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Walker blames Miller for absent Democrats By Adam Wollner the daily cardinal

Gov. Scott Walker called out state Sen. Mark Miller, D-Monona, in a press conference Monday, saying Miller has been holding up negotiations and preventing Democratic state senators from returning to Wisconsin for a vote on Walker’s budget repair bill. Miller sent an open letter to Walker and state Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, asking to meet near the WisconsinIllinois border to discuss a compromise on the controMILLER versial bill. Walker called Miller’s offer “absolutely ridiculous,” saying he has been attempting to negotiate with Democrats and “reaching out to reasonable senators” for weeks. Walker said staff from his administration and Fitzgerald met at a McDonald’s in

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Kenosha with Democrats who they said have “a sincere interest in coming back” over the past few days to work on a compromise. “We have a way home for at least some of those state senators so we can get a vote on this measure and more importantly move this state forward,” Walker said. Sen. Fitzgerald said he met with Sen. Tim Cullen, D-Janesville, and Sen. Robert Jauch, D-Poplar, and had constructive negotiations. But according to Fitzgerald, Miller is preventing any further progress. “Your stubbornness in trying to ignore the last election and protect the broken status quo is truly shameful,” Fitzgerald said in a letter to Miller. In response to Walker and Fitzgerald, Miller said, “the people of Wisconsin have spoken loudly and clearly over these last three weeks” against Walker, and said he has repeatedly tried reaching out to Republicans budget page 3 Mark Kauzlarich/the daily cardinal

Mash-up DJ Girl Talk, aka Gregg Gillis, rocked a packed crowd at the Alliant Energy Center’s Exhibition Hall Monday night.

Capitol open to protesters, but with substantial limits By Patrick Tricker the daily cardinal

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Gov. Scott Walker addressed the public along with the Fitzgerald brothers Monday and called Senate Minority Leader Mark Miller’s request to meet “ridiculous.”

Supreme Court decides not to hear UW-Madison Badger Catholic case By Kayla Johnson the daily cardinal

The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday it will not hear UW-Madison’s appeal of a lower court decision that found denying funding to the Catholic student group Badger Catholic violates the First Amendment. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled in favor of Badger Catholic in a September 2010 ruling, saying the university’s denial of funding violated the group’s First Amendment right to free speech. By deciding not to hear the case, the Supreme Court ended UW-Madison’s appeal process. The UW System Board of Regents and several higher education organizations, including the American Council on Education, urged the Supreme Court to hear UW-Madison’s appeal.

The education organizations argued in a brief to the higher court that a public university should not be required to provide funds specifically for religious worship activities. During the 2006-’07 and 2007-’08 academic years, UW-Madison denied funding for some Badger Catholic activities the university deemed strictly religious in nature. The activities included student mentoring sessions with Catholic nuns and priests and a retreat at which participants held regular mass and prayer sessions. UW-Madison’s legal department said those activities were a violation of the separation of church and state, and therefore the group should not be rewarded student segregated fees for them. UW-Madison spokesperson John Lucas said in a statement university adminiscatholic page 3

As the fourth week of protests over Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair bill began Monday, the state Capitol was unrecognizable compared to the past few weeks. The building’s walls were clear of signs, its halls devoid of sleeping bags and protesters inside numbering less than a hundred. Despite decreased crowds the police presence remained as strong as ever, with officers searching bags, using metal-detecting wands on people entering the Capitol and forcing protesters out of the building by 6 p.m. State Rep. Kelda Helen Roys, D-Madison, said the policy was a deliberate attempt to intimidate protesters. “The building today, while certainly more open than it was for most of last week, contin-

ues to be in a highly secured state,” Roys said. “It’s still quite onerous for members of the public and staff to get into the Capitol, and there’s no safety justification for this lock out.” Police prohibited members of the public from bringing in megaphones, tape that could be used to put up signs and any items indicating they planned to sleep at the building, including mattresses, pillows and blankets. Despite the restrictions, a group of protesters stayed in the building to voice their opinion and keep the opposition alive. Chris Reeder said he has protested each day since Feb. 15 for his friends who are teachers and social workers in public unions. Reeder said the decreased in attendance has not affected his faith in the protests. capitol page 3

Democrats file complaint over Walker prank call The Democratic Party of Wisconsin filed a complaint against Gov. Scott Walker with the Government Accountability Board Monday, citing his conversation with blogger Ian Murphy posing as conservative billionaire David Koch as evidence of multiple offenses. The complaint alleges Walker admitted to a number of violations during the phone call, including misuse of the Attorney General’s office for political means and using his public position to obtain “something of value” by accepting a trip to California from the person he thought was Koch. Walker’s consideration of “planting troublemakers” was also listed as grounds for complaint. The DPW alleged that admission could be considered “a conspiracy to recklessly endanger public safety,” which

would be punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 and a 90-day jail sentence. The DPW is not the first group to voice concern over that particular part of the phone call. Madison Police Chief Noble Wray said in a statement following news of the call it was “very unsettling and troubling that anyone would consider creating safety risks for our citizens and law enforcement officers.” The complaint also alleges Walker broke campaign finance rules by asking the Koch pretender to run advertisements for Republican incumbents in swing districts and by conducting a call organizing contributions from a government building. The Walker administration has yet to respond to the complaint. —Ariel Shapiro

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unday evening, at Fair Trade Coffeehouse, I made eye contact with a tall, blonde man sitting at the table next to my friend Rebecca and me. Then, we locked eyes again. I sensed something moving beneath the surface. I wasn’t sure if my reading of the mysterious stranger was accurate until Rebecca left the building to call her aunt and I glanced over at him. He was looking at me. We both grinned and then went back to our work. Later, after Rebecca had come back, I got up to get ice water. As I was walking back to the table, I contemplated whether or not I would look at the man. I wanted to indicate my interest without encouraging him to talk to me, because I didn’t feel like talking to a stranger just then. I ended up looking at him anyway, out of

uncontrollable curiosity. We stared openly at each other. I smirked. He looked down at his computer screen. Eventually, he appeared to be packing up to leave and I felt a little panicky. I didn’t want him to go without an exchange of numbers. That would be just too sad. I was wrapped up in these thoughts when suddenly he was standing in front of me, saying something to me. I couldn’t understand a word he said because I was so startled. Rebecca explained that he was asking me to unplug his computer for him. I unplugged it. He didn’t say anything else, just continued putting his study materials away. I saw him write something on a small piece of paper. I thought, “Is this really happening?” He walked out of the shop without looking back. The piece of paper lay on his table. Rebecca and I looked at each other, smirking. We looked at the piece of paper. I reached out and grabbed it. Sure enough, a phone number. Rebecca grinned and said, “Yay!” and clapped a

little for me. Two years ago, on a Sunday evening in the beginning of March, I was at Dobra Tea sitting in the window by myself, when I looked up and saw a dark-haired bespectacled man looking at me from the couch. A little later, I glanced at him again. He was still staring, in a deep, approving sort of way. I thought, “If we make eye contact again, I’m going to smile.” When I next looked up, there his eyes were, on mine. I smiled. Suddenly, he was at my side asking in a deep, soft voice that I could hardly hear, “Do you mind company?”

I wish I could put what happened to me in a bottle and give it for free to the lonely masses.

We subsequently dated for two intense six-month intervals. I don’t know how to read

the coinciding day-of-the-week/ time-of-day/time-of-year/similar environment/similar interaction between two years ago and this week. All I can say for sure is that I am excited (and terrified) to see where the story goes from here. If asked for advice on how to meet people, I would say that eye contact is the single most important factor. By looking someone straight in the eyes, one can simultaneously indicate interest and assess the interest of the other person. The more people you do this to, the higher chances you’ll have in finding someone both interesting and interested. But on both the Sundays I described, I wasn’t even trying. The situation arose on its own. I can’t account for it. I couldn’t recreate it of my own volition. It’s something that can’t be explained or taught, even though I wish I could put what happened to me in a bottle and give it for free to the lonely masses. All I know for sure is that staring isn’t always impolite. Comments? E-mail them to Angelica at aengel2@wisc.edu.

Overheard in Madison English professor in Humanities:

Girl in Vilas Hall:

—They are trying to sustain the practical emotional hysteria they call love. —It’s like when you have a stomach ache and go buy some Doritos. The stomach ache will probably persist. —Here are more dew images. What is the dew now doing? —It’s like being a New Yorker but you can’t live in the city anymore. You have to live in New Jersey. It’s devastating. —I mean, it’s logical, but the play is called “Love and Honour” not “Logical Resignation to Your Fate.”

My hair is like a fucking ecosystem.

Professor in Social Sciences: As my dad and his coffee buddies used to say, “The world is full of assholes.”

History professor to a girl wearing a striped dress: You know, your dress is modeled off of dresses worn by French prostitutes in the late 19th century.

People say the darndest shit, so submit your Overheards to vstatz@dailycardinal.com or comment on this week’s submissions at dailycardinal.com/page-two.

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Cieslewicz, Soglin answer questions on budget, education By Jourdan Miller the daily cardinal

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Chancellor Biddy Martin answered questions and heard concerns from Faculty Senate members regarding the New Badger Partnership at a meeting Monday.

Martin addresses New Badger Partnership at Faculty Senate By Alex DiTullio the daily cardinal

Chancellor Biddy Martin took questions about the New Badger Partnership from faculty members at Monday’s Faculty Senate meeting. Most of the people at the meeting said they supported partnership, saying it would provide flexibility in terms of monetary allotment, including the ability to raise the salaries of faculty and staff. Martin told the audience flexibility in spending would also directly benefit students, because of increased state resources and the ability to hire new faculty. “I see the New Badger Partnership as a way of continuing to strengthen and ensure the best possible education for our students,” Martin said. A number of faculty members had questions about details of the partnership, however.

One consistent concern was how the partnership would affect financial aid for students. According to Martin, the partnership would affect students’ access to financial aid. The university would continue to raise money to allot more financial aid than it currently provides, Martin said. Martin said she is currently working on a campaign to inform prospective students of the difference between price of tuition at UW-Madison and the actual price of an education. Another concern Faculty Senate members expressed surrounded Gov. Scott Walker and the state Legislature’s power to change the proposed partnership, including provisions that give professors tenure and providing UW-Madison with shared governance. Martin acknowledged the possibility of the proposal changing,

but said she has heard nothing to indicate that tenure or shared governance would be removed Other members worried about the quality of other UW System schools if UW-Madison were to split from the rest of the state system. “There is nothing in this … that provides incentives for us to ignore partnership with the other institutions,” Martin said. Martin said other universities’ quality does not depend on UW-Madison, but Madison will continue to do what it can to ensure its quality does not suffer. Martin said UW-Madison has been working to enhance students’ ability transfer to different schools within the UW System. “I believe our relationships with other campuses will remain strong,” Martin said. “There may some bumps in the road with some interactions in the short run, but I don’t think they’ll last.”

Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and mayoral candidate Paul Soglin participated in a lighthearted debate Monday night at the Bolz Auditorium on South Brooks Street. Community members filled the theater to question Cieslewicz and Soglin on current city problems, budget concerns and policy approaches. “The neighborhoods are the building blocks of our community,” Soglin said. “What it’s about is the city, county and school district working together with the state in critical areas like education and job training.” Both candidates emphasized the importance of education, calling for greater awareness of citywide poverty. Soglin focused his opening remarks on those issues. “The number of children below the poverty line is rising. We know we have a very difficult challenge,” Soglin said. “There is nothing as important as what the school district does.” The incumbent Cieslewicz said he was confident in his accomplishments as mayor and felt he would be well prepared to handle the city’s future. “Why should you keep me

in this job? Experience and optimism,” Cieslewicz said. “I possess a great optimism for the future of Madison. This community is strong and we will prevail.” Cieslewicz said he is concerned about what cuts to transit funding in Gov. Scott Walker’s budget will mean for the city, and said Madison must work together to solve the problem. Soglin agreed with that sentiment. Cieslewicz also said campus drinking and student-generated disturbances will require action to maintain order in the city, and that Madison’s Alcohol License Density Ordinance has taken steps towards that goal. “We have ALDO [and] are working to put a cap on this problem,” Cieslewicz said. “It’s a tremendously difficult problem.” Soglin agreed on the importance of the issue for the mayor’s office. “The major problem is with private parties and the private consumption of alcohol,” Soglin said. “I would like to focus on shutting down the over-the-top parties with underage drinkers.” The candidates will participate in another debate Wednesday at the Dane Dems Mayoral Forum at the Concourse Hotel.

Board of Estimates approves temporary library relocation By Scott Girard the daily cardinal

Six Madison Common Council members unanimously authorized a lease for the temporary relocation of the city’s Central Public Library at the Board of Estimates meeting Monday. The library will move to 316 W. Washington Ave. Sept. 1 while the current building is renovated. Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, raised concerns about possible issues with the exterior of the new location based on complaints from his constituents, but said he still supported the temporary facility. However, Madison Real Estate Services Manager Don Marx told Verveer the major prob-

capitol from page 1 “There are less people here sometimes, but I know there are people in other parts of Wisconsin who are out,” Reeder said. “I know that people who were here are out now organizing and working on recalls, which are all really important things

lem, a broken sidewalk in front of the library’s temporary location, would be replaced. Marx also said another entrance would be installed to serve as a public entrance to the building. Marx said those improvements are the landlord’s responsibilities. The temporary location will serve as the Central Public Library for at least 20 months, and the lease can be renewed on a monthly basis after the initial 20-month period until renovations are complete. Also at the meeting, the board referred a vote on changing the development review process for new construction to its April 11 meeting. Mayor Dave Cieslewicz proposed changing the process as well, making sure that our voice is heard across the state, not just in the Capitol.” Signs taken down over the weekend can be claimed at the state government’s Vital Records building until Friday, when the remaining signs will be donated to the state Historical Society.

after the long debate on expanding the Edgewater Hotel. Ald. Mark Clear, District 19, said they moved the vote to a later date so Cieslewicz, who could not attend Monday’s meeting, could participate in the discussion. Capitol Neighborhood Development Proposal Review Oversight Committee Chair Peter Ostlind said his experience sitting through meetings on the subject did not bring about any major concerns, but he did see room for improvement in some areas. “There is really no indication that the system is really broken or that there’s major problems that we’ve got with the development review process,” Ostlind said. “It can be better, certainly.”

catholic from page 1 tration was disappointed the Supreme Court decided not to hear the case, but respected the court’s decision. “We had been seeking more complete guidance not only for our own institution, but for all

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Former Mayor Paul Soglin joined Mayor Dave Cieslewicz for a debate on issues from schools to student alcohol consumption Monday night.

budget from page 1 for negotiation. “I have personally called Sen. Fitzgerald and the governor and his office on a regular basis but have not received return calls,” Miller said in a statement. UW-Madison political science professor Charles Franklin said negotiations between the two sides have been done mostly in secret, making it difficult to tell if any institutions of higher education confronting similar situations,” Lucas said in the statement. Badger Catholic President Nico Fassino said the group is pleased with the Supreme Court’s decision, especially because it deemed their position as fair and deserving to stand as national precedent.

progress is being made. Franklin said it may take just one or a few wavering Democrats who think the stalemate has gone on long enough to come back to Wisconsin and allow the bill to pass. Should one Democrat return to Wisconsin, Republicans would have the quorum they need to vote on the bill. “Without an open dialogue you don’t really know what’s on the table,” Franklin said. “This will certainly allow Badger Catholic, and also student groups on the University of [Wisconsin] Madison campus and across the nation, to really deepen the level of programming they are able to provide for students and that students want to receive,” Fassino said.

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Bundles of art at MMoCA

By David Cottrell

Art buffs take note, there’s a new artist being highlighted at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. The work of Shinique Smith, a multimedia artist from Brooklyn, is the newest feature. Her exhibit, entitled “Menagerie,” is an eclectic collection of paintings, drawings, sculptures and videos. With a background in graffiti, Smith’s works reflect aspects of both life in the city and consumerism. Smith uses language, color, fabric, and objects she finds on the street to portray these themes throughout her works. The exhibit encompasses a wide variety of paintings. Not only does she have paintings on canvas, but she also painted on wood, denim and the actual walls of the museum. In addition, she incorporated fabric and found objects into her art to create three-dimensional works protruding from the painting. It is here that the viewer is really able to see Smith’s background in graffiti. But Smith does not limit herself

By Dana Rancour The Daily Cardinal

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The Wisconsin Film Festival, running March 30-April 3, offers 209 films this year, which can make ticket selection a daunting task. But in the hopes that you won’t take this opportunity for granted, I’ve picked a few intriguing films I’d recommend to best enjoy our local film fest. “Project Nim” In 2008, British documentary filmmaker James Marsh stunned audiences and critics alike with his film “Man on Wire” about Philippe Petit, the man who walked a high wire strung between the Twin Towers in 1974. That film won an Oscar for best documentary, and now Marsh is back with his new film, “Project Nim,” at the Wisconsin Film Festival. The documentary tells the story of Nim Chimsky, a Chimpanzee born in the 1970s and raised as a human child in a scientific attempt to teach him to communicate using sign language. The film premiered at Sundance this year to rave reviews. While I didn’t get a chance to see it then, I’m very excited to have a second chance—and it’s a chance I’m not going to pass up. “How to Start Your Own Country” Maybe it’s the political science major in me, or maybe it’s just my odd interest in the Principality of Sealand, but for some reason I cannot wait to see “How to Start Your Own Country.” This documentary by Jody Shapiro promises to investigate a series of micro-nations— tiny countries seldom recognized by the outside world. Considering that the rulers and founders of such micro-nations tend to be, shall we say, eccentric, I have a feeling this is going to be a cavalcade of interesting characters. “Carlos” If you’re looking for a challenge at this year’s festival, this is it. This biographic portrait of notorious international terrorist Carlos the Jackal by French director Olivier Assayas weighs in at a hefty five and a half hours long. However, that weight is not without its merit. The film currently holds an impressive 93 percent approval rating on review-aggregating website Rotten Tomatoes and, even more impressive, a 100 percent among ‘top critics.’ It won the Golden Globe for best miniseries or TV movie and has shown up on quite a few ‘best of 2010’ lists as well. If the 330 minute cut showing at the Wisconsin Film Festival is too intimidating, IFC will be releasing a 140 minute release later this year. “Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure” In the 1980s, two friends, Eddie Lee Sausage and Mitchell Deprey, moved from Wisconsin into a tiny rundown apartment in San Francisco they called the Pepto-Bismol Palace after its pale pink exterior. They were kept up all night by their neighbors Peter and Ray, who had obnoxiously loud and hilarious drunken rows with each other on a nightly basis. Soon Eddie and Mitchell begin recording their neighbors with a microphone hanging out their apartment window. This documentary chronicles the path of those recordings that began as a joke between two roommates who couldn’t sleep and became an underground mix tape phenomenon across the country in a few short years. “Shut Up Little Man!” can get a bit scatterbrained at times, but in the end it is a fascinating story of the birth of a cult sensation, and the audio clips can get downright hilarious as well. I was lucky enough to catch it at Sundance this year, and if you can cope with the coarse language it’s a film not to be missed.

“Win Win” Another film that premiered at Sundance this year, “Win Win” follows Paul Giamatti as a struggling attorney and high school wrestling coach who takes in the teenage grandson of a client and finds out that the kid is a born wrestler. While it may have the crowdpleasing heart of “The Blind Side,” the film is noted for eccentricities and oddities all its own. While I missed it at Sundance this year, the great reviews that have come out since have made me glad I’ve gotten another opportunity.

to paintings. She works with three dimensional art as well, as some of her collages verge into sculpture. One of her most unique techniques involves fabric and found objects, which she forms together into bundles. Through her work, Smith questions the role of material goods in our lives. She often includes personal objects to reveal her point of view, though she obscures it by twisting and tying objects into unrecognizable shapes. Her series of large sculptures entitled “Bail Variants” takes a specific and critical look at consumerism. Curator of MMoCA Jane Simon said these sculptures “reinforce the related themes of globalization and consumption by re-enacting the way clothing is shipped overseas.” After talking with Simon I learned the full story behind the bundles. Many of the clothes donated to charities like Goodwill are never actually resold in the store. The discarded ones are sent en masse to retailers in Asia and Africa. The clothes are sent in bundles, looking much like Smith’s

sculptures, to be redistributed among people of poor, third-world nations. Smith does not take a political stance on the issue, but simply draws attention to it, while leaving the arguments up to the economists. One of her works that really caught my eye at the exhibit stands apart from the collage and fabric aspects of the rest of her work. It is a video documentary she made in 1989 and titled “Letter to Johnny.” The clip is an eight minute video addressed to Johnny Depp, in which she shows him some of her art, plays music and dances around. During the video she states how she wants to use this clip to open up a conversation between the two of them. “Letter to Johnny” is fun, whimsical and youthful. Though created much earlier than the other works in her exhibition, this video does well to show how Smith has developed as a person and as an artist. It shows where she was 20 years ago, giving the audience a better understanding of the journey she has undertaken to get to where she is today.

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Local derby star challenges boundaries of femininity Story by Rory Linnane l Graphics by Natasha Soglin

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bout once a month Rachel Weinberg, 32, dresses up in ripped pink and black fishnets, striped knee-high socks, spandex shorts and a corset top. Then she writes the number 311 on her arm with black marker, straps on her roller skates and dons elbow pads, knee pads and wrist guards. For the next few hours she will respond to the name Chop Suzy on the roller derby track. Weinberg, studying elementary education at UW-Madison, has been skating for Madison roller derby league Mad Rollin’ Dolls for almost six years. She is one of their most valued members, skating on their nationally ranked Dairyland Dolls team. During the Dolls’ offseason Weinberg skates for the Vaudeville Vixens of Madison. Roller derby has quickly gained popularity among athletes and fans in recent years, with Madison at the forefront of the trend. Weinberg said she is drawn to the sport because of how it empowers women. “Our league was started by women, for women,” she said. “There’s not a lot of full-contact, really intense sports that women play. So it makes us role models for young girls that show women can be just as strong and intense as any athletes.” Weinberg said the ability of team members to create their own derby identities contributes to this empowerment. Skaters create personas and uniforms to match their names, such as Meanie Cooper, Buzz Tightrear, Anita Bier and Bloody Cupcake.

“I think that’s the definition of feminism—being able to own your own destiny and be in control of your own image and what you do,” she said. “Our teams have all walks of life, all shapes, all sizes. It’s really empowering to be part of something that brings out the best in everyone rather than forcing them into a certain mold.” Nicole Olthafer, skating as Darling Nikki for the Vixens and the Dairyland Dolls, agreed. “Society kind of ropes you in and people are scared to go outside of those boundaries a lot of times,” Olthafer said. “I like that this extension of myself allows me to be that edgier, sexier, tougher person. A lot of it gets put away when you work. If I wore what I really always wanted to be wearing, people might be like, ‘Whoa, that’s kind of crazy.’ Derby’s awesome because it allows everyone to step outside of that norm together.” Scanning the crowd at a derby bout, it is clear this message is getting out. At the Vaudeville Vixens bout Feb. 13 at the Alliant Energy Center, young girls around the stadium screamed for their favorite skaters. Best friends Emme Hannibal and Natalie Grady, both 9, kept a running commentary from the bleachers. “Oh yeah, penalty for the red team,” Hannibal shouted. The red team was the Vixens’ opponent, the Unholy Rollers. Both girls love rollerblading and dream of joining a roller derby team when they are old enough. “For once, it’s a sport without boys,” Grady said. “I love their colors and their costumes and sparkles and their makeup.”

Grady wants to play football in high school, and she loves the physical element of roller derby—with one complaint. “I think they should let you use your elbows,” she said. Weinberg offers exactly what the girls are looking for—a fun personality with a competitive edge. Before the bout began, Weinberg danced on the sidelines, tapping hips with her teammates. “A dance party is currently breaking out on the floor of the roller derby. I’ve never seen that before,” the announcer said. “That’s sarcasm.” But when Weinberg stepped on the track, her face became serious and focused. “I’m always really wired and full of adrenaline, but as soon as I step on the track this coma comes over me,” she said. “I’m able to block out what the crowd and announcers are doing and narrow my attention.” As the teams took their places, Weinberg pulled a starred cover over her cow-print helmet to designate herself as the Vixens first jammer of the bout. Weinberg lined up behind the pack of skaters next to the Unholy Rollers’ jammer. Her task: to weave and fight through the pack before the other jammer. She would score points for her team by lapping the pack. Olthafer said Weinberg’s control over her body makes her an effective jammer. “She’s very good at jumping and being fast and agile on her feet,” Olthafer said. “She’s very slippery that way for jamming.” With one leg out in front, knee bent, toe pointed down, Weinberg waited on the jam line. On the ref ’s first whistle, the

pack dispersed and prepared to assist their jammers. Weinberg leaned forward. On the second whistle, the jammers sprinted forward. Weinberg’s pink and black fishnets streaked through a sea of spandex, tutus and knee pads as she hammered her way to the front. Skate over skate she turned sharply inside the track, splitting two Rollers’ blockers and emerging from the pack. “Go Chop!” her father Mark Weinberg yelled from the bleachers, standing up. His Vaudeville Vixens T-shirt had a special back: “Chop’s Pop.” Six years ago, Weinberg sat on a half-wall with her father overlooking a derby game at Fast Forward in Madison. Five minutes into the game she knew she had to join a team. “She said, ‘I’m going to do this,’ and I don’t think she’s looked back since,” Mark said. “When she wants something, she usually finds a way to get it.” For example, Weinberg joined karate when she was 11 and continued into her 20s, earning a third degree black belt and eventually owning and operating her own karate school. “When I decide to do something I do it 100 percent,” she said. “That’s just the way I’ve always been. When I find something that’s important to me I give it everything that I can.” Weinberg’s ardent determination, honed in her 15 years of karate training, shines through in her sharp skating. Her style is so unique that the new Wii roller derby video game features a character modeled after her. “She’s very centered physically, which allows her to isolate body movements,” said Mark, who’s been watching her since her debut six

years ago. “She can stick her leg out one way and her torso the other way, take sudden turns and maintain her balance.” Weinberg’s karate experience also prepared her for the physical contact. “You don’t want to be timid out there. That’s how you get hurt or become a target,” she said. “I’m able to follow through on hits and bring my body back quickly when I get hit.” For many skaters, derby bouts are a chance to relieve tension from other parts of their lives. “It feels really good to use your body and hit someone,” Olthafer said. “It’s great stress relief after a long day of work. My husband can tell when I have not been at derby practice in a while.” Weinberg said that while she leaves her aggression behind on the track, she takes other elements of Chop Suzy home with her. “Derby’s done a lot for me personally. You just feel confident and stronger and that permeates into other parts of your life,” she said. “Chop Suzy is sexy and strong. I can wear my short shorts and fishnets, and I can still take out people that are twice as big as me. I don’t feel like Chop and Rachel are all that different.” When the derby days are done, Weinberg and Olthafer said they will always carry the strength and friendships built on the track. “We always joke that someday when we’re like 80 there will be a derby nursing home and we’ll all be there with our sore hips and knees as a result of our abuse of our bodies from derbies,” Olthafer said. “And we’ll still all be playing it in our wheel chairs.”

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Today’s Sudoku

Spotting Canadian geese flying north, eh

Evil Bird

Here’s a tip: The word ‘Tips’ is actually an acronym standing for ‘To Insure Prompt Service.’

dailycardinal.com/comics By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu

Eatin’ Cake

By Dylan Moriarty EatinCake@gmail.com

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

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

The Pipesmokers

By Joseph Diedrich jsdiedrich@wisc.edu

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

The Graph Giraffe Classic

Hoop Dreams

By Yosef Lerner graphics@dailycardinal.com

By D.T. dtollefson@wisc.edu

Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com 3.14159265

ACROSS 1 Ersatz silk 6 ___ cotta 11 “The ___ Who Loved Me” 14 Take part in a secret joint venture? 15 Sign of April Fool’s Day? 16 Color subtlety 17 Formula of a classic dessert? 19 A little bit of history 20 Alternative to a bare floor 21 Recipe phrase 22 Teacher’s favorite 23 Wrecked beyond repair 27 Gate locks 29 Kicking bird 30 Chalky 32 Cairo’s river 33 Links number 34 Sober and sedate 36 Some weightlifting moves 39 ___ a deal 41 Zillions 43 Revise 44 Girth control methods? 46 Bridge coups 48 Avail oneself of Vail

49 Shrill cry 1 Faucet annoyance 5 52 Porker’s pad 53 Topographers 56 Pre-hanging activity 58 Swelled head 59 Water under le pont 60 Vin source 61 Tat counterpart 62 Formula for a slapstick feature? 68 Bavarian peak 69 “Poly” attachment 70 Not be picky with a guitar? 71 Tropical souvenir 72 Full of cattails 73 X, mathwise DOWN 1 Soldier under Gen. Lee 2 The most you can get 3 Second-person person 4 “Don Giovanni,” for example 5 Supernova remnants 6 Coal or pine product 7 Go astray 8 Qatari money 9 Draw up a new course of action 10 Type of black bear 11 English dish’s formula?

2 Whip up 1 13 “The Second Coming” poet 18 Disgorges 23 Warmish 24 Muscat citizen 25 Formula for a hearty dinner? 26 Indian vegetable dishes 28 Crossword hint 31 Word on a three-sided sign 35 Star on the small side 37 Compare 38 Yellow jacket’s defense 40 Escalator segment 42 Discredit 45 1973 Woody Allen movie 47 Least ornamented 50 Heap kudos on 53 Silver or platinum 54 Like a contortionist 55 Posh hotel accommodation 57 Civilian clothes, for a soldier 63 Actor Beatty 64 Make an attempt 65 Tentacle 66 Theatrical signal 67 Type measures

Washington and the Bear

By Derek Sandberg kalarooka@gmail.com

opinion Budget repair bill fiscally responsible

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matt payne opinion columnist

alking down the streets of Tianjin, China, last summer, I couldn’t help but notice the working conditions of a construction crew wrapping up its shift. Besides the fact that the crew lacked what we would consider proper safety equipment, the workers’ tattered clothing and soot-covered faces showed they had been working all day through the brutal 90-degree heat. Around the turn of the 19th century, American workers faced similar working conditions, low pay and a system that overlooked both. America needed an organized labor movement to ensure workers were fairly treated and reasonably compensated. Throughout the next century the American worker saw their working conditions and pay improve drastically thanks to organized labor. As working conditions improved, the percentage of unionized workers declined. Today, less than 10 percent of American workers in the private sector are unionized. During the recession, as private sector union

employees saw their pay and benefits cut, another form of union has seen its pay and benefits steadily increase nationwide—public sector unions. The public sector has become a powerful force in our government. Bob Chanin of the National Educators Association gave his thoughts on exactly why organized labor has been such effective at advocating for public service employees to the NEA representative assembly: “Despite what some of us would like to believe, it is not because of our creative ideas. It is not because of the merit of our positions. It is not because we care about children, and it is not because we have a vision of a great public school for every child. NEA and its affiliates are effective advocates because we have power. And we have power because there are more than 3.2 million people who are willing to pay us hundreds of millions of dollars in dues each year because they believe we are the unions that can most effectively represent them.” The 9,000 NEA union bosses present rose to their feet and gave Chanin a standing ovation. Certainly most teachers and public service employees don’t hold the same sentiment as their leadership, such as those present at the assembly. The problem is that in Wisconsin right now, to be a public service employee you are forced to

join a union. The union in turn forces those members to pay dues, which is then given to grease Democratic lawmakers into increasing benefits and wages, no matter how bad the economy gets. In the private sector, unions have to work with employers. Otherwise, if they demand too much the company will go out of business. In the public sector this is not the case. As long as lawmakers continue to be heavily lobbied by public sector union bosses, those lawmakers can simply reach into the pockets of taxpayers whether the government can afford it or not. This is the cycle Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair bill addresses. Public sector unions would be allowed to exist and collectively bargain for wage increases, so long as a majority of the members of that union want to participate. Some think this would make it essentially impossible for public sector unions to exist, as most likely a majority of those employees would not vote to form the union. While no doubt some unions would continue to exist, the number of unionized public sector employees would drop precipitously. Some would argue this is unfair, because those who collectively bargain still benefit those who choose not to. My question is, if all public sector unions really care about is benefiting

the workers they represent, why is this such a bad thing? I think the answer lies partially with what Chanin said to the NEA assembly. Public sector unions have power. This bill undermines that power by reducing the amount of dues that are taken from public employees, which then reduces the hundreds of millions of dollars public sector unions spend on lobbying Democratic lawmakers. In the past 20 years the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees alone has given more to Democrats than Goldman Sachs and Lehman brothers have given to both parties combined. Unions are consistently among the largest donors to political campaigns, and they give almost exclusively to Democrats. Opponents argue this bill limits their civil and constitutional rights. Comparisons between Walker and Middle East dictators are not uncommon. They say that since many public sector employees would no longer be represented by a union, their voices couldn’t be heard in government. Our democracy, however, was created such that their voice indeed can be heard. The first Tuesday of every November in this country we have elections at the federal, state and local levels. While indeed the power of unions to give millions of dollars to the

Democratic party would be limited, the power of the individual would be intact. A teacher, or any other public service employee for that matter, can vote for the candidate or candidates who best represent their interests. They can even give money to and actively campaign for those candidates. Furthermore, if Wisconsinites feel Walker and the Republican-controlled House and Senate’s budget repair bill goes too far, they can vote all of them out of office the next election cycle. This is a key difference between unions in the public sector and those in the private. In the private sector, employees can’t necessarily vote for people who represent their interests at the top. In the public sector, they can. Last November Wisconsin chose limited government, a more responsible fiscal policy and a governor who promised to limit the power of public sector unions. While certainly public sector unions alone are not to blame for our current budget situation, they do play a vital role in reducing the looming $3.6 billion deficit. Rather than calling each other names, lets come together to figure out what needs to be done to fix our great state. Matt Payne is a junior majoring in Chinese and economics. We welcome all feedback. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

UNICEF’s Tap Program worth your time and money casey ayala opinion columnist

nly a fraction of a percent of our planet’s water is drinkable. This number hasn’t seemed to be a major concern for Americans, since advertisers continuously bombard consumers with brand-name waters, selling the idea that one specific sort is actually better tasting or even healthier than another. When comparing our country to third-world nations, it is truly a shame how we, and others globally, have taken this natural resource for granted, not thinking twice about how difficult it is for the impoverished to obtain water. This issue continues to be a struggle that affects third-world families and children around the globe. Each day, millions of people in underprivileged countries are affected by waterborne diseases, which are threatening the lives of young children. Can you even imagine living in a world where finding drinkable water is a daily struggle? Fortunately, there are ways that we can each make change. The UNICEF Tap Project is a program that strives to teach people around the globe about the current issues regarding tap water concerns in impoverished countries. Restaurants partcipating in te program—which originated in New York City—by giving customers the option to donate $1 or more for tap water that would have otherwise been free. Since the program was launched in 2007, it has raised close to $2.5 million to provide aid for water sanitation around the world. Every dollar donated has the ability to provide a child with sanitary water for 40 days. According to UNICEF, waterborne sicknesses remain to be one of the most avoidable causes

of child mortality worldwide. Worldwide, 900 million people lack access to sanitary water, and half of these people are children. Think about the impact this money could have if each person in America were to donate. The simplicity of getting involved or donating just $1 has and will continue to fight these terrifying figures. Addressing issues concerning education, health care, nutrition and emergency relief, UNICEF is proudly able to say that it has lowered the number of child mortality rates around the world. Now, Tap Project is hitting our very own university, giving us all an extraordinary opportunity to raise awareness and help fight for the lives of millions worldwide. Here at UW-Madison, students and families have the chance to help spread awareness of this issue. Currently, The Old Fashioned and Harvest are two restaurants signed up to participate in this movement, and hopefully there will be more to come on the streets of Madison. Supporters also have the opportunity to simply send a text message reading, “TAP” to the number 864233 (UNICEF). The amount may seem like a bit of a stretch for college students struggling to meet the economic demands of daily life, but in the grand scheme of things, $10 probably won’t break the bank. When applying this donation to the number of potential life changes for millions of children living with poor water sanitation, it may seem difficult to resist. Consider the effects of putting your money toward something that will help you personally touch the lives of children around the world. During UNICEF’s World Water Week, March 20-26, UW-Madison students will promote awareness of the issue by participating and hosting specific events. Monday, there will be a restaurant benefit with a portion of proceeds going toward the Tap Project. Tuesday will include a display of flags representing the amount

of ground water available to drink on earth. Vilas Hall will host a documentary showing “The American Southwest: Are We Running Dry?” Wednesday, and finally, there will be a panel night in Grainger Hall Thursday, featuring speakers discussing the causes and effects of world

water issues. Last year, UNICEF was able to raise a grand total of over $1 million to support water sanitation in Haiti, Vietnam, Togo, Guatemala and the Central African Republic. Just think of the possibilities this program offers—with more awareness, sup-

port and care for suffering children and families, we can all participate in making revolutionary changes to our world. Casey Ayala is a freshman intending to major in journalism. We welcome all feedback. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

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Men’s Hockey

Playoff matchup offers unique challenges By Ryan Evans The Daily Cardinal

After a late-season slide that saw the team go 1-6-1 over the final month of its season the No. 19 Wisconsin men’s hockey team finds itself having to go on the road for the first round of the WCHA playoffs. What makes the Badgers’ series this weekend unique is that they will be facing No. 16 Colorado College for the second weekend in a row. The Badgers and Tigers split their series this past weekend at the Kohl Center which, coupled with a St. Cloud State loss to Denver on Saturday night, ensured that the two teams would have a playoff rematch in Colorado Springs. “The unique things about this series is the fact that it has the feel of a best of five series, which is unusual to college hockey,” Wisconsin head coach Mike Eaves said. “Right now the series is tied at one a piece, so it’s best of three ,and we have to go on the road. I think that’s a unique thing and it will give the series a more unique feel for college hockey.” The fact that the two teams

will see each other on back-to-back weekends certainly makes preparation for this weekend all the more interesting as both Wisconsin and CC will be familiar with each other’s strengths and weaknesses. “That goes both ways, so there is not going to be a lot of surprises,” Eaves said. “When you talk about a series such as this, playoff-type atmosphere, it’s going to come down to goaltending and special teams play and usually those two things add up to be the difference makers.” If goaltending is going to be a key factor in this series, then the Badgers’ coaching staff has extra pressure when it comes to determining who will start between the pipes in Colorado Springs. Wisconsin has gone with a rotating goalie system the past couple of weekends, with senior Brett Bennett starting on Fridays and senior Scott Gudmandson getting the call on Saturdays. “I’ve had many things run through my mind; I think as this week unveils itself we’ll talk about it,” Eaves said of the goaltending situation. “Both goaltenders played well. Both deserve to play,

and I think it will be a matter of us sitting down and getting a feel to what we want to do.” The Badgers are entering this playoff series with the Tigers on a high note. Saturday’s 3-1 over CC was the team’s first since late January, and Eaves believes that that momentum will be big for his team heading into the playoffs. “It was big for the psyche of our players,” Eaves said. “We talk about being in this funk and turning the ship around, and the ship finally came around on Saturday night, and we want to keep sailing this ship with this wind and keep going.” Playing in Colorado Springs does come with the challenge of playing at a high elevation. The city sits about 6,200 feet above sea level, something Eaves says shouldn’t be too much of a problem for his players. “I believe it’s mostly a mental factor,” he said. “The biggest thing is if you get caught out too long your recovery time is longer, but if you’re intelligent about your shift length and you don’t get caught out there too long I don’t think it’s too much of a factor.”

March Madness isn’t the only thing worth paying attention to this month Ryan Evans no, not that one

he month of March automatically conjures up a few thoughts in any normal person’s mind: Spring is on its way and March Madness is almost upon us. Normal sports fans are prepping for a potential run to the Final Four for their team, myself included. I am not a big basketball fan by any stretch of the imagination, but something about the NCAA tournament draws me in every year. March is probably the only time I will sit down and watch a basketball game from start to finish, so you can bet that once the tourney starts I will be on my couch rooting for Jordan Taylor, Jon Leuer and my basketballplaying name twin as they make a run toward Houston. However, the sport that usually gets the majority of my attention, hockey, also has a playoff race that is worthy of attention. Anyone who has seen the way the NHL standings look right now knows that this year’s race to the Stanley Cup playoffs is shaping up to be one of the most memorable ones in recent history. To prove that point, all you have to do is look at the way the Western Conference looks right now where a mere five points separates the fourth place Chicago Blackhawks from the eleventh place Nashville Predators. What this means is that, with about a month left in the regular season only the Vancouver Canucks and Detroit Red Wings are absolute stone-cold locks for hockey’s postseason in the West. Coming down the stretch, you are going to have nine teams fighting for six spots— seems like a pretty good race to me. It’s like March Madness, where you have any number of teams

fighting for a bid into the NCAA tournament. However instead of sitting around and hoping that their accomplishments from earlier this season are enough to propel them into the field of 68, these NHL teams can control their own destiny. If they win they can get themselves in, which makes for some intense, hardfought hockey games over the course of the next month. Let’s use the Blackhawks as an example. They currently sit in fourth place with 80 points. If they were to go on even a small losing streak, the Predators could pass them with a few wins. Suddenly the Blackhawks have dropped seven spots and are out of the playoffs. Every game from here on out is a playoff game for these teams, and that makes for some great hockey.

This year’s race to the Stanley Cup playoffs is shaping up to be one of the most memorable ones in recent history.

The Eastern Conference isn’t quite as cluttered at the top as the West, but that doesn’t mean the race is any less exciting. In the East you have six teams fighting for the final two spots in the playoffs. Maybe I find the East more exciting because that is where my horse in this race lies; my Buffalo Sabres are one of the teams fighting for those two spots. After an awful start to the year they have rebounded and sit in eighth place with a one-point advantage over the Carolina Hurricanes. You can bet that I am fully invested in cheering the Sabres to the playoffs for the rest of the season. When every game has the feel of the play-

offs, there is never a dull moment. But the exciting thing about the East is that you have a great story among the teams fighting for a playoff berth. Part of what makes March Madness fun is the Cinderella stories that emerge every year. I remember cheering my heart out for George Mason a few years back. Everyone loves a Cinderella story, and the Eastern Conference race has one for the ages. On Jan. 8, the New Jersey Devils were sitting in the Eastern Conference cellar, 27 points back of eighth place. They were a team in disarray and the target of ridicule from the hockey community. The Devils were supposed to be one of the league’s top contenders this year, but through the first half they looked anything but. Since Jan. 8, though, the Devils have gone on an unbelievable 20-22 run to climb within eight points of eighth place, finally showing what made them a pre-season favorite for the Stanley Cup. During this stretch some have taken to calling them the “NJuggernaut” as they make an absolutely unbelievable run to the postseason. If it weren’t for the fact that they are directly competing with the Sabres, I would be fully on board with the Devils in their quest for one of the more unlikely playoff berths in recent memory. So in the middle of your marathon March Madness viewing party be sure to check out some of the NHL games going on that night—chances are there are some crucial matchups on the docket. If you don’t, you’ll be missing some of the best hockey you’ll ever be able to watch. Thinking to yourself, “But Old Dominion is playing VCU in a big 7-10 seed matchup! Why would I want to watch hockey?” E-mail Ryan at rmevans2@dailycardinal.com

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The Badgers’ goaltending situation is a big question Eaves and Co. have to answer heading into their playoff series with Colorado College.