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Campus safety report finds more sexual assults, fewer burglaries Report also shows drop in alcohol violations due to policy change

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While many fans made it into the game without a problem, between 70 and 80 fans were turned away because of fake tickets.

Ticket scams, arrests high at football game

By Taylor Harvey The Daily Cardinal

Officials kept busy Saturday attending to dozens of fans who fell victim to ticket scams, as well as ejecting 43 students from Camp Randall Stadium because of inappropriate or illegal behavior.

According to UW Athletics External Director Justin Doherty, between 75 and 80 tickets people were denied entry to the Nebraska game due to bad tickets.

Doherty said that while taking chances buying tickets from a third party “doesn’t have anything to do with [the athletics department],” the department “obviously advises people to be careful because [people] don’t always know what [they] are going to get.”

In addition to the increase in ticket scams, police distributed almost twice the amount of cita-

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Walker’s chief of staff resigns to work in recall Samy Moskol The Daily Cardinal

Gov. Scott Walker’s Chief of Staff Keith Gilkes announced to the cabinet Friday he would resign from his post to work for Walker’s campaign, which will likely prepare Walker for a possible recall election in January.

Gilkes, who was Walker’s campaign manager during the 2010 gubernatorial election, became his chief of staff in January when Walker took office. Now the lead advisor on the campaign committee, he said he plans to highlight the administration’s efforts to “get our state government and economy headed in the right direction.”

“Working with our grassroots supporters, we can share with voters the initial successes of the government reforms proposed by Governor Walker,” Gilkes said in a statement to the Republican Party of Wisconsin.

Walker appointed former Deputy Chief of Staff Eric Schutt to take over as his chief of staff Oct 8. Walker also announced former Policy Director Ryan Murray will be the deputy chief of staff, with former Health Care and Education Policy Advisor Kimberly Liedl assuming the position of policy director.

Walker also appointed former Legislative Liaison Cindy Polzin as legislative director and added another spokesperson, Julie Lund, to his staff.

Walker changed his staff just days after Republican lawmakers scrutinized a Government Accountability Board decision to validate printed, downloadable recall petitions.

But Democrats argued if the GAB’s decision was deemed illegitimate, it would be harder for groups to organize a recall

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Sexual assaults at UW-Madison increased in 2010 compared to 2009, while burglaries and alcohol violations decreased, according to a recent report.

The 2010 UW-Madison Campus Crime Statistics report details crime statistics over the last three years occurring on campus and in certain university owned off-campus buildings.

Dean of Students Lori Berquam said the findings bring both concern and hope.

According to Berquam, sexual assault is the biggest problem on campus with the 13 sexual offenses reported last year, an increase from 11 reported in 2009.

“Sexual assault is a problem on every college campus across the United States and it’s one that I worry about,” she said.

Berquam said a large concern is crimes that go unreported, such as some sexual assaults, because the victims feel ashamed.

The most significant change from 2009 was the number of liquor law violations, which dropped from 2,738 to 1,107 in 2010.

According to Berquam, the drop did not occur from behavioral changes, but because minor alcohol violations in resident’s halls are no longer recorded in the university’s database.

Berquam said she believes a new program that places students in intervention sessions following an alcohol violation will further decrease the number of violations next year.

Additionally, the report showed a decrease in burglary from 83 reported in 2009 to 57 reported in 2010.

Recently, campus area alders have cautioned using the Southwest Bike Path, which runs through campus neighborhoods and by the Smith Residence Hall, after local police cited an uptake in crime citywide.

After a number of robberies on the path, Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, cautioned in September against using it.

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Badger fans welcomed ESPN’s “College Gameday” to Bascom Hill Saturday morning. Although co-host Lee Corso (second from right) predicted a Nebraska victory, Wisconsin won 48-17.

“…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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UW study finds correlation between Facebook posts, students’ alcohol abuse

By Dani Golub The Daily Cardinal

A UW-Madison study shows college students who post about getting drunk on Facebook are more likely to have severe alcohol problems in the future.

Dr. Megan Moreno, assistant professor of pediatrics at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, led the study, which analyzed more than 300 randomly sampled Facebook profiles of University of Washington and UW-Madison underage undergraduate students.

“The findings help us say if you have a friend or a cousin or someone who’s really posting about drinking dangerously there’s a good chance that’s actually happening,” she said.

Researchers split students’ profiles into three categories: Students who did not post alcohol references, students who posted alcohol references but did not mention intoxication and students who posted “getting wasted,” “blacking out,” or other terms linked with alcohol abuse.

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“Overall fans at the game and those who celebrated the victory afterward were very respectful and safe.”

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Police said 77 people were ejected from Camp Randall Stadium, including 43 students,

Researchers then asked the students to participate in an online survey called Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test or AUDIT, which is used to identify and measure drinking problems.

According to Moreno, the results showed students who posted about dangerous drinking habits were more likely to have high AUDIT scores that suggest severe drinking problems.

According to Moreno, students who scored highest on the AUDIT test were six times more likely to have been injured in the last year due to alcohol than those who scored low.

Moreno said she was interested to find students who posted alcohol references without mentioning intoxication scored similarly on the AUDIT test to the rest of the country.

“I think [these findings] are really critical because it means every time you see an alcohol reference, you don’t need to freak out,” she said.

Alex DiTullio contributed to this report. for underage drinking and possession of alcohol.

UWPD said 36 people were arrested at Saturday night’s game, and 26 of those arrested were UW-Madison students.

Most were arrested for underage drinking.

Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said considering the amount of people who came to Madison this weekend, Wisconsin fans represented the city well.

“It’s typical to see arrests and ejections at Camp Randall,” Resnick said. “Overall fans at the game and those who celebrated the victory afterward were very respectful and safe.”

There were 40 citations distributed in total.

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After their past fraternity house burned down in 2008, Sigma Phi Epsilon celebrated the grand opening of their recently constructed 12,500-square-foot house Friday.

Sig Ep celebrates new house Corinne Burgermeister The Daily Cardinal

Alumni and current members of Sigma Phi Epsilon held a ceremony to celebrate the grand opening of their newly built house Friday night.

The $2.2 million, 12,500-square-foot house has three floors and a finished basement, and is built at 237 Langdon St., the same lot as their old house, which burned down in 2008.

The Greek letters that hung outside Sig Ep’s previous house are one of the only things to survive the fire and are displayed in a room members call the “man cave” with couches, TVs and tables.

“It’s a nice house, a nice place

to live,” said Reed Peterson, Vice President of Housing and former Sig Ep member. “It’s a place you can bring your parents and not be embarrassed.”

The house has been designated a residential learning community because of the amount of space allotted specifically for academic use. Features include a library, a study room and an apartment for the building’s resident scholar—a graduate student on call for homework help and studying.

Although the new house will be an important gathering place for fraternity members, Peterson said not having a house for the last three years did not tend to lower pledge class numbers.

“Guys join for the guys,” Peterson said. “Having a house is just a bonus.”

Peterson said his favorite part of the house is a lighted turret that emits a bright green light, which can change color, on the upper deck of the front porch. The upper deck offers a view both ways down Langdon street.

Peterson said the completion of the new house would not have been possible without the help of many donors, including Sig Ep alumni, Wally Doud and Jere Fluno.

Both said they are happy with the finished project and think everyone who lives in the house should consider themselves lucky.

“It’s awesome,” Fluno said. “I’m considering going back to school.”

Marijuana legalization march concludes Harvestfest Marijuana enthusiasts marched up State Street to support the drug’s legalization, smoke and listen to music during the 41st annual Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest Festival over the weekend.

According to one hemp bags vendor who wished to remain

anonymous, the festival is a chance for activists to “talk about the legalization of marijuana, the recreational use of marijuana and to prove the fact marijuana is not a dangerous drug like they say it is.”

Supporters and participants marched in a parade down State Street to witness the band Nama

Rupa perform on the Capitol steps, which started at 4:20 p.m.

Bands, including Taki All Stars, Groovulous Glove and The Dave Band played in Library Mall Saturday and Sunday.

Vendors sold tobacco products, bags, incense, hemp bags and bongs to the public.

Young Progressives petition for UW to update student IDs

By Rachel Hahn The Daily Cardinal

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With Gov. Scott Walker potentially facing a recall election, his chief of staff resigned to prepare for the campaign.

resign from page 1 against Walker.

“It will give Governor Walker the chance to slow down and muck up the recall process when, coincidentally, the next recall election may very well be that of Governor Walker,” state

Sen. Fred Risser, D-Madison, said in a statement.

Democratic groups planning to launch a recall of Walker began meeting across the state last week to discuss campaign strategies. Campaigning at earliest could begin Nov. 5, a year after Walker was elected.

The Young Progressives submitted a petition with more than 6,000 signatures Friday to Chancellor David Ward requesting the UW-Madison administration amend student IDs to comply with a new law requiring a photo ID to vote.

The group circulated two petitions, gaining roughly 1,000 UW student signatures in 10 days and 5,700 state-wide signatures in around 60 hours.

Young Progressives Vice President Sam Gehler said he supports whatever method would be the most efficient and expedient way to modernize student IDs.

crime from page 1 “Although convenient for folks to get around,” Verveer said, “these days people shouldn’t be using the bike path alone after dark.”

According to Berquam, the bike path’s location makes it easy

“It’s important that the majority of progressives in the state and here on campus [is] behind spending the money on updating IDs because it’s important that students have the right to vote,” Gehler said.

The voter ID law that goes into effect Jan. 1 allows for the use of student IDs to vote provided they have a signature, issuance date and expiration date.

But since no Wisconsin university or college currently uses an ID with those features, the Government Accountability Board recently decided to allow universities to put stickers with the three qualifications on IDs to be used for voting. Those stickers would be a much cheaper alterna-

tive to replacing IDs, altogether.

Republican lawmakers then requested the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules review the GAB decision, which is under review by the Joint Committee. If the decision is overturned, universities would have to update their IDs for students to use them in voting.

UW Dean of Students Lori Berquam said in an interview with the Daily Cardinal that the administration has considered updating IDs, but is concerned with the “price tag”.

“I can think of nothing more disdaining to me than putting in place a roadblock to turn students away from voting,” Berquam said.

for muggers to attack their victims and make a quick getaway.

Berquam said she’s very proud of the campus’s student organizations for encouraging people to make safe choices, such as walking in a well-lit area with a small group.

Still, she said students on campus sometimes underestimate how dangerous the campus is in comparison with their hometowns.

“Living in an urban community means that you might do things differently than you would have done at home,” she said.

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D-Box seats bound to rock audience’s world david cottrell co-ttrell it on the mountain

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espite the major movie studios’ absolute infatuation with 3-D (or perhaps, more accurately, the inflated box office hauls that inevitably accompany 3-D) it seems like its popularity among the general public has once again peaked and is beginning to wane, just like it did 50 years ago when the iconic red-and-blue glasses were still in use.

Sony drove one more nail into mainstream 3-D’s coffin this past week when it announced that, beginning next summer, it would no longer be subsidizing glasses for its 3-D films, placing the extra burden instead on movie theaters and—most likely—ultimately the consumer.

This is quite a bold move considering that Sony’s summer 2012 tentpole film, “The Amazing Spiderman,” is currently being filmed by Madison-native Marc Webb in 3-D. I can’t imagine that the deluge of 3-D films will continue if more studios follow suit.

They say these things are cyclical, and perhaps that saying is right. In a few decades, 3-D may come roaring back into style, but in the mean time movie theaters are still facing the onslaught of home televisions larger than 60 inches and a plethora of instant high definition download and streaming services all competing to get your movie bucks.

Theaters have been exploring new ways to make the theater-going experience worth the effort, from cutting-edge digital 3-D projectors, to luxury, fully reclining seats, to in-theater food and bar service.

It’s all about giving you something that you just can’t get at home. To that end, a new high-tech theatrical innovation has been slowly but surely working it’s way into American movie theaters and may be looking to pry an extra few dollars from your wallet very soon.

D-Box seats, which have been rolled out to about 100 theaters nationwide, purport to set a new standard for movie immersion.

Described by its creators as “where art meets technology meets cinema,”

a D-Box seat is a “high-technology motion system” that is synchronized with a specific ‘Motion Code’ for each movie—sort of like a soundtrack, except written to coincide with the movie’s action. The seats vibrate, yank and sway like a motion simulator ride in tune with the movie.

Each outfitted auditorium has a few rows of D-Box seats that can be reserved for an extra $8 surcharge that’s split between D-Box’s creators, the studio and the theater itself.

While the prospect of potentially upchucking your gallon of greased popcorn and jumbo Slurpee may put some off the D-Box, thankfully the seats’ creators had the foresight to equip the seats with a self-adjuster so each theatergoer can adjust the intensity of his experience. This freedom of choice in intensity is something that certainly can’t be said of 3-D—take the glasses off after getting tired of the 3-D visuals and you’ll be even worse off.

While I certainly wouldn’t advocate widespread use across all genres, in the right circumstance I can see the potential—as long as the motion isn’t abused and overused. If the motion is too drastic, these seats could easily jolt you out of the context of the film and turn the experience into a twohour Disney World ride.

The experience must be enhancing and not distracting—a balance point which most 3-D movies couldn’t find with GPS and Google Maps combined. As is the case with 3-D, just because the technology is available, it’s not always appropriate to use. The new “Fast and Furious” movie? Sure thing. The new Aaron Sorkin flick? Perhaps not. (I would’ve loved to be a fly on the wall watching Baz Luhrmann justify shooting the new “Great Gatsby” in 3-D.) Will motion-simulating movie seats be the way of the future or merely the next gimmick to get you to spend your hard earned dollars? While D-Box seats are steadily increasing their market penetration, they have yet to come to any theaters in Wisconsin. However, if you find yourself in Chicagoland or the Twin Cities, you can try them out first hand at either the Muvico Theater in Rosemont, Ill. or the Mall of America theaters and decide for yourself.

Can’t wait to have your world rocked by D-Box seats? Let David know at dcottrell@wisc.edu

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The Celtic, brash and sassy sounds of Imelda May are Madison-bound. Toting a range of genrebending labels (blues, jazz, rockabilly), she will be performing Thursday night at the Majestic.

Mayhem hits Madison

By Sean Reichard The Daily cardinal

Adjust your knickers folks: Imelda May hits town Monday, Oct. 3. The Irish born singer, a sensation in the U.K., will be bringing her own distinct mélange of American styles— blues, jazz, rockabilly, etc.—from her latest album, Mayhem, as well as earlier efforts Love Tattoo and No Turning Back.

On record, May’s voice is brash and audacious, belting in line with stuttering surf guitars and horn blares. But in conversation, she speaks with a sweet, quiet brogue. All the same, on record or in conversation, May brings an enthusiasm to whatever she’s talking about. She had much to say about the making of her last album, Mayhem, the first on a major label.

“The normal way of doing it is to call in a big producer, but I fought hard to produce Mayhem myself.” In particular, May related an incident that involved hoodwinking her record company. “I pretended in the record company that I was meeting some producers, but I went into the studio and started recording, on the sly, secretly,” May said.

In the end, it didn’t matter much. “I played it for them,

and they loved it.”

May had many positive things to say about making the album with her band, which includes her husband of 14 years, guitarist Darrel Highman.

“I was singing with my sister’s boyfriend at the time, since he was a musician, and he was invited over to London to sing, and to play, and he needed a singer so he asked me to go along—I was gigging around in Ireland,” May said. “So I went with him to London and ended up being introduced to Darrel by a friend.”

She discussed bonding over the weekend with Highman before returning to Ireland, and what followed. “He chased me, he came to Ireland looking for me, found me, and eventually convinced me to move to London with him.”

For May, who’s been ‘gigging’ for over 20 years now, touring the U.S. with her American-influenced music has been a treat.

“It’s great in that the American audience get it immediately,” she said, when asked about touring the U.S. “You’ve been brought up on this music; it’s your music, so people get it immediately.”

She also had much to say about performing in Europe, particularly England. “England

would be different in that they have a lot of different scenes, and certainly London, a lot of different underground scenes, and they’d all be separate.”

She added that this wasn’t the case in Ireland, something reflected in her eclectic style.

“I remember once in Ireland, I’m hearing a woman shouting, ‘I don’t know what they’re doing but I love it!’ And I loved that she just didn’t care and went with it.”

Playing the U.S. is close to May’s heart because of the history of Irish immigration and American music. “When you’re in America, certainly to do American root music, but there’s also a big, strong relationship and a strong bond between traditional Irish and old American roots music also.”

May’s touring experience, however, has been far from easy.

“I got in a stand-in drummer [once], and the drummer that I got to step in for the night ended up being in a car crash on the way!” May said. “He arrived late and disheveled, but decided to do the gig. He was absolutely shaken, like a leaf.”

Despite looking back on these horrors, May sounded quite happy. Be sure to catch her show Tuesday night at the Majestic Theater.

Wale to headline Orpheum Theater Monday night, ahead of latest album

By Jenna Bushnell the daily cardinal

Wale (pronounced ‘walllay’) made a name for himself in the hip-hop community by representing his Washington, D.C. roots, but, with his impending sophomore album release and promotional tour, wants to leave his hometown behind as he attempts to make a name for himself in the trap music scene.

Wale will make his way to the Orpheum Theater Monday, Oct. 3 as a part of The Ambition Tour, which promotes the Nov. 1 release of his second studio album, Ambition . This is his first full-length release as a member of Maybach Music Group, rapper-turned-mogul Rick Ross’ label. The switch from

Interscope, which released his uninspired first studio album Attention Deficit , marks a change in the rapper’s style and message.

“It kind of defines everything that I’m doing,” Wale said of the name of his newest album. “I decided to put my career in my own hands when it comes to work ethic and my brand as a whole.”

He said that a lack of creative freedom is what prompted the switch and hopes that his newest album is a better reflection of the direction he’s taking with his music.

“I don’t really have anyone to report to, contrary to popular belief,” he said. “I don’t have anybody to be like ‘uh yeah that’s okay,’ you know

what I’m saying? I can just do what I want to do.”

The “popular belief” is that Ross, his new boss, is running the show. Wale, who signed a deal with MMG in February, saw collaborating with Ross as a way to gain more exposure in the hiphop community.

“I decided to put my career in my own hands when it comes to work ethic and my brand as a whole.”

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“Ross is an influential person in urban music right now, and I know he knows what it takes

to get where we gotta go, you know, in urban music so I kind of follow his lead on that when applicable,” he said.

Wale hopes that this new album will be a departure from the D.C. niche that brought him his initial success. Wale gained top-40 popularity with his D.C.-centric Lady Gaga collaboration “Chillin’,” off of his first album.

Despite the flourishing urban culture in the nation’s capital, Wale is the only D.C. native to have gained even minor commercial success in the rap game. Now, under Ross’s guidance, he plans to avoid rapping about the hometown that gave him his start (although one of the confirmed tracks off of Ambition is “D.C.

Over Everything”).

“That was the first album,” he said. “As far as topics go, you know, I’m on to bigger ideas.”

With that said, fans of Wale’s older music will be happy to know that he does not plan on entirely abandoning his past—for this tour, at least. “[The set list] is going to be old stuff, album stuff, new stuff, mixtape stuff,” he said. “Everything is going to be on there.”

Wale is looking forward to the show and concedes that performing in front of adoring fans is one of his job’s only redeeming qualities.

“I’m excited. I get excited when I get on all of my tours,” Wale said. “Probably one of the only parts of the job that I can say I love [is] to perform in front of people.”

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view Cardinal View editorials represent The Daily Cardinal’s organizational opinion. Each editorial is crafted independent of news coverage.

Last Wednesday, the Associated Students of Madison announced the resignation of five representatives.

ASM Rep. Tom Templeton said he believes the students resigned not because of problems with the student government but due to prior commitments. After interviewing one of the ASM representatives who resigned, it turns out Templeton was right. The student stepped down from his role because it was taking too much time away from his

position on the Homecoming Committee. He said he is under the impression the other representative left their posts for similar reasons.

Our board is disappointed in these representatives’ lack of commitment to the student body. When a student decides to take on the job of making decisions in the name of 40,000 of his/her peers, this job should be their priority.

If that means discontinuing participation in other extracurriculars, so be it. We under-

stand being a representative is a tedious, time-consuming job burdened with bylaw restrictions and public scrutiny, but it is a job they signed up for.

With that said, we need to look at what ASM is doing to prepare new representatives for the arduous task ahead of them. Candidates need to be well informed about what their job will entail. The representative said many of the students resigned because they were not aware of how overwhelming the job would be. ASM must provide clear job descriptions to candidates, so they know what to expect before they decide to run. We need a student government that is composed of individuals who are prepared for the job, put it

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A number of ASM representatives recently announced their resignation citing a lack of time and prior commitments. above all other extra-curriculars and have a true desire to represent the interests of our

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Green Room: Hunters also contribute to conservation nick fritz opinion columnist Conservationist groups play an important role in keeping the wildlife population thriving here in Wisconsin and all over the world.

Yet the very people killing animals are saving them as well.

Hunters are not only on the forefront of today’s conservationist movement—they actually started it. Teddy Roosevelt established the first national parks, developed conservation programs, and started the wildlife preserve program.

He even founded the Boone and Crockett Club, which is one of the largest conservation groups

in the world. And yet, he was an avid hunter.

In fact, many of the most influential conservationist groups of the early 20th century were composed of hunters. Still today hunters contribute time and money to keeping the environment and wildlife flourishing. No other group has come close to sportsmen in donating time and money to make an impact on wildlife conservation.

Less than 10 percent of state fish and wildlife budgets actually come from the general taxpayer.

Paul Smith of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel writes, “hunters and shooters have long paid more than their share for conservation.” A huge majority of funding for wildlife management comes from hunters, through licenses,

excise tax on guns and ammo, tags fees, and donations.

Hunters are not only on the forefront of today’s conservationist movement—they actually started it.

In the 20th century, game species have made a remarkable recovery. The white-tailed deer population has increased by nearly 20 million, turkey populations by nearly 4 million and elk by nearly 1 million. This is largely due to the $300 million a year clubs and organizations such

as the NRA, Ducks Unlimited and Safari Club International donate to wildlife preservation.

There are even hunters right here in Madison who have made a huge impact on the conservation movement. Aldo Leopold, an avid hunter, was a professor here at UW Madison in 1933. He also paved the way for modern environmental ethics and was on the front lines of the wilderness conservation movement.

Students also contribute to wildlife conservation. The Badger Hunting Club is very closely connected to the local Ducks Unlimited Chapter of Madison. While the Hunting Club does go out on hunting trips every so often, it spends just as much time cleaning

Wisconsin’s wetlands. Former President of the Madison Chapter of Ducks Unlimited Ryan Wagner noted that “if these wetlands and other habitats in general [are] not there for future generations then I’m kind of selfish for using it for myself and not passing it on.”

Hunters feel a huge sense of responsibility to keep these hunting grounds healthy and sustainable in the long term.

So the next time you look at a guy dressed head to toe in camouflage with disgust, remember that be contributing to the preservation of wildlife and not just eradicating it.

Nick Fritz is a junior majoring in marketing. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.

Letter: Recent economic crisis highlights the foresight of Karl Marx Late last month, George Magnus, chief economist of investment bank UBS, gave a surprising endorsement to the founder of modern socialism, Karl Marx.

The current economic recession, Magnus wrote, “bears some uncanny resemblances” to the crises Marx described 150 years ago.

Magnus is not alone. Earlier in August, Nouriel Roubini, one of the few economists credited with predicting the financial crisis, told the Wall Street Journal “Karl Marx had it right ... At some point capitalism can self-destroy itself ...

We thought that markets work.

They are not working. What’s

individually rational ... is a selfdestructive process.” These decidedly mainstream economists giving credit to Marx is a sign of how serious the crisis is.

While it is encouraging to see people seriously discussing Marx again, there is a problem with the renewed conversation on his ideas. Mainstream pundits may be willing to grant credence to Marx the economist but they dismiss Marx the revolutionary. The usual bromide goes something like, “Marx had a brilliant critique of the system, but his solution, socialist revolution, was all wrong.” The argument that history has refuted Marx’s political ideas is typically based on a couple of erroneous critiques.

The first is that Marx’s ideas led to the establishment of authoritarian states like the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China. However, nothing could be further from the genuine vision of socialism.

Before he was a socialist, Marx was a radical democrat who agitated against the Prussian monarchy. His idea of socialism was not an absolutist state, but rather the extension of democracy into the economy.

A less crude objection is that Marx’s belief in working-class revolution may have been relevant in the 19th century, but is outdated today. The events of this year suggest otherwise.

In the final days of the Egyptian revolution, for example, there was a moment when it seemed that the government might have been able to crush the protests and stifle the revolution. It was strikes, in the rail, chemical, textile and other industries, that pushed the revolution to victory. After Mubarak resigned, Egyptian blogger Hossam el-Hamalawy wrote “[W]e have to take Tahrir to the factories now. As the revolution proceeds an inevitable class polarization will happen. We have to be vigilant.” In other words, whether the gains of the revolution will last depends on the Egyptian working class.

Mainstream pundits may be willing to grant credence to Marx the economist but they dismiss Marx the revolutionary.

The Wisconsin Uprising against Scott Walker’s budget repair bill also demonstrated the contemporary relevance of working class power, tragically as a negative example.

In February, after a series of mass marches and sick-outs

by Wisconsin teachers, many unionists realized it would take more than protest to stop the passage of the bill. On February

21, the South Central Federation of Labor passed a resolution urging unions to prepare for a general strike, and on March 9, after Senate Republicans passed the anti-union legislation, people surged into the Capitol chanting “general strike.” The strike never arrived and unions now face an uphill battle towards reorganizing.

There is one more problem with the reappearance of Marx in the press: it will not be enough to change anything.

Despite the wisdom of a few enlightened economists, most capitalists and state officials will continue to steam fullspeed ahead on their present course, towards economic failure, environmental catastrophe and, with the decline of American imperialism, a new round of inter-state competition. Marx’s revolutionary theory is as important as his economic critique, because it is still the best guide to fighting for a society based on human need, and averting capitalism’s impending catastrophes.

For more information, attend “Socialism 101: What it is and why we need it,” Tuesday, Oct. 4 at 6:30 P.M. See the Today in the Union board for room location.

Paul Pryse is a graduate student in sociology and a member of the International Socialist Organization. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.

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Today’s Sudoku

Cheering on the true Big Red team

Evil Bird

By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu

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Eatin’ Cake

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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.

Crustaches Classic

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Today’s Crossword Puzzle

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GAME TIME! ACROSS 1 Stylish 5 Sinker, e.g.

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5 Dorm alternative 2 26 Northeastern Indian state 27 Album insert 28 Communion plate 29 Suitable for Halloween 30 Lincoln’s coin 31 John Major’s successor 32 Tilted to one side, to a Brit 33 Millay and Ferber 35 Verbal 38 University VIP 39 Activity in which you might tug on an earlobe 41 Washer or dryer action 42 Corporate VIP 44 Slothful 45 “I’m telling the truth!”

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Badgers put an end to Indiana’s undefeated season

By Dylan Flaks the daily cardinal

In what could turn out to be the greatest weekend in Wisconsin history, as far as sports go, the Badgers men’s soccer team (1-0-0 Big Ten, 5-3-2 overall) can hold its heads high and say that they were part of it. An undefeated, top-10 nationally ranked, Indiana Hoosiers team (1-1-0, 6-1-2) came to McClimon Soccer Complex Sunday, and it went down hard to the Badgers 2-0.

The Badgers not only pressured hard on defense, but also had their forwards, riding the Hoosiers defense the whole game as IU tried to clear the ball. Players like sophomore forward Chris Prince and senior midfielder Josh Thiermann were incessant in their pursuit to force an IU error.

“You try to get some sort of pressure on them, you may not steal the ball but you can force them to make a pass that is maybe a yard different,” head coach John Trask said. “That’s when [David] Caban can win the ball that’s when AJ [Cochran] can win the ball.”

The Indiana attack was dormant for much of the first half, getting off few shots with few opportunities. On the other hand, Wisconsin pressured hard, getting shots from junior midfielder Tomislav Zadro as well as some tries from Nick Janus. The first half ended with a 0-0 tie.

The Badgers got their first goal in the 54th minute. Zadro’s corner kick was nearly banged in by Janus whose header went off the post. Zadro nailed a bullet past the keeper from the left

wilson from page 8 “Russell is a great player,” Toon said. “I feel like we have our timing and we feel comfortable together, which is good.”

Wilson and Toon connected on four passes on Saturday alone, totaling 94 yards. This season, the two have made 25 connections for 447 yards and six touchdowns. As a result, the call of “Wilson to Toon” is quickly becoming Madison’s version

side of the field and put the ball into the far side of the net.

The Badgers committed a fatal foul in the box when they were up 1-0 in the 61st minute of the game. IU’s sophomre midfielder Harrison Petts would take the penalty kick only to have the ball saved by sophomore goal keeper Max Jentsch.

“I was reading him trying to see where he wanted to go with the ball and just reacted to it,” Jentsch said about the save.

That was not the only way Jentsch’s presence was felt on the field, from snatching balls out of mid-air to yelling and communicating the whole game, Jentsch looked like a true star.

“Coach told me last practice that I need to be more vocal, it’s just important keep everyone in check and make

sure they know what they are supposed to be doing,” Jentsch said of his performance.

The Badgers would put the nail in the coffin in the 79th minute. Zadro had yet another corner kick, this time connecting with freshman defender AJ Cochran who headed the ball into the air, Janus would finish the play rocketing the ball into the net burying it past IU keeper Luis Soffner.

“It’s a great feeling because they are such a good program and team,” Janus said about beating IU for the first time since 1995. it’s an incredible win for us.”

The last time they beat Indiana, the Badgers won 2-0 as well, that year going on to win the national championship.

Coach Trask was a part of that game, only he was standing on the IU sideline.

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Junior midfielder Tomislav Zadro was key in the Badgers 2-0 defeat of Indiana, scoring the first of Wisconsin’s goals. of “Montana to Rice.”

But while Wilson has gotten himself into the Heisman race and thrust both himself and the Wisconsin program right into the national spotlight, the bulk of the Big Ten schedule still lies ahead and several tough conference road games remain. Looking at the shutdown performance

by Michigan State’s defense Saturday against Ohio State, one has to believe that Oct.

22 will be a big day not only for the Wilson’s Heisman candidacy, but for Wisconsin’s national championship hopes.

Although many shy away and even tense up at the pressure that goes along with suddenly being thrown in the fire that is the national media spotlight, Wilson is taking things in stride, noting football is just a game.

“I’ve been through so much in my life,” Wilson said. “I’m just blessed to have this opportunity.”

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Sophomore defender Alexandra Heller ends up on the ground after a battle with an opponent Sunday afternoon.

Wisconsin drops first Big Ten game in aggressive battle at the McClimon Complex

By Rex Shield the daily cardinal

The UW-Madison women’s soccer (2-1-1 Big Ten, 7-4-1 overall) team suffered their first Big Ten loss of the year at the hands of Ohio State (2-0-1, 8-3-1), in a defensive battle at the McClimon Soccer Complex. The loss ends the Badgers’ four-game winning streak while the Buckeyes are the third opponent to shut out the Badgers offense.

Ohio State was aggressive early and often outshot the Badgers 7-2 in the first half and owned a 13-9 advantage for the game and it paid off in the 47th minute. Senior defender Liz Sullivan sent a corner kick into the box where it was headed by sophomore midfielder Kristen Niederhaus to junior forward Tiffany Cameron for her teamleading fifth goal of the year and the eventual game-winner. “[The goal allowed] was just a breakdown in focus,” senior defender Meghan Flannery said.

“We need to make sure we are always tight on our marks, and on that one we just lost focus so it was just unlucky.”

Throughout the second half, the Badgers’ offense was on

hype from page 8 that only grew in the second half.

Junior running back Montee Ball accumulated 100 of his gamehigh 151 yards in the second half.

Ball finished with four rushing

the attack, holding a 7-6 shot advantage, but it couldn’t take advantage of the several scoring opportunities. Senior forward Laurie Nosbusch led offensive charge with three shots on goal.

“I think we were a little unlucky and a little unfocused when we did have our chances,” Nosbusch said. “I know I had a few that I’m going to look back and regret probably because I wasn’t 100 percent focused in taking them.”

Senior goalkeeper Michele Dalton finished the game with three saves as did Ohio State’s goalkeepe Katie Baumgardner.

In the last three contests, the Badgers haven’t registered a victory and settled for two ties and a loss.

“We need to be more consistent. We have the talent to do it,” head coach Paula Wilkins said. “[The coaching stuff] needs to challenge them to be consistent.”

“It’s going to be challenging going into Nebraska, but we’re going to sit down and refocus and get ready for that.”

The Badgers are back in action next Friday as they travel to Lincoln to take on Big Ten newcomer, Nebraska. touchdowns, giving him 29 in his last 11 games.

The Badgers defense struggled early against Martinez and the Cornhuskers’ option-based offense. Still, Martinez finished the game with 61 yards on 20 carries (3.05 per carry). Junior running back Rex Burkhead finished with 96 yards and a touchdown, but the Badgers kept the running game from hitting a home run and has not allowed a 100-yard rusher since Nov. 20, 2010.

Henry credited a boiled-down game plan with allowing the defense to react to Nebraska’s option look.

“First time ever, since I’ve been here, that we only had four calls,” he said. “Those four calls were simple and easy, and we just wanted to fly to the ball.”

The Badgers converted on eight of 12 third down opportunities, including two in which Wilson stepped away from free pass-rushers and gained first downs with his legs. He also had a 22-yard touchdown negated by a holding penalty and served as the centerpiece of UW’s new-look offense on a national stage.

“I still believe that we’re Wisconsin and we are who we are,” Bielema said. “We’re just extremely good right now.”

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Wisconsin handed Nebraska a 48-17 beat-down in the Huskers’ first game in the Big Ten RECAP

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he hype surrounding the illed as a marquee Big Ten opener between matchup of quarterbacks Wisconsin and Nebraska with the ability to both came as a week-long crescenthrow and run, Saturday night do, building to the first top-10 quickly turned into the Russell matchup in Madison since 1962.

Wilson show as the Wisconsin The hype surrounding this year’s senior quarterback outplayed Badgers team does not figure to his counterpart Taylor Martinez reach its limit anytime soon. during the Badgers’ 48-17 disNo. 7 UW (1-0 Big Ten, 5-0 mantling of No. 8 Nebraska. overall) faced its first real With the national spotlight adversity in the first quarter, shining bright on Camp Randall, mark kauzlarich/the daily cardinal forced two second-quarter Wilson made as strong a case interceptions and overwhelmed Above: runningback Montee Ball secures the ball. Right: as anyone in the nation for his the No. 8 Cornhuskers (0-1, 4-1) defensiveback Aaron Henry intercepts a pass from Martinez.

Heisman Trophy candidacy, mark kauzlarich/the daily cardinal en route to a 48-17 win at Camp tearing apart the physical Left: wide receiver Jared Abberderis celebrates a touchdown.

Randall Stadium that buzzed Nebraska defense for 255 yards Below: fans fill Camp Randall Stadium for the Big Ten opener. from start to finish. passing, 32 yards rushing and After falling behind 14-7 early three total touchdowns. With in the second quarter, Wisconsin hoards of national media on ran off 34 consecutive points and hand Saturday night, Wilson exerted its will on the Nebraska picked a good time to put the defense in the second half.

Badgers on his back.

UW continued its devastatWhile Wilson got the atteningly efficient offense, totaling tion of Badger fans primarily 486 offensive yards, including 249 because of his ability to scrampassing and 231 on the ground. ble, something UW hasn’t seen “The balance that we have, from a quarterback since Brooks over the last couple years we’ve Bollinger, the North Carolina been able to do that, it’s just State transfer’s ability to throw gaining some legs now,” Badgers the ball, both in the pocket and head coach Bret Bielema said. on the run, is what quickly made He takes his team into its byeWilson a favorite to take home week undefeated. the Heisman.

After punting on its first pos“He has been amazing from mark kauzlarich/the daily cardinal lorenzo zemella/the daily cardinal session, UW struggled to contain day one,” UW head coach Bret Nebraska’s option offense and Bielema said after Saturday’s fell behind for the first time this season when sophomore quarterback Taylor Martinez win. “Everything he does is real natural. As well as he is playing, if there is a better found the end zone from a yard away. player in college football, I’d like to see him.”

“They started to panic a little bit, and we had to slow the game down for them a little While dismissed early on as the beneficiary of weak non-conference opponents, bit,” Bielema said.

Wilson’s numbers on the season, including the win over Nebraska, are impressive Maybe more than a little bit. no matter how you look at them. In his first five games as part of the Wisconsin proWisconsin rolled up 200 yards in the second quarter and scored three times, twice gram, Wilson has completed 83 of 113 passes totaling 1,391 yards and 13 touchdowns, in the last 2:03 of the half. giving him a 216.9 pass efficiency rating, second in the nation. As if that wasn’t Senior quarterback Russell Wilson (14-20, 255 yards, 2 TDs) continued to use the enough to grab a few votes, the former Minor League Baseball player has rushed for play-action passing game nearly flawlessly. He found sophomore wide receiver Jared 140 yards and two touchdowns.

Abbrederis (5 rec., 95 yards, TD) and senior wide receiver Nick Toon (4, 94, TD) on scor“He’s a great player, and it’s exciting to watch,” sophomore wide receiver Jared ing plays of 36 and 46 yards, respectively. The Badgers have made a habit of converting Abbrederis said Saturday. “He makes a lot of plays for us. He keeps plays alive which, in their two-minute offense so far this season, and an interception by senior free safety obviously, helps a lot.”

Aaron Henry set up Toon’s score with 32 seconds left.

Crucial to the prolific passing numbers Wilson has put up is the connection he has “I’ve seen it,” Bielema said. “I just had a feeling if we could [get the ball back], that made with senior receiver Nick Toon. From the minute Wilson decided to come to was going to happen.

Madison, the connection between quarterback and hype page 7 wilson page 7 That sent UW to the locker room with a 27-13 lead receiver has grown stronger on a daily basis.

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saw “Drive” last week.

Great film. It had a cool, 1980s feel, interesting camera angles and a fitting soundtrack. Seeing it was an all-around enjoyable time.

The casting was also impressive. For a guy who will always to me sound like a clown fish trying to find his son, Albert Brooks made a surprisingly convincing mobster. Ryan Gosling gave a performance so great I was almost entirely distracted from the fact that he radiates sex and Carey Mulligan was, as she tends to be, charming.

Still, one thing bogged me down. In “Drive,” Mulligan has a young son, probably around five or six years old. While the storyline suggests she had him at the age of 17, I couldn’t help but feel she looked way too young to have a kid of that

age. Perhaps it’s because I’ve seen “An Education” a bazillion times, but the woman barely looks like she’s old enough to have completed sex ed, let alone conceived, birthed and raised a child. (Who am I kidding?

Maury taught me the one scenario does not need to follow the other.)

There is a reason why Mulligan looks so young. She has a baby face, a burden I too Carey (puns are punny). The baby fat has yet to evacuate my facial regions, making me look like—you guessed it!—a baby.

OK, perhaps I’m exaggerating a bit, but I really do look younger than most people assume.

For example, whenever I go home for a weekend, my parents treat me to a trip to the supermarket. I stock up on cans of condensed tomato soup, Ovaltine and Scooby-Dooshaped macaroni and cheese.

(Note: Anyone who tries to convince you regular macaroni and cheese is better than shape macaroni and cheese is a Satan worshiper. Use caution when interacting with these fools.)

Because my mom is frightfully embarrassed by my nutritional choices, she will usually remark to the cashier, “My daughter’s headed back to college! She’s gotta stock up!” This excuse is always and without hesitation followed by the cashier turning to me and gasping, “You’re in college?! You don’t look a day over 16!”

And though I have a baby face, I still pluck an average of three grey hairs from my head each morning. Thanks, genetics.

Awesome. Sure, my consumer choices don’t imply maturity or a horizontal driver’s license, but must the cashier—who is 14 years old, I might add—make such a big deal about it? To add insult to injury, I’m expected to take her revelation as a compliment. This would have been difficult to do when I was actually 16, let alone at the ripe old

age of 21.

It doesn’t end there. I’ve yet to frequent to a bar whose bouncer doesn’t ask me for a second form of identification.

My 17-year-old sister is always presumed to be the older of the two of us. And though I have a baby face, I still pluck an average of three gray hairs from my head each morning. Thanks genetics. Gold stars for you.

Based on my experiences, perhaps I’m too hard on Mulligan. The woman is beautiful and has a wardrobe I’d sacrifice kittens for. She’s made out with Ryan Gosling in an elevator, and I have an uncle who slightly resembles Alan Rickman if you squint and cock your head to the right.

Basically, she has way more going for her than I do. Still, if my plight in life is that I’ll look like I’m 30 when I’m actually 40 years old, I can’t complain.

That is more money for juvenile food purchases and less for Olay Regenerist Cream. Boss.

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2,000 rally ’round reefer reform

By MITCHELL TORTON of the Cardinal staff The air was thick with smoke at the Capitol Saturday afternoon as 2,000 people staged a rally in opposition to marijuana laws.

The festivities began at around 11 a.m. with outof-towners and teenagers streaming in to gather at the library mall. There was an array of events that overlapped in time and space and that were sometimes indistinguishable.

“THE GAME,” a street theater dramatization of University life (see story on p. ?) preceeded the rally on the mall and continued through the afternoon. State Street’s various activities had one thing in common Saturday—a seemingly endless supply of free pot for all takers.

The marijuana was supplied by individual WSA Senators and the Midwestern Dealers Association who, according to Yippie organizer Ben Masel, made the donation to “prove that communism works.” Masel claimed that over 30 pounds of pot was distributed.

At around 1:30 p.m., approximately 500 people marched up a hazy State Street to the theme of “Nobody for President.” As they approached the Capitol, some 1,000 demonstrators, already assembled for the rally, cheered their arrival. The “Nobody for President” march was sponsored by Yippies and the Capitol rally was sponsored by the Wisconsin Student Association (WSA). Both events had city permits.

Speakers at the Capitol rally

differed in their approach to the fight for the legalization of marijuana. Dana Beal, publisher of the Yipster Times, spoke first. Introduced to the crowd as the “originator of the ‘smoke-in’,” Beal said,

“putting people in jail for smoking a harmless flower” is symptomatic of a “police state” that “consistently denies civil rights to individuals.”

Beal said there will be a “Nobody for President”

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rally in Washington D.C. on inauguration day demanding “an official presidential apology to 30 million Americans who smoke pot.”

“We have a program,” he said. “ We want to liberate all convicted marijuana users and have the federal government pay them full reparations. We want to get all the dope users out of jail and lock up the ones who put them there.”

The next speaker presented a physical and ideological contrast to the long-haired denim-clad Beal. Paul Kuhn of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) wore a suit and had neatly cropped hair.

Kuhn said that while “all of us who support the legalization of marijuana have something special in common,” he had differences with Beal’s approach. “I think the system can work,” he said. “We have to work through the legislative process.”

There was some partisan expression from the crowd over the speakers’ political differences, but for the most part the fog smoothed the rough edges and the crowd reacted favorably to all proponents of legalization.

Ald. Carol Weunnenberg (Dist. 4) also addressed the rally, admonishing people not to carry more than an ounce on them around Madison.

A commonly heard complaint Saturday from those who didn’t have a private stash to complement the homegrown Wisconsin variety being distributed was that “the dope could have been better.”