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Promoter killed in monster-truck accident By Anna Discher THE DAILY CARDINAL

A Madison monster-truck show resulted in the tragic death of 41-year-old promoter George Eisenhart Jr., of Chardon, Ohio, after he stepped into the path of a monster truck during the event Saturday night. Three deputies immediately responded to the Dane County Coliseum after the accident, and Eisenhart was rushed to a local hospital. He later died of major internal injuries after being crushed by the tires of the truck, which alone weigh approximate-

ly 600 pounds. There were no issues of distraction by the drivers, and Eisenhart was struck after walking into the obstructed vision of the driver. “The event that occurred Saturday evening was a rare accident and is uncharacteristic of the monster-truck show,” Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney said. Detectives spoke to drivers Sunday morning about what occurred Saturday night. It appeared the drivers were utilizing safety measures during the event and Eisenhart truck page 3

RESTAURANT EEK Eat classy on a student budget. Madison Magazine is presenting Winter Restaurant Week starting Sunday, Jan. 25 and ending Friday, Jan. 30. Restaurant Week allows food lovers to sample some of Madison’s ﬁnest restaurants for a price that won’t break their budget. During the week, participating restaurants will offer three special, ﬁxed-price, three-course menus for just $25 per person (beverages, tax and gratuity not included). Some restaurants are also offering a three-course lunch menu for $15 in addition to the dinner special. Madison’s Restaurant Week was

modeled after San Diego’s highly successful Restaurant Week and is now an annual culinary celebration that allows the community to check out the diverse array of restaurants Madison has to offer. No tickets, passes or coupons are required, but diners are strongly recommended to make reservations in advance. To see which restaurants are participating and for more information, visit madisonmagazine. com/winterrestaurantweek. Stay tuned this week for proﬁles of featured restaurants in The Daily Cardinal.

PICK OF THE DAY Dayton Street Grille

Dayton Street Grille, 1 W. Dayton St., delivers contemporary American cuisine with global influences. Executive chef Charles Lazzareschi exemplifies the Madison Concourse Hotel’s fine dining experience with Dayton Street Grille, pairing entrées with three signature sauces to create sweet, savory and spicy flavor combinations. Pick and choose from several options per course to create a threecourse meal of exotic and tantalizing cuisine. Begin with an appetizer of baby frisée lettuce, braised sweetbreads of fennel and shiitake mushrooms in puff pastry or grilled

octopus with a warm chickpea salad. For an Asian-inspired main course, try the ﬁve-spiced salmon accompanied by sweet chili soy, Asian barbecue and wasabi cream sauces. In the mood for Mediterranean? The braised chicken with feta, Greek olives and puffed couscous is served with signature sauces, grilled corn relish, rosemary roasted garlic cream and sunset pepper coulis. For something hearty and earthy, the grilled hanger steak comes with chimichurri, porcini cream and poblano lime sauces. To learn more about Dayton Street Grille, visit concoursehotel. com/dining/Dayton-street-grille.

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Residents of the Lakeshore residence halls hurl snowballs at their Southeast foes on Bascom Hill Saturday.

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Snowball ﬁght draws crowd, fails to break record By Beth Pickhard THE DAILY CARDINAL

Students from the UWMadison Lakeshore and Southeast residence halls congregated on opposite sides of Bascom Hill Saturday afternoon to participate in a snowball fight they hoped would go down in history. The fight, which did not break any world records because of limited participants, lasted for 45 minutes. Mike Basak, organizer of the snowball fight, said he was not the original planner of the event but took on the project two months ago. “The people who originally started it went to the Chancellor, and she didn’t like the idea at first ... Then they backed off and gave it to me,” he said. “I made it a little more

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Lakeshore residents aim a slingshot at their enemies across the hill. safe and more organized.” To make the event safer, Basak asked for help from UW-Madison Student Emergency Medical Services. According to Emily Anstadt, copresident of SEMS, the team of volunteers did not work under a speciﬁed medical director and could not per-

form typical service practices. “We can’t do a bunch of things we would be able to do if we were a service ... We’re just doing anything any good Samaritan would do,” she said. Mike Tomcheck, a participant in snowball page 3

State may receive $3.5 billion from stimulus bill According to a recent estimate, Wisconsin could receive $3.5 billion from the U.S. House of Representatives’ federal economic-stimulus proposal. The National Conference of State Legislatures released a breakdown Friday, prepared by Federal Funds Information for States, of each state’s estimated portion of the stimulus. President Obama has requested the federal stimulus bill be passed by midFebruary. The U.S. Senate is currently working on its own version of the stimulus plan.

Jeff Hurley of NCSL said the state will not see benefits from some of the federal funding for two years, but some of it will be distributed immediately. “A lot of it has to be allocated within the next 30 days, 60 days, 90 days … In that sense it should help right away,” Hurley said. Hurley said he expects Wisconsin to see its stimulus first used in the areas of education and highway construction and maintenance. The House Appropriations, Transportation and Infrastructure Committees also released figures

about Wisconsin’s expected share of the stimulus package and estimated the state will receive around $3.2 billion. According to their estimates, roughly $13 million would go toward educational technology, $317 million toward education modernization, renovation and repair and $312 million to increase the need-based Pell Grant maximum award. Gov. Jim Doyle’s new Ofﬁce of Recovery and Reinvestment will allocate the state’s stimulus funds. —Sara Lieburn

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sank deep into my bus seat for the ride home. It had been a long day, and I wanted nothing more than to drift into the pseudo-sleep one can only get in a vehicle. The seat wasn’t comfy, but if I pressed my head against the window, dug my arm into the seat and dislocated my hip, some sort of relaxing position could be achieved. I was in the midst of my comfort battle when a young woman occupied the seat next to me. She waved at me so spastically her tightly curled blond hair bounced into the face of the guy sitting behind us. She was like an adult Shirley Temple who had wasted away all her money on Adderall-laced animal crackers and now had to ride the bus. I tried to feign sleep as quickly as possible. “It’s awful cold out,” she said. Her high-pitched, almost childish voice pierced my tired mind. OK, ﬁne, I

thought. I don’t mind bus chatter every once in a while. I rousted myself from my sleeping position and mumbled, “Yeah.” “You know where it’s not cold?” she asked. “Australia. That’s where my boyfriend is. I wish he were here right now. I would totally make out with him.” I gave her a fake smile as all my hopes of a pleasant ride home crumbled. Clearly this lady had no understanding of bus etiquette. Superﬁcial conversation is permitted, but when talk begins delving beyond weather, sports or what you would do if it turned out there was a bomb strapped to the bus “Speed” style and you are without Keanu Reeves for guidance, the conversation has gone too far. “Yeah, we have been dating for four months and he is supposed to come back for Christmas and I think he is going to propose, but he lost his job in Australia so he can’t really afford to come back but he’d better because I am so horny I can barely stand it.” I was just as overwhelmed then as you are now. No sentence breaks, not even a pause for thought—clearly. Just a long stream of information I have

tried to purge from my brain, but as of yet have been unsuccessful. She went on to share her boyfriend’s sex-position preference, his favorite color of underwear on her—“pink is good but none is better”—and many deep secrets I cannot type here. Not that I don’t want to share, but because of the lasting trauma of the situation. Every time I try, I end up sobbing, rocking in the fetal position, whispering, “Umbrellas... how do you even DO that with an umbrella?!” In an effort to get her off the topic of her sex-capades, I asked why her boyfriend had lost his job. Turns out he had flown down to work for a friend’s construction company. On his third night there, her boyfriend commented on his boss’ Facebook profile picture, calling him a “stupid jerk face.” The next week her boyfriend was fired, but sadder still was the fact that he is a 27-year-old man who still calls people “stupid jerk faces.” So now, because of his potty mouth, he had been jobless in Australia for two months and couldn’t afford to be back for Christmas. When I asked why she didn’t fly down there, she replied she was afraid because Australia is a prison

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colony. I stared at her. She meant was right? Australia was a prison colony. But no, she went on to explain how England controlled Australia and sent all of its prisoners there. She thought her boyfriend was constructing a new jail, and that by now he had probably met Princes William and Harry several times. She also wondered if Prince William whipped the prisoners, and how she wished he would whip her. At this point I couldn’t take anymore. I hopped off the bus four blocks early. She didn’t seem upset that I had left without saying goodbye. She merely waved spastically as the bus pulled away. When I ﬁnally reached home, I collapsed onto the couch. But as my eyes ﬂuttered shut, all I could envision was Prince William whipping my over-sharing bus partner. And that umbrella... that damn umbrella. If you like to share your personal life with complete strangers on buses, don’t sit next to Megan. She will kill you. If you want to talk about what you would do if there were a bomb strapped to the bus, e-mail her at mcorbett2@wisc.edu.

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Gov. Jim Doyle signed an executive order for the creation of an Office of Recovery and Reinvestment Friday, announcing the initial steps Wisconsin will take toward remedying its economic woes. The new office will allocate federal funds from the impending federal stimulus bill toward job creation, the building of roads and bridges and the creation of greenenergy jobs, according to Doyle. “This new group will start laying the groundwork for quickly moving the federal stimulus money out the door to maintain jobs, to create new jobs and to invest in economic growth in the state,” Doyle said. Doyle announced his appointment of Madison Gas and Electric Chairman, President and CEO Gary Wolter as the head of the new office. Wolter will work on a voluntary basis.

Students demand change from Obama, Martin By Alyssa Connolly THE DAILY CARDINAL

More than 100 UW-Madison students and Madison community members marched down State Street Saturday to encourage new administrations to carry through with their promises of change. Nine student organizations, including the United Council of UW Students and the Progressive Student Alliance, hosted the rally, titled “Holding Change Accountable.” Students organized the rally with the intent of reminding Chancellor Biddy Martin and the new Obama administration of their promises of change. Sofia Snow, event organizer and First Wave program member, said she wants the administrations to know people are thinking critically of their promises. “[The rally] wasn’t one of blind optimism where we’re just happy

that they’re here and waiting to see what they do,” she said. Alida Cardos Whaley, a member of the Chican@ and Latin@ Studies program, participated in organizing the event and described the rally as the second step in a process of change. “The first step was voting for Obama,” she said. According to Whaley, the next step is holding the president as well as Martin and other administrators accountable for “inspiring hope” in their constituents. Toward the end of the rally, UW students and community members marched to the Humanities building, where speakers and performers presented their four demands and goals for the future. They hope to see lower tuition and increased grant aid, the passing of the Dream Act to allow immigrant students in-

state tuition, the passing of the Employee Free Choice Act and improvement in the recruitment and retention of UW-Madison students and faculty of color. “The point of the rally was to get people informed on all these different topics so that we can unite in ﬁghting for them,” Snow said. Leaders of the event asked participants to write down their expectations of the new administrations. Many asked what the next step in Holding Change Accountable would be. Snow said the organizations will hold a meeting in mid-February to discuss plans for another event in April, which could possibly be held in Milwaukee. “The rally was a way for students to stay involved after the election,” Whaley said of the Obama campaign. “It’s not the final step.”

Two women wanted in robbery and beating of Badger Cab driver Madison Police are still looking for two female suspects who reportedly robbed a Badger Cab driver early Sunday morning. According to a police report, a female Badger Cab driver was dropping off the two passengers in the 2500 block of Perry Street around 4 a.m. When the driver

truck from page 1 was hit after entering the track when rules state that no individual is allowed on the ﬂoor during the event. “This is a very, very tragic accident, and Eisenhart’s wife and two daughters have been notified of the accident,” Mahoney said.

snowball from page 1 the ﬁght, required assistance because he was hit in the eye with an ice block while charging. Eventually, Lakeshore claimed victory over Southeast, driving the residents down Bascom Hill and onto the Humanities building overpass. “I think Southeast chickened out at the end. I got scared and I started

Doyle creates new ofﬁce to handle federal stimulus funds By Hannah Furfaro

Stephen Baraboo shaves David Ditsy at the Overture Center Friday. The Overture Center gave out free straight-razor shaves to promote its production of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.”

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asked the women for the cab fare, one of the suspects pulled out a handgun and demanded money. The second suspect then began punching the cab driver in the head. The suspects fled the scene after stealing money from the driver, and they remain at large. One suspect was described as a

black female, 30 to 40 years of age, wearing a black coat, dark pants and a red hat. The other suspect is described as a black female in her early 20s, wearing a dark coat, blue jeans and a white hat. The Badger Cab driver was taken to a local hospital and was treated for minor injuries.

A press conference was held Sunday to discuss Eisenhart’s death and the death of a spectator at another monster-truck event last week in Washington that has attracted national attention. “These deaths are freak occurrences and are uncharacteristic of the upbeat and positive environment of monster-

truck shows,” Mahoney said. The audience Saturday night included many children who witnessed the event. Mahoney said that children should obtain care if they suffer from stress after the incident. Sunday night’s monster-truck show in Madison has been cancelled because of Saturday’s accident.

running too,” Southeast resident Courtney Bauer said. Organizers of the event hoped to break the world record for the largest snowball ﬁght, set by 3,700 students at Michigan Technological University in 2006. Although Basak estimated that 2,000 people were present at the ﬁght, other observers thought the numbers were much lower.

Although the record was not broken, Basak said he was happy with the number of people who made it. “It was deﬁnitely a success. It was a much bigger turnout than I had expected actually,” he said. Organizers remain optimistic they can draw a larger crowd in the future and said they would like to plan another snowball fight later in the year.

Alan Fish, UW-Madison associate vice chancellor of facilities, planning and management, will work as Wolter’s deputy. “In my career, when I look at activities that I can participate in, I look for things that are important, things that matter, and this is certainly one that is at the top of the list,” Wolter said about his appointment. Wolter, though his experience lies primarily in the private sector, said he is conﬁdent he can draw upon his past experiences in an effort to create jobs and jump-start the economy. According to Doyle, working with the private sector and fully understanding Wisconsin’s labor capacity will be important factors in determining success. Doyle indicated the selection of local projects will be a primary duty of the new ofﬁce and promised coordination between his new

office and local governments and municipalities. “We’re going to have to make some hard choices about priorities and selection of projects,” Doyle said, referencing the long “wish lists” Wisconsin communities have provided. Doyle said he expects the stimulus plan to include a variety of funds for educational infrastructure and technical colleges. “While the specifics of the federal stimulus are still in development, it is essential that we have a mechanism in place that can deploy these resources when they become available in a fast, efficient way,” Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan, D-Janesville, said in a statement. Doyle expects an estimated $2 billion dollar inflow from the federal government in the coming months. Looking ahead, he said, “It is clear we are going to be very, very busy in the state of Wisconsin.”

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Vacant senate seats cause drama, elections needed By Jon Spike THE DAILY CARDINAL

Just as the aftermath of the media circus surrounding Governor Rod Blagojevich and his impeachment trial seemed to stagnate, a new controversy focusing on senate vacancies looms. On Friday, New York Gov. David Paterson made the controversial choice of Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand to replace Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, in her vacated senate seat. Between the two highlyscrutinized appointments and the subsequent media fallouts, one clear fact stands out: the current system for filling house and senate vacancies with gubernatorial appointments is flawed and needs a makeover. To understand why the system doesn’t work, the first step is to find out why the current flawed system is in place. In 1913, the 17th amendment finally gave Americans the right to elect their senators into office. However, the circumstance of how to fill house or senate vacancies was left up to individual states, and most chose to give the governor full power to choose a successor. Only a few states—Wisconsin being one of them—decided to leave the decision up to a special election rather than to give one person full responsibility. As displayed by the controversy surrounding Blagojevich and his alleged attempts to sell off or trade the vacant Illinois senate seat, the opportunities for a tainted choice are too great to ignore. Although it is true that Blagojevich’s alleged wrongdoings are an extreme and isolated case, allowing one figure the power to handpick a new senator comes with consequences. Gov. Paterson’s choice of Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand is already being lampooned by fellow democrats for being a poor representation of New York in the senate. In addition to personal bias, consider the leverage the governor now has with that official. The selecting governor will hold the “I got you in” card to influence policy-making and voting at the legislative level, a small but concerning problem.

As Feingold said, politicians can no longer ignore the glaring problems associated with gubernatorial appointments.

On a larger level, the gubernatorial appointment system essentially strips the rights of democracy from the American people, taking their original vote and rendering it useless. State citizens deserve the right to vote for whomever represents them in the legislative branch, and special elections for senate vacancies are the only correct way to do so. At least the recent events have triggered a new dialogue about the appointment-versus-election debate. Sen. Russ Feingold, DWis., is taking large initiative to amend the constitution, replacing a state’s choice of appointment to strictly election-based appointment for seat vacancies. Sen. Feingold is the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the constitution, and he plans to address the issue

immediately. “The controversies surrounding some of the recent gubernatorial appointments to vacant senate seats make it painfully clear that such appointments are an anachronism that must end,” Sen. Feingold said. As expressed by Feingold, politicians can no longer ignore the glaring problems associated with gubernatorial appointments. Realistically, it should not have taken the recent rash of controversial choices for politicians to realize that the appointment system was ﬂawed and democratically irresponsible. With luck, Feingold’s subcommittee will have few barriers in getting some sort of amendment passed regarding special elections for vacant senate seats.

The gubernatorial appointment system essentially strips the right of democracy from the American people.

However, a few party-related roadblocks may impede such an amendment’s progress. Consider the Republican viewpoint: if the Democrats remain in power, it is much more likely that a Democratic president will choose Democrats for his various cabinet positions, thus increasing the likelihood that a Democrat will be called on to ﬁll the vacant seat. On the other hand, consider how the two most controversial appointments affected the Democratic party: Blagojevich, a Democrat, is currently muddled in impeachment hearings, and newly-appointed Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand has been criticized for being a “conservative democrat” in policies such as gun control. Although Republicans would love to stake their chances in an election, who’s to say that the recent Democratic appointments did not help the Republican party’s image in comparison? Democrats, at least in the short term, hold a considerable advantage at the state and federal levels in terms of representation. Gubernatorial appointments will likely reinforce this advantage, but the recent controversies are far too prominent to ignore. Feingold’s impending constitution subcommittee hearings on the topic will hopefully be too logical to not support, so democracy should trump partisanship in Democratic circles. It is a sad commentary on American politics to realize how some crucial decisions such as senate vacancies could still be deferred to someone other than the American people. Politicians cannot continue to wait until problems become controversies before stepping in to fix the situation, as gubernatorial appointments have shown. Obsolete and ancient policies such as the appointment of vacant seats must be analyzed as unfitting and unfair, as was the case with segregation and slavery in America’s brief history. Jon Spike is a junior majoring in secondary education in English. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Faith healing treads on dangerous legal ground RYAN DASHEK opinion columnist

arly last year, an 11-year-old Wausau girl died of diabetic ketoacidosis, a medicallytreatable complication that arises when a person with diabetes fails to monitor and control their bloodsugar levels. What made this case of particular public interest was the fact that the girl had failed to receive any medical treatment whatsoever despite her quickly deteriorating condition that progressed through three weeks until her death in April. Her parents refused to contact any medical professional for treatment for their daughter because they relied solely on prayer to heal her.

The parents believe the eventual death of the child is due to their lack of faith, not lack of care, medical or otherwise.

Under Wisconsin law, however, it is impossible to charge parents for child negligence or abuse if the parents relied solely on faith healing—but only if the condition of the child is not life-threatening. Thus the girl’s parents were charged with second-degree reckless homicide. Whether or not the parents in this case will be found guilty remains to be seen, but now the Church of Christ, Scientist in Wisconsin and Sen. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee, are working together to clarify the Wisconsin laws concerning faith healing and children who die as a result. Although the existing law is just in its ruling regarding such cases, it is important that the law retains its current ability to bring about justice to parents who forego a child’s physical safety in the name of faith. According to Shawn Peters, a University of Wisconsin-Madison lecturer and author of several books on the interplay between law and

religion, a few of the proposed changes to the current statute on faith healing would actually make it somewhat harder for prosecutors to charge parents with a crime if their child dies due to untreated medical ailments. Speciﬁcally, the law will be unable to punish parents relying solely on prayer and faith for a child’s health issues. The need to make the law more clear is understandable; however, we need to be cautious that the changes do not mean creating a more lenient version of the law. Of course, many people will argue that parents of children who forego medical treatment in lieu of prayer should not be given the break that Wisconsin and about 30 other states offer them. They feel that these people need to be held accountable and should be punished—and they should be—but only if a child’s life is in jeopardy. Kara Neumann, the 11year-old Wausau girl who died last year, was obviously dangerously close to death and her parents still refused to seek medical treatment. In this circumstance, the parents should be brought before a court and tried for their failure to respond with medical treatment. However, in the event of a non-life

threatening case, parents are—and should be—free to exercise their First Amendment rights in the treatment of their child. If a child is getting severely ill, then parents do need to contact medical authorities immediately because reliance solely on faith is not an acceptable venue in that regard. Faith healing cases which include the death of a child are especially hard for everyone involved. In the eyes of the parents or guardians, they have done nothing illegal— most of the time they believe that the eventual death of the child is due to their lack of faith, not lack of care, medical or otherwise. Laws really have little impact on whether or not a parent chooses to heal their child with faith-healing techniques. Many of these people are not criminals; they don’t do what they do because they wish harm on their child. A clear stance on faith healing, however, one that promotes traditional medical practices coupled with whatever religious healing methods parents wish to use, should be taken by the state, especially in cases where a child’s life is involved. Ryan Dashek is a junior majoring in biology. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

Soundbites: Faith healing debate “It shows the persistence of these healing practices and the law’s inadequacy to remedy this particular issue ... I do think there are more cases we don’t know about.” —Shawn F. Peters, UW-Madison lecturer “We believe that all parents should have a duty to get necessary medical care for their children regardless of their religious beliefs.” —Rita Swan, Head of Children’s Healthcare Is a Legal Duty (CHILD) “The free exercise clause of the First Amendment protects religious belief ... but not necessarily conduct.” —Judge Vincent Howard of Marathon County Circuit Court “The law is a green light for parents to think they don’t have any responsibility to society [regarding how] they treat their children. The state should be stepping in here to do everything it can to discourage faith healing in place of medical care.” —Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of the Madison-based Freedom From Religion Foundation Sources: jsonline.com, ithsmus.com, nytimes.com

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The Overture Center’s performance brings a fun and unique approach to the barbershop on Fleet St. By Carissa Carroll THE DAILY CARDINAL

Madison’s Overture Center was host to a hotspot of activity Saturday night as people arrived more than two hours early to stand in a line that snaked throughout the large, high-ceilinged lobby of the theater. All were waiting hopefully for rush tickets to attend the Broadway hit “Sweeney Todd: The

Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” which was performed at the theater last weekend only. Stephen Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd” is the darkly humorous story of a barber living in mid-19th century London who is wrongfully sent to prison for life on a false charge. When he returns ﬁfteen years later, he is prepared to have his revenge––and with the help of

his baker sidekick, Mrs. Lovett, he is prepared to eat it, too. Blood, cannibalism, and music ensue. This national tour of the show is based on the West End and Broadway revivals, which ran from 2004 to 2005. One feature that distinguishes this performance from the original show is the musical presentation. Instead of an orchestra pit, all the actors play instru-

ments, keeping them constantly onstage. This method adds a level of dexterity and concentration to each actor’s performance and makes one marvel at their tireless work ethic and prodigal talent. It is hard to imagine being someone like Chris Marchant, playing Tobias, constantly moving about the stage alternately singing and playing the violin, clarinet, and keyboard, all while delivering his lines with stunning clarity.

“Sweeney Todd” hits the right notes between creepy, moving and humorous.

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One of the unique characteristics of The Overture Center’s presentation of ‘Sweeney Todd’ is the actors playing instruments along with acting during the performance in lieu of an orchestra, as seen here.

Carrie Cimma, who plays Mrs. Lovett, says she and the rest of the cast enjoyed stepping up to the challenge. “I just love doing this show every night,” Cimma said. “The music is just spectacular, and I don’t think in a traditional setting of the show I’d have an opportunity to play the score.” Both Merritt David Jane as Sweeney Todd and Cimma as Mrs. Lovett give spectacular performances. The mark of a truly good performance of “Sweeney” is the ability to go from pleasantry to fury in no-time ﬂat. During the campy, waltzing “A Little Priest,” Jane makes the transition perfectly with the key line of the song, “I’ll come again when you have JUDGE on the menu!” Cimma

plays a deft foil to Jane’s brooding dark humor, enabling his revenge schemes with her own manic plots, perfect from the tips of her spiky, bleached-blonde hair down to her holey knee-high stockings. One notable prop missing from the stage is the traditional dentist’s chair of old Broadway sets (and the Tim Burton movie, of course). The centerpiece of the stage is instead a black cofﬁn, shown from every angle for every possible use during the show. Instead of victims sliding from the chair to the bake house, the grisly deaths are represented by ﬂashing red lights, with Mrs. Lovett pouring blood from one white pail to another while Sweeney does his work. Each victim then dons a white coat stained with blood and calmly walks to the edge of the set to take up his or her instrument and begin to play again. Cimma commented on the differing stage direction, saying “It’s really stripped down, minimalistic. The costumes are mainly black and white and everything is just sort of alluded to—the blood and gore. We just pour buckets of stage blood, so it’s not nearly as gory as other tellings of the story,” Cimma said. “Sweeney Todd” hits the right notes between creepy, moving and humorous. Unfortunately, the tour could only stay for one weekend, but it will be traveling throughout the United States and Canada for the next several months. If you get a chance, it is a show well worth sinking your teeth into. —Kevin Slane and Alex Morrell contributed to this article

DiCaprio and Winslet shine bright in dark ‘ Revolutionary Road’ By Jacqueline O’Reilly THE DAILY CARDINAL

The second installment in the Kate and Leo love series, “Revolutionary Road” follows another ill-fated love. But instead of a sinking ship, a monotonous lifestyle is to blame for the deterioration of their relationship. Based on the novel by Richard Yates, “Revolutionary Road” tells the tale of Frank and April Wheeler, a young couple in 1950s America who move to the suburbs after their relationship takes a serious turn. Accomplishing many of the goals and stipulations that come along with a picturesque lifestyle, the neighbors see Frank and April as having the ideal life. Frank has a well-paying job in the city. April is a beautiful homemaker. They have two delightful children and live in a lovely house on a quaint suburban street. With their confident faces on, the Wheeler family appears to be perfect. Inside the lovely house, however, April and Frank find their lifestyle to be anything but perfect. They’re bored with the routine they have fallen into and are starting to feel trapped in an existence lacking any identity. April, in an attempt to start anew, suggests the family move to Paris, where she is certain life will be more spontaneous and meaningful. But in the time between the conception of this plan and

the expected departure date, Frank and April’s marriage continues to wither away. As drastic fights, adultery, and jealousy become more and more common in the Wheeler household, the couple’s escape from a hollow life seems less and less likely.

As great as “Revolutionary Road” is, it is a ﬁlm that is impossible to enjoy.

Although Sam Mendes is superb as director, the performances of Kate Winslet as April and Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank make Revolutionary Road the high-caliber film it is. Onscreen the two are electric. From their menacing arguments to their exhilarating dreams and romantic ventures, the pair keeps the viewer’s interest piqued. The fervor Winslet and DiCaprio create between them is palpable, moving the audience to feel every emotion they portray. Both Winslet and DiCaprio received Golden Globe nominations for their respective portrayals, with Winslet coming away with a win. The supporting cast is also strong, with Academy Award winner Kathy Bates giving a noteworthy performance.

Another high point of “Revolutionary Road” is its score, with music composed by Thomas Newman. Made up mostly of effortless beats and repeated melodies, the music reflects the simplicity and monotony Frank and Alice feel in their everyday lives. But instead of boredom like the couple feels, the music has an honest beauty, mourning and moving along with the marriage’s

fading love. With that said, as great as “Revolutionary Road” is, it is a film that is impossible to enjoy. It can be appreciated for its cinematic value. It can entertain with its dramatic story line and plot twists. And it can impress with its superior cast, but because of the film’s dark themes and hopeless tone, it is one that cannot be enjoyed. It’s not fun to watch a

love vanish or see a husband break furniture as he screams at his wife. It isn’t pleasant seeing a couple lose faith in themselves or the life they lead. In all, “Revolutionary Road” is a brutally honest look at the American Dream. The film presents a very real type of gloom, and dares to ask if the life many people lead has any true value. Grade: B

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The performances of Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet are the best part of ‘Revolutionary Road,’ as their characters showcase a variety of emotions ranging from passionate affection to unbridled fury.

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Monday, January 26, 2009

My Roommates

Today’s Sudoku

Anthro-apology

By Eric Wigdahl wigdahl@wisc.edu

Angel Hair Pasta

By Todd Stevens ststevens@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.

Sid and Phil

By Alex Lewein lewein@wisc.edu

The Graph Giraffe

By Yosef Lerner ilerner@wisc.edu

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

Evil Bird

By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu

Fluff Job

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Whiteout cause Bedding item Timbre “Wanna make ___?” “Nothing ___!” 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet 554, in stone Natural effortlessness ___ and terminer “No kidding!” Moo goo ___ pan They’re close ___ domini Tommy and Chuckie’s TV clan Philadelphia squad Ambrosia accompaniment Prior to B, by another name Wahine’s welcome Soothing rub-ons Love handles, essentially Island close to Mull S or XL, e.g. Partially obscured “Watermark” chanteuse Chart type

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Tennis

Badgers open the 2009 season with wins at home By Emma Condon THE DAILY CARDINAL

The No. 31 Wisconsin men’s tennis team opened the 2009 season 4-0 with a weekend of commanding wins. After going 4-3 against UW-Green Bay (0-1), the men only improved to a 6-1 victory over the Butler University Bulldogs the following afternoon. The Badgers came out swinging again Sunday morning and continued their streak, beating UW-Whitewater by a punishing 7-0, to go 3-0 in dual meets this spring. In the two teams' tenth meeting, the men stomped through the morning in straight sets, dropping no more than eight games in a match over the course of barely two and a half hours and maintaining their perfect record against the Warhawks. Finally, the Badgers defeated the University of Northern Illinois in a similar fashion Sunday afternoon with another commanding victory of 5-2 against the Huskies, who suffered a 6-1 loss last week to Michigan State. Among the many outstanding performances on the weekend, singles junior Moritz Baumann and

men's bball from page 8 have certainly compiled a respectable season thus far, including three wins against top 25 ranked

women's bball from page 8 with breast cancer. “Given the situation, with Kay Yow passing, we were trying to honor her,” Merchant said. “She kind of paved the way for so many young women to run out into an arena of 10,000 fans. She really

hockey from page 8 on a cross-ice pass from freshman forward Brooke Ammerman less than three minutes later, sending her team into the locker room with a two-goal advantage. The Huskies (9-10-1, 12-122) kept Wisconsin off the board in the second period and managed to cut into the lead on the offensive end. SCSU’s Amy Currier notched her second goal of the year on a power play near the end of the game’s middle frame, bringing her team to within one. St. Cloud would not get any

Women's After a disappointing loss to No. 62 DePaul Saturday, the Wisconsin women's tennis team (1-1) returned Sunday

to overwhelm Eastern Michigan in a controlling 7-0 victory. “I think everybody kind of bounced back from yesterday’s loss and was kind of out there to prove something,” said UW women’s tennis head coach Brian Fleishman of the team’s turnaround. “I think we took care of business.” Junior Katya Mirnova and freshman Angela Chupa had great weekends and were the only two to record wins both Saturday and Sunday, starting 2009 with a 2-0 record. In the Badgers' dominant treatment of visiting Eastern Michigan Sunday, not one of the six the singles drop a set, doubles swept their points and freshmen Chupa and Aleksandra Markovic refused to spare even a game in their triumph over the Eagles. Although the weekend provided the Badgers with mixed results, Fleishman acknowledges the successes and limitations of the team so early in the season. “The DePaul match from yesterday let us know where we stand and what we need to work on, and I think today, today’s match gives us the idea that ok the there are teams out there that

opponents in the last month and now has the Big Ten’s longest active home win streak at eight with the victory against Wisconsin. “I’ve seen every game they

played, just like we do for every team we play,” Ryan said. “I’ll see every game. So if you’re saying to me, ‘under the radar,’ we knew what they had.”

built women’s basketball to a kind of special situation, as to what it is now. She was a pioneer in that.” “We coupled that with our fans and how great they are,” Merchant said. “They really appreciate women’s basketball. We talked a lot about that, especially in the second half. We needed to

come out with more fire, enthusiasm and toughness. I thought we did. We fought harder.” Wisconsin will host Purdue Thursday night at the Kohl Center, a team they have not beaten since 2001. —uwbadgers.com contributed to this report.

closer. Keseley recorded assists on consecutive goals from sophomore forward Mallory Deluce and Carolyne Prevost. Ammerman picked up a power-play tally with just over two minutes to go in the contest, giving Wisconsin a 5-1 victory. Looking to bounce back, the Huskies struck first Saturday afternoon. After forcing a turnover in the neutral zone, St. Cloud’s Sammy Nixon broke into the UW end and beat senior goaltender Jessie Vetter less than four minutes into the game. Sophomore defender Anne

Dronen tied things up with her second goal of the season, a wrister from the high slot, midway through the period. Less than two minutes later, senior captain Erika Lawler put home a Keseley rebound to give the Badgers a 2-1 advantage. SCSU’s Caitlin Hogan drew the Huskies even in the second period, but Wisconsin took over in the ﬁnal 20 minutes, netting four goals to close out the game. Hilary Knight put the UW in front 62 seconds in, and junior forward Meghan Duggan followed on a power play 47 seconds later to stretch the lead to 4-2. After St. Cloud’s Brita Schroeder recorded a power-play goal to bring the Huskies back to within one, Knight scored her second goal of the game on assists from Keseley and junior forward Jasmine Giles. Senior defender Rachel Bible added her first goal of the season late in the period to ice the game for the Badgers en route to a 6-3 win. With three goals and three assists on the weekend, Hilary Knight brought her season point total to 49, moving back into a tie for the national points lead with Minnesota’s Monique Lamoureux. Knight is still first in the nation in goals with 28, good enough for third on the UW’s single-season goals list. Knight and the Badgers are back in action next weekend when they face the Ohio State Buckeyes. The puck is scheduled to drop at 2 p.m. Saturday and noon Sunday. —uwbadgers.com contributed to this report.

sophomore Peter Marrack managed to maintain spotless records, handily beating each of their four opponents in straight sets. Sunday, junior Luke Rassow-Kantor and sophomore Marek Michalicka joined Baumann and Marrack’s wins with straight set victories for singles, aided by doubles wins from No. 1 and No. 2 pairs. Despite the authoritative successes this weekend, Baumann (No. 117 in ITA national rankings) said that he is already anticipating tougher opponents in the coming conferences matches. “The matches that are going to come over the next week, the next couple of weeks deﬁnitely are going to be tougher,” Baumann said. “I just try to get a good rhythm and try to feel comfortable on the court and just try things out.” Ending their successful season opener at Nielsen Tennis Stadium, the Badger men move on to face Marquette Tuesday at 6 p.m.

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Wisconsin freshman forward Brooke Ammermann is second on her team in total points scored, with 21 goals and 16 assists this season.

we should beat, can beat,” Fleishman said. “It was a good test of trying to stay focused and trying to get through and not really giving away too many free points.”

Despite Saturday’s disappointing loss and Sunday’s triumphant redemption, the Badgers now look toward Friday’s meeting with the University of Northern Illinois.

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Wisconsin junior Moritz Baumann picked up four wins on the weekend.

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Men’s Basketball

Wisconsin: 3-4 Big Ten, 12-7 overall Illinois: 5-2 Big Ten, 17-3 overall

Up next for UW: Purdue TV: ESPN When: Tuesday, 8 p.m.

UW drops fourth straight Big Ten game

By Andy Van Sistine THE DAILY CARDINAL

CHAMPAIGN, Ill.—The Wisconsin men’s basketball team (3-4 Big Ten, 12-7 overall) entered Champaign yesterday looking to keep their conference record above .500 and to avoid losing a fourth consecutive game, but the Badgers’ bout with No. 25 Illinois (5-2, 17-3) ended in a disappointing 57-64 defeat. Bitter from suffering three losses at the hands of the Badgers last season and in the two previous meetings during the 2007 season, the Illini got vengeance Saturday afternoon in front of a capacity crowd in Assembly Hall. “[Illinois head coach Bruce Weber] reminded us we got beat the last five times,” Illinois sophomore guard Demetri McCamey said. “We took it kind of personal and just all tried to beat them and be successful.” The Badgers come out of the gates ﬁring as senior forward Joe Krabbenhoft hit a 3-pointer to put the ﬁrst points on the board. The contest stayed close and Wisconsin still maintained a 9-7 lead five minutes into the game before Illinois sophomore guard Demetri McCamey made a layup to tie it up. This jumpstarted a 13-2 run by the Illini that gave them a healthy lead for the remainder of the game. In that stretch, Wisconsin was 1-for-5 shooting from the field and went down 20-11. The half ended with Wisconsin down 32-25 and went into the

locker room shooting only 33.3 percent from the ﬁeld. The second half did not bring with it a solution to Wisconsin’s shooting woes. Out of the half, Illinois outscored Wisconsin nine points to five before a technical foul was called on the Wisconsin bench. UW head coach Bo Ryan was applauding in the direction of Krabbenhoft—who was called for a foul under the basket—and one of the referees rang his bench up with the technical foul. “[Illinois has] guys now that handled a tough year like last year with the idea that you just got to keep believing that you're going to get better. And they are.” Bo Ryan head coach UW Men's Basketball

“I have no idea,” Ryan said of the call. “I was applauding Joe Krabbenhoft for taking the charge. That was my thought… Maybe somebody behind me said something on the bench, or maybe one of the assistants stood up or whatever. I have no idea, because there was no explanation.” Illinois made all four of the ensuing free throws to make the score 45-30 and take its largest lead of the game. Despite a respectable attempt at a comeback, which included two late 3-point shots from junior guard Trévon Hughes and Krabbenhoft and a layup from freshman guard

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Wisconsin junior guard Jason Bohannon went 1-for-7 shooting against Illinois Saturday, scoring only two points. Jordan Taylor to make the score 62-57 with 25 seconds left, Wisconsin could not come up with any more points. Despite the discrepancy in shooting, Wisconsin played well statistically. The Badgers accumulated two more rebounds, had six more steals, and committed five fewer turnovers than the Illini. But Illinois shot 50 percent from the field compared to the Badgers’ 35.6 percent for the game. Open looks were hard to come by for Wisconsin, as Illinois played a

tight defense that put up four blocks on the afternoon. In addition, McCamey played a particularly potent game on offense for Illinois, hitting six of 10 from the field, amassing a game-high 25 points and dishing out seven assists. That made all the difference in a game that was wellplayed on both ends. “With their bigs, it’s tough to get to the rim and with the perimeter defenders that are now much more mature—Chester [Frazier], McCamey, you’ve got

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Brock coming in there and [Trent] Meacham,” Ryan said. “You got guys now that handled a tough year like last year with the idea that you just got to keep believing that you’re going to be better. And they are.” Indeed, with a 2007-’08 campaign in which they finished 1619 and had only five conference wins, the Illini came into the season with low expectations from national pundits. However, they men's bball page 7 Wisconsin: 4-6 Big Ten, 14-7 overall Michigan State: 7-2 Big Ten, 14-6 overall

Lady Badgers fall to Michigan State By Jay Messar THE DAILY CARDINAL

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Wisconsin senior forward Erika Lawler and the Badgers claimed their fourth victory over the Huskies this season.

Wisconsin registers season sweep over St. Cloud State By Brandon Storlie THE DAILY CARDINAL

Thanks to some familiar faces in new places, the Wisconsin women’s hockey team completed a season sweep of the St. Cloud State Huskies this weekend at the National Hockey Center. Making her season debut on the blue line, senior Angie Keseley recorded five assists over the weekend, helping the Badgers to consecutive wins over the Huskies, 5-1 and 6-3.

The sweep of St. Cloud State was Wisconsin’s first at the National Hockey Center since 2005. Wisconsin (16-1-3 WCHA, 221-3 overall) got out to a quick start Friday night with a pair of firstperiod goals. With traffic in front of the SCSU net, freshman forward Carolyne Prevost fired home a rebound from sophomore forward Hilary Knight, putting the Badgers up 1-0. Knight lit the lamp herself hockey page 7

The road woes continued for the Wisconsin women’s basketball team as the Badgers fell at Michigan State 59-50 Sunday afternoon at the Breslin Center in front of 10,489 fans. “I thought our kids fought,” head coach Lisa Stone said. “We had a great game plan and defensively did a very nice job on the glass, but there were just too many extra possessions for them due to turnovers and that’s something that we talked about with our kids.” Although the Badgers outrebounded and kept Michigan State (7-2 Big Ten, 14-6 overall) nine points below its average, Wisconsin (4-6, 14-7) never found an offensive rhythm and committed 22 turnovers. “I thought we played a great defensive game,” Stone said. “Offensively, we just have to take more value in the basketball and get good shots. When you turn it over, you don’t get a shot attempt, so that’s an empty possession. That’s something we’re going to work on.” Michigan State used a stingy 1-3-1 three-quarter court trapping press with MSU guard Lykendra Johnson at the top to frustrate Wisconsin’s guards. “I thought that [Johnson] did really well in the second half,” Michigan State head coach Suzy

Merchant said. “In the second half, she was a big spark for us at the top of that press. She scored in transition for us. We really worked at posting her that half and she got some good looks and finishes down there.” “Their size is certainly something that is a great asset to them,” Stone said. “Their halfcourt pressure into their zone obviously made us sputter a little bit. They have great size at their guards.” Junior forward Mariah Dunham led the Badgers with 14 points and six rebounds and shot 4-for-7 from behind the arc. Sophomore guard Alyssa Karel added 13 points and sophomore DUNHAM forward Tara Steinbauer pitched in nine off the bench. Johnson led the Spartans with 14 points, and 6'9" center Allyssa DeHaan scored 11. To combat MSU’s physical guards, Stone moved junior Teah Gant to the point guard position in place of junior Rae Lin D’Alie and started freshman guard Jade Davis. “When we brought Rae Lin in, they went right to the post and utilized their size,” Stone said. “This is one of the biggest teams in the Big Ten. I mean

everybody’s six feet tall or better, so it seems. We went with the size issue—we’re a defensive-minded team and our best matchups are what we started.” With the lineup changes, Wisconsin jumped out to a 7-2 lead on a 3-pointer by Dunham to start the game. The Spartans responded with a 7-0 run of its own to take its first lead of the game and led the majority of the first half to go up 24-21. Out of the halftime break the Badgers used three offensive rebounds to score the first four points on a pair of baskets by Zastrow and Dunham. Down 38-30, the Badgers used a nice run to tie it up on a Karel reverse layup. MSU again responded with a 7-0 run of its own to go up 45-38, while untimely turnovers and empty possessions by Wisconsin sealed its fate. Michigan State has won five straight games and nine of the last 10 against the Badgers. Wisconsin has lost three of its last four. The Spartans donned pink shooting shirts as the basketball world mourns the death of former North Carolina State head coach Kay Yow—one of the most influential personalities of the women’s game—who died Saturday after a 22-year battle women's bball page 7

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