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Falk names new 911 director By Anna Discher THE DAILY CARDINAL

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P.J. Hill, a former Badger football player, was arrested last week on drunken driving charges.

Hill arrested on two felony charges Madison police officers arrested former Badger running back P.J. Hill last week for driving under the influence. Police were called in at 2:30 a.m. March 14 after Hill, 22, allegedly hit a guard rail near the Open Pantry, 1401 Regent St., and fled. Hill led officers on a chase before crashing his car into a wall on Spring Street with a female passenger inside. He was arrested at gunpoint. Hill, who refused a sobriety test upon his arrest, arrived at the Dane

County Circuit Court March 16 on tentative charges of drunken driving, ﬂeeing police, driving without headlights and reckless endangerment. He will appear in court again April 6 after formal charges are ﬁled. As a part of his bail, Hill cannot drink or be in or near the Open Pantry on Regent Street. Hill announced his decision to enter the National Football League draft earlier this year, prohibiting him from participating in his senior season with the Badgers. He is antici-

pating going to New York City April 25-26 for the draft. Hill left the Badgers after obtaining a total of 3,942 yards, behind Ron Dayne and Anthony Davis. He is the second player to rush for 1,000 yards in the ﬁrst three seasons. Hill was suspended from the Badger football team in 2006 after an incident in a UW residence hall. Hill pleaded no contest to disorderly conduct charges stemming from the incident. —Erin Banco

Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk named UW-Madison graduate John Dejung the new director of the Dane County Public Safety Communications Center Thursday. Dejung worked the past 12 years as 911/311 director for the city of Minneapolis. He has also overseen millions of dollars in technical upgrades to the Minneapolis 911 Center, including the 2006-’07 replacement of the center’s computer-aided dispatch system. Dejung has served as the president of the Minnesota chapter of the National Emergency Number Association, chair of the Minnesota Metropolitan 911 Board Technical Operations Committee and two-year chair of a 911 national industry group called the Association of Public Safety Communications Ofﬁcials. In 2008, the Minneapolis 911 Center was awarded the 911 Call Center of the Year by the 911 Institute for its handling and emergency response coordination of the Minneapolis I-35 bridge collapse in 2007, according to a press release. Falk, who is running for reelection, said Dejung’s extensive experience overseeing 911 technical upgrades and working with public safety agencies and oversight groups make him the “perfect” candidate for the position, which

will be responsible for important changes to the center. “[Dejung] has the right experience, the right credentials, and a cando attitude that will serve our center well,” Falk said in a statement. “Our highly trained team of 911 Center professionals handles over 640,000 calls a year. From teaching CCR (cardio-cerebral resuscitation) over the phone to friends and family of heart attack victims to helping nervous fathers deliver very premature babies in cars along the side of the road on bitter cold mornings, our dispatchers are true ﬁrst responders.” Nancy Mistele, Falk’s opponent in the upcoming election, has focused a majority of her campaign on the 911 Center’s mistake with the death of UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann last April. According to a statement made by Mistele, Falk appointed Dejung director of the Dane County Public Safety Communications Center for the beneﬁt of her political career. “It appears this director is much more experienced than Kathleen Falk’s last choice, and I look forward to working with the new director to address the serious problems still existing at the 911 Center,” Mistele said in a press release. Dejung will officially begin as Dane County Public Safety Communications Director on June 1.

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Woman raped and held hostage on Mifﬂin By Rachel Holzman THE DAILY CARDINAL

Madison police arrested a man March 15 after he allegedly held a 46-yearold woman captive and raped her with the help of a friend at his West Mifflin Street GRAHAM residence. The suspect, 54-year-old James Graham, is currently being held at the Dane County Jail and has been tentatively charged with ﬁrst-degree

sexual assault. According to a search warrant obtained by the Wisconsin State Journal, Graham allegedly beat the woman at his apartment and took turns raping her with a friend over a three-day period. The WSJ said the woman told police she met Graham and his friend on March 11 and went back to Graham’s apartment with them. Graham’s residence, 441 W. Mifﬂin St., is owned by Madison Development Corporation. MDC leases Graham’s unit to Housing Initiatives, which provide housing services to the homeless and to resi-

dents with special needs. The woman told police that once she was inside the residence, Graham’s friend held her arms down while Graham punched her in the face and told her to undress. In the warrant, the woman said the two men took turns holding her down and assaulting her. The victim also said she was not allowed to leave the apartment for three days and was told she would be killed if she left or said anything. The woman told police Graham kept a 12-inch knife with him and forced her into a closet if anyone came into the apartment.

Doyle recommends in-state tuition for illegal immigrants A provision in Gov. Jim Doyle’s 2009-’11 executive budget proposal would allow certain illegal immigrants in Wisconsin to pay in-state tuition at UW campuses. According to budget documents, undocumented residents would receive nonresident tuition remission if they graduated from Wisconsin high schools, attended high school in the state for at least three years and

provided proof that they would apply for citizenship as soon as they were eligible to do so. Doyle has included similar provisions in three previous budgets, but the state Legislature removed them before passage. Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities chair Rep. Kim Hixson, D-Whitewater, said the Illegal Immigrant Reform and Immigrant

Reconciliation Act of 1996 may conﬂict with Doyle’s proposal because it would require the state to grant all U.S. citizens in-state tuition as well. “Then we couldn’t charge out-ofstate tuition, and out of state tuition is very important to the university because it [not only] pays for that student’s education, but also it subdoyle page 3

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Scott “Boo” Kiker and his bandmates perform on State Street. Boo Bradley, Kiker’s band, will perform at the High Noon Saloon on Saturday.

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Feingold moves to outlaw capital punishment Sen. Feingold proposed a bill Thursday prohibiting the death penalty nationwide. Police release suspect sketch Police issued a sketch of a suspect involved in a 2005 sexual assault case. Joint Finance Committee hears tesimony from UW System UW leaders discussed the university’s value to the state.

“…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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MEGAN CORBETT little red corbett

t. Patrick’s Day. What should have been a night of drunken debauchery turned into a night of extreme awkwardness. All my friends were out of town, so I settled for a night in with the family. No amount of green beer could save me from a night like this. First my mom insisted on building a leprechaun trap. She teaches middle school, and some nights she can’t seem to comprehend that the youngest person in our house is going to be 19 in less than a month. But, because my brother and I are good kids—and had absolutely nothing better to do with our lives—we pulled out a box and some string and went to work. My mom insisted that potatoes are sure-ﬁre bait for leprechauns, but my brother begged to differ. He instead found one of my old Barbies, put it in the shortest green Barbie dress he

could find and laid her under the box. Then my mom shooed us out of the house with our dad. We returned to find a “shocking” discovery, a leprechaun had set off our trap. The box was down and gold glitter was sprinkled around it. We opened it to find some chocolate gold coins, but no little man with a pot of gold. I asked my mom if maybe the leprechaun could have left some real gold instead to help me out with those pesky rent payments, but apparently leprechauns don’t believe in helping their lazy daughters who only come home to do laundry. Or at least that’s what my mom thought the leprechaun said. With the chocolate coins gobbled up, it was time for some dinner. My dad makes corned beef and cabbage every year for the holiday, but nobody really knows why. Yes, I know it’s a traditional Irish American dish, but the thing is, no one in our family actually likes it. My brother is picky, so he opted for a hot dog instead. My mother pointed out that she is German, not Irish, and couldn’t fully appreciate the dinner. So it was left for my father and me to enjoy.

My dad dropped a heaping bulk of food in front of me. Greasy, smelly and probably incredibly unhealthy, I stared at it while my appetite shrunk away. My dad and I scarfed down a few bites, then decided to “save room for dessert.” I have never eaten so many chocolate gold coins in my life. After dinner, we were going to sit down and watch a movie as a family. My brother turned on the Sci-ﬁ channel and began pushing for “The Leprechaun” series, which was about halfway through a day-log marathon. If you haven’t heard of “The Leprechaun,” it is an awesomely bad movie series that follows a 600-yearold leprechaun who is trying to kill, well, everyone. He dies a horribly gruesome death in every movie, but somehow was able to return and make such classics as “Leprechaun 4: In Space,” “Leprechaun in da’ Hood,” and my personal favorite, “Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood.” Sadly, my mother decided that these violent, sexual and horrible dialogue -ridden ﬁlms weren’t in the holiday spirit. I thought about making a cheap joke about how being violent

and sexual probably couldn’t be more Irish, but in efforts to support family fun I refrained. Instead of a 90s slasher ﬂick, my dad popped in the movie “Taken.” As we were all sitting down for some family time, I decided it would be a good time to tell my family about my plans to travel to Ireland and France this summer to visit friends studying abroad. Unfortunately I didn’t realize “Taken” was about two girls traveling Europe alone who get abducted and sold as sex slaves. I was quickly told that I would NEVER be going to Europe, and would probably never be allowed to travel alone again. All in all, I suppose it wasn’t a bad night. I didn’t get any green beer, I didn’t get kissed because I was Irish, and I didn’t even get to use my blinking green shot class. But I had a good time with my family, and isn’t that really what holidays should be about? Ugh, I am choking on my own cheesiness. Does anyone have any leftover green beer? If you still build leprechaun traps in an effort make extra rent money, e-mail Megan at mcorbett2@wisc.edu.

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Brein’s Spring Break Recap Brein spent most of his spring break covering the Badgers at the Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis and cheering them on in the NCAA Tournament from Madison. Well, they won a grand total of one games combined, which depressingly was overachieving for the Badgers, and this made the Brein pretty angry. Thankfully, he’s been channeling his frustration into busting out mad reps over at Anytime Fitness and not at his co-workers at the Cardinal. Meanwhile, Breiner’s five-pound tub of Muscle Milk also arrived over break... but we assure you that he’s not eating steroids for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and no HGH is slated for his diet either. Muscle Milk is a mass-building workout drink loaded with protein to help repair the muscles shredded during heavy lifting sessions, and thankfully for the Brein they come in all sorts of palatable flavors, like Cake Batter and Cookies ’n Creme (sorry Breiner, no pizza or tuna flavored products just yet). Any brand of protein powder will do the trick, but the Brein was seduced by Muscle Milk’s Double Chocolate. Typical Brein.

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The Brein didn’t have a stability ball on his road trip to Indianapolis to cover the Big Ten Tournament, but he stayed on his game with frequent push-ups and an admiration of Jordan Taylor’s guns.

The Perfect Protein Downing protein shakes doesn’t substitute for packing in the protein during normal meals, and no food is more efﬁcient than the egg. According to Men’s Health magazine, eggs’ protein has the highest biological value of any other food, all meats included. But don’t skip out on the yolk, they say, which provides protein and vitamin B12, an essential for fat breakdown and muscle contraction. Want to make fun of the Brein for his bracket? Need to borrow some protein? Send inquiries to page2@dailycardinal.com

Ask the Brein a question

Week Six Goals

How’s your bracket coming along Brein? Brein: “Errr... I’ve lost one of my Final Four and three of my Elite Eight. So I’m relying on Louisville, UNC and Memphis to carry my uninspired bracket. And for some odd reason I had Florida State in the Final Four... but I’d rather not have my bracket thoroughly dissected seeing as I threw it together in about four minutes.” You can train like the Brein with Kami Kalscheur at

-Eat more eggs -Complete full-body workout four days -Search for future Mrs. Breiner -Drink water -Focus on getting those biceps jacked

Workout Jam of the Week

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Each week, Breiner will have a theme song specially tailored to his name to help him get motivated to meet the week’s goals.

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This week: “I Just Breined in Your Arms Tonight,” based off Cutting Crew’s “I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight.”

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UW sees increase in enrollment By Kelsey Gunderson THE DAILY CARDINAL

UW System ofﬁcials released data revealing an overall increase of enrolled students for the fall semester at all of the 26 campuses, including UW-Madison. According to a statement, the number of enrolled students across the system increased by 1,663 from last year, and increased 12 percent from 1998. The release also said the number of Wisconsin resident students enrolled throughout the system has not shown any signiﬁcant change since 1998. According to the data, UWMadison’s enrollment reached 37,260 in 2008, a 6-percent overall

doyle from page 1 sidizes Wisconsin citizens’ education,” Hixson said. Currently, 10 other states have laws permitting undocumented citizens who meet certain requirements to pay

increase since 1998, a record for the UW System. UW-Madison experienced the lowest increase throughout the system. UW-Platteville experienced the largest increase at 46 percent. UW-System President Kevin Reilly said it is important to see increases across all the campuses, especially at two-year universities. “These campuses are essential to the economic and cultural well-being of their regions around the state, and this growth will be increasingly important to the economic vitality of the entire state,” he said in a statement. According to Heather LaRoi, a representative from the UW System Communications and External

Relations Ofﬁce, the system’s Growth Agenda contributed to the increase in enrollment. The agenda is the system’s plan to increase the amount of degree holders in Wisconsin and improve communities throughout the state. “There has been a consistent effort on the part of UW System to increase the enrollment to get more students involved with higher education,” she said. Reilly said along with the increased enrollment, the number of UW System employees decreased by 1 percent since 1998. “This shows that we are making efﬁcient use of our available resources and providing better value to the taxpayers of Wisconsin,” he said.

in-state tuition at public universities. According to documents from the National Immigration Law Center, the requirements undocumented residents must meet to pay in-state tuition— such as graduating from Wisconsin high schools—prevent such laws from

contradicting the federal law. The UW Board of Regents has previously taken a position in favor of the proposal and in 2007, former regent Jesus Salas resigned when the state budget passed without this provision. —Megan Orear

UW System and Harvard tie for producing CEOs in ’08 Nine UW-Madison alumni are CEOs at S&P 500 companies The University of Wisconsin and Harvard University tied in providing the most corporate executive ofﬁcers in 2008, according to a study conducted in November. The study, conducted by Spencer Stuart, an executive recruitment company, revealed that Harvard and UW both produced 13 CEOs in Standard & Poor 500 companies. According to the study, Harvard held the lead in graduating the highest number of CEOs. However, in 2007, Harvard, Princeton and UW tied. Although not all of the students are from UW-Madison, Melissa Anderson, a spokesperson for the Wisconsin School of Business, said

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a large percentage of the CEOs are from the university. Anderson said in an e-mail the research firm does not release the names of the CEOs included. However, based on WSOB’s individual research, there are nine alumni from UW-Madison who currently hold the position of CEO. Those alumni work at corporations like Halliburton, Exelon, Rockwell Automation and Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp. Not included on the list are alumni who just recently were appointed as CEOs, such as Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz. Spencer Stuart annually analyzes CEOs of S&P 500 companies. Other areas examined in the study included the CEO’s age, company tenure, tenure as CEO, military experience, international work experience and regional analysis. —Erin Banco

Med school grads receive desired residency, stay in Wis. By Erin Banco THE DAILY CARDINAL

A record number of students graduating from the University of Wisconsin’s School of Medicine and Public Health were accepted to their desired residency programs Thursday. According to a statement released by UW Hospital, 96 percent of graduating students received residency matches of their choice at the Match Day ceremony March 19. Not only are students receiving the residencies they want, of which 40 percent are primary care, they are also choosing to stay in-state for their programs. “We are thrilled that so many students chose ... to respond to the increased demands in our state for primary-care physicians.” Patrick McBride associate dean of students UW-Madison

“We are thrilled that so many students chose to stay in Wisconsin and to respond to the increased demands in our state for primary-care physicians,” Patrick McBride, associate dean of students, said in a statement. “We are very happy that our students were able to match into the specialty they want.” Lisa Brunette, a UW Hospital spokesperson, said it is not abnormal for graduates to stay in Wisconsin for their residency. “If they are getting matches they wanted and they are staying in Wisconsin … that’s a good thing,” she said. However, Brunette said the number of students who decided to stay in Wisconsin for their residency varies. This year, the number is higher. Brunette also said the number of students who were granted their desired residency program is abnormally high. The number had never reached 96 percent before 2009. “It is not unusual for some people to [get their desired residency], depending on the specialty,” she said. “Certainly the higher the number, the better.”

Monday, March 23, 2009

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By Mark Riechers THE DAILY CARDINAL

We aren’t all bros. Some of us never mastered hugs after Badger wins or the art of a graceful body slam to celebrate a ﬂip-cup victory. We hung out with the girls in high school and are better at quoting John Hughes movies than

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basketball scores. Apparently writer/director John Hamburg felt our pain. With “I Love You, Man,” he’s given us a comedy that captures the awkwardness of establishing and maintaining male friendships. Peter (Paul Rudd, “Role Models”) has proposed to the girl of his dreams, Zooey (Rashida

Jones, “The Ofﬁce”). Gleefully, she calls up her girlfriends to tell them the good news, but quickly realizes that her husband-to-be has nobody to call. He doesn’t even have anyone who could be his best man. A round of laughs at his expense at girls' night quickly pushes Peter to ﬁnd a friend.

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Paul Rudd and Jason Segel share a beer over some manly conversation, a very comfortable environment for this emerging comedic duo who make a living exploiting the awkwardness of male bonding experiences.

"Awkwardly brilliant" describes the entirety of Rudd’s performance as Peter. Layers, heaps and shades of awkward. He’s a hilarious lead, but prepare to be uncomfortable. He stumbles through the male world, attempting to start up friendly conversation with coworkers and the guys on his fencing team, but failing miserably. Andy Samberg (“Saturday Night Live”) steals some scenes here as Peter’s brother, who offers the rules of platonic male relationships. “Lunch or afterwork cocktails. No dinner and a movie—you’re not taking these guys to see ‘The Devil Wears Prada,’” he says. In a movie that could easily devolve into a 90-minute gay joke, it’s refreshing to see a gay character portrayed so honestly and free of clichés—this guy just lifts weights and bones dudes, no biggie. At last, Peter stumbles across the man of his dreams in Sydney (Jason Segel, “Forgetting Sarah Marshall”), an easygoing investment broker who never wears a suit, lets his dog shit anywhere and proudly displays his jerk-off gear on a coffee table in his man cave. The free spirit that uptight Peter never knew, Sydney teaches Peter how to cut loose by “slappin’ the bass” to Rush whenever possible. Segel is a wacky guy, and the

performance seems less a transformation than the camera capturing how Segel actually lives his days not spent on ﬁlm. His lectures on the virtues of overt maleness are a blend of brilliance and immaturity, and all bear a contradictory quality that lead Peter, when acting on his lessons, to get himself into hot water with Zooey.

"Awkwardly brilliant" describes the entirety of Rudd’s performance as Peter.

Hamburg seems to allow the cast a fair amount of room for improvising certain scenes, like Peter’s unbearably awkward phone conversations or the complete nonsense he passes as nicknames for Sydney. These scenes, though funny on the whole, really drag on the momentum of the story. Sometimes you just have to kill your darlings, even the completely original, bizarrely awkward ones. Despite this, what could have been a very conventional film shines with an original cast and script, making for a spring comedy gem. Grade: AB

Professional bros Rudd and Segel talk business and pleasure By Danny Gottleib THE DAILY CARDINAL

As far as the comedy scene goes these days, it’s almost impossible to become successful without orbiting in the Judd Apatow universe. Two of the most famous members of that group are Paul Rudd and Jason Segel, stars of the movie “I Love You, Man.” “We’ve all known each other for so long. We’ve formed a pretty tight comedy coalition, as I like to call it. Also, it was just a very, very comfortable environment,” Segel said, explaining the dynamics of Apatow’s gang. “I also call it a comfortable comedy coalition,” Rudd said, “But I change it up. I like to do it with Ks. So I’m involved in a Komfortable Komedy Koalition.”

“We made several boner jokes before we ever started ﬁlming this one, so we already spoke the same language a little bit.” Paul Rudd actor “I Love You, Man”

“But wait, Paul. That’s KKK,” Segel said. “Oops! I realize that I belong to the KKK, the Komfortable Komedy Koalition,” Rudd said. “And what we like to do is improvise, have fun, and we’re an extremely racist group.” Segel and Rudd clearly get along with ease, but this is not to suggest they didn’t have to do some bonding first. “We had a couple ‘hangs.’ We went to the bar a couple times and scored a few brews,” Segel said. “We made several boner jokes before we ever started ﬁlming this one, so we already spoke the same

language a little bit,” Rudd said. “And when I say boner jokes and language, I mean it’s an actual language called Bonerist. We both speak Bonerist.” “Yeah, it’s a lot like sign language, unfortunately. Just without the hands,” Segel said. “It’s an easy language to learn,” Rudd said. Although they may have a secret language below the waist, only one of them has world-famous genitals. Referencing his full-frontal scene in “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” Segel describes the aftermath: “It actually makes things more comfortable, because the girls know what they’re going to get ... If they want to go out on a date, they’ve already checked out the goods. And on the big screen, too, which is only more helpful.” “Unless there’s a chance that they downloaded it off of iTunes and they’re watching it on their iPod,” Rudd said. “Which would give you an iDick.” “I’m hoping the big screen, because it adds 10 pounds,” Segel said. “Well, I saw ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’ on an Imax screen, which adds 20 pounds, so in actuality, and I don’t mean to offend you, Jason, I think your dick weighs negative five pounds,” Rudd said. Relationships between men in Hollywood like this one have created an entirely new word: bromance. “It just seems to be the word of the moment,” Rudd said. “There’s been several ﬁlms throughout the decades that have fallen into that category but were never called bromantic.” “Oh, it’s because it rhymes with romantic!” Segel joked, adding, “I think my favorite bromantic comedy is ‘Midnight Cowboy.’” “I like ‘Twins,’” Rudd said. “Also not bad is the follow-up, ‘Junior,’” Segel said.

“‘Schindler’s List.’ That would be one of my favorites,” Rudd said. If the off-screen relationship between the two comedy stars is any indication of their on-screen rapport, “I Love You, Man” could be a massive hit. And as for the promise of more male nudity in

movies, Rudd said to Segel, “You went full-frontal. I think there was a dick in ‘Walk Hard,’ but you only saw a dick. You put dick and face together ... As soon as that sentence left my lips, I knew it came out wrong. But I went ass in ‘40-Year-Old Virgin.’”

“That’s right, you did,” Segel said. “Let me tell you something: Between my dick and your ass, we’re pretty funny.” Countered Rudd: “That’s true. Just wait until we do the sequel to this. We’re both going to show our taints.”

Viral Videos of the Week Search terms: Rapping Flight Attendant Southwest Airlines has long entertained television audiences with its witty “Wanna get away?” commercials. Now, Southwest has moved into viral territory with a unique presentation of the opening remarks from the flight attendant. A simple stomp/clap beat from the first-class passengers lets this Southwest flight attendant channel his inner Will Smith and inform passengers of the flight safety regulations in hip-hop form. Search terms: Chaos at America’s Top Model Audition New York City was the site of chaos last week when thousands of prospective contestants for CW’s “America’s Next Top Model” transformed into an angry mob. One of the extremely intelligent contestants did justice to her profession by mistaking an overheating car for a bomb and starting a riot. Recall the fact that this season of “Model” features only models that are 5'7" or shorter, and some hilarious midget model madness is what follows.

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Pretending it’s still spring break

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By Yosef Lerner ilerner@wisc.edu

By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu

opinion State not ready for more nuclear power dailycardinal.com/opinion

RYAN DASHEK opinion columnist

his coming Saturday will mark the 30th anniversary of the Three Mile Island reactor incident in Pennsylvania, the largest nuclear accident in America. Although no one was directly injured from the accident and the radiation released, nuclear technology has since made great strides toward increasing safety. Nuclear power—relatively clean, efﬁcient and cheap—is currently providing approximately 20 percent of Wisconsin’s power, with three working plants in the state, including the small reactor found on UW-Madison’s campus. However, the Three Mile Island accident stirred up debate among lawmakers all over the

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nation, as well as Wisconsin. In 1983, a new Wisconsin state law effectively created a moratorium on the building and development of any new nuclear reactors. Recently though, with President Obama’s goals of creating “green jobs” and reducing carbon emissions, lawmakers now consider nuclear power a viable alternative to the current use of fossil fuels. Now, debates on relaxing the moratorium have begun to spring up across the state.

Nuclear reactors also generate radioactive waste, which, if allowed to seep into the environment, has a multitude of negative impacts.

Nuclear power, though a safe and reliable source of energy, still

creates large amounts of nuclear waste each year. Currently, there is no truly safe way to dispose of this waste. However, new methods are being developed to dispatch it without any risk of contamination to the environment. Although Wisconsin must consider nuclear power in the future, until technology has yielded an equally safe and economical solution, the Wisconsin moratorium on nuclear power should hold. Proponents of relaxing the moratorium have pointed to the low costs, the ability to reduce dependence on foreign fossil fuels and overall reliability of nuclear power. Of course, perhaps the most relevant argument in the current debate is the massively reduced carbon emissions of nuclear power plants. Since no fossil fuels are directly used in the nuclear process, no carbon is released. According to Patrick Moore, cochair of the Clean and Safe Energy Coalition, nuclear power “accounts for nearly 75 percent of all U.S. emission-free electric generation.” Thus, a heavier reliance on nucleargenerated power would provide a much cleaner alternative to current fossil fuels and would allow the United States, as well as Wisconsin, to achieve the 60 to 80 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2050, the current national goal. However, the environment is also central to the debate against nuclear power. Nuclear reactors

also generate radioactive waste, which, if allowed to seep into the environment, has a multitude of negative impacts. Several methods of disposal currently exist, but unfortunately, all are temporary. To add to this problem, the closest solution to permanency was just put on hold by Obama’s current budget, which effectively halts all development on the Yucca Mountain waste repository. The Yucca Mountain site, which is located near a 1950s site for atomic testing, is considered the safest spot in the United States to store radioactive waste for a long period of time, though it still carries several risks—including the fact that radioactive wastewater can run through the mountain faster than previously believed.

Nuclear waste products, it seems, are unavoidable.

Even if Yucca Mountain is utilized, the radioactive waste still needs to travel by rail to get there, and that in itself provides several opportunities for accidents and spills to happen. Thus, there is no truly safe way to dispose of nuclear

waste products. Current technology does provide a glimmer of hope, however, as several nations have begun recycling waste and using it to provide even more energy. This has its obvious perks, though radioactive byproducts are still produced, but with a substantially lower radiation levels. Nuclear waste products, it seems, are unavoidable. When sufﬁcient technology does emerge to eliminate—or at least greatly reduce—the threat posed by the byproducts of reactors, Wisconsin and the entire nation need to jump on the opportunity to employ more nuclear power plants. The state’s moratorium on nuclear power is understandable and even desirable, and until science has provided a safer solution to radioactive byproducts, Wisconsin residents need to focus on other alternatives to the current global warming crisis. Although reaching our goal of reducing carbon emissions to a fraction of what we use today may seem near impossible without nuclear power, we can still focus on other solutions, such as wind, solar power and environmentally cleaner cars. Hopefully, new technology will emerge soon to take care of the waste issue with nuclear power, as the benefits it could bring to the state are immense. Ryan Dashek is a junior majoring in biology. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

Capital punishment deserves the ax to preserve rights of justice, liberty By Jon Spike THE DAILY CARDINAL

With the recent activity in the political sphere, it appears many politicians are dying to get capital punishment banned at the federal level in the United States. In light of New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson’s decision to repeal capital punishment in New Mexico, Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., is re-introducing legislation to eliminate the death penalty in the United States, a policy already in place in Wisconsin. In fact, Wisconsin has only executed one inmate in its 160-year history. New Mexico became the 15th state to outlaw capital punishment and the third state in the last two years to do so after New Jersey and New York.

Capital punishment is an ideological dinosaur, a product of centuries-old belief in eyefor-an-eye, that every action requires equal punishment.

However, it is easy to see why the bill’s timing could be considered horrible at best. America ﬁnds itself in a painful economic recession, and prisons are already seeking to scale back on inmate counts in any way possible. Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle included releasing inmates early in his proposed budget as a means to save $40,000 per inmate per year. Eliminating capital punishment would mean lifetime care for any and all inmates who commit the heinous

crime of murder, creating a financial burden upon the state. However, fiscal reasoning should not be our guiding light on this issue, and in many cases the death-penalty systems are an even bigger financial burden than forcing lifetime sentences. Capital punishment is an ideological dinosaur, a product of centuries-old belief in eye-for-an-eye, that every action requires equal retribution and punishment. Capital punishment is also a barbaric and narrow-minded approach from a justice standpoint, especially when you have a justice system as imperfect as ours. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 130 inmates from 26 states have been cleared from death row by new information or evidence that cleared them of guilt since 1973. In California, a report by the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice found that their current death-penalty system would lead to an estimated cost of $137 million annually. If the state switched to lifetime incarceration for their inmates on death row and banned executions, the estimated cost would be $11.5 million per year. Granted, California’s inordinately large number of death-row inmates, now around 670 prisoners, inflates the disparity a bit, but it still demonstrates how much more a death-row system costs for a state. Feingold backs up his report with some shocking facts as well. Already, 123 countries have banned capital punishment, and in 2007, only Iran, Pakistan, China and Saudi Arabia executed more inmates than the United States. America is also the only industrialized western

nation still utilizing execution as a form of punishment. In addition, with newer and better improvements in forensic science, investigators will have increased power to comb old evidence and information against those accused of murderous acts, allowing more post-conviction mistrials. With the changing dynamic of DNA evidence and new technology, allowing capital punishment is simply too risky of endeavor.

130 inmates from 26 states have been cleared from death row by new information or evidence that cleared them of guilt since 1973.

Capital punishment, if ever used, should only be allowed in cases in which the inmate has no desire to carry on their sentence out of guilt or personal anguish. Such a provision will ensure that even the lifetime sentence is not also considered “cruel and unusual” in nature. America prides itself on liberty, justice and equality, yet capital punishment jeopardizes all three. Repealing the death penalty would not legitimize the act of killing, but rather acknowledge the fact that our justice system is yet to be perfect and America will strive to protect its citizens to the very end of their lives. Jon Spike is a junior majoring in secondary education in English. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Can’t upset ’em all: UW’s run ends against Xavier

Badgers roll over Lakers for third title in four years

By Matt Fox THE DAILY CARDINAL

By Brandon Storlie THE DAILY CARDINAL

BOSTON—Another national title made its way back to Madison this weekend. With a 5-0 win over the Mercyhurst Lakers at Agganis Arena Sunday afternoon, the UW women’s hockey team snagged the third national title in its history. “It’s definitely a really exciting time,” senior forward and team captain Erika Lawler said. “We’re all just really excited right now, and it was definitely the ideal way to go out.” Lawler’s swan song also marked a career weekend for the senior forward and Massachusetts native. After recording a pair of goals in Wisconsin’s 5-1 victory over Minnesota-Duluth in Friday’s NCAA semifinal, Lawler tied an NCAA record with three assists in the championship game. The Badgers were out-shot and held scoreless by Mercyhurst in Sunday’s opening period, but freshman forward Brooke Ammerman got things going in the opening minutes of the second. After getting her own rebound on an initial shot, the UW rookie circled behind the net and scored on a backhanded wrap-around. “I think the team was excited to go into the second period,” Lawler said, “because as we’ve seen this season, the second period seems to be our thing.” Junior forward Meghan Duggan put the Badgers up a pair on a power play near the game’s halfway point. Lawler brought the puck into the zone and, looking as though she would throw the puck on net,

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Senior forward Erika Lawler closed her career with three assists against Mercyhurst and a third title in four seasons. dumped it off to senior defender Alycia Matthews near the right circle. Matthews took a shot, and Duggan ﬁred home the rebound from the left side. “[This] is the only way to go out,” senior goaltender and Patty Kazmaier Award winner Jessie Vetter said, “without having any bad feelings, no tears, just the feeling that there’s nothing else you can do.” Vetter’s37saves Sunday earned her Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player honors. She was joined on the All-Tournament VETTER team by Matthews, Lawler, sophomore defender Malee Windmeier, sophomore forward Hilary Knight and Mercyhurst forward Meghan Agosta. “[Vetter] was right there to stop us,” Agosta said. “She had a heck of a game, and she’s a great goaltender.” With the Badgers up 3-0

after the second intermission, Windmeier sent a slap shot screaming through traffic and past Mercyhurst goaltender Hillary Pattenden for the four-goal lead. Knight closed out the scoring with just over 14 minutes left in the game, converting on a crossice pass from Lawler. Knight set new single-season school records for both goals (45) and points (83), finishing with six points in two games. “It’s exciting to win this,” UW head coach Mark Johnson said. “It’s a long six-month journey, and it’s just nice to take the trophy back to Madison.” Although another national title is a reward for a season of hard work, it also marks a bittersweet conclusion to the seniors’ final campaign. “It’s hard to express your emotions sometimes,” Lawler said. “It all just happens so fast. It hasn’t really hit me yet that I’m a senior and that was my last one. I’m sure when it does, it will hit hard.”

After a thrilling overtime victory in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, the Wisconsin men’s basketball team fell to the No. 4 seed Xavier Musketeers by a score of 60-49, putting an end to their season. The contest opened with a lowscoring, defensive battle characteristic of both teams’ styles of play. Wisconsin allowed just two Musketeer points in the game’s first five minutes. But the Badgers also had trouble finding an offensive rhythm. As the half continued, junior guard Trevon Hughes began to heat up and helped UW to a 27-25 lead at the break. Wisconsin came out of the intermission on a tear, pushing the lead to 33-26. But then Xavier fought back with nine unanswered points. With 8:57 left, Xavier finally took control with a 13-4 run that would ultimately end Wisconsin’s season. After the game, Hughes talked about how Wisconsin’s little mistakes added up in a big way. “They took the momentum from us, and they never looked back from there,” Hughes said. “At the same time, we have to take care of the ball a little bit better. We had seven turnovers.” Throughout the game, the Badgers suffered from poor shooting and several scoreless streaks. Wisconsin shot just 16-for-56 from the field, including 3-for-20 from 3-point range. Senior forward Marcus Landry finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds in his final game for Wisconsin. Hughes added 17 points, shooting 11for-13 from the free-throw line but just 3-for-16 from the field. Friday night’s first-round matchup resulted in a more positive outcome for Hughes, who hit a dramatic, gamewinning shot in overtime over the No. 5 Florida State Seminoles to propel the Badgers to a 61-59 win. With just 8.3 seconds left in the

extra period, Hughes drove into the lane, flipped in a shot over two Florida State defenders and drew a foul. Hughes hit the free throw and deflected Florida State’s inbound pass to finish off the win. “I was making bonehead plays, and Coach put me in with the ball in my hand at the end, and it meant a lot,” Hughes said of the last shot. “I owed it to my teammates; I didn’t want this to be the last game.” Junior guard Jason Bohannon finished with 16 points, including four 3-pointers after halftime. Sophomore forward Keaton Nankivil was a spark off the bench, scoring with 14 points. Although the Badgers were disappointed with their loss, Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan was still proud of how his team persevered this season. “What they have accomplished after we hit a rough stretch early in the Big Ten to be in the big dance and to last a couple days, that’s pretty exciting,” Ryan said. “The fact that they were gritty enough to be able to get to play a couple more games and represent the University of Wisconsin, I’m extremely proud of them.” —NCAA.com contributed to this report.

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Junior guard Trevon Hughes scored the game-winner against FSU, but struggled with Xavier.

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Denver shutout ends Wisconsin’s tourney hopes By Ben Breiner THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Badgers’ NCAA Tournament hopes were dealt a painful blow when they lost to Denver in the semifinals of the WCHA Final Five Friday night. They rallied to beat North Dakota 4-1 in the third-place game, but Sunday morning the dream of the Frozen Four was put on ice as Wisconsin found itself outside the 16-team tournament bracket. Entering the weekend, the Badgers were coming off a dominating sweep of Minnesota State and had never fallen to Denver in the postseason. That ended quickly, as the Pioneers limited Wisconsin’s shots around the crease and on rebounds while their sophomore netminder, Marc Cheverie, fended off 42 Badger shots. The Pioneers got goals on long shots in the first and second periods from forwards Kyle Ostrow and Brian Gifford. The Badgers had a good scoring chance late in the period when a deflected shot hit the crossbar, but it ricocheted out and no UW player could get a stick on the rebound. Denver scored once more, and Wisconsin’s quest for the conference’s

automatic tournament berth was over. The next day, however, Mike Eaves’ squad rebounded, beating North Dakota, the regular season WCHA champions, in the third-place game. The Badgers were down 1-0 after the first period against the Sioux, giving up a close goal to senior forward Ryan Duncan and getting out-shot 17-6. The second period was a different story when the Badgers surged ahead, putting the puck on net 25 times and lighting the lamp three times. Junior wing Andy Bohmbach tied the game with a shot from the side of the net, and both sophomore forward Jordy Murray and sophomore defenseman Brendan Smith tallied goals. In the third, Murray scored his eighth goal of the season and second of the game, wrapping up the win over a strong Sioux team. At the end of the night, however, it was all for naught. The Badgers finished in a threeway tie for 15th in the PairWise rankings, which mimics the mathematical formula used to select the NCAA tournament field. All 15 teams ahead of Wisconsin

were selected, as well as Bemidji State, which won the College Hockey America conference’s automatic bid. Ohio State, which was tied with the Badgers, won the tie-breaker by a small advantage in RPI, leaving Wisconsin on the outside looking in. McBain honored Despite his team’s late season struggles, junior defenseman Jamie McBain did receive several awards both in the conference and nationally. He was named the WCHA Player of the Year and to the all-conference first team after scoring seven goals and 30 assists this year, leading the league in defenseman point scoring. He was the seventh UW player to receive the award. McBain was also picked as one of the 10 finalists for the Hobey Baker Award, which is given to the most outstanding player in the country each year. No Badger has won the Hobey Baker, although goaltender Brian Elliott was one of the final three in 2006. McBain is the only WCHA player among the finalists. —uwbadgers.com contributed to this report.

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Junior defenseman Jamie McBain was awarded WCHA Player of the Year honors, but scored only one point in two Final Five games.