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UW researchers make stem cell advancement of human stem cell to rats suffering from Lou Gehrig’s disease improved longevity and muscle function. He said in the release muscle progenitors, which serve as prototype for the formation of muscles, could have a similar but heightened effect. While various methods have been used to increase the number of stem cells that become muscles, Suzuki’s co-author Jonathan Van Dyke explained in the release these often cannot be worked within a clinical setting. “What’s exciting about the new protocol is that we avoid some techniques that would prohibit clinical applications,” Van Dyke said in the release. “We think this new method has great promise for alleviating human suffering.” Additionally, the new technique could advance disease and drug research by allowing cells infected with certain genetic diseases to be grown in a dish. —Adelina Yankova

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UW-Madison junior Melanie Meyer advocates for student activism

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Workers’ rights have always been a passion for University of WisconsinMadison junior Melanie Meyer, whose involvement with the Student Labor Action Coalition draws upon a family history of union participation. As the granddaughter of a United Automobile Workers union local chapter president and daughter of a UAW member, Meyer said her increasing understanding of the importance of the labor movement has greatly inspired her work as a student advocate. “Workers’ rights are human rights,” Meyer said. “To be an activist and speak up on behalf of people who work very hard is something that is just so important to me.”

“Being an activist and speaking out for what you believe in is just part of being American.” Melanie Meyer junior UW-Madison

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Melanie Meyer is a workers’ rights activist and an active member of the UW-Madison Student Labor Action Coalition. Codes Licensing Compliance Committee, a shared governance group that advises administration on matters relating to labor codes of conduct. Through her work with the LCLCC and SLAC, Meyer played an active role in a campus campaign encouraging Chancellor Rebecca Blank to require all university licensees to sign onto the Accord for Fire and Building Safety in

Bangladesh. This agreement, which the chancellor signed March 14 after months of pressure from SLAC, ensures regular safety inspections and repairs in Bangladeshi garment factories. “The fact that the accord allows the workers’ voices to be heard is extremely significant,” Meyer said. “Although the accord,

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Scott Walker appoints three members to Board of Regents Gov. Scott Walker appointed three members to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents March 21, pending approval from the Wisconsin state Senate. Jose Delgado, Eve Hall and Anicka Purath were appointed by Walker, according to a release from the governor’s office. Delgado and Hall will each serve seven-year terms on the board, effective May 1, 2014. Both appointees have previous experience in areas of education throughout the state of Wisconsin. Delgado served on advisory committees for both UW-Milwaukee and Marquette University, while Hall worked for education reform under former Gov. Tammy Thompson, according to the release. Purath, a sophomore at UW-La Crosse, will be the next to fill the traditional student representative position on the board. Once vacated in May, Purath will serve a oneyear term. Walker highlighted the qualifications of each appointee in the release, saying each brings skills and experience to benefit the Board of Regents. The 18-member board acts as the governing body of the UW System, which is comprised of 26 universities and colleges.

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Madison police confiscated materials commonly used to construct an “explosive device” from an apartment on the 10 block of North Brooks Street Friday afternoon and arrested 20-year-old Andrew Cockerham in connection to the discovery, according to a Madison Police Department report. The report rules out any ongoing threat, and assures police stabilized the materials before any injuries occurred. Responding officers also seized documents from the apartment indicating Cockerham’s intent to distribute the device after a caller tipped them off to the situation, Sgt. Paige Valenta said in the report. Cockerham was arrested for possession of an explosive device, but no additional information about the nature of the device was released. According to the report, more details will be released as the investigation continues. Police were unable to confirm Cockerham’s status as a University of Wisconsin-Madison student, and his name is not listed in the university’s online directory.

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Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison discovered a new method for generating muscle cells from stem cells, according to a Friday news release. The new procedure is unique in its ability to yield large quantities of muscle cells, as well as muscle progenitors, directly from pluripotent stem cells without the use of genetic modification, according to the release. Pluripotent stem cells have yet to undergo differentiation and can develop effectively into any adult cell in the body. Masatoshi Suzuki, UW-Madison assistant professor of comparative biosciences and co-author of the research project, pioneered the discovery. His method calls for the placement of stem cells in high concentrations of growth factors that influence growth and cell differentiation. Last year, Suzuki showed that transplanting another type

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he downside of getting into a relationship is the inevitability that it will end one way or another. It’s easy to dwell on this, especially since we’re young and things are changing so quickly that the long-term durability of a relationship isn’t always guaranteed. We sometimes find it’s time to just get out and move on, but unfortunately it isn’t always easy and seldom are break-ups mutual either, even if we wish they were. There are ways to break up to help soften the blow. This shouldn’t be seen as just advice for the breaker-uper, but also the broken-upee.

1. If we think the end is near, don’t string the other person along. This can be difficult though, because a lot of relationships end gradually and such a big decision is determined over the course of time, not in one fell swoop. If we can sense this happening, at least try and keep things normal while a decision is made. We should do our best to not cause our partners any sort of anxiety.

If we think there is a problem in our relationship and it could potentially end soon, communicate this in the best way possible, especially if we think there is still potential for the relationship to continue. Take this as an opportunity to critically look at the relationship, find weak spots and try to determine solutions together.

3. Communication is key. Emotions can run high when a breakup seems imminent or even a remote possibility. But it’s in everybody’s best interest to keep cool when working out problems in a relationship, even if the solution is ultimately a breakup. Honesty and straightforwardness are important when communicating in such situations. Although honesty can sometimes be difficult, it’s a better approach than lies or just not expressing how we really feel. We might even discover things about our partner’s feelings we hadn’t realized. Use “I” statements too. Don’t play psychiatrist and tell our partners how they feel or try to analyze their actions. Talk about how we feel and only that. Stay on topic. Wandering off and talking about issues that aren’t related to what we need to discuss with

Heroes of spring break Junior Jonny Landers didn’t have any big plans for his week off of classes. But that didn’t stop him from doing what he does best: playing “RuneScape.” For a grand total of 134 hours, little Jonny sat in his parents’ eastern Illinois basement with his face glued to a computer screen. While his peers were off at Panama City Beach getting hammed, Jonny Boy shredded through quest after quest. Due to his unwavering dedication to the ’scape, he’s a hero to us all. Love was definitely in the air for freshman Susan Doyle over break. After waiting for the past two months to see her old high school crush, Donald Duckworth, Susan was ready to make a move on the former varsity pole vaulter. She set her line with a simple text: “Hey what’s up?” From there, it was child’s play. They saw “Need For Speed 3D,” and afterwards got some ice cream at Coldstone. Susan knew she had to have it, so the move was made. Chocolate chunks and gummy worms were plastered all over the walls when she lunged across the table, showing Don how to really leap. Even though their PDA pissed off all the parents getting ice cream for their kids, it was a beautiful make-out, and for that, Susan is a hero to us all.

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our partner just distracts us and brings more to the table than is necessary.

4. Break up in person. This is cliche, but it is also a sign of respect. The only time it’s appropriate to do it over Skype or a phone call is when we’re in a long-distance situation.

5. Be tactful. In addition to doing it in person, do it at time that is appropriate. Avoid birthdays, holidays, family events and personal milestones; don’t break up with somebody and then give them a birthday gift or something similar. Don’t have sex then do the deed or anything else similar to that. Tact goes a long way. And don’t pull back if emotions run high. Keep calm and carry on. Be kind and sympathetic as best you can in such a situation.

6. Don’t play games. If you think the relationship needs to end, then end it and stick with that decision. Games are no fun and can easily lead to more drama than we want to experience. If we’re unsure about what we want to do though, stay the course until we’re ready to make a final decision. Roller coaster rides are fun, but only at amusement parks.

7. If you’re the brokenupee and not the breakuper, recognize when somebody isn’t doing this to be cruel. It sucks to be rejected, but it also doesn’t help us to be bitter and angry with another person because a decision they needed to make hurt us. We should try to recognize when a person is doing their best to make a hard situation easier on both parties. We shouldn’t suppress our feelings, but we shouldn’t always make it personal either. Take time after a breakup to recoup and get back on your feet. Recognizing that breakups aren’t always personal is also a good thing. Sometimes people just aren’t in a place to be dating or a match just isn’t fitting for both partners and that’s okay. We do a lot to try to get into relationships, but we also should think about what we can do to get out of a relationship in a healthy way. Even if we don’t remain friends with our partner after a relationship, we don’t want to make enemies either. Breakups won’t always be mutual and sometimes they don’t end well either, but trying to take certain steps, like some of those outlined above, can help to make a difficult situation easier. Do you have any specific relationship questions for Michael? Email him at mpodgers@wisc.edu.

On this day in history... 2248 B.C.—A pair of Snaffaloes don’t make it to Noah’s Ark in time. 1832—Mormon Joseph Smith is beaten, tarred and feathered in Ohio. Flapping his arms wildly, he escapes the violent mob by flying across the Ohio River. 1874—Harry Houdini is born. He escapes his mother’s womb by sawing her in half from the inside. 1898—The first automobile is sold: no money down and zero percent APR until 1900.

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al at our voting site and trying to suppress the vote,” Sen. Dale Schultz, R-Richland Center, said on the Devil’s Advocate radio show March 12. “It is absolutely outrageous that in 2014 we still have politicians who are purposely making it harder for Wisconsinites to vote,” U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, R-Wis., said in a statement. “I urge Governor Walker, in the strongest terms possible, to veto this blatantly partisan effort to disenfranchise fellow Wisconsinites from exercising one of our most fundamental rights.” Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate said in a statement Friday the bill is “designed to make it harder for seniors, students, veterans and minorities to exercise their rights at the ballot box.” —Dana Kampa

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Officials extend food cart sites The city of Madison’s Common Council members passed an ordinance to expand latenight food cart vending locations and referred the alcohol license density ordinance to the Plan Commission at their last meeting Tuesday.

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Council members unanimously approved a late-night food cart vending ordinance March 18 to expand vending locations. The previous ordinance confined the food carts to a small downtown area against vendors’ preferences as expressed in previous meetings. The current ordinance to be enacted March 27 reserves 10 late-night vending sites throughout the downtown area. Some of the new locations include the 300 and 500 blocks of North Frances Street, the 400

Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend, introduced a bill limiting hours for voters to submit absentee ballots.

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The state Senate passed a bill Friday limiting voting times to submit absentee ballots. Under current law, one can apply to a municipal clerk in person to vote using an absentee ballot. The ballot can be submitted between the third Monday before the election and the last Friday before the election by 5 p.m. In-person applications for absentee ballots would only be received Monday through Friday between 7:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. under Senate Bill 324, introduced by Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend. Both Democrats and Republicans criticized the bill and urged Gov. Scott Walker to veto it. “We should be pitching, as political parties, our ideas for improving things in the future rather than mucking around in the mechanics and making it more confrontation-

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Bies said. Bies said he hopes to one day eliminate the position of secretary of state but will run for the position while it remains. Other candidates include La Crosse telecommunications professional Julian Bradley, Racine accountant Bill Folk and Neenah mortgage executive Jay Schroeder, all three of whom are running for the Republican nomination. Previous Waupun Common Council member Rohn Bishop, one of the first candidates to enter the race, dropped out Feb. 19 and endorsed Bradley.

State Rep. Garey Bies, R-Sister Bay, announced in a release Friday he will run for Wisconsin secretary of state in 2014. “Seven terms has been a great run and now I am ready for a new challenge,” Bies said in the release. Bies also said BIES in the release during current Secretary Doug LaFollette’s, D-Madison, nearly four decade career “affairs have slid towards bureaucratic predictability.” “It’s time to apply a fresh and pragmatic perspective to this office,”

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block of West Gilman and the corner of University Avenue and Lake Street among others. Late night food vendors are required to submit applications for zone assignments before the April 1 deadline. The city will distribute zones based on seniority. “I think that it will probably improve the business for the late nights vendors,” Steve Lawrence, owner of Fried and Fabulous, said. “I think that students are going to be thrilled because they’ll see their favorite vendors are going to be staying for longer, whereas previously, a lot of vendors were talking about leaving.” Council members also agreed to refer an alcohol license density ordinance to an upcoming Plan Commission meeting March 24. The ordinance establishes a smaller alcohol overlay district which prohibits establishing new taverns and brewpubs after the proposed effective date July 1. Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said decreasing the size of the district will promote the growth of more taverns and bars in the downtown area. —Patricia Johnson Meyer, who majors in legal studies and is pursuing a certificate in criminal justice, said she would love to see a national revival of the labor movement. She hopes young people would be enthusiastic to join such an

Madison police located the body of deceased University of WisconsinMadison student Nakul Kalra the morning of March 18, according to a Madison Police Department report. The Dane County Medical Examiner’s office has yet to release Kalra’s cause of death, but the police report said investigators do not

suspect foul play was involved. The news broke nearly two days after Kalra’s friends and family members reported the 21-year-old missing, according to the report. During that time, university and city officials flooded social media websites seeking public assistance in locating the student.

UW football recruit arrested for sexual assault A University of an’s dorm room uninWi s c o n s i n-Mad i s o n vited and proceeded football recruit was to remove her clothes arrested for committing and forcibly rape her, a felony sexual assault according to the comin Sellery Hall Dec. 14 plaint. during a visit to camThe wo m a n pus, accordreportedly told ing to a Dane University of County Court Wisconsincomplaint. Madison Police The report Department alleges an detective Carol intoxicated Ann Kashishian D o m i n i c she was unable Cizauskas, a CIZAUSKAS to prevent the 240-pound, attack. 1 8 -ye a r - o l d “I tried to Mukwonago High push him off me but he School senior, repeat- is a 200 pound football edly texted a woman player,” she said in the with whom he had pre- criminal complaint. vious sexual relations, Cizauskas is schedurging her to have uled to appear in court sex with him. Despite March 31 and faces consistent refusal, felony charges, up to Cizauskas allegedly a $25,000 fine and 10 showed up to the wom- years in prison.

UW accepts fines for animal mistreatment The University of Wi s c o n s i n-Mad i s o n accepted a $35,286 settlement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture March 17 for unlawful scientific research practices involving animal care, according to a university news release. Eric Sandgren, director of the Research Animal Resources Center, said the agreement concludes a fouryear investigation that uncovered seven violations of the Animal Welfare Act between 2007 and 2013. Of those, two pertained directly to animal welfare, and Sandgren said in one incident the animal fully recovered.

The USDA also cited the presence of expired drugs and unsatisfactory communication with veterinary professionals as well as faulty facilities such as peeling paint, a broken light fixture clip and “a slippery animal room floor.” People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals claim $35,282 is the largest fine ever imposed on an animal laboratory and is requesting the National Institute of Health to defund the program. However, Sandgren said the settlement is small in relation to the size of the university and the number of violations recorded.

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effort that helps workers’ unions gain strength across the country. She added activism can help combat passivity and empower students to defend their beliefs. “One of the great things about being an American

is, from a very young age we’re taught that everyone is equal and that everyone has an equal voice and equal freedoms,” Meyer said. “Being an activist and speaking out for what you believe in is just part of being American.”

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Shpongle riding mind trip to Majestic By Brian Weidy The Daily Cardinal

In the middle of a tour that winds its way from one side of the country to the next and then back again, Simon Posford, the man behind the mask of Shpongle, took some time out to answer some questions for The Daily Cardinal. On this tour, which stretches more than 40 dates, Posford remarked on how well the experience was going while still playing six shows per week. “It’s been great so far,” Posford said. “We’ve ironed out some of the inevitable kinks that arise when touring a new production and we are starting to get a little more experimental and weird. Maybe it’s just because of the cabin fever on the bus!” While Posford mostly tours doing DJ sets, every so often, he will arrange a live show. The

music he creates is extremely complex yet, when translated into a live show, it is truly remarkable. Despite the success of the end product, Posford rarely plays live shows due to a variety of factors. “It’s mostly logistics,” he said. “There are so many musicians with busy careers to coordinate, and it’s almost prohibitively expensive with so many flights and visas to arrange ... that’s before we’ve even started thinking about production.” Despite all the issues at hand— including the lack of desire to play more than the occasional live date on the part of Shpongle member Raja Ram; a 72-year-old flutist who has toured extensively in a preShpongle world—Posford is still able to get the band back together, literally, from time to time. “When the opportunity arose to play such a historic venue as Red

Rocks,” Posford said, “we leaped at the chance.” Even in a live context, the band has very little room to improvise, despite the presence of drummer Joe Russo, a veteran of the jam band scene. “There are moments of improvisation within the structure,” Posford said, “but we are mostly slaved to the computer.” The music created by Shpongle often gets lumped into a category defined as psybient (psychedelic ambient), or psytrance (psychedelic trance) or some combination of electronic and psychedelic music. Yet, when asked, Posford didn’t know how to describe his own music. “I like that quote that says ‘Talking about music is like dancing about architecture’ and I’m the last person that could describe it,” he said.

But this genre, however nebulously defined, has never really cracked mainstream sensibilities, instead attracting an ardent fan base on the fringes of both the electronic and psychedelic worlds. “We have only ever made music that we want to hear, and inspires us,” Posford said. “I think that if you are trying to appeal to some perceived idea of what fans, journalists or industry people want, then the result will sound calculated and soulless—it’s not from the heart and the intentions are wrong.” One thing that has been a heavy influence on both Posford and his music include psychedelics. “They’ve certainly been a big influence,” he said, “but I can’t take anything whilst trying to program stuff—it’s just too confusing.” Posford is touring across the

United States right now. However, his favorite crowds typically come from overseas. “The crowds in Japan and Israel are very excitable,” he said. “I like a psychedelic crowd that loves to dance. The worst audiences are ones that like to just stand there and stare at you.” While touring as much as he does, shows and venues tend to blend together. With that being said, Posford still remarked about the merits of Madison. “Honestly a lot of the shows blend into a vague memory, unless they stand out in some way,” he said. “The city [of Madison] is great though and I hope we can fit the full Shpongletron in the venue.” Shpongle is set to hit the stage at the Majestic Theatre March 26 at 8:30 p.m. with Desert Dwellers opening.

‘True Detective’ leaves behind a myriad of clues and qualms Callie Kollenbroich regis and callie A few weeks ago, I raved about HBO’s newest crime drama, “True Detective,” and warned you all about its irrevocable tendency to drive a previously sane person down a path of complete and utter madness—in the best way possible, of course. After deconstructing its myriad interconnected parts and scouring for what I believed—what we all believed at the time—to be “clues,” I settled on three predictions for how the season would culminate, one of which turned out to be true. Well, half true. Nevertheless, I consider myself victorious.

The tangle of clues and motifs suggested a crime complex and sinister, yet the resolution seemed fairly straightforward.

After a mere five episodes, I was convinced “True Detective” had proven itself as one of the best television seasons of the last decade. Not only was it beautifully shot and carefully constructed, it had awoken in me something of an amateur sleuth that had lain dormant since my days as a Nancy Drew fangirl. While decoding its clues, I felt involved in its mystery. Things felt personal. Suffice to say, there was a lot at stake. Since then, the season finale has come and gone, which means it is now time to assess the wreckage. The first five episodes were near perfection and I was metaphorically tipping my hat to creator Nic Pizzolatto, Cary Fukunaga and the rest of the crew. Not only did they have myself and thousands of others searching tirelessly for obscure literary references and visual motifs, they managed to reinvigorate a once tired and worn genre:

the police drama. Matthew McConaughey played brooding homicide detective Rust Cohle, complete with a tainted past and nihilistic worldview, and he performed the hell out of it. Paired with his Oscar-winning performance in “Dallas Buyer’s Club,” I have no doubt that he will continue a long and illustrious career. Woody Harrelson had some equally incredible moments as Cohle’s partner, Marty Hart, who struggled with the delicate balance between his duty to his family and his primal desires. Another aspect that struck me about “True Detective” was how well shot it was. It exhibited a degree of craftsmanship that is often lacking in the television medium as a result of limited time and resources. I feel compelled to drop cinematographer Adam Arkapaw’s name somewhere in this piece because he deserves the recognition, so here it is. Sprinkled throughout the season were delightful bits of artistic prowess—shots that demanded the viewer to appreciate it as a piece of art rather than superficial entertainment. Arguably the most grandiose of these shots was the acclaimed six-minute long take at the end of the fourth episode. A difficult feat for even the best of actors and cinematographers, this one deserves recognition as one of the greatest long takes in television history. By minute five, I no longer had any fingernails to bite. The aforementioned glory episodes weren’t without their flaws, though, the first of which has to do with some of the sound mixing. I know what you’re thinking. Sound mixing? Who cares, right? Sound is incredibly important when it comes to film and television. When you are immersed within an onscreen reality, any missteps in the sound design have the potential to catapult you out of that space. There were several instances in which some of the sound effects were either too loud, i.e. the coffee slurping in episode one. Or, completely inad-

equate, i.e. the spaghetti crunching in episode six. Similarly, the show has been criticized for its sexist portrayal of women as objects to be used. However, the season itself was about two dysfunctional men in a dysfunctional, masculine society. More screen time for Michelle Monaghan could have bolstered her character, but would that really have been necessary? The feminist in me is shaking her head but I am inclined to say no. After the fifth episode, I began to feel as though the glimmer was waning. I reasoned it to be

a sort of calm-before-the-storm and prepared myself for a mindblowing finale. However, after the season had finished my head was still intact. Rather, I sat there scratching it, wondering why so many “clues” had not been resolved or even addressed. The tangle of clues and motifs suggested a crime complex and sinister, yet the resolution seemed fairly straightforward. Questions surrounding the Tuttles, Marty’s daughter and the series’ complex mythology were left lingering. As the final minutes came to a close, I began

to wonder if it was possible that all the sleuthing and madness had made “True Detective” into something that it wasn’t. When everything seems like a clue, maybe nothing is a clue. As an anthology series, we must say goodbye to the actors and storyline and prepare ourselves for something entirely different. Despite my ambivalence toward the ending, my intrigue surrounding season two continues to mount. Still enthralled by “True Detective?” Send your opinion to Callie at ckollenbroic@wisc.edu

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Monday, March 24, 2014

AARON DURLAUF opinion columnist

ast summer, I enrolled in a philosophy course here at University of Wisconsin-Madison entitled “Contemporary Moral Issues.” The course, as its name suggests, involved students reading academic papers about rational arguments for the ethical permissibility or unacceptability of a number of policies, such as capital punishment, abortion, voluntary active euthanasia and the consumption of meat produced by factory farms. I came into the class with fairly strong beliefs about most of the subjects, with little expectation of having my mind changed. While this ended up being the case for most of the policy issues we discussed, learning about the ethical arguments for each side helped to clarify the reasoning for my position and helped me appreciate that the moral ambiguity behind an issue may be very different from how it is portrayed in the mass media. The class did, however, cause me to change

my views and actions about an important issue: factory farming. Based on the arguments presented in class, as well as subsequent reading, I came to the personal conclusion the consumption of meat produced on factory farms is morally wrong. I have now, after months of stalling, even chosen to become a vegetarian.

Most people who are privileged enough to attend this university could do more, especially if willful ignorance or refusal to consider the moral gravity of an issue are their main obstacles.

When telling friends and family members about my decision, the most common response I received was something along the lines of a shoulder shrug and the statement “I try not to think about where the meat I eat comes from.” I find this response unsettling, particularly because it is so in line with what my inclinations were in the time between taking this philosophy class last summer and choosing to make a lifestyle change.

Action Project: What is a college degree worth? ABBY BECKER AND MARA JEZIOR management team

he Daily Cardinal is excited to announce its second Action Project Issue, which will hit stands Monday, March 31. The Daily Cardinal Action Project is a series of three issues dedicated to investigating underreported topics in an effort to inform the campus community and spark change.

The second installment of The Daily Cardinal Action Project will hit stands Monday, March 31.

In this issue, we hope to critically look at the academic environment for UW-Madison students leading up to graduation and how that affects their success after they graduate. As college students working toward graduation, many of us have a similar worry: Will we be able to succeed in the professional world outside the confines of the University of WisconsinMadison? While in school, we take full course loads, join professional organizations and get involved in the community with the hope that

what we do at UW-Madison will benefit us in the future. A college degree and professional experience should foster the skills to launch us to future internships, jobs and careers. But is a college degree worth as much as it was in the past? Do professional organizations and realworld experiences look better to employers than coursework? What does it take to differentiate ourselves in the workforce? Sometimes it can feel like a college degree is the minimum requirement to succeed at finding meaningful careers after graduation. How are you trying to differentiate yourself in the job market? What services inside and outside of the university are you using to do that? This second installment of The Daily Cardinal Action Project series attempts to answer these questions. If you have feedback, advice or opinions on the current academic environment or stories as a recent graduate, we want to hear about it. Email actionproject@dailycardinal.com to share your input. What do you think the worth of a college degree is today? Is it necessary in getting a job? Please send all feedback to actionproject@ dailycardinal.com or tweet @dailycardinal using the hashtag #dcactionproject . For more information, please email us at edit@dailycardinal.com.

This column is not going to focus on convincing readers factory farming practices are morally abhorrent, although I believe they are based on the suffering they cause to animals, the brutalizing effects they have on farm workers, the economic effects they have in rural areas as well as the tremendous damage they cause to the environment. I am more interested in the “trying not to think about it” response. This answer seems to betray knowledge that the action in question is wrong, or that upon further investigation one would come to that conclusion but continue to eat meat produced in factory farms despite the evidence. This leads to a number of general philosophical questions. If, for the sake of argument, one accepts that the practices of factory farming are morally wrong, what are our responsibilities as consumers, voters or individuals with varying amounts of political or persuasive capital? Are these responsibilities dependent on us being informed about the ethical issues of factory farming and/or believing it to be wrong? Depending on the answer to this question, does it then follow that individu-

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als have an obligation to keep themselves informed about ethical issues?

What are our responsibilities as consumers, voters or individuals with varying amounts of political or persuasive capital?

I believe, based on an admittedly limited amount of reading of the relevant philosophical literature, that there are no simple and obviously true answers to these questions. I can, however, share some of my relevant feelings that might help readers to think about them. It seems there are a multitude of factors that would affect the amount of action that an individual can be morally responsible for. One example might be a person’s resources. Can they financially afford to stop consuming factory farm produced meat? Another example might be the strength of social, cultural or religious pressure on someone to conform to various dietary expectations. These examples illustrate

that people’s varying obligations may be based on their individual circumstances. I think that neither I nor any other individual have the depth of ethical wisdom and personal knowledge to prescribe a minimum level of justicerelated activism on any particular issue or group of issues as a whole. I would, however, argue that most people who are privileged enough to attend this university could do more, especially if willful ignorance or refusal to consider the moral gravity of an issue are their main obstacles. I encourage all of you reading this not to excuse yourselves from thinking about or acting on an ethical problem. Nobody is perfect, everybody has limitations on what they can do, but these are not excuses for complacency when it comes to moral issues. We are obligated to at least try to understand these issues. Do you agree with Aaron about our obligations as students of a great university? What do you personally believe about eating meat produced on factory farms? Aaron will be writing a piece focused on the issues of factory farming at a later date. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

The ethnic studies requirement should go SPENCER LINDSAY opinion columnist

ur university has but five core requirements: two classes in quantitative reasoning, two in the communication arts and one ethnic studies course. These are the only five things our campus deems essential for an education, things that every college educated person ought to know. While this may seem like too little, considering the wide range of subjects taught on this campus, one of these requirements seems unnecessary at best, racist at worst. The ethnic studies requirement should be abolished.

The university ought to abolish the requirement and incorporate ethnic studies into the rest of our curriculum.

I would like to first say I am not some small minded white guy who is complaining about issues of race being a part of our education. On the contrary, I have spent a great deal of my college career studying race relations in politics. I understand that race and ethnicity are major social issues with deep running consequences for individuals and our society as a whole. I even understand the good intentions of people who want a conversation about race to be a mandatory part of our education. Unfortunately, I feel the ethnic studies requirement

is counterproductive. First of all, it waters down the material. Because everyone in the entire school must take an ethnic studies class, even the most racist students on campus, it must be taught in a manner as to not offend anyone. Everyone talks in soft voices that don’t allow them to really dig into America’s dark history on race. Because many classes are designed to appeal to everyone, they are inherently less honest about race in America. One would be offended with a full, honest study of race in America because its history is full of human rights violations and its present situation is bleak and disturbing. Second, in a very Foucaultesqe way of looking at things, the requirement serves as a punishment. To many it serves as the school nagging at us to ‘be less racist.’ Because of this, it undermines its own basic purpose. As a result many students resent it. I myself resented the requirement and, as I mentioned earlier, I am entirely sympathetic to social and political liberation of minorities in this nation. Furthermore, some professors who teach on race don’t list their classes as ethnic studies classes because they don’t want to have students who resent taking it. The best classes I have taken on race were full of people who wanted to be in the class, not people who resented it and were just trying to fill a requirement. Finally, making an ethnic studies requirement reinforces the idea that the subject matter is inherently different and, to a lesser extent, that those who are involved in it are inherently inferior. For example, forcing people to take a class on African

American history reinforces the idea that it is inherently separate from American history, which belongs to white people. On the contrary, African American history is a part of American history, and this should be very clear in an American history class. Ethnic studies shouldn’t be taught as something inherently seperate, but rather should be incorporated into the entire liberal arts curriculum. Langston Hughes and Gabriel García Márquez belong in the same literature class as T.S. Eliott and Ernest Hemingway. W.E.B. du Bois and Malcolm X belong in the same political philosophy class as James Madison and Alexis de Tocqueville. An ethnic studies requirement is a Band-Aide for a bullet wound. Rather than correcting the flaws in our entire curriculum, we say, “Take this class and you’ll understand what you need to.”

Because everyone in the entire school must take an ethnic studies class, even the most racist students on campus, it must be taught in a manner as to not offend anyone. I understand those in support of the requirement have good intentions, but it actually hurts its own cause. Ethnic studies is a good field of study, but it is a bad requirement. The university ought to abolish the requirement and incorporate ethnic studies into the rest of our curriculum instead. Do you agree with Spencer? Do you think the ethnic studies requirement is harmful? Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Monday, March 24, 2014

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UW opens Big Ten season By Jake Powers THE DAILY CARDINAL

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Senior forward Madison Packer is one of five UW seniors who played their final game Friday.

Wisconsin falls in Frozen Four to No. 1 seed Golden Gophers By Zach Rastall THE DAILY CARDINAL

Heading into the third period with a 3-2 lead, the Wisconsin Badgers looked like they had a very real chance of taking down the No.1 ranked Minnesota Gophers in the semifinals of the NCAA tournament. However, three unanswered goals in the final frame by the Gophers have them moving on to play for a third consecutive national championship, while UW will head back home to Madison. Appearing in its seventh Frozen Four, Wisconsin jumped out to the lead on a goal by redshirt junior forward Brittany Ammerman with under two minutes remaining in the first period. The Badgers as a team outshot Minnesota 16-7 in the first frame. “I was leaving the ice thinking we should have been up 3-0,” head coach Mark Johnson said. “We had good opportunities and came out with good energy. We had them on their heels a bit, but we needed to capitalize.” But the Gophers responded quickly, as senior forward Kelly Terry and sophomore forward Maryanne Menefee scored a pair of goals about 100 seconds apart early in the second period to give Minnesota a 2-1 lead. Despite this swing in momentum, UW answered back with a

couple goals of their own late in the period. Junior forward Katy Josephs found the back of the net to tie the game at 2-2, followed by a goal courtesy of junior forward Karley Sylvester with just over 30 seconds left in the second frame to give Wisconsin a 3-2 lead heading into the second intermission. “In the first couple of minutes of the second period, it shifted back to their favor with a goal and a penalty on the play,” Johnson said. “But we responded in the last seven or eight minutes. We started to create some opportunities. Josephs gets a nice goal to make it 2-2 and Karley scores off the faceoff and now we go into the locker room 3-2.” After tying the game back up early in the third period, the Gophers retook the lead for good on a goal by junior forward Rachael Bona. Minnesota tacked on an insurance goal with under three minutes left in the game to secure their fifth win over the Badgers on the season. Despite holding a 37-28 advantage over the Gophers in shots on goal, Wisconsin was unable to generate much offense in the final frame. “We were happy with our offensive production,” Ammerman said. “Obviously it

wasn’t enough. We put our hearts out there, and we just couldn’t get bounces our way.” The loss marks the end of the collegiate careers of five UW seniors: goaltender Alex Rigsby, forward Madison Packer, defenseman Natalie Berg, defenseman Stefanie McKeough and goaltender Ilana Friedman. Packer tallied an assist and Rigsby recorded 23 saves in the final game as Badgers. Rigsby will leave UW as arguably the best netminder in program history. She ends her career at Wisconsin as the school’s all-time leader in wins (100), saves (3,126) and save percentage (.941). For the UW seniors, losing to the Gophers was an especially heartbreaking way to end their collegiate careers. They leave Wisconsin having lost their last 11 games against their biggest rival, and have to deal with the pain of letting the opportunity to play for a national title slip away in the final period. “It was a game with momentum swings,” Johnson said. “We saw them both ways. I thought both teams battled hard. I thought we played a solid game. But it was going to come down to who was going to make a play.”

Badger team finishes 16th at NCAA tourney As spring break came to its close, so did the NCAA wrestling season as Oklahoma City, Okla., hosted the Division I championships March 20-22. Wisconsin completed a strong season by finishing 16th overall as a team with 36 points. It marked a major improvement over last season’s finish, when the Badgers finished tied for 27th place with just 16.5 points. The Badgers had eight participants in the NCAA tournament— redshirt freshman Ryan Taylor (125 pounds), redshirt senior Tyler Graff (133), redshirt freshman Rylan Lubeck (149), redshirt freshman Isaac Jordan (157), senior Scott Liegel (174), redshirt senior Jackson

Hein (184), redshirt junior Timmy McCall (197) and redshirt sophomore Connor Medbery (285). Wisconsin’s star of the weekend was Graff, a No. 5 seed in his class, who upset the No. 1 seed, Northern Iowa’s Joe Colon, to reach the championship. He faced off against Iowa’s Tony Ramos in a rematch of the Big Ten tournament final. Once again, Ramos prevailed in yet another evenly matched contest, winning 3-1 in the first tiebreaker. Jordan also placed for Wisconsin, taking seventh place with a 2-0 victory over Rutgers’ Anthony Perrotti. Penn State continued its recent string of dominance, rallying to surpass Minnesota and win its fourth

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After sweeping Detroit in a doubleheader Thursday, Wisconsin (1-2 Big Ten, 15-12 overall) went 1-2 against Northwestern (2-1, 17-6) in its first conference series of the season this weekend. Wisconsin opened its doubleheader against Detroit (2-18) Thursday in dominant fashion. Senior pitcher Cassandra Darrah threw a no-hitter to lead the Badgers to an 8-0 win in a mercy rule-shortened, five-inning game. Darrah had her way against the Detroit lineup, striking out five and walking just two to improve her record to 9-6 on the season. Wisconsin went up 3-0 in the first inning thanks to RBI singles from freshman utility player Chloe Miller and sophomore infielder Ashley Van Zeeland. The Badgers scored three more runs in the fourth inning by way of senior outfielder Mary Massei’s RBI single and another RBI single from Miller. An RBI double from senior utility player Stephanie Peace in the fifth inning put the Badgers up 8-0 and prompted the mercy rule. The second half of the doubleheader saw Wisconsin complete the sweep and win 3-2 after five scoreless innings. Detroit opened the top of the sixth inning with a two-run homerun, but Wisconsin got one back in the bottom of the inning by way of a Massei sacrifice fly. After sophomore pitcher Taylor-Paige Stewart held Detroit scoreless in the top of the seventh, senior infielder Michelle Mueller hit a walk off double in the bottom of the inning, bringing in junior outfielder Maria Van Abel and Peace. Wisconsin opened Big Ten play by dropping both

sweet 16 from page 8 With 1:07 left in the game, Brust hit a three to regain the lead. “As soon as I let it go, I knew it was going down, which was a good feeling,” Brust said. The Badgers would hang onto the lead and pull out the comeback victory, 85-77. “To be able to handle that smack in the face in the first half and come back and deliver one of our own says a lot about this

title from page 8 Christian Frey for his fourth goal of the year. Twenty-eight seconds later, senior forward Tyler Barnes scored his 13th goal of the season, tying up the game and sending the Buckeyes and Badgers into sudden-death overtime. The extended play seemed to spark new life in the initially sluggish Badgers. They took control of the puck from the opening faceoff and never gave Ohio State the chance to catch up. At the 7:48 mark of the overtime period, the puck made its way into the slot in front of the Buckeyes net, and Zengerle put it away to propel the Badgers to the first-ever Big Ten Tournament title.

games of a doubleheader to Northwestern, 8-6 and 4-2. The Badgers forced extra innings in the first game after entering the fifth inning down 5-0. Massei tripled home Van Abel and Mueller, who both reached on walks, before scoring on a home run by freshman utility player Sara Novak to pull the Badgers within one run. Miller then hit a triple and was driven in by junior infielder Megan Tancill single to tie the game. Massei had an RBI single in the top of the sixth inning to put Wisconsin up 6-5, but Northwestern tied the game in the bottom of the seventh inning and then won on a walkoff home run in the eighth. In the second game, Northwestern’s four-run fourth inning proved to be too much to overcome, as the Badgers only scored two runs despite out hitting the Wildcats, 7-4. Wisconsin’s seven-run seventh inning against Northwestern on Saturday led to a decisive 7-5 win. Down 3-0, Novak led off the seventh with a homerun. Stewart and Van Zeeland then hit backto-back singles and Miller was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Peace then hit an RBI groundout, Van Zeeland scored on a wild pitch and Mueller and Massei hit RBI singles to put Wisconsin up, 5-3. Novak and junior outfielder Marrisa Mersch then gave the Badgers a 7-3 lead. Northwestern scored two runs before Darrah closed the door on the Wildcats to earn her 10th win of the season. Wisconsin’s home opener will be this Friday against conference foe Iowa (2-1, 7-14). UWBadgers.com contributed to this report. group,” Ryan said. All five of the Wisconsin starters scored double-digit points against Oregon, but it was Kaminsky who had a team-high 19 points in what was one of the season’s most physical games. “It’s tournament time and no one wants to go home,” Kaminsky said. “You’re doing whatever you can to stay in. If that means being physical down low with anyone, it’s a battle.” “The attitude we came in with was that we wanted to win. It was important for us to get this Big Ten first championship,” Zengerle said. “We had no quit in our game or in our attitude, and it reflected out there.” With their Big Ten Tournament win, the Badgers have likely clinched a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, set to begin next weekend. For the team, the victory this weekend is a stepping stone to a larger end-goal. “We had made the analogy that going into the playoffs and the tournament and beyond is much like trying to climb Mount Everest,” Eaves said. “The higher up you go, the less oxygen is in the air. Games get tougher, and tonight was a tough game.”

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Men’s hockey and basketball complete simultaneous postseason comebacks Saturday night Men’s Hockey

Badgers bring home Big Ten title By Adee Feiner THE DAILY CARDINAL

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Sophomore forward Sam Dekker scored the first five points for Wisconsin.

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Late surge sends UW to Sweet 16 By Blake Duffin THE DAILY CARDINAL

MILWAUKEE, Wis.—The ability to overcome adversity has boded well for Wisconsin’s success this season, and it proved true again Saturday night when its season was on the line. The Badgers were tested by Oregon in every aspect of the game, but found the will to push through and defeat the Fighting Ducks 85-77 and earn a spot in the Sweet Sixteen. It was a battle from the get-go, as both teams were playing with the knowledge that it could be their last game. Sophomore forward Sam Dekker provided a spark for the Wisconsin offense in the early going, scoring UW’s first five points and igniting the dense red crowd.

“It’s tournament time and no one wants to go home.” Frank Kaminsky junior forward Wisconsin men’s basketball

The Ducks gave UW a zone look on defense to start, and the Badgers countered it with their 3-point shooting. Both senior guard Ben Brust and freshman guard Bronson Koenig buried shots from beyond the arc to start the game. As for Oregon, it was senior forward Mike Moser who found his way to the rim to score seven points in the first few minutes of the game. Moser’s run was put to a halt after he got his second foul and would go to the bench for the remainder of the half. Midway through the half, Oregon began to gain momentum and control of the game. It switched to a man-to-man defense and locked down Wisconsin, forcing turnovers and poor shots. The odds seemed to be even further turned against UW after Dekker left the

game with an apparent mouth injury, not returning until the second half. As if things couldn’t get worse for the Badgers, a somewhat questionable technical foul was given to the Wisconsin bench. “I was trying to clap to get my guys ready to go,” said head coach Bo Ryan. “I was probably getting a little too rambunctious on the sideline.” Oregon guard Joseph Young caught fire in the latter part of the first half, despite UW’s best defensive efforts. The redshirt junior scored 17 first-half points, including back-to-back 3-pointers that helped shed a Wisconsin push. With all of the momentum, Oregon rose to a 14-point lead with just seconds remaining in the half, until redshirt junior Duje Dukan hit a layup, putting the score at 49-37 in favor of the Ducks at halftime. The Badgers once again seemed to be most successful when getting the ball to junior forward Frank Kaminsky, who led the Badgers at the half with eight points. The second half took a turn for a struggling Wisconsin team. The Badgers completely switched gears and went on a 17-6 run, fully igniting the arena. “I can’t say enough about our fans tonight,” Dekker said. “That’s the loudest gym I’ve been in in a long time.” Every shot seemed to be falling for UW in the early minutes of the second half. Following a 3-pointer by junior guard Traevon Jackson, Wisconsin took a 62-58 lead with 12:45 to play, and it was the Badgers who stole the momentum in the electric BMO Harris Bradley Center. The Fighting Ducks would not back down easily, however. Led by Young, Oregon paved its way for a comeback of its own, regaining a 75-74 lead with less than three minutes to play.

ST. PAUL, Minn.—Mark Zengerle is better known for his conference-leading number of assists than his goal-scoring. But in sudden death overtime at the Xcel Energy Center Saturday night, the player his teammates call “the set-up man” changed his tune after scoring the game-winning goal to help crown the Badgers as inaugural Big Ten Tournament champions. “It’s still a little bit of a blur … the puck was kind of hopping around, people were whacking at it in front there in the slot and I made my way around and got a little bit of wood on it,” Zengerle said. “I still don’t know if it went fivehole or under the pad, but it was nice to get that one.” The Badgers seemed to be lacking their usual finesse at the start of the first period, turning the puck over in their own zone and failing to connect on many passes. Ohio State took advantage of Wisconsin’s mistakes and notched its first goal of the game after Buckeyes junior forward Ryan Dzingel beat junior defenseman Jake McCabe in a battle for the puck along the boards. Dzingel’s goal was his 22nd of the season, assisted by junior forward Nick Oddo and freshman defenseman Drew Brevig. Ohio State didn’t let up on its offensive onslaught. Just four minutes later, Dzingel’s blocked shot was taken by freshman forward Nick Schilkey, who then passed to Oddo to give the Buckeyes the 2-0 advantage. “They were playing at a higher desperate rate,” said head coach Mike Eaves of the Buckeyes after the game. In the closing minutes of the first period, OSU’s Brevig took an interference penalty, granting the Badgers their first opportunity on the power play. Wisconsin’s late-season special-teams surge continued and McCabe brought the Badgers back within one with assists from Zengerle and sophomore forward

Nic Kerdiles. Neither team had a shortage of scoring opportunities in the second period, but it wasn’t until about halfway through the frame that Wisconsin got the equalizer on yet another Buckeye penalty. With OSU sophomore defenseman Sam Jardine in the box on an elbowing call, redshirt freshman forward Morgan Zulinick scored his fourth goal of the season, assisted by freshman forward Jedd Soleway and senior defenseman and captain Frankie Simonelli. “All of a sudden when we got down 2-0, the power-play goals really allowed us to get our feet underneath us,” Eaves said.

“We had no quit in our game or in our attitude, and it reflected out there.” Mark Zengerle senior forward Wisconsin men’s hockey

Ohio State didn’t seem to lose its composure despite giving up the twogoal lead. Less than a minute later, the Buckeyes regained their advantage when defenseman Clark Cristofoli scored his first goal of the season, putting Wisconsin in a 3-2 hole with 20 minutes left to play. The Badgers spent the beginning half of the third period in the penalty box, committing two infractions in the first 10 minutes. Although it was unable to convert on any of its power play chances, Ohio State took advantage of Wisconsin’s disorganized play and took its second two-goal lead of the night on a goal from junior forward Tanner Fritz. There were just over seven minutes left to play. But it would take only 20 seconds to spark the UW comeback. Senior forward Jefferson Dahl pulled the Badgers back within one on a rebound shot in front of freshman goaltender

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Senior forward Mark Zengerle scored the game-winning goal for UW Saturday.