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It’s official: Badgers headed to Pasadena Student tickets sell out in minutes for Wisconsin’s Rose Bowl date with TCU

By Parker Gabriel the daily cardinal

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The season’s final BCS rankings made certain what many have expected: Quarterback Scott Tolzien and the Wisconsin football team will play in the Rose Bowl Jan. 1.

Fans have anticipated the announcement since Wisconsin beat Northwestern 70-23 Nov. 27, but now they know for sure: The Badgers are going to the Rose Bowl.

With the release of the final BCS rankings Sunday evening, UW solidified its spot as the Big Ten’s automatic qualifier. At No. 5 in the BCS, Wisconsin is ranked ahead of both Ohio State (No. 6) and Michigan State (No. 9), the teams it was tied with atop the Big Ten standings.

“To have this opportunity and to be able to take these guys out there and experience everything that goes into the Rose Bowl—one of the most prestigious places in college foot-

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Gov. Jim Doyle selected Jerilyn Dietz, a former crime victim and assistant Manitowoc County District Attorney, to replace infamous “sexting” Calumet County District Attorney Ken Kratz Friday.

“Calumet County has been through a difficult period,” Doyle said in a statement.

“Jerilyn Dietz is a strong prosecutor who will restore the community’s faith in the District Attorney’s office and ensure that victims of crime know they have a strong advocate on their side.”

Kratz resigned from his position two months ago after several allegations of sexual harassment surfaced against him, including one from Stephanie Van Groll, a domestic abuse victim he once represented.

“When I saw what the women of Calumet County were facing from the

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Doyle appoints abuse victim to replace ‘sexting’ D.A. Kratz

By Ariel Shapiro

ball—will be very, very unique,” head coach Bret Bielema said.

The trip to Pasadena is the first for Wisconsin since winning back-to-back Rose Bowls in 1999 and 2000.

Tickets for the game went on sale to student season ticket holders at 9 p.m. Sunday night on uwbadgers.com. By 9:20, the website was telling visitors all of the school’s tickets were sold out.

The Badgers will face No. 3 Texas Christian University, which finished its regular season a perfect 12-0 for the second consecutive year. Despite the unblemished record, the Horned Frogs did not muster enough support from voters to earn a spot in the BCS National Championship game.

That game will feature the only other two undefeated teams in the country, No. 1 Auburn and No. 2 Oregon.

“I know a lot of people are going to say TCU should be in that National Championship game,” Bielema said. “The way it all works,

person sworn to protect them—when I saw a District Attorney victimizing women—I knew I had to apply for this position to restore faith in this office and find justice for other survivors,” Dietz said in a statement.

The Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault praised the appointment, saying Dietz has the experience and sensitivity necessary to take on the job.

“While this doesn’t bring closure to the matter of Ken Kratz’s actions during his tenure as D.A., we are very supportive of this next step,” the WCASA said in a statement.

Dietz, a UW-Madison alumna, will begin her term Dec. 19 and serve through January of 2013.

“I am humbled by Governor Doyle’s trust, and I promise to serve the people of Calumet County with every ounce of energy I have,” Dietz said.

City of Madison declares first snow emergency after weekend storm

Professor Bassam Shakhashiri got some help from Bucky Badger at his annual holiday science program in the Chemistry building Sunday.

By Maggie DeGroot

EPA to investigate 15 Wisconsin power plants

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The city of Madison declared the first snow emergency of the season after Friday’s snowfall.

According to cityofmadison.com, a snow emergency is declared once snow accumulates to three inches or more and streets in downtown Madison need to be plowed.

When a snow emergency is in effect there are alternative side parking restrictions in effect throughout Madison, city spokesperson George Dreckmann said in a statement.

Madison residents were required to park on the odd-numbered side of the street Saturday night and on the evennumbered side of the street Sunday night.

Violators of the parking rules may receive a fine of $60 or could be towed, according to a statement.

The Madison Streets Department reported the city received around three inches of snow from Friday night to Saturday morning.

There were 30 salt crews and two additional sanding crews working Friday and Saturday, Madison Streets Superintendent Alan Schumacher said in a statement.

According Dane County Sheriff public information officer Elise Schaffer, a grant from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation allowed for five additional patrols on the road Saturday.

The snow emergency remained in effect until around 7 a.m. Monday morning, Dreckmann said in a statement.

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The Environmental Protection Agency informed the state Thursday it will investigate 15 of Wisconsin’s power plants, including three in Madison and nine on UW campuses.

The investigation is being conducted to evaluate whether these plants are in violation of the Clean Air Act, according to the Wisconsin State Journal. The EPA has already identified the Mendota Health Institute and plants at UW campuses in Oshkosh, La Crosse, River Falls and Eau Claire as below standard.

“We just received the letter,” Department of Administration spokesperson Emily Winecke told the State Journal Thursday. “We’ve been

working on these issues for some time and will continue to provide the EPA with the information they requested.”

The other two Madison power plants facing scrutiny are Capital Heat and Power and Hill Farms.

Unlike the other plants undergoing investigation, the Charter Street Heating Plant is transitioning from using coal to biofuel and natural gas, which would cut its emissions by 30-90 percent.

However, Governor-elect Scott Walker wrote to Gov. Jim Doyle requesting the state stops work on the Charter Street Heating Plant, claiming natural gas is cleaner and cheaper than biofuel.

The Charter Street plant will be functional in 2013.

“…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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t’s December and we’re well into cold and flu season.

Fortunately, I’ve stayed relatively healthy (knock on wood), if you exclude that two-week-long “ulcers from J202 stress” stint.

But as the weather grows colder and our noses rosier (go Badgers!), the more we start sniffling, sneezing, coughing and aching. Every time I walk into a school building after a 20-minute hike in the frozen tundra, I’m drenched in a cold sweat and my nose is dripping snot down to my ankles—and that’s just because of the weather.

But god forbid you actually catch something. Missing one week of school means all of a sudden you have three 20-page papers due by Monday and a failing attendance grade. It’s unacceptable.

The good news is there’s a cure for your winter wellness woes, and it comes in the form of purple drank. It’s NyQuil, that “sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, fever, best sleep you ever got with a cold”

medicine that you can buy at any CVS or Walgreens. But be careful, because experience showed me that it should be used with caution.

Last week, I started to develop a nasty cough. My voice had transformed into a chesty, Phyllis Diller-like squawk. Naturally, I opted for the NyQuil in the medicine cabinet, because when something is compromising the four hours of sleep I get each night, it tends to skew my bitch-factor into Janice Dickinson territory.

The problem with NyQuil is I never know exactly how much is an agreeable amount, one whose potency won’t have me dreaming of puppet musicals featuring David Cross as an inebriated ventriloquist. And all the smartypants who would suggest I just read the label can leave snide comments on someone else’s column, because everyone knows you can take more than the recommended dosage and be totally fine... Or so I thought.

One night during my sickweek, I was in a sleep-deprived, irrational state, which made my decision to take double doses in the name of sleep before bed almost instantaneous. So, not a moment after my head hit the pillow, I was

down for the count.

I woke up to my alarm that had been blaring for half an hour at 8 a.m. and rolled out of a bed to discover I had inadvertently become drunk.

Although I have little recollection of the event, it seems only logical that I mistook the NyQuil bottle for my water bottle that had been sitting on my nightstand and chugged 10 ounces of cough syrup instead.

Since I was stumbling as I walked to the kitchen and could barely focus my eyes on the microwave clock, it seemed like a nobrainer to skip my morning class and sleep my Nyquil hangover away. Unbeknownst to my cloudy and muddled mind, I had given hardly any thought at all to skipping class the day of an exam, the same one I had been up ’til dawn studying for the night before.

I woke up again hours later, feeling nauseous, not only from the hybrid-hangover I was experiencing, but also from the overwhelming anxiety that besieged me all at once as I realized the terrible mistake I had made.

That’s how I discovered that NyQuil should actually be the “drooling, farting, amnesia-inducing, cherry flavored, makes-you-drunk” medicine. Sometimes we have to

learn the hard way. I sure did.

Lesson learned—recommended doses are recommended for a reason. I do admit, though, that the NyQuil did make me feel as healthy as Richard Simmons on a Stairmaster. Had I countered my drowsiness with DayQuil that morning instead, I probably would have been kicking up my heels and “Sweatin’ to the Oldies,” rather than failing Spanish.

While NyQuil helped my health, and unintentionally made me drunk, I don’t think I’ll be tripping on cough syrup at the next kegger I attend. Walking around with purple drank in my red Solo cup isn’t really my style.

Besides, if I were going to consume a liquid that would make me as intoxicated as NyQuil, it would definitely be of the lucrative, yet classy, illegal variety. As luck would have it, there’s a beverage that that’s both illegal AND tastes just like NyQuil. It’s called Four Loko.

Have you had a similar sort of experience with NyQuil? If so, send your “drank” anecdotes Stephanie’s way at slindholm@wisc.edu. Only if they’re true though; otherwise you’re just insulting Stephanie’s day of misery.

news Two males force entry into apartment Two male suspects allegedly attempted to force their way into an apartment on the 100 block of E. Wilson Street early Saturday morning, police said.

The victim told Madison police the two suspects knocked on the apartment door, and according to a statement from Madison Police Department spokesperson Sgt. Ann Lehner, “Upon looking through the peep hole, the resident did not recognize the individuals and did not answer the door.”

The suspects started to kick the door, but police said the victim pressed his body up against the inside of the door, which

prevented the suspects from getting inside. The suspects allegedly forced the door open but did not enter the apartment.

When officers arrived to the scene, the suspects fled, police said.

“It is unknown what the suspects’ intentions were,” Lehner said in a statement.

The victim was not injured and authorities said there were no weapons seen.

The two suspects are said to be in their mid 20’s, around 5'7" with a stocky build. At the time of the incident the suspects were reported as wearing dark clothing, police said.

Auto and truck repair shop catches fire City of Madison firefighters were called to an auto and truck repair shop at 2310 Pennsylvania Ave. Saturday afternoon after an employee of a business near the shop reported a fire.

Firefighters saw smoke seeping from eaves and several doors at the side of Bill’s Auto and Truck Repair, Fire Department spokesperson Lori Wirth said in a statement.

Wirth said there was thick smoke and flames in a storage area near the shop.

“One firefighter ventilated the roof [and] the crews inside were able to locate the fire and extinguish it within ten minutes of their arrival,” she said.

Wirth said no one was in the building when the firefighters arrived.

The building has heavy smoke and heat damage, but she said a damage estimate is not available.

According to the fire department, the cause of the fire is under investigation.

University debuts free application for iPhone users UW-Madison University Communications and the Division of Information Technology released a mobile phone application for the iPhone to enable students, staff and faculty to access university resources on the go.

Users who download the free application will be granted mobile access to the staff and student directory, campus map, events calendar, campus bus routes, safety information and university news.

Contact information for people found in the directory can be added

to the phone’s contact list and users can call, e-mail or view a map locating the person’s office.

Users can also view route and schedule information for buses. If a user has GPS functionally, they can search for stops near their location.

The Mobile UW initiative provided leadership for the development of the application. The initiative works to bring mobile resources to campus and aims to eventually allow members of the university community customize their mobile presence by creating their own applications.

Madison woman robbed, punched in face A suspect allegedly robbed and punched a 22-year-old Madison woman in the face on Madison’s east side early Saturday morning, police said.

The suspect approached the woman from behind as she was entering her apartment on the 200 block of Swanton Road, according to a police report.

The suspect then forced the victim inside her apartment and allegedly demanded money.

“The suspect punched the victim

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Senior quarterback Scott Tolzien said he got some advice from UW Athletic Director Barry Alvarez—who coached the Badgers to three Rose Bowl titles—on what to expect come Jan. 1.

“It’s important, when you take that field that you do take it in because

in the face and fled the apartment with an undisclosed amount of cash,” Madison Police Department spokesperson Sgt. Ann Lehner said in a statement.

Authorities said the victim did not require any medical attention.

The suspect is said to be a darkskinned male in his 20s, around 5'8" with a stocky build. At the time of the incident the suspect was allegedly wearing a black zipup jacket, black stocking cap and black scarf. you only live once and it is a special moment,” Tolzien said.

The volume of Wisconsin fans at the three Alvarez Rose Bowl titles—in 1994, 1999 and 2000—caused many to refer to the Rose Bowl as Camp Randall West. Senior strong safety Jay Valai expects a similar atmosphere this year.

“Wisconsin is going to travel well,” Valai said. “Hopefully that whole stadium is red just like every other year I’ve seen the [Badgers in the] Rose Bowl.”

opinion For human rights, our wallets do the talking dailycardinal.com/opinion Monday, December 6, 2010

Lydia statz opinion columnist

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n a campus that made such an uproar in the midst of the university’s connection to Nike, a company notorious for employing workers in sweatshops, there’s no doubt that many students were celebrating when the UW bookstore announced they will be selling a new socially conscious clothing line. But before you rush out and drop some hard-earned cash on that brand new T-shirt, let’s take a step backward and figure out exactly what “socially conscious” clothing means.

Alta Gracia, a new company named after the Dominican village it where it is located, produces its university-licensed products in a factory that pays each worker what they deem a

“living wage.” This means these workers make over three times the local minimum wage, enough to afford food, school and healthcare costs. They claim this offers their 130 employees a helping hand out of poverty.

This seems like a huge victory for workers’ rights, but in reality Alta Gracia is nothing more than an economic experiment.

Although they claim to offer their clothing at competitive prices, the University Book Store will sell a sweatshirt for $34.99, and a T-shirt for $15.99. This may be on par with Nike or Under Armour gear, but I for one will have a hard time justifying spending that much on a shirt when the $9.99 bins are only a few feet away. I could be alone, but I suspect many cheapskate college students will find it difficult to put their ideals before their bank accounts.

What really matters then, for the sake of benefitting the workers, is whether the brand will be successful in the long term.

Although they have contracts with over 400 schools across the country, the question remains: Are American consumers really willing to pay a premium price to support the producers’ generous wages and benefits? Marketing will either make or break the company’s future, but there’s a lot riding on an economic turnaround as well. And unfortunately, if the factory fails, the ideals it’s built on die along with it.

We can argue about human rights and economic opportunity until we’re blue in the face, but ultimately our wallets will do the talking.

Although it’s an unpopular stance, many economists say sweatshops are a crucial aspect of economic development. Famous economist Jeffrey Sachs has supported the view, and Nicholas

Kristof, a champion of human rights, has said the problem “is not that sweatshops exploit too many workers, it’s that they don’t exploit enough.”

For many countries around the world, such as Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea, sweatshop labor led directly from third-world poverty to world-leader status. Even the United States went through its own sweatshop phase before guaranteeing certain workers’ rights.

On a smaller scale, a job in such a factory can be a huge leg up for individuals as well. In many countries, the opportunities are much more limited than we realize, especially for women.

To support their families, one often must labor at back-breaking agricultural jobs in the hot sun for only a few cents a day. In countries like India, it is not uncommon for a family to sell their children into child labor or the sex trade market because they can’t afford to feed them.

It’s not surprising, then, that sweatshop labor often seems like a paradise. Just $2 a day may seem an abhorrent inequality to you,

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but millions around the world will line up outside garment factories for the chance to finally afford food and minimum health care, and earn twice what they are used to in a much safer working environment than sex trafficking. This type of factory will bring about economic benefit as well, but we’re looking at a time span of a few generations instead of all at once.

We can argue about human rights and economic opportunity until we’re blue in the face, but ultimately our wallets will do the talking. So the next time you’re in the market for a new Bucky sweatshirt, think carefully about your choice.

If you want to show the world that one factory in the Dominican Republic can become a sustainable model for socially-conscious business practices, go for it. But there’s no reason to feel guilty if you decide to save a few bucks, either.

Lydia Statz is a junior majoring in journalism and international studies. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

Talking about sexual violence is uncomfortable, but necessary

It’s never easy for anyone to openly discuss sexual violence, especially someone who knows the reality of such injustice all too well. Below is a column written by a dedicated PAVE volunteer who has decided to remain anonymous for the sake of friends mentioned in the piece. As PAVE’s media advocate, I am proud that our volunteers are speaking out, even if they do not attach their names to their opinions.

—Jacqueline O’Reilly media advocate PAVE While rape is often discussed as something that only happens on college campuses, I know three people who were raped as teenagers. One was frequently pressured for sex by three consecutive boyfriends, especially on her prom night. Another was forced into an uncomfortable sexual experience without her consent. The last one’s boyfriend molested her in the backseat while chatting with her mom, who was driving them home. And these are only the stories I happen to know. These things happen, and they happen far too often.

Our schools are like a training ground for building the mentalities that lead to sexual assault in high school and college.

They’re dark, well-kept secrets guarded just as carefully by victims as by perpetrators. The hallway gossip of high schools is merciless. Furthermore, they’re simply uncomfortable subjects for many people to talk about.

It’s not surprising, then, that no

one is actually talking about it.

In the book “Transforming a Rape Culture,” a collection of sex and violence writings edited by Emilie Buchwald, Pamela Fletcher and Martha Roth, one teenage girl described her postrape experience as “fighting an invincible, invisible enemy all alone.” This silence makes the issue seem like a freak occurrence, isolated and rare. Because of this, some victims feel guilty and alone, often blaming themselves and believing they’re the only ones such a thing could happen to.

But according to most statics, these victims are not even remotely alone. Nationally, 9 percent of high school students report being forced to have sex.

Nearly half of adult sex offenders reported committing their first sexual offenses prior to the age of 18. Sexual assault is widely accepted to be a vastly underreported crime. It is estimated that only one in 10 rapes will be reported to the police.

According to Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault (WCASA), in Wisconsin the average age of an offender is 24, while the average age of a victim age is 15.

Around 85 percent of victims were female, 93 percent of offenders were male. Additionally, 89 percent of all sexual assaults were perpetrated by someone known to the victim, while only 6.4 percent were committed by strangers.

Based on these statistics, it seems natural WCASA reports an estimated 14.2 percent of adult women in Wisconsin have experienced one or more completed, forcible rapes.

So when you walk around the UW-Madison campus, you have to wonder how many of these students were psychologically abused by their

families, disrespectful exes or bullying classmates. How many were sexually assaulted and consequently alienated? How many grew up with the idea that women are expected to resist men’s advances, and men to overcome this resistance?

Sociologist John Gagnon wrote, “People learn when they are quite young a few of the things that they are expected to be, and continue slowly to accumulate a belief in who they are and ought to be through the rest of childhood, ado-

lescence, and adulthood. Sexual conduct is learned in the same ways and through the same processes; it is acquired and assembled in human interaction, judged and performed in specific cultural and historical worlds.”

Sexual assault on campus is a terrible problem, but perhaps a deeper part of its cause resides upstream in our schools. Many American kids are being taught in a highly sexualized, sometimes even abusive, environments. Factor in

the psychology of adolescence—all those delicate identity-formation or self-esteem issues, the impressionability of young children, constant bullying—and the implications are scary. Our schools are like a training ground for building the mentalities that lead to sexual assault in high school and college.

Until these institutions acknowledge that fact and do something to change it, it will be difficult to solve the problems of sexual assault and dating violence.

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Meet the musician in the UW Carillon Tower

By Lynn Paszek The Daily Cardinal

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College Fashionista:

Cool, calm and collected in a cardigan

By Stephanie Bodendorfer College fashionista

Yes Fashionistas, finals week is once again fast approaching, and that means spending abnormal amounts of time at the library studying. While comfort is key for these long study sessions, the dismal duds that our classmates tend to don during finals are both depressing and unnecessary. Believe it or not, you can be fashionable during finals.

This Fashionista is a perfect example. Not only does her backpack and coffee tell us she is ready for a prolonged library visit, but her outfit does too. Her combination of a colorful thermal, a cozy cardigan, black skinny jeans and combat boots is cute, practical and pulled together. Let’s start with her thermal. The purple color is great with her skin tone and the material will keep her warm and comfortable in the air-conditioned library. Keep thermals

in mind when planning for the cold Wisconsin weather. My favorite part about this Fashionista’s outfit is her cardigan. If you ask me, cardigans are the most versatile and practical clothing that are perfect for hitting the books.

It allows for a thin extra layer without adding too much bulk. It is also long enough to give any outfit a cozy, casual feel. Finally, her black skinny jeans are simple and casual, yet pull the whole look together.

So, this finals season, instead of opting for the typical uniform of sweatpants and a sweatshirt, stay calm, cool and collected in a cute cardigan.

Hint: I love this Fashionista’s edgy combat boots. They are a great alternative to Uggs and Sorels, providing both comfort and warmth. If you are sick of the usual “winter uniform” of North Face and fur boots, this is definitely a look for you.

You hear him long before you see him. Lyle Anderson is a man of many talents, and they include playing the University of Wisconsin’s Memorial Carillon.

Anderson received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in French and Linguistics. After time in the Navy, Anderson came back to the UW and received a master’s degree in Music History. As he was working on his doctorate, Anderson took a year off to attend the Netherlands Carillon School. While there, he received an equivalent of a bachelor’s degree. He has been playing for the UW since 1986. He currently works for two churches, as well as the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Studies on campus.

Anderson never thought playing the carillon would become one of his paths in life.

“I was certainly not a prodigy as a musician,” Anderson said. “It didn’t dawn on me that I could make half a living doing it.”

The Memorial Carillon that Anderson currently performs on was a gift from the graduating classes from 1917 through 1926. Situated on the corner of Charter Street and Observatory Drive, the Tower is 85 feet tall with 56 bells ranging from 15 to 6,800 pounds.

“It’s impervious to almost anything,” Anderson said. “It’s pretty indestructible.” The only upkeep the carillon needs is replacing wires that link to the bells, which is its most fragile part.

The carillon is similar to, yet unique from, a piano. Its “keys” are

round, wooden batons and are played with the bottom of a clenched fist.

Anderson explained that the piano is played with the tip of the finger in a smooth motion. In contrast, he plays the carillon batons with a strong or weak pounding by the hand, depending on the dynamic that is required.

Foot pedals are used in both carillon and piano. The carillon foot pedals are used to play the lowest 18 bells.

“Going from the piano to the carillon could be difficult, but that’s where muscle memory comes in handy,” Anderson said. “You can go from playing the piano or organ, and within hours play a concert on the carillon.”

Practicing can be difficult without the public hearing. To accommodate this, a second keyboard is located in the middle of the tower. A much softer sound is produced from striking metal bars instead of bells.

“I don’t practice all that much,” Anderson said. “When I started, I used to practice every afternoon.”

An electronic device in the practice room plays melodies every quarter hour. Even though those melodies are a recording, Anderson’s performances are live.

“People always think it’s a recording,” Anderson said.

But Anderson doesn’t get offended when people think his playing is recorded. In fact, Anderson’s fondest memory of people assuming the music was recorded happened at a Sunday concert. A young man and woman watched Anderson play the carillon for 15 minutes. They examined how the whole mechanism worked. Then, after Anderson finished his piece, the man turned to him and said, “So this was done

with computers?”

Anderson likes to play a wide variety of music, but keeps balanced programs that will appeal to the audience. Anderson compares music to trends that change over time. He tries to keep up with the trends while staying true to himself and to his repertoire.

“I play a little of this and a little of that,” Anderson said. “I take no requests.”

Anderson has no favorite song.

He rotates the songs he will play while adding new and old songs to the playlist.

“Most families come on Sunday to see me play, then they go get ice cream,” Anderson said.

Students at the UW can hear playlists of classical, jazz, ragtime and contemporary carillon music during the week. A more recent song

by Lady Gaga, “Bad Romance,” has been transposed for the carillon and can be found online.

“I have the music and intend on playing it soon,” Anderson said.

For future carillonneurs, Anderson advises self-study because it is not an instrument with a tough repertoire.

Anderson himself admits that he is not a teacher of how to play the instrument.

Besides, the UW won’t need a new carillonneur anytime soon.

“I will play the carillon until I can’t climb the tower anymore,” Anderson said.

Live hour-long recitals played by Anderson can be heard for free at the Memorial Carillon Wednesdays and Fridays at 1 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. during the school year. Free tour reservations can be booked by calling (608)-265-9500.

What’s in the Fridge? Sicilian Meatloaf

By Alec Walker the daily cardinal

Snow? Is that snow I see?! You know, that wonderful alabaster fluff that replaces the miserable gray rain?

Growing up a hardcore Wisconsinite, I’ve always anticipated the audacious arrival of Old Man Winter. Some may call me crazy, but four months of numbed noses, icicled eyelashes and frostbitten fingers never ceases to fill me with unbridled enthusiasm. Ok, so admittedly it’s not the frigid temperatures nor the backbreaking shoveling that excites me about winter. However, the chance to warm up by the crackling fire, down a steaming mug of hot chocolate and enjoy a hearty, home-cooked meal with friends and family nears the top of my list of life’s simple pleasures.

With this in mind, I went to work this week on a traditional favorite: savory Sicilian Meatloaf. Just as my grandma has done for decades, I whipped up a heap of hand-mashed garlic potatoes and a pan of brown sugar-glazed spaghetti squash to accompany this

delectable dish. Served with a side of good company, this taste of home is sure to leave you well prepared for the holiday break—though who isn’t already?

Sicilian Meatloaf: 2 eggs, beaten 1 cup soft bread, crumbled 1/2 cup V8 3 tbsp parsley, chopped 2 tsp dried oregano 3 cloves garlic, minced 2 lbs lean ground beef 8 thin slices smoked ham 2 cups mozzarella, shredded 3 slices mozzarella 1 can pizza sauce Black pepper Salt Garlic Mashed Potatoes 10 medium baking potatoes, peeled 4 tbsp sour cream 4 tbsp butter 1 tbsp garlic powder Black pepper Salt Brown Sugar-Glazed Spaghetti Squash 1 spaghetti squash 3 tbsp butter 1 1/2 tbsp brown sugar Black pepper Salt Begin the meatloaf by combining the beef, eggs, bread, V8 and spices in a large mixing bowl. The easiest way I’ve found to do so is with my hands.

Also, season with 1/4 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper. When fully combined, spread the mixture on

a large sheet of foil and form it into a 10 x 12 inch rectangle. Cover the rectangle with slices of smoked ham, and top with the shredded mozzarella.

To form the meatloaf, roll the rectangle lengthwise, lifting up on the edges of the foil to aid in the process.

Seal the ends of the meatloaf and place it seam-down in a 9 x 13 inch glass baking pan. Place the meatloaf in an oven preheated to 350 F and bake for approximately 75 minutes.

In the meantime, prepare your garlic mashed potatoes and brown sugarglazed spaghetti squash.

Quarter your peeled potatoes

and place in a pot of salted, boiling water. Allow to boil until forktender, about 15-20 minutes. When done, drain the potatoes and place in a large mixing bowl. Add the sour cream, butter and garlic powder and mash thoroughly. Adjust the flavor to your preferences with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

For the spaghetti squash, slice it in half lengthwise, scoop out the seeds, and place it flesh-side down on a microwave-safe plate with a little water.

Microwave for approximately 12 minutes, or until soft. Scoop the flesh out of the skin and heap into a mixing

bowl. Add butter and brown sugar, mix the squash and add salt and pepper to taste.

At this point, the meatloaf should be nearly done. At 60 minutes into baking, coat the meatloaf with pizza sauce, and return to the oven for another 15 minutes. Then, place the sliced mozzarella over top of the meatloaf and return to the oven until the cheese is melted.

When all three dishes are completed, plate up with chopped parsley as garnish. Top the meatloaf with a little extra pizza sauce, and you are ready to serve. Enjoy!

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Christmas stations are an ‘O Holy Hell’ Radio stations a Christmas miracle

By Jeremy Gartzke The Daily Cardinal

Radio stations seem to think it’s okay to play Christmas music earlier and earlier with every year. I’m employed by Campus Housing, and we have a cook at work who specifically seeks out these stations as soon as Halloween weekend ends. This year it was Sunday night, Halloween, when I was hungover and working a closing shift when he found one. Listening to the same songs sung by 50 different artists is just ridiculous. I don’t care how great your vocals are, I don’t need to hear another version of “Silent Night.”

Once radio stations start playing Christmas music, it’s all you’ll hear at retail outlets, especially ones that have a Christmas section that they likely started stocking in September. I understand that Christmas is a ridiculously profitable time for retailers; but honestly, by the time Christmas rolls around I’d rather listen to fingernails on a chalkboard than another Christmas carol.

There’s nothing wrong with a little Christmas music while baking cookies, decorating the tree or wrapping presents, but I do not want to be listening to Christmas music while I am flipping burgers at work or cleaning up the messes that some students enjoy leaving on their trays. It’s not like we have to listen to Christmas music in the kitchen, in fact it’s frowned upon by management, as not everyone celebrates Christmas. But it’s there, so of course that’s what gets piped through the room.

That’s the problem, though: It’s always there,

it’s always an option. Why does Christmas music need to be available 24 hours a day as soon as Halloween is over? It’s certainly not going anywhere, and if people really need to hear it they can put in a CD or something. And it’s impossible to justify listening to Christmas music as early as some people do. “Well, it was there, how could I not?” is not a valid excuse.

It’s not that I would rather listen to some of the trite crap that gets play on the radio normally.

Christmas music might be better than Ke$ha, but not when they play the same 12 songs on repeat.

It would be nice to hear something a little different, like “Gary the Green-Nosed Reindeer.” It’s a little different, definitely not normal Christmas fare, but it would provide a little variety to the same old rotation the radio stations play.

This is the main problem with Christmas music. It has been the same songs for the last 50 years, and while I realize there’s not a ton of room when the public demands the same songs they’ve been hearing, I think popular artists could do a little better if they wrote their own. There have been some attempts lately, quite a few horrible songs from the pop-punk bands Blink-182 and New Found Glory, but also some decent tries from Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood. While these songs weren’t instant Christmas classics, I admire them for trying to break into such a niche in music. Give me something a little different on my Christmas radio and maybe I won’t be such a Scrooge, but until then I guess I should sign off as Ebenezer.

By Taylor Viegut The Daily Cardinal

For one twelfth of the year—give or take depending on the station—radio stations throughout the country, including Madison’s 94.9 WOLX, blast seasonal tunes to get their listeners in the holiday spirit. To quote the famous song, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!”

For those opposed to the holidayspirited stations, give them a chance and I think you will find it hard to deny the oncoming feeling of cheer.

When the spirited playlists start to dominate the radio’s song selection, it’s easy to get lost in the music. We daydream about walking merrily out of Duncan’s Toy Chest in New York City to a limo with our very own cheese pizza. The classic songs remind us of great holiday memories and why we love Christmas in the first place. I don’t mean for this to sound as cheesy as it does, but Christmas music is a moving instrument in the wonderful and heartwarming orchestra that is the holidays. It’s simply a treasure. We spend 11 months of the year anticipating these songs. Having

radio stations appease our almost yearlong wait is spectacular.

On the day after Thanksgiving, nothing puts you in a cheery shopping mood better than hearing Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You” as you drive to the mall. For all the Grinches and Scrooges out there: try to have a little perspective. Having Christmas music continually available throughout the entire holiday season is a privilege, one the radio stations readily provide for us. Think for a moment, would we really want to buy those Christmas Toll House Cookies if “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” wasn’t guiding the commercial? Probably not. Plus, whenever that song flows through the speakers of your car, you are reminded of those delicious Christmas cookies and the warm holiday feelings they stir up in all of us. Without these holiday stations, the “warm fuzzies” such songs provide would not be nearly as numerous.

Christmas radio stations are like the stand holding up the tree; without them, the ornaments and trees couldn’t stay up. That said, perhaps Christmas music should come with the advisory “Caution: Listen at your own risk. Heart may grow three times larger postlistening.” For those opposed to the holidayspirited stations, give them a chance and I think you will find it hard to deny the oncoming feeling of cheer. And for all you Christmas music lovers out there, keep “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” because “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.”

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Today’s Sudoku

Evil Bird

By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu

© Puzzles by Pappocom

Hot Sauce

By Oliver Buchino buchino@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

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

Crustaches

By Patrick Remington premington@wisc.edu

By Angel Lee alee23@wisc.edu

First in Twenty Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com

Rock Out

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6 1 17 18 19 20 3 2 24 25 28 31 4 3 36 38 40 3 4 44 45 46 48 50 51 53

ACROSS Inattentive error Winged stinger Mention Astrological ram Protected from the wind, in sailing Dull discomfort Musical eightsome Muddy, as water First-time driver, often Show disagreement, in a way Male or female, e.g.

Antony of antiquity Where overachievers go?

Catchall category (Abbr.)

Verbs and people have them Is in debt Periods of light Microscope sample Injury from a venomous reptile Orderly arrangement Translate by hand?

CAT procedure Anatomical backs Cafeteria worker Maze goal Box office hit, slangily Place above place

5 Combined 5 61 Writer’s block breakthrough 63 Parade rtes., sometimes 64 Test for fit 65 Fly high, as an eagle 66 “Iron Chef” output 67 Revise editorially 68 Pinochle declaration 69 White-tailed bird of prey 70 Nose openings DOWN 1 Country on the Mekong 2 Roman aqueduct feature 3 Gyro bread 4 Tries to obtain 5 Hold in high regard 6 Issue a caveat to 7 Soothing lotion ingredient 8 Earthquake 9 “The Taking of ___ One Two Three” 10 Underground burial places 11 Secured, as a victory 12 It’s usually disregarded when alphabetizing 13 Poet’s early night 21 Rust, e.g 22 Jagged, as a leaf‚Äôs edge

25 “___ minute there, I thought ...”

26 Judgment payout 27 Nostalgically fashionable 29 Reason for a parental reprimand 30 Hard one to convince 32 Clear for takeoff, in a way 33 Chief of the fallen angels 35 Right on the ocean 37 Starch derived from palms 39 Rip roughly 41 Disinfectant brand 42 Widely recognized 47 Filled with passion 49 Frisky pet 52 Peggy Lee jazz standard 54 Sally Field movie, “___ Rae” 55 True-to-life 56 College bigwig 57 Castaway’s confines 58 ___ and terminer (criminal court) 59 Fewer than few 60 Lowers the curtain on 61 Suffix with “manner” or “mystic” 62 Fawn nurser 56 Used to own

Washington and the Bear

By Derek Sandberg kalarooka@gmail.com

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Sophomore Taylor Wurtz led the Badgers Sunday with eight points while collecting 15 rebounds in a loss against the Cowgirls.

Badgers drop seventh straight with loss at Oklahoma State Competing in the Big Ten/Big 12 Challenge in Stillwater, Okla., the Wisconsin women’s basketball team simply dug their own holes. The Badgers turned the ball over a costly 25 times, shot just 34 percent from the floor, and no player found her way to double-digit scoring.

The result was a 50-42 loss on the road at Oklahoma State, Wisconsins’ seventh straight loss, dropping the team to 2-7 on the year.

Sophomore guard Taylor Wurtz led the Badgers with eight points and a career-high 15 rebounds. Senior forward Lin Zastrow matched Wurtz’s scoring mark and contributed eight rebounds of her own.

Despite the Badgers' sloppy play, the Cowgirls struggled throughout the game as well, shooting just 22 percent the entire game. The Badgers led early, 11-5, but Oklahoma State fought back and capitalized on Wisconsin turnovers to take a slight 31-29 edge into halftime.

The Badgers continued to hold their own against the Cowgirls in the second half, maintaining a close game through much of the period. With 8:30 left in the game, and the Badgers up 40-38, however, the offense simply fell silent.

Wisconsin failed to score a single point in the next eight minutes of the contest, as Oklahoma State slowly built their lead.

The Badgers’ woes on both ends of

hockey from page 8 for it in the standings, Wisconsin had to rebound in the series finale on Saturday.

For the second night, it would take until the second period for the first goal to be scored, but this time it was the Badgers who were able to find the back of the net first when sophomore defender Justin Schultz blasted a onetimer home on the power play for his 10th goal of the season.

Wisconsin used another power play goal from sophomore forward Craig Smith to extend their lead to two goals just before the second intermission.

After Tommy Grant cut the deficit in half for Alaska-Anchorage with just over six minutes remaining, the Badgers held off the Seawolves rally,and Schultz provided the prover-

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the foul line continued Sunday against Oklahoma State. Wisconsin managed to find their way to the charity stripe just four times in 40 minutes of play, converting only two.

Meanwhile, Wisconsin, once again, found themselves in debilitating foul trouble. Led by Zastrow and senior guard Alyssa Karel, who committed four fouls apiece, the team as a whole was called for 20 total violations.

Oklahoma State took 27 shots from the line, converting 20.

“I’m not sure quite how to explain it,” head coach Lisa Stone said. “We had turnovers from every player on the floor. [Junior guard] Jade Davis played for 27 minutes without a turnover, but that’s the only positive note in the turnover category.”

Karel, usually a spark for the team, managed just five points on the night, while fellow senior, forward Tara Steinbauer contributed only six.

The Cowgirls were led by freshman guard Tiffany Bias who not only scored a game-high 14 points, while going 9-10 from the free throw line, but also recorded five steals on the evening.

“We are searching but each person has to take some accountability, myself included,” Stone said. “We’ve got to keep it together and keep positive and keep our chins up.”

The Badgers travel Thursday to Des Moines, Iowa to take on Drake, where Stone coached for three seasons, in search of a chance end to the losing skid at seven.

—UWBadgers.com contributed to this report. bial dagger with an empty-net goal on the power play for his second of the game.

Despite the split, the Badgers had great special teams play all weekend. They went 3-for-9 on the power play, and the penalty kill held Anchorage to an 0-for-6 mark with the man advantage.

After earning two points this weekend the Badgers find themselves in a three-way tie for sixth place in the WCHA with 10 points.

The Badgers welcome the Bemidji State Beavers to the Kohl Center next weekend for their last series before the break. This the first season in the WCHA for the Bemidji State men’s hockey program and they currently sit one point behind the Badgers in the conference standings.

—UWBadgers.com contributed to this report.

Traveling to Grand Forks, N.D., this past weekend, the No. 2 Wisconsin women’s hockey team (11-2-0 WCHA, 15-2-0 overall) continued their conference dominance, sweeping the No. 8 North Dakota Fighting Sioux (7-6-2, 8-7-2) and taking home six points.

Carried by the electric play of sophomore forward Brianna Decker, Wisconsin took the series opener Saturday night by a score of 4-3.

Decker’s two goals and one assist led the team as she secured her eighth multipoint game of the season.

The Badgers opened the scoring Saturday early in the first period.

Junior forward Hilary Knight netted the game’s first goal off an assist from senior forward Mallory Deluce and senior defender Anne Dronen.

Knight’s goal released the first period flood gates, as Wisconsin would finish the period with three goals. Senior forward Meghan Duggan would score in the sixth minute and, Decker

closed the period with a goal in the 18th minute.

The Badgers' dominant first period wasn’t enough to silence UND, however. The Sioux came within one goal halfway through the second period on goals from sophomore Jocelyne Lamoureux and sophomore Jordan Slavin.

With just over four and a half minutes left in the second, the Sioux went on the power play with a chance of tying up the game. Despite being a player down, the Wisconsin penalty kill was in control of the player advantage. One minute after killing the penalty, Decker intercepted the puck at the blue line and carried it into the UND zone, netting her second goal of the game on the unassisted effort to put the Badgers up 4-2.

UND would again come within one goal late in the second period, scoring at the 19:41 mark. However, after a scoreless third period, Wisconsin walked away with the win.

The Badgers went back to work Sunday, riding the confidence of the

prior night’s win.

After a scoreless first period, UND opened the scoring in the second.

Lamoureux tallied her second goal of the series and put the Sioux up 1-0.

But from there, it was all Wisconsin.

The Badgers would answer the UND goal by scoring four consecutive to finish the second. In control of the game, Wisconsin entered the locker room with a 4-1 lead after 40 minutes of play.

Continuing the goal streak, the Badgers added to their total 4:41 into the third on a goal by junior forward Brooke Ammerman. UND would add another score of their own just over two minutes later, but it proved to have no impact on the flow of the game as Wisconsin padded the stats on a goal by freshman forward Madison Packer, her first of the season, sealing the 6-2 win.

On short rest, Wisconsin will take to the road for a set against St. Cloud State next weekend.

—UWBadgers.com contributed to this report.

Junior defensive end J.J. Watt's reputation as an avid tweeter might have finally come around to bite him...

You guys broke my phone lol. It froze up because of too many tweets... just a little excited for the Rose Bowl are we? haha @JJWatt99 WATT

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Badgers to face potent Frogs in Rose Bowl

By Max Sternberg the daily cardinal

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Lance Kendricks and the rest of the Wisconsin offense will face the nation's top-scoring defense when they meet TCU in the Rose Bowl Jan. 1.

It's official, Pasadena and the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs lay ahead for the 11-1 Badgers. While TCU was left out of the BCS Championship game, the Mountain West champions are about as formidable a foe as Wisconsin could face.

TCU comes in with a 25-game regular season win streak, the nation’s longest, as well as the nation’s top scoring and total defense. Thus, the matchup between the Horned Frog defense and the Badgers' fourth-ranked scoring offense will be the focus as New Year’s Day approaches.

“I haven’t seen any of their games live, but I think at this point we all know statistically wise,” senior quarterback Scott Tolzien said. “It will be exciting

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to prepare against the best.”

The spotlight on the power of Wisconsin’s offense and TCU’s defense doesn’t bother a Badger defensive unit that has become used to sliding under the radar all season.

“All year our offense has been shining, and we like it that way,” senior linebacker Culmer St. Jean said. “They put up great numbers, and we just like doing the work ... It’s a big game, a big stage, and we approach every team the same and we want to just go out there running with a full head of steam.”

While TCU is currently a non-automatic qualifier team, the Horned Frog program has gained enough acclaim on the national stage, not to mention a No. 3 BCS ranking, that Wisconsin will most likely come into the Rose Bowl as underdogs.

“I never really used the [word]

underdog,” Wisconsin head coach Bret Bielema said. “I think this is a way for our program to get a lot of respect. To go out and win a BCS game, anytime you’re able to that, as much as I love the seniors that are in this room, we have a lot of good players coming back and hopefully it’s a great way to send our program into 2011.”

Already having taken down another undefeated power this season in Ohio State, the Badgers now have four weeks of preparation before they try and duplicate the feat against TCU. After seven straight wins, one more foe stands in the way of a magical finish to an already fantastic season for this Wisconsin team.

“We’re not going to play in a bowl game, we’re going to win a bowl game…” Tolzien added.

“No one remembers who lost these games.”

Men’s Hockey

Leuer posts career day to lead UW over visiting South Dakota Coyotes

By Max Sternberg the daily cardinal

Coming off a dominating performance Wednesday against ACC foe North Carolina State, Wisconsin figured to do that 39-point win one better Saturday against South Dakota, a program still transitioning into full Division 1 membership.

But South Dakota made the Kohl Center crowd sweat out an eventual 76-61 Wisconsin win, keeping the Badger lead in single digits throughout much of the game.

“If you saw South Dakota on film, you could have scripted this game yourself,” UW head coach Bo Ryan said following the win. “This is how they play. They’re good, they shoot it well, they have streaks [and] you’ve got to handle those streaks.”

Although the win wasn’t nearly as flashy as any of the first three UW had notched at home thus far, the performances of junior guard Jordan Taylor and senior forward Jon Leuer were once again stellar.

Leuer notched a career-high 29 points, including six three-pointers, but was outmatched by Taylor’s 20 point, 11 rebound and nine assist day that came up just a single assist shy of Wisconsin’s first-ever triple-double.

“I was trying to be aggressive and try to create opportunities for myself and my teammates,” Taylor said.

“Jordan was finding me in some open spots, you know, he penetrates the lane so well that a lot of times defenses have to collapse on him.

So [for me] it's mainly just spotting up, getting my feet set, and getting ready to shoot it,” Leuer added.

Despite a dry run during the end of the first half that allowed South Dakota to get into the break within five at 42-37, the Badgers continued to shoot the ball better in the aftermath of a poor performance from the field in Orlando, Fla., over the Thanksgiving weekend. Led by the combined 18-of-

37 showing by Leuer and Taylor, UW shot at a 45 percent clip (29-of-64) and managed to shoot nearly 40 percent from beyond the arc.

“We had just one little dry patch in there but other than that we were pretty consistent from three,” Ryan said. “You get 36 points on 31 shots, that’s pretty good. Any time you get more points than shot attempts, that’s okay.”

Despite allowing 13 South Dakota points off of seven turnovers in the first half, the Badgers were able to pull away in the second half by controlling the ball and in the process keeping South Dakota away from its bread-and-butter of transition scoring.

“A 3-point shooting team salivates when there’s a bad decision

by the other team,” Ryan added.

“That’s like knowing, as an 8-yearold, where all the Easter eggs are and then hearing ‘Go.'” Despite the game's close score, the Badgers feel that a solid win over an athletic team is perfect preparation for the upcoming game against Marquette and also for the Big Ten schedule that looms less than a month away.

“It's just a different challenge every week,” sophomore forward Mike Bruesewitz said. “What [South Dakota] does, they do really well.”

UW-Milwaukee looms as the next challenge for the 6-2 UW squad, their final matchup of a 3-game homestead before they head on the road for a date with Marquette in Milwaukee Saturday.

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Defenseman Justin Schultz tallied his ninth and tenth goals of the season Saturday in a 3-1 Wisconsin victory in Anchorage, Alaska.

Long journey west results in weekend split for Wisconsin

By Ryan Evans the daily cardinal

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Senior Jon Leuer recorded a career-high 29 points Saturday in the Badgers' win over South Dakota at the Kohl Center.

Trying to gain momentum after a rough month of November, the No. 15 Wisconsin men’s hockey team made the long trek north to face off with the University of Alaska-Anchorage this weekend..

Unfortunately, the Badgers will still have questions to answer, splitting the series with the Seawolves. UAA used some last -second heroics Friday night to steal the series opener by a score of 2-1, before the Badgers, behind a strong power play, rebounded to force the split Saturday, winning 3-1.

In the series opener, the two teams battled through a scoreless first period before the short-handed Seawolves struck first to take the early 1-0 lead in the second frame. Senior forward Craig Parkinson pushed a loose puck in the crease past Wisconsin senior goaltender Scott Gudmandson.

The Badgers would tie the game at

one with five minutes left in the period on the power play when junior forward Jordy Murray notched his 11th goal of the season after deflecting a shot from the point.

The Wisconsin penalty kill unit kept the Badgers in the game during the third period. The Badgers were whistled for five penalties, and were able to kill off all four of the ensuing power play chances for Alaska-Anchorage.

After a hard-fought game with the clock winding down in the third period and the teams skating four on each side, it was senior forward Tommy Grant who came up with some lategame magic for the Seawolves when he was able to redirect a centering pass past Gudmandson for the game winner with 8.1 seconds left on the clock.

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