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Election draws national youth voter increase

By Callie Rathburn THE DAILY CARDINAL

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An estimated 700 students crowded State Street Tuesday night to celebrate Barack Obama’s victory in the presidential election, then stormed Bascom Hill in a demonstration reminiscent of past activists.

Students show shades of ’60s activism

By Alexandra Bream THE DAILY CARDINAL

The enthusiastic atmosphere of the celebration on State Street Tuesday following the 2008 presidential election has illicited comparisons to the political activism that dominated the UW campus four decades ago.

The gathering on State Street was spontaneous and grew in number as many UW-Madison students headed toward the Capitol and eventually stormed Bascom Hill. University of Wisconsin Police Department officials estimated approximately 700 people took part in the celebration.

Zachary Zaban, a UW-Madison sophomore, said he heard shouts and screams of excitement from his open balcony window on Gorham Street while watching the election with his roommate.

“I haven’t for a long time seen people so passionate about the country. People were so excited and happy,” Zaban said.

Sophomore Jessica Jordani said she felt a similar sentiment.

“It was one of the most lifechanging experiences … to be part of this liberal campus and to see after the elections all these students congregating on State Street, which is such a central part to Madison,” Jordani said.

The crowd banged pots, pans and drums as they marched toward Bascom Hill, where students jumped the concrete ledge at the foot of the hill to walk directly to the top.

Sophomore Whitney Conen said the celebration on State Street left her with a sense of involvement like that of student activists in the Vietnam War era.

“I thought about how cool it was to compare the protests from the ’60s to what happened [Tuesday] night,” Conen said. “In the ’60s all these people were protesting for the anti-war movement and what they believed in. Now we can show our support for what we believe in a different way.”

Senior Charles Berens, a member of the student-led nonpartisan Project Youthanize, filmed the event

with co-workers for an upcoming documentary on student activism.

He said that Tuesday night’s election demonstrated activism in its purest form.

“This election has shown the power of the youth vote and the power of organizing a large group of people and getting the results that [students] want,” Berens said.

“I hope people will continue being active and push any elected official to the results they want.”

Political science professor Dennis Dresang said he thought the celebration on State Street differed from the protests seen in the 1960s.

“What happened [Tuesday] night on State Street from my understanding was a wonderful, spontaneous, positive demonstration of feeling,” Dresang said. “When we look at the other activism from another era it wasn’t in favor for something, it was against something.”

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As citizens across the nation cast their vote for a new president Tuesday, young Americans turned out at the polls in record numbers, and experts think web technology may be the reason.

The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement projected that 21.6 million to 23.9 million young Americans voted in Tuesday’s election, an increase of about 2.2 million since the 2004 presidential election.

Declare Yourself, a national nonpartisan, nonprofit campaign that encourages youth voting, attributes the increase to the widespread use of technology in today’s world.

“Young people have access to the news and what’s dramatic about this election more than anybody else,” said

Diana Nguyen, associate director of Declare Yourself. “[The presidential race] was unfolding in real time over the Internet and the youth population is just so on top of it.”

The web gave youth voters the resources to have questions about the elections answered that can be overwhelming and hard to find. Nguyen said technology made it easier for youth to express their voice about the race, calling it the “YouTube” election.

“YouTube gave people the venue to go out there and be very public about their opinion,” Nguyen said.

“Everyone knew that was the way to get attention, you made a viral video, you made a statement on video and who knows better to do that than younger people.”

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Wisconsin voter turnout under 3 million, lower than expected While the exact amount of people who cast their ballots in Tuesday’s election is still unknown, there are early indications that voter participation in Wisconsin was not as high as previously expected.

Government Accountability Board Director Kevin Kennedy said Wednesday he expects Wisconsin voter turnout to be just under 3 million, or roughly 70 percent of the population.

Although these totals are high, they are not record-breaking.

He said the turnout was lower than the previously anticipated 3.2 million because President-elect Barack Obama held a significant lead over John McCain in polls in the final stretch of the campaign and citizens felt their vote counted less if the race was not close.

“When you’re looking at polls that show double digit leads for one of the candidates … that really is the difference,” Kennedy said.

The presidential races in 2000 and 2004 had higher voter turnouts, according to Kennedy, because the races were more highly contested in the state.

Kennedy said even though this factor prevented Tuesday’s turnout from breaking records, the historical nature of the election kept the turnout high.

“In this case it was a very historic election, I think that’s what kept our turnout as high as it was,” he said.

Kennedy said the high amount of absentee votes cast this year, which totaled about 550,000, contributed to shorter lines at the polls.

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UW professors analyze tactics of Obama’s presidential victory Hannah Furfaro DAILY CARDINAL

As President-elect Barack Obama awaits inauguration this coming January, people all across the nation will contemplate the many factors that contributed to his election and what comes next on America’s political playing field.

Three UW-Madison political science professors analyzed these topics Wednesday night at “The Day After: Who Won the 2008 Election and Why” panel discussion, held at Memorial Union.

Unprecedented high youth turnout and increased voting among black and Latino voters contributed

to Obama’s victory, according to professor David Canon.

“In many states, 18 to 29 year old voters actually turned out at a rate that was comparable to their level of population … which is something that has never happened before since 18-year-olds got the right to vote,” Canon said.

Shifts in voting behavior among voters in higher income brackets also contributed. Canon said voters in the $200,000 income bracket overwhelmingly voted for Obama.

“The wealthiest actually voted for Barack Obama … that doesn’t happen anymore … wealthy people tend to vote for Republicans,” Canon said.

Professor Byron Shafer discussed the rarity of electing a “northern Democrat,” another factor that marked this history-making election.

“You couldn’t do it for 50 years, and we just did it [Tuesday],” Byron said.

The transformational nature of this election begs the question of whether Obama, who ran on a platform of change, will produce all the policy changes he promised during the campaign season. Professor Kenneth Mayer described the pressure Obama will face from both parties after his inauguration. profs page 3

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UW-Madison political science professor Kenneth Mayer (above) participates in a panel on the results of Tuesday’s election.

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s my only tangible contribution to the electoral process this year was the 45 minutes I spent voting, the fact that I woke up on the morning of November 5th feeling like I had just run several miles speaks poorly of my physical fitness. But until these effects of election fatigue finally wear off, I’ll probably keep clicking the refresh button on Pollster.com like a lab animal in a Skinner Box waiting for a food pellet that will never come.

As long as everyone’s still in this combative spirit, I’d like to use today as an opportunity to gauge public opinion on an unrelated cultural debate from earlier this year which was put on hold for several months by the presidential election.

The argument, which has already created bad blood between several close friends, concerns the following well-known classroom exchange on “The Simpsons.”

Ms. Hoover: Just try to sleep while the other children are learning.

Ralph Wiggum: Oh boy, sleep!

That’s where I’m a viking.

Participants were split along the lines of whether Ralph means he

has dreams in which he is literally a viking or is using the word “viking” to denote his own skill at sleeping. So that even readers unfamiliar with the show can play this game, the argument is rendered below in a number of popular standardized test formats, with considerable effort made not to disclose my own bias toward the argument.

If appearing on the LSAT, the question might take the following form: Ralph, a child with many known cognitive deficiencies and a history of mental hallucinations, is instructed by his schoolteacher to “sleep while the other children are learning,” to which Ralph replies, “Oh boy, sleep! That’s where I’m a viking.” Which of the following choices provides the BEST explanation for Ralph’s response?

A) Ralph has recurring dreams in which he is a sea-faring Norseman.

Lacking either the cognitive or verbal capacity to describe these episodes as dreams, he (comically) misinterprets them as real experiences.

B) Ralph believes himself to be particularly skilled or accomplished at the act of sleeping. Here, he uses the image of 11th century Scandinavian pirates as a symbolic metaphor for high achievement. This, despite the fact that no one in the history of human civilization has ever used the term “viking” as a laudatory epithet, nor would one be likely to do so,

New Beer Thursday Goose Island oatmeal stout Your faithful “new beer” editor has no choice but to pick a beer from our newly elected president’s hometown—the Windy City’s famed Goose Island Beer Co. (5.0 percent alcohol by volume.) This nation has seen enough of the back and forth of the Miller-Anheuser divide, and it’s time for change.

Unfortunately, this change went in the wrong direction.

Upon inspection of the bottle’s label, I saw the brewery recommends this beer be consumed via a “balloon goblet.” I don’t know what that is, regardless of the picture of a cognac glass on the back. Styrofoam cups seem to replicate the containing process just as well.

The first smell gives hints of burnt toast, more technically construed as burnt malt.

However, sometimes smells can be deceiving. Not this time. In what should be a taste mixture of coffee and dark chocolate, as well as a hint of oatmeal (perhaps they dump a batch of Quaker Oats in every tank?), the palette is simply left with the mild taste of burnt toast. The finer points of the flavor are heavily obscured through the somewhat overpowering over-baked taste. There is no sweetness or smoothness as one would expect, but something of a prevalent bitter roughness.

The only saving grace is that the flavor became increasingly subtle after being poured into the aforementioned Styrofoam cup and having settled for a few minutes. The question usually asked after drinking a beer is whether you want another, but the question with this one is whether you want another sip, or just throw it out altogether. That is not the change we need.

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unless the Nobel Committee were to award a prize for advancements in the field of “sending one’s dead out to sea in flaming longboats.” This is further compounded by the knowledge that no one ever speaks of being “adept” or “accomplished” at sleeping, and that a reputedly slow-witted person would be especially unlikely to do so by complicated metaphorical means. 14th century English logician William of Occam famously stated, “All other things being equal, the simplest solution is the best.”

All other things being equal here, what makes you think that you’re so much smarter than William of fucking Occam? Because we’re all here at LSAT headquarters right now, paging through a philosophy textbook, and under “Significant Advancements in Western Scientific Thought,” we’ve found about 10 pages on “Occam’s Razor” and no mention at all of “Anonymous, Smart-Assed Graduate of a Kaplan Course.” Guess what? No vikings here either.

Prior to 2005, the SAT might have handled the issue thusly:

“Dog” is to “Domesticated, fourlegged member of the Canidae family” as “Viking” is to: A) Sea-faring Norseman B) Term of praise lavished upon one who demonstrates significant accomplishment in a particular field, i.e. “Albert Einstein was a great viking in modern physics.”

The revised exam might prompt test takers to write a short essay on human achievement and why “viking” provides an insufficient analogy for the progress of any group of people that doesn’t worship Odin and believe in the existence of elves.

In the end, I suppose it’s more important to celebrate our shared cultural heritage than to bicker over details like this. By acknowledging each other’s beliefs, we could show that we’re open-minded. That we deserve to be called enlightened individuals, free thinkers or whatever other paragon of virtue and innovation.

Except for vikings. I mean, that just doesn’t make a bit of goddamn sense.

Not tired of sharing your opinion yet?

E-mail Matt at hunziker@wisc.edu.

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Thursday, November 6, 2008

Downtown development plans move forward at public forum

By Jack Zeller THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Madison Department of Planning, Community and Economic Development invited the Madison community to the Overture Center Wednesday night to discuss future development plans for the downtown area.

The meeting, part of a series, presented community members with various possible development strategies and invited them to discuss their vision for their city’s future with each other and city officials.

Topics included plans for developing entertainment and cultural districts, residential areas, traffic, parks and recreation.

Archie Nicoletti, of City Planning, said with all the excitement around development, it is also important to

keep preservation in mind.

“We want to make sure we keep [downtown] as a cultural, entertainment destination for people,” he said.

“But we really want to make sure that we don’t do anything to jeopardize all the wonderful things that we have.”

Nicoletti presented residents with plans for developing the city’s recreation areas by increasing downtown green space and improving existing parks.

He suggested redeveloping parts of the Mifflin neighborhood for parks, as well as developing unused locations along the shores of Lakes Mendota and Monona. A possible multi-use outdoor recreation facility was also proposed for Olin-Turville Park off John Nolen Drive.

“That’s one concept that creates both a park and a place to

go,” he said.

Resident David Woodward suggested developing a marina for boaters in the Madison area.

“I’ve never been able to figure out why a city with so much water has no marina,” he said. “If you’re trying to increase downtown primary residents, boats are a natural.”

Rebecca Cnare of the Madison Mayor’s Office discussed possible plans for a Madison rail system, something that has been suggested in the past.

“It may not happen next year, it may not happen in 10 years, but probably something like it will happen eventually,” she said.

Cnare outlined a plan to place three rail stops in the downtown area, but did not say when the city plans to develop them.

WASB organizes several student dinners with Madison alumni Students can now register to attend networking dinners hosted by the Wisconsin Alumni Student Board with professionals in the Madison area Nov. 17 and 18.

Ten to 12 alumni from around Madison will be at the dinner along with UW-Madison undergrads to answer student questions on the workforce outside of the university.

Dinners will start at 5:30, 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. The program duration is set for one to two hours.

Students living on campus will be transported to host locations to receive their free meal and attend the program.

According to its website, WASB has one of the most diverse lineups of dinner topics and hosts in the program’s histo-

ry. Approximately more than 25 dinners will be held, with topics including nursing, nanotechnology and venture capitalism.

People are encouraged to sign up early because spots fill quickly and should pre-register at uwalumni.com/dinners.

Students can contact WASB directors with questions dinners@uwalumni.com or visit uwalumni.com/wasb.

Madison man beaten to ground, robbed on downtown street A Madison man was beaten and robbed while walking on East Gorham Street early Tuesday morning.

The 27-year-old victim flagged down a Madison Police officer driving at 11:56 a.m. to report the incident that occurred hours earlier, according to a police report.

The victim said he was walking

youth from page 1 his staff were smart about harnessing the power of technology and reaching out to young people. Text messaging, iPhone applications, MySpace and Facebook were all tools the Obama campaign took advantage of early on to gain youth support.

Nguyen said college campuses need to get involved in the trend

state from page 1 during the invasion of Vietnam and experienced the riots on campus firsthand. Wiley said although student involvement is different today he is happy with the student activism generated from the election.

“In [the ’60s] the student activism was just about universal. It dominated everything that happened on campus,” Wiley said.

profs from page 1 “The expectations for Obama are higher than probably any president since Roosevelt,” Mayer said, later elaborating on some of Obama’s promised policies, such as tax cuts and the closing of Guantanamo Bay. “He promised many times over the past year that one of the first things he would do as president would close the military prison at

near the intersection of Gorham Street and Franklin Street at 2:15 a.m. when a silver four-door vehicle pulled up next to him. A man jumped out of the car, tackled the victim to the ground and began to punch him.

The victim suffered blows to the head in the attack and

the perpetrator took his wallet and cell phone before fleeing in the vehicle. Police describe the assailant as a white male in his 20s, 6'0" and 160 pounds with short sandy blonde hair and an unshaven face. He was last seen wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans.

and “take responsibility to engage people with the web, and communicating information in this viral way and using their networks of young people.”

CIRCLE spokesperson David Roscow said this election has been an opportunity to keep youth involved in the world around them.

“This is an opportunity for the Obama administration and organizations around to keep this momen-

tum building, not only keep people involved in politics, but keep them involved in civics, in their communities,” Roscow said.

Nguyen expects the technology will mobilize youth in future elections.

“The world is more web-based, that’s the way the world is changing, we should get very used to the fact this is going to be a big part of politics.”

“Compared to those days, the last 30 years on campus have been pretty calm, [but] I do think we have a lot of politically engaged students … They pay attention to national and world affairs and the ways in which they get involved and become engaged.”

Berens said the celebration on State Street took place during a historic moment in time.

“I have never sensed that kind

of energy on this campus really anywhere,” he said.

According to Wiley, students on campus made a large contribution to voter turnout in Wisconsin and around the nation.

“The election is sending shockwaves around the world, almost to universal acclaim from what I have been hearing and reading … so we have a lot to be proud of,” he said.

Guantanamo … during the campaign you can say that … no one asks you precisely what you mean,” Mayer said.

Mayer explained the skills required for a successful campaign are different than those required for a successful presidency. “Campaigning is not like governing,” he said.

Later, Mayer said establishing priorities would be essential for a successful Obama administration.

“He has to exercise leader-

ship over the agenda … at the same time… you can’t overreach,” Mayer said.

The panel members agreed Obama will likely govern from the middle, rather than adhering to partisan party politics.

“Obama will resist the temptation for the most part,” Canon said, explaining that, “on some of the economic agenda, he will try to reach out to get some Republican support.”

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Student groups react to 2008 presidential election results

By Kelsey Gunderson THE DAILY CARDINAL

Members of UW-Madison student organizations representing both President-elect Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain said the 2008 presidential election has inspired widespread political activism across campus.

Bryon Eagon, state coordinator for Students for Obama, said the celebration on State Street Tuesday night was a “historical” and “amazing” experience.

“I was not only the most proud I’ve ever been to be a Badger, but also an American,” he said.

With the closing of the election, student leaders on campus noticed an increase in student political activism since the primaries last February.

“Both sides have been really visible on campus,” said Lucas Moench, a member of Students for McCain.

“The fact that there was so much turnout in the area has to be due to student participation.”

Democrats on campus said they were overjoyed with the outcome of the election results but still have to work to sustain support from university students for the future president.

“We are going to be working hard on the actual issues that Obama talks about,” Jamie Stark, a member

of Students for Obama, said. “The election was just the first step of a long walk that will take even more work to make the changes and get things accomplished.”

Eagon said future work for Obama supporters will pose some challenges.

“It’s going to be one of the biggest challenges to find out and learn the best way to harness all of the energy and turnout that we saw in this election, and to translate that into continued and sustained engagement,” Eagon said. “But unlike past elections we are not going to give up.”

Leaders from UW-Madison’s Republican student organizations said though they were unhappy with the results, they will still look to maintain their presence.

“The election might be over but we still have work to do,” College Republicans Chair Sara Mikolajczak said. “With the Democratic takeover, there are going to be things that will happen that we don’t agree with …

We are going to have to do our best to voice our opinions.”

Both Democrat and Republican student organizations said they will specifically look to focus on the upcoming campaigns, including re-election of seats in the state’s Supreme Court.

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t Monday’s Faculty Senate meeting, the UW Division of Recreational Sports proposed an immediate update to the Natatorium and a renovation of the SERF by 2017. According to the board, both facilities are outdated and too small to meet student demands. The estimated cost of renovating the Nat alone is $60 million dollars, and the proposal calls for a $60 increase in student’s segregated fees for an undisclosed period of time.

While this proposal has yet to be approved by the Campus Planning Committee, such a request is not feasible at the current time. UW-Madison faces growing financial woes—which will likely be solved with tuition increases—and charging students extra for athletic facilities will only aggravate students.

Aside from anticipated tuition increases, segregated fees continue to rise. Starting next year, the Student Union Initiative will charge students and extra $48 per semester for two years, and $96 dollars per semester after that until the bond is completed. Seg fees for the Fall 2009 year were $445.04, and tacking another $60 dollars— in addition to increased tuition and union renovation fees—makes the cost of attendance unnecessarily more expensive.

Additionally, Recreational Sports director Dale Carruthers told the Wisconsin State Journal a 2005 student survey about the SERF referred to it as “dungeonlike” and behind in current fitness trends. To tax students for fringe benefits such as facility aesthetics is a frivolous expenditure.

Furthermore, when the SERF was built, racquetball courts were in high demand, and there is no guarantee that current demands— such as ellipticals, treadmills, or spinning classes—won’t be considered out-of-date in 20 years.

Although exercise machines and spinning classes make exercise easier for some students, many are content exercising outside or at home. Most students unhappy with the services offered at the SERF or Nat will likely adapt and find new ways to exercise if they’re serious about staying or getting in shape—its a lifestyle decision that shouldn’t hinge on state of the art equipment.

For the time being, students will continue to use the facilities, and the Recreational Sports Board should be creative with the space allotted to keep students there.

Until these facilities are structurally flawed and students are not paying extra money for other renovation projects, this proposal must be shelved until later.

On Veterans Day, hope for peace, honor losses JOSEPH KOSS opinion columnist

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resident John F. Kennedy once said, “A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces, but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers.”

Nov. 11 is one such day—a day reserved to honor and remember all men and women who have served our country for a cause greater than their own.

The history of Veterans Day is worth repeating. In 1918, on the 11th hour of the 11th day in the 11th month, the world rejoiced and celebrated. After four years of gruesome carnage, destruction and unfathomable loss of life, an armistice was signed. The “war to end all wars” was over. In order to better ensure a lasting peace, to remember the sacrifices that men and women made and to provide an opportunity to celebrate those who served, Nov. 11, 1919 was set aside as Armistice Day in the U.S. Soldiers who survived the war marched in a parade through their hometowns. Politicians and veteran officers gave speeches and held ceremonies of thanks for the peace they had won.

Twenty years later, with the ominous prospects of a new world war ever apparent, Armistice Day was made a national holiday. In 1954, the name was officially

changed to Veterans Day, as a day to celebrate the veterans of all of our nation’s wars.

The focal point for our national remembrance ceremony centers on Arlington National Cemetery at The Tomb of the Unknown.

Every year, special services begin at 11 a.m. with two minutes of silence. “Taps” plays and the president places a wreath at the tomb.

A color guard procession follows, and the ceremony ends with a few speeches, usually one by the president.

The United States may not have always been in the right, but our soldiers have always heroically carried out their mission.

It is imperative to remember this history, especially in present times. Following the loss of more than 116,000 soldiers in World War I, World War II saw 405, 400 deaths. In the Korean and Vietnam Wars, we lost 55,000 and 58,000 soldiers, respectively. Finally, 4,200 fatalities have resulted from the Iraq War. Considering the horrendous number of casualties in these wars, the most important question to ask ourselves during any time of war is: “Why, and for what, are we fighting?”

President Lincoln’s Gettsyburg address answers this question and challenges us better than anyone before or since. Lincoln proclaimed that, “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal ... we can not hallow this ground.”

Furthermore, Lincoln stated “The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work

which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain —that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” Few could have said it better, and we must heed these words.

I remember listening to a large panel discussion of scholars and professors while in England during the 60th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy. One professor mentioned hearing President Johnson remark after challenging American interventionism, “Shall we bring our graves home too?” It is a powerful point. The graves of the United States’ young men and women lie on every continent, in every region of this globe. The United States may not have always been in the right, but our soldiers have always heroically carried out their mission in the name of our great nation. How will you remember and honor their service on Nov. 11?

I find it difficult not to think about this Veterans Day in juxtaposition with Tuesday’s historic election. There are more than 140,000 active troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Soon, with luck, most will be coming home, and we have enormous work to do to make sure we remember and honor their sacrifice, from access to top-notch health care to guaranteed higher-education opportunities, to world-class family support services. For me (in absence of any official UW-Madison recognition, which is extremely unfortunate) this Veterans Day will hopefully be a day to celebrate peace, and hope for a future where peace will not be a trifle, but an ultimate goal for humanity as philosopher Emmanuel Kant called it—a perpetual peace.

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

LETTER TO THE EDITOR UW System lacking partner benefits In response to Jon Spike’s article “Domestic partner benefits long overdue for UW-Madison faculty,” I would like to personally thank him for arguing in favor of domestic partner benefits. The need for such policy affects not only all UW-Madison faculty, but, in fact all UW System employees.

Another interesting point in this discussion is that no state employees are eligible for these benefits as of right now, which extends to all UW system employees. As a member of the United Council of UW Students, I have put countless hours into this debate on all affiliated campuses—

including UW-Madison—and at the entire systems level.

Articles such as these are extremely helpful in the battle for domestic partner benefits in the UW system. I would encourage anyone who is passionate about this issue to send it directly to President Reilly of the Board of Regents, Chancellor Carolyn “Biddy” Martin, and your elected representatives. Only through continued action can our voices be heard by individuals in power.

—Erika Wolf Representative, United Council of UW Students, Inc.

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Hathaway an engaging character in colorful ‘Married’

By Lauren Fuller THE DAILY CARDINAL

Jonathan Demme had, for all intents and purposes, washed his hands of mainstream Hollywood.

Disillusioned and disinterested, the Oscar-winning director of

“Silence of the Lambs” had made up his mind to focus on small, meaningful documentaries.

The result is the powerful drama “Rachel Getting Married,” anchored by an eye-openingly raw and convincing performance

by Anne Hathaway as an emotionally wounded addict who gets a weekend pass from rehab to attend her sister’s wedding.

Demme’s film is just as much about unconditional love as it is about devastating loss.

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Along with Rosemarie DeWitt and the rest of the talented cast, Anne Hathaway’s breakout performance should receive Oscar buzz.

Texturally, “Rachel” is a far cry from Demme’s more popular (and far more Hollywood) projects, such as “Silence of the Lambs” and 2004’s remake of “The Manchurian Candidate.”

“Rachel” trades traditional filmmaking setups for shaky camerawork and a fidgety focus that makes us feel like we are watching a home movie. He is by no means the first director to use this approach, but rarely is it done as effectively as in “Rachel,” making it an intensely personal film.

By the time the microphone is passed around at the rehearsal party, audiences are not just watching the film anymore, they’re in the middle of it. When the inevitable happens—you

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s I sit writing this column, volunteers are running everywhere, handing me flyers, pounding on my door, asking me to make the right choice, to make the choice America deserves. Although all the campaigning for the presidential election will be over by the time this column runs, another session of campaigning is just beginning: the yearly campaign studios wage to get their respective films Oscar nominations.

Just as Obama and McCain rallied to be America’s choice and be the most mainstream candidate possible, studios are pushing films that America already knows and enjoys rather than the arthouse fare which typically dominates award shows. Indeed, “Wall-E,” “The Dark Knight” and “Iron Man” have all been submitted for the various major awards, including best picture and best actor. There has also been a push to award a posthumous supporting actor Oscar to Heath Ledger.

The reason for the so-called “pop” Oscars is twofold. First of all, the Oscars have lost viewers consistently over the last few years, to the point where the awards have become just another night in February.

Voters may feel a tug between instinctively voting for lesser-known art films and voting for a commercial film just to retain some semblance of relevancy. The highest viewership in recent years was 1998, the year in which “Titanic” reigned supreme.

The second and more complex reason is the flagging economy. First of all, the downturn means that viewers are looking for lighter fare, as evidenced by the huge number of adults (unaccompanied by children) who went to see “Beverly Hills Chihuahua.”

Audiences are rooting for a hero, and “The Dark Knight” could be a perfect candidate.

Furthermore, the economy has forced big studios to close or downsize some of their small studio subsidiaries, including Warner Independent Films and Paramount Vantage. Closing down the studios means less small-budget independent films to choose from, and allows the big-budget behemoths to move in on their territory.

The Academy has also increased the awards’ commercialization by allowing movie trailers of upcoming movies to be advertised for the first time in 50 years, meaning there will be increased ratings for people looking for “exclusive sneak peeks” of new films.

Film connoisseurs everywhere are probably crying out in protest right now, imagining what will happen when their no-name indie films are buried by special effects and A-list celebrities. I have some concerns too, but think this move will be beneficial for the Academy in the long run.

After all, for 95 percent of all Americans, Oscar season usually leads to conversations filled with statements like “Oh, that movie with that guy is nominated? I never saw it, but critics say it’s good,” or “Wait, the movie is about what? Does it star anyone I know in it? Then I don’t care.” While dumbing down the awards for the sake of the American public is offensive to some, the fact that many movies nominated for major motion picture awards aren’t even released until a few weeks before the awards leads to a confused and indifferent public.

I wouldn’t want the Academy to kowtow to the lowest common denominator, but right now, they are catering to the highest 1 percent of the moviegoing public. By incorporating big-budget movies along with smaller art-house films, Academy voters are simply allowing the public to become more involved, rather than leaving them in the dark. Just like the recent election of Barack Obama, this is change I can believe in.

If you think Kevin needs to get back on his high horse with the rest of the film snobs, e-mail him at kslane@wisc.edu

know somebody is going to grab the mic and make an ass of themselves—it’s impossible not to cringe.

Early on, Demme reveals Hathaway’s Kym as a self-involved brat, deeply affected by the film’s underlying tragedy. What that tragedy may be is unclear in the beginning, but given Hathaway’s outlandish behavior, the audience knows it’s heavy. Just like her on-screen family, Demme has movie-goers wanting to hug Kym and slap some sense into her all at once. She is a mess, but she’s our little mess. What unfolds is a powerful portrait of the pain addiction can cause as it touches family members like ripples on a pond.

At its core, “Rachel” is a character study, and as such, it’s only as good as its actors.

Oddly, there’s joy here, too.

Demme’s film is just as much about unconditional love as it is

about devastating loss.

At its core, “Rachel” is a character study, and as such, it’s only as good as its actors. If an audience doesn’t buy the performances then the film doesn’t work.

Fortunately, “Rachel” has an extremely strong cast. The film features three-time Oscar nominee Debra Winger, frequently overlooked actor Bill Irwin and Rosemarie DeWitt, who nails her performance as Rachel.

Although the film features such a strong ensemble, it’s Hathaway’s grownup and revelatory performance that stands out.

As much as “Rachel” represents a shift for Demme, it’s every bit a departure for Hathaway as well, who, despite a growing list of grown-up credits, has found it hard to shake her “Princess Diaries” image. As the awardseason buzz builds, it’s safe to say that she has repackaged herself in what amounts to a careermaking role. The girl from “The Princess Diaries” has become a full-fledged woman.

With a stellar cast and breakthrough performance by Hathaway, “Rachel Getting Married” is an invitation you’d be wise to accept.

Grade: AB

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Men’s soccer drops last regular season game to Drake

By Nick Schmitt THE DAILY CARDINAL

On a windy Wednesday night at the McClimon Soccer Complex, the men’s soccer team saw its three-game winning streak come to an end. The Badgers fell to Drake 3-1 after giving up three consecutive goals in the 2nd half.

It was the third non-conference loss for the Badgers all year and the first loss by more than one goal.

The Badgers played defensiveminded in the first half as Drake had the wind at its back. The game was similar to UW’s windy matchup against Penn State, a game in which the Badgers made it into the second half within striking distance and then scored four goals. Junior goalkeeper Alex Horwath had an excellent first half, saving three shots on goal and surviving seven total shots by the Bulldogs. Going into half deadlocked at zero, the Badgers were in the driver’s seat.

It looked like Wisconsin might pull out the victory when junior forward Scott Lorenz, who has be a weapon for the Badgers all year, scored his 10th goal of the season, heading the ball in off a cross by senior midfielder Victor Diaz.

“Victor served in an unbelievable ball,” Lorenz said. “I just made the run and he found my head really. I didn’t have to change my run or anything—it was just right there.”

After the goal, with the wind at their backs, the Badgers just needed to out possess Drake and take the clock down to zero, but a little over 10 minutes later, the Bulldogs tied it up. Sophomore forward Kenan Malicevic volleyed a well-placed ball past Horwath, and then less than two minutes later junior midfielder Kevin Shrout scored off a free kick from 35 yards out.

The goals deflated the Badgers who were struggling with their touches all night, and the Bulldogs

were able to sneak in a late goal in the 84th minute. Wisconsin head coach Jeff Rorhman said his team was a step behind Drake.

“Everything seemed to be a split second late or a little bit off,” Rorhman said. “It just wasn’t clicking, it was just one of those days. The timing of things were off, the touches were off. It’s a little bit challenging right now with the field being a little hard, but at the same time they’re playing on the same field we are. I certainly feel that we’re a better team than we showed tonight.”

The Badgers need to put this game behind them and get ready for the Big Ten Tournament, which is next week at the McClimon Soccer Complex. The Badgers are the seventh seed, but they are capable of making some noise with the home field advantage.

Depending on the results of games later this week, Wisconsin will be playing either Northwestern or Michigan. The

Badgers lost to Northwestern 2-1 in a highly competitive game and tied Michigan 1-1 after giving up a late goal; both games were

played in Madison. Wisconsin will be looking for its first Big Ten Tournament win since 2003 against Ohio State.

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Wisconsin senior forward Victor Diaz and the Badger offense only found the back of the net once Wednesday night against Drake.

Wisconsin women’s basketball team laces up for its first game this weekend

By Mariah Asher THE DAILY CARDINAL

Though it is coming off its second straight winning season and its most successful conference season since 2002, the Wisconsin women’s basketball team may not have all the momentum in its corner when it begins the 2008-’09 season this weekend.

The Badgers have a tough task ahead of them with the graduation of three starting seniors who played together in a combined 362 career games, including two-time Big Ten scoring champion Jolene Anderson. The team also begins the season with five freshmen and two new assistant coaches.

However, Wisconsin returns seven letter-winners and two returning starters. Returning letter-winners include sophomores Lin Zastrow and Alyssa

toon from page 8 injury to senior tight end Travis Beckum, the team’s leading receiver last season, and the Wisconsin passing game was lacking in both experience and leadership.

But as the weeks pass by, Toon has stepped into that role and helped fill the void left by Moore and Jefferson.

Against Michigan State, Toon had a career-high three catches for 44 yards. While his six catches for 105 yards this season may not jump off the page, Toon’s growth and ability to make plays—including a 26-yard catch late in the first half that led to a UW field goal—have gotten the attention of many.

“He is continuing to grow, right now that is his biggest thing is to keep growing, to keep carrying over some kind of consistency and learn,” UW wide receiving coach Alexander DelVaughn said. “Nick is definitely doing his part, and is having some success.”

Highly recruited out of Middleton High School, Toon was ranked as the third-best player in all of Wisconsin

Karel, juniors Mariah Dunham, Teah Gant, Sarah Ingison and Annie Crangle, and senior Caitlin Gibson.

The two returning starters are junior guard Rae Lin D’Alie and sophomore forward Tara Steinbauer.

“Rae Lin D’Alie has come back in a very fit fashion. She’s much quicker,” head coach Lisa Stone said. “And I think Mariah Dunham is somebody that’s capable of going off in really big numbers. She will play the four for us this year and can step out, hit the three right now she is our best 3-point shooter.”

Newcomers to the team are freshmen Anya Covington, Jade Davis, Jamie Russell, Ashley Thomas and sophomore Alana Trotter.

With the graduation Anderson, who led the Badgers in scoring all four years and set the school record for men’s and women’s career points with 2,312,

the Badgers are working as a collective unit to substitute for her loss.

“I think what I’ve seen offensively right now in practice is a little more patience, working very, very hard for a very good shot, trying to get lots of people to join the offensive party, if you will,” Stone said. “And then defensively, cerZASTROW tainly it’s a team defense. And I like what I see out of our team. There’s a blue collar mentality. They know that we have to do this together.

They know that everybody has got to step up.”

As for double-digit scorers on the roster, Stone is confident she has multiple players, including Dunham, who

when he chose UW-Madison. Toon had 51 receptions for 799 yards in his senior season at Middleton, along with 17 returns for 430 yards. Overall, Toon had 13 touchdowns and two interceptions in his senior campaign.

Coming to Madison proved to be quite the change for Toon, as he was redshirted his first year at UW. His teammates say the year off has allowed Toon to contribute this season.

“He was really focused in the spring and looked really good,” sophomore wide receiver David Gilreath said. “He gained like 30 pounds in the offseason but he’s lost it easily. He looked really good in the fall, and it is paying off now.”

That year of preparation has paid off for Toon, who almost broke the starting lineup last weekend against Michigan State. Slowly but surely, Toon has worked his way up the depth chart, and the playing time he has received this season has not only allowed him to grow, but increase his confidence as well.

“It’s a huge confidence boost.

The more reps I can get the more confidence and comfortable I get out on the field,” Toon said.

“Another thing that helps is the more that you play, the more the game kind of slows down and you see things that you wouldn’t necessarily see if you are a younger player, so that is a big help too.”

Years past have seen Wisconsin boast a one-two-punch at wide receiver, with a possession player opposite a big-play threat. Toon is hopeful that he can step into that role as the possession receiver, teaming up with Gilreath who has been Wisconsin’s only big-play threat at receiver this season.

“That’s what I feel my role is.

David is more of a speed guy, a niche receiver,” Toon said. “He does certain things great, but his size limits him in some aspects. Both of us have our pluses and minuses, and I think possession is one of my big pluses, so hopefully I can fulfill that role.”

It may be too late for Wisconsin to resurrect the 2008 season, but at least at wide receiver, the future is bright.

Athlete of the week: LANDON PEACOCK Sport: Cross Country Year: Sophomore Event: 8,000 meter Time: 24:35 PEACOCK

Peacock led the Badgers with a second place finish overall at the Big Ten Championships Sunday.

Wisconsin took first place as a team for the 10th-consecutive year.

are capable of putting up numbers.

“Lin Zastrow has an amazing ability to step away and to go inside,” Stone said. “She’s shown some great things early on for us. Alyssa Karel is electric in the open court, capable of not only knocking down an open shot but getting to the basket.

Stone also believes the incoming freshmen will find success this season.

“Anya Covington is an impressive, impressive young freshman,” Stone said. “Ashley Thomas, Jamie Russell and Jade Davis, all those get a piece of the minutes early on. So it will be fun to watch.”

With defense being a major emphasis of the Badgers’ game this season, and the addition of new defensive coach Kathi Bennet, the Badgers are working on a completely new defense.

“We’ve spent all fall on putting

hockey from page 8 Saturday’s victory. With such a young squad, confidence plays an even bigger role. Young teams always seem to play better even if they are making mistakes, as long as they are confident while doing it.

Eaves has remarked that during the 0-5-1 start prior to last weekend, players were in the right spot physically, but not mentally.

Confidence can give the UW players that ability to react in those situations in which they might have otherwise hesitated.

And don’t forget the play of junior forward Andy Bohmbach and senior Tom Gorowsky. Both players have been in obscurity for most of their careers, getting most of their ice time only when injuries or national teams pull their fellow Badgers off the ice.

But this season both Bohmbach and Gorowsky finally broke through, starting on the first line with junior co-captain and forward Blake Geoffrion

in the pack defense,” Stone said.

“It’s a new defense, but it’s a defense that works. Kathi [Bennet] brings an unbelievable knowledge about the defensive side of the ball. The stronger we become defensively in practice, it actually helps our offense because we’re applying a lot of pressure on the basketball.”

The Badgers begin their season this Saturday at 1:30 p.m. against UW-River Falls at the Kohl Center, followed by an away game against South Dakota State on Nov. 17.

“They [the fans] are going to see an exciting team and one of the hardest working teams they’ve watched in a long time,” Stone said. “I’ve got a very talented staff working very hard, but we’re a unit and it’s fun.”

—uwbadgers.com contributed to this report.

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With the loss of senior cocaptain and forward Ben Street to a knee injury, it will be imperative for upperclassmen like Gorowsky—who scored two goals in Saturday’s victory—and Bohmbach to contribute.

If the upperclassmen can continue to set a solid example for the young players on the team, and the confidence can continue to grow, the Badgers can easily make up some ground over the next few weekends.

Throw in the second half of the schedule, which highly favors Wisconsin—eight home series as opposed to only three on the road—and the Badgers could be right back in the thick of things come WCHA Tournament time.

But be careful Crease Creatures.

After all, you wouldn’t want to get too confident.

If you think the Badgers still have what it takes to have a successful season, e-mail Nate at ncarey@wisc.edu.

Athlete of the week: GWEN JORGENSEN Sport: Cross Country Year: Senior Event: 6,000 meter Time: 20:27 JORGENSEN

Jorgensen finished in second place overall at the Big Ten Championships Sunday. For the first time in her career, she earned first-team All-Big Ten honors.

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othing feels better than winning, and after the 0-6-1 start by the Wisconsin men’s hockey team, that phrase could not be truer.

Last Saturday, after entering the third period against North Dakota at Ralph Engelstad Arena down 20, the Badgers came out with their guns a’ blazing and scored five goals to put the team’s first notch in the win column.

In college hockey, where teams can tie both games in a weekend series and leave their fans in a state of purgatory for the week to come, the need to be successful is imperative, especially in the second game of the series. Last season, the Badgers had trouble starting off games on the right skate, but also had trouble closing out series, as the team only swept one—at home against St. Cloud State—all year.

This season has seen the opposite occur, as the Badgers have scored first in five of the team’s eight games, only to lose the lead in the third period in all five of those contests.

But with a win everything chang-

es, and the Badgers will enter their second home series of the season against Michigan Tech Friday with a new level of confidence.

“I think it has to put a number on that type of thing, but I do know that somebody said we got the monkey off our back and confidence in our pocket,” head coach Mike Eaves said at his Monday press conference.

Wisconsin’s first win of the season does take pressure off the team, but at the same time gives Badger fans the expectation for more victories. That expectation will be there this weekend, as the Huskies come to Madison with the same number of conference wins, but have not played the level of competition the Badgers have so far this season. Wisconsin’s first five opponents have all been nationally ranked, while Michigan Tech has only played No. 1-ranked Colorado College, losing both games to the Tigers.

For those who don’t consider a Saturday win to be any more important, the fact is that Saturday wins—which either end the series with a sweep, a draw or a 3-point weekend—give an incredible boost to the winning squad.

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Wisconsin freshman wide receiver Nick Toon (1) has stepped up for the Badger offense this season.

Toon grows as a Badger

By Nate Carey THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Wisconsin football team has done everything besides live up to expectations this season. The team sports a 4-5 record and has only one win in six Big Ten games.

However, one bright spot has shined through the darkness of UW’s poor play. The growth of the young wide receiving corp.,

mainly freshman Nick Toon, has put Wisconsin in position for a stellar group of wideouts for the upcoming seasons.

“The more I get to play the more I grow,” Toon said. “Obviously the more reps I can get the better, the more I’m out on the field and can learn the more comfortable I am.”

Heading into the season opener against Akron, sophomore wide-

outs David Gilreath and Maurice Moore were considered the top two flankers on Wisconsin’s depth chart, with Kyle Jefferson playing a pivotal role as the team’s slot receiver. But with injuries to both Moore and Jefferson, the team looked to Gilreath to carry most of the load. Throw in the hamstring toon page 7