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UW System tuitions rise, grants frozen KYLE BURSAW/THE DAILY CARDINAL

District 8 candidates Bryon Eagon, Katrina Flores, Jacob Schmidt and Mark Woulf (left to right) debated issues ranging from campus safety to bar policies Sunday night in the Humanities building.

District 8 hopefuls push safety plans By Ryan Hebel THE DAILY CARDINAL

Campus safety, bar policies and tenants’ rights issues highlighted Sunday night’s ﬁrst and only District 8 alder debate in the Humanities building. The four candidates for Madison’s largely student district— Bryon Eagon, Katrina Flores, Jacob Schmidt and Mark Woulf—placed student safety as their top priority. Schmidt, a UW-Madison student, stressed “safety starts at the home,” with students being aware of their right to live in safe housing. He proposed expanding current District 8 Ald. Eli Judge’s Downtown Lighting Initiative, giving more grants to local property owners to light up dark streets. Flores, a UW-Madison graduate and community organizer, said she would increase the number of blue phones on campus, specifi-

cally in areas like Langdon Street, that would allow students to contact police in case of emergency. Woulf, a UW-Madison junior, disagreed with Flores. He said communicating with officers is not the problem since most students carry cell phones. Instead, Woulf, who recently spoke out against police accessibility after a student mugging, proposed shifting officers away from bars and house parties and onto the streets. Woulf also plans to encourage bar owners to purchase entertainment licenses that would allow 18-, 19- and 20-year-olds into bars. This, he said, would provide safe venues for minors while also “concentrating the area to bring law enforcement out onto the street.” Although his opponents also proposed increasing entertainment licenses, Woulf said he would “broaden the definition of ‘entertainment’” to

include televised sporting games. Eagon, a UW student, said one way to decrease bar raids and curb city spending would be to cut the mobilized e-scanners currently used by police during bar raids. Eagon also proposed increasing neighborhood watch programs on campus. The candidates agreed landlordtenant relationships in Madison are, as Flores noted, “tumultuous.” Each called for raising tenant-rights awareness among students. Flores said the Tenant Bill of Rights should be posted in all properties, and Eagon said the university should do more to educate freshmen and set up a system for building inspectors to rate landlords. The District 8 election will be held in April. Students are encouraged to check out the candidates’ websites for further proposals.

Regents also OK increased budget for Union South By Hannah Furfaro THE DAILY CARDINAL

The UW System Board of Regents discussed increasing tuitions, decreasing endowments and a larger-than-expected budget for the construction of the new Union South at a meeting Friday. UW System President Kevin Reilly announced Friday funds totaling $700,000 from over 30 UW System endowments will be suspended from distribution because their values have dropped. “Rather than further erode the principal, we are taking the prudent steps to preserve these funds for the long term,” Reilly said. According to UW System spokesperson David Giroux, the suspension of these funds will have wide-ranging effects. Funds for scholarships and

research throughout the UW System will feel the repercussions of the decrease in funds, Giroux said. He said he expects the suspension to last four quarters. The Board of Regents also passed a resolution to increase the budget for the building of Union South by $7 million to a total of $94.8 million. The total project costs include $3.5 million of gift funding and $87 million in program revenue borrowing. The regents also approved an increase in differential tuition programs at UW-Oshkosh, UWPlatteville and UW-Milwaukee. There were no changes in tuition for existing differential programs at UW-Madison, but such programs will come back up for regular review, Giroux said. On an optimistic note, Kris Andrews, UW System assistant vice president for federal relations, announced expected funds Wisconsin will receive from the pending federal stimulus package. regents page 3

UW-MADISON TUITION & FEES OUT-OF-STATE

BRYON EAGON

KATRINA FLORES “We can encourage the bars to get performing-arts licenses. I think that’s a really good thing in terms of providing alternative ways for folks to get engaged who are under 21.”

“As students, ﬁrst-time renters, we don’t know our rights, and one way to know our rights is to include that in our [lease] contracts.”

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“[The Downtown Lighting Initiative] is key because I feel like the worst-lit areas of our campus are in the alleys between our houses.”

“Under my plan, the bar raids would pretty much be completely wiped out … I think we can all agree that underage drinking is not something that’s going to be curbed.”

JACOB SCHMIDT

MARK WOULF

SOURCE: UW System Fact Book ’08-’09

Students protest to freeze tuition in harsh economy By Brandice Altﬁllisch

Charter heating plant to burn biomass, discontinue coal use By Britney Tripp THE DAILY CARDINAL

Gov. Jim Doyle announced Friday the Charter Street Heating Plant will switch from burning coal to biomass, a signiﬁcant step toward reducing emissions in Dane County and the state. UW-Madison operates the Charter Street plant, which was found in 2007 to have violated the Clean Air Act limits on emissions. A new boiler will burn up to 100 percent biomass, including wood

chips and switchgrass pellets, and will be backed up by natural gas. The boiler is expected to be ready in 2012 and will provide heating and cooling for the UW-Madison campus, according to a statement from Doyle. Alan Fish, associate vice chancellor for facilities at UW-Madison, said the announcement was a “huge moment for the campus” and the state’s investment of more than $200,000 will move the campus away from the

19th-century technology of coalburning boilers. “Instead of burning 110,000 tons of coal every year, we’ll be burning up to 250,000 tons of biofuels that are grown right here in Wisconsin,” Fish said. According to Fish, the university is also looking at ways to convert the Charter Street plant into a research center for biofuels. charter page 3

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Members and advocates of the United Council of UW Students gathered Saturday outside the Student Activity Center to rally against the potential rise of tuition in the UW System. Despite the windy weather, students from over half of the 26 UW campuses promoted the 2009-2011 Statewide Biennial Budget Campaign. Autumn Prazuch, a sophomore at UW-Marathon

County, said the group’s main objective is to persuade the state Legislature to freeze or lower tuition. “[Administrators are] talking about cutting financial aid, and we really want to support higher education so that more people can go to college and be able to afford to stay here,” she said. Participants began the rally by chanting, “Students united will never be defeated.” rally page 3

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

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don’t know if any of you noticed, but it was absolutely gorgeous this weekend. I didn’t go numb, my eyes didn’t tear because of the cold winds and I wasn’t forced to pile on 37 layers of clothing to brace the outdoors. The beautiful weather came out of nowhere, like a miracle occurred. You can thank me at anytime. Yes, in a way you owe me thanks. You see, in my frustration with the cold, I took it upon myself to build a weather machine. Some of you may remember my attempts at weather control last year. For those of you who don’t, it ended in my plummeting off the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Building, breaking my wonderful machine and dealing with several more weeks of winter. But now, after almost another year of toil, sweat and kind of forgetting

about the weather machine and taking up croquet for a while but eventually coming back, I finished it: my love, my beauty, my masterpiece. And, as you have experienced, she is fully operational. This weather machine is a superior version to my last weather machine. It has a gobberdabatron for more precise atmospheric measurements. It includes an advanced version of wangdoodleocity for a more efficient melting of snow. And best of all, it has an AM/FM radio so I can listen to my jams while celebrating my victory over winter. To place the machine just right, I had to plunge into the depths of the city. I found my way into the steam tunnels, creeping silently with the stealth of a ninja-cat-eagle hybrid. So eagles aren’t really stealthy, but I like making the whooshing noises as if I can fly, so it seemed like a logical choice in a hybrid. Anyway, I strategically placed the machine under the Capitol, the heart of our fair city. I thought buried deep below the earth, it would be safe from any tampering. Each day I go

to check on it, and as expected it has functioned perfectly. Until a recent, fateful night. It was well past midnight when I reached the cavern where the machine was housed. I relieved Tunnel Bob, who guards my prized possession while I am in class. I was admiring my machine, cleaning the dials and such, when I noticed it. A small chip of ice was clinging to the back panel. Now I knew I was in great danger. Winter had been here. The evil wench had realized what I was up to and it was only a matter of time before she attacked. Suddenly a burst of freezing wind swept through the tunnel. Icicles began to fall from nowhere, and most terrifying of all, the machine began to shake, and the radio turned on all by itself. “Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down. Never gonna run around and desert you…” Damn! Not only was winter trying to destroy the machine and I, she was rick-rolling me as she did it! I tried to ﬁght her. I couldn’t let down the thousands that depended on

me to save them from frostbite, numbing cold and snot freezing to their faces. I picked up my secret weapon: a hairdryer. Turning it to hot, I tried to combat the freezing with bursts of hot air. But I realized too late my mistake: there are not outlets in the steam tunnels. I dropped the useless hairdryer and dived for the machine, but it was too late. An icicle pierced my sleeve to the wall, stopping me mid dive. Trapped, I watched as a giant icicle hovered threateningly over the weather machine. With a heart-wrenching thud it fell, destroying my masterpiece. And just as quickly as it had started, the attack was over. I fell to my knees and wept over the remains of my beautiful machine. So, I owe you all an apology, residents of my dear city. I have failed you. I estimate we have a week—maybe less— before winter redoubles her efforts. All I can give you now is this piece of advice: you might want to start looking for that 38th layer of clothing. If you hate winter as much as Megan does, e-mail her at mcorbett2@wisc. edu and help plan winter’s demise.

Bufﬁng up the Brein We all know a guy who could use some beefing up. You may even be that guy. This semester, over a 12-week span, we will be taking one such man, Ben Breiner (br-EYE-ner), and attempting to strap some muscle onto his gaunt frame. In performing this social experiment, we hope to not only boost Ben’s health, athleticism and confidence, but also provide valuable health and fitness insight and a realistic, average-guy’s step-by-step guide to getting jacked.

Meet ‘the Brein’ Ben Breiner is not your average guy. He slinked into The Daily Cardinal offices a scrawny, unknown sophomore from Berkeley, Calif., with little more than a passion for sports coupled with near encyclopedic knowledge. Think a youthful version of ESPN’s John Clayton. A guy who hasn’t actually gotten onto the field more than a couple times but can name every Super Bowl champion or NBA title winner since 1957 and will wax poetic about Jamar Fletcher’s 1998 performance against Drew Brees at Camp Randall. Still scrawny, Breiner is now a senior majoring in economics and journalism and has risen to the ranks of The Daily Cardinal’s sports editor and sports columnist. Breiner is affectionately known as “the Brein”—a powerful word defined by hours of milling somewhat aimlessly around the Cardinal office, indecipherably scrawled handwriting, an affinity for Sbarro cuisine, enthusiastic late-night dancing and a propensity for shrugging while muttering “meh.” At the end of 12 weeks, our modest goal is to make the Brein equal parts John Clayton and John Clay.

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

Brein’s Vitals Height: 5'9" Weight: 140 pounds, or so he claims Endurance: unknown Bench press: unknown Flexibility: “pretty inﬂexible” Heart rate: unknown Body fat percentage: unknown Water percentage: unknown Metabolic rate: unknown Overall attitude: optimistic

Scoreboard Report Editorial: 2-1 Business: 1-2

Ask the Brein a question Each week, Brein will say a few words recapping the action and answering questions from readers. Got a question for the Brein? E-mail it to page2@dailycardinal.com.

For the record Quote of the Week: “Meh.” Corrections or clariﬁcations? Call The Daily Cardinal ofﬁce at 608-262-8000 or send an e-mail to edit@dailycardinal.com.

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Week One Goals -Set up meeting with nutritionist -Meet with personal trainer -Purchase muscle-building groceries -Develop and implement a workout routine

Workout Jam of the Week Each week, Breiner will have a theme song especially tailored to his name to help him get motivated to meet the week's goals. This week: “Eye of the Breiner,” based off of Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger.”

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MSC gives green light to new abortion clinic By Erin Banco THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Madison Surgery Center’s six-member board of directors voted unanimously Friday to open a new second-trimester abortion clinic. The clinic will be housed in the Madison Surgery Center at 1 S. Park St. The center is a joint venture by UW Hospital and Clinics, UW Foundation and Meriter Hospital, whose boards recently approved the clinic’s opening. State Sen. Glenn Grothman, RWest Bend, said the fight to stop the clinic’s opening is not over. “I don’t think any person of morality can rest while the UW hospitals are doing abortions on 22-week-old babies,” he said. Matt Bowman, legal counsel for the anti-abortion Alliance Defense Fund, said ADF is prepared to take “prompt legal action” in response to the clinic’s opening. According to Bowman, the Associated Press recently received documents indicating many employees have exercised their

right not to participate. “It seems like a large majority of employees do not want the UW to force their clinic to do abortions,” he said. Proponents of opening the clinic have said women in Madison need access to reproductive health care, especially in situations where a woman’s life might be at stake. Lisa Brunette, UW Hospital and Clinics spokesperson, said there is no set date for the clinic’s opening and it is “very unlikely” there are already scheduled abortions. The clinic will open in response to Dr. Dennis Christiansen’s decision to retire in December. Christiansen had performed second-trimester abortions at his private practice in a Madison Planned Parenthood clinic. The Madison Surgery Center abortion clinic plans to perform approximately 120 to 130 abortions per year, according to Brunette. Planned Parenthood will continue to perform abortions for women who are up to 19 weeks pregnant.

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The College Democrats of Madison hosted a city panel Friday night to encourage student involvement in local politics while discussing issues surrounding the city of Madison. The panel featured District 8 Ald. Eli Judge, District 4 Ald. Mike Verveer, Madison School Board President Arlene Silveira and Dane County Board Supervisor Wyndham Manning. The city ofﬁcials hoped to call more student attention to local politics by attending the city panel and explaining their respective ofﬁces. Judge told students he represents between 10,000 and 13,000, a large majority of them UW-Madison students, as alder of District 8. His posi-

regents from page 1 “Education aid was really a very signiﬁcant part of that package, intended to help states avoid signiﬁcant cuts to education,” Andrews said. The government is expected to distribute federal funds for education through existing formulas on a competitive basis. The current stimulus bill in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate would make a $2,500 tax credit available for four years of higher education per student, Andrews said. Reilly also announced a new Research to Jobs Task Force, which

charter from page 1 Jennifer Feyerherm, director of the Sierra Club’s Clean Energy Campaign in Wisconsin, said the plant uses 60 percent of the coal burned in Wisconsin and this will vastly decrease emissions and help move the state forward with other plants. “Biomass is a renewable fuel that is much cleaner than coal. It doesn’t have mercury in it [and] will produce a lot less particulate pollution, which is the air pollution problem we deal with the most

tion oversees many different departments and works with businesses while working to promote the well-being of Madison. Judge also sits on the Public Safety Review Board and the Housing Committee. “It’s very difficult to get the word out there that we exist,” Judge said. “A lot of students coming from wherever town, wherever state they’re from probably did not have much interaction with their local governments.” Manning described his position as one of 37 Dane County Board members who oversee large budgets. “Our Human Service budget is about $220 million, and a lot of that goes to fund programs that directly affect people in the downtown area,” Manning said. will study the UW System research and patent process. Reilly mentioned Gov. Jim Doyle’s recent creation of the Office of Recovery and Reinvestment, as well as the goals in the Growth Agenda, as motivations for the new task force. Tom Still, president of the Wisconsin Technology Council, discussed the economic benefits of academic research and development in Wisconsin. “The innovation economy is being driven by human capital, and that’s where the university system has a unique role and a unique edge,” he said. in Dane County,” Feyerherm said. Instituting biomass fuel production will decrease the amount of coal burned locally by 108,800 tons per year, according to her statement. The biomass fuel will be produced in Dane County, which will prevent Wisconsin from sending money out-of-state and allow the state to instead rely on local fuel production, Feyerherm said. The plan will be included in the capital budget and may receive additional funding from the stimulus package, according to the statement.

rally from page 1 The solidarity remained throughout the event, with speeches by Josh Mann, president of the United Council of UW Students, Nicole Juan, executive director of UCUWS, and Chynna Haas, president of the UW-Madison Working Class Student Union. Haas said the rise of tuition could cause students’ grades to drop when they have to pay their own way through college. “When they’re trying to work their way through school and they’re trying to work all these extra jobs, they don’t have as much time to study,” she said. According to Mann, there is a disproportionate ratio of tuition to scholarship money in the UW System.

“Every time that we do not match our ﬁnancial aid to our tuition dollars we are pricing students out of college.” Josh Mann president United Council of UW Students

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Don Brandl, aka Professor Barcode, demonstrates a static-electricity wand as part of the Wonders of Physics presentation at Chamberlain Hall Sunday.

College Dems, city ofﬁcials join forces to push local politics By Anna Discher

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Manning’s department also oversees many different grants each year, including local nonproﬁts used for student projects or on-campus entities. As Madison School Board President, Silveira makes policies affecting nearly 25,000 students in the school district. Silveira said the School Board

does a lot of community outreach that closely involves the Common Council. “Our city panel is a great opportunity for students to educate themselves about local issues and become more involved in their community,” College Democrats Chair Claire Rydell said.

“Every time that we do not match our financial aid to our tuition dollars we are pricing students out of college,” he said. “Just because someone cannot afford it— but has academically earned the right to go to college—should not be the reason why they cannot attend.” The UW System Board of Regents addressed financial aid in its Feb. 5 meeting. They announced over 2,000 students received need-based financial aid in 2008 because of a $1.76 million donation from John and Tashia Morgridge. According to Juan, UW students are looking for increased grant aid from the Wisconsin Higher Education Grant, the Laws of Minority Retention Grant and the Advanced Opportunity Fellowship. The United Council of UW Students is one of the nation’s oldest and largest state student associations.

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Board game movies? Bad idea KEVIN SLANE citizen slane

t began with “Jumanji.” The Robin Williams vehicle about a board game with mystical powers was a moderate success back in 1995. Besides the star power of Williams, the ﬁlm also boasted great special effects and a compelling plot. Then came 2005’s “Zathura: A Space Adventure,” the spiritual successor to “Jumanji.” It seemed to dwarf “Jumanji” in scale, featuring a board game that brings the protagonists into space. Yet the reviews were generally unfavorable, and the lack of Robin Williams certainly hurt as well. Given the relative lack of revenue and interest, I assumed the “board game as movie” genre was played out. Unfortunately, I underestimated the stupidity of movie executives.That is why I was saddened, yet not overly surprised when I heard tentative plans for a movie based on the classic Ouija Board game.

Given the relative lack of revenue and interest, I assumed the “board game as a movie” genre was played out.

As a kid, I barely understood the concept of a Ouija Board. You sit around, ask a question, and somehow the Ouija Board magically moves its pointer around to the various letters and numbers on the board, until it has magically spelled out a message? Sounds like an idea some exasperated parent devised so the kids would shut up for a few minutes. Now, the Ouija Board is so much more. Michael Bay is already attached, and Hasbro is more than happy to feature another one of its products in a big-budget movie (“Transformers,” anyone?). Producer Brad Fuller reiterated

the epic-ness of it all, saying that the proposed film will be “A huge movie. That’s a big, big, big thing. ... It’s more of a, like, ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ adventure story, with a Ouija board at the center of it.” Fuller also made clear that the film would not be similar to “Jumanji.” Although “Pirates of the Caribbean” proved to be a wildly successful film based on an amusement park ride, the Ouija Board project seems a bit outlandish. “Pirates” succeeded because everyone loves pirates. Who loves a piece of wood with numbers and letters painted on it? As if that wasn’t enough, Hasbro and Universal are teaming up to bring us a film based on Candy Land. That’s right, in the course of a week, we have had two movies greenlit that are based on board games. What’s next, “Jenga: The Motion Picture Extravaganza?” A spin-off of “Grey’s Anatomy” featuring the dude from “Operation”? Some murder mystery based on “Clue”? Oh wait, that already happened. Perhaps the most disturbing part of all of this is the concept that sponsors can essentially buy themselves a movie. Hasbro will surely reap the benefits of the two films through merchandising. Movies built by products bring back memories of the television system of the 40s and 50s, when television shows were built and owned by sponsors, instead of the other way around. Before you know it, we’ll be seeing full-length feature films starring the M&M’s, or the Aflac duck, or Finn the Goldfish. The one redeeming factor in all of this is the literal explosion the screenwriting profession will undergo. Want to write a futuristic dramedy starring a whole bunch of Teddy Grams? Too bad, someone already wrote one, and production is already underway on “Teddy Grams 2: Electric Boogaloo.” That’s OK though, anyone is a household item away from a major motion picture. So pick up a pen (The Scintilating Scandalous Sharpie) or get to a computer (The Adventures of Danny Dell and Petey the Printer) and get to work. Have some other amusing crossover film ideas? Email Kevin at kevslane@gmail.com

Fermata held too long on ‘Remain’ By Justin Stephani THE DAILY CARDINAL

It is common stereotypical behavior to blow off local, college bands and label them as wannabe musicians trying to grasp at the life of a rock star while still feeling young and invincible. Not included in this stereotype are the members of Fermata; classically trained musicians (including UW-Madison students) extending their knowledge of music to encompass the more pop-structured songs that make up their recently released debut, Only Ghosts Remain.

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Only Ghosts Remain Fermata Fermata are a string outfit that uses violins, mandolins, rhythm guitars, standing bass and anything else that fits in their rustic, acoustic sound, which includes an accordian but excludes any percussion. They use contrasting vocals that feature Lisa Mazza most of the time, an Amy Lee sound-alike who excels when desperate and pleading. Jon Koschoreck and Karl Stuen join her at times, creating enticing harmonies as well as providing needed changes of pace as solo vocalists. But the reason the vocals are appealing comes from the emotive atmosphere they create. It is easy to get involved when you listen to the lyrics and let yourself be guided by the physical scenes the narrations paint. Even more, Mazza has the type of voice that grabs listeners, allowing Fermata to pull this style off in a way Antony Hegarty would be proud of. But the music is in the mold of a much more classically

rooted, acoustically aggressive combination of the Dodos and Andrew Bird. This unique style is distinct in its own right with a technical flair that feels reassuringly organized and deliberate, allowing listeners not to worry about the music and stay invested in the vocals. But an added aggressiveness gives it an edge that keeps it distinct and distinctly independent. This organized assertiveness succeeds on the standout tracks, “Zura” and “Subrosa,” which provide listeners with a climax of flurrying strings that erupt in support of the emotionally engaging vocals of Mazza. This leaves lasting impressions of cathartic music that is both engaging and reassuring at the same time. But eventually, no matter how engaged and emotionally involved a listener can get at different points of the album, Only Ghosts Remain can’t consistently demand that type of attention for the full duration of the album. In this way, the album is ironically reminiscent of a fermata. It is a note being held for too long, and the listener eventually wants a starker change of pace to keep things interesting. As a result, in

the middle of the album, “The Coldframe” and “Cliffs” suffer from monotony. They represent more relaxed pieces that are appealing in their own right; yet not dynamic enough to leave any sort of impression in listeners’ minds, leaving gaps in the listening experience even after repeated listens. Luckily, these gaps in the experience are far less common than the tracks that grab at you and demand your attention. And at the end of the album, if listeners haven’t decided whether or not Only Ghosts Remain is a worthwhile 50 minutes, “The Woodsman” is an optimistic, convincing closer that ﬁnishes with a rousing chorus sung in unison. Overall, despite creating a successful debut, Fermata are walking a dangerously thin line. On one hand, they create a welldefined product with an empathetic character, but on the other hand, this consistent character can fall into inattentive lulls when emotions are stretched too thin to be recognized. Posing a question that is the basis for evaluating almost all sophomore albums: Can they develop their sound in a way that fills the gaps their debut left behind?

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The band Fermata include several talented and classically-trained musicians who are also students at the University of Wisconsin.

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Today’s Sudoku

Anthro-apology

By Eric Wigdahl wigdahl@wisc.edu

Angel Hair Pasta

By Todd Stevens ststevens@wisc.edu

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

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

Sid and Phil

By Alex Lewein lewein@wisc.edu

The Graph Giraffe

By Yosef Lerner ilerner@wisc.edu

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

Evil Bird Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com HANDYMAN’S SPECIAL

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By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu

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Monday, February 9, 2009

Losing Russell Athletics victory for UW, workers By Jan Van Tol STUDENT LABOR ACTION COALITION

Last week, UW Chancellor Biddy Martin announced her decision to terminate UW-Madison’s Russell Athletics contract over worker rights violations in the apparel company’s Jerzees de Honduras factory. The factory was the subject of an investigation by the Worker Rights Consortium, which conﬁrmed that Russell’s union-busting behavior clearly violated not only UW-Madison’s Code of Conduct for apparel producers, but also Honduran law and internationally recognized labor standards. Chancellor Martin made the right call. After workers at the factory successfully formed a union and began to bargain for better wages and working conditions, factory management refused to negotiate in good faith, offering only a four-cent per day wage increase— absurd by any standard—before shutting down the factory. The WRC investigation found more than 100 separate incidents in which Russell managers told workers that the factory would close because of the union—not economic factors, as Russell executives now claim.

Although we applaud Chancellor Martin’s swift action on [Russell Athletics], much remains to be done.

Unfortunately, this is not an isolated case. Just last spring, Russell ﬁred more than 140 employees in an attempt to crush workers’ efforts to form a union. It was only when several universities—UW-Madison among them—threatened contract cuts that Russell did the right thing and negotiated with the workers. Although there is hope that the Jerzees de Honduras workers may yet win, the case of Adidas’

Hermosa Manufacturing plant in El Salvador is an example where university Codes of Conduct failed to live up to their promise. In 2005, that factory was illegally shut down, leaving workers, who were owed over $800,000 in unpaid wages and severance, without jobs. Although thenChancellor Wiley repeatedly expressed his grave concern, he failed to take any sort of action. Today, that $800,000 remains unpaid and 63 workers are blacklisted, unable to find work in the garment industry because they are considered “troublemakers” as a result of their years-long struggle to defend their rights. Although we applaud Chancellor Martin’s swift action on Jerzees, much remains to be done. Cases like this come up all the time, and it’s about time we implement a real solution that would prevent such abuses from happening in the first place. The Designated Suppliers Program, a plan UW-Madison agreed to in principle back in 2006, is such a solution. The DSP was created specifically to prevent this sort of abuse, and to reward factories that take workers’ rights seriously. Implementing the DSP will require a chancellor who is truly committed to respecting workers’ rights and fulfilling the promise UW-Madison made three years ago. If you want to know more, and if you want to build a student-labor movement that demands another world, come to room B130 Van Vleck Hall Tuesday, Feb. 10, at 7 p.m., when two workers from Jerzees de Honduras—the very same case that prompted UW-Madison’s termination of Russell—will be on campus to share their story. If you want to get more involved, you’re also welcome at our weekly meetings at 7 p.m. on Thursdays in the TITU. I hope to see you there. Jan Van Tol is a senior and member of the Student Labor Action Coalition. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Workers’ rights standard crucial for UW partners RYAN DASHEK opinion columnist

few days ago, Chancellor Biddy Martin announced the University of Wisconsin’s intent to end business relations in March with Russell Athletics, a clothing manufacturing company contracted to supply apparel donning UW-Madison logos. The reasoning behind the termination of this relationship was the company’s aggressive action against workers’ movements to unionize, particularly shutting down a plant in Choloma, Honduras, where workers were beginning to form a union. Russell Athletics claimed that this was due to the current recession and were forced to close the plant due to economic reasons. However, looking at Russell Athletics’ past track record of hostile antiunion activity, one must question whether there actually was an ulterior motive behind their decisions. Thus, UW-Madison and Chancellor Martin should be commended for taking such action, but even more can be done for workers’ rights.

Russell Athletics has ﬁred union leaders from their various factories in the past, often with a poor, if any, explanation.

According to the Workers Rights Consortium, an independent workers’ rights group committed to monitoring working conditions in factories around the world, management at the

Choloma plant threatened workers before the closure that the factory would be shut down if they continued to unionize. In addition, after the closing, some of the management actually admitted that the workers’ attempts to form an association factored heavily into the plant being shut down. Furthermore, Russell Athletics has fired union leaders from their various factories in the past, often with a poor, if any, explanation for the termination. What sort of message would this behavior send about UWMadison if we were to tolerate it? That we’re okay with our suppliers acting aggressively against unions? That we don’t mind if workers are stripped of their rights, so long as we can get our ﬂeece sweatshirts cheap? Not taking action on UWMadison’s part would have been wholly irresponsible, however, there is still more to be done in the battle over workers’ rights. Although ending relations with a company such as Russell Athletics shows that UW-Madison is willing to take a strong stance on workers’ rights and that more can and should be done about the issue. The Designated Suppliers Program, which was originally proposed by the activist group United Students Against Sweatshops, is meant to help obtain and keep apparel workers’ rights. It is a program intended to force UWMadison apparel suppliers to adhere to UW-Madison’s code of conduct, as well as to prove that they are doing so. The Designated Suppliers Program is actually quite feasible for apparel manufacturers to adhere to and is not unreasonable. It states factories must demonstrate that they follow international labor standards, that the factory employees are represented by a legitimate labor union or other

body and that all workers are paid a minimum “livable wage”—or one that allows workers to provide themselves and their family with all basic needs. Also, it falls on the university supplied by these factories to pay enough for the goods they purchase so that factories can implement these sorts of changes. Lastly, the factory must also manufacture primarily university logo goods, so that the university using such factories does also end up covering these sorts of costs to make other non-university goods. This is a fairly simple plan with reasonable expectations from both the university as well as suppliers. Committing to such a program will make an example of UWMadison, showing that we care for the rights of workers and do not tolerate the mistreatment of factory laborers.

Committing to the designated suppliers program will make an example of UW-Madison, showing we care about the workers.

The closing of the Choloma plant sends a message to workers in Central America, that trying to form an association to stand up for their rights is pointless, and this simply cannot be acceptable. That is why UW-Madison needs to take a stand, as it has done, and why we need to continue to show that we believe in the fair treatment of workers. Fully implementing the Designated Suppliers Program would show such a commitment as well as illustrate UWMadison’s intolerance against the exploitation of workers. Ryan Dashek is a junior majoring in biology. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Men’s Hockey

Wisconsin takes down Minnesota, twice By Ben Breiner THE DAILY CARDINAL

MINNEAPOLIS—Entering a building where they had not won in two seasons and facing a top-10 team, the Badgers seemed unlikely to solve their recent Saturday-night struggles or survive a game where they did not play their best. Wisconsin, however, did both, sweeping the Minnesota Golden Gophers at Mariucci Arena and vaulting into a tie at the top of the WCHA standings. The Badgers were 0-3-1 at Mariucci in the last two seasons and had to overcome offensive onslaughts from Minnesota both nights. “You talk to anyone around the league, coming to Mariucci, it’s a big deal,” UW senior goaltender Shane Connelly said. “To leave here, playing the Gophers maybe for the last time here and to come out with two wins is deﬁnitely incredible. It’s one of the highlights of my career.” The beginning of Friday night’s game was a struggle for Wisconsin. The Gophers generated 19 shots and a slew of scoring chances while the Badgers could only put the puck on net six times. Furthermore, Wisconsin’s leading goal scorer, junior wing John Mitchell, was thrown out of the game for checking a Gopher from behind.

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The Badgers were down a man for the next five minutes, but scored the only goal of the period when junior forward Blake Geoffrion won a faceoff in the Gopher zone and junior defenseman Jamie McBain buried a long slap shot. ”We survived the first period. Shane was excellent,” Wisconsin head coach Mike Eaves said. “And when Mitch got his penalty, we could have gone one of two ways. It could have been a built-in excuse for us, or we could have responded the way we did. I think that was a turning point in the game.” In the first minute of the second period Wisconsin scored during 4-on-4 play, when sophomore defenseman Ryan McDonagh intercepted a Minnesota pass, took a shot, and freshman forward Derek Stepan banged in the rebound. The Badgers extended the lead with a goal from junior forward Andy Bohmbach late in the second period. The Gophers responded with two goals in the final period, but Connelly survived 45 total shots to earn the win. Despite the victory, many of the players and coaches believed that the team had simply not played as well as it could have. “We felt we didn’t play to our

ability last night and lost a little bit of respect, our own respect,” Eaves said after Saturday’s game. “One of the themes was to play well enough and hard enough like the way that we know we can and get some of that self-respect back. And we did that tonight and won.” Wisconsin jumped out to a 31 lead after Mitchell poked the puck past Minnesota netminder Alex Kangas, McBain fed junior wing Jordy Murray with a pretty back-hand pass near the goal mouth and Dolan tipped a long shot from defenseman Cody Goloubef. Minnesota responded, as it had the evening before, with a pair of quick goals in the second period, including a short-handed goal by junior forward Ryan Flynn that came moments after a defensive misplay from McBain. McBain redeemed himself minutes later when his shot from just inside the blue line slid past Kangas, who was screened by Geoffrion. Halfway through the ﬁnal period Mitchell scored his second goal of the day after Goloubef ﬁred a shot toward several skaters at the goal mouth. “There was kind of a scrum. I was able to kick the puck to my backhand, and just kind of throw it on net,” Mitchell said. “It just had eyes and legs, and that’s all I can Wisconsin: 5-6 Big Ten, 14-9 overall Penn State: 6-5 Big Ten, 17-7 overall

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Wisconsin freshman defender Jake Gardiner and the Badgers picked up two wins in Minnesota to put them on top of the WCHA standings. really say about that. It just found the back of the net.” Minnesota’s Tony Lucia scored with four minutes left in the game, but Connelly stopped the rest of Minnesota’s shots to seal the 5-4 victory—the Badgers’ ﬁrst Saturday victory since Jan. 10. Wisconsin, which began the year 0-6-1, is now tied with Denver for ﬁrst

place in the WCHA. “It’s satisfying, to this point, for those young men in that room. They lived through that tough start,” Eaves said. “If anything, it eventually made us stronger as a group … We have a quote in our locker room that says, ‘From toughness comes character.’ And we went through the tough times early and we’ve been able to respond.”

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Badgers tame Nittany Lions, earns second consecutive win By Matt Fox THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Wisconsin men’s basketball team had already snapped its sixgame losing streak, but preparing for a road matchup against Penn State left them little time to celebrate. On Sunday, the Badgers showed that their losing ways are still behind them with a decisive 54-44 victory over the Nittany Lions. UW senior forward Marcus Landry led Wisconsin with 13 points along with six rebounds. In his second consecutive start, sophomore forward Jon Leuer added 12 points and six rebounds, ﬁlling in for injured sopho-

more center Keaton Nankivil. The Badgers began the game with an up-and-down first half. Wisconsin took an early 6-2 lead about four minutes into the period, but were then held for more than five minutes without a field goal. Neither team could pull away before Penn State went on a minirun and opened up a 20-16 lead with five minutes remaining in the half. The Badgers turned it on late, closing the half on a 12-1 run. UW sophomore swingman Tim Jarmusz had seven first-half points off the bench for the Badgers. Wisconsin looked strong on the boards, out-

rebounding Penn State 14-11 and 3-0 on the offensive glass. The game remained close in the second half, as UW held just a 36-34 advantage with nine minutes left. But then the Badgers broke through with seven unanswered points, and Penn State was not able to recover. In their second straight win, the story once again for the Badgers was their suffocating defense, which held Penn State to just 37 percent shooting. The Nittany Lions shot just 17-for46 from the ﬁeld, and 0-for-14 from beyond the three-point line. UW junior guard Trévon Hughes struggled offensively in his second con-

secutive game. He ﬁnished with four points and shot just 1-for-10 from the ﬁeld. But Hughes made up for this subpar performance on the defensive end with his effort on Penn State sophomore guard Talor Battle. “As a team we were just trying to get up into [Battle] and not let him get the open threes,” Hughes said. “It was more than a one-player job to make sure that every one of his shots is contested.” Entering the weekend, Battle led the Big Ten in both scoring and assists per game with 18.5 and 5.3 respectively. But with Hughes in his face all game, Battle never found his stroke

offensively. Battle shot just 4-for-15 and managed only two assists due to Wisconsin’s defensive pressure. “If my shot’s not falling, I can’t say the same thing about my defense,” Hughes said. “I need to play good D all the time. It was a team effort though. My guys helped me out on the defensive end when I got beat sometimes.” This was Wisconsin’s 10th consecutive win over Penn State. Prior to the game, the Nittany Lions had lost just two games at home all season. Next up, the Badgers will host Iowa at home Wednesday night. —uwbadgers.com contributed to this report.

Women’s Hockey

No. 2 Minnesota earns one-point advantage on No. 1 Wisconsin over weekend By Brandon Storlie THE DAILY CARDINAL

MINNEAPOLIS—No.1Wisconsin and No. 2 Minnesota have been battling for women’s hockey supremacy since the season began. With ﬁrst place in the WCHA on the line at Ridder Arena this weekend, both

teams hoped to ﬁnally assert dominance on a national scale. Two games and 13 goals later, each is left with more questions than answers. After breaking the Badgers’ sevengame win streak with a 4-2 victory Saturday afternoon, the Gophers could

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UW senior forward Angie Keseley contributed an assist over the weekend.

not put Wisconsin away, skating to a 3-3 tie Sunday. Wisconsin (18-2-4 WCHA, 242-4 overall) took an extra point in the second game by way of a shootout victory, but Minnesota (19-2-3, 24-3-3) ended the weekend with a one-point edge in the WCHA standings. Saturday’s game was full of bad bounces for the UW. With her team already down 1-0, senior goaltender Jessie Vetter came out of the crease to break up a 2-on-0 opportunity early in the second period. Vetter’s clearing attempt backﬁred, and the puck ended up in the back of the net courtesy of UM’s Emily West. “I took my chances,” Vetter said. “It was a 2-on-0, and I went for it. I’ll take credit for that goal.” The Badgers ﬁnally got on the board late in the second period. Down 3-0, freshman forward Brooke Ammerman controlled a backdoor pass from junior forward Jasmine Giles and put the puck in the back of the net to cut the Gopher lead to two. With the Minnesota lead at 4-

1 early in the third period, junior forward Meghan Duggan pulled the Badgers closer with an unassisted breakaway goal, but the Gophers held on for the 4-2 win. Possibly the most devastating blow for the Badgers came near the end of the second period when senior forward and team captain Erika Lawler left the game with an apparent shoulder injury. She did not return to the ice, and was inactive for Sunday’s contest. “Obviously, that was tough,” Duggan said. “I think everyone just tried to step it up a little bit for her and for the rest of the team.” Looking to wrap up the WCHA regular season title, Minnesota jumped out to an early lead again Sunday afternoon. The Gophers’ Anne Schleper put one past Vetter on a 5-on-3 advantage near the midpoint of the opening period to put UM up 1-0. Wisconsin struck back late in the second period on a rebound goal from Jasmine Giles. Sixty-nine seconds later, the Badgers took their ﬁrst lead of the

game on sophomore forward Hilary Knight’s 32nd goal of the year. Freshman forward Jocelyne Lamoureux tied the game for the Gophers early in the third, but Duggan was there for the Badgers again, putting Wisconsin out front on an assist from Brooke Ammerman. It looked as though the Badgers might pull out the victory, but Vetter could not cover the puck on a sprawling save with 1:56 remaining, and Minnesota’s Emily West tied the game at 3-3 to force overtime. After a scoreless extra session, Duggan came up big again for Wisconsin, netting the only goal of the shootout to give the Badgers the extra point. With only two league series left for each team, Minnesota’s one-point advantage could mean the difference in the ﬁnal WCHA standings. However, the road for the Gophers is decidedly tougher from here as they close with North Dakota and St. Cloud State. The Badgers ﬁnish with Minnesota State and Bemidji State.