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Students disconnected from state-level politics Part 3 of 3 in a series on student political activism By Hannah Furfaro The Daily Cardinal

President Barack Obama’s imagedriven 2008 campaign and his use of social media outlets fostered in young voters an interest in public policy rarely seen in today’s political climate. Obama was able to brand himself through campaign slogans based on ideas of change that appealed to dissatisfied voters, particularly the youth. Unlike Obama’s campaign, which was able to cut across age, gender and ethnic divides, most politicians on both a national and local level remain disconnected young constituents. Stephen Duerst, political relations chair of UW-Madison College Republicans, said many state-level politicians are ineffective at providing information about their position on key state issues, preventing them from connecting with potentially politically interested youth. (Duerst is a Daily Cardinal opinion contributor through the College Republicans.) Duerst emphasized the importance of using technology to communicate with voters and said while lawmakers in Illinois, New York or Texas may have started online networking, Wisconsin lawmakers remain out of touch with technology-driven youth. “[Many state lawmakers] don’t

even have websites,” he said. Crystal Lee, chair of UW-Madison College Republicans, said it is also challenging for students to get involved in local issues because many students leave Madison after they receive their degree. Lee, a political science major and a Minnesota native, said even she found it difficult to connect herself to Wisconsin politics during her first few semesters. “I dove myself into politics,” she said. “Besides knowing who the governor and the lieutenant governor were, I didn’t know anything about Wisconsin politics.” However, a technology-related generational gap as well as student apathy for state politics are only a few factors that separate lawmakers from youth voters. According to Charles Franklin, UW-Madison political science professor, an “underlying structural” problem of low youth voting turnout that stretches back 60 years helps explain the disconnect between lawmakers and young constituents. “It’s irrational for any politician to spend too much time on the groups least likely to turn out to vote, and it makes a lot more sense to go to retirement homes and talk to 65-year-olds who do vote at very high rates.” Franklin said state lawmak-

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ers do create connections with students by providing them with internships, but generally, low youth voter turnout gives lawmakers more of a reason to focus on issues voiced by older constituents. Molly Rivera, chair of UW-Madison College Democrats, interned at state Rep. Donna Seidel’s, D-Wausau, office last summer. She said she was able to sit in on meetings and work on issues that are “important to students.” “They were talking about BadgerCare Plus, and our age group was a huge focus of the provisions that were put into the budget,” she said. Lee said students rally around other political issues, including education policy and tuition increases, as well as legislation dealing with alcohol, such as the recently proposed increase in the beer tax. Rivera agreed, stating that students focus on several key issues. “Student loans and tuition costs, finding jobs, the job economy … I think a lot of these issues that are kind of hot topics affect students disproportionately,” she said. Franklin said although students may have some common interests, they are unlikely to make a real impact because of overarching students page 3

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Dane County Board OKs regional transit authority By Robert Taylor The Daily Cardinal

The Dane County Board voted 20 to 16 to establish a regional transit authority Thursday that would oversee mass transportation planning within the county. The vote falls in line with the 22-13 vote the board sent as a signal of support to the state government for the creation of an RTA in 2007. The resolution would give the new RTA the powers of taxation and eminent domain. It would bring Madison one step closer to building commuter rail through the isthmus and out into its surrounding communities. Members of the public on both

sides of the debate were invited to voice their opinions and weigh in before the vote, and the audience was standingroom only. UW-Madison student members of Wisconsin Students Public Interest Research Group stood outside with posters reading “RTA is the WAY” and urged attendees to support the creation of the new transit authority. Adam Johnson, Associated Students of Madison Legislative Affairs Committee chair, said he and the rest of ASM support the creation of the RTA. “We have a vested interest in this community while we are here as stutransit page 3

Increase in heroin dependence leads to rising criminal activity in area, officials say By Ryan Hebel

Students gather in Memorial Union’s Great Hall to bust a move at ’80s Dance Zone, which meets every Thursday evening.

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WISPIRG members show their support for the proposed creation of a regional transit authority. The Dane County Board approved the creation of the RTA at Thursday night’s meeting.

Increased heroin addiction in Madison could be responsible for a recent spike in robberies, Madison Police Chief Noble Wray said at a news conference Wednesday. Although violent crime in Madison dropped 9 percent and property-related crimes fell 10 percent since the same period last year, the Madison Police Department reported 45 robberies in September, the highest total in the past two years. “[Heroin addiction] is an epidemic in our community,” said Lt. Mary Lou Ricksecker, a member of Dane County’s Narcotics and Gang Task Force. “Not surprisingly, investigations of burglaries and robberies indicate that a majority of these crimes are related to drug dependence.” Ricksecker said many of the fastfood robberies in early October were related to drug dependency, including an Oct. 7 incident in which Gregory Bickford, 26, allegedly robbed a Cousins Subs at gunpoint

before being fatally shot during an armed struggle with a Madison police officer. Ricksecker said Bickford has been identified in an ongoing federal heroin investigation.

“[Heroin addiction] is an epidemic in our community.”

Mary Lou Ricksecker lieutenant Madison Police Department

Reported heroin overdoses have also increased in Madison, from 31 in 2007 and 78 in 2008 to 106 just through September 2009, and that excludes health-care, hospital and ER data, according to Ricksecker. UW-Madison is not untouched by the drug, though Ricksecker said use is generally less prevalent than in the rest of the community. According to Michael Florek,

president of Tellurian UCAN Inc., a nonprofit that provides addiction treatment, heroin has become more accessible in the last decade, especially for teens and young adults. Teens get it through prescription drugs like OxyContin that contain opiates and are frequently stolen from household medicine cabinets, pharmacies and hospice centers. “In the past three years, there’s been a 20-fold increase in 16- to 28-year-olds coming in for treatment due to heroin and other opiates,” Florek said. Although Dane County offers treatment centers comparable to cities its size, Florek said it needs more free resources, since heroin addicts who cannot afford treatment often wait two months for care. “We see [heroin] impact in a number of different ways, not only the collateral damage with robberies, muggings, et cetera, but also with overdoses, drug dealing that impacts the quality of life and many of our neighborhoods,” Wray said.

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

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ANDREW LAHR spare me the lahrcasm

used to have a pretty good friend named Gary. He was a good enough fellow. We used to shoot ﬁreworks off at each other and stuff down by the creek every once and a while. Once we even made an ambitious bike jump over a really deep ravine and Gary, who used to be pretty daring, ended up shattering his pelvis in several places. After the “pelvis incident,” Gary was conﬁned to an “ass-cast” as we called it, and retired to his quarters for what ended up being several years. I can still hear the last few words I ever heard Gary say in my head. “Yea my ass is ok... I just got this sweet new game called World of Warcraft to take my mind off of it and it’s really fun!” That was the moment Gary realized reality is a painful place indeed, and that online video games are pretty damn sweet. Turns out, in the four years that I never saw Gary, he ended up get-

ting decent grades and heading to UW-Madison for school. I saw him a few weeks ago for the first time in years shuffling down the sidewalk with a couple of 12-packs of Coke and a big bin of Cheesy Poofs under his arm. He had a glazed look about him, intentionally tuning out the commotion around him. He seemed to be on auto-pilot, like he was just getting a necessary chore done, and almost dropped his whole supply of convenience-store goodies when I yelled from across the street (I swear I saw him reach for some imaginary weapon at his side, but caught himself before it was too obvious). I offered to buy Gary a sub from Subway, partly to catch up, and partly as an apology for the whole bike jump fiasco (it was my idea for him to try it with no hands). Grudgingly, he accepted. Gary seemed a lot more fidgety and uncomfortable than I remember, like he had completely forgotten how to interact with other humans. When I asked Gary about his alarming transition from everyday kid to suburban hermit, Gary had some interesting things to say. “Man, after shattering my pelvis and having to sit in my room

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for half a year, I realized something. Reality sucks, man. I could be flying over the mountains of Azeroth right now on my griffon, slaying three-headed, fire-breathing demons with one swing of my enchanted longsword. “Now, thanks to you, I’m eating a sub-par ham sandwich with a kid I really don’t care for at all, and my ass still hurts because I forgot my butt-pad.” He had a look of disgust on him as his eyes shifted around Subway, pausing a moment on the morbidly obese woman ordering a Philly cheese steak smothered in ranch. “Usually I don’t travel during the day anymore, so you’re lucky you caught me,” Gary continued. “I had a long night of questing and forgot to pick up my regular twelve-pack at 3 a.m. I can’t stay here long either, my clan-mates and I are supposed to be slaying Glorfingle, Lord of the Underworld, in 30 minutes.” I couldn’t help but think what I was doing in 30 minutes... I had a big research paper on fertility declines in modern-day Russia that needed attending to. Maybe Gary was on to something with his life realization. He looked healthy

enough... strikingly similar to the day he crashed his bike. Maybe all those Friday nights Gary was holed up in his dorm clearing out dungeons while I was destroying my liver played a part in that. I was toying with the idea of heading over to GameStop for a look at WoW when Gary uttered what sounded like some sort of spell, and without even saying goodbye he got up, slowly and quietly inched his way to the open door, and sprinted out. Reality just didn’t do it for ShadowFiend, the night-elf from Doldramar (Gary, as he’s known in Wisconsin). These gamers live among us, unnoticed. Their shades are drawn during the day, an obvious insult to the outside world. You may have one living next door or across the street; it’s impossible to tell. They consider you, me and the rest of reality inferior to the world that awaits their eager ﬁngertips on their laptop. This is the way the world will be until reality is eventful enough to be made into a video game. But until then, the gaming will continue. WoW addict? I might be able to help. E-mail me at aplahr@wisc.edu.

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NO LAUGHING MATTER ERICA ANDRIST sex columnist

very day of my life is in some way devoted to sexual health. Whether it is in class, in medical school, working for an organization dedicated to promoting healthy sexuality through sex-positive education and activism or writing this column, I spend a great deal of time reading, writing and discussing various aspects of sexuality that impact people’s lives in both positive and negative ways. This past week, I have spent far too much time dwelling on the negative. I accept the fact that I am currently working to improve sexual health in an atmosphere that is generally permissive and dismissive of sexual assault (which is clearly a tremendous detriment to sexual health). Nonetheless, it has come to my attention that some individuals and/or organizations on this campus have no qualms about publicly using sexual assault as a source of humor or entertainment, and this must be immediately addressed. The problem I have with these lighthearted rape “jokes” lies in the fact that we are terrible at recognizing rape when we see it, and even when we do recognize it, we unfailingly do our very best to deproblematize it. Individuals who choose to use it as a cheap source of laughs validate the already too prevalent perception of sexual assault as a casual problem of no real consequence. The vast majority of us are capable of recognizing, for example, what happened in Richmond, Calif. last week as rape: a two-and-a-half-hour gang rape and battery of a 15-year-old girl. There

are no other descriptors, but rape has many more ugly faces. What is it called when one partner is too drunk to give consent? Rape. What is it called when a sexual act has begun, but someone refuses to listen when his/her partner wants to stop? Rape. Whoopi Goldberg famously described a difference between “rape” and “rape-rape” while discussing Roman Polanski on “The View”, but no such difference exists. In case I was unclear the ﬁrst time: sex without consent (which by deﬁnition is clear and given-freely) is called rape. See how there’s a period at the end of that sentence? Rape is rape no matter how many times you repeat it.

The problem I have with these lighthearted rape “jokes” lies in the fact that we are terrible at recognizing rape when we see it.

Second, we do a spectacular job of downplaying (even the idea of ) sexual assault when encountered by it. Amanda Hess, of Washington City Paper’s The Sexist column and blog, quotes some online commentary from her discussion of the Richmond rape: “Men need to learn how to respect women better and with that said, women also need to learn how to have respect for themselves and their bodies! ... she could have been ﬂirting a little and tempting the men to force themselves on her.” “Rape is a crime, but girls are getting wild and boys will be boys no matter what.” “Wait wait wait.....she was drinking prior to this? Hmmm, I’m not sayin it’s her fault or she deserved this or anything but she’s 15 and drinking outside on a bench by herself in a dress...”

This, my friends, is called victimblaming, and it inevitably occurs even when we correctly identify rape, as in the Richmond case. Why do we also know that before the girl was raped, she was drinking? Why do we know she allegedly came to the dance alone, and that no one saw her leave? Why was it worth reporting that she wore a sparkly purple dress and silver heels? As Hess notes, if you have the stomach, you can find any news story covering the case and scroll down to the comments section to see how we (anonymously, of course) use these irrelevant factoids as ways to write off the rape of a 15-yearold girl. Here is where we can perhaps wring just a little bit of positive discussion from this outstandingly insensitive oversight. How is it that some individuals chose to portray our legitimate outrage over the mockery of rape as inflationary or overreactive? Why is it that we so often refuse to see rape for what it is? Why do we find so many reasons to excuse sexual assault, and why do those reasons so often include some characteristic of the survivor? Why do we unfailingly dismiss sexual violence even when it is staring us straight in the face? These are questions that have complex answers. However, we ourselves can start working to ensure they no longer need to be asked. We can talk to our friends about consent; we can get consent from our lovers; we can learn how to be an ally if someone we love is sexually assaulted. Let us now direct a concerted and organized effort toward rooting out the poisonous attitudes that are being exposed on our campus. Erica is a first-year medical student concerned with sexual assault awareness on campus. If you have any questions, comments or concerns in this area, e-mail her at sex@dailycardinal.com.

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Student Judiciary gives CWC second chance to appeal

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Bob Dunn outlines and defends his plan for a hotel development in the Mansion Hill neighborhood.

Hammes Co. details plans for Edgewater hotel development By Josh Hilgendorf The Daily Cardinal

The UW-Madison Real Estate Department held a listening session Thursday to allow students and community members a chance to view the latest Edgewater Hotel redesign plans. Bob Dunn, president of hotel developer Hammes Co., stressed the benefits he felt the Edgewater redesign would bring to Madison. Dunn said the project has evolved over many months and emphasized the importance of educating the community on the project. According to Dunn, the major alterations to the original plan include lowering the tower by three floors and adding tiered elevation to the terrace. He said the new plan would not impact the view of the Capitol from the lake.

Dunn said Madison needs a destination hotel to draw tourists to the city. The Edgewater would be a hotel that would generate demand in leisure activity for those coming to Madison for a weekend stay, he said. “We do not have a destination hotel on par with other great cities around the country and around the world,” Dunn said. “All studies indicate we need more and better quality rooms in our downtown. There is not a hotel that is distinctive and plays up the character of downtown.” According to Dunn, the Edgewater project would bring over 800 jobs during its construction and 400 jobs once the project is complete. Dunn addressed the concern that the jobs created would not be worthwhile.

“I’m not sure we should be differentiating between good jobs and bad jobs. It seems to me that a job is a job today,” he said. Fred Mohs, a member of the Mansion Hill Association, said he opposed the Edgewater redesign because it is out of proportion with the smaller structures in the historic Mansion Hill neighborhood. He said the design ignores zoning regulation, is two times too tall and is set too close to the lake. The MHA presented a 3-D model to illustrate its points. Dunn said the Edgewater is a large project and that “stirs emotion” in the community. He said it is important to focus on the facts of the plan and work toward something great.

SSFC approves budget for PAVE, postpones MCSC decision The Associated Students of Madison Student Services Finance Committee approved Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment’s budget of $80,967.55 at its meeting Thursday. SSFC members made minor cuts to PAVE’s budget, including funds that exceeded traditional amounts for hotel and travel expenses, as well as office supplies and hardware. SSFC Representative Carl Fergus said other student organizations should use PAVE’s budget as a fiscally responsible example, as SSFC passed the budget by a 6-0-2 vote.

“I think that PAVE has demonstrated … they use funds to increase their direct services for students, they have proven a need for the staff with the use of all their funds and continue to increase their funds and use them responsibly,” Fergus said. SSFC also debated the budget of the MultiCultural Student Coalition and made numerous cuts, including zero-funding food for several events, like the organization’s art gallery and Beyond Plan 2008 events. “I feel that some of these events do not directly tie to their direct services,”

SSFC Secretary Matthew Manes said. SSFC members also cut funds from the organization’s request for supplies and airfare for honoraria. The committee cut several of MCSC’s budget items because of mistakes that resulted in repeated line items. The committee, however, postponed the decision on MCSC’s budget until Monday’s meeting, where they will also make budget decisions for the Working Class Student Union, Wisconsin Student Lobby and Supporting Peers in Laid-Back Listening. —Kayla Torgerson

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Services Director Patrick Klass also endorsed the creation of the RTA for this reason. He said UW-Madison has capped its number of parking spots on campus and that UW-Madison students, faculty and staff will rely on the creation of a multimodal system to meet their ongoing transportation needs. Still, many members of the audience took issue with the RTA’s new powers of taxation and argued

for a public referendum before moving forward. Speakers in opposition to the formation of the RTA rallied around the slogan that the creation of the RTA represented “taxation without representation.” The creation of the regional transit authority clears the way for a referendum specific to RTA communities to be placed on the November 2010 ballot.

“I view it as both a responsibility and a privilege to connect with young people and help facilitate their engagement in politics. It wasn’t very long ago that we had a lot of people in the Legislature who were in their 20s. Unfortunately, that’s not the case anymore,” she said. Roys, the youngest member of the state Assembly, said while she doesn’t represent the downtown campus, she understands the policies she helps pass are the ones that will affect young voters in the future. “I do think that young people play

a really important role, and [they] should, because they are the people who are going to be around when the policies we are trying to make are in full swing,” she said. Rivera said she is optimistic about the future of youth representation in the political process and said she believes state representatives are making themselves more receptive to youth interests. “In some issues I think they do at least try to reach out to us, but in other issues we are ignored. We try to get their attention. It doesn’t always work, but sometimes it does.”

dents,” he said. “We want to make Madison a great place to stay and work and live.” UW-Madison as an institution has great demand for transportation within the region. In any given year, UW-Madison accounts for 60,000 students, faculty and staff, as well as nearly 1.4 million visitors. UW-Madison Transportation

students from page 1 divisions and underlying heterogeneity in opinion that is visible in every voting bloc. “Everybody complains about tuition. You do agree on that, but that is not something that has produced marches in the streets,” he said. Although heterogeneity may make a “student voice” less visible, state Rep. Kelda Helen Roys, D-Madison, said it is important for state lawmakers to maintain connections with youth voters.

The Associated Students of Madison Student Judiciary announced Wednesday that the Campus Women’s Center was not granted an appropriate appeal after the Student Services Finance Committee denied their funding. According to Chief Justice Trenell Darby, CWC’s original complaint was that SSFC members were misinformed when making their original eligibility vote, claiming that this violated ASM bylaws. Darby said SJ dismissed that count on the basis that no ASM laws were actually violated during the hearing. CWC also claimed SSFC did not grant it a proper appeals process by not allowing SSFC members to make a motion to reconsider its vote. According to Darby, SJ decided to allow CWC a second chance at an appeal hearing and will provide

SSFC members the option to make a motion to reconsider their votes. SSFC Chair Brandon Williams said, however, that this does not necessarily mean SSFC members will choose to make such a motion. According to the ruling, the SJ decision does not give CWC a chance to reapply for eligibility. “It should be noted that this shall not be an eligibility hearing, but an appeal hearing, where CWC shall raise any procedural violations SSFC has committed,” it read. Williams said although SJ did not reverse SSFC’s original eligibility decision, he still felt SJ overstepped its bounds. “I usually consider SJ to decide whether or not we made a reasonable assessment based on the rules that we have in front of us, but not necessarily create the rules themselves,” he said. —Kelsey Gunderson

Legislature passes Impartial Justice bill, takes up drunken driving bill By Michelle Langer The Daily Cardinal

The state Senate and Assembly approved the “Impartial Justice” bill Thursday, which would allow public funding for state Supreme Court campaigns and marking the end of the legislative floor session. The bill, authored by state Sen. Pat Kreitlow, D-Chippewa Falls, passed the Assembly on a 51-42 vote and the Senate on a 19-13 vote. The bill would allow up to $100,000 of public funding for primary elections and $300,000 for general elections. The campaign funding would come from an optional donation on state income tax forms. The bill would require the state treasury to subsidize any shortfall in funding. “[The bill’s passage] is long overdue, especially after the last three races. It’s a good first step to restore confidence in the Supreme Court,” said Jay Heck, executive director of Common Cause in Wisconsin, a nonprofit government watchdog group. If signed by Gov. Jim Doyle, who supports it, the bill would

be enacted Dec 1, which means it would appear on this year’s income tax forms. A bill that would increase penalties for drunken driving, authored by state Sen. Jim Sullivan, D-Wauwatosa, passed the Senate unanimously. The bill would create a harsher punishment system for those arrested for operating while intoxicated. The passage of the bill is particularly timely due to state Rep. Jeffrey Wood’s, I-Chippewa Falls, recent third OWI arrest in the past year. According to Andrea Gage, media coordinator for Sullivan, the senator authored the bill because “Wisconsin has the highest drunk driving rate in the nation.” Alcohol-related accidents killed 234 and injured more than 4,000 people in 2008, Gage said. In a statement, Sullivan said, “It is frustrating to realize there is nothing within the power of the legislative body to make up for the kind of tragedy families have suffered as a result of drunk driving.” The state Assembly did not take up the bill Thursday night.

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Saving on birth control! Mules, the offspring of a male donkey and female horse, are almost always sterile. dailycardinal.com/comics

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Today’s Sudoku

Evil Bird

By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu

Angel Hair Pasta

By Todd Stevens ststevens@wisc.edu

Sid and Phil

By Alex Lewein alex@sidandphil.com

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. gotta connect ‘em all

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Today’s Crossword Puzzle

The Graph Giraffe

By Yosef Lerner ilerner@wisc.edu

Charlie and Boomer

By Natasha Soglin soglin@wisc.edu

Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com tree structures 1 5 10 14 15 16 7 1 18 20 22 23 24 6 2 29 0 3 33 4 3 36 7 3 40 41 42 43 44 45 46

ACROSS Bath water residue Lyric poem Do a hit man’s job Cash in Cancun Fin or flipper “A Death in the Family” author Gulf of ___ Four, to 16 Like pitch or tar The agony of da feet “___ Enchanted Evening” “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” author Flying pests Card game in some casinos Vehicle with a route ___ Strauss and Co.(jeans company) Lady Liberty, e.g. Santa ___ (California wind) President’s department Chestnut case Champagne cocktail “___ Ha’i” Winter setting in NYC Classmate, e.g. People newsmaker Actions at Sotheby’s

47 Where Helen was taken 49 One-edged weapon 52 Pain in the brain 56 Highway loop-the-loop 59 Catch red-handed 60 “... ___ to leap tall buildings ...” 61 Glide 62 Coal dust 63 Chutzpah, in the extreme 64 ___-ski party (lodge gathering, perhaps) 65 Some building extensions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 12 13

DOWN Boom or bowsprit Give up, as territory “... with 1,001 ___” Reflecting reality as a single unit Derby Stakes site Excite, as interest Bothersome burden Highly reliable evidence Van Gogh had one in his later years John Paul II’s first name Grandpa Munster’s pet “Battle Cry” author Uris “Sure, why don’t we?”

19 One expressing the same thoughts 21 Antis’ votes 24 Calendar entries 25 Caribbean resort island 26 Church land 27 Connecting link 28 Prevent 29 Party handout 30 Commonplace 31 Sam, Vanya or Buck 32 Address in colonial India 34 Confined to a pen 35 Multiplication term 38 Baseball official 39 State of limbo 45 Common fish fry catch 46 Feature of a miter joint 47 Coquette 48 “The River Wild” vessels 49 Heroine, slangily 50 “Dark Angel” actress 51 Cotton capsule 52 Listen and pay attention 53 Net lining of a hat 54 “Cry” singer Faith 55 “Desire Under the ___” 57 Alternative to JVC or Panasonic, once 58 Cut off, as branches

Washington and the Bear

By Derek Sandberg kalarooka@gmail.com

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Facts flub the frightening factor of the ﬂick ‘Fourth Kind’ By Mark Riechers THE DAILY CARDINAL

In “The Fourth Kind,” Olatunde Osunsanmi actively attempts to destroy the mystery behind alien encounters with facts. The problem is that mystery is a key ingredient to any film about aliens—that’s what keeps us checking over our shoulders as we exit the theater and see weird lights in the sky over the parking lot. Sure, Osunsanmi collected moments of genuinely unsettling footage (supposedly collected during a sleep study of insomniacs in Nome, Alaska)–most of you have seen all of it in the trailer and TV spots–but the film on the whole is poorly acted and produced, the cinematic equivalent of seeing the string holding up a pie tin in a home video of a “flying saucer.” Osunsanmi’s obsession with convincing the audience that this film is “a fact—based thriller” disrupts everything that could possibly make this film compelling. It starts off with Milla Jovovich breaking the fourth wall to tell us that she’ll be playing Dr. Abigail Taylor in a film that follows the real—life experiences of the psychologist as she attempted to find a pattern in the experiences of several of her insomniac patients.

In “The Fourth Kind,” Olatunde Osunsanmi actively attempts to destroy the mystery behind alien encounters with facts.

“You can believe what you choose to believe,” Jovovich cautions as she destroys our ability to immerse ourselves in the narrative. We then cut to an interview with the actual Dr. Abigail Taylor, who is easily the scariest thing in the entire movie. Pale and gaunt, her enormous eyes and whining speech offer two possibilities— either she herself is an alien and will probe the audience in the big ﬁnish of the ﬁlm, or something truly frightening happened to her that will in turn happen to her

doppelgänger-Milla, something terrifying that we get to see. Naturally, we don’t get to see anything. The movie instead moves to painfully recreating the progress of Taylor’s research, with a small amount of character sprinkled in–something about her kids or dead husband. It seemed like a big part of the story, but apparently it was more important to recreate the footage Dr. Taylor captured than to give her on— screen counterpart some believable characterization. The actual footage is then shown side-by-side with the dramatization, often with a reaction shot from both the real and Milla versions of Dr. Taylor. The resulting four-pane shot with huge “actual footage” labels everywhere completely destroys the tension you could feel seeing people ﬂoat in mid-air. It looks more like a poorly shot pilot for “24: Alaska” than the tense, unearthly moments they should be.

We end up with a ﬁlm containing very little action and very little suspense.

Speaking of Alaska, Osunsanmi must have gotten a great deal on helicopter fuel in Nome, because “The Fourth Kind” has shots from flyovers set to scary music nearly every ten minutes, like clockwork. The encounters get a little closer toward the end of the movie, but not much–the documentary footage seems to get more and more distorted as the film goes on, making the skeptic in me suspect there may be a reason no one can find a record of a Dr. Abigail Taylor ever practicing in Nome, Alaska. We end up with a film containing very little action and very little suspense—just “factual events” that may not be factual. Watching the trailer is more exciting than watching the actual film, which is pretty sad. Grade: D

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Clare Muldaur of Clare and the Reasons spends most of the time on her new album, Arrow, complaining, swooning or ranting about all of the past men in her life, making it a perfect “girl album.”

Girly themes from Clare By Jacqueline O’Reilly THE DAILY CARDINAL

It’s not easy being a female artist these days. With so much estrogendriven talent already permeating the radio waves from artists like Regina Spektor, Rilo Kiley and Cat Power, it can be difﬁcult for the other girls to get a note in edgewise. Clare and the Reasons, however, remain undaunted by this intimidating group of artists with the release of their latest album, Arrow.

The album is chock-full of the typical female laments and love stories, but they’re decorated in a way that makes them appear lovely and brand new. Luckily for those who’ve already exhausted the female artist library, Clare and the Reasons offer a bit of fresh air. That’s not to say what she’s doing is terribly original, but she’s doing it well. Very well. It’s very mellow. It’s very pretty. It’s somehow very pink, but not in that cheesy pop, “please don’t leave me” kind of way.

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Arrow Clare and the Reasons

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With so many facts clouding the ﬁlm’s mystery, not even the empty stare of Jovovich can strike fear in the hearts of ‘Fourth Kind’ viewers.

The album is chock-full of the typical female laments and love stories, but they’re decorated in a way that makes them appear lovely and brand new. The pleasant lead vocals of Clare Muldaur are situated among a variety of horns and strings. Other bells and whistles ﬁnd their way onto the album in the form of, well, bells and whistles. With all of these miscellaneous baubles hanging off the core melody, it would seem likely the music would get lost in the mix, yet somehow this doesn’t happen. The music maintains a minimal feel while still containing a maximum amount of instrumentation.

“All the Wine” is easily the girliest song on the record. Apart from Muldaur’s high soprano vocals, the song’s bouncy melody and soft images beg to be a soundtrack for the most feminine of activities. If women are still partaking in frillfilled tea parties, this song belongs there. Of course, the everyday girl talk will also suffice as an “All the Wine” activity. Arrow also includes a fantastic cover of the Genesis song “That’s All.” While it’s true that any song can be easily upgraded with the removal of Phil Collins, Clare and the Reasons’ cover truly is an exciting renovation of the 1983 classic. Muldaur complains, “I could say day, you’d say night / Tell me it’s black when I know that it’s white / It’s always the same, it’s just a shame, that’s all.” Her bluntness toward her situation is backed perfectly by minimal instrumentation. The typical electric guitar and drums combination has been kicked to the curb, replaced by a duet between horns and strings. As opposed to the exaggerated anger the original ver-

sion reeks of, the switch gives Clare and the Reasons’ cover a more cool, “whatever” attitude. As the staccato horn blasts provide a rhythm for Muldaur’s annoyed vocals, an air of indifference carries on the song. This makes for a composed, delightfully feminine song.

Luckily for those who’ve already exhausted the female artist library, Clare and the Reasons offer a bit of fresh air.

For the most part, Arrow is a great album. There isn’t anything on the record that hasn’t been tried out by a different female artist, but Clare and the Reasons’ natural talent makes their album great despite its lack of original technique. While it’s definitely worth looking into, it won’t add any new glamour to one’s female music library.

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WYOU an integral part of Madison ANTHONY CEFALI opinion columnist

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Obama’s acceptance of Nobel Prize politically irresponsible, undeserved By Ben Turpin COLLEGE REPUBLICANS

A roomful of reporters simultaneously gasped in shock. Thørbjorn Jagland, leader of the Nobel Committee, had just announced Barack Obama, a man who had been inaugurated president of the United States only twelve days before the February 1 nomination deadline for the prize, as the committee’s selection from a field of 205 candidates for 2009. In the United States, the reaction was similar. Republicans, and even many Democrats, wondered what Obama could have done in 12 days to warrant being nominated for the prize and how what he had done in less than nine months as president could have warranted winning it. Obama himself seemed surprised. “To be honest,” he said, “I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who’ve been honored by this prize.” So why, then, was he awarded the Nobel Peace Prize? Later in his speech, he attempted to address that question when he said, “I know that throughout history the Nobel Peace Prize has

not just been used to honor specific achievement. It’s also been used as a means to give momentum to a set of causes.” And he was correct. When former President Jimmy Carter won the award in 2002, thenNobel Committee leader, Gunnar Berge, said, “With the position Carter has taken on this, it can and must also be seen as criticism of the line the current U.S. administration has taken on Iraq.” Barack Obama had done little but speak in his first 12 days as president and has no major foreign policy accomplishments to his name so far in nearly nine months.

Obama has only reinforced his unwanted status as a celebrity president who is more talk than action.

By awarding the prize to Obama, the current Nobel Committee has effectively made another referendum against the Bush administration, further

cheapening the prestigious reputation of the prize it awards in the process. But the committee’s choice provided Obama with a golden opportunity. Had he respectfully declined the award on the grounds that he has simply not had enough time to accomplish anything meaningful yet, he could have made substantial political gains both at home and abroad. He would have taken a signiﬁcant step toward silencing the persistent accusations of elitism that have plagued him since before he was even elected. He did say he was “surprised and deeply humbled” that he had won, but actions speak louder than words, and according to his critics, words without any resulting actions have been the deﬁning characteristic of his Presidency thus far. By declining to accept such a blatantly politically motivated award, he would have shown that, at least in this case, he is above the kind of partisan bickering he has spoken out against so often. If anything, foreign leaders who Obama wants to open a civil dialogue with would have been softened toward him after seeing a display of humility like that. But unfortunately, this will become both a missed opportunity and a liability. Instead of making progress toward quieting his critics, he has given them more ammunition. Obama has only reinforced his unwanted status as a celebrity president who is more talk than action. He has certainly not garnered any goodwill in the Middle East, where he could have used it. Worst of all, by accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, Obama put his seal of approval on the actions of the Nobel Committee, which decided to use its position to get involved in partisan politics. The dark cloud of his recent failed Olympic bid is still hanging over him, but Friday, Oct. 9, ultimately may end up being the day Barack Obama wishes he could have back. Ben Turpin is a member of the UW-Madison College Republicans. The College Republicans can be contacted at wisconsincrs@gmail.com. Please send feedback on the article to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

n Tuesday the Madison city council heard the plea of WYOU community television members to retain Public, Education and Government (PEG) fees needed to run the station. Like most media outlets, WYOU is having a hard time securing funding for the foreseeable future, but unlike most media outlets, there is a date when WYOU’s funding will run out. In 2011, WYOU, as well as all other public access stations in Wisconsin, will lose all PEG fees unless there is an overhaul of the budget that makes room for them. PEG fees come from cable subscribers. It’s a built-in fee that the state government can route to programs as they see ﬁt (in 2007, average PEG fees were 35 cents per cable subscriber per month). Most of the time, this money goes to public access television, but those days are numbered. On Tuesday, the council tabled the vote on WYOU’s funding, not matching the urgency needed to keep public access’ signal strong. But what makes public access TV like WYOU so important? Often confused with American Public Media (home to Norm Abram and Jim Lehrer), many people think of WYOU and public access TV simply as places that would air a show like “Wayne’s World,” which to some extent is true. But, according to WYOU Executive Director Barbara Bolan, the goal of the station is more about giving voice to the community. Today, we are faced with an overload of information. Much of this information is provided for free on the Internet, and not nearly enough of it focuses on the individual communities in which we live. I am consistently excited when a story about something in Madison pops up on Digg or another Internet community precisely because it’s such rare occurrence.

WYOU helps to keep this community together by spreading the democratization of media.

Things shouldn’t be this way. We should be consistently internalizing news that directly affects us. If we all become so distracted from the communities we will are physically a part of, then the communities will start to lose their integrity and we all begin to drift apart. WYOU helps to keep this community together by increasing the democratization of media. The entire concept of YouTube, as well as that of blogging and a good portion of Internet news, is based on a democratic media that was first championed at public access stations. On Tuesday, the members of WYOU brought up how most of the information we

receive passes through the filters of corporations, a viewpoint that doesn’t always put emphasis on community over profit. In the film “Manufacturing Consent,” Noam Chomsky continually refers to “necessary illusions.” These are the filters used to concentrate our reality and understanding of the world around us, used for “marginalizing the public or reducing them to apathy in some fashion.” If we lose WYOU, we lose an ideal that much of our current Internet landscape is based on, the idea that there is a place for all of our voices to be heard in this world. Sure, some of the programming is weird. But it is also organic, original and spontaneous. It is a safe harbor for those of us who don’t want to turn on the TV and see something that is contrived or forces us into a target market to try to sell us something.

Sure, some of the programming is weird. But it is also organic, original and spontaneous.

But still, that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for improvement. In conversation, Bolan pointed out that any operation that receives most of its funding from one source really needs to evaluate its financial situation. The problem is that WYOU is already very fiscally responsible, only employing three full-time members and currently operating with a budget of around $200,000. Currently it is looking to diversify its funding, and this would only help to secure additional government dollars. WYOU also needs to remain progressive with its ideas. First, it gave voice to the community, and it will be exciting to see what it does for it next. Bolan referred to WYOU as an “incubator” of ideas rather than a distributor like YouTube. The educational component of WYOU really makes it an asset to the community, one of the WYOU goals being to train and educate the community so that we may all produce quality content, a window into our own little world. During his visit Wednesday, writer and journalist David Eggers pointed out that good journalism is not free, and this can be extended to all media and information transmission. We should pay for the media we consume, but we should pay for it based on the way we consume it––democratically. The money we spend on media should go directly to the people producing it, rather than the corporations that dictate what it is we get to consume. It starts here with letting WYOU keep the PEG fees it rightfully deserves, so that it may keep our programming fresh and full of surprises. Anthony Cefali is a senior majoring in biology. Please send feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Volleyball

Top-ranked Penn State UW’s next test Nittany Lions, Buckeyes set to invade Field House By Sam Sussman THE DAILY CARDINAL

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Jasmine Giles will lead a resurgent Badger women’s hockey team against out-of-conference opponent Robert Morris.

Women’s Hockey

Streaking Badgers look to keep rolling

By Nico Savidge THE DAILY CARDINAL

Riding a wave of momentum after sweeping rival Minnesota last weekend, the Wisconsin women’s hockey team will hope to extend their winning streak against Robert Morris. The Badgers, who climbed to No. 6 in the national rankings after their sweep of the No. 3 Gophers made a statement nationally with their wins last week. For a team that struggled early on, splitting its first three series against lower-quality opponents, senior forward Jasmine Giles said the sweep will help the team for the rest of the year. “It was an exciting series to win,” Giles said. “It gave us definitely a lot of confidence going into whoever we’re playing now, because [the Gophers] are probably going to be the best competition we play all year.” “We haven’t had the best luck this year ... To finally come out against the best team with two wins was definitely the statement that we were hoping to send,” she added. Freshman defender Saige Pacholok attributed the Badgers’ early struggles to the time it took the young team to grow comfortable with each other as a unit. “It took a couple of weekends to figure it out, but now, off and on the ice, we’re great as a hock-

ey team. We’re starting to bond more,” Pacholok said. To extend the team’s threegame winning streak, head coach Tracey DeKeyser said Wisconsin must put defense ﬁrst. “[Defense] has been a running theme with our group,” she said. “But until we can be comfortable with how we’re playing defense on both ends of the ice, we’ll keep working on that.” In their second game against Minnesota, the Badgers allowed 40 shots on goal while taking just 15, but freshman Becca Ruegsegger turned aside 38 of those shots to help Wisconsin earn the 5-2 win. DeKeyser has not announced who will start in goal Friday against Robert Morris, but Ruegsegger has started each of the Badgers’ past four games. DeKeyser said Robert Morris will not be an easy opponent when it comes to the Kohl Center this weekend. With a 4-1 win over No. 5 Minnesota-Duluth the Colonials have shown they rise to the occasion against top competition. “We’ve played them a handful of times, and they’ve had some good quality wins this season,” DeKeyser said. “We’re not taking them for granted at all.” The Badgers will take on Robert Morris Friday and Saturday at 2 p.m.

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OUT ON A LIMB

No. 24 Wisconsin at Indiana

No. 15 Ohio State at No. 11 Penn State

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Last Week Overall

Coming off another inconsistent weekend in which the Badgers (6-6 Big Ten, 11-10 overall) split games, the Wisconsin volleyball team looks forward to facing two quality opponents at home in topranked Penn State and Ohio State this weekend. Penn State is up first, as they roll into the Field House to play at 7 p.m. Friday. “Every Penn State game there is always a huge crowd. So the crowd is definitely going to be helping us out,” sophomore setter Janelle Gabrielsen said. The Badgers will be counting on support from the Field House more than ever Friday night. Penn State has won 88 consecutive matches, the fourth-longest winning streak across all sports in the NCAA, having lost only 4 sets all year. The Nittany Lions have been dominating their competition, ranking first in the Big Ten in hitting percentage at 41.2 percent, kills per set at 14.83, blocks per set at 3.06, assists per set at 13.74 and opponent hitting percentage at 9.3 percent.

football from page 8 both times they faced the wildcat offense against Fresno State and Minnesota, but are still wary of Indiana’s version. “They actually run it pretty well,” senior safety Chris Maragos said. “And they’ve got a receiver/ quarterback kind of that’s in there, and they run it really well. Like I said, they’ve got skill positions

hockey from page 8 and Wisconsin hockey games all my life.” Junior defenseman Brendan Smith, a Mimico, Ontario, native, did not grow up around the rivalry, but he certainly feels it when the two teams are on SMITH the ice against each other. “It is so loud that I can’t even hear my [defensive] partner most of

nba from page 8 This move has generated a lot of criticism so far, but I think in the long run it will be one the Cavs won’t regret making. With only a year remaining on his contract, it’s a big risk, but definitely one worth taking, especially with LeBron also weighing his options for next year. Obviously it will be crucial for Shaq to stay healthy to be a force this season, but even if he goes down, the Cavs still have Zydrunas Ilgauskas as a fallback plan. One of Cleveland’s biggest weaknesses in their Eastern Conference Finals matchup against Orlando was defending against the pick and roll. O’Neal’s lack of quickness cer-

“Penn State’s an extremely physical team. They’re big. They jump high. They’re very consistent. At the same time, teams have shown that they can take sets off them this year. We have a chance to go after them,” head coach Pete Waite said. Junior middle blocker Arielle Wilson leads the sensational Nittany Lion offense, contributing 2.71 kills and 1.51 blocks per set on a NCAA-leading 56.9 hitting percentage. The offense is directed by senior setter Alisha Glass, who leads the Big Ten with 12.03 assists per set. She passes a majority of balls to senior outside hitter Megan Hodge, the Big Ten leader with 4.80 kills per set on a 43.9 hitting percentage. Junior libero Alyssa D’Errico runs the defense, recording 3.38 digs per set and adding a Big Ten-leading .55 aces per set. Wisconsin has to keep its energy up as it plays host to Ohio State at 7 Saturday night. “One of the keys is you play a ranked team and sometimes you get more up for them,” Waite said. “But you have to be just as up for any team you play in the Big Ten, because they’re all capable of beating anybody, any day.” “Ohio State is playing their best ball of the season, much better than earlier when we played at their place,” he added. When these two teams last

met in Columbus Oct. 2, the Badgers came out on top with a 3-1 victory. This time around won’t be as easy: Ohio State is currently tied with Wisconsin for ﬁfth in the Big Ten and has won four out of their last six matches. The Badgers will be watching out for junior outside hitter Katie Dull, who smacks home 3.91 kills per set, and senior middle blocker Kristen Dozier, who records 2.37 kills and a team-high .79 stuffs per set. They will also have to keep an eye on the emerging freshman outside hitter Emily Danks, WAITE who puts up 2.14 kills and .39 aces per set. For the Badgers to continue moving up in the RPI after jumping up four spots to 39th this past week, they’ll need Gabrielsen and senior outside hitter Brittney Dolgner to continue their recent success. Dolgner posted an outstanding 4.57 kills per set on 34.4 percent hitting last weekend. Gabrielsen has had double-digit digs in four out of the last five matches, 9.76 assists per set in Big Ten matches and even contributed on the attacking end with 6 kills on 67.7 percent hitting in Wisconsin’s last match at Michigan State.

where they can spread the ball out all different ways, and their wildcat quarterback, he’s pretty smart with it, so this is going to be a tough challenge.” That receiver/quarterback is junior Mitchell Evans, who has only thrown seven passes this year, but has over 130 yards on the ground. One area where the Badgers have seen great improvement from

last season is in penalties committed. Against conference foes, the Badgers have jumped from last in the league in 2008 to first in 2009 in terms of fewest penalty yards taken. “You play with good technique, you really don’t commit too many penalties,” senior defensive end O’Brien Schoﬁeld said. “We had a couple at the beginning of the year, we [were] able to erase those.”

the time,” Smith said. “The atmosphere is just unbelievable.” Smith leads the team in scoring through the first three weekends, tallying 3 goals and 3 assists for a total of 9 points. However, his primary job is to keep the opponent from scoring, a task he says he has put more focus into the last two weeks. “Defense comes first, and then I can let the other things come,” Smith said. “The better I play defensively, the better I play offensively.” That defense-first attitude will need to continue this weekend for the Badgers to be successful. They will also look to continue

to get consistent play between the pipes. Junior Brett Bennett has been named the starter for Friday night, and it remains to be seen whether head coach Mike Eaves and his staff will continue the budding rotation by starting fellow junior Scott Gudmandson Saturday. Minnesota will skate the rest of the season without one of its top players, as senior Jay Barriball recently underwent season-ending knee surgery. However, Eaves said he expects the Gophers to come out with even more intensity. “A wounded animal is a dangerous one,” he said.

tainly doesn’t make him the solution to this problem, but Shaq does provide the Cavs with another big body to throw at Dwight Howard, which could serve as a huge asset later in the season.

Toronto. Turkoglu was probably the third or fourth most important piece for the Magic, which makes him expendable in this economic climate. In a new situation, Vince Carter could fit in very well. With practically every team he’s played for as the first or second option he’s been considered a bust. Carter has always been able to put up the statistics, but now he has been given a legitimate chance to win the title. I think Orlando’s system could accommodate him much better than in years past. Look for Orlando to be a big contender once again. How do you think this year’s NBA season will turn out? E-mail Matt at mfox2@wisc.edu.

Will Vince Carter replace Hedo Turkoglu’s production in Orlando? Don’t get me wrong—Turkoglu had a fantastic year last year for Orlando. He made it count in the playoffs, averaging 16 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, and the Magic trusted him to take shots with the game on the line. However, I totally understand why Orlando wasn’t willing to offer him the five-year, $53 million contract he received from

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NBA offers exciting regular season storylines

Rebound effort continues with road challenge After its close game with Iowa, Indiana will be tough to beat By Ben Breiner THE DAILY CARDINAL

It sounds just like last week: Wisconsin facing a team from Indiana that suffered through a slew of close losses but has been playing well for much of the year. The No. 24 Badgers (3-2 Big Ten, 6-2 overall) will head to Bloomington to take on a hardluck Hoosiers squad (1-4, 45). Despite Indiana’s record, the Badger players and coaches see it as a dangerous opponent. When the teams played last season, the Hoosiers hung with Wisconsin for a half before quarterback Ben Chappell went down with an injury and the Badgers rolled to a 55-20 win. “Last year I think we didn’t have our minds right, to be honest with you,” senior linebacker Jaevery McFadden said. “We thought we could come in there and just roll them over because they’re Indiana or whatever. But this year it’s a whole different

MATT FOX the fox hole

s a self-proclaimed NBA fanatic, it’s frustrating when year after year I’m unable to convince most people to follow the league’s regular season. This is especially difficult with a packed NFL schedule and the World Series going on at the same time. Still, I have to make my case for the excitement this NBA season will bring from start to ﬁnish. That’s because it’s very difﬁcult for me to remember another year with so many intriguing storylines from around the league. Without further ado, here are some of the biggest question marks heading into the season:

team, and we’re a different team too. We definitely respect our opponent, no matter who they are, and we’re definitely going to respect Indiana.” This Hoosier team is coming off a loss to Iowa in which it led by 10 at the end of the third quarter. Including that game, they have suffered three close defeats in Big Ten play. The Indiana offense features many different looks, including spread and wildcat formations. Despite its statistics (ninth in Big Ten in scoring and 10th in yards allowed), the unit is capable of some explosive plays. “We deﬁnitely respect our opponent, no matter who they are, and we’re deﬁnitely going to respect Indiana.” Jaevery McFadden senior linebacker UW Football

“They do a lot of different things,” safeties coach Randall McCray said. “If you don’t play the rules of your defense, they can get you in trouble and then hit you with big plays. That’s what they’ve done to a lot of

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Jaevery McFadden (left) and Jay Valai (right) will face a tricky Indiana offense when the Badgers face the Hoosiers Saturday. teams. A lot of their scores have come on big plays, because they do a great job of ... getting [defenders] out of position and having bad matchups.” The Indiana offensive line has only allowed 10 sacks this season, tied for fewest in the conference, and that has allowed Chappell to flourish. The junior has thrown for 2,054 yards and 10 touchdowns. His top target, sophomore Tandon Doss, has quietly become one of the most productive in the Big Ten

with 751 yards and 100-yard games against Michigan and Illinois. “He got a lot of shake and bake in his game, got a lot of attitude on the field, and I respect him a lot, seems like a good football player,” junior safety Jay Valai, who had 10 tackles against the Hoosiers last season, said. McCray added that the defense would need to keep Doss hemmed in, away from the perimeter. The Badgers have been stout football page 7

Men’s Hockey

Border Battle, raucus Kohl Center await Badgers By Parker Gabriel THE DAILY CARDINAL

After the dominating showcase the Wisconsin men’s hockey team put on display last weekend, it

would usually be difﬁcult to imagine how the team could come out with the same intensity again this Friday and Saturday. But with the Border Battle against Minnesota

this weekend, the energy level should be higher than ever when the Minnesota Golden Gophers come calling. The Gophers lead the all-time

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Andy Bohmbach and Wisconsin will face rival Minnesota this weekend. After hitting their stride and earning a sweep over New Hampshire, the Badgers will try to replicate that success against the Gophers.

series with the Badgers 150-81-18, though Wisconsin posted a 2-1-1 advantage last year, including two wins in Minneapolis. Both teams entered this year with high expectations, and both got off to somewhat slow starts. Wisconsin started 1-2-1 in conference play and had some trouble playing consistently, while Minnesota opened the season with a four-game winless stretch. However, when the puck drops Friday, each team will have a winning streak to its name. The Badgers dispatched New Hampshire with a sweep in which they outscored the Huskies 10-2 in their best series performance so far this year. Not to be outdone, the Gophers picked up a WCHA sweep by beating Alaska Anchorage 5-1 Friday and 4-1 Saturday. The high level of play will only add fuel to the ﬁre in the rivalry. The Badgers have four players on their roster who hail from Minnesota, and the Gophers have one Wisconsinite. Senior Wisconsin forward Andy Bohmbach grew up in Hudson, Wis., just under 30 miles from Minneapolis, and said the Border Battle is a major motivating factor. “[The rivalry] is exciting, especially for me,” Bohmbach said. “I live around the border, so I’ve been going to Minnesota hockey page 7

Can anyone stop the Lakers? While forward Trevor Ariza was a major force in Los Angeles last year, it’s hard to argue with the intangibles that his replacement, Ron Artest, will bring to this team. You have to assume the Lakers’ experience will be enough to keep Artest out of trouble. Center Andrew Bynum has missed almost 80 games because of injury in the past two years, and as always, a breakout season from him could put the Lakers over the top in the west. With Pau Gasol’s early injury concerns, it will be that much more essential for Bynum to stay in uniform. The Lakers are still stocked with depth and will likely be the favorite out west along with San Antonio and possibly Denver. Still plenty of challengers in the east, though, which leads us to... Will the Celtics be the top team in the Eastern Conference with a healthy Kevin Garnett? Of all the awards and honors that Kevin Garnett has collected over his 14-plus NBA seasons, I would argue that none are as important as his 10 consecutive selections to the NBA All-Defensive Team. Garnett is a dominant and inﬁnitely valuable presence in the paint, so it came as no surprise to anyone when the Celtics never quite recovered after Garnett’s knee injury in February. Now Boston is off to a quick start, and I can see them matching up well with anyone in the east. The acquisition of veteran big man Rasheed Wallace was an excellent move, as Wallace will have plenty of motivation trying for a shot at another championship. As long as Boston can deal with Wallace’s temper, he will add great depth up front as well as a lot of biggame experience. In addition, the Celtics got great news this week when they agreed to a contract extension with point guard Rajon Rondo. Rondo is already one of the better point guards in the league and with this distraction behind them, both Boston and Rondo can move on without concern. Is Shaq the answer for Cleveland’s title chances? nba page 7