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Ofﬁcials stress patience in homicide case By Evan Hall THE DAILY CARDINAL

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Friends and family of UW-Madison junior Brittany Zimmermann surround the Library Mall fountain Sunday to celebrate her life, which tragically ended April 2. At the candlelight service, attendees sang “Varsity” to unite as a campus community.

Campus mourns Zimmermann By Amanda Hoffstrom THE DAILY CARDINAL

UW-Madison community members joined classmates and family members of Brittany Zimmermann at a memorial vigil Sunday to remember a woman who was “always smiling.” “Tonight will serve as a reminder to her friends and family that she was part of our family also. She was a peer, a classmate, a neighbor,” Union President John Barnhardt said. “Tonight will also provide our campus for the chance to rebuild, to reunite, to join hands as one family, one school.” “Please keep all of Brittany’s family in your thoughts and prayers as they

struggle with the meaning of it all.” Members of Brittany’s family and classmates said she would be remembered for her smile, as someone who was always laughing and who was warm and kind. Attendees were asked to sign a Wisconsin flag that Dean of Students Lori Berquam said would be sent to Brittany’s family. “This is obviously a tragedy that has really impacted us as a campus and us as a community,” Berquam said. “We need to keep the light of Brittany alive.” “We probably all know about ourselves that it could have been any one of us that this happened to—it hap-

pened to Brittany. She will be missed here.” Provost Patrick Farrell, Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, Alders Mike Verveer and Eli Judge, as well as many other campus officials paid their

respects at the vigil. “This is a time for us to come together to honor a young woman who was only starting,” Berquam said. “We vigil page 3

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Mayor Dave Cieslewicz comforts a member of Brittany Zimmermann’s family at a memorial vigil Sunday.

Following the killing of UW-Madison junior Brittany Zimmermann, city and university officials renewed their call for vigilance at a Bassett neighborhood meeting Saturday. An overflow crowd of community members gathered at the Capitol Lakes Retirement Center to express concerns regarding the safety of the neighborhood after Zimmermann was found dead Wednesday in her West Doty Street apartment. City Council President Mike Verveer, a resident of the Bassett neighborhood, began the gathering by calling for a moment of silence to remember Zimmermann. Verveer reassured residents that Madison is still a safe city and that police are working tirelessly to bring Zimmermann’s killer to justice. “From my perspective as someone who lives only a stone’s throw from where Brittany lived, I want you to know I am absolutely confident that the police are doing everything within their abilities to get to the bottom of this and to help us deal with the fear and anxiety and worry that is a natural reaction that we’re all feeling,” Verveer said. Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, who lived on the 500 block of West Doty when he was a UW-Madison student, said he takes the Zimmermann homicide personally. Despite the community’s interest in the case, he said officials must be cautious as they weigh what information to release to the public. “One of the most difficult things is to find that balance between giving the community the information that they deserve and need to keep themselves safe but not to put out so much information that it compromises our ability to solve the crime and ultimately bring this person to justice,” Cieslewicz said. No new details concerning the homicide were disclosed Saturday because of the ongoing police investigation. Madison Police Department Captain Mary Schauf instead focused on moving forward with the healing process. “I can see the toll this takes on our community,” Schauf said. “I see the toll it takes on my staff. It cuts to the core of all of us, it really does.” The Dane County coroner determined Zimmermann died from a “complexity of traumatic injuries” after an autopsy conducted Thursday but did not disclose further details. Schauf said she understands residents’ natural desire to know more about the crime but stressed the need for patience. meeting page 3

UW, Adidas look toward end of Hermosa labor dispute By Jillian Levy THE DAILY CARDINAL

UW-Madison’s Labor Licensing Policy Committee met with an Adidas representative Friday to propose a remedy for the ongoing dispute involving the company’s athletic apparel contract with the university. Gregg Nebel, director of social and environmental affairs for Adidas, told LLPC members the company continues to address issues facing former workers at Hermosa Manufacturing, an Adidas factory in El Salvador until 2005. When Hermosa shut down, it failed to give 260 workers back pay upon their dismissal. After attempting to unionize over the unpaid severance pay, 63 workers were allegedly blacklisted, leaving them unable to ﬁnd

employment. Since allegations of worker abuse at Hermosa, many students have pushed Chancellor John Wiley to cut the $1.2 million per year contract with Adidas. At the meeting, Wiley said he is frustrated with the lack of progress but does not think cutting the UW-Madison contract with Adidas is necessary. “I think we need to continue to work with our suppliers,” Wiley said, adding he has been willing to act to resolve labor conﬂicts in the past. Nebel discussed Adidas’ efforts to ﬁnd new employment for the 63 workers and to secure the back pay of the former employees. “Some sort of training needs to be pro-

vided. They are lacking English language and computer skills,” Nebel said, adding few of the blacklisted workers can pass necessary machine skills tests. According to Nebel, the workers were given the opportunity to attend a free nine-week training session to hone these skills. Adidas is hosting a job fair with 11 factories on May 9, exclusively for the 63 blacklisted workers. However, some LLPC members said Adidas’ efforts were not enough and the company should be more aggressive in ﬁnding jobs for the workers. The committee said the longer the workers are unemployed, the harder it will be for them to secure employment on their own. adidas page 3

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Adidas Director of Social and Environmental Affairs, Gregg Nebel, meets with UW Labor Licensing Policy Committee members Friday.

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April Fool’s Day ends with secret exposure ow you didn’t really think I was going to let April Fool’s Day pass by without mention, did you? I, with my incredibly overactive imagination and love of all things remotely evil cannot resist such a holiday of encouraged tomfoolery. It is one of my favorite holidays, second only to the Fourth of July—a celebration for both the birth of our nation and one of its most beloved residents—me! But the amazing day of my birth aside, April Fool’s Day is always a time to be remembered when I am around. This year I really went above and beyond. I had not one or two, but 14 different pranks to pull. It was a busy day indeed. I could not have successfully pulled off all these capers without the assistance of my friends Kirsten and Amanda. We spent days, if not

weeks, planning for the big day. I will not go through each and every prank in this column. It would take far too long and I refuse to be responsible for multiple readers wetting themselves in class. If you’re curious, you can always e-mail and I will indulge you. But now, to the fun part. The ﬁrst prank was a little rocky. We hid an alarm clock under our friends’ futon and set it to go off around 12:30 a.m. Unfortunately, we chose a room whose owners have extreme anger management issues. Not only did they not laugh, they smashed the alarm clock with a hammer and turned off the power to my room so I was late for work. Not the greatest start. But I would not be discouraged. And it was good, too, because things picked up after that. There was the most general prank, where we traveled around the dorm giving out Oreos. If you learn anything from this column it’s this: never accept food on April Fool’s Day. If you do, you may receive the unexpected surprise of

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toothpaste-filled Oreos. At least it was a minty fresh surprise. Then we ventured to the more specific and difficult pranks. While I distracted Kale, Kirsten and Amanda stole his giant tie-dye beanbag chairs and hid them in the elevator. Poor Tony was sent on a three-hour scavenger hunt that had no final destination. Mike’s key was suspended in gelatin—I can’t call it Jell-O because I bought the cheap stuff—but he found that more delicious than annoying. Jim and Heath were TP’d, Ben got a mysterious phone call from one of his weekend make-outs saying he should be tested for herpes and Brad went to bed only to find his mattress covered in silly string and the ceiling decorated with a picture shrine of my accomplices and me. But the pinnacle of pranks, our shining shenanigan, our ... well, something else really humorous and clever, was the letter to Evan. It tried my skills to their very limit, but we crafted a letter from the Assistant Dean of Students and created a rather respectable knock-off

of an official envelope. But to see the look of shock on his face would be worth the toil. Apparently, our friend Evan has been caught doing “things of a personal nature” in front of a large window that faces a parking lot. According to the letter, several students—many of them female— have seen his antics, and while “rubbing one out” is a perfectly natural occurrence, the university had to ask him to stop for the good of the student body. Evan’s rage at the news of his chronic “choking the monkey” being revealed set my heart aflutter. Everything except the shards of alarm clock gouged into my foot had gone perfectly. When I laid down to sleep that night, I slept with the confidence of a job well done. That is, until the second floor of the dorm showed up at my door demanding more delicious gelatin with hidden prizes inside. It turned out to be a long night. If you have a great euphemism for ... well, you know, e-mail Megan at mcorbett2@wisc.edu.

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Three students die in fire at UW-Stout, cause still unknown Three UW-Stout students died because of a fire in Menomonie, Wis., early Saturday morning. April Englund, 21, Scott Hams, 23, and Amanda Rief, 20, were in second-floor bedrooms of a duplex after emergency services received a call at 3:32 a.m. Smoke was seen coming from the first and second floors and the basement, according to UW-Stout University Communications. Medical responders attempted to resuscitate the students and took them to the Red Cedar Medical Center

where it was announced all had died, a university statement said. All three died from smoke inhalation, according to Lt. Wendy Stelter at a news conference. “Our hearts go out to family and friends of these students. The whole campus is grieving for the loss of these ﬁne young people,” UW-Stout Chancellor Charles Sorensen said in an e-mail sent to students. “We will support the family and friends of these students in any way we can.” The six students who lived in the duplex’s other section were not harmed.

According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Menomonie fire department investigators believe the fire was likely accidental. Officials have not yet released information on what specifically caused the fire. Hams and Reif were both majoring in business administration, according to a university statement, with Hams scheduled to graduate in May. Englund majored in retail merchandising and management. Menomonie is about 200 miles north west of Madison. —Charles Brace

Diversity problems persist in UW System By Megan Orear THE DAILY CARDINAL

The University of Wisconsin System released its annual accountability report Friday, highlighting that the system is achieving the majority of its goals but still lacks progress on diversity issues. According to the report, titled “Achieving Excellence,” the UW System met or partially met 19 of its 20 goals for the year. The system succeeded in raising graduation rates, second-year retention rates, the average number of credits taken to complete a degree and the overall quality of the learning environment. In the categories of graduation and second-year retention rates, UW-Madison alone has rates signiﬁcantly higher than the rest of the system, according to UW System spokesperson David Giroux. However, the UW System still

needs to improve in enrolling students from multicultural and disadvantaged backgrounds, according to Giroux. “The one goal where we are clearly falling short in consistently over the past several years is in the areas related to serving, enrolling, graduating more students of color,” Giroux said. He said the category in need of the most improvement is the number of multicultural and disadvantaged students enrolled in precollege programs, adding there was a decrease in involvement in these programs. Giroux also said despite an increase in graduation and retention rates in the UW System overall, the gap between white and non-white students persists in these areas. For instance, although the UW System’s average six-year graduation

rate has risen to 64.8 percent overall, that rate remains at only 44.3 percent for students of color, according to the report. According to Giroux, many of the goals will carry over from this year to next. Giroux said he hopes assessing the UW System’s performance in these benchmarks can help administrators making decisions about the university’s ﬁnances to focus on the areas needing the most improvement. “The reason you measure things is so that you know where you need to improve, and clearly in areas dealing with multicultural students, students from disadvantaged backgrounds … we need to invest more in their success,” Giroux said. “And that will in turn translate into our success as a university and a state.”

UW-Madison student chosen as Jeopardy! contestant UW-Madison senior Suchita Shah will compete in the “Jeopardy! 2008 College Championship,” game show officials announced Friday. Shah will join 14 other college students from across the country at the Kohl Center on April 11 and 12 to compete for the $100,000 grand prize. “I’m definitely very nervous,” Shah said. “It’s definitely an exciting

opportunity, and I’m excited it’s being ﬁlmed right here in Madison.” Shah auditioned for the show April 3 when “Jeopardy!” contestant coordinators stopped at Memorial Union. A video camera crew surprised her with the announcement Friday afternoon while she led prospective students as a campus tour guide. The show will air nationally for

two weeks starting May 5. Shah will appear in one of the first five episodes, moving to the semi-finals if she wins during the first week or is one of the next four highest money winners. “I’m trying to cram all the random trivia and pop culture and general knowledge as I can from now until Friday,” Shah said. Shah said her dream “Jeopardy!” category would be chemistry.

Conservative author calls for drastic changes in immigration Conservative commentator Michelle Malkin spoke at Ingraham Hall Friday, stating U.S. immigration policy must be overhauled. Malkin said current immigration policies need to be changed to better protect citizens. “If we value our sovereignty, immigration must be treated ﬁrst and foremost as a national security

issue,” Malkin said. She said UW-Madison senior Tope Awe, who was recently released from jail for being in the country illegally and has lived in the United States since she was three, should be deported. Malkin said if people like Awe are allowed to stay in the country it encourages people to break immigration rules.

Terrorists and criminals, according to Malkin, take advantage of loose immigration policies, and more staff and funding are needed for federal immigration agencies. Malkin herself is the daughter of immigrants, as her parents came from the Philippines before she was born. She is an author and blogger.

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“You have to demonstrate that you’re actually following through on these commitments. The burden is not on the workers, the burden is on [Adidas],” LLPC member Patrick Barrett said to Nebel. The committee asked Adidas to institute an incentive program for factories to hire the former Hermosa workers as well as benchmarks for hiring, giving the company until June 1 to locate stable employment for at least 10 workers and 10 more by Sept. 1. Nebel agreed to report back to the committee by the middle of this week on Adidas’ reaction to the university’s demands. John Bruning, a student member of LLPC, said he doubts the athletic company will comply with the university, and unless Nebel returns with a positive solution, he said he thinks UW-Madison should cut its Adidas contract.

don’t know what she could have done in her life, we have no idea, but the world was robbed of someone who could have been an amazing leader, a gifted woman, a gifted community member.” Associated Students of Madison Chair Gestina Sewell stressed the importance of recognizing the unifying power of UW-Madison. “It is important that in the wake of such a tragic loss of one of our own that we come together as one to help one another,” Sewell said. “We say countless times we are Badgers, but what it means is we’re a family.” Zimmermann funeral information Visitation from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., followed by a memorial mass at St. Andrew’s Parish in Stratford, Wis.

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2008 ASM Spring Elections results The Iraqi Student Project referendum passed to increase tuition for Iraqi students to attend UW-Madison, according to preliminary results announced Friday.* ISP representatives Jenny Wustmann and Meaghan Dolan said the next steps are to gain the teachers’ union support and to talk to the UW System Board of Regents before the end of the semester to try to implement the project by Fall 2009. The Regents must approve any tuition increases before the project begins. Student Council results are listed below: • College of Agriculture and Life Sciences/School of Veterinary Medicine: Elijah Rolli, Brian Chrisler • School of Business: Tim Fung • School of Education: Hilary Minor, Kara Marnell • College of Engineering: Paul Bemis, Tom Langel • School of Human Ecology, School of Nursing and School of Pharmacy: Laine Kalowski • College of Letters and Science: Jeff Wright, Tony Nguyen, Mike Montgomery, Brittany Weigand, Alex Gallagher, Ben Coggins, Hannah Karns, Jennifer Brody, Eitan Horwitz, Kurt Gosselin, Lindsay Bembenek, Jessica Pavlic • School of Medicine and Public Health: John Tackett • School of Law: Benjamin Carter • Graduate School: Tola Ewers, Dalibor Zeleny, Ryan Lovell, David Olson, Ke Zhang, Hannah Karns • Special Students: Chris Skaros • Student Services Finance Committee: Tony Nguyen, Kurt Gosselin, Adam Porton • Senior Class President: Oliver Delgado • Senior Class Vice President: Ed Dunbar • Senior Class Secretary, Treasurer: Tim Fung *According to Trenell Darby, ASM Student Election Commission chair, these are preliminary results to be ﬁnalized by the Student Judiciary. Any complaints must be ﬁled with the Student Judiciary by Friday. Eligibility of write-in candidates will also be determined.

meeting from page 1 “We want to know because we think somehow knowing the details will make us safer,” Schauf said. According to Schauf, the MPD employed more than 20 detectives as well as investigative specialists to work on the case. The MPD also increased the police presence in the Bassett neighborhood and will be conducting further searches and canvassing the area. “We want to be very slow, we want to be very methodical,” Schauf said. “We don’t want to leave anything there that we should have captured.” Police said the Madison Area Crime Stoppers received over 75 tips within 24 hours, many relating to incidents of strangers knocking on residents’ doors or entering houses. Although there are currently no suspects in the homicide investigation, police continue to question neighborhood residents, commuters, business owners and the area’s

transient population. During a question and answer session, residents asked whether the police department’s heightened presence in the neighborhood would taper off after the homicide investigation. A number of UW-Madison students at the meeting said they feel unsafe and have been accosted by the growing transient and homeless population that congregates at the Badger Bus depot. Kristy Ludwig, a UW-Madison junior who lives across from the Badger Bus depot and one block from Zimmermann’s apartment, said she had grown increasingly uncomfortable in the neighborhood even before Zimmermann’s death. “You see more and more homeless people hanging out there and can’t control that,” Ludwig said. “It’s something that has become normal, but it’s not something you want to get used to. Something needs to be done within the block for people living right here.”

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Mary Schauf, Madison Police Department captain, spoke to members of the Bassett Neighborhood about the Zimmermann homicide.

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zimmermann will not be forgotten

he death of Brittany Sue Zimmermann, a UWMadison junior, marked the first student homicide in the downtown area since 1996. As a part of the UW-Madison community, she will be greatly missed by students and residents alike. The Madison community’s response to the event has been nothing short of remarkable. Upon hearing of the tragedy after Zimmermann was found at 1 p.m. Wednesday in her apartment on West Doty Street, UWMadison students and residents of the downtown area have been quick and effective in responding to the incident. More than 200 residents met Saturday to discuss safety and observe a moment of silence for Zimmermann. Additionally, the Madison Police Department has committed more than 20 detectives and specialists to solve the case as promptly as possible. Aside from addressing the fear and safety concerns instilled by this incident, the entire Madison community has done a spectacular job putting aside differing opinions to remember the loss of a neighbor, student and friend. “I probably walked the same route to school as Brittany Zimmermann. I take this one particularly personally,” said Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, a former resident of West Doty Street.

These sentiments were on display Sunday night at Memorial Union and Library Mall when attendees gave their condolences to Zimmermann’s friends and family at the evening’s vigil. Such a showing depicted the entire community’s collective sense of loss. The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board applauds and thanks everyone that has taken his or her part in addressing this great loss by either attending the vigil or vocalizing safety concerns. The community’s ongoing attention to this tragedy will facilitate the police’s efforts at solving the crime and prevent this kind of tragedy from happening again. In the meantime, students must take full advantage of SAFE nighttime services and generally practice safe procedures when on campus, such as walking in groups and avoiding poorly lit areas on campus. The best way for students to remember Brittany Zimmermann is to share any leads about the case with the police and take extra measures to protect individual and collective safety. In the wake of this great tragedy, any further preventative measures, such as increased vigilance in neighborhood watch groups and police surveillance must act as long-term solutions rather than short-term attempts to solve the problem.

Abortion must remain legal, available for all

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ast week the Kansas state Senate passed a bill that would effectively limit abortions, and the Florida House passed two bills which would discourage women from seeking out and receiving abortions. Although the Kansas bill will likely be vetoed by the prochoice governor, the Florida bills are widely expected to pass. The very idea, however, of restricting a woman’s right to receive an abortion via Legislature is wrong. Women should be allowed to legally receive an abortion when-

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ever they wish, and for the government to deny them this right goes against the ideals of freedom this country was founded on. Both the Kansas and Florida Legislatures are loosely veiled attempts to discourage abortion as a whole. One of the Florida bills tries to redefine the time when “life” in a baby’s fetus begins in state law, while the other would require doctors to administer ultrasound exams on women requesting an abortion in the first trimester. Furthermore, the patients would have to cover the costs of the ultrasound, thereby creating another expensive barrier for women trying to obtain an abortion. The Kansas bill also requires doctors to administer an ultrasound and show it to the woman receiving the abortion and creates stricter requirements for late-term abortions. Rather than instilling guilt in the woman seeking an abortion, the government needs to stop trying to control people and allow women the freedom to choose what goes on within their bodies. It is, after all, a woman’s right to choose.

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What critics of abortion need to realize is that abortion is really the best option for many people.

The main criticism of abortion is that it is essentially an act of murder. Of course, this is assuming that one believes life begins at conception, as soon as the zygote is formed. However, the zygote, as well as the embryo and fetus, is completely dependent on the mother and totally lacks the function to think, breathe, move or feel. It is simply a cell, and even as an embryo nothing more than a grouping of cells reliant on the mother to breathe for it, to eat for it and even remove waste from its body. Therefore, the fetus should not be considered human until it actually has all of the developed organs that humans require, which does not occur until about the seventh month of pregnancy, when the lungs are functioning

and the brain is able to control at least some of the body’s functions. What critics of abortion need to realize is that abortion is really the best option for many people. Obviously, abortion should be allowed in cases of rape, when the maternal life is in jeopardy, or when the fetus has some sort of physical defect that would severely detract from their quality of life if they are brought to maturation. Even some opponents of abortion agree with that. However, this right should extend to people who are either not fit or ready to handle the arduous task of raising a child. Is it really fair to a child to be forced to live in a home, beaten and abused, or neglected and uncared for? Of course, placing a child up for adoption is also an alternative for parents, but it can be extremely hard, especially in under-developed areas, to find suitable parents willing and capable to take on a child. I understand that abortion is an extremely touchy subject for many, as it goes against the moral codes of several religions. I’ll even admit to having trouble swallowing the idea of partial-birth abortions on a moral basis. However, women deserve to have control over what goes on in their own bodies. Surely every woman who has had an abortion understands the difficult choices abortion entails, and consequences that go along with those choices, religious and otherwise. Allowing the government to ban abortions would do practically nothing to change the mindset of many women— forcing them only to endure painful and dangerous underground abortion methods. Thus, it would make sense to allow the practice of abortion to remain a legal option for pregnant women. Since they understand the consequences of their actions, and because making the practice illegal would only drive it underground, the government should not be restricting and undermining abortion. Demonizing abortion should not be tolerated, especially in the government. Ryan Dashek is a sophomore majoring in biology. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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By Ben Pierson

vibe to start off, but their paces expression. At other times, the album mocks quickly dwindle thanks to repetiSometimes you really can judge tive choruses and preachy mes- Godsmack fans as idle followers of an album by its cover, as is the case sages. Any energy left is then The Man, while later taking time out with Anti-Flag’s latest addition, mercilessly killed by the Linkin to thank their sponsors at Fender and The Bright Lights of America. The Park-esque third track, “Vices.” Gibson. album cover is adorned by an eagle It seems any rise in the album’s This album is full of contradictions. It says: in business attire perched in front tempo is destined CD REVIEW “We’re angry of a monochromatic city, eerily to be followed by punks. Ha!” but similar to the cover of Linkin Park’s a buzzkill, as is the follows up its talk Hybrid Theory. Such unimagina- case with the slimy tive packaging just screams: “We’re “Spit in the Face,” with an arena-rock punk, we’re cool, we’re liberal, fol- ruined by an airsound that can be low us—but, by all means, make raid siren-backed found on any FM sure you stop by the merch tent on drum solo. radio station. the way out.” It’s great the The album is The Bright Lights Like its cover, this album is filled with more of band works with of America boring and unimaginative. While Anti-Flag’s same PETA and that they Anti-Flag it has a few moments, Bright tired imagery, tellbring some level Lights is, for the most part, both ing listeners too of political awarequiet and preachy—two things much instead of showing them. ness to sheltered suburban kids, but The third song, “Vices,” says it all: increasing the level of awareness is punk rock should never be. Every song on this album is a “I must again sing my dissent until not an excuse for stale music. Bright disappointment. Each seems to your end.” These ambiguous, dull Lights is not a bad album, it just does start off blazing, only for the fire lyrics make it seem as though Anti- not bring anything new to the punk to die halfway through, leaving Flag thinks they’re the first band to genre. A bit more creativity or energy the listener unsatisfied. The first wear their politics on their sleeves would have warranted at least some two songs have a pretty good and can afford to sacrifice original respect for the album but, for the most part, both are absent. Anti-Flag’s main problem is they want to make every other song into a punk anthem. They superfluously use creepy children’s choirs and bells on several tracks, sucking the listener out of the song, and their professed apathy is corrupted by their constant need for attention. Honestly, the best song is the country-tinged hidden track. It is the only part of the album that seems like an honest attempt to make music. The band does much better when they set aside their political agenda and focus on making good music instead. PHOTO COURTESY RCA RECORDS Unfortunately, in this respect, Anti-Flag’s new album, like their public image, isn’t much for subtlety. Bright Lights fails the test. THE DAILY CARDINAL

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Gushing with wannabe-punk angst, Anti-Flag’s new album, The Bright Lights of America, gets a little heavy-handed with its political chidings.

Black Keys infuse signature sound with folk, country on latest release By Mario Puig

not present on any of their prior releases. As always, the Black Keys As the Black Keys recently dis- have created a high-quality album. covered, people sometimes take good “All You Ever Wanted” starts things for granted. After the band the album on a folky note with made four albums of garage/blues heavy reverb as singer/guitarist Dan rock that are probably unmatched by Auerbach’s smooth vocals give the any of their peers, the attention span track a hazy, distant tone. In previof many listeners wore thin. The ous releases, any hint of atmosphere was swallowed by fact that the Black CD REVIEW Auerbach’s huge Keys did nothing guitars, but it seems but rock at a high Danger Mouse has level had actually helped improved become a complaint the band in this against them. They respect. A numhad set the bar so ber of tracks on high for themselves, there seemed the album feature Attack & Release almost no room left this serene, faraway The Black Keys for improvement. sound that complements Auerbach’s Luckily, this band vocals brilliantly. cannot be stopped. Other tracks stick to the Black Instead of abandoning their roots and catering to the impulses Keys’ traditional sound, such as the of bored listeners, the Black Keys track “Strange Times,” where claps held onto their signature formula, and quick drums precede bruising adding the production services of guitar riffs, reassuring the listener someone who knows a thing or two this is still the Black Keys. “Strange about innovation: Danger Mouse. Times” does a superb job capturing Probably best known for his role Auerbach’s freakish ability to lay in Gnarls Barkley, Danger Mouse down riffs with a catchiness that appears to have coaxed a new sound will keep your foot tapping, though out of the Keys. Attack & Release, it has a heaviness that can punch the band’s newest album, features an through walls. infusion of folk and country sounds Auerbach’s vocals are stellar THE DAILY CARDINAL

and the music is very interesting throughout the album, providing a much more instrumental variety than usual for the Black Keys. For instance, most of the tracks feature a bassline, which is new for the Black Keys, and the presence of organs gives some tracks a ’70s prog feel. Additionally, synthesizers and clever guitar effects provide psychedelic tendencies to other songs. There are even some flutes, banjos and xylophones thrown in for good measure.

There seemed almost no room left for improvement. Luckily, this band cannot be stopped.

It’s nearly impossible to pick a single highlight from this album. There is an abundance of memorable moments and no signs of weakness. Blues purists might not like Attack & Release as much as the Black Keys’ older records, but those with folk and soul inclinations just might ﬁnd this album their most enjoyable yet.

The St. Francis Xavier Foreign Mission Society (The Xaverian Missionaries) can help any Catholic young man to answer the Mission Call. Phone or write to Fr. Joe Matteucig, SX101 Summer Street, Holliston MA 01746. Phone (508) 429.2144 E-mail pino.ma@gmail.com Or contact Fr. Victor Mosele, SX at the St. Paulsʼs University Catholic Center here in Madison, cell phone (414) 397.8470. Email vmosele@hotmail.com He may give you a pointer or two. See us on-line www.xaviermissionaries.org and check out our Mission Life Direction Program at: www.missionlifedirections.org

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Monday, April 7, 2008

Well I’m not your buddy, guy

Today’s Sudoku

Beeramid

By Ryan Matthes beeramid_comic@yahoo.com

By Stephen Guzetta and Ryan Lynch rplynch@wisc.edu

Mega Dude Squad

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.

He was busy trying to kill Paul Gauguin.

Dwarfhead and Narwhal

By James Dietrich jbdietrich@wisc.edu

During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, “Red Vineyard at Arles.”

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

The Crackles

By Simon Dick srdick@wisc.edu

Hey Carla! What do you think of my tatoo? It’s pretty cool! Almost as cool as brocolli!

Hey! Uh-oh... What’ that?

Aaaaaaaaaah!

Billiards Standard

Anthro-apology

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By Eric Wigdahl wigdahl@wisc.edu

Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com EQUIPMENT MANAGER ACROSS

1 Crumbs 5 Fort in North Carolina 10 Fiddler on the beach, e.g. 14 Freshmouthed 15 Come up again 16 Avoid being seen 17 Bad fit? 18 Temporary suspension of breathing 19 It may be dragged and dropped 20 Attackman’s equipment 23 Aerodynamic 24 Barcelona uncle 25 Belief system 28 Katey of “Married With Children’’ 32 Reagan Supreme Court nominee 34 “Now I see!’’ 37 Texas river 39 Go ballistic 40 It can make a birdie fly 44 The A of Thomas A. Edison 45 Leslie of “60 Minutes’’ 46 She often wears a wool coat 47 Excellent, to a Brit 50 Hauntedhouse figure

52 Long, long time 53 Puppy bite 55 Minds 59 Striker in a lawn game 64 “Carmen’’ highlight 66 Excessive 67 Nightie stuff 68 Chicken piece 69 Some short jackets 70 Original Cuzco native 71 A bit of superiority 72 Edith Evans and Agatha Christie 73 Cheese from Holland DOWN

1 Aussie gems 2 Born to the purple 3 Certain moratorium 4 35.3-cubicfeet measures 5 They have been burned in protests 6 Pro agents 7 Teen bugbear 8 Kind of room or star 9 On the house 10 Trendy 11 Former talk show host 12 “Without further ___ ...’’ 13 Kingsley of Hollywood 21 Animal with a striped rear 22 Beijing 2008 org. 26 Tendon

27 Lusterless ﬁnish 29 Col.’s superior 30 “Julius Caesar’’ has ﬁve 31 Pillages 33 It’s measured in degrees 34 Put down 35 Fox hunter’s cry (Var.) 36 Giving a loan 38 Prepare green beans 41 “Treasure Island’’ prop 42 Frat letter 43 Hawaiian salutation 48 Numero ___ 49 Excited, as one’s curiosity 51 Pickler of “American Idol’’ 54 ___ Arenas (Chilean seaport) 56 Spiralhorned antelope 57 One of Bing Crosby’s record labels 58 Be plenty mad 60 Fashion craze 61 Ancient Dead Sea region 62 Adjust the pitch 63 Boot camp fare 64 Blow away 65 Cleansed

Square and Cone

By Andrew Peck and Andrew Dambeck dambeck@wisc.edu

sports

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Track teams run to impressive ﬁnishes at Stanford, Auburn By Scott Allen THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Wisconsin men’s track team qualified five distance runners and the 4x400 meter relay to the NCAA regional or national meets, while the women earned spots in the 10,000 meters and shotput at the Stanford and Auburn Invitationals last weekend. Sophomore Ryan Gasper took fifth in the Stanford Invitational’s 3,000-meter steeplechase—which includes hurdle and water barriers— by running 8 minutes and 47.39 seconds, a full 20 seconds faster than necessary to qualify for regionals. He was the first collegiate finisher, with four professional and unattached athletes taking the top spots. In the break-out performance of the weekend, Gasper shattered his 9:02.65 best from last year. Sophomore Craig Miller earned second place in the Invite’s 1,500-meter run with a time of 3 minutes 43 seconds, about a halfsecond behind Stanford senior Russell Brown. Sophomore Brandon Bethke ran 3:46.18 in the same race for 12th place. Andrew Lacy, also a sophomore, won the “B” section of the 1,500 meters in 3:45.54. The trio of sophomores each hit the NCAA regional standard. Junior Matt Withrow and Katrina Rundhaug get to bypass

regionals, as each hit the automatic NCAA national standard for the 10,000 meters. In his first 10k on the track, Withrow finished the grueling, 25-lap contest in 10th place with a time of 28:26.25—19 seconds faster than the national standard—and Rundhaug clocked in at 33:29.48, just meeting the 33:30 requirement. At Auburn, the men’s 4x400 meter relay team of Quinn Evans, Andrew Milenkovski, Luke Hoenecke and James Groce ran 3:09.08 for second place, qualifying for regionals. They finished three-tenths of a second behind South Carolina. The ﬁnal qualifying mark of the weekend came from junior Amanda Hoeppner, who placed second in the shotput, throwing 48 feet, 9 inches, nearly three feet better than last year’s outdoor best. Eight individual athletes from the men’s track team placed at Auburn. Sophomore Pat Nichols took second in the high jump, clearing 6-7 1⁄2. Freshman Zach Beth placed third in the 800 meters, going 1:51.47, and UW’s Eric Hatchell, Luke Rucks and Steve Ludwig each ran 1:52 for sixth through eighth place. Jumper Rayme Mackinson jumped 23-8 3⁄4 in the long jump for fifth, and Jim Lierman earned

sixth in the triple jump for going 48-2 3⁄4. Sophomore hurdler Nate Larkin barely missed qualifying for regionals in the 110 hurdles with his 14.38 second-place performance, good for eighth place. At the Clemson Relays, Larkin finished in 14.36 seconds, just short of the 14.30 standard. The women’s team racked up 10 top-eight finishes, with the throwers picking up six. In addition to her runner-up shotput effort, Hoeppner threw 171-6 in the hammer throw for fourth and 143-2 in the discus for seventh. Senior Kayla Schultz was on the cusp of qualifying in each of her events. Schultz’s 46-8 effort put her fifth in the shotput, three inches from qualifying, and her fifth-place 153-2 discus throw was two feet shy. Junior Joanne Verpil threw 16511 for sixth in the hammer throw. For the second year in a row, junior Blair Luethemers won the pole vault at Auburn. She cleared 12-1 1⁄2, and teammate Shannon Schlack placed fifth at 11-7 3⁄4. Freshman Egle Staisiunaite went 1:02.96 and took eighth in the 400-meter hurdles. The 400-meter relay team of Alexis Beecham, Akaila Cabell, Alex McCannel and Caitlin Dodge also placed eighth in 47.65 seconds.

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Junior Leah Vanevenhoven pitched six scoreless innings in the ﬁrst game against the Hoosiers, but had to leave because of a nagging ﬁnger injury.

softball from page 8 for the next six innings. “[Vanevenhoven] had a great start.” Wright said. “She just handled their lefties and they couldn’t even think [about] getting on base.” Vanevenhoven pitched six innings and surrendered five hits, two walks and no runs while striking out six. Despite being extremely effective, she was taken out of the game. Vanevenhoven entered the contest with a nagging minor finger injury, and after facing 25 batters, she was unable to continue. Sophomore Letty Olivarez entered in the seventh inning, hoping to get the final three outs and seal the victory for the Badgers. Olivarez retired two of the first three batters she faced. However, freshman Hoosier pinch hitter Alyssa Maise hit a towering fly ball that could not be tracked down by

Raphael for a run-scoring double. Bergeson followed with a line drive up the middle to score Maise from second base. With two outs and the game tied, Olivarez surrendered a threerun home run to Hoosier senior third baseman Jennilee Huddleston to give Indiana a 5-2 lead. In the bottom half of the seventh, Wisconsin scratched out a run on a couple misplays by Indiana in the field. But with the tying run on first base, junior first baseman Alexis Garcia popped out to first base to end the game. Purdue takes two Before playing Indiana Sunday, the Badgers lost to the Purdue Boilermakers 5-2 Friday night and 4-3 Saturday. Despite falling behind 4-0 in the second game, the Badgers battled back, but were not able to take the lead.

“I think she used all of her experience today, all the wins, all the losses,” Fleishman said. “All the experience, I think that got her over the hump today. She’s got a big heart, she wants to win.” The second point for the Badgers came when freshman Emese Kardhordo knocked off Julie Blackmore 2-6, 7-6 (9-7), 1-0 (10-7) at the No. 3 slot. The ﬁnal set was played as a super- tiebreaker because the Buckeyes (4-2, 17-4) had already clinched the match. According to Fleishman, Kardhordo succeeded by exploiting a weakness of Blackmore, hitting high, topspin-heavy shots to Blackmore’s forehand side. Kardhordo’s execution was crucial in the win. The match also marked just the second time the Badgers have played on the outdoor courts at home this season. Fleishman was pleased with his team’s effort considering the lack of outdoor matches they have played so far this season. “The thing is, you’ve got to win ugly in the wind,” Fleishman

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Sophomore Ryan Gasper ran the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 8 minutes and 47.39 seconds.

said. “It’s not pretty, it doesn’t feel good, you don’t have your timing, but you just have to win ugly.” On Saturday, the Badgers were swept 7-0 by No. 28 Indiana. Carpenter and freshman Jessica Seyferth teamed up for the only UW victory on the day, an 8-6 win at No. 1 doubles over Brianna Williams and Katya Zamanova of the Hoosiers (5-1, 16-5). Wisconsin will hit the road next weekend to take on Minnesota on Saturday and Iowa on Sunday. Nothing will change for Fleishman and the Badgers, who are hoping for better results away from home. “I’m expecting to win—of course the wins aren’t coming—but the demands and the expectations are there for these kids to perform on game day,” Fleishman said. Men The No. 35 UW men’s tennis team split a pair of conference road matches this weekend, defeating No. 39 Indiana 4-3 Saturday and dropping a 6-1 decision to No. 2 Ohio State. On Saturday, the Badgers (52, 13-8) were led by victories

at the top three singles spots by sophomore Moritz Baumann, senior Nolan Polley and freshman Marek Michalicka. Polley remains perfect in Big Ten play at 6-0, while Michalicka pushed his overall record to 17-1 in spring dual matches. Senior Felipe Bellido scored the deciding victory at No. 6 singles, winning 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 over Chris Foster of the Hoosiers (3-3, 13-6). The Buckeyes (6-0, 24-1) eliminated any hope of a Badger upset by taking the ﬁrst six points of the contest, including all three doubles matches in the doubles point. UW notched its lone point of the match when sophomore Michael Dierberger knocked off Ohio State’s Drew Eberly 2-6, 75, 1-0 at No. 4 singles. The Milwaukee native scored the win in a third-set super-tiebreaker because the team’s match outcome had already been determined. The Badgers return home this weekend to take on Iowa Saturday, followed by a border battle with Minnesota Sunday. —uwbadgers.com and ohiostatebuckeyes.com contributed to this report.

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BADGERS NET GOALS FOR U.S.A. Hilary Knight and Meghan Duggan scored goals for the U.S. Women’s National Hockey Team in a 7-1 victory over Switzerland Sunday.

Hansen halts Hoosiers

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After three tough losses, unlikely starter leads Badgers to victory against Indiana By Scott Kellogg THE DAILY CARDINAL

Wisconsin picked up its first conference victory at the Goodman Softball Complex Sunday, splitting a doubleheader with the Indiana Hoosiers. Both Wisconsin (1-7 Big Ten, 11-28 overall) and Indiana (1-7, 10-26) were winless in the Big Ten entering the twin bill. The Hoosiers used a late-inning surge to capture the first game, 5-3, and the Badgers took the nightcap 3-0 with a spectacular pitching performance by freshman Kristyn Hansen. Hansen, a true freshman making her first Big Ten start, pitched a complete-game shutout, allowing three hits and five walks. “Right before the game [I found out I was going to start]. I was warm so they decided to throw me in there.” Kristyn Hansen freshman pitcher UW softball

The start was a surprising one for Hansen, who walked into the locker room before the games hoping to see some action in relief but had no idea she would be taking the hill to open a game for the first time as a Badger. “Right before the game [I found out I was going to start],” Hansen said. “I was in relief the first game behind Letty [Olivarez] and I was warm so they decided to throw me in there.” Hansen struck out the first two batters she faced, but then allowed back-to-back walks, setting up a dicey situation in the first inning. But she then induced an inningending groundout to freshman second baseman Livi Abney. The greatest scare for Hansen and Wisconsin came in the fifth inning. With the Badgers ahead 3-0, Indiana junior second baseman Julie DiNallo led off with a walk. Then an infield single off Hansen’s glove by junior first baseman Stephanie

Pellerito and a sacrifice bunt by sophomore right fielder Jennifer Glueckert put two runners in scoring position with one out. But Wisconsin got a great play out of junior third baseman Theresa Borouta, who snagged a soft liner in foul territory off the bat of Hoosier senior center fielder Julia Hamilton. A walk to Indiana junior pinch hitter Sarah Padove loaded the bases and put the tying run on first, but Hansen got out of the jam when Borouta fielded a sharp ground ball off the bat of junior Hoosier shortstop Emily Bergeson. Borouta converted the fielder’s choice to get the Badgers out of the inning. It was Indiana’s lone opportunity to take the lead in the ball game, but Hansen was able to stay composed and get out of the inning unscathed. “I think after the performance of my defense early on in the game, I knew that if I managed to get the ball in play my defense would be right behind me,” Hansen said. The solid start by Hansen made quite an impression on assistant coach Julie Wright. “What a tremendous mental giant,” Wright said of her pitcher. “She found out literally 10 minutes before the game [that she was going to start]. I don’t know if she was completely warm, but she was mentally warm.” Hansen was the standout player in the game, but the defense behind her did not commit an error and made several sparkling plays. “That’s the best defense I’ve seen us play,” Wright said. The team was in a good mood after the victory, but it could have been better if the Badgers were able to hold onto their lead in the first game and sweep Indiana. Wisconsin jumped on Indiana in the first inning of game one, scoring two runs on junior left fielder Valyncia Raphael’s double. And with a 2-0 lead, junior pitcher Leah Vanevenhoven was able to hold the Hoosiers in check softball page 7

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In the ﬁrst Big Ten start of her college career, freshman pitcher Kristyn Hansen allowed only three hits and did not surrender a run against the Indiana Hoosiers Sunday at the Goodman Softball Complex.

Women’s tennis team falls to Ohio State, Indiana Coach remains conﬁdent, ﬁnds positives in losses By Chris Lindeke THE DAILY CARDINAL

PHOTO COURTESY UWBADGERS

Junior Liz Carpenter (pictured above) and freshman Emese Kardhordo earned singles victories against the Buckeyes.

Despite a pair of stellar individual performances, the UW women’s tennis team was unable to pull out its ﬁrst Big Ten victory Sunday, losing 5-2 to No. 29 Ohio State at Nielsen Tennis Stadium. The Badgers (0-7 Big Ten, 7-12 overall) dropped all three doubles matches and their ﬁrst four singles matches in their fourth consecutive loss. Two three-set matches helped the Badgers avoid their third sweep in their last four matches. In No. 1 singles, junior Liz Carpenter outlasted the Buckeyes’ Angela DiPastina 6-3, 3-6, 6-

4. The outlook was bleak for Carpenter during the second set after DiPastina jumped out to a 40 lead. However, the Sierra Madre, Calif., native continued to fight, nabbing a few games and shifting the momentum back in her favor to close the set. In the third set, with DiPastina serving at 4-5, Carpenter finally broke through, aided by a combination of unforced errors and double faults by her opponent. “Having a close [second] set was good because going into the third I felt confident and then got off to a good start and just kept going with it,” Carpenter said. UW coach Brian Fleishman, who has placed Carpenter at the No. 1 singles spot in all but one match this season, touted Carpenter’s competitive drive and crafty play. swept page 7

Badger Briefs Rowing meet canceled By Sunday afternoon the warm weather had melted some of the ice along the shores of Lake Mendota. Unfortunately for the UW men’s rowing team, the higher temperatures came too late. Its race against Michigan, which was scheduled for Saturday, had to be canceled because of the remaining ice on the lake. The Badgers hope to begin their spring season against Minnesota Saturday in Blue Island, Ill. Ryan receives honor Wisconsin basketball head coach Bo Ryan was named the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year.