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Student groups plan sex assault awareness month By Devin Mulertt The Daily Cardinal

Many UW-Madison student organizations partnered to create the Sexual Assault Awareness Month Coalition to coordinate events in April with the goal of focusing student attention on the issue of sexual assault. One of those events, the Sexual Health Dance, takes place Friday. The Sexual Health Dance will be held in MSC Satellite from 8:30 p.m.-12:00 a.m. Friday and all of the proceeds will be donated to the UW-Madison Rape Crisis Center. Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment is one of the student organizations working with the SAAM Coalition. According to Te r a Meerkins, PAVE chair, sexual assault is a pervasive issue on college campuses. Meerkins defines sexual assault as any unwanted sexual contact that encompasses a range of behaviors, including rape, and said, “The most important aspect in identifying sexual assault is to note whether consent was given.” “It is estimated that one in four women will experience sexual assault during their time on campus ... and considering its prevalence, everyone knows someone who has been sexually assaulted, regardless of whether the victim has told them,” Meerkins said. Additional events planned for this month by the SAAM Coalition include film screenings, a keynote speaker and an ice cream social. Take Back the

Night, a march from Library Mall to the Capitol, will conclude the month’s events. With these events, Claire Peterson, chair of the Events Committee for Sexual Assault Awareness Month Coalition, said she hopes to raise student awareness about the prevalence of sexual assault on campus and to curtail further sexual assault through increased communication among students. “If everyone on campus put even a small effort into educating themselves about the issue and prevalence of sexual assault, the effect on our community could be very beneficial,” said Peterson. “Great ways to get involved could include breaking the silence around sexual assault by talking with friends about the issue [or] attending a Sexual Assault Awareness Month event.” Sexual assault awareness continues beyond April with programs like the peer education program, organized by PAVE. This program tries to educate students on how to understand the definitions of sexual assault and consent, as well as how to support victims of sexual assault. Meerkins said that every individual is essential in the fight against sexual assault. “The root causes of sexual assault lie in cultural norms, we are all responsible for changing these norms. It is also important that people are aware of sexual assault, so that they can appropriately support survivors and offer resources,” Meerkins said.

Change in ordinance requires more contact information By Alison Bauter violations and nuisances, all of The Daily Cardinal

The Landlord and Tenant Subcommittee voted Thursday in favor of requiring owners of multi-family dwellings to provide contact information for at least two responsible parties. The new requirement would make it easier for tenants and regulatory agencies, such as Building Inspection and the MPD, to access landlords or caretakers. “This doesn’t always seem necessary,” said Ald. Julia Kerr, District 13, who is one of the new section’s proponents. “But it’s urgent when you really need it.” Such instances of necessity range from fires and broken water pipes to issues of residential noise

which require the caretaker or landlord to be available and easily accessible. Ald. Bridget Maniaci, District 2, said this increased accountability would make it easier for residents to address neighborhood issues, such as noise violations and other nuisances. “It would encourage calling because I’d know that there’s a line to direct action,” said Maniaci. Attached to the new requirement is a 10-dollar registration fee for landlords. This presents the “biggest concern,” said executive director for the Apartment Association of subcommitte page 3

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Tea Party activists attended a rally at the Capitol Thursday, headlined by former Gov. Tommy Thompson.

Thompson declines to run against Feingold By Ariel Shapiro The Daily Cardinal

Former Gov. Tommy Thompson said he will not challenge U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, D-Wisconsin, for his seat, he said during the Tax Day tea party rally at the capitol Wednesday. “You can tell I want to run, ladies and gentlemen, boy do I want to run,” Thompson said. “But I told my family last night that it’s time for new voices, and new faces.” Although he declined the run, Thompson assured the crowd he would support them wholeheartedly through November. “I am going to be with you in the small cities and the large cities, taking the message wherever I possibly can, to make sure that we start electing conservatives to public office who will listen to the people,” he said. The rally, which was attended by a crowd numbering in the thousands, was organized by the Executive Director of the Wisconsin chapter of Americans for Prosperity and Thompson’s former campaign manager Mark Block. Speakers at the event included tea party organizers from

across the state, a civil lawyer, a reverend, and even a Thomas Jefferson impersonator, among others. They all share a similar demand for smaller government and political turnover in the state and in the nation’s capitol this fall. “This election is so important,” Thompson said. “I not only want you to talk to your

neighbors to get out the vote, I want you to talk to your relatives, get them all out to vote.” Now that Thompson is out of the race, student activists from both ends of the political spectrum anticipate recently resigned Wisconsin Secretary of Commerce Dick Leinenkugel will become the rally page 3

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Tommy Thompson, former Wisconsin governor and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary, spoke at the rally Thursday.

City Committee considers Central Library renovation By Cassie Pientka The Daily Cardinal

The Downtown Coordinating Committee met Thursday to discuss the new Central Library renovation proposal along with new safety procedures being implemented in the downtown area. The renovation proposal comes after talks between the city and Fiore Cos. fell through over a $2 million contract dispute in March. The project

would have built a new library on West Washington Avenue and the current site would have been sold for redevelopment. As an effort to speed up the process of construction, renovation to the library is being discussed but with some opposition. “I am open to changing directions, but I’m not there yet because there is still at least a sliver of a chance that redevelopment could still happen,” Ald.

Bryon Eagon, District 8, said. Committee member Patrick McDonnell said the renovation plan is narrower in scope although the previous Fiore plan had potential for economic gains for the city. The Common Council plans to meet on May 4 for further discussion of the renovation. The committee also dislibrary page 3

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f in the unlikely chance you’re reading this, PANIC! ABANDON ALL HOPE! Drop this paper and run like that Kenyan track star! Why!? It seems our friends down at the genetics department have really screwed the pooch with their latest top-secret research. Early today, during some hush-hush human testing projects involving building smarter, faster and unquestioning humans for the U.S. Army, hundreds of their specimens overcame the feebly built researchers and escaped from the genetics building. The catch? The test itself recently went horribly wrong, and the fugitives just so happened to be face-eating zombies. To be blunt, we’ve got more

Jason Bourne-like zombies streaming out of that building than your everyday Justin Bieber concert. Sophomore Glen Churvin, who was merrily on his way to buy some of those new Subway breakfasts (quite tasty actually) for the ﬁrst time, when he witnessed the escape in progress. “The things looked like they were straight out of that ‘Shaun of the Dead’ movie, minus the outrageously funny gore-centered humor. Their eyes were wide open and bloodshot, they had that look the lakeshore kids get when they’re all pumped up on Adderall. I quickly learned they were less focused on calculus and econ., and more focused on eating my face, so I dipped.” Since the escape, the epidemic has spread like wildfire, apparently catching the students of Madison by surprise. Memorial Library was the first to be overcome—it was a regular smor-

shotgun), a lighter and something explosive, some canned goods, a bottle of whiskey and get the hell out of dodge. I’m currently barricaded in the walk-in freezer at the Memorial Union with the few surviving students in the area. Luckily, I have Wi-Fi and enough frozen Badger Burgers to feed several Rosie O’Donnells for at least an hour. The only problem is that we don’t know how to turn the damned freezer off. I’m not too concerned though. I’d rather freeze to death than be faced with the prospect of repopulating the earth with these morons. One of the girls won’t fucking stop crying... me and a few of the guys are thinking of cramming her into the cold air duct before our digits begin to slowly turn to ice, essentially saving us from the cold and her earpiercing cries for salvation. Alive? Let us known by e-mailing Andrew at aplahr@wisc.edu

Sex Out Loud’s 7 Sexiest seeks to showcase a variety of sexy students in celebration of Sexual Health Week, which runs from April 12-17. These students have been nominated by their peers as exemplars of the wide range of attractive qualities present in the student body.

Sex Out Loud’s 7 Sexiest Mo h a m m a d Na e l Mohammad takes his Dreamy Dorm Dweller status extremely seriously. “When I found out I was named Dreamiest Dorm Dweller I instantly screamed and ran around Showerman until my House Fellow yelled at me. This is a true honor for me and I plan on retaining this title for many years to come,” he explains. Marcus Haugen, his nominator, conﬁrms Mohammad’s contributions to the dorms: “He is the most well known and loved person in the dorm and his winning personality just seems to draw people to him.” Ultimately, Mohammad just wants everyone to see his fun side, which includes friend making, sleeping, using badass puns, and growing his impressive facial hair.

gasbord—and worse yet, they didn’t even bother to sign in with their Wiscards at the front desk. Reports show that with just one bite, you’ll soon find yourself craving human flesh like you do 10-piece-McNuggets on a drunken Friday night. Witte and Sellery Hall might as well have had “Free Eats” pasted on their sides. For some reason though, the ever-growing zombie army completely bypassed the Business School, I suspect because they find its inhabitants stringy and unpleasant tasting. Thousands of lucky students, particularly the track team members and those more educated in zombie survival (like myself ), are holed up in various classrooms and facilities across the campus. Unless you’re perfectly fine with the prospect of a serious lifechange centered around zombism, I have a few suggestions: Grab a large blunt object (or a sawed-off

“I just want everyone to know that even though I might come off as a little strong, I’m just a kid in a man’s body,” he said.

“Nothing is as sexy as a good sense of humor,” explains ‘Diversity’ in while nominating Morgan Crouch, and our judges agree; Morgan Crouch is one Alluring Artist. As a member of the UW’s Titanic Players Improv Team, which is the largest collegiate improvisation organization in the country, Morgan is “not only smokin’ hot, she is absolutely hilarious and a talented actress. While at times you may cringe at her stories and complete lack of self-consciousness, you can’t help but think “I want your sexy bod” even while she is picking her nose. As her best friends, all we have to say about Morgan Crouch is: Damn girl, don’t hurt ‘em.”

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Assembly passes bill limiting access to 911 calls, jobs Act By Ashley Davis The Daily Cardinal

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Bucky Badger listens to members from the Varsity Pep Band play on Bascom Hill at the “Save the Date” event put on by Wisconsin Union Directorate.

One-year countdown to opening of new Union South By Kati Garness The Daily Cardinal

UW-Madison Union staff and students handed out plastic replica hard hats and magnets on Bascom Hill Thursday to remind students to “Save the Date” April 15, 2011—when the new south campus union building officially opens. Approximately 75 students gathered at the “Save the Date” event to watch the Varsity Pep Band and spirit squad perform and sing the Alma mater. Bucky Badger was also available to pose with students for photos. In addition to the free items and performances, students were invited to sign up for “behind the scenes” tours of the new building this summer. Shayna Hetzel, Wisconsin Union Directorate member, said the event was a creative way to

draw attention to the construction of the new union. “This was a fun event to raise awareness that the building is coming,” Hetzel said. Construction of the south campus union started January 2009. The concrete pour finished April 5, 2010, and structural steel is currently being completed. The highest beam in the union will be raised June 11 in a ceremony called “topping off.” The construction of walls and windows will then commence. Associated Students of Madison election results revealed Wednesday that students voted to name the new union “Union South.” Union South received 6427 more votes than the second place name, “Randall Union.” The name was given to the Union Council to discuss, but UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy

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South Central Wisconsin Nancy Jensen, who probed the possibility of a non-fee-based system. “Once a fee starts, a fee increases,” Jensen said, “Ten dollars, 20 dollars, 25. … [This fee] is not going to share the cost with the landlord, it’s going to be shared with the resident.” Joel Plant, spokesperson for Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and one of the section’s proponents, said he is committed “to explore all feasible options for reducing this cost.” Following further discussion, the ordinance alteration was approved unanimously, passing it up to the full Housing Committee for potential approval in June.

cussed the issue of public safety around the downtown and campus areas. Since 2003, aggravated battery charges as well as simple battery charges have significantly dropped. “I’m feeling pretty good about where we’re going and

Martin will make the final decision. The new south campus union will include new student facilities such as eight bowling lanes, climbing and bouldering walls and a wine bar.

The Wisconsin state Assembly passed two significant bills Thursday to prohibit broadcasting 911 recordings and enact the C.O.R.E. Jobs Act to strengthen statewide employment. State representatives passed the bill to restrict the broadcasting of 911 recordings 67-30. The bill allows media to review 911 audio recordings and receive an audio’s transcript, but prohibits copying and broadcasting 911 recordings over the air. The legislation was amended on the floor to allow media to review audio recordings. The original legislation only allowed the release of the recordings’ transcripts. Prior to the bill, 911 recordings were considered public records. The bill hit the session floor after pressure come from the families of Jordan Gonnering and Brittany Zimmermann to prohibit the airing of 911 recordings. Allegedly, news outlets sued to acquire the audio of Gonnering’s calls to police after discovering Zimmermann’s body, according to the Wisconsin State Journal. The Assembly also passed the C.O.R.E. Jobs Act late in the session

rally from page 1 “This was a fun event to raise awareness that the building is coming.” Shayna Hetzel member Wisconsin Union Directorate

The new union will be 276, 664 total square feet, and in total, is a $94.8 million project. [The Wisconsin Union does not receive tax or tuition money, but is paid for by donor support, Union revenue and student fees.] the direction we’re taking. As soon as we see something that raises concern, we respond in a way that is most effective,” Cpt. Mary Schauf of the Madison Police Department said. The MPD has also reorganized their officer shifts and zoning areas to combat a slight increase in property crimes recently.

Republican frontrunner in the coming weeks. “One thing about Tommy Thompson not running is Feingold will have an easier re-election,” said Evan Giesemann, a UW student and supporter of Feingold attending the rally. However, he said Feingold supporters are looking out for Leinenkugel.

on an 88-9 vote. The act aims to build upon Wisconsin’s strengths by three central strategies—creating new jobs and businesses, retaining and building existing businesses and constructing an educated and trained workforce. The C.O.R.E. Jobs Act is a package of 18 proposals, one of which allocates $2 million for post-secondary education tax credits for businesses. Another provision increases the state’s angel and venture capital investment tax credit program by $3 million for 2010, and $12 million for every year thereafter. The bill also creates micro-loan pilot programs to enable entrepreneurs to open new small businesses with loans typically between $1,000 to $25,000. These micro-loans are available to any Wisconsin resident. After passage by the Assembly Thursday, the bill will need to return to the Senate for final approval before reaching the governor. Also passed by the Assembly was a bill changing the drinking age for minors when accompanied by a parent or spouse. On a 56-41 bipartisan vote, no one under 18 can drink in a bar even with parental consent. Under current law, minors of any age can consume alcohol when given consent by a parent and the bar obliges. “It’ll be interesting to see how that plays out, especially in the larger sense of the Republican primary because he is a moderate,” Giesemann said. President of College Democrats Crystal Lee said she saw Leinenkugel as a strong candidate, along with businessman Dave Westlake and real estate developer Terrence Wall. “Regardless of who it is, a Republican is better than Russ Feingold,” Lee said.

Sex Out Loud’s 7 Sexiest Sex Out Loud’s 7 Sexiest seeks to showcase a variety of sexy students in celebration of Sexual Health Week, which runs from April 12-17. These students have been nominated by their peers as exemplars of the wide range of attractive qualities present in the student body.

Senior biological systems engineering major Christian Truong is a Sultry SERFer because he is his anonymous nominator’s “favorite spin instructor at the SERF. He always has a hard class, but he makes it fun with a lot of really great music and corny jokes. He is a terrific athlete and an awesome instructor!” Christian also exudes sexiness because of his incredible knowledge of dairy products and mad cookie-baking skills. When presented with his award, he said, “I’m honored, flattered and now sultrier since my nomination. I just want to eat ice cream, chocolate and ask for consent.”

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DARE TO COMPARE ACROSS 1 Expressed, as a farewell 5 Aswan slitherers 9 Mythical trio 14 Widely used computer operating system 15 Transportation means 16 Offer reparation 17 Split asunder 18 One of a British group? 19 Cook on a spit 20 Really brainy 23 Have a little bite 24 One form of insurance fraud 25 Govt. broadcasting watchdog 28 Service leader? 30 Exploit successfully 32 Busy month for a CPA 35 “___ Bulba” (Gogol story) 38 Invisible surrounding quality 39 Clever and alert 43 Weighted weapon on the pampas 44 Prophetic woman 45 911 responder, for short 46 Exceed the limits 49 The three of a triple

play 51 Thing to play with 52 “Stop,” in piratespeak 55 Indian nobles (Var.) 59 Extremely intelligent 61 Ring-shaped island 64 Vast 65 Frosty covering 66 Lines from the center 67 “So be it!” 68 Out of the wind 69 Overwatering result, in plants 70 Exam 71 Low-key “Hey!” 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 21 22 25

DOWN Pop, as a balloon Jung’s inner self Met standouts Applies, as influence Callas solo Tea flavoring “For Whom the Bell Tolls” woman Huge amounts Hot breakfast fare Having surmounted Worn ___ frazzle Funnel’s middle? Place for an acting president? Sprocket projections Short plane flight Mozart’s “The Magic

___ “ 26 Shot involving a rebound 27 Greenish blue shades 29 Pull-down exercise target, briefly 31 Subway station critter 32 Monastery head 33 Location of 41-Down 34 Personification of carefree living 36 “___ live and breathe!” 37 Ruins underhandedly 40 Long-jawed fish 41 Faith-based Utah sch. 42 “Violet” or “sound” introduction 47 Mexico’s national flower 48 What aves lay 50 Despotic governor 53 Buddhist who has attained Nirvana 54 Suds in the surf 56 They contain human cells? 57 Crowning points 58 Kind of shooting 59 ___ to none (long odds) 60 Transmitted 61 Sendak’s “Where the Wild Things ___” 62 Small boy 63 Homage in verse

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This weekend’s festival gems The Wisconsin Film Festival will be held through Sunday. Below, Daily Cardinal staffers preview a few highly anticipated ﬁlms.

Saturday: a day to revere records By Anthony Cefali THE DAILY CARDINAL

“Collateral,” Fri., 4:30 p.m., Orpheum Main Theater “Collateral” is by no means a new, or even obscure film. The 2005 thriller stars Hollywood A-listers Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx and is directed by UW-Madison’s esteemed alum Michael Mann. Nevertheless, the Oscar-nominated flick deserves revisiting, especially when the revisitation is being introduced by New York Times senior film critic Manohla Dargis, one of the preeminent critics of our time. The interplay between Cruise’s regimented bounty hunter and Foxx’s beleaguered cabbie make for compelling drama, even when the action rarely leaves Foxx’s cab. —Kevin Slane “The Lottery,” Sat., 11:00 a.m., Chazen Museum of Art They say there’s no such thing as a free lunch, but the Harlem Success Academy would like to convince you otherwise. But while the Academy’s 475 aspiring students do benefit from the nationally celebrated curriculum, Madeleine Sackler’s “The Lottery” tells the tale of the 3,000 applicants who put their fates in the hands of Lady Luck. The film examines the controversial aspects of charter schools and how they attempt to fit a circular population through a square hole. By the end, the story becomes less about whether the government will foot the bill for lunch and more about the 3,000 kindergarten, first- and secondgraders who exhaust a hefty sum just for a chance to eat. —Kyle Sparks “Waking Sleeping Beauty,” Sat., 11:30 a.m., Wisconsin Union Theater In 1985, there were plenty of heartless execs at The Walt Disney Company counting the days to when they could shutter the animation department. There hadn’t been an animated hit since Walt was alive. Their offices seemed better utilized as dressing rooms for Disney’s growing stable of film stars. “Waking Sleeping Beauty” takes us to the animators working through this darkest hour, telling the story of how the crew of young animators, including John Lasseter and Tim Burton, went from near unemployment to creating some of the animated classics that colored our childhoods—“The Little Mermaid,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “The Lion King,” among others. —Mark Riechers “Mother,” Sun., 7:15 p.m., Orpheum Main Theater The film festival’s retrospective of Korean director Bong Joon-ho leads up to his latest work, the film noir throwback “Mother.” The film stars Kim Hye-ja as the mother of a mentally disabled son who is accused of murdering a young girl. Determined to protect her child, she becomes an amateur detective to try and prove her son’s innocence. Joon-ho is no stranger to family dynamics and the crime genre, and he has proven adept at blending the two together in films like 2003’s “Memories of Murder” and even the B-movie monster flick “The Host.” Joon-ho’s direction and Hye-ja’s performance should delve deeply into the true meanings of parenthood, both at its best and its most sordid. -—Todd Stevens

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Perhaps the whole musical experience can be summed up in one scene from the film “High Fidelity.” Championship Vinyl owner Rob Gordon is violently reorganizing his personal music collection. Walls and walls of old vinyl records are scattered haphazardly across the floors, leaving nowhere to walk between the stacks of records and Rob’s bitter nostalgia. Rob is organizing the records autobiographically, picking up his memories and slotting them back in place. There’s a sense of vindication in the act, a feeling that everything can be restored and understood by simply taking another look at our record collections. I try to do it once every year with the same result. I never finish because nostalgia prevails and diverts me to an old Smiths vinyl a friend gave me years ago, or a Talking Heads record I thought I had lost. I notice general trends though, blocks of old blues and jazz sharing shelf space with TRex and Elvis Costello, trends allowing a look back into how I used to look at the world. “When you look at someone’s record collection, you’re looking at a huge slice of their life,” Ron Roloff, owner of Strictly Discs on Monroe said.

Roloff doesn’t have his own record collection at home to sort through because his collection is Strictly Discs. In a push to acquire vinyl, Roloff has spent days going through other people’s record collections, mapping their experiences record by record. His store thrives on fond memories of Charlie Parker and Bob Dylan. This Saturday, we all get to take a more extensive look at his collection as part of the third annual Record Store Day. Record Store Day is a celebration of the medium between human and music. Music is the only art form we can transport with us everywhere. We can superimpose it over any experience, like enlarging a photograph in a dark room. When we do this, the moment becomes ours, weaved into the narrative of our lives, and we can go back to it. Music acts as a conduit back to memories, like Rob Gordon.

Record Store Day is a celebration of the medium between human and music.

Record Store Day is a day to revel in oddities and high ﬁdelity, to drink

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Madison’s Strictly Discs is participating in the third annual Record Store Day this Saturday, an event spotlighting independent record stores. in the culture and peek in on the artistic process. Music is more than songs and albums; it is an experience. “The value of music should come from the individual,” said Roloff. “It’s a place and time. It soothes the soul.” Artists take pride in helping out record stores for the day. Many of them started as audiophiles themselves, hanging out in record stores, perfecting the art of the mixtape. This year Peter Gabriel and Bon Iver are sharing a 7-inch, and the Stones are putting out an unreleased track from the raucous Exile on Main St. Menomena returns with a sleeper of

a single, and Phoenix keeps piling it on with a colorful-release “Fences” single. Most exclusive releases are on wax, and for good reason. “There is a physicality to music. When I hold a CD, I hold it between my thumb and foreﬁnger, in a really ﬂippant way. I would hold an LP like I were hugging it,” said Roloff. This all adds to the experience. Record Store Day takes the time to focus on personal accounts, helping move music beyond the cruddy hum of an MP3 and into a more lively landscape.

Creative genuises Cloud Cult come to Madison By Sam Bolstad THE DAILY CARDINAL

Cloud Cult is a band known for its unique blend of rock, classical, electronica and even folk music. In the past, they’ve released albums ranging from the emotional They Live On The Sun to their magnum-opus, Advice From The Happy Hippopotamus. The Minnesota-natives will be in Madison tonight, performing at The Majestic in anticipation of their upcoming releases Running With The Wolves (an EP due April 20) and Light Chasers (a fulllength album due August 17). Cloud Cult’s live performances reflect the band’s style, one that experiments with different genres: The stage is filled with musicians holding a variety of instruments, ranging from guitars to French horns.

As a result of the band’s varied instrumentation, moving from the studio to the stage is quite the undertaking for the them.

The performers on stage with the most striking presence, however, are not even musicians, but two artists who accompany the band. They paint on stage during the performance, and after the concert the paintings are sold to attendees, oftentimes with bidding wars arising between audience members. Craig Minowa, the band’s lead singer/songwriter, approached Cloud Cult’s sound by explain-

ing, “We never really wanted to get too caught up in one genre, just because there is so much great music out there and it’s a shame to get too boxed in on your instrumentation.” As a result of the band’s varied instrumentation, moving from the studio to the stage is quite the undertaking for them. “The songs that are harder to do live are those that have a lot of electronica in them. I can see why other bands would hesitate to have such variation,” Minowa commented. But this embracing of a difficult skill is what makes Cloud Cult such a unique and intriguing band. They have maintained their sound with their talented multiinstrumentalist band members. In preparation for their current tour, they added one member who plays the accordion, French horn, trumpet and keyboard. The new additions reflect some of the growth the band has gone through in the two years since their last album, Feel Good Ghosts. Between 2003 and 2008, the band released 5 albums, mostly focused on the grief coming from the unexplained death of Minowa and his wife’s (one of the painters) son. Minowa described these albums as having “a lot of emotion, and it felt like each song was a Polaroid of an instant, almost a Polaroid of the actual creation process. There wasn’t too much emphasis on having everything in its right place.” Since the recording of this album, however, production has slowed down. This is likely because of Minowa’s new writing style. “I started the writing process on pad and paper this time,” Minowa said. “This is the first album where

I’ve done that—where a lot of the songs are written before I’m going into the studio.” While some called those two years since Feel Good Ghosts as a self-imposed hiatus, Minowa clariﬁes, “The writing process has always been something that’s ongoing. It’s something that I enjoy doing so much that even when I’m on break, the inspiration is still coming and I’m still working on

it. We’ve had our new baby here for 6 months now and there’s a lot of time where I’m just holding him and it’s a pretty big inspiration.” With this two-year break has come increased maturity and experimentation, something likely to be seen at tonight’s show. Cloud Cult will be performing tonight at the Majestic Theatre at 9 p.m. Tickets cost $15 and are still available.

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Cloud Cult’s music is truly unique. The group makes a constant effort to keep things exciting by blending different genres and instruments.

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asm vote just the beginning

he results are in. In the elections for the Associated Students of Madison (ASM) Student Council that closed Wednesday, MPOWER lost, and so did Rec Sports’ plan for the Nat. The best part of the election? The record turnout of 34.5 percent of the student body. Such high turnout is unprecedented. True, 65.5 percent of the student body didn’t have an excuse not to vote—the election was online, took two minutes, offered information on the candidates and about the ballot and was open for three days. Cheers to those of us who managed to ﬁnd two minutes over three days to vote for fellow students who allocate $38 million in our own student segregated fees. First and foremost, we’re glad about the gym referendum. The NatUp proposal failed dismally, as we had hoped—8,616 votes to 5,311. As to the Student Council results, the incoming session of Student Council has plenty to work on. The MPOWER slate won only 10 of 33 seats on Council, far less than the majority they needed to really shake things up. Several Council members are returning to ﬁll out their two-year term limits, including the current chair and vice chair. But the results from yesterday should be taken with a grain of salt. Voter turnout doubled the turnout for the constitution vote last year, but that wasn’t because of MPOWER or a particularly stellar group of candidates. Students wanted to vote on the Nat, and perhaps help decide the new union’s name. Undoubtedly, a high number of students clicked through and randomly voted for representatives they didn’t know just so they can get to the “good stuff.” To all winners: don’t feel you have some sort of a mandate from a record number of students. You may just have had the nicest sounding name on the ballot. As to the other voters who did take the time to read through candidate statements and research, many of their votes were for individuals, not for or against MPOWER.

Individuals and, unfortunately, random clicks, determined the election results far more than MPOWER’s storming of Bascom Hill. Although we certainly don’t endorse MPOWER, most students would agree with at least parts of their platform. Now the test is, do they mean it? The 10 MPOWERed individuals who made it to Student Council rallied around the slogan, “No new seg fees.” Will they say the same thing when the Campus Women’s Center re-applies for funding from SSFC? Or is fiscal conservatism only a good idea until your favorite organizations are up for dollars? We await MPOWER’s reactions in the next round of SSFC allocations, if they haven’t gone the way of the defunct slate FACES by then. Some of the representatives reelected claim to be fiscally responsible by day, then suddenly transform into spendaholics every other Wednesday night during Council meetings. Committee chair stipends were raised significantly and five new paid positions were added to ASM in the last year. ASM’s bloated internal budget costs students over $1 million. Although ASM never seems to consider cutting fees, at the least, we expect to see more limited spending this year. Hopefully any animosities developed between MPOWER members and non-members will disappear in the new session. We want to see a cooperative, efficient body with no walkouts, waves of resignation, or drama. We’re relatively happy with the election results from Wednesday. Future student segregated fees will not be raised to pay for a new Natatorium. Union South will keep it’s moniker, and thankfully, not be named “Discovery Union.” And high turnout led to what we can only hope will be a representative, responsible and intelligent student government next year. But now that we’ve voted, the job is on our new representatives to exercise their duty and represent us well. They can start by living up to their campaign promises.

UW, state should follow Austin’s lead on energy By Stephen Collins and Danny Spitzberg THE DAILY CARDINAL

What can Madison learn from Austin, Texas? A lot, perhaps, when it comes to producing clean energy. Austin has been experimenting with a new approach for generating electricity. The city recently unveiled the Pecan Street Project, described as “a community-wide collaboration to fully reinvent the energy delivery system.” It acts as an incubator for various initiatives that promote conservation and clean energy, such as smart grid technology and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. The project brings together various stakeholders: the University of Texas, Austin Energy (the city’s energy utility), the Austin Chamber of Commerce, the Environmental Defense Fund, the City of Austin and Austin Energy’s customers. The result may be a totally different way of running public energy utilities. According to E&E News, Austin Energy would offer a flat monthly fee for electricity for an extended amount of time, and the utility could reap rewards by taking measures to increase energy conservation and efficiency through its various projects. Aside from their energy initiatives, some key differences exist between Austin and Madison. First off, Austin’s utility is community-owned: It is partially governed by the Austin City Council, meaning that Austin’s progressive residents have a larger-thanaverage influence in how Austin Energy operates. In contrast, Madison Gas & Electric (MGE) is investor-owned; it has a responsibility to provide investors with a decent rate of return. Austin also has much greater in-state renewable resources than does Madison. Simply put, it’s a heck of a lot sunnier and windier down in Texas. Wind and solar

currently aren’t as economical here in Wisconsin. Nonetheless, MGE has taken some signiﬁcant measures toward promoting clean energy. In recognition of its clean energy initiatives, the utility was recently awarded the U.S. Department of Energy’s Utility Green Power Program of the Year Award. MGE has put in place an efﬁcient natural gas plant (the West Campus Cogeneration Facility) right here on campus, which simultaneously powers the surrounding area while heating and cooling the UWMadison campus, and it is also currently switching its Blount Street plant from coal to natural gas. MGE invests in the research and development of cleaner, better technologies too.

[Wisconsin] will have to look beyond power plant retroﬁts and a few extra windmills to a fundamentally new approach to providing energy.

Yet the vast majority of Madison’s electricity still comes from coal. Coal is abundant and cheap, and without new policies, coal will persist as Wisconsin’s cheapest source of electricity in the near future. Soon, things may change. Legislation has been introduced in the state legislature that would require 25 percent of Wisconsin’s electricity to come from renewable resources by 2025. This is an ambitious goal. As of 2008, non-hydro renewables accounted for a mere one percent of Wisconsin’s electricity consumption. The state will have to look beyond power plants retroﬁts and a few extra windmills to a fundamentally new approach to providing electricity.

Following the example of Austin’s Pecan Street Project would help. A key component of the Pecan Street Project is strong involvement from University of Texas faculty and students. Well, it just so happens that UW-Madison has a fantastic Energy Analysis & Policy certiﬁcate program, combining our engineering, environmental studies, public affairs and urban planning departments. UW is home to several organizations dedicated to energy and utility issues. For example, while the Energy Institute “promotes collaboration with government and industry leaders to comprehensively address the energy challenge,” the Wisconsin Public Utility Institute facilitates “collaboration with government and industry leaders to comprehensively address the energy challenge.” These organizations could feasibly jumpstart a Madison version of the Pecan Street Project—perhaps called “the State Street Project.” Nothing could be closer to the Wisconsin Idea. Combining the potential of our university to work on such a project with MGE and Madison residents would facilitate the transformation. In sum, the project would induce an unprecedented level of focused coordination between Madison’s campus, community and electric utility. We already have great energy initiatives here on campus, but we can do more by following Austin’s model of multilateral cooperation. Uniting our efforts behind a clean energy incubator project could go a long way to helping Wisconsin meet its energy goals. Stephen Collins and Danny Spitzberg are pursuing master’s degrees in public affairs and environmental studies, respectively. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

NatUp campaign needs true grass roots organizing to succeed in future MATT PAYNE opinion columnist

fter record participation in the 2010 spring election, the NAT is down. Following weeks of intense debate the University of Wisconsin’s student body voted down the ballot initiative that would renovate the Natatorium and add about 54 dollars to student’s segregated fees in the future. The proposed facility would have everything from an all-purpose indoor turf facility to expanded ﬁtness areas. The upgrade may certainly be a worthwhile proposal, but as many on this campus would never see nor pay for these

renovations, it’s not hard to see why it failed to pass. With the votes cast and the campaign over, the future of the Natatorium is still in the air. Now Rec Sports will have to either turn to private donations to fund the proposed new Natatorium or try to vote on it again. Another vote could prove difﬁcult as this year’s campaign ran into a plethora of issues that caused many to question the process that subsidized it. Funded by Rec Sports, the NatUP Campaign spent an astounding $30,000. That’s a lot of money. The idea that Rec Sports would want to spend that much money again for another campaign is almost out of the question. The money clearly could have been used in better ways and many students were outraged when they found out how much

the department spent on the failed campaign. Spending more of the schools’ money would only infuriate students more. The chances of the project passing the next time around will be extremely small if they tried the same strategy again. If they do find that putting the project to a vote is necessary, there are a few things that may increase the chances of it passing. If Rec Sports started a true grass roots campaign funded by donations from students and alumni, the Natatorium may have a marginally better chance of passing. However, this would be difficult considering you still run into the problem that many students are apathetic to the project as it won’t affect them. One way to combat this apathy is to find a particular group of students who may find the proposal particularly

beneficial. For example the band, a team or a student organization may find the fact that it will benefit their group motivation enough to campaign for it. So now instead of spending $30,000 and having one campaign, you may have many separate grass roots campaigns that spend nearly zero University dollars. However, this may also prove problematic, as convincing a group of such motivational benefits would be difficult. Rec Sports is better off going to a group of people who, as it turns out, are very reliable at giving money—alumni. While this may be a challenge as this building is not for educational purposes, it may be the best option Rec Sports has. After all, alumni and other private donors have given millions of dollars for past renovations and projects the

school has undertaken. It may take longer and pose a signiﬁcant challenge, but if Rec Sports wants to be serious about this project a solid fundraising campaign will certainly accomplish the mission. Although the ballot initiative failed, there is still hope for the Natatorium to be renovated. While the proposed project may certainly be worthwhile, a new strategy must be employed to bring about those changes. Trying to push the project through again on another student vote will almost certainly end in failure. It may not be an easy task but raising the funds through private donors is the best chance Rec Sports has to renovate the Natatorium. Matt Payne is a sophomore intending to major in Chinese and economics. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Weekend, April 16-18, 2010

Softball

UW still searching for ﬁrst Big Ten win with Purdue on horizon After difﬁcult loss to Iowa, Badgers look to rebound By Ryan Evans THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Badgers softball team is looking to increase their run production this weekend as they take on Purdue in a two-game series this Saturday and Sunday. The Badgers are coming off a sweep at the hands of Iowa in a doubleheader at Goodman Diamond this past Wednesday, in which the Badgers fell to the Hawkeyes 1-0 and 14-1. The problem in both games for Wisconsin was the lack of offense, so head coach Chandelle Schulte and the team have been working on ways to increase run production. “The past few games we’ve only been getting runners on base with two outs, and our first and second hitters aren’t getting on enough,” Schulte said. “We’re trying to hit earlier in the count, and take pitches inside and getting hits with them. If pitchers are going to pitch us inside we need base runners.” Freshman pitcher Meghan

McIntosh and utility player Whitney Massey emphasized the need to “hit ‘em where they ain’t” as Hall of Famer Willie Keeler would say. “We did a good job of putting the ball in play,” McIntosh said. “We were just hitting it right at them. We need to be able to find the holes on the field and we’ve been doing drills to improve that.” “We’re trying to go with where the pitch is pitched,” Massey, who had the only RBI of the Iowa series added. “If we can do that, I think we will be able to put the ball in the gap instead of hitting it right at players.” Wisconsin enters this series with a 0-8 record in Big Ten conference play so far this season. The Badgers will be looking to build on certain aspects and improve others in order to break through the win column in conference play, according to McIntosh. “We need to get on pitchers earlier in the count and make the defensive plays we need to in order to help our pitchers out,” McIntosh said. “We have found that a lot of the mistakes we make are little things or mental errors,” added Massey. “We’ve been working on those little things, making the defensive plays, getting more solid contact

at the plate so we can hit the ball through, and making the short game better because that’s where we’ve gotten beat.” Schulte said it was just a matter of the team putting together the good pieces of its game.

“We have to be tougher, we have to be gamers and we need leadership at this point.” Chandelle Schulte head coach UW Softball

“We have to play defense, hit and pitch in the same game,” Schulte said. “I can’t recall a game where we have been able to do all that. We have to be tougher, we have to be gamers and we need leadership at this point.” The Badgers will look to put it together and end their losing streak in conference play this weekend against Purdue. Schulte and her players emphasized the importance of keeping Purdue’s speedy lefty slap hitters off base. “We plan on moving the inﬁeld in closer so that they can’t bunt their

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Whitney Massey and the Badgers will welcome Purdue to Goodman Diamond this weekend as they try to earn their ﬁrst in-conference win. way on base,” Schulte said. “We’re going to make them earn every single run, which is something we haven’t been doing.” Schulte also talked about the team’s preparation for Purdue’s screwball pitcher, who they will be facing this weekend. “We’ve been working on hitting screwballs in practice,” she said. “Our game plan is to sit inside on the screwball, sit through on the

outside pitches, like her changeup and make her come out over the middle of the plate and jump on those pitches.” “We have played some of the best teams in the Big Ten so far this season, so you have to put that into perspective,” Schulte said. “We have played the best and if we do what we can versus the teams that haven’t produced like those guys, we should be OK.”

Rivalry between Messi, Ronaldo great, but coverage exaggerates recent accomplishments JACK DOYLE doyle rules

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Jay Valai will have to step in to a leadership role with the Badger defense after a hit-heavy sophomore season that made him a fan favorite.

spring game from page 8 brings impressive credentials from Iowa State and has young talent to work with considering starting cornerbacks Devin Smith and Antonio Fenelus will only be juniors this fall. Another cornerback to keep an eye on is redshirt freshman Marcus Cromartie, who had two interceptions in last weekend’s practice and may earn some meaningful reps this fall. One certainty is that the young secondary will be looking to the big-hitting Valai for leadership all year, something he’s looking to show on Saturday. “Being the old guy now, it’s a little different teaching the young bucks,” Valai said. “It’s just going to be great getting us out here on the

field again, but first and foremost it’s going to be fun having the fans here and giving them a show.” Fans shouldn’t expect to see Valai lay any serious wood in Saturday’s game considering the team wants to avoid injuries at all cost. Also, running back Montee Ball is nursing a bruised shoulder and quarterbacks Scott Tolzien and Jon Budmayr will be wearing the green no-hit jerseys to avoid any further injuries to the position after redshirt sophomore Curt Phillips went down for the year with a torn ACL injury to his knee. Still, Valai said he won’t back down from any player foolish enough to enter his domain. “It’s going to be fun,” Valai said. “You don’t want to hurt anybody, but if it’s you or me, you’ve got to be selfish on the football field.”

ometimes in life you have to make difﬁcult decisions. LeBron or Kobe? Chipotle or Qdoba? Angelina Jolie or Jennifer Aniston? Either party usually has an undying loyalty from fans who can’t understand how someone could possibly choose the other. Angelina over Jen? Like, seriously? Another raging debate—this one in the sports world—asks, Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi? Both players have incomparable talent and play for two of the world’s best clubs in Real Madrid and Barcelona, respectively. Although most people agree Ronaldo and Messi are the top two footballers on earth, each side furiously defends their star as if either one was their own child. At least that’s the case for me. I am an avid supporter of Cristiano Ronaldo and truly believe he is the world’s preeminent talent on the ﬁeld, but it is hard to ignore the case Messi is making to soccer fans around the globe that he may, in fact, be No. 1. Although I admittedly have never given Messi the credit he deserves, his performance this past season has been an eye-opener. The stats don’t lie: the 22-yearold striker from Argentina has scored an astounding 27 goals in 25 La Liga games this season and eight goals in nine Champions League matches. Four of those nine came last week against English Premier League team Arsenal that, although

depleted, should never allow a oneman show to embarrass such a prestigious club so thoroughly. And it’s not like each goal was a repetition; Messi exposed the Gunners in multiple ways. His first goal, which found the upper right corner from 18 yards out, was spectacular, but it was his third and fourth tallies that really caught my eye. To complete his hat trick, Messi streaked toward the net from just past midfield and, after seeing the keeper charging out, chipped the ball directly over the goalie’s head and watched it roll in. As for the fourth one, I suggest you just look it up on YouTube—it’s that good. One of my main qualms with the soccer media is how they take one game, such as the Arsenal one, and use it to make a case for a player being the world’s best. I admire such brilliant performances, but it takes more than a single match to define a player. Same thing goes for ridiculing someone’s performance—if a striker doesn’t score a goal in three straight matches, it’s seen as a “drought” and they have “lost their touch.” Obviously Messi has proven all season he is not a pretender, but I’ll start with a sip of the Kool-Aid before I start yelling, “Oh yeah!” No more evident was the media’s tendency to overvalue a solitary game than last Saturday’s “El Clasico.” “El Clasico,” for those who don’t know, consists of the two meetings each La Liga regular season between Barcelona and Real Madrid. Messi and Ronaldo. Surely the winner of this game proves who the best is? For Messi supporters, yes; for Ronaldo supporters, no. Admittedly, Messi had the bet-

ter game having scored a great goal to Ronaldo’s goose egg. But the headlines after the match? Absolutely ludicrous. “Leo makes a fool of Cristiano in the clash of the stars” read the Catalan daily Sport. Apparently, the paper forgot that forwards and wingers don’t match up against each other on the ﬁeld so it’s hard to say Messi made a fool of Ronaldo. The article went on further to say that Ronaldo is “light years” from Messi’s level. Wasn’t it just two years ago when Ronaldo was the FIFA World Player of the Year and scored a mind-boggling 42 goals in 46 matches? Playing as a winger those numbers are unheard of. And it’s not as if his production has dropped off that dramatically. He has notched 25 goals through 30 games, including 7 in only 5 Champions League appearances. So much for blaming CR9 for Madrid’s inability to advance. Although Ronaldo haters will forever cite his tendency to showboat, dive and not show up in big games, he still rightly owns a place among the top two players on the planet. So what can possibly put an end to the debate? For me it will take the course of their careers to put it to rest, but the media will hype it otherwise with 2010 being a World Cup year. Neither player has proven much of anything on the world’s biggest stage, so this is the year either one can establish themselves as the top footballer if they catapult their countries—Messi’s Argentina and Ronaldo’s Portugal—to the later rounds. Until then, enjoy watching Kobe dethrone King James in the NBA Finals. Who’s better: Messi or Ronaldo? E-mail Jack at doyle2@wisc.edu.

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Weekend, April 16-18, 2010

Football

Defense eager to prove itself in spring game By Justin Dean THE DAILY CARDINAL

Spring will be in the air at Camp Randall Stadium Saturday as the Wisconsin football team officially takes the field for the first time in 2010 for the annual Cardinal and White scrimmage. Nearly five weeks have passed since the Badgers opened their spring practice sessions, and suffice it to say, the players have been chomping at the bit to give fans a sneak preview of a team expected to contend for a Big Ten title and Rose Bowl berth in the 2010 season. “We had a great season last year and being off for so long, you’re eager to play in front of a crowd,” senior linebacker Culmer St. Jean said. “We’re playing against the same team and the same people, but

it’s always fun to play in front of a crowd and show what you got.” The first-string offense and defense make up the Cardinal team and will play against the second stringers on the White squad. The play of the revamped Wisconsin defense, while it will be without sophomore linebackers Chris Borland and Mike Taylor, will be the main source of intrigue given the loss of five starters, including defensive end O’Brien Schofield and safety Chris Maragos. Replacing Maragos is senior Aaron Henry, who converted from cornerback in the middle of last season and struggled to adapt to the intricacies of the new position. Henry credited fellow senior safety Jay Valai for helping him better understand his calls and technique and said his

Women’s Hockey Player of the Year Brooke Ammerman With the exodus of Wisconsin’s top offensive threats, sophomore forward Brooke Ammerman was thrust into the main goal-scoring role for the 2009-’10 season. After an impressive freshman year, Ammerman was the Badgers’ leader this season, notching 20 goals and 18 assists on Wisconsin’s top line. The Badgers struggled to ﬁnd the back of the net all season, but Ammerman was a reliable scoring threat for most of the year. With the return of forwards Meghan Duggan and Hilary Knight, watch for Ammerman to rack up even more points next season.

Season Timeline Oct. 30: Wisconsin 4, Minnesota 2 After splitting their first three seasons against normally inferior WCHA opponents, things did not look good with undefeated Minnesota coming to town. Despite their early struggles, however, the Badgers shocked the rival Gophers, winning both games of the series and showing what happens when the team played at its best. The series gave fans hope that the team had finally turned the corner, but Wisconsin failed to recapture the skill it showed Halloween weekend for most of the season. Feb. 27: Ohio State 4, Wisconsin 3 (OT) Wisconsin’s season came to an end a lot earlier than anyone would have predicted at the start of the season as Ohio State swept the Badgers in a pair of WCHA regional playoff victories in overtime. The Buckeyes’ Natalie Spooner notched a hat trick in the first game of the series, while Hokey Langan scored three goals in the second to end Wisconsin’s season. A year after claiming a third title, the Badgers bowed out of the 2009-’10 season in the first round of the postseason.

Oct. 2: North Dakota 2, Wisconsin 0 The Badgers’ opener made one thing clear: This year’s team would live under the shadow of the 2008’09 national title season and the old order of the WCHA was under threat. After a pregame ceremony honoring Wisconsin’s third title in four years, the Badgers sputtered to open the year, falling to the Sioux for the ﬁrst time ever. Although Wisconsin recovered to defeat North Dakota the next afternoon, the Badgers gave a preview of what would happen for the rest of the season.

Feb. 6: Wisconsin 6, Bemidji State 1 Like so many Wisconsin victories, it seemed the Badgers’ win in the Camp Randall classic, which featured dominant goaltending and a powerful offense, would propel the Badgers to success for the rest of the season. Wisconsin backed up its 6-1 win with a 2-0 loss, however, and the Badgers’ trend of losing to teams they should beat only continued. Final Record: 18-15-3

comfort at the position has risen drastically since last season. “I think spring is a time to come out here and work on your technique, but this is where you’re going to see the majority of your improvement,” Henry said. “[Saturday] is deﬁnitely a chance for everybody to show what they’ve been doing all spring.” There are plenty of questions about a secondary that surrendered 217 passing yards per game last season and was badly exposed in losses to Iowa and Northwestern. On top of that, defensive backs coach Kerry Cooks left this offseason to join Brian Kelly’s staff at Notre Dame. But his replacement, Chris Ash, spring game page 7

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Culmer St. Jean and the Badgers will take the ﬁeld for the annual spring game at Camp Randall Stadium Saturday.

Inconsistent Badgers never put it all together in national title defense

By Nico Savidge THE DAILY CARDINAL

This was not how the season was supposed to go. After winning a third national championship in four years, the Wisconsin women’s hockey team was supposed to trample the competition in the 2009-’10 season and storm their way to another title. That was the plan, at least. In reality, though, this team was nothing like the one that dominated college hockey the year before. Gone were the six crucial seniors that helped lead the Badgers to the 2009 title, including team captain Erika Lawler and goaltender Jessie Vetter. As if that was not enough to lose, two more players—junior forward Meghan Duggan and sophomore forward Hilary Knight—and head coach Mark Johnson were also absent for the year to compete for a gold medal with the U.S. national team at the 2010 Olympics. All told, the Badgers lost four of their top ﬁve scorers from the year before, their world-beating goalie and their head coach, with each loss having a massive impact on the 2009-’10 campaign. Clearly, the path to a national title would not be as easy this time around, and Wisconsin struggled to play to their potential all season, ending the year with a disappointing defeat in the WCHA playoffs and no trip to the NCAA postseason. It was clear that the Olympic year had upset the old order of women’s college hockey, but no team fell as hard as the Badgers did. Ranked No. 1 at the start of the year, Wisconsin never played up to that moniker, starting with their sea-

son-opening loss to North Dakota. The Badgers struggled offensively and could not stay out of the penalty box all game, resulting in a 2-0 loss that sent shockwaves through the locker room. For a group that has seen the success the Badgers have had, defeat was an unfamiliar concept, especially against the Sioux, a team Wisconsin had never lost to in the program’s history. But the season opener was the tip of the iceberg this year—although the Badgers came back the next day to defeat North Dakota, they set a precedent for series-opening losses that would continue through most of the season. Wisconsin had games where it looked like its old, dominant self— including their four contests against Minnesota, a powerhouse that stayed strong this year—but for the most part they were a model of inconsistency. While the team could sweep the No. 1 Gophers one weekend, they would come out and struggle the next against a far weaker opponent. Ultimately, it was that inability to win the easy ones and keep up a consistently high level of play

that doomed the Badgers to their early exit against Ohio State in the WCHA playoffs. Two factors contributed to Wisconsin’s struggles more than anything else: the lack of a reliable goaltender and an offense that could not ﬁnd the back of the net. Without Vetter, the Badgers relied on senior Alannah McCready and freshman Becca Ruegsegger in goal, who turned in performances that were dominant on some nights but uninspired and mediocre on others. Obviously nobody expected McCready or Ruegsegger to be as good as Vetter, but neither goalie proved deserving of the starting role the entire season. Next year, the Badgers will try to recover from the disappointment of the 2009-’10 season with a revamped lineup ﬁlled with highly touted recruits and made even more dangerous with the return of Knight, Duggan and Johnson from the Olympic team. Still, for a team that is used to winning national titles, this season will mark a low point they will be eager to put behind them.

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Becca Ruegsegger showed a great deal of potential in her freshman season but was never consistent enough to earn the starting job.