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Spurred by controversial studies of affirmative action at UW-Madison, students rallied on Bascom hill and packed a debate at Union South tuesday.

Students rally, march to debateBy Alex Ditulliothe daily cardinal

Behind a banner reading “You can-not oppress the unafraid,” an estimated 850 students with signs chanted and marched to Union South Tuesday to watch a debate over affirmative action on college campuses.

Students’ outrage began Monday after a conservative think tank released two studies saying UW-Madison discrimi-nates against white and Asian students by favoring African American and Latino students in its admissions decisions.

Roger Clegg, president of the Center for Equal Opportunity, the group that

released the studies, argued against affir-mative action while UW Law professor Larry Church spoke for it.

Despite students’ anger toward CEO’s studies, the debate focused on affirma-tive action as a whole and did not address details of CEO’s studies.

Students gave Church a standing ova-tion as he walked toward the podium, where he vigorously argued for affirma-tive action.

“We can’t wait forever to achieve the glacial path to full integration to the US. 220 years is enough,” Church said.

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Students rallied outside a press conference held by center for equal Opportunity president roger clegg, in which he formally announced the studies.

Demonstrators take over release of disputed studiesBy Scott Girard and Aarushi Agnithe daily cardinal

Students took over a Center for Equal Opportunity press conference Tuesday, protesting the conservative group’s claim that UW-Madison’s admissions process discriminates against Asian and white applicants by favoring black and Latino students.

About an hour into the closed-door press conference, protesters flooded the conference room, surrounding CEO president Roger Clegg and confronting him with questions regarding the cen-ter’s findings.

The press conference’s official pur-pose was for Clegg to answer queries regarding two studies released by the conservative think tank Monday.

The CEO studies contend UW-Madison’s undergraduate and law school admissions processes discrimi-nate against whites and Asians in favor of black and Latino applicants, whose test scores and class rank were demon-strably lower, according to the study.

Clegg said his organization is “not anti-diversity, but … against discrimina-tion” like affirmative action, which Clegg called “divisive, insulting, unfair.”

Clegg said all students bring diverse experiences from their personal back-grounds, including whites.

“We shouldn’t ignore the fact that diamonds in the rough come from all colors,” Clegg said.

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Protesters say state’s new housing bill would limit tenants’ freedomsBy Adam Wollnerthe daily cardinal

Over 150 people gathered on the steps of the Capitol Tuesday evening to pro-test a Wisconsin bill, which opponents say would allow landlords more free-dom to deny tenants housing.

The rally, which was organized by The Wisconsin Alliance for Tenants’ Rights, fea-tured several speakers from across the state, each voicing their opposition to the Senate Bill 107, which passed in the Senate this past summer and is awaiting vote in the Assembly.

“In a time of economic crisis, we should not be limiting tenant rights,” Wisconsin Alliance for Tenants’ Rights member Colin Ginnis said. “We should be protecting tenant rights.”

The bill would allow landlords to deny prospective tenants housing based on their credit histories, employment histories and conviction records, according to critics.

Even though supporters of the bill say it will give landlords the tools they need to protect their properties, many of the speakers

said allowing landlords to see personal infor-mation would unfairly discriminate against minorities and those under the poverty line.

Housing activist and Progressive Dane member Heidi Wegleitner said the bill will “increase homelessness in our community and … increase racial segre-gation.” She called on public officials to reduce poverty in the area.

UW-Madison graduate student of Sociology and TAA member Charity Schmidt said the American dream is “fast becoming nothing but an illusion,” and called the bill the latest attack on “our communal values.”

“Housing is a right, not a privilege,” Schmidt added.

Opponents also fear the repercus-sions the bill could have on students who historically are viewed as living more transiently, moving each year.

UW-Madison student and United Council member Damon Terrell encour-aged the protesters to remain united and keep fighting.

United council member damon terrell spoke at a protest tuesday against a bill that would allowa landlords to access tenants’ personal information.

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A long time ago, in the sum-mer before my senior year of high school, I decided

to cook. The causes behind my decision involved deep feelings of powerlessness. I perceived, with-out putting it into words, that choosing a dish and then system-atically working toward reifying it would cause me to feel a greater sense of efficacy. In other words, making food helped me feel in control.

That August, I decided to make ratatouille. A children’s movie by that title had just come out. However, instead of watch-ing another movie that trivial-izes that which is deep and old, I chose to dig into the real deal.

However, I had also recently-discovered the benefits of alcohol abuse. Thus, around 4 p.m. on a stormy August day, I stood over a simmering cauldron of eggplant while my boyfriend pretended he didn’t know I’d just snuck back to

my room alone for a couple shots of vodka.

I remember sitting at the table euphorically eating my vegetable mush while my oblivious parents emphatically complimented my culinary efforts. I myself was sur-prised at how awesome the rata-touille tasted. I remember won-dering to what extent the alcohol facilitated my enjoyment. I had no idea I liked eggplant!

The other night as I walked home from the bus stop, I noticed more people than usual on the streets. I knew it was because of the drunk freshmen.

I thought about Madison and felt an ineffable sense of belonging, comfort and intima-cy. I thought, “But what about them? How do they relate to the Madison that I perceive?”

Then it hit me. “They are ephemera,” I thought.

Whenever I think of the word “ephemera,” I remember camping in Nauvoo, Illinois, with my par-ents a few years ago. There was a shit-ton of long, narrow bugs, with big, delicate wings. The next day, the bugs were dead all over

the concrete near the bathroom, where they had gathered, seeking the light.

“They are ephemera,” my father said.

The following are the two defi-nitions my dictionary gives for the word “ephemera” :

• An insect that (in its imago or winged form) lives only for a day.

• One who or something which has a transitory existence.

Sure, drunk folks are experi-encing something very transitory, but their existences are not neces-sarily more transient than anyone else’s. Perhaps life as a drunk person only seems more tran-sient, because their memories are more fragmented and chaotic.

The summer after junior year of high school, the summer of cooking and the discovery of vodka, my boyfriend and I played around with black scratch paper (the paper where you scratch off the black and underneath are rainbow colors). I remember angrily scraping out the word “transience.” I did not know how

to accept that everything must at some point end.

The Buddhist nun Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron writes, “When things are in the nature of change, the only appropriate response is to relax and try to guide how they change with compassion.” I take this to heart: My junior year of college, after many dark nights of the soul searching and some hitting rock bottom, I changed my fundamental motivation from one of fear, self-criticism, and power-seeking to one of mean-ingful interpersonal connection and self-acceptance. In other words, I sought to be motivated by love.

And that’s why, last April, I applied to be, and was accept-ed as, a Slow Food UW intern. The experience of food is one of the most ephemeral experiences around, and yet it is also one of the most essential. Each meal is like a Tibetan sand painting, created intentionally and filled with meaning, only to be joyously destroyed.

Interested in Slow Food? E-mail Angelica at aengel2@wisc.edu.

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Madison police call heroin- related crime an ‘epidemic’ By Taylor HarveyTheDailyCarDinal

The recent uptick in drug and gang-related incidents in the downtown and campus area reflects a citywide trend, the Madison Police Department said Tuesday.

The apprehension of around 25 suspects seems to have decreased recent occur-rences of violent robberies that Madison Police Department Spokesperson Joel DeSpain calls “pick ‘em up, knock ‘em out”-type muggings. However, an increase in crimes related to heroin use continues to be a sig-nificant problem citywide.

There is “an epidemic of her-oin-related problems” not only downtown, but throughout the city, DeSpain said.

“It cannot just be a police

response, but a health problem as well,” DeSpain said. “We need to get people out of these drug habits.”

In terms of gang-related criminal issues, DeSpain said police noticed a trend of “pick ‘em up, knock ‘em out” mug-gings that occurred from late April to early August.

Although police have arrested many gang-affiliated suspects, DeSpain said incidents still occur downtown and through-out the city, such as the battery on W Gorham St. last weekend.

According to the report, a Madison man, 22, was walking home when two men, 18 and 21, attacked him on the 200 block of W. Gorham St. The victim was transported to a hospital for minor facial injuries. The two men were arrested when found

by police on University Avenue and Lake Street minutes later.

“We’re not dealing with one or two people to arrest,” DeSpain said. “We’re dealing with a criminal mindset.”

DeSpain said the MPD is working to prevent further crime by placing regular police patrols where crimes are hap-pening, as well as increasing surveillance.

In addition, police have increased bike patrol surveil-lance in response to crimes that occurred recently on bike paths throughout the city, DeSpain said.

“We’re constantly being diligent with these crimes and so should the community,” DeSpain said. “These people prey on folks who are vulner-able, who are walking alone at night.”

PresidentoftheCenterforequalOpportunityrogerCleggcalledUW-Madison’sadmissionspoliciesdiscriminatory.

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Clegg, whose arrival pro-voked boos from the audience, said the costs of affirmative action far outweigh benefits by giving preferential treatment to African Americans and Latinos.

“We cannot have a policy that sorts people according to their skin color and according to where their ancestors came from, treat-ing some better and others worse.”

Much of the crowd roared in disbelief when Clegg called affir-mative action unfair and divisive, saying it lowers the standard for excellence at universities.

“If you are African American or Latino, [institutions] don’t expect as much of you,” he said.

Church said the university needs a policy that reflects chang-ing demographics in America.

In 40 years, Church said, non-white citizens will compose the majority of America’s population.

Church also said an “imper-fect standardized testing system” puts students of non-white cul-tures at a severe disadvantage when taking standardized tests.

In a student-led discussion after the debate, UW-Madison student Beth Kovars said she thinks high school preparation

plays a large role in performance on standardized tests.

Kovars said she grew up in a privileged middle-class sub-urb where she attended a pres-tigious high school. Despite her lazy study habits, she said a high quality high school education contributed to her success on the ACT, and ultimately her admis-sion to UW-Madison.

In contrast to Kovars’ experi-ence, a member of Posse said many minorities from inad-equate high schools work tire-lessly to succeed, but their poor education does not prepare stu-dents for standardized tests.

Vice Provost for Diversity and Climate Damon Williams said he was pleased with stu-dents’ conduct at the debate.

“I’m most excited about how well the students represented themselves, the passion with which they engaged, the respect-ful tone in how they did it and the thoughtfulness of their questions and interactions,” Williams said.

Although Clegg’s appearance was met by outward disapprov-al from most of the audience, Church said Clegg “did a good job in trying circumstances.”

Clegg was not available for comment following the debate.

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Outside the Doubletree Hotel, where the CEO press conference took place, pro-testers spoke out against CEO’s stance.

“We live in a society where it’s not politically correct to call racist actions racist,” C.J. Terrell said. “It hurts me to see the race card played when it shouldn’t be, but we have to call people out.”

The protest eventually moved into the hotel hallway.

When someone opened a door to the CEO conference room, protesters poured in, shouting “People power” and “More than our scores.”

The chants grew louder until Clegg could no longer answer questions. As protest-ers surrounded him, hotel

staff led Clegg out of the room.Following Clegg’s departure,

protesters took the microphone to hold their own impromptu conference, led by C.J. Terrell, and his brother, Damon.

“I must remind you that we have to stay focused, stay vigilant and tell the people in charge of our university that we want affirmative action at our school,” said sophomore David Vines. “We want true equality for all.”

Eventually, hotel staff called police to make sure the protest situation would not escalate.

Although they did not let anyone new enter the room, authorities did not interfere with the students at the press conference. Protesters peace-fully dispersed about half an hour later.

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State sens. sworn in, primary will be movedThe state Legislature kicked

off normal sessions Tuesday when they met for its only scheduled day in September, swearing in two new state sena-

tors and pass-ing bipartisan l e g i s l a t i o n about the presi-dential primary election date.

The state A s s e m b l y passed SB 115 65-32, moving W i s c o n s i n ’ s

Republican presidential primary from Feb. 28 to April 3.

The legislation is in accor-dance with new national guide-lines meant to prevent states from competing for influence

in deciding candidates. The bill will be sent to Gov. Scott Walker, who supports it.

In addition, state Sens. Jessica King, D-Oshkosh, and Jennifer Shilling, D-La Crosse, were sworn into the Senate, having won their respective recall elections in August. They replaced former state Sens. Randy Hopper and Dan Kapanke, respectively.

Even though the legislature welcomed new senators and passed bipartisan legislation, opponents of Walker, including state Rep. Sondy Pope-Roberts, D-Middleton, criticized the Republican-ran administration for holding only one scheduled legislative session in September.

“Unfortunately, while the peo-

ple of Wisconsin are desperate to get back to work, Gov. Walker and his Republican rubberstamp legislators have decided that they only need to show up for one day in September,” Po p e -Ro b e r t s said in a state-ment.

But Speaker of the Assembly Jeff Fitzgerald, R - H o r i c o n , defended the cal-endar on WTMJ N e w s r a d i o , saying the Senate recalls delayed debate and September is usually characterized by a light load.

The legislature will resume meeting in October.

—Samy Moskol

uW named 10th best public school

UW-Madison ranked 10th on U.S. News & World Report’s list of the top public colleges nationwide for 2012 Tuesday.

UW-Madison tied with University of Washington and University of California—Santa Barbara for tenth place.

Claiming the top spot is University of California—Berkeley. University of California—Los Angeles and University of Virginia tied for second.

Provost Paul M. DeLuca, Jr. said while university officials are proud of the ranking, there is still room for improvement.

“These rankings especially affirm the quality of undergradu-ate experience we offer here,” DeLuca said in an official state-ment. “However, they also indicate improvements that could be made.”

The rankings were based on recommendations from other uni-versities, high school counselors’ ratings, student selectivity, faculty resources, financial resources, graduation and retention rates, and alumni donations.

Amherst College, where for-mer Chancellor Biddy Martin now serves as President, took second to Williams College for the top nation-al liberal arts colleges’ rankings.

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WUD: Your commitee guide part one

D o signs and posters of WUD around campus have you saying WTF?

Well, I’m here to help.The Wisconsin Union

Directorate (WUD) Student Programming Board is a campus organization of many facets. The various niches within WUD, and the students who run them, bring to campus stellar programming, activities, and exhibitions for fel-low Badgers.

It seems appropriate to kick off the year with an overview of the committees to give fresh faces a chance to check things out for them-selves—just in time for the Student Org Fair—or at least an overview of half of the committees, since they are so jam-packed with incredible things we had to make this introduc-tory article a two-part series!

Commence Part One.Before I leave you to struggle

with which meeting to attend first (and you’ll have to look back for the rest next week), here’s your prom-ised explanation of TITU. No, it’s not a less than discreet reference to some breasticular-area extrem-ity (though its closeness some-times makes me giggle), it stands for Today In The Union and it is a board located on the wall immedi-

ately across from the main entrance to the Memorial Union. Here, you can locate the committee meeting you wish to attend on a piece of paper, which will then tell you the location. A map of the Union also conveniently neighbors said list.

Are you one of those kids stand-ing outside of Chazen in the after-noon smoking your American Spirits? Then it may be wise to visit WUD Art for their next meeting.

According to WUD’s website, art committee “selects, installs, and accessibly presents local, national, and international contemporary work in its five gallery spaces in Memorial Union and Union South.” They also visit the studios of other artists along with local and regional art centers to give members a firsthand look at con-temporary trends. So if you want to be a part of organizing the vari-ous galleries around campus, be sure to stop by Memorial Union on Tuesdays at 7 p.m.

Perhaps you are looking for a lecture that doesn’t put you to sleep, or find yourself seeking new inspiration and enlightenment. The Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS) committee boasts one of the best student-run lecture series in the nation and you could help them bring some of the most influential minds of our age to campus.

Past speakers include the contro-versial feminist and atheist activist, Ayaan Hirsi Ali (2009-10) and hilari-

oius Rolling Stone journalist Matt Taibbi (2010-2011). In the coming weeks, attendees can look forward to Beijing-based correspondent for Science magazine and author Mara Hvistendahl as she discusses the practice of sex-selection and Asia’s 160 “missing” females. If you like to stir up a little controversy and get people thinking, pop into a DLS meeting on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. in the Union.

Or do you judge the quality of a movie on its cinematography? Was one of your favorite nights spent at home with a bottle of wine watching “Chocolat”? Boom.

Join Film Committee. These movie matrons are responsible for “pro-gramming up to seven nights of free films [per week] in the Marquee Theater at Union South.”

Upcoming flicks include the doc-umentary “Cultures of Resistance, A Film Unfinished,” Stephen Spielberg’s “Super 8,” “Taxi Driver” and “The Tree of Life” in the next two weeks. For more details about these movies go to union.wisc.edu/film or attend one of their meetings on Tuesdays at 6 p.m. at the Union.

If you’re even remotely curious about one or all of these commit-tees, or myriad other activities, I’d

highly recommend you stop by and visit them at the Student Org Fair, tonight at the Kohl Center from 5-8 p.m. before making your way to a kickoff meeting the following week.

You are a part of this campus’s badger family, so wouldn’t it be nice to have a say in what takes place at the venues created for you? If you had the chance to bring to UW-Madison anything you want-ed, what WUD you choose? Keep your eye out for the highlights of three more committees in next week’s Wednesday paper!

If you’ve got questions for Jaime email her at jbrackeen@wisc.edu.

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Slug and Ant put hands in the air last night at the Orpheum Theatre, getting a “family sign” from the crowd.Grace LiU/The dAily cArdinAl

opinion

This fall semester is scarce-ly more than a week old, and already our campus

is engulfed in yet another con-troversial debate.

In the coming days and per-haps weeks, we will see heated rhetoric, passionate arguments and—if we are lucky—a respect-ful and dignified debate. But unless the arguments on either side of the issue radically shift, discussion will be focused on the wrong premise.

A conservative think tank, the Center for Equal Opportunity, ignited this firestorm Monday, saying it had uncovered “severe

racial discrimination” at UW-Madison. After studying the university’s undergradu-ate and law school admissions records, CEO came to the con-clusion that UW-Madison dis-criminated against white and Asian-American students, and gave preference to black and Hispanic ones.

Many UW-Madison students have responded to the studies with demonstrations meant to show their unity opposing CEO’s conclusions, and the idea that the university is giving an unfair advantage to African-Americans and Hispanics. One student held a sign at a rally Tuesday that read, “The spot I have, I have earned.”

But both of these groups are falling into the same trap that so often dooms discussions of affirmative action, by only

focusing on one aspect of efforts to create a more equitable and fair American education system.

CEO wants us to debate whether some people should have an advantage when applying to college over oth-ers because of their skin color. For many Americans, myself included, the idea of giving pref-erence to someone because of their race just feels wrong when we are taught everyone should be treated equally. The orga-

nization knows this, and plays on it in a way meant to create resentment between white and non-white students.

The problem with CEO’s studies, and the debate they have created, are apparent almost instantly: They assume everyone is on equal footing when they apply to college, and ignore the inequality in an edu-cation system that puts black and Latino students at a disad-vantage from day one.

White students, and students from some Asian-American backgrounds, tend to be in a better position to succeed thanks to superior schools at every level – schools that give them a chance to go somewhere like UW-Madison. Meanwhile, black and Latino children often attend crumbling schools that consistently fail their students,

and don’t give them the educa-tion they need to apply to elite colleges and universities.

We should be talking about the systematic inequality built into an education system where students in one neighborhood fly through Advanced Placement classes on their way to masters degrees, while students in another never see college as an option in the first place. When we see the big picture like that – when we have that dis-cussion – questions of perceived discrimination in college admis-sions are irrelevant.

But we aren’t having that discussion. Unless we do, the controversy this week will be for nothing.

Nico Savidge is a senior major-ing in journalism. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardi-nal.com

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Affirmative action debate lacks focus Nico SAvidgeopinion columnist

White students, and stu-dents from some Asian-American backgrounds,

tend to be in a better position to succeed.

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QB battle headlines Soldier Field gameBy Max Sternbergthe Daily carDinal

After starting the season with two fairly stress-free victories over UNLV and Oregon State, the 8th ranked Badgers (2-0, 0-0) now head away from Camp Randall for a Saturday afternoon matchup with Northern Illinois at Chicago’s Soldier Field, home of the NFL’s Chicago Bears.

While the Badger offense has been receiving its fair share of national praise, this weekend’s matchup features a Huskie team that can put up points with the best of them.

Moving beyond the fact that each team is averaging over 40 points per game this season, the matchup that will surely receive most of the press is the battle between senior quarterbacks Russell Wilson of Wisconsin and NIU’s Chandler Harnish.

The two signal callers combined for 1,212 yards of total offense, 17 touchdowns and a passing efficien-

cy well into the 200’s. Simply put, these are two of the best the college game has to offer.

For UW head coach Bret Bielema, it isn’t the mind-bog-gling numbers that give him high expectations for Wilson moving forward, but rather the poise the NC State transfer has shown upon taking the helm of a new program. After two wins that lacked much in the way of adver-sity, this neutral site game against a team that can score and score quickly presents a new challenge, but one that Bielema feels Wilson has the tools to surmount.

“Anytime you can get a fourth-year starter [it is important], even if the first three came at NC State,” Bielema said in a teleconference Tuesday. “For him to have the expe-rience, the know-how of handling an in-game situation, that’s prob-ably the number one thing that he can bring along with that experi-ence label to the table.”

While Wilson’s immediate suc-

cess in his new program justifies this expectation of poise under pressure, the senior quarterback has not faced much pressure in the first two weeks as the Badgers have cruised to victory by margins of 34 and 35 points, respectively.

While the NIU defense won’t keep the UW staff up at night, the challenge for the Badger offense this week will be to keep up with a Huskie offense that has put up points at a rapid pace (49 points against Army and 42 points last week against Kansas). The Badger offense may have finally met its match.

Last year, Harnish posted the 11th best passing efficiency (157.8) in the nation. He comes into Saturday off a game in which he passed for 315 yards while rushing for another 89, along with three touchdowns, all on the ground.

“He’s the guy that makes it all go,” Bielema said at Monday’s weekly press conference. “You can see that. He can run the

football, throw the football. But probably more than anything, you can tell he’s very smart, very disciplined.”

As these two quarterbacks head into a Saturday afternoon

matchup that features two of the top 25 scoring offenses in the nation, whoever is able to outper-form his counterpart will surely lead his team out of Soldier Field with a victory.

Badger fans, it’s too early to start dreaming

One of these weeks, the Wisconsin football team is going to find itself

playing meaningful possessions after halftime.

It hasn’t happened yet and, unless former UW defensive coor-dinator Dave Doeren can really light a fire under his troops at Northern Illinois, there’s a good chance the next opportunity for a competitive game is Oct. 1 against a pretty tal-ented team from the land of corn.

Surely, Wisconsin will find stiff competition on a titanic two-week swing through East Lansing, Mich. and Columbus, Ohio. History tells us these are nearly assured, even through the opening weeks of col-lege football the Badgers look like the class of the Big Ten.

It’s moments like these where Badger Nation couldn’t be more excited about the next four months, and deservedly so. It’s also when the inexperience of being the fans of the top dogs tends to shine through the brightest.

I’m focusing on the fans because, from what I can tell being around the players and coaches through last season and the beginning of this one, head coach Bret Bielema has the “1-0” mentality pretty well engrained in the locker room cul-ture. Early in his career, I may have doubted Bielema. Losing four con-ference games in a row after start-ing the season ranked No. 7 in 2008 didn’t help. Not any more.

Fans aren’t expected to be so narrow-minded. What’s the fun in thinking about beating NIU with-out considering a matchup between 4-0 Wisconsin and an equally unblemished Nebraska two weeks from now?

The Badgers may very well be favored in every game this year.

Considering the shaky perfor-mances from Nebraska and Ohio State, it’s all too easy to begin thinking about the possibility of a magical run.

I’m not saying an undefeated run to a national championship appearance is impossible. We see a team do it almost every year in col-lege football. My point is that two weeks into the season is no time to entertain such thoughts.

At this time last year, Ohio State was coming off a win against a top-15 team in Miami (Fla.) and piling up non-conference blowouts. Wisconsin, on the other hand, came within a touchdown-saving tackle and a blocked extra point of los-ing to Arizona State at home. The Buckeyes looked like far and away the most talented team in the Big Ten. We know how well that served them in Madison Oct. 16.

The optimism this year is large-ly grounded in the way Wisconsin has handled lesser opponents. It seemed for years that struggling with The Citadel or Cal Poly would be a given. Even if those games traditionally ended up going the Badgers’ way, it foreshadowed some lack of discipline or lack of talent—particularly at quarterback—that would bite later in the schedule.

That does not appear to be a con-cern this year. Neither Nevada-Las Vegas nor Oregon State ever had a chance once the opening kickoff was airborne. On top of that, the guy under center looks pretty good.

After each of its first two wins this season, UW has jumped over teams that also won their games. The Badgers have the attention of those who own the ever-contentious Bowl Championship Series votes.

Still, instead of allowing football to conjure dreams of a trip to Dixie, let’s wait long enough to let the first November storm take care of that on its own.

Are you dreaming of a champion-ship run? Let Parker know at pjga-briel@dailycardinal.com.

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Senior quarterback russell Wilson will have to be on top of his game if the Badgers are to keep up with niU’s explosive offense.