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UW licensing org. files patent suit against Intel WARF says Intel used technology in Duo processors

By Diana Savage THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation filed a lawsuit against Intel Corp. Tuesday for patent infringement, alleging technology used in the company’s Core 2 Duo processor actually belongs to UW-Madison.

WARF is a non-profit foundation in charge of patenting and

licensing UW-Madison research and was issued a patent in 1998 for the technology allegedly used

by Intel.

According to the lawsuit, “WARF is the owner of all rights, title and interest” in the patent in dispute.

Janet Kelly, a spokesperson for WARF, said patents are sought to protect “the intellectual property of an invention,” and Intel infringed upon the rights granted to WARF when Intel used its patented technology.

“Intel has aggressively marketed the benefits of this invention as a feature of its Core 2 technol-

ogy,” WARF said in a statement.

Intel uses the technology, known as “Smart Memory Access” to speed up computer processing.

Intel instructed consumers how to use the technology, a further violation of WARF’s patent, according to the complaint.

WARF met with Intel prior to filing the lawsuit to offer them legal licensing opportunities, but according to the complaint, the company “refused attempts to license the technology,” and used it in their Core 2 Duo processor anyway. intel page 2

RTA plans will not be on ballot this spring

By Abby Sears THE DAILY CARDINAL

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Executives from The Capital Times announced Thursday plans to decrease its print edition and expand its Internet publishing.

Cap. Times to reduce print, expand website

By Erin Banco THE DAILY CARDINAL

Following the trend of afternoon daily newspapers, executives at The Capital Times announced Thursday plans to reduce print frequency and focus attention on the Internet.

After April 26, the 90-year-old afternoon newspaper will circulate two weekly tabloid editions in addition to producing in-depth online stories seven days a week.

“It presents the opportunity to do breaking news coverage that is not possible any longer with newspapers.”

Dave Zweifel editor in chief The Capital Times

“It presents the opportunity to do breaking news coverage that is not possible any longer with newspapers,” said Editor in Chief Dave Zweifel, noting that circulation has decreased among the web-user generation.

Zweifel said he saw the move as a step forward and that it will help move the company into the future.

According to Zweifel, the website sees thousands of hits a day even without the full force of Internet publishing.

“The reach of the web is incredible,” he said. “If we devote a large amount of our focus to the Internet, we are going to be able to put together a site that is going to knock your socks off.”

James Baughman, director of the UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication, said the influence of multimedia, specifically the Internet, has changed today’s media culture.

“It has advantages in terms of being able to provide news 24/7, having constant updates and providing depth that you cannot get because newspapers are shrinking,” he said.

UW-Madison journalism professor Robert Dreschel said he was disappointed in the reality of a decrease in the frequency of printing.

“Afternoon daily newspapers have been in trouble for a long time,” Dreschel said. “The Capital Times has been experiencing that trouble as well. I will miss that hardcopy daily paper.” cap times page 2

The Dane County Board approved a resolution to postpone resident voting on a measure to create a Regional Transit Authority following a heated debate Thursday night.

The formation of an RTA has sparked countywide controversy because of the system’s plan to create a commuter rail, designed

to decongest downtown traffic and bring commuters from neighboring towns into Madison.

Supervisor Jack Martz of Fitchburg introduced the original resolution in which a referendum would ask voters if they supported the creation of an RTA, a commuter rail and a half-cent sales-tax increase to fund the system on an April 1 ballot.

According to the resolution,

the only plan being considered is the “Transport 20-20 Plan” to create a commuter rail system spanning across Madison. The train would run from Middleton to the Town of Burke, two communities on the outskirts of the city.

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Design committee proposes Gilman Street reconstruction

By Katrina Rust THE DAILY CARDINAL

The State Street Design Project committee consulted with city traffic engineers at a meeting Thursday night to start plans for Gilman Street reconstruction.

By 2009, the section of Gilman between University Avenue and State Street could become a two-way street with improvements made to sidewalks, lighting and landscaping if the committee proceeds with plans approved in 2002.

The committee’s goal is a pedestrian-friendly street that attracts retail development and improves access to lower State Street.

“My vision of the street is, for this block, it would be better than State Street,” said Mike Rewey, design committee member.

Committee members decided in 2002 to convert the street to a twoway, but at the meeting Thursday traffic engineers raised concerns about adding another direction to the street.

Two-way traffic would cause congestion on University and impede traffic flow to Frances Street by adding a fifth street to the intersection, said some members.

Assistant city traffic engineer Dan McCormick suggested the street stay as it is to allow more space for wider sidewalks.

“It’s not recommended to have a sort of another fifth leg here for the

intersection,” McCormick said “It can be done, it’s more of a choice for the town council. There would be traffic impacts on Gorham as well as on Frances Street.”

Other members argued a twoway would allow access for more service-related vehicles on Frances and Gorham and reroute bus traffic off State Street.

“The whole idea here was that we wanted to improve the access to State Street, the Kohl Center and those activities,” committee chair Ted Crabb said.

Traffic engineers will provide final plans to the committee for

the reconstruction once a meeting with community members occurs.

The committee also advanced plans to add art or a fountain to the Frances Plaza between State Street Brats and University Avenue. Over 40 artists from across the country submitted designs for the Madison Arts Commission to review.

As part of the design project, workers will break ground on the 500 and 600 blocks of State Street on March 31 to add new sidewalks, lights and bicycle racks. The project will be completed by Sept. 12, with additions of trees and benches to come after Halloween.

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n high school, it didn’t take long for me to realize that I was turning heads. It wasn’t, however, because of a perfectly proportioned body, an uncannily symmetrical face or a bosom that qualified as a separate limb. No, I was noticed because my voice makes me sound like a porn star.

When puberty began for my classmates and me, I listened to the girls gain more sophisticated tones while the boys’ voices just got deeper.

And although the rest of me was able to keep up with them, my voice stayed exactly the same as it was since I emerged from the womb.

For some reason, people find the combination of a little girl voice in an adult body an indication of a budding nympho. In addition to the extreme creepiness factor of this idea, it was completely false—I was 14 and had never been kissed.

However, since my voice eerily matched those of the porn stars my adolescent male counterparts had come to adore, my everyday utterances triggered countless “that’s what she saids” and “your moms.”

Suddenly, I couldn’t say, “Can I borrow a pencil?,” “What’s the cosine of 140 degrees,” or “If you say taaaiiight one more time I’m going to eat my own hand” without the rest of the class thinking I was about to rip off my top and mount the teacher.

Once I got to college, I realized my pornographic voice had its perks.

I used it one night to entertain my friends by talking to truckers over my friend’s car radio.

“Hey boys,” I said in my most seductive tone. “I’m getting pretty lonely out here all by myself.”

I received a bunch of hopeful cheers in response before I got scared and retreated back into my shell.

“Just kidding, bye,” I said, hoping to shut them up.

What I unfortunately realized later was that little girl would have had the exact same effect talking over

the radio as I did. I figured this out my first summer home from college, when anyone who called the house mistook me for my 8-year-old sister whenever I answered the phone.

“Hello?” I’d answer.

“Hi Perri!” they’d respond. “How’s camp going?”

“Actually, it’s Kiera.”

“Oh,” they’d say, embarrassed.

“I’m so sorry.”

Instead of assuring them it happened all the time, I often found it much more amusing to follow with a moment of silence to make them think it was uniquely their mistake.

“She’s very happy at camp,” I’d respond. “But don’t ask about my life or anything like that.”

Sometimes, however, I just rolled with it.

“Hi Perri!” they’d say. “How’s camp?”

“Pretty good,” I’d respond. “We spend our days pondering the existential implications of recreation while stripping for cash.”

“Oh, that’s nice.”

While my voice has proved both humiliating and amusing at different

Man steals ambulance in snowstorm

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Madison Police said paramedics responding to a drug overdose call on West Gorham Street during Wednesday’s snowstorm were surprised when the patient stole their ambulance in an attempt to drive himself to the hospital.

According to a police report, paramedics and police officers arrived at the scene and initially could not find the subject of the call. When they returned to their vehicles in the parking lot, the man who they came to assist, 26-year-old Michael C. Gilson of Madison, was behind the wheel of their ambulance.

An officer observed that Gilson’s eyes were red and his speech slurred.

questions related to the creation of an RTA. “The resolution deals with three issues: [1] Do we want an RTA [2] with the priority being a commuter rail and [3] should it be funded by a half-cent sales tax?” he said.

Before the county can create an RTA, however, the state Legislature must authorize the system. Currently, no legislation has been passed to allow the RTA. Supervisor Mark Opitz of Middleton proposed a substitute resolution that would place the referendum on ballots within one year of reaching a legislative decision on whether to allow the county to create an RTA.

Police said Gilson admitted to smoking marijuana and taking a large dose of allergy medication. He also told officers he got into the ambulance to drive himself to the hospital.

Gilson put the ambulance in gear and attempted to drive away, but the vehicle became stuck in a snow bank.

Gilson was tentatively charged with Operating a Motor Vehicle Without Owner’s Consent, Operating a Motor Vehicle While Under the Influence, Casual Possession of Marijuana in a Public Place and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

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Chuck Mulloy, spokesperson for Intel, denied WARF’s claims.

“We were in discussions with WARF for more than a year,” Mulloy said, adding he was surprised at the timing of the lawsuit because Intel was in contact with WARF regarding the technology used in the Core 2 Duo Processor.

“At this stage we’re evaluating the options that are available to us,” he said.

The lawsuit said WARF expects Intel to provide benefits such as

“treble damages for willfull infringements, with interest.”

Kelly said this is not the first time WARF has fought against a major corporation for patent rights.

WARF has settled infringements since 2003 with corporations such as IBM, Sony, Toshiba and Cypress Semiconductor.

“We are hoping to encourage dialogue with Intel and would hope that perhaps we would not need to move to final resolutions by legal action,” Kelly said, adding WARF is confident the case will be successful.

cap times from page 1 Katy Culver, a UW-Madison journalism professor, said she realized the decrease in frequency means a decrease in staff.

“The tough thing is going to be watching excellent journalists lose jobs,” she said. “Personally, that is going to be difficult to watch.”

Zweifel said the company would still cover news at the

points in my life, I eventually realized it’s not about whether its pre-pubescent quality is a good thing or a bad thing; it’s really just about embracing what I can’t change and figuring out how it can work to my advantage.

My voice has succeeded in convincing people I really did just lose my lift ticket when I tried for an extra day on the slopes, that I do deserve that second scoop of ice cream for free and even though I’ve never actually gotten out of a speeding ticket, my voice has elicited a lot of sympathy from the issuers.

Whether I’m a porn star in the making or have the innocence of an 8-year-old girl is something I can’t answer. I think it’s somewhere in between, as is probably true for most girls in their second half of college.

But I don’t think most girls my age can say strangers have offered to help them find their parents on the same night that they’ve been asked to star in “The Young and the Wetness.”

If you need a narrator for your cartoon or homemade video, e-mail Kiera at wiatrak@wisc.edu.

The substitute resolution would also base the use of a halfcent sales-tax increase to fund the RTA on voter approval.

Fred Bartol of the Dane Alliance for Rail Transit spoke in favor of the Opitz resolution, urging supervisors to wait for legislative approval of the complex RTA system before subjecting the referendum to voters.

“The commuter rail is one piece of the puzzle,” Bartol said.

The County Board ultimately granted final approval of Opitz’s substitute resolution.

Rather than voting on the RTA this spring, residents will have to wait until a future ballot to vote on any commuter rails or tax increases. state Capitol, in the city and on the UW-Madison campus the same way it has in the past.

The news and opinion tabloid will circulate on Wednesdays.

The arts and entertainment section will circulate on Thursdays for free within the Madison area and just beyond Dane County.

Although the newspaper plans to reduce its print frequency, it hopes to increase its circulation from about 17,000 to 80,000 by 2009.

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IT’S OFFICIAL. The Kohl Center will host a viewing party for the UW men’s basketball game against the Indiana Hoosiers next Wednesday. Admission is free and hot dogs, soda and popcorn will be $1 each.

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Court stops several towns from entering partner benefits case

By Megan Orear THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Thursday local governments cannot intervene in a case involving domestic partner benefits for state employees.

Six current or former state employees and their partners filed the suit against the Department of Employee Trust Fund. The employees said the state’s denial of health benefits to employees’ same-sex partners violated the Wisconsin Constitution, according to court documents.

The municipalities, consisting of two cities, towns, villages and two school districts, according to court documents, wanted a role in the case because they believed they would have to start paying increased health care costs.

Larry Dupuis, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin, said he believes the decision would allow the case to

move promptly.

“Now the parties … to the case can litigate the case the way that they need to litigate it, without other people bringing a bunch of motions and doing things that could delay the case for years and years,” Dupuis said.

Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson said in the majority opinion the municipalities did not clearly show how the results of the case would affect them, and they “failed to demonstrate … how their interests relate to [the case] in a direct and immediate fashion.”

Michael Dean, the attorney representing the municipalities, said he believes the Supreme Court’s decision was wrong and the case would affect employees across the state.

“Municipalities’ health and benefit plans are governed by exactly the same statutory definitions that the state plans are,” Dean said. “So to change the state employers’ plans will be to change the municipal and

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Dean said he plans to file a “friend of the court” brief, a way to make arguments in a case one is not directly involved in.

Justice David Prosser said in dissenting opinion the majority ruling did not acknowledge how widespread the results of the case could be. “[The majority opinion’s] crimped legal analysis treats the municipalities’ request as though the case involved nothing more than a routine zoning variance instead of one of the great social and political controversies of our time,” he said.

Justice Louis Butler stated the danger of allowing outsiders to participate in cases. Butler said large interest groups would be able to take advantage of the judicial system if the local governments were allowed to add themselves to the case.

The underlying case between the employees and the state has not yet been ruled on.

State to face $944 million deficit by June

By Rebecca Autrey THE DAILY CARDINAL

A slowing economy could leave Wisconsin with a negative cash flow of $944 million by June, according to a memo released this week by the state Department of Administration.

The memo, sent to the legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance, shows an anticipated cash shortfall at the end of the fiscal year. David Schmiedicke, the administrator for the Division of Executive Budget and Finance, said although the number may seem alarming, it is not unusual.

“We often at different times of the year have negative cash flows because we make large, for example, school aid payments. The timing of that may be before we receive revenue from taxes.”

The cash flow estimates indicate the state might not be col-

lecting as much tax revenue as originally expected.

John Murray, spokesperson for state Assembly Speaker Mike Huebsch, R-West Salem, said, “This might be an early indicator that we might be facing some type of shortfall, but this is not the official notification of that.”

State lawmakers are currently preparing for a possible budget deficit. In a statement Thursday Huebsch said he would take action to curb expenses. To help balance the predicted tax revenue shortage, he said he stopped all new hires and out-of-state travel for the state Assembly members.

He said the Assembly is very concerned about the budget situation but will not consider raising taxes.

“Families and businesses don’t have the option of giving themselves a raise in tight times and neither should

the government,” he said.

“We’re waiting for the hard numbers so we can make some difficult decisions,” said a spokesperson for state Sen. Judy Robson, D-Beloit.

Such decisions might include cutting funding from different programs across the state. Eric Shoot, spokesperson for state Rep. Kitty Rhoades, R- Hudson, said a large deficit would mean curbing spending on a statewide basis.

Shoot said all areas of government would need to be looked at to reduce the scope of any possible deficit, to cut spending by almost $500 million.

A full report from the Legislative Fiscal Bureau will give an official estimate of the budget deficit. The report is expected to go to the finance committee within the next couple of weeks.

Mitt Romney leaves race, Huckabee may lack Wis. support

By Francesca Brumm THE DAILY CARDINAL

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney announced Thursday he would suspend his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.

This announcement comes just two days after “Super Tuesday,” which brought Romney’s delegate total up to 286, putting him in second place behind U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.

Bradley Engle, chair of Students for Mitt Romney at UW-Madison, said Romney dropped out instead of hurting the Republicans’ chance of winning in the November general election.

Engle said Romney’s main reason for wanting to ensure a Republican win was the War on Terror.

“If Hillary or Barack wins they will pull us out of Iraq, and he believes that they won’t be nearly as tough on the War on Terror and the war against evil extremism,” Engle said.

Engle said he would now be supporting McCain and also thought Republican voters would “rally” around McCain.

UW-Madison professor of political science Charles Franklin said after Romney’s decision, it is unclear how the Republican race

will now develop.

Franklin said supporters of one candidate do not always support the same alternative, so it is unlikely all Romney supporters would vote for one of the two remaining candidates.

Romney’s exit, according to Franklin, could impact the Wisconsin Republican primary Feb. 19.

“Huckabee’s strengths have been among highly religious groups.

[Wisconsin has] a good bit of that …but not nearly as many as in the Southern states he won on Tuesday,” Franklin said.

The fact that former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee remains in the race, according to Franklin, means McCain does not necessarily have a

clear path to the nomination.

Franklin said it is possible McCain could be beat, but he said it would be difficult for Huckabee.

Additional election news shows more than 3 million eligible citizens under the age of 30 took part in the primaries on Tuesday, according to a report released by The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement. In some of the eight states that took part in “Super Tuesday” in 2000, youth turnout tripled or quadrupled in 2008.

More than 2 million of those under 30 voted in the Democratic contests, compared with about 900,000 in the Republican contests.

State primaries before Wisconsin February 9 and 10 Louisiana and Washington for both parties. Democratic primary for Nebraska and GOP primary in Kansas.

Democratic contest in Maine Feb. 10 February 12 Virginia, Maryland and Washington D.C. for both parties February 19 One hundred and twenty-one delegates at stake.

Hawaii Democratic primary and Wisconsin for both parties.

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Speaker, author and recovering sex addict Michael Leahy presented “Porn Nation—The Naked Truth” to students at the Memorial Union Theater Thursday night. The 90-minute multimedia presentation calls to question the effects of living in a hypersexual culture.

Regents committee approves salary range increase for next UW-Madison chancellor A UW System Board of Regents committee agreed the next UW-Madison chancellor needs a higher salary.

Members of the Regents’ Business, Finance and Audit committee unanimously approved a proposal Thursday to increase the pay range to be between $370,000 and $452,000 for Chancellor John Wiley’s successor.

The Regents will vote on the proposed range Friday during their full board meeting.

UW System Spokesperson David Giroux said changing the range would not necessarily

equal a large increase for the next chancellor.

“Everybody is looking at the top end of that range and assuming that automatically somebody will be hired at that level,” he said. “If you look at where all of our other chancellors are relative to their range, none of the new ones are near the top end of their range.”

Giroux said a standardized formula is used to determine salary ranges, which includes looking to other peer salary data. Wiley’s current salary at slightly more than $327,400 is one of the lowest among his peers.

Facebook, CBS merge for March Madness The official NCAA March Madness brackets application for the 2008 Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, provided by CBSSports.com, is now available on Facebook.

All NCAA basketball fans can compete outside the court during the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament by using the brackets to pick the possible winning teams for each round of the tournament and compare them with friends.

CBSSports.com tournament brackets on Facebook also provide access to the homepage of each NCAA basketball team, updated scores of the live games and further coverage of the tournament.

According to Alex Riethmiller, a spokesperson for CBS Sports, the tournament brackets have

been offered since 2000, but this is the first year CBSSports.com has teamed up with Facebook.

CBS Sports has been working on this idea for about six months and brackets will finally be announced on March 16.

“Combining CBS Sports’ brand with such a large engaging audience from Facebook where they do such a good job of putting people together and connecting people within groups makes natural fit for a bracket application,” Riethmiller said.

Available at www.facebook. com/brackets and via CBS Sports Mobile, NCAA tournament brackets will allow more fans to enjoy the 2008 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship.

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he UW System Board of Regents will meet this week to discuss the salary of Chancellor Wiley’s successor.

It is anticipated they will raise the earnings of the next chancellor $42,500 to $125,000 more than Chancellor Wiley’s current salary to attract a more qualified applicant. In order to maintain a quality university, the Board of Regents would be wise to vote in favor of this increase.

Chancellor Wiley’s current salary is $327,000 a year, and while this may seem like a large amount of money, it is actually 20 percent below the norm for a major Big Ten university.

University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman, for example, receives more than $500,000 in base salary. With other compensation, including but not limited to, a car, a threestory house and a $100,000 yearly bonus, President Coleman makes over $750,000 annually with the added incentives.

This amount is more than twice the salary of Chancellor Wiley, and

President Coleman is not alone.

More than 50 public university leaders make over $400,000.

Back in Wisconsin, however, Mike Mikalsen, an aide to State Sen. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, commented that an increase of this magnitude “would go over like a lead balloon” in the state legislature in light of an estimated $400 million decrease in tax revenue.

Board of Regents President Mark Bradley retorted, “Well, how would a failed search go over? These people compete in national and international markets. If you aren’t realistic for what these types of jobs go for, then you will be out of the running.”

While an increase in administrative salary may not seem like the best way to spend university funds, no quality candidates will apply for a UW-Madison chancellorship that pays one of the lowest of the Big Ten universities.

Supporting a salary increase is the only way the Board of Regents can ensure a quality candidate will be found to continue UWMadison’s tradition of excellence.

Second transcript just another piece of paper

By Kory Douglass THE DAILY CARDINAL

The UW System is attempting to revise their process for student transcripts. The new system could very well change what getting a “college education” means.

While a graduating student currently leaves the UW System with one transcript that depicts his or her completed courses and grades, future students may have two transcripts in the near future.

It would be difficult to decide what experiences qualify as significant enough to go onto this second transcript.

The proposed transcript would include information on what the student has developed outside the classroom, highlighting internships, volunteer work and other such involvement opportunities in which the student participated.

The transcript would also contain a description of how these experiences benefited the student’s education.

This transcript would be approved by the university and contain more detailed information about a student’s non-academic involvement than a resumé, but it

is not a necessary step for the UW System to take. Although it would be unique to this school system, employers are looking for more from their potential employees than just good grades. A second transcript would not be any more accurate than a resumé in assessing a college graduate’s abilities.

A second transcript serves little purpose, though. It does not depict a student’s involvement and personal development beyond simply showing how many different opportunities the student pursued. Adding a pithy explanation as to how a specific experience from a resumé contributed to his or her personal development is something the student can do in person, assuming a possible employer actually does want more information regarding the student.

If employers want more information regarding a college graduate’s community involvement and personal development in college, they will ask.

The job applicant should work on perfecting their resumé to avoid clarity problems regarding their extra activities. The second transcript would just supply extraneous biographical data about the college graduate. Further, when it comes to the student providing input for the descriptions of the experiences displayed on this transcript—or lack thereof—inaccuracy would be a major problem.

On a more basic level, students would understandably exaggerate the importance of their college involvement. While the UW System would have to approve the transcript, there is no doubt that situations will arise where a student would use this transcript to stretch their involvement in a completely unrelated field to their intended career path. In no way is this an improvement over a resumé, where people frequently exaggerate a list of completely unrelated categories to a given situation.

Furthermore, the second transcript would take attention away from good grades, and such a phenomenon would change what it means to attend a school in the UW System. Getting involved in activities unrelated to academic courses is by all means important when it comes to living college

life to the fullest, and in no way should this be overlooked.

While students who never partake in extra-curricular activities obviously miss out on opportunities to grow both academically and personally, it need not be highlighted or elaborated upon with a second transcript.

Further, it would be difficult to decide what experiences qualify as significant enough to be put onto this second transcript. Personal experiences cannot be evaluated the same way as a “D” in a 100-level weather and climate course can.

Additionally, students already know the importance of seeking involvement outside of their regular classes, so an extra transcript is not needed to encourage them. It would be better instead for academic advisers to stress the importance of such involvement with any students they feel are lacking in the motivation department.

If the UW System truly wishes to address the issue, they should launch a campaign advertising the importance of getting involved rather than simply creating another piece of paper to add to a student’s portfolio. The point of a resumé is be as concise as possible so as to assure potential employers that they will not have to read stacks of paper for each applicant.

A second transcript would not be an accurate way to assess a college graduate’s abilities.

Whatever the UW System decides to do, extra-curricular opportunities will always be a key component to having a well-balanced college experience.

A second transcript that evaluates a student’s qualitative development as a person is not needed, though, and would oversimplify characteristics— already found on a resumé—that make a young graduate desirable to hire.

Kory Douglass is a freshman majoring in English. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Animation is often appreciated for its depiction of the fictional. The fevered dreams of animators and the exaggerated sight gags impossible with props and actors in the flesh.

Films like “Persepolis” demonstrate how much more animation can do when applied to harsh reality.

Based on the series of graphic novels by the same title, the film follows the life of Marjane Satrapi, an Iranian girl who grows up during the Islamic Revolution. The film follows “Marji” from childhood in Iran after the Shah was overthrown to her adulthood, when the oppressive religious regime in power forced her from the country forever.

The film is beautiful in its representation of reality. Marji and her family are always in the foreground of the story, with school, her childhood and her experience with love being the focus of the plot. While political turmoil is always boiling in the background of the film, it is generally relegated to a dark backdrop, an unseen and unstable force that unexpectedly reaches into Marji’s life to throw a wrench into any type of normalcy she can create for herself.

This emphasis on creating normalcy is what makes Marji’s story so compelling.

This emphasis on creating normalcy is what makes Marji’s story so compelling. As the world around her crumbles into violence and fear,

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Based on a graphic novel, ‘Persepolis’ tells the story of a young girl struggling to find her place in her two-dimensional culture. she needs to find ways to make a life for herself.

Marji goes through the stages every adolescent experiences as they absorb the culture around them, but she has to work harder to find a culture with which she can identify. She picks up Socialist values from her rebel uncle, shouting the evils of the bourgeois Shah while leading an assault on a neighborhood kid she insists is linked to the Shah’s secret service. She begs her mother for 10 dollars to buy a bootleg Iron Maiden tape, a purchase

that inspires her to wear a jacket proclaiming that “Punk isn’t ded” over her school frock, to the dismay of her loyalist teachers.

The medium perfectly expresses Marji’s story—Iran is drained of color, but it is no less animated as Marji plays with fellow children in the streets, chases a bus or dances at an underground party.

Although the pall of oppression constantly hangs over Marji and her family, their faces always convey the joy they share with one another while together.

By the end, when the black and

white turns to color, we are left to wonder why Marji’s world has changed, and more importantly, what price she paid for it.

Some of the most brilliant moments of this film rely solely on the animation for character and emotional development, and would never work in any other medium.

When Marji describes her awkward puberty phases, her body twists and contorts to her words on screen.

Marji’s parents describe the Shah’s rise to power, which plays out as a dumb show on a darkened stage.

The players, reduced to paper cut-

outs, yammer about their political back-alley deals as puppets in Marji’s imagination. The training and use of suicide bombers is similarly handled, a grotesque scene imparted with a sense of humor to highlight how unreal the reality of Iran has become.

“Persepolis” represents perfectly how an entertainment medium can convey the mingled moments of joy and misery that make up human existence. Humor and horror exist simultaneously, and the beautiful animation makes that apparent to the viewer in every scene.

With emotive album Kravitz looks to start a ‘Love Revolution’

By Eunice Abraham THE DAILY CARDINAL

Love is the single most intangible concept known to mankind, as equally wonderful as it is frustrating, as constant as it is

volatile and as certain as it is confusing. Love can be professed in countless ways to numerous types of people and is the vessel that motivates even the most hardened hearts. One can go on and

on trying to explain love, but the truth is, love is too expansive to be summarized in a few words.

Kravitz’s vocals are somber and mellow, coupled with drum beats in the background and a weeping guitar harmony.

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It’s been four years since his last studio album, but Kravitz proves that he has lost none of his luster.

It is this broad concept of love that is the central theme of Lenny Kravitz’s latest release, It is Time for a Love Revolution, a 14-track illustration of the many facets of love.

Kravitz’s career took off with the release of Let Love Rule in 1989, suggesting that Kravitz has come full circle with his latest album. While Love Revolution retains the classic 1970s rock style that Kravitz is known to use, it is apparent that he has mellowed out and matured.

The album opens with “Love Revolution” and “Bring It On,” echoing Kravitz’s distinctive unabashed style with heavy drumming, guitar riffs and highpitched wailing. In these openers, Kravitz uses love to inspire others to work toward a better tomorrow. “You were designed to use your mind / To move what you can’t see so don’t be blind / ‘Cause there is a love.”

While “Love Revolution” and

“Bring it On” do not explore new ground when it comes to style, the sweet, optimistic “Good Morning” weds Kravitz’s classic retro vibe with vocal intonations similar to that of post-punk love ballads. The flat vocal tone is most prominent when Kravitz sings the lines, “Good morning / nice to see you / how ya been?”

From there, Kravitz explores love’s playful side on the fun, peppy “Love, Love, Love,” the soulful, upbeat “Will You Marry Me” and the sultry funk of “Dancin’ Till Dawn.”

In these songs, Kravitz makes a distinction between love and lust, and he does so in a euphoric manner as opposed to expressing these ideas in a romantic, lingering tune.

Slower-moving ballads are definitely present in Love Revolution.

The lyrical, slow pace is juxtaposed with unconventional topics such as the metaphoric sweetness of nature in “I Love the Rain.”

Kravitz’s vocals are somber and mellow, coupled with drum beats in the background and a weeping guitar harmony.

“I’ll Be Waiting” is a love song that uses simple, stagnant chords as its foundation, later adding violins at the song’s climax. “A Long and Sad Goodbye” is a tearful ballad that pays tribute to his late father: “Papa / You meant the world to me / Why did you abandon me / Now it’s a long and sad goodbye.”

Whether to motivate political interest, rejoice in happiness or sulk

in heartache, It is Time for a Love Revolution cannot escape the grasp of love. Love is clearly the source of Kravitz’s inspiration, and though the album does very little experimenting on a stylistic level, it has been made with much care and precision, to say the least. And it seems that love is all Kravitz really needed to revive himself.

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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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Dwarfhead and Narwhal

Beware of the ass.

Donkeys kill more people than plane crashes.

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UW out for revenge against Minn. Duluth

By Eric Levine THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Wisconsin women’s hockey team hopes to continue its strong play when it heads to MinnesotaDuluth to play the Bulldogs in a weekend series.

The Badgers, sporting a 10-game winning streak, have won six of those 10 games on the road, and will need a sweep of Duluth this weekend if they want to contend for the WCHA regular season title.

Right now, Wisconsin sits eight points behind Duluth in the standings for first place, but the Bulldogs have played two more games than the Badgers. Wisconsin trails Minnesota by one point for the second spot in the WCHA. The two teams battled earlier this season during a weekend series from Nov. 30 to Dec. 1, and Duluth came out of Madison with a sweep.

The second game was especially tough for Wisconsin as the Badgers entered the final minute of the third period with a one-goal lead.

However, Duluth freshman forward Iya Gavrilova scored with 25 seconds left and scored again 15 seconds into overtime to complete the sweep for the Bulldogs.

We’re already marking down our calendar when we get to play them up in Duluth,” Wisconsin junior goalie Jessie Vetter said after the series.

Now that time has come. The Badgers look to be a much different team than when they last played the Bulldogs, but they still have to get the job done in Duluth. The Badgers will need a

sweep to win the regular season conference title.

Much of Wisconsin’s lack of success against Duluth comes from the fact that it could not win close, low scoring games, which it has not been able to do all season. The Badgers are 20-0-0 when scoring three or more goals, and 0-6-2 when scoring two or fewer.

Luckily for the Badgers, they have been able to score at least three goals per game since the Duluth series.

Last weekend, Wisconsin swept North Dakota by scores of 6-1 and 5-2 at the Kohl Center. In the first game, freshman forward Hilary Knight notched a hat trick, while sophomore forward Meghan Duggan did the same in the second game. This was the fifth time the Badgers recorded hat tricks in consecutive games.

Minnesota-Duluth is coming off of a sweep at Ohio State. The Bulldogs trailed the Buckeyes late in the second game, but scored twice in the final 10 minutes to seal a 3-2 victory in Columbus, Ohio.

The upcoming series will feature the top two goaltenders in the WCHA. Vetter leads the conference with a 1.33 goals against average in WCHA games, while Duluth sophomore goalie Kim Martin trails her with a 1.35 GAA. However, Martin leads Vetter with a .952 save percentage, with Vetter sitting at .925.

Each game begins at 7 p.m. at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center.

tech from page 8 the past two weekends. The last time they skated at home, the Huskies won a series against No. 3 Colorado College, taking three of four points from the WCHA’s first place team.

But their showing last weekend was less than inspiring.

In Anchorage, Alaska, playing against the league’s last place team, the Huskies left with a dispiriting 4-0 defeat and a tie.

Still, Michigan Tech is not a team to be underestimated. With an average age of 21-and-a-half,

different from page 8 bers suggests that this year’s group, while perhaps not as good offensively as they were last year, is better defensively.

Teams are only shooting 38 percent against the Badgers, compared to 41 percent last year. And this year’s Badgers are better on the glass than Wisconsin was a year ago.

Whether this is due to the absence of an Ohio State-like leviathan in the conference is, like the hockey fans tell it, debatable.

But at the least, one coach, whose basketball eye is credible even if his recruiting tactics are unsavory, has found out what is not a secret any longer: Wisconsin Badger basketball has a different, successful twist that is far harder to game plan against than the “Black Tornado.”

If you think this year’s Badger team can’t be beat, e-mail bortin@wisc.edu.

Weekend, February 8-10, 2008 the Huskies are the WCHA’s most veteran team. And their goaltender is one of the league’s best. Junior Michael-Lee Teslak is allowing only 1.92 goals per game on average and saves about 93 percent of the shots that come his way.

The Huskies defense is far stronger than their offense.

Michigan Tech has scored a league-worst 38 goals this year.

By comparison, UW has, in two more games, tallied 11 more goals. Michigan Tech’s season leader in goals scored is senior wing Tyler Shelast, who has 12.

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The series this weekend will also overlap with Michigan Tech’s annual Winter Carnival, which the Badgers last took part in eight years ago. The winner of the series, determined by the total number of goals scored over the two games, is awarded the John MacInnes Memorial Cup. If both teams tie in the goals department, a shootout will follow Saturday night’s game.

Friday’s game begins at 6 p.m., and Saturday’s contest starts at 4 p.m. Neither will be televised, but both will be broadcast in Madison on AM 1310.

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Badgers look to avenge sole conference defeat in battle with the Boilermakers

‘Different’ a good thing for Bo’s Badgers

By Ryan Reszel THE DAILY CARDINAL

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f you want a moment of levity in a press conference or are looking for some sort of hypersensitive aural examination, find the post-game audio from last Thursday’s Wisconsin-Indiana basketball game.

Maybe, with the finest of senses, you can hear what Marcus Landry has to say about Bo Ryan’s idea of a certain inbounds play from the baseline with one second left on the shot clock.

“We have a 360, lob it up, slam dunk, twista, that we use Marcus Landry for,” he deadpans. Then, from the back of the room, Landry wryly reveals the name of the play: “Black Tornado.”

From this point of view, there has seldom, if ever, been as hearty of laughter like that which followed in the media room at the Kohl Center.

But to the same degree that Landry was enjoying the spotlight after his double-double in a win that night, Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson told it like he saw it. His take that Wisconsin is in some respects superior to last season’s team did not go unnoticed by the media types covering the game.

“In a lot of ways, they’re better than they were last year,” he said.

“They don’t have anybody as good as Alando Tucker, but that’s a really, really good team.”

And we know as much at this point in the season, with more determining factors to come over the next five days. In case a reminder is necessary, Wisconsin plays Big Ten co-leader Purdue at the Kohl Center Saturday night and then has to go to Bloomington, Ind., next Wednesday for a rematch with Indiana, whose coach let Wisconsin’s in on some of his thoughts.

“Wisconsin’s really good,” Sampson said. “And I told Bo, I think his team this year is maybe not as glamorous—although I don’t think glamorous really describes his teams—but they’re a little different. They’re good. I like his team this year almost as good as last year’s team.”

When asked why, in his opinion, Sampson thought the Badgers were a better team than last year, Ryan had a point.

“He’s not blowing smoke,” the coach explained. “I think what he meant was that, OK, there were certain things that were givens last year. This year with our group, OK, how do you prepare for us?”

That’s the big-money question, and teams, by and large, have yet to figure it out. The Badgers have no 20 point-per-game scorer to key in on. Whereas last year, Wisconsin had two double-digit scorers, First Team All-American Alando Tucker and Kammron Taylor. This year they effectively have four: Trevon Hughes, Brian Butch, Marcus Landry and Michael Flowers, who is slightly under 10 points per game.

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Senior guard Michael Flowers scored five points against Purdue on Jan. 26. He and the Badgers can solidify their hold on first place with a win.

The Badgers would never admit that one game was more important than another. As head coach Bo Ryan reiterated during his weekly press conference, he views every game as a big game.

Nevertheless, when the No. 8 Badgers take the floor against the Purdue Boilermakers Saturday night, do not be surprised if the crowd at the Kohl Center cheers a little louder. After all, even if the Wisconsin players will not admit it, fans know this is not “just another” conference matchup—first place in the Big Ten is on the line.

The Boilermakers (9-1 Big Ten, 18-5 overall) also handed the Badgers (9-1, 19-3) their only conference loss Jan. 26 in West Lafayette, Ind. Down two points with under a minute to play, Wisconsin had a chance to tie the game or take the lead, but Purdue freshman Robbie Hummel blocked senior guard Michael Flowers’ layup in the closing seconds.

While many Badger backers felt Hummel had fouled Flowers on the shot, the referees thought otherwise, and two Boilermaker free throws gave them a 60-56 victory.

Since that loss, Wisconsin has won three straight games by playing stellar defense and limiting their turnovers.

Badger opponents averaged just 50 points over the last three contests.

No single UW player has carried Wisconsin through its threegame winning streak, but Flowers, senior forward Brian Butch, junior

forward Marcus Landry and sophomore guard Trevon Hughes have all played exceptionally well at times.

Landry led the Badgers with 16 points in their victory over Iowa Wednesday while Hughes posted his fourth 20-point game of the season Sunday at Minnesota.

The Boilermakers enter Saturday night’s game on an eight game conference winning streak. Purdue has not fallen since a 78-75 defeat at Michigan State early in January.

During the streak, the Boilers have won games in seemingly every way possible. They defeated Iowa 51-50 in a game dominated by defense, and then downed Illinois 83-75 just three days later.

Like the Badgers, Purdue lacks a superstar, but head coach Matt Painter gets key contributions from several young players.

Freshman guard E’Twaun Moore leads the Boilermakers with 11.2 points per game. He has scored in double figures in eight of Purdue’s 10 conference games.

Sophomore guard Keaton Grant averages 10.8 points per game, while Hummel posts 10.4 and 5.8 rebounds each time out.

Purdue has never won a game at the Kohl Center and has not won in Madison since 1996. However, even if the Boilermakers get down early, they have a knack for hanging close with opponents. They have lost four of their five games by three points.

The Badgers and Boilermakers will tip off at 8 p.m. The game will be televised on the Big Ten Network.

Michigan Tech series critical in tight WCHA race

By Jon Bortin THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Wisconsin Badgers men’s hockey team, in a tie for fourth place in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings, will play on the road this weekend in a consequential series against Michigan Tech.

The No. 12 Badgers (8-93 WCHA, 12-11-5 overall) and Huskies (6-9-3, 10-12-4) will be facing off for the second time this season. The two teams split a weekend series at the Kohl Center back in early November.

With only four series left for the Badgers, each game takes on a bit more importance. The standings show five teams all within four points of each other. The Badgers can ill afford to fall in the standings if they want home-ice advantage in the first round of the WCHA playoffs.

Overall, the Badgers have lost

only one of their last seven games.

But that one loss came in their most recent game, a 2-1 overtime loss to Minnesota-Duluth that scotched a prime opportunity for Wisconsin to claim sole possession of fourth place.

UW head coach Mike Eaves said earlier this week that the players were not discouraged over that setback and that they had put things in perspective.

“It’s just a little bump in the road,” Eaves said, recounting thoughts expressed in a conversation with the team’s captain, senior defenseman Davis Drewiske. Eaves said that the Badgers, ranked at both No. 11 and No. 12 in the two college hockey polls, were wellequipped to focus on their mostly positive play of late.

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Kyle Klubertanz tallied two goals against Michigan Tech earlier this year.

Partridge joins UW staff, will coach defensive line, specialists

By Tom Lea THE DAILY CARDINAL

Another fresh face will join the Badger football team this spring, only this time the new addition will be on the sidelines and not the playing field.

One day after the signing of 24 new scholarship players, the UW football team hired Charlie Partridge, a former assistant with the University of Pittsburgh, to take control of the defensive line and specialist coaching

duties. The move will shift Randall McCray, the previous defensive line coach to recruiting coordinator and outside linebackers coach.

“I tried to hire Charlie for my original staff here PARTRIDGE at Wisconsin, so I’m very excited he’ll be joining us,” head coach Bret

Bielema said. “He has a lot of experience and success on the defensive side of the ball as well as with special teams.”

While at Pittsburgh, Partridge helped assemble a feisty Panther defense that ranked No. 5 nationally in total defense and shocked West Virginia in the final regular season game of the season, derailing any hopes of a Mountaineer national championship berth.

With his new team, Partridge will

have the luxury of coaching three returning defensive linemen when spring practice begins: seniors Mike Newkirk, Jason Chapman and Matt Shaughnessy and future sophomore Kirk DeCremer.

Last season the UW football team allowed over four yards per rush, and 134 yards per game from opposing teams, placing it No. 42 nationally in that category.

—uwbadgers.com contributed to this report