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Court declares ban on Madison drink specials acceptable By Hannah McClung THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Tuesday downtown Madison bars could continue their policy of not providing drink specials after 8 p.m. on weekends. A lawsuit was ﬁled against local bars over the policy. The bars were accused of violating antitrust laws by agreeing to the city’s attempts to curb binge drinking. The drink-special lawsuit was a major impediment to city licensing cooperation and voluntary compliance by bars for many years, according to Katherine Plominski, Madison’s Alcohol Policy Coordinator. “Even in recent months, simple decisions whether or not to carry one product, people have been using antitrust implications as an argument,” Plominski said. An added beneﬁt for the city, according to Plominski, is the ruling shows the state has strong powers to set additional regulations on the sale of alcohol, including license conditions. However, according to the majority bars page 3

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UW officials investigate possible SigEp misconduct The Offices of the Dean of Students is conducting an official investigation into the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, university officials announced Tuesday. According to University Communications spokesperson John Lucas, the DOS office received a complaint about the fraternity and sent staff to visit the house Monday evening. Sig Ep president Mike Mielsen said the complaint, which alleges the fraternity was practicing hazing-like behavior at their house at 237 Langdon St., was inaccurate. “I met with Kevin Helmkamp and two other associate deans and they spoke to many members of our house on Monday night and came to the very clear conclusion that we did not haze,” Mielsen said. However, Mielsen said the fraternity’s activation of new members ceremony occurred May 2 and following the ceremony, some Sig Ep members acted in an inappropriate manner. “After the activation, there was an event that was not condoned by myself or the other fraternity leadership that was irresponsible and immature and we’re taking the correct steps so that it never happens again.” Lucas said the Committee on Student Organizations and the Greek Judicial Board would likely deal with any conduct issues regarding the fraternity. —Jillian Levy

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Members of the new south campus union Design Committee present updated building plans to Union Council Tuesday at Memorial Union.

Union Council approves new Union South design direction By Megan Orear THE DAILY CARDINAL

Members of Union Council, the governing board of the Wisconsin Unions, met Tuesday to hear the latest plans for the new south campus union. Project Director Jan van den Kieboom presented the newly updated Broad Scope Program Model, a list of functions that will take place at the new building and how much space the current plan allots each of them. Kieboom also displayed the tentative ﬂoor plan, which includes interweaving terraces, space for student organizations, a theater, bowling alley, climbing wall and a pub that could double as a performance space. Major updates to the plan include moving the bowling alley from the lower level to the second level and rearranging the sizes of speciﬁc areas without changing the overall number of square feet. The meeting was then open for questions and discussions. According to John Barnhardt, Union president and chair, the purpose of the discussion was to give recommendations on the general direction of the project. Barnhardt said the Union Council mem-

bers are not the real experts in regard to the project, and the architects have given great thought and consideration to the project. “I don’t think the point of this evening is to go through ﬁne details of square footage,” Barnhardt said. “We should be giving recommendations on how to move forward.” The Design Committee approved the Broad Scope Program Model, but left room for the possibility of amendments. Considerable disagreement arose around the size and location of a planned climbing wall. Design Committee member Dan Cornelius said he was concerned the climbing wall would fail because it is not currently placed in a central place. There was also concern that the current plan does not allow room for “bouldering,” which is a style of climbing to low heights without ropes. After much discussion, committee members voted on recommendations to make to the architectural team. They approved the recommendations to change the name of the climbing wall to include the word “bouldering,” as well as giving the climbing wall a minimum of 30 feet and adding 400 square feet to the climbing wall area.

Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk announced Tuesday that an error in the handling of a 911 call from the cell phone of homicide victim Brittany Zimmermann led investigators to pursue a false lead for nearly two weeks. At a news conference, Falk said a second call that came in after Zimmermann’s showed up on the dispatcher’s screen but that the caller hung up before the dispatcher answered. The dispatcher then proceeded to call the second number back, thinking it was Zimmermann’s phone, and reached two males who said their call was a mistake. Early in the investigation of Zimmermann’s April 2 killing, officials at the 911 Center mistakenly told Madison Police Department investigators that the two men answered the dispatcher’s call back on Zimmermann’s phone. Falk said police focused some of their investigative efforts on finding the men. Thirteen days after the homicide, 911 officials discovered the call back went to a landline in Middleton, not to Zimmermann’s cell phone in her Doty Street residence in downtown Madison. Falk said police then found and questioned the men who verified their call was not related to the homicide. The new details come in the wake of intense scrutiny of the county’s emergency response system after 911 Center Director Joe Norwick admitted policy errors occurred in dealing with Zimmermann’s call. Falk said the center conducted an internal investigation into the event and presented her a 40-page report Friday. After viewing the report, Falk decided to write a letter of apology to members of the Zimmermann family for the incident. Despite the 911 Center errors, Falk said she did not think there was a way to stop Zimmermann’s killing. “I do not believe, had the errors not occurred, that her murder could’ve been prevented,” she said. Falk said the contents of the report could not be made public in order to maintain the integrity of the investigation, adding county officials were instructed by MPD investigators not to release any specifics. falk page 3

Four campus staff apply to be Madison chancellor By Charles Brace THE DAILY CARDINAL

Four candidates from UW-Madison are potentially vying to be chancellor on campus, though finalists are set to be announced Wednesday. According to the Small Business Times, the candidates from campus positions include: Michael Knetter, professor and dean of the UW School of Business; Gary Sandefur, dean of the College of Letters and Science; Richard Moss, professor and chair of the department of physiology; and Patrick Farrell, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. While some have speculated on which candidates were applying from within the

university, this is the first time any names have been released. Knetter said he would not comment and he wanted to “respect the process” of choosing the next chancellor. The SBT said Knetter interviewed for the position last week. Sandefur and Farrell both also declined to speak when asked for comment, with Moss unavailable for comment as of press time. Other candidates whose names have been made public include David Bejou, dean of the school of business at Virginia State University, and Vincent Pellegrino, a vice president at Southwest Minnesota chancellor page 3

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Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk says she sent letters of apology to the family and ﬁancé of slain student Brittany Zimmermann.

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s the semester comes to a close, now is the time we are forced to reflect on what we’ve learned in the past year—or at least find a way to bullshit the essays we’ll have to write come exam week. But before we all go lock ourselves in the stacks at Memorial Library, with little more than our books, caffeine pills and illegally obtained study drugs, we have to remember that there’s more to life than memorizing algorithms, scribbling terms on flash cards and writing research papers—there’s the things we discover in between learning—real life lessons. To help those moving on from our great university and moving into the real world (their parent’s basements), I consulted some recent UW graduates, the Cardinal’s most successful alumni and some college dropouts (my mother) for their advice on

how to make it in the post-collegiate world, where wearing sweatpants on a daily basis, eating pizza three times a day and updating Facebook compulsively is, for some reason, not wholeheartedly accepted. Laura Kalinowski ’07, (finance reporter, gold digger, professional applicant to every stable job on Career.com) —Make sure you shake your caffeine dependence before you get a kidney infection. I assumed I would have to curb my drinking after college to stay healthy. What I didn’t realize is that it was my addiction to coffee, Red Bull and Diet Coke that would get me in the end. Apparently it’s not healthy to drink a 12-pack of soda every morning. Who knew I’d have to pass five kidney stones? —Hit on the finance boys. College athletes? Frat boys? They are sooo last year. Where it’s at post-college is any male in his 20s who works in finance. These previously shunned math geeks have blossomed into sexy, financially stable studs. You have an IRA? Can we make love on the statement?

Gina Spencer, (overbearing mother with raging PMS who went to college for less than a week, left because of mono and never went back). —Work with kids for a year so you realize you can put off that whole “mommy thing” for a couple of years. Note to Mom: Seriously? Since when have you done the mommy thing? If by “mommy thing” you mean drink cosmos after work, buy skinny jeans and smoke cigarettes with your friends in the backyard pool, you’ve done a stellar job. Laura Claire Corson ’07, (humanitarian, celiac, African storyteller) —Go to Africa and get a staph infection and malaria ... that’ll put college BS in perspective. Then, send pictures of your skin damage to elicit sympathy and care packages from your family and friends back home. Anna Rose Vazzano, (Ashley’s mother’s mother, who won’t let anyone in her family call her the G-word. It makes her feel

old, more conscious of her wrinkles and forget to take her medications). —You’ve got to be strong and get what you want. When someone gives you a disapproving glare, ignore it. I do that all the time at the Chinese restaurant when I send my soup back because it’s not hot enough and Ashley gets embarrassed and frowns. Emily Winter ’06, (36-25-34) –Convince your parents not to revoke the “Emergency Credit Card.” That loss has been the great tragedy of my life. —If you abandon all your collegiate ideals, you will have nothing to talk about at posh adult dinner parties. If you adhere to all of your collegiate ideals, you will be unable to afford the kinds of friends who throw posh adult dinner parties. —Find ways to over-represent your breasts and under-represent arm ﬂab. —Stop fucking around. You know what I mean. If you have any life advice for Ashley, e-mail aaspencer@wisc.edu. She needs all the help she can get.

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Two UW-Madison alumnae will speak to graduating students at spring commencement this year at the Kohl Center. Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson, who earned her Doctor of Juridical Science degree from the UW-Madison Law School, will speak at the 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. ceremonies May 17. Abrahamson has served on the state Supreme Court for nearly 32 years and has been chief justice since August 1996. Kay Koplovitz, founder of the USA Network and chair of the board of Liz Claiborne Inc., among many other accomplishments, will speak May 18 at the 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. ceremonies. Koplovitz earned her bachelor of science degree from UW-Madison in radio, television and ﬁlm.

All Badgers teams pass NCAA academic scores All 23 UW-Madison sports reached a NCAA Graduation Success Rate of 60 percent during the 2006-’07 school year, according to the most recent multi-year Academic Progress Rate scores released Tuesday. The men’s cross country team, which received a public recognition award in April for its strong academics, had an APR score equivalent to a 100 percent graduation rate last year. Other high-scoring teams included volleyball—UW-Madison’s other public recognition award honoree—women’s hockey and men’s and women’s tennis. “Overall, there is much to be encouraged about with the latest data,” NCAA President Myles Brand said in a statement regarding Division I teams overall. The APR scores are part of an NCAA academic reform effort, which began four years ago. “When we started four years ago, baseball and football were in serious trouble. There has been great improvement in both of those sports,” Brand said. The Badgers football team ranked in the 60th-to-70th percentile within its sport, and men’s and women’s basketball was in the 50th-to60th percentile within their sport. According to information released by the NCAA, 218 teams of more than 6,000 Division I teams will be sanctioned for poor performance— none of which come from UW-Madison.

bars from page 1 opinion, the court appeared to favor the self-imposed ban on specials because it was less restrictive than the city-proposed weeklong ban, stating the voluntary action by the bars was more competitive. The plaintiffs said the bars were not exempt from antitrust immunity, sometimes given when the government forces all businesses to comply in regulations, because they were regulating themselves. Plominski said she does not think there will be any more legal issues because “they have lost at every single level,” referring to the earlier losses by the plaintiffs at the circuit and appeals court level. “The ruling was about a group of tavern owners who were trying to work with the city and the university to try and solve a problem,” said Pete Madland, executive director of the Tavern League of Wisconsin, “and someone saw it as an opportunity to try and make some money.” Madland said he has not heard of any complaints and does not think any other issues will arise after the ruling. According to George Twigg, communications director for Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, the lawsuit was “frivolous” to begin with and it received the outcome it deserved. There is an active, related case in federal court, Twigg said. “The Mayor’s hope is that today’s ruling will be inﬂuential in getting that action dismissed as well,” Twigg said.

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PUPPIES TO RELIEVE STRESS ON LIBRARY MALL.. Counseling and Consultation Services’ annual Pet Therapy event, at which students can pet dogs owned by counseling service employees to relieve stress, will take place from 3-5 p.m. on Library Mall Wednesday.

A majority of Wisconsin residents ﬁnd problems with the current Wisconsin health care system, according to a Tuesday poll. The recent University of Wisconsin Survey Center poll said approximately 45 percent of Wisconsin residents feel the current health care system has major problems, and 7 percent said it is in a state of crisis. In addition, 76 percent of those polled favored expanding current Wisconsin government health care programs, and 61 percent favored a new system administered solely by the government. Support for government-run health care has increased from 51 percent in December of 2007, the poll said.

UW-Madison political science professor Katherine Cramer Walsh, who worked on the poll, said the change from December to April in support of a government-run health care system is statistically small, yet does represent a slight change in public opinion. She also said the current presidential primary and economic worries might have played a role in the change over the short period of time. Former Executive Director of University Health Services Kathleen Poi said changes in Wisconsin health care systems are necessary for providing insurance to those who cannot afford it. “It’s shocking in this country, the number of people, working people [without health insurance.]” Poi said. “It’s not that these are people who are unemployed, but working

Further action against 2009 class pres. unclear By Grace Kim THE DAILY CARDINAL

Possible university sanctions for the incoming senior class president, who allegedly stole bus tickets from Memorial Union, remain unclear as no official superior within the university could be determined to account for his behavior. According to a criminal complaint, UW-Madison junior Oliver Delgado was charged with misdemeanor theft for taking bus tickets without consent the week before Spring Break to travel to Chicago’s O’Hare airport. At an initial court appearance April 21, Delgado pled not guilty to the charge. “I think it’s disappointing,” Brittany Wiegand, current chair of Associated Students of Madison’s Legislative Affairs Committee, said of Delgado’s actions. Wiegand said she was unsure of what would happen regarding Delgado’s position. “Senior class officers are not part of ASM,” she said. “They don’t have any rules or policies or anything like that.” Delgado was elected to his future position in early April during the ASM spring elections. Wiegand said the senior class officers are put on the ASM ballot only so they can be elected by the student body. Wiegand said while senior class officers work with the secretary of the faculty, “they don’t report to anyone.” Many ASM Student Council representatives also said at their meeting Monday they were unsure how to handle the situation. Jeff Wright, senior class president runner-up and current ASM Student Council representative, refused to comment Tuesday. John Lucas, a University Communications spokesperson, said the Office of the Dean of Students does not provide oversight to the senior class officers. “Dean of Students reviews every alleged case of student misconduct for potential application of the judicial code,” Lucas said. “Sanctions could range anywhere between a letter to expulsion in extremely rare cases.” Neither Delgado nor Secretary of the Faculty David Musolf returned phone calls as of press time Tuesday. Delgado is scheduled to appear in court May 30.

chancellor from page 1 State University. Over 55 candidates applied for Chancellor John Wiley’s job, though most of the names were kept confidential. Wiley has served as chancellor since 2001. Finalists to be announced soon Members of the UW-Madison Chancellor Search and Screen Committee and a special Board of Regent’s committee met Tuesday to select candidate finalists to replace Chancellor John Wiley. Names of the selected finalists will be announced at 10 a.m. Wednesday. As members of the two committees left the meeting, most declined to comment per specific instructions from the committee chairs. David Walsh, chair of the Board of Regent’s special committee, said the meeting went “terrific.” “This committee has done a great job and we’re really proud of the candidates … we’re ready to start interviewing,” Walsh said. Check dailycardinal.com Wednesday for an update on the finalists. —Jillian Levy and Devin Rose contributed to this report

people who can’t afford health insurance.” State Senate Democrats proposed a largescale health care reform bill in the previous session, but opposition from Assembly Republicans stalled it in the Legislature. Jim Bender, spokesperson for state Assembly Majority Leader Jeff Fitzgerald, R-Horicon, said recently passed Republican bills beneﬁt Wisconsin through using market forces in the health care system. He said this gives individuals more control over their health care. “We passed bills this last session dealing with health care transparency and enforcing some market forces into the health care system which will give individual policy holders, not government and not insurance companies, more control over their health care,” Bender said.

falk from page 1 Ofﬁcials plan to further discuss the incident with Norwick at a Dane County Board meeting Thursday. County Board Chair Scott McDonell said the board will review Norwick’s report and determine if further coun-

ty action is needed. “Everyone in county government regrets the outcome of Brittany Zimmermann’s phone call to the 911 Center,” McDonell said in a statement. “We are taking immediate steps to ensure there will not be a repeat of this occurrence.”

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t Monday’s Associated Students of Madison meeting, no progress was made toward ﬁnding a leader to carry the ideas of reform that 14 elected members of ASM proposed April 20. The momentum and internal activism sparked by the representatives of the 15th session languish without anyone to take the reins and lead ASM into a summer devoted to change. The future ASM chair needs to fully support the proposed reforms and be willing to wholeheartedly commit his or her summer and next school year to ensure ASM will achieve the proposals outlined in their ﬁvepoint plan. The chair must also be able to see the presidential system through, even if he or she is no longer chair. If a younger, prochange representative steps up to chair ASM, it will reignite the movement to amend ASM’s past failures and become a truly student-conscious and studentfriendly government. The chair can model the role of a president and usher in an era that makes ASM elections salient— rather than irritating—to the student body. The ad hoc committee charged with rewriting ASM’s bylaws and constitution— which was formed Monday by the Constitutional Committee’s

Resolution—must be conscious there will be fewer students on campus during the summer. This means accountability for ASM’s progress will be at an all-time low. The committee members must be critical and reasonable with each revision they make such that adopted changes do not unreasonably depart from the plans they set forth this spring. Although it is not optimal that there will be a signiﬁcantly lower student population when ASM votes on changes, summer is the ideal season for ASM members to intently focus on the task at hand. With no ﬁnals and no papers, there can be no excuses if progress stagnates. The committee’s main priority is to rewrite bylaws and the ASM constitution to include a presidential system, but it has the ability to go beyond and implement changes that adhere to the mission of the 15th session, as presented in the April 20 reform agenda. The Constitutional Commitee’s Resolution has the potential and authority to create an entirely new student government, so it is imperative the members of the committee truly care about change that will positively affect the student body. In the meantime, a leader must emerge to lend credibility and force to the 15th session’s platform.

Favre jersey wearer has moved on, so will Matt MATT JIVIDEN opinion columnist

t is a strange feeling standing on the brink of my college graduation. This month will see my emergence from the cocoon of UW-Madison as I’m welcomed into the cruel and unforgiving real world. It’s somewhat frightening, but you don’t have to take my word for it—up to 80 percent of you (according to statistics) will understand what I’m talking about soon enough. My graduation will also mark the end of my tenure at The Daily Cardinal. I found it difficult to find a topic for my last column. I felt a slight obligation to wrap up the year with some insightful comments—something inspiring, something deep or a beautiful quotation that would bring us all together. Realistically, though, I see no reason to wax poetic about my tenure. I’m not going to fall into that indulgent, self-aggrandizing paradigm. There was also a fleeting inclination to pick a complex issue and eruditely lay out my arguments, but then I figured, “why start now?” I plan on going to go out the same way I came in—criticizing a twelve-year-old boy. Let me start by saying that ‘hero’ isn’t a word I throw around, but if you asked me a month ago to name my greatest hero I might have said David Witthoft. No, David didn’t save any lives (directly), he didn’t invent a cure for a debilitating disease, and if I bought him a beer to show my appreciation he wouldn’t legally be able to drink it. And while he may not be old

enough to see a PG-13 movie, he does have the power to change lives. The youngster from Connecticut gained acclaim after he began wearing a Brett Favre jersey every day after he’d received it for his seventh birthday. Before you scoff, I know we all might have our days where we wear the same thing twice, but David is in a league all his own. David wore the number four jersey for 1,581 days in a row. If Cal Ripken, Jr. is the Iron Man of baseball, surely David is the Iron Man of garment wearing (an impressive commitment, despite the obvious lack of required skill).

I plan on going to go out the same way I came in—criticizing a 12-year-old boy.

As we know, all good things must end. A few weeks ago David went to school Favre-less. The boy’s father conceded his son was starting to become more concerned about his appearance after the jersey barely came down to his belt line—which I originally thought was a cheap cop out. I thought that if the Romanian Olympic committee can keep those gymnasts so small, there must be “something” we can do to keep David’s jersey ﬁtting indeﬁnitely. Eventually, however, I did come to my senses, but not without a long grieving process. First, blindsided with the news, I felt angry. The anger faded into a deep pain. I asked myself, how could

David execute such an effrontery to the state I have grown to love? That pain gradually ceded into fear. I had looked to the David Witthoft’s of the world for stability. His jersey wearing escapades coincided with the happiest years of my life. I always knew the time would come when it would end, but I guess when you’re in the middle of an enjoyable multi-year endeavor you never really have that kind of foresight (or, is it that we try to fool ourselves?). Over time I came to see things differently. As I thought about it more I began to sympathize with David and I felt better about my own uncertain future. After all, we’re not so different. We’ve both forged our own indelible ties to Wisconsin, but now we must both move on. It’s time for greener (or at least newer) pastures; For some this might include something with buttons or a collar— maybe even long sleeves. For others this might mean a soul-crushing job in the work-a-day world. Either way, there is no use fighting it. Its fair to assume I’ve taken this tortured metaphor far enough. I hope you’ve enjoyed it. I know I have. And since I’ve already broken my first promise, I suppose it wouldn’t hurt to end with the previously alluded to quotation. But first just let me say I’ve immensely enjoyed my time here. I think I’ve matured, but perhaps that’s a mixed blessing. A much better writer than I once wrote, “Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter can be said to remedy anything.” And I have to say, I couldn’t agree more. Matt Jividen is a senior majoring in history. This is Matt’s final column in The Daily Cardinal. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Portishead’s encounters of the ‘Third’ kind By Dan Wohl

This is continued most notably in “The Rip,” which gives It’s a rare band that can take guitarist Adrian Utley an unusua decade-long break and return al acoustic opportunity. Singer stronger than ever, but few Beth Gibbons, who has the exact bands possess the rarified talent same Edith Piaf-with-a-metallicPortishead does. Building on sheen voice she did 11 years ago, 1994’s Dummy makes this another CD REVIEW and 1997’s haunting song Portishead, the stuck somewhere intuitively titled between a dream Third manages and a nightmare, to simultaneas she repeats ously refine and “While white horses / They will take diversify the me away.” English trio’s Third All of these spooky elecPortishead tronic sound, fine tracks are outresulting in the best album of an done, though, by the phenomenal “Plastic,” which is probably proalready stellar career. The fact that the music ducer and multi-instrumentalist Portishead make lends itself to Geoff Barrow’s greatest achievepunny genre tags (trip-hop, down ment so far. Barrow contrasts a tempo, acid jazz, etc.) speaks to slow, moody Utley riff with a their approach. What they do does rapid-fire, helicopter-like sound not defy categorization. Rather, they effect to create something that delve deeper into what we are famil- should never work, somehow does iar with, put their electronic spin on and is that much more remarkable it and explode it from the inside. for it. Exploiting the listener’s pop It creates a disconcerting simusensibilities like this, Third sounds lation of unintentional art, like something like an audio film—a watching a romantic old movie concept reinforced by the faux- while a jagged piece of film convintage Portuguese invocation tinuously slaps the projector casstarting the first track, “Silence.” ing. Meanwhile, a third sonic It’s the worst track on the album, undercurrent, a purely electronic, featuring a tumbling guitar too ominous sci-fi flourish, seems to reminiscent of Led Zeppelin’s be attempting to break through to “Immigrant Song,” but the album daylight more and more throughout the track until it finally takes only goes up from there. over in the last 30 seconds. None of this is to mention the album’s first single, “Machine Gun,” which is simThey delve deeper into what pler, but produces the most we are familiar with, put their immediately powerful effect. As electronic spin on it and the title suggests, its beat is explode it from the inside. quick and intense in a way that might be described as much as electroconvulsive as electronic. It would hardly have been sur“Hunter” is the album’s throw- prising if Portishead’s long-awaited back track, featuring a distinctly comeback failed—after all, many Portisheadian dirge-like drum- bands of similar stature have in beat. Then “Nylon Smile” puts the past. Third should silence any forth an eastern-sounding, tropi- doubts about their current viabilcal-danger beat. It kicks off what ity and leave fans as excited as ever becomes an album-long trend: for Fourth or whatever else their expanding the band’s musical next might be called. One can universe while in no way betray- only hope we don’t have to wait ing their electronic roots. another 11 years for it. THE DAILY CARDINAL

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After earning awards at a number of ﬁlm festivals nationwide, the documentary of Ben Byer’s struggle with Lou Gehrig’s disease touches Madison audiences with stories about coping and his journey to the Dead Sea.

Try to be ‘Indestructible’ Film documents one man’s struggle with terminal illness By Mark Riechers THE DAILY CARDINAL

Humans have to come to terms with their own mortality, but for those diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), that existential dilemma becomes terrifyingly real. ALS is a degenerative neural disorder that attacks motor neurons and the ability to control muscles throughout the body. Few diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, live five years past the onset of initial symptoms. With no definitive cure or even a good understanding of what causes the disease, the diagnosed and their loved ones endure dead-end doctor visits, hopes for remedies and the pain of uncertainty in their own lives. An award winner at a series of smaller film festivals, including our own Wisconsin Film Festival, “Indestructible” is one family’s attempt to bring this pain and uncertainty to the public eye. Ben Byer, diagnosed with ALS six years ago, took it upon himself to chronicle how he and his family dealt with his condition, from researching and understanding it to seeking poten-

tial cures and hope in various locales around the globe. Editor Tim Baron, speaking at the film’s theatrical debut in Madison, described his role as “making the different scenes from Byer’s travels fit into his overall journey,” and he delivered on his promise in spades. Interviews with experts and doctors offering potential cures are aligned with beautiful shots of Byer in spinning prayer wheels in Chinese temples and climbing the ruins of Hebrew fortresses. His travels always return home, where we see Byer’s most joyful moments— goofing around with his three-yearold son John. It’s not a perfect film—at one point, Byer undergoes a surgery in Beijing to implant stem cells into his failing nervous system. Byer’s father Stephen notes the potential ethical issues Americans could have with this treatment, but the film seems to dance around the topic instead of offering any substantial discussion of the issues at stake. Perhaps the filmmakers are conflicted themselves. Following the

surgery, a scene with Byer’s father and sister fighting about his support for the procedure devolves into a shouting match that fades to black. Experts weigh in on the lack of reliable treatments for ALS, but few present any real advice on the best courses of action for those suffering from the disease. One sadly notes: “There aren’t a whole lot of new ideas in this field.” The whole debate comes off as an argument with no resolution, which is probably the point. Rather than advocate a solution, Byer and his crew instead succeed admirably in putting a human face on his disease. He states simply, “Human beings are amazing in their capacity to adjust.” He puts this process of adjustment up on the screen—we see him playing gleefully with his young son in the snow or goofing around with his brother, and it’s only tragic because it can’t last forever. The subtext of criticism of modern medicine may be spotty at times, but this tale demonstrates the power of the human spirit to endure.

Bidding fond farewells and tribute to the roll of movies for aspiring journalists BRAD BORON the boron identity

nd so it’s come to this. This is the last entry in “The Boron Identity,” and, as luck would have it, the last time my name and adorable likeness will grace The Daily Cardinal. As I thought about my last column, one phrase kept echoing through my brain. It’s a quote from Sidney Lumet, a man who has given as much to ﬁlm as anyone, as he received his Oscar for Lifetime Achievement Lumet said, “I want to thank the movies.” I couldn’t have said it any better myself if I tried. You see, I too have a great deal to thank the movies for. It’s not

just for the endless hours of entertainment that every DVD, video and screening has provided me, although it is for that, too. I thank the movies for providing me with an outlet to write about: Film has always been the proverbial carrot on the stick that’s kept me writing and expressing in ways I never thought I was capable of. When I started at the Daily Cardinal, I had no idea which section I wanted to be a part of, but four years and (almost) a journalism degree later, I can’t imagine my Cardinal career at any section other than Arts. I thank the movies for opening my eyes to the bigger world around me, from films like “An Inconvenient Truth,” and “No End in Sight.” There are films that explore the darkest places in humanity’s heart, and films that make you believe in nothing but

human kindness. I thank the movies for connecting me to a network of people as enthused as I was to talk about anything cinematic. Every time I get a letter responding to one of my columns or asking me a question about something I wrote, I understand how vast this network is. Your endless support has meant so much to me, and I’ve felt a real connection to the film lovers in Madison and beyond. I thank the movies for showing me to believe that anything is possible. Superman can fly and Indiana Jones did find the Ark of the Covenant and James Bond can survive anything. You can pull Marshall McLuhan from out of nowhere to correct an idiot blabbering in line behind you. Watching “Iron Man” this weekend, I realized once again how much power there is in the imagi-

nation of film. I want to thank the movies for giving me a lexicon. Not a day goes by that I don’t drop a line of film dialogue into daily conversation. But, because of the close ties that film creates, not a day goes by where that reference isn’t caught by someone who is listening.

Not a day goes by that I don’t drop a line of ﬁlm dialogue into daily conversation.

And I want to thank movies for giving me moments I will remember forever. Not just in the movies themselves, because there are too many to name, but times

like going to the theater with family members who have since passed away. My mom’s parents took me to my ﬁrst R-rated movie, and most of my summers include fond memories of my dad’s father taking me to numerous action movies my grandmother wouldn’t sit through. Movies gave me these moments as well. So I want to thank you for reading, writing and making me feel like an appreciated and welcomed part of your Wednesdays. I want to thank my friends and family who never stopped believing that I could do anything: I still have a few surprises up my sleeves. But more than anything, I want to thank those without whom, none of this would be possible: I want to thank the movies. To give Brad your best or just keep in touch, send him and e-mail at boron@wisc.edu.

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Into the ﬂesh

Today’s Sudoku

By Ryan Matthes beeramid_comic@yahoo.com

Beeramid

Mega Dude Squad

By Stephen Guzzetta and Ryan Lynch rplynch@wisc.edu

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

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

Dwarfhead and Narwhal

By James Dietrich jbdietrich@wisc.edu

I LV MYSLF Illinois has the most personalized license plates of any state.

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

The Crackles

Why are you on

Anthro-apology

By Simon Dick srdick@wisc.edu It was a gift from my friend Agni the god of Fire!

Why would he set you

It was a gift! Aww...You made Agni cry!

By Eric Wigdahl wigdahl@wisc.edu

Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com MATTER OF FACT ACROSS

1 Bind tightly 6 Ceylon black, e.g. 9 “Animal House’’ party wear 14 Misrepresent 15 Common street or tree name 16 “Halt!’’ to a salt 17 Better balanced 18 “The Old Man and the ___’’ 19 Unpleasant, as weather 20 Couch potato’s pride, perhaps 23 Toothpaste type 24 Brand new walker 25 Lincolnesque feature 27 Psychopathy, e.g. 32 Santa ___, Calif. 33 In addition 34 Slumber 36 WWII beach head site in Italy 39 First name in jazz 41 Mortise mate 43 Baseball’s Felipe or Moises 44 Threat to peace? 46 Awaited the anthem 48 Winning trio? 49 Jackknife, e.g.

51 Kid likely to move multiple times 53 Attacks 56 “Joyful Girl’’ singer DiFranco 57 Yoga class need 58 Money in the bank, e.g. 64 Dodge 66 Coffee holder 67 Relegate to the attic 68 Famous Ross 69 Put two and two together 70 Appalachian, e.g. 71 Dancing Astaire 72 Order to the broker 73 Jed Clampett, e.g. DOWN

1 0.5 ﬂ. oz. 2 Authentic 3 Bone by the radius 4 Tijuana timeout 5 Addresses for churches 6 Makeup, for one 7 Atlas abbr. 8 Stockpile 9 Trumpet blare 10 Eggs, in a lab 11 Politically-incorrect vehicle 12 September bloom 13 What the well-to-do

live in? 21 Not exactly vertical 22 And so on (Abbr.) 26 Albacore or yellowﬁn 27 L.A.-to- Jacksonville route 28 ___ contendere 29 Like some electronic components 30 Caddie’s bagful 31 Busybody 35 Impoverished 37 New Rochelle college 38 Expel 40 Bhutan setting 42 Wanderer 45 Wicked look 47 Shang or Xia 50 Inventor Whitney 52 Casual eatery 53 One-celled organism (Var.) 54 “___ by the bell!’’ 55 Fledgling pigeon 59 Pakistani language 60 Race place, familiarly 61 Marinate 62 Small Great Lake 63 William the applesplitter 65 Fast Internet connection

straight gangsta since 1892

sports

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Wisconsin men’s hockey schedule 2008-‘09 schedule released Tuesday Key Dates: Friday, Oct. 10 at Boston College Saturday, Oct. 11 at New Hampshire Fri-Sat Oct. 17 to 18 at Denver Fri-Sat Oct. 25 to 26 Minnesota Fri-Sat Oct. 31 to Nov 1 at North Dakota Fri-Sat Jan. 16 to 17 Colorado College Fri-Sat Feb. 6 to 7 at Minnesota Fri-Sat Feb. 20 to 21 Denver Fri-Sat Mar. 6 to 7 North Dakota

apologies from page 8 To Thomas, who witnessed the Badgers’ stunning win over the Gophers at the Metrodome in 2006: Your 8-year-old grandson is well on his way to becoming the future head coach of the Minnesota football team because he was right in saying that the Gophers should have “run out of the end zone (in the event of a bad snap), and then make the Badgers go the length of the field to beat them ’cause the safety and the field goal would not be enough to beat them.” I guess that’s all the evidence you need to see why Minnesota fired Glen Mason. He could be outcoached by an 8-year-old.

To Bret Bielema: I’m sorry about all the Erin Andrews and “1-0” jokes.

To Indiana Hoosiers fans everywhere: I am sorry we did not get along, and thank you for teaching me that it’s “Kelvin” Sampson and not “Calvin.” Turns out, he didn’t deserve to have his name spelled correctly. To Nancy the Hoosier Fan who wrote: “You are not welcome in Indiana, so forget about grad school and walking on the basketball team.” While my comment in that early April column about walking on at Indiana was not supposed to be taken literally, I now agree with you that it should be taken literally and I urge you to reconsider with only three scholar-

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ship players returning. To Bret Bielema: I’m sorry about all the Erin Andrews and “1-0” jokes. And I’m sorry about the joke about going 1-0 with Erin Andrews. I should have realized that those were just too easy. Finally, to John the Brewers Fan who wrote: “White Sox fans should not be allowed to go to UWMadison, and they sure as heck shouldn’t be allowed to write a column in the university newspaper. I’ll deﬁnitely have to re-evaluate my donations to this institution.” John, I’m still not sure what being a White Sox fan has to do with going to school here or writing for a school newspaper but I’m sure at some point in time that comment made some resemblance of sense in your head before you sent it to me. Oh, and if you are throwing out cash, I’m sure The Daily Cardinal would take some. So to all those who read this column in the past two years I thank you for your comments and feedback. I hope I was able to give something to you in return. To end this great journey, I leave you with these words that David Dreifuss from WSUM once told me: “Life is like a football game. In order to attempt the extra point, you ﬁrst need to score a touchdown. Take risks, aim high and trust your abilities or else you’ll be punting the rest of your life.” After losing kicker Taylor Mehlhaff, that’s probably good advice for whoever quarterbacks the Badger offense this fall. Adam graduates May 18 and is joining WGN Radio 720 in Chicago as an intern. He can be reached one last time at hoge@wisc.edu.

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shapiro from page 8 you learn how to live, you learn how to survive and you get a work ethic. To me that was the best thing about my four years here. DC: Most memorable sports moment? LS: Well it was memorable only because I remember it distinctly until this very day. It was 1967, it was one of the few times I got to go on the road to cover a game. Wisconsin was playing Indiana that year, and Indiana had a Rose Bowl team. The Badgers went to Bloomington, [Ind.] and I was on the sidelines; I watched the game from the sidelines. It was right before the half and I think one of our linebackers intercepted a pass or picked up a fumble, and was heading for the end zone and literally tripped on the 40-yard line. Later in the game we had a chance to go ahead, and if we had beaten them we would have knocked them out of the Rose Bowl. Our quarterback threw a pass to a wide receiver named Mel Reddick. He went for the ball and caught the ball in the end zone, but before he came down his leg came up and kicked the ball out of his hands. We lost the game and I went into the locker room after the game, and the head coach, a guy named John Coatta [1967-’69] starts answering questions and looks at me and starts to break down, saying, ‘Tell them Len, tell them.’ He wanted me to tell the reporters how this had been going on all year. It’s something that has always stuck in my mind, literally the agony of defeat that brought Coatta to tears in the locker room. It would have been a great moment in Badger football history if we would have knocked them out of the Rose Bowl because our team was so bad, we might have been a 28-point underdog in that game. But it was a great experience and something that I will never forget. DC: What was it like working for the DC? LS: I mostly covered football and basketball. But I also remember the Cardinal played a role in my mind, in hockey. We had a hockey writer named Steve Klein who was a hockey nut. Back then the hockey team was playing in a real dinky little rink that might have had 2,000 seats in it, and Steve started writing about the hockey team. They had a new coach in town and the school decided it was going to put more emphasis on the program; his name was Bob Johnson, Badger Bob. And we would encourage students to

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Len Shapiro has been in the sports journalism field for over 40 years, and credits his four years at UW-Madison for much of his success. go to the games; I remember a headline that read ‘Who the heck is Michigan Tech?’ we sort of got the students psyched up. And because of Steve and the kind of flavor we were giving it in the Cardinal, a lot more people started going to those hockey games, and really started getting the program some energy, to the point where they had outgrown that place by the time I left. Students would go and sit behind the goalie with ‘Sieve’ signs. We really beat the drums unashamedly and probably unprofessionally. I really think we helped hockey, and Steve helped put hockey on the map here. The cool thing was I graduated in ’68. Eight years later I am covering ‘Badger Bob’ in the 1976 Olympics, he coached the Olympic hockey team in Innsbruck [Austria]. Four years after that I’m covering his son Mark Johnson on the Lake Placid Olympic team, it sort of came full circle. DC: How do you see the condition of college athletics? LS: I grow more and more concerned about it with each passing year. I think it has gone way beyond what anyone thought was possible in terms of the money involved, the pressure involved, the cut-throat nature of it all—coaches getting fired with .750 winning percentage records—it’s crazy. The money has gotten so far out of hand. I don’t think the college presidents have done a good job of managing this. I still think there are widespread abuses around the country. There is a big scandal erupting now at the University of Michigan, I think there is a lot of that going on. There are a lot of kids at a lot of places who probably should start at a junior college and are now being carried. I think there are a lot of kids who are tak-

ing pipe courses just to stay eligible. I think it is a real concern, and in my mind, another scandal waiting to happen. DC: Favorite interview? LS: A couple of people come to mind. Milt Bruhn, who was the football coach [1956-’66] was a really neat guy. We used to call him ‘Uncle Milty’ after Milton Berle who was a great comedian at the time. But Bruhn was just a really nice man, who couldn’t have been more accommodating to young reporters. He knew part of his job was that he was an educator. He was a football coach first, but he did everything he could to make our lives a little bit easier. Bruhn was a terrific guy. I once interviewed A.C. Nielsen, you know the Nielsen ratings and the Nielsen tennis center, that was a cool interview. He donated the money to build that thing because he learned how to play tennis by hitting a ball up against the student union brick wall as I recall, or some building around here. DC: Any final thoughts? LS: I think we ought to have a baseball team. It’s stunning to me that there is not varsity baseball at the University of Wisconsin, it’s a great tradition. Harvey Kuenn, one of the greatest players in Detroit history, was a Badger. Rick Reichardt was a great player for the California Angels was a Badger. A guy I played with my freshman year, Burt Geishert, who has a big hard-throwing fastballer from up north—could knock the barn down—played in the pros. It has a great tradition, and I think it is a mistake not to have a baseball team, no matter how much it costs. —Interview conducted by Nate Carey

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“I know Washington is going to be a tough team,” Van Emburgh said. “They’re ranked one spot ahead of us and they’re well-coached ... I’m sure they’re going to be looking for a little bit of redemption from last year. I think it’s BAUMANN important that our guys are really ready and really focused.”

tournament. “We’re just hitting balls this week, trying to get in good shape,” Michalicka said. “It’s tough to go to practice and study for exams at the same time.” Washington, meanwhile, is making its 14th straight NCAA Tournament appearance. The Huskies have advanced to the Round of 16 in ﬁve of the past seven seasons. Van Emburgh knows his players need to be ready.

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Men’s tennis readies for NCAA By Chris Lindeke THE DAILY CARDINAL

All apologies after two years of writing

his column started Sept. 6, 2006, without an introduction. So I’ve been thinking, why end it with a conclusion? All great sagas have great endings. That’s why. So to all my readers and subjects, I bid you farewell: To Ryan Howard: I apologize for writing my first column about your quest for 62 “legitimate” home runs in 2006 and subsequently jinxing the whole thing (he finished with 58).

I will not start a campaign to kick Bayless off ESPN because, quite frankly, I don’t have that kind of power or time.

To Patrick “The Sports Fan out of New England” who wrote, “I (expletive) HATE Skip Bayless and have for years. I can’t believe ESPN has him on a damn payroll and wants to call themselves legit. He is unwatchable and an (expletive).” You are a true inspiration to a great anti-Skip Bayless fan base, I will not start a campaign with you to kick Bayless off ESPN because, quite frankly, I don’t have that kind of power or time. apologies page 7

The No. 33 Wisconsin men’s tennis team returns to the Division I NCAA Men’s Tennis Tournament Saturday to take on No. 32 Washington in Los Angeles, Calif. The Badgers (17-9) will play in the tournament for the secondconsecutive year for the first time in school history. UW will also face the Huskies (149) for the second time in two years. Last season, the Badgers defeated the Huskies 4-3 in the first round of EMBURGH the tournament in South Bend, Ind. Moritz Baumann, then a freshman, broke a 3-3 stalemate with a 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 triumph over No. 64 Alex Slovic at the No. 1 singles slot. UW coach Greg Van Emburgh, who described the match as a “dogfight,” cited the fantastic play of senior Lachezar Kasarov, who fought back from a set and double break down to win his match, and Baumann, a two-time All-Big Ten selection who will also compete in the singles tournament later this month. “That was a pretty big feat for a freshman that just came in in January, to be able to pull us through that match,” Van Emburgh said of Baumann. “Those are the types of things that I expect from him and that he’s capable of doing.” The Badgers enter the tournament coming off a 4-1 loss in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals to No. 15 Illinois. The match that worried both Van Emburgh and the players, however, was the previous match, a narrow 4-3 defeat of Minnesota, a team that the Badgers

had swept 7-0 on April 13 during the regular season. “We didn’t really play well as a team [in the Minnesota match],” freshman Marek Michalicka said, “but Illinois is a good team, a top20 team.” The head coach is confident that the Badgers will regain their edge. “I felt like the match we played against Minnesota, we weren’t as focused and determined as I’d like to see us, or have seen us before,” Van Emburgh said. “I think we’re going to get that back for Saturday.”

“I’m sure [Washington is] going to be looking for a little bit of redemption after last season.” Greg Van Emburgh head coach Wisconsin men’s tennis

Following the tournament, Van Emburgh gave the team two days off before returning to practice Monday. It was a much needed rest for UW as well as a chance to catch up with school work, especially with finals on the horizon. “We have not gone crazy this week,” Van Emburgh said. “Sometimes when you’ve had a long season, and we feel fortunate that we’re in a position to be able continue our season, you want to make sure you maintain the guys and keep them fresh.” Michalicka is feeling the heat as a freshman juggling tennis and final exams, but said he “feels good” about his play entering the tennis page 7

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Freshman Marek Michalicka has been a constant force for the men’s tennis team and will be counted on in the tournament.

Cardinal Q&A: former sports editor Len Shapiro Len Shapiro graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1968 with a bachelor of science in journalism and earned a Masters in journalism at the University of Missouri in 1969. During his four years in Madison, Shapiro worked for The Daily Cardinal and was sports editor in 1967-’68. He then went on to work for a number of publications including: The Washington Post, The Wisconsin State Journal and the Columbia Daily Tribune. Shapiro has worked for The Washington Post since 1969, and was sports editor of the Post from 1986-1991. His byline has also appeared in The Sporting News, Golf Magazine, Golf. com, NBCSports.com, Golf World Magazine, Pro Football Weekly, Readers Digest, TV Guide and The International Herald Tribune. Now retired, Shapiro continues to cover golf for the Post and writes weekly columns. However, Shapiro has just ﬁnished what might be his toughest endeavor: teaching a course at UW-Madison on sports journalism. Shapiro sat down with the Daily Cardinal before his ﬁnal class to talk about sports, his memories of Madison, his time at the DC and the impact it has made on his life. The Daily Cardinal: How has the atmosphere changed since you graduated in 1968? Len Shapiro: Things have changed

dramatically in terms of the physical plant. There are more buildings than I can ever remember, more construction than I can ever remember. But the basic campus—Bascom Hill, Langdon Street, State Street—all look very much the same to me. I get that “déjà vu” feeling all over again. I am staying at Lowell Hall and my fraternity house is a block and a half up the road. So every time I walk down to State Street from Lowell Hall, I get this unbelievable feeling. It’s a neat feeling, it’s sort of been kind of fun. DC: What is your most memorable moment as a student? LS: My most memorable moments were writing for The Daily Cardinal as a student and being sports editor of the DC, and seeing the whole wide world of sports sort of open up in front of my eyes. I had never been in a press box before until I was in Camp Randall’s press box, never in a locker room until I was covering the basketball team at the Field House. Those were great days, even though the football team was so terrible—I think we won ﬁve games in my four years here—but it was a great experience. Generally, what I think I learned in four years here is how to live in the world. I was a naïve kid from Long Island thrust into the Midwest, and shapiro page 7