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Roundy’s chain to occupy new University Sq.

By Lauren Vettel THE DAILY CARDINAL

Roundy’s Supermarkets, owner of the Copps and Pick ‘n’ Save chain stores, announced Friday it is in negotiations to lease retail space for a grocery store in the new University Square development.

Susan Springman, president of Executive Management Inc. and project developer for University Square, said EMI will not reveal which chain will use the space for another 30 to 60 days, but plans to market the store to the needs of an urban area like downtown Madison.

The grocery comes in response to growing pressure to locate a grocery in or near the campus area.

“The need for a grocery store

is pretty high on campus,” Ald. Eli Judge, District 8, said.

Judge said that though students can use their meal plan in cafeterias and restaurants, they are not able to get groceries on campus or within walking distance of campus.

“What many students do is they get a bus or get a taxi back, which is pretty expensive and tough to do if you’re on a low income,” Judge said.

The University Square Development, which includes the Steve Brown Lucky Apartments, is located on the corner of University Avenue and Lake Street. The new grocery will occupy two stories and take up most of the available retail space. roundy’s page 3

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The Madison Fire Department responded to a large chemical spill in the Engineering Research building Friday.

The acid spill, which occurred on the 12th floor, forced the building to be evacuated. There were no injuries.

UW building evacuates after acid spill A large acid spill occurred Friday in the Engineering Research Building on campus, forcing it to be evacuated by the Madison Fire Department.

The spill occurred around 3:48 p.m. on the 12th floor of the building, located at 1500 Engineering Dr., across from Engineering Hall. No one was injured in the spill.

Workers in the building helped contain the spill by closing doors around the affected areas.

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The University Square development at the corner of University Avenue and Lake Street will include a Roundy’s grocery store.

Fewer women win public office in Wis. Local governments report low numbers of females in elected positions

By Kerry King THE DAILY CARDINAL

A report by the Wisconsin Women’s Council Thursday concludes “no progress” has been made concerning the number of women elected to local governments in the past two years.

Despite women holding several national offices in the state, the number of women in local offices has remained stagnant or declined from 2005 to 2007, according to the report.

During that period, the number of women in local govern-

ments reached its lowest level in 20 years.

Thirty-nine out of 190 cities in Wisconsin, including Milwaukee, have no female city council members, according to the report.

Christine Lidbury, executive director of the WWC, said she was concerned to see these trends considering the visibility of women in national politics, mentioning Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. Lidbury said the lack of women in local government could mean fewer women running for statewomen page 3

People inside the building also heard a loud “pop” sound around the same time as the spill, though it is uncertain if the two events are connected, according to Fire Department spokesperson Bernadette Galvez.

The spill also produced a yellow haze on the 12th floor, according to Galvez.

“This is a good thing we got everybody out on time,” she said.

A Hazardous Material team found that several half-gal-

lon containers of Acetic acid and Ammonia were near the area of the spill, according to a Madison Fire Department report.

Smaller containers of Nitric acid, Hydrofluoric acid and Hydrochloric acid were also part of the spill.

UW-Madison Safety teams cleaned up the spill Friday afternoon.

Students and staff were allowed to return to the building later in the day.

Alvarez addresses BTN, Athletic Dept. success

By Alyson Maugeri THE DAILY CARDINAL

The full UW Athletic Board met Friday at Camp Randall to address current issues facing the athletic board and university community.

UW Athletic Director Barry Alvarez said the Big Ten Network is still on the minds of athletic directors in the conference. He said the network was one of many topics discussed at an athletic directors meeting in Chicago last week.

“Negotiations do continue with Comcast—[BTN] are making progress with Comcast,” Alvarez said. “They are having talks with Charter, probably not as positive as they are with Comcast.”

Alvarez added Time Warner is refusing to negotiate with BTN. Alvarez also highlighted the success of Wisconsin’s many sports programs including men’s basketball, which is currently in first place in the conference, men’s wrestling, and track and field.

On March 1 and 2, UWMadison will host the 2008 Big Ten Conference Men’s Indoor Track and Field Championships, which it won in 2007.

The men’s track and field team was also the first Big Ten team to win the NCAA National Championship in 2007.

The NCAA Division I A c a d e m i c Pe r f o r m a n c e Rates will soon be announced. The Big Ten ranks third in graduALVAREZ ation rate of its student athletes behind the Ivy and Patriot leagues, according to Alvarez.

The UW Office of Compliance spoke about its job to protect the institutions of UW-Madison and uphold its integrity.

The compliance office was asked to present because of recent

NCAA violations by former Indiana men’s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson and a University of Minnesota-Duluth women’s hockey player who reportedly played professionally before skating for the Bulldogs.

The compliance office offered the proper steps to addressing situations involving NCAA regulations so the UW athletic department will not face controversies like those at Indiana and Minnesota-Duluth.

John Jentz, UW associate athletic director for finance, reviewed details of the 2008-’09 athletic budget, highlighting the stable prices in ticket sales and the notable decrease in basketball season tickets prices. Several individuals on the athletic board noted that this is the first time UW Athletics has not had to raise ticket prices in several years.

The next full athletic board meeting will be on May 2.

“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”

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e’ve all had those nights.

That night when you’re at work, a tragic calzone explosion has crushed troop morale and you just swear that if you have to stock one more bottle of milk you are going to smash your skull in a freezer door.

I was having one such night and was dangerously close to passing out on the quesadilla grill when suddenly I heard a shout: “Fear not, Carson’s, I am here!”

The man marched up to the counter, singing what I can only imagine was his own personal theme song. He looked like a young Gilbert Gottfried and had the personality to match. He did a little jig while ordering some breadsticks under the name Galarius.

Odd, I thought, but it was almost 1 a.m., so maybe this giant leprechaun

was just a hallucination. I made his breadsticks and they were dropped off at his table.

Finally it was time to close. I began to put everything away, until I heard “HOLD IT!” I put my hands up, afraid someone was about to rob me for the $11.32 I have to my name, but I turned to see it was only Galarius.

“I demand parmesan for these breadsticks,” he said, and sat down.

“The breadsticks have parmesan on them,” I told him. Customer service isn’t my specialty at closing time.

“But it is not the parmesan I desire.

I desire fresh parmesan,” and he refused to leave the store until I got him a fresh container of parmesan from the cooler in back. He did another jig as he poured it on his breadsticks, then disappeared into the night.

This was not my last encounter with Galarius. I was sitting with friends eating the next night when I saw him march in. I tried hiding behind a vase of flowers, faking a seizure and talking about “woman problems” to ward him off, but it was no good. He came and sat down at our table.

Never have I had such a conversation. In my brief dinner date with him—he was going by Horace this evening––I learned more about him than any one person should ever need to know.

It started simply enough. He had gotten a “C” on his physics test and this was “unacceptable,” so he ran the stairs at Van Hise. Every floor. Seven times. And he was just getting started.

Horace was a man of wisdom. He may have been struggling with chemistry and physics that day, but math was his true love. He does math proofs like we do sudoku.

Oh, but it didn’t stop there. Horace went on to explain the intricate lineage of his family tree and how he is related to Genghis Kahn. On both sides.

“Does that make me cool or inbred?” he asked.

I was the only one able to answer, as my friends were on the verge of tears now. “A little of both, I would think.”

“Sweet, I’m a badass inbred!”

We couldn’t take it. All three of us burst out laughing. But Horace was not fazed. His pizza arrived, and in an Oscar-worthy perfor-

mance, he cried, “I’m Horace, I’m old and cranky. Give me my pizza” and swatted at the worker with an imaginary cane.

I have had continuous run-ins with this mystery man. There was the day Galarius claimed to be “Claudius,” flying around Frank’s parking lot making airplane noises.

Or the day he responded only to the name “Germaine” and explained his politically incorrect plan to end the war in Iraq and the illegal immigration problem at the same time.

Then there was the time he carved his likeness in a giant wheel of cheese using only a toothpick and some safety scissors. Okay, so I made that last part up, but it is definitely within the realm of possibility at this point. Galarius is a man of many skills.

So on those late nights when my head is inching ever closer to the grill and third-degree burns, I wait. If I’m lucky, I will hear that door slam at five-to-one, and Carson’s shall not fear, because Galarius is here.

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ASM announces polling dates, voting policy for spring election

By Amanda Hoffstrom THE DAILY CARDINAL

On Sunday, The Associated Students of Madison Student Judiciary finalized rules for the ASM Spring Elections, which will be held in April.

Trenell Darby, Student Elections Commissions chair and Student Judiciary associate justice, said this semester’s rules are similar to last year’s.

Election polls will be open from 8 a.m. on April 1 to 8 p.m. on April 3.

Students interested in running for an ASM position next year must declare their candidacy by Monday at 11:59 p.m.

Additionally, petitions for initiative, referenda and recall must be turned in Monday.

According to the ASM website, 29 representatives for Student Council will be elected during this semester’s election. There are also openings on the Student Services Finance Committee,

Obama spends $1.5 million on Wis. ads, Clinton $300k U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, DIll., spent more on campaign advertising in Wisconsin than all other candidates combined, according to a Friday report.

The new report, conducted by the University of Wisconsin Advertising Project showed Obama spent $1.5 million in Wisconsin—five times as much as rival U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., who spent roughly $300,000.

Obama also aired his ads a week before Clinton started advertising.

U.S. Sen. John McCain, RAriz., and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee each spent below $200,000 in the state.

UW-Madison political science professor Ken Goldstein, director of the study, said in a statement that Clinton’s ads likely did not focus on the correct ideas to win in Wisconsin.

“Going after Obama for not debating or not being liberal enough on health care reform simply did not resonate with Wisconsin voters,” Goldstein said.

Goldstein said Clinton needed to draw attention to issues of Obama’s experience for the ads to be effective.

The difference in the amount spent by Obama and Clinton, according to Goldstein, indicates Clinton’s campaign is facing financial problems.

Both Democratic candidates focused on health care in their ads, while McCain emphasized national defense. Huckabee talked about abortion as the main issue in his ads, the report said.

The majority of ads were aired in swing areas like Green Bay or Milwaukee, with almost $1 million spent in Milwaukee.

The report said no third party or interest groups aired ads before the primary.

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which is the body of government that distributes university fees.

Senior class officers, including senior class president, vice president, treasurer and secretary will also be elected.

Every UW-Madison student is eligible to vote in April’s election.

Darby said ASM plans to advertise on Facebook to encourage more student voting participation.

Darby also said UW-Madison’s student government might sponsor a debate between SSFC candidates on their views to allocate segregated fees—money paid by each UW-Madison student in addition to tuition.

Segregated fees help pay for eligible student organizations, services and programs such as ASM bus passes, the Wisconsin Unions, Recreational Sports, University Health Services and the new Student Activities Center.

According to the rules, ASM

will set up polling locations, which will include “two or more computers staffed or marked for the purpose of soliciting the vote of the general student population.”

Darby said candidates and sponsors of initiative, recall and referenda must attend an information session on March 3 at 6 p.m. in 1651 Humanities.

ASM Spring Elections Candidate forms due Monday night Any student interested in running for a position on ASM Student Council, Student Services Finance Committee or as a senior class officer must submit candidacy forms by Monday at 11:59 p.m.

For more information log on to www.asm.wisc.edu.

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Sunday at Memorial Union, Associated Students of Madison Student Judiciary members discuss rules for this spring’s ASM elections.

Two abortion bills move forward in state

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A controversial abortion ban bill passed out of a state committee Thursday, with an ideologically opposite bill set for a public hearing Feb. 27.

Assembly Bill 710 would ban partial-birth abortions in the state, with a federal ban already in place. The bill states partial-birth abortions are those where a fetus is partially delivered and terminated outside a woman’s body.

The bill passed 7-3 in the Assembly committee, largely along party lines, with state

“It’s the idea that it’s a service that the students have repeatedly said that they want,” said Gestina Sewell, chair of the Associated Students of Madison.

Sewell supported the idea of a grocery store on campus but said ASM may stop searching for a grocer to occupy Union South since University Square has signed one.

“It doesn’t matter who provides it. We don’t want to be redundant or do anything that would incur more costs for students,” she said.

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The report also said governing bodies with a greater share of female members are more likely to have women in top leadership positions.

U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., said in an e-mail the results of the study should be

Rep. Tony Staskunas, D-West Allis, the only Democrat voting in favor of the bill. Staskunas is also one of the co-authors of the bill.

Senate Bill 398 would repeal a 158-year-old state law that bans abortions in Wisconsin, though the law is not currently enforced due to rulings in the U.S. Supreme Court.

SB 398 is scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Health, Human Services, Insurance and Job Creation Committee Wednesday. viewed more as a “snapshot” of women in Wisconsin politics and not necessarily an indication of overall trends.

However, Baldwin said women typically face challenges when running for office.

“Women, generally, are less likely to seek elective office because of the demands campaigning and serving, if

elected, place on their lives and that of their families,” Baldwin said.

As the first female Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk said, the downward trend stems from a lack of women holding higher-level positions.

“It’s a tragedy, given that women represent over half of the population, that we are not

they wanted to include a grocery in the project and had approached other grocery providers to fill in the space.

University Square is divided into two separate buildings.

One side will house the grocery store in addition to apartments, a food court and other retail space.

The other will provide space for the relocated University Health Services offices, the UW Bursars office, UW Financial offices and the Student Activity Center.

The Roundy’s grocery store will open shortly after the Lucky Apartments are available for rent in August. occupying half the leadership positions in our democracy,” Falk said.

Falk endorses Clinton and campaigned for her in the days leading up to the Wisconsin primary on Feb. 19. Falk and Baldwin both said Clinton winning is important to show how women can compete in politics.

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n the two weeks following Super Tuesday and leading up to Wisconsin’s Feb. 19 primary, the four leading presidential candidates spent $2.1 million on more than 8,200 political advertisements.

With the benefit of hindsight—and data from the Wisconsin Advertising Project—we can provide additional analysis of the candidates’ advertising strategies. Instead of focusing their efforts on Madison and Milwaukee to the exclusion of other markets, the leading candidates spread their messages across the state.

Interest groups did not air a single ad, and more than 75 percent of the candidates’ messages were positive.

The leading candidates’ advertised in Green Bay, La Crosse, Madison, Milwaukee and Wausau, with Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., accounting for $1.5 million alone.

This number appears high at first glance, but it pales in comparison to the $43 million and $32 million that the candidates spent in Iowa and New Hampshire, respectively.

At the same time, the Wisconsin primary also featured the first exchanges of negative advertising in the campaign.

Although negative advertisements comprised about 50 percent of Sen. Hillary Clinton’s, D-N.Y., and 25 percent of Obama’s ad buys, they are not an intrinsically destructive entity.

The candidates did well by concentrating most advertising efforts on positive messages and basing contrasts with other candidates on substantive issue differences. As a battleground state, Wisconsin can hope the general election candidates will blanket the airwaves with similarly encouraging advertising this fall.

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Evolution should be taught in classrooms RYAN DASHEK opinion columnist

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hether to allow creationism to be taught in precollegiate classrooms alongside evolution has been a hotly contested topic for a long time.

Many religious individuals feel the scientific notion of evolution contradicts their religion’s entire idea of how Earth and all of its inhabitants came into existence. They argue creationism should be taught alongside evolution so schoolchildren can be equally exposed to both concepts and eventually choose whichever one fits best with their views and beliefs.

However, creationism is not science and is based on the belief of an entity or entities that exist outside the spectrum of science. In contrast, evolution is a major scientific theory, through which many other biological hypotheses are connected. As such, creationism should be left out of the biology curriculum, and evolution should be included.

Though public schools are mandated by the federal government to maintain religious neutrality, and thus avoid teaching creationism in a scientific classroom, a number of state boards of education have decided to drop the idea of evolution from biology class curriculums in recent years.

As the state boards of education saw it, if creationism cannot be taught, then neither should evolution.

Several science teacher associations protested such acts, and a few states were persuaded to re-evaluate their

decisions and allow evolution back into the classroom.

However, several other states resisted, keeping evolutionary concepts to a minimum in the classroom or not teaching them at all.

Fortunately, states have slowly been changing their minds about teaching evolution in the classroom. Just last week the Florida state board of education voted and narrowly decided to allow not only evolution to finally be taught in the classroom, but also to use the concept to explain biological trends and ideas. This is a huge step in the right direction.

Scientific hypotheses, in traditional terms, can either be supported or refuted by facts or experiments.

Therefore, science classes should only cover material that can be supported or proven incorrect by scientific evidence.

Creationism, however, cannot be maintained nor disproved by any naturally occurring event or via research and experimentation. To believe in creationism is a matter of faith, not a matter of science. Teaching this subject along with evolution would send the wrong message to students by confusing them. It would blur the limits of science, and the logic and rational thought that accompanies it.

Many argue if creationism cannot be taught in the science classroom, neither should evolution. Yet numerous theories of biology make little sense without the framework of evolution. It is a major theme that ties together much of what has been discovered in the past few decades. To exclude evolution in the study of biology would be a huge detriment to the students learning the subject.

Students would not be adequately

exposed to enough of the modern ideas of biology and would be disadvantaged if they decided to move on to tackle a higher education in the subject. Also, these students would not be able to truly make an unbiased decision as to whether they believed in evolution or in creationism, because they would not have had enough exposure to the concepts to base their beliefs in fact.

The fight between creationists and evolutionists can be traced back to the famous 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, in which a Tennessee teacher deliberately ignored a state statute and taught the concept of evolution to his students.

Since then, there has been nearly constant conflict raging between those who support evolution and those who believe in creationism.

What many fail to remember is a belief in evolution does not necessarily equate to a disbelief in God (or gods).

Creationism, however, has nothing to do with logic, reason or rationality; rather it relies only on a person’s faith, and as such, has no place in a classroom that deals with science.

Scientific theories can be proven false, including the theory of evolution (given enough evidence).

Matters of faith cannot be proven false by any means available to us, nor is there much evidence that supports these kinds of concepts. On the other hand, evolution ties together many major biological themes, which creates a compelling argument for the theory. Therefore, evolution should be taught in public schools, without the concept of creationism.

Ryan Dashek is a sophomore majoring in biology. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

arts Funny spoofs not enough for ‘Be Kind’ ‘NO COUNTRY’ TAKES HOME BEST PICTURE. The Coen brothers’ “No Country for Old Men” won the Oscar for Best Picture Sunday night. The Coens won Best Director, Daniel Day-Lewis won Best Actor and Marion Cotillard won Best Actress.

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By Meg Anderson THE DAILY CARDINAL

In high school, there was one class project that was always met with widespread enthusiasm: the video. In an atmosphere where narcissism reigns supreme, the popularity of watching oneself onscreen comes as no surprise.

However, with these projects came the inevitable inside jokes—that videos were only entertaining for those that made them. “Be Kind Rewind,” a story of homemade videos, suffers a similar fate.

The story begins when Mike (Mos Def ) is given full responsibility for the struggling video store he works in. Mike’s friend Jerry (Jack Black), who recently became magnetized in a powerplant mishap, comes into the store and manages to erase all the tapes because of his current state.

In an attempt to save the shop, Mike and Jerry decide to remake all the movies in the store. As customers discover the new movies, their popularity grows and the two are soon a sensation within their community with remakes such as “Driving Miss Daisy” and “Ghostbusters.” “Be Kind Rewind” is essentially the story of a community coming together to save a piece of their culture.

Michel Gondry, who also directed “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” is famous for his eccentric manipulations of reality. It is appropriate that the most entertaining part of the film is how Mike and Jerry execute each remake and manipulate already established pieces of work.

Viewers will be delighted by the clever strategies the pair use to recreate each movie, wondering how they personally would have gone about remaking the movies

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If there’s something strange in the neighborhood, who you gonna call? Jack Black (left) and Mos Def (right) make a low-budget “Ghostbusters.” if given the chance.

This audience engagement is one of the only assets this movie has to offer. Although Jack Black and Mos Def give entertaining, if elementary, performances, their appeal cannot redeem the film.

Instead of exuding quirkiness, “Be Kind Rewind’s” strange storyline gives off an air of indifference.

Although the basic plot is simple, the movie carries several sub-plots between characters that never resolve, leaving audiences unsatisfied and confused. The characters are grossly undeveloped and it seems that, despite the movie’s community theme, these characters are only loosely associated with each other, interacting for the sake of interaction.

“Be Kind Rewind” ends up feeling a lot like a high school video. The audience watches a movie with people they seem to know vaguely and a plot filled with jokes that are aimed at the filmmakers themselves rather than the audience. Although there are some amusing parts, most of the really entertaining bits are crammed into the trailer, result-

ing in unsatisfying predictability.

The rest of the movie gives off a you-had-to-be-there vibe.

“Be Kind Rewind” had all the elements for success: an interesting idea, a good director and talented actors. Something, however, was lost between the idea and the execution. Gondry should take the advice of his film: Be kind, rewind and try again.

Mitchell Lichtenstein’s new thriller ‘Teeth’ all bark and no bite

By Kevin Slane THE DAILY CARDINAL

Obie Trice once famously sang “When I leave here tonight and I go to sleep and wake up, hopefully she got some teeth.”

Clearly, Trice was not referring to Dawn, the protagonist of Mitchell

Lichtenstein’s chilling comedy-horror “Teeth,” a film that turns the ancient “vagina dentata” myth into a horrifying reality.

Although the movie has many solid aspects, turning the conventional horror movie on its head by empowering the female lead, it

ultimately cannot live up to the hype it received at the Sundance Film Festival. In short, Dawn (Jess Weixler) is a modern-day Marcia Brady: She’s eternally upbeat, the object of many boys’ affections and a tireless champion of chastity until marriage. In fact, Dawn’s one sexual

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Jess Weixler plays Dawn, a girl with an unusual problem, in a new horror movie that turns the malecentric genre on its head.

fantasy envisions her on her wedding night. Yet, these dreams are tainted by the lingering thoughts of the aforementioned teeth on her nether regions, and when one of the many misogynist boys in the movie forces himself on her, the mighty teeth roar, robbing him of his manhood.

Dawn is naturally horrified, but as the movie progresses, she begins to grow into her strange curse, turning it into a near superpower against the hordes of men whose only aim is to get her in bed.

Therein lies the problem of Lichtenstein’s film. Rather than subtly developing nuances in Dawn’s character, he insists on a simple formula of “girls good, boys bad, bye-bye penis.”

Subtlety is not Lichtenstein’s forte.

For the first half of the movie, there are endless vaginal images (peering through a hole in a hollow tree, Dawn and a boy exploring a dark, moist cave after swimming), and Dawn’s house is frequently shown next to a nuclear reactor (So that’s how those teeth showed up.)

Then, there are the sex scenes.

While I consider myself fairly strong-willed, the severed, bloody members were almost too much to handle. Although the horror genre does rely on shock and awe to make a movie succeed, this felt extremely forced, especially given the ridiculous after-effects seen by the victims of Dawn’s dentures.

Weixler turns in a great performance, one which moves beyond the tired script, but every supporting cast member around her—from Tobey, the Born-again Christian gone bad, to Brad, the incestuous stepbrother—feel like caricatures.

Although the horror genre does rely on shock and awe to make a movie succeed, this film felt extremely forced.

Instead of exploring Dawn’s dilemma about what to do with her toothy curse, Lichtenstein gives her the easy way out, casting every male character as a rapist or soulless jerk.

The only redeeming aspects of the movie are the growth of Dawn’s character as she lives one of the strangest coming-of-age tales ever and the occasionally good penis jokes.

Although some hyper-feminists may cheer as Dawn tears through more wieners than Kobayashi at the Coney Island hotdog-eating contest, most will shake their heads as Lichtenstein bashes the viewer over the head with yet another over-the-top scene.

Though the movie’s premise is original and Weixler’s performance is inspired, “Teeth” could use a trip to the orthodontist.

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Ben and Jerry’s

Today’s Sudoku

Beeramid

By Ryan Matthes beeramid_comic@yahoo.com

© Puzzles by Pappocom

Mega Dude Squad

By Stephen Guzetta and Ryan Lynch rplynch@wisc.edu

Solution, tips and computer program available at www.sudoku.com.

Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9.

New meaning to the term “fish lips.”

Dwarfhead and Narwhal

By James Dietrich jbdietrich@wisc.edu

Most lipsticks contain fish scales.

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

The Crackles

Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com POINT TAKEN ACROSS

1 Antlered deer 5 Does dock work 10 Calcutta dress 14 Bar in a narrow dish 15 “___ at last!’’

16 Black, in a sonnet 17 Future brass 20 Acetate, for one 21 It can eat you out of house and home 22 “I Married a Communist’’ writer Philip 25 516 sheets of paper 26 “Invasion of the Body Snatchers’’ container 29 Cappuccino feature 31 Louise’s cohort 35 Suffix with “correct’’ or “collect’’ 36 Village figure?

38 Busy restaurant time 39 Committed people pass it 43 Word suggesting options 44 The Rubber Capital of the World 45 “Zhuangzi’’ principle 46 Clan emblems 49 Bunny tail 50 “You ___ dog, you!’’

51 Minor market

fluctuations 53 For the missus 55 Roars 58 Reference section offering 62 Stops rambling 65 Unwelcome obligation 66 Personal attribute 67 Overwhelm with sweetness 68 She succeeded Eleanor 69 News spreader, of a sort 70 Xanadu inhabitant of cinema DOWN

1 Hockey great Gordie 2 “Andy Capp” quaffs 3 There’s none for the weary 4 Caddie, basically 5 “7 Faces of Dr. ___’’ (1964 movie) 6 Legendary heavyweight boxing champ 7 Terse bit of advice 8 “Abandon hope, all ye who ___ here’’ 9 Under wraps 10 Bank deposit?

11 Support when one shouldn’t 12 A way to learn (with “by”)

13 Elected folks 18 Black bottom line 19 “The Joy Luck Club’’ nanny, e.g.

23 Big fuss 24 Mount Carmel city 26 Lab measuring tube (Var.) 27 Architectural ellipse 28 Believer in a nonintervening god 30 Abbey denizens 32 Boors 33 “Slow and steady wins the race,’’ for one 34 Be a pain in the neck 37 Flashlight, to a Brit 40 Uncalled for 41 Bounder 42 Lure into lawbreaking 47 .001-inch units 48 Erratic 52 Made a statement on a stack of Bibles?

54 Portfolio component 55 Exemplar of dryness 56 Birds in the outback 57 Asian nation suffix 59 Reader’s Digest cofounder Wallace 60 Unknown author’s byline, briefly 61 Eyelid irritation 62 Cookout disposable 63 Battleship success 64 H on a frat sweater

By Simon Dick srdick@wisc.edu

Anthro-apology

By Eric Wigdahl wigdahl@wisc.edu

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Badgers rolling toward tourney

By Jay Messar THE DAILY CARDINAL

Wisconsin forward Tara Steinbauer and guards Alyssa Karel and Sarah Ingison hail from the Twin Cities area. But instead of wearing the Maroon and Gold, the three crossed the border to sport the Cardinal and White.

All three were pleased with their choice Saturday afternoon, as the Wisconsin women’s basketball team took advantage of Minnesota miscues to eke out a 59-57 victory at Williams Arena.

“I’m so proud of this team. We are playing great basketball at the right time of year.”

Lisa Stone head coach UW women’s basketball

“This game was a case of missed opportunities,” Minnesota head coach Pam Borton said. “If you saw the game, you saw how many layups we missed. We missed free throws.

We committed costly turnovers. We missed too many opportunities to win this game.”

Senior guard Jolene Anderson heated up late in the first half, shooting 4-for-5 from behind the arc.

Anderson scored 14 of her team-high

21 points in the first half.

Sophomore forward Mariah Dunham added nine points off the bench for Wisconsin (8-8 Big Ten, 15-11 overall).

Gopher guard Emily Fox scored a game-high 28 points on 9-for-19 shooting. The rest of the Minnesota team was just 7-for-33.

“You know what you’re going to get with Jolene and ‘Emmy,’ but Wisconsin had been getting contributions from their other players,” Borton said.

Dunham held Minnesota’s prolific post player Leslie Knight, who had averaged 17.3 points in Big Ten play, to just seven. Dunham’s defensive efforts were a large part of the Badgers’ success at The Barn.

“I thought our energy on defense was great,” Wisconsin head coach Lisa Stone said. “We have great players. We’re a solid basketball team. To come in and get a win is a credit to my players.”

Free throws kept the Gophers alive in the second half, as a stingy Badger defense held Minnesota (9-7, 18-10) to just five field goals in the second half—its last coming with 12:18 left in the game.

“We were attacking on offense to get to the free-throw line, and we were able to do that. But you still have to find a way to make shots,” Borton said. “We had decent looks at the basket from the people we wanted to be taking shots, but they

weren’t falling.”

Dunham canned a clutch threepointer with four minutes left to put the Badgers up two. Both offenses stalled before Anderson was fouled on a rebound. But the 86 percent free throw shooter missed on the first shot.

Anderson then fouled Minnesota’s Ashley Ellis-Milan with 15 seconds left, sending her to the line for two free throws. Ellis-Milan missed them both, and Karel corralled the rebound and was fouled. Karel then missed her opportunity to put the game away.

Down two with time expiring, Fox’s 15-foot jumper bounced off the side of the rim as Wisconsin secured its first win in Minneapolis since 2001.

“I’m so proud of this team,” Stone said. “We are playing great basketball at the right time of the year.

“It’s not where you start the season, it’s where you finish,” Stone added.

With just two games remaining, Wisconsin travels to Michigan Thursday night to take on the Wolverines. The Badgers are looking to move up in the tight conference standings and are currently just one game out of fourth place. Tipoff at Chrysler Arena is set for 7 p.m. and will be shown live on the Big Ten Network.

—gophersports.com contributed to this report

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Freshman guard Alyssa Karel did not clinch the game for Wisconsin at the free-throw line, but the Badgers hung on for the 59-57 win.

Women’s hockey team finishes in third place after win, tie against Minnesota

By Eric Levine THE DAILY CARDINAL

MINNEAPOLIS—Wisconsin freshman defender Anne Dronen picked the right time to score her first collegiate goal. Returning home, the Minneapolis-area native ignited a strong weekend for the Badgers, scoring the game-winning goal on Saturday as Wisconsin recorded a 5-1 victory against Minnesota and a 2-2 tie Sunday. The three points propelled Wisconsin to a third-place finish in the WCHA standings.

The Badgers handed the Gophers their first home loss this season at Ridder Arena. Wisconsin scored first Saturday when freshman forward Hilary Knight scored

recap from page 8 a goal that slid through the legs of Kangas with 5:02 left in regulation.

None of the five combined shots attempted in overtime found the net.

Overall, Wisconsin recorded 41 shots on goal while Minnesota shot 32 pucks at Connelly.

The tie on Saturday was significant because it kept the Badgers in

her first career point against the Gophers, putting home a rebound off of a shot by junior forward Erika Lawler for the 1-0 lead in the first period.

The Badgers went up 2-0 on Dronen’s goal in the second frame.

The rookie received the puck from Knight in the high slot and fired a shot past Minnesota junior goaltender Kim Hanlon. Dronen’s goal was her first NCAA point.

“That was pretty special. That’s definitely going to be one of my career highlights right there,” Dronen said.

Leading 2-1 heading into the third period, the Badgers flipped on the offensive switch. Senior forward Jinelle Zaugg centered a the top five of the WCHA standings and on the inside of the NCAA Tournament picture. Putting the series into postseason perspective, the team understood that a Saturday tie was sufficient.

“Just getting a point out of it looks good enough,” Johnson said.

“I think at this time of year ... it’s about getting the points more than anything else,” Eaves said.

pass that hit off of a Gopher defender and trickled in for the 3-1 lead.

Sophomore forward Meghan Duggan scored shorthanded off a faceoff and then scored her team-leading 17th goal later in the period to close out the scoring. She entered the weekend as Wisconsin’s current points-pergame leader against Minnesota and continued her success against the Gophers.

“It’s great to play against these guys,” Duggan said. “I think it’s just an extra chip on everyone’s shoulder when we play the Gophers.”

The Gophers had their best chance to score in the third period

revenge from page 8 Butch missed the rim on a turnaround shot in the lane, Butler led Ohio State up the court on a secondary fast break with a 49-47 lead. But when Butler tried to advance the ball at midcourt, UW senior guard Michael Flowers leapt and plucked the pass out of the air with both hands. He then dribbled in for a layup that hung on the rim for several seconds before falling through the net.

The play seemed to energize the Badgers. On their next possession, Flowers cut through the

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Senior defenseman Davis Drewiske looks on during UW’s loss Friday.

knock Wisconsin out of the top five in the WCHA, forcing the Badgers to play on the road in the first round of the WCHA Playoffs.

The Huskies have gotten hot at the right time and have won their last five games, averaging just over three goals per game during that span.

However, the Badgers feel that with more preparation and by

when senior center Bobbi Ross had a breakaway on Badger junior goalie Jessie Vetter. Ross was stopped by Vetter, who made the save look easy, kicking the puck away to preserve the lead.

Wisconsin fired 37 shots on goal, while Minnesota managed 33 on Vetter.

“The offense played really well tonight,” Vetter said. “They crashed the net well, and we just got the stick on a lot of pucks and they went in the net.”

UW head coach Mark Johnson said it was important for his team to start the game off strongly on the road.

“I like the energy we came out with,” Johnson said. “We never

gave them the opportunity to get the crowd involved.”

Sunday, the Badgers came from behind twice in the tying effort.

Trailing 1-0 in the second period, junior defenseman Alycia Matthews scored to knot the game up, and then Knight scored the contest’s final goal in the third period, evening the score up at two.

Wisconsin outshot Minnesota 25-24, including a 3-2 advantage in the overtime period.

The Badgers now will host Minnesota State next weekend at the Kohl Center in the WCHA Playoffs. Currently, Wisconsin sits at sixth in the PairWise Rankings, giving them a two-spot cushion in the NCAA Tournament field.

paint and found sophomore guard Jason Bohannon, who swished a 3pointer from the left wing.

Wisconsin stopped the Buckeyes on defense, and Butch made a jump shot in the lane to improve UW’s lead to 54-49.

Landry added a pair of free throws at the five-minute mark.

During the run, Ohio State went more than four and a half minutes without a field goal.

Bohannon came off the bench to lead Wisconsin with 16 points on 6-of-10 shooting from the field.

Flowers played arguably his finest game of the season by scoring 14

points and dishing out six assists in 35 minutes.

Landry added 10 points and nine rebounds.

Butler led Ohio State with 14 points.

The Badgers committed 12 first-half turnovers and fell behind 19-12 with 7:27 remaining in the half. But Wisconsin slowly cut into the Buckeye lead, and back-to-back 3-pointers by Flowers and another three by Bohannon gave UW a 32-30 advantage with less than a minute in the half.

Wisconsin only committed two second-half turnovers.

focusing on themselves, they have just as good a chance to head into St. Cloud and emerge the victors. “[It] seems like it has been like this for the last month,” Drewiske said after Saturday’s tie. “We have to control what we can, we have to go out and win our next game.”

With confidence there is always a shadow of doubt, and the Badgers are well aware that they cannot afford to come out soft next Friday against St. Cloud State.

“We have to find a way [to win], we can’t give teams the Friday night games,” junior goaltender Shane Connelly said. “We need points and we need them bad.”

“We just got to bear down here, it’s do-or-die now,” sophomore forward Aaron Bendickson said.

“It’s the end of the season.

Everyone has to know that, and I think we do know that and we just have to come and play every game.”

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RECAP

By Eric Levine THE DAILY CARDINAL

MINNEAPOLIS—Although the Wisconsin men’s hockey team treated this past weekend’s games at Minnesota as must-wins, the Badgers seemed relieved to escape from Mariucci Arena Saturday night with one point on the weekend after facing a tough Gopher squad.

In front of sellout crowds, the Gophers jumped out to early leads in both contests, forcing the Badgers to play from behind for much of the series. Friday, the Badgers fell behind 3-0 after two periods en route to a 42 loss. Saturday, Wisconsin answered each Gopher score with one of its own as it salvaged a 4-4 tie.

Minnesota senior defenseman Derek Peltier scored in Friday night’s first period for the 1-0 lead, taking a beautiful feed in the left circle from sophomore forward Mike Carman and beating Wisconsin junior goaltender Shane Connelly.

Carman scored on a rebound that bounced directly to his stick at the top of the crease just after the second period’s midway point for the 2-0 lead.

The Gophers went up 3-0 on a goal by freshman forward Patrick White shortly after Carman’s goal.

Wisconsin head coach Mike Eaves attempted to ignite his team heading into the third period by pulling Connelly in favor of freshman Scott Gudmandson. However, goals in the final stanza by Wisconsin sophomore forwards Blake Geoffrion and Aaron Bendickson were not enough, as Minnesota sophomore winger Jay Barriball added an insurance goal for the two-goal victory.

The Gophers outshot the Badgers

38-27 for the game.

“We didn’t really show up until the third period,” Eaves said. “It’s disappointing that we stood and watched for two periods.”

“You expect everyone to be ready to play when they drop the puck,” Bendickson said. “I don’t know what was going on tonight.”

Perhaps it was Minnesota’s dominant Friday performance coupled with another quick start on Saturday that left the Badgers feeling somewhat satisfied with a tie in the latter game.

A shot by the Gophers’ White in the first period hit off a Badger stick and was redirected past Connelly for the 1-0 lead.

Wisconsin responded, however, as sophomore forward John Mitchell, nearing the end of his shift, shot the puck at Minnesota freshman goalie Alex Kangas, who deflected the puck with his arm into the net to even the score.

Mitchell’s goal was the first of a few fluke goals for the Badgers.

Trailing 3-2 in the second period, freshman forward Podge Turnbull shot the puck in the direction of the net. He was as surprised as anyone to find out that it went in the net.

“I just threw it at the net there and I heard a funny noise, and I didn’t know what it was and I looked and everyone else was celebrating, so I figured I might as well put my hands and stick in the air,” Turnbull said. “A couple of those goals probably shouldn’t have gone in tonight.”

Barriball put Minnesota up 4-3 in the third, but Wisconsin again tied the score when freshman forward Patrick Johnson notched another Badger goal, quieting the loud Gopher crowd with recap page 7

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After starting junior goaltender Shane Connelly surrendered three goals in the first two periods Friday night, head coach Mike Eaves inserted freshman Scott Gudmandson, but he also gave up a goal.

Desperation sets in as Badgers fight for home-ice advantage

Wisconsin freshman forward Kyle Turris celebrates a goal Saturday night.

Unfortunately for the Badgers, Minnesota also did its share of celebrating, scoring eight goals in two games. UW now holds fourth place in the WCHA by one point.

ANALYSIS

By Nate Carey THE DAILY CARDINAL

MINNEAPOLIS—After losing three of four points to the Minnesota Golden Gophers this weekend, the No. 10 Wisconsin men’s hockey team has entered a state of desperation with only one weekend of play left before the postseason.

Usually a loss and a tie over a weekend series would not be too much cause for concern. But with the season finale series next weekend against St. Cloud State—a team that sits one point behind Wisconsin in fifth place—the need to gain points has never been greater.

“At this time of the year it’s about getting the points more than anything else,” head coach Mike

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Eaves said.

Getting points is something Wisconsin has not been able to accomplish lately when it has mattered most.

Against Minnesota-Duluth and Minnesota State—both series that featured Wisconsin tied for fourth place with the opposing team—the Badgers were unable to pull away, managing only a split against both teams. “[Over the last two Fridays] there [was] just too much tension from the guys, we weren’t loose, we weren’t ready to go,” senior captain and defenseman Davis Drewiske said.

Wisconsin’s tense play finally boiled over against the Golden Gophers, as the Badgers (10-11-5 WCHA, 14-13-7 overall) came out

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A year ago to the day, the No. 1 Wisconsin Badgers and the No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes met in Columbus with the Big Ten regular season title hanging in the balance. OSU triumphed 49-48 when Ron Lewis blocked Kammron Taylor’s shot from the elbow as time expired.

This year, the lone matchup between the Badgers and Buckeyes was once again decided in the final minutes. This time it was No. 10 Wisconsin who would make defensive stop to secure a 58-

53 victory Sunday at Value City Arena.

With the Badgers ahead 5653, Ohio State head coach Thad Matta called not one but two timeouts to draw up the gametying shot. Yet, the Badgers’ stifling defense forced OSU senior point guard Jamar Butler to heave a long 3-pointer, which failed to graze the iron and bounced harmlessly out of bounds.

On the ensuing UW possession, the Badgers broke the Buckeyes’ full-court press, and junior forward Marcus Landry put an exclamation mark on the win with a

two-handed dunk.

The win temporarily put Wisconsin (13-2 Big Ten, 234 overall) in sole possession of first place in the Big Ten—both Purdue and Indiana are 122—while dropping Ohio State (8-6, 17-10) onto the NCAA Tournament bubble.

A 9-0 second-half run proved critical for the Badgers, who have won five consecutive conference road games since falling at Purdue Jan. 26.

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flat on Friday night for the second straight weekend.

And with Friday’s 4-2 loss, the sense of desperation that Minnesota, as well as many other teams in the WCHA have felt for a majority of the season finally hit Wisconsin.

“We just have to come out like a desperate hockey [team], that’s what they were tonight,” junior forward Ben Street said after Friday’s loss. “We are not that far away from each other in the standings, and we have a lot to play for as well. We need to play like a desperate hockey team; we need to play our game.”

St. Cloud State, on the other hand, is coming off a sweep of Michigan Tech and seems poised to

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Jason Bohannon tallied 16 points.

The Wisconsin Badger football team will play its 12th game of the 2008 season against the CalPoly Mustangs of the Football Championship Sub-Division—formerly Division I-AA. The game will take place Saturday, Nov. 22, meaning the Badgers will have a bye on Saturday, Sept. 20, before starting their Big Ten season.

Wisconsin’s first three non-conference games come against Akron, Marshall and Fresno State.

—uwbadgers.com contributed to this report.