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DANE COUNTY BOARD MANNING

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Wyndham Manning addresses friends and supporters at Project Lodge Tuesday night after winning the District 5 election.

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SUPREME COURT GABLEMAN

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Gableman wins in close Supreme Court election

By Charles Brace THE DAILY CARDINAL

Wisconsin residents voted Burnett County Circuit Judge Michael Gableman to be on the state Supreme Court Tuesday in a race that went down to the wire.

Gableman and incumbent Judge Louis Butler were close in vote totals throughout the evening, but returns showed Gableman pulling ahead around 11:00 p.m.

It is the first time an incumbent Supreme Court Judge was defeated in

an election since 1967.

However, Butler won in Dane County, winning by ratios of 5-to-1 and 10-to-1 in some campus wards, according to early vote totals.

Gableman campaigned largely on his support from law enforcement around the state and his former career as a prosecutor. He said he was a judicial conservative and Butler was a judicial activist.

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THE FATE OF THE ‘FRANKENSTEIN’ VETO

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Notwithstanding section 16.42 (1) of the statutes, in submitting information under section 16.42 of the statutes for purposes of the 2007−09 biennial budget act, the department of transportation shall include recommended reductions to the appropriation under section 20.395 (3) (cr) of the statutes for each fiscal year of the 2007−09 fiscal biennium reflecting the transfer from this appropriation account to the appropriation account under section 20.395 (6) (au) of the statutes, as created by this act, of amounts for anticipated debt service payments, in each fiscal year of the 2007−09 fiscal biennium, on general obligation bonds issued under section 20.866 (2) (uup) of the statutes, as created by this act.

(4w) PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE. (a) The department of transportation may submit, in each fiscal year of the 2005−07 biennium, a request to the joint committee on finance to supplement the appropriation under section 20.395 (2) (cr) of the statutes by up to $572,700 in fiscal year 2005−06 and up to $629,900 in fiscal year 2006−07 from the appropriation account under section 20.865 (4) (u) of the statutes for passenger rail service. Any request submitted under this paragraph shall be submitted by the due date for agency requests for the joint committee on finance’s second quarterly meeting under section 13.10 of the statutes of the year in which the request is made. The committee may supplement the appropriation under section 20.395 (2) (cr) of the statutes by up to $572,700 in fiscal year

Assembly, according to Harsdorf.

Amendment co-sponsor state Sen. Tim Carpenter, D-Milwaukee, commended the legislature’s support of the referendum.

“For me, it’s not a partisan issue, it’s institutional,” Carpenter said. “It’s not directed toward Gov. Doyle whatsoever, it’s the powers of future governors I’m worried about.”

Despite the overwhelming support of the measure, Gov. Jim Doyle displayed less enthusiasm for the amendment, though he never officially denounced it.

“I’ve just sort of stayed out of it because it has to do with longer-term

carried out because of such transfer. (c) If the committee approves a supplement under paragraph (a), the committee may supplement, by the amount by which the supplement it approves under paragraph (a) is less than $572,700 in fiscal year 2005−06 or $629,900 in fiscal year 2006−07, other department of transportation appropriations. Notwithstanding section 13.101 (3) of the statutes, the committee is not required to find that an emergency exists prior to making the supplementation. (d) If, in considering a request made under paragraph (a), the joint committee on finance determines that $572,700 in fiscal year 2005−06 or $629,900 in fiscal year 2006−07 is not sufficient to fund passenger rail service, the committee may supplement the appropriation account under section 20.395 (2) (cr) of the statutes, from the appropriation under section 20.865 (4) (u) of the statutes, by an amount that would not cause the transportation fund to have a negative balance.

Notwithstanding section 13.101 (3) of the statutes, the committee is not required to find that an emergency exists prior to making the supplementation.

(5f) VILLAGE OF OREGON STREETSCAPING PROJECT. In the 2005−07 fiscal biennium, from the appropriation under section 20.395 (2) (nx) of the statutes, the department of transportation shall award a grant under section 85.026 (2) of the statutes of $484,000 to the village of Oregon in Dane County for a streetscaping project on Main Street and Janesville Street in the village

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PIECING TOGETHER FRANKENSTEIN The ‘Frankenstein veto’ allows Wisconsin governors to edit legislation by striking words to create new sentences. Gov. Jim Doyle used this power in 2005 to shave 752 words out of a budget bill, creating a $159 million increase in the amount of money transferred from the transportation account to the general fund.

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institutional relationships between the legislature … I do think people have vastly overblown what this is all about, and I think that the voters should be very careful in changing the constitution and not knowing what some of the ramifications of that might be,” Doyle said. “It’s important that the governor have a strong partial veto.”

However, Doyle has criticized the breadth of the partial veto power in the past. According to Jay Heck, executive director of the bipartisan group Common Cause in Wisconsin, Doyle

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(5g) CHIPPEWA COUNTY CROSSING AND RAMP. In the 2005−07 fiscal biennium, from the appropriation under section 20 .395 (2) (nx) of the statutes, the department of transportation shall award a grant under section 85.026 (2) of the statutes of $80,000 to Chippewa County for the construction of a pedestrian−railroad crossing and handicap−accessible ramp related to the Ray’s Beach revitalization project on Lake Wissota in Chippewa County if Chippewa County contributes funds for the project that at least equal 20 percent of the costs of the project .

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With the flick of his tool he cuts, incises, conjoins and, ultimately, creates—creates what some view as an abomination of power.

The “tool” is a veto pen, the creations are changes in bills that often circumvent the power of the state legislature and “he” is the Wisconsin governor in the last two decades. The partial veto, dubbed the “Frankenstein” veto, has allowed Wisconsin governors enjoy some of the broadest powers in the United States with the ability to strike out partial sentences from fiscal legislation and join other sentences together to create entirely new meanings.

Tuesday, an overwhelming majority of Wisconsin voters voted yes to a statewide referendum to create limitations on the governor’s ability to reconstruct spending bills.

State Sen. Sheila Harsdorf, RRiver Falls, introduced the constitutional amendment after a particularly extensive and publicized use of the partial veto by Gov. Jim Doyle in 2005. Doyle excised 752 words from a budget bill and left a 20-word sentence shifting $427 million from transportation to education, a measure never approved by the legislature.

“This resolution, what we are proposing … is basically saying the governor will be prohibited from

creating a new sentences by combining two or more other sentences,” Harsdorf said. “No governor should be able to use the partial veto authority to enact laws that have not passed the legislature.”

With the approval of the referendum, Doyle and future Wisconsin governors will no longer be able to create new sentences by crossing out words or numbers from two or more existing clauses.

The amendment received strong bipartisan support before appearing on the April 1 ballot, passing with a 33-0 vote on second consideration in the Senate and a 94-1 vote in the

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials released Tope Awe, a UW-Madison pharmacy school student, from custody in Milwaukee Tuesday, pending deportation.

According to ICE spokesperson Gail Montenegro, Awe and her brother Oluwabenga received orders for deportation. Both are required to wear ankle monitoring bracelets and check in periodically with immigration officials while documents for their return to Nigeria are assembled.

Awe was placed in federal custody March 27 after being summoned to the Milwaukee immigration office.

According to Montenegro, Awe’s family emigrated from Nigeria in 1989 and repeatedly applied for immigration benefits but their requests were repeatedly denied. ICE gave the family until July 31, 2004 to leave the county.

“The Awe family failed to make any contact with ICE after July 2004 as required, and they remained in the United States illegally,” Montenegro said. “In failing to comply with the conditions set by ICE, the Awe family became immigration fugitives with outstanding orders of deportation.”

UW-Madison students rallied against immigrant deportation Monday, and members of several student organizations are circulating a petition on Awe’s behalf.

UW-Madison senior Wyndham Manning won the District 5 seat on the Dane County Board of Supervisors, according to Tuesday’s preliminary vote totals.

Manning captured nearly 66 percent of votes to beat out freshman candidate Conor O’Hagan, who obtained around 32 percent of votes. Manning celebrated his victory with friends at Project Lodge and credited his success to the hard work of his campaign staff and student voter support.

“We stayed true to what we were talking about and we stayed honest with our faults and with our strengths, and we came out on top because of it,” Manning said.

After spending a laid back evening awaiting the election results with friends in his dorm room, O’Hagan offered words of encouragement to his opponent.

“I wish him the best of luck and I’d like to congratulate him. I really hope he represents the district to the best of his ability,” O’Hagan said.

Manning said he is looking forward to meeting with his predecessor, UW-Madison senior Ashok Kumar, to

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Things with Dan have been different lately. We started our relationship in September with a date at Amy’s Café followed by a manicure.

Soon, we were looking for a place to live next year, discussing how to color-coordinate our bathroom and bedrooms, fighting over the room with the walk-in closet and discussing when we would adopt an Asian baby.

We watched “Brothers and Sisters” and “Sex with Sue” on Sunday nights and cried through both of them together. And while we had some rocky months that prompted me to change our relationship status to “it’s complicated” on Facebook, I don’t think I’ve ever felt so understood and loved by a man; a man who

appreciates Anderson Cooper’s sexy journalistic integrity and iceberg blue eyes more than I do.

But lately I’ve been seeing less and less of Dan. And it’s not just because he’s been getting skinnier as a direct result of me eating most of his food off his plate at dinner. And it’s not because he’s practicing his Tunisian with his hot tutor, the tall guy with unruly curly hair, who we both agreed had an incredible ass to match his incredible dimples on his incredible face.

It’s because he’s found somebody else—he’s in love with a man.

And how can I compete with someone who has chiseled pecks, a butt chin and a hairy ass? Not to mention a PENIS! I knew our Facebook love wasn’t a long-term commitment, but somehow I thought I’d be the one who moved on first. I’ve never had a gay man leave me before.

But the thing is, Dan wouldn’t break up with me. Sure, we went out less frequently. There were fewer dance parties, cuddle sessions and Perez Hilton gossiping. I’ve

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been picking out hand towels by myself. Despite the distance, Dan still texted me, made me feel special and told me I was beautiful, which is the main reason you befriend a gay man: They are a constant egoboost and will always tell you if your clothes aren’t flattering.

Later, when Dan introduced me to his secret lover, I wanted him to be happy. Sometimes when you love someone you have to learn to set him or her free. So I did it. And as of this Saturday, I was single on Facebook.

That’s not to say I wasn’t ready to go back on the prowl. That night, I went to a gay club. I chatted with Palo, the gay Mexican man who was wearing a Cher T-shirt and was in love with Justin Timberlake. I grinded with Alex, an out-of-work actor wearing a sparkling cowboy hat who had been an extra on “Queer as Folk.” All of these guys were great and fabulously gay, but we just didn’t click. They weren’t real; they weren’t genuine; they weren’t Dan. I knew I was in love with the idea of having a gay best friend; it

manning from page 1 discuss the continuation of Kumar’s ideas as well as create a new legacy for the District 5 seat. Manning, whose campaign platform included developing art programs to rehabilitate imprisoned youth and environmental initiatives such as cleaner lakes, is eager to assume his position as Supervisor.

“You can be a regular person and you can be involved in local

gableman from page 1 that he would apply the law and not make it,” Darrin Schmitz, Gableman’s campaign consultant, said.

UW-Madison Law student Ryan Moze said he voted for Butler based on policy issues.

“I didn’t like Gableman’s ... ultra pro-business stance. I don’t think that’s a direction we need to go in,” Moze said.

Moze said he did not like Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, the

made me feel fabulously glamorous.

I knew I always had someone to go to the Gap with or take to a David Sedaris reading. But I think it wasn’t until I lost Dan that I realized how much I liked him for being who he was—for his intellectual personality, his passion for traveling and learning new languages and his awesome collection of DVDs. I realized our friendship went deeper than a shared love of tight man ass, sushi and “Brokeback Mountain.”

As I left the gayest club I had ever been to, my feet throbbing, my highheeled shoes clutched in my hand, I realized Dan’s shoes could never be filled by just any guy who comes prancing along. Even if he does have a pink faux hawk, impeccable taste in wine and a 20 percent employee discount at the Gap. He, too, will have to be a great person, a world-renowned spooner and owner of a well-stocked DVD library that I can always cop from.

If you are a recently single gay man looking for someone to watch “Hairspray” with, e-mail aaspencer@wisc.edu. politics, you can affect what’s going on in the county and that’s really exciting,” Manning said.

UW-Madison senior Sean Witzling said he voted for Manning because of his passion for politics and dedication to students.

“I really know that he’s actually going to listen to the people that he represents … he has a spirit that a lot of us younger people have and I really appreciate it,” Witzling said. state’s largest business lobbyist group.

WMC supported Gableman and spent millions trying to get him elected, similar to the amount it spent for Justice Annette Ziegler in last year’s Supreme Court race. Several large teachers’ unions and other traditionally Democratic-leaning groups also spent heavily on advertisements favoring Butler.

UW-Madison sophomore Kristin Johnson said she voted for Gableman and ‘Yes’ on the statewide referendum limiting the governor’s veto power.

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was “very much for limiting the veto authority of the governor” prior to his gubernatorial election in 2003.

Doyle said he “[sees] the world from a different perspective now” and that abuses of executive power via the Frankenstein veto are not unique to his governorship.

Yet, despite the passage of the constitutional amendment Tuesday, the Wisconsin governor will still have extremely extensive veto powers.

Harsdorf admitted the governor’s power will remain vast and said she supports the partial veto despite her sponsorship of this bill, but she felt Gov. Doyle’s use of it in 2005 necessitated action.

“I support the partial veto, but I believe that was clearly an abuse of the use of the partial veto,” Harsdorf said. “The partial veto was never intended to allow a governor to enact laws that have not passed the legislature … Even with this change, our governor will still have

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the broadest veto authority of any governor in the nation.”

Even after the decision to limit the Frankenstein veto governors will still have the ability to remove single digits to create new figures or delete whole clauses from paragraphs to change their meaning.

Heck said the amendment is not “a slashing diminution of power,” but added Wisconsin cannot afford to waste this opportunity and said he supported the bill as an essential starting point.

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Jeffrey Sachs spoke to UW-Madison students Tuesday about world poverty and disease as a part of the Distinguished Lecture Series.

UN worker speaks out against poverty

By Caitlin Gath THE DAILY CARDINAL

Jeffrey Sachs, a prominent economist and director of the United Nations Millennium Project, spoke to students Tuesday via a live web lecture regarding his plans to eradicate poverty.

Sachs spoke on behalf of Project 40/40, an awareness and fundraising campaign for the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative. The project’s goal is to connect UW-Madison’s 40,000 students with 40,000 HIV positive Ugandans who are in desperate need of funding for their AIDS medication.

Members from Project 40/40 said they tried for more than a year to convince Sachs to speak to UWMadison students.

“He’s like a rock star. He’s basically Bono,” said Jesse Ayala, a UWMadison sophomore and Project 40/40 member.

Ayala said Sachs’ dedication to his work is always his top priority.

According to Ayala, when a reporter asked Sachs if he ever takes time for himself, he responded, “In case you haven’t noticed, people are dying. This is an emergency.”

Sachs directly works on the Millennium Project, an initiative whose primary goal is to accomplish Millennium Development Goals through implementation of infrastruc-

ture, agriculture and education. The initiative seeks to, among other goals, eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, achieve universal primary education and combat HIV/AIDS and malaria.

Sachs focused his speech on countries plagued by economic hardship and his experiences with fieldwork abroad.

“I began working with countries in economic crisis … like a doctor making house calls for a sick economy,” Sachs said.

He said when he was invited to travel to Bolivia as an economic advisor to their government in 1985, he found it so exhilarating that he wanted to continue with similar work. Since then he has divided his time between fieldwork and teaching at Columbia University.

Sachs stressed to students that public health issues are an ongoing problem.

“Natural selection is always at work … we have to proceed on two tracks— mass application with what we have and basic science to develop yet more tools,” he said.

Either way, Sachs said he remains hopeful global poverty can be brought to an end.

“I believe you’re going to solve these problems. 2025––that’s the date to end extreme poverty,” Sachs said.

‘Bucky Bus’ prohibited from using Madison Metro buses

By Callie Rathburn THE DAILY CARDINAL

The “Bucky Bus” is experiencing changes after a new federal law will no longer allow Madison’s Metro Transit to provide the service.

Bucky Bus currently uses Madison Metro public transportation buses on Badger football Saturdays to take riders from Lot 60 at UW Hospital and Capitol Square parking garages to Camp Randall.

It also runs for other city events such as Rhythm & Booms and high school athletic tournaments.

The new federal law, effective April 20, will tighten regulations on transportation use, ending Madison Metro’s ability to provide the Bucky Bus service.

“Under the new rules [Bucky Bus] is considered a charter service because it doesn’t offer a standard fare and doesn’t run on a standard schedule,” said George Twigg, spokesperson for Mayor Dave

Cieslewicz.

According to Twigg, the mayor is meeting with UW Athletic Director Barry Alvarez and representatives from other organizations that use city buses for charter services to figure out solutions.

Most likely, the city buses would be replaced and the UW Athletics Department would instead pay a private company for the service, Twigg said.

“We also look at this as a new opportunity to work with the private sector, which is the spirit of this new rule,” Mick Rusch, spokesperson for Metro Transit, said.

There are 32 private bus companies that have signed up to provide the same service as Bucky Bus. Due to the competition, Rusch does not think the bus fare will increase greatly. In the past, Bucky Bus cost riders $4 round trip. bus page 4

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Supreme Court race becomes most expensive in state history

By Hannah McClung THE DAILY CARDINAL

Advocacy groups made history this election cycle with a record investment in ads for candidates vying for a seat on the state Supreme Court.

Special interest groups spent more than $3 million on advertisements in the election, more than either candidate spent and likely more than was spent last year, according to a recent report by the watchdog group Wisconsin Democracy Campaign.

According to Mike McCabe, director of the WDC, candidates are restricted by donation limits and strict disclosure rules. However, special interest groups do not have to follow the same rules.

McCabe said elections are sup-

posed to be a dialogue between voters and candidates, but the recent election was “a special interest monologue.”

The problem with negative special interest advertisements is the public has no idea where the money is coming from, said Jay Heck, executive director of the ethics group Common Cause in Wisconsin.

Heck said this has led to “character-assassinating ads to buy Supreme Court elections with secret money.”

According to Heck, the responsibility to reform these issues is in the hands of Gov. Jim Doyle and legislative leaders like Assembly Speaker Mike Huebsch, R-West Salem, and state Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker, D-Weston.

He said establishing legislation

requiring special interest groups to disclose the names of donors would decrease the amount of funding because donors would be “embarrassed if people knew they were paying for the [advertisement] crap.”

Other political observers said the current nature of Supreme Court races does not need to be changed.

“The negative tone to the campaigns is the function of the competitive nature of the election,” UW-Madison political science professor Kenneth Goldstein said.

According to Goldstein, voting for judges can be problematic because elections were meant for representative offices—not judicial ones.

However, Goldstein said he is not concerned about the amount of money or the negative tone affecting the election.

WARF director wins award for supporting UW research UW-Madison officials announced Tuesday the Association of University Technology Managers presented the Bayh-Dole award to a director of government and association relations for the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.

Andrew Cohn received the award for his services at WARF on Feb. 28.

“It’s about providing information to the Congress and to other universities about the impact on patent registration that’s being considered before Congress and other types of registration around the country,” Cohn said.

According to a statement, the Bayh-Dole award honors an outstanding contributor who has been supportive of technological transfer performance.

Janet Kelly, spokesperson for WARF, said Cohn truly understands the issues regardCOHN ing intellectual property protection and the importance of receiving the Bayh-Dole.

“He has very good relation-

ship-building skills and the ability to connect others who share our goals and create really compelling messages and interactions with people who can be supportive,” Kelly said.

Cohn worked as the manager of government and media relations for WARF in 2001, according to the statement.

Cohn was hesitant to take too much credit for WARF’s work.

“A number of people contributed to this effort and they are equally deserving of recognition, but it’s very nice,” Cohn said.

—Grace Kim

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Notes reading “Happy Fossil Fools Day!” adorned car windshields.

April Fools prank leaves tires deflated On Tuesday morning, some downtown Madison residents awoke to find they were the victims of an April Fools Day prank with an environmental twist.

The Madison Police Department received complaints of over 30 vehicles near Langdon, Williamson and Monroe streets with flat tires and notes on the windshield reading “Happy Fossil Fool’s Day – Drive Less,” according to a police report.

Police said air was let out of the tires, but none were slashed and no permanent damage occurred.

bus from page 3 “There will be lots of options out there for the university to negotiate with,” Rusch said.

“Parking is so limited near the stadium, the Bucky Bus runs at capacity, the buses are always full.

There is a real need to do it.”

Since the buses also run near

“It’s more of an April Fools prank which I’m assuming people aren’t finding too funny,” MPD Public Information Officer Joel DeSpain said.

Police believe the incidents occurred overnight and that more than one person is responsible, according to DeSpain. He said no one claimed responsibility for the flat tires and no witnesses reported seeing anything.

DeSpain said the penalty for the prank would likely be misdemeanor disorderly conduct or property damage charges.

Capitol Square, many fans are drawn to the downtown area on game days.

“Football games and sports games are wonderful traffic generators,” said Mary Carbine, executive director of Business Improvement District.

“We certainly hope the transportation situation can be worked out.”

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Brad talks with villain of upcoming ‘G.I. Joe’ BRAD BORON the boron identity

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Based on a true story, ‘21’ casts Jim Sturgess as 21-year-old math genius Ben Campbell, who jets between Boston and Vegas with his professor while taking casinos for millions of dollars.

Blackjack thriller ‘21’ a bust Vegas glamour fails to save poor acting, drawn-out plot

By Frances Provine THE DAILY CARDINAL

At the beginning of “21,” naïve Ben Campbell (played by Jim Sturgess) asks an admissions director at Harvard Medical School what he has to do to get the prestigious Roosevelt scholarship.

“You have to dazzle,” the older man replies, no doubt in an attempt to set the audience up for the series of glittery adventures through Las Vegas Campbell is about to engage.

Unfortunately, the film fails to dazzle on any level, faltering through its repetitiveness, clichéd romance and dismal lack of spunk.

The film fails to dazzle on any level, faltering through its repetitiveness, clichéd romance and dismal lack of spunk.

For those unfamiliar with the plot of “21” or the book it is loosely based off of, “Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions,” the movie follows a group of whiz kid students who, led by their dubious math professor Micky Rosa (Kevin Spacey), make money in Las Vegas by counting cards at blackjack. The

students use coded language and hand signals to communicate with each other, and, though card counting is legal, change their identities with fake IDs and disguises to avoid being caught by the pushy casino staff.

Although “21” is ultimately based on a true story, the movie never really feels believable because of multiple inexplicable puzzles in the story’s plot (presumably added for dramatic effect). The hand signals, at least as performed, seem awkward and obvious (crossing your hands behind your back?), and Campbell stores all of his money in a hole in his ceiling in wads of bills rather than placing any of it in a bank.

The most disappointing thing about “21” is that it could have been interesting. The premise of M.I.T. students (who are inherently nerdy and quirky) flying back and forth between Boston and Vegas is one filled with potential for both comedy and an inspiring, scrappy upset of social expectations. Instead, miscasting and unoriginal plot decisions make the movie dull and wearisome.

Sturgess’ Campbell is breathy and over-serious, and though “21” is based on the premise that the character undergoes a coming-of-age type transformation, Sturgess’ acting certainly doesn’t show it.

“I’m not the same man I was

back in Boston,” he tells Jill Taylor (Kate Bosworth), his girlfriend and fellow card counter, leaving the audience wondering when Campbell went through his stale and unimpressive metamorphosis.

Somehow, ‘21’ fails to make even gambling and sex appear exciting.

Bosworth, similarly, is almost hopelessly bland. This is emphasized by the fact that she maintains her vapid demeanor while constantly changing costumes and shopping at expensive stores with her questionable earnings, exposing the gap between Bosworth’s acting skills and her scripted character.

Laurence Fishburne’s creepy and believable turn as a casino boss is salvageable but is too little, too late for the slow and drawling movie.

Ultimately, “21” is too long, and the gimmicky tricks it uses to capture the audience’s attention (glamour shots of Vegas, card-counting montages) deteriorate into monotony far sooner than they save the other aspects of the film. Somehow, “21” fails to make even gambling and sex appear exciting.

The years haven’t been kind to the “G.I. Joe” team. Since their cartoon was canceled in 1987, “Joe’s” team members have gone different ways and found hobbies outside the hunting operatives of G.I. Joe’s nemesis organization, COBRA. Hardest hit was Snake Eyes, G.I. Joe’s mute ninja master.

However, on the set of the “G.I. Joe” live-action movie (due out next year), the team’s first outing in 20 years, The Boron Identity got the normally tightlipped commando to tell us his story of having it all, losing it and getting it back again.

Brad Boron: Snake Eyes, thanks for taking the time to sit down with me. Let’s get down to business. The ’80s were very kind to you.

Snake Eyes: My, you don’t mess around. Yes, they were great. I’ll be the first to admit that a lot of those times are pretty clouded in here (points to head). Yeah, I’d fight evil ninjas all day and party all night. I remember this one time... [Editor’s note: this section has been omitted due to explicit and, frankly, unsettling content].

BB: Uh... that’s great, but what can you tell us about yourself before you hit it big?

SE: Not much. It’s all pretty classified. Super-duper secret.

BB: How did you land your role in “G.I. Joe” originally?

SE: Well, I was living with three roommates at the time—we were all struggling actors waiting for our big break—and my roommate, Jeff, told me about this cartoon he was auditioning for. I never thought about voice acting before, but I went. The rest is history.

BB: But you never spoke in the cartoon.

SE: Yup, a flawless performance.

BB: OK... what do you remember most about your work on the show?

SE: It’s the only acting work where you can drink on the set and not get fired... except making a beer commercial. They do actually drink the beer, right?

BB: I don’t know. But the good times couldn’t last forever. The TV show ended, and you only had a cameo in the animated “G.I. Joe: The Movie.”

SE: Well, Commander Hawk and I had a bit of a feud back then, and he said it was either me or him.

The studio had so much marketing featuring Hawk, I guess the writing was on the wall, but I was so angry and high in those days...

BB: And then it was over. What did you do?

SE: Well, I did whatever any actor does; I moved on. I spent three years playing Rum Tum Tugger in the Canadian touring company of “Cats.” I did commercials, and I returned to my first love: watercolor painting. By then, I was clean, but I became so addicted to Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia Ice Cream, every dollar I got was going toward that habit. I had a chunky monkey on my back.

BB: And when you lost everything, you were finally humble enough to reach out to those you had shut out of your life, namely your blood brother, Storm Shadow.

SE: Yeah. It’s funny. Even after all those years he spent fighting for COBRA and I spent fighting for Joe, I called him up one day and it was like we had never drifted apart. And we couldn’t wait to get back to working together on this new project.

BB: What persuaded you to come back for this movie all these years later?

SE: I spent most of my acting career making... um... adult movies.

But my wife told me I should do a movie I’d be proud for my kids to watch. I mean, I was in “Daddy Day Care,” but who wants their kids watching that crap?

BB: True ’dat.

Brad would not like to be sued by any Snake Eyes’ trademark holders for falsifying this interview, but if you must serve him with a suit, he can be reached at Boron@wisc.edu.

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Today’s Sudoku

Beeramid

By Ryan Matthes beeramid_comic@yahoo.com

© Puzzles by Pappocom

Mega Dude Squad

By Stephen Guzetta and Ryan Lynch rplynch@wisc.edu

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

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

Dwarfhead and Narwhal

DMV conspiracy.

By James Dietrich jbdietrich@wisc.edu

The average person over 50 will have spent five years waiting in lines.

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

The Crackles What’s with the recent trend of talentless guys starring in Disney films What are you to attract pre-teen girls? talking about?

Zac Efron is amazing!

Anthro-apology Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com WHAT’S IN A NAME? ACROSS

1 “Le ___ de Monte Cristo’’ 6 Sirloin servings 10 Audio plug-ins 14 Cricket segments 15 A kid’ll eat the middle of one first 16 Stock ending?

17 TOM 20 Albany canal 21 100 Cambodian sen 22 “What’s the ___ that can happen?’’

23 Acapulco affirmatives 24 “Downstairs’’ personage 25 Designate 26 Curtain froufrou 28 “Curse you, ___ Baron!’’

29 One who’s always buzzing off?

30 “Live’’ 31 Asian unit of weight 33 For the missus 34 DICK 37 “Deal or No Deal’’ selection 40 “Previously owned,’’ in ad-speak 41 Bugs’ bane 45 He worked on canvases

46 90 degrees from starboard 47 Enzyme that breaks down fat 48 Animal in a warren 50 Lose enthusiasm 52 “Bengal’’ ending 53 Arab leader (Var.) 54 Criminal group 55 “A Prayer for ___ Meany’’ 56 HARRY 59 Collier’s entrance 60 “Hard Time” author Paretsky 61 Andretti adversary 62 One-third of a Fab Four refrain 63 “That’s one small ___ for ...’’

64 Itsy-___ DOWN

1 Arrives at 2 Of a reproductive organ 3 “I’m the Only One” singer Etheridge 4 Branch headquarters?

5 “C’___ la vie!’’

6 Decorative Japanese gateway 7 Aggravated 8 Emulate old paint 9 Vegan’s staple 10 Aircraft parking spot 11 Disease cause 12 Fresco backing

13 Medium sized sofas 18 1500-mile river to the Caspian Sea 19 Not yet forked over 24 “... for a ___ pittance’’ 25 Party platter producer 27 The margin runs along it 28 No longer on active duty, briefly 31 A ___ of wills 32 “Dead man’s hand’’ card 33 Desperate cry 35 Small grass patch 36 Bit of bridal attire 37 Bagel seed 38 Apple pie order, sometimes 39 Classic exile site 42 Life jacket 43 Ancient Jewish sect 44 Point in a space shuttle’s trip 46 Breeze-filled 47 The Golden Arches, e.g.

49 Bed on board 50 Group of key personnel 51 Alternative to “in a bottle’’ 54 Airborne pest 55 Razed Atlanta arena 57 The law, to Mr. Bumble 58 “Ay, there’s the ___’’

By Simon Dick srdick@wisc.edu Why cant we go back to days when the actors in Disney films were both talented ...Pluto was a and sexy, like Pluto. cartoon dog.

By Eric Wigdahl wigdahl@wisc.edu

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ov. Jim Doyle and future Wisconsin governors no longer have the power to edit individual words of legislation on their own whims. It’s about time.

This constistutional amendment has consistently been problematic and now the “Frankenstein veto” has finally been amended. It is a great relief to know that lawmakers’ work will not become piecemeal in the hands of the governor.

This is an essential and long-awaited reform that sets a new precedent and standard of conduct for Wisconsin governors.

Manning victorious Wyndham Manning’s appointment to the District 5 seat on the Dane County Board of Supervisors is encouraging, but to be an effective supervisor he should follow in the footsteps of another student representative: District 8 Alder Eli Judge.

By increasing the visibility and awareness of his position, Judge has brought the student voice to the City

Council. The Dane County Board certainly has different priorities, and Manning should capitalize on these differences to give student constituents a strong understanding of his role in the fifth district seat.

Manning has mentioned his intention to hold office hours, but to be a truly effective representative, he must consider reaching out to constituents both actively and personally.

Manning has indicated that he may start a blog or send an occasional email to constituents—these proposals are a great place to start.

Manning’s predecessor, Ashok Kumar, failed on many occasions to be the voice of the student population on the Dane County Board.

Manning’s platforms are well-intentioned and reflect students’ interests.

Manning must adhere to issues on the student agenda throughout the duration of his term. In emulating Judge and giving District 5 a truly representative voice, Manning will make an impact as the supervisor of District 5.

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s the story goes, in Genesis 22, God instructed Abraham to take his beloved son Isaac to Moriah to be sacrificed. The two gathered rations and set out. I’m sure that was an awkward trip, because—and here’s the kicker—Abraham never told Isaac he was planning to kill him. I must assume if Abraham, a pillar of Judeo-Christian theology, had disclosed his plans for Isaac’s imminent death, it might have been harder to convince Isaac to come along.

The two arrived, and the presumably confused Isaac was then bound and placed on the altar. Just when it looked like curtains for Isaac, an angel intervened before Abraham’s knife found its mark. Thank God...

This story always struck me as somewhat strange. First of all, I was always led to believe that Abraham was a hero, that he was a champion of faith who put his son’s life solely in the hands of God. He was a man who, despite the ability to avoid direct bodily harm to his progeny, did so that the glory and mercy of God could be witnessed. OK, but what about poor Isaac? And while Abraham may have been among the most faithful who ever lived, what kind of father was he?

Five thousand years later, we still don’t get it.

I was saddened to hear the details surrounding the case of 11-year-old Madeline Kara Neumann, who died last month from a readily treatable type of diabetes. Her parents refused to seek medical attention for eight years prior to her death.

During her last months, the disease manifested itself, the girl lapsed into poor health and an eventual coma, which immediately preceded her death. The parents relied only on prayer based on religious beliefs, which allegedly prohibited medical intervention. This approach produced tragic, yet, when considering empirical evidence, predictable results.

Perhaps the saddest aspect is these parents undoubtedly loved their child very much. Their actions were not meant to be negligent, but, even so, they are culpable (although not legally) for the death of their daughter. Ironically, they also blame themselves—not because of their failure to seek medical intervention, but because of their apparent “lack of faith.”

It is just one of the constant reminders to those of faith that God does not always intervene to save a person in need. However, in the secular domain of law, does the inaction of the hand of God exonerate the inaction of the hand of man? The competing dynamics of civil liberties, religious freedom and child welfare have left many clueless about what should be done to protect children, religion and rights.

Parents generally have the right to raise their child as they see fit. The underlying logic stems from the idea that parents will generally act in their child’s best interest. As we know, this is not always the case, which is why the freedoms afforded through the First Amendment are limited under child protection laws that ensure a minimal amount of mental and physical protection for children.

In 2003, the federal government passed the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act. Requiring that states receiving federal grant dollars must include “failure to provide medical treatment” in their definition of child neglect. Sounds good, right?

Unfortunately, the Christian Science lobby was able to place a small addendum onto the bill: “Nothing in this Act shall be construed as establishing a Federal requirement that a parent or legal guardian provide a child any medical service or treatment against the religious beliefs of the parent or legal guardian.”

Furthermore, Wisconsin state law says that parents are to be held accountable if they fail to act to protect children from bodily harm.

However, there is currently an exemption for “treatment through prayer.” Essentially, in Wisconsin, parents who trust only prayer to heal their child’s ailments are not culpable for bodily harm visited upon that child—even if modern medicine can easily remedy the illness.

I will not deny the right, or even the effectiveness, of prayer in consenting adults, but here are some facts: Between 1975 and 1995, 172 children died in the United States as a result of prayer-only healing initiatives. The vast majority of those children (140 of the 172) died from conditions which medical science had a 90 percent chance of curing. Mind you, those are only children—persons below the age of consent. These were children unable to make decisions regarding their own health, and their parents, responsible for their welfare, willfully denied them modern medicinal treatment that would have saved them.

This prayer stipulation is a sticking point for many in the religious right, but I don’t understand how that jives with some of the religious right’s other stated platforms. In many cases, these are the same groups sparing no expense in their fight to protect the rights of an undeveloped bunch of cells in a woman’s womb, but will do nothing to protect that child from immense physical pain associated with untreated terminal illness once the fetus is born.

Pro-life and quality of life, apparently, are two separate issues. In many cases, these same groups will attempt to block the removal of a feeding tube from a terminally ill brain-dead woman, but will simultaneously stand behind legislation which blocks the medical treatment of otherwise healthy children doomed by nothing more than being born to parents holding fundamentalist beliefs?

This is indeed a complex and delicate issue but one that demands action.

First of all, we need to amend the law in a manner which typifies prayer-only therapy in children with serious medical problems as a matter of criminal neglect. Simultaneously, we must be careful not to undermine the rights of the vast majority of parents who are choosing what’s best for their own children. The decision to deny a child medical attention for religious reasons should be handled just as child abuse is in this country, and though that may be a dangerous door to open, I think it’s necessary. A nanny state? I don’t know, but at the very least we should start protecting the rights of the powerless who are suffering needlessly by no choice of their own. On the other hand, what consenting adults choose to do to or for themselves is a whole different matter.

Matt Jividen is a senior majoring in history. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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By Nate Carey THE DAILY CARDINAL

The 2007-’08 Wisconsin men’s hockey season was one of great promise. With nine freshmen joining the team and 18 of the 27 players underclassmen, there was no doubt the Badgers were talented. The only question was how the team would develop chemistry and compete in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, arguably one of the top conferences in the country.

As a result, the Badgers had an up-and-down season. The team made huge strides on the road in the second half of the season, including a five-game unbeaten streak. After a lackluster finish in which UW lost its last three conference games, the Badgers were given a second life in the NCAA Tournament. A 6-2 victory over the No. 2 seed Denver Pioneers silenced many critics, but a 3-2 loss to No. 1 seed North Dakota ended the Badgers’ season.

Here are a few key moments, both high and low, that helped define Wisconsin’s 16-17-7 season.

A heck of an opening After going 1-1 at the Lefty McFadden Invite in Dayton, Ohio, Wisconsin returned to the friendly confines of the Kohl Center for its opening weekend against the Robert Morris Colonials Oct. 19-20. The Badgers soundly defeated Robert

Morris 7-2 and 8-2 behind freshman forward Kyle Turris and sophomore forward Blake Geoffrion.

Turris led the way with three goals and five assists, while Geoffrion scored two goals and tallied four assists. The Kohl Center was jumping, as head coach Mike Eaves’ new philosophy of “fire-wagon hockey” seemed to ignite the crowd.

Saturday nights all right for fighting Nov. 10 at the Kohl Center is a date that will live on in history for many Crease Creatures, as the Fighting Sioux of North Dakota earned their nickname. After losing 4-0 in the series opener Friday, North Dakota came out Saturday with a personal vendetta.

The result was 172 penalty minutes between the teams, with the climax coming late in the third period, when 10 players—five from each team— were ejected. North Dakota won 3-1, but the hostility did not end there.

Eaves and Fighting Sioux head coach Dave Hakstol exchanged some heated words after the game and had to be restrained by their assistant coaches.

Although the series ended in a split, there is no doubt that Badger fans will remember the altercation for years to come.

On cloud nine The Badgers completed their only sweep of the WCHA season on Nov. 30 through Dec. 1 against St. Cloud State, beating the Huskies 3-2 and 4-3. The main story of the sweep was Wisconsin’s ability to come back from a deficit. Including the sweep—the Badgers rallied from one-goal deficits both nights—Wisconsin had staged a comeback in five of its previous six contests and six of the last nine.

The highlight of the weekend came in Friday’s victory, when junior forward Ben Street deflected a pass in mid-air from Turris to score the winning goal. Throughout the season, Street proved he had a knack for game-winning goals, scoring four.

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Sophomore forward Blake Geoffrion had six points in an early sweep of Robert Morris.

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The Badgers traveled to Denver Jan. 11-12, and the controversy

ran high. Senior forward Matthew Ford scored what seemed to be the game-tying goal as time expired in Friday’s 3-2 loss.

However, head official Randy Schmidt called off the goal without actually watching the instant replay, as the system wasn’t working properly. Schmidt called for a still-shot of the crease at 0.0 on the clock, and saw the puck was not in the net.

Schmidt did not take into account the fact that the puck had gone into the net, bounced back and was on its way out at 0.0. The WCHA acknowledged the mistake but would not award Wisconsin a point for Schmidt’s poor officiating.

Wisconsin went on to win the second game 7-2 with a little added incentive from Friday’s debacle.

Proving their worth NCAA Tournament bound, the Badgers had to deal with critics and media stating that with their below .500 record, they didn’t belong. But Wisconsin proved the critics wrong, soundly defeating higher seeded Denver 6-2 Saturday night.

Sophomore forward Michael Davies stole the show, scoring two goals—including one on a breakaway—and one assist in the victory.

Sophomore forward John Mitchell also scored on a breakaway, as the Kohl Center—while donning the blue colors of the NCAA— was definitely a home atmosphere for the Badgers. Unfortunately, Wisconsin was unable to hold a 2-0 lead the following night against North Dakota.

Moving on Monday was the first day of the Wisconsin men’s hockey team’s offseason, and already it had to say goodbye to one of its players.

Westminster, B.C., native Kyle Turris signed with the Phoenix Coyotes, bypassing his final three seasons of college eligibility.

Turris, the No. 3 pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, will play Thursday for the Coyotes against the Dallas Stars. Turris led Wisconsin with 35 points this season.

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Senior catcher Joey Daniels leads Wisconsin in four offensive categories.

Badgers look to rebound

By Scott Kellogg THE DAILY CARDINAL.

The Wisconsin softball team will open its home schedule with a doubleheader Wednesday against non-conference opponent Loyola-Chicago at 4 p.m. in the Goodman Softball Complex.

The Badgers (10-25 overall, 0-4 Big Ten) are coming off a nightmare weekend in which they lost all four of their games. Wisconsin faced Northwestern and Michigan State in its first four Big Ten match-ups of the season.

Wisconsin has struggled with both its hitting and pitching thus far this season.

Junior Leah Vanevenhoven has a team-high 18 starts this season. The pitcher has a 3.94 earned run average but, often a victim of poor run support, only a 4-12 record, Sophomore Letty Olivarez has made 16 starts for the Badgers and is also 4-12. She has a 4.27 ERA and has allowed 106 hits and 62 walks in just 99 innings.

Offensively, senior catcher Joey Daniels leads the way. Daniels’ .275 batting average, 17 runs, 25 hits and six doubles are all team-highs.

Besides Daniels, the Badgers do not have another player batting over .250.

And Wisconsin, which has a team batting average of .204, is getting poor pro-

duction from several everyday players.

Sophomore outfielder Katie Soderberg has started 34 of Wisconsin’s 35 games and has 13 hits in 80 atbats, equaling a .163 batting average.

Additionally, junior outfielder Ricci Robben has a .200 batting average with 20 hits in 100 atbats. Ricci has also started 34 games this season for Wisconsin.

Loyola, which plays in the Horizon League, is 9-12 this season. The Ramblers enter Wednesday's game with a three-game win streak after sweeping conference rival Youngstown State in a three-game series last weekend.

Sophomore outfielder Ellen Kresl leads Loyola with a .394 batting average, and senior Kat Krause has a team high five home runs.

Sophomore pitcher Amy Solava has started 11 games this season and has a team best 2.96 ERA, 71 innings pitched, nine complete games, three shutouts and 58 strikeouts. So far, Solava has a 6-6 record this season.

After its meeting with Loyola, Wisconsin will resume its conference schedule with home games against Purdue and Indiana this weekend. The Badgers will play the Boilermakers Friday and Saturday and then wrap up the weekend with the Hoosiers in a Sunday doubleheader.

Hoosiers headed for Big Ten cellar unless coaching of Crean restores order ADAM HOGE a hoge in one

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he soap opera in Bloomington, Ind., gets better every day. In the latest episode the interim coach, who isn’t even the coach anymore, kicked two starters off the team just hours before Indiana hired the real head coach, Tom Crean.

Armon Bassett and Jamarcus Ellis missed an appointment and then skipped a running session that was supposed to be punishment the next day, according to the Associated Press.

Dakich gave them the boot, then officially lost his job when Crean took the job. I’m thinking there is a pretty good chance Bassett and Ellis will get a second chance now, assuming Bassett does not transfer.

Quite frankly, I’m sick and tired of writing about the incompetence of the Indiana basketball program, and I am bewildered as to how Rick Greenspan is still the Athletic Director.

The hiring of Crean helps his case, but

we knew IU would get a decent coach eventually.

As we move on to next season there are two things I can guarantee: The Big Ten will be much improved, and Indiana will finish toward the bottom of the conference.

If Bassett and Ellis are really gone, it’s likely the Hoosiers will return a grand total of zero starters. The good news is that Dakich is officially out as head coach, which is good because I could have led that talented team to a better record in the post-Kelvin Sampson days (Dakich was 3-4).

“Head coach” is used to describe the coach who is in charge and in control.

Obviously the guy had no control over this team, yet as of Tuesday morning he was still making big decisions like kicking the two best returning players off the team. Amazing.

The good news is that as bad as Indiana will be next season, the rest of the conference will be much improved.

Almost every single team in the Big Ten had at least one contributing freshman this past season, and all of those youngsters are going to be better next season.

Purdue has to be the preseason favorite. The Boilermakers return every player but Tarrance Crump, and nearly every top contributor will either be a sophomore or junior. Robbie Hummel is already a first-team All Big Ten selection and he might not even be the best player on his team. With Matt Painter’s coaching abilities, the Boilermakers should be a top 10 preseason team and could make a run at the Final Four.

The Badgers will be back in the mix too. Losing Michael Flowers, Brian Butch and Greg Stiemsma means a downgrade in size and defense, but Bo Ryan has the right guys waiting in the wings to fill in. Trevon Hughes and Jason Bohannon will make up a veteran backcourt, and Marcus Landry will at least be considered for Preseason Big Ten Player of the Year.

Beyond those two, up to eight other teams could vie for an NCAA Tournament berth depending on how the current, talented freshman class grows into consistent sophomores.

Michigan State got huge contributions from Kalin Lucas and Chris Allen late in the season. Ohio State’s Evan Turner and Kosta Koufos will be joined

by two McDonald’s All-Americans, including 7'1" center B.J. Mullens.

Talk about a huge frontcourt.

Minnesota should be better with Al Nolen growing up and Blake Hoffarber being more consistent. Illinois showed glimpses of a brighter future by making a run in the Big Ten Tournament, and Demetri McCamey is going to be one of the tougher guards to stop next season.

Then there are teams like Michigan, Iowa and Penn State, which all had talented young players and could take a jump forward next season. Michigan’s Manny Harris was one of the better players in the conference this season, and as that group grows in John Belein’s system, the team will get better.

The same goes for the Hawkeyes, who should be better once Todd Lickliter gets his own players in there.

Northwestern could be a sleeper team next year, and I’m being serious.

Kevin Coble could be a star on any team in the conference, but no one respects him because he’s a Wildcat.

Along with Michael Thompson and Craig Moore, NU won’t have trouble scoring next season. Unfortunately,

height is still a major weakness and will most likely hold the Wildcats back.

And what about Penn State? The Nittany Lions showed a ton of heart this season playing without their best player, senior forward Geary Claxton, for most of the conference season.

They upset Indiana in the regular season finale without Jamelle Cornley as well. Cornley is back and Talor Battle, one of the most underrated freshmen in the conference, could lead the team in scoring.

So there it is. Ten teams that could make a run at the NCAA Tournament.

The “Little Ten” will hardly be little next season, but that leaves poor Indiana behind. Hoosier fans might be optimistic, but there is no reason to be. Jordan Crawford might transfer, and the incoming recruits are likely to bolt.

Maybe I’ll head to Bloomington for graduate school and walk on to the team. Then again, before IU hired Crean I thought I was in the running for the head coaching job.

If you think Tom Crean’s arrival changes the balance of power in the Big Ten, e-mail Adam at hoge@wisc.edu