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Where they stand: stem-cell research and reproductive rights

Go Big Read author speaks of immortalityBy Molly ReppenThe Daily CarDinal

Award-winning science writer and author of UW-Madison’s Go Big Read book “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” Rebecca Skloot spoke in front of a crowd of approximately 1,000 people at the Kohl Center Monday.

Skloot has appeared in many national publications, including the New York Times and O: The Oprah Magazine, for her acclaimed book, which took Skloot over a decade to write.

The book is Skloot’s first ever publication and became a New

York Times’ Best Seller within its first weeks of publication.

“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” focuses on the life and death of Henrietta Lacks, a poor black woman who died in 1951 from cervical cancer.

Doctors took cell samples of Lacks’ tumor tissue to laboratories without her knowledge or consent before she died.

The cells were soon used for medical and scientific break-throughs. Her cells were unique in that they could reproduce indefi-nitely, meaning Lakcs could ‘live on’ even after she died.

Her immortal cells have been essential through decades of cancer research, AIDS research and the development of the polio vaccine.

The question as to why Henrietta’s cells, named HeLa cells to researchers, continuously grow still puzzles doctors and research-ers today.

“It was a mystery in 1951 why her cells grew. We must know now, right? We actually really don’t,” Skloot said. “It’s a fascinating part of the story in that her cells grew and then scientists just ran with

UW-Madison senior killed in car crash

rebecca Skloot, award-winning science writer of the UW-Madison Go Big read book “The immortal life of henrietta lacks,” spoke in front of approximately 1,000 people at the Kohl Center Monday.

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The alpha Kappa Delta Phi sorority covered Bascom hill Monday with pink flamingos to raise Breast Cancer awareness. Second annual, ‘FlOCKeD by aKDPhi’ benefited avon Breast Cancer Crusade.

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Flamingos for a cure

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UW-Madison senior Dylan Ellefson was killed in a two-car crash on East Johnson Street Oct. 24, according to Madison Police.

Ellefson, originally from Sun Prairie, was struck by a 19-year-old woman driving a minivan after he had pulled over due to car problems, the report said.

Friends and family remember

Ellefson as charismatic and upbeat.“He was the most positive indi-

vidual I’ve ever met in my life,” Lindsy Giese, Ellefson’s former co-worker, said. “He always had a smile on his face, always made everyone feel like they were the only person in the room.”

Ellefson, a Spanish major, taught kids about television production and how to work in groups at KIDS-4, an

catholic center submits new facility plansSt. Paul’s University Catholic

Center submitted designs and informational plans for a $45 million residential college facil-ity to the Madison Landmarks Commission Monday.

The St. Paul Catholic Student Center and Residential College would replace the existing center at 723 State

St. on Library Mall, which contains parts that were built in the late 1800s.

“Over the past 10 years the student involvement at St. Paul’s has grown tremendously and the students have consistently made it known that better facilities are important,” the center’s

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Barrett

Reproductive rights:

Barrett said he has and will be a strong advocate for women’s reproductive rights. he is pro-choice and in favor of access to birth control, contraception and women’s reproductive health care. Planned Parenthood advocates of Wisconsin gave Barrett their endorsement and heavily criticized Walker for his stance on the issue.

Stem-cell research:

Barrett, like Doyle, is a major supporter of stem-cell research and sees it not only as the gateway to medical breakthroughs for a range of diseases, but as an economic powerhouse of the state. he said any limits on stem-cell research in the state that pioneered the industry could be devastating for UW-Madison and Wisconsin as a whole.

Walker

Reproductive rights:

Walker said he is 100 percent pro-life, and has received endorsements from Wisconsin right to life and Pro-life Wisconsin. “i believe government has no higher purpose than protecting its citizens, particularly those that cannot fight for themselves like the unborn and elderly,” he said in a statement.

Stem-cell research:

Walker believes real progress is being made in adult stem-cell research, and, according to his spokeswoman, Jill Bader, he “just doesn’t believe that you need to destroy innocent human embryos to be able to have any medical advances.” Unlike Barrett, Walker does not see limitation on embryonic stem-cell research as a threat to the industry in Wisconsin.

By Ariel Shapiro

Gubernatorial candidates Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Milwaukee County executive Scott Walker have focused their campaigns on job creation and the economy, all but eclipsing the rest of the political discussion. here is where they stand on two of the state’s most pressing social issues.

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Guy in Vilas Hall: I cannot eat regular Oreos after eating Double Stuf Oreos. It’s like going back to regular sex after having sex on ecstasy.

Girl in Memorial Union: What did you eat for dinner?Girl 2: Trader Joe’s Masala Naan. It’s so good, such sticky, gooey bread I want to live in it! Why didn’t I buy more.

Professor in Vilas Hall: Yes, of course you can interview live sources, but being that it’s Halloween you can also interview the dead.

Girl in Fresh Market:So what did you do this weekend?Girl 2: I got really drunk with my sister over Skype.

After a concert, guy talking on cell phone: I was in the mosh pit and my friends’ tooth went into my other friends’ head ... yeah, so do you want to drink a lot now?

Guy in East Campus Mall:You’ve got three freckles on your nose.Girl: No, I don’t have any freckles—I think those are blackheads...Guy: Oh, (putting on glasses) I guess you’re right.

Girl in Vilas:They’re just keepin’ it arboreal—I love mon-key puns!

Girl at Mediterranean Cafe:I just got this really great Vaseline lip stuff for really cheap. Try it!Guy: I don’t want to use petroleum products on my lips.Girl: But it works!Guy: So? My grandma used WD40 for her arthritis and she said THAT worked.

Professor in Helen C. White Hall:I was at a cabaret of opera singers last night. Yes, this is how old people entertain themselves. The average age was about 75 I would say.

Professor in Birge Hall, demonstrating how to properly sniff aromas from a glass of “wine”: Yes, Madison water alright. Lovely bouquet of chlorine.

Constitutional Law professor: If you were president, how would you defend the chickens?Later: Chickens are like cows!

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State Street Portraits anecdotes from Madison’s seven liveliest blocks

When you find yourself strollin’ along State Street anywhere from 12:00 a.m. until about 2:30 a.m. on a Friday or Saturday night, it’s pretty much a given that you’re going to witness one or more of the following.

One, a cocky meathead who is finally attaining his single goal for the night: pick-ing a fight with a guy either laughably stron-ger than him or utterly defenseless. Two, a belligerent girl who is attempting to re-enact the latest fight from “Bad Girls Club” or “Jersey Shore.” Three, a male or female so sloshed that walking a straight line on solid concrete is like attempting to walk a tight rope in the Ringling Brother’s Circus.

I usually refer to these characters as “hot messes,” and they supply the rest of State Street with sensational entertainment. Every

“bitch please” and “you wanna go” is like music to my ears, and each teetering swagger instinctively brings a smirk to my lips.

But what really gets me goin’ is when these characters decide waiting until 5:00 p.m. is just not going to fly—their quest to inebriation must start now. By “now” I mean once they awaken at 11:00 a.m. from their dreams filled with beer pong champi-onships and keg stands.

There is just nothing like casually walking down State Street to get lunch at Potbelly with your dad to discuss how attending the prestigious UW-Madison has been going and witnessing a WWE SmackDown across the way at State Street Brats. Or walking behind a man in a Hawaiian shirt tottering down the street, making figure eights and alternating

between a quick shuffle on his toes and, after realizing he is spinning out of control and headed straight for a lamp post, stopping short and slowly circling his hips and torso to catch his balance.

Don’t get me wrong, I love day drinking just as much as the next person. In fact, I sometimes prefer getting three sheets to the wind at noon so I can make a fat dinner, pass out by 8 p.m. and either get the best 15 hours of sleep ever, or wake up at 11:00 p.m. and start the process all over again. The only difference is I try to keep my composure on the streets, or if that feat seems impossible, I lock myself in my apartment and stick to shouting obscenities from the safety of my own home.

—Rebecca Alt

Delving into ’s History

Tuesday, Oct. 25, 1988 Friday, Oct. 28, 1988

“The 1960s were more than the Beatles, British socialist Chris Harman said Monday night. Beneath the music and the drugs were worldwide movements led by students and workers—move-ments with revolutionary potential, but that were betrayed even-tually by reformists.

‘In this movement of 1968 you had this vast explosion of anger across the world, but within you had two components: export revo-lution components and a much, much larger majority of people committed to reforming society,’ he said.

About 30 students gathered Monday night to hear the wiry socialist lecture on the causes and impact of the world-wide social movements of 1968, when student protests and worker strikes stunned countires such as France, Italy, Czechoslovakia and the United States. Harman had written several books on worker and student struggles.

Harman’s lecture did not rekindle those old flames, but it did spark discussion afterward on the potential for revolution in the United States and the significance of the movements of the 1960s.”

“Available years ago in the novelty restaurants on State Street, insects as a cuisine may soon find a new audience among Americans interested in their nutritional value and taste advantages.

University Entomology Professor Gene DeFoliart said he has recently been exploring the widespread use and value of insects as a staple food.

DeFoliart said he is not trying to convince Americans to eat bugs, but is aware they are used as a traditional food source in Third World countries. ‘[Insects] complement their vegetable diet,’ he said.

DeFoliart has some favorites he uses at seminars. One is the greater wax moth larvae, which is an approximately one-inch-long, hairless caterpillar. When deep-fried for 45 seconds and salted, it tastes like bacon, Defoliart said.

The reaction to DeFoliart’s work has been positive. People real-ize, he said, that with our dwindling ecological resources, edible insects are a potential food resource in the future.”

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SSFC begins new budget season By Alison BauterThe Daily CarDinal

The Student Service Finance Committee began its new budget season Monday.

The committee heard 2011-’12 budget proposals from the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, F.H. King Students for Sustainable Agriculture and Vets for Vets.

MeCHA, a Chicano/Mexicano cultural education group, requested $64,496 for its 2011-’12 budget.

The number is less than last year’s requested $66,512 because of budget cuts from staffing and time reorganization.

Members from student garden organization F.H. King proposed a slightly higher budget from previous years.

The increase would reach $62,111, up from $60,740 in 2010-’11.

The group said the increase is because of the need for more garden tools, a new bike trailer and money for apparel and other advertising to increase visibility while meeting more student needs.

Student-run campus veterans group Vets for Vets requested an increase from this year’s $25,049 budget to $41,956 for 2011-’12.

The increase represents a “major, glaring change,” as described by Vets for Vets member Stephen Lee.

Lee said the funds would go toward increasing the group’s adver-tising budget.

“The big problem we have is nobody knows we’re here,” Lee said. “We don’t have the visibility neces-sary to get people in.”

The Vets for Vets budget would expand to include advertisement space in the campus newspapers, Badger Book and Facebook, and to produce bags and water bottles fea-turing the group’s name and website.

The total increase for advertising would be $1,500.

SSFC Secretary Jason Smathers said none of the presented budgets deserved “massive cuts,” but did question the scope of the Vets for Vets’ advertising request.

Smathers said he preferred a “step-by-step” advertising approach so the group could better assess the effectiveness of each step.

“You can’t just carpet the cam-pus,” Smathers said.

Overall, Smathers said these first three budgets represent a “fairly sim-ple” start to the budget season, allow-ing members new to doing budgets a chance to “get their feet wet.”

The SSFC will vote on all three proposals at its next meeting Thursday, where they will also swear in new SSFC members and hear budget proposals from the Greater University Tutoring Service (GUTS) and Student Leadership Services.

Committee approves Edgewater conditionsBy Maggie DeGrootThe Daily CarDinal

Madison’s Landmark Commission unanimously approved three conditions for the Edgewater Hotel project Monday.

The three conditions must be met in order to receive final approval from Common Council of the planned unit development and conditional use, recording of the planned unit development and the issuance of permits of construction.

The committee members dis-cussed the three conditions as sepa-rate issues.

The first condition approved concerns the renovation of the exte-rior of the Edgewater hotel tower. This condition must be in accor-dance with the Secretary of the Interior Standards for Rehabilitation to the extent possible as approved by the Landmarks Commission.

However there is an exception of

applying these standards in regards to the front entry overhang, the pro-posed entrance at the southeastern cover of the building and the excep-tion of the one-story clubhouse addition. The entrance will be con-structed as originally designed.

The Secretary of the Interior Standards for Rehabilitation are guidelines used to determine whether the historic character of a building is preserved in the process of renovation.

The second condition was similar to the first condition, but included more detail including—but not limited to—window, door and material specifications.

The third condition concerned the design details and construction drawings for the new top floor, Rigadoon Room and front entrance element for the hotel tower must be submitted for review and approval by the Landmarks Commission.

Before the committee mem-

bers voted, David Manfredi, an architect on the project, presented information including how they will deal with the overall renova-tion process such as the re-use of existing bricks.

The plan is to re-use as much of the existing brick as possible and to replace the brick as need-ed, Manfredi said. The bricks will be removed, cleaned and replaced during construction.

“We do not have enough replacement brick,” Manfredi said.

Committee member Stuart Levitan said he thought the new entrance the architects’ drafted looks better than the old entrance.

“I’m perfectly fine with the pro-posed new entrance,” Levitan said.

Committee member Erica Fox Gehrig said she wants to fight to restore the entrance to how it was originally built.

“I’m still uncomfortable with the entrance,” Fox Gehrig said.

Walker outraises Barrett twofold in final campaign stretch

By Ariel ShapiroThe Daily CarDinal

UW-Madison is on its way to a more sustainable future with the groundbreaking of a brand new bio-mass plant on Charter Street Monday that aims to wean the university off coal power.

“Today, we are breaking ground on the Charter Street biomass plant and taking a major step forward to make this goal a reality,” Gov. Jim Doyle said in a statement. “The Charter Street plant will turn a waste stream into clean energy; it will keep energy dollars

in our communities; and it will help clean our air and water.”

Brett Hulsey, a Dane County Supervisor and biomass consul-tant, called the new plant “a won-derful thing.”

According to Hulsey, the plant will be able to run on natural gas and bio-mass including grasses, and could cut emissions by 30-90 percent compared to the 50-year-old coal plant currently in use.

The whole project will cost $276 million, including $251 million for the plant itself and $25 million to convert

the Capitol Heat and Power Plant to natural gas, according to Doyle. The plant will be functional in 2013.

Hulsey said the plant will help cre-ate at least 2,500 jobs.

Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk said the benefits of the plant extend beyond those of clean energy.

“Today’s groundbreaking is not only a victory for clean air and clean energy, but it also presents an enor-mous economic opportunity for Dane County farmers and helps our col-laborative work to clean up our lakes,” Falk said.

Groundbreaking commences on $250 billion biomass plant

Republican gubernatorial candi-date Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker raised over twice as much as his Democratic opponent, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, in the last campaign finance reporting period.

Since September, Walker raised nearly $2.8 million and spent about $3.5 million. Barrett, who spent nearly as much as his competitor with just over $3 million in disbursements, raised about $1.3 million.

“Our fundraising total is a clear sign that thousands of families are standing

behind Scott Walker’s plan to funda-mentally change the way government does business and bring 250,000 jobs to Wisconsin,” Walker’s campaign man-ager Keith Gilkes said in a statement.

During the previous reporting period, which took place from the beginning of July through the end of August, Barrett outraised both Walker and Republican candidate former con-gressman Mark Neumann.

Without substantial primary com-petition, Barrett was able to hold onto his funds until the final two months

of the election. Because of Neumann, Walker was forced to spend early.

However, Walker received a huge financial boost after winning the hotly contested Republican primary against Neumann. Before the prima-ry, Barrett had over $1 million more than Walker in cash on hand. Walker currently has just under a $30,000 edge on Barrett.

Going into the last week before the election, both of them have around $800,000 on hand.

—Ariel Shapiro

Knife-wielding Madison man arrested Sunday nightA knife-wielding Madison man

was arrested Sunday night after a woman found the suspect pounding on her door.

According to the police incident report, Preston J. Barrows, 22, was arrested for disorderly conduct.

The 21-year-old victim told police

she did not know the man who showed up to the door of her West Gilman Street apartment.

According to the report, the victim and other residents said the suspect kept saying, “Are you alive?”

Another resident went into a hallway to see what was happen-

ing, Madison Police spokesman Joel DeSpain said. The resident went back into his apartment and locked the door after allegedly seeing the suspect hold-ing the knife over his head.

“The intoxicated suspect struggled with police and ended up going to the detox center,” DeSpain said.

them and started doing research and they never really looked back.”

Lacks’ family was first notified of the research 25 years after her death when researchers wanted to get sam-ples from Henrietta’s children to

further investigate HeLa cells.Skloot said the Lacks family was

essential to conducting research for her book.

Senior Ashley Jordan said Skloot’s research process for the book is moving.

“That she’s been puzzling these

questions since she was 16 years old is pretty inspiring,” Jordan said. “[Her presentation] also makes you see how you can make connections between your own personal feel-ings about things you come across in life and how you turn that into academic work.”

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The UW-Madison Department of Oncology held a safety demonstration Monday.

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Stop,dropandroll

after-school program in Sun Prairie.“All the kids looked up to Dylan

because he just made everyone feel very special,” Giese said.

Over 351 people have joined Ellefson’s memorial Facebook page to share memories and say goodbyes.

“Three hundred-some people in one day. It just proves how much he

meant to so many people,” Giese said.“We are deeply saddened by the

loss of a member of our community,” Dean of Students Lori Berquam said in a statement. “The Division of Student Life offers our thoughts and prayers to all those who knew, attended class or worked with Dylan.”

Giese said Ellefson knew how to appreciate the good in life.

“Dylan liked to wear kind of

outrageous clothing sometimes. We would have a contest and if he lost I would make him wear shorts with these boots that went all the way up to his thigh,” Giese said. “He just did silly things at work all the time.”

The university encourages stu-dents to call University Health Services Counseling and Consulation Services for crisis support.

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website said.The 14-story building

would include a chapel seat-ing 400-600 people and apart-ments and residential rooms for 175-200 people.

The center, which would be funded by both the center and pri-vate benefactors, would also feature private study spaces, office space, music rooms and a dining hall.

The project will go before the Landmarks Commission and the Urban Design Commission Nov.

8. It will also need to be approved by the City Council.

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By Alison DirrThe Daily CarDinal

You have been awake since 5:30 a.m., and you have already been to Physical Training with the other 60-plus Badger Battalion cadets in preparation for the upcoming Physical Training test. Because today is Thursday, you are wearing army fatigues, differ-entiating you from other students on campus.

Upon graduation, you will not be headed to a civilian job. Instead, you will be in active duty for four years as an Army officer, followed by four years in the Army Reserve. You could be stationed almost anywhere in the world.

Unless you are part of the Army’s Reserve Officers Training Corps, explained Kelly Torrico, a senior in the ROTC program, this commitment can be difficult to understand.

“It’s really not a typical college experience,” Torrico said. “We have our standard of excellence. You always have to be spot-on with everything you do.”

However, both Torrico and Maj. Josephine Daniels, an assis-tant professor of Military Science and Iraq War veteran, said the benefits outweigh the costs of participating in the program.

According to Daniels, the greatest advantage of the pro-gram is gaining both leadership experience and an undergraduate degree at a young age.

“If you’re not successful aca-demically, you can’t stay in our program,” Daniels said. “So we’re going to make sure in this faculty we sit down and evaluate that with each cadet on a monthly basis, on a minimum per semes-ter, to go over how they are doing in all their classes, what the chal-lenges are, if there are any stresses personally or academically ... we really support making sure they’re successful academically by look-

ing at the total person, not just military, military, military.”

Cadets must maintain at least a 2.0 GPA to stay in the pro-gram, and are only eligible for scholarships with a 2.5 or higher. And GPA will decide more than whether or not students will be allowed to continue with ROTC.

Within the military, there are three branches—Army, Navy and Air Force—and within each branch are more specific branch-es. A cadet’s level of academic success is a leading factor in determining how much choice he or she will have in where he or she is placed within the military upon graduation.

“It’s kind of like anybody. If you are the cream of the crop, you have more opportunities. More people want you. If you’re average … you’re going to go where the organization needs you,” Daniels said.

ROTC students must also perform well at the Leadership Development and Assessment Course between their junior and senior years. Demonstrating not only physical fitness but also leadership in simulated combat situations allows them to com-mission as an Army officer upon graduation.

In addition to participating in ROTC, cadets look forward to socializing. However, any legal issues resulting from alcohol con-sumption could result in conse-quences more serious than those for non-ROTC students.

According to Daniels, the Army does not expect these future officers to “shun” all social temptations, but also expects that they act responsibly both in social situations and by fulfilling all ROTC obligations unimpaired.

“We know it is out there,” she said. “We let them know what the consequences are if any legal issues arise so that they are well aware that they could jeopardize a career by making a bad choice out at a party here at the UW.”

“We’re building leaders,” Daniels said. “We need people who are going to have a higher standard than maybe the average person, be able to set the example for others to follow … It’s hard to get people to strive for excellence or greatness if the individual isn’t accomplishing that themselves.”

Beyond requiring that cadets act responsibly given the party-school atmosphere, ROTC also necessitates that they not offer opinions on controversial issues while in uniform. That does not mean, however, that members of the Army are silenced.

“Does that mean people are opinion-less? Not at all. Everybody has opinions, but they just have to understand the forum in which they are in when they have discussions. If they are out with a group of friends and having discussions, not represent-ing the United States Army, they can state their personal opinion,” Daniels said.

Ultimately, other lessons are more important, Torrico said.

“We have training on how to deal with political questions, how to deal with people who disagree, how to deal with people who don’t support. But really at the end of the day, it’s about doing your job. It’s about being there for the people to your left and right on the frontlines. It’s about leading people, making good decisions, being a good person.”

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“It’s hard to get people to strive for excellence or greatness if the

individual isn’t accomplishing that themselves.”

Major Josephine Daniels

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Worried about ‘The Beaver’

T he Hollywood blacklist was not something any writer, actor, direc-tor or entertainment professional

wanted to find themselves on 60 years ago. It was a list of anyone in Hollywood who had been publicly exposed as having “com-munist sympathies,” connections to those with communist sympathies or anyone who just acted too liberal or progressive. With the country in the midst of the Second Red Scare, anyone who was placed on the Hollywood blacklist was utterly unemploy-able. Presently, however, whenever someone in the film business talks about making “The Black List,” there is an entirely oppo-site, overwhelmingly positive connotation.

In 2005 Franklin Leonard, then work-ing for Matt Damon’s production com-pany Appian Way, decided to send out an e-mail to all the Hollywood bigwigs he knew asking what the best scripts they had read all year were. He then synthesized a list of the scripts ranked according to the number of times each had been men-tioned. Leonard then sent this list back out to all the bigwigs he had polled and gave it the subject line “The Black List.” Since then, the Black List has become an annual tradition in Hollywood that promotes the best scripts that go unproduced each year. The list is frequently an early indicator of Oscar potential. Included on the very first Black List were Diablo Cody’s script “Juno,” an eventual Oscar winner, and Nancy Oliver’s “Lars and the Real Girl,” an eventual nominee.

Number two on last year’s list was Aaron Sorkin’s script for “The Social Network.” In 2008, “Inglourious Basterds” and “Up In the Air” were on the list. Knowing how well those scripts performed, you are probably wondering what number one was in 2008. And no, it wasn’t “Inception” or “The Hurt Locker.” It was a script simply titled “The Beaver,” and it may very well be one of the best movies we never get to see.

A black comedy in the vein of “Little Miss Sunshine” and “Lars and the Real Girl,” “The Beaver” follows Walter Black, a hopelessly depressed husband, father of two and CEO of a failing toy company. Despite a library of self-help books, a pharmacy worth of medication and an expensive ther-apist Walter can barely manage to do any-thing other than sleep all day. His teenage son Porter begins to dread every similarity he shares with his father, especially worry-

ing that depression is in his genetics. Porter begins to train himself to be different, and starts courting the head cheerleader and valedictorian at his high school, a girl way out of his league.

With Walter’s company on the verge of bankruptcy, his wife kicks him out of the house. After surviving several failed suicide attempts, Walter begins hearing a plush beaver hand-puppet talk to him in a reassuring British accent. The beaver is like no self-help guru Walter has ever heard and actually inspires him to fix his life—so long as he lets the beaver do the talking. Walter then finds that the beaver allows him to communicate with his family and col-leagues openly for the first time. Claiming that he is “under the care of a prescription puppet,” Walter attempts to rebuild his life, talking exclusively through the British beaver on his hand.

Any script that lands in the top 10 on the Black List is virtually guaranteed to be bought by a studio shortly after the tradi-tional Dec. 11 drop-date for the list. And with “The Beaver,” circumstances were no different. Summit Entertainment, an indie studio that had monstrous success with the “Twilight” franchise, optioned the rights and fast-tracked production with Jodie Foster directing and acting and Anton Yelchin cast as Porter. At first, rumors circulated that Steve Carrell or Jim Carrey would be starring. Ultimately, in a decision that would come to define the future of the film, Mel Gibson was cast as the lead.

The film wrapped shooting in November of 2009, with early reviewers praising the script as one of the best they had read in years. I’ve read the script and couldn’t agree more. Earlier this year, word spread that Mel Gibson was fantastic in it. All signs pointed to a future Oscar contender. However, it looks unlikely that “The Beaver” will be released this year, or possibly ever. No one knows if it will ever see the light of day in the wake of the controversial year Gibson has had. In an interview this past July, the screenwriter Kyle Killen said he doesn’t know if or when the film will get released.

Most observers see Summit faced with several options. They could release the film before the end of the year and hope Gibson’s present unpopularity won’t dras-tically impact box office numbers or stop the Academy from giving it Oscar recogni-tion. Or, they could wait until next year to release the film in the hopes that the heat on Mel Gibson will diminish and the film won’t lose momentum. At worst, Summit’s options include sending the film straight to DVD or having it languish on the shelves of Summit’s archives for eternity.

I am not a supporter of Mel Gibson. If there wasn’t so much buzz about this movie, I would have written it off entirely. But the fact is, “The Beaver” isn’t a Mel Gibson film. “The Beaver” is a collab-orative effort between actress and director Jodie Foster, screenwriter Kyle Killen, and numerous other artistic contributors. To let their hard work and success perish on the shelf or even fly by on DVD alone would be a tragedy for both its creators and for audiences everywhere who would miss out on an original and potentially fantastic film. To paraphrase June Cleaver, “Ward, I’m worried about ‘The Beaver.’”

How do you think Summit should release “The Beaver”? E-mail David at dcottrell@wisc.edu. with your take.

Speak Now ‘Taylor’- made for Swift fansBy Jeremy GartzkeThe Daily CarDinal

Taylor Swift has done it again. Here I am, listening to a country album, tap-ping my foot to every tune and actually enjoying it. I should never admit this, but I love Taylor Swift’s songs. My roommates are never going to let me live this down, but the truth is she’s a remarkably talented songwriter, whose lyrics are as eloquent as her guitar riffs are catchy. I would love to have the kind of chops this girl has on her latest offering, Speak Now.

Swift has always won over her fans with deeply personal songs, and this album is no excep-tion. However, Speak Now is a transition from her bubblegum pop fantasies. Gone are the fairy-tale songs about Romeo and Juliet, and in their place are grown-up musings on the importance of love. Above all else, this album is a val-iant effort at making sense of the challenges that come with age.

“Never Grow Up” is the most transi-tional song on the album, with Swift con-vincing herself to stay young and simple forever. It takes a listen or two, but once the lyrics of “Never Grow Up” sink in, the listener will want nothing more than to go home for some of mom’s chicken noodle soup. For all of you who moved into your first apartment this semester, this is the song you should have listened to before you got out of the car.

Album opener “Mine” is a reflective song about the challenges of relation-ships. With a simple chorus that rolls off the tongue, “Mine” is one of Swift’s most accessible songs. Tension builds as she

moves into the bridge, before the sweetly romantic final verse, in which all instru-ments drop out and leave just guitar, drums and Swift’s soft voice. Finally, the song builds once again into an anthemic final chorus.

Admittedly, I am not a huge country music fan. But the album’s title track, “Speak Now” are likely to draw in even the least likely of listeners. In this con-fessional, Swift is not content to allow the man she loves to marry the wrong woman. This is a premise seen in count-less romantic comedies and it advances

the kind of sentiment pres-ent in “You Belong with Me.” With vibrant imag-ery of pastel colors and gowns shaped like pastries, Swift demonstrates that she hasn’t completely grown up yet. However, the song isn’t cutesy all the way through, as she sings, “The organ starts to play a song that sounds like a death march.”

By incorporating biting imagery in such a fun song, Swift’s songwriting on this album begs a closer look.

In “The Story of Us,” Swift shows she’s also fully capable of writing a club-banger. The sound of a relationship falling apart has never sounded so catchy, and with flowing lyrics, Swift weaves a love story into a tragedy. “I’ve never heard silence quite this loud,” Swift sings, dropping guitar and drums in and out to emphasize this imagery.

A wall of sound introduces “Haunted.” With a fast drum intro, distorted guitar and orchestral string arrangements, this song sounds absolutely epic. Minimalistic piano complements Swift’s dynamic vocals during the verses before the song builds into a sweeping, affecting chorus.

A record of this caliber deserves applause, and the fact that Swift is only 20 years old and Speak Now is only her third album makes it all the more remarkable. Furthermore, the fact that Swift’s name is the only one in the writing credits for every track separates her from her bubble-gum-pop peers. These songs speak volumes and mark a new place for the young Swift.

Speak NowTaylor Swift

CD REVIEW

Above all else, this album is a valiant effort at making sense of the challenges

that come with age.

at only 20, Taylor Swift has already achieved remarkable fame. With Speak Now, Swift shows she deserves it, with another album that’s sure to please her massive fan base.

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Mel Gibson stars as Walter Black in one of hollywood’s most hyped films, “The Beaver.” Unfortunately, the film may never see major theaters.

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All signs pointed to a future Oscar contender. However, it looks unlikely

that “The Beaver” will be released this year, or possibly ever.

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comicsFinding Snookie at Freakfest

© Puzzles by Pappocom

Branching Out By Brendan Sullivan bsullivan3@wisc.edu

Crustaches By Patrick Remington premington@wisc.edu

Solution, tips and computer program available at www.sudoku.com.

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

Today’s Sudoku

SHOT OF ADRENALINE

ACROSS 1 Composer Johann

Sebastian 5 Bye at the French

Open? 10 Hushed “Hey, you!” 14 Doing nothing 15 Add spice to 16 Copycat 17 It’s swiped, then

returned 19 Like Don Ho’s

bubbles 20 “Whiteout” author

Follett 21 Lay to waste 22 Pitchers 24 Work unit 25 Nibbled on 26 Radioactive element 28 Odometer button 30 Stops presenting

evidence 32 Basis of an Eastern

religion 33 “___ for the million

things ...” 35 A sign of the zodiac 36 Knick rival 37 Compete for the best

concert seats 40 Lincoln and Vigoda 42 Lofty peak 43 Bring legal action

against

44 Farsighted investment, briefly

45 More factual 47 Vocal quality of some

country singers 51 It may be costly 53 Cloud from some

volcanos 55 Dynamic ___ 56 Autocrats of yore 57 Catch ___ (start to

get) 58 Where the cookie

crumbles, often 59 Part of a dance

instructor’s call 60 Discuss from various

angles 63 Or ___ (bully’s

words) 64 World Cup

powerhouse 65 Major oil corp. 66 Hardy lass? 67 Targets of rhinoplasty 68 Like an eagle’s eye

DOWN 1 Quarrel 2 Have stick-to-

itiveness? 3 Loud, metallic sounds 4 Seagoing pronoun 5 Alaskan native 6 Not as certain 7 Turgenev or Boesky 8 Musket add-on?

9 Some currents 10 Ecclesiastical plate 11 Full of energy 12 Steamy 13 Hear, as a case 18 At no cost 23 Didn’t just seem 26 Tech help caller 27 Bon ___ (witty

saying) 29 Ratites with green

eggs 31 Wed on the wing 34 Smooth suit fabric 36 Groundskeeping staff 37 Appraise once again 38 Smoky duct 39 Card catalog datum 40 Purpose 41 Easily snapped 45 Epitome of blackness 46 Really irritate 48 Make a solemn

request 49 Perceptive person’s

detection 50 Flash in old movies 52 Hard-to-refute

evidence in court 54 Lingers 57 Andes tubers 59 Ten reps three times,

e.g. 61 Judge who presided

over the Simpson trial 62 “Mighty” tree

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Charlie and Boomer Classic By Natasha Soglin soglin@wisc.edu

Now that’s a 21st birthday. John F. Kennedy’s father gave him $1,000,000 when he turned 21.

Washington and the Bear By Derek Sandberg kalarooka@gmail.com

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Evil Bird By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu

T he next governor of Wisconsin, wheth-er he is Milwaukee

County Executive Scott Walker or Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, will face a huge budget deficit. As it stands, the deficit is estimated to be $2.7 billion for the next leg-islative session. However, the key to solving the problem is not to raise taxes, but to increase efficiency in govern-ment spending and stimulate economic development.

Even looking beyond next year, the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute has projected that the 2012 fiscal year will see a deficit of $989 million, fol-lowed by $1.26 billion in 2013. Increases in state spending in areas like school aid, medical assistance, the UW System and correctional facilities are all inev-itable in years to come.

Spending is increasing faster than revenue. That leaves the following options: raise tax rates or find ways to spend more effi-ciently. Generally, the public doesn’t like increased taxes, so we need specific solutions from the candidates in order to achieve a balanced budget without dra-matic tax increases. Barrett does that; Walker doesn’t.

Both candidates propose a comprehensive review of all government operations, with Barrett pointing to large poten-tial savings already identified by other states like Michigan, Iowa, California and Texas.

Barrett has talked about adopting technologies that will make the government run much more efficiently, like con-solidating IT services, increas-ing e-payments for things like unemployment and retirement benefits, and providing incen-tives for filing taxes online. In addition, he has proposed cre-ative solutions to reduce spend-ing including cutting the offices of secretary of state and state treasurer and having employees from some state offices work four 10-hour days instead of the normal five eight-hour days, all of which will result in an esti-mated savings of $1.1 billion. Creative spending has worked in other states, and it will work for Wisconsin.

On the other hand, Walker has only put together a few options to reduce overall spending. He is proposing that state employees contribute to their own pensions and taxes, like private sector employees. California is now doing this

and has realized a savings of $800 million. Wisconsin sav-ings wouldn’t reach this mag-nitude, but Walker estimates it could amount to $360 million.

The next governor will also have a lot of input on the pro-posed high-speed line between Madison and Milwaukee, which will be funded not just by Wisconsin, but the federal government. Walker is against the $810 million project, say-ing it will cost the state $7.5 million to operate annually, which would only worsen the deficit. Yet in Walker’s plan for job creation, he has six specif-ic ways to stimulate employ-ment, one of which is to invest in infrastructure. For those of you keeping track, that’s a bit of a contradiction.

Barrett supports the proj-ect, pointing to the sales and income taxes that the rail will generate. WISPIRG released a study saying that predicts about 13,000 new jobs as a result of the project. Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick touts investing in projects similar to high-speed rail as the main reason for help-ing his state maintain the highest rate of job growth in the nation.

Barrett has a clear vision of how to create jobs, includ-ing tax cuts and incentives for companies that will bring business to Wisconsin. He also proposes creating an Office of Job Creation that will report directly to the governor to iden-tify areas of improvement.

Walker’s “plan” is to create 250,000 new jobs in Wisconsin. Unfortunately, his record doesn’t support his lofty goals. In addi-tion to the conjecture, he’s rejecting from high-speed rail, his history as County Executive shows little job innovation. In his victory speech following the primary elections, Walker boasted his creation of 1,000 jobs in Milwaukee County. Meanwhile, aviation consultant Michael Boyd said increases under Walker came from three new airlines starting up after Midwest Airlines cut flights by 40 percent.

Wisconsin needs someone who has done his homework and can implement an effec-tive strategy. Walker doesn’t have clear steps to create new jobs, and only has one legitimate idea for saving the state money. In contrast, Barrett has done a good job of outlining areas that need improvement and has a real plan to help stimulate job growth. When it comes to jobs and the economy, Tom Barrett is simply better than his GOP opponent, Scott Walker.

Mike Muggee is a senior majoring in finance and actuarial science. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

dailycardinal.com/opinion Tuesday, October 26, 2010 7opinionWikiLeaks: Revolutionizing investigative journalism

T he recent release of over 391,000 classified Pentagon documents by WikiLeaks

has revealed startling details about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The leaked information expose a much higher civilian death toll than what the U.S. government has pub-licly revealed. It also reveals that abuse and torture of Iraqi prisoners by Iraqi military and police forces was a commonality known to U.S. troops but rarely acted upon. The documents also reveal that a shock-ing number of private contractors were active in the war. Furthermore, the documents highlight Iran’s involvement in supplying rebel forc-es with supplies, training and sup-port which has prompted many to classify the country’s involvement as a shadow war with the United States and its allies.

The release of the documents is a milestone of sorts for WikiLeaks, whose past exposures have included Sarah Palin’s private e-mail account, reports of toxic dumping in the Ivory Coast by the Trafigura energy company and the release of classified military footage of a Baghdad heli-copter strike in which two Reuters journalists were killed.

But unlike past examples, the recent WikiLeak release has gener-ated extra publicity not only for the information concerning the war, but also for its inclusion of the names of informants. This exposure could put their lives at risk.

In doing so, has the organi-zation and its leader, Julian Assange, crossed a delicate line? The Pentagon certainly seems to think so, as officials have quickly condemned the release of classified materials in light of the inclusion of informants’ names. Admiral Mike

Mullen even went so far as to sug-gest that through their release of classified material, WikiLeaks has “blood on their hands.”

Such blood is hypothetical, but the accusations do raise questions as to whether WikiLeaks is act-ing responsibly. Information is the ultimate power, and in its deci-sion to include the names of infor-mants, WikiLeaks is abusing that power by not fully appreciating the consequences of their actions. The New York Times, one of only four newspapers given prior access to the documents, was able to sum-marize and publish the significance of the findings while omitting any names that might endanger lives. WikiLeaks’ failure to do so was an ill-advised decision.

What’s most unfortunate is that these inclusions distract from the real purpose of the release, which was to expose the United States’ deplorable behavior in the war. While Admiral Mullen’s accusations are hypotheti-cal, the classified documents clearly show that the blood on the military’s hands is very real.

Our failure to intervene in the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by Iraqi mili-tary and police forces is a violation of human rights. The released documents have prompted the United Nations to call on the Obama administration to investigate. Our widespread use of private contractors in military conflict has also raised serious questions as to whether their role is beneficial. Reports of friendly fire, civilian death and lack of organizational authority involving companies such as Blackwater and Aegis security firms paint a picture of anarchy and disarray. Perhaps it is even more disturbing that private con-tractors currently outnumber military personnel in Afghanistan.

These disclosures, only the tip of an almost 400,000-document ice-berg, have put the U.S. government under enormous pressure. British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has already called for an investiga-tion of the events described by the

released documents. This is the beauty of WikiLeaks’

work. By providing information pre-viously unreleased to the public, and creating a safe and anonymous way for others to contribute documenta-tion that may advance public knowl-edge, the organization is participat-ing in the purest form of journalism.

Media is often referred to as the fourth estate of government. But to classify news as a facet of government misinterprets its role. Journalism, by nature, should be in continuous con-flict and completely disconnected from government. Media’s role in keeping check on our public officials and its responsibility of providing accurate and unbiased information to the public is absolutely essential to maintaining a working democracy.

WikiLeaks, unlike the dogmatic rhetoric of television news, has done an enormous service to the public by providing information that the govern-ment, corporations and military don’t want us to have. Using the full com-municative capabilities of the Internet, Julian Assange and his team have set a new gold standard in investigative journalism rarely seen since Watergate. Knowledge is the public’s greatest asset, and WikiLeaks is proving an irreplace-able source of information. The orga-nization challenges our preconceived notions of the role of media, pioneer-ing a new form of non-profit journal-ism rooted in the liberating nature of the World Wide Web.

In order to continue its work, however, WikiLeaks must recog-nize that it holds enormous power. Exposing the names of individuals in classified documents is dangerous, and such reckless choices threaten the organization’s survival. Reported internal conflicts as a result of these choices is evidence, and WikiLeaks must refocus its purpose in order to continue the crucially important work it has undertaken.

Miles Kellerman is a sopho-more with an undecided major. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Barrett takes the cake on budget reform

The key to solving the prob-lem is not to raise taxes, but to increase efficiency in gov-ernment spending and stimu-late economic development.

Wisconsin needs someone who has done their home-

work and can implement an effective strategy.

October started with a beauti-ful string of days here in Madison, continued with a dominating per-formance against Ohio State, and is coming to a close in the final stages of an election cycle that is captivat-ing the national spotlight, largely because of pundits. A trend that these pundits seem to continually return to in every article this year is the “sweeping mandate” that the Republican leadership is sending into office. These people seem to be fond of waving around their poll numbers that prove, so they claim, that this election will land them in office. These polls are an archaic, outdated method of data gathering and analysis; their predictions of success are based on the conformity of our free will to their computer-generated models.

One glaring example of how much these polls fail in today’s society is that they do not include people who have no land line and only use a cell phone. I can think of a few thousand people right here in Madison who are not being

counted by these polls.That’s right. You. Campus. The

pollsters feel safe blithely ignor-ing the huge numbers of students on our historic campus, and on campuses across the country. Their reasoning is simple—students don’t care. Students don’t vote. They think that this year we’re going to stay on the sidelines and watch as the decisions that shape our coun-try and our future are made by another, older generation. They say it’s happened every other year, why not this year? Here’s an unsurpris-ing fact: That attitude is exactly what undermines students’ power to make a difference. Students have been told repeatedly that we can’t make a difference, and for some inexplicable reason we have believed this in the past.

This continuing trend of stu-dent-voter apathy is baffling to me. This year, a common response heard across campus when asked, “Are you planning to vote?” is that these elections “don’t actually affect me.” But student issues are at stake every

year, and in past years students have failed to advocate successfully for their own interests. This year, that needs to change. This year presents a unique combination of our interests on one ballot: a medicinal mari-juana referendum, a college funding referendum, a governor’s race featur-ing candidates with starkly differing views on birth control and a U.S. Senate race with the potential to send a man to Washington, D.C., with economic policies that would plunge our post-graduation econ-omy back into the ditch.

So, as you slog through mid-terms, papers and sleepless nights of studying, please keep some-thing in mind: Nov. 2 is almost here. We’re within two weeks of Election Day, and that means that now is OUR time. It’s our time to motivate, our time to shape the future. Who decides? We decide!

—Jordan Weibelpublicity chair

College Democrats of Madison

Letter to the editor: This election needs the student vote!

sports8 Tuesday, October 26, 2010 dailycardinal.com/sports

Men’s Hockey

No respite in WCHA schedule for UW

DANNy MArCHeWkA/The daily cardinal

Senior goaltender Scott Gudmandson, while sharing season duties with senior Brett Bennett, saved 32 shots Saturday and allowed two goals in a 2-2 tie against denver.

By Max SternbergThe daily cardinal

Coming off his team’s difficult road series against Denver to open the WCHA campaign, Wisconsin men’s hockey coach Mike Eaves spoke positively at Monday’s press conference.

Although Denver came in just 1-2-1 on the young season, Eaves was positive after his young Badger team managed to scratch out a point in hostile territory against the perennial WCHA rival Pioneers.

“They jumped into the deep end on Saturday with the WCHA,” Eaves said. “Going to Denver, playing at altitude against a team that can skate.”

While two late goals Friday led to a defeat in the opening contest, UW showed a lot of improvement in playing to a 2-2 draw in a game that could have easily been a win Saturday night.

“We hung around on Friday night but didn’t quite play good enough to win,” Eaves said. “But on Saturday, we could or should have won. We played well enough to win.”

With 17 of the 26 scholarship players in either their first or second year of eligibility, Eaves talked about the adjustments these young players need to make in order to handle the level of play in the WCHA.

“They’re all growing,” Eaves noted. “It’s really a growth process in having these guys understand what level they need to play at … I think for some of these young men, they have to change their game to adapt to this level; and so they’re going through that process right now.”

Amid the youth movement seemingly taking

over most of the Wisconsin program, one strong-hold of experience is in the goaltending position. Although senior goaltenders Brett Bennett and Scott Gudmandson have both performed well in the early going, it seems Gudmandson’s recent performance has given him the upper hand.

“I thought {Gudmandson} was very solid … He played very confidently, he played big. I thought his puck handling was above average,” Eaves said. “I think his performance was very good for us.”

Still, Eaves was quick to note that nothing is set in stone.

“[Gudmandson] will play Friday night and then we’ll see how he plays and where we are and make a decision for Saturday.”

Coming off Friday’s tough loss, Eaves was impressed by the effort turned in the following night. Especially at the defensive end, it was this gritty effort that allowed the Badgers to improve their level of play and scratch out a point in Colorado.

“We blocked 32 shots on Saturday alone. A lot of guys sacrificed their bodies. There were ice bags going all the way around the locker room. When you have that situation, you know you’ve played well enough to win.”

As the Badgers return home to open up the home portion of the WCHA schedule, the growth process is certainly progressing on a respectable, if not excellent pace. With Michigan Tech (1-0-1 WCHA, 3-0-2 Overall) set to come to the Kohl Center Friday, Wisconsin doesn’t have much time to get ready for what is certain to be another difficult test.

New faces in Fall Classic good for MLB, baseball fans

B aseball’s Fall Classic begins this week, pitting the American League champion Texas Rangers against the

National League champion San Francisco Giants. Both teams knocked off the reigning champions in their respective leagues, the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies, to reach the World Series.

I can only assume that when Giants closer Brian Wilson caught Ryan Howard looking for the final out of the NLCS, sending the Giants to the World Series for the first time since 2001, all of the executives at FOX Network collec-tively banged their heads against the wall. The reason for their headache was the fact that the two teams playing for baseball’s title would not be coming from one of the country’s large TV markets. No Yankees? No Phillies? Panic time ratings-wise for the television execs.

Nothing is more important in sports today than TV ratings and making money, but these two teams facing off in the World Series is exactly what baseball needs.

As my colleague Max Sternberg pointed out in his column a couple weeks ago, baseball has struggled for a long time when it comes to par-ity in MLB. Having the Phillies in the World Series for the third straight year, or the Yankees in it for a second, would have validated fans’ frustration yet again.

Most baseball fans feel that even if their favorite teams have a good year and makes the playoffs, they don’t have a legitimate hope of winning it all if a team like the Yankees, Red Sox or Phillies stand in their way. Those teams are the only actual contenders once the calendar flips to October.

When it is the same teams competing for October glory every year, those teams’ large fan bases may be good for TV ratings, but it isn’t good for the growth of the game of baseball.

But the results of this year’s postseason gives hope to future little guys. The Davids defeated the Goliaths during this postseason.

The Rangers and Giants, however, took two very different paths to get to this year’s Fall Classic.

Coming into this postseason, the Texas Rangers had never won a postseason series. They hadn’t made an appearance in October

since 1999, when they were swept by, you guessed it, the New York Yankees. But they dominated the AL West this season, going 90-72 and winning the division by a comfort-able nine-game margin over Oakland.

The Giants haven’t won the World Series since they called the Polo Grounds home, and this year’s Giants didn’t even secure their spot in the postseason until the final game of the year. They were able to overcome the Padres’ season -long stranglehold on the NL West to make their first postseason appearance since 2003 and make their first trip to the Fall Classic since they fell to the Angels in 2002.

A Rangers-Giants World Series is what the game of baseball needs, and what its fans deserve, whether anyone realizes it right now or not. It’s a deviation from the norms of October, and that is definitely more exciting than watching the Yankees and Phillies go at it ever could be.

Texas and San Francisco are underdogs, and there is nothing America loves more than a good underdog story. The two teams are easy to cheer for: Josh Hamilton and his battle to erase his troubled past, the enigmatic shortstop Elvis Andrus or Cliff Lee and his continuing search for the ring he so rightly deserves.

The Giants are a team filled with other teams’ castoffs and an ace pitcher who just might be under the influence on the mound. And who can’t help cheer for a slugger nick-named Kung-Fu Panda?

The Rangers and Giants took down the Goliaths of October baseball and that is what fans really care about. For fans of teams like the Minnesota Twins, Cincinnati Reds or Colorado Rockies it is great news. Twins fans have lost hope of ever beating the Yankees in the playoffs, but after watching the Rangers manhandle the Bronx Bombers in the ALCS, maybe the Yankees don’t seem so invincible after all.

So while the higher-ups at the FOX Network pull their hair out over the fact that the teams playing in the World Series won’t bring the ratings like the Yankees or Phillies would, I can rest easy knowing that the upcoming Rangers-Giants series will help baseball in the long run by giving the under-dogs of the world legitimate hope in future postseasons. And to me, that is a worthwhile enough reason to tune in.

Would you rather just see the Yankees in the World Series every year? Can there really be two underdogs playing each other? E-mail Ryan your thoughts at: rmevans2@wisc.edu.

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No. 1 Wisconsin prepares for weekend ahead following sweep of No. 10 OSUBy Ted PorathThe daily cardinal

In his weekly press conference, Wisconsin women’s hockey head coach Mark Johnson dis-cussed the team’s last two wins against No. 10 Ohio State as well as the team’s upcoming pair of games against Minnesota State.

The No. 1 Badgers (4-0-0 WCHA, 6-0-0 overall) extended their season-opening winning streak to six games with a series sweep of then-No. 10 Ohio State this past weekend. The Badgers won in an overtime thriller 6-5 Friday night, fol-lowed by a 5-2 victory Saturday night.

Johnson saw Friday’s overtime victory as a huge boost for the young season.

“Offensively and creating opportunities, we were getting quite a few five-on-five,” Johnson

said. “When you get as many chances as we were getting and their goaltending was stop-ping it, the tendency is to get frustrated; and I told them not to get frustrated. I knew we were going to get opportunities in the third period, and it was very entertaining and it was nice to win the game.”

“It was a good character-building opportunity for our team Friday night,” Johnson said. “When you’re down 2-0 and 4-2, how are [you] going to respond? I thought we responded very well.”

Sophomore Brianna Decker was instrumental in the win, earning her second career hat trick, including the game-winner in overtime to seal the victory.

Johnson did have some criticisms, though.“Of course our penalty kill wasn’t very good

Friday night, and Ohio State, with the personnel that they’re able to put together on their power play obviously capitalized. And giving up four power-play goals certainly wasn’t something that we were looking at,” Johnson said.

The team reviewed Friday’s film, and it was clear they learned a lot from it in preparation for the Buckeyes the next night.

“I thought we came back Saturday night and did a great job on our penalty kill,” Johnson said.

In game two of the series, the Badgers held Ohio State scoreless on three power plays— a big improvement, allowing just one shot in that span.

Senior Meghan Duggan and junior Hilary Knight led the Badgers in Saturday’s game with two goals apiece. Duggan also earned an assist to finish with a team-high three points.

Johnson and his team must now look ahead to this weekend, however.

Minnesota State (1-3-0, 2-3-1) split a series with No. 6 North Dakota this past weekend, taking the first game 4-2 and losing the second 6-1.

“I know [Minnesota State is] well-coached,” Johnson said. “They’ll come in, a lunchpail-type of team, where they’re gonna work hard and they’ll be aggressive. They’re coming off a split against North Dakota, who’s a team that surprised several groups already in the short part of the season. They’re capable of beating you. You have to stay disciplined.”

Tied with North Dakota for first place in the conference with 12 points, the Badgers look for their fifth-straight WCHA win Friday.

Women’s Hockey

Five UW athletes earn weekly all-conference honors Five Wisconsin athletes were honored

by the Big Ten Monday for their perfor-mances this past week. Senior J.J. Watt was named co-defensive football player of the week following a blocked field goal attempt and a late-game sack against Iowa, while his teammate junior Brad Nortman earned co-honors as special teams player of the week for his successful late-game fake punt.

Senior Allison Wack was named volleyball player of the week for her career-best per-formances against Iowa and Minnesota. For the second time this season, Junior Laurie Nosbusch earned women’s soccer offensive player of the week honors. Finally, freshman Chris Prince was named men’s soccer offen-sive player of the week following his hat trick against Northwestern this weekend.

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