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Vocal signals now at 13 UW, city intersections By Staci Taustine THE DAILY CARDINAL

Several major city intersections, some which are located in UW-Madison’s campus, are now equipped with traffic lights featuring a vocal signaling system. “University—walk sign is on to cross University,” says one such system at the intersection of University Avenue and Park Street. David Dryer, the city’s traffic engineer and parking manager, said the new vocal systems are all “accessible pedestrian signals.” “They are supposed to assist the visually impaired to find where the button [on the traffic light] is,” he said. “Once activated, it audibly tells them when it’s safe to begin crossing.” The University and Park signal is one of 13 similar vocal signaling systems installed throughout Madison between mid-December and earlier this month. “With our more modern intersections and cars, streets are a little quieter than they used to be,” Dryer said. “It’s more difficult for the visually impaired who depend upon hearing when the traffic is moving to differentiate when it’s okay for them to start crossing the street.” According to Dryer, local groups’ requests contributed to the development and implementation of the new lights. “All of the locations have been requested by a visually impaired person,” Brian Smith, a city traffic engineer, said. “We’re not just putting them up at all new locations, we’re putting them up on a case-bycase basis.” Cathy Trueba, director of UWvoice page 2

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Newly installed accessible vocal pedestrian signals have caught the attention of students crossing Park and University.

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The Associated Bank at 202 State St. was robbed early Thursday morning. The male suspect carrying a gun followed a bank employee into the bank from a nearby parking lot and ordered the clerks to wait before calling police, then ﬂed the scene with money.

Armed robbery at State St. bank Police say suspect still at large, reward offered for information leading to arrest By Abby Sears THE DAILY CARDINAL

A State Street bank was robbed Thursday, and the armed suspect is still at large. A gun-wielding man followed an employee into the Associated Bank at 202 State St. early Thursday morning, took money and ﬂed the scene, police said. According to a Madison Police report, the robber approached a clerk arriving at work in a parking lot adjacent to the bank. He entered the building with the employee, where

a second clerk was already working. The man ordered both clerks not to call the police while he robbed the bank. Once the robber ﬂed the scene, the employees called the Madison Police Department. Police describe the perpetrator as a 5’6” to 5’9” male with an average build. He was last seen wearing a blue hooded coat and a mask. No one was hurt in the incident, and the suspect ﬂed the bank before police arrived, according to Madison police spokesperson Joel DeSpain. DeSpain said detectives from

Madison and the FBI continue to investigate the incident. He noted the amount of money taken is known but is not being disclosed to the public. A reward of up to $10,000 for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of the robber is being offered by the Wisconsin Bankers Association. “The WBA and its members not only want to help catch those responsible but also want to deliver the message that such actions against any ﬁnancial institution will not be tolerated,” WBA president and CEO Kurt

Governor touts youth vote in ’08 By Erin Banco THE DAILY CARDINAL

Gov. Jim Doyle encouraged student participation in the upcoming presidential election Thursday at the UWMadison Students for Barack Obama organizational spring semester kickoff. More than 200 people attended to listen to Doyle, who expressed strong belief in the Obama campaign and stressed the importance of student involvement in the weeks leading up to “Super Tuesday” on Feb. 5. “It is so important that you get yourselves organized now—that you know exactly what you have to do, because when [the primary] starts happening, it’s going to happen so fast,” Doyle said. “You have to be ready to go.” doyle page 2

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A panel of city and university ofﬁcials address overuse of alcohol.

Downtown alcohol abuse addressed in panel discussion By Abby Sears THE DAILY CARDINAL

Representatives from UWMadison and the city of Madison met with downtown residents to outline current and future plans to combat the city’s alcohol problems at a

Capitol Neighborhoods, Inc. meeting Thursday night. “The consequences of overdrinking—including assault, robbery and property damage—are a continuing concern for downtown residents,” said Frederica Freyberg of Wisconsin

Bauer said in a statement. The WBA said the reward is being offered through the WBA Robbery Reward Fund, which provides funding for the apprehension of criminals. The highest reward offered by the WBA is $10,000, which the Associated Bank on State Street qualified for because of the nature of the robbery, according to a statement. “The safety of all financial institution employees and customers is our number one priority and this is the first step to ensuring that,” Bauer said. Public Television, who moderated the discussion. A panel of six speakers presented Madison’s recent efforts and future initiatives to curb the overuse of alcohol in the downtown area to meeting attendees. Dawn Crim, special assistant to Chancellor John Wiley for community relations, spoke on behalf of UW-Madison and noted that the University of Wisconsin Police Department leads the nation in citations given to underage drinkers. Crim said the university is trying to decrease these statistics by offering alcohol-free events at the Union during the weekend and informing parents of underage students if they are admitted to a detoxification center, a practice that began in 2005. Current alcohol policy coordinator Katherine Plominski spoke about her long list of plans to improve the city’s alcohol use in the upcoming year, including creating a policy for operator license denials and increasing late night transportation. meeting page 2

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started dating when I was 15. Since then, I’ve had a slew of boyfriends, ﬂings, dinner dates and objects of my stalker efforts. They’ve all been very different—I’ve dated tall guys, short guys, smart guys, dumb guys, birthday clowns, liberals and even one Republican. But they’ve all had one thing in common: They all look like they are 12. Now, this wasn’t much of a problem when I actually was 12 and had crushes on pretty much the same three boys as the rest of the girls in my grade. However, as the boys matured and my girl friends’ tastes sophisticated, my eyes wandered from the boys endowed with distinguishing jaw lines and early facial hair to those nature had left behind.

doyle from page 1 Doyle said Obama is an exceptional candidate because he has the ability to overcome the obstacles America has faced the past four decades. “I don’t know if this country has ever had a leader, at least in my time, that was so capable of bringing people together, getting past the old ﬁghts that have been going on for 40 years … and moves on to the future,” he said. Doyle ofﬁcially announced his endorsement of Obama Jan. 5. “He called me the day after the Iowa Caucus and said, ‘Are you ready to go?’ I said, ‘I saw your speech, and I am on board,’” Doyle said. Student members involved in the campaign expressed excitement about their experiences at the Iowa Caucus earlier this month and announced upcoming canvassing trips in the next few weeks. “I am from Illinois and volunteered for [Obama] when he was running for Senate, and I have been a supporter ever since,” said Ami ElShareif, chair of UW-Madison’s Students for

To avoid being arrested, I should probably emphasize that I’ve never actually been attracted to a younger guy, only those my age who look much younger than they really are. As a teenager, this odd characteristic distinguished me from my friends, preventing the typical fight over a boy. While my friends would all drool over the brawny guy with a goatee across the lunchroom, my eyes would be fixed on his friend Timmy who never outgrew his bowl cut or Gap Kids T-shirt. “Look at him,” my friend Megan said. “Oooh, the way he tears off each bite of his steak. I can only imagine what else he can do with his mouth.” “And the way his jaw sticks out while he’s chewing,” Becky replied. “If I could just get five minutes alone with him I think I’d die.” “I get so hot watching him eat his peanut butter sandwich and pureed prunes,” I said, staring intently at Timmy. “He does it with such conviction. Wait. Is he crying?” Megan, Becky and I watched as Obama. She said the most important thing for students to do is to get involved with the organization and knock on doors and get as much visibility on campus as possible. “I don’t know if this country has ever had a leader, at least in my time, that was so capable of bringing people together.” Jim Doyle governor State of Wisconsin

“Students need to take campus by storm,” she said. Leaving the meeting, students discussed the importance of the youth vote in the upcoming election. “It is exciting to see that Barack Obama is paying attention to the student population in the nation,” said Cydni Chapman, member of Associated Students of Madison’s Legislative Affairs committee. “I think we can really make a difference.”

Timmy angrily threw his sandwich on the ground, muttered something that sounds like “crust” and ran out of the cafeteria. Life got a little more complicated once I stopped admiring prepubescent 18-year-olds from afar and started dating them. “Kiera, we need to talk about the way you’ve been treating me,” my boyfriend Davey said. “Aww, is my baby waby feeling sad?” “You act like I’m your newborn or something” “Coochey coochey coo!” I said, pinching his cheeks. “You bought me a paciﬁer and a book called ‘Poo Poo in the Potty’ for my birthday.” “Which you never read.” “Kiera...” “It’s OK, I’ll help you with the big words.” “That’s all I ask.” “There’s that smiley wiley I’ve been waiting for!” My odd preference for choosing my signiﬁcant others has never really been problematic. Aside from

a few disapproving glares when I walk through the mall with my date, I can’t say my love life has been wildly unsuccessful. It was really just a matter of ﬁnding someone who could balance his childish looks with mature composure in the relationship. My boyfriend Jeff, while he looks as if he could be anywhere between 11 and 20 years old, knows when to bat his eyes like a baby if he wants me to share my cookies, but can also use his big boy voice to protect me—like when someone else wants to eat my cookies. Even though he is no longer teething and was potty trained before we met, I don’t think I could ask for anything more. So when my eyes wander to a group of sixth graders trying to sneak into an R-rated movie as Jeff and I walk down State Street, I let him think it’s my maternal instinct and not my dating history that causes my eyes to dart. If you’re celebrating your 12th birthday soon, e-mail Kiera at wiatrak@wisc.edu.

$300 million state debt looms in report The state Legislative Fiscal Bureau released estimates Thursday that suggest Wisconsin may face a $300 to $400 million shortfall for the remainder of the 2007-’09 budget. According to the report, Dec. 2007 tax revenue collection reports show “weakness” in individual and corporate income tax collections as well as in sales tax collections. These decreases in tax collections as well as the risk of recession in the national economy in 2008 may mean revisions to the budget for the remainder of the biennium, according to the bureau’s report.

Assembly Speaker Mike Huebsch, R-West Salem, said in a statement that encouraging growth in companies and investing in the workforce will jumpstart the economy. “Tightening our belts, cutting spending and growing the economy will get Wisconsin through these tough times,” Huebsch said. The bureau said it would delay releasing its February predictions until it could incorporate more recent data, including interest rate decisions by the Federal Reserve Board.

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the city and the university to prevent alcohol-related crime and violence. The committee said the city could reduce illicit alcohol use by increasing the enforcement of drinking laws, restricting the density of alcohol retail outlets, raising prices and taxes on alcoholic beverages and encouraging responsible service policies at establishments. Additionally, partnership from the university in promoting responsible alcohol use through student-wide screening and interventions as well as mandating alcohol education for incoming students could make the city a better place, according to the committee’s presentation. “We believe alcohol can be a good and enjoyable thing,” Scherpelz said. “But like many good things, too much of a good thing can become a bad thing.”

Representatives from CNI’s alcohol issues committee discussed possible solutions that could be implemented in the future. Despite the current efforts the city and the university are exercising, the committee presented several new initiatives for improvement. “Capitol Neighborhoods believes there is room for additional efforts in controlling and limiting problem drinking in the downtown area and throughout the whole of Madison,” said downtown resident and CNI alcohol issues committee member John Scherpelz. Based on a set of strategies developed by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the alcohol issues committee suggested more collaborative efforts between

voice from page 1 Madison’s McBurney Center, said a student pushed for the implementation of vocal trafﬁc lights at least a year ago, adding that she has received positive feedback for earlier accessible pedestrian signals. Smith said pre-existing models on campus include a clicker or buzzer, such as the one at the intersection of Mills Street and University Avenue. UW-Madison freshman Jenny Vang, who lives in Chadbourne Residential Hall directly next to the Park and University intersection,

said she could hear the signals from her dorm room, which has created a bit of a distraction. “I only hear it when I sleep because it’s quiet at night, but they are doing it for a good reason, so I am sure everyone would understand,” she said. City ofﬁcials said they are working with volume controls because of complaints they’ve received in recent weeks. “We’re still going to have to go back out and do adjustments here and there to get some of the noise levels to be proper to make everyone happy,” Smith said.

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Assisted suicide bill lacks strong support By Megan Orear THE DAILY CARDINAL

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Dean of Students Lori Berquam (second from right) passes out free batteries for smoke detectors to students in honor of Fire Safety Awareness Week.

State lawmakers compromise on virtual schools By Charles Brace THE DAILY CARDINAL

State lawmakers reached a bipartisan compromise Thursday on the fate of virtual K-12 schools in Wisconsin. A Wisconsin appeals court had ruled in early December a virtual school violated state laws in regard to open enrollment and teacher permits. Advocates of the schools said they were worried the schools, which teach around 3,500 students, would be shut down statewide because of the ruling. Sara Dauscher, spokesperson for state Sen. John Lehman, D-Racine, who chairs the Senate Education Committee, said Lehman wanted to keep the schools open and keep them

accountable to parents and taxpayers. The bill would legalize virtual schools and require them to have parental advisory boards. It would also create an online academy operated by the state Department of Public Instruction, deﬁne truancy for the schools and outline several other compromises. Dauscher said Lehman expects the Senate version of the bill to pass out of the Education Committee as early as next week. She also said lawmakers’ opinions on the issue had been largely favorable in the Democraticcontrolled Senate. Families using virtual schools are “very supportive of the bill,” according to Dauscher. She said the bill would not affect universities and colleges,

which also use online learning in some situations. State Rep. Brett Davis, ROregon, chair of the Republicancontrolled Assembly Education Committee, authored the legislation along with Lehman. He said he hoped to pass the bill out of the committee by Tuesday. Davis said the bill required no additional funding, and Assembly Speaker Mike Huebsch, R-West Salem, supported the compromise and had been engaged in the process. “I don’t expect any issues with Assembly Republicans as we move forward,” Davis said. Gov. Jim Doyle tentatively endorsed the compromise, according to Davis, who said he was expecting the governor to sign the bill.

A bill that would legalize physician-assisted suicide was recently debated in the state Legislature, though the bill’s author said it faces an uphill battle to pass. The Senate Public Health, Senior Issues, Long Term Care and Privacy Committee held a public hearing Wednesday on Senate Bill 151. State Sen. Fred Risser, DMadison, and state Rep. Frank Boyle, D-Superior, authored the bill. The bill would allow adult, mentally competent patients with terminal illnesses to obtain life-ending medication from doctors as long as they follow strict guidelines, according to Risser. “I think the guidelines are very strict and as strict as we can make them,” Risser said. The guidelines require the patient to request the medication orally and in writing, evaluating the patient’s competency, giving the individual the opportunity to change his or her mind and having three independent witnesses of the request, Risser said. The origin of this bill, according to Risser, stems from the belief terminally ill patients do not choose to die but should be able to choose how and when. Groups such as Pro-Life Wisconsin and Wisconsin Catholic Conference have shown strong opposition to

Senate Bill 151. According to a press release, ProLife Wisconsin fears the passage of this bill would eventually result in a trend of encouraging physicianassisted suicide in order to cut medical costs. Barbara Sella, the associate director for Respect Life and Social Concerns at the Wisconsin Catholic Conference, stated similar concerns. “[Doctors] never want a patient to look up and wonder, ‘is this doctor coming in to suggest to end my life, or is he or she really there to help me?’” Sella said. Sella said the truly civilized way to treat the terminally ill is to help them through their last days with encouragement not by allowing them to take their own lives. “There’s a myth perception out there that either you give somebody an injection or pill to end their lives or force them to suffer endlessly,” Sella said. Risser said he believes few people will resort to physician-assisted suicide, and the regulations included in the bill will be enough to avoid misuse of the practice. “We don’t want Kevorkian-like individuals turning around and making their own rules and regulations,” Risser said. Risser said he is not optimistic the bill will pass, but said he believes there is public support and he has not given up.

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here are two economic boons the state of Wisconsin is known for: the dairy industry and stemcell research. Today, the state of California has a higher-producing dairy industry and currently has more money to fund stem- cell research. If Wisconsin wants to keep up, it must pony up. Getting state funding for research is now an even bigger problem since Wisconsin’s state budget is expected to be between $300 to $400 million in debt over the next two years. Dr. James Thomson, the leading stem-cell researcher at UW-Madison, said Tuesday the state would have to spend $50 million annually to keep up with the $3 billion California has raised for stem-cell research. Money for stem-cell research should come from both public and private funds, but it is paramount that the state ﬁnances the groundbreaking research by which Thomson has made Wisconsin so well known. If Thomson does not receive proper funding, he could potentially leave Wisconsin for another state where stem-cell research funding is a priority—like California. As a researcher, his fidelity will likely fall where funding best supports his work. Losing Thomson, with an economic recession looming, would hurt Wisconsin’s economy in a major way.

In his State of the State address, Gov. Jim Doyle thanked Thomson for his outstanding research and for catapulting Wisconsin past the Ivy League and California. Doyle said that the state must rely on and support innovators like Thomson to carry it during a nationwide economic downturn. The best way to show Thomson our appreciation is through financial support.

It is paramount that the state ﬁnances the ground-breaking research by which Thomson has made Wisconsin so well-known.

Doyle also mentioned Wisconsin’s progress in the dairy industry, but according to the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, California continues to challenge Wisconsin’s dairy production with high-yielding mega farms. To lose out to California in either of these industries— when we have the ability to keep pace—is unacceptable. Wisconsin has been fighting an uphill battle in the dairy industry, but must take action to increase research funding so the state is not fighting a battle on two fronts.

Nolan details best kept undisclosed for now By Kory Douglass THE DAILY CARDINAL

The death of 22-year-old UWWhitewater student Kelly Nolan was one of the top stories of 2007 to make headlines in the city of Madison. Police revealed that Nolan disappeared one night when friends left her bar hopping on State Street in June 2007. After two weeks of searching, Nolan’s body was found in the town of Dunn, Wis. Since this discovery, however, no further information has been released regarding the Nolan case. While some members of the pub-

lic may feel left in the dark by the drought of information, I believe Madison police and the members of Nolan’s family have legitimate reasons to keep whatever information they have undisclosed.

It is best that no misleading assumptions are made as to how Nolan died.

Law enforcement officials working to uncover the truth about Nolan’s death have justified reasons to keep details of the case to themselves. Mary Schauf, captain of Madison Police, went on record saying that revealing more information about the Nolan case could be disadvantageous to the ongoing investigation. She assured the public that the case is still active, and there have not been any major leads as to a potential suspect. Madison Police Chief Noble Wray, while stating that the investigators have forensic and other leads to follow, also did not disclose anything specific. While people closely following the story of Nolan’s death would naturally want their questions answered, the public must trust that the police are doing their best and understand that there are logical reasons behind the case’s conﬁdentiality. Police often keep details about their cases private in order to prevent false confessions or copycat crimes. As for the family of Nolan, I feel they have a right to keep any additional information to themselves. While the public wants to know what occurred on that June night, the only people who currently deserve to know the extra details are Nolan’s family. It is the family’s discretion as for what to share, and they should be able to maintain privacy regarding the specifics to this unfortunate occurrence. They have chosen not to divulge information about

Nolan’s activities or what she said to her sister in a phone conversation before she went missing. If I were in their situation, I would do the same. It would be too easy to paint an incorrect picture of what happened that night with just random tidbits of information. It would also be too easy to blame Nolan herself for everything that happened to her if it were discovered that there was poor decision-making involved on her part. The truth is, while she did have a worrisome history of alcohol-related arrests, and the alcohol in her system the night of her disappearance would have severely impaired her judgment, it is not the role of the media to judge her at this point. The public would be quick to jump to conclusions with just small portions of the truth, and it is best that no misleading assumptions are made as to how Nolan died and why the body was found in a town approximately 10 miles away from where she was last seen.

Police often keep details about cases private in order to prevent false confessions or copycat crimes.

So, as for the Nolan case, we will just have to wait and see what the police have learned when they are ready to share. Until then, however, it is important that the public trusts that investigators are doing what they can to get an unbiased and complete understanding of how events unfolded. Although we may not ever know exactly what happened to Nolan, it is important for all students to remember to stick together and use basic safety precautions when staying out late, especially if alcohol is involved. Kory Doulgass is a freshman with an undecided major. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Bloody Weekend:

A gory local ﬁlm and a grisly national blockbuster

Blood and oil make for volatile combination in Anderson’s latest ‘There will be Blood’ By Stephen Dierks THE DAILY CARDINAL

In a truly exceptional year for films, “There Will Be Blood” is a colossal achievement, by far the most devastating film yet by director Paul Thomas Anderson. Daniel Day-Lewis, in an aweinspiring performance, plays the role of Daniel Plainview, a Texas silver miner who discovers oil in one of his mines and decides to start a career in the oil industry. After an on-site accident claims the life of one of his workers, Plainview decides to adopt the man’s orphaned infant son as his own and names him H.W. (Dillon Freasier). Using young H.W. to bolster the public image of his company as a family business, Plainview moves to Little Boston based on the advice of a young man named Paul Sunday (Paul Dano), whose family lives there. Upon arrival, Plainview sets about out-doing all his corporate competitors in securing oil wells and pipelines. He soon becomes a powerful figure both in the oil business and in the community of the small town. Along the way, H.W. loses his hearing in a tragic crane explosion and a mysterious man (Kevin J. O’Connor) claiming to be Henry, Daniel’s half-brother, arrives in town to join the business. But the primary source of conflict for Plainview comes from Paul’s brother, Eli Sunday (also played by Paul Dano), the local preacher, whose fiery sermons have

made him a community leader. Eli feels threatened by Plainview’s burgeoning success in Little Boston and attempts to take a cut of Plainview’s profits. In a story spanning 30-some years, their continuing struggle for power and domination leads to a shocking—and yes—bloody conclusion. If “Boogie Nights” and “Magnolia” established Anderson’s scope, ambition and ability to get great performances from actors, and “Punch-Drunk Love” showed his capacity to make a more focused, concise film, then “There Will Be Blood” is his Kubrickian masterpiece, virtuosic and oddly disturbing. Inspired by Upton Sinclair’s 1927 novel “Oil!”, Anderson wrote and directed this driving, engrossing film with some truly phenomenal performances. Dano has a gentle, child-like voice but brings impressive energy to his role as a preacher who is as jealous as he is devout. Freasier, an amateur young Texan, is a convincing, integral part of the film as the exploited son, and Day-Lewis deserves all the superlatives thrown his way for another landmark performance as the savage, misanthropic oil entrepreneur driven by greed and competition. His physicality, voice, mannerisms and fierce emotion combine to create a singularly, fascinating character. Another major player in the film’s success is Jonny Greenwood—of Radiohead fame—whose stirring

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Day-Lewis (center) delivers an amazing performance as Daniel Plainview, a charismatic and ruthless miner who strikes it rich with oil. score adds tension and devilish mystery to already gripping material. All five of these contributors and the fine supporting cast collaborate to make a film that is achingly human yet punctuated

with scenes of shocking violence. The ﬁlm is an in-depth character study of a man consumed by greed and hate who seeks to destroy everyone in his path, ﬁnally facing the embodiment of self-righteous

religious zeal. “I have a competition in me,” says Plainview. “I want no one else to succeed.” With “Blood,” Anderson has made a peerless ﬁlm—a startling, ferocious original.

Blood-soaked “Massacre” makes premiere Sunday, promising buckets of crimson musical fun By Ryan Hebel THE DAILY CARDINAL

Blood-soaked axes, murderous rampages, the Devil himself and a singing Catholic schoolgirl? This strange collaboration of musical carnage will come gushing into Madison Sunday, when “Massacre: The Musical”— a locally made independent film—premieres at the High Noon Saloon at 8:30 p.m. The ﬁlm—entirely written, composed, directed, acted and produced by Madisonians—is a black comedy/slasher that slices through genre boundaries like bulging carotid arteries. Directed and co-written by Will Gartside—former UW student and gore connoisseur—and adapted from a play by Rob

Matsushita and Morey Burnard, “Massacre” is simultaneously an ode to campy, 1980s blood baths like “Evil Dead,” a biting social commentary and a hilarious collection of catchy, sadistic melodies. A trailer for “Massacre” notes: “This year, death is kinda... cute.” That message spills into the film’s opening scene as police arrive at a secluded cabin and find themselves face-to-face with an adorable youngster named Discordia, cheerfully beaming over a carpet of mutilated corpses, her red axe still dripping in hand. “I did what I did in the name of God,” she chirps, and the fun begins. Gartside liked the graphic introduction’s effect on audiences and tried to make the ﬁlm

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UW grad and local producer Will Gartside spares no blood in his ironically comic new ﬁlm.

fast-paced enough to jolt audiences’ emotions and stomachs for its entire 45-minute runtime. To achieve this, the film quickly backtracks, Tarantino-style, and follows Discordia’s exciting evening as she accidentally decapitates someone at a friend’s hedonistic retreat, prays to God for guidance and ends up with the Devil’s instead. After confusing a traditionally dressed Devil for Jesus, she follows demonic counsel for the rest of the film with enthusiastic piety. Made on a $7,000 microbudget, “Massacre” was shot by a 14-member crew/cast (several of them former UW students) over a two-week period last summer in various Madison locations. While crew were often laced with laughter and capped by booze, they were not without their problems, including messes of fake blood that turned the first weekend into 18 hours of filming and 12 hours of clean up, according to Gartside. No one became more acquainted with that mess than Edgewater College grad Kelly Kiorpes, who stars as Discordia, the hyperbolic fusion of Elmyra from “Tiny Toons” and Carrie. Told to act perky while cold, tired and drenched in gallons of sticky, corn syrup-based blood, Kiorpes’ own willingness to cooperate would be unthinkable, if not for her interest in the film’s concept. “It’s not quite like anything

I’ve ever seen,” Kiorpes said. “I think it has a lot of quirkiness to it and originality... and so much fucking blood.” The role of Satan, meanwhile, was tackled by Pete Rydberg, a UW Theater grad student who jumped at the chance. After all, he said, “How often do you get to grab evil by the balls and run with it?”

“How often do you get to grab evil by the balls and run with it?” Pete Rydberg UW theater grad student plays Satan in “Massacre: The Musical”

The entire cast has followed the twisted project ever since being drafted by Matsushita and Burnard during the 2005 Mercury Players Theater Blitz—a yearly marathon of competitive drama that gives participants 24 hours to create an entire play from scratch. Within the first hour of the blitz, the duo had banged out a 15-minute script for their play, “Thug Passion 2: Discordia’s Sunshine Revenge.” Two years later, Gartside saw a revised version of the play (following the advice of Matsushita, his video store co-worker) and within days handed Matsushita and Burnard a screenplay and

convinced both to join him on an expanded ﬁlm adaptation. When they finally worked up the nerve to start production, the biggest obstacle the filmmakers faced turned out to be making the film’s grisly effects believable. According to Matsushita, “In the stage production, you can have Kelly swing a plastic axe at somebody ... but on film, you can’t get away with that ... it’s called ‘Massacre: The Musical,’ not ‘We’re all Going to Sing and Nobody’s Going to Get Killed.’” The final product is a calculated combination of innovation and imitation the filmmakers hope will help them gain admittance to this year’s Wisconsin Film Festival, not only riding the way of “Sweeney Todd’s” similar success. “We had to be kinda careful,” Matsushita said of making the ﬁlm. “The weird thing about using gore is that if you don’t go over the top enough, it just ends up being disturbing ... If you go so far, then the audience just knows ‘OK, there isn’t that much blood in the human body.’ The trick is doing it gory but, you know... in a fun way.”

Massacre: The Musical where: High Noon Saloon when: Sunday, 8:30 p.m. how much: $5

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Frozen Snot

Today’s Sudoku

Beeramid

By Ryan Matthes beeramid_comic@yahoo.com

Mega Dude Squad

By Stephen Guzetta and Ryan Lynch rplynch@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.

Dwarfhead and Narwhal

By James Dietrich jbdietrich@wisc.edu

A new excuse at family reunions. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day.

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

Anthro-apology

The Crackles Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE ACROSS

1 tool 6 Tombstone lawman 10 Appropriate anagram of “Bart’’ 14 Pitcher of a sort 15 Morales of “La Bamba’’ 16 In ___ of 17 Prominent position in Hollywood 19 End-of-wk. exclamation 20 Part of aka 21 Pass leading to a score 23 On everyone’s A-list 24 Geisha sash 26 Low gray cloud 28 Scandinavian capital 33 Exercise regimen from India 34 Beverage in a Maugham title 35 Ones in a ﬂight pattern 37 Smallish weight measurement 40 Places to play oldies 42 Campaign funding grp. 43 Beeped 44 “Sure,” slangily 45 California/Nevada

lake 47 Headed the parade, e.g. 48 Pound sound 50 Type of call 52 Computer adjunct 55 General on a Chinese menu 56 Palillo of “Welcome Back, Kotter’’ 57 Oozed 60 Levin et al. 64 Move bit by bit 66 Do-or-die business concern 68 Vichyssoise veggie 69 Prevaricator 70 Film star Davis 71 “Folk’’ follower 72 “If all ___ fails ...’’ 73 Timberdressing tools DOWN

1 Pro ___ (proportionately) 2 One with adoring fans 3 Sound projectors 4 Prohibited practices 5 Folk rock’s DiFranco 6 Snaky swimmers 7 Sales condition 8 Indian queens 9 Messy room 10 Deli specialty 11 Square feature 12 Five essential things to become facetious

13 Clumps of hair 18 Cleo or Frankie 22 Some police personnel 25 Fat cats 27 Water, in Mexico 28 German chemist Otto 29 “The Last Tycoon’’ director Kazan 30 Certain hockey player 31 Retained 32 Fashion designer Mizrahi 36 Identical response 38 Straight ones earn a 2.0 39 Whirlpool 41 Desktop picture 46 Surpass 49 Weak, as an excuse 51 Labored 52 Shampoo brand 53 California drive 54 Smear on more grease 58 Education gps. 59 Raison d’___ 61 “Puttin’ on the ___’’ 62 Pay for a hand 63 Gets a load of 65 ___ out (make do) 67 Exec’s degree

By Eric Wigdahl wigdahl@wisc.edu

By Simon Dick srdick@wisc.edu

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Border Battle: Rival Gophers come to Kohl Center By Nate Carey THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Wisconsin men’s hockey team takes on rival Minnesota this weekend at the Kohl Center, and the home ice will be a welcoming sight for the Badgers. “It’ll be great,” sophomore defenseman Jamie McBain said. “It’ll be nice having everyone at home with the fans.” It has almost been two months since McBain, along with sophomore forward Blake Geoffrion and freshman forward Kyle Turris, have skated in the Kohl Center. All three went overseas to play in the IIHF World Junior Championships, and missed both the Badger Hockey Showdown and a series at home against Colorado College over Winter Break. Wisconsin has had its full roster the last two weekends and has seen a deﬁnite change in the team’s success, including a win and a tie at Alaska Anchorage last weekend. “Getting those points were huge, especially since we haven’t done as well on the road as we have wanted to this year,” senior

forward Matthew Ford said. After starting 0-4-2 on the road this season, the Badgers have gone 21-1 over the last two weekends, with the one loss coming to Denver after a highly controversial call. UW plans to continue its newfound success against Minnesota this weekend. “We are coming off of two great weekends on the road and now will be back at home and hopefully get a little more momentum going,” McBain said. “I think there is a lot of room for growth right now, but we are all clicking and looking pretty good and can hopefully continue our road success at home.” Returning home to play the Gophers could not have come at a better time for Wisconsin. The Badgers have scored 13 goals in their last three games and seem to be playing at a more consistent level defensively. Minnesota, on the other hand, is in the midst of a goalie controversy. After starting the season with junior Jeff Frazee, Minnesota head coach Don Lucia has gone with freshman Alex Kanges the last two games, feeling that Kanges is play-

ing at a higher level. The Gophers are 1-1-2 over the last two weekends and are having trouble closing teams out. The midseason departure of Kyle Okposo to the NHL hasn’t helped the Gophers’ situation, with the team now relying on junior forward Blake Wheeler (12 goals, 11 assists) and senior forward Ben Gordon (8, 12) for the bulk of their offense. Wisconsin will counter Wheeler and Gordon with a balanced attack, led by Turris and junior forward Ben Street. Turris (9, 15) is averaging 1.2 points per game and has returned with a new sense of conﬁdence after winning the gold with Canada at the World Juniors. Street (10, 13) has been the consistent veteran all season, but played especially well during Winter Break, recording three points during the four-game span. Junior Shane Connelly will look to continue his productive play in front of the net. The goaltender made some key saves last weekend against the Seawolves. But in the end this weekend’s series against Minnesota is about

Men’s basketball strives to win tenth straight By Matt Fox THE DAILY CARDINAL

This Saturday the No. 11 Wisconsin men’s basketball team (6-0 Big Ten, 16-2 overall) hopes to extend its impressive 10-game winning streak against the Purdue Boilermakers (5-1, 14-5) in West Lafayette, Ind. Purdue has shown great potential with notable victories over then-No. 20 Louisville and Ohio State, and very close losses to then-No. 18 Clemson and No. 10 Michigan State. Since losing by just three to the Spartans in their second game of Big Ten play, the Boilermakers have rattled off four consecutive victories over Big Ten opponents. After Purdue finished 9-19 and last in the conference in its 2005-’06 campaign, last year’s Boilermakers bounced back with a 21-11 record. In the NCAA Tournament, the Boilermakers had a 72-63 victory over Arizona before losing to national champion Florida in the tournament’s second round. This season, Purdue returned no starters from last year, yet is currently fourth in a competitive Big Ten conference. The young squad is led by sophomore guard and leading scorer Keaton Grant, who has put up 12 points per game to go along with three rebounds. Following Grant, the Boilermakers have balance with three freshmen hovering around 10 points per game: guard E’Twaun Moore and forwards Scott Martin and Ryan Hummel. Hummel also leads the

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the Colorado College letdown three weeks ago. If they split, they remain tied with Minnesota and still have to face down a series in Minneapolis. The Badgers shouldn’t even be in a tie for ﬁfth place. Without a woefully egregious error by ofﬁcials two weeks ago in Denver, UW in all likelihood comes to play with a fourgame unbeaten streak and a lead over Minnesota and St. Cloud State, another team UW is tied with and has to oppose late in the season. How many people going to the

team in rebounding and assists with six and three, respectively. For the Badgers, junior forward Marcus Landry has been in the zone as of late, scoring in double figures in five of Wisconsin’s last six games. This game will have significance for Landry, as he faces his older brother Carl’s alma mater. Last year, the two brothers played head-to-head in the Kohl Center during Carl’s senior season, a 69-64 Wisconsin victory. After a sluggish start, senior guard Michael Flowers seems to have re-discovered his shooting touch with three consecutive games in double figures. In those contests, Flowers has shot a combined 9-for-15 from behind the three-point arc. However, it will be imperative for Flowers to pick up his play defensively on Grant after giving up 26 points Tuesday to Michigan freshman guard Manny Harris. As always, Wisconsin will try to keep up its intensity on defense. The Badgers lead the Big Ten in scoring defense and are among the nation’s leaders in the category. They have surrendered more than 70 points only once this season and have held opponents to an average of 55 points since the start of Big Ten play. Purdue is averaging 71 points per game since the beginning of Big Ten play, second best in the conference. A key for Wisconsin’s defense will be limiting Purdue’s athletic frontline, especially on the boards. games this weekend are actually aware of what happened in the ﬁrst game at Magness Arena Jan. 11? No. 2 Denver already had enough in the way of talent and fan support and clearly didn’t need more help. The Badgers were trailing, 3-2, and on a third period face-off with 3.7 seconds showing on the clock. Matthew Ford got ahold of the puck after the draw, moved to the slot and shot it past the Pioneer goalie just as the buzzer sounded. Make no matter of what the referee called the shot, because the play immediately went under

In their last game against Michigan, the Badgers gave up 21 offensive rebounds resulting in 22 second-chance points—a major reason the game stayed so close. Saturday’s game will begin at 3 p.m. at Mackey Arena.

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Junior forward Marcus Landry has been one reason for UW’s success over the last 10 games.

review. On the Fox Sports Net replay, according to a uwbadgers. com report, the clock, synched with the ofﬁcial game time, did not show all zeroes when the puck crossed the goal line. What’s more, the red light— indicative of a goal—illuminated before the green light, a signal for the end of the period. Nevertheless, the referee somehow came to the conclusion that there was no goal, and the Badgers were denied an overtime that could have earned them one, even two points. The next day, the WCHA

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Sophomore forward Aaron Bendickson is one of four Badgers who chose to play at UW over their home state of Minnesota. more than just points and hockey, as two states collide head-to-head in one of the oldest rivalries in collegiate sports. “I’ve asked some of the guys if it is going to be different in the Kohl Center and they say absolutely,” freshman defenseman Ryan McDonough said. “There isn’t going

to be a seat empty and it is going to be a little bit louder. Guys said that last year they couldn’t even hear themselves talk on the bench.” The puck drops both at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, with Friday’s game televised on MyMadison TV and Saturday’s match on FSN North.

Badgers ready for series against SCSU By Ben Breiner The No. 5 Wisconsin women’s hockey team (12-4-2 WCHA, 16-6-2 overall) will return to the Kohl Center for the ﬁrst time in two months to face off against the No. 9 Huskies of St. Cloud State this weekend. St. Cloud ended Wisconsin’s record 32-game unbeaten streak with a 2-1 victory the last time they played Oct. 19. In the loss, the Badgers almost forced overtime when they put the puck in net with seven seconds left in regulation. The goal, however, was disallowed because a UW player was in the crease. The Badgers bounced back, as senior forward Jinelle Zaugg and freshman forward Mallory Deluce combined for all of the goals in a 5-0 victory the following night. “Every game from here on out is important, especially games like this,” junior forward Angie Keseley said. “They gave us a run for our money last time we played them, and I think we need to come out hard or they could come out with a win.” The Huskies are 10-5-3 in the WCHA despite being outscored 40-43 in conference games. They currently sit three points behind the Badgers in the standings at fourth place. Wisconsin is riding a six-game winning streak after sweeping Minnesota State, North Dakota and Ohio State on the road. “The second half of the season you’re seeing the light at the end of the tunnel,” junior forward Erika Lawler said. “You’ve been playing together for the ﬁrst half and so things ... start to fall together, but it’s also human

nature to just work harder when you see something to work for ... I think we have a new ﬁre in the second half and everything’s working out for us so far.” St. Cloud’s hopes for victory will rest on senior netminder Kendall Newell. Newell has the second best save percentage in the conference at .934, but her Huskies have a 1-5-4 record when they allow more than one goal. The Badgers will counter with an offense that is scoring more than three goals per game and boasts three 20-point scorers. In net Wisconsin will send out junior goaltender Jesse Vetter, the reigning WCHA Defensive Player of the Week. One of the Badgers’ top forwards sophomore Meghan Duggan returned last weekend from an injury that cost her three games. She is currently fourth on the team with 19 points and last season was the WCHA Freshman of the Year. “Duggan just brings such energy. On the ice and off the ice with her character, she gets things going in the locker room,” Vetter said. “Her energy helps the team out so much.” Although the Badgers are looking up in the standings at MinnesotaDuluth and Minnesota, some players have voiced excitement about coming together to meet that challenge in the season’s second half. Wisconsin went undefeated after Winter Break last season. “If we can take care of the little things like we have on the last four or five weekends of play, then our chance of being successful and winning go up,” head coach Mark Johnson said. “If we don’t do that obviously your chances of losing increase.”

issued a release saying the ofﬁcials had erred—in other words, the goal should have counted. But the words of regret were all the league had to offer. To the Badgers’ bigtime credit, they put the previous night’s polemics behind them and turned frustration into seven goals and a win. Still, where is the recourse for Friday? Conference games carry too much weight, each point means too much, for this incident to go unchecked. And while it would not be wrong to say there is behind-thescenes action taking place between

the Badgers and WCHA officials, it will be a dismal, if not costly, failure if Eaves fails to press this issue full-bore. If you don’t think one or two points could come into play later in the season, look at the WCHA standings from last year. The fifth and sixth place teams, the difference between playing at home and on the road in the first round of the WCHA playoffs, were separated by... two points. E-mail Jon at bortin@wisc.edu to talk about how close the WCHA will finish this season.

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UW wins big over PSU 79-52 By Jay Messar THE DAILY CARDINAL

Controversy could prove costly for UW

iven the way the Wisconsin Badgers men’s hockey team has played this season, who’s to think anything more than a split with Minnesota is on tap this weekend? You have to look all the way back to the very beginning of December for two wins in a series by UW. Moreover, the Badgers have tied their season-long, three-game unbeaten streak—a run that matches two other occasions this season. Why should this team, most appropriately described as inconsistent, be ahead of Minnesota in the WCHA standings after Saturday night? The Badgers and Gophers show equal records and equal standing in the league leading up to Friday’s face-off, prompting head coach Mike Eaves to say tonight’s game will be the most important of the year, even though he makes the same remark week in and week out. Fact is, he’s right, because this could be the make-or-break point for the Badgers this season. The team can scarcely afford to lose both games at home, especially after points page 7

The Penn State Nittany Lions played more like cubs Thursday night, as the Wisconsin women’s basketball team picked up a much needed conference victory 79-52. The home win boosts the Badgers to 9-9 overall and 2-6 in the Big Ten. “We’ve stayed resilient, we’ve stayed strong,” UW head coach Lisa Stone said. “Our defense was spectacular tonight, and that’s what we kept priding ourselves in. They really fought and clawed and that’s one [victory] ... now we have to keep building on this.” Freshman forward Lin Zastrow followed her breakthrough performance at Ohio State with another impressive line of 16 points and six rebounds. “Lin has stepped up the last two games,” senior guard Jolene Anderson said. “That’s just huge for our program. Our team knew that it would end up on the defensive end. It comes down to playing defense for 40 minutes, and I think we did a good job at that.” Anderson and fellow senior guard Janese Banks each added 16 points and seven boards to cap the Badger victory. Sophomore guard Annie Crangle also scored her first points of the season on a threepointer with 11 seconds left to celebrate her 20th birthday.

“Annie taking that shot at the end, it’s her birthday, her family flies in from California, it just seals a good feeling for our team,” Stone said. Wisconsin, ranking last in the Big Ten in scoring defense coming in to Thursday’s game, held Penn State to just 52 points—a season low. Banks grabbed two steals right from the tip and turned them into an assist and a layup to start a 9-2 run. Wisconsin never looked back, staying one step ahead of the Lions all night. “It’s a good feeling to know that we can play at this level,” Banks said. “It’s ingrained into our heads and this victory breaks the ice for us. Now we’ll focus on Sunday and come out with the same kind of defensive intensity.” First-year Penn State head coach Coquese Washington could do nothing but look on as her Lions hardly resembled the team that defeated No. 10 Duke earlier this season. “I thought we played awful from start to finish,” Washington said. “We didn’t get back in transition, and them being able to come out and get easy buckets in transition gave them a lot of confidence and really opened things up for them.” Penn State (4-4 Big Ten, 13-7 overall) never took away the outlet pass and the Badgers exploited the fast break, scoring 16 points off Nittany Lion turnovers and

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Senior guard Janese Banks got UW off to a fast start with two steals and ﬁnished strong with 16 points. 10 points in transition. Seven Badgers scored in the first half on 47 percent shooting. The Badgers cooled off in the second, but still finished the game shooting 43 percent. Wisconsin also turned the ball

over just five times on the night, a school and Kohl Center record. Wisconsin will next take on Big Ten cellar dweller Northwestern Sunday at 4:30 p.m. The game will be televised live on the Big Ten Network.