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By Kelsey Gunderson THE DAILY CARDINAL

Campus organizations promote clean energy Various campus organizations provided UW-Madison students with food and information about conserving energy, protecting natural resources and appropriately disposing waste Tuesday at a “Smart Cookout” on Library Mall. Nathan Pinney, a UW-Madison Ph.D. candidate and director of UW Energy Hub, who co-sponsored the event, said the goal of the cookout was to unite student organizations on environmental, energy and conservation issues at UW-Madison. “We are all promoting sustainable behaviors, sustainable consumer choices and, for this event, local food,” he said. Along with providing information at the event, organizers provided free sweet corn and locally grown apples to advocate purchasing locally grown

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UHS implements ‘surge plan’ to combat marked increase in H1N1 cases

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Members of various campus organizations provided students wtih free food on Library Mall Tuesday.

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food, which organizers said would cut fuel and production costs and play a role in energy conservation. Organizers encouraged event participants to dispose their corn husks and apple cores in compost bins rather than traditional garbage cans as a better way to eliminate waste. Powered Green, a local business in support of wind farms, was also present at the cookout to spread awareness about their company, along with other environmentally friendly groups on campus. Brandon Gador, a UW-Madison alum and co-founder of Powered Green, said the company has been in business for one year and has already offset 1.2 million pounds of CO2 through the sale of various Powered Green merchandise. Gador said UW-Madison students can easily support the program by purchasing the company’s T-shirts and

other Powered Green products. “[Buying] Powered Green products is a really easy way for people to get involved and make an impact, but more importantly, show that they are a part of something,” he said. Michael Hoffman, a UW-Madison junior who was present at the event said it is important to be conscious about saving energy and recycling. He also said the cookout was a great way to inform others about the importance of buying locally grown produce. “I have always been into buying fresh, amazing produce from local places,” he said. “I just wish I knew more outlets and places I could do that.” Organizations like WE CONSERVE, UW Engineers Without Borders and Rethink Wisconsin also took part in organizing and sponsoring the event.

University Health Services implemented its “surge plan” Tuesday in response to a continued increase in the number of students reporting influenza symptoms across campus. According to UHS epidemiologist Craig Roberts, UHS will now place restrictions on the availability of routine appointments as part of the surge plan to keep pace with the growing numbers of influenza cases. He said although UHS has seen higher than normal numbers of influenza cases this fall, it still remains unclear whether this trend will continue throughout the school year. “We can’t predict if this increase will continue,” he said. “It could continue to increase, it could stay like this all semester or it could have just came early this year ... it’s impossible to tell.” “[The number of ﬂu cases] could continue to increase, it could stay like this all semester ... it’s impossible to tell.” Craig Roberts epidemiologist University Health Services

According to the UHS website (uhs.wisc.edu), UHS evaluated 198 UW-Madison students with reported inﬂuenza symptoms as of Sept. 5. Roberts said preliminary lab results show that it’s likely about

90 percent of these cases are positive for the H1N1 strain. He said although these numbers are high, they still cannot provide a concrete answer for the impact of the H1N1 on campus. “That’s really only the tip of the iceberg and should be thought of as a marker,” he said. “There are certainly more students on campus with influenza who have not been in contact with UHS.” “[Inﬂuenza] seems to be very widely distributed ... It’s not any particular group of people.” Craig Roberts epidemiologist University Health Services

According to the website, 94 percent of the cases occurred in undergraduates, with a fairly even split between class years. “It seems to be very widely distributed,” Roberts said. “It’s not any particular group of people.” Roberts added the virus seems to be more prevalent in off-campus housing rather than the residence halls. According to the UHS website, no patients have been hospitalized for the virus. It also said patients have reported sudden symptoms that last 3 to 5 days but respond well to self-care. Although the symptoms of the virus have been mild, UHS still urges students to self-isolate since the virus is highly contagious and spreads fairly easily.

Awareness groups focus on suicide prevention By Anna Bukowski THE DAILY CARDINAL

In accordance with Suicide Prevention Week, several awareness groups called attention to the prevalence of suicide both nationally and in the Madison community Tuesday along the steps of the City County Building. Safe Communities and Helping Others Prevent and Educate about Suicide were present, along with speakers who offered condolences to families affected by suicide and depression. Gail Scott and her son PJ Chamberlain shared their experiences. Chamberlain, now a student at Madison Area Technical College, had previous suicidal crises, and they both presented their outlook on suicide and its related prevention.

Awareness of the situation is not always enough, Scott said. “I was very aware PJ was having problems but I was unable to stop everything,” she said. Scott praised the technologies of cell phones and text messaging, and noted their importance in helping her son, who sought help from her via texts. “I communicated at his level and he was able to reach out to me,” she said. Chamberlain strongly urged students to take action if they notice a friend or roommate who seems depressed. “Don’t worry about what to say, just have the conversation,” Scott said. The ways to respond to someone who is potentially suicidal vary, but Scott stressed the need to be quick and to not sit around in

denial of the situation. HOPES co-founder Pat Derer said the organization strives to give the public information it needs to help their loved ones. She called attention to the importance of removing the stigma associated with mental health and depression. HOPES travels across the state teaching people the symptoms of depression and warning signs of suicide. Suicides in Wisconsin outnumber homicides, and Derer said the media focuses more heavily on homicides. Derer, however, said awareness needs to be at the forefront of community concern. Safe Communities and HOPES will present the third annual suicide prevention summit October 2.

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Suicide Prevention Week began with awareness groups educating the community outside the City County Building about suicide.

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Madison Metro aims to upgrade bus system technology By Allison Geyer THE DAILY CARDINAL

Madison Metro pushed for modern technology within the city bus system during the Transit and Parking Commission meeting Tuesday night. Dave Eveland, an Information Systems coordinator for Metro, outlined a management performance audit for further development of the Metro’s IT department. “We’re very small, but we coordinate the efforts of the people in other departments,” Eveland said. Ideas included computerizing the IT records department, as well as improving scheduling software and updating and making use of the Automatic Passenger Counting technology. “We don’t have a lot of faith in the accuracy of these devices,” Eveland said. “We hope to come up with a recommendation that makes use of APCs or finds an alternative way to count passengers.” Forty fixed buses are equipped with these infrared devices, which, if effective, would be helpful in route planning. In addition, a program to replace the current fare collection equipment, a technology that is 20 years old, was proposed. “Five years ago, fare boxes were outfitted with a magnetic strip for swipe cards, but the coin boxes need to be replaced,” Eveland said. “To have a cashless system isn’t what we would recommend, but it is worth talking about.” Other points included plans for the development of a new infrastruc-

ture for the IT department because the current one is overburdened. The points brought up by the audit are all a part of a supplement to the 2010 operations budget, in which the department asked for a full review of IT systems. “It’s time for an external review of our projects to understand the projects undertaken at the Metro,” Eveland said. Commission member Chuck Kamp also brought up the commission’s plan to move the inner-city bus terminal on West Washington Street to an alternate location, expressing the Common Council’s desire for a report on the situation. “Metro’s perspective is that we have worked with Greyhound and Badger Bus to ﬁnd an alternative location,” Kamp said.

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New bill may increase income tax for wealthy Tax increase would raise millions for career retraining By Jessica Feld THE DAILY CARDINAL

Individuals who earn more than $1 million annually may face increased income tax if a new bill proposed by an Assembly Democrat Tuesday receives federal funding. The Wisconsin Jobs Initiative, introduced by state Rep. Cory Mason, D-Racine, would raise $145 million in revenue that would go toward retraining individuals for careers. Funds would increase ﬁnancial aid for low-income students attending state technical colleges, private institutions and UW system schools to aid retraining efforts. “The Wisconsin Jobs Initiative will enable us to invest in our most valuable resource: our workers,” Mason said in a statement. “This

proposal allows us to stand by the workers who built the Wisconsin economy and help them to transition into 21st century jobs.” Mike Mikalsen, spokesperson for state Rep. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, said although Republicans applaud efforts to support Wisconsin’s workers, a tax increase on the state’s wealthy would have a negative impact. “The Wisconsin Jobs Initiative will enable us to invest in our most valuable resources: our workers.” Cory Mason state representative D-Racine

“[Assembly Democrats] are concerned about people who are unemployed, they’re concerned about people who have low-wage skills, but in fact, this proposal will guarantee that more people will

lose their jobs,” he said. According to Terry Webb, vice president of Learner’s Success at Madison Area Technical College, after the 13 percent enrollment increase MATC faced this year, additional funding is needed to preserve quality instruction. “We’re currently facing overcrowding,” Webb said. “We have a lot more students and we’re expecting even more, so somehow or another we need to find a way to serve those students.” Jim Bender, spokesperson for Assembly Minority Leader Jeff Fitzgerald, R-Horicon, said Republicans object to “another tax increase” but welcome an open dialogue with Assembly Democrats to find alternative means of creating jobs. “If they’re willing to sit down and find inefficiencies and find savings, we are more than willing to sit at the table and find a myriad different ways to find money, to help job retention and help create jobs,” he said.

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College Dems need new direction By Kyle Szarzynski OPINION COLUMNIST

For the duration of my undergraduate career at UW-Madison, one conspicuous student organization has stood on the sidelines during crucial social justice battles and even occasionally joined the other team in limiting the score of righteous, progressive endeavors. What’s worse, this group has concerned itself more with the résumés of its leadership than its espoused agenda. Despite the instinctual sympathy that most students have for its nationally recognized name, its do-nothing approach has precluded the formation of a large active membership; the group invariably withers into conservatism, futility and phoniness as each year progresses. I’m not talking of the College Republicans, an organization so enveloped in bigotry and stupidity that even mainstream conservatives abstain from association. The group offers little to the campus other than hilarity. For those of us who enjoy a good laugh, we are heavily indebted to the campus crazies who wear the ofﬁcial conservative label.

The group of which I speak, the College Democrats, acts in a way almost completely at odds with its stated ideals. While claiming to be a progressive organization, one would never know it from its recent behavior. Last November, a group of progressive activists and county supervisors attempted to pass an amendment to the budget to cut the sheriff’s request for six new deputies. Sheriff Mahoney, is a notorious xenophobe who has voluntarily reported the names of hundreds of undocumented immigrants to federal immigration authorities, leading to many deportations and longterm prison holds, causing immeasurable fear in the immigrant community. Why should taxpayers continue funding the department responsible for such human misery? When a representative of Student Progressive Dane, the campus group leading the efforts in opposition to Mahoney’s policies, attempted to garner the support of the College Democrats for the amendment, he was unequivocally rebuffed. That’s quite a statement on the group’s willingness to make common cause

with marginalized people. Later, campus activists attempted to solicit the group’s support in the Vote No effort, the campaign to defeat the reactionary, undemocratic and anti-grassroots revised student government Constitution. Almost every major activist and student of color organization banded together to defeat the new document in referendum. Not only did the CDs reject this progressive outreach, they ended up actively endorsing the new Constitution. In what was probably the most important campus political battle of the last academic year, they sided with the campus establishment—including the College Republicans, ASM leadership and centrist media outlets. Regarding electoral endorsements, the CDs robotically support the most right-wing of the electable candidates. In no case was this more insidiously apparent than the group’s endorsement of Bridget Maniaci in last spring’s alder race. Though Maniaci’s opponent, Brenda Konkel, is not a registered Democrat, she is an unbridled champion of all the right causes. This is precisely why the Dane County Democrats issued a nonendorsement for the race. Though Maniaci allowed herself to be used by powerful local interests in the most repugnant way, the CDs gave her plenty of logistical support in an unsavory win. The above should demonstrate why the CDs have degenerated into a résumé-padding social club, a group that is almost constitutionally incapable of taking a courageous stand on behalf of anything. It’s no wonder the group is so incapable of attracting social justice activists, people of color or students who just want to do some type of meaningful political work. Nonetheless, there is no reason why atrophy must continue. There is no reason why the CDs cannot transform themselves into an activist-based group, one that takes a leading role in campaigns for social and economic justice. I ﬁnd it funny that the Dane County Democrats lend much more support to issue-based advocacy than their student counterparts. Regardless, this year’s new leadership has a clear choice to make as to what the group’s new role is going to be, and let’s hope—both for the sake of the CDs and the progressive movement in general—that it involves a decisive break with its past behavior. Kyle Szarzynski is a senior majoring in history and philosophy. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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textbook swap holds promise From August 28-30, the Associated Students of Madison held its fourth book swap, moving $35,000 and 2,700 books, half of which sold. The book swap is intended to save students money on both ends of the bloody textbook process—buying and selling. At the swap, students can buy used textbooks from fellow students at cheap prices and turn a decent proﬁt if their books sell. ASM priced books at 65 percent less than the same book new at the University Book Store and 10 percent less than the used price if the University Book Store did not have a new copy. According to ASM, this saved students $10,000 over State Street book store prices. Enter: reality. Not enough students bring books to be sold at the book swap, so the selection is poor, though the swap increased in volume by three and a half times since the spring semester swap. Some required texts are not available at the book swap, but only new at bookstores or online. Although students can make a killing if their books sell, there is a good chance that they will be picking up books, not cash, after the sale. If more and more students drop off books, but do not buy books at the swap, the program will become known as a disappointment. The sale price should be dropped slightly so as to remain competitive with the ever-alluring Amazon.com and its rockbottom prices. Combining the cheapest possible price and the convenience of having a book in hand without waiting days or weeks for shipping is a recipe for success, all while sticking it to the bookstore. The next step in expanding the book swap is adding days to the sale. This semester, there was one day exclusively for dropping

off books one day for purchasing books and one day for picking up unsold books or cash. ASM should allow books to be dropped off on the same days as sale days and increase the number of days students can buy books. One day is not enough for book shopping, especially for students who are busy or out of town but still want to check out the savings. Kurt Gosselin, ASM student council secretary, suggested starting a website that would allow students to check available books and prices at the swap, and perhaps even order online. Such an addition could cut down on the number of required volunteers, increase the swap’s popularity and streamline the swap process. ASM has to try new techniques for the swap to improve. If the exchange grows, so will the need for volunteers to staff it. But there won’t be many volunteers breaking down ASM’s door to help out. The process must be efficient to allow volunteers to conduct the swap well. The swap is just part of a broad cheaper textbook campaign currently coming under focus within ASM, according to Jonah Zinn, chair of ASM’s Academic Affairs Committee. The group hopes to reduce the cost of textbooks. They realize that high costs are not just caused by bookstore markups, but manufacturers and other players with bargaining power. Hopefully the group is up to the difficult task of finding ways to affect pricing on a scale that helps students. For a program in its toddler years, the problems the book swap has are predictable and fixable. If the swap continues to improve incrementally while incorporating new ideas, it could someday cut deep enough into the profits of overpriced bookstores to bring real competition to local textbook sales. That’s something students can cheer to.

Letter to the Editor:

Anorexia more than just body image issues I am writing to respond to Andrew Carpenter’s article, “Prevention needed to combat anorexia.” I certainly appreciate Carpenter’s concern with the health of his peers and I commend him for criticizing the unattainable beauty standards our society perpetuates. However, I felt that by making reference to the weight room at the SERF and the “hottest” women on campus, Carpenter still suggests that our main goal as young adults is to look good. In an article concerning struggles with body image, this notion of what is “hot” and what isn’t seems misplaced and inappropriate. I must point out that what young people suffering from anorexia need is not tips on how to lose weight in a healthy way, or assertions that muscular and ﬁt people are the most attractive—what they need is effective counseling (perhaps supplemented by

a prescription for antidepressants). Anorexia is not just an issue of a distorted body image. It is largely a disease of obsessive compulsive behaviors that have been directed towards food and weight. Substituting weight training and healthy eating habits only provides a different outlet for these obsessive tendencies, thereby running the risk of unhealthy amounts of exercise (anorexia athletica). Being so inherently linked with OCD and clinical depression, which are usually the result of atypical brain chemistry, anorexia should be assessed and treated similarly: with counseling and drug therapy. Furthermore, anorexia is often a way in which people in an otherwise chaotic environment exercise control over some area of their life. Examine a random collection of people suffering from eating disorders and I bet you’ll

ﬁnd a whole slew of issues in their lives that they hold little to no control over, such as a parental divorce, a death in the family, a difﬁcult school schedule, or, as is the case with many adolescents, a hormonal change. Thus, though the depictions of “beautiful” men and women in the media certainly may play a role in the development of eating disorders among men and women, this assertion is dangerously close to the incorrect assumption that eating disorders are diseases of vanity. In order to effectively prevent and treat eating disorders, we must remember they are very often associated with clinical depression and self-control, and not just a result of distorted ideas of body image. As a former sufferer of an eating disorder, I should know. —Alyssa Lochen

arts Wake up with ‘Break Up’ dailycardinal.com/arts

By Jacqueline O’Reilly THE DAILY CARDINAL

Although her debut album, Anywhere I Lay My Head, left the music community underwhelmed, Scarlett Johansson is back. This time Hollywood’s blonde bombshell for the new millennium has teamed up with an artist who always satisﬁes the music community: Pete Yorn. The duo’s collaboration, Break Up, hit stores Tuesday. Although the pair based their project on French singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg’s albums with Brigitte Bardot, the pairing has an essence very reminiscent of Johnny and June Carter Cash’s work. Besides having a twangy sound similar to that of the Cashes, Yorn and Johansson mimic the same apparent chemistry heard in the duets of Johnny and June. This chemistry permeates the speakers and gives Yorn and Johansson’s music a soul. Like the Cashes, their chemistry isn’t heard in songs about perfect kisses or romantic evenings; it’s witnessed in songs depicting a lovers’ quarrel. As the record’s name

suggests, Yorn and Johansson spend most of the album ﬁghting about why they can’t or don’t want to get their relationship to work. There are a couple high points on the record, both of which create lifelike arguments within the margins of excellent music. Break Up’s debut single, “Realtor,” is an excellent example of this; its melody is seemingly upbeat, yet the lyrics create a completely different mood for the song. Yorn and Johansson both complain, “You can leave whenever you want out / You don’t relate to me / You don’t respect me.” This accusatory language is set against the bubbly rhythm, creating an interesting contrast between the two main building blocks of “Realtor.” This contrast makes the song worth more than it might appear at face value and allows room for interpretation. “I Don’t Know What to Do” is another gem. With more of a rock feel than the rest of the album, a stage is set that allows the artists’ vocals, particularly Johansson’s, to shine. Her bluesy, mournful voice sings, “I don’t want you coming

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Although Scarlett Johansson has mainly worked as an actress, she has dabbled in music before, including an album with Tom Waits.

here / No way, no way / I can’t have you staying here / No way, no way.” Johansson holds her own and earns some respect as a vocalist, not just a young starlet with an afﬁnity for singing.

CD REVIEW

Break Up Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson However, beyond these two tracks, there aren’t any other standouts. This is mainly because Break Up lacks a vital cohesiveness that could have turned a collection of songs into a single unit. Yorn and Johansson clearly had a lot of ideas, but didn’t have the right formula for combining them. There are awkward bits of digitized sound thrown into a seemingly country-like album. In their song “Search Your Heart,” Yorn and Johansson speak the lyrics, making the track oddly uncomfortable to listen to. And in their song “Wear and Tear,” it appears as though the duo almost completely forgot to put Johansson’s stylings in song at all. They randomly insert her vocals, sung in a completely different style than Yorn’s, making the song rough and confusing. It is when these glitches occur that the record loses the Cash essence that had made its high points so high. Overall, the album runs hot and cold. Nonetheless, the collaboration is an interesting one that has a lot of potential. If Yorn and Johansson can lay out a clearer roadmap for their next project, it is likely that Break Up’s sequel will be spectacular.

Mark’s guide to a successful TV binge MARK RIECHERS jumping the mark

aybe you’ve wanted to try out a show like Showtime’s “Dexter” and you ﬁnally got the DVDs from a friend. Maybe you needed to prove to yourself that “True Blood” sounds like a stupid show and found yourself proven profoundly wrong. At any rate, this is a condition that all watchers of great TV will ﬁnd themselves in: a TV binge. The cursed intersection of addiction and the availability of season box sets. For me, it started with two weeks glued to my couch recovering from mono, a state that carried me through three consecutive seasons of “Lost” watched one disc at a time. For those of you doing the math at home, that’s about 4-5 hours of TV at a time. And that’s assuming you’re too lazy to get up and change the disc to start the whole process over again. A fellow columnist summarized the process best: “Uhh... gross.” If you’re trying to diagnose others you suspect are under a TV binge, look for the signs: 1. They constantly talk about their “new favorite show.” 2. Having minimal contact with the world outside of their show, they

try to work quotes into conversation. They’re usually a little outdated, since bingers are watching a show outside its original time frame. “Save the cheerleader, save the world!” 3. If you’ve seen a series, mark the plot points they mention—do they ask what could be in the Hatch, only to discuss the Looking Glass a few days later? 4. Do they seem pale and nourished on Cheetos alone?

Maybe you’ve wanted to try out a show like Showtime’s “Dexter” and you ﬁnally got the DVDs from a friend.

OK, maybe spending a quarter of your day watching TV broken up only by trips to the bathroom or the kitchen for salty snacks isn’t exactly something of which to be proud. I ﬁgure I’m a little better off since my bathroom is in my kitchen. And yes, natural light and fresh air are starting to burn my skin a little bit. But the shame and degrading personal hygiene are a small price to pay for the hard adrenaline shot to the heart that is a complete series in a week’s time. If you’re going to binge, prac-

tice safety ﬁrst. Choose quality series—no one wants to hear you gushing about “The Sarah Connor Chronicles” for weeks. Invest in HBO and Showtime box sets to assure quality production values that will make you seem like you’re not just trying to avoid writing that English paper, but “enjoying the acting talents of our generation.” You might also want a spotter—someone who always watches your addiction series with you. This gives you at least one person who will understand your obsession and is at the same point in the series as you, giving you minimal risk for spoilers when you discuss the show during one of your infrequent trips to somewhere other than your living room. In theory, this also give you someone who will prevent you from staying up until 4 a.m. watching the second season of “Mad Men.” Oh, and take a shower every once in a while to wash off all the crumbs and shame. People tend to frown upon that. Don’t worry, Mark’s girlfriend makes sure he takes showers often enough that you can’t smell the shame. Feel free to get some tips on how to get aging macaroni stains off your shirts by shooting him an e-mail at mriechers@wisc.edu.

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Around campus tonight The Orpheum Stage Door hosts three of the year’s most buzz-worthy bands as the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Cymbals Eat Guitars (right) and Depreciation Guild make a stop in Madison Wednesday. Following the success of their outstanding self-titled debut earlier this year, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart have played their shimmering pop with twee energy all across the states, picking up new fans at every stop. Cymbals Eat Guitars’ earth-shatteringly manic portraits and landscapes of sounds harken back to Pavement, and their live show is an impressive powerhouse. Depreciation Guild feature personal, captivating pop music with a Nintendo 8-bit soundboard in tow. This is the kind of indie-rock showcase that bottles up months of excitement and is a deﬁnite can’t-miss experience. Who: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Cymbals Eat Guitars and Depreciation Guild Where: Orpheum Stage Door When: 8:30 p.m. tonight Cost: $10 in advance, $12 day of show

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Its Got Violet Beauregarde Beat. The oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old. dailycardinal.com/comics

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Discussions

Today’s Sudoku

Evil Bird

By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu

Angel Hair Pasta

By Todd Stevens ststevens@wisc.edu

Sid and Phil

By Alex Lewein alex@sidandphil.com

Solution, tips and computer program available at www.sudoku.com.

Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. The Daily Code

Girl Friends

a b c d e f g h i

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

“Pxxm. Wxf pnwcuh anvxen hxda cjvyxw jwm cah jpjrw.” quote from I Love You, Man Yesterday’s Code:

“You got a fucking dart in your neck man.”

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

The Graph Giraffe

Charlie and Boomer

By Yosef Lerner ilerner@wisc.edu

By Natasha Soglin soglin@wisc.edu

Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com

SILLY WILLY 1 5 10 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 23 24 27 31 33 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 47 48 49 52 54

ACROSS “Poppycock!” Happy as ___ Autumn birthstone Operatic offering “___ Lady” (Tom Jones song) Cabbie’s customer Hardly decisive Abscond Apartment dweller “CSI” actor George Not aboveboard Big name in foreign news, ITAR-___ At a rapid tempo, in music Sound of little feet “His” towel owners 0.45 kgs Spanish for “that girl” It’s out of your mind Skier’s quarters Beelzebub’s bailiwick “Where ___ sign?” Coral Sea gulf Subtle emanations 1958 Bobby Darin hit Acted the coquette 1999 combatant A foot has 304.8 (Abbr.) Amino or hydrochloric Eye intently

56 Friend of Otter and Mole 59 Waste time vacillating 62 Ship that sailed to Col-chis, in myth 63 “Let’s Make ___” (game show) 64 The Who name 65 Just around the corner 66 Blackjack player’s cry 67 Watery expanses 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 18 22 25

DOWN Cries one’s eyes out A college at Oxford “Badlands” star Spacek Cries of derision Something hard workers break? Dance half Gibson ___ Paul (guitar) Court king Arthur Wild mandrake Counter-balance Trusted chum “Blessed ___ the meek ...” “He Got Game” director Spike Abominable Snowmen Blah Brownstone features

26 Parodies 28 “Rawhide” beast 29 Contem- porary of Edison 30 Academic hurdles 31 “Once Upon a Mattress” legume 32 Wine and dine 33 In the ___ of (among) 34 Rope-___ (Ali’s strategy) 35 Priestess in Bizet’s “The Pearl Fishers” 39 Hoity-toity 40 “Excuse me?” 42 There are 60 trillion in a min. 43 Equally awful 45 Joe Lieberman’s middle name 46 Diamond-shaped pattern 49 Bar brawl 50 122-square- mile Medterranean republic 51 Eyelid maladies 53 “Little ___ know ...” 55 Blasts with a ray gun 56 Acquire a bronze tone 57 Lorry lode, perhaps 58 ___ Khan 60 ___ bygones be bygones 61 Felonious ﬂight

You Can Run

By Derek Sandberg kalarooka@gmail.com

sports

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Flu sidelines football players By Ben Breiner THE DAILY CARDINAL

At least 10 members of the Wisconsin football team have come down with flu-like symptoms in the early part of the week according to team officials. “We started having some guys get sick on Sunday, actually a few popped in Saturday. Sunday, Monday it progressed got a little worse,” Head coach Bret Bielema said. “Hopefully with some of the things we’re doing in the training room, in addition to getting some good rest, those guys will be able to join us tomorrow.” Bielema said the first players to get sick were younger players who live in residence halls but that several veterans had symptoms soon after. Some of the student-athletes have already recovered, and

soccer from page 8 out this weekend, not giving up a goal, I’m pretty pleased.” The back-to-back shutouts posted by Wisconsin this weekend were numbers 14 and 15 in the career of senior goalkeeper Alex Horwath. After the win, Howath was named the Most Outstanding Defensive Player of the tournament. The rest of the Badgers defense was equally as good, snuffing out Western Illinois’ offense and allowing only two shots on

nfl from page 8 fielded the most explosive offense in NFL history, scoring 589 points, 36.8 per game, the most in NFL history. Its defense was just as productive, allowing the fourth fewest points in the NFL. The result was nearly a 20point differential per game. New England’s run-and-gun offense presented an impossible assignment for defenses. Brady represented the most intelligent and gifted signal-caller in the league, as he picked apart defenses either with long bombs to a streaking Randy Moss or darts to a crossing Wes Welker. New England’s offense would strike early and often, while never letting its foot off the gas pedal. Whether it be head coach Bill Belichick’s lack of a feeling of security in the game or just his ego, the Pats would embarrass opponents. They won their first seven games by double-digits, and 10 by 20plus points. Landmark victories included a 3814 win over AFC West champion San Diego, a 21-point drubbing of then-5-0 Dallas and another 21-point blowout over Pittsburgh. No one in the NFL had ever seen anything like it. Whether people thought the Pats were purposely running up the scores or not, there was no question they had the guns to do it. Only a handful of teams in the NFL had the ability to keep a game within reach. In 2007, New England was in a league of its own. The Pats now return Brady and much of their weaponry from 2007, including Moss and Welker on the offensive side of the ball and unblockable defensive tackle Vince Wilfork and playmaking linebacker Adalius Thomas. Not to mention the league’s premier head coach in Belichick. The season previews are floating around on the Internet, and Pittsburgh remains the hot favorite. But it won’t be close. The Pats will coast through the regular season and do what they should have done in 2007: win the Super Bowl. Do you think the Patriots can this year? E-mail kellogg2@wisc.edu.

coaches hope to go into Saturday’s game with a roster that is nearly fully healthy. The entire university has been on alert as it braces for the potential of the swine ﬂu in the fall. “This is something that’s campus-wide, it’s something that everyone’s dealing with and we’re nothing immune to that,” Bielema said. Despite the fact that Tuesday is usually the team’s biggest work day, coaches were cautious, and shortened practice. The team is planning to make some adjustments for Saturday’s contest against Fresno State in light of the limited reps for the sick players. “I know Fresno State is not going to be concerned about any type of illnesses that we have or might be potentially an issue for us,” Bielema said. goal, a feat Horwath was quick to point out. “I didn’t have to do anything today. I got to watch 90 minutes of soccer,” Horwath said. “They were awesome; they deserve all the credit in the world.”

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Volleyball

Tournament yields pair of wins By Adam Tupitza THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Wisconsin volleyball team took home two wins over the weekend in the Oregon State/Active Ankle Challenge. The Badgers opened the tournament with a win over Seattle Saturday. After splitting the first two sets, Seattle took a 23-17 lead in the third set of their match with the Badgers. Wisconsin then rallied to win eight points in a row and take the third set 25-23. “We made a great comeback in that game, and that really turned the match around,” UW coach Pete Waite said. Senior outside hitter Brittney Dolgner sparked the comeback with three kills during the 8-0 run. She finished with a team-high 12 kills DOLGNER in the match, and she added 12 digs to record her first double-double of the season. The Badgers easily domi-

nated the fourth set to take the match 25-20, 23-25, 25-23, 25-14. In its next game, Wisconsin could not get into a rhythm on offense against Cal State Fullerton. Wisconsin held a 21-16 lead in the first set but was unable to close the door on the Titans. In the second set, the Badgers struggled with their passing, and CSU Fullerton took advantage, winning the set handily. The third set was much closer, and the two teams were locked up at 22-all. The Titans finished off the Badgers with three consecutive points, however, with the third coming on a service ace. The Badgers had their best performance of the tournament against Oregon State, pulling out the victory in a five-set thriller. Sophomore middle back Elle Ohlander, senior outside hitter Caity DuPont, Freshman middle back Alexis Mitchell, and Dolgner all chipped in with double-digit kill totals. DuPont also had two of Wisconsin’s four service aces. “That was a great win for our team,” Waite said. “That was the best

we’ve seen our entire team play. It was great balance and great improvement from match to match. Across the board, we had a number of great performances.” Sophomore setter Janelle Gabrielsen had a game to remember, putting up a career-best 56 assists, as well as nine digs, two kills and one block. “After our match this morning, we watched video of that match with a number of different position players and just showed them some areas in which they can improve their game,” Waite said. “It wasn’t so much about Oregon State, it was about us. They truly took it to heart and made some changes, and it showed up in the match.” Wisconsin ﬁnished the Active Ankle Challenge with a 2-1 record. The Badgers return to the court next weekend at the Notre Dame Invitational in South Bend, Ind. They take on host Notre Dame on Friday night, followed by a match against New Mexico State Saturday. —UWBadgers.com contributed to this report.

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Men’s Soccer

Badgers earn ﬁrst win with late goal By Parker Gabriel THE DAILY CARDINAL

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4,200 total packages of student season tickets were all sold within a couple of hours. The 2009-’10 season starts Nov. 4.

Men’s Basketball

Student tickets sell out again By Nico Savidge THE DAILY CARDINAL

Within a couple of hours of going on sale Tuesday morning, all 4,200 student season ticket packages for the 2009-’10 Wisconsin men’s basketball season had been sold. For the eighth consecutive season, the student section at the Kohl Center will be sold out. The tickets, which went on sale at 8:30 a.m. and were all gone by 10:45, were split into “Red” and “White” half-season packages. According to students the ticket office’s servers handled the crowds looking for tickets much better than they did when students went online to buy football tickets in June. Many students complained about the long wait to buy student football tickets after the site’s servers were overwhelmed. Sophomore Kyle McDaniel

bought tickets Tuesday and said the process was quick and relatively easy. After logging on to UWBadgers.com a few minutes before tickets went on sale, he said it took ﬁve minutes for him to buy his “Red” ticket package. “My ticket-buying experience today was pretty good,” McDaniel said. “I would not say the same for when I bought football tickets.” Representatives from the UW Athletic Department said they had not heard about any issues with students overcrowding the system’s servers. McDaniel guessed that the ticket ofﬁce must have been better prepared for the people logging on to buy tickets this year. “The system didn’t seem to be hit so hard,” he said. “So either they changed the way their servers were working or there were less people trying.”

Two days after the Wisconsin Men’s soccer team played to a scoreless draw against Virginia Tech, Western Illinois seemed poised to send the Badgers into extra time again Sunday. Sophomore forward Mark Roos, however, had other ideas. After a penalty call on the right wing with 10 seconds to go, fellow sophomore midfielder Austin Spohn set the ball down, took a hurried step back and sent a long volley toward the back post. Roos found room amid the chaos in front of the goal, timed his leap, got his head on the ball and sent it to the back of the net with three seconds remaining, lifting the Badgers to a 1-0 win. Roos, a Wilmette, Ill., native, knew he had a chance to make a play on the ball and made the most of the sudden opportunity. “I just saw the scoreboard and it said 10 seconds when I saw Spohn set it up,” he said. “I knew this was the last play and something had to happen. I just tried to get this big head on it.” He succeeded, and the Badgers finished their opening weekend 10-1, doing so without giving up a goal. Wisconsin finished second in the Middleton Sports and Fitness Invite, as Virginia Tech took home the title, scoring a 2-1 advantage over the Badgers in goals for, the fifth tiebreaker.

Roos’ first career goal secured the first career win as a collegiate head coach for Wisconsin’s Todd Yeagley. He said after the game that nothing from his illustrious playing career could have prepared him for the way his first coaching win

came about. “I don’t know if we could have scripted it much better with that ﬁnish,” he said. “I would have loved to have a result on Friday, but coming soccer page 7

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Sophomore forward Mark Roos scored the game-winning goal in the ﬁnal seconds of the Badgers’ 1-0 win over Western Illinois.

Despite tough season, Patriots are rightful NFL favorites SCOTT KELLOGG the cereal box

hursday night the Pittsburgh Steelers will begin their title defense as they open up the season against the Tennessee Titans. The Steelers will be conﬁdent they can repeat as Super Bowl champions, and why shouldn’t they be? They return all their major pieces

on offense and defense and have an up and coming and admired head coach in Mike Tomlin. But Pittsburgh should not be considered the Super Bowl favorite. I don’t want to take anything away from Pittsburgh’s accomplishments last season, but 2008 is a marred year for the NFL. After all, the league’s most talented and dangerous team was without not only its best player, but the NFL’s best player. After absolutely dominating the NFL in 2007, New England’s Tom

Brady suffered a season ending injury early in his first game of 2008. The consequence of the injury was a flawed 2008 NFL season; a season in which an injury to a single player diminished the chances of the overwhelming preseason Super Bowl favorite while opening the door to a lesser squad. Give Pittsburgh credit; it was the most opportunistic squad in 2008 and took advantage of the depleted competition to capture its league-high sixth Super Bowl victory. As a result, the majority of football writers are selecting Pittsburgh as the favorite. But how quickly these experts forget. The most dominant football team to ever play the game will return in 2009 with its primary weapon. The Patriots didn’t win the Super Bowl in 2007, but they still represent the most dominant team in NFL history. The Patriots were defeated by the New York Giants in the Super Bowl that season, but anyone who followed football in 2007 and watched New England play knows that based on the overall product of the season, the Patriots were the superior team. New England went 16-0 that year, becoming the only team to win all 16 regular season games. since the 1972 Dolphins. But for New England to achieve the feat in this age of football where the players are this fast and this talented is far more impressive. It wasn’t just the perfect regular season record that was impressive. What will be remembered of the 2007 Patriots is the manner in which they blew their competition right out of the water. New England, headed by Brady, nfl page 7