abstract blur whilst the figure itself remains tactile and concrete. What sets “Lorna’s Silence” apart from the Dardennes’ previous works—films like “La promesse” and 2005’s “L’enfant,” both of which starred Renier—is the fact that it manages to communicate an unwieldy and sometimes elliptical narrative without neglecting to present genuinely affecting, aesthetically curious moments. Lorna drinks beer at a Belgian bar while taking in some American country-western tunes, yielding a couple minutes of eyebrow-raising cultural hodgepodge. Later in the film we get another bar scene that features a great slow dance between Lorna and the Russian, successfully evoking purple, dimness, smoke and subdued laser-lights without actually incorporating any of those things. There’s even a sex scene, rendered in the most

Dardennian way imaginable, as their use of direct sound gives way to a symphony of heavy breathing and trembling lips, smacking wetly. “Lorna’s Silence” doesn’t mark any sort of radical step forward in the Dardennes’ artistic development, but as many scholars and critics would tell you, that’s not what being an auteur is about. If you like the Dardennes’ other films, you’ll like this one; if you like this one, you’ll like the Dardennes’ other films. Guess there’s not much you can do but check it out, eh?

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

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Doyle’s youth insurance request a healthy step QI GU opinion columnist

ast Thursday, Gov. Jim Doyle sent out an executive order clarifying an existing statute on health insurance to young adults. This would allow citizens in their 20’s to be covered under their parents’ health-care plan starting January 1 next year. Any Wisconsin resident would be eligible if you are between 17 and 27 years of age, unmarried, and either not eligible for health coverage through your employer or your premium contribution is more than the amount your parents would pay to add you to their plan. Currently, only childless fulltime students can stay in their parents plan till the age of 25. But with the passage of this new policy, potentially 100,000 young adults in Wisconsin could beneﬁt.

Even within UW-Madison, about ten percent of domestic students are uninsured.

For new beneficiaries and their parents, this is something to celebrate. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, one out of every three Americans between the ages of 19 and 29 is uninsured. Even within UW-Madison, about ten percent of domestic students are uninsured. The extension of the maximum age limit is definitely encouraging news for graduate students. Many Ph.D. candidates wouldn’t need to worry about their coverage throughout their

program years. Other young adults beyond campus would appreciate the policy even more. In this economy where “tough” has become the default adjective, they are among the hardest-hit groups. Only 20 percent of 2009 college graduates who applied for jobs actually secured employment by graduation, according to National Association of Colleges and Employers. That doesn’t even take into account their peers without college degrees. The unemployment rate for people aged between 25 and 29 is 11 percent. Shouldering the burden of insurance premiums is obviously unrealistic for many of them. For these fresh job seekers, concerns for health coverage have taken a toll on the pursuit of their dreams. I know of a recent UW-Milwaukee graduate who just began driving a forklift for Walmart. As a finance major, he always had the ambition to start his own business, but “now they (Walmart) pay for my health insurance.” Thanks to Doyle, more of our aspirations no longer have to fade away because of restricting harsh realities. Of course, skeptical voices will always arise despite all the merit of such a coverage expansion. State Rep. Robin Vos, R-Racine, didn’t see the rule as sustainable and said it would just add more burdens to taxpayers and employers. Vos disingenuously made the plan sound like a bold deviation from public interest. In fact, Wisconsin is not the only state ensuring a better future for its youths by ensuring their health care. With the exception of Michigan, most neighboring states have similar policies in this area. Ohio, for example, allows unmarried young adults to remain on their parent’s insurance up to age 28, so long as they remain a dependent on their parent’s

tax return. In Illinois, the upper age limit is 26 for all unmarried dependents. Wisconsin is just following the common practice by showing more concern for its future. As our society is getting increasingly dynamic, adjustments like this are badly needed.

Thanks to Doyle, many more of our aspirations no longer have to fade away because of harsh realities.

Granted, Doyle’s order is not thorough health-care reform, not even for young adults. Although insurers will not be able to deny an eligible dependent starting next year, they can still apply individual rates to each applicant. That means some of us, especially those with pre-existing conditions, may not see big savings from the change. Additionally, only unmarried dependents can stay on their parents’ insurance under the new rule. But how about married young adults? A marriage certificate doesn’t necessarily mean one is wholly capable of paying all of their own bills. Sometimes, young couples who marry early face more hardships than single dependents. By signing this rule, Doyle signed his concern for Wisconsin’s future into law. While talk of health-care reform has often been insulated from the layman, Doyle offered a concise benefit plan readily understood by everyone. Now with their health insurance in place, Wisconsin youths can pursue their dreams at full force. Qi Gu is a junior majoring in journalism. We welcome all feedback. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

or the past week, The Daily Cardinal has called upon students to contact city alders and express their support for District 8 Ald. Bryon Eagon’s proposal to add a student voting member to the Alcohol License Review Committee. Spurred by the ALRC’s unanimous rejection of the proposal, we have lauded Eagon’s idea, printed contact information for the Common Council and called for a boycott of the Nitty Gritty, the bar owned by Marsh Shapiro, one of the most vehement and dismissive opponents of the student voting member. We feel all of these actions have been important to improve the chances the full Common Council will approve the proposal. However, we are now calling upon students to voice their support for the proposal in perhaps the strongest and most important way: showing up. At the last ALRC meeting, opponents of the proposed student voting member pointed out that other than Eagon and current non-voting ALRC student representative Mark Woulf, no students showed up to voice their support. After all, why should students be given a voice on this committee, they asked, if they cannot even be bothered to show up for this vote? The merits of this argument are dubious at best. The main reason students need a voting member on the committee is to ensure there is a person on the ALRC to speak on their behalf. But nonetheless, it is a key reason many opponents have cited in opposition to student rep-

resentation. As far as they can tell, students don’t care about this proposal, so why do they deserve a voice? But students clearly do care. They care about the safety of their community, they care about business interests downtown and they care about the entertainment options they have on a Friday night, all issues that the ALRC has considerable influence over. The Common Council needs to be aware of just how much students have invested in the goings-on of the ALRC, and the way to show this is for students to attend Tuesday’s Common Council meeting. Students need to send a powerful message that they should be included in public affairs. There are few better ways to do this than to show up to this week’s meeting en masse and provide indisputable physical evidence of just how dedicated Madison students are to this cause. Anybody who insists that students are too apathetic, too lazy and too ignorant of city affairs will be deservedly laughed out of the room. Participation is vital. If the alders walk into that meeting only to find Eagon is the only student there, we will not be taken seriously, regardless of whether that attitude is justified or not. Help make sure the student voice is heard by attending Tuesday’s Common Council meeting at 6:30 p.m. in room 201 of the City-County Building, 210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Students should have a seat at the table and we need to show just how badly we deserve it.

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Monday, November 2, 2009

Football

Defense, running game step up in victory

By Ben Breiner THE DAILY CARDINAL

For three weeks the doubts and questions festered. Can the Badgers respond well to a loss? How do they avoid the snowball effect that led to a four-game losing streak last season? On Saturday they had the chance to answer those doubts, and the answer came loud and clear. Wisconsin dominated Purdue at home with a 37-0 victory, overpowering a team that was riding high after two big wins. The Badgers opened the game with 11 straight runs and rode their ground game for most of the Halloween contest. “It’s tough to come in after a loss and then when you have a bye week it feels like you’re reliving it every day, you have that bad taste in your mouth,” Junior guard John Mofﬁtt said. “It’s nice to get a win. I think we were all itching to get out there and really do what we do best.” And for the UW offense, what they do best is run the football. The Badgers went with their power package, often using two tight ends, a full back and a running back, and rolled up 266 rushing yards. Leading the way was sophomore running back John Clay, who ran for 104 yards and two scores by halftime before ﬁnishing

with 123 yards. The Wisconsin coaches, in looking at ﬁlm, noted Purdue’s defense had only faced around a dozen snaps against power formations like the heavier sets the Badgers run. “We knew that no one had really done what we do against them to this point,” Bielema said. “We really thought that would be something we could take advantage of, put a body on a body, lean forward and see what happens.” A surprise element of the running game was junior tight end Lance Kendricks. The Milwaukee native is more known for his pass catching and blocking, but Saturday he opened the game with 21 yards on an end-around and gained 91 yards, including the longest Wisconsin play of the day for 54 yards. It was the most productive day on the ground this season for any UW runner not named John Clay. The Badgers usually employ the end around with speed players like receivers Isaac Anderson and David Gilreath. Kendricks gave it more of a power look and felt it caught the Boilermaker defense off guard. “Lance, he read the blocks right, like I’m supposed to read off him when he wraps for me,” Clay said.

By Parker Gabriel THE DAILY CARDINAL

Women’s Hockey

UW prevails in Border Battle After a shaky start to the season, the Wisconsin women’s hockey team needed to make a statement this weekend in their series against No. 2 Minnesota, and that’s exactly what they did. With a pair of strong victories, the No. 8 Badgers broke their trend of split series and finally found the chemistry between young players they have been looking for this year. Strong play from freshman goaltender Becca Ruegsegger and sophomore forward Brooke Ammerman helped lead Wisconsin to a 4-2 victory Friday and 5-2 win Sunday over the rival Gophers. In their series against North Dakota, Bemidji State and Ohio State, it appeared as if the Badgers needed an entire game to figure out how to respond to their opponent. But against Minnesota, Wisconsin only took one period to learn the Gophers’ style. Head coach Tracey DeKeyser said she stressed getting a good start before Friday’s game. “We talked about trying to set a new trend,” she said. “Coming out strong and finishing strong.” The Minnesota defense did a good job frustrating the Badger

our offense, defense, special teams, those guys went out there with an attitude and played four quarters, something we’ve been trying to get done since our ﬁrst game and I’m glad it’s happening.”

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J.J. Watt bats down a fourth-quarter pass. Watt and the Wisconsin defense dominated Purdue on their way to a shutout victory at home.

Murray leads Badgers in series sweep

Becca Ruegsegger had 38 saves in Wisconsin’s 5-2 win over Minnesota Sunday.

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they were looking for even during a 5-0 start. “They were kind of hungry and played with a chip on their shoulder and responded out there very well today,” Bielema said. “I thought

Men’s Hockey

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By Nico Savidge

“I told him he can have all the yards, I was like, he can get down to the five all the time and I’ll just take the touchdown.” Clay had three of them on the day, and the only other time a Badger took it into the end zone, came on special teams. With under five minutes to go in the first half, freshman defensive end David Gilbert leapt over the three man shield for Purdue’s senior punter Chris Summers and sent his kick rolling backwards. Senior corner Aaron Henry scooped up the ball and ran it in to put the Badgers up 24-0. The play was reminiscent of a leaping block fellow freshman Chris Borland had against Wofford earlier in the season. Bielema said that he noticed those blockers getting lower and lower and finally Gilbert asked if he could try to jump over them. The answer, “absolutely, knock yourself out.” “His nickname around the locker room is Dwight Howard,” sophomore corner Aaron Henry said. “The kid has ability like out of this world. There’s muscles on him that I’ve never seen on a normal human being ... He’s a special teams animal.” After the game, many of the players called it the most complete game they had played all season, something

offense, but Wisconsin exploited goaltender Alyssa Grogan’s high side multiple times en route to the win. Sophomore forward Brooke Ammerman scored with 2.6 seconds to go in the second period to put the Badgers up for good as Wisconsin handed Minnesota their ﬁrst loss of the season. DeKeyser complimented her team’s strong play after the game. “For 60 minutes it was a consistent effort, consistent focus,” she said. “I would have to say that’s probably our best game of the year.” The Badgers were outshot 40 to 15 against Minnesota Sunday, but Wisconsin made the most of their opportunities. Ruegsegger put in an impressive performance as the Badgers scored four unanswered goals and survived a late ﬁve-onthree Minnesota power play to take a 5-2 victory. Ruegsegger said she was excited to kill off the late penalty. “It was awesome,” she said. “I knew it would be intense.” Ammerman added a pair of goals Sunday, bringing her weekend total to three goals and an assist. The Badgers are now riding a three game winning streak and will take on Robert Morris at the Kohl Center Nov. 6 and 7.

If the Wisconsin men’s hockey team was expecting a scare at home on Halloween weekend, they warded off any possibility of that with a stout defense and a high-powered offense. The Badgers ran over the New Hampshire Wildcats for their first series sweep of the young season. After a 4-1 victory on Friday night, in which Wisconsin attempted a season-high 51 shots and allowed a season-low 13, the Badgers routed the Wildcats 6-1 on Saturday night, capping off an emphatic weekend against a quality opponent. The Badgers came out in control from the opening faceoff on Friday. While they did not tally a first period goal, they outshot the Wildcats 18-5 over the first 20 minutes and set the tone for what would be a high scoring weekend. Early in the second period, freshman defenseman John Ramage scored his first goal as a Badger on a slap-shot rocket from the blue line. After the teams traded goals later in the period, sophomore Derek Stepan converted twice in the third to seal a 4-1 win for Wisconsin. The Badgers kept the Wildcats goalie Brian Foster on his toes the whole night, registering at least 14 shots in each of the three periods en route to the season-high output. Eaves said that, while the shotson-goal discrepancy was a sign of total control, the scoreboard was not. “You think of 6-1, 7-1 as a dominating type outcome of a game,” he said after Friday’s game. Perhaps Eaves’ players took note of that comment on Saturday. After another scoreless first period, the Badgers exploded for three goals in three minutes early in the second period. Senior Ben Grotting’s goal at the 4:35 mark was sandwiched by two from Jordy Murray, including

an unassisted breakaway goal to cap off the run. The Badgers got three more goals in the third period to turn the game into a 6-1 rout. Wisconsin proved to be tough on defense as well, holding the Wildcats scoreless on five powerplay opportunities. “We played as a fist,” Eaves said. “There’s an old analogy that if you play like a hand that’s open, you’re not as strong as if you play with your fingers closed and is a fist. We played as a unit out there.” As always, a key part of that defensive unit is the goaltender, and Wisconsin got good play from junior Brett Bennett on Friday night and fellow junior Scott Gudmandson on Saturday night, in what has become a regular rotation. Eaves praised the focus of each, saying of Bennett, “It’s tough to play in games when you’re only getting 11 or 12 shots and he’s done a nice job of staying focused. He

came up with some nice saves in the first period.” He had similar comments about Gudmandson following Saturday’s win, saying that his goalie was “good when he had to be.” “There’s a healthy competition between us,” Gudmandson said. Every day we come to practice we both have to work and earn our spot on the ice” This marks the first time this season that the Badgers (3-2-1) have swept an opponent, and it could not have come at a better time. New Hampshire plays in the Hockey East Conference against elite opponents, and the victories will be a real asset to the Badgers when it comes time to select the NCAA Tournament field. The Badgers have found a way to improve each week, and welcome the rival Minnesota Golden Gophers to the Kohl Center next weekend looking to continue the trend.

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Jordy Murray had two goals and an assist in Wisconsin’s 6-1 win over New Hampshire Saturday night. The Badgers are now 3-2-1.