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New fingerprint method in Wis. for immigrants

By Adam Wollner The Daily Cardinal

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UW Transportation Services has launched a campaign asking students not to walk in the street on Linden Drive. New signs and UWPD officers will facilitate implementation of the campaign.

UW-Madison officials ask for caution near Linden construction

By Scott Girard The Daily Cardinal

Would you jump off a bridge because everyone else did? What about walk in the street? It turns out doing both could be dangerous.

UW-Madison officials have launched a campaign asking pedestrians not to walk in the street when avoiding construction of the new School of Human Ecology building on Linden Drive.

On a narrow 24-foot street combined with 10-foot buses, students walk with their backs turned to traffic, which is very dangerous, according to Robert Kennedy, UW Commuter Solutions Manager.

Students who listen to music while

walking “are even more oblivious to what’s going on as far as traffic,” Kennedy said.

“This is not just an empty concern; if it did happen up in Minnesota at the university there, it could happen here.”

Robert Kennedy commuter solutions manager UW Transportation Services

Officials want to promote the idea of using the temporary crosswalk near Van Hise.

The main part of the campaign

consists of larger, easy-to-read signs reminding students not to walk in the street. The UWPD will be patrolling the crosswalks during passing time to facilitate students’ path.

Although it may seem like a minor issue to some, former University of Minnesota student Kandyce Stoffel was hit by a car and killed in October after walking in the street to avoid construction instead of crossing the street on campus.

“This is not just an empty concern, if it did happen up in Minnesota at the university there, it could happen here,” said Kennedy. “And obviously if it did, that would be horrible.”

Every county in Wisconsin is now taking part in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Secure Communities strategy, which uses fingerprints to identify legal and illegal immigrants with a criminal record.

The ICE strategy, which was first activated in Wisconsin Jan. 11, allows for immigrant information to be shared at the federal, state and local level.

Sheriff ’s departments around the state submit fingerprints to the attorney general’s office, which then submits them to the FBI. The ICE then requests them from the FBI, according to Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen’s spokesperson Bill Cosh.

The ICE said the previous system only allowed for fingerprints to be compared to the Department of Justice’s Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System, whereas the new system will also check fingerprints against FBI records.

Originally, Wisconsin immigrant rights group Voces de la Frontera condemned this program, but shortly after reversed their stance.

Dane County Sheriff ’s Department mourns loss of Chief Deputy Ron Boylan Dane County Chief Deputy Ron Boylan died Tuesday at his Mazomanie home surrounded by loved ones after a brief battle with BOYLAN colon cancer.

Boylan was the highest-ranking deputy in the Dane County Sheriff ’s office, Dane County Sheriff ’s Department spokesperson Elise Schaffer said.

Boylan was sworn in as a Dane County sheriff ’s deputy in 1985.

He then worked in various departments, including the Marine and Trail Enforcement Unit.

“Ron then spent less than a year as the Field Services Captain before

he was promoted to Chief Deputy at the end of 2006,” Schaffer said in a statement.

“Ron Boyland’s warm heart, public service and sense of humor will be greatly missed.”

Kathleen Falk county executive Dane County

During his service as chief deputy, Boylan served as the chair of the 911 Center Board as well as both the secretary and president of the Dane County Chief’s Association.

“Ron dedicated two and a

half decades of his life to proudly serving and protecting Dane County citizens as a dedicated law enforcement professional,” Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk said in a statement.

Falk said she and the county board are supposed to thank and commend Boylan for his services during the week.

Boylan was also a supervisor for the Town of Mazomanie Board and participated in the Lions Club, the Sheriff ’s Office said.

“Ron Boylan’s warm heart, public service and sense of humor will be greatly missed,” Falk said.

Funeral arrangements will be announced when the details are finalized.

––Maggie DeGroot

“Though it does allow for greater collaboration between state police and Immigrations and Customs and Enforcement, Secure Communities does NOT grant local and state law enforcement the authority to stop and question anyone about their immigration status,” the group said in a statement.

Cosh also said the ICE receives all fingerprints, except for those of juveniles. Once it receives the information, it only deals with those who have committed more serious crimes, who are known as “Level 1 offenders.”

The ICE hopes that the program will be used nationwide by 2013 so every state can share biometric information. Now that all 72 Wisconsin counties are participating, a total of 969 jurisdictions and 37 states are involved in the program across the country.

In the last year, immigration issues have returned to the forefront, since Arizona passed a controversial immigration enforcement law in April. Gov. Scott Walker originally said he had concerns over the law, but then changed his position and said he would consider a similar law in Wisconsin.

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Governors bet on Bears-Packers game Gov. Scott Walker and Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn raised the stakes Wednesday by making a friendly wager on Sunday’s game between the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears.

The losing governor will have to serve the homeless in a food pantry in the winner’s state while wearing the winning team’s jersey and will have to fly the winning team’s flag in his office on the Saturday before the Super Bowl.

“I look forward to hosting Governor Walker,” Quinn said in a statement, “I am sure Governor Walker will look great in blue and orange. Bear down, Chicago Bears.”

Walker is already soliciting donations for food that Quinn can serve to the needy. Companies have volunteered a selection of Wisconsin’s best foods, including 10 cherry pies, 50 pounds of bratwursts and “green and gold” flavored frozen custard.

“I received a lot of great ideas on Twitter including having the Packer flag fly in Illinois,” Walker said in a statement. “I’m grateful that win or lose, those food producers have committed to donating food to the pantry at which the losing governor volunteers. I look forward to hosting Governor Quinn in Wisconsin after a 28-24 Packer victory.”

––Patrick Tricker

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

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UW Conserve surpasses energy goal We Conserve surpassed its 2006 goal to reduce UW-Madison’s energy use by 20 percent by 2010 by five percent, according to Program Director Faramarz Vakili.

We Conserve signs and ribbons are posted all over UW-Madison campus publicizing the program’s accomplishment.

The university spent $29 million over a span of five years in order to save energy on campus prior to setting the goals in 2006.

One of the major measures UW Conserve took was to update heating and cooling systems, which are the largest energy consumer on campus. The program also installed high-efficiency lights in certain buildings and upgraded lights in buildings and parking ramps, among other renovations.

The program renovated older buildings such as Engineering Hall, Chamberlin Hall and the Chemistry Building to make them more sustainable.

Although these renovations cost about $40 million, Vakili said the university would be paid back in savings in five years.

Manufacturing goal of new legislation Democratic Wisconsin lawmakers debuted legislation Wednesday to boost the manufacturing industry statewide, and hope to gain bipartisan support.

State Rep. Andy Jorgensen, D-Fort Atkinson, said the first part of the twopiece Marketing Manufacturers and Keeping Employees legislation would provide for a five-year, $2.6 million marketing campaign for Wisconsin manufacturers.

“These aren’t ground-breaking ideas, but they worked elsewhere.”

Andy Jorgensen state rep.

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The idea, according to state Assembly Minority leader Rep. Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, is to market Wisconsin manufacturers on a national and international level the way the state markets Wisconsin tourism.

Jim Brey, President and CEO of Aztalan Engineering, supports the legislation.

“Between capital investments and the cost of paying your workers a livable wage, very little money is left to grow a business,” Brey said in a statement. “But I’m confident, with a helping hand, companies like mine can continue to grow Wisconsin’s economy and create jobs.”

The second part of the bill would fund regional trade forums for Wisconsin businesses in order to encourage larger state-based companies to buy from smaller Wisconsin manufacturers.

Barca said he would like to see MMAKE passed as part of the special session, and said Gov. Scott Walker expressed interest in the bill.

“These aren’t groundbreaking ideas, but they worked elsewhere,” Jorgensen said.

––Ariel Shapiro

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The Alcohol License Review Committee granted Madhatters a 21+ entertainment license Wednesday.

The venue plans to have entertainment on Thursday nights, manger Rebecca Fichtner said.

ALRC grants Madhatters, T.C. Katz entertainment licenses

By Taylor Harvey The Daily Cardinal

Madhatters was granted a 21+ entertainment alcohol license at the Alcohol License Review Committee meeting Wednesday.

As of right now, Madhatters will host entertainment only on Thursdays.

“We chose Thursday because we are not completely at capacity and we would like to see a patron increase [that night],” Fichtner said.

Two years ago, Madhatters manager Rebecca Fichtner said the venue was not ready to handle opening up a business before “add-

ing additional components.”

One of the reasons Fichtner wanted a 21+ entertainment license as opposed to an 18+ entertainment license was due to the security issues the floor plan of Madhatters presented.

T.C. Katz, another downtown bar, received an 18+ entertainment license. The venue is located in the space previously occupied by Ram Head. T.C. Katz was already granted a 21+ entertainment license.

Committee members said the venue is ideal to accommodate the needs of student organization events.

Fichtner said the multi-level bar is harder to manage than the single-leveled bar T.C. Katz, which was granted an 18+ entertainment license at the meeting.

“I feel very strongly that management needs to be responsible for our guests,” Fichtner said.

According to Fichtner, a 21+ entertainment license was also chosen because the venue does not need special entertainment events to drive business. The venue has an established crowd, especially graduate students and young professionals, whom they wish to keep catering to, Fichtner said.

Wisconsin Dells woman overdoses with 1-year-old son in car A Wisconsin Dells woman was hospitalized then arrested by Madison Police after she almost died from a heroin overdose with her 1-year-old son in the car.

Madison police arrested Sarah Dampier, 34, for possession of heroin and neglecting a child.

James Wilson, of Wisconsin Dells, was also arrested for possession of heroin, according to the police incident report.

The suspect’s 26-year-old male friend waited outside of the car at the Woodman’s

Food Market West parking lot, 711 S. Gammon Road, while she “shot-up,” Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain said.

When the man checked on the woman, he saw that her lips were blue and she was unresponsive. Wilson then called 911, and the dispatcher told him to take the woman out of the car and perform chest compressions, police said.

Wilson was allegedly performing chest compressions

when officers arrived.

With the help of paramedics, the woman regained consciousness, DeSpain said.

Officers retrieved the heroin from Wilson’s wallet.

Dampier’s child was placed in foster care while she was taken to a local hospital then jail, police said.

“It appears drugs were purchased at another location and that the woman drove to the grocery store parking lot to inject the heroin,” DeSpain said.

Man allegedly strangles ex-girlfriend, hits her son with car A 51-year-old Madison man wanted by the Madison Police Department wanted for a series of crimes was arrested Monday after allegedly strangling his exgirlfriend and running over her son with his car.

MPD will request the suspect Anthony Steele be charged with second-degree reckless endangering safety and disorderly conduct among other charges, according to the police incident report. Steele was arrested on a probation violation.

The incident began when the suspect’s ex-girlfriend agreed to speak with the suspect and he then drove them to a Packers Avenue parking lot, MPD spokesperson Joel DeSpain said.

In the parking lot, the suspect allegedly punched and strangled the victim after he made attempts to rekindle their relationship, which

she declined.

“During the battery, [the victim] says the suspect produced a knife and was threatening to kill her and her family, stating that if he could not have her- no one could have her,” DeSpain said in a statement.

The victim was able to escape from the suspect, but he followed her to her apartment on the 3700 block of Packers Avenue, police said.

When the victim’s son went outside to confront the suspect, the suspect then allegedly hit the 31-year-old several times with his car. When officers arrived they located the victim in a snow bank, unable to walk, police said.

“Without surgery, [the doctors] said, he would not be able to walk again,” DeSpain said.

“He remains hospitalized.”

The suspect was eventually found in the basement of a house on the 3700 block of School Road.

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‘Parks and Recreation’ deserves appreciation Todd Stevens the todday show

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onight comedy fans will rejoice with the return of NBC’s Thursday night lineup. Despite the network’s recent struggles and questionable programming elsewhere (I’m looking at you, “The Cape”), NBC has compiled one of the most solid evenings in television with its latest Must See TV bloc. But sandwiched right in between “The Office” and “30 Rock” is the sadly forgotten “Parks and Recreation,” a show regrettably assigned to midseason replacement status that really deserves more love.

While “Parks and Recreation” certainly has a passionate––albeit undersized––following, it is easily the NBC comedy most vulnerable to cancellation, which is a damn shame.

The show admittedly had a rough start, as it felt far too much like an “Office” clone and its characters, particularly lead actress Amy Poehler’s Leslie Knope, were too broad and lacked humanity. The first season was trite enough that I stopped watching after the first couple episodes.

But somewhere in between seasons one and two, something must have shaken up the “Parks and Recreation” writers’ office, because the show jumped to a new level of quality. A lot of the show’s new success is owed to one key change: The characters of “Parks and Recreation” became competent.

As the show shares its creators, Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, and its mockumentary style with “The Office,” comparisons are inevitable. But “Parks and Recreation” has succeeded in an area where “The Office” has largely faltered by grounding its collection of city government misfits in reality. Unlike Michael Scott of “The Office”, whose boorishness and buffoonery have grown to such great heights that he is hard to watch, Leslie actually seems like a person who could succeed in the real world.

Most of the humor in Leslie’s character results from her obliviousness and naiveté, which Poehler has fine-tuned to become sharper and more believable. Yet at the same time, Leslie’s dedication to hard work and good intentions makes her much easier to root for than possibly any other character on NBC’s sitcoms.

Similar can be said for Leslie’s boss, Ron Swanson, played with perfect comic timing by Nick Offerman. On another show, Ron

could have easily devolved into caricature. As a hard-line libertarian heading the bureaucracy of the Pawnee Parks and Rec department, it would be tempting to make Ron a walking punchline for anti-government types (and if I may continue to use “The Office” as a punching bag, Dwight Schrute has basically become just that for workplace managerial nerds). But the show has imbued him with a strong emotional footing, not only showing that he is a fairly competent (if lazy) leader, but also that he has a truly genuine fondness for his employees.

Even further, the second season of “Parks and Recreation” added a great deal of depth to Aziz Ansari’s materialistic department subordinate, Tom, and Aubrey Plaza’s jaded office assistant, April, both of whom saw their comedic talents mostly wasted in the show’s first season.

A lot of the show’s new success is owed to one key change: The characters of “Parks and Recreation” became competent.

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Despite being younger than most college students, the Smith Westerns show a remarkable level of maturity on their latest LP Dye It Blonde with a set of finely composed and tightly written songs.

Smith Westerns step it up on sophomore effort

By Kyle Sparks The Daily Cardinal

And while all this adds up to make “Parks and Recreation” the heart and soul of NBC’s comedy collection, it doesn’t seem to be helping it stay on the air. While “The Office” pulls in the ratings, “30 Rock” pulls in the awards and “Community” pulls in the flavor-of-the-month critical support, “Parks and Recreation” gets left by the wayside, likely facing the ax at the end of this season if ratings don’t improve.

However, that doesn’t mean there isn’t any hope. Season two guest star Rob Lowe has now become a series regular, along with my personal man-crush Adam Scott, so at least some effort is being made to gain a larger following.

But really, what will sell “Parks and Recreation” isn’t big guest names, but the characters who manage to be both hilarious and affecting at the same time. So while you’re sitting on your couch at 8:30 tonight, avoiding that first week of reading for discussion on Monday, flip the channel to “Parks and Recreation” instead of watching whiny surgeons hook up on “Grey’s Anatomy.” If you don’t like it, that’s fine. It just means you’re a heartless bastard.

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Despite a shaky start, “Parks and Recreation” has improved immensely, thanks in no small part to its talented ensemble.

Everyone sounds like the Beatles; that’s the whole point.

The reason the Beatles are so universally popular is because they undressed pop music to its fundamental hooks, excising the fatty matter that distracts or bores listeners. Thus, to draw comparisons to the Beatles is to say a band writes catchy, agreeable pop music— which means close to nothing.

But something about the Smith Westerns’ 2009 self-titled debut invoked more substance from that comparison. Back then the Smith Westerns were just a group of four high schoolers, all cute cuts and wide-eyed ignorance. Each song was a crafty exercise in teenage innocence and distorted ambivalence. There was little more to them than infectious hooks and boyish grins, and it was as if the songs happened by happenstance more than actual practice.

The guitars are distinct, the drums are crisp, the bass is audible; but most surprising is how much more mature these guys sound.

The same was true of Smith Westerns’ tourmates and fellow youthful poppers MGMT and their inescapable debut record. But the sizable flop of MGMT’s sophomore album last summer revealed the one big difference between the two: MGMT stumbled upon a few gigantic hits with studied pop hooks and surrounded them with unfiltered ideas that often missed the mark, whereas Smith Westerns’ pop hooks are too instinctive to fall flat. Smith Westerns had no pageantry, just pop born of innate cues. It requires a natural understanding of melody that can’t really be taught, but it’s perpetually replicable. The Beatles made 12 hit records based on this simple quality. With the Smith Westerns’ latest LP, Dye It Blonde, they have two.

As expected on a sophomore release as revered as this one, the production quality is vastly improved. The guitars are distinct, the drums are crisp, the bass is audible; but most surprising is how much more mature these guys sound. Lead singer Cullen Omori’s vocals are more pronounced, and his lyrics are more involved.

But that’s not to say they’re not still lovelorn. The reprise on album opener “Weekend” confesses that “Weekends are never fun / Unless you’re around here too;” and on “Only One” Omori confesses that he makes a point to “Spend my time wondering if you’re falling in love with me.” Omori’s always vulnerable, but he stays composed.

They show a rare lack of restraint on the sped-up interpretation of last year’s “Imagine, Pt. 3.”

Instead of ushering in the bursting chorus like on last year’s split 7" with the Magic Kids, the trotting verse gallops right through the song’s sweltering drags.

But they follow that with a slow-burning organ that swells to a lighter-waving sing-along on “All Die Young.” It’s a massive landscape, but it still sounds natural, bred from an instinctive grasp on the forms of pop music.

Dye It Blonde hits hardest nine songs in. A hastened guitar throws “Dance Away” into a flurry of activity, teetering on recklessness.

But just when it seems like they’re going to lose their grip, they swirl it into a knot and deliver a compelling and complex arrangement for the chorus.

Although they do well to vary

the finer points, a lot of Dye It Blonde’s larger format is fairly formulaic. They lay down a soft palate in the opening verse before stretching out to a grand chorus.

It’s a loud/soft dynamic that also stretches scope and depth.

Dye It Blonde is a casual triumph––the kind of thing that sounds so effortless that it’s basically teasing us for what’s to come.

Yet if anything, that only goes to show how masterful Smith Westerns are with their hooks. They might have re-written the same song six or seven different times, but not a single one of them sounds the same.

They’re getting more adventurous with their ingredients, and slowly teaching themselves how to be master chefs—and given their age it’s easy to salivate over what else they’re capable of doing.

Still, it’s hard to talk about Smith Westerns in terms of potential. Dye It Blonde is a casual triumph—the kind of thing that sounds so effortless that it’s basically teasing us for what’s to come.

But the effortlessness is exactly what gives Smith Westerns their appeal, and to exert effort would be to diminish their natural gifts. Dye It Blonde shows a band learning to exploit their strengths in challenging and fun ways. It’s the kind of tirelessly engaging album that makes potential seem irrelevant.

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Today’s Sudoku

Evil Bird

By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu

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Hot Sauce

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

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

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1 Fashion figure 6 “___ after my own heart” 10 About 1/28 of an ounce 14 On the double, poetically 15 ___ fide (authentic) 16 Far from everyday 17 War whoops 18 Some catcalls from the stands 19 Start of a bedtime story 20 “Freeze!”

23 Rocky hill 24 Rabbit’s features 25 Appropriate 28 Abnormal chest sound 31 Former Albanian coin 35 Tennessee state bloom 37 Pack down 39 Offer lessons 40 “Freeze!”

43 Act as a master of ceremonies 44 Part of a Cartesian declaration 45 Door position 46 Interchange Goodyears

48 Wild man of the Himalayas 50 In position 51 Hopeful singer’s tape 53 Keyboard key 55 “Freeze!”

62 Its business is picking up 63 Choral club 64 Stave off 66 “Climb ____ my knee, Sonny Boy ...”

67 What a coach driver holds 68 Thick vine 69 Explosion sound 70 Is inaccurate 71 Pliny the ___ DOWN

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3 Chip’s chipmunk chum 4 Standing ovation, e.g.

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61 Fish-eating raptor 65 ___ Heel State (North Carolina)

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opinion Starbucks’ ‘trenta’ brings jitterbug to life dailycardinal.com/opinion Thursday, January 20, 2011

jaime brackeen opinion columnist

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heir shortest cups are called “tall.” Their medium sizes are “grande,” which is Spanish for “large.” And their larges are called “venti,” which is Italian for “twenty,” (which makes sense since it holds twenty ounces, but I didn’t figure that out until I watched Role Models). Now their newest, largest cup size yet has been dubbed the “trenta,” which is Italian for “thirty.”

Starbucks: butchering languages both foreign and domestic since 1971.

Coffee-giant Starbucks announced Sunday that it will be introducing its new trenta size to stores nationwide by May 3.

However, for those of you jittery with excitement (or perhaps caffeine), don’t get too energized yet.

This super-sized cup will only be available for iced coffee, tea and lemonade drinks, so if you like it hot, you’ll have to stick with venti or an extra shot of espresso.

But beyond the name-calling, there is more than poor translation to be considered here. According to Nationalpost.com, Starbucks’ new beverage size boasts a volume larger than the average stomach can fit. With the drink coming at 30.9 fl. oz., while the stomach can

only hold 30.4 fl. oz. Although the stomach can hold more when stuffed, drinking coffee isn’t exactly a Thanksgiving Day event.

The most substantial problem with this bladder-bursting beverage is with a drug that they didn’t cover in the D.A.R.E program; one that many of us are starting to use as these first days of classes begin: caffeine.

The new trenta cup size is bad encouragement for overcaffeinated Americans already making poor health choices.

Yes, I too have fallen victim to its siren call during tough exam weeks, but I have been one of the lucky ones able to swim back to the surface after a few long days submerged in caffeine-dependency. Unfortunately, this is not the case for more than 50 percent of Americans who consume a total of 330 million cups of coffee everyday combined, CBS reported in 2003. Those numbers have likely grown with the increasingly fast-paced lifestyle of our nation, where there never seems to be enough time to get everything done.

With all of this action and no sleep, one would think something’s got to give, and it’s likely that something will be our bodies. Livestrong.com warns that by using caffeine to turn yourself

from zombie to perky could commence a vicious cycle. Drinking coffee as a result of many sleepless nights can cause insomnia. The Mayo Clinic reports that chronic usage of caffeine can make it difficult to fall asleep, stimulate your body to wake up more often during the night and even make you feel less rested by interfering with your deep sleep cycle.

Too much caffeine, defined as more than four cups a day, can also cause high blood pressure, loss of calcium leading to low bone density and jitters. Not to mention if you’re drinking this much coffee it is almost certain that you’re not getting the recommended seven to eight hours of sleep doctors say adults need to be healthy.

The new trenta cup size is bad encouragement for over-caffeinated Americans already making poor health choices. It’s telling us to ignore the tiredness we feel from losing sleep and to instead remedy it with more coffee. As I learned in Psych 202, we are much better served getting a good night’s rest, which helps us store memories and feel alert and ready for the day ahead.

Most people argue that they don’t have time to get all of this sleep, just like they don’t have time to finish the eight-page paper they were assigned two months ago, but for those whiners, I say prioritize. Maybe doing without that episode of “Modern Family” or two hours of Xbox before bed

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could result in more happiness when you wake up without wanting to beat your alarm clock with a sledgehammer.

This doesn’t mean you need to give up those delicious peppermint mochas, but don’t rely on them every day. Caffeine may be

a nice occasional pick-me-up, but we sleep for a reason, and these restful hours should not be substituted for a piping cup of joe.

Jaime Brackeen is a sophomore majoring in journalism. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

New congressional challenges come as no surprise in the new year mike kujak opinion columnist

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he beginning of a new year is a good time to be a bit more optimistic. There are a lot of big changes coming to Washington in the near future, and these next few weeks should give us some idea of where our government is heading in the next two years.

The new Republican House is slashing budgets and threatening to repeal the healthcare law.

Democrats are switching to defense across the board and Obama’s already thinking about 2012.

Rome is burning, and this might be the only time I can muster up enough enthusiasm to believe our government might actually put out a few fires.

Successful interaction between these two parties is crucial in order to solve the country’s top economic priorities.

Let’s start with America’s most beloved group of individuals: Congress. The new Republicandominated House will welcome the country’s shift to the right and start to work on repealing healthcare reform while fulfilling promises to slash the government’s budget by

$100 billion.

The twisted good news about the healthcare repeal for the Democrats is that it’s a bloodbath in the middle of a time when the American people will favor compromise. The country was ready to rid itself of the healthcare debate when it died down last year, and under the current political environment they are not ready to launch back into a gladiatorial arena of political carnage.

There’s also good news about the Republican’s promise to slash the budget. Is there $100 billion that could be cut from the constipated machine that is our federal budget? Yes. Unfortunately, there is the obvious follow up question: Are these cuts in areas that Republicans are willing to slash?

Probably not.

Cuts in military expenses, which make up 54 percent of our federal budget according to the Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2009 on whitehouse.gov, are simply off the table to the vast majority of Republicans and even a healthy chunk of Democrats. The fight over these cuts will be brutal. Successful interaction between these two parties is crucial in order to solve the country’s top economic priorities.

But the Democrats have their fair share of new problems as well.

They will most likely switch to a defensive strategy on almost every issue. This usually means nothing gets done or they start to make sacrifices, but I think there may be an interesting opportunity here. Now that President Obama will slow down his attack

in the legislative arena, he’ll likely take more executive action. If the President can focus on work with major agencies, he can tackle issues like the environment and energy.

Often ignored problems like these could be perfect opportunities for Democrats to recover voters from the 2010 elections.

Now that President Obama will slow down his attack in the legislative arena, he’ll likely take more executive action.

Finally, President Obama will have the joyful task of trying to balance his current duties while preparing to run for office in 2012. The end of the year was a pleasant surprise with a few expected compromises.

Over the last two years a large section of President Obama’s base had trouble keeping faith in their “hope and change,” but how the President handled a lame duck Congress was impressive. Ratifying Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and passing the 9/11 responders bill were all victories.

Even the annoying extension of the Bush Tax cuts has a possibility of stimulating the economy.

As hard as the last two years have been on Obama, the years proceeding could be even trickier.

When considering the changes in President Obama’s priorities and staff, critics in the media claim that no president can balance Obama’s election with his current duties.

Many big names on President Obama’s staff are leaving the White House to work on his 2012 campaign, but I’m not worried about this typical reshuffling. I believe the power shift in Congress will be the true game changer of Obama’s actual policy.

It’s hard during anytime of the year to find optimism at any level of government. It’s even worse when 2011 started off with the

ugly and depressing violence in Arizona. Nonetheless, when I see how our country comes together after a tragedy like that, it becomes easier for me to look past all of our imperfections and respect the idea that we live in a country that actually aspires to be something better.

Mike Kujak is a sophomore with an undeclared major.

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Men’s Basketball

Badgers face familiar Crean, Hoosiers

By Jeremy Wodajo the daily cardinal

The Badgers will look to begin a new winning streak Thursday night as they host the Indiana Hoosiers in what will be the 155th meeting between the two teams.

Wisconsin (13-4 overall, 3-2 Big Ten) will look to capitalize off the confidence they gained in last weekend’s victory over the Fighting Illini where they put up 49 points in the second half, their second highest scoring half of the season.

The Badgers have dominated Indiana recently, winning 12 of the last 15 match-ups, including six-straight games. Those sixstraight victories have come by an average of 19.3 points per game, and although these numbers are eye-popping, UW assistant coach Gary Close says you can never count out a Tom Crean coached team, especially the one he has now at Indiana. “[Indiana] is making steady progress,” Close said. “In this league sometimes you aren’t rewarded with victories necessarily but they’re

going in the right direction.”

After battling with Crean for a number of years while he coached at Marquette, UW’s staff has become quite familiar with many of his team’s tendencies and characteristics. Although this can be an advantage, it doesn’t change the coaching staff ’s process in preparing for Crean’s Hoosiers.

“It might speed up the process a little bit … but teams change from year to year, teams change during the season and that’s part of scouting,” Close said. “This team is doing a lot more things well than they’ve done in the past­—they’re on the verge of being a pretty good basketball team.”

Having played him both while he was at Marquette for his final season in 2007-’08, and now twice during conference play, a few of the seniors have come to respect Crean over the years. Along with the coaches, they see the similarities between all of Crean’s teams and are well aware of their tenacity—a direct result of their coach.

“One thing we know they’re going to do is play tough, it’s going

to be forty minutes of [hard-nosed basketball],” senior forward Keaton Nankivil said. “That’s Coach Crean’s personality rubbing off on his players—they’re always tough.”

The Big Ten has emerged as one of the toughest conferences in the nation this season and may be at its best in almost a decade.

Many struggling programs, including Indiana, are now beginning to feel the pressure.

The Hoosiers defeated Michigan in their last contest, but were on a stretch prior to that game where they lost six straight, including two to Big Ten contenders Minnesota and now No. 1 Ohio State.

Regardless of the level of competitive muscle that the Big Ten flexes this year, the Badgers remain confident while also knowing that nothing is guaranteed when fighting for a conference championship.

“That’s the nature of the Big Ten, everybody’s a tough game,” senior forward Jon Leuer said. “It’s going to be a tough Big Ten race and we’re looking forward to being in the thick of things.”

Women’s Basketball

After 6-2 break, Wisconsin travels north to face rival Golden Gophers

By Mark Bennett the daily cardinal

Eighteen games in and 10 to go, the Wisconsin women’s basketball team has been, quite simply, average.

With a record of 9-9 (4-2 Big Ten), the first two thirds of the 2010-’11 season have certainly been somewhat of a disappointment for a team that finished 21-11 last year.

Fortunately for head coach Lisa Stone and her Badgers, the team now appears to be headed in a positive direction, finally healthy following a rash of injuries in the early months that took out big contributors.

Over the winter recess, the team showed hard evidence that they are, in fact, on the rise, compiling a 6-2 record, including 4-0 at home.

In that five week span, the Badgers took down Purdue both in West

Lafayette, Ind. and at the home for the first time since 1984. On top of two non-conference victories over instate rival Milwaukee and Wyoming, Wisconsin took care of the Gophers on the road and Penn State at home.

The state of Michigan proved a tough locale for the team in the past few weeks however. The Badgers lost by 19 at Michigan State Jan. 6 and by 16 to Michigan on the road Sunday.

Although there’s certainly little encouragement to be found in that 75-59 loss to the Wolverines, the Badgers understand they also found Michigan on a particularly hot night when the Maize and Blue shot 11-13 from beyond the three-point line.

“Our players know we didn’t play well defensively and that’s who we are so I expect a great response Thursday,” Stone said.

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St. Paul, Minn., native Alyssa Karel put up 18 points in a 76-64 double overtime win at Williams Arena in Minneapolis last season.

Thursday will be an important day for the Badgers, who are looking for their second conference road win of the season when they travel to Minnesota for a rematch against the Gophers.

Although the Badgers find the Gophers at a deflated 0-5 in the Big Ten (8-10 overall), Stone warns this will be no easy contest for Wisconsin.

“Their record is scary because they’re a good team,” Stone said. “We know that they’re much better than their record shows, and at their place, you can’t look at their record at all.”

Minnesota, who led by as many as 13 over Penn State on the road earlier this season, has lost their first five conference matches by an average of just six points. They led late against then No. 21 Iowa two weeks ago, and made a late surge against Wisconsin Jan. 9, eventually falling by five.

In that contest, Minnesota fought hard late to bring an 18 point Badger lead down to just three in the final minutes. Wisconsin never made a field goal in the final 10 minutes of the game, but forced 21 Gopher turnovers.

In that win, senior forward Lin Zastrow led the way with 21 points, while senior guard Alyssa Karel added 12.

Thursday’s match will certainly be one of the most meaningful for Karel this season, a St. Paul, Minn. native. Senior guard and Minneapolis native Emily Neal will also be making a homecoming Thursday.

Winners of the last four straight contests against the Gophers, Wisconsin will look to forget Sunday’s deafening loss at Michigan to notch their fifth Big Ten victory.

“We have to respond, instead of being demoralized,” Stone said. “We [must] get tougher and fight through that and keep our chin up and continue to do what we do.”

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Senior Jon Leuer has so far compiled career-high numbers in minutes per game, rebounds per game and points per game in 2010-’11.