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State Assembly passes two Republican bills Legislation would limit workday hours, secretary of state role By Andrew Haffner The Daily Cardinal
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ASM Student Council Rep. Jamie Wheeler discusses legislation Wednesday that proposes changes to the recently released campus alcohol policy recommendations.
ASM offers changes to alcohol policy update By Paige Villiard The Daily Cardinal
The Associated Students of Madison Student Council unanimously approved a resolution of two suggested changes to the campus alcohol-policy recommendations recently made by a campus task force. The Event Alcohol Sales and Service Task Force was charged with reviewing the university’s alcohol policies following the sexual-assault controversy during the 2012 Rose Bowl. One of the task force’s recommendations, which would restrict graduate students and their organizations from serving alcohol at events, received criticism over the effect it would
have on event attendance. Student Council Rep. Kyle Rak said events would be less successful because serving alcohol is a tradition at many of them. “The turnouts would be a lot lower and the events would not be anywhere near as fun,” Rak said. Council approved legislation recommending changes to allow graduate or professional registered student organizations to get alcohol permits, as well as allowing project assistant or teaching assistant graduate students to serve alcohol at events. Another of the task force’s recommendations would prevent an event with over 50 attendees or lasting longer than
two hours from obtaining an alcohol permit. Student Council Rep. Jamie Wheeler said the recommendation would affect department events that many faculty, staff and graduate or professional students attend, adding it would be expensive to hire a catering service. ASM’s resolution recommends large events with everyone over the minimum drinking age be eligible for alcohol permits regardless of attendance or length. Wheeler said the resolution would go to Vice Chancellor for Administration Darrell Bazzell, in addition to the original recommendations made by the task force.
The state Assembly passed two separate bills Wednesday, which would allow Wisconsin employers to reduce work hours for their employees instead of resorting to lay offs as a cost-cutting measure and would eliminate the secretary of state’s role in publishing new legislation. The “unemployment insurance” bill, which would create a work-share program intended to protect workers from labor cuts, was passed with bipartisan support despite early controversy stemming from the bill’s allowance of employers to reduce unionized workers’ hours without
first negotiating with their union. Assembly Republicans tabled a Democratic amendment that would have created additional protections for collective-bargaining agreements in the bill. Republicans said in a statement the amendment was unnecessary because the bill would still require employers to adhere to state and federal labor laws honoring union bargaining rights. The bill will now go before the state Senate. The other piece of legislation, SB2, would ensure that legislation becomes effective the day after the governor signs it, circumventing the current process that allows the secretary of state 10 days after the governor’s approval to tell the Legislative Reference Bureau to officially publish legislation. The secretary would retain the power to choose a date within the 10-day span when the Wisconsin
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Revelry leaders reveal funding sources Re ve l r y organizers announced the breakdown of the event’s budget plan Wednesday, which will not include funding from student segregated fees. Revelry is a University of Wisconsin-Madison sponsored event to be held May 4, the same day as the Mifflin Street Block Party, to celebrate the end of the year. The major sponsors for the event are University Health Services, UW Housing, the Wisconsin Union and Dean of Students office, which combine
to account for nearly one third of the budget. The Revelry budget will not include any funding from student segregated fees, which are funds set aside from student’s tuition and fees. Additionally, ticket revenue will account for approximately 30 percent of the funding for the event. Other sources of the budget will come from private funding, non-segregated fees from student organizations’ budgets and other miscellaneous university funds that do not come from student tuition.
City could allow gardening on public land By Melissa Howison The Daily Cardinal
A local food policy committee defined a list of priority health goals for Madison in 2013 Wednesday, including increasing opportunities for residents to garden on public lands. Madison’s Local Food Policy Council discussed two ordinances that would make healthy food more accessible by allowing residents to plant on terraces and city-owned land.
The first ordinance would create an application system in which residents would be able to obtain “edible landscaping” permits to garden on public land. Committee member Topf Wells said multi-year contracts would be better suited for the project than annual permits. “Since a lot of the species that are contemplated here are perennial, I think it would make more sense to go with
a permit period, perhaps not indefinitely, but longer than one year,” Wells said. Members also discussed how the city would make sure public planting areas were properly maintained, so as not to obstruct the community and bother neighbors. “Some of the plants that could be put in … could expand and take on more territory,
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have been waiting, “researching” and reflecting about this column for a long time: a carefully crafted, undeniably subjective and inevitably controversial list of the best beer bars in Madison. Before I even get started, I want to warn you this is really just one beer geek’s opinion and that every single bar on this list is a must-try for any admirers of the almighty ale. This list is also not just about the beer; it’s about the ambience, crowd and that inexplicably general “How-muchdo-I-like-this-bar-and-why” factor. And yes, I am mostly mentioning this so that I have the freedom to craft this list as I see fit without 15 people emailing me about how many more taps bar x has over bar y, so deal with it. Having said that, I’ll start with the No. 10 best craft-beer bar in Madison. And depending on how long I ramble about each spot, stay tuned for the next couple/few/handful/baker’s dozen of weeks to find out who’s number one.
10. The Malt House
Located way out on East Washington Avenue, across the road from a giant deserted field, the Malt House is a dive bar. Looking at its decor, I’m pretty sure the adultvideo store next door has a
nicer interior design. It’s dark, damp, dingy and often desolate. The staff was rude the last time when I ventured out to the spot, and if I was new to craft beer I would have felt very out of place and intimidated. Personally, I would recommend ditching the off-putting aroma and vibe that clutters the claustrophobic air inside this 16th-century dungeon of a bar and make your way to the patio… at least here you have a big empty field to look at. At this point you may be asking, “If you dislike this place so much, why is it on your list?” The answer is simple: The beer selection is really, really good. In fact, if this bar even cared the smallest bit about its atmosphere it would easily take No. 1 on this list. There are around 20 taps, many of which were rare and unheard of to me when I first went. One example: the Belgian Chocolate Cherry Stout. The bottle collection is a little redundant compared to the standard beer-store variety, but it does feature some harder to find brews, like Drie Fonteinen and Cantillon (even if only the classic geuze).
9. Cooper’s Tavern
Starkly contrasting No. 10 is Cooper’s Tavern, a beautiful, modern, warm and inviting Irish-style pub on the Capitol Square. You may notice while walking past that this place is always completely packed. I’m not sure graphic by angel lee if its ridicu-
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Cooper’s Tavern on the Capitol Square serves up 20-plus beers on tap and a menu the bar describes as “rustic.” lous popularity is real or more of an illusion created by the tiny interior, but either way, the result is a fun and lively atmosphere. Much like the Malt House, Cooper’s Tavern also features 20-plus taps, but a careful inspection of the list reveals a milder menu of more commonly found beers. Don’t get me wrong; it’s still an impressive selection, but there is little here that can’t be found down the street at Riley’s or one of the other craft-beer bars on the square. Still, when you’re surrounded by a comforting corner-bar
environment, good food and great service, it kind of makes you think: Even if I can find this beer somewhere else, why would I want to? Now if Cooper’s Tavern could just please, please, please get some bigger high-definition screens, I could enjoy my Sunday morning Premier League soccer with a nice crisp Saison, great brunch and a gigantic smile on my face. Niko will continue his series about Madison bars throughout the semester. His beer column runs every other Thursday. Send comments to ivanovic@wisc.edu.
Here’s why no one understands the sequester rachel schulze rache jam
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hen it comes to the federal sequester, have you been nodding your head, pretending you know what’s going on when secretly you have no idea? Well, friends, you are not alone! Only 18 percent of respondents in a Washington Post-Pew poll last week said they understood “very well” what would happen when the sequester strikes. As part of the majority of Americans who can’t rattle off fun facts about the sequester, I fault the federal government (darn you, Washington do-nothings; I’m looking at you, Bo Obama) for my failure to understand it. Maybe, just maybe, if the government had used more fun, creative marketing strategies to make me want to learn just how “disastrous” the consequences of a federal sequester could be, I would be able to formulate an intelligent opinion about this all-mighty… thing.
For one, how are we supposed to want to care about the sequester if it doesn’t even have a human name like it rightly should? The good folks at the Weather Channel showed they understand what I’m talking about. They give winter storms—what exactly is a winter storm, anyhow?—fun names like “Iago” and “Xerxes.” Ergo, I’m much more inclined to follow what’s happening with Winter Storm Xerxes than something unbranded and generic like “The Two Inches of Snow that Fell in Ohio.” I propose we follow the Weather Channel’s lead and name the sequester something catchy. We could do something snappy, maybe with alliteration. How about “Sequester Steve?” Let’s go with that. Not only will a name make Sequester Steve more recognizable (and cuter!), it will also make it/him easier to follow on Twitter. Right now #ILikeMyPancakesWith and #BieberFever are trending. Soon to join them? #SequesterSteve. But you know, that’s a lot of characters. Let’s shorten it to #SQSteve. A name like this will work for politicians on both
sides of the aisle. They could come up with phrase hashtags like #SQSteveProblemz.
For one, how are we supposed to want to care about the sequester if it doesn’t even have a human name like it rightly should?
But it’ll take more than a hashtag to make this thing blow up. There will have to be incentives to make people really want to spread to word. As we all know, the easiest way to make anything popular is to associate it with free pizza. So, to encourage intelligent tweets, the government should give away pizza to people who help #SQSteve dominate the Twitterverse. Obviously, to get this done right, the government would have to partner with a major pizza chain like Dominos or Pizza Hut. From what I can gather, some pretty big government contractors are gonna lose out when #SQSteve goes into effect anyhow, so why not
invest in smarter partnerships? Who needs Lockheed when you can dole out Cinna Stix? #MakeBreadstixNotWar. Now, everyone has that friend who doesn’t like pizza, but never fear; the government can partner with fast-food restaurants like Subway too. The chain could include information about #SQSteve in one of the 10 layers of packaging used to cover a Five-Dollar Footlong. Hmmm… now that I look at The Washington Post’s website it looks like there’s some pretty good information about #SQSteve (the Post still calls it “the sequester”). There’s also an article on The Daily Cardinal’s website about it. Maybe there’s more info out there about this thing than I thought. Well, I’ll check that out and see what I can gather. But in the meantime, friends, see if you can help me convince the government to market #SQSteve the way it should have from the start. You can spread the word about #SQSteve by starting a stand that gives away free pizza on East Campus Mall. Send Rachel an invite at rmschulze@ dailycardinal.com.
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A proposal to turn a downtown Catholic school into an apartment complex has divided Mansion Hill neighborhood residents.
State Assembly will consider divisive mining bill Thursday The Wisconsin state Assembly will take the contentious mining bill under consideration starting at 9 a.m. Thursday, marking the last step before the bill could go to Gov. Scott Walker to be signed into law. The state Senate passed the legislation Feb. 28 by a one-vote margin to set up Thursday’s vote in the Republicancontrolled state Assembly, which will likely pass the bill because Republicans have a large majority. The bill, which aims to streamline the state’s mine permitting process, has been a
contentious state issue since it was first introduced in January after a similar bill failed during the last legislative session. Most Republicans support the bill, saying it would help to create a mine that would support the struggling northern Wisconsin economy. Democrats have routinely criticized the bill for the possible irreversible harm the mine could cause. If the bill passes the Assembly and Walker signs it into law, environmental organizations and northern Native American leaders have said they will challenge the bill in court.
Church members and city officials discussed a proposal to turn the Holy Redeemer School into an apartment complex at a Mansion Hill neighborhood meeting Wednesday. The school, located at 142 West Johnson St., sits adjacent to the church, which used the school for classes, community service and more until two months ago. Kevin Holmes, a Monsignor at Holy Redeemer Church, said an apartment complex is the best option because the building’s current state and its historic landmark status would make repairs too costly for the church to invest in. “The structure is very badly deteriorated and while a new
roof would help, [the] plumbing and electricity also need work,” Holmes said. He said the proposed apartments, which could house up to 60 residents, would retain the building’s historic feel and said the plan is “not right just for next year, but for the long term.” Members of the parish presented a petition with 250 signatures, demonstrating their opposition. Mansion Hill neighborhood Chairperson Gene Devitt said the redevelopment would be “the death of the Church.” Parishioners applauded when church member Heidi Figueroa said “the new complex is aimed toward profit and business, while our vision is aimed
towards faith and community.” While a majority of the attendees were opposed, parish members Dennis and Cheryl Ganser said “there is more behind it than money” and the project would “benefit the community” in the long run. Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said although parishioners’ concerns were passionate and sensitive, the “Landmarks Commission will be basing their decision on city landmark ordinances, in which 99 percent of jurisdiction” concerns maintaining the exterior of the building. The Madison Landmarks Commission will decide the building’s fate March 11. —Maya Miller
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Multiple opponents of SB2 filed lawsuits against it in the 10-day span following Gov. Scott Walker’s signature. La Follette said waiting the full 10 days was standard office procedure, and that he did not intentionally leave time for the bill to be challenged in the courts. “In the last two years, I published 97 percent of the acts the governor sent us on the 10th day,” La Follette said. “Because
[the Republicans] need someone to blame, they’ve decided to blame me.” Re p ub l i c a n s de ny Democratic accusations that the bill targets La Follette, claiming it will streamline the legislative process. The bill will now move on to Walker, who will likely sign it. La Follette said he will wait the full 10 days to recommend that it be published.
State Journal, the official state newspaper, may announce the signed legislation. Opponents of the bill claim it is politically motivated, because Secretary of State Doug La Follette allegedly delayed publishing Act 10, the controversial 2011 legislation that cut publicunion bargaining rights, the maximum number of days.
Distinguished Lecture Series to host renowned civil rights lawyer, author The University of WisconsinMadison will host renowned civil-rights lawyer and author Michelle Alexander on campus Thursday as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series. Alexander is most famous for her New York Times bestselling book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, which explores the imprisonment of millions of African Americans who are denied rights won by the U.S.
Civil Rights Movement. Before publishing her book, Alexander worked as the director of the Racial Justice Project for the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California. Her experiences working for the ACLU inspired her to write her book, according to the book’s website. The event will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Varsity Hall at Union South, and is free and open to the public.
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farmer, spoke to committee members about city government’s imperative role in bringing a yearround public market to Madison. “I think that we need a public market that’s open six, seven days a week that can compete for sales with places like Super Wal-Mart and Woodman’s,” Welander said. “The challenge in organizing something like that is that farmers and vendors aren’t all necessarily able to staff a public market each [on their own].” The ordinances will go through several city committees before coming back to the FPC for final review. The committee will then send final recommendations to the city Council for approval, which Food and Alcohol Policy Coordinator Mark Woulf said could happen as early as April.
so one of the responsibilities of the growers or ‘permitees,’ might be to confine the vegetation,” Wells said. The committee agreed to prohibit participants from planting “invasive species,” and decided complaint-based enforcement would be the best way to monitor public gardens. The second ordinance would allow gardening on terraces, city-owned land extending from the curb to the sidewalk, and would not require a permit. The FPC also discussed a current proposal to create an expansive public market as a priority to increase traffic within the local food network. Sandy Welander, a Drumlin community farm cooperative
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University Affairs Committee begins textbook campaign The Associated Students of Madison University Affairs Committee met Monday to discuss strategies for a campaign to make textbooks more affordable and accessible to students. According to University Affairs Committee Chair Becca Buell, the Textbook Affordability campaign was created based on campus feedback from brainstorming sessions, forums and meetings with student government representatives. “I think textbook [costs] are something that’s widely felt by the student body,” Buell said. “[Textbooks are] something that we all have to buy every semester and it’s something that we all
have to deal with.” The committee discussed potential starting points for the campaign, settling on two ideas to begin exploring in greater detail. One campaign would aim to require professors to post course textbooks online at least two weeks before the start of the semester. Many committee members questioned whether professors would be willing to make this commitment. “We hope they would like to help students out,” Buell said. “That’s what they’re here for.” A second textbook initiative would aim to create text-
book swaps within the various schools and colleges on campus. The project would be modeled after a swap already provided by Polygon, the school of engineering’s student government. Committee members are also researching e-textbooks and possible collaborations with the University Bookstore as additional campaign options. The committee is also looking into ways to improve the university’s advising services. Buell said they are hoping to host a roundtable event to allow students to share personal experiences and suggestions on the subject. —Cheyenne Langkamp
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State Republicans divided on Walker voucher expansion Multiple Republican state senators have recently said they disagree with Gov. Scott Walker over how to expand privateschool vouchers statewide, but would be willing to work with the governor to compromise on an expansion plan. The plan in question, which is in Walker’s biennial budget proposal and has already drawn criticism from state Democrats and education organizations, would allow children currently enrolled in underperforming public schools to take voucher money and attend higher-performing private schools. Despite general disagreement over the specifics of Walker’s plan, Republican senators still support an expansion plan in some form, according to Tom Evenson, the communications director for state Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau. Evenson said Senate
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Madison Board Gamers, an organization made up of community members and UW-Madison students, meet Wednesday night at Union South to learn new games and socialize. + Photo by Nithin Charlly
Homeless community, allies to protest shelter policies Occupy Madison and allies of the homeless community announced a rally against local government policies that make it difficult for homeless people to find shelter will take place downtown Friday. A Wednesday press release outlined several Madison and Dane County guidelines, such as allowing homeless shelters to turn people away and prohibit-
ing winter camping on public campgrounds, that the group says will make March a particularly strenuous month on the region’s homeless community. Each person is allotted only 60 days per year in Madison shelters, but shelters may make exceptions if it is below 20 degrees. As it has been more than 60 days since the start of the year, many homeless people
will have nowhere to go for the remainder of the year. Anne Lyttle, an Occupy ally, said the goal of Friday’s protest is to bring homelessness to the public’s attention and put pressure on public officials to take action. “I think it’s really important that we recognize that homelessness exists and it’s not just going to solve itself,” Lyttle said.
Republicans would likely take time to work with Walker. “At this early stage, there is no doubt we can find common ground on school choice expansion as we move through the budget process,” Evenson said in an email. “There is widespread support for an expansion of school choice in the Senate, but the form it takes needs to be worked out.” Walker has said his voucher plan is based on the idea of getting children the best education they can access. Democrats oppose the proposal because they say it would hurt the education sector by taking taxpayer money away from already struggling public schools and giving it to private schools. Republicans currently have an 18-15 majority in the state Senate, which means approval for a proposal will likely require Republican agreement. —Jack Casey
Groups to host symposium on race, social justice issues The University of WisconsinMadison Multicultural Student Center and the Institute for Justice Education and Transformation will host their 2013 spring symposium March 14 and 15 to discuss racial and social justice issues. The symposium, titled “Race &…,” will serve as the main event for IJET’s spring series of events focusing on “Race & Place: Movement, Space, Land, and Power.” The event will feature 15 pro-
fessors, experts and scholars from the Madison community in numerous fields to discuss the intersections between location and race. Other discussions at the event will include multi and bi-racial identity, race and documentation, and lesbian, transgender and race issues. The symposium will take place at the Pyle Center at 702 Langdon St. More information and a full schedule of the event can be found on the MSC website.
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Directors worthy of your high praise Austin Wellens all’s well-ens well
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fter having a disturbing number of conversations in which people informed me that their favorite director is Christopher Nolan, it occurred to me that there’s a long, long list of directors that most people aren’t, but everyone should be, familiar with. This article’s goal is to introduce a handful of major world directors that anybody with a passing interest in film should be familiar with. The goal isn’t to provide any startling insights or analysis or anything, just to give people a brief introduction to a few of the most well-known and influential directors. Whether you actually decide to follow through and check out some of their (absolutely incredible) work, or you just want a few names to throw out with your friends to look all “cultured” and stuff, this article has something for the whole family! Or, you know, those two kinds of people. Anyways, I’m not going to spend too much time on the big name English language directors, because, you know, we speak English, and even my grandmother tends to know most of them. However, there are a few that I’d feel really bad about not mentioning. First off, Steven Spielberg. You know him. He invented the blockbuster, he’s a pretty big deal, and a lot of his movies are pretty great. No need to elaborate there. However, in terms of classic, world cinema icons, the English speaking world has produced two absolute legends in Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick (and bonus, they’re both British
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and therefore, technically, foreign filmmakers). Alfred Hitchcock, rightfully known as the master of suspense, has made some of the most taut, thrilling cinema in world history. Classic thrillers like “Vertigo,” “North by Northwest” and “Rear Window” remain thrilling to this day, with “Vertigo” recently usurping “Citizen Kane” on some of the “arbitrary greatest English films ever” lists. Hitchcock holds his place easily among the world’s cinematic greats. And then there’s Stanley Kubrick, possibly the greatest English language filmmaker of all time. “2001: A Space Odyssey.” “The Shining.” “Barry Lyndon.” “A Clockwork Orange.” “Dr. Strangelove.” The list keeps going but I won’t. If you haven’t seen his movies you absolutely need to, at least once in your life. That’s all I’m going to say, but really, get on that. Another filmmaker many of you will probably be familiar with, one that I’ve ranted about before, is Woody Allen. And Woody Allen was, by his own admission, tremendously influenced by a Swedish director named Ingmar Bergman (See what I did there? Classic misdirection), who safely pulls in a good chunk of the global vote for the “best director ever of all time ever, oh man is he good” award.
And then there’s Stanley Kubrick, possibly the greatest English language filmaker of all time.
Some of you may know the whole “knight playing chess against death” tableau. Yeah, well he invented that in “The Seventh Seal,” a film in which
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he also sort of examines life, death and you know…the meaning of it all. It’s one of the higher points of movies, ever. I recommend it. “The Seventh Seal” is easily his best known film, but movies like “Wild Strawberries,” “Persona” and “Cries and Whispers” are all phenomenally moving, beautiful pieces of art that are well worth your time to check out. And they are pieces of art. Bergman isn’t very mainstream or easily accessible, but if you’re willing to put in just a little effort, his films are probably the medium at its highest level. Of course, some of you might be looking for something easier to get into. In that case, the Japanese master Akira Kurosawa is definitely worth looking into. Classic samurai movies like “The Seven Samurai,” “Rashomon” and “Yojimbo” have remained
extremely entertaining, while still being masterful pieces of work—enough so to be appropriated by other directors and remade as westerns. And, in the same vein, he managed to expand on the work of a master craftsman when he adapted Shakespeare’s “King Lear” into his samurai epic “Ran.” That’s right— Shakespeare and samurai. And the film is gorgeous. Kurosawa was meticulous and had a perfect sense of scale, from intimate moments to epic battle scenes. Much like Shakespeare himself, but, you know, Japanese. Getting back to the equally cool but less accessible end of the spectrum, French-Swiss (already a rad combination) director Jean-Luc Godard represents the height of the French New Wave movement. His masterpieces such as “Breathless,” “Contempt” and “Vivre Sa Vie” were revolutionary pieces of
cinema that challenged conventions of their time and can still, in some ways, seem radical today. Influencing everyone from John Woo to Wes Anderson, his films still resonate as challenging, beautiful, but ultimately human pieces of art to this day. Other stand-alone films that are high enough in our world cinematic tradition to warrant at least one watch in your lifetime include Federico Fellini’s self-examination as an artist in “8 ½” and another masterpiece of French New Wave, Francois Truffaut’s “The 400 Blows.” I could keep going on, but I won’t. That should be enough to get you started in on serious world cinema, or at least to make it seem like you have. Either way, good luck, and enjoy. Want to talk about the best directors with Austin? Have some additions for the list? Email him at wellens@wisc.edu.
The pros of artists breaking their own molds By Andy Holsteen the daily cardinal
There are an insane number of musical genres. Like, there are way too many for anyone to even try to keep track of. And I’m not just talking about big genres—rock, rap, country (and western), jazz—the ones where you can just lump any group or artist that sounds a certain way. Each of these broad categories has an absurd multitude of offshoots (post-punk, west coast gypsy jazz, anyone?). So what’s the point of this investigation? That often, artists labeled as part of a genre write songs that either transcend or completely go against their prominent image. One prominent (albeit cheesy and outdated) example is Poison’s “Every Rose Has its Thorn.” Poison wasn’t a band that wrote a lot of slow ballads. In fact they were known for writing glam-metal songs—most of which didn’t have a shred of sensitivity. I think the song title “I
Want Action,” proves this point based on its title alone. But “Every Rose Has its Thorn” was different. It wasn’t just Bret Michaels going on and on about getting some. It was about being heartbroken by a woman—a side of Poison that rarely surfaced in their other songs. However, despite being different from the majority of the band’s catalogue, “Every Rose Has its Thorn” was the only Poison song to ever reach number one on the U.S. Billboard’s Hot 100.
The bottom line is that often times when artists break away from what they know is when they create their best work.
This phenomenon isn’t unique to Poison though. They just serve as a solid example because most people know about them (even if it’s only because of VH1’s “Rock
of Love” with Bret Michaels). A lot of groups find success when they move away from what they know best. A more modern example that I like to use to exemplify this point is the math-folk-rock group Maps & Atlases. They’re a band that sort of reinvents their sound on every new recording they put out. But on each of their albums they have one or two songs that come from a completely different vein than the rest. Maybe the album that most obviously shows this is their 2006 EP Tree, Swallows, Houses. And the song that sticks out most notably is the beautifully written “The Ongoing Horrible.” The majority of the album relies on frantic riffing from all of the band members— lead guitarist Dave Davison in particular. But “The Ongoing Horrible” is completely different. On it, Davison smacks harmonics, taps a rhythm on the body of his guitar and intentionally de-tunes in order to create
an incredibly original melody. I think I can speak for a lot of Maps & Atlases fans when I say that this is one of the coolest songs ever when played live. Despite being seven years old, it’s still one of their most popular tunes. Maybe you can say “Every Rose Has its Thorn” was so popular because Bret Michaels was a heartthrob back in the day and he just wooed women into loving his music. Maybe that’s true. But regardless, it was the band’s most successful song. And if music evokes enough of a legitimate emotional response in people for millions to rush out and buy records, no matter how mundane, it’s doing something right. The bottom line is that often times when artists break away from what they know is when they create their best work. I guess that’s why we call them artists. And even if sometimes they flop hardcore (this also happens), artists should always be pushing their boundaries.
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o for those of you who haven’t heard, a disgruntled Australian mother found her 7-year-old daughter’s “diyet”list. Yes, seven years old, and, yes spelled “diyet.” Here’s my first question: How does a 7-year-old even know what a diet is? I’m impressed with how she got the spelling so close, just one extra y in there! And my second question: Why oh why does a 7-yearold care about a diet? I already knew that society made it extremely difficult for women’s self-esteem, being that I am a woman, but after hearing about this 7-year-old’s diet plan, I realize we really have a long way to go. Now let me show you what was on this “Diyet list”: “Seventeen poosh-ups two times a day, three Appals, One Per, Two Keewee Froots and Rid my bike three times a day.” The girl can’t spell yet, but she’s worried about the scale? Here’s the mother’s reaction: “F*ck you society. F*ck you and your stupid obsession with women and the way they look. How dare you sneak into my home with your
ridiculous standards and embed them in my little girl’s head, polluting her innocence with your pathetic ideals.” And that is the reaction we should have expected. If you’d like to read the original blog as well as see a picture of the “diyet” list written in adorable handwriting on pink butterfly paper, visit www.mamamia. com.au and search for “Help: My daughter is seven. And I found this in her room.” by Amy Cheney. I mean I get it. It’s almost spring break. But, dude, she’s seven. If you’re not pissed off by this, I’m worried for you. Yes, it is important for kids to know healthy habits and be aware, but if you’re seven years old, outside running around the driveway and doing sit ups like an olympic trainer on ‘roids instead of racing your best friend on a scooter for fun or holding the make believe Grammy’s on your trampoline with The Spice Girls booming in the background, I am concerned. Kids are bundles of energy and get plenty of exercise by simply being kids, void of the word diet. Well, wake up society, we have a problem. I’m sure many college women can vouch for me. It’s tough out there. You are under constant pressure to be a size two, wait, I
mean zero, and to go to the gym when really all you want to do is watch reality TV and eat an entire bag of Cheetos. And if you’re a freshman, you’ve definitely heard of the “freshman 15” and you’re probably more scared of that than failing your first bio exam. Especially since nowadays, despite many arguments against the fact, leggings are apparently pants, exposing every inch of your behind for all to see. I remember the first time I thought I was fat. I wasn’t seven, mind you, but probably 12 or so. My innocence was gone and when I think back to it, it actually makes me sad that at 12 years old I felt that pressure to be skinny. The fact that I wasn’t as skinny as Britney Spears was so upsetting at the time, I started to cry and told my mom I was fat. My body image has been a struggle since then. I’m definitely not fat, but I feel the constant struggle every day to be skinnier than a majority of others, otherwise I just feel like a big fat failure. We girls have to cut ourselves some slack. Now, I’m not saying go stir crazy and eat 20 plates of spaghetti, because, well, that’s just kind of gross. But it’s not realistic to look like a Victoria’s Secret model; they
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were blessed with a “genetic lottery,” as model Cameron Russell so nicely put it. And props to her because that was extremely humbling. “The real way that I became a model is that I won a genetic lottery and I am the recipient of a legacy. What do I mean by legacy? Well, for the past few centuries we have defined beauty not just as health and youth and symmetry that we’re biologically programmed to admire, but also as tall, slender figures, and femininity and white skin.” Amen, sister. When I have children someday, I don’t want them to feel like they need to be stick skinny, or if he happens to be a boy, I don’t want him to feel like he has to be some miniature version of the Hulk. I don’t want them planning out their diets for the day—leave that to me, please. I want them being normal kids because when I look back, the days before I knew what “fat” was were the happiest days. When there wasn’t a care in the world and I couldn’t care less what jean size I wore. It’s sad what media is doing to our body image. Why are we letting the media have that power over us? If we could just be healthy and happy, it would be so much better than self loathing, would it not? If you’re having a day
where you don’t feel adequate, just sing some James Blunt with me now, “You’re beautiful, it’s true.” Let’s all cut each other some slack and yes, it’s cheesy as ever, but embrace the people around you (unless they totally suck) for who they are and not for their size. As long as you’re not overeating every day, or eating Toppers every time you go out, you’re probably doing OK. There’s a fine line between “healthy” and “obsessively healthy” so it is important to tell your friend how good that shirt looks on them once in a while. It’s also time we start standing up for ourselves in society. For instance, many men have been calling Kate Upton “fat” on Twitter. OK, first of all you’re a complete moron if you think Kate Upton is fat. Second of all, think about how she feels reading those and what that does to someone’s selfesteem. It’s time for us to start controlling the media’s portrayal of body image rather than vice versa. If we don’t, you could be this mom, seeing your child’s innocence be taken way too soon or your future son could be asking for a protein supplement in his apple juice at an even earlier age. Please, no. Please visit dailycardinal.com.
CISPA bill a blatant invasion of personal online privacy LANNI SOLOCHEK opinion columnist
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o back about a year or so, and you’ll hopefully remember the words “SOPA” and “CISPA”. If you don’t, here’s a refresher: SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act, intended to avoid the illegal downloading of any copyrighted material. In other words, SOPA’s goal was to send websites such as MediaFire, The Pirate Bay and thousands of others into the burning pits of the Internet, never to return. CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, is designed to alert the government of cyberthreats and to avoid potential attacks based on people’s internet history. Last year, SOPA and another bill, PIPA, caused quite
a scene on the Internet, which then caused major sites like Wikipedia, Tumblr and even Google to participate in a blackout. This was the highly media-friendly world of the 21st-century speaking out for our rights. While SOPA and PIPA were voted down completely, CISPA, which made it through the House but not the Senate last year, is back to rear its ugly head at us internetfolk once again. The basic idea behind CISPA makes sense—the government can track the Internet usage of a person or group of people who are suspected of criminal intention or acts and hopefully prevent those events from occurring. Government agencies can share this information with other agencies in an attempt to combat threats and dangers. Unfortunately, CISPA sacrifices any sense of pri-
vacy for Internet users. There are basically no lines for the government to stay behind. President Barack Obama has been trying to work with the creators of the bill, as well as with the public, to come to an agreement on this issue. However, I don’t think the government should have the right to search anybody’s Internet history without a file of reasoning. It is so easy these days to provide “evidence” of a terror threat. If a bill like CISPA passes and I am doing a research report on Sept. 11th, it seems like there’s a chance that my history could provide evidence that I am intending to cause harm, and I could get into a load of trouble for it. This, to me, screams wrong. I find it hard to believe that in the tech world of 2013, we still don’t have a way to focus in on those who could
cause real damage. While CISPA’s main goal is to ensure cybersecurity, it still feels like an invasion. The idea that the government can just check up on me anytime it wants makes me very uncomfortable. I recognize that they can probably do this now, but I have constitutional rights that they are required to respect. With CISPA in place, I am essentially losing my right to privacy, something that I think a lot of us take for granted. CISPA is not the first attack on Internet freedom we’ve ever had, but so much of our lives these days revolve around the Internet. I use the Internet, on average, about eight hours a day. I’m not doing anything highly illegal or anything to endanger others, but the fact that I can no longer protect myself and my privacy against government agencies just feels like
another way the country is changing to have a bigger government with more power and fewer restrictions. The irony of this situation is that the government is not completely at fault. This privacy attack is one of many from the past and many to come. Citizens are quickly losing their rights and of course I could point fingers everywhere, but the biggest finger to point would be at all of us. We live in a democratic society where we have an opinion and a say in almost everything. Make your ideas known. Sign a petition. Go to a rally. The most important thing today is to understand the world around you, what’s happening in it, and to have a well-formed opinion, because there is nothing worse than being uninformed in a time when information is everywhere. Please visit dailycardinal.com.
Chavez’s successes misrepresented and ignored by American media JON VRUWINK opinion columnist
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he death of Hugo Chávez, Venezuela’s polarizing president, has set off a predictable reaction of hyperbole and exaggeration in the U.S. media, with members of the press and political punditry competing to provide the most extreme and inaccurate characterization of his time in office. In death, as in life, discussions of Chávez rarely adhere to the factual standards ostensibly required by the journalistic profession. The collective caricature of Chávez portrays a dictatorial mad-man, squandering away the country’s vast oil reserves and impoverishing the masses, who repeatedly vote for him out of sheer ignorance. Far from a dictatorship, Venezuela under Chávez has become the most democratic country in Latin America, according
to Greg Grandin, an expert on the region and professor of history at New York University. Former president Jimmy Carter, who won the Nobel Prize thanks to the work of the Carter Center, his election-monitoring organization, declared that “of the 92 elections that we’ve monitored, I would say that the election process in Venezuela is the best in the world.” Under this system, Chávez’s party won 13 of 14 national elections held during his tenure, each victory coming by a comfortable margin and with unprecedented levels of voter participation. This electoral success came on the back of a stark improvement in the country’s economic fundamentals, according to Mark Weisbrot, codirector of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. As a point of comparison, Venezuela’s per capita GDP fell by 14 percent from 1980 to 1998, the year before Chávez assumed office. After Chávez nationalized the state’s oil resources in
2004, in response to a U.S.-approved coup attempt in 2002 and oil strike led by the Venezuelan opposition from December 2002 to February 2003, the country’s per capita GDP has grown by an annual rate of 2.5 percent. Over this same period, poverty levels have decreased by 50 percent, as has the unemployment rate, while extreme poverty has been cut by 70 percent. Those statistical measures solely reflect the cash income of Venezuelans. The rise in living standards looks all the more impressive when factoring in the millions of people that have gained access to healthcare, the doubling of the number of students enrolled in college, and the tripling of access to public pensions under Chávez. Rather than present this record of democratic and economic progress, most commentators rely on ad hominem attacks, evidence-free assertions, and laughable mischaracterizations in trying to reinforce the common
media narrative of Chávez’s rule. Even ostensibly liberal publications have adopted these shoddy reporting standards in covering Chávez’s death. Esquire’s lead dubbed Chávez, “The Irrelevant Dictator,” while Slate’s contribution, “The Ghost of Hugo Chávez,” predicts that his “economically disastrous” policies “will haunt the country he ruined.” Of course, no pieces of this type bother to provide any of the above information, and often throw in several additional erroneous charges, such as Chávez’s alleged out of control spending, reliance on a bloated public sector to create jobs, and domineering control of the media. Once again, these claims require only a brief rebuttal. Venezuela has a level of debt equivalent to 51.3 percent of its GDP, in comparison to the 82.5 percent average of countries in the European Union. Public sector employees constitute 18.4 percent of the labor force, while that
number rises to above 20 percent in many European countries, including 29 percent in Norway. Finally, state TV in Venezuela captured a mere 5.4 percent of audience share in 2010. Venezuelans have access to a robust and hostile private media and still chose to return him to office and support his initiatives the overwhelming majority of the time. In the end, Chávez’s popularity among the masses is simple. People supported him not out of ignorance, but because of the tangible material gains made under his rule. Weisbrot aptly summarizes that, “Chávez delivered a lot of his promises. He was the first president to share the country’s oil wealth with a majority of Venezuela’s people.” Keep this in mind amid the hysterical denunciations of this “dictator” from the U.S. press in the wake of Chávez’s death. Please send feedback to opinion@ dailycardinal.com.
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Badgers prepare for Spartans on road By Vince Huth the daily cardinal
Either No. 22 Wisconsin (11-5 Big Ten, 20-9 overall) or No. 10 Michigan State (11-5, 22-7) will be eliminated from regular season conference championship contention after the teams’ showdown Thursday in East Lansing. No. 2 Indiana’s loss to No. 14 Ohio State Tuesday opened the door for four Big Ten teams to share the regular season title, including the Badgers and Spartans, who will both enter the game having lost in their last outing. Wisconsin is coming off perhaps its worst defeat of the season, a 69-56 home loss to Purdue. Coming out flat Thursday night won’t be an issue for UW, however, according to senior forward Mike Bruesewitz. “[Moving past the loss is] not hard at all. It happened,” Bruesewitz said. “We gotta learn and forget about it—that’s about all you can do. You can’t cry over spilled milk.” Freshman forward Sam Dekker said the truly good teams come out ready to play regardless of the previous game’s outcome. The truly good teams find a way to get beyond the highs and fight through the lows. “You gotta put those [losses] behind you, go out and work
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Senior forward Mike Bruesewitz and the Wisconsin men’s basketball team will head to East Lansing, Mich., to take on the Spartans, with a shot at the Big Ten conference title on the line. hard, make your team better and push to make more runs,” Dekker said. “Hopefully we can get a streak going here at the end of the year to go into tournament play with some momentum.” Associate coach Gary Close said Wisconsin has done a good job of bouncing back from its losses this season—UW has dropped consecutive games just once this season. That losing streak incidentally came at the
hands of Michigan State, who topped the Badgers 49-47 at the Kohl Center just three days after they had lost to Iowa. “If you dwell too much on it, then you’re gonna set yourself up to not be in as good of position to win the next game,” Close said. While the Badgers are coming off a disappointing loss, the Spartans have dropped three consecutive contests. Most teams that lose three straight
games would be deemed vulnerable to another ‘L.’ However, given the games Michigan State lost—a home game to then-No. 1 Indiana and road games at then-No. 18 Ohio State and thenNo. 4 Michigan—Close said if anything, UW is catching the Spartans at the wrong time. “Anybody who goes through that gauntlet is probably gonna lose some games,” Close said. “They’re desperate for a win
and want to finish strong, and they’re playing at home. We’re gonna have to play really well to beat them.” The Breslin Center has gained a reputation as one of the tougher venues in the Big Ten during MSU head coach Tom Izzo’s tenure. The Spartans have lost just one home game this season, and Wisconsin has lost seven straight at the arena, its last such win coming in March of 2004. “It’s the best environment in college basketball. It’s crazy,” Bruesewitz said. “They got some good fans down there—I expect some interesting insults.” Dekker, who will play at the Breslin Center for the first time Thursday, is nonetheless aware of how difficult it is to knock off MSU at home. “From what I hear it’s a tough place to play for teams,” Dekker said. “But we have guys that are ready for that stuff and that can face that adversity and that pressure of being in a tough game.” As if Thursday night’s matchup wasn’t already critical enough for UW and Michigan State, Dekker said teams get that mustwin feeling even more than usual in March. “It’s a magical time for a lot of teams,” Dekker said. “Memories are always made in March.”
Wisconsin hockey returns to classic venue at Coliseum rex sheild rex’s higher education
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hile Wisconsin hockey fans have grown accustomed to the comfortable seating and the rowdy Crease Creatures at the Kohl Center since its existence in late 90s, the program started the makings of their dynasty elsewhere in Madison— Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The
current Wisconsin hockey team will relive the Wisconsin glory days at the building former head coach Bob Johnson built this weekend, where they will look to add another WCHA championship banner against St. Cloud State. With the Badgers closing their season at the Coliseum this weekend, it is only appropriate to revisit the once-great spectrum in college hockey. The history extends back to heart of Wisconsin hockey success, dating back to the inaugural season in 1967-’68. With the
late Bob Johnson at the helm, the Badgers rose to national prominence quickly, as they won three national titles (1973, 1977, 1981), went to seven Frozen Fours (1970, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982), made seven NCAA Tournament appearances, won six WCHA Tournament Championships (1970, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1982) and was crowned WCHA regular season champions once in 1977. Jeff Sauer maintained the tradition Johnson set in place at the Coliseum, as the program won
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two more national titles (1983, 1990), made three appearances in the Frozen Four (1983, 1990, 1992) and 10 appearances in the NCAA Tournament and won five WCHA Tournament crowns (1983, 1988, 1990, 1995, 1998). When you dissect how great the program was during their time at the Coliseum, it’s hard not to imagine the type of atmosphere that was on display each and every series. Students and general fans alike would have an upfront and close look at the elite skill of players like All-Americans and future Olympians Mark Johnson, Mike Eaves, Craig Norwich, Julian Baretta and Chris Chelios to name a few that would ultimately lay the foundation for what fans know the program as today. While the great players who filtered through the program provided the spectacle of highlight-reel goals and championship-type seasons, it was the raucous atmosphere of 8,462 animated fans—both intoxicated and sober—as a whole that made the Coliseum the place to be for Wisconsin hockey fans. However, before you salivate over the excitement, it is important to keep in context the era of Wisconsin athletics. Compared to their recent success, both the football and basketball programs were in the basement of the Big Ten and mediocre at best during the hockey days of the Coliseum. Thus, their lack of success transformed the hockey program into an ultra-elite status around campus, and justifiably so. Back to the the task at hand. The infamous “sieve” chant the
Crease Creatures bark at opposing goaltenders at the Kohl Center had its origin at the Coliseum. While I cannot partake in the intake of alcoholic beverages due to my underage status (insert your jokes here), beer was served aplenty—because of its off-campus location—making the student section one of the best in the nation. Sports Illustrated tabbed it as the “Montreal Forum of college hockey,” which was the former home of the Montreal Canadiens. While I could go on and on about the Coliseum’s notoriety, I felt it would be interesting to get an indepth fan’s perspective about the chills the atmosphere provided. My dad, a student at Wisconsin from 1977-’81 and an avid Coliseum attendee, described to me in great detail the special memories he experienced. First and foremost, he explained to me the night started out in fashion with PA announcer Phil Mendel always saying “Good evening hockey fans,” sending a wave of adrenaline rush through the arena. Moreover, “it was an intimate venue where the fans were right on top of the action,” he said. “Martha Johnson (Badger Bob’s wife) clanged her cowbell, rubber chickens were dangled from hockey sticks, beer flowed at the beer gardens. There was an energy that permeated the building from the opening face-off to the final horn sounded.” This weekend’s series will serve as a golden opportunity for the players, coaches, fans and students to soak in and revisit the great Wisconsin hockey memories. Who knows, there’s a possibility they will create new ones.