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FIGHTING FOR IDENTITY In 1969, UW students went on strike to support social justice for the black community on campus

Story by Aarushi Agni

tudents were more in control of the UW-Madison campus than the administration was by Feb. 13, 1969. The day before, approximately 1,500 students on strike marched up Bascom Hill to disrupt campus. Physically blockading buildings, chanting and marching through traffic, the protesters attempted to shut the university down. While the police deployed were able to contain demonstrations in the Social Sciences building and Bascom Hall, Van Hise Hall was

entirely barricaded by students supporting their African-American peers and the broad social justices in education they felt African Americans had yet to obtain. After promising to keep the university open, Chancellor H. Edwin Young enlisted the help of Gov. Warren Knowles to call up 900 riflewielding National Guardsmen Feb. 12. But the National Guard did not make a dent in the crowds. If anything, they made it easier for nonstriking students to sympathize. The 1969 student protest was super-

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Organizer to challenge GOP leader Fitzgerald in likely recall election Lori Compas, responsible for spearheading the recall effort against Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, will run against Fitzgerald in his likely recall election. A source close to Compas confirmed Sunday she would make the announcement in the town of Jefferson on Tuesday. Compas, a Fort Atkinson resi-

dent and professional photographer, led the effort that gathered 20,600 signatures, but only needs 16,742 valid signatures to force a recall election. After Fitzgerald challenged many of the signatures earlier this month, election officials are now reviewing the challenges. Th e G ove r n m e nt Accountability Board has until March 19 to declare whether a

recall election will be held. “I welcome a challenge from a Democrat opponent who would only seek to return us to an unsustainable path of big spending, huge tax increases and taxpayer-funded favors to unions and left-wing special interests,” Fitzgerald said in a statement on Jan. 17, the day Compas filed the recall petitions against him.

UW votes against multi-year scholarships for athletes In a vote taken last week, UW-Madison opposed a new NCAA policy that allows schools to offer athletes multiyear scholarships. The NCAA Board ruled in October schools would be able to grant scholarships for more than one year rather than on the seasonal basis they were previously offered on. Since last week’s vote failed, schools will continue to offer scholarships for multiple years. Division I schools voted last week against overruling the legislation allowing multi-year scholar-

ships. Of the 62.5 percent needed to revoke the policy, 62.12 percent of the schools voted against it. UW was the only Big Ten university to vote against multi-year scholarships. Some institutions said they were concerned scholarship money would be spent on athletes who do not perform as coaches had hoped athletically or academically. But since the policy passed, UW-Madison director of compliance Katie Smith told the Cap Times individual coaches will determine whether to offer

scholarships on a multi-year or seasonal basis. NCAA President Mark Emmert said the NCAA plans to work with the institutions that opposed the legislation to address their concerns. “It’s clear that there are significant portions of the membership with legitimate concerns,” Emmert said in an NCAA press release. “As we continue to examine implementation of the rule, we want to work with the membership to address those concerns.” —Anna Duffin

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Jacqueline O’Reilly o’really?!

have the immense pleasure of heading home this upcoming weekend, and there are a number of things I am looking forward to. Of course, it is always great to see friends and family. My favorite home-cooked meal of chicken with pasta, broccoli and butternut squash is sure to be on the table, and I have scheduled a haircut with someone who actually knows what do with the quaff atop my head. But more than anything, I absolutely cannot wait to see my dog. Anyone who knows me well knows my Portuguese Water Dog, Rory (you bet your bottom dollar she is named in honor of “Gilmore Girls”), is basically my life. Besides being the lock screen on my iPhone and the wallpaper on my Facebook page, she is also, for all intents and purposes, my child. My parents got her my senior year of high school to, well, essentially replace me. After my 18 years of begging and pleading for a canine friend, they finally adopted one as I was about to walk out the door. Yeah, I thought it was bologna, too. Still, before heading off to Madison, I had eight months of intense bonding time with the little nugget, enough to solidify that she is, in fact, my pet. The first night she stayed in the O’Reilly household speaks volumes about how I love and

protect this dog. I invited my group of my friends over to get acquainted with and/or be jealous of Rory. At the time, my friend Kelsey was involved with a fellow who, how can I put this without being overdramatic, WAS TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY DISGUSTING (sorry, Kels). I felt so strongly about this point that I refused to let said dude touch the new puppy for fear he would contaminate her. Now I recognize this was not my most benevolent of moments, but you see that picture to the right? Would you let your eight-pound ball of smiles and bliss be caressed by a guy who proudly announced that if his semen could be any liquid it would lava? Of course not, so let us proceed. Since then, my affection for that mangy mutt has only grown more intense. Having spent the past four years a full two hours away from her, I have learned that absence does indeed make the heart grow fonder. Every time I return home for a weekend, she is the first member of the family I greet, and usually our reunion involves 10 immediate minutes of face licking and belly rubs. Oftentimes my parents have to remind me to say hello to them. Perhaps if they were covered in fur and ate the vegetables I do not care for off of my plate they would be the benefactors of such loving salutations. Alas, they are the ones who put the mushrooms in front of me in the first place. You get what you give. But it is not just my parents who get placed below Rory on my list of priorities. Several times a year, a friend or two will accom-

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While there exist numerous perks to a weekend at home, the best of them has to be quality cuddle time with the pooch. pany me home for a weekend of hot dogs and other Chicago shenanigans. Naturally, seeing as there does not exist a free bed in my house, they usually bunker down with me. My bed is a double and thus easily fits two people, but there is one stipulation that comes with the weekend of free lodging: You must be willing to share the bed with a certain pooch, as well. Rory is my spooning partner supreme, and you best believe she sleeps in my bed with me every chance I get. For guests who protest these accommodations: I am sure they—friend, fellow or otherwise—find the floor quite to their liking. Luckily, most people find Rory as irresistible as I do, so this has yet to be a problem. Perhaps one day you will have the opportunity to meet this

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fabulous four-legged creature. When and if that happens, feel free to call her by any of her nicknames, which include but are not limited to: RoRo, Rowboat, Rory Pory, Boobs, Dog Face (that one is a little on the nose), BooBoo, Baby Girl, Little Girl—anything with “girl,” really—and Whack Job. What can I say? She can be a bit of a nut at times, but she will leave a paw print on your heart. Until this fateful meeting day arrives, do as I do: Ask my sister to Skype but when she comes on casually drop in that you have no desire to speak with her, but if she could put the dog on, that would be delightful. Do have a canine friend you are missing these days? Jacqueline understands. E-mail her at jgoreilly@dailycardinal.com and she will invite you over for some dog gabbing and a screening of “Lassie.”

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March 1, 1977 Regents debate secretly By Brian Collins of the Cardinal Staff

Secrecy is the name of the game surrounding the selection process of the new University System president to replace John Weaver. But it was no secret at the regents meeting Monday morning that the process is running into difficulties. The Board of Regents met Monday to accept a list of nine finalists from the regents search committee. But the meeting lasted longer than expected. From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. the regents debated the list of nine. THE EXTENDED length of

the meeting took its toll. Regent Nancy Barkla left halfway through the meeting to catch a plane. Another early casualty was Regent Ody Fish, Hartland. “I had an appointment with me dentist,” he explained. After the meeting, Regent Bert McNamara, president of the regents, refused to confirm recent rumors that finalists were from outside Wisconsin. He told reporter Tom Clark of radio station WISM, “I say this with some qualifications, no list is final until the regents act on it.” Referring to the list of nine, McNamara said, “It could change markedly as a result of today’s meeting.” McNamara’s comments left the result of the meeting somewhat confusing. Donald Smith, vice president of academic affairs and secretary to the search committee, said, “The nine candidates were moved forward.” This means that the selection committee, which comprises all the regents, accepted the list of nine candidates from the search committee. BUT WHEN asked if the list is final, Smith said, “If the selec-

tion committee can not or will not select one of the nine, additional names will be considered.” So the selection committee will consider the nine nominees. But if yesterday’s “substantial debate” is any indication of how the regents feel about the list of nine candidates they may ask the search committee for another list. This new list will probably include a candidate from Wisconsin. Regent Frank J. Pelisek, Milwaukee, said there was “substantial debate but this is essential for the selection process.” Fish said the “regents were delighted with the lists of candidates. We feel we can secure a president with both high academic and administrative qualifications.” COMMENTING ON affirmative action policies, Fish said, “The president must have a social conscience. Affirmative Action does not mean we have to appoint a black or a woman. But blacks and women should feel they have a determination in the selection of the president.” Fish denied statements attributed to him in the Capitol Times, article published Monday. The remarks were reportedly made

while Fish and Regent Arthur DeBardeleben, Park Falls, were stepping out for a break. “This could go on for a month, this discussion,” Fish reportedly said. “This is idiotic.” So the list of nine remains a secret clouded in controversy. When asked if any of the candidates were from outside the academic community, McNamara said, “I think every one of the candidates have some connections, very close, with the academic community.” Are there any minorities? “I SEEM to remember some. I’m not quite sure,” McNamara said. Does every candidate have a Ph.D.? “No one attribute, no one facet of a person’s personality is prejudicing the regents’ selection,” McNamara said. Barkla, at her home in River Falls, explained the regents’ silence. “We feel the confidentiality of the process is necessary. The candidates do not want to embarrass the institutions they are working for.” “I THINK some fine people would take their names off the list if their names were revealed.”

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Diversity forum explores black students’ self-advocacy By Aarushi Agni The Daily Cardinal

Capped by a speech on the importance of black students advocating for their college educational experiences, the Friday forum hosted by the Wisconsin Association of Black Men explored the higher education experiences of black men. The event was part of the fourth annual Black Men’s Initiative Forum, and was co-hosted by the UW-Madison Office of the Diversity and Climate. It featured a keynote address from Dr. Shaun Harper, faculty member and director of the Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education at the University of Pennsylvania. Harper discussed the need for black students to advocate for themselves within their universities, saying that it is their responsibility to “push the institution to expand its capacity to ensure your success.”

“Some would say that the institution has no responsibility for your success, because you were ill-equipped to be here before you got here,” Harper said. “Once they admit you, they do assume some responsibility for ensuring that you are successful in this place.” Harper mentioned several ways in which universities fail to combat inequalities between black and white students. He noted that although black men are only 3.6 percent of all fulltime undergraduates at public universities, they are 55.3 percent of football and basketball players at Division I institutions. These black male student athletes, according to the NCAA, graduate at a higher rate than black peers who are not athletes. Harper said that all black students should have the benefit of support systems similar to the

ones student athletes enjoy. With the overall goals of “recruitment, development and retention” of black students on campus, WABM and the Office of Diversity and Climate host events to further social justice in the both the campus and Madison communities.

“Once they admit you, they do assume some responsibility for ensuring that you are successful.” Dr. Shaun Harper Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education

They also engage in mentorships with both black high school students and professionals in the Wisconsin community, many who were in attendance Friday.

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Dr. Shaun Harper gave his keynote address on the importance of black student self-advocacy at the Wisconsin Association of Black Men’s annual Black Men’s Initiative Forum Friday.

Testimony ends in redistricting court case

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Dane County Board candidate John Magnino is launching an initiative to engage students in local government.

County board candidate promotes student interaction in local politics UW-Madison student and Dane County Board of Supervisors candidate John Magnino announced plans to engage more students in county government Sunday. Magnino announced his candidacy in January, emphasizing a need to increase student participation in local government. “I will fight from day one to make sure that students have the voice that they deserve on this board that has been notably lacking,” Magnino said. Magnino said two main points in his plan are the creation of two committees designed to engage students in local government. The Campus City-County Committee is a public forum for student groups like the Associated Students of Madison to collaborate with city and county leaders, making “local government more transparent and accessible,” Magnino said.

Magnino’s initiative also would implement the Student-County Liaison, which would assist students in joining committees that allow for citizen input. “[The committees] would give students a really good opportunity to be involved in government and should advance the aims and goals of the Dane County Board as a whole,” Magnino said. UW-Madison student Leland Pan, candidate for the Dane County Board of Supervisors, said although he is glad Magnino sees the lack of student involvement, he does not agree with Magnino’s method. “I think that the more important thing to do in terms of getting students engaged is organizing,” Pan said. “I think that what he overlooks is that there’s already a lot of structure in place in terms of student groups engaging students.” —Abby Becker

Testimony concluded Friday in the high-stakes court case pitting Democrats and a group challenging the constitutionality of Wisconsin’s new legislative districts against Republican lawmakers arguing in favor of the maps. The immigrant advocacy group Voces de la Frontera and its Democratic partners are suing the state in federal court over claims the new districts unfairly separate

Latino communities in Milwaukee. Also, the group argues the maps unnecessarily move people from one district to another, denying voting rights for approximately 300,000 people around the state because they have to wait six years to vote instead of four. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, lawyers representing the state ended their testimony Friday arguing the maps

were passed by legislators and signed into law, so the court should not interfere in the political process. Lawyers for Voces de la Frontera criticized what they called a secretive process Republicans used to draw the maps last summer, saying the lack of public input led to problems. The panel of three federal judges will give a written decision in the next few weeks.

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tion that was relevant and useful in more ways than one.” While the campus’ apparent explosion around the student strike surprised many, its causes were rooted in a tension brewing for years. Gilbert cites the beginning of the movement back to the foundation of Ruth B. Doyle’s academic achievement program in 1966.

tion’s refusal to create a black studies department reflected a lack of recognition of their history and African Americans’ contribution to American development. After submitting a list of demands to the administration and finding their response to be underwhelming, students decided to strike in February 1969, engulfing the campus in protests and leading administrators to call in assumed forces on their own students. Despite the presence of the National Guard, protests escalated. On the evening of Feb. 13, 7,000 to 12,000 students marched on the Capitol, led by 20 black students linking arms. Such high numbers could not have been achieved without interracial cooperation and solidarity from many politically active student groups. “The administration ended up buckling to our demands because … there were enough numbers and evidence that came out in support of what we were demanding,” Rashad said. “The administration had to pay attention.” These actions, in addition to many letters of support from members of the non-striking student body led the administration to accept a report which recommended forming what is now the Afro-American Studies Department. The report asserted the need for all students to learn about African-American history. “It was an awakening to the university,” Gilbert said. “The university took notice, but what [today] is lacking is full total buy-in to the appreciation of difference, the fact that everybody is not the same.”

imposed on an era of heightened political activism during the Vietnam War, when many college campuses reflected the broader divisions within society. “[The campus] was a hotbed of … progressive and radical movements,” said Liberty Rashad, who was 19 when she spearheaded the movement as secretary of the Black Student Alliance. “There’s no other time in our history when young people were so actively mobilized. It was like Cairo, in 2011.” The demonstrations also took place in a unique period of black activism focused on identity in contrast to the Civil Rights movement as a whole. The period from 1966 to 1975 was the Black Power era—a time wherein black Americans wanted their identity to be solidified in the American society, according to Dr. Cornelius Gilbert, whose dissertation helped inform this article. At UW-Madison, the Black Student Alliance brought 13 “nonnegotiable” demands to the administration in 1964 because they were frustrated with the administration’s treatment of the African American student population. Notably, students called for the creation of a Black Studies Department, the addition of black faculty members in counseling positions and the recruitment of 500 black students to the university. “This is a public institution and they weren’t taking care of the public adequately—not all of the public,” Rashad said. “Besides the fact that once we got there, we also wanted an educa-

“This is a public institution, and they weren’t taking care of the public adequately.” Liberty Rashad former secretary Black Student Alliance

Doyle, who Gilbert described as an integrationist faculty member, started the program to bring disadvantaged black students to the university in the wake of the Civil Rights movement. But Doyle rejected the proposals for a Black Studies Department, an all-black residence hall floor and a black student center because she thought they would do more to segregate than integrate. African-American students found her rejection of a black studies department to be the most contentious issue. “People want to understand who they are … why they’re in the situation they’re in … and how to make a change. That’s a natural human thing,” Rashad said, “Black students didn’t feel like there was any way they could express that at the university. It was as if we did not exist.” Rashad said the administra-

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David Cottrell Co-ttrell it on the mountain

wards season for movie releases has come and gone, along with the Oscars themselves. After catching up on the last few intriguing winners that you’ve yet to see, there won’t be much left playing in the theaters with any real draw for awhile. We’ve officially entered that barren cinematic tundra that comes around at the start of every year, that miserable period of arctic chill after all the winter magic has come and gone, leaving us with nothing but dirty snow and foul movies. With an entire year left on the calendar before the next round of industry and critics awards, studios love to use this time of year as a dumping ground for all the horrible flops they’ve accumulated over the previous year with no hope of awards aspirations. So what’s a movie lover to do in times like these? Take a step back into the past, a year or fifty, and find the films you missed on first release. Back when that silver fox, old Bill occupied the oval office and cell phones had pullout antennas and a healthy girth to them, you could walk into a video store, past the new release shelves, and find a little corner filled with staff picks, selections of movies curated by the nerdiest of your local film nerds. Once you found a staffer with whom your tastes aligned, you had the perfect insight to cut through the overwhelming catalogue of films produced by Hollywood every year to the exact choices that will tickle your fancy. (Just watch out for Vincent’s Picks, Kramer says that guy is an art

house goon.) But in this post-Blockbuster existence, what are we to do without the guiding wisdom of these hourly-waged cinematic connoisseurs? Turn to the Internet of course, where one nerd’s opinion has been supplanted by the collective taste of millions. Let’s start with the obvious, the holiest of holies of online nerdy film love, the Internet Movie Data Base. Even without having to rate a bunch of movies first to get a gauge of your taste, IMDB automatically offers solid recommendations for flicks similar to any movie you search for, with an Amazon-style “People who liked this also liked…” category attached to every movie. It’s a great service if you know what you like and want more of it, but the more interesting offering from IMDB is the site’s Top 250 Movies.

But in this post-Blockbuster existence, what are we to do without the guiding wisdom of hourly-waged cinematic connoisseurs?

Voted on by the site’s users, the list has become an unofficial ranking among film nerds of the popularly chosen greatest movies of all time. Sure its democratic nature lends some bias to more recent movies, such as “The Dark Knight,” whose current position at number eight, but this tends to balance out with time. And if you’re not in the mood for anything specific, it’s a great place to start for both film newbies and fanatics alike. RottenTomatoes.com is a terrific movie review aggregator that amasses concise quips from

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Websites like Jinni.com help to customize movie picks for those perplexed on which flicks to watch next, using algorithms in lieu of the age-old practice of video store recommendations. a broad range of critical sources and is perhaps the best way to gauge the critical reception for any new movie. A movie that is deemed to receive more than 60 percent positive reviews is ruled “Fresh,” and any with less “Rotten,” with the exact percentage given as well. But if you dig a little deeper, you’ll find the site has even more interesting features to offer. Have a particular fondness for a certain actor, actress, writer, or director? Navigate to their specific Rotten Tomatoes page and you can find an individual graph of the artist’s collective Tomatometer rankings over his or her career. You can quickly find his or her career highlights, or embarrassing bombs, and indulge your fanaticism either way. Want to see Nicholas Cage in a good movie for once? Rotten Tomatoes has got you covered with “Adaptation.” Or perhaps you’re feeling a bit masochistic and want to see some Matthew McConaughey at his lowest of

lows. In that case Rotten Tomatoes suggests the 2008 comedy “Surfer, Dude,” coming in with a rare zero percent on the Tomatometer.

Want to see Nicholas Cage in a good movie for once? Rotten Tomatoes has got you covered with “Adaptation.”

But perhaps the single best source of online movie recommendations is Jinni.com, a sort of Pandora for movies. Sure Jinni does the basic “if you like x you’ll also like y” thing that plenty of sites do. Plug in a movie or TV show and it will give you an uncanny litany of comparable titles. Create an account on the site and it will even start collecting your interests and ratings to provide you even more accurate, personalized recommenda-

tions. But the depth with which Jinni has analyzed and archived titles, from mood to audience to period to plot to critical reception, is utterly breathtaking. Jinni is based off the Movie Genome Project—an approach to indexing movies and TV shows based on a wide array of attributes, both internal and external to the movie, in an effort to assign a specific DNA to movies that can then be sorted by taste. The sheer number of sortable characteristics may seem overwhelming at first, but they offer the most personalized movie recommendations on the web. The loss of neighborhood movie rental shops and their scholarly staffs of recommenders may be disheartening for the nostalgia-indulger in all of us, but the Internet age has clearly provided us with some impressive alternatives. Do you know of a film recommendation resource David missed? Let him know at dcottrell@wisc.edu.

Of Montreal’s Paralytic Stalks is disarrayed musical gold CD REVIEW

Paralytic Stalks of Montreal By Cameron Graff The Daily Cardinal

For the impatient out there, here’s a single sentence summation of Paralytic Stalks, of Montreal’s latest sonic think piece: The sound of Kevin Barnes, frequent musician and perpetual thespian, traveling so far up his own ass that he has finally emerged out the other end and into the brilliant light of day. Of Montreal’s 2007 release, Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?, is widely considered an opus of modern indie (whatever that means, anyways); a poppy, funky daytrip through the labyrinthine mindscape of a depressed and deserted man. Everyone (and I mean everyone) loved it. Skeletal Lamping and False Priest, the follow-ups,

turned out to be as divisive as their predecessor was revered— possibly because they were concept albums about Barnes secretly being a black she-male? Or maybe it was something else. Who can really say? Everything has come full circle with Paralytic Stalks though; it is a big, stuttering, sloppy mess of unquestionable genius. The album plays like a direct reaction to and against False Priest. Where the latter was a concise, R&B-fueled collection of quirky pop, Paralytic Stalks is long, bombastic and schizophrenic. The album feels like a mash-up of Skeletal Lamping’s ADD absurdity and Hissing Fauna’s pop ideals and upsettingly dark lyrics. The result is stunning, like Sufjan Steven’s The Age of Adz, but, well, actually good. Paralytic Stalks opens with five tracks of concise noise-pop. The second track, “Spiteful Intervention,” besides almost certainly being one of the best songs anyone will hear this year, is a perfect manifesto for the rest of the album. The hook is magical (“I spend my waking hours haunting my own life/I

made the one I love start crying tonight/and it felt good,” with the last bit more screamed than sung) and the song’s arrangement straddles the fine line between ridiculous and unforgettable. The warbling flute in “Dour Percentage” is equally mesmerizing and “We Will Commit Wolf Murder” has some serious musicality to back up its amazing title.

Everything has come full circle with Paralytic Stalks; it is a big, stuttering, sloppy mess of unquestionable genius.

Like Hissing Fauna’s “The Past is a Grotesque Animal,” a 12-minute odyssey detailing Barnes’ Burroughs-esque metamorphosis into a bootyrocking Parliament wannabe, the fulcrum of Paralytic Stalks is “Ye, Renew the Plantiff,” nine minutes of pure bombast and corrosion that marks a sharp change in direction.

There is a point two minutes in where everything finally seems to snap, when Barnes shrieks, “Oh Nina/How will I survive this Winter?/All I can think of is getting revenge/Make those fuckers pay!” Gone is the sexual pomp and circumstance, gone is the ridiculous glamrock. All that is left is anger. And guitar solos, lots of guitar solos. From that point onward the album becomes a pounding, abstracted mess, like Skeletal Lamping being played in the middle of a hurricane. Everything before was quirky, sure, but the back half is more Dali-prog than anything else. “Wintered Debts” marries of Montreal’s Gay Parade-era Beatles aping with rank darkness, as Barnes (in possibly his best vocal performance thusfar) trills “so much bitterness” as the seven-minute song’s constant refrain over acoustic guitar and then chiming piano, followed by haunting synthesizer waves. “Exorcismic Breeding Knife” stands in stark contrast to everything else the band has ever done, eschewing grooves

and popitude for a schizoid, Scott Walker-tinted nightmare. The song sees Barnes rambling about donkey jaws and the “economy of despair” over what sounds like “Revolution 9” crying in the background. It is the album’s only real low point, if only by virtue of it being easily the least accessible song big indie music has put out since Wilco’s “Less than You Think.” I love it, but I also love Scott Walker—so make of that what you will. Thankfully the closer, the monstrous, the 13 minute “Authentic Pyrrhic Remission,” brings back the funk in full force, and Barnes (presumably fully exorcised) struts around the track with all the bravado and non-sequitur bliss that made the back half of Hissing Fauna such a delight. It is a stellar ending for a fantastically flawed album. It is also a solid analogy for the album as a whole; avant-garde masquerading as pop, birthing one of the most frustrating and wonderfully exciting albums I have heard in a long time. Grade: A-

opinion Too many students are going to college

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ollege is a great institution for those looking to seriously challenge themselves and advance their understanding of self and environment. A collegiate environment also provides an excellent opportunity for students to form a working relationship with their professors in a way that helps them understand what they went to school to learn in the first place. Additionally, the dynamic environment of a campus, particularly here in Madison, allows for one to form his or her own connections in the vast social network— the real, living one, not that fake online knockoff. Unfortunately, the aspects that make college so great are being diluted by the overwhelming amount of people attending college. On the surface, the idea of more people earning a degree is a very good thing. While earning a degree is a good thing, more people earning degrees does not mean these people are graduating and moving into comfortable

careers. Additionally, there is a sizeable number of students who drop out or get kicked out, possibly due to lack of motivation, bad economic times or just plain choice. While there will always be people who do not “succeed,” a big part of this issue is due to the oversaturation of college degrees today.

Just because more people are earning degrees does not mean these people are graduating and moving into comfortable careers.

This oversaturation of degrees, in turn, lowers the value of college degrees for all graduates as the inherent value, the scarcity of degrees, is obviously lost. This basic fact is what the supporters of 100 percent state-funded tuition do not understand. I must be very clear though; I am not disparaging people who hold this opinion as they’re well-intentioned. But doesn’t the simple law of supply and demand come into play when there is approximately 15 percent real unemploy-

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ment and more graduates are still being churned out? Student loan debt has already surpassed that of total credit card debt; and yet, the credit card companies are the only ones that appear deceptive? Consistently increasing government subsidies to college education is creating a massive college education bubble. Many reading this most likely receive federal assistance in the form of loans or Pell Grants. What these subsidies do to students though is blind them to the accumulating debt that will be hovering over them for many years to come. Over time, as government provides more loans and grants, it inadvertently removes the mechanism for efficiency, which is innovation, as colleges find they can just raise tuition and the government will increase subsidies to match. Despite this, there is still the chance the economy could recover to the point that fresh graduates may have a chance in the job market. The last few job reports have looked promising and maybe there’s something real behind them, but only time will tell. In the meantime, technical schools and other smaller colleges are benefitting. These schools can get you the education you need to do specific skills-related

work. Boosting these schools more is the fact that these degrees can be attained relatively quickly compared to the time it takes in traditional four-year universities.

For those who wish to go out of state for school, the rise in education costs has pretty much dashed their options to do so.

Compounding the debt explosion, the traditional fouryear model is now extended longer for a portion of students, some taking four and a half to five and a half years to graduate. For in-state students, that time can cost up to $10,000, not accounting for the likely tuition increases in the future. For those who wish to go out of state for school, the rise in cost for education has pretty much dashed their options to do so. Out-of-state tuition is not as much a target though, since they already pay far higher in tuition. It is the in-state students who universities are looking at. In the end, whether instate or out-of-state, students

are all paying the price for this Frankenstein system. Unfortunately, when it comes to broken systems, there’s really not much that students can do right now. This is an issue that is beyond simply passing legislation or adding more bureaucracy. This is a deep, normative institution al flaw that incorporates many factors into its ultimate result. While talking about changing the higher education system may make for a good opinion article, there is still the reality that a degree is required to at least break into a decent middle income job. To tell other students to just drop school because I think the system is broken is self-absorbed. Instead, the heart of my piece is to simply prompt you to make your own judgments on whether college is worth it for you. College is not required to learn or succeed—books exist—but it provides a great opportunity to take that knowledge further. Be reasonable, be honest and make the choice for yourself. Matthew Curry is a junior majoring in political science and environmental studies. Please send your feedback to opinion@ dailycardinal.com.

Faith only belongs in politics if logic is right beside it David ruiz opinion columnist

s a fan of one-sided debates and the usage of “eviscerate” in rhetorical contexts, I hope former Senator Rick Santorum wins the Republican presidential candidacy. The qualities that make him shine in his Republican supporters’ eyes—faith-based morality, focus on family values and strong stances on social issues—will make him unsuited for the presidential general election. Republican voters, egged on by conservative media, have increasingly turned to antiintellectual politicians who do not equivocate their parsimony, or even know what those words mean. Instead of using logic, studies and statistics to support their controversial stances, Republican candidates, with Santorum as their current flag-

bearer, continue turning to faith. Before I address faith’s necessary role in American politics, allow me to explain my own religious background. I was educated in a series of Catholic grade schools, but always struggled with religion. After the sexual abuse scandal that eventually bankrupted Milwaukee’s archdiocese, my parents and I stopped going to the occasional Sunday mass. I entered a Jesuit High School and studied theology along with other subjects. Eventually my questions regarding faith turned me away from religion altogether. It was a long process. Often times, when someone is religious, he or she rejects all other faiths; I just happened to reject one more than most. When candidates flaunt their faith, I am not put-off. However, the lack of discussion following their proclamations is worrying. When any candidate spews his or her faith-based stance, but does not explain it in terms that can be understood by any kind of faithful

or unfaithful person, he is failing at politics. These types of unjustified assertions (faith cannot be a justification, because the basis of faith is that it requires none) are not unique to religion, but the political sphere is exactly where every single assertion needs to be examined and deconstructed. If someone starts using “God’s Laws” to effect my behavior, I will be just as skeptical if that person is a Pastafarian as if he is a Christian.

Sticking to scripture also allows candidates to bypass the real human suffering laws can create or alleviate.

This skepticism is what the American electorate can’t seem to accept. When Santorum quotes the Bible, he is picking and choosing which portions of the scrip-

tures to propagate. There are hundreds of laws in the Bible, and when Santorum selectively applies them to daily life, he is the one who is affecting people, not God. Sticking to scripture also allows candidates to bypass the real human suffering laws can create or alleviate. Religious appeals only work when they are leveraged on people who accept the assumed religion, are totally fine with the candidate’s view of whatever theological concept is on display or are willing to accept the view without examining non-religious justifications. So when the Republican candidate (still keeping my fingers crossed for Rick), crosses into the presidential race, he is going to need to find a way to rationalize all that religious rhetoric into terms that everyone can understand. The hard-line conservative views on social issues are growing less popular, and voters are less willing to elect someone based on their social stances. In order to

Religion in American Politics “..religion & Govt. will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together.” James Madison in an 1822 letter to Edward Livingston. Madison

“Finally, I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end; where all men and all churches are treated as equal...” John F. Kennedy in a 1960 speech Greater Houston Ministerial Association. Kennedy

“I don’t believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute.” Rick Santorum in an ABC interview last week. Santorum

make up ground, the Republican candidate is going to have to do some rhetorical pirouetting. Religion will always be a part of American politics, but the relationship needs to be healthier.

The electorate needs to encourage politicians to keep religion where it belongs.

Candidates should be proud of their religion, and there should be a lot of examination of any candidate’s personal philosophy whether it is based on religion or not. Religion will always be a part of debates as well, but in order to keep things sane, religious justifications need to be backed up. Candidate’s who rally against contraception claim it hurts the integrity of communities, why not back that up with at least some anecdotal evidence? The truth is, candidates are already doing this to a degree, but when politics is reduced to sound bites, an appeal to “God’s Law” is about as forceful and concise as it gets. The electorate needs to encourage politicians to keep religion where it belongs, but we also need to look past religion if the media is doing a bad job covering a complex stance. So when Santorum says that “the First Amendment means the free exercise of religion and that means bringing people and their faith into the public square,” I agree; but his faith isn’t going to be enough when he is going up against an eloquent incumbent in debate. David Ruiz is a senior majoring in English. Please send all feedback opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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It was a weekend of “firsts” for the Wisconsin men’s hockey team (10-4-2 WCHA, 15-15-2 overall), as the Badgers earned their first road sweep of the season against the Bemidji State. Wisconsin overcame backto-back first period deficits and used big second periods on both nights to propel themselves to consecutive 4-2 victories over the Beavers (9-14-3, 15-16-3) in two strikingly similar games. Road wins have been rare enough for the Badgers, who had won just one game away from the Kohl Center this season prior to this weekend, but with Saturday’s victory, Wisconsin clinched its first road sweep in over a year (Jan. 28-29, 2011 at Michigan Tech). Bemidji State took an early lead Friday night as junior defenseman Jake Areshenko put a one-time shot from the

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point past Badger freshman Landon Peterson less than three minutes into the first period. Wisconsin was unfazed however, scoring three second period goals to take a commanding 3-1 lead. Sophomore defenseman Frankie Simonelli tied the game at one before junior Justin Schultz scored his team-leading 14th goal of the season to put UW ahead. Sophomore forward Michael Mersch added his 11th goal of the season and junior defenseman John Ramage put home an empty net goal with 32 seconds remaining to give Wisconsin the 4-2 victory. “That’s huge,” Peterson said on winning on the road. “It’s a huge momentum swing because it doesn’t give [Bemidji State] momentum.” Wisconsin overcame 1-0 and 2-1 deficits Saturday night, as well as having their captain, Ramage, ejected early in the first period for contact to the points Friday and add another four Saturday. For this team to continue to win throughout the playoffs, this line will

Brooke Ammerman makes a six-point statement Senior forward Brooke Ammerman powered the Badgers to their WCHA Playoffs first round sweep of Minnesota State-Mankato. The River Vale, N.J. native led Wisconsin with five goals and one assist. She now has 74 points this season, second on the team. Ammerman’s play Friday night was very indicative of her play throughout the entire season. When She is successful, the team is successful. However, it is not only the team that gains from her play. As a senior leader and assistant captain, Wisconsin’s underclassmen are able to look to her for advice and moral support inside and outside of a hockey setting. Despite being the second leading scorer on the nation’s No. 1 team, Ammerman did not make the cut as a Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award nominee. Some may see this past series against Mankato as a statement to the selection committee. Ammerman, herself, has taken everything in stride, not trying to

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Sophomore forward Michael Mersch scored the game-winning goal Friday night and added an empty net goal Saturday.

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Brooke Ammerman has recorded 32 goals and 42 assists this season. dwell on things she cannot control. “That’s something you think about for five minutes and you move on,” Ammerman said after her fourgoal game. “The ultimate goal is to win a national championship and that’s what we’re here to do.” Teammates Brianna Decker, Hilary Knight and Alex Rigsby received nominations. “I’m really happy for [Decker, Knight and Rigsby],” she said. “They deserve it. Hopefully one of them can win it.” Matthew Kleist /the daily cardinal

head, with offensive production from some unexpected places. Freshman forward Brad Navin netted his third goal of the season, with an assist from sophomore Jason Clark (his first point of the season) to put UW on the board, and with just over a minute to go in the second, sophomore forward Sean Little scored his first goal as a Badger to tie the game at two. Schultz and Mersch also added tallies in the third period to give Wisconsin its second consecutive 4-2 win. The Badgers won in front of freshman goalie Joel Rumpel on Saturday night, who was playing in his first game since receiving a deep laceration on his leg last Friday night against Denver. The two wins this weekend also push UW ahead of Bemidji State in the WCHA standings, as they take over sole possession of ninth place in the conference. With no more home games on the schedule and homeice advantage an impossibility for the WHCA playoffs, the Badgers are going to have to prove they can play well on the road on a regular basis if they want to close out this season on a high note. It may have taken until the second to last weekend of the season, but Wisconsin’s first road sweep of the year shows that they aren’t going to end this year without a fight. Wisconsin closes out its 2011-’12 regular season schedule by traveling to Minneapolis to take on archrival Minnesota next weekend.

Road woes

The Badgers have struggled away from the Kohl Center this season. Wisconsin is 8-3-1 on the road and did not get its first road win until Jan. 13 at Minnesota State-Mankato

have to dictate the flow of the game. When they are scoring points, it raises the confidence of Wisconsin’s underclassmen. “It’s nice to see them get a bunch of ice time,” Johnson said about freshmen Karley Sylvester, Blayre Turnbull, Katy Josephs and Katarina Zgraja. “They’ve played as well as anybody in our lineup.” Josephs made the most of her chances in Saturday’s 4-0 win, scoring the game’s first goal just over one minute in. “I was just trying to get a shot on net,” Josephs said. “I shot through their d-man and it ended up going in. I was kind of surprised, actually.” “It was a bit of a surprise,” she added. “But we’ll take it.” The Badgers move on to the WCHA Final Face-Off next weekend in Duluth, Minn. Wisconsin came into the tournament as the No. 1 seed and will face Minnesota-Duluth March 2. “The biggest thing that we need to do is come into Friday competing from the start,” senior forward Hilary Knight said about facing Duluth next weekend. “It’s a one game season.” “Now you move forward,” Johnson said. “Forget about what happened and get ready for practice Monday, get ready to play Duluth Friday afternoon.”

Wisconsin send off seniors with a win at home By Ryan Hill the daily cardinal

Sophomore guard Morgan Paige had a career-high 29 points and junior guard Taylor Wurtz recorded her second consecutive double-double to propel the Wisconsin women’s basketball team (5-11 Big Ten, 9-19 overall) to a 72-60 victory over Illinois (5-11, 11-18) on Senior Night. The win snapped a six-game losing streak and also solidified Wisconsin’s number nine seed in the upcoming Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis. “I’m just very proud of them, and obviously for the senior’s it’s a very good win, to go out with the win at the Kohl in front of our fans and give them something to remember,” Wisconsin head coach Bobbie Kelsey said. The Badgers found themselves down only 34-29 at the half, despite going 10-of-25 from the floor, including 0-for-7 from beyond the arc. Wisconsin erased the shooting woes and began the second half with a 7-2 run that knotted things up at 36. The shooting that was put on display in the second half was something special, considering the struggles they showed in the first half. Wisconsin turned things around, especially Wurtz, and proceeded to go 16-of-25 (64%) from the floor, including 4-of-7 (57.1%) from three-point range. “I think we thought the game was over at halftime,” Illinois head coach Jolette Law said. “We didn’t come out with the same intensity or the same fire. They seemed like they wanted it more.” After being held to four points in the first half, Wurtz benefitted from the extra attention Paige was receiving in the second half. The 6 foot sharpshooter finished 9-of16 from the floor, after going just 2-of-8 in the first half. She finished with 21 points and also snagged 12 rebounds. Paige went 8-of-14 from the floor and hit all 11 of her free throw attempts. “I like to attack the basket, anyway,” Paige said, after being asked if her scoring mentality changed at all for this game. “The

high pressure defense really does allow you to get that drive to the lane. After the first time, I started seeing the same tendencies in the defender and I had that open for the majority of the game, so I took advantage of it.” Wurtz struggled early against the defending tandem of Lydia McCully and Adrienne Godbold. The two guarded her for most of the game, but it was foul trouble and Paige’s scoring spree that most likely opened up the floor for Wurtz. “I knew I had to take the gamble [of putting McCully on Wurtz] and hopefully just not have her touch [the ball],” Law said. “But unfortunately she got her shot off and once she hit one or two, you know she’s a great shooter once she gets going.” “Both of them are really good defenders,” Wurtz said. “But I think it was just my teammates getting me open.” The senior night did bring a different feel and intensity, as many players acknowledged afterward, but Kelsey stressed that they prepared the same way. “I didn’t have this big ol’ speech,” she said. “I said, ‘If I have to give you words to motivate you and you’re a competitor, don’t play, sit in the locker room.’ These guys are competitors.” Perhaps these words did get into the heads of the players, as the Badgers played with a spark in nearly every category. They outrebounded the Fighting Illini 36-17, broke 60 points for the first time in four games, and shot 52 percent, well above the 38.4 percent mark the team had in its last four games. “My teammates stepped up so huge tonight,” senior forward Anya Covington said. “Everybody that stepped on the court brought so much energy and it was just a blessing to be a part of. It’s just an awesome day to be a senior and a Badger.” Wisconsin plays eighth-seeded Minnesota, who they beat 78-72 on Jan. 26 on Thursday at 5 p.m. as part of the first round of the Big Ten Tournament.

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Sophomore guard Morgan Paige scored a career-high 29 points to help Wisconsin to a win on senior day Sunday.

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Badgers return the favor in Columbus Wisconsin entered a hostile environment Sunday and was able to grab a much-needed win against the Buckeyes By Ted Porath the daily cardinal

The No. 16/15 Wisconsin’s men’s basketball team (10-6 Big Ten, 21-8 overall) still feeling the sting from a heartbreaking loss to the Hawkeyes in Iowa City, came into Columbus needing a big win to get back on track and impress the NCAA Tournament selection committee. The Badgers got their biggest win of the year, beating the Buckeyes (11-5, 23-5) 63-60 in a back-and-fourth game that resembled a championship boxing match. It was the Badgers first win over a top ten Big Ten team on the road since January 26, 1980, against Ohio State. After going into halftime tied, the Badgers fell behind by six after sophomore forward Deshaun Thomas scored six straight Buckeye points. Wisconsin responded with a 7-0 run, that included a three-point play by senior guard Jordan Taylor and a clutch three by senior guard Rob Wilson. With Wisconsin leading 42-41, Ohio State responded right back with a 9-0 run to go up by eight. The streak was ended by a big three by junior center Jared Berggren, that took a few bounces before finally falling through the rim. With the lead up to six, it was yet another 7-0 Badger run that

got them back in the lead. This run started with yet another big three, this time by Taylor to pull the Badgers within three. Then a 50/50 ball was saved by Evans and turned into a Gasser layup to get the Badgers back to within one. With the score still 51-50 Taylor hit a tough fallaway jumper to put the Badgers back on top with 3:47 to go. A layup by sophomore guard Aaron Craft put the Buckeyes up 57-56 with 2:10 to go. After a few missed free throws by both sides, Taylor finally manned up and made two to put the Badgers up by one. The Buckeyes counterpunched with a layup by sophomore forward Jared Sullinger, but the Badgers came right back with another huge three by Berggren to put the Badgers up two with 31 seconds left. Thomas missed a three on the next possession, while Berggren got the rebound and made the free throws that would ultimately seal the game. Taylor was the leading scorer for the Badgers with 19, followed by Berggren with 18. Evans recorded 10 points and 10 rebounds for his second double-double of the season and eighth straight double-digit scoring game. Despite shooting 55 percent in the first half com-

pared to Wisconsin’s 39 percent, the Ohio State Buckeyes found themselves tied with the Badgers going into halftime. This was in large part due to Ohio State’s sloppy offense. The Buckeyes seemed out of sync on offense for most of first half, committing 10 turnovers. These turnovers helped the Badgers stay close by giving them the opportunity to shoot six more shots than the Buckeyes in the first half, and in a game with such a slow pace, six extra shots is huge. Wilson provided a much needed spark off the bench for the Badgers, making two important threes to keep Wisconsin close when it seemed that Ohio State was about to put some distance between themselves and the Badgers. Wilson finished the game with nine points, accounting for all of Wisconsin’s bench points and giving the Badgers a 9-1 advantage in points off the pine. On defense, Wisconsin’s stifling post play kept Ohio State star Sullinger to just three field goal attempts in the first half, forcing other Buckeye players to step up. Thomas was huge for the Ohio State, shooting 6-for-8 and scoring 13 of the Buckeyes’ first 22 points. Senior guard William Buford also picked up the slack, shoot-

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Senior guard Rob Wilson came off the bench and scored nine points, including two key three-pointers in the second half. ing 3-for-6 to score 10 points in the first half. Thomas finished the game with a game-high 23 points along with seven rebounds, followed by Buford with 15 points and Craft with 13. Sullinger finished the game with just

eight points and six rebounds, far below his season average of 17 and nine. The Badgers face off with rival Minnesota Tuesday night at the Kohl Center. Wisconsin beat the Gophers 68-61 earlier this season.

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Wisconsin sweeps Minnesota State, looks to Final Face-Off By Matthew Kleist The daily Cardinal

The Wisconsin women’s hockey team (23-3-2 WCHA, 31-3-2 overall) advanced on to the WCHA Final Face-Off next weekend after completing the sweep of Minnesota StateMankato (3-24-1, 7-28-1)

In what may be the last collegiate hockey games played at the Eagles Nest Ice Arena, the Badgers defeated an undermatched Maverick squad 7-0 and 4-0 over the weekend. Sophomore goaltender Alex Rigsby backed up her recent Patty Kazmaier nomination

with two solid nights in net to earn her eighth and ninth shutouts of the season. “You look at both games and don’t give up a goal,” head coach Mark Johnson said after Saturday’s game. “You like that.” Rigsby did not see much from Mankato Friday; only fac-

ing 20 shots, many of which were routine saves for the young netminder. It was a different story Saturday. The Mavericks were able to put pressure on Wisconsin’s net. Rigsby, however, stayed strong, making 28 saves to preserve the shutout. “We were ending [Mankato’s] season, we knew that they were going to come out hard,” Rigsby said.

“Having fun, putting pucks in the net, playing hard... that’s what we need to do...” Brooke Ammerman senior forward Wisconsin women’s hockey

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Sophomore goaltender Alex Rigsby has played over 2000 minutes this season. Her 1.34 goalsagainst-average and .952 save percentage is impressive considering her body of work this season.

If there ever was a model of consistency at the goaltending position, it would have to be Rigsby. She reached a milestone not many ever achieve in a season Friday, playing over 2000 minutes this year for the Badgers. Rigsby has been in the net for all but an hour of Wisconsin’s game time. “It’s good for us and it’s good for her,” senior forward Brooke Ammerman said Friday night. “She’s had a phenomenal year and we know what she’s capable of doing.”

The Badgers were able to set the tone of the series early Friday night, scoring early and often in the first period. Wisconsin’s first tally would come at just over three minutes into the game when Ammerman put the puck past Mankato sophomore goaltender Danielle Butters. Not even three minutes later, Butters was chased from the game after letting in an additional two goals. She would face only five shots and give up three goals. “Our first five minutes were probably the best hockey we’ve played all year,” Ammerman said. “We came out with a great jump in our game.” Johnson often talks about playing a complete, 60 minute game, and that is what the Badgers were able to do Friday. By the final horn, Wisconsin would put up seven goals, including four from Ammerman. “It was really fun,” Ammerman said about her four-goal night. “Having fun, putting pucks in the net, playing hard, doing all the little things. That’s what we need to continue throughout the postseason.” Wisconsin’s top line of Ammerman, senior forward Carolyne Prevost and junior forward Brianna Decker is

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