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SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH A monthlong series focused on sexual violence in America and on the UW-Madison campus in an effort to dispel myths and educate students, including weekly feature articles and daily facts.

Alcohol a factor in sex assaults, students say By Andrea Carlson THE DAILY CARDINAL

With the commencement of Sexual Assault Awareness Month and the recent allegations of the crime on campus, students are engaging in a discussion about the issue of sexual consent. Compared to other campuses in the UW System, UW-Madison had the highest rate of sexual assaults in 2007. According to the Wisconsin Ofﬁce of Justice Assistance, UW-Madison had a reported number of 42 assaults, and Milwaukee had 23. However, experts of sexual assault know the number of sexual assaults on campus are much higher because the reporting rate is traditionally low for the crime. “One reason that may contribute to why Madison has more sexual assaults compared to Milwaukee is the different types of cities and

their surrounding areas,” UWMadison sophomore Scott Reid said. “Madison is a smaller city than Milwaukee, so people may feel that, because it is a smaller community, they are safer.” Rachel Roesslein, a UWMadison junior, said she often gets nervous walking alone at night in the late hours. “I try not to walk alone but I have to sometimes. I’m more afraid of getting mugged,” she said. UW-Madison offers students several different safety options for getting home from other parts of campus at night. SAFEWalk, a student-run service, runs from 8 p.m. until 1 a.m. every night, and SAFEride runs from 10:30 p.m. to 3 a.m. University administrators encourage students to take advantage of the resources to ensure a safer campus. “Sometimes I am afraid of being attacked or raped [while walk-

ing alone at night],” UW-Madison sophomore Monica McCarthy said. “But overall I think I feel safer than I actually am … Madison seems so safe.” Although students express a sense of security while walking around UW-Madison, incidents like the recent Sigma Chi allegations initiate concern having to do with alcohol consumption and sexual assault. According to Kelly Anderson, director of the Dane County Rape Crisis Center, the number one date rape drug is alcohol. In past years, UW-Madison has been ranked as one of the top party schools in the nation. Although their ranking no longer holds, students still consider alcohol a big part of the university’s nature. McCarthy said she would be surassault page 3

GUTS to expand peer mentoring program Kayla Torgerson THE DAILY CARDINAL

In the midst of midterms and finals, UW-Madison students often find it difficult to receive help from professors with crowded office hours, but with the Greater University Tutoring Service looking to expand its services, help may be more readily available to students.

Shuhan He, a senior at UWMadison, said he has big plans to expand GUTS to include Skills Acquisition Guiding Experience. The program would provide peermentoring groups, beginning in the Zoology department. SAGE would eventually expand to all departments on campus that wish to collaborate with GUTS. He said the current peer men-

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Students receive help from the Greater University Tutoring Service, which will use increased funding to expand peer-mentoring services across campus.

toring system on campus is inefﬁcient. He envisions the SAGE program transforming peer mentoring on campus, allowing it to be more accessible to students of all majors. “The expansion’s goal is to create an organized, coordinated campus wide effort to integrate a …[peer mentoring service] into every large lecture series on the UW-Madison campus by 2015,” He said in his expansion plan proposal. He said he thinks the program will become a unique aspect of UW-Madison education that other universities around the country will not have. “[Currently] every department that wants a peer mentoring program does it on their own blood and sweat,” He said. With the creation of SAGE, the organization will serve as a nexus, providing the logistical organization a peer-mentoring system requires for departments to focus on teaching students. He experimented with a trial run of the SAGE program in Biology 151 in the fall semester. He started by selecting six students from the lecture who were passionguts page 3

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Protestors rallying against the recent federal bank bailouts converged on the Capitol Square Saturday, including marching to Chase Bank at 22 E. Mifﬂin St.

Group rallies against bank bailout at Capitol By Steven Rosenbaum THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice, in conjunction with A New Way Forward, campaigned against the recent bank bailout at a protest held at Capital Square Saturday. The groups joined in a nationwide campaign organized by A New Way Forward, a national campaign that advocates re-organization and nationalization of major banks, to “Break Up the Banks.” The Madison rally was one of about 75 simultaneous demonstrations across the country, according to A New Way Forward’s website. According to Tiffany Cheng,

a national organizer for A New Way Forward, their campaign against the banks is about national unity. “We put a call to unify all of the different reactions across the country, and we’re pushing for a platform that all of us can get behind. We’re asking for a nationalized, reorganized, decentralized exit plan for the economic crisis, and it’s the most sound policy that has the public interest in mind,” Cheng said. After a short speech, Steve Burns, program coordinator for the Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice, led supporters across rally page 3

Questions arise over Peterson suicide By Rachel Holzman THE DAILY CARDINAL

The father of convicted killer and former UW student Adam Peterson said he was “disturbed” by recent discoveries that his son’s suicide may have been assisted by his cellmate Joshua Walters, in an interview with The Capital Times. Melvin Peterson, Adam Peterson’s father, learned of the new information after a call was received from law enforcement officials from Dodge County. Peterson was serving a life sentence in jail for the January 2008 murder of Joel Marino. “I was blown away by the level of involvement of his cellmate

and the graphic description in the report,” Melvin Peterson told The Capital Times Thursday. “As a parent, I found it very disturbing that, of all the inmates Adam could have been placed with, he was placed with someone that was more than willing to help him take his own life. That blew me out of the water.” Walters first told officials he was asleep during the time Peterson killed himself. However, the criminal complaint against Walters reveals otherwise. Allegedly, Walters told Peterson he would also kill himself after helping Peterson hang himself. reaction 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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MEGAN CORBETT little red corbett

he Friday night ﬁsh fry is the place to be in my hometown during Easter weekend. Almost the entire community comes out for good friends, good food and great times. It’s one of the town’s big social events of the year. However, there is a dark side of the fryer. Not everyone is brimming with community pride. There are always people who pass you in line, spill your potato salad down your new sweater, or take the last of piece of chocolate cake with sprinkles. They are mean, callous and cold. I am of course talking about the elderly. Oh, don’t let their fragile exteriors fool you. When you come between a 70-year-old man and his beer-battered ﬁsh, look out—there is most likely a cane about to be pile-driven into your foot.

Maybe it is because the ﬁsh fry is at the local bowling alley, and the old men feel it is their domain. Perhaps the old women like the thrill of swooping in and taking the last Jell-O cup before their nemesis from the knitting club can get her hands on it. Most likely I am just overreacting because an old woman accidentally spilled chocolate milk on my lap and didn’t apologize. She was going way too fast on that scooter and as she swerved to take the corner, her box of milk toppled into my lap. Before I could stop her, she and her Hoveround were gone in a cloud of dust. Looking back, it was probably my family’s own fault. My mom had skipped lunch and my brother had to work at 5:30 p.m., so we sauntered into the ﬁsh fry right around 4:30 p.m. It was a frenzy. The line wrapped around the hall and out the door. All around us, men were snapping their suspenders as they eyed the food hungrily, as the women were talking pleasantly about their last game of Bingo or pinochle. Other than the

youth volunteers working the dinner, my brother and I were the youngest by decades. Things only got worse as we tried to find a seat. There were clearly elderly cliques that my family and I were not a part of. Table after table was denied to us as my brother and I were deemed “young whipper-snappers who would ruin a nice meal with all our tomfoolery.” We finally found a table in the back next to the fabulous quilt that was this year’s door prize. The raffle at the fish fry is always like a bad episode of “The Price is Right.” The prize is always a quilt, a grandfather clock or a case of home-brewed beer. Originally, I thought the home brew might be a nice prize, until one year my dad actually won it. He said it was a delightful mix of hops, urine and motor oil with a slightly skunky after taste. He had the one bottle, and the rest of the case still clutters our storage room. But for all the drama surrounding the fish fry, the food was good and eventually some family friends

wandered in. We had a nice evening as a family, even if we were outcast and I had chocolate milk seeping into my jeans. On our way out of the ﬁsh fry, we were following an older couple to the parking lot. They were friendly to us, and they held each other’s hand and their smiles simply beamed. They were sickeningly sweet, really. We were almost to our car when we heard tires screech. A car had started to pull out and stopped just a few feet from the couple. My mom wanted to run over and see if they needed help, but we quickly saw they had the situation under control. The woman marched right up to the vehicle and slammed her purse into the car, screaming, “Watch where the hell you’re going dumbass!” Then she and her husband linked arms and strutted away. Seeing the “sweet” old woman walk away, I could only smile. I only hope I am half as crazy when I reach her age. If you like ﬁsh and old people, e-mail Megan at mcorbett2@wisc.edu.

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Look for the Brein to amp things up this week. He’ll be mixing things up a bit, so if you see him on the street, just ask and he’ll let you touch his biceps.

Week Nine Goals —Eat less at Za’s (it’s better than Sbarro, but come on, Brein) —Work on toning and sculpting shoulders —Tweet your Twitter thang three times daily —Get digits from a lady, then ﬂex buttocks as walking away

Ask the Brein a Question What man’s body would you most like to emulate? Brein: “That’s simple. Brad Pitt in ‘Troy.’ I’m pretty sure the movie ‘Troy’ was carried by Brad Pitt’s abs.”

So the Brein’s on Twitter now. Yeah, that social networking website that allows people (or companies and organizations) to update everyone on their life’s happenings in brief, 140 character “tweets.” It hardly seemed necessary to the Brein, given he already updates his Facebook status every time he touches some hardware, but we’re making him tweet every time he flexes a muscle or downs a protein shake. Brein’s a little slow on the uptake so far with Twitter, but he’s making strides. Thankfully, his protein and weight-training uptake is cooking. Brein got into the gym five times this week, Passover festivities and all. Brein aimed at popping his core at the beginning of the week, but ended up hitting his arms and chest the most, benching 135 pounds five times. Brein ate “lots of various forms of chicken sandwiches, the occasional pasta, chicken burritos and tuna fish sandwiches every other day,” a great, protein packed menu. However, we also learned that the Brein ate Za’s three times this week. Tsk tsk, Breiner. Follow the Brein’s progress this week at twitter.com/ thebrein and e-mail him at page2@dailycardinal.com.

Stay warm, Brein Are warmups really necessary? Necessary, no, but they come highly advised. Sometimes the Brein is a busy guy that just wants to get in and out so he can accomplish other things that must be done, but compromising the warmup can compromise your results. For starters, warmups provide your body a hint to what’s coming next and allow it to prepare by increasing bloodflow, prepping your muscle fibers and improving your range of motion. It’s a common courtesy to your body, and your body will reward you. Imagine if your professor sprung a test on you on a whim with no prior knowledge. You’d probably perform more poorly than you otherwise would if you’d recieved forewarning and not get much out of it—and you’d be pissed at your professor to boot. Don’t make your body pissed off at you.

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

For the record

This week: “One Breining Moment,” based off the NCAA March Madness anthem “One Shining Moment.”

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Sexual Assault Awareness Month Fact of the Day: 73 percent of sexual assults were perpetrated by a non-stranger.

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Unemployment expected to rise The Wisconsin Department of Revenue projected an increase in unemployment to 8.9 percent by 2010 in the quarterly Wisconsin Economic Outlook released Thursday. The Manufacturing and Trade, and Transportation and Utilities industries are expected to be the hardest hit in 2009 according to a statement from the Department of Revenue. The manufacturing industry suffered a loss of 8,200 jobs in January and 10,500 jobs in February. According to the report Wisconsin lost 72,000 jobs in the past four months. A slow recovery is anticipated in late 2010. Education and Health Services are the only sector expected to see growth in 2009. “The education and healthcare sectors continue to show some growth … they are somewhat insulated from

global economic pressures,” Carrie Templeton, executive assistant for the Department of Revenue, said. According to the report, employment in the Education and Health Services sector grew 1.8 percent in 2008 and is expected to grow 2.3 percent in 2009.

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future sessions. Jean Heitz, a faculty member in the zoology department, who helped He develop his expansion plan, said both the peer mentors and tutees would beneﬁt greatly from the program. Dan, a UW- Madison sophomore and current peer mentor for Biology 151, said many mentors worry about their relationships with their students because they were close in age. He said SAGE helped him to gain respect from his peers while leading them in group discussions. “It’s given us a lot more conﬁdence,” he said. Chancellor Biddy Martin’s Madison Initiative for Undergraduates favors the imple-

ate about learning biology and who had an open mind about learning new study techniques. In the group, He required his peers to excel in biology. They met once a week for two hours, and each student was asked to present one of the six major topics from lecture that week. The method allowed students to learn from and teach each other. He took the ﬁrst step in expanding the program at the beginning of the spring semester. He selected 15 peer mentors to lead their own peer study groups. The students met with him once a week to discuss the progress of the peer groups and to brainstorm new ideas for

“It’s all types of education. It wouldn’t necessarily [mean] that the UW will see an increase in positions —it’s probably not likely, and any growth is very minor. It just stands out because everything else is so negative,” Templeton said. —Hannah Furfaro

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assault from page 1 prised if one of her friends was sexually assaulted but would feel “less shock” if alcohol was involved. However, other students, like Sara Schroeder, a UW-Madison sophomore and member of Omega Chi sorority, said alcohol does not give someone the right to do anything to another person without consent. “Although the presence of alcohol complicates legal rulings, rape kits can easily tell whether sex was consensual between the two partners,” she said. Anderson said young adults often think rape will never happen to them or anyone they know, but sexual assault is an

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mentation of the SAGE program, according to He. One of the three goals of the initiative is “to ensure that UWMadison can provide critical student services, such as … peer-mentoring programs to prepare them more effectively for a changing world of work,” as listed on the Initiative’s website. In his proposal, He said as the supplemental tuition charge is phased in for the initiative, SAGE would be able to expand because of increased funding. Heitz said there has been a 95 percent satisfaction rate from the students who have participated in SAGE peer groups, and they are hoping to maintain the rate as the program moves forward.

the street to the Chase Bank branch at 22 E. Mifflin St. Burns said they chose to protest Chase Bank for a reason. “Chase is a good target because their CEO has said publicly that he’s using the federal bailout money to buy more banks and get bigger. We think really the problem is that

reaction from page 1 Also, according to The Capital Times, a DNA test of the sheet Peterson used to hang himself contained DNA that likely belongs to Walters. Adam Peterson was diagnosed with schizophrenia and psychosis but was not on suicide watch at the time of his death. He had previously been on suicide watch after attempting to kill himself Sept. 25. Melvin Peterson told The Capital Times he has been con-

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“unfortunate reality” in society. She said the sentiment can hinder a woman’s safety. “I think self-defense classes are a good way to teach women basic self-defense skills. The benefits of having taken a class can certainly be worthwhile for a woman if she protects herself or one of her friends from an attacker,” Reid said. In an effort to circulate awareness at UW-Madison, student groups and faculty are working to generate knowledge about the consequences of rape during Sexual Assault Awareness Month. For more information on SAAM events visit http://uwpave. rso.wisc.edu/. the banks are too big to begin with,” Burns said. Jan Van Tol, a UW-Madison senior, attended the protest. He said he thinks students should be mindful of this issue because of the current economic climate. “We’re going to graduate and we have to go into this economy to find jobs,” Van Tol said. Chase Bank declined to comment on the rally. tacted several times by Disability Rights Wisconsin, a state agency designated to ensure the rights of people with disabilities. The agency wants to investigate whether the state correctional officials could have prevented Peterson’s death. “I think any investigation into possible negligence on the part of the prison system leading up to Adam’s death is totally appropriate,” Melvin Peterson told The Capital Times. Walters is set to appear in court April 27.

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By Mark Riechers THE DAILY CARDINAL

The audience’s giggles cut to a cold, shocked silence. “Oh no,” a woman mumbles in horror, as we witness what appears to be a fairly graphic date rape. We see Ronnie sweatily humping the girl of his dreams as she lies unconscious beneath him, a dribble of puke running down the side of her pillow. And just as we become completely disgusted with him, Ronnie pauses, halting the display long enough for Brandi to take notice and yell, “Why are you stopping motherfucker?”

Rogen displays the ﬁnest acting of his career, transforming his usual cuddly stoner to a Ritalinpopping sadist.

“Observe and Report” seems to be filmmaker Jody Hill’s challenge to audience members—how long will you watch something awful and wait for it to become funny? The resulting film is cringe-inducing, horrifying and hilarious. The female employees of the Forest Ridge Mall are under assault by a ﬂashing pervert, a heinous crime seen by head of mall security Ronnie Barnhardt (Seth Rogen) as nothing short of an act of terror-

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ism. And when the flasher attacks Brandi (Anna Faris), aforementioned love of Ronnie’s life who also happens to work at the makeup counter, he decides he needs to find the flasher before the police to finally get the girl and the glory he so desires. He confesses to his mother, who swills a bottle of rum as he speaks, “This disgusting pervert may be the best thing that has ever happened to me.” Imagine if the angry teenager Seth Rogen played on “Freaks and Geeks” grew up, went off his meds, hit the bottle hard and carried his daddy issues into an unhealthy love for firearms. That seems to be the genesis of Ronnie Barnhardt—a character whose only humor is his absurdity. Rogen displays the finest acting of his career, transforming his usual cuddly stoner to a Ritalin-popping sadist. Ronnie’s would-be lover Brandi is a stuck-up bimbo who can barely string a sentence together, and instead seems to focus most of her brain power on scoring free pills or booze. She’s played by Faris as brilliantly unlikeable, which makes Ronnie’s obsession with her that much more ridiculous. The cast is rounded out with some stellar bit parts that sell the world of the mall as morally bankrupt—Patton Oswalt as a store manager who mocks his disabled employee and Aziz Ansari as a sleazy kiosk salesman, who steals the show when he rebuts Ronnie’s racist accusations of ter-

rorism against him. Somehow, the flasher ends up being one of the more wholesome characters in the film. The look of the film matches Ronnie’s sadistic violence, a gritty and realistic cinematography that allows the violence of the film to achieve maximum effect. As

someone who cut their teeth in filmmaking by recording martial arts demonstrations, Jody Hill knows how to film a fight. We feel the impact of every hit and cringe when a skateboard connects with the head of a teenager fleeing Ronnie’s excessive force. That seems to be the man-

tra of the film—excessive force. Horrible, corrupt characters hitting us with blunt force jokes for 90 minutes. It’s offensive, and at times cruel, but after that awkward few seconds of disgust, you’ll still be laughing. Grade: A

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“Observe and Report” features the best acting of Seth Rogen’s career. His character, Ronnie Barnhardt, makes audiences cringe while daring them to laugh at his over-the-top vigilante mall security ofﬁcer.

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Bring it on April showers. Eight random synonyms for the word moist are: clammy, damp, dank, dewy, drizzly, humid, irriguous and muggy. dailycardinal.com/comics

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Easter Egg Hunts

Today’s Sudoku

Classic Anthro-apology

By Eric Wigdahl wigdahl@wisc.edu

Angel Hair Pasta

By Todd Stevens ststevens@wisc.edu

Classic Sid and Phil

By Alex Lewein alex@sidandphil.com

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

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

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

The Graph Giraffe

Evil Bird Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com

TWO ABREAST ACROSS 1 Kind of pudding 5 Where students go at night 9 Bat shaper 14 Cover a gift 15 Philharmonic instrument 16 It’s enough to make you cry 17 “God’s Little ___” 18 Abbreviated moments 19 Fairy-tale tyrants 20 Pair who took vows 23 “In an ___ world ...” 24 Accelerator particles 25 Sports network 28 Place for quiet, at times 29 Be beholden to 31 ___ Paulo, Brazil 33 Tic-tac-toe winner 34 Cowgirl Dale 36 Protective covering 38 Quiet business associate? 42 Part of a play 43 Evidence of cooking 44 Herd word 45 Afternoon drink, for many

48 Part of the great seal of the U.S. 49 It’s pressed for cash 52 First name in mysteries 54 Jazzy Fitzgerald 56 Cartoon dog 58 Certain look-alike 61 Garden gastropod 63 At the apex 64 Key partner 65 Camping digs 66 Hardly genteel 67 Sal the mule’s canal 68 Out 69 Earned a citation 70 “I guess so” DOWN 1 Mystic masters 2 Air hockey setting 3 Attic 4 “Don Giovanni,” for one 5 Aspirin label datum 6 Following orders 7 “Fidelio” jailer 8 Pions, e.g. 9 Aerial maneuver 10 It may be acute or obtuse 11 Tedious 12 Weekly weeder? 13 Two from Connecticut?

21 “What a great gift!” 22 “Surﬁn’ ___” (1963 Beach Boys hit) 26 Below C level? 27 Neither counterpart 30 Pallid 32 Kind of cookie 34 Wallach, for one 35 Hot springs facility 37 Genetic messenger letters 38 Surgery souvenir 39 Pisa residents 40 Certain three-digit number 41 Man in a colorful mnemonic 42 Lincoln’s nickname 46 Velvet end? 47 Promising places 49 On the job 50 Nixon daughter 51 Organ grinder’s aide 53 Corrects copy 55 Illuminated 57 One of several popes 59 Apart from this 60 Did a Little bit? 61 NASCAR advertiser 62 Theater funding gp.

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opinion Undergraduate Initiative requires work dailycardinal.com/opinion

RYAN DASHEK opinion columnist

lthough we all come from different backgrounds, are majoring in different subjects and have different goals and expectations for ourselves, every single UW-Madison student can agree with the following statement: Tuition hikes suck. Unfortunately, these increases are inevitable, even in the midst of a recession. Chancellor Biddy Martin’s Undergraduate Initiative proposal is yet another justification for an additional tuition increase. However, is it a practical and justified burden to place on students? The short answer is yes, but despite the many issues Martin’s Undergraduate Initiative proposal addresses, it also unfortunately contains several flaws which need to be dealt with before the proposal itself actually takes effect. Martin’s proposal does address a very important problem cur-

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rently facing the UW-Madison campus: faculty retention. In the 2007 report by the Commission on Faculty Compensation and Economic Benefits, the number of faculty leaving UW-Madison in pursuit of better opportunities over the past four years has doubled as compared to the four years prior to that. In addition, the same report also pointed out that UW-Madison professors earn, on average, 13 percent less than the average salary of 11 peer colleges to UW-Madison.

Adding the extra charges onto the bills of only those who will actually see any results would be the best choice for Martin.

However, faculty retention is not the only problem the proposal is tackling—improving advising services and offering more courses to ensure that students can get the

degrees they need are also addressed. Unfortunately, this means that next year’s seniors and juniors will likely see very little, if any, benefit from this proposal. Better faculty and more of the most popular courses will certainly help incoming freshmen and will probably aid at least a majority of next year’s sophomores. Having completed a good portion of our academic work, juniors and seniors will not be seeing very many perks in exchange for the hundreds more many will have to pay. So what can be done for next year’s seniors and juniors, who see nothing of the predicted benefit, but still have to pay hundreds extra in tuition? Some may argue that it’s not that much, and only those who come from moderately well-off families will actually have to pay it, but is this still fair? There are a large percent of students who come from families making $80,000 or more, but pay their own tuition and expenses. To those students who do have to pay their own tuition,

that “little bit” really adds up quickly. This must be addressed by Martin before any final decision can really be reached.

Would a smaller tuition hike, which would be applied to all students, be a better option?

Martin is correct in phasing in the tuition hikes slowly rather than just smacking us all at once, but phasing in who pays would also be a smart move. Adding the extra charges onto the bills of only those who will actually see any results —next year’s freshmen and sophomores—would be the best choice for Martin. Then, after next year, have students at the junior level and below pay and finally, have all students pay the increased tuition in two years. This way, those who are most likely to see any benefit will be paying for it.

Lastly, is it really fair for families making $80,000 a year or more to pick up the tab on this initiative? It is true that more ﬁnancially strapped families should not be expected to have to pay for these increased services, but more economically secure individuals be paying to better the education of students they don’t even know? Would a smaller tuition hike, which would be applied to all students, be a better option? This is something Martin needs to discuss with students openly and bluntly. If the majority of students are on board with such a proposal, then there is no reason to back down from it. However, sticking students who come from well-off families with the bill may not be the best idea, either. In the long run, I do applaud Martin’s efforts and am glad to see the open dialogue she is keeping with students. Hopefully, when all is said and done, we can accomplish something that benefits students and faculty and, of course, keep tuition down. Ryan Dashek is a junior majoring in biology. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

After failure of constitution, time for FACES to control ASM By Todd Stevens THE DAILY CARDINAL

This past February, the students of UW-Madison had a chance to bring change to Associated Students of Madison. A brand new constitution was put before the campus in the hopes of making the organization relevant once again, structured to make ASM’s leadership more accountable and more closely connected to students. In hindsight, it seems all too predictable that the constitution ultimately failed, due in no small part to ASM’s aforementioned perceived lack of relevance and leadership. The creators of the new constitution were simply out-hustled by the Vote No Coalition who, thanks to a sizable amount of fearmongering, were able to swell up enough support for a colossal 15 percent voter turnout. Ironically, the fact that a 15 percent turnout can be called “colossal” is

probably a good indicator of how badly ASM needed the change the new constitution would have provided. The new constitution was far from a perfect document, but it was a much better opportunity for reform than the simple changing of the guard the Vote No Coalition supported. This week, the future of ASM is again up for a vote with the ﬁrst ASM elections since the constitution referendum, which begin today and continue through Wednesday. Once again, the Vote No Coalition is popping their little heads out of their burrows for some campaigning. Now operating under the FACES moniker (For Accessibility, Community and Empowerment of Students) and including some new foot soldiers, the group has moved on to phase two: attempting to grab control of ASM itself. As far as I’m concerned, we should let them. It’s not that the FACES slate con-

tains the most worthy candidates for ASM. After all, these are the people who halted ASM’s best chance for reform by leading the defeat of the constitution. It also seems that their campaign is driven by little more than rampant idealism with very little substance behind it.

Once again, the Vote No Coalition is popping their little heads out of their burrows for some campaigning.

Too many points of the FACES platform feel like ﬂuff, such as making all Student Council and Student Services Finance Committee members take a “diversity training class” or holding listening sessions each

semester—as if this campus doesn’t have enough listening sessions already. Other proposals just seem ineffective, such as increasing the presence of Blue Safety phones, a technology completely outdated in an age when almost everybody has a cell phone. Nothing in the platform mentions creating better communication with students, which has been one of ASM’s weakest areas. According to freshman Letters and Science candidate and FACES member Jonah Zinn, ASM will gain more publicity if it actually starts doing things. But it would seem difﬁcult for students to actually hear about these accomplishments if ASM continues with the woeful public relations it has now. Instead, much of the platform seems focused on lobbying—something ASM simply does not have the resources to pull off, as shown by constitution champion Jeff Wright recently moving away

from the organization to help found the Wisconsin Student Lobby. However, this happy-go-lucky batch of progressives effectively won the real election back in February. Electing a new group of traditional ASM candidates would just be continuing the unacceptable status quo. At the very least, the FACES slate seems capable of dealing with the basic functions of ASM. The slate includes numerous candidates who have acted as community organizers and activists, ranging from Tyler Hawks’ work on the Obama campaign to Elizabeth Wrigley-Field’s free speech activism to Eric Hoyt’s representation of ASM on the Labor Licensing Policy Committee, so the group certainly has a level of organizational competence. FACES even includes former District 12 alderman and current head of the Equal Opportunities Commission Brian Benford, who might just have the most impressive resume of any ASM candidate ever. Most importantly, electing these candidates into office will provide the student body with a specific group to hold accountable for any further lethargic inaction from ASM. If the status quo continues, nobody running on the FACES platform will be able to say they weren’t given a chance. The blame for failure will lie squarely on the shoulders of the Vote No crowd, providing motivation for a new constitution reform movement in the future. So when you vote in this week’s ASM elections, make sure to check the box next to your FACES candidate. If they can actually accomplish some of their goals, good for them. I sincerely hope they can shake ASM from the shadows of irrelevancy. But let it be known that the burden of reform now lies on the FACES slate alone, and anything short of success will not be tolerated. Todd Stevens is a sophomore majoring in history and psychology. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Wisconsin falls to Illini in ﬁnal spring match By Adam Tupitza THE DAILY CARDINAL

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Senior third baseman Theresa Boruta (left) had four of UW’s six hits against Penn State over the weekend, while junior pitcher Letty Olivarez (right) struck out ﬁve lion hitters in almost ﬁve innings.

Swept in College Park By Joe Skurzewski THE DAILY CARDINAL

Wisconsin (1-7 Big Ten, 12-28 overall) dropped a pair of games to the Penn State Nittany Lions (4-6, 13-18) over the weekend. The Badgers lost a 2-1 game to the Lions Saturday 2-1, and were shut out 4-0 by Penn State Sunday. Wisconsin now returns home on short rest for a doubleheader with Notre Dame this Tuesday. Head coach Chandelle Schulte’s squad entered University Park, Penn., looking to get its offense going after scoring a mere two runs over the last four games (0-4). Penn State came into the weekend on a two-game winning streak in Big Ten play. Junior Letty Olivarez got the ball in game one against Lion sophomore Jackie Hill. All of the scoring occurred in the ﬁrst three innings of the game. Penn State struck immediately, as doubles from seniors Danielle Kinley and Sam Hovanec gave the Lions a 1-0 lead. The Badgers tied the game in the second inning with a solo home run from freshman Karla Powell. But Penn State regained the lead in the third when senior Christana Crivellaro hit a solo home run of her own. Despite a solid performance pitching in relief by senior Leah Vanevenhoven, Penn State won, 2-1. Wisconsin could not get its offense

going in game two. Vanevenhoven and Hill faced off in the circle, and once again Penn State got the scoring going early, plating runs in the first and second innings to jump out to a 3-0 lead. Penn State’s Hill dominated Badger hitters Sunday, pitching a complete game and giving up only two hits and four walks. Wisconsin stranded five runners on the base paths, and Penn State added an insurance run in the fifth, winning 4-0. Senior Theresa Boruta, the only Badger highlight at the plate, recorded Wisconsin’s two hits in the game, going 4-for-6 on the weekend. Wisconsin will now prepare for a doubleheader Tuesday against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish (9-3 Big East, 25-13 overall). The Badgers and the Irish met in mid-February in the Bama Bash To u r n a m e n t in Tuscaloosa. POWELL Wisconsin recorded one of its better wins of the season that day, as Olivarez and Vanevenhoven combined to allow zero Irish runs on only three hits, en route to a 2-0 victory. The Badgers will face a very potent Irish offense Tuesday, a lineup with a

well-balanced mixture of underclassmen and veterans. Notre Dame has eight players with batting averages over .300, and the Irish have nearly doubled their opponents’ totals in doubles, triples and home runs. Wisconsin pitchers will look to shut down freshman Dani Miller and sophomores Erin Marrone and Sadie Pitzenberger. Junior Christine Lux and seniors Beth Norway and Linda Kohan also provide a threat for the Irish. Norway and Kohan played vital roles in Notre Dame’s 12-4 victory against Big East rival Connecticut Saturday, as Kohan doubled and Norway recorded a solo home run. The Badgers will expect to face a pair of winning pitchers in sophomore Jody Valdivia and senior Brittney Bargar. Valdivia and Bargar have thrown every pitch for Notre Dame this season, and both have nearly double as many wins as losses. The Badgers faced Valdivia and Bargar in February. Bargar shut out the Badgers in 2.2 innings of work, but Wisconsin managed to score on Valdivia, getting two runs on three hits and a walk in 3.1 innings. Wisconsin and Notre Dame will face off Tuesday at the Goodman Softball Complex at 4 p.m., with game two slated to start at 6 p.m. —uwbadgers.com contributed to this report.

The Wisconsin volleyball team concluded their spring exhibition season Saturday afternoon with a loss to Illinois at the UW Field House. The Badgers took the first set by a score of 25-19, but the Fighting Illini stormed back and won the final three sets 2521, 25-20, 25-23. The team faced strong competition in each spring match, as all four opponents participated in the 2008 NCAA Tournament. Although the Badgers finished the spring with an unimpressive record of three losses and one tie, Wisconsin head coach Pete Waite noted that the focus of these matches was not completely on winning and losing. “Something you look for in the spring is to give the people who didn’t play in the fall a chance to be on the court, the young players to get experience. We had three to four freshman out there at a time,” said Waite. Redshirt freshman Kelsey Maloney’s five blocks tied for matchhigh honors, and she also contributed one service ace and six kills. Freshman Janelle Gabrielsen turned in an equally impressive performance, accounting for 35 of Wisconsin’s 42 assists on the day. “Nellie [Gabrielsen], I think, has made great progress as a setter and is improving,” Waite said. “Overall, it was a solid team effort and we liked what we saw.” The Illini outdug the Badgers 62-45 and finished with a 59-46 advantage in kills. Michelle Bartsch led Illinois with 17 digs and also picked up 16 kills. Illinois also took a 58-42 edge in assists, but Wisconsin did commit two fewer errors and totaled five service aces to only three for Illinois. Junior Brittney Dolgner accounted for two of the Badgers’ aces. Dolgner and Allison Wack tied for the Badgers’ team lead in kills with 13 apiece. The Badgers used the spring schedule to practice their new offensive scheme, the 5-1. The team used the 6-2 offense during the 2008 fall

season, but has actually used the 5-1 in the past. The main difference with the switch is the change from two setters on the court to only one. Waite was pleased with his team’s improvement over the past month. “I thought today was a very good day,” he said. “We didn’t win the match overall, but we made a lot of great progress from the ﬁrst spring match of the season to today. I think people got out there and improved in the areas we were looking for so I’m happy with that. Illinois is a great team and they brought some great offense today, but I was happy with the way we progressed.” With the spring season complete, the team can now look ahead to the 2009 fall schedule, which was released this week. Wisconsin will face eight teams that competed in the 2008 NCAA tournament. The Badgers will open the season on the ﬁnal weekend of August, hosting the 18th annual InnTowner Invitational tournament in the Field House. The team will also participate in tournaments at Oregon State and Notre Dame during the course of the season.

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Sophomore setter Janelle Gabrielsen has 35 of the Badgers’ 42 assists Saturday.