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Remembering Brittany Part one of four Zimmermann’s killer remains at large, but the police investigation continues By Abby Sears The Daily Cardinal

When Jordan Gonnering returned to his off-campus home in the afternoon of April 2, 2008, he discovered ZIMMERMANN that something had gone horribly wrong in the first-level apartment he shared with his fiancée, UW-Madison junior Brittany Zimmermann. “Ambulance is needed,”

By the numbers 200: Tips received by police 2,900: Pages of reports generated by police 143: MPD officers that have worked on the case in the last year 830: Names worth checking out generated by detectives 700: Individuals who have been contacted by police

Gonnering told a 911 dispatcher in a shaky voice. “I just came home, the door was busted in and my girlfriend’s been shot.” Authorities descended on the grisly scene at 517 W. Doty St. and discovered that Zimmermann, 21, had actually been stabbed, beaten and strangled to death in her bedroom. The crime sent shockwaves through the city and UW-Madison campus as the community grappled with the random slaying of a bright college coed in broad daylight. Who killed Brittany Zimmermann and why? For the Madison Police Department, stringing together the pieces of the Zimmermann homicide has been an exhaustive and ongoing process over the last 12 months. Even though Zimmermann’s killer remains at large, police are vigilantly investigating the homicide and hope to shed light on questions surrounding the unsolved crime. “We continue to be confident, that with the support of the Zimmermann family, and the community, that the caring professionals of the MPD will

Abrahamson gets faculty support, leads in funds By Cathy Martin The Daily Cardinal

As next Tuesday’s state Supreme Court election approaches, Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson is closing in on the Supreme Court campaign fundraising record, many of her funds coming from UW System employees. Abrahamson’s campaign raised $290,319 between Feb. 3 and March 23, 2009, bringing her fundraising total to over $1.3 million, according to the campaign finance report. Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Annette Ziegler holds the record of $1.4 million, raised for her 2007 election. Jefferson County Judge Randy Koschnick, Abrahamson’s opponent, raised over $70,000 in the same period and has raised $115,866 overall, according to Seamus Flaherty, campaign advisor for Koschnick. Flaherty said in an e-mail Koschnick hopes to make up for the fundraising gap by getting out his message through grassroots efforts. Charles Franklin, a UW-Madison professor of political science, said Koschnick suffers more from poor name-recognition than low campaign funding. “The difficulty for Koschnick was

getting enough visibility to raise public awareness of his campaign, and that was especially critical to him when facing a long-term, well-known incumbent,” Franklin said. Just over 170 people employed by the UW System, UW Law School and UW Hospital contributed $100 or more to Abrahamson since January 1 2008, according to campaign financial summaries on the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign’s website. No UW employee contributors were listed for Koschnick. Keith Findley, a clinical professor at the UW-Madison Law School, donated $100 to Abrahamson’s campaign. Findley said the chief justice is a fair-minded leader and one of the finest state Supreme Court justices in the country. “We’re very fortunate to have her in the state, and it would be a shame to lose one of our finest jurists,” Findley said. Franklin said it is no secret the university is liberal-leaning and would support the more “liberal” candidate. “All of the research for 50 years has found that the academy, the academic profession, leans to the left and fundraising page 3

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UW-Madison junior Brittany Zimmermann was killed in her West Doty Street apartment April 2, 2008. solve this tragic crime,” Madison Police Chief Noble Wray said in a release. The search for a killer Police were initially tight-lipped on details of the homicide, saying the release of certain information could compromise the ongoing investigation. They did reveal there were signs of forced entry into the apartment and the killing appeared to be random. County Coroner John Stanley said Zimmermann died of a “complexity of traumatic injuries,” but police declined to further elaborate on how she was killed.

In December, eight months after Zimmermann’s death, additional details of the case were made public when the seals on several search warrants expired and were not renewed due to a police oversight. A coroner’s report said Zimmermann was stabbed multiple times with a two to five-inch knife that penetrated her heart in half of the stabs. According to the warrants, police collected a pair of bloody slippers, computer paper with blood drops, hair and blood samples, partial footwear prints, fingerprints and DNA swabs from the scene. Although police did not intend

for the information to be released, MPD Central District Captain Mary Schauf said investigators have moved past the hiccup and continue to relentlessly pursue solving the case. The current investigating team consists of a supervising lieutenant, two full-time detectives, two half-time detectives, a part-time crime analyst, a full-time intelligence assessment officer and other MPD staff who are brought in as needed. “It’s still a very open and active investigation,” Schauf said. zimmermann page 3

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How would you accomplish diminishing police involvement in bar raids downtown? Bryon Eagon: “Instead of trying to dictate police strategies, which Aldermen do not have authority to do, I will advocate removing funding for mobile ID scanners that are used in bar raids and use that money on more productive resources like neighborhood watch programs and funding for cabstands.”

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Mark Woulf: “It must be recognized that the threat to students’ safety is violent crime late at night; not underage drinking. It is time that we address that problem through collaboration between the UW and Madison Police Department and university and city leaders to distribute our police resources on the streets and not in our bars.”

Chancellor to include students in initiative By Rory Linnane The Daily Cardinal

Chancellor Biddy Martin and the Associated Students of Madison will create a student oversight committee to help implement the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates, Martin announced Monday at a forum about the initiative. “I’d like to get their advice in advance of making decisions about expenditures, and let them be the messengers to the campus,”

Martin said. ASM Chair Brittany Wiegand said the committee will likely operate through the Shared Governance Committee of ASM. While seats on the committee will be limited in number, Wiegand said any student will be able to apply. “We want to have a committee where students actually have some say, and it’s not just that when we agree with the administration they listen to us,” Wiegand said.

Martin said she envisioned the committee including 10-15 students. “I would like it to be large enough to be representative of students from different colleges and interest groups, but small enough to feel like they can really participate in discussions,” Martin said. If passed by the Board of Regents, the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates will raise $40 milinitiative page 3

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

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UW ofﬁcials sign partnership By Beth Pickhard THE DAILY CARDINAL

Chancellor Biddy Martin signed a partnership agreement with Tikrit University in Iraq during a videoconference Monday at Bascom Hall. Martin and other UW-Madison faculty members met with Tikrit University representatives during the video conference to discuss plans for the future partnership between the two universities. According to a statement, the universities will receive ﬁnancial assistance from the U.S. Embassy and Iraqi government. With this money, UWMadison plans to begin an instructional video conferencing program for Tikrit university faculty members. The partnership also hopes to provide visiting scholars from Iraq with access to research facilities at

UW-Madison. Martin said the partnership will allow for a greater ﬂow of ideas between the two universities. “This opportunity is particularly exciting to us for all kinds of reasons, [especially] because of the innovative modes of intellectual transfer that this will permit,” Martin said. Brett Bruen, a UW-Madison alumni and U.S. Embassy Public Diplomacy ofﬁcer at Tikrit University, said during the video conference that he contacted UW-Madison earlier this year with an interest in forming the agreement. “We are hoping we can play a supportive role in helping throughout this partnership,” he said. “What we mark today is an opportunity to walk side by side.” Maher Saleh Allawi, Tikrit

University president, said in a statement that the collaboration will allow both universities to prosper for generations. “[This agreement] is allowing the next generation to open new lines of communication and a civilized connection between these two nations,” he said. Martin agreed to meet face to face with Allawi and said she is excited about the future partnership. “I am very pleased to sign the agreement and look forward to a very long and prosperous relationship,” Martin said. The UW-Madison Division of International Studies, who is facilitating the agreement, works with many other universities like Tikrit to promote scientiﬁc and educational advancement.

Amended rule to regulate issue ads on its way to Legislature By Megan Orear THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Government Accountability Board voted unanimously Monday to amend an administrative rule defining which political “issue ads” can be regulated in accordance with campaign finance laws. Current law requires that political advertisements paid for by third parties are only subject to disclosure laws if they contain specific words, such as “vote for,” “support” or “defeat.” The amendment would cause regulation to apply to ads “which clearly identify a specific candidate for office and contain language which suggests support or opposition for the candidate,” according to a GAB statement. According to Common Cause in Wisconsin Executive Director Jay

zimmermann from page 1 A ‘unique’ crime According to Schauf, Zimmermann’s case is distinctively different from other crimes because homicides are rare in Madison, and stranger homicides are even rarer. “The case with Brittany is somewhat of an anomaly,” Schauf said. “The reason we’re even talking about it a year later is because it stands out, and it is very unique for Madison because that community is relatively safe.” According to Schauf, the odds of a crime like the Zimmermann homicide occurring in Madison are fairly small. In 2008, there were just ten homicides in Madison—half of which were related to domestic violence. Police said stranger homicides, where there is no known relationship between the victim and the perpetrator, are often the hardest to solve.

Heck, interest group spending ﬁrst became an issue after the 1996 election, when groups began generating anonymously funded attack ads. “By avoiding the speciﬁc words, [groups] were able to escape having to abide by Wisconsin’s disclosure laws, which require that you have to report the names of the donors,” Heck said. “So they were able to use unregulated anonymous money to run essentially campaign ads.” The new amendment, which closes the loophole that allows groups to do this, will likely lead to less third party “attack” ads because donors would have to disclose their names and might be hesitant to be associated with these ads, Heck said. The amendment will now move to the state Legislature for approval. State Rep. Jeff Smith, D-Eau

Claire, chair of the Assembly Committee on Elections and Campaign Reform, said he expects the Legislature to be in favor of the change. If no one in the Legislature objects, the amendment will take effect. “I can’t imagine why anyone would object to this,” Smith said. “This is just about open government. [Elections] should be open, people should know who is saying things in the ads.” Assembly Democrats have already introduced AB 63, which also aims to widen the scope of advertisements that are subject to regulation. “I think board members are optimistic that the Legislature is going to look at this issue seriously,” GAB spokesperson Kyle Richmond said.

Just over two months before Zimmermann’s death, the MPD began investigating a stranger homicide after Madison resident Joel Marino was stabbed to death in his home in January 2008. After months of intensive police work, the MPD arrested Adam Peterson, a 20-yearold former UW-Madison student who later confessed to killing Marino in a botched robbery attempt, in June. Police hope their meticulous and ongoing investigation of the Zimmermann homicide will yield similar results. “I do believe this is a solvable case,” Schauf said.

whatever they want to do in their life, and that is not OK,” said Kim Heeg, Zimmermann’s aunt. “Brittany doesn’t have her life anymore, and her family and friends don’t have the same life they had before either, and there needs to be accountability for this.” Schauf said the MPD remains in close contact with Brittany’s parents, Kevin and Jean Zimmermann, to update them on developments in the investigation. The family recognizes and appreciates the police effort to solve the homicide, according to Heeg, and continues to believe that Brittany’s killer will be brought to justice. “If we don’t have faith then we may as well just give up, and we’ll never give up,” Heeg said. “Had something happened to any one of us, Brittany would’ve fought for us ‘til the day she died, and we’ll do the same for her.”

Keeping the faith For members of the Zimmermann family, ﬁnding Brittany’s killer is the only promise of some relief in an otherwise heartbreaking nightmare. “Whoever did this is doing

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tends to contribute accordingly and vote accordingly.” Abrahamson campaign manager Heather Colburn said the campaign is honored by the support of the university community. “I think [Abrahamson is] a recognized ﬁgure on campus and has been for her entire career in Madison,” Colburn said. Flaherty said Abrahamson’s longterm presence in Madison gives her “home ﬁeld” advantage at UWMadison. “However, Judge Koschnick enjoys strong support here and in the rest of the state,” he said.

lion from a four-year tuition hike and fundraising to add support to undergraduate education and ﬁnancial aid. Since announcing the initiative March 24, Martin sought student feedback by hosting forums and sending out informational e-mails. UW-Madison sophomore Ben Wood said many students remain uninformed about the initiative. “I think students just said, ‘Oh wow, tuition increases,’ and just called their friends and yelled and commiserated together,” Wood said. Martin said she is trying to reach out to students in new ways.

“I put this on Facebook, but I don’t have many hits on my Facebook,” she said, laughing with the audience. “So if you could help me out by becoming a fan…” Martin said she will also hold one more forum and expand her office hours to be available to students with questions. “For me, there’s the benefit of getting this done for the university, and then there’s the side benefit of getting to interact with students,” Martin said. UW-Madison administrators will be available in the Student Activity Center from 2-5 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday this week.

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Madison will be host to cycling races if the 2016 Olympics are held in Chicago. Above, a cyclist in the 2008 Ironman in Madison.

Madison prepared for possible Olympic visit this week The International Olympics Committee delegation committee visits Chicago this week, and Madison ofﬁcials have been told they should be prepared should the committee decide to visit. If Chicago is selected to host the 2016 Olympics, ofﬁcials announced in January that 3 of the 5 major Olympic cycling events would be held in Madison. The Madison area plans to be ready for any last minute Olympic visits by the IOC. “The folks in Chicago have put us on alert in case the organizing committee does decide to make a visit here,” said Rachel StrauchNelson, spokesperson for Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz. “We’re ready for them.” Strauch-Nelson told the Wisconsin

State Journal they have alerted the Convention and Visitors Bureau as well as the Common Council leadership of the potential visit. The cycling time trials and road racing would begin on the UWMadison Campus, traveling through downtown and ﬁnishing 25 miles west of Madison, at Blue Mound State Park and Tyrol Ski Basin in Mount Horeb. The IOC’s 100-plus members will select the 2016 host on Oct. 2. Strauch-Nelson is hoping Chicago will be the choice. “It would be great for the city because it would bring a whole lot of people and a whole lot of folks looking to spend some resources and spend some time here,” StrauchNelson said. “It would be great opportunity for the city.”

Two uninvited men beat host of house party Police responded to a house party on Bowen Court early Sunday morning after two uninvited guests attacked one of the hosts of the party. According to a police report, around 4:30 a.m., one of the two uninvited attendees at the party got into a dispute with a woman and both of the men were asked to leave the house. The two suspects then attacked the 21-year-old host of the party outside of the house. The victim told police he was dragged into the street and was

kicked and punched around 10 times by the two men. Other guests from inside the party then reportedly ran outside and broke up the ﬁght. The two suspects allegedly reentered the house and attacked the host once more in the kitchen area. The victim reportedly fell to the ﬂoor, and was punched and kicked by the two men. The suspects, Devin Murray, 18, and Michael McQueen, 20, were arrested and tentatively charged with substantial battery.

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The god’s in the science Harvard professor supports mix of evolution, intelligent design By Steve Furay THE DAILY CARDINAL

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UW professor uses computer models to help animals survive future climate change By Mary Sagstetter THE DAILY CARDINAL

Carefully placing the reflectometer on a black rhino’s nose in the Brookfield Zoo, professor Warren Porter documented the rhino’s ability to reflect sunlight. While the rhino passively ate bread from the zookeeper, Porter read the reflectometer, a device measuring reflected light, and found the rhino reflected only 12 percent of the sun’s rays. Apart from the privilege of being in the presence of an endangered species, Porter, a zoology professor at UW-Madison, relished the opportunity to collect every detail of local animals, such as the black rhino. From this research, Porter will use computer algorithms and equations to predict future effects on animals, such as the effects of climate change on the black rhino. So, how does Porter’s crystal ball work? Sufficient data is necessary for the computer model, a simulation that will predict results based on input parameters, to foresee how climate change will affect an animal. For instance, to determine how the population will react to the change, there needs to be considerable data about the individual animal. This model needs to include the animal’s genetics, behavior (both temperature- and sex-dependent), physiology and morphology, or body shape. These are key to the model, because from this data scientists can build another model or equation to find how much an animal needs to eat and how much energy it spends. These two factors will tell scientists how the climate change will affect the black rhino’s ability to survive and grow. For example, the black rhino is black because of its genetics, and its typical behavior is to stand under a shrub to keep cool. The rhino’s shape is a large oval, which means its body can easily retain heat from the sun’s radiation. Turning these descriptions into measurements, Porter can input the data into the computer model to find how much energy the rhino needs to expend on daily activities, such as maintenance of core body temperature, growth and reproduction. This model will then describe how well the rhino can survive,

grow and reproduce given the environmental surroundings. “Once we know the properties of the rhino, we then can calculate the metabolic rate in different amounts of shade,” Porter said. Porter organized the computer calculations into different graphs. One graph demonstrated the rhino’s metabolism, which showed little variation over 12 months in differing amounts of shade. There was little variation because overall, “in the hot months (October-March) metabolic rates are lower than in the cool months (June-August) when metabolic rates have to be higher to maintain body temperature.” However, on another graph, the different amounts of shade had significant effects on water evaporation rate because “in all weather, water loss requirements are significantly lower once shade values begin to exceed 40 percent.” “These rhinos definitely have to have shade, especially in [the] hottest and driest parts of the year,” Porter said. The radiation affects the rhinos because they have a thick boundary layer between the skin and the “free stream” air. “Since they have that layer, they are not easily cooled by the air, and they can become really sensitive to the radiation load, like cattle,” Porter said. “So vegetation is really important to them.” “Once we know the properties of the rhino, we then can calculate the metabolic rate in different amounts of shade.” Warren Porter zoology professor UW-Madison

This is why Porter found the majority of the rhinos in the northern part of the Serengeti in Kenya, where there are many trees during the hottest part of the season. During the rainy season, the rhinos move back down to the lush vegetative ﬁelds in the southern portion of the Serengeti. These observations show how landscape and climate affects the movement of rhinos. The computer models are great estimates for scientists to see how global warming will affect animals. And they offer solutions,

too, such as planting more shrubs in the Serengeti. But how reliable are these computer models? “We are constantly testing them,” said Porter. “The most recent test was down in Kalgoorlie, Australia, where Dr. Michael Kearney from the University of Melbourne was doing some work. We had temperature loggers placed at the surface, 2.5, 10, 20 and 50 cm below the surface.” Porter showed a graph with temperature loggers, a small thermometer-like instrument, at different depths in the soil for recording the air and surface temperature. He then ran a computer model based on the soil composition of the area that would predict the air and surface temperature. The results of the computer simulation varied by only a few tenths of a degree from the temperature logger’s data. This means that the computer models have been accurately applying the correct temperature for the animal’s height above or below the ground in the simulation. So far, Porter’s models have accurately predicted how certain animals will react to climate changes. However, the previous models were all done for land creatures. What about sea creatures? Marine animal modeling is the subject of his future research. New 3-D software will scan an animal such as a sea turtle and show the fluid dynamics of the sea turtle as it glides through the water. Knowing this, as well as the animal’s metabolism, Porter will be able to figure out how much energy the sea turtle will need to expend to keep its core body temperature regulated as the temperature of the ocean fluctuates. These computer models will help show how some of the future effects from climate change will inﬂuence animals’ survival. Whether on land or in the ocean, the animal constantly adapts to the environment. Yet, it’s important to remember the animal is not an equation, represented perfectly by balanced numbers. For an animal, there is a real-life breaking point—the point that determines if it lives or dies. “Climate variability is important,” Porter said, in determining “how animals survive.”

The idea of an intelligent creator of the universe may have little scientiﬁc support here at UW-Madison, but a thought-provoking lecture by Owen Gingerich at the Pyle Center on March 10 suggested this just might be the case. Gingerich, a professor emeritus of astronomy and science history at Harvard University, is also a senior astronomer emeritus at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the author of over 20 books. Gingerich spent much of the lecture, titled “Designing a Universe Congenial for Life,” discussing the organic makeup of the universe, the development of life on Earth and the remarkable ways in which scientists now pursue the discovery of life on other planets. Toward the end of his talk, he seemed to break with scientiﬁc convention and presented ideas about a designer of the universe in a way that suggested the possibility of a deity.

“I would prefer to believe in a purposeful universe.” Owen Gingerich professor emeritus Harvard University

“Here we have a universe, amazingly, that does have this congeniality [toward life],” Gingerich said. “Is this accident or is this some kind of design? It’s bothered a number of scientists who feel that it’s very important that science should work without any aspect of the supernatural as part of its structure, and therefore there is a feeling that there ought to be some other explanation of this congeniality.” These comments caused a stir in the audience, who perhaps suspected Gingerich of offering a defense of the Intelligent Design movement, a highly controver-

sial alternative to Darwin’s theory of evolution. Intelligent Design theory is presented as a scientific alternative to evolution that embraces the religious concept of creationism, and its supporters actively lobby to have it taught in public school science courses. But Gingerich quickly refuted this theory, as his knowledge of the universe doesn’t preclude him from understanding the process of evolution on our planet. He instead theorized that the larger process of how life begins has a designer. “Though Darwin’s theory of evolution spoke about how the organisms should be fit for their environment, we wouldn’t have life at all excepting that the environment itself was fit for the prospects of life,” Gingerich said. Gingerich was careful to differentiate his concept of intelligent design with the modern political movement, since he disputes its ideas of the origins of life on Earth. But his talk suggested that the processes of creating life in the universe do not happen by accident, perhaps offering a bridge between science and theology. “I would prefer to believe in a purposeful universe,” Gingerich said. “I just find myself psychologically incapable of believing a totally random, purposeless universe. So within that division there are many ways in which one can view principles of creativity, the role of divinity with respect to creativity.” His provocative concepts left much room for the imagination, particularly in regard to how religion could use science to advance its presentation of a deity, or deities, in connection to our spirituality. Gingerich doesn’t believe the concept of God can easily be simplified, and it should be supported by our rapidly increasing knowledge of the universe. “And that,” Gingerich said, putting the matter to rest, “doesn’t, I think, put me into the Intelligent Design camp.”

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Reality bites in ‘Young Men’ By Katie Foran-McHale THE DAILY CARDINAL

Astringently funny yet relatable, Keith Gessen’s “All the Sad Young Literary Men” follows three highly educated college graduates in their individual quests for careers, women and wisdom at the turn of the 21st century. Keith is a Harvard graduate who has taken up a writing career in New York City, Sam is a Bostonian who is certain he will one day be the author of “the great Zionist epic,” and Mark is a graduate student living in Syracuse while writing his dissertation on the Mensheviks. Each grapple with relationships and desired legacies. Gessen writes with biting wit and rapid-fire cultural and literary references. The title itself is a reference to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “All the Sad Young Men,” a collection of short stories published in 1926 exploring the naïveté and foolishness of young men and their expectations. This is not a portrait illustrated in Gessen’s first novel, as each character is more or less clear in his anticipations, but the reference literally describes their dispositions as well as reflects the allusive nature of the book.

Gessen writes with biting wit and rapid-ﬁre cultural and literary references.

Each story is unique, but the similarities between them are frequent and intertwined, causing them to blend dangerously close with one another. At times, the melodrama seems to blur together and function interchangeably between the respective stories if not carefully compartmentalized, as if the narrative as a whole could be following one character instead of three. The characters are young, arrogant, and at times whiny, and their actions

reflect that. One protagonist is a chronic self-Googler, and two of the three have two girlfriends at once. They are sometimes difficult characters with whom to relate or empathize.

One protagonist is a chronic self-Googler, and two of the three have two girlfriends at once.

Although the political and social developments described thoroughly by the narration are certainly chaotic—the IsraeliPalestinian conflict, the Lewinsky scandal and the failures of the Bush administration, to name a few—the novel as a whole is not to be taken completely seriously, and neither are its characters. This is not to say, however, that anything is belittled or that the protagonists’ intense feelings are refused. Gessen captures the budding idealism and subsequent disappointment so often found in young adults. The protagonists undergo philosophical dilemmas ranging from the minute to the existential (“Does he who fights douchebags become, inevitably, something of a douchebag? I don’t know.”) But a sharp wit and sense of humor shines through amid personal darkness through satire, sarcasm, and general absurdity (“Mark looked up from his plate and smiled as if to say: There is no one but you. Celeste smiled back, as if to say: I will cut off your balls.”) Much of the novel is gloomy, reflecting on political failures and reactionary movements. But as it ends in 2008, a newfound optimism graces each story with the seeming promise of change (though not with an annoyingly and overtly political message— the novel was released last April.) Despite the mottled narration and sometimes pity-seeking characters, “Literary Men” is a good read for adults of all ages seeking insight in a convoluted world.

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Beyonce’s penetrating stare may melt the hearts of millions of men everywhere, but her vapid and utterly uninspired lyrics leave many listeners putting their hands up solely to beg her to stop singing.

New lyrics lack meaning DALE MUNDT croco-dale rock

erhaps pop music has never been a hotbed of careful, deep lyrics. But the recent glut of ridiculous, shallow bullshit being passed off for lyrics cannot go unmentioned. There is no better place to start than Beyonce’s “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It).” Since I already wrote an entire column devoted to how much this song sucks, I will simply list some of the speciﬁc lyrical features that contribute to this song’s god-awfulness. First, the song claims to be about empowering singlehood, but instead focuses on putting “a ring on it.” Second, the lyrics read like a clingy drunk dial. And lastly, the lyrics quote Buzz Lightyear. The Plain White T’s deserve some mention for their song, “1,2,3,4.” Although this song attempts cleverness by playing with homonyms, it comes off as cute in a middle school sort of way rather than being endearing or clever. More importantly, didn’t Brian McKnight already do this? In 1999? Another song polluting the air-

waves with its lyrics is Soulja Boy’s “Kiss Me Through The Phone.” At first, I thought the song might be a thinly veiled reference to something more explicit along the lines Bob Dylan’s “Tambourine Man” or The Beatles’ “I Wanna Hold Your Hand.” But after several repeated listens, I’m fairly certain that this song really is just about distracting a significant other when you’re going to flake out on them. I kept hoping that there would be some hint of a deeper meaning than just an excuse, but neither the lyrics nor the music video give any reason to believe that Soulja Boy is anything but a shallow dumbass. Unsurprisingly, Britney Spears’ latest song “Circus” also features shockingly bad lyrics. In contrast to Soulja Boy’s infantile straightforwardness, however, the lyrics to “Circus” read like a sixth grader’s English homework on similes. First, Britney claims that she’s “like a ringleader” because she “[calls] the shots.” Then she compares herself to a “firecracker” because she makes “it hot.” I’m not totally sure what ringleaders actually do, so I won’t comment on that imagery, but I’ve played with firecrakers enough to know that they really just make noise. They don’t actually create heat. Ironically, “pop” could have been inserted instead of “hot,” and the lyric would actually make sense. Apparently, however, making

sense was not as important as Britney saying the word “hot.” Rounding out our examination of shitty lyrics is the instant classic “I Love College” by Asher Roth. This is a song entirely devoted to extolling the douchebag life, from lyrics about cheap liquor and shitty beer to the house rules for beer pong. Although I will not pretend to be morally outraged about a song that promotes binge drinking, drug use, hazing, and taking advantage of drunk girls, this may be the dumbest song ever, especially for actual college students. Drinking happens. At parties, not at parties, on weekends, on Tuesday mornings. Big effing deal. This might as well have been a song about the joys of crossing a street, or perhaps the excitement of filling out a job application. Parties are fun. No kidding. However, Mr. Roth has achieved something truly astounding with this song. Experts were shocked to find that Asher has packed an amount of douchiness into one song that was previously thought impossible. Years from now, musicologists will still marvel that he managed to do so without harming himself. Now, if only the experts could figure out how he took Eminem’s vocal style and made it more obnoxious. Tell Dale how sick you are of him criticizing “Single Ladies” at dpmundt@wisc.edu.

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Dropping Timbers

Today’s Sudoku

Anthro-apology

By Eric Wigdahl wigdahl@wisc.edu

Angel Hair Pasta

By Todd Stevens ststevens@wisc.edu

Sid and Phil

By Alex Lewein alex@sidandphil.com

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“I’m pond scum. Well, lower actually. I’m like the fungus that feeds on pond scum.”

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

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lower voting age won’t raise votes

tate Rep. Cory Mason, DRacine, recently introduced an amendment to the state constitution that enfranchises 17year-olds, giving them the right to vote in both state and local elections. The impetus behind this amendment is to stimulate voting among young people. Other states have tinkered with the idea of the one-year drop in voting age, as the Illinois State Assembly is in the process of reviewing a similar amendment and Connecticut (among other states) allows 17-year-olds to vote in primaries as long as they will be 18 by Election Day. Passing an amendment is time consuming, as it has to go through two consecutive sessions in the legislature and then pass a statewide referendum. Fueling skepticism toward this effort is the lack of a 17year-old lobby demanding the ability to vote. While it would be nice if high school students

were itching to cast a ballot, this does not seem to be the case. Even if this were to pass, 17-year-olds would not be able to vote in federal elections, since the U.S. Constitution prohibits it. Ideally, adding more voters to the pool would increase turnouts in state elections, but the currently scant turnout fuels skepticism that taking a year off the voting age will help. However, the possibility of a high school student running for a local post and having classmates vote him in is enticing, if only to highlight the ambivalence state residents have toward local elections in the first place. Although the process for this amendment is almost prohibitively long, there is no reason not to move forward. However, Mason nor any other politician should look to this as a solution to low voter turnouts, as we are highly skeptical anything will change.

Land preservation will beneﬁt all Americans TOM HART opinion columnist

ore than two million acres of public land are ready to be preserved for posterity after the passage of a 164-bill strong package that Congress passed last Wednesday. The measure then headed to President Obama’s desk where he signed it into law Monday. The House of Representatives originally defeated the resolution two weeks ago when it was known as S. 22, the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009. Senate members used congressional maneuvering to quickly reinsert the language of the package into H.R. 146. A simple name change resulted in successful passage of the bill. The newly passed H.R. 146 seeks to protect more than two million acres of land under the National Wilderness Preservation System. Established by the Wilderness Act of 1964, the system’s stated goal is to “secure for the American people of present and future generations the beneﬁts of an enduring resource of wilderness.”

As the sprawling reach of human development continues to swallow the wild regions of this planet’s surface, it is essential that we preserve the few natural areas that remain for the benefit of future generations. Not only will these bills preserve vast tracts of uninhabited land, they will also promote scientiﬁc research within these boundaries and programs to help educate the public about the importance of conservation. H.R. 146 includes provisions to add more than 1,100 miles of 86 wild and scenic rivers. These rivers will add to the 166 that are already protected under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. Any development that impedes the freeflowing nature of these rivers will be prohibited. The main critics of the package contest that the measure will hurt small businesses in the area because federally designated wilderness areas restrict the use of all motorized vehicles. This argument fails to recognize the fact that a large number of the package’s supporters are actually small business owners. Companies that specialize in tourism and outdoor recreational activities will surely see a rise in revenues with

the new wilderness designations as tourists flock to the undisturbed beauty of the land. Several Republican representatives also expressed concern that the newly designated wilderness areas will prevent the extraction of valuable energy resources, such as petroleum and natural gas. Drilling in ecologically pristine regions may increase domestic energy production, but how much natural beauty are we willing to sacriﬁce for the sake of short-term energy solutions? A century from now, when clean energy options have overtaken the environmentally harmful methods of the present, what will future generations think of us if we continue to destroy our last few pristine ecosystems? President Lyndon B. Johnson spoke wisely about the importance of the original Wilderness Act of 1964. “If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them more than the miracles of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it.” Tom Hart is a senior majoring in history. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Volleyball

Maloney ﬁnding her groove with Badgers By Jay Messar THE DAILY CARDINAL

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After battling health problems, Wisconsin redshirt freshman middle blocker Kelsey Maloney is ﬁnally able to hit the court this spring.

New beginnings are on the horizon for redshirt freshman middle blocker Kelsey Maloney. Maloney e-mailed Wisconsin volleyball head coach Pete Waite two seasons ago saying she fell in love with Wisconsin and playing in a Badger uniform would be a dream come true. Yet Waite realized the Centreville, Va., native had a long way to go before she stepped foot on the UW Field House floor. After nearly three years of recovering from illness and injury, Maloney is now back in shape and finding her groove with the Badgers. “She didn’t play for the last two years,” Waite told uwbadgers.com following Wisconsin’s first spring match of the year last Saturday. “She’s really now getting onto the court and it’s some of the first ball she’s been playing. If you really look at those things, we’re just trying to get experience on the court and that’s what they did today.” Maloney’s health troubles date back to the summer of 2006. “At the beginning of my junior year, I had played a month [of the high school season] and got sick with a cold that turned into pneumonia,” Maloney said. “When my lungs got better, I was still extremely weak, wiped out, fatigued, achy everywhere.” She next started getting headaches and still couldn’t yet complete a full day’s worth of classes at school. After three weeks on bed rest, Maloney said the doctors were confused as to why her condition hadn’t improved. At the end of December, her doctors

Patriots’ puzzling trade could pay off ANDY VAN SISTINE sistine’s chapel

he New England Patriots’ trade of Matt Cassel and Mike Vrabel back in February raised a lot of eyebrows. A rising star quarterback and a proven veteran linebacker for just one second-round pick? It sounds like a shady deal—and maybe it is. After all, the Patriots gave up a lot of proven talent for a single second-round pick. They did not even snare Kansas City’s No. 3 overall first-round pick. It sounds like New England screwed themselves over. Nothing is farther from the truth, however. A first-round pick is not the commodity it once was. In fact, the first-round pick is more of a liability in a number of cases. To put it in perspective, only 18 of the 51 quarterbacks who started NFL games last season were first-round picks. Those 18 do not include the likes of Alex Smith, J.P. Losman, Matt Leinart, Joey Harrington, Tim Couch and Akili Smith, all of whom managed to do little more than eat up millions of dollars worth of salary cap money and fade into oblivion. And that’s just quarterbacks. Think about the number of running backs, wide receivers and defensive linemen who have been busts throughout the years, doing little more than eating up money because of where they were picked in the first round. History shows that first-round

picks are not getting any cheaper. Back in 1997, the St. Louis Rams signed No. 1 overall pick offensive tackle Orlando Pace to a seven-year, $25.6 million dollar contract that included a $6.3 million signing bonus. Just ten years later, quarterback JaMarcus Russell signed a contract worth $61 million and was guaranteed $29 million, roughly $4 million more than Pace’s seven-year contract was worth. The latest No. 1 pick, offensive tackle Jake Long, inked a contract that was worth a little less than the top contract from the previous year, but secured even more in guaranteed money than Russell. No NFL team with a solid core of players wants to spend that much money on an unproven player at the professional level. Unless you are the lowliest team in the league with no chance of improvement save a big boost from a sure-fire player at the top of the draft list, the thought of having to pay a first-round salary to someone who amounts to nothing more than a decent rookie is annoying at best. Case in point would be Kentwan Balmer, a defensive end selected No. 30 overall in last year’s draft by San Francisco. Because he was drafted in the first round, the 49ers had the obligation of paying him a first round salary: $11.5 million over five years, with $6 million in guaranteed money. Unfortunately for the Niners, he produced anything but first-round results, tallying only seven tackles, no sacks and no forced fumbles despite playing in all 16 games. Hardly worth the money. Larry Grant, an outside linebacker that San Francisco drafted at No.

214 overall last year, had five tackles in just two games. Teams like the Patriots need not bother with the rigmarole of negotiating the contract of another first-round draft pick when they can get a player with nearly the same quality skills in the second round. The Packers, though in need of a boost from last year’s sub-par performance, have followed suit with some success. In 2007, the Packers continually traded away high, supposedly quality picks for a greater quantity of lower picks, and ended up reaching the NFC championship game. Last year, they traded away their first-round pick in favor of a high second round pick and saved a few million in the process. Six picks further down the draft ladder from Balmer, wide receiver Jordy Nelson cost Green Bay less than half the money—$4.7 million over four years—and was far more productive on the field, hauling in 33 catches for 366 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Not bad for the fourth-ranked receiver on the team. The fact of the matter is, getting a second-round pick is a pretty sweet deal in the grand scheme of things. New England could not financially come to terms with holding onto both Tom Brady and Cassel. So why get rid of one man only to have to pay the first-round pick that takes his place the same amount of money? Second-round picks are truly the gem of the draft, as they produce the biggest bang for the buck, and the Patriots were wise to gobble one up. Think the Patriots should have held out for a No. 1 pick, e-mail Andy at avansistine@wisc.edu.

finally officially diagnosed Maloney with Lyme disease. And then, the numbness set in. “I got it in my toes and it went all up my body,” Maloney said. “At points, I felt like I couldn’t lift my legs up … It would take me 20 minutes to climb up the stairs, so I’d have to scoot myself up.” Aside from the headaches, fatigue and body numbness, Maloney said the most frightening experiences of the disease were the neurological effects. “A lot of that time I don’t even remember because I was so out of it,” Maloney said. “My mom said I couldn’t complete sentences. Your memory gets ‘snatched’—that’s what the term is I guess.” Maloney then wore a PIC (peripherally inserted central catheter line)—a permanent IV into her left bicep from January to May, through which she was given fluids five days a week. Yet, despite her deteriorated health, Maloney tried to keep in contact with her Virginia Elite club team. “I would go, at first once every other week or once every two weeks to practice to see my friends, but even driving there was rough,” Maloney said. “As I started feeling better, I would go to practices more, but I still wouldn’t do anything. In June 2007, normally time for Club Nationals, Maloney was able to take a vacation to northwestern Wisconsin to visit family along the St. Croix River. Along the way, she swung through Madison—precisely when she fell in love with the campus. At the end of July, Maloney was

readmitted to the hospital. One surgically removed gall bladder and five days’ worth of complications because of almost a full year’s worth of IV medications later, Maloney was forced to remain inactive for 10 days—a diagnosis Maloney had become quite used to. Luckily for Maloney, on the 11th day after surgery, practice for her Westfield High School squad began. Maloney e-mailed Pete Waite, asking him to consider offering a spot on the Badgers team to the Virginia native. One of the Badger assistant coaches came to watch her play and just like that, Maloney was offered a spot with the Badgers. Then, lightning struck for the third time. Just as Maloney was getting stronger, she acquired a stress fracture in her back that put her in a protective brace for four more months. Finally, Maloney is as healthy as she has been in four years. And, while still a bit rusty, she is itching to get on the court. With her first UW scrimmage under her belt, the water sports enthusiast can’t wait for the summer so she can experience all the swimming and water skiing she can handle. “I haven’t gone to do any of the water stuff yet because it’s been frozen, but I’m ready for this summer,” Maloney said. Waite will probably be praying that Maloney doesn’t incur any life-threatening illnesses, break any bones or rupture any more internal organs. Because when one is that prone to injury, one needs all the help she can get.

Women’s Tennis

Badgers fall to Wolverines, Spartans over the weekend By Emma Condon THE DAILY CARDINAL

On its road trip last weekend, the Wisconsin women’s tennis team fell to Michigan 6-1 Saturday before losing a devastatingly close 4-3 contest against Michigan State Sunday. The Wolverines (4-1 Big Ten, 9-5 overall) notched their second consecutive doubles sweep, beginning with an 8-0 victory over junior Katya Mirnova and sophomore Jessica Seyferth at the No. 3 position. They cleaned up as the No. 31. pair of juniors Tania Mahtani and senior Chisako Sugiyama downed No. 35 senior Liz Carpenter and freshman Angela Chupa to secure the point. Unrelentingly, the No. 16 Wolverines continued their rampage into doubles play, collecting five more points in singles before Mirnova scored the Badgers’ lone point in a tiebreak 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (8). On day two of their Michigan tour, the Badgers (0-5 Big Ten, 5-12 overall) faced Michigan State (1-4, 8-10) for what turned into a five-hour assault as each team looked to post its first conference win. Doubles opened with an upset as the unranked tandem of freshman Elena Ivanova and senior Stephanie Kebler brought down Carpenter and Chupa 8-5. Although sophomore Emese Kardhordo and Mirnova gave the Badgers a win at the No. 2 position with a 9-7 victory, the Spartans secured the point and the early lead when freshman Dana Guentert and sophomore Lindsey Lonegran

defeated Badger freshman Aleksandra Markovic and Seyferth to earn their second victory as partners. Moving on to singles the Badgers regained ground quickly, tallying three consecutive singles finishes at No. 3, 4 and 1 from Mirnova, Seyferth and Carpenter. Mirnova improved to 2-0 in singles for the weekend with her straightMIRNOVA set, 6-4, 6-0 victory over senior Ana Milosavljevic and the Badgers were up 3-1, looking for one more point to rally the win. Chupa provided the cardinal and white the opportunity at No. 5, battling back from a first set loss to take the second 6-2. Guentert was ready, however, and fought back to take the match 6-1, 2-6, 6-1. Another loss at No. 6 left the meet tied at 3-3. The match came down to Markovic, who succumbed to Ivanova at No. 2 after taking the first set to 6-7, 6-3, 6-3. With the win, the Spartans improved to 8 wins on their season and sent the Badgers, still without a conference victory, home. Next weekend the women will square off against the unranked Purdue Boilermakers (1-3, 5-9) at Nielsen Tennis Stadium once again. The Badgers lead Purdue all-time 27-9 but lost to the Boilermakers last πyear 4-3. —uwbadgers.com and msuspartans.cstv.com contributed to this report.