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Monday, March 24, 2008
Madison protesters fight ‘apathy’ on war’s anniversary By Whitney Newman THE DAILY CARDINAL
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Junior guard Joe Krabbenhoft and freshman guard Tim Jarmusz (left) help the Badger defense hold KSU to its lowest point total of the season Saturday. Senior guard Michael Flowers (right) added 15 points as UW won 72-55 to advance to the Sweet 16.
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Beasley no match for Badgers, UW to face Davidson in Sweet 16 By Ryan Reszel THE DAILY CARDINAL
OMAHA, Neb.—Freshmen forwards Michael Beasley and Bill Walker might be playing in the NBA next season, but the No. 3-seed Wisconsin Badgers taught the two young stars and the rest of the Kansas State Wildcats a lesson in team defense, as UW defeated KSU 72-55 Saturday afternoon at the Qwest Center. The win advanced the Badgers (31-4) to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2005 and broke a school record for most victories in a season. Several pundits in the national media
predicted the No. 11-seed Wildcats (2112) would upset Wisconsin, but the Badgers held Kansas State to its lowest scoring output of the season. “All year a lot of people didn’t think highly of us and our talent and potential,” senior guard Michael Flowers said. “We tried to tune out the media and outside distractions and stay focused and disciplined to our team rules.” The “team rules” put the Wildcats’ backcourt in a vice, forcing KSU to rely almost entirely on Walker and Beasley. Walker scored 18 points, and Beasley led Kansas State with 23. But the prob-
able NBA Lottery pick only made two field goals in the second half. Wisconsin’s stingy perimeter defense did not allow the Wildcats to make a single 3-pointer for the first time in 348 games. KSU shot 0-for-13 from beyond the arc. “I can’t think of too many jump shots we made period,” Kansas State head coach Frank Martin said. “And that’s not the team you want to play on a night you don’t make jump shots.” The Wildcats scored 53 of their 55 points in the paint or at the free throw line. basketball page 7
Police statistics show increase in Madison burglaries By Abby Sears THE DAILY CARDINAL
The Madison Police Department released annual crime statistics on March 18, showing an increase in area burglaries but a decline in violent crime downtown from 2006 to 2007. According to the data, burglaries
throughout Madison increased 26.6 percent, including both commercial and residential burglaries. The MPD also unveiled a new task force called Blue Net designed to crack down on the number of burglaries. According to MPD public information officer Joel DeSpain, police identified the trend last year and assigned extra enforce-
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ment to monitor the problem. He said the efforts then formed the Blue Net task force of Community Police Teams, patrol officers and detectives. According to an MPD statement, Blue Net is part of a larger effort to combat crime outbreaks throughout the city. Several decades ago, police established Blue Tent to halt the sex-for-sale industry downtown, and the Blue Blanket program helped reduce street drug sales throughout the city in the 1990s. DeSpain said Blue Net will act as a catalyst to help decrease the number of burglaries in Madison as well as surrounding communities. “The burglary problem really isn’t just Madison’s, it’s an increase we’re seeing across the state and the region,” DeSpain said. Electronic items, such as laptops and iPods, are among the most commonly stolen belongings, DeSpain said. He advised students living downtown to conceal their electronics when not using them and to write down the serial numbers of laptops so stolen ones can be returned if recovered by police. burglaries page 2
While many UW-Madison students and community members participated in protests last week to mark the Iraq War’s fifth anniversary on March 19, there also existed a feeling that U.S. citizens have generally lost interest in following war coverage. Miles Kristan, Campus Area Peace Coalition and Campus Antiwar Network member, was an organizer of five days of political rallies in and around the state Capitol. The five days of protest were in honor of each year of war. “All of the protests were very effective, but we could have definitely used more people out there,” Kristan said. “I think it’s a problem of apathy. Many people agree with protesting the war but don’t do anything about it.” Kristan and a group of about 150 protesters marched around the Capitol Wednesday, continuing into the Madison office of U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis., where they were forced to leave when Kohl sent in the U.S. Homeland Security Department. No arrests were made, but Kristan said he was disappointed Kohl would not talk to his constituents. In a speech at the Pentagon on Wednesday, President Bush acknowledged the ongoing disputes about the Iraq War. “Five years into this battle, there is an understandable Iraq page 3
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About 150 protesters marched around the state Capitol Wednesday in opposition to the Iraq War.
Dem. Senate advances budget repair bill, draws GOP critics By Charles Brace THE DAILY CARDINAL
The state budget repair bill is likely mired in legislative deadlock akin to last fall’s, even as the bill is set for a vote in the state Senate Tuesday. A finance committee in the Democrat-controlled Senate passed a version of the bill Thursday that differs from Gov. Jim Doyle’s proposal, and the plan passed Wednesday by the Republican-controlled Assembly. The bill is needed to close an expected $428 million deficit in the state budget. The Senate plan is a “compromise of the two [earlier] versions,” Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker, D-Weston, said in a statement. Decker said the bill includes an increased tax on hospitals from Doyle’s version and a delayed school aid payment from the Assembly plan. The hospital assessment is opposed by Republican leadership but supported by the largest business lobbyist group in the state, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce. However, the Senate proposal also closes several tax “loopholes” not supported in the other versions. “Closing loopholes that large, profitable businesses use to budget page 3
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”