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Facultycannotcarry weaponsBy Shannon KellyThe Daily CarDinal

Under a new policy passed Monday UW-Madison employ-ees are prohibited from carrying concealed weapons while work-ing on campus.

The Academic Staff Assembly voted to approve the policy in response to a new state law legaliz-ing concealed carry in Wisconsin.

The policy states, “No employ-ee shall carry or go armed with a firearm or other dangerous weap-on at any time while in the course and scope of employment.”

The policy does not apply to law enforcement officials and allows for exceptions if the employee receives approval from the chancellor or a “designee”, usually a police chief.

The policy preamble states the implementation will help “to protect staff, faculty and students while remaining in compliance with the new law.”

Assembly Rep. Mark Zehner took issue with what he saw as the Assembly endorsing a politi-cal stance on the law.

“[It] talks about protecting staff, and that comes across as a really [negative] term in terms of how the law was passed across the state and that the concealed carry law is somehow in oppo-sition of personal protection,” Zehner said.

The governing body of UW-Madison faculty proposed a similar policy at their meeting last week that would prohibit faculty members from carrying weapons while working on campus.

Also at the meeting, the Assembly discussed its priorities for the academic year. The com-mittee said it plans to consider the possibility of changing its person-nel system in light of budget cuts.

The changes would simplify

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Student organizations participated in “yell like hell”, a song-writing competition, as a part of UW’s homecoming week Monday.

Hearing on CEO’sfindings scheduledBy abby Becker The Daily CarDinal

The State Assembly’s Committee on Colleges and Universities will host a hear-ing early next week address-ing a conservative think tank’s findings that UW-Madison’s undergraduate and law school admission policies discrimi-nate against white and Asian students.

Controversy on cam-pus began in September The Center for Equal Opportunity released two studies they said showed racial discrimination in the university’s admission policy. Its reports said African-American and Latino students receive preferential treatment over white and Asian students.

The hearing will take place at the Capitol Oct. 17 at 2 p.m. and will examine UW-Madison’s holistic admission process, which the university states, “takes into account a range of factors, including grades, stan-dardized test scores, recom-mendations, extracurricular activities, leadership and writ-ten statements.”

University officials also noted The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled it is legal to consider race and ethnicity as a factor in college admissions.

While the hearing will be conducted in open session, only invited speakers from CEO and UW-Madison, determined by Chair of ACCU Steve Nass, R-La Grange, will be allowed to speak.

In September, Nass publicly disagreed with UW-Madison’s admission policies, mirroring CEO president Roger Clegg’s opinion that universities should admit students based on academic merit alone.

“I fought against UW-Madison’s touchy-feely admissions process when first enacted and still oppose the discriminatory selection pro-cess,” said Nass in a statement. “I support admitting students based on academic perfor-mance, the only factor that an individual has personal control to achieve.”

While Chancellor David Ward will not attend the hear-ing due to previously sched-uled business, he will finalize

By rachel Fettig and Samy MoskolThe Daily CarDinal

Two UW students were sent to jail Monday after refusing to sign a statement which they interpreted as an infringement upon their right to protest.

Junior Damon Terrell and sophomore Thi Le were

arrested on Aug. 25 at the Wisconsin Capitol, the day the budget cuts to state work-ers went into effect. Damon Terrell’s brother, CJ Terrell, was also arrested.

Organizers on Aug. 25 decided to stage a sit-in on the Capitol floor in which protestors refused to get up

when ordered. As most of the crowd dispersed, 13 protest-ers, Le and the Terrell broth-ers included, refused to stand and were arrested.

They were charged with “resisting or obstructing an officer,” according to the Wisconsin Court records. Damon Terrell said he did not know why only the three of the 13 received the charges as others also challenged offi-cers.

The three, who had their pleading hearing Monday, agreed to sign a part of their bond agreement, saying they would not commit any crimi-nal offenses until their trial in two months, which is stan-dard in criminal cases.

But they chose to not sign a stipulation saying they wouldn’t violate administra-tive code because they saw it as an effort to curb their right to protest at the Capitol.

Capitol police could interpret “administrative code” as “pick-ing the Capitol grass.”

Damon Terrell said they didn’t agree to following admin-istrative code because it

UW-Madison junior Damon Terrell was jailed Monday after he refused to sign a stipulation at a court hearing.

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Two UW student protesters jailed

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Opinion columnist Miles Kellerman weighs in on the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki and how that reflects on the Obama administration +OPINION, page 5

gUilTyThe Minneapolis-based MC will return to Madison for her sixth perfomance at the high noon Saloon +arTS, page 4

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F eeling tired, run-down or out of energy? Does that triple-shot espresso

not get you going in the morn-ing? Do you wake up feeling unrefreshed and constantly need to press the snooze but-ton? Can’t explain your sud-den increase in belly fat? Do you find that your memory and concentration just aren’t there?

You might be one of the mil-lions of Americans affected by stress. Due to our fast-paced, demanding lifestyle, it has been estimated that we now experi-ence 100 times more stress than our grandparents did.

Here’s something to think about: For every minute you experience stress, it takes 60 minutes to remove the flood of adrenal stress hormones from your bloodstream.

Before you scream at that driver who can’t hear you any-way, why don’t you consider if it’s worth getting all worked up about? But don’t consider it for too long—constant rumination will only prolong your stress.

Did you know that things you have little to no control

over such as genetic inheri-tance, environmental toxins and electromagnetic radiation can cause stress? But don’t worry about that too much either. Of all the emotions, helplessness is the most stress-inducing one.

So ladies, have you had your Pap smear? Gentlemen, have you had a prostate exam? We realize these tests aren’t too fun and may make a patient anx-ious, but folks it’s crucial that you stay calm. Having some-one probe around in your cer-vix, crotch or anus may make you feel a little uneasy, but why stress out over it? Getting stressed out will only increas-es the chances that the doctor actually detects a cancerous bump or abnormality. So relax, unless you would rather have cancer and have to undergo invasive surgery.

Again, I must stress (pun intended—Laughter is good for stress) that you need not

to worry. There are plenty of things you can do to combat the ill effects of stress.

You can try adding some moderate aerobic exercise to your life; exercise has been proven to decrease anxiety and depression as well as relieve stress. Just make sure you don’t overdo it. Over-exercising can lead to overtraining, a state of chronic stress in which one produces too much cortisol, fatigues his adrenal glands and shrinks his hippocampus. (In case you’ve been overstressed for too long and have forgotten, the hippocampus plays a cru-cial role in memory.)

Next, make sure you have fulfilling relationships in your life. An unhappy marriage can trigger inflammation, which may lead to arthritis, diabetes or heart disease. But don’t take that to mean you should kick your lowly spouse to the curb. Divorce has everlasting consequences and can increase the mortality rate

from 42-102 percent. At this point you might think,

“What do I have to do to avoid stress? Eat only pure, natural food, meditate for two hours a day, avoid wireless technol-ogy and sleep for eight uninter-rupted hours every night? Are you suggesting I move to an uninhabited island?”

Yes, actually I am. It’s a sacrifice that you are going to have to make. However, make sure you mentally reframe your “sacrifice” into “being proactive” about your health. Pessimism and negativity can increase stress.

Also be sure to bring a tight- knit group of friends with you to the island. As you may know by now, supportive social net-works have been shown to increase longevity by decreas-ing stress.

Just make sure your friends are significantly younger and healthier than you so none of them die before you do. Death of a loved one is one of the most traumatic life stressors.

Did you happen to stumble across some premature wrinkles, five extra pounds or a few stray gray hairs this morning? E-mail Elliot at eignasiak@wisc.edu and battle the inevitable onslaught of stress with his new “de-stressing” activities during your fall semester midterms.

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the categories into which person-nel are grouped to create more

opportunity for staff advance-ment.

The committee said they also hope to facilitate communication

between academic staff members at the university as they deal with changes this year, such as the bud-get cuts and new chancellor.

By Meghan ChuaTheDailyCarDinal

Plans for a new apartment complex were on the agenda of the Bassett Street Neighborhood Association meeting Monday, where the group heard proposals for the construction of an apart-ment complex as well as renova-tions to a local tavern.

Christopher Schramm, a repre-sentative of Urban Land Interests, presented the developer’s plans to build a residential rental structure on Proudfit Street and Lorillard Court. The plan includes a five-story structure of one and two

bedroom units that will cater to young professionals, including those affiliated with UW-Madison.

According to Schramm, envi-ronmental concerns have factored into plans for the project.

“The goal is to make it a…sus-tainable project as well,” Schramm said.

Developers hope to have the apartments constructed by spring of 2013.

Patrick Rynes, the owner of Echo Tap, was joined by a contrac-tor to provide an update on the renovations to his tavern, located on the corner of Bedford and Main

Streets. Initial plans to install a base-

ment were forgone over the sum-mer when it was discovered that construction would jeopardize the stability of a neighboring building.

Rynes is now seeking a 10-foot extension for the patio, a reno-vation he believes will help the 70-year old establishment endure.

“This building will…last anoth-er 75 years,” said Rynes. “And that I’m proud of.”

He will formally present his patio plans for approval at the association’s next meeting on Monday, Nov. 14.

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DPW, United Wisconsin to launch Walker recall effortsBy Samy MoskolTheDailyCarDinal

As the anniversary of Gov. Scott Walker’s inauguration approaches, Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate announced Monday the group will begin collecting signatures Nov. 15 to prompt a recall elec-tion of Walker.

The DPW will partner with United Wisconsin Political Action Committee, which has collected more than 200,000 names of Wisconsinites who would support a recall of Walker. Though they cannot use the names they already have on recall petitions, they can use the collection as a data-base from which to start.

Walker, like any other elect-

ed Wisconsin official, must be in office for one year before a recall election can take place. But groups can begin circulat-ing recall petitions on Nov. 4, which is 60 days before Walker has been in office for a full year.

In order for a recall election to be held, organizers would need to collect more than 540,000 signatures, or a quar-ter of the number of votes in the 2010 gubernatorial election.

Other PACs, notably Defend Wisconsin, Defending Wisconsin and We are Wisconsin, which became active during the start of the collective bargaining protests, will con-tribute to the recall effort.

Tate announced recall plans on the Ed Show Monday night.

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SSFC debates oversight committee, hears CFaCT eligibilityBy David kleinTheDailyCarDinal

Student leaders debated legislation to put an additional check on a student government committee Monday.

The legislation would require the Student Service Finance Committee to submit “pertinent legislation”, forms and applica-tions to a committee for review before using them.

SSFC Rep. David Vines spoke in favor of the legislation, saying it would ensure the committee did not gain too much power.

Vines said the new committee would help ensure “things run as smoothly as possible.”

SSFC Chair Sarah Neibart was opposed to the legislation, say-ing the Student Judiciary already checks the power of SSFC.

“This would only add bureau-

cracy to this process,” Neibart said. “The SSFC is an apolitical body. There’s no need for this.”

Some SSFC representatives said the legislation should have been brought before SSFC before it was introduced in an Associated Students of Madison student council meeting last week.

Vines said he brought the legis-lation before ASM because mem-bers of other committees need input and SSFC should not get a “final unchecked verdict on something that affects other student bodies.”

SSFC Rep. Tia Nowack agreed.“The issue originated here,”

said Rep. Tia Nowack. “I don’t think it should end here.”

SSFC did not reach a deci-sion on the legislation. They will continue the discussion within two weeks.

Also at the meeting, the

Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) told SSFC they were eligible to receive funding.

Last year, CFACT was denied eligibility after they failed to return equipment on time, violating eligi-bility requirements.

Joshua Smith, the group’s president, attributed the error to a “vast amount of confusion.”

SSFC Rep. Cale Plamann said CFACT needs to produce addition-al documentation to vindicate the group’s past violation and prove the infraction was unintentional.

“In the absence of it, I feel we’re stuck with the evidence we have,” Plamann said.

Neibart said without docu-mentation, the group is unlikely to receive eligibility. SSFC will decide if the group is eligible to receive funding Thursday.

Gov. Scott Walker appointed the final two members to a task force dedicated to studying the UW System Monday.

Walker appointed UW-Madison Vice Chancellor for Administration Darrell Bazzell and UW System Senior Vice President Emeritus Dave Olien to the 17-person committee.

The “Special Task Force on UW Restructuring and

Operational Flexibilities,” chaired by Board of Regents member Michael Falbo, will study the new flexibilities grant-ed to the UW System in the 2011-13 state budget and whether it should be granted more flexibili-ties in the future.

After shooting down propos-als to break UW-Madison off from the UW System this spring, the state’s budget writing com-

mittee found it necessary to cre-ate the task force.

Aside from Bazzell, Olien, and Falbo, the committee also includes six members appoint-ed by both the speaker and majority leader and one mem-ber appointed by the minor-ity leader from each house. Co-chairs of the Joint Finance Committee chose Falbo to serve as Chair last week.

Task force to study uW System structure finalized

a list of speakers that he and other top university adminis-trators will submit to Nass’s committee for approval.

“We haven’t finalized the list yet, but my assumption would be that we would suggest

people who are in support of our position [in favor of holis-tic admissions],” said Vince Sweeney, the Vice Chancellor for University Relations. “We have to trust the process and submit a list of quality individ-uals that will offer great insight and hope they will be selected.”

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“change[s] regularly without warn-ing,” and may not follow state laws.

David Gilbert-Pederson, an Occupy Madison volunteer, said if they signed it, it would “silence their voices during the fall session.”

“It’s sad that this is what you get for standing up for your rights but it’s still worth it,”

Damon Terrell said. At around 9:30 PM, the three

were bailed out by a friend and the requirement to sign the stipulation about administra-tive code was dropped, provid-ed that they show up to their December trial.

Damon Terrell said he did not know why the stipulation was dropped.

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W hen a friend of mine recently told me that the rap crew Odd

Future existed only to inspire more thinkpieces, he meant that they only had a following because they are an incredibly interesting group, not necessar-ily because their music has any quality. After some thought, I have decided to accept his pro-posal at face value and move on with my life. Hence, this is my second column on Odd Future in two weeks.

As their following grows at a disconcerting pace, even I have to wonder what twisted thought processes this bunch of fresh-faced delinquents really inspire in their fans. Sure, you could argue that the public just hungers for trans-gressive boundary pushing in any form. (“The Human Centipede” ain’t exactly a walk in the park either, and it makes good business.)

This explanation fails to satisfy me entirely, so once again my search for truth sends me looking deep down my own navel. Historically, my favorite musical artists have been those with whom I have most readily identified. Odd Future is no exception as much as it may reflect nega-tively on me to admit.

The fact is that Tyler, Earl and I have been hurt by women. Not because theyse women were necessarily evil or heartless, but rather because life is unfair and those portions having to do with sex are especially messy, morally murky territory. The fact is, it happens, and it sucks. That’s not to say it doesn’t happen to women too, because any idiot with an eye and half a brain in his head could tell you that it does.

Petty denial-born heart-break plagues the beta male population of which Tyler, Earl and I are undeniably products. I suspect that most dudes are really just too afraid of jeopar-dizing their more-or-less mas-culine public images to admit emotional defeat. Then again, Odd Future makes a living off doing crap that most guys would be terrified to try.

Check out Tyler, the Creator’s “Her”, in which the self-described “black Nazi” relates a brutally honest tale of helpless infatuation and pre-relationship denial. The pain in his voice is palpable, and the attraction he feels for “this girl” feels more boyishly naïve

than sexual. Astonishingly he cops to wanting “cheesy dates at the movies and stu-pid walks on the beach … sha-rin’ straws in a cup.” It’s easy to imagine how a frustrated, socially awkward and wild-ly creative misfit like Tyler might hide his vulnerability and pain in lurid power fanta-sies like “Blow” and the aptly named “Dracula.” It’s even easy to imagine how a similar kid somewhere in Oklahoma might fail to be offended by those sentiments.

The thin line between bud-ding love and generalized gen-der-based hate is even more apparent in “Luper,” Earl Sweatshirt’s shocking and shockingly eloquent stream of consciousness fantasy about a girl who dumped him. In the second verse, Earl spouts romantic overtures concern-ing his superior sensitivity compared to that of his peers. He raps, “Most want to tap and score, I want a fam of four,” a solidly nice-guy sentiment if I ever heard one. By the middle of the third verse, the gloves have come off and the object of Earl’s affections has become just another face on the “two percent carton.”

The symmetry between the disparate fantasies in the two verses may be alarming or immoral, but it also provides what I think is damn good insight into why so many men have such a distrusting, cold attitude toward women. Then again, it may also illuminate the dynamics at play in the far more innocuous women-penned pop fantasies like Carrie Underwood’s “Before He Cheats” or Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams.”

It seems to me that Odd Future’s entire M.O. stems from the desire of the nerd to become impervious to harm. The boogi-eman rather than the kid scared under the sheets. How could weak, scared boys anywhere possibly be expected to resist such a seductive ideology?

Of course, I do not mean to excuse or explain away Tyler or Earl’s (or Hodgy or Frank or Mike G’s) immaturity or the purposefully hateful bile they shoot back at a scary world filled with indiffer-ent girls, absentee fathers and creativity-squashing white schoolteachers. I only mean to admit that my maybe less noble inclinations give me a bad desire, the kind that wants me up there on stage, shouting obscenities. It seems like a lot of fun.

Giving Alex your questions is less painful than getting your heart broken! E-mail him at seraphin@wisc.edu.

Alex SerAphinsong of the seraph

Wolf Gang’s claws stem from puppy love

By Cameron GraffThe daily cardinal

In a world of increasing-ly pedestrian and piddling hip-hop, Dessa of Doomtree stands as a true visionary, crafting baroque and intricate songs about life and loss and everything in between.

Dessa makes her trium-phant return to the High Noon Saloon this Wednesday; by her count it’ll mark her sixth visit to the venue. It’s no surprise she loves it here—the college crowd is a con-stant source of comfort for the Minneapolis-based MC. “I prefer it when I have my dru-thers to perform for people who are 18 and over—a lot of my work has a lot of adult themes,” Dessa said. “There’ll be young professionals and college students and parents

of college students, and so far it’s worked out well.”

Dessa joined Doomtree, a Minneapolis rap collective with a toe dipped in both the hip-hop and punk cultures, after a lap or two around the Twin Cities’ slam poetry cir-cuit. Her work is hyper liter-ate and articulate; powerful, confident and notably sin-gular, even among her crew. “Right now I’m listening to pianists in an effort to teach my brain the way that melody works, so I’m less likely to be listening to the Replacements than, say, Philip Glass,” she said of her influences.

The stories the young MC weaves (and they most certain-ly are stories in the most ear-nest sense of the word) straddle the fine line between fact and fiction. “That’s a big part of it;

taking a personal experience and putting it in less concrete terms, or taking an idea and housing it in a scene or story” Dessa said. There’s a wistful ambiguity in her words, then, but the beauty and the tal-ent behind them is absolutely unquestionable.

For Dessa, stagnation is not an option. “In an ideal world I’d push the envelope as far as I’m comfortable, then take all the lessons I’ve learned from that project and apply it to the next thing,” Dessa said of her developmental process. “I’m hoping not to move towards an extreme, but rather to get a wider wingspan. Then when I’m tackling any single song I can decide, ‘hey, this needs a crazy synthetic bassline, or let’s bring in a Chinese violinist,’ because I’m familiar enough with the pallet of sound.”

Dessa recently released Castor, The Twin, a set of reworked songs from her debut False Hopes EP and her consistently dazzling full-length, A Badly Broken Code. The album replaces the beats and synthetic sounds of the original songs with new, organic arrangements like those she’s been using on tour.

“On Castor it’s string sec-tions and grand piano, and vibraphone and mandolin and you just turn to 11 on this organic, quiet, patient instru-mentation,” she explained. “After working a lot with stu-dio stuff, I kind of want to figure out, like, what kind of instrument is the stand up bass? What kind of sounds can it make? What is the piano? What does it sound like when you play a guitar song on piano?”

What’s next for the rising star, then? “There’s an album that comes out in 2012 that hopes to draw from everything, from simple love ballads to raging rap manifestos,” Dessa excit-edly confirmed. “Doomtree has been working really hard for most of 2011 working on an album called No King, coming out Nov. 22. It’s the most col-laborative record yet, and it’s really weird [laughs]. It’s cool, and it’s weird and bold and beautiful. It’s going to be dope.”

Dessa plays at the High Noon Saloon Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 9 p.m.petty denial-born heart-

break plagues the beta male population of which

Tyler, earl and i are undeniably products.

it seems to me that Odd Future’s entire M.O.

stems from the desire of the nerd to become impervious to harm.

Dessa performs live Wednesday

Minneapolis-based Mc dessa will be performing at the high noon Saloon Wednesday, following the release of her latest album.

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For better or for worse, this week promises to be an intersting mix of releases. With an inordinate amount of albums (42) and a dance-themed remake, you can’t go (too) wrong.

Friday, viewers can catch “Trespass,” a limited-release horror-suspense film starring the unlikely combination of Nicole Kidman and Nicholas Cage. It’s been getting positive reviews and may be worth checking out. A release that is a little more open to criticism is Craig Brewer’s remake of “Footloose,” star-ring Dennis Quaid and Kenny Wormald. The general consensus is that it’s decent, but not like the original.

Prepare for a barrage of album releases

this week, including new compliations from Cymbals Eat Guitars, Bjork, Ben Lee, James Morrison, Joe Jonas and more. If even for a good laugh, check out William Shatner’s latest album, (yes, William Shatner) titled Seeking Major Tom.

For a guaranteed quality buy, grab the second studio release of Mayer Hawthorne, How Do You Do. It is chock full of feel-good soul—perfect for a warm fall day.

Premiering last week was the first sea-son of Showtime’s action-adventure series “Homeland” —the pilot got rave reviews for its gripping and weighty content. It would be worth jumping on the series while its fresh.

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KillingU.S.citizendefiesConstitution

W hen America’s insti-tutional designers created three equal

branches, they intended to pre-vent any one entity of government from having too much power. In particular, they hoped to avoid the unchecked power of a sovereign king. Thus, the executive branch was balanced with judicial review and congressional approval. This is a nice idea, but it doesn’t work if the executive branch ignores its constitutional restraints. It espe-cially doesn’t work if the execu-tive branch not only ignores the Supreme Court and Congress, but actually absorbs their intend-ed powers and skips the whole checks and balances process. When the Obama administration assassinated Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen without due process, it did just that.

The most common and utterly flawed argument in support of Awlaki’s assassination is that by joining a terrorist organization and preaching against the United States, he committed treason and thus forfeited his citizenship. Article 3, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution describes treason and the process of conviction: “No person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confessions in open court.” Treason, like any criminal charge, must be proven in a U.S. court of law. Further, the argument that Awlaki could not be detained and thus not tried in court is highly presumptuous. Thanks to Wikileaks documents we now know that Yemen secret-

ly allowed the United States to fire unmanned drones into the coun-try. Given such leniency, couldn’t American or Yemeni troops have attempted to capture Awlaki and bring him to trial?

Bringing Awlaki to court would infer charges were even brought against him—they were not. Instead, as Reuters recently reported, Awlaki was placed on a secret hit list by a panel of top executive officials, a subset of the White House’s National Security Council. President Barack Obama approves the decisions of the council, and the Central Intelligence Agency is essentially given the go-ahead to kill or capture.

Thus with no formal charges and no evidence provided, the executive branch of the United States sentenced an American citizen to death. When Awlaki’s family, with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union, attempted to challenge the hit list placement, they were bluntly refused by the Obama adminis-tration. The refusal of the right to trial and representation is a violation of the Sixth and 14th Amendments to the Constitution. When questioned about such refusal and the decision to assas-sinate Awlaki with no evidence or formal charges, White House spokesman Jay Carney arrogant-ly replied: “I have nothing for you on that” to ABC news correspon-dent Jake Tapper.

To be fair, the Obama admin-istration did consult a team of legal advisers. The problem? This legal advice was sought months after Awlaki had already been placed on the hit list. Apparently, in this admin-istration one is guilty until proven innocent.

Further, legal advice from an internally selected team of party enthusiasts and ideological abso-lutists should be taken with a large grain of salt. Of particular-ly worry is David Barron, acting chief of the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Council. Barron signed off on the Awlaki advice despite having co-written a 2008 Harvard Law Review article condemning the growing abuse of executive power. Additionally, OLC Deputy Assistant Attorney General Marty Lederman and the president’s original OLC chief nominee Dawn Johnsen both advised in support of the Awlaki killing. These are hypocritical decisions given their strong condemnation of the unconsti-tutional detainment and eaves-dropping of American citizens during the Bush administration. Perhaps most concerning of all is that constitutional lawyer Barack Obama signed off on their belated, flawed justifica-tion for Awlaki’s assassination.

In sum, the Obama adminis-tration suggests the following: We can kill American citizens with no formal charges, no evidence and no due process. We can, in fact, determine guilt before we assess whether it is within our legal right to do so. Given our carefully selected legal team of party loyal-ists, we see no reason to consult that bothersome judicial branch. And, after having killed an American citizen and removing his constitutional rights without following the constitutional pro-

cess of proving treason, we feel no responsibility to provide Congress and the American public proof of our accusations. Take our word for it; don’t you know that we are at war?

Obama has set a new prec-edent for the abuse of presi-dential powers in the United States. One struggles to name a previous administration that has deviated so violently from its campaign persona. This administration has not only allowed a continuation of the worst of President Bush’s domestic and foreign policies—it has severely intensified them. After the continuation of the PATRIOT Act, the deployment of troops into Libya without congressional approval and the killing of an American citizen without due process, Obama has provided ample justifica-tion for his impeachment.

We are at a frightening cross-road in the history of the United States in which the gross abuse of executive power under-mines the basic principles of our Constitution. A three-branch gov-ernment in which the executive blatantly ignores the legal pow-ers of Congress and the Supreme Court is not a functioning democ-racy—it is an autocracy.

Let it be noted that defend-ing the constitutional rights of Anwar Awlaki is not an endorsement of his views against the United States. If the

evidence existed that he was connected to the planning of previous terrorist attacks, he should have been convicted and sentenced in a court of law. The issue is that no evidence or for-mal charges were provided and that his guilt was established without the opportunity for a fair trial and representation. The Constitution guarantees certain rights to all U.S. citizens regardless of their affiliation or political views. The moment we sacrifice these rights is the moment we sacrifice what it means to be American.

Miles Kellerman is a junior majoring in political science. Please send all feedback to opinion@dai-lycardinal.com.

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By Nico SavidgeThe Daily CarDinal

It means something when Wisconsin and Minnesota meet, no matter the sport. And consid-ering the schools represent two-thirds of the elite trio at the top of college women’s hockey, it will mean something a bit extra when the Badgers and Gophers face off this weekend at the Kohl Center.

The teams are used to meet-ing with a lot on the line (when they last played one another it was for the WCHA Final Face-Off title, which the Badgers won). So even when they come together early in the season, as they will Friday and Sunday, the games tend to take on a more intense atmosphere—the kind often lik-ened to postseason play.

According to Badger head coach Mark Johnson, who talked about the match-up at his weekly press conference Monday, the pace in Wisconsin’s most recent series will help prepare the team for Minnesota.

The Badgers faced their tough-est test of the year last week-end, in a pair of wins over North Dakota. After cruising away from the Sioux late after a slow start in the series opener, Wisconsin trailed until the final minute of Sunday’s finale before pulling out

an overtime win.“It was almost like playoff

hockey in October,” Johnson said. “As far as getting up to speed and preparing ourselves for Minnesota, the two games we just went through with North Dakota are certainly going to help us prepare.”

According to Johnson, the team will need to come into the weekend series with Minnesota ready for a fight, as the Gophers return a number of important weapons. Sophomore Minnesota forward Amanda Kessel looks set to build on an impressive freshman year and has already scored seven goals, while junior Finnish netminder Noora Raty’s goals against aver-age (albeit against lackluster competition) is a mere 0.27.

With their help, Minnesota,—like Wisconsin—is 4-0-0 in the

season so far.“They really don’t have a weak-

ness,” Johnson said. “They’ve got three balanced lines, obviously their front line has scored quite a bit early on, they’ve got big defen-semen and they certainly have a world-class goalie back there.

“It will be a good series.”As the Badgers look to

defend their home ice—likely mindful that it was Minnesota that handed them their first loss of last season—Johnson said the team will look for production to come from more than just its biggest names.

Senior forward Carolyne Prevost, who had a hat trick in Friday’s game against North Dakota, does not attract the same attention as an Olympian like senior forward Hilary Knight or a younger star like sophomore Alex Rigsby, but Johnson said she could play a big role this sea-son. The key for Prevost, Johnson said, will be consistency.

“If in the first period she gets a great scoring opportunity and ends up playing a great game because she feels good, she has to come back the next day and play at the same level,” he said.

“We’re trying to get her to play the best game she’s capable of playing every night.”

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Women’s Hockey

Wisconsin set for playoff-like series with Gophers

Following the Wisconsin women’s soccer team’s 2-0 win over Nebraska this weekend freshman forward Cara Walls and senior goalkeeper Michele Dalton both earned Big Ten honors.

Dalton was named conference co-Defensive Player of the Week after making 11 saves against the Cornhuskers. This is the fifth time in her career Dalton has earned the honor.

Walls—who leads the team with seven goals this season—scored the eventual game-winner in the win to earn co-Freshman of the Week , her third such honor of the season.

Walls and Dalton earn Big Ten honors after Nebraska win

The Badgers face Minnesota this weekend in an early season battle between two of the premier women’s hockey programs.

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good series.”

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Quarterback russell Wilson has garnered national attention for his performance this season for the Badgers. his play has many calling him one of the frontrunners for the heisman Trophy.

Wisconsin rolling as it prepares for HoosiersBy matt mastersonThe daily cardinal

Last season was a banner year for the Wisconsin football team, but perhaps no game was discussed as much as UW’s 83-20 drubbing of Indiana. The Badgers face the Hoosiers this weekend at Camp Randall Stadium, but the players and coaches know that they can’t take anything for granted.

“To me, a true sign as a head coach, if your team is improving each week it makes a big statement to me and [Indiana] is definitely doing that,” UW head coach Bret Bielema said.

Last year’s loss looms large in the minds of the Indiana players, and they are using that as motiva-tion for this weekend’s contest.

“The score from a year ago is put up in more than one place in their locker room,” Bielema said. “It’s a point of emphasis.”

Wisconsin players haven’t forgotten that game either, but their focus is on this coming Saturday, not a season ago.

“It’s a new year; it’s a new oppor-tunity for us and them,” senior quarterback Russell Wilson said. “We have to come out prepared and have a great game.”

Wilson gained plenty of national attention after his 255-yard, three-touchdown performance against then-No. 8 Nebraska Oct. 1. While he has become a serious contender in the Heisman race—along other standouts such as Stanford quar-terback Andrew Luck and Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore—Wilson understands that his focus still needs to be on the field.

“It’s a blessing to be in that type of company with some other play-ers that are being mentioned for the Heisman Trophy,” Wilson said. “I always try to be the best I can be, and right now I’m trying to be the best quarterback in college football.”

While Wilson keeps his focus on the field, his Heisman campaign has taken on a life of its own with Russell mania sweeping the web. @RussellManiaXVI, a Twitter account that follows the Badger

quarterback’s Heisman hopes, has gained thousands of followers since the account was registered Sept. 24.

The added publicity is certain-ly gaining Wilson, and the entire team, more national attention, but Bielema isn’t letting his players for-get that hype alone isn’t going to win anybody an award.

“The world has changed a lot over the last 10 years, and all the major awards are won on the field,” Bielema said. “Its about what you do on the field.”

After receiving heaping doses of praise from national media through-out the last week, there is concern that players will let it get to their heads and begin to coast in future games, especially against lower opponents like Indiana. Wilson says that he will not let that happen.

“The work ethic is there; coach Bielema isn’t going to allow us coast, and the captains aren’t going to allow us to coast,” Wilson said.

One of the main reasons that the Badgers’ offense has become so effective this season is its uti-lization of play-action passes, most evident on Wilson’s electri-fying 36-yard touchdown toss to sophomore wide receiver Jared Abbrederis against Nebraska.

“It all starts with the offen-sive line,” Wilson said. “It’s something we work on on a daily basis—play-action fakes and real-ly selling the fake and making it look just like the run.”

Wisconsin’s effective use of the play-action game is one of the key reasons why the Badgers are con-verting an incredible 62 percent of their third down attempts this sea-son, placing them among the best in all of college football.

While Wisconsin is historically very efficient on third down conver-sions, this year the team is off the charts, and Bielema sees where the change is coming from.

“The biggest difference is the decisions Russell can make when the play breaks down,” Bielema said. “The ability of Russell to make something from nothing.”

Maturing Badgers team faces first road test this weekendBy ryan evansThe daily cardinal

With a roster boasting 20 freshmen and sophomores, the No. 18 Wisconsin men’s hockey team (0-0 WCHA, 1-1 overall) will undergo a continuous matu-ration process this season. The young team showed promise this past weekend in its season opening series against Northern Michigan and looks to contin-ue that growth as they open its WCHA conference schedule with a trip to Michigan Tech.

Coming into the season the biggest question facing this Badgers team was its goaltend-ing situation. UW is relying on two freshman goalies this sea-son to lead it through the rigors of a WCHA schedule—certainly no easy task for a pair of inexpe-rienced net minders.

Wisconsin head coach Mike Eaves and his staff got their first look at the two goaltenders dur-ing the two-game split with the Wildcats. Landon Peterson made 16 saves in the 3-2 overtime loss Friday, and Joel Rumpel stopped 31 pucks in UW’s 3-2 victory Saturday. Eaves said he was impressed with the way both players performed between the pipes, but acknowledged that, as young guys, both players will have to find consistency in their games.

“Both played well,” Eaves said. “It was good to see what they did, but there’s a consistency level that has to be there weekend in, weekend out, and so what we saw was nice to see. Not, every time you get between the pipes, you’ve got to do it again.”

Eaves said Peterson seemed to settle in early Friday, while Rumpel became better accus-tomed as the game went on in his start Saturday.

“Landon looked more comfort-able quicker,” he said. “I think that Joel, it took him that first period to get through that. He played well. He made some big saves and real-ly backstopped what we needed to have from that position.”

Nobody on the Wisconsin

team better exemplifies the theme of growing as players this season than sophomore forward Mark Zengerle. Eaves is trying to get Zengerle to tap into his offensive potential by encouraging him to shoot the puck more and bypass-ing his natural pass-first instinct—efforts that seem to be paying off early as Zengerle had eight shots on goal in Saturday’s win.

“Every athlete has strengths and weaknesses and will play to them. It’s just natural,” Eaves said of Zengerle’s natural reluctance to shoot. “Mark is going in the right direction, and Saturday was a good example.”

“We’re trying to change a behavior,” Eaves said. “Mark is taking steps, and we’ll continue to try to change that behavior.”

Of the Badgers’ top five scor-ers last season only Zengerle and junior defenseman Justin Schultz return this year, mean-ing UW will have to find new sources of offense. Wisconsin will have to get contributions from everybody this year to help fill that scoring void, exemplified by five different players scoring the team’s five goals this past weekend against Northern Michigan.

“We’re going to have to do it by committee, and I think that we saw some really good things,” Eaves said. “[Freshman forwards] Joseph LaBate and [Matt] Paape, they stepped in and I thought some of our role guys played a very good game. Committee is going to be the call of the year.”

Wisconsin faces its first road test of the year this weekend as the team travels to Houghton, Mich., for a two-game set with Michigan Tech to open the WCHA conference slate, and according to Eaves it will be a good growth opportunity.

“I think getting on the road for the first series is a blessing in disguise,” he said. “It’s sim-pler [on the road]. It’s a good chance for us to come together, and we can play a simpler game and just go have at it.”

Joseph laBate had three points against nMU. he will be one of many young UW players relied on to provide offense this season.

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Wisconsin embarrassed the hoosiers 83-20 last season. That loss will surely motivate indiana in this Saturday’s rematch.