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‘THIS IS YOUR VICTORY’ F

or President-elect Barack Obama, the path to change began 21 months ago on a grassroots scale as a relatively unknown, unfunded and unendorsed candidate. But in a country bitterly divided, Obama hitched his star to an unyielding mantra of hope and unity—and as his ideals took root in the hearts of Americans, he began to rise. For many, the stalwart New York Sen. Hillary Clinton was a foregone conclusion for the Democratic nomination, but the underdog Obama battled divisive circumstances and endured a lengthy, grueling primary campaign to emerge not just the Democratic nominee, but a national icon and symbol of hope. On the national stage, he faced a formidable GOP war hero in Arizona Sen. John McCain, whose political experience dwarfed that of Obama’s. But as the stock market crumbled and the economy plummeted, Obama’s plan for the United States captured the trust and confidence of the American people, who responded emphatically at the polls. Over the course of our nation’s 232-year history, racial prejudice and intolerance have, at times, been defining characteristics. On November 4th, 2008, the United States voted in staggering numbers to elect President Barack Obama, the first black president in our country’s history. This election will be marked by record-breaking fundraising efforts, voter turnout and an impassioned youth demographic, but most significantly by the nation’s decision to break the racial barrier and elect a black man to the highest, most revered position in our democracy—no longer a dream deferred, but a dream secured. After this historic achievement, President Barack Obama will face monumental challenges, including repairing the economy, addressing our war presence and—perhaps most importantly—fulfilling his promise to unite our government and serve the American people regardless of party lines.

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ASHLEY SPENCER back that ash up

hen I was in eighth grade, our class had a mock presidential election and being an attention-starved ham, I wanted more than anything to be the next President of the United States. The year before, I had lost the election for class president to a boy who stuttered through his entire speech. I guess my “Have a Bash Vote for Ash” slogan didn’t really resonate with my conservative Catholic audience. For the 2000 Presidential election, our teacher informed us that our school would televise the mock debate in every classroom in our Catholic school and needed two students to impersonate Bush and Gore. Before she even asked who wanted to volunteer, I not-sogracefully jumped out of my chair, raised my hand and pleaded, “Pick me, Ms. G! I want to be on TV!!” This mock debate was my chance for redemption. If I won the fake debate and election, I could raise my approval rating among my classmates. Maybe Amy

Bishop would stop shielding her answer sheet during science exams. Perhaps Johnny Begale would stop running away from me at recess when I went to pinch his big butt, and respond to my mushy IMs. Hopefully, that jerk-off coach would ﬁnally let me play an entire quarter of a basketball game and I wouldn’t throw up all the Nutty Bars I’d just eaten. And with that, I went from a being a pop star-obsessed 13year-old girl with multiple hair wraps to the guy who invented the Internet—Al Gore. Not many others volunteered because this actually took some work. Ms. G said we’d have to read how the candidates stood on the issues and prepare and memorize answers. “Please,” I thought to myself. “I’m a genius.” I, after all, had already memorized the constitutional preamble the week before, and sang it in front of the class to the tune of ‘N Sync’s “It’s Gonna Be Me,” complete with dance moves. Being President would be much easier. Being Al Gore excited me because I knew my dad wasn’t voting for him. Dad expressed disdain for Gore at the dinner table using words like “pussy.” Even after my research, I didn’t understand how

Al Gore was at all like a cat, but I didn’t bring this up to my Dad. On the day of the election, I stole a suit coat from my dad’s closet and a pair of my brother’s dress pants, and tried to persuade Khrista, the girl I carpooled with, to be my Tipper and give me a big nasty kiss after the debate. “No,” she squealed. “You’re a girl. Plus I’m voting for Corey.” Corey was playing Bush, and in true Dubya form, ultimately showed up to debate unprepared, made up words and twisted his face like a prematurely born monkey at the camera whenever I spoke. “Why?” I asked.“ I’m your friend.” “I know. But that’s who my dad is voting for. And my mom said Gore will kill all the babies. He likes abortions. My mom said he had one.” According to my research, she was right. But who cared? I could tell through our experiences with water babies that Khrista might not be suited for motherhood— after her last baby leaked all over the basement, he ended up in the garbage. But Khrista’s vote didn’t matter because I didn’t win. Clearly, I had won the debate. One of the nuns—who didn’t

wear a habit and was obviously the coolest teacher in the school since she had admitted she’d previously worked as a carny—told me so after lunch. I signed autographs for the whole first grade class after I was bombarded in the lunch line. Johnny Begale even ran a little slower at recess—he allowed me to catch up to him and he gave me a Kit Kat bar. This all made me feel very presidential. Still, my Catholic school was a red state. I was a blue girl in the wrong building. I was excited to go home that night and watch the real results, confident that nationally, I would be a success among old ladies who worked at grocery stores and loved and wanted to play with my red hair. In hindsight, I think it’s safe to say St. John Brebeuf made the wrong choice and that I was light years ahead of all the other students. And I can tell you now, all those plaid-skirted girls who grew up to become sluts are now prochoice. I can only hope that by the time this column is published, the party I once led will now be in power. If you’d like to support Ashley in her run for ofﬁce in 2028, e-mail her at aaspencer@wisc.edu.

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Obama to be nation’s ﬁrst black president By Megan Orear THE DAILY CARDINAL

President-elect Barack Obama came out victorious at the conclusion of an election that broke historical boundaries and lasted roughly two years. Nov. 4, 2008, will go down in history as the day the United States elected its ﬁrst black president. As the polls began to close, results rolled in and important swing states such as Ohio and Virginia began to turn blue, it became clear Obama would win the presidency. “If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer,” Obama said during his acceptance speech in Chicago. Obama thanked all the voters who waited in long lines for hours to vote, acknowledged all the gains the nation has made over the past century toward civil rights and called for the nation to make even more progress. Local Democratic leaders gathered at the Monona Terrace Tuesday night

to watch the election results, and broke out in cheers when Obama was announced the winner. Gov. Jim Doyle said Wisconsin, which Obama won with 56 percent of the vote with 96 percent of precincts reporting, did its part to contribute to Obama’s victory. “We have worked so hard for this night, and because of us in this room and so many across this country who have worked so hard, we will have a new president of the United States who will be one of the great presidents of all time,” Doyle said. U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, DWis., said Obama’s victory is inspiring. “I think that Senator Obama’s victory … sends such strong messages,” Baldwin said. “Tomorrow children across the country will wake up and say I can be anything I want to be and do anything I want to do.” Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Joe Wineke expressed excitement about Democrats controlling the presidency, both houses of Congress and the state Assembly and Senate. “I’m feeling as the chair of the

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Democratic Party … hey, it doesn’t get any better than this,” Wineke said. UW-Madison sophomore Cameron Thierry, president of the Black Student Union, said he is excited about being part of the generation that elected the ﬁrst black president. “It’s unexplainable … it just shows that change is possible and as a country we have come a long way so far,” he said. Thierry said the country still has steps to go toward equality, but noted how black Americans have gone from

not having the right to vote, to having an African American on the ballot, to having a black president. “This is big, this is big,” he said. Students watching the election results in the Rathskeller at the Memorial Union also shouted and cheered as CNN announced Obama as the nation’s next president. UW-Madison junior Mallory Warren “quit [her] homework for the night to watch.” As for the new president, Warren said she is “pumped” for Obama to take ofﬁce. “Usually we vote for the lesser

of two evils. This time people are pro-Obama. He can change a lot of things,” UW-Madison senior Shira Weiner said. UW-Madison senior Annie Kleinert said she got what she wanted for her birthday Tuesday when Obama won the presidency, and said she enjoys the politically charged atmosphere of Madison. “It’s been awesome to be on campus, [with] all of the excitement surrounding the election,” Kleinert said. —Jack Zeller and Anna Bukowski contributed to this report

Thousands of students vote in ground-breaking election By Erin Banco THE DAILY CARDINAL

Thousands of UW-Madison students turned out to vote for Election Day 2008. Although there were small glitches and delays at polling stations during the day, ofﬁcials said the process was an overall success.

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Congressional hopeful Peter Theron conceded his defeat to incumbent U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, DWis. Tuesday night. Local Republicans gathered to watch the results of the presidential election.

Republicans disappointed over loss, concerned about Obama presidency By Jessica Feld THE DAILY CARDINAL

Local Republican leaders and volunteers gathered for an election watch party Tuesday night and expressed disappointment upon hearing news of U.S. Sen. John McCain’s, R.-Ariz., loss. In his concession speech, McCain echoed his fellow Republicans’ frustrations in losing the presidential race. “It’s natural tonight to feel some disappointment,” McCain said. “We fought as hard as we could, we fell short.” “We must move beyond [the loss] and work together to get our country moving again,” he said. With Barack Obama elected as the next president, McCain supporters displayed concern over the future of the Iraq War and growth

in the size of government. “I’m depressed about Obama becoming president because I know government can only go one direction. It can get bigger but it cannot get smaller because we live in a democracy,” said Beau Lee, a volunteer for McCain’s campaign from Mount Horeb. For Madison resident Anna Watson, the Iraq War was the biggest issue determining her vote on Election Day. “I’m really worried about Barack’s plan for Iraq, I don’t think it’s a good plan,” Watson said. “I don’t think people get it. They don’t get the seriousness of the issues.” Bob Bordson blamed the Republican party for choosing the wrong candidate to run in the election. “I’d like to see [the Republican

Party] stand up and get a spine, instead of run someone like McCain. The press picked him,” Bordson said. In four years the tides will turn, said Timothy Rookey, another party attendee. “If Obama comes out as extreme as some say he will be, there will be a backlash against him and in four years you could have a Republican winning,” Rookey said. Still, other Republicans in the room remained hopeful and shared the same mentality about America’s future articulated in McCain’s speech. “We have to go out and work harder, that’s the whole idea of a democracy. If you lose you go back and regroup, ﬁnd out what you did wrong and ﬁx it,” Lyman Woodman of McFarland said.

Voter registration issues Minor delays and glitches met some Madison voters Tuesday. The Madison Fire Station 1 polling location caused some problems for voters. According to several student sources, some voters registered before Nov. 4 did not appear on the voter registration list. Susan Robertson, chief inspector for the fire station polls, said select voters who did not appear on the list had to re-register with adequate proof of residence. According to Elaine Meszaros, second time poll worker, some students did not have proof of residency when first finding out about the glitch, but many students returned to cast their ballot. Multiple voter registration lists also created confusion at the Memorial Library polling station, according to Chief Inspector Ann Waidelich. Lines at the polls Students lined up outside various polling locations on campus and waited for over an hour to cast their ballots for the 2008 election. Many found long lines early Tuesday morning compared to afternoon or evening lines. From 7 to 8 a.m. students waited almost an hour and a half to reach the polling stations at the Madison Fire Department and an hour to reach the stations in Gordon

Commons. However, according to UWMadison freshman Emily Welch, lines started to clear at 9 a.m. and students only had to wait 10 minutes at Gordon Commons. By noon, students experienced no wait at the Memorial Library polling station. Danielle Brockman, also a freshman, said she thought some people would not vote because of the supposed “long wait.” “I have talked to other people and said ‘I don’t want to wait,’” Brockman said. Last minute voters at 7 p.m. at Memorial Library, Gordon Commons or the ﬁre station did not have to wait in line. Student voter reaction Many ﬁrst time voters said they were glad their voices were heard in such a historic election. When interviewed at the polls, students said they were optimistic about the success of the election. “No matter how it ends up,” UW-Madison junior Sara Ossanna said, “more than anything I think it will be historical based on the voter turnout.” poll reports page 5

Campus exit polls Afternoon stats from polls -Obama: 80 % -McCain: 18 % -Nader: 2% Last minute stats from polls -Obama: 75 % -McCain: 20 % -Nader: 0%

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Democratic Party gains seats in U.S. House and Senate By Nico Savidge THE DAILY CARDINAL

Democrats maintained their control over the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, picking up seats in both houses of Congress Tuesday. They gained at least five seats in the Senate, with four elections too close to call as of press time, and control of the House with a 237-152 majority, with 46 seats yet to be determined. Democrats picked up five Senate seats from Republicans after winning races in Colorado, New Mexico, New Hampshire, North Carolina and Virginia. Contests in Oregon, Alaska, Georgia and Minnesota were still too close to call. In elections for the House of Representatives, Democrats had a net gain of 14 seats. According to UW-Madison political science professor David Canon, economic issues and frustration with the Republican Party led to trouble for many incumbent candidates. “It’s a pretty awful year to be running as a Republican,” he

said. “All the Republican incumbents who were seen as vulnerable deﬁnitely had very tough chances of hanging onto their seats.” Canon said the relationship between President-elect Barack Obama and a Democratic Congress would be a successful one. Although the financial crisis will force other issues to the backburner, he thinks the executive and legislative branches will work toward policy changes on health care, energy policy and the Iraq War. Combined with Obama’s victory, Democrats will control the legislative agenda. Canon said there will be very few ways for Republicans to counter their power. “The filibuster really is the last thing they would be able to do,” he said, as Democrats are unlikely to gain the filibusterproof majority of 60 seats in the Senate. For Democrats to gain that majority, they would need to win over the Republican incumbents in the remaining four elections where no winners have been declared.

With Democrats in control of both the House and the Senate, President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will have considerable power to shape policy come January. LORENZO ZEMELLA CARDINAL FILE PHOTO

Democrats gain control of Assembly, now command state Legislature By Claire Wiese THE DAILY CARDINAL

Wisconsin Democrats, who have controlled the state Senate since 2006, gained control of the state Assembly Tuesday night and will effectively command Wisconsin’s Legislature for the upcoming session. According to WisPolitics. com, Democrats picked up five key seats from the 2nd, 42nd, 57th, 68th and 92nd Districts. They needed to gain at least three seats to take the majority. The last time Democrats controlled the state Assembly was in 1986, when they held the majority in the state Senate as well. UW-Madison professor John Coleman, chair of the political science department, said the change will have an impact on future sessions, but not as much as previously thought, largely due to Wisconsin’s budget issues. “I don’t know if [the impact] will be quite as significant now, just because the

budget problems have gotten so severe in the state that some of the things Democrats would have wanted to do may have to be pared back a little bit, or they may have to approach them a little more slowly,” Coleman said. Although this change signals a political shift, it may not signal a full trend toward Democratic control, he said. “You have to look at the overall picture,” Coleman said, but added “something is clearly shifting.” UW-Madison political science professor David Canon said though this election signals a change in power, it probably will not last. “I would guess that this would signal a shift for the Democrats in the short term, but I don’t think it’s any kind of permanent realignment or change for the Democrats at the state level,” Canon said. Although the future of Democratic control in Wisconsin remains uncertain, Democrats will have their say for at least the next two years.

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U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., secured her sixth term in Congress Tuesday, defeating Peter Theron. Though Baldwin celebrated her victory she said the hardest work is yet to come.

Baldwin retains seat in U.S. House of Reps By Rebecca Autrey THE DAILY CARDINAL

U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., was elected to her sixth term in Congress Tuesday. According to the Associated Press, Baldwin defeated Republican opponent Peter Theron by a 40-point margin. She received 70 percent of the total vote. Baldwin, speaking at an election-night celebration at Monona Terrace, said she was extremely grateful for the opportunity to be the voice of south-central Wisconsin voters in Congress. Baldwin said though she was excited, the hardest work is still to come. “I am also mindful of the epic challenges that grip our nation and our world at this very moment, which makes your faith in my leadership ever more humbling,” she said. Baldwin joined Gov. Jim Doyle, chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin Joe Wineke and other Democrats at the celebration. She called the night “extraordinary” and said President-elect Barack Obama’s victory was a strong message that Americans are ready for change. “After eight years of the Bush administration with very little in terms of vision and leadership and far-sightedness, we now have somebody who is thinking

not only of tomorrow but of the next generation,” she said. Wineke said the night was “exhilarating.” He said the races could not have gone much better for Democrats but acknowledged, like Baldwin, that challenges lie ahead. “We will be responsible for actions we take, and I think that’s important and that means that we better do them right,” he said. Baldwin spent Monday and Tuesday asking students to go vote. She said by Tuesday afternoon it was hard for her to ﬁnd someone who had not voted yet.

Baldwin said she wants Wisconsin voters to find “their own piece of this victory.” She said Democrats can continue to have success if voters come to the polls in future elections with the same commitment and enthusiasm. “I think that what will happen is people who were involved will see the results of their involvement,” she said. “Look at what we did tonight when we work together, and that lesson in and of itself will compel people to remain involved.” —Jack Zeller contributed to this report

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Wisconsin voters gather at Monona Terrace to celebrate Baldwin and president-elect Barack Obama’s victories.

Accusations of ‘illegal’ campaigning by Students for Obama Unidentified students rip down posters near polls By Erin Banco THE DAILY CARDINAL

Reports of illegal campaigning by UW-Madison student political groups has led to an investigation by the University of Wisconsin Police Department. Posters hung by members of Students for Obama became the subject of controversy Monday night when unidentified students began ripping the posters down at various locations around campus. According to Ald. Eli Judge, District 8, the students taking down the signs down were members of Students for McCain, however, University Police Sgt. Jason Whitney said the suspects have not been identified as affiliated to any student group. “I saw this happening and put a call into the chair of College Republicans, Sara Mikolajczak,” Judge said. After receiving his call, Judge said Mikolajczak sent an e-mail out to College Republicans through the group’s

list serve asking students to stop ripping down the signs. Soon after, the message was relayed to UWPD at 11:23 p.m. Mikolajczak said there is no proof anyone from the College Republicans or Students for McCain were involved in the tearing down of posters.

“Anyone who has [participated] must be part of some fringe group or a random person.” Ami ElShareif chair UW-Madison Students for Obama

“I can assure you that nobody from the [College Republicans] was involved and if I found out that someone claiming to be from the [College Republicans] was involved they will no longer be affiliated with [us],” she said. Whitney said the Obama signs had been posted too close to polling stations. A Wisconsin state

law prohibits any political propaganda from being posted within 100 feet of polling stations. “Some posters were taken down, but a majority of the signs have been left up,” Whitney said. Early Tuesday morning Students for Obama campaigners responded to the accusations, saying they were simply trying to help elect their preferred candidate and that students in support of McCain have hung posters within the past few weeks as well. Ami ElShareif, chair of UWMadison Students for Obama, said she is not aware of anyone from Students for Barack Obama or College Democrats taking part in illegal campaign activities. “Anyone who has [participated] must be part of some fringe group or a random person who is volunteering with us,” ElShareif said. Members of Students for Obama posted signs in areas on campus including buildings on Langdon, Park, Johnson and Lake Streets and Observatory Drive.

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INTERNATIONAL VOTING

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Debbie Cheung, a UW-Madison senior from Hong Kong, casts a ballot in the mock election for international students at the Red Gym Tuesday sponsored by International Student Services.

Mock election for international students yields Obama victory THE DAILY CARDINAL

Although international students were ineligible to vote in the elections, they were able to participate in a mock election that closely replicated the city of Madison’s ofﬁcial polling centers and ballots hosted by International Student Services at the Red Gym Tuesday. “We wanted to give international students the opportunity to get to know a little more about the U.S. political system, to have an opportunity to express their voice [and] to cast a vote,” said Marilee Sushoreba, ISS senior coordinator. International students expressed excitement to be involved and 160 ﬁlled out ballots in the mock election. “It’s a moment of history in the

making and I want to be a part of it,” said Alia Jamaluddin, an exchange student from Malaysia. Jamaluddin said it is hard to feel the excitement on campus about the candidates and the election while being unable to vote. “The election itself, it looks like America is bringing new change and a new hope with the war and the economy crisis,” Jamaluddin said. Many international students said family and friends in their home countries were eager to see the result of the 2008 presidential election. “I think these particular elections affect the world, and as such I understand that people around the globe are riveted to their televisions just as we are and hold them out there as critical and crucial as we do,” Sushoreba said.

Students gather on Library Mall to push youth vote By Rory Linnane

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After the voting process, students had an election monitoring party to wait for results from the mock election and the real election. Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama won the mock election by a landslide only hours before he was ofﬁcially elected the next president of the United States. ISS invited domestic students to attend the monitoring party as well. They were able to share with international students how the election process worked. This is the second time ISS held a mock presidential election, holding the ﬁrst one four years ago in the 2004 election. They plan on continuing the event in future elections. “Domestic students want to hear the voice of international students,” Sushoreba said.

Three UW-Madison student groups were out on Library Mall Tuesday trying to educate and rally voters in the ﬁnal hours of the presidential election. Wisconsin Student Public Interest Research Group members had a tent and tables with signs that read, “Make politicians pay attention.” A nonpartisan organization, WISPIRG members were out to inform students of where and how to vote. “Most people know the information, but there’s deﬁnitely been some people who’ve come up and asked us where to go,” said Samantha Gibb, campus organizer for WISPIRG. She said WISPIRG had registered 6,000 students to vote prior to the election. “We’re really just focused [on] making the student voice heard and making sure that students get out there and vote so that politicians will pay attention to us.” The Obama campaign also set up camp on Library Mall, calling it “Election Day headquarters” for the campus. With a large tent, many large campaign signs and the most volunteers of any of the groups, energy was high. Eric Eagon, intern for Barack

Obama and staging location director, said he has high hopes for this year’s voter turnout. “People have been saying for a long time, ‘This is going to be the year that the youth vote makes the difference,’” he said. “I really hope that this is the time that the youth turns out and makes a big difference in the political process.” Eagon also commented on the exceptionally intense youth involvement in this election. Among yard signs posted around the lawn, Students for Ralph Nader also campaigned for the Independent candidate “I support Nader because I think he’s the best anti-war candidate, a candidate who supports universal health care, cutting corporate crime and welfare, and because he was opposed to the Wall Street bailouts,” said Caleb Kulfan, one of the group’s leaders. “He stands for everything I believe in.” Although many students are sympathetic to their cause, Kulfan said he also encounters many different attitudes. “A lot of students seem apathetic,” he said. “Some people call us spoilers, yell at us, thank us for Bush. “In the long run, we’re not going get anywhere if we keep voting for the least worse.”

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UW-Madison students abroad remain involved in election By Anna Discher THE DAILY CARDINAL

Despite being hundreds or even thousands of miles away from American soil, UW-Madison students studying abroad were still involved in Election Day Tuesday through absentee voting and keeping an eye on results from their host countries. Junior Hannah Smith, who is currently studying abroad in Madrid, Spain, said she thought voting through an absentee ballot was simple and took her little time with the help of Democrats and Republicans abroad. Being away from the United States during this election would appear to make students feel disconnected from the presidential race, but

Smith said the atmosphere abroad is just as intense. “In Spaniards’ opinion, the president of the United States is the most important person in the world, therefore, the outcome plays a major factor into not only the United States’ future, but Spain’s as well,” he said. The outcome of the election is crucial to other countries because of international policies and reform. In Smith’s opinion, many Spaniards are more informed and involved in U.S. politics than most U.S. citizens. Smith said she enjoyed being away during the election because she could make an informed decision about the president on her own. Nick Johnson, a junior studying

abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina, also said his host country was paying attention to the U.S. election. Unlike typical U.S. reporting of candidates, Johnson said he observed much more coverage of Presidentelect Barack Obama than opponent John McCain. “Down here, they don’t really know McCain’s name. On all the magazines stands and stuff you see Obama’s face,” Johnson said. “Everyone here is talking about ‘Obama, Obama, Obama’ and they only really know him.” Both Smith and Johnson said they were checking up on poll results throughout the night through the Internet or international news channels.

poll reports from page 3 Daniel Walker, a senior, said it has been a long awaited election and students appeared to be “pumped” to vote. First-time voters at the ﬁre station said the short lines make voting a quick and easy experience. “It went really well,” sophomore Scott Sokn said. “I knew exactly what to do and how to do it.”

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Student voters largely experienced short wait times at polling locations, though problems arose at Madison Fire Station 1.

Mid-day voter turnout According to Rachel StrauchNelson, spokesperson for Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, as of 11 a.m. Tuesday, an initial roundup showed 42,236 Election Day voters, but the number was expected to rise as more complete counts came in. The

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Students and Madison residents marched down State Street to the Capitol last night to celebrate Barack Obama’s victory.

absentee ballot count as of Monday night was 32,012. Misleading text messages According to The Hufﬁngton Post, reports of mysterious text messages encouraging Obama supporters to vote Wednesday were sent to voters in multiple states including Wisconsin, Arizona, Texas and Florida. “Due to the long lines expected today, all Obama voters are asked to vote on Wednesday. Please forward to everyone,” the text message instructed. The University of Florida Vice President for Student Affairs sent out a clariﬁcation e-mail to students about the deceiving text. According to Eric Eagon, staging location director for Students for

Obama, only four people he talked to received the text. “We know that there is at least three copies of it going around,” Eagon said. “We don’t know how widespread it is. We know that someone is trying to suppress Obama voters from turning out [but] we are just going to keep pushing on.” Student leaders on Library Mall Tuesday told students if they received a text message to disregard it. Eagon said he is not blaming the McCain campaign because he does not know who sent the text. —Melanie Teachout, Alyssa Connolly, Andrea Carlson, Estephany Escobar, Cassie Holman, Kelsey Gunderson, Hannah Furfaro and Hannah McClung contributed to this report.

ELECTION 2008A LOOK BACK 2/13 — “OBAMA RALLIES AT KOHL CENTER”

2/15 — “BILL CLINTON SAYS HILLARY HAS BEST RECORD”

THE NEVER-ENDING PRIMARIES 2/19 “MICHELLE OBAMA SPEAKS ON NATIONAL STRUGGLES” 2/19 “CLINTON ENDS WISCONSIN CAMPAIGN IN MADISON” 2/18 “McCAIN RALLIES BASE WITH CONSERVATIVE EMPHASIS”

h, what a race it was. The 2008 presidential election broke records as well as barriers, putting the first black president in office and coming close to anointing the first female vice president and oldest elected president. The candidates criss-crossed the country, often stopping in swing-state Wisconsin. Here, we take a look back at the race that was.

2 ONE FOR THE 8

9/1 “McCAIN PICKS VP CANDIDATE”

8/29 “OBAMA ACCEPTS NOMINATION AT DNC IN DENVER”

AND THEN THERE WERE TWO 9/8 — “MCCAIN, PALIN VISIT SMALL WISCONSIN TOWN” 9/23 “MICHELLE OBAMA PUSHES FEMALE, YOUTH ACTIVISM”

RECORD BOOKS

10/10 “MCCAIN VISIT ASSURES CONFIDENCE IN WINNING WISCONSIN” 10/17 — “CHANGE ON WHEELS”

ELECTION NUMBERS

Primaries

2/20 “OBAMA, McCAIN WIN BIG IN WISCONSIN”

Wisconsin 54% McCain Huckabee 37% Obama Clinton

58% 41%

1,575 McCain Huckabee 278

Obama Clinton

2,201 1,896

General Election Wisconsin Obama McCain

Photos by: Jacob Ela, Gabriel Sehr, Isabel Alvarez, Ben Pierson, Christopher Guess, Kyle Bursaw, Lorenzo Zemella, Jenny Peek, Charlie Baker

National

56% 43%

National Obama McCain

52% 47%

Electoral Obama 349 McCain 163 College *General election results as of press time

11/4 — “STUDENTS CELEBRATE AS OBAMA WINS PRESIDENCY”

ELECTION 2008A LOOK BACK 2/13 — “OBAMA RALLIES AT KOHL CENTER”

2/15 — “BILL CLINTON SAYS HILLARY HAS BEST RECORD”

THE NEVER-ENDING PRIMARIES 2/19 “MICHELLE OBAMA SPEAKS ON NATIONAL STRUGGLES” 2/19 “CLINTON ENDS WISCONSIN CAMPAIGN IN MADISON” 2/18 “McCAIN RALLIES BASE WITH CONSERVATIVE EMPHASIS”

2 ONE FOR THE 8

9/1 “McCAIN PICKS VP CANDIDATE”

8/29 “OBAMA ACCEPTS NOMINATION AT DNC IN DENVER”

AND THEN THERE WERE TWO 9/8 — “MCCAIN, PALIN VISIT SMALL WISCONSIN TOWN” 9/23 “MICHELLE OBAMA PUSHES FEMALE, YOUTH ACTIVISM”

RECORD BOOKS

10/10 “MCCAIN VISIT ASSURES CONFIDENCE IN WINNING WISCONSIN” 10/17 — “CHANGE ON WHEELS”

ELECTION NUMBERS

Primaries

2/20 “OBAMA, McCAIN WIN BIG IN WISCONSIN”

Wisconsin 54% McCain Huckabee 37% Obama Clinton

58% 41%

1,575 McCain Huckabee 278

Obama Clinton

2,201 1,896

General Election Wisconsin Obama McCain

Photos by: Jacob Ela, Gabriel Sehr, Isabel Alvarez, Ben Pierson, Christopher Guess, Kyle Bursaw, Lorenzo Zemella, Jenny Peek, Charlie Baker

National

56% 43%

National Obama McCain

52% 47%

Electoral Obama 349 McCain 163 College *General election results as of press time

11/4 — “STUDENTS CELEBRATE AS OBAMA WINS PRESIDENCY”

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election keeps partisanship alive

policy, foreign affairs and the nation’s growing debt. With the Democrats’ inability to seize three-fifths control in the Senate, Republican senators still hold the power to filibuster and delay any undesired legislation, keeping some semblance of checks and balances intact. However, Republicans cannot continue to frequently block every piece of legislation they do not reasonably support, as it only serves to complicate and confound the legislative progress. Although their power to filibuster is valuable in rejecting potentially earmarked bills, the Republicans should work to compromise rather than block legislation. With the Democrats’ seizure of the presidency, the House and the Senate, the nation is at a major crossroads. However, Democrats need to remain practical in times of economic and fiscal woe in America. The Democrats must respect the Republican minority voice in order to maintain checks and balances and avoid irresponsible spending, especially early in Obama’s tenure. Although the Republican Party may be reeling from the criticisms and the aftermath of the Bush administration, the last thing Americans should do is typecast the GOP and allow the Democratic majority to dictate policy until the next election cycle. Partisanship may often block the legislature from addressing policy change, but at least it keeps the majority party from drastically altering policy and disrespecting the minority constituents they represent.

DAN JOSEPHSON opinion columnist

pproaching City Hall this past Monday to vote early in this year’s presidential election, I was initially repulsed by what I saw. Foolishly thinking that going at 3 p.m. would rid me of the early-voter rush due to classes, I was unpleasantly surprised to see the line snaking outside to the bottom of the steps. My impatience grew quickly, and I could not erase any hint of irritation as I slowly trod through each section of the municipal building. This feeling of boredom and threat of doom that I would never get out of Madison City Hall alive suddenly vanished, though, when I thought of what such a crowd implied. The two-hour wait that I ended up going through, which was a day before the actual election, signiﬁed a wave of regard and concern for the state of our country. It symbolized the unity of our students, not in relation to partisanship, but in relation to how much they care about the next four to eight years. With this in mind, I then thought back to our impressive political history, looking back even as recently as 41 years ago to the age of the Dow Chemical protest, and the political trademark this great university earned in recognition for being the most

active campus in the nation alongside the likes of UC-Berkley. Although there have been messages over the past few decades about our school’s level of activism falling below that of the counterculture generation’s—most notably in a UW-Madison student-created documentary “Youthanized”—I strongly believe that this campus proved itself through the months of a very rigorous campaign to undoubtedly be in the top tier of schools where politics are a priority. With such a key election taking place, this campus was under a lot of necessary pressure to make a political impact. Although political apathy is always a concern among college students, UW-Madison once again did everything it could to avoid joining that category— and it succeeded. During the 2004 election, the Deputy clerk Sharon Christensen said a 90 percent voter turnout wasn’t out of the question after 30 percent of regi s t e re d voters arrived at the polls by 11 a.m. Based on the political activity MARK THOMPSON/THE DAILY CARDINAL

s the nation exhales from the flurry of political activity stemming from the presidential, Senate and House races from last night, it is time to assess the state of politics, a conversation that often shifts to detrimental partisanship. The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board would like to congratulate Sen. Barack Obama on his presidential victory. However, he has a steep uphill battle against the partisan divide in Washington, D.C., which seems to widen every minute. Party politics are clearly here to stay, yet politicians still need to embrace the idea of respecting constituents of the minority party in their states, even if it means crossing party lines in terms of policy. First and foremost in this struggle is Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who has only served to polarize the House of Representatives in recent months. Her rhetoric regarding her arch-nemesis President Bush could very well mirror itself in the minority leadership with a Democratic president; at some point politicians have to swallow their pride and put the country first. If Pelosi remembers anything from the partisan conﬂict of the past, she’ll recall the effects of former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, who also served to widen the gap between Democrats and Republicans before liberals regained majority control. If the House needs anything right now, it is the willingness to compromise in the areas of economic

UW-Madison exempliﬁes political student activity

I’ve seen, 90 percent voter turnout, while unlikely, shouldn’t be ruled out in this election. In politically active schools such as this one, it always seems to be a fairly safe assumption that the majority of the student body will be active in not only voting but campaigning as well. As far back as the winter primaries, the streets were flooded with messages and organizers, spreading their ideologies, assuring that everyone was registered to vote at their new addresses. Student and political teams such as WISPIRG, ASM, Progressive Future, Power Vote, Project Youthanize and many others stood by their goals to simplify the voting process and emphasize particular topics to consider when voting. People crowded Library Mall, sending and receiving memos of electoral importance. It was not uncommon for students to return to their houses and apartments to find leaflets and door signs supporting a particular campaign or simply reminding them where to vote in their district. Regardless of how much one may have attempted to eliminate this election from any train of thought, there was no avoiding this hurricane of political controversy. And in a time as precious as this in a country that is in such sore need of strong leadership, who could expect anything less? The voter turnout for Americans ranging from age 18 to 24 was expected to be as high as 60 percent, and UW-Madison without a doubt served as a prime exemplary image representing the drastic increase in political concern that this country has seen amongst young people. Dan Josephson is a senior majoring in political science and legal studies. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

Domestic partner beneﬁts long overdue for UW-Madison faculty By Jon Spike THE DAILY CARDINAL

UW-Madison has always claimed to be a forward-thinking, progressive school often responsible for shaping new beliefs on the national level. However, within the dialogue of same-sex marriage, UW-Madison has looked almost unrecognizable in its inaction regarding domestic partner benefits. University officials mandate forward thinking in UWMadison’s strategic plan, claiming, “as progress is made, conditions evolve and the environment around us changes—we need to refresh and update our strategic priorities.” Still, campus employees are denied domestic partner benefits, despite other universities and groups taking initiative in this area of great concern. Despite its claim to be such a progressive university, UWMadison is currently the only Big Ten school that does not provide domestic partner benefits for its employees. Ohio State University, for example, enacted policies to establish same-sex domestic partner benefits in 2005—and it wasn’t even the first public school

in Ohio to take such actions. University of Miami-Ohio passed the same policies a year earlier after Ohio Gov. Bob Taft made a heavy push for same-sex domestic partner benefits at all Ohio universities. Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle has supported domestic partner benefits since he took office, but the university has yet to make any tangible progress on the issue.

To maintain our status as a “public ivy,” offering UWMadison faculty domestic partner beneﬁts is a must.

UW-Madison must also take a lesson from the Dane County Board and its recent actions. In September, the Dane County Board passed legislation requiring all companies under contract with the county to offer domestic partner benefits. This action only strengthens the board’s earlier decision to give all Dane County

workers and their domestic partners benefits equivalent to those of married couples. UW-Madison should take a page out of the county’s progressive and evolving attitude and respect the changing political culture of not only the state of Wisconsin, but the nation as a whole. However, the Teachers Assistant Association gives the forum for domestic partner benefits a fighting chance, especially in the current political climate of both the university and the nation. The TAA is still negotiating their contracts through the 2007-’09 period, and if domestic partner benefits are written into the contract, other university employees’ contracts would likely have to follow suit to preserve equity. With new chancellor Carolyn “Biddy” Martin, the first openly homosexual chancellor in UWMadison history, the time is right for domestic partner benefits to receive the administrative push they need. Also, with a handful of other openly gay representatives in the Madison area, such as Tammy Baldwin, Eli Judge and

Mark Pocan, the city of Madison clearly supports the lifestyle, and it’s time for the city’s university to follow suit. Failing to offer domestic partner benefits proves extremely close-minded to a city that willingly fosters the lifestyle.

Despite its claim to be a progressive school, UW-Madison is the only Big Ten school without domestic partner beneﬁts.

As long as UW-Madison continues to deny domestic partner benefits to its employees, the university will be at a clear disadvantage in competitively hiring the professors, faculty and employees it desires. UW-Madison has also learned the fiscal lesson of domestic partner benefits the hard way —the university has lost millions of dollars in external grants due to professors leaving to go to universities that honor same-sex partnerships, as well as benefits for those partners.

Furthermore, if UW-Madison wants to maintain public notoriety as a top-flight university, partner benefits are a must. Kiplineger’s finance ratings recently placed UW as the best Big Ten school for total value in consideration of finances and quality of education. However, the key to a quality education falls in the hands of quality instructors. As the Board of Regents will meet to discuss ways to attract talented, younger faculty in an aging UW system, they must consider the importance of offering partner benefits to attract young faculty regardless of their sexual orientation. The argument is clear, UWMadison is—depending on the comparison—anywhere from ﬁve to 14 years behind its Big Ten peers on this issue. To maintain our status as a “public ivy,” offering the TAA, and ultimately UW-Madison faculty domestic partner beneﬁts is an absolute must. Failure to do so only serves as a blemish on the university’s record. Jon Spike is a junior majoring in secondary education in English. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Graphic novels triumph over classical literature once again FRANCES PROVINE a fran for all seasons

PHOTO COURTESY GEFFEN RECORDS

Snow Patrol returns to the music scene with their newest album, “A Hundred Million Suns,” which features unique guitar sounds and rock ballads that emphasize the band’s love for life.

Snow Patrol still shine New album A Hundred Million Suns brings powerful sound By Jacqueline O’Reilly

tried to turn a corner with their latest album and, though the turn Coming off the blazing suc- might have only been a slight one, cess of their album Eyes Open and the record, thankfully, isn’t a comhaving enough of the country pilation of 11 songs eerily similar to lie with them and “just forget “Chasing Cars.” Although the album as a whole the world” as instructed by their is strong, not a hit song “Chasing CD REVIEW single song stands Cars,” Snow Patrol out on the record returns with their more than anothnewest album, A er, which does Hundred Million make it difficult Suns. to tell which one A solid sequel to will be featured their previous hits, on the “Grey’s each song on Snow Anatomy” season Patrol’s new album A Hundred finale. There are, is done on a grand Million Suns however, several scale. Everything Snow Patrol tracks that hold is very loud, powerful and full of repeated guitar their own, and then some. chords. When the songs aren’t too A Hundred Million Suns’ “Crack busy making allusions to various the Shutters” is one of the more promitopics of astronomy—two songs nent tracks on the album. Lead vocalist have cosmic names, “If There’s A and guitarist Gary Lightbody coos Rocket Tie Me To It” and “The about a love he has and his addiction to Planets Bend Between Us,” and this lover’s beauty, murmuring, “And others are chock full of metaphors just watch you as the rays / Tangle up about rockets—there is a distant around your face and body, / I could echo of Coldplay in their music. sit for hours / Finding new ways to be With both bands composing the awed each minute, / ’Cause the daypower ballads that are so popular light seems to want you / Just as much today, you can’t help but hear a tiny as I want you.” It’s the album’s best love bit of “Viva la Vida” in the back of song and does a great job capturing the intensity of attraction. your head. The record’s first single, “Take But that’s not to say A Hundred Million Suns isn’t original or unwor- Back The City,” is a more daring thy of note. Snow Patrol clearly rock ballad about the love of city THE DAILY CARDINAL

life versus the dangers that the city holds. Lightbody chants how he is chewed up by a city and spat out days later, but still loving the place enough to have no doubts. As the song plays, it feels as if you should be driving through the streets of Times Square with your head sticking out of a limo sunroof. The song paints an attractive image the listener wants to be a part of. Overall, A Hundred Million Suns is a respectable album that does the trick. Its sound is Snow Patrol’s own unique genre, and one that will be appreciated and heard by the masses. There are melodies that are easy to stroll along to, while others prefer to shake the listeners at their cores and get them excited about love and life.

The album’s sound is Snow Patrol’s own unique genre, and one that will be appreciated and heard by the masses.

Although A Hundred Million Suns might be slightly over-edited and, at times, forced, the pros deﬁnitely outweigh the cons, and this release would make an excellent addition to any Snow Patrol library.

f you’ve been to the bookstore regularly in the past 10 years, you’ve probably noticed how one section in particular grows almost exponentially each year. Comic-book nerds and fifth-graders in the midst of getting through “Maus” have been familiar with that section for ages. I’m talking, of course, about graphic novels. What once started out as slim superhero volumes you could buy from the same places selling collectible baseball cards (remember those?), they have developed into dense 300-page plotlines. At some point in the ’80s, comic-book writers started delving into character development and a variety of alternative story scenarios to saving the world and spandex. There’s even graphic non-fiction like “Persepolis” and the radical “A Graphic Biography” series.

What once started out as slim superhero volumes have developed into dense 300-page plotlines.

But do graphic novels really belong next to “To Kill A Mockingbird?” Are they even “novels”? With the adaptation of several graphic novels into movies, the interest in this newer kind of book has soared. Sometimes when I’ve passed by three-bookcase sections of graphic novels in bookstores (once for a very specialized audience) I’ve wondered if it’s signaled a death knell for more “normal” literature. Although I was once skeptical, I think it’s probably time to accept the graphic novel as a legitimate literary form. It’s not just that graphic novels like “Blankets” explore serious themes on par with some of the most prized literary ﬁction and nonﬁction. And it’s not that they’re necessarily more exciting than regular books. Although some have

pointed to graphic novels’ use of pictures to help tell a story as a sign of being more accessible to a society that, let’s face it, is becoming more and more illiterate, people who consume graphic literature aren’t exactly society’s non-readers. In fact, it’s really the opposite. Graphic novels are filled with references to other works of “real” literature, and, because of complex narratives, they aren’t always easier to get through than plain old prose. The use of graphics allows authors and illustrators to portray images in ways that prose sometimes can’t. Beyond that, the elimination of the need for heavy description has meant that the writing can focus on characterization and dialogue. Indeed, beyond anything else, it is the complexities of these characters that justifies giving graphic novels the literature tag. Which isn’t to say that graphic novels aren’t different from real books. After all, it would be very difficult to apply the same stylistic quirks to text restricted to a twoinch-wide speech bubble. And there can also be something very special about that use of description, both of places and people and also of emotions. But what graphic novels and regular books have in common (and this is perhaps a reason why their respective readers are far from being mutually exclusive) is that they both rely on reader imagination. Perhaps normal literature more so than graphic novels, but reading a graphic novel still forces you to superimpose your own imagined accents and movements on the characters, your own imagined sounds of windows shattering and doors clicking open and closed. The truth is, those kids I knew in fifth grade who read “Maus” now read more than most other people I know. If some people get intimidated by pages of tightly packed together black letters, that’s fine. But if graphic novels are the key to getting them to participate in a form of entertainment that is not purely receptive, it almost doesn’t matter that regular books are in decline. If you wish to meet up with Frances at the bookstore to discuss your plans to attend the next comic-book convention, e-mail her at provine@wisc.edu.

Ryan Adams thanks known universe for new, mature sound By Gena Rieger THE DAILY CARDINAL

In the liner notes of Cardinology, Ryan Adams thanks only the universe “for connecting us one and all. Consider this music a gesture of our appreciation.” Although his latest release with the Cardinals may not end up being humanity’s greatest gift to the cosmos, it will surely take its place as one of the better albums of 2008. Adams continues this spiritual theme with the backwoodsy opener “Born Into A Light,” wishing us “Faith and hope and all the strength to cope / To be your own best friend / Have confidence and keep the faith.”

Although this Stuart Smalley type faint Southern twang, Adams of command may come across as and the Cardinals are all disgrating on the page, Adams makes torted guitars and miked-up us believe him with his scratchily drums, commanding us to “turn the radio up loud sincere baritone CD REVIEW and get down.” It and with Jon sounds like Adams Graboff ’s beautifully wanderis finally having ing steel guitar. some fun, which Although conmight be good sistently pegged for a guy who as a leader in got famous off the alt-counalbums with titles Cardinology try world, on like Heartbreaker Ryan Adams & and Love is Hell. Cardinolog y, The Cardinals When Adams Adams abandons this title does return to his for quite a few cuts, most nota- old stomping grounds of heartbly on the Oasis-like “Magick.” ache and longing on tracks like Tossing away the lap steel and “Crossed Out Name” and “Let

Us Down Easy,” man, he does it well. A sunset never seemed so melancholy as when Adams writes about it in his song “Go Easy”: “I watch the sun grow tired / collapsing into the meadowlands.” Although Adams occasionally relies on uninspired melodies (“Fix It” is a little too reminiscent of “Two” off his 2007 release), it is nearly impossible to fault him for his lyrics. Even when he does err on the side of trite, like on the opening track, the conviction behind his words saves him. Cardinology is one of Adams’ more grown-up albums to date. After all these years, he has finally mastered the art of editing. In 2005, he completed three

full-length albums (Cold Roses, Jacksonville City Nights and 29) alone, showing how he can rush his work at times. Cardinology is a solid 12-song release, balancing its way through the alt-country, rock ‘n’ roll line that Adams loves. But there are times on the album that make you to wonder what he had to toss away to make an album this neat and listenable. Where is the evidence of the weird, passionate, tantrum-prone Adams? Those looking for Adams’ previous incarnation may be better served going a few albums back in his catalogue, but this newly matured version is most definitely worth a listen.

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Desmond has his barrow in the market place... Molly is the singer in a band.... The Beatles are the only band to have held the number 1, 2 and 3 spots on the Billboard charts at the same time.

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Change?

Today’s Sudoku

Anthro-apology

By Eric Wigdahl wigdahl@wisc.edu

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. The Daily Code

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Sid and Phil

By Alex Lewein lewein@wisc.edu

The Graph Giraffe

By Yosef Lerner ilerner@wisc.edu

“C xih’n ehiq uhsihy uwnouffs qbi xiym wuly qbun u wlcncw musm.” Lou Reed quote Yesterday’s Code:

“And tonight’s Colbert Penny Pincher. If you’re out of milk, add water to your yogurt.”

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

Evil Bird Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com

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Four Badgers represent Team USA in Four Nations Cup By Brandon Storlie THE DAILY CARDINAL

As the Wisconsin women’s hockey team enjoys a week off from the collegiate schedule, a handful of Badgers are trading their Motion W’s for Stars and Stripes. Sophomore forward Hilary Knight and junior forward Meghan Duggan will join senior forward Erika Lawler, senior goaltender Jessie Vetter and 18 other players from around the country to represent Team USA in this week’s Four Nations Cup held in Lake Placid, N.Y. This marks the 12th edition of the annual tournament, which also features Finland, Sweden and Canada. The four countries rotate hosting duties on a yearly basis. Team USA boasts a relatively young roster for the tournament, with half of the players selected under the age of 22. For the team’s younger members, the Four Nations Cup serves as a great learning experience. “You’re playing with teammates who are maybe 30 years old, and it’s a different level of play,” Knight said. “[Having] more conﬁdence when you come back is the biggest thing. You

feel like you’re at a different level.” Even for veterans, international play brings a noticeable change of pace. “It deﬁnitely gets me to test my conditioning [and] see if I’m ready for that type of pace,” Vetter said. “It keeps me in shape and obviously gets me ready and focused for the rest of the Badger season.” The Four Nations Cup also offers the four Badgers a unique opportunity to play on the same team with some of their WCHA rivals. The conference has a strong showing on Team USA, with eight of the players on the roster currently collegiate hockey players at Wisconsin or Minnesota. The team also features a number of alumni from both programs, including former Badger Molly Engstrom and former Gopher Natalie Darwitz. “I love playing with the rivals,” Lawler said. “They’re really good friends of mine. When they come here, we give each other the cold shoulder a little bit, but when we’re [at the tournament], we catch up and bond with each other.” Team USA will face Team Canada Thursday in what is possibly the tournament’s most intriguing matchup. Canada is the defending Four Nations

Cup champion, with the United States ﬁnishing second in 2007. “Any time you play Canada, it’s always a battle,” Duggan said. “Those are great games to play in. It’s good hockey, and that’s why we play. I’m really looking forward to it.” For the Badgers on Team USA, Thursday’s game will have an interesting twist, as former Wisconsin defenders Meaghan Mikkelson and Bobbi-Jo Slusar will be on the Canadian blue line. “It’s always fun to play against people you know,” Duggan said. “You go into the corners a little bit harder, and you start slamming around with them. Those are always great games.” The two teams may look forward to playing each other, but the competitive environment makes for some awkward moments off the ice. “We’re supposed to be rivals and hating each other, but we’re really best friends off the ice,” Duggan said. “When they’re with their teammates and we’re with ours, it’s a little uncomfortable.” Both Team USA and Team Canada began play Tuesday in Lake Placid. The teams will face each other Thursday at 7 p.m. at Herb Brooks Arena.

3-point line from page 12 new rule. Players that bank on scoring from within the paint may not be affected as severely by the change because shooting behind the 3-point line is not something they worry too much about. Instead, shooting from deep is all the same to them. “[Hughes] is the point guard, so he would probably know a little bit more [about the line change] than I do about that,” Krabbenhoft said. “But, for me, I just don’t really think about it. You just set your feet and you let it go.” This situation could be compared to something like drinking soda. For instance, if you are not a soda drinker and you have a couple sips of Pepsi (the old 3-point line) you probably wouldn’t be able to tell it apart from Coke (the new 3-point line). However, if you consume a heck of a lot of Pepsi, drinking Coke would be a deﬁnite surprise when it hits your taste buds. Although the men had to spend

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Wisconsin junior forward Meghan Duggan has scored four goals and registered eight assists for the Badgers this season.

the summer trying to get used to popping the trey from a step back, the women didn’t, as their line has not moved. Therefore, on courts shared by both men’s and women’s collegiate basketball clubs, there will most likely be two painted lines. This could confuse some players.

For good shooters, this change should not make much of a difference.

In the heat of a game, players may not have their mind set on which line they are clearing, especially in the men’s league. The women only have to worry about getting beyond one of the lines, whereas the men have to concentrate more on the exact location of their feet in relation to their 3-point arc. They cannot be confused

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Obviously Nosbusch was with the team in 2007, but Wisconsin did improve on its record from the previous season. In 2007, the Badgers went 6-11-1 overall and 2-8 in conference play. Wisconsin bettered both records in 2008, going 9-9-1 overall, 3-7 in the Big Ten. Even with the progress Wisconsin made, plenty of room remains for improvement looking ahead to next season. “We’re going to look to improve our record,” Nosbusch said. “[We want to] become a force in the Big Ten. We want teams to look at us and be a little bit scared of us and [think] we’re not going to be an easy game.” Making noise in the Big Ten is not something Wisconsin has done since 2005, when the Badgers won the conference title. In each of the three seasons since 2005, Wisconsin has finished with a losing record. But with Nosbusch and 13 other freshmen from the 2008 season poised to improve, the Badgers have grounds to believe their future is bright.

“We’ve been finding the back of the net, which is key,” he said. “We’re going to try to keep that going. Drake is a very good team. They’ve been in and out of the top 25 all year. We know it’s going be a real competitive game, so that’s definitely going to translate into what’s going to happen next week.” Starting Nov. 13, the Badgers will host the Big Ten tournament, where they will have the chance to make up for four losses to Indiana, Michigan State, Northwestern and Ohio State earlier this season. With Penn State’s upset win over Indiana last Saturday, the Badgers are guaranteed the No. 7 seed in the tournament, which means they will face the No. 2 seed, likely either Michigan or Northwestern, in the opening round. In the last three games, the Badgers have outscored their opponents 7-1, and are heading into the Big Ten tournament. A victory on Wednesday would give the team its ninth non-conference win and important momentum heading forward. “We just have to stay focused, and we’re going to have to finish

by the women’s 3-point line, which used to be theirs. “You don’t want to shoot an old 3-pointer now, you know, because that’s not the best shot you can shoot because you are a foot away from getting three points instead of two,” Krabbenhoft said. Players have had several months to prepare themselves for the change, but breaking old habits may cause problems for some athletes who are used to toeing the line. Shooters that don’t worry too much about where they are on the court may not be fazed, but those types of players usually are not the ones coaches want on the ﬂoor. Knowing where you are in relation to the court is important, especially at the college level. Needless to say, this curveball should spice things up a little bit for college basketball players across the nation. E-mail your thoughts about the new 3-point line to Crystal at crowns@wisc.edu. She is curious about what other people think about this NCAA rule change. the chances we create,” head coach Jeff Rohrman said. “There’s going to have to be a lot of movement and a lot of good play in the attack to unbalance this Drake team.” Additionally, Rohrman said because of the level of Drake’s play, this game more or less replicates the kind of game that the Badgers will face in the Big Ten tournament. “We have to be very focused and disciplined in our defending, and we can’t lose track of players,” Rohrman said “We’re going to have to exhibit some patience and realize it’s a 90-minute game and our chances will come if we keep doing the things we’ve been doing the last few games.” Wisconsin faced the Bulldogs last season and lost 3-1. A year later, according to junior goalkeeper Alex Horwath, the Badgers are looking for revenge and a chance to keep their rankings up. “This is an NCAA tournament game as far we’re concerned,” he said. “They’re ranked just below us in RPI and this is a team we have to beat. This is a tournament game for us, essentially.” Kickoff between the Badgers and Drake will be Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the McClimon Complex.

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Wednesday, November 5, 2008

By Scott Kellogg THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Wisconsin women’s soccer season came to an abrupt end Saturday night. All the Badgers had to do to extend their season with a berth to the Big Ten tournament was notch a home victory against 4-5 Northwestern, but it was not to be. For senior forward Taylor Walsh, it was her last game as a Badger. The presence of the frontline ﬁxture will be sorely missed for a variety of reasons. But during the past season, Wisconsin witnessed a breakout season by freshman forward Laurie Nosbusch, giving it reason to be excited about the future of this team. Without Walsh, Wisconsin loses an athlete who has played 79 games, scored 16 goals, notched 12 assists and totaled 44 points. In addition to those statistics, Walsh’s value as a symbol of offensive ﬁrepower and consistency is shown by her three consecutive years as the team leader in goals. “We’re obviously going to feel that loss offensively,” Nosbusch said. “[In terms of ] leadership we’re going to have to have people step in

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UW freshman forward Laurie Nosbusch (left) hopes to ﬁll the shoes of senior forward Taylor Walsh (right). and ﬁll that role.” One of those leaders will have to be Nosbusch herself, who showed her impressive offensive capabilities

early in her collegiate career. This season Nosbusch scored seven goals, one behind Walsh’s eight, and added seven assists to claim the team lead

in points with 21. Walsh ﬁnished second with 17. The Badgers will be hit hard by Walsh’s absence next season, but her

teammates, including Nosbusch, realize they were lucky to have a season with Wisconsin’s prolific goal scorer. “It was an honor to play with [Walsh],” Nosbusch said. “She’s so experienced in the whole college game. She taught me a lot about how to play.” Playing the same position and taking on a similar physical role as Walsh, Nosbusch had the benefit of being the recipient of some personal advice from the graduate-to-be. “[She gave me] side comments like ‘try this,’ or ‘do that.’ Or on the field she’d give me encouraging statements,” Nosbusch said. Nosbusch continued to reiterate that Walsh was constantly dependable for a dose of optimism. As a whole, Nosbusch enjoyed her first season playing college soccer at Wisconsin. “It was a lot of fun,” Nosbusch said. “I learned a lot from the other players and the coaching staff, and I think I got a little better. We were a young team, so it was a little bit of an up and down season, but overall we got a lot better.” nosbusch page 11

3-point arc change appears to be no problem for some players CRYSTAL CROWNS the crystal ball

n May 2007, the NCAA men’s basketball committee passed a rule to extend the 3-point line distance for the 2008-’09 season, a

change that has pushed the 3-point arc a step back from 19'9" to 20'9". The new line is still three feet shorter than the NBA arc, which rests 23'9" from the hoop. For good shooters, this change should not make much of a difference. However, it will be interesting to see which players can keep their 3-point averages high during the course of the basketball season.

Wisconsin senior guard/forward Joe Krabbenhoft said he did not notice much of a difference between the new 3-point line and the old one when he shot from beyond the arc in Saturday evening’s game against Augustana. He hit the one 3-ball he put up. Senior forward Marcus Landry also shot well, going 3-for-3 from the arc. Additionally, UW sophomore forward Jon Leuer

made 1-of-3, and junior guard Jason Bohannon went 2-for-3. These statistics are interesting because Bohannon is the one who is expected to ﬁnd himself most at home behind the arc compared to Landry, Krabbenhoft and Leuer. Spectators may also be wondering why other guards didn’t ﬁnd the heat from 3point land. Although this was only an exhibition game, it is still worth not-

ing that starting point guard Trévon Hughes and three other guards off the bench were unable to connect on their 3-point attempts. Although the line change is an issue for all players, regardless of their position, maybe the guards who spent so much time clearing the line are ﬁnding it difﬁcult to adjust to the 3-point line page 11

UW men’s soccer hosts Drake By Alex Lugo THE DAILY CARDINAL

The UW men’s soccer team will try to capture its 10th win of the season this week as it prepares to host its last non-conference, regular-season match against Drake. The Badgers (1-4-1 Big Ten, 9-6-2 overall) are coming off three straight victories as well as their sixth shutout of the season last week, when they beat Northern Illinois 1-

0. The Bulldogs are undefeated in the Missouri Valley Conference (30) and post an 11-3 overall record. Junior midﬁelder Scott Lorenz, who leads the team with nine goals and scored the winning goal against Northern Illinois, said the team is feeling good about going into this game and will try to keep the momentum strong. men’s soccer page 11

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Wisconsin junior forward Brandon Miller ranks second on his team in total points this season. He has scored three goals and has ﬁve assists.