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Cieslewicz addresses Madison’s green plan

By Sara Lieburn THE DAILY CARDINAL

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On Thursday, students and university employees felt an ice quake that produced a rift on the shoreline of Lake Mendota.

ice quake rocks campus Rapid temperature drop causes moving ice on Lake Mendota, UW seismologist says

By Abby Sears THE DAILY CARDINAL

An “ice quake” on Lake Mendota shook things up along the lakeshore area of the UW-Madison campus Thursday afternoon.

UW-Madison seismology professor Cliff Thurber said the moving ice formed a fault on the surface of the lake, creating a brief tremor-like sensation felt by many people on parts of campus bordering Lake Mendota.

The ice quake left a visible ridge in the ice near the shoreline.

“The ice basically wants to expand and it’s stuck within the rim on the lake and has no where to go,” Thurber said. “It ends up thrusting up over itself.”

Ice quakes occur because of rapid changes in temperature, much like the recent drop to subzero temperatures in Madison, according to Thurber.

The University of Wisconsin Police Department received several calls around 1 p.m. from people reporting that the buildings they were in shook for a short period of time, according to UWPD officer Jeffrey Ellis.

He said many of the calls came from the Red Gym, Ingraham Hall and Goodnight Hall, all located near the shore of Lake Mendota close to the site of the ice quake.

Ellis said most callers were baffled by the incident. Police contacted UW-Madison’s Physical Plant and determined the shifting ice caused the shaking.

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Ice quakes common on Lake Mendota Thursday’s ice quake At 12:50 p.m., a UW geology department seismometer detected a tremor that lasted two to three seconds.

Why an ice quake happens As frigid temperatures cause the lake to refreeze, like in the past week, water expands and cracks the surface ice.

Following the decision to open a new coffee house at Memorial Union, some students are questioning whether the available space should be used for student organizations instead.

Ald. Eli Judge, District 8, said he had not been informed Memorial Union planned to open a new coffee shop.

“I was surprised,” Judge said of learning about the shop. “I wish there had been more student involvement in the process.”

Judge said he was unsure whether a coffee

shop was the best choice for the space, referring to the numerous locations in the Union that currently sell coffee.

The Daily Scoop, which is located next to the planned Peet’s Coffee, will stop serving coffee once the shop opens.

“Before we started the process I was adamantly opposed [to opening a shop],” said Amanda Green, a student member of Union Council, the governing body of the Wisconsin Unions.

She said the Union prides itself on offering its own food service rather than national brands. However, Peet’s supports the quality

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I thought maybe it could have been [an earthquake],” said Jill Sakai of University Communications, who felt the ice quake while she was working. “But it’s Wisconsin [and] earthquakes in Wisconsin you don’t really think about.”

Small ice quakes are common in lakes and usually go unnoticed, according to Thurber. He said larger ones that shake the surrounding area happen about every five to 10 years.

For unknown reasons, noticeable ice quakes have been recorded on Lake Mendota, but none have ever occurred on Lake Monona, Thurber said.

Students question reasons for new Memorial Union coffee house

By Diana Savage

Mayor Dave Cieslewicz spoke at Memorial Union Thursday to highlight concerns on global warming as part of 1,600 schools and organizations across the country for Focus the Nation.

Nino Amato, member of the national advisory board for Focus the Nation, presented critical world and national statistics emphasizing the environmental issues Focus the Nation seeks to address.

“The United States, China, and Europe are the biggest polluters. However, the U.S. represents 12 percent of the population and 25 percent of greenhouse gasses,” Amato said. “Focus the Nation’s purpose is not just to address the problem, but the solutions.”

Introduced as “the green mayor” by Amato, Cieslewicz began by stating his position as mayor may be temporary, but he hopes to initiate changes in environmental legislation and practice that will last.

“I won’t be mayor forever. The goal is to incorporate this kind of green thinking into everything the city does

of the Union with fair trade coffee and has allowed the Union Council to design the shop and brand products.

“The Daily Scoop is sub-par,” Green said. “All the research indicated that students did want a coffee shop and that it would be a good thing to have.”

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Mayor Dave Cieslewicz participates in Focus the Nation at Memorial Union Thursday.

Lawmakers urge more action on global warming

By Francesca Brumm THE DAILY CARDINAL

A ‘Focus the Nation on Global Warming’ conference was held at the Lowell center on campus Thursday night, with speakers encouraging greater environmental and populist action in government.

The conference finished a two-day series of events in Madison dealing with global warming, with corresponding events around the world.

Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton opened the conference by promoting Senate Bill 81, calling it a necessary “framework” for future environmental decisions in the state.

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“…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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or a long time, I wanted nothing more than to draw like the normal kids, my illustrations depicting green meadows, happy families and rainbows.

However, my impatience, coupled with my natural inability to imitate any life form with crayons and paper, kept the stickers off my star chart in art class and my name off the fridge for the majority of my childhood.

I realized early on that no matter how hard I tried, my horses would always look like Chinese symbols, and my landscapes would tend to resemble the Armageddon.

Consequently, I developed the one-color rule, which stated that to reduce lost time, any school art

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decisions in the state.

The bill would mandate the amount of greenhouse-emitted gases in 2020 be the same amount of gases created in 1990. The reductions in emissions would be achieved by “cost-effective” and “market-based” methods, according to the bill.

State Rep. Mark Pocan, DMadison, said the bill is likely to face strong opposition from several lobbyist groups in the state.

“Big corporations and utility companies do not want to see this [bill] happen because they do not want to invest in change,” Pocan said.

The bill passed out of the Senate Environment and

project would only require the use of the first color available. For years I collected green self-portraits, brown sunsets and mauve holiday feasts.

The trend continued as I got older. When I was 14, I once heard my housekeeper expressing concern over my 3-year-old sister’s development when she thought my sister made the clay tomato that I had actually created.

“Oh don’t worry, it’s Kiera’s tomato, not Perri’s,” my mom assured her.

“Thank goodness,” my housekeeper replied. “I’ll make a call and have her deinstitutionalized right away.”

However, over the next few years, we began to worry that Perri had inherited my inconceivable lack of artistic talent.

For my birthday, she eagerly handed me a wooden block glued to a carpet square. To occupy a rainy Saturday, she drew a witch flying through the night sky atop a gigantic phallus.

Natural Resources Committee in October. It was not announced as part of Gov. Jim Doyle’s environmental agenda in his State of the State address last week.

“Big corporations and utility companies do not want to see this [bill] happen because they do not want to invest in change.”

Mark Pocan state representative Madison

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But eventually, she crossed over to the artistic side of the family where my brother and mom awaited her arrival, leaving my dad and I to contemplate the philosophical meaning of glitter glue and the savage inconvenience of two-sided tape.

By the time I reached high school, both my parents had pretty much given up on rearing the next Michelangelo and accepted me for who I was.

Whenever I had homework that involved some sort of artistic element, my mom was quick to volunteer her services, not wanting me to lose several hours to what would take my peers no more than 15 minutes.

In early November of my senior year, I asked my mom to make two puppets out of cans for a presentation I was doing to promote my school’s food drive.

She returned with one can sporting yarn hair, a witch’s pointy black hat and black cape, and the other can boasting a tiny, but very real, carved pumpkin glued to the top.

81, said the problem of climate change is the greatest current environmental challenge in the world.

Many lawmakers said the problem is difficult to solve due to the influence of special interest groups in Wisconsin politics.

State Sen. Mark Miller, DMonona, said special interests are able to help people get elected in the state, often with harmful results for he public.

All of the speakers agreed the power to change the current political situation involving special interests could still be changed by voters.

“If we don’t like what’s happening at the state capital, we can change it,” Pocan said.

“Umm, Mom,” I told her. “This is a Thanksgiving food drive.”

I adjusted my presentation accordingly.

College did not fare much better for me in the artistic area. While I avoided the drawing classes like Chadbourne’s shepherd’s pie, my artistic failures managed to reinvent themselves through Power Point presentations, illegible blue books and interpretive redecorating strategies.

But after all these years, I’ve finally come to terms with the talent I’ll never procure.

I am ready to spend the rest of my life reassuring my parents that the doodles I drew on the message pad are flowers and not people having sex, promising my boyfriend that cupid is not carrying a chainsaw on the Valentine’s card I made him and explaining to my future children that the picture I helped them draw will not spring to life and eat them after bedtime.

If you can draw asexual flowers, email Kiera at wiatrak@wisc.edu.

green plan from page 1 so it will not mater who is mayor. It’s just the way to do things.”

Cieslewicz enumerated examples of action he has led and participated in to make Madison more energy efficient, including the 2006 switch to automated recycling, which allowed recyclables to be collected together in one bin.

Since the switch, the city’s recycling has increased by 35 percent.

More recently, energy efficient bulbs replaced old bulbs in virtually all the city’s red and green traffic lights. He explained the yellow bulbs are not on long enough to make replacement efficient.

“It saves 20,250 tons of carbon dioxide a year, which is equal to 442 cars worth of carbon dioxide or about four Hummers,” Cieslewicz said.

Cieslewicz said the city is working with MPowering Madison, an environmental group, to lower chemical emissions throughout the area. The group is working toward a 25 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2011 and hopes to eliminate 15,000 tons of carbon dioxide.

Judy Skog of MPowering Madison found the mayor’s speech engaging and agreed changes must be made.

“If we don’t take personal action, it won’t get fixed. It has to happen at all levels but has to start with the individual,” Skog said.

coffee from page 1 smell of the coffee’s there—it’s just a feeling of you know where you are,” Kennedy said.

According to Green, Union Council originally planned to turn the Daily Scoop into a coffee house until the space on the Union’s first floor opened.

“We understand full and well that the campus is in a space crisis,” Green said. “That’s why the Union just converted its games room for student organization space.”

Green said the renovation of Union South and the new Student Activities Center in University Square should provide enough space for student organizations.

“The Union has been revamping our food service. The coffee shop is just one of the steps in that process,” Green said.

Green said the Unions welcome student comments and should inform Union Council if needs are not met.

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Bill aims to ban partial-birth abortions

By Megan Orear THE DAILY CARDINAL

A hearing was held on a bill banning partial-birth abortions Thursday in the state Assembly Committee on Judiciary and Ethics.

According to Assembly Bill 710, partial-birth abortion occurs when a fetus is partially delivered and then terminated outside the woman’s body The bill includes exceptions for women whose pregnancies put their lives in danger.

No exception is made for non-lethal threats to a woman’s health under the

current bill, according to bill author state Rep. Jim Ott, R-Mequon.

Ott said the proposed amendment regarding nonlethal danger to a woman’s health would “make the law meaningless,” and doctors who want to perform partial birth abortions could do so claiming the purpose is “for the health of the mother,” without having to verify it.

The bill mirrors an existing federal ban but is more specific on the term “partial birth abortion” and protects the federal ban from being challenged in Wisconsin,

according to Ott. Ott said the bill is important because Wisconsin should match the current federal law, but also because partial-birth abortions are morally wrong.

“What does the killing of that baby accomplish? How does that help the woman?”

Ott said.

Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said in testimony before the committee that he believes the bill is constitutional in its current form. He said his personal beliefs did not influence his decision.

The abortion-rights

group Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin opposes the bill and said in a release the bill is not needed because of the federal law and disregards the importance of a woman’s health.

Alta Charo, UWMadison professor of law and bioethics, also said the bill is irresponsible toward women’s health and does not leave any possibilities for change.

“If federal law were to change, having this bill passed in Wisconsin would mean that these limitations would remain in Wisconsin,” Charo said.

Senate passes alcohol ID bill, ethanol bill stalls

By Rebecca Autrey THE DAILY CARDINAL

Two bills faced very different receptions in the state Legislature Thursday, dealing with alcohol and ethanol fuel.

The state Senate advanced a bill allowing more forms of identification to be used when purchasing alcohol.

Assembly Bill 246, which already passed in the state Assembly, states U.S. passports and military identification cards are acceptable forms of identification to present when purchasing alcohol.

Tom Kelly, spokesperson for state Rep. Mike Sheridan, D-Janesville, said the bill also gives greater strength to an existing law protecting alcohol stores accused of selling to minors who showed identification.

Kelly said the bill was created after a constituent complained he was unable to purchase alcohol with an expired drivers license, even though he had a valid military ID. Under the new bill, a person is allowed to purchase alcohol as long as the ID contains a valid photograph and birth date.

An environmental bill was scheduled for a vote Thursday but was delayed and sent back to committee.

Senate Bill 380 mandates 10 percent of all motor-vehicle fuel sold in the state be renewable fuel by 2010 and 25 percent to be renewable by 2025.

The bill faces opposition from oil companies and some legislators, including state Sen. Neal Kedzie, R-Elkhorn.

Kedzie said in a statement that fuel sold in Wisconsin must “succeed or fail based on its merit in the marketplace.”

He also said constituents have voiced their opposition.

“The flood of calls and emails I have received just today from my constituents echo one sentiment: Government should not be dictating which products must be offered in Wisconsin,” Kedzie said.

Gov. Jim Doyle said in his State of the State address last week he supported the bill, and it previously passed the state Assembly in 2005. The bill has bipartisan opposition and support, with the lead Assembly author a Republican.

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LATE NIGHT FOOD CART RETURNS Jin’s Chicken and Fish, located on North Frances Street and University Avenue, reopens for business Friday.

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“Souper Bowl” this weekend

By Staci Taustine THE DAILY CARDINAL

UW-Madison’s chapter of Habitat for Humanity will host the 12th annual “Souper Bowl” fundraiser Saturday at Madison West High School.

The event will be presented through the combined efforts of many people within the Madison community.

Local potters, in conjunction with Madison and Verona High School students, created the ceramic bowls that will be sold for $15 dollars each.

Madison West High School art teacher Barb Drews said the fundraiser is “a collaborative community effort,” which has become a success through much time, effort and planning.

Live entertainment, student pottery demonstrations, prize give-aways and a raffle for the professionally made “Souper Bowl” are set to continue this year as some of the event’s greatest traditions.

Additionally, there will be a “Pro Bowl” which will include a silent auction of professionally made bowls set to begin online and conclude at the “Souper Bowl.”

The fundraiser has been well attended in the past, raising $25,000 in 2007. Organizers said it is vital for the efforts of Madison’s campus chapter in fulfilling HFH International’s objective to rid the world of indecent housing.

“All the money that we raise allows us to build a house in the community every year,” said Annie Taff, UW-Madison’s chapter president. “The money that we raised last year has gone to the house that we are currently building on Erin Street.”

A special addition to this year’s event, Mayor Dave Cieslewicz plans to declare Feb. 2 “Don Hunt Day” in celebration of the event founder’s contributions to the community.

“This is the first time we have ever given out a communitarian award,” said Cheryl McCollum, communications and PR director for HFH of Dane County.

According to Drew, Hunt was the “founding father” of the fundraiser.

“Without his energy, vision and commitment, this wouldn’t be happening.”

The event is 3-8 p.m. on Feb. 2. For more information, log on to www.uwhabitat.org.

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Mega Dude Squad

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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.

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Barbie = giraffe

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If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand 7'2" tall and have a neck twice the length of a normal human’s neck.

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1 People and verbs have them 6 Heroic narrative 10 Moore in movies 14 Columbus’ 1492 destination 15 The euro replaced it 16 Without bumps 17 Attack en masse 18 Blotter blotches 20 Mottled material 22 Tree before or after a fire 23 Plot again 26 Money in the bank, briefly 30 Normand of the silents 34 Extraplentiful 35 Placates 37 “Code’’ lead-in 39 “___ for Noose’’ by Sue Grafton 40 Fish-out-of-water film classic 44 Some switch positions 45 1983 Tony best musical 46 Kowtowed 47 Treated, as a patient 49 Black Panther Bobby 52 Norse prose compilation

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32 Palindrome in poetry 33 Called the shots 36 SPCA pt.

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sons to “A Space Oddity” with its strings, themes of flight and vocals Slick Dogs and Ponies, Louis that sound as though they are XIV’s sophomore album, is an radioed in. uneven and unsatisfying effort.

“Misguided sheep” is a bit After 2005’s The Best Little Secrets misguided itself, sounding like Are Kept, the San Francisco-based a bland mash-up of Best Little band became known for fuzzy gui- Secrets. The catchy, teasing chorus tars, fake English accents and lyr- and the frantic, energetic pace ics filthy enough to make Soulja “There’s a Traitor in This Room” Boy blush. moves makes it the CD REVIEW Fans will be disapmost satisfying song on pointed to find they the album. The filthy have taken it down a lyrics (“Ass on the carpet / Your legs on the notch with Slick Dogs; couch / And all you the pace is slower, want is my love in your guitars are equally mouth”) and the infecmatched with strings tious, flirtatious chorus, and they even dabble Slick Dogs and (“I can’t be so sweet to in a more serious side.

Ponies you / Until I find the “ Gu i l t By Louis XIV right excuse”) are classic Association” starts off the album with stinging guitar Louis XIV. The bouncy “Sometimes You licks and screeching wails reminiscent of Best Little Secrets. “Air Just Want To” keeps the energy Traffic Control” is a new sound going and leads into the darker for Louis but old for the rest of the “Tina.” “Stalker” then goes murkworld—it is unmistakably taken ier, weaving synthesizers, clapfrom David Bowie. An admittedly ping and breathy whispers into a decent song, it begs for compari- tapestry of creepiness. Beginning THE DAILY CARDINAL

and ending with the literal sound of swarming bees, “Swarming of Bees” ominously simulates the chaos of a swarm.

In “Hopesick,” Louis ditches their usual swagger for a more melancholy sound, and the results aren’t pretty. Listeners glean a look into the deep life of leading man Jason Hill with the lyrics “I need sleep, I need love / I need fun, I need girls.”

The self-serious tone, meandering chorus and goofy made-up title are enough to make any rational person hit the “skip” button, but those who stick around are treated to an out-of-place “A Day in the Life”-esque crescendo of screeching noise that makes one wonder if the swarm of bees has returned.

“Slick Dogs and Ponies” starts out promising—sing-song vocals, playful strings and bells build up into a rocking crescendo.

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With failed attempts to slow down, ‘Slick Dogs and Ponies’’ bark is worse than its bite. symbolic of the entire album: partially fun and partially disappointing. The appeal of Louis XIV lies in their raw, catchy, cocky tracks that made up the majority of Best Little Secrets.

With the darker and slower Slick

Dogs, Louis loses sight of this and fills half the album with mediocre and forgettable tracks.

The moral of the story is that Louis XIV needs to stick to what they do best—filthy, trashy, unadulterated ‘rawk.’

Local studio Firecraker showcases a pop art collection that sizzles

By Stephen Dierks THE DAILY CARDINAL

Firecracker Studios makes a triumphant return to the Madison art scene with a new show at the Overture Center in Gallery One, just off the rotunda.

Entitled “The Firecracker Studios Traveling Sideshow,” the exhibit features recent work from the local art collective’s coterie of painters, printmakers and mixedmedia artists.

Formed in May 2005 by UWMadison BFA graduate David Mueller and designer/printmaker Samuel D. Johnson, Firecracker

Studios has survived through several transformations as a physical gallery space and artist group.

With plans to establish a new gallery space and this vibrant new show, Firecracker is still very much alive and well.

Co-founder Samuel D. Johnson’s series of striking, pop art-influenced screen prints is the first on the two walls of gallery space. These colorful, vintagelike prints have playful titles such as “Firecracker is Better For Your Health” and “Tweet?” Next up is an artist calling him or herself “Highflyer #13.” Whoever

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Lorentz’s ‘View from a Train, Taiwan’ and the rest of the Firecracker Traveling show find a temporary home.

is behind this pseudonym has created a heavy-handed and pricey ($1000) mixed-media piece, “Mall Shooting,” a painted car door with assorted portrait photographs in place of a window and an image of a praying child with a target on her forehead and the words “Who shall be next.”

Other political pieces in the exhibit are more effective, including “Avengers” and other dense, pixilated mixed-media pieces by the artist known as “ROBOMAN.” Also striking are Crumb-esque watercolor with ink portraits as well as prints on wood by Stan

Poffenberger and the fine mixedmedia prints by Grace Lorentz, especially “View from the Train, Taiwan.” Lorentz makes great use of color schemes to create attractive sketch-like prints.

There is a salient pop art influence in much of the show, not only in Johnson’s work but also in the spray paint on found board pieces by Devon Hugdahl (my favorite is “K.O. Kid”) and in Donald Topp’s silk screens of famous figures such as Frankenstein, Marilyn Monroe and Bruce Lee. It is an eye-catching, well-

assembled exhibit and well worth your time. Admission is free to the public, so stop by and form your own opinions on the work, or visit www.FCS5000.com for more information on Firecracker Studios.

Firecracker Studios Traveling Slideshow where: The Overture Center, Gallery I when: Jan. 10 through March 23 cost: free

WHO IS YOUR CHOICE FOR CHANCELLOR? Read up an let us know—the chancellor search and screen committee website is now up and running at www.chancellorsearch.wisc.edu. The website provides the official position description, search timeline and contact information.

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tate Reps. Joe Parisi, DMadison, and Spencer Black, D-Madison, introduced a bill this week to counteract tuition increases for all in-state students receiving financial aid.

The estimated additional $27 million aid package is proposed to come out of the state budget, according to Black. After last year’s budget delay, Black believes the bill will give students financial security and alleviate fears about receiving aid until the state passes a budget.

Last week, however, the State Legislative Fiscal Bureau estimated Wisconsin’s state budget will fall short of state expenses by as much as $400 million due to lower than expected tax revenues.

Wednesday, Senate Democrats set into motion a stimulus package to jump-start the economy with a provision for a $1.3 million annual increase in financial aid for UW system students.

In theory, the Parisi-Black bill is an excellent idea. However, state representatives are neglecting to consider Wisconsin’s current economic and political situation. What money they currently have available needs to be allocated elsewhere at this time.

While a $27 million increase in financial aid appears to be a sound investment in Wisconsin’s future economy by creating a strong educational system, it

takes away from other programs necessary to strengthen Wisconsin’s economy.

The Senate stimulus package sets aside $8 million for renewable energy grants and $5 million to expand technical programs in UW system schools.

Hypothetically, these measures would be negated by the proposed legislation.

In theory, the bill is an excellent idea, but representatives are neglecting Wisconsin’s current economic situation.

Moreover, this bill is wasting time that is better suited working to curtail the budget, as it will never pass in the Republicancontrolled Assembly. It is not in the interest of Wisconsin students for lawmakers, no matter how good their intentions, to spend time on impassable bills.

A financial aid package similar to the stimulus package proposed by the Senate Democrats is a more viable option during a recession. Until economically brighter days arrive, the ParisiBlack bill is best suited waiting on the shelf until a more economically appropriate time.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Cigarette tax beneficial to Wisconsin Although I agree with Mr.Dashek’s assertion that the choice of whether or not to smoke should be left to the individual, he missed an important point regarding the purpose of the smoking tax increase, and the effect smoking has on the public in general.

The negative effects of secondhand smoke are well understood and publicized, but we often forget about the hidden costs related to cigarette smoking, including loss of worker productivity and increases in health care costs for everyone.

Insurance companies set premiums based upon the annual cost of services paid to health care providers.

Because smokers are at increased risk of illness and disease, they will consume more health care services than their non-smoking peers. Insurance companies do not simply absorb these extra costs; they pass them on to all consumers in the form of higher premiums and deductibles, and decreased levels of coverage. So while a smoker’s habit in private will not affect other people’s health directly, it does affect all of us economically.

Too often, this tax is dismissed as an attempt by the state to simply increase tax revenues. There is a second effect of increasing the cigarette tax, and that is to decrease the costs

associated with providing medical care for smoking-related illnesses.

If people quit smoking as a result of this tax increase, tax revenues will indeed decrease, but so will the costs associated with treating smoking-related illnesses. This means less tax dollars will be required to support Badgercare, Medicare and Medicaid, and private insurance premiums will rise less quickly. Whether these savings will be sufficient to counteract the reduction in tax revenue remains to be seen, but we should realize that the subject is more complex than we generally admit.

I absolutely agree that people should be permitted to make their own choices with regard to their health and personal habits, provided their choices do not infringe upon the rights of others to do the same. However, they should also bear the full cost of their decisions. Smokers’ freedom is not being infringed upon by requiring them to accept responsibility for the full cost of their behavior.

—Jeannine Szczech UW-Madison graduate student Chemistry Department

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Moderation unrealistic due to housing policies

By Levi Prombaum THE DAILY CARDINAL

It’s easy, and probably necessary, to be critical of Capitol Neighborhoods, Inc.’s complaints with regard to alcohol-related problems facing the downtown area. The report’s proposed policies—including tax increases on alcohol and increased underage drinking citations—do everything to inflate the stigma that makes drinking attractive to so many students in the first place.

Equally unimpressive, though, is the manner in which UWMadison conditions “responsible” drinking behavior. Many freshmen establish their drinking habits early in the school year.

While the UW-Madison organization Policy Alternatives Community Educations emphasizes that “environmental factors” shape behavior, little considerations is given to the conflicting drinking philosophies of the two most popular living choices available to freshmen: the public dorms and the four University House-run private dorms, such as Statesider and Towers.

University House’s private dorms, which cater to hundreds of incoming freshmen each year, have a succinct, unstated policy: you pay more to drink more.

Any private dorm resident is likely to fall into stereotypes about snobbery and overindulgence, yet

the binge-drinking hysteria that takes place the majority of the week (Thursdays and weekends) by a faithful group of residents cements these perceptions.

Private dorm drinking is reinforced in troubling ways.

The current drinking policy of University House stresses “full compliance with local, state and federal laws.” Most house fellows take a total hands-off approach— the most conscientious of the group might tell residents to keep alcohol behind a closed door.

The encouragement of such unhealthy drinking habits by handpicked role models vindicates the ridiculousness that comes afterward: think Statesider-Towers cul-de-sac on a Friday night.

Compliance with any sort of law entirely goes out the window.

Yet, there is an attractive element to the limitless lifestyle of private dorms when you consider the prohibition-style protocol of public-dorm life. These strict rules are oppressive and consistently drive some in the public-dorm group to unsafe places—such as unsanctioned house parties—to get their already risky dose of overindulgence. This additional element of vulnerability is as significant of a problem as the drinking itself.

The legal drinking age in Wisconsin is 21. Despite the fact

that a large number of underage citizens are culpable for breaking state law, the private and public dorm sets are handed opposing lists of expectations.

Each alcohol policy plays to an extreme. On the side of the private dorms, a limitless environments breeds students who binge drink consistently and populate a large sector of the underage bar scene. On the public dorm side, satisfying the most law-abiding, neurotic parents with an unrealistic policy gives students more of a reason to rebel against these boundaries. It is this contradiction of expectations and conflict of environments that rightfully confuses each incoming class of freshmen at UW-Madison.

There is no model for moderation at UW-Madison; alcohol plays no positive role in university functions.

Even living situations that allow new students to test the boundaries of their respective housing fail to bring the community back to its ever-present goal of moderation.

As long as both of the dorm systems exacerbate drinking problems by pandering to opposing, unrealistic expectations about “responsible” behavior, moderation continues to seem unattainable for underage students.

Levi Prombaum is a freshman majoring in psychology. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Lady Badgers fall to IU 86-62

By Jay Messar THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Wisconsin women’s basketball team was blown out in Bloomington, Ind., losing 8662 Thursday to the Indiana Hoosiers.

Turnovers were the Badgers’ demise in the loss. The Hoosiers turned 23 Wisconsin miscues into 28 points, while committing only 12 themselves—a season low defensively for the visiting Badgers.

“We had 15 turnovers in the first half and an additional five in the first five minutes of the second half,” head coach Lisa Stone said. “It was just too much; we built ourselves too big of a hole.

“We gave them some confidence,” Stone added, “and a lot of that is due to the fact that they caused us to turn the ball over so often.”

Wisconsin shot relatively well from the field, converting 41 percent of its shots. But Indiana netted 51 percent of its field goals, including 56 percent in the second half alone.

The loss—Wisconsin’s 23rd in the past 25 meetings at Indiana—

analysis from page 8 the Badgers made from their previous loss to Purdue were crucial for pulling out the victory.

“We were better on the pass than we were in our last game as far as following the rules,” Ryan said. “Sometimes the way the game is being played, it might be a little tougher against some teams than others in following our rules. But I thought our guys stayed true to our task—the help and the recovery in our rotations were much better.”

Indiana’s two stars still had big nights offensively. Senior forward DJ White had 22 points and 17 rebounds while freshman guard and Big Ten leading scorer Eric Gordon finished with 16 points, four rebounds and four assists.

Gordon shot just two for seven in the first half because of Wisconsin senior guard Michael Flowers’ tight defense.

However, the Indiana star would not be denied despite bat-

recap from page 8 make the right play or make the key play.”

For the most part Wisconsin (7-1 Big Ten, 17-3 overall) shut down IU freshman guard Eric Gordon, but a late 10-0 run by the Big Ten’s leading scorer helped cut a 20-point lead in half.

After hitting two free throws, Gordon nailed his first 3-pointer of the game with 11:58 to go and added a field goal and another three just moments later, cutting a 46-26 UW lead down to 10.

That 3-pointer with just under 12 minutes to go was only the third field goal of the half for IU and the first basket by anyone other than senior forward D.J. White during that stretch.

Gordon only had four points before his 10-0 run and finished with 16 on 6-for-14 shooting. For the most part, UW senior guard Michael Flowers held the star in check, despite battling the flu.

“I thought our guys did a great job (on defense),” head coach Bo Ryan said. “Mike was battling the flu and you could probably tell

drops the Badgers to 10-10 overall, 3-7 in conference play. The Badgers are also winless in five tries on the road in the Big Ten. After a scoreless first half, senior Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year Jolene Anderson finished with a game-high 23 points.

Anderson scored five straight field goals in the second session to bring the Badgers to within 18, but it was not enough as Indiana secured the home rout.

“I got called out at halftime,” Anderson said. “I am a senior captain; I wasn’t leading this team the way I should so I knew coming into the second half that I needed to pick up in every aspect: defense, offense, just do what I need to do for this basketball team to win.”

Unfortunately, Anderson’s efforts were not enough for the road-ailing Badgers. Anderson was the only Badger to score double figures on the night.

Wisconsin will take on Penn State next in University Park, Pa., Sunday, a team they beat by 27 points just a week ago.

—iuhoosiers.com contributed to this report

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Senior defenseman Emily Morris will be one of three seniors the Badger faithful will say goodbye to on Senior Day. KURT ENGELBRECHT/THE DAILY CARDINAL

Senior guard Jolene Anderson scored all 23 of her points in the second half against Indiana.

UW women’s hockey strives to continue success against Sioux

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tling a severe wrist injury.

With the Badgers opening up their largest lead of the game at 46-26 about midway through the second half, Gordon rattled off the game’s next 10 points to cut the deficit in half.

However, it was Wisconsin’s aggressiveness on the boards that would prove to be the difference in the game. Ryan praised the Badgers for their composure in the game’s final minutes.

“I thought our guys worked the clock extremely well in the last five minutes and that was a result of us being aggressive—getting an offen-

sive rebound, forcing them to foul,” Ryan said. “When you have a lead, nothing hurts another team more than when they have an opportunity to get a rebound on the defensive end and go to the other end to score and they don’t get it.”

Wisconsin’s 15 offensive rebounds translated into 21 second-chance points. This effort was anchored by the outstanding play of junior forward Joe Krabbenhoft who finished the game with 12 rebounds (six offensive) and five assists, while leading the team in both categories.

Opposing Big Ten coaches are also beginning to take notice of Krabbenhoft’s effort and high level of play. Indiana head coach Kelvin Sampson had high praise for Krabbenhoft’s effort from start to finish.

The Badgers will try to carry their aggressiveness on the road this Sunday when they travel to Minnesota to take on the Golden Gophers. Tip-off is set for 1 p.m. at Williams Arena and will be televised on the Big Ten Network.

from his facial expressions out there that he wasn’t at 100 percent but he never stepped back and I thought he did a real good job chasing and handling screening situations.”

On a night where all eyes were on Gordon‚ who was probably playing his first and last game in the Kohl Center, it was White who led the Hoosiers with 22 points on 7-of-13 shooting. The senior also amassed 17 rebounds.

Still, no one other than White or Gordon managed more than four points for the Hoosiers (61, 17-3) who lost their second straight game.

“They did their job,” Ryan said about his defense. “We were better on the task than we were in the last game as far as following the rules. I thought our guys stayed true to the task and help and recover and the rotations were much better.”

With 7:24 left in the game White hit a jumper that brought IU within five points at 48-43.

The Badgers wanted to take time off the clock after Indiana’s 17-2 run, but they did not imagine

that their shot attempt would be blocked out of bounds with just one second left on the shot clock.

Hughes managed to get a shot off and hit the rim, allowing Flowers to secure a key extra possession for Wisconsin by grabbing the offensive rebound. The possession ended with two made free throws by sophomore Jason Bohannon, which took an entire minute off the clock. From that point on, the Hoosiers never got closer than six points.

“We hit the rim on the shot,” Ryan said. “A lot of teams with one second don’t even hit the rim.

But we have a couple different options and the inside option was taken away. We have a 360 lob it up slam dunk, twister that we use Marcus Landry for but they took that away.”

Although the junior forward didn’t get the ball on that possession, his 6-of-10 shooting and 11 rebounds gave Landry his first career double-double.

UW now has a quick turnaround with only two days to prepare for Sunday’s tilt at Minnesota.

“I thought our guys worked the clock extremely well in the last five minutes.”

Bo Ryan head coach UW men’s basketball

The No. 5 Wisconsin women’s hockey team will try to extend its eight-game winning streak when it hosts North Dakota on Saturday and Sunday at the Kohl Center.

The Badgers (14-4-2 WCHA, 18-6-2) swept the Fighting Sioux (4-16-2, 4-20-4) in Grand Forks, N.D., in December 2007.

However, Wisconsin will not take this series lightly, since it needs to win down the stretch in order to qualify for the NCAA Tournament.

“They’ve played a lot of [teams] close. Maybe they haven’t got goals that might turn some of their losses into victories,” UW head coach Mark Johnson said. “[North Dakota head coach Brian Idalski] will get them to play hard and they’ll be very competitive, so if you’re going to beat them you have to match that intensity.”

Last weekend, North Dakota struggled against MinnesotaDuluth, losing 8-1 and 5-0.

This season’s Sioux team is somewhat of a contrast from last season’s, which failed to win a conference game all season and did not have one player who scored in the double-digits. This season, North Dakota has three players with 10 or more points, including junior forward Melissa Jacques who has 16 points this season, 11 in WCHA play.

Wisconsin has saved its best hockey for the latter part of the season. Throughout the Badgers eight-game winning campaign, six of those contests have been on the road.

“Since we came back from Christmas a lot of things have

bucks from page 8 These defensive shortcomings could be somewhat countervailed if the Bucks had any sort of chemistry. But the team’s biggest problem is that it lacks just that, which counts as another indictment of Harris. Although he knows how to assess players for their talent, his downfall has been his inability to put together athletes who comple-

been real good,” Johnson said.

“Practices have been good, the girl’s attitudes have been good and you go through this three week period where they don’t have to worry about school and they can enjoy playing. They can rest and relax and just be normal kids without having to worry about that school factor.”

Wisconsin is focusing hard on North Dakota to avoid a letdown performance, though a showdown next weekend against No. 3 Minnesota-Duluth could overshadow the series.

“I think the team, we’re all sick of losing. Most of the team other than the seniors never really knew what it was like to lose,” senior captain defenseman Emily Morris said. “We’ve had two incredible seasons before this. I think everybody got a taste of it, nobody liked it, and so we know each game counts and we have to take it one game at a time.”

“We haven’t even talked about what’s down the road,” Johnson said.

It should come as no surprise that this is the time of the season in which the Badgers are playing their best hockey. Under Johnson, Wisconsin is 87-13-5 after Jan. 1.

Wisconsin might invite a low scoring victory this weekend, because it has yet to record one this season. The Badgers are 180-0 when scoring three or more goals and 0-6-2 when scoring two goals or less this season.

The two teams will face off Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m.

Wisconsin’s seniors will be honored during the annual Senior Day on Sunday prior to the contest. ment each other.

As the owner, Kohl has an easy decision to make in dismissing his general manager. His challenge is to find a replacement who can get the franchise back to a level of respectability and give that new general manager the freedom to make the necessary moves. With the exception of Bogut and Yi, nobody is untouchable.

If you have possible trade ideas, e-mail Jon at bortin@wisc.edu.

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FILLING THE HOLES: Joe Rudolph, a former guard at UW in the early 1990’s, was hired Thursday as the team’s new tight end coach.

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ANALYSIS

By Adam Hoge

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It was just another night at the Kohl Center for Bo Ryan’s Badgers, except this time the tough defense and balanced scoring attack led to a win against the No. 11 team in the nation.

UW received a team-high 16 points from sophomore guard Trevon Hughes, and junior forward Marcus Landry added 14.

But on a night where points were hard to come by, junior guard Joe Krabbenhoft’s six offensive rebounds sealed the 62-49 win over Indiana Thursday night.

“It seemed like every time we had a chance to get it down to six or five—the Krabbenhoft kid, I really like him,” IU head coach Kelvin Sampson said.

“There are kids like him who are invaluable to your team.

Seems like kids like him always

Recent Wisconsin basketball teams are not known for winning in a glamorous fashion. But Thursday night’s 62-49 victory over the Indiana Hoosiers was just another example of how tough defense and solid rebounding often lead to Wisconsin’s success.

The Hoosiers entered the contest averaging 78.6 points per game, tops in the Big Ten. But instead of allowing Indiana to set the tone for the game’s pace, Wisconsin played to its own defensive strengths and limited Indiana to its lowest point total all season.

The Badgers came out with stifling defense, and as a result Indiana shot just 8-for-26 in the first half for 20 points.

Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan felt that the defensive adjustments

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Junior forward Marcus Landry recorded his first career doubledouble against Indiana with 14 points and 11 rebounds.

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Changes needed in Milwaukee

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erb Kohl has actually heard two State of the Union addresses over the past couple of weeks. The more recent one had parts released in advance and was blandly predictable. The other was more eagerly awaited, with an uncertain delivery date.

President Bush may have what one of the Republican hopefuls likens to a “bunker mentality,” but even that fails to measure up to Larry Harris’ disappearance act.

Perhaps if you had staked your reputation and general manager’s job on the Milwaukee Bucks’ performance this season, you too would go noticeably absent.

This season for the Bucks— which is scarily similar to the past five—makes it easy to forget the pledge that Harris, who’s in the last year of his contract, made before the season started.

Even if he was unsure when he said this team was the most talented he had assembled, he didn’t betray that emotion. He said with confidence the Bucks were ready to move out of the league basement defense and up into the middle of the pack.

Last check, the Bucks were giving up over 100 points per game, 10th worst among all 30 teams.

Their stated goal of giving up no more than 45 percent shooting is still just that—they are third worst in the league, allowing 47 percent from the field.

No wonder Harris took as long as he did to come out of the woodwork and speak at length about this team’s issues. Even still, last week in Toronto he didn’t own up to the train wreck he has engineered.

Before the Bucks got crushed in Toronto, Harris said he was “disappointed” with the team.

Someone file that in the category of all-time euphemisms.

“I’m disappointed with our record where it’s at, because we’ve played so many close games and we haven’t been able to close those out,” Harris said to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

The reason for that is not difficult to figure out. Closing games out requires two main components: defense and chemistry. The Bucks are in short supply, and most of the blame falls on Harris and his flawed investments.

The back court is where the Bucks’ defense becomes most exposed. Neither Mo Williams nor Michael Redd have shown the ability to play smart defense that those positions require. Eventually, one of those two will have to be traded for that reason and others. It won’t be Harris that cuts the deal, though.

The only starters on the Bucks who will play the type of defense that will make the Bucks successful are Andrew Bogut and Yi Jianlian.

Small forward is by far the biggest void on the team, a problem caused

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