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Brown’s win may signal swing to GOP in 2010 By Alison DirrThe Daily CarDinal

The historically blue state of Massachusetts witnessed a shift in politics when Republican state Sen. Scott Brown beat his Democratic challenger in the Massachusetts Senate race Tuesday.

This shift, which comes exactly one year after President Barack Obama’s inauguration and the Democrats’ sweeping victory in both houses of Congress, has left Wisconsinites on both sides of the aisle wondering if this is the begin-ning of a Republican comeback.

Some Republicans say they wel-come a possible shift of power, hail-ing the Brown victory as a sign of change to come.

“Scott Brown’s victory is a clear sign that in the bluest of blue states, [Republicans] can win,” Kristin Ruesch, communication director for the Republican Party of Wisconsin, said. “We’re coming

for Russ Feingold and Wisconsin Congressional Democrats next.”

Jill Bader, communication director for Republican guberna-torial candidate and Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker, also expressed confidence that Brown’s victory signals a shift of power away from Democrats.

“Scott Brown and Scott Walker’s messages are very simi-lar,” Bader said. “It’s that we, the people, can take back our govern-ment and make the government work for the people again.”

Although Democrats have lost their 60th Senate seat, some, like Chair Democratic Party of Wisconsin Mike Tate, say November will not yield similar results in Wisconsin.

“In many ways, this election will serve to embolden and redouble efforts of the Democratic Party in Wisconsin,” Tate said in a confer-ence call with the media.

The unexpected win in Massachusetts, a state that sup-ported Democratic U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy for 46 years, has members of the party wondering how easy their bids will be this election cycle.

This turnover, however, was not surprising to UW-Madison College Democrats Chair Molly Rivera.

“I don’t think that Massachusetts is as liberal as people think,” Rivera said. “I think there are just as many Republicans, but [the seat] had been dominated by Ted Kennedy, who would be a very difficult candidate to beat.” Rivera said that this was just the normal cycle of politics.

Whether or not Brown’s win in Massachusetts foreshadows a major shift come November, partisans on both sides of the aisle agree this vic-tory will change Senate dynamics and possibly the outcome of the pending national health-care bill.

Athletic ticket prices may increase next fall

UW-Madison Athletic Board offi-cials discussed the possibility of increased ticket prices Tuesday for the 2010-’11 Athletic Department budget.

John Jentz, UW-Madison associ-ate athletic director for business opera-tions, said because the Athletic Board has exhausted its alternative cost saving techniques, an increase in ticket prices is likely for next year.

He said the Athletic Department needs to generate nearly $60 million for the upcoming budget.

“For the coming year, in order to maintain our competitiveness and keep our facilities up to speed, we’re prob-ably going to have to ask for something more,” he said.

However, the board members are still unsure exactly which sports tickets would be affected, or by how much the prices would increase, according to Jentz.

He said about 70 percent of the

budget money typically comes from fans through ticket sales, concessions and donations, so the challenge is to increase the price enough without losing consis-tency in ticket sales.

“That’s the big question facing the industry right now,” Jentz said.

UW-Madison junior David Groskopf said he would be upset to see ticket prices increase because there have already been several cutbacks this year, such as the lack of free “grateful red” T-shirts at men’s basketball games.

“But since I am a huge sports fan, I will definitely still buy tickets next year,” he said.

The price for a single football ticket is currently $39. Men’s basketball is $24, and men’s hockey is $21.

The Athletic Board will make the final decision regarding ticket prices at their meeting Feb. 16.

—Kelsey Gunderson

By Estephany EscobarThe Daily CarDinal

The UW-Madison Center for the Humanities held a panel dis-cussion at the Madison Public Library Wednesday about race and racism in relation to the Obama administration.

The discussion, “Taking Stock of Race and Racism: A Year after Obama’s Inauguration,” featured four UW-Madison faculty mem-bers who voiced their opinions and responded to public questions about the impact of Obama’s presi-dency on race relations.

Tracy Curtis, a UW-Madison Afro-American studies assistant professor, said Obama’s presidency brought symbolic importance to race and racism discussions but has not brought change into people’s

everyday life.“It’s difficult for Barack Obama

himself, he is just one person, despite that he is the president, to change the way people interact on their day-to-day lives,” Curtis said. “In order for race relations to change, it’s necessary for people to be involved in interacting with people that are not the same as they are.”

According to Kathy Cramer Walsh, a UW-Madison political science professor, the government cannot change the country in a short period of time as people may have expected.

“We expect impossible things from our president,“ she said. “It’s ridiculous to expect him to change the world in a year.”

Will Jones, a UW-Madison his-

tory professor, agreed with the other panelists, stressing the importance of the public taking action and said people should demand the govern-ment to work towards eliminating racial inequality.

“I don’t want to live in a post-racial society, I want to live in a post-racist society,” he said. “I think we all confuse the terms race and racism and I think the prob-lem is racism, not race.”

Doria Johnson, a UW-Madison graduate student who attended the event, said hearing the speakers helped her become more knowl-edgeable about the topic of racism.

“To hear them talk about, hon-estly, what Barack Obama means to our current everyday lives, and how they addressed it honestly gave us things to think about,” she said.

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Urban Design Commission considers Target and Edgewater Hotel proposalsBy Beth PickhardThe Daily CarDinal

The Urban Design Commission met Wednesday night to discuss proposals for the Target retailer on Midvale Boulevard and renovations to Edgewater Hotel.

The Edgewater Hotel proposal has been redeveloped to reduce the height of

the 1940’s structure by three stories and lighten the tone, as well as add lighting to the top of the tower.

There is also a “365-day outdoor space” proposed, which would accommo-date private events like weddings and pro-vide a public ice skating rink in the winter.

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Last semester the New Beer desk took a look at one of the other installments in Capital Brewery’s Capital Square Series, the Eisphyre. The Capital Square series seeks to capture the best of Madison in a bottle, and Eisphyre did just that, pro-viding a sweet, strong beer full of hints of caramel and dried fruit that made Eisphyre not only the best dopplebock, but the best-reviewed beer of the semester.

The newest installment in the series, the Imperial Dopplebock, is sweeter than its predecessor, and is certainly a delightful beer, but like many sequels, it cannot quite live up to the hype of the original.

Like Eisphyre, Imperial Dopplebock is an overly sweet dopplebock, with the initial smell hinting at the blend of caramel and candi sugar on the inside. The beer is light, and despite its nine percent alcohol per volume, there is nary a taste of alcohol. Instead, you’re given

an eminently drinkable dopple-bock that seems well on its way to being one of the better beers of the semester.

Unfortunately, as time goes on, Imperial Dopplebock’s lus-ter wears off a bit. As the beer warms, the alcohol taste becomes apparent, and makes the sweetness slightly sickly. The beer is good for the first three quarters of the bottle, but its last few sips didn’t hold a candle to the rest of the bottle.

If you’re a true beer con-noisseur, and pride yourself on sampling a diversity of brews, then Imperial Dopplebock is a must-have. Like the other beers in the Capital Brewery series, less than 1000 barrels of the beer were brewed, and it will be years before Capital Brewery releases it again. That, along with finding a saccharine-sweet dopplebock that actually leaves the drinker satisfied makes Imperial a must-have.

However, like Eisphyre, quality comes at a price.

Imperial Dopplebock retails at $11.99 for a four-pack, a pro-hibitive cost for cheap college students who can spend that much on a 30-pack of cheap beer. One idea is to coerce a beer-loving father or relative to go splitsies on a pack, so you can savor the flavor without your wallet taking too much of a hit. Whatever method you decide, try to get your hands on Imperial Dopplebock, before it disappears off the shelves for good.

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A s my fi nal year at UW-Madison winds to a slow and painful close, I can’t help but

look back upon some of the more memorable moments of my time here. Sure, the football Saturdays, the sunsets at Memorial Union and the nights when I called my ex-girl-friend Sherry upwards of 76 times rank up there in my memories, but somehow many classroom stories still stick out in my memory. We are lucky enough to have some of the most unique and infl uential professors at UW-Madison, and some of my most defi ning moments came at the hands of their lessons, no matter how serious or silly. As a sort of written tribute, I thought I’d share some of my most favorite teaching moments from my time in Madison.

One of the fi rst memorable profes-sorial moments occurred when I was on my way to take a fi nal exam in a social work class my freshman year.

As we entered our testing location, we found a note from the professor say-ing that the exam location had moved to another building and we should go there as soon as possible. As we left, a homeless man accosted each one of us, asking for help in any shape or form. I did not see if anyone stopped to help him, but I told him I was in a hurry and he should e-mail me after the exam if he needed anything.

Once we got to the new exam loca-tion, our professor asked if any of us had stopped to help the homeless man. When we all explained that we had not, he informed us that the homeless man had been a setup, none of us had learned anything from his social work course and we had all failed the fi nal exam. All of a sudden, a student came in riding the homeless man like a bull, slapping his ass and hollering “Hi-ho Silver!” Thanks to that student, we all received D’s on the exam, he received an F and the professor for that social work class committed suicide shortly thereafter. How wacky!

The next memory occurred in a childhood development class. We had just gotten done discussing the effects of divorce on children when the professor informed us that sta-

tistically, 50 percent of the people in this room would end up divorced. As I looked around, I noticed about half of the students high-fi ving each other. When I asked the guy next to me why, he explained he wouldn’t feel so bad about cheating on his girl-friend since he knew they’d likely get divorced anyways. I also raised my hand and asked the professor if she thought I would end up divorced. She laughed and said no one would ever love me. Ah, memories! (Slight pause while Jon wipes the tears out of his eyes.)

Thankfully, the next moment I recall was a bit funnier than the last two. As it turned out, the geology professor I had sophomore year was also an amateur hypnotist. On our last day, he offered to hypnotize any brave souls from the class. I sheep-ishly volunteered, and before I knew it, the guy had me imitating barn animals and howling at the moon. Now, I can’t confi rm this, but some friends of mine in the class claim that while I was hypnotized, the professor asked me to reveal an embarrass-ing secret I had. Apparently, I told him that I slept with a geology TA to get an A on a volcanic eruption

lab. Also, I supposedly made a really clever pun involving having sex with the TA and volcanic eruptions. All I remember is waking up in front of a silent class as one woman in the back ran out of the room. Good class, but I’m still wondering how I ended up with that BC.

I’ve saved my most beloved profes-sor as the focus of my very last and personal favorite story from my time as a student at UW-Madison. We never actually knew the professor’s name, but we always called him Prof. Pale. He never actually taught anything, but he had the most quirky sense of humor! Prof. Pale would always make us laugh by moaning endlessly, shuffl ing around the classroom with a slight limp and occasionally biting one of us on the skull. Later on we found out he was a zombie, and he actually ate our origi-nal professor. Out of any of the special professors and instructors I’ve had over the years, I’d say Prof. Pale changed me the most as a person.

Specifi cally, he changed me into a zombie. Good guy, though. Great at differential equations.

Do you want to hear more about Prof. Pale? Send your brains to Jon at brains4lyfe@wisc.edu.

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New interim chancellor named forUW Colleges and UW-Extension

Marv Van Kekerix is set to become the interim chancellor of UW Colleges and UW-Extension, the UW System announced Wednesday.

Van Kekerix will replace previous UW Colleges and UW-Extension Chancellor David Wilson, who announced his resignation early last December. Wilson plans to become president of Morgan State University, located in Maryland.

Van Kekerix will serve as chan-cellor until January 2011, accord-

ing to a statement.“We’re fortunate to have an inter-

im leader who already understands these statewide networks, partner-ships and diverse educational pro-grams,” UW System President Kevin Reilly said in a statement.

The UW System Board of Regents will vote on Van Kekerix’s final approval next month. He cur-rently serves as the UW-Madison vice provost and dean of the Division of Continuing Studies.

Wisconsin Supreme Court denies hearing to Zimmermann’s fiancé

The Wisconsin Supreme Court will not hear the appeal of Jordan Gonnering, fiancé of slain UW-Madison college stu-dent Brittany Zimmermann. Gonnering will likely take the case to a lower appeals court where he can continue his attempt to recover damages from her death.

Zimmermann’s fatal stabbing

by an unknown intruder in April 2008 provoked a firestorm of crit-icism when police did not respond to her call to the Dane County 911 Center for nearly an hour.

Gonnering discovered his fianceé’s body in the apartment they shared.

He is now suing the apart-ment’s management over security and Dane County for failing to

respond to Zimmermann’s 911 call before she died.

Gonnering says because he and Zimmermann were engaged at the time, they were family, and there-fore he is entitled to damages.

However, the justices have disagreed and dismissed the case.

The court’s refusal to hear the case sends it back to an appeals court, which has yet to rule.

Ceremony set for UW-Madison student killed over break

The UW-Madison School of Social Work will hold a ceremony next week in remembrance of the UW-Madison student who was killed Dec. 31.

Shanica Adkins was a UW-Madison senior majoring in social work and sociology when she was killed in Milwaukee on New Year’s Eve in a car accident caused by another driver who was allegedly flee-ing the police at the time.

According to a UW-Madison release, Adkins was also an active volun-

teer who spent her time working with children at the Boys and Girls Club and tutoring middle-school students in the Pre-College Enrichment Program for Learning Experience, a program Adkins formerly participated in as well.

“Shanica knew that education was the key to achieving her dream of becoming a social worker,” Jacqueline DeWalt, director of PEOPLE, said.

The ceremony is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 25, from 10-11:30 a.m. in Tripp Commons at Memorial Union.

Gov. Jim Doyle announced his plans Tuesday to create a Southeastern Regional Transit Authority aiming to improve rail and bus services between Milwaukee, Kenosha and Racine.

“We now have a good, solid plan for a Southeastern Regional Transit Authority,” Doyle said in a state-ment. “We have the support of local communities, the support of legisla-tors and the support of the state’s business leaders.”

According to the Southeastern Wisconsin Coalition for Transit NOW, the plan includes the creation of a commuter rail line between

Kenosha, Racine and Milwaukee that is faster and features more fre-quent stops. Service on the rail line is planned to begin during 2012.

Although Doyle said this proj-ect would create jobs and prop-erty tax relief, state Sen. Neal Kedzie, R-Elkhorn, said he believes taxpayers would carry the burden of the fund-ing for the plan.

“To me the acronym of RTA stands for regional taxing authority,” Kedzie said. “It is nothing but a huge taxing program that is used to sub-sidize the lack of ridership for pro-grams such as mass transit and rail.”

Kedzie said the primary problem with the plan is that it “tries to re-establish the infrastructure, much of which we gave up decades ago at the cost to reinvest and rebuild lines.”

Although Kedzie said he believes a better option would be to focus on the improvement of bus lines, Doyle said he is confident this will ultimately benefit the Milwaukee metro area.

“Regional transit doesn’t just improve the way we move people and goods, it improves the overall economy in southeast Wisconsin.”

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Hammes Co. President Robert Dunn said the public space needs to be improved significantly because the community does not currently use it.

“It is as uninviting a public space as I can imagine,” he said. “No one has ever gone down there for the enjoyment of the space.”

Community member John Martens said the public space would become too private.

“This is not a public space. We expect more … it needs to feel more like a park than a hotel plaza,” he said.

Gene Devitt, who lives near the Edgewater Hotel, also expressed his disapproval of private events in an area he called a “residential, quiet zone.”

Additionally, the commission

moved to postpone initial approval of design plans for a new Target near Hilldale Mall due to traffic concerns.

Commission members believe traffic moving west on University Avenue will have trouble making a left turn into the shopping center.

Jaci Bell, a development manager for Target, revealed design plans for the store. The building will have a parking area on the ground level while the store will be located on the first floor, therefore using less space than typical Target stores. She said the park-ing area accommodates 350 vehicles.

Ald. Chris Schmidt, Dist. 11, urged commission members to consider issues important to resi-dents in the area: pedestrian traffic and sustainability.

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P erhaps it’s just my status as a perpetual political junkie, but I can’t help but com-

plain about the absence of a notice-able gubernatorial race in this state. As the capital and second larg-est city in Wisconsin, we should expect more activity in Madison from the major candidates for gov-ernor. Recently, I haven’t heard anything besides fundraising pleas from Democrat Tom Barrett or Republican Scott Walker.

Sheer inactivity pushed the underdog Republican right out of the race. Not long ago, I held out hope that Mark Neumann would have a chance at the Republican nomination, if only to make the general campaign about issues. But Neumann has done noth-ing visible to transfer the right’s momentum from Walker’s camp to his own. Anything at this point would be too little, too late. Goodbye, Neumann.

I recently overheard a conversa-tion between two liberals in which one said, “Tom Barrett’s website consists of two links: donate and volunteer.” The other replied, “Volunteer for what?” Too many voters aren’t sure who either candi-date is, let alone their platforms.

Even kooky Scott Walker has managed to tone down the antics and keep out of the media spotlight. But isn’t free media a primary goal of any politician? Plaster your face across newspapers and TVs so when those dummies get to the polls they pull the lever because they heard your name once or twice?

Maybe Barrett and Walker are being smart by flying under the radar where video cameras can’t capture campaign-crushing gaffes. In silence, they can offer nearly exclusive attention to party hardliners, who donate and vol-unteer more when the campaign trail gets hot and heavy.

Neither candidate wants to be in voters’ faces for so long that Wisconsinites hate everyone on Election Day. Walker and Barrett might as well spend this time rack-ing up enormous bank accounts to spend closer to November. Last June, Walker already had $1.1 million in cash on hand. Barrett raised $750,000 in the fi rst seven weeks of his campaign, making his total in the bank around $1.5 mil-lion. That kind of money will buy enough space to annoy the crap out of every Sconnie come November. Perhaps we are lucky the candidates are shying from the spotlight.

But money alone can’t buy a seat. Candidate image is still crucial. Republican Scott Brown’s Tuesday win of Ted Kennedy’s former Senate seat is not an indicator that most

Americans don’t want health insur-ance reform, or that the Republicans will win big in the upcoming Congressional elections. The special election was one seat in one state, despite the possible consequences for all Americans. No matter how many outsiders annoyed Massachusetts residents with phone calls from for-eign area codes, in the end, only Massachusetts voted. Massachusetts already has health care. They voted for Scott Brown as their senator for at least three years, not solely as a vote against national health insur-ance reform.

But former naked Cosmo cen-terfold Scott Brown didn’t win because of the far-right conserva-tives waving “the tea party ver-sion of the American flag” at his victory speech. He won because he ran a better campaign.

It seems elementary, because it is. All the more reason for me to be surprised by the lack of campaigning in Wisconsin. Whoever wants to win needs to thrust themselves out in the open and create a positive image in the eye of the moderate public. Martha Coakley lost to Brown not because she had more money or was a Democrat in Massachusetts, but largely because of a closed, aloof campaign image. She wouldn’t even answer a reporter’s interrogation as to what kind of candy she hands out for Halloween.

Walker and Barrett should not associate themselves too close-ly with the overblown nation-al trends falsely credited with the results in Massachusetts. Barrett must be his own man, not Obama’s protégé, and Walker would do best by distancing him-self from the tea partiers. Such national phenomena seem loud-er than their weight because of the megaphone of the national media. The Republican Party is at no immediate risk of being cloven in two by the tea party. And President Obama is taking care of himself just fine. Even with überliberals breathing down his back and conservatives trying to tea bag him, his legislative accomplishment rate is the high-est of any POTUS ever—96.7 percent, according to nonpartisan Congressional Quarterly.

Wisconsin voters are time-lessly independent—not in the sense that we love Ross Perot, but in the sense that we don’t always vote party line and are often swayed by individuals, not just national trends.

Hopefully Tom Barrett can avoid entanglements with the national soap opera. If he can finally introduce himself effective-ly to the massive moderate major-ity of Wisconsin, he can easily pull a Scott Brown. And possibly even get a centerfold in Cosmo.

Jamie Stark is a sophomore majoring in journalism and political science. Please send all responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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By Danielle HarrisMULTI-CULTURAL STUDENT COALITION

The Multi-Cultural Student Coalition is an alliance of stu-dents deeply committed to social justice and the principles of exclusivity, integrity, respon-sibility and respect. Naturally, we find that it is our duty to serve as an “umbrella organiza-tion” to provide a voice for stu-dents who relate to our mission. What makes this so beautiful is the variety of individuals who are able to find characteristics within themselves to identify with MCSC’s qualities. We are unique in the sense that we do not allow our differences to tear us apart, but instead to unite us. MCSC has decided to indulge in the opportunity to provide our united expressions via this regularly-printed column. We are student representatives of a collective, an organization that embodies the viewpoints of our mission’s followers.

It is important to carefully amplify our perspective on vari-ous issues. We take such action in the hope that we will extend our knowledge of the past, express our reactions to current issues and attract a greater popula-tion to our historically influ-enced mission. The great Martin Luther King Jr. once stated that “Our lives begin to end the day

we become silent about things that matter.” This serves as an appropriate explanation for why our coalition exists and why you will see this column for the remainder of this semester.

Dr. King’s teachings are part of the legacies, lessons and prac-tices that have contributed to molding society into what it is today. Monday, Jan. 18 was a day nationally recognized as an American holiday in which we celebrate his contributions by dedicating the day to service. On this day, we each attempt to imitate what King devoted his entire life to.

King has taught us to attack issues of social justice through service and acts of nonviolence. He dedicated tremendous effort toward transforming America into the “Beloved Community.” He imagined this to be filled with citizens devoted to the uplift-ing of our individual communi-ties, to the empowerment of each

other and toward looking past any differences that may exist. As Americans who are inspired by King’s dream, we subconsciously attempt to contribute to the con-tinuation of accomplishing what he has envisioned. Potential exists within each of us to be an asset toward his vision.

Keeping King’s “Beloved Community” in mind, what are we doing today to uplift and empower each other? We have become known as the “Me Generation” with the ste-reotype of focusing on the upbring-ing of ourselves as individuals rather than ourselves as a population. Perhaps we should consider realign-ing our efforts toward aiding the individual and community simulta-neously, as we cannot each succeed alone. Existing as a coalition brings so many advantages, extreme sup-port and the opportunity to make such a great impact as long as it remains intact.

MCSC attempts to advance King’s dream by enriching the UW-Madison community as a coalition. We want our content in this col-umn to open dialogue amongst students here at UW. This is a small measure in which we can embark in sharing our individual knowl-edge so that we may empower each other and further expand our cul-tural competence. This is an expan-sion of the Wisconsin Experience, a way for us to learn from each other without the use of the classroom. This proves that as UW students within this coalition, our knowl-edge is developed 24 hours a day.

In dedication to King, it is only appropriate to close by quoting him. He once said, “An individual has not started liv-ing until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individu-alistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.” Let us not forget the legacy that we have inherited from great leaders such as King. More importantly, let’s continue to provide addi-tions to this legacy.

Danielle Harris is a mem-ber of the Multi-Cultural Student Coalition. Please send all responses toopinion@dailycardinal.com.

King’s legacy of unitylives on through service

Whoever wants to win needs to thrust themselves out in

the open and create a positive image in the eye of the moder-

ate public.

Perhaps we should consider realigning our efforts toward

aiding the individual and com-munity simultaneously, as we cannot each succeed alone.

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Barrett, Walker shouldstop AWOL campaigns

But money alone can’t buy a seat. Candidate image is still

crucial.

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Hustler’s Son lacks simple structureBy Todd StevensTHE DAILY CARDINAL

When associated with a suc-cessful act, it can be hard to break out of its shadow and make it on your own. Just ask Conan O’Brien. Anybody in this scenario is always faced with the rock-and-a-hard-place dilemma of the need to fi nd a unique style while making use of the strengths that made past col-laborations so successful.

One of the latest musicians to face this quandary is Jason Boesel, drummer for Rilo Kiley and Bright Eyes, among others. On his new album Hustler’s Son, Boesel does his best to carve out his own niche from all his associ-ated acts and col-leagues, but what he ends up with instead seems more like a collage that tries to encompass them all, mostly to the album’s detriment, both in original-ity and construction.

Part of that collage is no doubt due in part to a substantial number of appearances Boesel’s buddies make on the album. Bright Eyes’ Nate Walcott, Rilo Kiley’s Blake Sennett and The Elected’s Mike Bloom all show up in various capacities, and while most of their contributions are minor, they make a noticeable dif-ference. Boesel’s ties to these projects are clear from the album’s sound, particularly the Conor Oberst proj-ects he has worked on, Bright Eyes

and the Mystic Valley Band. The folk-heavy song “Hand of God” in particular would have been right at home in Oberst’s catalogue, and it clicks pretty well for Boesel, too, though its lack of originality doesn’t help its cause.

Boesel makes sure to show his Rilo Kiley classic pop infl uences as well on tracks like “French Kissing” and “Miracles” but here fails to bring the same level of ease and comfort seen on “Hand of God.” It doesn’t

help that Boesel’s strengths simply are not tailored for these kinds of songs. Boesel is a talented lyri-cist, which is one reason why he slips into Oberst’s mold so easily, but his songwriting talents don’t quite

allow him to create a full, deep sound like “Miracles” tries to pull off. He also doesn’t have the benefi t of Jenny Lewis’ seductively adorable voice, which helps redeem some of Rilo Kiley’s weaker efforts. Instead, Boesel’s voice sounds like an amal-gamation of M.Ward and Dan Bern, which is perfectly compatible with his sound but doesn’t allow him to lift any tracks up to a different level.

It’s when Boesel strips his songs down to the bare minimum that Hustler’s Son is most successful. The standout track, “Was It, Man,” begins with nothing but Boesel and his guitar, gradually adding accom-

paniment until it reaches the most subtle crescendo and decrescendo imaginable. “New World Mama” also ups the quality a bit with its similar skin and bones feel and mellow, peaceful tone. Hustler’s Son actually could have been an excel-lent acoustic album if Boesel had just been a little less ambitious and stuck with this style.

But ultimately the biggest problem with Hustler’s Son is a troublesome paradox. Boesel has created a playlist made out of seemingly disparate pieces from various influences that just don’t

mesh, yet somehow everything still blurs together with even the standout songs getting lost in the fray. The entire album lacks the focus needed to create some level of cohesion, and if Boesel can’t stop himself from straying over the course of one album, it’s hard to expect any listener to do better. Drifting from the spare “New World Mama” to the heavier “Miracles” to the Randy Newman-inspired title track, then switching to the Southwestern staccato musings of “Getting Healthy (Good Luck)” is a recipe

for awkward bemusement, not a quality solo album.

While the lack of a person-al unique sound doesn’t help Hustler’s Son, the fatal flaw is simple structure. What Boesel has created with this album is some-thing akin to a city bus. Certain songs make it look like the album is really rolling, but it always ends up taking a stop that breaks up the momentum, almost like clockwork. Maybe buses work well for Boesel, but in this case, he probably should have taken a taxi instead.

Four understated cinematic gems that should make a Madison appearance

M adison’s cinema scene is excellent, relatively speaking. On any given

weekend, no fewer than four local venues are playing fi lms worth watch-ing. Four Star Video Heaven (on North Henry Street) is the most inex-haustible movie rental joint I’ve ever patronized. For the outrageous price of $0.00, the Cinematheque con-tinually provides us with opportuni-ties to see fi lms we’ll probably never again be able to see. The Wisconsin Film Festival begins on April 15 and it promises to be as stacked with must-sees as it is every year. If you’ve got an insatiable appetite for cinema, Madison is one of the better places you could be living at the moment. But in the interest of combating com-placency, the following ought to be said: We can do better.

Having undertaken a couple of excursions to New York City—which remains the fi lm capital of North America, obscene ticket prices notwithstanding—over the break, I’ve returned to Madison with a shortlist of recent fi lms that I’d like to see playing here at some point this semester. These four fi lms aren’t out on DVD yet, though at least one of them will be very soon. All four are or seem to be (I’ve only seen two of the four) signifi cant achievements that Madison audi-ences deserve an opportunity to catch on the big screen.

1. “35 Shots of Rum” – This sen-suous slow-burner, directed by Claire

Denis, tracks a series of subtle changes in the relationship between a Parisian metro conductor and his newly wom-anlike daughter. Denis’ reputation in the U.S. is unfortunately restricted, for the most part, to critics and the occa-sional scholar; I say “unfortunately” because she’s responsible for some of the most dynamic and mysterious cin-ema of the last 20 years. “35 Shots of Rum” is said to present an incredibly affecting image of the contemporary family: multicultural, lower-middle-class, fractured and healed several times over. I haven’t seen it, but because I’m pretty familiar with the rest of Denis’ awesome oeuvre, I can confi dently say that Madison would benefi t from this fi lm coming here, and I’m not just say-ing that because I want to see it very, very badly.

2. “The White Ribbon” – The latest fi lm by Austrian director Michael Haneke won the Palme d’Or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival by out-crueling the rest of its extraordi-narily brutal competitors. However, the cruelty of “The White Ribbon” isn’t nearly as graphic as that of those other fi lms, most of which likely won’t make it out here ever (with the notable exception of Lars von Trier’s “Antichrist,” which already played at the Orpheum in December). Instead of overloading our moral circuitry by forcing us to confront the violence

that resides in our collective uncon-scious, Haneke patiently builds a convincing case that the line between “puritan” and “psychopath” is ter-ribly thin. “The White Ribbon” is a Sony Pictures Classics property, lead-ing me to believe that it may arrive here within the next few months. Let’s hope so: It’s both intellectually rewarding and visually striking—just the sort of fi lm that Madison audi-ences deserve.

3. “Police, Adjective” – If you didn’t already know, Romania has been putting together a world-renowned national cin-ema over the course of the last decade. Corneliu Porumboiu, the writer and director of “Police, Adjective,” is at the forefront of the movement that has, some-what unfortunately, been named the “Romanian New Wave.” “Police, Adjective” is really funny, really smart and really cleverly constructed. Through a series of meandering street scenes, long takes in offices that render tangi-ble the metaphysical activity pres-ent in even life’s dullest moments, and philosophical conversations that take their sweet time arriv-ing at firm propositions about language and ethics, “Police, Adjective” is like an episode of “Law and Order” written by a tag team of Jim Jarmusch and Ludwig Wittgenstein. It’s a film of ideas, and those ideas are con-veyed in a wonderfully accessible and wry way.

4. “The Wild Grass” – This, the latest and perhaps last work by legendary French director Alain Resnais (who’s 87 years old), is distinct from the other three fi lms discussed here in that it hasn’t been

distributed theatrically in the U.S. since playing at the 2009 New York Film Festival in September. Resnais is a towering fi gure in the history of cinema—a contemporary of the French New Wave, an innovative modernist and an unapologetic for-malist—and “The Wild Grass” is said to be a complete summation of his thematic and aesthetic concerns from the 1940s on to the present. The fi lm is another Sony Pictures Classics property, so it may come here sometime after its initial run

in NYC. Fingers crossed.Obviously the potential audi-

ences for these four films would be relatively limited, even in a cul-ture-curious town like Madison. But that’s the thing about any artistic vanguard. The works may speak to a select few, yet what they say and how they say it are some-times immeasurably important.

Any films missing from this list you want to see playing in Madison? E-mail Dan with sugges-tions at dasullivan@wisc.edu.

Jason Boesel is best known for his work as the drummer in Rilo Kiley, but after the disappointing lack of originality in his latest solo endeavor, perhaps that’s where he should have exclusively stayed.

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DAN SULLIVANsullivan’s travels

The works may speak to a select few, yet what they say

and how they say it are some-times immeasurably important.

Hustler’s SonJason Boesel

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Charlie and Boomer By natasha Soglin soglin@wisc.edu

They should have called it “The Wisconsin Chainsaw Massacre” The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was originally entitled “Headcheese” but was changed at the last minute.

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By Mark BennettTHE DAILY CARDINAL

Prior to the start of the season, the Wisconsin women’s basketball team was picked to fi nish as low as 10th in Big Ten. Those early expec-tations are something the team has not forgotten.

“I think that infused us with this ability to play with toughness and some grittiness,” junior for-ward Tara Steinbauer said. “We’ve

essentially played with a chip on our shoulder all season, and that’s one of our biggest assets so far.”

An asset indeed.Wisconsin has blown all pre-

season expectations out of the water and currently sits in third place in the Big Ten. Additionally, with the release of the latest Associated Press poll, the Badgers find themselves just one spot out of the top 25.

Thursday night, the Badgers have a shot to win their fifth straight conference matchup and claim possession of second place in the Big Ten with a win over Penn State.

Even with the success and rec-ognition these recent weeks have brought, the team is keeping a focused attitude heading into tonight’s game.

“We’re just going to do the same thing, work hard, and then go out there and compete like we usually do,” senior guard Rae Lin D’Alie said.

Yet the Badgers have their hands full facing Penn State. Wisconsin has the task of defend-ing the second highest scorer in the conference in senior guard Tyra Grant, who is averaging 19.7 points per game.

Grant and the rest of the Nittany Lions will be up against the top defense in the Big Ten, however, and the 11th best in the nation. The Badgers allow only 52.2 points per game—almost four fewer per game than the next best defense, Purdue.

But Wisconsin sits at the bot-tom of the conference in scoring offense, despite its 5-3 record.

“I think this is a great sign that defense really does win games,” Steinbauer said. “We’ve known what kind of defensive team we are and we stick to those principles, and I think that’s the key for why we’re where we’re at right now.”

On the offensive side of the ball, freshman guard Taylor Wurtz has been named Big Ten Freshman of the Week for the second consecutive week. Wurtz has made the most of her play-ing time and currently leads the team in field goal percentage, while placing ninth best in that category in the Big Ten.

Cheering on Wurtz and the rest of the Badgers Sunday night were over 8,000 fans, but there has generally been a lack of students at

most home games throughout the year. So why should the students come out to support their team?

“I would just say it’s fun,” Steinbauer said. “We have a blast on and off the court, and it would be great. It would honestly give us such an energy boost.”

Additionally, Thursday night is student night, which means free admission for every student and free pizza while supplies last. The game tips off at 7 p.m. at the Kohl Center.

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when a last-second goal tied it and a turnover turned to a quick Pioneer score in the extra period. Before that weekend, the Badgers still had a chance to win the WCHA, but instead they dropped fi ve of their last six in the regular season, losing to Denver once more in the conference tournament to miss the NCAAs by the slimmest of margins.

The DU-Wisconsin rivalry has recently been a quirky one, as both teams have been strong in each other’s building and both coaches, Eaves and George Gwozdecky, were teammates on the Badgers’ 1977 championship team.

So the question is, can the Badgers’ take that step? If it’s going to happen, this is the moment.

After Denver comes No. 4 Duluth, but the journey back to the top starts Friday night.

“We have more games after this weekend ... but [this series] is an important part because of where these teams stand,” Eaves said.

In a few days at the Kohl Center, destiny awaits.

Think this weekend the Badgers can channel the 2008 team that upset Denver in the tournament? Let Ben know, or set him straight about some-thing else at breiner@wisc.edu.

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Wisconsin looks to continue climb up Big Ten ladderWomen’s Basketball

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Freshman guard Taylor Wurtz presents Wisconsin’s greatest long-range threat, shooting 45.3 percent from behind the arc.

Junior forward Tara Steinbauer (left) is second on the team with 8.5 points per game this season.

minutes before tallying another point and fi nally reaching seven points just before the 12th minute had passed.

“If you’re not hitting shots, it’s called a slow start,” Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan said after his team hit just 34 percent of its shots. “It wasn’t like we weren’t making them guard ... but in every game there are those spells, we’ve talked about this

a million times. It could have been with fi ve minutes to go in the half that the other team goes on a 10-0 run or a 8-0 run or a 10-2 run. In this case it happened early.”

But the Badgers closed the gap and, after the 5:30 mark, fi nished the half with an 8-0 run to cut an 11-point defi cit down to three.

For Michigan’s top two players, the game yielded a pair of decidedly contrasting nights.

The Badgers had no answer

for Sims most of the game as he wreaked havoc down low, spin-ning past junior forward Keaton Nankivil and freshman forward Ryan Evans on multiple occasions and drawing contact seemingly at will. He fi nished with 23 points and 13 rebounds while often venturing to the high post to facilitate John Beilein’s offense.

For Michigan junior swing man Manny Harris, the evening was far more challenging, as junior forward

Tim Jarmusz made him work hard for the open looks he got.

“He does that, he understands what it takes to be successful defen-sively, positioning, angles,” Ryan said. “He does a great job of that, and he did a great job tonight, because we all know how good Manny is.”

Harris came in as the top scorer in the Big Ten, averaging nearly 20 points per game, but left Madison with only 11 on 29-percent shooting.

After the game, Beilein was not shy in complimenting the oppo-nent that prevented his squad from matching a season-high three-game winning streak.

“They have a great team, and they have a system where they don’t beat themselves, and that is why they win whether they’re at home or away,” Beilein said. “They don’t beat themselves and they didn’t beat themselves today. They just do the right things.”

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By Nick SchmittTHE DAILY CARDINAL

The effect of junior forward Jon Leuer’s hiatus was in plain sight Wednesday night and put Wisconsin in an unfamiliar place at the Kohl Center—trailing its opponent.

The Badgers’ ice-cold start gave Michigan the opportunity to

build up a sizeable lead on No. 19 Wisconsin and forced head coach Bo Ryan’s team to play uncharacter-istically, which was also the case at Northwestern and Ohio State.

Since Leuer went out with the wrist injury the Badgers have tended to fall back on their 3-point shot because of difficulties getting the ball into the paint. Junior forward Keaton Nankivil has the size and strength to lace up with some of the better

post players in the conference, but sometimes he lacks the aggression or hesitates to take the defender one on one.

When the Badgers are in the posi-tion of playing from behind, Ryan’s formula to stay in the game is very simple: Play strong defense and get the ball in the paint.

“Defensively you just need to keep going toe to toe and give your-self a chance, just hang in there, and that’s all we kept talking about,” he said after the win. “Offensively, we gave Keaton his chances, and he’s going to bury somebody sometime if they keep that five-man back there in the paint.

“But there’s different ways to get the ball into the post, a pass or a dribble. We got the ball into the post several times tonight, a lot of times on penetration, and those ended up creating opportunities.”

Whether it was the back-to-school blues or just rust, it took Wisconsin almost the whole first half to stop throwing up 3s and show Michigan it has a post game.

The Badgers shot a miserable 10 percent from behind the arc in the first half and 4-of-24, or 16.7 per-cent, for the game. Wisconsin missed six straight 3s within the first four minutes of the game and had the Kohl Center crowd very uneasy.

In the three games without Leuer, the Badgers relied on the 3-point shot a bit more than usual. They took 24 in the win against Northwestern, 26 in the loss to Ohio State and 24 last night against the Wolverines. Wisconsin averaged 20.5 attempts in its first four Big Ten games with Leuer in the lineup.

“We’re just going to keep finding

ways [to win],” Ryan said about the increase in 3-point shots. “Could be 10 the next time, could be 40 the next time, whatever the defense is going to give us.”

Senior guard Trevon Hughes wouldn’t say they’re depending too much on the 3-ball, but conceded it may seem like that.

“It looked [like we’re relying on the 3], and we’re going to have to change that, we know that. We have to stay disciplined and play Wisconsin basketball, which is getting into the post and shooting more free throws [than our opponents].”

It wasn’t until the late moments of the second half that the Badgers’ post penetration started to produce open looks. After Hughes hit a jumper with 3:07 remaining, the Badgers had their first lead of the night, and the swagger of that team that beat Duke and Purdue finally showed up.

And if the Badgers have one con-stant in Leuer’s absence, it’s Hughes, who played hero again and took over in crunch time. He’s averaging 18 points over the last three games.

Michigan’s collapse couldn’t have come at a worse time. After the upset over Connecticut, the Wolverines were riding high, but they could not hold it together to hand the Badgers their first home defeat.

“We played hard for so long, but we couldn’t get some shots to drop, and they hit some really timely, tough shots down the stretch and got to the foul line on us,” Michigan head coach John Beilein said. “Those were the keys.”

The win marks Ryan’s sixth straight win over Beilein at the Kohl Center and is his 99th Big Ten victory.

Denver series huge chance

for UW hockey

S ince hoisting the NCAA trophy in 2006, the Badger men’s hockey team has always

seemed to be just a bit less than the sum of its parts.

The squad was deep with talent for three seasons but languished at the edge of the NCAA tournament field, often too young and never quite able to translate a juggernaut on paper onto the ice. Those three years featured two springs spent at home during tournament time and one where it took “the perfect storm,” according to their coach, for the Badgers to just nab the last al-large spot.

Well, not this year. Wisconsin sits at No. 3 in the

polls and No. 4 in the Pairwise rankings, finally delivering on all that potential and with a chance to return to their perch as a member of the sport’s elite class.

The Scott Gudmandson-Brett Bennett goaltender rotation has given Wisconsin its best numbers in net since Hobey Baker finalist Brian Elliott departed Madison. Junior defenseman Brendan Smith has filled the shoes of last season’s top scorer, Jamie McBain, stepping into the role of top offensive defender quarterback on the power play and climbing into the upper echelon of WCHA point scoring.

One could look at senior forward Blake Geoffrion’s 15 goals (a career high), senior forward Ben Street’s comeback season and junior Ryan McDonagh anchoring the blue line, but it would take too long to high-light every skater having a strong season. Just note that head coach Mike Eaves has 15 forwards to choose his four lines from and has a fourth pair of defensemen (only three dress) who played over half the Badgers’ games last year.

The team ranks second in the country in scoring, seventh in goals allowed and, oh yeah, has only one loss since the calendar rolled over from November to December.

But now comes the hard part, the part where a destiny is realized and the team goes from very good into truly great.

And it all starts with No. 1 Denver.Last year the Badgers stood at a

similar point, a bit later in the year, with a chance to dash to a top-10 finish and into the tournament.

“We were in a defining moment last year as well. We had six games at the end of the year that could have projected us into the top, and it was a series with Denver that was a turning point for us.” Eaves said. “So once again, we’re here.”

Wisconsin lost the first game

BEN BREINERboom goes the breinamite

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Now comes the hard part, the part where a destiny is real-ized and the team goes from

very good to truly great.

Men’s Basketball

By Ben BreinerTHE DAILY CARDINAL

Every game, Trevon Hughes wears the number three across the chest of his jersey. After nights like Wednesday against Michigan he might need to trade that three for a Superman “S.”

Hughes came up big in the second half, leading the Badgers (5-2 Big Ten, 15-4 overall) to a 54-48 comeback win over the Wolverines (3-3, 10-8) before a raucous crowd at the Kohl Center. The Badgers could not have got-ten off to a worse start, but their lead guard, with an assist from teammate Rob Wilson, led the way for the comeback.

“I had to get a spark and get something going, that’s all it was,” Hughes said. “I know my team-mates feed off of that. I’m not much of a vocal leader, but I do show my aggression out on the court, and I believe my teammates

feed off it.”With the game knotted at

43, Hughes took the reins of the offense. First he dropped a long 2-pointer after Wilson rebounded his missed layup and fed him in the corner to give the Badgers their first lead of the game.

After a missed 3-pointer from Michigan senior forward DeShawn Sims, Hughes found himself far beyond the arc with the shot clock winding down. He waved off his teammates to take sophomore guard Zack Novak one-on-one, attacked, appeared to be stopped and suddenly burst down the lane, leaning in to kiss a layup off the glass. Hughes finished with 16 sec-ond-half points.

The surprise of the night, how-ever, was Wilson, who dropped 11 of his 13 points after the break, mostly scoring around the basket and splashing a key long-range shot to keep his team close.

“We see glimpses of it in prac-tice, we know he’s a great player,” Hughes said. “Any time he comes over to the main squad, he doesn’t bring it. It took him all season to come out and play with us today. We needed it.”

“Today’s the day I broke out of the shell I guess,” Wilson added.

Wilson had never scored more than nine points in a game but

drew a crucial foul and hit both free throws in the final minute to put his team up six.

For much of the night, however, it looked like Wisconsin would have a tough time ever getting a lead. The Badgers suffered through

quite probably their worst start of the season as the offense struggled mightily to convert its open looks. Six minutes in, Wisconsin scored its first basket, taking three more

Badgers squeak past Wolverines Behind Hughes, UW overcomes early deficit for a 54-48 victory

RECAP

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Senior guard Trevon Hughes scored a team-high 20 points to lead Wisconsin’s comeback against Michigan.

Wisconsin trudging along without Leuer’s presenceANALYSIS

Junior forward Keaton Nankivil scored 10 points last night but shot only 3-of-11 from the field during Wisconsin’s victory.

KYLE BURSAW/THE DAILY CARDINAL

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