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Students, faculty plan state budget response By Andrew Hahn and Bri Maas THE DAILY CARDINAL
On the eve of Gov. Scott Walker’s long-awaited budget proposal, including $300 million in cuts to the UW System, student and faculty organizations around the state are planning their reaction to the expected hit. “This is pretty severe. We’ve been dealing with cuts for the last 12 years or so, but they’ve not been of this magnitude,” UW-Madison journalism professor James Baughman said. “I think we’re going to have to think of more draconian ways to reduce our expenditures.” Baughman added these reductions will damage the overall quality of education, a
common concern among faculty and students. The greater freedom from state laws presented in the proposal would only increase workload, according to Student Labor Action Coalition member Melanie Meyer. “To me, that’s what greater autonomy represents: layoffs and more work for faculty and staff that are already pushed to the limit,” Meyer said. The Associated Students of Madison fear the promised autonomy could result in a reassignment of the role of shared governance, the body that allows students to make decisions about fee allocation, student life and services. “Without those rights, students lose their seat at the table.
They could lose the right to allocate their fees and decide where their money goes,” ASM chair Genevieve Carter said. “I think the worst thing that could happen would be if students no longer had their rights and their voice.” At least three Facebook pages cropped up over the weekend calling for protests against the cuts on different days and in different locations. Baughman said these disjointed efforts could be in vain. “I don’t think it would do any good,” he said. “I think it’s incumbent on students and others to reach out to their legislators and others of influence in the state to suggest that this is
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MPD forum highlights community divides By Irene Burski THE DAILY CARDINAL
Tensions ran high in the first of six public forums hosted by Madison Police Chief Mike Koval at the Madison Central Library Tuesday. Questions regarding how the police should facilitate protests, address mental health issues in the community and eliminate existing racial disparities in the city fell short of reaching consensus. “The chasm between the haves and the have-nots has never been more pronounced, and is growing by the hour,” Koval said. Koval’s recent rebuke of the language in an open letter from the Young, Gifted and Black Coalition, the organizers behind the Black Lives Matter protests, that called Madison police “occupying forces,” came under fire from attendees as too harsh and failing to grasp the greater issue of policing discrepancies between crime committed by black and white citizens. “Officers have been entrusted with a great deal of discretion. Discretion that can be used for right, and discretion that can be abused,” Koval said. “I’m not saying I have 455 choir boys.” But some audience members stressed strong concerns regarding how much the police department can really do to effectively change a system that has long been in place. “I get that no one wants to say that I’m part of the system, I’m part of the racial disparities,” Young, Gifted and Black Coalition activist Eric Upchurch said. The emotional and passionate
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MPD Chief Mike Koval emphasizes a growing gap between Madison’s affluent and disadvantaged neighborhoods. testimony, characterized by Koval and other community members as “difficult to hear,” included one man’s personal experience being wrongfully incarcerated and now living on the streets. “I can only imagine how tough it was to actually live that,” Upchurch said. “That man is a homeless man. No matter how sorry you are, he is still living that experience.” Koval affirmed a commitment to continuing to facilitate
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protests in a way that would allow both freedom of expression and also prevent unreasonable inconvenience, but some felt the necessity of protest outweighs inconvenience. “The inconvenience is good because it makes us think about [the disparities],” activist Amelia Royko Maurer said. “We could really turn around and not care, we have that option every day. Protest is the speech of the unheard.”
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Groundhog bites mayor Sun Prairie Mayor Jonathan Freund’s first-time participation Monday in the city’s Groundhog Day celebration sparked controversy following Jimmy the Groundhog’s snarky welcome to the mayor. Jimmy arrived in a limo with his caretakers Jerry and Maria Hahn. The sky was clear, implying Jimmy would see his shadow and predict a longer winter. But Freund broke with normal Groundhog Day custom by leaning in to hear Jimmy “whisper” his prediction. According to Channel 3000, Jimmy subsequently bit Freund’s ear, after which Freund stammered that Jimmy told him there would be an early spring. The city of Sun Prairie issued a press release citing that tradition says only the mayor can translate the groundhog’s prediction. “The mayor’s translation this morning was clearly for an Early Spring. The break with tradition is unusual, but not unprecedented,” the release said. But Jerry Hahn wondered if the mayor interpreted Jimmy’s prediction wrong.
Jimmy’s predictions have a surprising reliability, according to groundhogcentral.com. Since 1994, Jimmy’s accuracy has been above 80 percent with more than 66 percent of his predictions pointing to an early spring. The website says he is one of the most accurate groundhogs in the world. Sun Prairie Director of Economic Development Neil Stechschulte said in the release the city counts on the mayor’s interpretation because Jimmy is not like other groundhogs. “We count on Jimmy to actually predict the weather … not just have an automated response based on current weather conditions like other groundhogs across the country,” Stechschulte said in the release. Pennsylvania’s famous groundhog Punxsutawney Phil conversely predicted six more weeks of winter, CBS reported. Members of the top-hat-wearing Pennsylvania contingent announced Phil’s prediction as “your best bet.” —Laura Grulke
Man arrested for pellet gun incident Early Sunday morning, an intoxicated 22-year-old Waunakee man was taken into custody for carrying a concealed weapon and resisting arrest on the 400 block of West Gilman Street, according to a Madison Police Department report. The suspect, Noah L. Carpino, was approached by a Madison Police officer at approximately 12:03 a.m. and took off running on West Gilman Street. He dropped what seemed to be a handgun while being pursued by the
officer, according to the report by Public Information Officer Joel DeSpain. The object was confirmed to be a pellet gun. Carpino declined to say why he was carrying the weapon while wearing a ski mask and a bandanna, DeSpain wrote in the report. Originally, the officer arrived at the downtown site to check into the welfare of a masked man, who appeared to be “very unsteady on his feet.” The suspect is currently on a probation hold.
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Upon emerging from his burrow, Punxsutawney Phil will proceed to... Event Entirely reenact ‘2 girls 1 cup’
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On this day in history... 1534—Legend of
the Irish adult film industry, Silken Thomas, is executed by the order of sexually insecure Henry VIII. 1690—Massachusetts becomes first colony with paper money, making evil the official currency of the New World.
1834—After clearcutting 200-year-old oaks, Wake Forest University is established. 1959—Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens die in a plane crash, inspiring Don McLean to write one of the most generic, overalliterated, songs of his time. 1967—The last person to ever be executed in Australia is hanged in Melbourne. It definitely sucks to be that guy.
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State budget draws criticism Dane County lawmakers rebuked many of Gov. Scott Walker’s economic policies Monday in advance of his budget address Tuesday night. State Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison, and state Sens. Fred Risser, D-Madison, and Mark Miller, D-Monona, strongly condemned many of Walker’s recent policy measures, most notably a proposed $300 million cut to the UW System’s funding. “The UW System is one of the jewels of the state and it helps to drive our economic engine,” Taylor said. “Governor Walker’s cuts hamper its ability to lead as a public institution.”
Despite this, Taylor, a member of the state’s Joint Finance Committee, believes there is enough bipartisan support to soften the proposed cuts. “We’re going to do everything we can to get that number down,” Taylor said. “Republicans understand this is bad economics and bad for the state.” Risser said that, by proposing short-term budget measures, Walker was “kicking the can down the road.” “The governor has instituted some irresponsible, reactionary tax cuts,” he said. “This may play well to a national audience but this is not the Wisconsin way. And he’s going
to pay for this by going after the UW System.” Miller highlighted several ideas that Democrats will promote to balance the budget, emphasizing the need to raise the minimum wage, accept federal funds to bolster BadgerCare Plus and help college students refinance student loan debt. “The governor has demagogued teachers, unions, poor people and now the University in pursuit of his personal ambitions,” he said. “Wisconsin is a demonstration of what not to do. Let’s put Wisconsin back on the bus.” —Andrew Bahl
Dane County stalls pipeline expansion By Negassi Tesfamichael THE DAILY CARDINAL
The Dane County Zoning and Land Regulation Committee decided to postpone a vote on whether or not to allow for the expansion of a cross-state oil pipeline Wednesday, taking issue with the company’s proposed $100 million spill insurance policy for the county. Enbridge, the company in charge of the pipeline, hopes to increase the capacity of the line, which would connect to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. That would mean pumping 1.2 million barrels per day at each of the 12 pumping stations throughout Wisconsin, a county statement said Wednesday. Dane County
is the only county that has not yet approved the increase. Local governments near the other 11 pumps have approved Enbridge’s expansion, though Dane County hopes to find independent analysis of the latest spill insurance offer, of which $100 million of the total $700 million policy would be set aside for Dane County. “Dedicating $100 million of insurance to Dane County sounds pretty straightforward, but when you start to think about how that actually works, it’s not quite simple,” said Committee Chair Patrick Miles in a Wednesday statement. “It’s not clear exactly how a reallocation of a portion of that policy would work.
We don’t even know for sure whether $100 million is adequate, or whether the policy is the right type of coverage.” Miles noted that he hoped to have a staff report completed before the committee’s next session Feb. 10. This is not the first time the vote on Enbridge’s pipeline expansion has been postponed. “A lot of the people we represent are concerned about the potential dangers of increasing the amount of oil flowing through the county,” Miles said in his statement, defending the stalled process. “They need to know we are looking at this very carefully and diligently, and proceeding with a great deal of public deliberation.”
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Professor James Baughman said the proposed $300 million cuts will have more severe consequences than past budget reductions.
budget from page 1 too much.” Masha Anderson, chair of the College Democrats at UW-Milwaukee disagrees. Her organization has planned a protest at its campus that she believes more than 200 people will attend Wednesday. “We’re up in arms about [the budget cuts],” Anderson said. “This is a non-partisan issue. It’s going to hurt students no matter what affiliation politically you are.” Milwaukee’s campus may not be alone in its reaction if Tuesday’s budget announcement goes as many anticipate it will. Eleni Schirmer, co-president of the campus union for teaching
assistants at UW-Madison, said several campus groups will meet following Tuesday’s announcement to organize a response to the final proposal. “We’re trying to work as closely as we can with other unions on campus and also with United Council and ASM and the Student Labor Action Coalition,” Schirmer said. “We’re trying to integrate as much as we can.” While Schirmer said there can be no definite plans before Walker’s budget address Tuesday, Baughman is more certain the outlook for the UW System is bleak. “I’m not optimistic,” Baughman said. “I would be prepared for the worst.”
Madison Police arrest 21-year-old man for battery in Langdon area Madison police arrested a 21-year-old Madison man on the 500 block of North Lake Street early Sunday morning for punching another man several times in the face, according to a Madison Police Department incident report. Officers spotted the suspect, Louis F. Miranda, and the victim in the middle of Langdon Street
while on their routine patrol, according to Public Information Officer Joel DeSpain. The victim accidentally bumped into Miranda, provoking the battery, according to the victim. The victim needed stitches for his injuries, DeSpain wrote in the report. Police quickly apprehended Miranda for substantial battery.
UW-Madison professor publishes study to promote understanding of neurological disorders, disabilities
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Day one of the Winter Carnival Wisconsin Hoofers celebrate the first day of the Winter Carnival with a candle-lined ski and snowshoe trek across Lake Mendota to Picnic Point. + Photo by Betsy Osterberger
UW-Madison neuroscience and neurology professor Su-Chun Zhang and his research team recently published a model to aid in understanding ALS and Huntington’s disease, according to a university release Monday. Zhang and another lead study author, Hong Chen, conducted similar studies in which they implanted astrocytes from human ALS patients into mice. Astrocytes, which help maintain the nervous system, play an important role in the brain, spinal cord and the diseases that afflict them. The studies showed
that the cells acted as they would in mice, but over time induced ALS-like symptoms such as disrupted motor function. Since their discovery 30 years ago, astrocytes have been difficult for scientists to understand, but Zhang is intent on future research regarding astrocytes and the nervous system, according to the release. “I really want to push hard to potentially treat spinal cord injury, and especially ALS,” Zhang said in the release. “It’s so devastating, and after so long, there is still no treatment.”
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Lead Singer for The Living Statues, Tommy Shears, was a student at UW-Madison and while transitioning between songs said it felt good to be back in Der Rathskeller.
The Living Statues continued to mesmerize me at their concert Saturday in Der Rathskeller. Having seen the talented band in the past at the Night at the Overture my freshman year, I knew I was in for a thrilling performance. The four sharply-dressed men packed the place with dancing locals and had a performance so hot they fogged the windows of Memorial Union so that the winter wonderland outside could no longer be seen. Opening for The Living Statues was a local band from Milwaukee called Midnight Reruns. The group was an entertaining bunch with a Weezer-like sound to them. The catchy beats coming from their instrumental expertise had the crowd swaying and they even had a chunk of the audience on their feet and dancing towards the end of their performance. As the growing crowd waited for The Living Statues to start, Memorial Union workers rushed to make more space for dancing on the floor. As a frequenter of Der Rathskeller for concerts I can report that rarely does a group bring in this kind of audience, but this was not The Living Statues’ first time there. Guitarist and lead vocalist Tommy Shears pointed out during the performance that the last time they were in Der Rathskeller it was 2013 and there were less than 20 people there. At one point Shears took a scream poll to find out how many members of the audience had seen them in the past.
Although it’s difficult to be accurate with these methods, in my opinion, and in the opinion that Shears announced, about half the crowd had seen the band at past performances. The Living Statues are quickly growing a large local following. This band was all about interacting with each other as well as the audience. As they danced around the stage the chords would tangle but this never seemed to faze these skilled musicians. Shears would share fun anecdotes with the audience to transition between songs. For example, he introduced “All My Girls” by saying “this is a song about a girl I hate.” Musically the band was on the ball. Featuring guitar solos from their newest member, Zak Rickun, a funky bass line from Alex Thornburg, upbeat drums and head bobs from Chris Morales and the charming voice of Shears, the band seemed to have it all… including suave hair. At the end of the concert the band stuck around to sell albums and posters while also signing autographs. Rickun even signed a man’s chest. While for now their concerts are typically free for the audience, I wouldn’t expect this to continue for much longer, and I’m not the only one who thinks so. The band is one of the “6 Wisconsin Bands to Watch for 2015,” according to The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The Living Statues are tremendously talented and a blast to watch and I look forward to following their journey, which I expect will be successful.
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he story of the pop-flop is all too common. A former member of a popular group ventures out into the world of solo careers, only to find that their talent and muse was entirely dependent on the group and image they used to associate themselves with. Soon after, we see desperate attempts at singles and maybe a full album, until the only potential moneygainer in their career is an email begging for a supergroup reunion. The has-beens populate our reality and talk shows because it is their livelihood to impose themselves in anything that will allow their name to live on. Meanwhile, there are musicians from those same groups that have been quietly honing their craft past their fame, and when the time is right, break from their cocoons to reveal an entirely different artist. On Jan. 15, former Danity Kane member Dawn Richard put out Blackheart, an album that put her among the ranks of experimental R&B artists like FKA twigs and How To Dress Well. The project follows the similarly named yet sonically different Goldenheart of 2013.
While Goldenheart was working towards her current sound, it was only with Blackheart that, according to a recent Billboard interview, Richard “really wanted to prove [she] had a story to tell.” The most basic definition of R&B is the only strand that connects a song like Danity Kane’s “Damaged” to Richard’s “Swim Free.” Catchy hooks and half-baked metaphors have been completely removed from to make way for dark minimalist drums and a lingering bassline coupled with whimsical melodies. I think it’s no coincidence that Richard was bent on creating a brand new type of sound after being part of a supergroup that was birthed from the MTV reality show “Making the Band.” Being part of a project that had TV ratings as a primary objective would be enough to drive a certain type of artist mad with aspirations for a more authentic sound. Richard has many a good role model to base her new direction off of. Beyoncé has had such a successful career that people in my age demographic barely associate her with Destiny’s Child. Her most recent self-titled effort is also more experimental than most give her credit for. In addition to releasing the album out of nowhere, Knowles took the repetitious trap-influenced sound of the current pop atmo-
sphere and molded it into a dark and mysterious style thinly laced with the sexy-pop gold that she’s forged after being in the music industry for over a decade. In fact, R&B has recently been the most prominent genre to turn out pop artists gone experimental. Neneh Cherry went from writing “Buffalo Stance,” a pop song practically soaked in ‘80s hip-hop, to having one of the most profound changes of any of the artists mentioned in this article. Along with drummer RocketNumberNine, her 2014 album Blank Project combines jazzy licks and socially conscious lyrics with the glitchy electronic production of Four Tet. This R&B revival trend is what I would categorize as the “second wave” of ex-pop star resurgence. The first wave came with the boy bands of the ‘60s. Creating insanely catchy and harmony-filled hits with the Beach Boys wasn’t enough for Brian Wilson; he carried on his vision in 2004 with Smile, a compilation of scrapped Beach Boys songs revived with newly recorded instrumentals and vocals. While the sound itself doesn’t take as profound of a leap from the source material as some of our R&B stars, Wilson’s newly discovered works represent an immense accomplishment in pop music, and really music as we know it in general. Each song
feels like a short story, and the average music listener will be able to easily recognize Smile as significantly different from Pet Sounds, and just significant in general. One can’t mention pop-turnedartsy without uttering the name of at least one Beatle. The name that most mention is John Lennon. In all honesty, The Beatles started off in a similar place as One Direction: cute, likeable boys that make lovey-dovey music which swoons the throngs of young impressionable females that attend their shows. Lennon himself said that their concerts had turned into “bloody tribal rites.” This new attitude led albums like Sgt. Pepper’s, along with even more avant-garde works by Lennon and Yoko Ono alone. With the rise of ‘60s psychedelia, I don’t blame him for wanting to ditch the money-making bubbly pop songs for something more relevant and, in the end, very important. The most shocking leap from this wave of artists came from Scott Walker (not the governor), who took only one thing with him from his ‘70s easy-going outfit The Walker Brothers, that being the word “Walker.” While less known than other pop rogues on this list, Walker has created some incredibly challenging and avant-garde work over the last ten years compared to his ‘70s band, whose LPs are sure to be found in the discount
piles of record stores along with every other band who thought a family-portrait style picture of their shaggy-haired selves would make a good album cover. What we have now is shrieking violins battling with quivering and dissonant vocals in a competition for which sound can most shock the aged listeners of The Walker Brothers. The trend apparent in these reincarnated artists is the original motivation of profit. Most of these artists started in boy bands, supergroups, girl groups, etc., many of whose main goals are to entertain the masses as opposed to challenging them. Behind every one of these groups is a member or two that wants more; they’ve grown tired of the massive sold out stadiums and the endless devotion from vapid fans. While other members of the group are quite happy with their fame and success, the true artist will bide their time, honing their talent and using their stature to help release a work that is truly worthy of the rabid praise that their more popular acts garner. So can we really be mad at the frosted-tip boy bands of the ‘90s for perpetuating boy band culture if twenty years from now we have an avant-garde masterpiece from Harry Styles? Who will break away from their band and go solo next? Let Jacob know at jakey.witz@gmail.com.
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Yonder Mountain String Band find new sound By Brian Weidy THe Daily Cardinal
From the first song of the night, one could tell that it was not Jeff Austin’s Yonder Mountain String Band performing at the Barrymore Theatre on a snowy Saturday night to close out January. However, just because Austin was no longer a part of the band did not necessarily take away from what they were trying to do, but it was certainly different. Since their inception in 1998, the engine that drove this veritable jam band/bluegrass hybrid was their fiery mandolin player who chugged along, playing notes as quickly and as loudly as his instrument could churn them out. But in April of 2014, Austin departed the band after taking the previous tour off to spend time with his newborn child. In the wake of this, Yonder brought along mandolin player Jacob Jolliff and fiddle player Allie Kral to fill the void left by Austin. With this new outfit, the dynamic of the band changed. Gone was the immense energy brought along by Austin and in its stead, Jolliff and Kral provided a level of musicianship the band hadn’t really seen out of the mandolin spot. Kral in particular, known for her work with Cornmeal, another jam band with its roots in bluegrass, plays with restraint never seen out of Austin. Her work on the fiddle adds an extra texture to the band, making them sound more like a bluegrass band than a jam band. The same could be said about Jolliff, who also shows considerably more restraint in his playing than Austin ever did, but doesn’t have that extra gear of his predecessor wherein musicality is thrown out the window in favor of ripping off a foot-stomping solo, which increases the decibels of the crowd and certainly on the stage. But before talking about the show itself, one needs to examine the venue. Nestled on Madison’s east side, this 83-year-old venue that holds just under 1,000 people was packed to the gills with energetic fans of the band. With a small pit, which saw probably twice as many people as it should have, and seats lining the final two-thirds downstairs and a seated balcony, which saw the majority of the seated patrons, there
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The Yonder Mountain String Band tour around the country giving live performances and creating their own style of music. was a palpable energy emanating through the crowd, which the band gave back in spades. For the opening 45 or so minutes of the first set, the quintet ran through an octet of songs. One word characterized the whole night: heavy. While bluegrass bands are hardly given labels such as “heavy,” Yonder are hardly your grandfather’s bluegrass band. For the final segment of the set, the band brought out Drew Emmitt, mandolin player for Leftover Salmon, another one of the pioneers of this “jam grass” scene. Running through a sandwich of “Traffic Jam” into Leftover Salmon’s “Get Me Outta This City” before heading back into “Traffic Jam,” the now sextet more closely resembled Austin’s iteration of Yonder. Emmitt, a fantastic mandolin player, did what Austin was known
for: playing fast and loud. While it’s selling both short to say that they only play fast and loud without regard for notes or music, what Austin brought was energy and Emmitt stepped into that Energizer Bunny role with aplomb. The second set, which featured Emmitt for the entirety of the set, saw it’s full-time mandolin player take center stage at one point for what surely was the high point of the show. As an intro to Bill Monroe’s “Kentucky Mandolin,” Jolliff had the stage to himself, where he took all the time he needed, building and building on a ferocious solo that paid great attention to each note played, even as they increased in speed and as his left hand flew up and down the fret board. As the rest of the band launched into “The Father of
Bluegrass’” tune, the harddriving rhythms gave each band member a chance to shine, though no one shone as brightly as Jolliff, whose midsong solo caused the building to erupt into a frenzy of bluegrass ecstasy. While the night was filled with a bevy of high points, coming from the three core members as well: Adam Aijala on acoustic guitar, Dave Johnston on banjo and the new “voice of the band,” Ben Kaufmann, who had taken over the talking duties mid-song from Austin, on upright bass, it was the final segment that really showed their strengths. Opening up the final stretch with “Angel,” a slow burn of a number that coalesces all of the elements that makes Yonder what they are,
before seguing into the relatively recently penned “Fingerprint,” which saw Johnston take the lead vocal mic on the heavy tune. The middle of the sandwich saw “Robots,” a dark tune that saw their acoustic instruments distorted into a polyethnic blend and provided avenues into areas the band nary explores, all while the lights strobed and fluttered behind them. The set then wrapped up with the completion of “Fingerprint” and then the end of “Angel” before the lengthy encore took shape and the band bid us goodnight. Overall, the addition of Emmitt for the second half of the show helped bring Yonder back to their old sound, though time has shown that Kral and Jolliff have melded into the fold with sangfroid.
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Tim Myers depends on overused radio hooks in sophomore album CD REVIEW
The Year Tim Myers By Paul Blazevich The Daily Cardinal
“The Year is a concept album … and it takes you through a relationship for the entire year,” Tim Myers said in a press release regarding his second studio album, released on Jan. 6.
Formerly involved with the band One Republic, there are many of the same recurring elements found on The Year that one would find on a One Republic album, including heavy orchestration, featuring boisterous pop hooks and the necessary acoustic guitar. Myers released what can be considered a pop-culture friendly, radio album. By not sticking to solely folk-oriented sounds or fully immersing himself in the orchestral elements, Myers ends up with a final project that has no specific identity. The Year caters to the demands of the general public and media
instead of blazing its own path in the future of pop music. The lead single, “March: Hills to Climb,” is the perfect example of this album’s orientation toward the demands of corporate media executives and the allure of profit rather than a single that evokes a specific meaning. It is the type of song that has been heard so many times before in commercials and cinematic cut scenes, with it’s racing beat, deafening combination of percussion, strings and guitar and a chorus of “Ooohs” rather than actual lyrics. This profitable sound, popularized by Mumford & Sons and Myers’ former band,
One Republic, overshadows the few good works on The Year. The slower tracks are Myers’ triumphs on this LP. “October: Written in the Stars” features a romantic string arrangement and Myers’ vocals describing what some may call the “honeymoon phase” of a relationship: how perfect two people are for each other and how it seems as if that euphoria will never end. Rounding out The Year is “December: Somedays.” This final track ignores the orchestral elements that so profoundly dominate the first eleven songs. “December: Somedays” gives listeners a calmer, more
folk-oriented piece with Myers singing over a refreshingly simple acoustic guitar riff. This calm conclusion does not atone for the substancelacking body of The Year. Other than taking a peek at the album cover, mixing geometric design with the natural, “December: Somedays” is the only part of this album worth any of your time. If you prefer fresh musical ideas to music that follows a trend that has been recurring for several years, avoid The Year at all costs. If you want to hear the same thing again, then you are welcome to indulge.
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Free speech threatened worldwide Elijah gray Opinion Columnist
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he recent attack of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo at the hands of religious fanatics has sent many into a frenzy extolling the merits of a free press. That so many of us regard the right to an open press as a fundamental tenet of society has been laid bare in our incredulity at those who would extinguish the torch of free expression and dictate the parameters of permissible thought. In their march through Paris in the wake of the attack, a myriad of the world’s leaders affirmed that those who value liberty over tyranny would not submit to the demands of terrorists. While this collective indignation and resolve in the face of terrorism is no doubt an admirable and just response, it should not goad us into assuming that suppression of journalism is a singularly terrorist activity. It’s no secret that in a multitude of countries there exists routine censorship of the media and the persecution of journalists who dare to report on issues deemed taboo by the government. A number of high profile examples from the recent
past demonstrate that many still live under systems in which journalism can be treated as a criminal offense by those in charge. As I’ve written about before, two Al Jazeera journalists, Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy, currently reside in Egyptian prison for having reported on the Muslim Brotherhood, a political organization whose activities have been outlawed by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. For those wondering why I didn’t mention the third journalist, Peter Greste, it was determined on Feb. 1 that he would be extradited to his home country of Australia. After their arrest in December 2013 the men were made to sit in jail for almost two months before being granted a court appearance, and it wasn’t until June that they were handed their prison sentences. Whether or not one feels that the organization on which they reported is a terrorist group, as President Sisi insists, it’s ludicrous to suggest that these journalists deserved to be jailed indefinitely for the act of doing their job. As reported by Bloomberg, there are at present
60 journalists detained in Egypt, presumably for offenses similar to those of the Al Jazeera reporters. The targeting of journalists involved in allegedly subversive activities has also been playing out in Turkey, where President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a name for himself as enemy of media freedom by forcibly shutting down Twitter in March of 2014. Last month President Erdogan expanded his anti-media credentials by authorizing a raid on a newspaper and television station said to be in cahoots with one of the president’s political rivals. At least 23 arrests were made, all on the deliberately selfserving pretext that there exists in Turkey a parallel state plotting to overthrow the government. If editorializing in favor of the opposition of the current political leadership served as grounds for imprisonment everywhere many of us would think twice about elucidating our thoughts on Gov. Walker. These examples are merely snapshots in a portfolio of media suppression whose contributors include many more states than just Egypt and Turkey. The tenuous
ISIS’s number one export: fear Hae Rin Lee Opinion Columnist
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ransnational terrorism has haunted us for many years, yet the current crisis with ISIS is quickly becoming one of the most unique cases we have witnessed so far. ISIS is one of the most dangerous and powerful terrorist groups in the globe, but how does it continue to exist and to trap us in fear? The political theorist Hannah Arendt once said, “Fear is an emotion indispensable for survival.” We should be able to use fear for the purpose of survival. In order to do so, we need to dig deeper. As of now, ISIS has forced the hands of many major international communities to condemn its gruesome deeds. I have come to wonder how this group is able to manage the system of terror effectively. According to recent The New York Times reports, the major source of income for the group comes from oil smuggling. Due to the group’s geographic proximity to the Turkish border, a bridge to Europe, ISIS illegally trades crude oil. It produces crude oil in the Syrian-Turkish border oil refineries from raw petroleum that has been extracted from the controlled regions across Syria and Iraq. This business brings them $1 million per day. However, realizing the problems of money flow helping ISIS’s global jihad, the U.S. and other nations have been recently air striking the oil refineries near the borders. The officials revealed that they were careful with their attacks as they were afraid of harming innocent civilians. Here you can see the drastic difference in tactics used by coalition forces and ISIS forces. The coalition forces seek to prevent unnecessary damage while ISIS is hell-bent on inflicting it across the region and even the world. The oil smuggling in these regions have been historically common ever since the UN sanction put a limit to Iraq’s oil industry during Saddam Hussein’s regime. Many
people in the region have capitalized on this opportunity to smuggle oil as a way to make money and often times that money pays for terrorist organizations. The problem grows everyday as more and more people turn to working for ISIS.
However smart or powerful ISIS may be, the lack of allies is not a wise strategy to pursue. By obtaining incredible amounts of wealth and support from its trade in oil and other resources, ISIS was able to distinguish itself from other transnational terrorist groups by establishing its own country, though not internationally recognized. Until ISIS became the public issue, the image of transnational terrorism was limited to hiding in obscure places and waging secret wars. Instead, ISIS is doing the opposite. It uses social media services to recruit foreigners or many Arab descendents scattered across Europe, who desire a sense of belonging because they could not easily fit in with their current society due to discrimination. ISIS gives the individuals a sense of identification in society through religion and common cultures, which may appear familiar to them over that of European cultures and societies. Fueled by wealth, ISIS buys up incredible amounts of military weapons to compete in national or international levels. Other than using guns to expand their territories, they also use bullets to fill the spots of authority. Based on the PBS Frontline reports, when towns or cities are occupied, the rebels or enemies of the group are publicly and swiftly executed, and people are forced into the endless propaganda tactics to legitimize their ruling. Through these mechanisms, ISIS replaces the vacuum
of power with its own governance. ISIS smartly takes up the power and performs its function to rule the people through terror and propaganda. However mighty ISIS may be, there are many contradictions to its expansive policies. When people are exposed to extreme fear, a number of them choose not to follow it. As long as humans stay humans, however brainwashed they may be, they will naturally hold self-interest and wish to escape from the horrors that terror and war bring. That is the natural instinct, I believe, that people wish to live in their lives free from the terror as much as possible. Also, ISIS’s policies are against many traditional beliefs of Islam, all the while claims to desire a Muslim empire. While suppressing the influence of science and modern education, condemning them as the evil of the West, ISIS is recruiting guns as well as people who can use those technologies for them. What would happen, when it conquers enough of its goals? Would it still be able to hold the unhappy marriage of modernity and backward belief? Probably not, some bloody mess may be used to cover that dark contradiction. However smart or powerful ISIS may be, the lack of allies is not a wise strategy to pursue. The lack of tolerance and use of violence, is to me, not an enduring national principle. However faulty it may be, we should not forget the transnational terrorism of Islam. It is a task we should all look upon to quit the flame, as the origins of such movements cannot be traced with one click of internet. It is not such a distant danger anymore as seen in the Charlie Hebdo attack in recent times. Hae Rin is a freshman writer for The Daily Cardinal. Is there anything she may have overlooked? Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
rationales offered by these governments for persecuting journalists and censoring media would seem comical if it weren’t for how dangerous they’ve proven to be. On a certain level I understand why it is that governments engage in this behavior. Presidents Erdogan and Sisi have criminal business they would be wise to keep from the public eye, so it follows logically that they would target reporters who attempt to unearth that activity for all to see. Additionally, by penalizing those who report on certain political groups it makes the task of delegitimizing the opposition that much easier. I remain incredulous, however, at the fact that governments can so willfully quash basic human rights seemingly without paying heed to the eventual ramifications. History tells us you can only oppress people for so long before something snaps and they decide they’ve had enough abuse, making it incumbent on leaders to recognize the inevitable and often bloody fallout born from denying citizens the rights they know they deserve. Such a degree of cognizance might
be a tall order for these individuals, whose egos and anxieties have severely limited their capacity for foresight, but in this writer’s opinion anyone who can claim responsibility for shutting down entire social media sites is in dire need of a new political strategy. The attack on Charlie Hebdo was at once disgusting and deplorable, but it would be remiss of us to lose sight of other, arguably more pervasive threats to freedom of the press. One can only hope that leaders who feel compelled to curb this right will be deposed in the end, and that the societies over which they reign will adopt permanent safeguards to media freedom. I don’t know how long it will be before this takes place on a mass scale, but with continued vigilance and pressure there may come a day when journalists need not live in fear of doing their job. In writing this I article I was made to think of a Bruce Springsteen lyric that’s apropos of this situation: “Darlin’, will tyrants and kings fall to the same fate, strung up at your city gates?” Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
Super Bowl ads stray from the norm, tackle social issues Lilly Hanson Opinion Columnist
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as anyone used JUBLIA toe fungus remover? If you watched Super Bowl XLIX on Sunday night, you might have seen the corny cartoon commercial for the JUBLIA toe fungus remover among other commercials. Along with half the population of the world, I watch the Super Bowl purely for the commercials. I love the ones that make me laugh and I love the ones that make me cry. Past themes of commercials have been sexualizing women, men’s fantasies and crude humor. Popular commercials of Super Bowl 2014 have been Axe “Make Love, Not War” and the Dannon John Stamos dream commercial. While these topics are interesting to comment on throughout the week following the Super Bowl, it seems as if the commercials have taken a different turn this year. The ads of Super Bowl XLIX were super depressing. Budweiser’s “Lost Dog” brought half the population to tears over a yellow lab puppy and Always’ “#LikeAGirl” made everyone rethink the meaning of the phrase “you run like a girl.” The real shocker was the Nationwide “Childhood Accidents” commercial which discussed the fact that most children die due to preventative accidents. The NFL even tried rehabilitating its own image with a spot on domestic violence. The league, which was criticized for its handling of player Ray Rice’s assault on his fiancée, aired a commercial featuring a terrified woman who calls 911 pretending to order out for pizza when she is really trying to convey to cops that she fears
for her life. It seems as though companies are becoming more successful using emotional advertisements so people feel passionate about their product. For example, Toyota used the story of Paralympic medalist Amy Purdy to try to peddle its vehicles. With this turn from objectifying women to condemning domestic violence, one has to ask “Who woke up ad managers to what is really going on in the world?” When did ad campaigns realize that instead of promoting the newest quadruple cheeseburger what was really needed was a simple call to action to end obesity and eat healthier?
The NFL even tried rehabilitating its own image with a spot on domestic violence.
There is no one reason why America has stopped caring about trivial things. Perhaps it is due to current celebrities taking a stand on important issues such as feminism, obesity, domestic violence, etc. Or perhaps it is because the ability people have to voice their opinions on issues through multiple social media platforms. While watching the Super Bowl on Sunday night, I expected tweets of disgust over how there was no crude humor or X-rated fantasy ads. Instead many of my Twitter and Facebook friends were glad that companies had taken a stance on popular topics. Whether you watch the Super Bowl for the sports or for the commercials, there was something for everyone during the Super Bowl XLIX Sunday night. Lilly is a freshman writer for The Daily Cardinal. Do you support the ad campaign shift toward social issues? Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
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UW looks to exploit frontcourt matchup By Zach Rastall the daily cardinal
After picking up a couple of wins on the road over Michigan and Iowa, the No. 5 Wisconsin Badgers (7-1 Big Ten, 19-2 overall) will return home to the Kohl Center to take on Tom Crean’s Indiana Hoosiers (6-3, 16-6) Tuesday at 6 p.m. The Badgers have won four straight since losing starting point guard Traevon Jackson to a broken foot in a loss to Rutgers. In his absence, sophomore guard Bronson Koenig has filled Jackson’s spot in the starting rotation, and has certainly rose to the occasion for head coach Bo Ryan. In his four starts, Koenig has scored 45 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and dished out eight assists while averaging 36.5 minutes per game. He has only turned the ball over twice in the last four games and has committed just three turnovers in 242 minutes of action over the last nine contests. “You need to be aggressive to be a point guard, but through repetition you learn what’s open and what isn’t open,” Ryan said. “[Koenig] is matur-
ing before our eyes.” As a team, Wisconsin is averaging 73.6 points per game during conference play, the highest total in the Big Ten. The Badgers also boast the No. 1 offense in the entire country, according to Ken Pomeroy’s efficiency ratings, averaging 124.8 points per 100 possessions. All signs point to a highscoring affair Tuesday night in Madison, as UW will be facing an Indiana team that is no slouch on offense either. The Hoosiers rank 14th in the country in points per game (80.3) and have the seventh-best offense in the country according to Pomeroy’s efficiency ratings, averaging 117.3 points per 100 possessions. The IU offense lives and dies by the three, ranking 15th in the nation with a team 3-point shooting percentage of 40.2. With the loss of junior forward Hanner Mosquera-Perea to a knee injury in mid-January, the Hoosiers’ lineup has become even more guard-heavy. Mosquera-Perea’s injury was a huge blow to a frontcourt that already lacked much depth and weakened its interi-
or defense considerably, which could cause a whole host of problems when the Hoosiers go up against Wisconsin. UW’s starting frontcourt, consisting of forwards Frank Kaminsky, Sam Dekker and Nigel Hayes, is one of the most formidable in the entire country and are a matchup nightmare for Crean and the Hoosiers. The trio of Kaminsky, Dekker and Hayes combine to score 42.6 of the Badgers’ 73.6 points per game, and are the only three Wisconsin players who have double-digit scoring averages this season. If the Hoosiers are going to hang with the Badgers and pick up their first win in Madison since 1998, when Dick Bennett was UW’s head coach and Bob Knight still patrolled the Indiana sidelines, they’ll need to be hot from beyond the arc. They could also use a big performance from freshman guard James Blackmon Jr. Indiana is 7-1 this season when he scores 20 or more points. If the Hoosiers are unable to find success from 3-point range, they could be in for a really long night.
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Frank Kaminsky could be in for a field day against Indiana. The Hoosiers already weak frontcourt is dealing with injuries.
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Wisconsin teams look to maintain weekend successes By Ashley Maag the daily cardinal
The Badgers are all coming off a high note as they head into their upcoming games. The men’s and women’s basketball teams hope to use their latest conference victories as fuel to improve. The men’s hockey team is looking to avenge a pair of losses against Penn State earlier this season and the women’s hockey team looks to repeat victories against Minnesota Duluth.
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Wisconsin (7-1 Big Ten, 19-2 overall) will host the Indiana Hoosiers Feb. 2 at the Kohl Center. The Badgers are coming off a big win on the road against Iowa, but are still look-
ing for more. “Your work is never done, and your fun is never done,” said head coach Bo Ryan. Taking on a talented Indiana roster, with names like Yogi Ferrell and James Blackmon Jr., Ryan looks for his Badgers to contain these players. Wisconsin hopes to counter with its own talent, including the many players who have stepped up in the absence of Traevon Jackson. Bronson Koenig has consistently played well since taking the starting point guard role. Coming off the bench, Zak Showalter has also contributed to the team. “He knows we put guys on the floor to add so if you can do it with a rebound or taking a
charge, if you can do it with making a play offensively, setting a teammate up, and when you are open knocking down the shot,” Ryan said of Showalter. “So we don’t make it real complicated, we’re just looking for addition, not subtraction.”
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The Badgers (16-4-2 WCHA, 21-4-3 overall) are also looking forward to an exciting matchup this weekend in a series against Minnesota Duluth. Wisconsin, coming off a series sweep against Minnesota State, looks to improve its power play and find the net more as it takes on the Bulldogs at LaBahn Arena this Friday and Saturday. While winning in decisive fashion in their first meetings
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Freshman Emily Clark played a key role in WIsconsin’s series sweep over Minnesota State.
against Minnesota Duluth, 4-1 and 6-2, the Badgers expect this series to be more competitive and challenging. “When we were up there in October, both teams were trying to get their feet wet in regards to what type of team they’re going to be, how they came out of their short training camp,” said head coach Mark Johnson. “They’re a much better team today than they were in October.”
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Wisconsin (0-6-2 Big Ten, 2-16-4 overall) also looks to use momentum from its shootout victory against Minnesota Saturday night, after falling 7-5 to the Gophers Friday night. UW could have evened the series out Saturday, but allowed a gametying goal with two seconds left in regulation. Now the Badgers head to Penn State this weekend to play the Nittany Lions for the second series of the year against these teams. After losing 5-2 and 4-2 in their first meetings, Wisconsin hopes to improve from its last performance. “We are at a different place than we were then and looking forward to going back and seeing what we can do against them,” said head coach Mike Eaves. The Badgers have had difficulties tallying wins this season, and Eaves attributes the Badgers struggles to the youngness of the team. “It’s like a farmer planting a field with new seeds,” Eaves said. “You can go out there every day and see if they’ve grown at all but it takes time.”
The Badgers hope to see their freshmen continue to grow as they head into this series hungry for their first win since Jan. 3.
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The Badgers (4-7 Big Ten, 8-13 overall) look to keep their momentum going as they head into their next game after defeating Illinois 73-62 this past Saturday. After coming off this road win, the Badgers hope to use that energy and stay on the winning path. “It gives you confidence, especially when you go on the road and get a win,” said head coach Bobbie Kelsey. “I think that it gives you more confidence than when you are at home.” Badger players have been stepping up on the team in the absence of Michala Johnson, particularly junior guard Nicole Bauman has had big performances in the past few games. She had a career-high 31 points against Ohio State last week, setting a new school record for 3-pointers in a game (by either the men’s or women’s team) by sinking eight shots from long distance. She also added 21 points in the victory against Illinois. “Whatever has gotten into her I would like to see sink into some of the others on the team,” Kelsey said. Wisconsin hopes Bauman’s success is contagious in its upcoming matchup against Iowa. Tipoff is at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Kohl Center. It’s the annual “Think Pink” game to support cancer awareness and the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.