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Thursday, February 12, 2009

Doyle announces steps toward state budget fix

By Nico Savidge THE DAILY CARDINAL

Gov. Jim Doyle announced Wednesday a stimulus package he hopes will decrease the state budget deficit and put Wisconsin residents to work improving infrastructure.

Flanked by state Assembly Speaker Michael Sheridan, DJanesville, state Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker, D-Schofield, and other state lawmakers, Doyle unveiled legislation he said would reduce the current deficit by $700 million through cuts in government spending and through funds from the federal stimulus package.

“This bill lays some critical groundwork for getting our state’s economy back on track, and it creates a platform for putting federal stimulus dollars to work quickly and efficiently,” Doyle said.

The package, which Democrats plan to introduce later in the week, would decrease government spending by $125 million and use $300 million of the federal package to create jobs on, as Doyle said, “shovel-ready transportation projects that will modernize our infrastructure.”

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Madison police have been busy this past year because of an increase in violent crime throughout the city. New police data shows homicide and attack rates have been on the rise.

Data shows increase in Madison violent crime

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Gov. Jim Doyle, surrounded by Legislative leaders, unveils the state stimulus plan Wednesday at the state Capitol.

Doyle, lawmakers discuss state stimulus at business conference

By Grace Urban THE DAILY CARDINAL

Gov. Jim Doyle and legislative leaders spoke to state business leaders Wednesday at the annual Business Day conference at the Monona Terrace about the recently proposed state stimulus plan.

According to state Sen. Mark Miller, D-Monona, co-chair of the Joint Committee on Finance, the stimulus is designed to create jobs, infrastructure improvements and credit fluidity and help balance the state budget.

“We have to make sure we’re doing what the real purpose of this bill is, which is to get people to work quickly and get people to work on projects that add long-term value to the state,” Doyle said.

Both Miller and state Sen. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, emphasized the necessity of bipartisanship in the current economic climate.

“We agree on what we want for Wisconsin, but we disagree on how to get there,” Miller said. business page 4

Madison Police Chief Noble Wray unveiled plans to tackle domestic abuse Wednesday after newly released crime statistics revealed an increase in violent crime in Madison.

The FBI compiled the data, called a Uniform Crime Report, using reported crimes throughout Madison in 2008. Compared to UCR statistics from 2007, overall crime in the city went down 1.9 percent, but violent crime increased about six percent, according to the data.

Violent crime is defined as murder, forcible rape, aggravated assault and robbery. Madison saw a 42 percent increase in citywide homicides,

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UW-Madison, constrained by state and federal regulations, must provide a student’s name, address and other personal data to any company that wants it, officials said Wednesday.

Some companies use the data for scams or doubtful business practices, but the university must

legally provide it if asked.

The businesses must pay a processing fee, but students do have several ways to stop it from happening, said Registrar and Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Staff Joanne Berg.

Berg said the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act protects data such as grades, class schedule and medical history.

Dane County District Attorney Brian Blanchard said prosecutors handle an average of 3,000 domestic violence cases per year, but the problem often goes unnoticed by neighbors, police and the legal system when incidents are not reported. According to Kelly Wagner of Domestic Abuse Intervention Services, only one-fourth of domestic-violence incidents are reported to law-enforcement officials nationally.

“We can’t let that become the background noise in the community,” Blanchard said.

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but that figure only represents a difference of seven homicides in 2007 to 10 in 2008.

“In Madison, it doesn’t take much to get an increase in homicides,” Wray said. “We’re fortunate to have very few, and we’d like to keep it that way.”

In looking at data trends, police are zoning in on the aggravated assault category of violent crime, which rose about 13 percent from 2007 to 2008.

For the first time, the latest batch of statistics includes a breakdown of the aggravated assaults that are related to domestic violence. According to Wray, 40 percent of aggravated assaults and 50 percent of homicides in 2008 were related to domestic violence.

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Personal information buyouts and lists By the numbers: Students at UW-Madison: over 45,000 Students with private e-mail address: 6,335 Students with private home addresses: 3,122 Number of requests for student data in 2008: 329 Fee company must pay for data list: $90 Making your data private: Look on the website of the registrar’s office to find safeguards.

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tion on a Thursday evening, having made it only about 15 feet past the co-op’s entrance, and am anxiously running over my roughly 6,300 options while my right hand drifts slowly back and forth over a bin of apples, like one of those metal detectors employed by elderly men at the beach. I have, through practice, learned to handle most of the grocery store without too much trouble, largely by buying the same 20 or so items each week while being careful not to overturn shelves of bee pollen or whole wheat ginger snaps as I zip between my chosen brands of breakfast cereal and tortilla chips in as straight a line as possible.�� This trick works less well in produce, however, where I am now face-to-face with over 500 red-green Braeburns, all of them subtly differentiated by size, shape, color, firm-

ness, complexion, luminescence and visible bruising, but without any clear system for weighing these qualities against each other. Paralyzed by the threat of inadvertently selecting an inferior piece of fruit, I could spend the entire evening intently groping each and every apple like some kind of fruit aisle pervert. Rather than risk controversy, I decide to replace the two specimens I’ve been inspecting and push my empty cart on down to the tangelos.�� These grocery store episodes are just one part of a final undergraduate semester that I’ve come to think of as a preview of old age. With the majority of my coursework finished and a social life suffering from the frustrating tendency of graduated friends to move away, most of my week is now defined by which errands I run on which days and by chance encounters with strangers, who have assumed prominent places in my day-to-day interactions.�� “Do you know your way around this neighborhood?” asked one man whom I passed on the way home from the grocery store. He seemed to be puzzling over a brochure the title of which I wasn’t quite able to make out.�

“Finally,” he said, when I told him I was familiar with the area, “nobody seems to know the way around.” He continued: “By the way, I’m Walt. I just got here from Milwaukee because I got shot in the stomach,” and then, in lieu of extending his hand, lifted up his coat and shirt to show me a partly-healed puncture wound in his lower abdomen. �� I sensed that some kind of response would be appropriate, but my experience of etiquette stopped just short of explaining which. “Gro-o-oss!” I might have ventured had we both been 15 years old. But Walt was two or three times that age and didn’t give the impression that he was seeking my morbid fascination. As at the grocery store, I was at a loss as to how to proceed, but unlike the produce aisle, I knew that I would not be allowed to stare silently at someone’s abdomen for an indefinite period of time — bullet hole or not.�� “Gee!” I exclaimed, sounding not unlike how Wally Cleaver might have sounded in a similar situation. This seemed to be good enough for Walt, who lowered his coat and held up his brochure, pointing out a particular

New Beer Thursday Grimbergen blonde ale In a steep departure from traditional form, this week’s new beer is far from new and is far from American. In the Middle Ages, Norbertine Monks began brewing this beer, handing the recipe down through the centuries until it ended up in the refrigerator at Riley’s, where it can currently be found.

The Belgians have a particular and exquisite method of brewing their beers, often making them fruitier and more refined than the traditional American beer. The only problem is, the beer does not handle itself well in a bottle on a shelf for long periods of time. Your faithful New Beer editor has been to Belgium and sampled some of their finest offerings, only to come back home and realize the bottled versions in America taste much different, and worse.

The Blonde Ale by Grimbergen, I’m afraid, has fallen victim to this freshness blight. The makings of great Belgian ale are in place—the citrus and raspberry undertones and the champagne-like carbonation are reminiscent of a true Belgian—only

to have the sweetness stopped far short of its full capability, a likely consequence of the bottling and storage process.

Even so, the beer has its finer points.

The smell is not at all indicative of the taste, deceptively so—the fruity aroma would suggest that the beer itself is chockfull of flavor. Alas, as previously mentioned, the flavor was cut short, giving the drinker something like beer blue-balls.

If you consider yourself a worldly person, sampling this import might look good on a resume, but if you’re really interested in what typical Belgian ale tastes like go for the New Glarus Belgian Red made just 25 miles away.

address, one that as far as I could tell, wasn’t anywhere near downtown. After sharing this news, I wished him luck and resumed walking back home with grocery bags in both arms and the rest stuffed in my backpack.�� Without the likely prospect of heading out again that evening, coming home is a much different affair, one that begins with looking around your living space and acknowledging, “Well, this is it for the night.”�� It’s a change in perspective that prompts one to undertake various home improvement projects. The first of mine had been to stock the kitchen shelves with a few decent bottles of liquor, something I wouldn’t be embarrassed to carry around in a glass while I stayed in to reorganize my bookshelf or winterproof the doors and windows. As for tonight, there was a living room that could be cleaned and a pile of mail to be sorted, but first I would take a moment to hang up my coat and relax before I began to sort groceries, pausing for just a moment to wonder aloud, “Now where are the fucking apples?”

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SSFC ensures new Union South budget stays on track

By Brandice Altfillisch THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Associated Students of Madison, Wisconsin Union Directorate and UW System Board of Regents reached a final agreement Tuesday on a budget dispute over a $7 million transfer from the Memorial Union renovation to the Union South construction project.

The disagreement came to a head when Student Services Finance Committee Chair Kurt Gosselin and SSFC Representative Tyler Junger attended a meeting held by the Board of Regents Capital Planning and Budget Committee to indicate they had not yet reviewed the budget transfer.

After a conversation between Gosselin and Alan Fish, associate vice

chancellor for facilities, the parties reached a three-fold agreement.

The regents will approve the transfer of funds, and the Union Improvement Plan committee will present before SSFC. Finally, the Facilities Planning and Management committee, combined with the chancellor’s office and SSFC, will negotiate a process for how to address situations concerning future building-project referenda.

Mark Guthier, director of the Wisconsin Union, said the improvement plan would only cut back on plans not in the referendum.

Projects such as improved Hoofer space and renovation of the theater will not be deferred.

As part of the UW System F50 policy that governs segregated fees,

SSFC has the authority to review any of the non-allocable budgets, like the Union’s, and make recommendations to the chancellor.

“Since it went to the regents without SSFC having a chance to take a look at it, we thought it was a violation of the regents’ policy,” Gosselin said.

The SSFC members were not opposed to the transfer—which passed Feb. 5—but the fact that they had not been able to review it and make recommendations is what prompted them to intervene at the meeting.

Gosselin said there was no ill intention, but rather a “misunderstanding of the policy.”

The meeting between FPM, the chancellor’s office and SSFC will take place Feb. 16.

Graduate students in ASM want better advising programs

By Rory Linnane THE DAILY CARDINAL

Graduate student representatives from the Associated Students of Madison are planning to initiate a cross-organizational effort to improve advisor feedback to students researching dissertations.

“Some thesis advisors give feedback, but the vast majority of graduate students get little feedback as far as how they are developing skills as a researcher,” ASM graduate student representative Matthew Tobelmann said. “Our thought is that in seeing your advisor as your major educator, they should be giving some kind of feedback.”

At a meeting between ASM graduate student representatives and students from the Graduate Student Leadership Caucus Wednesday, Tobelmann asked GSLC representa-

tives whether they believed requiring advisors to give more feedback would be helpful.

Some members were skeptical anything could successfully force advisors to give helpful feedback, but most agreed it would be useful if it succeeded.

Tobelmann said he envisioned a yearlong process to develop a program for giving feedback. The process would include research, implementation of pilot programs and surveys of students and professors.

Graduate students contemplated diversity in the graduate student experience.

Most GSLC representatives said their departments did not have any formal discussion of diversity, but many said cultural awareness happened naturally or through individual efforts.

“You wouldn’t believe it, but it’s the secretaries that do it,” Irene Calderon of the Department of Horticulture said. “They organize the events like for the Chinese New Year, and then you just start talking with people.”

Campus safety concerns for graduate students were also an issue representatives felt needed to be addressed.

They said feeling uninvolved with campus safety efforts and raising awareness would make the biggest differences.

Tobelmann also announced a recent clarification of a new university policy, which now allows any graduate student to get a business card through the university.

Departments will each have their own way of funding the business cards and many may have students pay for them, but all students will have the opportunity to get them.

Suspected rapist, armed burglar turns himself in to police Courtney Cowins, a suspect in the rape and beating of a Madison woman, turned himself in to police Wednesday night.

Cowins, 28, submitted himself to the Dane County Jail at 8 p.m., according to a police report, ending the manhunt that began on Tuesday when police issued a warrant for his arrest.

He is wanted in connection with an incident on Dec. 5, 2006, in which a man entered an unlocked apartment

on every student’s home address, according to Berg.

This data was later sold to the company College Financial Advisory, which sent out official-looking letters to the addresses seeking $49 to help students with financial aid, according to The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

American Student List and College Financial Advisory did not return calls as of press time.

According to Louise Robbins, UW-Madison director of library and information studies, the directory data

is like phone-book information, but companies have an advantage in this case because the list already exists without compiling it themselves.

“I think the company is totally unethical,” Robbins said.

Students can make their email and home address private by using access tabs in the MyUW web portal. Students can also make information not protected

by FERPA private by accessing the Office of the Registrar’s website, www.registrar.wisc.edu.

Chancellor Biddy Martin emphasized the value of the humanities in higher education Wednesday to a group of UW-Madison students, faculty and alumni.

Prior to her position as chancellor at UW-Madison, Martin served as provost of Cornell University as well as the associate dean of their College of Arts and Sciences.

In her speech, Martin drew from a wide range of scholarly opinions to provide examples of how those outside the university view the arts and humanities.

“I have come to oppose the notion that the humanities are not and should not be useful, a notion which I find useless,” she said.

Martin emphasized the importance of universities that excel in both the humanities and scientific fields.

“I think the most interesting universities today are those where basic and applied research have coexisted for a very long time, and where the boundaries between them have been blurred over and over,” she said.

Despite a lower salary received by faculty members in humanities departments, she said the

quality of a humanities education is quite high and that it is those outside the university who feel differently.

“The humanities suffer from a failure to find eager patrons outside the university,” she said.

“But we have worked hard to maintain their support inside the university.”

According to Martin, universities need to focus on the needs of students to ensure the future success of the humanities outside the university. She said she feels UW-Madison has done an excellent job meeting those needs.

“What I love about this place is that we teach more languages, literatures and cultures than any of our competitors,” she said.

“If that’s not useful in the world in which we live today, I don’t know what is.”

Martin concluded her speech by advising UW-Madison faculty to continue providing their services to the humanities.

“I think we need to talk less about what we do that’s valuable,” she said, “and do what we do that’s valuable to ensure that we are actually gaining access to a public that will be more acceptant.”

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a list of student information, we legally have to give it to them,” Berg said.

University officials charge businesses $90 per request. Berg said the fee covers the labor costs of compiling the data and no profit is made from it.

She said the reality is “it’s out of our control once we release it.”

The company American Student List LLC, which claims access to “100 million individuals in the youth market” on its website, bought data

occurring in the community. He also hopes to start a community discussion with police, citizens and advocates to raise awareness about the problem and work toward a solution.

Anyone involved in a domestic-violence situation is encouraged to call the DAIS Help Line at (608) 251-4445.

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ment instability and financial strain increase the likelihood of domestic violence,” Wagner said.

Looking ahead in 2009, Wray said the police department will dig deeper into the domestic-violence issue by using incident-based reporting to better understand the nature of crimes

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severity of their injuries—a disturbing trend that could be linked to the nation’s slumping economy.

“A recent study examining data from the National Survey of Families and Households found that employ-

Court records show that Cowins has previously been arrested for disorderly conduct, battery, bail jumping, traffic violations and theft. Police previously stated that Cowins was believed to be the same man who was looking in windows and acting suspiciously before the night of the attack.

He will be charged with kidnapping, false imprisonment, armed second-degree sexual assault, armed burglary, battery and first-degree reckless injury, according to the WSJ.

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on Jana Lane on Madison’s east side.

The attacker proceeded to beat the 25year-old female victim and threatened her with a handgun, then handcuffed and raped her. The intruder then burglarized the victim’s home.

According to The Wisconsin State Journal, Cowins had agreed to turn himself in by 2 p.m. Wednesday, but did not arrive until later. It was not reported where Cowins was staying before the arrest or why he agreed to surrender.

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Chancellor Biddy Martin speaks to the UW-Madison community Wednesday about the importance of studying the humanities.

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Congress reaches stimulus compromise

By Megan Orear THE DAILY CARDINAL

The economic-stimulus bill compromise reached in Congress Wednesday has a lower price tag than previous forms of the bill, which will mean less money allocated to Wisconsin.

Although a discrepancy regarding educational funding in the U.S House and Senate bills proved early claims of an agreement premature, Congressional leaders

announced Wednesday evening they had reached a compromise on a $789 billion stimulus plan.

This is significantly lower than the House’s version of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which cost $820 billion, and the Senate’s version, which cost $838 billion.

The National Conference of State Legislatures had projected Wisconsin would receive $3.5 from the House version and $3.2

billion from the Senate version of the stimulus package.

Jeff Hurley, policy associate for NCSL, said Wisconsin’s share of the package that was agreed upon Wednesday would be closer to $3 billion.

Gov. Jim Doyle said at a press conference Wednesday this bill will be much less beneficial to the state than the House bill would have been.

“If I had my perfect world,

the House bill would have been adopted,” Doyle said.

Lee Sensenbrenner, spokesperson for Doyle, said it is too early to determine how much the state could get from the plan agreed to on Wednesday because details of the agreement have not been released and the way funds are allocated could be significantly different.

State Rep. Robin Vos, R-Racine, said Senate and House Democrats came up with the agreement “behind closed doors” without the input of Republicans or taxpayers and said the bill includes hidden pork-barrel spending.

Obama has requested that the bill reach his desk by Monday, and Congress will hold a final vote on it later this week.

Doyle is scheduled to deliver the 2009-’11 state budget Feb. 17, and funds from the federal stimulus bill will play an important role in determining it.

UW applications decrease for first time in years Applications for fall 2009 admission into UW-Madison are down for the first time in five years.

Compared to fall 2008 admissions, this year saw a drop of almost 1,000 applicants.

It is not completely clear what brought the drop in applications, but it is possible the struggling economy is having a negative impact on the number of students applying to the university.

Although the number of Wisconsin residents applying to UW-Madison has declined, according to vice provost for enrollment management Joanne Berg in The Wisconsin State Journal, the number of out-of-state residents applying increased slightly.

However, per a requirement by the UW System Board of Regents, only 25 percent of students are allowed to come from out-of-state locations.

In 2008, only 53 percent of those who applied to UW-Madison were accepted, the lowest rate in 15 years.

City officials, police to discuss this year’s Mifflin party City officials and Madison police will hold a meeting Thursday night to discuss ways to improve the 41st annual Mifflin Street Block Party event.

The meeting will discuss police involvement in the block party and the significant increase in arrests and fines over the past few years.

Last year’s block party resulted in a total of 438 arrests, a number nearly double that of 2004.

City officials hope to come to an agreement with police over the best way to handle this year’s festivities.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, believes last year’s Mifflin resulted in an excessive amount of arrests and fines.

“The amount of arrests in previous years is extremely frustrating to me,” Verveer said. “My number-one priority is figuring out what we can do to substantially decrease the number of people arrested at this year’s event.”

Verveer encourages students and Mifflin residents to attend Thursday’s meeting to voice concerns and suggestions for improving this year’s block party.

The meeting will be held at the Madison Senior Center, 330 W. Mifflin St., and will begin at 7:00 p.m.

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Doyle did not mention specific government programs that would face budget cuts, but said the main effect would be cutbacks in government agencies at the local level.

“All of our agencies in the state government are going to be asked to do more with less,” he said. “It will make a real difference.”

Sheridan said he was hopeful for bipartisan support for the package, saying, “I look forward to working with all members of the Legislature …

We all need to dig in and work together more than we ever have in the past.”

However, when asked if they expected support from Senate or Assembly Republicans, both Sheridan and Decker said they were not optimistic and the package would probably rely on the Democratic majority in both houses to pass.

State Rep. Robin Vos, RRacine, said he thinks it is “laughable” that Doyle calls the package a stimulus because it would not create jobs or cut taxes.

Citing its “billions of dollars in tax increases,” state Rep. Scott Suder, R-Abbotsford, said in a statement he thinks the state stimulus package will result in “economic doom.”

“While I appreciate the Democrats’ rhetoric about boosting businesses and creating jobs, unfortunately I think the consequences of this disastrous plan will be more pink slips and job losses for Wisconsin workers,” he said in the statement.

business from page 1 Doyle spoke about the parallels between businesses and the state, saying state government, like businesses, has had to make difficult job cuts.

By the end of the fiscal year, 10 percent of the positions in state agencies will be vacant, Doyle said.

“It’s difficult,” Doyle said.

“Those are real people, and behind those unemployment numbers that we hear and read about are … good, hardworking people.”

Doyle said valuable programs, including education, health care and economic development, must be preserved.

“Throughout the state of Wisconsin we have made real investment, and the state has been a good partner in making sure we have businesses leading the economic effort and the economic development efforts in this state,” Doyle said.

Neither the state nor businesses can walk away from the problem, he said. “We have to keep momentum flowing.”

Citizens and businesses alike have had to make real decisions about what their priorities and values are and what they’re willing to pay, Doyle said, emphasizing the importance of people working and contributing to the economy of the state.

“Our challenge is to make sure in Wisconsin that we are leveraging every single resource that is available to us in that bill and bring it to this state to make sure we are doing what we can to put people to work.”

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Being bad feels so good for rising band The Last Vegas

By Claire Wiese THE DAILY CARDINAL

Garage bands across the country dream of making it big—touring, playing for screaming fans and enjoying the rock-and-roll life. Coming to Madison Friday with Mötley Crüe, Chicago-based The Last Vegas are one step closer to that dream.

Guitarist Adam Arling echoed this evolution, describing The Last Vegas as “a loud, raw, hard rock band that comes straight from the garage right to the stadium stage.”

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Known as much for her rockstar lifestyle as she is for her catchy pop music, British pop star Lily Allen brings groovy hooks, flowing melodies and controversial lyrics on her newest album It’s Not Me, It’s You.

It’s not Lily Allen, it’s you

By Joe Skurzewski THE DAILY CARDINAL

British pop star Lily Allen has carved her niche in the new wave of pop music that has come out of the UK in recent years. Allen’s music creatively personifies her free-spirited attitude, her wild personal life and the issues people face growing up.

Her latest album is no different. The songs of It’s Not Me, It’s You address many real-world issues, some fairly obvious, some not. These include, but are certainly not limited to: drug abuse, ageism, relationship issues and

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It’s Not Me, It’s You Lily Allen politics. It keeps the listener engaged by bringing together many different genres of music: pop, punk rock, electronica, folk—even a little polka.

The album serves as Allen’s follow-up to her 2006 album Alright, Still, in which Allen brought to the world hits such as “Smile” and “LDN.” The album begins with the song “Everyone’s At It” rising to a crescendo, slowly drawing in the listener. This represents the song’s— and the album’s—theme of how people cave to peer pressure.

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“Mötley Crüe is excited to pass the torch on to these amazing musicians, just as Ozzy did for us over 25 years ago.”

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Moving from small venues to stadiums is a rite of passage for musicians on their way to the top, and that is exactly what The Last Vegas hopes to continue to do.

“It’s pretty awesome to be able to come back to a lot of these cities that we do have a track record in, but just do it on a completely dominant scale. It’s pretty surreal,” Arling said.

Arling also reminisced about their “hardcore” traveling and touring experiences over the last three years.

“We’re used to driving all day in a van surrounded by six sweaty dudes all the time, sleeping on floors and eating deli meat out of a hotel room,” he said. “And now we’re rolling around on a tour bus, pulling into stadiums, playing to thousands and thousands of people a night. Honestly, it’s like you’re having a fantasy dream and you’re waiting to wake up from it.”

Along with touring with Mötley Crüe, The Last Vegas worked with Nikki Sixx, bass player for Mötley Crüe, on their first album, set for release in spring 2009. Their first single, “I’m Bad,” is already getting radio play, and is available on iTunes and AOL. Band members are hopeful that the single will be a huge success.

Being avid Mötley Crüe fans themselves, The Last Vegas could not speak highly enough of the wonderful opportunity handed to them.

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expansion of electronica, representing how the singer gets lost in her own world, succumbing to material desires and fears of her physical appearance. Allen sings, “I don’t know what’s right and what’s real anymore / And I don’t know how I’m meant to feel anymore.”

Songs on the album such as “The Fear” and “I Could Say” sound similar to the earlier works of one of Allen’s British contemporaries, the group Keane. Allen’s use of soulful, mellow electronica are similar to the placid tunes of Keane’s studio album Hopes and Fears, with her own fire and spunk added in.

In “22,” Allen sings about a

middle-aged woman looking back on her early twenties, desperately trying to cling to her youth. Allen remarks how society pushes people to aspire to a younger time in their lives. She sings, “It’s sad but it’s true how society says / Her life is already over / There’s nothing to do and nothing to say.”

The song “Never Gonna Happen” adds a whole new dimension to the album, bringing in the accordion, which adds a sarcastic yet entertaining tone to the song.

The polka instrument depicts the singer “dancing” around a guy who will not let her go.

Rumors have circled of Allen

recording a song on the album bashing the former President George W. Bush. These rumors manifested themselves in the form of the song “Fuck You.” In the song, Allen holds nothing back, calling Bush out for his social and political agendas, while never specifically referencing his name.

This song characterizes Allen’s free-spirited, rebellious attitude and embodies her artistic freedom.

However, the song comes across as an abrupt non sequitur in the middle of the album. Its light-hearted, almost comical nature distracts the listener from the album’s more moving themes of fear and isolation.

dailycardinal.com/arts Allen would have been better off putting the song at the end of the album, or leave it off altogether.

Allen relies too much on electronica at times, taking away from her natural voice.

Allen’s ode to God comes in the song “Him,” intriguing the listener with questions of who God would vote for and whether or not He pays

taxes. Moreover, the song hits home in noting how God would be tired of people dying in his name. Allen sings, “But there’s one thing that he’s sure of / This has been going on too long.”

And apparently, God’s favorite band is Credence Clearwater Revival.

Allen relies too much on electronica at times, taking away from her natural voice. Also, songs on the album like “Not Fair” are too poppy, resulting in a case of white noise. But despite these minor problems, It’s Not Me, It’s You succeeds in driving home Allen’s frustration with the world and the problems that people face every day.

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Chicago-based band The Last Vegas have a gritty 80s-influenced sound that makes them the ideal band to open for Mötley Crüe.

25 years ago.” vegas from page 5 Overall, The Last Vegas just punky trash tunes, and they’re right hopes to enjoy their time on tour, up our alley.” and appreciate every move they But to Mötley Crüe, passing the make forward. torch is just another way to give “It’s pretty awesome because back to the rock-n-roll community we’ve seen the other side for so at large. long, we’ve been an underground In a statement, Mötley Crüe band, and I think that’s what vocalist Vince Neil said, “The over- makes it all the sweeter,” Arling all talent and energy of The Last said. Finally, The Last Vegas have Vegas surpassed our expectations. made it to the big time.

Mötley Crüe is excited to pass the torch on to these amazing musicians, just as Ozzy did for us over

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It is time to start thinking about how to treat your sweetie this Saturday.

Flowers are lovely, candles are fine, but there is nothing like the classic box of chocolates. Luckily for Madison residents, local chocolatiers Markus Candinas, Gail Ambrosius and David Bacco have turned the tried and true classic into an even more extraordinary indulgence. While each offers a different (and divine) delicacy, all are sure to please.

To start, Candinas Chocolatier offers a simple box of chocolates delivered fresh daily from its Verona factory to its retail store on Capitol Square. Markus Candinas, who did his confectionary training in Europe, quotes his chocolates as being “gimmick-free.” Indeed, a box of Candinas chocolate is straightforward and consists of classic flavors that reflect Markus’ tastes and his deep love for chocolate. His truffles are light, rich and prettily packaged in assortments sure to be well-received by any chocolate enthusiast. While the chocolates at the retail store are all pre-packaged, Candinas does custom assortments for those with specific preferences.

For Gail Ambrosius, the focus is on high-quality, single-origin dark chocolate. Gail has personally traveled the world to seek out great chocolate, and the result is exceptionally pure-tasting,

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Chardonnay Smoked Bacon, Gingered Macadamia Nut and Cardamom Truffle are a few of the nature’s alchemy-inspired chocolates created and sold in David Bacco Chocolats at Hilldale Mall. handmade truffles. and soul experience, David Bacco ply defies description. Each chocolate Her chocolates, always free of waxes Chocolats is in a class of its own. With is as remarkably unique and exquiand preservatives, reflect her commit- an extraordinary ability to harmonize sitely beautiful as it is flavorful. ment to quality and her passion for the flavor, art and nature, David has creA trip to his shop, convesuperb flavor of dark chocolate. After ated a brilliant new take on choco- niently located at Hilldale Mall, trying one of her exquisite, single-ori- late. His handmade pieces correspond is an experience all its own and gin truffles it is tough to go back to with nature’s alchemy—earth, air, an absolute must for anyone from eating just any old chocolate. In addi- fire, water and spirit—and are always the erudite foodie to the casual tion, Gail offers chocolate tastings at handcrafted with superior chocolate sweet tooth. Every one of David $15 a person for those who care to do and all-natural ingredients. In addi- Bacco’s chocolates is must-try— a little something more for—or, better tion, David uses local and organic from the classic to the invencomponents wherever possible. As a tive—and makes for a memorable yet, with—their loved one.

Finally, for a full body, mind result, the taste of his chocolates sim- sensory experience.

Steve’s Wine, Beer and Spirits Specialty Buyer Rachel Dahl gives some advice on pairing chocolate with wine and spirits.

Plungerhead Old Vine Zinfandel (Lodi, CA) 2007 Offering soft, smooth, ripe red fruit in a silky mouthful with low tannins, this pairs well with any sort of medium to dark chocolate dish (cake, truffles with infused fruit, chocolate fondue). Retail $14.99

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Yalumba Museum Muscat (Australia) 375 mL A sweet and stunning, deeply flavored dessert wine from black Muscat, this wine is both rich yet elegant with soft caramel, hazelnut and dried fruit flavors and a round-mouth feel. Retail $18.99

Rombauer Zinfandel (CA) 2006 A gorgeously rich and decadent full-bodied red, this can hold up to the biggest and best of chocolate desserts, adding a touch of cinnamon and cloves on top of supple layers of berry fruit. Retail $27.69

Zaya 12-year-old rum (Trinidad) I’ve found that rums can be a terrific pairing with chocolate, particularly milk chocolate. This gorgeous, smooth, nutty rum is no exception. Absolutely delicious with chocolate and fruit pairings.

Retail $37.99

Banfi Rosa Regale (Italy) 2007 A red sparkler with a touch of strawberry sweetness, this pretty Italian is a nice glass for chocolate confections of all types. Retail $19.99

Glenrothes Select Reserve Scotch (Scotland) A lighter, elegant scotch with pretty caramel overtones. A nice pairing with chocolate, caramel and nuts, try with milk chocolate covered caramels and a dash of sea salt, amazing! Retail $45.99

Aphrodisiacs seduce Claire’s Valentine’s Day dinner CLAIRE WIESE chocolate e’claire

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ince Valentine’s Day is just a few days away and many people are daydreaming about romantic dates often followed by sex, I think it is appropriate to talk about one of the most common yet underrated parts of Valentine’s Day: romantic food.

Because food is so universal, it tends to get overlooked when it is potentially the perfect ingredient to stir up a romantic evening. Nearly all of my friends think of food simply as expensive nourishment, but it can be used to entice so many different emotions. The trick is to use it properly and in the right context.

To spice up everyone’s Valentine’s Day, I have decided to outline some of the best and most bizarre aphrodisiacs available. An aphrodisiac is anything used in an effort to increase sexual desire or

arousal. Use this great list to its full advantage on your special night.

One of the most common foods to entice romance is also my personal favorite: chocolate. Chocolate is very versatile. It makes healthy foods sinful, such as strawberries and peanuts. Whether white, milk or dark, chocolate enhances the decadence of cakes and cookies—they call it Devil’s Food for a reason. And it’s perfect all by itself.

The philosophy behind chocolate as a wonderful addition to romantic settings is its effect on serotonin levels in your brain—it makes you feel happy, like you’re falling in love.

I’m not sure if this is actually true, but I CAN say it definitely taps into a “happy place.”

Upon further research, I found an unusual inclusion: bananas.

There is no conclusive evidence that the actual components of the banana we typically eat has the same chemical effects as chocolate does.

However, in Central America, the sap of the red banana is said to help in the bedroom. I maintain that a

banana’s shape is why this food has been considered an aphrodisiac.

Although chocolate is commonly thought of as an aphrodisiac and bananas don’t really make sense, oysters still rank high on most lists of most effective foods. Apparently, raw oysters are high in zinc, which can raise sperm and testosterone production, making it the most scientifically sound food that actually applies to romantic feelings.

Even farther away from acceptable on the spectrum of romantic foods are lettuce, kelp, onion, pumpkin and egg. I will not even attempt to figure out why leafy greens that grow in the ocean are considered sexy, but if it sounds interesting to you, why not give it a shot?

I must warn against finding “anaphrodisiacs,” which work in the exact opposite way as aphrodisiacs by diminishing libido. No specific food has been categorized as an anaphrodisiac, but avoid very risky and new foods, which could prove fatal for a romantic evening.

Even though certain foods are more “romantic” and others are not, they can only reach their full potential when coupled with the right atmosphere.

I am a firm believer in making meals a team effort. So share the prep time with your partner. Then sit down together and enjoy the company. If you’re single, maybe cut that prep time in half by ordering out (bonus: leftovers!).

You can help set the mood by lighting candles and being genuine to what you like to do. Any food can work wonders if it draws attention to sensual areas such as the mouth, which all food does. You could also try feeding each other and bonding through the wonderful magic food can provide.

Overall, trying something new or sticking with old favorites can both be wonderful ideas for making this Valentine’s Day special. Go with what you and your partner like.

Good luck, have fun and eat well!

Adventurous food at fault for ruining your special date night? E-mail Claire at crwiese@wisc.edu and tell her about it.

Overall, there is simply no way to go wrong with a box of chocolate from any local chocolatier. Why not take your sweetie on a tour-de-chocolat and visit all three for a romantic and sugar-fueled outing? Candinas Chocolatier, Gail Ambrosius and David Bacco Chocolats all offer something unique and delicious. As the ultimate aphrodisiac, there is a reason chocolate is a so appropriately associated with the most romantic holiday of the year.

This Valentine’s Day, cozy up, enjoy sumptuously and remember the words of Peanuts creator Charles Schulz: “All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” With a delicacy in hand from Candinas, Gail Ambrosius or David Bacco, all chocolate lovers will definitely agree.

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Mocha Latte Napoleons

Recipe by Sara Barreau Cook time: 10 minutes Serves: 4 Ingredients: Vegetable oil for frying 6 wonton wrappers (available in refrigerated Asian foods section) 1 teaspoon cocoa powder 2 teaspoons coffee grounds or instant coffee 1 cup frozen whipped topping, thawed 4 large strawberries, sliced Chocolate and/or caramel sauce for drizzling Directions: Pour oil into small saucepan to reach about 1⁄4 inch up the side of the pan. Heat oil over medium-low heat. To check for correct temperature, insert a wooden spoon handle into the oil. If small bubbles rapidly appear, the oil is hot enough.

Working with 1 wonton at a time, submerge wontons into hot oil with tongs, frying until golden brown, about 15 seconds for the first side and 10 seconds for the second side. Drain fried wontons on a paper towel and cool completely.

Meanwhile, gently fold cocoa powder and coffee grounds into the whipped topping. To make this dessert extra special, make whipped cream from scratch.

Simply take a pint of whipping cream, stir in cocoa and coffee, and blend on high until medium to stiff peaks form.

To Assemble: Place 2 fried wontons on work surface. Spread 2 tablespoons of whipped topping over each.

Top with another fried wonton.

Repeat layering two more times.

Spoon dollops of remaining whipped topping atop each cake stack. Garnish napoleons with sliced strawberries and drizzle with caramel and/or chocolate sauce. Serve immediately.

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A difficulty may arise when students are unaware of the services available to them through campus organizations.

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heir date had been planned for a week. The plan was simple—dinner on State Street and a movie back at his place.

As the night went on and things progressed, she asked him if he had a condom. After digging through pockets and wallets, they realized neither had brought protection.

Situations like this can ruin any romantic evening. Being prepared and knowing what birth control services are available are not only important facts for planning purposes; they can keep awkward moments out of romantic nights.

UW-Madison students are exposed to vast opportunities and services in the form of academics and social structures. However, when it comes to birth control, a dichotomy arises between awareness of services and what UWMadison and its surrounding community really provide.

According to UW-Madison sophomore Jenn Bentley, students in Madison have a skewed idea of what types of birth control are actually available and how expensive each type is.

“I think the opinion on campus is that condoms are easy and cheap, and the pill is not as easy or cheap, espe-

cially not as cheap,” she said.

UW-Madison senior Amber Smith, who pays about $60 per month for hormonal birth control at a private clinic, said she never knew of a cheaper way of getting birth control.

“I’ve always heard that you have to jump through hoops and fill out a lot of paperwork to get free birth control,” Smith said. “I’m a senior and I never found out if it was easy.”

Smith added that she uses this method because her family has a history of endometriosis, which is regulated by hormonal methods.

UW-Madison junior Heidi Braunreiter knows Smith’s frustration, and felt nervous about finding information about inexpensive birth control.

“It was scary because I was by myself, but I feel a lot safer now,” she said, regarding finding inexpensive birth control.

Braunreiter eventually sought out birth control services on her own and was surprised at the ease of this process.

“Most students think it’s hard and complicated to get free birth control, but when I went to Planned Parenthood, it was really easy,” she said. “I only had to

fill out a few sheets of paperwork.”

Information from campus groups Some campus groups such as Sex Out Loud emphasize safe sex to students through programs and demonstrations. “[We] promote healthy sexuality through sex-positive education and activism,” Ariel Trangle, program coordinator of Sex Out Loud, said.

Sex Out Loud, however, focuses less on hormonal birth control and more on barrier methods that are readily available to students.

According to Trangle, although Sex Out Loud does not have a specific birth control program, there is one in development. It will include prescription birth control, barrier methods, over-thecounter methods and sterilization.

Until that happens, Trangle detailed, they will continue to answer questions about birth control at each program. They focus on condoms and sex dams because barrier methods are able to protect against sexually transmitted diseases, and are the only methods that are able to do that.

Services on campus UW-Madison sophomore Erin Bannen said getting free birth control in Madison is extremely easy.

“There is a bowl outside of the Women’s Center that is always there.

You do not have to look at anyone when you take condoms, so I think that helps ease anxiety,” Bannen said.

But the Women’s Center is not the only on-campus location that emphasizes barrier methods more than hormonal birth control. The LGBT CC and University Health Services offer free condoms to anyone who comes into their offices, and Sex Out Loud gives them away after every program it provides.

Students who are not satisfied with only using barrier methods must look elsewhere to find other, more permanent forms of birth control. Most of these students turn to UHS first for these medical needs. UHS’s website states that prescription birth control is available only with an appointment.

Kathy Kuhnen, manager of the UHS Women’s Clinic, explained that UHS provides access to birth control services including prescription birth control pills, the patch, Nuvaring, Depo Provera injections, IUDs and Implanon, as well as over the counter items such as condoms.

Kuhnen also clarified that any UW student can go to UHS for a free exam, Pap smear and lab work, as these services are paid for by tuition fees.

The free services offered by UHS can be used by anyone on campus, and used with hormonal services, or just as

preventative measures.

“In my first Pap smear I had potential cancer cells, so hormonal birth control helps reduce those risk factors,” Smith said.

“The cost of the prescription either is paid out of pocket, paid by their personal health insurance, or they can sign up for the Family Planning Waiver Program and get their birth control for free,” Kuhnen said.

Another site that offers birth control services, Planned Parenthood, has three clinics in the Madison area, with one on East Mifflin Street, just a few blocks from campus. All provide services such as pregnancy testing and counseling, annual exams, birth control, and STD testing.

“We’re really lucky here in Madison, because women can enroll in the BadgerCare Plus Family Planning Program at UHS as well as at Planned Parenthood. Hopefully, women students here are not running into that problem,” Nicole Safar, of the Public Affairs and Development Department of Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, said.

Safar hopes that the new administration will make it easier for family planning clinics and colleges to provide reduced cost birth control to their patients.

“Hopefully, we won’t have to worry about the long term impact of this,” she said.

Safer Sex: How do they do it?

Students use a variety of resources for practicing safer sex.

Planned Parenthood Information on sexual health, birth control, emergency contraception, contraception and abortion. www.plannedparenthood.org Sex out loud Positive sexual education www.sexoutloud.org University Health Services/The Women’s Clinic Access to birth control services 265-5000 for phone consultation 262-0224 for The Women’s Clinic

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ast Wednesday, the Campus Antiwar Network was at it again, this time invading a career fair at the Kohl Center to continue protesting the war and dissuading students from the hypnotic allure of the Marines recruiting at the fair.

Other than educating students about war, the main tenets of CAN include immediate withdrawal from the Middle East battlefield, demanding full physical and mental health benefits and educational funds for all military personnel regardless of discharge status, and developing a grassroots, democratic and independent organization that actively opposes all forms of racism, Islamophobia, sexism and homophobia.

Our board recognizes the value in promoting peace and tolerance within our community and abroad, but CAN’s tactics and vision have deteriorated into an inappropriate, counterproductive campaign.

Aside from the career fair, CAN—as well as members from other groups—barged in on a panel last fall involving Tammy Baldwin to focus on the bailout bill’s passage and the state of the economy, disrupting the panel numerous times and failing to follow a civilized protocol or engage in intelligent debate. The sole purpose appeared to be disruption rather than fostering an environment conducive to healthy dialogue and education.

Protesting irresponsible and egregious policies and the lawmak-

ers that develop, implement and prolong them is both justifiable and warranted. Protesting and hassling the soldiers that served and continue to serve in the military is an embarrassment, not to mention seemingly contradictory to their core values of protecting and supporting military personnel’s interests regardless of discharge status.

What does CAN accomplish by hassling low-level military personnel without any decision-making power or dissuading equally powerless entrylevel recruits? The revolutionary ’60s aesthetic is cute, but most people in our community already oppose the war, and the actual product in these cases is obnoxious, self-indulgent posturing without real potential for effect—a publicity defeat and a net loss for the cause for peace.

We don’t oppose CAN’s mission, but their tactics necessitate revision— unless, of course, they believe they can annoy and disturb people into complicity. Arrive on time to forums and debates if they’re of value to the organization, and make points highlighted by intelligent, thorough and persuasive rhetoric rather than loud, abrasive and recycled talking points.

Caps lock doesn’t work to make a point in e-mails, and the oral social equivalent is no better. The mission for peace is important, but focus the battles responsibly toward the powers that be and their policies, and respect the troops that risk their lives and possess no control over the withdrawal from the Middle East.

District races demand student participation

By Andrew Voss COLLEGE DEMOCRATS

The population of the city of Madison is just under 230,000 people, and students at the University of WisconsinMadison make up almost a fifth of that number. Students make up a sizable portion of Madison’s population and account for much of the city’s energy. Yet, the Madison Common Council has only one student out of 20 total members, when four or five districts are arguably heavily populated by students. In the future, we could see four or even five students sitting on the city council. However, right now we have three contested races in the student districts on which to focus our attention.

I urge you to take a close look at the candidates, educate yourself and decide which candidate will stand up for your rights.

The primary on Feb. 17 affects the four candidates running in District 2, an area that includes East campus and the East Johnson/Gorham area. The four candidates for District 8, which includes many of the southeast dorms, Chadbourne and half of Langdon Street, will also face off in the primary.

Only two candidates are running in District 5, which includes the Lakeshore dorms and students west of Camp Randall, and both candidates are safe until the general election on April 7.

All of the candidates for city council need to respect student issues, and students on this campus can make a difference by getting involved. Whether students work for an individual candidate or educate themselves on the issues and vote for whoever best

represents their voice, making an effort is essential.

All of the candidates for city council need to respect student issues, and students can make a difference by getting involved.

The only unacceptable choice is to do nothing, because the decisions on the city council have a tangible effect on students. Whether one looks at the Alcohol Licensing Density Plan, which limits the number of bars in the downtown area, or the Downtown Safety Initiative, which affects funding for mobile ID scanners, students directly feel the effects. Both policies are fatally flawed, and they are an attempt to put a band-aid on the festering problem of underage drinking and student safety. Both policies were enacted under the false assumption that drunken, underage students were the cause of crime in downtown Madison.

If students were the problem, these policies would have fixed it. Instead, students continue to be victims of crime, not perpetrators. The two programs are simply one example of how the city council has acted against student interests, and we, as students, need to demand more from our local representatives.

Students are not a problem to be shoved aside, but a potential part of the solution if we are included in the decision-making process.

Current District 8 Alder Eli Judge has been a tireless advocate for students on the council.

Judge brings a unique perspective to the council as both a Madison resident and a UW student. He has struck a balance between his two perspectives and has stood up for students on numerous occasions.

We need the next District 8 alder to continue Judge’s legacy and to expand on his accomplishments.

Thus, the College Democrats have endorsed Bryon Eagon for District 8, because we feel he best represents the student voice.

The College Democrats have also endorsed Hamilton Arendsen for District 5. While Arendsen is not a student, he has expressed his willingness to make students an equal partner when creating city policy, and we are confident he will make student issues a top priority once elected. The College Democrats urge students to vote for both of these candidates as well as get involved in actively campaigning for them.

Too often students have sat back and watched the city clamp down on campus.

On April 7, students have the opportunity to send a message to the city. I urge students to take a close look at the candidates in their district, educate themselves and decide which candidate will stand up for their rights on the council. Students’ votes and voices are the most powerful tools they have to speak to the city. Too often students have sat back and watched the city clamp down on campus. This spring, we must stand up and hold our elected leaders accountable. Vote in the primary on Feb. 17. Let’s send a message to our elected officials with a record student turnout, showing that the council must listen to our concerns and issues.

Andrew Voss is a senior majoring in political science and history and is the vice chair of College Democrats. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Finding a Valentine

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

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“Only love is all maroon. Gluey feathers on a flume, sky is womb and she’s the moon.”

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The Wisconsin softball team (04) looks to notch its first victory of the 2009 campaign as it prepares for the Bama Bash Tournament this weekend at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.

If the Badgers want to jump-start their season this weekend, they will need to be on top of their game.

Wisconsin will take on three solid teams, including a game against the host school, the Crimson Tide of Alabama—currently the No. 1 team in the nation.

For the Badgers and the Crimson Tide, the early weeks of the 2009 season have been a tale of two teams.

Wisconsin will try to bounce back from the missed opportunities of the Cathedral City Kickoff tournament last weekend. The Badgers dropped four straight games to schools from the west coast, including two top-25 schools in Fresno State and Long Beach State.

Meanwhile, Alabama comes to the tournament riding a four-game winning streak. After destroying its first three opponents, the Tide handed the Jaguars of South Alabama, a 7-1 thumping. Alabama outscored its first four opponents 35-5.

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ing staff. Morgan and senior Brittany Rogers both had batting averages over .400 last season, and with sophomore Whitney Larsen and freshman Cassandra Reilly-Boccia, comprise the heart of Alabama’s lineup. To top it off, Patrick Murphy, the Crimson Tide’s coach, was added to the pool of candidates for the head coaching spot of the U.S. Women’s National Team.

One aspect of the Crimson Tide’s game that Wisconsin can capitalize on is Alabama’s “unfinished business.”

Since the Crimson Tide score a lot of runs, they also leave a lot of runners stranded on the base paths. During the South Alabama Kickoff Classic, Alabama scored 35 runs but left 30 runners on base. If Wisconsin pitchers produce quality starts and the Badgers limit their errors, they can prevent Alabama from extending innings and keep the game close.

The Badgers will also take on Notre Dame (0-0) this weekend. The Fighting Irish, though not ranked, have received some top-25 votes.

Notre Dame is an experienced team. With only four freshmen, however, the Fighting Irish have not played a single game yet this season.

The Badgers will also play the East Carolina Pirates (3-1) twice. The Pirates outscored Middle Tennessee State and Virginia collectively, 12-2 in the ECU Invitational. However, on the very next day and against the same teams, East Carolina needed extra innings to top MTSU, and

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Senior pitcher Leah Vanevenhoven led the Badgers with 31 starts and 48 appearances last season but finished with a 5-24 record. then was destroyed by Virginia in a 12-1 debacle.

After a shaky start to the season, the tournament gives Wisconsin pitchers a chance to work on their game. Junior Letty Olivarez, senior Leah Vanevenhoven and sophomore Kristyn Hansen will anchor the Badger pitching staff.

The tournament runs from Feb. 13-15. The Badgers will open play against East Carolina Friday. Saturday brings No. 1 Alabama and a rematch with East Carolina. Wisconsin closes tournament play Sunday against the Fighting Irish.

—uwbadgers.com contributed to this report.

racism and rampant drug use and has scores of all-time greats who were bigots (Ty Cobb), boozers, drug users and many characters so cold, arrogant and unpleasant to those around them, it’s a wonder they are still given respect.

Writers back then built players up as near-mythological heroes, something that is not the case anymore.

So how does this affect baseball in the present day?

First and foremost, the last 15 to 20 years cannot just be written off as an era full of cheaters unfit to be grouped with the rest of the sport’s history.

Similarly, the players who cheated cannot simply be blackballed, because it takes away from the prevalent use of PEDs and gives credit to those who were lucky enough not to get caught.

Instead, fans need to just accept the steroid era for what it is, another part of baseball history, no less flawed than many previous eras. Bonds, A-Rod and Clemens should be in the Hall of Fame, because, even without the juice, they were great enough to be worthy of that honor.

As for the numbers and records that many hold so sacred, they’ve been so tweaked and changed by shifts in the game that comparing numbers from different times is useless. The game is just as flawed as it’s always been, and in that, hopefully, fans can still find the beauty and joy many generations before them have found in baseball.

Think Rodriguez juicing shatters any faith you have in baseball players? Talk to Ben about it at breiner@wisc.edu.

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MLB cannot live up to own self image

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isillusionment… that’s what baseball is feeling right now.

It’s the feeling that the way you saw the world wasn’t the way the world was. In the wake of Alex Rodriguez’s confession that he took performance-enhancing drugs, this is the problem baseball its fans and the people who cover it, are trying to wrap their collective minds around.

Many great stars have fallen from grace in recent years, but Rodriguez had been built up in such a different way. First it was Sammy Sosa and Mark McGuire, but by the time they were exposed their profiles had already been badly diminished.

Then came the allegations about Barry Bonds, but writing him off was easy because Bonds was… well… an ass to almost everyone he met. With Roger Clemens, the accusations came as a shock, but it could be rationalized because he was a surly player who threw at people’s heads (and the fact that he had an affair with a 15-year-old at 28 doesn’t help).

Rodriguez’s legacy, however, took a turn when Bonds passed Hank Aaron as all-time home run king. Suddenly it fell to him to purify the sport’s most important record.

He was a Yankee, always a qualification for greatness, and we overlooked his many flaws. He was baseball’s symbol for greed when he signed a quarterbillion dollar contract. He cheated on his wife. But when it became clear he had the best chance of taking down Bonds, he could do no wrong.

Those who follow baseball allowed this vision of Rodriguez cloud the fact that he played in the steroid era, on the Texas Rangers, a team that boasted several of the highest-profile steroid users.

The total confusion at Rodriguez’s admission stems from people around the game wanting so badly to believe that there was something pure in the sport that they built an illusion around one player.

That theme of disillusionment, however, goes deeper than just a few players. It cuts to the struggle between how baseball wants to view itself and the way the sport actually is.

The imagined world of baseball is a rural game filled with larger-than-life athletic heroes and personalities. Think of it as some sort of fusion between “Field of Dreams” and “The Natural” where there is something magical about the game.

The players were All-American guys like Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle and Aaron. The only problem is that this mythology is completely disconnected from the real world.

Aaron regularly used performance-enhancing drugs called greenies. Mantle was an alcoholic and a womanizer.

Baseball as a sport glorified acts of cheating, sign stealing and doctoring baseballs. Gaylord Perry was renowned for greasing up baseballs with Vaseline and even mentioned the illegal spitball in the title of his autobiography, “Me and the Spitter.”

Perry, despite his indiscretions, was inducted into the hall of fame in 1991.

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Wisconsin: 6-6 Big Ten (15-9 overall) Iowa: 3-9 Big Ten (13-12 overall)

Up next for UW: vs. Ohio State TV: ESPN When: Saturday, 8 p.m.

Ain’t it grand? move to the basket, hit a turnaround jumper and got fouled, giving him 1,000 career points at UW. Landry is just the 33rd player in school history to accomplish the feat. Although Landry is proud of this milestone, he also knows it will probably hold much more significance after his career at Wisconsin is over.

“Even to be mentioned on the same list as those guys is a great accomplishment,” Landry said. “It does mean a lot to me; probably not as much as it will down the road, especially since we still have a lot more games to play. Maybe when I’m a little older I’ll be able to look back and get a feeling of what it really means.”

The Hawkeyes were without their leading rebounder, senior forward Cyrus Tate, and it showed as Wisconsin dominated Iowa on the glass throughout the game.

The Badgers out-rebounded the Hawkeyes 27-21, including a 105 advantage on the offensive end, resulting in 18 second-chance points.

Head coach Bo Ryan was pleased with his team’s rebounding effort.

“We always talk about it’s not the size of the dog in the fight, but the fight of the dog,” Ryan said.

“I thought our guys looked pretty scrappy as far as how they went to the glass. They stayed active. They got their hands up. I don’t think it’s necessarily size that was the difference, but it was positioning.”

For the third consecutive game, Wisconsin’s defense had a crucial impact on the team’s victory. The Badgers scored 29 points off 14 Hawkeye turnovers.

Krabbenhoft led the Badgers and tied his own season high with 16 points to go along with six rebounds.

Junior guard Trevon Hughes broke out of an offensive slump, scoring 14 points and dishing out a career-high

Senior forward scores 1000th point in Iowa win

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Wisconsin (6-6 Big Ten, 15-9 overall) won its third straight game and senior forward Marcus Landry scored his 1,000th career point as the Badgers blew out the Iowa Hawkeyes by a score of 69-52.

The Badgers had several leads early in the first half but had trouble pulling away, as the game was tied at 14 with nine minutes to go in the first period. Then Wisconsin rattled off nine unanswered points. The Hawkeyes cut the deficit to three with two-and-a-half minutes to go in the half, but then Wisconsin closed on a 7-0 run to take a 36-24 lead into halftime. Senior forward Joe Krabbenhoft said this run was crucial for creating momentum for the rest of the game.

“It gets us so fired up to get out there in the second half, we have to calm ourselves down,” Krabbenhoft said.

“In the locker room we were all really excited about how we KRABBENHOFT ended it. It was great momentum, and the crowd really got into it.

That’s as loud as it got all year, and it was nice to see that.”

In the second half, the Badgers were in control of the game’s pace, not letting the deficit dip below 12 and cruising along for the win.

About seven minutes into the second half, Landry made a strong

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Senior forward Marcus Landry scored nine points Wednesday, including his 1000th as a Badger, to lead UW to a third straight win. six assists. Ryan was impressed with Hughes’ all-around performance.

“You can take every category and [Hughes] worked hard at it,” Ryan said. “He might have been exposed on one thing or another, but if you take every possession and you look at his positioning and where he’s steering guys, what he’s doing defensively, what he’s doing offensively, getting guys into position, he played a pretty good game obviously.”

The Badgers followed their six-

game losing streak with three straight wins, beating each opponent by 10 points or more. Krabbenhoft was proud of his team’s ability to overcome these difficult times with better play.

“We’re disappointed in some of the outcomes, but we’ve put that behind us,” Krabbenhoft said.

“Coach does a great job of keeping us focused on what’s next. We’ve got to forget about the past and learn from it, and we’ve done a great job of that.”

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Badgers ready for round two with Nittany Lions

By Alex Lugo THE DAILY CARDINAL

Wisconsin will again look to snap a five-game losing streak and even the score over an early season overtime loss against Penn State on Thursday at the Kohl Center.

With the recent dismissal of junior forward Mariah Dunham and general struggle to push through the second half, the Badgers (4-9 Big Ten, 14-10 overall) have stumbled through the latter half of the season and have come up short in losses to

Purdue, Penn State and Indiana.

Even though the Badgers have had much frustration in coming up short by sometimes just a basket, head coach Lisa Stone is confident with the return to Madison.

“To get back home is going to be welcomed, looking forward to that. Rae Lin just walked up the step right on the bus, she goes, ‘get a win, we’re going to feel a whole lot better, Coach Stone,’” Stone said.

The last time Wisconsin faced the Nittany Lions (9-13, 4-8), they

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Sophomore forward Tara Steinbauer (left) is hitting nearly 47 percent of her shots while sophomore guard Alyssa Karel (right) is UW’s top scorer.

lost 58-56 on a last-second shot by junior guard Tyra Grant, who will be the toughest offensive player for the Badgers to stop. Grant had a game-high 32 points that day, while sophomore guard Alyssa Karel scored 15 for the Badgers.

This time around and for the remainder of the season, Stone said she is looking for her offense to push for more production.

“Look back early in the season, those are some things that we were very, very solid at and we lapsed in those areas recently, and it’s time to get back on track,” Stone said. “We’ll be tested in the full court at a very high pace with Penn State. They’re very uptempo and this will be a great measuring stick to find out where we’re at and if we can get back to those same concepts.”

Currently, Karel leads Wisconsin with an average of 13 points per game, while freshman forward Anya Covington is starting to see her numbers increase in the post position. “[Covington] gets better every day. She’s a leader on our team, both in the locker room and on the court,” Stone said. “She was our leading rebounder with 10 [against Purdue]. [We need to]

put her in positions offensively to be successful, whether it’s on the block or ... in the midrange area. And then defensively, again, continue to teach and keep her vision and not let the ball come in from on top and some of our simple principles.

She gets better every day and I look for her to finish the season off very strong.”

Against Purdue last week, the Boilermakers outscored Wisconsin 20-5 in the first 9:30 of the half.

This was followed by 16 turnovers and a 10-0 run in the second half to put Purdue up by 21.

This week and next week will be crucial for the Badgers as they look ahead to the Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis. “[We have to] just get over the hump. And getting over the hump all the sudden gives you that energy back and that’s what we’re looking for from our team,” Stone said. “Both Indiana and Penn State came down to one last stop, one last rebound … [We need to] lay it out there on the line, and get the two back that we didn’t get on the road.”

Tip-off for Thursday’s match up against Penn State is set for 7 p.m. at the Kohl Center.