Weekend, November 21-23, 2008 - The Daily Cardinal

BEYONCÉ’S FIERCE FOLLOW-UP

ARTS

l

ARTS

Beyoncé’s new album, Sasha Fierce, is more poppy but just as danceable PAGE 5

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Complete campus coverage since 1892

l

PAGE 5

Badger men’s basketball heads to the Virgin Islands for the Paradise Jam Tournament SPORTS

dailycardinal.com

l

PAGE 8

Weekend, November 21-23, 2008

University to celebrate Union’s last Badger Bash

By Ashley Davis THE DAILY CARDINAL

LORENZO ZEMELLA/CARDINAL FILE PHOTO

PHOTO COURTESY OF CAL POLY ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS

The Wisconsin Badgers will play the Cal Poly Mustangs this weekend for their last home game. To host the West Coast team, the university paid an appearance fee of $500,000. UW Athletics officials said UW-Madison received guarantee money to play at Fresno State earlier this season.

Cal Poly’s trip costs UW $500k Athletic Department ticket sales to fund West Coast team’s appearance

By Nick Dmytrenko THE DAILY CARDINAL

The California Polytechnic football team will be coming to Madison for more than a win when squaring off against the Badgers Saturday.

The UW Athletic Department is paying the school a $500,000 guarantee to bring the Football Championship Subdivision team from the West Coast to Wisconsin.

According to Eric Burdick, assistant director for media relations at Cal Poly, UWMadison pulled out from playing Virginia Tech in 2005, leaving them with a bye week this season between the Fresno State

and Michigan games. With this week open in their schedule, Cal Poly made the agreement to play UW-Madison at the end of the season.

“If you’re Cal Poly and you’re going to come here … you’re forgoing the opportunity to host a home game yourself where you can make money,” said Justin Doherty, UW-Madison assistant athletic director for communications.

According to Cal Poly officials, San Diego State paid Cal Poly $250,000 to play a nonconference game against them earlier this season. Doherty said UW-Madison received guarantee money for their Sept. 13

A break from the cold

non-conference game against Fresno State.

“It’s a situation where a team needs to schedule a game and another school agrees to come and play for a guaranteed amount of money,” Doherty said. “This is an extremely common thing, both here and around the country. This isn’t an aberration.”

Cal Poly officials estimate the cost of the trip for its players will total $100,000, however, UW-Madison will be paying the school five times as much.

Cal Poly Athletic Director Alison Cone said in addition to paying for the trip, portions will fund a new communication

THE DAILY CARDINAL

KYLE BURSAW/THE DAILY CARDINAL

money page 3

Wisconsin’s projected budget deficit grows to $5.4 billion

By Claire Wiese

Students stand in the blistering cold for free warm cookies and hot chocolate from Insomnia Cookies Thursday. The event was hosted by Insomnia and the Wisconsin Alumni Association.

system, new helmets and shoulder pads, as well as locker room renovations.

“Financially, our stadium isn’t as big as [UW-Madison’s] so we benefit more by traveling,” Cone said.

UW-Madison officials said they hope to make about $2.2 million from ticket sales for the game, which would more than recoup the money spent on procuring Cal Poly. The money for the guarantee comes from previous ticket sales—no money is taken from students’ tuition.

Doherty said guarantee prices are negotiated between teams

Gov. Jim Doyle announced an increase in Wisconsin’s projected budget deficit and presented steps to move the state out of its current economic struggles at a news conference at the state Capitol Thursday.

The deficit projection increased from $5 billion to $5.4 billion for the 2009-’11 biennium, and according to Department of Administration Secretary Michael Morgan, it is the worst deficit in Wisconsin history.

The state already faces a

$346.2 million budget shortfall for the 2008-’09 fiscal year, Morgan said in a letter to Doyle. According to Doyle, this current deficit might have to be resolved in another budget repair bill or in the next legislative session.

Doyle said one of his main concerns is maintaining the quality of Wisconsin’s schools despite necessary spending cuts.

“I am going to do everything I possibly can do to protect schools,” Doyle said, but doyle page 3

Students, friends, family and alumni of the UW-Madison community are preparing to celebrate the last Badger Bash tailgate at Union South before the Badger football match against California Polytechnic Saturday.

Badger Bash will move to Engineering Mall for upcoming football seasons during the construction of the new south campus student union, which will open in the spring of 2011.

The opening of the building will mark a new beginning for Badger Bash, as the celebration will take place on one of its outside decks.

According to Marc Kennedy, director of communications for the Wisconsin Union, the space at the new union will be a welcoming place for Badger Bash to occur in the future.

He said the new location is conducive for large gatherings because it is comparable to a natural, outside amphitheater with plenty of outdoor seating.

“It should be a lot of fun.”

Marc Kennedy communications director Wisconsin Union

With the Badgers’ final home football game of the 2008-’09 school year, Saturday’s Badger Bash will provide more than its usual great food, cold beverages, live-game coverage and trademark University of Wisconsin Marching Band performance.

According to Kennedy, Band Director Mike Leckrone has some surprises in store for attendees of the celebration.

“It should be a lot of fun,” Kennedy said.

For many, the Badger Bash tailgate has provided countless memories and irreplaceable experiences.

Kennedy said his most memorable Badger Bash tailgate was the day Ron Dayne broke the record for rushing yards while playing against the University of Iowa in 1999.

“The place was packed with people ready to the see the game … usually people lag to go… [But] 15 or 20 minutes before game-time, everyone with a ticket was gone.”

Students are encouraged to go online and share their favorite memories of Union South and Badger Bash at www.newunion.wisc.edu.

“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”

page two 2

l

TODAY: partly cloudy hi 41º / lo 26º

dailycardinal.com/pagetwo

Weekend, November 21-23, 2008

An independent student newspaper, serving the University of Wisconsin-Madison community since 1892 Volume 118, Issue 59

2142 Vilas Communication Hall 821 University Avenue Madison, Wis., 53706-1497 (608) 262-8000 l fax (608) 262-8100

News and Editorial edit@dailycardinal.com Editor in Chief Alex Morrell Managing Editor Jamie McMahon News Editor Amanda Hoffstrom Campus Editor Erin Banco City Editor Abby Sears State Editor Megan Orear Opinion Editors Jon Spike Mark Thompson Arts Editors Emma Condon Ryan Hebel Sports Editors Ben Breiner Crystal Crowns Features Editor Sarah Nance Food Editor Marly Schuman Science Editor Bill Andrews Photo Editors Kyle Bursaw Lorenzo Zemella Graphics Editors Meg Anderson Matt Riley Copy Chiefs Jillian Levy Gabe Ubatuba Jake Victor Copy Editors Amanda Jutrzonka Alex Kuskowski, Jennifer Mimier Gena Rieger, Sara Stein

Business and Advertising business@dailycardinal.com Business Manager Babu Gounder Assistant Business Manager Alex Kusters Advertising Manager Sheila Phillips Eric Harris, Dan Hawk Web Directors Account Executives Katie Brown Natalie Kemp, Tom Shield Accounts Receivable Manager Cole Wenzel Marketing Director Andrew Gilbertson Assistant Marketing Director Perris Aufmuth Archivist Erin Schmidtke

An exhaustive report of airport sleepability

DAVID HOTTINGER it’s getting hottinger

I

feel like I know you all well enough now to share something about myself: I don’t hate a lot of things, but I fucking hate sleeping in airports. Of all the places to wedge one’s noggin at night, the space between those crappy airport chair/benches and their steel arm rests is probably the most likely to make me cry when I wake up and remember how awful the world is.

Well, that and the piece of cardboard in the garage that my parents made me sleep on growing up. But at least that was home.

Airports in general can be likened to cemeteries in terms of happiness and comfort, with too many people paying their respects and nobody that likes you. But having to sleep in an airport overnight because your flight was cancelled is like having your friend say, “Hey,

The Daily Cardinal is published weekdays and distributed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and its surrounding community with a circulation of 10,000.

The Daily Cardinal is a nonprofit organization run by its staff members and elected editors. It receives no funds from the university. Operating revenue is generated from advertising and subscription sales.

Capital Newspapers, Inc. is the Cardinal’s printer. The Daily Cardinal is printed on recycled paper. The Cardinal is a member of the Associated Collegiate Press and the Wisconsin Newspaper Association.

All copy, photographs and graphics appearing in The Daily Cardinal are the sole property of the Cardinal and may not be reproduced without written permission of the editor in chief.

The Daily Cardinal accepts advertising representing a wide range of views. This acceptance does not imply agreement with the views expressed. The Cardinal reserves the right to reject advertisements judged offensive based on imagery, wording or both.

Complaints: News and editorial complaints should be presented to the editor in chief. Business and advertising complaints should be presented to the business manager.

Letters Policy: Letters must be typewritten, double-spaced and no longer than 200 words, including contact information. Letters may be sent to letters@dailycardinal.com.

Since

Editorial Board l

l

l

l

Board of Directors Vince Filak Babu Gounder Nik Hawkins Dave Heller Janet Larson Chris Long Alex Morrell Sheila Phillips Benjamin Sayre Jenny Sereno Terry Shelton Jeff Smoller Jason Stein l

l

l

l

l

l

The best-kept secret about the Dutch is: ��� ���� � � ���� �d.

��������� ��������������������������� ���� ������������������� You take Dutch language courses at UW-Madison by signing up for “German” 112, or 214. e. What’s the deal with secrets and the Dutch family? Literature in Translation 326 (taught in English).

For the record Corrections or clarifications?

Call The Daily Cardinal office at 608-262-8000 or send an e-mail to edit@dailycardinal.com.

wanna go to a party? Well heck buddy, I’ll give you a ride there right now!” but on the way there he crashes the car into a wall and then as you lie there in the wreckage bleeding he turns to you and politely tells you that you’re welcome to pass out wherever you please. Except instead of a party, you’re just trying to go home, and instead of it being your friend, it’s some featureless hag at the customer service desk. And instead of a totaled car, it’s a big ol’ airplane sitting right outside the gate all ready to go, but it’s raining and the crew has worked 13 hours and can’t push 16 ‘cause they’re a bunch of pansies with union contracts. The feeling is the same, though.

Bedding down at the gate with an unbuttoned shirt for a blanket and a garment bag for a pillow, you feel like the loneliest person in the world. Worse, you’re surrounded by the rest of the loneliest people in the world, all trying to do the same sad thing. And then when that loneliness drives those people to band together into rival gangs and lay claim to the

armrest-less benches in Gate C, and you make the mistake of siding with the morbidly obese man and his miserable wife because you thought she’d be scrappy and he’d throw his weight around. But you forgot how easily fat and depressed people give up, and the clan from Flight 902 out of Dallas declares total victory and demands your meal voucher—it just starts to wear on you. And then when you get banished to the space between the moving walkway and the window to sleep on the metal panel between the two in the area where the worst elevator music is playing non-stop all night and the lights are on, it’s like being in a wheelchair and having an open wound on your head and your mom coming over and saying “oh deary, a boo-boo!” and then dumping salt on your head and pushing you down the stairs.

Maybe you guys aren’t familiar with what it’s like to sleep in an airport. I just don’t know if I can really successfully convey the experience with words. But it’s sort of like finding out you have bone cancer and then getting AIDS. Maybe not

Keeping campus coverage classy

Nate Carey Dave Heller Jillian Levy Jamie McMahon Alex Morrell Jon Spike Mark Thompson Hannah Young

© 2008, The Daily Cardinal Media Corporation ISSN 0011-5398

WEEKEND: partly cloudy hi 35º / lo 26º

��������������������������������� �������������������������������� �������������������������� ���������������������� ������������������

1892

that bad. But in any event, I’m not going to risk it again. I’ve decided to jump on the John Madden boycott bus and bid adieu to planes for good.

What will I ride, you ask, if not the skies? Just a little something called the wave of the future: rail. And with a little help from economics and a few well-placed terrorist attacks, I think it’s just a matter of time before planes and airports and security checks and baggage claims and waiting and all that stupid shit in SkyMall are phased out entirely.

Until then though, I do have some advice for anyone who finds themselves at 3 a.m. looking at a 12hour layover in Philly and your hotel voucher turned out to be to a fake hotel and now you’re stuck at the gate with the weirdo in the velour jumpsuit eyeing you all creepily but you’re having trouble keeping your eyes open because you’ve been awake for 26 hours straight and you’re a little worried about what’s going to happen when you fall asleep. Piss yourself. It works.

Tell David about your airport activities at dhottinger@wisc.edu.

dailycardinal.com/news

Weekend, November 21-23, 2008

Faculty stress need for liberal education in UW classrooms

By Cate McCraw THE DAILY CARDINAL

UW-Madison’s Writing Center director led a faculty workshop Thursday on improving the quality and breadth of writing education across the university system.� � Brad Hughes, who is also the director of the College of Letters & Science program Writing Across the Curriculum, said writing remains an essential component of instruction, emphasizing it should be a unifying force across disciplines throughout students’ time in school.

“Writing is absolutely crucial to undergraduate education, and it cannot be confined to one course or two courses in the first year,” he said. “Nobody learns everything there is to learn about writing once and for all.” �� Faculty members—ranging in specialty from biological sciences to the visual arts—shared experiences with writing initiatives from their respective campuses, outlining obstacles and asking their colleagues for suggestions. �� Marc Seals, assistant professor of English at UW-Baraboo, said he has seen inconsistent evaluation of student writing ability between dif-

ferent UW System campuses. Don Guay, assistant professor of paper science and engineering at UWStevens Point, said large class sizes can deter professors from assigning writing-intensive projects.

Faculty members raised concerns about the effects of limited funding and indifferent administrators on writing programs.

“Nobody learns everything there is to learn about writing once and for all.”

Brad Hughes director Writing Center

Hughes said a supportive administration is key to having enthusiastic professors and positive results.

“We need faculty and administrators who get it,” he said. “We need people who understand we’re not talking about whether semicolons are right or whether a word is spelled correctly, but whether students understand the subject matter that they’re writing about.”�

Hughes read segments of “Only Connect,” an essay defining liberal education by UW-Madison history professor William Cronon, highlighting Cronon’s argument that truly educated students can write clearly, persuasively and movingly.

Hughes also distributed the syllabus for women’s studies professor Caitilyn Allen’s Biology and Gender class, calling attention to various assignments as proof writing can be successfully incorporated in courses for every major. �� “I think it’s really important to remember that there’s some powerful research that shows there’s a strong connection between writing activities and student engagement,” he said. “There’s work to be done across our institutions in student engagement.”� Hughes’ program was part of a two-day conference focused on preparing students for challenges of the 21st century workforce.

Faculty from 15 UW campuses discussed the system’s participation in the national Liberal Education and America’s Promise Campaign, as well as effective strategies for implementing progressive curricula.

Residents urged to shop locally over holidays A Madison newspaper is urging its readers to do their holiday shopping at local businesses in an effort to stimulate the regional economy in lieu of the nation’s financial difficulties.� The Isthmus, a weekly newspaper, wants readers to spend at least $100 of their budgeted holiday spending money at locally owned stores throughout Dane County.

According to a news release, $15.9 million could be put back into the economy if local residents participated in the effort.

money from page 1 and depend on the size of the school and its location.

“Obviously Wisconsin has a bigger profit margin than we do so they can pay more [to other teams],” Burdick said.

After being given 3,000 student tickets for Saturday, Cal Poly has only been able to sell a few hundred and returned a number of them to UWMadison, according to Doherty.

“There will be 30 fans on our charter bus,” Burdick said. “As for how many people in the state of Wisconsin are going come and see us play, I don’t know. I

“Madison has always been supportive of locally owned businesses,”Colin Murray, Isthmus advertising manager and Dane Buy Local board member, said in a statement. “This is just one more way to show our loyalty to these businesses, even in challenging economic times.”� The Isthmus is not the only weekly paper pushing for local businesses—the effort is a part of the national Alternative Association of Newsweeklies that are organizing similar endeavors around the

country. The Business Alliance for Local Living Economies and the American Independent Business Alliance also assisted in creating the project.� The effort will continue through the holiday season. To pledge your participation in the project, go to the Isthmus’ website at www.thedailypage.com/promotions. Lists of locally owned businesses in the area can be found at www.DaneBuyLocal.com and www. visitdowntownmadison.com.

—Abby Sears

would expect a couple hundred but not much more than that.”

present among members.

“I think our players are really excited to come and play the game,” Cone said. “If you look on paper our chances aren’t very good, but our players are up for the challenge.”

For the Badgers, the stakes are as high as any other game during the season.

“It’s the final game of the season, the chance to win another game,” Doherty said. “It’s senior night and it’s another chance to see the team play. I don’t think it has any less importance.”

Calls made to UW Athletic Director Barry Alvarez were not returned.

“If you’re Cal Poly and you’re going to come here ... you’re forgoing an opportunity to host a home game yourself where you can make money.”

Justin Doherty assistant athletic director for communications UW-Madison

Cone said although Cal Poly has never played a BCS team before, the anticipation and excitement for the game Saturday is still

doyle from page 1

CHARLIE BAKER/THE DAILY CARDINAL

Gov. Doyle and his cabinet hold a press conference at the state Capitol Thursday to announce short-term plans to decrease spending.

added they will still be affected by efforts to reduce the deficit.

Doyle outlined several shortterm solutions to the deficit, including reducing state agency spending by an additional $20 million, keeping about 3,500 government jobs unfilled, selling 500 state fleet vehicles and stopping all employee bonuses.

“We must balance the budget,” he said. “We are not the federal government. When we are in difficult financial circumstances, we can’t just say, ‘well, that’s all right’ … we don’t have

l

news

3

Dancing the night away

LORENZO ZEMELLA/THE DAILY CARDINAL

Stacey Carrier (front right), and other students do drills in “Continuing Belly Dancing” in Union South Thursday evening.

NEWS IN BRIEF Man suffers life-threatening head injury after falling on Mifflin Street A man wandering a downtown street late Wednesday night stumbled and fell, sustaining life-threatening injuries, according to police.

Madison Police Department public information officer Joel DeSpain said police responded to the 400 block of West Mifflin Street just before 11:30 p.m. after receiving reports of a man down on the ground. When police arrived, they found the injured 49-year-old man in a

semi-conscious state.

“It appears this guy fell down some steps and was highly intoxicated at the time he fell,” DeSpain said.

DeSpain said the man suffered head injuries in the fall and was taken to a local hospital where medical personnel determined his injuries to be life threatening. DeSpain said the man remains hospitalized. Police said the incident remains under investigation.

Legal action against judge violates First Amendment rights, lawyers say Lawyers for State Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman reacted Wednesday to the Judicial Commission’s complaint that alleges one of his ads attacking former Justice Louis Butler was misleading.

Before the April 1 judicial election, Gableman ran an ad claiming Butler allowed a rapist to go free and molest a child while serving as a public defender.

The Judicial Commission filed a complaint against Gableman claiming this ad portrays misleading information about Butler and violates the Judicial Conduct Code, which forbids judicial candidates from running false ads.

that option.”

Doyle did not mention any specific cuts to the UW System.

However, UW-Stout Chancellor Charles Sorensen has already reacted to Doyle’s comments.

“This is going to be a hard two or three years coming up,” Sorensen said in a statement.

“We feel it is important to start planning for how we will handle a significant budget reduction.”

State Rep. Jeff Fitzgerald, RHoricon, said in a statement lawmakers should not react to the deficit by raising taxes on Wisconsin residents.

“Families in Wisconsin have

Gableman’s lawyers said in court documents filed Wednesday the ad does not contain information that is “objectively” false and provisions of the Judicial Conduct Code violate his First GABLEMAN Amendment rights.

The lawyers said the conduct code is vague and “the veracity of speech cannot be regulated by the government.”

A panel of three judges will decide if and how Gableman will be punished.

been dealing with tight budgets for quite some time … we simply cannot turn to struggling families and ask them to send more money to Madison,” he said.

Assembly Speaker-elect Rep. Mike Sheridan, D-Janesville, said in a statement he trusts Doyle’s leadership through the budget crisis, but it should not be a partisan issue.

“This is not a Democratic problem or a Republican problem, this is a Wisconsin problem and all of Wisconsin must be involved in the solution,” Sheridan said.

opinion 4

l

dailycardinal.com/opinion

Weekend, November 21-23, 2008

Third world forgotten in economic turmoil

By Jonathan Hayden THE DAILY CARDINAL

As the financial meltdown that originated in the U.S. housing market continues to tighten its grip on the global economy, one issue that continues to receive little attention is the impact of the crisis on the developing world.

Granted, it may be hard to equate the epic fail of mortgage-backed securities, credit default swaps and other complex financial derivatives with the well-being of the typical subsistence farmer or sweatshop worker, but their relationship is a testament to the ever-increasing interconnectedness of the international marketplace.

In a report World Bank released last Tuesday, experts believe third world countries will be among the hardest hit, due in large part to the continued effects of soaring food and oil prices that plagued the developing world for much of the spring and summer. The number of people who have sunk to the depths of extreme poverty (a measurement defined as earning less than one dollar per day) since the beginning of the food shortage is estimated at 100 million, with the World Bank projecting this number to increase by 20 million with each percentage point decline in GDP growth. While the impact of the financial crisis has been felt first and foremost by developed countries who stand to bear the brunt of negative effects in absolute terms, it is only a matter of time before the third world is adversely affected.

As the repercussions of the crisis cascade across sectors and down the global economic hierarchy, underdeveloped countries will be affected most in relative terms. A $500 decrease in annual income may merely be a drop in the bucket for Americans, but would constitute more than an entire year’s wages for many living in sub-Saharan Africa or southeast Asia. At the root of these grim projections are three main fears facing developing countries.

First, the financial crisis has resulted in skyrocketing interest rates that provide disincentives for entrepreneurs to take out loans to invest in a low-income country’s economy, reducing capital inflows that are significant factors

for the development of industry and job creation. Governments in these countries, both as a result of reduced tax revenue and an inability to obtain manageable loans themselves, will have much less money available to spend on such essentials as health care, education and infrastructure.

Second, the global scope of the crisis will reduce international demand for exports, with World Bank President Robert Zoellick projecting a decrease in trade for the first time since 1982. Third, wealthy nations will most likely cut developmental aid to low-income countries in an effort to alleviate their own financial troubles.

This fear was confirmed in October’s vice-presidential debate, when Vice Presidentelect Joe Biden claimed, “The one thing we might have to slow down is a commitment we made to double foreign assistance,” a slightly embarrassing prospect considering the United States already contributes the smallest share of GDP to developmental aid of any high-income country, at a paltry 0.14 percent.

Such a decrease in commitment to aid is mutually detrimental, however, as it is widely acknowledged that poverty and the despair it engenders is a breeding ground for intolerance and hate, often directed at those fortunate enough to escape the clutches of destitution.

All is not lost however, as both the World Bank and International Monetary Fund have pledged substantial loans and grants to countries projected to suffer the most, albeit with strict preconditions requiring institutional reforms.

Investment in social safety nets like Mexico’s Oportunidades and Brazil’s Bolsa Familia have been met with great success as well, costing just 0.4 percent of their respective GDPs while being able to shield populations from the worst effects of the crisis. The harsh reality is such measures are increasingly being viewed as essential to avoid seeing trickle-down economics manifest itself in an acutely sinister fashion.

Jonathan Hayden is a junior majoring in political science. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

NUMBERS DON’T LIE: THIRD-WORLD POVERTY

100,000,000 Total shortage of primary care physicians in 31 counties in Wisconsin.

.14 Percent of GDP the United States devoted to aid for struggling developmental countries.

.4 Percent of GDP Brazil and Mexico devoted to aid for struggling developmental countries.

Source: World Bank, International Monetary Fund

Editorial Cartoon

By Levi Prombaum opinion@dailycardinal.com

California’s gay marriage ban aids discrimination

By Jon Spike THE DAILY CARDINAL

Everywhere you go right now, Americans big and small, male and female, and black and white are hailing the 2008 election cycle as the turning point in progress.

Newspaper headlines trumpet Nov. 4, 2008 as a banner day in civil rights. Nonsense. Although the election of Sen. Barack Obama to the American presidency is a huge step for civil rights of African-Americans, three other states successfully—and embarrassingly—shot down civil rights for Americans of every race—specifically homosexual Americans.

Here’s hoping it doesn’t take 25 years for federal, state and local citizens to realize how morally wrong banning gay marriage is.

In California, Proposition 8 passed with a 5 percent margin of victory, effectively reversing the California Supreme Court’s earlier decision to lift the ban on samesex marriage. Prior to Proposition 8, the California Supreme Court concluded that sexual orientation “does not constitute a legitimate basis upon which to deny or withhold legal rights.” However, after a large amount of backlash—especially from the religious community—those opposed to same-sex marriage successfully put the issue on the ballot. Although the gay marriage ban appeared to be heading for defeat from early poll projections, a large last-minute surge of funding from religious institutions factored into a narrow victory for the ban.

Amazingly, this election year’s debate over same-sex marriage will go down as the costliest campaign over a social issue, carrying a price tag of approximately $74 million spent by both sides on campaign advertisements. This astronomical cost only further exemplifies what a polarizing issue gay marriage has

grown into. The real eye-opening part of that statistic is how much money was wasted fighting over the equal rights of every human being, a matter one would think is fairly straightforward. Imagine what could’ve been done with those funds had Californians simply realized the justices were simply protecting legal rights to all.

If Californian legislators, officials and leaders have any semblance of logic, they should not retroactively revoke the marriage licenses of the approximately 15,000 same-sex couples that did get married. Such a decision would only serve to rub salt in a wound split already far too wide.

The couples may have lost their titles in the figurative sense, but do not exacerbate the problem by stripping their licenses.

In Madison, the issue is still simmering even after the gay marriage ban passed in Wisconsin two years earlier. On campus, hundreds of protesters gathered in Madison last Saturday to march to the capitol in protest of Proposition 8 passing in California. Their protests bring back a history of contention over gay marriage stemming back to March of 2004, when the state Senate first passed a gay marriage ban in a hasty floor session. The words of two prominent Wisconsin figures still resonate in the conscience of the issue even today. Former Sen. Chuck Chvala, now infamous for his major legal troubles, still deserves respect for his position on the issue.

Wisconsin had the perfect chance to forever change the political landscape regarding same-sex marriage in 2006.

“If this is what we pass and we put into the constitution, 25 years from now I guarantee ... you will regret this day,” Chvala said before the vote. “You will regret it till the end of your life. And

frankly, I think you’ll remember it more than almost anything else that you did.”

Sen. Tim Carpenter, another prominent figure and the only openly gay member of the state Senate at that time, also spoke out, explaining to legislators the message they were essentially telling the homosexual community.

“You are the official target, you are the official symbol in the state of Wisconsin for open and clear discrimination. And this Legislature has gone on record endorsing that policy,” Carpenter said to the Senate.

The debate over banning gay marriage cost approximately $74 million in advertising by both sides of the issue.

Wisconsin had the perfect chance to forever change the political landscape regarding same-sex marriage in November of 2006, but the words of men like former Sens. Chvala and Carpenter fell on deaf ears. Even the unrelenting efforts of Fair Wisconsin, a group devoted to preserving the rights of samesex couples, could not rally the state to vote no on Wisconsin’s gay marriage ban. Without question, Wisconsin’s rejection of the ban could’ve initiated a domino effect in other states considered progressive, leading to a federal law giving the green light to gay marriage.

Here’s hoping it doesn’t take 25 years for federal, state and local citizens to realize how morally wrong banning gay marriage is. For now, it appears California is just the latest victim in what appears to be a sad but continuing trend of stripping legal rights from other human beings.

Jon Spike is a junior majoring in secondary education in English. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

arts

dailycardinal.com/arts

Weekend, November 21-23, 2008

l

Local album of holiday tunes misses the mark

By Kyle Sparks

can’t rescue it from the smothering presence of Bing Crosby.

“Christmastown” sounds like If you ask me, there are only the name of a pretty swell neigh- two spirits of Christmas: jolly borhood, filled with perpetual and morose. The old Seussian fresh snow, hot cocoa, the sweet dichotomy of the Whos and aroma of evergreens and my the Grinch, best realized musimother’s fudge. The Christmas cally through Alvin and the of today, though, isn’t necessar- Chipmunks and Bing Crosby. ily the caroling Welcome to CD REVIEW and “Charlie Christmastown Brown” specials straddles this we’ve grown line, taking to associate stabs at sincerity, though hardwith the holiday. Christmas ly ever being today is equally earnest enough synonymous to escape either Welcome to with Hallmark a child’s gidChristmastown diness or pure and Hannah Courtney Collins and boredom.

Montana.

Jeremy Ylvisaker Album closToday’s actual Christmastown would probably er “Winterlong” is a touchhave more Dora the Explorer ing ballad about waiting a mailboxes and Teletubbies sleds long time for someone special. than red farmhouses and wood- Unfortunately, even though this en toboggans. person was interesting enough This commercialization of to keep the singer waiting, this the holiday has left the mar- song doesn’t have the same type ket for Christmas music so of pull, eclipsing four stagnant supersaturated that it takes an minutes of longing for some absolutely monumental effort part of the melody to change. to achieve even a modest claim Whether or not any new of relevance. Courtney Collins Christmas songs are better and Jeremy Ylvisaker’s Welcome arrangements than their preto Christmastown falls short of decessors (these aren’t), the that mark, which makes the original voices will always be question even more disconcert- stuck in our heads, impeding ing: Why record a Christmas the progress of any others trying album in the first place? to break through. Old versions This album is at its best on of these songs are so firmly “Just Like Christmas,” when cemented in our minds that the the group lets fuzzy guitars best a new song can do is sound and a swinging melody take similar to the old, which autothe wheel from holiday cheer. matically renders all Christmas From the whole album, this is covers pointless.

With such a vast collecthe only song strong enough to stand on its own, highlighting tion of Christmas jams already the promise of talented song- at our disposal, the holiday writers but also the frustrating theme is not enough to carry lack of originality in the rest of a song alone. For a Christmas the album. song to achieve relevance, the “Have Yourself A Merry song has to be good on its Little Christmas” is a minimal- own. In the case of Welcome to ist composition and succeeds in Christmastown, the songs are this context simply by sounding just not enough to pique a similar to every other recording listener’s interest, leaving our of the song. “I’ll Be Home For cherished utopia of Rudolph Christmas” is their best cover, and presents a vacant strip of though even their bluesy texture land just barely off the map.

THE DAILY CARDINAL

PHOTO COURTESY SONY

On her third solo album, Destiny’s most successful Child lets loose her poppy-alter ego, Sasha Fierce, for a mix of thumping dance beats and soulful melodies meant to expand the singer’s fan base.

I am ... stuck in between Beyoncé’s latest a “Sweet Dream” or a beautiful nightmare?

By Claire Wiese

go a whole lot deeper than that.

“Video Phone” and “Diva” folOn her third solo album, low along with themes discussing Beyoncé unleashes her alter dancing for another guy’s camera ego: “Sasha Fierce.” Her alter- and being the “female version of a nate identity, once reserved for hustla,” respectively. These dance the stage, now makes her album songs are meant to be entertaining but also forgotdebut. Ultimately, CD REVIEW ten once another I Am...Sasha Fierce is split between comes on.

Beyoncé’s typical Even though songs of slow and these new “Fierce” mellow reflection songs fall short of and Sasha’s lively the Beyoncé listeners are used to, she dance beats. sticks to what she The single, I Am...Sasha does best on songs “Single Ladies (Put Fierce like “Disappear” a Ring on it)” is a Beyoncé and “Brokenquintessential pop song that speaks to the same women Hearted Girl,” where her voice Beyoncé and the rest of Destiny’s shines against sweet melodies and Child reached with “Independent cliché story lines. Her voice is still Women.” Empowering and strong, crystal clear and carries complex its heavy beats and catchy hook emotions easily. It is the ease of her make it the perfect choice for a voice that allows her to take risks, first single. It also borrows the same especially in songs like “Halo.” This dance feel of “Check on It,” one of song is the most different from Beyoncé’s additions to the “Pink anything Beyoncé has done before, and it actually works. Unlike her Panther” soundtrack in 2006.

Other “Sasha Fierce” songs “Fierce” counterpart, this is the include “Radio,” which is, like the direction Beyoncé should go to title suggests, a song all about her expand her musical focus.

The album’s other single is “If radio. She sings, “I think I’m in love with my radio / And I fall in I Were a Boy,” where Beyoncé love with my stereo,” and it doesn’t explores what it would be like to THE DAILY CARDINAL

be a man, and how he might treat his girlfriend. Think “Like a Boy”

by Ciara, but without the dance beats and in a more quizzical manner. Beyoncé is not jealous of men in this song (like Ciara), but rather questions the motives behind their behaviors. Both “Halo” and “If I Were a Boy” embody the raw emotion Beyoncé is famous for.

These dance songs are meant to be entertaining but also forgotten once another comes on.

Overall, I Am...Sasha Fierce has a few shining moments, but cannot hold its own next to Beyoncé’s previous albums. In an attempt to expand her fan base, Beyoncé falls short. Although exploring other styles is admirable, she should go back to what she does best: light pop dance tunes and slow jams sprinkled with deeper sentiments.

She needs to seek out gradual places to expand while still staying true to the fans who want the Beyoncé they know and love.

Now Playing Madison Cardinalista Alex Kuskiwski talks this week with Robert J. from Madison’s own the Rowdy Prairie Dogs.

Your sound is described as Americana. What sets you guys apart from other country/rock bands?: It’s my style of writing. I have had years of experience playing blues, playing rock ‘n’ roll, playing any kind of music that goes up and down the Mississippi river and just bring my own style to it.

What’s your favorite part of the live shows that you guys do?: It’s just jamming out and getting the people involved and bring them in. Seeing people out there getting involved with the song and the story and being right there with us is a great feeling.

What’s the most exciting holiday you’ve ever had?: I lived outside of Aspen ... And we played some nude Valentine’s Day show for some rich people in Aspen. We were given silk hearts to place wherever we wanted. Something quite amusing, quite exciting and quite decadent. Something I’ll never forget.

If you would like to see the Rowdy Prairie Dogs (fullyclothed) this weekend, check them out at 9 p.m. Friday at The Brink Lounge.

5

comics 6

l

So, that’s why Jin’s is so good?

A catfish has over 27,000 taste buds. dailycardinal.com/comics

Weekend, November 21-23, 2008

Megapuss

Today’s Sudoku

Classic Anthro-apology

By Eric Wigdahl wigdahl@wisc.edu

© Puzzles by Pappocom

Angel Hair Pasta

By Todd Stevens ststevens@wisc.edu

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

Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9.

The Daily Code

go, go, gadget flow

a b c d e f g h i

j

k

l

m

n

o

p

q

r

s

t

u

v

w

x

y

z

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Sid and Phil

By Alex Lewein lewein@wisc.edu

The Graph Giraffe

By Yosef Lerner ilerner@wisc.edu

“A se sk tsv sk lzw ogjkl, tml, lzsfc Ygv, A se sk yggv sk lzw twkl.”

Walt Whitman quote Yesterday’s Code:

“Her dream had come true. She was a folk singer”

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

Evil Bird Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com MIND YOUR BUSINESS ACROSS

1 Sahib’s address 4 Thing fromMelmac 7 End of a Hawaiian volcano 10 Kramden’s workplace 13 Chinese dynasty of 2,000 years ago 14 Besmirch 15 Type of attack 17 Mel of the Polo Grounds 18 Unbiased 20 Be a hustler 22 Country’s Haggard 23 NFL scores 24 It may be at the end of the tunnel 28 Child of Aphrodite 29 ___ Jima 30 Canal connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic 31 Without cheating 36 Brunswick competitor 38 Easter follows it 39 ___-Locka, Fla. 40 Sword’s superior, proverbially 41 Sneaky sales tactic 45 SeaWorld mammal 46 Gloucester’s cape 47 Purposes 50 Artist Andrew

52 Alphabetic run 53 Computer text can be written in this 54 Paycheck booster 57 Big hit on the lecture circuit 60 Soften fibers 61 Sherpa, perhaps 62 Comedian Philips 63 Amount past due 64 Cotillion celeb 65 Compass pt.

66 A third of a film dog 67 Bygone map letters DOWN

1 “Care to demonstrate?”

2 Alternative word 3 Like some memos 4 Leisurely pace 5 Yuri’s love 6 Facing the bow, e.g.

7 Cheryl and Diane 8 Withers’ song “Lean ___” 9 Equatorial’s opposite 10 Breakfast partner 11 All-purpose truck, for short 12 A Chaplin 16 Taking the place (of) 19 Supplementary feature 21 “Born Free” lioness 25 Skill that produces images

26 One way to fill an opening 27 New driver, often 29 It may land on Broadway 32 One-million connection 33 Australia 34 Short drive 35 African tea leaves (Var.) 36 Take ___ (acknowledge applause) 37 Mother of Jesus 42 Squeal 43 Eden tempter 44 It’s cold and hard 48 Some distance runners 49 Baker’s gadget 51 Dagger handles 52 River of Paris 53 Moses’ brother 55 Degrees for CEOs, perhaps 56 Patrick’s “Ghost” girlfriend 57 Part of EST 58 Rhubarb, for one 59 Fall back, as a tide

By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu

sports

dailycardinal.com/sports

Weekend, November 21-23, 2008

l

7

Women’s Basketball

Badgers thrash Drake at home

By Jay Messar THE DAILY CARDINAL

A stingy defense by the Badgers stifled visiting Drake Thursday night at the Kohl Center, as the Wisconsin women’s basketball team picked up a 55-39 win.

“I can’t say enough about our intensity defensively, we did a very nice job,” head coach Lisa Stone said.

“Offensively as well, we spaced [the floor], used each other and touched the post.“The first win is good and we’re a much different team than we were the other night.”

After a poor showing against South Dakota State, Wisconsin (1-1) answered assistant coach Kathi Bennett’s call to revamp the defensive effort. The Badgers put heavy pressure on the Drake guards, disrupting the Bulldogs’ offensive flow.

Wisconsin held Drake (1-1) to just 14 first-half points and all of its players to single-figure scoring.

The Badgers, meanwhile, were led by junior Rae Lin D’Alie’s 13 points and three steals. Sophomores Lin Zastrow and Alyssa Karel tallied 11 points, with freshman Anya Covington adding seven points off the bench.

Karel got things started with a 3-

pointer on UW’s first possession. Karel and Zastrow picked up a block apiece on the ensuing defensive possession and D’Alie turned it into a layup on the other end.

Although the Badgers turned the ball over nine times in the first half and started 4-for-14 from the floor, their defense was equally effective in creating havoc for the Bulldogs. Drake shot a meager 27 percent to accompany 11 turnovers.

“I thought we did a decent job defensively throughout the whole game,” Stone said. “And that’s going to help us win a lot of games this year.”

The Badgers used a 13-3 run to take all the momentum into the locker room at halftime, capped by a pull-up three from D’Alie.

Drake knew coming into the matchup that Wisconsin’s size posed a potential problem for its defense, but it wasn’t until the second half that the difference became apparent.

“We felt that that size would be the significant difference,” Drake head coach Amy Stephens said. “Against us we anticipated that, in the second half we just did not effectively get their post players to the first and second peg off the sweet spot.”

Wisconsin was able to work the

ball through the post that period, with the trio of Zastrow, Steinbauer and Covington getting important touches and crashing the glass.

“I thought Steinbauer and Zastrow did a nice job burying us,” Stephens said.

One area that coach Stone knows needs improvement is the team’s poor outing from the free-throw stripe.

Monday against South Dakota State, the Badgers shot 33 percent on 5-for15 shooting, followed by a 10-for-22 outing at the line Thursday.

“The one thing that is still looming is our free throw shooting,” Stone said. “We need to improve on our free throw shooting, no question.”

Wisconsin will not have much time to work out the kinks at the line, as the Badgers are set to host Canisius Sunday afternoon. Yet Stone is optimistic about this year’s squad.

“We don’t have a lot of time between a lot of games the rest of the way through December,” Stone said.

“It’s a great team, very coachable. They want to be taught and they’re willing to learn and they’re great to work with.”

The Badgers will look to go 2for-2 at home this season, hosting the Griffins Sunday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. at the Kohl Center.

Men’s Hockey

paradise from page 8

Icers hope familiar venue is ‘Cloud’ nine

By Ben Breiner THE DAILY CARDINAL

Facing a team that has experienced a slow start followed by an unbeaten streak, the Badgers might as well be looking in a mirror.

Wisconsin will travel to the National Hockey Center this weekend to play St. Cloud State, the team currently languishing in eighth place in the WCHA. The Huskies began their season at 4-4 but have won four consecutive games since then.

One major factor in the Huskies’ slow start was a difficulty putting the puck between the pipes.

“The past few years they’ve been a high octane offense, good power play,” senior goaltender Shane Connelly said. “They take care of their home ice pretty well, so we’ve got to be ready to be disciplined out there and play shut-down defensively.”

St. Cloud had the WCHA’s top scorer last season in the diminutive forward Ryan Lasch.

He has, however, struggled this year, scoring eight points in 11 games after collecting over 50 points in 40 games one year ago.

The Husky power play has also struggled, converting on 3 percent of their chances one season after being tops in the WCHA. The Wisconsin coaches are still wary, especially since Wisconsin leads the conference in penalty minutes.

“Well, I hope we don’t have to kill a lot [of penalties] , and that will depend on our ability to be a little smarter in the way we play and the way the referees are calling it,” Wisconsin head coach Mike Eaves said.

“Secondly we’ve got to have good sticks, we’ve got to play as a unit so that we don’t get spread out and give them seams and holes to take advantage of.

That would probably be the best combination for us to combat what they can do.”

Wisconsin is riding a fivegame unbeaten streak of its own

ISABEL ALVAREZ/THE DAILY CARDINAL

Junior point guard Rae Lin D’Alie hit only five of her 16 shots but still led Wisconsin with 13 points. Three Badgers scored in double digits.

“It really prepares them, and it prepares them on the academic end to help them know that they can’t fall behind when going on a trip like this.”

On the other side of the bracket, UConn will receive a great deal of attention, as the Huskies currently are No. 2 in the nation in both the AP Top-25 and USA Today Polls. In the backcourt, junior guard Jerome Dyson and senior guard A.J. Price have formed a lethal combination, while 7’3” junior center Hasheem Thabeet has developed into a dangerous post presence down low. UConn will have to fend off LaSalle, Miami (Fla.) and Southern Mississippi in its bracket for an appearance in the

rivals from page 8

ALYSSA CONNOLLY/THE DAILY CARDINAL

This weekend senior forward Tom Gorowsky will return to the rink where he played his first away tournament as a youngster. and will be on familiar ice for this weekend’s games. The Badgers played four consecutive games at the National Hockey Center near the end of last season, winning the first and losing the next three to end their WCHA season and WCHA playoff run.

“I’m comfortable there,” Connelly said. “[I am] not intimidated by the environment, I enjoy playing there, it’s fun, the crowd’s fun. They play hard there. There’s good sight lines for me to see the puck, not too many bad bounces on the boards so I know a lot of ins, outs of that rink so that makes me feel pretty comfortable.”

A number of other Badgers played in St. Cloud’s arena when they were younger, including senior forward Tom Gorowsky. The

Minnesota native played his first away tournament there and said he always enjoyed the rink.

Wisconsin has scored 21 goals in its last five games, usually by sticking to offensive principles and converting on the power play. They will face a challenge in Husky netminder Jase Weslosky, who struggled in his first five games but allowed only three goals last weekend against Denver, a squad that lit the lamp 11 times against Wisconsin.

“Hopefully you catch him when he’s not as hot,” Gorowsky said. “Either way, we’ve just got to stick with the gameplan, throw pucks and bodies at the net, try and create chances and get in front of him, make his job hard.”

It had produced the Orange and Fiesta Bowl champions the previous season, the national champion in 2002 and, most importantly, the only undefeated major conference team (OSU), which many presumed would roll over one-loss Florida for the title.

Only it didn’t happen.

The Buckeyes lost, and the next season they earned another title berth only to fall to LSU, the first two-loss BCS champion. By that point, the old stereotype reigned as the Big Ten was derided as “too slow,” using archaic offenses, and was ridiculed in print, on the air and across the Internet.

Just allow the petty anger toward your rivals to bubble up ... let your passion take over.

With quick swings in opinion such as this, fans of conferences end up banding together in rooting interests for their own purpose.

Fans figure if their conference looks better, their teams look better, and they move up in terms of bragging

tournament’s championship game.

While the Badgers may have a chance to take on the Huskies, UW Head Coach Bo Ryan says it’s important for the Badgers to take one game at a time.

“What we do is we just deal in the moment, and now we’re going down to a tournament where there’s just a lot of good teams period,” Ryan said. “The caliber of teams in this thing—this might be the toughest one that they’ve had. We’ve just got to get down there and mix it up there with those teams and see what happens.”

Tip-off for Friday’s contest against Iona is set for 7:30 p.m.

EST. If the Badgers advance, they will face the winner of the San Diego-Valparaiso game Sunday. rights and whatever joy comes from being a fan.

The problem here is that this kills some of the most fundamental parts of fanhood, namely ragging on geographic rivals and vindictively hoping they fail most of the time.

Packer fans do not root for the Bears, Brewers fans don’t root for the Cubs, but in the NCAA rooting for conference foes is just par for the course?

Simply put, this must stop.

Those who write about and cover college football should just cool it with the debates over which conference is better.

If teams take care of business and win all their games, send them to the title game. If there is some doubt, push the debate to the end.

We do not need to go through scenario after scenario when each prediction is rendered meaningless after another weekend’s slate of games.

And fans, just allow the petty anger toward your rivals to bubble up. Put aside debates over the real meaning of “SEC speed” and just let your passion take over.

That passion is what makes college football exceptional, so really, why keep it under wraps?

Will you be rooting for Ohio State to blow their chance for a BCS bowl against Michigan this weekend? Tell Ben at breiner@wisc.edu.

sports 8

l

dailycardinal.com/sports

Weekend, November 21-23, 2008

Football

Current system hurts rivalries

UW ready for Mustang Stampede

By Nick Schmitt THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Badger football team will conclude its up-and-down regular season Saturday when it welcomes Cal Poly to Camp Randall. It’s no cupcake game for the Badgers, as the 8-1 Mustangs are No. 3, just behind Appalachian State, in the FCS rankings.

The Mustangs bring a high-powered offense with a unique twist. They play a triple option attack that includes two wide receivers and two slotbacks.

It has been effective this year for Cal Poly and has helped the team average more than 300 rushing yards per game. It could be a good challenge for the Badger defense, which after giving up 21 points to the Gophers in the first half last weekend, rebounded and held them to 11 in the second half.

Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Dave Doeren is familiar with a lower division team getting ready for the big game. For two years he coached the secondary at Montana, a current FCS team, and helped lead them to a NCAA Division I-AA title.

“I’m sure it’s a big game for them,” Doeren said. “I’ve been in a school like that as a coach, and when you get an opportunity to play up a level, you’re going to try to showcase your talents, and they’ve got a couple really good players.”

Cal Poly has been calling the matchup its Michigan vs. Appalachian State moment, but Doeren knows the Badgers aren’t going to show up flat Saturday, especially on senior day.

“For our guys this is their last game in Camp Randall. I don’t know if you need to say anything other than that to the team to fire them up to play,” he said. “We’ve got a good core of seniors, [this game is] a very impor-

BEN BREINER all about the benjamins

G

“It really helps, especially for the younger guys, this being their first trip, being away from school for about a week,” Landry said.

“Also, it helps them and it prepares them for later on when we get into tournament play, having three or four games in a span of a week or so.

e orgia fans rooting for Florida, Wisconsin fans rooting for Minnesota, and Ohio State fans rooting for Michigan.

What is this world coming to?

This, however, is one of the most basic realities of the modern world of college football. The rich historical animosity that characterizes and enlivens college football rivalries is put aside on gameday for the more collective goal of “conference strength.”

And this idea of conference strength is not a tangible thing. It can be affected by non-conference record and bloated by big wins over good teams, but in the end it comes down to amorphous feelings and general opinion.

This idea gets further molded by dogmatic media members and angry fans on online message boards, who whip the slightest edge in talent, preparation or coaching into the most indomitable of advantages.

A prime example of this came in the 2004 Holiday Bowl, in which the Cal Golden Bears fell to Texas Tech.

The game was an upset, as Cal had come close to going to the Rose Bowl, but broadcaster Craig James saw the game through a different lens.

The Texas native spent much of the game explaining to fans that this performance was proof the Big 12 conference (which includes Tech and three other Texas teams) was simply superior to the Pac-10 (Cal’s conference). He then implied this conference strength question would come into play in the National Title game when Oklahoma (again Big 12) would play USC (Pac-10).

The Trojans went on to slaughter the Sooners proving James quite wrong, but the whole incident represents this overwhelming concern with conference strength.

Debate about conference strength mostly affects the Big Ten through one team: the Ohio State Buckeyes. On the dawn of New Year’s Day 2007, the Big Ten was considered to be in the top half of BCS conferences.

paradise page 7

rivals page 7

EMMA VASSEUR/CARDINAL FILE PHOTO

Junior linebacker Jaevery McFadden and the rest of the Wisconsin defense will have their hands full with a Cal Poly offense that features a mobile quarterback and multifaceted, dynamic running game. tant thing for them.”

Wisconsin came into the year with high expectations but is now a long way from its preseason top-10 ranking. A win over Cal Poly and a successful bowl game could leave the Badger nation with a good feeling.

The juniors and underclassmen also want to make Saturday’s game a triumphant farewell to the seniors.

Junior linebacker Jaevery McFadden said he hopes the team can pull through for the seniors and realizes the importance of their last game. “[We need to] just try to finish on a good note, we’re going to try to win this game Saturday for the seniors,”

McFadden said. “I’m going to miss these seniors, I got a lot of good friends, but I hope the other guys, the freshmen, sophomores, juniors, play hard for me too in my last game. So that’s what I’m going to do this game for the seniors.”

There are a couple of players the Badger defense needs to contain to slow down Cal Poly’s high-tempo offense. Senior wide receiver Ramses Barden may be one of the best unknown receivers in the nation. He has 55 receptions, 1,066 yards and 15 touchdowns—numbers comparable to some of the nation’s better-known top receivers such as Texas Tech’s

Michael Crabtree and Oklahoma State’s Dez Bryant.

Senior quarterback Jonathan Dally is a double-threat with his passing and rushing ability. He has thrown for 20 touchdowns while running for eight.

The Mustangs have won seven straight games while scoring 42 points or more.

McFadden said he is looking forward to the challenge and thinks Cal Poly is in for a surprise.

“They have a different kind of offense, but coach has a nice little game plan for us and we’re going to try to execute it Saturday,” McFadden said. “I think we got something special for the Cal Poly offense.”

Men’s Basketball

Badgers have more than a few tickets to Paradise

Kyle and Lorenzo Photo Editors

Jamie and Al Leaders Supreme

Senior forward Marcus Landry stuffed the stat sheet Tuesday, collecting 15 points and five rebounds while rejecting three shots.

OUT ON A LIMB Gabe, Jill and Jake Copy Chiefs

EMMA VASSEUR/THE DAILY CARDINAL

teams down there so we’ve got to be ready.”

This year’s talented field includes eight teams and three nationally ranked schools: UConn, Miami (Fla.) and Wisconsin. The field is broken up into two fourteam brackets. Wisconsin’s bracket includes Iona, San Diego and Valparaiso. The Badgers will face the Iona Gaels in Friday’s firstround matchup.

Iona returns just four players from last season—Kevin Willard’s first year as head coach. Last year Iona finished with a 12-20 record, good for seventh place in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Senior forward Gary Springer returns for the Gaels and was named to the Preseason AllMAAC Second Team. Springer ranked second on the Gaels in points last season with 10.9 per game, and first on the team and fourth in the conference in rebounds with 7.7 per contest.

For Wisconsin’s four seniors, this will be a return trip to the Virgin Islands. Wisconsin won the 2005 Paradise Jam Tournament, beating Norfolk State, Eastern Kentucky and Old Dominion to claim the title. This year’s field promises to be a lot more challenging, and Landry says the travel experience will benefit the team as a whole.

Jon and Mark Opinion Editors

While most UW students will have to brave the bitter cold this weekend, the Badgers will experience some more tolerable outdoor conditions. Wisconsin will be in the U.S. Virgin Islands for this

year’s Paradise Jam Tournament.

“It’s obviously a great place to be in the Virgin Islands at this time of year when it’s so cold here,” senior forward Marcus Landry said. “But for the most part, it’s a business trip, and we’re there to do business and have fun. There’s some great

Mario and Scott Game Day Editors

THE DAILY CARDINAL

Ben and Crystal Sports Editors

By Matt Fox

Cal Poly at Wisconsin

UW

UW

UW

UW

UW

UW

No. 2 Texas Tech at No. 5 Oklahoma

TECH

OKLA

TECH

TECH

OKLA

OKLA

No. 14 Brigham Young at No.7 Utah

UTAH

UTAH

UTAH

BYU

UTAH

UTAH

No. 15 Michigan State at No. 8 Penn State

PSU

PSU

PSU

PSU

PSU

PSU

New York Jets at Tennessee

TENN

TENN

TENN

TENN

TENN

NYJ

Carolina at Atlanta

CAR

CAR

ATL

ATL

ATL

CAR

Green Bay at New Orleans

GB

GB

GB

GB

GB

GB

4-3 45-32

6-1 49-28

5-2 51-26

4-3 46-31

5-2 51-26

5-2 48-29

Last Week Overall