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ASM aims to reform for next academic year By Amanda Hoffstrom THE DAILY CARDINAL

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The Human Rights Torch Relay came to Madison Saturday to protest Beijing, China, as the site of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. Supporters of the Chinese government rallied against the HRTR.

Beijing Olympic Games stir controversy in city By Abby Sears THE DAILY CARDINAL

Hundreds of protesters rallied on Capitol Square Saturday afternoon both in support of and in opposition to the 2008 Summer Olympic Games being held in Beijing, China. The Human Rights Torch Relay, an international effort to speak out against the Chinese government’s actions toward the Tibetan people and other persecuted groups, stopped in Madison on a tour of 43 U.S. cities. Olympic gold medal winner and Wisconsin native Casey FitzRandolph carried the torch from the Capitol steps down State Street to Library Mall. Tenzin Tsetan of the UW-Madison chapter of Students for a Free Tibet said the event aimed to show disap-

proval for the Olympics being held in China and expose the Chinese government’s wrongdoings against the Tibetan people. “We believe the Chinese people deserve [the Olympics], but the Chinese government, that’s the one that doesn’t deserve the Olympics,” Tsetan said. Another group of protesters emerged on the Capitol Square to protest the HRTR and show support for the Chinese government. International UW-Madison students Sunny Lin and Jing Li, both from China, marched in the protest and said they object to turning the Olympics into a political issue. Instead, Lin and Li want to focus on projecting a true image of the Chinese government.

“In China, all the students, all the families and all the people live very peacefully and colorfully, we are very satisﬁed with my government,” Lin said. Following the same path as the HRTR down State Street to Library Mall, supporters of the Chinese government carried Chinese and Olympic ﬂags in favor of holding the Games in Beijing. Li said the news media portrays the country in a negative way and urged Americans to become more educated of the situations in China and Tibet. “It’s hard for us to show how Tibetan people are really treated here,” Li said. “Our purpose is just to encourage you to go, to see what it’s like there instead of taking the news blindly.”

Fourteen newly elected Associated Students of Madison representatives for next year’s Student Council session, which starts May 1, promised five reform commitments to the UWMadison student body Sunday. “ASM must reform its internal structure in order to increase its capacity to work on campus issues and regain legitimacy,” the ASM representatives wrote in a statement. The five commitments include focusing on quality of higher education at UWMadison, changing bylaws so Student Council approves all ASM campaigns, creating a press office for public relations, forming a time frame to implement a presidential system to create a Student Body President, and implementing a budget cap for ASM expenditures. Although many of the representatives said the reform agenda is not in response to the poor attendance of the April 15 “State of the ASM” address, Jeff Wright,

one of next year’s Student Council representatives, said it “expedited [ASM’s] timeline for publicizing these reforms and communicating them to students.” “I think ASM right now is out of touch with students,” Wright said, adding the reforms aim to make ASM more accountable and accessible to students as a forum for discussion. “I don’t think we have that right now and I would argue that we haven’t had that for some time,” he said. “ASM has been lacking in legitimacy for awhile,” Student Council member Alex Gallagher said. “We’ve had trouble recognizing our failures for quite some time.” Jessica Pavlic, another representative, said having a president to act as the head of ASM is “a step in the right direction” to get more voter participation in ASM elections, which she called ASM’s biggest obstacle. “The biggest issue facing ASM is its alienation from the student asm page 3

Uncommon Illinois earthquake felt in Madison, across Midwest over weekend Many Madison residents who awoke to shaking early Friday were surprised to learn that they had experienced a rare Midwestern earthquake. The 5.2 magnitude earthquake occurred at 4:40 a.m. and was centered six miles away from the southern Illinois town of West Salem, according to the UW-Madison geology department. The quake lasted about one minute and was felt by people in several areas of the Midwest, including Madison. A UW-Madison geology

department seismometer located in Weeks Hall recorded the tremors. Around 10:15 a.m., an aftershock from the earthquake rattled Madison for a second time, according to UWMadison geologists. On Jan. 31, an “ice quake” on Lake Mendota created a tremorlike sensation that shook several lakeshore areas of campus. The ice quake occurred because of a sudden drop in temperature that caused the ice to shift, leaving a visible rift on the shoreline of Lake Mendota.

Students show entrepreneur skills in 100 hours By Grace Kim THE DAILY CARDINAL

UW-Madison students participated in a 100-hour competition over the weekend designed to spur students’ entrepreneur skills. The Wiscontrepreneur Challenge, which started April 17, requires participants to create something socially valuable from recycled surplus material for $10 in 100 hours. “100-hour challenge is an opportunity for students at UW-Madison to test their entrepreneur skills to be creative, to have fun and to see if they can ﬂex their entrepreneur muscles,” said Doug Bradley, assistant director of marketing and

communications at UW-Madison’s Ofﬁce of Corporate Relations. Bradley said one’s entrepreneurial skills do not reside in just one kind of person or discipline. “I think what the challenge really did for me was to demonstrate that it’s possible to make a living doing something that you love,” said art student Brittany Seabloom, one of last year’s winners, who turned old wooden drawers into a wall sconce. “It has really shown me that anyone can be an entrepreneur.” The goal of the 100-hour challenge is to help students from all academic ﬁelds explore their entrepreneur skills through promoting creativeness, organization and pre-

sentation ability. According to Bradley, the recycling theme has been applied to this year’s challenge due to Earth Day on April 22, which overlaps with the challenge period. He said the challenge aims to seek out students who show the potential to help society at large by reusing materials. “We really want to take what we are doing on the Madison campus to the other campuses in the university and eventually state-wide,” Bradley said, adding he hopes Wisconsin will be recognized as an entrepreneurial state. Final submissions are due by 10 p.m. Monday. The winners will be announced April 28.

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UW-Madison graduate student Gene Shiau looks through piles of old and used items available in Memorial Union Friday as part of the 100-hour Wiscontrepreneur Challenge.

“…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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s a cashier, it seems that every single man in line is fooled into thinking he has a shot with you. Because you’re taking some guy’s order and the call of duty forces you to be nice about it, he automatically assumes you’re interested. Now, while some are more subtle than others, they never fail to make a move. Some are content with a wink or a smile, but others will stand in line forcing small talk from you for a good hour before a security guard ﬁnally gets them to move on. The pick-up line seems to be a popular method, though they are never really that appealing, except for a good laugh. No, my legs aren’t tired from running through your mind, I didn’t just fall from heaven and although it is very sad that you lost your phone number,

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suppose you should always be grateful. Yes, thank you mystery man for that extra five cents, I will definitely call you now. Too bad that is not enough to pay for the call. But it’s even worse when some genius tells you to keep the change and there isn’t any. When you can’t figure out that you gave the cashier exact change, you might be better off with the pick-up lines. Then there are some guys who just cross the line from flirtatious to desperate. These are the ones who stand around long after they have paid for their items and try to get as much personal information from you as they can. The first question will almost always involve whether or not you have a boyfriend. In these situations I always find it helpful to be dating a 6'4'' defensive tackle, a Kodiak bear or Keaton Miller, my sexy younger coworker. Or, if your imagination isn’t as quick, being close enough to a male coworker to say, “Sweetie, do you want to go to your place or mine after work?” can save you from

some of the real creepers. But I don’t want to sound like a man-basher. I have watched as plenty of male coworkers suffer through unwanted flirtation. It is simply the curse of the cashier. Somehow, it always happens to my friend Jeff. Now, although I think Jeff is an attractive guy, it seems that 14-year-old girls really have a thing for him. They hang around the box office and giggle, slide him little notes with heart-shaped “yes” or “no” boxes and ask him if he would like to join them for a soda pop and some roller-skating after work. If Jeff weren’t six years older, it would be downright adorable. As I pay my way through college, I am sure to have many more cashier jobs as well as expand my collection of hairnets and nametags. And although I will do some occasional flirting for that 10-cent tip, please don’t tell me you need a library card so you can check me out. Just wink and move on. If you have some work-flirt horror stories, e-mail Megan at mcorbett2@wisc.edu.

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To make room for a 14-story apartment building, construction crews moved the historic “Conklin House” from the 300 block of North Mills Street to the 500 block of East Mifﬂin Street late Sunday evening.

Gableman’s plan to attend religious event draws criticism THE DAILY CARDINAL

Controversy emerged Friday over Supreme Court Justice-elect Michael Gableman’s plan to attend an upcoming prayer breakfast, with opponents saying it violates the U.S. Constitution. The Madison-based Freedom From Religion Foundation said in a complaint that it opposed Gableman’s attendance at a May 1 event sponsored by the Burnett County Sheriff ’s Department. The FFRF complaint requested records and contracts related to the event and asked the department to reimburse the county if any tax revenues were used. “It is one thing for a sheriff not to be up on constitutional law,”

FFRF co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor said, “but it is quite another for a Supreme Court Justice-elect to not seem to be aware. This doesn’t look good.” Gaylor said the event breaches the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment rules on the separation of church and state. She said Gableman’s attendance shows a lapse in judgment. Gaylor said she was not sure if Gableman or the sheriff ’s department would face legal consequences if the event was continued. In the state Code of Judicial Conduct, judges are advised against joining organizations that discriminate on the basis of religion, but it is less clear on attending religious events.

According to the letter Sheriff Dean Roland sent to his staff, the department has sponsored the prayer breakfast for the past seven years. Roland said in the letter the event would give staff a chance to give thanks for the year and that Gableman would be the guest speaker. “Judge Gableman is a man who is deeply committed to our Lord, his religion and his profession,” the letter read. The Gableman campaign was not available for comment as of press time. However, according to the Associated Press, campaign spokesperson Darrin Schmitz said Gableman would attend the event.

Intoxicated man wanders into North Murray Street residence Madison Police arrested a man for entering the downtown apartment of three women as they slept early Friday morning. Around 5 a.m., police responded to a residence on the 400 block of North Murray Street after the women, all in their twenties, called about a strange man wandering into their apartment, according to a police report. Two of the women said they awoke to find the man in their bed-

room. The third woman said she heard someone trying to open her locked bedroom door several times. When police arrived, they found the man, 19-year-old Daniel Smith of Barneveld, Wis., sitting on a futon in the women’s living room. Police said the women could not remember if they locked their apartment door, but there were no signs of forced entry. Police discovered Smith had

been drinking, and he responded to questions from police by saying “Chicken do” and at one point said, “I’ll tell you what day it is, it’s Tuesday.” Police arrested Smith for trespassing, disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property after police discovered Smith urinated in his pants and the urine absorbed into the fabric of the women’s futon. Smith was also cited for underage drinking.

Georgia Thompson case needs more investigation, report says An April 17 report said the firing of Georgia Thompson, which was a dominant issue in the 2006 Wisconsin governor election, needs more scrutiny to see if it was politically motivated. The report by the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee dealt with the possible politicization of cases by federal attorneys in the Department of Justice.

The report said the DOJ has not provided access to the personal notes of U.S. Attorney Steven Biskupic and other related memos. Biskupic prosecuted the case. Thompson was convicted of giving a state contract to a travel agency because it donated to the campaign of Gov. Jim Doyle, but an appeals court overturned the ruling. The court said the evidence

against Thompson was “beyond thin” and the prosecution’s arguments were “preposterous.” Several other U.S. attorneys were fired, according to the report, because they did not show enough loyalty to DOJ political agendas. The report said Biskupic was cooperative in the investigations and he has stated the case was not due to political reasons.

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having lots of different committees working on lots of different mini-campaigns and as a result, we fail to concentrate our efforts on a couple central issues that are outlined by ASM Student Council.” Wright said the five-point plan will be at the top of next year’s

agenda with other reform ideas. “We have a working coalition of students who are capable of making those changes,” he said. “I think next year’s going to be a very important one. If we can’t make these changes next year, I’m hesitant to say that they could ever happen.”

body,” said Jennifer Brody, a firsttime ASM representative. “I think the biggest problem facing ASM right now is it has very low capacity to get things done,” Gallagher said. “We’ve really overextended ourselves

UW to keep licensing contract with Adidas

One house to-go, please

By Charles Brace

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Members of the Labor Licensing Policy Committee voted Friday to delay recommending the chancellor cut the university’s contract with athletic apparel company Adidas. At an April 4 meeting, the LLPC recommended to Chancellor John Wiley that he require Adidas to implement hiring benchmarks for the former workers of the Hermosa Manufacturing factory in El Salvador. When Hermosa shut down in 2005, it failed to give 260 workers back pay upon their dismissal. Sixtythree workers were allegedly blacklisted after attempting to unionize over the severance discrepancy. The committee agreed that before it recommends Wiley cut

the university’s apparel contract with Adidas, the company should have time to instate the benchmarks. By June 1, the athletic company is required to secure employment for 10 of the workers and by Sept. 1, 10 more workers must be employed. Committee members also agreed to ask the chancellor to formally clarify what the consequences will be if Adidas does not meet the hiring requirements. Not all members of the committee thought the recommendation to the chancellor would be effective. Several called for the contract cutting process to begin and only halt if the hiring benchmarks are met.

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s UW-Madison student enrollment rose from 15,000 to almost 40,000 from 1955 to 1980, many single-family homes on campus were converted into multi-unit student homes. For years, the owners of these homes have thrived by leasing them on yearly terms to student tenants while offering patchwork maintenance and setting very low aesthetic upkeep standards. Recent student-housing trends have moved toward demand for high-rise apartment complexes. As a result, several neighborhood organizations and property owners hope to convert a portion of these buildings back to single-family homes. Ald. Julia Kerr, District 13, is leading a movement of several neighborhood organizations and businesses in the campus area seeking a $50,000 city-planning grant to strategize the transformation of neighborhoods almost wholly occupied by students. “What happens when all these kids decide to move to University Square?” Kerr said in the Wisconsin State Journal. Kerr fears that the development of a 12-story high rise in the immediate downtown area will create low-rent homes and vacancies in the Bassett and Greenbush neighborhoods, among others. Although many students may prefer newer complexes, these groups are not representative of

the entire student body. Assuming all students want to live in highpriced downtown apartments fails to recognize that many students attend school on a budget and welcome an extra 10 minutes walking or busing to class to avoid paying steep rental prices. Furthermore, the patchwork repair jobs performed on the houses over the past several decades will lead to extremely costly renovation attempts. If obtained, this grant cannot simply serve as an attempt to give these houses a “face-lift” at the city’s expense to increase profits for property owners. After several years, the years of poor maintenance will begin to show, and no single-family owners will want to reside in these homes. Similar attempts are not new to Madison, either. Like Austin King’s attempt to renovate Regent Street several years ago, this proposal will die quickly if these attempts maintain a shortsighted view of the groups that reside in speciﬁc housing zones. Completely neglecting the preferences of these communities will only create unnecessary trouble among Madison residents. If this grant proposal is accepted, it must appropriately meet the needs of students and residents alike rather than simply pricing one group out in favor of creating newly branded areas to attract greater profits.

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Ban BPA plastic until research proves it safe RYAN DASHEK opinion columnist

ast week, the U.S. government’s National Toxicology Program suggested that there may be “some concern” with Bisphenol A (BPA), a very common type of plastic found in a huge assortment of everyday household objects: electronics, CDs, medical equipment and, perhaps most importantly, water bottles. The greatest danger lies with plastic water bottles because

BPA slowly leaches out into the drink the bottle contains. This is especially disquieting considering the vast amount of plastic Nalgene bottles (which contain this polymer) used on this campus and college campuses everywhere. Thus, until the government conducts more research, a temporary ban of BPA used in food containers is necessary. In 2004, it was estimated that the United States alone produces over one million metric tons of BPA, with the greater majority going toward the production of food and drink containers. Its prevalence, indeed the prevalence of all plastic polymers, is because of its ability to withstand moderately high temperatures and its nearly shatter-proof structure. It may be in other recyclable plastics under the recycling symbol 7, however, traces of it can occasionally be found in type 3 plastics as well. Although BPA can be found as a resin on CDs and DVDs, it is most commonly found as a plastic polymer in nearly all Nalgene and baby bottles.

We need to err on the side of caution in this case.

The greatest concern at this point is the amount of BPA found in baby bottles. At room temperature, BPA can leach out into the contents of the bottle at a relatively slow rate. When exposed to hot liquids, though, it has been reported to leach about 55 times faster, according to an article in Scientific American. As one could imagine, this could lead to a copious amount of the plastic being ingested by infants who are formula-fed, suggested to be a rate of up to 13 µg/kg per day. The Environmental Protection Agency considers an exposure of up to 50 µg/kg per day in adults safe, but laboratory studies have suggested ingestion of only 2 to 5 µg/kg/

day of BPA may disrupt hormone pathways in humans. Scientists are still hotly debating what amount of BPA can be safely consumed. However, recent studies conducted by the Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston have made a few unsettling conclusions. Its studies have shown that moderate levels of exposure to BPA during the developmental stages in humans can have carcinogenic effects and may actually produce the precursors to breast cancer. Considering infants ingest a greater amount of this polymer than most adults, this is particularly troublesome. Thus, temporarily banning this substance until more research is conducted is crucial. How can we possibly justify putting infants at risk solely for the sake of having a cheap and durable baby bottle? BPA also poses several environmental risks, much like all other plastic polymers. Unlike most other plastics, however, BPA breaks down in soils fairly quickly. Yet, the sheer amount of it that spreads across the world more than makes up for this, interfering with plant growth and, according to Health Canada, disrupting the life cycles of fish and other animals. By reducing the amount of this compound being manufactured, we could not only be protecting ourselves from a potentially dangerous substance but also helping the environment. Although no clear-cut evidence has been produced proving BPA can cause serious and irrevocable damage to humans, we still need to err on the side of caution in this case. Although we cannot ban BPA from being used to manufacture any products, we should not allow the use of this polymer in the production of objects that commonly come into contact with our foods and drinks until further research can prove it is safe. I think most people would agree that placing our health in jeopardy for the sake of having an inexpensive and durable plastic hold our drinks is simply ridiculous. Ryan Dashek is a sophomore majoring in biology. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Elbow’s latest offers Seldom heard creativity By Andrew Dambeck

tling track based on political symbolism that showcases spine-chilling Three years ago, Elbow, a four- piano drags after each chorus. piece group from Manchester, The album reaches an emotional England, pulled out all the stops peak with “Weather To Fly,” which with Leaders of the Free World—a diz- acts as an ode to the band and zying array of hooks and clamors so how their lives were when the group filled with symbolism and messages began playing together: “Pounding it felt like an M. the streets where my CD REVIEW Night Shyamalan fathers feet still / Ring film put to music. from the walls, / We’d Aside from the sing in the doorways, politically charged / Or bicker and row / title track, Elbow Just figuring how we unleashed a were wired inside.” cosine of emotion “On a Day Like with each track, This” acts as the climax to the album, sending a shockThe Seldom wave that resopowered by strings, Seen Kid nated with fans a full choir and an Elbow until the group upbeat melody as returned to the studio in 2008 for its Garvey belts: “So throw those curtains wide / One day like this a year’d latest album, The Seldom Seen Kid. From the ringing bellows of the see me right.” “Friend of Ours” returns the first track, “The Shining,” to the coy, reverberating outro of the final listener back to earth as the band track, “Friend of Ours,” The Seldom swoons with an epitaph for—accordSeen Kid is an album founded on ing to many sources—English singpassion and artistic whim. The er/songwriter and friend of the band album on the whole does not fluc- Bryan Glancy, who died in late tuate in tempo but maintains a 2006. The song is so deep and filled contemplative march from track to with sorrow, the listeners, too, feel track despite the stirring changes like they’ve lost one of their own. executed both by instruments and vocals. Singer/guitarist Guy Garvey haunts and croons with each track, modeling a voice similar to an aged, The album as a whole does not fluctuate in tempo but mainweather-torn Peter Gabriel. tains a contemplative march Never is this link more prevafrom track to track. lent than on the album’s first single, “Grounds For Divorce,” which has the driving beat of Gabriel’s famous “Sledgehammer,” though it adds an exciting layer of fuzzed-out, Brit-pop Elbow is a quiet leader of the guitar licks that fashion the structure art-rock genre and is spearheadof a Genesis hit. “Bones of You” and ing the niche without boasting the “The Loneliness of a Tower Crane image of starving hipsters unleashDriver” stand out as vintage Elbow ing a grab bag of bells and whistles. tracks—menacing, dreamy and com- Instead, the portly group let their plex in composition. “Mirrorball” talent and creativity make up for also continues in this vein, though being non-photogenic. Through it has many qualities that would fit a rich, effervescent sound, The perfectly in a movie soundtrack. The Seldom Seen Kid supports Elbow’s sleaziest Elbow song comes in “An ability to separate pretentiousness Audience With The Pope,” an unset- from genius. THE DAILY CARDINAL

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UW actress Stephanie Monday (forefront) captures the vulnerable, deluded essence of Blanche perfectly, sharply contrasting with her sister, Stella (Clare Haden), who gives an equally, well, stellar performance.

Everything you ‘Desire’ By Corrie Eggimann THE DAILY CARDINAL

A hot Southern summer makes for a sizzling story about family, fortune and frazzled emotions in Tennessee Williams’ 1947 play “A Streetcar Named Desire,” which opened last weekend at University Theatre. The show, which stars four UW theater students and is directed by UW theater professor Norma Saldivar, is well done and would likely make Williams proud with its faithful interpretation of the text and overall performance. The ﬁrst curtain opens on a scorching summer day in the French Quarter of New Orleans shortly after the end of the Second World War. Blanche DuBois (Stephanie Monday) enters and immediately looks out of place in her fancy clothes. Her apprehensive manner, as she approaches an apartment that belongs to her sister, Stella (Clare Haden), foreshadows her future psychological problems. When Stella agrees to let Blanche move in, the tension between Stella’s simple life and Blanche’s desire for luxury is immediately apparent. The play goes on through the summer as Blanche overstays her welcome with Stella and her husband

Stanley. Blanche and Stanley almost constantly argue, as Blanche is blunt about her distaste for Stanley and starts a romance with Stanley’s best friend Mitch. Blanche’s mental illness becomes obvious and continues to worsen throughout the play, and the tension in the apartment grows until the dramatic conclusion. All of the students involved beautifully develop and deliver their characters. Mitch, played by Steve Wojtas, captures a sensitivity and vulnerability not present in the other strong Southern men. Likewise, David Wilson-Brown delivers a strong, sometimes breathtaking performance, portraying Stanley’s rollercoaster of emotions. Clare Haden’s performance as Stella is nearly ﬂawless as she persistently defends her lifestyle to Blanche. Stephanie Monday delivers a strong portrayal of Blanche as well, considering the complexity of the role. With passionate and well-acted monologues, Monday captures the high emotional stakes of Blanche’s situation, while existing in the sometimes contrived reality of Blanche’s mind. The performances by the four, though relatively short, are all executed memorably. The set, designed by Kenneth R.

George, is well designed. The apartment is outlined by run-down buildings with summer ﬂowers in full bloom. The interior of the apartment looks old and decrepit, with the two rooms separated by an imaginary wall and sheer curtains to capture the lack of privacy Blanche complains about so often. The costuming is amazing as well. Costume designer Maggie Foss juxtaposes the supposed luxury of Blanche’s life with the meek earnings of Stanley and Stella by having Blanche wear extravagant gowns and hats while Stella dresses more modestly. The play runs nearly three hours, but it is well worth your time. Everyone involved in the production helps craft a great play with true Southern style.

‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ where: Mitchell Theatre when: April 23-27 & May 1-3. All shows begin at 7:30 p.m. cost: $14 for students, available at www.utmadison.com

Fast ﬁlming, friendships highlight ‘Kabaret’ By Ben Pierson THE DAILY CARDINAL

Anyone can make a movie, but can they do it in two days? That is the challenge of the Wis-Kino Kabaret, a two-day filmmaking bonanza in which local artists come together to crank out five-minute movies. Over the weekend, film teams raced all over the county in a mad dash to get shots and scenes. With its emphasis on brevity, Kabaret pushes these filmmakers, according to its website, to “do well with nothing, do even better with a little and—most importantly—to do it right now!” Given 48 hours to make a film, Kabaret teams must quickly decide what to write, where to shoot and what the actors should wear—all at the mercy of the weather. “It’s a wonderful experience because everything is extemporaneous right from the beginning,” UW

graduate student and Wis-Kino actor Amit J. Nimunkar said, “Everything is so random, it adds to the whole thrill of the event.” The artists assembled at the Sundance Cinema on Friday night, prepared for the whirlwind film adventure. There they picked up their “secret ingredients” that had to be somehow integrated into their movies. Veteran participant Kate George explained that “at the end of the day, the aim is for people to go out and actually make something.” “It’s like a game or a challenge ... [but] there’s absolutely no competition,” George said, later adding that “the goal is to just encourage people to get up and make something.” The Kino movement started in 1998 when a group of cinematographers from Montreal decided to make a five-minute film every month until 2000. They enjoyed the project so much they decided

to expand it, and soon enough an international Kino culture was born. Now there are nearly 50 official Kino societies on five different continents. It is a family atmosphere, according to George. “I’ve met some people at festivals, and six months later I’m in another country sleeping on their couch, just because I was in the neighborhood,” she said. George has been doing Kino for three years with no prior film training. This lack of formal training and do-it-yourself attitude is typical of the Wis-Kino experience. “Wis-Kino tends to be a little more grassroots ... and seems to be a little more attainable to everyone,” Wis-Kino Director Jim Kraus said. Aside from providing an open atmosphere and a wide network of friends, Kabaret offers plenty of excitement for local filmmakers.

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Three years after they wowed fans with Leaders of the Free World, Manchester natives Elbow are back with another great album.

The New Pornographers and Okkervil River take the Orpheum stage tonight what: Canadian indie rockers the New Pornographers will grace the Orpheum stage today as part of their nationwide tour. The concert will also feature fellow indie rockers Okkervil River. when: Monday, April 21. The Orpheum doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the concert starts at 7:30 p.m. cost: $22 in advance at ticketmaster.com or $26 at the door.

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Monday, April 21, 2008

Magic brownies

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.

Ken’s measurements are undeterminable.

Dwarfhead and Narwhal

By James Dietrich jbdietrich@wisc.edu

Barbie’s measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

The Crackles

Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com UTTER NONSENSE ACROSS

1 Ancient burial stone 6 Move at the dance hall 10 Pre-owned 14 Poison 15 Crackerjack 16 Bender 17 Hiked, as prices 18 Prohibition establishment 20 It keeps its head above water 21 Adder relative 22 Beauty parlor procedures 23 Sushi elements 25 Organizational aids 27 Said “Sure!” 29 Paddock papas 33 Some rail lines 34 Sixth day of Christmas gift 35 Lateappearing star 36 Longbow wood 37 Iberian Mrs. 38 “... jawbone of an ___” (Judges 15:16) 41 ___ culpa 42 Pieces of history 44 Lily in a wedding bouquet, perhaps 46 Band aid 47 Eyelid irritants 49 Distasteful

51 On the chilly side 53 “Turtle” or “crew” attachment 54 Like beds, again and again 57 Place to get pinned 59 Acid units 62 Cruise quarters 64 Expensive coat 65 Place between hills 66 It often contains six yards of silk 67 Boat launch area, perhaps 68 Characters in a frat house? 69 Squeezes (out), as a living 70 Bed starter DOWN

1 Almost ﬁnished cigar 2 Toss back more than a few 3 Turnpike 4 Feudal lords 5 Participant in some receptions 6 Impudent reply 7 Overthrows 8 180 degrees from WSW 9 Compote ingredients, perhaps 10 Part of a place setting 11 They’re high but not dry

12 Minimal effort 13 Anti-alcohol types 19 Little foxes 21 Lou Grant portrayer 24 A millipede’s many 26 High standards 27 On your toes 28 It may be ﬁlled with gunpowder 30 Extraordinary 31 Moriarty, to Holmes 32 You can get this in bars 33 Colons in emoticons, often 39 One person’s opinion 40 Banker’s byword 43 Law-making bodies 45 Nowadays 48 Part of a square 50 Fuel-rating number 52 In and of itself 54 Request of an invitee, brieﬂy 55 Terminal info 56 Bamako’s country 58 English author Kingsley 60 Wasn’t colorfast 61 Hardens 63 Durable hardwood 64 Boom preceder

By Simon Dick srdick@wisc.edu

Anthro-apology

By Eric Wigdahl wigdahl@wisc.edu

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Monday, April 21, 2008

Badger softball drops four games to Iowa and Illinois By Jay Messar THE DAILY CARDINAL

Frustration continued this weekend for the Wisconsin softball team, as the Badgers were swept by both Illinois and No. 25

Iowa on the road. The four losses drop Wisconsin’s record to 2-14 in the Big Ten and 12-37 overall. The hardest hit was Wisconsin pitcher Leah Vanevenhoven, whose record dropped to 4-22 after taking

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Although sophomore pitcher Letty Olivarez picked up a loss, dropping her to 5-14, she hit two home runs in Sunday’s doubleheader against Iowa.

three of the four losses in this weekend’s road trip. Sophomore Letty Olivarez picked up a loss to Iowa, dropping her record to 5-14. After rain canceled Friday night’s scheduled contest, the Badgers and Iowa (10-4 Big Ten, 32-14 overall) squared off in a double header Saturday at Pearl Field in Iowa City, Iowa. Although Vanevenhoven gave up just four hits and two earned runs, Hawkeye ace Brittany Weil struck out 12 and gave up just one hit in Wisconsin’s 2-0 loss in game one. Saturday’s game two brought out the Iowa bats, as the home Hawkeyes scored three in the third, two in the fifth and three in the sixth inning en route to an 8-1 win to sweep the series. The Badgers experienced familiar results in Sunday’s double header in Champaign, Ill., as Illinois (6-8 Big Ten, 27-24 overall) took a pair of games from Wisconsin. Illinois struck first, as an RBI double by Illinois’ Angelena Mexicano in the bottom of the first inning put the Illini up 1-0. Olivarez’s bat answered in the top of the second inning with a

leadoff homerun to center, tying the game at 1-1. The Badgers generated another run in the fifth on Katie Soderberg and Ashley Hanewich singles and a hit by pitch by Livi Abney. A deep sacrifice fly to left by Joey Daniels scored Soderberg from third, putting the visitors ahead 2-1. The game turned quickly in the Illini’s favor, as Sarah Bryers sent a two-out, two-run shot over the left field fence in the sixth to put Illinois up 3-2. While Hanewich was walked and Daniels was hit by a pitch, Illinois pitcher Claire DeVreese forced Badger third baseman Theresa Boruta into grounding out to seal the win. Game two was a similar tale for the Badgers, with Daniels scoring the first run on a throwing error by the Illinois catcher. Left fielder Valyncia Raphael, who was 3-for-3 with three RBI in the game, smashed a triple that scored Boruta then a single by Lynn Anderson that sent Raphael home gave the Badgers a quick 3-0 lead after the first inning. Mexicano answered for the Illini with a homerun in the first,

making the score 3-1 before the Illinois bats came alive. Wisconsin ran into a tough series in the third inning, giving up six runs all with two outs. Bryers sent a three-run shot over the left center wall, followed immediately by a Hope Howell solo home run to deep center. A Danielle Zymkowitz double through the left side three batters later scored one and after loading the bases, Shanna Diller reached on a catcher’s interference call, scoring Danielle Vaji from third. Back-to-back leadoff homeruns put two on the board in the Badger half of the fourth, as Olivarez tallied her second home run of the day and Raphael followed suit, sending one of her own to center. A Raphael walk with loaded bases scored Daniels to bring Wisconsin to within one after the fifth inning but the Illini tacked on an insurance run in the sixth to lock up the win, 8-6. Wisconsin will play its last six games of the season at Goodman Diamond, including a doubleheader against UW-Green Bay this Wednesday.

Wisconsin track teams earn regional qualifying times on the road this weekend By Scott Allen THE DAILY CARDINAL

The men’s track team picked up two regional qualifying marks and three individual wins, while the women’s team won four events and picked up a regional qualifier this weekend. The women’s distance crew competed separately at the competitive Mount Sac Relays in Walnut, Calif., this weekend. Junior Sarah Hurley earned a regional qualifying mark in the 3000meter steeplechase, running 10 minutes, 33.56 seconds for 11th place in a stacked field. Hurley’s effort puts her No. 4 all-time for UW. In the 1500 meters, junior Gwen Jorgensen and senior Ann Detmer each improved upon their qualifying times, running 4:25.81 and 4:26.93 to place seventh and tenth, respectively. At Iowa’s Hawkeye Invitational, the women’s team swept the 200-meter dash, taking first through third as well

spring game from page 8 the back of out minds we know it’s only gonna be one of us, but really it’s just about the team.” Entering the game, the Badgers did not have their full lineup of players because of a rash of injuries during the spring. Fifteen players were not able to play Saturday, ten who were starters. Senior defensive end Matt Shaughnessy broke a bone in his leg earlier in the week and sophomore running back Zach Brown, who started the ﬁnal four games of the season and had 250 yards against Minnesota, suffered a bruise on his shin during the game. The absence of Brown, however, did little to dampen expectations about the Wisconsin ground game with the top four Badger runners gaining nearly 240 yards on the ground. Highly regarded freshman John Clay ran for 94 yards on 21 carries in his ﬁrst action in front of the fans at Camp Randall. On one second-half possession, the 231pound Clay was fed the ball on

as fifth and sixth. Freshman Akaila Cabell won in 25.97 seconds, with junior Caitlin Dodge and senior Alex McCannel behind her at 26.15 and 26.73 seconds, respectively. Sophomore Angel Eggleston and senior Kaitlyn Marsolek took fifth and sixth in 26.89 and 27.17. Cabell also earned third in the 100 meters in 12.40 seconds, while Dodge earned fourth in the 400 meters in 58.24, just ahead of Marsolek, who finished in 58.40. Freshman Egle Staisiunaite won the 400-meter hurdles in 1:02.50, with junior teammate Carly Ducharme right behind at 1:02.77. Staisiunaite also earned second place in the 100-meter hurdles in 14.55 seconds. Freshman Kayla McClendon took fourth in 14.84, while Ducharme finished sixth in 15.32. McClendon, a versatile multi-event athlete, won the long jump at 17 feet, 5 1⁄4 inches, while fellow heptathlete more than five straight runs up the middle and responded by carrying the White offense down field. Bielema said Clay was given the ball often so he could become more consistent in his paths and because “everybody wanted to see him.” “What I need to improve on is just knowing, like, where I should be at to block or whatever like that, so, just knowing my assignments,” Clay said. After the first and third quarters the team ran a rapid-fire kicking exercise in which the top two kickers, Welsh and junior Matt Fischer, attempted four field goals each from varying distances, earning one point for each make. The two combined to hit 8-of-16 attempts. “I wanted those kickers to kick in a live situation. Try to create as much game simulation as possible,” Bielema said. “It was the first time all eyes were on them, and ironically, I think the first segment went better than the second. They had more time to think about it and there was a couple snap issues as well.”

Ducharme placed fourth in the javelin throw at 108-0. Sophomore LaQuita Brazil took first in the triple jump for her 37-8 1⁄2 effort and finished fourth in the long jump at 16-7 1⁄4. Junior Megan Seidl cleared 5-7 in the high jump to finish second, and sophomore Carrie Woltman jumped 5-3 for sixth. Junior Jenny Soceka placed second in the pole vault at 12-5 1⁄2. Finishing third were senior Nicole Slaby, who went 2:14.12 in the 800 meters, and junior Jessica Jeremiah, who jumped 16-10 1⁄2 in the long jump and 36-6 1⁄4 in the triple jump. Men’s recap Sophomore Nate Larkin qualified for the Midwest Regional Championship by winning the 110meter hurdles in 14.28 seconds. Senior teammate Adam Pischke finished second in 14.79.

defense from page 8 Following the broken lower leg senior defensive end Matt Shaughnessy suffered, no projected starters participated in the game. Instead, younger players such as freshman Louis Nzegwu, who ﬁnished with three tackles, had an opportunity to show the fans a glimpse of the future. “He’s still a little light potato, but he goes hard, he has a good motor,” Bielema said. “He’s extremely gifted athletically ... He can be something for us on third down, he’s got great explosion.” With no speciﬁc football practices scheduled for the remainder of the school year, the Badgers will rely on the summer months to improve physically and recover from injuries. In fact, Bielema believes most of the injured players should be back in time for fall camp. “I think we should have everybody back, other than Matt (Shaughnessy) in the full practice. Even (sophomore defensive back) Aaron Henry was a question at one time, but everybody other than that should be able to begin our new workout program.”

Freshman Robert Dehn threw 202-6 in the javelin throw for the meet title as well as a regional qualifying mark. Dehn bested second place by more than 20 feet, putting him No. 5 all-time for Wisconsin. UW’s other first place came from sophomore Pat Nichols, who cleared 6-8 3⁄4, two feet shy of the regional standard. Freshmen Ryan Marschall and David Grzesiak tied for fifth place with 6-2 3⁄4. Junior James Groce earned second place in the 200-meter dash in 21.72 seconds. Also placing second were senior Derek Thiel, who cleared 15-9 in the pole vault, and freshman Jim Lierman, who jumped 47-6 1⁄2 in the long jump. The 4x100-meter relay team of Larkin, Groce, freshmen Andrew Milenkovski and Chas DeMers were edged out by Iowa by one hundredth of a second, finishing in 41.68 seconds. In the 400 meters, senior Luke

Hoenecke and freshmen Quinn Evans and Andrew Milenkovski took fourth through sixth place in 49 to 50 seconds. Similarly, freshmen Zach Beth and Luke Rucks and junior Steve Ludwig went 4-5-6 in the 800 meters, running 1:53 each. Beth, Demers and sophomores Tim Pierre and Barry Gill earned third in the 4x400-meter relay in 3:18.94. Four additional sophomores placed in the top six. Sophomore Victor Dupuy earned fourth in the 100-meter dash, running 11.30 seconds, and ﬁfth in the long jump at 21-4 1⁄4. Sophomore Rory Linder placed fourth in the discus throw at 162-10, while freshman Jake Fritz took ﬁfth in the shot put at 53-5 3⁄4 and freshman Billy Lease placed sixth in the 400meter hurdles in 56.69 seconds. — uwbadgers.com contributed to this report.

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By Ben Breiner THE DAILY CARDINAL

Although fall is months away, it seems like the season is stretching year round for Bret Bielema and his players. The Wisconsin football team closed its spring practices Saturday with the annual spring game. More than 20,000 fans trekked to Camp Randall to witness the Cardinal squad defeat their teammates in White 28-3. The Cardinal scored its first nine points on the leg of freshman Philip Welsh and got the game’s first touchdown when junior Lance Smith ran in from three yards out. The only other touchdown came when freshman quarterback James Stallons found sophomore tight end Lance Kendricks with an arching pass on a post pattern with five minutes left in the game. This was the first chance for Badgers fans to see several of the five players vying for the starting quarterback job. Senior Allen Evridge started for the Cardinal, which usually includes the top players on the depth chart, and threw for 137 yards Saturday.

“I thought the quarterbacks did an outstanding job of moving the ball early but threw a couple critical interceptions,” Bielema said. “They were good plays defensively, but on the ﬂip side, we can’t turn the ball over.” Bielema went on to say that the competition for the position is not over and that the decision will be made late in fall camp, around the same time that Tyler Donovan was announced as starter last year. The coach emphasized that the trait he is looking for is consistency, and the quarterbacks echoed that as a goal for themselves. Junior quarterback Dustin Shearer, who currently sits in the No. 2 spot on the depth chart, made a point of saying the players do not let competing for playing time create any personal animosity. “We’re totally aware that only one of us can play, but we’re a pretty close group. All of us get along really well,” Shearer said. “People say me and Allen, it’s a big battle, y’know him and I get along really well. We help each other out, and in spring game page 7

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Senior quarterback Allen Evridge led the Cardinal squad to a win Saturday. Evridge went 7-for-12, threw for 137 yards and is ranked No. 1 among Badger quarterbacks.

Badger football shows promising defense despite injuries By Tom Lea THE DAILY CARDINAL

The spring football season reached its conclusion Saturday afternoon at Camp Randall Stadium with the annual spring game. On the surface, the Cardinal beat the White 28-3, but both defensive units throughout the game made huge strides that go unnoticed when just looking at the ﬁnal score. An impressive feat was accomplished when the offense was only able to ﬁnd the end zone twice, considering

seven of 11 projected starters on the defensive unit did not participate. “I think they gave up some yards, but they made up some big plays,” head coach Bret Bielema said of the defensive performance Saturday. “The biggest thing was I think that we got an extended amount of looks at guys that normally wouldn’t get that much ... I think the big thing is that we have to take the positives from the negatives.” Arguably the most impressive defensive player on the ﬁeld was junior defensive back Chris Maragos.

Early in the game, Maragos broke on Evridge’s pass and jumped in front of sophomore wide receiver David Gilreath’s route to make the interception. The play was exciting for the estimated 22,000 in attendance, but the coaches have seen his playmaking ability all spring. “I think right now, in our sub package, he would be a guy that would start at the other safety position if we were playing [junior] Aubrey Pleasant or [sophomore] Jay Valai at the down position,” Bielema said. “Anyway we

can get him on the ﬁeld ... I really believe just because the way he is, the way he competes, he can be a tremendous special teams player for us.” Another welcome surprise for the Badger faithful was the performance of the UW linebackers. With senior Jonathan Casillas still recovering from a sprained ankle, some of the younger guys received multiple reps. In fact, senior Ryan Flasch and juniors Erik Prather and Jaevery McFadden, all back-ups, logged the most tackles of anyone on the team, each ﬁnishing

with nine. “I think that is one of the most important things about spring ball,” senior linebacker DeAndre Levy said. “People kind of don’t see the relevance of it because it is so far away, it’s like in the middle of nowhere. [But] it gives guys an opportunity to play and compete and be comfortable for next year.” The defensive line has been the most banged up throughout spring. defense page 7

Wisconsin women’s tennis succeeds on Senior Day, men’s team dominates at Michigan State By Chris Lindeke THE DAILY CARDINAL

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Wisconsin senior Chelsea Nusslock was victorious on Senior Day in the No. 5 singles slot after three sets.

Fueled by a strong start in doubles and stellar performances from its two seniors on Senior Day, the UW women’s tennis team knocked off No. 60 Michigan State 5-2 on a beautiful Sunday afternoon at Nielsen Tennis Stadium. The Badgers (2-8 Big Ten, 9-13 overall) began the match by sweeping three doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead to open the contest. UW clinched the point when freshman Emese Kardhordo and sophomore Katya Mirnova defeated the Spartans’ Stephanie Kebler and Lindsey Lonergan 9-7 at the No. 3 spot. Badgers coach Brian Fleishman said he mixed the doubles lineup around to have two pairs that have rarely played together this season. He used the same tactic last in the Badgers’ last match, a 61 upset victory at then-No. 47 Iowa. “We are kind of mixing the doubles lineup around, trying to find some good combinations going into the tournament, and I think it’s catching a lot of teams off guard,” Fleishman said. “It’s tough to get a scouting report [on the pairs] with the late notice. I think our doubles is really rising to the occasion and everybody’s figuring out, ‘Hey, I’m a good player and I can play with anybody.’” Sunday afternoon also marked the final home match for seniors Chelsea Nusslock and Morgan Tuttle. The pair

was recognized prior to the match in a short ceremony and were awarded a picture frame with individual action shots and team photos. After defeating the Hawkeyes on their Senior Day, Fleishman made sure his seniors noted Iowa’s disdain following the match. “Last weekend at Iowa that was their Senior Day, we kind of screwed it up for them,” Fleishman said. “It was kind of a bad Senior Day. I told the seniors ‘look down there, if you don’t want that, come to play next week on Senior Day.’ I think they really rose to the occasion today.” Nusslock and Tuttle responded with a pair of singles victories to add to their doubles wins. Tuttle, a Winnetka, Ill., native, clinched the match for the Badgers with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph at No. 6 singles over Ally Wickman of the Spartans (3-7 Big Ten, 12-12 overall). The Iowa transfer was pleased with the team’s victory, its second in a row heading into the Big Ten Tournament. “The three years I’ve been here have been up and down, but I think we always ﬁnd a way to ﬁnd a positive, and I think this year we’ve really grown as a team and individually, and I think it showed in our results,” Tuttle said. Nusslock, a Lake Forest, Ill., native, followed Tuttle with a hard-fought 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 victory over Michigan State’s Ana Milosavljevic at No. 5 singles. “Chelsea’s a great competitor, great friend, great teammate, a great leader,”

Tuttle said. “When she’s out on the court she’s going to give 110 percent. She’s just overall a great person and we know we can count on her.” “They’re two great kids,” said Fleishman, referring to Tuttle and Nusslock. “Both of them have big hearts, a lot of Badger pride. They did what they could do here. And I think they actually got better this year as the season progressed, so I can’t ask any more of them.” With their regular season complete, the Badgers hope to make a run at this weekend’s Big Ten Tournament in West Lafayette, Ind. Play will begin this Thursday for UW, which will likely receive the No. 10 or 11 seed. Men’s recap The No. 34 UW men’s tennis team closed its regular season with a 7-0 sweep at Michigan State on Sunday afternoon. The Badgers (8-2 Big Ten, 16-8 overall) did not lose a match in either doubles or singles en route to their third-consecutive victory and seventh in their last eight dual matches. The Spartans concluded their regular season with a 12-12 record, including a 1-9 mark in conference play. UW will begin its postseason play in the Big Ten Tournament this Friday at Iowa City, Iowa. —msuspartans.cstv.com contributed to this report.