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Questions remain in grad school restructuring

UW ranks third among research universities

Heartland heartbreak

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iowa players hoist the heartland trophy after defeating Wisconsin 20-10 at camp randall Saturday. the hawkeyes will hold the trophy for the second straight year. See page 8 for complete game coverage.

by Michelle langerthe daily cardinal

UW-Madison ranks third in the nation as one of the top research universities, according to new sta-tistics from the National Science Foundation. UW-Madison ranked behind Johns Hopkins University and the University of California at San Francisco.

Statistics on the top research universities were previous com-piled in 2007. From 1999-2006 UW-Madison ranked second in overall research behind Johns Hopkins University.

The university rankings are based on the amount of fund-ing and expenditures, specifically federal, that universities receive and spend.

According to a statement, total expenditures totaled $882 million during the past fiscal year, a $41 million jump from the 2007 fiscal year. As of 2006, UW-Madison was ranked fourth overall, with expenditures total-ing $764 million.

Of the $882 million, $474 million came from federal sources. This statistic places UW-Madison second on the list of federally funded research expenditures at

public universities. Graduate school dean Martin

Cadwallader said research dollars have become much more difficult to come by.

“The funding environment is as competitive as ever and that we are able to grow our research portfolio year after year demon-strates that our researchers are among the best anywhere,” he said in a statement.

Terry Devitt, UW-Madison director of research communica-tions, said although this is a pres-tigious honor, the impressive title the university now holds will not necessarily bring more researching staff or funding.

However, Devitt said acknowl-edgement as one of the leading research institutions nationwide will bring many benefits later on.

“It is a measure of the quality of our faculty and staff,” Devitt said. “That we are so successful is a reflection of their hard work and creativity.”

UW-Madison is the only uni-versity, other than Johns Hopkins University, that has been ranked in the top five research institu-tions, public or private, for the last 20 years.

alrC members, MPD tour downtown bars

Bittersweet symphony

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Violinist ida Jo of Mike droho and the compass rose performs at the Orpheum Saturday night at the band’s cd release party.

UW-Madison officials con-tinue to debate Provost Paul DeLuca’s plan to restructure the graduate school, and will hold another town hall meeting Friday for further discussion.

DeLuca proposed the restruc-turing to help the school comply with complex federal and safety regulations, but many professors and administrative officials have raised concerns over the cost and effectiveness of the plan.

Jeremy Foltz, professor of agri-culture and applied economics, said he feels the proposed course of action does not properly address the needs of the university.

“The issues that have been raised are clearly issues that need

to be addressed, but only some of them clearly might be helped by restructuring the graduate school,” he said.

Foltz said the separation of the graduate school and the research department under the proposed plan is unnecessary, and will be a detri-ment to the school in the future.

DeLuca, however, disagrees.“A large part of this discussion

is to make sure that if we’re going to run a world-class research enterprise that we provide at least the minimal level of support to do that correctly,” he said. “The amount of resources we’ve put into supporting that enterprise has frankly been insufficient.”

Foltz said he remains uncon-

vinced by the plan, and said he questions the financial wisdom of the proposal. According to DeLuca, the proposed plan will cost approximately $6,000 to $8,000 per year.

“The restructuring seems to me very costly both in money and in people’s time,” Foltz said. “There seem to be ways to deal with some of these issues without a complete restructuring.”

Members of the Faculty Senate’s University Committee have previ-ously stated they want a team of faculty to study the proposal.

“This should be an open conver-sation between the administration, faculty and students,” Foltz said.

—Lydia Statz

by Caitlin Gaththe daily cardinal

Members of the city’s Alcohol License Review Committee engaged in a three-hour walk-along tour beginning at 11:30 p.m. Friday night to familiarize themselves with the establishments to which they award or deny liquor licenses.

Escorted by Cpt. Carl Gloede of the Madison Police Department, committee members began their tour at Madison’s, 119 King St., near the Capitol Square, then con-tinued down State Street and along University Avenue before visiting the Kollege Klub at 529 N. Lake St.

“It’s the difference between day and night,” Dawn Crim, director of community relations at UW-Madison and member of the ALRC, said about

the State Street district. “You don’t realize how completely different these bars are at night.”

ALRC Chair David Hart agreed with Crim, saying the night had been an eye-opening experience.

“I never would have been out here on my own,” Hart, who usu-ally only visits a bar when it pops up on the MPD’s radar, said. “It definitely has been interesting and helpful.”

The up-close and personal aspect proved especially helpful when committee members visited both Chasers, 319 W. Gorham St., and Mondays, 523 State St.

At Chasers, which was recently given approval to expand their out-door patio, ALRC members said the entryway was blocked to a point

where people could not get in and out, and one could not identify who staff members were. Both issues could be potential hazards in an emergency, Gloede said.

According to Katherine Plominski, Madison’s Alcohol Policy Coordinator, Monday’s was completely over capacity and there was not enough staff to handle the overabundance of patrons. The gar-bage cans were overflowing, which could easily become a hazard when glass bottles begin to spill out.

“In the case of a fire or in an emergency, the population would be too dense to maneuver and it becomes a liability,” she said. “With an over-capacity [bar] you can’t

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REthink WI volunteers keep stadium cleanHours after Badger fans left Camp

Randall following the Homecoming game Saturday, student volunteers remained, “clearing the bowl” of trash left behind.

REthink Wisconsin, a student volunteer organization, is a coali-tion that devotes its time and resources to “encourage and facili-tate sustainable waste management practices throughout the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus,” according to its website.

“After football games, most stu-dents and fans simply drop their used bottles and food containers on the ground without realizing that this trash and recyclable material is picked up by hand,” Lindsey Schiller, co-chair of REthink Wisconsin, said.

Formed in the fall of 2007, REthink WI officially became a student organization this year, and works with WE Conserve and the University Athletic Department in addition to other

student organizations.“Until two years ago, there was

no extensive recycling program at Camp Randall,” Schiller said. “By diverting waste from a land-fill, REthink environmental volun-teers save environmental resources and energy, and save the Athletic Department money.”

This year, REthink WI has recy-cled over 5,000 pounds of recy-clable material—double what was recycled over the entire football

season last year.Schiller hopes to make the pro-

gram a more permanent part of athletic events at UW-Madison, beginning with students getting more involved.

“We would really like to let stu-dents know that volunteers pick these bottles up, and they can make a huge difference by simply discarding their bottle in one of the recycling bins,” Schiller said.

—Grace Urban

Edgewater redeveloper plans to host public listening session Monday

Hammes Co., the company behind the massive redevelopment to the Edgewater Hotel, is invit-ing community members to two separate public listening sessions in hopes of gathering additional input on their project.

According to the company’s web-site, it is investing $107 million to expand and renovate the existing hotel. The expansion would include 228 total rooms, 24 suites, as well as plans for a limited number of residential condominium units.

If approved, construction would begin early next year with a tentative

opening date of early 2012. The project has remained contro-

versial among city residents, with sev-eral alders proposing an amendment to take the $16 million in tax incremental financing out of the capital budget that was provided for the hotel. The amendment did not pass, and will go forth with the money in the budget for final approval.

The first listening session will be held Monday, Oct. 19 at the Brink Lounge, 701 E. Washington Ave., from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The second is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 5 with the date and time still undetermined.

The Chair of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission will meet with the Wisconsin Election Administration Council Monday, just days after the Joint Finance Committee approved a new plan to alter early voting policies.

Commissioner Gineen Beach will discuss the impact of the Help America Vote Act, legis-lation that aims to help state improve election operations.

According to a statement from the Government Accountability Board, Wisconsin has received $50 million in funding from HAVA since 2004. The GAB recently submitted the 2009-2014 election administration plan, hoping for additional $3.9 million in addi-tional HAVA funds.

The election administration plan would change the date of primary elections, implement early voting and streamline the absentee ballot process. A con-troversial motion to require vot-

ers to present photo identifica-tion failed along party lines at the JFC meeting last week.

Kevin Kennedy, director and general counsel of the GAB, said the GAB previously received a $2 million, competitively awarded grant from the US-EAC last year to help fund improvements on election data collection.

Nathaniel Robinson, GAB elections division administrator, said the GAB has an excellent relationship with the US-EAC.

“We have a strong partner-ship with US-EAC, and HAVA funding has had a significant impact on Wisconsin’s election process,” he said in a statement.

Since 2004, nearly 83 per-cent of the GAB’s spending has come from HAVA funds.

In addition to meeting with state legislators, Beach will meet with Gov. Jim Doyle and mem-bers of the public Monday to discuss election issues.

—Hannah Furfaro

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serve your patrons in a timely fash-ion and then you have upset patrons and drinks spilling everywhere.”

Other issues that arose through-out the night included the differ-ence between a bar and a restaurant.

At least 50 percent of annual revenue must come from food sales in order for an establishment to be an actual restaurant.

For some bars who may want to expand their establishments, that 50-percent mark can be increasingly difficult to reach when trying to convert into a restaurant.

ALRC member Tom Landgraf said Wando’s Bar and Grill, 602 University Ave., is interested in expanding their property, but because on a best day it often can only get 18 percent of sales from food, it must remain a bar.

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Por Isabel ÁlvarezTHE DAILy CARDINAL

Después de cuatro años y medio en la Universidad de Wisconsin-Madison, he de decir que me he visto envuelta en situ-aciones bastante graciosas. No es sorprendente que las situacio-nes más simpáticas hayan sido debido al hecho de que sea una estudiante española, y la con-fusión que esto pueda provocar en mucha gente.

Obviamente al venir a esta universidad desde España, mis primeras semanas se basaron en conocer a gente y más gente. Mi única vía de comunicación con gente nueva era mi compañera de habitación. Jess se limitaba a la siguiente introducción: “Esta es Isa, y es de España.” O sea, yo, durante esa época de mi vida, no tenía ninguna otra cualidad más que ser de España. Había una necesidad suprema de explicar que yo era de España en todas y cada una de las situaciones. A partir de ahí, y durante un año por lo menos, fui presentada a la gente como “Isa, la de España,” como si fuera la Isabel La Católica o algo así. “Hola, ¿qué tal? Esta es mi amiga Isa, es de España.” Me veían y decían: “¡ay

va!, ahí está Isa, ¡y es de España! Isa, ¡ven aquí y habla un poco en español para que te oigan mis amigos! ¡Venga, no seas tonta!” Es más, me acostumbré tanto al apelativo, que yo un día, sin comerlo ni beberlo, me presenté a un chico y le dije “Hola, me llamo Isabel, estudio periodismo y soy de España.” El chico por supuesto flipó y salió corriendo. Demasiada información para la primera cita, creo yo.

Otra anécdota que siempre recordaré ocurrió durante la primera semana de clase en mi primer año de universidad. Una compañera en el equipo de golf me preguntó en que parte de Méjico se encontraba España. Cuando oí tal sandez, me giré, la miré, y me empecé a reír. Al ver que ella no se reía, me di cuenta de que su pregunta era completa-

mente en serio. Me volví blanca de repente. “No, no puede ser...” pensé. “Estás de broma, no?” le pregunté con timidez. ¡Que va a estar de broma! La tía seguro que se pensaba que en España solo hay cervezas claras y mariachis. Estoy segura de que todavía cuan-do se va a Méjico por spring break, piensa que en el hotel le van a ofrecer un tour por Madrid o Barcelona. Nada hombre, ¡como está ahí al lado!

Otra cosa con lo que aún me tengo que enfrentar día a día es la reacción de la gente al averiguar que vivo en España, pero estudio en Madison. Una vez que les informo que crecí allí, y que vivo allí, pero vengo solamente para estudiar durante el otoño y la primavera, la respu-esta más frecuente es la siguiente: “Bueno, entonces hablas español perfectamente no?” A ver, ton-tito de carrito, si te acabo de decir que vivo en España, que voy a hablar, ¿mandarín? ¿o tal vez suahili? Anda vete a tomarle el pelo a otra.

Una vez aclarado el dato de que sí, que hablo español per-fectamente, mas que nada porque es mi lengua nativa, viene la siguiente pregunta absurda. “Oye,

¿y tu carrera entonces, es espa-ñol?” Si hombre, y estoy pagando veinte mil dólares al año para venir a Wisconsin, a helarme de frío todos los inviernos y estudiar español, como en España no lo enseñan bien…Pues no querida, he venido a la universidad para aprender algo, no como tú, que llevas tres años en la parra. ¡Pero por Dios! ¿La gente no piensa cuando habla?

Ahora, cuando recuerdo estas cosas me hacen gracia, y que de vez en cuando encuentro a gente que sabe exactamente de donde soy y valoran Asturias tanto como yo. El otro día una amiga de mi compañera de piso me comentó que había estado en Gijón (Asturias) y que era uno de los sitios más bonitos que había conocido. Cosas así me hacen feliz. Debo decir que aunque tenga que responder pre-guntas estúpidas todos los días, yo también pienso que Madison es uno de los sitios más bonitos que he conocido nunca y que no cambiaría estos años de preguntas tontas por nada del mundo.

Si piensas que Isabel se queja demasiado o quieres colaborar con “A mi manera,” manda un e-mail a alvarezvalca@dailycardinal.com.

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Obviamente al venir a esta universidad desde España, mis

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O ne of the easiest things to do is to understand the basic idea of ASM.

Any politician in a fi nely tailored suit would catch the essence of it: a student government. So like any other political entities, it suffers a great problem of public outreach. To most students on campus, ASM is no more than some confusing headlines. The organization has always been working hard to make changes. But their overtly political approaches rarely attract new fans.

Recently, ASM again set out to tackle the communication issue. Each ASM representative will be required to hold at least two offi ce hours a week, during the academ-ic year. Besides sitting behind the desk, they will also have to report on compliance with the new rule every month. Failure to do either of these would result in penalties. Student Services Finance Committee mem-bers have also proposed a bylaw change allowing the removal of SSFC members because of threaten-ing behavior toward other members, as well as excessive absences and other issues.

Both policies sound like good

news for students. At least it has become more convenient to check on our own government and com-municate with decisionmakers. But I doubt many students would actu-ally exploit these opportunities. If you don’t even go to your professor’s offi ce hours, will you bother to visit a student representative? A majority of students don’t even know the full name of SSFC. Most of them would probably respond with an unaffect-ed “OK” to SSFC’s decisive reform. So in reality, changes within ASM will only benefi t a few interested parties. ASM thinks it’s serving “some 40,000 plus” students. But I wouldn’t call something a service if it can’t reach its patrons.

Unfortunately, this is a chron-ic problem. ASM’s deep-running bureaucratic style undermines its effective communication with the student body. Many students fi nd it hard to join ASM’s discussion. We have no idea about what will be going on unless we check out a little bulletin board at the Student Activity Center every day. What we usually get is just post-hoc reporting on fi nal decisions. Now students are paying higher segregated fees, part of which goes to the $140 million Union project. A lot of us probably haven’t realized that we’re respon-sible for a decision made four years ago by ASM, the Student Election Commission and 10 percent of stu-dents on campus.

Because of this interaction short-age, it’s becoming more diffi cult for ASM to garner enough student sup-port to push through their agenda. In a desperate attempt to amend their constitution, some ASM rep-resentatives even turned directly to friends and co-workers. I personally ran into such a conversation this past summer.

“Hi Qi, can you sign on this sheet?”

“What’s it about?”“It’s a petition to amend the

ASM constitution. You can just put your name right here.”

Now that the fall election of ASM is going Monday through Wednesday, candidates are again pumped with new ideas. One of the initiatives is creating ASM newslet-ters for all students on campus. If that comes to fruition, you and I will probably get a weekly ASM hello in our WiscMail. Let’s be hon-est: Will you read it? Hey, no wor-ries. Some candidates have already thought about that. Besides an E-

mail, you could also receive a print-ed newsletter detailing the activities of your “government.”

All these novel suggestions are approaching ASM’s problem in the usual fashion: doing what a politician would do. ASM needs to reach out to students, not only by thrusting their decisions into our hands, but by tying their reputation to tangible benefits we could enjoy. The Distinguished Lecture Series, supported by the Wisconsin Union, sets a very good example. Each year, the group offers a series of lectures given by prominent individuals, such as Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi. Student participa-

tion has been really encouraging during these events. The reason is obvious: We all readily learn something from it. So rather than showing off its illegible bureau-cratic details, ASM should think about how its confusing nature could serve students in a more comprehensible way.

ASM is not a “government” decid-ing for students, but a pioneer student organization contributing to our cam-pus. Before it can speak for all of us, ASM should set be setting the ideal example for other student groups.

Qi Gu is a junior major-ing in journalism. We welcome all feedback. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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’Tis the ‘Season’ for ‘Joy’

Max and Carol discuss mortality, time and the sun as they slowly walk across the expansive desert.PHOTO COURTESY WARNER BROS. PICTURES

Walk on the ‘Wild’ sideBy Kevin SlaneTHE DAILY CARDINAL

Max isn’t like other kids. He’s introverted, aggressive and moody. Despite learning advanced astrono-my in class, he still hides in blanket forts in his room, issuing commands to his army of stuffed animals. He moves from happily throwing snow-balls to crying silently at his depart-ing sister to destroying her room in a furious tantrum. And despite this, he is a king.

“Where the Wild Things Are” is not a portrait of a child in transition, but rather a world in transition from the perspective of a child. Writer/director Spike Jonze and fellow writer Dave Eggers make audiences reminisce about their childhood to the point that they are transported directly into it. Nostalgia is the name of the game, and Jonze creates it with surprising accuracy.

For those unfamiliar with Maurice Sendak’s original 1962 children’s story, the plot differs very little, apart from a deeper introduc-tion. Rather than being sent to his room for being naughty, Max (Max Records) has run away from home, unable to bear the alienation he faces with a struggling single mom (Catherine Keener), a potential new father figure (Mark Ruffalo) and a teenage sister suddenly too cool to hang out with him. He finds a boat that carries him to the land of the

wild things, a group of giant, majes-tic creatures longing for leadership and meaning.

Fans of the book will appreci-ate the wild things looking exactly the same as their book counter-parts. The film differs from the book, however, by giving each wild thing a distinct personality and voice. There’s Carol (James Gandolfini), the leader of the pack. He’s first introduced to audiences as he smashes the wild things’ homes, reminiscent of a petulant bully smashing the other children’s sand castles. There’s the object of Carol’s affection, K.W., who has separated herself from the group because of Carol’s frequent mood swings and general immaturity. There’s Ira, the gentle giant, who loves Judith, the sharp-tongued (and sharp-horned) beast. There’s Douglas, Carol’s de facto sidekick, and Alex, the bad-tempered goat whom no one listens to. There’s the Big Bull, a strong and silent wild thing who stoically observes them all, and there’s Max, whom the wild things make king because of his supposed magical powers.

Despite their size, the wild things are just giant children, and Max is simply unfit to be their parent. He

picks favorites, pits them against each other and can’t make them feel better when they cry. They face all the difficulties he did in real life, allowing Max to walk a mile in his mother’s shoes. By the film’s conclu-sion, everyone has grown a little, and Max is able to look at the world from a new perspective.

From a technical standpoint, “Where the Wild Things Are” keeps it youthful. Numerous handheld camera and low-angle shots put the viewer in a child’s shoes, while the soundtrack is a chorus of kids (led by Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs) seamlessly integrated with the natu-ral sights and sounds.

One warning for parents who want to bring their kids: “Where the Wild Things Are” is dark, scary and rarely has the bright, sunny moments one would expect in a children’s film. Whether that will constrain the film from reaching a greater breadth of demographics remains to be seen.

In all, Spike Jonze has done a masterful job bringing a childhood classic to life. “Where the Wild Things Are” will send audiences fly-ing back through time and give college students their much-needed indie fix.

Grade: AB

By Jacqueline O’ReillyTHE DAILY CARDINAL

Best known for their film “Once,” The Swell Season maintain their familiar emotive approach to music for their third album, Strict Joy.

Made up of Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, the two musi-cians both have featured solo spots on the record. Though these moments of simplified expression are lovely, in synergistic fashion Strict Joy peaks when Hansard and Irglová combine their talents and make music together.

“Feeling the Pull” is the prime example of this. In a short two and a half minutes, Hansard’s boisterous vocals, swelling with each passing word, yearn for an escape, practically pulling the lis-tener along with him to the bigger world he dreams of going, wher-ever that might be. At the refrain Irglová’s shy voice harmonizes with the force of her partner, adding a sense of inno-cence to Hansard’s barbaric des-peration. They sing, “And I’m feeling the pull / Dragging me off again / And I’m feeling too small / Against the sky tonight.” With these wishful lyrics set against a bold melody, Hansard and Irglová create a song for the dreamers like them.

Another song that stands out on Strict Joy is “Low Rising,” an Irishman’s take on a blues song. Rich with passion and anxiety, Hansard’s intensity screams for a beyond-necessary rise because he doesn’t have any farther to fall. A heavy beat keeps the song moving at its somber voice, and the usual acoustic guitar is set aside for an electric guitar, which goes on a riff that communicates the same

worry found in Hansard’s words.Classic Swell Season can be

found in the first single: “In These Arms.” A tried and true love song, the musicians create a quiet place of peace with Hansard’s gentle guitar strumming and Irglová’s sweet piano melody. During a song that one could easily picture being in their movie “Once,” in hushed tones the twosome sug-gests, “Maybe I was born to hold you in these arms.” From here a series of instruments creates a wistful melody that floats above the foundation Hansard and Irglová are laying.

Among these and other songs on the record, the theme of love’s

end resonates throughout Strict Joy. This is no surprise, as the bandmates, who were engaged, split after the suc-cess of their film. Although they still make great music together, it’s hard to ignore that they are literally sing-

ing about each other to each other. This fact makes the moments of the record when the two urge to find a “love that conquers” partic-ularly poignant. Irglová mourns, “Forgive me lover / For I have sinned / For I have loved you wrong,” or when Hansard cries, “Don’t give us false hope / Back broke and crying”. If it weren’t so beautiful, it’d be impossible to listen to.

Overall, Strict Joy changes little from what The Swell Season have put out in the past. Anyone who is familiar with and enjoyed the duo’s previous work is sure to love the latest release. While Hansard and Irglová didn’t mine very much new creativity or explore different paths to take, the album more than holds its own and is still magnificent Swell Season music.

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Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová broke off their engagement after their film ‘Once,’ and their lingering feelings shine through on Strict Joy.

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Season has put out in the past.

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You know you’re from Wisconsin if...You consider Madison “exotic.”

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ACroSS 1 Improvise, in jazz 5 Calculator key 9 Gesture for Churchill 14 “Young Frankenstein”

flunky 15 Try to pledge 16 “Victory ___” (WWII

documentary) 17 Strange-sounding

canal? 18 “A Death in the

Family” author 19 Rat Pack first name 20 Country hound? 23 Petrarchan sonnet

finale 24 Aromatherapy venue 25 ___ gin fizz (cocktail) 29 ___ podrida

(Spanish stew) 31 Aardvark’s paradise 33 Who’s who piece, for

short 36 Unwelcome

greenhouse guest 38 “Lather, ___, repeat” 39 Country hound? 43 Stranger from a

strange land 44 “Gilligan’s Island”

tree 45 “___ Given Sunday”

(1999)

46 Lays waste to 49 Shapeless movie

monster 51 ___-in-the-wool 52 Word in many

limericks 54 Sickbay superlative 58 Country hound? 61 “Dear” book 64 Cote calls 65 Access for a collier 66 Toastmaster 67 African antelope 68 Cake feature,

sometimes 69 Sporting gear with

bell guards 70 Barbary beasts 71 “Buona ___” (Italian

greeting)

DoWN 1 Personal opinions 2 Come to a consensus 3 Drudges 4 Magician’s word 5 Jabbers 6 Two-person racing

sled 7 Cybercafe patrons 8 Mount Everest guide 9 Ming dynasty artifact 10 Enterprise, e.g. 11 “Manner” attachment 12 Rock with a band? 13 Word of rejection

21 Serving, as at dinner 22 Novelist Fleming 26 Hamilton or Hunt 27 “Come on down!”

announcer Johnny 28 Doleful poem 30 What a butt leaves

behind 32 Cheap trill? 33 Facial feature, for

some 34 Dentist’s filling 35 Architectural arch 37 1/192 qt. 40 Like most pencils 41 Book before

Zephaniah (Abbr.) 42 ... 47 “Maa” ma 48 Havens 50 Swells up 53 Exclusive news story 55 “Leave It to Beaver”

smooth-talker 56 Comparatively

cunning 57 Prefix meaning “four” 59 Vodka grains 60 Partner of faith and

charity 61 “A Raisin in the Sun”

star Ruby 62 Trouble making

toddler 63 Man on the mound

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Injuries, turnovers cost UW in loss to HawkeyesBy Ben BreinerTHE DAILY CARDINAL

At halftime Saturday, 30 minutes were all that stood between the Badgers and a spot atop the Big Ten standings. And then everything went awry.

Wisconsin allowed No. 11 Iowa to reel off 20 unanswered points, 17 in the second half, and lost 20-10 at Camp Randall Stadium. The defeat dropped the Badgers to 5-2 on the sea-son and marks the third straight sea-son in which they could not rebound from the first loss of the year.

“We have a very disappointed football team,” Wisconsin head coach Bret Bielema said. “We pre-pared all week to put ourselves in a position to win a big football game against a quality opponent, and we just weren’t able to finish the deal.”

The second half opened with the Badgers leading 10-3, but junior quarterback Scott Tolzien threw an interception on the first drive. The Hawkeyes then marched 54 yards in nine plays, ending with junior quarterback Ricky Stanzi dodging a blitzing Badger corner and deliver-ing a 24-yard scoring strike to senior tight end Tony Moeaki.

The Badger offense shut down

after that, resulting in three consecu-tive three-and-outs. Iowa’s continued scoring eventually forced Tolzien to try to go deep against the disciplined Hawkeye defense, and he turned the ball over three times in the half.

One area where the Badgers espe-cially struggled in that second half was third downs, both on offense and defense. After allowing the Hawkeyes to convert only one third down in six tries before the break, the UW defense could not get off the field. That unit gave up five third-down conversions, all on Iowa scoring drives.

“That’s something we can’t have as a defense. Third-down conversions really killed us,” sophomore defensive end J.J. Watt said. “It’s extremely frus-trating for us to play so well in the first half and come out in the second half and do what we did.”

The UW offense only con-verted one of its six second-half third downs, and sophomore kicker Philip Welch continued to struggle, missing a 38-yard field goal that would have given Wisconsin the lead after Iowa tied the game at 10.

Injuries also struck Wisconsin in a big way, as three top contributors went down. Freshman linebacker Mike Taylor, the team’s top tackler, suffered a knee injury in the second

quarter, and senior tight end Garrett Graham suffered a concussion.

Perhaps the biggest injury came on the Badgers’ third drive when several players fell on sophomore running back John Clay’s ankle.

“I just got bent up backwards, kind of rolled my ankle a little bit, but I thought I damaged it more than I did,” Clay said, adding that his ankle went numb for a few moments after the play.

Up to that point, the Racine native had run for 68 yards on 12 car-ries and carried the Badger attack.

True freshman running back Monte Ball finished that drive off with a 10-yard scoring run, but from then on Clay, who returned for the next UW drive, was the only Badger to carry the ball. That was not a good thing for offensive coor-dinator Paul Chryst’s unit, as Clay looked tentative and ran for only seven yards after the injury.

Had the Badgers been able to hold on to the win, they would be tied for first in the Big Ten, since Ohio State was upset by Purdue Saturday. Instead they head into a bye week in fifth place, looking for some way to return to the form of their first five weeks.

The frustration players and coaches felt was also apparent in the

stands just after the game. While the Badgers were leaving

the field after the final whistle, a few loud fans hurled abusive comments at Bielema and his team. It stood as a contrast to two weeks ago when, in a similar scene, an overjoyed Bielema waved to adoring support-ers in Minnesota as he entered the tunnel with an undefeated squad.

“We can’t accept this, we can’t accept this feeling as a loss, we can’t get comfortable with this feeling because I felt like that kind of happened last year,” said senior defensive end O’Brien Schofield, who had two tackles for loss. “That’s not going to happen this year, I promise you that ... We just can’t beat ourselves, and that’s really hurt us in these last two games.”

Scott Tolzien threw three interceptions in the second half against Iowa, one of which led to a touchdown drive for the Hawkeye offense.

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By Justin Dean THE DAILY CARDINAL

For the first four games of the 2009 season, Wisconsin quarterback Scott Tolzien looked like a bona-fide Big Ten star quarterback. For the last three, however, Tolzien has looked the part of a first-year starting quarterback facing elite competition for the first time in his college career.

Head coach Bret Bielema said as much after the Badgers’ 20-10 loss to Iowa, in which Tolzien threw three interceptions in the second half.

“The second-half turnovers were a big factor in the game. Scotty has been a pretty steady guy for us, but we can’t have those unforced errors,” Bielema said. “We just can’t have giveaways in critical games.”

While breakdowns in protection were an issue in last week’s 31-13 loss to Ohio State, Tolzien often hesitated and brought on additional pressure by holding onto the ball too long, leading to four Hawkeye sacks.

Credit is due to the Iowa defense, ranked first in the confer-ence and 21st in the nation in pass defense heading into the game, for shutting down the Wisconsin offense in the second half. But Tolzien’s interceptions are becom-ing far too similar, resulting from either overthrowing a receiver or missing a linebacker or safety in his progression and essentially handing the ball to the defense.

Eventually, Tolzien needs to start learning from his mistakes in reading defenses to cut down on the plethora of interceptions he has been throwing.

“I don’t see pressure as any factor in those interceptions. Those were clearly on me—bad decisions, bad reads,” Tolzien said. “Look at the turnovers today and they can be

easily fixed, its just working through my progressions, but my confidence won’t be shaken from this.”

Luckily for Tolzien, his coaches’ and teammates’ confidence in him has not been shaken either.

“Scotty is our quarterback, he’s our general. We go as he goes,” sophomore running back John Clay said. “We’ve just got to be there to help him out when he messes up.”

Sophomore tackle Josh Oglesby echoed Clay and dispelled any notions that the offensive line might be growing impatient with Tolzien.

“There’s definitely no frustra-tion from us toward Scott. He’s our quarterback, and I have all the faith in the world in him, and I wouldn’t want anyone else leading us right now,” Oglesby said.

It’s clear that the Badgers need mistake-free play from the quarterback position to have success against elite Big Ten opponents, and as shown Saturday with the insertion of Curt Phillips into the offense, there are other options if Tolzien continues to struggle.

“I’m not going to open up for a quarterback controversy, but Scott has got to continue to grow and move forward. My guess is he’ll do that, just based off what I’ve learned over him,” Bielema said. “We’ve got a smaller package for Curt, but every indicator is he’s a guy that can win football games, and we’ll go with our best option.”

Badger fans should expect to see plenty of Phillips for the remainder of the season, especially given his ability to make plays with his feet and add another dimension to the offense. And while it makes little sense to give up on Tolzien after his first two games against quality competition, the junior quarterback must improve going for-ward for Wisconsin to be able to finish strong in its last five games.

ANALYSISTolzien struggles in tough loss

By Parker GabrielTHE DAILY CARDINAL

The Wisconsin men’s hockey team took one point out of its opening weekend, losing 3-2 to Colorado College Friday night and working to a 1-1 draw in the series finale Saturday. The Badgers played most of the weekend without their top center, senior Blake Geoffrion, who left Friday’s game in the first period with a concussion and did not play Saturday.

Still evaluating his options between the pipes, head coach Mike Eaves gave each goalie a chance to see live action. Junior Brett Bennett got the nod Friday, while junior Scott Gudmandson manned the net Saturday.

The Badgers, who entered the season ranked No. 13 in both major polls, jumped out to a 2-0 lead midway through the second period Friday. Wisconsin’s second goal came

when sophomore Derek Stepan pushed the puck to the blue line, beat his man with a great individual move to the middle and left the puck for senior Andy Bohmbach, who scored to put the Badgers in control.

The play was indicative of the Badgers’ performance for the major-ity of the night. They played fast, passed effectively and put continuous pressure on the Tiger defense.

Colorado College responded with two goals in less than four minutes later in the second period, however, and entered the final period with momentum on its side. Eaves dis-missed the notion that the Badgers got complacent with a two-goal lead and pointed instead to execution.

“We made bad decisions in our neutral zone,” Eaves said after Friday’s game. “And because of those decisions, we put ourselves in a position where we give up grade-A scoring chances and our goaltender

didn’t really have a chance to make saves on them.”

The game-winner for Colorado College came with just over two minutes remaining, when a puck went off Wisconsin senior Ben Street’s stick and into the net. The Badgers outplayed Colorado College for much of the night, especially on offense, as they peppered Tiger fresh-man goalie Joe Howe with 41 shots.

All the offense and pressure from Friday night disappeared for the first period and a half on Saturday. Wisconsin came out flat, and the Tigers took advantage, tallying a goal during a two-man advantage just over six minutes into the contest.

Gudmandson and the defense put the clamps down after that, and Wisconsin slowly started to build back momentum through the second period. They finally broke through with an equalizer early in the third period.

Street hit the post on a breakaway but stuck with the play and chased down the puck in the right corner. He turned and shot from behind the end line but found the back of the net by putting the puck off the back of the goalie.

“Not much had been working so far, so I figured I would try to bank one in, and luckily it worked out,” said Street, who scored his first goal of the season after sitting out most of last year with an injury.

As the Badgers look forward to a series at Minnesota State next weekend, the focus will be on how the team transitions from Friday to Saturday. Eaves described the team as “Mr. Jekyll on Friday and Mr. Hyde on Saturday,” an issue the Badgers will need to resolve as the season moves forward.

Badgers stumble in season openerMen’s Hockey

Ben Street’s third-period goal Saturday was his first of the season.LORENZO ZEMELLA/THE DAILY CARDINAL