APRIL 10, 2013 • THEONLINECLARION.COM • VOLUME 43, ISSUE 14 • MADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE NEWS
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Event held at West Campus brings new ideas together for startups, engineers
Global Showcase at Truax brings cultures together »8
Baseball begins season strong with 12-6 record »13
Startup Weekend, organized by Lorin Toepper at West, allows entrepreneurs to create great products for business in groups, compete. »3
Culinary now relocating to downtown campus after plans change
HEALTH & FITNESS REFERENDUM: VOTING TO BEGIN APRIL 26
+++ Proposed changes for
Proposed changes for
THE HEALTH & WELLNESS CENTER
THE FITNESS CENTER New equipment: double the amount of cardio equipment (including a modernization of the 25-year-old fitness center.
Increase in four health care providers: One nurse practitioner, two medical assistants and a physician.
SARAH WEATHERBEE
COST COMPARISON Below is the cost per-credit of these changes after the referendum compared to other colleges
Multi-purpose room: Including zumba, yoga and dance.
$2.08 $9.14
Madison College
UW-Whitewater
$6.76 $3.56
UW-Madison
UW-Waukesha
Increase in student clinic hours: The clinic will aim to be open for 40 hours per week, rather than 21 in previous years.
Increase in equipment and services: An X-RAY machine will be added, along with a full laboratory, “Ask-A-Nurse” telephone triage line and double the appointment times.
Environmental changes: Easier access and a safer environment for students of all abilities.
Increase in space: A projected increase of 70% in functional space for fitness facilities.
GRAPHIC BY GEORGE TREVIRANUS / CLARION
Students will be able to vote, starting April 26, for a new referendum to add services and space to the health clinic and fitness areas at Madison College’s Truax campus. Students currently pay $1.51 per credit for services and will only pay 57 cents more.
Voting to begin for health, fitness centers at Truax Additions include more space, services, and access for students in fitness facilities By JACOB ENNIS Managing Editor
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he student health clinic is in a trailer and bursting at its seams, and the fitness center is outdated. Students will have the opportunity to correct these problems by voting in a health services and fitness referendum. A yes-or-no question will be on the ballot
for next year’s Student Senate president, online from April 26-30. There are two parts to the referendum. The first part concerns the health clinic, which is currently housed in a trailer east of the Truax campus’ main building. Once the Health Education building is completed, the clinic will be moved into the new building. Currently, an agreement between Group Health Cooperative and Madison College enables the clinic to provide services. An increased number of students have used the health clinic over the past year. According to data provided by Group Health Cooperative the clinic
saw 49 more visits this February than it did a year ago. With the increase, more space and available hours is needed. Marketing has also helped students bocome aware of its existence “This year we’ve done a ton of promoting,” said Anna Marie Hoffman, Health Educator at Madison College. She gave many classroom presentations to inform students of services offered. There’s also signage up now that lets students know where the clinic is. The hours of the clinic will increase from 21 hours per week to 40, allowing » SEE REFERENDUM PAGE 4
Multimedia Editor It is midday and Truax’s cafeteria kitchen is buzzing with the clinking of hot pans and sharp objects. Voices and the traffic of food preparation compete for attention. The cafeteria staff and the culinary students are not strangers to sharing space, but over the course of the next two years, the culinary program will get a space of its own. Rather than the new building initially planned for the program, it will be moving to the Downtown Campus. In April 2012, the Madison College District Board had planned to fund a separate building for the culinary program with excess referendum money. Construction would have taken place on a section of the existing parking lot at the corner of Wisconsin Ave. and E. Johnson St. After reviewing the bids and contingency fees for the project, the college decided that the funds would be better spent renovating a portion of the downtown campus for the culinary program instead. As reported in the Wisconsin State Journal in mid-March, the $14.6 million cost for a new building exceeded the school board’s budget by $2.6 million. Mike Stark, Madison College’s director of facility services, has overseen coordination for the project since its conception. “Taking a step back now, it does make more sense financially to develop and remodel the existing building,” he said. The program shares space with the cafeteria staff, and it has been difficult to hold classes in the same area where food is being prepared. » SEE CULINARY PAGE 4
STUDENT SENATE ELECTIONS TO BE HELD AT END OF MONTH GEORGE TREVIRANUS Editor-in-Chief Candidates will be zreleased Friday for who is running for various Student Senate positions. Keep updated at @ TheClarionMC to find out who you can vote for. Voting begins on April 26, and will finish by April 30 at midnight. Ballots will be emailed to students at their student accounts.
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College will have presidential search ‘listening sessions’
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While the search is happening for Madison College’s next president, part of the selection process will involve an ad hoc committee covering the search. They will be looking for input from both students and employees. Students can attend them on April 16 from 1 – 2:30 p.m. (Truax Campus), April 17 from 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. (Downtown) and 12 – 2 p.m. (West), and April 18 from 10 – 11 a.m. (Reedsburg and Portage) and 2 – 3 p.m. (Fort Atkinson).
Math club hosting ‘Dominos and Determinants’
Figuring out solutions to complex math problems is no easy feat. The math club will
be presenting and discussing these solutions and more at room 209 Truax. It willb e held at 3:30 p.m., April 12.
Student success awards banquet date moved to April 25
Madison College’s annual awards banquet for student success has been moved to April 25. The banquet is open to students, and will recognize student leadership excellence for all campuses.
Blood drive sponsored by Student Health Education
A blood drive will be held in room 142 A&B on April 15, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. All students are welcome. Contat Anna Marie Hoffman with questions at (608) 245-2116.
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By Joseph Steffen, Crime Prevention Team Leader
What’s happening?
Public Safety officers respond to many calls for service. However we would like to keep the college community informed. Here are some of the notable incidents this month. On March 16, Public Safety officers responded to a report of a missing child. Officers canvassed the area, located the 5-year-old boy and safely returned him to his parent. On March 20, a Public Safety officer located a stolen vehicle in one of the Truax parking lots during mobile patrol. City of Madison Police responded and took over control of the scene. Public Safety officers assisted MPD with the investigation. On March 21, Public Safety officers responded to a welfare check at the downtown campus for an individual who was under the influence of a controlled substance. City of Madison Police and Paramedics arrived and transported the subject.
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Staff and Faculty should be sure to stop by the Public Safety office and get your new employee hang-tag parking permit with the new college logo. Your old static cling permit is no longer valid, so please bring that with you along with your Madison College Employee OneCard when you come to get your new permit. Please contact Public Safety Services if you have any questions. The non-emergency number is (608) 246-6932. If you have any information regarding the above incidents or other campus safety concerns, please contact our department at 243-4357, we have Public Safety Officers available 24/7.
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SPRINGTIME LATELY Student William Bancroft-Short works outside as the weather allows him to wear a polo for the first time this Spring.
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By Matt Coan, Librarian
Over the winter break while some of you were sleeping until 2 p.m., librarians and student library workers were busy shifting every single book and video in our entire Truax collection. This was in preparation for an even bigger move -- scheduled for early June -- to the Gateway, the college’s new grand entrance on Wright Street. All that shifting took the better part of three days and split our collection in two. If you want all the details, stop in. It’s hard to explain unless you’re here to see it. As Truax Library prepares for the move, we librarians will no doubt have cause to think about just what constitutes a library. We can’t help ourselves. Four semesters in grad school and the very nature of our work trains us to ponder this kind of thing all the time. Think about it. Students, faculty and staff walk into the library every day. They come with questions – a whole lot of ques-
tions. We even keep stats on how many they ask. During the week of February 18-23 for instance, we answered questions, provided help or gave out information a total of 2,503 times. And it’s not as though we have any control over the types of questions we’re asked. One student may want to know if we have articles about the Canadian Mafia (yes), a faculty member may want to know whether putting an essay on Blackboard would violate copyright (probably not) and another student wants to know where room 324FF is located (go to ‘324F’, exit the side door, and say “candy man” three times in the mirror). So, yes, we will be wondering if our library is a room, a collection, or a space for
student study, learning and discovery. Does it matter that there are librarians there? Some libraries have opened without books. Some libraries are entirely virtual. What essential elements make a library a library and why do we care? Many librarians enter the field because of a love of books. Don’t get me wrong; books are great. However, so are articles, databases, DVDs and computers. Long ago however, I fell in love with the very idea of what libraries represent. They are spaces where minds meet learning and where new ideas are discovered. Will I enjoy minds meeting knowledge with a healthy dose of natural light for a change? I am pretty certain I will. More importantly though, librarians, books, instructors, databases, videos and screens need someone to learn, someone to teach and someone to serve. When you need us, we will be there ready to help just as we always have.
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New agreement between college, UW-Platteville gives biotech students leg-up RYAN SPOEHR Copy Editor
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A group works on sorting ideas using sticky notes and a white board. Teams worked to sort their ideas with as much completition as possible in order to win the judging session Sunday afternoon, April 7.
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Startup Weeekend, a non-profit event aimed to create great business ideas, takes place at Madison College West Campus for second year in a row GEORGE TREVIRANUS Editor-in-Chief Entrepreneurs gathered throughout Madison at Madison College’s West Campus to do one thing: Create and spread great ideas. From April 5-7, the event followed a strict schedule for its participants. Start-Up Weekend is a global event encouraging budding entrepreneurs— creative-, code- and business-oriented— to create a product that hasn’t been created before to be competitive in today’s market. Participants create their own product idea, and everyone will vote on which ideas they think work best. Lorin Toepper, Executive Director of Economic & Workforce Developent at Madison College, said that when he started the event last year, he wanted to make sure a real start-up theme was kept, where even the food is only from local vendors. These products typically consist of websites or mobile phone apps,” said Toepper. On the first day of the event, there were 44 pitches made out of 100 individuals present and only 12
made it through. They’re given just 60 seconds to complete the pitch. Once their ideas were finalized, individuals could choose to be a part of a particular group to help an idea they really liked, or individuals from the groups sought out team members that might benefit them. Toepper said that for a team working on a mobile app, if they were short on software engineers, they might look for them at the event and recruit them. During the second day, teams went through customer validation, a process where teams ensure their product could be well received by their audiences. This can take all day, but the sooner the better. “The goal is really to have an MVP, or minimal viable product, by the final day,” Toepper said. Some groups may end up going through pivot points, however, resulting in a change in direction. One such group creating a product called InMadison (inmadison.co), did just that. InMadison is a concept that allows Madisonians to ask questions about local events. Originally, the concept was a ques-
tion-and-answer platform for cooking, but after discovering it already existed, they had to try and individualize themselves somehow. Tim Kessler, a member of the group, said they were just one step way from being an exact replica of the product already out there. Another member, Don Vaernz, says that it’s really just about having fun. Small tweaks can be made in the product description to really stand apart. Other groups at Start-Up Weekend included MyMeterMaid, a mobile payment system for parking meters; DiarWe, a group storytelling platform for various media; and DropShop, a web platform to combine information from other stores and shopping cart sites in one place. On the final day, participants finalized and prototype their products by 5 p.m. in order to give a presentation. The product will be crafted enough so the product’s execution and user experience is clear to the judges. The prototypes should be a functioning app, web site, or other media. The judges were founders of various companies from Madison, as well.
Madison College has announced an agreement with a University of Wisconsin school that they say will give a “competitive boost” to students. The college announced on April 2 that it has entered a partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Under the agreement, biotechnology students can earn a bachelor’s degree and post-baccalaureate certificate in four years. The agreement, referred to as the “3.5 plus .5” agreement, qualified UW-Platteville students can complete UW-Platteville undergraduate degree requirements while earning the baccalaureate certificate. “By linking Madison College’s post-baccalaureate certificate with UW-Platteville’s four year biotechnology program, students are fully equipped to enter the job market,” said Terry Webb, Madison College Provost. UW-Platteville students will come to Madison College to complete the post-baccalaureate certificate by taking 15 credits over the course of one semester. They will need to complete their regular requirements at UW-Platteville, but the 15 credits that they attain through Madison College will be transferred to Platteville as upper division credits. As for students who are currently in the baccalaureate program, they say this is a benefit for anyone who is jumping into the biotechnology field. “I think it’s great. I would have loved something like this when I was still doing the four-year college thing. It would have saved a couple semesters,” said Samantha Thompson, a student who is trying to get her post-baccalaureate certificate at Madison College. She received a bachelor’s degree from UW-Madison and is now getting the certification and further background at Madison College. “It’ll be great that those Platteville kids will be able to come here get those skills and take them back to Platteville and further into their career,” Thompson said. Clay Schmidt, another a student in the post-baccalaureate program, also received a bachelor’s from UW-Madison like Thompson did. He says that the program at Madison College helps complete people’s training in the biotech field. “There isn’t a ton of hands-on (at UW-Madison). It (has) big class sizes. In lab, it’s really crowded and maybe it’s an undergrad lab so it’s not funded that well. There might be a few things to do per person, but here you get the full, hands-on experience,” Schmidt said. “This partnership also takes advantage of the strengths of each institution for the benefit of students who are pursuing a degree in biotechnology,” Webb said. The agreement will be in effect starting this fall. UW-Platteville juniors and seniors in their biotechnology program are eligible for this under the agreement. “This articulation agreement will benefit both UW-Platteville and Madison College, but most importantly it will serve to benefit our students,” said Dennis Shields, UW-Platteville chancellor. After completing the post-baccalaureate biotechnology program at Madison College, the students will be more equipped to seek entry-level employment in public or private laboratories, according to the college. Those positions can be in labs in universities, pharmaceutical companies, food processing industries, companies performing research and development or companies involved.
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The advantages of renovating an existing building include lower maintenance costs and operational expenses such as heating and cooling. It also offers a more flexible timeline that is able to respond to budget realities. “We can string it out and we can budget our money easier as opposed to having a huge lump sum all at once,” Stark said.
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more availability for students to be seen. A full-time physician will be on staff along with an extra nurse practicioner and two assistants. There will also be a telephone triage line, monitored 24 hours a day. “If a student has a question, if they’re not feeling well, they’ll have a number they can call,” said Scot Vesterdahl, Fitness/Wellness Center Manager. They’ll be able to get the advice they need without having to go in. A full lab will be included to allow for many more tests to be able to be performed on site. With the addition of a medical imaging unit, X-rays will be available as well. This will be a full medical clinic available to the public along with the students. The public won’t be able to access it for free like the students will. The second part of the referendum includes improvements to the fitness center. Currently, there are very few pieces of cardio equipment. A “yes “vote on the referendum will allow for a redesign of the fitness center to make it easier to use and about double the amount of cardio equipment. A new multipurpose room will replace
THE CLARION The culinary program will occupy approximately 30,000 square feet of the 1950s portion of the Downtown Campus. First, that space will be vacated and then renovations specific to the program will proceed. Stark expects the renovation process to start in January 2014 and for the space to be ready for instruction by January 2015. “The biggest difference they will notice is the amount of space they will have,” Stark said. Culinary Program Director Paul Short is well-acquainted with making do on little space. He expressed satisfaction
with the upcoming move. Even if it isn’t a stand-alone building, the change in plans do not dissapoint him. “If they can take an older building and remodel it to what our needs are, they’ve done their job. That’s what I want,” Short said. Since becoming program director in 2007, he’s seen an increase in students interested in the culinary program. In light of the new location, he anticipates fewer interruptions upon moving to the downtown campus. “It’s almost impossible for our students sometimes to listen to what the chef is telling them,” Short said.
Culinary students and instructors expect that the move downtown will enhance the learning experience by offering proximity to some of Madison’s best restaurants. Second year culinary student David Rodriguez was looking forward to the new building as a home for future students, but he saw the change of plans as positive. “I think its a good thing because it’s going to cost a lot less to renovate,” Rodriguez said. “A renovated building is better than no building at all.”
the three raquetball courts currently used for just a few hours a week. The new room will have a hardwood floor and be a place where yoga, zumba and other fitness classes can take place. A smaller classroom with a projector and a whiteboard will also be put in so that fitness classes will have a place they can meet before using the multipurpose room, or whatever equipment they might be using. The useable space will almost double. The free-weights will be moved to the back of the fitness center, and all of the cardio equipment will be at the front, making it less intimidating for someone to come in and work out. That 250-pounds of rock-solid muscle, bench-pressing more weight than anyone should ever have to lift won’t scare away people coming to get a quick workout in anymore. Two years ago Steve Hauser, the Director of Athletics, hired a consultant to analyze the fee and fitness center. The consultant said that it was outdated and essentially unsafe for the amount of people that use it. This is one of the reasons that a new fitness center is being included in this referendum. “We’ll have UW quality equipment for a third of the price,” said Adrian Holtzman, Student Body Vice President, about the new fitness center. Currently, students pay a health clinic and fitness center fee of $1.51 per credit.
Of that fee, 51 cents go to fund the health clinic and the remaining dollar goes to found the fitness center. The $1 fitness fee hasn’t increased since 1998 and the fitness center itself is over 25 years old. If the referendum is passed the total fee for both of these will be $2.08, which would still be one of the lowest Health Services and Fitness Center fees in the area. Comparatively, the fee for UW-Madison is $6.76. “You’ll be getting more bang for your buck,” Holtzman said about the referendum. The student health clinic is currently funded through that 51-cent fee and retained earnings from the Student Activities Board. The funding is approved until the end of the 2013-2014 school year. The fee increase will take place at the start of the 2014 spring semester with the passing of the referendum. If it doesn’t pass, there is a real possibility that students won’t able to access the new clinic for free as they do now. “The potential in the future could be that there is no student health clinic,” Vasterdahl said about the possibilty that the referendum doesn’t pass. Funding from the referendum will guarantee student access to the health clinic for 10 years. There is also a small yearly increase of the fee that will average out to be around five cents per year.
“The goal was to put this in place long-term. So we knew that our students had this access and coverage, which is paramount to everything,” Hauser said. “Student success. That’s what it’s all about.” Currently, students can use the clinic for such things as cold or flu symptoms, sprains and other types of pain. Also, for any programs that require a physical, the health clinic can do that free of charge. Without health insurance, that service could run around $180-$300. Even if a student has insurance, the copay for a doctor’s visit could be $50 or more, so using the student health clinic one time would more than pay for the fees that are paid to be able to use it. Students can enroll online to use the health clinic. All that’s needed is a computer and OneCard. The easiest way is to go to Madisoncollege.edu and go to the A-Z index. Click on “C” and go down to “Clinic for students.” Once clicked, it will go to another page, there’s a big red button that says “enroll.” After it’s clicked there are 10 questions to answer, and click submit. GHC then sends a group member number back through email, which is used to make appointments. More information on the referendum will be available at tables in the cafeteria between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. during April 22nd-26th.
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Questions asked to you, our readers.
What new service(s) would you like to see in the fitness center?
More room, spread out the machines, more fans, more space.
Yoga would be cool. If they had a complimentary yoga, i would use that.
— KRISTIN MURPHY
I don’t care about services. Just more space. — TOMMY ENDRES
— TAYLOR POZIN
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ome of the instructors and students at Madison College have expressed concern about the advertisements inside The Clarion. Concerns that we run advertisements for four-year institutions with areas of study that compete with the classes offered here. It seems to have raised questions over the ethics of our choice to run these advertisements. After hearing about this for some time, we would like to settle any controversy or misunderstandings. Let’s begin with our practice. The most important thing for everyone to remember is that The Clarion is a student-run newspaper. The only faculty, if any, involving themselves within our news process, is our faculty advisor or on occasion an instructor will tip-off potential story leads. This seems to be the heat of the discussion: Are we Madison College’s newspaper, exclusively? Not exactly. We are students that serve students. We operate within the college, but are not owned by the college. The Clarion receives its funding from the Student Activities Board (SAB), which is entirely student-run, and votes to fund its various student organizations independently, using student fees through tuition. Other organizations the SAB funds include United Common Ground and Student Senate. The SAB also votes to fund special projects, such as the Health Clinic at Truax. Our editorial process is 100 percent independent. This means we choose our content and try to present as many facets of a particular issue as possible. Our financing is partially dependent on the funding through SAB. But, like many other organizations, the rest of our funding comes from the sale of advertisements. The ethical nature of advertisements in our publication is not up for discussion (unless they are obscene). As a student-run news organization we feel responsible for giving every possible option to a student concerning their future and education. Without the business from advertisers, our paper would not exist in its current form. They pay for ad space in our publication and we deliver. This is not something specific to The Clarion; all news outlets do this, college to professional. Furthermore this practice remains consistent with our mission statement which is outlined on our website. The Clarion does not give special treatment to advertisers, academic or otherwise. They get what they buy; it is that simple. To run the process otherwise would be biased, and in this case, giving preferential treatment to Madison College. Ethically speaking, that would place our publication in the wrong even more than creating any “conflicts” with private college advertisements. If departments within the college feel threatened by our advertisements, we encourage them to purchase ad space from us. They can also write us a letter, so we may try to quell any concerns, or start conversation.
Out of place An international student’s view on class participation in American classrooms
classmates to asking my lecturer during class. Or, if I really have to ask my lecturer, I will do so after class. Most Asian countries have large class sizes. If students ask questions during the lecture, teachers may not be able to finish their lecture on time. That is why stut cannot be denied that the student participation dents generally prefer to discuss any problems they expected in western classrooms is important, since have after class or if the lecturer opens a discussion it helps students gain more knowledge through session. Additionally, students are afraid of making discussion and improve their learning process. mistakes and being mocked by their classmates if they However, class participation can be a major give “stupid” opinions. This is also a factor problem for many students, especially Asian in discouraging participation in class. students. In one of my classes, where discusI think Asian students are culturally sion is a major component of the class, my shy and quiet. That is why they will not instructors commented on the fact that I did actively contribute to class unless they are not actively participate. This made me feel asked to do so. I consider that silence is compelled to express my point of view about the norm in my society and I only offer my how many Asian students like me view class opinion when there is something that needs participation and what barriers can prevent to be explained. Here, on the other hand, us from participating. American students can speak their mind There is a different concept about class about everything, even things unrelated to participation here. To me class participation ILHAM the lecture. They have been encouraged to is responding to instructors’ questions and Staff Writer be critical and analytical since they were giving an opinion only when invited to do so. young. American students, on the other hand, are Furthermore, students here are someencouraged to actively interact with their times asked to comment on other students’ presentaclassmates and instructors so they feel comfortable tions as a participatory activity. I feel hesitant to do saying anything during class. this because I don’t think one student is above another When English is not your first language, you autostudent and direct feedback should come from the matically face some barriers in participatory activiinstructor. Consequently, this behavior may lead to my ties in class. The main problem is lack of proficiency being stereotyped as passive and unresponsive. in English. It takes extra time for me to contribute to Another point is that it takes a great amount of a class discussion because I have to understand the effort to participate when instructors use too many lecture and at the same time formulate my answer in colloquialisms. Instructors might have difficulty English in order to engage with the discussion. There understanding some Asian students as well. If instrucis hardly enough time to think. By the time I am ready tors use formal English to deliver their lectures, that to speak, the conversations have been taken over by would make it easier for international students to my American classmates. understand. Cultural factors also affect the way students parI believe that class participation is a valuable learnticipate in classrooms. I don’t know much about other ing method for students to encourage them to grow Asian countries, but in Indonesia classes are generally academically. For students, the best way to master this lectures where teachers explain everything and then technique is to practice proactive behavior and just tell students what to do and students believe that what jump into the discussion. But that’s easier said than the teacher says is the truth. So I was taught to listen done. Instructors, for their part, should be sensitive more. I was not used to having to speak a lot during to their students. Especially in classes where there is a class, to argue, or even to question the teacher. Asking mix of races, genders, ethnicities and cultures. I would questions or speaking your mind in class could be conexpect them to take time to understand their students, sidered disrespectful to teachers. and where they are coming from, and to have a better If I really want to ask questions, I prefer asking my understanding of different learning behaviors.
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LETTERFROMTHEEDITOR A quick word from George Treviranus.
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ow the heck was your spring break? You can tell by my photo that spring break had no effect on me being more photogenic. That’s just how I look, I guess. While we’re talking about spring break, there’s something special about the sun coming out after long, cold months in Wisconsin. I used to never pay attention to the weather, but then quickly realized
how much it affected my mood and behavior. But now that I do pay attention to it, I see the correlation. I’ve mentioned stress relief in one of my previous columns, but I feel the need to iterate and build on another point related to it. Please, for the love of god, don’t stop exercising if you already do it. And especially don’t stop your regular routine. A
lot of us feel the need to get lazy with our priorities because we want to go out and have fun, but this is very self-destructive. In unrelated news, The Clarion is accepting applications for our next editor-in-chief. It’s a lot of fun and a great experience. You can pick up an application in Truax room 130, or email Doug Kirchberg, our adviser, at dkirchberg@ madisoncollege.edu with any quesitons.
Newspaper websites can succeed as pay-per-view programming RYAN SPOEHR Copy Editor
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n February, Madison.com instituted a paywall on its site, including the Wisconsin State Journal and The Capital Times. But is this an effective and essential measure? Yes, it is. Shoveling content onto a web site for free while putting the same information in a broadsheet is not sustainable. Newspapers need to bring in revenue to keep their business going, keep equipment running and to pay its workers. Do you walk into a supermarket and take a steak from the meat section without paying? No you don’t, or at least I hope you don’t. That’s not ethical and certainly isn’t legal. That money for that steak and everything else helps pay employees and helps keep that store running. Why should journalism be any different? Of course, when you walk into a supermarket, stores offer samples periodically. Hyvee does it. That is essentially what a paywall is. For example, the State Journal and New York Times give readers 20 free views to sample content from their web site before having to pay a monthly subscription fee. Papers need to look at that model and see how that can benefit their organization.
Can it work? The answer is yes. Look at Gannett, the organization that owns USA Today and many newspapers nationwide, including 10 in Wisconsin. In the fourth quarter of 2012, Gannett reported that about two-thirds of their new digital-only subscriptions were new overall subscribers. That likely means that having the ability to read stories from a laptop, tablet or mobile device helped bring in new readers. Aren’t papers losing money though? Is it too little too late? Yes, there is some money lost, but it is mainly with print advertising. According to the Columbia Journalism Review, the New York Times gained 74,000 new net subscribers in the fourth quarter of last year, which brought their online subscription total to 640,000, 64 percent more than they had a year prior. That was the largest increase in any quarter since they instituted their paywall in 2011. The overall increase in online subscribers in 2012 helped the Times with a $90 million increase in circulation, up 13 percent from 2011. While total ads were down $44 million, the rise in circulation helped the Times’ overall revenue rise by 2.6 percent.
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Global Showcase brings many cultures together for event at Truax campus
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t was as though the entire world was assembled in a single room with everyone decked out in traditional dress. Rather than a fashion show or concert with famous artists and models, it was a gathering of Madison College international students. The event that brought this disparate group of students together was the college’s annual Global Showcase, an event organized in collaboration with the Center for International Education (CIE), United for Common Ground (UCG) and World Students Association (WSA) to showcase the global reach and rich cultural diversity represented in the student body at Madison College. “It was a great platform to tell people about my culture,” said Makiko Omori, who hails from Japan. Omori was one of the key WSA organizers. She communicated with different student clubs to ensure their participation and invite them to tell people about their culture. “It was a successful event. Most regions had representation,” she said. Students from Asia, Africa, Eastern and Western Europe, Australia, the Middle East and South America all represented their individual countries at the event. The two-hour show was scheduled around lunchtime in order to get the maximum number of people involved. According to Stephanie Belmas, CIE International Student Specialist and one the event organizers, the purpose of the Global Showcase is to highlight the diversity of Madison College. “There were students from all regions excluding Antarctica,” she said.
connecting culture By SHEZAD BALOCH
Staff Writer
This year’s annual Global Showcase was the fourth held at Madison College and the event attracted the largest number of attendees to date. “Each year, participation and attendance have increased,” Belmas said. “It reflects the increased interest of the students, which is just wonderful.” According to the Office of Student Life, there were 325 attendees at this year’s Global Showcase, up from just over 100 the first year the event was held. Earlier Global Showcases were held in a smaller room. Responding to these figures, Belmas said, “Maybe we need more space next year given the growing participation of students.” Dressed in a colorful Japanese kimono, Makiko Omori was very excited to be representing her culture for the first time at Madison College. “I not only participated in the Global Showcase but also worked hard to communicate with other international and local students. It was great to see people from around the world together in one room,” she said. Underscoring the significance of the event, she added that it was also a learning experience for her, giving her the opportunity to discover new things about places she had never been. “These events help students, faculty and staff feel a connection with people from different countries and learn about other cultures, norms and traditions,” she added. “It increases people’s interest in visiting other countries.” Omori expressed some disappointment that local students did not participate more. “There are many states in America and each state is different from others in terms of culture.
International students like me are curious to know about them. I tried to reach out to the local students and could not understand why they didn’t take part,” she said. “Isn’t it a good thing to learn about a country you’ve never visited?” She was optimistic, however, that there would be more participation next year and that the event would continue to improve. “There is a dire need to encourage such events so that people can more easily know and learn to appreciate one another’s culture,” she said. Pakistani student Abdul Basit Abro viewed the Global Showcase as an opportunity to get together with local and international people and deepen people’s understanding about different cultures. He felt upbeat and confident during the event and performed a traditional Sindhi dance to Pakistani music for the audience. “Many people asked me about my dress,” he said, smiling broadly. For the event, he wore long white trousers with a long white shirt, a hand embroidered hat from his native Sindh and a colorful scarf with a red and black motif. WSA President Virginia Gittens Escudero was very excited to be representing Latino culture. “We all are human beings but our cultures and norms distinguish us from each other,” she said, when asked if she had any thoughts about the Global Showcase. This was Escudero’s third Global Showcase event and each year she felt she was learning something new about the other countries represented. “Now I have some idea about countries like Australia, Japan, China and Pakistan. I will not be surprised
anymore when I see dresses, food and other things representative of these countries.” She marveled at the fact that, in addition to the fashion show, dance performances, drama and other activities featured in the Showcase, students also made traditional foods. “I think it is something that our college should be proud of. It shows just how diverse the college is.” CIE’s Belmas, who was awarded a UW Madison Campus Impact Award in 2006 for her work with international students, has found it quite challenging to organize such cultural activities, given the shortage of funds. “UCG funded this program,” she said. “It would be really good to be able to increase funding for the event in the future.” According to Student Life Coordinator and UCG Advisor Susana Valtierra, plans for next year include a film and distinguished lecture series to occur in conjunction with the Global Showcase event as a means of shedding more light on the various cultures represented at Madison College. “UCG is currently in the middle of its budget process,” she said. “We are asking for additional funding to improve this event next year.” Valtierra considers the Showcase to be much more than just a cultural event. She also finds it of value because of the learning experiences it offers its student organizers. Not only do they learn about the different countries and cultures represented, but they also have an opportunity to organize the event itself and to coordinate with other students and student groups.
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restaurant
BANDUNG INDONESIAN RESTAURANT
600 WILLIAMSON STREETMADISON, WI 53703 Average Price: $7.95
American taste, Indonesian tempeh
Bandung Indonesian Restaurant offers great options for diners of any kind SYLVIA LIM Staff Writer Indonesian cuisine is hot, spicy and exotic. Howard Hilman, an author of world cuisine books who has traveled to more than 100 countries, placed Indonesia in the top 10 best cuisines in the world. But Indonesian restaurants are not really popular in United States. There is only one Indonesian restaurant in the entire state of Wisconsin and that is Bandung restaurant, located in Madison. The restaurant is tastefully decorated with Indonesian ornaments: a batik map near the door, Javanese paintings and traditional masks along the wall. One of Bandung’s unique menu items is tempeh, which is made by a natural culturing and controlled fermentation process that binds soybeans into a cake form. They serve tempeh in various dishes at a very affordable price. Tempe goreng is a sweet and crispy fried soybean cake that costs $5.25. It is surprising because it has a sweet taste, very different from the tempe goreng served in Indonesia. Tempe goreng in Jakarta is usually served with raw green chilies, so it tastes a little bit salty and spicy rather than sweet.
Tempeh at Bandung is different than the tempeh that is served in Jakarta. For example, sambal goreng tempe, which is a soybean cake, green beans, lemon grass and potato stir-fried with spicy candlenut and palm sugar, tastes delicious, with a pleasant balance of sweet and sour. It costs $8.95. Although the name “sambal” in Indonesian refers to chili sauce, the dish is not spicy at all. What is particularly interesting is that menu items came with a beer recommendation. This is truly tempeh served American style. Virginia Bryan, a Madison College librarian, said that tempeh is one of her favorite dishes. “I like the nutty taste and the crispiness. It makes me want to keep eating it,” she said. “I have been making tempeh for 15 years,” said Mochamad Sjahrani, the owner of Bandung restaurant. “Tempeh has a long history. It was invented in the sixteenth century by Javanese people in Indonesia. For hundreds of years tempeh has been a part of Indonesian identity,” he said. Before having dessert, I was curious to try the sate tempe, a recommended item on the vegetarian menu. It is a soybean cake marinated and grilled topped with sweet peanut sauce and served on a bed of lontong (sticky rice). It is a creative way to serve it because in Jakarta, tempeh never appears in “sate” form. Overall, Bandung restaurant provides
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a delightful experience for enjoying ethnic food. The Indonesian tempeh is definitely worth a try. It is served in many ways, from appetizer to special entrees. It also provides a good opportunity for
vegetarians to have a delicious healthy food. Indonesian people who want to have more spicy taste can ask for “sambal.” I highly recommended “sambal goreng tempeh,” the most pleasing menu item.
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G.I. JOE: RETALIATION
DIRECTED BY JON M. CHU Skydance Productions, Di Bonaventura Pictures, Hasbro
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‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ offers great action, but lacks in story, structure for casuals TOM RICHARDSON Staff Writer
Film postponements are never fun, especially for big summer attractions. There have been some unfortunate cases where films get released way later than planned, which happened to director Jon M. Chu’s recent action sequel “G.I. Joe: Retaliation.” This second installment of the “G.I. Joe” franchise was scheduled for June of 2012, but didn’t release until March of 2013 due both to a last-minute 3D conversion and to allow more time to boost international interest. The film centers on a special military platoon called “The G.I. Joes” who are assigned to a mission overseas that requires military back up. Back in the US, an evil underground organization called “Cobra” has a mole disguised as the US President, for more armed forces accessibility. Cobra’s plan for world domination requires the possession of some nuclear weapons, which only the secretary of
defense has. After an overnight surprise attack, the G.I. Joe soldiers who survived this attack must now head back to the US and stop Cobra before their nuclear missile scheme succeeds. For viewers hoping for a “G.I. Joe” film that provides both great action and entertainment values, “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” might just do the trick, as this sequel delivers on both scales. Dwayne Johnson and Bruce Willis also add more fun and energy to this film universe as “Roadblock” and “General Joe Colton” respectively. Though “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” is a fun time, it does run into problems while pursuing active duty. The film has some unusual editing, due to some non-stop shifts between certain good and evil characters, making it difficult to tell what the main focus is. The film also suffers from a sloppy ending, and some scenes that are so action-heavy it makes the storyline feel like a secondary priority. For those who love the “G.I. Joe” action figures, or its television shows, this movie should feel just right. For viewers who love action-heavy films, this sequel should be a good fit. “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” is a solid action movie which may not be for viewers hoping for a more storyheavy action film.
Skydance Productions, Di Bonaventura Pictures, Hasbro
The movie’s A-list cast certainly adds an impressive look to a film enterprising action and explosions.
TEMPTATION: CONFESSIONS OF A MARRIAGE COUNSELOR
Tyler Perry Studios
‘Temptation’ was released into theaters Friday March 29,2013. This passionate love story focuses on a married woman’s journey through everyday life at work and at home. Judith begins to feel overwhelmed with life she is unhappy that she is not where she imaged she would be in her career or marriage at 25 years of age. Judith’s husband Bryce overlooks many of his wife’s activities. Judith falls head over heals into lust and obsession with a man from work named Harley. This movie displays how destructive infidelity can be on a marriage. Judith’s betrayal to her husband involving another man has devastating consequences that will last a lifetime. Judith thinks she is doing what is in her own best interest for her career dreams and for her needs and desires in a relationship. Judith’s unhappiness and boredom changes the way she views and feels her husband and this new man in her life. But in this movie each man is not who they present themselves to be. Come see all the laughs, tears and secrets that tear some relationships apart and that bring others together. Find out if Bryce is able to save his marriage with Judith. See the emotions and conflicts that affairs bring. Find out how each character is connected. See who was given advice and who listened and who didn’t. This movie is such a heartfelt confession to the world about the constant struggle of resisting temptation. Many people leave their spouses for their secret lovers and mistresses. This movie challenges affairs and proposes a question to married couples everywhere. Are you sure you want to do that? Have you thought about what could go wrong? As human beings we often always think about the perks or benefits but very little about the risk. This is the perfect movie to kick off spring; romance is in the air and on the screen. Find out how this love triangle ends. See what the final outcome is for Judith’s career and marriage. Did she end up where she imagined? In the end whose best interests were protected? Who ended up happy in their career and marriage? Who got the needs and desires they’d been longing for? ‘Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor’ is in theaters now, see the ending that is leaving viewers speechless. — BRIANNA ROBERTS
EVIL DEAD
Ghost House Pictures, Filmdistrict Relentless, pitiless, bloody and intense _ that’s the remake of Sam Raimi’s “The Evil Dead.” But is this “Evil Dead” (they dropped the “The” in the title) any good? Yes and
PREVIEWS APRIL 12 42 PG-13 The life story of Jackie Robinson and his history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey. SCARY MOVIE 5 R A couple begin to experience some unsusual activity after bringing their
no. It has several genuinely hair-raising moments and presents, for your edification and enjoyment, some of the most graphic horror violence ever presented on the screen. But Fede Alvarez’s homage to the original “Cabin in the Woods” tale lacks the offhanded goofiness, the brittle jokes, visual and otherwise of young people, in that wooded cabin, facing death at the hands of something supernatural. Sure, they’re scared, and some of the cast of this new “Dead,” Jessica Lucas and Elizabeth Blackmore, in particular get across what utter terror feels like. But the sardonic wit is lost in a sea of blood and guts. The set-up is similar. Friends and family of Mia (Jane Levy) have dragged her from Michigan State to a remote cabin to clean her up, get her off drugs. Her brother David (Shiloh Fernandez), who rarely sees her, is a reluctant intervener. But he’s brought his new girlfriend (Blackmore) along, because nothing bonds a couple like detoxing one’s sister. The nurse Olivia (Lucas) and bookish school teacher Eric (Lou Taylor Pucci of “The Chumscrubber” and “Thumbsucker”) are there to help, though there’s friction because David, a big-city mechanic, hasn’t been involved in any of their lives. And here they are, caring enough to clean up a mess he should deal with himself. There’s a stench in the semitrashed cabin. It turns out there isn’t room to swing a dead cat in the basement because it’s full of dead cats and blood stains. We’ve seen the prologue. We know what’s coming. They’ve only seen the dead cats. But that would be enough to make a sane person leave. Which they don’t. That gives bookish Eric a chance to find the skin-covered book of witch curses and spells, and to stir up The Other Side. As Mia is menaced ad possessed by the forest, as the rains come and wash out the road and as others are injured, brutalized and tested by their first encounter with the supernatural, Eric is the one who doesn’t think everything will work out in the end. “Everything’s going to be fine? I don’t know if you’ve noticed this, but everything’s been getting worse. Every second.” The makeup effects, with piercings, scalding, dismemberments and the like, are spectacular. You will believe that’s a human face, peeled off with a sharp object. Characters are chased, by the camera, through the woods and through this oddly roomy tiny cabin. They reach for the camera and are yanked back out of the frame, a favorite horror movie staging trick these days. And occasionally, not often, you feel something for the dead and the doomed. None develop real empathy, and those we mourn for we do simply because nobody deserves their fate. David, in particular, is under-developed and blandly played in spite of all the tragedy and trauma happening around the character. That transforms “Evil Dead” from a cut-rate romp through horror conventions into a by-the-book bloodbath, chilling at times, not the sort of film that invites a cult following the way Raimi and Campbell did back in 1981.
— ROGER MOORE, MCT CAMPUS
newborn son home from the hospital.
APRIL 19 OBLIVION PG-13 A veteran assigned to extract Earth’s remaining resources begins to question what he knows about his mission. THE LORDS OF SALEM R Heidi, a radio DJ, is sent a box containing a record. The sounds within the grooves trigger flashbacks of her town’s violent past.
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games
TURN BACK THE CLOCK II RETRO GAME REVIEWS By COLIN BOWDEN, STAFF WRITER FALLOUT
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After war between the U.S., China and various European states turns nuclear, there are few humans left and you are one of them. Named the “Vault Dweller,” you emerge from a sealed vault in the lands formerly known as California to save the people you love and protect the people you’ll meet from a plan for domination. A new civilization is rising and you are to be a part of its illustrious history. The original Fallout was a revelation, bringing a sad, post-apocalyptic wasteland to modern audiences. Mixing the bleak situation with characters that might almost be cute in other circumstances made for memorable sequences, like the flora, who is not the sort of living, anthropomorphic tree you might remember from Kirby, but instead something altogether … different, let’s say. This series is about much and to learn about the origins of the stories in “Fallout 3” and “New Vegas,” the first game is a great starter for anyone. This is a game where survival and preservation are key; don’t waste ammunition where care and stealth would be possible. “Fallout” is hard as heck but rewarding through sidequests and aid in your ultimate quest. While some don’t appreciate the combat style and amount of tactics needed to succeed, it can stand up to its newer brethren as an example of a game that expects a lot of players as it should. This game is good to play if you have time but you should expect at least a little frustration if you’re new to classic games like this. Currently, the PC version of “Fallout” can be found at GOG.com. Pick it up if you’re looking to spend a weekend shooting post-apocalyptic raiders and mutants.
PREVIEWS APRIL 16 INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US WII U, XBOX 360, PS3 This superhero fighter pits popular heroes and villains against each other. PANDORA’S TOWER WII Aeron’s travels into thirteen towers to break a curse on Elena that is transforming her into a beast using his magical sword and chain.
APRIL 23 DEAD ISLAND: RIPTIDE PS3, XBOX 360, PC Although described as a spin-off, the game’s story picks up right after Dead Island.
BIOSHOCK: INFINITE
2K GAMES PS3, Xbox 360, PC, OSX
THROUGH infinite DOORWAYS ‘Bioshock: Infinite’ is an experience unlike anything in gaming yet, a benchmark BRANDON ALLEN-TRICK Copy Editor “A choice is better than none, whatever the outcome.” These words, spoken by the character Elizabeth in “BioShock: Infinite,” best encapsulate the core principles of its game design, as well as the tone of its narrative with its heady themes of predeterminism and guilt. “BioShock: Infinite” takes place in the nation of Columbia, an enormous floating city powered by quantum physics and cheap labor. It exists in a horribly plausible alternate America circa 1912 and its society reveres the founders in an explicitly religious manner and fetishizes American exceptionalism. While you gawp at the astonishing visuals and fully realized steampunk aesthetic of this world, you will undoubtedly be equally disturbed by the ubiquitous casual racism, xenophobia, and outright bigotry of its inhabitants. Below the surface of this alternate 2K GAMES
Players follow Booker DeWitt, a disgraced former agent of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.
America, simmers a worker’s rebellion and a vast minority underclass eager to overthrow what they see as the tyranny of robber barons and capitalist exploitation. The main character, Booker DeWitt, inevitably gets drawn into this conflict, as does his companion Elizabeth. As engrossing as this story is, however, it serves merely as a backdrop for a much larger tale told across time, space, death, and reality. With all this going on around you, it’s sometimes easy to forget that Infinite is still a game. Many games with this much to say give up a lot to tell it. Rest assured this isn’t the case here. Infinite is every bit the shooter as its predecessor and doesn’t miss a trick. It contains gimmicks from the original BioShock such as plasmids (here called vigors) and a veritable arsenal of era-authentic weapons. With the ability to enhance each weapon and vigor in different ways, combat is incredibly fun and has immense depth of play. New to the game play is the skyhook, which is both a gruesome melee weapon and a means to traverse the sky-rails raining down pain on ene-
mies and eviscerating them from above. Perhaps the most unique gimmick, however, is Elizabeth herself. Rather than get in the way, Elizabeth is a respectable comrade at arms, searching out power ups and ammunition to give to you in the fray of combat. Better still, she can open tears in reality, bringing in cover or even allies to aid you in your fight against Father Comstock, and allowing you to customize the terrain itself. The only genuine complaint that can be levied against it is that it’s far too short. If you don’t rush and you breathe in everything Infinite has to offer, it will give you maybe 14 hours of solid gameplay. There are multiple difficulty modes but I suspect most players will stop when the story does. In short, this is the perfect weekend rental. BioShock Infinite is an experience without equal that will undoubtedly be spoken of as a high-water mark in the medium for years to come. It draws you in with a story unequaled in the medium and propels you along with addictive and customizable combat. Both these things will prevent you from putting it down until you finish and, without spoiling it, the ending will leave you gobsmacked. Read a more complete review online at theonlineclarion. com.
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I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING II
Lil Wayne
From “Tha Carter” to “I Am Not A Human Being,” Lil Wayne sure knows how to come up with some strange titles for albums. “I Am Not A Human Being II” has 15 new songs on it with many different guest appearances by other artists, but some of Lil Wayne’s new songs leave much to be desired, after listening to the album. As a rapper, it would be unusual for Wayne to leave out all of the vulgar words and offensive things he often says, but in this album it seems like he took the degrading of women a little too far. After a while of listening, a person can only stand to hear a gender be cut down so much before it starts to get irritating. Not only are the lyrics extremely vulgar, but so are some of the song titles, which is probably regular for Lil Wayne, but surely there could have been more words in the English language to help find a title. In some of his songs, like “Curtains” and “IANAHB”, he goes off on little rants so much that it almost gets to where you can’t understand what kind of point he’s trying to make in the rap any longer. The whole entire point of the song gets lost inside words that just seem to rhyme with each other, which also gets irritating as time progresses. There is also the issue of Lil Wayne’s mumbling. Yes, we’ve all heard it before, but it seems to have gotten worse since his last album release. One might think all of those “sizzurps” had something to do with it? All that can be said is that, if you’re a woman and you have PMS, you might want to rethink listening in order to think for the next 7 days.
— CALLIE VASEY
THE NEXT DAY
David Bowie
When the word came down that David Bowie wouldn’t be touring with the release of his new album “The Next Day” many in the music press were taken aback. Performance and theatricality has played an integral part in Bowie’s image and music since he rose to stardom in the late 60s and early 70s; you might even say it was his legacy. Again and again, though, the word has come from the Bowie camp that the 66 year-old musician may never again perform live. What would a Bowie album sound like free of the need to reproduce it onstage?
PREVIEWS APRIL 15 FREE THE UNIVERSE MAJOR LAZOR The album will feature Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig, Tyga, Flux Pavilion, Bruno Mars, Wyclef Jean and Shaggy. TRUE ROMANCE CHARLI XCX This new album will feature 13 tracks, one including Brooke Candy.
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Bowie’s career has been defined by his periodic dramatic shifts in musical tone and style. From the glam rock of Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane to the kraut-rock of Low and Heroes and flirtations in the 90s with electronic music, he has always had an impressive sense of where music was going next. Even in all of that envelope pushing, though, Bowie never lost sense of where he had been. The Next Day seems in many ways to be a conscious attempt at a fresh start. Most of this album is tightly arranged, sonically dense pop rock. In other words: what Bowie does best. This is beautifully exemplified in the album’s second single, “The Stars (Are Out Tonight)”, a dizzying, careening whirlwind of muscular guitar riffs and keyboard. After being buffeted around for a while, “Love is Lost” ratchets the tension an extra notch or three, only to hit the release valve with “Where Are We Now?” “Where Are We Now?” was released as the first single off the album in January. Not only is it one of the weaker songs here, a wistful ballad and softer in tone than the rest of the album, but it seems to purposely evoke the classic song Heroes. For an album that is ostensibly about new beginnings, it was a puzzling choice to showcase The Next Day’s sound. Then again, though, the album’s artwork is just yanked from Heroes with a silly, plain, white title card in the center. After this exercise in melancholia, the album picks up in the vein of where it left off. The Next Day floats from one vibrant pop gem after another (“Valentines Day,” “Dancing Out In Space”) with the occasional diversion into girl-group pop (“You Feel So Lonely You Could Die”). Not a lot stands above the rest, though that could be testament to the rocksolid consistency with which this album pleases the listener. Overall, The Next Day has a very kitchen sink aesthetic; there’s always room for another layered guitar track or some crooning backup singers. The production is top-notch throughout, and you’d expect nothing less from long-time Bowie collaborator Toni Visconti. What’s amazing is that, with all the sound jammed into each song, it doesn’t manage to sound claustrophobic the way Scary Monsters does. In fact, each song has a brilliant sense of space and sounds truly alive. It is a shame, then, that these 14 tracks may never be played live. On the other hand, if that means a new album of this caliber more than once a decade, it might be worth the sacrifice.
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GARBAGE
APRIL 7, 2013 Orpheum Theater
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Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson energizes Orpheum Theatre Sunday night.
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WORLD Madison-native rock band, Garbage, finishes tour at Orpheum theatre on State St. GEORGE TREVIRANUS Editor-in-Chief
— BRANDON ALLEN-TRICK
APRIL 23 INDICUD KID CUDI Initially to be the third installment of his Man on the Moon series, the new album ventures into rock. Projected to be a 2-disc release.
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Alternative rock band native to Madison, Garbage, lit up Orpheum Theatre with bright lights and loud instrumentals. This is one of the band’s final stops before it completes its international tour. “This is a particularly emotional show for us,” said Shirley Manson, lead singer for the band. She spoke to the crowd between each song expressing how grateful for Madison the band is and how happy they are to end their tour with a Madison show. “I kid you not, we’ve played every single venue in Madison,” said drummer Butch Vig during a slight intermission, reminiscing of Garbage’s early beginnings in the city.
The band played a modest mix of old and new music, but primarily focused on much older tracks. The band opened with numerous older songs, including “I Think I’m Paranoid,” and finished opening with “Control” from “Not Your Kind of People.” Other memorable songs from the show included “Queer,” “Cherry Lips,” “The Trick is to Keep Breathing,” and “Why Do You Love Me,” each of which had a small prelude from Manson. The show ended on a high note, with Manson sharing with the audience her first experiences in the United States from Scotland. She apologized because she felt it was too boring, but also that Madison is one of the best places in the nation due to its political activism and social acceptances of what some might consider “weird” individuals. Opening for Garbage was Io Echo, a very ethereal sounding band with heavy use of lights. They are currently working on their debut album, to be out later this year.
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MEETTHEPACK
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Profiles of selected WolfPack athletes
BASEBALL BRYCE BARSNESS He’s a sophomore outfielder on the Madison College baseball team. His hometown is Black Earth, WI, and he attended Wisconsin Heights High School. In 2012, Barsness played in 48 games and started 42 for the WolfPack. He finished with a .364 batting average on 47 hits including nine doubles and a triple. After 13 games this year, he has played in 11 and started 9. His batting average is .281
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and he has three doubles and one triple. In high school, he received All-Conference honors three years and was an All-State selection his senior year.
JORDAN BELL Bell is in her first year with the WolfPack softball team. She was a four-year letter winner in softball at Parkview High School. Her hometown is Beloit, WI. She was an AllConference selection three times in high school and was named Rock Valley South Conference Player of the Year. Through 16 games this year, Bell has started every game. The shortstop and infielder is one of the team’s top hiiters. She has a .508 batting average, with seven doubles, 1 triple and four home runs. She has driven in a team high 17 runs.
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Madison College sophomore Jameson Sadowske (21) pitches during one of his team’s games in Florida over spring break.
WolfPack baseball team starts the season with 12-6 record CLARION STAFF REPORT The Madison College baseball team has won six of the eight baseball games it has played since its spring break trip to Florida. The recent stretch of success pushed WolfPack’s overall record to 12-6 and 3-1 in conference play. On April 7, Madison College finally got to play at home after 16 games on the road. Although the split a doubleheader with Black Hawk College-Moline, it had to feel nice to be playing at Robin Roberts Field.
A big three-run third inning gave the WolfPack just enough offense to beat Black Hawk in the opening game of the doubleheader, 3-2. Madison College opened the inning with three straight singles by Danny Krause, Bryce Barsness and Ryan McShane to load the bases. David Luciani doubled to left field scoring Krause and Barsness. Schmidt hit a sacrifice fly to score McShane and give the WolfPack a 3-1 lead. Starting pitcher Shane Adler went on to allow just one more run to get the victory, and
Sadowske closed out the game for a save. Madison College out-hit Blackhawk 10-6 in the game, getting three hits from Krause and two hits from Evan Richarz. In the second game of the doubleheader, it was Blackhawk that benefited from a big threerun inning to win 5-2. Black Hawk scored three runs in the top of the sixth inning to take control. Although they had two hits in the inning, two Madison College errors and a walk helped key Black Hawk’s three-run burst. Madison College committed
an uncharacteristic three errors in the game and only two of the five runs the team allowed were earned. Cody Peterson took the loss for Madison College, giving up four runs on eight hits. Madison College was limited to two runs on four hits, but three of hits were doubles by Nathan Pollack, Dan Schmidt and Joe Stubbe.
Madison College 5, Triton College 4
The WolfPack gave up four runs in the top of the seventh » SEE BASEBALL PAGE 14
Softball team opens home season by playing 3 games in one day CLARION STAFF REPORT Madison College’s softball team played 16 games before it had a chance to play on its home field. On April 7, it made up for lost time playing three straight games against Harper College, winning the first two games before falling one run short in the final game. The WolfPack started the day with a 7-4 victory behind the pitching of Marissa Shaner, who limited Harper to four runs on four hits. Madison College jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning, added two more runs in the third inning after Harper rallied to tie the game and sealed the win with two runs in the sixth inning. Offensively, the team was led by Megan Hanke, who 2 for 3 at the plate with an RBI, and Jordan Bell, who added two hits
Madison College dominated the second game against Harper, winning 10-3 after pounding out 14 hits. Samantha Schuchardt pitched the win for Madison College, holding Harper to three runs on seven hits and no walks. Bell, Hanke and Andrea Lawrence led the offensive attack. Each had three hits in the game. Bell doubled in the game and led the team with four RBIs, while Hanke had three and Lawrence had two. The third game played was postponed from earlier in the week, when the two teams were supposed to play a doubleheader at Harper College. In that game, Harper College managed to hold off Madison College for an 8-7 victory. Madison College took a 2-1 lead after one inning. Harper battled back with two runs in the third and five runs in the fourth to take an 8-2 lead. » SEE SOFTBALL PAGE 14
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Madison College softball player Marissa Shaner pitches in one of her team’s games during its spring break trip to Florida.
In sports, you win or you lose, right? You are rewarded in the standings by winning right? It’s either a win or a loss, right? Well, in the National Hockey League there’s a bit of a gray area. In the NHL, you are awarded two points in the standings for defeating your opponent. However, you can receive a point in the standings just for taking a game to overtime. You don’t even have to win that game. That is where the term “3-point game” comes into play. In overtime or shootout games, the winning team receives two points in the standings and the losing team receives one point. Earlier this season, the Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL started their season with a 24-game point streak. Impressive, right? Yes, it is. Was it an unbeaten streak? Local radio stations and some fans were calling it as such. However, it was a bit short of a 24-game unbeaten streak. Taking nothing away from the Blackhawks, who, as of April 4, had the second-most wins overall in the league, did come up on the short end of games in their streak. But on Jan. 30 in their seventh game of the season, the Blackhawks lost a shootout against the Minnesota Wild to bring the final score to 3-2 in favor of Minnesota. There were two more games in their first 24 games that ended with them losing a shootout. If beating a team in a game is definitively having more scores on the board than the opponent, then the Blackhawks were not unbeaten. In MLB, NFL and NBA, if you have more tallies in the score column than the other team, are you rewarded in the standings? No. So, this should be an easy thing to do. You either win and get a point in the standings or you lose and get no points in the standings. Even though the points system in hockey can simplify things because people won’t see the “0.5 games behind” and be confused. However, when it comes to 3-point games, it unnecessarily rewards teams who have not rightfully won games and gives them an extra leg-up in the standings.
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BASEBALL CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 inning to surrender the lead, but they didn’t surrender the game. Madison College scored twice in the bottom of the seventh inning to tie the game and once more in the ninth inning to defeat Triton College, 5-4, in the first game of a doubleheader on April 6. Barsness hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning to drive in Rex Morrow. Morrow was on base after drawing a one-out walk and moving to third on a base hit by Krause. Nate Hoffmann was the winning pitcher after not allowing a run in the eighth or ninth inning, although he was also credited with a blown save. He came in to pitch the final two outs of the seventh inning, when starter Corey Fischer got in a jamb.
ing up just one run on five hits in five innings pitched.
The WolfPack got a burst of offense in both of its games against Highland Community College on April 4. In the first game, they scored 18 runs on 12 hits and nine walks. Krause led the offense with three hits and three RBI. Taylor Carlson and Morrow both added two hits for Madison College, while Dylan Detert reached base three times with a hit and two walks. Calen Rohrman pitched the victory, giving up five runs on five hits in six innings.
Madison College scored twice in the second inning and twice in the third inning on its way to a 5-2 victory in the first game of a doubleheader against Harper College on April 2 Krause led the WolfPack with two hits, including a triple, and two RBI. McShane added two hits and scored once. Adler pitched the win, giving up just four hits and two runs in four innings. Hoffmann pitched three scoreless innings, allowing just one hit, to get the save.
Madison College 11, Triton College 1
Madison College 13, Highland Community College 0
Harper College 9, Madison College 8
Madison College’s bats came to life in the second game against Triton College. The team scored 11 runs on 11 hits to claim a five-inning, run rule victory, 11-1. Dan Schmidt was 3-for-3 with two doubles. Greg Rhude and Jeremias Delgado both had two hits, including a double. Barsness hit a home run and Luke Syens had a triple. Zach Ransom pitched the victory, giv-
Madison College 18, Highland Community College 5
David Luciani and Krause led a 13-hit, 13-run effort for Madison College in their second game against Highland. Luciani and three hits, a double and three RBI. Krause added three hits and two RBI. Jameson Sadowske pitched all five innings to earn the victory, giving up just four hits and no runs.
The game was close until Madison College had six run outburst in the top of the fourth inning to take a 9-0 lead.
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Harper College scored eight times in the bottom of the sixth inning then withstood a Madison College rally to hold on for a 9-8 victory in the second game of the doubleheader. Madison College allowed 10 hits in the game, but it was the four errors that proved most costly. Of the nine runs scored by Harper College, only two were earned runs.
College of DuPage 7, Madison College 3
A slow start and a five run inning cost Madison College in a 7-3 loss to the College of DuPage in the first game of a doubleheader on April 5 in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. DuPage scored a run in both the third and fourth innings, then sealed the game with five in the sixth.
Madison College didn’t score until the seventh inning, getting three runs on a double by Andrea Lawrence. Fielding problems hurt the WolfPack. The team committed four errors in the game and only two runs that scored against them were earned.
College of DuPage 4, Madison College 1
In the second game of the doubleheader, all the scoring happened in the first three innings. DuPage jumped out to a 2-1 lead in the first and added one run in the third and fourth innings to claim a 4-1 victory. Madison College was limited to four hits in the game. Megan Hanke was the team’s top hitter in the game, going 2 for 3 with a double. Shaner pitched the loss, giving up four runs on nine hits.
Madison College 8, Rock Valley College 4
Three runs in the sixth inning helped
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SOFTBALL CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 But the WolfPack responded with five runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to cut the lead to one run. Unfortunately, Madison College was unable to score in the final two innings. Paige Weber pitched the loss, giving up five runs on five hits and nine walks before exiting the game in the fourth inning. Bell again was one of the team’s top hitters, going 3 for 4 at the plate, while Brianna Wagner went 2 for 2. Madison College’s record now stands at 9-10 overall and 4-6 in conference play.
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Madison College secure an 8-4 victory over Rock Valley College in the first game of a doubleheader on April 3. Hits by Michelle Farino and Lawrence drove in runs in the inning, with a third run scoring on a passed ball. Shaner led the team with four hits in the game, while Lawrence and Farino each added two. Bell had a double for the team’s only extra-base hit. Shaner pitched the win, giving up four runs on nine hits with no walks.
Madison College 8, Rock Valley College 7
Madison College jumped out to an early 5-0 lead and then survived a lategame rally by Rock Valley to win, 8-7, in the second game of a doubleheader. Shaner had a big game for the WolfPack. She had three hits, including two doubles, three RBIs, and pitched the save. Lawrence was 3 for 3 in the game, while Bell and Endris were 2 for 4. Paige Weber was the winning pitcher.
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at Kankakee Community College, 3-0 WIN, 2-0 LOSS vs. Pasco-Hernando Community College, 10-2 LOSS vs. Elgin Community College, 4-3 WIN vs. Southeast Community College, Neb., 4-3 WIN, 4-3 LOSS vs. Elgin Community College, 9-8 WIN, 8-7 LOSS vs. Prairie State College, 18-7 WIN vs. Detroit Tigers, at Lakeland, Fla., 13-6 LOSS at University of Tampa JV, 14-8 WIN at Harper College, 5-2 WIN, 9-8 LOSS at Highland Community College, 18-5 WIN, 13-0 WIN at home vs. Morton College, CANCELLED at home vs. Triton College, 5-4 WIN, 11-1 WIN at home vs. Blackhawk CollegeMoline, 3-2 WIN, 5-2 LOSS at Oakton Community College, DH, Des Plaines, Ill., 3 p.m. & 6 p.m. at home vs. Joliet Junior College, DH, noon & 3 p.m. at home vs. Carl Sandburg College, DH, noon & 3 p.m. at Kishwaukee College, Malta, Ill, DH, 2:30 p.m. & 5:30 p.m. at home vs. Rock Valley College, DH, noon & 3 p.m. at home vs. Parkland College, DH, 1 p.m. & 4 p.m. at home vs. Elgin Community College, DH, 3:30 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. at home vs. McHenry County College, DH, 2:30 p.m. & 5:30 p.m. at College of DuPage, DH, noon & 3 p.m. at Milwaukee Area Technical College, DH, noon & 3 p.m. at home vs. College of Lake County, DH, 3:30 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. at home vs. Prairie State College, DH, 4:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. at South Suburban College, DH, 1 p.m., 4 p.m. at home vs. Waubonsee Community College, DH, 1 p.m., 4 p.m.
For a complete schedule for baseball, visit madisoncollegeathletics.com.
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at College of Lake County, Grayslake, Ill., DH, CANCELLED vs. Ecclesia College, 9-3 WIN vs. Suny-Potsdam JV, 5-0 LOSS vs. McHenry County College, 11-2 WIN vs. Ancilla College, 14-11 LOSS vs. Prairie State College, 4-3 LOSS vs. Prairie State College, 14-13 WIN vs. Rainy River Community College, 5-1 WIN, 11-2 LOSS vs. Elgin Community College, 9-5 LOSS vs. Suny-Purchase JV, 12-2 WIN at Joliet Junior College, 9-1 LOSS, 3-2 LOSS at Harper College, 8-6 LOSS at Rock Valley College, 8-4 WIN, 8-7 WIN at College of DuPage, 7-3 LOSS, 4-1 LOSS at home vs. Harper College, 7-4 WIN, 11-3 WIN, 8-7 LOSS at home vs. South Suburban College, CANCELLED at Triton College, DH, River Grove, Ill., 3 p.m. at home vs. Rock Valley College, DH, noon. at South Suburban College, South Holland, Ill., noon. at UW-Platteville JV, DH, Platteville, WI, 3 p.m. at home vs. Joliet Junior College, DH, 3 p.m. at home vs. College of DuPage, DH, noon. at home vs. Elgin Community College, DH, 3 p.m. & 5 p.m. at home vs. Triton College, DH, noon & 2 p.m. at home vs. Dakota County Technical Colelge, DH, 2 p.m., 4 p.m.
For a complete schedule for softball, visit madisoncollegeathletics.com.
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