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Parade, speech by Broadway producer kick off Year of Arts By Kati Garness The Daily Cardinal

UW-Madison’s Year of The Arts, named Illuminate, officially began yesterday with a campuswide kick-off. Starting Thursday morning, artists, dancers, musicians and actors performed on East Campus Mall and Library Mall exhibiting their talents for the student body. Following the performances, art students and faculty paraded from East Campus Mall to Memorial Union for the official launch and speeches by Chancellor Biddy Martin and National Endowment for the Arts chairman Rocco Landesman. Chancellor Martin said Illuminate will “address the urgent need of arts on campus.” She discussed the university’s commitment to the arts through the years, including the strengthening of that commitment this year.

Martin highlighted the university’s innovative art community noting that UW-Madison was home to the first dance major and spoken word committee. Landesman, who is a Broadway producer and UW-Madison alumnus spoke on the importance of the arts for the university, city, state and nation. “Art contributes to livability, to quality of life,” Landesman said. “The arts drive local economies, visitors come, restaurants and bars go up.” Landesman also touched on the significance of the audience in the arts, appealing to the student body. “I’m counting on you to make sure art works on this campus, in Madison and across the United States,” Landesman said. Following Landesman’s arts page 3

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Primate research ethics discussion will not continue in County Board The Dane County Board of Supervisors ruled against bringing the discussion of UW-Madison’s primate research onto the floor Thursday night, providing a blow to advocates on both sides of the debate. “They expect that we have some authority to do something about this,” Supervisor Mike Willett said of those calling for action on the issue. “We don’t.” Although the motion was voted down by the board, several supervisors spoke out in support of allowing the debate to commence. “I have constituents who feel very strongly … and I know people feel very strongly on the other side,” said Supervisor Kyle Richmond. “That’s precisely why we should debate it on the floor. It shouldn’t

be bottled up.” However, Supervisor Brett Hulsey, the recently elected 77th district assembly democratic nominee, said this issue was not one in the county’s power to control. Hulsey said university matters are best left to the Legislature. “In the future I may have a little more say about how things go on in certain state institutions like the UW.” Although Supervisor John Hendrick said the people needed a forum to speak, he also addressed the ethical complications of primate research. “Admittedly, having had three teenagers, I wish there were a cure for puberty,” Hendrick said. “But I don’t think that was the point of that research.” —Ariel Shapiro

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Lighting trucks cut from Freak Fest 2010 By Anna Bukowski The Daily Cardinal

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UW-Madison’s DoIT Tech Store held a welcome event Thursday. The store gave away free pizza and prizes to UW students.

‘Sexting’ claims fail to bring DA Kratz’s removal The Daily Cardinal

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Broadway producer Rocco Landesman spoke about the importance of the arts in the university and national community.

Columnist Lydia Statz dwells on the (lack of) merits of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

Calumet County District Attorney Kenneth Kratz has no intention of resigning after he sent sexual text messages to a 26-yearold woman. Kratz prosecuted the woman’s ex-boyfriend. According to police, domestic abuse victim Stephanie Van Groll said Kratz repeatedly sent her unwanted text messages after she met with him about her case on Oct. 20, 2009. She said she received 30 messages from Kratz over a three-day span. In one of the texts, 50-year-old Kratz asked Van Groll if she were “the kind of girl that likes secret contact with an older married elected DA ... the riskier the better?” Kratz asked in another message if Van Groll would engage in an affair with him. “I would not expect you to be the other woman,” Kratz said in one of the messages. “I would want you to be so hot and treat me so well that you’d be THE woman! R U that good?” Kratz said. According to the Associated Press, Kratz and his wife filed for divorce in December. Van Groll told police she was afraid Kratz would throw out the lawsuit against her ex-boyfriend if she told him to stop texting her, police said. Kratz dismissed himself from the

case when he learned Van Groll’s statement to Kaukauna police had been shown to the Wisconsin Department of Justice, a release from Kratz said. According to the Associated Press, Van Groll said Kratz will not face charges because the Department of Justice did not think it was a criminal offense. According to court records, a state prosecutor was appointed to the lawsuit and Van Groll’s ex-boyfriend was convicted of domestic violence in April. Kratz stepped down from his post as chair on the Wisconsin Crime Victims Rights Board, an organization he had helped found, in December 2009 as what he called a “self-imposed sanction.” “Having served in a leadership capacity regarding victims rights … I was embarrassed at this lapse of judgment,” Kratz said in a statement. Patti Seger, executive director of the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence, said the text messages sent by Kratz show he tried to use his prominence as a well-known district attorney against Van Groll. “Kratz created a situation in which a victim he was entrusted to protect was led to believe she could only get help if she submitted to his advances,” Seger said. Kratz faces re-election in November 2010.

The large lighting trucks previously located on State Street will no longer illuminate Freak Fest this year after the Downtown Coordinating Committee approved a new appropriation of funds for the event. The funds, moved from the Contingent Reserve Fund, allocate over $35,000 for use during State Street’s Freak Fest. Extra funds for Halloween are down this year, according to Chris Klein, aide to Mayor Dave Cieslewicz. The Madison Police Department has deemed the extra lighting unnecessary, Klein said, and doing away with this lighting in the new budget met with unanimous approval by the committee. In years past, the stadium lights have been on cranes, only to be used in certain situations. Authorities intended the lights to be used to tell people to go home at the end of the night. Klein said the stadium lights were never used for that purpose and so getting rid of them makes sense and cuts costs.

“Obviously we can’t predict if we need them [the lights].”

Chris Klein aide to Mayor

Whether or not they will need such lights in the future remains unknown. “Obviously we can’t predict if we need them,” Klein said. In another attempt to cut costs, fewer state troopers will patrol the event, though Klein said the event will be “very well policed.” However, many aspects of Halloween on State Street will remain the same. The times and stages are the same as in previous years, according to Klein. The committee also approved an annual motion to make State Street’s Freak Fest a glass-free zone. “It’s made a big difference, [glass] is a safety issue,” Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said. Passing a glass-free zone for State Street on Halloween requires a motion and approval each year. The motion is traditionally approved annually for events like Freak Fest and the Mifflin Street Block Party. “We’ve done this before— every year,” committee chairperson Troy Thiel said.

“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”

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It’s a hard knock life: my house causes me strife cies of spiders living in the ceiling. Seriously, don’t look up when you are down there. If you happen to feel nature calling, there is even an abandoned toilet bowl sitting in the corner that still has stains in it! I know what you are probably thinking “This girl is exaggerating.” Well all I’ve got to say is come the fuck over to my abode and see for yourself. Hell, I got three great looking roommates to vouch for me; I don’t freaking care. Besides the tomb that I am forced to wash my clothes in, my bedroom is a 2 x 4 jail cell. I am literally forced to sleep in a twin size bed because my room is too small for any other size. My bedroom window is on the ground level and it looks out to a glorious parking lot. Every morning at 5 a.m I awake to a homeless man sweeping the lot. Yes, SWEEPING A PARKING LOT. Who the fuck does that? Apparently this dude does. He sweeps the lot and hacks up nasty loogies for an hour straight. I kid you not. I guess I shouldn’t complain that much about my standing-room only bedroom. The nasty brown stains on the dirt colored carpet actually accent the place quite nicely—and hell, at

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So after just three weeks of living in my new house in Madison I think I am actually starting to get it. Wait, did I just say “new”? I think the proper adjective for my house would be “old”, and by saying “old” I really mean, shithole. Anyway what I am finally “starting to get” is that my house blatantly sucks, and I’m going to be stuck here for another nine months of my life. Actually, nine months might be a stretch. At this point, I give it three until I die of disease-ridden particles. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know I signed the lease. In all honesty, I think I may have been temporarily blind when that happened. I mean, who would sign a lease when you are standing in the “laundry room” of your house, which is actually located in the basement of the house next door? Laundry room meaning dungeon, and dungeon meaning a basement that smells like death and probably has 20 different spe-

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least I don’t have my roommate’s room, she has a dead cat in her vent. Once again, I am not freaking lying. Let me try and depict this scenario for you: Her bedroom starts to smell real fucking bad, so she goes and buys those cute Glade plug-ins (three of them, to be exact.) And the next day, the room still hardcore reeks. I would simply describe it as this: sticking your nose directly into a raunchy grimy butthole. Okay, a little intense I agree, but it is TRUE. Bottom line, her room smells like shit. (And if I had a scratchn-sniff to prove it, I guarantee you wouldn’t even scratch the damn thing.) Anyhow, we traced the smell back to her vent, in which we are entirely certain lies a dead cat and all of its babies. Hell, when our friends come over the expression on their face says it all. One crinkle of their nose and they are already one step out of the door. “Seriously, who farted?” is but one of several comments from our friends. Thanks guys. This house is costing me hard-earned friendships! If the homeless, 5 a.m. loogie spitter and the vulgar butthole smell haven’t convinced you that I live in a hellhole yet, you are a fucking freak show. Nonetheless, there is one other

thing about my house. My neighbors are straight up douche bags. I mean, you know you have superrad neighbors when every time you walk out of your house you are greeted by the dirt engraved penis on their back door. Or, better yet, when they decide to piss from their deck onto our garbage bins. Hey, if that didn’t get our attention the first time, the puke laminating the sidewalk every Sunday morning always does, as well as the vomit and Keystone cans. Wow you guys really are cool. Besides the drunken sweeper, the dead cat, the douche bag neighbors and many other faulty features of my house (broken shower door, rotting porch) I have realized that I live in a shithole. Oh, and an update on that cat: supposedly it’s a dead squirrel, as our landlord informed us after he found out by “sneaking into your apartment while you were sleeping.” I guess the first red-flag should have been signing a lease to a house that contains ½ in the address. Sketchy ass shit and dumbass Taylor. Do you have dead animals in your vents? If not, you’re lucky. If so, e-mail Taylor at tcurley@wisc.edu and maybe we can go in on a cleaning service together.

sex and the student body

Gettin’ jizzy wit it

Ryan Adserias sex columnist

I recently have engaged in a sexual relationship. Since we started having sex, I have had trouble ejaculating. I think it may be because I have masturbated on a very regular basis ever since I was 13 years old. Could I be losing sensitivity down there or could something else be the problem? B.G. Well, B.G. I’m going to go ahead and say it’s probably not because you’re masturbating too much. Sure, if you’re one with a penis and you masturbated somewhat shortly before getting it on, it could take you a while to come again. See, there’s this thing called a refractory period that scrotum-toters experience and during that time it’s darn hard to well… get hard again. “Wait a second! Some guys can cum again and again, what’s the deal?” Like most things, refractory periods are as varying as dick size, but the average seems to be about an hour, so there’s not a hard and true refractory period length. There could be many reasons why you are finding it hard to ejaculate, B.G. Maybe you’ve got a lot on your mind. It can be challenging to cum when you’ve got a midterm coming the next day, and all you can think about is Chi-squares or the capital of Peru. And when your mind is off wandering, that’s when that pesky snowball of panic can start a’rolling. Say you’re going at it and after a while you realize the extended version of Barry White’s greatest hits has ended. Maybe your partner has looked at the clock several times, yawned and went back to half-assedly sighing your name. It hits you: the horses are still in the gate and the finish line seems miles off. If you find yourself in this situation try this: next time

you’re going to get lucky, take your time. Maybe find a sexier album than Barry White’s greatest hits, light a candle or two and get into some foreplay action. Not only are you more likely to feel a better connection to your partner, but you’ll prime the cum pump. Another possibility is you’ve got your body trained so well that if you don’t do the exact thing you usually do to get off, you’re not going to get anywhere. Say for example, you put just enough pressure on your parts with your middle finger and pinky finger while using a counter-clockwise twisting motion, with exactly three drops of lube, all the while pinching your right nipple and your head hanging off the southeast corner of the bed. And that’s how you jerk it each and every time. Now throw yourself in the missionary position with your partner and things aren’t exactly the same. Talk to your partner about your particular penchant for counter-clockwise twisting motions and involve them in the action; not only could you finally get to cum, but also you’ve also added a new activity to your sexual repertoire. Also, you could try mixing things up, getting your body to work with other kinds of stimulation. This could mean throwing some toys into your masturbatory routines, like a Fleshlight that you can practice fucking, or maybe a dildo that can replicate the motions you and partner get into. Both of these exercises can help you to figure out what it is that makes your cum fountain flow and guide you toward doing something similar the next time you and your partner are getting down. Another possibility is that perhaps you are suffering from a lack of sensitivity, but its cause isn’t overmasturbation. Perhaps you’re suffering from dry sex. Closely related

to another sex issue, dry mouth, dry sex is the result of not having enough lube thrown into the mix. At Sex Out Loud, they say, “the wetter the sex, the better the sex,” meaning you can never have too much lube. Lube helps increase sensation while decreasing the risk of uncomfortable friction building up. Also, don’t put a little lube on and then put the bottle way in your secret, locked sex drawer across the room. Lube tends to get a little tacky after a while, and you’ll need to reapply. While we’re on the subject of lube, here’s a little tip: say you’re sporting a condom, but you’re finding the sensitivity to be

a bit lacking, adding drop or two of your favorite lube in the tip can do wonders for adding stimulation. Long story short, B.G. you’re not masturbating too much, no matter what that Tea Bagger from Delaware says. In fact, if anything you’re just doing your sex homework. Besides being fun, masturbation can really help us understand what we like and then communicate that to our partners. So go ahead! Masturbate to your heart’s content. Have unanswered masturbation or ejaculation questions? Send them and any others about sex Ryan’s way by e-mailing sex@dailycardinal.com.

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Scott Walker reveals economic plan for Wis., stresses improvements in all sectors By Beth Pickhard The Daily Cardinal

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In June Mayor Dave Cieslewicz announced the city of Madison will look into purchasing the Overture Center from its current owners.

Overture Center reported as being in ‘very good’ condition By Maggie DeGroot The Daily Cardinal

The Overture Ad Hoc Committee reported the Overture Center as being in “very good condition” structually at a meeting Thursday as the city of Madison looks into purchasing the center. Fiscal Efficiency Auditor Andrew Statz presented the estimated capital costs of $19.3 million over the next 15 years for the center at the meeting. Within his presentation Statz outlined how some financial negotiations are still needed to be made to determine the responsibility of some building systems and features totaling at $4.36 million. The presentation estimated the city, if purchased the center, would be responsible for $9.78 million and the operator responsible for $9.54 million. This is only under the assumptions the negotiable expenses are split evenly. The owner would be responsible for “what makes the building a building” whereas the operator would be responsible for “what makes the building a performing arts facility,” according to Statz. Statz said the Overture Center is consistent with its age and use

as it opened in September 2004. “There is truly no other facility like it,” Statz said. However, there were repairs and issues brought up during the presentation. Out of any of the repairs, the most notable are the issues with the steam boilers because of their frequent repairs. They have been repaired three times since being installed in April 2002 even though each has a life expectancy of five to 10 years. The most recent repair was in July. Repair work on the boilers after the warranty expires in March 2011 could average out to be $10,000 per boiler according to Statz. It has been proposed the city would assume ownership of the facility for $1 provided the city undertakes the long-term maintenance of the Overture Center. The facility study responded to the Common Council’s inquires on the current condition of the Overture Center and what will the long-term capital costs be for the center. “No one in this room wants to see the Overture fail. There’s too much at stake,” said Overture Center President and CEO Tom Carto said.

UW computer scientists to redesign web Computer scientists at UW-Madison are working to redesign the Internet to be safer, faster and more versatile as part of a Future Internet Architectures program. The National Science Foundation is organizing the $7.1 million program. The main site for the program will be Carnegie Mellon University, but will include researchers from UW-Madison and Boston University. According to the Future Internet Architectures program

description, it is crucial to redesign the Internet because of increasing Internet use in our lives and the security threats that come along with it. “It has evolved from a small scale network of networks to become integral to our lives and vital to the operation of all critical sectors of our society,” the report said. “The continued success of the Internet, however, is increasingly threatened by the ever-mounting sophistication of security attacks and by the lack of performance reliability of Internet services.”

Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker released his financial plan Thursday to address how to bring jobs to Wisconsin and improve the local economy. Walker said his goal is to create 250,000 new jobs and 10,000 new businesses in the private sector by the year 2015. The plan is broken into tax steps focusing on governement regulation and education. Further steps address healthcare, infastructure and what Walker describes as “frivolous lawsuits.” Lowering income taxes, reducing taxes on employers, freezing property taxes and abolishing retirement income taxes would be the focus of Walker’s tax cuts.

“States that have a lower tax burden have more jobs and better budgets, and it’s time Wisconsin was a better state to “States that have a lower tax burden have more jobs and better budgets, and it’s time Wiscsonsin was a better state to do business.” Scott Walker republican gubernatorial candidate Wisconsin

do business,” Walker said. To strengthen the educational system, Walker said schools should be given more tools to prepare students for graduation. Walker said UW System schools should be given resources to “operate more like a business to

pursue economic development.” Employers should be able to provide affordable healthcare without government intervention, Walker said in a statement. He said he would establish larger healthcare purchasing pools to decrease the risk for employers. Walker’s transportation step did not mention high speed rail, a key project supported by many Wisconsin Democrats. Walker has opposed high speed rail and siad he would attempt to reallocate the funds. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett will face Walker in November’s election. The Barrett campaign said Walker’s plan does not give enough details and is not specific enough within those six points, as compared to Barrett’s 67-page economic plan.

PAVE, SLP will continue to receive funding from Student Services Finance Committee By Andrew Kasper The Daily Cardinal

Student groups Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment (PAVE) and Student Leadership Program (SLP) were deemed eligible by the Student Services Finance Committee to receive money from the General Student Services Fund for the next two years. Committee member Cale Plamann, the lone hold-out in the 7-1 SLP vote, insisted that SLP did not meet the funding criteria calling for a majority of the student group’s time to be used providing “direct student services.” Plamann refused to consider the time that the group’s volunteers contributed to the task of “direct student services” and only considered the time that the groups’ staff, paid by the fund, contributed. “I really am only looking at who we are giving money to,”

Plamann said. “And if their time is being spent with its focus on direct services.” The other members of the committee disagreed with Plamann and most stated that they considered volunteers’ time in their own assessments. PAVE won their eligibility very quickly, with an 8-0 vote. Committee member Aliyya Terry summed up her reason’s for PAVE’s essentially undisputed eligibility decision. “When you just look at the requirements for meeting eligibility, PAVE hits those requirements,” Terry said. “They meet the numbers in the direct service requirements, the accountability requirements, and the general requirements for meeting eligibility.” SSFC Chair Matt Manes called it “all-in-all a pretty fair” meeting for a committee in which nearly all the members cast their

very first eligibility vote. Movimiento Estudantil Chicano de Aztalan (MEChA) also made their pitch for eligibility. MEChA sponsors the cultuARTE program, which provides cultural art workshops to student groups on campus. The group has received funding for several years, and was granted nearly $70,000 from the GSSF for 2010-’11. Heidi Freymiller presented the eligibility case for The Working Class Student Union (WCSU) last night. According to Freymiller, the group was founded to serve “working class and first-generation students at the UW”. The group has been granted funding for two consecutive years, and received about $58,000 for 2010-11. SSFC will make decisions regarding eligibility for MEChA and WCSU Monday.

Marine radios stolen, graffiti drawn at Hoofer’s Lake Lab The Hoofers’ Lake Lab, where the club houses their wind surfing equipment, was broken into Wednesday night, according to Hoofer Council President Jen Limbach. The perpetrators broke in

arts from page 1 speech, student performances continued at the Memorial Union and Library Mall into the late afternoon. Julie Ganser, advisor to the art department and member of

through a window and stole some of the club’s marine radios which are used during lessons and youth programs, said Limbach. The perpetrators also drew graffiti and “fired off a fire extinguisher that pretty much trashed

the place,” Limbach said. The club is still investigating the damage and taking inventory. “We don’t have any suspects at the moment. The police are working on that part right now,” Limbach said.

the Year of the Arts committee, expressed her excitement about the year. “I’m just really excited about the opportunity to focus the spotlight on the many arts programs,” Ganser said. “It’s also an opportunity for Chancellor Martin to show

her support for the arts.” Illuminate will sponsor more than 300 events, exhibits and performances throughout the 20102011 school year, all intended to celebrate the importance of the arts.

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Today’s Sudoku

Evil Bird

By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu

Branching Out

By Brendan Sullivan bsullivan3@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.

The Graph Giraffe Classic

By Yosef Lerner graphics@dailycardinal.com

Crustaches

By Patrick Remington premington@wisc.edu

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

First in Twenty

By Angel Lee alee23@wisc.edu

Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com

GEOMETRY CLASS ACROSS 1 Eject forcefully 5 Improvise musically 9 Garment district purchase 14 Miniscule amount 15 Indian pram-pusher 16 Elevated habitat 17 Number of apocalyptic horsemen 18 Pepsi alternative 19 Tehran bucks 20 Changes one’s perspective 23 Be in suspense 24 “A Christmas Carol” cry 25 The Green Giant’s sidekick 28 False god of the Old Testament 30 ___-inspiring (spectacular) 33 Way to read or think 34 Milky Way creator 35 Wooden-soled shoe 36 Speaks the unvarnished truth 39 Without repetition 40 Stir-fry utensils 41 Some of the kinfolk 42 Word between two last names 43 Comes to the rescue

44 If all goes according to plan 45 Palm Sunday transportation 46 Utter indistinctly 47 Forgoes trivialities 54 Having two beats to the measure 55 Gravy thickener 56 Trash can emanation 57 Geographical calculations 58 Pueblo dweller 59 Turn, in chess 60 Shot in the dark 61 Scraps of food 62 Vanquish, as a dragon 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

DOWN Separate, as ﬂour or ashes Like the proverbial church mouse Fancy needle case Forklift locale Available to rent Mixed in with Model partner? “I’m glad that’s over!” “___ Knowledge” (Jack Nicholson ﬁlm) Vivien of “Gone With the Wind” Via the mouth Backsplash square

13 The Chiffons’ “___ So Fine” 21 Jordanian’s neighbor 22 Bring embarrassment to 25 Where some dye for a living 26 “Fantasy Island” sighting 27 Partner of Rolls 28 They make statements 29 “Fine” follower 30 Skirt with a ﬂare 31 Customary practices 32 Pass off, as sweat 34 “I’m in the ___ for Love” 35 Some airport VIP areas 37 Surprise in the plot 38 Devour completely 43 Estimate the value of 44 “Dynasty” character 45 “___ Shrugged” 46 Surgical bypass tube 47 Trusted adviser 48 Alternative to a saber 49 Barley-shaped pasta 50 Take the act on the road 51 Subject of adoration 52 ___ Scotia 53 Deuce follower 54 “___ nabbit!”

Washington and the Bear

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Chromeo keeps things Casual By Emma Roller

way, but it’s like fooling around with an old flame: it’s still fun, if a bit routine. Chromeo seem to have turned over a new “Night By Night” picks up the baton with a leaf but it’s hard to believe them. Like Bill beat straight out of a “Mega Man” soundtrack. Murray in “Groundhog Day,” they’ve been With a French literature Ph.D. in the works rehashing their ladykiller attitude since their (seriously) and, judging by the song’s music 2004 debut She’s In Control. But on their latest video, dance skills to match, Dave 1 sounds release, Business Casual, Dave 1 and P-Thugg like an automaton engineered to seduce the reveal their sensitive snowman-building side in ladies. His guitar solos aren’t too shabby, either. an attempt to woo North America’s populace And P-Thugg is the ultimate wingman—his of feisty indie gals. Auto-Tuned reassurance “We can work it night If you’re as insecure and sarcastic as by night” and punctual synth interjections I am, going on a date with someone sharply complement Dave’s airy but sometimes as smooth and sincere as schmaltzy crooning. CD REVIEW Dave 1 of Chromeo would “You Make It Rough” be both overwhelming and is the same rocked-up 12 unbearably annoying. I’d bar blues championed by be more wont to have dinPrince and Steely Dan— ner with Dave 1’s brother Dave 1 even references a A-Trak, who doubles as a Steely Dan album with booty-shaking producer the line, “You’ve got that and mash-up magician. pretzel logic / and refuse Business Casual It may be immature to to let it go.” Chromeo compare listening to Chromeo With enunciated talkto dating them, but in the end singing and cow bell fills, it that is their objective: to win you over with their seems Chromeo wants to be an electro-funk precise crooning and synth jabs. I’m usually too Talking Heads cover band, but they linger too much of a cynic to be taken in by such flattery, long on the hook, trying to turn the song into a but after a few listens I was making good use of spacey beach jam that is hardly appropriate for my iTunes “repeat” button. two guys from Montreal. Business Casual kicks off with a break-up. Although the album is jam-packed On “Hot Mess,” sleazy synths, cow bells and with sex appeal, it ends like a mediocre a velvety bass hook reinforce a new voice: date. “Grow Up” at once cribs from Stevie the ex. A prim British accent rebukes Dave Wonder’s “Isn’t She Lovely” and Billy Joel’s 1, saying, “You act like you’ve got nothing “It’s Still Rock and Roll To Me” without to lose but I’ve already lost my temper.” It conjuring the soul or sass of either. would appear the “Needy Girl” showcased So yes, Business Casual is a somewhat trite in the band’s 2004 breakout hit doesn’t need follow-up to 2007’s Fancy Footwork. Yes, their Chromeo so much anymore. Maybe Dave 1 nü-disco ballads are pointedly superficial and isn’t the invincible player he’s made himself thinly produced. Yes, their brand of shallow out to be on past albums. schtick can tread dangerously close to Rick Almost in an effort to gain back masculine James territory. But I’ll be damned if I won’t cred, “I’m Contagious” is a bit pretentious, dance to it after one (or three) Long Islands, or but rightfully so. A thudding bass builds up hungover on my couch in my pajamas the next P-Thugg’s Auto-Tuned hook, “Don’t stop baby morning, for that matter. Despite all their well/ Let the music take control.” Most Chromeo rehearsed moves and slick riffs, Chromeo really songs sound the same, are danceable in the same do want to do you right. THE DAILY CARDINAL

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Lisbon is The Walkmen’s sixth full-length album and illustrates the transition the band has made within their last 10 years of existence, mainly the switch to a sunnier sound.

Walkmen stroll into our hearts with new album By Noah Kise

providing healthy a contrast to the bombastic drumming and ascending distorted Upon listening to Lisbon, the sixth full- guitars of the chorus. Leithauser’s voice is length album from Brooklyn indie rock given ample room to soar to new heights, veterans The Walkmen, the first thing one and where in the past it was held back will notice is how sunny their sound has by the rafters of their lo-fi production, it become. Those familiar with their earlier breaks free of all restraints and turns into work will note that Lisbon moves away from a soulful, punch-drunk wail reminiscent the upright piano present in so many older of the wide-eyed manic howl of Julian Walkmen songs, in favor of shuffling tom- Casablancas or Jim Morrison. tom beats and sauntering reverb guitar. The production on Lisbon is superb in These elements depict the sense that it lets every CD REVIEW a more refined Walkmen, instrument shine without a band that has crawled overpowering any other out of the rock clubs of components of the songs. New York City and washed Decidedly minimalist, the up on the white beachdrums, bass and guitar interes of old-world Portugal. play, complemented by the Shedding the leather jackets addition of vocal harmonies of post-punk and donning and the occasional organ, Lisbon sunglasses, The Walkmen create a parallel between The Walkmen make the most of this sonic The Walkmen and fellow shift, managing to remain indie rock veterans Spoon. grounded in their old sound while pushing This style of instrumentation is present the boundaries of what minimalist instru- on many Lisbon tracks, including “All My mentation can accomplish. Great Designs” and “Torch Song.” Another The band draws on a number of new influ- album standout, “Woe is Me,” employs a ences for this record, including ’60s surf rock vocal melody that will stick in your head and rockabilly. Album opener “Juveniles” illus- for hours after you hear it, completing the trates this new source material, while “Blue as fatal combination of tonal perfection and Your Blood” brings to mind a freight engine melodic familiarity. Ending with an infecrolling through the heartland of America with tious guitar riff that brings to mind Belle its chugging train beat. Other tracks utilize and Sebastian’s heavier moments, this is one mariachi horns, lending credence to the name track not to be skipped by anyone with an of this album. One such track, “Stranded,” ear for pop music. opens with a woozy horn line that gradually builds and recedes, an ebb and flow that sucks you into the emotional roller-coaster ride that is the lyrics of Hamilton Leithauser: “What’s The band draws on a number of new the story with my old friends,” he croons. influences for this record, including ’60s “Drunk and lonely how I love ‘em all / Why surf rock and rockability. does the rain fall / When I’m stranded and I’m starving.” THE DAILY CARDINAL

The production on Lisbon is superb in the sense that it lets every instrument shine without overpowering any other components of the songs.

“Victory” represents the most complete merging of the new sunny style The Walkmen have adopted for Lisbon and the brutal assault choruses of old that characterized “All the People Who Pretended to Like Me Are Gone” and “Bow + Arrows.” The softer verses are composed of reverbheavy guitars and a rim-shot drum line,

Although the songs of Lisbon don’t include a brutal smash and grab song such as “The Rat,” they ﬂow together very well and arguably constitute the best and most complete full album listening experience The Walkmen have recorded to date. A great record for playing before bed or in the car as you set out for sunnier coasts and new experiences, the last chords of Lisbon fading out will leave you longing for more of The Walkmen’s deeply affecting songwriting, and you would not be alone in playing the entire thing over again. A highly listenable and profound record, this album is a celebration of The Walkmen’s career-to-date and an indication of the ever-expanding sonic range they can and will employ in the future.

of Montreal fumbles their creativity, making new album boring as a Priest By Jon Mitchell

R&B stars, specifically Janelle Monáe and Solange Knowles, who contribute to “Enemy At first glance, the cover art for of Montreal’s Gene” and “Sex Karma” respectively. latest record, False Priest, is a hideous mesh of On “Enemy Gene,” a robotic love song indistinguishable shapes and colors—a graphi- that features some of the more haunting organ cal piece so bad that the human eye has no lines known to man, Monáe’s and Barnes’ idea where to naturally go. When inspected a voices oscillate back and forth in a surprisingly bit more closely, however, a similar tone—listeners might CD REVIEW few figures come into focus, not even detect a difference including muzzled clown in the two. fish, hands wielding flaming While “Enemy Gene” may hearts, scribbling quills and be a reflection on the challenges of love, “Sex Karma” pointed rifles. is an open celebration of love While frontman Kevin and all its physical joys, of Barnes probably had his own which Knowles apparently bizarre reasons for including False Priest knows a lot about. With lyreach of these four images, one of Montreal ics such as “Close your eyes can’t help but think they perfectly illustrate the completely and count to three / I’ll kiss absurd, unflinchingly emotional and intricately you where I shouldn’t be / ‘Cause you look like arranged music that is of Montreal’s groovy a playground to me,” it appears that Knowles indie-pop. And while False Priest offers the kind is ready to be known for more than being of absurd, emotional and witty songs that only Beyoncé’s little sister. of Montreal can lay claim to, this album finds Aside from the production masterwork their bullet a bit off target. and guest artists, though, False Priest brings Following the strange, sexually driven sound very little to of Montreal’s thirteen year, of 2008’s glam-pop orchestral Skeletal Lamping, ten album catalog. The opener, “I Feel Ya Barnes craved a sound more rhythmic and blue- Strutter,” while extremely catchy, sounds like sy. Enter False Priest. To punctuate this sound, an outtake from 2007’s Hissing Fauna, Are Barnes sought out Jon Brion, whose producing You The Destroyer? Likewise, “Godly Intersex” expertise can be heard on Kanye West’s Late and “Girl Named Hello” are both intriguing Registration as well as albums by Spoon, Fiona songs in their own right, but sound like they Apple and Rufus Wainwright. came from a recycling bin that’s dangerously Between Brion’s producing talent and close to reaching its capacity. the band’s intricate instrumentation, False It would be unwise to say that of Montreal Priest boasts the standard of Montreal sound has lost their creativity or excitement—as one with a delightful infusion of rhythm and step into the bizarre theatrical production that blues. In place of Barnes’ shrill, intoxicating is an of Montreal concert would clearly prove. falsetto, one could easily imagine Kanye or But if False Priest is any indication of what’s left Dr. Dre dropping rhymes on top of songs in the tank, these glam-rockers may never redislike “Famine Affair” or “Like A Tourist.” In cover the spark that made “Wraith Pinned to the fact, False Priest features some up and coming Mist” erupt in clubs and Urban Outfitters alike. THE DAILY CARDINAL

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MELISSA GRAU opinion columnist

ish have historically been a subject of religion, human sustenance, sport, income and entertainment. But now, something is coming. Something we’ve never seen before. Cue the dramatic repetition of notes E and F in a blatant crescendo. No, it’s not the shark from Jaws. It’s the more destructive, locally voracious Asian carp. Dun, dun, dun. All theatrics aside, this invasive species does indeed demand as much apprehension and fear as the killer shark. Asian carp have been approaching the Great Lakes region for 30 years, swimming up the Mississippi from flooded fish farms in the South. These bad boys are now the bullies of our waterways, dominating the river systems in the Midwest. In parts of the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers, nine out of every 10 fish are Asian carp.

Asian carp ... are wiping out the bottom of the food chain and drowning out native ﬁsh

Invasive species dominate ecosystems and wreak havoc ecologically, economically and environmentally. Asian carp, which can grow up to 100 pounds and up to four feet long, are wiping out the bottom of the food chain and drowning out native ﬁsh like salmon, walleye and trout. They eat 20 percent of their body weight in plankton every day, decimating food sources. Carp are not predators, but they now proliferate twice a year and a single female can lay up to one million eggs daily. In other words, they’re kicking ﬁn and taking names.

Although not predators, Asian carp present a certain unique phenomenon for humans on the water. At the sound of boat motors, they fly out of the water, many times Sylvester Stallone-ing boaters right in the kisser. Getting smacked with one of these is comparable to an accelerating brick hitting your face, and according to the wildlife department, this problem is so severe that water-skiers on the Missouri River have abandoned the water entirely. While some people may enjoy acting out X-games on our rivers and getting “carped,” the fish will pose a serious threat if they reach the Great Lakes. The only connection between the Mississippi and Lake Michigan are two canals in Chicago. Knowing this, the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers has tried to create a system to block the fish from the Great Lakes, but they have wasted time and money on an electrical system that doesn’t work. This summer, a fisherman caught a 20-pound, three-foot carp beyond the electrical barriers, with Lake Michigan only a six-mile swim. Carp DNA has also been found in Lake Michigan. The monster fish, if established in the Great Lakes, could wipe out native fish by devastating the food chain and in effect cripple sports and commercial fisheries, which is estimated by scientists to be a $7 billion industry. Lake Michigan and Lake Superior, part of the system that comprises one-fifth of the earth’s freshwater supply, are important Wisconsin resources, and we are fighting back. Wisconsin joined Michigan, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and Ohio in a lawsuit filed against the Corps of Engineers and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, accusing them of creating a public nuisance by operating an environment where carp could access the lakes. The Great Lakes states are rightfully requesting Chicago close its canals and seal off the carp highway to hell. “I am suing to protect the Great Lakes and to protect the Wisconsin jobs that depend on the health

of the Great Lakes...the introduction of the Asian carp into Lake Michigan will irreversibly damage this important resource,” said Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen. Gov. Doyle shares this mindset, spearheading Wisconsin’s involvement with this issue. Following Tuesday’s primaries, either Scott Walker or Tom Barrett will take over the governor’s office, and we have to look sharp when it comes to carp. Walker is primarily concerned with gaming and fishing, but doesn’t show the environmental pioneering and dedication that Barrett has demonstrated. So far, Barrett has articulated his commitment to protecting our water by being active in the Great Lakes Compact, making efforts to fight other invasive species and leading in the fight to keep Asian carp at bay.

The monster ﬁsh ... could wipe out native ﬁsh by devastating the food chain

Foot-dragging officials have prolonged the lawsuit, with judges questioning evidence of carp in Lake Michigan. Last Friday, three days of expert testimonies ended, and Judge Robert Dow scheduled oral arguments for sometime in October. During this time, the prolific, jumping, ravenous carp will make their way through the Chicago canals and potentially reach one of Wisconsin’s most valuable resources. There is no time to delay. Our environment, our economy and our way of life will rest in the fins of these monsters, unless Wisconsin and other Great Lakes States win the lawsuit to seal off Chicago canals. We need strong leadership and dedication to preserve our state in the fishy face of these enemies. Melissa Grau is a sophomore majoring in journalism. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

Right reform in education MIKE MUGGEE opinion columnist

he education system in the United States is in bad shape. We’re not performing well in math and science tests, scoring just a bit above average in both the fourth and eighth grades. Improving K-12 education will dramatically enhance our long-term economic outlook, since we will have more students enrolling in college and in turn, a smarter workforce. The two main correctable causes are poor teaching and inefficient spending. Scott Walker has introduced an education plan that seeks to correct these problems in Wisconsin. His plan includes an evaluation of teachers on five criteria: planning and preparation, classroom environment, quality of instruction, professional responsibilities and yearly student progress. Teachers will receive performance ratings ranging from ineffective, needs improvement, satisfactory or exemplary. These ratings will determine consequences. Teachers may receive bonuses based on good ratings, as well as lose their licenses to teach if they earn two ineffective ratings in a row. There are pros and cons to Walker’s plan. Although it’s important to keep student progress a part of the teacher’s evaluation process, it’s nice to see Walker recognizes it’s only a small part of the overall picture. Traditionally, student progress is tracked by standardized test scores. Monitoring performance by standardized test scores limits the scope of a teacher’s effectiveness. Standardized testing presents a range of problems: a one-size fits all approach to the testing where all students take the same exam, no matter what level they are at, not all subjects taught in school are tested, and it provides an incentive for teachers to teach only what is on the test, especially if that is the sole evaluation criteria. Walker also includes a range of other professional responsibilities as a criterion for evaluation. It encourages teachers to be present in and outside the classroom, aiding students if they need help that extends beyond the hours of your typical school day.

Walker also seeks to decrease the amount of inefficiency that exists in schools. This is extremely necessary, as the U.S. is spending far more than other countries to get comparable or even worse results. He proposes enrolling entire school districts in a state healthcare plan, saving Wisconsin $68 million per year. He also supports posting district education expenditures online, so that taxpayers can see how their money is being spent. Public scrutiny will encourage district administrators to spend money only on necessary items. I’m not giving Walker an “A” just yet. His plan lacks a lot of detail. For example, while he does specifically mention that teachers can lose their jobs with two ineffective ratings in a row, he does nothing to outline a method to deal with teachers receiving multiple “needs improvement” ratings. He also fails to mention what each criteria specifically entails. What makes a good classroom environment? How is quality of instruction measured? What may be a good teaching approach for one student might not be the best for another. Even if the general idea is solid, I still question Walker’s follow through. He never authored a significant piece of education legislation during his ten year stint in the assembly. I understand experience is important and would be very helpful in education reform, but it’s not essential. He will constantly have legislators and voters reminding him of his campaign promises. Tom Barrett, doesn’t even have a detailed plan for reforming education in Wisconsin. “Persistently underperforming teachers ... cannot be allowed to continue to fail students,” Walker says on his website. He is absolutely right, and I think he does a pretty good job outlining potential ways to attack the problem. We can’t keep throwing federal Race to the Top money at schools. Just look at Milwaukee. We need to start addressing inefficiencies in our system and evaluating our teachers on a consistent basis. With a little more effort on Walker’s end, this plan could go a long way. Mike Muggee is a senior majoring in actuarial science and finance. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

Archaic “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy ﬁghts against soldiers LYDIA STATZ opinion columnist

he military’s longstanding “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy came one step closer to becoming a thing of the past last week when a federal judge ruled the policy unconstitutional. First enacted under the Clinton administration, the rule allows gay men and women to enlist, but only if they remain closeted and don’t engage in homosexual acts during their service. Though originally a well-intentioned compromise (previously, gays had been totally barred from serving), today the policy is nothing more than an anachronism, left over from a less permissive time that has long passed. A Gallup poll in March showed that 70 percent of Americans favor allowing open-

ly gay men and women to serve, showing how outdated the policy really is. Obama himself has promised to do away with the rule since his campaign, and congress just this year voted for a repeal of the unpopular policy. Though the senate has yet to take up the issue, the Department of Defense still staunchly defends their dated outlook on equality. For years they have maintained they simply are “not ready” for that change, claiming it would upset the order and discipline the military depends on. However, that same argument was used to ﬁght against racial integration in the 1940s, and as far as I know the discipline of the U.S. Military has not suffered at all by allowing black and whites to serve together. In addition to being unnecessary, the discriminatory “Don’t ask, don’t tell” dynamic of today’s military only leads to gay soldiers living in constant fear and paranoia, stripping them of the self-respect and

conﬁdence a U.S. soldier is supposed to embody. A soldier can be reported gay by their chaplain, doctor, psychiatrist or fellow soldier, meaning these brave Americans are constantly on guard and have no place safe to discuss the heavy issue that weighs on their mind. Jonathan Hopkins, a former U.S. Army captain who was discharged in August, recently wrote about his experience in the New York Times. He continued to serve for 14 months after being reported as gay while his case was under investigation. Effectively, he served in a post-D.A.D.T. military during that time, commanding troops who all knew about his sexuality. In those days, he reports he was ﬁnally able to have a normal social life and a boyfriend. But perhaps most importantly, he said, “I was accepted by most of them, as was my boyfriend, and I had never been happier in the military. Nothing collapsed, no one stopped talking to me, the Earth spun on its

axis, and the unit prepared to fight another day.” Fourteen thousand soldiers have been discharged since the policy was enacted in 1993, soldiers just like Hopkins who had otherwise done their jobs faithfully and competently. Some estimate there are 65,000 gay soldiers currently serving, all of whom loyally fulfill their duties and obey their orders. If we can all trust these soldiers to protect our country, I highly doubt that being open about their sexuality will have any effect on their job performance. Frankly, I believe that being happy, self-confident and totally comfortable with their sexuality would make those already committed patriots into even better soldiers. And yet, no matter how obviously archaic the policy seems to the average American, we will still see no quick action to reverse it. The decision has to make it through the Senate, and in an election year no politician is eager to take on a controversial issue.

More directly, the Supreme Court could take the case and reafﬁrm the federal judge’s ruling, but that’s no quick process either. Likely, the debate will continue for a year or more until some military higherup makes the right decision. Though being able to serve in any capacity is better than not at all, this particular policy has done nothing but hurt the well-being of thousands of gay Americans and only furthers the ignorance upon which the guideline is based. The majority of Americans, including myself, don’t care whether the soldiers defending our freedom prefer men or women, so let’s give them back their constitutional rights and allow them their own “pursuit of happiness.” Our troops come faceto-face with danger all the time; let’s just make sure it’s not us they’re looking at. Lydia Statz is a junior majoring in journalism and international studies. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Women’s soccer

UW conﬁdent winning ways will continue on road

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Senior goaltender Michele Dalton has allowed just three goals in four starts this season for Wisconsin. She earned a shutout in the last game and helped the Badgers to their ﬁrst win of the season. By Matthew Kleist THE DAILY CARDINAL

Coming off their ﬁrst win of the season, the Wisconsin women (1-3-2) will open a ﬁve game home stand by traveling to Tennessee this weekend for a pair of non-conference match ups. Friday night, the

Badgers will face the University of Tennessee (2-4-0) followed by a day game Sunday against Vanderbilt (3-3-0). Shutting out UW Milwaukee 1-0 this past weekend, Wisconsin held on to secure its ﬁrst win. With the ﬁrst win in the books, the talk is

now all about confidence. In the win, last year’s leading point scorer, junior forward Laurie Nosbusch scored her first goal of the season, and just the teams second. But that was enough for the Badgers to regain some of the confidence that they may have lost.

“After the win, it really lifted us,” said sophomre midfielder Monica Lam-Feist. “Their mentality has gotten a little confidence,” head coach Paula Wilkins said. “It’s hard to lose their first three games and come back, they’ve done a great job.” This confidence has translated over into their practice, where the team shifted into preparing for the upcoming road games. And knowing the importance of this training, Wilkins adopted a plan that takes their training one day at a time. In doing so, Wisconsin has been improving its play every time they take to the practice field. This week in training, one area of focus for the Badgers has been decision making, and the ability to make quick decision on the move. Along with that, they have been working on improving their communication skills. Both are areas that Wisconsin has struggled in early, but with practice has seen go in the positive direction. Wisconsin’s training and preparation are going to be vital to their success this weekend. Facing two teams who have outshot their opponents at home by the combined total of 105-55, the Badgers will need to use all they have learned in order to earn a win. However, this fact does not seem to bother the Wisconsin women at all, as the mentality in practice has followed a “we can do it” rhetoric.

“We always go into practice with the mentality that we are going to win the next weekend,” said senior goaltender Michele Dalton. “It doesn’t matter [who we play], every time [we] cross this line, [we] walk onto the field, it’s business.” It’s all about confidence for this Badger team, and it couldn’t have come at a better time for them. Hoping to ride this confidence, Wisconsin looks to close out their non-conference schedule with a .500 record with Big Ten play looming.

“We are focusing on one game at a time, Tennessee ﬁrst and getting a result there.” Paula Wilkins head coach Women’s soccer

“[Two wins] would be huge, then we would be at .500,” said Lam-Feist. However, gaining two wins is not the most important thing according to Coach Wilkins. Like her attitude towards training, she looks at games one at a time, only focusing on the next match. “We are focusing on one game at a time, Tennessee first and getting a result there, then moving on,” said Wilkins. “[Getting two wins] is important, but it’s not that important.”

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Badgers return home for Wisconsin Soccer Classic looking to end three game skid By Jack Doyle THE DAILY CARDINAL

After spending their last two weekends out on the coasts, the Wisconsin men’s soccer team is back home to host the Wisconsin Soccer Classic this weekend at the McClimon Complex. The Badgers hope to end their threegame losing streak when they face San Diego State on Friday night and Dayton on Sunday afternoon. Wisconsin (1-3-0) kicks off their tournament play when they take on San Diego State (3-1-0) Friday at 7:30 p.m. The Aztecs come into the Classic riding a three-game winning streak, including two wins in their own tournament last weekend, the Courtyard Marriot SD Central Tournament. To end San Diego’s three-game run the Badger defense, led by tri-captains Aaron Nichols and Ryan Vint, must shut down San Diego’s offensive jug-

gernaut, Raymundo Reza. Reza led the Aztecs in points last year with 16 and already has 10 (four goals and two assists) through four matches this season. The Badgers will look to Nichols and senior midﬁelder Jon Rzepka to provide an offensive spark. Nichols leads Wisconsin with two goals and Rzepka is one of the most experienced players on the roster. To truly be effective, though, the Badgers must get more shots off. Opponents have consistently outshot Wisconsin this season and post a combined total of 46 shots to UW’s 24. The ﬁnal match of the tournament pits Wisconsin against Dayton (1-2-0) at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. The Badgers hold a 3-1-1 all-time record against the Flyers, who are off to a slow start in 2010 after winning the Atlantic 10 title last season.

Though Dayton is not playing at the same level they did in 2009, the Badgers are certainly not guaranteed vicotry this weekend. Veteran head coach Dennis Currier is in his sixth season at the helm of the Flyers and is looking for his squad to rebound after a close 2-1 loss to Western Michigan. Like Wisconsin head coach John Trask, Currier has a seemingly endless array of freshmen – 17 to be exact – at his disposal who could see playing time this weekend. In other words, how underclassmen perform on both teams could decide the outcome of this match. Sophomore forward Evan McCreary is Dayton’s main offensive threat and has scored two goals this season, while Wisconsin sophomore Kyle McCrudden and freshman Chris Prince recorded their ﬁrst collegiate goal and assist this past weekend, respectively.

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Junior free safety Aaron Henry will have his hands full against the fast-paced passing attack that Arizona State brings into Madison.

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Senior tri-captain Aaron Nichols will look to jumpstart the Badgers this weekend in two home games.

bility, the game is going to be so much slower and you can play the game at a fast pace.” While the defense will have to make adjustments to keep up with Threet and the Sun Devils attack, the UW offense will try to help out by doing what it does best—control the clock. Through two games, the Badgers have possessed the ball for 70:13, compared to 49:47 for the opponents. A major factor in that statistic is the power running attack that Wisconsin possesses, but UW’s ability to convert on third down—they have a 54 percent (14-26, 2nd in the Big Ten) success rate—has been pivotal. The Badgers offensive unit will be tested this week by an athletic

ASU front seven that rotates along the defensive line and features an athletic group of linebackers. UW running backs coach John Settle particularly mentioned sophomore linebacker Vontaze Burfict as a player the offense has to account for. “Number seven, he’s one of the best,” Settle said. “You probably liken him to [Michigan State AllAmerican] Greg Jones in our conference. He’s a heck of a ball player and he’s the glue of their defense.” “They run and hit,” he added. “They play defense the old fashioned way.” Forcing Arizona State to keep that defensive unit on the ﬁeld Saturday will be a key for a Badger team looking to turn in its ﬁrst truly impressive performance.

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Final non-conference challenge awaits unbeaten Badgers By Mark Bennett THE DAILY CARDINAL

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Senior linebacker Blake Sorensen leads the Badgers in tackles so far this season with 12. Last week against San Jose State, he registered a team-high seven stops and also had an interception.

Badgers set to face off against athletic ASU By Parker Gabriel

team speed to capitalize on any lingering problems. The Badgers certainly do not have to be perfect but Arizona State’s spread offense, led by junior quarterback and Michigan transfer Steven Threet, has racked up 95 points through two games and pushes the pace of the game to a near frantic level. “You just have to plan that way,” defensive coordinator Dave Doeren said. “You have to be ready to get your plays in quickly and keep your substitutions to plays where it’s a dead ball situation and

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be smart about bringing guys in and out.” Senior linebacker Blake Sorensen said while the fast pace is different, it should not take the Badgers by surprise. “Our scout team has been doing a great job running at a really high tempo,” he said. “It’s deﬁnitely going to be a challenge.” Sorensen and other upperclassmen at Wisconsin certainly remember Threet, who helped Michigan stage a comeback victory after trailing 19-0 at halftime in 2008 in Ann Arbor, Mich. It was the ﬁrst loss in what ended up being a severely disappointing 7-6 campaign for the Badgers. “It’s a different offense and he’s been coached differently and is running a totally different system,” Doeren said. “But you know the guy’s going to play hard for four quarters and he isn’t going to quit. When [Michigan] came back and beat us, he was the guy.” While the Badger defenders will be out to exact some revenge from the loss in 2008, junior free safety Aaron Henry said it will be important for the unit to stay within the game plan, an area he thought needed some improvement after two weeks. “Sometimes last week, guys tried to do too much,” Henry said. “If you go out there and just try to take care of your responsi-

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Maybe the best thing that can be said about the Badgers performance in the ﬁrst two weeks of this season is that they enter this weekend with two wins. Despite the unblemished record, Wisconsin has struggled to ﬁnd its rhythm on offense and given up untimely big plays on defense. To keep a zero in the loss column, the Badgers will have to clean up the miscues on both sides of the ball, because the Arizona State Sun Devils (2-0) have the

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OUT ON A LIMB

The 10-0 Wisconsin volleyball team is set to face Green Bay tonight in one final warm up before Big Ten play starts next week. The Phoenix (3-8) are struggling as a team this season but have a slew of talented individuals. While there are plenty more games to play yet this season, for now, a perfect record has been a huge boost to the team. “I think the record has been a huge thing for us. It’s giving us a lot of confidence. We have a lot of young players, a lot of freshmen on the court. I think for them definitely it’s a huge confidence boost. For us upper classmen, it’s something we’ve never been through either,” senior Allison Wack said. Sophomore Alexis Mitchell knows the pressure is entirely on the Badgers in tonight’s contest, facing a smaller school with a sub.500 record. However, Green Bay came out fierce last year when the two teams faced each other, and Wisconsin expects much the same this year. “It’s all going to be on our side of the net and us working on being perfect- good passing, good hitting, good setting, just putting it all together so we can prepare ourselves for Big Ten [play],” Mitchell said. Mitchell, meanwhile, is just about the epitome of putting it all together this season as the Davenport, Iowa native has strung together the best four weeks in her college career so far. In ten games, Mitchell leads the team in hitting percentage at .442, while ranking third in the Big Ten and fourteenth in the nation in that category. “If there’s been a most improved player in just the first month of the season, it’s Alexis. She’s had a really break out three or four weeks where something turned on in her

head in which she became much more disciplined with her approach angles, her shot selection,” head coach Pete Waite said. “Just her composure on the court has been incredible. It’s been fun for the entire team to watch and our fans to see a big difference.” At 10 wins, the Badgers are just one victory away from matching their season total in 2009. In fact, Wisconsin has improved in nearly every major statistical category this year over the last including gaining more 90 points in hitting percentage and averaging nearly two more kills per game.

“We know the Big Ten season is ﬁve steps up from where we’ve been.” Pete Waite head coach volleyball

Additionally, the Badgers have only dropped a total of two sets this entire season, winning 30. Mitchell admitted that while playing nonconference foes, it’s important for the team to focus on winning in as dominating fashion as possible in order to prepare for the tough Big Ten play ahead. “I think that we can use that momentum to carry us on into Big Ten [play] knowing that we can do that to teams,” Mitchell said. “It’s more for us in our minds; the level of play we’re putting together on the court,” Waite said. “We know the Big Ten season is ﬁve steps up from where we’ve been, but we feel good about the balance of our attack.” Friday is also student night at the Field House. UW students will receive free admission to the game, while the ﬁrst 50 will receive free hot dog and soda coupons.

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Sophomore Alexis Mitchell has stepped up her level of play and helped Wisconsin jump out to a perfect 10-0 start this season.