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UW settles ‘Motion W’ lawsuit with Washburn

By Rachel Holzman THE DAILY CARDINAL

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UW-Madison came to an agreement with Washburn University on rights to ‘Motion W.’ Washburn will modify its athletic logo.

UW scientists use stem cells to slow ALS in rats

By Bill Andrews THE DAILY CARDINAL

UW-Madison scientists have successfully slowed the progression of Lou Gehrig’s disease in rats by using modified adult stem cells to deliver a growth hormone to atrophied muscles, according to the current issue of Molecular Therapy.

This result may provide the first hint of finding an effective therapy

Washburn University agreed to modify its athletic logo Friday after UW-Madison filed an unprecedented federal trademarkinfringement lawsuit against the school last year.

The UW System Board of Regents accused the Topeka, Kan., school of trademark infringement in December 2007 for using a “W” symbol similar to UWMadison’s “Motion W.” According to Dena Anson, director of relations at Washburn University, the universities settled the dispute outside the courtroom.

Anson said Washburn started using its version of the “W” in the 1990s to represent the athletic department. She said the school is currently working on designs for a new logo but a final decision has not been reached.

“We can still use the ‘W’ that was in question, but we will have to modify it so that our university name, mascot name or mascot symbol is transposed on it,” Anson said.

“We went through this correspondence to protect the integrity of the ‘Motion W.’” Casey Nagy special assistant to the chancellor UW-Madison

According to Casey Nagy, special assistant to Chancellor Biddy Martin, UW-Madison strongly believes in protecting the “Motion W” as an iconic symbol of the school.

“What we were looking for was retention of our ‘Motion W’

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for treating Lou Gehrig’s disease, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which is currently untreatable. The scientists involved do not expect a cure yet.

“The effect is not so big … We have to improve,” said Masatoshi Suzuki, the UW-Madison associate scientist who led the study. “There stem cells page 3

Former UW professor and Congressional candidate Barrett arrested in abuse case

By Jessica Feld THE DAILY CARDINAL

U.S. Congressional candidate and former UW-Madison professor Kevin Barrett was arrested in Madison Tuesday for violating a restraining order filed by his wife, Fatna Bellouchi, according to Madison Police.

Madison Police Officer Lori Chalecki said Barrett turned himself in to police after violating the no-contact provision of his restraining order.

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Men charged in Plaza slaying pleads not guilty at preliminary court hearing Two men charged in connection with a fatal stabbing at the Plaza Tavern earlier this month pleaded not guilty to the charges at a preliminary hearing in court Tuesday.

Justin Stout, 31, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide after a dispute outside the Plaza Sept. 3 resulted in the death of 22-year-old Juan Bernal. Travis Knapp, 34, who was with Stout the night of the stabbing, is charged with aiding a felon and felony bail jumping.

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Patrick Fiedler heard eyewitness testimony from Bernal’s friend Yarnell Fuller, who said he saw Bernal put Stout in a headlock and punch him prior to the stabbing. Based on the testimony, Fiedler determined there was sufficient evidence to send the case to trial.

Dane County District Attorney Brian Blanchard said the case would now be turned over to Judge David Flanagan for further proceedings, including the scheduling of a trial date.

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as a stand-alone icon,” Nagy said.

“If someone else was using something similar, there [should] be other features associated with it that would not confuse the public.”

Nagy did not comment on specific details of the agreement but said the negotiation settled on preserving the iconic symbol of Wisconsin.

“We went through this correspondence to protect the integrity of the ‘Motion W’ because people expect us to do that, and when they see the ‘Motion W,’ they expect it to reflect Wisconsin,” Nagy said. “We certainly did not want to end up in litigation, but sometimes that happens.”

Anson said Washburn expects to have an updated logo soon.

“We get to keep the basic representation of the ‘W,’ but we will be modifying and personalizing it for our own use,” Anson said.

Wis. Dems motion to intervene in GAB suit The Democratic Party of Wisconsin motioned Tuesday to intervene in the lawsuit Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen filed against the Government Accountability Board last week.

According to a statement, the DPW asked Dane County Circuit Court Judge Maryann Sumi to allow them to become a party to the lawsuit.

In the lawsuit, Van Hollen claimed the GAB broke election laws put in place by the Help America Vote Act by failing to cross-check voter registrations with other databases.

The DPW said they have a direct interest in the case and a right to intervene because it concerns voters’ rights.

According to Tuesday’s motion, the DPW claims Van Hollen’s lawsuit would disenfranchise many eligible voters, a large portion who would have cast votes for Democratic candidates.

In a statement, DPW Chair Joe Wineke called the Van Hollen case a “baseless” and “hyper-partisan” lawsuit and said the Democratic Party has no choice but to intervene.

“By being a party to the lawsuit, we will be able to protect the fundamental American right of all eligible voters to have their votes counted,” Wineke said.

Representatives from the campaign for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama sent a letter on Aug. 25 to the GAB urging it to reject pressure from the Republican Party to check voter information.

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“…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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he strongest people learn to survive. If a plane ever crashes in the middle of a deserted island you must learn to drink your own pee, eat little animals’ insides, or, if you’re lucky, join the cast of Lost.

The work place is not much different. Some days, the coffee tastes funky. Sometimes you eat questionable brownies a co-worker baked, one who you know for a fact neglects to wash her hands after she uses the bathroom.

But because you have no cash, your only choice is to persevere. You must learn to endure pointless three hour meetings, restricting business attire, and the pervy co-worker who sweats profusely and sits way too close to you on the bus. It’s like working for Michael Scott sans any comedy or irony, so you must learn the other necessary rules of the “jungle.” You become skilled at getting away with

wearing flip-flops. You learn never to print a document bigger than 15 pages at Printer Two. You master the Art of Passing Time. Only the fittest survive.

When my friends and I started working our new school jobs at various offices, we vowed to check in on each other and provide enough entertainment to make each other forget how our immobile asses were simultaneously getting bigger and molding funky shapes into our chairs.

To fill time, we sent bumper stickers on Facebook, made extravagant plans for eating at fancy restaurants and never followed through, and then, we took on a practice that is horribly vulgar—we began to discuss our bowel movements. After all, we needed to ensure our bodies were in their prime and able to endure the strenuous monotony that is working in an office.

All conversations took place on Gmail chat and started at approximately 9:06 a.m. when my two friends, Khrista and Leanne, and I were logged in and sipping our morning coffee. At about 9:17 a.m., after discussing how slow our day was sure to be, Khrista

suggested we take a break in the bathroom for the mid-morning-post-coffee poop. We timed it so that all three of us would be in the bathroom at our respective offices. We found this practice extremely entertaining, picturing our friends doing the exact same thing, and choking back laughter—it was embarrassing enough to have to actually use the office bathroom, and we did not need to be heard howling and snorting while on the toilet.

I found this practice entertaining for a few workdays, but then things were going too far, at least with my friend Leanne. She liked to poop throughout the day and kept us regularly updated on the state of her bowels. Leanne.Harris is pooping out her chicken salad sandwich! Her G-chat status would inform her buddies post-lunch.

I have always been comfortable around poop; it’s what happens when your brother is so proud of his shit, he’ll try and lure you into bathroom to showcase his talent. But Leanne’s fixation on her own poop-shoot became too much for me and, frankly, I feared one of my co-workers might see a

description of her dinner at Frida’s and the corn-infused poop that followed.

In order to maintain my employment, things had to change.

The solution? I asked to refer to all of her turdy triumphs as Charts, so that the conversations, if stumbled on by a fellow worker, would appear to be work related. For example: Leanne.Harris: What r u doing?

Me: I’m working on a PowerPoint u?

Leanne.Harris: I just made the biggest chart EVER! Just think of all the money I save on toilet paper by making my charts at work. Did u make any charts today?

Me: Nope, but I can have one in by the end of the business day if you need it.

We continue to survive because of our new lingo, and because we have the most powerful tools—each other.

Sure our jobs sometimes induce boredom and an unhealthy obsession with poop, but our unwavering loyalty proves our friendship can survive the shittiest of times.

If you’d like to chat with Ashley while she’s supposed to be “working,” e-mail aaspencer@wisc.edu.

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City council questions legality of ordinance requiring landlords to use fluorescent bulbs

By Jack Zeller THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Madison Common Council voted Tuesday to refer a proposal to the City Attorney’s Office that would force Madison landlords to use fluorescent light bulbs in all rental-property light fixtures instead of conventional bulbs.

The council referred the proposal—initially introduced in 2007 by former District 8 Ald. Austin King and the Wisconsin Sierra Club—due to questions about the current draft’s legality.

Jennifer Feyerherm of the Wisconsin Sierra Club said the proposal would make Madison’s energy consumption more efficient and help diminish the city’s

impact on global warming.

“Madison is facing lots of issues these days,” Feyerherm said.

“With the taste of floods that we saw earlier this year that they’re saying will increase in frequency as global warming gets worse, the urgency [to address the issue] is only ever more present.”

Feyerherm said the current draft of the ordinance also addresses concerns from Madison landlords about the cost of bulb replacement.

According to Feyerherm, the Sierra Club and Wisconsin’s Focus on Energy have designed a program that will provide landlords with free bulb replacement and installation if they sign up before the ordinance would take effect.

Madison resident Rosemary Lee spoke in opposition to the proposal, saying that while she supports the mandate of energy-efficient bulbs in common areas of a rental property, forcing citizens to use them in their homes is unfair. “[Using fluorescent bulbs] should be a decision made by the residents in the sanctity of their homes,” Lee said. “I personally have the coiled, energy-efficient lights—it was my decision, not yours.”

The proposal failed to pass in the Madison City Council in March 2007, acquiring the majority of votes but not the necessary 11 needed to approve the ordinance. The City Attorney’s Office will now review the proposal in the coming months.

UW student attacked in West Gilman Street robbery Two perpetrators beat and robbed a UW-Madison student who was walking on West Gilman Street early Tuesday, according to the Madison Police Department.

Police said the 23-year-old male student was walking eastbound on the 100 block of West Gilman Street just after midnight when two men approached him. The men attacked the victim and struck him several times with a silver handgun, according to a police report.

The perpetrators fled with the man’s backpack, wallet and cell

phone. The victim suffered several facial lacerations.

Police describe the first suspect as a black male in his 30s, 5'9" with a stocky build, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and darkcolored, baggy jeans. The second perpetrator is described as a black male in his 20s, 5'11" with a thin build and short hair, wearing a dark-colored sweatshirt and darkcolored jeans.

In a separate incident, police arrested six teenage boys after they attacked a man walking in the 200 block

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According to the complaint, Barrett struck his 14-year-old son several times in the back and threatened Bellouchi with clenched fists.

Barrett, tired from a long day of traveling, struck their son because their two children failed to lower the TV volume, the complaint said.

Barrett drew national attention in 2006 when he shared his conspiracy theories surrounding the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks with a class. He claimed the U.S. government played a role in the attacks.

Rolf Lindgren, BARRETT Barrett’s spokesperson, said Bellouchi’s allegations appear to be a publicity stunt.

Lindgren said he believes Bellouchi filed the report in an effort to draw media attention to her husband.

According to Lindgren, there is no truth to the allegations and the criminal charges will be cleared up soon.

“When Dr. Barrett is cleared, he will be hailed as a hero who beat the system. We hope the media does not fall for this cheap publicity stunt by Dr. Barrett’s wife,” Lindgren said in a statement.

State Rep. Spencer Black, DMadison, said Barrett’s lawsuit would not affect his campaign for congressional office. He said it was unlikely prior to the lawsuit and arrest that Barrett would defeat his opponent, U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wis., who is favored to win the election.

If charged, Barrett faces a maximum fine of $1,000 or imprisonment for a maximum of 90 days.

are many steps we have to do.”

Scientists now know it’s possible to use adult stem cells as a vehicle to release glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), the growth hormone, directly into the damaged muscle.

Suzuki said he and his team altered the stem cells, taken from bone marrow, to produce this ferrying behavior. While the existence of GDNF and its positive effects have been known for some time, Suzuki’s team is the first to combine it with the stem-cell delivery method to bring it right to the affected tissue.

of North Hamilton Street Monday night. MPD Public Information Officer Joel DeSpain said the perpetrators, all 15 or 16 years old, traveled to the downtown area with the intention of robbing someone.

Police said the teenagers asked the victim for a cigarette as he walked by, then beat him and unsuccessfully attempted to take his backpack before running off. Police stopped the perpetrators a short distance away and arrested them on tentative charges of battery and attempted robbery.

The discovery represents a substantial step forward in ALS research and brings scientists closer to developing a cure.

“This paper’s [result] is kind of surprising,” Suzuki said, adding it represents “significant improvement.”

The last step in the ALS research is fine-tuning for maximum efficiency. Years of animal and human testing remain before any product can hit the market.

Grants from the ALS Association, the National Institutes of Health, the UW Foundation and the Les Turner ALS Foundation funded the research.

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Obama campaign field organizer Miles Galbraith addresses students at the UW-Madison College Democrats kickoff meeting.

College Dems rally students for election

By Andrea Carlson THE DAILY CARDINAL

UW-Madison’s College Democrats educated students about the importance of the youth vote at their kickoff meeting Tuesday night.

UW-Madison student Democratic leaders said they represent an organization that works both on and off campus to help register voters and promote important issues they feel everyone should be aware of. They stressed the importance of getting involved in the upcoming presidential election.

Ald. Eli Judge, District 8, a member of the College Democrats, said voting in Wisconsin is crucial because it is a swing state.

“Wisconsin has the easiest voter registration policies out of the entire country, so get out there and vote,” Judge said.

The meeting focused on the campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and the need for volunteers in the upcoming months.

Dan Cannon, state director of the Obama campaign, said the UWMadison campus had an 80 percent turnout during the primaries.

“If we don’t do that well or better, we’re not going to win this time, so we need everyone to get out there and register,” Cannon said.

In order to promote more awareness statewide, Bryon Eagon, the state coordinator for UWMadison’s College Democrats, planned a trip to UW-Platteville for campus-to-campus outreach.

He encouraged all UW-Madison students to attend the trip, scheduled for Sept. 19.

“We plan to do some outreach programs, camp out and come back on Saturday,” Eagon said.

“Madison has a strong tradition of student activism, and hopefully this will help to build our coalition.”

The College Democrats have 43 offices on college campuses around the state in the hopes of energizing students for the election.

“It’s about time that we had a Democrat for the president of the United States,” College Democrats Chair Claire Rydell said.

To become an intern for the Campaign for Change, students can visit www.wi.barackobama.com.

For more information and a complete list of employers attending, please visit our Web site at www.cals.wisc.edu/students/careerservices

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lthough Wisconsin may have voted yes to the gay marriage ban only two years ago, Dane County is ready to correct the state’s decision to strip equal rights from couples of samesex marriage.

On Thursday, Sept. 17, the Dane County Board will vote to decide if companies that hold contracts with the county will be required to pay benefits for same-sex couples and other non-married domestic partners these companies employ.

If passed, the county would create a registry of all domestic or samesex partners, allowing them to file for any health care or benefits that would be awarded the typical married partner.

The Dane County Board has taken a baby step in the right direction of equality for same-sex and domestic partners. With their proposal’s likely passing on Thursday, Dane County will take the first step in what will hopefully be a continuing trend of more rights being put in place for same-sex partners.

If Wisconsin ever hopes to restore its status as a progressive state, it must set aside a strict theological view of “marriage” and provide the same benefits for domestic unions.

Denying any group of people the same rights as the majority is wrong, no matter what is at stake. The Dane County Board will hopefully cracked the surface. Who will make the next decisive blow?

Youth voters can reverse reputation in November JOSEPH KOSS opinion columnist ach election cycle the youth vote gets hyped, yet each cycle its impact proves insignificant. Not since 1972 have more than 50 percent of young adults (defined 18-24) voted in a presidential election. Historically, the youth vote has been the most under-represented of any demographic in national elections. For perspective, young adults constituted 13 percent of the total voting-age citizen population in 2004, but made up only 9 percent of the voting population. In comparison, adults 55 and older composed 31 percent of the voting-age citizen population, but were 35 percent of the population that voted in the presidential election. Many factors have played into this under-representation; the most important difference being registration. Again, in 2004, 79 percent of citizens over 55 were registered to vote, compared to 58 percent of young adults.

This is yet another reason why the recent Montgomery County registrar’s misleading warning sent to Virginia Tech students about false registration difficulties was so disconcerting, since registration has a high correlation with voting (in 2004, 89 percent of registered voters reported they voted). Since 1964, the percentage of young adults voting has decreased markedly, from 50.9 percent in 1964 to 32.3 percent in 2000 (with 1992 being the only anomaly, where voting increased to 42.8 percent from 36.2 percent in 1988, only to fall again to 32.4 percent in 1996).

However, it is not as though inroads haven’t been made. In 2004, the voting rate jumped to 46.7 percent, the highest since 1972. And though in 2004 young adults had the lowest voting and registration rates, since the 2000 presidential election they have had the largest increase in both rates out of any group, with registration rates increasing by 7 percent and voting rates increasing 11 percent. The pundits are

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again proclaiming this the year the youth “rocks the vote.” Some indicators are backing their claim.

The primary season saw voter turnout increase over 120 percent from 2000, and young voter participation doubled and even tripled in some states. A recent study done by Harvard’s Institute of Politics found that “more than 3-in-5 young voters are excited about the election.” This generation of young adults is also more likely than ever before to graduate high school and pursue higher education. This is significant because at each successive level of educational achievement, registration and voting rates increase (78 percent of those with a bachelor’s degree voted, compared to 40 percent of those who had not completed high school).

Although a 47 percent voting rate seems good, it pales in comparison to the 66 percent rate of voters 25 and older. Until the youth vote shows up to the polls and forces Washington to respect them as a viable voting contingent with political power and might, young adults will continue to be overlooked and marginalized.

Washington operates under the general assumption that people with bigger stakes are the most likely to go to the polls: older individuals, homeowners, married couples and people with more schooling, higher income and better jobs. Washington will continue to assume, because history has so far proven them right, that young people will register and vote at lower rates because of mitigating factors like our transient nature or our general attitude of ignorance and indolence.

It is not as if young adults don’t have an important stake in the direction and future of our country. The major crises facing our nation may affect us the most because we have the most to lose long term: the economy (re: job market, retirement savings, home ownership), wars of choice, foreign relations, immigration, rising costs of education, health care and social security. We can’t continue to vote at half the rate of those over 55 years of age (in 2000, 72

percent of 55 and older voted, just 36 percent of those 18-24 voted).

The baby boom generation has had their chance. They were supposed to be the generation that would indelibly shape the direction of the country for the better.

Well, after 16 years of baby boom rule, our country is in the midst of some of our biggest challenges since the Great Depression. We face a dysfunctional political system that seems to be a “tale rooted in old grudges and revenge plots hatched on a handful of college campuses long ago—played out on the national stage.”

Until the youth vote shows up to the polls and forces Washington to respect them, young adults will continue to be overlooked.

There is a growing X/Y generational divide forming between those under 40 and those over, and this election is a chance for new voices and new approaches to be heard.

But the change must begin with you exercising this right, a right that has seen men spit in the faces of Kings to defend; that has seen free men endure lynchings and unspeakable atrocities to defend; seen grandmothers, mothers and daughters suffer decades of humiliation to defend; and seen Reverends giving speeches about dreams that bring tears to grown men’s eyes to defend. It is a right so easy to exercise that all you have to do is wake up one morning every two years with the determination to find your local polling place and cast a ballot. Yet it is a right so venerated, so exceptional, that people have died just for the opportunity to say they did it. Tuesday, Nov. 4 is your opportunity to help shape this country in your image. Please vote.

Joseph Koss is a junior majoring in secondary education in social studies. Please send responses to opnion@dailycardinal.com.

Letter to the Editor: SAFE Services a serious letdown I usually am a big supporter of the SAFE (Safe Arrival For Everyone) Nighttime Services.

However, this past Saturday night I had a pretty unpleasant experience with SAFEride. After a house party my roommates and I hosted, everybody was heading home. There were three freshman women remaining who called for a SAFEride to the same Southeast dorm from the Vilas neighborhood. When the cab got here, the third woman was turned away as per SAFEride’s policy of no more than two riders to a cab. The woman reminded the driver of the dangerous situation recently developing in the Vilas area, specifically the multiple armed

robberies within a few blocks of our house, and asked him to forgive the rule. He bluntly responded with “I don’t care,” so she returned to our house to seek our help. As my roommate approached the cab to speak with the driver, the taxi pulled away, leaving her on our doorstep.

I would first like to say that the treatment of this woman was uncalled for and against all for which the SAFE Nighttime Services stand. Second, I know the policy of no more than two people to a cab exists, but I do not fully understand why it is a problem to have three people in the backseat of a sedan, especially in an unsafe situation. Third,

while we were sympathetic and kindly drove the woman home, not all houses would have been so understanding. While I’m sure there is sound reasoning behind SAFEride policy, I think this particular policy needs to be reevaluated given recent events that are all too painful for the downtown community. There is nothing wrong with a little flexibility in policy in order to help ensure that there is Safe Arrival For Everyone.

Sincerely, Tracy Smith, Tracy is a senior majoring in education and Spanish. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Eco-friendly folk rocker Peter Mulvey will bike his way to Madison for the second year in a row to regale local fans with a unique list of songs from his latest release Notes From Elsewhere.

Mulvey runs on ‘No Gas’

By Ryan Hebel THE DAILY CARDINAL

When Milwaukee-native folk musician Peter Mulvey rolls into Madison this Thursday night, one thing he won’t have worry about is parking. That’s because Mulvey, currently in the midst of his second annual “No Gas Tour,” won’t just “roll” in—he’ll be pedaling.

Mulvey—who has captivated folk music fans from Boston’s subways to Dublin’s street corners for the past 20 years with his unique brand of raw acoustics—conceived the “No Gas Tour” last year as a way to raise awareness and, presumably, lower his heart rate. The 10-day, seven-show tour covers more than 500 miles of Wisconsin countryside. He’ll start in his hometown, trace Lake Michigan as far north as Algoma and then loop back to Madison Thursday, resting his legs along the way in Sheboygan, Oshkosh and Green Lake.

Mulvey, who logged 2,500 training miles last year to condition for this grueling, minstrellike adventure, said the most surprising thing about his ’07 tour was that, after biking as many as 90 miles per day, he was still able to stand up and play his night shows without tumbling over like a kicked amp.

“It’s almost like you use a totally different battery to play a show,” Mulvey said, who plans to stay in hotels during the tour, preferably within walking distance from his venues.

Like last year, Mulvey expects his stunt to save around .15 metric tons of CO2—a statistic that is grossly understated since he would never schedule a 10-day tour with stops in such close proximity. Unlike last year, when Mulvey huffed and puffed through the back roads on his faithful, old-school bicycle, this year he got a little boost from corporate sponsorship and will ride in style on a Wheels & Sprocket recumbent bike.

The sight of Mulvey churning his way along Lake Winnebago—his guitar tagging along in a basket caboose— seems destined to turn heads, and that’s just what Mulvey wants.

“I’m hoping what they’re thinking is, ‘Wow, I bet I could do that’

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Mulvey acknowledges his mode of transportation is unusual, but he hopes to use it to raise awareness for eco-issues. with whatever it is they do, whether it be getting groceries or just going to work,” Mulvey said.

Many of his fans, heeding that advice, biked to his shows themselves last year, and though no one can solve the oil crisis single-handedly, Mulvey is perfectly happy just being “a little pebble in the avalanche.”

The sight of Mulvey churning his way along Lake Winnebago seems destined to turn heads, and that’s what he wants.

When Mulvey finally does tether his bike outside The High Noon Saloon Thursday, those who come to see him will be doing more than just supporting a positive cause, they’ll also be in for an amazing show—one that has garnered an impeccable reputation, thanks to Mulvey’s rich storytelling and a song catalogue that makes JCPenny’s look like a leaflet.

Adding to the suspense, Mulvey himself is not sure what he’ll play at the show since his latest album, Notes From Elsewhere, essentially rehashed his career thus far—stripping down his best songs to their bare-bones, round-the-campfire skeletons. Mulvey said he prefers

this rustic realism to his more produced albums.

“That’s not how music is for me ... a song sort of exists live and it happens once and then that’s gone forever, and the next time it’ll happen a little differently,” Mulvey said.

He added that his writing process is similarly spontaneous—consisting of notes jotted down here and there that slowly gather “like mulch on the ground, and every once and a while the songs seem to grow out of that.”

Still, with his baritone, textured voice that brings to mind smoke from burning logs of damp pine and a guitar that fills the hollow gaps like the crackle of hot sap, Mulvey’s yarns and poetry rarely upstage his music.

Speaking of dampness, Wisconsin’s latest monsoon hasn’t made life too relaxing for Mulvey, who joked before his departure about the possibility of rain. “[If it rains,] I’m going to get wet and cry,” Mulvey said.

That aside, the show, he assured, will go on. Mulvey is set to follow Antje Duvekot, who kicks off the show at 6:30 p.m.

n perhaps the most anticipated season premiere this fall, 33-year-old Saturday Night Live more than delivered with a knockout punch featuring Tina Fey’s dead-on Sarah Palin impression. It was so accurate, in fact, there’s buzz Tina Fey will be back to reprise the role in the weeks before the election. This means I won’t have to wait until October (30 Rock premiere, obviously) to get the Tina Fey fix I have been deprived of since May. Anyway, if you didn’t see the three and a half minutes of uproarious Alaskan humor, YouTube it, stat. Actually, go to NBC.com, because YouTube hits only bring annoying news commentary about it.

I would love to report that this brilliant moment in sketch comedy ushered in an SNL premiere reminiscent of the days of Will Ferrell and Molly Shannon, but based on Saturday’s show, I wasn’t entirely convinced.

Aside from the perfect opening sketch, SNL had one too many skits featuring my new candidate for Worst Host Ever, Olympian and recent winner of eight gold medals, Michael Phelps.

After a sort of funny joke that hosting SNL was the “ninth best moment of his year,” Phelps proceeded to be the worst actor/ cue-card reader in the history of television comedy. I understand he is a great source of American pride, but, between the first and last sketch, my enthusiasm for political and social humor went from a 10 to a two. And this was after I came across an ad for Ortega tacos featuring Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson, who, if possible, was an even worse actress than Phelps. I have to assume the better the athlete, the worse the actor.

In other television political news, John McCain visited “The View” this past Friday and hilarity ensued. All the women were dressed in their best, except for Whoopi Goldberg, who wore jeans and an oversized vest. Of course, this was all before she asked the Senator if she could call him

“J-Mac.” Anyway, the political discussions were all fine and dandy until Elizabeth Hasselbeck (famous for her battles with Rosie O’Donnell and being on “Survivor”) decided to ask Sen. McCain his views on Roe v. Wade. He hemmed and hawed about interpreting the constitution the way the founding fathers would, which led Whoopi to ask, “Does that mean I should be worried about being returned to slavery?” That of course had everyone up in arms and Barbara Walters “diffusing the situation” by shouting something like “Don’t worry! Us white folk will take care of you!”

Great, great stuff. I don’t know why I don’t watch “The View” more often.

Phelps proceeded to be the worst actor/cue-card reader in the history of television comedy.

All this leads me to wonder exactly what damage television can do in the weeks leading up to the election? SNL will probably pick on McCain/ Palin much more than Obama because Hollywood always leans left. But maybe not. Maybe after the media frenzy tires of Palin’s home life, SNL will turn on Obama the way they did in late April and early May, leading up to the final primaries. Last season Fred Armisen did a mediocre Obama, keeping him straight and serious. I’m pretty confident with Darrell Hammond (yup, he’s still there) doing McCain, but they’ll need to up the ante this season to match McCain and Obama impersonations to Fey’s Palin and Amy Poehler’s Hillary Clinton.

In the meantime, keep up on your television politics, tune to SNL for hopefully more sketches of Tina Fey proportions, and let’s continue to be proud of our U.S. Olympians. But unless it’s ESPN, keep them far, far away from a video camera.

If you also miss the days when Saturday Night Live was hosted by actors, show Ali your support by e-mailing her at rothschild@wisc.edu.

Peter Mulvey where: High Noon Saloon when: Thursday, Sept. 18 at 6:30 p.m. cost: $12 cover, 21+

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Tina Fey (left) caused a stir this week with her shockingly accurate parody of vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

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Today’s Sudoku

Anthro-Apology

By Eric Wigdahl wigdahl@wisc.edu

© Puzzles by Pappocom

Angel Hair Pasta

By Todd Stevens ststevens@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. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z 1

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The Daily Code

Crack me

“Tyvjkvi R. Rikyli”

Sid and Phil

By Alex Lewein lewein@wisc.edu

The Graph Giraffe

By Yosef Lerner ilerner@wisc.edu

President of the United States Start with one-letter words and words with apostrophes, find out how many places the alphabet has shifted, then use that knowledge to decipher the code.

“Ayf h Spaasl Aluklyulzz” “Try a Little Tenderness”

Yesterday’s Example:

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com DEAR OLD GUY ACROSS 1 6 10 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 23 25 26 27 28 31 33 35 36 37 42 43 44 46 49

Melonlike fruit apt for this theme They strike along the Nile The item specified Chapter’s partner Without admixtures Prefix with “glycemic” Dental substitute Barely flow Bands of geishas Parental substitutes Word of urgency It may ring or have a ring Hot stones She’s possessive Sign either to talk or to be quiet “About face,” e.g.

Title not offered to men Times gone by, in times gone by One with a significant udder?

1955 Caron- Astaire film Affront, in slang Pool shot that determines who breaks Bit in a bucket Seeks help from on high Undergrad course

51 “... ___ he drove out of sight” 52 Above, in poesy 53 Turtledove’s sound 55 Depth charge targets 57 Massachu- setts musical ensemble 61 Sticking point 62 Answered a summons 63 Inn group 66 Big Band and others 67 They change every year 68 Wembley Stadium borough 69 There’s none for the weary 70 An expense homeowners don’t have 71 Abandoned pet

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Component of some pipes 2 Irish airline ___ Lingus 3 Hypothetical, as financial statements 4 City on the Nile 5 Attended 6 Abbey area 7 “Judge Judy” hopeful 8 Fancy 9 Old photo hue 10 Bible pronoun 11 Type of automobile 12 Allotment word

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Salad maker, at times Sweethearts or darlings Stomach complaint One who’s given the third degree?

Reference books? “... with liberty and justice for ___” Adored ones Marshy grass stalk Old MacDonald’s song mate?

Certain breakfast dish “Saturday Night Fever” music Equine vote?

Less appetizing, in a way Separate, as laundry Anatomical foot “M*A*S*H” colonel Bring back on staff Some rock concert sites Thick, creamy soup Cold War threats Star-filled night in late winter Abstract form prominent in the ’60s What father knows?

Spilled salt, to some Bird sanctuary Stuff in a sequence Swine confines

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Waite’s new 6-2 offense finds success early in season

By Jay Messar THE DAILY CARDINAL

Laura Abbinante, Lizzy Fitzgerald, Morgan Shields and Jackie Simpson: four two-time All-Big Ten volleyball selections, four All-Americans, four legendary Wisconsin setters. With such decorated athletes at the helm of the Badger attack, Wisconsin volleyball head coach Pete Waite has mastered the 5-1 offense to represent his teams.

Yet this year change is in the air.

For the first time in his 21-year coaching career, Waite has implemented the 6-2 offense, in which the setter is positioned in the back row and three attackers are live at all times.

Waite said that for the 6-2 to be successful, a team needs two composed and accurate sets of hands, at least one of them a good hitter. Waite has already tested one setter, sophomore Nikki Klingsporn, who was the InnTowner Invitational MVP last weekend. With the addition of versatile freshman setter/outside hitter Janelle Gabrielsen, Waite feels he has the personnel necessary to switch to the 6-2.

“For us, Nellie [Gabrielsen] has been staying in to hit and block in

the front row, so you need some pretty versatile setters that can do that,” Waite said.

The 6-2 offense also allows Waite to take full advantage of Wisconsin’s height at the net through strategic substitutions.

“In some cases we have some taller players that can come in and be better blockers—bigger blockers,” Waite said.

“That’s what we’ve been doing in a number of cases—Katherine Dykstra has been coming in for Nikki and it’s been working out pretty well.”

“I like the versatility we have whether to go with the 6-2 or the 5-1 at any given time,” he added.

This past weekend, the Badgers varied offenses regularly to regroup from a 2-1 deficit against No. 23 BYU. “We offensively changed and went from 5-1 to 6-2, back and forth just to find our rhythm,” Waite said. “We were just off and out of sync.”

“I knew we had to make some changes,” Klingsporn said. “We were running a 5-1 and we had that run of points where we just couldn’t get a kill, so we had to make a change and bring in Katherine so that she could get us

some big kills.”

The team’s ability to change offenses with the call from the sideline ultimately led the Badgers to the 3-2 victory in front of their home fans.

“Both coaches between sets were shifting lineups, trying to get better matchups,” Waite said. “We’d change, then they changed ... but finally we found it where we were able to get Kat up against a smaller block.”

Regardless of the lineup shifts, Waite said the offensive system is in place—it all starts with how well a team handles the ball and how tough it serves.

“It always comes down to that— if you don’t ball-handle, things start falling apart with any offense whether it’s a one- or a two-setter offense,” he said. “If you can put the ball on the money, right on the target area, then the setter has the freedom to do anything she wants and she’s not forced to pick just certain sets.”

The setting tandem of Klingsporn and Gabrielsen not only brings new faces to the court, but also represents a new generation of UW volleyball.

Women’s golf finishes in the middle of pack

By Matt Fox THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Wisconsin women’s golf team began its 2008-’09 season earlier this week at the Cougar Classic in Hanahan, S.C. The 66th-ranked Badgers finished 14th in a field of 22 teams.

The Badgers competed with five participants: senior Isabel Alvarez, juniors Kelsey Verbeten and Heather Herrick, sophomore Carly Werwie and freshman Jessie Gerry.

Last season, Verbeten showed potential with UW’s third-lowest scoring average while playing all 32 rounds.

At the Cougar Classic, Verbeten had another solid performance. She shot 2-over par for the tournaVERBETEN ment and tied for 19th overall.

Verbeten also had the best UW score in each of the tournament’s three rounds. She had eight birdies

yost from page 8 Yost Monday, making this only the third time in MLB history that a coach with a .550 winning percentage after 150 games in a season was let go. Milwaukee’s third base coach Dale Sveum has been assigned to cover Yost’s responsibilities for the remainder of the 2008 season. Former Milwaukee legend and Hall of Famer Robin Yount was also added to the coaching roster to help pick up the slack.

This may just be the best news I have heard in weeks concerning the Crew. The only thing that would top this would be if the Brewers go undefeated for the rest of the month and regain their hold on the National League wild card... or if J.J. Hardy jumps out of a box with a dozen roses and asks me out on a date.

Yost earned his first Major League managing position after replacing Jerry Royster in October of 2002.

Prior to this opportunity, he spent 12 seasons on the coaching staff of the Atlanta Braves, a team that won their division title every year except for once, while he was on staff. With the Braves, he served as a bullpen and a third base coach.

throughout the tournament, including four in the opening round. This round was her best finish at 71 and 1-under par.

Herrick tied for 55th place, shooting 12-over par. She struggled in the tournament’s first two rounds, shooting 5-over par and 6-over par, respectively, but turned it around with a solid 1-over par in the Cougar Classic’s third round.

Close behind Herrick was senior Isabel Alvarez, who finished 66th with a 14-over par. Alvarez played her best golf in the first two rounds, shooting 2-over and 3-over par, respectively.

Werwie finished 20 over par and 85th overall. She shot seven over par in the first round, followed by a 8 and 5-over par in the second and third rounds.

Gerry saved her best golf for the final round, shooting five over par. She overcame a double bogey on the eighth hole for a final score of 77, tied for second best on the Badgers.

Wisconsin was the Cougar Classic’s

only Big Ten participant. UW’s 44over par finish was largely attributed to a weak second round, when the Badgers shot a 307, 28 strokes behind the leader Georgia. UW’s second round was more than five strokes behind its first and third round scores.

Georgia won the Cougar Classic at six under par overall. The Bulldogs’ top golfer was Marta Silva, who finished third overall, also at 6-under par.

Teammate Mallory Hetzel was right behind Silva at 5-under par.

Caroline Westrup of Florida State University finished first at 10-under par. Westrup’s final round was her best, shooting six under par with six birdies and no bogies through 18 holes. Westrup had just two bogies in the entire tournament, but Florida State University could not pull out the victory, finishing fifth.

The Badgers will return home to Madison for the Badger Invitational.

The tournament will be held at University Ridge Sept. 27-28.

—uwbadgers.com contributed to this report.

As a professional baseball player, Yost was behind the plate as a catcher in 219 games. He earned most of his spotlight from 1980-’83 with the Brewers, where he was a member of their 1982 American League Champion team. He also spent a season with Texas and another with Montreal. In the majors, Yost batted .212 and registered 16 home runs and 64 RBI. He finished his baseball career in 1987 as a player in the Braves minor-league system.

Yost did help improve the Brewers’ winning percentage as the team’s manager for almost six seasons, registering a 457-502 record. The franchise went four straight seasons with 94 or more losses before Yost took over the managing role. Milwaukee improved to 81-81, 75-87 and 83-79 the last three seasons and is currently sitting at 8368. Last season, the Brewers started off with one of the best records in baseball and ended up finishing in fourth place in the NL Central Division.

Overall, Yost provided Milwaukee with a nudge in the right direction, but in order for the team to finally wrap its arms around a playoff spot, changes needed to be made.

If Milwaukee somehow gets over

yet another late-season slump and makes it into the playoffs, this will be the franchise’s first look at postseason action since its playoff trip in 1982.

Do the Brewers still have a shot at claiming a playoff position? Yes, but to do so, they need to finish ahead of Philadelphia in the remaining 11 games of the regular season. And with Milwaukee’s luck, five of its remaining games will be against the Chicago Cubs, the team with the best record in the NL. To add some more stress to the Brewers, they will be on the road their next five games, playing at Wrigley Field for the remainder of their current three game series and then heading to Cincinnati.

The final six games of the season will be at Miller Park against the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cubbies.

But by then, the Brewers better hope to not be in over their heads. If they are going to start digging themselves out of the hole they are standing in, they better drop their bats and start using those shovels immediately.

If you think the Brewers have what it takes to win the wild card race without Ned Yost calling the shots, email her at crowns@wisc.edu.

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Sophomore setter Nikki Klingsporn plays an important role in the Badgers’ new 6-2 offensive attack system.

tight ends from page 8 the catalyst starting a streak of 51 consecutive unanswered points for UW, hauling in three passes for 94 yards. Kendricks came to Wisconsin as a wide receiver and redshirted his first season at UW, but is now flourishing at his new position.

“I’m pretty well adjusted to it now, but it definitely wasn’t easy,” Kendricks said. “I think it was pretty much one of the hardest things that I have ever done. But I think to get where I am now, it was definitely worth it.”

While Daniels started the passcatching tight end trend at UW, and Graham and Kendricks are currently carrying the torch, it is Beckum who has taken the tight end position to the next level. In ’07 alone he caught 75 passes for 982 yards and six touchdowns.

During the preseason, he was named to the watchlists for the Walter Camp award, which goes to the player of the year; the John Mackey award, which goes to the nation’s best tight end; and the Maxwell Award, which goes to

the nation’s best player, as judged by sportscasters, sports writers and NCAA head coaches.

But to Rudolph, the tight end group as a whole is better than any individual, which means a lot considering Beckum’s stellar career.

“Each one of them brings a different aspect and a different thing to the puzzle,” Rudolph said. “There are certain things that one guy does great and another guy struggles at.

“If they keep taking advantage of learning from KENDRICKS each other and focus on those things and try to get better, they could be a good group.”

A “good group” may be a bit of an understatement. If Daniels, Beckum and the rest of the current tight ends are any indication of what is to come, the Wisconsin football team may soon adopt “Tight End U” as one of its more mainstream nicknames.

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By Nate Carey THE DAILY CARDINAL

Wisconsin athletics are known on the national level for many different things. The Wisconsin men’s hockey team has been dubbed “Goalie U” for the squad’s ability to pump out quality goaltender after goaltender. The Wisconsin men’s track and field team is considered the best in the Big Ten year-in and year-out, and definitely one of the best in the country.

And the Wisconsin football team is known for its stellar running game, hard-nosed defense and its quality production of ... tight ends?

Yes, that’s right. The smashmouth, never-going-to-adapt-thespread offense that Wisconsin runs is mainly known for pumping out running backs like NCAA career rushing leader and Heisman trophy winner Ron Dayne, but this season it may be the tight end position that is the most talented on the depth chart.

“We got a lot of guys who can do a good job,” junior tight end Garrett Graham said. “Mickey, Lance, Travis obviously, and it’s good to have that many guys so you know you can depend on anybody ... especially if somebody goes down during a game. It’s been working out well for us.”

With senior Travis Beckum seemingly set to be a first-round draft pick come April, the notion that the tight ends are the most talented isn’t too far fetched. Throw in Graham, fellow junior Mickey Turner and sophomore Lance Kendricks, and

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Wisconsin junior Garrett Graham has 11 receptions and three touchdowns this season, both highs among Badger tight ends. the Badgers are suddenly stacked at the hybrid position.

For those new to Wisconsin, this is not how it used to be.

When now-Athletic Director Barry Alvarez turned around the Wisconsin football team in the early 1990’s as head coach, the team was known for basically what it is now: running the ball. And with such runners as Terrell Fletcher and Brent Moss, Michael Bennett and Dayne, it

is not too hard to see why.

Running the ball at such a high rate meant recruiting tight ends that blocked first and caught second... if they ever did.

Such tight ends as Mark Anelli, John Sigmund, Eric Gram and Drague Retzlaff were basically a third tackle, and were used sparingly in the already sparse Badger passing game.

Fast forward to the present, and the tight end position has completely

evolved from a tool in the running game to the main threat in Wisconsin’s aerial attack.

Owen Daniels, who is currently in his third season with the Houston Texans of the NFL, can be considered the first of this new batch of tight ends to have donned the Cardinal and White. After coming to UW as a quarterback, Daniels moved to tight end, where he caught 62 passes for 852 yards and 10 touchdowns in his three seasons.

“We’ve found a way to get the playmakers on the field [at the tight end position],” said UW tight end coach Joe Rudolph, who played at Wisconsin in the early ’90s at guard. “I encourage them to keep making plays.”

Graham and sophomore Lance Kendricks have led the charge so far in ’08. Graham leads the team in receptions with 11 and has all three receiving touchdowns. He currently has a streak of three straight games catching a touchdown pass, and obviously has become one of fifth-year senior quarterback Allan Evridge’s favorite targets, amassing 154 yards up to this point.

“I guess it’s just the plays have been called and I’ve been open,” Graham said. “We got a lot of guys who can go out and make plays and guys who have. [Evridge has] been doing a good job of spreading the ball around as well.”

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CRYSTAL CROWNS the crystal ball

Firing Yost was the right move for Milwaukee

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eartbreak is not something I am very fond of, but it is something I’ve come to expect from the Milwaukee Brewers.

Every time they build up some momentum, they drop crucial games to remind fans that there truly is no promise when they take the field. The most recent Brewers’ letdown came this weekend when they dropped all four games in Philadelphia. Coming into September, the Brewers had a five-and-a-half game lead in the wild card race, but because they only won three of their last 15 games, they are now one game behind the Phillies.

Perhaps the one Brew Crew member that bothered me the most, however, was former manager Ned Yost.

Whenever his team would screw up a major play or drop an important game, Yost would poke his head out of the dugout with a smile on his face.

So many times this season, I caught myself mumbling, “What’s so funny Ned? What in the world could you be smirking about? You do know you are managing the Brewers and not the opposing team, right?”

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