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

Parade fall yields weeks in hospital

Admissions policy revisitedClegg explains CEO findings

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A student seriously injured after falling from a Homecoming float Friday will remain hospitalized for “several weeks,” according to an e-mail sent to College of Engineering students Monday.

The undergraduate woman, 22, was hospitalized Friday after falling from the Society of Women Engineers’ parade float and getting run over by a double-axle trailer, according to police.

The student was then trans-ported to UW Hospital with serious injuries, according to Madison Police Department Sergeant Paul Jacobsen.

An e-mail sent by Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and College of Engineering professor Steven M. Cramer Monday said the woman will remain in the hospital for several weeks.

“We all wish a speedy recovery to the student injured,” Cramer’s e-mail said.

Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said Sunday the injured stu-dent is expected to make a full recovery.

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“We all wish a speedy recovery to the student

injured.”

By Samy Moskolthe daily cardinal

Center for Equal Opportunity President Roger Clegg said UW-Madison’s holistic admissions policy engages in racial and ethnic discrimination during a state committee hearing Monday.

In September, conservative think tank CEO released a study alleging UW-Madison favors black and Latino applicants over white and Asian applicants

in the undergraduate and law school admissions process.

Committee on Colleges and Universities Chair Rep. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, raised concerns about UW’s admissions policy follow-ing the study’s publication in September and called for the public hearing.

Although the hearing was public, speakers from

By Anna Duffinthe daily cardinal

The Student Judiciary upheld its decision to remove two student leaders from their seats Monday.

The SJ removed former Associated Students of Madison Vice Chair Beth Huang and Nominations Board Chair Nico Magallon in September after it ruled the leaders failed to turn in required service hours on time.

SJ Chief Justice Kate Fifield said the body upheld its origi-nal decision to remove the lead-ers because Huang and Magallon would not have submitted their service hours had they not been reminded on the Sept. 15 deadline.

Since they “forgot,” the SJ ruled

the hours they submitted were not completed with the requirement in mind and were thus invalid.

But Huang said they chose to submit hours spent working at the ASM Textbook Swap and Recruitment Drive because the original offense for which the ser-vice hours were required, can-vassing for the spring elections in the dorms, was against the student body.

She said although they did not consider working for ASM to be punishment for the offense, she thought it was most appropriate for the service hours they com-pleted to be for the benefit of the student body.

“Although I would never feel

punished to volunteer in the ASM textbook swap or recruit-ment drive, I think that it’s been a process that has been thorough-ly punitive,” Huang said.

Fifield said Huang and Magallon cannot appeal the SJ’s ruling.

The ASM Nominations Board is scheduled to fill the vacant seats within two weeks. Huang said she plans to apply for the vice chair position through the board and is confident she will be reinstated.

“I think that I served ASM in a very full capacity in the past year and a half and I think Noms Board will recognize that,” Huang said.

ASM is currently soliciting students to fill the now-vacant positions.

By Kelly Kallienthe daily cardinal

During a hearing at the Capitol discussing UW-Madison’s holistic admis-sions policy Monday, some student and teaching assistant groups abstained and held a press conference to discuss “more important” issues facing the university.

In September, controversy erupted after the Center for Equal Opportunity said the uni-

versity discriminates against white and Asian students in its admissions policy.

Originally, many student groups engaged in protests throughout campus but recent-ly chose not to give CEO fur-ther attention.

“We all agreed that the CEO claims are not impor-tant,” Associated Students of Madison Rep. Tia Nowack

Student groups take new approach

SJ upholds ruling to remove student leaders

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former aSM Vice chair Beth huang said she plans to go through the aSM nominations Board to return to her position.

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...unless everyone else is doing it+ARTS, page 4

A dish best served coldAfter the Spartans were the only team to defeat the Badgers last fall, UW football seeks revenge Saturday

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center for equal opportunity president roger clegg explained the group’s findings about the UW-Madison admissions process at a public hearing Monday. Student groups responded by abstaining from attending the hearing.

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H ow depressing it is to be 22 years old and feel that your best years are

behind you. As a senior I am sick of hearing that we should all relish this last year of what will undeniably be “the best time in our lives.” It’s not that I don’t enjoy college or living out the stereotypes that go along with it. I just think that for most people, it is defeatist to admit they peak so early. However, what irks me most about this statement is I know it is certifi-ably false—I hit my prime in the sixth grade.

I’d barely, if at all, hit puber-ty and couldn’t have been pro-ducing many pheromones. Yet, I exuded an animal magnetism that was irresistible to preteen girls. I couldn’t go a mall, movie theatre or little league game with-out getting hit on. Something about me made those sixth grade girls throw out their slyness and

years of social reinforcement that dictate it is the man who should court the woman.

At first I relished in the attention, as any chubby boy who’d just managed to outgrow his baby fat and ice cream for breakfast addiction would, but eventually I began to dread going out in public and having to face the burden of unwanted advances. I would appease any girl in polite conversation, but this became nearly impossible because of the sheer magnitude. Not to mention many of the girls had the conversational skills of a drunk bro with a bachelor’s degree in fantasy football.

Girls would often approach me and say things such as “you’re hot” or even worse “can I get your number?” and then go silent, leaving the responsibility of interesting dialogue solely on me. Never once did they have the com-petence to inquire about my passions, hopes and dreams. Although, at 12 years old such things generally fell into the category of being either triv-ial or entirely implausible. Eventually this dehumaniza-

tion caused me to become much more forthright and vicious in my rejections.

Then—all of a sudden—girls stopped approaching me. I won-dered: “Am I no longer attrac-tive? Has my harsh rejections created a lurking cloud of bad Karma?” Sure I found their meth-ods tiresome, but I’d enjoyed the validation. Few celebrities enjoy having their lives invaded by paparazzi, but surely they revel in the thought that they are important enough to have paparazzi in the first place.

In the course of a few years I faced a rapid ascent and subse-quent descent in my social sta-tus. How could I go from a pre-teen heartthrob to an average teenager? I’d not even finished puberty when I was forced to go through a dreary reexami-nation of my significance in the world—an arduous proposi-tion that perhaps only female Chinese gymnasts and Danny Bonaduce can relate to.

Nonetheless, I am thank-ful for the experiences of my adolescence. For one, they’ve given me an uncanny ability to understand all the things an

attractive girl has to go through whenever she is in public. That’s why whenever I see a young female that interests me, I make it a point to commu-nicate that I know what she’s going though.

“Hey sorry to bother you, I know as a very attractive young woman you probably get hit on multiple times a day by a bunch of pathetic dorks or douche bags. Guys who just don’t understand you; who can’t see you as anything more than a pretty face with an ass that belongs in a Flo Rida video. I know you’ll appreciate this sincerity because I know how valuable your time is; I wouldn’t want to waste any of it. I just wanted to say you’re totally hot, and I relate to that because I’ve been there too.”

Girls are often taken aback and flattered from my insight-ful remarks. However, for some reason, I still find it difficult to recreate the magic I had in sixth grade when I was in my prime.

Gone from stud muffin to des-perate wannabe? E-mail Elliot at eignasiak@wisc.edu to relive your glory days.

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Dear Bascom,

I’m a freshman living in the dorms and I have a terrible roommate. There isn’t a moment in the day when she isn’t chewing with her mouth open, texting maniacally, skyping at full volume or sitting on MY BED with her shoes on! I thought I could just grin and bear it but she is nuts, and slowly my mind and GPA are dying. Help me out.

—On the verge of a nervous breakdown.

Dear girl on the verge,

Tell your roommate I’m sorry she has to share her room with such an uptight and uncompassionate person! Sheesh!

Alright, I’m only slightly kidding here, but actually, you’re roommate sounds exactly like me, with the minor exception

that I would only do these things if my roommate weren’t in the room (…or passed out drunk).

The main thing to keep in mind is that you’re both in the same boat. While all of the things your roommate does are bothersome, just remember that she is likely thinking the same thing about some of your habits (like waking up every morning at 6:45 to shower and straighten your hair, and demanding that all of the DVDs remain alphabetized). College, especially freshman year, is a time for change and finding out who you really are.

If your roommate decides this is the person she wants to be, she will gravitate toward people like herself, in which case you’re stuck with an inconvenient roommate. On the other

hand, if she receives the rude awakening that I reckon is on its way, she will gradually change her habits and you may find cohabitation to be less of a burden and more of an experience, for both of you.

At any rate, you shouldn’t expect her to change unless you endlessly blackmail or threaten her. What we know for sure in this situation is that you are the one inconvenienced, so do something about it: when she decides to nuke some Ramen in the microwave, head down to the dining hall with friends to avoid her slurping and chomping; when she’s skyping, take a study break and head to the SERF; and the next time she tries to sit on your bed, slap her in the face.

If it really comes down to it, the only thing you really

need to do in your room is sleep, so find places on campus to accomplish all of your daily tasks (e.g. library, a friend’s room, any building or room labeled “off limits” and guarded with a giant three-headed dog).

And if nothing else, get a boyfriend and stay in his dorm, though I expect you might, in turn, run back to your roommate. Oh, also, retaliate.

—M. Wendt

Ask Bascom:advice from a Wisconsinite

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SSFC hears MCSC funding eligibilityBy David KleinTheDailyCarDinal

The Multicultural Student Coalition told the Student Government Finance Committee Monday it is eligible to receive funding.

MCSC Diversity Educator Rebecca Pons said the group ben-efits the UW-Madison commu-nity in many ways, such as acting as first responders to incidents of racism and sexism on campus.

SSFC Rep. Cale Plamann asked how much of MCSC’s time is devoted to providing students on campus services. To be eligi-ble for funding, the MCSC’s staff must spend at least 60 percent of its time directly serving students.

After the group listed how each of its staff members directly serves the student body, Plamann said he was still uncertain whether MCSC fulfilled the requirement.

“I didn’t get a lot of very key questions answered,” Plamann said. “I’m in limbo at the moment.”

SSFC will determine if MCSC is eligible for funding Thursday.

Aside from its eligibility hear-ing, MCSC Diversity Educator Nneka Akubeze spoke against

SSFC’s decision to deny MCSC a budget alteration last week.

Akubeze said the group need-ed the alteration to pay alumni to come from out of town to train MCSC members.

“These people have families and jobs,” Akubeze said. “It’s unreasonable to expect MCSC alumni to fly to Madison on their own time and do it for free.”

SSFC Chair Sarah Neibart denied the request for the bud-get alteration last week because if the request had been granted, the group would not have fin-ished its budget outline by their eligibility hearing.

Plamann said the group could find people to train members at a lower price.

“We have to remember we’re using student funds here,” Plamann said. “Because of that, we should be looking at reason-able amounts of funds.”

Akubeze said SSFC should not inhibit the group from func-tioning at its fullest capacity.

“It’s important for you all to provide the most resources pos-sible for students on campus,” Akubeze said.

By Anna DuffinTheDailyCarDinal

A group created by the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates outlined recommendations it said would improve advising at UW-Madison Monday, includ-ing better connecting students to advisers and adding about 20 new advising positions.

The MIU set aside $1.5 million to “transform the undergradu-ate advising experience.” The MIU Advising Working Group was formed to determine the best ways to make the improvements, Chair Annette McDaniel said.

“I think a new era for advis-ing is beginning and is real-ly taking shape and form at UW-Madison, partly because of this work and the opportunity

that we have,” McDaniel said.From the results of the

14-month study, the committee recommended the chancellor and provost “improve access to advi-sors, create a system for campus-wide advising leadership and coordination, improve advising-related technology and improve advisor training and assessment” at UW-Madison with the money allotted through the MIU to improve advising.

McDaniel said the group asked students, officials from other cam-puses, advisers and administra-tors how they could best develop UW-Madison advising.

“We had a lot of really hard decisions to make,” McDaniel said. “It was a long, reflective process bringing in a lot of stake-holders and synthesizing as a

group what we had learned.”Of the $1.5 million, the com-

mittee recommended the uni-versity use just over $1 million to improve access to advisers, $340,000 to create a system for campus-wide advising leader-ship and $150,000 to improve advising-related technology.

To improve access to advis-ers, the group recommended adding 20-24 new full-time advising positions.

McDaniel said she was excit-ed students recognized the need for a group that would help coor-dinate communication among advisers throughout the campus.

“Our presupposing that they wouldn’t understand the impor-tance of building a strong infra-structure for advising was not lost on them,” McDaniel said.

Group recommends changes to advising

Businesses react to State Street planBy Ben SiegelTheDailyCarDinal

Construction proposed for a State Street project that would generate revenue for the Overture Center at the more immediate expense of closing State Street establishments like Frida’s Mexican Grill for up to 15 months was pre-sented to the community Monday.

The proposal calls for reno-vating and demolishing various properties on State Street’s 100 block to revitalize the Overture Center and Central Library area with reconfigured retail and office spaces, according to project manager George Austin.

Madison philanthropists Jerry and Pleasant Frautschi, whose $205 million contribution funded the Overture Center’s creation, own all properties involved. In addition to footing the renova-tions’ entire $10 million budget, the Frautschis would donate all annual net revenue generated to the Overture Center.

“We’re facing a move, and [the project] is going to cost us tens of thousands of dollars to find a [new] location that we can afford,” owner of Vic’s Corn Popper Lubna Azad said.

Sam Lambert, a manager at neighboring Frida’s, was more optimistic, saying the restaurant’s lease allows them to return to the premises once construction ends.

In a press release, the Block 100 Foundation overseeing the project said it was “doubtful” businesses would return after the interrup-tive 15-month construction period.

Austin said Monday the foun-dation would “engage in discus-sion” with leaseholders about future occupancy.

One Overture Center usher applauded the project’s atheistic potential.

“I wear a suit and I seat people for $85 shows, and they look out of this beautiful glass window at a back alley,” he said.

Some of the project’s buildings are designated city landmarks, an added complication that may push completion back further than anticipated.

“These buildings are among the oldest in the city,” Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said. His dis-trict encompasses the proposed project site. “Historic preserva-tion is definitely an issue that I think is number one in most people’s minds.”

UW-Madison were selected from a list submitted to Nass by the university.

“It is simply untenable for our government institutions, includ-ing our state universities, to treat some people better and other people worse depending on skin color and what country their ancestors came from,” Clegg told the committee Monday.

Of the public schools stud-ied across the country, Clegg said UW-Madison has the most discriminatory admis-sions policies.

Clegg said UW-Madison should be considering socio-economic disadvantage instead of skin color when considering enrollment.

There is a “big difference between saying that you’re going to give special consideration to students in the face of poverty [and giving] special consid-eration to students because of their skin color,” Clegg said.

The group based its findings on ACT and SAT scores, as well as retention rates.

State Rep. Terese Berceau, D-Madison, critiqued Clegg for exaggerating how “divisive” the

issue is in Wisconsin.“You’ve determined the prob-

lem but you’ve also enhanced what that problem is,” Berceau said.

UW-Madison Vice Provost Paul De Luca said CEO’s analy-sis “disturbed” him by focusing on “quantitative variables” in admissions decisions.

“No student is accepted solely because of race or eth-nicity or any other non-aca-demic factor for that matter,” De Luca said.

The UW Board of Regents may take up the UW admis-sions policy at its next meeting in December.

said. “We didn’t want to give them any satisfaction [of us attending the hearing].”

Although they deemed CEO’s claims “unimportant,” the groups did not completely ignore them. Following the con-ference, the students marched down State Street chanting, “Education is a right, not just for the rich and white.”

Nowack said ASM orga-

nized the press conference, which included student gov-ernment, the Multicultural Student Coalition, the Teaching Assistants’ Association and sev-eral other groups. When plan-ning the press conference, she said the groups decided it should focus on issues facing the uni-versity that they deemed more important than the hearing.

“The legislators [should] focus on increasing accessibility in col-lege rather than wasting their

time listening to these out-of-state corporate interests complain about how there aren’t enough white people at our school,” ASM Rep. David Vines said.

Other problems discussed at the press conference includ-ed making higher education more affordable, creating a better job climate for stu-dents during and after college and combating voting restric-tions caused by a voter ID law passed in May.

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MembersofMCSCtoldSSFCtheirstaffspendsamajorityofitstimeprovidingstudentsdirectservices.

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Recently recalled Former state Sen. Randy Hopper was arrested for drunken driving Sunday in Fond du Lac.

At 5:30 p.m. Sunday, a citi-zen reported to the Fond du Lac Police Department that a car was being driven “all over the road” on U.S. 151. The driver, Hopper, purportedly

refused a breathalyzer test before being arrested for oper-ating while intoxicated.

Hopper eventually submitted to a breath test in jail to deter-mine his blood alcohol content, which was above the Wisconsin legal limit of .08.

Hopper was released from jail Monday.

Chief Deputy Mark Strand told The Fond du Lac Reporter the Hopper case will be handled like any other.

“We arrest hundreds of people a year for [OWI],” Strand said. “Hopper will just be one of those.”

Hopper lost his Senate seat to Jessica King, D-Oshkosh, in August.

recalled senator arrested driving under the influence

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MiUadvisingWorkingGroupChairannetteMcDanielsaidtheuniversitycanimproveadvisingbyhelpingadvisersacrosscampusbettercoordinatewitheachother.

arts

By Jacqueline Schaeferthe daily cardinal

With hundreds of albums being released this year, how does one distinguish between the good and the bad? What makes M83’s new album, Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming float to the top of the music pool?

The hazy beats that encapsu-late the mind make listening to this album an experience, a get-away from the stressors of daily life. That feeling of serenity, paired with equally as engaging lyrics makes this album worth a listen, out of those hundreds released.

French-electronic musi-cian, Anthony Gonzalez, is the man behind M83. He decided to approach this album differently by creating 22 tracks, splitting the album into two parts. This choice marks up the iTunes classic $9.99 price-tag to $14.99. Is this a risky choice in today’s economy? Will the extra five dollars be a deal-breaker?

Signs point to “no,” based on the enthusiastic fan-base surrounding M83. Gonzalez’s previous album, Saturday’=Youth released in 2008, claimed the No. 4 spot on

Billboard’s Dance/Electronic chart, selling over 76,000 copies. Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming is set to be released on Tuesday, Oct. 18.

Unfortunately, M83’s 2011 tour passes over Madison, but hits Minneapolis and Chicago in November. For now, we can use iTunes to pick up the new album, or Spotify for free listens.

The strong point of the album is the recognizability of outside musical influences. This familiar-ity factor immediately allows the music to sink in a little deeper, hitting all the right emotional chords. While I was listening to it, I noticed apparent connections to a Sigur Ros-style full-sounding

feeling, where the white noise was limited, or non-existent. There was also a dream-like melody within an electronic beat, similar to styles produced by Gayngs.

However, M83 definitely shows a more upbeat inflection through-out their songs, making them unique. Albeit, the relaxed beats provide a time of reflection within the album, which integrates the album and provides a cohesive feel.

Some tracks that stuck out were “Year One, One UFO”, “Where the Boats Go”, “Wait”, and “Splendor.” If you’ve got a limited amount of time, these are the singles that are most worth listening to.

Overall, the album was a heart-felt flow of lyrics and beats that would be a positive addi-tion to anyone’s music collection. Of course, no album’s content are purely divine. A few songs became quickly repetitive and cluttered with noise that had no apparent purpose. Considering these factors, the album has earned itself a B+. It will definitely add more to your life than take away —happy dreaming.

I n recent months, I’ve been forced to come to terms with the fact that somewhere

along the line, I became a hip-ster. For most, “hipster” remains a dirty word, an insult implying shallow self-absorption and a snobbish enslavement to certain ephemeral trends. I prefer to be more optimistic.

Remember that Jack Kerouac and Cosmo Kramer were the proto-typical hipsters of their respective times and places (50s America and 90s televi-sion, respectively) and that the Smashing Pumpkins once cel-ebrated the alternative nation with the slogan “Hipsters Unite!”

Like many Pumpkins tracks, though, “Cherub Rock” was ambiguous. It was equally well-taken as a sincere rallying cry or a sarcastic anti-anthe-mic rant, Billy Corgan’s brutal parody of Nirvana’s already oblique generational angst. But then, that is really the problem with hipsters, isn’t it? You can never be quite sure whether they are being ironic or earnest. Assuming, of course, that they know themselves.

So, I remain heavily vexed by the “hipster problem.” I am sure that I have become one, and yet I cannot even clearly define “hipster.” No one seems to have an exact definition, though most can offer a few key characteris-tics. Most popular amongst my highly scientific straw poll were tight pants, ironic facial hair, an irrational love of fixed gear bikes and especially “trying too hard to be cool.”

I find this last description par-ticularly apt as it illuminates the characteristic that so obliviously powers the hipster nation: inse-curity. So many hipsters seemed to be fueled by one-ups-manship and the entangled desires to be simultaneously both more like and yet somehow ‘better’ than their fellow hipsters.

Perhaps you too have come across the all too common phe-nomenon of the very hipster-look-ing fellow or lady who simply can-not shut up about their undying, vehement hatred for hipsters.

How and why does this hap-pen? I suspect that the same hyper-awareness of the world around them and its supposed divisions into hierarchies of good to worse infect these individuals to their core. Their insecurity compels them to have an almost psychotic need for association with the best possible and most obscure music, clothes and film. It additionally compels them to disdain all that fails to live up to their “refined” standards.

Since hipsters have been labeled social pariahs in our youth society, hipsters themselves must seek above all else to deny the dis-ease, even while exhibiting symp-tom after symptom.

In turn, my insecurity coupled

with my awareness of their sad situation compels me to disdain their disdain. It only gets worse from there, as I—and any other particular hipster—struggle for an upper hand in the game of meta-contextualization of each another’s lack of self-awareness.

And yet even as our insecu-rity and trivial obsessions alien-ate us from one another, being a hipster inevitably means hav-ing even less in common with any non-citizen of hipsterdom. These strange creatures (the common dude or dudette) often seem dull or uneducated, and in any case have no patience what-soever for our pretentions and over-calculated interests.

Perhaps it may seem that I am being too hard on myself, that I am a guilt-ridden ‘self-hating hipster.’ Allow me, then, to rescue a portion of the hipster community by dividing it into two categories.

Both categories derive their overly calculated interests large-ly from the “official sources” (largely critics, the gatekeepers, whom every hipster secretly aspires to be. After all, even more so than the hippest film-maker, musician or fiction writ-er, the critic lives and dies by his taste and especially by his ability to contextualize).

Some hipsters, however, dif-ferentiate themselves by actu-ally prioritizing the immense joy they find in the consumption of the “official” hip products over the need to use these products as totems against their self-doubt.

The insecurity and the need to be “better,” i.e. continually being more and more discriminating and stylish as well as educated in the obscure hidden gems of their fields of interest, will almost invariably persist. For the bet-ter category of hipster, though, the sheer beauty of the art being appreciated will be first and fore-most in the mind of the subject.

Hipsterdom should and could be a community dedi-cated to the celebration of the beauty of humanity and its cre-ations. Instead, it is too-often the realm of the celebration of the self over the other. Really, such a discerning, tasteful group could do much better.

If you are reading this, hip-sters, I urge you to not fear your birthright. In the name of Steve Malkmus, Norman Mailer and the Fonz, let us take back the word with which we are scorned and let us be the best possible versions of ourselves by cele-brating each other, rather simply tearing each other down. To bor-row the words of a man whose early work still holds our favor, “Hipsters Unite!”

Or, if you prefer to forget the self-indulgent epistemological babble I spew and instead pur-sue a less somber mission, may I recommend, “Stay cool, and be somebody’s fool this year”? Self-serious pretensions and the Pumpkins’ post-reunion slop be damned; it’s not bad advice.

E-mail questions and com-ments to seraphin@wisc.edu

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Just in time for Halloween is the release of “Paranormal Activity 3”, also coming out Oct. 21. However, its attempts at spooky suspense turn out to be more of a yawn-producer than a thriller.

In wide release comes “The Three Musketeers”, a remake of the Alexandre Dumas classic. This action-filled “re-imagination,” as producers love to say, is shot entirely in 3D and looks to be an entertaining, non-challenging flick.

In limited release Friday, select audienc-es can see “Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey”. This documentary is about Kevin Clash, the man behind our beloved

Elmo and has so far garnered some praise as a touching (albeit slow) portrayal of a rarely examined profession.

Being released this Tuesday, Oct. 18 through Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is the game “Batman: Arkham City” for Play Station 3 and Xbox 360. Critics have praised the game as a triumph that is much better than previous Batman gaming efforts.

My Brightest Diamond, who per-formed live at UW last year, is also releasing their album All Things Will Unwind Oct. 18. It’s is getting a good amount of buzz for its honesty and folk-inspired harmonies.

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L ast February, Gov. Scott Walker became a Republican icon after

successfully orchestrating the near complete destruction of union rights in Wisconsin. Walker and the state GOP man-aged to strip collective bargain-ing rights for almost all public workers by separating the ini-

tial budget bill into two por-tions: one bill that comprises the state budget, and another that solely exists to strip public union rights.

These events were heavily reported and most everyone in the state now has a strong opin-ion about whether Walker’s practices were morally or prac-tically sound. What’s often for-gotten in these discussions is that, before Walker signed the blatantly union-killing bill, he initially argued that the rights had to be taken away in order to balance the state’s bud-

get. “I don’t have anything to negotiate,” Walker declared in February while promoting his budget. “We’re broke.”

That phrase, “we’re broke,” is repeated a lot by Walker.

Yet, in spite of the dire finan-cial straits which he warns of in speech after speech, it was reported last week that an agency which Walker per-sonally created, spent $60,000 on iPads for a staff technol-ogy upgrade. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. purchased 73 iPads and 3G service for half of the tablets purchased with public, tax payer funds. In an article by Daniel Bice of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Tom Thielding, a WEDC spokes-man explained that the 73 iPads were “cheaper than buy-ing everyone a laptop.”

This assertion is false. Anyone who even casually travels to commercial electron-ics stores knows that there are several laptops from brands such as HP, Toshiba and oth-ers that retail well below $499, the current retail price for the basic, 16GB model of the iPad2 which Walker’s staff pur-chased. If you want something cheaper than a laptop, there are netbooks, humble comput-ers to be sure, but their price in the mid $200 region makes them extremely affordable for companies looking to buy com-puters in bulk.

There are countless options of equally new, perfectly usable computers available for Walker’s staff to buy, and the notion that iPads were a more cost-efficient option for the agency is absurd. Meanwhile, Bice’s article contains anoth-er questionable assertion by Walker’s staff. Theilding claims that the iPads were a neces-sary purchase, saying “The old Department of Commerce…was just lumbering along.” That claim has been refuted by an anonymous employee of the Doyle administration, who Bice quotes as saying he “never” thought the technology depart-ment was in need of a technol-ogy upgrade.

It’s difficult to get too upset about small scale-business expenses such as this. In 2010, Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, attempted to demonstrate fiscal responsibil-

ity by proposing a 5 percent cut to every Congressional office, a meaningless savings of $30 mil-lion among a multi-trillion dol-lar deficit. Just as Boehner and other politicians who practice similar acts of grandstanding deserve no credit for respon-sible spending, Walker doesn’t necessarily deserve to be labeled an irresponsible spender for the iPad splurge alone.

However, Walker’s spending spree is emblematic of his lack of credibility on budgetary mat-ters. In March, it was reported that Walker had spent nearly $41,000 on travel expenses in his first three months in office, more than twice the amount Jim Doyle had spent in the same time period. Also in March, Walker asked the federal gov-ernment for $150 million in stimulus money for necessary upgrades the state’s train sys-tem after publicly and theatri-cally rejecting the high speed rail funds during his campaign. Then, of course, there is the biggest fiscal lie Walker told: that the state was facing a $137 million dollar deficit in the coming year and needed to cut worker’s rights to save it. This artificially created budget cri-sis was the result of a $140 mil-lion special interest tax cut for state businesses.

There are more examples, to be sure. And while the iPad purchase alone doesn’t signify much, the cumulative weight of Walker’s financial irresponsi-bility is unmistakable.

With the Walker recall effort scheduled to begin Nov. 15, the heated arguments about the success of Walker’s governorship will resume. When they do, Walker will make many stump speeches and produce endless ads say-ing that Wisconsin was broke, and that he was merely being fiscally responsible.

Let there be no dispute: our state has never been broke. And Walker has clearly never been fiscally responsible.

Ryan Waal is a sophomore majoring in English. Please send all feedback to opinion@daily-cardinal.com.

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A mid a growing heroin and opiate problem in the city, Mayor Paul

Soglin announced changes to the 2012 budget. Among the chang-es, he plans to reduce funding to the Overture Center to offset increased spending to deal with the burgeoning drug problem.

Soglin diminished funds to

the Overture Center to $1.3 mil-lion from the $2 million Mayor Dave Cieslewicz previously allo-cated to the venue. Soglin plans to allocate $45,000 of the city’s operating budget to fund a police task force on heroin and opiates.

Although this move comes as no surprise to some legisla-tors the budget cuts are disap-

pointing to others, including Overture President Tom Carto. “We’re willing to take a propor-tional hit like everybody else,” said Carto, “but we believe this is disproportional.”

This board understands the frustration coming from the Overture Center offices; how-ever, drug-free streets should take priority in the city budget.

From an economic stand-point, cleaning up our streets is vital to economic success. More people will be willing to come here if our streets are safer, which helps downtown businesses. The point of the Overture Center in the first place was to attract more people to the area, but if downtown becomes a breed-ing ground for heroin addicts, where’s the appeal? No family is going to want to go downtown to see a show if it means subjecting their kids to the repellent world of drugs.

Furthermore, the Madison police have a thorough plan in place to combat the prob-lem. Soglin isn’t just throwing money at the issue hoping that it will magically fix the prob-lem. Addressing the problem at the source will help the city prevent future drug problems.

Madison police have identi-fied “hot spots” around town that have been determined as popular places addicts ingest heroin. These places include gas stations, fast food res-taurants, grocery stores and

shopping malls. Police officers will be giving extra attention to these places. By patrolling more often and taking a pro-active approach to ending this approaching epidemic, the city will have a better chance of solving the problem and do so at a lower cost.

The bottom line is that this heroin problem could snow-ball out of control, pushing away businesses and fami-lies. Being proactive in crush-ing this problem should be a top priority. This board rec-ognizes the struggles that the Overture Center will face with the change in the budget, which is why we implore potential donors to continue contribut-ing to the Overture Center. By working together, the city and donors can continue to pro-vide Madison residents with a variety of arts and entertain-ment in a safe environment.

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

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Overture cuts

iPad spending spree shows walker’s wastefulness

However, walker’s spending spree is

emblematic of his lack of credibility on budget-

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Drug-free streets should take priority in

the city budget.

comicsSurviving a zombie-worm attack

© Puzzles by Pappocom

Eatin’ Cake By Dylan Moriarty EatinCake@gmail.com

Caved In By Nick Kryshak nkryshak@wisc.edu

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

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

Today’s Sudoku

SNAP TO IT!

ACROSS 1 Longest possible

sentence 5 Fungus-to-be 10 Bottoms of columns 14 Ballpark figures? 15 Unlike an ort 16 Aussie gemstone 17 Insolent talk 18 “Oho!” and such 19 Fiddling Roman 20 Demolition

compound 21 Kind of artist 23 Periods of duty at

sea 25 Finish ahead of 26 Hardly macho 28 ___ different tune

(changed one’s mind) 30 “You can say that

____!” 31 Distinctive historical

period 32 Cross-referencing

word, in crosswords 35 Cuckoo, in Cancun 36 Danish bread? 37 It may be rigged 38 Relic in the first

Indiana Jones movie 39 Subtly sarcastic 40 They work in beds 41 Wooden shingle 42 Second cousin? 43 Legally prohibit

45 Thanked the audience, in a way

46 Place to exercise a passing fancy?

49 Rubber ducky’s spot 52 Where Zeno lectured 53 Mimicking 54 Fish-eating raptor 55 Univ. instructor 56 Chocolate-yielding

tree 57 Racetrack pace,

sometimes 58 Connecticut Ivy

League school 59 Funeral sound 60 ___ for (chooses)

DOWN 1 “... ___ any man

should boast” (Ephesians 2:9)

2 Islamic nation 3 Path for a rapidly

rising exec 4 Dangerous road

shape 5 Protected from

danger 6 Home to Notre Dame 7 Involving the ear 8 Need a bath

desperately 9 Fix firmly 10 Beethoven piece 11 Turn topsy-turvy 12 Bette’s “All About

Eve” role

13 Gin flavorer 21 Agatha Christie’s

“The Mysterious Mr. ____”

22 Jackman of film 24 Stew or miscellany 26 Posh party 27 Transylvanian lab

assistant 28 Fine china brand 29 Second-to-none

rating 31 Ponch portrayer of

TV 32 Where a cop might

take aim at you 33 Make, as an income 34 Formerly, in olden

days 36 Hitchhiker’s load 37 Nonspecific amount 39 Nursery rhyme

residence 40 Hockey great Gordie 41 Fighter-plane action 42 Golden Horde

member 43 Old paperboy’s cry 44 Thread buy 45 Commonplace 46 See at a distance 47 Airplane wing

measure 48 Grown-up nits 50 Hospital ward 51 Pari-mutuel

transactions 54 Cause of a power trip

Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

First in Twenty Classic

Sorry lefties, no sweets for you. Lollipop is the longest word you can spell onthe keyboard in proper keyboard-typing posture using only your right hand.

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Crustaches Classic By Patrick Remington graphics@dailycardinal.com

Evil Bird By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu

By Angel Lee alee@wisc.edu

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One reason the Badgers have struggled out of the gate is their lack of goal scoring. In four games, Wisconsin has mustered only seven goals. Eaves has said that this season will have to be offense by committee after los-ing three of last season’s top five scorers over the summer, but that expecting a high-level of production from an inexpe-rienced group right away is a lot to ask.

“When you lose Craig Smith

and Jordy Murray you’re trying to replace some offense,” Eaves said. “[Assistant coach Bill Butters] and I were talking and it’s like we want our first semes-ter freshman to play like second semester juniors and that’s just not going to happen.”

However, Eaves said that the veteran players can’t try to do too much on the ice to try and overcome the struggles that come with playing on an inexpe-rienced team that is very much still coming into its own.

“With the captains today we

talked about the fact that one of the challenges is not to be super captains,” Eaves said. “They need to do their part. Less is more.”

Eaves made specific exam-ple of junior defenseman Justin Schultz in that regard.

“You can see it on the ice, [Justin] wants so badly for the team to do well that he’s step-ping outside of what he would normally do, which is the most effective,” Eaves said. “He’s got to strike that balance with the type of team that we have, and under-stand that. He’s learning.”

Ahead for Wisconsin is a huge test against the No. 6 Fighting Sioux at home this weekend. Eaves said that the Badgers need to put last week-end’s disappointing results out of their minds and focus on pre-paring for what is sure toe be a tough series with UND.

“No matter what happened over this past weekend our job here is to get back to prac-tice and get ready for North Dakota,” Eaves said. “North Dakota is going to be fun to get up for, you don’t have to worry about the emotional.”

“We have to, during the course of the week, make sure we are getting better in all areas so that helps us be successful on Friday-Saturday,” he added.

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Athletic department is misguided in its attempts to end ‘ES-FU’ chants

F uck you. Eat shit. Look at those words,

at how innocuous they are in their black on white. The ones people care about are four letters apiece and, let’s be hon-est here, are pretty harmless in the grand scheme of things. I didn’t lead off with those words purely for the sake of shock value (well, maybe a little) but because I genuinely don’t con-sider them a big deal.

To hear this university’s Athletic Department and administrators talk about them, though, they appear to be the great scourge of UW-Madison. They’re the things that will tar-nish our national reputation, part of The Cheer That Must Not Be Named, referenced only in the sanitized initials “ES-FU.”

“We believe you want to rep-resent yourselves, your univer-sity and the football program in a classier manner than this,” Athletic Director Barry Alvarez and head coach Bret Bielema wrote in a joint letter to stu-dent season ticket holders. “We believe you can have a great time at Camp Randall without chanting four-letter words.”

With Wisconsin in the nation-al spotlight as a football power, the Athletic Department and uni-versity administration don’t want ESPN mics picking up “vulgar” chants and young children in the stands hearing obscenities.

To get students to stop the cheer, the Athletic Department has tried e-mail pleas and the laughable prize incentive of a bowl package for two of the student section’s 14,000 mem-bers. And you have to imagine that these carrot incentives will, at some point, have a stick behind them—a gameday tradition the administration can take away if students don’t change their behavior.

Here’s the thing, though: Those cheers aren’t the boogey man Wisconsin administration is making them out to be.

I get that parents don’t want their kids exposed to bad language, and that plenty of people see swear words like the ones in that cheer as truly bad and threatening things. Parents should be able to con-trol what their kids hear, and shouldn’t have to worry about them coming across some-thing truly offensive without a proper explanation.

So why don’t they take that cheer as an opportunity to talk with their kids about bad words, and why they shouldn’t use them? Every child will, whether they’re at a Badger game or not, come across swear words. Parents

should explain to their children why some words aren’t OK to say, and why they don’t want their kids saying them, instead of just writing angry letters and wishing the bad stuff away.

And before we go after stu-dents let’s take a look at the adults who complain about the bad language to which their kids are subject.

Each gameday, we see plenty of alumni pregaming and binge drinking—some of them with kids. I wonder if the people who wrote in to complain about the chants are the same people who show up to parking lots at 8 a.m., drink until 11 and then drive their family home after the game. I wonder if they tell their kids not to use bad words before they tell them to pass over a seventh beer before noon.

Students are an easy target; they’re loud and obscene and like to swear. And except for the money they will doubtlessly dole out for season tickets each summer, they aren’t making any donations to the university.

After they uncover their ears, however, alumni are a lot more likely to use their hands to write a fat check for a new weight room or arena. God for-bid you go after them, or dare to tell them to act more mature and stop pregaming like they didn’t graduate 40 years ago. You shouldn’t ever change that aspect of gameday culture—so let’s just make sure nobody hears any bad words.

And here’s a suggestion for our Athletic Department, if it wants to create an inclusive atmosphere at Wisconsin events. How about you don’t put stu-dents in racist Halloween outfits on the video board at the Kohl Center, or bring them out onto the ice in a “best costumes” com-petition like you did last year? That’s a whole lot more offensive than some four-letter words.

Used in the context of that cheer, “fuck” and “shit” have no discriminatory meaning behind them, no connota-tions of homophobia or rac-ism. They’re just bad words being used because they’re bad words, obscenity for the sake of obscenity without any malice. They are, in a way, stripped of their power by being rendered meaning-less; they become silly words people can yell at each other because they’re fun to say.

Before you go after stu-dents, let’s look at a few other areas where we could improve Wisconsin’s gameday culture. Drop this foolish crusade and realize that alumni and this athletic department aren’t free from blame.

What do you think of the cheer? E-mail Nico at nicosavidge@gmail.com.

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Mike Eaves said that veteran players like Justin Schultz can’t try to do too much in order to compensate for Wisconsin’s youth.

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Wisconsin football junior running back Montee Ball has been named the Big Ten conference’s Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts in the Badgers’ 59-7 victory over indiana Saturday.

against the Hoosiers Ball accounted for 213 yards of total offense and four touchdowns. He had three scores and 142 yards on 14 carries on the ground, but his most memorable play was the 25-yard touchdown pass he threw to UW senior quarterback russell Wilson. For the Badgers Ball’s touchdown pass was the first for a non-quarterback since 1982.

Ball leads the Badgers with 653 rushing yards and 16 touchdowns this season. This is his first career conference player of the week honor.

Ball earns Big Ten honors following indiana game

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I wonder if [parents] tell their kids not to use bad

words before they tell them to pass over a seventh beer

before noon.

[ES-FU] cheers aren’t the boogey man Wisconsin

administration is making them out to be.

—ryan Evans

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By Max SternbergThe Daily CarDinal

Fresh off their 59-7 disposal of Indiana, the No. 6 Wisconsin football team hit the road for their first true road test against No. 16 Michigan State Saturday night.

Having beaten each of their first six opponents by at least 30 points, the Badgers and senior quarterback Russell Wilson are looking for-ward to a new challenge. Not only is Michigan State the lone Big Ten team to have beaten UW over the past two seasons, but the Spartans also come into Saturday having the conference’s top ranked defense.

“When you watch Michigan State, they have a lot of speed,” Wilson said. “That’s the reason why I came here, to play great games, to play in big time venues like Michigan State.”

On the defensive side of the ball, the Badgers are going to have to hold the Spartans in check on third down, a year after MSU fin-ished 9-for-18 on third down and 2-for-3 on fourth down in a 34-24 win over the Badgers in the Big Ten conference opener.

“Michigan State offensively is

a lot like us,” UW head coach Bret Bielema said. “It all starts with the quarterback.”

Spartan senior quarterback Kirk Cousins has been efficient almost all season, passing for 1173 yards in his first six contests, throwing eight touchdowns to just four picks for a 140.5 pass efficiency rating. Last year Cousins burned the Badgers for 269 yards and three touchdowns on 20-for-29.

Beyond the challenge of fac-ing a far more talented roster than last week, Wisconsin will have to handle an environment at Spartan Stadium that will be, at the very least, a bit less friendly than the friendly confines of Camp Randall.

But while the hostility of a road night game is something many teams—even those with the talent level of this year’s Badgers—shy away from, Wisconsin is commit-ted to taking the challenge head-on.

“It’s the moment that we’re in,” Bielema said. “We’ve got seven days to hone in on it here and I think our guys will really buy into it.”

Despite having blown through the season thus far, Bielema and crew know that

their play has been anything but perfect. Even in the 52-point vic-tory over Indiana on Saturday, there were plenty of mistakes the coaching staff will be sure to emphasize in practice this week leading up to the matchup with Michigan State.

“After watching the Indiana game, I thought there was a lot of things positive,” Bielema said. “[But] a lot of things we need to clean up.”

But one area in which the Badgers have played near perfect is on the line. The line has protected Wilson all season and will look to continue that trend in East Lansing.

The Spartans, however, have thrived upon putting pressure on opposing quarterbacks all sea-son. Having already notched 21 sacks thus far this season, MSU is already chomping at the bit to get after Wilson, with defensive back Isaiah Lewis going so far as to say that “our lineman are get-ting after the quarterback. And they’re going to hurt him.”

“I like Michigan State’s approach,” Bielema said. “To me, when I was a defensive coordina-

tor, the one thing you could do was you could mentally or physi-cally challenge a quarterback and that’s exactly what they’re doing obviously on film and maybe even in the papers.”

While Saturday presents per-

haps the biggest threat to the Badgers thus far unblemished season, it also offers Wisconsin an opportunity to silence the critics with a big road win. Oh, and there’s always that little thing called revenge.

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Badgers face big test in East Lansing

russell Wilson leads Wisconsin into east lansing in search of what would be a huge road victory over the no. 16 Spartans.

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Wisconsin focused on improvement ahead of UND seriesMen’s hockey

By ryan EvansThe Daily CarDinal

With an inexperienced team every situation—good or bad—is an opportunity to learn and grow. That is the challenge for the Wisconsin men’s hockey team (0-2 WCHA, 1-3 overall) as it tries to regroup after being swept by Michigan Tech and prepares for its looming matchup with No. 6 North Dakota.

The Badgers’ three losses this

season have all come in over-time. You would expect such a rough start to wear on the con-fidence of such a young team, but UW head coach Mike Eaves says he isn’t worried because his team has already shown they are capable of handling adversity.

“We’re so young and naïve, they’ll just comeback and be fine,” Eaves said. “It’s just like how we’ve played our games, we’ve fallen behind and

fought back and they just keep play-ing so I think they’ll be fine.”

Eaves said that despite the disappointing start he likes what he has seen from his team so far this season.

“These young men have stepped in and done a nice job,” he said. “In all the games we have played they have given us a chance to be victorious.”

One young player that Eaves spe-cifically pointed out for his efforts

was freshman forward Brad Navin.

“I thought Brad Navin had his best game so far,” Eaves said. “He showed his skating ability and he snapped the puck and was involved in a goal for us.”

“It was really encour-aging to us as a coaching

staff to see the type of game he played Saturday night because he took a step, he didn’t look like a freshman,” Eaves added. “That big body of his was skating, he was shooting the puck and he played with some confidence and that is what he needs to feel […] if he keeps doing that he’s going to be on the score sheet more often.”

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