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Wisconsin exports up 11 percent last year Record numbers for agriculture

By Tyler Nickerson The Daily Cardinal

Wisconsin exported significantly more goods and services in 2011 than in 2010, including an 18 percent growth in agricultural product exports, according to a report released Monday.

Wisconsin exports increased by 11.4 percent to $22 billion, propelled by a record high $2.85 billion in agricultural exports according to The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection report.

The good news for Wisconsin’s economy comes after months of job loss and a budget shortfall that is much worse than expected.

“It shows how companies in Wisconsin are taking advantage of opportunities around the world to grow their own business and grow our economy,” Gov. Scott Walker said Monday in a statement. “I am particularly pleased that agricultural exports continue to be strong-businesses and family farms from all across

our state are exporting their products to customers around the world.”

The top markets for Wisconsin goods were Canada, China, Germany and Australia.

Canada accounted for 32.3 percent of all exports, an increase of 17% from 2010. But Wisconsin DATCP Secretary Ben Brancel said other countries also played a pivotal role.

“The recent passage of the Colombia, Panama and Korea trade agreements clarify entrance requirements to these countries and provide a more competitive playing field for Wisconsin exporters,” said Brancel. “These agreements allow Wisconsin companies greater access to international markets and increased possibilities for our agricultural products.”

Industrial machinery exports accounted for 31 percent of all exports, an increase of 8.3% from 2010. Products with the largest increase were construction and farm machinery, refrigerators and freezers.

When compared nationally, Wisconsin ranked 16th among states for agricultural exports in 2011.

Student attacked, robbed A UW-Madison student was attacked and robbed late Saturday night by three or four male individuals.

The suspects beat and robbed the victim around 2:35 a.m. in the parking lot near 408 N. Lake St., behind Brothers Bar and Grill, according to UW-Madison Police Department Sgt. Aaron Chapin.

Chapin said the victim described the suspects as Asian males between 18 and 25 years old.

The victim suffered injuries serious enough to be treated in a local hospital but has since been released, according to Chapin.

Given the close location to the populated downtown area and time, UWPD are hopeful there may be witnesses who could assist in the investigation.

Anyone who witnessed the assault is encouraged to call UWPD Det. Grimyser at (608) 262-7752 or call the Madison Area Crime Stoppers at (608) 266-6014.

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Madison Alcohol Policy Coordinator Mark Woulf met with members of ASM’s Legislative Affairs Committee Monday to discuss an ordinance that would toughen penalties for “nuisance” parties.

Students hope city is lenient with party law Members of a student government committee said Monday they are hopeful the latest draft of a proposed city ordinance intended to hold landlords more accountable for parties deemed “nuisances” would only be used in extreme circumstances.

Madison Alcohol Policy Coordinator Mark Woulf told the Associated Students of Madison Legislative Affairs Committee the legislation broadens the definition of a “nuisance” so police can use discretion when determining what parties qualify.

But he said the proposal would also mandate a meeting between police, the landlord and tenant after police rule a party a nuisance.

Legislative Affairs Chair Hannah Somers said since police have to meet with the host of the party and the landlord after the party takes place, she is hopeful officials will refrain from deeming every party a “nuisance.”

“I think the best insurance we have is that the city is not going to want to spend all of their time meeting with people,” Somers said.

“That’s time, that’s money that they don’t have to invest.

I’m comforted that it won’t be used out of line.”

Associated Students of Madison Rep. Maria Giannopolous said while the latest draft is a step in the right direction, the legislation could create a negative relationship between students and their landlords, and could make students feel uncomfortable.

“I think that it could be a little shaky as far as students as a whole not knowing what will come out of it,” Giannopolous said.

—Anna Duffin

City to install pay-by-phone parking Madison plans to implement a new pay-by-phone feature in parking meters near the Capitol later this year.

This new feature allows people to dial a number, enter a parking spot number and have the parking cost charged to a credit card without returning to their vehicle. There will likely be an additional $0.45 fee for this service, according to City Parking

Operations Manager Bill Knobeloch.

Knobeloch said the payby-phone feature will be added to parking meters in the Capitol State Street garage on the West Johnson Street side and will provide a better parking experience downtown by preventing parking tickets.

“Why should you get a ticket for misjudging time?” Knobeloch said.

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Meg Burnton guest columnist My entire life has been a rotating spectrum of social ineptitude.

One day I may interact with other humans perfectly normally and the next may be a smorgasbord of awkward situations. This has resulted in my ineffectual attempts (or one could say avoidance) with the romance department, leaving me perpetually single on Valentine’s Day. In the spirit of a holiday based on correctly interacting with a potential partner, here is one of my finest moments…

For senior year prom, my friend’s friend was my date. Being completely incapable of communication, I spent most of the dinner drawing on the napkins of the restaurant and the ride to the dance consistently checking to make sure that my legs were equidistant from

one another so they would appear normal and relaxed. For the most part, I considered the dinner and drive a success. I neither made an absolute fool of myself nor completely alienated those around me into questioning their reasoning for letting me be in their prom group. Once at the actual dance, situations changed.

I normally am not a huge fan of dancing with other people because it typically involves grinding, which I am clearly not able to do without a) giggling or b) turning it into some sort of swing dance where I don’t have to touch my partner. Maybe I have a problem with touching, who knows? So the dancing portion of the night had started to give me all kinds of anxiety. How could I avoid grinding with this kid without forcing him to abandon me?

My solution? It started off

with me attempting to turn every song into a fist pumping jam.

This, however, slowly turned into me doing crazy combinations of moves I learned on Animal Planet from shows about sloths with the “research” I did on YouTube after the shows in which I watched sped up videos of sloths. A friend of my date had been dancing near me, and my weird routine somehow encouraged him to challenge me to a dance battle. Sometime later that year I learned he had been on cocaine, which should give you some insight into how I dance without even being on any drugs.

Just when I thought I would never be recognized for my dance skills, a circle started to slowly form around us. This would be my first and only dance circle, and it was against a coked out lanky kid from the right side of town. While I can’t say for certain, my classmates were

probably only watching us in confusion rather than in admiration of my skills.

Realizing the situation I was in a little too late, and after a little too much enjoyment, I stopped dancing and just stood in the center of the circle for about a minute before slow walking my way out followed by power walking to the bathroom where I sat for the rest of the night.

So the next time you feel bad about being alone on Valentine’s Day, just picture me sitting with my 12 pet rocks and seven stuffed, mounted, dead cats, reminiscing about that event we all hold sacred until it happens: the senior prom.

Want to break Meg’s bad romances this Valentine’s Day by teaching how you really shake ‘em down? E-mail her at mburnton@wisc.edu and show her how you bust a move. Otherwise, bring your pet rocks and join in her reminiscing about senior prom.

What’s Brewing: perfect pairings for a dreamy date

By Dylan Katz BEER columnist

Well, it’s Valentine’s Day—yet another time of the year where commercialism takes over our lives and television commercials shove as many clichés down our throats as they possibly can. Hell, last week I saw a commercial advising me to buy one of the “Twilight” movies. I mean…really? What has this world come to?

Anyway, I digress… This isn’t a kvetching (Yiddish for ‘complaining’) column, so I’ll steer back towards what matters—beer. We’ve all heard that, apparently, the “best way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.” Yeah, it’s true, but over the years, I’ve also found that it happens to apply to both genders. Bonus points if you’re a good cook—it certainly makes life easier.

So, this year, when you’re cooking up a storm (well, some of us will be, at least), you may find it beneficial to pair every course with a different beer. Besides getting your date drunk (and making for some ruckus fun later on), it’ll be the perfect complement to whatever you’ve chosen to make.

Course 1: Appetizers

Or, for the lazier (and classier) people among us, the cheese course. One of the cool things about certain cheeses is that you can pair pretty much any beer with them—it certainly helps when you’re going for variety with the food. I like to start the night off with a lighter beer, particularly a wild ale or a lambic. These kinds of beers typically have a lot more bite to them, giving the beer a very tart finish. They go extremely well with really sharp cheeses such as an aged (but not smoked) gouda, cheddar or a softer cheese like brie.

As for the beer, I’d suggest Lagunitas Little Sumpin’ Wild, a wild ale (no, really?) that has a nice combination of fruitiness and hops upfront and a highly carbonated, slightly sour aftertaste. It’s a great way to start off your night and, at 9.4% abv (I may have lied about going ‘light’ to start off the evening), it will certainly help you get a little buzz going. For the big spenders out there who really want to class it up,

do yourself a favor and snag a bottle of the Cuvee Des Jacobins Rouge.

Brewed with cherries, this beer has an amazingly sweet and sour flavor combination that makes it the standard sour ale for most beer fanatics.

Course 2: Dinner

Honestly, there are so many different kinds of food out there that it’s sort of hard to try pairing a beer, so I’ll just give a few suggestions. My signature dish is eggplant parmesan and almost all Italian food demands a lighter beer to be paired with it, so you’d probably want to shoot for something along those lines. Maibocks, which are generally a light-bodied golden lager, certainly fit the bill—Sierra Nevada Glissade or Rogue Dead Guy (warning: this brewery hates unions) are great choices.

For those feeling a bit more adventurous with their choice of food—think along the lines of Indian, Mexican, Thai, etc.— I’d suggest a more complex beer.

In an attempt to stay local, give Furthermore Knot Stock a try. The

brewery does their own take on a typical pale ale and adds in, of all things, black pepper. Yeah, you may not think it sounds great, but the pepper gives the beer an added level of spiciness that makes it a wonderful complement to the spicier foods you may choose to consume tonight.

The kick that the black pepper adds is wonderfully complemented by the bitter notes of grapefruit and hops, and it has a terrific dry finish.

Course 3: Dessert

Personally, this was the easiest pairing for me. If you’re going to be eating anything with chocolate in it (and really, how could you not?), then it’s time for the first experience with a dessert beer. Dessert beers perfectly pair with even the most decadent sweets. You can usually go one of two ways when choosing what to serve: a tart, fruit beer like a lambic or a heavy, creamy beer along the lines of a stout or porter. Because we’ve already done the whole wild/lambic ale thing, a stout is probably what you want to lean towards. There is no beer I’d rather

have with dessert than Southern Tier Crème Brulee. Brewed with sugar and vanilla bean, this beer is simply spectacular (and definitely one of my favorites). The combination of vanilla, coffee and burnt sugar is a near-perfect replica of an actual crème brulee. When you combine that with the creaminess from the added lactate (it’s a milk stout—better texture on the tongue), the beer is simply superb.

Oh yeah, it’s also 9.6% abv, so if you weren’t drunk from my previous suggestions, I’d certainly hope that you are by now.

Well, there you have it. A rather intoxicating (best pun ever?) combination of food and beer that’s bound to make your date appreciate you a hell of a lot more than they already did. And, let’s be honest—if they don’t like any of these suggestions, then it’s them, not you.

Have beer and cuisine pairing suggestions for Dylan? Want him to dazzle you with his cheese platter and eggplant parmesan on this day of love? Either way, send him an e-mail at dskatz2@wisc.edu.

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Months before big elections, turnout for UW voter IDs low

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Academic Staff Assembly Chair Heather Daniels said looking at the relationship is necessary in light of budget cuts.

University employees: state, UW System need better-defined relationship Members of the UW-Madison Academic Staff Assembly passed a resolution Monday calling for a clearly-defined relationship between the state and UW System.

The resolution recommends the state hold the UW System accountable for being cost-efficient while giving it more flexibility.

Assembly Chair Heather Daniels said in light of budget cuts to the system, UW-Madison is making efforts to save money and she does not want further cuts from the state to negate the money saved.

“We’ve started here on campus several major initiatives that may result in cost savings, and we do not want the state to take those

savings from us and cut our budget by that amount, otherwise it really takes the wind out of our sails to be more efficient about anything,” Daniels said.

Assembly Representative Jeff Shokler said while UW-Madison’s Faculty Senate passed a similar resolution in December, the Assembly represents an additional 8,000 university employees.

“That has some weight,” Shokler said. “This is a way for us to formally get our voice on record with the legislators, with the state, and with other bodies in the system.”

—Anna Duffin

While the less than 250 voter ID cards issued in the last three weeks seems like a small amount on a campus of 40,000 students, one student leader said it is a decent turnout considering major elections are still nine months away.

Still, Legislative Affairs Chair Hannah Somers said she is optimistic more students will obtain a card, which is required for out-of-state students to vote in elections.

“I’m hoping that that number increases especially as bigger elections start coming up,”

Somers said.

The Wiscard office began issuing Voter ID cards in response to a new Wisconsin law that requires voters to present valid state-issued photo identification at the polls.

Students can present their Wiscard at the Union South’s Wiscard office, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. to receive a UW-Madison voter ID card.

The UW-Madison voter ID cards are marked “VOTER IDENTIFICATION” and expire two years from the issued date.

To help improve awareness of who needs a voter ID card to vote and how to obtain one, Somers said Legislative Affairs launched an instructional video featuring Bucky Badger receiving his voter ID card.

“I think that when people see that video it will make it a little more clear about who exactly needs to get one and how simple it is,” she said.

The video, which will be sent to students via e-mail, is currently available on UW’s website home page, wisc.edu.

—Alex DiTullio

State senator debuts controversial mining legislation State Sen. Neal Kedzie, R-Elkhorn, released the state Senate’s version of a contentious Assembly bill passed on Jan. 26 easing regulations on iron ore mines in Wisconsin.

The preliminary draft, unveiled Monday, differs from the Assembly version in some key areas.

Unlike the Assembly’s version of the bill, the Senate version would create an additional tax on iron ore mines in which 70 percent of the revenue collected would be deposited to a local impact fund and distributed to local governments impacted by mining activity.

The added tax would be imposed

three years after the mine is open.

The preliminary draft allows people to challenge an iron ore mining permit or other permit issued by the Department of Natural Resources in connection with an iron ore mining operation. The Assembly version does not allow such challenges.

Kedzie, the Senate Select Committee on Mining Jobs Chair, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel his proposal would try to balance economic and environmental interests and he would not “give away the store just because it makes economic sense.”

But Rep. Kelda Helen Roys,

D-Madison, said the proposal is the “same pig, different lipstick” as the Assembly’s version.

“I still have serious concerns on the impact on human health, our long-term economic prosperity and the environment based on the draft that was released today,” Roys said. “I’m hopeful that the fair-minded conservatives on the committee will reject this as too extreme.”

Kedzie said he is scheduling public hearings on the bill throughout the state. The Senate Select Committee on Mining meets Friday to further discuss the proposal. ­—Tyler Nickerson

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The science of love and sex appeal What is it about potential mates that we perceive to be attractive, and why?

By Kasia Manolas daily cardinal

When we think of falling in love, we don’t immediately think of science. But in reality, sex appeal, the rush of being in love, and even staying in a long-term relationship is heavily dictated by a combination of primal, genetic and chemical forces that draw us towards healthy partners.

What one finds sexy is not a matter of simple personal taste.

Rather, we’re hardwired to read genetic clues in a potential mate because we’re programmed to provide our offspring the best chance of survival.

The second we meet someone, we make lightning-fast judgments about their face, body, voice and smell that determine whether we’re attracted to them.

The face’s symmetry and sexuality are usually the first clues we subconsciously read when we see someone. The more symmetric a face is, the more attractive it’s typically rated.

Men seek women who have more feminine facial features, like a smaller jaw, thin eyebrows or high cheekbones. Conversely, women find men who have larger jaws, thick eyebrows and square hairlines to be more attractive.

Such features are determined by the surge of sex hormones one receives during puberty. The more estrogen or testosterone one produces, the more ‘feminine’ or ‘manly’ their facial features will be, respectively.

Furthermore, faces may even undergo very subtle changes from day to day. For example, women are rated as more attractive when they’re ovulating, which helps

them to find a mate when they are most likely to conceive.

The body is also a key indicator of how reproductively healthy a potential mate may be. Men tend to find curvaceous hips, a thin waist and long slender legs to be most appealing.

Likewise, women are more attracted to broad shoulders, strong pectoral muscles and strong abdomens.

Moreover, the most important aspect we judge in a potential mate is not just the shape of their body, but how it moves. Women like men who have more shoulder swagger as a signal of masculinity, and men prefer women

who tend to sway their hips because it indicates femininity.

There’s a lot more to sex appeal than just what we take in visually. For example, voices can convey a lot about reproductive health as well.

Research shows that men favor female voices that are higher in pitch as an indication of youth and high estrogen levels. In addition to the changes in women’s faces during ovulation, their voices become more appealing too. Male voices that are deeper, resulting from higher testosterone levels, project strength and manliness.

Arguably one of the most

important tools we use to find our best possible mate is our sense of smell.

When we sweat, our glands emit molecules that carry information about our genes via the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). This information from the MHC reveals which diseases our immune system is equipped to fight.

No two people have the same MHC combination and no two people have the same smell.

Research shows that we tend to like the smell of potential mates that have significantly different MHC genes than our own.

This ensures a mixing of differ-

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ent genes, which makes a much stronger combination to better protect offspring from disease.

While sex appeal is a powerful element we subconsciously use to find the most evolutionarily suitable mate, what keeps us with that person in the long-term?

Testosterone is responsible for much of the early lust in a relationship, but dopamine is what creates a strong feeling of love. A rush of dopamine elicits feelings of intense pleasure and creates a high that we desire again and again.

When research participants are shown a picture of a loved one, the ventrotegmental area of their brain becomes active.

Not surprisingly, this area of the brain is responsible for pumping out dopamine.

Contrary to initial predictions, scientists have determined that the chemistry of love does not change over time.

When couples that have been together for decades are shown pictures of their spouses, they still receive the same rush of dopamine. So while indicators of sex appeal initially work to help us conceive healthy offspring, the hormones involved create lasting feelings of attachment and security.

It’s argued that humans are indeed biologically programmed to mate for life, even though 97% of other mammals are not monogamous. However, it takes something uniquely human to commit to raising children and to sustain a lasting relationship.

Thus, science can only go so far when it comes to explaining the true complexity of love.

When tin can and can’t Ask Mr. Scientist: aphrodisiacs and moon colonies

By Kristen Anderson the daily cardinal

Dear Mr. Scientist, How do aphrodisiacs work? Is there some component in aphrodisiac foods that is physically arousing?

Why do humans respond to them?

—Ellen A. In theory, aphrodisiacs work by either increasing blood flow to certain body parts, increasing hormone levels, or by simply resembling sex organs. To date though, only one substance has been proven to induce mating in those that ingest it or even smell it: a mixture of phenylacetic acid and phenylacetaldehyde. It’s important to note that these two chemicals only work on males, and only on male fruit flies. There has yet to be a food or supplement found to work on humans of either sex, so we still have to rely on things like personality, good looks or large amounts of money.

Dear Mr. Scientist, Why is it that every time I try talking to a girl I like, my mind goes blank, I stumble over my words, and I look like an idiot?

—Garrett F. Unfortunately for us guys, we are truly powerless to the appeal of girls. Recent studies have shown that men perform worse on cognitive tasks after talking to a woman, and the more they are attracted to the woman, the worse they perform. The suggested theory is that men view interactions with the opposite sex as an opportunity to find a mate, and because of this, they constantly monitor and modify their behavior in order to impress their “potential mates.” This takes up most of your brain power, so you’re left with just enough to act like a fool.

Dear Mr. Scientist, Newt Gingrich seems to really like the moon. He wants to set up a colony and even a mining industry.

What is there to mine on the moon?

—Mark W. We are facing a future shortage of rare earth elements like gadolinium and terbium, which are used in televisions, batteries and other electronics. Luckily, samples from the moon contain some of these rare metals.

More importantly, the moon may also contain large amounts of helium-3 (an isotope of helium), which is in short supply and needed for MRIs, weapons detection and possibly cold fusion. There is no guarantee that large enough supplies of these elements exist though, and with conservative estimates putting initial costs in the billions, we probably won’t be seeing any moon miners soon.

Ask Mr. Scientist is written by Michael Leitch. If you have a burning science question you want him to answer, e-mail it to science@dailycardinal.com.

Legend says that Napoleon’s undefeated army of 600,000 men, marching towards Russia in December of 1812, was overcome by a simple chemical reaction.

All the men’s uniforms had buttons made of tin, which slowly converted from the silvery -form of tin crystal to the brittle -form in the bitter cold temperatures. As this form of tin, known as tin pest, accumulated, the buttons disintegrated into powder, and Napoleon’s army experienced mass wardrobe malfunctions that would eventually result in their defeat.

Although most historians and chemists believe this story to be a great exaggeration (especially because the impure tin used in the buttons would need a much longer time to disintegrate) the story has given tin an element of fame.

Tin (Sn), atomic number 50 (indicating that it has 50 protons) is nestled in the fourth row of the periodic table. As the 49th most common element, tin is mostly found as tin dioxide, in a mineral called cassiterite.

Over the past several centuries tin has been used for a variety of purposes beyond buttons including its incorporation into alloys like bronze, which is made of tin and

copper, or pewter, which is made of tin, copper, antimony and lead.

Historically, tin has been used in a large variety of consumer products including tin cans and tin foil. Both cans and foil are now made with cheaper materials like steel and aluminum, though the objects are often still referred to as containing tin.

Although tin may not have been the downfall of Napoleon, its usefulness in chemistry, industry and in consumer products cannot be doubted.

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21st century relationships are dominated by cautious (or not-so-cautious-and-inebriated) text messages, Facebook “stalking” and Twitter mentions.

Let’s be honest, they are lacking that distinctly old-fashioned romanticism.

That’s where The Old Fashioned comes in this Valentine’s Day. With its homey and casual atmosphere (not to mention stellar burgers), it is a perfect way to treat your loved one without making it too over-the-top and without breaking the bank.

This distinctly Wisconsinite establishment offers a variety of delectable burgers, salads and infamous lazy susans. In addition, the wide variety of quality beers and cocktails will be sure to keep you chatting long into the night. They carry 150 Wisconsin beers on tap, and most of them are at an extremely reasonable price.

Lucky for us, Valentine’s Day falls on a Tuesday this year, when The Old Fashioned has a special on margaritas—it may be just the thing you need to celebrate your romantic evening.

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Missing your favorite music columnist, Jeremy Gartzke? Look for his column in Thursday’s edition of The Daily Cardinal.

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David Ruiz opinion columnist

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simple thought—the percentage of graduates from elite colleges going into high finance is too high— has spurred a variety of articles addressing the intranational “brain drain” of the highly educated into the financial sector. A quarter of Yale’s 2010 graduates headed to Wall Street, Cornell sent a third, and Harvard and UPenn each had around half of their graduates start their careers in finance. Here in Madison, the business school sent 41% of 2009-’10 graduates into consulting or finance/accounting. This adds up to a miniscule percentage of the entire student body. The intense recruitment process at eastcoast elite schools has been targeted as the cause of the disproportionately high amount of alumni at Wall Street.

The recruiters start early, and they sell themselves and the “earning potential” of their field. Firms foster relationships with universities that send graduates their way.

The big banks keep their offices staffed; Those recruited make some money, and the universities get more alumni donations, on top of the money already spent by recruiters. This way, everyone wins and the moral grayness of the situation is washed away in green.

It is not in society’s best interest to keep letting Wall Street gorge itself on America. The antibank sentiment that exploded with the financial collapse has materialized in the years since.

Admittedly, some of this sentiment has gotten out of hand. I am not suggesting that the entire financial sector is parasitic, but I do think it has expanded beyond sustainability. The availability of credit has enabled a huge amount of business, but the largest banks do only a small portion of their work in the type of capital investments that are always used to defend high finance. The financial sector needs to shrink, and it won’t be painless. But trying to limit the sector’s ability to market itself to students is backwards.

If you have an issue with half of Harvard’s graduates going into high finance, then your problem is with high finance, not the details of recruiting.

If we can accept that human capital shouldn’t be conglomerating at Wall Street, then we should also examine the universities cultivating that human capital. The doubts raised about the financial district should already exist in graduates’ minds. When so many people are joining a field that is seen as nonproductive for society, the mechanism that should be shaping them as citizens, the university, is open to criticism. The influence of money in recruitment at universities is beyond the scope of this article, but what is immediately concerning is the fact that some of the most highly touted thinkers in this country are deliberately entering fields that don’t add to society.

It is not in society’s best interest to keep letting Wall Street gorge itself on America.

There’s no practical way to scrutinize entering high finance as a personal decision. Our culture values financial self-centeredness and I am intimately aware of too many pro athlete contract negotiations to think otherwise. Combating the financial sector through their recruitment process is misguided, but also reveals a new trend in America. People are starting to change from an item-to-item based view of politics to a more integrated approach. Instead of focusing on just issues, people are now examining the system.

This new examination is exactly the type of positive citizenship that universities should be cultivating. Instead of protesting recruiters, young “occupiers” should stay focused on legislation and spreading the message of the movement. Those trying to change where graduates go after their commencement speeches should encourage universities to include more lib-

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eral studies in their graduation requirements. By encouraging liberal studies to play a larger role in every undergraduate career, this debate over “braindrain” can move to where it belongs: the brains of under-

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graduates considering a career in finance.

The most recent jobs report has shown that the financial sector is shrinking. More recent reports of graduates taking to Wall Street show more restrained

numbers. However, this issue should remain relevant as long as America is in the crater left by the housing bubble.

David Ruiz is a senior majoring in English. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Today’s Sudoku

How about something new? 73 percent of people who buy flowers for Valentine’s Day are men, while only 27 percent are women.

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Thinking of him, thinking of her

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

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SIMPLY BRILLIANT ACROSS 1 Nonkosher food 4 Bad place to be, in relation to a sewage plant 10 Playful kiss 14 Flightless bird common in Australia 15 One of a band of brothers 16 A demonstrated position?

17 Experienced know-itall 19 Filly’s father 20 Ending for “bureau” or “pluto” 21 Mad ___ (Wonderland character) 23 Action-scene elements 25 Genesis brother 27 Mr. Potato Head accessory 28 Ends of the Earth?

29 Uno, ___, tres 30 Russian spirit 32 “I ___ Rock” (Simon and Garfunkel hit) 33 Be relevant (to) 35 What those with promising futures have 40 Firm, like pasta 41 Diesel of Hollywood 43 Dramatic event

46 Actress Charlotte of “The Facts of Life” 47 Any ABBA member 49 Convert into leather 50 Church niche 52 Car in a procession 53 Part of the eye 55 Dried-up riverbeds 56 Cow-horned goddess 57 Wiseacre 62 Sagan or Sandburg 63 Deep soup dish 64 Tailless primate 65 Orange producer 66 Blue-pencils 67 Two cents’ worth DOWN 1 Cut down with an ax 2 “What ___, a mind reader?”

3 Brawny 4 Ashcan targets 5 Clobbers with snowballs 6 Marries 7 Billy Joel’s “___ to Extremes” 8 Improved partner?

9 City on the Yamuna River 10 Cordage fiber 11 American rival 12 Word with “winning” or “losing” 13 ___ Nevada mountain range 18 Ocean flier

2 Blacksmith’s block 2 23 You can get soaked here 24 Pyramid, to a pharaoh 25 Luminous rings (var.)

26 Sharp as a tack 29 Tries to prevent 31 Yoko from Tokyo 33 Grad student’s goal 34 Was a consumer 36 “At Seventeen” singer Janis 37 Gather little by little 38 Abroad 39 They say the darndest things 42 Maiden name leadin 43 Inflexible about the rules 44 Victim of Brutus 45 Whole 47 Many four-doors 48 Banshee sound 51 What a copier will often do next 52 Couldn’t stomach 54 South Seas spot 55 Suburban warbler 58 Close-mouthed 59 “What ___ you up to?”

60 Tax pro, for short 61 Vitally important

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Men’s Basketball

Badgers’ season reminiscent of 2002

By Peter Geppert The Daily Cardinal

When the No. 15/17 Wisconsin men’s basketball team (8-4 Big Ten, 19-6 overall) takes on Penn State (3-10, 11-15) Sunday the athletic department will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the 2002 Badgers team.

The 2002 squad remains a special team because of its magical run to capture a share of the Big Ten title in head coach Bo Ryan’s first season at the helm of the program.

“We only had like seven scholarship players that season because of injuries and transfers,” Ryan said.

“We got a few breaks along the way that season, but you have to make your breaks. The guys worked hard and it felt good.”

Perhaps if Ryan had not had such a successful first season (winning the school’s first conference title since 1947) he may not have attracted players like Devin Harris, Alando Tucker, Brian Butch and senior point guard Jordan Taylor.

Despite the immediate turnaround, Ryan doesn’t necessarily credit himself with the success of the program—success that has meant a run of 12 consecutive NCAA tournament berths the sixth longest such streak nationally and second longest in the conference.

“I wish I could say that the season caused us to get better players,

but recruits have so many options these days that it didn’t really have an effect,” Ryan said. “What it really did was get people believing. I didn’t realize how hungry people were for a Big Ten championship at Wisconsin.”

Fast forward 10 years and Bo Ryan finds himself dealing with a team that is battling through a Big Ten conference slate where no team seems to be able to establish itself as the front runner.

“If the juices aren’t flowing for what we’ve got coming you need help.”

Bo Ryan head coach Wisconsin men’s basketball

Following its victory on the road over the Badgers, No. 6 Ohio State (9-3, 21-4) appeared to be the team that emerged from the pack.

However, a 58-48 home loss to No. 8 Michigan State (9-3, 20-5) has left the Big Ten race wide open.

Entering the week, four teams are within a game of the conference lead and five teams are ranked in the top-20 nationally by the Associated Press. This year’s race for the conference title has

Badger fans remembering the 2002 campaign again, a season in which four teams tied for a share of the conference championship with 11-5 conference records.

“We stole a couple games on the road by one point against Michigan State and Indiana. There just wasn’t a real dominant team in the Big Ten that year,” Ryan added.

“You say 11-5 how many years do you win the conference with that record? That’s pretty unique.”

Perhaps history is destined to repeat itself Thursday as Ryan and company head out on the road to face Michigan State. For college basketball fans the Bucky versus Sparty matchup is a chance to see arguably the two best coaches in the Big Ten square off in Ryan and Spartans head coach Tom Izzo. The two coaches are the active leaders in conference victories and have combined for 25 consecutive NCAA tournament berths. To say that Izzo and Ryan are familiar with each other’s style of play and tendencies would be an understatement.

“They are a good, strong, athletic team that can beat you in a lot of different ways,” Ryan said of Michigan State. “But everyone knew that going into this week so it doesn’t really change how we are preparing.”

The two have developed a great rivalry ever since Ryan and his

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Wisconsin and Michigan State will renew their rivalry Thursday in a matchup that carries heavy Big Ten title implications. scrappy Badgers squad knocked off Izzo and the Spartans at home 64-63 in 2002 in their first ever meeting. In fact, Ryan began his career 6-0 against the conference’s most iconic active coach before

Izzo was able to break through.

“If the juices aren’t flowing for what we’ve got coming you need help,” Ryan said. “We’ve got quite a stretch coming up, and our juices are always flowing.”