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New Belgium Brewery found its way into Madison this week and it brought its legend-status Fat Tire

Amber Ale with it, making it an imperative item for New Beer Thursday. As an addition, the 1554 “Enlightened Black Ale” was included.

Here’s the brewery’s spiel: They have adapted European brewing styles and recipes and brought them back to the homeland, creating their own product. Their brewery is wind-powered, so the beer is human tested, hippie approved.

First up is Fat Tire, an amber ale, that carries more acclaim. The “nose” of the beer is underwhelming and too bitter for an amber. The taste was better, however, as the smokiness of the malt made for a very unique drink, and an agreeable one at that. If there were some sweeter malts, or perhaps a small addition of sugar, there would be few complaints. It has solid lacing, which is one way of gauging quality.

Next up is the 1554, an “Enlightened Black Ale,” that is in something of a league of its own.

Advertised as dry and chocolatey, one must wonder if this was the beer Willy Wonka drank. The first sip was somewhat shocking, as the flavor was not immediately identifiable. As the drinking process continued, it was increasingly agreeable, eliminating any initial skepticism. The dark roasted malts give the beer its near-black coloring, while the consistency is lighter than one would imagine, best compared to a cream stout.

The one drawback is that New Belgium Brewing Company only comes in bomber bottles, 22-ounce vessels at four bucks a pop. However, if you’re a connoisseur, grabbing both of these is imperative, lest you be a pariah in beer drinking circles.

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State Sen. Fred Risser, D-Madison, speaks at a press conference at the Capitol Wednesday to announce a smoking ban agreement.

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Lawmakers announced a deal on a bill Wednesday that would implement a statewide smoking ban in Wisconsin workplaces by July 5, 2010.

The ban, dubbed “the people’s issue” by Rep. Alvin Ott, R-Forest Junction, is also included within Gov. Jim Doyle’s budget.

The bill would take effect simultaneously in all Wisconsin workplaces, including taverns, next year—a year later than the budget’s ban calls for.

Exceptions to the ban would only be granted to existing cigar bars that receive a majority of their income from tobacco sales and tobacco retailers who receive at least 75 percent of their income from tobacco sales.

“No legislation is perfect, and no compromise will satisfy everyone,” said state Sen. Fred Risser, D-Madison, who has been pushing for a smoking ban for years.

“But the compromise we have

here today is a good one, and I will be urging my Senate colleagues to approve it.”

According to Senate Health Committee Chair Rep. Jon Erpenbach, D-Middleton, local governments may continue to regulate smoking on property that they own but “cannot go stronger than state law when it comes to smoking outdoors.”

Rep. Jon Richards, DMilwaukee, said, “It’s a compromise. It’s brought Democrats and Republicans together, it’s brought SmokeFree Wisconsin and the Tavern League together and it’s something that’s going to work well for Wisconsin.”

Tavern League President Rob Swearingen expressed concerns about the agreement. “This will be an adjustment for my members,” Swearingen said. “We’re hoping it will not be too much of a hardship on them.”

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Construction projects to take over campus Construction projects around campus and the downtown Madison area will cause traffic problems beginning in mid-May and extending through summer, forcing commuters to find alternative routes around campus and the city.

Observatory Drive between Park Street and Bascom Hill is one of the bigger construction projects on campus, according to a news release sent out by the university.

Observatory will be closed between May 18 and Aug. 24 to lessen traffic near the School of Education building during the construction.

Bus routes 80 and 85 will be affected by the construction, but alternative routes have not yet been confirmed.

Rob Kennedy, senior transportation planner at UW-Madison, advised students and faculty to be prepared to take alternate routes around campus.

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access to the central campus between mid-May and mid-June will only be available via Babcock Drive and other streets on the west end of campus.

From May 18 through mid-June, Sterling Hall will also be renovated.

Charter Street will only be accessible in the one-way southbound lane between Linden Drive and University Avenue.

In addition, the area surrounding the new south campus union will undergo construction beginning around May 20.

According to the statement, reconstruction of University Avenue will prevent access to Babcock Drive from mid-July to September.

The City of Madison completed several construction projects last year. The revamping of State Street and the opening of East Campus Mall were completed at the end of summer 2008.

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Internal Athletic Board e-mails show more details about allegations of intimidation and mistreatment within the board than had been previously revealed.

The e-mails, obtained through the state’s open records law, show several Athletic Board members felt they were being cut out of the decision-making process on the board or thought opposing views were not welcomed.

“I do worry about a leader who cuts off discussion, who seems irritated when people ask hard questions, labels them ‘malcontents,’ and who yells at them,” said one board member in a December 2007 e-mail concerning Athletic Board Chair Walter Dickey.

Some board DICKEY members went to the University Committee, the executive committee of the Faculty Senate, with their concerns about how the discipline of former Badger football player Lance Smith-Williams was handled in 2007, according to a board member who said the incident was the most controversial thing the board had to deal with in recent years.

Several of the e-mails focus on Dickey’s interactions with other faculty on the board. Multiple past or current board members asked to be quoted anonymously.

Lance Smith case stirs controversy among board members

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“They wanted us to exercise discretion,” said Elton Crim, former assistant dean in the Offices of the Dean of Students.

“I didn’t want him pressuring my associate dean.”

One of the most controversial issues dealt with by the Athletic Board in the past two years is the discipline of former football player Lance Smith-Williams, with internal e-mails and interviews with those involved showing more disagreement than previously appeared.

Smith-Williams was charged with and eventually pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery and disorderly conduct charges against his then-girlfriend, UWMadison student Kandl

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Light, in July 2007, according to court documents.

Crim, who was also serving on the Athletic Board at the time and directing the Student Advocacy and Judicial Affairs Office in ODOS, was referring to Athletic Board Chair Walter Dickey. Crim said Dickey tried to “attack” ODOS and kept bringing up the issue of Smith-Williams’ discipline case.

E-mails obtained through the state’s open records law show Crim disagreed significantly with other members of the Athletic Board and Athletic Department on how the issue should have been handled.

“It seems that this is a train that is not going to stop, and therefore I certainly am not going to get in its way,” he said in September 2007. “It seems clear to me that everyone is hell-bent on the idea that advocacy on the behalf of these athletes is necessary.”

Dickey said he was informing ODOS of new information in the case that would dramatically alter Lance Smith-Williams’ punishment and he had a duty to make sure the discipline was not based on “erroneous facts.” He said this was necessary for the situation to be handled responsibly.

Check www.dailycardinal. com for more updates on this story in the coming days.

ASM looks to reform, reach out in 17th session

By Rory Linnane THE DAILY CARDINAL

Although many Associated Students of Madison representatives agree more students need to be involved in ASM, they present different opinions about how to engage the student body.

Some representatives said outreach should be the focus of next year, but others said the organization suffers from deeper problems requiring internal reform.

of ASM relies too much on representatives taking initiative to get things done and allows inactive representatives to slip by unnoticed.

“They just need to be rallied. There’s a ton of people power there,” he said.

“Right now they can just go to their meetings and sit ... There’s a culture of do-nothingness.”

Most ASM committees, charged with such duties as lobbying and representing the student voice with administrators, are chaired by ASM representatives and include spots for council members and at-large spots for other students.

Committee chairs give reports at Student Council meetings, but Wright said the council is not empowered to hold committees accountable.

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Seeking relevancy Jeffrey Wright, former ASM representative and former member of the Constitutional Committee, said structural reform is necessary for ASM to become relevant to the average student.

“We can’t expect ASM’s problems to be solved by reaching out to students,” Wright said. “ASM has to do things that will matter for students to care.”

Steven Olikara, ASM diversity chair, said people contact him often because of the work he does.

He said he has worked collaboratively with student organizations and spoken at events that reach beyond those organizations.

“If you gain influence and people see that, then that becomes something people want to be part of,” Olikara said.

Wright said the current structure

thing fine,” Olikara said.

Internal reform efforts fade Wright said ASM attempted to create a structure to hold committees more accountable when drafting a new constitution this school year. When the student body voted down the constitution in February, several representatives hoped next year’s council would attempt similar changes.

In an electronic survey sent by The Daily Cardinal to representatives of the 16th session, 47 percent said they would support constitutional changes similar to those proposed this year, either fully or with small changes.

Twelve percent said they would not support constitutional changes, and 47 percent said they did not know.

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Madison Initiative for Undergraduates Proposed out-of-state tuition increase 2009-’10: $750 2010-’11: $1,500 2011-’12: $2,250 2012-’13: $3,000 Proposed in-state tuition increase 2009-’10: $250 2010-’11: $500 2011-’12: $750 2012-’13: $1,000 2008-’09 in-state tuition at public Big Ten schools 1. Penn State ($13,706) 2. Illinois ($12,240) 3. Michigan ($11,745) 4. Michigan State ($10,740) 5. Minnesota ($10,273) 6. Ohio State ($8,679) 7. Indiana ($8,231) 8. Purdue ($7,750) 9. UW-Madison ($7,564) 10. Iowa ($6,544)

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Martin to propose new initiative to UW System Board of Regents

By Erin Banco THE DAILY CARDINAL

Chancellor Biddy Martin will officially propose the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates to the UW System Board of Regents Thursday.

Martin will attend the meeting in Milwaukee and submit her proposal to the Business, Finance and Audit Committee, according to John Lucas, a spokesperson for UW-Madison.

“The recent reports about the state’s budget make the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates even more important,” Martin said in an e-mail. “We must begin immediately to increase need-based aid and build new partnerships between students and their families on the one hand and alumni and friends on the other.”

If passed by the regents, the initiative would be implemented for the 2009-’10 academic school year.

Out-of-state residents would see their tuition increase by $750 each year for

the next four years, and out-of-state students’ tuition would increase by $250 each year.

According to Martin’s draft of the proposal, the initiative is “aimed at improving the quality of undergraduate education and the undergraduate experience while enhancing affordability for families with demonstrated financial need.”

“The time to address significant challenges at the university is now, if we are to ensure that students have access to financial aid, and if we are to preserve the quality of our education�and the value of our degree,” Martin said.

According to the proposal, differential tuition would restore 100 faculty members into key instructional positions, eliminating “bottlenecks in key gateway courses like chemistry, biology, math and Spanish.”

At previous gatherings with UWMadison student leaders and officials,

Martin said the initiative would help sustain the university’s reputation among its Big Ten competitors.

UW-Madison is currently the second-cheapest public university in the Big Ten after the University of Iowa.

Residents pay $7,564 per year at UW-Madison, compared to Pennsylvania residents who pay $13,706 per year at Penn State, the most expensive public Big Ten school for residents.

The Associated Students of Madison has been working closely with Martin to garner student support for the initiative. The group voted in favor of the initiative at a Student Council meeting in April.

According to Lucas, ASM polled 2,800 students about the initiative.

Results revealed a significant increase in approval for Martin’s new tuition plan compared to an earlier ASM poll.

For more about the initiative, visit madisoninitiative.wisc.edu.

Staying in madison this summer? check out our top 10

By Abby Sears THE DAILY CARDINAL

Although some people go home for the summer or spend the three-month break working or traveling abroad, some people are lucky enough to spend the summer right here in Madison.

Take advantage of all Madison has to offer and try out a few things on this list of fun downtown happenings.

1. Memorial Union Boathouse Just because school is over doesn’t

mean entertaining times at Memorial Union have to end. You can still enjoy a cold pitcher of beer and local music acts at the Terrace, but the Union also offers a number of opportunities to go beyond the iconic sunburst chairs. Students, faculty and staff can rent canoes, boating and camping gear, and water sport and outdoor game equipment for reasonable prices at the Memorial Union Boathouse.

Check out www.union.wisc.edu/ODR for rental items and rates.

Location: The north end of Park Street on the shore of Lake Mendota, adjacent to Memorial Union at 800 Langdon St. Hours: May 23-July 26 11 a.m. to sunset; July 27-Aug. 16 10:30 a.m. to sunset; Aug. 17-Sept. 7 10 a.m. to sunset 2. Johnsonville World’s Largest Bratfest Bratfest is just as important to Madisonians as the Packers and cheese curds are to Wisconsinites.

Every Memorial Day weekend people flock to the Bratfest and eat a world record-setting number of brats—191,712 last year, to be exact. Second and even third helpings are encouraged, as brats, hot dogs and Boca brats sell for just $1.50. All proceeds go to local organizations.

Location: Willow Island at the Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way Dates: May 22-25 Hours: Friday, Saturday, Sunday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Monday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

3. Dane County Farmers’ Market Shake up your normal grocery store routine and check out the fresh produce, meat, cheese, baked goods, specialty goods and flowers at the farmers’ market. The DCFM is the largest producer-only farmers’ market in the country, with about 150 vendors in attendance every Saturday. The market also features arts and crafts vendors and street musicians. Check out www. dcfm.org to see what products are in season for summer.

Location: Capitol Square Hours: Saturdays 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Wednesdays 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

4. Maxwell Street Days If you love shopping on State Street, then you’ll love Maxwell Street Days, the annual summer sidewalk sale featuring over 100 vendors. From clothing boutiques to shoes and jewelry, the bargains found at Maxwell Street Days simply cannot be beat. Several State

Street restaurants also join in on the fun to refuel you on your shopping spree. If you’re serious about shopping, try to go on Friday or early in the morning to get the best deals before they’re gone.

Location: State Street Dates: July 17-19 Hours: Friday and Saturday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

5. Madison Mallards Baseball If you miss the fun of Badger sports in the summer but don’t feel like traveling to Milwaukee for a Brewers game, head to a Mallards baseball game. The summer collegiate team plays teams from Minnesota, Iowa, Michigan and Canada. For a true Mallards experience, make sure to get tickets in the Duck Blind, the allyou-can-eat-and-drink party deck in right field.

Location: The Duck Pond at Warner Park, 2930 N. Sherman Ave. Dates: June-August (check www.mallardsbaseball.com for game schedule) 6. Ella’s Deli & Ice Cream Parlor Ella’s is one of the most interesting places to grab a bite to eat in Madison. The restaurant is full of knick-knacks and animated displays to entertain you during your meal. With a 20-page deli menu and a 12-page dessert menu, Ella’s is sure to have something to suit your taste buds.

Aside from the unique décor and tasty cuisine, Ella’s is known for its carousel in front of the restaurant, which is open for rides in the spring, summer and fall.

Location: 2902 E. Washington Ave. Hours: Sunday-Thursday 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday-Saturday 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.

7. Mad-City Ski Show Since Madison is located between two lakes, you’d expect the city’s water sports teams to be exceptional—and the Mad-City Ski Team definitely is. The team performs free weekly shows on

Lake Monona during the summer. The junior team, consisting of younger and newer members, performs first, followed by the whole team showing off their most exciting stunts. With four national championships under their belt in the last five years, the Mad-City Ski Team’s show won’t disappoint.

Location: Law Park, 402 E. Washington Ave. Dates: Every Sunday at 5:30 p.m. from May 24-Sept. 6 8. Art Fair On the Square Every summer, over 500 artists from across the country showcase their work in Madison at the annual Art Fair On the Square.

Organized by the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, the event also features live entertainment and food vendors. Art Fair Off the Square, which features Wisconsin artists only, is held the same weekend on Martin Luther King Boulevard.

Location: Capitol Square Dates: July 11-12 Hours: Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

9. Rhythm & Booms Typically held around the Fourth of July, Rhythm & Booms is the largest fireworks display in the Midwest. Nearly 15,000 shells are fired during the 35-minute show, which is choreographed to music on WOLX-94.9 FM. Try to get to the park early, since nearly 300,000 people come to the event.

Otherwise, you can catch some pretty good views of the fireworks from the Memorial Union Terrace or James Madison Park.

Location: Warner Park, 2930 N. Sherman Ave. Date: June 27 (June 28 rain date), fireworks begin at dusk 10. Henry Vilas Zoo The nearly century-old Henry Vilas Zoo is one of the few freeadmission facilities accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.

From South African meerkats Stan and Groucho to the Siberian tiger Cyber, species from all over the world are housed here. You can even see what a real badger looks like at Vilas—minus the red and whitestriped “Motion W” turtleneck.

Location: 702 S. Randall Ave. Hours: Open daily 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Some students, like those above, work at the Rathskellar in Memorial Union, but part-time jobs like these will be more scarce over the summer because of economic conditions.

Recession hurts summer job market for college students

By Cathy Martin THE DAILY CARDINAL

After three years of working at the same summer job, UW-Madison junior Karissa Morin’s employer informed her the company was cutting all summer positions because of the economic recession.

Facing decreased sales, the manufacturing company near her hometown of Peshtigo, Wis., is now managing with its full-time employees instead of hiring college students during the summer to fill workers’ vacation time.

“They’re not hiring any [parttime workers] this summer, and now I’m jobless,” Morin said.

She’s not alone. With unemployment rates rising across the nation, many students are struggling to find summer jobs and internships.

As of March, the national unemployment rate was 9.0 percent and Wisconsin’s rate was 9.4 percent, according to the state Department of Workforce Development.

Although April figures have not yet been released, they are expected to be even higher.

Mary Braucht, internship coordinator for UW-Madison’s Center for Retailing Excellence, said part-time and seasonal employment are typically hit hardest during recessions.

Cynthia Jasper, UW-Madison professor of consumer science, said college students are particularly hurt because people who have lost full-time work take the limited seasonal employment that is available.

“It’s much more challenging and difficult than it’s been other years [for students],” Jasper said.

Jasper said companies are also offering fewer internships.

Angie Nelson, a UW-Madison sophomore majoring in landscape architecture, said she sent her résumé to nine companies, including the one she interned for last summer. All of them turned her down.

“The majority of the firms

that I heard back from said they just weren’t hiring interns this summer because of the economy; they just don’t have the funding for it,” Nelson said.

Jasper said college students’ lack of employment will negatively impact the economy as a whole.

“It’s kind of a spiral in that [students] have less income for consumer products as well as for paying for their tuition and helping their family budget,” Jasper said.

However, Braucht said recent graduates looking to enter the workforce might not have as much trouble, as companies lay off experienced personnel to hire cheap younger workers.

Morin, who is an accounting major in the business school, said the poor economy is concerning but not devastating in terms of her plans for the future.

“I know that this is going to end sometime and there are going to be jobs out there, especially in the field that I’m in,” Morin said.

Currently, Braucht said the best way for unemployed students to spend their summer is to focus on those long-term career objectives.

“They want to make sure that the time they spend this summer adds value to reaching their

goals,” Braucht said.

She said students can build their résumés by volunteering and taking classes that teach them valuable skills, as well as by trying to job shadow and make contacts with people in their field of interest.

“One of the most important things you can do is to develop your networking skills ... [to] open up doors for you in the future,” Braucht said.

Although she has no internship lined up, Nelson said she will likely be returning to a previous job in her hometown of Delano, Minn.

Morin said she might try to find a different job once she gets home for the summer but is not counting on anything.

Instead, she plans on studying for the Graduate Management Admission Test, which is required for continuing her accounting program in graduate school.

“I’m making that a high priority for me, just making sure that I get a really good score,” Morin said.

She also plans on volunteering at an accounting firm to gain professional experience, as well as learning golf, an important sport in the business field.

“Hopefully it turns out to be a good summer,” she said.

take on constitutional changes.

“The general view on [constitution changes] is to leave it alone for now,” Junger said. “It’s not a top priority right now. If we can get student involvement in the current structure, then maybe we can make changes.”

Representative Brian Benford said ASM can reach students through the current structure if it has strong leaders in place to guide members and hold them accountable.

“Leadership has to be there to engage people and be stewards of the process,” he said. “Whether it takes pep talk or direct action by the leaders, this can happen.”

Tom Templeton, ASM vice chair and external affairs chair, said he plans to encourage representatives to reach constituents on a “personal level” through YouTube videos, radio shows, blogs, office hours and social networking sites. He said he also plans to take on coordinated outreach efforts like town-hall meetings and surveys in the new 17th session.

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Compromise Former ASM Chair Brittany Wiegand said representatives should focus both on outreach and internal reform.

“Given the reality that a complete overhaul isn’t a possibility, that’s not an excuse to not do anything at all,” she said.

Kurt Gosselin, secretary of ASM, said the council could make incremental changes internally through bylaws without changing the constitution.

Former Vice Chair Hannah Karns said ASM could still look at internal reform but should guide their actions based on student preferences.

“This year we didn’t do much for the students because we focused so much on internal reform,” Karns said. “If 17th session has a lot of outreach and students are saying they want to popularly elect the chair of ASM, then all right, there you go. But it has to come from the students.”

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Lawmakers face larger deficit

By Megan Orear THE DAILY CARDINAL

Members of the Joint Finance Committee have their work cut out for them as they spend the coming weeks fine-tuning the 2009-’11 executive budget, which now must deal with a deficit likely more than $6 billion.

Although earlier estimates of the budget deficit were around $5.9 billion, the Legislative Fiscal Bureau announced Tuesday that the number may be much higher.

LFB Director Bob Lang said the deficit will be close to $1 billion more after April tax revenue numbers are reviewed. The bureau is expected to release specific numbers next week.

Lang said the increased figure will probably not slow down the budget committee’s deliberations.

“I think they just want to keep

plowing ahead,” Lang said.

The JFC, which has been holding executive sessions over the past few weeks, has already made a few adjustments to the budget, including restoring the film tax incentives Gov. Jim Doyle’s budget had eliminated. The JFC also reduced the amount of financial aid funding going to the UW System in order to spend more on the state’s technical schools.

However, the higher deficit has put the budget in an uncertain position.

Josh Freker, spokesperson for JFC co-chair Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison, said in an e-mail that regardless of the increased deficit, the budget committee plans to have the budget ready to be voted on in the state Legislature and signed by Doyle by the end of June.

“Right now everyone is waiting

for the Legislative Fiscal Bureau to release more precise figures so we know exactly what we’re facing,” Freker said. “We will still work to pass the budget as expeditiously as possible.”

Andrew Reschovsky, UWMadison professor of public affairs and applied economics, said he believes the new deficit numbers will increase the time it takes to pass the budget.

“Suddenly if you have to fill a bigger gap, there will have to be a new set of decisions made collectively by the governor and the Legislature,” he said.

Although he is not worried about the budget getting done on time, JFC member Rep. Robin Vos, R-Racine, said he is concerned about Democrats offering tax increases as answers to the budget problem.

Deceased UW students to be remembered at memorial As students begin to prepare for finals, make summer plans and say goodbye to friends for three months, the university will be remembering several very special UW-Madison students.

On Friday, May 8, the Offices of the Dean of Students will hold a memorial for the students who passed away during

the 2008-’09 academic year.

Beginning at 1 p.m., the carillon bells outside the Social Sciences building on Observatory Drive will play for each deceased student.

The students to be remembered are Richard Putze, Lindsey Plank, Daniel Myers, Brian Hamming, Jeffrey Fridlund and Kurt Leswing.

Carilloneur Lyle Anderson will play seven individual pieces, each one followed by a moment of silence in respect for the deceased.

The memorial will end with the piece “In Memoriam” by John Courter.

Students are encouraged to attend and join in the remembrance of their fellow Badgers.

Man beaten on Mifflin during dispute over case of beer A Madison Area Technical College student and his female friend were attacked after he confronted a stranger about stealing a case of his beer from a house party on Mifflin Street Saturday night.

According to a police report, the Madison police responded to a residence in the 400 block of Mifflin Street around midnight after reports of a battery. The male victim reportedly stopped

the suspect as he was leaving the house party because the stranger was carrying out a case of the victim’s beer.

The stranger then put the beer down and punched the MATC student several times in the head.

The victim’s female friend then ran out of the house and confronted the perpetrator, wanting to know why he had punched her friend. The suspect then allegedly

pushed the 18-year-old woman against a chain-link fence and slapped and kicked her.

The male victim suffered facial bruises and cuts requiring stitches, but the female victim was not injured.

The perpetrator is described as a 5'6", 160-pound white male with short blond hair, wearing blue jeans and a gray T-shirt. His first name may be Chris.

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athletic board from page 3 One such board member ended an e-mail writing, “p.s. I’ll sleep better if I know that you have deleted this e-mail after reading it.”

In an e-mail to another board member regarding Smith’s discipline discussion, Elton Crim, clinical professor of education and former board member, wrote, “I am of course trusting you not to share my comments. I’m not afraid to say what I think but I don’t want them circulating around without me being the one to have sent them.”

“Walter was impatient ... and dismissive in his comments, and I don’t think his behavior would encourage someone to ever raise a difficult question or offer a different point of view,” another board member said, though they did say relations had improved within the board.

Dickey said one board member had come to him twice concerning his leadership style.

“She said to me that I have a very strong leadership style,” he said. “I took it as a compliment, because I was asked to be strong.”

He said that if disagreements were made “bluntly” or “forcefully” that did not mean people were being pressured, but simply disagreeing. Dickey said board members who had disagreements with him should have notified him of the issues and that no members had told him they felt pressured to act a certain way.

He said that he did send a letter of admonishment to a board member who mentioned a student-athlete’s name in an open session of the Athletic Board and other board members urged him to do so.

Sheila McGuirk, a board member and professor in the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, said the internal review committee set up by the Athletic Board last semester discussed some of the issues raised in the e-mails. She said the internal review committee, which she cochaired, looked at issues of communication and processes within the board.

She said some of the communication issues involved board SURI members who brought up issues in the wrong committee or because they had missed a meeting relating to an issue. McGuirk said she was impressed by the openness and willingness of members to work toward making the board function better.

Jeremi Suri, UW-Madison history professor who resigned from the board last year, previously said in a separate interview that board members had been “personally intimidated” when they disagreed with decisions. He said a “fundamental” problem was that the Athletic Board was a “rubber stamp” for the Athletic Department it is meant to oversee.

smoking from page 3 will have a positive effect on the Tavern League.

“I’m optimistic there’s going to be a lot of good things that come out of this for the Tavern League,” Ott said.

“As well as, most importantly, for the people of the state of Wisconsin.”

Both Jerri Allen, CEO of the American Cancer Society’s

Suri showed frustration in several e-mails.

“Once again, the Athletic Board appears to be the last to know about major policy changes,” Suri said when taking about a proposed sharing of revenues on campus from an agreement with the Big Ten Network. “I sometimes wonder why we bother to have an Athletic Board in the first place.”

Dickey said the agreement between the university and the Big Ten Network did not fall under the Athletic Board’s authority. He said the University Committee raised no issues concerning the contract and only one board member thought the board should have played a bigger role in the decision.

Other Athletic Board members were also concerned about the board giving too much deference to the Athletic Department.

“Power and decision-making and information seems to be controlled by the chair more than it has under past chairs,” one member said in a 2007 e-mail. “His strong position and closeness to administrators is viewed by some as being too aligned with the Athletic Department versus representing faculty.”

Crim said Dickey “pretty much supports whatever it is that the Athletic Department has to do.”

Dickey said he communicates often with members of the Athletic Department to make sure the best decisions are made. He said he meets with Athletic Director Barry Alvarez on a weekly basis.

“I would characterize my relationship with them as respectful and trusting, and I think that’s a good thing, that is essential ... to open communication,” Dickey said.

He said it would not make sense for the chair of the committee not to talk often with athletic administrators.

Professor Bruce Jones, former chair of the Athletic Board and the person who proposed the outside review committee that the Faculty Senate approved Monday to look at the board, previously stated that he wanted an outside group of faculty to look at the workings of the board because he felt there was ambiguity in the board’s authority with regard to personnel matters.

However, the external review committee proposed by Jones was also seen by some members as a way to address allegations of intimidation, harassment and mistreatment, according to Suri’s testimony at the senate meeting.

Dickey said he had mixed feelings about the external review committee. He said he did not think it was necessary but that a fair review would “clear the air” concerning the allegations, which he described as a “smear” because no facts or specifics about the accusations have been made public.

“I would really like to see that stuff put to rest,” he said. “I think any fair evaluation of the Athletic Board will clear the air and show what a hardworking and responsible group it is.”

Midwest Division, and Maureen Busalacchi, executive director of SmokeFree Wisconsin, expressed approval for the agreement.

“This agreement will protect Wisconsin workers and protect the public from the increased risk of cancer and other illnesses in Wisconsin caused by secondhand smoke exposure,” Allen said.

Members of the Senate Health Committee expect to vote on the bill Friday and plan to send the bill to the floor by May 13.

“As soon as this bill takes effect it will start saving lives of our citizens and saving money for our taxpayers,” Risser said.

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It’s been more than a year since the Dane County 911 Center mishandled the call from the Brittany Zimmermann murder. Since that time, the center has made some big changes but remains without vindication for its mishandling of the Zimmermann case and a subsequent murder in November.

An irate public battered 911 Center Director Joe Norwick’s reputation, looking for someone to hold accountable for the lack of action during the Zimmermann case. In September, Norwick announced his resignation. Later research showed that many issues with the emergency response unit were because of overworking a dedicated staff in a highpressure environment.

Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk, who publicly apologized for the 911 Center’s inaction in the Zimmermann murder, named 911 Director for the city of Minneapolis John Dejung the new director of Dane County’s 911 Center. Dejung assumes the role in June and represents the turning of a page for an emergency unit that has taken much heat for its actions over the past few years.

Eagon, Maniaci elected to Madison Common Council The Common Council saw a changing of the guard this year with Bryon Eagon and Bridget Maniaci winning seats in elections for Districts 8 and 2, respectively. Eagon, a junior at UW-Madison, succeeded former District 8 alder Eli Judge after defeating Mark Woulf in the general election. Considering his in-depth knowledge of the issues and his incredibly detailed plans for public safety and tenants’ rights, it was no surprise when Eagon won by a landslide on Election Day, and we expect he will be able to fill the large shoes of Judge without missing a beat.

On the other hand, Maniaci’s victory was much less expected. Tasked with unseating incumbent District 2 Alder Brenda Konkel, Maniaci was thought of as a long shot. But for those in the city who had become tired of Konkel’s irrational policies and abrasive behavior, it was a welcome surprise when Maniaci narrowly defeated Konkel despite criticisms she would be a “rubber stamp” for Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, under whom Maniaci had previously interned.

Although it remains to be seen if she can break away from that reputation, it would appear that Maniaci will at least move the council in a more pragmatic direction.

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Obama elected President

On Nov. 4, America heeded our endorsement and elected Barack Obama, the first African-American president in our nation’s history. Basing his campaign off the optimistic ideals of hope and change, Obama injected political fervor into a society reeling in a recession and a stagnant “War on Terror.”

The change this editorial board wanted to see, however, was the end of the bitter partisanship that existed during the Bush administration. The partisan rhetoric of power-starved minority congressional leadership in 2008 manifested itself into a stimulus bill loaded with pork, failing to lend a hand of compromise to Republican counterparts. This cannot continue, unless we strive for another decade of polarizing politics.

Obama recently passed his 100th day in office, and there are few tangible results he has produced thus far, but his policy-making and direction are enough to preserve our initial optimism, as we hopefully pass into a new era of bipartisanship.

Although much of Chancellor Biddy Martin’s year was characterized by hosting forums, she finally took decisive action by putting forth the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates. The initiative consists of cumulatively raising tuition by $250 per year for in-state students and $750 per year for out-of-state students for the next four years, with private donations matching these increases.

Although an increase in tuition should always be approached with caution, the investments in staff and financial aid created by the initiative will be beneficial enough to outweigh any doubts. UW-Madison’s tuition will still remain below the median for Big Ten schools, and students from families with incomes of less than $80,000 will not be affected. Furthermore, the value of students’ degrees will increase as the initiative increases UW-Madison’s ability to attract and retain talent. With other money from the initiative going to fund grants for low-income students, it seems that Martin is trying her best to keep education both as accessible and valuable for Madison students.

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Football ticket problems

After considerable negative feedback resulting from personal correspondence with students, student season ticket holder surveys conducted throughout last season and a postseason student focus group, football season ticket distribution has been revamped to a similar format from two years ago. The first-come, first-serve basis will allow all undergraduate classes to purchase season tickets beginning June 22 at 8:30 a.m., and graduate and professional students will be able to purchase tickets after July 6 at 8:30 a.m. This will give undergrads two weeks to claim their share of the student section, though the graduates and professionals will be reserved a minimum of 1,700 tickets. Most other procedures will remain unchanged, including the voucher exchange system.

Now that student opinion has been heard and respected, the responsibility now lies on students’ shoulders. Calls to show up for games before halftime and to avoid vast reselling of season tickets for amounts far greater than their face value are placing the emphasis on students to live up to their end of the bargain. Yet those who remember ticket sales two years ago will undoubtedly recall that only a portion of students received e-mails informing them of the sales date, so there is some responsibility on the university to get the word out and to prepare for the overwhelming surge uwbadgers.com will receive when sales open.

ASM Constitution failure Associated Students of Madison tried valiantly to shed its shell of futility and irrelevance to the student body this year with a new constitution proposal. Ironically, one of the greatest student body turnouts in ASM election history (15 percent) voted emphatically to oppose the new constitution.

The new constitution, which was frequently and inaccurately slandered by the opposing Vote No Coalition, couldn’t escape labels of “centralized power” and unfounded musings that grassroots efforts would be eliminated and student group funding would be jeopardized. Unfortunately, what might have been the best chance of improving ASM’s tepid service to the student body was crippled by a continuing failure to connect with students, and the Constitutional Committee was unable to dispel erroneous labels and promote the constitution’s value.

ASM should take note where the Vote No Coalition succeeded and improve their outreach and marketing approach. Student government by nature will never capture the interests of a majority of students, but that doesn’t mean plodding along with sparsely attended listening sessions is a satisfactory route. Reaching students in their natural environment rather than expecting them to visit theirs is essential, and it will probably take some creativity and hard work.

Where does ASM go from here? It’s hard to say what it will take for the organization to function at its potential.

Hopefully a year of publicized reform debate and drama will instill in its members a sense of greater responsibility and accountability to students. But in the end, they only control a couple million dollars of student money. No big deal.

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Obama wins the presidency

President Barack Obama defeated U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, on Nov. 4, 2008, to become the first black president of the United States, winning over 56 percent of the vote in Wisconsin. Obama campaigned under the slogan of “change,” and McCain vowed to be a “maverick.” Meanwhile, the Democrats strengthened their majorities in the U.S. House and Senate, and Wisconsin Democrats won the majority in the state Assembly, gaining complete control of the state Legislature for the first time since 1984.

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Band suspended over hazing

UW Marching Band Director Mike Leckrone suspended the University of Wisconsin Marching Band Oct. 2 because of allegations of hazing.

The band had previously been put on probation in 2006 under former Chancellor John Wiley.

Allegations included excessive alcohol use and sexually inappropriate behavior.

The band did not perform on campus until Oct. 11 at the Badger football game against Penn State, missing out on the Ohio State night game.

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Chancellor proposes tuition hike

The Madison Initiative for Undergraduates, a plan that would implement a supplemental tuition charge for UW-Madison students, was unveiled by UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin in March.

The plan promises to improve the quality of education by adding faculty and providing easier access to courses while maintaining affordability for students.

Students were able to voice their opinions on the initiative at numerous oncampus forums in the past few months. The UW System Board of Regents will review the proposal Thursday.

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Abortion clinic draws controversy

In February, the UW Hospital and Clinics Authority Board voted to support a second-trimester abortion clinic at a local surgery center.

The clinic will operate at the Madison Surgery Center, located at 1 S. Park St. The center is a private joint venture between UW Hospital and Meriter Hospital.

The clinic has been met with criticism over the past few months, provoking several protests. Groups like Wisconsin Right to Life have expressed their disapproval of the clinic, which is expected to perform approximately 120 to 130 abortions procedures each year.

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Eagon takes District 8 city council seat

The race for the District 8 alder position started off with candidates Mark Woulf, Bryon Eagon, Katrina Flores and Jacob Schmidt. Eagon and Woulf won the February primary election, taking Flores and Schmidt out of the race.

Eagon, a UW-Madison junior, then went on to win the April election by a landslide with 75 percent of the vote. Eagon took over for former District 8 Ald. Eli Judge, who served on the Common Council for two years.

MPM security deposit, accounting practices raise eyebrows

In April, The Daily Cardinal investigated Madison landlords to look at how student tenants were being treated and found evidence of questionable business practices.

Madison Property Management in particular was found to have broken several city ordinances, including a law mandating that landlords must inform tenants of their right to photographic evidence of any damages to a property that would be taken out of a tenant’s security deposit. MPM maintained the majority of their customers were satisfied with the company.

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Budget deficit forces cuts to UW System

With the state facing a budget deficit of more than $5 billion, Gov. Jim Doyle delivered a budget proposal in February with cuts he said were very difficult to make. It includes $174 million in funding cuts to the UW System, a statewide smoking ban, domestic-partner benefits and early release of some nonviolent inmates.

The Joint Finance Committee is currently holding executive sessions on the budget and already passed a provision to create commuter rail lines in Dane County. The full Legislature must pass the budget before it takes effect July 1.

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Students reject revised ASM constitution

UW-Madison students voted down a new ASM constitution in February.

Fifteen percent of students voted for the constitution, and 61 percent voted against it.

The constitution would have implemented a president, board of directors and senate to try to increase accountability and efficiency.

While in the drafting process, the ASM Constitutional Committee held several informational sessions for students to give feedback.

The Vote No Coalition, a group of students opposing the constitution, countered the committee’s efforts.

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Arrests drop at sponsored Mifflin

The 2009 Mifflin Street Block Party was officially sponsored for the first time since 1995.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, spearheaded efforts to find a sponsor for the annual block party. Student radio station WSUM and event promotion company DCNY PRO teamed up to receive last-minute approval for the sponsorship merely four days before the event.

The sponsorship, which provided a music stage, food vendors and portable toilets, resulted in a nearly 75 percent decrease in the number of arrests from the previous year.

UW dropout hangs self after murder conviction

Former UW-Madison student Adam Peterson was arrested in June 2008 for the January 2008 murder of Joel Marino. Peterson, 20 at the time, was convicted in December and sent to prison to serve a life sentence. Peterson attempted suicide in September while awaiting trial in jail but was stopped by a deputy. He succeeded in a second attempt in January when he hanged himself from his prison bunk bed. Peterson’s cell mate, Joshua Walters, is now being charged with assisting suicide for allegedly convincing and helping Peterson to hang himself.

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Crawl across campus to uncover burger bliss Five Daily Cardinal Editors set off on an adventure to discover Madison’s hamburger elite Elite

The Old Fashioned Burger: The Old Fashioned House Burger Price: $7.95 Ingredients: Third-pound burger grilled over a live fire, fried onions, Bavaria’s hickory-smoked bacon, aged Cheddar, garlic sauce and a soft-cooked egg on a buttered and toasted roll.

What makes it great: The egg on the House Burger is not just a novelty; it’s a necessity. It’s what put this burger on the top of our list—well, at least a huge part of why it’s on top. It would be a contender without the egg, with a fantastic bun—which Jen, general manager of The Old Fashioned, thinks makes the burger something great—a sweet garlic sauce and a lightly seasoned patty you can taste the flames on. But topped with a soft-cooked egg, yolk running into every crack, this burger reaches new heights. The combination of bacon, yolk and garlic sauce is sublime, making this burger the best in Madison.

What’s unique: Obviously the egg on the burger, which has a unique story of its own. The idea comes from a German mining tradition, where miners would have breakfast and lunch in one meal to last until dinner. “Basically they’d have burgers with eggs on top and bacon on top—as much protein as they could get,” Jen said.

Drawback: It’s a calorie-packed burger, with eggs, bacon and a large patty, so it’s not for those looking for a lighter meal.

Best beer to complement it: Furthermore Knot Stock.

—Gabe Ubatuba Dotty Dumpling’s Dowry Burger: Melting Pot Price: $7.25 Ingredients: Swiss, Provolone and Cheddar, Bacon, English-style Garlic Sauce.

What makes it great: The Englishstyle Garlic Sauce. “The sauce is good on anything you eat at this restaurant,” said Rachael Stanley, owner.

“It’s delightful with french fries.” She’s right. Otherwise somewhat ordinary, the heavenly garlic sauce makes this a burger that is nearly impossible to beat.

Talk about synergy. While the sauce is the eminent flavor, the undertones of the cheese and bacon round out the experience of the burger and give it an irresistible flavor and texture of melted goodness—hence its name.

What’s unique: The familyowned and operated establishment has antique decor collected over the last few decades, giving Dotty’s a unique atmosphere among Madison’s burger joints.

Drawback: Where’s the side? A burger should never fly solo, but that’s what you’ll get unless you make a separate order for some fries or curds.

The price isn’t quite low enough to justify an unaccompanied burger.

Best beer to complement it: Ale Asylum’s Hopalicious. “It’s a bitter beer, so it really balances well with the garlic,” Stanley said.

—David Heller

Drawback: This whirlwind of flavor might not be for everyone, and its sheer girth might be too intimidating for some.

Best beer to complement it: Stella Artois (20 oz. mug for $4.50 on sale all this month, and possibly for the summer).

—Al Morrell

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Churchkey B u r g e r : Churchkey Burger Price: $7.00 Ingredients: Angus beef, PHOTOS BY KYLE BURSAW/THE DAILY CARDINAL American cheese, PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY DANNY MARCHEWKA/THE DAILY CARDINAL After taste-testing nine buzzworthy burgers in Madison, The Old Fashioned House Burger rose grilled Kaiser roll.

What makes it to the top for its superior taste and original story. Runner-up was Dotty Dumpling’s Dowry. great: The Churchkey offers a zesty, welltaurant looking for a high quality, seasoned Angus beef reasonably priced burger prepared in a patty that is mouth-watering on its Nitty Gritty timely fashion. It’s hard to find a burg- own. Throw in a grilled Kaiser roll Buger: The Grittyburger er at Five Guys that isn’t delicious, and and you have a terrific burger any pub Price: $5.50 the bacon cheeseburger with onion would be envious of.

Ingredients: 6 oz. ground chuck and mushroom is no exception.

What’s unique: The flame-seared, (sourced locally by K&S), Honeywheat What’s unique: The Five Guys perfectly cooked burger patty and bun, Grittysauce. folks are so confident that their burger crispy exterior of the Kaiser roll make What Makes It Great: This can sell itself that they have never this burger taste like it flipped right off burger is “bathed” in the pale peachy- advertised—word of mouth works the grill and onto your plate. pink signature secret “Grittysauce,” well enough for them.

Drawbacks: Although the burger according to the restaurant’s menu Drawbacks: You’ll find napkins are patty stands on its own two feet, the but it is actually applied moderately a necessity, as grease is in abundance Churchkey Burger is unoriginal in its and has a mild taste. The sauce’s from start to finish, which wouldn’t be toppings and additional ingredients. mild flavor is paired with a great an issue if it didn’t soak into the bun They offer add-ons but at a cost. piece of meat at an affordable price and make a mess.

Best beer to complement it: and has been a staple of Madison Best beer to complement it: Corona’s citrus overtones compliment cuisine since 1968 when Marsh Spotted Cow by New Glarus. this burger well.

Shapiro started the Nitty Gritty.

—David Heller —Sara Barreau What’s unique: Despite boasting Hawk’s a great sauce, the real standout ingre- Wando’s Burger: The Wando Burger Burger: Hawk’s classic dient of the Grittyburger is the honPrice: $8.25 Price: $8.39 (fries come standard) eywheat bun with sesame seeds. The Ingredients: Full half-pound burgIngredients: Top sirloin, cheddar bun, custom-formulated for the Gritty by the Alpha Baking Company, is tasty er, buffalo sauce, bleu cheese, pepper cheese, dark honey wheat bun, lettuce, and soft. Come on your birthday and jack cheese, honey-smoked bacon and tomato, onion and mayo.

What makes it great: The drink soda or one of the 21 beers on onion strings on top.

What makes it great: The Hawk’s classic is just that—a classic. tap for free all night along with the 50 to 60 other people celebrating birth- Wando burger is for those with an It’s a foil to the extravagant burgers affinity for the eccentric, exciting elsewhere in Madison slathered with days every day.

Drawback: Overall, the and gut-busting—but not particu- various cheeses, sauces and spreads.

Grittyburger is one of the superior larly in that order. This burger is This burger isn’t unlike a product burgers in town and treats you to a a thinker, with a complex, unique you might encounter at a family lot for your dollar but doesn’t quite amalgamation of flavors that will grillout—a sizable, juicy slab of meat have that special something to lift it keep you attentive to the last juicy, that’s hand-packed daily, topped into the same dimension as Madison’s savory bite. The buffalo sauce is a with real cheddar cheese, spices and different twist that could go hor- traditional toppings inside a hearty burger elites.

Best beer to complement it: ribly wrong if overdone, but as it is, wheat bun. It’s a simple, nostalgic the flavor subtly complements the reminder of good times with family PBR. —Kyle Bursaw potent bleu cheese and medium- and friends—which is what most cooked ground beef. This flavor people are looking for more often Five Guys blast isn’t for the weak of heart, than not, according to owner Hawk.

Burger: Bacon Cheese “All the so expect to walk (or crawl) home What’s unique: Hawk’s beef is Way” sluggishly satisfied. both ground and hand-packed every Price: $5.59 What’s unique: “Wando’s is known day, making this simple classic the Ingredients: Dual patties with for things that are big ... You definitely pinnacle of freshness. “There are some bacon, cheese, grilled onion and never leave hungry,” asserts owner Jay great, strange burgers out there, but 90 mushrooms.

“Wando” Wanserski. From the same percent of the time people want a reguWhat makes it great: Five Guys place that brought you fishbowls of lar, well-cooked burger,” said Hawk. made a big splash on the State Street booze comes a menu with human faceDrawback: The flavor is simple scene in 2008 and continues to thrive. sized burgers and chicken patties. He’s and satisfying, but some might be Burger-craving patrons still fill the res- right, you won’t leave empty. searching for more bang for their

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At $8.39, it’s also a little steep compared to the competition.

Best beer to complement it: Hawk says Stella Artois in summer and Spaten Dark in winter.

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Lucky’s Bar and Grille Burger: Wild West Burger Price: $6.75 Ingredients: BBQ sauce, grilled onions, Cheddar cheese and Applewood smoked bacon.

What makes it great: If you like BBQ sauce, you’ll love the Wild West Burger. The sauce is tangy and sweet, mixing wonderfully with the smoky bacon. However, the BBQ sauce was not overpowering, allowing for the taste of the seasoned patty to come through.

What’s unique: It’s a BBQ bacon burger done well, but that’s about it.

Drawback: There’s nothing very interesting about the burger, and for the price you could get something better somewhere else. It’s not a very unique idea and there’s nothing that really sets it apart from the pack of BBQ bacon burgers.

Best beer to complement it: Miller Lite.

—Gabe Ubatuba Plaza Burger: The Plaza Burger Price: $4.25 Ingredients: Pre-formed burger patty, cheddar, fried onions and Plazasauce.

What makes it great: The Plaza had one of the cheapest burgers in town at $4.25 with cheese and onions.

General Manager Ian Miller also highlighted the speed and consistency of the burger, which has remained very constant since its introduction shortly after the Huss family opened the restaurant in 1963.

What’s unique: A secret recipe that is only known by about six people is what lifts a relatively average burger into a tastier treat than it otherwise would be. A fusion of dill and other secret ingredients blended for a stark white sauce that goes well with not only the meat but also the fries and onion rings. Plazasauce die-hards have even requested the mixture with a spoon to eat it straight when it was too late to order anything grilled, according to the Miller.

Drawback: The mediocre bun and patty are barely better than fast food fare, but the portions just don’t compare to what you’d get at Five Guys for mere cents more. Overall, the Plaza is serving up an average burger with a great sauce that doesn’t match up to the other beefy competition in town.

Instead grab some fries or onion rings and dip them in Plazasauce.

Best beer to complement it: PBR. —Kyle Bursaw Lucky’s

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Can’t get enough of the Brein? Log on to www.dailycardinal.com for a complete photo slideshow of Breiner’s transformation. What’s on this page is only a teaser.

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Sponsored by: Anytime Fitness 301 East Campus Mall (608) 237-2717 We all know a guy who could use some beefing up. Over a 12-week span, we took one such man, Ben Breiner (br-EYE-ner), and attempted to strap some muscle onto his gaunt frame. In performing this social experiment, we had hoped to not only boost Ben’s health, athleticism and confidence, but also to provide valuable health and fitness insight and a realistic, average-guy’s step-by-step guide to getting jacked. This is your new Brein.

The new Brein

Ask the Brein a Question What have you learned from all this? Was it worth it?

Brein: “How truly delicious muscle milk is. It was worth it—110 percent.”

Final Workout Jam Finale: “I Hope You Had the Brein of Your Life,” based off of Green Day’s “I Hope You Had the Time of Your Life.”

The Brein before

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Brein’s Final Vitals Weight: 160 lbs (Starting: 150) Bench press: 155 lbs six times (starting: 115 eight times Flexibility: better, but still not great Body fat percentage: 10.9% (starting: 11% Overall attitude: Victorious

Brein Wisdom The biggest key was motivation. You need something that drives you back to the gym again and again. Varying the routine is a must as is getting protein in your body ASAP after the workout. Lastly, learn to love the burn—it just makes it easier.

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A look ahead to summer movies of 2009

The summer of 2009 is a season full of promising films. From seeing another “Harry Potter” movie to the excitement of watching Madison alum Michael Mann debut his locally filmed “Public Enemies,” there are plenty of reasons to head to your local theater this summer. Here are six films that are must-sees, even when the weather gets warm.

1. Pixar returns with “Up!” Powerhouses Disney and Pixar are teaming up to produce their 10th film just in time for summer vacation. “Up!” is another happy-golucky film, reminiscent of last year’s hit “WALL-E.” However, instead of the plot circling around robots, “Up!” is about a kind old man and his struggle to give his now-dead wife

her one wish. 78-year-old retired balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen (the voice of Edward Asner) met his wife, Ellie, as a child. She had always wanted to visit South America but died before she got the chance.

Instead of being sent to an assisted living facility, Carl decides to travel there in her memory by using 10,000 balloons to transport his house there.

Little does he know that eight-yearold “Wilderness Explorer” (a decent rip-off of the Boy Scouts) Russell is with him. “Up!” takes the viewer through the duo’s trials and tribulations during their adventures in the Venezuelan jungle. The movie promises to be a family-friendly hit, and premieres in theaters May 29th.

—Caissa Casarez 2. Battle of the robots in “Terminator” and “Transformers” Every summer has dueling blockbusters duking it out for your hard-earned dollars—but this summer it involves robots. First up, celebrated music video director McG will deliver the future that John Connor’s mother told him about in “Terminator: Salvation,” and on June 24, Michael Bay explodes

back into our hearts with the continuing war between Decepticons and Autobots in “Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen.”

Bay knows his way around giant, transforming, CGI-amplified action to the extreme. And as we know from the action-packed spectacle that was the first “Transformers” movie, his films need to be seen on the big screen to appreciate his explosive vision. Expect this outing of Sam Witwicky and the Autobot gang to be lighter on story, heavier on action and more explosive than the last. And as Megan Fox explained to the press, “I’m there to be hot.” So look forward to that.

McG, who cut his chops in Hollywood on the “Charlie’s Angels” movies, remains a little more unproven as a blockbuster director. Besides having a questionable action movie resume, he’s got a legion of “Terminator” fans that will gun him down without mercy should he muck up their treasured franchise any worse than “T3: Rise of the Machines” already did. However, the last two trailers for the film have shown promise— a giant Terminator smashing the

puny humans below, robotic helicopters battling scrapped-together human attack convoys and John Connor (played by Christian Bale, yay!) torturing a human-Terminator hybrid in the stocks. It could be a very dark actioner, contrasting greatly with the tongue-in-cheek cheese that makes “Transformers” juvenile at times.

So which will win the hearts and minds of moviegoers?

“Transformers” certainly has the action pedigree to warrant a visit to the multiplex. “Terminator: Salvation” may lack that proven quality, but has potential with the acting power of Christian Bale in a dark future prime for a battle to end all robot battles.

—Mark Riechers 3. “Inglourious Basterds” Stylized dialouge. Badass characters. Buckets and buckets of blood.

All are elements Quentin Tarantino has used in his movies to develop a cult following. For his latest project, this summer’s uniquely spelled “Inglourious Basterds,” you can add Brad Pitt fighting Nazis to that mix.

After dissecting the gangster genre in

“Pulp Fiction” and martial arts flicks in “Kill Bill,” Tarantino has moved on to war movies, and “Inglourious Basterds” appears to have everything that made his previous films successful.

The story takes place in World War II and centers on Pitt as the leader of a band of Jewish soldiers sent behind Nazi lines to cause as much carnage as they can. And when that band of soldiers features “Freaks and Geeks” star Sam Levine running around with a mini gun and “Hostel” director Eli Roth going berserk with a baseball bat, it’s pretty clear the level of carnage is going to be pretty high. Add in Pitt’s demand from the trailer that “every soldier under my command owes me one hundred Nazi scalps,” and one can expect a ridiculously high body count. And really, what more can you ask for from a Tarantino film?

—Todd Stevens 4. “500 Days of Summer” Tom meets Summer, Tom falls for Summer, Summer decides it’s over. That gets us to the opening of “500 Days of Summer,” an anti-romance that tells how boy meets girl, girl breaks heart and girl continues to stomp all over it. Described pretentiously by the blogging community as a “po-mo rom-com,” or postmodern romantic comedy, this Wisconsin Film Fest alum, directed by Madison native Marc Webb, is a collection of sight gags, classic film references and a killer soundtrack. It’s hilarious to see poor Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) battered and beaten as the hopeless romantic obsesses endlessly over the girl that got away.

The beauty of the film is that it’s full of moments we’ve all experienced in the painful journey to find the woman or man of our dreams– awkward conversation starters, the ice breakers, the little fights that get bigger when unresolved and ultimately the conversation where from the moment it starts, you can sense that a heart will leave shattered. It covers the process of getting over heartbreak as thoroughly as most rom-coms would spend building to the happily ever-after. And thanks to her brilliant acting in the role, you will fall in love with Summer (Zooey Deschanel) as he does, then grow to hate her.

It’s a fun, quirky film that will certainly be this summer’s indie darling. Look for it somewhere here in Madison around July 17.

—Mark Riechers 5. “Public Enemies” UW-Madison graduate Michael Mann has become quite the accomplished writer/director/producer extraordinaire, having a hand in great movies such as “Ali,” “The Insider” and “Heat.” Now, Mann has returned to his roots for his latest film, a look at notorious gangster John Dillinger. The movie was filmed in and around Madison and features plenty of star power, including Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Billy Crudup, each of whom will be in other summer blockbusters. Depp plays Dillinger with rogue aplomb, robbing banks and stealing hearts along the way.

The Great Depression left the nation in a perpetual funk, angry with the banks that had seemingly taken all their money. Considering the economic climate we’re living in now, viewers will probably cheer Depp on as he acts as a 1930s Robin Hood. Now if only Dillinger could get to Fanny and Freddie...

—Kevin Slane

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The Daily Cardinal music experts get pumped for summer by previewing some of the best music festivals across the nation

Lollapalooza 2009 Want to end your summer with a bang? Lollapalooza, one of the many summer music venues, takes place in the heart of the Windy City. This festival, founded by Perry Farrell, lead singer of Jane’s Addiction, offers a contrast to the other music festivals. Being one of the few festivals that take place in a big city, Lollapalooza encompasses the night scene along with the day scene. Lollapalooza is a great way to wrap up summer festivities by bringing over 130 bands to the Midwest. This year’s headliners live up to Perry’s past bands by being as outlandish as ever, with an interesting mix of genres: Electronic meets MTV rock meets the Beastie Boys. Although it will be difficult for these headliners to out-do years past, the middle tier more than makes up for it.

With Perry’s mix of TV on the Radio, Fleet Foxes, Ben Folds, Ben Harper, Snoop Dogg, Thievery Corporation, Andrew Bird, Atmosphere and more, everyone attending this festival is sure to leave with a smile on his or her face. Aside from great music in a great city, Lollapalooza strives to be eco-friendly, and offers several other activities, including kidzapalooza. Tickets are on sale now for $190 at lollapalooza.com.

—Jenny Peek Sasquatch! Music Festival How would you rather spend your Memorial Day weekend: Grilling out, chatting with your folks and playing catch with your dog in the backyard, or going to a three-day music fest at one of the most gorgeous venues in the United States? That was hypothetical; of course you’d go to the festival, and that festival is Sasquatch.

It’s a bit of a trip from Madison—it’s in Washington state—but if you can make it you’ll be rewarded with the breathtaking sites of the Gorge and some amazing acts, including the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kings of Leon, Nine Inch

Nails and Animal Collective.

Besides the music, there’s a slew of comedy acts to make you giggle, such as Tim and Eric, Aziz Ansari and The Whitest Kids U’ Know.

So take a road trip and bring a tent—did I mention you can camp out?—to Washington, because Sasquatch will be a festival that delivers. A three-day pass costs $154.50, and an additional $95 to secure a campsite for four days.

—Gabe Ubatuba Summerfest Music Festival It’s right in our backyard, yet most people overlook the world’s largest musical festival amid the hoopla of Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza. Summerfest spans 11 days in late June to early July, bringing in over 700 acts from every musical niche and genre.

This year’s lineup is no less expansive, featuring legendary acts like Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson to modern popular mainstays like Lupe Fiasco and The Fray. If country is your scene, The Big Gig offers Keith Urban and Kenny Chesney. Feeling blue?

They’ve got Buddy Guy. Check out alternative rockers Guster or the supremely talented rap rockers the Roots if you can—both have played at Summerfest in the past and entertain devoted, energetic followings.

Summerfest is truly an immersion of Milwaukee culture, and there’s not a better place to be in the throws of Summer than the Milwaukee Lakefront catching the fireworks or your favorite band with a beer in each hand.

Entrance runs you $15 (though they offer countless promotions to get free or reduced-cost tickets), but Marcus Amphitheatre acts cost extra. www.summerfest.com —Al Morrell Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival Between June 11 and June 14, hippies, folk rockers and indie kids alike will convene on the camp-

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Flaming Lips guitarist and lead singer Wayne Coyne performs at last year’s 10,000 Lakes Festival in Detroit Lakes, Minn. The festival features great acts such as Dave Matthews Band and Wilco. grounds of Manchester, Tennessee, a mere sixty miles southeast of Nashville, as it plays host to one of America’s most diverse and wellknown music festivals, Bonnaroo.

Boasting everyone from Phish (who will play two sets) and Wilco to Animal Collective and Phoenix, from Grizzly Bear and Neko Case to Crystal Castles and of Montreal, Bonnaroo’s lineup reads just like a typical college kid’s iTunes library.

David Byrne will be the first artist to curate a stage at Bonnaroo this year when he brings Santigold, Dirty Projectors, Ani Difranco and St. Vincent together the Friday evening.

Aside from just music, Bonnaroo also hosts a film cinema, art galleries and comedic performances. Along with the dozens of XBOX 360 kiosks and MLB batting cages, the onsite

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Story of the Year singer Dan Marsala reaches out to his adoring fans at a performance on last year’s Warped Tour. The tour gives fans a chance to really interact with band members despite its large size.

Bonnaroo Cinema is a popular destination for festival-goers. The air-conditioned seated area plays a wide array of movies 24 hours a day, taking breaks only to air NBA playoff games.

The four-day passes are onsale now and range in price from $224.50 to $249.50 depending on how fast they sell.

—Kyle Sparks Vans Warped Tour Each summer thousands of high schools flock to dance and sing to all the pop punk bands they’ve helped make famous. In its 15th year, the Vans Warped Tour is back boasting radio favorites such as 3OH!3, Breathe Carolina and Sing it Loud.

Don’t write off your local stop because of the aforementioned overplayed bands, Warped is still packed with plenty of quality acts such as Chiodos, Dance Gavin Dance, Bad Religion and AntiFlag. Music spans a full day, with each band playing a 30-minute set on various stages. One of the greatest aspects of Warped Tour is for the knowledgeable fan, bands are walking around the grounds when they aren’t playing and it’s possible to run into your favorite musician without the crowds of teenage girls screaming. Warped Tour is kicking off June 26 and runs all summer.

—Danny Marchewka 10,000 Lakes Music Festival Nestled in the pristine northern wilderness of Soo Pass Ranch in Detroit Lakes, Minn., the 10,000 Lakes Festival offers patrons four days of camping and music in a beautiful setting to go along with the wild escapades that often accompany the jam band festival experience. This year’s festival invokes memories of its first lineup with the return of Widespread Panic for two nights on the main stage, where they will be joined by festival newcomers Dave Matthews Band and Wilco. The rest of the line-up features Minneapolis products Atmosphere, Mason Jennings and Trampled by Turtles to go along with a stellar variety

of national acts such as Umphrey’s McGee, Gomez, Railroad Earth, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Tea Leaf Green and Steve Kimock’s Crazy Engine. Soo Pass Ranch offers festival goers four distinct campgrounds to crash, the favorite among 10k veterans being the shaded Northwoods site, scattered with tranquil ponds, rolling hills and friendly hippies! A favorite site for those too late to claim spots in Northwoods is the shores of Lake Sallie campground, where campers can sober up with a dip into the cool waters of Lake Sallie and take in breathtaking sunsets while preparing for the night’s shows. Tickets are on sale now for $160 at 10klf.com.

—Justin Dean Pitchfork Music Festival With around 15,000 attendees a day and three stages set up in Chicago’s Union Park, the Pitchfork Music Festival (July 1719) isn’t on quite the same scale as its neighbor Lollapalooza, but with tickets at a fraction of the cost of most other major festivals ($75 for a three-day pass, $35 for one day), Pitchfork also costs several times less.

Organized by the Chicagobased music website of the same name, the Pitchfork lineup slants more toward underground upand-comers (and fans who would rather catch the National or Grizzly Bear than the Killers) than the average festival. On a logistical level, Pitchfork’s organizers have thankfully avoided the clutter of larger festivals. No more than two acts are ever on stage at the same time, keeping A or B decisions to a minimum, there are always enough restrooms for everyone present and over the past few years the food and beer options have been nothing short of excellent (and vegan-friendly). The festival always brings in a few headliners with name recognition outside of the aficionado crowd too, with the Flaming Lips, the Jesus Lizard and Built to Spill topping off this year’s lineup.

—Matt Hunziker

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Swine flu a growing danger? When pigs fly!

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Despite some differences between nations, science has shown that we are all the same race: human.

No basis for different races

By Jigyasa Jyotika THE DAILY CARDINAL

The rush to decode the human genome, it turns out, also revamped all concepts of the human race— and its so-called races.

“The folk concept of ‘race’ in America is so ingrained as being biologically based and scientific that it is difficult to make people see otherwise,” said Robert Sussman, professor of anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis and editor-in-chief of the journal American Anthropologist.

“We live on the one-drop racial division: If you have one drop of black or Native American blood, you are considered black or Native American, but biology speaks otherwise.”

Biology began speaking otherwise in the fall of 1998, when American Anthropologist published a seminal paper by Alan R. Templeton, a biology professor at Washington University.

The paper showed that, contrary to popular belief, the concept of race has no biological basis.

“Race is a real cultural, political and economic concept in society, but it is not a biological concept, and that, unfortunately, is what many people wrongfully consider to be the essence of race in humans—genetic differ-

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ences,” Templeton said.

Templeton’s group analyzed DNA from global human populations and showed that, while plenty of genetic variations exist in humans, most of these are individual and not “between-population.”

So, though the DNA of different populations does vary, it is either not enough or not the right type of difference to define a particular sublineage of humanity from another.

Templeton found that as much as 85 percent of genetic variation was individual variation. The remaining 15 percent that could be traced to “racial” differences is very minor and below the threshold used to recognize race evolutionarily.

The naked eye may easily observe physical differences between peoples, but these traits do not actually represent genetic differences between human populations.

For example, Templeton’s studies showed that there is more genetic similarity between Europeans and sub-Saharan Africans than there is between Africans and a subset of north-eastern Australians called Melanesians. Yet, sub-Saharan Africans and Melanesians share physical traits like dark skin, coarse hair texture and facial features.

“This very objective analysis shows that the possibility of race is not even a close call,” Templeton explained.

The study found that, over time, genes in any one local population are shared by all of humanity throughout time, indicating that human populations have always had a degree of genetic contact with one another.

“By this modern definition for race, there are no races in humanity,” Templeton added.

Further, the inter-connectedness of the human genes also overthrows the idea that humans evolved from a single set of ancestors that migrated to other places and replaced the inhabitants of these places.

“Spreading traits doesn’t require spreading out and killing off all the earlier people. They’re spread by reproducing with people—it’s make love, not war,” Templeton said.

“Since about 1910, anthropologists have been fighting this lack of understanding of what people are really like, how people have migrated and mixed together,” Sussman said, commenting on the Templeton study.

“The race, in the end, is only with yourself.” Even though Einstein didn’t exactly have these results in mind when he said this, his words may have just found new a meaning.

Swine flu, technically known as North American Human Influenza A (H1N1), has infected pop culture at a far faster pace than the disease’s actual transmission rate.

Reality TV stars Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt “kissed” each other while donning surgical masks after returning from their Mexico Honeymoon on April 30. Postsecret. com’s weekly Sunday postings featured a postcard that said, “Part of me wishes the Swine Flu will reach my state, my city ... Just so my college classes will be temporarily cancelled.” So what are the chances UW-Madison classes will be cancelled because of this disease?

Pretty slim.

According to Wisconsin’s Pandemic Flu Resource, pandemic. wisconsin.gov, Dane County has zero confirmed or probable cases.

The Center for Disease Control defines a confirmed case of swineorigin Influenza A as at least one positive test from a viral culture or a RT-PCR (real time polymerase chain reaction), which simultaneously amplifies and quantifies a targeted DNA molecule.

“Of course I’m a little concerned, but I’m just trying to stay healthy [and] wash my hands frequently,” said UW sophomore Natasha Anderson. “I can’t let the fear of swine flu bother me too much since it’s about to be finals week.”

Typically on college campuses many probable cases come out negative, though some positive cases have already been confirmed at George Washington University and the University of Notre Dame, according to Dave Bujak of Florida State University. Some schools, like Texas Wesleyan University, cancelled all remaining activities and classes besides finals, but the schedules of most universities will continue as usual.

The nearest college with a confirmed case of H1N1 was the University of Notre Dame, but by now the student is fully recovered.

Notre Dame sophomore Anna Hing, said, “Swine flu wasn’t really a big deal here. If more people had gotten it, then I’d be concerned, but the person was cured quickly.”

According to Hing, not much on campus changed after the detection of an active H1N1 case. Notre Dame sent out precautionary emails to warn students of the active case and gave prevention advice.

Notre Dame (a Catholic institution) stopped serving wine at all masses temporarily to prevent viral spread as well.

Despite public and pop culture fascination, serious cases of deathly swine flu have not hit Wisconsin or any other colleges. By following the CDC guidelines and visiting doctors with any troublesome symptoms, H1N1 should not be a worry for the UW campus or Madison as a whole.

Prevention Tips: 1) Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze.

2) Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.

3) Wash your hands frequently with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze.

4) Avoid close contact with sick people.

5) Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth.

Germs spread this way.

6) If you get influenza-like illness symptoms stay home from work or school except to seek medical care, and limit contact with others.

—From the CDC website

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Classical music: a different kind of art Story by Jinny Kim

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hese days, more people associate Beethoven with a slobbery St. Bernard than a deaf composer.

Yet even though classical music may not have a prominent place among students on campus, it is not necessarily dying out.

Students and music instructors on campus hold a positive outlook on the future of classical music at UW-Madison.

UW-Madison sophomore Catherine McCarthy has high hopes for the classical music scene in terms of student performances.

“On campus, [the classical music scene] is getting much better, even though I don’t think the rest of the university knows that, which is too bad,” McCarthy said.

“There are symphony orchestras and chamber, and both are very high quality.”

Without even stepping inside Humanities, students can be heard playing a sonata in a duet or trio in the Humanities court-

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A student performs at the UW School of Music spring concert.

yard, at the corner of Frances and State Street or on the side of University Avenue, a testament to a surviving interest on campus.

UW-Madison sophomore Allison Jannette, a music student, thinks classical music is important for students on campus.

“I think for people like me, music is a really important part of life,” Jannette said. “It’s a way of expressing yourself. For me, doing music education is just something that I want to share with younger generations.”

Other members of campus in the music profession similarly feel confident about the classical music scene on campus. Tyrone Greive, a music professor at UW-Madison, is just one among the many.

“I’m pretty optimistic about the future of classical music,” Greive said. “There are a lot of students who aspire to be musicians and music educators in school.”

However, some students say classical music has never been popular among the younger generation. UW-Madison junior and music student Kyle Davison said this is because classical music was not written for young listeners in the first place. In fact, according to an October 2008 Wall Street Journal article, classical music has been appealing to older generations because history suggests that as time passes, people become more acquainted with classical music.

“It’s definitely true that classical music is less popular than rock, hip-hop, etc., but this is not at all a new phenomenon,” Davison said. “At least not until the late 20th century. It got its start in royal courts and in concerts that were mostly attended by wealthy socialites.”

Davison thinks the respon-

sibility for making classical music relevant to younger people lies with today’s composers.

Performers and composers also need to improve how they promote classical music.

“There are a lot of students who aspire to be musicians and music educators in school.”

Tyrone Greive professor of music UW-Madison

“I certainly do not mean that they should ‘sell-out’ or compromise their work in any way, but I think that they need to demonstrate to the younger generation that classical music can be just as (or more) beautiful, exciting and innovative as other forms of music.”

According to Davison, others believe the younger generation does not listen to classical music because it is incapable of expressing their emotions.

“I think it is a mistake to blame the younger generation for not listening to classical music,” Davison said. “Many people see classical music as being less relevant to their own experiences and, if they have a narrow definition of classical music then they are probably correct.”

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appealing to listen to.

There are a number of innovative ways toward a more optimistic brighter future of classical music.

Popularizing classical music Through effort and new approaches, it is possible to help classical music become more accessible to students.

“There’s a lot that goes into appreciating classical music, and for the most part, people who are informed the most will be the most supportive,” Alyson Neuberger, a junior at UWMadison, said. “Classical music is a specialized discipline, not readily accessible to the outsider, which is part of its allure once you’re a fan. As for younger generations, classical music is a pretty narrow umbrella.”

“There’s a lot that goes into appreciating classical music, and for the most part, people who are informed the most are the most supportive.”

Alyson Neuberger student UW-Madison

According to some UW-Madison music professors, early exposure to classical music can also help increase preference for classical music.

“Early proper music education at home and in school

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can be beneficial for children,” Greive said. “Musical talent is not inherited; therefore, it should be acquired through practice and listening.”

Although there is a lack of young audiences, it is possible to make the conditions better.

Listening to classical music can be fascinating and enchanting even to younger generations. Now is the time for music leaders to think beyond typical models that have been applied for generations to stimulate the further growth of classical music.

“Composers should embrace new instrumentation, new compositional forms,” Davison said.

“They should try to find venues outside of the traditional concert hall.”

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A sober weekend

Today’s Sudoku

Anthro-apology

By Eric Wigdahl wigdahl@wisc.edu

© Puzzles by Pappocom

Angel Hair Pasta

By Todd Stevens ststevens@wisc.edu

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

By Yosef Lerner ilerner@wisc.edu

By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu

Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com

WORLD’S FARE ACROSS 1 Fishing hook with a handle 5 Fleet of fighting ships 11 Spot for a soothing soak 14 Software buyer 15 Tom Canty, in a Mark Twain book 16 Kubrick’s computer 17 “G’day ___” 18 God in Egyptian mythology 19 Had a little lamb?

20 Spicy side dish 22 RPM part 23 Old PC display part 24 Likely to bend 26 Wagnerian setting 31 Morse code sound 32 Way into a mine 33 Many millennia 35 Bellyaches 39 The kissing disease, for short 40 Biblical sister city 42 Sudden transition 43 Hip-flexing muscle 45 Turnpike rumbler 46 Puddle-jumper’s destination, perhaps 47 Airline out of Stockholm 49 Like handsaw blades

51 Law firm VIP 55 Wasn’t steadfast 56 Ottoman official 57 Salad ingredients, sometimes 63 Start of a grid game 64 Bird-seed holder 65 Trendy “so-long” 66 Predating, in poetry 67 Full of fervor 68 Bride of Lohengrin 69 Certain 35mm camera 70 E-mail message option 71 Fish for or ferret out DOWN 1 Holders for canines 2 Without dawdling, in memos 3 Big cheese in Athens 4 A votre sante?

5 Peter, James et al.

6 Baby skin problem 7 “The Ghost and Mrs. ___” 8 Fourth in a series of 12 9 Cleared, as a windshield in winter 10 Elderberry wine additive, in a classic film 11 Something to get in 12 Ceremonial Mass

plate 13 Like a watchdog 21 You might put some money in it 25 Cooling refreshments 26 Repeated passage, in music 27 Uproars 28 Start to type?

29 Toilets at Wimbledon 30 Crash locale in “Alive” 34 “___ people!”

36 There’s none for the weary 37 Prone to sunburn 38 Drove like the dickens 41 Looked like 44 Serenaded 48 Unperturbed 50 “Too Ra Loo Ra Loo ___” 51 Cocktail hour spreads 52 “___ can dream, can’t she?”

53 One making a pit stop 54 Florida Keys features 58 Nicollette on “Desperate Housewives” 59 “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” composer 60 Anagram and synonym of “evil” 61 “with the greatest of ___” 62 Thoroughly moisten

Frugal Gnome

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The year’s best moments...

Compiled by Ben Breiner

No. 1 Trevon’s lay-up is true Playing as a 12-seed, the worst in Bo Ryan’s time in Madison, few expected the Badgers to challenge Florida State. Wisconsin trailed through much of the game but rallied to force overtime. Trévon Hughes banked in a spinning lay-up with the Badgers trailing and hardly any time on the clock, propelling Wisconsin to the second round. The win was a surprisingly pleasant conclusion to a difficult and trying season.

No. 2 Once, twice, three times a champion Behind the play of all-world netminder Jessie Vetter and a fleet of explosive skaters, the Wisconsin women’s hockey team dominated 2008-’09 from start to finish. The team only incurred two losses and outscored opponents 171 as it rolled through three NCAA tournament games to the title.

Along the way sophomore forward Hilary Knight set school records for points and goals in a season, and the team finished with the nation’s top offense and defense.

No. 3 Karel keeps Badgers in Paradise Lisa Stone’s squad was not expected to do much after a down season and losing the program’s all-time leading scorer Jolene Anderson. But in late November, sophomore guard Alyssa Karel stepped up, draining a huge, game-winning jumper against the No. 6 Baylor Bears to win the Paradise Jam Tournament. That helped power a 10-1 start to Wisconsin’s season.

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The UW women’s hockey team earned its third title in four years behind the brilliant goaltending of Patty Kazmaier winner Jessie Vetter (center).

No. 4 Johnson returns to Olympic stage Nearly 30 years ago, former Badger Mark Johnson led the United States Olympic Hockey team to one of the greatest moments in American sports history, upsetting the USSR 4-3. In late January he got the chance to go back when he was named head coach for the U.S. Women’s National Hockey team. After seven seasons at the helm of Wisconsin’s program, he will spend next year leading the U.S. squad into the 2010 games in Vancouver.

No. 5 Oh Howe Close!

Although boasting an 11-4 record midway through one’s first season in Badger red would be a big accomplishment, it was only the start for Andrew Howe. The freshman from Indiana ran up a 19-match winning streak, which brought him all the way to the NCAA championship match in the 165 lb. class. Despite falling 3-2 to Edinboro’s Jarrod King, Howe became UW’s first All-American in his weight class since 1998.

...and the worst

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No. 1 Mess in Michigan Up 19-0 at halftime in Ann Arbor, it appeared the UW football team would emerge victorious for the first time in 14 years in the Big House. The Wolverine offense, however, roared to life, scoring 27-straight points, handing the Badgers their first defeat of the year. Bret Bielema’s squad never recovered, dropping four straight and stumbling to its worst record since 2003.

No. 2 Swept away by Northern Michigan There were many crushing losses in a season that left the Badgers just one victory away from the NCAA tournament, but a home series against Northern Michigan stands above all the rest. The Wildcats entered the weekend with just three wins but took both games, including a 6-5 triumph in overtime on Saturday night.

No. 3 Trapped in the sixth circle The lowlight of what was perhaps Bo Ryan’s most trying season, the Badgers fell six straight times in the midst of the Big Ten season. The streak included five losses by seven or fewer points, two losses in the Kohl Center and nearly kept Wisconsin out of the NCAA tournament.

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P.J. Hill’s season went from bad to worse when he was cited twice for DUI after leaving school.

No. 4 P.J. Hill (everything) The junior did not break 70 yards in four of the Badger’s five regular season losses, but that paled in comparison to his off-season activities. First, Hill declared for the draft despite a sub-par year, and then was cited twice for drunken driving in one month. Furthermore, the second DUI ended in a police chase through Madison. Shockingly, no NFL team decided to use any of their draft choices to select Hill.

No. 5 Volleyball misses tournament On Nov. 12, the Badgers were 14-4 on the season and looked to be good shape despite the loss of five important players from the previous year’s squad. After that they faltered baldly, winning just three of their last 14 games and missing the NCAA tournament for the first time in head coach Pete Waite’s 10-year tenure.

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The Badger players were often looking for answers during a mid-season six-game losing skid.

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Male Athlete of the Year: Moritz Baumann Junior Moritz Baumann led the Wisconsin men’s tennis team with an impressive 22-1 dual record this season.

As the team captain and primary player in the No. 1 singles spot, Baumann carried an undefeated singles record in dual matches up until the last week of conference play, when he was defeated

by Penn State senior Brendan Lynch in a third-set tiebreaker.

Baumann has also been named the Big Ten Player of the Week four times this season and collected his third AllBig Ten honor. He is currently ranked No. 29 in the nation and has picked up big wins over eight ranked opponents this spring.

He and sophomore teammate Marek Michalicka will be competing in the NCAA singles championship May 2025 with at-large bids. This is the second time Baumann has qualified to compete in the NCAA tournament with an at-

large bid.

Baumann and Michalicka have also been selected as the second alternate pair for the NCAA doubles championship. Earlier in the season, the pair defeated then-No. 1 Wake Forest doubles team of Cory Parr and Steven Forman.

With Baumann’s leadership, the entire Wisconsin team earned an atlarge bid into the NCAA team tournament. This is the first time in program history the team has qualified for the NCAA tournament for three consecutive years. Additionally, this season marks the first time in program history the team broke the top-20 when it hit a national ranking of No. 19.

Honorable Mention: Jamie McBain. Junior, Men’s Hockey —Crystal Crowns

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Jessie Vetter’s 2008-’09 season was all about numbers. Not just the ones she put up, but the ones her opponents did not.

The UW senior goaltender and Cottage Grove, Wis., native served as the backbone for the Badgers’ third women’s hockey national title in four seasons.

In doing so, she became the second Badger in school history to win the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, the women’s hockey version of the Heisman Trophy.

In addition to the hardware, Vetter rewrote the NCAA record books, setting the career marks for victories (91) and shutouts (39), as well as the single-season shutout record (14).

Vetter went 33-2-5 in 40 games this season, and along the way she picked up First Team All-America, First Team All-WCHA, Academic All-WCHA and WCHA Final Face-off MVP honors.

As the games got tougher, so did she.

Vetter finished her career in cardinal and white with an 11-1 record in NCAA

tournament play, including a perfect 3-0 this season.

Saving the best for last, she surrendered only one goal in the 2009 Frozen Four and recorded her final shutout as a Badger in the NCAA title game, a 5-0 drubbing of Mercyhurst in Boston on March 22.

Fittingly, Vetter closed the book on her career at Wisconsin with one last award, being named the Frozen Four’s Most Outstanding Player.

Perhaps the reason Vetter is most worthy of our Female Athlete of the Year award is also the most straightforward.

Simply put, she is widely considered to be the best in the world at her position as netminder.

We’re in no position to argue.

Honorable Mention: Gwen Jorgensen. Senior, Cross Country —Brandon Storlie

Men’s Team of the Year: Basketball The Wisconsin men’s basketball team did not enter its season with particularly high expectations, but under the direction of head coach Bo Ryan, the team proved it was a major threat to teams across the nation. Despite a slow start and the possibility of missing the NCAA Tournament, men’s basketball finished strong with solid

continued their strong play with Team USA. The national team took gold medals in the International Ice Hockey Federation women’s world championship in Hämeenlinna, Finland.

The 2009-’10 season will be interesting to watch for Wisconsin. Between seniors graduating, head coach Mark Johnson leading the U.S. Olympic team in Vancouver and players joining Johnson at the 2010 games, next season might not go quite as well as the last.

For now, however, the Badgers can bask in the glory of another national championship and the knowledge that they were the most successful and dominant team wearing cardinal and white in the 2008-’09 season.

victories to qualify for postseason play. And men’s basketball highlighted its season in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, beating No. 5 seeded Florida State, a team which was only a week removed from winning against eventual national champion North Carolina.

The Badgers’ respectable season began with a bang. After beginning the year 5-1 the Badgers traveled to Blacksburg, Va., to face Virginia Tech in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. In the hostile environment, the Badgers played the Hokies tough, and eventually captured the marquee victory on a buzzer beating runner by junior guard Trévon Hughes.

Wisconsin did hit the skids early in Big Ten play with a six-game losing streak. But when they needed to make the push for the NCAA Tournament, the Badgers won seven of their final nine Big Ten contests, including impressive wins against Ohio State and Illinois.

Despite exiting from the NCAA Tournament in the second round after a loss to Xavier, Wisconsin’s late season run to the NCAA Tournament and thrilling victories over Virginia Tech and Florida State this season will allow players and fans to remember Wisconsin’s 2008-’09 men’s basketball team fondly.

Honorable Mention: UW Women’s Cross Country

Honorable Mention: UW Men’s Rowing

Women’s Team of the Year: Hockey The numbers say it all: a third national championship in four years, just two losses in the entire season, four team members (and their head coach) selected for the U.S. national hockey team and a Patty Kazmaier Award for Wisconsin senior goaltender Jessie Vetter.

This was not simply the best team in college hockey; it may have been the best team in the history of the Wisconsin women’s hockey program.

Vetter and the team’s other five graduating seniors will leave the program as one of the most successful classes in school history. They have also laid the foundation for a group of young players to begin a new era of dominance for the Badgers.

Even after their season ended, four team members—Vetter, team captain and senior Erika Lawler, junior Meghan Duggan and sophomore Hilary Knight—and head coach Mark Johnson

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As end arrives for senior class, a look back at their four years BEN BREINER boom goes the breinamite With the year nearing its unavoidable conclusion and seniors nearly ready—or, for some, far beyond ready—to end their stay in Madison, it only seems appropriate to reflect on the athletic feats and disappointments which the class of ’09 has borne witness to.

It all began on a sunny Saturday in 2005. Fresh off Welcome Week and the challenge of meeting so many new people, students were introduced to another new face: Brian Calhoun.

The junior back ran for over 250 yards against Bowling Green in his first game as a Badger. The performance was spectacular but served only as a precursor to one of the more magnificent games in

the last four years when Michigan came to town.

Fans stood for hours, getting drenched in the rain, but it was all worth it when John Stocco, a maligned quarterback few expected to run, scampered past and then off defenders for the game-winning score.

There were also games that left fans asking what went wrong, like Barry’s last game against Iowa, but the success kept rolling in. The men’s hockey team was dominant, marching to a national title, leading to Alvarez’s boisterous statement, “We own college hockey.” Even the football team closed its season in stunning fashion with a complete drubbing of No. 7 Auburn.

The next year was more of the same. Men’s Hockey could not repeat the success of their title season, but Bret Bielema’s squad more than made up for it. Each time the gates of Camp Randall opened,

UW fans left the sweet sounds of victory. The team finished its year with only one loss, but that was only a prelude to the dominant performance men’s basketball was about to put on.

Fresh off Welcome Week [in 2005] ... students were introduced to another new face: Brian Calhoun.

Bo’s crew collected 30 wins on their way to a No. 1 ranking (for about two days) and boasted Alando Tucker, one of the country’s best players. Even an early tournament exit could not dampen the enthusiasm surrounding the program.

The junior season for class of ’09 was still successful, but in a somewhat subdued, muted manner.

Hockey nearly made the Frozen Four, but was so inconsistent down the stretch it hardly seemed worthy of the tournament appearance.

Men’s basketball earned 31 victories and a Big Ten title, but always seemed to be more than the sum of its parts, and in that way less exciting.

But it was the football team where the cracks started appearing. The final 9-4 record looked fine, but the team showed its flaws, letting bad teams hang with them and falling short of its lofty expectations.

Overall, however, those three years were filled with success. There was always one team doing very well, and the other teams could at least pull their weight. There was a certain confidence that each of the big three teams would be better than competitive, an expectation of being good and maybe great.

So where did it all go?

That same class of ’09, which

came in with Calhoun, a national championship on ice and Stocco’s sneak, has closed its UW career with a troublingly sub-par year.

The football team began with promise but then collapsed. Men’s hockey squandered every single one of the many chances it had to go to the postseason and make the year a success.

Even the men’s basketball team, which ended its year with an exhilarating upset, still struggled all season and was right on the edge of the tournament bubble.

Why did all these teams fall on hard times? It’s hard to tell.

What is clear is that the last year has tarnished the energy and excitement that had become synonymous with Badger sports for the seniors now ready to depart Madison.

Did this column make you nostalgic, or perhaps just confused? Share you best memory of the last four years with Ben at breiner@wisc.edu

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