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Mifflin Street Block Party has political roots By Allison Geyer The Daily Cardinal

Each year on the first Saturday in May, overworked students put down their books and grab a beer at the Mifflin Street Block Party. The annual celebration is one of Madison’s most anticipated events, but few students know the full, politically charged history of the event. The party dates back to May 3, 1969, a time when both the university and the nation were embroiled in the controversy of the civil rights movement and the war in Vietnam. The graduate students, who mostly populated the “Miffland” neighborhood at the time, harbored an “intense opposition to the war” and a “blatant disregard for authority,” according to former Madison Mayor Paul Soglin. Soglin was the district’s alder

in 1969. This counterculture community was the center of Madison’s antiwar movement during the Vietnam War. “The week before the block party, three or four students said, ‘Let’s have a block party in celebration of a beautiful spring day and our politics,’” Soglin said. Soglin said he inquired about a permit for the event, but was told by the city, “just have a block party— put up barricades and have it.” “That’s how it was done all over the city for 40 years,” he said. “There was no permit—nothing.” The Madison Police Depar tment disagreed. According to then Chief Wilbur Emery, the party represented “a challenge to the city” and “could not be condoned.” Mifflanders began gathering just before noon on the 500 block

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A young woman struggles as Madison police officers arrest her at the second annual Mifflin Street Block Party in April 1970.

Panel analyzes options to curb drinking on campus By Kelsey Gunderson The Daily Cardinal

City and campus officials discussed their visions for reducing alcohol consumption among students at a panel about the UW-Madison drinking culture Wednesday. Assistant Dean of Students Ervin Cox said the drinking habits of students at UW-Madison stem from cultural norms that encourage alcohol consumption, such as football gamedays and the high number of bars surrounding campus. “It’s an embarrassing problem where half the students are not in the student section at kickoff,” he

said. “It’s more about the drinking here than it is about football.” He said to change this culture, UW-Madison officials and students need to implement programs that send out a message discouraging alcohol consumption such as the “show and blow” program at football games and mandatory alcohol classes for incoming freshmen. Austin Buerosse, the UW-Madison student representative to the the city’s Alcohol License Review Committee, said panel page 3

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Students celebrate the first annual Mifflin Street Block Party in May 1969, during the anti-war movement of the Vietnam War. The block party resulted in violence and three days of rioting. of West Mifflin. Bands set up on porches, residents set out stereos and a party of a few hundred people started to gather, according to The Capital Times. A few hours into the party, then-MPD Inspector Herman Thomas arrived with about 20 officers dressed in full riot gear, ready to take back the block from the students. “We’re going down there, you stay behind me, and we’re going to crack some skulls,” Thomas was later quoted as saying, according to Soglin. There was no question as to who incited the violence: Film shot during the riot indicates the police initiated the violence, Soglin said. Officers occupied the middle of the street and began to arrest people who were dancing. As the police arrested more students, the crowd resisted. Fueled by anger, outrage, tear gas and nightsticks, a full-scale riot encompassed Mifflin, the Southeast residence halls, State Street and the Langdon Street areas by 8 p.m. and lasted for three days, Soglin said. “It was more than the police

bargained for,” said Soglin, who was one of more than 100 people arrested that day. He said it was one of the first major riots on UW-Madison’s campus. According to Soglin, Citizens wearing white armbands arrived at the scene of the confrontation on the final days of the riots. Among them was Shirley Abrahamson, who went on to become chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. “The students got some com“Instead of worrying about comparisons between then and now, if I were a student, I would focus on current issures and what’s important.” Paul Soglin former mayor city of Madison

fort in the fact that people from the community were there to witness what was going on,” Soglin said. “In some way, it did force the police to show more restraint and contributed to the winding down

of the riots.” Riots consumed the downtown area until Monday, May 5, when the students “basically declared victory and stopped,” Soglin said. Mifflin Street residents continued to hold the block party for most of the duration of the Vietnam War. In 1982, the Mifflin Street Co-op provided the block party’s first official sponsorship, which lasted until 1991. By the time the co-op declined to sponsor the event, Mifflin had lost much of its roots as a protest. Critics of the event say the party has become more about binge drinking than promoting social change. Soglin agrees, but encourages students not to compare current activism to what happened in the ’60s. “Instead of worrying about comparisons between then and now, if I were a student, I would focus on current issues and what’s important,” Soglin said. “There’s no college campus today that has the degree of activism that it did 40 years ago. But it’s still one of the outstanding campuses and always will be.”

Southeast campus area vending map approved By Alison Bauter The Daily Cardinal

The Madison Vending Oversight Committee met Wednesday to adjust vendor rights for upcoming Madison events, discuss late-night vending area changes and approve the southeast campus area’s vending map. The committee began by passing all motions regarding adjustments to vendor rights, designed to facilitate continued vending during upcoming festivals such as Maxwell Street Days and Art Fair on the Square. The committee also moved to work more closely with Madison festivals to avoid past problems concerning issues of overlapping

space and time. “I think this will work as an alternative to some of the clashes we’ve had,” Warren Hansen, Madison’s street vending coordinator, said. The committee also considered altering site assignments for late-night vending carts. Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said Broom Street restaurants complained that late-night vendors competed for parking spaces, impeded traffic and illegally used area Dumpsters, which adversely affected their businesses. The committee discussed allowing only small carts on the street while relegating all but one or two large carts to the

Library Mall area as a solution to these problems. They also encouraged late-night vendors, as well as concerned businesses, to attend next month’s meeting to air their concerns. The committee also discussed approval of the southeast campus area vending map to have a plan in place for vending prior to this weekend’s Mifflin Street Block Party. Verveer raised the question of possible additional vending near the Kohl Center and the University Avenue-North Lake Street intersection near the Fluno Center. “It’s awkward that we don’t vending page 3

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jon spike academic misjonduct

often ask myself where I’ll be in five years. And, every time, I realize the answer is simple: In my parents’ basement sending inappropriate and sexually suggestive e-mails to companies, hoping that they’ll send me free stuff for entertaining their customer service employee. My most recent misadventure with a company came after I thought up a brilliant, albeit highly inappropriate idea for Penn Tennis. My first e-mail to them looked something exactly like this: Hello Penn Associates (or Pen Asses, if you prefer), I’ve been a loyal Penn tennis ball user ever since I first picked up a tennis racket. For my money, nothing is better than hearing the pop of a newly opened Penn tennis ball can. However, I think you’ve only hit the tip of the iceberg in terms of Penn tennis ball potential. Or maybe the shaft of the racket in terms of potential, if you’d prefer a tennis analogy, heh. I think it is time for Penn Racquet Sports to release the Penn 15 tennis ball. The Penn line has been phenomenal, but it’s really time to upgrade. Sure, your Penn Pro, Penn Radical and the Penn Titanium have all been fantastic, but regular players and hardcore tennis pros alike need a ball they can rally around. Instead of just releasing some simple Penn 5 or Penn 6, I suggest you go straight to the Penn15. I’ve already got some great taglines for the Penn15 Tennis Ball line. For example: “Penn15: the hardest one you’ll hit!” Or how about this one: “Can you handle the Penn15?” It could even be made into a contest, with each person trying to take a Penn15 as deep as possible on the tennis court. Depending on how we market this, male tennis players might feel inferior if they aren’t playing with Penn15 balls.

We could even see if we could get the Williams sisters to endorse the Penn15 tennis balls for us. But I’ve got a twist—we dress a Penn15 up in female drag and call it “Penn15 Williams,” another one of the Williams sisters, who also happens to be a tennis prodigy. It will be kind of like Lil’ Penny, that crazy little puppet who followed Penny Hardaway around in those commercials. As for design, I really want the Penn15 to be primarily a hard-court ball that really pops off of the court. I really want tennis players, especially females, to be able to stroke it well off of the initial bounce. On a serve, I want the receiver to really feel the force of the Penn15 all through his/her body on contact. However, I don’t want the Penn15 to cause too much vibration through the shaft of the racket, otherwise the player may lose his/her grip. I’m excited for our future partnership on the Penn15, and I eagerly await your response! Hopefully I’ll be whacking my Penn15 all over the court in celebration! Your partner in Penn15, Jon Spike

some more genius ideas for the Penn15 Tennis Ball. Have we considered locking down some serious male Pro Tennis talent in order to make the Penn15 huge? Picture this: We get Roger Federer to hold his Penn15 in his hand and explain just how much his Penn15 enhances his game - both on and off the court! We could also give our Penn15 commercials a humorous twist: Roger Federer walks into a sauna with a bunch of other male tennis stars holding his Penn15 in one hand and keeping his towel up with the other. He accidentally drops both, and the other tennis pros immediately get up and leave, clearly intimidated by his Penn15. Funny and informative! I know what you’re thinking— does this guy ever stop thinking about the Penn15? Well, the short answer is yes, yes I do. I’ve actually been thinking about a few advertising strategies that you as a company could use. How about a company tagline such as this: “Penn is... the ball you’ll stroke!” You could play off of the phrase “Penn is...” in so many ways! “Penn is... a hard ball to beat!” “Penn is... what everyone loves to

Generally, one of three things will happen when a company receives one of my playful ideas: They send a stock reply that was clearly pre-written and does nothing to acknowledge my idea and its ridiculousness, they actually reply and play along with my foolish ploy, or I receive no e-mail and a cease and desist warrant. Luckily, Penn Tennis chose simply to ignore me. However, I am not so easily defeated. I quickly developed a follow-up e-mail to really sell my idea: Hello Penn Associates, I sent you my groundbreaking idea last week about the Penn15 Tennis Ball line, but I think you may have accidentally deleted the original message. Either that, or you are too busy mass-producing the Penn15 Tennis Balls and coming up with a makeshift marketing plan to respond to my e-mail. Either way, I figured I’d resend my idea just to be safe. In addition, I’ve come up with

Behold—in all its glory—my green, hairy Penn15! It’s ok to be jealous, really. Don’t act like you’re not impressed by my Penn15!

stroke!” I could go on and on with this tagline, as you can see. I really hope you take my business proposal seriously. I’d hate for you to kick yourself later when you see the Wilson15 or the Dunlop15 bouncing around on tennis courts all over the world and have to think, “Wow, those could have been our Penn15es being knocked around and loved by all.” Don’t let this once-in-a-lifetime Penn15 get away! Rubbing his Penn15 in anticipation, Jon Spike I’ll let you, the unbiased readers, decide. The Penn15: Does the idea have legs (perhaps balls?), or am I wasting my time? If you think the former, then I guess I’ll have to outgrow my penchant for creating penultimate ideas such as this pensive offer to Penn. Ah well. A man can dream... A man can dream. Is this by far Jon’s worst punladen article yet? Are you ready to pun-ch him in the face? Does he put the p.u. in pun? Let him know at spike@wisc.edu.

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For the record In the Weekend, April 23-25, 2010 editorial “Be thorough on sexual assault stats” it incorrectly stated the number of reported sex offenses as 19. It should have stated it as 45 offenses. The editorial also incorrectly stated “the university’s definition of “noncampus” areas” when it should have stated “the federal guidelines for “non-campus” areas.” The Cardinal regrets the errors. Corrections or clarifications? Call The Daily Cardinal office at 608-262-8000 or send an e-mail to edit@dailycardinal.com.

Pearl Street Brewery Brown Ale Here at the New Beer desk we try to shine light on breweries that we’ve personally tried and think are underappreciated. Pearl Street Brewery from La Crosse has come out with some fantastic beers like the Dankenstein Double Imperial Pale Ale and El Hefe Bavarian Hefewiezen. We would focus on these great beers, but the point of the New Beer desk is to try beers that are at least familiar to us. That said, Pearl Street’s D.T.B. Brown Ale left us unimpressed compared to its brothers and sisters. First off, the carbonation was strong enough to instantly destroy the meagerly foamy head that could have given this beer an inviting mouthfeel, and instead reminded us a little too much of a malty soda. Not that it was offensive, it just left us indifferent. The smell was promising, giving off hints of a sweet nut-

tiness and a few wafts of chocolate malt. These glimmers of hope were not exactly shattered—the beer tasted chocolatey, though the nuttiness was undetectable. The beer was smooth and fairly refreshing with some creaminess, but on the whole—especially when compared with other brown ales—this lands squarely in the middle of the pack. While it is comparable to Newcastle Brown Ale, it certainly is not Madtown Nutbrown on the high end or a Leinenkugle Fireside Nut Brown on the low end (we came to the consensus that nut brown and brown ales are the same—style Nazis back off, we care, but this is the post-modern world, we do not have time for categorical persnicketiness, we just use these rules as guidelines to better describe the effect a beer had on our senses). Anyway, this

beer left us totally apathetic and wanting for flavor. In fact one of our panelists quipped “I think this beer would be better with cigarettes,” went out for a puff, and upon his return noted that “the smoke brings out the nuttiness a bit, but really, there is not much going on here.” Best Enjoyed: At a bar after a hard day of work. Best Served: Chilled, probably on tap.

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Wisconsin No. 1 in census response rate The U.S. Census Bureau announced Wednesday that Wisconsin had the highest participation rate in the nation during the 2010 census with 81 percent responding to the mail-in survey. Midwestern states took the next four spots, with Wisconsin followed closely by Minnesota, Iowa, Indiana and Michigan.

The national participation rate was 72 percent, matching the same number achieved during the 2000 census. Alaska had the lowest response rate at 62 percent. Also at the bottom were New Mexico, Louisiana, West Virginia and Oklahoma. The bureau also ranked the participation rates of communi-

ties with populations greater than 50,000, with Livonia, Mich., at No. 1 in the nation with 87 percent. Wisconsin cities took two spots in the top 10. Appleton ranked fourth with 85 percent and Eau Claire in seventh place, also with 85 percent. Madison’s response rate was 80 percent.

DNC chair to headline Wisconsin Democratic Convention This year’s Democratic Party of Wisconsin Convention will host Democratic National Committee Chair Tim Kaine as the keynote speaker. The convention, which will take place June 11-12, will also feature DNC Political Director Clyde Williams and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Mona Sutphen. Gov. Jim Doyle, who gave the

panel from page 1 city officials are working to reduce the number of bars in the downtown area in an attempt to curb drinking among students. According to Buerosse, however, eliminating bars cannot be the only solution to the drinking culture on campus. “If you crack down on the bars it will drive people to drink at more places that are less safe than the establishments, like illegal house parties,” he said.

keynote speech at the 2009 convention in Green Bay, will make another appearance this year, along with Democratic gubernatorial candidate and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty will headline the WISGOP State Convention May 21 in Milwaukee. The Republican Party of Wisconsin deemed Pawlenty a “potential presidential contender in 2012,” accord-

ing to their website. U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., who will be up for reelection against recently resigned state Secretary of Commerce Dick Leinenkugel, will also attend the convention. The DPW Convention will be held at the Madison Marriott West Hotel in Middleton, and tickets to the event cost $20.

Several panelists said they believe along with implementing programs and reducing the number of bars in the area, students need to take the lead in changing the drinking culture on campus. “If the upperclassmen would take a little more initiative to keep an eye on the younger generations coming in, it could bring the drinking culture as a whole down a little bit,” officer Tanner Gerstner from the UW Police Department said. Gerstner also said he encourag-

es students to approach the police if they need help, even if they have been drinking. He said UWPD will not cite students for underage drinking when they come forward to report crimes. Overall, if students are drinking safely and responsibly, UWPD will not get involved, he said. “We’re not looking for the person who is consuming alcohol responsibly and just enjoying the night, we’re looking for people who earn our attention,” Gerstner said.

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Republican delegate angered over calls by Neumann campaign By Alison Dirr The Daily Cardinal

The Government Accountability Board is investigating a complaint filed Monday by GOP delegate Kathy Kiernan regarding a phone call on behalf of the Mark Neumann gubernatorial campaign that allegedly violated campaign law. Kiernan, who plans to support Scott Walker’s gubernatorial campaign at the state convention, said after multiple requests that he identify himself, the caller said he was polling on behalf of the Republican Party. “[The Republican Party] would not do that,” she said. “I have been actively involved for a long time … so I had red flags right away.” According to Wisconsin law, if a candidate is requesting people’s opinions, they must identify the party on whose behalf they are calling only if asked. Kiernan’s complaint stated the caller asked her about her status as a delegate, the likelihood she would attend the convention, whether the convention should endorse a gubernatorial candidate and who she would endorse. According to Jill Bader, spokesperson for the Walker campaign, other NEUMANN callers asked delegates whether they had seen the St. Norbert College poll released earlier this month that placed Walker and

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have any vending sites at all east of North Park Street,” Verveer said. Although no new sites were added Thursday, the committee unanimously approved the southeast campus vending map with the

Neumann neck and neck. Bader said the calls were “threatening” and gave “misleading” information about Walker. She estimated as of Tuesday night, the Walker campaign had received about 25 calls from supporters in 12 counties throughout the state. “We had concerned volunteers who were disturbed to be getting phone calls that were pressuring them to cease their endorsement at WALKER the convention,” she said. According to Chris Lato, a Neumann campaign spokesperson, if those being polled asked, callers were instructed to identify the source of their calls. “This campaign and these callers followed the law,” he said. “What would we possibly have to hide? This poll is a simple series of six questions. It is not suppression, it is not intimidation.” Lato said the Walker campaign’s reaction to these calls is an attempt to create a problem that does not exist. “[These are] polling questions that the Mark Neumann campaign has been doing, will continue doing,” Lato said. “We’re making thousands of calls a week; we’re going to continue to make thousands of calls per week and quite frankly, this is what campaigns do.” stipulation that new vendors could be added at a future time. “We are looking for more possibility in the future,” said Ald. Thuy Pham-Remmele, District 20. “Let’s approve [the southeast campus map] tonight, but let it be open-ended.”

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Stressing the importance of discussion

Depression, anxiety and stress affect many students on campus in some way. Yet they are often reluctant to talk about their mental health concerns and ask for help. Story by Kayla Behling niﬁcant increase in students seeking counseling services despite the lack of discussion surrounding depression and anxiety. According to Christoffersen, the study suggested that “problems college students are presenting to college counseling centers with have, in fact, seemed to have increased in both severity and in length of time.” He said students today are struggling with such long and severe bouts of depression that they are choosing to seek counseling despite feeling embarrassed about needing help. Yet many students are still reluctant to talk about depression and anxiety despite the mounting stressors of school and increased number of students visiting counseling centers. “[Depression] draws people away from their family and friends so people have negative connotations because they are losing their friends,” Landsman said, whose friend also grew distant throughout high school. Psychologists agree that depression and anxiety should become more open to feel depressed or anxious because they say it is normal from time to time and that all students with such high stressors have at one point in their lives been in a depressed or anxious state. In addition, all students face stressors related to competition in academia and a lack of jobs. According to Christoffersen, diversity within a campus must be taken into account. “When people say ‘college students’ they lump them all together and it really depends. Add into the mix ethnicities, race,” Christoffersen said. “They all ﬁgure in to how students experience stress, how they show it. It is important to understand and appreciate that students aren’t this homogenous group, that they are actually made up of distinct subgroups of unique individuals.” These distinct backgrounds should be addressed when understanding how students deal with stressors. Christoffersen reiterated that people vary in terms of vulnerability to stress as well as how they are able to cope with it. Honig believed this shared feeling of stress that most students can relate to will encourage those suffering from anxiety and depression to come forward. “Talk to people, to your family and friends about [depression], people you trust,” Honig said. “It’s worth seeing somebody regardless if you’re not into the idea because I know that a lot of people, they just don’t want to make that jump into seeing somebody and to admitting they have a problem. But so many

people have depression; it’s such a common problem.” Although Honig preferred talking with loved ones, there are alternatives as well as additional methods of prevention. UHS provides counseling services that include individual and group sessions, health and awareness, yoga, dieticians, physical therapists and a 24-hour crisis hotline along with many other options. If staying anonymous is preferred, there is SPILL, a blog-based website started by a UW-Madison student where individuals can post anything from a bad day at work to worries about an upcoming exam. “People feel ashamed about having something not right with them, but they shouldn’t be because there is no shame in having a medical condition,” Honig said. “People can say whatever they want about it, it’s a real disorder.” MTV recently partnered with the JET Foundation, an organization focusing on depression and suicide rates among teens, to survey young adults about mental health. The results reﬂect Honig’s attitude toward facilitating discussion. “The survey found that 69 percent said they would not consider counseling. When asked why not, there were

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W-Madison sophomore Matt Honig had struggled with severe depression since high school, each successive episode worsening, until finally during his freshman year of college, he decided to do something about it. “[I was] drained of all energy and didn’t see the point of anything and I knew there were things I should have been doing but couldn’t bring myself to do them because it seemed insignificant,” Honig said. These symptoms, according to Dennis Christoffersen, a licensed psychologist and clinical director of general counseling and 24 hour crisis services at University Health Services, are not uncommon. During a depressive episode, a person will often experience loss of enjoyment, loss of energy, feelings of guilt and sleep disruption. During one of his depressive episodes, Honig’s days consisted of waking up late, skipping class, avoiding homework and then forcing himself to socialize despite his inability to enjoy himself. In 2008, the American College Health Association conducted a survey, the National College Health Assessment II, asking students what top 10 factors negatively impacted their academic performance. Seven out of those 10 had to do with psychological and stress-related concerns; number one was stress, second was sleep problems and third, anxiety. When students were asked specifically about mental health concerns, over 87 percent said they had felt overwhelmed by demands, almost 49 percent experienced overwhelming anxiety, and over 30 percent said they had been so depressed it was hard to function. These findings are an indicator that students across the country share pressures involving stress and anxiety which contribute to depression, yet despite these high numbers, society often views depression and anxiety as a taboo subject. “People don’t understand it,” Honig said. “The people that don’t have [depression] don’t understand it. People generally are scared of things they don’t understand, which cause them to make value judgments.” UW-Madison sophomore Rachel Landsman, a psychology major, recognized the stigma associated with depression and anxiety because she had witnessed her friend’s denial once diagnosed. “The majority of people don’t have depression and it’s just like every other thing, where if you’re in the minority there is going to be some stigma associated with it,” she said. A 2006 study suggested that there has been a small but sig-

three reasons,” Christoffersen said. “The first was that people hoped it would go away, kind of wishful thinking. The second problem was that they felt embarrassed, having people finding out they were in counseling. The third was that they had doubts about whether counseling would work.” While counseling ultimately helped Landsman’s friend, she also became uncomfortable discussing the topic. “[My friend] would talk about how sad she was and how she hated life. Then she was diagnosed with depression and stopped talking about it,” Landsman said. “I think once she was officially diagnosed she didn’t want people to associate her with her depression because it wasn’t a big obstacle in her life anymore. She didn’t want to be an outcast.” Honig said he believes people should promote discussion regarding depression but also agreed that

once a person is better it should be their decision whether to be vocal about their depression. “Help yourself basically; it’s always good to talk about it and it’s good to force yourself to get out there even when you don’t want to be outside or with people.” Honig said. No matter the method, Honig advocated that society must strip depression and anxiety of their negative connotations and promote an open forum regarding these diseases so people can take command of their depression and no longer be defined by it. “Now, if there is a stressor in my life that is getting me down, I just try to take it in stride and look at things in a more positive light,” Honig said. “What helped me get through the depression was the idea that it is important to keep moving forward.”

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What’s That Smell? Archimedes endured a tragic fate at the hands of drunken Roman soldiers. After forcing him to cut off and eat his own nose, they boiled him in oil. dailycardinal.com/comics

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Today’s Sudoku

Evil Bird

By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu

Ludicrous Linguistics

By Celia Donnelly donnelly.celia@gmail.com

The Graph Giraffe Classic

By Yosef Lerner graphics@dailycardinal.com

Crustaches

By Patrick Remington premington@wisc.edu

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

Charlie and Boomer Ferrets Part 2

By Natasha Soglin soglin@wisc.edu

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Cymbals prepare to clamor in Madison By Jon Mitchell THE DAILY CARDINAL

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Los Campesinos!, having released their second album, Romance is Boring, this past January, will perform at the Majestic tonight.

Campesinos! hit Majestic tonight By Kyle Sparks THE DAILY CARDINAL

Five years ago she might have had a Monday morning to herself. Maybe she could pick up some groceries, balance her checkbook or set up a lunch trading gossip with a classmate. But nowadays, Ellen Campesinos! can’t even make a trip to the post office without her phone ringing. “I’m really sorry, I’m just a little distracted. Just a second,” she said. Through muffled sounds of a pocket, purse or jacket sleeve (it was 3,855 miles away, how could I be sure?) I overheard an exchange of postage and currency. Some ten seconds later she was back—her personal banalities complete—and ready to spend half an hour on the phone with someone who had to dial 15 digits just to interrupt her errands. But that is just how her band, the bubbly Welsh septet Los Campesinos!, operate. Their fan outreach is unsurpassed, especially in their hyperactive Internet presence. They have organized “garage sales” of their old/unwanted clothing and held contests for collections of their favorite records. Not only do they manage their blog and Twitter feed themselves, but they hawk the comments sections and respond to feedback personally. When songs from their newest release, January’s Romance is Boring, were leaked to the Internet, lead singer and dominant web presence Gareth Campesinos! apologized that his fans could not have heard them directly from the band ﬁrst. Because in some cases, fans are just friends you haven’t met yet. “It’s really, really nice sometimes because you can build up a rapport with some people, or somebody will comment on your post and you start chatting to them through the blog,” Ellen said. “Sometimes people get to know things about you, so they’ll make you vegan cookies, or I’ve had comic books given to me.” But LC! never pictured them-

selves being thrust into the kind of position that would give them friends across the globe or vegan cookies, needless to say one in which banal activities like a trip to the post office get mentioned in a newspaper article. “Back in the old days, it was just, like, ‘Hey, let’s practice every week, once a week and go out to the student night afterwards,’” Ellen said. And it showed. Their debut, 2007’s Sticking Fingers into Sockets EP, sweated with as much lo-fi production value as it did fervent experimentation. They were too young to know which buttons to press, but too antsy, too carefree not to press them all anyway. But on Romance is Boring, LC! seem more fixated on their own buttons. And as Ellen says, they feel more honed in on their craft. “I guess to begin with it was almost like there was a sense of naivete and like, ‘We’re just doing this for fun,’” she added. “What it really reflects is it’s not something we thought would be anything, and now it’s almost like, ‘Well, I’m invested in this and I can say more of how I actually feel.’” And that newfound confidence runs deep. “We kind of feel like we’ve become proper musicians,” Ellen conceded, adding that their extra, eighth member, Rob, affords their live show the same bold liberties they took in adopting a new direction on their latest release. But the sonic departure isn’t a withdrawal from the band’s central tenets. Legions of fans liked the group’s raucous introduction for its energy and twee enthusiasm, but still fell in love even more with the confessional intimacy and snug familiarity with which the band conducted themselves. And as heavy as the subject matter might be, Ellen insists that the band will not lose our favor anytime soon. “We’re still fun... We’re really fun.” Thursday night, a rapt Majestic Theatre will get to experience that fun first-hand, none of it lost in the distortion of a 3,855-mile telephone wire.

In just over a year, Cymbals Eat Guitars has transformed from a twoperson studio project into a fourpiece, high-energy rock machine. Thursday night, the group makes a stop at the Majestic Theatre, opening for Los Campesinos! But isn’t your ordinary, underwhelming opening band, though. According to bassist Matt Whipple, it might be wise to bring a pair of ear plugs along for their set. “We try to play as loud as we can within the limits of sounding good in a room,” Whipple said. This approach is on par with the audacious, aggressive sound of Why There Are Mountains, the group’s debut album that came out last year. While they can’t recreate the exact sound of the album—one that features layers of guitar overdub—onstage, Whipple says, “we try just to replicate the big emotions as accurately as possible.” The terms “loud” and “emotional” aren’t often associated with technicality, but Whipple claims, “We’re crazy professional about our set and the way a show goes—we’re never satisfied with a show.” Their performances, Whipple added, have progressively improved during tours with Bear In Heaven and The Flaming Lips, two bands known for their highenergy displays of music and

showmanship. The members of Cymbals Eat Guitars consider it “character-building” to play alongside such esteemed bands, saying that they feel obligated to keep “playing up to a certain level by playing with bands who are so amazing live.” Although the band is often compared to the likes of Built To Spill, Modest Mouse and what Whipple describes as “’90s guitar-centric indie rock,” they’ve rode the new wave of “holy grail Internet buzz” to get to where they are now. Thanks to the high praise

“We try to play as loud as we can within the limits of sounding good in a room.” Matt Whipple bass player Cymbals Eat Guitars

that Why There Are Mountains received across the blogosphere, Cymbals went from playing for 10 to 20 people in small clubs to the Pitchfork Festival to opening for The Flaming Lips. And while Whipple admits that the buzz Why There Are Mountains generated hasn’t brought massive commercial success, it, as he explained, “changed our lives in that we get to play sold out shows.”

Interestingly enough, Cymbals Eat Guitars wasn’t even a fully functioning band until well after the creation of Why There Are Mountains. According to Whipple, the album was a studio project for guitarist/vocalist Joe D’Agostino, who wrote all the songs on the album, and drummer Matthew Miller. All the other musicians used for the creation of the album were found on Craigslist. With the additions of Whipple on bass and Brian Hamilton on keyboards, Cymbals Eat Guitars has improved on their first album’s sound and developed a generous amount of new material that they’re road testing, planning to use some of it for their next album. Concert attendees can still expect to hear a solid amount of material from Why There Are Mountains, but also get a preview of what’s to come from the Staten Island group. Most concertgoers wouldn’t blink an eye at the opening band of a Thursday night Majestic show, but with a remarkable debut album, a newly invigorated lineup, and a tour schedule that includes two summer festivals, Sasquatch! and Lollapalooza, Cymbals Eat Guitars are much more than your average opener, making them just as worth paying attnetion to as the headliner. Cymbals Eat Guitars will be opening for Los Campesinos! at the Majestic Theatre tonight at 9 p.m. Tickets cost $16 and are still available.

Absence of avant-garde ﬁlm needs to be avoided DAN SULLIVAN sullivan’s travels

ou might not know it unless you keep up with the politics of Madison’s film scene, but avant-garde cinema is presently caught in a curious position. This semester was one of the best in recent memory for local lovers of experimental filmmaking, but the end of Starlight Cinema threatens to make avant-garde films less available to UW students than ever before. By its nature, avant-garde cinema is a small tent. I certainly don’t expect casual filmgoers to recognize the many astonishing qualities in a work like Michael Snow’s “Wavelength” (1967; a 45-minute zoom across a spare Manhattan loft). However, that doesn’t mean it isn’t one of the most mesmerizing and intellectually robust movies ever made. Anybody who hailed the 3D IMAX version of “Avatar” as one of contemporary cinema’s crowning achievements likely wouldn’t find Ernie Gehr’s “Serene Velocity” (1970; a blissfully glitchy study of a hypermodern hallway) to be the perceptual wasabi that I regard it as being. And that’s fine by me. In many ways, having a taste for the cinematic avant-garde is very similar to having a taste for philosophy; those who feel as though they “get” it also feel as though they can’t live without it. If avant-garde cinema has a limited audience, it’s for the same reasons that not everybody walks around toting a copy of Martin Heidegger’s “Being and Time.” On the one hand, it’s just not for everybody. On the other hand, who wants to seem like a pretentious snob by preaching the gospel of the avantgarde to anybody within earshot?

Indeed, avant-garde cinema’s audience seems largely restricted to academics and armchair aesthetes (not a bad crowd to be mixed up with, might I add). This became especially clear to me when I attended a program of shorts by Phil Solomon and Mark LaPore entitled “Still Raining, Still Dreaming” at this year’s Wisconsin Film Festival. Solomon’s four contributions to the program, all of which were made with “Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas” and a heavy heart (the films were dedicated to LaPore, who committed suicide in 2005), were a revelation to me: They were hypnotic, haunting, poetic, allusive—in a word, beautiful. Although a couple of dedicated friends accompanied me to the screening, the rest of the audience seemed to be composed of grad students and professors. While this did make me feel sort of savvy— after all, who knows good cinema better than scholars who devote their lives to looking for it?—I was also disappointed that more Madisonians weren’t there to share the experience. A more heterogeneous crowd turned out at the Play Circle last Thursday night to attend Starlight Cinema’s final program ever, entitled “Cream of the Crop.” The films that comprised the program were a mixed bag, but not because some were better than others; rather, each was stimulating in a totally unique way. This kind of instant variety (15 films by 10 different artists) simply isn’t possible in any other cinematic genre. And what a program it was. Attendees got to see Brandon Bauer’s “A Short and Incomplete History of Experimental Film and Video” (2006; at 44 seconds long, it’s a sneakily comprehensive survey of the medium conveyed with the blitzkrieg immediacy

of an adderall overdose), Lisa Danker’s “Photo-Synthesis” (2005; a mindmelting stream of visual abstraction self-consciously indebted to the work of legendary experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage) and Isaac Sherman’s “Eerieality” and “Things Familiar and All in the Same Place” (2009; both are parades of manic eccentricity and forms that recall Frank Stella’s shapedcanvas paintings). The highlight of the evening may have been Ross Nugent’s “Spillway Study/Carpe Diez,” a performance piece that involved three 16mm projectors running simultaneously, yielding multilayered images of a captive audience watching a flock of loitering ducks. The performance was both a logistical and phenomenological marvel. But again, this was Starlight’s final event. WUD Film Committee has dissolved Starlight, along with the rest of its series, in anticipation of the eventual move to an exhibition space in the new Union South. While it’s great news that WUD Film will have a theater all to itself, it’s also exceedingly important that Madison has some sort of institution where UW students can go to encounter avantgarde cinema firsthand. As of now, WUD Film insists that if the student body demands the avant-garde, then the avantgarde it shall receive. Well, I’m graduating next month—besides, my lobbying power is pretty minimal. That means it’s up to you juniors, sophomores and... uh... freshmen, I guess: Make sure that avant-garde cinema continues to have a presence in the Madison film scene. Otherwise, we’ll never know just how big or small the tent truly is. Do you want to lament the loss of Starlight Cinema with Dan? If so, email him at dasullivan@wisc.edu.

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he Associated Students of Madison may not be the most exciting topic on campus. Bucky Badger’s shapely body is probably more inspiring. But nonetheless, ASM is an integral part of our daily lives as students. The student government is charged with allocating $38 million in student segregated fees and giving students a voice in administration decisions through shared governance, and it is important that the right students are put in charge of that money. Since the spring elections refreshed ASM Student Council, the body is set to elect internal leadership Sunday, including its Chair and Vice Chair. Although any Council member can be nominated from the floor on Sunday, the candidates who have already announced will most likely be the only nominees. The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board sat down with both candidates for Chair, Jonah Zinn and Brandon Williams; and both Vice Chair candidates, Adam Johnson and Jolie Lizotte. All four gave very different and intriguing interviews, though one candidate in each race stood out. As such, we have chosen to endorse Williams and Johnson. Williams impressed us with his startlingly efficient, no-nonsense attitude. He had effective arguments for every question we threw at him (granted, some sounded a bit too much like talking points). Williams had specific plans for reaching out to more students, including video blogs and what he deemed a “trickle-down” plan to contact students through student organizations. Whatever negative connotations the phrase “trickle-down” has, such ideas are both pragmatic and necessary. We appreciate his experience as Chair of Student Services Finance Committee, running a vital committee in a non-

partisan fashion, which hopefully he will bring to the Council. Johnson seemed the most committed and goal-oriented of all four interviewees, as shown by his impressive work as ASM Legislative Affairs Committee Chair. He discussed specific plans for continuing outreach, an important part of his job as the Vice Chair also serves as chair of the External Affairs Committee. He has plans to forge a Big Ten coalition that coordinates media and lobbying campaigns, yet he realistically acknowledges this project is far off. He also has extensive plans for communicating with students through social media. But it is Johnson’s experience fighting for students in the city, state and federal governments that sets him apart. As for the other candidates, Zinn and Lizotte would also be competent leaders. However, we have doubts about their ability to gain support from representatives not affiliated with the MPOWER slate to which they both belong. Zinn emphasized MPOWER was not meant to function as a voting bloc, but Lizotte (as well as common sense) indicates that it will. Their unwillingness to even talk about the tenure of current Chair Tyler Junger beyond admitting he is a snappy dresser does not inspire confidence that they will be able to mend divides on ASM. As the 33 council members sit in the Student Activities Center on Sunday, debating the merits of each candidate, we hope they realize the importance of experience and the ability to forge unity among members. Such characteristics are necessary to run an effective student government. In our minds, Brandon Williams and Adam Johnson are the pair who best display those essential qualities.

JAMIE STARK opinion columnist

resident Obama promised to stand up for what is right, not what is popular. So he can’t be very surprised by the chilly reception some are giving his plan to cut a NASA moon-landing program. Last Monday, one of the last men to walk on the moon, Harrison Schmitt, spoke at Engineering Hall, railing against Obama’s recent cancellation of NASA’s Constellation program. The program intended to send astronauts to the lunar surface again in the near future, but was, according to Obama, over budget, “behind schedule, and lacking in innovation.”

For a president embroiled in several national scufﬂes, Obama has taken a particularly involved role in NASA.

But the president is not slashing and burning NASA funding. That would have made his April 15 announcement of NASA changes at the Kennedy Space Center quite awkward. In fact, Obama’s NASA overhaul would add $6 billion in funding over five years while cutting costlier programs like Constellation. Five-hundred million would be used annually to incentivize private companies to develop new technologies. Undoubtedly, Obama is committed to the scientific research benefits that can be made in space. His decisions show he cares much less about cheap political points that can be scored by gleaning American pride from the space organization. For a president embroiled in several national scuffles, Obama has taken a particularly involved role in NASA. But he is keeping in mind that the country is in recession when approaching this problem. NASA is a source of national pride, but that does not allow it free reign and no oversight. Obama’s shake up, highlighted by the cancellation of Constellation, is a clear signal that although the space agency doesn’t have competition, it still has to spend our tax dollars efficiently. The opposition to Obama’s plan has been uncharacteristic of Republicans like Sen. Richard Shelby, who vehemently oppose this cutting of a non-vital government program. Why does Shelby disagree? Because much of the recently axed Constellation program was based out of Alabama, Shelby’s home state. What senator would want millions of funding dollars to leave his state? Of those Tea Baggers who quieted down enough to hear the news, I await their reaction to Obama’s plans. Do they oppose Obama because he’s tarnishing America’s pride like they said he would? Or do they stay quiet because he’s incentivizing the private sector and cutting non-essential government spending, principles they commit their Fox News face time to? But the Obama administration

was not about to cut a sizeable number of jobs in this economy. According to the White House, the changes could add over 2,500 American jobs. A recent study by the commercial space industry stated that 11,800 jobs could be created by the overhaul. As in other areas of the budget, Obama is focusing federal dollars on job-creation initiatives. Even after the weakening recession, we must remain committed to job creation. A successful economy and stable job market are more necessary for a strong country than a human presence in space. It’s unlikely any of us will ever ﬂy higher than Delta or cannabis can take us. It is more likely that we will need a job. Contrary to the jingoistic drummings from some, nixing one program does not signal the end of American space exploration. Rather, it should be the beginning of a new era in international cooperation in the discovery of our universe. I agree that ceasing all plans to explore space with humans, not just robots, is short-sighted. Yet widespread poverty on our own planet does make it seem selfish to pursue a desire to discover in the most expensive frontier imaginable. But space exploration can benefit humanity greatly, even before liftoff. Cooperation benefits humanity just as much as observing what happens to spiders in zero gravity. This turning point in American space exploration offers the opportunity to forge a strong, meaningful coalition of international space exploration. Some, like Shelby, argue that future generations will never forgive us for allowing other countries to make further strides in space exploration. Such sentiment smacks of a generation still bitter over the now defunct Soviets and their Sputnik. But our generation does not chide past generations for allowing Norway to reach Antarctica first. We realize issues bigger than this world

may require global cooperation. We should seize this opportunity to work with other preexisting foreign space agencies and build up new ones. Space is far too big a territory for one ﬂag to cover. Any extensive, manned exploration would require enormous amounts of funding, supplies, talent and research. Such an endeavor lends itself to international cooperation. Which country wants to go bankrupt over a failed expedition or foot the bill of an enormously costly undertaking like Constellation? Which country thinks they can’t learn from scientists and engineers from other parts of the globe? The spirit of cooperation fostered by shared risk investment could be a godsend for our globe. The Space Race was exhilarating and led to unbelievable advances. But it’s not the only way we can discover our universe.

It’s unlikely any of us will ever ﬂy higher than Delta or cannabis can take us. It is more likely that we will need a job.

Such an undertaking won’t be much easier than launching an actual rocket to the moon. But Europe has shown the potential of such plans with the 18-member European Space Agency. The reduced ﬁnancial burden and increased collaboration would be worth the political problems. Like the many liberals who failed to realize Obama’s administration couldn’t be as perfect as his dazzling smile, it’s my turn to suggest Obama push for more change and new ideas in this proposal. This re-budgeting could be a positive step, but more steps need to be taken. Perhaps all it will take is one giant leap. Yeah, I went there. Jamie Stark is a sophomore majoring in Journalism and political science. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Elliott’s title earns nod as top individual performer BEN BREINER boom goes the breinamite

more year that impressed no one. Yet he set the school record for most passing yards in a season, leading an offense that scored 34.3 points per game.

he half-life of college journalism is fairly short. Terms for beats last at best three years, for columns only two. Turnover is constant and a necessary fact of life as staffers are forever graduating or moving on. In light of that truth in this quasiprofession, here is a “5 for 5,” tracking the ﬁve best individual Badger seasons of the past ﬁve years. Columnist’s Note: That title is not ripped off from anywhere or anyone else... and if you believe that, stay in college for an extra year or two or three, the real world will not be kind to you.

4. Jessie Vetter, goaltender 2008-’09 She falls so far mostly because none of her years stand above the rest. She won a third national title going 33-2-5. She broke her own single-season record with 14 shutouts. She capped it off with the Patty Kazmaier Award, for player of the year. Ranking second in the NCAA in goals allowed average was basically a blemish, since she probably should have ranked ﬁrst. Vetter’s year goes no higher on this list, however, since her sophomore year could be seen as better in some ways and her sport features less overall competition.

5. Brian Calhoun, running back and John Stocco, quarterback 2005-’06 So we start by blatantly cheating on the whole “individual season” thing. Whatever. Calhoun was a mystery at seasons start, but 60 minutes in he had five scores. Four games in, he ran for 155 yards in the most epic Camp Randall game of the past five seasons, upsetting Michigan. Calhoun finished with a record 2,207 rushing/receiving yards and a record 24 scores; pretty impressive. Stocco similarly came in with little fanfare after a sopho-

3. Alando Tucker, small forward 2006-’07 Forget the near 20 points and five rebounds per game. For a moment put aside the fact that his team went 30-6 and earned the first No. 1 spot in the AP poll in school history (it lasted about two days before they lost). Even let go of how rough around the edges his game was. Consider the fact that a Badger--a member of the slow-it-down, hatedon-by-the-media, boring Badgers-was voted first-team All-American and a finalist for player of the year. It’s near unbelievable that in a

sport with such depth of competition, a player on spunky little Wisconsin drew the attention and respect to earn such honors. To overcome the national preconceptions of UW basketball like that, he clearly did something right. 2. Joe Thomas, offensive tackle 2006-’07 Much ink has been spilt discussing the skill players that surrounded Thomas. Looking back on those two seasons, though, the man was a beast. His last year stands ahead, however, for a few reasons. First, he was a top-15 draft pick after his junior year but tore his ACL in the bowl game, while playing DEFENSE since the team was short on ends. He came back to an offense replacing Calhoun, along with the rest of its skill players and three offensive linemen. They didn’t miss a beat as Thomas helped pave the way for P.J. Hill to rush for over 1,600 yards. He capped the year with the Lombardi and Outland awards (for the best lineman or linebacker and the best interior lineman respectively) while being named consensus First Team All-American. NFL scouts seemed pretty impressed as he was drafted third overall in April. 1. Brian Elliott, goaltender 2005-’06 What to say about the best, the top and the end-all, be-all? He was the centerpiece of Wisconsin’s sixth

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Elliott put together one of the best seasons between the pipes in UW history en route to personal accolades and a national title. title team, and he really did anchor it. Their style was mostly defensive and hoisted much of the responsibility for wins and losses on the goaltender’s back. Elliott never buckled. He won the goaltending triple crown, leading the nation in goals against (1.55 per game), save percentage (.938) and winning percentage. After returning from an injury, Elliott secured the title by allowing

three goals in four playoff games and turning away 40 shots in a 110-minuite triple-OT marathon game against Cornell in the regional ﬁnal. So to get to number one, all it takes is a season of sheer and utter dominance along with a national title for one of Wisconsin’s top teams. Not too shabby. Have another performance in mind that should have made the list? E-mail Ben at breiner@wisc.edu.

Five superstars to keep an eye on when the world’s best come together in South Africa JACK DOYLE doyle rules

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Meghan McIntosh turned in her best pitching performance as a Badger, tossing a complete game in a 6-2 victory on Wednesday.

sweep from page 12 get that base hit.” In the series finale, the Sioux again got on the board in the top of the first when Alcorn singled to right, scoring freshman Cami Bennett from second base. Blackshear would tie the game in the bottom half of the first, taking advantage of a leadoff triple from Soderberg with an RBI single to left. After Sioux freshman Toni Schutte delivered an RBI double in the fourth to put North Dakota up 2-1, the Badgers would again have to find a way to rally. In the fifth inning, freshman Abby Gregory led off the inning with a single up the middle. After a wild pitch and a ground out moved Gregory to third, Krueger chopped a grounder to second that was bobbled by the second baseman, allowing Gregory to score and tie the game for Wisconsin. In the sixth inning, the Badgers put runners on first and sec-

ond. With one out, junior Dana Rasmussen stepped to the plate and crushed a go-ahead three-run home run to left ﬁeld to put Wisconsin up for good. Krueger would add an RBI single in that inning and starter Meghan McIntosh closed the door in the seventh to cement the 6-2 victory for the Badgers. Rasmussen said she had a bit of a premonition before she stepped to the plate before her huge three-run home run. “Before I stepped into the box, I knew I was going to hit a home run,” Rasmussen said. “I knew Kendall was going to get on, and after I hit one foul pretty far I said to myself, alright this next one is going to go, and it did.” Soderberg also talked about Rasmussen’s clutch blast. “That home run was awesome,” she said. “I’m so proud of her, and so happy for her. She’s a Madison girl on her home field and hitting a huge home run, what a big moment.”

ummer just isn’t quite the same without the World Cup to watch, which is why I’m so excited for the upcoming one. The whole world comes together to watch the purest world championship in all of sports, and the passion of the countries involved is inspiring. So without further ado, I give you ﬁve players to watch this June and July in South Africa (assuming they get their stadiums built on time).

Lionel Messi Standing at 5-foot-7 and 147 pounds, Messi is what ESPN calls “the best pound-for-pound soccer player in the world, and perhaps of all time.” What Messi lacks in size he makes up with unpredictability, tantalizing runs downﬁeld, and sheer grit and determination. Although he has accomplished basically everything there is to achieve at the club and individual level (Champions League winner, 2009 FIFA World Player of the Year), Messi must prove himself on the world stage soon if he is to cement himself as one of greatest to ever play the game. At 22, the young Argentinean forward has, at minimum, two more World Cups in him, so there is plenty of time for him to impress in front of a worldwide audience. Keep an eye on Messi this summer because you never know what magic he will create next. Cristiano Ronaldo Along with Messi, Ronaldo is

arguably the best player on the planet right now. But there is no denying that he is the most exciting to watch. Ronaldo is like the Barry Sanders of soccer: all finesse, all technical skill, and beautiful to witness. Yes, Ronaldo goes down too easily at times, but it’s worth grimacing at the few flops to see the 25-yearold Portuguese star provide the jawdropping moments he’s known for. There isn’t another player who has the all-around game quite like he does. Free kicks that embarrass the world’s best goalies; feet that move so fast you can’t tell which one is which; and, despite being somewhat of a diver, fierce headers in the box. These are all elements of Ronaldo’s game, but just like Messi, they must be done on a world stage to elevate him to the all-time elite. Wayne Rooney Since the young English forward went down with an ankle injury almost a month ago, much of the world has been on Rooneywatch, anxiously awaiting news about his World Cup status. It’s generally assumed Rooney will return to full form by June 11, but it’s a matter of rehabbing and getting fit enough to handle 90minute matches. When he is healthy, Rooney is unlike any other striker. There is truly no other forward who covers as much ground as he does, so fans will see him as far back as their own penalty box to finishing off a goal inside the penalty mark on the other end. His light touch on the ball and stocky build combine to make him hard to match up against. Look for this lad from across the pond to make a big impact in South Africa.

Clint Dempsey Obviously, Dempsey doesn’t belong among the likes of the previous three players, but he is the U.S. player who can make the biggest impact in the World Cup. After recent success in the English Premier League at Fulham, Dempsey showed he can play with the best. He has a knack for creating scoring chances and has been one of the club’s top playmakers since his arrival. And it’s not just his play at the club level that has caught people’s attention. Dempsey scored in three straight games against Egypt, then-No. 1 Spain and international powerhouse Brazil in the United States’ remarkable run in the 2009 Confederations Cup. Gianluigi Buffon What’s so exciting about watching a goalie play, you ask? Given that Buffon is one of the all-time greats at the position, a lot. Having watched the Italian keeper thrive in the past few World Cups, I am thoroughly convinced he is the best I have ever seen, and may ever see. During the 2006 World Cup, Buffon only allowed two goals in seven games en route to capturing Italy’s fourth La Copa de Mundial trophy. Those two goals he conceded? One penalty kick and one own goal. Buffon rarely makes mistakes and makes difﬁcult stops look easy, in addition to conjuring up some how-did-he-do-that? saves. With another stellar performance in South Africa, Buffon will forever be acknowledged as one of the best goalkeepers to play the game. Think somebody else deserves a spot on the list? Ronaldinho or Drogba? E-mail Jack at jpdoyle2@wisc.edu.

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Dana Rasmussen put the Badgers ahead in dramatic fashion on Wednesday, hitting a home run in the sixth inning of UW’s win.

UW sweeps Sioux at home By Ryan Evans THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Wisconsin Badgers softball team employed some late-inning magic to sweep the North Dakota Fighting Sioux in doubleheader action Wednesday afternoon at Goodman Diamond. In the first game the Badgers rallied from an early deficit and won on a walk-off hit in extra innings, 4-3. In the nightcap, a late inning home run from junior Dana Rasmussen staked Wisconsin to a 6-2 victory. In the first matchup, North Dakota was able to get on the board in the top of the first inning when Sioux freshman Lindy Sippola singled home Casie Hanson to put the Sioux up 1-0. The Badgers would respond in the bottom half of the inning on a hustle play. With senior Katie Soderberg at third base, freshman Shannel Blackshear grounded a ball to the third baseman, after watching Blackshear get thrown out, Soderberg came home, diving around the tag for the tying run. In the top of the third inning, Sioux senior Kristi Alcorn laced an RBI double to left field to score the second North Dakota run, and freshman Kayelee Schoeny quickly followed with a single to left to score Alcorn putting the Sioux up 3-1. With runners on the corners in the bottom half of the inning, freshman Molly Spence struck out, but junior Jennifer Krueger was stealing on the play and the North Dakota throw to second got away, allowing Soderberg to score from third and cut the North Dakota lead to 3-2. The Badgers would tie the game in the bottom of the sixth inning when senior pitcher Letty Olivarez lined a single to center field, scoring freshman Kendall Grimm from third. The two teams would require extra innings and it was the Badgers who delivered. In the bottom of the eighth, tiebreaking rules put freshman Whitney Massey at second base, where she quickly advanced to third on a wild pitch. Grimm then delivered the walk-off single to left to complete the comeback for Wisconsin. “I was just trying to hit the ball hard,” she said. “I knew we had runners on base and I wanted to be the one to score them. I really wanted to sweep page 11