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Reps. Black, Parisi propose ﬁnancial aid increases By Charles Brace THE DAILY CARDINAL

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State Reps. Joe Parisi, D-Madison, and Kim Hixson, D-Whitewater, introduce a proposal Monday to increase ﬁnancial aid at the same rate of tuition increases. Rep. Spencer Black, D-Madison, co-authored it.

Downtown buildings seek historical landmark status By Abby Sears THE DAILY CARDINAL

Madison’s Landmarks Commission voted to recommend landmark status to two historic downtown buildings Monday, while three additional buildings will be considered at a future

public hearing. Madison’s City Council will make the ﬁnal decision whether the Schubert Building, 120 W. Mifﬂin St., and the Doris House, 603-605 W. Main St., will become historical landmarks based on the commission’s recommendation.

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The City Council will have the ﬁnal vote in granting landmark status to the Schubert Building, located at 120 W. Mifﬂin St.

The Schubert Building, which will celebrate its 100th anniversary this year, was once home to the Silver Dollar Saloon and Restaurant and later Badger Ofﬁce Supplies, two of the city’s oldest businesses. Preliminary consideration for landmark status of three buildings on North Pinckney Street caused debate at the meeting. Carolyn Freiwald of the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation said the buildings make up one of the city’s few remaining historically commercial blocks. “When people think of Madison’s downtown, they go to the Capitol [and] this is the block they see,” Freiwald said. Urban Land Interests is currently working on a proposal involving the north Pinckney street block near the Capitol. Tom Neujahr, a ULI principal, urged the commission to delay a public hearing on the buildings until more details of the proposal are clear. If a building receives landmark status, the Landmarks Committee has the authority to approve or deny demolition, according to Madison Preservation Planner Katherine Rankin. Neujahr said designating a structure as a landmark makes it more difﬁcult to instigate redevelopment plans. According to Neujahr, sparse parking and lack of handicap accessibility are just some of the block’s landmark page 2

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Lawmakers offer tuition ‘freeze’ Two state lawmakers unveiled a proposal at Memorial Union Monday to “freeze” in-state tuition costs for students who receive financial aid. State Reps. Spencer Black, DMadison, and Joe Parisi, D-Madison, introduced legislation that would increase the amount received from financial aid, like the Wisconsin Higher Education Grant, to match the amount tuition increases in a given year. Black said in-state UW System tuition has increased by over 126 percent in the last 10 years, raising to nearly $6,000. He said Legislature’s failure to pass a state budget over 100 days last fall also showed how financial aid needed to be strengthened. The budget delay kept more than 6,000 students waiting to find out about financial aid for several months, according to Black. “The first victims of a budget delay

Park Street the site of apparent homicide A 31-year-old man was allegedly attacked and killed Tuesday afternoon in an alley near the 700 block of South Park Street, according to the Madison Police Department. According to the police report, the first officer arrived on the scene at 1:22 p.m. and immediately called the Madison Fire Department to send an ambulance. Police said the man was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police said the attack would be treated as a homicide and have set up a command post in the South District of Madison. City Council President Mike Verveer said, “the neighborhood is known for being safe, not for violent crime.” Verveer is currently acting as mayor while Mayor Dave Cieslewicz is in Japan. Police do not know whether the attack was random or if the victim was targeted, according to Verveer. The death would mark Dane County’s first homicide of 2008.

NEW ERA CONTRACT

New Era’s UW merchandise must be off shelves in 60 days By Amanda Hoffstrom THE DAILY CARDINAL

The termination of New Era Cap Co.’s licensing contract with UWMadison Friday means the company’s manufactured apparel with the university’s logo must be disposed of within 60 days. Dawn Crim, special assistant to Chancellor John Wiley, said the company manufactured knit caps and paid the university about $8,400 in royalties for the use of logos in 2007. Unlike the university’s $1.2 million per year athletic apparel contract with Adidas, which runs through 2011, New Era’s contract was renewed annually, according to Crim. The university cut the New Era contract after hired inspectors were not allowed entrance to a factory in Mobile, Ala., to assess allegations of worker abuse. New Era’s refusal was a violation of its contract. Crim said if it were not for the code of conduct violation, New Era’s contract would likely have been renewed. “We expect our licensees to follow all of our rules, and, for the most part, they do,” Crim said, adding it is unusual for the university to terminate contracts. “When they don’t, we work with them to come into compliance. That is always our ﬁrst step.” “We do not take ending a contract lightly—it’s quite rare.” Crim said she did not know if

UW-Madison was the only university to cut its New Era contract. “I know many universities are trying to decide how they want to handle it,” she said. “Typical of a situation like this, all universities act independently on how they deal with things—this has just been the University of WisconsinMadison’s decision.” The allegations of worker abuse at New Era’s Mobile factory have garnered national attention, most recently by the NAACP. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, a union representing the Mobile factory workers, joined the NAACP in Washington, D.C. Monday to release a report entitled, “Racial Discrimination, Repression and Retaliation at New Era Cap.” The organizations also called on Major League Baseball to stop using the company to manufacture its ofﬁcial baseball caps. “What the hardworking men and women at the Mobile New Era facility want is not unreasonable,” NAACP Chair Julian Bond said at a news conference. “They want an end to management’s racially discriminatory promotion practices, respect and a living wage in return for a hard day’s work.” New Era held a rally at its Derby, new era page 2

“…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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KEATON MILLER miller’s genuine drafts

’m not exactly what you would call a “religious person.” For instance, I believe anyone who tells me they hear God speaking to them needs to see a psychiatrist, not a priest. But sometimes, whether you believe in a higher power or not, it sure feels as if the universe is trying to send you a message. The most recent communiqué between the universe and myself occurred when I was feeling peckish and decided to go to the store. My trouble started when I left to get my car. Wisconsin’s lovely winter weather (motto: The snowmen build themselves!) had turned my car into an ice sculpture and the eaves of my house were host to parasitic icicles waiting to fall and pierce my skull. I persevered, however, and after a complicated excavation, my car was warm and ready to go.

The roads were sluggish. The snow turned normally swift traffic into a molasses-like ooze and pedestrians flowed between cars like some perverted game of Frogger. Finally, I made it to Copps. Unfortunately, it appeared that the reason for the traffic was simultaneous hunger experienced by all of my fellow students, as I was forced to roam the parking lot for 10 minutes before finding a space somewhere near Peoria. As I trudged towards the store, however, my thoughts were only on the joys of food ahead of me. I walked the aisles, collecting foodstuffs for the upcoming weeks. Just as I was debating between Chocolate Chunk Chewy Granola Bars (Now with 10 percent less sugar!) and Chewy Granola Chocolate Chip Bars (Now with 10 percent more chocolate!), the air was filled with a piercing siren. Yes, that’s right, the fire alarm was going off. Strobe lights turned Copps into a rave. And, following years of training in grade school, every single person in the store did exactly what we should have: nothing. Everyone went about their business. Wishing to con-

form, I dutifully chose the Chocolate Chip Bars and kept shopping. Finally, a voice rang out from above. “Attention Copps shoppers: We have determined that this is not a false alarm. We need to evacuate the store. Please leave your carts where they are.” And so back into the cold we went, cursing the store and whoever started a fire. The first couple minutes were rather philosophical. Now, I’m trained as an economist and economists are primarily concerned with optimization. On the surface, this looks like a simple problem. If I believed it would take more time for me to go across the street to Sentry and start over than to wait outside and finish, then I should stay. Of course, there are psychological variables to take into consideration as well. How long does it take for the biting cold to turn a warm human being into a meat popsicle? How bad do I feel for my abandoned cart? What if Sentry only has Chocolate Chunk bars? The economist in me started calculating utility integrals and graphing the

supply and demand of granola. Luckily I, being male, come with a standard override. When it gets too cold, certain temperature-sensitive organs send a series of high priority nerve signals that trigger an instinctive and overriding response. While the nuances of the signal are difﬁcult to reproduce in linguistic terms, the message is clear: “Your balls have retracted. You will lose the ability to perpetuate the species in 3.7 minutes.” I could not ﬁnd another member of the species to assist me in the ancient warming ritual so I was forced to go to the next best option: Sentry. As I filled a new cart with edible goods, I replayed the evening’s events and had a revelation: the universe was trying to send me a simple message. I was eating too much. This time around, I grabbed the Less Sugar More Granola Chocolate Chunk Bars and everything was all right. Keaton spent several minutes trying to work a nipple joke into this column, only to decide it was tasteless and offensive. Email him at keatonmiller@wisc.edu.

NEWS IN BRIEF Taxpayer amendment Two state Senators want to amend the Wisconsin Constitution to alter property tax laws, revealing legislation Monday they said would help homeowners. State Sen. Dave Hansen, D-Green Bay, and state Sen. Bob Wirch, D-Pleasant Prairie, introduced a plan to exempt the ﬁrst $60,000 of a home’s value from property taxes. The amount would be adjusted to keep up with inﬂation in the proposal. The authors of the bill said increasing corporate income taxes would pay for the exemption. “This legislation will provide homeowners with the ability to constitutionally mandate tax relief for themselves,” Wirch said in a release. The lobbyist group Wisconsin Property Taxpayers, Inc. opposes the bill. A state Constitutional Amendment needs to pass both houses of the Legislature in two consecutive sessions before being voted on in a statewide referendum.

Winter weather returns

ASM book swap ‘success’

Temperatures in Madison are expected to ﬂuctuate from high 30s down to single digits over the course of the week. Following record high temperatures on Sunday and Monday, the National Weather Service has called for frigid winter weather to return to Madison. According to the forecast, snowfall is expected Tuesday afternoon and evening and Wednesday morning with wind chill values between 20-30 degrees below zero. Between 5 p.m. on Tuesday evening and early Wednesday morning, winter storm and high wind watches would be in effect. The weather should improve by Thursday with the NWS forecast calling for temperatures to return to the low 20s with a low chance of snowfall. The weekend forecast calls for mild weather and does not expect to see snowfall with both Saturday and Sunday expected to be slightly sunny.

The Associated Students of Madison said Monday its ﬁrst annual textbook swap on Jan. 21 was an “overwhelming success.” According to the group, more than 400 students either offered books at the swap for peers to buy or purchased used books for this semester. Additionally, students spent over $3,500 at the one-day sale. The non-proﬁt event was planned as an alternative to the growing expense of textbooks at campus book stores. “This was really an exciting demonstration of the ways that students can help other students in such a simple way,” Jessica Pavlic, event organizer and ASM Academic Affairs Chair, said in a statement. The group said it is planning to offer the student textbook swap again next year. “The swap got much larger than we initially anticipated so we would like to improve on organizational tactics for next year and also make the event more than a day long,” Pavlic said.

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freeze from page 1 are students receiving ﬁnancial aid,” Black said. Black said the proposal would cost around $27 million, but would only be a small part of a $60 billion state budget. The proposal was introduced in a previous legislative session and failed, but Parisi said he was hopeful because it was included in one version of the governor’s budget, only to be taken out later.

new era from page 1 N.Y. factory prior to the Washington, D.C. news conference to deny all charges of unfair labor practices.

landmark from page 1 weaknesses. He expects ULI’s proposal to be presentable to the City Council in three to four months. Sonya Newenhouse, owner of the Winterbotham Building at 27 N. Pinckney St., one of the

According to Parisi, he and Black were going to work hard to make sure action was taken on the bill before the legislative session ends in early summer. Parisi said the average undergraduate leaves college with $21,000 in student loan debt. The money students use to pay off debt, Parisi said, could be better used to help invigorate the economy. “The way you grow an economy is to reduce debt and invest in your people,” Parisi said.

State Rep. Kim Hixson, DWhitewater, also endorsed the legislation. As a professor at UW-Whitewater, he said he had repeatedly seen students forced to drop out of college due to tuition costs. UW-Madison third year graduate student Jane Wierzbicki attended the event and said she supported the bill. She said she was forced to pay for all of her ﬁrst year of graduate school with student loans. “I really believe in this bill,” she said.

NAACP and the Teamsters’ report document many abuses that UW-Madison sophomore Chynna Haas reportedly witnessed ﬁrsthand when she traveled to Alabama

earlier this month. Haas announced Monday she would tell her story “New Era, New Day,” Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. at a location to be determined.

three buildings in consideration for landmark status, said she felt more conﬁdent about a decision being made regarding her building after hearing the effects of ULI’s proposal. “I would appreciate having this conversation in the con-

text of the whole development,” Newenhouse said. The commission voted to advance the consideration of the North Pinckney buildings to a public hearing in 45 days with the possibility of recessing the hearing to a later date if necessary.

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Campaign finance reform still stalled Little action has been taken on campaign finance reform this legislative session, despite Gov. Jim Doyle calling a special session to address it in early December. Doyle had asked the lawmakers to pass a reform package that included full public financing for state Supreme Court races. The proposal also included a provision that would ban fundraising during the state budget process, which some finance reform advocates said prolonged legislative gridlock in the fall. Beverly Speer, advocacy director for the watchdog group Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, said a reform bill would hopefully be given a public hearing in early February in the Senate Campaign Finance Reform, Rural Issues and Information Technology Committee. Speer said WDC had been in contact with state Sen. Pat Kreitlow,

D-Chippewa Falls, chair of the committee, and he was supportive of the reform bill. State Sen. Michael Ellis, R-Neenah, and Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-Middleton, authored Senate Bill 12, which the reform package is based on. Speer said their support would help move the bill through the Senate. Speer said she was disappointed the governor had not been more enthusiastic in his support for campaign ﬁnance reform since calling the special session. Doyle did not mention campaign ﬁnance reform in his annual State of the State address Jan. 23. Doyle spokesman Lee Sensenbrenner said Doyle is still in favor of the bill and he wants to see the Supreme Court races publicly financed. “The governor has been clear he supports this bill,” Sensenbrenner said. —Charles Brace

UW to host 85 organizations at annual public service fair By Jen McMahon THE DAILY CARDINAL

Representatives from 85 nonprofit organizations and government agencies plan to meet with students Wednesday for UW-Madison’s annual Public Service Fair. The fair provides valuable opportunities to find jobs, internships and volunteer positions as well as networking and career exploration for all who attend, according to Angie White, employer relations and event coordinator for the College of Letters & Science/School of Human Ecology Career Services. White said UW-Madison students specifically attract organizations for their strong reputation of interest in public service. Friends of Rape Crisis Center, a UW-Madison student organization, will be at the fair to represent Madison’s Rape Crisis Center. Kelly Anderson, director of the city’s RCC, said the fair is a great way to inform and familiarize students with the organization’s services on campus and volunteer opportunities. Friends of RCC volunteer opportunities range from outreach programs to staffing tables at UW-Madison’s

Student Orientation and Registration and other campus events. Students may also volunteer for a one-year commitment with the crisis line at the RCC and train to help those in need. The Peace Corps will be represented at the fair by campus representative Greg Pepping and Peace Corps Regional Recruiter Erin McGillivray. Both Pepping and McGillivray were members of the Peace Corps and will be available to share their personal experiences and answer student questions. “We are looking for people who are interested in public service or already have volunteering or community involvement under their belt,” McGillivray said. “People who have studied abroad or have some crosscultural experience also make great applicants.” A catalogue listing all of the Peace Corps’ different program areas and projects of current volunteers, as well as a short story book, will be available for students at the fair, McGillivray said. The Public Service Fair is 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Jan. 30 at Memorial Union’s Great Hall and is free. For more information log on to www.morgridge.wisc.edu/volfair.html.

Obama campaign ofﬁce to open near UW By Jillian Levy THE DAILY CARDINAL

Supporters of presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., announced Monday the campaign will open a Madison office close to campus. The office at 437 W. Gilman St. will occupy part of the Laundry 101 laundromat building and will likely open within a week, according to building owner and Madison Ald. Zach Brandon, District 7. Brandon said he looks forward to giving students the opportunity to work very closely with the campaign. “We’re excited to be able to have that kind of proximity to the students,” he said. “It’s important that the students be given access to the candidates.” Students for Barack Obama ViceChair Maggie Raiken said she hoped the office opening so close would attract more students to the campaign. “We are all thrilled,” Raiken

said. “There’s nothing like getting a campaign office up and running within walking distance from campus.” The Madison office will be the second Obama campaign office opened in Wisconsin following the opening of a Milwaukee office earlier this month. “Many other campaigns are just going to opening Milwaukee offices,” Brandon said. “I think it undermines and doesn’t give proper credit to the value that the student voice has had in this entire election.” Raiken said she expects students to work closely with city residents and campaign staff in the weeks leading up to the Wisconsin primary on Feb. 19. Brandon said the Gilman Street building has a rich political history, housing campaign offices for presidential hopeful John Edwards four years ago as well as U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., and U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., in previous election years.

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Tim Sita (left), Jacob Gemb (center) and Nelson Chan (right) learn CPR at the Student Emergency Medical Services table Monday at the spring Student Organization Fair in Memorial Union.

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doyle needs to address reform

n the last gubernatorial election, campaign finance reform was a highly controversial issue after Republican candidate Mark Green transferred almost $500,000 in campaign funds. As a result, creating campaign finance reform became one of Gov. Jim Doyle’s platforms during his campaign. Campaign ﬁnance reform has remained an important issue since Doyle’s re-election over Green in 2007, yet during the State of the State Address Jan. 23, Doyle failed to mention anything regarding campaign ﬁnance. This action was irresponsible of Doyle because this issue has been so

important to him throughout his second term. Not only did Doyle fail to address the issue in the State of the State Address, he has yet to return money to Dennis Troha—a donor convicted of money laundering. After the failure of the special session last month for campaign finance reform, Doyle should be held accountable for the last half-hearted attempt and push for action. Doyle should not only support a bill to relaunch the special session, but he should also take action to ensure other lawmakers will also support an ethics bill.

MATT RILEY THE DAILY CARDINAL

Feminism remains, has evolved through history EMILY HOUTLER opinion columnist

am a feminist. I intend to pursue a degree in math and science while performing my own research. I am an outspoken young woman unwilling to yield to the norms of a patriarchal society. And, oh yeah, I knit. Women have made great strides over the past century. Yet, the gap in men’s and women’s salaries still exists, and is possibly growing. Men still hold the majority of science and math degrees. There are fewer women in executive positions than the scores of males in similar places. Gender ratios on campus have evened out nicely— women are now the majority here at UW-Madison. Even as this nation comes face to face with the first viable female presidential candidate, there are still many out there asking if the United States is ready for a woman president. Many other nations have female leaders, including Argentina and the Philippines. Yet

the United States, one of the most modern and progressive countries in the world, is still questioning whether both genders have equally capable leadership abilities. It is these sorts of irrational ideas and gross injustices that led to my feminist tendencies. One key reason I decided to major in math was because I knew it was a male dominated field. If I get married, I am keeping my last name, and if I ever have children, I know my career and social life will still continue.

Feminism is not dead.

Any man that would try to “tame” me or force me “back into my place” would be making a painful mistake. I play floor hockey, which highlights my aggressive side rather than my feminist side, yet at times, those two can overlap. And yet, through all this, I knit, a feminine pastime that reinforces

traditional gender roles and places women back in the home where they belong. Wrong! I see knitting as a revolutionary act. I am rejecting the status quo of what a modern girl should be. By knitting handspun, naturally dyed wool, I am discarding the fashions as dictated by a capitalistic society and improving the environment by working with natural fibers, free of any plastics or other contaminants. I believe I am a modern feminist. I have never burned a bra or picketed a male sporting event. My techniques are subtle but effective. Today’s feminists choose their own beliefs, paths and activities regardless of the public reaction. They are elements of change, an unyielding force. Most of all, they are confident. It could be said that true gender equality will only come when everyone becomes comfortable with who she is and what she believes. Feminism is not dead. It has just been altered, for the better I think. For those still fighting for gender equality, I say rock on boys and girls. Emily Houtler is a sophomore majoring in environmental studies and math. We welcome you feedback. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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BEN PETERSON ben caught stealing

t’s 2008, but I’m still reeling from all the music of 2007. Frankly, it’s left me in an overwhelming stupor of underwhelmed impressions. To put it another way, there were a lot of releases but nothing all that pre-eminently mind blowing among the whole bunch. I’m still oddly compelled to make sense of it all though, perhaps seeking the same perverse pleasure people get from going to their Monday morning classes with hangovers. Fortunately, the January lull in album releases afforded me time to explore what I missed last year, re-evaluate what I passed over a bit too hastily the first time through and paint myself a new, clearer mental picture of 2007’s music. Of course the best thing to facilitate this was a thorough exploration of year-end, best-of lists, which all naturally professed to have the definitive statement on the year’s musical merit, but which all fell far short of seeming in the least bit convincing. Interestingly, I found the lists varied wildly from publication to publication—this

year probably more so than ever before. In fact, 2007 started feeling like the watched pot that never boiled. As many watchful eyes as there were, no final consensus ever emerged because not much managed to be all that universally stunning, and even less managed to rise above or subvert expectations either (a key factor in an album becoming a classic). One of the only things any of the lists could really agree upon, apparently, was that Radiohead released a really good album, but few were blatant enough to put it in the coveted No. 1 slot. To me, Bright Eyes’ Cassadaga was one of the masterpieces of the year, but it often only received a mention low on a list and never the standing ovation it deserved. Nick Cave’s side project album, Grinderman, was inexplicably disregarded nearly everywhere, but I found it utterly enthralling from start to finish. I could go on, but there’s really no need; in the end, we all had our own favorites. As a result, finding someone else who got really into the same album was a difficult proposition, since loyalties were so widespread and vague among those tuned into music in 2007. Sure, many agreed upon records by Spoon, M.I.A. and The White Stripes, but beyond these basics, arguments

began to diverge. I couldn’t resist visiting billboard.com to check out the topselling albums of the year, as a ﬁnal stop in my exploration of year-end lists. Naturally, none of the albums that were on any bestof list were top sellers. Even on Billboard’s isolated Critics’ Choice List, Billboard’s hit chart-compilers epitomized the sometimes contradictory relationship between popularity and quality by only including highly lauded artists like The National and Battles. This basic lack of congruity between critical praise and commercial success is a rather curious phenomenon in the music industry, one which seems ever-growing. But in a year when Jessica Simpson mentioned albums by Radiohead and Sigur Ros as her favorites in an artists’ poll, is even the ﬁne line of mutual exclusivity changing shape? Well, it’s almost February, and it’s time to move on to this year’s crop. With this out of my system, I’m finally prepared to move on and embrace 2008. After all, a stellar Magnetic Fields has already hit the shelves, and a new Spiritualized album is on its way in May. What could be better? Dying to find out what albums Jessica Simpson’s looking forward to in 2008? Send your inquiries to Ben at bpeterson1@wisc.edu.

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In last year’s fog of underachieving albums, Sigur Ros emerged better than most, grabbing both critical acclaim and the Jessica Simpson nod.

Louis XIV coming to Madison tonight! Psyched for Louis XIV’s newest album, Slick Dogs and Ponies, which hits stores today? Already listened to it three times through? Well put those headphones down and experience their new album the way it was meant to be heard... live. Fresh off their 2007 tour with The Killers, the San Diego-based indie rockers will share the stage with Hot Hot Heat and The Editors tonight. Tickets are still available online, so check it out and make sure to watch for The Daily Cardinal’s album review later this week. When? Concert begins tonight at 8 p.m. Where? The Majestic Theatre, 115 King St. How Much? $20 - $28. Tickets are still available online at: http://www.majesticmadison.com

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Ridin’ like Dennis Hopper

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.

It’s good! A left hook from Butch.

Dwarfhead and Narwhal

By James Dietrich jbdietrich@wisc.edu

All polar bears are left-handed.

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

The Crackles

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56 Santa ___, Calif. 57 What a game may break 58 “Certainly’’ 64 ___ apso 66 Newsworthy period of history 67 Babbling waterway 68 Cousins of ospreys 69 Gore and Green 70 “Filthy’’ dough 71 This puzzle’s theme 72 Rendezvoused 73 Curvy turns DOWN

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29 “Certainly’’ 30 prenuptial party 31 Play, as a guitar 35 Connected to the ear 37 Pride sound 38 “Going ___, going ...’’ 40 Palindromic ninny 42 Referring to hip bones 45 Saltwater swimmer 47 Bring dignity to 50 AC output unit 52 1980s Ford debut 53 Aviator Post 54 Pigment source (Var.) 55 Something to let off 59 Shield border 60 Like some inaccurate watches 61 “Arabian Nights’’ creatures 62 Tender to the touch 63 Makes do (with “out’’) 65 “What did I tell you?’’

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UW tennis starts undefeated By Chris Lindeke THE DAILY CARDINAL

The No. 27 UW men’s tennis team started its 2008 campaign on a high note over the weekend, registering four non-conference victories in two tennis-ﬁlled days at Nielsen Tennis Stadium. The Badgers moved to 4-0 with a 5-2 victory over Northern Illinois Sunday, followed by a sound 7-0 defeat of UW-Whitewater later in the day. After the Huskies (1-2 overall) swept three doubles matches to take the opening point of the contest, UW woke up in singles play. The Badgers recorded victories in five of six matches, including wins from freshmen Peter Marrack and Marek Michalika as well as Georgia Tech sophomore transfer Luke Rassow-Kantor. Senior Jeremy Sonkin posted the Badgers’ lone singles loss, a 6-2, 7-5 decision to NIU’s Brian Livingston at No. 1 singles. In the afternoon, the Warhawks (0-1) proved no match for UW. The Badgers didn’t surrender more than four games in any set, taking each doubles match by at least a ﬁvegame margin and winning every singles set played. The Badgers swept UW-Green Bay (0-1) and Butler (0-6) Saturday by a score of 7-0. UW dropped just two sets on the day. As is custom in early non-conference matchups, head coach Greg Van Emburgh employed a variety of singles lineups and doubles pairings, giving nine players on the roster a chance to play at a different spot. Only sophomore Moritz Baumann and freshman Steven Schechtman did not play during the weekend. The schedule becomes much tougher for the Badgers as they start

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Senior Jeremy Sonkin will lead Wisconsin this season, as the Badgers opened up the season ranked No. 27. a string of ﬁve consecutive road contests this Saturday with a match at No. 20 North Carolina State. The Badgers have four more matches against ranked opponents, including a showdown with No. 12 Notre Dame, a perennial powerhouse, Feb. 9 in South Bend, Ind. Women’s recap The UW women’s tennis team also began the spring semester with consecutive home victories. The Badgers (2-0) took down Eastern Michigan (2-1) Friday, 5-2, and followed that with a 7-0 sweep of Northern Illinois Saturday. The two matches marked the 2008 debut for new head coach Brian Fleishman and new assistant Katie Dougherty, a UW player from 1999-2002.

Saturday, the Badgers did not surrender a set to the Huskies (0-1). UW freshmen Emese Kardhordo and Jessica Seyferth each moved to 2-0 in singles play, recording straight-set victories at No. 2 and No. 3 singles, respectively. Junior Elizabeth Carpenter notched her ﬁrst victory of the season at No. 1 singles with an easy 6-0, 6-1 victory over the Huskies’ Lilian Asuaje. The Badgers were solid in doubles all weekend, sweeping each doubles point. After traveling to Blacksburg, Va., next Saturday to take on Virginia Tech as a conference representative for the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, the Badgers host the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Team Indoors starting Feb. 7.

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

belichick from page 8 “So, I guess those reporters that called you a dictator weren’t really that far off.” “Kim Jong-il ain’t got [censored] on me.” “You must be very proud. As long as we’re on the subject of dictators, why don’t you talk a little about ‘Spygate’ and your camera operators that were allegedly stealing signals from the New York Jets.” “That never happened.” “What do you mean it never happened? You were fined $500,000.” “The mainstream media stopped talking about it. Therefore it didn’t happen.” “Right, right. OK, umm... when you win the Super Bowl, are you going to be more excited to go to the White House or to go to Disney World?” “Are you serious? You think I really want to listen to another one of the president’s speeches

ryan from page 8 expects Gordon to move to the NBA next season, but he applauded Indiana’s team as a whole and is not overlooking their other components.

about how, ‘We’re all Patriots in the ﬁght for freedom?’ [Censored] that. I’ll ride Splash Mountain any day of the week. Plus, Minnie Mouse is a hottie.” “I couldn’t agree with you more. Speaking of hotties, Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. Any chance you’ll get back together with your ex-wife?” “I think I’ll give her a [censored] in a box. You know how the song goes. ‘Step one, cut a hole in a box...’” “How romantic.” “Actually, I hate holidays. They’re all so commercialized— except for Arbor Day. Arbor Day I like.” “Well coach, if I’m going to catch my red-eye ﬂight back to Milwaukee, we should probably head out. But thanks for your time. This has been an extremely enlightening experience.” “I’ll see you in hell Retzel.” If you are also a Navy man, e-mail Ryan at reszel@dailycardinal.com. “He is that kind of all around player that comes around once in a while ... But they have a lot of other players too,” Ryan said. “That’s what makes them tough. You can’t just gear on one.”

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Wrestling comes back to defeat Indiana 20-15 THE DAILY CARDINAL

The No. 13 Wisconsin wrestling team (1-1 Big Ten, 10-2-1 overall) worked out of an early 6-0 deficit to defeat No. 17 Indiana Friday in Bloomington, Ind., marking its first Big Ten win of the season. The duel started off in the 157 lbs. class, where No. 2 UW senior Craig Henning met IU’s No. 9 Brandon Becker for the fifth time in his career. Just as the previous four meetings concluded, Henning finished on the short end of a 2-0 match that snapped his 10-match winning streak and allowed the Hoosiers to jump out to an early 3-0 lead. Indiana was quick to increase that lead when UW senior Jake Donar lost after a valiant comeback to tie the match in the third period. IU’s No. 9 Matt Coughlin recorded two takedowns to win the 165 pounds class and give Indiana a 6-0 match lead. The 174 lbs. match featuring UW senior Dan Clum and IU’s Trevor Perry was the Badgers’ first win of the duel. Clum, who usually competes in the 165 lbs. class, was too much for Perry as he dismantled him en route to a decisive 11-4 victory. Trailing 6-3 in the match, sophomore Trevor Brandvold was unable to close the gap and fell 9-3 to IU’s Marc Bennett. Following that match UW junior Dallas Herbst, ranked No. 4 in the 197 lbs. class, dominated Hoosier Joe Fagiano 21-4 in his match to trim the Hoosiers’ lead to 9-8. With momentum on its side, UW finally took the lead when

No. 14 Badger junior Kyle Massey pinned IU’s Nathan Everhart in the third period to earn six crucial points for his team. With the Badgers now leading 14-9, Indiana climbed back into the match as UW senior Collin Cudd fell to last year’s national runnerup Angel Escobedo in the 125 lbs. match by way of a 9-2 decision that closed the Badgers’ lead to 14-12. However, No. 12 UW junior Zach Tanelli got his team back on track after upsetting Indiana’s All-American and No. 10 ranked Andrae Hernandez, 5-2, to give the Badgers a 17-12 edge heading into the ﬁnal two matches.

Needing only one more match victory to seal the win, UW looked forward to No. 8 sophomore Kyle Ruschell’s match at 141 lbs. A lowscoring affair ensued, but eventually Ruschell beat IU’s Scott Kelly 2-0 to give the Badgers their first conference victory. Indiana’s Kurt Kinser defeated UW freshman Kendall Vogel in the final match of the duel, 5-0, to make the final score 20-15 in UW’s favor. After a long hiatus, the Badgers will return home to the Field House this weekend as they welcome Michigan State Friday evening, and Iowa, the No. 1 team in the country, Sunday afternoon.

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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

By Nate Carey THE DAILY CARDINAL

Wisconsin men’s hockey head coach Mike Eaves addressed the media Monday, with a bulk of the conference centering on freshman forward Patrick Johnson. Johnson scored a goal and tallied an assist in Saturday’s 2-2 tie against Minnesota. Eaves talked about all of his freshmen and how they have fared this season. “I would say that our freshmen have done what we thought they would, in terms of coming back from the break and not looking like freshmen,” Eaves said. “They have come back and have turned that corner like history tells us freshmen do.” Patrick Johnson is one of many freshmen who have contributed this season. Johnson, who is the son of Badger-great and current women’s hockey head coach Mark Johnson, has played well this season, especially during the second half. His six points (two goals, four assists) over the last five games is a tie for the team lead in that span. “All our freshmen have turned that corner, are doing some good things,” Eaves said. “I would say that with Kyle [Turris] he is doing what we expected, with Patty Johnson, I know that people look at his numbers and say that is a little surprising.” While Johnson may be turning heads around campus, Eaves and his coaching staff have seen the Madison, Wis., native show potential all season.

“We saw glimpses of it, and what we are seeing now is more consistency and confidence,” Eaves said. Much has been said about Johnson and the amount of pressure that may be on him considering his father’s success at Wisconsin, yet Eaves assured the media that Patrick only worries about things he can control. “We have talked about [living up to his father’s reputation] zero [times],” Eaves said. “He is such a live-in-the-moment young man ... In the locker room not a word about it. That’s who he is. He is just having a great old time being here at the University of Wisconsin.” The No. 11 Badgers are playing some of their best hockey, and are currently riding a ﬁve-game unbeaten streak. Wisconsin welcomes No. 12 Minnesota-Duluth to the Kohl Center this weekend in a highly anticipated matchup. This will be the only time these two teams meet during the regular season, and with both teams tied for fourth place in the WCHA standings, the result of this weekend could be costly. “If there is a tie, we are all in a log jam,” Eaves said. “It becomes a very important series for us for more reasons than one, and the fact that we only play them twice highlights everything.” The young Badger squad has played well during the early weeks of the second half of the season, and the team’s recent success shows that. But Eaves was quick to point out that he is not satisfied and plans to keep pressure on his

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Super Bowl week brings the best out of Belichick

Looking Ahead The Badgers (6-1 Big Ten, 16-3 overall) will need a solid contribution from Leuer and a strong defensive performance as a team to defeat the Big Ten leading Indiana Hoosiers (6-0 Big Ten, 17-2 overall) Thursday and extend their sixgame winning streak against Indiana at the Kohl Center. The Badgers will especially have to prepare for freshman phenom and Big Ten leading scorer Eric Gordon (21.7 ppg), who has caught the eyes and praise of the NCAA men’s’ basketball world, including coach Ryan, with his polished, all-around game. “He’s going to make a lot of money, because he’s that good and he’s worked hard at it,” Ryan said. “He’s gifted, but there’s a lot of work that went into being the player that he is.” Ryan praised Gordon’s accomplishments thus far and that he

hile many of you Packer backers were probably wallowing in self-pity last week because the clock finally struck midnight on Green Bay’s magical season, I was in Foxboro, Mass., to do an exclusive Daily Cardinal interview with New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick. I know what you’re thinking: How could I get an interview with the most tight-lipped coach in the NFL? Well, let’s just say he’s an avid Cardinal fan and always dreamed of being our “Reader of the Day,” or that my second cousin Tina might be carrying quarterback Tom Brady’s child. I could tell Belichick was not going to spill any secrets while talking in his office, so we decided to take a drive out to the Cape Cod area. After downing two bowls of clam chowder, three lobster tails and 11 pints of Boston Lager at the worldfamous Moby Dick’s restaurant, Belichick finally started to loosen up. The following is an excerpt of our conversation: “So coach, Tom Brady’s been all over the news lately. What’s the deal with the medical boot on his foot?” “That’s nothing—just a minor sprain. He’ll be fine.” “I see. Well what about the Giants they’ve...” “Tom’s actually got a lot more important things to worry about besides a silly boot.” “Right, like the Giants defensive line.” “No, no, you’re way off. Now I’m only telling you this because I know you’re a Navy man. My dad coached at Navy.” “What are you talking about?” “Good. Well you know Tom could get any woman he wants. But lately he’s got this burning inside of him.” “Oh I get it. He’s wants someone to like him for who he is and not just because he’s a star NFL quarterback.” “[Censored] no, man. What kind of pansy are you? Lots of women—burning inside—do I need to spell it out for you? G... O...” “I got it. I got it. That’s pretty disgusting. Hmm... let’s change the subject here. Your team is a perfect 18-0. How did you manage to keep the players focused throughout the season? “Ever use a Taser, son?” “Ahhh... no.” “You’d be surprised how effective a little zap during practice can be. Linemen respond better when you give ’em a shot of pepper spray for every holding penalty they commit. And placekickers, well, I just hold their heads under water if they ever miss a chip-shot.” “That’s why Adam Vinatieri went to the Colts.” “Bingo.”

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Head coach Mike Eaves praised freshman forward Patrick Johnson for his recent play, which includes a two-point night on Saturday. team as he has done all season. “You’re always doing that. I think with a young team ... I think with college kids you are always doing that,” Eaves said. “I think once in a while you

back off on your pressure but your hand is always there. We still have to have our hand in their lower back maneuvering them along, for different reasons moreso than earlier in the year.”

Ryan doesn’t blame ofﬁcials for loss to Purdue By Alex Morrell THE DAILY CARDINAL

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Freshman forward Jon Leuer has had an up-and-down ﬁrst season, but head coach Bo Ryan believes he is becoming more consistent.

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Wisconsin men’s basketball head coach Bo Ryan refused to blame poor ofﬁciating for the Badgers’ ﬁrst Big Ten conference loss of the year at Purdue in his Monday press conference. In response to controversial ruling on Michael Flowers’ blocked layup attempt in the closing seconds that would have tied the game, Ryan did not acknowledge any difference between home officiating and away officiating. “It’s tough. People see things at different angles. Nobody is out to get anybody,” Ryan said. “You just have to earn what you get. What they did is they made a better defensive play, unfortunately, than our offensive play ... We had a chance, and that’s what you’ve got to be happy for, for your players.” Ryan defended his players’ efforts on defense but also acknowledged room for improvement. “Shooting percentage wise we did OK. We’re getting teams to take tough shots,” Ryan said. “Our guys are working. They’re still a good defensive team. It isn’t just one thing, so we just go back to practice today after we look at some film and try to get better.” Ryan also noted the progress of freshman forward Jon Leuer, despite only scoring 1 point after a career-high 25

points against Michigan last Tuesday. “He did look a lot more comfortable,” Ryan said. “I like the fact that he got in there and stuck his nose in and got called for an over the back trying to get an offensive rebound the second half [while] trying to make a play. Nothing wrong with that, and that shows some progress.”