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Religion on Campus: Being Muslim at UW By Anna Discher the daily cardinal

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Competitors from around the world tested themselves in the Ironman Wisconsin triathlon Sunday.

Swim, bike, run, done: Ironman takes over city By Maggie DeGroot the daily cardinal

Hundreds of spectators filled downtown Madison showing support for competitors in the Ironman triathlon Sunday. More than 2,000 athletes began the grueling race at 7 a.m. with a 2.4-mile swim in Lake Monona, followed by a 112-mile bike ride through Verona and finishing with a 26.2-mile race through downtown Madison. Australian Joe Gambles won the men’s race with an approximate time of 8 hours and 38 minutes, a course record for the Wisconsin Ironman. This was Gambles’ first time running Ironman, and the 27-year old described the experience as “unbelievable” after the race. Madison native Eric Bean, 34,

took third place for the men’s division after finishing in 8 hours and 51 minutes. New Zealander Gina Crawford took home first place in the women’s race with an approximate time of 9 hours and 27 minutes. The 29-year old beat the previous course record by nine minutes. Crawford’s first Ironman win came at the 2007 Ironman Wisconsin event. Spectators gathered at the Monona Terrace to watch competitors swim. They could also take buses to Verona to watch the participants bike, according to the Ironman Wisconsin website. Erin Malinoski and Shelly Schneider of Poplar, Wis., sat near the Capitol as they cheered on competitors, including Malinowski’s brother, Marc, who was running the Ironman for the

second time. Other spectators supported their loved ones wearing T-shirts with the name of their athlete, holding up inspirational signs and even running alongside competitors. The Ironman Wisconsin is the first qualifier for the 2011 Ford Ironman World Championship, according to the ironmanusa.com. The competitors fought for 72 slots in the 2011 Ford Ironman World Championship. Professional competitors were split into their own category, while non-professionals were broken up into age groups ranging from 18- to 75-years old and older. Volunteers helped out at checkpoints and aid stations providing water, snacks and even wet sponges to help competitors stay hydrated and beat the heat.

Balancing five traditional daily prayers at specific times during the day in between classes is all part of a typical day for a Muslim student on the UW-Madison campus. According to Yahya Altaf, public relations officer at the UW-Madison Muslim Student Association, being a Muslim on the UW-Madison campus is not any different from being Christian, Jewish or any other faith. “I feel a sense of belonging here, and truly feel the inviting atmosphere,” Altaf said. “The students, faculty and community of Madison are understanding and generally have a sense of awareness that Muslims on campus and around the nation are also normal citizens.” MSA’s primary goal is to help students on campus develop a relation-

ship with God. The organization has approximately 100 members. MSA President Rashid Dar said making time at least five times a day for traditional Islamic prayer is very important. “I like to think of it as a way to kind of step back from worldly life for a little bit and stand face to face with God,” he said. According to Dar, students practicing Islam will wake up before sunrise every day to pray, go to class and pray again around noon. “We’ll find an empty stairwell or we’ll run into Memorial [library] into an empty stack where we don’t think anyone will see us,” he said. “It’s not that we don’t like to be seen, but just because it will look kind of odd to the uninformed observer.” religion page 3

Candidates visit campus ahead of Tuesday primaries By Ariel Shapiro the daily cardinal

In the weekend running up to the primaries, candidates flooded the UW-Madison campus in a mad dash to greet their youngest voters before they head to the polls Tuesday. Among the candidates on campus this weekend were Democratic gubernatorial candidate and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, Republican gubernatorial candidate and former congressman Mark Neumann, U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., and Democratic Lt. Governor candidate and business executive Henry Sanders. Sanders, who will face state

Senate Majority Leader Tom Nelson, D-Kaukauna, state Sen. Spencer Coggs, D-Milwaukee, and business trainer James Schneider in the primaries, appeared in Library Mall Friday to reach out to voters and discuss his platform. He said he intends to create green jobs, establish marriage equality and keep higher education costs down. Amber Grant, co-chair of Students for Sanders, said he is a more progressive candidate that sees beyond traditional party lines. “I’m just looking forward to someone with a different view compolitics page 3

Tibet Festival showcases culture for UW-Madison community By Kathryn Weenig The Daily Cardinal

The second annual Tibet Festival took place this past weekend on the UW-Madison campus to celebrate and share Tibetan culture with the Madison community. The celebration began Friday with a grand opening ribbon cutting ceremony with Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and ended Sunday. Events took place at the Memorial Union, Library Mall and the Pyle Center, and included dances, lectures and documentaries. A display of traditional dressings, exhibition of cultural artifacts and the creation of a sand mandala, a ritualistic art piece that symbolizes the Buddhist belief in the transitory state of material culture and made by a Tibetan monk, were also on display.

Tsering Kharitsang, Vice President of the Wisconsin Tibetan Association, encouraged people to explore Tibetan culture and said the goal of the festival is to share it with the Madison community. “The festival shows we are different from China,” she said. “We have a traditional language, our own flag and our own culture.” China has occupied Tibet since 1949, forcing the country’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, into exile and threatening Tibetan culture. The Dalai Lama recently donated a $50,000 research grant to UW’s Center for Investigating Healthy Minds. The CIHM studies development of positively-associated emotions, like happiness or compassion, and how to cultivate these emotions. Dechen Wangmo, a Wisconsin Tibetan Association volunteer who

grew up as a Tibetan displaced in India, said her experience empowered her to be vocal about the situation in Tibet. “We are letting the world know about us through protest and events throughout the world,” she said, “but the Chinese have taken this as a way to punish the Tibetans that remain in Tibet.” Much of Madison’s Tibetan community participated in the festival, however, the turnout of other Madison citizens was not as large as hoped. “I think we could do way better if the UW students and the Madison community knew more about the festival,” Wangmo said. The festival was made possible through the collaboration of the Wisconsin Tibet Association and UW-Madison’s East Asian Studies Program.

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Arjia Rinpoche, one of the most important religious leaders to flee Tibet since the Dalai Lama, spoke Sunday about his experiences.

“…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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f all the newfangled trends everyone is wetting their pants over, my least favorite is most definitely the hipster. Those dirty motherfuckers think they can come to class dressed in thrift store relics from 1976, with only a ratted beanie (that they obviously hand-knit in-between class at the Rathskeller) covering their long, scuzzy, going-on-three-weeks unwashed hair. I mean, be respectful and wash your hair every week and a half, like normal students, because you reek of a post-modern, existential stench and your hat is starting to mold. And if you’re going ransack the clothing bins at St. Vinnie’s for the last extra-small polyester tunic, at least have the decency to buy a v-neck at American Apparel like the rest of campus. And must you come to class reeking of American Spirit lights?!

Quit being so damn commercial and roll your own tobacco. Buying cigarettes makes you look like a fucking mainstream yuppie, despite that singular, poorly fashioned dread hanging next to your face. I don’t know what’s worse, your addiction to plaid or your cat’s matching plaid beret that you make it wear when you’re baked. Trust me—we all know when you’ve lit up before class, too. When the professor asked you a question and you rejected her use of your full name as a “conventional social habit you prefer not to participate in” and then proceeded to ramble over and over the same sentence about how you thought the aesthetic of the film was “very simple, yet profound and in a unique way, beautiful” we were all rolling our eyes in disgust because, frankly, the film wasn’t even that good, it lacked an ironic hook that would have given it an intelligent edge that only the likes of myself or MAYBE Jonathon Ames could understand. And for the record, it’s only hip to have a very obscure, unrelated nickname consisting of

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of irony permanently printed on your arm, either. Just because you have a tattoo in reference to a band that has sold out into corporate consumerism on your arm and yet you continue to pretend to be hip by accenting it with chipped black nail polish and a self-woven bracelet doesn’t mean shit. Maybe if you had a charm of El Quinto Sol on your self-woven bracelet like me, you’d achieve that sense of irony because everyone knows that the spiritual beliefs of the Aztecs deeply contrasts with the materialistic bourgeois of Animal Collective. No one listens to rock and roll anymore anyway. I listen to rock with the option to roll. You know what? Forget it. I can’t talk to you anymore. You’ve exhausted my patience. I checked out of this conversation about a minute ago and everything you’ve been saying since has sounded like your voice re-dubbed with the teachers voice from Charlie Brown. Good luck getting home on that fixie. If hipsters tend to get your undies in a bundle too, send your complaints to slindholm@wisc.edu.

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three or less letters. I mean, who do you think you are, rejecting a name for yourself?! What is someone supposed to do when they want your attention? Shoot you very serious look with eyebrow emphasis and sexual hand gestures? While I do confuse most people with my androgynous haircut and, on a regular basis, forget to wear deodorant, I would never be so crude as to perform sexual hand gestures in public. Maybe someday you’ll develop good tastes in music, too. Everyone and their mother listens to Animal Collective, and I heard Summertime Clothes playing in Urban Outfitters last week so if you haven’t already written an angry letter to Panda Bear denouncing your loyalty to their krautrock musicality and artistic self-expression and made an appointment with your physician to get your post-modern tattoo of a Rabbit (in reference to “Who Could Win a Rabbit?”) removed from the inside of your wrist then you really shouldn’t be going to this university. Don’t think that by leaving the tattoo you’ve somehow achieved a sense

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Lets hear a great big hip-hiphooray for our good friend Mr. Jim “The Mad Mechanic” Schmidt as it’s his 30th birthday! You may rec-

ognize this picture from the news since on this specific day only he transforms into a highly dangerous and well-known criminal as soon as

he grabs that dusty box on the top shelf, whips the packing peanuts and moth balls on the floor and dons that demonic welding mask even Beelzebub would run away from! Schmidt hates feeling insignificant, especially on this day of days, so if someone in his hometown doesn’t wish him the best in his 30th year he will rip the engine out of their car with his bare hands, bend bumpers in half, possibly steal the stereo system as long as it’s not a lame-ass cassette player and definitely slash the fuck out of your tires 95 times worse than Carrie Underwood would. “I sent this photo in not only to celebrate Jim’s milestone birthday, but also because I hope to prevent anyone else from getting their car smashed to shit and smithereens like my beautiful faded green Ford Pinto. I still think about her every day...” Jim’s co-worker Bob Wallace enclosed in a note sent with this picture. (Good thing Jim never even cracks open the paper, or you’d be

waist deep in some extra-strength quicksand since we printed that note, Bobby-boy!) So now you had best run off and make this man a cake or at least give him the contents of your wallet in addition to wishing him well. Always better to err on the safe side. Also, if you plan to go out tonight, even down the street to let your dog shit in the neighbor’s yard and pretend you don’t notice it grunting and whining, watch out! I have a feeling Schmidt will be galavanting about smashing the vehicles of ungrateful wenches and if you don’t want to be hit by a rouge sidepanel or carburetor. Instead, I suggest you pull down your tar-paper air-raid blinds and hunker down in the basement. You may also want to grab some cans of Chef Boyardee and cook them on a campstove to keep your strength up. —Victoria Statz Got any photos you’d like to get an embellished celebratory story for? Send them to vstatz@wisc.edu

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Flags wave on Bascom Hill to honor Sept. 11 victims By Beth Pickhard the daily cardinal

UW-Madison College Democrats and UW-Madison College Republicans placed flags on Bascom Hill in remembrance of victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks Friday. The nearly 3,000 flags, one to symbolize each person who died from the Sept. 11 attacks, have covered Bascom Hill during the past few years. “The view and the simple action of students walking past the memorial and remembering what happened ... is the single greatest end result of this project,” College Republicans chair Stephen Duerst said. Chelsea Domer, vice chair of UW-Madison College Democrats,

religion from page 1 Despite the controversy surrounding the proposed Park51 Islamic community center in lower Manhattan and the scandal over a plan to burn Qurans, Muslim students are comfortable sharing their faith with the UW-Madison campus. Dar said he enjoys praying in public because he can inform people around him about what he is doing. “I’ve gotten to the point where I’ve gotten kind of used to it,” Dar said. “I don’t really have a problem with praying on Bascom Hill or Library Mall because I like to tell people what I’m doing, but a lot of Muslims on campus are not.” Friday afternoon prayer, traditionally very important to Muslims, is an opportunity for those on campus to get together, gathering at the Islamic Center of Madison on Orchard Street for a time of prayer. MSA also works closely with the UW Muslim Jewish volunteer initiative to reach out to the community.

politics from page 1 ing to office and working with a Democrat,” Grant said. Saturday’s football game also saw the appearance of some familiar political faces. Barrett said he returned to his alma mater for the energy and he thought it would be a fun way to campaign, particularly the weekend before the primary. The Milwaukee mayor talked about the importance of encouraging education while also adjusting policies on both the state and national level to keep manufacturing jobs in the United States. The goal, he said, is to provide jobs “all the way up and down that socioeconomic ladder to people with all educational backgrounds.” Neumann, who took the Badger game as “a chance to say hello,” discussed his education plan and how “the overall cost needs to be under control.” Johnny Koremenos, Second Vice Chairman of College Republicans, called the gameday visit “a great political move” by both candidates. He said although the student body tends to be more liberal, there are plenty of conservative alumni and adults attending the games for somebody like Neumann to reach out to.

said she was happy to volunteer and put in a joint effort with the College Republicans. “It was just really awesome to know that there are some things in this political climate that go beyond partisanship, and above it, and are just American things,” she said. The display was featured on ESPN during its telecast of the Wisconsin football game. “I’m glad that was incorporated [into the broadcast] and people were able to see that college students have paid a fitting tribute to quite possibly the most significant event of our generation,” Duerst said. Previously, the flag display has been accompanied by a ceremony. Duerst said the ceremony could not take place this year

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because the reservation system for UW-Madison properties would not allow it.

“There are some things in this political climate that go beyond partisanship.” Chelsea Domer vice chair UW-Madison College Democrats

Duerst said he was told they could move the commemoration ceremony to Library Mall, but decided the Bascom Hill memorial would have more impact than a ceremony.

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UW College Democrats and College Republicans worked together to place almost 3,000 flags on Bascom Hill Friday morning.

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(WHEG) program, showing he realizes increased financial aid is the way to keep higher education accessible. In addition, Wade stated that Cardinal View editorials represent The Daily Cardinal’s organizational opin- money should be pulled from the balion. Each editorial is crafted independent of news coverage. looning corrections budget and used to partially fund some of his education plans. Lowering the corrections budget was a common theme among the candidates, but is nonetheless appreciated from Wade. Granted, as a private attorney for the past 30 years, Wade does not have the exhaustive environmental record opponents like Brett Hulsey and John Imes have. However, we doubt that Wade would become a rampant tree killer once elected. He vows to focus on further regulation of pesticides and toxic chemicals, something residents of the isthmus should appreciate. While Wade’s lack of environmental credentials prevent him from being the perfect candidate, all of his competitors have deeper flaws. Hulsey seems less accessible compared to the other candidates, and we disapprove of his support for Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney’s immigration s soon as Spencer Black Of the five candidates seeking the policy. Meanwhile, Hesselbein’s lack announced he would not be Democratic nomination, Wade is the of experience could leave the 77th disseeking another term in the only one who has put the University trict underrepresented in the Capitol. state Assembly, a plethora of candi- of Wisconsin, along with K-12 edu- As for Imes, he has a great deal of dates jumped forth all claiming to be cation, at the forefront of his agenda. private sector experience, but failed his rightful successor. Long deemed The university system has long been to properly show us how it would to be one of the state’s greatest cham- an afterthought of the state legislature translate into effective legislation. pions of the environment, those seek- —and when it does become a prior- The last remaining candidate, former ing to claim his seat representing the ity, it is usually because Steve Nass Middleton mayor Doug Zwank, has state’s 77th Assembly district trum- is spouting his fringe anti-intellec- a wealth of experience in federal and peted their credentials at the highest tual invective. Funding has remained state level government, but his budlevels possible. stagnant for years, and state dollars getary policies are not practical. However, there is only one Spencer only make up a paltry 19 percent In the interest of full disclosure, Black, and he is retiring. It would be of UW-Madison’s budget. It makes yes, Fred Wade has been the only impossible to find a successor exactly sense that the representative from candidate placing ads in our paper. like him. So it seems fitting that the 77th district, which encompasses But no, that did not affect our deciThe Daily Cardinal Editorial Board most of campus, should be a warrior sion in the slightest. has chosen to endorse Fred Wade for higher education. Wade vows to This race should be about who for the Democratic nomination in increase state funding for the univer- will best represent west Madison, not Wisconsin’s 77th Assembly district sity system, not simply keep it consis- who can do the best Spencer Black race, the candidate who has arguably tent. Even more importantly, Wade impersonation. And in that regard, spent the least time trying to present wants to increase funding for the the best candidate in the Democratic himself as Black’s doppelganger. Wisconsin Higher Education Grant primary is Fred Wade.

CARDINAL ENDORSES WADE IN DISTRICT 77

IN REPUBLICAN PRIMARY, NO ENDORSEMENT The purpose of an endorsement is, ostensibly, for a newspaper’s editorial board to support the candidate it feels will do best if elected; which candidate the board wants to see in ofﬁce. For that reason, The Daily Cardinal cannot give an endorsement in the Republican primary between Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker or former congressman Mark Neumann. No matter the results of Tuesday’s primary, no member of this board, in all likelihood, could see themselves voting for either candidate.Therefore we cannot endorse Walker or Neumann, since we ultimately feel they would both make bad governors. We debated how we should approach this endorsement—if we would pick the lesser of the two

evils or the one we think would be weaker competition for Barrett— and realized endorsing anyone would at least be disingenuous, and at worst a malicious attempt to weaken the general election. Both men oppose high-speed rail between Madison and Milwaukee, both want to repeal Wisconsin’s smoking ban and both would pursue budget policies that could put the university’s funding at risk. To say we endorse either candidate would mean saying we endorse those policies, which we do not. Ultimately, Barrett is the best candidate for governor, and endorsing either Walker or Neumann, even in a contest between the two of them, is something we simply cannot do. The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board

Student leaders support Sanders and Hesselbein LETTER to the EDITOR By Bryon Eagon and Analise Eicher COMMON COUNCIL AND DANE COUNTY BOARD

Every few years, students at the University of Wisconsin have an opportunity to be the deciding factor in local, state and national elections for public office. UW has long been a hotbed of political involvement and history reveals the dramatic difference we, as young people, generate when engaged in critical public issues and political campaigns. This year is no exception. Upcoming elections in November for Governor, House and Senate will surely shape our state and nation for decades. But UW students have an opportunity to flex our collective political muscles before November by voting in state-primary elections this Tuesday, Sept. 14th. Without a competitive primary for the Democratic nomination for Governor, analysts are predicting a lower than normal turnout. This means UW students have an added potential to be the deciding vote on down-ballot races. Two primary elections on Tuesday that will significantly impact students are the nominations for Lieutenant Governor and the 77th State Assembly district. All students, no matter if they have voted on campus before, can and should vote here in Madison. Wisconsin allows same-day voter registration, which is great for new students as well as those that have moved since the last election. In the race for Lt. Governor, Henry Sanders stands above and beyond fellow Democratic primary contenders. Sanders is a Madison-area small business owner whose work has led to the infusion of millions of dollars in capital for area biotech companies, helping to create local jobs and expanding valuable research. Sanders also founded MAGNET and Propel Wisconsin Innovation, non-profits dedicated to job creation through attracting and retaining young professionals in Wisconsin. What’s even more impressive than Henry’s resume are his detailed plans and priorities for growing Wisconsin’s economy. From prioritizing green technologies to supporting marriage equality to investing in education and the UW, Sanders is the only candidate who has done the homework necessary to hit the ground

running. More than any other candidate, Henry has engaged and listened to young people because he knows our generation will soon serve as the state’s leaders in business, government, health and education. An energetic and progressive leader, students would be well served by a Lt. Governor Sanders because a Lt. Governor Sanders would serve students well. Right here in the heart of campus, a heated race for the State Assembly has produced a crowded, yet able field of candidates to replace retiring Rep. Spencer Black. Although there are multiple qualified candidates, Dane County Supervisor Dianne Hesselbein deserves the support of students. Hesselbein is a former school board member and has the right priorities in reforming Wisconsin’s education system. From pre-K to K-12 to the UW system, Dianne is passionate about the value and benefits of investing in quality and affordable education. Hesselbein is also dedicated to following Black’s leadership with preserving and protecting Wisconsin’s precious natural resources and environment. In addition to education and the environment, Dianne is committed to repealing the discriminatory ban on same-sex marriage and understands how all of these issues are interrelated to job creation and a strong economy.

UW Students have an added potential to be the deciding vote on down-ballot races

No other group has near the potential that students have to decide the outcome of these important elections. Plus, if you vote Tuesday you won’t have to re-register when you go vote for Tom Barrett, Tammy Baldwin and Russ Feingold in November. Bryon Eagon is a senior majoring in political science and communication arts. He serves as the 8th district alderperson on the City of Madison Common Council. Analise Eicher is a senior majoring in political science and serves as the 5th District Supervisor on the Dane County Board of supervisors. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Shoegazers Surf City deserve Kudos for debut By Kyle Sparks

This spry enthusiasm is unusual works, its productivity serves as a for such droning sonics, but it’s catch-22. The work they’re doing gets If you’ve kept your ear to the ultimately what keeps Kudos so complicated, and it’s no wonder some ground for the last year and a half interesting. They know when to of the songs sound underdeveloped. of pop music, a band named Surf meditate on a loop in “Yakuza They seem lost navigating some of the City isn’t likely to rouse much of a Park,” and they know when to quit darker corners of “Yakuza Park,” and blip on your Richter Scale. With dicking around and systematically their songs often sound rushed. reverbed vocals, slippery bass and obliterate shit on “Autumn.” Surf City probably have an attenloads of glossy guitars, they play Kudos covers a lot of ground at tion span about as short as mine. shoegazey pop with a casual immedi- once, and it’s impressive how orga- Accordingly, “Teacher” and “Retro” acy. But Surf City nized Surf City keep sound like SparkNotes versions of CD REVIEW aren’t near as selfeverything. Their more ethereal noise or drone bands. absorbed or stoic cleaner pop-punk We get the climactic rush of everyas their peers, inclinations are clear- thing falling into place without the and the result is a ly defined from their arduous detective work. Kudos is a debut LP, Kudos, more visceral indul- grab bag of shoegaze’s most interestfar more dynamic gences; but instead of ing sister subjects, and an album as and with fewer working to counter- adventurous as it is accomplished. hang-ups than act the effectiveness of It’s everything the last year and a Kudos you’d expect. each other, the polar- half of noise pop could have been. Surf City Surf City ity works as a bal- And while expecting too much hail from New ance—Kudos is never growth from such a freewheeling Zealand, but the geographic sepa- too wayward to be taken seriously, outfit would be counterproductive, ration from their North American and never too serious to be a drag. it’s still fair to think Surf City is peers doesn’t tell the whole story. But while Kudos covers more what the next few years in pop Unlike the pretentious slack that ground than most contemporary should continue to be. limits chillwave or fuzzy beach-pop bands, Surf City are informed and excitable. They take a step back and examine shoegaze more thoroughly, paying homage to the genre’s more seminal forefathers like The Jesus and Mary Chain. Kudos is expansive and involved, yet what makes it so rewarding is a pervasive sense of fun. Shoegaze demigods My Bloody Valentine are notorious for debilitating perfectionism. Early on, it’s clear Surf City don’t suffer from the same problem. They’re really only shoegaze by default—for a genre literally defined by its members’ penchant for standing still, Surf City are awful lively. “Here Comes the Sun” and “Kudos” could have been ripped from a high school Guided PHOTO COURTESY OF MORR MUSIC by Voices demo, and it’s hard to Perhaps upset that no one has made them a wikipedia page yet, envision anyone playing “CIA” withthese kiwi-shoegazers Surf City hold nothing back on their debut. out running in circles.

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Light Chasers, the eighth album from this eight-piece band is potentially their most approachable release to date.

Cloud Cult shine bright on Light By Sam Bolstad

than in the past. As opposed to previous albums, when he would Light Chasers stands as the mostly map out the songs in the eighth proper album from Cloud studio, Craig said that this time Cult, a band too eccentric to clas- around he “started the writing sify in any one genre. It also stands process on pad and paper ... this as the culmination of the past is the first album where I’ve done eight years in the lives of Craig that.” This is actually apparand Connie Minowa, the band’s ent from the consistent themes lead singer/songwriter and on- throughout the album, as well as stage painter, respectively. Their the intricate arrangements behind journey has been marked by the some of the longest tracks Cloud recent birth of their son Nova—a Cult has ever produced. On Light name that is indicative of just how Chasers, they often move from one eccentric the band is. mood to another within the same Much of the material drawn song, and the band’s sound avoids on for past albums had been the being repetitive or monotonous. grieving of the unexplainable Despite the hiatus, new child, death of the couple’s son Kaidin and new composing style, Light in 2002. For the six years after- Chasers picks up sonically where wards Cloud Cult lived a fren- Feel Good Ghosts left off. Cloud zied schedule: pumping out full- Cults trajectory has consistently length albums yearly and touring moved from their raw roots towards constantly. The energy couldn’t a more recent electro-orchestral sound. They Live last forever, and CD REVIEW On the Sun and following 2008’s Aurora Borealis Feel Good Ghosts, contained painCloud Cult began ful snapshots of a self-imposed the couple’s agony, hiatus that seemed after which their to find Craig and rock-like Advice Connie beginning from the Happy their lives again. Light Chasers Hippopotamus This new album Cloud Cult became extremely finds the birth of popular. Light Nova offering a much more positive feel to Cloud Chasers makes stronger use of the Cult’s message than had previous band’s string section, horn section existed. Nowhere is this more and piano as the undertone for visible than “The Birth,” in which Craig’s unique voice than on previCraig declares, “like a candle, you ous albums. This has the effect of were meant to share the fire ... you a gentler tone that agrees with and were born to change this life / you compliments the positive message were born to chase the light.” The the group has taken on. Cloud Cult is far from a pop anguish that existed so plainly on earlier albums has been grappled band, but this album has more with since then, and has been potential for popular appeal than converted into a message that the anything they have made in the album sends of embracing both the past. They still unveil the rock-guipains and the joys of life. On “The tar sound on songs such as “Today Invocation p.1: You’ll Be Bright, We Give Ourselves to the Fire” the Cult demonstrate acquiescence and parts of “Blessings (Invocation for all aspects of our journeys as p.2)” but it is within the scope of they implore, “every first kiss, their electro-orchestral base. Whereas previous albums were every crisis, every heartbreak and every act of kindness / they’re call- often deemed too strange for popular audiences to embrace, in ing your name / travel safely.” In a personal interview last Light Chasers, Cloud Cult has spring, Craig described the hiatus finally made the album for the as a time that has allowed him masses—even if that’s not what to arrange his music much more they set out to do.

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Today’s Sudoku

Sleeping in this morning

Evil Bird

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Branching Out

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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

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Crustaches

By Patrick Remington premington@wisc.edu

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

First in Twenty

By Angel Lee alee23@wisc.edu

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DRINK UP! ACROSS 1 Blood vessel 5 Fish’s breathing organ 9 Big ray 14 Beige shade 15 Solo at La Scala 16 Epic about the Trojan War 17 Short snort container 19 Fatty substance 20 Throat feature 21 Oklahoma oil city 23 Spanish port? 26 Tuning fork pair 29 Frisco transport 33 Treeless arctic plain 34 Butter wannabes 35 Shakespearean title role 37 “A Christmas Carol” boy 38 One who’s in your corner 39 Missionary’s target 40 “Les Miserables” author Victor 41 “Stop ﬁlming!” 42 Prison camp 43 Spinal bases 44 Like some chiefs or councils 46 Velvety cotton fabric 48 Mexican misters

49 “Young Frankenstein” hunchback 50 One who’s doomed 52 Cause of atrophy 57 Penniless 59 Homer-ﬁlled games 62 Nanook of the North, e.g. 63 Carpenter’s clamp 64 Bring in the crops 65 Sees romantically 66 A fruit to poach 67 Irritable DOWN 1 Bulletproof garment 2 Acoustical engineer’s concern 3 Work out the wrinkles? 4 Cocktail party munchies 5 French 6 Certain savings acct. 7 Fleur-de___ (symbol on Quebec’s ﬂag) 8 After everybody else 9 Water wheel’s channel 10 Country singer Krauss 11 Face-lift, e.g. 12 ___ chi 13 Arithmetic directive 18 Shows generosity 22 “Dragon’s Teeth”

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author Sinclair Birth-related Paper-folding art African amulet (Var.) Resident of Apia Works together (with) Magnetism Singing and then some “The Thin Man” actress Myrna One of the two battling nations at Armageddon One of the vital signs “The Mirror ___ Two Faces” January birthstones Font embellishment Wager taker Boarder “Answer, please” (Abbr.) All dried out Car dealership category Guys-only party Catch a glimpse of Bridge player’s call Biochem strand Myth World Baseball Classic team

Washington and the Bear

By Derek Sandberg kalarooka@gmail.com

Men’s Soccer

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Sunshine state nothing but grey skies as UW falls to FIU and FAU By Jack Doyle THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Badgers dropped a pair of matches on their Florida expedition last weekend to fall to 1-3 on the season. Wisconsin lost to Florida International 2-1 in double overtime on Friday night and to Florida Atlantic 2-1 on Sunday afternoon. Wisconsin and FIU were deadlocked in a 1-1 tie before a goal by FIU’s Nicolas Rodriguez in the 110th minute gave the Golden Panthers the win. Senior defender Aaron Nichols recorded his second goal of the season, but the Badgers could still not overcome FIU’s offensive attack, which posted 10 shots to the Badgers’ seven. The Golden Panthers gained an early lead when Mike Muhseler converted a penalty kick in the 14th minute. But Wisconsin countered with a goal of their own just ﬁve minutes later, as Nichols scored the equalizer from inside the box in the 19th minute. It wasn’t until an hour and a half later that the match was decided. In the 110th minute, FIU’s Diego Tamburus found Rodriguez, who ﬁnished his chance and ensured FIU claimed their second win of the season with a 2-1 victory over the Badgers. The Badgers didn’t fare much better on Sunday against FAU. Wisconsin didn’t allow the early goal like they did against FIU, but the result was still the same — a

2-1 defeat. The first half provided no scoring, as the Badgers went into halftime tied with the Owls 0-0 and posted six shots to FAU’s seven. It wasn’t until the 56th minute that somebody finally got on the scoreboard. The Owls’ Darnell King scored his second goal of the season on a breakaway after he got behind the Wisconsin defense and slipped the ball past senior goalkeeper Ryan Vint to make the game 1-0. The Badgers tied the match 1-1 when sophomore Kyle McCrudden tallied the first collegiate goal of his career in the 73rd minute. FAU goalkeeper James McCormick mishandled a cross from freshman Chris Prince, who recorded his first career college assist on the play, and McCrudden positioned himself to finish the rebound. It didn’t stay tied for long. Vint fell to the same fate that McCormick did: a bobbled cross that led to a goal. This time though, Lukas Simons’ goal for the Owls in the 86th minute proved to be the game-winner. The two losses over the weekend leave the Badgers with a 1-3 overall record on the season. Wisconsin heads home to Madison after a four-game road trip to play in the Wisconsin Soccer Classic next weekend at the McClimon Complex. -UWbadgers.com contributed to this report

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Junior goalkeeper Lauren Gunderson saved six shots for the Badgers in two matches this weekend while allowing no goals.

soccer from page 8 utes to settle into a rhythm, but quickly thereafter, the team started to put the pressure on the Panther defense. “We were much more dangerous ... everyone was moving off the ball a lot faster... which helped us pick apart their defense,” said junior forward Laurie Nosbusch. The Wisconsin offense proved to be much more dangerous, and with heavy pressure, they were able to score their first home goal of the season. The goal came in the 16th minute when the Badgers were awarded a corner kick. The kick was taken by junior defender Meghan Flannery who found Nosbusch as she was able to direct the ball

past the Panther keeper and into the back of the net, giving the Badger’s a 1-0 lead, and their first lead of the season. The Badgers, anchored by their solid defense, were able to hold onto the lead to tally their first win of the season. Sunday’s win is one that carries some meaning for both the coach and the team. “Any time that you get a win, especially over a team like Milwaukee, who obviously is always a perennial in the conference and the NCAA’s, it’s a good springboard for the future,” said Wilkins. Wisconsin will open a ﬁve game road stand Friday at Tennessee. Their next home game is Sunday, Oct. 3 against Iowa.

also gave up over 200 yards passing, which you can’t have.” The big plays started for the Spartans in the second quarter when freshman wide receiver Chandler Jones got inside senior UW corner Niles Brinkley on a post and senior strong safety Jay Valai tried to undercut the ball but misread its ﬂight badly. Valai took responsibility for many of the defense’s miscues, and said he expects better. “The only person you should

Monday, September 13, 2010 be trying to be better than is yourself from last week,” he said. “I think this defense is going to take that to heart.” Wisconsin lost senior wide receiver David Gilreath to a scary injury early in the third quarter when he suffered a helmet-to-helmet hit during a punt return attempt. Gilreath, who was knocked out for at least a minute according to Bielema, was taken to the hospital and later released with a concussion. “All of our thoughts and prayers are with David right

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now,” said Clay. “He brings a lot to this team.” The amount of time that Gilreath will miss remains to be seen, but if the Badgers want to compete with Arizona State next week, the players that are healthy have plenty to work on. “I’m very disappointed but the best thing about it is that we have things to correct,” Watt said. “We’re going to come out next week better than we are this week. We’re happy with the win. We’re 2-0 and you can’t be any better than 2-0.”

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Football

Adequately Mediocre: Badgers stumble to win RECAP

Clay claims eighth consecutive 100yard rushing game By Parker Gabriel THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Badgers may have moved to 2-0 on Saturday, but the performance did not overwhelm many- including the San Jose State Spartans. After starting the game with a 10 play, 77 yard touchdown drive that appeared to be the beginning of a dominating performance, turnovers and defensive miscues allowed San Jose State to hang around before UW ultimately put the game away, winning 27-13. “We’re happy we got a win,” said senior quarterback Scott Tolzien. [Give] a lot of credit to San Jose

State, I thought they came in here and battled really hard and really fought, but we deﬁnitely have a lot of things to improve upon.” On offense, junior running back John Clay led the way, rushing for 137 yards and two touchdowns on 23 carries. Clay has now rushed for at least 100 yards in eight consecutive games and tallied his ninth career multi-touchdown game. Personal accomplishments aside, the Badgers struggled to captialzie on numerous opportunities and excellent ﬁeld position. Four times, the Badgers started with the ball at their own 40-yard line or better, and four times they came away with no points. Much of the struggle came in the red zone, as freshman running back James White lost a fumble in the end zone and Tolzien fumbled twice inside the ten-yard line (he recovered both). “That’s not how we win games

here, and as an offense that’s not how we’re successful,” Tozien said. “We’ve got to make [red zone offense] a priority and make that a point of emphasis and talk about it but then we have to do it.” In the first quarter, it looked as if the Badger defense was going to put together it’s second straight dominating performance. The Spartans did not manage a first down for the first 13 minutes of play, and mustered just 134 total yards in the first half. In the second half, though, San Jose State found success thorugh the air, as sophomore quarterback Jordan La Secla eventually finished 20-26 for 225 yards, two touchdowns, and two interceptions. “We held them to I think 55 yards rushing so that’s a feather we can put in our cap, said junior defensive end J.J. Watt, “But we SJSU page 7

Analysis

Ball security issues not a big concern for Bielema By Parker Gabriel THE DAILY CARDINAL

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David Gilreath is taken off the ﬁeld on a stretcher in the third quarter after being knocked unconcious while ﬁelding a punt return.

Volleyball Improves to 9-0 Matching the third best start in program history, the women’s volleyball team rolled to their third straight tournament win this past weekend in Milwaukee. The team took win number seven against UWM Friday night with the 3-0 sweep. On Saturday, Wisconsin grabbed the ﬁrst set against Central Michigan before the Chippewas tied the score at 1-1. That set defeat was the ﬁrst for the Badgers this season after the team began the year 220. Wisconsin then took the second in third sets in relative ease to roll to victory number eight. Wisconsin sealed the invitational Saturday evening, defeating Toledo 3-1.

After last week’s 41-21 victory over UNLV, the overriding message from members of Wisconsin’s offense centered around not turning the ball over and converting in the red zone. On Saturday against San Jose State, the on-ﬁeld results took another step backwards. The Badgers fumbled three times (one lost) in the red zone, including two by senior quarterback Scott Tolzien. Both resulted from exchange problems, including a second quarter mistake on fourth and one from San Jose State’s four yard line. UW head coach Bret Bielema said that the ﬁrst of Tolzien’s fumbles had to do with the exchange between the quarterback and sophomore center Peter Konz. On the

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JJ Watt was one of the few bright spots for Wisconsin on Saturday. The junior defensive lineman recorded four tackles and one sack.

second one, redshirt freshman Ryan Groy, an offensive lineman who has played fullback at times in each of Wisconsin’s first two games, lined up too close to Tolzien and hit the ball with his thigh as Tolzien came out from under center. Still, Bielema said he was not overly concerned with the ball security issues. “If there was one guy that kept repeating it and it was the same situation [I would be concerned],” he said. “But they are very specific that you can point at and say ‘That’s what caused it.’” The Badgers also squandered an opportunity to score early in the game when freshman running back James White, looking for his first career touchdown, extended the ball to the goal line, only to fumble it out of the end zone, resulting in a touchback for San Jose State. “James White wants that touchdown as bad as anyone,” Bielema said, “But here at Wisconsin we run the ball in the endzone we don’t reach it in. “ “He made a mistake and hopefully from watching tape, he’ll learn from it,” added junior run-

ning back John Clay. “Instead of stretching out maybe he would be one yard short and then he’ll get another chance to get it.” While the Badger offense had problems finding the end zone, one bright spot from the day had to be the performance of junior kicker Philip Welch. The Fort Collins, Col. native consistently hit kickoffs into the endzone and converted on field goal attempts of 38 and 45 yards. He had plenty of leg on each, especially the 45-yarder, which looked like it would have been good from considerably farther. “Before the game I usually come over [ask Welch] ‘how far?’ in both directions,” said Bielema. “He said ‘60 [yards], both ways.’ And he was serious as a heart attack.” Welch has now converted on 13 of his last 14 ﬁeld goal attempts, dating back to last season. He currently holds the second highest career ﬁeld goal percentage in school history at 78.8 percent (41-52), and has been stellar on kickoffs, a big reason why UW has held UNLV and San Jose State to a combined 20.1 yards per return.

Women’s Soccer

Wisconsin ends frustration with a much needed ﬁrst win

By Matthew Kleist THE DAILY CARDINAL

With high expectations and the let down of going winless in their first four games, the UW women’s soccer team went in to this weekend with a must win attitude. To the disappointment of the team and coaching staff, the Badgers would fall short of the goal set by Head Coach Wilkins of a 2-0-0 weekend. However, Wisconsin is coming out of this weekend with most confidence that they have had yet this season. Wisconsin put pressure on the South Dakota State (2-1-2) defense in the first half Friday night, manufacturing quality scoring opportuni-

ties. But despite their control of possession early and miscues by South Dakota State, giving UW numerous free kicks, the Badgers were unable to ﬁnd the back of the net. “We’ve got to come out with a better mentality, we just think that we’re going to score and they got to understand that it’s going to take effort,” said Wilkins. Where the Badgers offense may have lacked in effort, their defense seemed to make up for it. The Wisconsin defense has been solid all season, though the results may not have shown it. However, they were rewarded for their hard work Friday night.

The Badgers took the game into two overtime periods with the game resulting in a 0-0 tie, giving them their ﬁrst shutout of the season. At the center of the defense performance was junior keeper Lauren Gunderson. “We have to have game winning save, its 0-0, if they score and we don’t score, we lose,” said Gunderson. Hoping to build on the good and ﬁx the bad, Wisconsin took to the pitch against in-state rival UWMilwaukee (2-2-3) on Sunday. It took the Badgers a few minutes to settle into a rhythm, but soccer page 7