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THE BADGERS HAVE ADDED A NEW DIMENSION TO THEIR OFFSENSIVE ARSENAL. +SPORTS, page 8

New literature columnist Miles Kellerman reflects on Hunter S. Thompson’s “Fear and Loathing: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream.” +ARTS, page 4 University of Wisconsin-Madison

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University Ave. highrise complex approved

By Taylor Harvey The Daily Cardinal

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Renovation plans include replacing seating and modifying the stage in the Play Circle Theater, eliminating unnecessary staircases and expanding the lobby of the Union Theater.

Union renovation staff defends project

By Alex DiTullio and Shannon Kelly The Daily Cardinal

In response to the recent controversy surrounding the Memorial Union Reinvestment project, members of the project committee announced changes to the facility will increase efficiency and functionality while retaining the building’s historical charm.

The bulk of the controversy surrounds the proposed 3,200 square foot addition to the Union Theater lobby that overlooks Lake Mendota.

“Modernizing the building creates an opportunity for us to preserve and restore areas that have fallen by the wayside,” MUR member Brigid Hogan said. “I think that the theatre lounge, which we have consulted with the Historical Society on, creates new ways to preserve that experience year-round.”

According to Wisconsin Union President Katie Fischer, the addition will better accommodate the thousands of patrons who visit

the theater each year. The current lobby can only hold a fraction of the theater’s 1,300-person capacity.

Critics, who have founded the website savetheterrace.org, say the proposed “glass box” will cast irritating shadows over the terrace and impede the view of the sunset from the east side of the building.

But MUR student project manager Colin Plunkett said studies indicate shadows will be minimal and people at the terrace will have an unobstructed view of the sunset and picnic point.

Opponents of the project also fear theatergoers will overrun the space—intended to double as a student lounge—during the approximate 100 yearly performances, rendering it unusable for people trying to study.

Fischer said MUR intended for the area to serve several groups: Theatergoers attending a show as well as students wishing to gather for entertainment, schoolwork, relaxation or sleep.

“If [students] want to sit there

and have a party, [they] might have a party,” Fischer said. “It’s whatever the students choose to do with that space.”

According to Plunkett, the addition will also eliminate the stairs that lead to the theater entrance and even out numerous other staircases connecting the theater with the southwest corner of the Union where a bus stop is located.

These changes will help the building meet the conditions of the Americans with Disabilities Act and make the building more accessible to handicapped guests.

The MUR project will also update an inefficient heating ventilation and cooling system, parts of which are 73 years old.

Additionally, Hogan said the project will merge the three small Play Circle stages into one large, more usable stage.

She said the theater will also include seats that fold into the wall, allowing the space to transform into a comedy club with tables and other varied setups.

After hours of public testimony and deliberation, Madison’s Common Council approved the construction of a new apartment complex on the corner of Brooks Street and University Avenue early Wednesday morning.

The 80-unit, eight stories high complex will be located on the land currently owned by the St. Francis House near Grainger Hall.

Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said the city has a vision to bring students closer to the campus area.

Resnick said development more central to campus allows students to be closer, condenses UW services and lets areas outside of the campus area where

students aren’t living be redeveloped for other purposes, whether for young professionals or other residents of Madison.

“I don’t care how good your worship is. If it’s too difficult or complicated to come, people won’t come.”

Jon Enslin former Lutheran bishop

“This is the kind of redevelopment will keep Madison going strong for the next 25 years,” Resnick said. “That’s the kind of development I support.”

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Former Lutheran Bishop Jon Enslin and other members of the Luther Memorial church opposed plans for the high rise.

City officials plan safety summit to address Madison’s ‘heroin epidemic’ Madison city officials announced plans for a safety summit to combat rising citywide trends in heroin abuse Tuesday following three probable overdoses this weekend.

In a discussion before Tuesday’s Common Council meeting, city officials unveiled plans for a “comprehensive planning response” involving police and medical officials. The daylong summit on Nov. 14 will address

Madison’s “heroin epidemic.”

Madison Police Department spokesman Joel DeSpain said this weekend’s incidents highlight ongoing concerns regarding a heroin trend that has increased in severity over the past three years. “[Heroin] is an epidemic in the city,” said DeSpain. “Usage and crimes related to heroin continue to be a problem throughout the city, and not just in Madison but throughout

the country.”

Police are currently investigating the death of a man found in his East Side residence Saturday morning, killed by an apparent opiate overdose.

Two other men were hospitalized over the weekend because of heroin overdoses, one outside a North Side gas station and another in his downtown home on West Main Street. Both were revived and taken to the hospital

upon paramedics’ arrival.

“Sometimes, we as first responders can’t get there soon enough, and people are dying,” said DeSpain. “I just think people need to know the gamble they’re taking.”

Madison Drug Task Force Lieutenant Brian Ackeret said police are combating heroin abuse and related crimes by focusing on heroin distribution, as well as upping under-

cover purchases and search warrants.

Still, DeSpain said police “cannot arrest their way out of this crisis.”

“We’ve been telling county executives and the mayor that we need to get our arms around this as a community,” DeSpain said. “This is more than a police problem—it’s a community health crisis.”

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Report: Partisan groups spent $44 million on recalls

By Adam Wollner The Daily Cardinal

Candidates and political groups spent nearly $44 million on the nine state Senate recall elections this past summer, setting multiple records for campaign spending, according to a report released by the nonpartisan Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Tuesday.

Outside groups spent $34.5 million on the campaigns, far more than the $8 million the 26 individual candidates spent. In total, groups funding Democrats outspent Republican groups $24 million to $20 million.

The $44 million spent on the recalls broke the record for legislative election spending, which was just over $20 million for 99 Assembly and 16 Senate races in 2008.

WDC Executive Director Mike McCabe explained “unprecedented circumstances” caused “off-the-

chart” spending never seen before in Wisconsin.

The liberal We Are Wisconsin PAC spent the most at $10.75 million, more than doubling the previous record for campaign spending by a special interest group.

Conservative group Club for Growth Wisconsin declined to release its expenditures, but the WDC estimated they spent the next largest amount at $9 million.

McCabe said while the majority of these PACs had existed long before the summer recalls, they had never engaged in the same level of spending.

The 8th Senate district race between Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, and Rep. Sandy Pasch, D-Whitefish Bay, was the most expensive race at $10 million.

McCabe credited these high numbers to the hotly contested race and

expensive media market.

While PACs spent millions to influence the recall elections, it cost local governments $2.1 million to administer them, according to the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board.

In reaction to this figure, state Reps. Robin Vos, R-Rochester, Paul Farrow, R-Pewaukee, and Gary Tauchen, R-Bonduel, circulated a constitutional amendment to reform the recall process.

“We must end what could be a never-ending campaign cycle for state officials who are doing what the voters elected them to do,” Vos, who requested the estimate from the GAB, said in a statement.

Farrow echoed Vos’ concerns, saying, “Elections do matter, and never should the minority’s dissent be allowed to squelch the voice of the majority of voters.”

Police suspect repeat sexual harasser in Langdon Street area Wan Mei Leong/the daily cardinal

Students, including freshman Kevin Koscak, participated in a blood drive for the American Red Cross at Sellery Hall Tuesday.

Obscure state law banning margarine in restaurants could be repealed After a spring of controversy, the state Legislature appears set to ignite another political firestorm regarding a hotly contested issue: Margarine.

A new bill recently introduced in the Legislature would repeal an obscure state law, first passed in 1895, that bans the sale and use of margarine in restaurants. The law was designed to eliminate the butter substitute’s perceived negative impact on Wisconsin’s dairy industry.

Over time, state legislators have changed the law to

reduce the extent of the ban.

The current law contains three major regulations on the sale and consumption of margarine. It prohibits public eating places to serve margarine unless the customer requests it. It also requires that state institutions, like prisons, only serve butter unless margarine is necessary for the patient’s health. Additionally, the law lists specific requirements for packaging and labeling margarine sold at retail stores.

State Rep. Dale Kooyenga, R-Brookfield, one of the bill’s co-sponsors, said it is important to protect the integrity of Wisconsin law.

“Our laws are important and should be respected,” Kooyenga said in a letter to lawmakers. “Silly laws erode citizens’ respect for the overall rule of law in our state.”

The bill will be up for a vote in the Wisconsin Legislature next month.

Graphic by Dylan Moriarty —Jack Casey

Underage Madison woman accidently punched in the face outside Wando’s An underage Madison woman was punched in the face while waiting in line outside Wando’s bar early Sunday morning.

Police said the woman, 19, was in close proximity to several men fighting and became unintentionally involved in the sidewalk brawl.

At one point, the conflict came her way and knocked her to the ground.

As she stood up, one person fighting punched her in the face.

“She was not sure if it was intentional or not, but realized a tooth had been knocked back and that her lip was split,” Madison Police Department Spokesperson Joel DeSpain said in a statement.

According to police, the woman flagged down a motorist on University Avenue who took her to the hospital. She received stitches in her lip and her damaged tooth was reset.

Police said the woman was unable to describe the man who hit her.

A woman called police to her North Lake Street apartment after spotting a strange man peeping into her roommate’s window for the second time in a week Sept. 12.

Police said the woman, 20, thought the man was likely the same one she saw apparently masturbating while staring at her roommate through the same window a week earlier.

According to the Sept. 5

report, an African-American man between 20 and 25 years old had his pants down while looking in at her roommate, whose shades were not drawn.

Police said the man fled before they arrived both times.

When the second incident occurred, Madison Police Department Spokesperson Joel DeSpain said, “A police dog attempted to track the suspect, but the scent was lost in the

600 block of Langdon Street.”

“This would be one of those cases where downtown, and particularly on campus, people need to be aware that this has happened twice in this particular area, and just to be vigilant,” said DeSpain.

DeSpain recommended area residents keep their windows covered and immediately contact police at the sign of similar suspicious activity.

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Plans for the new high rise, which will be located near Grainger Hall, were presented to Common Council Tuesday. The eight-story building will contain 80 units with 240 bedrooms.

council from page 1 Members of the Luther Memorial Church strongly opposed the project out of fear they would lose regular church attendees as a result of increased student congestion, trash and noise, as well as significantly decreased parking space.

“I don’t care how good your worship is,” former Lutheran Bishop Jon Enslin said. “If it’s too difficult or complicated to come, people won’t come.”

Several Luther Memorial members claimed the new building is going to cast a shadow that will interfere with the way natural sunlight reflects off of the building’s stained glass windows during mass.

Green space on the 1000 block of University Avenue that will be compromised due to the project also concerned Luther Memorial and other opposition.

“This kind of redevelopment will keep Madison going strong for the next 25 years.”

Scott Resnick alder district 8

Supporters said the partnership between the new apartment building and St. Francis will allow the church to bring student housing to

its site and provide funding to sustain itself and its ministry on campus. “[St. Francis] is in danger of being denied their need to expand and grow, even exist, so that a stained glass window of [Luther Memorial] can project sunlight through their window a few hours a week,” Madison Episcopal Priest Charles Granger said.

Resnick said the project adds up a new dynamic to keep the St. Francis ministry going forward.

“We don’t know what the future holds,” Grace Episcopal Church Priest Director Jonathan Greisser said. “But we need to adapt our churches, our ministry and our city to changing circumstances and realities.”

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Thrice strikes Major chord on latest album tiful and gives the track a grungy feel. The drums have The first thing I noticed an almost neurotic feel to when I put on Thrice’s Major/ them, with the syncopation Minor was how much heavier on the snare making me feel it was than Beggars. This is almost nervous, which is fitfinally the record I’ve been ting with the tone of the lyrwaiting for since I first heard ics. “I was always one of the The Artist in the Ambulance good ones / keeping tabs on eight years ago. everyone else / sure that I Don’t take that to mean was one of the chosen / but that I don’t like any of the I was a child of hell,” sings other records the band put Kensrue, an anxious ode to out in between. This album losing one’s way in the moral just sounds like a natural world of religion. bridge between Artist and “Call It in the Air” starts Vheissu, rather than just div- slow, the intensity fading ing into the progressive sound before picking back up in the as they did. There’s so many chorus of “Treading Paper.” great things going on with “Blur” opens with a stanthis record I’m not even sure dard punk drum beat, bringwhere I should begin. ing to mind early songs like “ Ye l l o w “Deadbolt” CD REVIEW Belly” opens and “Under a with a great guiKilling Moon,” tar riff layered before it drops on top of a busy into a comdrum beat (busy plex bridge to my guitarist that brings the ears; my roommaturity that mate will probthe band has Major/Minor ably tell me it’s developed back Thrice simple). Vocalist to the fore.

Dustin Kensrue “Words in the is able to showcase his hardcore Water” sounds like it could be chops from the earlier albums off of Vheissu, but it is a welwith a decent yell in the chorus, come addition after the speed but his singing ability shines of “Blur.” through as well. The verses “Anthology” is actually drop into a slow, soulful lament in 6/8 time, which gives it a before the chorus revs back up driving feel, but without the into anger, a great opening for anger of the rest of the album. this record.

It actually sounds lamenting, This record has a more with wailing guitars mimickguitar-heavy sound, which ing the pain and love in the harks back to their early lyrics. The uncommon time albums, while still taking signature makes this a standsome of the progressive matu- out track, elevating the song rity from their last couple of far above four-on-the-floor records and pushing onward. radio rock.

Kensrue’s vocals and Riley Ending on the unexpected Breckenridge’s drumming are calm of “Disarmed,” this is the most noticeable places to probably the most surprisfind these changes, with more ing record of the year for me, complex beats than their ear- far surpassing the expectalier hardcore records and tions I had set for this disc smoother transitions between after the subdued Beggars singing and screaming. and daunting Alchemy Index.

The decidedly lo-fi open- Congratulations boys, you’ve ing to “Blinded” is just beau- finally outdone yourselves.

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‘Fear and Loathing’ in the office of The Daily Cardinal Miles Kellerman to killerman a mockingbird

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nfortunately, praising Hunter S. Thompson is one of the great clichés of college students interested in literature. Most have only read “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream,” a darkly comedic expression of frustration with the state of American politics in the early 1970s, yet often misinterpreted as simply a celebration of drug culture. The truth is that “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” like much of Thompson’s literary work, is often oversimplified and thus undervalued.

The novel’s protagonist, Raoul Duke, is continually reflecting on the failure of the 1960s counterculture movement while rejecting the moral constraints of modernity. At the start of the book, Raoul predicts his journey to Las Vegas will be a “gross, physical salute to the fantastic possibilities of life in this country,” yet he descends into an increasingly chaotic state of drug use in which fear and paranoia overtake hope, and the American dream becomes a nightmare.

The inevitable descent from order into chaos is a theme present in much of Thompson’s work, and one no doubt inspired by his experience as a journalist. He is the creator of Gonzo journalism, an ethnographic style of writing in which objectivity is rejected and first-person accounts embraced.

In Thompson’s writing Gonzo also means a hazy combination of fact and interpretation, celebrating the

idea that fiction is often truer than non-fiction. The style was first introduced in Thompson’s 1970 editorial for the now defunct Scanlan’s Monthly, “The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved,” and perfected in “Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72.”

The latter of the two, a collection of Rolling Stone articles Thompson wrote while covering the 1972 presidential election, is arguably his greatest work. The book, in which Thompson closely follows both the Democratic primaries and the general election between George McGovern and incumbent Richard Nixon, employs comical exaggerations of events and tireless introspection to create the most candid portrayal of American electoral culture of the 20th century.

When reflecting on Nixon’s lead in the polls, Thompson writes, “This may be the year we finally come to face with ourselves; finally just lay back and say it—that we are really just a nation of 220 million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns, and no qualms at all about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable.” Such political musings frequent his writing, mixed with general critiques of American culture. “The importance of Liking Yourself is a notion that fell heavily out of favour during the coptic, anti-ego frenzy of the acid era—but nobody guessed back then that the experiment might churn up this kind of hangover; a whole subculture of frightened illiterates with no faith in anything.”

His writing in “Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72” was a triumph for its insider analysis of the culture of political journalism, yet it may be even

more successful as a self-narrative. Thompson gradually reveals himself as a true believer in the potential of the United States and in particular a believer in George McGovern. Yet, just as McGovern’s momentum eventually gives way to Nixon, and Thompson discovers the true nature of the electoral process, hope descends into fear and optimism into loathing.

In his famous ‘wave’ speech from “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” Thompson captures the inevitable loss of hope present in so much of his writing when he describes the counterculture movement of the 1960s: “We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave … now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark—that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back.” It is this cultural transition, this loss of hope despite the sustained belief in the American dream, that drives and inspires Thompson’s writing.

While always darkly comedic and engaging, Thompson’s prose is unrelentingly sad. The prevalence of alcohol and drugs in his work, though often hilarious, is both a product and a vessel for the fear, loathing and disenchantment with human nature in his writing. It may be a cliché to celebrate his writing as a college student, but the full body of his work must be recognized for its brilliance, and he, as one of the great American authors.

Check out the Hunter S. Thompson reading recommendation above if you think you know more than Miles.

Then send your feedback to mkellerman@dailycardinal.com

WUD has plenty of opportunities for you to get involved Jaime brackeen up in the wud(s) In continuing last week’s long explanation of the Wisconsin Union Directorate’s many opportunities for student involvement, I present to you all: Part II, in which Jaime explains the rest of the crafty committees. It’s time to find your niche.

Do you find it difficult to contain your excitement about finding the upcoming band of the moment? Then you’ll most certainly find your calling on WUD Music Committee.

The Music Committee programs all concerts at Der Rathskeller, the Terrace and the Sett, keeping Madisonians in the know with the latest music every weekend. It brought of Montreal to UW for the open-

ing of Union South, and has booked shows like Girl Talk and Vampire Weekend before they made it big.

This Friday, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin will bust out some fresh electropop beats at the Sett, other acts rapidly approaching include Candy Town at the Terrace this Saturday and Twin Sister at the Sett Oct. 3. Want to get one of your favorite bands to play on campus? Attend a WUD Music meeting on Mondays at 7 p.m.

TITU at Memorial Union.

Yet, maybe slinging back pitchers of Wisconsin brews while jamming out to some new tuneage is not the way you typically like to enjoy a performance—at least not all the time. For those nights you want to stay classy, the Performing Arts committee has room to share the limelight. This committee “plans and promotes events for the historical Union

Stage,” with performances stemming from a broad range of musical and theatrical disciplines. Whether it be their Concert Series, Jazz Series, World Stage Series, or Theater and Dance, Performing Arts presents shows to fit everyone’s tastes.

The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Ensemble will bring their orchestral talent to the Union Theater next Friday. This string octet is known worldwide for its refined musical performances.

The Performing Arts committee also just hosted the World Music Festival last weekend, which brought to the campus community “three days of magnificent, free performances, workshops and lectures by artists from all over the world!” according to committee director Shawn Werner.

If you think you want to help bring more artistic and

diverse acts to campus, be sure to attend a Performing Arts Committee meeting on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. in the Wisconsin Union Theater.

Do you get a mild sense of euphoria turning to that first blank page in a new notebook? Then it’s time to get to a WUD Publications Committee (PubCom) meeting. Their mission statement is “to celebrate and promote reading and writing on campus,” and they do so through various UW publications, lectures with literary professionals, and through hosting a literary festival, among several other opportunities for students. Be it that you want to dabble in fashion writing or get some of your spectacular study abroad pictures published, PubCom can provide young authors an outlet. Stop by one of its meetings on Wednesdays at 5 p.m. in TITU at the Union to get involved.

That’s a long list of committees. And I even failed to include the less artsy ones, such as Society and Politics, Global Connections, Alternative Breaks, and Hoofers. Basically, if you have any interests in this life at all, there’s a way for you to get involved with WUD. So take your pick and make your way to a meeting, some have already started this week. WUD committees are a great way to find your own ideal terrain in the forest of UW-Madison. Was that too many tree puns? Maybe.

But you should still check out a meeting because I guarantee their jokes will be less cheesy than mine.

Now that Jaime has presented us with an epic list of arts-related WUD committees she will be appearing bi-weekly with updates from WUD. In the meantime, feel free to direct questions to jbrackeen@wisc.edu.

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Staggered rental dates benefit everyone Heather Heggemeier opinion columnist

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he days around Aug. 14 inspires shivers of dread from any Madisonian who knows what to expect.

Called “move-out weekend,” it’s enough to make a grown woman want to cry. The 14th is the most common day for downtown and campus­— area leases to end, and the 15th is the day most new leases to begin.

Tenants are given the boot all over town with no place to go for a full 24 hours. Streets jam up with moving trucks and curbs are barely visible under piles of old tenants’ worldly possessions.

The origin of having a standard “move-out weekend” is unknown, even by the rental agencies. Nearly everyone who has signed a new lease for the year is homeless on the same night, resulting in no one being able to offer a temporary roof to friends. In addition, people can’t help their friends move, because everybody is tending

to their own move-in. During “move-out weekend”people have so many items to haul that friends and family must drive in from out of town to help. The insanity surrounding this weekend only increases with the influx of traffic into Madison—and traffic backed up in our city is only joyful when it’s game day.

While the 24 hours in limbo poses a serious challenge to renters, the time frame is equally overwhelming for rental agencies. Some large agencies have 500 apartments or more to clean and repair in one 24-hour period. Many companies hire temporary staff to stay up all night to clean their apartments. A representative of a major Madison rental agency confirmed the stress and frustration of this time crunch. And while few students will have sympathy for rental agencies, there are the well-meaning property owners out there—something I can attest to. It must be recognized, however, that the common perception of rental companies stems from what seems to be an across-the-board nonchalant

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The week of Aug. 14 often involves a hectic move-out process for rental companies and students alike. Above, an apartment company advertises new openings for the fall. attitude toward renting properties to college students. For the prices paid, tenants should be able to expect more than an inch of grime on surfaces and urine-stained carpet. Take the example of a university student moving into her new apartment only to be welcomed by two ceramic plaques from

the previous tenants still glued to the wall, and an obviously un-swept and un-mopped floors. The walls were covered in tape, cracks, peeling paint, nails, command hooks and dirt, despite the property owners having specifically promised that the cleaning staff and painters had come and gone.

There are limitless other examples of this negligence around the downtown area.

If property owners in the city coordinated their efforts, a solution could be reached.

One current solution is variations of what some call “early occupancy agreements,” which tenants can sign to move in early. It’s one of the cheapest and easiest ways to avoid being homeless for a night. It is also rather disgusting because it means tenants accept the apartment as is, forgoing their right to any cleaning done by property owners. Landlords are more than accommodating when it comes to this option, because it means less work for them. Considering it seems some companies have become comfortable blatantly lying about an apartment having been cleaned, rental agencies don’t really need help cutting corners.

Rental agencies face the same challenges everywhere you look.

Some handle it better than others, but even those with good intentions sadly get a bad rap right along with the rest when it comes to “move-out weekend.”

The 24 hours of homelessness that feel like a lifetime to us, seem like the blink of an eye to them in comparison to the stress of cleaning all their properties in 24 hours. Its a difficult situation for both parties involved.

It doesn’t need to happen again. If property owners in the city coordinated their efforts, a solution could be reached. If even the largest five or six rental companies staggered their movein and move-out dates over one week, tremendous improvements would be seen. What would result would be a rotation

of friends staying with each other for a couple of days, as opposed to all of the storage units and hotel rooms in the city being booked a month out. Every time a group of people was scheduled to move out, another group would be ready to house them or help haul their belongings.

Staying with friends wouldn’t be everyone’s top choice, and there would certainly be some trailers and help coming in from out of town. Even if the amount of traffic doesn’t decreased, spreading it out over a few more days would help the congestion.

Granted, there would be a percentage of tenants that would be between leases for a full week. If the rotation was planned and coordinated, they would know this ahead of time.

They could research options to prepare for it, exactly as we do for the current 24-hour period.

These options could include the classic couch-surfing.

Especially adventurous tenants could potentially embrace the silver lining and designate that week as a vacation week, heading back to their hometown or off on a road trip. Of course there would be some grumbling among people in this position, but the decreased stress on the general population would be worth this small percentage of extra trouble, a sacrifice only slightly worse than what is commonplace now.

For the prices paid, tenants should be able to expect more tan an inche of grime on the surfaces and urinestained carpet.

A coordinated move-in and move-out date rotation would also make it possible for landlords to have larger windows of time for required maintenance. This would ease the strain on landlords and also provide far fewer excuses to those that tend to be negligent.

Tenants and rental agencies alike would greatly benefit from this staggered moving schedule.

Heather Heggemeier is a junior with an undeclared major. Do you agree that changes to the move-out process would benefit students?

Please send feedback to opinion@ dailycardinal.com.

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Now I think I’ve got to (dum dum) listen to more oldies. “Tainted Love” of 80s fame is actually a cover. The orginal was recorded by Gloria Jones in 1964.

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Evil Bird

By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu

© Puzzles by Pappocom

Eatin’ Cake

By Dylan Moriarty EatinCake@gmail.com

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.

First in Twenty

By Angel Lee alee23@wisc.edu

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

Crustaches Classic

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WAIT FOR IT ACROSS 1 FBI agents 5 Arm or leg 9 Hiccup’s cause 14 Longest river in Switzerland 15 End-of-the-roster abbr.

16 More than prompt 17 Start of a slacker’s quip 20 Like some hams or salmon 21 Bible’s first grandkid 22 ___ loss for words 23 Window frame 25 Dits’ counterparts, in Morse code 27 “What else?”

30 Lion’s den sound 32 Head ___ (big boss) 36 Croat’s neighbor 38 Applications 40 More uncommon 41 Middle of a slacker’s quip 44 Use the delete key 45 Light gas?

46 Fluids 47 In a discourteous fashion 49 Respiratory rattle 51 Let one’s god DOWN?

52 Parrot’s morsel 54 Vatican City monetary unit, once 56 Throw on the floor?

59 Drug cop 61 Warning signals 65 End of a slacker’s quip 68 Metric volume 69 Actress Falco 70 Norse god 71 Rippling with muscles 72 Foxx of TV and film 73 Corduroy rib DOWN 1 Spaces between teeth 2 Schoolhouse figure 3 Ending for “switch” or “buck” 4 Head-shoulder connectors 5 Escorts to the exit 6 “___ Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” 7 Spouse 8 Hunter’s hideaway 9 Coast 10 Square on toast 11 Opera solo 12 Coin destination, sometimes 13 Talking bird 18 Rise up on the hind

legs Biblical mariner Is wearing Loses it September bloom Indian statesman Hate the thought of Send to another doctor 33 Sobs 34 Painter Matisse 35 Ballpark instrument 37 Barracks sites 39 “Cheers!”

42 Gave in 43 Joined the military 48 Slangy approval 50 View from Huron, Ohio 53 Laundry apparatus 55 Bow partner 56 What stainless steel doesn’t do 57 Words before “the minute” or “no good” 58 Pop rocker Stefani 60 Turn over 62 Icelandic classic 63 Ammunition for a carpenter’s gun 64 “Auld Lang ___” 66 Anger 67 Comical Caesar

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Elliot morris

the morr, the better

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rolled out of bed this morning. Quietly, of course, as not to disturb the roomie. I stepped on something hard and cold and looked down. Great, I’m sure 150 pounds is just awesome for laptops. I took one more step, stubbed my toe on my desk and waited a few seconds in anticipation of the pain I knew was coming. Fuck me. I fumbled around for my glasses and knocked a book off my desk, which managed to fall both on my laptop I just stepped on and the tender little piggy I just stubbed. And to top it off, it woke the roommate up. Within merely one minute of being conscious I knew my day was going to be super fun.

It continued. I was running late, but had to wait five minutes for an open shower stall, which turned out to be cold as

a mother. Then I got back to my room and put two different socks on, pants that were too big (turns out they were my roommate’s) and a dirty shirt and hustled outside. The second I stepped out the door, I thought to myself, already angry, “Are you fucking kidding me? I mean, I know Wisconsin is supposed to be cold, but seriously? Fuck you, God.” I paused for a few seconds, debating whether to go back inside or go to a math discussion, which was sure to be offthe-heezy, but began to head toward beloved Van Vleck, walking extra fast to avoid the lightning bolt from the heavens that was sure to follow my disgraceful use of the Lord’s name. I proceeded to take a math pop quiz over material I sloughed off, attend a power lecture given by a TA whose voice worked about 16 percent of the time and to top it all off, fail a chemistry midterm.

Every college kid has them.

I call them can-I-please-justdie days, and I believe it’s that

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one day out of the month where all your bad karma comes back to screw you the fuck over.

(Because let’s face it people, nobody’s actually a good person.) They’re horrible, and there’s no way getting around that. But they can, in fact be made a little less wretched.

What’s that you say? Shots?

Yeah, okay, that’s an acceptable (and effective) solution, and one may rely heavily on, but it might be better to handle the situation with a little more control and a little less pain the next morning.

OK, so there’s this movie.

It’s called “American Beauty.”

In this movie, there’s a scene where the two teenagers sit in the somber darkness watching a home movie of a plastic bag being blown around in the wind for a few minutes. As the camera slowly zooms in to the screen, one of them gives a valuable insight.

(So you weren’t expecting a life lesson reading this? I know, but hopefully since you’re still reading, you care at least a little bit about some the advice I have

#oldpeopletweetthedarndestthings Yoko Ono:

Why do people keep laughing at desert island jokes?

This is because, secretly, we are all desert islands.

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to give.)

The guy says, long story short, that sometimes, there’s so much beauty in the world, he can hardly take it. He feels like his heart is going to cave in. I think we can all learn a bit from him. Whenever you’re having a shitty day where you want to just crawl in a hole and hibernate indefinitely, just pause. Sit still. Take a second to clear your mind. Then look around you. Notice everything, from the broadest observations to the tiniest details. I challenge you to not find one beautiful thing about where you are at that moment. A funny quote carved into a desk in a lecture hall. The way the clouds look.

A person smiling after receiving a text from their significant other. Anything, really. Then, just focus on that one awesome thing. You’ll feel better, if even for a minute. And if that doesn’t work, then shots it is.

Having a shitty day and want more little pearls of wisdom from the ever optimistic Elliot? E-mail him at ejmorris2@wisc.edu.

U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.

(during a bike race):

rode 60 miles at crack o dawn – but holy dogs now the

pressure’s on!!

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Steven Tyler;

THERS SO MANY FREEKS IN TEXIS...

IM SO CONFUSED I FEEL LIKE A BABBY IN A TOPLESS BAR Aug. 30

Tom Hanks:

Caught my Thumb closing a gate. This is what twitter was made for! Ouch Hanx.

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When it comes to sports, Wisconsin is the place to be Parker Gabriel parks and rec When it comes to sports in Wisconsin, this place will likely never be like the greater Boston area.

Personally, I’m just fine with that. I always enjoyed pronouncing my “R’s” correctly anyways.

More to the point, in the Midwest we just don’t have the market to realistically maintain every major professional sport and do it with the ability to reach millions of people every single night.

Most of the time, it’s not something that even pops up on my radar screen. Sports fans are different in every corner of the country, and everybody has their traditions and areas of excellence that are worth bragging about. Just in the National Football League, Dallas has the America’s Team thing going for it, Green Bay has Titletown, Seattle has the “12th man” at a very cool stadium and New England has the Brady Dynasty.

That doesn’t even begin to take into account the Steel Curtain or the Fridge. It’s impossible to say one town or one state is the ultimate sports destination for any extended period of time.

Despite all that, the great state of Wisconsin is the king of the hill right now. To be sure, that could change Saturday, and it could change next week. It might have changed last Sunday and we just don’t know it yet.

But name me one place—any place—that rivals the success across sports that we Cheesers hold claim to as you read this.

Can’t do it? I didn’t think so, because it would have to be pretty darn good to top this.

The obvious place to start is at the base of Door County, right at the corner of Oneida Street and Lombardi Avenue.

Not only are the Packers the defending Super Bowl champions, but they’re the third youngest team in the league and unblemished in an admittedly very young NFL campaign.

The same argument about sports cities and who’s best applies equally to professional quarterbacks. It would not be fair to say hands down, far and away, Aaron Rodgers is the best quarterback out there. That would indicate that you’ve never allowed Tom Brady to convince you that he actually fell asleep in the pocket before delivering a rifle shot 45 yards down the field. It would mean you’ve never watched Peyton Manning scan a defense and then essentially issue it a death sentence as he audibles into the right play.

Still, at 27 years old, No. 12 is about as much as Wisconsin can ask for. He stays out of trouble, he’s good with the media and he handled the pressure of following Brett Favre wonderfully.

Oh, right, and he’s the reigning Super Bowl MVP. The Packers are primed for long-term success. Their youth

and their talent depth—thanks in large part to the personnel decisions of general manager Ted Thompson and head coach Mike McCarthy—helped them capture the Lombardi Trophy despite having 15 players on injured reserve by the end of the season.

As the Packers figure out how to best stay atop the NFC North, there’s more leagueleading being done just 115 miles down I-43.

That’s where the Brewers have been pacing the National League Central division since July and are all but assured their second post-season berth in the last four years. While Rodgers has already claimed post-season honors in Green Bay, Milwaukee may soon bring home some of its own hardware. Superstar left fielder Ryan Braun is making it difficult to find anybody else in the NL that could win the MVP award. His .333 batting average entering play Tuesday also leads the league, so a batting title is within reach as well.

Braun is, like Rodgers, 27 years old and will likely play his entire career in Wisconsin.

With Rodgers, it’s a sure thing because NFL teams simply don’t let franchise quarterbacks get away. With Braun, it’s because he’s under contract for the next 10 years and will make $150 million by the time I’m done with grad school—or something like that.

Of course, the team as whole has been mediocre the last two weeks and the Cardinals are on a tear. In addition, it’s likely the last year All Star first baseman Prince Fielder will get to enjoy all the vegetarian options in Milwaukee. I’m not saying it’s likely the Brewers will blow it,;I’m only saying they have yet to clinch and their window for success is smaller than the Packers.

Finally, that brings us right here to Madison. If you haven’t heard, there’s a football team here with a good deal of talent.

With Bielema at the helm, this is another crew that’s primed for a long stretch on the national stage. College football, more than any professional sport in the free agency area, is a place where success can manifest itself over a period of years, not months or weeks.

There’s been plenty written about the expectations of this particular team, and it will continue to be written as long as the team keeps producing like it is at current. The warning here, though, is that unlike the NFL or MLB, one loss kills the buzz in a real hurry.

That only leaves hockey—the Kohl Center on a Saturday night is better than half the NHL arenas in the country, and that’s not even close—and the NBA. Maybe this is the year of the Bucks. Or, more likely, commissioner David Stern will drag the lockout into May to make sure that doesn’t happen.

Where do you think Wisconsin belongs in the list of top sport states? Tell Parker at pgabriel15@ gmail.com.

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Cycling Voort said. “With Trek offering a partnership that would provide their bikes to our riders, our top riders will have professional bikes and even the new riders will have access to professional equipment. This will help us achieve that goal.”

The support from Trek staff is overwhelming.

“Dean Gore, director of Global Marketing at Trek Bicycle Corporation, has his heart set on

“We are trying to recruit top level junior riders in Wisconsin. We want to be know around the country.”

Tyler Van De Voort UW Cycling president

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UW Cycling president Tyler Van De Voort announces a new deal with Trek that will give the Wisconsin club a full sponsorship.

UW Cycling club to join Trek with full sponsorship

By Mark Kauzlarich the daily cardinal

The UW Cycling club (a UW Club sport) announced Tuesday that Trek Bicycle Corporation, based in Waterloo, Wis., has chosen to extend a major sponsorship offer to the team. The team will join Team Radioshack, former home of now-retired Lance Armstrong, and a select few other mountain bike, road and triathlon racing teams as a sponsored Trek Cycling Team.

Trek Stores of Madison have

supported the team since fall 2008 with discounts on equipment and bicycles.

“The difference this year is we are dealing with Trek Bicycle Corporation in addition to the Trek Stores,” UW Cycling president Tyler Van De Voort said.

The new sponsorship offer expands on the existing partnership by offering bikes to racers and jerseys designed by Trek Bicycle Corporation.

“The goal is to win a national championship,” Van De

this,” Van De Voort said.

“We are trying to recruit top level junior riders in Wisconsin.

We want to be known around the country,” Van De Voort said of the future of the club.

Top rider Alex Meyer could not keep in his excitement about the new sponsorship deal with Trek.

“Any time you get a partnership this strong from a corporation, there’s no way to not be excited,” Meyer said.

“Making sure our [top riders] are supported is important, but [moving up] is also something a lot of people have and will strive for,” Meyer said.

The sponsorship is slated to go into effect sometime this fall.

With races this weekend for mountain biking at Michigan Tech and cyclocross starting in late October as well as the road racing season starting this spring, the team looks forward to this new partnership.

Hockey

NHL awards Wisconsin hockey greats Mark Johnson and Jeff Sauer with the 2011 Lester Patrick Trophy

By Nico Savidge

in the United States.”

Johnson coached Team USA’s Olympic women’s hockey team at the 2010 Vancouver games and has been involved with the national team as a coach for years. He is best

known, though, for his time with USA Hockey as a player– when he was the top scorer on the 1980 Olympic team and had a pair of goals in the “Miracle on Ice.” Sauer coached the Wisconsin men’s hockey team from 19832002, leading the Badgers to a pair of national titles in 1983 and 1990.

More recently, he has worked to spread hockey within disabled communities as a coach with the USA Deaf Olympic Team. Sauer was also named head coach of the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team in July.

through the air compared even to last season.

But heading into the meat of the schedule, it is the ToonWilson connection that will be crucial for the Badgers to continue scoring at the elevated pace they have been thus far.

“I think Russell and him obviously have a connection,” Bielema said. “They’ve been good on routes where they need to be, and Nick’s been really good at catching the ball in his hands.”

“I did a lot with Russell as soon as he got in,” Toon said.

“I’ve been throwing with him for a lot of the time, and I’ve been

fortunate to have the opportunity to do so, which allowed me to feel like I’ve played with him for a long time.”

Toon has carried that connection through for nearly 200 yards of receiving in the first three games, being on the receiving end of three touchdowns in the process.

The expanded aerial attack of the UW offense clearly has placed more in the laps of the Badger receivers. But while they might not be accustomed to being the focal point of the offense, they certainly seem to be up to the challenge.

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The National Hockey League and USA Hockey are honoring a pair of Wisconsin coaches for their service to the national hockey team and the sport in general.

Current Badger women’s hockey coach Mark Johnson and former men’s hockey coach Jeff Sauer were announced Tuesday as two of the four winners of the 2011 Lester Patrick Trophy. The award is named for the former player and coach who helped develop the sport, and according to USA Hockey it honors “outstanding service to hockey

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“Abbrederis has continued to impress us,” Bielema added.

“Not only catching the ball, but all the things he does in the special teams units and blocking downfield.”

While not showing up in the box score, that blocking downfield has proven valuable for the Badger offense, contributing in no small part to the noticeable increase in big play capability on the ground and

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Football

Aerial attack adds new dimension

By Max Sternberg the daily cardinal

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The season has so far seen an explosion in the UW passing game, as transfer quarterback Russell Wilson, the Badger receivers and other targets like Bradie Ewing supply a prolific air assault.

Wisconsin football has always been about power, strength and size. Since Barry Alvarez revived the program in the early ’90s, the Badgers have relied upon the combination of big offensive lines, strong running backs and solid defensive fronts to work their way into four Rose Bowl appearances in the past 17 years.

But this year, with the addition of senior quarterback Russell Wilson, the Badgers have added a new dimension to their offensive arsenal. Though Wilson has infused a more open field approach to Wisconsin’s attack, the receiving corps have stepped up their game, making the already-potent Badger offensive virtually impossible to hold in check.

“Teams are gonna expect the run game right off the bat,” sophomore running back James White said after Saturday’s win.

“But we have a viable passing game too. We have great receiv-

ers, a great quarterback, great offensive line.”

After starting last season on the sidelines with a turf toe injury and never really hitting his stride, senior receiver Nick Toon is already proving to be a difference maker in the early going.

“Nick Toon has probably played the most three complete games that I can remember for a long time,” UW head coach Bret Bielema said Monday. “[He is] really doing a nice job for us.”

Beyond the growing quarterback-receiver tandem of Wilson and Toon, sophomore Jared Abbrederis has proven a more than serviceable second option for the former NC State quarterback in his first three games as a Badger.

After making just two starts at the receiver position last season, Abbrederis has really stepped up his game in his second season, notching 10 receptions for 132 yards while also

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