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Anti-abortion group puts clinic under fire

By Alison Dirr The Daily Cardinal

Live Action, a Californiabased anti-abortion group, attacked Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Wednesday by releasing an undercover video showing a clinic staff member at the Milwaukee facility allegedly taking illegal action during an appointment.

The edited four-minute video shows a conversation between a Planned Parenthood employee and an actor portraying a 14-year-old seeking an abortion.

The conversation alludes to statutory rape by the girl’s 31-year-old boyfriend and the possibility of her receiving an abortion without parental consent.

“Planned Parenthood has proven time and again there is a continued pattern of covering up sexual abuse,” Virginia Zignego, communications director of Pro-Life Wisconsin, said in a statement. “In Wisconsin, sex between an adult and a minor under age 16 is a felony and must be reported to law enforcement.”

Planned Parenthood said there were complications in reporting the case, according to Milwaukee-

based television station TMJ4.

“In this particular circumstance, we did not have the name of the young woman,” Teri Huyck, CEO of Wisconsin Planned Parenthood, said to TMJ4. “She did not give it to us, did not provide any form of ID, so we were unable to make a report.”

Lila Rose, a University of California-Los Angeles senior and president of Live Action, posed as the 14-year-old in the video, which she shot in the summer of 2008 with the help of a friend.

Rose called Huyck’s statement “a lie.”

“We released some extended footage [Wednesday] where we give the full name,” Rose said.

“We say, ‘I’m Janelle Merriam, my birthday is 7/27, I’m 14.’ The Planned Parenthood CEO said yesterday that we did not give that information … That was a false representation.”

Rose said Live Action is planning to release the full footage to the public after they send the video to the attorney general and district attorney’s offices. abortion page 3

Searching for buried hope: UW students work to keep Haiti fresh in our minds

By Grace Kim The Daily Cardinal

The latest estimated death toll from Haiti’s recent earthquake is 212,000, according Haiti’s prime minister. The United Nations has reported that more than 300,000 are injured and three million have been affected worldwide by the earthquake.

As the Haitian earthquake approaches its two-month anniversary, the world’s attention has shifted, burying the country’s continuing crisis in our minds deeper than the rubble covering its streets.

It is important that the world not forget about Haiti because the hardest work usually starts after weeks or months, when “most of the news crews have left,” according to UNICEF. Paul Thompson, a disaster management expert from InterWorks, said although there are hundreds of

NGOs supporting emergency shelter in Haiti, the international media coverage on Haiti has already declined.

“It used to be on the front page every day for two and a half weeks, and now it has shifted to the inside.

It’s not even a daily news story anymore,” Thompson said. “But in fact, the crisis will continue for a long time and get worse in some respects because the rainy season is now starting.”

Thompson said the hurricane season in Haiti usually lasts from June through October, which could bring another disaster to Haitians living under streets and parks that became flooded and turn into mud.

Some UW-Madison students are worrying that so many Haitians in need will be forgotten once again.

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ASM Rep. Max Love was one of several members who voiced opposition to ASM’s internal budget, which was approved at the Student Council meeting Wednesday with a 16-6 vote.

ASM Student Council discusses, approves finalized internal budget

By Kelsey Gunderson The Daily Cardinal

The Associated Students of Madison Student Council approved ASM’s internal budget of over $1.1 million Wednesday.

The budget was amended and finalized by a conference committee Sunday and approved by the Student Services Finance Committee Monday before being taken to the full Student Council for approval Wednesday.

The conference committee made several changes to the

budget Sunday, including adding $8,000 to create new shared “I just don’t agree with this budget. There is a large amount of discretionary spending.”

Max Love representative Associated Students of Madison

governance positions and cutting $10,000 from housing and

tenant support services.

Sunday’s conference committee also voted against cutting stipends for ASM and SSFC members, as well as cutting the creation of a paid position to assist the ASM chair.

Although the final budget passed with a 16-6 vote, several ASM members said they felt parts of the budget required further discussion.

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Elon James White, host of the web series ‘This Week in Blackness,’ examins the idea of a postracial society as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series Wednesday night. Go to dailycardinal.com for video footage of the lectures from Smith and Christian Lander, author of “Stuff White People Like.”

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am a simple man with simple tastes, and one of those tastes happens to be buffet-style pizza for an affordable price. During one of our numerous five-hour TV sessions, my roommates and I witnessed approximately 34 CiCi’s Pizza commercials in one 30-minute segment. Enraged by CiCi’s taunting us with their mountains of pizza goodness, unbeatable prices and ZERO LOCATIONS IN THE MADISON AREA, we resolved to do something about it. I quickly pulled up the CiCi’s website on my laptop, located their customer service contact e-mail and sent off this message to Mr. CiCi himself: DEAR MR. CICI, DO YOU NOT LIKE MONEY? APPARENTLY NOT, BECAUSE YOU HAVE YET TO OPEN A CICI’S RESTAURANT IN MADISON, WISCONSIN. HOW DOES MADISON, TENNESSEE OR MADISON, IOWA GET

A CICI’S PIZZA BEFORE MADISON, WISCONSIN? YOUR COMMERCIAL SAYS THAT YOUR $5 PIZZA BUFFET IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, AND IN MY CASE, IT IS. PLEASE CONSIDER THE COLLEGE DEMOGRAPHIC THAT YOUR COMMERCIAL IS CLEARLY PANDERING TO. IF YOU HAVE ANY LOGICAL RESTAURANT FRANCHISE WISDOM, YOU WILL BUILD A CICI’S PIZZA IN MADISON, WISCONSIN. HERE ARE THE PROPER STEPS: 1. BUILD CICI’S PIZZA IN MADISON, WISCONSIN 2. WATCH AS HUNGRY COLLEGE STUDENTS POUR INTO YOUR STORE 3. PROSPER YOUR PAL, JON As with the majority of my mischievous antics, I expected nothing to come of this ploy but a cease and desist warrant. However, only a day later, I found this little gem in my inbox: Hello Jon, Thank you for your interest in CiCi’s.

You are absolutely right. At this time, we do not have any locations in Wisconsin,

but we are getting there as quickly as we can. We are currently selling franchises in Wisconsin and our stores will be operational as soon as possible. Our new stores in Minnesota and Illinois are doing quite well and we look forward to introducing the CiCi’s concept to Wisconsin. It’s nice to know that our arrival is eagerly anticipated. We always consider it a compliment when one of our guests invites us into their community and we appreciate you for that. If you know anyone who would be interested in being a franchisee, please send them our way!

In answer to your question regarding advertising, we are experiencing a large expansion and going into many new states, this year. Therefore, we opted to purchase advertising on a nationwide basis. It is much more cost effective than purchasing advertising, market by market. That way, when you are traveling or when we do make it to your area, you will know who we are and be much more apt to visit sooner. At CiCi’s, we watch the spending of every penny in order to keep our buffet prices as low as possible.

I’m sure that price is one of the things that drew you to us in the first place. When we do make it to your area, I hope that you will appreciate that fact and forgive us for teasing you, prematurely.

I hope that you will continue to watch for us and visit with us as soon as you can. It would be our pleasure to have you as our guest.

Sincerely, Candice Valdez CiCi’s University First of all, where is this CiCi’s University and how do I apply? Great to know I’ve wasted three-plus years at UW-Madison when there was a magical university where every meal is $5 and I get all the pizza I can eat.

Also, I picture guest lectures from Rocky Roccoco, that little Roman guy from Little Caesar’s and the fat guy from Orv’s.

However, there is a bigger lesson here: The squeaky wheel who talks in ALL CAPS gets the grease. I’ve singlehandedly brought CiCi’s Pizza to Madison. You’re welcome, by the way.

I’ll turn my attention to other fast-food superstores with my next angry emails, and soon Madison, Wis. will be the fast-food capital of the free world.

Craving a Wendy’s on campus?

Or are you thinking Arby’s? Perhaps you want Sonic to open a restaurant on State St.? E-mail Jon all of your fast food requests in ALL CAPS at spike@wisc.edu.

New Beer Thursday Tyranena Down ’n Dirty Chocolate Oatmeal Stout

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touts are not for everyone. Packed with flavor, they can be heaven for an experienced beer lover, but a lot less enjoyable for someone with a less-refined palate.

That’s where this week’s new beer comes in. The Down ‘n Dirty Chocolate Oatmeal Stout is a kind of training wheels for the style—it’s accessible and pleasant for the newbies, while staying drinkable, if a little weak, for the pros.

With all beers, proper serving is important; you wouldn’t swig a fine wine straight from the bottle, and you should avoid that mistake with beer as well, especially this one. Years of conditioning from Bud Light and Miller commercials has trained too many drinkers to consume beer ice cold (i.e. when the mountains tell you it’s a “code blue”) and straight from the bottle. But as any true beer drinker will tell you, serving

makes a world of difference.

If you have Tyranena’s Down ’n Dirty chilled and straight from the bottle, you won’t exactly spit it out—even in the wrong conditions it’s nice. Give it a good pour and serve it at room temperature, however, and the beer comes alive.

A beautiful, dark and full head covers a very enjoyable brew, with the initial sweetness of the chocolate transitioning to a somewhat bitter oatmeal finish. The silkysmooth stout weighs in at 6.30 ABV to help us stay warm as winter drags on while balancing its flavors to stay very drinkable.

For those who are normally wary of stouts and the punch they can pack, I appreciated the mellowed flavors. Those with a better appreciation of the style, however, argued that compared to other interpretations of the style Down ‘n Dirty came up short. It is accessible

and enjoyable, but ultimately it could have been even more intense—for that reason it can’t quite reach the four-star mark of a truly quality beer.

Tyranena has made a solid beer, and definitely the kind our panel would buy again to enjoy with friends. If you’re looking for a full-bodied stout that will really flood the senses, however, Down ‘n Dirty won’t quite satisfy.

Best enjoyed when: Sitting around a campfire with friends.

Best served: In a pint glass, at room temperature.

Tyranena Brewing Company Down ’n Dirty Chocolate Oatmeal Stout

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UW study suggests recession hurting Wis. organic farming Although Wisconsin remains one of the top-ranked states in terms of organic dairy production, the economic recession has halted the industry’s growth over the past year, according to a recent UW-Madison study.

The report revealed organic sales increased by 20 percent annually in Wisconsin since 1990, but this year sales decreased by .3 percent.

According to the market research conducted by the Mintel International Group, many consumers who purchased organic food in 2009 traded down from name brands to “cheaper organic store brands.”

According to the report, however, the number of organic farms in Wisconsin increased since 2009, allowing organic production to sustain itself.

“Wisconsin continues to lead the nation in the number of

abortion from page 1 Live Action targeted nine other Planned Parenthood facilities throughout the country that summer. One of their videos was filmed at a Planned Parenthood in Appleton and was broadcast to the public in December 2009.

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budget did not represent the general interest of the student body.

“I just don’t agree with this budget,” he said. “There is a large amount of discretionary spending.”

Love said he did not believe increasing the stipends for ASM staff or creating a paid position to assist the ASM chair was fiscally responsible.

Many council members, however, said they felt the budget was fiscally responsible and beneficial to the student body overall.

ASM Secretary Kurt Gosselin said he felt the addition to tenant rating website funding was

dairy farms and the number of organic livestock and poultry farms,” the report said.

James Baerwolf, the co-owner of a local organic dairy farm said in the report that although the economic recession has hurt his business, there is an advantage to being a local company.

“People who buy organic are more predisposed to look for other factors, like local,” he said in the report. “These customers are typically quite aware of the advantages of purchasing from a local farm that they know of or have been to.”

UW-Madison’s Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems conducted the survey, which was released this month in conjunction with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.

—Kelsey Gunderson Regarding the Appleton incident, Huyck said in a statement that “an anti-abortion organization that secretly videotapes inside health centers has made false and inflammatory claims about our services. The fact is Planned Parenthood’s standard is to provide honest, medically accurate information.” necessary to get the website off the ground since it recently faced difficulties getting started.

“This will be similar to Rate My Professor,” he said. “Students can use this as a resource to figure out where to live or not to live.”

ASM Shared Governance Chair Melissa Hanley also discussed plans for the creation of four new shared governance positions that would cost about $8,000 total.

She said with the new positions she hopes to reach out to more students on campus, connect with more student organizations and work more closely with the administration.

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Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker promised to create 250,000 jobs in Wisconsin in his first term if he is elected governor. Nearly 250,000 Wisconsin residents are currently unemployed.

Democrats and Neumann skeptical of Walker job pledge

By Ariel Shapiro The Daily Cardinal

Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker’s recent pledge to create 250,000 new jobs if elected governor is drawing criticism from both sides of the aisle.

A report released by One Wisconsin Now, liberal advocacy group, said if Walker created 250,000 jobs by the end of his first term the unemployment rate would be 0.03 percent.

Wisconsin’s lowest jobless rate on record was 2.4 percent in 1999.

One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross said in a statement that this “is just another ridiculous claim by Scott Walker that cannot be backed up with any facts.”

Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate said he agrees with Ross that Walker’s plan is unrealistic and added that Walker does not have the track record to make a guarantee of this magnitude to voters.

Tate said before Walker makes “empty promises” to the citizens of Wisconsin “he should have to explain his abysmal record on private-sector job creation as county executive.”

“One Wisconsin Now needs to recognize that Wisconsinites are looking for bold ideas and not cynicism right now.”

Kristin Ruesch communications director Republican Party of Wisconsin

Although the number of jobs Walker said he could create is nearly equivalent to the number of currently unemployed Wisconsin residents, the Walker campaign said their goal is necessary.

“Under Gov. Doyle, Wisconsin has become a tax hell that’s bleeding jobs monthly,” Walker’s Communications Director Jill

Bader said.

“Beginning on Scott’s first day as governor and in every single day in office, he will be working to … bring back 250,000 jobs to Wisconsin by the end of his first term,” she said.

However, Walker’s competitor and fellow Republican Mark Neumann said he doubts Walker has the record to achieve that kind of job creation.

“The Milwaukee area was once the envy of the nation, but my opponent’s track record makes it borderline ridiculous that he would now claim to have a plan to bring jobs to Wisconsin,” Neumann said in a statement.

However, Republican Party of Wisconsin Communications Director Kristin Ruesch said Walker’s promise is exactly what Wisconsin needs to hear right now.

“One Wisconsin Now needs to recognize that Wisconsinites are looking for bold ideas and not cynicism right now,” she said.

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haiti from page 1 country is Haiti and who was in Haiti hours before the earthquake, said he felt news coverage on Haiti has become less prominent and that Haiti will have to manage the country on its own.

“Every news story dies down at one point. It’s now up to the Haitian leadership to take matters into their own hands,” Polynice said. “Having hope in other people and other countries, I really think, is a false hope because people’s emotions will die down when Haiti is not the headline news.”

According to Thompson, the decline in awareness after a natural disaster is a result of the media’s attention turning to other news stories.

“It’s pretty universal that a community at large, or international community, forgets about the disaster,” Thompson said.

Thompson explained it is expensive and inconvenient to

rebuild more stable homes, even if that means families must live for years in houses that have been destroyed by the earthquake.

“But even local people do not learn the lesson from the past disaster,” he said.

A Turning Point Polynice said although the earthquake was a terrible tragedy, it may serve as a turning point to bring the country toward a better education system, alternative energy sources, infrastructure improvements and international policy discussions. But he is worried people will soon hear nothing about rebuilding the devastated island and forget his people.

“Overall [the support] has been positive but I’m hoping there could be a consensus where all of these efforts are not vain and some of these

[Haitian’s] lives could be changed for the best,” Polynice said.

Polynice currently works on a small water purification plan with a group called Polyultra. He sees this as a way of helping Haitians in the long run because he said the water purification program is more costeffective than transporting water from outside of the country.

Moreover, some of the profits from the project go to education scholarships for Haitian children because the majority of schools in Haiti are private even though most people live in poverty.

Polynice’s family members are all safe, but he is planning to go back to Haiti next month to give more support. He hopes to bring clean water and provide irrigation systems to Haitian farmers.

“While the headlines about Haiti go away, which is expected,

there are caring people who are still very much involved in helping the Haitian community,” Polynice said.

“I appreciate all the UW students for their overwhelming response to the earthquake in Haiti.”

Action] was great. I think we showed that students are concerned and interested in giving back and being able to aid a country in need,” Templeton said.

To Haiti, From Wisconsin UW students and community have responded to the destruction in Haiti by raising awareness of Haitian relief efforts and donating thousands of dollars to the Red Cross through various individual efforts and student organization events.

“It’s just terrible and sad that sometimes it takes something of this magnitude to encourage people to want to help,” UWMadison senior Lauren Cohen said. “People need to continue or this story is going to die. I feel like it already has.”

Cohen and three other UWMadison students, Anna Misheev, Molly Bennett and Brittney Green, organized a Haiti relief bake sale at Lucky Apartments on Jan. 28.

“When tragedy strikes, it is every person’s moral responsibility to get out there,” Misheev said.

“It may be hard sometimes to do something on your own, so to recruit your friends and do something as a group is an ideal way to help others.”

The bake sale was a collaboration among friends, residents and local businesses. Fresh Madison Market, Starbucks and Einstein Bros. Bagels also donated cupcakes, coffee and bagels to the girls’ bake sale. In total, they raised a total of $775 for the Red Cross.

Another way the campus joined relief efforts was through the Haiti Day of Action. The event took place on the same day as the bake sale. It was arranged by the Associated Students of Madison along with the Wisconsin Student Public Interest Research Group, and included several student organizations as well as a local business, Zander’s Capitol Grill.

The day was an opportunity for the campus to work together and show support for Haiti. Zander’s, located on State Street, placed a donation box in the restaurant to raise money.

Following the daylong event, the university’s student radio station, WSUM, hosted a dance party with a $5 donation for the Red Cross at the door.

According to ASM Vice Chair Tom Templeton, the event raised over $7,000 throughout the day.

“I thought [the Haiti Day of

“There are over 40,000 students that go here ... The more students we can get involved, the bigger difference we can make.”

Colleen Rooney coordinator WISPIRG

Colleen Rooney, a WISPIRG coordinator who participated in the Day of Action, said student organizations’ support for Haiti has declined but WISPIRG and ASM are still trying to raise awareness to keep up the relief efforts.

What’s Next?

Rooney said ASM and WISPIRG plan to form a committee that will work toward Haiti relief efforts and that anyone can get involved in.

Students can also get involved by donating money to the UW-Madison Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Haiti Program, which is dedicated to improving Haitians’ lives by repairing bridges, roads and water pipes.

Several EWB members went to Bayonnais, a city in Haiti, prior to the earthquake for an assessment trip to build a pipeline to provide drinking water. They had to escape when the earthquake hit the country, but the team is planning to go back to Haiti sometime in June.

Eyleen Chou, president of EWB, said it is understandable people are paying less attention one month after the catastrophe, but she hopes that people will still try to learn about Haiti.

“I hope that people try to contribute to some recovery effort projects to help the country to recover from bottom up,” Chou said. “[Engineers Without Borders] will be supporting the community in any way we can, especially in rural villages and we will be supporting them with sending money.”

Thompson said continued support is “indespensible.” “[Student participation] is extremely important, because this campus is huge,” Rooney said.

“There are over 40,000 students that go here, and we have an opportunity to get so many students involved. The more students we can get involved, the bigger difference we can make.”

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n ad hoc committee of the Faculty Senate released its report Monday in response to proposals from Chancellor Biddy Martin and Provost Paul DeLuca, who intended to substantially restructure the UW-Madison Graduate School. Administrators sought to divide the graduate education and research sections of the Graduate School into more separately defined entities and create a new administrative structure to accommodate them. Martin and DeLuca both said restructuring was needed so UW could remain competitive in securing multi-million dollar federal grants, fix problems in research safety compliance and better administer UW-Madison’s everexpanding research capabilities.

The report largely rejected the restructuring proposals and said “the intimate relationship between the research enterprise and graduate education is a great strength and the foundation of our success as an institution.” Although DeLuca said in a recent interview that he never wanted the two sections to be cut off from one another and his concern was about a single dean of the Graduate School being able to handle the dual tasks, the emphasis was clearly on a fear of falling behind on research. The faculty report blames a lack of funding and a few individuals for any perceived problems in handling research grants, not the dean of the graduate school being unable to handle the dual workload of overseeing research and graduate education.

If anything, UW-Madison is unique among many large research universities in that its graduate education and research programs are so closely connected, and this strength needs to be promoted more. The distinction between the two should not be about dividing them up, but on realizing how strong education programs create better research opportunities in the long run, as graduate students become pioneers in their field only through rigorous training in their early careers. The administration’s attempts to spin the possible changes as good for graduate education consistently fell flat whenever pitched at public hearings on campus. Administrators failed to give a legitimate benefit to graduate education in their defense of the

proposals, yet flimsy excuses about better abilities to stop plagiarism were the best they could come up with.

Many institutions only interested in research money hire postdoctoral workers, which is not seen at UW because graduate education priorities keep students involved. A broader distinction between the two branches could even alienate students more interested in graduate education and create the incorrect perception that UW-Madison is more interested in grant money for its own sake rather than the scholarship underlying it.

However, we agree with the ad hoc report and the administration regarding creating a more clear line of authority over research safety and compliance issues. The report recommends that the vice chancellor for administration take over compliance issues, and this appears to be meeting DeLuca’s proposal halfway. If administrators were worried about oversight, it makes sense for compliance issues to be more closely aligned with the Chancellor’s Office to ensure greater accountability. The report gives an equally level-headed recommendation for the creation of a Faculty Senate committee to provide additional oversight to the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs.

The office of RSP is responsible for dealing with millions of dollars worth of grants and maintaining open communication, something both the administration and the recent report agree has been poorly managed because of both funding and staffing concerns. This grant management needs to be more professionally administered if UW wants to maintain its reputation in competition against other top-tier universities.

The Faculty Senate, Martin and DeLuca must now work together to settle their disagreements about how to best resolve these issues. It is a tribute to the tradition of shared governance on this campus that the Chancellor’s Office waited for the faculty report to come out instead of steamrolling over the opposition. We believe the chancellor needs to live up to her claims of a willingness to listen in resolving the issues of compliance and grant management. Anything less than candid and public dialogue would only further undermine faith in the process, something already shaken with the blustering, heavyhanded way the administration first approached this debate.

Today in The Soapbox, The Daily Cardinal’s new opinion blog, Todd Stevens weighs in on graduation speeches.

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No ASM expenditure too small for scrutiny JAMIE STARK opinion columnist

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he Associated Students of Madison, UW-Madison’s student government, is a significant part of life on campus, overseeing millions of our dollars and discussing education policy with administration.

But no matter how well intentioned, the increasing politicization and increased spending of ASM should leave many of us Badgers skeptical.

The recent conference committee process allowed eight members to decide what Student Council should have decided. It resulted in additions like $8,000 to create four paid positions for the Shared Governance Committee. I don’t buy the argument that dividing such expenses among the entire student body costs only pennies per individual. The argument that I’d rather spend my 50 cents on a Snickers is just as valid. $8,000 is a large chunk of money no matter how you spin it.

Many people joke about the ASM octopus, the terrifying chart of crisscrossing lines and countless committee names that represent red tape in its infancy.

Expanding the bureaucratic mess that is ASM must be done thoughtfully and with wide consent, not in an environment like a conference committee. It’s quite ironic that an organization teeming with libertarians is all about spending money.

Surprisingly, no one campaigns on a platform about lower “taxes” (student segregated fees), or even a promise to not raise them.

ASM is designed to spend money.

The system is predisposed to spend more, not less.

This is not to say ASM or SSFC doesn’t spend responsibly.

The problem is the lack of incentive to return student segregated fees back to students.

The millions in student segregated

fees ASM has the power to allocate have always been contentiously fought over. Anyone who doesn’t get money feels discriminated against (Campus Women’s Center, Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow) and anyone who has money wants more (everyone who gets funding).

Particularly concerning is the increase in internal spending for ASM. As I write this, the new budget that probably passed Student Council late Wednesday night would cost $1,118,204.05. Yes, that’s more money than many of us will ever make, collected stealthily piece by piece through our tuition in the form of student segregated fees.

Granted, this budget includes large chunks that do not stay within Student Council. $100,000 is reserved for travel grants for student organizations, $250,000 for event grants and $160,000 for operation grants. But much of the money left is for internal workings, including 10 full-time, paid staffers who are not students.

An hourly “chief of staff” also receives funding in the budget. The chief of staff would make more money than the vice chair to take on extra jobs the chair and vice chair want to do yet don’t have the time for.

ASM leaders are not pushing such expenditures because they are lazy or want more money. In fact, hiring more students isn’t a bad idea. I’m much more comfortable paying students to work in student government than I am paying 10 overqualified, full-time, real people (read: not students) to do work for us.

If ASM is adding student positions, there should be a swap. It fits the purpose of ASM—enhance student leadership and involvement in our own university while deciding where our own funds go. Not to mention students are cheaper to hire than college graduates. Maybe it’s time to address the 10 full-time elephants in the room.

Without any reduction in nonstudent staff, the four new positions that will be created within Shared Governance seem like too large of a step, too quickly. Last year, Legislative

Affairs was relatively inactive, devoid of a chair for much of the year.

This year, Adam Johnson runs an active Legislative Affairs Committee and has two vice chairs who took on more responsibility without getting paid. The Shared Governance plan to add paid positions sounds like hiring for an unknown future based on a very temporary, term-limited present. Perhaps the solution is not throwing more money but recruiting, even waiting for more, new students to join ASM. It happens every single year. Plenty of groups on campus have large, heavily dedicated memberships and leaders without paying them.

Other incentives exist, like academic credit through the ASM intern program. Not to mention, there’s no problem with pursuing office within ASM to build a résumé. All of us attend this university to enhance our résumé. Diplomas tend to do that. So do mini-government titles.

I still recall fall 2008, as a wee little freshman, when I biked all the way down to the Health Science Learning Center to hear about ASM’s proposed, later to fail, new constitution. As I sat in that nearly empty auditorium, listening to the presentation with some Little Caesars and a half dozen students, I remember an impressive new SSFC rep worrying the ASM incumbents were “a bunch of poli sci nerds playing government.” Since then it’s been easy to notice how the purposes of ASM, allocating student segregated fees and overseeing shared governance, have been overpoliticized. I doubt Tyler Junger feels the same way, seeing as he’s now chair of ASM. I’m sitting off on the sidelines as a muckraker, and my ASM friends are still sitting through those godless meetings. I just hope they don’t forget how many students would balk at the amount of money flowing through ASM. Sometimes I wish I were still an elected representative in ASM. That way I could wear suits too and pay myself.

Jamie Stark is a sophomore majoring in journalism and political science. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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great guitar and Pike’s vocals.

His vocals are yet another High on Fire give off a very departure from traditional doom. pleasant vibe while not exactly They sound like a mixture of trafitting into the traditional doom ditional death growls and a sort metal mold. The trio of San of stoner drone. This is not to Francisco musisay they detract CD REVIEW cians formed the from the listenband in 1998, and ing experience; their fifth studio going into the album, Snakes for album, it’s just the Divine, managnot what one es to keep the genre would expect fresh while attemptafter reading the ing to emphasize band’s descripSnakes for the “stoner” eletion on Metal the Divine ments. As always, Archives. The High on Fire guitarist/vocalcase for his ist Matt Pike’s shredding skills vocals being a standout aspect of remain at the forefront of the the release also falters to screams album and overshadow most of of “FROST HAMMER!” during the other compositional aspects of the track, which seem over the this release. top to the point of making the The classification of the listener giggle. The band’s fantastiband as doom metal can throw cal themes are chuckle-worthy on the listener; the construction their own, but being able to laugh does not sound like traditional at these little details is actually doom at all. More akin to bands enjoyable. It felt like an inside joke like Baroness or Mastodon, a between the band and the listener, metalhead going into the album something that creates a bond durexpecting Doom may be disap- ing the listening experience that pointed. There are slower-paced can be appreciated. songs like “Bastard Samurai,” which provide a much-appreciated break from the crunching pace at which Pike’s playing drives most of the songs. There’s not a bad track on the However, I am glad this does release, something quite rare for metal albums. not fall into the genre of funeral doom, à la the Danish band Nortt or Oakland’s own Asunder; Pike’s skills are much better served playing this style.

One of the best points in the Overall, High on Fire pull off album is the intro to the first the creation of a very enjoyable track, where these skills are put soundscape with Snakes for the on display.

Divine. For a first impression of There’s not a bad track on the the band, this release definitely release, something quite rare for strikes me as an upfront statemetal albums. My only qualm with ment of what the band is all the album is the enjoyable but about and hits you in the gut seemingly unnecessary minute- with a no-holds-barred metal and-a-half-long track “The Path.” assault on the eardrums. As if the Sure, it’s fun and has a decent riff, album were not enough, High but for the overall sound of the on Fire will appear as a guest album, it does not do much to fur- at the upcoming Mastodon/ ther the theme. The best tracks on Between the Buried and Me the album are “Frost Hammer” and show at the Orpheum in May, “Fire Flood & Plague,” if only for which, from the lineup alone, the overly fantastical lyrical themes, will be a spectacular show.

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Matthew Cooper shows growth and maturity with the added structure and instrumentation on the majority of Similes, which prove to be key features in developing Eluvium’s now-unique sound.

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clear that Eluvium has scratched through new terrain on Similes.

Over the course of his career, Even Cooper’s opening lines, “I’m Eluvium’s Matthew Cooper has losing your train of thought / given his fans plenty to talk about— watching my mind get caught,” all the while keeping his own mouth suggest he questions his ability to shut. From his solo piano work on connect with his audience—someAn Accidental Memory in the Case thing he seeks to improve upon of Death to the orchestrated epics with a more structured approach of his most recent release Copia, to Similes.

Cooper seemed to have found his On “The Motion Makes Me niche in instruLast,” Cooper explores CD REVIEW mental minithis theme of selfmalism.

On reflection as he sings, Similes, how“I can be questioning ever, Eluvium’s my thoughts / but music takes a not looking for what I significant shift lack.” Yet, as Cooper’s as Cooper favors vocals interact with more structured the bouncing piano Similes song patterns— refrain, pitter-patter Eluvium framed by his drums and reverberatuse of vocals ing bells, it sounds as and percussion for the first time. though Cooper has indeed found With the sustained keyboard what his older music lacked. and reversed guitar tones of opening With “Making Up Minds,” track “Leaves Eclipse the Night,” Cooper’s enunciated piano and Similes begins in the familiar terri- vocal tones rise above the hazy glimtory of Eluvium’s minimalist past. mer of guitar and synth in a song But as Cooper’s cavernous, bari- that—despite exceeding six minutes tone voice—which sounds remark- in length—highlights Eluvium’s ably like The National’s Matt sharpened approach to Similes.

Berninger—enters, it becomes However, Eluvium does not

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completely reinvent itself, as evidenced by the three instrumental songs on this record. On “Nightmare 5,” Cooper sustains a low-register synthesizer tone, gently playing with its dynamics and pitch in a sleep-inducing three and a half minutes.

Similarly, on “In Culmination” and “Bending Dream” Cooper seems to revert to the minimalist sound that dominated his earlier works. These songs are certainly not the focal point of Similes, but rather function as interludes between the five more structured songs on the album.

Among the many bands grouped in the post-rock, minimalist genre, Eluvium has yet to distinguish itself as a big name or consistent producer.

On its previous albums, Eluvium did excellent impressions of the ambient soundscapes of Aphex Twin and the intricate pianissimo of Gonzalez,but never seemed to have defined its own sound. Even on its own label, Eluvium is overshadowed by the likes of Explosions in the Sky, Mono and Fridge. With Similes, however, Cooper delivers an album that is certainly his most original work to date, and quite possibly his best.

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The cinephile’s never-ending quest to see it all DAN SULLIVAN sullivan’s travels

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hese days, few people would admit that they can’t stand movies. Cinema continues to offer the most seductive blend of the spectacular and the contemplative. Almost any film can be approached as a dazzling distraction or as material for intellectual heavy lifting; those familiar with the Freudian-flavored analyses of the Slovenian philosopher/psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek or the writings of Madison’s own David Bordwell know that no movie is out of bounds for theoretical scrutiny. The pluralistic appeal of cinema is especially curious when one considers how unpopular literature is today as a leisurely pursuit. Movies remain attractive to both the attention-deficit and attention-surplus crowds. However, this isn’t to suggest that film audiences of the world stand united.

As with all the other arts, there

are casual fans of cinema and there are devotees. The obsessed are commonly known as “cinephiles” and, as you might expect, they tend to watch as many movies as possible as often as possible. They are utterly driven; the impossible goal of “seeing it all” leads them to spend the afternoon on a samurai epic directed by Akira Kurosawa, the early evening with a musical orchestrated by Busby Berkeley and the wee hours of the morning in a pop nightmare ripped from David Lynch’s unconscious. Casual viewers simply are not as comfortable hiking through film history in this manner, but why is that?

“Seeing it all” is a very different proposition than “hearing it all” or “reading it all.” Passionate music listeners are rarely satisfied after just one encounter with a complex composition or an idea-stuffed LP. Reading the entire Western canon is impossible, because there’s nothing literary-types enjoy more than demolishing the canon or loading it up with the works of authors like James Joyce, whose three-novel oeuvre alone could easily consume

a lifetime.

With each film watched, the cinephile gets the sense, however illusory, that progress is made toward the goal of having experienced every significant work produced in the medium. For casual fans and cinephiles alike, the determining factor in choosing to see a movie is often how long it’ll take to do so. Watching a film is usually a two-hour time commitment: This measurement is definite and almost universally recognized. As an activity, film-viewing is inherently temporal; in the age of YouTube, Netflix, iTunes, Hulu, TCM, DVRs and BitTorrent, time is often the only currency one needs to exchange to access a film. Indeed, this notion that one’s time is a valuable commodity that might be better spent on something other than cinema is precisely what distinguishes casual fans from cinephiles.

Most cinephiles—or at least the self-proclaimed ones—wouldn’t think twice about seeing two or three films a day; most casual fans would consider “two or three a day” a regimen fit only for an

Locksley In Love with retro musical stylings

By Kaitlyn Schnell

The big move Locksley made to New York in 2003 undoubtThe Madison-raised, now edly added a more punk-soundBrooklyn-residing band Locksley ing element to the band, which still maintains its vintage-lov- was inspired by oldies back ing reputation in Wisconsin.

CD REVIEW with the enerStill unsigned, getic and slightly Locksley can hectic ensemble take the chancof tunes on their es they want, second album, and it looks as Be In Love. The though they’ve carefree feeling throw caution this foursome to the wind Be In Love generates through to make some Locksley jazzy guitars, great jams. wild drumming “Darling, It’s and catchy harmonies is sure to True,” “The Whip” and “On produce major booty shaking, Fire” are all reminiscent of or at least a foot tapping of sorts old-school garage band songs, for those who resist a total lack while “Days of Youth” showof inhibitions. cases a pleasant jingle with lyrWith the extensive success ics like “Be in love with you of Locksley’s first album, Don’t tonight / Beside an old house Make Me Wait, including head- full of light / City cold and far lining for MTV’s Vote or Die away / Can be anyone when tour, Be In Love has a lot to live day comes down.” Major riffup to, but it proves a worthy ing also scatters this album, contender. Both works evoke calling for some hardcore air the likes of the Beatles and the guitar sessions midsong.

Kinks, but Be In Love contains Jesse Laz on rhythm guitar a bit more ’50s doo-wop than never fails to chime in with his the previous album. Either way, signature, spontaneous yelps that these retro rockers skillfully provide fans with the uninhibblend the old with the new for ited Locksley sound they know music that appeals to groups of and love. The newest member all ages. of Locksley, Jordan Laz, who

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replaced bassist Aaron Collins in 2008, makes an appearance as lead vocalist on a few songs, adding variety to the mix. On some of the tracks, the chorus is accompanied by several synchronized voices shouting out the lyrics in the background.

This punk-rock band pushes its beat to the brink of sloppiness but still manages to generate contagious listenings.

Either way, these retro rockers skillfully blend the old with the new for music that appeals to groups of all ages.

This album smoothly transitions from Locksley’s previous work, and it has just as many British Invasion vibes as before. With groovy melodies and fun rhythms, listeners are sure to blissfully bask in this well-rounded album.

Be In Love demonstrates itself far from disappointment. This body of work can be summed up in the shrieks of Jesse Laz: “Yeeoow! Yeeaah! Well, allrriigght everybody!”

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On Be In Love, Locksley’s newest release, the Madison-based band continues to exhibit its passion for ’50s-and-’60s-style music, which could create mass appeal for multiple generations.

obsessive. But if I may be so bold as to ask a question in the style of Gertrude Stein: Why is one’s time one’s time? So much post-Enlightenment thought has treated humans as beings whose every feature is essentially finite.

Marx’s argument that workers in the Industrial Age are inherently alienated is predicated upon the idea that humans get only so much time to live, thus making time as important a commodity as money, food, clothing, shelter and sex.

But even Marx assumed that time is something that belongs to you, something you can easily lose and rarely gain. In other words, “time” becomes “my time,” an infinitely more valuable thing to possess because, as theorists interested in the origins of representational art have often argued, man is nothing if not a big ol’ narcissist. Being frugal with one’s time only seems to prevent us from wasting it; college students are well-versed in the art of aimlessly dicking around, yet it doesn’t always occur to them that whatever they’re doing would

seem frivolous to others.

The real distinction between the cinephile and the casual fan is that the cinephile is convinced that every film is uniquely worthwhile while the casual fan is scared by the potential for regret if—horror of all horrors—the film turns out to be a dud.

This desire to avoid feeling regretful deflects our attention from a more interesting set of questions about film spectatorship: How does watching two or three films a day affect one’s digestion of those films? How much can one really get out of a film if it’s seen as part of a triple feature? How much time should be spent contemplating a film before one can move on to the next film?

It’d be nice if we could rid ourselves of this notion that “my” time is so precious, so delicate, so frighteningly valuable. There’s no greater waste of time than trying to decide what to do with it.

Want to get yourself on the twoto-three-films-a-day regimen? Email Dan at dasullivan@wisc.edu.

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Conquering the Hungarian Horntail

Today’s Sudoku

Evil Bird

Never mind what the Surgeon General has to say about it.

Ambergris (whale vomit) has been added to cigarettes for flavor.

By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu

© Puzzles by Pappocom

Ludicrous Linguistics

By Celia Donnelly donnelly.celia@gmail.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.

Sid and Phil Classic

By Alex Lewein alex@sidandphil.com

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

Crustaches

Charlie and Boomer

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Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com Who’s in Charge

ACROSS 1 Russian ruler of yore 5 Neanderthal’s weapon 9 Bar mitzvah site (Var.) 14 Unit of land measure 15 Big sandwich 16 To a considerable degree 17 Nickname for a leader 19 Advocated avidly 20 Victrola part 21 Hard tennis shot 23 Die like the Wicked Witch of the West 26 Hebrew alphabet openers 29 Big beer glass 33 Horse of a certain color 34 Easily understood 35 College student’s field of study 37 Big Ben’s three 38 Bringing up the ___ 39 Jordan’s capital 40 Cleave 41 Put a stop to 42 Biscayne Bay site 43 “Calvin and Hobbes” girl 44 Alpine sounds

6 Make resentful 4 48 Dig 49 “Battle Cry” author Uris 50 Cooks in a hurry 52 6x9-inch book size 57 Twin crystal 59 Stereotypical gangster leader 62 “... ___, dust to dust” 63 “The Grapes of Wrath” migrant 64 Orchestral tuning instrument 65 Easy-to-make Halloween costume 66 Kelly’s hereditary unit?

67 “Pull it,” in proofreading DOWN 1 Almond and ecru 2 Bunny tail 3 “Be all that you can be” group 4 Country dance 5 Picked out 6 Capital of Romania?

7 Vase in a verse 8 Negative shouts 9 Filth 10 Foul-mouthed one 11 Top-ranking cleric 12 All-purpose vehicle,

briefly 13 Had more points than 18 It’s often unfounded 22 Dixon’s partner 24 Subject indicated in a heading 25 Fishing net 27 Something to fall back on?

28 Mini burger 29 Step masses of rock at the base of cliffs 30 Tighten, as a fist 31 Boss of bosses 32 Tool in a trireme 36 “My Name Is Earl” Emmy winner Pressly 39 Window alternative 40 Bad thing to be stuck in 42 Least bold 43 Starting from 45 Basic seeds 47 Baby slipper 51 Atmospheric pollution 53 Walked heavily 54 Actress Lane 55 Six-stringed fiddle 56 Gothic molding 57 Kind of wheel 58 Volcanic ejecta 60 Mike’s partner on candy boxes 61 Gluttony, for one

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Wisconsin in do-or-die scenario in WCHA Playoffs

By Nico Savidge THE DAILY CARDINAL

Wisconsin women’s hockey head coach Mark Johnson might be thousands of miles away coaching Team USA at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, but some of the wisdom he taught his players at UW has been on the Badgers’ minds this week.

In both of their games against Minnesota last weekend, Wisconsin gave up third-period leads—they recovered from one and won the game in overtime but fell in the second, allowing two Gopher goals in the last 5:08. With Ohio State visiting for the first round of the WCHA playoffs this weekend, the Badgers surely remember their loss in Columbus Jan. 29, when two goals in the final four minutes, including one with nine seconds to go, resulted in a Wisconsin loss.

So when asked about giving up late leads, sophomore forward Carolyne Prevost and senior forward Jasmine Giles gave almost identical answers from their coach’s teachings.

“When we’re up we play not to lose instead of just playing to win,” Giles said. “We’ve had to get

Recent UW suspensions Feb. 21, 2010 Kraig Appleton (Football) Shelby Harris (Football) Nick Hill (Football) Sept. 8, 2009 Shane Carter (Football) Aubrey Pleasant (Football) Sept. 6, 2009 Diamond Taylor (Basketball) Jeremy Glover (Basketball)

too defensive, and once that happens it gives them the opportunity to score.”

Prevost echoed Giles word for word, adding that Wisconsin needs to keep its foot on the gas as time winds down.

“There’s a big difference between playing to win and playing not to lose, and I think at the end of games we’re playing not to lose,” Prevost said. “Keep the pressure on and good things will happen.”

The Badgers are flying high in terms of confidence, however, thanks to that overtime win over No. 2 Minnesota and their nearsweep of the Gophers. Interim head coach Tracey DeKeyser said the win was huge for the team, giving them good momentum going into the postseason.

“It was a wonderful uplift for our group mentally. I think it proves not only to our program but to other people nationally that we can beat anyone,” DeKeyser said. “That’s what we want to put our minds to going into this weekend.”

The two late goals the Badgers surrendered against Ohio State were scored by freshman forward

suspensions from page 12 Harris and Hill are probably not long from exiting this campus.

This pattern makes the Athletic Department seem quite adept at dealing with these situations, specifically in dealing with them quietly. Problem players are not kept around, and maybe it’s a good thing.

The program doesn’t find itself in much trouble despite embarrassing moments like some of the

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Junior forward Tara Steinbauer is scoring 8.8 points per game for Wisconsin, the second-highest average on the team.

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Just as important has been the effort put forth by the Wisconsin bench. Especially down the stretch, contribution from across the roster has been key to the Badgers’ current position in the Big Ten. “People are getting tired, legs are getting tired, and it’s just the fact that we can go to our bench and have such production,” Karel said. “It’ just knowing that we can really go to anyone.”

One key to victory for the Badgers against Penn State tonight will be playing aggressively. Last Thursday, Wisconsin got to the line just eight times in a loss to Ohio State. Three days later in a win against Michigan, the Badgers shot 25 times from the line. This aggressiveness is all part of the team’s mentality and plan to finish strong down the stretch.

“Don’t stop now. Now is the time to forge forward and finish strong,” Stone said. “The way you finish strong is staying focused on the next game, and that’s Penn State.”

Hokey Langan and sophomore forward Laura McIntosh, two of the Buckeyes’ most intimidating forwards. Langan, McIntosh and sophomore forward Natalie Spooner make up three of the top five scorers in the WCHA and will be a tough group to slow down in the best-of-three series.

Despite their scoring prowess, Giles said Ohio State is not as skilled on the other end of the ice—something Wisconsin will try to exploit.

“They’re not the most defensive players,” she said. “They’re not going to be the first ones back in their zone for sure, so we’ve got to think about that.”

Giles has been the Badgers’ biggest contributor in the past few games. Heading into Wisconsin’s matchup with Minnesota State on Senior Day, Feb. 14, Giles had scored six goals all season, but in the three games since, she has scored five.

Another senior, goaltender Alannah McCready, could see starting time in the series, which would likely be her and Giles’ last if the Badgers do not win.

DeKeyser did not say if she would

start McCready against Ohio State, though she has started each of Wisconsin’s last three games.

Wisconsin will face off against Ohio State Friday and Saturday

night at 7 p.m. at the Eagle’s Nest in Verona in the first round of the WCHA playoffs, with the teams meeting once more Sunday if necessary.

ones above or the appearance of former back Booker Stanley with blood on his shirt after a Mifflin Street Block Party altercation in photos on SI.com (Stanley was later let go after another set of charges was levied against him).

Most times, the Athletic Department makes little comment and refuses to release details. In the latest case the department is conducting an “internal investigation” and the police, at least at this point, have not been involved.

At some level, this outrages people. They want to know more about the players they root for.

They want to know why Appleton won’t be growing into the receiving threat many expected him to be.

But do we really need to know what they did? If it is not enough to get into the public record (through the cops), why should their trials and potential mistakes be held up just because they can catch a ball and play a game well?

Perhaps the Athletic Department is mum to let these young men leave quietly, perhaps it’s for the sake of maintaining the program’s reputation.

Either way, the last week has given the cynics another reason to question. Could they have a point? We’re just not sure.

Wish you knew why the three Wisconsin football players are now suspended? Or do you think it’s not the public’s business? Tell Ben at breiner@wisc.edu.

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Sophomore forward Carolyne Prevost and the Badgers must take this weekend’s series against OSU to continue their season.

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Privacy of NCAA athletes a perpetual issue in sports

Chance for win awaits against struggling IU

By Ben Breiner THE DAILY CARDINAL

For years Indiana was considered the gold standard of Big Ten basketball. Under Bobby Knight, it won three titles and 11 league crowns and was a consistent participant in postseason tournaments.

Those days are a long way off.

Instead, the Hoosiers, who the Badgers face Thursday night, will be at a decidedly different level.

Head coach Tom Crean’s squad has been mired in an eight-game losing streak and has dropped its last six by an average of 20 points.

The worst of those came by 28 at the hands of Wisconsin nearly two weeks ago.

The Badgers, however, are still wary of the team that has not been competitive against them since current NBA players like Eric Gordon and D.J. White were on the court and Kelvin Sampson roamed the sidelines.

“Anytime you go to an opponent’s home court it’s going to be a little different game,” senior guard

Jason Bohannon said. “They’re a very good team at home, they play tough at home and they’ve had some very good games. When they get hot, they’re as good as anyone. They’ve played a lot of close games; the ball hasn’t fallen the right way for them.”

Bohannon may have been referring to a pair of close Hoosier defeats against Illinois and No. 3 Purdue coming by a total of five points.

The game could also give Wisconsin another opportunity to work against zone defenses, a tactic that has given the team a bit of trouble in recent games. Against Northwestern’s 1-3-1 trapping zone the Badger attack slowed and was pinned closer to the halfcourt line, struggling to get inside.

The contest before was even worse as a Minnesota zone stifled the Badgers, prompting a question to senior guard Trevon Hughes about whether the zone had handcuffed his squad.

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Senior guard Trevon Hughes and Wisconsin look to continue their last-gasp effort to win the Big Ten against Indiana tonight. cuffed,’ I don’t think we are handcuffed. We just weren’t aggressive,” he said. “We had our looks ... We just weren’t making any shots. They weren’t stopping us.

We didn’t turn the ball over much, we just weren’t making shots and we weren’t being aggressive attacking the basket as guards.”

“We’ve got to look at it as getting things together. Tune up the car or whatever, make sure we’ll be firing on all cylinders.”

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Senior guard Jason Bohannon scored a team-high 17 points in Wisconsin’s win over Northwestern last Sunday.

When Indiana came to Madison it threw out a glut of different zones, but on that day the Badgers just shredded them.

Hughes said that once junior forward Jon Leuer, who missed nine games with a broken wrist and returned for that Gopher game, becomes fully reintegrated in the offense, the troubles against the zone will likely be solved.

Getting Leuer back when they did may be a bit of a luxury for the Badgers since the schedule softens a bit with no games against teams in the top third of the conference. It could give them the chance to work him back in and find a rhythm going into the postseason.

“We’ve got to look at it as getting things together. Tune up the car or whatever, make sure we’ll be firing on all cylinders,” Hughes said.

Even with that in mind, head coach Bo Ryan’s players never admit to looking too far ahead.

“We know we have a lot of basketball yet to play, but right now we’re not really focused on where we’re going to be seeded in the Big Ten or NCAA tournament,” Leuer said. “It’s just taking it one day at a time and trying to get better so when those moments come you’ll be prepared for them.

So right now we’re just focusing on improving, and right now Indiana’s in front of us so that’s what we’re focused on.”

The game tips off at 8 p.m. and can be seen on the Big Ten Network.

cent from the floor and scored just 43 points, also a season low. In that game, Wisconsin was out-shot, out-scored, outrebounded, out-blocked, outfouled and simply out-hustled.

Now, in a conference race that is more crowded than a Route 80 bus after class, the Badgers find themselves one game in front of Penn State and are looking to avenge this season’s previous loss.

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It is crunch time for the Wisconsin women’s basketball team. After nearly an entire season of dramatic highs and deflating lows, the team is staying strong and playing some of its best basketball all year.

The group that calls themselves “team unity” has emphasized comradery all season, and now, with just two games remaining, the team is close to reaching the crescendo of what head coach Lisa Stone has repeatedly called a “special season.”

“We want to do something this year,” Stone said. “We’re in a good place right now, but we

have more to do.”

Before the Badgers can begin to think about conference standings and postseason tournaments, though, the team must focus on the next game and the next game only. That next game is at Penn State this Thursday.

“We have this saying that every game is the biggest game of the year,” junior forward Tara Steinbauer said. “This is the moment in front of us, and we can only do as much as we can do for the game that we have at that time.”

Wisconsin faced the Nittany Lions just over a month ago. The Badgers were riding a four-game conference winning streak, sit-

ting on the brink of the national rankings and ready to take possession of second place in the Big Ten with a win.

“We have this saying that every game is the biggest game of the year.”

Tara Steinbauer junior forward UW women’s basketball

However, in a potentially season-defining moment, the Badgers’ offense went flat. The team shot a season-low 28 per-

Why should their trials and potential mistakes be held up just because they can catch a ball and play a game well?

It all comes to the forefront as three more Badger football players, wide receiver Kraig Appleton, defensive end Shelby Harris and linebacker Nick Hill, have been suspended indefinitely, for violating team rules. It comes at the end of a laundry list of Badger players whose indefinite suspensions have ultimately led to their departure from the team.

Maurice Moore was suspended after a drunken driving arrest and soon was off the team. We still don’t know exactly what safeties Aubrey Pleasant and Shane Carter did before the season, but what is certain is their indefinite suspension. Before that was the Lance Smith saga, the final straw of which is still a mystery (Smith was thrown off the team for getting expelled from a first-offenders program, but what caused that is unknown).

The online rumor mill is already turning. Its content is not worth repeating here, but if history is any indication, Appleton,

Women’s Basketball

By Mark Bennett

here is a sort of sickening cynicism taken to college sports these days.

From events like a potential avalanche of NCAA sanctions that could come down on USC to the recent criminal accusations plaguing the Oregon Ducks football team, all the way to the immediate derisive comments that come with each John Calipari recruiting class, the perceived link between successful high-level college athletics and character risks has never seemed stronger.

But is the link really there?

You have to wonder if it’s really something endemic in college sports, something about giving athletes a certain social standing or maybe a selection bias in the way football and basketball players are brought to campus. Or could it be that instances of shady acts are really no more prevalent among athletes than they are among regular students, but their exploits just happen to make the paper and get dissected on message boards?

It would not be surprising that among 41,000 students, crimes happen and that attention tends to shift toward high-profile offenders like athletes or frats. We just have to wonder if the focus comes from a rate of bad behavior that is actually higher, or if nondescript students are just harder to hone in on and categorize.