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Madison pro-life advocates respond to ‘buffer zone’ ordinance

By Dana Kampa

Anti-abortion groups responded Monday to the Common Council’s unanimous Feb. 25 approval of a buffer zone ordinance establishing restricted areas around health care facilities.

Groups, including Madison Vigil for Life, Students for Life of Madison and Badger Catholic, filed a federal lawsuit against the ordinance Feb. 26, maintaining the ordinance impedes free speech.

Badger Catholic President Sean McNally said in an email to The Daily Cardinal that the city’s ordinance is “effectively banning person-to-person leafleting in ‘bubbles’ all over campus and downtown.”

“It was blatantly unconstitutional for the City to restrict speech areas, or on any public sidewalk, and the City has no

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The city’s Plan Commission discussed amendments for the Alcohol Overlay District and approved a mixed-use building on East Washington Avenue Monday.

City Food and Alcohol Policy Coordinator Mark Woulf introduced amendments to create an Alcohol Overlay District in the zoning code, as proposed by the Alcohol License Review Committee.

The overlay district, which would take effect July 1, would not permit new taverns and brewpubs in the area, and nightclubs would only be allowed conditionally. The proposed district includes the 500 and 600 blocks of State Street, the 600 block of University Avenue and the 400 block of North Frances Street.

Woulf also highlighted a new discipline model for alcohol-serving businesses, inspired by the Alcohol License Density Ordinance.

The amendments also define “restaurant-nightclubs” and “nightclubs” and add more regulations for “restaurant-taverns” and “taverns.”

Ald. Ledell Zellers, District 2, raised concerns about some missing definitions, which Woulf said ALRC did not include because restaurants do not serve alcohol and brewpubs are defined by the volume of beer being produced.

Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, commented on areas not covered in the amendments, such as Class A licenses.

Woulf said he wanted to make sure the policy-makers were comfortable with Class B licenses before discussing others and said there will likely be a ban on Class A in the overlay district.

Class A licenses permit liquor and grocery stores to sell liquor to be consumed off the premises, while Class B licenses permit hotels, clubs, lodges and bowling alleys to sell alcohol to be consumed on or off the premises.

The Commission postponed the public hearing until March 24.

The Commission also approved a proposal to construct a mixed-use building on East Washington Avenue, which would include a Festival Foods grocery store, an outdoor eating area, residential units and private parking.

Heather Stouder, an American Institute of Certified Planners planning division city agent, said the Urban Design Commission and Plan Commission responded positively to her report.

“Brevity is always a very good sign,” Stouder said. “I think that [Plan Commission is] really happy with the way [the report] is generally consistent with our adopted plans and will really invigorate the Capitol East District.”

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Sigma Alpha Epsilon, whose house is pictured above, enacted a pledge policy change Sunday that will aim to end hazing and ensure equal treatment of all fraternity members.

SAE fraternity ends its pledging process True Gentleman Experience alters initiation process A recently established Sigma Alpha Epsilon policy known as the True Gentleman Experience eliminated the fraternity’s newmember process, removing the pledge status throughout all chapters and colonies of the fraternity Sunday, according to a press release from SAE’s national office.

New members of the fraternity, who were formerly considered pledges, will now immediately be regarded as equal to their more senior brothers, according to the release.

The policy change resulted partly from negative publicity that recently put the fraternity in the spotlight, according to the release. Many chapters across the country have been forced to close due to hazing, which the new program aims to eliminate.

The primary motivator behind the change, however, is a growing need to realign the fraternity with its founding fathers’ mission of equality and fairness among all members, according to the release.

The release added the change will eliminate the historically problematic class structure between new members and active members.

SAE’s founding fathers did not anticipate the problem at the fraternity’s inception in 1856,

according to its website.

Under the True Gentleman Experience program, all members will participate in a chapter-wide education period, according to the release. The program will also discourage senior member complacency by ensuring every active chapter member proves his worthiness long after initiation.

The recruitment and bidding process will not change, and the initiation process is expected to improve greatly by attracting a “higher quality of man,” according to the release.

University of WisconsinMadison’s SAE president Dan Frechter said the national office instructed him not to comment at this time.

—Bri Maas

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Man robbed in Williamson Street residence Police arrested a Madison man and woman for armed robbery after they beat a 31-year-old man in a residence on Williamson Street Sunday morning, according to a Madison Police Department incident report.

Numerous citizens called the police after seeing the man wandering around the 800 block of Williamson Street naked and injured at approximately 10 a.m., according to the report.

The victim was socializing at a neighborhood home with 34-year-old Angelica Cleary and 43-year-old Ralph Howland III for several hours when two other men entered the residence, according to the report.

All four suspects struck the victim, and one hit him with a gun, according to the report.

The victim fled the home, as well as the unknown suspects.

MPD arrested Cleary and Howland as parties to the robbery but did not arrest the unknown suspects, according to the report.

Police describe the suspects as black men in their 20s and wearing black caps. The man armed with a handgun wore a gray hoodie, according to the report.

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cartography died with columbus

by Marina Oliver

There’s very little poetic about a dream of everyone abandoning you. I woke up in a sweat & had to check to make sure all of me was still there. Sometimes the things we do to influence the world make change like a supernova & sometimes they carve like glaciers. I’m playing with a bit of a poem right now— We are young & so we afford the luxury of likening our insides to stellar dust.

Having bits of poems living inside your head all the time makes it easier to feel familiar with words than with other humans. I don’t understand why so many of them go to such great lengths to make sure no dandelions grow in their yards. Poison the Earth to make it more homogenous & thus understandable. Make sure your neighbor does the same or else they aren’t your kind of person & maybe they, too, should be eradicated like the weeds they aid to flourish. I live a litany of things I’ll never be able to put on my resume—Names birds from inside the picture window. Counts the rings on fallen pine trees as a birthday present to Mother Nature.

Memorizes dedications in books so the previous owners’ Book Souls live on. I’m not very useful, I guess, but I see more beauty in all of this than in the angular structures of society.

I love people whose heads are filled with cumulus clouds & the way the beach empties itself out in the winter (did you know the ladybugs all gather together to die?) & the way multiverse theory has become a tool to justify not living a fulfilling time on Earth & awe-stricken subdivision soldiers flapping their noiseless jaws at UFOs crashing to a halt near their Chevys & long eyelashes & the way old inevitably becomes new again & the magic you can buy for .90 at a rummage sale & spine shivers maybe being roving ghosts & cartography died with Columbus & there’s no way to know if you’re standing in the same place as the person in the apartment below you doing the same mundane thing in cyclical patterns of humanity so yes, go boil those noodles and then you’ll both take a seat in your linoleum kitchen chair and blow on the first bite but never say hello when you’re in the front hallway & the fuzz we wake with wedged between our teeth & the cogs of the Ultimate Machine which oils our joints to move by bells.

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Days are longer, the air still cold.

Or am I weary of the winter old?

The deep freeze soon shall reveal Chloris, the Verde hitherto concealed.

Once too often to be a tease, The grey and white hues shall ease.

Arbor twigs creep and shoot green, Can hear them in silence, almost seen.

They crawl at night, Out of grey, out of white.

The sudden warmth, rekindles the thought Of love, and the spirit we always sought.

Past summer days are all but lost, Their vague images we tenderly guard, In flash-memories of the heart.

They shall be upon us once again, Swoop us up, make us dream again.

That ethereal recurring dream Lingers not when the earth isn’t green.

How illusive! Keenly felt, almost seen.

booger sugar isn’t as sweet as your dying dreams

by Andy Holsteen

These lines find nothing about graduation ceremonies nostalgic Proper names recited at unfamiliar peers arouses no new pride Most people are shitty Not objectively Not to Jesus These lines just think so These lines resurrect deteriorating bodies Joints moving out of pure resentment Jonesing for a break These lines mean nothing to someone shouting derogatories Separate their marrow from bone Oppressors be gone be gone be gone be gone These lines supply life to their owner Pump sanity through veins Circulate them yourself Carve the same goosebump moguls as me These lines refuse all underwear

537—The Goths begin their attack on Rome. They quickly won by scaring the shit out of mainstream Roman culture.

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1702—Geniuses in England found the first daily newspaper. They call it The Daily Cardinal.

And need thick glasses in order to read

1882—The Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association is formed. To celebrate, the members slammed Natty Ice and called each other “bro.”

These lines reflect an average creator Cry during dope-fueled dreams of becoming old These lines don’t fuck with public opinion Seized popularity knows Coolness kills real things These lines told the president they’re not a man These lines brand cigarette burns on your hand These lines hope evil never finds a way These lines remember

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1997—Paul McCartney is knighted and immediately beheads the five people nearest to him.

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State Senate to debate disputed voting legislation The state Senate will take up a set of controversial Republican voting bills in a packed session Tuesday, which have drawn criticism from Democrats.

Republicans argue the bills would prevent voter ID fraud and maintain the legislation is aimed at changing voting procedures.

State Sen. Nikiya Harris, D-Milwaukee, issued a statement Monday in response to a press conference highlighting the Republican senate bills.

Democrats oppose two Senate bills that Harris said target the “poorest populations of our state by making it harder for these individuals to cast their ballot.”

One bill requires citizens to prove residency in Wisconsin in order to be an eligible voter.

The Senate will also debate a law that would change absentee voting procedure.

The proposed legislation would narrow the time frame during which absentee ballots

would be accepted.

The legislation would set up a number of barriers and regulations in front of voters, Harris said in the statement.

“The series of bills up for debate on Tuesday are just another example of the great lengths my colleagues across the aisle are going to restrict access to the polls,” Harris said in the statement.

State Sen. Jennifer Shilling, D-La Crosse, has also criticized the bills and introduced her own proposal called the “Right to Vote” Act as an alternative to GOP legislation.

“By placing unnecessary restrictions on voting, Republicans are discouraging voting among minorities, lowincome individuals, the sick, and the elderly,” Harris said.

“As legislators, they should be focusing their energy on creating jobs and boosting our economy, not focused on suppressing Wisconsin votes.”

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anti-free speech bubble.”

Gwen Finnegan, director of Madison Vigil for Life, said in the email no city should create a “gag rule” concerning free speech “just to drive its brazen pro-abortion agenda against peaceful people who offer women compassionate choices outside of abortion facilities.”

Ald. Lisa Subeck, District 1, said in the Feb. 25 meeting the ordinance is “aimed at the individuals who, instead of peacefully protesting, choose to harass patients.”

The Council plans to vote on suspending the ordinance March 18.

—Dana Kampa

evidence for its law but simply points to nonexistent problems that allegedly occur outside any office housing a doctor,” McNally said in the email.

The ordinance could affect areas around the Lucky apartment building, Medical Sciences buildings, “controversial” research facilities and State Street campus buildings used by doctors, according to McNally.

Pro-Life Wisconsin said in a statement “it is painfully clear that the Madison Common Council overreached with this massively broad ordinance that drowns the whole city in

SSFC continues discussion on new eligibility criteria

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Academic Staff Rep. Noel Radomski raises concerns with the Executive Committee’s appointment Monday.

Academic Staff urged to re-evaluate appointment An Academic Staff representative raised concerns at an assembly meeting Monday regarding a committee appointment made last month by the Academic Staff Executive Committee.

Committee members approved a motion to nominate James Kupsch to represent Academic Staff on a potential committee that would look at the presence of classified research efforts on University of Wisconsin System campuses, during an ASEC meeting Feb. 20.

The UW System currently prohibits classified research on any of its campuses. A state bill, which was recently referred to the Senate Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, calls for a reversal of the current regulations, allowing research opportunities within the System.

The creation of the Classified Research Committee, on which Kupsch would serve, hinges on the bill’s passage. A legislative vote on the bill has not been scheduled at this time, but the Legislature is open until April 3.

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Radomski introduced a motion to the assembly to defer the appointment until the May 12 meeting, saying the bill has not yet been passed and no set outlines have been made for what the position would entail.

“I think [the appointment] would be premature,” Radomski said. “Let’s make a right, reasonable decision.”

Radomski added that with the appointment delayed until May, there would be ample time for staff to make an informed decision.

ASEC Member Kevin Niemi said he understands Radomski’s argument, but believes the issue lies more with the ASEC decision-making process.

Niemi added while the measure may appear rash, he feels it is important to secure an Academic Staff position on the committee that ensures the voice of the body in future classified research decisions.

The motion was tabled until a later assembly meeting, as the committee did not have a quorum.

—Emily Gerber

Student Services Finance Committee members continued to analyze and amend the recently created eligibility criteria draft at a meeting Monday, with efforts aimed at creating a final draft.

An Eligibility Criteria Review Committee was established in fall 2013 to review the current eligibility requirements, which serve as a guideline for registered student organizations that apply for funding through the General Student Services Fund.

One change addressed by the review committee was the clarification of the direct services RSOs are required to provide to university students. To clarify what a direct service entails, the body enlisted two new areas of programming requirements: core and supportive.

Establishing the difference between the two ensures there is an area of focus pertaining to the groups’ intended mission, while still guaranteeing actions are taken to sustain the organizations.

“We want to make sure that their core programs, that what the groups are emphasizing is active engagement, student involvement, student participation that goes far beyond just showing up to an [event],” said SSFC Chair David Vines.

Aside from clarifying the programming goals, the committee members addressed vague sections of the draft, unclear terms and the overall clarity of the language.

SSFC members will continue to discuss and amend the eligibility draft at their next meeting Thursday, with the goal of presenting a final draft to Student Council after spring break. Also at the meeting, the committee will make a decision on the transportation budget, which the committee heard March 6.

—Emily Gerber

UW-Madison students to present research at Wisconsin State Capitol Twelve University of Wisconsin-Madison undergraduate students will present their research at the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda to legislators Wednesday, according to a university press release.

Following opening remarks from UW System President Ray Cross at 9:30 a.m., students from various UW System schools will give their poster presentations between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Cross said in the release he hopes to speak with as many students in attendance as possible.

The value of undergraduate research has broad applica-

ON CAMPUS

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A resourceful resident on the 20 block of North Orchard Street creatively took advantage of the warm spring weather by stringing a hammock on a front porch. + Photo by Jane Thompson

tions on and off campus, UW System Spokesperson Grant Huber said.

“Students are powerful ambassadors for explaining the important role that undergraduate research plays in their education, future professional opportunities and the economic health of Wisconsin’s communities and industries,” Huber said.

Elizabeth Ambos, executive officer for the Council on Undergraduate Research, echoed Huber’s sentiments in the release, emphasizing UW’s place as a leader of undergraduate research programs among higher education institutions.

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Incentivizing live recording of concerts Brian Weidy weidying out the noise

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n Dec. 28 at 11:30 p.m., Phish played their final note of the night. By the time I got home at 12:15 a.m., the show was available for download.

While this is relatively unheard of in terms of turnaround time, the band is clearly onto something with this.

A number of bands release official, soundboard recordings of their concerts, with some taking 24 hours to put the shows up online while others take weeks. For $9.99, usually, you can listen to the recordings of the shows you attended or read a review of it later.

This tradition started in the jazz and folk scenes; however, the rise of Grateful Dead can be directly attributed to the distribution of fan-made and band sanctioned recordings of their concerts.

While the band started selling nearly all the “famous” recordings of their performances after guitarist Jerry Garcia died, the concept of having live shows recorded and then traded among friends became a part of the Dead’s lore and trickled down to myriad other bands.

Currently, this phenomenon is confined mostly to the jam band world but recently, Bruce Springsteen adopted the same system of selling soundboard recordings of his shows. While fans have been clamoring for this for years, the fact that an artist like

Springsteen would do this could lead to other bands taking up this practice. But releasing live shows is not for every band.

The reason why bands like Phish and Grateful Dead have grown thanks to the trading of tapes is because not only are their live shows more captivating than their studio outputs, but they also have sections of their catalog that never made their way onto an album.

As an example, Phish’s thirdmost played song live, “Mike’s Song,” has never found its way onto a studio album. A number of the Dead’s most famous songs never made it on a studio album either.

Another reason why people collected and traded tapes of bands was because how much the band varied their sets.

Every show, Phish will play for nearly three hours, nary repeating a song from show to show, playing some songs once a tour while others settle into more of a rotation of every three, four or five shows on the tour. While the Dead occasionally repeated songs from night to night, no two set lists were ever the same over the course of the band’s 30-year history.

While this is a staple of jam bands, it would be hard for Billy Joel to not play “Piano Man” or for the Eagles to not play “Hotel California.” Springsteen gets away with mixing up his set lists, at least to a degree, as his fans know that it’s coming, and keep coming back because of it.

Bands have tried a number of different ways of disseminating these recordings. The Allman Brothers Band won’t let their shows be traded on the Internet, only recently

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partnering with an online retailer to distribute downloads. Archive.org supports nearly all Grateful Dead recordings, with officially released soundboard recordings only available for stream as opposed to download. Springsteen was originally just going to release these shows on USB sticks at the concerts them-

selves; however, upheaval on the Internet led to the availability of MP3s online.

By releasing live recordings of the shows, Springsteen is giving fans who were there a keepsake of the show, a la a ticket stub or a poster, and gives those who weren’t there a chance to hear the “Thunder

Road” they didn’t hear when he came to their town.

While not for everyone, I think this practice should be picked up by more bands as it generates an extra revenue stream and forces bands to get more creative with their sets.

Though it would be tough to implement for some bands, for other bands who probably already tape their shows for archival purposes and mix up their sets anyway, this seems like a no brainer.

Furthermore, bands should give fans the ability to listen at home for a nominal fee. Already, there is a rise in “webcasting” shows. Different bands have taken different approaches to this, with some bands using a dozen or more cameras to give a very “concert film” feel to each performance, while others have opted for just a single camera at the front-of-house.

While both have their positives and negatives—for the former, it feels very professional but you, the consumer, are paying for those extra cameramen. For the latter, you get the sensation you are almost there, and it is cheaper, but with a fixed camera, you can’t see the guitarists fingers or the real interplay between band members. The best part is that it is an option.

With live audio streaming, as long as there is an ability to stream from the venue, which can sometimes be impossible due to the below-ground nature of many venues, there is no reason not to try.

Have you always wanted a “Piano Man” of your own? Ask Brian to lobby Bill Joel on your behalf at weidy@wisc.edu.

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Rough Francis carry on punk rock legacy CD REVIEW

Maximum Soul Power Rough Francis

By Sean Reichard The Daily Cardinal

An element of serendipity underlies Rough Francis. A band of three brothers (Bobby, Julian and Urian Hackney) and their two friends (Dylan Giambatista and Steve Williams), Rough Francis came into being once the Hackney’s learned they descended from protopunk royalty.

The elder Bobby Hackney and his brothers were members of Detroit, Mich. band Death, whose releases have only recently surfaced for public enjoyment. And on their debut album, Maximum Soul Power, the younger Hackneys and co. do their best to honor their punk rock elders.

Less upfront and less visceral than Death, Rough Francis nonetheless manages to make great fun with their ruckus, employing the

bare bones of rock ‘n’ roll (guitar, bass, drum and voice) to wring out a potent mix of tunes.

“Ruffians” starts things right with a steady drum and tambourine interplay, before the bass starts plodding and guitars start snarling. And while the album vacillates between faster numbers like “I-90 East” and slower tunes like “Staring Out The Window,” the album nonetheless loses none of its vision.

Rough Francis is one part emulation, one part reverance and a whole lot of enthusiasm and vivacity. The five-piece keeps things interesting across eight tracks, playing with lighter sounds, but more than willing (and able) to dip into darker tones. “Not A Nice Guy” is a perfect example of this— like a slowed down Ian MacKaye rant, played out in a garage instead of a Washington D.C. dive bar.

They also explore their more experimental side toward the end on “Comm To Space,” begining with dial tones and ending on a sincere, blistering rave up.

On Maximum Soul Power, Rough Francis show they are more than capable of living up to their elder’s deathly example.

Rating: A-

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Tuning into the festival’s buzz bands

By Cheyenne Langkamp THE DAILY CARDINAL

A big part of the magic that is South by Southwest is never knowing what to expect. Putting aside well-known acts like Pusha T, home grown favorites a la Phox and artists like Against Me! who are stopping by Madison soon, here are some new acts we’re intrigued by down in Austin: Bear Hands (“Agora”) Hailing from New York and full of indie pop angst, Bear Hands offer up plenty of catchy tunes to warrant a stop, especially off their latest album Distraction out earlier this year

in February.

Basecamp (“Emmanuel”) It’s rare that an artist can be so captivating without much material available, but it’s nearly impossible to stop listening to Basecamp once you start. This trio of producers out of Nashville, Tenn. know just how to blend smooth drum and bass with electronics, as well as enticing lyrics, so you’ll be jamming along to in no time.

Temples (“Shelter Song”) If you’ve gotten a shout out from Oasis frontman Noel Gallagher it’s safe to say you’re doing pretty well for yourself. Having only just released

their debut album last month, Temples have gotten plenty of hype as the next big indie alt rock band to come out of the UK. Cheery psychedelic tracks with similarities to (dare I say it) fellow Brits The Beatles get your foot tapping and seem the perfect fit for a great live show.

Alvvays (“Adult Diversion”) Unfortunately we’re still waiting for this Toronto foursome’s debut album, out later this year. But the group’s current track “Adult Diversion” and the fact that they’ve gotten on a number of other SXSW Must See lists drums up quite

the suspense—probably just enough to warrant stopping by to see what else their set has to offer.

Bipolar Sunshine (“Trouble”) Who doesn’t love some good music out of Manchester? With a voice often sounding like a strange blend of Kid Cudi and King Krule, Adio Marchant is a master of the tender feel good track and hopefully someone who can spread as many good vibes live as he can from the studio.

Keep your eyes peeled this week for more SXSW coverage as Cheyenne traverses the span of Austin, Texas for your benefit.

Chronicling the most exciting films showing at SXSW

By Cheyenne Langkamp THE DAILY CARDINAL

South by Southwest attendees have often been the first to lay their eyes on the best film has to offer and this year will likely be no different. With big names like Wes Anderson and Nicolas Cage walking the streets of Austin, Texas who knows what will happen. Still, as with music, the main focus is on discovering quality movies often made on a low budget that highlight new talent. Here are five we’re hoping to catch while here: “Open Windows”

This film by Spanish director Nacho Vigalondo will likely get a lot of attention thanks to it’s innovative play on medium within a medium. Told entirely through a number of open windows on a computer screen, Elijah Wood plays a young man who wins a contest to meet an actress he’s entranced by—but not all goes as planned for Wood’s character when he finds he’s instead been conned into stalking her.

“Wild Canaries” Anyone else a huge fan girl for Alia Shawkat? The “Arrested Development” veteran stars

alongside Sophia Takal in this Lawrence Michael Levine story which follows the two girls as they investigate the bizzare death of their downstairs neighbor.

“JIMI: All Is By My Side” While there are plenty of films centered around music to choose from, this one definitely takes the cake. André 3000 takes on the role of Jimi Hendrix in the highly anticipated biopic of the beloved singer, following his journey from an unknown backup to a star who will never be forgotten.

“Buzzard”

Joel Potrykus’ new film sounds like it will hit home for a young generation constantly at war with the system. Its plot follows a young bank employee who tries stealing money from the establishment, eventually getting swallowed up by it.

“The Dance of Reality” The premier of producer/ director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s first film in over 20 years has definitely garnered its fair share of attention. Partially based on personal history, this film explores the balance of illusion and reality that makes up our lives.

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PLAYLIST Here are some Honorable Mentions for bands at SXSW The Farewell Drifters “We Go Together” Listening to this track on repeat for the summer sounds just fine.

Arthur Beatrice “Grand Union” Just the right amount of haunting.

The Mowgli’s “San Francisco” A song made of smiles.

Warpaint “Love is To Die” The most enveloping track off their latest record.

RECORD ROUTINE Bradford Cox’s ‘Teenage’ soundtrack has narrative scope but lacks a compelling listening thread CD REVIEW

Teenage Bradford Cox

By Rose Lundy THE DAILY CARDINAL

Otherworldly and often hypnotic, Teenage (Original Soundtrack) represents young adults as a mix of both the peaceful and the jarring.

The album has many hints of composer Bradford Cox’s band, Deerhunter, and solo project, Atlas Sound, sprinkled

throughout. Cox’s signature repetition of simple melodic lines makes the album perfect for a film soundtrack, but perhaps not the most engaging for a road trip jam session.

Spanning the 19th and 20th centuries, the film “Teenage” tells the story of how a new generation between children and adults came about in, quite literally, a coming-of-age tale.

Therefore, it would have been no surprise if the soundtrack blatantly followed the film by moving chronologically through time, but Cox manages to represent such transitions in much more subtle ways. The soundtrack weaves historical music styles into its overall contemporary feel.

Tracks like “Harlem Crepescular” have the crackling static of a gramophone while “Doctor October” bounces like a 1950s swing dance. In contrast, “Daphne Duck” pairs futuristic dissonance with a throbbing heartbeat of drums.

In general, though, it is hard to tell one track from another.

Most of them, especially “New Prairie Blackout Pattern,” sound like the distant music you would hear in a flower garden with trickling fountains, wind chimes and cement statues.

However, the driving groove in “Paprika Expose” creates a welcome contrast to the first seven songs of elevator music.

Overlapping siren guitars, steady cowbell and a plunking

bassline is evocative of a busy New York street scene.

The first—and only—lyrics do not appear until the thirteenth song, “Kate.” With lines like “You’re so weak/You’re so sweet/ You’re too good for us” in a harsh, female chant, this track shocks the listener out of the trance of the earlier mellow songs.

In addition to the overly defiant lyrics, “Kate” is underscored by grating and squeaky guitars. This track is certainly appropriate for the film’s theme of boldness and rebellion, but that does not make it any easier to listen along.

The album ends on a high note with “VHS Dream,” a melancholy version of “Carol of the Bells,” it builds from single

chimes into a full-fledged electronic orchestral piece. Breaking down at the last second into chaotic static, as if adjusting the radio station, “VHS Dream” becomes a reflection of not only advanced technology, but also a dissonant age in life.

The style of Teenage is best described as atmospheric but each track seems to blend into the next without much to make it stand out.

I’m sure it will be very impressive to see how such a modern soundtrack works into a film grounded in historical events, but as a stand-alone record, Teenage is repetitive, mindless, and pretty dull.

ing music.

His production style, meticulous crafting of beats, samples, loops and tone all resonate with his scientific background.

Precise instrumentals and drum patterns lay the foundation for most of his songs.

He then chooses the perfect synth, strings or piano chords to empower each track, stirring a cathartic experience in listeners.

Many of the sounds come from inspirations such as Radiohead’s masterful Kid A and Icelandic post-rock act Sigur Rós. Human resonates as a well-crafted, scientific elec-

tronic album, opening the gates to Cooper’s promising longevity in the music scene.

This album has one single that has been circulating the web, “Adrift.” Cooper’s tasteful placement of somber, jazz-influenced vocals provided by Kathrin deBoer and grand piano chords on top of an inextricably tangled beat heralds the emotional tone he seeks to express.

It starts slow, giving off a The Antlers vibe, but slowly fades as he unleashes the Kid A -inspired beat that drives the song. This complex amalgamation of soulful, tear-jerking vocals and strings over

extremely difficult computermade beats separates Cooper from the rest in his class.

Other highlight tracks include the more dance-centric, hypnotizing “Automaton,” the tranquil, yet adventurous album introduction “Woven Ancestry,” and the therapeutic, synth-driven “Supine.”

Cooper weaves in and out of styles, pacing throughout the album. In “Numb” he explores dark pop and thumping bass, and then immediately after that song starts “Impacts,” an avantgarde, startling 808-drum powered song. He shows his production strength by diving into

challenging, sometimes opposite sounds and somehow ties them back to the entire album’s overall tone.

Human should be heard from start to finish on the first listen.

Each song picks up where the last left off, adding and subtracting different styles and sounds in the process.

The album feels like a masterpiece of dedicated, scrupulous work that can easily be overlooked, but in actuality has the complexity of the sciences Cooper rigorously studied before pursuing music.

Rating: C+ Electronic artist puts Ph.D. to spectacular use to craft tight and invigorating soundscape CD REVIEW

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s the Conservative Political Action Conference’s straw poll came to a close, there were some results that were made clear.

The first is that voters have not changed in the slightest. Tea party members are consistently winning the straw poll however, they rarely get enough support to receive the GOP presidential nomination. This possibly shrinks the impact of even having such an event. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is able to shift his libertarian base beliefs on social issues in a way that doesn’t really address them on a federal level, but rather leaves them for states to handle. He won the straw poll, garnering roughly 31 percent while fellow tea party member, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, fell to second. This is incredibly frightening at first glance until the history of the straw polls reveal that they don’t indicate future GOP presidential nominees.

In recent years, Paul has acquired a massive following and has done very well in the CPAC straw polls. All this indicates is that the tea party movement is still alive and thriving.

They continually shatter more moderate opponents in the straw poll, which apparently is possible in the tea party at this point in political time.

However, this doesn’t necessarily mean anything. Former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, won consecutive years by 30 percent before the last presidential election, even edging out eventual nominee Mitt Romney. However, predicting what will happen in the future is nearly impossible.

The possible contenders for the nomination could be U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. or Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J., who both

had miserable polling results.

What’s most likely to occur is a battle between Cruz and Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas, for Texas; while Paul will have to answer some very uncomfortable questions when it comes to governing and just exactly how much of the government he plans to limit.

Even if he did quote Pink Floyd in his speech, he is going to be playing a constant balancing act between a Libertarian’s true beliefs and his or her distorted ones that have consequences that are hard to explain. Allowing for establishment candidates, like Ryan, to come to the forefront due to their experience can be accepted over tea party control. In times of rough economic disparity, we need a progressive candidate more than a reactionary one, who preferably knows accounting.

CPAC 2014 straw poll results, in terms of percentages (Courtesy of The Washington Times): 31—U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky 11­—U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas 9—Neurosurgeon Ben Carson 8—Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J. 7—Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Penn.

7—Gov. Scott Walker, R-Wis. 6—U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. 3—Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas 3—U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.

Tea party members are consistently winning the straw poll, however they rarely get enough support to recieve the GOP presidential nomination.

Be wary of these polls as they indicate what can happen in the midterm elections. If they turn out anything like the CPAC did, we will be looking at a lot of new conservatives in congress, while seeing the older politician’s seats fall. It’s too early to roll out the carpet for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton before she tackles her competition that could end up being tough to defeat. One thing still remains clear above all: The Republican Party has not changed one bit and will not change until President Barack Obama leaves office. 2016 could be the breakthrough for the Republican Party that everyone has been waiting for. Like it or not, our government runs efficiently when both parties are well-represented.

“In our age there is no such thing as ‘keeping out of politics.’

2- Former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark. 2—Gov. Bobby Jindal, R-La. 2—Former Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Ala. 2—Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice 1—Former Gov. Mitch Daniels, R-Ind. 1—Gov. John Kasich, R-Ohio 1—Gov. Mike Pence, R-Ind. 1—U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, R- Ohio 1—U.S. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D.

All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.”­—George Orwell.

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y name is Wilder Deitz, and I am a student at UW-Madison. As much as I appreciate your bringing the issue of pornography to light, there were several aspects of the recent opinion piece that I take issue with. There is much foolishness and posturing present on both sides of the pornography debate, so I will try to be as direct as possible.

While I am glad that in the article, “Pornography becoming normalized in society,” you brought attention to the stigma and shame that surround many aspects of sexuality in our society, I disagree with the insinuation that both the production and consumption of pornography is a healthy expression of sexuality. I agree that it is essential to eliminate personal feelings of shame regarding one’s natural sexuality.

However, it is imperative that we conserve the elements of intimacy and privacy that are inherent to a healthy, consenting sexual relationship. These elements are nonexistent in pornography, which by definition is voyeuristic and public.

Beyond this broad moral objection, I have a few specific concerns. Firstly, widespread use of pornography indicates that it is a mainstream phenomenon, and nothing more. Normalcy does not universally translate into a positive social effect.

I would not be comfortable endorsing pornography as a general phenomenon until clearly demonstrable political and social steps have been taken to prevent human rights abuses across the industry.

Secondly, pornography is less an “art form” than an industry (with both legal and

illegal incarnations) with questionable, to say the least, working conditions for its laborers.

This is especially true in the further reaches and underground of the Internet. I would not be comfortable endorsing pornography as a general phenomenon until clearly demonstrable political and social steps have been taken to prevent human rights abuses across the industry. To promote pornography as it stands, especially in the name of one’s own “healthy” sexuality, seems self-indulgent.

However, it is imperative that we conserve the elements of intimacy and privacy that are inherent to a healthy, consenting sexual relationship.

Thirdly, a sizable amount pornography glorifies the objectification, degradation, and humiliation of women, in particular through dramatic depictions of rape, gang-rape, child abuse, and other forms of sexual assault. I am not at this point comfortable with positing a connection between this phenomenon and American “rape culture”. However, the fact that we live in a culture that is already so at peace with sexual assault makes me uncomfortable. I am not in favor of any further celebration or endorsement of this illegal, unconscionable act.

Even if these points do not invalidate your argument, I do believe they merit mentioning in any conversation regarding pornography or modern American sexuality.

How do you feel about the pornography industry in the United States? Should there be harsher workplace regulations to improve safety? Please send all of your feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

Penokee Range Mine endangers local environment COSTANZA GENERALI

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n 2011, Gogebic Taconite, a Floridabased mining company, proposed building the world’s largest openpit taconite mine in the Penokee Range within the Lake Superior Basin. Since then, northern Wisconsin has experienced severe controversy regarding the potential effects of the mine on the environment and people of the area.

The U.S. and Wisconsin governments have repeatedly forgotten or disregarded the agreements formed in exchange for taking over the land home to American Indians.

The site would lie directly within the Bad River watershed, posing a severe risk to the source of drinking water for Ashland and Iron counties. In addition, the proposed mine has caused great protest within American Indian communities, as the Penokee Range is part

of the Ceded Territory of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Tribe.

The Bad River reservation is also downstream from the mine, causing further tribal concerns.

Through the Treaty of 1854, deemed still valid by the Seventh Circuit Court in 1985, the Ojibwe reserve the right to hunt, fish and gather on the land conceded to the United States government. The openpit mine in the Penokee Range would thus infringe on these rights by damaging fish spawning grounds and wild rice beds in addition to polluting the air and drinking water of ceded territories.

Due to new mining legislation SB/ AB 1, written in large part by GTAC and signed by Gov. Scott Walker about one year ago, the company will face very loose regulations and be exempt from pre-existing protections of water, land and public health.

In addition to environmental concerns, the economic gains of the mine are also in question. While proponents of the mine promise new jobs to the region, others speculate that these positions will go to experienced mine

workers who have been laid off from recently closed mines in Minnesota.

Furthermore, many locals question the effects the mine will have on the tourism in the area, which largely depends on the lakes, waterways, and woods for tourist fishing and hunting.

The site would lie directly within the Bad River watershed, posing a severe risk to the source of drinking water for Ashland and Iron counties.

Ultimately, the proposed mine poses the question of whether the people of Wisconsin are willing to sacrifice community health, tribal rights and a unique forest and wetland area in order to bring monetary profit to an out-ofstate company.

On many occasions, the Bad River and other Lake Superior Chippewa Bands have fought for their treaty rights as well as the environmental protection of their land, air and water. The U.S. and

Wisconsin governments have repeatedly forgotten or disregarded the agreements formed in exchange for taking over the land home to American Indians. Faced with the proposed mine, the Bad River tribe is once again prepared to defend its people and its environment.

Lawrence “Butch” Stone, a prominent tribal member for Bad River, has experienced countless threats to his people’s wellbeing, including the controversial Walleye Wars of the 1980s and previous mining disputes. When questioned about the tribe’s response to the current mine proposal, Butch describes passionately the timeless issue encountered by his tribe—“They say we get everything for nothing, but we have to fight for everything... now we have to fight for our water and our way of life.”

How do you feel about the potential economic and environmental backlash of the proposed mine? Is this a good idea for the state of Wisconsin to proceed with in the future? Please send all of your feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Coaches discuss postseason potential head to Minnesota looking for her first national title.

“I’ve done a lot of talking with her about just allowing herself to be great,” Hite said. “I think that’s the biggest thing. When you get to this level, just allowing yourself to dream a little bit and to focus on what you can do and all positive thoughts.”

By Jason Braverman and Zach Rastall THE DAILY CARDINAL

Men’s hockey

Coming off a two-game sweep at Penn State (2-15-1 Big Ten, 6-24-2 overall), the Badgers (12-5-1, 21-9-2) still have a chance of winning the Big Ten regular season title.

They trail first place Minnesota by five points with two games to play. Wisconsin clinched at least second place, and will have a bye in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament. Head coach Mike Eaves is already preparing for the postseason before heading into the regular season finale against Michigan State this weekend.

“We think our second, third and fourth lines can still contribute more,” Eaves said. “That’s what we’re trying to [do] this weekend and even going to the Big Ten Tournament, every weekend we’re going to try to get better, so we’re looking at those type of things that we can get from our kids.”

The Badgers played their last home game three weekends ago, and Eaves believes finishing on the road can help them gain experience as they prepare for both the Big Ten and NCAA tournaments, hosted at neutral locations.

“We look at it as the fact that we get to go on the road and play.

We’re going to play on the road when it comes to the Big Ten Tournament, when it comes to Regional, when it comes to hopefully the Frozen Four,” Eaves said. “So it’s just as we’ve used the term ‘dress rehearsal’ before to get in that mindset, so, yes, we look at it as a positive.”

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Senior forward Michael Mersch and the Badgers take on Michigan State this weekend.

Women’s hockey

The women’s NCAA tournament kicks off this weekend, and the Badgers (21-5-2-1 WCHA, 27-7-2 overall) will get to play at home after picking up one of the top four seeds.

They play a strong Harvard (16-3-3 ECAC, 23-6-4) squad Saturday.

“I guess [we are] certainly excited to get an opportunity to host a quarterfinal game,” head coach Mark Johnson said. We’ve had that opportunity in the past, and then certainly looking for the first ever quarterfinal game at our new arena.” “It should be a good atmosphere. History tells us the community supports us, especially when you get into tournament games in the NCAA quarterfinal games.”

The Badgers enter the tournament having been shutout in two of

their final three games, something that Johnson believes is more of an outlier than cause for concern.

“You look at the different areas, our last two games, neither team has gotten a power play,” Johnson said. “There haven’t been penalty calls in our last two [games]. And so you look at that statistic, and that normally doesn’t happen over the course of a couple of games.”

Swimming and diving

The NCAA Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships are quickly approaching, with each featuring its fair share of Badgers.

The men’s national meet will take place three weeks from now in Austin, Texas, where seven UW swimmers will compete over the course of the three day competition.

Among them is junior Drew teDuits, who will be looking to finish another solid season by defending his national title in the 200yard backstroke.

“It’s always different having the target on your back,” head coach Whitney Hite said. “I think he’s done a really nice job.

It’s part of his maturing process and part of the process [where] we talk about all the steps that you need to take as an athlete.”

Wisconsin will send six swimmers to the women’s national meet, which kicks off in Minneapolis, Minn., a week from Thursday. Wisconsin’s contenders include superstar junior Ivy Martin and several relay teams.

Martin won the Big Ten titles in both the 50 and 100-yard free at last month’s conference meet, and will

Duke’s resume and standing do not match up JACK BAER baer necessities

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ike any self-respecting college basketball fan I watched the North Carolina-Duke game Saturday night. I was impressed by Duke even though, full disclosure, Duke might be my least favorite team in sports. Jabari Parker and Rodney Hood both looked like All-American talents, the defense forced turnovers and bad decisions, and they outrebounded a much bigger and deeper UNC frontcourt.

It was a good performance.

Then I woke up the next day, went to ESPN.com and saw the following headline: “Duke isn’t No. 1 in the ACC. But its 1-2 punch of Jabari Parker and Rodney Hood keep it in contention for a No. 1 NCAA seed.”

How in God’s name is Duke near a No. 1 seed, even with the UNC win? Are they even a No. 2 seed?

Let’s compare the Blue Devils to a team that’s actually deserving of a No. 2 seed: Wisconsin.

In the Jeff Sagarin rankings Wisconsin is 10-3, and against

the top 50 Duke is 7-4.

Against the top 25, Wisconsin is 6-2 to Duke’s 5-3. Against the RPI top 50, Wisconsin is 8-4 to Duke’s 6-4.

But that’s just performance against the caliber team you can expect in the NCAA tournament.

Who cares about that when seeding the NCAA tournament?

It gets worse when you look closer at Duke’s best wins.

Against Michigan and Syracuse two factors stand out: First, both teams were in the middle of a minor free fall, with Michigan still trying to figure out if Mitch McGary was healthy (he wasn’t) and how to use him in his hobbled state.

I’m still not sure what’s happened to Syracuse. It seems every one of their starters has taken a magical step backwards.

Context for a win is important. You don’t hear me trumpet Wisconsin’s win over Florida as proof that Wisconsin can beat the best in the country, because Florida wasn’t even close to the best in the country at that time.

They were missing SEC Player of the Year contender Scottie Wilbekin, SEC Sixth Man of the Year frontrunner Dorian Finney-Smith and fivestar center recruit Chris Walker.

The second factor against

the Michigan and Syracuse wins is that both were at home.

That isn’t really a problem, as many teams get their best wins at home. But it’s indicative of the larger problem, that Duke has shown a complete inability to win outside of Cameron Indoor stadium.

The Blue Devils’ first road game was their 14th game of the season. Their best road win came against Pittsburgh, who might not make the NCAA tournament. After Pitt, their road wins include Notre Dame, Clemson, Miami and Virginia Tech. That’s it.

These guys are 5-5 on the road this year and we’ve ranked them in the top 10 while talking about their No. 1 seed potential. Let me say this again, because it should really sink in: Duke is 5-5 on the road this year.

Do we really want to reward this kind of scheduling behavior, where Duke knows it can schedule absolutely no road games and expect to grab a top seed provided they show at least a modicum of ability?

It’s not even like they’re unbeatable at home. Just ask Syracuse, who lost on a clearly wrong charging call that caused head coach Jim Boeheim to go berserk, and Vermont, who lost on an even

worse call where Rodney Hood was stuffed while driving and somehow drew a blocking foul.

Meanwhile, Wisconsin is 8-3 on the road, with wins over the regular-season Big Ten champion, ACC champion and Horizon League champion.

Wisconsin has arguably the best non-conference resume in the country and finished second in the nation’s second best conference, according to Sagarin’s rankings.

Duke didn’t play a nonconference road game and finished third in the nation’s fifth best conference.

Let me put this plainly: How is the team with the easily weaker non-conference resume and the lower standing in the worse conference even considered for the No. 1 seed?

To be clear: Duke is a very good team and could make the Final Four or even win the National Championship. But that is true of a lot of these teams this year, which is why a high seed will be more valuable than ever. And if the Blue Devils get one, memo to athletic director Barry Alvarez and head coach Bo Ryan: no more road games for Wisconsin.

Is Duke overrated, cowardly or all of the above? Let Jack know by emailing jfbaer@wisc.edu.

Wisconsin will send six men and one woman to Albuquerque, N.M., to compete in this weekend’s NCAA Indoor Championships.

“We’re bringing some big guns to the meet,” director of cross country and track and field Mick Byrne said. “The six men are all in good position; they’re all ranked within the top 10. So hopefully, if things go our way, we can score some big points.”

The national meet will take place just two weeks after the UW men’s track and field team won its second consecutive conference title at the Big Ten Indoor Championships, thanks to victories in the heptathlon, weight throw and 5,000 meters on the final day of the meet.

Senior Reed Connor and junior Michael Lihrman enter the NCAA meet as the top seeds in the 5,000 meters and weight throw, respectively. The Badgers as a team are ranked No. 4 in the country heading into Albuquerque.

“I don’t spend a lot of time analyzing the rankings,” Byrne said.

“I know if we go into the meet and our kids put their best foot forward and compete the way they have been all season, I think we can score some big points.”

Six Badgers snag All-Big Ten awards The Big Ten announced its AllBig Ten team and award recipients yesterday, with six Badgers receiving honors.

Junior center Frank Kaminsky was selected by the coaches and media as a first team all-Big Ten selection. Kaminsky was among the most improved players in the conference, shooting 52.8 percent from the field and 40.3 percent from 3-point range.

Sophomore forward Sam Dekker also made the second team, thanks to his athleticism and versatility as an offensive weapon.

Redshirt junior Josh Gasser made the all-defensive team and received an honorable mention for the All-Big Ten team.

Senior guard Ben Brust and junior guard Traevon Jackson also received honorable mentions. All three guards were constant presences on the floor, each averaging more than 30 minutes per game and delivering the accurate shooting and rebounding that has come to be expected from Wisconsin guards. Freshman forward Nigel Hayes also took home the Sixth Man of the Year award after averaging eight points in 17.8 minutes per game.

JACK BAER