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Will Chancellor Ward’s push for technological innovation come at a price? +OPINION, page 5

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‘I still remember Anthony as our conscience’ ESPN college basketball reporter Andy Katz reflects on his time at The Daily Cardinal with Anthony Shadid by andy katz Anthony Shadid was the best of all of us. We just didn’t know it then. We were aspiring college journalists, righteous about our passion. The countless hours we spent in Vilas Hall, churning out The Daily Cardinal was the infancy of so many of our careers. We learned how to question, to challenge, to seek answers through fairness and justice. Some of us dealt with more serious stories than others. And while maybe it romanticizes our years in the late 1980s, I still remember Anthony as our conscience. Anthony knew the threshold for news. He knew the standard. If Anthony believed in a story, you knew it had merit. We were equals, all of us thinking we had a shared say. As I look back, some 20-plus years later, I realize his opinion mattered more—just as it would for so many of his colleagues at the Associated Press, Boston Globe, Washington Post and New

York Times. You can’t debate a resume such as Anthony’s. His work appeared in the finest publications throughout the world. Stephanie Daher/the daily cardinal

Protesters joined the Student Labor Action Coalition on their march Friday to protest Chancellor David Ward’s decision to enter mediation with adidas over labor disputes.

“It will be impossible to duplicate Anthony’s unique approach to storytelling.”

His opinion mattered more, because he had the instincts to ferret out a story, the true narrative of real issues. Anthony’s career soared as he tackled the toughest news stories of our time in the Middle East. He knew that to pursue stories in the field, he had to immerse himself in the culture and, of course, the language. Anthony could build a trust with sources because he was so genuine. We lost touch, as many col-

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Hundreds protest mediation with adidas By Kelly Kallien The Daily Cardinal

Hundreds of students and members of the Student Labor Action Coalition protested Chancellor David Ward’s decision to enter a mediation period with adidas over allegations that it owes former Indonesian workers $1.8 million in severance pay. About 250 students, many visiting from across the country for the United Students Against Sweatshops’ 15th anniversary conference, carried signs and chanted on Bascom Hill Friday to demonstrate their frustration over Ward’s refusal to begin cutting ties with adidas. “I’m here today with students

all across the country to demand that Chancellor Ward will take a stand and side with students rather than siding with billionaire corporation, like adidas,” USAS organizer Tiffany Chang said.

“It’s appaling that the chancellor is still trying to stall in this decision.” Tiffany Chang Organizer United Students Against Sweatshops

After listening to speeches on Bascom Hill, the students

marched into Ward’s office with a large paper roll that represented a giant can of pepper spray. The model was a reference to antisweatshop protests in 2000, when police pepper sprayed protesters during a five-day anti-sweatshop sit-in of Bascom Hall during Ward’s first term as chancellor. Additionally, protestors marched to the Capitol, where they heard speeches about union workers’ rights to celebrate the anniversary of the collective bargaining protests. Chang said she is frustrated with Ward’s decision to participate in private meetings with adi-

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Court denies Walker’s request for more time to challenge recall signatures

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A participant shows off after her dive into Lake Monona at Saturday’s Polar Plunge. + Photo by Abigail Waldo

A Dane County judge denied Gov. Scott Walker’s request Friday for a two-week extension on the deadline to challenge recall petitions filed against him. Walker’s campaign said an extension until March 12 was necessary because of the large number of petitions filed against the governor. However, Judge Richard Niess’s decision means the deadline will remain set at Feb. 27. The campaign of Kathleen Falk, former Dane County Executive and Democratic candidate for governor in the likely recall, said that Niess’s decision was important in stopping Walker from financially benefiting from an extended review

period. Campaign fundraising is unchecked before elections are officially declared, but becomes regulated once recall elections are confirmed. “[Walker is] trying to delay the election so he can raise more unlimited campaign money, but he can’t stop this movement to bring openness, accountability, transparency and integrity back to the governor’s office,” Falk said in a statement. However, Ben Sparks, Republican Party of Wisconsin Communications Director, said in a statement Niess’s decision was “concerning” because it could inhibit an “adequate review” of the petitions.

“The court’s decision to deny Friends of Scott Walker an extension to verify these recall petitions is concerning, given that it has become apparent that an adequate review of recall signatures could not be met within the current time limit,” Sparks said. Walker’s campaign has reviewed about 330,000 signatures and found errors in 10 to 20 percent of the petitions. In a motion last week, his campaign indicated it could challenge around 100,000 signatures out of the roughly 1 million filed against him, which is under the approximately 500,000 needed to end the recall effort. —Jack Casey

“…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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UW students return from captivity in Colombia

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August 29, 1988

University senior Stephen Koneman is home. After being held 10 months by guerrillas in Colombia, Koneman, a 22-year-old geography student, and his friend Jason McLachlan, 21, were released Aug. 15 in the southern region of Colombia to Roman Catholic Bishop Jose Luis Serna Alzate. The two students returned to Chicago Aug. 18. Koneman and McLAchlan were captured Oct. 4, by a leftist guerrilla group, the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces or FARC, the Spanish acronym for the organization. Koneman said they were captured while canoeing along the Putumayo River located on the border between Colombia and Peru. The river region is densely forested, still relatively unexplored and used heavily by Colombian drug traffickers. “It’s quite a shock re-entering [the United States],” Koneman said in a telephone interview Thursday. It’s kind of amazing to

me that it has become such a big story,” he said. Koneman said he has had to adjust from the living conditions in the jungles of southern Colombia to the busy streets of Chicago. “Everything is here,” he said. “All the conveniences—there is just so much stimulation here. “You spend so much time with a few books and a magazine every once in a while and then you have all these things to do.” But Koneman said he was treated well by the guerrillas. “We were living with them with the conditions they lived in,” he said. “They went out of their way to take care of us.” While moving from location to location, Koneman and McLachlan adjusted to the way of life of their captors. They groups holding the two students usually operated in small groups of 15 to 20 people and were able to move quickly when necessary. At a press conference

in Chicago, the two students said they never stayed in a camp for longer than two months. Their diet also adjusted to their conditions. During the ten months, many of their meals consisted of “yucca, beans, rice, tomatoes, monkey, piranha, armadillo, toucan, and a small three-foot alligator,” Koneman said. Returning to the United States, Koneman said he anticipated some health problems from drinking Colombian water, eating the indigenous food and living in a high-risk malaria region. But after receiving a checkup last week, Koneman said he was in good condition. The two former classmates at the Latin School of Chicago began traveling in June 1987. After completing a threemonth trip through Central America, they flew to Bogota, Colombia, in early September and continued toward the border of Colombia and Peru. The last time their parents heard directly from Koneman

or McLachlan was in a letter dated Sept. 22. In the letter sent to Koneman’s brother, Koneman said the two were planning to travel down the Putumayo River. The next time either of the students’ parents were alerted to Koneman and McLachlan’s whereabouts was in late June after being contacted by the American Embassy in Colombia. The embassy received a letter in mid-June written in Spanish and signed by Koneman and McLachlan. Dated May 25, the letter stated they were being held by the guerrillas and included a picture of the two. The students were informed Aug. 12 by the guerrillas that they would be released. Koneman and McLachlan arrived home in Chicago six days later. Koneman said he will not enroll at the University for the fall semester. He expects to return in the spring, and plans to take some classes at the University of Illinois-Chicago this semester.

Kanye’s Jacqueline’s workout plan Jacqueline O’reilly o’really?!

started my senior year with two goals I hoped to accomplish by the end of the 30 weeks: graduate and return to the weight I first walked through Witte’s doors at. Like most college students, I have gained some poundage over the years, approximately 10 pounds. And while I have enjoyed every last bottle of Spotted Cow and every single loaf of spicy cheesy bread, I felt my final year of college was the time to make a change, if in no other form than light beer. Well, with three months still remaining in my undergraduate career, I am happy to announce I have already reached said goal. And while yes, a disappointingly large portion of this lost weight has come out of my bra, and yes, what had already been my nonexistent butt is now even smaller, I am still happy to have crossed that finish line. When I tell friends of my accomplishment, many ask how I pulled it off. In addition to sharing my oh-so successful techniques with them, I will now share them with you. However, I must warn you, my diet practices would not impress health experts anywhere. They are not exactly orthodox. Still, in case you are wondering, this is what worked for me. You may want to stick with the low-carb gig, though.

Get a job two miles away from your apartment and refuse to learn the bus routes

I am the master of this practice. Having lived on Old University for two years now, people commonly ask how often I take the bus. The answer is never. Truly, despite living a mile away from most campus buildings (and even further from the Old Fashioned—eek), not once have I taken advantage of Metro Transit. Hell, I don’t even have a bus pass.

It is painful, and I am missing out on a lot of steamy dream sequences, but it has proven great for the waistline! The reasoning behind this is very simple: Exercising sucks balls. Jogging is for masochists and people who hate themselves. As for yoga, I would rather eat a pretzel than be a pretzel. Ergo, walking is the only kind of physical activity I get on a regular basis. Thus, when I landed an internship at the Pawnee Madison Parks Division at the start of this semester, I decided walking to the east side of the Capitol everyday would be exercise enough.

Replace one meal a day with something that tastes like cardboard

Does Kashi make it? Does your cereal box read “Grape Nuts?” You are on the right track! My poison was something called Think Thin bars, available at Trader Joe’s. About as appetizing as compressed feces, these brownie flavored (ha!) bars have 20 grams of protein and zero grams of deliciousness. Still, thanks to said protein, they keep you full until your next meal, for which you can eat something less processed than this vile concoction.

Get lost in the UW Arboretum

This is a win-win move. You get lost in arguably the most beautiful place in Madison while being forced to exercise. This is something I did just two weeks ago. On that delightfully sunny, warm Saturday, my friend and fellow Page Two columnist Ariel and I went for what was supposed to be a leisurely walk through the Arboretum. We ended up losing track of time and walking the whole five-mile path. Not bad, except for the fact that it spits you out in west Madison, meaning we had another five god forsaken miles to walk before descending upon the area we call home. The adventure left our feet quite sore— mine had been ambitiously (read: stupidly) clad in a pair of worn out TOMS—and turned what had been my case of the sniffles into a fullblown sinus infection, but it meant

we could grab a guilt-free dinner at Bluephies toward the end of the walk. If that’s not dieting I don’t know what is.

Never sleep

I am no dietary sciences major, but I have to assume we humans burn more calories when we are awake versus when we are snoozing. This is the reality I choose to live by, anyway, because a good night’s sleep for me generally looks like five hours—tops. It is painful, and I am missing out on a lot of steamy dream sequences, but it has proven great for the waistline! This semester, I am working three jobs while taking eight credits. What can I say? I guess I bite off more than I can chew at places other than the dinner table. That combined with an urge to use the “I’m a second semester senior!”-excuse far too many nights a week means “zzz’s” are in short supply these days. That said, this gives you more time to burn off those calories, even if they are coming in the form of vodka sodas. I (and Bruno Mars) would like to leave you with this final reminder: YOU ARE AMAZING JUST THE WAY YOU ARE, and anyone who thinks otherwise can lick a toilet seat. Plus, you could end up like me. Your jeans still fit, but you are suddenly in desperate need of smaller bras. Hooray for results? Are you appalled by Jacqueline’s bizarre diet techniques? Tell her how she should be keeping thin by emailing jgoreilly@dailycardinal.com.

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Groups question Senate’s mining decision at hearing Republicans decided last week to fast-track the Assembly version of a bill reducing regulations on ironore mining in Wisconsin instead of going forward with a more moderate Senate version proposed last week. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, disbanded the special committee overseeing the Senate version of the bill Wednesday and sent the Assembly version to the Joint Committee on Finance, which held a public hearing on the bill Friday. Now, the bill could be voted on in the Senate as early as this week. Many concerned residents from northern Wisconsin came

to Madison Friday to speak out against the legislation at a public hearing. A member of the Bad River Band, a Native American tribe which was working with the state Senate on its version of the bill, said Friday his people’s land is “pristine, its special, and there’s not very many areas like this in the world. And that’s why we need to fight to protect it.” Democratic Senators also spoke out against Fitzgerald’s decision to fast track the bill. Sen. Jennifer Shilling, D-La Crosse, said not enough was being done to include citizens who would be affected by the legislation in the discussion. “The process that has been

used to rush through this flawed mining legislation is shocking,” Shilling said in a statement Friday. “While I support efforts to attract new jobs to our state, I am not willing to sacrifice the rights of citizens and our state’s natural resources.” But Fitzgerald’s decision to fast-track the Assembly’s version ensures mining legislation will be put to a vote sooner than if they went through with the Senate’s version. “We can’t allow the clock to run out on a project that could mean a generation of good-paying jobs and revitalize an entire local economy,” Fitzgerald said in a statement. —By Rachel Schulze and Tyler Nickerson

Bill would make redistricting process nonpartisan In a rare move, state senators commission that would redraw on federal census data. from opposite sides of the aisle the districts. The new law Democrats have argued the teamed up to propose legisla- would need to be approved by most recent redistricting lines, tion Friday that would voters in a refpassed last summer by ensure the redistricting erendum and a Republican-controlled process, done every ten passed in two legislature and a years, is nonpartisan. consecutive legRepublican governor, are Authors Sens. Dale islative sessions. unconstitutional. Schultz, R-Richland C u r r e n t l y, Also, the proposal Center, and Tim Cullen, the party in concomes shortly after D-Janesville, are currently trol of the state Republican lawmakers circulating the bill for colegislature has were ordered to release SCHULTZ CULLEN sponsorship, which would the advantage in information about last not take affect until 2021. redrawing legisyear’s redistricting The bill would let lawmak- lative and congressional districts after they attempted to keep ers from both parties appoint a in its favor every ten years based the process secret.

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Anthony Shadid, sixth from left, and Andy Katz, second from right, appear in this Daily Cardinal staff photo from 1988. Shadid passed away in Syria last Thursday.

shadid from page 1 legiate colleagues do, though I always followed his career. When I read his dispatches from abroad, I always was so proud and honored to have worked alongside him at The Daily Cardinal. When he won the second Pulitzer Prize, we reconnected via email. I stood in awe of his accomplishments. The outpouring of adulation for Anthony since his shocking death has been unprecedented in journalism. Heads of state have recognized his passing. The universal love for his work and an unbelievable amount of praise for how he respected the craft is deserved. Journalism mourns his passing. Reporting from the Middle

East might never be the same, as it will be impossible to duplicate Anthony’s unique approach to storytelling.

“If Anthony believed in a story, you knew it had merit.”

I grieve for his family, and also mourn the loss of an iconic figure in American journalism. He was the best of us. We may have not realized it at the time but there is no debate that we all know it now. The University of Wisconsin was fortunate to have him. Every newspaper and wire

service was fortunate to have him. The world was fortunate to have him. Andy Katz was a Cardinal sports editor in 1988. He graduated from Wisconsin in 1990. He went on to work for the Milwaukee Journal, the Albuquerque Journal, the Fresno Bee and since 1999 has been a senior writer at ESPN.com and ESPN’s national college basketball reporter. Editor’s note: Established by alumni and friends, the Anthony Shadid Memorial Fund will be permanently endowed at the University of Wisconsin Foundation. Shadid’s family will determine the eventual use of the funds. More information on the fund and how to contribute is available from the UW Foundation.

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Future conflicts with Badger Hockey could force WIAA state basketball tournaments out of the Kohl Center.

Athletic Board hopes to keep state basketball in Madison By Anna Duffin The Daily Cardinal

Despite reports the Wisconsin high school boys’ and girls’ basketball tournaments would be moved to the Resch Center in Green Bay indefinitely starting next year, members of the UW-Madison athletic board said Friday they are still hopeful the tournament will stay in Madison. The tournaments, which have been held in Madison for nearly a century, are scheduled to conflict with Badger men and women’s hockey for the next two years. Members of the board said the crowd the tournament brings to Madison benefits local businesses and the university. While members of the board said the UW-Madison Field House and Dane County Coliseum are available for the tournaments, the WIAA is seemingly only interested in the Kohl Center. But UW-Madison Deputy Athletic Director Sean Frazier said the university’s contract with WIAA, which runs through 2013, does not say the tournaments have to be hosted at the Kohl Center. “We’ve never had a situation where the Kohl Center would be exclusive because of the issues of our championships with men and women’s basketball as well as men and women’s hockey,” Frazier said. “It was never part of

adidas from page 1 das, which could take up to 60 days before he will decide to cut ties with the company. If he chooses to cut ties, Adidas will have 90 days to fix the situation or the contract will be terminated. “I think in light of Adidas’ clear disrespect and disregard of the UW-Madison’s code of conduct, it’s appalling that the chancellor is still trying to stall in this decision,” Chang said. Ward was visiting his mother in England for her 100th birthday and not present Friday, according to SLAC member John Perkins.

the discussion. It’s clear now that that’s the driving force.” Athletic Director Barry Alvarez said while it is unclear whether the WIAA has made a decision on where to hold the tournaments, he hopes the athletic department can work with the WIAA to reach an agreement. Also at the meeting, the committee approved the athletic department budget at nearly $114 million, an increase from its $94 million budget in 2011-12. The increase accounts for around $16.2 million in building projects. The budget also includes a $2 increase in student season tickets for football. The budget now goes to the chancellor for final approval. Committee members also spoke about UW-Madison entering a period of “meditation” with adidas after the company allegedly violated its $2.3 million contract with the university by partaking in unfair labor policies in Indonesia. Alvarez said he does not know what company the university could sign with if it severs ties with adidas, since it already terminated contracts with Nike and Russell Athletics over similar contract violations. “If we lose that contract I don’t know where we could go, how we would replenish that 2.3 [million],” Alvarez said. Perkins said he believes money is a factor in Ward’s mediation choice, which is different from UW-Madison’s previous company dismissals because of labor-violations. In addition to Badger-logo clothing, adidas provides athletics equipment and makes the company’s contract worth 50 times more. “Money’s going to play a role in his decision, but it shouldn’t. The lives of these workers matter more,” he said. University Communications Director Amy Toburen said mediation does not preclude the university parting ways with adidas.

arts ‘Tuba Atlantic’ an Oscar Short favorite 4

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ast week at Sundance Cinemas in Madison I witnessed a Norwegian teenage girl engage in a seagullkilling rampage with a heavy machine gun, a neurotic time machine inventor succumb to his OCD and spend a year trying to make one rather unremarkable day in his life perfect, two Irish estranged boyhood best friends reunite after 25 years, a young German couple become embroiled in a secret child-abduction ring after adopting a young Indian boy in Kolkata and a young Irish lad brazenly defy the Catholic church in the name of his one true love—football. And I saw it all in a hundredminute runtime. No, this wasn’t

Meet the nominees

The contenders for Best Short Film needn’t be overlooked at this year’s Academy Awards. Check out the nominees: Pentecost

Peter McDonald and Eimear O’Kane

Raju

Max Zäehle and Stefan Gieren

The Shore

Terry George and Oorlagh George

Time Freak

Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey

Tuba Atlantic Hallvar Witzø

Why the long face?

some eclectic post-modern piece of time-and-space-defying cinema. It was the collection of narrative short films nominated this year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the 2012 Oscars. While most moviegoers never get much of a chance to see short films, every year Sundance Cinemas provides the rare opportunity for Madisonians to do so. The theater is currently showing three sets of Oscarnominated shorts: Narrative Live Action, Animated and Documentary. Each weighs in at about the length of a normal feature-length movie runtime, with individual shorts ranging in length from 10 to 30 minutes. And as you can tell from the aforementioned loglines, these Oscar nominees range drastically in tone and genre from gritty thriller, to sci-fi comedy, to touching character drama. “Time Freak” is the sole American nominee this year in the narrative live action category. Written and directed by Andrew Bowler, the film is an eleven-minute short-but-sweet play on many of the time travel clichés and tropes that abound in sci-fi stories. When Evan, a neurotic quantum physicist, invents a working time machine, rather than live out his dream of visiting ancient Rome, he gets fixated on reliving the day before over and over a la Bill Murray in “Groundhog Day” in order to have the perfect conversation with his neighborhood crush and not have a fight with his dry cleaner for failing to have his clothes finished on time. The short functions on two

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“Tuba Atlantic”, a film about an elderly Norweigan man on his deathbed and his friendship with a teenage girl, has a good shot at winning the Oscar for Best Short Film. You can catch all the nominees at Sundance Cinema. levels: riffing on the abundance of over-used time travel clichés and exploring just how a real, flawed individual might make use of such a grand technology for incredibly insignificant ends. Ultimately, “Time Freak” is certainly amusing, but too much of a one-note piece to have a real shot at winning the Oscar. My favorite short flick among this year’s contenders for Best Short Film would likely be “Tuba Atlantic”. The film has already won a gold medal at the Student Academy Awards as the best foreign student film, and I expect it will take home the Oscar this weekend as well. Directed by Hallvar Witzø, this twenty-six minute black comedy follows Oskar, a cranky

old Norwegian bachelor living alone on the coast who finds out he only has six days left to live and decides to spend it doing what he loves doing most—killing the damn seagulls that perpetually defecate all over his property. Since Oskar doesn’t have anyone to take care of him, and Norwegian law is strict regarding medical care, he is assigned to Inger, a teenage girl hoping to join the ranks of the “death angels”— public servants who provide company to those on the verge of death—by staying by Oskar’s side until he dies. This odd-couple pairing establishes the black humor relationship dynamic that plays out on screen as generations collide, with each teaching the other a

little something they never learned on their own. Oh yeah, and there’s a giant makeshift tuba built to broadcast all the way over the Atlantic, from Norway to New Jersey. While all of the Oscarnominated short films this year are currently playing at Sundance Cinemas, they will also be available through iTunes and several Video On Demand services beginning Feb. 21. Check them out and have a few extra categories you actually care about come Oscar night, and perhaps a leg up on your friends in Oscar-betting. Have a different Oscarnominated short film that you think should win? Let David know at dcottrell@wisc.edu.

Grimes’ latest album disappoints By Jeremy Gartzke the daily cardinal

Grimes (also known as Claire Boucher) is a Canadian musician, and her latest record is a drive through electro-stoner pop heaven. Yes, I have to break my two descriptor rule for Grimes’ latest album, Visions. There’s simply no other way to describe it. The ambient sounds and high voice combined with the keyboard licks made this record sonically interesting, while the drum beats made every song catchy. It’s certainly not my normal cup of tea. I could see this album being one that I would listen to after a couple of sketchy cigarettes and a few drinks, but not something that I would really want to listen to on a regular basis. What the album does well excels far beyond expectations, but it is limited by the difficulty I have understanding any of the lyrics, or finding an interesting and dynamic melody. The opener to the album, “Infinite Without Fulfillment,” is interesting enough, and kind of reminds me of a tUnE-yArDs song from w h o k i l l. It doesn’t really draw me in though. I certainly don’t want more when it just ends abruptly. “Genesis” would have made a much better album opener, with

an interesting melody in the initial keyboard lick and a cute counter-melody that soars above after a few bars. I actually found myself enjoying the track, even though the effects-heavy vocals were nearly unintelligible.

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Visions Grimes CSo far in the album the only words I could pick out were “my heart” and “everything.” Being that this isn’t something I would normally listen to I was very willing to overlook that, especially with how I forgave Trevor Powers’ vocals on Youth Lagoon’s Year of Hibernation. “Oblivion” is probably the strongest track on the album. I still can’t really understand the vocals, but the melody sounds like a ’50s girl-pop song— always a pleasant throwback. And the one line I can understand is haunting: “See you in the darkness.”

“Circumambient” is probably the most intelligible track on the album, but it’s not interesting enough to really draw the listener in. The biggest issue that I have with this album is that I just don’t feel any draw to keep listening. The songs don’t evoke any emotions, there’s no resonation with me. The repetitive natures of the little hooks on the keyboard certainly don’t make it any easier to listen to. “Visiting Statue” has the perfect intro for a Kanye West song, and I eagerly await what the internet might possibly do with this track. It sounds a little bit like some of the songs I remember from ’90s pop radio. “Colour of Moonlight” will be interesting for those who are really into James Blake or Katy B, though there is less wobble and more singer/songwriter over loud sub bass notes. Even with the slightly less involved music, Grimes is still difficult to understand, although her voice is beautiful. In all, I don’t see the appeal of this album. There isn’t anything outright awful on the record, and it doesn’t have me clamoring for the off switch for my speakers, but it certainly doesn’t have me chasing down the rest of her work. For as hyped as this album was, I just didn’t get it.

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Retaining value by utilizing technology

bout two weeks ago, The Princeton Review released a report ranking UW-Madison the fifthhighest-valued public university in the country—in other words, a steal of a deal. Sitting just behind the State University of New York–Binghamton, New College of Florida, the University of Virginia and the country’s number one best deal, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, UW-Madison’s tuition, despite budget cuts, is relatively low compared to Big Ten schools across the country. While $9,671 per year is no small sum for an in-state student, does UW-Madison’s ranking as a low-cost, high-value institution have additional implications on prospective students’ pocket books? Last Monday, the Daily Cardinal Editorial Board sat down with UW-Madison

Chancellor David Ward and Vice Chancellor for Administration Darrell Bazzell to talk about just that. When asked whether the university’s ranking as the fifth-highest-valued public institution gave further leeway to raise tuition, Ward replied with a confident yet humble, “It does,” but quickly explained that increasing tuition in order to stitch up budget cuts was a fourth or fifth option, not the UW’s first course of action. So what is? Technological innovations, blended learning, peer learning, distance learning. Learning, learning, learning. As part of his two-year plan, with the first year being the one of dialogue and the second being the year of implementation, Ward has focused his time as interim chancellor on finding ways to better use technology to increase effi-

ciency and delivery of education—ultimately saving time and resources for teachers. In the midst of a scorching political climate and burnedout budget, Ward said he has looked internally for solutions. Peering through different departments to gauge how technology is being used, Ward has sparked a restructuring conversation built around technological advances as a means to save money. From transitioning courses to provide online lectures with in-person discussions, to providing Internet courses to students from different campuses, to creating math and science programs centered around selfpaced learning, Ward believes utilizing technology will provide the university with a “better structure” that has the potential to save money in the long run. And we agree. While these innovations may only save a few drops in the bucket initially, it’s an idea that’s got the university as a whole talking and re-thinking efficiencies. In our discussion with Ward, he mentioned how impressed and surprised he was by the Department of Psychology’s recent reorganization of its course and graduation program—an overhaul that cleaned up unnecessary classes and provided clarity for students. In our eyes, we see this ambitious initiative as a model for other departments to consider

Monday, February 20, 2012 when going over internal budgets and course requirements, but we feel obligated to warn against the powerful connotations “innovation” holds. Yes, going digital is innovative, but is it really the best way to learn? When considering these changes in learning environments, it is paramount we maintain our status as the fifth-best value by continuing to maintain that same value in our education.

There is a fine line between technological innovations and reorganization of programs to better save money. While we support Ward’s plans to pursue these technological objectives during his second and final year as Chancellor, we sincerely hope he doesn’t leave this institution disappointed. Tell us what you think about Ward’s ideas by sending all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Interim Chancellor David Ward believes learning through the use of technology is the answer to budgetary problems.

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

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pioneers from page 8 “We’ve had chances, they just haven’t gone in,” said Zengerle of the team’s recent struggles on offense. “Coach [Eaves] was just saying when things are good you’re kind of flying with it and when things aren’t so hot it’s tough to get out of.” Perhaps no player was as emblematic of the team as a whole this weekend than Zengerle, who was visibly frustrated after his effort on Friday. But, some words of wisdom from his head coach seemed to pay dividends. “He was on the floor [stretching] and I grabbed him by the shoulders and looked him in the eye and said ‘you are a good player. You need to remember that and just relax and play,” Mike Eaves said. Zengerle apparently took

those words to heart and he and the Badger offense brought their ‘A’ games Saturday night and produced arguably the team’s best game of the season. They say when you’re in a slump all you need is one goal to snap out of it, and that certainly rang true for Wisconsin. After Zengerle scored to tie the game at one—a goal that included an exuberant bow and arrow style celebration—you could see the immense weight come off the Badgers’ shoulders. After that the dams broke and Wisconsin poured in four of the next five goals scored in the game to build a 5-2 lead and snap the team’s five-game losing streak. “Once we got one the floodgates opened we played really well,” Zengerle said. It’s amazing what a few goals can do. The difference between

the Wisconsin team that showed up to play Friday night and that that a sold out crowd of 15,325 saw in Saturday’s game was staggering. They were two different teams. After breaking through offensively the Badgers played with a noticeable increase in confidence and overpowered one of the best teams in the nation. “We were scoring goals tonight, which I think hasn’t happened,” junior defenseman Justin Schultz—who netted his 13th goal of the season in the win—said. “We had a lot of shots on goal, a lot of chances and played well defensively. So I’d say that was one of the best games we’ve played this year.” With the win Wisconsin moved into a tie with Minnesota State for 10th place in the WCHA with two weekends left in the regular season.

Once we got the flood gates opened we played really well. Mark Zengerle, UW men’s hockey. basketball from page 8 point range in the first half. This is pretty surprising, considering the Badgers have had problems putting the ball in the basket consistently at home, shooting just 38 percent at the Kohl Center during Big Ten play this season. Starting with a Jared Berggren three with 9:55 left in the first half, Wisconsin hit five consecutive threes, including three-in-a-row by Gasser to put them up by 14, 27-13. The Badgers would not look back from there, carrying a 35-21 lead into halftime. The Badgers finished the game shooting 43 percent and 11-of-22 from behind the arc. Penn State junior guard Tim Frazier, the Big Ten’s second-leading scorer, continued his success against the Badger defense, leading the way for the Lions with a gamehigh 20 points.

wcha title from page 8 goals and put the team in a good position to make the comeback in the final frame. “We put ourselves in a situation, we’re down 3-0, and that’s not always ideal,” Ammerman said. “We had a good effort coming back and gave ourselves a chance to tie the game or maybe win it.” Wisconsin would give itself a chance to tie the game. Scoring again on the power play in the third, the deficit was reduced to one goal. Sophomore goaltender Alex Rigsby would come off the ice with 40 seconds remaining in

One thing that is still a concern for Wisconsin is its inability to get points in the paint. After getting outscored by 16 down low in their 14-point loss to Michigan State, the Badgers were left wanting once again for an inside presence as they were dominated by the Lions in the paint, 32-8. Wisconsin’s propensity to rely on outside shots is great when they are making them at consistent clip, but three-point shooting is far too unpredictable to be something that a team relies on. The Badgers must find some sort of inside game if they hope to be able to push any farther than the Sweet 16 in this year’s NCAA Tournament. The schedule will not get any easier for the Badgers as they will travel to Iowa City Thursday to take on a pesky Hawkeye team that stunned the Badgers by a score of 72-65 at the Kohl Center earlier this year. the game to give the Badgers the extra attacker. However, the Buckeyes would finalize their win with an empty net goal to put them ahead 4-2. Losing the final game of the season and on senior day was not the way Wisconsin had hoped to end their regular season. The team now needs to put this one behind them and prepare for the WCHA playoffs which begin next weekend. “You never want to lose a game, especially on senior day,” Johnson said. “It’s spilled milk right now. It’s over with and you move forward and get ready for the next weekend.”

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Playing her final home series, Brooke Ammerman recorded six points (two goals, four assists) against the Buckeyes.

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Chances are Schultz has played his final home game While Saturday Senior night festivities honored the team’s only senior, defenseman Eric Springer’s last game as a Badger at the Kohl Center, the real question is if Wisconsin fans have seen the last of junior defenseman Justin Schultz. Schultz, who is the country’s highest scoring defenseman, and ninth-highest scorer overall with 13 goals and 40 points on the season, seems destined to sign a professional contract this offseason and his actions after the Badgers’ win on Saturday would hint that his time in a Wisconsin uniform is coming to an end. After the team saluted the soldout home crowd Schultz lingered at center ice, looking toward the student section and watching the band perform Varsity before sophomore forward skated over and gave his teammate a hug. “I was just kind of taking it in,” Schultz said. “Who knows if this is going to be my last time playing

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Justin Schultz is considered one of the best prospects in the world. here? I’m not saying it is, but I was just kind of taking it in just in case I never get to play here again.” Freshman defenseman Jake McCabe seemingly added fuel to the assumption that Schultz will turn pro after this season, tweeting, “[Shoutout] to [Eric Springer] and [Justin Schultz] for the last win at the kohl center! Great win for the boys,” after Saturday’s game. By Ryan Evans / The Daily Cardinal

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Hot shooting leads Badgers past Penn St. scored in double figures. “I think the games we’ve The No. 15/17 Wisconsin men’s played our best offensively have basketball team (9-5 Big Ten, 20-7 been games where it’s been pretoverall) rebounded from a disap- ty spread-out scoring, you know, pointing loss at Michigan State multiple guys in double figures,” Thursday night to beat the Penn sophomore guard Josh Gasser State Nittany Lions (4-11, 12-16) said. “If we can get up in double Saturday, 65-55. figures like that, it makes everyIn a game that looked sur- thing a little better.” prisingly like the Badgers Gasser unexpectedly led recent game at Minnesota, the way for the Badgers in scorWisconsin almost squandered ing with 15 points. The last time away another double-digit lead, Gasser scored more than 10 points but were ultimatley saved by a in a game was when he scored 12 couple of timely threes. Jan. 15 against Nebraska. The Badgers were able “Coming into the to stretch their 14-point game I was really tryfirst-half lead all the way ing to be more aggresout to 20, 49-29, with 11:55 sive offensively and just left in the game, but Penn trying to make plays for Shooting for State was able to cut into myself and my teamUW at home the Badger lead by going mates,” Gasser said. “I in Big Ten on 17-2 run to trim the just found myself open. I play this Badger lead down to five was fortunate enough to season. with just over five minknock them down and I utes remaining. just have got to keep playJunior center Jared ing with that aggressiveShooting for UW against Berggren stopped the ness going on.” PSU Sunday. bleeding with a three Junior forward to stretch the lead back Ryan Evans continued to eight points, and his recent hot streak, once again with the lead down scoring 11 points and pitching to six, Berggren responded with in with nine rebounds. Evans yet another big three to push the has been a model of consistency Badgers lead back up to nine and for the Badgers lately, scoring break the Lions’ backs. double digits now in his last six “I thought we did a pretty good games, including 17 against both job overall in the second half and Minnesota and Michigan State. then when [Berggren] gets loose After shooting 34 percent for those threes, they’re back from the field and 21 percent breakers,” Penn State head coach from behind the arc against Patrick Chambers said. Michigan State, Wisconsin One of the big reasons for found its shooting stroke early, the Badgers’ success Saturday shooting 48 percent from the was their balanced scoring. field and 50 percent from threeFour out of five starters, includbasketball page 7 ing Berggren with his 11 points,

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Frustrated by his performance on Friday, Mark Zengerle rebounded and helped Wisconsin split with the Pioneers. Zengerle netted a goal and an assist in Saturday’s 5-2 win.

Badger offense plays Jekyll and Hyde, salvages split with Denver By Ryan Evans The Daily Cardinal

Coming into the weekend the Wisconsin men’s hockey team (8-14-2 WCHA, 13-15-2 overall) found itself sitting in 11th place in the WCHA, riding a four game losing streak and welcoming Denver—the No. 10 team in the country—to the Kohl Center. With all of that it might have been easy for the Badgers to roll over for the Pioneers (13-7-4, 18-10-4) but Wisconsin showed it still has some fight left in it as the season winds down, rebounding from a frustrating 3-0 loss Friday to earn a split with a dominating 5-2 triumph Saturday to close out its home schedule. Coming into this weekend the Badgers had been struggling offensively—scoring only

two goals in their last series sistent pressure on the Denver against St. Cloud State—and goal. But the Badgers failed despite a week off that to convert on any of trend continued Friday those opportunities. night against Denver. Sophomore forwards Through two periMichael Mersch, Mark ods of play quality Zengerle and Ryan Number of scoring opportunities Little all had golden goals the Badgers for the Wisconsin opportunities to score, scored total offense were nonbut couldn’t capitalize, during their existent as the which would haunt five-game Pioneers’ defense and the Badgers. losing streak. sophomore goaltenThe Pioneers got der Sam Brittain shut a goal from sophodown the Badgers. more forward Jason Number of But, despite Brittain’s Zucker with 12:14 left goals they scored in strong play the in the game, which Saturday’s Badgers found themleft Wisconsin viswin over selves down only one ibly deflated as frusDenver. goal heading into the tration set in. Denver third period. added an empty net As the final period began the goal to close out the Badgers’ Wisconsin offense came alive, 3-0 defeat. creating its best opportunities pioneers page 7 of the night and putting con-

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Women’s Hockey

Wisconsin claims outright WCHA title By Matthew Kleist The Daily Cardinal

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Josh Gasser led the way for Wisconin against the Nittany Lions with 15 points, his first double digit effort since Jan. 15.

It was an emotional weekend for the Wisconsin women’s hockey team (23-3-2-1 WCHA, 26-3-2 overall) as they secured the WCHA regular season title with Friday afternoon’s win but had their senior day ruined by a loss. The Badgers made it look easy Friday night as they dominated on both ends of the ice and defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes (13-14-1-1, 16-14-4) 7-1. Wisconsin’s top line of senior forward Carolyne Prevost, junior forward Brianna Decker and senior forward Brooke Ammerman finished Friday with a combined 12 points. “We’ve had great chemistry all year,” Ammerman said about the top line. “All three of us can finish. We can move the puck really well. Most of our goals, all of us are touching the puck and getting open shots.” The Badgers were the first to

strike, scoring the lone goal in the first period. They would add two more goals in the second before the Buckeyes got on the board shorthanded. Despite giving up the shorthanded goal, Wisconsin did not let the momentum shift in Ohio State’s favor. The Badgers were able to respond quickly and get the goal back less than three minutes later and would go into the second intermission with a comfortable 4-1 lead. Three more goals in the third period completed the rout and gave the Badgers the out-right WCHA regular season title. “It’s the toughest trophy to win,” head coach Mark Johnson said about winning the WCHA regular season title. “It took 33 games to get to where we are…it’s a hard thing to do.” Having already secured the regular season title, Wisconsin was playing solely for its seniors Saturday.

However, where the Badgers easily found the back of the net Friday, they could not do for senior day. Ohio State would score first, putting a long shot low and past senior goaltender Nikki Kaasa, who was making her first career start on senior day. The Buckeyes did not stop there. They would take a 3-0 lead into the first intermission leaving Wisconsin fans in a state of disbelief. At this point, the Badgers could have rolled over and conceded the game, but this was not the case. In a second period that they seemingly dominated, Wisconsin’s skaters started to pick up the pace and put the pressure on Ohio State sophomore goaltender Lisa Steffes. The Badgers found a small spark late in the second. Scoring on the power play, Ammerman brought Wisconsin within two

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