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New Halloween bash on Mifflin riles officials

By Abby Sears THE DAILY CARDINAL

City officials responded Wednesday to a student movement to combine elements of two of Madison’s biggest parties—Freakfest and the Mifflin Street Block Party—into one celebration for a Halloween block party on Mifflin Street Saturday.

Joel Plant, aide to Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, acknowledged the mayor’s office is aware of the effort, but stressed that no street-use permits have been taken out and any party on Mifflin Street Saturday is not an official city event. Ald. Eli Judge, District 8, said his biggest concern with having an unofficial party on Mifflin Street is the safety of attendees.

Judge said it takes months of preparations to create a glass-free zone and put protections in place to ensure student safety during the spring Mifflin Street Block Party.

Floodlights and an increased police presence were even staples of preFreakfest Halloween on State Street.

Judge said these amenities would be crucial to a safe night on Mifflin— which he described as one of the darkest streets downtown—but that they might not be available in light of a larger, official event.

“I don’t see [police] having a whole lot of patience with this, especially with a lot of the police force being used on State Street to help cover [Freakfest],” Judge said. mifflin page 3

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Traffic detours, delays surrounding Freakfest on Saturday With Freakfest 2008 just a few days away, officials from the city and Frank Productions met Wednesday to present a traffic plan and event details for Saturday’s party.

Madison Police Department Central District Captain Mary Schauf said approximately 200 police will be on hand both Friday and Saturday nights and an additional 45 to 50 officers

will implement a full traffic plan in the downtown area.

The Capitol Loop will close around 6 p.m. Friday, and a portion of Gilman Street from University Avenue to Henry Street will close early Saturday for stage setups. Schauf said other side-street closures will go into effect around 5 or 5:30 p.m., but police will try to keep Johnson and Gorham Streets

open until about 6 p.m.

As a general rule of thumb, Schauf urged people to utilize public transportation to avoid street closures and traffic delays.

Joel Plant, aide to Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, said only 2,000 tickets out of the 50,000 allotted for the event have been sold so far, but the majority of sales are expected to occur Friday and Saturday.

For student veterans, Iraq war a central election issue

By Abby Sears THE DAILY CARDINAL

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Damon Williams, vice provost for diversity and climate, speaks to students at the Plan 2008 diversity open forum. Students voiced their opinions about steps the university should take to increase diversity on campus.

Plan 2008 meeting asks for student input on campus diversity

By Estephany Escobar THE DAILY CARDINAL

With Plan 2008 coming to an end, UW-Madison students voiced their opinions and possible solutions to increase the diversity of the campus during a student forum Wednesday.

Plan 2008 is a 10-year program created by the university to include more diversity on campus, but is coming to an end this year. The plan includes specific strategies to increase the enrollment, retention and graduation rates of students

of color in order to increase the education pipeline, financial aid, faculty and administration of color and improve the campus climate.

“It is important that we have student voices as part of all the successes and the challenges that we face as part of the plan,” said Amandeep Kaur, executive staff member of the Multicultural Student Center.

Kaur said conversations among students is key to the success of future endeavors.

Kaur introduced keynote

speaker Damon Williams, UWMadison vice provost and chief officer for diversity and climate, who discussed Plan 2008’s successes and failures.

Williams said the greatest thing the plan achieved was building pipeline programs that have academic outreach. “[Although] we have made incredible investments into access issues, equity issues and education issues in recent times, we diversity page 3

As a theater and drama major, UW-Madison senior Ricky Berlin spends much of his time working as a stage electrician, programming lighting fixtures to make for a perfect performance. But just three years ago, Berlin found himself center stage in a very different scene—as a member of the U.S. Army securing sites of suicide bombers in northeastern Iraq.

“When you’re knee-deep in violence like that, it personifies the things that you see on the news and it makes you realize how bad things really are,” Berlin said. “It’s a lot more than just a 30-second news clip.”

On a campus with about 500 student veterans, Berlin is just one of them who feels his civic duty extends beyond his tour of duty

overseas. With the presidential election rapidly approaching and the war in Iraq a particularly hotbutton issue, many student veterans are anxious to hit the polls and make their voices heard.

After graduating from Marinette High School in Marinette, Wis., in 2001, Berlin joined the Army to help pay for college and served in the Iraq War for 14 months from 2004 to 2005.

Berlin, now 26, said he aligns his political beliefs with those of the Democratic Party—an affiliation he proclaimed long before he experienced the war firsthand.

“My political views [didn’t change after fighting in Iraq] because I was a Democrat before, but my outlook on life did,” Berlin said.

After experiencing some of the most gruesome bloodshed of the Iraq war, Berlin said his beliefs about bringing the troops home intensified. He said he feels the United States is fighting cultural differences rather than making progress in stopping terrorism.

“It’s my belief that what we’re doing over there is just killing a lot of people but not solving any problems,” he said. “Things didn’t change from the time I got there to the time I left.” veterans page 4

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ast Tuesday night, I dreamed of two unlikely election scenarios. In the first, Barack Obama lost the popular vote but won in the Electoral College. In the second, John McCain and I scaled a mountain of grandfather clocks. The following morning, I decided to take a walk over to the city clerk’s office to cast an early vote in the presidential election.

I had assumed that I would be one of the only students that early in the day, but when I arrived at the office I was still surprised by the diversity of the small crowd waiting in line.

Spanning all different ages and several races, the dozen of us resembled the cast of an inspirational civics poster. In an election season dominated by the theme of inflaming the differences between old and young, rich and poor, black and white, the image of my fellow voters and I linking arms around

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for example), I had focused only on what he had said, ignoring the reasons he might have said it.

As the line of voters began to move forward slowly, it occurred to me that what Tim had wanted was not for me to join him in singing about his “ding-a-ling” but to bond over a shared love of music. In this regard, Chuck Berry was a unifying figure, bringing together members of different generations, races and religions by bestowing upon them the gift of rock ’n’ roll.

Looking around the room, I thought it was safe to say most of the people here had heard of “ding-a-ling” too, that it could be a sign of unity for us, just as it had been between Tim and me. I considered leading our group in a rousing, patriotic chorus on, “Sure was hard swimming cross that thing / With both hands holding my ding-a-ling,” but then, suddenly, it was my turn to step forward and fulfill my patriotic obligation, just like millions of others around the country.

All of us, together as Americans, united by a song about penises.

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I was interrupted, for the first and only time in my life, by a Teamster bursting into song: “My ding-a-ling! My ding-a-ling! I WANT YOU TO PLAY WITH MY DING-A-LING!” With no one else in the room, it was impossible for me to pretend I didn’t notice that Tim had begun screaming about his penis. He continued: “Catch me playing with my DING-A-LING!” Planning my escape route in the event that his singing was only the first sign of a more violent psychosis, I waited for Tim to finish a few more stanzas (“Everybody Sing! MY DING-A-LING!”) before I smiled and said, “Oh yeah. I think I’ve heard of that one.”

At the time, my reaction was to regard Tim as a lunatic. At the clerk’s office, standing in the company of the elderly Hispanic schoolteacher, the young, white, single mother and the black firefighter, I recalled the incident and decided that I had judged Tim too harshly. In choosing to see only the differences between us (I had never screamed “ding-a-ling” at a co-worker,

The Dogfish Head brewery is famous for crafting great beers. Very rarely will their product let the drinker down, and their seasonal Punkin Ale fits in with the majority. For most people on campus, Halloween means dressing up in slutty clothing and spanking police horses, but for the select few beers drinkers, that time of year represents the peak season for autumnal microbrews.

Not surprisingly, the Punkin Ale is a brown ale brewed with pumpkin, along with brown sugar, allspice, cinnamon and nutmeg. Unlike the majority of brown ales, the sweetness of the sugar is subtle, allowing the more refined flavors to introduce themselves to the taste buds. First the sweetness and spiciness is apparent, then a toasted malty finish finishes the experience. It’s the kind of flavor that would perfectly accompany Thanksgiving Day dinner, s’mores

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the voting booths in a spirit of camaraderie and mutual civic responsibility was the most positive impression I had had of the political process in the past several months.

During the last major election year, I worked for a short time in a McDonald’s warehouse where most of the workers were older union hands.

Intimidated by this generation gap and my belief that I had nothing in common with the other employees, any chance of me getting to know them was further hindered by my habit of slipping quietly away to the lunchroom whenever it looked like I might be assigned a large order.

I was on one of these meal breaks when Tim, a quiet, friendly employee in his 50s, looked up from his sandwich to ask me, “Have you ever heard of Chuck Berry?”

At the warehouse, there was no such thing as a standard lunch or dinner hour. Today, as was often the case, only one other employee happened to be taking his break at the same time, and so the commons area was totally silent apart from our conversation.

“Yes...” I started to respond, when

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There are two slightly prohibitive features to this seasonal überbrew: It comes in packs of four and costs $10 per package. Counter balancing the small quantity per package is the 7.0 percent alcohol by volume, so you get as much alcohol as a six-pack of regular beer.

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Gore says election is ‘turning point’ against climate change

By Megan Orear THE DAILY CARDINAL

Former Vice President Al Gore called on college students Wednesday to take the opportunity in this year’s election to hold politicians accountable for how they handle the issue of climate change.

“Business as usual is unacceptable where the climate crisis is concerned.”

Al Gore former vice president United States

Gore spoke to students on campuses across the United States via webcast about their opportunity to promote clean-energy policies this election cycle and answered questions on climate change.

“For way too long, politicians in both parties have too often just set aside the real solutions and we’ve had business as usual,” Gore said. “Business as usual is unacceptable where the climate crisis is concerned.”

Gore related the climate crisis

to the economic crisis and said both issues have the same causes and same solutions.

“You know, we’ve had this debate about a $700 billion bailout in the financial crisis. Well, $700 billion is the annual cost of bailing out America’s economy by sending that much money every single year to foreign countries in return for oil,” Gore said.

Knowledge of the climate crisis has increased, according to Gore, but there is not enough urgency surrounding the issue. He said young people can make “an amazing difference” by making sure they get out to vote and encourage others to do the same.

Power Vote, an organization committed to drawing attention to the issue of climate change in this election, coordinated the event and kicked off six days of intensive “Get Out the (Power) Vote” campaigning Wednesday.

UW-Madison sophomore Susie Dilauria, events coordinator for the UW-Madison chapter of Power Vote, said she is happy with the organization’s campus involvement.

“It’s growing and it’s really inspiring to see how many people are actively involved in it,” Dilauria said.

Obama runs half-hour TV commercial, outspending McCain in many markets

By Justin Eells THE DAILY CARDINAL

An unprecedented halfhour infomercial-style political advertisement for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama ran Wednesday on major television networks.

“I will open the doors of government and ask you to be involved in your democracy again,” Obama said to wrap up a 27-minute audio-visual presentation on his plans for the country if elected to office, followed by a live clip of Obama speaking at a rally in Florida.

“This is an opportunity for Obama to speak directly to the American people about his plans for bringing about fundamental change.”

Matt Lehrich spokesperson Wisconsin Obama campaign

Obama spoke about the issues that matter to him, interspersed with clips and commentary from people and families across America.

Although candidates have bought out large blocks of airtime in past elections, nothing of this magnitude has ever

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been done in American history, according to UW-Madison political science professor Charles Franklin.

Franklin said the McCain campaign will try to respond to the ad the best they can but will be unable to respond in proportion. Obama has outspent the McCain campaign on ads by a factor of as much as “10 in some key markets,” he said.

“McCain’s strategy has pretty much stayed the same; they’ve just been redistributing the ads based on different markets and where they’re needed and where the issues are,” said Kirsten Kukowski, communications director for the Republican Party of Wisconsin.

Kukowski said Obama could afford to run such a large-scale ad because he chose not to accept public funding and did his own fundraising.

Although Obama has outspent McCain by a wide margin, nationwide polls show the race is still close with the election less than a week away.

“We are one week away from a historic election,” Wisconsin’s Obama campaign spokesperson Matt Lehrich said. “This is an opportunity for Obama to speak directly to the American people about his plans for bringing about fundamental change in America.”

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Madison Police Department Central District Captain Mary Schauf said this year’s effort to create an alternative Halloween party is reminiscent of an attempt to move Freakfest to Langdon Street in 2006, the first year the event became city-sanctioned.

Schauf said police always expect house parties in student neighborhoods throughout downtown and will also be patrolling those areas. She encouraged partygoers to be safe and cautious, regardless of their decision to partake in Freakfest or an alternative event.

“We just ask that people plan and they plan safely,” Schauf said.

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Committee debates eliminating late-night vending on Frances St.

By Jack Zeller THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Madison Vending Oversight Committee met Wednesday night to discuss the possibility of prohibiting late-night food vending on Frances Street.

Some Frances Street property owners have expressed concern about the area’s growing popularity and say it is too congested and rowdy late in the evening.

Rebecca Anderson, owner of the Eleanor Apartments at 405 N. Frances St., said routine latenight crowds on the block jeopardize her tenants’ safety.

“They come home and there’s these lines of people that are lined up out in front of their apartment,” Anderson said. “So they can’t get into their building without going through this massive amount of people that have been drinking.”

VOC member Rosemary Lee said that residents should expect activity near their residences when choosing to live downtown.

“I think that all of us that live downtown have made the choice to do so, and we’re going to be inconvenienced one way or another,” she said. “That’s part

diversity from page 1 have not made the same investment as it relates to diversifying our faculty,” Williams said.

Williams said he did not want to focus on the problems of the plan, but to come together and conduct a conversation to allow students to be part of the solution. To achieve this, the student forum was divided into seven small groups, where students and staff members offered solutions for each of the goals of the plan.

UW-Madison sophomore Ryan Garza, who led the financial aid group discussion, proposed that the university “freeze” tuition when students come in as freshmen to help students of color with financial needs.

“You should find different ways on how to finance your education ... to try to make different approaches … to network, make connections with people that you trust and that believe in you,” Assistant Dean Geoffrey Thompson said to students in the group discussion.

Williams said he has met with students and faculty on campus to create a transition plan, which will serve as a step toward greater diversity at UW-Madison. This plan has already been printed and will show activities and what is going to happen on campus after Plan 2008 ends.

of living in an urban area with a 40,000-student campus.”

“They come home and there’s these lines of people that are lined up out in front of their apartment.”

Rebecca Anderson owner Eleanor Apartments

Bill Knobeloch, Madison’s parking operations manager, said the area is overused and parking and traffic issues make the block chaotic for motorists as well as pedestrians.

Knobeloch suggested on behalf of the Madison Parking Utility that vendors be forced to relocate to Library Mall or other designated places for food-cart vending.

“My recommendation is that the Frances Street corridor be taken out of the late-night vending areas, and that we improve the Library Mall lighting and that vendors be encouraged to go there,” Knobeloch said.

Juan Hernandez, weekend operator of the Papi’s Hot Dog cart, said Library Mall is not frequented enough by the late-night crowd and moving there would be bad for business.

“If you move us, we’re going to lose a lot of profit,” he said.

Lee also said moving vendors to Library Mall is an unfair solution.

“I don’t buy that Library Mall is a good place for the late-night vendors,” Lee said. “Because if it was hot, don’t you think [vendors] would already be there?”

The VOC did not vote on the issue but agreed that resolving it is a high priority.

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Badger Crime Watch looking for safety training volunteers

By Beth Pickhard THE DAILY CARDINAL

The UW-Madison Badger Watch program is looking for student and faculty volunteers to take part in a one-hour training session on safety programs.

The watch program is part of the University of Wisconsin Police Department and is intended to promote safety in the campus community.

According to UWPD Officer Erik Pearce, Badger Watch started in 2002 and currently has over 1,000 volunteers. The program is modeled after a traditional neighborhood watch program.

“People receive training on all kinds of safety initiatives, like building safety, office safety and personal safety.”

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Pearce said becoming a member is simple and a minimal time commitment is needed.

“Simply attend a one-hour training session and that’s it,” Pearce said in a statement. “There are no further commitments to either you or your building.”

Pearce said training includes

a variety of programs regarding safety and CPR. “People receive training on all kinds of safety initiatives, like building safety, office safety and personal safety,” he said.

“The more volunteers we have, the more safe campus is.”

Erik Pearce officer UW Police Department

After training is finished, members are not obligated to pledge additional time, according to Pearce.

Members are able to access resources within the program to help them make informed decisions while on and off duty.

In light of recent downtown crimes, Pearce said extra watch over campus property is always helpful.

“We are certainly not short on volunteers, but the more volunteers we have, the more safe campus is,” he said. “We try to train as many people in the safety and security awareness training as we can in the hopes that the more people we have … the safer campus will be.”

veterans from page 1 Berlin said he supports Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s policy of ending the violence in Iraq and withdrawing troops over a period of time. By transitioning the United States’ efforts from a military campaign to a political one, Berlin said he thinks the troops can help the war-torn country rebuild itself on their way out.

“The people that hold together an economy are your whitecollar workers like teachers and doctors … and all those people have fled, so we need to start up infrastructure to bring them back, because that’s the only way we’re going to stabilize that country,” he said.

However, experiencing the effects of war does not always produce the same political outlook on the war. Take 31-yearold Michael Trepanier, a student veteran in his second year of law school at UWMadison. A 1996 graduate of Fond du Lac High School in Fond du Lac, Wis., Trepanier describes

dailycardinal.com/news his political views as moderate but said he is leaning toward supporting Republican presidential candidate John McCain in the election, mainly because of McCain’s stance on the war in Iraq.

While serving as an Army nuclear biological chemical specialist in Iraq from 2004 to 2005, Trepanier said he experienced one of the bloodiest months of the war and that it was “random luck” he was the only person in his unit who did not kill anyone.

Despite the atrocities of war he encountered, Trepanier said he is opposed to Obama’s plan of pulling the troops out of Iraq and instead favors McCain’s approach of staying until a U.S. victory is declared.

“It’s like drawing up a football

play and telling the other team … It’s a bad strategy to sit there and draw timelines,” he said of Obama’s war policy.

Trepanier said his direct experience with Iraqi citizens made him realize there are Iraqi citizens who appreciate the U.S. presence—an aspect of Army life he feels is distorted in the media. He said staying in Iraq until the war is won is the most effective way to continue helping the Iraqi citizens who need it.

“Just leaving right now while not figuring out what it is that has created less violence now I think would be a travesty, because it’s possible we could be on the verge of creating a lasting peace there,” Trepanier said.

Political differences aside, student veterans agree the upcoming election is a monumentally important one for America. For those who have seen the chaos and carnage of overseas combat firsthand, voting is a crucial part of sharing their experiences with a nation on the verge of change—something Berlin and Trepanier will both accomplish on Election Day.

Van Hollen announces DOJ employees to monitor polling Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced Tuesday employees from the Wisconsin Department of Justice will oversee the casting of ballots on Nov. 4.

Assistant attorneys general and special agents from the Division of Criminal Investigation will aid local election officials in various parts of

the state to ensure election laws are followed and to watch out for voter fraud, according to a DOJ statement.

“The Department of Justice is committed to ensuring that every citizen’s right to vote in a fair election is protected,” Van Hollen said in a statement.

The Democratic Party of

Wisconsin has spoken out against this measure.

DPW Chair Joe Wineke said in a statement Van Hollen’s decision to assign prosecutors to the polls is a stunt “to intimidate voters” and to swing the election in the Republican Party’s favor by disenfranchising voters.

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By Stephanie Oyer THE DAILY CARDINAL

Madison’s Halloween celebration may not be the frenzied, riotous celebration of years past, but popular college jam-rock act O.A.R. will headline Madison’s Freakfest entertainment this Saturday evening to kick off the Campus Consciousness Tour, hoping to make an impact while still entertaining students.

O.A.R. is the featured band of the third annual tour, which Guster’s Adam Gardner and his wife Lauren Sullivan created in 2006 as part of Reverb, their environmental nonprofit organization.

“It’s more of a stripped down, skin-and-bones version of O.A.R.” Jerry DiPizzo saxophonist O.A.R.

“We take very seriously our greening efforts in trying to scale back our impact on the environment, and we like to provide educational resources for people,” O.A.R. saxophonist Jerry DiPizzo said. “It’s an interesting and unique way to engage people in greening efforts. “ Middle school friends and classmates, singer Marc Roberge, guitarist Richard On and drummer Chris Culos formed a band as eighth graders. Three years later, bassist Benj Gershman joined them, forming O.A.R. (Of a Revolution) in 1996.

After graduating, the four began attending Ohio State University,

where they met up with DiPizzo.

“I played at sound check, which turned into the show, which turned into a few shows, which a couple years later turned into joining the band,” DiPizzo said.

The band started touring colleges while still attending OSU and has performed at least one annual college tour ever since.

“The reason why we do that is because the majority of our audience demographic is college-age people,” DiPizzo said. “It’s more of a stripped down, skin-and-bones version of O.A.R., and the quality of the show relies upon how well we play and how well we communicate with the audience.”

The band is kicking-off its environmentally conscious tour in Capitol Square only a few days before the presidential election. Despite O.A.R.’s support for the environment, band members prefer not to vocalize their individual preference in candidates.

“We all have our feelings about who we should vote for, and I think the band as a whole is in unison on it,” DiPizzo said, “But we’re not a band that likes to stand up on a soap box and kind of preach.”

Even though DiPizzo doesn’t endorse a specific candidate, he does emphasize the importance of voting in this election.

“I would just say that you should search your conscience and go out there and vote for somebody who you think is inspiring, is going to be able to lead and is in the same line of issues as you,” DiPizzo said.

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With their messages of environmental consciousness and political activism, O.A.R. is bringing more than music to Madison on Saturday. includes tracks such as “Shattered,” “War Song” and “What is Mine.”

“War Song” emerged out of the group’s USO Tour of Iraq and Kuwait in 2007. The bandmates were inspired by the difficulties the soldiers face when returning from the war and trying to transition back into society.

“A lot of them struggled with coming back and trying to be normal again. You can’t blame them,” DiPizzo said. “I don’t feel that the military... I don’t feel society as a whole really, does enough to support these people.”

O.A.R. is a fitting headliner for Freakfest since the band members

have an ongoing reputation for their Halloween costumes and performances over the years.

“One year we were in Cincinnati, maybe in 2004, and the band went as Guns N’ Roses,” DiPizzo said.

“Obviously Guns N’ Roses does not have a saxophone player so I went as Kenny G.” Despite the fact the band remains undecided about their costumes for the upcoming performance, the fusion of rock and reggae will be a nice addition to the Halloween celebration.

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iewers turned out in droves this past weekend to witness the East High School gang sing and dance their way through senior year in “High School Musical 3.” Earning $42 million in the opening weekend alone, Disney has definitely validated their decision to move the “HSM” franchise from cable to the big screen. My frequent readers know I often spend time assailing the mindnumbing stupidity of viewers and their sheep-like devotion to theatrical trash.

Yet, I will hold my tongue with “High School Musical.”

The characters are generally likable, and while the plot is generic and tiresome at times, there are still some good times to be had. Besides, I know that once the majority of the cast has been spit out of the Disney corporate machine, there will be little left for them besides crappy B-movies and occasional turns on reality television.

Zac Efron may escape the Disney curse, as he is the most bankable of the “HSM” stars. He has already been fast-tracked for a remake of the Kevin Bacon dancing classic “Footloose” and is raved about in industry circles.

There is absolutely no way “Walter the Farting Dog” can be a success, at least with that title.

However, former teeny-bopper Hilary Duff hasn’t been as lucky.

After an initial run of success, Duff ’s roles have dried up, with her most notable upcoming role as “Sunshine Goodness” in the animated clunker “Foodfight!”.

The film, which has been in production since 2002, has been plagued with problems. These include having all their animated footage stolen, resulting in the filmmakers starting from scratch and being assailed by anti-consumerist groups for rampant commercialism. The film takes place in a supermarket, stars brand-name food items as characters (including variations on Twinkies, M&Ms and Coke) and has a villain named “Lady X,” meant to represent the sheer evil of generic and no-name products. Yet, this pales in comparison to the recently announced film debut for Disney heartthrobs the Jonas Brothers.

Not long ago, the Farrelly brothers were a popular, if not respected, comedy directing duo. They directed the modern gross-out classic “There’s Something About Mary” and seemed well on their way to a lucrative film career. Now, the brothers are set to direct the Jonas Brothers’ debut, titled “Walter the Farting Dog.” Yes, you read that correctly. The Jonas Brothers play musicians who agree to baby-sit their aunt’s dog.

Unfortunately, the aunt passes away, and even more unfortunately, the dog—the aforementioned Walter—has a bit of a gastrointestinal ailment. The brothers can’t stand being in the car with him, except for Frankie, who “has a serious sinus problem and slane page 6

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Gourd helmet, parrot highlight surreal play

By Ryan Hebel THE DAILY CARDINAL

What does a sneezing man, a spoiled boy and scantily clad reptiles have to do with the fate of the world?

Not much. However, in “Exchange at Café Mimosa,” the Mercury Players Theatre’s latest production, that’s the whole point. A surrealist comedy, the play will mix absurd situations with provocative messages when it takes the Bartell Theatre stage for its Wisconsin premiere this Friday night.

The plot is hardly concrete, but it generally revolves around two couples—one American, one European—who are each given mysterious packages with instructions to exchange them on a remote island.

Mankind, by the way, is counting on them.

The premise definitely previews the nonsensical circumstances to come, especially when the audience realizes that the entire cast—aside from the two couples—is comprised

“Exchange at Café Mimosa” where: Bartlett Theater when: Ten shows between Oct 31-Nov 14 cost: $10 for students.

Ticket info available at mercuryplayerstheatre.com.

of characters who don’t have names so much as amusing archetypes (including “Man with an Allergy,” “Man from the Sandwich Islands in a Gourd Helmet” and “Woman in a White Dress”). However, this absurdity also provides a façade for more intriguing themes in the play, according to UW alum Al Hart— who plays the American husband, Peter Brown.

“It’s a surreal piece so it’s kind of subject to a lot of interpretation,” Hart said, who modestly described the play as “a little outside the mainstream.”

Although the audience will be busy teasing out meaning from the gourd-helmeted, “God-like” figure’s cryptic non sequiturs, Hart said learning to act out the ridiculous roles was no easy task either.

“As an actor, you can’t just play weird ... you have to believe that there’s a motivation there that makes sense ... it’s really easy to come away from your first reading kind of scratching your head and wondering what you just read,” Hart said, adding how important director Casey Sean Grimm’s strong vision was to the project’s success.

Although the unconventional roles were challenging, Hart said the cast was still “an unusually harmonious group” during the past six weeks of rehearsal. UW senior Kelly Maxwell—who played a mystical parrot bent on creating chaos through constant repetition—agreed.

The cast’s maturity and experience,

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UW Senior Kelly Maxwell plays a force for chaos (read: a parrot) in the wild world of “Café Mimosa.” She joins two other UW alums on the cast. according to Maxwell, created a “calm, burning energy” to offset the play’s “exhausting” pace.

Not wanting to lose the audience in this crazed whirlwind, Maxwell said another challenge for her was making her character relatable in some way.

“We’re trying to make our performances really naturalistic, so I’m not acting like a bird,” Maxwell said, though she admitted to studying parrot videos in search of inspiration.

Besides Maxwell’s giant parrot, the play also features several escaped reptiles who “skid around through the play,” Hart said. If finding last-minute cast members willing to don lizard masks wasn’t difficult enough, Hart decided to add another prerequisite.

“Strange as it sounds, we’re adding some sex appeal with our reptiles,

people are wearing those lizard masks but are otherwise scantily clad ... and that was one of the biggest challenges, just recruiting people to do that,” Hart said.

Still, Hart said the play’s “edginess” is about more than its reptilian tail and the other “implied sexual activity” that warranted a “Mature Audiences Only” disclaimer.

“There’s a lot of physicality, a lot of action ... drama and intrigue as well as real humor and sex appeal,” Hart said, joking that “it’s a show that any number of people, frankly my parents included, probably aren’t going to get ... you might walk out of it wondering what you just saw, but you won’t be bored.”

Like a guru in clown costume, “Café Mimosa” will be delivering its slightly unhinged philosophy through Nov. 14.

doesn’t notice the stench coming from Walter,” according to Peter Farrelly in an interview with Variety.

For those of you who detest the Disney machine and the way it churns out carbon copies of teen stars, consider this justice being served. There is absolutely no way “Walter the Farting Dog” can be a success, at least with that title. I’m about as immature as they come, yet even I would be embarrassed being any part of a movie so crassly named. The Jonas Brothers are still safe within Mickey Mouse’s tight embrace, but once they grow old and are let out in the real world, where will they be? Will they be getting footloose like Efron, or starring in 90 minutes of product placement like Duff? If Walter and his flatulence have anything to say about it, the outlook isn’t good.

Can’t believe Kevin just wrote a entire column about Disney stars instead of Halloween movies? Express your outrage at kslane@wisc.edu

O.A.R. from page 5 “It’s been awhile since we have been in Madison and with a festival title like ‘Freakfest’ the door’s wide open, so we’re looking forward to the evening living up to its name,” DiPizzo said.

O.A.R. at Freakfest where: Capitol Square when: 11:50pm cost: $7 in advance, $10 day of, available at various State Street retailers.

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Are you trick-or-eating this Halloween? Check out these grown-up recipes for easy, impressive treats.

By Sara Barreau THE DAILY CARDINAL

A Halloween party doesn’t need to be cheesy to be fun, so spice up the festivities and trade in kiddy favorites like snack-size candy bars for foods with more complex flavors.

Deviled-egg eyeballs and witches’ fingers are cute for a kids party, but they’re pretty cliché and overdone. Avoid them unless the party’s theme is “prepubescent nightmare.” Instead, incorporate locally grown and seasonal

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foods for a party that’s completely personalized. Local orchards and pumpkin patches offer a great selection of affordable, fresh fall produce to feature in party food.

Find pumpkins in various sizes to use for décor as well as containers.

Cut assorted fruits—such as apples, pineapple, pears or mangoes—into approximately one-inch cubes and thread onto bamboo skewers. Then, firmly press the skewers into a pumpkin, and you have an instant edible centerpiece.

Use a pumpkin as a bowl for candies, popcorn or dips.

Cut the top third off any appropriately sized gourd and hollow out the inside.

Either insert another bowl or make sure all the seeds and insides are removed. Then fill it back up with candied nuts, chips or French onion dip.

Candied pecans are also simple to make.

Add two teaspoons of ground cinnamon and one tablespoon of sugar to six tablespoons of melted butter. Stir in a pound of pecan halves and toss to coat.

Transfer to an ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes or until toasted, stirring every five minutes. Place them in

a dish next to some screaming-hot peanuts to create a sweet and spicy combo.

Apples are easy to come by this time of year, and they work well in many dishes. Create bite-sized caramel apples for a sweet snack that’s much easier to eat than the original.

Use a melon baller or tomato corer to scoop out small spheres from an apple. Then pierce them with a toothpick. Make a dipping sauce using a caramel apple kit from a grocery store and dip the apples into the sauce. Sprinkle or roll them in crushed nuts or candy and place the finished mini-caramel apples on a serving tray to set.

Apples can also be used in assorted beverages. In a large punch bowl, mix apple cider, cinnamon schnapps, peach schnapps and 99 apples schnapps. Toss in apple chunks, orange slices and a cinnamon stick or two. It’s like Sangria-meets-Halloween.

All of these ingredients can be warmed up in a pan on the stovetop for a warm, relaxing cocktail. This concoction could also be reduced down to a sauce to pour on vanilla ice cream for an apple pie à la mode sundae.

Chips and dips are party staples, and they require very little effort. Spread guacamole or taco dip onto a plate, fill a sandwich bag with sour cream, cut a small hole in it and then draw a spider web design on the dip.

Here’s another easy tip: Cookie cutters don’t just make festive cookies. Use them to create finger sandwiches also. Pile ham and cheddar or turkey and Swiss on pumpernickel, or even spread PB&J on some

white bread. Then, using some Halloween cookie cutters, cut out ghosts, pumpkins and bats.

A great dessert is a Triple Crown Brownie.

Make any brownie mix according to the package directions and bake in a 9 by 13 inch cake pan.

Allow the brownies to cool completely.

Then, frost the brownies with vanilla frosting.

Next, in a microwave-safe bowl, combine one cup of chocolate chips with one cup of peanut butter chips. Microwave for 15 to 30 seconds at a time, stirring frequently, until melted. Add three cups of crispy rice cereal to the chocolate and peanut butter mixture. Mix well and spread on top of the frosting.

Another whimsical sweet is candy sushi. Make a batch of Rice Krispie treats according to the recipe on the box. Using Fruit

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The weather is getting colder, classes are getting more difficult, Halloween is here and “Top Chef” is starting! With the new season of my favorite show on TV approaching— Nov. 12, set your Tivos—I’ve been thinking a lot about what it would be like if I ever got my chance to be on this culinary masterpiece. Here’s what I would bring to the table:

Actual skill After telling the casting crew all about my technical skill and precision, I would immediately be put on the show. They would be dazzled by my stories, like the one about the time my mom taught me how to make corn. “Ariel, all you have to do is put it in a bowl, wrap it and then microwave it for 10 minutes.” I guess one could assume that when I tightly wrapped the corn in tinfoil and watched the sparks fly, my culinary dreams burnt out. But I considered it more of a learning experience.

All jokes aside, I really do have excellent knife skills. I can cut a Funfetti cake up late-night, making sure that everyone gets an equal piece.

I can also perfectly skin a cucumber

Style I don’t have a faux-hawk, so if you’ve watched “Top Chef ” before, you might say that I have a disadvantage. However, my spiky-haired nemeses would have nothing on me. Physical appearance aside, it’s all about having your own personal flair that sets you apart from the rest. I’m no molecular gastronomist, so I wouldn’t make habañero foams or ras el hanout gelées. And tapioca caviar is so not my thing. My style is much simpler.

I’d like to consider myself a soulfood master—the end-all opinion when it comes to excellent french fries and the perfect cheese curd.

Maybe they’ll call me a barfood-ologist or a greasy-spoon gastronomist if you want to get technical. I mean, I’m going to be so famous afterward, so I’ll need my own category.

Of course, I’d add some flair to my standard but succulent favorites in order to be “Top Chef ”-worthy.

And I’ll never turn my back on the ingredient that makes all things

scrumptiously greasy.

Everyone will know that I’m out to reinvent our preconceived notion that elegant food should only be the comestibles we can’t pronounce. If Padma or any of the other judges tells me differently, it’ll just add fuel to my fire (oven flame in this case), and I’ll get cooking to prove them wrong.

I can see it now. My take on the classics—Pokey Sticks made with gruyere, organic vegetables and a cornmeal crust; lobster and scallion macaroni and cheese bites; Zanzimint and peppermint schnapps soufflés? I’m hungry just thinking about these genius ideas.

Gameplay I feel like many contestants from the past seasons forget that first and foremost, “Top Chef” is a competition. For my one-track mind, which is usually fixed on food, this would never be an issue. I know given the chance, I would play this game straight to the finish line with Richard Hatch-like conniving expertise.

Being in a kitchen never gets me down, even if I would have to cook all night like they did last season for “wedding wars.” Let’s be honest, a late night in the kitchen could only mean I’ll be reclusively hiding my gluttonous “Top Chef”-winning self in the walk-in fridge, sabotaging the other contestants by eating all the freshly rolled out pasta. That would make for some great TV.

Foodgasm Here’s the kicker that would really set me apart from the rest of the pack. Only certain people have actually experienced the foodgasm, and if you’re engineered to be a top chef like I know that I am, you will definitely need to be able to savor your creations in a state of euphoric foodgasming bliss. Maybe you’ve felt it—a need to pause after taking the first bite of ice cream cake just to allow your mind to process how unbelievably good it tastes. My food will send everyone foodgasming in the same direction: crowning Ariel Kraut the winner of “Top Chef: Season 6.”

After “Top Chef,” I’ll take the money, live my dream and open my own restaurant. It’ll be a diner with a classic interior and obnoxious waitresses, just like at home. I’ll call it The Foodgasm, and it will be lit up Americana style with neon signs.

Sam Talbot from season two will come to check it out, and then we’ll get married. He’ll make me french fries on our honeymoon. “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives” will devote an entire episode to my place. And everyone will remember me as the girl who changed stuffy, uptight gourmet into greasy, easy goodness— all thanks to the Bravo network.

If your friends aren’t taking you seriously in your “I like it on Top Chef” costume, ask Ariel for some tips by emailing her at akraut@wisc.edu.

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I am a perfect microwave technician, too. Veggie burgers have never tasted better than when I prepare them. My wok skills are more than ample; come over and taste my fried rice. I can assemble the most complex salads in record time, all while being quirky and endearing for the cameras.

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Roll-Ups as the seaweed, press some of the Rice Krispie treat onto it, leaving some room on one edge. In the center, place a few multi-colored Twizzlers. Roll the fruit snack into a log, then cut pieces of “sushi” about an inch and a half thick and arrange on a tray.

With a little thought and ingenuity, it’s easy to throw a party where the food isn’t the same old monster mash. Try a few of these ideas and thrill your guests.

By Jia Luo and Lena Seeger Pizza di Roma Pizza di Roma is a good latenight establishment to get some tasty, greasy New York-style pizza for a low price.

If you are willing to dish out a few more bucks, you can also get decent pasta at Pizza di Roma without having to tip the waiter. The cream of the crop in the pasta department is their penne á la vodka, which is the best in town even compared to fancy Italian establishments like Porta Bella. The pasta always comes with nice, greasy cheese sticks.

Along with the cheap eats, however, comes the somewhat shabby interior with foam green plastic fast food tables, warped lunchroom trays and seemingly perpetually dusty walls. You can tell this place has seen better years. If you can get past this fact like any normal college student who has eaten at one of the dining halls, Pizza di Roma serves some pretty darn good pizza.

Overall: 3/4 For more information, check out madisonculinary.blogspot.com.

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with little interruption. Not only does it work psychologically, he “can physically feel it” calming him down. He is by no means the only one who feels this way; many other students agree which is why unprescribed use of these drugs is so popular.

According to Mike, it is difficult to be at the library for eight hours straight and being a “mild procrastinator” makes these long library trips necessary. Currently, he takes 25mg Adderall XR, which he claims to be the “Rolls Royce of Adderall” because it is a time release instead of a rapid release.

Katie, a sophomore at UW-Madison, said, “I have to do t is that time of year again. Midterms are in our midst and well to get into my “I have to do well to get into my major. My future depends on major. My future depends everyone is left figuring out how to cram it all in. Between long doing well in school.” on doing well in school.” hours at the library and weekend nights spent studying, there She has not yet succumbed to the pressures of Adderall or Ritalin, but never seems to be enough time to grasp every vocabulary word, remarked that she has “considered Katie digest every theory and comprehend every equation. sophomore taking Adderall” but, when it came UW-Madison This is where prescription drugs, Disease Control and Prevention, the time to study, decided not to for fear such as Adderall and Ritalin, come following symptoms are associated it might have adverse effects. It seems into play. These addictive stimulants with the two disorders: inability to that only the “magical” effects of preare utilized to enable concentration concentrate, hyperactivity, inatten- scription drugs This allows the drug to be and make up for procrastination. tiveness and a lack of listening and are broadcast slowly dispensed throughout the In 2 006 “The use of prescription drugs processing skills. and the body. Both the range of effects , 1 2 among college students is a growharmful and the cheap cost— and 16.2 m olde drug illio ing problem,” Dr. Eric Heiligenstein, effects, usually $3 to $5 for n r had n Am clinical director of psychiatry at UW– such as per pill—are o e n o t r “The use of prescription drugs ce i ake ican nme Madison Health Services, said. insome x t re m e l y n n dica the a pr s age among college students is a l Although seemingly harmless, n i a , enticing y e p e s u ar p c growing problem.”

-Na abusing Adderall and Ritalin has anorexia to overly rior. rposes ription tion al S at le many negative side effects, both and deprestired and ur ve a y on st short and long term. These drugs someDr u Eric Heiligenstein sion, get left in g Us clinical director of psychiatry the dark. e an are readily available and conversat i m e s dH UW-Madison Health Services ealt tions about them among young Another UW-Madison b r o k e h adults are lax. The main consophomore, Anna, commented college stucern with misuse of Adderall and that she tried it and found herself dents.

Ritalin is few users think it is a These symptoms extremely antsy and unable to conHeiligenstein said he believes problem. occur in both per- centrate. “I felt like I drank four Adderall and Ritalin often fosnt sonal and social cups of coffee,” she said. Long- ter other, more serious issues. perce 0 2 e n v i r o n m e n t s term effects aside, the fact that she Amphetamine is a drug contained t d d tha e e t and affect the could not study for an important in Ritalin and Adderall that stimus a u estim have dical . n diagnosed per- exam was enough for her to say, lates the central nervous system.

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Madison senior, finds Adderall to “cures a hangover” by alleviating presc .

However, more be significantly helpful. symptoms. This allows heavy s n reaso and more college students He said it drinkers to get away with are using prescription drugs for reahaving too many alcog use u r T h i s sons other than what is prescribed, holic beverages withd n scriptio e r is where the difficulty in con- and are obtaining them illicitly. out suffering the s p a l h a dic to 18-25 trolling the mishandling of such Legally, Adderall sales have consequences, such 2 d e 0 Nonme g 0 a 2 in lts u t d n a e substances begins. grown over 30 percent in as headaches and c r g v se.go amon 5.4 pe rugabu m d nausea.

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In addition, amphetamines can result in serious and possibly fatal heart and blood pressure problems if misused.

Another issue that arises from abusing prescription drugs is the threat of dependence. Eventually, as Heiligenstein said, usual sources

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“dry up,” while users are still “psychologically dependent.”

It may not seem like an addictive drug, but, according to Heiligenstein, college habits often carry over into the postcollege lifestyle. A long day at the library can be quite comparable to a long day at the office, especially if alcohol was in the mix the previous night. If Ritalin, for example, has worked in a college atmosphere, there is no saying why it would not be sustainable in a work environment.

Beyond problems of misuse are the ethical issues involved in taking these stimulants to improve performance on tests. Taking unprescribed medications like Adderall and Ritalin has been pinned as a form of cheating and, as Heiligenstein put it, the act “parallels athletes using performance enhancement drugs.”

It is a form of academic dishonesty that allows users to get a step up on homework and tests.

It is crucial to note illegal possession of these drugs is considered a felony in the state of Wisconsin, which doesn’t good look on a resumé, Heiligenstein said.

Pressures to succeed in the midst of a chaotic college career are overwhelming. However, these little shortcuts, though seemingly harmless, can produce detrimental effects. Adderall and Ritalin provide a short fix but result in long-term problems. They are also illegal and ethically questionable.

Even so, Mike has concluded that “positives out weigh the negatives,” but added, “After two days of being on Adderall, I thought back on what I’d done and it was kind of a blur.”

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ast February, this editorial board endorsed U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., as the best candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. This endorsement was based heavily on Obama’s charisma and electability.

We believe Obama is the best overall candidate for president of the United States. However, charisma alone will not be enough to ensure success in the oval office. Below are five things Obama must accomplish to truly elicit change:

Support education, youth vote Obama must honor the youth support chasing his coattails through the election. Making good on his proposed fully refundable $4,000 credit to cover the expenses of college tuition, as well as additional funds for up to two thirds of a full collegiate career is the best way to do so. To make this credit and financial aid payments feasible in the near future, Obama has to stabilize an already shaky economic market. The youth—especially collegiate youth— embraced and energized his campaign. He can’t make them regret it.

Address the economy Obama’s candidacy focuses on the average Joe, supporting the middle and lower class and raising taxes on those making more than $250,000.

However, his proposed tax hike on the upper class will not likely raise enough money to cover his proposed expenditures. Obama has to become a practical Democrat if he wins the election. Enacting the tax plan and budget from his campaign will increase federal spending by over $3 billion per year. With the national debt over $10 trillion, Obama needs to be reasonable

and prioritize necessary “changes.”

Realistic energy policy U.S. energy costs are rising. Instead of focusing solely on offshore drilling like his opponent, Obama can best decrease foreign dependence by pushing for available alternatives, but also allowing intermediate sources—such as nuclear power—to sustain the nation while other efficient and environmentally viable options are more thoroughly developed and affordable.

Intelligent foreign policy Obama’s foreign policy experience often comes into question.

Amid all of his rhetoric, Obama does not need to serve as a messiah regarding foreign policy. The best possible choice for Obama is to make the most sensible decisions in tandem with those who have improved the current strategy. More important than a timetable or an immediate exit strategy are smart choices to separate this administration’s foreign policy from previous policies.

Adhere to his rhetoric Obama claims he wants to unite the country and reach across the aisle in Washington to promote political progress. His previous record in the Senate would suggest otherwise, though. It is imperative Obama adheres to his rhetoric and serves both liberal and conservative America. This includes leaving moral issues to states and compromising with his Republican counterparts to close the massive cleavage that exists between the two parties. This country needs political cohesion now more than ever, and promoting change doesn’t call for opposing all Republican legislation.

Baldwin the best choice for Congress Tammy Baldwin is not only the right choice to fill the seat for the second congressional district of Wisconsin, but the only choice.

Republican opponent Peter Theron is one of the least qualified candidates imaginable. He lacks experience in government, public policy or anything remotely related. A vote for Theron is both a vote

for an unqualified candidate and a vote that offends Baldwin’s already impressive record, as well as her promising career.

Baldwin has the personality and the know-how to represent her district appropriately, as she has done for the last 10 years. With moderate enthusiasm we endorse Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin for re-election.

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Make all votes matter, revise electoral system

By Mike Clutterbuck CONTEST FINALIST

I’m going to come out and say it right now: It’s not an inherit flaw in the minds of our generation that tells us to vote less than our elders. It’s not that we don’t care about politics, or that we are unpatriotic. The problem is that in the scandal-ridden, controversy-filled and entertainment-fueled political system we participate in, we are so over-exposed to information from all directions that it becomes work to keep on top of politics.

With hundreds of new stories every day, how do we know what is true or false? Is that source biased? Where did it originate? Too many questions, too much information, too much work.

The same scandals/controversies have gone on for centuries: Bush and wiretapping, Clinton wiener-sliding with Monica Lewinski, LBJ starting the Vietnam War with the Gulf of Tonkin incident, all the way back to the days of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. The list of conspiracy theories and scandals could go on, and on, and on, and on (and on). Every president pushes to “clean up Washington,” and it has never happened, so why exactly is this 2008 election any different?

One might ask, “But if everything has been the same, why is there lower voter turnout now than ever?” It’s because of exposure and awareness.

We have the Internet, we have blogs, we have cell phones, we have text messaging, we have close to instant access to information on any issue, at any moment. It’s so easy to obtain information nowadays that my generation more than ever before is on top of scandal, controversy and greed.

It does not help, of course, that this is what the media loves to tell us about, but that’s almost completely understood and accepted today. This current campaign is a perfect example.

Every day through completely different sources, it seems there is new “evidence” denouncing the opposition. I’d wager that my generation knows more about the political and personal history of McCain and Obama than any other candidate in previous elections.

I was done with this election months ago. I grow tired of surfing

the web with the assault of absolutely outrageous headlines, like “McCain fudges his Navy record!” or “CNN compares Barak Obama to Mahmoud Ahmidenjad by his clothing!” For every point the Republicans have about the Democrats, or vice versa, each party can use the same statistics—stretching and manipulating them—and turn them toward the aggressors.

Anybody who watched the vice presidential debate between Palin and Biden certainly knows this. How often did Biden or Palin regurgitate records and statistics about how one program leads to the creation (or destruction) of thousands of jobs? Elections are a war of statistics, voting records, personal histories and scandal, and we are more aware now than ever before.

If I have the choice of digging deep to see if McCain really did fudge his Navy record and playing Guitar Hero, I’m going to pick Guitar Hero. What new information will the Obama camp release tomorrow about the number of houses McCain owns? Does it really matter? And why were we bombarded with news about Obama’s bowling game? Sure anybody could beat that score, but I highly doubt the decision to wage war on a foreign country would rest solely on one’s bowling skills.

This is the central problem facing my generation when voting. We are privileged to have at our disposal unlimited sources of information, but with so much of it being told to us from many different directions, and with much of it irrelevant in the end, it becomes actual work to stay on top of politics and elections. Do I, let alone most people, want to sift through hundreds of stories a day to find what is false and what is true? I certainly don’t, especially when I have classes every day, or when you work from nine to five.

When the voting day comes around, politics will be the very last thing I actually want on my mind after a year of the same old politics.

So what’s the solution? Everyone is going to say incentives, and to an extent I agree. But it doesn’t matter what you give to the gen X-er, whether it’s a free pizza or a blowjob. The polls

would be absolutely packed if the latter were given, but what does it really mean? Those previous non-voters are now voting—for a blowjob. He doesn’t know, let alone care about, what he’s doing. He only cares about his happy ending. How does that contribute any positive affect toward the economic, political or societal landscape?

Offering incentives is the same as an uninformed vote—which fails to contribute to society altogether. The only way to get people to vote is to assure them their vote does matter.

And the only step in the right direction that I see as plausible is adjusting the electoral votes to be proportional, rather than winner- take-all.

With the winner-take-all system of the Electoral College, statistically a good portion of us won’t have our needs and wants represented in proportion to how many people voted for them, so why bother? If 51 percent of people vote for McCain in Wisconsin, and 49 percent for Obama, does giving all the state’s electoral votes to the winner really seem fair or representative of what Wisconsin folk demand?

The winner-take-all system, combined with the consistent “corruption in Washington,” tells me not to vote.

I’m not lazy, apathetic or unpatriotic. I’m a realist, that’s all. Is that really such a crime? Wouldn’t you feel better and be more inclined to vote if you knew your vote actually did matter? If any random state had 10 electoral votes that were distributed proportionally to the percentage vote each candidate received, then your vote would matter.

It’s a step toward a more representative Presidential election, and a step toward making your vote count every time, regardless of if your candidate wins or loses.

—Mike Clutterbuck UW-Madison sophomore economics major “$1000 for 1000 Words” was a contest held early this month challenging UWMadison students to both discuss why the youth vote has been traditionally low and come up with unique solutions to the problem. Finalist essays will run every day until the winning submission is published Nov. 3.

Early voting and same-day registration ideal for student voters

By Claire Rydell COLLEGE DEMOCRATS

Election Day 2008 is fast approaching. With less than a week left, voters across the country are ready to make the all-important trip to the polls.

As students here at UW-Madison get ready for Election Day, we should be thankful we live in a state with early voting and same day registration.

Because of the record turnout expected on the UW campus, the lines to vote will be long, especially in the evening hours. A great way to avoid standing in line for hours is to vote early. Anyone who lives in the city of Madison can go to the City Clerks Office at 210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., next to the Monona Terrace, and vote now until Election Day. With classes, work and extracurricular activities, it is often difficult to find time to vote on Election Day, and going to the clerk’s office allows you

to choose a day that works best for you. You can even register at the clerk’s office, which is open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, and from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday.

Wisconsin also makes voting easier by allowing people the opportunity to register at their polling locations on Election Day. As one of eight states with same-day registration, Wisconsin is especially voter-friendly for students.

Because most students have either not voted in Madison before or have moved since they voted last, simple registration is essential to protecting student voting rights. Other states are not as lucky. In most states you have to register 25 to 30 days before Election Day in order to vote, and if you miss the deadline, you are out of luck.

Although many of you already re-registered to vote at your current address, please remind your friends

that they can register at their polling location on Election Day. All they will need is their Wisconsin drivers license number or the last four digits of their social security number and proof of residency such as a utility bill, copy of their lease, current bank statement, phone bill, or any other government document, including mail from UWMadison. If someone does not have any proof of residence, they can bring a friend to the polls, who has a proof of residence, and the friend can vouch for the voter. Students living in the dorms only need their student ID to register because the university provides residency lists to the poll workers.

The benefits of same-day voter registration are clear. States with sameday voter registration during the 2004 presidential election boasted an average 12 percent higher voter turnout than states without similar laws. In a country where voter turnout, even for

presidential elections, is generally low, the increase could mean the difference between an Obama presidency and eight more years of Bush-like politics.

However, we cannot take our ability to register on Election Day for granted. On March 12, 2007 state Rep. Suzanne Jeskewitz (R-Menominee Falls) introduced Assembly Bill 158, which attempted to ban same day registration. In addition, a few months ago, Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen sued the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board in an attempt to make Wisconsin city clerks crosscheck all the voter registration information for recently registered voters. Van Hollen realizes this task would be next to impossible for already overworked clerk offices, and it was most likely an attempt to disenfranchise traditionally Democratic voters like students, minorities and low-income people.

This Tuesday, Nov. 4, is our generation’s opportunity to make our voices heard throughout the halls of Washington. Politicians will not listen to us if we stay home on Election Day. Remember the old adage, “history is written by those who show up.”

Election Day is our chance to show up, cast our ballot and be part of the most historic election of our generation.

You can spend five minutes voting on Tuesday or spend a lifetime wishing you had. So stand up and be counted because as Obama has said numerous times, this election isn’t about him, it’s about us. Yes. We. Can. For more information about polling locations and ballots, check out http://vpa.wi.gov and http://elections. state.wi.us.

Claire Rydell is Chair of the College Democrats of Madison. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Anthro-Apology

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

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Sid and Phil

By Alex Lewein lewein@wisc.edu

The Graph Giraffe

By Yosef Lerner ilerner@wisc.edu

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

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Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com

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Lorenz finds the net to pull Badgers past Huskies

By Nick Schmitt THE DAILY CARDINAL

The men’s soccer team continued its excellent play and extended its winning streak to three games by beating Northern Illinois 1-0 Wednesday.

It was the Badgers’ eighth win against a non-conference opponent this year, and the first time the Badgers have won at the Huskie Soccer Complex in DeKalb since 1995. The victory now gives the team a 9-6-2 record with the regular season finale against No. 24 Drake coming up next Tuesday.

The game was scoreless until the 31st minute when junior forward Scott Lorenz put the Badgers ahead on a long shot that went over the head of the Huskies’ goalkeeper.

Senior defender Zack Lambo

tallied his third assist of the year on Lorenz’s team-leading ninth goal of the season.

“It was a terrific ball by Lambo and Scotty [Lorenz] did a great job of turning it and lofting it over the goalkeeper,” Wisconsin head coach Jeff Rohrman said.

It was all Wisconsin would need as the defense played lights out against the quick Huskie attack.

Down to the final seconds of the game the Huskies challenged Wisconsin’s defense. Northern Illinois’ artificial surface at the Huskie Soccer complex intensifies the pace of their attack, but the Badgers stood strong, keeping the ball out of the back of the net.

The Huskies managed 16 shots but were only able to put four of them on goal.

Wisconsin junior goalkeeper

Alex Horwath saved two of the four shots on goal, and the Badger defense kept the Huskies off the board by saving the other two.

“We did a great job defensively, especially in our individual defense,” Rohrman said. “We had to handle a lot of long throws and defend a lot of set pieces and corners because of the way NIU plays, and I’m really proud of our defensive effort.”

During this winning streak the Badgers have outscored their opponents 7-1, and over the last seven games they have only surrendered five goals. Four of those seven games ended with Wisconsin shutting out its opponents.

It was also a milestone night for Horwath in goal. With the win he passed UW assistant coach Nick Pasquarello for 10th on UW all-time win list. He also managed

his fifth shutout of the season, which was the 12th in his career and moves him into a tie for sixth on UW’s all-time list.

“I thought it was a gutsy performance by us today against a team that is very difficult to play against, especially at home,” Rohrman said. “I was really proud of the way the guys performed and persevered through a tough challenge.”

The Badgers will need another solid performance when looking for their 10th win of the season against a talented Drake team Wednesday night at the McClimon Complex. The Bulldogs have been ranked for five straight weeks and have won three of their last four games.

—uwbadgers.com contributed to this report.

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Wisconsin junior forward Scott Lorenz leads the Badgers this season with nine goals.

Michigan hosts Big Ten Championships for men’s and women’s cross country

By Sasha Goldstein THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Wisconsin men’s cross country team enters the Big Ten Championships this weekend with an impressive resume: nine straight Big Ten titles. This Sunday in Ann Arbor, the team will look to make it an even 10 behind top senior runners Stu Eagon and Matt Withrow.

The pair will make their first appearances of the season at the event and hope to reciprocate, if not improve upon, their finishes from last year. Withrow won the event in under 24 minutes, while Eagon finished fifth overall.

First year head coach Mick Byrne has high hopes for the team, and

believes in the leadership of both Eagon and Withrow.

“They’re 100 percent ready,” Byrne said. “They’re seniors. They certainly do not want to hand off this title to Michigan. And both Matt Withrow and Stuart Eagon want to win the 10th straight title.”

Withrow and Eagon certainly know what it takes to win a Big Ten championship. After their strong finishes in helping the team win the title last year, both were named to the All Big Ten cross country team. Junior Craig Miller and sophomore Landon Peacock will also join the team. According to Byrne, the buzz surrounding this weekend has certainly grown considerably over the last few days.

“The kids are real excited about it, and I’m picking up on that excitement,” Byrne said. “They’re talking about it in the locker room. They’re talking about it out on runs and I’m kind of not used to that, at least, you know, a week to 10 days out from the meet they’re really pumped about it.”

The rivalry with Michigan will certainly intensify this weekend, as the Badgers have a No. 1 ranking in the Great Lakes poll, and the Wolverines have home course advantage and a No. 2 ranking in the poll.

“These guys have been through the mill,” Byrne said. “They know what it’s all about. There’s no real big game plan here. It’s just get out and try to run Michigan into the ground.”

Wisconsin men’s hockey travels to North Dakota this weekend

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UW sophomore forward Podge Turnbull and the Badgers’ offense have been outscored by their opponents 25-16 so far this season.

By Ben Breiner THE DAILY CARDINAL

It’s not often that a team in the midst of a disappointing start to its season meets another team that bears a similarly sized burden of unfulfilled expectations.

For the Wisconsin men’s hockey team, however, this weekend will bring just such a meeting.

That is because the Badgers (03-1 WCHA, 0-5-1 overall) will be visiting the Fighting Sioux of North Dakota, a team that was ranked in the top five early in the season. UND (1-1-0, 1-3-0) has struggled, but the Wisconsin players still regard them as the powerful team that has played in four straight Frozen Fours.

“North Dakota’s always a fun place to play but it’s also a very tough place to play,” junior forward Blake Geoffrion said. “They have a great student section. It’s pretty wild and

crazy up there and their team feeds off that. We just need to go up there and play a good road game, try to make as few mistakes as possible ... and get pucks in deep and keep it simple at first.”

The Badgers have gotten offensive contributions from many of their blueliners this season, but the defense overall has been an issue. Their scoring defense ranks last in the conference, giving up five goals per game.

The Wisconsin defenders attribute some of those scores to fortunate bounces but admit that they must stop that trend.

“We’re just trying to stick together, keeping our heads up and just play as a two-man [defensive] unit,” sophomore defenseman Cody Goloubef said. “The better we get as two, the better we’re going to get as five and the better the results are going to be at the end of the game.”

The Badgers will not have to face former Sioux goaltender JeanPhilippe Lamoureux, who finished in the top 10 ranking for the Hobey Baker award last season, or top scorer from last year, T.J. Oshie. North Dakota does however return a number of talented players including senior forward Ryan Duncan, who had 40 points last season and won the Hobey Baker as a sophomore.

“J.P Lameroux is a unbelievable goaltender but they’ve moved on from him,” Geoffrion said. “They still have a great team, still have Duncan, [Chris] VandeVelde, Joe Finley, [Chay] Genoway is still on defense … It’s a team game in hockey and I’m sure they’re still going to bring their A-Game because they’re a great team and it doesn’t matter who they have in net.”

Despite one of the worst starts in team history, UW head coach Mike Eaves was proud of the way his team battled against Minnesota last weekend. He noted that near the end of last Saturday’s game, “[Wisconsin forward Matt] Thurber knocked [Minnesota defenseman Aaron] Ness right on his fanny. We did not go quietly in the night.”

The slow start has done little to dampen the enthusiasm of the players who believe that adhering to their system and philosophies will yield positive results in the near future.

“We lost five games—that ends here. We’ve got to go in there, hopefully try and win two, get as many points as we can,” Goloubef said.

“We’ve been playing well, it’s just we haven’t been getting the bounces I guess. This hard work’s going to keep that going and it’ll pay off eventually.

It doesn’t always pay off right away, but we’ll keep going.”

Women’s The No. 6 Wisconsin women’s team has also had success this season and plans to stay competitive in the Big Ten Championships this weekend.

The team certainly comes in with some momentum after finishing sixth of 41 in the Pre-Nationals Invitational on Oct. 18. The team is led by senior Gwen Jorgensen, who set a personal career best during the Invitational and finished seventh of 250 runners.

“I think she’s starting to believe in herself as sort of an elite runner,” head coach Jim Stintzi said of Jorgensen.

“So I think that she’ll be in the mix in the Big Ten Championships. I don’t know that she’s a guarantee to be first or second, but I think she’ll be in the

tight ends from page 12 Rudolph said he wasn’t sure if Kendricks was “playing angry,” but that “he’s gaining confidence.”

“He’s shown an amazing amount of growth,” Rudolph said.

Considering the young and injury-riddled offense, Turner said the tight ends unit will have to “take it upon ourselves” to lift up that side of the ball.

Both Kendricks and Turner will compete for time in Beckum’s absence, but said they believe they can step up and play at a higher level.

“Since he’s out, I definitely

hunt for that championship.”

The team is also complemented by a group of younger runners that have helped create a positive balance on the team. Jorgensen said she believes in them, and sees the combination of veteran and younger runners as the key to success this weekend.

“I’m really excited for this weekend because I think our team is really coming together,” Jorgensen said. “We have such a great mix of upperclassmen and underclassmen and I just think it’s going to be really exciting especially because the Big Ten is so competitive. It’s totally up in the air with who can win it, and we are definitely in the mix.” have to go out there and make plays, but I’m confident and comfortable that I can do it,” Kendricks said.

Rudolph said Turner and Kendricks are well aware of the competition for playing time in Saturday’s game, but are excited to compete.

Turner mentioned Bielema’s 10 philosophy in his preparation for this weekend, and said the team—and its tight ends unit— was ready for a physical matchup.

“We’ve just got to take it like we do every week and come out there with a mindset ready to win,” Turner said.

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made two as well, including a solo block of her own.

A three-set sweep could not Led in kills by Dolgner and have come at a better time for the Ohlander, who threw down 11 and Wisconsin volleyball team (5-6 Big nine respectively, Wisconsin had an Ten, 15-8 overall), who recorded its impressive evening offensively as well. first win in three weeks at the UW “Even though we did have a Field House Wednesday night. The short week of practice, we were a Badgers defeated Northwestern (1- lot more fresh,” sophomore setter 10, 7-15) 25-20, 25-19, 25-21 and Nikki Klingsporn said. “We came gained back some ground after los- out there and gave a lot of heart ing the past four conference match- and passion.” es, including two matches this past The first set of the night started week at home. off as a close battle. Northwestern “Well, I’m happy with the win,” stayed neck-in-neck, despite an early UW head coach Pete Waite said. five-kill performance from Dolgner.

“Just looking With the game Volleyball at the stats, I tied at 19, the think we did a Badgers took 5-6 Big Ten, 15-8 overall 3 nice job keepthe lead on a kill 1-10 Big Ten, 7-15 overall ing their hitters 0 by sophomore down a little bit. setter Nikki [Their] hitting percentage as a team Klingsporn before the Wildcats fell was down, and it wasn’t just because apart and committed four attack of our blocking. I think that was errors that led to a Wisconsin win. okay, but I think our defense was The second set began in a similar pretty solid and our passing was fashion, as Northwestern rallied from much better … I was pleased with a three-point deficit early on to tie the the effort.” score at 16 apiece, until the Badgers Without a doubt, the Wisconsin went on a 9-3 run sparked by kills defense was solid throughout the from four Wisconsin players. match. The Badgers tallied only six The last set looked as though blocks on the night, but as a team the Badgers would run away with pulled up 39 saves and held the a quick win after they took a Wildcat offense to just .119 hitting 23-15 lead. But the Wildcats put all night. together a small comeback, scorSophomore libero Kim Kuzma ing five in a row on three kills had another great night digging, and a pair of attack errors from making 15 saves to lead all players. Wisconsin. But the Badgers put On the net, freshman middle block- the cap on the match three points er Elle Ohlander had four blocks, later on kills from senior middle including one solo, while junior blocker Audra Jeffers and sophooutside hitter Brittney Dolgner more outside hitter Allison Wack. “[This game] gave us a little confidence boost,” Dolgner said.

“It showed us that we can do it, we can play Badger volleyball again.

It’s really nice to prove ourselves like that.”

Wisconsin will take the court again Friday when it plays host to Michigan State. The Spartans (3-7, 11-10) are the ninth ranked team in the Big Ten despite having one of the best hitting teams in the conference. The Spartans have averaged 13.8 kills per set this season and are led by sophomore outside hitter Jenilee Rathje, who has thrown down an average of 3.93 kills per set.

However, the Badgers should be able to take advantage of the Spartans’ defense, which ranks ninth in the Big Ten in blocks and tenth in digs.

NICK KOGOS/THE DAILY CARDINAL First serve for the match is Wisconsin sophomore outside set for 7 p.m. at the UW Field hitter Allison Wack had six House. All patrons wearing coskills and seven digs against tumes will receive free admission Northwestern Wednesday night. for the night.

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UW tight ends Mickey Turner (left) and Lance Kendricks (right) will take the place of injured Travis Beckum.

Tight end position filled

by Kendricks and Turner

By Nico Savidge THE DAILY CARDINAL

On a weekend filled with relief over its first conference win, Wisconsin suffered one of its toughest losses against Illinois Saturday: a season-ending injury to senior tight end Travis Beckum.

Beckum, who returned to Wisconsin football for his senior year instead of entering the NFL draft, fractured his left fibula blocking on a run play in the third quarter. Although doctors at UW Hospital said the surgery went well, Beckum’s college football career is over.

Tight ends coach Joe Rudolph called Beckum’s injury “a huge loss” for the team and offense.

“He’s definitely a playmaker,” fellow tight end Mickey Turner said.

“We’re going to miss that aspect of it, just the big-game plays he made.”

But now, with a road matchup against No. 22 Michigan State looming Saturday, the conversa-

tion in Badger football shifts toward filling the hole left by Beckum’s injury.

“What it does is give opportunities for some other guys to step up,” Rudolph said. “I know they’ll be excited about it and jump at it.”

Two tight ends in particular—Turner and junior Lance Kendricks—will try to fill the position, as they have earlier in the season. Injuries at tight end have been common for the Badgers this year as Beckum and Garrett Graham both were hurt and missed time earlier in the season.

“Through camp and the first three or four games, somebody’s been out now and then, and we’re all pretty confident that we can fill in for each other,” Kendricks said.

Kendricks impressed his coaches with his special teams play against Illinois. In a press conference Monday, head coach Bret Bielema pointed out Kendricks’ coverage

on a kickoff late in the game Saturday, just after the Badgers had taken a 27-17 lead, when he drew a double-team.

“The first guy that hit him from Illinois landed up on his back,” Bielema said. “The second guy that hit him landed up on his tail, and then he made a tackle.”

“It was a man amongst boys on that play right there,” Bielema said.

Bielema said he was impressed with the dedication and quality of play Kendricks has shown, saying he has been “playing angry” in the past few weeks.

“It was a very impressive play, and hopefully that stuff will carry over to what he’s doing from the line of scrimmage as a tight end,” Bielema said.

Kendricks echoed that sentiment Tuesday, saying the intensity is “something I’ve got to take with me on offense and on special teams.” tight ends page 11

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Testing positive in the NFL is nothing new. There are always players looking for an edge, and those players are usually going to get caught. However, as the Winter Olympics show every four years, there are also the false positives because of the kind of cold medicine an athlete chooses.

Anyway, back to the NFL. Testing positive for illegal substances is not a shock, but the fact that the NFL has sub-par policies designed to help athletes is.

Viking wide receiver Bernard

Berrian, when asked to comment on his two teammates, told of his experiences with the NFL hotline for drugs, in which players can call and learn if certain drugs and their ingredients are illegal or not.

According to ESPN, Berrian said in a Sirius radio interview that he has called the hotline twice, only to have no one answer on the other end. Only on his third try did he get a reply.

“I’ve called twice before and actually never gotten a hold of anybody sometimes,” Berrian said. “So even when you try to do the right thing, sometimes it is still hard to get a hold of somebody and really find out what you’re really taking.”

The NFL has said that it will “follow up” on what Berrian has said. An internal investigation seems unlikely, as this situation is not really important.

However, this does raise an eyebrow to how some things are being run at headquarters.

Roger Goodell has quickly become the “no-nonsense” commissioner that has cracked down on everything, all the way down to offthe-field issues. It seems interesting for a league that is so caught up in

making sure its players are following the book to drop the ball on its end, but that seems to be the case.

The NFL doesn’t look good right now, as there seems to be just as much hypocrisy in the league’s upper echelon as there is a presence of the strong values Goodell is looking to enforce.

People have already moved on and forgotten the infamous “Spygate,” which Goodell shamelessly swept under the carpet leading up to the Super Bowl.

Goodell has shown that he will play both sides of the line, doing whatever it takes to make the NFL look great, no matter what the cost.

But as Berrian’s comments have shown, the NFL and Goodell need to take a look in the mirror and clean up their own mess.

It is said that there is no such thing as bad publicity, and the NFL would love for that to be true in this case. Labeling Goodell as a hypocrite may be a little too harsh, but the fact that he seems to care more about the league’s image raises some questions.

If you think the NFL needs to rewrite some of its policies, e-mail Nate at ncarey@wisc.edu.

Player of the week: DAVID GILREATH Sport: Football Position: WR Year: Sophomore Receiving Yards: 296 Touchdowns: 3

Gilreath compiled 71 receiving yards and scored two touchdowns for the Badgers in their win against Illinois Saturday at Camp Randall.

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Player of the week: ERIKA LAWLER Sport: Hockey Position: Forward Year: Senior Goals: 3 Assists: 11

Lawler scored the game winning goal against Minnesota Sunday.

She also registered two assists over the weekend when the Gophers visited the Kohl Center.

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