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Earning a UW degree

Graduation rates rise, but trail some peers By Scott Girard The Daily Cardinal

With 2012 graduation under two months away, UW-Madison administrators hope to build on last year’s university record four-year graduation rate of 55.5 percent. Although that ranks UW-Madison third among Big Ten schools and is almost double the national average, some students still find the rate sur-

prisingly low. UW-Madison freshman Tara Abernathy works 14 hours every two weeks and most of her summer to pay her tuition. She is unnerved by her indecision on what discipline of engineering to focus on, but feels pressure to graduate within four years because of the cost. “[55 percent is] low,” she said. “That shows that something should be done.”

Administrators are pleased with the growth and say the university has done a good job helping students finish school in as little time as possible. Increased financial aid and better advising have both contributed to rising four-year rates over the last five years, according to Jocelyn Milner, UW-Madison associate vice

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Non-resident students lead those from Wis., Minn. By Samy Moskol The Daily Cardinal

Jack Dengel, a senior from Illinois majoring in Clinical Laboratory Sciences, will be graduating in May after four years of undergraduate study. Since his major will be discontinued in the fall, he had to graduate on time and dedicate most of his coursework to his specialized major. He also pressured himself

to graduate in four years to save his parents money and join the work force sooner. “There’s no room to really find yourself in college,” he said regarding his intensive major and rush to graduate. Out-of-state students like Dengel tend to take fewer semesters to graduate than UW-Madison students from Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Nearly 51 percent of Wisconsin and 59 percent of Minnesota students graduate within four years, whereas 63 percent of non-resident students graduate in four years. Jocelyn Milner, UW-Madison associate vice provost and director of Academic Planning and Analysis, speculates since out-

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ASM announces spring election winners By Mackenzie Chaffee The Daily cArdinal

The Student Activity Center’s Caucus Room stood divided as the newly elected student government representatives were announced Wednesday, with just under half of the winners coming from the “Boop” campaign. 11.4 percent of the UW-Madison student body participated in the

Associated Students of Madison’s spring elections, completing over 4,500 ballots. Mickey Stevens, chair the ASM Student Elections Commission said he was happy to surpass the 2009 benchmark of 9 percent voter turnout. “I’m actually fairly surprised about the turnout,” Stevens said. “11.4 percent is a very good

turnout for not having any referendums on the ballot at all.” Group members said “Boop” is a student reform group with the goal to incorporate greater transparency and student outreach in ASM. Nikolas Magallon, ASM Diversity Committee Chair and

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According to a university report, students at a Delta Upsilon party yelled racial slurs and threw a bottle at two black students March 16.

UW: racial harassment at frat party By Kelly Kallien The Daily Cardinal

UW-Madison officials are investigating a report that students at a Delta Upsilon Fraternity party racially harassed two African-American students last week. According to the Division of Student Life, students standing on the Delta Upsilon Fraternity porch off Langdon Street reportedly yelled racial slurs and threw a glass bottle at the two women during a party early March 16. The women were not injured, but Dean of Students Lori Berquam and Vice Provost for Diversity and Climate Damon Williams said in a joint statement the report “deeply troubled” them. “It suggests conduct that falls far below what we expect of our students and fraternities,” they said. “We’re very concerned for the victims and want our community to know that it is totally unacceptable to act in this manner toward others.” Delta Upsilon Fraternity refused to comment on the allegations Wednesday. The Division of Student Life is conducting the investigation, but Associate Dean

of Students Kevin Helmkamp said he does not know when it will be complete. “I want to complete it as soon as possible but I do not want to jeopardize the integrity of the investigation by trying to a hurry rush to judgment,” Helmkamp said. “I want to be confident that the information I pass on is rooted in a clear understanding of what happened.” Until the investigation is complete, Berquam has placed Delta Upsilon on an emergency temporary suspension, prohibiting it from student organization privileges such as holding fraternity events. If the Division of Student Life finds the fraternity in violation of the Greek or university code of conduct, actions could be taken against individual DU members and the fraternity as a whole. Possible sanctions for misconduct include a written warning, probation and suspension or expulsion from the university in extreme circumstances. The Interfraternity Council and other Greek-affiliated organizations said in a statement they support the investigation, though

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“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”

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elliot ignasiak ignastrodamous

often laugh at girls who complain about the uncomfortable, awkward situations they are in with men. It seems so obvious to me that all these situations could be easily avoided if they could just learn how to say, “No, not interested.” I ask, “Did you ever tell him, ‘stop calling me,’ or ‘stop showing up at the coffee shop the exact time I do every Thursday morning?’” The answer to my slew of questions is most always a resounding “No.” “Perfect,” I respond. “That’s exactly what you need to say next time he talks to you. Hurt the man’s feelings. Otherwise it may turn into him ordering you a white mocha venti with whip cream before you even get to the coffee shop on Thursday morning just because he’s seen you order it so many times that he knows it’s your favor-

ite.” Nonetheless, I myself haven’t always been able to tell someone off with ease. Here’s a lesson I had to learn about setting boundaries. I had just turned 20 and was on a cruise ship celebrating my birthday. It had been a wonderful day swimming at sea, catching some sun, visiting some ancient ruins. I joked at the ship bar that the day would be perfect if I could only get some alcohol and a blowjob—that’s when Kelly started talking to me. Kelly was an attractive cruise ship dancer whose body was nearly as perfect as those of the Greek statues we had just visited; I was a naïve 20-year-old. It was exciting to me at the time. Never had such an attractive older person paid such attention to me, but I kept asking myself, “Why me? Kelly doesn’t know it’s my birthday.” This made me a little hesitant to accept Kelly’s offer to buy me a drink—but I did. After all, I couldn’t appear inconsistent after the two modest requests I’d said would make my day perfect only minutes earlier.

The Dirty Bird

Was Kelly coming onto me? No, I convinced myself, ship workers probably get free drinks and this is just a nice gesture. Don’t read into it and make a fool of yourself. But the signs were all there: flirtatious vibe, incidental hand touch every now and then, knees and hips facing right towards me. However, it seemed odd because Kelly and I weren’t in the same league. In fact, we were playing entirely different sports. Don’t let the effeminate name fool you—Kelly was a dude. Not a dude who looks like a lady but then, surprise, has a penis all of a sudden—just a dude. Complete with facial hair, a deep voice, but yet, to his credit, surprisingly shaped feminine glutes—he was a cruise ship dancer after all. Upon looking at Kelly one would immediately think this is a creepy hypersexual man who takes advantage of naïve young men— that is unless they themselves were a naïve young man. Being the naïve 20-year-old that I was, I decided to accept the drink. Looking back, this is prob-

ably where I should have said no to Kelly. But sometimes it’s hard to say no. We don’t want to seem rude or presumptuous—maybe the person is just being friendly. Sometimes it can be difficult to tell what the other person’s intentions are, but with Kelly this turned out not to be the case. Any doubts I may have had about this being a friendly gesture were quickly put to rest as I felt Kelly’s right hand touch the small of my lower back and left hand sweep the hair away from my ear so he could quietly whisper that my piña colada would be awaiting me in the men’s bathroom should I like to come and get it. So be rude, be presumptuous. Any time someone is being overtly friendly I think its best to say no right from the start. Sure, maybe they have good intentions, but I’m not taking any chances that behind their friendly demeanor is an evil plan that involves a blowjob in exchange for a piña colada —or a white mocha venti for that matter. E-mail Elliot comments at eignasiak@wisc.edu.

sex and the student body

“Safety tip” for spring break: don’t be a rapist Erica andrist sex columnist I’m not a UW student, but I have a daughter who is… I have read some of your pieces and have been impressed by both the intelligence and bravery evident in your writing… My daughter is going on a spring break trip this year, and I would like to see a hip, common-sense guide to spring break safety that she and other girls can depend on… I think you would be a good person to write such an article, and that’s why I’m sending this email… Thanks for continuing to write your articles. I’m glad UW has resources like this available for its students. —Badger Mom Badger Mom, yours is a lovely email both in its intention and in its wording. However, while I am flattered and grateful, I don’t think I can do what I think you’re asking me to do. I get the distinct sense that what you’re looking for is the kind of “Watch your drink! Don’t go home with strange boys! Wear sunscreen!” article that tends to come around every year around spring break. But let’s be real. Those are really unhelpful safety tips (except sunscreen, sunscreen is very important and everyone should wear it all of the time). Every girl knows she should watch her drink, walk with a friend and blah blah blah. No “safety tip” I could possibly provide would be anything that any of us hasn’t heard a bazillion times before, and if those helpful tips were all it took to prevent rape, well, shit, that would be awesome. But it isn’t. There are no inherent differences between the chick who has an amazing spring break having a shit ton of hot sex with the gorgeous stranger she

just met and the chick who drifts in and out of consciousness while the rapist who deliberately got her that drunk in the first place assaults her. The first girl is not smarter, the second girl is not less socially savvy. Maybe the first girl watched her drink, maybe she didn’t. Maybe the second girl did, maybe she didn’t. The difference is the rapist. Think about the drunkest you ever got. Since I have no sense of boundaries or propriety, I’ll use myself as an example. I wasn’t on spring break, but I found out I got into med school on a Saturday. As a foolhardy undergrad, I went to the place nearest my house that had a lot of cheap liquor—Wando’s. Fishbowls were consumed. Random people bought me shots and congratulated me. If you must know, I was wearing jeans, a cute purple top, and for reasons I can no longer recall, pearls. I stumbled out at bartime, ebullient about my sparkling professional future, slurring and maybe crying a little bit about how I was gonna be the BEST DOCTOR EVER. I didn’t watch my drinks for most of the night. I accepted drinks from strangers. I hugged and high-fived boys I didn’t know. I smiled and laughed and told them all about myself. I went to the bathroom alone multiple times. I walked home on a dark side street with my male Ochem lab partner howling, “OMG I’m so DRUNK how did I get this DRUNK. FUCK.” I got what I deserved that night: A couple hours snuggling with the toilet bowl and a hangover that kept me in bed until 7 p.m. the following day. I dare you to tell me I deserved anything else. I dare you to tell any person who is raped—and did exactly the same things you, I or any one of a thousand other people who didn’t get raped that night did— that they deserved it.

This is why “safety tips” are a sham. Safety tips get trotted out as an example of how people who are assaulted deserved it or did it to themselves. Safety tips are used to justify sexual assault, as though the appropriate punishment for having too much to drink is getting raped. Safety tips get held up as a kind of rape life preserver when we want to believe it won’t happen to us. Every day of spring break, there will be people who do everything “wrong” and are still not assaulted. Every day of spring break, there will be people who do everything “right” and are still assaulted. Except when we rely on “safety tips” and are assaulted anyway, there is always something that we could have, should have, and should have not

done to have prevented it. When we rely on “safety tips,” it is impossible to do everything right. So, my spring break safety guide consists of this: Don’t fucking rape people. If you have sex with a chick who is too drunk to say no, you are not “scoring,” you are not “getting lucky”: you are a rapist. If you use alcohol in order to get people to do things you think they might not do if they were sober, you are not cool or slick or clever: You are a rapist. If you don’t bother to get consent, but you figure this person would “totally want it anyway” because you are hot or an athlete or in law school or whatever, then you’re a rapist. And you suck. E-mail Erica at sex@ dailycardinal.com.

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Report: ALDO reduced crime By Abby Becker The Daily Cardinal

A new alcohol policy has led to a decrease in police dispatches for alcohol-related incidents downtown, according to a yearly review conducted by city officials. The Alcohol License and Density Ordinance is a policy aimed at limiting alcohol-related crime by reducing the number and type of establishments selling alcohol downtown. The ALDO review examined crime data, the number of alcohol beverage licenses and the capacity of establishments with liquor licenses. City Alcohol Policy Coordinator Mark Woulf said the ordinance has accomplished its goal of maintaining the number of tavern licenses downtown.

Results of the study also showed a decreasing trend in how many times police were dispatched to certain areas for alcohol-related incidents, which is an effect of keeping the number of tavern licenses steady, according to the report. Woulf said while police are still dispatched frequently to areas with many bars, like the 500 block of State Street, alcohol-related incidents have declined since the implementation of ALDO. City officials said changes in ownership have also caused a decrease in alcohol-related incidents. “I question whether the density is the problem or the people are the problem,” Ald. Lisa Subeck, District 1, said. “I think

we all know at some level an owner who is not responsible has a significant impact.” City officials voted on changes to ALDO in July, which allowed more entertainment businesses, such as comedy clubs and live music venues, to open downtown. Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said before the changes, the ordinance hurt business by restricting certain establishments from utilizing an 18+ entertainment license, which allows patrons 18 years and older in a venue where both alcohol and entertainment are present. “My big interest in the last time we went through the ALDO review process was to ensure unique, interesting places could apply for a liquor license downtown,” Verveer said.

Officials to investigate protest sick notes State officials decided Tuesday to investigate whether 11 additional doctors from UW-affiliated hospitals wrote fraudulent sick notes for protesters during last year’s collective bargaining demonstrations. The doctors are not among the nine who were investigated by the State Medical Examining Board last year for issuing patients notes excusing them from work or class to participate in the pro-

tests. In that case, the medical board required seven of the doctors to pay reparation costs and issued administrative warnings to the other two, which is not considered disciplinary action. The doctors, similar to most sanctioned last year, listed their contact information as badgerdoctors@gmail.com on form letters granting the protestors medical excuses from work or class. The Madison

Metropolitan School District views such notes as fraudulent. According to the Wisconsin State Journal, the doctors are: James Bigham, Meaghan Combs, Jessica Dalby, Jennifer Edgoose, Laurel Mark, Dipesh Navsaria, Jacqueline Redmer, Richard Schmelzer, Srivani Sridhar, Melissa Stiles and Susan Carson, all with UW Health or the UW School of Medicine and Public Health. —Alex DiTullio

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fraternity from page 1 they do not believe the behavior reflects the entire UW-Madison Greek community. But Althea Miller, a member of multicultural sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha, said racial incidents such as this one discourage her from participating in collective Greek activities. “As a person who is in the black Greek community, why

would anybody in a historically black group organization or a multicultural organization want to work with any of the people on Langdon when this is how they treat people?” she said. This is not the first racial incident on or near Langdon Street this year. Students erupted in anger after Badger House residents hung a black Spiderman doll from their balcony in July that some believed represented a lynching.

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City accepts apartment plans

A city design commission granted final approval Wednesday for a proposed five-story apartment building, although a university planning official said it conflicts with future campus expansion plans. The proposed 14-unit apartment complex would be located at 202 and 206 N. Brooks St. near UW-Madison’s Educational Sciences building and would target student renters. UW-Madison Facilities Planning and Management Director Gary Brown said the area should be used for academic and research facilities as out-

lined in the Campus Master Plan, which is a construction planning guide for the university. In addition, Brown said the design violated guidelines which call for the building to be set at least 10 feet from the street. Brown also said the university continues to oppose the project because it does not follow the neighborhood plan. Despite the university’s disapproval, commission members decided the Campus Master Plan includes planning guidelines rather than strict rules for future construction projects. The commission decided to

grant final approval of the project at Wednesday’s meeting and said the design would be consistent with other buildings in the neighborhood. “Being this close in vicinity to the campus, I feel like this would be a great project for students,” said Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8. “I see it fitting into context with the development of the neighborhood it’s in.” At the same meeting, developers introduced plans for a 65-unit apartment building with a design complimentary to Union South at 1323 W. Dayton St. —Jeffrey More

UW Business School ranked in top 25 Stephanie Daher/the daily cardinal

Emotions ran high as ASM announced Wednesday who will serve on student council next school year.

asm from page 1 member of the “Boop” campaign, said while he would have liked more “Boop” members to win, he is optimistic about the upcoming year. “I think that we will be able to do some good things this upcoming year and speak the truth at the table,” Magallon said. “Whatever is said and whatever happens on campus, we need to respond truthfully and have the integrity to do so.” Sarah Neibart, current Student

Services Finance Committee chair and elected representative for the College of Letters of Science praised her fellow contenders. “There was a lot of very qualified candidates, but the candidates that were elected are some of the best students and are really invested in campus politics and students rights,” Neibart said. Stevens said students have five days to file an election violation complaint before council positions for the upcoming fiscal year are finalized.

ASM winners: Letters and Sciences

In order of votes recieved 1. Devon Miller 8. Dougie Moss 2. Maxwell John Love 9. Olivia “Libby” Wick3. Maria Giannopoulous Bander 10. Jeremy Levinger 4. Andrew Bulovsky 11. Nickolas Magallon 5. Germain Larrain 6. Sean Patrick McNally 12.David Gardner 7. Sarah Neibart Source: ASM

For the first time, the UW-Madison School of Business was ranked within the top 25 business schools in the country by Bloomberg Businessweek, a magazine that has been ranking top undergraduate business schools each year since 2006. Ranked the nation’s 24thbest business school, the institution experienced a three-spot increase from last year.

Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business received the highest ranking, followed by the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce. Within the Big Ten Conference, three other business schools ranked in the top 25. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor’s business school ranked the highest at sixth, followed by the University of Indiana-

Bloomington at 16 and Penn State at 22. On its website, Businessweek said its ranking process involves nine measures of student satisfaction, post-graduation outcomes and academic quality. To determine these factors, the magazine surveyed 86,000 students from the 142 eligible programs along with 749 corporate business recruiters.

Top aide to Rep. Fitzgerald to run for state Assembly The spokesman for outgoing Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald, R-Horicon, announced Wednesday he plans to run for an open Assembly seat in the next election. John Jagler, who has served as Fitzgerald’s communications director since 2011, is running for the seat currently held by Rep. Andy Jorgensen, D-Fort Atkinson, a seat soon to be

vacant due to newly redrawn district lines. Republican legislators redrew the lines as part of the annual redistricting process last summer. Jorgenson, who was drawn out of his current district, plans to run against neighboring Republican Rep. Evan Wynn of Whitewater. Referencing his former job as a Milwaukee radio personality, Jagler pledged to be the district’s

“voice” at the Capitol, promising in a statement to “maintain the conservative momentum” started during last year’s tumultuous legislative session. “It will be my goal to keep Wisconsin moving forward, to stand up against special interests who seek to halt economic expansion, and to bring commonsense solutions to a fractured state legislature,” Jagler said.

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Of the thousands of students who came to UW-Madison as freshmen in 2007, just over half walked across the stage at commencement last May. The Daily Cardinal wants to know...

rates from page 1 provost and director of Academic Planning and Analysis. She said there is a growing conversation about new teaching methods, such as the “flipped classroom,” which she thinks will help continue the recent trend. In this setting, students would come to lecture having read the material and have a discussion in class, which Milner thinks will help students learn and improve comprehension in lower-level classes to improve the likelihood of success in upper-level classes. Recent changes to classrooms in Wendt and College Libraries are an example of this type of learning for pre-calculus classes. UW-Madison Associate Professor of Educational Policy Studies Sara Goldrick-Rab is not satisfied with the 55.5 percent rate, and said the university should set its own expectations rather than base success on comparisons with other schools. “We should decide what proportion of our students ought to finish in four years and we ought to figure out how to get there,” Goldrick-Rab said. “We can pat ourselves on the back for doing better than average, average is like a C. Really, 55 percent gets you an A? Would you give yourself an A for 55 percent?” According to Goldrick-Rab, some at the university are talking about a five-year plan becoming the norm rather than the traditional four years. “If we start telling you that you’re going to get a four-year [degree], and then you start to think that then you’re going to get disappointed,” she said. Admissions standards have increased over the same period of time as the graduation rates, which Goldrick-Rab said means

UW-Madison accepts students who are more likely to graduate regardless of any additional resources the university provides. The students who had high achievement in high school and did well on college entrance exams likely have a stronger support system outside the university, and could have graduated almost anywhere, she said. Such students skew the numbers and the university shouldn’t take credit for their success, Goldrick-Rab said. “How much better are [UW-Madison students] that they have us?” she said. Vice Provost for Enrollment and Management Joanne Berg acknowledged the higher admissions standards as a “contributing factor” to growing graduation rates, but said influences from both the administration and the students themselves contribute to four-year graduation rates. “It really takes a coordinated effort to look at all of the different pieces,” she said. “I don’t think there’s any one magic bullet.”

For every 20 freshmen who start at UW-Madison, 11 will graduate in 4 years, 6 will stay longer and 3 will leave.

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Students from out of state tend to graduate in four years at a higher rate than those from Wisconsin and Minnesota, and especially compared to students coming from abroad.

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Where you’re from and when you’ll leave

Wisconsin’s most recent four-year graduation rate is good for third in the Big Ten among schools that make information available. Michigan leads with 75.8 percent of Wolverines graduating in four years, while Nebraska is at the bottom of the conference at 29.4 percent.

of-state tuition is $15,700 higher annually than Wisconsin tuition, non-resident students are motivated to graduate quicker than in-state students. But education policy studies professor Sara GoldrickRab said non-resident students likely take less time to graduate because they usually come from more secure socioeconomic backgrounds, evidenced by the higher tuition they pay. Their parents are more likely to have gone to college, and to be more secure financially. “Totally forget the price they pay,” Goldrick-Rab said. “They have a whole number of characteristics which we don’t measure” Associated Students of Madison Chair Allie Gardner, a Wisconsin resident, also said the graduation rate difference has more to do with the fact that non-residents might come from

wealthier families, which would better prepare them for college and make them more likely to graduate in four years. She questioned whether high non-resident tuition was the main factor in pressuring students to graduate in four years. “If I was that worried about not being able to pay for [nonresident tuition] at all then I wouldn’t be able to go here,” Gardner said. Olivia Zale, a junior from New York City double-majoring in international studies and political science will take more than four years to graduate. She said her family emphasizes it is acceptable to take more semesters to graduate in order for her to get the degrees she wants to pursue. “There’s no reason to rush if you don’t have to. Its not like you’re putting off your life,” she said. Since UW-Madison’s priority

is to serve Wisconsin residents, a Board of Regents policy limits non-resident enrollment to 25 percent of the total undergraduate population. In reality, more than 25 percent of entering freshman are actually non-residents because most students in their fifth and sixth years of study are resident students. By the numbers, the Admissions Department actually accepts more non-residents than residents because a smaller percentage of nonresidents ultimately choose to enroll at UW-Madison, whereas resident students’ top choice is often UW-Madison, according to Joanne Berg, vice provost for Enrollment Management . The more intangible differences Goldrick-Rab mentioned between in-state and out-ofstate students, therefore, seem to affect both how they come to UW-Madison in the first place, and when they leave it.

International graduation rates are lowest

International students, who pay the same tuition as those coming from other states are the slowest to graduate. Only 44 percent of new freshman from abroad who started fall 2007 graduated in four years, whereas 55 percent of the overall student population graduated in four years. Jason Jonely, assistant director for International Student Services, said although coming to a university is challenging for any student, it is difficult for some international students who are further from their families. But many international students find community in different organizations like BRIDGE, which pairs

international students with American students, or Greater University Tutoring Services, which provides English language tutoring to nonnative speakers. “People who find connections tend to do better and stay to complete their degrees,” Jonely said. “That is our hope with different support services, that international students will find places where they can connect with others, [and] become a part of the campus culture.” Ahbinav Prashant, a student from India, noted the flexible United States education system gives him more freedom to choose classes. It contrasts largely

with India’s universities that require students to know exactly what they want to study when they start. “There’s no course selection. You can’t take more than four years to graduate in India, Changing the major after 2 years after undergraduation is completely unheard of.” he said. “I’m amazed by how flexible the [U.S.] system is. It’s a good opportunity for us to try out some new courses.” He suggested international students might take longer to graduate because for the first time many can take their time in deciding what to study. By Samy Moskol

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“Mass Effect 3” an immersive, versatile gaming experience By Adam Paris the daily cardinal

GAME REVIEW

“Mass Effect 3” BioWare Grade: A

When BioWare first introduced the “Mass Effect” series, they set out to create a franchise where meaningful decisions were carried over from one game to the next. There had been similar promises before by other titles, but none were able to do so successfully. “Mass Effect 3” delivers on everything BioWare has promised from the beginning, giving players an explosive finale to their grand space opera and in the process, crafting one of the most personal gaming experiences possible. Players are thrust directly into the action as Reapers begin their assault on Earth while Shepard and Anderson try to escape the deadly machines. They barely evade destruction, but Captain Anderson stays behind and instructs Shepard to round up every available race in the galaxy in hopes of beating back the seemingly indestructible Reapers. The premise and scope of an intergalactic battle are executed beautifully as players explore numerous different planets and environments during their mission.

“Mass Effect 3” truly epitomizes everything BioWare set out to do when they introduced the franchise.

Along the way, various weapons and powers are acquired that the player can upgrade and improve. The RPG elements are still fairly minimal compared to the first game, but they’ve included different mods for your weapons, more branching choices for power upgrades and passive abilities that can easily be applied to your character or weapons. While this amount of content isn’t a substantial improvement over the last game, its streamlined nature lends itself well to the frenetic combat that is much improved over its lauded predecessor. Gunplay and powers work similar to the previous game. You’re able to utilize cover and map biotic powers to buttons on the controller for quick access during battle. Guns are no longer class locked so players are no longer forced to be a soldier class just so they can use the sniper rifle. Mobility on the battlefield is greatly improved as well; players can easily vault over cover, roll to a different

area and even climb ladders and vault small gaps. The added verticality and mobility was minor, but I enjoyed the break up from being funneled down a singular path. One boss fight even included a chase scene that ended up as one of my favorite parts of the game. The story is entirely selfcontained so new players can easily jump into the story and still get the entire experience. The game automatically crafts the tale and players will be able to see their mission through to its conclusion. This definitely provided a satisfactory experience, but it paled in comparison to playing with my imported Shepard from the previous games.

The story is entirely selfcontained so new players can easily jump into the story and still get the entire experience.

After experiencing three amazing titles with my Shepard, I felt a personal connection to him, my squadmates and the world that no other video game experience has been able to match. I made decisions I knew I would have to live with, not knowing exactly what the consequences would be. My squadmates and companions I met along the way all depended on me, and the recognition that my decisions in past games were integral in deciding whether these characters were going to live or die made me empathize even more with Shepard. The writing in this game is extremely well done and constantly provides moments of closure for these characters I’ve gotten to know through the course of three games. While the story ends climactically and finishes Shepard’s story arc in a satisfying manner, more impressive to me were the smaller moments of intimacy present throughout the game. Simply talking to Garrus or Liara about our history and friendship were some of the most humanistic interactions I can remember in a game and offered a much more mature brand of storytelling beyond just battling the gargantuan Reapers. Multiplayer is introduced and offers a very robust number of upgrades, modifications and unlockables for players who want to sink the time in. Matches typically consist of ten waves of enemies with various smaller objectives such as hacking or destroying specific targets mixed in with rounds where players destroy the opposition. While the multiplayer wasn’t overly compelling to me, it is well done and will give many players much more play time beyond simply replaying campaign. “Mass Effect 3” truly epitomizes everything BioWare set out to do when they introduced the franchise. They created the best conversation system in games, made player decisions

truly matter and created a compelling RPG combat system. The game isn’t perfect. There were several technical issues and the decisions made in this game weren’t as impactful as the previous game, but ultimately, these are minor gripes when compared to the superb overall prod-

uct. “Mass Effect 3” represents the culmination of millions of gamers’ decisions, and although I finished my playthrough with many regrets, the mere fact I cared enough about this world to want those moments back demonstrates the true greatness of “Mass Effect 3.”

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If one could personify German philosophy, Game Boy Color, and David Foster Wallace (but biracial)… what would the being become? A 20-year-old philosophy major at St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin with a microphone in his hand and veggie bacon on his plate. Rory Ferreira, otherwise known as Milo, has enough big ideas to create a master’s thesis or more. Born in Chicago, raised in Maine and imported to Wisconsin after a childhood of moving around, Ferreira has quietly ambushed the hip-hop blogosphere with his brand of thought-provoking, pop-culture-immersed “nerd-hop.” “Nerd-Hop was the name I gave myself when I thought no one was paying attention,” Ferreira said. “It was instinctive because my music pertains a lot to nerd culture, but unlike nerdcore it doesn’t create a caricature of a nerd. You can listen to my music even if you’re not nerdy at all, and I hope you can get something out of it.” With the release of two mixtapes since November of 2011, I Wish My Brother Rob Was Here and Milo Takes Baths, the underground has been getting something out of Ferreira’s calculated and intellectual musings. He has received praise from popular hip-hop review blogs such as The Needle Drop and Dead End Hip Hop, and was recently featured on the Forbes website

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under its “Cheap Tunes” series. As the popularity of nerd culture has become increasingly more visible in mainstream hip-hop, Ferreira is happy yet critical of how genuine its current proprietors are. “I’m happy with the rise of honest nerd culture,” Ferreira said. “but I feel like there is a certain pandering going on in a lot of music and a lot of people. The adoption of ‘nerdwear:’ you see these really hood rappers wearing thick black glasses that aren’t real or T.I. releasing a line of cardigans,”

Ferreira said. “Stuff like that is kind of outlandish because it doesn’t feel genuine. It seems to come from this place of marketing.” Ferreira gives off the same honest, organic chemistry that he seeks from the world through his humanized, poetic delivery and subject matter ranging from the utterly hilarious to the pensively intense. Instead of another generic 808 or boom-bap loop, his preference for electronic soundscapes and offbeat humility in the instrumentals he raps over is

something he takes very seriously. “It needs to express humanity through melody,” Ferreira said. “If I feel like an instrumental is adequately electronic that isn’t easily accessible, it needs to express certain humanity to it. It just has to hit me. If it just pulls out my heart, I feel it in me.” He even carries this chemistry right down to his lifestyle as a straight-edge vegetarian who quit eating meat the day he graduated high school. “I don’t smoke, I don’t drink, I

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Milo, a straight-edge vegetarian, has rapidly been gaining hype in the hip-hop blogosphere as a pioneer of the nerd-hop sound. He will be playing at The Frequency this Thursday, March 22 at 9 p.m.

don’t eat meat and I don’t cut my hair,” Ferreira said. “I try to limit the things I put in my body. I try to be as healthy as I can be with respect to being a normal kid. I’m not really interested in exercising a lot or becoming a health nut. I just want to have the feeling that I am a good person and that I put good things in my body.” Many of Ferreira’s critics have stated that his music is inaccessible or simply too sad for their taste. Ferreira sees his songs as mere depictions of reality that are intended for the nerds and the lonely beings in the world like him. As inspired by a Kurt Vonnegut quote, Ferreira sees his current hobby as a mission in which “the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured” through engaging and interacting with these likeminded communities. “Growing up as a black nerd in Maine, I was made fun of so often and I had no friends,” Ferreira said. “Now, I have general depression disorder, generalized anxiety... This music has helped me cope with that, and meeting these other nerdy people… If we can create communities at every show where we have a safety bubble around us, then everything is cool… where we can cure loneliness.” Milo will be at The Frequency on Thursday, March 22 as part of the “South by South Central” tour with Louis Logic, Open Mike Eagle, Hyphon, and Radish Sallis. Doors open at 9 p.m., admission is $8.

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UW-Madison CollegeFashionista Style Guru talks Madison street style, fashion inspiration Taylor Viegut, firsttime Style Guru, dishes out the latest style tips and tricks By Megan Mansell Style Guru at UW-Madison for CollegeFashionista

aylor Viegut is brand new to CollegeFashionista and is loving every second of it! Viegut is from Wausau, Wis. She is a junior studying Communication Arts and hopes to be admitted to the School of Journalism next year to study Strategic Communications. Viegut currently writes for the “Style Advice of the Week” column for the University of Wisconsin page on CollegeFashionista.com, featured on Mondays. The Style Advice column features a style tip to incorporate into your wardrobe to start the week with style. On that note, read ahead to hear from Viegut about how she finds her street style inspiration and how she highlights Madison’s street style from students. Megan Mansell: you describe your

How would personal style?

Taylor Viegut: I would say that my personal style is kind of eclectic because a lot of what I wear varies from looks that are classic, basic, bohemian and cheap chic. I like to change it up and try to vary my personal style. MM: How do you think being on Madison’s campus has influenced your style? TV: I come from a much smaller city than Madison so living here has definitely made me more comfortable with taking fashion risks. And Madison has really cool street style so I enjoy getting inspired by the variety of looks I see on a daily basis. MM: Where do you inspiration for your

find your wardrobe?

TV: I read a lot of fashion magazines and think they are a great guide for stores and new designers to get your clothes from. I like to draw from the looks they put together. My wardrobe is also now inspired by Pinterest. It is my favorite website to browse for inspiration. Plus it leads you to great fashion blogs. MM: Describe your go-to daytime outfit. TV: My go-to daytime outfit right now would have to be a classic white racerback tank tucked into a pair of light wash boyfriend jeans or jean shorts with a pair of strappy sandals that are comfortable to walk in and an oversized patterned scarf with RayBan aviators. MM: If you had to pick one person, famous or not, that has influenced your love for fashion, who would it be? TV: I honestly couldn’t name one person. Both of my parents are creative so naturally I have grown to love anything in that field and fashion is my favorite way to express my creativity. When I was young I drew all the time and always found myself sketching dresses in my notebooks. My love for fashion has just grown from there. I love clothing and often find myself daydreaming of these crazy ideas and almost every single one of them has to do with fashion. MM: Do you wish to pursue a career in

fashion? If so, what is your dream job? TV: I am trying to pursue a career in fashion and I literally have about a hundred dream jobs. The career options with fashion are endless which makes choosing one difficult, but right now I think a stylist would be a pretty cool job to have. I love February because it’s the awards month, and although its hectic, I would love to style the celebrities for it. Also just styling photo shoots and stuff like that would be really great, too. Basically like Cher Coulter or Rachel Zoe, but with a small client base so that my life wouldn’t be too crazy. MM: Who are your personal favorite fashion designers and why. TV: For evening wear I am obsessed with Reem Acra, Elie Saab and Marchesa. They design the most beautiful and feminine gowns. I would kill for an occasion to wear one of them. As for ready to wear, I really like Jason Wu and Michael Kors. I like that they mix black and blue, white and tan, plus I like designers who have a versatile audience. I also love Elizabeth and James by Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen. They make very chic clothing and I admire them for really establishing themselves in the fashion industry. MM: Before you were a Style Guru, why did you aspire to become a writer for CollegeFashionista? TV: I first heard about CollegeFashionista my freshman year and as I became more involved at school I wondered how to get involved and intern, so a semester later I applied and here I am now. MM: What has been your favorite part of writing for CollegeFashionista? TV: My favorite part is hearing from other people how much they love the site! It is the best feeling getting positive feedback from someone who tells you they read your article and got style inspiration from it. MM: Has writing for CollegeFashionista changed your views on street style at all? TV: It has really broadened how I look at people’s style now. I notice street style really easily, and writing for CF has taught me how to appreciate every student’s personal style and how different everyone is. Make sure to check out Viegut’s weekly column, “Style Advice of the Week” on the University of Wisconsin’s page on CollegeFashionista.com every Monday morning. For the latest Style Guru and CollegeFashionista news on the UW-Madison campus, follow us on Twitter @ C F U Wi s c o n s i n .

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CollegeFashionista Style Guru Taylor Viegut covers UW-Madison student street style on campus and tips in her weekly column, “Style Advice of the Week.”

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Kate Krebs opinion columnist

ast month, the killing of 17-year-old Treyvon Martin in Sanford, Fla. caused a national uproar over the laws that protect the man who murdered the teenager. Martin was shot on his way home from a convenience store without reason by George Zimmerman, a self-appointed neighborhood watch leader. The teenager was armed with only iced tea and candy, yet Zimmerman may escape criminal charges for the murder. In fact, due to Florida’s twisted self-defense laws, Zimmerman wasn’t even arrested after he killed Martin. Zimmerman may be protected by Florida’s Stand Your Ground law—known as the Shoot First law by critics— which is an extension of the self-defense Castle Doctrine. The Castle Doctrine, which has

been adopted by many states including Wisconsin, gets its name from the old saying, “An Englishman’s home is his castle.” It allows the owner of any motor vehicle, home, business, or other place of residence to use deadly force against any person, armed or unarmed, who forcibly or unlawfully enters any of those places. In many states Zimmerman would have to be in one of these places to shoot at Martin. However, in Florida, the Castle Doctrine is extended to the entire state by the Stand Your Ground law. This allows citizens to use deadly violence against any person they believe could cause them harm without attempting to escape. Evidence is now surfacing which could prove Zimmerman attacked the teenager because of his race. Tapes of the 911 call reveal Zimmerman uttered a racial slur and prove he was not attacked by Martin. In fact, Zimmerman chased Martin after being explicitly told to stay where he was by authorities. This tears a massive hole in Zimmerman’s

story because in a case of selfdefense, one would generally not pursue his attacker. Obviously, self-defense laws

Wisconsin lawmakers and lobbyists need to consider the impact of such laws and the potential crimes they permit.

are necessary, but the ambiguity in this legislation poses risks for people everywhere. If a person can be chased, confronted and shot for simply walking home after sunset, changes must be made. If Zimmerman had not maintained that phone call with the 911 dispatcher throughout the encounter, there would be no proof of the crime he committed. When there are no witnesses and no cameras, a person can get away with murder by claiming self-defense. In the words of Daniel Vice, senior

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attorney for Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, “All you have to say is that you reasonably believed you were threatened, and the only person who can dispute that is the person you have just killed.” By this logic, Zimmerman may have expected amnesty from the crime. After all, since the institution of the Stand Your Ground law, the number of justifiable homicides in Florida has increased three fold. The outcome of this case will be a precedent for those to come. It is set to go the Seminole County Grand Jury on Tuesday, April 10. The case has also received attention from the Justice Department and the FBI with regard to civil rights and Zimmerman’s guilt. If the government is smart, a change in legislation will surely ensue in Florida and in other states with similar laws. Wisconsin lawmakers and lobbyists need to consider the impact of such laws and the potential crimes they permit. The Castle Doctrine was

only just adopted in Wisconsin last December. In light of cases like the one in Florida, it is clear that this new law needs review. While our version of the Castle Doctrine is a bit stricter than Florida’s, there is still the possibility of misunderstandings and abuse of the law. Therefore, at the very least, an amendment should be made to ensure the safety of innocent people. As it is, a person need not make an attempt to retreat or even be attacked before they harm or kill another human being. An accidental trespass across someone’s lawn could turn into a case much like Martin’s in our very own state, with no repercussions for the offender. Though it is the people’s right to bear arms, the manner in which they use those arms should be strictly regulated for the safety of all. Kate is a freshman majoring in English and Spanish. Do you think Wisconsin is headed in the same direction as Florida? Please send all feedback to opinion@ dailycardinal.com.

City flip-flopping on Mifflin decision causes frustration Amelia Rufer Opinion Columnist

here's something about the University of Wisconsin-Madison that puts it on the map. Compared with Harvard, the x-factor isn't our academic prestige. And while usually placing near or in the top ten, we're not the nation's number one party

school. But we rock at doing both simultaneously. And that's why this student body may, in fact, be the most talented. The students at this campus pride themselves on achieving academic success and excelling socially. "Work hard, play hard" so accurately embodies UW’s mentality that it has become our unofficial mantra. And

the strangest part is, it totally works. We’re ranked for our partying and our academics. So when the city threatened to cancel one of Madison's most beloved parties, students understandably freaked. Now the city has flip-flopped, allowing the party to continue, dragging the police behind. Mifflin has been an issue

for decades. The Mifflin Street Block Party started as the 1969 street protest against the Vietnam War. Police refused to allow permission for the street protest and ended up in a confrontation that lasted three nights. Students threw rocks at police and defended themselves with road barricades. The protest came to a close when police responded with tear gas and billy clubs. In the end, 70 people were injured and more than 100 were arrested. Try to remember all the way back to Mifflin 2011. Yes, two people were stabbed. Obviously that was going to be an obstacle at some point in Mifflin's future. After the festivities, Madison Police said they wanted Mifflin gone because of increased violence and cost to the city. But if 162 people were arrested in 2011, how much has changed?

The students at this campus pride themselves on achieving academic success and excelling socially.

At the last Mifflin Block Party, open intoxicants were allowed on the streets for the first time since the ’90s. Probably not the best idea. This change was part of a three-year-long effort to shift the event focus from alcohol consumption to food and organized entertainment. That's according to the Madison Police Department. And no, I'm not kidding. "This is unacceptable," Mayor Paul Soglin said after last year's bash. "The city has no business sponsoring an event where the primary activity is drinking."

Mifflin Neighborhood Association member Peggy LaHahieu agrees. “When the [student representatives] speak of that, they see it as a drunk fest, and I personally am not happy with that,” she said. “It seems that we are having a little bit of conflict there.”

Working with students won’t work if the city’s ideas are stupid in the first place.

Yes it's a glorified frat party— but what did you expect? The whole thing was initially founded on a brutal anti-war protest. What are we expected to celebrate, a fight for anarchy? It would be beyond paradoxical for the city to allow that. If alcohol consumption is a worse reason to celebrate a tradition whose roots students neither remember, nor appreciate, then why have the party at all? According to Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, “It’s better to work with students, who are the main consumers of the event, than to work against them.” In political speak, if we can't work against them, we might as well work with them. But isn't that where efforts to shift the focus originated? Working with students won't work if the city's ideas are stupid in the first place. Cancel it, or get out of the way. Oh, and I forgot to mention that Mayor Soglin was arrested twice at the Mifflin Block Party in 1969. Amelia is a junior majoring in Journalism. This is Amelia’s first article as an opinion columnist for The Daily Cardinal! Tell her what you think about her first article by sending a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Evil Bird

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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.

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By Steven Wishau wishau@wisc.edu

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GET OFF THE FENCE ACROSS 1 “Au” alternative 4 Hoodwink 11 “A likely story!” 14 “Fill ‘er up!” filler 15 Of a reproductive gland 16 “And now, without further ___” 17 Vision tester 19 Tax-shielded investment, briefly 20 Winner of four gold medals in 1936 21 Cause of white knuckles 23 Currycombs comb them 25 After-dinner server 28 Gave a makeover to 29 Three-time heavyweight boxing champ 30 Bit of fowl language? 32 Beds in the barracks 33 Absolute ruler 37 DVD player button 39 Make teams 43 “We ___ Overcome” 44 Bad smell 46 “Aw, heck!” 49 Acting too hastily 51 To boot 52 Ray Lewis, for one 54 “The one” played by Keanu

5 Strong suit 5 57 Hooded jacket worn in the Arctic 59 Bad for picnicking 61 Airwaves regulatory gp. 62 Thing to do in a beautiful garden 67 “What’s ___ use?” 68 Aboveboard 69 Abbr. on a blotter 70 Barroom elbowbender 71 Certain fishermen 72 “But then again ...” DOWN 1 In a previous time 2 A place of luxury? 3 Amaze 4 Arena tops 5 “Don’t ___ think about it!” 6 McDonald’s freebie (Var.) 7 “To ___ is human” 8 Sequel sequel 9 Far-ranging 10 “Abandon all hope, ye who ___ here” 11 Beehive, for one 12 Canny 13 Accumulates excessively 18 Short people do it? 22 A hairline can do it 23 Off one’s rocker

24 Obi-Wan before Ewan 26 Beat back 27 Tide type 31 Kisser or kitty 34 Advertising medium 35 Fireworks response 36 An anagram for “rats” 38 “Down in front!” 40 Distinctive and stylish elegance 41 A door, for example 42 Aberdeen resident 45 Break up dirt clods, in a way 46 Preliminary sketches 47 ___ Cuca-monga, Calif. 48 Bird with a bent bill 50 “Ars Poetica” author 53 Back row views, sometimes 55 Packs to the brim 56 Lover of Lennon 58 Box in flight 60 (From) a great distance 63 “The Sweetheart of Sigma ___” 64 All in the family 65 ___ out (barely make) 66 “Willard”’s Ben

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sweet 16 from page 12 year…so we just have to take everything we’ve learned throughout the year and just apply it to what they’re doing.” One advantage the Badgers will have is that they are just about the best in the country at taking care of the ball. While Wisconsin is the second best in the nation, turning the ball over just nine times per game, the Orange are in the top 20 when it comes to forcing turnovers,

creating 16.4 per game this season. In two NCAA Tournament games this year, Syracuse has cashed in to the tune of 19.5 points off turnovers per game. “They force people where they want them to go and I think when you back down from that and just go back into a shell, I think that’s when they impose their will on teams,” Taylor said. “I think we just have to stay aggressive and try to just keep attacking them and go into the teeth of that zone. It’s the Sweet 16. It’s definitely not

for the faint-hearted.” But the necessary tradeoff for any zone comes on the glass and Syracuse is as susceptible to giving up offensive rebounds as just about any team in the country. Even in the Big East, a conference not exactly known for physical play underneath the basket, the Orange gave up nearly 15 offensive rebounds per game. While they won their third round matchup with Kansas State, Syracuse gave up a staggering 20 second-chance points

Thursday, March 22, 2012 to the Wildcats, who were only able to score 59 points in total. “Part of the reason why they give up so many offensive rebounds is the reason why the defense is so good. It’s so active and they are flying around that at times they get themselves out of position,” UW assistant coach Gary Close said. “I think it’s going to be important for us to get offensive rebounds

because they are so good at shutting down the first shot.” Having come full circle from Jan. 9, when they stood at just 1-3 in Big Ten play, the Badgers are now just two games away from a Final Four appearance that would be their first since 2000. “We’ve come this far,” sophomore guard Josh Gasser said. “Might as well finish this thing off.”

We’ve come this far. Might as well finish this thing off. Josh Gasser, Wisconsin sophomore guard Tale of the tape

A statistical look at Wisconsin’s Sweet 16 match up with the topseeded Orange:

Know your opponent: Syracuse Orange Dangerous depth Without starting center Fab Melo, Syracuse’s bench has pushed the team through to the Sweet 16. The Orange have six players averaging at least 22.5 minutes a game and 10 averaging at least 10.3. In its two tournament games Syracuse’s reserves have outscored its opponents bench 61-16.