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Report: racial bias main cause of hate crimes in 2008

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:53:21 -0400

By: The Daily Cardinal

A new report specifically focused on analyzing hate crime statistics from the Office of Justice Assistance released Wednesday found that over half of all hate crimes committed in Wisconsin in 2008 were motivated by racial prejudice. Prior to 2008, the OJA...

ALRC postpones vote on controversial alcohol ordinance

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:52:27 -0400

By: Sam Berg

Madison’s Alcohol License Review Committee met Wednesday to discuss possible ordinances prohibiting employees from drinking on the job, as well as reviewing businesses seeking liquor licenses. The amendment to the Madison General Ordinances would pr...

UW System gives update on $81 million payroll project

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:48:30 -0400

By: Alison Dirr

State lawmakers received an update Wednesday on an IT project meant to improve the payroll process at all University of Wisconsin institutions. This is the first phase of a larger project to overhaul the UW budget system. “The impact of this replace...

2010 Census Road Tour provides information for students

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:47:01 -0400

By: Kelsey Gunderson

The U.S. Census Bureau provided students with key information about the 2010 Census Wednesday on Library Mall. The event was part of a Midwest road tour designed to educate different parts of the population on the 2010 Census. Brian Grady, an official fro...

New plans for Mifflin St. Block Party presented

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:45:23 -0400

By: Allison Geyer

Plans for the 2010 Mifflin Street Block Party are beginning to take shape and include more live music, beer and bathrooms. After the party’s success in 2009, sponsor DCNY Pro is back to manage this year’s event. Co-owners Dave Coleman and Ny B...

Initial stages of Edgewater redesign OKd

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:40:32 -0400

By: Hannah Shepard

The Urban Design Commission approved initial stages of the Edgewater Hotel expansion proposal 5-4 Wednesday, with Chair Bruce Woods breaking the tie, according to The Capital Times. Debate regarding the Edgewater Hotel proposal continued as Hammes Co., th...

Denial of climate change reveals ignorance

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:42:41 -0400

By: Anthony Cefali

Anthony Cefali responds to Andrew Carpenter's recent comments on climate change.

Earlier this week, Badger Herald opinion columnist and former Daily Cardinal writer Andrew Carpenter wrote about the reality of climate change. Carpenter takes an esoteric, if self-indulgent, stance on the issue; he doesn’t really see climate change...

Don't lump student loans with health care

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:34:42 -0400

By: Jamie Stark

Tying together health care with student loans will threaten the chances of both initiatives.

Like Stephen Colbert’s coverage of obscure stories, I enjoy bringing under-discussed issues to light. In that respect, as students we should be particularly intrigued by the potential addition of student loan amendments to the fast-tracked health ca...

Power up professors' paltry paychecks

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:29:33 -0400

By: The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board

UW should more actively solicit donations for professor salaries.

UW System employee salaries were released last week with few surprises and the same aggravating discrepancies. Ten system employees earned over $300,000. Chancellor Biddy Martin made more than UW System President Kevin Reilly by almost $23,000, and nobody...

This year's Badgers far different from '06 team

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:27:18 -0400

By: Ben Breiner

The 2010 men's hockey team plays much differently than the 2006 national championship squad

Columnist’s note: Yes it’s almost March Madness, yes the column name has changed but somehow it’s about hockey. Well here’s the thing, the Dance has been analyzed and overanalyzed with most points of view being taken. This column c...

Offense finally in good hands with Tolzien

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:23:54 -0400

By: Justin Dean

Senior quarterback Scott Tolzien is gaining confidence in spring practice

With the eyes of Wisconsin sports fans fixated on this weekend’s NCAA basketball tournament and WCHA playoffs, senior quarterback Scott Tolzien and the Wisconsin football team quietly began their spring practices this week. After last year’s h...

Glister lost in language

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:40:56 -0400

By: Victoria Statz

There is a lot of talk about connection and unity in John Burnside’s “The Glister,” but ultimately the plethora of quasi-intriguing themes are never fully developed, leaving the reader with too many superfluous passages, unoriginal plot ...

Exploring this weekends Romanian Film Festival

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:38:47 -0400

By: Dan Sullivan

Today, tomorrow and Saturday the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art will host an event that, despite being an annual occurrence, has a relatively small profile amongst even the film-savviest Madisonians: The Romanian Film Festival. The emergence of ...

Oh, the iRony of Apples iDiotic new iDeas

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:45:26 -0400

By: Jon Spike

There was a time in my life when I genuinely despised Apple. Sure, my reasons weren’t fantastic for hating them—almost every person walks around with those idiotic earbuds, they have a smug Justin Long in their annoying commercials and iTunes ...

New Beer Thursday--Moon Man No Coast Pale Ale

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:41:09 -0400

By: Anthony Cefali

There’s an old Groucho Marx joke about expectations. “I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening,” Marx said, raising his brow. “But this wasn’t it.” At first glance, we had every hope in the world for New Glarus&rsqu...

Lawmaker not likely to be expelled from the Legislature

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:43:45 -0400

By: The Daily Cardinal

A lawmaker charged with driving while intoxicated likely will not be expelled from the state Assembly, according to a lawmaker involved in the expulsion resolution. State Rep. Jeffrey Wood, I-Chippewa Falls, who is currently facing three OWI charges, defe...

Proposed central library redevelopment faces challenges

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:42:36 -0400

By: Grace Urban

Negotiations between the city of Madison and Fiore Cos. to rebuild Madison’s Central Library are encountering obstacles, causing some to question whether the project will take place as planned. The Wisconsin State Journal alleged Tuesday that negoti...

Walker recycles brown bag campaign strategy, Neumann launches radio ad

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:41:29 -0400

By: Ariel Shapiro

As the 2010 gubernatorial race heats up, the three frontrunners are using traditional, innovative and even recycled tactics to get their messages out to the voters. The focus of Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker’s campaign is the “Brown ...

Common Council votes against proposal giving greater power to city diversity committees

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:38:29 -0400

By: Taylor Harvey

The Madison Common Council rejected a change to the Madison General Ordinances Tuesday that would allow the Equal Opportunities Commission, Affirmative Action Commission and Commission on People with Disabilities to sponsor ordinances and resolutions. The...

In Brothers-UW battle for property, student org MEChA gets ignored

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:36:30 -0400

By: Ashley Davis

Throughout the highly publicized property battle between Brothers Bar and Grill and the UW System Board of Regents, student organization MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan) said it has slipped through the cracks in university priorities. The ...

UW System defends inaction on contract law

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:34:33 -0400

By: Steven Rosenbaum

The UW System said they are unable to comply with a 2005 law requiring all state agencies to post their contract agreements online because of technology problems. The law requires all agencies to post their external contract information to a website calle...

Expanding the tournament field will only ruin March Madness

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:55:22 -0400

By: Scott Kellogg

Columnist Scott Kellogg explains what the NCAA shouldn't do with the tournament

This is the year the Badgers go to the Elite Eight, and I’ll tell you why. Flash forward to the Sweet Sixteen (yes, I’m taking that for granted). Wisconsin will likely draw No. 1 seed Kentucky, a team that lost only two games this season and b...

No room for underdogs: Final Five is for favorites

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:51:00 -0400

By: Nico Savidge, Parker Gabriel and Ben Breiner

The final rounds of the WCHA Tournament will start Thursday in Minneapoli

This year’s WCHA Tournament has not exactly been upset-heavy. Last year, seventh-seeded Minnesota-Duluth stormed from the back of the field to claim the title, knocking off top teams like North Dakota and Denver. The Bulldogs are in the tournament a...

Clture Clb pick of the week: the Clash's Combat Rock

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:44:28 -0400

By: The Daily Cardinal Clture Clb

Their eponymous debut was a rodeo bull bucking at the gates of taboo, thrashing listeners into submission to their unabashed tirade against political injustice. London Calling, their third album, galvanized their socially conscious punk with an onslaught ...

When it comes to watching Lost, be patient, grasshoppers

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:36:12 -0400

By: Mark Riechers

I haven’t spoiled the crap out of “Lost” here in a while, so commence your groaning and flip to the comics if you’re still back in season three waiting for Sawyer and Kate to get out of the cages....

Reasons for statewide salvia ban hazy at best

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:31:59 -0400

By: Samantha Witthuhn

Don't leave public opinion out of public decisions.

Two weeks ago, the powerful hand of the law laid a smack down on one of the few remaining legal drugs being used throughout Wisconsin. Salvia divinorum, commonly confused with saliva, was effectively banned from being manufactured and distributed among th...

Rules of the road still apply to bicyclists

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:29:45 -0400

By: Mark Bennett

Now that the sun's out, ride your bike, and practice bike etiquette.

As we enter into warmer weather, melting snow and relentless rain, it is becoming clear that spring is on the way. With clear streets and temperatures above the freezing mark, it is just about time to bring out the bicycles again. In fact, many students a...

Rock out to 'Runaways'

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:29:25 -0400

By: Brandi Stone

“The Runaways, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, tells of the band’sexperiences in the music industry and is likely to be a success with audiences....

College ready with no senior year?

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:37:46 -0400

By: Kate Bothe

Friday night football games, skip days, prom, applying to colleges. These are typical highlights that make the senior year of high school most memorable. However, while some kick up the effort a notch for this final year, others bask in thoughts of g...

Fatty dad learns health lesson the heart way

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:22:03 -0400

By: Jillian Levy

I am a/an _______ eater. Fill any adjective in the blank—emotional, bored, drunk—and it’s an accurate descriptor. And I think it’s hereditary. Look at any member of my immediate family at any point in time and there’s about a...

Campus Briefs--Week 9

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:12:13 -0400

By: Phil Vesselinovitch

Direct relationship between living in Madison, becoming a fatass, experts say In one of the most historic scientific breakthroughs in UW-Madison history, scientists dropped a bombshell on Monday when they revealed what they believe to be a direct causal r...

Ditch your bracket and just watch to really enjoy the tourney

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:00:14 -0400

By: Nico Savidge

Columnist Nico Savidge explains why he's forgoing bracketology this year

You would be hard pressed to find a better week for sports fans than this one. Spring training is in full swing, the regular seasons of the NHL and NBA have hit the home stretch, college hockey starts its playoffs and, oh by the way, we also get the most ...

Badgers earn No. 7 seed, will face Vermont

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:58:56 -0400

By: Mark Bennett

The Wisconsin women's basketball team is heading to the NCAA Tournament

The Badgers are going dancing. For just the seventh time in program history and the first since 2002, the Wisconsin women’s basketball team received an at-large berth in the NCAA tournament. Following a 21-10 season and a third place finish in the B...

UW names five finalists to fill director of undergraduate admissions position

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:50:04 -0400

By: The Daily Cardinal

UW-Madison continued its search for a new director of undergraduate admissions Monday, as five finalists for the position were named. According to a UW-Madison release, the position is in charge of leading the UW-Madison Office of Admissions and managing ...

Shots fired downtown; no injuries, arrests

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:49:39 -0400

By: The Daily Cardinal

Shots were fired on the 100 block of South Bedford Street early Monday morning during an altercation between two men. According to a police report, the victim was driving down Bedford and stopped his car when he saw a man standing in the road. He exited h...

Capitol Square among Madison areas to undergo renovations

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:49:17 -0400

By: Allison Geyer

The city’s Downtown Construction Projects meeting Monday outlined the city’s plans for improvements and road construction in several campus and downtown areas. The first of these projects is expected to begin within the next few weeks, accordi...

Committee proposes further changes to possible Gordon Commons construction

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:47:40 -0400

By: Beth Pickhard

The Joint Southeast Campus Area Committee met Monday to discuss further redevelopment plans for Gordon Commons. The project was originally proposed to the committee in January and would necessitate ground-up construction on the corner of Dayton and Lake S...

Willy Street, Kohl Center high-speed rail stops proposed

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:45:49 -0400

By: Michelle Langer

A high-speed rail stop could be located near downtown Madison under two new Amtrak station proposals. Martin Rifken, owner of the 700 block of Williamson Street, has proposed two different stops downtown, one on Williamson Street and the other behind the ...

All 26 UW System schools breaking law on contract disclosure

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:45:19 -0400

By: Hannah Furfaro

More than 80 state agencies, including UW-Madison, are not in compliance with an open records law that requires all state agencies to report their contractual agreements on an aggregate website maintained by the Government Accountability Board. The 2005 l...

Experts debate ethics of UW primate research

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:44:37 -0400

By: Daniel Tollefson

Experts argued the ethics of primate research at a debate held at Memorial Union Monday. The debate, which featured Paul Kaufman, chair of the UW-Madison Department of Ophthalmology, and Rick Bogle, co-director of Alliance for Animals, was moderated by Ro...

Better, faster, stronger: In search of a more natural way to run

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:23:35 -0400

By: Kelly April

Researchers at UW-Madison are looking into the science behind running.

The road ahead of you is aglow with thousands of tiny sparkling snowflakes, like diamonds in the distance. The air on your face is brisk and refreshing, but it harmonizes with the warm sun. There is bliss in these moments of winter, experienced in the sol...

Video didn't kill the radio star, but Uncle Sam might

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:56:27 -0400

By: Kathy Dittrich

Congress and the record labels are teaming up to hurt radio stations nationwide.

The most recent chapter in the saga of radio royalties played out earlier his month when more than 400 broadcasters visited Washington D.C. and lobbied Capitol Hill in opposition to the Performance Rights Act. The PRA has passed both the House and Senate ...

Textbook committee superfluous

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:52:31 -0400

By: The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board

While the ASM has made great headway on making books affordable, this won't help.

Last week ASM’s Academic Affairs Committee proposed the creation of a standing committee to address textbook issues as a more permanent way of addressing the financial burden of textbooks on campus. The proposed committee would be comprised of three...

Singer-songwriter title carries weight

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:51:47 -0400

By: Justin Stephani

A singer-songwriter, by traditional standards, depicts a bard-like guitar player who can interweave abstract or direct tales of social, personal or political commentary. The most common image behind this phrase has to be a young Bob Dylan, crafted in the ...

Liars not faking it on latest

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:47:10 -0400

By: Anthony Cefali

There are myriad forms of laughter. Laughter can indicate unbridled joy, like the laughter friends share, the kind that is paired with misplaced idioms or flatulence or whatever. Diametrically, laughter can also be the first sign of a mind spiraling downw...

Dontcha know Wisconsin is da best, huh?

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:37:50 -0400

By: Erin Kay Van Pay

I’ve lived in Wisconsin my entire life, save for the two unfortunate months my family resided in the Cat-Skinning Region of southern Illinois, and I am damn proud to be a Wisconsinite. Recently, I have come to think that perhaps my undying love for ...

Man arrested following theft from vehicles

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:08:37 -0400

By: The Daily Cardinal

An officer from the Madison Police Department arrested a 27-year-old man after suspecting him of being involved with a series of thefts from vehicles in the Greenbush and Vilas neighborhoods. According to the police report, at approximately 3:35 a.m. Frid...

of Montreal documentary shines in Madison debut

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:21:11 -0400

By: Dan Sullivan

The infamous 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner developed the idea of the gesamtkunstwerk (commonly translated as “total work of art”), a multimedia form of artistic production that, he argued, was more effective and affecting than an...

Heavy Rain drops innovative control in gamers fingertips

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:15:18 -0400

By: Alex Belmonte

French developer Quantic Dream has raised the bar high for what they tout as a new genre of storytelling in their latest PS3 exclusive crime-drama game, “Heavy Rain.” The basic premise is this: As he triangulates the identity and whereabouts o...

Gudmandson securing starter status

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:57:54 -0400

By: Parker Gabriel

Junior goalie Scott Gudmandson is now UW's go-to man between the pipes

In the midst of Ryan Miller’s string of dominating performances between the pipes for Team USA in the Olympics, Wisconsin head coach Mike Eaves said that a hot goaltender “can steal you a series, can steal you a cup, can steal you a national c...

Final Five now awaits Wisconsin after Badgers sweep away Alaska-Anchorage

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:55:45 -0400

By: Parker Gabriel

The men's hockey team beat the Seawolves in the opening round of the WCHA Playoffs

Senior forward Aaron Bendickson says he is not a spotlight type of guy, that he doesn’t like a whole lot of attention. It would be hard to imagine, however, that he did not enjoy his final seven minutes at the Kohl Center. The center scored hi...

Badger seniors come up empty in Indianapolis

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:54:07 -0400

By: Ben Breiner

Senior guards Jason Bohannon and Trevon Hughes turned in poor shooting performances against Illinois

INDIANAPOLIS—4:51. That was what the clock read in the second half when a member of Wisconsin’s senior guard duo finally connected on a shot from the field. Up to that point Jason Bohannon and Trevon Hughes had gone 0-for-18 from the field and...

Badgers given a 4-seed, will take on Wofford

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:50:02 -0400

By: Scott Kellogg

The field of 65 was announced Sunday

The NCAA announced Wisconsin earned a No. 4 seed and will face Wofford this Friday in the 2010 NCAA Tournament. “These guys played well enough over a four-month period to be in a pretty good position in the NCAA Tournament. That’s how it...

Wisconsin dispatches Illinois State, Western Illinois

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:48:11 -0400

By: Emma Condon

The men's tennis team picked up a pair of non-conference wins

The Wisconsin men’s tennis team tallied two more wins this Sunday in their last pre-conference tune-ups against No. 70 Illinois State and Western Illinois, 6-1 and 6-0. “Overall we got what we needed to get out of it,” head coach Greg Va...

Breaking down the road to Indianapolis

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:24:27 -0400

By: Nick Schmitt, Ben Breiner and Scott Kellogg

Each of the four regions is analyzed

Midwest Home of the No. 1 overall seed the Midwest region should be Kansas’ to lose. The Jayhawks stay close to home on Oklahoma city and then St. Louis and boasting a sterling 32-2 record. After them come teams like Ohio State (could be a challenge...

Clean up emergency response protocol

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:32:18 -0400

By: The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board

A non-emergency number should help with emergency response efficiency.

In a rare instance of the City of Madison and Dane County not seeing eye to eye, a lawsuit resulted over their disagreements on how to handle 911 calls. Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk recently announced that the County was seeking to implement an aut...

Right to drink raw milk an individual choice

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:21:21 -0400

By: Qi Gu

Take advantage of the raw goodness of unpasteurized milk.

Pasteurization is not just a nightmare for cheese gourmets. It is a nuisance for anyone who sees selling and consuming raw milk as their natural right. Supporters are now ready to lift a 53-year-old ban on unpasteurized milk in Wisconsin, the second large...

The major-ly kick-ass spring break workout

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:14:25 -0400

By: Bonnie Gleicher

Spring Break. The big ol’ SB. Could also stand for Sun Burns, Sexy Bods, or Skimpy Bikinis. And sometimes, to our dismay, (dun dun dunnn)—Sagging Bums. For the few that are venturing to the tropics for spring break, the next two weeks herald t...

Chile ayuda a Chile

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:06:42 -0400

By: Andrea Perins

Como todos sabemos, un terremoto de 8,8 grados azotó Chile hace unas semanas, atormentando a todo el país y dejando mas de 500 muertos atrás. A pesar de los grandes daños, especialmente en Concepción, donde toda la...

Too little, too late: Furious rally comes up short against Illini

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:00:15 -0500

By: Ben Breiner

The Badgers were eliminated in their first game of the Big Ten Tournament, dropping a 58-54 game to Illinois. Trevon Hughes hit four 3-pointers in the final two minutes but could not overcome a terrible offensive performance by the team as a whole....

Time to get on board with high-speed rail, take the train to Yahara Station

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:55:34 -0500

By: Mark Bennett

Don't let the the situation bring high-speed rail down.

As someone who spent his childhood never more than 20 minutes away from the City of Milwaukee, who has made the trip between Milwaukee and Madison hundreds of times in his life and who now holds residence in the city of Madison for the majority of the yea...

BPA ban a safe choice for health, environment

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:53:12 -0500

By: Samantha Egelhoff

We're one step closer to a world free of BPA.

BPA-free water bottles have popped up everywhere. They come in a rainbow of colors. You can acquire them basically everywhere, from the corner Walgreens to the merchandise stand at your favorite band’s concert. They keep you hydrated. They last. The...

Damn divided on United

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:53:08 -0500

By: Todd Stevens

Brits love soccer, at times to an unhealthy degree. They love it so much that they have been known to kill, maim and disembowel each other in the name of football—and that is just the fans. The coaches and players, if anything, are even more vile, v...

Bioshock sequel shockingly good

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:14:17 -0500

By: Mark Riechers

It’s easy to assume that “Bioshock 2,” a sequel that many fans and even original game designer Ken Levine wanted little to do with, is all about the Benjamins—a pointless entry diluting the purity of the original’s story and ...

Feces, fellatio, fidelity and funky discharge: A fearsome foursome

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:59:48 -0500

By: Erica Andrist

This is a tough question for me to ask, but I am very concerned my boyfriend is cheating on me. He is always busy lately, and when we do hang out, he always seems distracted or angry...I don’t have any real evidence that he’s cheating, but I j...

Searching for fun with Google predictions

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:56:27 -0500

By: Andrew Lahr

Why hasn’t Larry King died yet? Why haven’t I shit in four days? How big was the fattest person who has ever lived? How deep underwater do you need to swim before your ears implode? He’s only 76, a low-fiber diet, 1,225 pounds and pretty...

Men's tennis prepares for doubleheader

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:36:14 -0500

By: Emma Condon

The Badgers take on Illinois State and Western Illinois at Nielsen this weekend

With the conference season only a week away, the No. 38 Wisconsin men’s tennis team will have one last chance this Sunday to sharpen their skills as they host No. 70 Illinois State and Western Illinois. The Badgers, who stumbled on their last two ro...

WCHA Playoffs commence as Badgers face Seawolves

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:33:22 -0500

By: Parker Gabriel

The men's hockey team takes on Alaska-Anchorage in the opening round

If the regular season stood as a barometer of success in college hockey, the Badgers would have to be satisfied. Their second place WCHA finish is the highest since Mike Eaves took over as head coach in 2002. They ranked in the top-five nationally in goal...

English star Owen a sad soccer story

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:30:37 -0500

By: Jack Doyle

Columnist Jack Doyle wonder what could have been with Michael Owen

I hate when athletes with so much potential end up falling short because of injuries. Whether it is Boobie Miles, Mark Prior or Marcus Camby, I can’t help but feel sympathy—even pity—toward these would-be greats. So when Manchester Unite...

Badgers kick off tournament against Illini

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:28:17 -0500

By: Scott Kellogg

The men's basketball team begins the Big Ten tournament today against Illinois

The Badgers open up postseason play in the Big Ten tournament today, beginning their quest for a Big Ten championship. As the No. 4 seed in the event, Wisconsin takes on No. 5 seed Illinois. The two teams should know one another as well as anyone else, as...

UW cancer researchers find promise in unusual places

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:30:56 -0500

By: Kara Turtinen

They aren’t yet making leaps and bounds toward a cure, but rather they are taking baby steps towards comprehension. For more than 10 years, oncologist Michael Gould and his team of researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have slowly unrav...

Spring activities begin with pro day

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:51:22 -0500

By: Ben Breiner

The football team held its annual pro day Wednesday

A glut of returning starters, expectations of a top-10 year and the lingering enjoyment of closing the last campaign with a pleasing upset of a well regarded opponent. Yes, t...

Cinematic creations are collaborations

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:47:49 -0500

By: Dan Sullivan

Madison movie theaters are being bum-rushed by recent releases from filmmakers commonly considered to be auteurs—directors whose distinctive artistic personalities are inscribed all over their respective oeuvres. Werner Herzog’s “Bad Lie...

Remember the Titus (Andronicus)

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:42:24 -0500

By: Kyle Sparks

“I’m destroying everything that wouldn’t make me more like Bruce Springsteen” If the Hold Steady brought bar rock to the arena, Titus Andronicus brought arena rock to the bar. Their latest, the comically ambitious Civil War-themed ...

McGee hit up Madison

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:38:37 -0500

By: Matt Beaty

Umphrey’s McGee is a Chicago-based band known for their energetic live shows and impressive improvisation. Since their formation in 1997, they have kept a busy touring schedule, playing over a hundred shows each year. Long sets, stage banter and exc...

Editorial Cartoon: March 11, 2010

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:08:43 -0500

By: John Liesveld

Walker trying to put state under his small gov't spell

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:02:13 -0500

By: Jamie Stark

The conservative mantra of "small government" is not feasible in this economy.

Eloquence in print isn’t too hard. It’s a medium that, through the magic and archaic technology of Gutenberg, allows me to spend hours debating between using “brutish” or “bestial” before anyone ever reads my words. Aft...

No need to ban guns, regulate them instead

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:52:33 -0500

By: Matt Beaty

The Supreme Court should overturn the Chicago handgun ban.

The Supreme Court has had slurry of important cases during Obama’s presidency, most notably overturning portions of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law. However, the recent case of McDonald v. Chicago, which challenges the Chicago handgun ban, ...

Badger fans can't have it both ways with Bo Ryan

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:28:49 -0500

By: Ben Breiner

Columnist Ben Breiner explains the hypocrisy of UW followers with head coach Bo Ryan

Let us call this a duplicity of logic. On the one hand there was outcry when Wisconsin debuted the season as the 7th-9th best team in the conference, at least according to most projections. Many asked how Bo Ryan’s teams could ever be doubted after...

Madness starts up with Big Ten Tournament

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:22:32 -0500

By: Scott Kellogg, Nick Schmitt and Ben Breiner

Each team begins its quest for a Big Ten title today

Ohio State The Buckeyes enter the tournament with the most momentum of any team. Ohio State is riding a current four-game win streak, and has won 10 of its last 11. They are led by their prolific scorer, junior forward Evan Turner. Turner, who was named t...

Nine movie remakes inspired by UW-Madison

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:57:55 -0500

By: Jon Spike

It seems like every year around February or March people make the claim that it’s the worst time of year. I’ve heard everything: burnout from school, the not-quite-winter-but-not-quite-spring weather, winter sports winding down, and even that ...

New Beer Thursday--Rising Moon Spring Ale

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:54:29 -0500

By: Kathy Dittrich

Blue Moon’s spring seasonal Rising Moon has hit liquor store shelves in an attempt to capitalize on drinkers lured in by the beer’s suggestion of winter’s end, warmer weather and Terrace music. However, Rising Moon’s emphasis on &l...

No way to win this race to the top

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:11:08 -0500

By: The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board

No Race to the Top funding shows Wisconsin needs to change its game plan.

Last week, the state of Wisconsin received the “Billy Madison” treatment in the Department of Education’s Race to the Top. At no point in Wisconsin’s rambling, incoherent proposal were they even close to anything resembling a ratio...

Abortion debate wrongly focused

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:09:00 -0500

By: Alyssa Lochen

For a more productive abortion debate, perhaps we need to reframe the question.

The ever-raging abortion debate has made numerous headlines recently because of the near-constant protests by pro-life groups outside the Madison Surgery Center. As an avid proponent of a woman’s right to choose, I always react to these demonstratio...

New Gorillaz a day at the Beach

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:09:15 -0500

By: Joe Bartolone

With soft waves, a gentle breeze and some easy feelings, the introduction track of Gorillaz’ newest album, Plastic Beach, immerses you into a world of tropical peace. The next song, “Welcome to the Plastic Beach,” features Snoop Dogg, an...

Three random spots to read

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:56:02 -0500

By: Alex Kuskowski

On my one-woman march to educate every single living person about the greatest things books contain, I was enlightened by a friend who told me she “didn’t have the time, y’know, to sit and read stuff.” This statement got me thinkin...

Babies and pregnant women are repulsive

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:43:41 -0500

By: Jillian Levy

Sometimes I wonder if my girly wiring is a little off. Instead of melting my heart and making my uterus glow with warmth, every time I look at a baby, I feel my arteries tighten and waves of nausea crash through my body. Seeing pregnant women is even wors...

The Deer Cardinal--Week 8

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:40:12 -0500

By: The Daily Cardinal

Madison's favorite half-deer, half-cardinal dispenses advice on a variety of topics

Deer Cardinal— I’m trapped in a burning house and the smoke is piling up! I used to remember this helpful acronym they taught us in elementary school. I think it was stop, drop and something, but I can’t remember the last step! PLEASE HE...

Campus Briefs

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:36:54 -0500

By: Kevin Slane and Phil Vesselinovitch

The best in fake news delivered in briefs for your reading pleasure

Girl walking home wearing frat boy’s sweatpants ‘isn’t fooling anyone,’ sources say Christie Mathews insists that she and well-known womanizer Nick Jackson are simply “study buddies” after being questioned by reporters ...

What's in the Fridge ep 2

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:00:26 -0500

By: By Alec Walker & Eddy Cevilla

Nothing but Crpes

Crêpes: For the enthusiastic diner, the thought alone induces a Pavlovian-esque salivation, but for most who have considered cooking them, crêpes conjure up images of burned batter...

Tips for dining, drinking and living off-campusEastside Madison

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:32:58 -0500

By: By Ben Pierson & Victoria Statz

Willy Street: the place to play

Scatter-shot with casual pubs, inventive restaurants and myriad small shops, the near-east side’s Williamson St. is one that a resident may never have to leave. From the New Age shops and yoga studios to the hardware stores and plumbers that l...

Tips for dining, drinking and living off-campusWestside Madison

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:30:36 -0500

By: By Andrea Snow

Wild Whimsical West: Monroe St.

The best food in Madison is not found on State Street. Discovering these delights is simple: next time you and the gang/significant other have a few hours and a mad hunger to kill after class or on the weekend, take a stroll over to Monroe Street....

Open classrooms to discussion

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:38:45 -0500

By: Kathy Dittrich

More disagreement is needed to encourage worthwhile learning.

Our private lives and personal beliefs follow us everywhere we go. This includes the classroom. Students and teachers do not check their biases, preferences or opinions at the door; but too often such aspects of character are absent from our classrooms an...

Best response to natural disasters comes with a healthy dose of rebel spirit

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:34:05 -0500

By: Melissa Grau

More private enterprise is needed in global disaster relief.

Rebels have always been a favorite of mine. They cannot be ignored, whether it’s the teenager deliberately staying out past curfew or the revolutionary hero. We’ve got Martin Luther King Jr., Amelia Earhart, Rosa Parks, James Dean, Gandhi, Emi...

Allow faculty freedom to speak out

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:28:49 -0500

By: The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board

The Faculty Senate's upcoming free speech amendment should pass.

On March 1, the Faculty Senate heard a proposed revision to Chapter 8 of the Faculty Policy and Procedures. The potential addition of three sentences to the faculty speech code is a direct response to the 2006 Supreme Court case Garcetti v. Ceballos, in w...

Lifehouse album worth the wait

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:14:16 -0500

By: Ashley Glowinski

Many die-hard Lifehouse fans and music buffs alike remember the 2001 hit single “Hanging by a Moment” from the band’s debut album, No Name Face. Back then, the members of Lifehouse—original members Rick Woolstenhulme Jr. and Jason ...

Covers deserve more credit: Some songs stumble, but others can supersede

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:10:49 -0500

By: Justin Stephani

Is it so wrong for me to like Beck’s Record Club recording of Oar better than Alex “Skip” Spence’s original cult classic? Well, I’m not willing to make that declaration, and even though that’s not entirely because of th...

Honest rsum for your future applications

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:01:22 -0500

By: Erin Kay Van Pay

Potential employee #G3045 Address: Mostly at Brothers Bar & Grill Phone Number: 608-555-5555, but be sure to identify yourself as a prospective employer upon my answering, otherwise I may pick up by saying “talk to me” like in “Full ...

Group projects bring out worst in people

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:03:07 -0500

By: Kevin Slane

Every year, I sign up for more classes than I need to. I never take 18 credits, but I like to shop around syllabuses to get a feel for what classes I might find intellectually stimulating. And by “intellectually stimulating” I mean “will...

Las vacaciones mas esperadas

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:53:10 -0500

By: Laura Mannino

Ya casi hemos llegado. El punto medio del año. La semana para relajarse, dormir, comer cosas deliciosas, divertirse, y la semana en cuál nos olvidamos de la tarea, los exámenes y la universidad. Las vacaciones de la primavera. Marzo e...

Remember the efforts of all of our ROTC students

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:00:03 -0500

By: Matt Payne

As some of the hardest working students on campus, ROTC students deserve respect.

There are a group of individuals on campus who are a part of a long standing tradition at this university. They often wake the rooster up in the morning and burn the midnight oil at night. They are college students like us while at the same time wearing t...

Dont be Frightened of Winter

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:40:51 -0500

By: Justin Stephani

Something must have clicked in the minds of Frightened Rabbit over the last two years, because their latest album, The Winter of Mixed Drinks, is one wrecking ball of a challenge compared to their previous two LPs. Only traces of their immature but always...

Burton loses Wonder with each new movie

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:26:22 -0500

By: Treena Fischer

Overhyped and over-“Johnny-fied” are the first two words that come to mind after seeing Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland,” done in collaboration with Disney as a sequel to the original cartoon. After months of anticipation, ...

The Writing on the Wall

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:40:19 -0500

By: Stephanie Lindholm

Graffiti. Is it art or vandalism? The difference of opinion can be as close as two coats of paint, literally. Traditionally, marking public or private property is considered vandalism, but as the Generation Y-ers grow restless and stigmas are replaced, a ...

Hit me baby, one more time

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:01:57 -0500

By: Erica Andrist

I’m a 19 year-old straight guy who really likes getting a good spanking. The problem is, I can’t find any women who would actually like to spank me... Do you have any suggestions about where or how to meet women who could be into spankin...

Cash rules everything around me (CREAM)

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:57:14 -0500

By: Andrew Lahr

Cash. Duckets. Cabbage. Greenbacks. Only a substance of utmost importance in society would deserve so many titles. The other day I was sitting around doing some serious thinking, and I got to wondering about money, or a world without it, rather. Seriously...

Overheard in Madison

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:51:01 -0500

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Searching for buried hope: UW students work to keep Haiti fresh in our minds

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:49:53 -0500

By: Grace Kim

The latest estimated death toll from Haiti’s recent earthquake is 212,000, according Haiti’s prime minister. The United Nations has reported that more than 300,000 are injured and three million have been affected worldwide by the earthquake. A...

INTRODUCING: Whats in the Fridge?

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:01:46 -0500

By: Alec Walker & Eddy Cevilla

The Daily Cardinal unveils its brand new cooking show...

Todays Secondhand Score: Thom McAn Leather Dancing Shoes

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:57:51 -0500

By: Ben Pierson

What are they? Thom McAn Leather Dancing Shoes. Where can you buy them and how much do they cost? Neatly arranged among other carefully chosen footwear at the Good Style Shop: 402 E. Washington Ave these guys are a steal at $23. When can you get them? Tue...

Feeling lucky on Chat Roulette

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:55:14 -0500

By: By Stephanie Rywak

A new internet phenomenon, fittingly titled Chat Roulette, dropped last November 2009. Created by the 17-year old Russian Andrey Ternovsky, this social website delivers exactly what its name promises: a risk- filled twist on current social networking site...

Fischer on NYC Fashion Week

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:53:50 -0500

By: Treena Nicole Fischer

Designers, models, stylists, press, celebrities, photographers and buyers flocked like Ritalin-deprived lemmings to New York City to take part in fashion week from Feb. 11-18. The weeklong event showcased 2010 fall and winter ready-to-wear collections fro...

Decoding L-O-V-E

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:10:01 -0500

By: Madeline Anderson

Create online profile? Check. Upload photo? Check. Fill out personality questionnaire? Check. Mail i

When the Stars and Alleles Align The process is fairly simple. Participants are asked to use a cotton swab from a DNA collection kit and dab the inside of their cheek, send it back to the company and wait for the results. The sites then analyze the geneti...

Aphrodisiac for Him

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:43:10 -0500