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Students propose new ASM constitution By Anna Duffin The Daily Cardinal
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Supporters of the effort to recall Gov. Scott Walker celebrated at a rally Jan. 17, after they turned in 1 million signatures calling for a recall election of the governor.
Recall makes history, but future still unclear Tyler Nickerson The Daily Cardinal
Organizers in the effort to recall Gov. Scott Walker and four Republican State Senators delivered an estimated 1.9 million signatures in the most participated-in recall effort in American history. But several significant issues must be resolved before recall elections actually occur. Earlier this month, the Government Accountability Board, the group responsible for overseeing elections, announced it would need more than 60 days to officially declare recall elections. But there is some concern about the integrity of the signature review process and challenges to the GAB that could further delay any official announcement. UW-Madison Professor Dennis L. Dresang said Republican challenges to signatures “are not substantive” since
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Republicans react to potential recall elections With a potential recall election looming, Gov. Scott Walker and his supporters are preparing to counter Democratic efforts against him and defend his record. On Saturday, Walker supporters held their first major rally in Wauwatosa. Although Walker was not in attendance, Wisconsin First Lady Tonette Walker addressed the crowd of over 1,000. Several prominent state Republicans, including former Gov. Tommy Thompson, also spoke at the event. Walker also launched a new website Friday dedicated to highlighting his achievements in office and future initiatives. “I look forward to talking to the people of Wisconsin about my continued promises to control
Members of different student groups from across campus are working to rewrite the Associated Students of Madison Constitution, a move that could alter the makeup and structure of student government at UW-Madison. ASM Constitutional committee chair Alex Brousseau said under the current constitution, the ASM student government has been in a “deadlock” without a clear separation of powers between its branches. The thirteen members of the committee come from the editorial boards of both student newspapers, members of the Greek community, various student groups and leaders of student councils from different schools within the university. “We saw that ASM was not heading in the direction that we liked; they were focused too internally and they weren’t listening to their students,” Brousseau said. “What we saw was less of a flaw in the individuals involved and more of a flaw in the constitution.” The new constitution would restructure ASM into four
branches: an executive branch consisting of a president and vice president, a legislative branch made up of a Senate, a judicial branch similar to the current Student Judiciary and an allocations branch that would appropriate student segregated fees. Currently, ASM consists of a student council, the Student Services Finance Committee and the Student Judiciary. Under the new constitution, student leaders from the individual schools within the university would select the students to represent their school in the Senate, a change one of the committee’s Greek representative and Student Service Finance Committee Chair Sarah Neibart said would make student council more accessible for students. “It is more representative and it allows students to have more access and direct connections to their student government,” Neibart said. ASM Chair Allie Gardner, who was not on the committee, said the current ASM constitu-
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Voter IDs available Monday By Alex DiTullio The Daily Cardinal ben pierson/Cardinal file photo
With an election looming, Gov. Scott Walker is defending himself. government spending, balance the budget, and hold the line on taxes,” Walker said in a statement. Recently, Walker has aimed to drum up the support of Republicans across the country as well. The governor spoke to a group of conservatives in Texas earlier this month and attended a fundraiser in New York last week. Adam Wollner
In response to the new Wisconsin Voter ID law that requires voters to present valid state-issued photo identification at the polls, the Union South’s Wiscard office will distribute UW-Madison voter ID cards to those who present a valid Wiscard. The Wiscard office is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.,but will offer extended hours on Monday, Jan. 23 from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. The UW-Madison voter ID cards are marked “VOTER IDENTIFICATION” and expire
two years from the issued date. In addition to a voter ID, students are required to present proof of enrollment at polling stations. Students can obtain a self-service Enrollment Verification letter from the StudentCenter at MyUW, which can be used as proof of residence for voter registration. Students who are Wisconsin residents can use a state-issued driver’s license, identification card or a passport to vote and do not need a UW-Madison voter ID. The new requirements will be enforced beginning with the Feb. 21 spring primary.
Frida’s restaurant closes permanently after shooting By Abby Becker The Daily Cardinal
State Street’s Frida Mexican Grill is permanently closed following a shooting at the restaurant on New Year’s Eve. Famous among students for their margaritas, Frida’s has a history of violent acts occurring in the restaurant and was facing eviction because of rent complications at the time of the shooting. The latest incident took place Jan. 1 when police closed down
the 100 block of State Street after shots fired in the restaurant caused chaos. While no one suffered gunshot wounds, two victims were injured from a subsequent fight. According to Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain, Madison police have not made any arrests in the shooting. Due to past incidences, the city imposed conditions on Frida’s liquor license in 2010, which restricted the restaurant’s capac-
ity after 11 p.m., according to Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4. Verveer said owner Mohamed Barketallah also confirmed to the police Frida’s was undergoing eviction proceedings by his landlord, a company controlled by philanthropist W. Jerome Frautschi. Frautschi filed the eviction notice before the New Year’s Eve shooting, but because Barketallah owed a substantial amount of Stephanie Daher/the daily cardinal
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A New Year’s Eve shooting was the last straw for Frida Mexican Grill.
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”
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Biochemistry building evacuated, one injured after chemical spill
A hazardous materials crew, police officers, ambulances and fire trucks responded to a chemical spill in a UW-Madison biochemistry laboratory after a graduate student spilled a highly flammable solvent, injuring one person. According to a graduate student in the Biochemistry build-
ing, the student spilled about 40 liters of tetrahydrofuran (THF), a chemical that can dissolve a wide range of materials including latex gloves, flooring and other plastics, in the Ronald Raines laboratory between 10:15 and 10:45 a.m. The graduate student, who
wished to remain anonymous, said they received e-mails detailing the accident. According to the e-mails, a student was “reaching for a single, large bottle of THF when the shelf of multiple glass bottles crashed down.” The person injured in the laboratory suffered a minor cut.
Suspicious package causes scare in student neighborhood Workers at the UW-Madison Primate Center evacuated the building Jan. 10 as police investigated a suspicious package that was later determined to be non-hazardous. According to UW-Madison police, a UWPD security officer identified a suspicious item Daven Hines/the daily cardinal
A fire at the Porchlight Transitional Housing Complex on North Brooks Street has displaced about 100 residents.
Community unites to aid victims of fire Neighboring churches, once at odds over construction plans, have come together to aid displaced residents of the Porchlight Transitional Housing Complex after the building was damaged in a fire this month. Earlier this year, Madison’s Common Council approved a proposal for a student apartment development on the grounds of the Saint Francis House, which the adjacent Luther Memorial congregation
opposed. A second-floor fire Jan. 13. temporarily displaced roughly 100 occupants of Porchlight, which houses the homeless. Sixteen female residents lost all their possessions in the fire. As of last Tuesday, twelve of the women are being housed in Saint Francis, while Luther Memorial has contributed furniture and supplies to Porchlight and the fire’s victims.
between 1223 Capitol Ct. and the Islamic Center. Both buildings were evacuated and additional resources were called in, according to UWPD Sgt. Aaron Chapin. UWPD utilized explosive detection K-9s, the Dane County Sheriff’s Bomb Squad
and Madison Fire Department Hazmat team for assistance, according to UWPD. While the item was not found explosive, the bomb squad “disrupted” the package, meaning the item was determined “safe and not a risk to anyone,” according to Chapin.
Kathleen Falk first to announce potential gubernatorial candidacy Former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk became the first of many potential candidates to declare their candidacy in the likely recall election of Gov. Scott Walker. “As your Governor, I will make different choices than Scott Walker,” Falk said in a YouTube video released Wednesday. “I know Wisconsin is a place where we can have good paying jobs, a clean environment, successful schools and affordable health care.” Falk lost to Jim Doyle in the 2002 Democratic primary race for governor and lost a 2006 bid for attorney general. In 2010 she stepped down as Dane County Executive.
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Kathleen Falk became the first candidate to announce they will run to replace Gov. Scott Walker if he faces a recall election.
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Amid misconduct allegations, athletic official resigns By Anna Duffin The Daily Cardinal
UW-Madison officials are investigating allegations of misconduct that preceded senior associate athletic director John Chadima’s resignation in early January, although they have been tight-lipped about the allegations. Athletic Director Barry Alvarez placed Chadima on administrative leave Jan. 6 after learning of the misconduct. Chadima Chadima resigned later that day. Chancellor David Ward said university officials are currently not releasing more details regarding the claims to allow the university to conduct an independent review of the allegations. “To protect the integrity of the review and those who have shared information with us, it is imperative that the committee be allowed to complete its work,” Ward said in a statement. “It is my intent to provide the highest level of transparency possible without compromising the integrity of the process.”
During his approximately 23 years at the university, Chadima served in a variety of administrative roles, including being a sport administrator for football, wrestling and men’s and women’s golf. Chadima also supervised Camp Randall Stadium’s $100 million renovation. Ward announced Jan. 9 that retired Dance County Circuit Judge Patrick Fiedler will lead the independent review of the allegations. Former Assistant Chief of the UW Police Department Dale Burke, former Dean of Students Roger Howard and former assistant Dean of Students Yolanda Garza will also serve on the review team. Vice Chancellor for University Relations Vince Sweeney said while the review is not mandated by university policy and Chadima has resigned, Ward thought the evaluation would be “prudent.” “We take all such allegations seriously so we followed up,” Sweeney said. “We still think it’s our job to follow up, and that’s what we’re doing.” Since the review is independent and not outlined by university policies, the group does not yet have a specified date to report its findings to Ward.
P.E. classes face budget axe By Alison Bauter The Daily Cardinal
In the latest change resulting from statewide budget cuts to the UW System, UW-Madison’s School of Education will soon stop offering several of its onecredit physical education courses, according to the Capital Times. The school is also terminating its masters program for those training to become school counselors, in addition to laying off 12 parttime academic staffers involved in the Department of Kinesiology’s physical education courses. The department, like the rest of campus, is scrambling to find ways to save money following initial cuts of $250 million from higher education in the state’s
biennial budget and an additional $65.7 million in cuts late last year. 29 one-credit physical education courses will be eliminated by the end of 2012 due to funding shortages. While the Capital Times reported that cuts will trim the kinesiology department’s budget by about 7 percent, the department will still have to eliminate another 1.5 percent of its budget to stomach the additional cuts from the lapse. The masters program that trains students to be school counselors was eliminated after Professor Kimberly Howard, who ran the program, was offered $25,000 more to teach at Boston University.
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The Associated Students of Madison could see major changes to its constitution, as a group of students is working to re-write the document that has led UW’s student government.
asm from page 1 tion allows students to become active in student government through a variety of avenues. “Schools around the country are fighting for a lot of the things that we have, and we have so many of them because of the broad student engagement that’s inherent in the variety of ave-
nues for involvement in ASM,” Gardner said. Gardner said while she fears the drafting process was not as inclusive as it could have been, she hopes the new constitution would foster student involvement in ASM. Brousseau said the committee hopes to gain student input by holding informational meet-
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ings almost every weekday from Jan. 25 through Feb. 5. “This is really about nonASM students, people who aren’t involved in the politics, getting involved and trying to change the structure of ASM,” Brousseau said. “This isn’t about anything political. This is about changing what we think is wrong, and I hope we can do that.”
Information sessions will be held almost every day from Jan. 25 to Feb. 5
After the proposed constitution is finished, • Committee Chair Alex Brousseau will hold its authors will introoffice hours duce it to students over • The ASM Constitutional Committee will presthe next few weeks.
ent the draft of the constitution to the Student Council on Feb. 29
UW scientist delays controversial avian flu research By Alex DiTullio The Daily Cardinal
Authors of recent controversial research to modify the H5N1 virus, known as the avian flu, decided to take a 60-day pause from their work Friday to explain its benefits in the midst of negative media attention. Two research groups, including one led by UW-Madison researcher Dr. Yoshihiro Kawaoka, began the research to modify the H5N1 virus in a way that makes it transmissible through air within small mammal species. In doing so, researchers hoped they could gain insight on how humans
contract the virus. However, opposing groups argued that publishing the research, which would include exact details of the viral mutations, could provide bioterrorists with the instructions to create the virus that has killed 60 percent of those who contracted it. While researchers said the work is important to further understand the virus and create vaccines, they say negative attention has overshadowed these benefits. This led to the researchers’ recent decision to release a statement signed by the three leading authors and 36 co-authors outlining the
60-day hiatus. “We recognize that we and the rest of the scientific community need to clearly explain the benefits of this important research and the measures taken to minimize its possible risks,” the researchers said in the statement. Although researchers said they took precautions to minimize any potential risk of the research’s accidental release, they said 60 days will allow time to discuss the “best solutions for opportunities and challenges that stem from the work” with organizations and governments around the world.
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with state law,” Galloway said in a Jan. 17th statement. organizers gathered close to Additionally, there are curdouble the 540,208 valid signa- rently three lawsuits challengtures needed to force a Walker ing the constitutionality of the recall election. Voter ID law and multiple lawsuits involving the new voting districts. When these decisions are made and what the rulings “Over the next few days, are could significantly influence my campaign will review recall elections. each and every signature” Dresang said Republican defendants in the lawsuits have Pam Galloway no interest in resolving either of state Senator the suits quickly and will “use R-Wausau all the legal maneuvers that they learned in the first year of law school to delay things.” But state Sen. Pam There is no particular time Galloway, R-Wausau, one of frame for either of the issues. the four being targeted for The GAB will take longer recall, vows to make sure her to confirm the gubernatorial recall is legitimate. Organizers and lieutenant gubernatorial gathered an estimated 21,000 recalls than recalls for the signatures, but only need state Senators. Dresang said 15,647 to force an election. it is significant whether or not “Over the next few days, the four Senate recalls will be my campaign will review each delayed and held at the same and every signature to make time as the others. certain that they are valid and “If we separate the senate documented in accordance race from the governor and
lieutenant governor race, conceivably the Democrats are going to take over the state senate,” Dresang said. According to Dresang, this could “put the breaks” on legislation currently favored by the Republican majority.
“Conceivably the Democrats are going to take over the state Senate.” Dennis Dresang professor UW-Madison
Republicans argue holding recall elections separately would cost more than holding the elections at the same time. It is estimated the recall elections will cost $9 million in total. While it’s difficult to say when the elections will occur, many predict they will take place this summer.
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Chancellor from Vietnam War era dies F o r m e r U W- M a d i s o n Chancellor Hugh Edwin Young, who led the university during the turbulent Vietnam War era, passed Young away Jan. 2 at the age of 94. UW-Madison Professor Joe Elder said Young had to balance students’ opposition to the war with expectations from the capitol for him to support it. “He had to defend what was happening on campus to the state assembly and the senate, and on the other hand he had
to be reasonably coherent and supportive of the students,” Elder said. Young was dubbed the “War Maker, Strike Breaker” by some protestors for his stricter stance against extreme demonstrations of opposition to the war. While controversial, he was praised for keeping the university open amidst the radical political activity on campus at the time. “One demand transcends all others,” Young said in 1969. “It is that the doors of the University of Wisconsin remain open.” Young is survived by his four children, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
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Icon, two State Street restaurants. “Although I’m always saddened to see an establishment go out of business, especially for the employees, I think that given the past violent history of the establishment, it’s for the best,” Verveer said.
rent, he agreed to a settlement requiring Frida’s immediate closing instead of suing for the rent, according to Verveer. Barketallah has two other liquor licenses for Moe’s and
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want to tell you about my roommate. For those three of you who read my column on a regular basis, you know she, Claire, functions as a constant source of amusement. Yes, she most definitely has a sparkling sense of humor, but a sizeable chunk of this entertainment is of the accidental variety, which is to say Claire makes a fool of herself quite often. To add insult to injury, many of Claire’s moments of amusement involve bodily functions. Now before you dismiss this column as 800 words written by a 22-yearold with an appreciation for potty humor, allow me to say this: Yes, my potty-humor enthusiasm is only matched by that of six-yearold boys, ones likely named Rex or Dick. Still, there exist golden nuggets of hilarity within each of these stories, so I insist you keep reading.
A human pooper scooper
Hot, consensual tail can be hard to come by any day of the week, but especially when you are an awkward 16-year-old. Claire was aware of this fact, thus when she got the urge to go whilst interlock-
ing braces with the dreamiest boy from social studies class, she made the executive decision that a little turd in the tunnel was not going to ruin her evening of “7th Heaven”style romance. Excusing herself ever so politely from her horizontal position on the couch, Claire walked over to the bathroom, located conveniently close (and within earshot) to the couch from which she came. After doing her business, Claire tried to flush the toilet. To her dismay, there was not even a whimper of plumbing action. Neither the water nor her date-threatening dookie moved in what had now become a porcelain hellhole. Claire went into panic mode. She was not going to be the one to prove girls do, in fact, poop. As such, she did what any horny teen would (not) do in that situation: She submerged her toilet paper wrapped hand into the commode to retrieve the item, wrapping it generously in toilet paper then tossing it in the wastebasket. After what I hope was a fierce hand washing, Claire returned to her previous position on the couch. Unsurprisingly, the two never spoke after this interaction. Claire insists it was because of the inevitable awkwardness that arises postcanoodling. I suspect, however, it was the result of the bathroom’s fresh-as-daises smell the next day.
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When you gotta go, you gotta go! Apparently, that is Claire’s motto, and one that becomes especially relevant after a night of Hopalicious. Now I understand there comes a point in the evening when the seal has been broken and each urge to tinkle must be addressed promptly. Such was the case one Friday evening. I had stayed home for what was supposed to be a night of productivity but was really just hours of Etsy indulgence. Claire returned from the bars around 2 a.m., insisting she use the bathroom I was currently occupying. I told her I would be out in a minute, but as it turned out, a minute was too long. I emerged from the bathroom to find Claire in the hallway with an evil look on her face. “What did you do?” I asked. After fighting a losing war with the giggles, she responded, “I peed in my garbage can!” As stories like the ones above and below might suggest, I was less than surprised. I laughed, saying the bathroom was free for her to empty it out in. “Nah, I’m tired. I’ll deal with it in the morning,” she said before rushing off to bed. Again, I understand the need to go, but parking garage stairwells have taught me there is little worse than the smell of stale pee. I am just
glad she slept with the door closed and hogged the smell for herself.
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When your friend drunkenly wets the bed in which you are both sleeping, it would seem inevitable that said bed wetter would be the one most worthy of ridicule. This is not the case when Claire is the one with whom she is sharing the bed. Last May, Claire went out to celebrate her good friend’s graduation. The night was—as it should be—a riotous one that led to them both passing out in Claire’s bed. Both had partaken in a wee too much imbibing, moving her friend to lose control of her bladder and leave embarrassed around six in the morning. This would seem a fitting end to the story. What is more embarrassing, after all, than wetting the bed at age 22? Knowingly sleeping in urine-soaked sheets, that’s what. Claire remained in bed until noon when this same friend called her to see if she wanted to grab lunch. When she heard Claire had been marinating in her secretions all morning, the invite was taken off the table and a shower was advised. Would you kill your roommate if she wrote a story detailing your most embarrassing moments? Well, that is why you are not as cool as Claire, but feel free to tell Jacqueline why at jgoreilly@wisc.edu.
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January 25, 1973 Local reaction to treaty one of guarded optimism By Duke Welter of the Cardinal Staff
Local figures representing the entire history of the Madison peace movement expressed guarded optimism yesterday toward President Nixon's recent announcement of a Vietnam ceasefire. They also wondered why it couldn't have come sooner on the heels of Henry Kissinger's announcement in October that "peace is at hand." Most of those interviewed by the Cardinal also expressed hope that the movement would now turn toward the many domestic and constitutional problems raised by the United States' 18-year involvement in the conflict. "It's long overdue," Prof. Joseph Elder of the UW Sociology Department said."It could have been achieved shortly after Richard Nixon took office and he still has to explain what postponed it from October to now—and the settlement now makes the whole bombing of North Vietnam less understandable and more brutal.” Elder shared the podium with fellow Prof. Maurice Zeitlin at the first antiwar rally after the first bombing in 1965. Both are still on the UW faculty. Henry Haslach, president of the UW Student Democratic Society in 1967, expressed doubt of a complete withdrawal. "I don't think they've given up on the area of South Vietnam. The victory for the Vietnamese people consolidated the revolution in the South, but the United States will be trying to keep down the movement there and elsewhere." Haslach, now a member
of Science for the People, predicts a "long struggle" yet to come in Southeast Asia. Betty Boardman went to Haiphong in 1967 with a group of nine Quakers who sailed from Tokyo with ten thousand dollars worth of medical supplies for the people of North Vietnam. Today a building manager of the University YMCA, she says she is "glad it's happening, but I'm really bitter that neither Johnson or Nixon could have done it before all those people died ... I don't trust Nixon one little bit— we have to get our people and war material out of Vietnam now." Veteran peace activist, mayoral candidate and Ald. Paul Soglin (8th Dist.) called the settlement "too little, too late." "It has to be made sure it never happens again," said Soglin. "I don't believe this country could have, or ever deserved to have, a peace with honor." Ald. Dennis McDilligan's (4th Dist.) initial reaction "regarding Richard Nixon is that it's come 4 years and some 85 days too late. It's hard to tell whether the agreement concerns the surrounding countries each of which could become another Vietnamese quagmire, nor did it say anything about American nonmilitary support." One who was there during the climax of U.S. personnel involvement was Dick Larson, now a UW student and member of Vets for Peace. He doubts that Nixon will renege on this settlement, having already laid it before the American people. "It stuns me in a way—it hasn't hit us yet that it's over," Larson says, "but Americans
will finally be pulled out of the war and our POW's will be back. And hopefully our involvement will be over and Vietnam can finally be united." Larson hopes that the press will keep the American people informed about what happens after the final pullout, rather than yielding to the "credibility gap" of the Johnson years. A statement yesterday from Gov. Patrick Lucey's office called for "mixed and subdued emotions." "We hope and pray that the coming days will see a speedy return of all American POW's and a complete accounting of those missing in action," the statement
read, in part. "We hope and pray that the last death has been recorded in a conflict in which the distinction between good and bad or victory and defeat long ago ceased to have meaning." Now those in the movement look for inward turn, toward the problems raised by the conflict. "What we need now is a whole re-orientation of American society to cope with the damage to the individual and family, and also to the domestic problems it's raised," Soglin says, "here there'll have to be an examination of racism, of the whole corporate structure and the whole free enterprise system."
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This upcoming Tuesday morning one can expect to hear big things from such films as the black-and-white, early-Hollywood homage film “The Artist,” the George Clooney drama “The Descendants,” and the Martin Scorsese-directed “Hugo.” These three films have forged their way the past several weeks as the leading films in contention for Best Picture glory. The nominations for the 85th Academy Awards will be announced Tuesday morning. While one can hope for surprises, most of the nominations will follow the Academy’s precursors from this awards season. At the age of 82, Christopher Plummer has been garnering significant praise for his supporting role in “Beginners,” a film about a 75-year-old man who announces his homosexuality after the death of his wife. Comedian Albert Brooks, typecasted in the neo-noir film “Drive,” will very likely also receive an Oscar nomination for his role as a savage and ruthless gangster. Also look for Jonah Hill’s performance in the baseball drama “Moneyball,” Kenneth Branagh’s supporting turn in “My Week With Marilyn,” and either Viggo Mortenson as Sigmund Freud in “A Dangerous Method” or Nick Nolte in the martial arts drama “Warrior” to take the fifth spot. However, to ignore Patton Oswalt’s performance in “Young Adult” or Andy Serkis’
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“The Artist,” a black-and-white French film that pays tribute to old-school Hollywood, has been lauded by critics and will most likely receive several nominations for 2012’s Academy Awards. motion capture performance in “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” would be a mistake. Considering Octavia Spencer will probably win Best Supporting Actress for her work with “The Help,” the actress will be joined by Jessica Chastain for her performance also in “The Help.” This would be a nomination more or less for her year’s body of work consisting of other performances in “The Tree of Life” and “Take Shelter,” among others. Spencer will most likely also be joined by Berenice Bejo for her performance in
“The Artist,” Janet McTeer for her supporting performance in the period piece Albert Nobbs, and Shailene Woodley for her anguished yet nuanced performance in “The Descendants.” That is not to say that Melissa McCarthy’s raunchy performance in “Bridesmaids” or veteran actress Vanessa Redgrave’s supporting work in the Ralph Fiennes-directed “Coriolanus” have not a chance at a nomination either. Woody Allen’s Parisian comedy “Midnight in Paris” and Michel Hazanavicius’s “The Artist”
will be vying for Best Original Screenplay, and one should expect to see this category bombarded by comedies. Will Reiser’s comedydrama “50/50” and Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo’s comedic “Bridesmaids” also have a definite shot at a nomination. The indie-comedy “Win Win” (the Oscar board likes its independent, quirky comedies) and the Iranian drama “A Separation” also have a probable chance at securing an original screenplay nomination. As for Best Adapted Screenplay, a more focused field this year, “The Descendants,”
“Moneyball,” “The Help,” “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” and “Hugo” will most likely secure nominations. Writer-director Alexander Payne has proven his talent with both his 1999 film “Election” and his excellent 2004 comedy-drama “Sideways.” One can expect him to repeat with “The Descendants.” Likewise, the Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zallian-penned “Moneyball” features some fantastic writing from two of Hollywood’s most prominent screenwriters. With his star power and dramatic turn as a disconnected father figure, George Clooney will most definitely receive both an Oscar nomination and the coveted award for his work in “The Descendants.” One should expect to hear his name read alongside the likes of Jean Dujardin from “The Artist” and Brad Pitt from “Moneyball.” The last two spots could almost go anywhere. Leonardo DiCaprio’s role as J. Edgar Hoover in the Clint Eastwood film “J. Edgar” could easily score a nomination (he already has three previous nominations and has a lot of respect among fellow actors). Michael Fassbender, Gary Oldman, or Michael Shannon could take the final spot for their work in “Shame,” “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” and “Take Shelter,” respectively. Fassbender’s work as a sex addict in Steve McQueen’s sophomore feature Shame seems most likely to nab the fifth nomination slot.
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Reitman flouted traditional likability in ‘Young Adult’ david cottrell co-ttrell it on the mountain
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nchoring your movie with a main character that is utterly unlikable and almost completely devoid of admirable qualities is a dangerous move. Aside from the innate human interest in just desserts and seeing bad things happen to bad people, there aren’t many ways to win over an audience’s interest, let alone affection, with a portrait
of a detestable human being. But that’s exactly what director Jason Reitman (“Up in the Air”) and writing partner Diablo Cody (“Juno”) committed to in their latest collaboration, “Young Adult,” in which Charlize Theron plays Mavis, the high school prom queen with a superiority complex who grew up to be an alcoholic mediocre ghostwriter for schlocky young adult novels. Mavis returns home to her small Minnesota hometown in an attempt to steal back her high school sweetheart by luring him away from his wife and child. Naturally, Theron’s char-
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Mavis, played by Charlize Theron in Jason Reitman’s film “Young Adult,” is the quintessential woman you love to hate.
acter creates a myriad of horribly awkward situations for everyone around her, remaining completely oblivious to it all. In the post-laugh-track era, silent moments permeated by social awkwardness have become a well-used trope in comedies. Shows like “The Office” revel in the frequent awkwardness afforded by carefully crafted un-selfaware characters like Steve Carell’s Michael Scott. These characters, blind to how their actions are truly perceived by others, often clouded by notions of grandeur and and childlike wishful thinking, project their tinted perspectives of reality on those around them, usually resulting in humorously engaging, if awkward, moments. However, a key aspect to the vast majority of these awkwardmoment-generating characters is their innate likability. Despite their cluelessness, these characters usually posses likable, redeeming qualities. That is not the case with Mavis, the brilliant creation of Cody and Reitman, who has no personal warmth to inevitably win back the hearts of the audience. Even if she were fully aware of how her behaviors were perceived, Mavis, a borderline sociopath, wouldn’t care anyway. While Reitman and Cody had me uncomfortably squirming in my seat every few minutes like clockwork, I was still compelled to remain there fully engaged by
the character portrait unfolding before me. While I certainly felt no affection for Mavis, she felt real in a way very few fictional characters do. She feels like a completely accurate portrait of a human being stripped of all the unrealistic redeeming qualities that Hollywood storytellers inevitably force upon their creations.
In the post-laugh-track era, silent moments permeated by social awkwardness have become a well-used trope in comedies.
She felt like a person I would actually have to deal with in real life and loathe in doing so. But that’s what makes “Young Adult” so interesting—it shows you the sad realities behind the obnoxious people you love to loathe. Tina Fey’s progressive sitcom “30 Rock” frequently likes to set up a corny or clichéd joke, offering the audience an obvious punchline, but then subvert expectations by taking the punchline in a completely unexpected tangential direction. This usually turns traditional sitcom values on its head. The conclusion to Reitman’s “Young Adult” feels very much like one of these riffs on clichéd
audience expectations, but without the zany odd-ball punchline. When Theron’s Mavis begins to possibly question her own megalomania and place in life, the plain quiet girl who worshipped her in high school despite being ignored is there to comfort her through what the audience immediately assumes will be the character’s transition into becoming a better person. This is the point in the story where the character looks at herself introspectively, learns her lesson, vows to change for the better, and rides off into the sunset. The picturesque finale, delivered time after time by Hollywood, is precisely what Reitman deprives his audience of. Mavis never changes, instead becoming further entrenched in her bitterness and delusions. Reitman’s subversion of typical Hollywood tropes like the universally likable protagonist, narrative arcs of personal growth, and happily-ever-after endings produces a product that, while assaulting to the rose-colored-glasses view disseminated by Hollywood, is ultimately a much more accurate portrait of real life where most people never actually change, and is intrinsically fascinating as a result. Finally, someone is giving it to audiences straight, even if the message is that a lot of people are hopeless self-absorbed assholes. Got an opinion? Let David know at dcottrell@wisc.edu.
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dailycardinal.com nominees from 6 While she beat her competitor at the Golden Globes for Best Actress in a Drama Picture, Meryl Streep’s portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady” will no doubt receive a nomination— that would be Streep’s seventeenth Oscar nomination—alongside Viola Davis’s work as a maid in “The Help.” One should also expect to hear such names as Michelle Williams for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in “My Week With Marilyn” (she already won a Golden Globe for her performance), Tilda Swinton’s performance as a grief-stricken mother in the psychological drama “We Need To Talk About Kevin,” and Glenn Close’s portrait of a woman forced to don the identity of a man in her passion project “Albert Nobbs.” The Academy loves both films about historical figures and period pieces, and that would fit four of the five nominees in this category.
While one can hope for surprises, most of the nominations will follow the Academy’s precursors for this awards season.
And what about Best Director and Best Picture? Expect Michel Hazanavicius, Alexander Payne, and Martin
Scorsese to receive directing honors for their labored work on “The Artist,” “The Descendants,” and “Hugo.” Woody Allen will likely receive recognition for his work on “Midnight in Paris,” and the fifth slot could go to either Nicolas Winding Refn for his slickly directed and hip “Drive,” Terrence Malick for his metaphysical “The Tree of Life,” or even to David Fincher for his work on “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” (a sort of apology for his awful loss to Tom Hooper at last year’s Academy Awards). As for the prestigious Best Picture nomination, expect “The Descendants,” “The Artist,” “Hugo,” “The Help,” “Midnight in Paris,” and “Moneyball” to be safe bets, and due to the Academy’s recent voting changes, there can be anywhere from five to 10 Best Picture nominees. Four other possible nominees could include Steven Spielberg’s sentimental war drama “War Horse,” “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” “The Tree of Life,” or even “Drive.” And what about “The Descendants”, “Hugo”, and “The Artist”? Expect “The Artist” and “Hugo” to gather a swarm of technical nominations apart from picture, director, and screenplay nominations (as well as acting nominations for “The Artist”). A more conventional and “safe” bet given its dramatic and fam-
ily-oriented subject matter and star power, “The Descendants” will bode well with both younger and older voters of the Academy. Regardless, the nominees in various categories will most likely represent the Academy’s typical voting patterns: honoring films that may seem grand now, but overlooking movies that will gather serious respect as the years pass by.
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The Hold Steady frontman releases solo album By Sean Reichard the daily cardinal
It’s hard to shake the sense that Craig Finn has been through hell and back. And who wouldn’t think so? The wigged out, bleary voiced frontman of preeminent bar band The Hold Steady, Finn’s pieces are less songs than chronicles: lowlifes and down-and-outs ambling in a druggy haze, often in the shadow of some looming Catholic myth or profound literature, while the guitars roar and rise like waves against a levee. The Hold Steady is nothing if not energetic, but energy, sadly, is a finite resource for musicians. They either burn out or short circuit. So it makes sense that Craig Finn’s first solo album, Clear Heart Full Eyes features some of the least boisterous music he’s ever penned. No epic riffs or piano cascades here.
True to form, religious references are abundant throughout Clear Heart Full Eyes. The narrator spies the 12 Apostles during “Apollo Bay” and Christ crops up all over the album, most prominently on “New Friend Jesus.” Over a country-lite shuffle, Finn spins a friendly yarn about meeting Jesus in a parking lot, getting in his car, and starting a band, with a line that reads as a playful jab/allusion to The Hold Steady: “It’s hard to suck with Jesus in your band.” In fact, compared to previous Hold Steady albums, as well as works by Finn’s previous band Lifter Puller, Clear Heart Full Eyes may be the most religious centered album he has ever released. True, 2005’s Separation Sunday was rife with Christ, crosses, biblical verses, and crucifixions, but the album’s mawkish, drug-addled Catholicism was meant for con-
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Clear Heart Full Eyes Craig Finn ceptual texture, not conversion. Suffice to say, Craig Finn is not trying to convert people with this album. Finn’s religion has always been for the sake of his songs: it was almost incidental to the way his characters were screwing up their lives and spiraling out. But here the religion is a lot more homey, organic and day lit. On “Honolulu Blues,”— the closest Finn comes to penning a Hold Steady song on this album—he references noted
Catholic author Graham Greene and acknowledges the comforts of growing up on hymns when you’re young (and how “they made perfect sense for you.” There is still plenty of murk on Clear Heart Full Eyes—shady dealings in “Western Pier” where people are selling something or other, a luckless dude living in a “Rented Room”—but nobody ever sinks as low as Holly, Charlemagne, Gideon, or any other Hold Steady song alum. Some of Clear Heart Full Eyes’ characters come close though. On “Terrified Eyes,” the narrator pleads with his partner returning from the hospital (with bills in tow) that they can’t live like they used to, going to the bar all the time (or, the narrator concedes, “We can’t go every night”). Likewise, on “No Future,” Finn reels out in quick succession, “I
only died on the inside” and “I’m still alive on the outside.” It is impossible to miss the note of resignation behind each of these songs. Sure, The Hold Steady play plenty of songs about invariably screwed up people, some of them irreversibly damaged, but they are still a hell of a lot of fun to listen to, even if they plumb the lives of the lowest of the low. Here the tone is weary, even a little cynical. “When No One’s Watching,” for instance, deals with a guy, “Feasting on the weakness of the women who were thinking / [he] might be held to half the things [he] told them.” It’s depressing. While Clear Heart Full Eyes doesn’t rock quite like a Hold Steady record, much of Craig Finn’s craft is on display, even if the songs are a little leaden. Grade: B
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ASM needs new constitution, student input
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hat is the ultimate purpose of the Associated Students of Madison? How does a UW-Madison student government benefit the student community? And more importantly, why should we care? These were questions The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board contemplated before agreeing to join the ASM Constitutional Convention last fall. Created to address and eliminate the muddled problems plaguing this year’s desultory and inefficient student government, the ACC was formed to design a student
government that focused on the students rather than its own bipolar agenda. For weeks, representatives from The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board, The Badger Herald Editorial Board, delegates from outside student governments and General Student Services Fund groups met to meticulously winnow through and rewrite the standing ASM constitution in a steadfast effort to construct a student government that promoted the student interest. Unfortunately, it’s no secret this year’s ASM has been, at its heart, a catalyst of contro-
versy. And it’s no surprise they have failed to execute the many initiatives they laid out to this board at the beginning of the year. In fact, this fall, much of ASM’s time has been deeply devoted to cross-branch bickering over menial leadership roles and more oversight, oversight, oversight. For months, articles and editorial boards written in both papers surrounded the internal controversies facing ASM; little was reported on the progress and work student council executed for the 40,000 badgers they represent. That, in itself, is not okay. Not only were we tired of fleshing out our disappointments week after week, but we were losing faith in this campus’ student leadership and the shared governance that UW-Madison prides itself on. So when the opportunity arose to do something about it, we jumped on and didn’t look back. However, this isn’t the first time students attempted to remodel ASM. In 2009, an ASM Constitutional Convention was created to alleviate participation and leadership problems by highlighting shared governance as well
dailycardinal.com as promoting ASM as a means for students to affect change. Unfortunately for them, the initiative didn’t pass. This was mostly due to the fact that open communication between the creators of the 2009 constitution and the rest of campus was limited.
If we want ASM to be a voice for the students, it is crucial we incorporate that voice in our efforts to rebuild ASM.
That said, The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board, among others, stipulated that communication of the rewriting with the student body was required before joining the ACC. And one of the main differences between the current initiative and its 2009 counterpart is the fact that the new constitution is not set in stone. Over the next two weeks, the ACC will host ten, twohour long town hall meetings to hear out criticisms, answer questions and make changes to the document before collecting
signatures that have the potential to bring the new constitution to a vote. If we want ASM to be a voice for the students, it is crucial we incorporate that voice in our efforts to rebuild ASM. We urge students to share their opinions and voice their concerns in our effort to change the face of ASM. That is why this new constitution is so important and that is why we, The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board, promote it. Because we are students who believe in the accessibility and quality of public education and because we are students who advocate for an unwavering dedication to the Wisconsin Idea, we are students for a better ASM.
Full disclosure: Although members of The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board were involved in writing the proposed ASM constitution, like all editorial board activity that work was done completely independent of our news coverage. The Cardinal’s news department has had no role whatsoever in creating or planning the proposed constitution.
Parliamentary style questioning keeps leaders in check Miles kellerman opinion columnist
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hen Newt Gingrich triumphantly challenged President Obama to seven, three-hour Lincoln-Douglas style debates in early December, the prospect appeared to coincide with his image as the intellectual Republican candidate. Yet since his impressive performances in GOP debates, the professorial Gingrich appeal has tapered significantly. His disappointing fourth-place finish in the Iowa Caucus—due, in part, to a horde of negative advertisements in the state—shattered any hopes of the utopian, debate-based primary Gingrich desired. A strong showing in Florida could give a jolt of energy to his candidacy, but with a limited war chest and reservations about his personal life, Gingrich would best avoid buying new milk. But if the Gingrich campaign is to die, his ideas ought not die with it. The LincolnDouglas debates were always a long shot; the Obama campaign would have little incentive to fully participate. And indeed the innate academic, philosophical and historical characteristics of a Lincoln-Douglas
style debate would, unfortunately, satisfy neither the television media’s nor the viewing public’s attention span. Yet the prospect of increased public interaction between the branches of American government could potentially alter the structural foundations of both national campaigns and the legislative process. A series of ‘debates’ under the direction of a company-man moderator, however, won’t do the trick. What would fundamentally alter political interaction in the United States for the better— and perhaps Gingrich the orator would agree—is John McCain’s 2008 election proposal: introduce a regular time for both houses of Congress to publicly question the president in the style of the United Kingdom’s Parliamentary questions.
If the Gingrich campaign is to die his ideas ought not die with it.
Every Wednesday, from noon to half-past, the Prime Minister of Great Britain is barraged with questions, accusations and general criticisms from the members of the House of Commons. The event is televised, wildly
popular and allows the United Kingdom’s legislative members an irreplaceable opportunity for direct interaction with their most executive member. As one would expect, the style in which parliamentary questions are asked often suggest an implicit criticism and the inquest can turn ugly. But the weekly opportunity remains a direct, public check on the accountability of the prime minister. The prime minister question session is also quite difficult to handle. One of Tony Blair’s first actions as prime minister was to condense the parliamentary question time from two 15-minute debates per week into one 30-minute affair. He’s made little secret of his motivation: The stress of two weekly sessions was too much for him to handle. Imagine an American president having to sustain thirty minutes of questions from the members of the House of Representatives each week with no previous preparation and no limit to the scope and depth of questions. Former President George W. Bush would lie in shambles, but would Obama fair any better? The implementation of a weekly period in which the president faced questions from both houses—moderated by the respective speaker of each—would fundamentally enhance the legislative process.
It would represent an inherent check on the growing power of the executive branch, encourage public interaction between the parties and force the president to remain informed on his administration’s actions.
Regular interaction between the legislature and executive through public questions is hardly a complete solution.
It would not, as some would suggest, challenge the concept of equal separation between the branches of government. Instead, regular questioning of the president would help facilitate an end to the current culture of separatism and resentment between parties and politicians on Capitol Hill. Currently, the respective members of legislature condemn the executive’s actions on television, and the President indirectly responds through his press secretary. An endless shouting match, amplified during elections, drowns out either side from taking accountability for the creation and implementation of public policy. This establishment of separate camps, like the antagonism between college football fans,
further impedes true cooperation while inciting legislative stalemate. Regular interaction between the legislature and executive through public questions is hardly a complete solution, but at least would offer something reminiscent of cooperative government. Such a requirement would also fundamentally change the way we judge candidates for the presidency. Do Mitt Romney or Rick Santorum have the ability to successfully respond to direct, public criticisms of their administration while in office? Did Nixon? If such a requirement became a regular construct of the presidential office, perhaps this would improve the quality of vetting during the primary season, and thus the quality of the candidates themselves. But is a public question and answer forum just a pipe dream? Unless a presidential candidate like John McCain committed to the implementation of such a requirement, an overriding majority in the legislature would be necessary in order to pass such a bill— one that any sane president, fearful of the prospect of true accountability, would veto with all their might. Miles Kellerman is a junior majoring in political science. He is writing from Sydney, Australia. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
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Letter: Campus student workers need more rights Simon Fondrie-Teitler and Allie Gardner ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF MADISON
What group constitutes the greatest percentage of the staff employed by UW-Madison? Is it Faculty? Graduate Assistants? Academic Staff? Classified Staff? In fact, it’s none of these. All of these are dwarfed by the number of student hourlies on campus. There are almost as many student hourlies as all the other staff combined. Students fill roles as diverse as checking IDs at the NAT, repairing library books, serving you food, helping keep the campus computer networks up and running, and making sure people get home safe late at night. But of all these groups, student hourlies are the only ones with no rights or representation. Faculty have tenure, classified staff have Chapter 230, which governs relations between state
employees and their employers. Even academic staff and graduate assistants have some measure of protections (though not enough by any means). Why is this? It’s not because students don’t depend on their jobs as much as other workers. For many students, this is a major part of how they pay tuition and afford to stay in college. It’s not because students are less important, or more replaceable. Can you imagine what the state of the university would be without the labor from students on campus? It could be because the most student jobs are shorter term than other groups. But some students stay in their job for the full four years that they are at the university. Many more stay for two years or more. If something were to happen at your job, such as getting fired
for expressing a political view someone took issue with, or because of something that your co-worker did and pinned on you, what would you do about it? Do you know who to appeal to? And what would you do if that person refused to listen to you?
But of all these groups, student hourlies are the only ones with no rights or representation.
Almost none of the students I asked had an answer to this besides to simply move on and get a new job, no easy feat given the current campus employment opportunities. To compound the problem,
student workers are paid terribly. The median wage for student hourlies is $8.50 an hour. Given that rate, if you were to work to pay tuition it would take 70 hours a week of work. Over a thousand students are paid less that $8.00 an hour; some are even paid $7.25, the federal minimum wage. We now have a unique opportunity to change this situation. The last Wisconsin budget bill included passages which instruct UW-Madison to reconstruct the Human Resources System. This means over the coming semester, UW-Madison faculty, staff and students will be rewriting the personnel rules. This is a perfect chance to create solid protections for student hourlies on campus. The Student Labor Action Coalition (SLAC) and ASM are launching a kickoff event and training for the campaign for stu-
dent workers rights on January 28th, 2 p.m. TITU. It will feature Joe Richard, a recent university graduate that has worked on student rights and labor organizing. Stop by if you want to get involved, get trained, have suggestions or ideas, or simply want to discuss the issue or tell your story. It is imperative that students take this opportunity to better their workplace conditions for not only us, but for future generations. We need to ensure that all students can pay for rent, tuition, and other rising costs, and ensuring well-paying jobs is part of that. Simon Fondrie-Teitler is a sophomore and former intern with the Associated Students of Madison and a member of the Student Labor Action Coalition. Allie Gardner is Chair of the Associated Students of Madison. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
Mercury and other pollutant regulations beneficial for Wisconsin citizens NICK FRITZ opinion columnist
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n Dec. 21 the mercury pollution saga finally came to an end. The long awaited Environmental Protection Agency regulations were finalized and put into effect. The new Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) are the first ever national limits on mercury and other toxic emissions from power plants. These new regulations will ultimately improve people’s health by requiring power plants that contribute to air pollution in Wisconsin to use widely available, proven pollution control technologies. These technologies will help protect families from pollutants such as mercury, arsenic, chromium, nickel and acid gases.
Exposure to these toxins can drastically affect the health of Wisconsin citizens. Complications such as cancer, heart disease, neurological damage, birth defects, asthma attacks and premature death are all linked to toxins in the air. According to Wisconsin Environment, one in ten American women of childbearing age has enough mercury in her blood to put her baby at risk should she become pregnant. Clearly, these new regulations are a necessity for the state of Wisconsin and for the nation. According to EPA estimates, the regulations will prevent over 200 premature deaths and create about $1.8 billion in health benefits just for the state of Wisconsin. On a national level, the new regulations will prevent 11,000 premature deaths, 4,700 heart attacks and 130,000 asthma attacks each year. The EPA has created something that will help every indi-
vidual person in America, words, everyone has to comply which is something we can all with the new regulations. take pride in. Not only will the However, not all changes have health of the people be posi- to be made immediately. Power tively influenced, but the power plants have plenty of time to get plants are affected their affairs in order positively as well. and slowly adjust to According to the the new regulations. EPA, many power Existing sources of plants have taken mercury pollution will Estimated advantage of loophave four years if they premature holes or have been need it to comply with deaths preold enough to not MATS. Furthermore, vented with new regulations in have to comply with states can grant power the state of pollution regulaplants an extra year for Wisconsin. tions. Meanwhile, technology installation. competing power There should be plants are forced to no reason why power Billions of comply, spending plants can’t change dollars in limited resources on their operations for estimated health pollution control and the better. In my Dec. benefits saved in Wisconsin. ultimately losing to 1 article, I specifically their competition. called out Columbia Mercury and Air Energy Center and Toxics Standards close loop- its parent company Alliant holes that allow some power Energy. The plant brags about plants to pollute freely which its Environment Management evens the playing field for com- System, however, it is ranked peting power plants. In other one of the worst polluters of
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mercury in the nation. I am looking to Columbia Energy and Alliant Energy to rapidly enhance its environmental protection policies and decrease its carbon footprint. I hope to see no power plants based in the state of Wisconsin on the list of worst polluters this year. That would be a great stride for the state and for the people who live here. The EPA has accomplished something incredible. These new regulations will eventually save thousands of lives and improve the overall health of Americans. This is something we can all support, and I hope that the citizens of Wisconsin will help ease the transition of power plants. It will not be easy for the plant to fundamentally change how it operates and any help from the community will go a long way. Nick Fritz is a junior majoring in marketing. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
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CHANGE FOR THE BETTER ACROSS 1 Cookie found in many crosswords 5 Operates 9 English church land 14 Teller’s partner 15 Indian river entry point 16 Steams up 17 Change your story 18 Overachieving Simpson 19 Leg-foot link 20 “Nay” is one 23 Kind of node 24 Letter from Paul 28 Senatorial affirmative 29 “Dukes of Hazzard” deputy sheriff 33 “PulpFiction”co-star ___ L. Jackson 34 Leaf like layers 36 Ill-fated Biblical brother 37 Part of a boxing ring 42 Seven to sail 43 Bread dip (var.) 44 “Dr. No” star Andress 47 Creep through the cracks 48 Make up your mind 51 Drag race participants
3 Weirder than weird 5 55 Good omen 59 They’re not pros 62 Ceremonial practice 63 Conciliatory gifts 64 Journalist Sawyer 65 Noted first name in jazz 66 Downwind, on a ship 67 Bring into harmony 68 Jodie Foster title character 69 Hankerings DOWN 1 Not behind closed doors 2 All-night flight 3 It’s nono-brainer 4 Ready to serve, as beer 5 Jamaican citrus fruit 6 Blade, in the joint 7 Facility 8 Barrel slat 9 “Ars ___ artis” 10 Hockeyofficial 11 Bugling mammal 12 “The Fresh Prince of ___-Air” 13 Compass pt. 21 Property crime 22 Photo ___ (campaign activities) 25 Lipstick holder 26 Wicked look
7 Building wing 2 30 “... see hide ___ hair of” 31 Any of several Norwegian kings 32 Missile or grain containers 35 Teen skin affliction 37 FiddlingRoman 38 Bridgeposition 39 Seizing without authority 40 Poetic work 41 Delhi dough 42 Ndamukong of the Detroit Lions 45 Unknot 46 Trailers and mailers 48 Charm City ballplayer 49 Dirty “Peanuts” character 50 Grammar class subjects 52 Lorelei, e.g. 54 Blue-book composition 56 Kitchen-flooring piece 57 “___ be good for you!” 58 Schnitzel ingredient
9 Colgate tube letters 5 60 Having no value 61 ___ chi
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Badgers take two from UAA By Parker Gabriel the daily cardinal
In a conference as deep as the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, there is no such thing as a bad win. Some may be more pretty than others, but—especially come January and February— teams will take points any way they come. That rings especially true for teams like Wisconsin (7-9-2 WCHA, 12-10-2 overall), a young squad trying to put itself in position to finish in the top six spots of the league in order to host a playoff series in early March. The Badgers took a step in that direction this weekend, sweeping Alaska-Anchorage and picking up four points to move into ninth place in the WCHA. With 16 points, UW is just one point behind Michigan Tech and St. Cloud State and two back of North Dakota, currently in sixth place. “We’re focusing on home ice,” freshman defender Jake McCabe said Friday following UW’s 4-0 win
over the Seawolves (3-14-1, 6-14-2). “We’re looking at the board in our room every day trying to climb up those standings and get every point we can.” For the majority of this season, turning Friday success into Saturday production had been a tall task for the Badgers, who did not have a second-night win against a conference opponent since a 6-3 win over Nebraska-Omaha Oct. 29, 2011. Before freshman winger Joseph LaBate tallied the gamewinner in the final four minutes Saturday night, UW showed the same inconsistent play that has plagued them much of the season. “One of the things we felt was frustrating after the first period was we didn’t come out and play nearly as hard or as effectively as we needed to,” head coach Mike Eaves said Saturday night. “To me, that’s a sign that we still haven’t matured to the point where we come back-to-back and do the things necessary to be the type of team we want to be.” “By forging the win the way we
did tonight, we’re hoping that leads us to some maturity and understanding of what we need to do.” With the two wins, the Badgers are now 7-2-1 over their last ten games and are two games over the .500 mark for the first time all season. The two key reasons: improved goaltending from freshman Joel Rumpel and elite production from the team’s two stars, sophomore center Mark Zengerle and junior defenseman Justin Schultz. Rumpel (9-5-2) became the first freshman to record two shutouts in a season for Wisconsin since the 1980 season. Despite giving up two goals Saturday, he controlled rebounds with authority and did not make the sort of mental mistakes seen earlier in the year. “You can see his confidence really growing throughout this year,” said McCabe. With the good play in net as a base, Zengerle and Schultz have provided the spark on offense. The Badgers scored seven goals on the weekend, all at even strength.
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Freshman forward Joseph LaBate notched the game-winning goal Saturday night to complete the sweep of Alaska-Anchorage. Schultz was on the ice for every single one. He finished the weekend with six points—a goal and two assists each night—and started Saturday’s game-winning sequence with a long sprint down the right wing and beautiful backhand pass to LaBate. “On the ice, he does things I can only imagine doing,” LaBate said of Schultz Saturday. “He’s playing at an NHL level right now.”
With 37 (12 G, 25 A) points on the season, Schultz trails only Minnesota-Duluth’s Jack Connolly (40) and Zengerle (38) in the WCHA scoring race. “A lot of times it comes down to your playmakers making plays and finding ways to get it done,” Eaves said Saturday. “Tonight, and this weekend, was an example of [Zengerle] and [Schultz] doing that for us.”
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Wisconsin wins in overtime, sweeps UMD By Vince Huth the daily cardinal
The Wisconsin women’s hockey team (16-2-2-1 WCHA, 22-2-2 overall) made a successful return to the Kohl Center this weekend, sweeping No. 8 Minnesota-Duluth (9-101-1, 12-11-1). It was Wisconsin’s first series on its home ice since Thanksgiving weekend. Despite a slow start Friday afternoon, the Badgers scored two goals in the second period and held on for a 2-0 victory. Junior defender Alev Kelter scored her first goal of the season early in the second period to put the Badgers up 1-0. Kelter has played in just 14 games this season, joining the team after the end of the women’s soccer season. In addition to missing the team’s first 12 games, Kelter has only recently started playing the forward position. She has used part of her defensemen skill set to
make the transition. Based on this weekend’s performance, she has done so seamlessly. “Defensively, you always want to have an offensive mind,” Kelter said. “Jumping up in the play is something that usually happens a lot as a defensemen. To have a forward role now, it’s pretty exciting.” Two minutes after Kelter scored, sophomore forward Madison Packer scored her second goal of the season. Packer wrestled the puck away from a Bulldog defender on the boards behind the net, and then backhanded a shot past senior goaltender Jennifer Harss. Sophomore goaltender Alex Rigsby made 36 saves to record the shutout for the Badgers. “It was a game that never really got any kind of flow to it. It wasn’t very pretty to watch,” head coach Mark Johnson said with a smirk. “The most important thing is you
end up winning the game.” Minnesota Duluth jumped out to the fastest of starts Saturday afternoon when junior defensemen Jessica Wong scored just nine seconds into the game. Junior forward Brianna Decker tied things up later in the first period. The Badgers put a flurry of shots on goal, and Decker was able to secure a loose puck and shoot it past Harss. The Badgers did not record as many shots over as they are accustomed to, but they made good use of their limited chances. “When we play Duluth, it’s always a transition game,” Decker said. “Not as many shots as we would like, but at least we peppered some and got some in.” Wisconsin took advantage of a couple Minnesota Duluth penalties in the second period, notching two
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Badgers extend streak to four By Max Sternberg the daily cardinal
CHAMPAIGN, Ill—If there is one thing that Badger fans should have learned by now it would be to never count a Bo Ryan-coached team out for the count. After the Wisconsin men’s basketball team (5-3 Big Ten, 16-3 overall) dropped three straight to fall to 1-3 in Big Ten play, many thought the season was headed for a disastrous finish. But after Sunday’s 67-63 win at No. 25 Illinois (4-3, 15-5), UW is right back in the Big Ten title hunt and playing as well as anyone in the conference. After finding themselves in an early 7-2 hole, UW responded with a quick 16-4 run that gave them a seven-point lead just under halfway into the opening half. “You don’t want to get the crowd too into it and you want to get your confidence going,” sophomore guard Josh Gasser said. “To get one to go down early is definitely big and then we can get it going from there.” After a first half that saw the lead change hands seven times, finishing with a tie at 26, the second half was another seesaw affair. Illinois took the lead first, extending their cushion to as much as four with just over nine minutes to play. Senior guard Jordan Taylor got the Badgers within a basket with a quick floater then junior forward Mike Bruesewitz buried a three-pointer, erasing Illinois’ final lead of the game with just under either minutes left. The Badgers knew that victory hinged in large part on their ability to hold Illinois junior guard Brandon Paul and sophomore forward Myers Leonard in check. Leonard, coming in averaging over 13 points and 7.5 rebounds per game, struggled for most of the first half, managing just two points on 1-of-5 shooting. “We’re not long and lanky outside of the five spot,” head coach Bo Ryan said. “So we have to work hard to try and not allow looks in the post.” Perhaps more importantly, Gasser held Paul to just 10 points on 3-of-11 shooting, never really impacting the game. This after the Gurnee, Ill. native put up 43 points against Ohio State in the Illini’s last home game. “Brandon Paul’s been playing with a lot of confidence and probably has been the best player in the league the past couple games,”
analysis from page 16 warm-ups going into that exact same direction, so I told (offensive coordinator) Paul (Chryst) if we could get to the opposite forty yard line, we’d have an opportunity for a field goal.” Timeouts also haunted the Badgers in the second half, when the team burned two in the first five minutes of the third quarter. One came because when the offense lined up wrong. Bielema called the other when freshman Ducks wide receiver De’Anthony Thomas (314 all-purpose yards, two TDs) appeared to step out of the end zone on a kick return before deciding to kneel the ball. In order for the play to be ruled a safety, the ball must completely cross the goal line regardless of where the player is, and Bielema took a timeout to try to get an explanation.
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the call and it is what it is.” “With one second left, I think we could have capitalized there.” Once again, the Badgers found themselves on the losing end of a classic finish. “What I brought from last year to this year is that you have to capitalize on every play and every opportunity,” junior running back Montee Ball said. “Obviously, we fell short once again. “ Wisconsin’s inability to do the things it does better than anyone ultimately left the Badgers winless in the past two Rose Bowl games. They couldn’t finish off drives in the red zone, wasting those two opportunities. Just as importantly, Wisconsin couldn’t take care of the ball. The Badgers turned the ball over twice on Monday night, both times turning potentially game-changing drives into lost opportunities. Those few mistakes ultimately cost the Badgers dearly, with a
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Senior Guard Jordan Taylor led all scorers with 19 points as he led the Badgers to a late victory against the Fighting Illini. Taylor said. “Josh [Gasser] came in and did an outstanding job to slow him down a little bit.” While Leonard picked up his game in the 2nd half, finishing with 16 points and 11 rebounds, Berggren matched him step-forstep. The Princeton, Minn. native had perhaps his best performance since the loss at North Carolina back in early December, finishing with 18 points and 5 rebounds while staying out of foul trouble defending on the interior. “[Jared] knocked down some huge threes and also down low he had some nice moves,” Gasser said. “When Jared is playing like that, it is tough to stop us.” But as the Badgers looked to close the game out in the second half, it was Taylor who got them to the finish line. Managing only 5 points in the opening half, Taylor turned up the heat down the stretch, finishing with a gamehigh 19 points, a team-high 9 rebounds, and a perfect 5 assists to zero turnovers. “I just try and run stuff that we run everyday in practice. When the opportunity presents itself, I just try to take shots and knock them down,” Taylor said. “I’m still not shooting a great percentage,
but I will take the win.” Wisconsin struggled at the line, making just three of their first ten tries at the line. But despite the struggles (finishing 10-of18), Taylor was about as clutch as it gets coming down the home stretch. The Bloomington, Minn. native posted UW’s final seven points, icing the game by hitting five consecutive free throws right in front of Illinois’ vaunted “Orange Krush”. “He is our leader,” Berggren said of Taylor. “He is as clutch as they come down the stretch.” “We have struggled at times this year at the free throw line,” Taylor said. “But I feel like when we have actually needed to step up and knock them down, we have.” Already the only Big Ten team with at least five wins away from home, the Badgers are now 6-2 in road or neutral-site games. With wins at Purdue and Illinois, UW has swept games in West Lafayette and Champaign for the first time since 1918. “It’s a crazy league,” Berggren said. “It’s a long season and everyone is going to take some bumps. We were able to fight and scratch our way back into things and now we are in a pretty good position.”
“I was trying to ask the replay official on my sideline if I could challenge whether or not he came across the line and he was looking at me like I had three heads,” said Bielema, whose bowl game record is now 2-4. As a result, the Badgers had just one timeout to use when sophomore receiver Jared Abbrederis lost a fumble at Oregon’s 27-yard line with under three minutes to go. Oregon managed to run the clock to 23 seconds before punting back to UW. The fumble itself sat inches from the sideline before junior linebacker Michael Clay landed on the ball and slid out of bounds. That play was also reviewed and upheld after replays showed the ball clearly sitting in play. This is not the first heartbreaker for Wisconsin this year. Losses against Michigan State and Ohio
State featured last-second scores and, in East Lansing, Mich., an official review with no time left on the game clock. “We lost three games, basically, with in a total of maybe 40 seconds,” said Wilson, who finished the season with 3,175 yards and 33 touchdown passes. “It’s pretty wild. All of those situations were all unfortunate. It’s pretty crazy how each one of them panned out.” For the second straight season, the Badgers will travel back to Madison with a Rose Bowl loss in hand. A year ago, UW also used two costly timeouts in the second half, but still managed to be in position to tie the game late. In 2012, a fraction of a second kept Wilson from getting the same opportunity. “I’m kind of tired of tears of sadness,” Bielema said. “I wanted to come out here and experience tears of joy at some point.”
goals to take a 3-1 lead. Decker scored her second goal of the game off a great give-and-go with senior forward Carolyne Prévost, and senior forward Brooke Ammerman snuck the puck between Harss’s legs to extend Wisconsin’s lead. However, the Bulldogs scored just 32 seconds after Ammerman’s goal and added another late in the period to enter the third period tied 3-3. Each team recorded seven
second straight year coming to a close in heartbreaking fashion. “Obviously [the game didn’t end with] an outcome that we’re happy with, something that we’ll carry with us for the rest of our lives.” Bielema said. “As far as us moving forward, I’m kind of tired of tears of sadness. I wanted to come out here and experience tears of joy at some point.” Given the way the game and the season played out, Badgers are obviously heartbroken from this final loss. But in a season that included three such lastsecond defeats, they feel there is plenty to gain even in the midst of a tough loss. “We lost three games, basically within a total of maybe 40 seconds.” Wilson said. “It’s pretty crazy how each one panned out. But for whatever reason, I think that next year’s team is going to have a great bunch of guys that, one, have a lot of experience now, and two, have a lot of determination to be great.” shots in a fast-paced, back-andforth third period, but neither found the back of the net. It was the third consecutive series in which the Badgers had an overtime game. Ammerman made quick work of the extra time, scoring less than one minute into overtime “You’re playing against a team that’s scratching and clawing trying to figure out ways to win games late in the season,” Johnson said. “It’s a big difference between winning that in overtime and going to a shootout.”
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Junior runningback Montee Ball rushed for 164 yards and one touchdown in the Badgers 45-38 loss to Oregon in the Rose Bowl Game in Pasadena, Calif.
Time runs out on Wisconsin comeback RECAP By Max Sternberg the daily cardinal
PASADENA, Calif.—After a roller coaster season that included some of college football’s most memorable finishes, Wisconsin’s 2011 football campaign has come to a close after a heartbreaking 45-38 loss to Oregon in the Rose Bowl Game. And just as it did with the first loss back in October, the Badgers’ final contest ended with a replay, this time confirming the call that senior quarterback Russell Wilson’s spiked pass did not hit the ground before the clock hit zero. This Rose Bowl Game was one for the ages even before the frantic finish. The Badgers (6-2 Big Ten, 11-3 overall) and Ducks (8-1 Pac-12, 12-2 overall) traded scores throughout the first half, with Rose Bowl records set for highest scoring first quarter (28) and half (56). But after leading throughout the first half and having to kick to begin the second, the halftime draw at 28 felt like a certain deficit. Even while it was turning into a shootout, this game looked like it would end, as it did, with the Badgers regretting two consecutive red zone possessions that ended with a combined three points. Late in the 2nd quarter, Wisconsin drove to the Oregon 17 yard line facing 3rd and 1. After junior running back Montee Ball was stopped for no gain, Wisconsin shunned a field goal attempt in favor of a fourth down try, remembering a similar situation last season that ended with kicker Philip Welch missing a
crucial field goal. Instead of trying to run up the gut again, UW tried to roll Wilson out on a play action fake but Oregon’s defense was ready, sacking Wilson for a three-yard loss and a huge shift in momentum. “We came in before the game with the idea that on third down we would make the decision whether or not to go for it on fourth down,” head coach Bret Bielema said. “We had a third and short and felt we had an opportunity to get it in two downs “[We] definitely wanted to think that when we got down near the end zone we wanted to get touchdowns, not field goals.” Ultimately, the Badgers’ inability to do just that proved costly. After Wisconsin gave up a quick score on just the third play of the second half to give Oregon their first lead of the game, sophomore receiver Jared Abbrederis returned the kickoff 66 yards to the Oregon 36. Yet again, Wisconsin stalled down near the end zone, picking up a big third down conversion before calling a timeout on first down that not only proved to loom large later, but also seemed to stunt the offense’s momentum. Welch’s 29-yard field goal only got UW within four points. After Wisconsin held the lead throughout a first half that seemed to resemble a gridiron version of penalty kicks in soccer, Oregon returned the favor in the second half, scoring on the opening possession and holding on for the duration. While both defenses were able to make big plays, Wisconsin’s inability to capitalize on Oregon’s few offensive mistakes left the Badgers
gasping for air. “The game was basically 0-0 the whole game,” Wilson said after the game. “No matter if the score is 35-35 or 7-7. It’s a 0-0 game the way I look at it. There at the end it was 7-0 and we thought we could come back and score.” Although at the time it appeared as if Abbrederis’ fumble inside Oregon territory with just over four minutes remaining would be the infamous play of the 2012 “granddaddy of them all,” Wisconsin gave itself that one final shot, taking over at its own 13 with just 16 seconds on the clock trailing by seven points. Wilson nearly pulled off the miracle, starting off the drive with a quick pass for 29 yards to Abbrederis out at the UW 42. With just nine seconds left, Wilson then found senior receiver Nick Toon near the left sideline for 33 yards, but Toon was unable to get out of bounds as the clock temporarily paused with two seconds remaining and the chain gang scrambling to get into position. Wilson and the Badgers were able to line up before the clock started, giving themselves a shot to spike the ball in the remaining two ticks. However the spike went down with the clock showing all zeros. The play headed to review, but UW again came out on the losing end, falling just 25 yards and potentially one second from a game-tying score. “As soon as the referee blew the whistle, I snapped it and spiked it,” Wilson said. “I didn’t think there was any way that two full seconds ran off the clock there. They made
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Clock management leads to Badger loss ANALYSIS By Parker Gabriel the daily cardinal
PASADENA, Calif.— Football is a game of inches, the old cliché goes. For the 2012 Rose Bowl, “inches and seconds” might be a little more adequate. Start to finish, top to bottom, No. 10 Wisconsin (11-3) and No. 5 Oregon (12-2) put together an electric evening of offensive production the likes of which the annals of the Bowl Championship Series patriarch had never seen. En route to scoring a Rose Bowl-record 83 total points, the Badgers and Ducks were never separated by more than seven points, and only two of the 13 total scores did not either tie the game or change the lead in Oregon’s 45-38 victory. “The game was basically 0-0 the whole game,” UW senior quarterback Russell Wilson said. “No matter if the score was 35-35 or 7-7, It’s a 0-0 game. That’s the way I look at it.” With the offenses so even throughout the night, multiple clock management situations ultimately went Oregon’s way and went a long way to determining the outcome. The most notable came in the waning moments. Faced with needing 87 yards in the final 16 seconds to tie the game, Wilson (19-25, 296 yards., two TDs, one INT) completed two passes for 62
yards. The second, a 33 yard completion to senior wide receiver Nick Toon (nine rec., 104 yards., TD), came with two seconds remaining. Wilson then tried to spike the ball at Oregon’s 25-yard line when the referee restarted the clock, but time ran out and an official review ended the game. “Obviously, with one second left, I think we could have capitalized there. As soon as the referee blew the whistle, I snapped it and spiked it,” said Wilson, who became the first quarterback in program history to throw for 3,000 yards in a single season. “I didn’t think there was any way that two full seconds ran off the clock there.” “But it’s one of those things where I always have to look at it again.” Clock management also hurt Wisconsin at the end of the first half, when the coaching staff thought Toon was called out of bounds at UW’s 39 on a short reception with about 19 seconds showing on the clock. However, the clock started when the ball was reset and Bielema did not take a timeout until the clock showed six seconds. “You know, we saw the play go out of bounds, the officials signaled it,” head coach Bielema said. “We had seen (senior kicker Philip Welch) make, I believe, a 62-yard field goal in pregame
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