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Stem-cell pioneer to help lead UW research institute By Amanda Hoffstrom THE DAILY CARDINAL

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James Thomson announces Monday he will become a director at the new Morgridge Institute for Research.

UW-Madison biologist James Thomson is the first scientist to join the leadership of the new Morgridge Institute for Research, the private, nonprofit half of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, project officials announced Monday. Thomson will become the director of regenerative biology and a principal scientist at MIR while maintaining his faculty appointment as an anatomy professor. “As the unequivocal leader in his field, Dr.

Thomson’s commitment and contributions will be crucial to establishing our new institute as a world-class research organization,” said Carl Gulbrandsen, chair of MIR’s Board of Trustees and managing director of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. Thomson became the ﬁrst person to isolate and culture human embryonic stem cells in 1998, generating political and ethical debate worldwide. In November 2007, Thomson’s UW-Madison lab again published breakthrough research, this time genetically reprogramming skin cells to act like embry-

onic stem cells. “A great deal has happened in the last 10 years in my life,” Thomson said. “Ten years ago, I derived human embryonic stem cells, and I physically did it with my own hands. Over the last 10 years, I’ve built up a group of other talented, young scientists.” Thomson said working with a group was important to “accomplish tasks that no single individual can do” and that further collaboration of multidisciplinary ﬁelds was needed thomson page 3

Day-long event focuses on goals for new union By Lara Sokolowski THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Wisconsin Union Initiative held a day-long conference in Memorial Union Monday, updating students, faculty and the Madison community on its rebuilding of Union South and preservation of Memorial Union. John Barnhardt, UW-Madison student and president of the Wisconsin Union, and Mark Guthier, director of the Wisconsin Union, emphasized the need for involvement in the project. “Today kicks off our coordinated effort of getting everyone involved—there are definitely ample opportunities,” Barnhardt said. According to Guthier, the fundamental goal of the initiative is to advance the Union’s vision of being “the heart and soul” of UW-Madison, allowing people to communicate and build relationships across all social boundaries. Planning principles for the project include making Union South a student-focused “people magnet” with “timeless and enduring” architecture. Plans also include reusing material from old Union South to create a “Green,” eco-friendly building that is complementary in importance to Memorial Union, Guthier said. “We want two main Unions in and of their own right,” Guthier said. “There will be reasons to go to each—each will have things that the other doesn’t have.” According to Jan van den Kieboom, programming design principal from Workshop Architects, the initiative’s main challenge is to create the same kind of connection students and the community already harbor for Memorial Union. Although the project is at the beginning stages of production, van den Kieboom said the ﬁnished product will likely be complete six months to a year ahead initiative page 2 Supreme Court candidate Michael Gableman spoke at the UW-Madison Law School Tuesday, focusing on his experience. CHRISTOPHER GUESS THE DAILY CARDINAL

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A Madison Police ofﬁcer responds to a pedestrian-vehicle collision at the intersection of University Avenue and Mills Street shortly before 7 p.m. Monday. Ambulances transported two pedestrian victims to UW-Hospital for medical treatment.

Pedestrians hurt in University Ave. crash By Abby Sears THE DAILY CARDINAL

A vehicle struck two pedestrians on University Avenue Monday night, causing police to block off a portion of the road and reroute traffic for over an hour. Madison Police Department Sgt. Sue Armagost said the accident occurred around 6:45 p.m. near the intersection of University Avenue and

Mills Street. Police responded to a call and found two victims, one male and one female, injured at the scene. Paramedics transported the victims to UW-Hospital. Both were in stable condition and being treated for nonlife threatening injuries, Armagost said. Armagost could not confirm the victims’ ages but said it was likely the two are “student-age.”

Backpacks and winter coats remained scattered across University Avenue as police surveyed the scene of the crash and redirected traffic onto Mills Street. UW-Madison sophomore Gabe Rosen said he was walking to a review session in the Psychology Building around 7 p.m. when he witnessed the car accidents page 2

Court candidate Gableman says he is a ‘judicial conservative’ By Britney Tripp THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Federalist Society hosted Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Michael Gableman Monday at the UW-Madison Law School. Gableman is running as a judicial conservative, which he said differs from a political conservative. As a judicial conservative, one follows the law, whether the law is based on liberal or conservative principles, according to Gableman.

Gableman said he stands for a law-based, non-partisan court citizens statewide desire. Gableman said he has extensive of experience in law enforcement, particularly in domestic-violence cases and cases of violence committed by the mentally ill. He said he has led inmate community service programs, including a drug and alcohol rehabilitation program. Effective service programs stop habitual offenders and develop

them as active participants in the community through various jobs, Gableman said. Gableman said cases involving mental illnesses and drug and alcohol addiction concern him most. He said such cases should be dealt with differently than other criminal matters. “We see over and over again the intersection of the application of gableman page 2

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

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very once in a while, you just have a really annoying week. The toaster burns your cinnamon-raisin-parsley-garlic bagels. The shower alternates between “freezing mix” and “boil some lobsters” every few seconds. Your roommate’s cousin sleeps with your other roommate and suddenly your apartment is ﬁlled with a tension that can only be described as “glorious.” My week started (as so many weeks this winter have started) with a wonderful snow storm. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all about snow. I enjoy snowball ﬁghts (complete with frozen bits of sand and road debris!), sledding and rows of small icicles overlooking the street. But when those icicles grow to the size of overweight children and start threatening to pierce skulls, I begin to worry. The worst part of this weather

initiative from page 1 of schedule because the state is allowing a construction manager to be a part of the team.

“We want to get big-picture ideas set as much as we possibly can while students are here on campus in force.” Jan van den Kieboom program design principal Workshop Architects

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for me is the poor condition of the roads. I live far enough from campus that walking is no fun. It’s long, boring and gives me too much time to think about stupid things such as the change in the ratio of mucous to nasal volume as the temperature varies. My preferred method of transportation—biking—is generally curtailed by a 20-below wind chill and a nice icy glaze covering the roads. After a particularly nasty slog through the campus, thoroughly exhausted, I laid in bed trying to get some much needed rest. But my sleep was interrupted by a gradual thumping. Was it my promiscuous roommate? Nope. Was it my other, more promiscuous roommate? No. It was techno. Coming from the neighbors. Fortunately, they answered when I knocked on the door. I explained that as it was 2:30 a.m. on a Thursday morning, I would appreciate some consideration. They did the obvious thing: turned the music up. As I laid on my couch, sleeplessly staring at CNN’s coverage of something involving wiretaps, my brain disideas set as much as we possibly can while students are here on campus in force,” van den Keiboom said, adding meetings have already included discussions about food service, retail operations, conference operations, parking and transit. “By the end of the semester, we should know how big the building is, what kind of stuff is in it and what it will look like.” According to van den Keiboom, opportunities for future student involvement will include focus groups, a campus-wide survey, a live blog for students to post ideas and additional information sessions to provide project updates.

solved into a mush of recycled beats and oscillating chord structures. The next day I trudged to school with one blood-shot eye and a hairstyle that can only be described yet again as “glorious” to discover that I had an exam on something called Markov Chains. In my beleaguered state I couldn’t remember whether or not Markov Chains were a mathematical term for a linear system of progression or the name of a heavy metal band. And in all honesty, I just didn’t care. I made it home after writing what I thought was a brilliant treatise on the drummer’s relationship with the bassist’s cousin (or maybe I was talking about sociological trends of IQ scores over generations) and was looking forward to a much-needed nap. But my roommate met me at the door with some upsetting news: The heat was out. In all probability, series of annoyances are just coincidences. While I cannot rule out the existence of a secret government project designed to pick random citizens to annoy

car accidents from page 1 aftermath of the crash. “There was a fire truck and ambulance and police and they were directing traffic away and they had stretchers out,” Rosen said. According to Armagost, the driver, a 23-year-old female from Hartland, is not a student and was not injured in the crash. In a separate incident early Sunday, police allege an intoxicated driver hit a pedestrian at the intersection of University Avenue and North Frances Street and attempted to drive away. According to a police report, the 21-year-old male victim was

mercilessly for small amounts of time, it seems rather far fetched even in my own paranoid state. I’m sure next month I’ll have a week where everything is wonderful. The birds will be chirping, the sun will be shining and the icicles will go on a crash diet and no longer threaten the integrity of my precious cerebellum. Yeah, right. Meanwhile, deep inside an undisclosed sub-basement of an anonymous government building... VOICE ONE: He’s on to us, commander. VOICE TWO: Never fear. Operation Annoy has never failed. Remember our motto. VOICE ONE: Choose at random. Annoy deliberately. Distract from anything serious or important. If Keaton was a better satirist and less pissed off about the subject, he’d be able to write some sort of scathing commentary on the illegal wiretapping running rampant through our telecommunications systems. But he’s not, so he’ll write this snarky tagline instead. E-mail him at keatonmiller@wisc.edu. crossing University Avenue when a vehicle failed to stop at a red light and hit him. The victim sustained only minor injuries, according to the report. As the vehicle attempted to drive away, a witness grabbed onto the vehicle’s spoiler and yelled for the driver to stop, police said. After a short distance, a University of Wisconsin Police Department Officer stopped the vehicle and arrested the driver, 22-year-old Oscar Naxi of Fitchburg. Police said Naxi is tentatively charged with causing injury while operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, among other charges.

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the criminal law with such issues of mental illness and drug and alcohol addiction.” Gableman said. He said an effective resolution for cases concerning these issues is to create inmate service programs like those already used around the state. If elected, Gableman said he would perform tasks outside the “traditional duties” of a Supreme Court Justice. The tasks would include speaking to the public about law enforcement and sharing his personal experience with drug and alcohol cases. UW-Madison student Alfonso Cornish attended the speech to learn more about Gableman but said he has not decided whom he will support in the election. Cornish said the current race for state Supreme Court is very competitive because the two candidates differ in judicial philosophy. Incumbent Supreme Court Justice Louis Butler is running against Gableman for a 10-year term on the court. Gableman is currently a district judge of Burnett County. UW-Madison student Evan Tenebruso said Gableman talked about issues that do not specifically affect students but do affect residents overall in the state.

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Wendy McElroy speaks to students Monday night at the “Don’t Vote: Why Voting is Immoral” forum at the UW-Madison Law School.

Speaker debates morality of U.S. voting By Elizabeth Michaels THE DAILY CARDINAL

Guests packed into UWMadison’s Law School Monday night to attend the “Don’t Vote: Why Voting is Immoral” forum hosted by the Center for Liberal Democracy. Director of the Center, political science professor Donald Downs, opened the controversial discussion and explained the organization’s goal of exploring differing political stances. “We like to present views that are outside the mainstream,” Downs said. Guest speaker Wendy McElroy, author of “Dissenting

Electorate,” explained why she abstains from voting and feels others should do the same. McElroy challenged the value of a single vote, arguing that an individual’s chances of deciding an election are very slim. She also said the act of voting legitimizes the powerful position of U.S. political offices. The most important argument against voting is the moral dilemma, according to McElroy. “I believe you have a moral jurisdiction over your own body that no other human being has a moral right to breach,” McElroy said.

“Yet when you vote for President, when you vote for a person to be put in a position of vast power, you are voting to put them not only in a position of power over your life, but over the lives of others.” UW-Madison philosophy professor Harry Brighouse rebutted McElroy’s argument that voting is consenting to the political system, saying that by voting, citizens are actively engaging in the political process. Brighouse said he did not dispute McElroy’s contention that voting is “calling on the government to use coercive force against other people.” However,

he said, “I don’t agree that it’s thereby immoral, and that’s for the simple reason that I don’t agree that wielding power ... is always immoral.” Brighouse and McElroy agreed voting is not the best way to affect political or social change. “Whether you vote or not, if you want to make social change you don’t do it just by voting,” Brighouse said. “You’ve got to try and influence these people, and you do that not by voting for them but by building campaigns, but by fighting for real social change out there in civil society.”

SSFC again denies student Catholic group university funding By Jillian Levy THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Associated Students of Madison Student Services Finance Committee denied the Roman Catholic Foundation-UWMadison eligibility Monday to receive student segregated funding for the 2008-’10 academic years. This is the third time this budget cycle SSFC has denied the group eligibility. SSFC members acknowledged RCF-UW fulﬁlled many of the requirements for funding but questioned if the group would provide anything more than a series of events to UW-Madison students. To receive funding eligibility, student organizations must provide evidence that their orga-

nization provides an educational benefit and “significant components beyond event programming and leadership development opportunities.” These benefits must be accessible to all UW-Madison students and must provide a service unavailable elsewhere on campus. SSFC reviewed tangible and educational benefits RCF-UW would provide the student body that other religious organizations and classes already do not. Committee members debated what educational service is provided in “spirituality, prayer and worship,” the significant component RCF-UW claimed to provide students. SSFC held an eligibility hearing with the religious organization

Feb. 21 at which RCF-UW presented the committee with information on services and programs their organization provides UWMadison students. At that time, group representatives said it provides access to mini-courses, religious retreats and alternative break and volunteer opportunities, in addition to opportunities to learn through and about prayer, worship and proselytizing. SSFC decided Monday these programs were not enough to qualify the group for funding. “I think the committee gave it a lot of thought,” SSFC Chair Alex Gallagher said. “They did a very thorough examination and they dealt with a lot of tough issues.” Gallagher said changes to

SSFC by-laws in January allowed the committee to better interpret funding eligibility requirements. However, he said the committee’s new guidelines were not enough to change the decision on funding RCF-UW. “The result that we saw tonight was very similar to the result we would have seen at the beginning of the year,” he said. RCF-UW will be allowed to appeal the decision if it believes any procedural errors or neutrality violations were made, according to Gallagher. The religious group is currently in the middle of a federal lawsuit with the university over funding discrepancies in its 2005-’07 budget. The parties are expected to go to trial in June.

New report says human trafﬁcking larger problem in state than many realize By Charles Brace THE DAILY CARDINAL

Human trafficking is a larger problem in Wisconsin than previously thought, according to a report released Monday. The study, sponsored by the state Office of Justice Assistance, said over 200 cases were reported of victims forced to perform sex acts or unskilled labor. The study was based off a survey of almost 400 law enforcement agencies and nonprofit groups. The majority of victims were adults, according to the report, and 75 percent were victims of sex-related crimes.

Carmen Pitre, executive director for the nonprofit Task Force on Family Violence, said human trafficking is a difficult issue to solve since there is not always a set definition of what it is. Pitre also said traditional support resources often do not work for victims of trafficking, with victims typically not using the words “human trafficking” when describing their circumstances. “A lot of this trafficking happens in plain sight,” Pitre said, with neighbors sometimes not knowing a person is being kept against his or her will. It is sometimes difficult to

involve law enforcement, according to Pitre, because victims might have an inherent distrust of police. Linda Morrison, executive director of Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault, said many victims might not come forward to authorities because they are undocumented workers. This is a problem for victims in the growing Latino population in the state, Morrison added. According to Morrison, a bill recently introduced in the state Legislature would help to prosecute cases of human trafﬁcking in Wisconsin. The Senate will vote

on the bipartisan bill Tuesday. Morrison, who like Pitre is on the committee that helped with the study, said one of the key issues in combating human trafficking is better training for law enforcement and nonprofit agencies. She said better training would help nonprofit workers identify victims of trafficking more easily, as support workers often see victims without knowing it. “We had children in our health center who had clearly been trafficked,” Morrison said, “but before the authorities got there, the parents had taken them away.”

A Madison lawmaker will force a vote on a bill aiming to curb global warming Tuesday, though the bill is likely to face opposition from Assembly Republican leadership. State Rep. Spencer Black, DMadison, said he would motion to pull Assembly Bill 157, the Wisconsin Safe Climate Act, from committee when the full Assembly meets. The bill would try to cut green house gases in the state to 1990 levels by 2020. Black said he had spoken with several lawmakers and support was almost unanimous from Democrats. More moderate Republicans, according to Black, might also be persuaded to vote for the bill. He said polls show the public supports the bill and that 84 percent of Wisconsin voters favor some sort of action against global warming. “Republicans should look at their own Presidential nominee, who is supportive of this type of proposal,” Black said. The Senate version of the bill is currently in the Joint Finance Committee, which must pass it before the full Senate votes on it. Black said the Senate version has not been allowed to pass out of the JFC because of opposition from the Republican cochair of the committee. Jim Bender, spokesperson for Assembly Majority Leader Jeff Fitzgerald, R-Horicon, said it was unlikely the bill would pass. Bender said bills taken to the Assembly floor that bypass committees are often defeated on a procedural vote. The bill is supported by groups such as the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation, but opposed by the state’s largest business group, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce. —Charles Brace

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to compete globally, which is something the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery will offer. Gulbrandsen said Thomson’s early commitment to the project will help attract even more world-class talent. UW-Madison alumni John and Tashia Morgridge, who donated $50 million to fund the private half of the new Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery opening in fall 2010, praised Thomson’s work. “Wisconsin has a unique group of alumni fans. It has football fans, it has basketball fans and, quite frankly, it has research fans. Tashia and I are two of the research fans,” Morgridge said. “We’re proud of the fact that our team is ranked traditionally in the top 25 worldwide and in terms of federal funding, usually in the top ﬁve. Our interest and donations to the university are focused on maintaining that very elevated position.” Morgridge said he and his wife were delighted Thomson is joining the project. UW-Madison also honored the newest stem-cell ﬁnding as the “Discovery of the Year” at a celebration Monday. Chancellor John Wiley congratulated Thomson’s lab on the “remarkable breakthrough” and said it was a “home run” for medicine and biology. Wiley said the greatest discoveries were those with the “broadest range of potential future applications,” noting the stem-cell discovery from Thomson’s lab likely has future applications that have yet to be imagined.

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uw faculty deserve union rights

he state Senate recently passed a bill enabling UW System faculty and academic staff to unionize and attempt to gain benefits through collective bargaining. A push for collective bargaining rights for faculty appeared in a version of the state budget but was removed before the final budget was passed. Republicans pushed for the removal of the proposal in September 2007. The Republican-controlled state Assembly, however, will not hear the bill during the current legislative session. The best chance this legislation has to pass is if Democrats control the state Assembly after the next election. Not only does the system have the support of the state Senate, but Gov. Jim Doyle also endorsed the proposal when it existed in the state budget. Collective bargaining would allow faculty members to have some power over their working conditions, hours and compen-

sation. The constant stalling of this bill will only create a greater rift between the state Legislature and the university. Other than tenured professors, teaching assistants also have control over their working conditions. The Teaching Assistants’ Association received bargaining rights in 1985, 19 years after the association was established. Not only do teaching assistants have the right to collective bargaining, but also multiple unions exist for faculty members of Wisconsin’s technical colleges. Despite many Assembly Republicans’ opinions about the negative consequences of collective bargaining, it is the only option for the majority of UWMadison’s faculty. The university’s staff should have the right to address issues that directly affect their work experience. UW System academic staff and faculty deserve the right of collective bargaining like other state employees.

SOUNDBITES: COLLECTIVE BARGAINING “This bill provides faculty and academic staff of the UW System collective bargaining rights under state law in a manner similar to that provided other state employees under SELRA [State Employment Labor Relations Act].” —Senate Bill 353 “I think unions are more likely to give money to political candidates ... they’d rather turn the university into a hotbed of partisan political activity,” —state Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend “The right to form a union is a universal right. It’s a fundamental civil right.” —state Sen. Dave Hansen, D-Green Bay Source: Wisconsin State Legislature

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Americans must reduce daily meat consumption EMILY HOUTLER opinion columnist

here is more bad news for the omnivores of America. Recently, a meatpacking plant was forced to shut down in California, and more than 140 million pounds of beef, dating back as early as February 2006, have been recalled. It was discovered, after secret surveillance footage was released, that the slaughterhouse was sending weak, sick and injured cows to slaughter, even while knowing the poor condition of the animals. To make matters worse, some of this questionable meat was used in the national school lunch program, as well as in restaurants such as Jack in the Box. This means some people on this campus may have unknowingly eaten tainted meat while still in high school. This is the largest meat recall in the history of the United States. Moreover, it perfectly illustrates another reason Americans should eat less meat. There are ample numbers of vegans and vegetarians of all forms on this campus. Take, for example, the professor who uses tofu loaves, rather than roast beef, to demonstrate Newton’s law of cooling. The choices and actions of these people are admirable. However, not everyone cares

to make such a decision in their eating habits. Personally, I enjoy the occasional Tofurky and pepperoni sandwich. To build a better America, meat consumption need not be completely eliminated, just greatly reduced. First of all, there would be fewer animal cruelty cases, such as the above mentioned California cows. Tapes from the plant show lame cows being rolled by forklifts to their deaths. It is horrific. If there was a decreased demand for meat, there would be fewer animals raised for slaughter and fewer total animal abuse cases.

It is time that Americans stop relying solely on their furry friends to provide them with an evening meal.

In addition to saving animals, eating less meat would also improve the quality of the environment. Meat production adds more greenhouse gas to the atmosphere than automobiles. If you had to choose between eating meat and driving your vehicle, which would it be? It is also cheaper to say no to a steak than to purchase a hybrid car (although that is also a very good thing to do).

Along with better air to breathe, Americans would likely be healthier all around. Scientific studies have shown that people who eat red meat are at a higher risk for developing cancer, especially colon cancer. Due to its high saturated fat content, red meat has also been linked to heart disease and the development of diabetes. Americans have so many other risk factors for these terrible conditions—why choose to add one more? There are so many non-meat options in the world. This campus offers a plethora of meat-free meals that are delicious and cheap. Meat does not have to make the meal. Other sources of protein do exist, and may be, in fact, better. After all, there have been no reported cases of a human developing Mad Cow Disease after eating legumes. Black beans can even reverse the damage done to the heart by red meat and decrease the risk of having a heart attack. Peanut butter can provide a filling snack any time of the day. Bacon… not so much. It is time that Americans stop relying solely on their furry friends to provide them with an evening meal. For the betterment of this country and the entire world, it is time that Americans stop eating so much meat. Emily Houtler is a sophomore majoring in environmental science and math. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR University wastes student tuition dollars on ID scanners The University of Wisconsin administration has once again stepped out of line with our tuition dollars in hand—this time with their new proposal to fund electronic ID scanners for local bars. According to the chancellor’s ofﬁce, “This is the university saying we are concerned about underage drinking.” In our opinion, all the university is saying is that they do not know why we are paying them so much for tuition every year. Students

are paying for an education, not to help offset costs local businesses incur to comply with the law. Is the administration really that out of touch with the students that pay the bills? Have they decided that they have the liberty to dispense our dollars to whatever group or project they deem ﬁt? With tax and tuition dollars already stretched thin, we should be more concerned about making every dollar count, not doling it out for pet projects.

At the cost of $700 per scanner, the university is tying up more money that could be spent for educations services. Instead of scanners, why don’t we invest more money to stem the exodus of quality faculty from our university? —Sol Groskopf UW-Madison junior education major —Tom Wangard UW-Madison senior political science major

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Forest Whitaker, Dennis Quaid and Matthew Fox each do their part, but while the plot of ‘Vantage Point’ may seem fascinating on ﬁrst viewing, the awe and wonder start to diminish by the sixth time.

‘Vantage’ misses ‘Point’ despite fresh storytelling By Mark Riechers THE DAILY CARDINAL

“Vantage Point” serves as a cautionary tale for anyone who thinks they have a fresh and brilliant take on ﬁlm storytelling: If you’re going to do something original, make sure it’s watchable ﬁrst. The much-hyped “original plot device” used here is repeating the same event eight times while gradually and painfully uncovering new details with each iteration. The plot follows an assassination attempt on the president of the United States and the subsequent chaos as seen from the perspectives of eight different attendees. The attendees include a vacationing divorcee (Forest Whitaker), a news director (Sigourney Weaver), two Secret Service agents (Dennis Quaid and Matthew Fox) and the president himself (William Hurt). These iterations would be interesting if they each revealed shocking new truths about the moment they repeat, but some just feel redundant and unnecessary. Each new “vantage

point” shows little that wasn’t in the initial scenes, and by the third time the president is shot, audiences are bored, not engrossed. When the film finally takes its surprise turn about an hour into the movie, it devolves into one big long car chase to the ending that melts from the promised treat of unconventional storytelling into a goopy mess of clichés. If the cast sounds crowded, that’s because it is. For all of the big names in this project, not one of them manages to squeeze in enough screen time to carve even the roughest characterization. Take Quaid’s character, a secret service agent who took a bullet for the president and returned to active duty to prove he wasn’t too shaken up by the experience. The film is full of these one-sentence characters—each like the pawn in some protracted and contrived board game. The other big names don’t fare any better. Weaver’s character has an interesting perspective from her seat in front of a bank of camera monitors,

but she can’t grab enough screen time to make it work. Whitaker is barely a character at all, mostly existing in the story to glue together some chance events that bring the film to its dumbluck finale. The only actor benefiting from the lack of available screen time is Matthew Fox, who has less risk of exposure as a terrible actor. The gimmick here serves no purpose but to help market an overly forgettable film—it serves neither the narrative nor the characters, which is what any good plot device should. When a “unique” film’s most redeeming quality is the adrenaline pumping, cookie-cutter car chase finale, something has definitely gone awry between the writer’s pen and the editing room. At its best, the end product pulls away as a mediocre action flick that will be quickly forgotten. At its worst, “Vantage Point” is a chore to watch— bashing audiences over the head with not-so-subtle demands to dig deeper into the scene and not offering much in the way of a reward for the effort.

Atlas Sound delivers promising, simple debut By Justin Stephani

is a depressing personal memory for Cox. The debut album by Atlas In particular, “Quarantined” Sound, Let the Blind Lead Those is about spending a lot of time in Who See But Cannot Feel, presents children’s hospitals while growing listeners with the inner-most emo- up. Cox recalls dealing with those tions and experiences of musician haunting, depressing surroundBradford Cox. There is a distinct ings while being separated from his friends. mix of indie, ambient CD REVIEW Similarly, there and electronic music are songs influthat flows surprisingly enced by his expewell thanks, in part, riences with sadoto the structure of the masochism, leaving album. loved ones behind After the first song, and taking drugs to the ambient “Ghost avoid dealing with Story,” the album takes on a bit of an indie Let the Blind Lead Those personal problems. feel, combining Cox’s Who See But Cannot Feel All in all, this work Atlas Sound has quite a personal slow, scratchy delivery result that is most with consistent, driving rhythms to create a very emotional aptly described by Cox himself as feel. This theme culminates in the “traveling through a dream.” The middle of the album is song “Quarantined,” where the music abruptly becomes very full, comprised of mostly electronic instrumentals, reinforcing the though no one sound dominates. The inspiration for this song “dreamy” feeling that Cox was as well as for most of the album, striving for. Although this part THE DAILY CARDINAL

of the album is, at first, weaker than the beginning, it picks up steam and progresses to become both interesting and entertaining, without using any flashy or overwhelming sounds. The album succeeds in structure when it comes full circle with the last two songs, as the indie inﬂuenced “Ativan” and the minimalistic title track reverse the order of styles the album began with. Despite the successes this album may achieve, there is still plenty of room for improvement and intrigue. While the album as a whole is creative and experimental, almost every song, especially those from the ambient/electronic portion possess a base of sound that does not change. This album will undoubtedly garner critical acclaim because of its structured, yet dreamy ambience despite relying too much on consistency and simplicity. Still, as a debut album, it certainly shows Atlas Sound’s promise.

ere we are at the 25th anniversary of Michael Jackson’s Thriller, a monolithic album in the history of pop music and quite possibly the largest musical bid for homogeneous mass appeal ever unleashed. To commemorate this event, Thriller 25 recently hit store shelves, featuring the original album as well as remixes of certain tracks by Will.I.Am, Fergie, Akon and Kanye West tacked on at the end. The reissue’s cover rather shamelessly pronounces it as “The World’s Biggest Selling Album of All Time,” ostensibly as a sales tool to make a lot of people buy something because a lot of people already bought it. Why not take this monetary testimonial to its greatness one step further? They should just call it “The Universe’s Biggest Selling, Best Album of All Time: Past, Present, Future and Beyond!” because that’s really what they’re saying without being quite so direct: This album is the best ever, because it was the biggest ever. The only thing is, Thriller isn’t even the best Michael Jackson album; I’m pretty sure Off the Wall is much better. I suppose that doesn’t matter, since accessibility usually has the advantage over quality in the grand game of popularity, and Thriller channeled its material through a crazy, blinding amount of accessibility. Not that I was there, but I’ve heard “Thriller” was one hell of a cultural event, and I know that “Billie Jean” is still a pretty big cultural event every Friday night at nearly any place you’re likely to wind up. It’s amazing to think about a time like 1983 when most everyone was attuned to the same pop idol, going out and buying the same record and then, by default, having the same thing to dance to and talk about; a sort of pop culture common ground. That kind of thing seems so conspicuously absent in the present day, with record sales plummeting even as the number of disposable stars vying for the public eye is ever

on the rise. The bonus material on Thriller 25—populated by those same fleeting stars—is perplexingly awful. It seems a strange decision to allow flavor-of-the-moment performers to run amuck on songs that are part of an anniversary package celebrating longevity. When, for example, Will.I.Am replaces Paul McCartney on “The Girl is Mine 2008” with shouts of “She likes the way I rock, the way I rock!”, it’s hard not to cringe at the permanence of Jackson’s material being so painfully undermined. Situated in the modern day, it’s often difficult to look past the obscured image of what an artist has become—either personally or professionally—in order to appreciate what they once were; among the many examples are Phil Spector, Mick Jagger and Roky Erickson. There is no artist who has ever made ignoring the present such a challenge as Michael Jackson though, which is why the only thing more unsettling than the guests on the bonus tracks is Jackson’s own re-recorded vocals that accompany them.

The only thing more unsettling than the guests on the bonus tracks is Jackson’s own re-recorded vocals.

That people still manage to appreciate Thriller, despite Jackson’s tainted standing, speaks volumes for how unshakable the songs are. But in order for that to work, it’s necessary to appreciate the music as an isolated phenomenon—a fragile façade which Jackson nearly shatters by redoing the wellknown vocal tracks because it brings his modern image way too close for comfort. In summation, be wary of what the counter-intuitive marketing ploy of Thriller 25 will do for your love of Michael Jackson. Instead, you may want to opt for the special edition where he’s playing with the tiger on the cover; it’s a bit less dangerous and bad, and a lot more, well, thrilling. Wish Kanye & Co. would just “Beat It” and leaves the King of Pop alone? E-mail Ben you aggravations at bpeterson1@wisc.edu.

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Skin tone isn’t all that’s changed since MJ’s original Thriller. The latest edition can’t live up to the legend, and the celebrity remixes fall ﬂat.

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Today’s Sudoku

Beeramid

By Ryan Matthes beeramid_comic@yahoo.com

Mega Dude Squad

By Stephen Guzetta and Ryan Lynch rplynch@wisc.edu

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

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

Shout-out to Tecmo Super Bowl.

Dwarfhead and Narwhal

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However, Pokémon Red, Blue and Green is the best-selling video game ever with 20.08 million copies sold.

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

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1 Academic session 5 Capital on the Willamette River 10 “Head ’em off at the ___!’’ 14 A good one may come to mind 15 Anatomical hanger 16 Bulging earthenware vessel 17 Serve up drinks 18 Doesn’t have 19 Arabian controller 20 Start of a jury foreman’s statement, perhaps 23 Immature egg 24 Expenditure 25 Bank named on a credit card 28 Beam and Brown 30 Honored guest’s spot 31 Garlic mayonnaise 33 They’re handled by people with handles 36 Judge’s comment to the spectators 40 Risk a long nose 41 Close with 42 Highlands hillside 43 Akroyd and Fogelberg 44 Go-ahead 46 Cold tomato mold

49 Assemblage of eight 51 Music to a prosecutor’s ears 57 Atlas datum 58 Institutor’s institution 59 “Do ___ others as ...” 60 Alternative to Prell 61 “I Love a Parade’’ composer Harold 62 Christmas candy piece 63 Ancient Irish language 64 Marine hazards 65 “Jabberwocky’’ start DOWN

1 Bandleader Puente 2 Elysium of Genesis 3 “I’ll Cover You” musical 4 Hectic place 5 Element in gunpowder 6 “... but to no ___’’ 7 “Filthy’’ money 8 Benevolent & Protective Order of ___ 9 Clipper feature 10 Holey 11 Aboriginal Alaskan 12 “___ Blade’’ (Thornton ﬁlm) 13 ___ Domingo (Caribbean capital) 21 “Not a creature was stirring’’ time 22 A real standup guy? 25 “American ___’’

26 Bombay garb 27 Part of a square 28 One of the Gospel books 29 “Tact’’ add-on 31 “No ifs, ___ or buts!’’ 32 “Am ___ believe ...’’ 33 Dry, as tobacco leaves 34 Some ﬂakes 35 “Don’t change!’’ to a printer 37 Acknowledge a stimulus 38 A home away from home 39 Block 43 Cause to expand 44 2004 Olympics city 45 Aegean or Bering 46 Clearly stunned 47 Less ambiguous 48 Harbor structures 49 “Mio’’ intro 50 Musical staff sign 52 “It Was a Very Good ___’’ 53 “God’s Little ___’’ 54 Emulate a mouse 55 1949 erupter 56 Carries out

Anthro-apology

Square and Cone

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By Eric Wigdahl wigdahl@wisc.edu

By Andrew Dambeck dambeck@wisc.edu

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Track teams more than ready for Big Tens By Scott Allen THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Wisconsin men’s track team won five events at the Badger Open Saturday—its final competition before the Big Ten Championships—while the men’s distance medley relay ran the second fastest time in the NCAA this season in Boston. The relay team of James Groce, Evan Jager, Jack Bolas and Brandon Bethke qualified for nationals with the fifth fastest all-time Wisconsin effort of 9 minutes, 33.29 seconds at the USA Indoor Championships. Bethke passed Oregon’s anchor in the mile leg of the relay to put UW slightly ahead of the Ducks, who went 9:34.06. Meanwhile, the rest of the team competed in Madison against UWLa Crosse, UW-Whitewater, Beloit and unattached individuals including UW alumni. Senior Adam Pischke won the 60-meter hurdles, going 8.12 seconds, a personal best. Sophomore Rory Linder took the 35-pound weight throw title by throwing 54 feet, 3 1⁄4 inches—one foot better than the second-place competitor. Wisconsin went 1-2 in the 600meter run, with sophomore Zach Beth winning in 1:20.21 to edge out junior teammate Joe Pierre, who went 1:20.35. In the 3,000-meter run, junior Stu Eagon faced two former teammates and out-kicked UW alum

Tim Nelson by a tenth of a second, going 8:12.39. Also winning for UW was sophomore Rayme Mackinson, who came out on top in the long jump, hitting 23 feet, 9 1/2 inches. Women’s recap The Wisconsin women’s track team swept eight events at the Badger Open Saturday, finishing first, second and third in four contests—the 60-meter hurdles, 200meter dash, 3,000-meter run and the high jump. Freshman Kayla McClendon captured the 60-meter hurdle win in 8.99 seconds with junior teammate Lindsey Biel right behind at 9.05 seconds. In the 200-meter dash, sophomore Alexis Beecham took first in 25.61 seconds, followed by sophomore Angel Eggleston and senior Alex McCannel at 25.90 and 25.91 seconds, respectively. Senior Kaitlyn Marsolek took first in the 400-meter dash in 57.95 seconds for a season-best. Freshman Karlye Wolff won the mile in 5:06.01, edging out sophomore Maggie Collison, who went 5:06.17. UW also dominated the 3,000meter run, with junior Ashley Benson and senior Amanda Ganser 1-2, going 10:07.00 and 10:07.04, respectively. Freshman Tressa Beckel won the high jump due to fewest misses over freshman Kate Flood and senior

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Wisconsin dropped three out of four games at the USF-Louisville Slugger Tournament last weekend in Tampa, Fla.

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Senior catcher Joey Daniels scored the go-ahead run for the Badgers against South Florida.

The lone win for the Badgers came Saturday night as Wisconsin defeated host school South Florida, 2-1. Before then, the Badgers had already lost games to South Carolina Friday afternoon and Wright State Friday night. Wisconsin was also defeated Sunday by Hofstra. The opening game of the tournament against South Carolina went into extra innings before the Badgers lost 1-0. Wisconsin sophomore pitcher Letty Olivarez flourished for the first seven innings, allowing just three hits and two walks while striking out seven. But Olivarez was outdone by Gamecocks’ pitcher Krystle Robinson. The freshman allowed just five baserunners through eight innings and struck out seven. In the bottom of the eighth, a walk-off single by junior left fielder Ashton Payne gave South Carolina a hard-fought victory. Later on Friday, Wisconsin took the field again only to lose to

ryan from page 8 championships and 14 winning seasons from his tenure at UW-Platteville. Since arriving in Madison, Ryan has won two Big Ten regular season titles, one Big Ten Tournament title and posted a school-record 30-win season. Before Ryan became UW’s head coach, the Badgers had four seasons of 20 wins or more. Ryan has had ﬁve in seven years. In the other two seasons, Wisconsin had 19 wins.

It is this simplicity that is quickly making Ryan a Badger coaching legend.

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Sophomore James Groce and the Wisconsin men’s relay team qualified for Nationals after their first-place finish this weekend. Jess Stoltenberg, who all cleared 5 feet, 4 1⁄2 inches. UW took first in all the jumps, with senior Michelle Bellford going 39 feet, 3 3⁄4 inches for the win in the triple jump and senior Venus

Washington at 18 feet, 8 1⁄2 inches in the long jump. Men’s track is gearing up to host the Big Ten Championships this weekend, while the women’s team will take on conference rivals at Minnesota.

Three losses and out: UW softball team musters one win in Fla. By Scott Kellogg

Wright State 5-0. Junior pitcher Leah Vanevenhoven had a rough outing for Wisconsin. Vanevenhoven could not get through the third inning and was yanked after surrendering four runs on six hits and two walks. Wisconsin could not get anything going offensively against the Raiders and sophomore pitcher Allison Cox. Cox threw a shutout while allowing six hits and one walk. On Saturday, Wisconsin earned a dramatic victory against South Florida. The Bulls were arguably the best team the Badgers faced all weekend, as they were the only squad to receive any votes in the ESPN.com/USA Today Softball Collegiate Poll. The pivotal moment in the game came in the top of the sixth inning when South Florida loaded the bases with no one out and the game tied at one. But freshman pitcher Kristyn Hansen induced three consecutive force-outs to end

the inning and allow Wisconsin to escape unscathed. The momentum carried over for Wisconsin, as it took the lead on an error by South Florida third baseman Allison Savarese. The miscue plated senior catcher Joey Daniels for the eventual game-winning run. Hansen pitched two scoreless innings in a relief role to earn her second win of the season. Courtney Mosch came out of the bullpen and surrendered an unearned run to take the loss, her second of the season. The ﬁnal game of the tournament came on Sunday, and Wisconsin was shut out for the second time against Hofstra, losing 2-0. Vanevenhoven had another short start on the mound for Wisconsin. This time, the junior pitched 3.1 innings and allowed four baserunners and two runs for her fourth loss of the season and her second of the weekend. —uwbadgers.com contributed to this report.

And then there’s this season—no Tucker, no Taylor, no problem. Years from now, when fans look back on great UW coaches, they’ll remember Ryan. Not because he did the “Soulja’ Boy” dance, not because he told wild stories, not even because he ran the swing offense until it made opponents sick of defending it. Fans will remember Ryan because he won. As the coach himself would probably admit, it’s just that simple. To gush about Bo Ryan, e-mail Ryan at reszel@dailycardinal.com.

stone from page 8 good, certainly, but our work is not done yet.” Wisconsin, at a .500 conference winning percentage for the first time this year, will travel to Michigan (9-7, 16-10) Thursday and host Iowa (11-5, 18-9) Sunday to cap off the regular season. “There are two remaining games, [it] puts us in a position—a lot can happen with other teams in the league,” Stone said. “Things are flip-flopping.” The race for positioning in the Big Ten tournament is tight. Wisconsin is one of five teams within one game of fourth place, and the jostling for seeds going into Indianapolis is as heated as ever. “I do know that if we keep playing well, we’ve got tremendous momentum going into the Big Ten Tournament,” Stone said. “We’ve got good depth on our bench. The team is together. They’re happy. They’ve endured it all.”

Wrestling team pulls off third consecutive upset en route to Big Ten Championships

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freshman defenseman Brendan Smith, who has been out for more than six weeks with an injured back. “That will depend on this week,” Eaves said. “[Smith] hasn’t had any contact in so long that we’re hoping that he can get on the ice this week and go through this week of practice and have some contact. We’ll see how he feels. “With that being said, let’s say he does have a good week. What happens then? Is he really ready to jump back into a big-time weekend? And that’s something that will have to go day by day as we get up to this weekend.” Smith, a ﬁrst round pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, has two goals and 10 assists in 21 games played this season.

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For the third consecutive match, the UW wrestling team (5-3 Big Ten, 14-4-1 overall) needed a dramatic heavyweight performance from No. 4 ranked junior Kyle Massey to claim victory at the UW Field House. On Friday, the No. 10 Northwestern Wildcats became the Badgers’ latest victims. Trailing 19-18 entering the ﬁnal match of the dual, the Badgers sent Massey to the mats to wrestle NU’s No. 1 ranked and undefeated heavyweight grappler Dustin Fox. After Fox jumped ahead early in the match, Massey recorded a reversal in the second period to hold the slim 21 edge heading into the ﬁnal frame. Fox evened the match after logging an escape with 1:22 remain-

ing in the bout. However, Massey responded with a takedown to open a two-point lead with only 46 seconds remaining, a lead that he would never relinquish, pulling off a 5-3 upset win over Fox. The Badger win proves even more admirable considering they climbed out of an early 6-0 deﬁcit following Wildcat Brandon Precins’ pin of No. 20 UW senior Colin Cudd in the opening 125-pound bout. In the 133-pound division, Badger junior Zach Tanelli cut NU’s lead to 6-3 after dismantling Wildcat Eric Metzler 8-1 in a match that was never in doubt. The Wildcats quickly answered by winning each of the next two affairs, widening their margin to 13-3. However, in the 157-pound divi-

sion, UW’s reliable All-American senior Craig Henning put the Badgers back on the winning side. Leading 4-0 heading into the final period, Henning surrendered five points to his opponent, but was able to match that outburst to claim the decision with a 9-5 edge. In the 165-pound match, UW senior Jake Donar tallied his sixth pin of the season a mere 1:04 into the bout to draw the Badgers within one at 13-12 with four matches remaining. Once again Northwestern reestablished its lead and opened the gap back to four points following Wildcat Nick Hayws’ 15-11 win over Badger senior Dan Clum. Trailing 16-12, UW benefited from sophomore Trevor Brandvold’s pin of NU’s Adil Kolovic in the 184-

pound class. The six-point decision gave the Badgers a two-point lead with only two matches remaining. In the 197-pound division, UW’s No. 8 junior Dallas Herbst was matched up with No. 2 ranked Mike Tamillow of Northwestern. The match was never easy for Herbst as he fell behind 2-0 early in the ﬁrst period. The second period did not get much better, as Tamillow added three more points to his lead and cruised to the 6-1 win. The loss would be the last for UW, as Massey recorded a major upset and dethroned Fox to claim the dual in the heavyweight division. UW has next weekend off before heading to Minneapolis for the Big Ten Championships March 8 and 9. —uwbadgers.com contributed to this report.

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Eaves stresses importance of picking up points against St. Cloud State

Simple style producing big results for Bo

By Jon Bortin THE DAILY CARDINAL

With one weekend remaining in its Western Collegiate Hockey Association regular season, the Wisconsin Badgers men’s hockey team faces a stark reality: The team is in a three-way battle for two ﬁrst-round home-ice spots in the playoffs, with only one point of separation in the standings. As if that weren’t dramatic enough, the Badgers will be one of only two teams in the league to bring their regular season to a close Saturday. Both Minnesota State and St. Cloud State—the Badgers’ opponent this weekend—are one point behind UW, but each has four games remaining.

relies heavily on both senior guards. “It’s been the Jo and Janese show for four years,” Stone said. “They both are very solid players, different players, but what Janese has given our team is some stability, some consistency. [She] works very, very hard, is very fundamental and right now is probably our best catch and shoot. When she’s hot, she’s hard to stop.” Wisconsin (8-8 Big Ten, 15-11 overall) is arguably the hottest team in the Big Ten, but Stone said the rocky start of this year’s campaign has the team well-prepared for its most STONE recent accomplishments. “We’re on a streak right now,” Stone said. “From the tough overtime losses earlier in the season, we’ve learned, we’ve weathered the storm the best that we can and we’re playing well at the right time of year. The bottom line is to stay consistent and continue to rely on our seniors and enjoy this moment. It feels

omewhere along the fine line between psychopath and psychic, there exists a unique class of human beings commonly known as college basketball coaches. They are the offensive architects, the drill sergeants, the gameday gurus. Some sweat through their suits. Some throw chairs. After several years of coaching, some start to resemble their team’s mascot—look me in the eye and tell me Tom Crean’s bronze skin and impressive, wavy locks don’t make him look like a Golden Eagle ready to take flight. And some, like Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan, win basketball games. For UW’s head man, basketball is a simple game based on hard work and religious adherence to the fundamentals. There’s no secret formula to winning. No complicated defenses, no elaborate mind games of X’s and O’s. Ryan doesn’t have a laminated sheet with his various offensive sets written on it. This simplicity might make Badger fans pull their hair out when he draws up the same play in the final seconds like he did at Texas and weeks later at Purdue. But it is also this simplicity that has a Wisconsin team without any superstars in first place in the Big Ten conference, and it is this simplicity that is quickly making Ryan a Badger coaching legend. Of course Ryan would never admit he’s a legend. He’d say he’s just a guy doing his job day in and day out like everyone else. For Ryan, no game is more important than the next. A November contest against Savannah State means just as much as a game against Michigan State in February. Or at least that’s what he says. Whether he actually believes this is open to debate, but win or lose, the demeanor of the Badgers never seems to waver. In press conferences Ryan is part Mark Twain, part Bill Belichick, part David Letterman—a storyteller, a disciplinarian and a showman rolled into one. Ask him about Michael Flowers, and he’ll offer a short reply like, “Intensity, defense, heart ... that’s Mike Flowers. He’s just a player.” Ask him again and he’ll tell a 10-minute tale, detailing how Flowers reminds him of “Joe Potzeratz”—one of Ryan’s teammates back on the playgrounds of Chester, Pa. In both cases, Ryan probably didn’t tell you much about Michael Flowers, but, hey, it was probably better than the mundane one-liners most coaches toss out. In a sports world dominated by image and hype, Ryan focuses only on results, and few coaches in the country have produced results like he has. Throw out the four national

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“We’ve got to go out and get some points this weekend and see how things fall.” Mike Eaves head coach UW men’s hockey

With the permutations for the ﬁrst round of the WCHA playoffs endless, Badgers’ head coach Mike Eaves addressed the media Monday afternoon to discuss, among other matters, the emphasis of getting points this weekend on the road against the Huskies. “We’ve got to go out and get some points this weekend and then see how things fall because we have to watch the last weekend,” Eaves said. “So our task will be to get as many points as we can, with four being the maximum.” The Badgers (10-11-5 WCHA, 14-13-7 overall) are coming off a one-point weekend at Minnesota. Meanwhile, St. Cloud State swept Michigan Tech, pulling even with

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Sophomore forward John Mitchell scored a goal against St. Cloud State when the Huskies visited Madison in November. UW will need more of the same if it wants to finish in fourth of fifth place in the WCHA. idle Minnesota State. For the Badgers to earn four points at St. Cloud, they will have to reprise their performance from earlier this season when UW swept the Huskies at the Kohl Center. Eaves said the earlier meeting should not give the Badgers false confidence. Indeed, surging St.

Cloud State has won ﬁve games in a row, outscoring opponents 16-5 during that stretch. “What matters is this Friday night, ﬁrst,” Eaves said. “Total focus has to be there and then hopefully once after we’re successful there, we close that chapter and get ready for Saturday. So his-

tory doesn’t have anything to do with this. We have to go out and play well.” On a day when Wisconsin dropped three spots to No. 13 in USCHO.com’s weekly rankings, Eaves also discussed the status of eaves page 7

Stone’s Badgers come to life with late-season surge By Jay Messar THE DAILY CARDINAL

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Senior guard Jolene Anderson added another line to her already impressive résumé by earning Big Ten Player of the Week honors.

Wisconsin women’s basketball head coach Lisa Stone spoke to the media Monday, addressing the recent success of her squad. Stone’s Badgers have won four straight games and six of their last eight to jump back into the Big Ten conference race. Stone said the recent success of the team is due mainly to the play of the seniors, who will appear in their last two regular-season games this week. “They’ve been with us for four years, through good times and bad,” Stone said. “They’ve endured. Each of them has a role, and I also think our entire team is understanding their roles. That’s why we’ve played more consistent recently. “I think our entire team is playing well, but right now our seniors are really playing their best basketball of their careers, and that makes my job a little bit easier,” Stone said. Seniors Jolene Anderson and Janese Banks have both etched their names in the Wisconsin record books, ranking in the top 10 in scoring. Although Anderson was awarded the most recent Big Ten Player of the Week honor, Stone said she knows the program’s success