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Budget repair bill published, legal effects not clear

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A fleet of bicyclists joined protests against the budget repair bill at the Capitol Saturday.

Despite a Dane County judge’s temporary restraining order against Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair bill, the Legislative Reference Bureau published the legislation Friday, sparking controversy over whether the law is in effect. State law requires bills to be published within 10 working days after they are enacted. Walker signed the bill March 11, making Friday, March 25, the last day it could be enacted. On March 18, Secretary of State Bob La Follette wrote to Mike Barman of the Legislative Reference Bureau asking him to remove March 25 as the date for publication of the bill and “not to proceed with publication until I contact you with a new publica-

tion date.” Laws generally take effect the day after they are published, making Saturday the first day the law would be implemented. There is disagreement, however, as to whether the law is actually in effect since La Follette’s office has not published it yet. “I don’t think this act makes it become effective,” bureau director Stephen Miller told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “My understanding is that the secretary of state has to publish it in the [official state] newspaper for it to become effective.” Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne said the Legislative Reference Bureau’s actions are of no legal significance. “This case, including the legal signifipublishing page 3

GOP files request for e-mails of UW history professor Targeted professor denounces it as an abuse of state’s open records laws By Ariel Shapiro the daily cardinal

The Republican Party of Wisconsin filed an open records request to obtain UW-Madison history professor William Cronon’s e-mails, sparking a debate over academic freedom. Cronon, whose column criticizing Gov. Scott Walker was featured in The New York Times March 21, wrote on his blog about the American Legislative Exchange Council, a national conservative group that provides model legislation for lawmakers to introduce in their states. In response to the blog post, the RPW requested copies of all e-mails going into and out of Cronon’s WiscMail account referencing specific topics such as “Scott Walker,” “Scott Fitzgerald” and “collective bargaining.”

Cronon said on his blog he supports Wisconsin’s open records law, which allows anyone to request copies of correspondence between state officials such as UW professors, but he said that the request was an abuse of it. “When such tools are turned toward purely partisan ends, and when they are used with the express purpose of intimidating or punishing those with whom powerful people disagree, then precious institutions of democracy are deployed to subvert the very liberties we all cherish,” Cronon wrote. CRONON The RPW issued a statement saying it is within its rights to file the request, however, and do “not have to give a reason for doing so.” The party also said it is the one being intimidated in the situation. “It is chilling to see that so many members of the media would take up the cause of a professor who seeks to quash a lawful open records cronon page 3

Man stabbed to death at Park Street gas station Police are investigating the apparent homicide of a 23-year-old man they believe occurred Sunday morning on South Park Street. Officers were originally sent to Meriter Hospital, where a vehicle dropped off a man who was bleeding from a stab wound, Madison Police Department South District Captain Joe Balles said. “The male died a short time later in the emergency room while being treated for his injuries,” Balles said in a statement. Police said they believe the victim’s injuries were sustained in a large fight involving

several people outside the BP Amoco Station at 318 S. Park St. around 2 a.m. Sunday. It appears no one involved in the disturbance lived in the immediate area, Balles said. Authorities said there are no suspects in custody at this time but they are still investigating the incident. Police said they want to speak with anyone who may have been in the area of the station at the time of the disturbance. Anyone with information can report tips anonymously to Crimestoppers at 2666014, Balles said. —Maggie DeGroot

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Wisconsin AFL-CIO president Phil Neuenfeldt and others stood with Planned Parenthood Friday to support their services, which face de-funding in Gov. Scott Walker’s budget.

Planned Parenthood rally criticizes Walker for cuts to birth control funding By Ariel Shapiro the daily cardinal

Democratic lawmakers and reproductive health advocates gathered on the Capitol steps Friday to rally for Planned Parenthood, which would face defunding under Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed biennial budget. State Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-Middleton, said Planned Parenthood has enjoyed three decades of bipartisan support, but said Walker brought his ideology into health matters. “I am not a woman, but if I were, I wouldn’t want what Governor Walker thinks to come close to my health care decisions,” Erpenbach told the crowd. Meg Robertson, a Planned Parenthood nurse practitioner, said she was “outraged” with the role politics was playing in health care and asserted the services Planned

Parenthood provides are essential for reproductive health. Wisconsin Right to Life praised Walker for his efforts in “ensuring that taxpayers are not involved in the taking of human life.” However, under Wisconsin law state funds are not used for non-medical abortions, so the funding currently being provided to Planned Parenthood goes towards other services. Although the cut in funding is intended to save the state money, according to state Rep. Kelda Helen Roys, D-Madison every dollar put into Planned Parenthood saves taxpayers $3. Other groups have come out in objection to the provisions of Walker’s budget regarding reproductive health care. The Wisconsin Alliance for Women’s Health specifically parenthood page 3

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t takes six hours to drive all the way through Alabama. Six long hours spent worrying that our car would break down in bum-fuck nowhere and some backwoods hillbilly would jump out and go all “The Hills Have Eyes” on us. Every gas station looked like it caught fire 20 years ago and had been abandoned ever since, and there were more state patrol cars in each crap-hole town than there were people. My friend and I made one pit stop to get gas in Alabama during our 18-hour drive to Panama City Beach for spring break, and it still proves to be the worst decision we made during the entire trip. Aside from the fact that every patron looked as though they’d been strung out on meth for three weeks, I dared to ask the cashier (whom I’m almost certain spoke very little of any language) for a pack of rolling

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my skin all week. How many times does a girl have to explain to a group of southerners that I would, in fact, NOT be giving them a lift to one of the clubs’ beach parties because they were toting a Confederate flag to post on the beach? News FA-LASH: I live in the year 2011 and equality means freedom for everyone. Do you still think it’s 1863? Kindly, fuck off. After a glorious week of margaritas, dolphins, beer pong tables made out of sand and sunburns in Florida (America’s penis), we loaded up our car and settled on the road again for another miserable drive through what we both began to affectionately refer to as “the worst state ever.” Just in time to be relevant, ironic and just plain depressing, En Vogue’s “Back to Life, Back to Reality,” popped on my “Road Trip Mixtape Jamz: Part Deux” CD. All I could think was how thankful I am that my “back to life” isn’t back to a life in Alabama. Did you have any irritating spring break run-ins? E-mail Stephanie with your stories at slindholm@wisc.edu.

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was around the time our GPS started to “avoid tolls” and take us through every hayseed town in the fucking south of Alabama in the wee hours of the morning. Given the fact that we’d been driving for a solid 12 hours and I was half delirious from neverending bouts of the alphabet game, my recollection of this may not be as accurate as I insisted it was at the time. Alabama stop signs are crooked and thus are impossible to understand. Have you ever been stopped in the middle of the road at a stop sign you weren’t sure was for you or not and literally said out loud, “I don’t get it?!” I have. I’m certain I ran more than a few stop signs during our tour of backwoods Alabama. But running those signs was the only law I broke that wasn’t actually my fault. The fact that our maximum speed was 92 mph and our average speed was 80 mph while the speed limit was 70 mph most of the way, all while a bottle of tequila lay open in the backseat, is an indication that breaking laws wasn’t high on my list of concerns. Even though we spent spring break in PCB, Alabama got under

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papers. After a 10-minute “conversation” where I explained that I would like the brand called TOP and not the brand that’s at the top of the shelf, the hag still gave me the wrong pack. She even tried to give it to the only other woman in the gas station purchasing something, who declined, and then she yelled at me for still wanting to buy the papers. I wanted a cigarette, goddammit. Alabama made me do it. It’s not a pleasant state. While I felt as though I was using proper English and enunciating clearly and loudly, I almost felt the urge to start speaking with a thick, barely audible southern accent just to see if the drawl functions as some sort of second language that only the dumb use to communicate. Two hours away from the border of Florida’s panhandle and Alabama, my epic collection of music for the trip, entitled “Road Trip Mixtape Jamz: The Series,” was on its third rotation and if I had to listen to “I Like Big Butts” one more time, my brain would have started hemorrhaging. Coincidentally, this

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The peace corps: 50 years of service

Peace Corps director speaks at organization’s 50th anniversary celebration By Ben Siegel the daily cardinal

Members of the Madison community gathered at the Orpheum Theatre Saturday afternoon for “Talking Peace Corps,” a celebration of the organization that included a lecture by Peace Corps Director and UW-Madison alumnus Aaron Williams. The event was the culmination of several days of programming organized by UW-Madison’s African Studies Program to honor the Peace Corps’ 50th anniversary and assess the organization’s work on the African continent. “People have so much to learn, so much to teach and so much to share with each other.” Aaron Williams Peace Corps director

“I stand here as a testament to the Peace Corps volunteers who contributed immensely to my life,” said Alhaji N’jai, a postdoctoral research scientist and the event’s master of ceremonies. N’jai grew up in Sierra Leone and was taught by Peace Corps volunteers growing up, one of whom he credits with paving the way for his pursuit of higher education in America. “I grew up in an Islamic household where the choice was between Islamic school or Western education, which was

publishing from page 1 cance of today’s actions, should be resolved in a court of law,” Ozanne said in a statement Friday. Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said La Follette does not have to publish the bill for it to become law, however. “No action by the secretary of state is required by this section for the Legislative Reference Bureau

thought of as leading to a bad life full of alcohol and drinking,” N’jai said. “[The Peace Corps volunteer] was a big influence on my father letting me pursue education in America.” Williams spoke about the duality of the Peace Corps’ service. “There is something special about being at the grassroots,” he said. “Being embraced by one small village can expand your horizons.” Williams, who received his MBA from UW-Madison, volunteered in the Dominican Republic from 1967 until 1970. Before his service, he was going to be a teacher in Chicago. Instead, Williams began a distinguished career in public service, which brought him to South Africa as Mission Director of the United States Agency for International Development during Nelson Mandela’s presidency. UW-Madison graduates make up the second largest contingent of volunteers at 2,997. Around 30 alumni are actively serving with the organization. “The Peace Corps remains a group of men and woman dedicated to an idea, just as you all keep the ‘Wisconsin Idea’ alive,” Williams said. “People have so much to learn, so much to teach and so much to share with each other.” UW-Madison student Casey Hewes attended the event and said she hopes to volunteer with the Peace Corps in Africa. “Today made me realize that I can go help people, see the world, and come back a better person because of it,” Hewes said. to publish an act,” Van Hollen spokesperson Bill Cosh said. UW-Madison political science professor Dennis Dresang said for the bill to become law, it must be published by the Secretary of State. According to Dresang, as it stands now the law is not in effect. He said the purpose of the having reference bureau publish the law is “simply to let the public have

the fight continues: is the law in effect?

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The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson spoke about the need for the country to exercise caution when intervening in African nations.

Diplomat says U.S. plays crucial, difficult role in Africa By Tom Czaja the daily cardinal

The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Johnnie Carson, spoke about U.S. policy in Africa Friday as part of UW-Madison’s “Peace Corps and Africa: 50 Years” event, which aimed to honor and evaluate the last halfcentury of volunteer service. Carson spoke of his own time in the Peace Corps in Tanzania from 1965 to 1968 and how it helped prepare him for his current role as a leader of African affairs. “The Peace Corps plays an integral part in lives of Africans,” Carson said. “The experience in working in communities without basic amenities made us more understanding to the everyday challenges the Africans face.” Carson said there is much a look at the bill, rather than to publish it for legal effect.” Dresang said the only reason there is a controversy is because Walker administration officials and Republicans are saying the bill is law. “I don’t think there’s any question that the bill is not law,” Dresang said. “The only people who are saying it is law are the people who are the advocates for it.”

With Secretary of State Doug La Follette barred from publishing the budget repair bill, Republicans have tried to enact the law through the Legislative Reference Burea, sparking controversy and confusion.

Walker signs the bill

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Secretary of State publishes the bill Secretary of State Doug La Follette is obligated to publish a law within 10 business days in order for it to take effect. With the temporary restraining order, however, he cannot.

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Temporary restraining order

The Legislative Reference Bureau published the budget repair bill in a surprise move Friday. Bureau Director Stephen Miller said it was done so for ministerial purposes rather than to put the law into effect.

Citing a violation of Wisconsin’s open meetings laws, Dane County Judge Maryann Sumi issued a temporary restraining order on the bill March 18. The decision has been referred to the state Supreme Court, which has yet to decide to hear it.

Controversy over whether the bill is in effect The law’s status is a point of contention between Democrats and Republicans. Without La Follette publishing it, Democrats have said the law is not in effect, but Republicans have said the bureau’s move means it is. The Department of Administration has said it will proceed with the bargaining limits in place.

progress to be made as many African countries focus on key issues like stabilizing democracy and maintaining public health. Carson and the Bureau of African Affairs facilitate U.S. actions in various African countries, which Carson said is not an easy task, but needs to be done. The bureau has assisted African nations in solving conflicts such as helping to facilitating an independence referendum in Southern Sudan and intervening to end violent conflicts in Liberia and Sierra Leone, according to Carson. Highlighting current conflicts such as those in Libya and Ivory Coast, Carson emphasized the importance of the U.S. exercising caution when choosing to intervene.

“Quick fixes that do not have broad African support can often make matters worse,” Carson said. Carson also encouraged the audience to follow news events in Africa and mentioned UW-Madison as a leader in educating people on African studies through the university’s African studies program. Carson, whose main role is to advise Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on sub-Saharan Africa, was appointed by President Barack Obama and said he is hopeful that Clinton and Obama will visit Africa by the end of the year. “We will continue to work with the African Union and UN to face challenges ahead while collaborating on great opportunities that already exist,” Carson said.

Brothers arrested after fight over ‘Teach Me How To Bucky’ sends man to hospital A 19-year-old Madison man was left with broken bones after police said a fight broke out early Friday morning on Langdon Street over the “Teach Me How to Bucky” music video. Steven Schecher, 21, was arrested on tentative charges of substantial battery. Police also arrested Schecher’s twin brother, Andrew Schecher, on battery charges. The 19-year-old victim was taken to a hospital with a broken nose, broken orbital bone and a cut to his eye, police said. The cut to the

cronon from page 1 request,” RPW Executive Director Mark Jefferson said in a statement. “Taxpayers have a right to accountable government and a right to know if public officials are conducting themselves in an ethical manner.” Chancellor Biddy Martin said in a statement the university will comply with the request, but stressed the importance of freedom of ideas in

parenthood from page 1 criticized a piece of the budget that would overturn Wisconsin’s Contraception Equality Law, which prevents insurance companies from denying women birth control.

victim’s eye required multiple stitches, Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain said. Andrew Schecher helped the victim’s friend film “Teach me how to Bucky,” police said, but was unhappy with how much he was paid for the project, DeSpain said. According to police Schecher said he and his brother went to Langdon Street to speak with the 22-year-old about the financial disagreement when the fight then broke out, DeSpain said. an academic setting. “Individual faculty, staff and students inevitably consider and advocate positions that will be at odds with one another’s views and the views of people outside of the university,” Martin said. “It is the university’s responsibility both to comply with state law and to protect our community’s right to explore freely and freely express their points of view.” At the rally, Robertson stressed how Planned Parenthood’s range of services, including STD tests, cancer screenings and providing of birth control, benefits all Wisconsinites. “Reproductive health care is basic health care,” Robertson said.

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dan tollefson opinion columnist

e all know tuition is expensive, but did you know the university is charging you over $1,000 in segregated fees on top of your tuition every year? The Student Services Finance Committee, a branch of student government, is responsible for dispensing some of this money. SSFC has jurisdiction over a portion of these fees that provide funding for programs like the Associated Students of Madison, bus passes and student organizations. A lot of students complain segregated fees are too high. For the most part, I agree. If segregated fees remain at current levels, your typical four-year UW-Madison student will pay an extra $4,000 by the time he graduates. Yet much of the discussion about maintaining or even reducing segregated fees is focused on student organizations funded through the General Student Services Fund, which represents only a fraction of the $40 million segregated fee budget. The simple truth of the matter

is that GSSF groups and high segregated fees aren’t directly correlated. Historically, SSFC has been so concerned with the ballooning cost of the GSSF because it’s one of the few areas in which the committee has authority to limit spending. To prevent the fund from continually increasing, SSFC has tightened the criteria in hopes of denying access to the money. The committee has also distanced itself from many student organizations in the process.

SSFC has to ask the tougher questions when it comes to funding student organizations.

But student organizations are hardly to blame for high segregated fees, even if their budgets number in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. See, the segregated fee debate is surprisingly similar to the federal budget deficit dilemma. Congress and the president can propose cuts to small programs across the board, but we all know the big money is in entitlements and defense spending. In the same vein, allocable seg-

regated fees that provide money to GSSF groups are the earmarks, while non-allocable segregated fees are the Social Security and Medicaid of our campus. Cutting a bridge to nowhere might be good for symbolism, but it has little impact. Non-allocable segregated fees make up the brunt of the money tacked on to your tuition—over $32 million in 2010-’11. This money goes toward programs like UW Recreation Sports, the union and University Health Services. They’re also under the jurisdiction of the chancellor, with little room for input from SSFC. If we ever want to see our segregated fees decrease, SSFC needs to fight for more authority over the nonallocable budget. The highly targeted GSSF student organizations, by comparison, accounted for only $1.4 million this year, or 3.5 percent of the total budget. From 2009-’10 to the current year, the total GSSF budget saw an intentional 5 percent reduction, which amounted to a $74,141 cut spread over 17 different student organizations. ASM’s own internal budget costs students more in segregated fees— $1.7 million this year—than all of the GSSF organizations combined. In its defense, a good chunk of that money goes to events grants that benefit many student groups

outside the GSSF. Still, ASM’s budget increased by 8.9 percent, or $140,145, last year. Of course, there are the nonallocable student fees, which increased by 5.9 percent this year, or a whopping $1.8 million—completely erasing the savings from any cuts to student organizations.

We can’t continue to let the segregated fee debate focus on student groups, because they’re simply not to blame for high costs.

So who’s really to blame for high segregated fees? Obviously non-allocable items cost students a lot, as does student government itself. You can debate the merits of both, but one thing seems abundantly clear: GSSF student organizations are not the big players in the segregated fee game. SSFC can tweak eligibility requirements and direct service definitions until it’s blue in the face, but at the very least, it needs to recognize what’s at stake. We’re not talking about $40 million; more like $1.4 million.That’s about $34 per student in additional fees, or $2 per GSSF group. So ultimately, SSFC has to ask

the tougher questions when it comes to funding student organizations. Yes, we’re paying more money in segregated fees, but it’s also empowering thousands of students to participate in organizations that can have a profound impact on the rest of their lives. Is this a worthwhile tradeoff? I think so. In the past, I’ve commended SSFC for sticking to its criteria for the sake of uniformity, but I’ve also questioned some of its specific requirements related to the direct services student organizations provide. In some cases, the criteria are far too prohibitive. In others, they’re too ambiguous. We can’t continue to let the segregated fee debate focus on student groups, because they’re simply not to blame for high costs. SSFC needs to open its doors. The committee should reach out to student organizations and communicate with them face-to-face about how best to provide a service to the campus. SSFC should also fight for more authority over the giant non-allocable budget. If that ever happens, students can rest easier knowing their money is being put to good use. Dan Tollefson is a candidate for the Student Services Finance Committee. You can vote online Monday through Wednesday at asm.wisc.edu.

Amid disaster, social media strong platform for charities brittany schmidt opinion columnist

ith the innumerable catastrophes and lifealtering news stories happening worldwide, it has been impossible not to see them blogged, tweeted, or posted on Facebook. These media sources have helped provide a significant portal for individuals to fight for their rights as well as a platform for celebrities to promote various charities. Due to the high amount of people who flock to Twitter and other social networking sites, non-profit groups are becoming mainstream as more people follow and support them.

Social networking has created a platform where people feel comfortable promoting the causes that are dear to their hearts to increase public awareness.

According to Josh Catone, Mashable Feature Editor, Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes found that more than 75,000 reports of the Haiti earthquake in January 2010 were streamed across news sources and “the content was horrific, but ultimately galvanizing.” These news stories posted on Twitter and Facebook raised $1.3 billion, with people donating $31 million via text message. This outreach method created new ways to use social networking in non-profit organizations. Hughes is currently

developing a Facebook-like site, which will allow Internet users the ability to search for, follow and support organizations. “We feel that it’s imperative to make it easy for everyday people… to take action,” Hughes said. More recently, social media has been at the center of the devastation happening in Japan. Specifically with Twitter, celebrities and average users alike have been pushing for donations via the Red Cross. Like many other Twitter users, Mark Hoppus tweeted “horrible what’s happening in Japan. You can text REDCROSS to 90999 to send $10 to relief efforts. Thoughts and prayers.” It is clear that social networks have played a large role in relief efforts and celebrities on the Internet have taken even bigger steps with the endorsement of non-profit organizations. Alicia Keys, who started the nonprofit Keep A Child Alive, promotes AIDS awareness and suggests celebrities give up social media for a day to improve fundraising for this cause. Several celebrities have agreed to raise $1 million for HIV and AIDS research during this day of absence. Without social networks, it would be impossible for celebrities to fight for campaigns they are fervently involved with. For example, twitchange.com, a site for celebrities to hold auctions for personal phone calls or to be followed on Twitter, has raised thousands of dollars for charities. Celebrities auction themselves, offering a reTweet, follow or “@” mention to those who give money. All the money is donated to a charity of the celebrity’s choice, such as A Home In Haiti and Operation Once in a Lifetime. This auction site helps further these

great causes by accepting support from celebrities and fans alike, while celebrities get to give back to those fans who adore and follow them.

The use of these networks for non-profits and charity purposes makes up for any negative publicity they’ve received.

Eva Longoria was the spokesperson for the first auction and all of her proceeds went to A Home In Haiti, which is a nonprofit organization that provides safe shelters for those who lost their homes in the Haiti earthquake. Troy Polamalu quickly joined the fight, donating his proceeds to Operation Once in a Lifetime, which helps to make the dreams of military personnel and their families come true. Twit Change’s newest campaign teams up with CARE, which is set up to help poor 12-year-old girls across the globe to escape poverty by becoming educated instead of getting married by age 14. Without public media outlets such as Twitter and Facebook, there would be less awareness of important causes that urgently need donations. Social networking has created a platform where people feel comfortable promoting the causes that are dear to their hearts to increase public awareness. The popularity and format of Twitter makes it a perfect place for celebrities to flaunt their favorite charity without much effort—140 keystrokes max. With the busy lives of celebrities, Twitter is an easy moneygiving platform where celebrities

can entice followers to donate and help organizations without having to be part of a photo shoot or advertising campaign. Some other non-profit organizations have caught onto the Twitter phenomenon and have begun to create their own verified accounts to help spread their causes. Some of these include the NOH8 campaign, Save the Children and the JoinRed to fight AIDS. These organizations have enjoyed unparalleled success from social networks like Twitter and Facebook. Today people question the validity of social networking, suggesting that it is a waste of time and asking what one could pos-

sibly gain from constantly following a celebrity. The use of these networks for non-profit and charity purposes makes up for any negative publicity they’ve received. Without Twitter, several great causes would fall by the wayside and become endeavors of the past. With Twitter and other social networking media growing, non-profit organizations prepare for a future of increased donations and awareness as more people step up to end disease, hunger, poverty and disaster. Brittany Schmidt is a senior majoring in theatre and drama. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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By Mike Kujak Senior Film Critic

Lena Dunham. Make sure you remember that name because she’s going to be big. When I say big, I mean in a big fish in a little pond kind of way. Dunham is the writer, director and lead actress in her new film “Tiny Furniture,” and as I walked out of the showing, I realized I’ve never been more excited about the future of a specific filmmaker. The film’s story follows a girl named Aura (Dunham), who is basically trying to figure out what to do with her life. Aura returns home to her artist mother’s loft with a useless film theory degree and a burning desire to float through Brooklyn until she finds a direction in life. Luckily, the film drifts along in the best kind of way, in the Benjamin Braddock kind of way. The film is a bastard child of “The Graduate” and “Annie Hall” with a pinch of hipster identity that you would find in any project by a New York based film grad like Dunham. The film seems to be at least partially autobiographical, and you certainly get a strong sense of realism in the film because Dunham casts her actual mother

and sister to play the mother and sister of her character. The entire 90-minute film centers on Aura trying to find herself, but since she’s such an interesting individual it’s a fairly easy watch.

Dunham’s voice would likely never have been heard in the classical Hollywood system.

Dunham isn’t your typical leading lady, but hey, Woody Allen isn’t your typical leading man. Woody carved out a new cultural personality that is still recognizable today, and I think Dunham has the same kind of potential. She’s got a lot of power because she’s got a strong self-evaluation and even stronger control over her craft. Much like Allen, she could spend the rest of her career in her small niche area (though I hope she doesn’t) and still make impressive work for years to come. When you can make a film like this on a Canon 7D camera with just a $45,000

budget you’re going to get a lot of crappy student art. However, you’re also going to get voices like this. Dunham’s voice would likely never have been heard in the classical Hollywood system. Lena’s character Aura is interesting enough, but she wouldn’t be much without her surroundings. The decision to shoot the film almost entirely in a Tribeca-styled loft was a beautifully minimalist idea. You never see the same setup twice even though you’re dealing with only a handful of different rooms. Dunham’s cinematography is extremely intimidating for a twenty-four year old. She’s obsessed with giving you multiple things to look at within the frame. The film is smart enough to never break out the big stereotypical shots of New York. It knows that it’s better to feel the city in the movie than to actually show it like we’ve seen a million times before. While the film loves to place its main character in a complex frame, it also knows that one voice isn’t going to be enough to hold our attention the entire time. The film’s cast consists simply of the mother, the sister, two girlfriends and two “love” interests. Each

Pharoahe Monch’s W.A.R. sacrifices lyrical skill in favor of dull politcs By Jay Olle The Daily Cardinal

W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) marks Pharoahe Monch’s third solo release since 1999. Although his output has been minimal, both albums have been quality releases. From his debut to 2007’s Desire, he switched from a lyrical, battle rap style and adapted a more political message. His transformation also included more live instrumentation. W.A.R. continues with the political tendencies of Desire and calls for change. Monch’s appeal has always been his dense and complex verses, which utilize his trademark delivery. He is known for constantly changing speed and cadence in his verses, with amazing results. On his previous album, he mellowed his delivery, and that trend largely continues in W.A.R. where most of his

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verbal gymnastics are gone. Instead, he opts for a more traditional delivery and the results are mixed. W.A.R. opens with a soldier from the year 2023 warning that he has learned information that changed his view of the war he is fighting in. He informs the listener that they have been chosen to hear the transmission. Curiously, this theme doesn’t recur throughout the album. In fact, it isn’t heard again until 10 tracks later, making the story feel slapped on and pointless. Ultimately, the album’s material fails to live up to the significance that it’s given in the introduction. An early highlight of the album is “Evolve” where Monch shows off his lyricism over a somber beat with singing voices that gives the track a cinematic, post-apocalyptic feel. Following this is the live instrument backed “W.A.R.” where Immortal Technique and Monch declare themselves rebels over an electric guitar driven beat. Here Monch declares he is “ Guilty as charged if intellect is the crime.” No one can deny Monch’s intelligence or skill. However, W.A.R.’s political messages often come at the expense of his lyrical ability. When he delivers these big messages, his verses get simplified significantly. Monch is known for the dazzling way he plays with words. When this is gone, his verses lose their character. Moving through the next few songs, the rock sound switches to one based more on samples and soul grooves. The results are much better and he manages to find a better balance between lyrical complexity and rallying against the system. “Haile Sellasie Karate” is a great example of this.

Monch proves that he can execute political rhymes without being plain and boring. The album’s finest moment is on “Assassins,” where Monch is joined by Jean Grae and Royce Da 5’9”. All three are outstanding, particularly Grae who opens the song with a blistering verse. Monch shines here as well. It isn’t a coincidence that his best verse on the album steers clear of the overly political tendencies of the early tracks. This aggressive battle rap approach is more engaging to the listener and makes it the most memorable moment on the album. The futuristic theme makes a return on the track, depicting the three emcees as superheroes in the introduction. There is also a conversation between Grae and Monch looking for Royce in the middle of the song before his verse. It is too bad this appeared on “Assassins” because it took away from the flow of the track and left a blemish upon the album’s best moment. The only moment where W.A.R. falls flat is on “Grand Illusion” with Citizen Cope. The beat is a guitarled rock song, which is plain and proves to be unmemorable. This again proves the point that W.A.R.’s high-points are when Monch avoids the rock instrumentation and lays off on the political crutches of lyrics. There are moments throughout W.A.R. where Monch’s virtuosic wordplay of old shines through and times when the production is soulful and memorable. However, Monch often encounters the pitfalls of overly political lyrics, leading an otherwise interesting album to become dull and fail to capture the listener.

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Lena Dunham, who direct, wrote and starred in “Tiny Furniture,” proves in her debut film that she is a talent to watch in the future. character has their own voice and brow. For the most part, I like pareach of them is a pleasant twist taking in that activity. However, on cardboard cut-outs of people “Tiny Furniture” is not one of you regularly see in this type of these imposters, despite what the hipster universe. By the time all trailer may make the film look these characters have said their like. A few of Dunham’s attempts peace with each other the film is in the film may fall short but I almost over, and while the story think it’s more important that might end on a bit of a dud, it’s an she’s taking some big risks. She’s appropriate dud that shows a key asking interesting questions and moment of self-realization that the doing it with a sense of style and film would leave the film lacking wit that is admirable. It’s the funif absent. niest film I’ve seen in months and I know it’s starting to become if its intended audience can find hip to shit on boring indie film it, “Tiny Furniture” will undoubtcrap that pretends to be high- edly become a cult classic.

Check out tommorrow’s issue of for our first day of coverage of the 2011 Wisconsin Film Festival

VIRAL VIDEOS OF THE WEEK SEARCH TERMS: O.M.G. Jenna Rose Rebecca Black is so two weeks ago. We have now moved on to bigger and better pre-teen wannabe phenoms who fail terribly at pop music––and by bigger and better, we mean more recent and just as bad. Enter Jenna Rose and her music video for the song “O.M.G.” While Rose’s song may not be as overtly awful as Black’s ballad to partyin’, “Friday,” what it lacks in awfulness it makes up for in trying way too hard. Whether it be 12-year-old girls performing one of the most half-assed dance routines ever or the nearly pitch-black mood lighting, the world has a new tune to sarcastically play at house parties.

SEARCH TERMS: Legos Make Love Legos are one probably the best toys ever. They can do anything, including, apparently, procreate. Studio Shelter put together a nifty animation featuring Lego blocks doing everything humans do, whether it be driving, going to work, or most frequently and most notably, gettin’ it on. The video even features a particularly randy Lego letter “h,” which means two inanimate objects make the beast with two backs at the same time.

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Monday, March 28, 2011 Enjoying free food

Today’s Sudoku

Evil Bird

Decisions, decisions... There are 318,979,564,000 possible combinations for the first eight moves of a chess game.

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

Eatin’ Cake

By Dylan Moriarty EatinCake@gmail.com

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

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

The Pipesmokers

By Joseph Diedrich jsdiedrich@wisc.edu

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

The Graph Giraffe Classic

First in Twenty Classic

By Yosef Lerner graphics@dailycardinal.com

By Angel Lee alee23@wisc.edu

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ACROSS 1 He can’t get a break 6 Resistance unit 9 Chipmunk of cartoons 14 Higher than 15 Language spoken in Vientiane 16 Superman portrayer 17 Showed partisanship 18 Space bar’s neighbor 19 “West Side Story” girl or song 20 Unfriendly seafood seller’s stall? 23 “I never ___ a man I didn’t like” 24 Preacher’s topic 25 Unwise 27 With raised letters 32 Group of voters 33 Attempt to win over 34 White wading bird 36 The Axis, to the Allies 39 Narrative poetry 41 Bath flooring 43 Musical school club 44 Takes an apartment 46 Fairy-tale shoemaker’s helpers 48 Get a little behind 49 Blockhead 51 Resolving, as an argument

53 They don’t get any reception 56 Paranormal showman Geller 57 One of the March women 58 He was rude to Alice 64 Bar of gold 66 Flexible blackjack card 67 San ___, Calif. 68 A proper senor has one 69 X, to Greeks 70 Like some roofs 71 Snooty look 72 Hither’s partner 73 Catty, as a remark DOWN 1 Dumfries girl 2 Departure info? 3 Tom Collins ingredient 4 “Yeah, but ...” 5 Like flushed cheeks 6 Patron saint of Norway 7 Fifty percent 8 Recurring theme 9 T-shirt opening 10 Where the buffalo roam 11 Pasta thinner than spaghetti 12 Campus greeneries

3 Under, in poems 1 21 Beginning 22 Blubber 26 Suit size designation 27 Fancy pitcher 28 Wear a long face 29 Wasteful project 30 Canal by Buffalo 31 They wear very little clothing? 35 “Scream” star Campbell 37 Black- hearted 38 Safe cracker 40 “Cut it out!” 42 Arrange, as a meeting 45 Ghostly figure 47 Major steps 50 Reconstruction, for one 52 “The Cat Who Saw Stars” author Jackson Braun 53 Gives forth 54 Bolshevik leader 55 Keach who played Mike Hammer on TV 59 Reverberate 60 Bridle strap 61 Jeans purveyor Strauss 62 Brought to maturity 63 Horsed around? 65 Something Ben Jonson wrote to

Washington and the Bear

By Derek Sandberg kalarooka@gmail.com

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Monday, March 28, 2011

Softball

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A bright spot in the sweep, Karla Powell launched her team leading sixth home run of the year in Saturday’s 3-2 loss to Penn State.

Badgers suffer series sweep in Happy Valley By Hayley Kuepers The Daily CardinaL

Despite coming off a successful spring break road trip, the Wisconsin softball team dropped both games to Penn State in its Big Ten opening series in University Park, Pa. this past weekend. The Badgers (0-2 Big Ten, 15-11 overall) were outscored by the Nittany Lions (2-0, 15-11) 8-5 in their first game on Saturday. Penn State wasted no time, getting on the board in the first inning. The Badgers, however, answered in the second with four runs of their own. The Nittany Lions helped spark the Wisconsin offense as junior pitcher Lisa Akamine hit a batter and walked two more. Penn State also committed an error in the inning, allowing sophomore outfielder Kendall Grimm to reach base. The Badgers capitalized, and freshman infielder Mary Massei drove in three runs with a triple to right center. Penn State tied it up in the third, this time with the help of a Badger error. Freshman outfielder Alyssa Sovereign doubled to center and drove in two RBIs. The Badgers didn’t trail for long. In the fourth inning, Massei had another RBI, this time doubling to left center, allowing senior outfielder Jennifer Krueger to cross home plate. Penn State scored again in the fifth and added three more insurance runs in the sixth, while holding the Badgers scoreless in

the final three innings. Freshman pitcher Cassandra Darrah suffered the loss, dropping her record to 10-2 overall. Sunday’s game was a low-scoring pitcher’s duel: Darrah got the start once again for the Badgers and it was Akamine in the circle for the Nittany Lions. Although Penn State scored in the first, the Badgers were able to keep them from scoring again until the game went to extra innings, where they scored two in the eigth. Junior infielder Karla Powell tied the game in the fourth with her team-leading sixth home run of the year. At the end of seven, the score was tied at 1-1 and the game headed to extra innings. Wisconsin scored first in the extra frame. Freshman infielder Michelle Mueller got an RBI with a sac fly down the right field line. Even though the Badgers went on to load the bases with a hit batter and two walks, they were unable to score any more runs and left the bases loaded. But, the Badgers were unable to shut down the Penn State offense any longer and the Nittany Lions scored two runs in the eighth to beat the Badgers, 3-2 for the second straight day. Redshirt senior Jackie Hill earned the win for the Nittany Lions. Despite striking out six Darrah suffered her second consecutive loss falling to 10-3. UWBadgers.com contributed to this article

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Men’s Basketball

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Despite the Badgers’ disappointing finish, this season was among the most successful in program history and included a win over No. 1 Ohio State and a trip to the Sweet 16.

Memorable season ends in disappointment

Loss to Butler in the Sweet 16 shouldn’t overshadow what the Badgers accomplished this season By Max Sternberg The Daily Cardinal

Not much was expected from the Wisconisn men’s basketball team this season, certainly not a 25-9 finish, a win over No. 1 Ohio State and a Sweet 16 berth. The loss of guards Trevon Hughes and Jason Bohannon, who combined for 40 percent of last year’s scoring, had many thinking that a rebuilding year was coming. Rebuilding year? The non-conference slate did nothing to change those perceptions of mediocrity. Wins over fairly weak ACC foes NC State and Boston College were balanced by disappointing defeats at UNLV and against Notre Dame in the Old Spice Classic final. The only truly quality win came at Marquette. When the Badgers began Big Ten play 2-2, leaving them unranked, it seemed to many that spring football couldn’t come soon enough. With the season seemingly going nowhere, the calls for rebuilding were back in force. But that was, and never has been, an option for head coach Bo Ryan. Turning the ship around After losing a halftime lead against then-No. 10 Purdue, the Badgers used the momentum of the snow day announcement to finish the game on a 23-10 run over the final 10 minutes to get the victory. Five days later, Michigan State to bore the brunt of the newfound Badger momentum as Wisconsin started off Super Bowl Sunday by handing the Spartans a 26-point defeat. Having won six of seven, it was time to face undefeated Ohio State. After an adrenaline filled first half resulted in a lead of six turning into a two point deficit at the break, the Badgers came out of the half cold as the Buckeyes built a 15 point lead and seemed well on their way to victory. But with 13:21 left, the legend of Jordan Taylor was born. Trailing 47-32, Taylor led the Badgers on a 15-0 run over the next 3:35, scoring 10 of those 15 points and kicking out to freshman guard Josh Gasser for a tying three-pointer that ignited arguably the loudest roar in the history of the Kohl Center.

Taylor finished with 21 points in the second half alone, a performance that had his name trending worldwide on Twitter and forced the Cousy Award committee to put his name back on the finalist list. In less than two weeks, UW went from 15-5 tournament hopeful to 19-5 national title contender. With a senior day victory over Northwestern a few weeks later, Wisconsin capped off just the third undefeated home schedule in the last 80 years. But just as quickly as they shot into the national title talk, the Badgers went through a final period of adversity, losing by 28 in Columbus to the Buckeyes and then famously losing 36-33 to Penn State in the Big Ten quarterfinals. March springs hope Heading into the NCAA Tournament off of the two worst games of the season, the fourth-seeded Badgers were picked by many to be upset by Belmont in the first round. Seemingly tired of the talk about their inability to shoot away from the Kohl Center, UW hit 12-of22 three-point shots and held the Bruins under 37 percent shooting, cruising to a 14-point victory that had analysts everywhere quickly covering their tracks. Two days later, UW proved that it wasn’t just about senior forward Jon Leuer and Taylor. While Kansas State senior guard Jacob Pullen outscored Taylor by 26, it was the Badgers who earned a spot in New Orleans, fighting their way out of another second half drought en route to a 70-65 victory capped off in style by a gutsy Taylor block of Pullen’s attempt at a game-tying three pointer in the waning moments. “Everybody stepped up,” Leuer said after the win. “Mike [Bruesewitz]’s big three, Tim Jarmusz hit some big shots. Even though Jordan was off offensively, he made some huge plays down the stretch. He found Mike on that three. Right before that, he got the steal. Josh made some big plays. Just go right down the line of guys stepping up and making key contributions.” All in a weekend’s work; UW had vaulted from upset special to championship contender once again.

The Badgers couldn’t overcome a 20-point deficit against Butler in the Sweet 16 and while the loss was a letdown, UW showed the resiliency that got them to that point, working back from that large hole to cut the Butler lead to just four before Bulldog guard Shelvin Mack knocked down a contested jumper with a minute to go that erased hopes of another epic Badger comeback.

A season to remember Despite the loss, a season many believed would end in mediocrity resulted in the Badgers’ 13th straight trip to the NCAA Tournament, the program’s second victory over a No. 1 team, Wisconsin’s fifth Sweet 16 appearance, 25 wins and two firstteam all Big-Ten selections for the first time in UW history. “It’s always tough when it ends, when you’ve got to put the balls away

and the uniforms and practice gear. But I’m really proud of these guys,” Ryan said. “When you look at the entire season, just there are things accomplished this year that people never dreamed of with this group.” Losing in the NCAA Tournament is a heartbreaking finality that 67 teams deal with each year, but it should not take away from what was an otherwise memorable season for the UW program.