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Walker, Doyle in contentious transition By Ariel Shapiro the daily cardinal
Governor-elect Scott Walker pressured Gov. Jim Doyle to halt or alter his decision-making on projects including health care, state employee labor contracts and the Charter Street Power Plant.
“If [Walker] wants to fight, we are not afraid to fight.”
Marty Beil executive director Wisconsin State Employees Union
Although Walker wrote in his letter to the Wisconsin Department of Administration
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Wednesday he was “confident” the two administrations would be able to find common ground on his requests, Doyle and made it clear that would not be the case. Despite Walker’s request Doyle moved ahead with making labor contracts with six unions Saturday, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Executive Director of the Wisconsin State Employees Union Marty Beil said in a statement Walker’s request signals a “fundamental disregard for the rule of law.” “If he wants to fight, we are not afraid to fight. We’ve been here nearly 80 years. We’ve seen plenty of politicians come and go and we will see many more come transition page 3
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Jam band Lotus brought their electronic sound to Madison Saturday with their show at the Orpheum.
UW researchers to start drug-free ADHD research for children UW-Madison researchers will begin tests on a mind-training program that would provide a drugfree alternative to treat children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or highfunctioning autism. The research will be done through the UW-Madison Center for Investigating Healthy Minds.
Support for the project will come through a $550,000, three-year grant fund established by the Mind Matter Research Foundation and the Human Energy System Alliance. Researchers will focus on children between ages 10 and 12, and will attempt to find how brain systems work in the minds of children with ADHD and autism.
The second step in the program is to develop a model for children to seek conscious control of the pathways in their brain. The Center for Investigating Health Minds studies how meditation can be used as a tool to positively affect the mind. Research at the center focuses on how meditation affects the mind’s behavior.
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U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., spoke to students and faculty about the importance of scientific research at UW-Madison Friday.
Baldwin addresses chemistry symposium, shows support for research By Scott Girard The Daily Cardinal
Dozens filled the Chemistry Building Friday to hear U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., speak about the status of science and research in Congress, and the upcoming changes she anticipates when the next congressional session starts in January. “My love for science and for this university started very early on,” Baldwin said. She joked about how her grandfather, a researcher at UW-Madison, influenced her
growing up. “As young kids my age were learning how to draw stick figures from things they saw, I was learning how to draw mitochondria,” Baldwin said. But Baldwin took a more serious tone when she discussed her feelings about what will change during the next congressional session, when Republicans will have control of the House of Representatives. “I am sad to tell you that after Tuesday’s election, I really panel page 3
By Maggie DeGroot the daily cardinal
Overture Center for the Arts theater technician Davin Pickell filed three ethics complaints this past week against Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, Overture Center President Tom Carto and 201 State Foundation chairperson Deirdre Garton. Pickell’s complaints against Carto and Garton alleged they both violated the “privilege and advantage” section of the ethics code in regard to an e-mail Garton allegedly sent October. The “privilege and advantage” section of the code states no city official can request or permit the use of city-owned materials or property for “personal convenience or profit.” Within Pickell’s complaint against Garton, he said Garton
sent an e-mail, possibly from a city computer, to an Overture Center for the Arts mailing list with the Overture letterhead. “Ms. Garton is primarily a private citizen, with private interests, including private interests currently before the Common Council,” Pickell wrote in his complaint against Garton. “As the chair the board of the privately operated 201 State St. Foundation, she has a personal interest in the outcome of the public policy decision.” The complaint against Carto said he violated the code by allegedly allowed Garton to use city-owned equipment and send the e-mail. “[Carto] bears ultimate responsibility for letting … Garton use City owned equipment to lobby support for a Public Policy issue currently before the Madison
Common Council,” Pickell stated in his complaint against Carto. Pickell’s complaint against Cieslewicz states the mayor violated the “Standards of Conduct: Influence and Reward” section of the ethics code. Pickell claimed Cieslewicz is in violation of the ethics code due to the Ethics Board’s ruling on city officials soliciting funds from private entities that do business with the city regularly. Pickell’s complaint alleged Cieslewicz is “soliciting funds” from private donors in order to resolve the center’s $28 million debt meanwhile he is arguing for the Common Council to support the city’s purchase of the Overture Center. The date for a possible hearing of the complaints has not yet been scheduled.
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My name is Ste—Sarah and I’m a tabalcoholic
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very Monday evening in a dusty, unwelcoming corner of der Rathskeller, about 10 of us gather to share our sob stories of self-loathing and wayward self-control, while smugly judging one another. It’s dark, cold, and they’re serving beer. Shit. You’d think they would host these things in a location that doesn’t serve alcohol, but apparently logic is too much for these people. I’ve been to about seven meetings so far and they all go relatively the same. Tabalcoholics Anonymous is an ineffective organization that meets weekly to help students cope with tabalcoholism, a common sub-genre of alcoholism that deals specifically with those who only smoke when they drink. I usually start talking first, because I’m chatty. “What upppp, I’m Ste—Sarah, and I’m a tabalcoholic. Imma be straight with you guys, because you seem like a pretty groovy group to rap with. I’m craving a cigarette, like, right meow. I mean we’re drinking, for Chrissakes. Whose idea was it to buy the fucking pitcher anyway? What a total noob, right?” I get dead stares and then there’s this really awkward 10 sec-
ond silence, until finally, someone coughs. The facilitator (the stereotypical comm arts teaching assistant with cool jeans and flippy hair) whips his bangs to the side and says, “Ste–Sarah, you know that I bought the pitcher, just like every week. We’re teaching you to have one vice without the other. Why don’t you tell us about your weekend and how you progressed?” It takes me a while to answer because all I can think about is what a dickhead he is for mocking me. “Well you know I’ve always disagreed with you, man. But here’s the thing—I wouldn’t exactly call my weekend progress… There was this band in town and so my compadres and I had a couple beers and then we had to walk ALL THE WAY to Willy Street just to dance on the boogie and I was like ‘Cripes! A lousy 20-minute walk and NOTHING to do?!’ SO—long story short, I had ONE cigarette.”
Imma be straight with you guys, because you seem like a pretty groovy group to rap with. I’m craving a cigarette, like, right meow.
The facilitator leaned his head to the side and stared at me. “… FINE. It was two packs. Why do you always have to be so damn technical.”
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I sipped my beer and gave the stink eye to the facilitator who then decided it was time to move on to someone else. The next person to share her story was this biddy named Julie who probably got drunk to Taylor Swift and then choked on a cigarette just to hold back her tears of self-pity because she doesn’t have a boyfriend and now thinks she’s a tabalcoholic.
The next person to share ... was this biddy named Julie who probably got drunk to Taylor Swift and then choked on a cigarette just to hold back her tears of self-pity.
Two hours and way too many “likes,” and “totallys” later, it turned out that I was right. I missed a few details of her story, because I took some “bathroom breaks,” which is code for “cigarette breaks,” but all the important details were there: Taylor Swift, crying, no-boyfriend-itis. What a weakling. And to think— she’s capitalizing on the time of these other poor tabalcoholic souls, who actually have real, legitimate problems. Since Julie monopolized everyone’s time being lame, we had to go straight into the steps. There are 24 steps. (Tabalcoholics have TWO vices, so we need twice as many steps.) The first five basically tell us to admit we’re a bunch of fuck-
ups. Steps six through nine suggest that we apologize to everybody we’ve hosed. I called technicality on those steps and skipped them because there was no friggin’ way I was apologizing to all those preppy snobs who fake-coughed every time I lit up a cigarette at a party. I vaguely remember the next six steps being a bunch of mushy, forgiving nonsense and although I’m not positive, I believe there was mention of deities at one point. I was too busy making googly eyes at the bassist who was on stage with the band that had arrived 45 minutes earlier to really remember what was discussed. The last five steps are the trickiest though, because it requires us to give up one of two vices. I’ve been struggling with this idea lately and then at this last meeting, I realized that I didn’t want to be an anonymous tabalcoholic, I just wanted to be a tabalcoholic. I remembered that alcohol is fun and that smoking is sexy and it does, indeed, make you look cool, contrary to popular belief. So I made a momentous, yet clumsy exit, lit a cigarette and then returned a mere ten minutes later to finish my beer, because it was Messed–Up Monday and that’s exactly what I wanted to be. Look people, there is no such thing as Tabalcoholics Anonymous, OK? And Stephanie stays in on Monday nights, reading anti-tobacco literature and calling her grandmother. If you have any doubts, don’t e-mail her at slindholm@wisc.edu.
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An advisory committee to Chancellor John Wiley, the Labor Licensing Committee, unanimously decided Friday to recommend Wiley force all UW-Madison licensees to disclose the wages they pay their workers. The Student Labor Action Coalition has been meeting with the LLC this semester to push for wage disclosure, which would require companies making UW-Madison apparel to report to the university the exact salaries they pay employees worldwide. SLAC members said they felt now is an appropriate time to make such a request because UW-Madison may add Nike, which has had a history of problems with employee treatment, as a licensee. According to Liana Dalton, SLAC and LLC member and UW-Madison sophomore, the LLC will present its proposal to Wiley this week for the final decision. Though Wiley still must approve the LLC’s recommendation, Dalton and other SLAC members said they are optimistic about his impending decision. ‘Since it was unanimous and this is a committee that was set up to advise him and he takes the advice seriously, I think that he will do it,’ said Samantha Ashley, SLAC member and UW-Madison senior. To raise awareness about the necessity of wage disclosure, SLAC hosted a banner drop on Bascom Hill and Library Mall Friday, Dalton said.
The University of Wisconsin and the University of Minnesota announced that the Paul Bunyan Axe, the trophy awarded annually to the victor of the Wisconsin Badgers-Minnesota Golden Gophers football game, will be displayed at the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Ind. The axe was the first awarded in 1948 to the Gophers after The National W Club created the trophy specifically for the heated border rivalry. The axe will be sent with a helmet from each school, and Wisconsin is also sending the game football from the 1918 game. ‘It certainly seemed appropriate to help protect the future of the trophy by creating more space for future scores and making it more durable,’ said Wisconsin Athletic Director Pat Richter. It was reported that one of the reasons the axe was sent to the College Football Hall of Fame was because it started to become less durable after post-game cbrations by winning teams. The stability combined with the need to add more scores was the reason for creating a second axe in 2000. UW and Minnesota have played 113 games versus each other, the longest rivalry in Division I-A football.
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CFACT defends contract violation at ASM judicial hearing By Rachel Schulze the daily cardinal
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The transition between Governor-elect Scott Walker (left) and Gov. Jim Doyle (left) has been heated.
transition from page 1 and go,” Beil said. Doyle’s Secretary of Administration, Daniel Schooff, replied to Walker’s letter by offering to inform him on the issues he is asking to takeover during his term. In his letter, Walker addressed his plan to enter Wisconsin into
a lawsuit aiming to opt out of federal healthcare reform, and asked that Doyle not move any further with the implementation of the law. Schooff pointed out that Walker’s plan would require legislation and could not go into effect until 2013. Walker also asked Doyle to have the Charter Street Power
Plant run on natural gas rather than biomass, which Walker said is cheaper and cleaner. Schooff again noted that the plant will have both natural gas and biomass capabilities. Walker also included requests for Doyle to not make any permanent hires or new administrative rules in his last two months. Doyle’s administration has yet to respond.
Common Council members submit additional budget amendments to be considered Tuesday By Maggie DeGroot The Daily Cardinal
Madison Common Council members submitted additional amendments to Mayor Dave Cieslewicz’s capital and operating budgets for 2011, which the council will consider Tuesday. Two of the major proposed budget cuts include eliminating $5 million in land banking funds and over $4 million in funds for Central Park on Madison’s eastside. Alders Jed Sanborn, Dist. 1, Judy Compton, Dist. 16, and Thuy Pham-Remmele, Dist. 20, sponsored the proposed cuts. Sanborn, Compton and PhamRemmele also sponsored several amendments, which would dissolve the Capital Revolving Fund, Inclusionary Zoning Special
Revenue Fund and the Affordable Housing Trust Fund. The fund balances and loan repayments from these funds would then be distributed into the city general fund. The biggest proposed amendment, at $5.6 million, to the capital budget would allow the Water Utility to install an automated water meter reading system. The new system would allow for water usage measurements to be sent electronically instead of through meter readers. The system will allow customers to closely monitor and control water use and thereby conserve water, according to the amendment. Several alders including Ald. Mike Verveer, Dist. 4, and Marsha Rummel, Dist. 6 are proposing a
non-monetary amendment to add several conditions to an $8 million tax-increment financing loan. The loan, which is already included in the budget, was given for the Tax Incremental District 32 and essentially gave funding for the Edgewater Hotel redevelopment project. The proposed conditions include some wage specifications among others. The Common Council will begin to look over the 33 proposed amendments to Cieslewicz’s $247 million operating budget and $238.2 million capital budget Tuesday. The Board of Estimates has already added amendments to the proposed operating budget, including adding eight Madison police officers and other items.
Listening to tunes at stop sign leads to man’s fifth OWI A mid-drive music listening session led to one man earning his fifth OWI citation early Saturday morning. A Madison police officer allegedly saw 50-year-old John Miller’s black Saab stopped at a stop sign at the intersection of East Dayton and North Ingersoll Street. The officer waited but the vehicle stayed there without moving, according to the
police incident report. Authorities said the black Saab still had not moved even after the officer drove around the block. The officer then confronted the driver who told the officer he was listening to music. “There was a discussion about how odd it was for someone to elect to sit in the middle of the street at a stop sign with their engine run-
ning,” Madison police spokesperson Howard Payne said in a statement. “Miller continued to be delayed [and] confused in his responses to the officer.” The officer suspected Miller was intoxicated and gave him a field sobriety test. Miller’s blood alcohol content was measured at 0.10, police said, and he was taken to Dane County Jail.
Professor elected president of American Historical Association History Professor William Cronon was named president of the American Historical Association Friday. Cronon, the Frederick J a c k s o n Turner and Vilas Research CRONON Professor of History, studies American environmental history and the history of the American
West. His research focuses on how people modify landscapes, dependence on nature to create materials and how perceptions about nature impact the environment. Cronon, among other scholars, helped create environmental history studies, according to a statement. He is the first environmental historian to be elected president of the AHA. Cronon has been a professor at UW-Madison since 1992 and received his Bachelor of the Arts from UW-Madison in 1976. He
is a member of UW-Madison’s Center for Culture, History and Environment. Cronon will serve as president-elect on the AHA Council in January 2011 and begin his one year term as president in 2012. The AHA is a nonprofit professional group that encourages historical studies and preservation of historical objects. Cronon will continue to serve as a history professor at UW-Madison.
Collegians For A Constructive Tomorrow appealed to the Student Judiciary Friday after being denied funding by the Student Services Finance Committee for the third year in a row last month. CFACT was originally denied general student services funds in October of 2009 because it violated the Associated Students of Madison’s financial policy by not returning items to the ASM office. Confusion over what CFACT was supposed to return to ASM arose last year after ASM gave CFACT a list of items to return. The list included equipment that belonged to CFACT, but left off equipment ASM owned. During Friday’s hearing, SSFC members claimed CFACT specifically violated the policy by not returning an ASM-owned
panel from page 1 can’t quite be as enthusiastic about the prospects working forward,” Baldwin said. Baldwin criticized committees she said try to poke any small hole in the science supporting climate change. She compared judicial hearings on climate change that took place under the Bush administration to those of tobacco companies. “These are exactly the same tactics that were used to protect big tobacco by those who didn’t want to see additional regulation or warnings about the danger of smoking,” Baldwin said. She criticized fellow Congressman U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., who is slated to become the chair of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming if the com-
camcorder, valued at $329, by Nov. 20, 2009, the return date ASM requested. “Because of that alone, CFACT could have been found in intentional violation of ASM policy,” ASM Representative Tyler Junger said. While ASM may help student organizations with inventory lists, according to the statement of agreement student organizations sign, student organizations are responsible for keeping track of inventory. “Had CFACT actually tracked that equipment as they were supposed to, this would not be an issue,” Junger said. The hearing was adjourned and the outcome will be determined at a later date. If CFACT does not receive funding, it cannot request funding again until fall of 2012 for the 2013-’14 fiscal year. mittee is extended to the next Congress. “In an interview this week, Congressman Sensenbrenner said to the Associated Press that he intends to use that panel to investigate and overturn environmental regulations that it took us many years to institute,” Baldwin said. The event included and question and answer session, when Baldwin was asked about how she works with people of differing ideologies than her own. “My leadership won’t let me bring a bill to the floor for consideration unless I have Republican support for it,” Baldwin said. Eight graduate students Baldwin was presented with their theses to thank her for her support of research at UW-Madison.
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Democrats’ attempt to repeal DADT is weak mike kujak opinion columnist
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a n you hear the fat lady singing, my fellow Badgers? She’s singing about the Democrats preparing to abandon another fight in Washington D.C. During the current lame-duck legislative session, Democrats are silently jumping ship on the LGBT initiative of repealing the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that bars gays and lesbians from openly serving in the armed forces. In a few weeks you’ll start to hear Democrats moaning over DADT. They’ll point their fingers where they always point, as a watered down version of the National Defense Authorization Act will pass leading to a Democratic sigh of, “What else could we do?” That’s when I want you to look them in the eye and tell them that they could have done more. They could have fought it.
Democrats are silently jumping ship on the LGBT initiative of repealing the “Don’t ask, Don’t tell” policy...
Soon, after the NDA Act passes, you’ll hear one of two half-assed apologizes. Most will say the Republicans made the bill’s passing impossible while a few others will say they tried, failed and that the blame has to fall on their own party. Neither statement is correct because both statements imply that the Democrats tried at all. At the height of Obama’s popularity, this DADT issue was apparently too low on the list of initiatives to care about. As the president’s approval ratings dropped, as all insanely high approval ratings tend to do, the Democrats decided that it was more important to save their seats than to fight for anything even remotely controversial. In a survey sent to troops over the summer requested by senior Pentagon officials, more than 70 percent of respondents said the effect of repealing the DADT policy would be positive or nonexistent. So if the majority of troops support the repeal, who’s really slowing the process down? It’s not just the conservatives. The largest lobbying efforts standing in the way of the bill’s passing are coming from a small group of elite Army officials—military men who have honorably served this country for a long time. I have a certain amount of sympathy for these officers and their position on this issue. Their job is to win two (unwinnable) wars and keep troop causalities to an absolute minimum. Because homosexuality is not universally accepted, there is a
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possibility it could be a distraction. In war, distractions can lead to dead soldiers. However, my sympathies stop when they fail to recognize another essential point in the argument.
Our country’s soldiers have overcome race, religion and gender to fight for America— sexual preference will be no different.
During the Civil War, black soldiers and white soldiers fighting together caused a lot of problems. But you know what happened? The soldiers, on both sides, changed. They adapted to the situation because that’s what it takes to be a good soldier and that’s what it takes to win a war. Our country’s soldiers have overcome race, religion and gender prejudices to fight for America—sexual preference will be no different. This fight, this power to adapt, is what makes American soldiers stronger. It takes courage to change, and it’s exactly this form of courage that is lacking in Washington D.C. More than 13,000 service members of the Army have been discharged under the assumption that homosexuals won’t be able to keep their hands to themselves on the battlefield. Congress has yet to end this ridiculous premise. The American people have been ready for this policy to be repealed since it began in the Clinton Administration but it still hasn’t passed. The next few weeks are critical because the Republicans will gain control of the House in January. Since DADT couldn’t be repealed at the height of Obama’s popularity, it’s hard to imagine it will be repealed in the next four to six years.
The Democrats decided that it was more important to save their seats than to fight for anything even remotely controversial.
Democrats, I say your duck is lame. Put the National Defense Authorization Act through, full version, and dare the GOP to obstruct it. Let Sen. McConnell, R-Ky., tell the American public he’ll de-fund the whole war because he doesn’t like DADT repeal. If the Democrats want any votes in 2012 they’ve got to stop thinking about protecting their future and start thinking about why people elected them to Congress in the first place. They need to stop trying to fight the battles they think they can win and start fighting the battles that count. Mike Kujak is a sophomore intending to major in journalism. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
Coulter’s ideals to raise voting age lack logic Lydia statz opinion columnist
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nn Coulter, the famous right-wing writer and commentator, is at it again. The woman, who prides herself on not pretending to be fair or balanced, has certainly enraged millions of Americans over the years with her controversial opinions. And right now, she’s currently setting her sights on a target that is slightly closer to home: the 18 to 26-year-old demographic. For those of you who haven’t heard, Coulter argues in her most recent column to repeal the 26th Amendment—which set the legal voting age to 18. Normally, I can overlook such an outrageous proclamation, accepting that we all have a right to free speech. But Coulter’s argument is far from well reasoned and appears to be based on so many logical fallacies that her thesis statement could just as well be, “anyone who disagrees with me shouldn’t vote” as “young people shouldn’t vote.”
Is Coulter seriously suggesting we return to an era when only wealthy landowners were allowed any rights?
Coulter gets her facts straight on the reasoning behind the 26th Amendment, the voting age was lowered in 1971 because 18-year-
olds could drink and be drafted into service. The argument supporting a lower voting age surrounded the idea that individuals asked to risk their lives in war should be given the right to vote. However, when Coulter claims, “We no longer have a draft,” she seems to forget that the draft didn’t evaporate with the end of the Vietnam War. It’s not active at the moment, but Congress could reinstate it at any time and males as young as 18 could be called to serve their country. As long as that possibility exists, anyone of legal age to serve should be able to vote. Dragging her distaste for the recent health-care overhaul into the debate, Coulter asserts that the real age of adulthood is 26—the age until which children are no longer insured under their parents’ plans. Even if we ignore the fact that plenty young adults actually insure themselves through their full-time jobs, by her logic, we shouldn’t allow the millions of uninsured Americans to vote either. Apparently, if you’re not wealthy enough to buy your own health insurance, Ann Coulter thinks you’re not wealthy enough to vote. It must just be a coincidence that the lowerincome brackets are traditional Democratic supporters. Yet again her own agenda emerges when she says, “Young voters are the most likely to oppose offshore drilling” and a “sustainable planet, or whatever hokum they have swallowed hook, line and sinker.” This ridiculous assertion veers her argument into dangerously ideological territory. It sounds to me as if she wants to deny the right to vote to any-
one who’s been “brainwashed” enough to believe in environmental responsibility, young or old. In other words, a good majority of left-of-center Americans. “Eighteen to 26-year-olds don’t have property, spouses, children, or massive tax bills.” Coulter seems to be unabashedly arguing that voting responsibility is somehow tied to these characteristics. If this is starting to sound familiar to anyone, that’s probably because our country has tried this experiment once before—two centuries ago. Is Coulter seriously suggesting we return to an era when only wealthy landowners were allowed any rights?
This ridiculous assertion veers her argument into dangerously ideological territory.
Coulter does have a valid point when she says many young people voted for Obama as a fashion statement, and young people are less aware of the financial consequences of the government benefits they traditionally support. But the answer to this is not disenfranchising millions of Americans, it is more government and civics classes as part of the public school curriculum. Or wait, would that be part of that “North Korean-style brainwashing” she accuses our education system of? Lydia Statz is a junior majoring in journalism and international studies. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
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Rihanna sings Loud and proud on her newest, upbeat release By Caitlin Linehan
going to be anything but herself. The production on this track is After the dark and angst-filled flawless, and the cherry on top is Rated R, Rihanna is ready to have a vocal rift from Avril Lavigne’s some fun again. On her new “I’m With You.” album, Loud, Rihanna sounds Rihanna kills it with the techno invested in lighter material, and ballad “Complicated.” The verses while she’s very good at the darker capture the conflicting mood of stuff, there is no reason to com- the song and help Rihanna soar plain. Loud is one of her best into the emotional, big chorus. albums. The strong, pop release Her voice carries the empowerwill definitely get plenty of play. ing song. She taunts, “I’ma stick As she says in the opening track, around just a little while longer / “S&M,” “Outta box, outta line,” Just to make sure that you’re really the album explores new styles sure you like sleeping alone.” and crosses the modest line with “Raining Men,” Rihanna’s colsome rowdiness. laboration with Although only Nicki Minaj, is CD REVIEW 22 years old, on one of the album’s Loud, Rihanna showstoppers, with presents herself Rihanna adoptas an experiing Minaj’s flow enced artist putand style, adding ting forth notha unique flavor to ing but her best. the album. With “ S & M ” its reggae and Loud is a techno hip-hop swagger, Rihanna dance-hit it moves listeners that demands to press the repeat remixes. The repetitiveness drills button again and again. The lyrraunchy lyrics like “Chains and ics are fun and Rihanna is partywhips excite me” into your head. ing hard on her pedestal. Themes like these make her “Fading” is a song about sound fierce, and the lyrics pick breaking up and the heartache up on the sexual pervasiveness that comes with it. It starts with note that “Rude Boy” left off on. violins before moving to a beauThe second single off the tiful piano melody. Rihanna disalbum, “What’s My Name,” plays her lessons learned from has perfect musical chemis- her past relationships, most try between Rihanna’s chops notably her publicized relationand Drake’s smooth rapping ship and breakup with Chris sections. While not the most Brown. This song is reminisexciting track on the album, cent of “Take A Bow,” especially Rihanna masters and sells vul- when Rihanna demands “Go on nerability in this track. It’s a be gone / Bye bye so long.” slower, more brooding number, Anxious fans will not be disbut the beats are still sharp and appointed with Loud. From the sultry. Rihanna makes full use songs to the gorgeous cover art, of her Barbadian playfulness as it’s a charismatic album that she challenges “Hey boy, I really most will have no choice but wanna see if you can go down- to love. The album showcases town with a girl like me.” Rihanna’s dexterity, specifically “Cheers (Drink to That)” is a because of her ability to move feel-good song that will get the between slow ballads, club party started and ensue cheers bangers and new musical terrifrom listeners. Her Barbadian tory. Loud is an amazing album accent and confidence shine that continues to spark one’s through. She also sends a very curiosity of what Rihanna will clear warning to haters: She isn’t do next. The Daily Cardinal
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Thirty-two years ago, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band released Darkness On the Edge of Town. Thirty-one songs didn’t make it to the record. Now the band is releasing them on a new record, The Promise.
Bruce still has a ‘spring’ in his step on Promise By Nick Cusatis The Daily Cardinal
There were over 31 songs to choose from when Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band were making their fourth album, Darkness On the Edge of Town. In order to maintain the cohesiveness they wanted throughout the entire album, they only used 10. The others were pushed away and forgotten. But after 32 years, these lost songs finally get the recognition they deserve on Springsteen’s latest, The Promise.
As you listen, each song on The Promise seems to get better and better.
The album starts off with “Racing In the Street,” a song about running only on hope, an idea Springsteen has shown he knows all too well. The song starts slow with Springsteen singing story-like lyrics about difficult times in New Jersey and a car that will get him out. The song builds to a high-energy climax with roaring lyrics and a big band to back it up, eventually ending with a classic Springsteen harmonica solo. Although “Racing In the Street”
was on Darkness On the Edge of Town, Springsteen so appealing to such a it feels brand new on The Promise. wide variety of people. It’s a song Its thumping drums and loud about love and being with the perlyrics make “Outside Looking In” son of your dreams. Everyone can a highpoint on the record. The relate to that. song is a mere two minutes and 18 “City Of Night” completes the seconds long, but it doesn’t feel like two-disc album with Springsteen a last minute addition. In a trailer telling a story about a city of for “The Promise: night where he CD REVIEW The Making of may be a liar and Darkness On the a cheater, but he’s Edge of Town,” docfine with the way umentary about he is. After three these lost songs, minutes the song Springsteen says fades away, giving they were “genre the impression the based, soul music” album is over, but The Promise and “garage-rock.” after about 30 secBruce The garage-rock onds of dead air, Springsteen definitely comes Springsteen starts through on “Outside Looking In,” to play an entirely different song. but others like “One Way Street,” A hidden track is revealed with have a slower feel to them, with the lyrics about a girl like, “The way saxophone being at the forefront you sooth me when I’m in pain / of the solos. This perfect combina- The way you make the blood rush tion of styles is exactly why Bruce in my veins.” The song is a testaSpringsteen is “The Boss.” ment to a girl he belongs with As you listen, each song on The and how she keeps him together. Promise seems to get better and betThe Promise is an astonishing ter. His heartfelt lyrics and impec- album comprised of songs that can cable songwriting plays a large role evoke happiness, sadness and hope. in this. “Save Me Love” starts the In “The Promise: The Making of second disc with the lyrics, “Now Darkness On the Edge of Town,” there’s something coming through Springsteen said, “More than rich, the air / That softly reminds me more than famous, more than / Tonight I’ll park out on the hill happy, I wanted to be great.” This / And wait until they find me.” album proves that the boss got Songwriting like this is what makes exactly what he wanted.
Viral Videos of the Week Search terms: Bob Marley Baby One second, this baby is screaming his head off. The next, he’s grooving to the sweet jams of Bob Marley. Prop 19 would have definitely passed if we could all be as chill as this little guy.
Search terms: Middle School Trick Play Check out this great video clip of the Badgers shredding Indiana’s defense from Saturday’s game! Oh, wait, that’s a middle school trick play? I couldn’t tell the difference, to be honest.
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Today’s Sudoku
Evil Bird
By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu
© Puzzles by Pappocom
Branching Out
By Brendan Sullivan bsullivan3@wisc.edu
Solution, tips and computer program available at www.sudoku.com.
Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9.
Eatin’ Cake
By Dylan Moriarty eatincake@gmail.com
Crustaches
By Patrick Remington premington@wisc.edu
Today’s Crossword Puzzle
First in Twenty
By Angel Lee alee23@wisc.edu
Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com
LET THE SUNSHINE IN ACROSS 1 Emulates a femme fatale 6 Grocery containers 10 Geometry or algebra 14 Jim Croce’s “___ Name” 15 Bone of the forearm 16 Curved arch 17 One who’s constantly snapping? 19 Back of the pack 20 Potato containers 21 Plaza Hotel imp 23 First word of the Beatles’ “Nowhere Man” 25 Sioux war bonnets, e.g. 28 Cream-filled cookie 30 “Norma ___” (1979 movie) 31 Henrietta, familiarly 32 Pageant crowns 35 Political diatribe 37 Preplay performance 42 Tuning fork’s output 43 Snake oil salesman’s bottleful 45 Ghana’s capital 49 To’s opposite 51 Money in Mexico 52 Repossession of a sort
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Kitty’s sound Overly eye-catching Waffle topping Norse literary work Work that may win an Oscar Prison room October birthstone Gaze stupidly Obstacle for George of the Jungle Skedaddles Law school subjects
DOWN 1 Fleur-de-___ 2 “How repulsive!” 3 “The Snake Charmer” painter 4 Rock and Roll Hallof-Famer James 5 Negro League legend Paige, familiarly 6 University treasurer 7 Cleric’s tunic 8 Large African antelope 9 More wise 10 Really down 11 Senior snubber 12 Little girl’s play dishes 13 Joan of Arc’s offense 18 Barely manage (with “out”) 22 High-protein seed
23 “Pease porridge ___ ...” 24 “Munich” star Bana 26 They’ll get rid of your tears 27 Close to one’s heart 29 Bobby of hockey 33 Staple or clip on 34 ___ Paulo, Brazil 36 Glasgow veto 38 Data 39 Drink hot tea 40 Model 41 “All ___!” (courtroom phrase) 44 Use oars 45 Make a difference 46 Further away, in a way 47 Phone receiver’s spot 48 Thrift-shop transaction 50 European blackbirds (Var.) 53 Big name in disinfectants 54 Ham’s locale? 55 German surrealist Max 59 ___ snuff (adequate) 62 Apr. workhorse 63 Battering tool 64 Connoisseur’s collection 65 Sycophant’s word
Washington and the Bear
By Derek Sandberg kalarooka@gmail.com
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Men’s Hockey
Dismal play results in weekend sweep at the hands of Sioux By Ryan Evans the daily cardinal
With their high level of play so far this season, the young Wisconsin men’s hockey team had surprised a lot of people. But, after this weekend’s series it is clear that they still have some growing to do. Welcoming North Dakota to Madison, the Badgers experienced some growing pains and suffered a two-game sweep against a veteran Fighting Sioux squad. On Friday night the Wisconsin power play, one of the top ranked units in the country, did not look in sync. Wisconsin went 0-for-6 on the power play Friday night, including two five minute advantages thanks to two North Dakota game misconducts for hits to the head. The Fighting Sioux made the penalty kill look easy, and the Badgers helped by turning
the puck over and failing to execute crisp passes. “We weren’t being simple. I think that everybody was on their own; everyone was on a different page and we just weren’t connecting like we can,” sophomore forward Craig Smith said. “It doesn’t help when you don’t get a shot off on a five-minute power play, that’s pretty frustrating.” Even with the struggles on the power play, the Badgers still had a chance to win the game thanks to strong defensive play including a brilliant game in goal from senior goaltender Scott Gudmandson. But on this night the Badgers could not overcome their struggles. After battling through two and a half scoreless periods, it was the Sioux who finally struck the game’s first, and decisive blow.
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Craig Smith charges through the goal in the third period Saturday in an apparent fit of rage, costing the Badgers a critical late penalty.
In a race for the puck down the right boards, North Dakota junior forward Jason Gregoire outhustled Wisconsin senior forward Patrick Johnson, picked up the puck, went in on Gudmandson and wristed it top left to give the Sioux the 1-0 lead. That score would stand up as the final. “Without question our youth was exposed tonight,” head coach Mike Eaves said. “When things didn’t go the way we wanted we started to press, we started to go outside the box in terms of how we wanted to play as a team.” In Saturday’s game, North Dakota’s offense overwhelmed Wisconsin, outshooting the Badgers 43-15 and the Badgers offense wasn’t able to generate enough chances until it was too late, with the team taking a 4-2 loss. “I thought we would create more opportunities going into the weekend,” Eaves said. “But the way North Dakota pressured, they didn’t give us anything from the rush, and they fronted the puck in their own zone. They blocked a lot of shots” The Sioux struck first in the second period, when senior forward Matt Frattin beat Gudmandson with a shot from the point, and they never looked back. Wisconsin briefly tied the game in the third period when sophomore defender John Ramage scored with a booming slap shot from the point, but North Dakota answered right back with a goal from sophomore Corban Knight. North Dakota rattled off two more goals from Frattin and Knight to build the lead to 4-1 before Wisconsin defenseman Justin Schultz cut into the lead with a shot from the point. That proved to be the games final tally, and the Sioux skated away with a 4-2 victory to complete the sweep. “It was definitely a reality check,” junior defenseman Jake Gardiner said of the series. “We played an older team in North Dakota this weekend, and they got the better of us. We didn’t play our game; we didn’t play Wisconsin Hockey this weekend.” “It wasn’t so much the effort, it was the heart. Coach Eaves always thrives on that, and we didn’t give it.”
Women’s Soccer
Wisconsin falls short of Sweet Sixteen appearance following heart breaking 5-4 penalty kick defeat against Marquette By Cory Romdenne the daily cardinal
After advancing to the second round of the NCAA tournament this weekend by defeating UW-Milwaukee 2-1, the Badgers were defeated in Milwaukee Sunday by third-seeded rival Marquette in a penalty shootout. In their opener against this weekend in Milwaukee, the Badgers got on the scoreboard quickly. After just 26 minutes, freshman midfielders Catie Sessions and Kodee Williams combined in the attacking third before Williams sent a cross into the area. Junior forward Laurie Nosbusch headed toward the far post to notch her 10th goal of the season and to put the Badgers up 1-0. Milwaukee equalized in the 67th minute on a long shot from outside the area, but it took the Badgers just 30 seconds to answer and secure the victory. Junior midfielder Lauren Cochlin sent a cross from the right wing towards sophomore midfielder
Monica Lam-Feist, whose hard shot was blocked by the keeper. Williams followed up to guide the deflection into the net and book UW’s spot in the second round. On Sunday, the Badgers matched up with Marquette (16-43) for a place in the final 16 of the NCAA tournament. Wisconsin fell behind in the 11th minute on a header following a free kick, but UW would fight back with two rapid goals in the LAM-FEIST second half. Following a scrum in the box on a Wisconsin corner kick in the 66th minute, LamFeist found an opening and ripped a hard left-footed shot from 25 yards out to equalize. Just one minute and eight seconds later, Lam-Feist fired converted on another hard shot, this time from 20 yards out after a shot by sophomore defender Lindsey Johnson
was blocked. However, Marquette tied the score at 2-2 just 40 seconds later to cap a crazy three-minute stretch. The wind seemed to be a factor in the 68th minute as a Marquette forward was able to head over Wisconsin redshirt junior goalkeeper Michele Dalton to put the two team’s in a deadlock and send the match to extra time. The Badgers withstood a dangerous Marquette attack through the two overtime periods, even seeing a Marquette goal called back for offside. Wisconsin converted its first four penalty kicks in the ensuing shootout, but could not put away its fifth and final kick with an opportunity to win. In the first sudden death phase of the shootout Marquette scored while the Badgers failed to convert, and the game ended 5-4 on penalties in favor of Marquette. The Badgers finish their season 11-4-4, and will lose just two players to graduation in the offseason– defender Taryn Francel and forward Darcy Riley.
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Tara Steinbauer goes to the rim for two of her game-high 22 points. The senior added 12 rebounds for the double-double.
Badgers open season 2-0 after pair of wins over St. Louis, William & Mary By Mark Bennett the daily cardinal
Despite playing without Preseason All-Big Ten selection Alyssa Karel, the Wisconsin women’s basketball team barely missed a beat in their opening weekend, easily handling both St. Louis on the road and then William & Mary at home. The Badgers began the weekend and the season on a strong note Friday night when the team traveled to St. Louis and came away with an impressive opening performance, highlighted by a staunch trademark defense, in a 60-32 win. Wisconsin jumped out to an early 8-0 lead in the first five minutes against the Billikens and only widened that gap as the game progressed. With two double-doubles in the team’s opening exhibition matches, senior Tara Steinbauer posted her first official such performance of the season with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Senior Lin Zastrow led the Badgers in scoring with 14 points on the evening. St. Louis shot just 20.8 percent from the floor all night while the Badgers out-rebounded the Billikens 44-28. All 10 players who dressed for the trip saw time on the court Friday, including freshman Morgan Paige who filled in for injured senior Alyssa Karel. Paige continued to show the poise and performance she demonstrated in the team’s exhibition matches, seeing the most playing time of any Wisconsin player and contributing six points. On Sunday, the Badgers welcomed the William & Mary Tribe to the Kohl Center for the first meeting between the two teams. Former Tribe standout forward and current UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin was on hand to witness
football from page 8 Arbor looms large as the Badgers, ranked seventh for the second straight week in the BCS standings, still have two more obstacles in the way of their BCS hopes. Conference title and BCS implications aside, the Michigan game has an added significance as Wisconsin
her Ph.D. alma mater, Wisconsin, take down her undergraduate alma mater 65-38. Senior Tara Steinbauer again took the helm, powering the Badgers with her second double-double of the season, contributing a game-high 22 points and 12 rebounds. “A huge credit to my teammates, they found me on great penetration,” Steinbauer said. “I couldn’t be more proud of our guards right now. I think their passes inside to us have just been right there, and obviously that puts me in a great position to score.” Coming into Sunday’s matchup, William & Mary head coach Debbie Taylor was more focused on containing Zastrow, but found Steinbauer to be a larger threat than expected. Although the Tribe shut down Zastrow, who went just one for three from the floor for six points, Steinbauer posted near career highs. “When you have a tough kid [like Steinbauer], they’re just worth their weight in gold,” said Taylor. “She just gets after it. She’s nasty.” Sophomore Taylor Wurtz also continued to shine in the starting role on both ends of the court, with 14 points and three steals in 33 minutes of play. For the second game in a row, the Badgers held their opponent to under 30 percent shooting from the floor. The Tribe managed just 26.9 percent, while Wisconsin boasted 43.8 percent shooting, boosted by a 56 percent effort in the second half. “We’re banged up a little right now,” Wisconsin head coach Lisa Stone said. “And I give them a lot of credit. We’re nowhere near where we need to be at, but we’re showing progress, and that’s the best part of this.” tries desperately to send a message following a heartbreaking loss in 2008 that saw them blow a 19-point halftime lead. “We all know what happened last time we went to Michigan,” head coach Bret Bielema said after today’s win. “If that doesn’t have a place in your stomach, I don’t know what will.”
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Football
Easy pickings: Badgers demolish Indiana RECAP
UW ties modernera Big Ten points record with 83 By Max Sternberg the daily cardinal
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Junior Aaron Henry returns an interception for a touchdown late in the fourth quarter in Wisconsin’s 83-20 thrashing of the Hoosiers.
ANALYSIS
Team excels from every angle, at every position By Parker Gabriel the daily cardinal
By the time junior third-string quarterback Nate Tice plunged into the endzone on a 17-yard bootleg with 1:57 showing on the clock, the only question that remained was whether 83 push-ups would be too much for Bucky to handle. In the process of scoring the most points by any team in a Big Ten conference game since Ohio State hung 83 points on Iowa in 1950, Wisconsin’s offense showed a near-perfect balance. They ran the ball between the tackles. They ran the ball outside. They ran the ball with multiple running backs. They threw the ball from the shotgun. They threw the ball off of play action. They threw to backs, receivers and tight ends. At times they scored fast. At times they sustained drives. Surgical might be a good word to describe Wisconsin’s offensive stats, as the Badgers scored on every single one
Returning home on a cold, blustery day at Camp Randall, the No. 7 Wisconsin offense caught fire as UW cruised to an 83-20 victory over the Indiana Hoosiers. While the game was seemingly out of reach for the Hoosiers by the end of the first half, the game had begun close. Tied at 10 in the first quarter, a 51-yard kick return by David Gilreath led to the third-straight UW scoring drive to start the game. A one-yard touchdown run from sophomore running back Montee Ball put the Badgers up 17-10 and, from there, they never looked back. “I think it’s all due to the guys in front of me,” Gilreath said after the game. “They’re doing a great job just going out there and putting their bodies on the line.” “At the beginning I felt like we
of their 13 possessions. Senior quarterback Scott Tolzien finished 15-18 for 181 yards and three touchdowns and did not turn the ball over. After relying heavily on the run for much of the first half, Tolzien engineered a four-play drive—all passes— in the final 1:22 that put Wisconsin up 38-10. “I thought our guys took a very aggressive mentality,” UW head coach Bret Bielema said. “They go out and execute, and they play clean.” Not only did Wisconsin throw the ball effectively throughout, the running game found all kinds of daylight on an otherwise dark and dreary day at Camp Randall Stadium. Sophomore running back Montee Ball established a career high in rushing yards by halftime and finished with 167 yards and three touchdowns. Freshman James White also topped the century-mark with 144 and two scores of his own. For a rushing game that has controlled play for much of the season, a two-play sequence in the second quarter might have exhibited the best execution of the season. Ball turned a stretch to the right in to a 36-yard pickup. On the next play, White took a handoff to the left and went 30 yards to the endzone untouched. That sort of quick strike
were going to go blow for blow the whole game,” senior guard John Moffitt said. “And then it just landslided.” By half time, that Wisconsin lead had grown to 28 on the strength of three more touchdown drives, including one capped by Ball’s third TD of the half, this time coming on an 8-yard rush into the end zone. Making his first start of the year, Ball rushed 20 times for a careerhigh 145 yards and three touchdowns in the first half, adding two more rushes for 22 yards in the third quarter before exiting the game with 22 rushes for 167 yards on the day. “It’s a great feeling for sure,” Ball said following the game. “I give credit to the offensive line for working up front.” After putting together two more touchdown drives to open the second half, the day was over for the first string, a 45-10 lead in hand. But while the names started to change in the second half, the momentum of the Wisconsin offense never slowed. Freshman quarterback Jon Budmayr entered the game late in the third quarter to replace senior Scott Tolzien. After leading the Badgers to
offense allowed UW to score 28 points in the second quarter and turn a competitive game into a blowout. “I don’t think we’ve really done that much this season … and on two running plays at that,” White said. “That was perfect execution.” All said, the Wisconsin offense racked up 598 yards of total offense— the 11th-best mark in school history. With a point total as stunning as 83, the knee-jerk reaction might be to assume Bielema and the Badgers ran up the score in an effort to impress the BCS computers. However, Bielema said he did not think about bowl implications in the second half, and UW never showed any malicious intent. Even a 74-yard touchdown from redshirt freshman quarterback Jon Budmayr to redshirt freshman wide receiver Jared Abbrederis in the fourth quarter came when Budmayr rolled left on third-and-five and heaved a jump ball back to the right. Even the final touchdown run did not add up to anything more than backups playing hard, according to Bielema, who joked about the speed and athletic prowess of his third string quarterback. “I don’t think Wisconsin will ever be accused of trying to be sexy or [full of] style points,” Bielema said.
a 42-yard Philip Welch field goal, Budmayr faced a third and 5, with the score now 62-13. Budmayr responded by eluding the Hoosier defensive front and hurling a 74-yard TD pass to Jared Abbrederis to increase the Badger point total to 56. “I think we just played hard until the end,” Moffitt said. “We were putting two’s in and three’s in … so I don’t think we were blatantly trying to run up the score.” As if the highlight reel pass from the second string quarterback wasn’t enough, Wisconsin still had two more scores left in them, the first a pick six by junior defensive back Aaron Henry and the final score, followed by a 17-yard Nate Tice touchdown run to push the Badgers over the 80-point mark. The interception return was special for Henry, whose mother was in the stands for the first time. “It was real exciting,” Henry said. “Words can’t explain how I felt when I was actually able to get into the end zone.” While a Big Ten scoring record is certainly a nice addition to the BCS resume, next week’s road test in Ann football page 7
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Montee Ball amassed a career high 145 yards by halftime. The sophomore finished with 167 total yards and three touchdowns.
Men’s Basketball
Leuer, Gasser power second-half outburst in season-opening win By Jermey Wodajo the daily cardinal
The height, length and aggressiveness of the Badgers were too much to overcome for the visiting Prairie View A&M Panthers Sunday night at the Kohl Center for the Wisconsin men’s basketball team’s season opener, as the No. 24 Badgers handed A&M a 99-55 thumping. Wisconsin out rebounded the Panthers 51 to 16, with 24 of those coming on the offensive glass. Prairie View A&M head coach Byron Rimm admitted it was his team’s lack of confidence and Wisconsin’s tenacity on the boards that dug them into a deep hole late in the first and
early in the second half. “We didn’t rebound,” Rimm said. “It’s kind of hard for us to compete with 6'10", 6'9", 6'8" players that were out there hustling, and I really think we got out-hustled today.” Senior forward Jon Leuer led all players with 24 points on nine of 13 shooting but the story of the night came in the form of freshman guard Josh Gasser who started his college career with a bang putting up 21 points in 26 minutes and adding nine rebounds and three assists to his stat-line. Gasser’s 21 point debut ranks second all-time in UW history, and
his teammates are excited by the versatility the freshman showed in his first game. “Talk about a good debut, I mean that’s about as good as it gets,” Leuer said. “To have another guy that can step up and do that-that’s great, and we’re looking for guys all over than can do that.” After only leading by 10 going into the half, the Badgers picked up the pace to start the second and went on a 21-8 run to increase their lead to 23 with nearly 13 minutes left. The players seemed to settle into their sets and also found their shooting stroke in the process hitting nine of their first 12 in the first five
minutes of the second half. “I think shots started falling a little more in the second half but we played with a higher energy level too in the second half,” junior guard Jordan Taylor said. “We were a little flat in the first half second half we just came out and pushed the ball, played better defense and it translated into easy baskets.” Taylor logged the most minutes out of any Badger playing 31 minutes and adding 20 points and six assists, while shooting 50 percent from the field. Teammate Mike Bruesewitz chipped in 11 points including a flurry of back-to-back three’s early in the
second half to jump start the Badger‘s route of the Panthers. Wisconsin’s 99 points also ranks second all-time only to the 1995’96 Badgers’ who put up 105 points in a single game. Players were well-aware of the feat accomplished by the football team over the weekend as they put up 83 points in a win over Indiana. Although Leuer and company played for the win, they accepted the scoring challenge their fellow athletes posed. “It was great to see that— the way they dominated like that,” Leuer said. “But we couldn’t get shown up by those guys.”