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Speaker choice sparks debate across campus By Kelsey Gunderson The Daily Cardinal

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William Tracy, chair of the University Committee, said at the Faculty Senate meeting Monday that the Faculty Senate’s support for the bill may help it pass in the state Assembly.

Faculty Senate supports exempting non-state-funded staff from furloughs By Estephany Escobar The Daily Cardinal

The UW-Madison Faculty Senate voted Monday to support a state bill that would exempt non-statefunded university employees from state-imposed furloughs. The existing furlough system, created by an executive order from Gov. Jim Doyle, requires most state employees to take 16 days of unpaid leave in an effort to reduce budget deficits. The Smart Furlough Bill, which

was reintroduced into the state budget proposal last year by state Rep. Kelda Helen Roys, D-Madison, aims to increase the state’s savings from the furloughs by exempting university employees who are not paid with state funds, such as researchers funded by federal grants. According to the Faculty Senate resolution, proponents of the bill say it would allow UW-Madison to invest more money in research funding rather than pay for state furloughs. Jack O’Meara, legislative represen-

tative for the Public Representation Organization of the Faculty Senate, said the resolution could get the attention of state lawmakers who have opposed the bill in the past. “Hopefully it will ... bring some attention to it, to the fact that it is important to the faculty, it’s important to the university,” he said. According to O’Meara, some public employee unions in the state oppose the bill because they faculty senate page 3

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UW-Madison will host a controversial speaker on Islam and feminism Tuesday who has stirred significant debate among students and faculty on campus. Tuesday’s speaker, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who has publicly rejected many aspects of Islamic culture, was chosen in December by a student committee to speak as part of the Wisconsin Union’s HIRSI ALI Distinguished Lecture Series. The committee’s decision to bring Hirsi Ali to campus, however, has caused some concern from the UW-Madison Muslim

Student Association. “We are disappointed that university funds are being used to fund such a speaker,” MSA President Rashid Dar said. Dar said although he acknowledges that Hirsi Ali is entitled to her own beliefs, he is afraid her lecture will leave students with the wrong message about Muslims in America. “That leaves a suspicion of Muslims, a hatred of Muslims, a prejudice against Muslims that in the end can become a slippery slope that can lead to many things,” he said. Reid Tice, director of the DLS committee, said UW-Madison does not take a stance on any of the DLS speakers and that the goal of bringing Hirsi Ali to campus was to spark discussion among hirsi ali page 3

Plan Commission discusses future proposals for downtown By Maggie DeGroot The Daily Cardinal

The city’s Plan Commission met Monday night to continue discussions about future renovations to the downtown area, including Broom Street and State Street. Bill Fruhling, principal planner of the Plan Commission, said the main concern facing the renovation process was maintaining a cohesive working and living atmosphere downtown while protecting the natural scenery of the Capitol and the lakes. The committee shared design

summaries and land-use plans that aim to conserve the character of West Washington Avenue as a “gateway to the Capitol.” The most significant suggestions involved altering building heights around West Mifflin Street, North Brooks Street and Hamilton Street. In the building plan, the structures on South Hamilton Street toward Lake Monona would be four to six stories high, allowing the taller buildings near the downtown page 3

Assembly speaker admits dating lobbyist By Ariel Shapiro The Daily Cardinal

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Wisconsin men’s hockey head coach Mike Eaves and women’s hockey interim head coach Tracey DeKeyser get ready to test out the new ice at Camp Randall Stadium Monday afternoon.

After recently admitting to dating a payday loan lobbyist, state Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan, D-Janesville, said his relationship with the lobbyist will not influence the strength of SHERIDAN pending payday loan legislation. Rebekah Sweeney, Sheridan’s spokesperson, said Sheridan has been dating a payday loan lobbyist whom he declined to identify. Sheridan filed for divorce in October. According to Sweeney, three lawmakers—state Reps. Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh, Jason Fields, D-Milwaukee, and Donna Seidel, D-Wausau, are working with

Sheridan on legislation that addresses payday loan regulations. Despite questions about whether and in what way the legislation might be affected, Sweeney said Sheridan is working tirelessly to get a cohesive bill to the floor. “Earlier in the year he sat down with different members who had different positions on the bill,” she said. “He formed a work group to sort of meld those ideas and create a bill that could get 50 votes and pass out of the Assembly.” Sweeney said Sheridan’s personal relationships will not affect his commitment to his responsibilities in the Assembly. “He restated today that nothing in his personal life has or will impact his work as speaker or as representative to his district,” she said. sheridan page 3

“…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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check received two days after (The most inconvenient day of the month). 2. UTILITIES RESIDENT agrees to pay all utilities on the premises, except: (Just kidding, you’re on your own). 3. PARKING If the RESIDENT is assigned a parking space, it will be located at (The intersection with the highest rate of lurking sex offenders and bricks through car windows, at least ﬁve blocks away). 4. HOUSE RULES All RESIDENTS, especially FEMALE RESIDENTS, must notify the OWNER of the times during the week when they are to shower, bathe or walk around in a towel, just so that the OWNER knows for the planning of weekly inspection checks. Any food or beverage found on a plate or in a glass is subject to immediate consumption by the OWNER so as to avoid infestation problems. If insect or rodent infestation does occur, the RESIDENT must agree to trap, catch or kill the vermin, but not to keep them as pets. Because the OWNER is the OWNER, the bathroom will be available for the OWNER’s use, but

only under the circumstances that a 24-minute notice has been issued. In case of emergencies, the 24-minute notice rule will be disregarded. 5. PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Any problem with the heat, stove, outlets, pipes, doors or windows will result in a game of phone tag lasting at least six days, at which point the OWNER reserves any and all rights to insult the RESIDENT’s ability to properly use the stove or appliances or open a door. RESIDENT must agree to allow the OWNER, however intoxicated he may be, to enter the premises within one week of the issued complaint, day or night. 6. NOISE Any noise that sounds like wrestling, struggling animals or what could be considered a noise similar to wrestling or struggling animals must be reported to the OWNER immediately, with apartment number and number/location of open shades included. 7. DESTRUCTION OF PREMISES Throughout the lease, any destruction to the premises by the

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Neumann reports $1M less than Walker on hand for 2010 By Alison Dirr The Daily Cardinal

Candidates for the 2010 election season finalized reports Monday detailing their campaign finances as of December 2009. Former Congressman Mark Neumann, one of two major Republican candidates for governor, has more than $974,000 on hand going into 2010. Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker, the other major Republican in the race, has nearly $2 million on hand, according to a statement. “There will be more outside spending, and that will drown out the message the candidates themselves are trying to get out.” Jay Heck director Common Cause in Wisconsin

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, the leading Democrat in the gubernatorial race, has $1.5 million on hand, according to a statement. “I suspect some of the others may be at peaks at this point, while we’re gaining momentum daily and expect to overtake them,” Neumann said. Neumann said getting informa-

hirsi ali from page 1 students and faculty. “Without the controversy, not that many people would pay attention, so it’s a trade-off,” he said. “But it has worked out well in terms of getting people to pay attention to what the committee feels is an important issue.” Tice added that many UW-Madison organizations have

faculty senate from page 1 say all state employees should be treated the same and have the same furlough. University Committee Chair William Tracy said the Faculty Senate’s support could serve as a recommendation for the Assembly Labor Committee when it votes on the bill. According to O’Meara, if the bill passes, the state would save around $9 million currently used for state furloughs. “We are rejecting some money by doing this and, especially in a time of economic downturn, you need as much money as you can fuel in the economy,” he said. The Assembly is expected to vote on the bill within the next few weeks.

sheridan from page 1 Kristin Ruesch, communications director of the Republican Party of Wisconsin, said she is concerned about Sheridan’s relationship. “In the spirit of Wisconsin ethics rules, the appearance of impropriety exists, and the voters of Wisconsin deserve to know that there was an instance of impropriety,” Ruesch said. “That’s why

tion out about his campaign platform is more important than finances. “The goal is to communicate the message that we have the ability to bring jobs back to the state of Wisconsin,” he said. Jay Heck, director of Common Cause in Wisconsin, a nonpartisan campaign finance reform group, said the dynamics of state campaigns may shift after the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that reduced restrictions on corporations’ campaign contributions. Heck estimated that spending in the gubernatorial race could top $50 million, beating the current record of $35 million spent in 2006. Although increased funding may benefit candidates in some respects, he said, this change could also present challenges. “There will be more outside spending, and that will drown out the message the candidates themselves are trying to get out,” Heck said. Neumann said the majority of his campaign contributions come from small donations, and he said he hopes corporations do not take advantage of the Supreme Court decision. “[I hope] special interest groups stay out of the state of Wisconsin altogether and let us run our campaign,” he said. co-sponsored Hirsi Ali’s visit to campus, which has generated even more discussions about the issue. “There are a lot of groups that do support her for a lot of different reasons, and that is something we don’t think we could have gotten with a less controversial person,” he said. Dar said although he is still against Hirsi Ali coming to campus, he and many other members of MSA will still attend Tuesday’s event. Textbook costs Associated Students of Madison Academic Affairs Committee Chair Jonah Zinn also provided views on the rising price of textbooks at the meeting Monday. According to Zinn, 48 percent of students have refrained from buying textbooks in the past, reducing students’ quality of education and hindering professors’ ability to teach classes. “We believe that this is not just a student issue, we believe this requires a student impact in response to the issue,” Zinn said. Some faculty members proposed rental programs, posting book lists early and reducing the number of required new textbook editions as possible solutions to the problem. it’s important that we look at this more closely.” State Rep. Kelda Helen Roys, D-Madison, a member of the committee handling the payday loan legislation, said she is confident a strong bill will come forward with bipartisan support. The Democratic Party of Wisconsin and Assembly Minority Leader Jeff Fitzgerald, R-Horicon, declined to comment.

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Principal Planner Bill Fruhling said Monday he hopes to maintain the existing mixture of buildings on State Street.

Capitol to maintain lake views. Buildings in the West Mifflin Street and North Bassett Street area would be three to four stories high, with the possibility to expand to six stories in alternative plans. Fruhling said maintaining wide terraces and canopy trees downtown would also enhance the visual atmosphere. He said the renovated areas will maintain the same uses they have served for the past 20 years as communal space and popular living areas. “In these plans, the residential areas are still residential areas,” he said. For State Street, Fruhling said he wishes to keep its current mixture of retail, residential, entertainment and office aspects. Ald. Julia Kerr, District 13, said she had concerns about the number of bars in the State Street area. She said the high number of bars is a “threat to the character and well-being” of State Street because of their dominance over local shops. The committee will soon continue discussing possible renovations affecting all areas of campus, and particularly the Mifflin Street area.

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Hirsi Ali lecture will only breed fear Rashid Dar MUSLIM STUDENTS ASSOCIATION

“When I was asked for my opinion, I explained that Islam was like a mental cage. At ﬁrst, when you open the door, the caged bird stays inside: it is frightened. It has internalized its imprisonment. It takes time for the bird to escape, even after someone has opened the doors to its cage.” –Ayaan Hirsi Ali In an e-mail sent to the UW Muslim Students Association (MSA) on behalf of Dean of Students Lori Berquam regarding the Wisconsin Union Directorate’s Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS) committee’s decision to bring controversial anti-Islam writer and speaker Ayaan Hirsi Ali, author of “Inﬁdel,” it was claimed that “the campus does not support the marginalizing or stigmatizing of any groups. Rather, we hope that these kinds of events promote dialogue in an effort to grow and learn.” That’s funny. I didn’t know the University had such a keen sense of humor. I will be clear: Bringing Ms. Hirsi Ali on behalf of DLS was a mistake. Why? The university provides DLS with the funding it uses to bring the speakers it brings (which, I needn’t remind you, comes in large part from us). These speakers are presumably speakers who “challenge norms and ideals.” I agree with that philosophy, and wholeheartedly so.

And you know, I can totally see how Ms. Hirsi Ali does this. Tonight, you may go and watch her speak before a packed Union Theater. And there you will learn about the barbarism, the backwardness and the all-out monstrosity of Muslims all around the world. And then you’ll be told that the reason for all this is because of Islamic teachings! This ﬁts your warped preconceptions perfectly! This will make you feel smart, like you knew it all along. Who doesn’t like the occasional pseudo-intellectual high?

I will be clear: Bringing Ms. Hirsi Ali on behalf of DLS was a mistake.

Then you’ll go home, maybe throw down a brat for dinner. Who doesn’t like brats? Then it’ll hit you...Do they hate our brats too? You will now get suspicious. Maybe your token Muslim friend, “Mo,” shouldn’t be trusted with just everything. You may find yourself viewing him as a threat, as an “other”––and maybe you’ll forget to invite him to your birthday party next week. He doesn’t drink anyway; he’s kind of a loser. Do you see where this all leads? From confirmed suspicions to subconscious prejudices and finally to hatred––a need to do something ‘bout dem dere Mozlemz. You may now be wondering if the Muslims here at UW are furious, ready

to burn down the nearest McDonald’s. I can assure you we are not. If anything, we’re disappointed because as Badgers we hold ourselves to a higher standard. Now, you’re not going to hear that the MSA does good things like help sponsor several orphans every year. That we held our Ramadan program in collaboration with UW-Hillel. That we attempt to educate the campus community through our Islam Awareness Week program every year. Or, most importantly, that we provide great numbers of Muslim students with a relaxed and open forum to discuss their lives as college students, as the sons and daughters of immigrants, as converts to the faith, as brothers and sisters linked by a common belief that there is no god but God and that Muhammad is His Last Messenger. Instead, Ms. Hirsi Ali’s not-so-subtle takeaway message will be: Fear the Islamic threat. I can totally see how this deﬁnitely “challenges norms and ideals” by bringing a speaker who works to erase from our collective memory the positive progress made by Muslims worldwide, who still remain deeply committed to their faith. So the next time the Ofﬁces of the Dean of Students e-mails me underscoring its commitment to “promote dialogue in an effort to grow and learn,” I’m not sure they’ll actually mean it. But hey, maybe next year they’ll use our segregated fees to bring Fred Phelps! On Wisconsin! Rashid Dar is the President of the UW Muslim Students Association. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

DLS speaker deserves to be heard By Jamie Stark and Matt Payne THE DAILY CARDINAL

“While I disagree with what you have to say, I will defend to the death your right to say it.” Through death and a French accent, Voltaire’s support of the freedom of speech rings quite pertinently today at UW-Madison. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, feminist activist and author of “Inﬁdel,” will speak today as part of the long-standing Distinguished Lecture Series sponsored by the Wisconsin Union. Her voice and life story should not be excluded from the marketplace of ideas because her narrative is controversial. Her opinion should not be silenced because her ideas may offend some or are seen as a particularly inﬂammatory subject in an oversensitive society. If we tried to ensure no one was offended before speaking, no one would be able to talk. In this country we hold the freedom of speech among our most valued principles. Freedom of speech fueled a revolution and has sustained our democracy as a critical part of our national identity. The university should be a bastion of free speech and open dialogue. Whether mainstream or dissenting, whether offensive or purely entertaining, all viewpoints should be tolerated, if not encouraged. UW Professor Donald Downs, a First Amendment scholar, was kind enough to discuss how Ali’s speech represents freedom of speech in action. “The university is a place where all

ideas should be openly discussed and debated. And there can’t be any exceptions to that. Otherwise someone would have to decide what’s appropriate, what’s not, and we can’t allow that to happen.” The campus has hosted other feminist speakers in the past who criticized what they consider patriarchal aspects of society. Whether about Christianity, Islam or the government’s maternity leave policy, such debate is critical to a ﬂourishing democracy. Hearing new viewpoints opens the door to discussion, and often solutions. “People that strongly disagree with [Hirsi Ali’s] positions have every right in the world to stand up during the Q and A and tell her why,” said Downs. “Rather than being some big deal, these kinds of speakers should be par for the course here.” An activist like Hirsi Ali, who will discuss her own life story, not advocate violence or extremism, contributes exceptionally to the marketplace of ideas by sparking campus-wide discussion. If a well-known anti-Catholic came to speak in Madison, many Catholics would undoubtedly oppose the content of the speech and would not be expected to attend. If a pro-life speaker came, the same could be said of the pro-choice community. The freedom to not hear a viewpoint is as inalienable as the freedom to express one. However, one’s personal offense toward a particular topic cannot override another person’s right to discuss it. In the case of Hirsi Ali, her viewpoint, no matter how controversial, is one that she has every right to share,

just as those who oppose her opinions have every right to share their own. Words are not like physical violence—if you disagree with a message, you can close your ears and walk away. More importantly, you can speak out against any idea you oppose by contributing your rebuttal to the dialogue. Admittedly, being denied the right to speak as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series would not silence Hirsi Ali. She could visit Madison and speak in a different forum. Her work is published in books and shared all over the Internet. That said, the student-led DLS committee decided to invite her in the name of free speech, and limiting their choices for who they can bring in to speak would damage the intellectual conversation on campus. Protecting and furthering free speech is an active, sometimes painful process. Democracy is not kept alive by inviting the most comforting speakers and least controversial ideas. Democracy and the community of ideas developed here at UW are advanced by this type of dialogue—speakers and ideas that garner attendance, start conversations and even inspire newspaper articles. Downs would add the consideration of one more person’s thoughts on the issue. “Think of the courage it takes for [Hirsi Ali] to do what she’s doing. To stand up in the face of death threats and speak for truth. That’s certainly worthy of great respect, whether you agree or not.” Jamie Stark and Matt Payne are sophomore columnists for The Daily Cardinal. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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grad school not in doomsday scenario

he academic staff ad hoc committee recently released a report analyzing the current state of UWMadison’s graduate school and the Administration’s restructuring proposal. Written by seven members of a world-class research institution, the report’s conclusion was fitting: Show us more evidence. After interviewing and surveying staff members from all echelons of the grad school, the committee found several problems, especially in grants management and federal regulation compliance. However, it “heard no compelling argument” for the Administration’s proposed restructuring, which called for, among other changes, splintering the grad school’s current chain of command into research and graduate education branches and ending a tradition of natural interaction. That’s probably not what provost Paul DeLuca and Chancellor Biddy Martin wanted to hear after their vigorous campaign of PowerPoint lectures this fall stressing the imminent financial threats of continuing the status quo. Instead, the committee’s report recommended “the immediate formation of a committee to conduct an overarching system-wide needs analysis” to be completed by Halloween 2010, a fitting date given the scare tactics DeLuca used all semester to convince hesitant faculty members to sign on to an ambiguous proposal.

Stop the doomsday lectures about near-misses and let the system of shared governance bring about change.

For DeLuca and Martin, the committee’s report should hammer home a lesson the two fledgling UW administrators should have learned this fall while attempting to pacify criticism to a solution perceived by many as rushed, alarmist and worst of all, under-researched. Successfully changing the decentralized and complex grad school structure will require input and consent from all key university players. Committee member Jenny Dahlberg summed up staff reaction well. “I fear the provost either neglected to articulate or to consider the potential negative consequences a restructuring could have on both our national research and graduate school rankings.” Indeed, it’s hard to see how the Administration’s proposal could directly address many

of the biggest problems with the current structure. The committee’s supporting documents, for example, note that UW’s Research and Sponsored Programs division—responsible for processing and managing UW’s $1 billion in research grants—is egregiously understaffed, handling more than twice the grants per employee as the average Big Ten university. Apparently the Administration was willing to budget $600,000 for a grandiose new hierarchy, but not to hire several desperately needed grant managers. The best thing for Martin and DeLuca to do now is back off. Stop the doomsday lectures about near-misses and let the system DELUCA of shared governance bring about change. It may seem frustratingly slow, but it is bound to be more effective and produced by those who know the system best: faculty and staff. Changing a university system that affects thousands of employees and students must be a gradual and inclusive process. Just ask UW’s own Administrative Process Redesign (APR) project. If DeLuca and Martin had, they would have learned that APR has been working with faculty, staff and administrators across the campus for more than a year to analyze, of all things, structural problems in the grants management process. APR’s small staff has even implemented several solutions, including cutting the average time for setting up a grant from 113 days to just 19, saving UW-Madison millions of dollars. APR is currently working on three other projects related to improving grants management, and yet, the organization and its contributions went almost unmentioned throughout the restructuring scuffle last semester. If DeLuca and Martin really want effective and fast changes that will be supported by faculty and staff, their best bet would be to tap into APR as much as possible. APR already has an infrastructure and effective ideology for changing complex problems, as well as a wealth of street cred among university staffers for its inclusivity and commitment to solving root problems without targeting individuals. Another ad hoc committee is set to present its findings sometime in the next two weeks, but chances are they too will need more time to find real solutions. Put the PowerPoints away and let’s try giving this shared governance thing a try.

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Lorrie Moore’s third collection of short stories begins with an epigraph, “It is not news that we live in a world / Where beauty is unexplainable / And suddenly ruined / And has its own routines. We are often far / From home in a dark town, and our griefs / Are difficult to translate into a language / Understood by others.” In “Birds of America,” people become the birds, and their unexplainable beauty, routines and mistakes become objects of study.

What makes Moore’s gloomy storylines bearable, and actually pleasurable to experience are her wit and humor.

Moore’s stories present grief in its many forms and species, featuring characters with universal fears and weaknesses. These people are small characters. They’re everyday people with uninteresting and unimportant lives. Moore does not write to create fantasies or thrilling tales that readers long to escape to. Instead, she chronicles the common birds of America in

JUSTIN STEPHANI j.j. dilla ince the infamous “wardrobe malfunction” in 2004, there has been a significant shift in the direction of Super Bowl halftime performances. The trend is obvious in the six years since: Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, Prince, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Bruce Springsteen, and now the Who. Take your choice of adjectives: careful, cautious, conservative, symbolic. I don’t think it is possible to find any older, more widely accepted and anodyne performers than Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen. With Michael Jackson’s epic “Heal the World” performance in 1993, the ’80s are pretty covered. Yet Prince was definitely a bold post-wardrobe malfunction choice, so maybe there’s a shot. Lastly, the ’90s didn’t produce too many artists with enough longevity to warrant such a grand stage, as evidenced by No Doubt’s appearance in 2003. Maybe some Blues Traveler. I bet John Popper could bring the house down when the Super Bowl returns to the Super Dome in Louisiana. Just an idea to run around with. Instead, ’90s pop stars took their chance and blew it. Aerosmith helped ’N Sync, Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige and Nelly for a show that put the latter three in the background, felt short (sweet!) and chose both of the show’s stars just past their peak. Perfect. Then U2 followed in 2002 with a 9/11 tribute. Touching, but U2 are Irish. Damn. Kind of ruins the effect for me. The following year, Shania Twain, No Doubt and Sting performed. It was a terrible combination that left Sting singing with added conviction and new meaning behind the closer, “Message in a Bottle.” But the next year, fate would punish the guy who kept trying to piece together pop halftime playlists like they were mosaics. Jessica Simpson, Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Nelly, P. Diddy and Kid Rock were named performers in 2004. First of all, does Nelly really deserve two solo Super Bowl half time appearances in four years? No, he doesn’t, he’s Nelly. P. Diddy’s 15 minutes of street cred expired roughly 15 minutes after Ready to Die was released. Justin Timberlake and Jessica Simpson seem like harmless enough mainstream options, but I’m not sure what they were doing opposite Janet Jackson and Kid Rock. Although all can make their own arguments for being there. But put together, somebody should’ve recognized a disaster waiting to happen. Yet, the ones who mattered saw an irresistibly attention-grabbing lineup. Ironically, those people were more right than I was. Luckily, the epic malfunction that followed was a blessing in disguise. Six years later, nobody is complaining about MTV being set aside as show producer with the likes of simpler set lists and classic icons receiving aged appreciation. To match the pregame hype and overkill provided by ESPN for the athletic aspect, that is exactly what the Super Bowl performance should be: a lifetime achievement award for artists who have stood the test of time both on and off the stage. Not feeling the trend Super Bowl performances have been following? Complain to Justin at jstephani@wisc.edu.

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Over the years, Kieran Hebden has experimented with different genres. On his new album, he joins these sounds to create a cohesive whole. how Hebden shifts through dif- four songs over six minutes in ferent boundaries of his musical length, but I’m going to anypast while keeping intact a unique way. Although Rounds still may sound that ﬂows from one song to be considered the best Four Tet record, many of its songs simply the next. Tapping into his DJ sets from drag on, whereas the tracks on the last couple of years, Hebden There Is Love in You don’t drag, shows off his dance club chops they build. Listen to the centerwith the songs “Love Cry” and piece track, “Circling,” and this “Sing.” However, the guitar-based will be abundantly clear. Drawing closer “She Just Likes To Fight” is upon his years of experimentation very reminiscent of his post-rock and his unique ability to loop and work with Fridge, and provides contort musical fragments, Four Tet kicks off the new decade with excellent closure to the album. It’s hard to argue that Four a focused, grooving, genre-bendTet has concentrated his work ing album that comes more and considering this album features more to life with every listen.

‘Birds of America’ an intense narrative experience By Mary Chen

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By Jon Mitchell

length album (2005’s Everything Ecstatic), a few EPs and many remixes Back in 2001, a little known as Four Tet. With these accomplishband named Fridge released their ments behind him, There Is Love album Happiness.The album con- in You is a very anticipated, if not sisted of nine tracks with titles overdue, release. such as “Cut Up Piano and As always, Four Tet employs lots Xylophone” of samples, loops and CD REVIEW and “Sample electronic debauchery on There Is Love and Clicks,” in You. But instead exemplifying of colliding with one the band’s ability to make another, the different muses seem to musical ideas overlap beautifully, out of chopped creating a very livand looped There Is Love ing, moving sound. fragments. In You On the opening Although Four Tet track, a woman’s Happiness lacked full-fledged songs and voice is looped and contorted to barely registered a blip on the sing “There is love in you” over a radar of the American music series of bells and a basic four-beat scene, the album demonstrated drum sequence that perfectly illusFridge frontman Kieran Hebden’s trates the title of the song, “Angel capacity to craft gorgeous melo- Echoes.” In fact, on several songs dies and truly unique grooves. the music seems to perfectly match Although college tore apart the the title of the track, a testament three members of Fridge, Hebden to Hebden’s mastery of his musical continued his musical experimenta- tools and the moods and ideas he tion under the moniker Four Tet and can convey with them. quickly became one of the biggest names in the electronic post-rock scene. Hebden achieved his greatest success in 2003 with the release of As always, Four Tet employs Four Tet’s critically acclaimed Rounds, lots of samples, loops and which earned him a spot opening for electronic debauchery on Radiohead on their tour in support There Is Love in You. of Hail to the Thief . Since then, Hebden has spent his time honing his abilities by working on various projects, including a collaboration with exceptional jazz drummer Steve What may be most impresReid, all the while releasing one full- sive about There Is Love in You is

all their all-too-familiar pains, could produce—winds, seas—a pettiness and emptiness that so person could produce the same, often plague members of our lived with same, lived with all modern society. that mixed-up People often nature swirling BOOK REVIEW confess that they inside, every bit. find Moore’s There was nothing as complex narratives far in the world— too unsettling no flower or or gratuitous in stone—as a sintheir exploitation of misery. gle hello from a Her characters human being.” suffer from This quote, loneliness, loss one of Abby’s or some other strain of suffer- pensive ruminations, is a hidden ing. They are all hungry for summary of Moore’s overarching connection, but handicapped intent and message. She believes by their highly developed state that people, especially the common and downtrodden, harbor of alienation. One of the strongest pieces consciousnesses and feelings as in the collection, “Which is great and sublime as nature’s More Than I Can Say About most extravagant presentation. Most of the stories offer Some People,” dissects the tension between a daughter and her similarly uncomfortable scemother, recently separated from narios. In her famous “People her husband, forced together Like That Are The Only People on a vacation to Ireland and a Here,” a couple’s baby is diagquest to kiss the Blarney Stone. nosed with a serious illness. A climactic moment strips Characters in this piece are left away a thick layer of toughness unnamed, their experiences and pretended wisdom that the coated with a layer of absurdity mother had built over decades, that understates the underlying and the daughter suddenly sees, magnitude of their pain just in a heartbreaking revelation, enough to carry the plot along the vulnerable, fearful person without turning maudlin. What makes Moore’s gloomy she really is. Abby, the daughter who is storylines bearable and actually wiser than she herself realizes, pleasurable to experience are her knows that, “no matter what wit and humor. Moore has a terror or loveliness the earth unique style that is instantly

recognizable and an uncanny sense of metaphorical potential that manages to convey a specific and personal feeling that is unexpected and somehow beautiful in its movement between absurdity, humor and pathos. In a few examples of Moore’s radical poeticisms, travelers sleep “lumpily,” facial expressions are described as geometric “arrangements” full of “crooked diagonals,” a garnet ring is “a coughdrop set in brass,” and a lover’s eyes are teeming with “pond life.” Her use of descriptive figuratives evokes ideas of cubism. Our expectations are shattered, haphazardly tossed around and rearranged into new meaning. We see the world through stricken eyes and challenge the difficult grief described in the epigraph.

People often confess that they ﬁnd Moore’s narratives far too unsettling or gratuitous in their exploitation of misery.

Reading “Birds of America” is an intense experience. These stories prove that, while difficult, grief is translatable, and one person’s suffering can be understood by another.

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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Jovial

Today’s Sudoku

Evil Bird

By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu

Ludicrous Linguistics

By Celia Donnelly donnelly.celia@gmail.com

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.

Crustaches

By Patrick Remington premington@wisc.edu

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

Ambulance Moonpants

Charlie and Boomer

By Taylor Nye taylor_e_a@yahoo.co.uk

By Natasha Soglin soglin@wisc.edu

Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com

All Over The Place ACROSS 1 Burned up the road 5 Large, sweet fruit 9 Sales pitch 14 Arabian seaport 15 “... are ___ parted” 16 “___ Frutti” (Little Richard tune) 17 Moderate, in politics 20 Occur afterward 21 “Cheers” perches 22 Cagney epithet 24 Emotional wounds 28 “Grapes of Wrath” migrant 31 Word of farewell 34 Opera heroine 35 Lion’s lair 36 Revered religious image 37 Bar of gold 38 1999, e.g. 42 Affronts 43 Lay waste to 44 Poetic contraction 45 Time units, briefly 46 Better for the job 48 Cutlass or 88 49 Tailor, often 51 Have brunch 53 Most certain 56 Gets up in the morning 60 Due date, often

4 Salad dressing vessel 6 65 Argus-___ (vigilant) 66 Psychologically sound 67 “Trick or treat” reward, often 68 Large Nevada city 69 “Bejabbers!” DOWN 1 Hardly risque 2 Norse god of wisdom 3 Cardinal, cerise and maroon 4 Stand the test of time 5 Take advantage of 6 Baby syllables 7 Artist’s apartment, perhaps 8 From A to Z 9 Burial stone (Var.) 10 Contract word 11 “How was ___ know?” 12 Airport approximation 13 Part of a jack-in-thebox 18 Shepherd’s field 19 ___ d’oeuvres 23 Diplomat’s skill 25 “Don Quixote” author ___ de Cervantes 26 Went gaga over 27 Greek woodland deities

28 “Battleship Potemkin” city 29 Dog shelter 30 Make a member, as of the Hall of Fame 32 Word from Homer Simpson 33 Lethargic 36 “No ___, ands or buts!” 37 Rural hotel 39 Excessively preoccupied 40 Implement with which to break 41 Blarney Stone land 46 Prefix for “space” or “dynamic” 47 Like better 48 Lazy 50 In need of paving, maybe 52 Slot machine feature 54 Affliction of the eyelid 55 “After that ...” 57 Bottleneck 58 Smoker in Sicily? 59 Backyard structure 60 Govt. airwaves monitor 61 Tax-deferred nest egg 62 Score on the diamond 63 Nineteenth-century samurai home

Washington and the Bear

By Derek Sandberg kalarooka@gmail.com

sports

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Men’s Basketball

After close Purdue loss, Badgers face Spartans By Nick Schmitt THE DAILY CARDINAL

Bo Ryan head coach UW Men’s Basketball

But, in classic Bo Ryan style, he downplayed any mention of a rivalry. “I don’t look at Michigan State as being any more of a rival than a whole list of schools I could name for you,” he said. “I think it became that because they had beaten Wisconsin so many times, or a great percentage of the time for a while.” Wisconsin’s Grateful Red and Spartan fans in “The Izzone” might disagree. Two perfect streaks are in jeopardy tonight as No. 16 Wisconsin (6-3, 16-5) and the Spartans battle for the second time this season. The Badgers are looking to hand Izzo and Michigan State their ﬁrst Big Ten loss of the year, and the Spartans are out to erase Ryan’s undefeated home record against the coach.

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Keaton Nankivil put together a poor performance the last time the Badgers faced Michigan State, but will try to improve Tuesday night. In their first meeting the Spartans and Badgers put on a tough physical battle. Wisconsin was held scoreless for almost the first five minutes before senior guard Jason Bohannon finally got an open layup. The Badgers struggled to find their stroke and finished the game shooting a miserable 33 percent. Junior forward Jon Leuer finished with a game-high 21 points, but Wisconsin is now without his abilities due to an injury. Just like the last five games without Leuer, other players will need to step up if Wisconsin wants to upset the Spartans and keep its Big Ten title hopes alive. Junior forward Keaton Nankivil finally showed the ability to take over a game after scoring a career-high 25 points while going 7-of-8 from behind the arc against the Boilermakers. “He’s staying aggressive to take advantage of if people are going to defensively do certain things to shut off other players on the team or other actions in our offense that enable a big to get the looks at

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he’s been getting,” Ryan said about Nankivil on Monday. “Defensively he just gets better because he’s learning things that do not come naturally to him.” Nankivil was unheard of when the Badgers took on the Spartans in East Lansing. The Madison native played only 15 minutes, and his points total—two—matched his turnover total. The play of sophomore guard Jordan Taylor could be key if the Badgers want to control the game. Taylor leads the nation in assiststo-turnovers ratio, and after some struggles he has had solid games against Penn State and Purdue. His play could determine if Wisconsin can keep up with Michigan State, especially because senior guard Trevon Hughes seems to have a hard time finding his shot against the Spartans. Hughes finished with only seven points on 3-of-13 shooting in East Lansing. The game tips off at 8 p.m. and will air on ESPN.

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Classics a great success, what venues should be next in line? NICO SAVIDGE savidge nation

Wisconsin’s men’s basketball head coach Bo Ryan didn’t have much time to celebrate his 100th career Big Ten victory. After a close loss to Purdue on Thursday, No. 5 Michigan State (9-0 Big Ten, 19-3 overall) comes into the Kohl Center tonight. Of all the accolades and statistics Ryan has achieved, one that might go overlooked or surprise someone unfamiliar with Badgers basketball is his success against the unofﬁcial king of Big Ten basketball, Spartan head coach Tom Izzo. When Ryan took over as the Badgers’ coach in 2002, he started his reign over Izzo with a bang and introduced himself to the Michigan State faithful by snapping the Spartans’ 53-game home winning streak, at the time the longest home winning streak in the nation. He has since gone on to build an 11-5 record against Michigan State, and still has yet to lose to the Spartans at the Kohl Center. “I don’t look at Michigan State as being any more of a rival than a whole list of schools I could name.”

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here’s no question hockey’s experiment with outdoor games has done great things for the sport. The NHL’s Winter Classic is on its way to becoming a New Year’s Day tradition, and with college teams getting on the bandwagon, the potential for games in great venues—such as the ones that will take place Saturday—is only increasing. Having staged hockey games in classic locations like Fenway Park, Wrigley Field and Lambeau Field, there is no shortage of speculation about where the next classic game will be held. Yankee Stadium is probably the most talked-about location, with plenty of players and analysts dreaming of a hockey game in “The House that looks like the House that Ruth Built.” I’d rather see such an event in the old Yankee Stadium and not their current white elephant of a ballpark. But even though that’s not an option, I’d still be happy to see hockey in one of baseball’s most famous venues. Other than the obvious ones, there are a number of other parks and stadiums that would be great for outdoor hockey—here are a few of them. Ohio Stadium, Columbus With last week’s announcement that Michigan would take on Michigan State at the Big House in Ann Arbor, I started thinking about which Big Ten stadiums would be well-suited for hockey. Sure, it would be great to see a “white out” at Penn State’s Beaver Stadium, but State College, Penn., is hours away from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, so I doubt the NHL could ﬁll such a large stadium. As much as hockey-crazed Minnesota deserves an outdoor game, shiny new TCF Bank Stadium lacks the history of other Big Ten locations. But Ohio Stadium would be a

great ﬁt. Not only is it in the same city as an NHL franchise, the Columbus Blue Jackets, but Ohio Stadium is also an impressively large venue that could host both pro and college games. Nationals Park, Washington, D.C. The Winter Classic is the NHL’s marquee event of the regular season, and the Washington Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin is the league’s marquee player, so it’s only a matter of time before they meet. Bring in the Pittsburgh Penguins and Sidney Crosby and the hype would be so huge, NBC and ESPN might explode. A Winter Classic between those two teams and their superstar captains would mean the quality of the game would outshine its location, something we couldn’t say of this year’s ugly Bruins-Flyers contest in Fenway Park. Granted it would need to be a great game, since Nationals Park lacks the history of Wrigley or Fenway, or any history for that matter. But if you want a Winter Classic in D.C., your options are Nationals Park or RFK Stadium. The choice is clear. AT&T Park, San Francisco Okay, it’s not exactly the most “wintry” location. I can tell you that, growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, there was not much in the way of pond hockey or hockey in general. But what AT&T Park would lack in winter weather it would make up for with atmosphere. In a sports market that ﬁnds itself plagued with terrible teams, the San Jose Sharks are the only jewel left in the Bay Area’s sports crown, and have the attendance numbers to prove it (fans in the Bay Area are notorious bandwagon jumpers, and until the playoffs the Sharks are a fun team to root for). Match the Sharks up with the Anaheim Ducks for a contentious and exciting matchup, and you might swear it was snowing in San Francisco. The atmosphere would be that good. Where do you want to see the next Winter Classic? Tell Nico at savidgewilki@dailycardinal.com.

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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Out in the cold

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GRAPHIC BY NATASHA SOGLIN

‘A huge backyard’: pond hockey makes its return By Nico Savidge THE DAILY CARDINAL

For Alberta native Saige Pacholok, outdoor hockey is nothing new. Growing up in Canada, Pacholok has plenty of experience playing on frozen ponds, meaning there are sure to be ﬂashbacks to her childhood when she takes to the ice for the Camp Randall Hockey Classic. However, Camp Randall Stadium might be a slightly larger venue than the fresh air rinks she was raised playing on, and Pacholok said she and her teammates can’t wait to take on Bemidji State outdoors Saturday. “Back home it was just a homemade rink in the backyard, but this is

like a huge backyard,” the freshman defender said. “It’s a moment of history for us.” Head coach Tracey DeKeyser shares her players’ enthusiasm, saying the game—just the second outdoor NCAA women’s hockey contest—will be a once in a lifetime experience. “It will be a return to childhood memories for many of them,” she said. “How often do you get to do something like this?” DeKeyser, who skated on the temporary rink Monday, said being out on the ice in the middle of Camp Randall was a strange experience, but one she enjoyed. “It’s such a different sound, dif-

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Wisconsin fans packed Lambeau Field for a game against Ohio State in 2006. The Badger men will face Michigan Saturday night.

ferent smell, different light,” she said. “To be in a familiar setting, yet completely unfamiliar at the same time, that was pretty cool.” According to men’s hockey senior forward Ben Street, however, players on both teams will not spend all of their time taking in the outdoor atmosphere. Street is the only current Badger who took part in the Frozen Tundra Classic at Lambeau Field in 2006, and said he and his teammates will have to balance the experience with the game itself. “You try not to get too caught up in it,” he said. “After the ﬁrst couple of shifts you kind of settle in and it is a hockey game. ... You take it all in, but you don’t get overwhelmed.” DeKeyser said her team must keep their minds on the game and not just focus on its novelty, especially as the Classic will be the ﬁrst half of a crucial two-game series against WCHA rival Bemidji State. “You want to embrace it and enjoy it while it’s here because it is a unique and special opportunity,” she said. “But at the same time we need to focus on the task at hand, because every point that we can gain in the march toward the playoffs is crucial for our program.” Pacholok echoed that sentiment, saying, “I’m going to focus as much as possible and getting a win on top of playing in our home stadium would be phenomenal.” The Badgers will have an advantage over their opponents since they will spend the next few days practicing at the outdoor rink and getting used to the differences between their home at the Kohl Center and their temporary one a few blocks up Dayton Street. “It’s going to be really nice that we get to skate for a few days on the ice before,” Street said. “You know that there is going to be a difference—you just [have to be] prepared for that.”

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The Wisconsin men’s and women’s hockey teams will play outdoor games at the Camp Randall Hockey Classic Saturday.

Classic trades stadium turf for temporary ice By Nico Savidge THE DAILY CARDINAL

While most students enjoyed a nice snow day after a blizzard swept through Madison last December, crews at Camp Randall Stadium worked to keep the ﬁeld and stands clear of snow to get ready for this weekend’s Camp Randall Hockey Classic. Thanks in part to their work, Patrick Seltsman and Ice Rink Events were able to construct a playing surface in the middle of a football stadium in little more than a week. Camp Randall is the latest in a long line of legendary venues to host hockey games as part of a new wave of outdoor hockey that has proved to be popular and proﬁtable. At the pro level, teams have faced off at Wrigley Field and Fenway Park, while college programs have played at Michigan State’s Spartan Stadium and—in Wisconsin’s case—Lambeau Field. The rise in outdoor hockey has brought up an interesting question: how do you turn a football stadium into a hockey rink?

According to Patrick Seltsman of Ice Rink Events, it all starts with a good foundation. Since the Camp Randall turf is a soft surface, builders relied on layers of boards and foam to create a steady platform that wouldn’t ﬂex under the weight of a sheet of ice and two teams of hockey players, not to mention a massive Zamboni. If the surface ﬂexes too much, the ice could crack, so a strong and even foundation is crucial. Within that ice and foundation is a maze of pipes that will keep the ice solid should temperatures rise above freezing, something the fans who will spend hours outdoors on a February evening might enjoy. Considering outdoor events he has put on in warmer climates than Madison, Seltsman said, the Camp Randall project should be a breeze. “We have rinks that we’ve built in Mexico City, we have a rink on the beach in San Diego, so refrigeration’s a real important part of that,” he said.