“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”

Chad Lee, R• Mount Horeb businessman• Against government spending and plans to bring fiscal responsibility to the House of Representatives if elected• Would like to lower taxes on all citizens• Supports immigration reform, saying the law passed in Arizona this year is a step in the right direction• Would like to implement term limits for representatives, so they do not lose touch with citizens

Tom Barrett, D• Milwaukee Mayor since 2004• Published a job creation plan including targeted tax cuts to small businesses and funding of infrastructure projects• He said education is important, but that the state budget deficit is too large to maintain current level of funding• Barrett is pro-choice and supports both adult and embryonic stem cell research• Supports clean energy jobs and the state’s goal of running 25 percent of Wisconsin’s energy use on alternative sources

Scott Walker, R• Milwaukee County Executive since 2002• Plans to repeal corporate income tax and eliminate red tape regulations, which he says drive corporations away from Wisconsin, and eliminate wasteful government spending• He said he plans for the UW System to run more like a businesses and give it more autonomy from the state, similar to what Chancellor Biddy Martin proposed• He is anti-abortion and supports only adult stem cell research• Previously denounced Arizona’s controversial immigration bill, and has since changed his position

Russ Feingold, D• U.S. Senator since 1992• Supports the health care bill passed earlier this year• Only senator to vote against the Patriot Act• Supports a timeline for getting troops out of Afghanistan, and said the threat from Al-Qaeda is a global one that cannot be solved by ground troops• Helped write the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.)• Supports same-sex marriage

Ron Johnson, R• Oshkosh plastics manufacturer• Says his business experience will be an asset in fixing the economy• Strongly disagrees with the health-care bill passed earlier this year and plans to repeal it if elected• Says he would defer to President Obama on foreign policy issues• Wants to cut government spending and extend the Bush tax cuts• He is anti-abortion and against same-sex marriage

Tammy Baldwin, D• U.S. Congresswoman since 1999• Strong supporter of health-care bill passed earlier this year• Supports unlimited federal funding for all types of stem-cell research, believing it will bring important medical advances• Wants to raise the minimum wage• Supports reforming state tax laws that affect Wisconsin small businesses and farms• Pro-choice and supportive of same sex marriage• Wants to redeploy troops out of Iraq

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W e all know that times have changed since the early days of our child-

hood. No one wears glasses with lenses a half an inch thick, wind suits with purple, blue and orange pat-terns, and our president isn’t banging Monica Lewinski (as far as we know).

Well, I was thinking about all of my favorite things to watch on the one tube-TV in the basement of my old house and I realized that until the age of three or four, roughly 90 percent of my entertainment reper-toire consisted of Disney movies. As anyone ages 18-21 knows, these weren’t just any Disney movies, I’m talking about THE Disney movies; the ones between “Snow White” and “The Lion King,” before David Spade came in and raped the whole operation with “The Emperor’s New Groove.”

Excluding the lack of sublimi-nal messages about sex, I got to

wondering how some of the classic movies would be different if they were made with today’s influence. What would be the result if Dora the Explorer met Mowgli from the Jungle Book?

“The Jungle Book”: I think Mowgli’s a good place to start. Due to the political-correctness of our society, there’s no way in hell that the loincloth-sport-ing Mowgli would have existed and he most definitely would not have resided in a jungle. His best friend, Baloo the bear (the goofy “Bear Necessities” singer who totally made the movie), would be a polar bear and would be really sickly-looking, possibly near death, due to the ravages of global climate change.

“The Little Mermaid”: My God, I don’t even know where to start. There’s no way in hell Ariel would be a full ginger in this day and age—she’d be bleached blonde all the way. Or maybe she would be of hispanic descent?

Anyway, the plot would be cen-tered around a catastrophic oil spill that ravages Ariel’s part of the ocean, putting a stop to her aspi-

rations of becoming fully human. Instead, her outlook would shift away from Eric and her other fin-less friends, toward regarding them with hate and malice. The spill would probably kill Sebastian, the King and Ursula, leaving Ariel and Flounder on a life or death ven-detta against humans and offshore drilling platforms.

“Peter Pan”: Peter Pan lives forever with a large group of dudes his age. Let’s face it, every-one knows the pan-flute-playing friend of Tinkerbell is/was gay, so the only difference in his character would be that he came out of the closet in front of the Lost Boys a few weeks before meeting Wendy.

Needless to say, the raid on Captain Hook and his pirates the

next day probably felt a little differ-ent for all of them. Wendy would be IMing/texting/Facebooking, “lolz omfg can you picture that? ROFL!” instead of sewing when Peter came rapping on her window. Tinkerbell was definitely a slut in the original and she would still be a slut, just computer animated and with much less clothing.

“The Lion King”: With the way doctors dole out pills these days, the crazy baboon, Rafiki, would most likely be medicated for his insanity and poor Simba would never find out that he was the son of the king of the jungle. He would be forced to live with Timon and Pumba and eat bugs for the rest of his life. Thankfully, with the veterinary technology of today, Mufasa just may have survived that slow-motion fall off a cliff into a large stampede of wildebeest.

  Any  other  ideas  pertaining  to re-creating  modern  day  Disney classics  should  be  sent  to  Andrew at  aplahr@wisc.edu,  because  he’s working  on  creating  these  plots  in his  basement  using  a  pirated  ani-mation program.

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Republican control of the U.S. House of Representatives and gains in the U.S. Senate may stall both parties’ legislative agendas in the next congressio-nal term.

Polls show that the GOP could gain 40 to 50 seats in the House and narrowly miss gaining control of the Senate. According to UW-Madison political sci-ence professor Barry Burden, this may be more because of disillusionment with Democrats than approval of Republicans.

“Both the Republicans and the Democrats are in the dumps,” Burden said. “In fact, in a lot of polls, Republicans are less liked than the Democrats are. This is sort of funny. It’s a wave or a surge for one party, but it’s not a party that’s especially well liked.”

The likely election results

could spell disarray for both parties’ legislative agendas. The president’s veto and Republican Senate filibuster could result in a congressional stalemate.

According to Burden, Republicans may be able to nib-ble away at Obama’s health-care reform act, but will be unable to achieve a full-scale repeal. Burden predicts that Republicans will focus on maintaining Bush’s tax cuts, preventing more stimu-lus funding, and fighting the administration on energy policy.

The results could also shake up Democrat and Republican leadership. House Minority Leader John Boehner would assume Speaker of the House despite some in-party oppo-sition, Burden said, while Democrats may punish current speaker Nancy Pelosi for the loss.

—Patrick Tricker

Polls show republican gains may promise slow two years

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J.B. Van Hollen• Attorney General since 2007• Committed to fighting voter

fraud• Takes a hard line against illegal

immigrants involved in crime• Supports the right to bear arms•Declined to represent

Wisconsin in challenges brought against the state’s laws on domestic partnerships and stem cell research

• During his term, he worked to update the DNA database, but his office ended up misplacing thou-sands of records in 2009

Scott Hassett• Madison trial attorney for

22 years and former Secretary of Department of Natural Resources

• Is a staunch supporter of stem-cell research

• Pledges to put partisanship aside and represent the state no mat-ter what the subject matter may be.

• Said he will enforce environ-mental laws and hold polluters accountable

• Unlike Van Hollen, he does not believe in immigration enforce-ment on the state level, as he sees it as a federal issue

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Funds allocated to high-speed rail line

The federal government and state transportation officials signed a deal this weekend locking in $810 million in transportation funds for the proposed high-speed rail line between Madison and Milwaukee, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

The deal would allow Gov. Jim Doyle to deal with most of the con-tracts in the last weeks of his term, potentially thwarting Republican gubernatorial candidate Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker’s plans to stop the construction of the rail line.

Walker, the frontrunner for the governorship in many polls, has been an avid opponent of the project and calls it a waste of tax dollars.

“This is just raw political power at its worst,” Walker told the MJS. “This is why the Doyle administra-tion is corrupt and unwilling to listen to taxpayers.”

However, Cari Anne Renlund, executive assistant to state Transportation Secretary Frank Busalacchi, defended the decision to the MJS.

“We are merely trying to get the money obligated so the work can begin,” Renlund said. “These are stimulus dollars. The goal of it was to get people working.”

The Madison-Milwaukee route would be part of a larger rail network connecting to Chicago and poten-tially the Twin Cities.

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Brett Hulsey• Dane County Board Supervisor

since 1998• Advocates for environmental

issues, including the creation of green jobs, the use of cleaner ener-gies like biomass and solar, and the cleaning up of Madison’s lakes

• Devised a UW Protection Plan which would call for increased investment in the university

• Favors the DREAM Act and providing driving cards for illegal immigrants

• Although he was initially endorsed by current district Rep. Spencer Black, Black said he is reconsidering his vote after Hulsey misquoted him in cam-paign literature

Ben Manski• Madison attorney and Green

Party activist• Like Hulsey, Manski is a strong

supporter of environmental causes. He advocates for clean energy, green jobs, and an extensive, low impact mass transportation system

• He has been dedicated to stu-dent issues since he himself attend-ed UW-Madison. He is proposing ultimately eliminating tuition by increasing taxes on the upper class

• Wants to see all Wisconsin residents receive equal rights under state law, including illegal immigrants

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Faculty Senate discusses campus evaluation proposal

Body discovered in Monona Bay

Chancellor Martin returns to China

Healthy Minds center opens Monday

SSFC passes increased budgets for GUTS, SLP

UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin is visiting China for a second time this year to promote collabo-ration between the university and China with a new focus on economic development.

During her trip, Martin will visit Beijing, Hong Kong and Taipei.

In Taipei, Martin will attend sev-eral meetings including one with Chinese Vice President Vincent Stew and another with the American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei.

In Beijing, Martin will meet with Chinese Vice Minister of Education Hao Ping and several Wisconsin cor-porations working in China.

She will also speak at the Beijing Forum, which is an annual meeting of international leaders in social sci-ence and humanities.

Martin will also update the Beijing Sports University about Chinese Olympians who are studying at UW-Madison, meet with UW alumni and visit two Chinese universities.

Martin visited Beijing, Tianjin, Hangzhou and Shanghai last spring to enhance the university’s reputation in Asia.

The university encourages stu-dents to follow Martin’s trip on her Twitter or Facebook accounts.

The UW-Madison Faculty Senate discussed a new proposal to review the productivity of various campus services Monday.

The proposal, recommended by the University Committee, requests an evaluation of the campus by an exter-nal consultant.

The consultant would observe how the university is structured and would suggest different structures to make it more efficient.

The proposed evaluation aims to identify ways to improve services that support research and teaching methods

on campus.The Lectures Committee also

reviewed 65 guest lectures that were given on campus in 2009-’10. The total annual expenditures for the lec-tures were approximately $61,000.

Various funds support these univer-sity-wide lectures.

The Lectures Committee discussed the William K. Fitch Fund, which has a balance of $171,000, but has not been used to fund guest lectures due to special restrictions on the fund.

“This fund specifically has stated that the money is to be

used for prominent business people to give lectures on the American free-enterprise system,” Professor Sandra Ward said. “We have rarely had a request for a lecture that fit that bill.”

The fund board has been asked to change the criteria for using the fund in order to provide more lectures that fit the description of the fund.

The fund board rejected the motion. “[The fund is] worded just they way they want it,” Ward said.

—Molly Reppen

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The Student Services Finance Committee approved budget increases for the Greater University Tutoring Services and Student Leadership Program Thursday.

The committee also held budget hearings for Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment and Wisconsin Student Lobby.

After motioning to strike $500 from GUTS’ technology budget, the SSFC voted to approve the GUTS budget at $166,398.91 by an 8-0-1 margin.

The budget for SLP was approved at $69,786.

PAVE, a student group focusing on sexual violence awareness and preven-tion requested a 6.52 percent budget

increase from $68,967 this year to $82,616 for 2011-’12.

PAVE Chair Claire Peterson said the largest increase was to raise PAVE peer facilitators’ salaries in efforts to “really customize” student workshops.

“We’re not changing much on our budget because PAVE has been suc-cessful,” Peterson said. “Ninety percent of the increase would be toward peer facilitator budget.”

SSFC representative Cale Plamann said he thought the PAVE budget was “largely in line,” but he questioned the honorarium for some of the group’s programming.

“It’s more than we’ve been paying other comparable groups,” Plamann said.

WSL requested a 5.8 percent budget decrease after failing to use

$11,000, a third of the previous year’s budget.

Their requested 2011-’12 budget would total $61,811, approximately $4,000 less than their 2010-’11 alloca-tion.

Under the WSL proposal, staff sal-ary allocation would increase despite the budget decrease. The increase caused some SSFC members to ques-tion whether the staff salary raise could be justified, given that the group spent only 71 percent of last year’s budget.

“There may be actual elimination of positions and reduction in hours. In fact, there almost has to be,” Plamann said.

The SSFC will vote on PAVE and WSL’s proposals Thursday, and will also hear budget proposals from Sex Out Loud and SPILL.

A body found near the Brittingham Boathouse on Monona Bay Monday morning was identified by Dane County Acting Coroner Barry Irmen as a man reported miss-ing from the night before, according to police.

Forty-year-old Mark Sobrilsky, who used a wheelchair, was reported missing by his roommate around midnight. Sobrilsky was found dead in the water at 7:25 a.m.

Police attempted to track him down early Monday morning by

tracing the last use of his lap-top’s portable WiFi card to Frances Street. However, Sobrilsky’s body was found by a passerby who spot-ted his abandoned wheelchair by the lake.

The MPD and the Dane County Coroner’s Office are continuing to investigate the incident. From preliminary find-ings, they determined it does not seem as though there was any criminal activity involved with Sobrilsky’s death.

The Center for Investigating Healthy Minds, a center funded partially by the Dalai Lama, held its grand opening at the Waisman Center Monday.

Attendees included UW Foundation President Mike Knetter, provost Paul DeLuca and a few Tibetan monks, who played an essential role in the center’s founding.

The Dalai Lama donated $50,000 to the center earlier this academic year in support of the center’s research.

The center’s director, Richard Davidson, said the center is focused on contemplative neu-roscience, a study the center hopes will become mainstream.

According to Davidson, contemplative neuroscience is “training the mind and nour-ishing the heart in ways that we think will change the brain for the better and enable us to go forth with positive qualities of the mind like compassion and kindness.”

The center includes a med-itation room for individuals

and aims at enhancing parts of the mind that prevent problems such as fear and anxiety.

Mel Charbonneau, the center’s director of communications and marketing, said she hopes to spread awareness about the center and encourages students to volunteer at the center or simply check it out.

“Our hope with the center is to engage the student community here on campus,” Charbonneau said. “It’s really important that we reach out to the students here.”

—Jessica Phan

The Center for investigating healthy Minds at the Waisman Center will research how meditation affects the brain.

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The Faculty Senate discussed a campus evaluation proposal to review campus services Monday.

A Madison woman was arrested Sunday night for dancing in the aisle during a Gogol Bordello concert and punching a security guard in the face.

Private security guards at the Overture Center called for Madison police after 26-year-old concertgoer Lisa Matejka became “unruly,” according to the police incident report.

The woman allegedly went beyond a check point to get into the dance area of the Capitol Theater in the Overture Center. In order to get into this area the woman needed a wristband, which she did not have, police said.

“When confronted by security, the woman kicked one staff member in the leg several times and punched another in the face,” Madison Police

Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain said in a statement.

The Madison woman allegedly continued to resist arrest as the police officers removed her from the building.

“One officer quoted her as say-ing, ‘I’m going to keep on fighting you. I just wanted to dance. Are you going to refund my $30 ticket back?’” DeSpain said in the statement.

A 17-year-old man and his getaway driver were arrested Friday after the man allegedly stole a $26,000 Rolex watch on State Street.

Detroit natives involved in the alleged theft were Ronald Parker who was arrested for theft and Fernando Hall, 21, who was arrested for being the driver of the get-away vehicle.

A store employee showed Parker the watch at Goodman’s Jewelers on State Street. The jewelry store employee chased the suspect after he left the store with the watch, accord-ing to the police report. Madison Police Department foot patrol officers in the area also became involved in the chase.

The suspect allegedly dropped the Rolex, which an officer recovered, behind Bethel Lutheran Church.

Eventually police caught the sus-pect several blocks away as he got into the getaway vehicle. The suspect and the driver of the vehicle were then arrested, Madison Police spokesperson Joel DeSpain said in a statement.

Dancing queen arrested after kicking security guard

$26k rolex watch thief, getaway driver arrested after chase

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Today, the hotly contested midterm elections of 2010 will finally come to an end.

Job creation, economic recovery and social issues such as gay mar-riage and abortion have taken center stage in an election season characterized by absurd spending and Republican advantage. One issue, however, has found itself uncharacteristically absent from debate: the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

This absence is no accident. In an election characterized by economic recovery, incumbents are happy to avoid the enormous cost of the war, while challeng-ers simultaneously shy away from delving into the complexities of our presence in the Middle East.

But the lack of attention paid to Iraq and Afghanistan is more than just an electoral trend. Never before in the history of our coun-try has a war been so absent from our collective conscience. Despite the fact that the war in Afghanistan is now the longest war in U.S. history, the aver-age Wisconsin student is more likely to know the words to Justin Bieber’s “Baby” than the fact that 47 U.S. troops died in the month of September.

So why do the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan inspire less out-rage in comparison to past U.S. conflicts? It would prove futile to compare the current situation with the scale and uncertainty of World War II. But why do we as a society, and more specifically college students, not protest as we did during Vietnam? Both have proven horrendously unpopular, reflected poorly upon our leaders and resulted in devastating civil-ian casualties. Yet the bombing of Sterling Hall in 1970 in protest of the Vietnam War is a level of activism unthinkable by today’s standards.

Perhaps it’s a numbers game. As of Oct. 3, the Washington Post reports 5,710 military casualties

to date in the collective Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The Vietnam War resulted in over 58,000 mili-tary casualties. The recent release of classified military documents by WikiLeaks suggests a civilian death toll upwards of 100,000 in Iraq, compared to rough esti-mates of three million during the Vietnam War.

Others might attribute our lack of attention to the media. While coverage of the war was all-encom-passing during the early years. A study by The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism found that by 2008 news stories dedicated to the war had dropped by 15 percent. In an interview with PBS News hour, Majorie Miller of the Los Angeles Times explained, “There’s definitely a weariness. This is a story that people want to go away, and so we are constantly look-ing for new and interesting ways to tell the story and keep people engaged.”

While the media holds cer-tain responsibilities to inform the public, we must also realize that they are businesses. Despite their agenda-setting power when it comes to deciding what are important issues, their coverage is dependent on what sells. The fact that we as a public need journal-ists like Miller to keep us engaged is symbolic of how confused our perception of war has become. Ironically, the enormous amount of available information on Iraq is what’s deterring our attention. Media coverage made the war just another reality show whose ratings continue to drop with every new season.

Perhaps the greatest reason that college students have failed to pay attention is the lack of a draft. During the Vietnam War, students’ lives were profoundly impacted by

the fact that so many of those around them were being sent to Vietnam. While college-student status temporarily protected them from the draft, the consequenc-es of a failed class could mean military service. Vietnam cover-age dominated the news, whose depictions of soldiers’ coffins and the horrors of war brought about unprecedented public outrage.

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, in stark contrast, are fully supported by volun-teer service men and women. Furthermore, private military contractors in Afghanistan now outnumber U.S. troops. Students’ lives, unless directly related to someone serving overseas, are rare-ly impacted by the war.

This of course is not to suggest a lack of support, only to recognize that the conflict in the Middle East has lost interest among the general population. This lack of interest, perhaps a result of the war’s longevity, is unprecedented in our history. While Vietnam domi-nated the lives of our parents, Iraq and Afghanistan have become side notes of an ongoing news story that never seems to end.

The scale, length and media coverage of the war sets it apart from Vietnam, but there’s no denying that our efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan are just as con-troversial. We invaded Iraq on the false promises of Weapons of Mass Destruction, and many have con-nected our invasion with a need for oil.

Despite the promises of the Obama administration to end our involvement, recently exposed connection between Iran and our enemies suggest quite the oppo-site. Why these circumstances fail to capture our attention is hard to pinpoint, especially in light of UW-Madison’s tradition-ally political student body. The bombing of Sterling Hall during Vietnam was symbolic of student frustration expressed in a horribly wrong manner. But we must also remember that our lack of interest and understanding can be just as dangerous.

Miles Kellerman is a sophomore with an undecided major. Please send all feed-back to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Please check the candidates you are in support of for Statewide and Congressional office:

Wisconsin Governor Candidates:

Tom Barrett (Democrat)

Scott Walker (Republican)

Jim Langer (Independent)

James James (Common Sense Party)

U.S. Senate Candidates: Russ Feingold (Democrat)

Ron Johnson (Republican)

Robert Taylor (Constitution Party)

House 2nd District Candidates: Tammy Baldwin (Democrat)

Chad Lee (Republican)

State Assembly District 77 Candidates:

Brett Hulsey (Democrat)

David Redick (Republican)

Ben Manski (Green Party)

David Olson (Constitution Party)

Attorney General Candidates: Scott Hassett

John Van Hollen

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Despite consisting of one of the music industry’s consistently successful hip-hop/pop production teams, the Neptunes, N.E.R.D.’s group work has never topped the charts. Ten years and three studio albums have not given the trio of Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo and Shay Haley much radio play. In fact, the highest chart position of any of their songs came in 2004 with “She Wants To Move” hitting fifth on the U.K. singles chart. While N.E.R.D.’s albums have been more successful than their singles (with In Search Of… (2002) and Fly or Die (2004) both reaching gold status) the three Grammys and two Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards sitting on a shelf in the Neptunes’ studio are better indica-tors of the group’s excellent produc-tion and arrange-ment skills. And it’s these skills that are the high points of their new album, Nothing.

Musically, the band has always been experimental, and Nothing is no different. According to Rolling Stone, the band was inspired by sounds of the ’60s and groups like The Doors and The Beach Boys. “Victory” and “Help Me” are most in tune with this era, the latter sounding like a re-imagined James Bond film score with moody gui-tar and 808 drumbeats. Pharrell’s typically reedy falsetto comes off as stirringly haunting, as the front-man gives arguably his best vocal performance of the album.

“Hypnotize U,” the Daft Punk-engineered single, combines European techno and psychedelic drumbeats, along with Pharrell’s mesmerizing warble resulting in something that can only be described as groovy.

To appeal to commercially-minded record label executives,

Nothing contains a few less experi-mental songs. “Party People” fea-tures a rapid-fire appearance by T.I., but is relatively forgettable. Pharrell’s simple and usually catchy lyrics become borderline irritating when sung over a beat that sounds like it was made on an out-of-tune keytar. Like much of N.E.R.D’s less creative and more repetitive work, “Party People” is the type of song that sounds better at a high energy performance than it ever will on headphones.

The album’s first single, “Hot-n-fun” is slightly less migraine-inducing. The track features a memorable guest performance from Nelly Furtado, which is

another example of a track seem-ingly made for a live show. It’s possible that the band itself understands the nature of their music, as much of the music was first introduced at venues like

MTV’s Spring Break concert series long before being leaked online.

N.E.R.D. is most frequently criticized for their lyrics, which usually come off as painfully sim-ple compared to the sophistica-tion of their production. However, Nothing hits its highest note on “God Bless Us All,” a song that fea-tures lyrics about something other than festivities and females, two N.E.R.D. topical mainstays. The song resonates socially conscious lines like, “you are brown in this world that’s black and white, lil’ bruh / You were made to amaze and bring change, lil’ bruh.” With a strong jazz and almost gospel-like influence this song is as uplifting as its background trumpet is resonat-ing. A crown jewel of an experi-mental album, this song finds N.E.R.D.’s vocal and songwriting ability equalling, if not surpassing, its prodigious and innovative style of production.

By Kalie RiemerTHe Daily CarDiNal

In 1983, Kenny Waters was con-victed of the murder of Katharina Brow in Ayer, Massachusetts. In the 18 years that followed, Kenny’s sister, Betty Anne Waters, dedicated her life to fighting for his freedom. Determined to free her brother from what she believed a wrongful conviction, Betty Anne went through college and law school in order to eventually exonerate her brother. This remarkable true story of personal sacrifice is illustrated in Tony Goldwyn’s “Conviction.”

The film’s plot, as adapted by screenwriter Pamela Gray, jumps between scenes from before and after Kenny’s conviction. Many of these scenes are short, revealing just enough to convey the necessary points. Scenes of Kenny and Betty Anne as children illustrate the development of their close relationship. Raised by a neglect-ful mother, they frequently got them-selves in trouble until their separation into foster homes. Betty Anne’s sepa-ration from her husband is implied only by a scene of them arguing and his later absence from her household, leaving much to the interpretation of the audience.

Given the inspirational nature of the story, the movie could easily slip into the category of a Hallmark channel tear-jerker. Goldwyn, how-ever, refrains from this by keeping the effects simple. The audience is neither distracted by dramatic music nor left impatient from drawn-out scenes. Instead, Goldwyn lets the actors bring the story to life, with Hilary Swank and Sam Rockwell putting on commendable perfor-mances as the Waters siblings.

Swank portrays the delicate resolve of Betty Anne with depth and emotion. For much of the film, her character has a quiet strength. Her unwavering loyalty to her brother and her belief in his innocence keeps her forging through every obstacle imag-inable. Although Betty Anne is skilled at maintaining her composure, she is not immune to letting her emotions get to her, particularly when it comes to family. These moments in the film allow Swank to display her phenom-enal acting talent.

The strained smile she puts on for her sons as she sends them off with her ex-husband could make any mother’s heart ache, and her livid reaction to questions of her brother’s

innocence resonates with anyone who has had to defend a family member.

Rockwell, whose character is less prominently featured than Swank’s, also delivers a realistic performance in his presentation of the pomp-ous and wild Kenny. In the various scenes where Kenny loses his temper, Rockwell conveys anger so believably the audience is inclined to believe that his character is capable of murder. However, Kenny’s love for his fam-ily is evidenced by his uncontrollable excitement when Betty Anne passes the bar exam.

Supporting actresses Minnie Driver and Juliette Lewis add to the already exemplary acting in “Conviction.” Minnie Driver plays Betty Anne’s friend, Abra, whose sar-casm provides an occasional reprieve from the intensity of the film. Lewis portrays a witness, and though her appearance in the film is minimal, she is perfect for the ditsy role.

The story behind this film is already powerful, but when paired with Goldwyn’s brilliant directing and a strong cast, it becomes all the more compelling. “Conviction” reminds us of the rewards of hard work and the power of familial love.

T his week nerds of all kinds across the Web rejoiced as Christopher Nolan revealed

the title of his next Batman film—“The Dark Knight Rises,” set for release on July 20, 2012. Although Nolan has said it won’t feature the Riddler or Mr. Freeze, it’s a good bet it will be a phenomenal film, if its prede-cessors are any indication.

Superheroes have been an integral part of our country’s zeitgeist over the last hundred years. I would even ven-ture to draw a parallel between the way our culture holds the stories of classic superheroes like Spiderman, Batman and Superman to the way Ancient Rome and Greece held their myths of great heroes. Perhaps Homer was merely the Stan Lee of ancient Greece. After all, despite often being relegated as purely nerdy subject matter, the

classic mythos of these characters are known almost universally in the United States. My mom has never read a comic book in her life, but she could tell you exactly how Peter Parker got his Spidey sense and probably name a few of his more prominent foes. Thus, superheroes have played their role in our film history as well.

The Christopher Reeve “Superman” movies are iconic pieces of film history in their own right. And the first Tim Burton “Batman” movie broke numerous box-office records when it opened in 1989. But then in the ’90s the later Joel Schumacher “Batman” movies bombed critically and financially, and studios shunned superhero movies as box office poi-son. Things changed again when CGI (computer generated imagery) progressed and became a staple in the film industry. Suddenly, fantasti-cal tales of superheroes, which would have been impossibly challenging to film before, became feasible. What could only have been portrayed in cartoons and comics previously could now be visualized in live-action film.

In 2002, after being stuck in develop-ment hell for decades, Sam Rami’s first “Spiderman” film was released to a box-office bonanza. It was the first film to ever pass $100 million in a weekend and even today is still the 24th highest grossing film of all time. The superhero genre had been revitalized and we are now living in the resulting superhero renaissance. But how long until we burn out on superheroes and the studios are sent searching for new summer tentpoles?

Next year is set to be bubbling over with superhuman action. In January we’ll see Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (co-writers of “Superbad” and “Pineapple Express”) take on a clas-sic in “The Green Hornet.” Then over the summer we get: “Green Lantern” with Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively; “Captain America: The First Avenger” co-written by Joss Whedon; “Thor” with Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman; and “X-Men: First Class” directed by Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass) and featuring a cavalcade of stars such as Kevin Bacon, January Jones, and James McAvoy.

And the studios aren’t stopping there. They have plans for dozens more superhero film adaptations in the next four years. After last summer’s indie hit “(500) Days of Summer,” direc-tor Marc Webb is set to helm a new Spiderman reboot starring Andrew Garfield (“The Social Network”) and Emma Stone. Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, the duo behind “Crank” and its sequel, are directing “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance.” In an inter-esting choice, Darren Aronofsky, direc-tor of “The Wrestler,” will be taking on “X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2” next year. Then there’s the inevitable “Iron Man 3” to come. Zach Snyder (direc-tor of “300” and “Watchmen”) has a new take on Superman, “The Man of Steel,” with a script by Christopher Nolan and David Goyer (co-writers of “The Dark Knight”). To top it all off, Adrien Brody has been interested in getting an adaption of “Ant-Man” rolling, whoever Ant-Man is.

With all of that on the horizon, the question isn’t so much whether audi-ences will get sick of superheroes, but when they will. Marvel and Disney

might be in for a rude awakening if public interest wanes before they can even get their mega-Frankenstein film “The Avengers” out in 2012. Spiderman and Batman are iconic heroes that everyone knows, comic book nerd or not. But Thor? Green Lantern? How many people will line up at midnight to see them? I highly doubt these will have anywhere close to the pull bigger names have had. How far down the superhero notoriety list can studios go before average folks stop showing up?

Matthew Vaughn, director of the superhero movies “X-Men: First Class” and “Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall” said in an interview this summer, “I’ve always wanted to do a big-budget superhero film and I think we’ve kind of crossed the Rubicon with superhero films ... The genre is going to be dead for a while because the audience has just been pummeled too much.” But which superhuman cinematic punch is going to be one punch too many?

Have you had enough of Superhero movies as well? E-mail David at dcot-trell@wisc.edu.

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best games of the season Monday night, scor-ing two goals and adding one assist. The junior midfielder found herself involved in all of the Badgers goals. Head coach Paula Wilkins had nothing but praise for Nosbusch.

“I thought she could have a couple more,” Wilkins said. “I think when she raised her level there in the first half, it really made a difference.”

Having a good day of her own, junior keeper Michele Dalton was on top of her game, earning her 11th shutout of the season. After a relatively quiet first half for Dalton, she found herself needing to make some big, and at the time acrobatic, saves in the second half to keep her clean sheet bid alive.

“I thought she [Dalton] did a great job,” Wilkins said. “I think getting those opportu-nities and making those saves, it builds some confidence going into the post season.”

The win was an emotional one for the team in a few different ways. It was the last conference game for the Wisconsin seniors, and to be able to get the win at home was a big motivating factor from the opening kickoff.

“It was the last conference game for the seniors and we really wanted to play hard for them,” Kodee Williams said.

With the win, the Badgers moved to 7-1-2 Big Ten and 10-4-4 overall. As it stands now, Wisconsin sits at the top of the Big Ten standings. The Badgers need either a tie or loss by both Penn State and Ohio State when those teams play Michigan and Michigan State, respectively, later this week to win the team’s first Big Ten title since 1996.

Expecting to earn a NCAA bid regardless though, the team is hoping for a home field reward in that tournament.

“Hopefully we get a home bid so we can play at home and keep the momentum going,” Williams said.

The team will learn their NCAA tourna-ment fate when those selections are announced on Nov. 8.

Men’s Basketball

Bo with many decisions yet to be madeBy Max SternbergThe daily cardiNal

Despite returning three starters and 12 letter-winners from last year’s 24-9 squad, much of the pre-season focus has been on the newcomers to badger basketball.

Still, No. 24 Wisconsin is faced with the task of finding replacements for two of their three All-Big Ten selections from last season, guards Jason Bohannon and Trevon Hughes.

Although junior guard Jordan Taylor, a starter toward the latter part of last year, is likely to be tapped for the starting point, the race for the second guard vacancy is wide open.

One player in the mix is freshman Josh Gasser. A former high school quarterback, the 6'3" Port Washington, Wis. native has impressed coach Bo Ryan throughout pre-season workouts and into the early practice and scrimmage slate.

“Josh Gasser is not 18, or 19. He’s 21, 22,” Ryan said. “The way he sees the floor is maturing.”

While coach Ryan has certainly been impressed by the leadership experience and floor sense of Gasser, he also noted that another fresh-man, Ben Brust, has been off the charts in his displays of athleticism.

Seen by many as a Bohannon-type player, the former Iowa recruit and late Badger pickup has quickly become another potential option as Ryan and the badger coaching staff try to fill the gaping hole in that final guard spot.

“Ben Brust is the fastest guy coming off screens that I’ve ever coached,” Ryan said. “I’ve had some guys with a little bit of speed, but he’s like a bullet.”

Though the second guard spot is the obvious question mark heading into Saturday’s exhibition opener, the other newcomers are sure to play a pivotal role in supporting a cast of big men that includes returning starters, seniors Keaton

Nankavil and Jon Leuer. One of the biggest questions among this

group is the status of freshman Evan Anderson. The 7-foot Stanley, Wis. native was thought to be leaning toward redshirting, but coach Ryan was quick to note that Anderson’s work in practice has gotten him to a level where that route is no longer a foregone conclusion.

The final piece of the freshman puzzle, 6'8" freshman Duje Dukan, remains a work in prog-ress with tremendous upside.

Although this diverse set of newcomers look poised to blend in well with the noted culture

of badger basketball, there is sure to be a learn-ing curve, especially on the defensive end of the floor.

“The biggest thing all four of them have to learn is what we do defensively,” Ryan said. “You can always go to a playground, to the open gyms, and you’re fine. Defense is what’s gonna make the difference.”

As the season looms on the horizon, Wisconsin basketball is right on the brink of the national scene, a position this program has grown accustomed to throughout Bo Ryan’s tenure.

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Jordan Taylor, who played in all 33 games last season, averaging 10 points per contest, will be key in replacing departing guards, Jason Bohannon and Trevon hughes this year.

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Football

By Ted PorathThe daily cardiNal

In his weekly press conference on Monday, football head coach Bret Bielema discussed the Badgers’ state as a team, as well as the team’s upcoming game against Purdue.

Bielema began by address-ing the injuries accrued in the Badgers’ previous game against Iowa. Bielema expects that all players who were injured against Iowa, including senior tight end Lance Kendricks and freshman running back James White, to play on Saturday.

Bielema then addressed how he plans to get his team focused again coming off a bye week.

“To me, the very important thing is to stay fresh,” Bielema said. “As coaches, idle time is sometimes a time when coaches can get overly creative and do things that are out of their norm … just stick with the plan, I think that’s what we’ll do.”

Wisconsin is now ranked No. 7 in both the AP Top 25 and the USA Today Poll. Additionally, the team is ranked No. 9 in the BCS rankings. With the possibility of a BCS bowl looming, many fans are wondering how Bielema is keep-ing his team focused for their next opponent each week.

“If we don’t take care of our business this week, it’s all for naught,” Bielema said. “I think this group probably gets that bet-

ter than years past, that the reason they’re in the position they’re in is they’ve taken it one week at a time. We didn’t talk about Ohio State till we got to Ohio State. We didn’t talk about Iowa till we got to Iowa. It’s the same reason we’re gonna carry forward that thinking with Purdue.”

Bielema also covered the team’s upcoming game this weekend against Purdue.

The Boilermakers (2-2 Big Ten, 4-4 overall) come into this game on a two game losing streak, with losses to Ohio State and Illinois by a combined score of 93-10.

Purdue is known to have a solid front four, led by senior defen-sive end and NFL prospect Ryan Kerrigan. Kerrigan has totaled 49 total tackles so far, with 7.5 sacks and 18.5 tackles for loss.

“Still to this day, I think that Ryan Kerrigan, their defensive end, is one of the premiere play-ers in our league,” Bielema said. “Their d-line really plays hard. Bruce Gaston, their starting defen-sive end, we wanted him bad. We really recruited him hard.”

Purdue runs a spread offense, a system that places the quarter-back in the shotgun with 3, 4 or 5 receiver sets. The Badgers have not faced this type of offense this year, but Bielema believes that the key to beating Purdue will be the same key to beating Ohio State or Iowa.

Bielema said that some things, like tackling, will be even more critical this week.

“Defensively, we’ve got to tackle well, probably now more than ever because in spread offenses they cre-ate one on one spacing, so that’s a big difference in this game,” Bielema said.

This game will be the 77th meeting between Wisconsin and Purdue, with Wisconsin leading the series 39-29-8. Wisconsin has won the last four meetings between the teams, winning the last two by a combined score of 61-3.

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While purdue’s defensive line has been a force all season, the Badger front four, featuring J.J. Watt, has brought chaos to opponents as well.

women’s soccer

Junior laurie Nosbusch contributed to all three goals Monday night, scoring two and adding an assist to a Kodee Williams score.

By Matthew KleistThe daily cardiNal

As the Wisconsin women’s soccer team took the field Monday night, it was an emotional moment for some. In their last regular season game of the year, the Badgers hosted the Wildcats of Northwestern. From the opening whistle, the UW women were locked in.

The Badgers came out hot from the start, pressuring the Wildcat defense by relentlessly attacking the box. It didn’t take long for one of their attacks to produce results either. Wisconsin’s first goal would come in the 19th minute on a beautiful series of passes in and around the box.

After a heads up play, soph-omore midfielder Alev Kelter hooked up with junior forward Laurie Nosbusch. With a well played ball into the box, freshman

midfielder Kodee Williams con-trolled the ball and put it past the Northwestern keeper.

Continuing the assault on Northwestern’s back line, Wisconsin would find themselves in a good position just five minutes after scor-ing the first goal. Delivering a great cross into the box, freshman mid-fielder Catie Sessions was able to find the head of Nosbusch who would drive the ball to the back of the net, increasing the Wisconsin lead to two.

And not to outdo herself, Nosbusch would find the net once more in the game to solidify Wisconsin’s lead over the Wildcats. The goal coming in the 30th minute on a right place, right time play. Sophomore midfielder Monica Lam-Feist crossed the ball into the box finding the feet of junior mid-fielder Leigh Williams. Williams shot would be blocked, but not cleared. Capitalizing on the free ball, Nosbusch knocked it home for her second of the game.

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Badgers ready to get back to work after bye

Wisconsin in first place following 3-0 victory

Boise state deserves more respect than the voters, computers are giving the Broncos this season

W hat the BCS and college football, as a whole, is doing to the Boise State

Broncos is sickening. It appears like the computers are perfectly happy with screwing over Boise State week after week, much like the AP voters before them.

When the preseason polls were released, the Boise State Broncos sat proudly at the number two spot, which was the highest preseason rank-ing ever for a non-automatic BCS qualifying conference team. Bronco Nation rejoiced thinking that maybe this would be the year that they would finally have the opportunity to prove their mettle on the biggest stage of all: the BCS National Title Game in Glendale, Arizona.

But so far this year it is appar-ent that the voters, or computers,

or whoever, is going to do their best to keep the Broncos out of the title game, which, in my mind, is extremely unfair.

Boise State has evolved from that cute little underdog that knocked off Oklahoma in the 2006 Fiesta Bowl, into one of college football’s premier powers, and a team that is as worthy and capable as any other team in the country to play in the BCS title game.

Some argue that that is because their conference is extremely weak, so when they go undefeated in conference play, it really isn’t that big of an accom-plishment. So what does Boise do to combat that? They load their non-conference schedule with big name schools to try and make a statement. They’ve played Oregon, Oregon State, Virginia Tech and still win on a regular basis, and recently set up a future series with Michigan State. Not to mention they have knocked off Oklahoma and TCU in bowl games.

They beat Oregon, now ranked No.1 in the country, just last season. The Broncos have been willing to lay

any hope of a national title appearance on the line in the early weeks of their season, and they have come away from those games unscathed.

They try to schedule more but a funny thing happens: no one wants to play them. None of the big boy schools want to take the risk of playing the smurf turf squad, in fear of their own national title hopes will going right out the window.

Then people argue that Boise State doesn’t play anyone. Well guess what? They have tried but college football is scared of the Broncos, scared of what they can do to the established hierar-chy of college football.

They opened this season by play-ing on the road against a Virginia Tech team that was, at the time, the No.10 team in the country. They won that game on a late game drive led by quarterback Kellen Moore in an extremely hostile environment. It was a fantastic ending to a great game, and for any other team it would have been a signature win that the BCS comput-ers love to see.

But, Virginia Tech lost the next week to Division I-AA foe James Madison, and it was Boise State that suffered the consequences. The AP voters dropped Boise State from No. 2 to No. 3 in the AP poll that week, despite the Broncos being on bye. So, they were dropped in the rankings solely based on Virginia Tech’s loss. Its like these people look for any reason to discredit the Broncos.

The injustice continued as soon as the BCS rankings were released. As top-ranked teams fell by the wayside the first two weeks of the poll, Boise State remained at the number three spot in the polls as team after team leapfrogged them to occupy the num-ber one and two spots, despite the fact that Boise State was still winning, and winning impressively at that.

And now, in the most recent BCS rankings released on Sunday maybe the biggest travesty to date has occurred. Despite yet another Bronco victory, the BCS computers allowed the TCU Horned Frogs to move into the No. 3 spot, bumping Boise State

down to No. 4. Are you kidding me? It is one thing for automatic BCS

qualifying schools to pass Boise State, but now they’re letting other BCS buster schools pass them; a BCS buster that Boise defeated in last year’s Fiesta Bowl no less. The latest rankings also have Utah sitting at No.5, as if they’re setting up another drop for Boise.

If the BCS is letting TCU jump over the Broncos, it’s not screwing them over solely because they come from a non-AQ conference. There is just something about Boise State that the computers don’t like, and for the life of me I cannot figure out what it is.

Boise State is fighting an uphill battle that it cannot possibly win, no matter, it seems, how well they do. This team can line up with the best in the country, I truly believe that, but it seems they will never get the opportunity to prove it and instead will continue to get the shaft from a chance at college football glory.

Think a No. 4 ranking is fair? E-mail Ryan at rmevans2@wisc.edu.

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