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MCSC appeals SSFC denial of funding

By Cheyenne Langkamp The Daily Cardinal

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WISPIRG Chair Matt Kozlowski said SSFC needs to determine a process for deciding what constitutes a direct service.

The Multicultural Student Coalition appealed the student government finance committee’s decision to deny them funding eligibility Thursday.

The Student Services Finance Committee denied MCSC eligibility for funding because the committee said a majority of the group’s time was not spent directly serving students, failing to meet eligibility requirements.

The group appealed SSFC’s ruling, saying the committee violated proce-

dures in reaching the decision.

MCSC Leadership Team Member Althea Miller said SSFC treated MCSC differently than other organizations in the eligibility decision process because of the group’s previous requests for large budgets.

“We have been targeted by SSFC,” Miller said. “We’re radical, historically we have had a large budget that undermines people’s notions of fiscal responsibility.”

Former SSFC Rep. Michael Jackson

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Student org reps join MCSC protest against SSFC

By Alex DiTullio The Daily Cardinal

Representatives from student organizations across campus attended a rally Thursday planned by the Multicultural Student Coalition to protest the Student Services Finance Committee decision to deny the group’s funding.

As MCSC played music from loudspeakers in East Campus Mall, the group’s Executive Staff Member Nneka Akubeze said she was pleased with the variety of student representatives supporting them.

“What you’re going to notice is that when you stand together, it is impossible for them to push us down,” she said. “With your

voice and your solidarity, we actually can accomplish the goals that we have set forth.”

Matt Kozlowski, chair of Wisconsin Student Public Interest Research Group, said MCSC is one of several groups SSFC has unfairly denied funding in recent years, including WISPIRG in 2010.

International Socialist Organization and Student Labor Action Coalition member Tina Trevino-Murphy mirrored Kozlowski’s opinions, describing her experience with the Campus Women’s Center two years ago when SSFC denied them funding.

“This is a systematic problem,” she said.

“It’s not actually a matter of there not being

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Student organization representatives joined MCSC in East Campus Mall as they protested SSFC’s ruling to deny the group eligibility for funding.

State reimburses city for costs during union protests The City of Madison will officially receive reimbursement from the state for security costs the city put forward during the State Capitol protests earlier this year.

“This is good news for Madisonians” Paul Soglin madison mayor

The Wisconsin Department of Administration submitted a request on Oct. 14 for $712,833 on behalf of the city of Madison, which the Legistlature’s Joint Committee on Finance approved Thursday.

Mayor Paul Soglin said he is pleased the committee approved the funds.

“This reimbursement recognizes the valuable contribution made by Madison police officers

and firefighters,” Soglin said in a statement. “This is good news for Madisonians.”

The committee had 14 days to object to the requested fund.

That time expired Wednesday without objection.

The amount allotted to the city of Madison was a portion of the $7.4 million the committee approved in August to reimburse most of the communities that also provided security services during the protest.

Originally, the city was supposed to receive $740,000 in reimbursement. However, the Department of Administration reduced the amount to $712,000 on Oct. 16.

DOA Secretary Mike Huebsch said in a memo to the JFC the administration considered several reimbursement requests invalid because they were not “direct” costs.

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Business expert Adam Carrol spoke to Wisconsin School of Business students in Grainger Hall Thursday about finding their “dream job” in the field. The talk was sponsored by the Delta Sigma Pi fraternity. + Photo by Wan Mei Leong. The Daily Cardinal

“…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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Correction An earlier update in the online article “Occupy Madison permit not reissued” mis-attributed the allegations of public safety concerns from a city commission meeting to Madison parks official Laura Bauer. The allegation was, in fact, made by Mary Carbine at the meeting, who said community members had raised concerns about inappropriate behavior by individuals in and around the Occupy Madison protest, not necessarily by the protesters themselves.

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ov. Scott Walker, the single most popular man in Wisconsin, leads an extraordinary life both in and out of the Capitol building. While he spends his days in the office combating union bosses and fixing the budget, it’s what he does outside the job that truly renders the governor a fascinating manabout-town. Some of Walker’s critics accuse the governor of being out of touch with the average Wisconsin citizen, but recent public sightings of him work to defeat his perceived elitism.

Just the other week, Walker was spotted at Game Stop on State Street for the midnight release party of “Batman: Arkham City.”

“I had been in line since 6 p.m., and I was convinced that I was going to be the first one to get the game,” Madison local Tim Martinez explained. “But then a freakin’ limo pulls up to the curb and who enters the store but this middle-aged guy with a really big bald spot. Everyone behind me was like, ‘Holy shit! That’s Scott Walker!’ You know, he may have destroyed my union, but it is just so cool that he is actually a closeted gamer.”

Gamestop isn’t the only Madison locale that Walker has been spotted at. He’s known to frequent Karaoke Kid on University Avenue. “Walker always rocks the party when he comes to Karaoke Kid. Last weekend he did a really sweet rendition of ‘Mo Money, Mo Problems’,” Steve Schwartz, a longtime regular of the bar, said.

“And everyone at the bar wants a seat at his table because he always brings Koch!”

Ever since getting kicked out

of The Merchant last spring, Walker has reportedly sworn off “bourgie bitch bars,” and has instead been partying it up Plan B and even the Plaza.

“When I see him at The Plaza on Thursday nights for $2 Long Islands, it’s clear to me that he’s suffering from this damned recession as much of the rest of us are,” Schwartz said.

Walker is also an ardent lover of music and used to be a big fan of country legend Hank Williams Jr., but according to Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen, Walker prefers techno these days, specifically dub-step.

“I try to tell him to turn that ruckus down… the ‘Bassnectar’ fellow is his favorite, but he really digs ‘Skrillex’ too.” Multiple sources claim that Walker was seen dancing up a storm on the floor of the Alliant Energy Center this past September for the Tiesto concert.

“He came home that evening with his pupils dialated and a pacifier in his mouth,” Van Hollen recalled. “We were all very concerned.”

After a particularly hard night of partying, Walker was reportedly seen trying to wrestle an imaginary dinosaur, screaming, “Not in my bible? Get out of my textbooks, bitch!”

However, when Walker is not busy fighting the evils of science, he is valiantly defending the students of UW-Madison.

“Me and my girl were chilling at the Kollege Klub on Halloween,” recalled seventh year senior Chad Swanson.

“And then this dude gets all up in my face and wants to start something. Of course I’m gonna fight him, but then Walker just appears out of nowhere and breaks the whole thing up. He’s

about keeping the peace, you know what I mean?”

Walker admittedly got all this heroic finesse from his favorite television program: “Walker, Texas Ranger.”

“He really liked that one Chuck Norris show,” said one of the governor’s shooting buddies, requesting to be referred to as Butch. “The Scottser told me that he had a deep admiration the main character—and not just because they shared the same last name! Although he thought

that was pretty darn cool, too.”

Van Hollen said the fact that Gov. Walker enjoys hitting the town, listening to hip music and watching B-rate television reveals that he is not just another caviar eating politico.

“Scott Walker is very much a man of the people,” Van Hollen said with tears of admiration rolling down his cheeks. “I really may hate that techno garbage, but at the end of the day, I couldn’t ask to be working with a more chill governor.”

Ward freaks out at Faculty Senate meeting, tells Walker to “eat shit”

By Pizza Bagel The Daily Cardinal

UW-Madison Chancellor David Ward inadvertently began the controversial and famous “eat shit, fuck you” chant at a Faulty Senate meeting, where UW faculty members met to discuss the looming budget cuts facing the university.

The chant began after Ward, bellowed “Eat shit!” in a fit of rage at the mention of Gov. Scott Walker and his recent $18 million cut to the university’s budget.

While many misunderstood Ward’s British accent and responded with “God bless you” and “Gesundeit,” a few members heard him correctly and hesitantly murmured “fuck you” in response.

After several seconds of uncertain but eager expressions, the room erupted into the famous “Eat shit, fuck you” chant. Many faculty members stood on their chairs with their middle fingers in the air, scat-

tering papers and shouting intensely at each other.

Ward, who was too short to be seen even standing atop a chair, hoisted himself onto the podium. Some faculty members said they were amazed such powerful words could come from such a little man.

“Ward was like a little ball of anger,” said UW-Madison botany Professor Bill Frizzle.

“I was worried his heart might give out; I was really impressed, and, to be honest, a little aroused.”

Just a week ago, administrators tried to end the chant that has become a ritual among students at football games. Now it seems those efforts could end.

Ward said before partaking in the chant he did not realize, “the camaraderie two profane words can create.”

“I completely underestimated the satisfaction one could feel when yelling ‘fuck you’ at their peers,” he said with a wide grin. “It was bloody fantastic.”

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Legislators question progress made in Walker’s jobs session

By Ben Siegel The Daily Cardinal

The special legislative session dubbed “Back to Work Wisconsin” by Gov. Scott Walker adjourned in the Assembly Thursday, concluding a day of legislation that left some lawmakers questioning the effectiveness of the economic legislation initiative.

Some of the bills that passed Thursday work to improve the state’s economic environment through business-friendly legislation.

One, geared towards small business loans, broadens the definition of a small business to include slightly larger enterprises in the awarding of grants by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority.

Less established industries were also provided for in Thursday’s session. A bill meant to facilitate growth in Wisconsin’s bio-science industry was referred to the Joint Finance Committee.

One vote, to move a bill on to the agenda, was an attempt to address the issue of job creation at the heart of the special session, according to Rep. Kelda Helen Roys, D-Madison. The bill would increase the amount of state technical school grants toward manufacturing skill training from $2 million to $2.4 million annually.

“We have said we are not going to assume that government creates jobs.”

Robin Vos r-burlington wisconsin state senate

Roys’ motion was a reach across the aisle, as the bill itself was drafted and introduced to the Assembly by Rep. Keith Ripp, R-Lodi. The bipartisan initiative’s failure to pass

underlined Democrats’ frustration with the session.

“Here we are on the very last day of the ‘jobless session on jobs’, and we still haven’t created many jobs,” Roys said.

Frustration with the agenda had less to do with actual legislation as much as the fundamental ideological differences between both parties, said Rep. Robin Vos, R-Burlington in defending his position on a bill.

“We have said we are not going to assume that government creates jobs, that is an area where we differ over and over,” Vos told Democratic colleagues. “But we have said we are going to change the environment in many ways: some big, some small.”

Bills and amendments related to firearms, concealed carry technicalities and attorney fees also came before the Assembly Thursday.

At the time of publication, the Assembly was adjourned for Democratic Caucus.

Senate concludes fall 2011 special session

By Alison Bauter The Daily Cardinal

The state Senate passed legislation extending strong legal protection to homeowners who use deadly force against intruders, along with a few other bills, during the fall 2011 session’s final day Thursday.

The so-called “Castle Doctrine,” which provides immunities to homeowners who use lethal force against an intruder, passed on a largely bipartisan vote following some amendments.

“This is about protecting life, not property,” said Sen. Van Wanggaard, R-Racine.

ssfc from page 1 spoke on behalf of MCSC, saying the SSFC does not have a standardized process for determining what qualifies as a “direct service.”

“Nobody here understands what they need to understand to make this decision,” Jackson said. “Let’s take a step back and figure out what it will take to get to the point where we can make more informed decisions so that you can accurately measure an organization’s informa-

Wanggaard, a bill co-sponsor, said homeowners should not be forced to worry about liability while defending their home and family.

Nonetheless, some Assembly democrats said the proposal goes too far, catering to National Rifle Association interests rather than state safety groups’ concerns.

“This day in the Senate is truly bought and paid for by the NRA,” Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-Middleton, said.

Ultimately, the Senate slightly altered the bill, making a small change that nonetheless returns the bill to the Assembly for final tion in an unbiased manner.”

But SSFC Chair Sarah Neibart said the committee does have a process for deciding what direct services are.

“We have criteria that establishes what a direct service is, and it is each member’s prerogative to formulate an opinion on if the group’s services meet that criteria,” Neibart said.

Matt Kozlowski, WISPIRG Chair, said other student groups have faced similar problems in past years.

“It’s an ongoing cycle and it

approval before the governor can sign it into law.

Also Thursday, the Senate cleared the way to move Wisconsin’s fall primary from the second week in September up to the second week in August.

The primary date change brings Wisconsin into compliance with federal requirements to provide 45 days for military and overseas voters to return absentee ballots.

Contrary to expectations, several bills, including potentially controversial mining legislation, did not make it to the floor before the 2011 session ended. won’t end until SSFC decides to make it end,” Kozlowski said.

“This is your process, let’s sit down and fix it.”

Despite the voiced opposition to the ruling, Neibart said she stands by the committee’s original decision to deny funding.

Neibart said, “I think MCSC needs to restructure their organization and really hone in on their direct services and devote time to that instead of administrative planning.”

SSFC will make a decision on the appeal next Monday.

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ASM Chair Allie Gardner described the contributions of MCSC.

enough money, it’s that they purposely are making rules that don’t fund specific types of groups.”

While SSFC denied MCSC eligibility for funding due to lack of direct services to students, Associated Students of Madison Chair Allie Gardner said the group’s services directly affected her UW experience through Intercultural Dialogues, a course MCSC facilitates.

“It has completely changed my outlook as a student,” Gardner said. “[ASM] can’t just serve a majority of students. We have to serve every single student on this campus.”

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Rep. Bill Kramer, R-Waukesha, addressed the Assembly floor Thursday, the last day of the special legislative session

Concealed carry policy passes Concealed weapons will be allowed in the state Assembly’s public galleries, but not the Assembly floor, under a policy adopted Thursday.

The decision polarized members of the Assembly Committee on Organization, with Democrats decrying a policy that allows concealed weapons in the same public viewing space where cameras and signs are forbidden.

Capitol Police arrested over a dozen protesters in the last two days alone for bringing video recorders, cameras and signage into the Assembly gallery.

Democrats’ concerns about

weapons on the Assembly floor, the space where representatives debate, prompted the committee’s Republican majority to restrict the concealed weapon policy to gallery space.

The policy adopted by the Assembly contrasts with the state Senate’s rules, which allow concealed weapons on the Senate floor, but not in public galleries.

Gov. Scott Walker’s administration set the overall Capitol policy that allows concealed weapons inside the building, but bans them in the Supreme Court chamber and basement police office.

By Alison Bauter

Recalls to separate Walker, Kleefisch Gov. Scott Walker and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch must be recalled separately, according to a decision by Wisconsin’s attorney general Thursday.

Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced that despite being elected on the same ticket, Walker and Kleefisch must be recalled through signatures from two separate petitions.

The state constitution “provides no exception under which a petition for recall of the governor would be treated as requiring a joint recall election of the governor and lieutenant governor,” Van Hollen wrote in a letter to Government

Accountability Board Director Kevin Kennedy.

The state GAB previously came to the same conclusion, but asked Van Hollen to corroborate the decision.

Democratic Party of Wisconsin chairman Mike Tate said in a statement, “This will not impede the process of recalling and replacing Scott Walker and Rebecca Kleefisch.”

The Democratic Party of Wisconsin, in concordance with We Are Wisconsin and the Recall Scott Walker campaign, plans to kick off recall efforts with a rally at the state capitol Saturday, Nov. 19.

2010 Wis. student debt 15th in US College seniors who graduated from UW-Madison with debt in 2010 now owe an average $22,872 in student loans, a new study reports.

The study, released Thursday by the Project on Student Debt, ranks Wisconsin 15th in the nation for highest debt.

The $22,872 price tag puts UW-Madison slightly below the national average. The report estimates the national average for graduated students’ debt at $25,250, up by 5 percent since 2009.

At $24,627, Wisconsin’s statewide debt figures come much

closer to the national average, largely due to higher-cost private colleges such as Bellin College and Marquette University.

Within the UW System, Milwaukee’s 2010 graduating seniors face the highest burden with an average $25,312 in student loans.

The Project on Student Debt released the study shortly after President Obama announced a plan to reduce student loans.

The class of 2010 also has the highest unemployment levels for new college graduates in recent history at 9.1 percent, the report said.

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Lotus will spark a dance party at the Majestic Theatre this Friday and Saturday with their jam-based compositions, inspired by a host of genres.

The band is coming to Madison fresh off the release of their self-titled fourth album.

Bassist Jesse Miller said they are ready to bring an electro shakedown to King Street.

“Usually they are pretty high energy, pretty dance focused [shows],” said Miller. “If people are ready to dance and get caught up in the energy of the show, that is a good thing to expect.”

Formed in Indiana in 2001, Lotus has been creating their own brand of instrumental jam music ever since.

Although the product the group delivers is consistently great, different sounds characterize each of the group’s live performances.

“Over the course of the tour,

I would estimate we will play around 80 different compositions,” Miller said.

Providing their audiences with a diverse array of sound, Lotus draws influences from electronic, funk and other genres, creating a distinctly twisted, Lotus sound. This creativity is what has carried them through their decade-long success. “[We have] a lot of different influences, and [I] wouldn’t say there’s one particular artist, group or even a particular genre,” Miller said. “I think we’re drawing from a lot of different places.”

With inspiration coming at the group from every direction, Lotus has crafted a unique sound incapable of being accurately described with words: It has to be heard.

“I don't think [our sound is] a very easy thing to just describe without hearing it,” Miller said.

“It's a pretty unique sound, so I always encourage people to just listen to the music rather than listening to some description that's

Dating as told byBrontë Sara schumacher little young lass, lived in a “schu”

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ating is a complicated thing. There are labels and rules: Are we exclusive? Are we hooking up?

You texted me right after we hung out. What does that mean?

No one ever knows exactly what the other person is thinking, we could all use a little advice.

I was musing about this while reading “Jane Eyre” and realized Charlotte Brontë inserted a lot of dating and relationship advice in her novel. Some of it might be a little outdated, considering how (sadly) no one wears breeches or works as a governess anymore, but there are still relevant tips for the modern single gal.

1. No one will buy the cow if they can get the milk for free.

Sounds like that lecture grandma gave you? Well, Mrs. Fairfax might not be the originator of this idea, but she certainly supports it. She sees Jane come in from the garden after sending a scandalous hour with Mr. Rochester at a scandalous hour and warns that she won’t be marriage material if she continues acting so improperly. Although Mrs. Fairfax is unaware Jane’s behavior wasn’t too terribly promiscuous, her advice is pure genius.

Now, calling this idea “genius” doesn’t mean I completely disapprove of sex before marriage. This may have been what Brontë was alluding to, but it has a different meaning today, especially for us college students. Hooking up is unlikely to lead to a relationship. It just isn’t going to happen. If you do choose to hook up with random guys/girls, don’t get too attached: You’re being used.

Sure, sometimes people find the love of their lives through a one-night stand, but it’s not exactly the norm. People like free milk; they don’t like paying for things they can get for free.

2. If you discover your fiancé has a wife, run away. Far away.

This really doesn’t need an explanation. If your significant other is hiding something huge like a crazy wife, get out of there!

3. Don’t say “yes” if you don’t think the person is right for you.

When Jane runs away from Mr. Rochester, she meets St. John. He proposes, mainly because he thinks she would make a good missionary’s wife. Jane, however, doesn’t want to marry him. She doesn’t love him; she can’t stop thinking about Mr. Rochester. Brontë’s bottom line: Don’t marry (or date, for us way-not-ready-for-marriage students) unless you see potential.

4. Forgive.

Jane goes back to Mr. Rochester even though he lied to her. Here is one moral I don’t necessarily agree with. Rochester was an idiot. He hid a lunatic wife from his new fiancé who Jane only found out because someone outed him at their wedding. This is an extreme case, but doesn’t it seem likel that someone who tells a huge lie is going to do so again? I get that she loved him and all, but really Jane?

Going back to marry him? Seems like an unwise idea to me. Use this tip with discretion.

5. Don’t hide your intelligence.

Brontë is all about portraying a witty and experienced protagonist.

Jane doesn’t sit and simper like other girls; she challenges Rochester and always has a response for him. It’s this, in fact, that moves Rochester to fall in love with her. Even though she's not beautiful like Blanch, she's the one for him.

Jane provides hope for all the smart girls and guys out there who might not think of themselves as attractive. Even though Brontë always described her as plain, Jane succeeded in the world of love, and you can too.

Best of luck to you in the ever-confusing world of dating.

I think we all need it.

Taking dating advice from a woman who died a spinster? Are you at that point of desperation?

Think you have better tips? E-mail Sara and let her know how you typically get your man (or woman) at slschumache2@wisc.edu.

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not going to do it any justice.”

On stage, Lotus’ singular sound is coupled with live improvisation, establishing a cohesive, jam-based experience complete with synthesizers and electronic effects.

“A good crowd can really make the show; there’s a circular energy from the stage to the audience and back again.”

Jesse Miller bassist Lotus

“[Cohesion is] something you acquire after playing together for a long time and realizing when something's moving on,” Miller said.

The ability to sense what your bandmates are going to play is essential in transitioning and formulating a cohesive live show that enraptures both fans and the musicians themselves.

However, Lotus can only do so much when it comes to energy. The crowd is just as important to the success of a live show as the band must feed off their enthusiasm.

“A good crowd can really make the show; there's a circular energy from the stage to the audience and back again,” Miller said.

With light shows, Lotus adds another dimension sure to keep audience members intrigued and involved in the concert experience.

Wanting to expand on the concept of audience, Lotus hires amateur engineers to record their live shows and make them available online for people to download.

By revolutionizing the concert experience on a digital medium, Lotus ensures both those at the Majestic this weekend and fans who have to catch it later will enjoy their music live. With such a varied sound, it only makes sense to vary up how people take it in.

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By Patrick Berthiaume

On the Skinny

Lotus have been jamming to a mix of electronic, funk and other genres together for the last 10 years.

Bonus!

Lighting engineers accompany the band for every show, creating an entrancing experience.

Can’t make it?

You can find free downloads of the shows online at LiveDownloads.com.

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Yikes! Lina Medina of Peru is the youngest confirmed mother in the world, having gave birth at the age of five years and seven months. Lina is still alive today, but her son died at the age of 40.

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Today’s Sudoku

Evil Bird

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© Puzzles by Pappocom

Eatin’ Cake

By Dylan Moriarty EatinCake@gmail.com

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

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

Tanked Life

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Today’s Crossword Puzzle

Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com

GOOD AND EVIL ACROSS 1 Yarn irregularity 5 “I called it!”

9 Highlander with land 14 Become ho-hum 15 “Ditto,” in footnotes 16 “Duke of Earl,” for one 17 Peak near Paterno 18 “... as they shouted out with ___” (“Rudolph” lyric) 19 It’s spun to find countries 20 Trio brought back to TV in 2011 23 Part of a volleyball court 24 “The Man Who Fell to Earth” director Nicolas 25 Jabbed in the ribs, e.g.

28 Diminutive whirlwind 33 “If you ___ knew” 34 Cain, to Eve 35 Medicine-cabinet item 36 Mile High Center architect 37 Blast-furnace product 39 34th U.S. pres.

40 Baker’s need 42 Sunbather’s desire

3 Reader of the future 4 44 Colorful aquarium swimmer 46 Sticky stuff 47 They’ll never get off the ground 48 Poetic homage 49 One who argues for the sake of arguing 56 City of Light 57 Meat-inspecting grp.

58 A user clicks on it 59 Checker’s dance 60 And others (Latin) 61 Flower through Florence 62 Egyptian symbols of life 63 Simon’s verb 64 Relay-race sections DOWN 1 A freelancer may work on it 2 Backing for plaster 3 Armbone 4 Famous Irish stone 5 ZIP code unit 6 Not scheduled to play 7 Hive population 8 Defames 9 Entered a name and password 10 Asserted without proof

11 “American ___” (TV show) 12 Barbecue choice 13 “A Raisin in the Sun” star Ruby 21 Took by the hand 22 Fanciful idea 25 Momma’s partner 26 ___ a million 27 Movie-set light 28 Westminster winner 29 College credits 30 Audio’s counterpart 31 Back-of-book feature 32 Suspicious 34 Wicked 37 They read lines 38 “Go get ‘em!”

41 Easily irritated 43 Not just one of the crowd 45 Debate subjects 46 Tokyo, formerly 48 Deformed circles?

49 Beginning of the day 50 Satie or Estrada 51 “The Thin Man” pooch 52 June 6, 1944 53 Real-estate measure 54 Chinese secret society 55 Adam’s grandson 56 After-hours school grp.

Caved In

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First in Twenty

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Washington and the Bear

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

To say the University of Wisconsin System has reached its peak in the budget crisis is to repeat a recycled and ubiquitous headline currently echoing throughout the state. While the impressive elongation of Wisconsin’s funding drought has started to drown out the severity of any new budget cuts, this editorial board recognizes that the funding storm currently hovering over the UW System—and the causalities sure to result from it—deserve immediate attention.

A few short weeks ago, the Department of Administration sent out a memo directing the UW System’s attention to the regretful surfacing of budget lapses in Gov. Scott Walker’s 2011-’13 financial plan. In most state budgets, potential lapses

act as a safety net in case tax revenue doesn’t reach a particular threshold. If that happens, institutions are asked to give back a stipulated amount in order to fill the funding gap.

This is not uncommon in Wisconsin. Previously, the UW-System was asked to contribute 8.7 percent one year and 9.9 percent the next in response to large budget lapses. These have, thus far, been a reasonable request as the UW System makes up approximately 7 percent of the state’s expenditures.

But things have taken a drastic turn this budget cycle.

In direct contrast to previous years, Walker has asked the system make up 38 percent of the total budget lapse.

That’s $65.5 million out of $174.3 million, which results in

an additional $25.8 million in budget cuts for UW-Madison alone. This distorted allocation is nothing short of dropping a budget bomb on the UW System, leaving institutions across the state with cratersized holes in their finances.

Carelessly cutting the UW System’s budget reveals the state’s extremely unfair and disproportional funding strategy, while consequently leaving the UW with even less money for technological improvements, faculty salaries and departmental resources; not to mention a severe increase in tuition prices.

Expecting the UW System to make up such a large portion of the state deficit is more than just rocking the cradle. Students and faculty can’t sit idly by and watch the state unreasonably target public education only to let them think universities won’t raise hell about it. While we support Interim Chancellor David Ward’s five ideas to save money through technological consolidations and funding reallocation, right

Letter: Recently fired ASM council members should not be rehired Nick Checker ASm student judiciary

The recent decision of the Student Council to reappoint Mr. Magallon and Ms. Haung to their former seats was a disturbing but unsurprising revelation. It is blatantly obvious that a cabal within Student Council has an agenda to undermine the legitimacy of the Judiciary as a co-equal branch of branch of ASM and exaggerate an already large accountability gap. Of course Council’s actions are technically legal (no matter how stupid) but are nevertheless devious. The near unanimity confirming Beth and Niko suggests ethical considerations run secondary to what has accurately been described as cronyism.

Whereas the Court acted in the student interest, Council’s decision is an affront to that prerogative. Those seeking elected office no doubt seek to enact positive change at this university and assume an enormous responsibility given the level of autonomy afforded ASM. However, there is a widely held perception by students that ASM is irrelevant; this action only lends additional credence to that notion, and undermines the efforts of students actually committed to serving their peers.

To explicate the gravity of Beth’s and Niko’s actions I would like to state that from the original hearing I was the sole and leading voice for their immediate disqualification. In my assessment, the original majority failed to properly consider the perversion of the election process that accompanies canvassing. There really is no excuse for not following the rules when instructed to know them and when one gains an enormous advantage over their opponents for cheating. Pursuant to the preservation of fairness, the inherent intent to secure votes by violators who consciously or inadvertently violate the election rules must

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Huang & Magallon rehired Associate Students of Madison Nominations Board Chair Niko Magallon and Vice Chair Beth Huang were recently rehired after having been fired for campaign violations. +Photo by Grace Liu be assumed to have corrupted election outcomes and undermined the electoral process’s integrity. Thus, punitive determinations must bear in mind that the “desired end” of their actions carried the presumption of alteration and, as a result, necessitated disqualification given the seriousness of the offense. The burden of proof rested with those accused and was impossible to be satisfied. However, finding the community service exceedingly lenient and quite frankly asinine, I nevertheless expected Beth and Niko to make a concerted effort when it was ordered. That was obviously not the case insofar as both (after months of time to for reparation) showed not only apathy but rather contempt for the Court’s efforts to penalize them. They submitted garbage community service that was essentially an extension of their position only after being reminded by a staff member the evening it

was to be submitted. It is reasonable to expect harm to be repaired by community service only when individuals actually care enough to consciously go about doing it with the intent to remedy the wrong they committed. Anything less than that standard is not commensurate with position of public trust that Niko and Beth were seeking.

Overall, Council subverted the Judiciary and allowed those guilty of gross malfeasance to escape with impunity. When outcomes favor the guilty, there is no deterrence or justice, only a precedent inviting malversation no matter how invective the sanctioning rhetoric or how arduous the tribulation was. The fact of the matter is, the credibility of ASM needlessly suffered again.

Nick Checker is a member of the ASM Student Judiciary.

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now we stand strongly behind UW System President Kevin Reilly’s proposal to reduce our share of the budget lapse to 11 percent. Perhaps more pertinently, we support a greater student reaction to this budget slash because, as Reilly puts it, “[Administrative officials] do not know how [they] can take these cuts without negatively affecting the education of [their] students and the expectations of their families for a quality experience.”

We saw an incredible surge of support for Wisconsin’s public sector employees during the budget repair bill protests last spring.

We know students across the state have the capacity to stand up against an injustice proportion of budget cuts.

That’s why we are disappointed to see our shared governance groups, including and especially ASM, spend their legislative committee time

talking about the future of the Mifflin Street Block Party when the university’s financial future hangs by a thread.

Now more than ever, in a decision that DIRECTLY affects student’s pockets, we encourage UW students across the state to inform themselves about the current budget crisis and urge them to support our administrators in their fight for a more pragmatic funding agenda.

This is not a test. Yes, we can find ways to better distribute our funds and yes we can attempt to shoulder the elimination of resources and increased tuition, but we can’t turn apathetic as funding slashes grow thick. Right now, UW-Madison and all Wisconsin schools are on an insidious climb to a budget avalanche. If students across the state band together and advocate for higher education, we may be able to remedy some financial strains before it’s too late.

Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Men’s Basketball

Badgers set for last tune-up prior to season opener

By Max Sternberg the daily cardinal

While Saturday’s spotlight will certainly be on Camp Randall and the 6-2 UW football team, Wisconsin men’s basketball kicks off their season Saturday night at the Kohl Center with an exhibition matchup against UW-Stevens Point.

The Pointers, three-time defending WIAA Conference Tournament champions, ended last season with a 26-4 record. The team’s season came to an end with a defeat at the hands of St. Thomas University in the NCAA Division III Sweet 16.

Having lost three starters from last year’s Sweet 16 team, the Badgers will depend on this exhibition game to answer some of the personnel questions that linger as the season draws near.

The backcourt seems locked up, with senior All-American Jordan

Taylor being joined by sophomore Josh Gasser as they were last season at the guard positions. Off the bench, sophomore Ben Brust will certainly see plenty of playing time, especially if he continues to show an ability to score as he did in last Sunday’s Red-White scrimmage, agame he finished with a gamehigh 22 points.

Where the focus will be Saturday night is no doubt the frontcourt spots. Juniors Mike Bruesewitz and Jared Berggren seem to be locks for starting roles, with fellow junior Ryan Evans likely the final piece of the starting puzzle.

However, the these spots are not set in stone, and there is no doubt that head coach Bo Ryan will use Saturday’s exhibition as a measuring stick for those still in the hunt.

Sophomore Duje Dukan and freshman Jarod Uthoff seem to be the most likely candidates to overtake one of the aforementioned

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juniors at this point.

Dukan comes off of a freshman campaign in which he received little playing time but gained a tremendous amount of experience on the scout team, shaping his body in the process so that he may prepare for the physicality that comes with playing in the Big Ten. Uthoff, the most highly touted addition to this year’s freshman class, seems to be a young Jon Leuer in the making. Wearing Leuer’s number 30, the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, native has already displayed his ability to play both on the interior and around the perimeter, s versatility Ryan will certainly hope to use.

Redshirt freshman Evan Anderson also figures to get a solid look this weekend, coming off a redshirt year in which he grew tremendously as a player, particularly with his footwork. The 6 foot 10 inch Stanley native has been impressive

thus far in practice, and the Badgers are eager to see how that translates in game situations.

Although exhibitions do not show up on the record, they are certainly momentum builders head-

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Saturday’s preseason game against UW-Stevens Point will be the final chance for players to make their case for a starting job.

Women’s Soccer

Penn State last stop before Big Ten Tournament

By Dylan Flaks the daily cardinal

This Saturday, the Wisconsin men’s soccer team (3-2-0 Big Ten, 8-7-2 overall) will play its final regular season game against a struggling Penn State team (0-50, 7-7-4) in State College, Penn.

The Badgers will look to finish the season strong, particularly in third place in the Big Ten Conference, while the Nittany Lions are searching for their first conference win of the season.

The Badgers head into this final game proud of the season they have put together. They have improved vastly from last year, and most of the credit should go to head coach John Trask, who put together a great recruiting class and has tranformed these young players into great student athletes.

It is impressive how these young players have been able to handle the grueling duration of a college soccer season, especially in a conference as physical as the Big Ten. “That’s all part of athletes learning what it’s like at the collegiate level,” Trask said. “We played nine games in 28 days.

The last thing we wanted to do is wear everyone out and think that we are going to recreate the wheel this week.”

Trask talked about the importance of practicing what the

ing into the regular season. With a talented Pointers team coming to the Kohl Center, the Badgers have to believe that Saturday will provide a solid gauge of where they stand as a team at this point.

team already does well instead of implementing new tactics.

Even though PSU has yet to earn a conference win, the Bagders should not look at their matchup as a walk in the park, though. The Nittany Lions have had a lot of unfortunate losses; in fact, all of PSU’s conference losses have come by one goal, and they even took the Ohio State Buckeyes into overtime.

“They’re .500; it doesn’t look like they have bought any luck in the Big Ten,” Trask said.

“But they have seniors, and it’s senior day out there. Last year we beat them at home and the senior day helped us a lot. Penn State is going to come out firing, and if they beat us and go into the Big Ten Tournament strong they could be dangerous.”

All seven Big Ten teams will make the upcoming conference tournament in Ann Arbor, Mich.. The Badgers are playing for seeding at this point, with the ability to hold onto the three seed with a win against the Nittany Lions, who are locked in for the last seed in the tournament.

The Badgers can wrap up the season on a strong note with a good conference win away from home. If they can then make a run in the Big Ten tournament, they will have had an incredible turn around from last year.

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Many underclassmen have stepped up this season proving they can keep up with the physicality of a college season.

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Senior forward Laurie Nosbusch recorded Wisconsin’s only shot on goal in the Badgers loss to Minnesota Wednesday.

Season ending loss handed down by rival Minnesota at tournament

By Rex Shield the daily cardinal

It was deja vu for the Wisconsin women’s soccer team Wednesday in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament in Evanston, Ill. In their previous meeting with Minnesota on Sept. 29, Wisconsin trailed 2-0 in brutal weather conditions but ended the game with a win. The same scenario presented itself Wednesday, but there would be no comeback this time. Instead, the Badgers as they were eliminated at the hands of their archrival.

“The effort was there. I think getting caught with those two goals early was challeng-

ing for us,” head coach Paula Wilkins said. “The first was a bad touch just not paying attention to the wind that actually put a Minnesota player through. And then giving up a corner kick where they end up scoring a goal right from it was deflating.”

Wisconsin struggled with the weather conditions all game long, as the wind gusts reached up to 25 mile per hour, while Minnesota was able to take advantage of the weather early in the game when it had the wind at its back.

The Gophers got on the board early in the game at the four-minute mark, as senior midfielder

Shari Eckstrom flicked the ball to freshman forward Taylor Uhl who shot the ball to the upper right corner past diving Wisconsin senior goalkeeper Michele Dalton.

Recently named Big Ten Freshman of the year, Uhl’s netted her 14th goal of the season.

Minnesota would get another goal in the 11th minute to further extend their lead. The goal came off of a left corner kick by junior defender Marissa Price, who bent it directly into the goal near the back post past Dalton for her first goal of the season.

Minnesota dominated offensively in the first half, outshooting Wisconsin 8-3. With the wind at their back for the second half, an opportunity presented itself for the Badgers to take advantage offensively, but they were unable to capitalize. In fact, the Badgers did not get their first shot on the goal until the 84th minute. The Badgers lack of scoring in the second half, according to Wilkins, was in part due to a stifling Minnesota defensive alignment.

“Minnesota in the second half got a lot of people behind the ball and played with only one forward up top,” Wilkins said. “It was going to be hard to break them down in terms of that and we needed to get wider and we didn’t.”

With the loss, Wisconsin finished their season with a 5-4-2 record in the Big Ten and 10-8-3 record overall.

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of rink,” Pacholok said. “Playing Duluth—a topranked team at a smaller rink—will give us an advantage playing Ohio State in their rink.”

In addition to practices tailored to the Buckeyes’ unique rink, the team will skate the ice in Columbus before the series opener. Still Johnson knows that in-game experience is the ultimate way his players will acclimate themselves.

“You try to duplicate [the smaller rink] in practice,” Johnson said. “Usually the game and the first couple shifts down there will get them to understand what we’re talking about.”

Small rink or not, Wisconsin can expect Ohio State’s best efforts this weekend. That is something that comes with the No. 1 ranking and the title of defending national champions.

“It’s just like any other week,” Knight said. “We have to be ready to show them what Wisconsin’s all about and how we play our game.”

the only way Barnes—and the rest of the team for that matter—has stepped up recently. Over the past two weekends the Badgers’ offense has produced 20 goals, and more impressive than that, those 20 goals have come from 13 different players.

“We said from day one that if we were going to have goal scoring on this team, it was going to be by committee,” Eaves said. “That’s the formula that has been there in the past two weekends, and hopefully that’s the formula that continues to perform for us.”

Wisconsin lost a big chunk of last seasons offense over the summer when three of their top five scorers left.

“When you lose guys like Craig Smith and [Jake] Gardiner there are a lot of roles to be filled,” said Barnes, who is currently riding a seven-game point streak. “There have been a ton of guys stepping up.

It’s a whole team effort. We’re all working together as a unit to fill those voids.”

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Men’s Hockey

Moving forward; St. Cloud State up next

By Ryan Evans the daily cardinal

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The Wisconsin football team is returning to Madison for a much needed home game. The Badgers, lead by junior running back Montee Ball, will look to exploit a mediocre Boilermaker team.

A welcome return home

By Parker Gabriel the daily cardinal

For the second straight week, the No. 19 Badgers (2-2 Big Ten, 6-2 overall) will look to rebound from a tough road loss. For the second straight week, UW’s Big Ten title chances will stay alive with a win.

Saturday’s contest with Purdue (2-2, 4-4) poses two significant differences, though. First, Wisconsin will be back in the familiar confines of Camp Randall Stadium.

Second, those title chances will not survive another loss.

“Obviously, we wanted those two wins, but we have to let them go and just win out,” junior tailback Montee Ball said.

Ball leads the nation with 21 total touchdowns this season and sits fourth in the Big Ten in rushing at 859 yards. As a team, the Badgers are averaging 231.8 rushing yards per game (third in the Big Ten behind Nebraska and Michigan) despite being held to just 89 yards rushing a week ago against Ohio State.

Purdue ranks in the lower half or third of the conference in most major team categories, but has played nearly every conference opponent tough so far this sea-

son, with the exception of a 36-14 loss against Michigan.

“They’ve been on top of a couple teams early and we have to make sure we start fast,” Ball said.

A key to early success for the Badgers is to continue their dominance in the red zone. Despite the struggles in other areas the last two weeks, UW continues to be nearly automatic once the offense is inside the opponent’s 20-yard line.

This season, Wisconsin has scored on 38 out of 40 red zone opportunities (95 percent).

“We say that’s where we make our money,” redshirt sophomore offensive lineman Travis Frederick said. “If you don’t take advantage of a red zone opportunity, then you’re just wasting opportunities.”

Even more impressive, UW has turned 85 percent of those opportunities (34-40) into touchdowns, the best mark in the country.

“When you’re that close to the end zone, you have to put it in, and field goals aren’t acceptable,” Frederick said. “That’s how we’re coached.”

The Boilermakers feature the Big Ten’s sixth-best scoring offense, averaging 27.0 points per game so far in 2011. They have

deployed two quarterbacks, junior Caleb TerBush and senior Robert Marve, though TerBush has seen the majority of the action recently.

Still, Boilermakers’ head coach Danny Hope will likely use Marve occasionally against the Badgers.

Purdue does not do anything particularly well or particularly poorly, but, considering the two teams have equal Big Ten records and share space in the Leaders Division, there is no reason to remind either team what is on the line. Still, UW sophomore wide receiver Jared Abbrederis said he did not think the Badgers would struggle to rebound from the last two weeks.

“We just do the same thing every week,” said Abbrederis, who racked up 12 catches for 204 yards and two scores against Michigan State and Ohio State.

“We have something that works.

We just have to come up with it and finish games.”

In order to finish games the way they would like, the Badgers cannot afford to fall behind by double digits. The remedy for that, in addition to just being back in Madison, is simple, according to Ball.

“Start fast,” he said. “Start extremely fast.”

Through the first month of the season, the Wisconsin men’s hockey team (3-3-0 WCHA, 4-4-0 overall) has surpassed the expectations many had for it coming into this year.

The Badgers’ .500 record is better than many would have predicted in a month where they had to play the likes of North Dakota and Nebraska-Omaha.

But as the calendar moves forward, Wisconsin faces a new set of challenges, particularly in St. Cloud, Minn. where the boys in cardinal and white will take on St. Cloud State (1-1-0 , 3-4-1).

In the past few weeks, the Badgers have been forced to deal with a couple injuries to important players, none as important as the loss of junior forward Derek Lee during last Friday’s game against UNO. Without Lee, one of the Badgers’ most valuable penalty killers, the Mavericks went on to score four goals on the power play.

Penalty killing has been a problem for the Badgers all year (they rank last in the WCHA with a penalty kill percentage of 67.6 this season), and losing Lee certainly didn’t help.

Earlier this week, Wisconsin head coach Mike Eaves said he has had to tinker with his penalty kill units in the wake of Lee’s injury.

Still, Eaves believes the lack of penalty killing experience on the roster will provided room to experiment.

“We basically had two guys returning that had killed penalties, so we’re trying a lot of different people,” Eaves said. “It’s an area that we know we need to get better. We’re doing some good things, we just need to shore it up a bit.”

“It’s a huge riddle that has to be solved,” he added.

To improve the penalty kill, Eaves has inserted sophomore forwards Mark Zengerle and Tyler Barnes into that role. Last weekend was the first time they had seen time on the PK. “It was a nice little surprise to see that they did execute some things,” Eaves said. “They were both willing to block shots and do some of the hard things.”

The role of a penalty killer is not usually filled on a hockey team by two top-line forwards, but according to Barnes, it is a role he is willing to fill for the sake of the team. “[Penalty killing] is something I take pride in,” Barnes said.

“Being a top-line guy, it’s good for the team to see that you’re willing to go out there and block shots and do what is generally considered a power forward’s role.”

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Head coach Mike Eaves, in an attempt to improve his team’s penalty kill, is turning to his top-liner forwards for help.

Women’s Hockey

Wisconsin looks to continue winning ways as they travel to Ohio State

By Vince Huth the daily cardinal

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Having played games on a on a small sheet of ice this season, the Badgers are confident in their preparation for OSU.

The No.1 Wisconsin women’s hockey team (5-1-0 WCHA, 9-1-0 overall) will play an opponent ranked outside the top-10 for the first time in five weeks this weekend. The Badgers will travel to Columbus, Ohio to challenge the Buckeyes (5-2-1, 5-2-1).

The Badgers have not played a team ranked outside the top ten since their first series this season against Lindenwood. Despite watching his team put together a 7-1 record against four of the country’s top teams last month, head coach Mark Johnson is not complacent about this weekend’s series.

“We’re still making our way as far as trying to become the best team we’re capable of becoming,”

Johnson said. “[This series] presents another challenge.”

Johnson and the Badgers have followed a simple formula: Work hard every day. It is quite generic and ho-hum, but it has provided Wisconsin with much success.

“We’ve gotten here through what we’ve done in previous years and previous days, and we just have to continue to build on that,” senior forward Hilary Knight said.

“It’s sort of nerve-wracking at some times, but at the same time it’s nice to know that you’re doing the right thing and we continue to do that.”

If practice was any different this week, it was because of Wisconsin’s preparation for the rink at Ohio State.

The OSU Ice Rink has a smaller

sheet of ice than the Kohl Center, which will result in a quicker style of hockey. The puck moves noticeably quicker from side to side, which means the boards will be much more active.

“Hopefully when they drop the puck Friday night, [the players] are ready for the pinball,” Johnson said.

The Badgers practiced drills this week that aim to take ice space away from the players and train them to make quicker decisions with the puck. In addition to this week’s drills, junior defenseman Saige Pacholok pointed to apt experience from a previous series.

“We’ve played a series in Duluth, which has a similar type

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