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UW ends deal with Russell UW skeptical of apparel-maker’s labor practices By Megan Orear THE DAILY CARDINAL

UW-Madison officials announced Thursday the university will no longer do business with Russell Athletics, which makes apparel with the UW logo, because the company might be violating workers’ rights. After Russell announced it would close one of its factories in Choloma, Honduras, in 2008, workers’ rights groups suspected unionizing efforts were the cause of the closure, which left 1,800 workers without jobs. The Worker Rights Consortium released a report in November 2008 that pointed to a number of factors, such as the timing of the announcement and threats from managers to

workers, as evidence Russell closed the plant in retaliation against workers’ efforts to organize. Dawn Crim, special assistant to the chancellor for community relations, said the university has been waiting for answers to questions about these activities since October, and even after evaluating several reports and talking directly with Russell executives, the role unionizing played in the closure is still unclear. These unanswered questions are grounds for the university’s decision, according to Crim. “Freedom of association is something that we take very seriously. It’s part of our expectations of our business relationships,” she said. Russell Athletics could not be reached for comment. “We are very pleased the university has terminated the Russell contract, and I think it

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The UW System Board of Regents met Thursday to assess the progress of its strategic planning efforts for growth in Wisconsin a year after implementing them. Board President Mark Bradley said it is important to monitor progress after approving the action steps needed to “keep momentum behind the Growth Agenda for Wisconsin.” Rebecca Martin, UW System senior vice president for academic affairs, explained the need for a Growth Agenda with a

Rebecca Martin, UW System senior vice president for academic affairs, discusses the action steps for the Wisconsin Growth Agenda. NICK KOGOS THE DAILY CARDINAL

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universal vision to produce and attract more college graduates, support more well-paying jobs and strengthen communities where citizens and employers alike will thrive. “I think we’ve made real progress,” UW System President Kevin Reilly said. The growth of people, jobs and communities are initiatives ingrained into the Wisconsin Growth Agenda. According to Martin, the ﬁrst action step involves creating shared learning goals for all UW regents page 3

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Expert provides tips for ﬁnding jobs outside academic world By Kelsey Gunderson THE DAILY CARDINAL

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James Baughman, director of the School of Journalism & Mass Communication, spoke at Memorial Union Thursday in honor of UWMadison’s 160th Founders’ Day. Residence halls served birthday cake in cafeterias beginning at noon to celebrate the occasion.

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Regents evaluate progress of action steps in Wisconsin Growth Agenda By Ashley Davis

Advocates react to UW Hospital abortion vote By Erin Banco THE DAILY CARDINAL

The UW-Madison Hospital and Clinics Authority Board’s vote Wednesday to implement a second-trimester abortion clinic raised mixed emotions among state community members. The board voted 11-3 to install the clinic in the Madison Surgery Center, a private joint venture owned by Meriter Hospital and UW Hospital. “Without local availability of this service ... Madison-area women will be forced to obtain this procedure elsewhere and may obtain it under conditions that do not meet current medical standards,” UW Hospital spokesperson Lisa Brunette said in a statement. The Alliance Defense Fund, a legal alliance that defends religious freedoms, began protesting the clinic in early December 2008. “UW Hospital cannot authorize second-trimester abortions in this clinic without creating pervasive plans,” Matt Bowmen, legal counsel for ADF, said. Bowen said the clinic could potentially violate state laws and inherently threaten to violate the consciences of employees who work there. Several anti-abortion advocates from Wisconsin said they are unsatisﬁed with the board’s decision. Peggy Hamill, state director of

Pro-Life Wisconsin, said it was clear the board members knew their vote before the start of the meeting. “One has to pray that the truth that resonated throughout all the stunning testimony of those people ... on the side of life will eventually touch the hearts of those members of the board that voted in favor of the slaughter of children at the hands of the UW,” she said. State Rep. Kelda Helen Roys, DMadison, said it was important for doctors to see the public health need in the Madison area, but she was unsatisﬁed with how the hospital handled the matter. “Abortion is a medical procedure, and the only thing disappointing about the whole process is that it was treated differently than any other medical procedure,” she said. “The only people that should be having a say in this is the patients and the doctors.” State Sen. Glenn Grothman, RWest Bend, who led 28 state senators in petitioning against the clinic, said second-trimester abortions are not seen in countries like France, Germany and Russia. “This not only makes the University of Wisconsin a statewide embarrassment, it makes it an international embarrassment,” he said. Boards from the UW Medical Foundation, Meriter Hospital and the Madison Surgery Center still need to vote on the issue.

For many students, the road to finding a career can be challenging, but over 100 UW-Madison community members learned Thursday the trip might not be as difficult as they thought. Susan Basalla, co-author of “So What Are You Going to Do With That?: Finding Careers Outside Academia,” provided students in Grainger Hall with tips on how to find jobs outside the academic world. Basalla warned graduate students the process of leaving the academic world is a difficult road. “It’s not easy to leave a universe you have lived in for a decade or more,” she said. “The happy thing is it’s only finding that first job that can be the hardest.” Basalla offered strategies to hone job-seeking tactics. According to Basalla, the most important strategy to finding careers outside of academia is networking. “Networking is the numberone, hands down, best way to get a job,” she said. “It’s about making connections, generating some possibilities and sitting back to see what happens.” Micah Hahn, a UW-Madison first-year graduate student, said she found Basalla’s networking tips to be the most thought-provoking part of the speech. “She gave a lot of practical tips which were helpful,” she said. “A lot of her ideas were things you can actually use in the real world.” Basalla said pursuing outside interests while in graduate school can be important not only for forming connections outside of academia but also to help make the process more smooth and enjoyable. Katie Holman, a UWMadison second-year graduate student, said she felt underestimating her non-academic pursuits was her biggest problem in graduate school and was glad Basalla addressed the issue. “A lot of times when people are in grad school they forget about what they enjoy,” she said. “Graduate school tends to come first, but it’s nice to hear someone say that you don’t have to love school, you can have other hobbies.” Basalla encouraged graduate students not to portray dissertations as their greatest accomplishments. She said the process of the research is more important than the actual content. “The process of formulating your problem, structuring your argument and actually going through that process is what’s valuable,” she said.

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t’s sort of fun to see this campus engaged in a good old-fashioned abortion debate. You walk around campus and you can see the word sitting just behind people’s lips, as if they might blurt out “ABORTION!” if you asked them the time. Mount Abortion had been lying dormant for a while. Unless you were a single-issue McCain voter, it had been lost in the roar of the economic crisis, gay marriage and Miley Cyrus’ side boob (!). But now, thanks to the quiet retirement of a Planned Parenthood doctor, aborted fetuses are back on the menu—the menu of pertinent issues, that is. It’s hard not to get excited about abortion. Not the act itself, that is; I think if anyone gets their jollies thinking about something like abortion, then we should bring back electric shock treatment until they don’t. But as a fan of heated debates, it’s hard

to find another issue that gets people going like abortion. Boy, does it get people riled up. It really has a way of getting to the core of what we’re doing here. You get the feeling people from a less complacent time would have already gone to war over it and settled the matter. But now the powers that be have decided it’s not worth losing a bunch of lives in a war unless you can make an assload of money off it, and no one’s dumb enough to try to make money off something like abortion. Well, except for the Madison Surgery Center, apparently. Since everyone is a partisan in this debate (except for those nancy boys who say they don’t think men should have a say in the matter), and because my editor has reminded me this is not an opinion column, I’m not going to alienate half of you by declaring where I stand here. But since my usual goal is just for people to make it through the first two paragraphs before they flip over to Graph Giraffe, I’m not going to go to great lengths to hide it at this point, either. Abortion has the makings of a great all-around debate topic, with tempers

sure to be flaring and solid arguments zinging back and forth. The problem with abortion is that tempers flare all right, but just when things seem to be getting good, one side already has had it and is ready to quit and play Mario Kart. The pro-choice side gets angry. Really angry. But not angry because the other side is throwing bible verses at them or repeating the same five words over and over with their hands over their ears, angry to be having the debate at all. They’ll say that it’s pointless, that everyone thinks they’re right, and that’s not going to change, so it’s pointless to argue. I’d hope everyone involved thinks they are right, and I’d at least like to hear the reasons why they do. But it’s as if they feel Roe v. Wade set things right, and to even discuss the matter now only opens the door to backsliding. People are big into rights these days, as if they were pokéballs and we gotta catch ‘em all. If a politician took the podium and said he was going to make sure “that everybody gets all of the rights,” I have a feeling his audience would be wildly enthused, if a bit confused. Yet, no

one would agree that people should have a right to just anything. If we treat our lil’ political society as a classroom, the teacher (let’s call her Ms. America so she’s hot) can’t go giving hallway passes to boys who want to go spray paint “Fuck This Place” on the building. She has to make a value judgment about the activity her hallway pass facilitates. That’s the conundrum with the abortion debate; it comes down to a value judgment. Some rights, like voting rights, pertain to acts almost everybody thinks are good things. I don’t think anyone thinks abortion rights pertain to a good act, though some may say it’s to a lesser evil. Therein lies the value judgment. Just because people value things differently doesn’t mean we can’t talk about them. If you had to pee really bad in math class but you knew the teacher didn’t think that was a good enough reason for a hall pass, the two of you should still talk about it before the room starts stinking. E-mail dhottinger@wisc.edu to ask what the hell THAT’S got to do with anything.

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Council hopefuls vie for District 2 seat in debate By Caitlin Gath THE DAILY CARDINAL

District 2 Ald. Brenda Konkel faced off against three of the four rivals competing for her seat Thursday at Lapham Elementary School. Adam Walsh, Sherman Hackbarth and Bridget Maniaci are all hoping to replace Konkel, who has held the spot since 2001 and is running for her ﬁfth term. Most of the debate was centered on the redevelopment of District 2 and how each candidate would face such challenges. “We are at a crossroads in this district,” Walsh said. “As the students begin to migrate closer to campus, we are left with an old housing stock … and we need to begin to transition our neighborhood completely.” Maniaci seemed to echo Walsh’s sentiments when she said she wanted to put the neighborhood first, emphasiz-

ing that there are major housing issues to be worked on, as well as issues regarding safety and run-down infrastructure. Hackbarth said a lot of new business would be brought to the neighborhood via the East Washington Street corridor. “I think this is the red carpet between the downtown and east side,” he said. “It’s been a target area of the city. Our community needs to be developed as a whole.” In addition to redevelopment, all four contenders disapproved of increasing the Madison Metro bus fare. “We cut back routes and we cut back services available and we cut back hours,” Konkel said. “We cut, cut, cut and then raise fares, and it’s the wrong thing to do with the transit system.” Maniaci had similar thoughts on the issue and suggested having buses run in conjunction with flights arriving at the

Candidates to face off in District 8 debate

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Ald. Brenda Konkel, District 2, speaks Thursday at a debate that included three competitors for her seat on the Common Council. Madison airport. Many of the audience members present at the debate were also District 2 residents who hoped to become more educated about their own local government. Brett Phillips, a District 2 resident, said he wanted to be well-

informed before he cast his vote. “I’m not just going to elect anyone,” he said. “I became very critical of people responding to questions in verbose non-answers.” Konkel’s fourth rival, Dennis Denure, was not present at Thursday’s debate.

Senate committee pushes bill to protect drug offenders’ licenses

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By Molly Sheetz The state Senate committee that deals with corrections heard testimony at the state Capitol Thursday on several bills, including two measures concerning driver’s license suspension and revocation for convicted drug offenders. The Senate Committee on Judiciary Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform and Housing introduced the bills. Testiﬁers showed overwhelming support for Senate Bill 36 and Senate Joint Resolution 6, which are bipartisan efforts to make Wisconsin the 38th state to give judges the discretion to suspend or not suspend the licenses of convicted drug offenders. Since 1990, Wisconsin judges have been required to suspend or revoke driving privileges for drug violations entirely unrelated to driving. Anyone prosecuted for operating a motor vehicle while under the inﬂuence of controlled substances is prosecuted under a different statute. State Sen. Lena Taylor, DMilwaukee, is chair of the committee and spoke in favor of both reforms simultaneously, saying the committee has talked to people throughout Wisconsin who have lost jobs because

of suspended or revoked licenses. “A driver’s license can be crucial to a citizen trying to rebuild their lives after a drug conviction,” Taylor said. For many people, especially those living in rural or poor urban areas of Wisconsin, losing their license could mean unemployment. “Driving is a privilege, but it is also a lifeline,” Dane County District Attorney Brian Blanchard said in a letter. According to Taylor, people who lose driving privileges “are forced to either drive illegally, resulting in a vicious cycle of more tickets and ﬁnes, or not drive at all.” “To stop that cycle we’ve come up with a policy that will create a resolution to a problem, still move us to having more efﬁcient public safety, giving the choice to the judges, giving discretion to the judges,” Taylor said. Nichole Yunk, director of the Center for Driver’s License Recovery and Employability, also spoke out in favor of the reforms, saying that by revoking drug offenders’ driving privileges, the state is unnecessarily defeating its own goals of rehabilitation. According to Dane County Judge John Albert, “judges see this issue as relieving overburdened court staffs.”

room learning and aims to show a breadth of experiences to potential employers and graduate schools. Several action steps attended to the agenda’s goal of a strengthened community. New programs underway seek to integrate diversity within the university and enlist undergraduates to serve as mentors for K-12 students to enrich the students’ college preparation. Martin said the last action step, increasing private need-based ﬁnancial aid to supplement state and federal assistance to students, is demonstrating tremendous progress.

A $1.75 million donation made by John and Tashia Morgridge gave nearly 2,000 students need-based financial-aid assistance in the fall 2008 semester. Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corp., UW Credit Union and UW-Madison’s “Great People, Great Place” initiative also donated a combined $44.8 million. The UW System Board of Regents will meet again Friday at 9 a.m. to hear reports from various regent committees. The board will continue its evaluation of the Growth Agenda in upcoming meetings.

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Kelsey Feragen demonstrates a violent thermite reaction Thursday night as part of a recruiting event for Alpha Chi Sigma, a chemistry fraternity. The reaction can produce enough heat to liquify iron.

russell from page 1 sends a strong message to Russell that universities won’t tolerate violations of workers’ rights,” said UW-Madison senior Jan Van Tol, who is part of the Student Labor Action Coalition, a campus group that has pushed to end relations with the company. In 2008, UW-Madison cut its contract with New Era, a company that made hats with the UW logo, after similar allegations arose. Van Tol said he hopes Chancellor Biddy Martin follows through

with the university’s commitment to prevent these kinds of abuses and buy more products from companies that allow unions. “I think [ending the contract] needed to happen. It’s unfortunate that it did, but we had to send the message that its not OK to retaliate against workers for simply unionizing,” UW-Madison senior and SLAC member Phoebe Taurick said. Two union leaders from the Honduras factory will speak about their experiences Tuesday in B130 Van Vleck Hall at 7 p.m.

The four candidates running for the District 8 seat of the Madison Common Council will participate in a debate sponsored by the Roosevelt Institution Sunday. Bryon Eagon, Katrina Flores, Jacob Schmidt and Mark Woulf are all vying for the District 8 position currently held by Ald. Eli Judge. The debate will be the ﬁrst event involving all four candidates and the only one before the Feb. 17 primary election. District 8 is comprised of 98 percent students, and the debate is intended to enlighten students about important issues facing Madison. Former UW-Madison Roosevelt Institution President Rob Huston will moderate the debate, and audience members will be encouraged to ask questions of the candidates. Huston said the presidential election last fall sparked an interest in politics for many UWMadison students and he is optimistic that spark will transfer to local government as well. The debate will be held at the Humanities building in room 111 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

regents from page 1 baccalaureate graduates. It includes critical and creative thinking skills, effective communication skills, intercultural knowledge and social and environmental responsibility. “[This goal] was very well received ... The faculty got together from around the system ... for the ﬁrst time ever. [It is a] great example of the progress,” Reilly said. The second action step instated by the Growth Agenda is the creation of student-engagement portfolios. It focuses on out-of-class-

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fundraising ban worth backing

n Wednesday, Feb. 4, the Wisconsin state Assembly leaders passed a rule banning Assembly members from raising campaign funds until the state budget deliberations are complete. In essence, the rule seeks to remove any impropriety regarding funding during the lengthy budget hearings so state lawmakers’ focus remains on expediently passing the budget rather than catering to special interests or focusing on upcoming election battles. Although this sends a strong, bipartisan signal of genuine reform worthy of commendation, let’s evaluate what exactly this accomplished before we hail this the great campaign ﬁnance reform of our generation, as has Assembly Majority Leader Thomas Nelson, D-Kaukauna. The Assembly Organization Committee—a bipartisan group of the top ﬁve Democrats and top three Republicans in the state Assembly—voted 8-0 in favor of passing this rule, which prevents individuals but not legislative campaign committees from raising campaign money. According to Nelson, 99 campaign committees will be shut down for the duration of the budget cycle, but the Assembly Democratic Campaign Committee and its Republican counterpart—which raised more than $279,000 and more than $216,000 respectively during 2007, a year that included eight months of budget deliberations—will still be free to fund. � Furthermore, because this is merely an Assembly policy rule rather than legislation, it carries no legal ramifications and applies only to the one branch of the lawmaking process, leaving out the state Senate and Gov. Jim Doyle. Critics have denigrated the rule as it poses no criminal or civil threat of enforcement, though backers like Assembly

Speaker Mike Sheridan, DJanesville, point out that punishment for breaking the rule can include removal of leadership, chairmanship or committee positions in the Assembly as well as loss of staff and public reprimand. Additionally, it covers one third of the lawmaking process, and Doyle and the Senate have shown no signs of following suit. In fact, according to Jay Heck, executive director of the non-partisan reform advocacy group Common Cause Wisconsin, Doyle has come out against the Assembly’s measure, despite running on a strong campaign finance reform platform in 2002 and backing similar legislature in 2003. “I think it’s completely unfair to have one side have to play by one set of rules and one side by the other,” Doyle said of the campaign fundraising ban. Although it lacks in power and scope, the Assembly’s fundraising ban is a powerful first step, especially since it puts pressure on Doyle and the Senate to quickly fall in line. Ideally, Wisconsin lawmakers will pass Senate Bill 23, a measure with bipartisan support that would ban all fundraising—the governor, Senate and legislative campaign committees included. The rule passed by the Assembly is a watered-down, expedited children’s version of Senate Bill 23, but given the severity of our economy and $5.4 billion state deficit, it’s a welcome breath of bipartisan fresh air. � With the state’s dire interests in mind, Doyle and the Senate should cooperate and pass Senate Bill 23 with the same expediency they displayed to usher in the unemployment compensation bill, which took three days to write into law from beginning to end.

Human rights struggle lies home and abroad By Sean Becker SOCIETY AND POLITICS COMMITTEE

Next week is Human Rights Awareness Week. A coalition of diverse student organizations, led by The Wisconsin Union Directorate, will be sponsoring various events and programs dealing with different issues related to human rights both locally and globally. The ﬁrst lines of the United Nation’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights about, “All human beings are born with equal and inalienable rights and fundamental freedoms,” and goes on to say that recognition of this is “the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.” Only when this truth is accepted will people be able to understand and judge the human rights abuses still prevalent in the world today. Yet for the majority of UW students, the importance of the truth of natural equality is already being exercised before their eyes through the institution of higher education. All students learn that America is a land of opportunity, and that any person is, with enough perseverance, able to make of themselves whatever they wish, with higher education as the enabler of these possibilities.

Once one truly believes that all humans are naturally equal, one can understand the importance of human rights and the urgency of their enforcement. Although the environments and cultures of different people around the globe produce humans with radically different lives, all individuals hold certain privileges and rights that are not subject to infringement by any institution of law or government. When people are discriminated against based on their sex, race or religion, they have been denied a human right. When people are tortured, detained in prisons or have their privacy violated, they are also denied their rights. Some of these may seem obvious but, too often, can be viewed as permissible under the right social conditions. The examples are copious when looking at the previous administration’s war on terror as well as policies discriminating based on sexual preference. The media alludes to the idea that human rights abuses occur only in developing countries in Africa or the Middle East, but there are many pressing issues concerning human rights in America and Madison. Every year ,undocumented immigrants invest

seven billion dollars in America’s social security, of which they will receive nothing back. On top of this, they are denied any protection under the law, taken advantage of at their jobs and heavily discriminated against. Issues such as these will be discussed all next week by academics, activists and people in the community during the numerous events scheduled. America and the other advanced nations of the world are not “beyond” human rights. Social welfare systems and civil and political rights are not things to be compromised during times of economic difﬁculty, but rather strengthened. This is because, as history has shown, the worst human rights abuses usually occur when people or nations have little money and are scared and desperate. Human rights transcend politics, history and borders, and yet, are applicable to every single individual: That is where their power lies and why it is necessary that they be protected in order for any social progress to occur. Sean Becker is a member of the WUD society and politics committee. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

Phelps drama overdone, marijuana ban should go up in smoke By Cole Wenzel THE DAILY CARDINAL

Until Wednesday, I was going to keep my mouth shut about the media’s obsession with Michael Phelps hitting a bong. But, in the midst of my Digging, I found an article on CNN.com titled “Police Looking to Charge Michael Phelps for Smoking Pot.” This has gone too far—much too far. Are the police really going to charge an Olympian for recreational marijuana smoking, something that allegedly happened all the way back in November? Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott claims, “If someone breaks a law in Richland County, we have an obligation as law enforcement to investigate and to bring charges.” Must we pry further into this “mistake” that our beloved, smiling, gold-medal winning, American swimmer made at some college party? Let’s not forget that some time back in 2004 Phelps had to suffer 18 months probation

for a DUI charge. So, it is clear that Phelps is no stranger to the occasional substance abuse—as few of us are that attend college at prestigious Big Ten institutions (Phelps did at Michigan). The powers that be are blowing this out of proportion. It is completely absurd to be taking such drastic and hostile action as investigating such an act, a mostly harmless one at that, which took place three months ago. What’s more, the goofy dolphinman has already issued his apology, citing the behavior as “regrettable.” On the Fox News program “Red Eye” the other day, the commentators began discussion of this incident and came to the careful conclusion that Phelps even had a good “bong stance,” clearly indicating that he is no novice to the likes of the Schedule I substance. Let us examine the situation logically. Michael Phelps willingly and knowingly smoked a bong, supposedly some time in November.

Recently, a British tabloid got ahold of a photograph of Michael Phelps in the act. This would have to mean that someone at the party, perhaps an acquaintance of Phelps, snapped the photograph and, later, someone submitted the photo for print in the paper. Now published, the world has freaked out and cannot believe that swimming’s poster boy would commit such a horrible act. Naturally, being an intelligent businessman and public relations person, Phelps has thoroughly apologized for his heinous act. This is where everything should have stopped—even university police and Columbia, South Carolina, police have decided not to pursue any charges. But the damn sheriff’s department is simply too just of an institution to let this slide. What really comes out of this whole debacle is the fact that the most winning Olympian in history not only drinks (as the DUI showed us), but also indulges in marijuana from time

to time. If Phelps, the amazing role model and inspiration for Americans, can do the amazing things he does and still smoke some pot, perhaps we need to reconsider our stance on the issue of marijuana use. Currently, marijuana sits on the top of the list of America’s worst drugs. The DEA drug-scheduling system, which came about in the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, was an early part of Nixon’s War on Drugs, which we still wage today. The system is composed of a ﬁve-part scheduling system, ranging from I through V, I being most severe. The deﬁnition of a Schedule I drug is as follows: a) The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse, b) The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, c) There is no provision for safe use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision. There are currently 13 states where medical marijuana is legal under state

law. Clearly, marijuana does not meet the criteria of a Schedule I drug. Other drugs on this list include heroin and ecstasy (MDMA). What may be more alarming, though, is the fact that the Schedule II, a lesser classiﬁcation, includes such drugs as cocaine and opium. Logically, marijuana should not hold such stern unlawful status. I think it is time for our nation to recognize the relevance of Michael Phelps’ marijuana use. He is the embodiment of a great American. He possesses great willpower, determination and perhaps greatest of all, he has a hell of a work ethic. If such an individual chooses to recreationally use marijuana, maybe as an alternative to drinking alcohol, and can still reach the monumental pedestals that he does, then perhaps it is time we consider a more logical approach to this legal travesty. Cole Wenzel is a sophomore majoring in business. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Kweller ﬂourishes adding southern ﬂavor on latest By Shawn Small THE DAILY CARDINAL

Ben Kweller is best known for his indie-folk-rock type music, or better yet, his quick grasp for stardom after the song “Falling” appeared in Adam Sandler’s 2002 hit movie, “Mr. Deeds.” Now the shaggy haired, Shaun White lookalike is back with his fourth studio album, Changing Horses. The album sees Kweller drift back to his deep-south, Texas roots and abandon his once pop-ﬁlled style.

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The Fray saw an abrupt rise to fame with the mainstream exposure off two singles of their debut album, but the band has failed to capitalize on their notoriety by lacking ingenuity on their sophomore release.

Fray fails to move forward By Jacqueline O’Reilly THE DAILY CARDINAL

With the Fray’s latest single, “You Found Me,” having been played ad nauseum on every light rock station over the last few months, it’s about time the album from which it comes, The Fray, is released. Unfortunately, all the band’s self-titled second album delivers is a regurgitated version of their ﬁrst, How to Save a Life. It makes sense that the Denver-based group chose to do this. Their ﬁrst album was very well received and had a myriad of hits on it, most notably “Over My Head (Cable Car)” and “How to Save a Life.” Although those songs were good in their own right, they could have easily been expanded upon. The Fray, however, have failed to take advantage of that opportunity on their subsequent release. With that said, anyone who enjoyed How to Save a Life will no doubt take pleasure in the Fray’s second edition of catchy, pop-rock

ballads. The Fray contains more fast tempos than the band’s last release, but also has a more monotonous sound. If the album is not listened to carefully, it’s easy to miss the transition between one song ending and the next beginning.

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The Fray The Fray Nonetheless, several songs do hold their own. “Say When” is the quintessential pop-rock love ballad, sure to be the awkward slow dance song at every junior high social this year. With lead singer Isaac Slade serenading “You say the word and I will be your man, your man / Say when and my

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The Grammy-nominated, Denver-based group follows the same formula for success on their follow up to the hit How to Save a Life.

own two hands / Will comfort you tonight, tonight / Say when and my own two arms / Will carry you tonight, tonight,” the song is sure to get every girl’s heart racing and be featured in numerous primetime dramas. Although the song seriously lacks creativity, its lyrics hit the nail on the head, which seems to have been the Fray’s intention. If so, “Say When” executes the duties of a mainstream pop ballad well. The Fray’s opening song, “Syndicate,” is another highlight on the album. Exceedingly reminiscent of the music from the band’s ﬁrst release, the song speaks of losing passionate love, but believing there is enough hope to make things work out in the end. “Syndicate” keeps the momentum going throughout the entire song and holds more depth than a lot of the album’s other tracks. “Enough For Now” is by far the best track on the album, doing for The Fray what “How to Save a Life” did for the band’s ﬁrst release. It is emotionally packed and graceful, with Slade’s vocals being particularly impressive. He sings of a man who isn’t a good father to his daughter, leaving it up to the listener to decide what is the breaking force in their relationship. The lyrics are more stirring than those the Fray typically present to the world, leaving the listener feeling sad and contemplative once the song concludes. Overall, The Fray doesn’t completely disappoint. Amongst the monotony there are a few highlights, with “Enough for Now” being the most profound of the bunch. Yet, the album isn’t a sophomore slump as much as it is a repeat of freshman year. Hopefully, next time the Fray will be able to graduate to the next level.

His latest sound is a mix between a young Willie Nelson, the eccentric Ben Folds and a soothing Jeff Tweedy, if that’s even possible. Kweller seems to hit the jackpot with Changing Horses and has remarked that it’s his best album yet. The country feel of the new album couldn’t be any more obvious than on the ﬁrst song of the album, “Gypsy Rose.” The opening chords resemble the heart melting, whiny guitar sliding of a typical country rocking chair song. Little spurts of country can be heard in all of Kweller’s previous albums, but he does an outstanding job of keeping a consistent ﬂavor throughout this one. Kweller’s addictive lyrics and sing-along songs can also be found on the new album, holding true to the successes we’ve seen from him before. You can’t help but get a south-

ern rock/country/Allman Brothers feel when listening to the song, “On Her Own,” and it feels as if you need to be sucking on a piece of hay when listening to “Sawdust Man.” Kweller is an incredible storyteller, and on this track he paints a colorful story in your head, making you feel like you’re stomping your boots in a musky bar while giving in to the urge to smile and sing along. The song even has a breakdown where everybody can easily get their groove on while he repeatedly yelps, “I’m on top of the Greyhound station / Won’t you please come home.” With the backing of a sweet steel guitar under those lyrics, you get a sense of urgency to sing it over and over with him. The best song on the album is “Fight,” where he urges everybody to “Fight, fight, fight ‘til your dying day!” It’s a very guitar-heavy song, with repeating lyrics making it very easy to put on repeat in iTunes until you’re afraid Kweller will come after you looking for a real fight. The song could sell the album on its own because of its accessible beat and convincing singing. A fan of upbeat and catchy songs will surely dig this album, or any Kweller song for that matter.

Kweller’s addictive lyrics and sing-along songs can also be found on the new album.

Changing Horses is deﬁnitely Kweller’s best work yet, and who knows, if we’re lucky, maybe he’ll even score big again and land another appearance in an upcoming Sandler movie.

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Multi-instrumentalist Ben Kweller taps into his southern roots for his new album, proving his songwriting can adapt to its surroundings.

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Women’s Basketball

Badgers regroup, prepare for Purdue without Dunham By Jay Messar THE DAILY CARDINAL

Wisconsin women’s basketball head coach Lisa Stone will take her team into hostile West Lafayette, Ind., Sunday in hopes to avenge a 52-51, last-second home loss to the same Purdue Boilermaker squad just over a week ago. Yet things will look much different for the Badgers, as Wisconsin (4-8 Big Ten, 14-9 overall) will be without junior forward Mariah Dunham, who was dismissed by the coaching staff due to “repeated violations of team rules.” Stone issued a release on uwbadgers.com, saying, “This was a very tough decision to make, but in the best interests of the program, we felt that it was time for Mariah to leave the team. We wish her the best in her future endeavors.” In an interview with the Watertown Daily Times, Dunham admitted to striking a man at a Madison bar. “At [a karaoke bar], one of my friends was really wasted,” Dunham said. “I was trying to help her. This guy starts saying stuff and shoves her. I hit the guy in the face. The bartender said I had to leave. “There were no cops, nothing was involved. It was my fault. I admitted it. I should have walked away. It was a dumb thing that I did. I was in a tight spot [trying] to help my friend out. I acted out instead of thinking and I did it.” Dunham said the coaches called her into their ofﬁce last week and said Dunham would not be making last

Sunday’s trip to Ann Arbor, Mich. “They take me after practice, and I explain the story,” Dunham said. “I said, ‘I’ll accept anything you want to do to me.’ They said, ‘Well, you are suspended. You aren’t going on the Michigan trip.’ I accepted that it was a knucklehead thing to do.” While Dunham was willing to accept any punishment sent forth by the coaches, she said she had no idea she would be forced to turn in her uniform. “After the Michigan game, they didn’t say anything,” Dunham said. “We got two days of practice off. I ﬁgured they would talk to me then. I got a text message from coach Stone saying ‘Come in, I need to talk to you.’ She sits down and she’s like, ‘You’re off the team.’ “That was the last straw. Right then, I just lost it. I was in tears, saying, ‘How can you guys do this? I made a dumb decision, I know that. I just lost my aunt [to a terminal illness] two weeks ago, who was like a mom to me. The whole month hasn’t been easy on me. I have to deal with my family’s emotional status and now we’re losing. I should have told you about the ﬁght, and now you’re going to kick me off the team?’” The 2006 Wisconsin High School AP Player of the Year said she wanted to remain part of the program to be there for her teammates: “I said, ‘Suspend me for the whole year, make me a manager, but I don’t want to leave the girls downstairs.’ But they said, ‘We’ve already made our decision.’

“This came out of nowhere.” Dunham recalled tension with the coaching staff after the Jan. 29 Purdue loss, in which Dunham scored just two points in 17 minutes. “I was walking off the court because that girl hit that 3,” Dunham said. “I yelled out, ‘Why does this always happen to us?’ I was saying it out of frustration. Two assistant coaches heard me. [Stone] rushes in and said, ‘What did you just say?’ What I meant was, ‘Why can’t we catch a break?’ They made this huge deal that I said that and turned it into this negative thing. I thought maybe they were just (mad) about the loss.” According to Dunham, a rift between her and coach Stone began before the 2008-’09 season when Dunham was thinking about transferring to another university. “She said, ‘Earlier in the year, when you said you were going to transfer … now, it’s done,’” Dunham said. “Then she said, ‘If you need some help ﬁnding somewhere else to go’ … I said, ‘I don’t need your guys’ help, and I walked out of the ofﬁce, and that’s where I’m at. It’s been really emotional.” Dunham alluded to the possibility of still transferring. Although willing to give her side of the story in the Watertown Daily Times interview, she hoped to leave the UW program on relatively good terms. “I want to make really clear… after this whole thing, I’ll accept that they are kicking me off the team, but not in the manner that

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Wisconsin junior forward Mariah Dunham was released by the Badgers Wednesday for repeatedly violating team rules. they did it,” Dunham said. “I don’t want this to be a negative thing. I want to be respectable, but at same time I want to get my point across that it wasn’t fair. Maybe this is going to be better for me in the long run. Maybe I’ll go to a school that will respect the way I play. I’m in search for a new start. Maybe it’s what God has in store for me. Maybe I can show people how I’m supposed to play.”

Meanwhile, the Badgers will have to refocus quickly with only six games remaining before the annual trip to Indianapolis for the Big Ten Tournament. That task won’t be easy, as Wisconsin is 0-6 against those teams this year. UW is 3-22 all-time at Purdue and has lost 20 straight in Mackey Arena since its last win in 1984.

Women’s Hockey

Badgers, Gophers battle this weekend to determine WCHA champion By Nico Savidge THE DAILY CARDINAL

After a pair of strong wins over Ohio State, the top-ranked Wisconsin women’s hockey team will travel to Minnesota for a pair of games against the No. 2 Golden Gophers that will decide the regular-season WCHA championship. The two teams are tied atop the conference standings with 40 points apiece, adding even more importance to the already infamous Wisconsin-Minnesota rivalry. UW head coach Mark Johnson reflected on his time playing against the Gophers and how he feels about the matchup now that he is a coach. “As a player, you just get real excited for these [kinds] of week-

basketball from page 8 sophomore forward Mike Davis and attempted a rare dunk that ended up bouncing out of the rim and landing in the hands of Davis below. The miss marked the end of Bohannon’s ﬁeld scoring for the night, as he would go 0-for2 the rest of the night, including his lone miss BOHANNON from 3-point range all night. His .857 3-point percentage was a Kohl Center record and is second best in Wisconsin basketball history for a single game. Meanwhile, as Bohannon was drawing attention with his outside game, Landry and Leuer stacked up impressive games on the inside as well. Wisconsin’s big men

ends,” Johnson said. “As coaches, we get excited too.” When the Badgers last faced the Gophers at the Kohl Center in October, Wisconsin came away from the series with a 1-1 tie and a 2-1 win. Games with such low scoring have been rare for the WINDMEIER Badgers this season, as they average more than five goals per game. For many Wisconsin players, the Minnesota series will be more of a homecoming than a road trip. Sophomore Malee Windmeier grew up in Champlin, Minn., just outhad 31 combined points and six rebounds apiece. Despite being the third-highest scorer on the Badger sideline for the night, Leuer’s five points, three rebounds and one block in the second half prevented the Badgers from experiencing another late-game meltdown. “Jon played well tonight,” UW head coach Bo Ryan said. “[We’ve] got a lot more games to play, but he did a good job. We’ll find some things in the tape that he can work on, [but] he got some good reps.” From here, the Badgers will look to push their winning streak to two games as they head to Penn State (6-4, 17-6) Sunday. The Nittany Lions are having a solid conference season, tallying wins against Purdue and Michigan State, though they lost to Michigan Thursday and have already been beaten once by Wisconsin. Tipoff for the game is slated for 2 p.m. and will be aired on the Big Ten Network.

side of Minneapolis, and says she is excited to play so close to home. “It’s a fun rivalry to go back and play the players that you’ve grown up playing,” she said. “It’s a fun atmosphere to go back and play [in].” Windmeier has been a part of the suffocating Wisconsin defense, which gives up just 1.21 goals per game on average and has helped senior goalie Jessie Vetter earn ten shutouts for the third consecutive season. Johnson said the defense will play a big role in determining if the Badgers will have success in the series, especially against a Minnesota team that also averages better than ﬁve goals per game. “We’ll certainly get tested this weekend,” he said. “If we play well

ramirez from page 8 Red Sox organization. There seems to be little debate that when Ramirez’s career is over, he will be known as one of the greatest hitters not only of his time, but in the history of baseball. In 2008, Ramirez became just one of 24 members to join the 500-home run club, played in his twelfth all-star game and finished the season with 28 career postseason home runs and 74 RBI, the most by any player all-time. No matter how legendary his skills may be, this does not excuse his recent behavior or entitle him to act in such an outwardly selfish manner. At the end of his tenure in Boston, Ramirez accepted very little responsibility for his actions and rarely put his team first, a standard that we should hold every professional

in our own end, Jessie [Vetter] plays well and our defensive core as a group plays well, then I like our chances.” The Wisconsin defense is coming off of an impressive weekend against the Buckeyes, where the defense allowed 22 shots on goal in the two games combined, resulting in a pair of shutout wins. Most impressive was the third period of Saturday’s game against Ohio State, when the Badger defense allowed just one shot while the Wisconsin offense put up four goals in the period. Third period play has been key to the Badgers’ success—Wisconsin has scored more goals in the third than any other period so far this season. Johnson and many players attriathlete accountable for. If I were a general manager, I would be extremely concerned with Ramirez’s performance next year if he is not given the monstrous contract he feels he deserves. Currently, only the Dodgers and Giants seem actively interested in signing Ramirez, and the beginning of 2009 season is less than two months away. There’s no doubt that any team looking for offense would love to acquire a player of Ramirez’s caliber. But Ramirez has failed to realize that his recent selfishness and poor decision-making has made general managers think twice about pursuing a player whose primary focus is not their organization, but “Manny being Manny.” What do you think Ramirez’s salary should be? Let Matt know by e-mailing him at mfox2@wisc.edu.

bute that strong play late in the game to the team’s conditioning. “To have that extra set of legs to beat the other team in the corner really helps during those 5050 battles,” Windmeier said. With both the men’s and women’s Wisconsin hockey teams in town to face the Gophers, the Badgers are expecting an exciting atmosphere in the Ridder Arena. “I’m sure there’s going to be a lot of energy in the building, certainly Minnesota will come out and be very excited to play,” Johnson said. “We just have got to make sure we take care of ourselves, and when they drop the puck, be ready to go.” Wisconsin and Minnesota will face off at 2 p.m. Feb. 7 and 8.

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Men’s Basketball

Wisconsin: 4-6 Big Ten, 13-9 overall Illinois: 6-4 Big Ten, 18-5 overall

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Wisconsin breaks losing streak By Andy Van Sistine THE DAILY CARDINAL

For as bad as things have been, the Wisconsin men’s basketball team (4-6 Big Ten, 13-9 overall) picked up a crucial and convincing 63-50 win against No. 23 Illinois (6-4, 18-5) in what is probably the last chance for a turnaround in their season. Without question, it was the double-digit scoring contributions from senior forward Marcus Landry and sophomore forward Jon Leuer, as well as the white-hot 3-point shooting from junior guard Jason Bohannon, that powered the Badgers to their first victory in nearly a month. “They made shots,” Illinois head coach Bruce Weber said. “Bohannon made shots, and that [was] the big difference. Then it opens it up a little bit inside for Leuer and Landry. It was one of those nights that I guess we had no answers.” The night started on a low note, as the Illini jumped out to a quick 7-2 lead just under four minutes into the game. Illinois sophomore guard Demetri McCamey showed early signs of repeating the 25-point performance he had the last time he faced Wisconsin when he sank a jumper and a 3-point shot in two of his team’s first four possessions. But on the next possession, Bohannon was fed the ball on a squeeze play and knocked down his first 3-point attempt of the game to start a 102 Wisconsin run that featured two inside shots from Leuer and another 3-pointer from Bohannon.

Illinois would nearly catch up in the ensuing minutes, but Wisconsin refused to relinquish the lead. A foul by senior forward Kevin Gullikson led to two made free throws by Illinois sophomore guard Alex Legion to make the score 12-11, but solid offensive play allowed Wisconsin to pull away and not look back. Before the half, Wisconsin tallied four offensive boards—three by Landry—and eight assists and had Leuer, Landry and Bohannon all in double-digit scoring totals. Bohannon was 5-of6 from the ﬁeld including a perfect 5-of-5 from behind the arc and was the biggest factor in the 37-25 halftime lead. “Having a shooter like Jason on the outside is going to free up some stuff on the inside because they have to close up on him hard,” Leuer said. “You can just feel the energy any time he gets an open shot. The whole building stands up. We look to J-Bo to knock those shots down.” The second half opened up with a 3-point connection from senior forward Joe Krabbenhoft, and the Badgers showed that they were not going to let up after the break. Bohannon hit his sixth consecutive 3-point shot with 17:02 on the clock to give Wisconsin a 44-27 advantage and the largest lead the team would have all night. Shortly thereafter, Bohannon nabbed a midcourt steal off Illinois basketball page 7

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UW sophomore forward Jon Leuer scored 15 points for the Badgers as they defeated Illinois Thursday night at the Kohl Center.

Men’s Hockey

Border battle with Minnesota excites Badgers By Ben Breiner THE DAILY CARDINAL

When two of the most stories programs in men’s hockey get together, the games almost always carry great importance. In this

weekend’s border battle, the stakes are no different. The Badgers will face off against No. 5 Minnesota this weekend, the second time the teams have met this season. The ﬁrst time they played,

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Wisconsin junior defender Jamie McBain leads the Badgers with 28 total points. He has an impressive 23 assists on the season.

Ramirez does not deserve a higher salary

Wisconsin earned its ﬁrst points of the season with a tie, but Minnesota battered it 5-2 in the Saturday game. Coming into this matchup, however, it is the Gophers who are struggling, having lost four of their last six games. Wisconsin coaches are still wary of Minnesota, which is still one of the more talented teams in the WCHA. “The way they want to play and the way they’re capable of playing, we know,” Wisconsin head coach Mike Eaves said. “They skate, they have skill and that’s been the same in our seven years here. I don’t think it’s changed ever. Even though they could be struggling right now, we still know the way they want to play, the way they’ll try to play this weekend.” The UW roster features a number of Minnesota natives, many of who are excited to play against our hometown team. “It’s awesome any time you get to go back there,” said UW junior defenseman Jamie McBain, who hails from Faribault, Minn. “Especially being a Minnesota kid, growing [up] that was the team I watched.” Eaves, however, feels that the Minnesotans on his team tend to get a little over-excited about the series. “History tells us that they try too hard,” Eaves said. “Our job as coaches is to say, ‘just play, it’s just another opponent.’ That’s easier said than done. Over the course of our seven years here, I’ve always felt that they guys from Minnesota they just grip that stick just a little tighter.” Despite possessing players like sophomore goaltender Alex Kangas and junior forward Ryan Stoa, who leads the conference in points per

game, the Gophers are only tied for fourth in the conference standings. “On paper they’re one of the strongest teams, and in the beginning of the year they played that way,” Wisconsin senior goaltender Shane Connelly said. “Every team hits rough patches and they’re figuring their way through that now. They had really god success in the beginning of the year and now they’re kind of stumbling through and trying to survive.” Wisconsin will counter with the third-best defense in the WCHA and an offense averaging 3.5 goals per game. McBain is the top scorer in a Badger attack featuring tremendous balance. The Wisconsin defenders lead the nation in blue line scoring, and any of the four forward lines can provide production on a given night. The 30 points McBain has on the season is nine more than any other Badger, putting him on pace to be just the fourth defenseman to lead Wisconsin in point scoring. Mariucci arena, the Gophers’ home ice, has been trouble for Wisconsin in recent seasons. The Badgers are 0-3-1 in their last four games in Minnesota, a trend the players hope to reverse. “It’s definitely a tough place to play,” said sophomore defender and Minnesotan Ryan McDonagh. “The fans are kind of right on top of you, definitely pretty loud and energetic. It’s just the fact that it’s such a good-fought rivalry with some good traditions.” The puck drops at 7 p.m. both nights. The Friday game will be broadcast on the Big Ten Network, with Saturday’s contest being shown on Fox Sports Net.

arlier this week, 37-yearold outfielder Manny Ramirez rejected a oneyear, $25 million deal to re-sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers. This was after Ramirez and his agent Scott Boras had already passed on a two-year, $45 million deal from L.A. earlier in the off sesason. To many readers, those numbers may seem ridiculous, even for one of the game’s best hitters. But to me, the reason why Ramirez is not deserving of this salary lies not in his current skill set, but in his poor behavior and lack of professionalism over the past year. Before the Boston Red Sox traded Ramirez away in late July, the slugger was a part of a few events that demonstrated his consistently selfish attitude—which has portrayed Ramirez as a major problem in the clubhouse. In July, Ramirez was upset with a Red Sox traveling secretary for not meeting his request for extra tickets to a game in Houston and reportedly threw him to the ground. The Red Sox later fined Ramirez for his actions.

No matter how legendary his skills may be, this does not excuse his recent behavior or entitle him to act in such an outwardly selﬁsh manner.

The end of Ramirez’s tenure with Boston became even more of a pressing issue in a late July contest against the Seattle Mariners. Instead of confronting manager Terry Francona about his playing status, Ramirez informed Francona through a bench coach that he would not be playing in the game. When Ramirez returned to action, he repeatedly put in less effort and did not run out ground balls. This resulted in Boston’s decision to trade Ramirez to the Dodgers. The story of Ramirez’s success with the Dodgers is a positive one. He immediately transformed L.A. into a World Series contender, carried their offense and provided plenty of entertaining moments in the process. Ramirez boosted the Dodgers into the postseason and all the way to the National League Championship Series, where they fell to the eventual World Series Champion Phillies. After Ramirez was dealt to the Dodgers at the trade deadline, he hit .396 with 17 home runs and 53 RBI. These numbers are phenomenal, but to me it seems almost disturbing that Ramirez would put up such staggering stats after his move to L.A. It proved that Ramirez would have been capable of similar results in Boston had he put in the same level of effort. Instead, Ramirez chose not to simply because he was displeased with his contract and the ramirez page 7