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State owes $1.4 billion in unemployment funds By Ariel Shapiro the daily cardinal

Wisconsin owes the federal government $1.4 billion in borrowed unemployment funds, according to the Department of Workforce Development. Wisconsin is one of 32 states that borrowed from the federal Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund in order to maintain their unemployment programs during the recession, Wisconsin DWD Communications Director John Dipko said in an e-mail. Although these loans originally were given free of interest, they will begin to rack up nearly $50 million a year in interest and must be paid back this fall, according to The Capital Times.

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President Barack Obama visited Orion Industries in Manitowoc Wednesday, focusing on similar themes of innovation and global competition as in his State of the Union address.

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Obama’s Manitowoc visit stresses competition

A Republican-supported bill to crack down on voter fraud by requiring photo identification to vote is drawing ire from Democrats and other organizations who claim the bill would do more harm than good. Before a committee hearing, several critics of the bill spoke

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Less than 24 hours after his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama toured a fluorescent lighting factory in Manitowoc Wednesday to talk about the promise of American industry in the face of intense industrial competition worldwide.

Speaking to a group of Orion Energy Systems employees, the president reiterated the goals from his State of the Union address, to update America’s infrastructure and advance technological innovation. “That’s how we’ll create the jobs of the future,” Obama said in his speech at the factory. “That’s how

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Obama discussed what he called the “Sputnik moment” America finds itself in, when the country needs innovation to succeed.

we’re going to build the industries of the future, because we make smarter products using better technology than anybody else. That’s how we’ll win the future in the 21st century.” Manitowoc offered symbolic significance to what Obama called the “Sputnik moment” in his State of the Union speech, because of the 1962 crash of Korabl-Sputnik 1 in the city. The Soviet satellite Sputnik 1 is said to have started the space race in 1957 when the USSR was the first nation to put a man in space. “It turns out that it was part of a satellite called Sputnik that landed right here,” Obama said. “And that set the space race into motion. So, I want to say to you today that it is here, more than 50 years later, that the race for the 21st century will be won.” The president presented Orion, which produces energyefficient lights for factories, as an example of how government support can help renewable energy companies prosper while creating jobs and strengthening the economy. Obama said the company has grown from one employee in 2004 to more than 250 today obama page 4

UW-Madison applied economics professor Andrew Reschovsky said the loans would be paid for by taxing employers, but the state could change the method. Dipko said the Unemployment Insurance Advisory Council will address the issue of trust fund solvency this year. Cullen Werwie, spokesperson for Gov. Scott Walker, told The Capital Times that the governor is aware the interest payments are coming due later this year and is following it closely. “He’s working with the Unemployment Insurance Advisory Council and the Legislature on some of the options available to improve the fiscal condition of the fund,” Werwie said.

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at the state capitol, claiming the legislation would disenfranchise students, minorities and the elderly. State Sen. Spencer Coggs, D-Milwaukee, called the bill a “solution in search of a problem.” He said voter fraud is nearly nonexistent, and that the bill would voter ID page 4

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Author Dr. Thomas Woods spoke at UW-Madison Wednesday.

Bestselling libertarian author confronts economic ‘myths’ about government By Alicia Goldfine the daily cardinal

In times of economic turmoil, much of the American population looks to the federal government. But Dr. Thomas Woods, a libertarian author, thinks Americans need to begin solving national problems on their own. At a lecture on campus Wednesday organized by the student organization Young Americans for Liberty, New York Times bestselling author Woods

confronted what he considers myths about business cycles and the Great Depression that he said are thoughtlessly accepted. Woods, author of “Rollback: Repealing Big Government Before the Coming Fiscal Collapse,” outlined these “myths” and discussed the increased spending on new homes by unemployed families because of the Federal Reserve System’s forced decrease in interest rates. author page 3

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’ve never been one to make New Year’s resolutions. I don’t understand the point— if I want to make a change in my life, I can just as easily start on May 16 as on Jan. 1. The sentiment is nice enough—a new year, a fresh new start. But how many people do you know who actually stick to their New Year’s resolutions for the entire year, let alone the rest of their lives? There are a number of resolutions I hear over and over again and you may have too. One such example would be “I am going to lose the freshman 15 I gained fall semester” (or sophomore, junior or senior 15…). It seems totally doable at first. How hard is 15 pounds? People lose weight all the time. Hell, look at those ads for Hydroxycut and Slim Fast! They lose 30 pounds in two weeks! Then the first weekend rolls around and you find yourself in an intense Flipadelphia match (flip cup for those of you who, for some odd reason, do not watch “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”) for two solid hours. You realize the next day that you consumed your weight in Keystone Light and that bath-

room scale is probably not going to show you a pretty number. Another common example of an inconceivable New Year’s resolution is, “I am going to stay on top of the reading and homework for my classes this semester.” During the first couple of weeks you are really motivated. New classes, new professors, no exams in sight… life is beautiful. After about month or so though, you begin to find yourself stalking someone on Facebook whom you’ve never actually met rather than writing your 10-page research paper, or getting sucked into a new TV show such as “Dexter” or “Weeds”—both of which are on Netflix watch instantly—and you are fucked. You don’t stand a chance against the exhilarating plot lines, and you will inevitably end up watching 10 hours of “Dexter” or scheming your own plan to start a bakery with special treats rather than studying for your mid-term the next day.

This year, rather than make absolutely no goals at all, I have set goals that are gratifying and more realistic.

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all, I have set goals that are gratifying and more realistic and even gratifying goals. First, I will finish all the seasons of “Dexter.” This is totally feasible considering I am almost through season four, meaning all I have to do is somehow manage to get my hands on season five which just ended recently. Piece o’ cake!

Once my Macbook’s camera is fixed, I will leave videos of various pointless things on my friends’ walls at least once a week.

Second, once my Macbook’s camera is fixed, I will leave videos of various pointless things on my friends’ walls at least once a week. Examples of video content could be inconsequential events of my day, musical numbers possibly with hand puppets or choreographed dances and maybe even a handful of videos of my steady progression into inebriation after I have just finished my first round of exams. Third, I will put an end to my futile attempts at not indulging in something delectably sweet and satisfying at least once every day. And so, if I decide a bar of dark chocolate is what will curb my craving, I’ll be consuming some

anti-oxidants to counteract the Ben and Jerry’s Chunky Monkey I had for lunch. Plus, I figure the extra insulation will help hinder the bitter cold of January, February and March… sometimes April. Fourth, I will find a use for my new classy wine airator at least once a week. For those of you who are not sophisticated wine connoisseurs like me, wine airators are devices that make cheap and/or bad tasting wines taste like drops of heaven on your tongue. Or at least make Franzia slightly palatable. The next goal of mine will be the most difficult to maintain. I will attempt not to drop my new fancy phone into the toilet and/or onto the concrete after a considerably rough night. This is especially important since I hate plastic phone covers with a passion, so did not purchase one when I got the phone. I’ve already dropped it once, but only on a hardwood floor. Let’s keep this up. Last, it is of utmost importance that I find a new show that can replace “Dexter” as my new obsession that will continuously pull me away from my studies until the fifth season comes out on DVD. If you have any suggestions whatsoever, I am all ears. Are you still trying to keep up with your unrealistic New Year’s resolution? Or have you failed/given up already. E-mail Rebecca at alt2@ wisc.edu with your progress report.

NEW BEER THURSDAY Flying Dog Garde Dog: Bière de Garde

3/5 If you are strolling down the beer aisle looking for something to quell your desire for a fine American malt soda, then Flying Dog’s Seasonal “Garde Dog: Bière de Garde” is not what you want. But if you are looking for an adventure in potability, a nice beverage to live up to the standards of your gourmet pizza or something to impress your friends who want to be French (but are not French themselves), then look no further. This beer boasts having the sweet, spicy, malty taste that a traditional French farmhouse ale should. Garde Dog is everything it says it is, and it’s refreshing—a nice break from the norm. I have no idea if Garde Dog has Belgian yeast or French yeast

or magical wild yeast, but my unrefined palate does detect some hints of Belgian in this beer. I’ve written frequently that I don’t generally care for Belgian yeasts, but sometimes, as with Garde Dog, they can hit the spot. Matching the relatively warm weather this week, Garde Dog is a welcome change. The reason I was drawn to this beer in the first place was because the label claims it’s a good spring beer. And since temperatures broke 30° F this week I decided it’s spring, damn it. Who cares if it’s not even February yet? I was obviously in need of something a little out of place for the season yet exactly right for the moment. I love sweet, boozy stouts to battle away the bitter cold, but after relying mostly on them for the last eight weeks a break is nice. As far as style is concerned this beer definitely falls into a category of its own. While it seems to be related to a Belgian

Abby, its inherent sourness is not as biting as its European cousin. Garde Dog prevails as an excellent American representation of European style. That may well be the precise reason I like this beer and fail to love so many abbys—it was made by American brew masters, with whom I share a similar palate and expectations for the way a beer should taste. In essence, Garde Dog reminds me of my malty Scotch Ales and Bourbon stouts, but it is a refreshing mixup at the same time. Still it makes me question whether to attempt to diminish my distaste for Abby Ale or to embrace the fact that as a person whose tastes are primarily American, I will only occasionally like anything that resembles a Belgian. Whatever my qualms about style, I enjoy Garde Dog and the complex mystery it embodies. —Benji Pierson

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ASM supports creation of student legal services center By Anna Duffin the daily cardinal

The Associated Students of Madison passed an endorsement supporting the idea of creating a center that would provide legal assistance to students Wednesday night. This endorsement, the Student Legal Services Center Endorsement, forms a group that will work to create the center. The council appointed Chair Brandon Williams, Representative Tyler Junger, and Representative Cale Plamann to serve in the group. Three members of the Student Services Finance Committee will be chosen at their meeting tomorrow to join the group. Junger said although he supported the idea of creating this center, he feared ASM would

not put enough thought into its creation. “We need to know what’s going on here because we can’t just say ‘We support whatever is coming out of this working group,’” Junger said. In other business at the meeting, Chief Justice Kate Fifield proposed a bylaw change that would remove the requirement of the chief justice to attend student council meetings. Fifield said the chief justice should remain unbiased toward the student council, and being required to attend weekly meetings with members of the student council makes it difficult to do so. Members of ASM, including Williams and SSFC Chair Matt Manes said they feared this bylaw change could disconnect the

Student Judiciary from ASM. ASM will vote on the bylaw change next week. Also at the meeting, Legislative Affairs Chair Sam Polstein introduced a resolution denouncing the proposed voter ID bill currently in the state Legislature. Senate Bill Six would require a DMV-issued photo ID to vote. Since many students do not have a photo ID with a Madison address, they would not be able to vote while at school. The bill would also eliminate same-day voter registration. Polstein said his proposal, The Resolution to Protect Student Voting Rights, is something ASM needs to take a stance on. At the meeting, Chair Brandon Williams announced Representative Jonah Zinn resigned. Zinn is studying abroad.

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Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, was under investigation for allegations of improper conduct when he was a county prosecutor.

Verveer will not face criminal charges following investigation The Wisconsin Department of Justice will not file any criminal charges against Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, following a 26-month investigation of allegations of improper conduct when he was a Dane County prosecutor. The case was given to the state Supreme Court’s Office of Lawyer Regulation Wednesday, according to a Department of Justice spokesperson. The department is set to release 1,100 pages of records and an additional 500-700 pages of e-mail records Thursday, according to Assistant Attorney General Kevin Potter. These records were previously requested by the Wisconsin State Journal and other media. In October 2008, former Dane

County District Attorney Brian Blanchard began an investigation after a woman called the District’s Attorney’s office to report a complaint against Verveer. The woman said Verveer engaged in unprofessional behavior. The allegations against Verveer suggested he tried to inappropriately intervene in the case of a then-19-year-old man who faced multiple charges of drunk driving. According to the complaint, Verveer offered to help him outside the courtroom. The complaint also stated Verveer made phone calls to the man’s then-21-year-old relative, verveer page 4

Report: December employment up from 2009, down since November 2010 By Ariel Shapiro the daily cardinal

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The Associated Students of Madison established a group to work on creating a center that would provide legal assistance to UW-Madison students.

Madison man allegedly attacks 23-year-old woman at pub A Madison man turned himself in to police Tuesday after he allegedly attacked a woman at the Willy Street Pub and Grill early Sunday. The victim suffered a concussion and separated shoulder in the incident, police said. Eric Prunn, 38, was allegedly flirting with a 23-year-old woman

prior to the incident, according to the police report. The victim told police the suspect stuck his hand down her shirt and groped her. The victim then stopped the suspect and put her hands on his chest to keep him away, Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain said.

“She said she was pushed so hard that she came out of her shoes and reports other patrons intervened to stop the attack,” DeSpain said in a statement. The victim went outside to call 911 and the suspect allegedly threw a beer bottle which struck the back of her head.

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we get on this unsustainable trajectory in the first place.” Woods said Americans often have misconceptions about government intervention. “Every one of these myths is based on the idea that unless we have some kind of group of commissars in charge of this or that, then everything’s going to be chaotic and the free market couldn’t possibly solve it,” Woods said. According to Woods, America’s biggest problem is that the federal government made numerous promises for assistance programs that it cannot fund because of the large national debt, a problem the government cannot solve through taxes. “The myth that we’ve been taught for the longest time is, ‘Everything somehow will work

out,’ but that’s not going to be the case,” he said. Woods said the government has made many impossible promises and that it is not an innocent institution. “Ultimately there is no magic power that’s going to come rescue us,” Woods said. “There is no magic force called government ... It’s just you and me.” Woods said he still remains hopeful for the future of the economy and government relations that will define this generation’s beliefs in years to come. “Maybe there’s a better way,” Woods said.” Maybe there’s a way where we put the guns down and treat each other humanely, and care for each other. “Are we going to rise to the occasion when the promises are broken?”

“The economy as a whole is trying to do more than we can physically do, and ultimately the result is a crash,” Woods said. “The recession is not where the damage is done. The damage is done when

Although Madison and other metropolitan areas across the state saw job gains in December 2009, employment went down from November to December in 2010 according to a report issued Wednesday by the Department of Workforce Development. Compared to December 2009, eight metropolitan areas in Wisconsin experienced job gains in December 2010 while one area’s job rate did not change at all. The Madison area gained 2,000 jobs and the Green Bay area gained 1,400, while the Milwaukee area lost 400 jobs. However, eight metropolitan areas, including Madison, Milwaukee and Green Bay experienced a slight negative net change in employment from November to December 2010.

As of December, Wisconsin’s unemployment rate decreased from 8.5 percent to 7.5 percent from the prior year. The unemployment rate in Wisconsin is almost two points below that of the national average, sitting at 9.4 percent. Dane County still has the lowest unemployment rate of any county in the state at 4.6 percent. At the moment, Vilas County and Menominee County have the highest unemployment rates in Wisconsin at 11 percent and 11.2 percent respectively. However Manny Perez, the secretary of the Department of Workforce Development, said he is optimistic. “The latest numbers underscore the importance of advancing Governor Walker’s agenda to improve our state’s business climate, allowing the private sector to create jobs,” Perez said.

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Committee debates vendor seniority rules By Maggie DeGroot the Daily Cardinal

‘It is here ... that the race for the 21st century will be won’ obama from page 1 and should have more than 300 by the end of the year because of the Department of Agriculture, the Small Business Association and various tax cuts and awards. Orion has installed its lighting in 3,700 facilities and prevented 4.5 million tons of greenhouse gases from entering the atmosphere, according to the company’s website. “And these aren’t just good jobs that can help you pay the bills and support your family,” Obama said. “These jobs are good for all of us because they make

everybody’s energy bill cheaper; they make the planet safer.” Gov. Scott Walker, who attended the speech, expressed openness toward working with Obama to create jobs, so long as it didn’t come at the expense of fiscal discipline. “When you’re the chief executive office, the buck stops,” Walker said. “You’ve got to get the job done. For us, if they care about jobs and putting people to work in the state, we’re going to work together.” Despite lamenting the Chicago Bears’ loss in the NFC Championship Game the pres-

ident wished the Green Bay Packers luck in the Super Bowl, and Walker presented Obama with a Packers jersey upon his arrival in Wisconsin. Obama used Sunday’s game as an example of the competitiveness he said the U.S. needs to show in the global economy. “If we’re on the defensive, if we’re playing not to lose, somebody else is going to lap us, because there are a lot of hungry folks out there, a lot of countries that are gunning for us,” Obama said. “So we’ve got to play to win. We’ve got to play to win the future.”

Madison’s Vending Oversight Committee debated a possible regulation that would revise the way seniority is counted for street vendors Wednesday. The regulations would affect the State Street Mall, Capitol Concourse, Camp Randall and Langdon Street vending licenses. It would revise the rule for the method of counting seniority years so only consecutive years of licensing would be counted. Catherine Tracy, an arts and crafts street vendor for over 20 years, said she was being punished for something that is outside of her control. Tracy said she had a street vending partner who passed away around five years ago. She since found a new business partner, but said her current partner does not have as many years of seniority as she would have had with her old partner.

“I don’t think this remedy will solve the problem,” Tracy said. According to proposed regulations, the years of seniority would be the average years between street vending partners. Committee member Rosemary Lee said she could understand Tracy’s problem with the proposal and wanted to further look at ways to revise the regulation. After many committee members said they wanted more time to go through the proposed regulations, the item was referred to a February meeting. The proposal to change the seniority issues for the late night and Southeast Campus street vendors were tabled until the next meeting as well. Committee members also unanimously approved of an amendment to a city ordinance, which now requires street vending equipment to be placed on paved surfaces.

Madison man arrested after crashing into snow drift A 21-year-old Madison man faces several charges, including attempting to elude a police officer, after crashing his vehicle into a snow bank Tuesday afternoon. The suspect, Deon Howard, allegedly ran a stop sign at the 3100 block of Todd Drive. The officer turned on his siren and lights, but the suspect kept driving and ran a series of stop signs, police said. The officers followed Howard to the intersection of McDivitt Road and Ashford Lane. The suspect crashed into a snow drift off the road, Madison Police Department

spokesperson Joel DeSpain said. Madison Police dog Ivan led officers to the basement of an apartment building on the 3000 block of Ashford Lane where the suspect was found, police said. At the crash scene, officers said the interior of the suspect’s car smelled of marijuana and there were several open alcohol bottles and unopened beers in the car, DeSpain said. “After being handcuffed in the Ashford Lane basement an officer reports that the suspect said, ‘I’ve been through all this before,’” DeSpain said in a statement.

Madison woman falls victim to a drive-by purse snatching incident Following two reported purse thefts at Woodman’s Food Market East, a Madison woman was the victim of a drive-by purse snatching at the market’s Westside location Saturday. The 44-year-old had her purse in a grocery cart while loading her groceries into the car, according to the police incident report. “A woman, who was following a red van, saw an arm pop out of the van’s window and snap-up the

[victim’s] purse,” Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain said. The witness attempted to follow the van, but it jumped a curb and sped-off “like a bat out of hell,” police said. The van is said to be “dirty, brick red” and has rear windows. On the side of the van there was script-style writing, which read “Anderson’s” along with a statement below that and a phone number, police said.

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mon sense reform that’s long overdue.” “This bill keeps it easy to vote in Wisconsin, but makes it harder to cheat,” Wisconsin GOP Executive director Mark Jefferson said in a statement. However the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin Education Fund also spoke out against the voter identification bill in a statement, claiming proponents of the bill could not document a consistent pattern of voter fraud, and that thousands of voters would be at risk. Andrea Kaminski, executive director of LWVWEF, called the bill “expensive, unneeded and unfair.”

not help keep any actual voter fraud from happening. County Board Supervisor and UW-Madison student Analiese Eicher said the bill would be particularly harmful to students, who change addresses frequently and would need to pay up to $28 to buy a new ID every time they change their voting addresses. That sum, according to Eicher, could be the cost of a textbook or groceries for a group that traditionally does not have a lot of money. The Wisconsin GOP came out in support of the bill, saying it “is a comPhotos by kathryn weenig and ben pierson/the daily cardinal

Obama’s speech attracted media and fans to Orion Industries, as well as Gov. Scott Walker (bottom right), who presented the president, a Chicago Bears fan, with a Green Bay Packers jersey.

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verveer from page 3 who was also a defendant in the case, and once met him at a downtown bar. Verveer previously denied all allegations against him, but did say he met the then-21-year-old rela-

tive, unplanned, outside a downtown bar while the case was ongoing. At the time, Verveer said he would not do anything to jeopardize the state’s case. Verveer has represented District 4 since 1995 and also served twice as Common Council president.

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WEEKEND MUST-SEES

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The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi Sat. Jan. 29 at 11:59 p.m. Memorial Union Play Circle Kicking off WUD Film’s East Asian Invasion series is “Zatoichi,” the 2003 samurai flick from Japanese director Takeshi Kitano. Kitano is most famous for his film “Battle Royale,” a film Quentin Tarantino named his favorite film made since he started making movies, and “Zatoichi” brings a similar level of midnight madness fun. Enjoy it with a pitcher of Leinie’s from der Rathskeller.

Gabriel Iglesias Sun. Jan. 30 at 7:00 p.m. Barrymore Theater Notable for making light of racist gift baskets, chocolate cake and his “fluffy” (not fat) stature, Gabriel Iglesias has made quite a name for himself since his first Comedy Central special. While Iglesias made not have as much indie cred as someone like Patton Oswalt or Hannibal Burress, he’s still a pretty damn entertaining stand-up in his own right. The show may be sold out, but Iglesias is definitely worth scanning Craigslist for some deals.

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Odd Future ditches past ways of music distribution Kyle Sparks total awesome

ast week the universally liked-but-not-loved band Cake’s new album, Showroom Of Compassion, became the No. 1 record on the Billboard charts and set a new record in the process—it was the lowest-selling No. 1 record since Billboard charts were created. That’s not exactly the distinction you want flying around your name, but it’s symptomatic of where the music industry is going these days: down. If anyone seemed fit to survive a music industry recession, Cake seemed a likely contender. The target audience for their brand of smooth, hook-laden adult contempo are mostly dads who maybe don’t know how to use the Internet or casual fans who maybe don’t buy enough records to feel compelled to pirate the few songs they care about. But in this case, Cake’s broad appeal wasn’t enough to overcome an apathetic market. The lesson: not even the most universally appreciated major-label bands can put cheese on the table through record sales alone.

Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All are a group of Los Angeles teenagers who probably don’t get enough attention.

But while some (you may remember Lars Ulrich) rue the day the Internet was created and are hell-bent on squeezing every nickel from the series of tubes, other minds are embracing it. Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All are a group of Los Angeles teenagers who probably don’t get enough attention. That includes a lack of attention from the press, sure, but they’re working on that. Rather, OFWGKTA haven’t gotten enough paternal attention. They rap relentlessly about drug abuse, violence and much, much worse; yet until last year none of them were even old enough to vote. A lot of it comes off that way, too: as a gimmick or stunt for attention. They want to be noticed—by their parents, by the media, by anyone. The parent issue likely hits close

to home for the group’s charismatic, goofball leader, Tyler, The Creator (whose 2009 debut album was a loose narrative based around his father-less visits to a psychiatrist, titled Bastard) and his little brother, Earl Sweatshirt (who may or may not be missing). But for all their gruesome imagery, the talent is undeniable. Tyler, The Creator has either rapped on or produced every track released by OFWGKTA, which now fills three mixtapes and seven albums, each available for free download from the group’s Tumblr page. And as accomplished and impressive as Bastard or Earl Sweatshirt’s debut, Earl, might be, their quality is rapidly improving. Tyler’s beats have gotten more fluid, and all of their raps are more grounded and more cohesively strung together. They’re getting older, they’re getting better, and the more confident they become with their own talents, they’re even getting less obscene. I can’t speak to the parental figures of Hodgy Beats, Domo Genesis, Left Brain or any of the others, but I can speak to their similar styles. Odd Future are beyond the stage of being disaffected youth and onto the very, very affected youth stage. They don’t sit back idly waiting for the world to acknowledge them; they grab the world by the hair and, in Tyler, The Creator’s words, take a dookie on the ham. People tend to lump their vulgarisms in a group with shockrap or horror-core dimwits Hollywood Undead because of this obscene quality, while others (OFWGKTA chief among them) say there is a very fundamental difference. I side with the latter mostly because I can appreciate that many of these words (especially to a teenager) are pure semantics and never to be taken literally; but also because I’m a sucker for swag, and these guys have it coming out their ears. Although I don’t implore anyone (least of all my parents) to put the work in to decide for yourselves, I can tell you that many already have. Last week, while Billboard failed to chart anything greater than Cake’s 44,000 units, Odd Future completely sold out an upcoming show in New York. At almost exactly the same time, OFWGKTA were slotted above such reputable underground names as the Rural Alberta Advantage and the Freelance Whales on the poster for this summer’s Coachella

Music Festival. They accomplished all of this without ever charging money for one of their records, but nowadays it’s almost hard to think of them accomplishing the same under conventional record industry practice. Imagine if the thousands of people in New York currently anticipating the OFWGKTA show had been forced to pay for a record by a laughably offensive Los Angeles 16-yearold named Earl Sweatshirt—would they have? And would they still be compelled to go to a concert for his older brother’s rap collective?

We don’t pay for bands to record albums, but we do pay to watch bands that record quality records perform.

To steal a line from Slim Charles, “The music game’s the same, it just got harsher.” Economically, it’s not enough just to release a stellar album anymore—you need to back it up with substance, style and performance. Records still are and always will be an integral component in music consumption, but the capitalist band will do well to align itself with the economic model for athletes. That is: we don’t pay for athletes to practice, but we do pay considerable sums to athletes who perform well in organized contests, which requires practice. The music industry’s reality, then: We don’t pay for bands to record albums, but we do pay to watch bands that record quality records perform. So records are a place for practicing and learning. This is a dilemma for record labels that have made an industry of profiting from other people’s talents. But for bands like Cake, the number of units sold is not more important than the number of relative competitors; and I’ll promise you now that Cake has very little trouble making money on the road in 2011. On the other hand, groups like OFWGKTA can cash their checks at live performances—albums are strictly places to learn, grow and figure out what the heck it is adults are supposed to rap about anyways. If you would like to download Kyle’s column for free, then watch him recite it live, email him at ktsparks@wisc.edu.

photo Courtesy Odd Future

While major label bands still insist on generating income through record sales, bands like Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All use their albums mostly to promote their much-hyped live shows.

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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Trapped in a room with a Rhino...virus

Today’s Sudoku

Evil Bird

Outstanding::The Daily Cardinal alumni.The Daily Cardinal’s very own comic artist alumnus John Kovalic is the illustrator and co-creator of the world-renowned game Apples to Apples.

dailycardinal.com/comics By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu

Hot Sauce

By Oliver Buchino buchino@wisc.edu

Solution, tips and computer program available at www.sudoku.com.

Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9.

Eatin’ Cake

By Dylan Moriarty eatincake@gmail.com

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

Crustaches

By Patrick Remington premington@wisc.edu

By Dan Tollefson dtollefson@wisc.edu

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Washington and the Bear

By Derek Sandberg kalarooka@gmail.com

opinion Goodbye Lieberman, hello real progressivism

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mike kujak opinion columnist

usually have a bit of sympathy for America’s political punching bags. Sometimes frustration with modern politics can lead to unfair accusations of political figures. And while slanderous comments toward political talking heads are not always justified, there is one particular politician who deserves no sympathy. There’s something relieving about hearing that the senior Sen. Joe Lieberman (R-Conn.) will retire rather than seek re-election at the end of his term in 2012. His decision to retire doesn’t technically matter since a re-election would result in a sore loss. Republicans, Democrats and even independents in Connecticut want nothing to do with Lieberman anymore. But despite the triviality of his decision, I’m still excited to have a real progressive elected in Connecticut’s 2012 race. The interesting aspect of all of this is that I actually agree with Lieberman on a lot of issues. If you line him up against most Republicans in Congress, I suspect I’d side with him more often than not. So why do I feel the specific need to lash out toward this little old man? Is it because he’s smug, self-obsessed and has a general ten-

dency to talk out of his ass? No. It’s because he’s a perfect example of how there is zero accountability for the abuse of power in Washington. Few members of Congress have been more vocal of their support than Lieberman for almost every post-Cold War battle America has fought. He supported wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and endorsed the attacks in Iran, Syria and Yemen. It’s become appropriate in today’s political atmosphere to label the Iraq War a considerable mistake. Yet, it’s forbidden to assign any political leader of Lieberman’s status to even a small portion of the blame. Lieberman was also the most vocal opponent of the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks. His staff is linked to persuading companies like Amazon, PayPal, Visa and Master Card to suspend service to the website. He even suggested that the New York Times and other news organizations be investigated for breaking U.S. espionage laws solely because they reported on what the documents revealed. These are both examples of Lieberman’s abuse of power in his position as Homeland Security Chairman and seat on the Committee of Armed Services. He’s tried to dictate which websites private companies should be allowed to host, and more importantly, what users should have access to on the Internet. Lieberman also has a wonderful history in backward bipartisanship. He has had no problem reaching across the aisle to join President Bush in

throwing government money to religious organizations. Lieberman has been more than happy to deprive Democrats of the votes needed to pass a single-payer option for the universal health-care law. He’s even been generous enough to throw out his support for Republicans in 2008 by supporting Sarah Palin as vice president through statements that said “everyone should listen to Sarah Palin.” But despite his incredibly disappointing tenure in office, Lieberman chose to end his career in the most annoying manner possible. He played a significant role in repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell near the end of last year, leaving his position with a bang. Repealing the act was something I didn’t believe Congress could do, but with Lieberman’s seemingly noble efforts they were able to pull it off. But a few righteous acts toward the end of his long and bloody career do not justify the praise handed out by U.S. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D- Nev.) and Vice President Joe Biden. They continue to label Sen. Lieberman as a “Democratic hero.” But I just don’t see it. Instead I see the face of political corruption and abusive power on Capitol Hill. A face that certainly won’t be missed. Mike Kujak is a sophomore with an undeclared major. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

Are Republicans the ‘Party of No’? Not really Matt beaty opinion columnist

ast week’s House vote to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as ObamaCare, was called fruitless and wholly symbolic by pundits and Democrats. The editorial pages and shows have been covering this topic extensively. Basically, the general consensus is that the repeal has as much of a chance of passing as the Cubs have of winning the World Series. And by all accounts, this is a fair assessment of the situation. Even though the repeal will inevitably be a failure, a loss should not discourage Republicans too much. After all, repeal efforts have riled up Republicans’ conservative base as well as its growing libertarian constituents. Most importantly, they have shown Republican constituents that they have not forgotten the major reason they were sent to Congress last election: This will play to the Republican favor in 2012. While outlooks appear grim, Republicans should not stop working just because they have satisfied their base. They should continue to support a repeal vote in the Senate, accept its inevitable failure and focus on passing legislation that advances their health care agenda that has a larger chance of passing in Congress. Regardless of what the media and Democrats say, the Republican party is

not solely a “party of no.” In fact, many Republicans, from Congressman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., to Congressman Ron Paul, R-Tex., have valuable input in the health care debate. For instance, a Republican plan to reform medical litigation would reduce the number of frivolous lawsuits, leading to lower costs and fewer redundant medical tests. This is an area that President Obama has challenged Democrats to work with Republicans on, and it is a challenge that politicians can easily rise up to. This type of bipartisanship is just one of the ideas Republicans conveyed during the original debates, an idea that was ignored by the Pelosi and Reid Congress. Another Republican proposal called for educating patients about when to consult a clinic for non-emergency purposes instead of emergency rooms. This addresses a long-standing problem that has wasted government dollars and precious time in emergency rooms across the nation. If Republicans propose such commonsense initiatives, they may be able to gather bipartisan support and bolster their credibility at the same time. Further hopes of bipartisanship lie in a recent executive order. Obama called for a review of government regulations in hopes of easing the burden on businesses. This is a rare point of agreement for the president and Republicans. If they work together, I am sure they will find examples of these regulations throughout the myriad of comprehensive reform bills from the last Congress. In the coming months, Republicans and Obama should

parse through the legislation to find such regulation. One obvious example is the 1099 tax filing requirement that burdens business with even more IRS paperwork. Luckily, Republicans have already introduced legislation that will repeal this provision, and Obama has already expressed support for it in his State of the Union address Tuesday night. So the Republicans have a strategic choice to make in this Congress. Will they be a roadblock to improvement? Or will they begin to put forth positive reforms that will help patients and lower costs? For the sake of improvement over stagnation, I hope they choose the latter. The Republicans have a lot to offer, and I hope they step up and show the American people that fact. Don’t get me wrong. I still support repealing ObamaCare. It’s unconstitutional to mandate that all citizens purchase health insurance and it’s wrong to tell insurance companies how to spend their money, who to cover and how to charge for their services. Along with increased taxes and empty promises for lower costs, the law’s blatant breach of freedom is the main reason I still want to see a full repeal. But unless there is a Republican president and majority throughout Congress, the repeal cannot happen. So until then, Republicans should pick their battles wisely, make positive reforms and, as Cubs fans always say, “Wait ‘til next year” to see if a full repeal is still necessary. I bet it will be. Matt Beaty is a sophomore majoring in math and computer science. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

Paul Ryan relays hope to Republicans matt payne opinion columnist

fter President Obama delivered his State of the Union address Tuesday night, all eyes turned to Wisconsin’s own Rep. Paul Ryan for the Republican response. Ryan, a Janesville native, has become an increasingly important player in the national political scene. The reason for his meteoric rise is simple: he represents the future of the conservative movement. Perhaps one of the biggest reasons for Ryan’s popularity is that he sees what President Bush failed to see, and what, thus far, President Obama has chosen to ignore. Ryan understands that this country is headed down a perilous fiscal path, one that will devastate America unless something drastic is done to correct it.

Perhaps one of the biggest reasons for Ryan’s popularity is that he sees what President Bush failed to see.

“Our nation is approaching a tipping point,” Ryan said in his response Tuesday night. “If we continue down our current path, we know what our future will be.” Ryan states our future will be similar to many European countries, where the national debt exceeds the Gross Domestic Product. For example, Greece, Spain and Ireland have resorted to austerity measures to solve their systemic fiscal problems. The result has been endless civil unrest and broken economies. Ryan understands avoiding the fate of these countries is among the most important issues facing our generation. Not only does Ryan understand what is among the most important issues facing our country, he understands that solving these problems will not be easy. According to moneywatch.com, our national debt rises $3.8 billion every day. Since you began reading this article, the national debt has increased $2.5 million. It will soon eclipse our GDP, the entire output of our economy. We have billions of dollars of unfunded liabilities like Social Security, which according to the Congressional Budget Office will run dry by the time most college students reach the age of 47. Of course the current situation was not the result of Obama and the Democrat-controlled Congress alone. For too long Republicans, along with Bush, focused on the intent of their fiscal policies rather than the consequences of them. Ryan is changing all that. As the new chair of the House Budget Committee, Ryan has made it his priority to reduce the national debt and pass a budget—items the previous Congress failed to do.

Furthermore, he has made it his mission to reduce the size and scope of the federal government.

He lacks a certain sense of egotism which plagues our current political climate.

“We are at a moment, where if government’s growth is left unchecked and unchallenged, America’s best century will be considered our past century,” Ryan said Tuesday, echoing the sentiment Americans expressed last November, “Depending on bureaucracy to foster innovation, competitiveness and wise consumer choices has never worked—and it won’t work now.” Yet what sets Ryan apart from other conservative leaders aren’t just his views on key political issues. Rather, he lacks a certain sense of egotism which plagues our current political climate. He not only listens to constituents, but does his best to help them. I have met many UW students and alumni who have told me what Paul Ryan has done for them personally. Today, many politicians care what their constituents think, but only as long as these opinions are beneficial to their political ambitions. Moreover, when asked about running for president, Ryan is famous for replying, “My head isn’t big enough, and my kids are too small.” Having political ambition is not necessarily a bad thing, but when it gets in the way of offering solutions to fix America’s problems it becomes a distraction. In contrast, Rep. Michele Bachmann’s response to Obama’s address did nothing but further her own political aspirations at the expense of the Tea Party. Although she may have been asked by some Tea Party group to speak, she should have let a true, local Tea Party leader give a response. Instead she allowed the media to focus the attention on herself rather than what the Tea Party had to say.

Wisconsin is truly fortunate to have a leader like Ryan representing Republicans in Washington.

Ryan is no doubt a leader who will continue to play a large role in the conservative movement. His ability to communicate complex issues, his deep respect for constituents and his passion for solving America’s fiscal troubles make him an example that other conservatives should follow. Wisconsin is truly fortunate to have a leader like Ryan representing Republicans in Washington. Matt Payne is a junior majoring in Chinese and economics. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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HBO reminds us all why we fell in love with sports as children Nico Savidge

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he fourth episode of HBO’s “24/7 Penguins/ Capitals: Road to the NHL Winter Classic” was bittersweet for hockey fans and anyone who loves great television. Sweet in the sense that it was a brilliant piece of filmmaking, the best of the series and an episode that told the story not only of one game but of an entire sport. Bitter because it was the series’ final installment, the last chance the hockey world will have—for an indefinite amount of time—to get unprecedented access to the game. Those four episodes of “24/7” were a great promotional tool for hockey, the best since the introduction of the Winter Classic. To a lifelong hockey fanatic, the more casual sports fan or an HBO viewer who loves the channel’s high-quality programming, “24/7” was a treasure. The show did a fantastic job explaining hockey without seeming condescending; bringing the uninitiated into a species of fandom that is incredibly difficult to enter while not offending the diehards. HBO let everyone appreciate and learn hockey from the inside, and in that sense gave the sport a fantastic platform with which to gain new fans. The best way “24/7” did so was by showing how hockey fans—a group often thought to be completely different from those of other sports—fall in love with their game the same way other fans do. In the series finale, “24/7” breaks from the NHL action to profile an outdoor pond skating rink near Washington, D.C. As the camera shows the innumerable young players on the ice, narrator Liev Schreiber says, “It’s the kind of place a kid learns how to play the sport, and then, how to be consumed by it.”

To a lifelong hockey fanatic, the more casual sports fan or an HBO viewer who loves the channel’s high- quality programming, “24/7” was a treasure.

For many Americans, such a moment connected with their own memories of growing to love sports, hockey or otherwise, in their childhood. Many students at this university grew up in the Great Lakes region, where they learned to play—and love—hockey on the countless frozen lakes and ponds the same way so many NHL players did. But for others who didn’t have hockey growing up, it showed the way it creates the same kind of obsession and love they felt for another sport as children. My upbringing in Berkeley, Calif., offered no opportunities

to lace up the skates and play hockey for hours on the frozen rink a few blocks from my house. It barely gave me a chance to skate at all, with just one rink in the entire town (a rink that has been closed for years because it used 70-year-old refrigeration technology that leaked toxic levels of ammonia). But what California did offer was a year-round baseball season, and the memories “24/7” explored on that outdoor rink were a lot like the ones my brother and I have of playing Wiffle Ball in our backyard. The same way a kid who grew up in Minnesota or Wisconsin can tell you all about what it was like to skate outside, I can talk for hours about our countless outdoor games and dizzyingly intricate set of rules.

Seeing the love those players have for the game reminded me of the love I had for baseball.

It’s no coincidence, then, that someone who grew up playing hockey outside would become enthralled with that game and I ended up obsessed with baseball. And although I don’t follow that game as much as I used to (it’s been replaced with hockey), I still have the “love for the game” about which so many sappy sports columns and books have been written. The only reason I made that connection—between my endless Wiffle Ball games and the pond hockey contests kids in this region enjoyed—was because of “24/7”’s brilliant ability to draw such a parallel. Seeing the love those players have for the game reminded me of the love I had for baseball. It’s likely “24/7” did the same for countless other fans. Maybe it will show someone who grew up playing football in the street or basketball in their driveway that the ties they have to those sports are the same as those hockey fans have. Maybe it will remind them of their games and the reasons they fell in love with their sports. Maybe “24/7” gave them a taste of that childlike enthusiasm for hockey. Maybe they’ll watch hockey more, or go to a game, or teach their kids to play. Clearly, HBO’s fantastic filmmaking was a great thing for the NHL, and all sports fans should hope they return for another indepth profile of hockey next year or sooner. Another season would offer hockey fans one more chance to nerd out and see the game from on the ice, but could also expose a new group of viewers to how great of a sport hockey is. And best of all, it could grow the sport’s presence in places that hadn’t thought about it before. What did you think of “24/7?” E-mail Nico at nicosavidge@ gmail.com.

Men’s Hockey

photo courtesy Benilde- St. margaret’s School

Wisconsin men’s hockey recruit Patrick Daly, a standout player from St. Louis Park, Minn., will enter collegiate hockey directly from the Benilde-St. Margaret’s Senior High School where he leads his team with a +36 rating.

Minn. recruit ready to bring ‘Daly Show’ to UW By Ryan Evans the daily cardinal

ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn.— Recruiting is a hit or miss type of game. Coaches really have to rely on hope, trying to find the right kid who fits what the program is about and hope the player finds success. For Wisconsin hockey head coach Mike Eaves, this means finding payers of good character and players who are ready to come to Madison and give him their best efforts, leaving it all on the ice. Wisconsin’s most recent commitment came from Patrick Daly, a 6'0" 185 lb. senior prep defenseman from Benilde-St. Margaret’s high school in Minnesota. Daly is expected to arrive in Madison next fall for the 2011-’12 season as a true freshman, and by all accounts he is exactly the type of kid that Coach Eaves and the Badgers are looking for, both as a player, and as an individual. Benilde’s head coach Ken Pauly is definitely impressed with Daly both as a player and a man off the ice. “He is a good character kid,” Pauly said. “He goes to school, he is good with his teammates and his classmates, and he’s not full of himself at all. He really fits the bill for what Wisconsin is looking for.” “You won’t have problems with Mike Eaves if you work your butt off and go to school, and I don’t think Patrick Daly will have any problem with that,” he added. In Pauly’s eyes, one of the true showings of Daly’s character came last year during his junior season when Daly suffered a broken leg, forcing him to miss all but the last 10 games of the season. Pauly said that it was a real tes-

tament to Daly’s work ethic that he was able to return for those final ten games. “He went about his rehab religiously but never once complained,” Pauly said. “He was at practice everyday, and was never a downer about the situation he was in.” Pauly’s also praised the type of player Patrick has become, comparing his game to that of Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Paul Martin. “He’s not a real offensive guy and he’s not overly physical, but can ride people off the puck,” Pauly said. “He takes time and space away and has great skating ability, and uses that to run people down and rarely gets beat one on one.” Daly describes himself as a “puckmoving defenseman that can get the puck onto the forwards stick, while playing solid defense as well,” a model of recent Badger blue liners like Jake Gardiner, Justin Schultz and Brendan Smith. On the season so far Daly has three goals and 22 assists, and leads the team with a +36 rating. In BSM’s 12-0 win over St. Louis Park on Jan. 13, Daly proved himself as a solid defensive defenseman who is not afraid to jump into the play, and he is confident with the puck on his stick. He possesses great vision on the ice as well, as evidenced by two of his four assists on the night when he was able to make crisp, tape-to-tape passes to teammates through traffic. That night, he led his team with a +6 rating for the game. Daly made his decision to attend Wisconsin following a campus visit a few weekends ago. He turned down scholarship offers from NebraskaOmaha and Minnesota-Duluth in

favor of becoming a Badger. For a player who is interested in pursuing medical school one day, academics played just as big of a role as hockey in Daly’s decision. “You have to go to school for both of them,” Daly said. During his visit to Madison, Daly was blown away by the passion for the program that he witnessed from everyone involved with Wisconsin hockey, something he said reaffirmed that he was making the right decision to play for the Badgers. “Everybody is just so dedicated at Wisconsin,” he said. “You can tell that their heart and soul is in Badger hockey and that really mattered to me when I was trying to pick a place.” As a true freshman next season, Daly will go straight from playing high school hockey to playing in the tough WCHA, a transition that Daly is looking forward to making. “It will probably be a bumpy start but I think that I can make the jump,” Daly said. “I will obviously have to earn playing time, but I want to be in that top core of defenseman and help the team succeed the best that I can.” According to Pauly, when it comes to recruiting, it is a matter of fitting a player with a coaching staff. He believes that Patrick Daly is just the type of player that Coach Eaves and the rest of the Wisconsin coaches are looking for every year. From what I saw, I have to agree. Daly should be a great addition to the team, and Badger hockey fans should be excited about what this kid will bring to the Kohl Center next fall.

Former Badger hockey standout Michael Davies voices his opinon on professional basketball:

“How do u stop espn from putting all NBA highlights on top 10? Lockout. I hope there’s a 5 year lockout” @MikeGDavies.