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ASM proposes new board to oversee funds By Kelsey Gunderson THE DAILY CARDINAL
The Associated Students of Madison Student Council will vote Wednesday on the creation of a new student board to oversee funds from the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates.
“Students need to voice their opinion on how their money is going to be spent.” Melissa Hanley chair ASM Shared Governance Committee
Tom Templeton, ASM vice chair, said he envisions the committee primarily reviewing the student services aspects of the initiative.
He said the committee would assess funding proposals from campus student services and make recommendations to Chancellor Biddy Martin and Dean of Students Lori Berquam about which proposals should be implemented. According to ASM Shared Governance Committee Chair Melissa Hanley, the proposed student board would work closely with the current Madison Initiative Oversight Committee, which assists Martin in overseeing funds from the initiative and consists primarily of administrators. Hanley said the new board would be more student-based and would focus mainly on allocating funds to student services. “The Madison Initiative is asm page 3
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Children’s book author and illustrator Kevin Henkes signs a copy of his Caldecott Medalwinning book “Kitten’s First Full Moon” after a talk at the Educational Sciences building Tuesday. Henkes received the School of Education’s 2009 Honorary Alumni Achievement Award.
Many students unaware of Breese Terrace Union By Ryan Hebel THE DAILY CARDINAL
UW-Madison students could not miss the gigantic hole that replaced Union South last spring, but few have any clue a new union has opened in its place. “Breese Terrace Union? I’ve never even heard of that,” senior Taylor Shannon said when asked if he had used the new union, which has operated since February in the former University Health Services building on Breese Terrace. Of 17 students asked, only four had any knowledge of the union, and none had used the building’s computer lab, study rooms, pool table or two large flat-screen TVs
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UW-Madison professors Chris Kucharik (above) and Dan Vimont outlined future scenarios for Wisconsin climate change at a forum Tuesday sponsored by the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies.
UW-Madison study reveals changing of Wisconsin climate By Andrew Kasper THE DAILY CARDINAL
Two UW-Madison climate experts said Wisconsin may be nearing a tipping point with respect to environmental warming at a forum Tuesday in Engineering Hall. UW-Madison professors Dan Vimont and Chris Kucharik presented the most recent data projections on Wisconsin’s climate, predicting Wisconsin will face rising temperatures and more severe weather in the future.
They stressed the consequences of drastic changes in Wisconsin’s natural climate and said policymakers and industry leaders need to prepare for these changes. According to Vimont and Kucharik, by the middle of the 21st century, southern Wisconsin could see more instances of extreme precipitation and three more weeks per year when the temperature reaches 90 degrees or higher. They added that southern
Wisconsin could experience 10 to 12 fewer days of subzero nighttime lows. Kucharik said if even the most conservative estimates become true there could be huge implications for Wisconsin’s industry and natural environment. He cited examples of the possible effects of these drastic climate changes, like the logging industry’s need for frozen ground and the impact climate page 3
with Wii and Xbox game consoles. Tim Gloeckler, the union’s student services manager, said he is disappointed that word has not spread. “Last spring we were really surprised at how difficult it was to attract people to this place... shocked. We thought things would pick up in the fall, but so far they haven’t,” Gloeckler said. UW-Madison graduate student Justin Kearney worked at Union South and now works at the new union’s front desk providing information and selling snacks, drinks and merchandise. “The only people who really breese terrace page 3
Influenza cases continue in steady numbers at UHS University Health Services released statistics Tuesday revealing that UHS continues to see a steady number of UWMadison students seeking care for influenza-like illnesses. According to the release, UHS evaluated 345 students with influenza-like symptoms over the sevenday period of Sept. 6 to 12, which, according to UHS epidemiologist Craig Roberts, is not a significant increase from last week. Influenza-like cases make up 28 percent of the total primarycare visits UHS sees daily, and 98
percent of those cases are students under the age of 25. Roberts said the steady number of recorded cases does not necessarily represent the actual number of sick students on campus. “I think to a degree this reflects a limit to our capacity at UHS to see people because we only have so many people working,” he said. Roberts added, however, that all students who come into UHS with flu-like symptoms are able to be treated. influenza page 3
“…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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Exercise can’t bounce out Jillian’s senioritis
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n high school I was introduced to the term “senioritis,” the general laziness and apathy that overcomes most seniors when they realize they only have one school year to go before they’re released into the world as adults. Shocking to those who know me, in high school I was a good student and didn’t ever fully find myself succumbing to the slack-assness that befalls most seniors. It wasn’t until mid-grapevine in my step aerobics class last Thursday that I realized: I have become the new definition of senioritis. Don’t get me wrong, step aerobics is by far my favorite class this semester and provides the only exercise I’ll get all year. For those who don’t know me, working out is on my list of things I would rather die than do (along with watch a full episode of “The Hills” and reread Wuthering Heights).
It’s the fact that I dropped a four-credit course and picked up a one-credit physical education class because I thought 15 credits was just too much to ask of myself. I also only took classes that begin after 11 every morning. My self-expectations sink lower and lower with each passing day. I’ve found that even the most basic everyday tasks have begun to feel like climbing Mt. Everest. Getting dressed in the morning seems like more hassle than it’s worth and showering consumes fifteen minutes of valuable sleep time—which is out of the question—so now I look like a bag lady everyday when I walk to class. My behavior reminds me of my junior year of high school when I was laid up for nearly two weeks after getting hit in the face with a baseball. A week before my junior prom I went to a local college baseball game with a friend. The first baseman overthrew a ball to third base—precisely where I was seated—and rocked me in the face with a ball. I was entirely too busy starring at the hot pitcher’s ass to pay attention to the game or
where the ball was being thrown and paid a heavy price. Back to the point, post-injury I would lie on the couch and moan until my Dad would come to wait on my every wish and desire. At first, it was all completely genuine. I couldn’t consume anything that wasn’t liquid or close to it and my pops makes delicious banana smoothies. But quickly I regained feeling in my face and movement of my jaw and my requests moved from bowls of Jello to four course meals and foot massages. Except now, despite the fact that my face is fully functional, I sprawl on my couch and beg my roommates to grab me a beer and make me a bagel. I would rather go hungry and die of thirst then get off my ass and do anything. And as bad as that sounds, it’s even worse when it comes to school and studying. I went to the library last night to study and instead started shopping online for supplies for my semester in Africa.... I leave in July. Instead of prepping for my mass media law quiz Monday morning,
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Year: Wisconsin ’09 Major: Religious Studies Hometown: Waukesha Religious Views: CatholicChristian Favorite books: I feel very strongly about Philip K. Dick Favorite Quest
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I sat in the Grainger Hall Library and husband shopped. Congrats tall, good-looking guy in the grey t-shirt and Brewers hat checking his Fantasy Team—you had really big hands and a sweet sunburn... apparently I’m attracted to that. I’m not yet concerned about my unwillingness to do anything, mostly because I haven’t faced anything daunting in class yet, besides Bonnie, my step aerobics teacher, telling us 10 percent of our class grade will come from exercise done outside of class. Just wondering, how much can failing a one-credit class really affect your GPA? I’m assuming eventually I’ll have to get over this senioritis. But I’m also sure that it’s going to get worse before it gets any better. So I offer a preemptive apology: If I smell or look dirty, fail to assist in any assignments involving group work or don’t show up to class for weeks at a time, I’m sorry. I’m a senior with a bad case of senioritis... I just can’t help it. Know any cures for senioritis that are easy and relatively effortless? Please share them with Jillian at jlevy2@wisc.edu.
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Is an explanation really needed? No? Good, because I don’t think anybody has a shot in the dark at figuring this one out. Just enjoy!
Interests: Being the poet of my life, tandem bicycles, The Pump
Most Embarrassing Item: The profile picture is too easy. Anyone notice he’s wearing a freakin’ bichon mutt in a Baby Björn with an apparent russian propaganda shirt on underneath? Is this even real? I’ll just move on to something more subtle: “Vision Quest.” The plot revolves around a high school wrestler determined to drop two weight classes until falling in love with a middle-aged woman en route to San Francisco, which jeopardizes his strict work out routine. The title sounds like the main character is going to work out to the point of having psychotic visions. Which actually—when compared to the drama of a prepubescent teen falling for a hippie who is staying at his house for a short period of time during wrestling season—sounds much more interesting. Stupid Fact About Your Hometown: Home to the oldest college in Wisconsin, Carroll College, where the first forward pass in the history of football was thrown when the school hosted St. Louis University on September 5, 1906. What a waste of a sweet football first. I’m betting if Waukesha was a cool place you would know about this tidbit... Missed Opportunities: I think only one original sonnet pleading viewers to “Make comfort into a wraith / Only then can your soul be saved,” is a crying shame. What if some people aren’t convinced you’re crazy from just one sample? An explanation/defense of ‘The Pump’ also seems necessary... Wait, scratch that last one, it could be ugly. Just put up more pictures of you wearing a dog in a freakin’ Baby Björn on your chest. No, scratch that too! A picture of you with the dog in a Baby Björn, while riding a tandem bike and wearing a Karl Marx shirt. Can someone arrange this? Cause he seems crazy enough to do it.
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Saving Grace: Simplicity. It doesn’t take long to look at this profile and get your fill of laughs. A religious studies major who speaks in sonnet form on half his page and wear’s a damn dog in a Baby Björn in his pic is bound to leave an impression on peers. I just wonder how it’s possible he doesn’t know how ridiculous that impression is...
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Student financial aid could increase if federal bill passes By Jessica Feld THE DAILY CARDINAL
Student financial aid could face major reforms if a new federal bill is passed that would invest $87 billion in higher education. The bill would increase maximum loan awards and increase funding to the community college system. The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 was the subject of a news conference held Tuesday by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Democratic lawmakers including U.S. Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., and U.S. Rep. Tim Bishop, D-N.Y. Miller, the author of the bill, said the proposed act would make college more affordable and increase student retention by reforming the established Federal Student Loan Program. Community colleges and elementary schools would also receive funding. “If this goes through, we can look every young person in the eye ... [and say], ‘Regardless of how tough the economy is, regardless of what’s going on at home, you’re going to have a chance to be successful and go to college and pursue your dreams,’” Duncan said. According to Bishop, the act would simplify the Federal
Application for Student Aid process and be more responsive to individual families. The Federal Perkins Loan Program, available to students with great financial need, would receive a $6 billion increase in funds. A separate $85 million would go toward historically black colleges and universities. The community college system could see a $12 billion investment. The act would also increase the maximum annual Pell Grant award to $5,500 in 2010 from the current $4,050 and would adjust it annually. The bill would focus $2.5 billion on increasing the nation’s college graduation rate through a “College Access and Completion Fund,” the first of its kind, according to the lawmakers. “This is the right thing financially, this is the right thing economically, this is the right thing educationally and this is the best investment we can make in our nation’s young people and in the long-term health and vitality of our nation’s economy,” Duncan said. On Wednesday, members of the House of Representatives will begin discussing the bill. Supporters of the bill hope to complete the amendment process by Thursday.
Assembly Democrats prioritize jobs, energy reform in agenda Democrats in the state Assembly launched their agenda for the fall session Tuesday, promising to create green energy jobs, look at home foreclosure rates and reform Supreme Court campaign financing. Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan, D-Janesville, and Majority Leader Tom Nelson, DKaukauna, said the agenda aims to “stand up for families” with the help of Assembly Republicans and the state Senate. Rebekah Sweeney, spokesperson for Sheridan, said the Assembly will work to boost jobs through the creation of new wind-energy projects. “Right now we have a patchwork of policies created by local governments, and what we would like to do is streamline that [and] create a level playing field [that will] hopefully support a growing green jobs economy,” she said. Jim Bender, spokesperson for state Assembly Minority Leader Jeff Fitzgerald, R-Horicon, said
climate from page 1 rising temperatures would have on fishing and tourism. According to Vimont, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change projected the future of climate change based on several different scenarios of human behavior. The scenarios ranged from human populations discontinuing the use of fossil fuels to one in which humans make no effort to combat climate change. Vimont said even in the bestcase scenario climate change is still a serious problem for the future. “We need to be able to adapt our natural systems and our planning
he was surprised Democrats were not proposing more initiatives encouraging job creation. Fitzgerald will hold a news conference Wednesday announcing bills related to job creation. Supreme Court campaign finance reform was another top priority outlined in the agenda. Sweeney said concerns surrounding the influence of money in Supreme Court races contributed to the drafting of the bill. She said the bill aims to ensure members of the Supreme Court are impartial. According to Bender, the campaign finance reform bill will be “an interesting issue” and support by rank-and-file members from both parties will be determined by the bill’s funding mechanism. Bender said the green energy jobs initiative and a bill that reforms drunken driving laws are “hot item” issues and will receive support from both sides of the aisle. —Hannah Furfaro for an inevitable amount of global change,” he said. Vimont added that regardless of the future of human behavior, carbon dioxide levels are already too high. “Carbon dioxide emissions have exceeded every one of the scenarios,” he said. Vimont and Kucharik’s research is part of the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts, a study that was aimed at analyzing the effects of climate change on Wisconsin’s industry, natural resources and human health. The presentation was sponsored by the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies.
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At the Madison Common Council meeting Tuesday night, Mayor Dave Cieslewicz (right) heard comments from many city residents who favor the proposal for a new Central Library downtown.
Residents show support for new library at Common Council By Josh Hilgendorf THE DAILY CARDINAL
Madison citizens expressed their support for the capital budget and construction of a new Central Library at Tuesday’s Common Council meeting. Many citizens cited the Central Library’s contribution to a vibrant downtown atmosphere, the number of jobs to be created during its construction and the unique economic situation as the key reasons for its importance. “It’s a very important investment the city should make in order to promote a community presence,” Todd Striker said. “It’s
the consolidation of knowledge for our community.” Supporters said the proposed library would act as a public meeting place and a hub for the other libraries in the Madison system. It would give depth to the system through specialized sources unavailable in the smaller branches. Scott Vaughn, a member of the Madison Board of Public Works, said the new Central Library would create 200 to 300 construction jobs. According to a member of the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, 20 percent of workers in the organization are out of work and are counting
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know about it are the people working in the building,” Kearney said. The building includes 15 union administrators, a night-time building manager and a morning custodian. According to Union Communications Director Marc Kennedy, merchandise sales last spring were $14,224, while part-time wages totaled $12,061, but expenses topped sales by $572 in the summer, not including overhead expenses. Kennedy said the transitional facility is important to serve the west-side campus community and accommodate UW-Madison organizations. Even if students begin using the building more, though, it will not be there long. UW-Madison Facilities Planning and Management Director Alan Fish recently announced the building will be torn down next summer and replaced with a $100 million Energy Institute paid for by the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Grant. The union’s offices and activities will have to be relocated then until the March 2011 planned opening date of the new south campus union. Breese Terrace Union is open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday.
affecting the students directly, so students need to voice their opinion on how their money is going to be spent,” she said. Templeton said the board would consist of five students appointed from the student body, one current member of the Student Council and ASM Chair Tyler Junger as chair. Additionally, he said Berquam and three students who serve on the current ASM Madison Initiative Oversight Committee will have speaking power within the new board but will be unable
influenza from page 1 “We are seeing everyone who wants to be seen,” he said. “So you can sort of look at it as a leveling off.” According to Roberts, UHS is still operating under its “surge” mode, which means some routine procedures like physicals may not be provided. He said other than providing fewer physicals, UHS is still operating normally. —Kelsey Gunderson
on the project for a job. Vaughn also said the current economic climate provides the perfect opportunity to build the library and waiting would only cost the city more in the future. “In this highly competitive construction environment the city will get great bid prices for this project,” he said. The council also voted to approve the report of the Alcohol License Review Committee, which recommended that the downtown Kollege Klub bar have its liquor license suspended from midDecember to early January. to vote on the actual proposals. According to Hanley, the board would be temporary and last only one year until ASM officials decide how its official structure should be. “If council moves to approve [the committee], then we can move forward with appointing students to the board and move forward with getting that process rolling,” Templeton said. The bill, which was co-sponsored by Junger, Templeton and Hanley, will be presented to the Student Council at Wednesday’s meeting along with a grant proposal for homecoming funds.
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he invisible force that is progress seems to constantly be wreaking havoc on the city of Madison. Someday, the city skyline will no longer be peppered with cranes and the streets won’t be covered with dump trucks, but that day keeps moving farther away. Last week, Madison’s Planning Department met to discuss what to do about the historic Mifflin Street area. Urban progress is not always pretty. Treasured districts are cast aside in favor of more efficient structures with less character, the face-lift smoothing out all those little lines of history. Regardless, we can’t forget that progress also holds the promise of a new beginning. It is time for the city of Madison to revamp Mifflin Street and the surrounding neighborhood; there is simply no point in delaying the inevitable any longer. But there are many directions this project can go. In order to ensure success and keep the integrity of the existing neighborhood, the effort must be composed of equal contributions from students, residents, and developers. At this point in time, Mifflin Street is a decaying collegiate neighborhood. It’s a textbook example of feedback loops and instability; students don’t take care of the houses and landlords don’t want to invest in fixing up houses that no one will care for. In the end no one benefits because rent remains high, and the quality of the house and property remain substantially under par.
It is time to revamp Mifflin Street; there is simply no point in delaying the inevitable any longer.
The biggest complaint that development faces is that any renovations to Mifflin Street will stifle the character of the area. Some old gothic-style houses and primarily student residences will have to be removed in order to update the street. The city cannot wait for the process of attrition to take the houses, and acting now is the right decision. Again, there is still plenty of room for proper discourse and an agreeable resolution for the neighborhood. The Mifflin developmental project should continue, but the developers must take the voices of their inhabitants into consideration. It’s not unfair to say that the developers should know exactly what the neighborhood’s residents and the population of Madison want for the neighborhood, and then give it to them. Again, this is a district that has defined Madison and the liv-
ing conditions of its student population for quite a while, so development must be cautious to leave some trace of the past neighborhood.
The effort must include equal contributions from students, residents, and developers to be succesful.
The Greenbush Neighborhood near Regent Street received a similar update some time ago. The area still fondly holds on to its past with illustrated plaques of remembrance and some more antique edifices like the Greenbush Bar and the Italian Workman’s Union building still standing. There is no reason that Mifflin Street cannot go the way of the Greenbush Neighborhood and redevelop with respect to its lush and storied past. Development should also combine the best of functionality and amenity to benefit the community as a whole. In a way, Lucky Apartments is a great example of a multi-use building. Although the mall space is not completely full, the shops and food court are fairly popular. They provide an alternative to State Street and are helping to spread out consumer traffic in the cramped Downtown Madison area. If the Mifflin Street neighborhood follows suit, perhaps the street could become a haven for local businesses and new entrepreneurial endeavors. Multi-purpose buildings seem to be the route more traveled these days, and there are plenty of tangible benefits that they bring along with them. However, we have been neglecting one of the bigger points of student and resident interest; the venerable Mifflin Street Block Party. The infamous block party started years ago in response to the Vietnam War and has taken its own route and assumed a different identity today. If we turn the page on Mifflin Street, will we lose the block party as well? Only time will really be able to tell, seeing that the party has lasted as long as it has. Last year, a proposition was made to move Mifflin to another block. If the city goes ahead with its plans, the party will always have its roots on Mifflin but will have to find a new home. It is difficult to sanction this development of Mifflin Street, a place that the student body is strongly attached to, but it is just part of the natural cycle of urban development. Madison is a growing city and that growth needs to make Mifflin as appealing as it can be.
Twitter tearing down sensible communication JAMIE STARK opinion columnist f you need a brief synopsis of what is wrong with society today, get a bucket ready, type twitter.com into your web browser, and vomit out all your hate for modern communication. If someone were to turn Facebook to glass, drop it and pick up a shard, that would be Twitter. It’s nothing more than a bedazzled Facebook status update. For some reason unbeknownst to me, old people have jumped on it like a Sinatra-themed Laz-boy. Apparently Facebook was too complicated with all its buttons and doo-hickeys. Thanks to Twitter, now the whole world can know instantly when John McCain awkwardly runs into Sarah and Todd Palin. Time magazine, an old media standard attempting to stay hip, dedicated a cover article to their claim that Twitter is permanently changing the way humans communicate. If people are going to communicate with LOLs, @ symbols and misspellings in under 140 characters, society as we know it will implode. Don’t think I’m a complete Luddite. Granted, I write for a glorified broadsheet, but I am on Facebook. I also have a blog, and I think, therefore I Google. Twitter is far inferior to such more common forms of de-personalized communication. It’s use actively dumbs down communication in this country. Each “tweet,” or post, maxes out at 140 characters, restricting creativity and information simply to worship at the altar of arbitrary character limitations. There is hope for those of us who enjoy genuine conversations. True, there is no turning back from the imminent future of impersonal, webbased communication. But alternatives to that atrocious Twitter, such as Woofer, offer to save creativity and the spread of reasonable amounts of information. Woofer is similar to Twitter, but each update must be a minimum of 1,400 characters. Perhaps the most poignant April Fool’s prank of this year came from the
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British newspaper The Guardian. The periodical published a piece on April 1 jokingly announcing that they would stop printing a daily and start disseminating news on Twitter. The Guardian gave examples of what past news would have looked like on Twitter, with faux Tweets including, “OMG Hitler invades Poland, allies declare war see tinyurl.com/ b5x6e for more;” and “JFK assassin8d @ Dallas, def. heard second gunshot from grassy knoll WTF?” The scariest part of that charade? Papers across the country are actually utilizing Twitter. Luckily, many are using the site to post links to actual, in-depth articles elsewhere, helping to extend the overall reach of the periodical. If large media companies continue operating under the impression that Twitter is a legitimate information tool, it may just become true. Even the university, with its prestigious School of Journalism, believes that students really care about a picture of a tree with fall colors on Bascom Hill, as posted on the UW Madison News Twitter account. Scott Walker announced his run for governor of Wisconsin on Twitter. Now the two leading elephants in the gubernatorial race are Twittering their guts out. If either Walker or Mark Neumann win the state with the help of Twitter, I will promptly retract this
entire column. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced his candidacy for governor of California on Twitter. Newsom undoubtedly hopes such a “tech-savvy” move will help him win all the internet addicts who put Barack Obama in the White House. But how can we stymie the loss of face-to-face contact? Something must be getting lost in the translation from analog thought to emoticon. From campaigns to conversations, the people we see day to day should matter most. The best result of this breakdown in human communication is Conan O’Brien’s Twitter Tracker segment on the Tonight Show. O’Brien, a Harvard man, can see that the fad of celebrities letting us know when they’re eating is laughable and hopefully a temporary trend. Our generation, the generation of MTV reality shows, Mountain Dew addictions, and now Tweeting, needs to slow down before the upcoming socialized medicine requires a daily Ritalin supplement. That damn baby-blue Twitter bird isn’t helping our attention spans. And we need those to study. Jamie Stark is a sophomore intending to major in journalism and political science. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
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On the new ‘Beatles Rock Band’ from Harmonix, the world’s finest mop-top poppers play their legendary songs in eclectic backgrounds suited to their often flowery arrangements.
‘Beatles’ a revolution New Rock Band game brings the Fab Four to virtual life
By Mark Riechers THE DAILY CARDINAL
Just as there are Beatles people and there are Rolling Stones people, there are Rock Band people and Guitar Hero people. You can like both, but you have to choose a favorite. I can certainly say upfront that I’m a Rock Band person, and thankfully for all of us, the Beatles certainly seemed to agree with my preferences. Harmonix won the Fab Four over with their superior reverence for the music their games pay homage to. “The Beatles Rock Band” cements Harmonix as the finest music game developers in the world—sorry Neversoft, but not all of us think having Kurt Cobain sing “You Give Love a Bad Name” in “Guitar Hero 5” shows respect for the artist’s spirit.
You’ll attract onlookers just trying to figure out what’s happening in the background.
Truthfully, the actual game design of “The Beatles Rock Band” has more in common with “Guitar Hero 2” than the latest iteration of Rock Band—rather than a collection of open venues to choose from, booting up the story mode of “BRB” starts you at the Cavern Club, the venue where the Beatles were first discovered. You must beat each song in that set list to proceed to “The Ed Sullivan Show,” and so on through the Beatlemania years and eventually Abbey Road Studios, with fantastic animated transitions between each change in time period. This makes for a much more rigid experience—you don’t have a lot of choices right away—but realistically, the odds of players wanting to skip any songs is pretty slim. These are all Beatles tracks after all, no “inspired by the group” junk like we saw in “Guitar Hero: Aerosmith.” Behind the scenes and other bonus documentary footage boost the authenticity of the game as a documentation of the Beatles’ career. Naturally, the game sounds amazing—every song employs those lovely 2009 masters. Turn it up and enjoy each chord of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” and the twangs of “I Saw Her Standing
There.” They made great use of takes and sound bites as well—Ed Sullivan introduces the band for their famous TV appearance, you can hear the four talking about a second take of “Get Back” and, of course, Ringo screams “I’ve got blisters on me fingers!” when you beat “Helter Skelter.”
you will want to play and replay and replay these songs, and with the party potential of the Beatles library, in addition to the promise that every Beatles album will eventually be available as downloadable content, there’s still a lot of value to the game.
GAME REVIEW Mumbling the words in tune will get you through most songs, which will only bug people who can actually sing.
Harmonix The Beatles Rock Band Visually, the game is still pretty similar to “Rock Band” with a 1960s palette swap. Deploying “Beatlemania,” the game’s version of overdrive (or Star Power for you GH fans), throws flowers and streamers all over the fret board and kicks the crowds of teenage girls in the background into a deafening frenzy. John, Paul, George and Ringo are rendered in a cartoonish style to match the period in which they’re playing—from the mop tops to the crazy, furry suits from the video for “I Am the Walrus.” The sets are accurate early in the game, before moving into fantastical drug trips from the Abbey Road studio that take us through skies with diamonds and octopus’s gardens. You’ll attract onlookers just trying to figure out what’s happening in the background. No revolutions on the technical front, but who said we wanted one? Same great guitar game, this time with more complex bass and singing parts due to the increase in harmonizing on Beatles tracks— though you Metallica fans will likely find little challenge here apart from maybe “Helter Skelter” or “Revolution.” You can sing with up to three vocalists now, but the word detection is still forgiving enough that singing is still hardly skillbased—mumbling the words in tune will get you through most songs, which will only bug people who can actually sing. You get 45 Beatles songs on the disc, ranging from “Twist and Shout” to “I Me Mine.” It might sound like a lot, but dedicated players will probably blast through the game in one marathon play session of three to four hours. But
It’s a short yet sweet experience, but Beatles fans won’t be disappointed. Now we just need Harmonix to get going on the “Rolling Stones Rock Band.” Grade: AB
ot everyone reads. I’ve always had this sneaking and somewhat disturbing suspicion. To tell you the truth, sometimes I’d wake up in a cold sweat at the thought that someone, somewhere, actually does not like reading. Ever. Fortunately, like the night terrors I get after watching “The Descent,” the rocking back and forth ends when the sun comes up, and once again there’s enough light to read by. I renew my faith in my own personal religion, which doubles as a fantasy, where I believe everyone reads books and likes it. Unfortunately I still have this sneaking suspicion most people revert to Facebook and Twitter for their daily doses of “literature.” What I really want to do is bring the book back from the afterlife where it resides. Call it “Dawn of the Dead(words)” or “The Exorcist (of literature).” Aside from the embarrassingly titled comeback for books, my mission from now, until well, forever, is to bring the English nerd out in all my fellow peers. I know it’s hidden in the depths of everyone’s soul, that unspoken need to read something other than, “At the library! Ikno KRAZY right? Lolz.” My quest is to help everyone, including those science and math people who, from what I can tell, basically avoid the written word like the plague. I’m also pretty sure the last “classic” book for a lot of people began with “good night” and ended with “moon.” If my obsessive need to help
people read is scaring you, don’t worry. I’ll start off slow. Not everyone feels the need for their summer reading list to include “Anna Karenina” or “Moby Dick” (though I thought the raunchy metaphors involved were hilarious). Even starting off with movies could be a good idea. Who doesn’t remember seeing, or being dragged to, “Pride and Prejudice” a la Kiera Knightly? Wait, before turning away in disgust of yet another descriptor of that sappy love story, stop, and imagine how much better it would be with zombies. That’s right Elizabeth Bennet, her immortal love Mr. Darcy and zombies. No, it’s not a b-list movie no one’s ever heard of, someone has written it. “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith can now be found in bookstores that exist other than in my own imagination. Now instead of falling asleep over a love story, Mr. Darcy will appear in everyone’s dreams covered in gore from fighting off brain-eating zombies. Maybe I’m wrong. It is possible people who don’t appreciate love stories or zombies are out there, though I seriously doubt these people exist. Even so, a book for these imaginary people, who probably prefer nonfiction with coloring and stickers, can be obtained. For example the old but still good, “I Am America (And So Can You)” by Stephen Colbert includes the things listed above as well as surveys, dance lessons and games. Really, barely any reading involved. Now that I’ve covered reading material for even the most obstinate of readers, I don’t have to worry anymore... right? Think the novel is dead and not even zombies can resurrect it? Tell Alex at kuskowski@wisc.edu
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Today’s Sudoku
Evil Bird
By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu
Angel Hair Pasta
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Sid and Phil
By Alex Lewein alex@sidandphil.com
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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.
Today’s Crossword Puzzle
The Graph Giraffe
Charlie and Boomer
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Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com MISTY SINGING ACROSS 1 A beatnik beats it 6 One on the Mohs scale 10 Breeds, so to speak 14 “He’s ___ nowhere man” (Beatles lyric) 15 Away illegally, in a way 16 Author Richard Henry 17 Boy with a sling 18 Place Linda Ronstadt sang about 20 Word in a Gibson film title 22 ___ Heel (native of North Carolina) 23 Absolute (Abbr.) 24 With a fresh twist 26 Part of a baby bottle 28 Place Bobby Darin sang about 33 “FoxTrot” cartoonist 34 Word with “square” or “loved” 35 Subtle alert 39 Built up, as a fortune 42 Tiler’s assistant, perhaps 44 Traditional Indian garment 45 Twin of Bert Bobbsey 47 “Bewitched” aunt 48 Place Otis Redding sang about it 52 Barely get by
55 “Shoulda, woulda, coulda” one 56 East on a grandfather clock 57 Tribute in verse 59 Like a clarinet 63 Place Audrey Hepburn sang about 66 Arid-area refuges 68 “If all ___ fails “ 69 Wolfe of detective fiction 70 Not mounted, as a gem 71 Embankment 72 Chew on wood 73 Adjective for Burpee’s business? DOWN 1 Word with “blood” or “dog” 2 Kind of communication 3 “Party of Five” actress Campbell 4 A limp affects it 5 Experienced people 6 Ancient writing surface 7 Hole producer 8 Awkward brute 9 Ajax or Bon Ami 10 Apple cider gal 11 Easy basketball score 12 Dealey Plaza feature 13 Fry in butter 19 Certain French cheese 21 “So then what?”
25 What Horton heard 27 Inflammatory elevation of the skin 28 Sounds from the flock 29 Thompson of “Sense and Sensibility” 30 Wine-list datum 31 A type of football kick 32 2012 Olympics host (Abbr.) 36 Quick thrust 37 “... ___, whatever will be, will be” 38 Something to carry a round? 40 Putting into cipher 41 S. ___ (Neb. neighbor) 43 Moderately orangeyellow 46 “... neither the time ___ the place” 49 Ammonia attribute 50 Plow line 51 Peg with an indentation 52 Acted wordlessly 53 Garlicky mayonnaise 54 Newsstand structure 58 “Don’t ___ think about it!” 60 Swede’s neighbor 61 To be, in Latin 62 Home delivery paper? 64 Premaritally named 65 ___ of Good Feelings 67 Unclean locale
You Can Run
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volleyball from page 8 Wisconsin head coach Pete Waite said Monday that Ohlander has been a big part of the team so far this season. “Elle Ohlander in the middle is stepping up,” he said. “We knew there were about four middles that were very close, but she’s really been the one stepping up to be the most consistent.” Waite also talked about the play of sophomore setter Janelle Gabrielsen, who has spent the beginning of this season adjusting to her role as the only setter on the floor. “Nellie Gabrielsen as a setter is someone who’s never set a singlesetter offense in her life and so this is new for her,” he said. “She’s becoming much more offensive as
it’s allowed, able to set the slide set behind more often.” Both Badgers will use Wednesday’s meeting as a final warm-up for their respective conference seasons. Waite added that he wants the team to work against Green Bay in preparation for the rigors of their Big Ten schedule. “Instead of just preparing for a match, you’re preparing to be a better team and individually improve on some thing as far as their techniques or footwork, things like that,” he said. The Badgers and Phoenix will face off Wednesday night at the Kress Center in Green Bay, with first serve set for 7 p.m. —uwbadgers.com contributed to this report.
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chances at playoff spots, as opposed to the virtual impossible chances those two teams have now. The bottom line is, late in the season, more teams would be fighting for playoff spots, making the sport more relevant to fans late in the season. Allowing five teams into the postseason would give the league other advantages as well. Under the five-team format, two wild cards would enter the postseason. Thus the two wild-card teams would play each other in a one-game playoff the Monday after the conclusion of the regular season, creating a dramatic game that would surely tantalize all baseball fans. This five-team structure would also address one of baseball’s recent problems, which is the soft path wild-card teams can take to the World Series, and the lack of reward for division and league regular season winners. Because home-field advantage is worthless in baseball, each year the wild card has as high a chance of qualifying for or even winning the World Series as other times. Since the inception of the wild card in 1995, nine wild cards have played in the World Series, and four have won it. But a one-game playoff between wild cards the day after the season ends and the day before the first round of the playoffs means wild card winners may have to travel Sunday night, burn their best starters Monday, then, if successful, must turn around and travel to another city for their next game Tuesday. This would not only make advancing deep into the postseason for wild cards more difficult, but it would also add significance to the race for the regular season league title. Currently in the National League, Los Angeles, St. Louis and Philadelphia are all within 2.5 games of each other for first place. But under the four-team system, who really cares who comes out on top? You don’t get a bye, home field advantage is virtually meaningless and the wild card team you’re facing is just as well rested as you are. But if the league had the onegame playoff, the No. 1 seed would get to face a more tired team, which in all likelihood burned its best starting pitcher the day before and will only get to throw him once in a short series. Despite my injury-devastated Mets being entirely out of the postseason hunt, I could see myself fascinated with the conclusion the regular season with a higher amount of more relevant races. But with only a handful of meaningful games remaining this season, I’ll stay focused on the Badgers and the Jets. Like the current playoff format, or have a better idea? E-mail Scott at kellogg2@wisc.edu.
hopefully the worst is behind us,” Bielema added. Football is not the only sport that has been taking precautions and dealing with the threat of a virus spreading through the team. Men’s soccer head coach Todd Yeagley said some players on his team have come down with flulike symptoms in the past few weeks, and that players have been
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lack, so he’s worked to pass on that knowledge and understanding of how to view the game from behind center. “It’s kind of unique, and it’s fun. Obviously I’m the live signaler, I do all the signals. I’m the one that it goes straight through. I’m talking to coach [Paul] Chryst during the games,” Sherer said. “It’s kind of fun, because being 22 years old, coach Chryst even asks my opinion about a lot of things. So it’s kind of cool to know that he has that kind of trust in me still.” Tolzien credited Sherer for playing a calming role on the sidelines, helping him to filter
through and process the advice coaches were giving him. Playing before over 80,000 people, a quarterback will be rattled at some point, and Sherer helps them find how the can best handle it, drawing on his experience watching players like John Stocco and Allan Evridge. Both young signal callers pointed to the fact that Sherer had quite recently been in their shoes as something that has been a big help early in the season. “Sometime coach Chryst will say something one way and then he can turn that into, ‘alright, well coach Chryst says it like this and I’d read through it like this,’” Phillips said. “So you get the best
of both worlds.” What Tolzien, Phillips and Chryst made clear was that the decision to stay was a direct sign of the kind of character Sherer has. The respect for teammates and coaches kept him in Madison, and his ability to overcome a rought situation has earned him some respect in return. Many college football players have just abandoned their teams when their opportunity for individual success was missed, but Sherer would not. “There’s been guys that haven’t [stuck with the team] and I think it speaks to what kind of character the guy has,” Chryst said of Sherer. “He’s big time, I love the kid.”
doing everything possible to avoid spreading the virus. “If any guys do have the sniffles we’re making sure they get in to see our doctors right away. We’re being very pro-active,” Yeagley said. “So if we have anyone that’s not feeling well, we make sure they see the doctor right away.” Players on the team have been given personal bottles of hand sanitizer and told to wash their hands as often as possible, and
water at practice is served from personal cups instead of shared team water bottles. Senior forward Scott Lorenz said he has not contracted the virus, and that he is trying hard to keep it that way. “You do what you can, you wash your hands all the time,” he said, adding that he tells other players to wash their hands “up to 30 times a day.” Despite those efforts, Lorenz
said he is “not really that nervous” about catching the virus, and that “for the most part I put my body in the right position to take care of itself.” For Yeagley, losing a player to H1N1 or any other virus can be an issue, but it is simply something coaches have to adapt and deal with. “If we have somebody that’s out, [we will] be ready to get the the next guy in,” he said.
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Sherer uses experience to help Badgers mature By Ben Breiner THE DAILY CARDINAL
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Coaches say Dustin Sherer has become a coach and mentor for the young quarterbacks on the Wisconsin football team.
Most people would get discouraged when something they worked four years for didn’t work out. They might quit, try to escape the disappointment, or even get mad. Dustin Sherer isn’t like most people. The senior started the final seven games of the 2008 season, but at the end of the summer found himself on the losing end of a quarterback competition. Instead of pouting, he chose to accept and build on what happened and has now become a mentor to the younger quarterbacks and almost another coach. “I can’t say enough about Dustin Sherer, I can’t pay him, the NCAA won’t let us, but he is becoming a very, very good assistant quarterback coach,” Bielema said. “He’s in the guy’s ears, and for him to be in that situation, that’s special to watch
as a coach.” Wisconsin was 4-3 with Sherer as a starter, but during the summer he grew more aware that practice reps were being shifted away from him and to junior Scott Tolzien and freshman Curt Phillips. Sure, he’d thrown for nearly 1,400 yards, but as the season grew closer, he became pretty sure about what would happen. When Sherer learned the news that he had indeed lost the starting spot, his first thought was to transfer to a division II school where he could play out his final year of eligibility. After talking with his father and high school coach, he made the decision to stay. “I kind of looked back, I spent a lot of years at Wisconsin, I’ve worked really hard to be here,” Sherer said. “I want to stick around with the team because I’ve got a lot of friends here, I’ve got a
Athletic Department bracing for H1N1 impact By Nico Savidge THE DAILY CARDINAL
For many students, contracting the H1N1 virus is a major concern. Coming down with a case of the virus means being quarantined at home and potentially falling behind in school work. But for student athletes, the effects of the virus can be even worse. Not only do they miss class time, they could also be forced to stay away from practices and games for the team they play for. Even if they do try to quarantine themselves, the close quarters many teams share could mean spreading the virus to teammates and coaches. Multiple teams within the Wisconsin Athletic Department have been affected by the virus, and have tried to stop its spread within their locker rooms. Although it was never confirmed as the H1N1 virus, many players on the Wisconsin football team came down with flu-like symptoms in the week before last Saturday’s game against Fresno State.
The team closed practice to the media Sept. 8 after multiple players came down with symptoms over the weekend. Early team figures estimated that the number of players suffering symptoms was in the low double digits. However, after Saturday’s victory over Fresno State, Bielema said more than 40 players had flu-like symptoms and six had to be put on IVs. Bielema also said sophomore defensive back Aaron Henry had to sit out most of the Fresno State game after coming down with severe symptoms. In his Monday press conference, Bielema said he thinks whatever players have been getting has mostly run its course for the team, but added that team doctors had told him “you’re never going to be totally through [the flu].” “We had two new guys pop up yesterday,” he said. “So we’re kind of just going off what our medical staff and trainers have told us.” “You’ve just got to give them plenty of rest at that time and flu page 7
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He instead focused on helping the two players who would hold his former job. His experience is the main attribute Tolzien and Phillips sherer page 7
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matches at the Bowling Green Invitational in Bowling Green, Ohio, including a 3-to-0 sweep of the host Falcons. At 4-4, Wisconsin has alternated wins and losses this season. Meanwhile, Green Bay started its season losing four straight matches, but went on to win three of its next five. In order to quell the hot Phoenix, the Badgers will depend on the consistent play of senior outside hitter Brittney Dolgner and sophomore middle back Elle Ohlander. The duo received all-tournament honors in South Bend.
If you’re a typical sports fan like me, you spent last weekend consumed by football, with a great college football Saturday followed by the opening weekend for the NFL. The beginning of a new football season excites me more than most parts of sports, but what it has done for me is put baseball on the backburner, and I don’t think I’m alone in this. Major League Baseball may always play second fiddle to the NFL and college football in September, but it shouldn’t fade from fans’ attention this much, considering this is the final month of MLB’s regular season and the playoff chase is in full swing. To close the gap, Major League Baseball must make some changes, mostly with its playoff system. The best change to make would be to change the number of playoff teams in each league from four to five. This idea has gotten some support from sites such as ESPN.com in the past, but not nearly enough press as it should. As of Sept. 15, only two teams not currently in playoff position are within five games of a playoff spot, those being San Francisco and Texas, which are 3.5 and 4.5 games behind its league’s wild card leader, respectively. This means just four teams are in somewhat close races for the final playoff spot, leaving most of baseball’s fans bored. If five squads in each league qualified for the playoffs, Florida, Atlanta and the Chicago Cubs would all be within three games of a playoff spot. The five-team playoff system wouldn’t affect the American League as much as the National League this year, but it would give teams such as Seattle and Tampa Bay outside
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Aaron Henry is one of many student-athletes on the Wisconsin football team who have come down with flu-like symptoms recently.
Non-conference schedule ends with match in Green Bay The Badgers will look for Elle Ohlander to continue her strong play as they prepare to face Big Ten opponents.
“I can’t pay him, the NCAA won’t let us, but he is becoming a very very good assistant quarterback coach.”
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lot of respect for a lot of the guys on this team, and I have a lot of respect for the quarterbacks that I play with. I think that it was just a decision that was kind of hard for me at first, something I kind of got over.”
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The Wisconsin volleyball team will add another chapter to its intrastate rivalry with UW-Green Bay as the Badgers head north to face off with the Phoenix Wednesday night. Wisconsin (0-0 Big Ten, 4-4 overall) comes into the meeting after splitting a pair of matches at the Notre Dame Invitational in South Bend, Ind. The Badgers dropped a four-set match to the host Fighting Irish before defeating the New Mexico State Aggies in three straight sets. Green Bay (0-0 Horizon, 3-6 overall) enters Wednesday’s contest after taking two of three