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Men’s basketball seniors Tanner Bronson, Brian Butch, Michael Flowers and Greg Stiemsma (not pictured) sign autographs Monday at University Book Store for a “Meet the Badgers” event.

Regents close to naming UW chancellor ﬁnalists THE DAILY CARDINAL

The UW-Madison Chancellor Search and Screen Committee will narrow the candidates to succeed current Chancellor John Wiley at a closed meeting Tuesday, making its final recommendations to the UW System Board of Regents afterward. “At this point our process comes to an end and the UW System takes over,” Marsha Mailick Seltzer, chair of the search committee, said of Tuesday’s meeting. Seltzer said a UW spokesperson will announce the final candidates Wednesday. UW System spokesperson David Giroux said the number of final candidates will be selected “somewhere in the neighborhood of five” during the search committee’s Tuesday meeting.

David Musolf, spokesperson for the Chancellor Search and Screen Committee, said he was unable to discuss specific details about the meeting. “At this stage it’s still pretty confidential,” he said. The committee’s final recommendations will come after a long process of seeking nominations, viewing applications and conducting interviews of a variety of applicants. Fifty-five individuals submitted applications to replace Wiley, who will step down in September 2008. According to the UWMadison chancellor search website, candidates will be evaluated on a variety of professional and personal characteristics including academic accomplishments, leadership qualities and their commitment to enhancing the university experience.

Musolf said the position description is “quite comprehensive and does speak to the qualities the committee is looking for.” According to Giroux, once the ﬁnal candidates’ names are announced Wednesday, the “public phase of the search begins.” “[Finalists] are invited to campus for a whole series of presentations, meetings, different types of venues in which people will have the opportunity to see them and interact with them,” Giroux said. The public appearances on campus are tentatively scheduled the week of May 12. UWMadison students, faculty and community members will then be allowed to e-mail input based on the campus visits. Musolf said he expects the Board of Regents to approve the new UW-Madison chancellor at its meeting the ﬁrst week in June.

Senior Class President charged with misdemeanor theft Newly elected Senior Class President Oliver Delgado was arrested and charged for a misdemeanor theft from Memorial Union in late April, according to The Capital Times. At an initial court appearance April 21, Delgado pleaded not guilty to stealing Van Galder bus tickets from the union’s information desk, though a criminal complaint cites his confession. Delgado was elected president of the class of 2009 during the Associated Students of Madison spring elections April

1 to April 3. Members of ASM Student Council would not comment on whether Delgado would keep his position at its meeting Monday. Student Council also postponed the election for chair of ASM because potential candidate Jeff Wright said he did not want the position. Wright said he instead wanted to work on reform rather than work with the details of holding the chair position. Brittany Wiegand, current chair of the ASM Legislative

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Affairs Committee, also said she did not want the position. Members discussed the possibility of electing a president instead of a chair for next year’s ASM spring elections. Tim Fung won the position of ASM Finance Committee chair by one vote over freshman representative Julie Chou. The council also passed the Constitutional Committee’s Resolution, which forms an ad hoc committee to write a new constitution and bylaws for students at UW-Madison. —Erin Banco

A UW-Madison student is facing felony charges of criminal damage to property after police allege he intentionally set off the sprinkler system in the University House Towers April 4. According to a criminal complaint filed Monday, video cameras in the building at 502 N. Frances St. caught Max Korman, 18, of Northbrook, Ill., putting something on or near the hallway ceiling of the eighth floor, which he resided on, around 1:43 a.m. Seconds later, the fire alarms went off and water gushed down the hallway while Korman returned to his apartment. Korman is also charged with misdemeanor interference with firefighting equipment. Madison Police Department Sgt. Lori Schalecki said police take incidents like this seriously because of the headaches it causes residents and landlords alike. “A lot of people don’t maintain

renter’s insurance so they may run into the fact that their property is not going to get replaced if it’s been damaged by the water,” Schalecki said. Towers director of leasing Jermaine Butler estimated the building’s water damage to be between $15,000 and $20,000, according to the complaint. Urban Outfitters, located on the street level of the same building as Towers, experienced flooding as a result of the sprinklers that caused $5,325 in damaged merchandise, store manager William Lesniak told police in the complaint. UW-Madison freshman and Towers resident Anna Engstrom said the sprinklers caused a huge middle-of-the-night disturbance for the building’s 400 residents, who were evacuated when the fire alarms went off. “We were displaced for four hours,” Engstrom said. “I had to work at 7:30 and we didn’t get back until 5:30, so I only got like an hour of sleep.” If convicted, Korman faces up to three years and six months in jail, fines of $10,000 or both for the felony charge. He faces up to nine months in prison for the misdemeanor charge.

Wisconsin college student key in Dem. struggle over delegates A UW-Madison superdelegate posts YouTube video for input By Charles Brace THE DAILY CARDINAL

A Wisconsin college student could play an instrumental role in deciding which Democratic presidential candidate reaches the White House in the coming months. Leila Sahar, 22, a senior at Lawrence University in northeast Wisconsin, is not a superdelegate. However, she was appointed to the influential Credentials Committee for the Democratic Party convention in August. Sahar said she was given the position after working for several years at the Democratic N a t i o n a l Committee and talking often with DNC Chair Howard Dean. The committee is responsible for deciding if SAHAR delegates from the Michigan and Florida primaries are seated at the convention, as the states were stripped of their delegates by the

DNC for moving up their primaries without authorization. The Clinton campaign wants the delegates to be sent to the convention, but this remains unresolved and might not be an issue depending on whether one of the candidates drops out. Sahar said she does not know which way she might rule on the issue and wants to ﬁnd out more about the proper procedures that need to be followed. “I’m trying to prevent myself from making a ﬁrm decision one way or another until I hear those important details,” Sahar said. She said she KHALEEL has not been contacted by either of the campaigns or candidates. Lawrence assistant professor of government Arnold Shober, who taught Sahar at times in college, said Dean made the right decision in choosing her. “If they needed to pick a college student who is dedicated to a party and not a candidate, someone who is hardworking, thoughtful and does all her research, they picked superdelegates page 3

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

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oodbye. Keaton was born to little fanfare in July of 1987. Doctors say he was a mystery child— he didn’t cry and eschewed his mother’s milk, preferring to sustain himself with happiness, sunshine and straight-up brown sugar. He learned to read by studying the dictionary—while this gave him a decent vocabulary, he gained a nasty tendency to espouse factualisms with more verbiage than is appropriate in modern literary society. And, of course, the problem with sentence words putting together sense making. Keaton’s parents moved from Chicago to Madison after he ﬁnished kindergarten. He was supposed to have a birthday party a couple of days before the move, but his parents forgot to put stamps on the invitations so no one showed up.

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Bastards. When Keaton was in second grade, his parents gave him the option to skip third grade. This was an incredibly important decision, one that would impact every part of the rest of his education, and so Keaton gave it the appropriate amount of thought. Unfortunately, he thought he was being asked if he wanted four chocolate chip gutbomb delight cookies instead of three, so the decision was made perhaps too quickly. Throughout middle school, Keaton developed a strong distaste for girls since they had cooties and were taller than he was. Throughout high school, Keaton developed a strong attraction for girls since they had boobies and were more ﬂexible than he was. Keaton started college as an engineering student. Bored by the lectures and fed up with the lack of concave females in his classes, he transferred to physics. Although the average concavity increased, he was filled with emptiness at night since you can’t make love to a quark (not even a charm quark!). He settled on

economics, the dismal science, as a happy medium. He complements it with additional majors in mathematics and applied gynecology. Although Keaton doesn’t have a job yet, he hopes to ﬁnd one soon. I mean, come on. Right? Here’s a guy who’s good at math, can write a word or two, and has (only somewhat suspect) social skills ... shouldn’t be too hard, right? RIGHT? A non-exhaustive list of his powers and abilities, as well as some random facts thrown in for good measure, follows: He can turn any conversation from good-natured to creepy and awkward in a matter of moments. He can integrate in his head while humming Ben Folds’ “Fired” and playing Halo 3. Speaking of which, he may or may not be able to destroy you at Halo 3. He likes to play the drums. He thinks he’s getting good but he can handle criticism. He’ll show you what he knows and you can tell him if you think he’s getting better at the drums.

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He can kill a yak from 200 yards away—WITH MIND BULLETS. He contributes scripts and an ugly face to the Badger Herald comic strip Yourmometer, making him the only simultaneous contributor to BOTH papers. He can annoy any professor simply by sitting in the front row of the class and completing a crossword puzzle. This power may or may not have been responsible for his rejection by several graduate programs. His hatred of centipedes and bees (any sort of insect, really) is bottled and sold as a drug overseas. Rage, by Miller. He solemnly swears he is up to no good. He is your raid leader but will let you designate healing assignments if you really want. He enjoys making obscure popular (well, not that popular) culture references in the hopes that each reader of his column will get at least one of the jokes. He has the power to move you. His e-mail address is keatonmiller@wisc.edu.

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Faculty Senate ends year looking toward the future By Amanda Hoffstrom THE DAILY CARDINAL

Of several faculty committees presenting annual reports Monday, the Athletic Board’s 2006-’07 annual report elicited the most questions from faculty members at the last Faculty Senate meeting of the academic year. Walter Dickey, chair of the Athletic Board, said one of the current issues facing the board is the NCAA reaccreditation of the UW Athletic Department, which will take most of the 2008-’09 academic year. “We’ve created an ad hoc committee to look at a variety of different issues,” he said. “It seemed wise to have a kind of collective self-study, not just of the Athletic Department, but rather our own.” Dickey said the self-study was ongoing this year, with discussions continuing into fall 2008. According to the annual report, a preliminary written report from the ad hoc committee will be made to the full Athletic Board this spring. UW-Madison history professor Jim Donnelly addressed what he called a “disturbing pattern” in the Athletic Board not following faculty policies and procedures. Donnelly said he thinks procedures were not followed in Chancellor John Wiley’s deci-

sion in distributing media contract revenues or the appointment of football coach Bret Bielema, among others. The distribution of Big Ten Network revenues was also an “issue of ongoing interest” in the Athletic Board’s report, as was the availability of the network in most Big Ten areas. Dickey said he thinks the Athletic Board needs to work together to promote openness when it comes to dealing with problems, not conceal them. Robert Mathieu gave his last annual report as chair of the University Committee, the executive committee of the Faculty Senate, calling his presentation the “State of the Senate” address. Mathieu discussed five faculty initiatives of the past two years, which he urged members of the Faculty Senate to continue to work with. Some initiatives included building the relationship between the university and the state, working with the Graduate Student Growth Agenda and diversifying the campus community. The Faculty Senate also voted to create an ad hoc committee to review UW-Madison’s snow removal policies and help the university’s Physical Plant secure resources to keep campus streets and sidewalks clear next winter.

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Extras dressed in Depression-era clothing line up near the Capitol steps Monday during shooting for the ﬁlm “Public Enemies,” directed by Michael Mann and starring Johnny Depp and Christian Bale.

Filming for ‘Public Enemies’ hits Madison’s Capitol Square By Abby Sears THE DAILY CARDINAL

Filming of the 1930s-era crime movie “Public Enemies” outside the Capitol building began Monday, bringing Madison residents a little closer to Hollywood during the daylong shoot. Directed by UW-Madison alumnus Michael Mann, “Public Enemies” stars Johnny Depp as infamous bank robber John Dillinger and Christian Bale as FBI Special Agent Melvin Purvis. Filming locations are scheduled for several other Wisconsin cities including Oshkosh and Columbus. Universal Studios production assistant Corry Milton said crews ﬁlmed inside the Capitol Friday, but the shots

were closed-set and not open to the public. Milton said production would move out of Madison after Monday’s scenes, adding spectators were “mostly cooperative” during the shoot. Dozens of classic cars lined the streets of Capitol Square to set the scene for the ﬁlm. Fitchburg resident Ron DeWoskin, owner of a 1934 Brewster, said the experience was a great opportunity to meet other classic car enthusiasts. “You rarely see one, now there are two,” DeWoskin said of another Brewster at the shoot. “It’s unbelievable, neither one of us knew that the other one existed.” Donning a chauffeur’s hat, DeWoskin’s role in the ﬁlm was to drive his car to various spots around

the square. During his downtime during the shoot, DeWoskin said his vehicle attracted the attention of many onlookers. “It’s such an unusual car that a lot of people stop by and that’s been fun,” he said. Although Depp was not on the Madison set, Bale did shoot several FBI scenes at the Capitol. UWMadison senior Brittany Jones said she came to catch a glimpse of the “Batman Begins” star and is looking forward to seeing Wisconsin on the big screen once production on the ﬁlm is completed. “I’m from the Oshkosh area … I know they’re ﬁlming a lot of it up there too so it will just be cool to see it all in a movie,” Jones said.

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State Rep. Don Pridemore, RHartford, proposed Friday to partially solve the state’s budget deﬁcit by letting government workers take the day off. The proposal would allow unpaid leave for all state employees, which could potentially save $45 million, Pridemore said in a statement. Pridemore said employees who qualiﬁed for it, including lawmakers, could take up to three days of unpaid leave. The plan, Pridemore said, is voluntary and would include only employees on the state payroll. “I thought this was a way to show that all state employees, who are mostly protected from these budget shortfalls, that they become part of the solution instead of part of the problem,”

Pridemore said. Exceptions would be made, Pridemore stated, for certain positions that need to remain fully staffed, including correctional officers. According to an analysis of the plan by the state Legislative Fiscal Bureau, which analyzes state finances, police officers for UW System campuses and the Capitol would not be affected by such a proposal. The plan, according to Pridemore, does not mandate a department that already has a crucial shortage of employees to participate in the proposal. Pridemore said he received support for the plan from several Republicans in the Legislature, but not from many Democrats. “This [plan] would solve about 10 percent of the budget shortfall, and

10 percent is better than nothing,” Pridemore stated. Bob Lang, director of the state LFB, said there were other plans similar to Pridemore’s proposal in the past during times of budget shortfalls. Lang also said he agreed certain state positions likely must remain fully staffed, like workers at centers for the developmentally disabled or medical facilities. Lee Sensenbrenner, spokesperson for Gov. Jim Doyle, said the governor is still pushing for a budget repair bill, but it is ultimately the responsibility of the Legislature to pass a bill and then send it to the governor. “If there’s not a budget repair bill in the near future, you are going to see increasing problems pile up in August and September,” Sensenbrenner said.

Falk apologizes for 911 call incident

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Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk announced Monday she drafted a letter of apology to Brittany Zimmermann’s family on the mishandling of a 911 call made from the slain UWMadison student’s cell phone. Zimmermann, who was killed in her Doty Street apartment April 2, called 911 the day of her death but hung up, and the 911 dispatcher did not follow protocol by calling back. “With the ﬁrst phase of the 911 Center’s investigation now

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complete, the county executive feels that there should’ve been a call back to the cell phone,” Joshua Wescott, Falk’s spokesperson, said. Falk will apologize to both Zimmermann’s family and her fiancée, who lived in the apartment and called police when he discovered her body. Wescott said Falk will also meet with Dane County 911 director Joe Norwick Tuesday to discuss recommendations for his department to reduce the chances of a similar incident occurring.

UW-Madison superdelegate seeks input UW-Madison senior Awais Khaleel is one of only a few superdelegates in the Democratic Party, someone who can vote any way he wants at the convention. He and Lauren Wolfe, one of the other college-age superdelegates, recently posted a video on YouTube. Both said in the video they want to hear from young people before they cast their votes at the Democratic convention.

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911 center, police must restore faith

s a result of the Dane County 911 Center’s failing to return Brittany Zimmermann’s call for help, many more questions and issues have been brought to light. One of the most important issues facing the Madison Police Department is the student body’s loss of faith in the 911 system. Currently, students cannot trust the system they have always been told would keep them safe. The MPD must do more to assuage students’ fears about the murder than by telling them to lock their doors at night and walk home with a friend. These instructions do not help students feel more at ease about the murder of a

fellow student in broad daylight. It is understandable the police have a priority to maintain the integrity of the investigation of the murder, but students should have the right to some information that could minimize fears. To help restore student faith, it is imperative the call center logs are audited completely and staff who consistently fail to adhere to protocol are subsequently reprimanded or ﬁred. The most important thing the police and the call center can do is to restore students’ faith in the 911 system before the summer begins and deﬁnitely before a conviction is made in regard to Zimmermann’s murder.

Germs better for kids than parents may think EMILY HOUTLER opinion columnist

he human body is an odd and wonderful organic machine. Science may never fully understand how and why it works the way it does. Recently, a study out of California found that children could reduce their risk of developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia 30 percent simply by playing with other children in a playgroup setting. Strange but wonderfully true. It seems when children contract a simple infection, such as those found in places where children are in close quarters, it improves their chances of fighting or never even developing leukemia.

We all need to become dirtier human beings.

However, if a child’s immune system is not stimulated early in life, it raises the risk of the body reacting inappropriately toward other infections which can lead to the development of leukemia. This study is just one of many

in a long line of recent immunesystem research. It appears that our clean, germaphobic culture has begun to take a toll on the health of the public. Apparently, sterilization is not the way to disease-free existence. In fact, a life free of germs may indeed be humanity’s downfall. In recent years, the number of children with food and other allergies has risen dramatically. Many scientists believe this correlates with the rise in anti-bacterial products such as soap and hand gels, which keep people germ and disease-free. Evidently, if the immune system has no germs in the environment to fight, it will begin attacking the body, causing allergic reactions and other maladies. Imagine the immune system as a toddler. If the child no longer has anything constructive to do, he or she will likely turn to destructive measures to keep him or herself occupied. By keeping our lives so clean, we may indeed be destroying ourselves from the inside-out. Luckily the solution to this problem is quite simple. We all need to become dirtier human beings. Now that is not to say we should not wash our hands after working with dangerous chemicals. Special care should still be taken around those vulnerable to deadly infections, but everyone else needs to lighten up on the soap. This may be a difficult adjustment for some people. After all, people have become accustomed to wiping down their machines at

the gym, storing hand sanitizer in their backpack and washing their hands after every single sneeze. Again, I am not implying that all these activities should cease. But people should choose their germy battles carefully. Imagine the money that would be saved if homes and businesses purchased less soap, not to mention the waste which would not be produced and dumped into the environment.

In recent years, the number of children with food and other allergies has risen dramatically.

So I say go ahead and eat dinner without washing up first. Shake hands with strangers on the street and do not wipe your hand afterward. Or, if you are really daring, do absolutely nothing after sneezing. Not only is it liberating, it is actually good for the body. Go ahead and become a dirty kid. The next time you see someone leave the restroom without washing his or her hands, do not berate them. Just remember he or she may end up being healthier in the end. Emily Houtler is a sophomore majoring in math and environmental science. We welcome your feedback. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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BEN PETERSON ben caught stealing

figure my last column is a good place to talk about the future of music. We continue to stand at something of a precipice, overlooking the cavernous possibilities of technology and the implications they might hold in how future generations interpret art. It’s bewildering to ponder what the music industry might look like in, say, 20 years, when the digital marketplace will likely have obliterated traditional means of buying music. I can’t really imagine the actual music of 2028 being all that different from now—like Aphex Twin’s “Omgyjya Switch7,” which masquerades as future music in the film “Children of Men,” it seems that anything conceivably “futuristic” could just as well be created right now. Somewhat sadly, the most striking changes in the following decades will probably revolve around how people listen to music rather than what they’re actually listening to—even today, the subject of music procurement grabs far more headlines than the music being procured. The iTunes store, which was originally started for the sole purpose of selling iPods, just celebrated its

fifth anniversary. In its tenure, iTunes has become one of the largest music retail venues in the world, and in another few years it’s expected to single-handedly account for more than 25 percent of the total music sold in the world. That’s rather staggering for a marketing tie-in. Meanwhile, the ﬁrst annual Record Store Day took place a couple weekends ago, an event in which everyone from Joan Jett to Tom Waits threw their support behind endangered, independent record stores across the nation. Through storewide discounts, live music and giveaways, it was an attempt to draw people into music shops and to reafﬁrm the immeasurable value of buying music locally and in person. Admirable as they are, it’s hard to say how effective proactive strategies like these can possibly be, since the seismic shifts taking place in music seem inevitably bound to eliminate all but the most niche-oriented record stores.

Even today, the subject of music procurement grabs far more headlines than the music being procured.

How music in the future will be marketed remains a mystery. For one thing, Thom Yorke told The

Hollywood Reporter Radiohead won’t be releasing any more music through the groundbreaking paywhat-you-want model they used to release In Rainbows earlier this year. That certainly deflates the fervor that rose up around Radiohead blazing a path toward music’s salvation—they’ve even got Trent Reznor calling them “insincere.” The fact is, it’s hard for innovative release techniques to get a foothold in an already tumultuous industry where everyone is scrambling for new ideas. Of course there’s no one right way to release music, or to buy or listen to it for that matter, since there are various benefits and pitfalls throughout the various methods. More important is the fact that the spectrum of these different methods is everexpanding, providing more and more ways to listen to the same thing. This translates problematically into fewer and fewer ways the record labels can focus their approach to potential audiences. Perhaps the best strategy will be one that embraces all options. The new Spiritualized album, Songs in A&E, will be released on May 27 on CD, on deluxe CD, on deluxe vinyl, on super deluxe vinyl and on iTunes. By hitting all the bases like this, a band can simultaneously finetune itself to retro-minded record buyers and mp3 shoppers alike, which seems to be a progressive, forward-thinking tactic.

Rest assured that music will persevere as a live medium, even if the grand digital age somehow comes crashing down around us. What will happen in the meantime is anyone’s guess, but everyone’s role to participate in. Want to start a futuristic band with Ben? E-mail him at bpeterson1@wisc.edu.

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FUN GAME: Can anyone use the name Clemens in a decent sentence?

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Samuel Clemens ﬁrst used the pen name Jim Smiley before sticking with Mark Twain. I win. Today’s Crossword Puzzle

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1 Carved family emblem 6 Strip of concrete 10 Belted one out 14 Ancient marketplace 15 One-time Italian currency 16 It’s entered in court 17 It may be quite flaky 20 Puffer’s place 21 It’s right on your map 22 Genuflects 23 St. Louis landmark 24 ___ gin fizz 25 Preacher’s podium 28 Gunpowder et al. 29 Understood, as a punch line 32 Sarah’s son 33 Aqueduct actions 34 Steady stare 35 Soup holder, often 38 Crater, for one 39 “Lamp ___ My Feet’’ 40 Decorative coat 41 Conniving 42 Useful quality 43 Film star Poitier 44 .001 inch lengths 45 Statistics calculation 46 The “se’’ in per se 49 Hospital staffer 50 Seek to learn 53 Date doings

56 “National Velvet’’ author Bagnold 57 Granola ingredients 58 Off-white 59 Easily duped sorts 60 Steed’s pace 61 Props for fops DOWN

1 A close watch 2 Mike Myers creature 3 Papuan monetary unit 4 Unit of geologic time 5 Create wealth for 6 Cut, as prices 7 Tip, nautically 8 Works on a wall? 9 Quick, sharp recoil 10 Bout of indulgence 11 Windward’s opposite 12 Patricia of movies 13 They do-sido 18 You can be sure of it 19 Genesis name 23 Speedily 24 Brief argument 25 Rx supplies 26 Run-of-the-mill 27 Gangling 28 College student’s purchases 29 Urchin 30 Important type of layer 31 Hardly easygoing 33 Year-end reward, maybe

34 First to twelfth, e.g. 36 Jeremiah of song 37 Rampant 42 Huge amount 43 Scotch mixer 44 Patches up 45 Central part 46 Bad time for Caesar 47 Fey of “30 Rock’’ 48 Cutting sound 49 Cousin of “contra-’’ 50 Mary Kay rival 51 “Your excellency’’ 52 Accordion parts 54 Bond credit rating 55 Female gametes

By Eric Wigdahl wigdahl@wisc.edu

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Rugby a big hit for UW players UW club crosses boarders, builds camaraderie By Ryan Reszel THE DAILY CARDINAL

Rugby—the word alone generates a vivid image of crazed men throwing their battered, bloody bodies into piles of humanity and chaos. In some contexts, the sport reflects these generalizations, but in reality, rugby is about much more than its stereotypes. Rich in tradition, rugby represents a test of will power and the true spirit of team unity. If it sounds like any other sport played on the Wisconsin campus, join senior back Ben Cornfield, junior forward Sean Beuche and their teammates on the UW men’s club rugby team for an 80-minute tutorial during a Monday night practice. “It’s rough,” Cornfield said. “It’s 80 minutes—two 40-minute halves—with no stoppages. Once you sub out, you can’t go back in. You’re only allowed seven subs, and it’s 15-on-15. So you know only half the guys at most are coming out.” “There’s no downs,” Beuche added. “That’s how it’s different than football. Ideally, the game doesn’t stop for 40 minutes.” Although some might be intimidated by the fact that rugby players do not wear pads, both Beuche and Cornfield said usually only dirty plays result in injuries. “Guys that don’t really know [about rugby] think that tackling is the most intense part, but that’s what we love to do,” Cornfield said. “Going the full 80 minutes—that sucks.

reszel from page 8 Tour.’” “You just named a Neil Diamond song and a Beatles’ album. Those things don’t really exist.” “Not yet, but soon, very soon.” Situation No. 3 “Dude, the keg’s cashed. What do we do next?” “Dude, me and my cats are gunna’ throw on some polos and roll down to the K.K. to check out da’ honeys.” “Naw dude, let’s go to Mondays and get hammered.” “Dude, that sounds friggin’ sweet.” “Dude.” Situation No. 4 “Hey Jim, the beer’s gone. What’s next?” “Are you ready to set sail with the Admiral?” “Good man.” Although this may have seemed like a never-ending, pointless tangent, it’s not. When I first started following Wisconsin athletics 17 years ago, the Badger football team had not had a winning season in six years and had not won the Big Ten since 1962. The basketball team was even worse—they hadn’t been to the NCAA Tournament since 1947. As much as I like to poke fun at Mr. Alvarez, he has done a remarkable job turning around not only a

Tackling is the fun part.” The two team captains explained that unlike in football, where tacklers approach ball carriers head-on, rugby tacklers approach from the side. According to Beuche, hitting his friends at Monday and Wednesday night practices help him “break up the monotony of school.” “You come out of a long Monday worth of classes and you get to drill you friends,” he said. Although the rugby team plays in relative obscurity on a ﬁeld, or pitch, near University Hospital, this spring they have won two tournaments.

“You come out of a long Monday worth of classes and you get to drill your friends.” Sean Beuche junior forward UW Rugby

On April 19, the Badgers took home the Milwaukee Cup, beating Marquette 20-12, UW-Stout 34-14 and UW-Milwaukee 21-3. What makes the victories remarkable is that the Wisconsin rugby team is classiﬁed as a Division II team, while several opponents like Stout and UWM are in Division I. “We came through, and we dismantled them,” Cornfield said. “That was the first time we had won the cup in five years.” Wisconsin also won the Condor Tournament on April 26, beating Illinois 31-5. The Fighting Illini are also in Division I. UW defeated UW-Parkside in the tournament championship. “We’ve been getting to a higher level,” Beuche said. “Our team is football program, but the entire Wisconsin Athletic Department. Former Athletic Director Pat Richter also deserves much of the credit, as do great coaches like Bo Ryan and Dick Bennett. Since 1993, the football team has won three Rose Bowls and three Big Ten Championships. It has reached bowl games in 13 out of the last 15 years.

Perhaps you were that little voice inside my head telling me to keep driving when I wanted to sleep.

The basketball team can brag about its three conference titles, a Final Four appearance and 10 consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament. In the last four years, Badger fans have witnessed only one home loss in football and only ﬁve home losses in basketball. But the question still remains: What’s next? Can Ryan take UW to the Final Four while running the swing offense? Can Bret Bielema consistently recruit and compete with Big Ten powers Ohio State and Michigan, or will Wisconsin only be the best of the “Little Nine?” Personally, I believe Ryan can lead the Badgers to a national championship, and I also think

really developing.” The Badgers play both Agames and B-games so everyone on the team gets a chance to participate. “We’ve got guys who played with us two, three years on B-side, and now they’re studs on the Aside,” Cornfield said. “And that’s why we’re winning tournaments.” Yet both Beuche and Cornfield stressed that the games represented only one part of rugby. After a grueling 80 minutes of beating up on each other, teams come together to sing traditional rugby songs and share a few beers. Not only does rugby foster a unique camaraderie, but it invites players into a global subculture few sports share. During spring break, the Badgers traveled to Santiago, Chile. Although they were soundly defeated by the Santiago teams, the Badgers partied with and made new friends of their opponents. The Chileans and Badgers had little in common, but rugby bridged the cultural divide. Trips like these make playing on the rugby team a unique experience. Yet the travels are not the main reason why players like Cornfield and Beuche enjoy playing for crowds of 100 on Saturdays in fall, while the football team draws 82,000 for its games. “It’s because of the love of the sport that we keep on coming back,” Beuche said. “I personally love rugby far more than any sport that has come my way. I do play other sports but ... rugby takes the cake.” “It’s a great thing that I found in my life,” Cornfield added. “Rugby is easily the best thing that’s happened to me in college. It’s so hard to play it and not enjoy it.”

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UW-Madison sophomre Ryan Gasper (middle) placed 12th Sunday in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:01.43.

Runners push forward out West By Scott Allen The Wisconsin track distance runners timed well against some of the best U.S. collegiate and professional athletes at the elite Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational at Stanford Sunday. UW distance runners that did not compete at Oregon last week went up against distance powerhouses such as Oregon, Arizona State, Texas, Colorado and UTEP. In the 1,500 meter run, sophomore Jack Bolas, freshman Evan Jager and sophomore Craig Miller ﬁnished fourth through sixth among college athletes in 3 minutes 41.21 seconds, 3:41.24 and 3:41.61, respectively. Miller, Jager and Bolas each cut about a second off their old personal bests of 3:42. UW alum Matt Tegenkamp, who runs for Nike and is currently training for the Olympic Trials, won his heat with the second-fastest 1,500 meter run of the meet in 3:40.04. Sophomore Brandon Bethke placed eighth in his heat of the 3,000 meter steeplechase in 8:53.00, with sophomore teammate Ryan Gasper close behind in 9:01.43 for 12th. In the 5,000 meters, sophomore Andrew Lacy took 13th in his heat in 14:06.65, meeting the NCAA

Mideast regional standard. Junior Christian Wagner made his outdoor debut in the 10,000 meters and hit an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 29:00.12, placing 16th place in his heat, or ninth among collegiate runners. Three UW women’s distance runners qualiﬁed in the 5,000 meters. Senior Katrina Rundhaug placed 14th in the top section to earn a regional qualifying time of 16:18.99. She was sixth amongst college runners. Junior Ashley Benson won the second heat of the 5,000 in 16:11.38, putting her third among collegians. Sophomore Alicia Pabich placed eighth in that heat in 16:23.70, also well under the 16:52 regional standard. Senior Ann Deter placed ﬁfth in section three of the 800 meters in 2:13.06, while junior Sarah Hurley took third in section 4 of the 1,500 meter run in 4:31.31. The most impressive performance of the meet came from Nike runner and North Carolina graduate Shalane Flanagan, who set an American record in the 10,000 meters, winning the race in 30:34.49 to best the old record by 17 seconds. —uwbadgers.com contributed to this report.

left Madison, I feel that in some way, you all were with me on those long car rides to Tampa, College Station, Columbus and Omaha. Perhaps you were that little voice inside my head telling me to keep driving when I wanted to sleep. Maybe you helped me hit that high note during the refrain of Aha’s “Take on Me.” You could have been that creepy guy smoking a cigarette outside an Econo-Lodge in Macon, Ga., at two in the morning. Whatever the case, I thank you. Although I have failed in my ultimate quest—Old Thompson and Admiral Nelson still have not sent me t-shirts after all those times I’ve mentioned their products—I would like to think, at

the very least, I distracted you from your Tuesday morning lecture for five minutes. The last four years have undoubtedly been the greatest of my life... so far. And while I’ve had fun studying diligently and going to root beer keggers, writing this column has been one of my most memorable experiences at UW. If you’ve enjoyed reading these random thoughts and musings half as much as I have enjoyed writing them, it’s all been worthwhile. Thank you, and On Wisconsin. Ryan would like to thank the Jims for all their insights and inspiration throughout the year and also Pa, for his explosive and enthusiastic personality. E-mail Ryan one last time at reszel@dailycardinal.com.

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Wisconsin can establish itself as a national football power. If I’m wrong, then we sure picked a great time to be Wisconsin Badgers. . . . . The final section of this final column will be far more enjoyable if you play Green Day’s “Good Riddance” while reading it. I would like to take this moment to thank you—my five weekly readers—for bearing with me during the past nine months. In September, you listened intently as I talked about what I watched on T.V. More recently you’ve continued to read while I essentially abandoned writing about sports. And while you may not have

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An adieu to Madison and, of course, Old Thompson RYAN RESZEL the ﬁnal reszel-ution

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The UW men’s crew team won all six races it competed in over the weekend, overcoming MIT, Boston University and Dartmouth. It was the ﬁrst time the team went 6-0 on this trip since 1999.

Their cups runneth over Men’s crew wins Jablonic and Cochrane cups in New England By Nate Carey THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Wisconsin men’s rowing varsity eight defeated Dartmouth College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Saturday to claim the Cochrane Cup in Hanover, N.H. With temperatures in the high 40s, a light rain and no wind, the Badgers won all three races in Hanover on a very “Wisconsin kinda day” according to head coach Chris Clark. The most impressive crew was the freshmen eight, which looked great despite the team’s limited action so far this season. “They only had a couple of races,” Clark said. “I didn’t know what to expect, but they were very aggressive and looked good, real good.” The freshmen eight ﬁnished with a time of 5:28.91 over 2000 meters, which was the second-fastest time on the day for Wisconsin, behind only the varsity eight result of

5:22.29. The freshmen eight’s time was even faster than Dartmouth’s varsity eight result. “In the first and second varsity eights our approach was very similar to the freshmen,” Clark added. “In a multiple race weekend like this, if you are fortunate enough to get a lead it is important to maintain that lead and finish the race at that pace.” The second varsity eight completed the sweep with a 5:30.55 to top Dartmouth’s second varsity eight, which had a time of 5:43.77. Sunday, the men’s team traveled to Boston to race on the Charles River, defeating Boston University and MIT to win the Jablonic Cup and the team’s sixth race of the weekend. Under partly cloudy skies and a temperature in the low 50s, Wisconsin’s first varsity eight, second varsity eight and freshman eight all won, finishing the weekend 6-0—something the team hasn’t done since 1999 during

this trip. “It was a good day,” Clark said. “This is a difficult trip because there is a lot of traveling and it takes a lot out of you.” The first varsity eight finished with a time of 5:43.0, which was more than 10 seconds faster than MIT and BU. The second varsity eight clocked 5:54.1, while the freshmen team had a time of 5:57.0. “For the second day in a row the freshmen were aggressive,” Clark said. “It appears to be a pretty good group.” The Badgers don’t compete again until they travel back to the east coast for the EARC Championships on May 18 in Worcester, Mass. “We have to make a big jump over the next few weeks to be prepared for the Eastern Sprints,” Clark said. “We certainly have a long way to go.” —uwbadgers.com contributed to this report.

Women’s crew second in Big Ten race By Rebecca Autrey THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Wisconsin women’s rowing teams had a successful weekend racing against some of the top teams in the country. The openweight women’s team came in second at the Big Ten Championships in Ann Arbor, Mich., while the lightweight team held its own against Princeton, the No. 1 team in the country according to the U.S. Rowing Collegiate Coaches Poll. Bebe Bryans, the women’s openweight head coach, said she was very pleased with the team’s performance. Leading up to the race, Bryans said she wanted the team to perform to the best of its ability and see where they stood at that point in the season. “We expected to race well, and we certainly met our expectations,” Bryans said. “We tied our best finish ever at Big Tens with a second place finish. Pretty much every boat stepped up. It sounds cliché, but today it was the truth.” The Badger’s second varsity boat beat Ohio State by less than one second with a time of 6:46.40, while the first varsity boat placed third in its heat in the preliminaries. Although the first varsity boat did not make it to the finals of its race, Bryans said the rowers were happy with their time of 6:29.20. “They made some huge strides, showing a big difference today in the way they raced today versus what they have done in the past,” Bryans said.

“It was a great effort, a turning point for them.” The second openweight-four boat placed second behind Michigan State, and the first varsity four finished fourth. The novice team was also instrumental in the Badger’s second place finish, winning both the first and second novice eight races. Miles away in New Jersey, the women’s lightweight rowers showed they could hold their own against the top women’s crew squad in the country. Though the first varsity boat did not beat Princeton in the dual regatta, its led for the first portion of the race and came in just shy of five seconds behind Princeton with a time of 7:11.6. The second varsity boat for Wisconsin did win, and handed

Princeton’s second boat its ﬁrst loss of the season with a time of 7:10.8. Lightweight head coach Erik Miller was happy with how the race went, and said “we’re still making great improvement.” He said the performance of the second varsity boat highlights the depth of talent on the team and the coaches will be testing out different race lineups in the upcoming two weeks of practice. “We have some different combinations to try going into the Eastern Sprints in the next few weeks,” Miller said. The next race for the lightweight team is the Eastern Sprints on May 18. The openweight team will race May 17 and 18 in Oak Ridge, Tenn., at the NCAA Central/South Sprints.

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The Wisconsin women’s varsity eight came in third in their heat in the Big Ten preliminaries but did not make the ﬁnals.

A sports columnist stands in an ofﬁce overlooking Camp Randall Stadium. To his right lies a jacuzzi complete with 14 pulsating jets. To his left sits a mini bar stocked with Crown Royal, Grey Goose and some type of wine with a French name the young pundit cannot pronounce. As he turns away from the ﬂoorto-ceiling windows, the columnist glances at the enormous mahogany desk behind him. Several copies of the book “Don’t Flinch, Barry Alvarez: The Autobiography, The Story of Wisconsin’s All-Time Winningest Coach” sit in stacks next to a small framed photo of Pamela Anderson. “What would I call my autobiography?” the columnist thinks to himself. “‘Check the Stove: The story of the most obsessive compulsive sports editor in Daily Cardinal history.’ No, too long.”

Although this may have seemed like a never-ending pointless tangent, it’s not.

The columnist quickly checks if there are batteries in his tape recorder. “Whew, I thought I forgot to put them in there,” he whispers. He then checks to make sure the batteries are still in his tape recorder. “‘Nonsense: How I wrote sports columns that weren’t really about sports’—I like the sound of that.” “Mr. Reszel,” a woman’s voice booms over an intercom. “Yes,” the columnist replies, startled by the noise. “Mr. Alvarez just called to cancel his meeting with you. He’s

playing golf with Andy North.” “But I’ve been waiting for two hours, and I needed this interview for my ﬁnal column.” “Sorry, you know how Mr. Alvarez values his relationships with UW alumni.” “Yeah, yeah, whatever. Could I at least get the fruit basket I sent him back?” “I’m sorry, but Mr. Alvarez said he wants to give the fruit to students who don’t get tickets in the new football lottery system. It will be like a nutritious consolation prize.” “Great. No fruit and nothing to write about for my ﬁnal column.” “Why don’t you do what you do every week? Mention Old Thompson, and then make up a dumb story that half of your readers won’t understand.” “Very funny.” . . . . What’s next—it’s an oft asked question that conjures a different feeling depending on the context in which it is used. Picture these totally hypothetical situations. Situation No. 1 “I love your column, but what’s next for you after college?” “Well, I got this really sweet internship at Hardware Hank. Yeah, I get to write press releases about special hammer sales and the paint color of the month.” “I thought you wanted to go into sports journalism?” “Well, you know. When you’re in the hardware business... every day is a competition between you and other businesses. So it’s kind of like a sport.” “Wow, good luck with that one, man.” Situation No. 2 “Your column rocks, but what’s next for you after college?” “Well, I’ve decided to join ‘Brother Love’s Travelin’ Salvation Show for a Magical Mystery reszel page 7