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Race factor in college admissions could end By Alex DiTullio The Daily Cardinal

A Supreme Court decision in October could forbid or significantly alter race as a consideration in college admissions when the court hears an appeal from a white student in Texas who hopes to end “racial preferences” in admissions. While the Supreme Court has been split over the issue for more than three decades, UW-Madison political science Professor Robert Downs said given the slight conservative majority among the court’s justices, it is likely they will strike down affirmative action as it currently exists. He said while four of the nine justices will almost certainly strike down any racial consideration in college admissions, the court’s four liberal judges will uphold it. The decision, Downs said, ultimately rests with the vote of the tra-

ditionally more unpredictable justice, Anthony Kennedy. “In 2007, Kennedy went with the four conservatives,” Downs pointed out. “So it is likely the Supreme Court will go that way.” Still, even if history repeats itself, Downs said the ruling might not have as big of an effect on UW-Madison as it may seem. “The court is going to have two choices here,” he said. “One, they can say you shouldn’t consider race at all. Or they can say in this situation it’s okay to have race be one of these other factors so long as it doesn’t end up playing too big of a factor on its own.” The latter, called “classbased” affirmative action, gives preference in college admissions to all students of lower socioeconomic status regard-

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After a decade on the air, UW-Madison’s WSUM student radio station will celebrate its 10th anniversary Wednesday.

WSUM student radio celebrates, commemorates a decade on the air WSUM, UW-Madison’s student radio station, will celebrate a decade on the airwaves Wednesday with an anniversary celebration at Union South. Following five failed radio stations and a fight to build its own radio tower, the station aired its first show from Vilas Hall on February 2, 2002 at 2:22 p.m. “The station manager at the time knew they were going to start around February and had this crazy idea—‘why don’t we just make it all twos?’” station manager Mike Voloshin said. Since its start, WSUM has

quadrupled in size, making it one of the most successful college stations in America, according to Voloshin. “We’re not just a studio and a little production room—we’ve got things that people at other colleges are jealous of,” he said. Today, programming runs nearly 24 hours a day and includes sports, talk and a variety of music. No two programs are similar, according to Voloshin. “We have live bands every Friday,” he said. “I don’t think

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Dems postponed a vote on an abortion bill introduced by Sen. Lazich, R-New Berlin, Tuesday.

Dems delay Senate vote on abortion bill By Sarah Olson The Daily Cardinal

The State Senate discussed a bill Tuesday that would redefine informed consent for abortion and apply restrictions to the administration of abortioninducing drugs. The bill would require a physician to speak privately with a woman who intends to have an abortion and confirm that her consent is in fact voluntary and not coerced. If coercion is suspected, the physician must direct the woman to appropriate support services. “[Senate Bill 306] will ensure women undergoing this lifechanging procedure do so at their own will and with their eyes open,” Sen. Mary Lazich, R-New Berlin, said in a statement. Currently, informed consent only requires that a woman is supplied with certain information and materials provided by the Department of Health Services. This bill would require the physician to inform the woman that she has the right to refuse or consent to an abortion and that it is illegal

to perform the abortion if she has been coerced or has not given voluntary consent. The administration of an abortion-inducing drug would only be permitted if a doctor is present and performs a physical exam. Failure to comply would result in a felony charge for the physician. Groups like NARAL ProChoice Wisconsin and Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin have criticized the bill for politicizing women’s health care to further a

social agenda rather than making women’s care more accessible. “This attack on women’s health care is nothing more than an unnecessary and overreaching attempt by anti-choice legislators to chip away at access to abortion,” NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin Executive Director Lisa Subeck said in a statement. Senate Democrats blocked a third reading of the bill Tuesday, effectively denying a vote in the day’s session.

No damages for discrimination The state Assembly passed a bill Wednesday preventing those who sue employers for workplace discrimination from seeking damages in Wisconsin court. Current state law allows judges to order employers sued for workplace discrimination to pay plaintiffs up to $300,000 in damages, depending on the business size. Although the bill prevents judges from awarding punitive or compensatory damages, the

state Department of Workforce Development can still award plaintiffs certain monetary compensation, including attorney fees if they file a lawsuit. Compensatory damages reimburse plaintiffs for money lost, while punitive damages fine employers for discrimination. The bill, which now goes to the governor, passed the Assembly along party lines, with Republicans in favor. By Alison Bauter

Redistricting ruling still to be decided By Alison Bauter The Daily Cardinal

Federal judges may take up a redistricting lawsuit Wednesday after Republican lawmakers said Tuesday they could not fulfill the judges’ request to redraw the latest state redistricting maps. Lawyers for state Democrats and Milwaukee-based Latino rights group Voces de la Frontera, who filed the initial

suit, contend Republicans could still redraw the maps because the legislative session has not yet expired. The three-person panel of federal judges echoed the groups’ complaints Tuesday, asking that Republicans assess potential issues of discrimination and disenfranchisement, particularly those impacting Latino voters in Milwaukee.

Democrats contend the new lines discriminate against minorities by dividing the majority—Latino district in Milwaukee, potentially violating the federal Voting Rights Act. The new lines also impact some voters shifted out of districts, putting six years between them and the next time they can

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“…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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This ‘Downton Abbey’ fanatic learns to mind her manners Ariel Shapiro little shapiro

y recent obsession with “Downton Abbey” has convinced me of one very unfortunate fact: I would never make the cut at one of Lady Grantham’s dinner parties. I do not really understand why one would need more than one fork for a meal—nevermind the order in which they should be used— and I have a singular ability to get whatever I am eating all over the table. The only table manners I have learned were from my crazy Romanian babysitter who would not let me eat my chicken fingers until I held my knife properly. “If you want to eat with rich people, you need to do it properly,” she would insist. “You must act like a lady!” As you may imagine, at 12 years old, I was much more concerned with eating my damn chicken fingers than with being a lady. A decade later, I still prefer chicken fingers to manners, but apparently employers would rather I did not, as the dining interview has become increasingly common. So when I heard that L&S Career Advising was offering an etiquette dinner, I cursed the heavens and begrudgingly agreed

jumped at the opportunity. The whole affair was pretty much exactly as I expected it to be. It was slightly fancy, every ambitious ASM whippersnapper was in attendance and it was nothing less than excruciating. It was two hours of trying to figure out various foods without looking like a slob, otherwise known as a normal human being. The woman who led the dinner was a pant-suited, disconcertingly coiffed, vaguely Southern lady who taught me that everything I have done at the dinner table throughout my entire life is “not correct.” Take bread, for example. It is kind of difficult to screw up bread, right? Not correct, as the etiquette guru would say. In fact, there are no less than several dozen ways bread can lead to your downfall. First of all, you have to make sure the bread is proper enough to eat, and I do not mean it has to be bad, it just has to be indelicate. If the bread is too crunchy, well no bread for you, loser. The next big thing to remember is the bread should never leave your plate. Once that roll is off the plate, you have gotten crumbs everywhere and lost the job you have worked years to earn. Then there is the butter, which may never stay in its foil package because that is “just so unbecoming.” You also must rip off and butter individual pieces while maintaining perfect posture, i.e. you must meticulously butter a roll

that is on a plate two feet away from your seat. Now, when one (read: me) has comically short dinosaur arms and is wearing a relatively stiff blazer, this is a nearly impossible feat. If this all seems arbitrary, that is because it is! I will spare you the details of the perils of soup or the potential for a chicken catastrophe, because I only get a few more paragraphs and I am pretty confident that you, dear readers, do not care. What I will tell you is how this whole practice of being “correct” seems to be more of a distraction than anything else. True, you do not want to eat with

your fingers or slop soup all over the table, but who aside from a foreign dignitary or Lady Grantham is actually going to care whether you cut your meat American or international style? Then there is Mrs. Etiquette’s general idea of correctness, something indisputable sent down from the Gods of Manners to polish the sloppy miscreants of the earth. She tried to make it seem like an art, rather than what it truly is: bourgie pretension. Or maybe I am wrong. Maybe etiquette is like grammar; it is what it is and you look silly if you stray from it. Maybe eating a meal is like writing, an art unto itself. Regardless, I am still inclined to eat my bread, crunchy or not.

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Of super smelly dudes and seven-year-olds Emily Lindeman lin-da-mania

et me fill you in on my most recent revelation: Something happens to me when I am picking my seat on the 80 or when I am choosing what table to study at in the library. In fact, if you observe with great detail, you may be able to see this inconvenient phenomenon present in most situations in my life. But what, exactly, is it that is happening here? In short, I am making the wrong decisions. Just when I am about to make the correct choice, I will go in the other direction and suddenly things will go downhill. I am not saying my life is a train wreck or that I am incapable of making a good choice, but when it comes to the small things—if my attention span or personal bubble are on the line—I almost always screw up. For instance, last week I had a really long, busy day (not my usual by any means), but I desperately needed to study for an exam. Forcing myself to get down to business, I promptly set off to find a place to settle down for the night and get shit done (this is starting to sound like a midlife crisis). Determined, I made my way to the piano room in Memorial

Union, an area I typically find success in when someone randomly decides to show off their classical piano skills. As I got my materials all set out and cracked my book open, I saw a student working on an art project. “Wow,” I thought. “What a great idea. It must be so peaceful to work in here.” Smiling slightly, I began to study, now content with my affirmation that, despite Madison’s many drunken shitshows, we students still maintain some sense of culture after all. Soon, I hear it: distinct lyrics coming from little earbuds somewhere in the room. Slightly peeved, I glance around trying to identify the source of my new concentration obstacle, but nobody else seems bothered. Finally, I zero in on the artist (no, not the movie). Based on my hearing his music from the other side of the room, you would thinks this guy had the boom box from “Say Anything” blasting into his ears. I glare around again, shooting daggers at the artist any chance I can get, but he has no clue. Eventually, I give my eyeballs a break and stop mentally ranting about the right to peace and quiet and the unspoken rules people who study in this room hold. Seconds later, I hear, “Phoooh! Phoooh!” Seriously? It sounded like he was blowing eraser dust awat with an exclamation point at

the end of every breath. How many mistakes can you make, guy? Needless to say, I packed up and headed home, where I also got nothing done. But this sort of long-winded example has happened to me before. Many times, in fact, from sitting next to the smelliest person on the bus just because I was not brave enough to risk not having a seat to accidentally sitting next to the girl having a Skype date in the library.

The lady in front of me was drenched in some kind of perfume that smelled less like lilacs and more like leftovers. Recently, I was feeling particularly artsy and bourgeois (is it even possible to be both at the same time?) while at a silent film with live piano at the Chazen Museum of Art. I was feeling at the height of my mature and cultured college student experience when, suddenly, a sevenyear-old entered my row and plopped down next to me. Just when things looked like they could not get worse, five more seven-year-olds followed her. Where had these children come

from? Where did they get the idea to have a birthday party at a silent film? Can they even read yet? These questions flooded into my head as two mothers sat down at the end of the row. Somehow this was reminiscent of a sort of mommy-daughter continuum. On one end was the group of tots sitting next to me about to enjoy a film from 1924 and on the other end was TLC’s “Toddlers in Tiaras.” Who really wants to be here, and who is using their children as an excuse? As if this was not bad enough, the lady in front of me was drenched in some kind of perfume that smelled less like lilacs and more like leftovers. But my point here is not to suggest that these people are ridiculous (I do suggest that actually). I merely want to emphasize the number of mildly unsatisfactory situations I end up in. Why have I never learned the importance of standing around awkwardly for a minute to survey my options and find the least stinky person to sit next to on the bus? Is it just me, or do I pay way too much attention to the world? I am leaning toward it being a huge case of bad luck, in which case I will soon be sitting next to a wonderfully smelling man (Old Spice Aqua Reef, anyone?) in a silent library that no children dare enter. Sounds good to me. Do you have bad luck too? Bitch about it with Emily at elindeman@wisc.edu.

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The UW Madhatters perform at the Relay For Life kickoff in Union South Tuesday. + Photo by Stephanie Daher

Paramedics, officers save student’s life at hockey game Rapid response from officers and paramedics saved the life of a student who went into cardiac arrest in the Kohl Center during Saturday’s hockey game, according to a UW-Madison Police Department press release. University police officers arrived at the Kohl Center student section late in the first period after receiving reports of a medi-

cal issue. When the man went into cardiac arrest, officers started doing chest compressions. Madison Fire Department paramedics arrived shortly and revived the man using a defibrillator. “The quick actions and prompt response from Officers and Paramedics saved the student's life,” UWPD Sgt. Aaron Chapin said in the press release.

Despite reports from city officials that the implementation of a new voter ID law went smoothly, Tuesday’s primary, local judge and county supervisor elections saw low voter turnout. Under the new law, voters are required to show valid identification at the polls, which includes a Wisconsin driver’s license, U.S. passport or a university-issued voter ID card for out-of-state students. Enacting the new law was not as much of a concern as educating voters on the changes, according to Chief Deputy Dane

County Clerk Sherri Endres. “This was a great test run for following elections,” she said. Although officials reported minimal voting complications, Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said he is concerned with the low voter turnout and how the law may only perpetuate it. “I would say that many will be turned away in future elections for not having proper form of identification,” Resnick said. In response to the new law, UW-Madison’s Wiscard office is distributing free voter ID cards for students. According to Director of

Communications Amy Toburen, more than 300 students have picked up IDs. While Resnick said the best option would be to incorporate the required voting information on each individual Wiscard, the student voter IDs are a “step in the right direction.” Although the city has not received complaints, officials will review the effects of the new requirements. “If there haven’t been issues, we will continue on and if there are specific issues, we will handle them individually,” Endres said. —Abby Becker

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category, about 300,000, and one of the complaints in the lawsuit is that you’re disenfranchising an unreasonable number of voters.” Republican representatives declined to comment on the case because it is ongoing. GOP lawyers said Tuesday that Republican legislators were interested in changing the maps drawn last summer, but

are prevented by a century-old court ruling which states that redistricting—the process of adjusting state voting districts to account for the latest census data—must only be done every 10 years. If the deposition goes forward, the trial may not be completed by the end of this week, and could adjourn until March 12 or 19, Wispolitics reported.

vote in Senate elections. Because Senate elections are staggered, half the body is elected every two years, tacking that time onto the usual four-year gap. Shifting some voters is “inevitable,” UW-Madison political science professor Barry Burden said, “but the maps put a lot of voters in that

More than $2,000 in top-shelf alcohol stolen from University Avenue Liquor Police are investigating multiple thefts at a local liquor store resulting in more than $2,000 in stolen merchandise. Over the past three or four weeks, several suspects have stolen from University Avenue Liquor, 525 University Ave., with the latest incident occurring last Tuesday, according to Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain. University Avenue Liquor owner Joel Kouba said the store’s eight surveillance cameras have not deterred thieves. “They wait until there’s nobody around and kind of keep

an eye on the store...before they come in and try to take some bottles,” Kouba said. Kouba said he has not experienced theft like this in his ten years of ownership and warned other store owners to keep a watchful eye. “If they’re hitting our store, they might be targeting other stores as well,” Kouba said. “It’s one of those unfortunate retail thefts occurring in any retail location.” Police encourage anyone with information on these crimes to call Madison Area Crime Stoppers at 608-266-6014.

Woman allegedly beaten, attacked without cause on West Johnson Street A suspect, who the victim could not identify, attacked a Madison woman without reason early Saturday evening on West Johnson Street, according to police. The 23-year-old downtown resident was allegedly attacked on the 400 block of West Johnson Street around 7 p.m., according to Madison Police Department

spokesperson Joel DeSpain. While she was not seriously hurt, the victim said she was “punched, knocked to the ground and kicked,” police said. DeSpain said police did not find any evidence at the location. Because of the time of day and pedestrian activity, DeSpain said police “are trying to find surveillance video or witnesses.”

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fun with it,” Voloshin said. “And the people that listen to [your program] have fun with you.” WSUM will kick off its anniversary celebration at 2 p.m. with a program dedicated to the station’s history. Afterward, an anniversary party and broadcast will take place at Union South. —Corinne Burgemeister

any other station can say they have live bands consistently in their own station.” The station is unique because it gives student DJs and hosts freedom to be creative in choosing show content, he said. “You just come in and have

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In September, a conservative think tank said UW-Madison’s admissions policy discriminates against white and Asian students. Outraged students responded with several demonstrations.

admissions from page 1 less of race. In this case, Downs said race often correlates with lower income households so it would not significantly impact UW-Madison’s current admissions process. Multicultural Student Coalition Executive Althea Miller said while she does not support a change from current admissions policy, she is not necessarily opposed to classbased affirmative action. “Underrepresented folks are disproportionally in lower socioeconomic statuses,” Miller said. “Defaulting to [class-based affirmative action] would help those majority folks who feel like they’ve been left behind, and perhaps those folks who cry reverse discrimination.” This is the second time this academic year UW-Madison has faced a threat to its current admissions policy, which factors race in its admissions decisions. In September,

a conservative think tank, called the Center for Equal Opportunity alleged the university’s admissions policy discriminates against white and Asian students by giving preferential treatment to black and Hispanic students.

“When it comes to a lineage and history of people ... race does matter.” Althea Miller Executive Multicultural Student Coalition

Now, Miller said the proposed lawsuit brought back unpleasant memories of September, during which she said she and many of her minority peers felt their culture was under attack. “I just started to think about a lot of the students’ of colors feelings as though their race didn’t matter,” she said. “In terms of

ability, race doesn’t matter. But when it comes to a lineage and history of people and seeing someone for who they are and the rich culture they’ve inherited, race does matter.” UW-Madison Chancellor David Ward supports the university’s admissions policies, saying that racial diversity on campus prepares students for a competitive and increasingly “multicultural world.” “Academic preparation has always been and will always be the most important factor,” Ward said in a statement in October. “But we look carefully at the students behind those numbers.” Downs said if the court votes to forbid college admissions’ consideration of an applicants’ race, the impact on the university would be unclear. “If they took race out of it entirely, [UW-Madison] would have to change [its admissions process] a little bit and it would probably have some impact, but it is unclear if that impact would be large,” he said.

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CollegeFashionista Style Guru shells out details about UW textile and apparel design program By Lucy Angel Style Guru at UW-Madison for CollegeFashionista

he UW-Madison Style Guru team is a diverse one and I’d like to think that’s why we make a great, balanced team. We have Style Gurus studying different majors, including Communication Arts, Journalism and, like myself, Textile and Apparel Design (TAD). A lot of students on campus don’t know about the major and I will say it is probably because our intense program is quite small. Being a Textile and Apparel Design student is much different than being, say, a business or sociology major. Our homework isn’t anywhere in the ballpark of writing papers or studying for any exams. On that note, I’d love to introduce to you all to Caroline Elizabeth Wilson, a native of Avon, Conn. She is a junior studying Textile and Apparel Design. This is her fourth semester writing for CollegeFashionista and she’s taking us inside her world as an aspiring fashion designer. Lucy Angel: How would you describe your personal style? Caroline Wilson: My personal style is a mix of lacy and old-fashioned clothing like Victorian-inspired jackets and also mod, ‘60s-style pieces. I love color and I’d say that I dress pretty girly, because I almost always wear skirts and just don’t find pants as comfortable! LA: When did you become interested in fashion? CW: My mother fostered my love of clothing design because she taught me to sew at an early age by making American Girl doll dresses with me. My interest in dressing up and planning my outfits came from

her, too. She taught me to put care into picking out and coordinating what I was going to wear for the day. I also used to play dress up in the costumes in our basement, which helped me to learn to be very imaginative and creative with fashion and clothing. Ever since elementary school, I dreamed of being a fashion designer even though I obviously didn’t know what it all entailed back then. I just knew it was fun to draw clothing! I think I discovered the real world of high fashion through my mom’s Vogue magazines and also through my sister who told me that I could easily look up designers’ collections on websites like style.com. I remember how excited I was in middle school to discover that Teen Vogue existed and how I would plan my outfits around photographs in the magazine. LA: As a Textile and Apparel Design student, how is your workload different than the average UW-Madison student? CW: I have a few big projects, and therefore long nights, all around the same time a few times each semester. In each design studio class, there are two or three big projects and then a final project that’s heavily weighted. I really like having fewer lectures and written exams because I am much more of a hands-on and project-based kind of learner. It’s hard though, because during the time before finals week I’m always working hard to finish final projects that are due on the last day of class. Everyone else has some free time until they need to study and take exams, but I can’t do anything fun with them! Then when they are taking exams for the last week, I have all of this free time, so it’s just hard to see friends in other majors before

the semester ends. LA: What types of projects are you currently working on in your classes? CW: In my apparel design class, we’re working on a black and white design project with architecture as the inspiration. I chose to focus on Tudor architecture for mine, so I’m interested in using a lot of lines in the designs or fabric choices to mimic the style of black and white Tudor houses. We just learned Adobe Illustrator, and had to come up with 40 designs in just a few days for the project, both on the computer and by experimenting on small halfsized mannequins. LA: What do you look to for inspiration when creating a garment? CW: Like most Sammy Luterbach/CollegeFashionista designers, I love CollegeFashionista Style Guru for UW-Madison Caroline Wilson poses for looking to the past a photo on the Memorial Union Terrace. for inspiration. I most adore the Medieval period, the Colonial there is a rap group set to per- LA: What’s your number one tip for UW-Madison students so period, the Regency period, the form, too! that they can stay fashionable Victorian and Edwardian periods LA: What type of designs can we around campus? and the 1960s and 1970s. I think I’m more extreme look forward to seeing from you? in my interpretation of histoCW: Don’t ever leave your apartry than most however, since I CW: I’m still designing for this ment in sweatpants unless you want to be a costume designer spring’s ESCAPE show, but I are on your way to the gym! someday. I enjoy telling stories think I’m going for a more drathrough clothing. matic aesthetic with lots of his- LA: Why do you think CF is great torical influences from other to have on campus? LA: UW has a lot of fashion centuries, such as the Tudor filled events coming in the next architecture influence that I men- CW: I love being able to easifew months such as the MODA tioned previously. ly see what other people at my Fashion Week event and the In the MODA show I’m show- own school are wearing, without ESCAPE Fashion Show. Will we ing my ‘60s side with mod pieces needing to sit on State Street in be seeing some of your designs that pop and have a lot of color. sunglasses and people watch for in them? I even have a piece made out of fellow Fashionistas/os, though Campbell’s chicken noodle soup that is a lot of fun too. CW: Yes! As a junior in the TAD labels! I’ve always wanted to do It’s interesting to note the program, I get upperclassman some really vivid ‘60s clothing. trends around campus and see status and I get to make pieces It’s a lot different than last time what the perspective of different for the show in my apparel design in the MODA show because my Style Gurus are on what students class. As long as the runway jury inspiration was Medieval dress. are wearing. accepts them, I’ll have several In the future, it will be a lot of LA: Who’s your favorite designer? fun to look back on all of our artigarments in the show. It’s exciting that it’s finally cles and remember what fashion time for my year of TAD stu- CW: Anna Sui is my favorite was like at UW-Madison when dents to get to show our work on designer because she always picks we attended! the runway because we’ve most- some of my own personal favorIt’s also a lot of fun when a ly watched the older students ite inspirations for her designs, Style Guru shoots someone you do the show the past couple of whether it is Pre-Raphaelite know and you see them on the years! I’ve been waiting for this paintings such as those by John site. In addition, it’s enjoyable since I was accepted into the William Waterhouse or the to see how excited or flattered design program. 1960s and 1970s. your featured Fashionista/os are At the MODA event during I adore her use of color when you first approach them UW Fashion Week, I’ll have and how she mixes prints; on the street because they had no about five garments in the run- she isn’t afraid to make clothing idea they would be stopped when way show. I showed four when that stands out. Her designs can they got ready that morning! they had an event at Segredo last be crazy, but are still spring, which was a fantastic very wearable. Make sure to read Caroline’s experience, because it was such a Other labels and design- column, “Fashionista/o Spotlight” wide variety of designers and we ers that I admire include on University of Wisconsin’s page all had different aesthetics. This Christopher Bailey for Burberry, on CollegeFashionista.com. For time around I know that it will Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, and style news on campus, follow us be an even bigger event because the Mulleavy sisters of Rodarte. on Twitter @CFUWisconsin.

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Ah, summer. In the midst of our lackluster winter, it is probably normal to be languishing. But for those of you missing hot sun, warm breezes, inviting beaches and the Frankie Avalon-style escapades they entail, stop dreaming: Tennis is coming to town. Though this band hails from the frosty heights of Denver, Tennis brings a little slice of summer wherever they go with their surf and ‘50s rock-n-rollcentered sound. For guitarist Patrick Riley, who performs with his wife, vocalist Alaina Moore, and friend, drummer James Barone, touring is still a relatively new experience. “It’s hard to say I’m looking forward to being away from home for so long,” Riley said. At the same time, he acknowledged the necessities—and realities—of being on the road. “We are definitely getting used to touring and [figuring] out ways to make it feel more natural to just be living in random hotel rooms around the country,” he said. “It’s getting to be more fun.” Riley spoke briefly about previous tours, one of which brought them through Madison. “[There were] not many people in the audience,” he remembered, “but everyone’s interactive, so it was a lot of fun for us to have those shows.” Tennis is touring in support of their new album, Young & Old, which came out on Valentine’s

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Day. The album has the same retro vibe—surf guitar, 50s backbeat and girl-group vocals—as its predecessor, Cape Dory, but with a bit more vibe and groove. This is attributable, in part, to Patrick Carney of Black Keys fame, who produced the album. For Riley, Carney’s presence was helpful, if not immediately noticeable during the process. “He didn’t really contribute that much to our sound,” Riley said. “All our demos, which we had written before we went into the studio, actually sounded really similar to the album versions. “Patrick Carney was the most supportive person we could have ever asked for. He was really there to show us what we were doing right, show us what we were doing wrong.” The other reason Riley and company opted for Carney on production was because of his experience in producing both his and other’s music. “He came from the background of self-production,” Riley explained, “and we didn’t want someone who will just take the reins of our band and completely transform our sound.” For Riley, Carney’s work was in line with the rest of Tennis’ catalogue. Cape Dory, for instance, was self-produced by Riley and Moore, who later brought on Barone as a drummer. Riley stated Barone had background as an audio engineer and was also a personal acquaintance. “I actually grew up opening

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Catch the Denver-based trio Tennis with Surgeons In Heat at the High Noon Saloon on Friday, Feb. 24. The show starts at 9:30 p.m. and tickets cost $12. Bring an ID!—it is an 18-and-up show. for his band in high school,” Riley said. He added that they had never been close until the making of Cape Dory. “We ended up calling him up and asking if he wanted to work with us and it’s been the greatest relationship from there on out,” Riley said. “He’s very much an integral part of the band right now.” Moore and Riley, who met in college while studying philosophy, decided to form a band after voyaging up the East Coast

for eight months in a sailboat. That experience inspired much of Cape Dory. Their new album, while not as biographical, does have a few thematic veins. “There’s definitely some coherence, there’s overlap between songs,” Riley said. Riley said William Butler Yeats, an Irish poet and Nobel laureate, particularly influenced his wife. “Alaina read a William Butler Yeats poem called, ‘A Woman Young and Old,’ and that’s kind of been the buttress for the album

in a lot of ways,” he said. “I think lyrically, she drew a lot of inspiration from that poem.” Wrapping up the interview, Riley explained the meaning of the band’s name, based on a joke his wife made about Riley’s tennis playing in college. “I think from Alaina’s perspective [it] is just like a rich white man’s sport or something,” he said. “But I think on a greater note, I think we picked it because it doesn’t mean anything. Like, we just like meaningless band names.”

Something old, something new. Something borrowed, something blue. So maybe that’s an old wedding saying, but it applies to this playlist as well. While hip-hopsters like Schoolboy Q and Kendrick Lamar are fairly fresh to the music scene (something new), it is safe to say if you haven’t heard of Radiohead by now you have been living under a rock (something old). As for something borrowed, if hearing about new music from others isn’t one of the best ways to discover great tunes, we here at the Arts Desk don’t know what is. Something blue? Have a listen to the angst-filled vocals of rising Canadian star Abel Tesfaye (The Weeknd)—we think you’ll get it. And the rest, well, those are just some damn fine songs.

7. “Something Goes Right (feat. Sampha)” —SBTRKT

1. “Sacrilegious” —Schoolboy Q 2. “Rigamortus” —Kendrick Lamar 3. “No Church in the Wild” —Jay Z, Kanye West, Frank Ocean

8. “Save Me Concubine (Ghostface Killah vs Beirut)” —The Hood Internet

4. “Bang! Bang!” —The Knux

9. “Same Old Song (Paper Diamond Remix)” —The Weeknd

5. “Don’t Fuck With My Money” —Penguin Prison

10. “15 Step” —Radiohead

6. “This Head I Hold” —Electric Guest

11. “We Bros” —Wu Lyf

Pipe-smoking fish and threadbare art: galleries worth viewing Erin berge rhymes with Fergie

tumbling upon something original and artistic at The Memorial Union is fairly standard for this timeless location, and now with the addition of Union South, there are even more opportunities to seek out an inventive outlet. Credit for the murals, canvases and galleries displayed all over these two buildings for our enjoyment and inspiration must go to WUD Art Committee. In total, five galleries are available to view between Memorial Union and Union South. As you enter the main lobby of the Memorial Union on the second floor, make sure to take a right and continue down to

observe the Porter Butts Gallery. “Humanimals,” created by Gayle Weitz, is currently on display as an exhibition questioning the relationship between a human and an animal. The animals depict life-sized humans to give a different perspective on how we coexist on this planet. At first glance, it is a little startling to see a 4-foot-tall fish smoking a pipe, but taking a closer look at the figure can only startle one even more. The animals themselves open like a closet to reveal a collage of straight facts and articles based on the definition of animal cruelty. Some photographs are graphic, but are necessary to ingrain this issue in our minds. If you then venture down the creaky, hardwood steps connected to the Porter Butts Gallery, your enriching experience will continue in the Class of 1925 Gallery. Showing us the raw, physical char-

acteristics of a Wisconsin winter, “Summer Eclipsed,” by Kendall McMinimy, makes one crave the distant summer weather. Although most photographs become repetitive because of their unchanging country scenery, they are intended to show either the frustration we face when our lives are halted by inches of snow, or the beauty of a winter wonderland.

“Re-Collections” by Victoria Greising uses any and all kinds of fabric to go beyond our usual expectations of material. For those partial to warmer work, never fear, snow will not get in your way if you hope to view the Theater Gallery, also located in the Memorial Union. This showcase now displays a collaborative

effort of WUD Art and WUD Music to present the “Rock Art Renaissance,” which reminisces on past concerts that WUD Music has booked. Though the posters featured are not quite as fierce as the collection’s namesake, they do trigger some sentimental memories of WUD shows passed. Now let us move forward to Union South’s Gallery 1308. It is evident this gallery has given artists even more opportunity to present their work because of the technology in use. My first experience in this gallery was during the grand opening of Union South. Images were displayed in the hallway on small screens that caught my attention because of their convulsive movements. It was a representation of our dependence on media, and left an impression in regards to this subject.

The recently featured collection in Gallery 1308 will also leave an impression as it shows our society’s relationship with fabric. “Re-Collections” by Victoria Greising uses any and all kinds of fabric to go beyond our usual expectations of material, and her own interpretations and purposes can be seen within the configuration. There is also plenty of time to view this collection, for it will be available until April 17. However, not all of the galleries have this long of a window of opportunity, so I advise you to check out these artists before it is too late. Take a little time to silently walk around the humanlike animals, winter photographs, rock posters and reconstructed material so you can ponder the meaning of life. Or, just go for the fun of it. Found a forgotten gallery? Tell Erin at eberge@wisc.edu.

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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

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anurag mandalika opinion cartoonist

he twisty race for the Republican presidential nomination now finds itself with former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum in the lead, ready to take the fight to President Barack Obama. He recently launched into a tirade against Obama, chiding the president’s policies protecting the environment as based on a theology that has nothing to do with the Bible. Apart from being interpreted as an attack on Obama’s faith by the media, it also makes one ponder what Santorum bases his opinions. The modern brand of ultraconservatism, represented by leaders such as Santorum, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas, and former Rep. Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., gets its fuel from sources that can hardly be called scientific. Apart from theological texts, these Tea Party favorites base their social viewpoints on fictitious works such as Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged,” which is the epitome of her objectivist philosophy. Social welfare and universal health care are decried as part of a socialist agenda based on their inferences from these conservative hand-

books. In attempting to tarnish the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which they call “Obamacare,” these conservative leaders have often ventured into racial politics. This necessitated an open letter from Catholic bishops nationwide requesting fellow Catholics Santorum and Gingrich to refrain from perpetuating “ugly, racial stereotypes on the campaign trail.” As the GOP threatens to lead the United States into the second decade of this century, the American electorate has to seriously consider the implications of electing the likes of Santorum as president. The latest Tea Party offerings have shown scant regard for established scientific facts, especially if they do not agree with the ultra-conservative worldview. They perpetually dwell in a fantasy world where life is preordained and men possess divine rights to use the world as they please without any repercussions. Entrusting any of these candidates with the role of leading America in 2012 will be akin to opening a portal that leads right back into the Dark Ages, where everyday life was centered around mystery, superstition and divine rights. Anurag Mandalika is a graduate student in the Department of Biological Sytems Engineering. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Letter: College tuition should be free for students Paul Pryse

University of wisconsin-madison

Faced with diminishing revenue, public university administrators in the U.S. have doubled tuition since 2000. As a consequence, students are going deeper into debt than at any other time in U.S. history. In 2010, the amount of student loan debt surpassed credit card debt, and at the end of 2011 may have hit $1 trillion. The current model of higher education is not sustainable. Given this crisis, I propose an apparently radical but simple solution: The federal government should abolish tuition for all public institutions of higher education. Abolishing tuition would be inexpensive. In the 200809 school year, just under $52 billion of public university revenue came from tuition. Compare that to the $117 billion spent on the war in Afghanistan in 2011. For the cost of a few months of the ongoing quagmire in Afghanistan, we could pay the tuition of every student, undergraduate and graduate, in public universities in the country. This proposal has some notable precedents. The City University of New York system offered free education to students until New York City’s financial crisis forced a change in 1976. California’s 1960 Master

Plan for Education declared that the University of California system “shall be tuition free to all residents” (UC students have long paid “fees”—a de facto tuition). Most importantly, the 1944 Montgomery GI Bill sent millions of WWII veterans to college with no cost to them and a small stipend for living expenses. Universal free higher education would simply be “the GI Bill for everyone.” Along with tuition, we would also be abolishing that nefarious racket called the student loan industry. Student loan debt is more punitive than any other form of debt. Borrowers cannot declare bankruptcy and lenders can seize payments from wages, tax returns, even social security and disability benefits. As if repaying student loans were not already difficult, borrowers can even lose professional licenses for failure to repay. President Obama’s proposed “pay as you earn” plan, a debt reconsolidation scheme announced in October, does nothing to change this. These goals are achievable but there is also a lot at stake for those who would benefit. From an economic standpoint, now is one of the worst times in memory to be a young adult. In an article called “The Curse of the Class of 2009,” the Wall Street Journal wrote that recent

college graduates are experiencing “the worst job market in 25 years.” According to economist Lisa Kahn, even people who find jobs during periods of high unemployment suffer from depressed wages for up to 15 years. Fewer young people are finding jobs with health care benefits and more are living with their parents after graduation. To discuss these issues and what to do about them, the UW branch of the International Socialist Organization is holding an event “Higher Education Should Be Free” this Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Science Hall 360. The Occupy movement has brought discussion of inequality back into American politics, and although police repression may have shut down the original encampments, the movement has struck a chord with millions of Americans. Skimming wearethe99percent.tumblr.com, one can find many stories of people held hostage to debt, including mortgages, medical bills and student loans. The movement is a cry to amend the incredible inequality in this country. My suggestion for where to begin: “Higher education is a right and, like the K-12 system, should be available free of charge.” Paul Pryse is a student at UW-Madison. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Today’s Sudoku

Rock n’ Roll McDonalds

Evil Bird

By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu

Eatin’ Cake

By Dylan Moriarty EatinCake@gmail.com

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

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

Crustaches

By Patrick Remington premington@wisc.edu

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

Caved In

Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com

PUPPY LOVE ACROSS 1 “Star Wars” creator George 6 Cause to lose face 11 “Paper or plastic?” item 14 A Muse 15 “Aladdin” spirit 16 Abbr. at LAX 17 Diagonally 19 A river runs to it 20 “Bye-bye,” in Bologna 21 ___ one’s loins 22 Yale student 23 Good name for a gemologist? 25 A choir may stand on it 27 Stratford-on-___ (Shakespeare’s birthplace) 28 Big name in antacids 30 Offer one’s knowledge 32 “Air” or “canto” opener 33 53rd St. landmark 35 Paragons of slipperiness 36 Easy-maintenance hairstyles 39 It can keep you regular 41 “___ Ado About Nothing” 42 Weep, and then some 45 Shoe part for Astaire or Glover

7 Sustain once again 4 49 Actor’s ambition 50 Shrub that may be poisonous 53 Coin in circulation since 2002 54 “Honest ___” (President Lincoln) 55 Dried and withered 56 Touch up against 58 Sun.-Tue. connector 59 Chicago ballplayer’s interviewer? 63 Betting pool 64 “What goes up must come down,” e.g. 65 Soothing balm 66 Sound of air escaping 67 One who’s done for 68 Slumber DOWN 1 Albanian monetary unit 2 William Tell’s canton 3 Heckler’s shout 4 Hun head honcho 5 High-protein bean (var.) 6 “A long time ___ in a galaxy ...” 7 Frozen floaters 8 “It’s the Hard-Knock Life” musical 9 Jagged mountain chain 10 Cattle cluster 11 Bother to no end 12 Bad way to operate your business 13 Mischievous girl

1 8 Chicken ___ bleu 23 Symbol of royal power 24 “The Raven” poet 26 “As God ___ witness ...” 27 Relatives of blvds. 29 Words before “roll” or “budget” 31 Territory of India 34 Place to get your greens? 36 ___ de foie gras 37 Psychic radiance 38 Polar sight 39 Cuts and scrapes, to tots 40 Bends 42 Sink, as a derelict ship 43 “... ___ flag was still there” 44 Term of endearment, for a frat boy 45 Bindlestiffs 46 Not genuine 48 Affecting the brain and spinal cord 51 Opposite of rural 52 Combine, as traffic lanes 55 Heroin, informally 57 Word with “straw” or “trail” 60 Bard’s “always” 61 Woman who raised Cain 62 One push-up

Scribbles n’ Bits

By Nick Kryshak nkryshak@wisc.edu

Washington and the Bear

By Melanie Shibley shibley@wisc.edu

By Derek Sandberg kalarooka@gmail.com

Sports

Wednesday February 22, 2012 DailyCardinal.com

Big Ten basketball not at all predictable

Softball

With three weeks left before postseason play, anything is possible Parker Gabriel parks and rec

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The Wisconsin softball team will soon return to the field at Goodman Diamond. Before the Badgers do so, there is some business to attend to in the warmth of the south.

Dust off the diamond With spring approaching, the Wisconsin softball team enjoys a little southern comfort prior to Big Ten play By Matthew Kleist the daily cardinal

The old saying goes something like “it must be spring, pitchers and catchers are reporting.” However, for the Wisconsin softball team (2-2), spring, and its season, has already begun. The Badgers are entering their second season under head coach Yvette Healy. After finishing 2011 at No. 6 in the Big Ten and with a 30-23 record, Healy and the Badgers will be looking to continue to improve on their new-found success. Last season was a vast upgrade from previous years. Prior to the arrival of Healy, the state of Wisconsin softball was far from ideal. In 2009, the Badgers finished with a record of 15-40, the worst record in the

Big Ten. Though the 2010 season was better (they finished eighth in the conference), the team still did have to a winning record, ending at 20-31. Wisconsin will look to the leadership of its returning players to continue this trend of improvement. The Badgers are returning 13 players from the 2011 season including, last year’s wins leader in sophomore pitcher Cassandra Darrah, who had 16 Victories last spring. Even though Big Ten play does not begin until March 24, the Badgers are already hard at work playing in tournaments scattered across the southern states. Wisconsin opened play this past weekend at the USF Tournament, held in sunny

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Sophomore pitcher Cassandra Darrah started 29 games and lead the Badgers last season with 16 wins and a 2.51 ERA.

Tampa, Fla. The Badgers were challenged right from the start, going eight innings with Georgia Southern. Junior pitcher Meghan McIntosh pitched all eight innings, helping her team to a 3-2 victory and earning their first win of the season. Despite a good start to the tournament, Wisconsin would be shutout in their next game by USF 5-0. The Badgers would go on to beat Drake 8-0 before falling to Arkansas 5-1. The Badgers will next travel to Orlando, Fla. to participate in the Citrus Classic Spring College Games followed by a trip to Charleston, S.C. where they will play in the Charleston Southern Tournament. Wisconsin continues its tournament schedule by heading west to Reno, Nev. to compete in the Nevada Tournament. The Badgers final stop will be Santa Barbara, Cali. for the Gaucho Classic II March 16-18. Although the Badgers will not face conference opponents during these tournaments, they will see some strong competition. The spring tournaments are a great way for teams to prepare for conference play, and this is no exception for Wisconsin. The Badgers finally open up Big Ten play March 24 with a three-game series against Iowa in Iowa City. Wisconsin opens its home schedule March 31 with a double header against Northwestern at Goodman Diamond. There seems to be a lot to be excited about with this year’s team, but that is the only the beginning for the Badgers. In her first recruiting class with Wisconsin, Healy got six National Letters of Intent. These six signees will join the team in the fall of 2013.

his time of year, there is a lot to love about college hoops. You can find a game with tournament or conference implications almost any night, the quality of play is pretty good as teams gear up for postseason play and—maybe most importantly—we’re not bogged down by conversation about who deserves to play in a national title game. They’ve got a tournament for that. Yeah, that’s a not-so-subtle shot at college football. The week-to-week pressure of staying unbeaten or staying attractive in the polls is a big part of what make Saturdays in the fall so compelling. It’s also part of the reason the postseason is such a mess. The basketball folks have it

We know a lot about each team at this point, but there’s plenty of madness to come.

figured out, at least more so than their gridiron contemporaries. In the latest Associated Press top-25 poll, released Monday, Wisconsin (9-5 Big Ten, 20-7 overall) checked in at No. 16, one spot lower than the week before. The Badgers beat Penn State Sunday, and the outcome was never really in doubt. There was plenty of inconsistency to go around (we’ll revisit that momentarily), but there was no way that 20-point lead in the second half was going to completely disappear. That game came after UW momentarily threatened No. 6 Michigan State but was, for the most part, beaten soundly. Imagine that. A team plays an ugly game and loses rather handily and drops only one spot in the polls. In this case, it felt about right. There aren’t many teams above the Badgers in the polls that they’re going to go out and beat on a regular basis. Can they compete? Sure, but they’re not obviously, objectively better. Fans have an easier time being comfortable with rankings in basketball because, realistically, No. 16 Wisconsin has the same chance of winding up as a No. 4 seed in Kentucky’s regional as No. 14 Wisconsin does. One or two spots doesn’t matter as much in the grand scheme of things as it does in football, and for the most part, the folks filling out ballots can effectively slot teams within a couple spots of what seems right. To put it a different way, we pretty much know where most

teams in college basketball are at this point. We know what they’re good at, where they struggle and even who they match up well with. That being said, about 656,00 different things could happen in the Big Ten between now and the time the conference tournament wraps up on Selection Sunday. Yes, Michigan State and Ohio State could cruise to the title game and potentially play for a one-seed in the NCAA tournament. Seems like the most likely scenario, but we also know that Michigan, Indiana and Wisconsin are capable of putting a real dent in those plans. We also know that the likes of Purdue, Northwestern, Minnesota and Iowa can at least play with the second tier of teams. The bottom line is that even predictability from team to team doesn’t mean an easily predictable three weeks are in store. Take a look at Wisconsin. In beating Penn State by 10 on Sunday, they out-rebounded the Nittany Lions 38-27. That makes sense. The Badgers are more athletic on the front line with Mike Bruesewitz (12 rebounds), Ryan Evans (nine) and Jared Berggren (six). But while the Badgers controlled the boards, they also got outscored in the paint 32-8. Penn State point guard Tim Frazier scored a game-high 20 points and logged six more by himself (14) in the lane than UW managed as a team. Of course, some factors are different each night. Both PSU’s coach Tim Chambers and UW head man Bo Ryan acknowledged that Berggren’s two back-breaking three-pointers in the second half came because the Nittany Lions intentionally kept Jon Graham in the paint to prevent the Badgers from getting in the lane. That sort of willingness to pack the paint is obviously going to impact a team’s ability to score down low. However, we also know that both Berggren and Evans are more comfortable facing the basket and shooting jump shots. We know they’ve been exposed against talent like Michigan State’s Draymond Green and Ohio State’s Jared Sullinger. But who hasn’t? I’m not saying Wisconsin shouldn’t try to rely less on the three-point field goal. I’m not saying they shouldn’t try to avoid running the shot clock to six seconds before running a predictable screen-and-roll. What I’m saying is their identity is pretty well set at this point. They’ll compete even though they won’t win the league. They’re a threat in March either way. Could they bow out on Friday of the Big Ten tournament and the first round of the NCAAs? Yes. Could a run be in store? Yeah, that’s possible too. We know a lot about each team at this point, but there’s plenty of madness to come. What has your impression of Wisconsin’s basketball season thus far? Let Parker know at pgabriel@ gmail.com.