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Record number participate in 28th Crazylegs

By Abby Sears THE DAILY CARDINAL

Despite the thunderstorm and heavy rains at the Crazylegs Classic Saturday, UW-Madison senior Evan Wettengal managed to stay relatively dry during the race. His secret? Wettengal ran wearing a banana costume for the second year in a row.

“It’s just funny how miserable it was, but everyone was really positive still the entire time.”

Julie Chou sophomore UW-Madison

“It got a little soggy, but it wasn’t too bad,” Wettengal said of his get-up. “I just wanted to … be out with the people and run with some of my friends and hopefully make some people smile with that costume.”

The weather did not stop a record number of participants from running or walking through downtown Madison in the 28th annual Crazylegs. Nearly 19,000 people took part in the eight-kilometer race and two-mile walk from the Capitol Square to Camp Randall Stadium, with all proceeds going to Badger Athletics.

First-time Crazylegs participants took home the top honors in both the men’s and women’s races. Tinley Park, Ill., resident Jeff Jonaitis won the men’s race with a time of 24 minutes, 17 seconds, and former UW-Madison cross country runner Katrina Rundhaug won the women’s title with a time of 27 minutes, 46 seconds.

Competitive runners were not the only ones hitting the pavement on the Crazylegs route.

UW-Madison sophomore Sarah Limper decided to run with a friend “just for fun” and said the rain actually helped in her first Crazylegs experience.

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Over 18,500 people ran down Observatory Drive near the Natatorium Saturday to participate in the 28th annual Crazylegs Classic despite continuous thunderstorms and rain. huge crowd of people the whole time, and the rain made it all interesting,” Limper said. “I think that made it better because it wasn’t 80 degrees and [I wasn’t] dying of heat.”

UW-Madison sophomore and Tri Delta sorority president Julie Chou said she started the race in a “torrential downpour,” but finishing on the 50-yard line of the football field at Camp Randall—

not the weather—defined her first Crazylegs.

“It’s just funny how miserable it was, but everyone was really positive still the entire time,” Chou said.

STUDENT FINANCE

Flame on

UW graduates face bleak employment outlook, disappointed by job prospects

By Steven Rosenbaum THE DAILY CARDINAL

Recent UW-Madison graduate Marissa Arnold works as a public relations associate for a small firm in New York City, and like many other recent grads looking for work in a tough economy, she feels underwhelmed and disappointed by employment prospects.

Arnold said her job, which she found through a family friend and UW alumnus, is less glamorous than it seems. The position was initially created because the CEO sprained her wrist and needed someone to type for her.

Her other duties include booking travel arrangements and bringing

THE ECONOMY AND YOU mail to the post office. She feels she is overqualified for the job.

“Since I was initially hired as a personal assistant for our CEO, I definitely felt like I did not need a college degree to book travel, fetch coffee and enter expense reports,” Arnold said. “I could be doing a lot more challenging things.”

Unfortunately, many of Arnold’s peers are stuck in the same situation: entry-level jobs with little hope of promotion. Many graduates have been forced to take jobs that they feel they are overqualified for, if they are lucky enough to receive job offers at all. grads page 3

U.S. Secretary of Education stresses college affordability, increase in funding for loans

By Sarah Zipperle THE DAILY CARDINAL

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Juggler Marcus Monroe performs atop a unicycle at the annual Madhatters concert for the third year in a row Saturday night.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan stressed the importance of President Obama’s proposal to make college more affordable for students by creating new loan opportunities Friday.

Obama’s current plan includes eliminating the Federal Family

Education Loan Program, a program that Duncan argues provides wasteful subsidies to banks issuing student loans, and requires all federal student loans to be directly lent by the government.

Hard-working students deserve the opportunity to receive higher education, Duncan said. One step toward achieving this goal is to

increase funding for loans by “tens of billions of dollars.”

Duncan is concerned the state of the economy could cause many students to choose not to go to college. The new proposal will make sure families know this money will be guaranteed and loans 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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t was only a matter of time. People have been speculating it for years.

There were signs, of course, but most of them were ignored until it was too late. The machines have started their rebellion.

OK, so maybe I am jumping to conclusions. So I had three bad experiences with machines in one day. No big deal, right? Wrong—you can talk to me when a copy machine tries to eat you.

But I am getting ahead of myself. I realize this is a bizarre claim, so to support my story I should start at the beginning.

There were no hints of impending doom when I got into work that Wednesday morning. Just a small todo list on my desk, along with a chocolate chip bagel my boss had saved me from her morning meeting. Things started out great.

First thing on the to-do list is always to check e-mail, voicemail and

snail mail. The snail mail was boring and there was no voicemail, so I plopped down in my computer chair and logged in, or at least tried.

Instead, I turned the computer on to be welcomed by a screen full of porn, pop-up ads and binary death threats. I did what any reasonable person would do—I shut the computer down and moved into a different office. Someone with more computer skills could deal with the Dell in the other room.

Next on the to-do list was to print off some receipts. A relatively easy task, I pulled up the document and clicked “Print.” And then all hell broke loose.

This particular computer’s default print wasn’t one copy, it was 100.

I realized my error only too late. I sprinted to the copy room, which was spitting out copies left and right. I hit “Cancel Job.” Nothing happened. I pounded on the button, held it down, and tried sweet-talking the printer into stopping, but nothing helped.

I pulled the paper out, but still it printed. I pulled out the next drawer, but on it went. I opened every hatch I could find on the damn thing before it finally stopped.

I sat sadly in the small forest I had destroyed. I had finally killed it 78 copies in, after finding the seventh super-secret back-up drawer of paper on the printer. The irony that this was Earth Day did not escape me.

I slumped back to my desk, giving the computer an angry scowl for its part in deforestation. I scanned my todo list for the next item. Make copies.

Oh God, no.

The copier and I alreadky had a history at this point. It didn’t like me and I hated it with every fiber of my being.

So it was no surprise when I walked in and it was jammed by the second copy.

I should have known it was a trap.

I opened up the copier and stuck my hand in. Instantly it unjammed, catching my sleeve in one of the rollers.

Seeing an ink-covered nub in my near future, I began to kick wildly at the power cord. As the roller pulled more and more of my sleeve in, I finally kicked the cord out. The beast shut down with an angry moan.

I limped out of the copy room shaken, disturbed and covered in a fine inky powder that would not wash off for several days. I needed a minute

Sponsored by: Anytime Fitness 301 East Campus Mall (608) 237-2717 We all know a guy who could use some beefing up. You may even be that guy. This semester, over a 12-week span, we will be taking one such man, Ben Breiner (br-EYE-ner), and attempting to strap some muscle onto his gaunt frame.

In performing this social experiment, we hope to not only boost Ben’s health, athleticism and confidence, but also provide valuable health and fitness insight and a realistic, average-guy’s step-by-step guide to getting jacked.

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With only a week to complete his training, Brein has been heading to the gym nonstop and eating everything in sight to look rock solid for his photo shoot.

Week 11 Goals —Workout six times —Sweep small women off their feet —Disrupt final exams by doing push ups —Bulk up for final weigh in

OPERATION BREIN TIME Do your part in helping Ben get jacked. From now until the end of Brein’s training, if you see him out and about you can make him do pushups by saying the CODE: Brein time. If you see him, make it happen (and don’t mind his grumbling, that’s just how the Brein shows gratitude). Disclaimer: for the preservation of the Brein, each individual is limited to one (1) Brein Time every four (4) hours equivalent to 10 pushups.

With only one week before the much anticipated spring finale of “Buffing up the Brein,” Ben is pretty calm about his upcoming weigh in. He has gained over 10 pounds without putting on much fat. He has had a 50 percent increase in his bench press weight. He has had repeated encounters with strangers grabbing at his guns. But after 12 weeks, will there be a significant difference between his before and after photos?

We’ll put him to the test. For next week, the Brein will have his body fat percentage, max bench and muscle size measured to judge how well the program worked.

This last week many of you did your part in making this transformation a reality. At lectures, parties, the office and even at home, Operation Brein Time has been a success. Ben says he actually appreciates the extra pump everywhere he goes.

In preparation for summer and his final weigh in, the Brein will be hitting the gym five times this week and stuffing his face to make some final gains before summer.

Keep an eye out for him and give him some encouragement as he lifts through his final week.

Want to watch the Brein do push ups in lecture? E-mail him at page2@dailycardinal.com.

Diet with a purpose Whether you are trying to cut weight for a fight, bulk up for a final weigh in or hit a goal weight in just a few days, there are a few things to remember.

The biggest factor in weight and the difference between a “cut” frame and a “bulky” frame is water. As any lifter can tell you, weight can fluctuate as much as 10 pounds in just a day depending on hydration levels. This helps to explain why a night of drinking may leave a body builder temporarily shredded, as the water has been drained from the body. Also, if you have been on a high-protein diet like the Brein for some time, “carbing up” can cause a significant weight gain in just a few days.

Knowing these facts about your body can give you the control necessary to, with limits, achieve a certain look or weight very quickly.

Although not effective over a long period of time, the Brein may just employ these strategies in preparation for his final week.

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 Corrections or clarifications?

Call The Daily Cardinal office at 608-262-8000 or send an e-mail to edit@dailycardinal.com.

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One More Week

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to compose myself, so I went to make a cup of coffee. That’s when my entire universe was shattered.

The coffee maker was broken. I could understand the computer turning on me and the printer aligning with the computer, and I had been on shaky grounds with the copier since I started. But the bond between college student and coffee maker is decades old. I was cut deep.

I had cleaned him, played with him, raised him as my own— and for what?

So he could turn his back on me and join the machine army in enslaving the human race? With a solitary tear I turned my back on him, never to hear his joyous morning bubbling again.

So now I type this on an ancient typewriter, deep within my underground bunker. I hope others will heed my warning before the machines wreak mass havoc in the world above. I only hope my passenger pigeon reaches the Daily Cardinal in time.

After writing this column, Megan learned in class that passenger pigeons are extinct, so we are all doomed. If you would like to claim your spot in Megan’s bunker, e-mail her at mcorbett2@wisc.edu.

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Sexual Assault Awareness Month Fact of the Day: Fourty-six percent of convicted rapists released from prison were re-arrested within three years for another crime.

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WISPIRG hosts second Poverty Summit, stresses education

By Grace Kim THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Wisconsin Student Public Interest Research Group hosted its second Poverty Summit Saturday and encouraged students to educate themselves about the current poverty issues in Wisconsin.

The Poverty Summit was part of WISPIRG’s Hunger and Homelessness Campaign that works to raise awareness about poverty. According to its mission statement, the group works “to alleviate poverty through education, legislation and service.” “[Students] can take a role by demanding change, and change is going to come because people demand,” Andy Heidt, the event’s guest speaker and Dane County human services ombudsman, said.

“Call the governor’s office, finance committee people and push them to fix the problems.”

The conference focused on education and legislation, and addressed poverty issues like the Madison housing system and the proposed ban on tax exemptions

grads from page 1 Two weeks ago, the March unemployment rates for Wisconsin were announced at 9.4 percent, almost double that of a year ago.

The national unemployment rate has reached 9 percent, the highest it has been since the early 1980s.

Every state in the nation has experienced unemployment spikes over the last year.

These statistics are certainly concerning, especially for college graduates. Many seniors are uncertain about their futures, and recent grads are struggling to find quality jobs.

“I definitely felt like I did not need a college degree to book travel, fetch coffee and enter expense reports.”

Marissa Arnold 2008 graduate UW-Madison

Jared Rosenbloom graduated from the UW School of Business in 2007 and currently works for an advertising firm in Chicago. He was one of 180 people hired out of an applicant pool of about 6,000.

Some of his classmates have not been so lucky.

“I know two people still looking for a job, and I know several more people who have lost their jobs,” Rosenbloom said. “Some of them have found new jobs in different fields, and some of them are still

loans from page 1 indexed slightly above inflation, he said.

An additional $2.5 billion over the next five years will be invested to increase graduation rates at universities.

“Obviously, getting students into college is very important, but if they’re not coming out with a diploma we’re not really changing their long term prospects,” Duncan said.

for nonprofit organizations.

Mariana Berbert, WISPIRG’s education and awareness coordinator, said education on the poverty issue and state legislation will help in solving homelessness.

“We are interested in educating [homeless people] on how to budget and keep on track.”

Cynthia Travis representative Tenant Advocacy Group

“Education really goes into, ‘why are [homeless] hungry, why can’t they find food themselves?’” she said. “The legislation part focuses on, ‘how can we fix these problems in the long run so they that they can see themselves without the help of a soup kitchen or shelter?’”

According to Cynthia Travis, Tenant Advocacy Group and Road Home representative, public housing has improved signifi-

cantly from the efforts of people speaking out and working to end homelessness.

“We want to keep this motivation in the right direction, and we are interested in educating [homeless people] on how to budget and keep on track so that they won’t have to lower their selfesteem so much,” Travis said.

According to Travis, it is important to continue increasing the amount of programs that help transitional and shelter housing.

Heidt said poverty is an issue that “savagely” affects young children who have no control over their lives.

He said poor housing systems create volatile living conditions for the most vulnerable people, including single mothers and people with limited education.

WISPIRG has raised more than $6,000 through the participation in Hunger Cleanup Campaign, and donated over $3,1000 to the Road Home, which helps the homeless community by working to prevent poverty.

looking. Many people are getting part-time jobs—restaurants, gyms, retail—to get by while they are looking for full-time jobs.”

Alex Sheridan, a 2008 graduate, returned home to work for his preparatory school in New York City. He works as a college counselor for high school juniors and seniors. According to Sheridan, part of his success in getting the job was the fact that he got started early.

Many of Sheridan’s friends were not successful in getting a job after graduation, so they turned to graduate school. “Some have realized that the phone isn’t going to ring any time soon, and have decided to go back to school to pursue their Master’s, hoping that the prospects for employment will be better once they’ve completed their degree.”

Laura Dresser, research director for the Center on Wisconsin Strategy, said the current labor market is the hardest to enter in “at least a generation.” She said graduate school could be a good option for students.

“If you need to get a Master’s degree, these are a good two years to have to spend in school,” Dresser said.

Dresser advised students to “[find] ways to make connections to the place you want to end up.

Use school to make some of those connections with the world of work so you’re not just landing in a labor market where you don’t know what the jobs are like.”

Fortunately for UW students, there are many resources through

the university that assist students in career building, networking and advice.

The UW Office of Corporate Relations serves as a tool for businesses to recruit UW students. They help companies find students and grads for internships and careers.

According to OCR marketing director Doug Bradley, job and internship offers have slowed down lately. However, he is cautiously optimistic that offers will pick up again.

“It appears right now that the health sciences opportunities are still there,” Bradley said. “Nursing degrees, any kind of professional medical certifications, those are still needed and there is an opportunity there.”

When asked about how the proposal might make schools safer for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and undocumented students, Duncan said creating an environment where students can succeed academically without economic concerns would foster more inclusive environments that encourage tolerance.

Duncan said it is important undocumented students have the opportunity to receive loans, and

said he would do everything possible to encourage states to offer instate tuition for these students.

“I think it’s absolutely in the state’s economic interest to make sure that these students have access and are treated just like their friends and peers from college,” he said.

According to Duncan, these reforms provide an opportunity to increase access to higher education, and ensure that these opportunities are available to everyone.

“If you need to get a Master’s degree, these are a good two years to have to spend in school.”

Laura Dresser research director Center on Wisconsin Strategy

According to Bradley, the biotechnology and services sectors are strong in Wisconsin, and there is also some hope in the currently tight pharmaceuticals industry.

The Wisconsin Alumni Association is another on-campus resource that students can use in their career search. The WAA hosts job fairs and provides a platform for seniors and recent grads to communicate and network with alumni.

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Members of the University of Wisconsin Band perform on Library Mall Friday during All-Campus Party as part of Wear Red, Get Fed.

Bipartisan statewide smoking ban introduced in Legislature A bipartisan statewide smokefree workplace bill that aims to ban smoking in workplaces including bars and restaurants was introduced Friday.

The bill was coauthored by state Sen. Fred Risser, DMadison, state Sen. Mike Ellis, R-Neenah, state Rep. Al Ott, RForest Junction, and state Rep. Jon Richards, D-Milwaukee.

“To lose your livelihood ... because the government makes a decision for you, that’s a pretty tough pill to swallow.”

Pete Madland executive director Tavern League of Wisconsin

“We’re excited that they’ve done this and that they going to introduce this legislation,” Allison Miller, media advocacy coordinator for the American Cancer Society in Wisconsin, said. “Obviously, our goal is to have a smoke-free Wisconsin as soon as possible.”

According to Miller, the bill

is very similar to the statewide smoking ban in Gov. Jim Doyle’s recent budget proposal.

Although the bill has bipartisan support, Miller recognized there is “staunch” opposition from the Tavern League of Wisconsin.

Pete Madland, executive director of the Tavern League of Wisconsin, said the bill punishes the Tavern League’s members and will force businesses to close.

Madland said the Tavern League has “been at the table three years in a row” to compromise, with anti-smoking legislators but a compromise has yet to be reached.

“To lose your livelihood, your retirement, everything you worked for because the government makes a decision for you, that’s a pretty tough pill to swallow,” he said.

Miller said a growing number of people are looking forward to smoke-free workplaces.

“A whole list of organization as well as numerous public health groups support this bill, as do the majority of Wisconsin voters,” she said.

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cieslewicz must keep city moving

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ayor Dave Cieslewicz didn’t pull any unexpected punches when he delivered the State of the City address on Wednesday. His speech detailed six priorities, all of which centered on the city economy in some fashion.

For the most part, Cieslewicz provided pointed, logical solutions to preserving individual jobs and supporting businesses in Madison. His work in expanding UW-Madison research projects into profitable Madison businesses is a proactive way to both encourage research grants and expand the city’s diverse array of business ventures. Cieslewicz pushed for $4 million in federal funding to develop the BioLink incubator facility, a unique agriculture research enterprise to benefit Madison’s long-term economy.

This type of funding also complements Cieslewicz’s desire to encourage UW-Madison graduates to return to the city.

Cieslewicz acknowledged the growing need to prepare for the possibilities of high-speed rail and better public transportation in the city. He cited the need to create a regional transit authority to handle issues related to bussing and rail, but Cieslewicz has already allocated his stimulus funds on 18 new hybrid buses for the fleet in 2010, rather than pursuing other transit needs. He has made it clear that metro buses will be the future for Madison public transportation and rail is strictly for regional purposes. Time will tell if Cieslewicz made the right decision, but for now, the hybrid buses appear to be a long-term financial gain and an impressive effort to prioritize environmental responsibility.

However, Cieslewicz tried too hard to spin the hard-hitting facts of the economy. As one of his six

focal points of economic stability, Cieslewicz highlighted the need to preserve Madison’s image as a haven for arts and tourism.

Economic impact notwithstanding, he has been fairly clear that the Overture’s financial troubles will receive no city aid. In addition to the Repertory Theatre’s closing and the Chamber Orchestra’s union debacle, Cieslewicz has all but admitted defeat for some of Madison’s major artistic outlets.

Simply admitting that the city has to focus on economic concerns first would have sufficed, but the arts are clearly one area where Cieslewicz has claimed defeat in the tough economic times.

One failed economic aspect Cieslewicz admitted to was affordable housing and inclusive zoning.

Madison has made little headway in creating new facilities to appeal to all income levels, whether it is unemployed single residents or lower-class families. More efforts to team with Porchlight properties can alleviate those hit hardest by the recession and should be prioritized, including efforts to take advantage of the cleared properties at Union Corners on the east side or St. Rafael’s block downtown. Instead of promoting only business ventures in these lots, new affordable housing projects deserve priority.

Near the end of his address, Cieslewicz claimed, “A good city is measured by the opportunities it gives to those who can’t find opportunity elsewhere.” Keeping this ideal in mind, Madison should strive to maximize business potential while still maintaining its standing as the number two place in the United States to find a job.

If Madison is to balance progressivism and prosperity, Cieslewicz must make fiscal responsibility his middle name.

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Rigid sentences fail to make economic sense RYAN DASHEK opinion columnist ov. Jim Doyle’s approval rating has hit an all time low, according to a poll conducted by the St. Norbert College Survey Center Poll, reaching a grand total of only 45 percent of people feeling at least partially satisfied with the governor’s work so far. And while his state budget is not exactly popular either (with only 28 percent favoring it in the same survey), it does contain positive aspects.

One of those aspects is an early release program for nonviolent criminals. Granted, this sort of provision should not be snuck into a state budget, but rather should go before the people of Wisconsin as a standalone bill. However, the proposed program does raise a good question: Has the truth in sentencing policy been effective in Wisconsin? Should we keep it around, or should we return to the old system Wisconsin had in the 90s?

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Stricter punishments are obviously ineffective, so it’s time to try a different approach.

In reality, Wisconsin has actually seen a drastic increase in not only cost of corrections under the truth in sentencing policy, but also an increase in crime rates, when truth in sentencing was supposed to cut them down. It’s evidently time we start looking toward alternatives before we keep throwing our money into a defective policy.

Truth in sentencing is obviously not working. According to

the Department of Corrections, from 2000 (the year after truth in sentencing took effect) to 2007, violent crimes have actually risen in the state by 28 percent. This alone is indicative of the effectiveness of this program.

Instead of convincing people to stay away from crime, more are actually committing criminal acts.

However, the majority of violent crimes committed from 2000 to 2007—approximately 55 percent—were committed by either repeat offenders or others who violated the terms of their release.

Thus, it becomes apparent that a majority of these people behind bars are not being reformed into more productive members of society—and why should they try to reform? After all, truth in sentencing has in essence destroyed any reason for criminals to try and better themselves while in prison.

Giving non-violent criminals the opportunity for early release in exchange for good behavior and positive changes gives them a reason to try and become better citizens, which will in turn reduce the likelihood of these people slipping back into their criminal lifestyles.

However, aside from crime rates in Wisconsin actually increasing, keeping these prisoners behind bars has actually cost the state billions of dollars. By implementing the recommendations made by the Council of State Governments Justice Center, the state would save an estimated 2.3 billion, according to an article by the Associated Press. So, not only are Wisconsin residents paying for inmates to stay longer, we are also actually seeing an increase in crimes. Why are we keeping a system that not only is less effective than the former one, but also much more costly?

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a different approach. Minnesota, a state with comparable population to Wisconsin, only has a quarter of the prison population that Wisconsin has, and yet its crime is still below the national average—as is Wisconsin’s.

Minnesota implements a three-tiered system, which includes jail time for the most dangerous criminals, probation, or a combination of jail and probation. Instituting a system similar to Minnesota will not only reduce the massive costs associated with truth in sentencing, but may also help reduce crime rates by giving criminals a reason to reform themselves and thus reduce the chance they commit additional crimes. It’s a policy Wisconsin lawmakers should certainly look into.

Instead of convincing people to stay away from crime, more are actually committing criminal acts.

It is apparent that truth in sentencing has run its course.

Increasing costs during a recession, accompanied with an inability to curb crime, should translate into a discontinuation of the policy and more exploration of alternatives.

Although the former system of an opportunity for early release may not be the best means of dealing with criminals, it nevertheless is superior in many ways to truth in sentencing, and until a substitute plan can be produced, Wisconsin should reinstitute the opportunity for non-violent criminals to be released early. Not only will it reduce state expenses, but it may also aid in reducing the relapse of ex-criminals into their old habits.

Ryan Dashek is a junior majoring in biology. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

Conservatives’ staunch opposition to change prevents societal progress

By Kevin J. Mack THE DAILY CARDINAL

Why can’t same-sex couples marry in Wisconsin, or most other states? Why were African -Americans denied the most basic civil rights into the 1960s? Why were women denied the right to vote until 1920? Why are women never ordained as Catholic priests, denied equal rights in many cultures and still paid about 70 cents to a man’s dollar for doing the same job?

The answer can be summed up in one word: conservatism.

What does it mean to be conservative? From freedictionary.com: Conservative: 1) “Favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change.” Yes, that’s it, isn’t it? Tending to oppose change. Is there something wrong with change?

That depends on the change, doesn’t it? Changing one’s clothes regularly is good, right? Changing the start times of Badger football games to accommodate TV is less clear, and changing horses in midstream is proverbially bad. Changing our national

language from English to Spanish would almost certainly be bad. Too much effort required for too little return. So, while change isn’t always good, neither is it always bad. Always resisting change makes no more sense than always favoring it.

Always resisting change makes no more sense than always favoring it.

So let’s examine some of the questions posed in the first paragraph. Why can’t same-sex couples marry in Wisconsin? Primarily, it seems, because they’ve never been allowed to before, a sort of cultural inertia. Certainly there are religious objections cited.

Religions tend to be conservative institutions. The good news is that we are not required to prac-

tice any particular religion, so religions are allowed to set their own rules. The state, however, is a different matter.

The state of Wisconsin, according to its constitution anyway, is committed to treating all of its citizens equally. When new situations arise, such as the desire of some of Wisconsin citizens to marry each other “non-traditionally,” the state cannot just fall back on the old “this is the way we’ve always done it” defense. It needs to be adaptive, to give new ideas due consideration.

If a proposed change enhances the quality of life for some of its citizens and harms none of them, then what justification is there to resist the proposed change? The “conservatives” won’t like it? Sadly, this is what has been holding back cultural progress for centuries. Try to answer any of the other questions from the first paragraph with valid answers that stand up to scrutiny. Good luck.

Kevin J. Mack is a junior majoring in history. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Audiences should love ‘Lucy’

By Dan Sullivan THE DAILY CARDINAL

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Ali Larter does a decent job portraying crazed stalker Lisa, but on the whole “Obsessed” suffers due to a lack of passion and talent, making the film feel like a watered-down version of “Fatal Attraction.”

‘Obsessed’ with clichés

By Mark Riechers THE DAILY CARDINAL

Can you make a sexual intrigue film without any sex or intrigue?

No. Need proof? See the boring, 100-minute prelude to a PG-13 girl fight called “Obsessed.”

Full disclosure here folks: If learning the riveting conclusion of a half-baked “Fatal Attraction” rip-off is going to ruin your day, you might want to flip over to the comics.

Derek (Idris Elba, “The Office”) is happily married to Sharon (Beyoncé Knowles), the “love of his life” who he apparently knocked up at a Christmas party and decided to marry. When Lisa, the new temp in the office (Ali Larter, “Heroes”) construes the kindness of Charles Miner, er, Derek, as an undying promise of love and devotion, she begins flinging herself at him, jumping him at a company party and popping into his car in lingerie.

Larter redeems the film at some level by playing “crazy” well. The phony, over-rehearsed delivery of her lines that makes her characters on “Heroes” as believable as cardboard cutouts of superheroes gives “Lisa the Temp” an air of self-delusion. Less plausible are the apparent superspy skills that this crazy stalker possesses—Jedi mind tricks and advanced computer hacking skills, all in the name of whacked

out love.

Other actors seem to never have a chance to succeed in the film.

Elba, who plays an exceptional corporate asshole on “The Office,” plays Derek as a family man who wouldn’t harm a fly. Why is he so nice in a film about temptation and sex? He never strays or shows any signs of temptation as this girl flings herself at him. It’s like watching Ned Flanders try to fight off Edna Krabappel—never sexy, just uncomfortable and mildly amusing.

The cinematography makes the film look like a PSA about sexual harassment in the workplace.

The film awkwardly attempts to reach to some higher-level issues within the plot. When Lisa crashes the company retreat, she roofies Derek’s drink and jumps him when he passes out in his hotel room. The next morning, Derek is uncertain how to tell his co-workers what happened to him—a gender reversal that explores the psychology of victims of sexual assault. But the execution is so superficial that it almost seems more like an insult to real victims than any kind of

insightful commentary.

Technically, the movie is unremarkable. The cinematography makes the film look like a PSA about sexual harassment in the workplace.

The soundtrack is filled with Beyoncé tunes and ominous “something awful is going to happen to this happy family” riffs on a synthesizer.

Since Beyoncé was on set to record the soundtrack for the film, they just put her in the film as the diligent but feisty wife. As usual, she should stick to her beautiful melodies, not awkward ad libs like “Come get me, bitch!”

This line occurs as Beyoncé lures Lisa over a weak spot in the floor of the attic during the penultimate battle for their man. The floor crumbles and Lisa falls to the shiny, expensive-looking coffee table below, but not before trying take out one third of Destiny’s Child as she falls. After the three-story fall, she opens her eye menacingly, like Chuckie coming back to life.

The audience laughs. I don’t think that’s what the filmmakers were going for.

A chandelier then falls from the weakened ceiling above, finally crushing Lisa’s undying love for Derek. Just as in “Heroes,” the best part of Ali Larter’s work in the film is when she is finally dead.

There, I just saved all of you $9.

At a trim 80 minutes, “Wendy and Lucy” is as slender and simple as it is dense and stunning. For a film that’s pretty straightforward about the emotions it’s trying to stir, “Wendy and Lucy” deserves the highest compliment: It’s a really potent punch to the gut. It marries big-time affectivity with intellectual abstraction; that is, if it doesn’t make you too miserable to think afterward.

When it was initially released in December 2008, much of the conversation about “Wendy and Lucy” centered on the film’s value as a portrait of the U.S. in the midst of a serious personality crisis (When is it not?). Director Kelly Reichardt depicts a milieu that is familiar without being too familiar, as not all of us can easily relate to the film’s half-suburban/half-rural Oregon setting, nor can all of us easily relate to the hardships known by the film’s eponymous heroine Wendy. But maybe it’s our failure to completely relate with Wendy and the small Oregon town in which she finds herself marginalized that makes “Wendy and Lucy” so effective as a historical document. Perhaps it’s this same failure to relate which inspires us to re-evaluate the present in the first place.

At a trim 80 minutes, “Wendy and Lucy” is as slender and simple as it is dense and stunning.

The nature depicted by Reichardt in “Wendy and Lucy” is radically different from the virginal nature she showed us in 2006’s “Old Joy.” Reichardt’s camera revisits the forest, but for the most part it lingers on train tracks, parking lots and gas station bathrooms. The nature we see in “Wendy and Lucy” is a tamed one, or more precisely, a defeated nature. To that extent, Reichardt makes Wendy equivalent to the

environment in which she is stuck.

This equivalency is achieved largely through Reichardt’s superb compositions, which simultaneously recall the photography of Walker Evans and the paintings of Claude Monet, as well as Walter Benjamin’s concept of “unconscious optics” (the tiny details of everyday life that we hardly ever notice but films can make totally apparent and fascinating).

Wendy is made to seem like a product of her immediate environment primarily through Reichardt’s use of understated yet texturally loaded images. If this is true, it’s because these images are characteristically non-psychological. Walter Benjamin argued that the fundamental difference between the novelist and the storyteller was that the novelist both describes and explains whereas the storyteller only describes. In “Wendy and Lucy,” Reichardt is more storyteller than novelist: The film is so specific, yet it’s also unsettlingly ambiguous.

Michelle Williams plays Wendy like a blank page, leaving it up to the viewer to speculate as to what’s going on within her close-cropped head. It’s like the anti-Henry James approach.

Instead of a ton of rigorous psychological explanation, we get only the image of a girl, cowering on a sidewalk outside of a Walgreens or stunned when she learns how much it will cost to repair her piece-of-shit Honda.

The rest is a void to be filled by the viewers, if they want to.

The really great thing going on in “Wendy and Lucy” is how Reichardt uses both photography and Williams’ performance not to “connect the dots” but rather to produce more dots, to ask more questions rather than answer preexisting ones. The film succeeds in touching its audience without expending an excessive amount of energy doing so, and that process alone is something to behold. But what lies just beyond the emotion it provokes is what lends “Wendy and Lucy” such tangible weight.

Grade: AB

Grade: D-

Viral Videos of the Week Search terms: Slow Loris Tickled Greek philosopher and noted scholar Plato once said “There is nothing better than videos of cute animals.” Disagreeing with Plato would just seem stupid, so instead the first viral video of the week is a slow loris being tickled. That’s it. Why are you still sitting here reading this, it’s a slow loris being tickled! This video is so cute it makes a bed full of kittens look like a nest of ravenous earwigs eating the flesh of a rotting corpse.

Search terms: Mythbusters Pancaked Car “Mythbusters” has delighted audiences for years with their absurd experiments and unorthodox methods in proving or disproving common myths. This clip may top anything Jamie and Adam have ever done, though. In an attempt to simulate a car being crushed by two speeding semis, the duo sets up a rocket-propelled sled and crashes it into a car stationed in front of a cement wall. The resulting spectacle is a sight to behold.

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Indie film darling Michelle Williams plays Wendy with a level of ambiguity, allowing the viewers to speculate about her character.

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Winning Flipcup

Today’s Sudoku

Anthro-apology

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Angel Hair Pasta

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Sid and Phil

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Herald win pushes recent record to 1-4 vs. Cardinal Disastrous sixth inning spells end for Dirty Bird After losing last year’s HeraldCardinal softball game, a slugfest that ended in a 16-15 Cardinal victory, former Herald sports editor Ben Voelkel wasn’t going to let his squad fall again.

But instead of providing one of his standard pregame pump-up speeches, Voelkel let his bat do all the talking.

With the Badger Herald down 6-5 in the final inning, it was Voelkel’s big blast to left field that made the difference, prompting a huge celebration at home plate, as the Herald won 7-6 in dramatic fashion.

“I didn’t call my shot, but I probably should have—it would have helped that one Dirty Bird guy in right field,” Voelkel said. “I saw him playing in, and I figured, ‘Hey, why not hit it over his head?’”

Voelkel did just that, and with the win, it marks the first time since 2004 that the Herald beat the Cardinal in the annual rivalry game. According to news editor Ken “Papa Bear” Harris, the victory was a long time coming.

“Well you know, I saw the determination Mama Bear (Tyler Mason) showed in center field, and I just didn’t want to disappoint my little snuggle muffin,” Harris said.

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Senior news writer Jack Zeller struggles to extinguish a four-run Herald rally in the sixth. The contest featured three lead changes in the final two innings before Ben Voelkel’s walk-off shot to left field.

Harris’ ERA now sits at a very respectable 10.50 over the past two games, although this time he received some help from his outfielders, one of whom goes by the mysterious pseudonym of Billy.

“Yeah I’m not exactly sure who that guy is, but I think he’s written a couple sports stories for us,” editor in chief Tom Schalmo said. “I mean, he’s eligible, right?”

One factor giving a big advantage to the Herald was Daily Cardinal sports editor Ben Breiner’s absence from the lineup. Playing the manager’s role for the second consecutive game, Breiner was often seen doing pushups on the sideline in cooperation with his current “Buffing up the Brein” campaign.

Although he has gained a solid four pounds of muscle, he still can’t wield

the 26-ounce softball bat.

“I just got tired really quickly,” the slim 160-lb, 5-foot-9 inch senior said.

“They make me do pushups, and it just gets so hard sometimes!”

On the flipside, Herald college editor Taylor “Oh M G” Cox strutted her muscles, knocking a single that prompted a huge Herald rally in the sixth inning. Despite the excitement

she showed upon reaching first base, Cox said she felt quite confident before her at bat.

“I was just like, oh my gosh, I can do this,” she said. “I just closed my eyes and swung as hard as I could and the ball just kept going.”

Cox’s infield roller was later overshadowed by city editor Heather Burian’s base knock of her own. Capping the rally, Burian’s single drove in two runs to put the Herald up 6-5 in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Burian, however, was unavailable to comment due to news content editor Kevin Bargnes’ constant bickering, claiming he was partly responsible for the Herald victory and for Burian’s go-ahead RBI. “I don’t play a lot of sports, but I definitely am a good watcher,” Bargnes said. “I told Heather that we needed her to come up big, and even though I’m a worthless softball player, I think that hit was a product of my genius and overall supremacy.”

Daily Cardinal copy chief Kate Manegold, who was crying like a little girl after the loss, was seen snuggling with Badger Herald sports content editor Ben Solochek shortly afterward. According to Solochek, there are no hard feelings between the two publications.

“Yankees-Red Sox, Michigan-Ohio State, Cubs-Cardinals—those rivalries have nothing on this one,” Solochek said. “I’m just glad we beat them, and I’m glad to be going out on top.”

Track

UW quartet runs second-fastest relay of season Alex Lugo THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Wisconsin mens’ track team returned from the 100th Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa, on Sunday, carrying home victories in the shuttle hurdle relay on Saturday and for the first time in the 4x800-meter relay on Friday.

The Badger’s quartet of Adam Hexum, Temi Ogunbodede, Nate Larkin and Seth Pelock won the shuttle hurdle with a time of 58.21 seconds, holding off second-place Illinois, which finished at 58.81.

According to the quartet, the team had not been focusing on quite as much in their practices.

While the shuttle hurdle is quite the uncommon race for the team, it was an opportunity for the Badgers to capitalize a victory. This was the second championship of the weekend and their 14th title overall in Drake relay events.

“Obviously it’s a huge event, so it’s one of those accolades you can hold onto, because it’s been going on for 100 years and it’s going to keep going on,” Larkin said. “It’s a little different because it’s in the shuttle hurdle, but

it’s a championship and we’re proud to have won it.”

Hexum, Ogunbodede, Pelock and senior Brandon Boettcher secured a top seed going into the finals after the four clocked a 59.12 in the preliminaries session earlier that day.

Just two and a half hours later, Larkin took third place in the 110meter hurtles, clocking a 13.89 and breaking 14 seconds for the first time in his career.

“Jumping from 14.11 to 13.89 may seem big, but for me, I know what I should have been running. I needed to race the way I was running indoor,” Larkin said. “When you have guys out in front of you that are running .50s and .60s, you can just latch on to them. You feel them and you feel the crowd and it just makes you turn over faster.”

For the first time in the 100-year history of the event Wisconsin won a title in the 4x800-meter relay with an strong time of 7:21.10—now the second-fastest outdoor 4x800 time in the world this year. The Badgers held off Northern Iowa who came in close second with 7:21.45.

The Badgers’ foursome of junior

Craig Miller, senior Steve Ludwig, junior Jack Bolas and sophomore Zach Beth dealt the fastest time for a UW quartet in the 4x800 since 1976.

“The crowd really helped me get pumped up, because the announcer put the info out about us never winning this race since the meet started,” Beth said. “I knew I had to get enough of an edge so that (Norther Iowa’s Tyler Mulder) or anyone else in the field couldn’t haul me down late in the race.”

Wisconsin collected another third-place finish in the distancemedley relay with a time of 9:43.69, behind Stanford and Minnesota.

Sophomore Quinn Evans kept the Badgers close to the leaders with a 47.2-second lap.

Meanwhile in the sprint medley relay, the Badgers quartet of freshman Kyle Jefferson, junior Chas DeMers, junior Barry Gill and sophomore Luke Rucks recorded a 10th-place finish in 3:26.41, as Northern Iowa won the event in a time of 3:19.55.

Junior Rory Linder, having already qualified for NCAA regionals in the event, finished 16th in the discus, throwing 156 feet, 4 inches.

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Sophomore Quinn Evans kept the Badgers in the lead of the distance-medley relay, covering a 400-meter lap in 47.2 seconds.

Wisconsin is set to compete in three separate meets next weekend as distance runners will head to the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif., the sprinters traveling

to the Arkansas Twilight in Fayetteville, Ark., and the rest of the team staying in Madison for the Wisconsin Open.

—uwbadgers.com contributed to this report.

Football

Badger football coaches Doeren, McCray and Alexander admonished by NCAA for recruiting violations

By Scott Kellogg THE DAILY CARDINAL

Three members of the Wisconsin coaching staff were reprimanded for violating recruiting rules, according to an Associated Press report. The specific action taken by the NCAA is not known at this time.

Defensive coordinator Dave Doeren, recruiting coordinator Randall McCray and wide receivers coach DelVaughn Alexander made visits to recruits Jan. 4, which is des-

ignated as a time period when visits are not allowed by the NCAA. The coaches were caught by an unnamed university official March 27. The university designated the violations as unintentional.

Doeren and McCray made their visit to a defensive recruit in Chicago, who ultimately committed to Illinois. Alexander’s visit was to Cincinnati, to a recruit who committed to Wisconsin.

The names of the recruits have not been released.

According to the AP, senior associate athletic director Vince Sweeney said the violations occurred on a date that had previously been acceptable under NCAA guidelines.

The recruit from Cincinatti was initially declared ineligible to play for the Badgers, but, upon request from Wisconsin, was eventually reinstated.

NCAA spokesperson Stacey Osburn told the AP that nearly 2,000 requests to reinstate players who were the subject of minor

recruiting violations such as this one are ratified by the NCAA. According to Osburn, the benefit Wisconsin receives from breaking NCAA rules such as this one to recruit athletes is miniscule.

After the DOEREN violations were reported, an NCAA official met with Wisconsin

head football coach Bret Bielema to clarify the violations and ensure small violations such as this one do not occur in the near future.

Wisconsin itself penalized its three coaches by prohibiting them from partaking in the first two days of spring recruiting in April.

The NCAA said in a letter that Doeren, McCray and DelVaughn’s salary and employment status in the NCAA may be affected by the violations, but praised the three for cooperating with the investigation.

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Defensive end Matt Shaughnessy was taken 71st overall in the draft.

Four former Wisconsin football players were taken in the third round of the NFL Draft Saturday.

Defensive lineman Matt Shaughnessy, linebacker DeAndre Levy, offensive lineman Kraig Urbik and tight end Travis Beckum will enter the NFL with teams ranging from the defending Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers to the 0-16 Detroit Lions.

Shaughnessy was the first Badger drafted when the Oakland Raiders selected him with the seventh pick of the third round. Shaughnessy will try to help rebuild the lackluster Raiders defense, which ranks near the bottom of the league in most defensive categories.

In his final season at Wisconsin, Shaughnessy had eight tackles for a loss, including four sacks.

The Detroit Lions, who received the round’s 12th pick in a trade, selected the next former Wisconsin player in DeAndre Levy, who had 73 tackles and five sacks in 2008. Detroit will also look to Levy as part of their rebuilding process, after the Lions became the first NFL team to go an entire season

without a win since the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Detroit’s defense was the worst in the NFL last season, giving up an average of 404.4 yards per game in 2008, and could also help the Lions with special teams according to some analysts. Levy will join overall No. 1 pick Matthew Stafford of Georgia and fellow Big Ten product Derrick Williams of Penn State as part of the Detroit’s 2009 draft class.

Three picks later, the Pittsburgh Steelers selected Kraig Urbik, who will try to strengthen the offensive line that helped the Steelers win their sixth Super Bowl title in January. Urbik told Steelers.com after being drafted that he was excited about playing for a team that has had as much success at Pittsburgh.

“I’ve been closely watching them and it’s definitely a dream come true to be a part of their organization,” he said.

At the end of the third round, and with the 100th pick overall, the New York Giants took Travis Beckum, who returned to Wisconsin for his senior year despite offers to move up to the pros. Beckum planned to spend 2008 raising his draft stock, but was side-

lined after suffering a season-ending knee injury against Illinois.

Despite only playing in six games last year, Beckum still racked up 264 yards and averaged 44 yards per game, and will try to bring that production to the Giants, who went 12-4 in the 2008 NFL regular season.

Other former Badgers went undrafted in the first seven rounds, including linebacker Jonathan Casillas, cornerback Allen Langford, and running back P.J. Hill.

While Casillas was one of the most productive members of the Wisconsin defense in 2008, he had issues with injuries, missing three games last season.

Hill, who skipped his senior year to enter the draft, was arrested HILL in March on suspicion of driving under the influence and a hit-and-run.

The combination of his off-field incidents and injury problems during his time at Wisconsin hurt his appeal to NFL teams, and may have cost him a spot in the pros.

Men’s and Women’s Tennis

Season ends with loss to Michigan Women beat Iowa in first opener but fall tourney’s second round

By Emma Condon THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Wisconsin women’s tennis team ended its season Friday afternoon and exited the second round of the Big Ten Tournament at the hands of second-seeded Michigan after winning a first round matchup against Iowa.

In the first round of the tournament junior Katya Mirnova dealt the fatal blow to clip the Hawkeyes 4-2 as the sun sank outside Nielsen Tennis Stadium Thursday evening.

The Badger came back from a first set loss to take her second easily and battled out the third against sophomore Alexis Dorr until her forehand gave her double-match point. Mirnova capitalized on the second and earned the final point the Badgers needed to dismiss the Hawkeyes and advance to the tournament quarterfinals.

“She did give me a few mistakes which encouraged me, but she played really, really well today, very consistent,” Mirnova said. “So I had to do the same against her.”

Iowa’s new doubles arrangement was enough MIRNOVA to take the doubles point, but sophomore Jessica Seyferth was quick to answer for the Badgers, starting singles scoring with a 6-3, 6-3 win over junior Kelcie Klockenga at No. 4 and erasing the Hawkeyes’ lead. Freshman Angela Chupa who finished her regular season only 2-8 in conference stepped in at No. 5 and came up with a late break to defeat sophomore Jessica Young 7-5, 75, before freshman Dana Larsen came back to earn the Badgers’ 3-2 edge with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-0 victory over freshman Allison Majercik.

Head coach Brian Fleishman attributed the team’s grit against Iowa to their difficult regular-season schedule.

“I think all the lumps we took earlier in the season … made a payoff here at the end of the season,” Fleishman said.

“We’ve come together really well at the end of the season, the team, and so I think everyone wanted to pull out those victories for each other, especially people who lost the last time,” Seyferth added about watching her teammates follow her early lead and breaking down Iowa.

In the quarterfinals, the ladies’ season came down to a battle against second-seeded Michigan, where the feisty Badgers succumbed to the No. 18 Wolverines 4-0 on a warm and windy Friday afternoon.

The Wolverines took the doubles point with an 8-1 win at No. 3 and an 8-4 at No. 2, but senior Liz Carpenter and Seyferth fought on at No. 1 and upset No. 27 senior Chisako Sugiyama and junior Tania Mahtani 8-6.

As the teams moved into singles play the Wolverines waged on, but so did the wind, and after the Badgers dropped first sets at all six positions, play was moved indoors.

Although Fleishman may try to convince the women otherwise, he admitted that the wind could complicate play for both teams.

“Nobody likes to play in the wind because it’s really kind of uncomfortable. You never know where the ball is going to be. It kind of messes your game up,” he said. “It’s just who deals with it better. Michigan dealt with it really, really well and we didn’t.”

Playing without freshman Aleksandra Markovic, who did not feel 100 percent after doubles, and freshman Dana Larsen, who had lingering back pain from the day before, the Badgers could not stop the Wolverines on the indoor courts, and Michigan picked up the split it needed to take the meet 4-0 with wins at No. 2, 4 and 5.

“They’ve had a pretty good season and they’re not afraid to be aggressive

and hit their shots, and with the wind on their side they really were dealing with it a little bit better than us. I think it was advantageous to us to come indoors, maybe just a little too late,” said senior Erin Jobe who played her last match as a Badger in the place of the injured Larsen at No. 6.

The Badgers, who were at one point this spring 0-6 in the Big Ten, end at 3-7 (9-15 overall) are focused more on the team’s tremendous growth in the last weeks rather than leaving the conference tournament to Michigan. The Wolverines advanced to the finals, where they lost to top seed Northwestern as the Wildcats shutout the Wolverines 4-0 to capture their 11th consecutive tournament title.

“Everything we do is for a reason; with the ups and downs we’ve got to stick with it eventually in the end hopefully it will pay off,” Fleishman said. “We had a great end to the season. We would have liked to challenge Michigan and upset Ohio State, but I think we’re getting better and we’re in the right direction. With two new recruits next year I think it’s going to be a different dynamic.”

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Sophomore Jessica Seyferth won her singles match against Iowa 6-3.

6-3 but could not finish against Michigan as the Badgers fell 4-0.

Men fall to No. 3 Buckeyes in Big Ten Tournament

By Emma Condon THE DAILY CARDINAL

After advancing to the second round of the Big Ten Tournament with a 4-0 victory over Iowa, the Wisconsin men’s tennis team fell in the quarterfinals to Ohio State 4-0 on Friday morning.

The top-seeded Buckeyes have shutout 16 of their last 22 opponents and went on to win the tournament title, making it their fourth in as many years.

Fresh from their Thursday bye, the Buckeyes wasted no time in doubles, collecting their first win at No. 2 as sophomores Matt Allare and Balazs Novak defeated the Badger pair of senior Michael Muskievicz and Michael Dierberger

8-5. At No. 3 junior Luke RassowKantor and freshman Patrick Pohlmann hung tight with senior Bryan Koniecko and sophomore Shuhei Uzawa, but the Buckeyes broke late to take the match 9-7 and suspend play at No. 1 where No. 22 junior Moritz Baumann and sophomore Marek Michalicka were down a break to No. 17 senior Steven Moneke and junior Justin Kronauge 8-7.

The Buckeyes pulled away in singles where No. 108 Allare finished first, dismissing sophomore Peter Marrack 6-2, 6-1 at No. 4 to extend his personal winning streak to 26. Rassow-Kantor fell next as newcomer Chase Buchanan overpowered him at No. 6, and the

Buckeyes ended the struggle when Novak downed Dierberger 6-3, 6-2.

With the result determined, play was suspended in the top three positions where only Baumann had collected a set, taking his first 6-4 against No. 3 Koniecko but losing his second.

On Saturday Ohio gave Michigan a similar treatment, defeating the Wolverines 4-1 before repeating their performance against the Illini for the title and finishing with 23 straight victories and 31-1 overall.

The Badgers returned home to wait for the NCAA bracket announcement to see if they will make it to the tournament with a third consecutive at-large bid.

—uwbadgers.com contributed to this report.