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Gov. reconsiders UW System funding Noah Goetzel State Politics Editor After promising to maintain the UW System’s $181 million budget request last week, Gov. Scott Walker backed off that plan Thursday, proposing to redirect most of the money to other educational needs. The governor said much of the proposed funding for UW schools could now go to public schools and toward a

systemwide tuition freeze, according to the Associated Press. Walker initially advocated for a two-year student tuition freeze, as did the bipartisan Legislature and students statewide after the Legislative Fiscal Bureau uncovered approximately $650 million in available System assets. For further scrutiny, Joint Legislative Audit Committee’s co-chairs Sen. Rob Cowles, R-Green Bay,

and Rep. Samantha Kerkman, R-Randall, said in a statement last week the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau will carefully review UW System’s balances. UW System Board of Regents President Brent Smith said officials will wait to make any judgments on potential fluctuations in the state’s proposed funding until Walker and the Legislature formalize their changes. Smith and UW System

said. “There’s also been a misperception that this money is available to us — that we’re sitting on all this money and we can pay it out whenever we want.” About $400 million is restricted federal aid, grants and other monies, Smith said. He added another approximately $400 million is “clearly committed” to funding plans at the system’s various colleges and universities.

spokesperson David Giroux also said these reserve funds represent only a quarter of the system’s spending, which is a rate lower than many other systems and universities nationwide. However, Smith said the System’s reserves have risen by more than $200 million in the past two years due to repeated 5.5 percent tuition hikes. “It’s been a big increase in the last two years,” he

Giroux said the UW System should make its financial reserves data more visible to the public. “We have to do a better job of explaining this and presenting it in a more transparent way,” Giroux said. Rep. Stephen Nass, R-Whitewater, said the UW System should freeze tuition rates for the next four years, according to his spokesperson

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City campaigns against fossil fuel Mayor Paul Soglin encourages divestment of local, state funds in unclean energy companies Allie Johnson City Life Editor

That shit cray More than 17,000 participants ran the “CrazyLegs Classic,” a University of Wisconsin Athletics sponsored five-kilometer fun-run. Andy Fate The Badger Herald

The City of Madison’s Mayor Paul Soglin became one of 11 mayors across the country to actively discourage the investment of city funds in fossil fuels after joining a nationwide campaign Friday. According to a statement, Soglin joined others to launch the city’s divestment campaign in an effort to discourage cities and states from investing in fossil fuels and the companies that produce them. The campaign is part of a coordinated effort between the international climate campaign 350.org and the mayor’s Innovation Network, the statement said. Soglin’s spokesperson Katie Crawley said the mayor decided to join the campaign because the city has already been working toward

Porchlight opens east side location Allie Johnson City Life Editor A city homeless advocacy organization officially opened a new shelter, which focuses on aiding individuals coping with addiction, on Madison’s east side on Thursday. The new Porchlight Inc. facility, located at 4006 Nakoosa Trail, is a safe haven designed to provide temporary affordable housing and connect people to the resources they need, Beatrice Hadidian, the development director for Porchlight, said. The shelter has been housing individuals since late last year, but held its official grand opening last week, she said. “The shelter was part of a four-year campaign to really focus on providing permanent housing and supportive services for chronically homeless men and women who are struggling with mental illness and addiction,” Hadidan said. “It provides a positive supportive environment.” Unlike the other facilities throughout the city operated by Porchlight, this shelter is more for individuals than families, Hadidian said. The shelter has 48 housing units total for single adults, she said. There are 14 units for people in need of a temporary space to stay and where people can take the first step in getting the services they need, she said. There are an additional 34 units that are low-income

housing for people who are chronically homeless, Hadidian said. These units are geared toward people who have been in and out of shelters for years, often because they cannot afford the rent in Madison, she said. Hadidian added 18 of these units are specifically for a transitional recovery program for people struggling with drug and alcohol addictions. The program connects participants with valuable resources, she said. “We give people the tools and resources they need to actually make their recovery and be successful,” Hadidian said. Although there are only 18 units available for the program, most people graduate in less than two years, Hadidian said. The program is able to serve about 30 people every year, she said. The additional 16 efficiencies are permanent affordable housing available for an average of $300 a month, Hadidian said. “There is a huge need for affordable housing,” Hadidian said. “It is the right movement toward decreasing homelessness.” Hadidian said opening the shelter was a community effort. The city provided the land for the shelter at an affordable cost because they realized this was something that was needed for affordable housing and supportive

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divestment in the industry. The city does not currently invest in any fossil fuel companies, she said. “We are embracing sustainable approaches for the economy and for the community,” Crawley said. “[Soglin] understands the impact of climate change and understands the importance of everyone doing their part.” In addition to being good for the environment, Crawley said divestment has a financial payoff as well. A study by the Aperio Group, a financial advisory firm, found the financial risk of divestment is around 0.01 percent, the statement said. Divestment also encourages investment in sustainable sources of energy, the statement said. “[Divestment in fossil fuels] can lead to sustainable jobs

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BioHouse to bridge classes, social life in new residence A new learning community focused on biology majors is slated to open in 2014. Andy Fate The Badger Herald

A State Street redevelopment project could force out popular downtown restaurants such as Husnus, Buraka and Roast Public House, if passed.

State St. restaurants plan for possible displacement Allie Johnson City Life Editor A newly proposed mixeduse building is slated to displace several popular State Street businesses with student off-campus housing, office and commercial space. The proposal from Mullins Group and Core Campus Chicago is for a 12-story building,

tentatively called The Hub, with more than 200 apartments, retail and office space and 150 to 200 aboveground parking spaces, Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said. The developers plan to demolish the University Inn at 441 N. Frances St., an apartment building at 431 N. Frances St., a commercial building at 529 State St. and a large surface parking lot

to make way for the new building, he said. The new building would also displace the businesses currently occupying the desired space, including Husnu’s, a Turkish restaurant, Kabul, an Afghani and Mediterranean restaurant, and the recently-opened Roast Public House, Verveer

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GOP pushes voucher school expansion Sean Kirkby Senior Reporter Three Republican state senators announced Thursday they will only vote for Gov. Scott Walker’s budget if it includes a provision to expand the voucher school program. Sen. Leah Vukmir, R-Wauwatosa, Sen. Paul Farrow, R-Pewaukee, and Sen. Rick Gudex, R-Fond du Lac, said in a statement their vote “depends solely” on expanding the state’s program that gives public school students a voucher to attend a private school. “I have and will continue to support educational initiatives that create better options for parents and their children,” Vukmir said in a statement. “If schools are failing to meet expectations,

it’s realistic for parents in those districts to be given a viable alternative for their kids.” Farrow said like much of Walker’s budget, the Legislature will make adjustments to his proposal. Scott Rausch, a spokesperson for Farrow, said the senator is considering changes that would allow the expansion to receive the support of other senators, such as tying it to some mechanism other than school report cards. At least three other Republican senators have criticized the voucher school expansion. Sen. Luther Olsen, R-Ripon, Senate President Mike Ellis, R-Neenah, and Sen. Dale Schultz, R-Richland Center, have said they oppose the expansion. Since their announcement, Farrow, Gudex and Vukmir

using alternative measures to determine expansion, not the report cards. “Everything is pretty much on the table, so it’s pretty open,” Vukmir said. “Report cards are one avenue we’re exploring and one area where you find common ground.” Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate criticized the three “Scott Walker Republicans” for their support of the voucher school expansion in a statement, which he said comes from the donations they have gotten from voucher school advocates. Tate charged them with supporting a 30 percent funding increase in voucher schools while keeping public school funding flat. “The plan to defund Wisconsin’s public schools has gotten a cold shoulder

have not met with the legislators opposed to the expansion, Rausch said. “Hopefully we can get them on board,” Rausch said. “We hope to have that discussion soon and reach a compromise with them.” Walker’s budget proposes expanding voucher school programs to nine school districts, including Madison’s, and in districts that have more than 4,000 students and at least two schools that did not meet performance standards in the statewide report card system implemented last year. In an interview with The Badger Herald, Vukmir said lawmakers are also considering other changes to the budget proposal such as limiting the expansion to certain areas, increasing funding to public schools and

from Democrats and Republicans alike, so the special interests backing the disastrous plan are now calling in the favors that have come with hundreds of thousands of dollars,” Tate said. Brian Pleva, American Federation for Children Wisconsin government affairs associate, said in an email to The Badger Herald the senators represent a few of the areas that Walker wants to expand voucher schools to in his budget. “I applaud them for standing up for the families in their districts who want more educational freedom,” Pleva said. “It would be unfortunate if senators outside of these districts prevented the families living in those districts from getting the right to a quality education.”

UW to graduate triplets in May Alice Coyne Higher Education Editor While every Badger walking the stage at graduation has a story as unique as the next, one family will be seeing its graduates in triple. As they prepare for graduation in May, triplets Kyle, Stephanie and Ashley Verhasselt fondly remember their time at the University of Wisconsin together. Kyle, Stephanie and Ashley grew up with their parents and younger brother Adam, a junior at UW, on a farm in Freedom, Wis. — an experience Kyle said fostered a sense of responsibility and a strong work ethic. The Verhasselts are firstgeneration college students but said they had always planned to go to college for as long as they could remember. Stephanie said their parents did not force them to go to any particular school, but promoted a sense of competition, pushing each to do well for him or herself. They expressed deep appreciation for their strong,

supportive family, and said they see their parents, who are “always looking for an excuse to come to Madison,” fairly often. Although the three were born one minute apart and have remained close throughout their years at UW, each has a distinct personality and chosen life path. Kyle, a real estate major in the UW School of Business, will be working for G.E. Capital after graduation and hopes to travel, especially to big cities. His sisters describe him as a “city boy,” who is outgoing, sociable and confident. Stephanie, the oldest of the three, began her studies at UW-Fox Valley and transferred to UW her junior year to join her siblings and study social welfare, a fitting major for a caring individual, as her siblings described her. Ashley is a biology student and will be attending Wisconsin Medical College in Milwaukee in the fall. Characterized by her siblings as the “studious, straightlaced and motivated” sister, Ashley said she has wanted

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Wisconsin-born triplets Kyle, Stephanie and Ashley are set to go their different ways after UW, but will always have their shared Badger memories. to be a doctor since coming in freshman year as a pre-med student and sticking with the program for four years. The sisters hope to someday live close to the home where they grew up. Regardless, all the siblings are confident that they will remain in touch. Their decision to come to UW was an easy one, all three said. When asked about their greatest memory from their time in Madison, none could cite only one to encapsulate their past four years.

“No matter where you go, you say you’re from Wisconsin and people remember that,” Kyle said, citing experiences ranging from friendships and football games to connections across campus as the memories he will treasure after graduation. Ashley said she appreciated meeting people from all different backgrounds during her years on campus. Coming from a small town, she has enjoyed the opportunity to expand her horizons and will

continue to do so while in medical school in Milwaukee. Although Stephanie transferred to UW as a junior, she will remember those lasting friendships she made in her two years. “Growing up being a triplet was neat--being able to share many similar experiences,” Kyle said. “But the one we’ll remember the most and be most proud of is having the opportunity to attend Wisconsin together, no matter where life takes us.”

University to open biology residential learning community Alice Coyne Higher Education Editor University of Wisconsin students looking to bridge the divide between their studies and their social lives will soon have the opportunity to live in a new biology-focused learning community on campus, set to open in 2014. The BioHouse, a new learning community, is set to open to freshmen in the fall of 2014 as the tenth Residence Learning Community at UW. Interested participants will be given the opportunity

to apply to the residence hall, Tom Gower, BioHouse faculty director and professor of forest ecosystem ecology, said. A selection committee will review all applications, selecting students representing diverse backgrounds and biological interests, he added. As biology is the largest major at UW, those developing this community hope to consolidate biology students across campus in order to facilitate both social and academic relationships, Gower said.

The specific location for the BioHouse learning community has yet to be determined, Gower said, adding he hopes it will bring together biology students scattered across Madison. “BioHouse will provide a strong, daily support community for incoming freshman, many of whom are first-generation students, minority students or students from small high schools,” Gower said. “The objective is to help these students make the major transition from high school to college go smoothly.

BioHouse will help alleviate the anxiety some students experience and provide better opportunities for students to support each other.” BioHouse will also sponsor various activities introducing incoming freshmen to career possibilities in the biology field through dinners, seminars, lab tours and social activities, Gower said. He said such events would help break down the barriers between staff and students, create mentoring partnerships and provide opportunities for students to work with professionals.

State bureau projects $63.5M transit deficit Sarah Link Reporter A state memo projected the state’s transportation fund will likely have a $63.5 million deficit by mid-2015, a figure which could result in changes to Gov. Scott Walker’s current proposed budget. At the time Gov. Scott Walker introduced his budget, the bureau projected a $12.6 million surplus, but largely because of declining gas tax collections, the bureau changed its projections to a $63.5 million deficit. The Legislative Fiscal Bureau released the memo last week in preparation for the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee vote on the Department of

Transportation’s budget Tuesday. According to Craig Thompson, Wisconsin Transportation Development Association executive director, the deficit may result in delaying major projects, borrowing more money, moving money from general state funds to the transportation fund or increasing user fees. A commission that Thompson was a member of earlier this year recommended major reinvestments in transportation, but also recommended increasing the state’s user fees that are below national averages, which Walker and Republican leaders rejected.

“My guess is if they didn’t choose to look at revenue from an increased gas tax before, they’re not likely to now,” Thompson said. The LFB memo found the state would collect about $48 million less in gas taxes in the next biennium than was originally predicted. Walker’s proposal to borrow more than $1 billion for construction projects has drawn criticism from some Republicans, who asked the transportation secretary to find about $200 million the department can delay. Thompson said further borrowing is a more likely strategy for the Legislature to take than increasing user fees. Tom Howells, president

FOSSIL FUELS, from 1 and is better for both the city and the environment,” Crawley said. “It’s a winwin.”

of the trucking industry’s Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association, said there is a serious problem with the state’s transportation fund. Although he said an increase in user fees might be necessary, the trucking industry would prefer an increase in the fuel tax, rather than an increase in registration fees. Fuel taxes are pay as you go, while registration fees are a lump sum paid at one time that can sometimes be too expensive for truckers who drive less, he said. “As we move forward, our preference would be that we should [increase] the fuel tax,” Howells said. “It’s a pretty efficient way to collect money.”

This combined effort between mayors is the next step in the fossil fuels divestment campaign that has already gained traction on more than 300

Institute for Biology Education Interim Director Janet Branchaw said BioHouse is one of the many ways the institute is working to engage students in biological sciences from a young age. The Institute has created a Freshmen Interest Group course, Exploring Biology, and is also working with Steenbock Library to possibly create a BioCommons community space in the library, Branchaw said. She said BioHouse will both open up opportunities for students with similar interests

to connect with one another while also serving as a hub for biological opportunities on campus. “We hope to see a diverse and engaged community of students, who are excited about and taking advantage of the many opportunities that UW-Madison has to offer in the biological sciences,” Branchaw said in an email to The Badger Herald. “We also hope that residents of the house will emerge as student leaders in biological sciences in many venues across the campus.”

WALKER, from 1 Mike Mikalsen. Other legislative leaders believe the system should not receive any additional funding and its entire $181 million budget should be slashed, Mikalsen said. Mikalsen added Smith is “part of the problem,” as he is being dishonest about the “slush fund” reserves deemed already committed to programming. “Frankly, it’s a lie, a flat out lie,” Mikalsen said, adding regents besides Smith had been unaware of the system’s surplus. The Board of Regents have not taken a single vote designating any of that money for any expenditures and only UW System President

college campuses across the country, the statement said. Soglin is planning to introduce a resolution that encourages the Madison Metropolitan School

Kevin Reilly and “his minions” have appropriate such finds, Mikalsen said. Mikalsen also called for Reilly to be removed from his role as UW System president. “Representative Nass wants you to know this is just another example in a lengthy list of scandals that have occurred under Kevin Reilly’s leadership,” Mikalsen said. “That is why Representative Nass has called on Kevin Reilly to resign or for the Board of Regents to fire him.” Mikalsen said Nass believes rebuilding trust between UW System leadership and Legislature can occur only if Reilly is gone. The Associated Press contributed to this article.

District, Dane County, the University of Wisconsin and the state of Wisconsin to also work toward this type of divestment, she said.

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Annual 5k run attracts 17,000 UW Athletics sponsors Crazylegs Classic, looks to involve alumni Alice Coyne Higher Education Editor

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After listening to keynote speaker Paul Robbins, the director of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, participants formed groups to brainstorm ideas on how to improve campus sustainability.

ASM hosts forum on sustainability Grassroot committee holds campus event, engages students in “green” initiatives Alice Coyne Higher Education Editor The University of Wisconsin’s student government held its first annual Sustainability Fair Saturday to give students the opportunity to get involved in on-campus environmental initiatives and lay the groundwork for future campaigns. In an effort to be more approachable and relevant to students, the Associated Students of Madison’s Sustainability Committee used the event to reach out to students interested in “green” campaigns on campus. “We as a committee really wanted to bring people who may not have the availability to attend our committee meetings into the democratic process of choosing what we work

Crime Madison police said they plan to increase their presence throughout the city in response to an anticipated increase in crime associated with warmer weather. MPD spokesperson Joel DeSpain said violent and disruptive behavior tends to be more frequent in the downtown area during the warmer months of the year as people spend more time outside when it warms up. As seen with criminal activity on Friday, DeSpain explained the 600 block of University Avenue and State Street are two specific areas where police see an increase

on,” Sustainability Committee Chair Colin Higgins said in an email to The Badger Herald. “The Sustainability Fair is an opportunity for groups and students from around campus to get involved in brainstorming what they want to see us work on for the upcoming semester and year.” Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies Director Paul Robbins was the event’s keynote speaker. Emphasizing the importance of forward, futureoriented thinking about the environment, Robbins chided “apocalyptic environmentalism” and encouraged students to think of new ways to foster sustainability in a constantly changing world. “Conservation is a conservative principle,” Robbins said. “The world is changing so fast, the conditions are changing so tremendously, that along with that urge to go back, you need to have an urge to go forward. It’s not just about saving something from the past but actually creating something entirely new.”

Crafting whole new environments is the way of the future, Robbins said, adding the next generation will have to foster conducive environmental conditions to compensate for change. This “post-natural environmentalism,” Robbins said, is much harder to conceive than merely saving and preserving what is lost. “You’re going to live in a different world,” was Robbins’ mantra throughout his talk. Rather than lamenting this point, however, Robbins encouraged students to think about what they can do to move forward and make the best of environmental conditions in a proactive way. In addressing an increasing trend toward urbanization, Robbins praised the movement, saying urban areas have the potential to be very efficient and environmentally-friendly if built in a strategic way. He challenged attendees to consider ethical challenges when constructing a future and determining priorities for what issues are most important. Following Robbins’ lecture,

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in the number of issues. “A lot of people congregate in that area who are not going into bars,” DeSpain said. “Last year there were people who were showing intimidating behavior towards other people going into the area.” DeSpain said it is standard protocol for MPD to prepare for this trend. During this time of year, MPD employs a highvisibility effort downtown to combat this uptick in incidents, according to Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8. MPD deploys additional officers to the area in the

attendees were able to walk around and see tables set up by various sustainabilityrelated student organizations from across campus. Higgins said representatives from 17 organizations presented at the event. With Robbins’ words in mind, attendees then broke up into four groups and brainstormed ideas for improving campus sustainability. When the groups reconvened, they discussed ideas and began planning campaigns around them, Higgins said. Higgins said the event was a success and plans to continue holding an annual Sustainability Fair. The Sustainability Committee’s position within UW student government endows it with the potential for influence and support, he said. He also applauded his committee members for their hard work planning the event this entire semester. “The fair was a great success,” Higgins concluded. “We got many ideas and the people there were really excited to be part of the process!”

Thousands of enthusiastic Badgers and runners from around the state joined to show their support for the University of Wisconsin in the annual Crazylegs Classic race Saturday. In partnership with the National W Club, UW’s Athletic Department sponsored the annual five-mile race through Madison. Primarily a fundraiser for UW Athletics, the proceeds are also donated to general scholarship funds, National W Club spokesperson Doreen Dower said. The race, which dates back to 1982, is a tribute to the iconic Elroy “Crazylegs” Hirsch, a former Badger football star and UW Athletic Director, Dower said. Dower said the race is now a UW tradition and attracted more than 17,000 participants. “The Crazylegs Classic has become a springtime tradition for the UW Athletic Department and the Madison community,” Dower said in an email to The Badger Herald. “It brings thousands of people together — alums, families, past athletes — for an event, which is still fairly priced and finishes in an historical landmark.” The runners, walkers and wheelchair participants finished at Camp Randall

Stadium with a postrace celebration. This year’s event hosted Spoken Four, a popular cover band from Chicago, and also saw entertainment from the UW Marching Band, Dower said. Dower attributed the event’s success to the many participants who return annually, who she said share their enthusiasm to make Crazylegs the lively tradition that it is today. Wisconsin Alumni Association Vice President of Alumni Relations and Development Jeff Wendorf said the WAA, which also works with the race, has expanded the race to Badger alumni across the country. “Crazylegs World” became a way for Badgers all over the place to participate in the proud tradition, Wendorf said. He said by pairing WAA alumni chapters in Chicago, Washington, D.C. and West Palm Beach, Fla., with the program, those interested in participating in Crazylegs will be able to do so in races organized in their own community. “Crazylegs World” is also looking to expand its reach, Wendorf said. “This is one of those connections that our alumni have with the university and they remember it fondly,” Wendorf said. “It helps to foster alumni-toalumni connections in their communities or here in Madison.“

A roundup of criminal activity around Madison

evenings Thursday through Saturday, he said. “They put more officers in the street for people to see,” Resnick said. “From what I’ve seen, it is highly effective.” DeSpain said the efforts are designed to show violent and disruptive behavior will not be tolerated. Disturbance: University Avenue Police arrested a Madison man exhibiting disruptive behavior in the downtown area early Friday morning. Julius Gavins, 21, was arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest

outside a bar on the 600 block of University Avenue at 2:08 a.m., according to a MPD statement. The suspect was yelling obscenities and pushing people in the crowd outside the bar, the statement said. Staff at the bar told police Gavins also caused a disturbance inside the bar as well, the statement said. The suspect reportedly tried to fight several patrons and caused trouble with staff members. Several bystanders were filming the incident and police suspect Gavins may have engaged with the

crowd for attention from the cameras, the statement said. Robbery: State Street A Madison man was arrested after robbing a student on the 100 block of State Street Friday. Guillermo Martinez, 20, grabbed a Chicago Bulls hat from a 15-year-old student on a field trip on State Street at 12:37 p.m., according to an MPD statement. The suspect fought with the student and two police officers before police gained control of him, the statement said. Martinez punched the victim in the face after he

tried to get his hat back from the suspect, the statement said. A witness then saw the suspect go into Madison Area Technical College and told police, the statement said. Martinez also punched two officers in the face after they attempted to arrest him inside the building and the officers used a taser to gain control of the suspect, the statement said. The suspect is charged with robbery, physical abuse to a child, criminal damage to property, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and two counts of battery to a police officer, the statement said.

Developers propose downtown hotel, look to increase tourism Allie Johnson City Life Editor A plan for a new hotel near the Capitol Square is the latest proposal to substantially expand the number of rooms for rent in the downtown area, a trend officials hope will spark a growth in tourism and business. The Alexander Co. announced plans to develop a hotel on a recently purchased

PORCHLIGHT, from 1 services, she said. Mayor Paul Soglin attended the grand opening of the new shelter because he appreciates the work Porchlight is doing, Soglin’s spokesperson Katie Crawley said. “Soglin understands the way to understand homelessness is through housing, not through tents,” Crawley said. “The city, county and organizations like Porchlight can’t do it alone.” The new shelter

property at 202 E. Washington Ave., according to Ald. Ledell Zellers, District 2. The developers hope the hotel will attract people with business downtown, she said. The current proposal is for a 10-story hotel with 150 rooms, as well as a possible restaurant on the corner of North Webster Street, according to Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4. The proposal is a response to the downtown hotel market

is a positive addition because it not only provides necessary housing, but also support groups, recovery resources and other programs, she said. Hadidian said the shelter has operated at almost full capacity since the first day it opened. “We don’t try to solve the causes of homelessness, just respond to the situation,” Hadidian said. “It’s provided 48 people homes and I feel really good about that.”

planners say could use additional rooms, he said. With the current renovation of the Edgewater Hotel and the construction of a new Hampton Inn and Suites, the city will be gaining many new places for visitors to stay over the next few years, Verveer said. “It’s a great place for a hotel,” Zellers said. “It’s a fantastic location for visitors to the city.”

STATE STREET, from 1 said. The businesses are very concerned about their future, he said. “Initially, it looks like the project will give much higher and better land use to this very vacant site,” Verveer said. “My main concern about this proposal is the potential negative impacts this has on the businesses in the area.” Hamed Zafari, owner of Kabul Restaurant, said he found out about the project recently and did not have much time to prepare. If the project is approved, the restaurants will either go out of business or move to a new location, he said.

Zellers said the close proximity to the Capitol building, State Street and the Dane County Farmer’s Market will be good selling points for the new hotel. Verveer added the hotel will be a good building for business travelers and conferences held in the area. Currently, the only hotel on the square is the Inn on the Park, located at 22 S. Carroll St. “The Alexander Co. has

Most of the businesses in the area, including Kabul, plan to relocate, Zafari said. However, finding the right new location will be critical in making the transition, he said. “The location we are at is one of the better ones in the city,” Zafari said. “Moving out of there will be difficult.” While the developers said the restaurants have the option of renting commercial space in the new building, he said this is not a practical option because they would have to be out of businesses for a year and a half while the building is constructed. Ald. Ledell Zellers, District 2, added the cost of rent in

a lot of experience and they have done their homework,” Verveer said. “They obviously believe the downtown hotel market has room for this.” The proposed hotel is another way the city is working to reshape and revitalize East Washington Ave., Zellers said. It also complies with the city’s Downtown Plan, she added. Verveer said the hotel is an example of the growing pace

the new building would also likely be much higher for the businesses than where they are currently located. Zellers said she hopes none of the businesses leave the downtown area. “I love those businesses,” Zellers said. “I would really hate to see the building not have a viable location for those and I hope [the developers] keep that in mind.” In terms of land use, however, the building will be good for the downtown area, Verveer said. “The University Inn, the building that houses Roast Public House and the surface parking lot are very vast,

of downtown development in the city. The past few years have seen a record amount of downtown development, he said. “There are a lot of development prospects on the horizon,” Zellers said. “It will be an interesting next few years.” A neighborhood meeting is scheduled for May 14 to discuss the designs for the hotel, Zellers said.

underutilized pieces of real estate,” Verveer said. The project is the latest example of an increase in downtown development, particularly with regards to residential space, Zellers said. She added the space “is another opportunity for the city.” The developers and community members are still measuring the potential impact of the project, Verveer said, and the next step for the project is addressing potential public concerns with the building. The affected State Street business owners will be present at the neighborhood meeting Monday, April 29, he said.

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Here lies Miﬄin: an epitaph Ryan Rainey Editor-in-Chief After four years at the University of Wisconsin and 18 years before that as a child of two American parents, I’ve heard the word “privilege” with a steady degree of regularity. Its use starts as a warning like, “Having your toy is a privilege, not a right,” and in an academic setting evolves something much more indicting; for example: “You are the embodiment of white privilege.” The mere use of the word makes most people chafe and immediately begin to defend themselves from a perceived assault on their character or their own group identity. I get that. But I’ll still say this: the Mifflin Street Block Party is a privilege, not a right. Campus activists above my pay grade are much more skilled in making the argument that Mifflin, with its regular displays of misguided cultural appropriation like last year’s “Cinco de Mifflin,” is an exercise in white privilege on an apparently tolerant campus. Their arguments are valid and important, but since I was birthed into one of the most privileged percentiles in human history, I’ll let more qualified authorities continue

to make that argument. Instead, I prefer thinking of Mifflin as that toy truck that Mrs. Freitag took away from my kindergarten class in 1996. The party was an abused privilege, and the paternalistic forces in City Hall took it away from us for sound reasons. Most defenders of Mifflin insist that the event is a tradition, which syllogistically makes it a right. Just look at the pages of this newspaper for proof — my fellow The Badger Herald Editorial Board member John Waters won the hearts of thousands of undergraduates when he wrote earlier this month that “the idea that we want to stand outside on the first weekend in May, wear silly shirts, take a beer bong and yell for no reason other then it feels damn good bothers [the city and university administration] to no end.” Of course, none of Mifflin’s defenders are willing to admit that if the block party is a tradition, sexual and physical violence are equally traditional occurrences. The most customary reaction to this argument is to claim that violence will happen on any weekend, at any place or at any time. We do have a crime problem downtown, even if national magazines tell us Madison is one of America’s safest cities. And if the police have the ability to prevent an assault from happening, it’s their social responsibility to do so. Sexual assaults happen at Mifflin, during Mifflin,

because of Mifflin. Physical violence has happened at Mifflin, during Mifflin, because of Mifflin. And had Mayor Paul Soglin and the Madison Police Department embraced the politically unpopular student perspective that Mifflin should continue in spite of its flaws, they would have failed the city they represent. But, alas, honing in on an incubator for the most egregious human behavior is dubbed a “War on Mifflin” that has created a “downtown police state.” MPD and several mayoral administrations have given Mifflinites the opportunity to at a minimum prove that the event doesn’t cause harm to either a single individual or the city at large. But we have failed. We brush off the reported sexual assaults like they are the necessary byproducts of enjoying the “steam blowing” and refuse to acknowledge that every year, in the basement of homes in the Mifflin Street area on the day of the party, more assaults likely occur without ever being reported. The reaction to MPD’s fatally flawed message to the students earlier this month, that there will “be no Mifflin Street Block Party” this year, has been the most disappointing display of this avoidance of the topic at hand I’ve noticed as a student here. I’ve seen students scoff at the thought that an epidemic of assaults in a concentrated area isn’t a good enough reason to curb the event.

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The worst part of all of this is that Mifflin’s non-harmful attractions are, in fact, wildly fun. Day drinking is popular for a reason, and Mifflin Street itself has a special character that separates it from even the most exciting college town neighborhoods. I remain skeptical that Revelry, the nonalternative alternative to Mifflin, will be successful this year in large part because of the city’s botched messaging that confused student organizers. MPD and Soglin, who appear to view the debate about Mifflin as meaningless and petulant, have worsened the “student rights” narrative. But if this column or any of the dozens of others about the subject that have appeared in the student press are to serve as an epitaph for the Mifflin Street Block Party, allow me to add my contribution: Here lies the Mifflin Street Block Party Beloved by students so much that they ignored its dangerous drawbacks and continued abusing police politeness until, one day, the too-good-to-be-true privilege of drinking, without consequence, during the day, in a place with unguarded and unprotected corners, relinquished itself to common sense city policymaking as narcissistic group thought led students to ignore the plight of the victims of a three-block stretch of anarchy. Ryan Rainey (rrainey@ badgerherald.com) is a senior majoring in journalism and Latin American studies.

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CISPA oversteps privacy bounds, endangers liberties Aaron Loudenslager Columnist It has been succinctly said that the U.S. Senate is where ideas and legislation go to die. Although the Senate has been criticized for filibustering and slowing down the legislative process (a sentiment I have concurred with in the past and still do to a certain extent in the present), sometimes this deliberately slow and painstaking process is a good thing, protecting the interests and liberties of the American people. The most recent example is the Senate deciding not to take up the Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, instead deciding to work on analogous legislation on its own that would provide

more privacy protections to individual Americans. An individual’s constitutional right to privacy is a fundamental right enshrined into the jurisprudence of our American courts. It is a right that may not be abridged by either the federal or state governments. Yet that is exactly what the House of Representatives tried to do by passing CISPA. This legislation would enable private corporations to share people’s sensitive information with the federal government — information that includes personal emails, user information and direct messages sent through social media forums such as Facebook and Twitter — as long as it relates to a cyber threat or national security.

But CISPA’s definition of a cyber threat is very broad. As Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Cal., said, “I’m disappointed that we did not address some of the concerns mentioned by the White House about personal information. Unfortunately, it offers no policies and did not allow any amendments or real solution that upholds Americans’ right to privacy.” In addition, according to ProPublica, CISPA also provides “the private sector [with protection] from liability [when] they share private user information, as long as that information is deemed to have been shared for cybersecurity or national security purposes.” Pelosi stated that CISPA grants “overly broad liability protections and immunity to the businesses that

violate our liberties.” Fortunately, at least for the foreseeable future, the Senate has decided to not take up CISPA. Instead, the Senate is working on its own set of cybersecurity laws — one of which is the Cybersecurity and American Cyber Competitiveness Act. This proposed legislation protects the privacy rights of American individuals substantially better than CISPA. According to Michelle Richardson, legislative council with the American Civil Liberties Union, CACCA would require corporations to “pull out sensitive data [about citizens]” before sending people’s information to the federal government. This isn’t the only legislation the Senate is working on that would

better protect the privacy rights of American citizens. The Senate is currently in the process of trying to modify the Electronic Communications Privacy Act — an antiquated law that allows law enforcement officials to access people’s certain electronic information, including specific types of emails, without a warrant or probable cause. Under the Senate’s new proposal, in “most” situations law enforcement officials would be required to get a search warrant to obtain an individual’s email communications. As Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said, “I think Americans are very concerned about unwanted intrusions into our private lives in cyberspace. There’s no question if someone wants to go into your house and go through your files

and draws you are going to need a search warrant. But if you have those same files in the cloud you ought to have the same sense of privacy.” Although the Senate is known for slowing down the legislative process, many times to the detriment of the American public, this is not always so. The Senate’s recent decision to not take up CISPA is one of the times that the Senate’s slow process has actually helped the American people. Hopefully, the Senate passes CACCA and new modifications to ECPA, which will uphold the American people’s fundamental constitutional right to privacy. Aaron Loudenslager (loudenslager@wisc.edu) is a first year law student.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

‘Ham-ﬁsted’ UW System deserves external audit Recently, a University of Wisconsin System-wide slush fund totaling $648 million was brought to light. The university’s silence since this revelation has been deafening, but last week Interim Chancellor David Ward finally commented on what would seem, to those of us who don’t happen to have $648 million lying around, to be kind of a big deal. Chancellor Ward’s statement, though, was a model mixture of patrician sniffiness and noncommittal boilerplate, and precisely what one has come to expect from the Elect who somehow feel entitled to hoard, and then dispense with, taxpayer money as they see fit. “We believe we are being prudent stewards of resources,” Chancellor Ward rather desultorily remarked in this statement. The arrogance on display here is staggering. These “resources” are composed heavily of taxpayer dollars, money coercively taken from millions of paychecks across the great state of Wisconsin

and entrusted to the UW System for the benefit of all of the state’s citizens. Hiding the taxpayers’ own money from them, and then blinking into the cameras when challenged for such a practice, may be many things, but “prudent stewardship” is not one that comes to mind. In-state UW tuition has increased 121 percent since 2002. Inflation is high, but not quite that high. Not content to let mere cavalier disregard go ungarnished with good old fashioned disingenuousness, Chancellor Ward pointedly failed to note that tuition has been rising — meaning more student hours worked delivering pizzas and washing dishes and fewer hours spent studying or sleeping — while the Grand Panjandrums who keep the royal books have been squirreling cash away for reasons known only to themselves. What this all comes down to is politics. Chancellor Ward’s masterpiece passiveaggressive dig at the Republican majority in both

houses of the Wisconsin state legislature — “given the mood of the legislature at this moment in time we are likely to see significant changes that will be challenging for all of us” — must be matched with the history of the money hoarding in order to make sense. Former Gov. Jim Doyle appointed 10 of the 14 non-student members of the UW Board of Regents. The Democratic governor, whose party’s reputation for fiscal discipline and above-board bookkeeping has surprisingly not yet been sung by the everlasting muses, proved sufficiently spineless for the liking of the UW High Priests, and a river of taxpayer gold was sluiced into the shadowy coffers of the Chosen Few. In 2010, though, the new sheriff, Gov. Scott Walker (cue the foreboding music!) pointed out that Democrats had been perfecting a $3.6 billion surplus in the absence of proper oversight. By no coincidence, 2010 also marked a new chapter in UW’s ham-fisted political

vaudeville act, in which the university pleaded penury and woe, hoping to direct attention away from its fat bank accounts long enough to ride out the unwelcome discipline Republicans were attempting to impose. Sacred cows were slaughtered. Blood ran in the streets. All was darkness and misery, and a plague of fiscal responsibility descended upon the land. The river of gold ran dry (and the taxpayers rejoiced — twice). The strategy was clear: embarrass the miserly governor, misdirect the public’s attention away from UW’s orgiastic spending and hoarding and wait for brighter days when a compliant Legislature would once again open the spigots of the public fisc and put the UW bureaucrats back in positions of unchallenged power. The professors who decamped for “greener” pastures in a fit of Walkerinspired pique were shortsighted — they had only to wait for the political storm to blow over, or for precisely

a story such as this week’s to break — but those sacrificial victims were a small price to pay for the sake of maintaining the opulence of a truly pharaonic secret treasure vault that only the Hieratic Initiates could access. What transporting ecstasy it must have been to steal into that hidden chamber and let all that money — all that wonderful, beautiful money — spill through their fingers again and again. Let the governor and his taxpaying supporters eat cake; we make our own rules, and power is not for the guileless. This ongoing fiscal malfeasance, which seems clearly to be part of a pattern of misuse of taxpayer monies that has become part of the institutional culture of the UW System, cannot be overcome with another round of internal investigations. Past “oversights” by UW System President Kevin Reilly, et al., make it necessary for outside forensic auditors

with subpoena powers to intervene. If criminal negligence or worse is discovered, then a grand jury must be empaneled and indictments handed down. Some will cry foul at this draconian suggestion. To put the matter into perspective, though, if I had stolen $648 million from the treasury’s strongbox, how much time would you give me to render an account of my “oversight?” All of this cleaning-up must be done quickly. The incoming chancellor, Rebecca Blank, is an Obama Democrat with experience working for the federal government in Washington, D.C. — the town where profligacy in mere hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars is barely worth getting out of bed in the morning for. The current chicanery may be outrageous, but there’s a strong chance that it is either much worse already or will soon become so. Jason Morgan ( jmorgan3@ wisc.edu) is a Ph.D. student in the history department.

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Hip-hop is life for area dancer Madison resident reflects on time with top dance performance group Kevin Kousha ArtsEtc. Staff Writer Madison’s streets and sidewalks always seem to be littered with people performing or showing off some skill. Walking up Bascom, math professor Uri Andrews might roll by you on his unicycle. Or you might hear street musicians’ tunes wafting through the air while walking down State Street. Papakobina Brewoo, or Kobby (pronounced the same as Kobe Bryant) as his friends call him, might blend right into this sea of singers, jugglers and firetwirlers. His hip-hop dance videos have been shot in locations like Library Mall and the Red Gym. But Kobby doesn’t just make dance videos. He and his crew are swiftly connecting to a network of hip-hop artists in Madison and around the country. Brewoo immigrated to the United States from Ghana at a young age. Transferring between multiple schools, he struggled to find his place and still recalls how he “had no friends until seventh or eighth grade.” Entering West High as a freshman, he started a hip-hop club at school with a few other people. Thus began his training as a hip-hop dancer. Brewoo and

his friends taught themselves how to dance, picking up moves from YouTube videos. To him, dancing filled a void in his life, allowing him to express himself in ways previously impossible. Before entering West High, Brewoo was blown away by a new show on television: “America’s Best Dance Crew.” After a semester, Brewoo decided to step up his efforts to achieve a modest goal. “I just wanted to audition for America’s Best Dance Crew, to maybe get close to the level of those dancers,” he said. Within a year, Brewoo and his crew surpassed even their greatest expectations. The MTV show “MADE” came to their school and the crew was given the part after auditioning, along with an opportunity to audition for “America’s Best Dance Crew.” Brewoo couldn’t perform since he wasn’t a citizen, but his crew performed and even received a call back. His exposure on “MADE” also connected him to RAW: Natural Born Artists. He worked his way up to his current position as Street Team Manager and recruited people for RAW, making him their youngest employee. Witnessing RAW, an

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Brewoo, who was born in Ghana, moved to the United States at a young age. He struggled to fit in until he discovered hip-hop dance in high school and went on to dance in the popular crew, Fr3sh Trilogy. art collective, planted the seed for Brewoo’s current venture, Fr3sh Trilogy. As Brewoo put it, the group “bring[s] artists together [and] helps bring out everyone’s inner color, who they truly are.” During his junior year of high school, Brewoo refined his technique and focused on his schoolwork. Before Fr3sh Trilogy started in earnest, the growing crew competed in World of Dance in Chicago, where they were among the youngest competitors there. He placed second in his battle, with two of his crew members also placing sixth and eighth. “Competing around

people who had been doing it for so long was so inspirational,” Brewoo said. Fr3sh Trilogy is a conglomeration of dancers, videographers, fashion designers, models and even a comedian. The group came together in Brewoo’s freshman year. They’ve performed in a variety of settings, from world-class dance competitions to birthday parties and quinceañeras. While everyone in Fr3sh is constantly trying to elevate their reputation, having the opportunity to express themselves is all that really matters. “We all love to perform,”

Brewoo said, “and if we get the opportunity to, we take it.” And there will be many opportunities for all of Fr3sh Trilogy to perform next week. The dance competition Breakin’ the Law is this weekend, running May 3 and 4 from 4-10 p.m. at The Sett. Starting Wednesday, there will be free dance workshops taught by professional dancers, movie showings and discussions and a host of other events. Naturally, Brewoo is excited to represent Madison on his home turf, but he’s also excited for hip-hop dance taking center stage for a week in Madison as well.

Brewoo is currently taking a gap year to sketch out a detailed life plan. In addition to working for RAW, he also teaches high school dance. He hopes he can continue to teach hip-hop dance and to take advantage of hiphop’s growing legitimacy to both find new students and earn a decent salary. His goal isn’t to train elite dancers and propel them to an international stage. Instead, he wants to use dance as a method of introducing hiphop into people’s lives. As he puts it, “hip-hop is a lifestyle, it’s a way of expressing yourself. And expressing yourself through hip-hop is beautiful.”

Fundamentally Sound on key with comical skits A cappella group brings out smiles, surprise despite technical difficulties Maggie Farley ArtsEtc. Writer The all male a capella group Fundamentally Sound blew audiences away with its Friday night performance in Music Hall. Group members’ quirky attitudes and impressive voices astonished newcomers and veterans alike. Fundamentally Sound’s show “As Seen On TV” presented a storyline of short, humorous clips. The singers also acted out skits based on popular TV themes and shows and then sang a capella.

The 16 members of this student-led group were just as comical and entertaining performers as they are talented vocalists. Each skit was cleverly centered on ads or shows that we see on TV today, ranging from murder mysteries to Woodman’s commercials. Their comic relief expressed a relaxed and humorous tone. Song performances were greatly varied, covering big names such as Justin Timberlake, LMFAO, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis and Foster the People. Soloists James Housworth, Neal Cragg and Brett Kissell especially shined with their strong voices and charming personalities. A crowd favorite was the song “Sexy and I Know It” by LMFAO, featuring a solo by Karan Aditya.

An amusing and comical mix of hip-thrusting and butt-shaking took the audience by surprise but put a smile on everyone’s faces. Another crowdpleaser was the group’s vocal percussionist, Peter Anderson. His solo beat box captivated onlookers. Recent highlights for Fundamentally Sound include winning UW Madison’s first Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award and having a track chosen for “Best of College A Cappella 2013.” Their winter tour included performances around the Midwest, at a variety of charity events and for different student organizations around campus. UW-Madison’s own hip-hop dance crew, UW Hypnotiq, opened the performance Friday. They

performed several dances to music comprised of different popular hiphop and rap songs. The group’s moves were well choreographed and very original. Each member

“An amusing and comical mix of hip-thrusting and butt-shaking took the audience by surprise ...”

was passionate and excited, strengthening the performance overall. Small mistakes were made periodically with the dancer’s timing and synchronization, but as a whole everything

went relatively smoothly. Although they may have started out shaky, by the end of their performance dancers showed more comfort and confidence. The bold style of the hiphop performance was shocking for some of the older audience members. Overall, Hypnotiq was sleek and had high energy — it was a truly eye opening experience that gave the audience the opportunity to experience a rising dance style. Although “As Seen On TV” was a huge success, there were several technical difficulties scattered throughout Fundamentally Sound’s performance. During the song “Youth of the Nation,” several cordless microphones were not operating at all for the chorus of the song. This

problem also appeared again in different parts of the show. Trouble also occurred with the projector malfunctioning and when switching from presenting skits to performing songs. Thankfully, these problems were successfully sorted out by the crew and several singers. Fundamentally Sound’s members also appropriately involved the audience in the performance. During the down time caused by the technical difficulties, they informed the audience about their new CD and achievements, apologizing for the difficulties and raising spirits with more jokes. Audience members left content, having enjoyed a fabulous evening of song and dance.

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ARTSETC. PRESENTS “CLASS CRITIC”

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Quirky, superficial characters overdone in films “Manic Pixie Dream Girls” spicing up man’s life a tired, shallow convention Spencer Semonson Class Critic Columnist In case you haven’t noticed, there’s a new convention in both indie and big-budgeted films. It’s the emergence of a certain character with certain traits. These characters, however layered, all possess the characteristic of being “quirky.” I didn’t know how best to define “quirky” until I visited the website Urban Dictionary, which defined it as “something that is strange but cool.” That’s exactly how I envision studios see the word too. “Quirky” is something unrecognizable, yet a quirky character is cool, relatable and funny. These characters are increasingly emerging in film, and more often this trait is garbled thanks to studio intervention and scriptwriter’s inability to understand the hollowness

of ill-defined quirkiness. That’s not to say that quirky characters don’t work or have only emerged as of late. Quirky characters have always been used, stock or otherwise, to drive a plot, relate to an audience or hold their own in lead roles. One of my favorite films is “Amélie,” a French film about an eccentric young woman who tries to break through the walls of social convention around her in order to relate better to strangers and friends alike. This film is one of the best examples of quirk done right, not only because director Jean-Pierre Jeunet knows how to add meaning to quirk or avoid exploitation of Amélie’s character’s “coolness,” but because her character traits are only a fraction of her innate beauty. I wanted to use that film as an example because it shows that quirky characters can have a broad personality and still keep an audience’s attention. Other great films where this is true include “(500) Days of Summer” and “Punch-Drunk Love.”

Both films include a set at least interesting and of events that test the plausibly strange and protagonist’s resolve to awkward. The worst of these remain candid but feature quirky, fully-realized stereotypical characters characters. Instances in was named by film critic Rabin, who which films fail usually Michael happen when someone in dubbed them the Manic Pixie Dream the creative Girl. This process character is decides their “Quirky is losing its described character is going to broad appeal as of late as a bubbly shallow be quirky, thanks to a stereotype yet young woman and that’s supplanted the basis of what quirky has to into films in for their be ... narrowly defined order to show personality. as being a female brooding These characters friendly character with young men that they usually a very distinct look, need to just do way of speaking and embrace life. something I had never quirky, like a sensitive, childish attached play the appeal.” the moniker ukulele, of quirky quote to these obscure literature or film and dress characters before, but like a ‘50s kewpie doll. they both exhibit the This is best exhibited by same tendencies, though actress Zooey Deschanel, only one actually serves who has been making a particular purpose. The her mark lately as the earliest examples of this eccentric teacher Jess on term include Katharine character TV’s “New Girl.” I do agree Hepburn’s her persona is fueling in “Bringing Up Baby,” the fire when it comes to Audrey Hepburn as Holly these stereotypical indie Golightly in “Breakfast characters, but Jess is at Tiffany’s” and Barbara

Stanwyck in “The Lady Eve.” There often aren’t any examples of men being categorized in this way, because when women are exhibited as dark and brooding it tends to make them seem unattractive to an audience, or so we are led to believe by the cadre of films that utilize this concept. Quirky is losing its broad appeal as of late thanks to a stereotype of what quirky has to be. It is more and more being narrowly defined as being a female friendly character with a very distinct look, way of speaking and a sensitive, childish appeal. Screenwriters argue the reason these characters should be admired is because they’re kooky, placed above normal characters thanks to their eccentricities. I find the best comparison I can make is to the hipster culture, which receives a lot of criticism simply because those in it often find their lifestyle and preferences to be better than everyone else’s. There’s a pretension and criticism to quirkiness, and that’s the main

reason many are rubbed the wrong way. Also, the characters representing quirky are often hollow people without any goal except attracting the opposite sex. This is especially running rampant in indie films. This was brought to my attention when Whit Stillman released his first critically-acclaimed film in twenty years, “Damsels in Distress.” Unlike his earlier film “Metropolitan,” there is a lack of acerbic wit, criticism or an internal struggle for the quirky hero. Instead, Greta Gerwig and her counterparts learn to tap dance to stave off depression, dress like debutantes and express their emotions in snippets of queer conversation. These women and men alike are being used without consideration as to why they exist. Already the term quirky is getting a bad rep, and pretty soon the entire persona is going to fade out with its overexposure. I challenge those who write these characters to do so with care, before they become extinct altogether.

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DRAFT, from 10 selected over Alabama running back Eddie Lacy, a player originally projected to be selected over him. Elway said what ultimately gave Ball the edge was his durability. Although Ball suffered a concussion before the start of his senior season, Lacy was plagued by a toe injury for most of his collegiate career, a factor that ultimately gave Ball the edge. With a roster loaded with returning running backs in veteran Willis McGahee (167 carries, 731 yards in 2012), Knowshon Moreno (138 carries, 525 yards), Ronnie Hillman (85 carries, 330 yards) and Lance Ball (42 carries, 158 yards) it seems a foregone conclusion that the Broncos will part ways with at least one of the incumbents. “It’s going to be interesting to see how a three-down back like Montee Ball succeeds in the pros, especially with the importance of constantly

protecting Peyton Manning of the pass-happy Denver Broncos on blitz pick-ups. I think he’s going to get every chance in the world to not only be the Week 1 starter, but to be an extremely effective NFL back. Scouts were worried that there was a chance Ball might have a little bit too much wear on the tires after so many carries in college, but Ball proved in his senior season he’s tough, durable and better than any player in the NCAA at finding the end zone.” -Nick Korger, sports editor Ricky Wagner ends up with Baltimore Ravens The 6-foot-6, 317-pound two-year starter at left tackle for Wisconsin had a bit to wait, but was rewarded after being selected by the defending Super Bowl Champion Baltimore Ravens with the 35th pick in the 5th round and the 168th pick overall. After starting at right tackle in 2010 for Wisconsin’s first Rose Bowl squad under then-head

coach Bret Bielema, Wagner eventually moved to the left tackle spot in 2011 where he protected now-Seattle Seahawk Russell Wilson. A preseason favorite to win the Outland Trophy at the beginning of 2012, Wagner didn’t end up walking away with the hardware but was still a consensus First Team All-Big Ten selection. A former walk-on at Wisconsin and a star tight end in high school, Wagner’s athleticism (his 31.5-inch vertical was the third best of any offensive linemen at the NFL combine) and frame make him a promising prospect for the Ravens down the road, although it will most likely be at right tackle. According to Garret Downing, a staff writer for BaltimoreRavens.com, the offensive line for the Ravens is a big question mark heading into next season, giving Wagner an opportunity to perhaps earn a spot if he emerges during fall camp.

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Badger softball became a Division I sport at Wisconsin in 1996, five years following the removal of the baseball program in 1991.

COCORAN, from 10 gymnastics and men’s and women’s fencing also received the bad news they would no longer be Division I programs when the UW Athletic Board voted 8-3 to get rid of all five programs. There is the idea that the move was strictly to deal with the enforcement of Title IX, which mandates women’s sports have the same amount of funding as men’s sports. But the true underlying cause of the removal of baseball was almost strictly a monetary issue. Wisconsin couldn’t afford to support the sport. One men’s sport had to be removed to comply with Title IX, but that was only because the Athletic Department couldn’t afford to increase funding to add one for women. By cutting all five sports, Wisconsin would save $3.3 million over the course of four years and create a $500,000 reserve for the other remaining sports. Keep in mind this was before three Rose Bowl wins by the football team,

HERALD, from 10 crowd of children playing on an adjacent playground 500 feet away in his first at-bat. Zak didn’t even bother to run the bases, arguing with home plate umpire and local good guy Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, that he shouldn’t have waste his time. “It’s not that I’m lazy, it’s just that I don’t care,” Zak said while rounding the second at the speed of a sloth in Antarctica. “This is the stupidest thing since UW dieticians told Bret Bielema to not eat an entire Baskin Robbins for dessert.” Things didn’t get any better when Herald Copy Chief Kelsey Sorenson decided to stop her own teammate from catching a routine fly ball to extend a big Dirty Bird inning. Seeing Korger striding for a pop-up that was between the catcher and the pitcher’s mound, Sorenson decided to cut out her comrade’s legs to “make it more challenging for him.”

a Final Four appearance from the men’s basketball team and three subsequent Big Ten championships. Once there was money flowing into what has now become a cashmaking machine in the UW Athletic Department, there was finally room for positive changes. Unfortunately for the sports that were cut, they did not benefit. Instead, to balance the scales between men’s and women’s sports, changes were made by bringing in three new women’s sports. In 1995 women’s lightweight rowing became a Division I sport at UW, followed by softball in 1996 and women’s hockey in 1998. Since those three sports were added over the course of four years, the women have one more sport than the men with 13. The reason for this is the sheer size of the football team. With more than 100 athletes, there needs to be more women’s sports to compensate. Not only is it possible from a numbers standpoint with Title IX, but unlike 22

years ago there is money, and plenty of it, flowing into the pocket of the athletic department. And now with almost every facility up-to-date, there is room to look toward another UW sport in baseball. The main problem with adding baseball is that no matter how successful the team can be, it will not produce money. So if it was added, the UW Athletic Department would take a loss in its annual budget. But with how far UW Athletics have come since 1991, the best argument in quite some time can be made for the return of the sport to Wisconsin. Although the whole situation is quite complicated, the department is stable and capable of doing so. And it should do so because spring is nothing without baseball

The collision was the only time a lethargic and apathetic Clowns’ dugout reacted with anything other than a request for a top-off from their keg of Keystone Light. “Ha, that was funny, dude,” Andy “Cool Guy” Fate said, looking down his shades. “Looks like some heated competition out there.” The Clowns continued to get creative throughout the game in both the field and the batters box. In her only at-bat of the game, Sigrid “Riceroni” Hubertz decided to actually face the catcher while batting, hoping to hit the ball in her backswing. Rounding out some of the more memorable moments offensively was Herald Editor-in-Chief Ryan “Durkin” Rainey attempting to use his bat like a cue stick, Kelsey “Da Business” Fenton skipping her at-bat and charging the mound and Angus “Lumberjack” McNair attempting to throw a squirrel at the Dirty Birds’

first baseman. “It was pretty incredible that this was even considered an athletic event,” Herald center fielder and avid Selena Gomez fan Spencer Smith said. “After we crushed those Birds in the football game this fall, I think we forgot they existed.” The Clowns packed up any effort or interest they had left in the game when two dogs — yes, TWO dogs — showed up off the field, begging to be loved and adored. “Whatever, I got a toaster at a garage sale,” Herald superfan Nolan Brash said while biking away from the diamond. Win or lose, whatever, the all-star Herald team were the undisputed champions for the day in the only two contests that mattered: shamelessly drinking the Dirty Birds under the table and being the best (and only) campus publication that students pick up for reasons other than lining their hamster cages.

Dan Corcoran is a freshman majoring in jouralism. Think baseball should make a comeback at UW? Email Dan dcorcoran@badgerherald. com.

Cardinal actually wins at something for first time Dirty Birds take rare victory over campus superiors in annual Vilas softball game Derp McDerpson Cardinal Beat Writer There are certain things you come to expect in life. Lindsay Lohan getting arrested. Dubstep making your head pound. A lessthan-pleasant bathroom experience after Taco Bell (but that second gordita crunchwrap supreme was so worth it). Now, that list grows larger. After winning its third consecutive softball game 12-1 over The Badger Herald, The Daily Cardinal has to wonder if the victory even surprised its rival. Despite feeling quite, ahem, “relaxed” after polishing off a keg before the game, the Cardinal rallied for seven runs in the first inning. The Herald fought back honorably, scoring an impressive zero runs in four at-bats in the bottom of the first, a trend that would continue throughout most of the game.

The Cardinals excelled on both sides of the field, led by a deep batting lineup and an equally determined defensive stance. Matt “Strong-arm” Kleist lived up to his name, racking up more strikeouts than George Costanza in the dating scene. For the lucky few Herald players who managed to make contact, a swift Cardinal defense sent them, heads bowed down, back to their fearful master and Editorin-Chief Ryan Rainey. “I get it,” Kleist said, signing a pair of breasts amidst flocks of screaming women. “It’s difficult to hit a slow-pitch softball that literally goes to the exact same location every time.” With a bat in one hand and a bottomless brew in the other, incoming Cardinal Editor-in-Chief Abby “Imma-badbitch” Becker led her team’s potent offense. Although that damn softball field wouldn’t stop spinning, Becker battled the elements and left it all on the field, dignity included. Co-head coach and keg master Matt Masterson said he could not have been more proud of the way his team performed. “I was like Vito Corleone

in “The Godfather.” All I had to do was say the word and I knew I’d see results,” Masterson said, clarifying he did not threaten any of his players with death, nor does he regularly sell prostitutes. Except on Saturdays. The only silver lining in the Herald’s performance came when it won the pregame beer chug-off, proving that while the Herald struggles both athletically and in printing newspapers, they can at least drink liquid quickly. Rainey, who improved his usual appearance by sporting a hideous and downright terrifying Edgar Allen Poe mask on the sidelines, said it was an honor to play in the midst of true greatness. “I was so excited and surprised that we even scored one run, I peed myself a little bit,” Rainey admitted. As the sun set over Vilas Park, it was Editor-inChief and Cardinal captain Scott Girard who had the final, inspirational word. “For three years I’ve played for this team, and for three years I’ve seen utter domination,” Girard said. “How the fuck haven’t we found better competition yet?”

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RECORD-BREAKING THROW Women’s track star Taylor Smith crushed the UW record in the shot put Saturday with a throw more than three feet past the record mark, which she set herself last spring.

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Two-time First Team All-American Montee Ball (left) was selected by the Broncos as the 58th overall pick in the draft, the second running back to be taken. Offensive lineman Travis Frederick (left) is headed to Dallas after being the only Big Ten player selected in the first round.

3 Badgers selected in NFL draft Cowboys surprise by taking Frederick in first round, Ball ends up with dream team Nick Korger Sports Editor With the 31st overall pick in the NFL draft, the Dallas Cowboys surprised fans and draft analysts alike by selecting Wisconsin center Travis Frederick in the first round. Frederick decided to forgo his senior season with the Badgers for the NFL and was projected by most analysts to be a third-round choice. “I have a third-round grade on Travis Frederick,”

NFL Network’s Mike Mayock said immediately following the pick. “I like him, he’s a tough guy in short areas ... it’s a little bit of a reach at this point.” The Cowboys used several centers last season but failed to find a consistent rock to anchor the position, giving Frederick a strong chance to start Week 1 over Cowboys’ center Phil Costa, a restricted free agent. Frederick also started at guard for the majority of his 2011 season at Wisconsin, making him a flexible option for Dallas offensive line coach Bill Callahan. Callahan was the offensive line coach at Wisconsin from 1990-94. One thing that most scouts agreed on that made Frederick such an

appealing pick is his welldocumented football IQ. Frederick, who graduated this past fall with a degree in computer engineering, rarely committed mental mistakes in his collegiate career. Scouts also used the term “nasty” to describe Frederick’s tenacity in the trenches. Frederick was the only Big Ten player selected in the first round and his selection marked the third consecutive year a Wisconsin offensive lineman has been selected in the first round, joining Gabe Carimi (2011 29th pick overall, selected by Chicago Bears) and Kevin Zeitler (2012 27th pick overall, selected by Cincinnati Bengals). The Badgers have now had 15 offensive linemen

selected in the NFL draft since 2000, the most of any school. Of those 15 players, 10 have been first-round selections. “No sooner had Roger Goodell announced the Cowboys’ pick than analysts pegged the selection as a major reach. Frederick may not have been a first round talent, but he was the best center in the class and in a weak draft class the Cowboys filled a serious need on a leaky offensive line. He will have the opportunity to start immediately in Dallas, and I expect him to quickly prove his value as a physically dominating, versatile runblocker. Frederick has the tools to thrive at the pro level immediately and should follow in the footsteps of Badger linemen-turned NFL anchors.”

-Ian McCue, senior sports writer Montee Ball goes to Denver Broncos Two-time First Team AllAmerican and 2012 Doak Walker Award Winner Montee Ball may not have fulfilled his dream of becoming a first-round pick, but he did get a consolation prize by getting drafted by the team he idolized growing up. “It’s a dream come true. I’ve been a Bronco fan since the age of seven,” Ball said. “To be a Bronco, that’s something very special to me. It’s very emotional time, I’m very blessed.” With the 26th pick of the second round and the 58th overall in the NFL draft, the Broncos made Ball the

second running back taken in the draft — North Carolina’s Giovani Bernard was taken 21 picks earlier by the Cincinnati Bengals. “He’s a big back with a ton of production in college, who has great quickness and a great slashing-type style and is always heading north and south,” Denver Executive Vice President of Football Operations John Elway said to DenverBroncos.com. “So, we liked him a lot. We thought he could be a threedown guy for us, so we were thrilled he was available for us at the bottom of the second.” Ball, who set the NCAA record for total touchdowns in a career with 83, was

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Time is now for baseball to return Dan Corcoran Kookoo for Coco Warm weather has officially arrived here in Madison and spring has truly begun — or at least it appears here to stay. But with the warmer weather, bright sunshine, tanning bodies on Bascom Hill and iconic chairs returning to the Terrace, there is still a slight feeling that something is missing from all these hallmarks of the spring season. You might be asking yourself, “Come on Dan, what could possibly be missing right now?” To give you a hint, it’s something all Big Ten schools have, except Wisconsin — although we did have it at one time. You may question me again, “How can we not have something that everyone else in the Big Ten possesses? Aren’t we supposed to be one of the premier institutions in our conference?” ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt once claimed Madison as the best college sports town in America. Yet Madison lacks one thing crucial to sports and Americana itself — and no, it’s not apple pie. Well, that one thing is our nation’s pastime: baseball. It’s a game more than two million kids grow up playing starting at the

Little League level, but a game which none have a chance to play at the college level as a Badger. UW has all other major sports, but it’s missing this final piece. So why is Wisconsin the only one in the Big Ten without baseball? The issue stems back a long time— all the way back 22 years ago in 1991. Times weren’t as rosy for the Wisconsin Athletic Department back then as they are now. Barry Alvarez had just completed his first season at the helm of the football team and finished with a dismal 1-10 record, good enough for last place in the Big Ten. Meanwhile, men’s basketball was battling through a mediocre 15-15 season and hadn’t won a Big Ten crown since the 1946-47 season. The odd sport out was hockey, which had just won the fifth national championship in program history the year before baseball received the axe. But even with hockey, the Athletic Department was not exactly raking in the money, operating at a $1.9 million budget deficit when the decision came to get rid of baseball. It wasn’t just baseball that got the rug ripped out from right underneath it. Both men’s and women’s

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The Gentle Clowns prepared and pregamed for the annual matchup against the Dirty Birds by double-fisting Four Lokos with local bro and legend Noah “G-Money” Goetzel.

Herald staff wins at day drinking Gentle Clowns accept challenge of not caring at annual softball game against Dirty Birds Carl Golden Everybody’s Friend After destroying the future Daily Cardinal Editor-in-Chief in a Keystone Light chug-off, incoming Badger Herald EIC Katherine Krueger set a bold standard for her team. “I challenge you to be as lazy as you can today, because it doesn’t take much to beat a paper of such low quality! Besides, we’re really just here to drink,” Krueger roared to her adoring minions.

The Herald took that advice to heart Saturday afternoon at a soggy but surprisingly stable Vilas Park, taking the perception of laziness to a new level while drinking a keg at a speed previously thought impossible by top German scientists and Langdon Street fraternities. “Ziz iz sewwww much fun guys,” Herald lush Will “Landfill” Haynes said while dancing on top of a picnic table. “Oh mai gawd.” Following Krueger’s commands, journeyman pitcher and Herald Sports

Editor Nick Korger pulled his baggy shorts up as high as he could to resemble a man-diaper while the Herald outfield proceeded to pick dandelions to their hearts’ content — much like they did in their youth soccer leagues when they were pre-pubescent middle schoolers. With Korger pitching softballs left-armed and between his legs and throwing meatballs more appetizing than a neverending pasta plate at Olive Garden, the Cardinal seemed startled at the

relative ease with which the Gentle Clowns had taken the game. “They honestly didn’t seem to care,” Cardinal Sports Editor Vince Huth said. “It was incredible. In fact, one of their staff members actually fell asleep at shortstop and didn’t wake up until the end of the game.” Blowing raspberries like a five-year-old when offered a bite of eggplant, star player Sean “Diva” Zak rocketed the ball into a

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