FAKE NEWS FRIDAY
Dennis Rodman: America’s newest spy +PAGE TWO
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Badger basketball season roundup +SPORTS, page 8
Complete campus coverage since 1892
l
dailycardinal.com
Weekend, April 5-7, 2013
Regents explore budget outlook
Headline acts announced for Revelry event By Genevieve Globus The Daily Cardinal
Student leaders announced Thursday music artists Hoodie Allen, Toro y Moi and Delta Spirit will headline the Revelry Music and Arts Festival, receiving mixed reactions among University of WisconsinMadison students. Revelry, a music and arts festival primarily organized by the Wisconsin Union Directorate, will take place near Union South May 4, the same day as the Mifflin Street Block Party. Revelry’s set list includes music genres ranging from rap to pop to electronica. Headliner Hoodie Allen is a well-known New York City rapper; Toro Y Moi is an R&B-electronic fusion artist and Delta Spirit, a rock group featured at Lollapalooza last year. Other performances include Danish pop star Oh Land and southern California group The Mowgli’s. In addition to the national artists, Revelry’s set list also features UW-Madison student artists Lord of the Flies, CRASHprez and Julian
Lynch, as well as local groups Phox, Rage Life and Chance the Rapper. Revelry leaders are expecting a large turnout for this event, according to Revelry Marketing Director Josh Lieberthal. Lieberthal also said revelry leaders are “proud” of the artists on the set list, especially considering the $100,000 budget they were allotted. The leaders reached out to many different widely known artists and chose the best artists that were available to perform, according to Lieberthal. While Lieberthal recognizes the selected bands are not as well known as some were expecting, he said the festival will be about discovering new music as well. “I think if a student literally doesn’t know anyone on the set lists, they’ll still see the value of going to this event,” Lieberthal said. Similarly, UW-Madison junior Andrea Liebrandt, who said she knows a few of the artists, thinks the diverse genres
revelry page 3
By Cheyenne Langkamp The Daily Cardinal
grey satterfield/cardinal file photo
Mahlon Mitchell, president of Fire Fighters of Wisconsin, has said he supports eliminating residency requirements.
State finance committee holds first budget hearing By Jack Casey the daily cardinal
Members of the state’s Joint Finance Committee met Friday in Greendale to hear eight hours of testimony from citizens on Gov. Scott Walker’s biennial budget, including Walker’s proposal to end the state’s residency requirement, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The current residency requirement states public workers have to live in the city or town where they work. Local governments currently
have the power to determine whether the law should be in place, but if Walker’s budget proposal were passed it would eliminate the requirement statewide. The governor’s proposal has been popular with law enforcement officials who have come out largely in support of the measure. However, many local Wisconsin officials, including Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, have said they think the residency requirement should stay
jfc page 3
Dane County receives $80,000 grant to address local opiate use, addiction
on campus
A haircut and a story
Faisal Abdu’Allah gives a live salon performance at the Chazen Thursday, speaking about his life and career as an artist and barber. + Photo by Yihan Liao
Dane County will receive an $80,000 grant from the Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance to help manage opiate abuse, according to a county press release. The grant aims at reducing criminal use of opiates in Dane County, according to the release. The money will fund a counselor committed to working with offenders addicted to opiates such as heroin, Dane County Executive Joe Parisi said in the release. “If we can help address this powerful addiction and
give people a meaningful opportunity to change their life we can make our community a safer place for us all,” Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne said in the release. The release said the county will use this grant to further its ongoing effort to reduce drug abuse. Last year, Dane County created the Opiates Task Force and added six treatment slots to the county’s Drug Court Treatment Program, the press release said.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents delved deeper into the details of Gov. Scott Walker’s biennial budget Thursday, emphasizing how his proposal would keep tuition down while helping to grow Wisconsin’s workforce if passed in its current form. Regent President Brent Smith said he is hopeful Walker’s proposal, which includes significant flexibilities and investments in Wisconsin universities, such as funding for economic development projects, increased compensation benefits, the UW Flex Option and new facilities across system campuses, will be approved. “We are certainly encouraged by the governor’s proposed reinvestment in higher education and the recognition that our campuses and our extension networks are essential to preparing the workforce to fill high demand jobs but also that we need to fuel Wisconsin’s resurgence,” Smith said. UW System President Kevin Reilly said he has emphasized to state legislators UW System’s role in stimulating the Wisconsin economy and urged them to pass Walker’s proposal. UW System administrators also updated the regents on more specifics in the biennial budget, including additional information on what the incentive block grants, part of the $181.4 million in new investments in the UW System, will look like. According to Associate Vice President for Economic Development David Brukardt, approximately $20 million of the proposed new investments will come in the form of these grants, which aim to increase economic development, workforce development and higher education affordability. One proposal from UW-Madison would look to increase the number of engineering and business graduates. Brukardt said the regents will have to submit a plan for dispersing the funds among campuses within 90 days of the budget’s approval. Regent David Walsh suggested the board consider funding a small number of projects in their entirety rather than spreading the funding
regents page 3
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”
page two 2
l
FridaY: drip drip drop hi 48º / lo 41º
Saturday: little april showers hi 57º / lo 41º
sunday: peek-a-sun
hi 52º / lo 36º
Weekend, April 5-7, 2013
dailycardinal.com
An independent student newspaper, serving the University of Wisconsin-Madison community since 1892 Volume 122, Issue 114
2142 Vilas Communication Hall 821 University Avenue Madison, Wis., 53706-1497 (608) 262-8000 • fax (608) 262-8100
News and Editorial
edit@dailycardinal.com Editor in Chief Scott Girard
Managing Editor Alex DiTullio
News Team News Manager Taylor Harvey Campus Editor Sam Cusick College Editor Cheyenne Langkamp City Editor Melissa Howison State Editor Jack Casey Enterprise Editor Samy Moskol Associate News Editor Meghan Chua Features Editor Ben Siegel Opinion Editors David Ruiz • Nikki Stout Editorial Board Chair Matt Beaty Arts Editors Cameron Graff • Andy Holsteen Sports Editors Vince Huth • Matt Masterson Page Two Editors Rachel Schulze • Alex Tucker Life & Style Editor Rebecca Alt Photo Editors Grey Satterfield • Abigail Waldo Graphics Editors Angel Lee • Dylan Moriarty Multimedia Editors Dani Golub Science Editor Matthew Kleist Diversity Editor Aarushi Agni Copy Chiefs Brett Bachman • Molly Hayman Matthew Kleist • Rachel Wanat Copy Editors Jackie Hazelwood
Business and Advertising business@dailycardinal.com Business Manager Jacob Sattler Office Manager Emily Rosenbaum Advertising Managers Erin Aubrey • Dan Shanahan Senior Account Executives Philip Aciman • Jade Likely Design Manager Lauren Mather Account Executives Lyndsay Bloomfield • Alyssa Boczkicwicz Tessa Coan • Madi Fair Zachary Hanlon • Elissa Hersh Will Huberty • Jordan Laeyendecker Hannah Klein • Paulina Kovalo Danny Mahlum • Eric O’Neil Catherine Rashid • Ali Syverson Web Director Eric Harris Public Relations Manager Alexis Vargas Marketing Manager Caitlin Furin Events Manager Andrew Straus Creative Director Claire Silverstein Copywriters Dustin Bui • Bob Sixsmith The Daily Cardinal is a nonprofit organization run by its staff members and elected editors. It receives no funds from the university. Operating revenue is generated from advertising and subscription sales. The Daily Cardinal is published weekdays and distributed at the University of WisconsinMadison and its surrounding community with a circulation of 10,000. Capital Newspapers, Inc. is the Cardinal’s printer. The Daily Cardinal is printed on recycled paper. The Cardinal is a member of the Associated Collegiate Press and the Wisconsin Newspaper Association. All copy, photographs and graphics appearing in The Daily Cardinal are the sole property of the Cardinal and may not be reproduced without written permission of the editor in chief. The Daily Cardinal accepts advertising representing a wide range of views. This acceptance does not imply agreement with the views expressed. The Cardinal reserves the right to reject advertisements judged offensive based on imagery, wording or both. Complaints: News and editorial complaints should be presented to the editor in chief. Business and advertising complaints should be presented to the business manager. Letters Policy: Letters must be word processed and must include contact information. No anonymous letters will be printed. All letters to the editor will be printed at the discretion of The Daily Cardinal. Letters may be sent to opinion@ dailycardinal.com.
Editorial Board l
Matt Beaty • Alex DiTullio Anna Duffin • Nick Fritz • Scott Girard David Ruiz • Nikki Stout
Board of Directors Jenny Sereno, President Scott Girard • Alex DiTullio Emily Rosenbaum • John Surdyk Erin Aubrey • Dan Shanahan Jacob Sattler • Melissa Anderson Stephen DiTullio • Herman Baumann Don Miner • Chris Drosner Jason Stein • Nancy Sandy Tina Zavoral © 2013, The Daily Cardinal Media Corporation ISSN 0011-5398
For the record Corrections or clarifications? Call The Daily Cardinal office at 608-262-8000 or send an email to edit@dailycardinal.com.
Dennis Rodman revealed as American spy in North Korea
By Mulan Rouge Fake News Friday
With tension rising between the United States and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, also known as North Korea, former NBA star Dennis Rodman has been revealed as a spy for the United States government after his recent hangout sesh’ with Supreme Ruler Kim Jong Un. The military reached out to Dennis Rodman, former NBA star, lifelong crazy person and new best friend of the Supreme Ruler, in hopes of receiving more useful intelligence on Jong Un’s plans after Jong Un revealed on his blog that he is a very big fan of “the American basketball.” Rodman visited North Korea during the first week of April in what was then thought to be a recreational visit and was seen with Kim Jong Un on several occasions in which the pair were “straight-up chilling,” according to one witness. After the media frenzy follow-
graphic by Dylan Moriarty
ing the visit waned, Rodman’s desperation to remain in the public eye led him to reveal himself as an American spy to a TMZ reporter late Saturday night. Rodman said, “Look, I
didn’t want to spy on him anymore. Kim Jong Un was a pretty tight bro. He was always calling me ‘da bomb’ and he just really loves jelly beans and Shaun White. Oh, and he’s super afraid
of poodles. I don’t know what that’s about.” Rodman also stated, “He actually showed me where he keeps all of his ‘bombs’ and ‘nukes,’ and when he opened the door, it was just a big old closet full of Furbies and red rubber kickballs. I didn’t have the heart to tell his hopeful little face that those weren’t actually bombs.” When CNN contacted Rodman Wednesday to ask how this public announcement of private information will affect his friendship with the Supreme Ruler, Rodman said, “He won’t know I spilled the beans. Lil’ Kim’s English really isn’t too great.” Rodman went on to say he and Kim Jong Un will remain lifelong friends and Kim will always have his support, but he prefers to stay out of North Korea’s politics. The State Department declined to comment when asked just what they were thinking when they asked Dennis Rodman to be a spy in the first place.
Artist headlining Revelry honored, excited, has never heard of Wisconsin By Funnyman Straights Fake News Friday
graphic by Dylan Moriarty
Budweiser successfully turns liquid Platinum into beer By Kane Kaiman Fake News Friday
When Anheuser-Busch scientists successfully converted molten platinum into Bud Light beer this year, they re-upped the stakes in the age-old arms race that is the commercial brewing industry. The much-needed breakthrough gave Budweiser a competitive response to the Miller company’s ingenious ‘vortex’ grooved bottle-design, a variation on the ‘rifling’ process invented for musket use in the late fifteenth century and fashioned in this instance to deliver beer to the mouth, “with deadly accuracy.” Questions about how Anheuser-Busch brew-masters have performed this feat of alchemy have been overshadowed by concerns about future profitability. “I’m no expert on precious metals, but won’t they go bankrupt from this?” commented Mark Terron, head of sales at Miller
Brewing Company. “It seems like a waste... anyway, we’re not worried. We just introduced this punch-top can thingy so the beer comes out smoother and faster and stuff.” When asked about the viability of the gimmick, Aaron Tanner, vice-president of the Budweiser Marketing Division, replied, “I don’t know. Supply and demand? Bottom line is this: our customers can literally get hammered off the most expensive metal known to man, all for around eight bucks per six-pack.” Sources deep within the Molson Coors Brewing Company, who in the past invented a magical bottle smart enough to “tell you when your beer is as cold as the Rockies,” have reported that the brewers there are tinkering with a revolutionary idea in reaction to Bud Light Platinum. They plan on actually making a bettertasting beer.
Flattered to hear Thursday that he would be performing at University of WisconsinMadison’s inaugural Revelry Music and Arts Festival May fourth, indie artist Toro y Moi was also a bit surprised: Before the announcement, he was unfamiliar with the school, Madison and Wisconsin as a whole. “To be honest, I thought for this whole time that the Green Bay Packers were from Milwaukee, that northern suburb of Chicago,” said the king of electro-funk over the phone Thursday. “Wait, Milwaukee is Wisconsin too? No shit!” Toro y Moi, who is much better known by his real name, Chazwick Bradley Bundick, is credited as being one of the leading figures in the wellestablished traditional musical genre known as chillwave since “way back” in 2007. He has performed several times at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas, which hosts thousands of down-to-Earth, unpretentious music fans each spring. He has also toured significantly all over Brooklyn, Chicago and Brooklyn. “I’m looking forward to bringing my show to all of the Toro y Moi fans in Madison. I hope things don’t get too crazy out there—I know how well chillwave and brats go together.” His two studio albums, Causers of This and Underneath the Pine can be found at every
Urban Outfitters location. Bundick plans on finding his way to Madison by “Google Mapping the Wisconsin address printed on the side of PBR cans.” The Revelry lineup announcement also featured some disappointing snubs. Despite the popular support for inclusion around campus, Chancellor David Ward and Dean Lori Berquam’s death metal duo “Lords of Bascom” was left off the final roster. The group is most known for its mosh-tastic viral sensation “Don’t GO (to the Depths of Hades),” as well as its gentler work on the Madison-area Bar Mitzvah circuit. Atmospheric and Oceanic studies professor Jonathon Martin’s four-piece cover band the Sundogs, known for their covers of the Police and the Rolling Stones, was also left off this year’s set list, along with Piccolo Pete and that other guy who sings in front of Memorial Library. The numerous groups hope, and/or insist upon, consideration for next year’s lineup.
news
Weekend, April 5-7, 2013 3
l
dailycardinal.com
City committee discusses East Washington plans
on campus
Share the gov
ASM Shared Governance Committee hosts a meet and greet Thursday at the Student Activity Center to recruit students and encourage members to get involved with different committees. + Photo by Courtney Kessler
regents from page 1 too thin across the entire system. Brukardt agreed, saying the system should strive to impress the legislature with the projects it selects.
“We’re on trial,” Brukardt said. “We’d like to demonstrate we can do this and we can do it well.” The Regent’s Capital Budget and Planning Committee also gave preliminary approval to
Report shows $1.1 million spent in state Supreme Court TV advertising A recent report found the candidates for the recent state Supreme Court race spent more than $1.1 million on television advertisements leading up to the April 2 election. The study, which was conducted by the Brennan Center for Justice, also found conservative interest groups funded approximately 70 percent of the television spending. The $1.1 million is less than the amount spent in past elections, according to the Brennan Center. Comparatively, the especially partisan 2011 state Supreme Court race, between
revelry from page 1 on the set list make the event appealing. She said she would choose attending Revelry over the Mifflin block party due to the artists that will perform. However, UW-Madison freshman Sean Hoey said he did not think the event was worth attending after seeing the lineup, since he was not familiar
jfc from page 1 in place to keep the power in the hands of local governments. Members of Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin, Inc., including the organization’s president, Mahlon Mitchell, who ran for lieutenant governor in last year’s recall election, said it supported ending the requirement to give flexibility to law enforcement officials in a March 6 letter to the JFC. “We believe that every fire fighter in Wisconsin should have the freedom to live where they wish,” the members said in the statement. “That change will have a positive impact on
current Justice David Prosser and JoAnne Kloppenburg, saw approximately $3.9 million spent on television advertisements. Justice Pat Roggensack, who was elected to her second consecutive 10-year term on the court Tuesday, outspent her opponent, Marquette law professor Ed Fallone, by a five to one margin. Roggensack is regarded as a member of the conservative wing of the court and defeated Fallone after making her previous experience as a justice a focal point of her campaign. with many of the performers. “Well it would help if I knew [the artists] names,” Hoey said. “They didn’t have to be that popular, but if I knew their names I would consider going.” Student presale tickets for Revelry will go on sale Monday April 8 and cost $5. Organizers will release details Monday about increased ticket prices of those purchased after April 22. Wisconsin’s ability to recruit and retain high-quality fire fighters to serve and protect the communities of our state.” However, John Hermes, Greendale’s village president, said in his written remarks to the JFC he did not support ending the requirement, citing concerns over safety and a potential lack of local government control. “The current draft of your legislative policy would no longer allow local government ability to control this employment condition, and [Greendale’s] need for urgent response times,” Hermes said. The JFC will hold three more public hearings on the biennial budget.
fund the additional construction of the theater lounge during the ongoing renovations to Memorial Union. The full Board must approve the funding in its meeting Friday.
A city committee considered proposals for a future development on the 800 block of East Washington Ave. at a meeting Thursday. Three companies, C.D. Smith Construction, T. Wall Enterprises and Gebhardt Development, submitted proposals for the development, which will include both residential and commercial space with a grocery store. The committee did not make a decision on which proposal to support at the meeting, although community members who spoke at the meeting’s public forum mainly supported the Gebhardt development, calling it the most exciting proposal. Gebhardt Development’s proposal includes a Metcalfe’s Market grocery store, bicycle and pedestrian accessibility as well as modern housing units. The city’s Planning and Economic Development Division recommended the
Gebhardt proposal for approval. David Waugh, development chair of the Tenney-Lapham Neighborhood Association, said the proposal was a great example of businesses the city needs to attract to the area around the 800 block of East Washington. “The rooftop farm and the sustainability industry focus ... is a great example of the types of businesses we need to be attracting here,” Waugh said. However, Mark Sweet, who spoke on behalf of the United Food & Commercial Workers Union, voiced concerns over an ongoing labor dispute at Metcalfe’s Market. Metcalfe’s owner Tim Metcalfe said the business has successfully negotiated numerous contracts with UFCW over the years and expects to do the same in the current situation. The two other developers partnered with Fresh Madison Market in their proposals. —Meghan Chua
UW professor honored for stem cell research University of Wisconsin-Madison professor James Thomson received the McEwen Award for Innovation, an award given for ground-breaking stem cell research Thursday for his research in the area. The International Society for Stem Cell Research honored Thomson with the award for his work, which first utilized embry-
onic stem cells in 1998, as well as his work with turning human skin cells into induced pluripotent stem cells, which are cells that have not yet been differentiated to fit a specific purpose within the body. Thomson also served as the director of regenerative biology at UW-Madison’s Morgridge Institute for Research and is the
university’s James Kress professor of embryonic stem cell biology. “It’s an honor to be recognized with the McEwen Award,” Thomson said in a university release. “I’m pleased that my work and the work of many key collaborators in this field has created new avenues for understanding and addressing challenges in human health.”
arts l
4
Weekend, April 5-7, 2013
dailycardinal.com
Tyler, the Creator snarls on ‘Wolf’ CD REVIEW
Wolf Tyler, the Creator By Michael Penn The Daily Cardinal
One video of a hanging, several pairs of colorful socks and a Jimmy Fallon back-leap/Mos Def “swag!” yelp later, it appears that Tyler, The Creator has risen from the ashes of underground darling and finally etched his own place into hip-hop with his Odd Future collective waving their upsidedown crosses into the sunset. But you only gather about half of that upon first glance at Wolf, his new album: It appears a few hundred thousand in the bank and a four-story house still doesn’t equal a happy Tyler, who is now coping with the drawbacks of his infamy, the sudden passing of his grandmother who was “always bitchin’ about her carpet” on Bastard and the fact that his father still hasn’t called him back. Still, this album is a smooth, depraved ride through the darkest corners of the summertime with a few bigger names on the bill and a few marshmallows to burn. Tyler stated early in the development stages the production was the primetime focus of this album, and by God he wasn’t exaggerating. His cartoony synthslap sound has taken a very audible upgrade: bigger chord progressions, more strings and an exercise in all of his influences, from the bare-bones, Missy Elliott-sounding twerkability of “Tamale” to the slow soul Erykah Badu-collab “Treehome95.” Wolf sounds precisely like its set-
ting: a subplot from the original universe found in Bastard and Goblin that finds the characters Wolf and Sam at Camp Flog Gnaw finding love (and hate) for the summer. Tyler’s progression provides a lush cohesion that can accompany the darkest of introspection with a smile and a Sunny D in hand. Though Tyler trolled online about the album being godawful, he sold himself short on the lyricism; he has even more moments of gold since finding his comfort zone and focusing more on conventional song structure. “Bimmer” is an astounding melodic exercise with Frank Ocean background vocals making the song drip. “Answer” is a sincere and personal moment for Tyler wanting his father and grandmother back. “48” is about Tyler dealing drugs and I don’t even give a damn because it’s sonically beautiful and well written and has Nas on it, so it’s an automatic win. Wolf has plenty of ups going for it early, but it also sounds like Tyler’s emulating all his idols throughout, with varying degrees of success. It is this variance that makes the record “IFHY” work so perfectly since Tyler’s gigantic Pharrell influence is perfectly compatible with… well, Pharrell. But this is the same caveat that makes “Colossus” sound like a Tumblr-era take on Eminem’s “Stan,” no matter how much Tyler would probably deny it. If Tyler’s albums are one thing, they are damn sure long, and Wolf’s 71 minutes follow suit in the same fashion of its predecessoser: some of the songs are in weird places that can kill whatever build-up he was going for. This is initiated by the semi-comeback single “Domo 23,” which ups the ante in energy, but doesn’t truly add to the already-loose narra-
Graphic By Dylan Moriarty
tive other than being a go-dumb song. Also, despite how “Tamale” holds a weird place in my heart, it has no business being the penultimate song before the jarring outro “Lone,” about the last time Tyler saw his grandmother. Also, the “PartyIsn’tOver/Campfire/ Bimmer” stitching may work as filler for the campy vibe, but there isn’t much else here to work with for it to be seven minutes long. The primary problem with Wolf arrives when Tyler decides to abandon the new shades of himself he revealed to revel in critic-bashing and how much fans want to suck his dick. I’d expect nothing more from his abrasiveness at this point, but it can certainly wear on the listener to no end. He unloads several responses to criticism on the somber banger “Rusty,” where he bellows: “The fuck am I saying? Tyler’s not even a violent name/I’m ‘bout as threatening as stained windbreakers in hurricanes/But he rapes women, and spit wrong like he hate dentists/ Goddamn menace, 666 and he’s
not finished” (it is worth noting that Domo has a show-stealer on this jam and I am proud to see how far he’s come). When Tyler takes too much time to address writers like me as invalid dumbasses who shouldn’t have jobs, it takes away from the awkward gratification he can deliver when he continues to disobey “voices of reason” instead of complaining. Wolf is neither the Grammywinner Tyler bleeds for (nor even the nominee), but it demonstrates that he is just as much a workin-progress as his art. Though he has thankfully shed a majority of the rape and assault content rampant in the previous Odd Future catalog, Tyler is still ricocheting between the beauty of his artistry that can come with his newfound focus and the greenmasked-rapist-racist of yesteryear that propelled him to his success. When you hear the tiring “FrankOcean-is-my-friend-I’m-nothomophobic-but-you’re-a-fag” quips and the typical displeasure with being famous until he sees his bank account, inflated from cat
‘Must Bumps’ From Wolf
“Cowboy” “Awkward” “Answer” “48” “Bimmer” (ft. Frank Ocean) “IFHY” (ft. Pharrell) “Rusty” (ft. Domo Genesis and Earl Sweatshirt) “Lonely” t-shirts, you can see that Tyler’s maturation has not completed yet. But this summertime opus is definitely a level-up on Wolf Haley’s behalf, and watching his progression is a ride we are undeniably tuned to no matter what ALL CAPS antics occur next. Grade: B
Merchandise create totale madness on their ‘Totale Nite’ CD REVIEW
Totale Nite Merchandise By Natalie Amend The daily cardinal
Saying that a band has a “unique” sound is one of the most arbitrary musical descriptions possible. Not much music sounds particularly unique when the Internet exposes us to massive amounts of accessible music each day. With that said, Merchandise is one of the most unique bands making music today. Merchandise’s roots lie in Tampa, Florida’s DIY punk scene. Four years ago, they released their self-titled EP, a collection of punk jams with some major Dinosaur Jr. and Wipers influences. From there, they transformed into post-punk melodramatics/Smiths worshippers and released the frantic (Strange Songs) In The Dark in
2010 and last year’s enchanting Children of Desire. What you hear on Totale Nite, Merchandise’s latest EP, is an entirely different band. They’ve grown up, they’ve said screw punk-rock and they’ve started to make experimental epics for the brooding capital-R Romantics of the world. The album uses its sheer length (the five songs span 33 minutes) to prove that Merchandise is not constrained by anything. They’re post-punk, noise, shoegaze, country, jazz and everything in between. Totale Nite is a collage of lengthy and disparate songs connected by one philosophy: individualism. Play whatever music you want, whether it’s hardcore or jazz. Think whatever you want, whether it’s I love you or I hate you. Hazy harmonicas permeate opening track “Who Are You?” It’s a complete turn from anything they’ve put out, their version of psychedelic blues track. Carson Cox’s vocals, a resonating baritone croon, soar above the noise. The lyrics sound hopeful (“Today the sun rose/Like the hand of God”), but the layers of swampy sound are foreboding
and suffocating. Suddenly, you can breathe, if only for a few seconds. The first single off the album, “Anxiety’s Door,” is simultaneously expansive and jittery, with arena-ready guitars contrasting with industrial drum machine beats. For the final two minutes, the only words you hear are “you’re the only one now” as every instrument slowly stops. It feels like the album’s mantra. “I’ll Be Gone” is a spacey soundtrack to a 1980s prom night, with noisy, twinkling guitars and smooth saxophone that would make Steely Dan fall to their knees. It’s downright beautiful, albeit pretty cheesy, until Cox delivers one of his most resonating lines: “I’m gonna plant myself in the sun/ Just to be free from all you motherfuckers.” It frames the album as a celebration of the self, moving away from all who restrain. “Totale Nite” is a mess in the best way possible. The fact that the band designated this as the title track is extremely telling. It blends dissonant horns, the loudest guitars on the album, booming drums and accusatory lyrics into nine minutes and 20 seconds of pure genre-bending chaos.
Totale Nite’s final track “Winter’s Dream” returns to the balladry of “I’ll Be Gone” but softens it even more. Cox’s vocals are restrained and turned down, letting the arena-ready drums and harmonious guitar take the lead as he sings about killing a former version of himself, letting his true spirit move forward. However, as the soft, shimmering instruments fade, the last 30 sec-
onds of the song transform into screeching feedbacked noise. It’s Merchandise showing that even their ballads aren’t restrained to one sound. However, in the end, Totale Nite is more than just a termination of genres. It’s a termination of the world around you. After all, as Cox says, you’re the only one now. Grade: A-
Photo Courtesy of Merchandise
Merchandise’s Totale Nite is a chaotic mix of post-punk, jazz, noise, shoegaze, country and everything in between.
comics
dailycardinal.com
Today’s Sudoku
Defeating the dreaded Kraken
Eatin’ Cake
Classic
Such is the life of a poet... In 2009 Bob Dylan was detained and escorted back to his hotel by police, who took him to be ‘an old scruffy man acting suspiciously.’ Weekend, April 5-7, 2013 • 5
By Dylan Moriarty www.EatinCake.com
© Puzzles by Pappocom
Caved In
By Nick Kryshak nkryshak@wisc.edu
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 DAILY CARDINAL Bringing you pie charts.
First In Twenty By Angel Lee alee23@wisc.edu
Since 1892 Today’s Crossword Puzzle
This week’s request Two street performers (let’s call them... Greg and Danny) playing the drums on State Street using forks and spoons instead of drumsticks. Title of their band: Forks and Spoons Band. A friendly couple is putting money in the hat by their feet. — Tony P.
Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com WHO WANTS TO GO TO NEW MEXICO ACROSS 1 Airport posting (abbr.) 4 County festivals 9 Border plant 14 Down in the dumps 15 At the original length 16 External 17 Saying at the onset of wrinkles (Part 1) 20 “It’s ___!” (Dr. Frankenstein’s cry) 21 Put down 22 Burned up the highway 23 All-too-agreeable fellows 26 H.S. support group 29 Preposition in poetry 30 Siamese sobs 31 Unskilled laborer 32 Photocopier’s ancestor 33 Penny-pinching 35 Saying at the onset of wrinkles (Part 2) 38 Church groundskeeper 39 Small, dark goose 40 Held on to 41 Long-limbed, as a model 42 Product pitches 45 “If ___ say so myself” 46 They might keep you
up all night 8 Dance studio lesson 4 49 The Moody Blues’ “Nights in White ___” 51 “Same here!” 52 Saying at the onset of wrinkles (Part 3) 57 Swashbuckling Flynn 58 Choir’s platform 59 Fix, as an election 60 Part of an act 61 Dangerous downpour 62 Wichita-to-Kansas City dir. DOWN 1 Elvis’ Graceland, e.g. 2 Clothing alterer 3 Look to as a role model 4 Act incensed 5 Santa ___, Calif. 6 Very standoffish 7 Massage 8 Cooks over boiling water 9 “Crocodile Dundee” star 10 Yours and mine 11 Increases inclination 12 Contents of some small bags 13 Gallery display 18 Gift wrapping time, for many 19 Lincoln, informally 23 Middle Eastern country on the Red
Sea 4 Wide-spouted pitcher 2 25 Chew toy coating 27 Ceremonial gown for Claudius 28 In whatever quantity 30 Otis’ pal, in film 31 Brad of Hollywood 32 Marshal Dillon 33 Deer that have antlers 34 Smaller than small 35 Give careful attention to 36 Hazard for the snowbound 37 Try to persuade 38 Participate in a biathlon 41 Non-company men? 42 Dress code concern 43 Hold for questioning 44 Kind of cake or bath 46 What’s in, in fashion 47 Penpoint 48 Attack word 50 “... unto us ___ is given” (Isaiah) 51 Tabloid gossip 52 WKRP newsman Nessman 53 “The Lord of the Rings” beast 54 Have a fever 55 Find a function for 56 Golfer’s peg
Submit your Draw Me Something request to graphics@dailycardinal.com
opinion Recall reforms rudely restrict rights 6
l
Weekend, April 5-7, 2013
dailycardinal.com
the official took office. Perhaps raising this number to a third or higher could be reasonable. After all, any elected official in the country has people that want them out of office and 25 percent isn’t much. Holding a recall election every time a politician does something unpopular is just ridiculous. That being said, recall efforts require many people and a lot of hard work. Reaching a quarter of the electorate is much harder than it sounds, and recall elections are in fact very rare. I think the laws regarding recalls are fine as they are.
Mitch taylor opinion columnist
I
magine you are an employer and you have an employee you can’t fire. As long as they don’t do anything illegal, you simply don’t have the power to terminate them and must continue to pay them regardless of their job performance. Now imagine this employee has the responsibility of managing the entire business. Would you be entirely comfortable with that? That’s the situation Rarely is legislation that Wisconsin could be in soon. On takes power away from Monday, a bill was proposed in the people a good thing. the Wisconsin legislature that would make it impossible to recall an elected official unless they violate a civil or criminal law. This is, of course, in As I said before, recall elecresponse to last June’s recall elec- tions are very expensive and tions that threatened the seats of overly political. This is also lawmakers in both parties. The true, however, of everything idea behind the bill is recall elec- our government ever does. tions are expensive and too often Actually, a recall election only used for purely political reasons. costs nine million dollars, While I agree, I think this bill is which is really just less than too extreme a measure as it limits three dollars per taxpayer. That government accountis the cost of democracy. ability. Fear of recall Three dollars. isn’t what motivates This bill also doesn’t officials to do a good take into consideration job, but having the percent of the the myriad deplorable ability to remove them electorate and crooked things polifor being morons is required to ticians are capable of that important for checks start a recall are perfectly legal, not to and balances of power. via petition. mention the illegal ones If they’re doing a bad they just don’t get caught job we should be able for. Now, I dig the whole dollars per to get rid of them. “innocent until proven Currently, a recall Wisconsin guilty” deal we’ve got citizen was requires one quarter of the cost of going and don’t like to the number of people Walker’s recall make any unfair assumpthat voted in the elec- election. tions, but let’s take a look tion to sign a petition at Governor Walker and at least one year after his legal troubles. We
25 3
shoaib altaf/cardinal file photo
grace liu/cardinal file photo
The recent drive to limit recalls to law-breaking elected officials is a reaction to the Gov. Scott Walker’s recall, which cost Wisconsin taxpayers 9 million dollars. have here a man with $200,000 in his legal defense fund and a lot of known illegal activity in his administration. Either the governor is completely out of touch with what the people close to him are doing or the man has a good reason to stock up on legal defense money. Even if the latter is true, $200,000 can buy some pretty solid lawyers and
it is unlikely he’ll ever be nailed for something. Unfortunately, I believe this is the case with many elected officials and it would make the recall process really tricky if it required the official to be charged with anything. This proposed bill defeats the entire purpose of the power of recall. The point of democracy is that the people are more pow-
erful than our elected officials, and making it so that we can’t remove them from office throws off that hierarchy. Rarely is legislation that takes power away from the people a good thing. Mitch is a freshman with an undecided major. What do you think about recall reform? Please send all feedback to opinion@ dailycardinal.com.
Letter: Sexual assault clouded by myths, supported by culture Maggie DeGroot PAVE communications coordinator
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and across the nation students will engage in events to spread awareness and discuss the prevention of sexual assault. According to the National Center for Victims of Crime, sexual assault is a crime in which one person knowingly causes another person to engage in unwanted sexual act. Sexual assault can be a form of domestic or intimate partner violence, and usually occurs between two people who know each other. Sexual assault often occurs in the form of forced vagi-
nal or anal penetration, forced oral sex or unwanted bodily touching. Sexual assault is a matter of power and control and occurs when one individual believes themself to be superior and more powerful than another individual. The sexual violence that arises out of these power dynamics is not restricted to men or straight couples, but also occurs in LGBTQ relationships. There are many myths that surround sexual assault. An example is the myth that rapes are perpetrated by strangers jumping out of bushes in the night, but we know the majority of the time it’s someone the
victim knows. PAVE stresses the need for allies to combat rape-supportive culture. In this type of society, sexual violence is often considered to be “just something that happens” and widespread victim blaming. This is unacceptable, and sexual violence is never a victim’s fault. However, in a rape-supportive culture, there are some who don’t see it that way, and PAVE is working to combat that. Throughout April, PAVE is hosting a series of events to better inform students about sexual assault, how to support survivors and more. Some of these events
include: A Day of Unity on April 10, a reading discussion on the Impact of Pornography on April 15 co-sponsored with Sex Out Loud and a panel with Feministing bloggers Zerlina Maxwell and Chloe Angyal on April 24. Sexual assault victims at the University of Wisconsin can call the Rape Crisis Center’s 24-hour hotline at 608-251RAPE for immediate assistance. University Health Services also offers counseling, both scheduled and dropin, for UW students who have been victims of sexual assault. Monday night at 7 p.m. in the PAVE Office at the Student
Activity Center #3147, PAVE is hosting our General Member Meeting. Anyone looking to learn more about this issue and help out during this busy month is more than welcome to attend. PAVE is a student organization dedicated to preventing sexual assault, dating/domestic violence and stalking on the UW-Madison campus through education and activism. PAVE’s general member meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on April 8 in the PAVE office, room #3147 of the Student Activity Center. For more information or to find out how to get involved, e-mail communications.pave@gmail.com.
sports
dailycardinal.com
Weekend, April 5-7, 2013
l
7
Softball
Badgers looking to continue hot start to season By Blake Duffin the daily cardinal
The Wisconsin softball team (5-1 Big Ten, 27-4 overall) finally earned a spot in the top 25 rankings of various polls this week, following road trips to Illinois and Iowa. The Badgers will look to continue their good start to conference play this weekend at Minnesota (4-2, 21-12). Despite being ranked for the first time since 2002, the team has a humble mindset heading into the Twin Cities. “I think
whether we are ranked or not, we are still playing the same game,” junior outfielder Mary Massei said. “We’ve been practicing every day with the intent to win and keep up how we have been doing in conference.” Head coach Yvette Healy sees the ranking not as
an achievement, but as motivation. “It shows us that we have more work to do. I think Runs batted in by junior outfielder Mary Massei everybody is this season. really hungry to keep on getting better, so Earned run average by it’s additional junior pitcher Cassandra motivation,” Darrah this season. Healy said The Badgers. will need this hungry mindset if they hope to beat a talented Gopher team this weekend. Minnesota is lead by stellar junior pitcher Sara Moulton who currently holds an 18-8 record with a 1.59 ERA. As for UW’s pitchers, they hope to continue the trend they have started this season. “I think we just carry over what we did last weekend, throwing strikes, getting ahead in the count, and really just executing our pitches,” said senior pitcher Meghan McIntosh. The average ERA for Wisconsin pitchers thus far this season is only 1.37. UW has only given up five
27
1.37
Minnesota in three games at Goodman Diamond, including the biggest comeback in school history in the last game. After trailing by eight runs, the Badgers came back and posted an 11-10 victory. The Gophers will undoubtedly be looking to get back at UW at their home field. “It’s going to be tough. To play on the road against those types of teams is always a challenge and I think we just have to be able to battle adversity when we see it,” commented Healy. As for the key to success she said. “We’re going to have to hold their big hitters down and find a way to put hits together on one of the best
pitchers we will face.”
“To play on the road against those types of teams is always a challange.” Yvette Healey head coach Wisconsin softball
“We just have to have a positive mindset and most importantly have fun,” said Massei. The first game of the three game series will take place Friday at 6 p.m., followed by 2 p.m Saturday and 1 p.m Sunday.
“I think whether we are ranked or not, we are still playing the same game.” Mary Massei junior outfielder Wisconsin softball
runs through its first two conference series. Last year Wisconsin swept
wil gibb/cardinal file photo
Junior outfielder Mary Massei leads Wisconsin with a .454 batting average and 27 runs batted in through 31 games this season.
UW-MADISON STUDENT TICKETS ONLY $10!
JAZZ SERIES: GERALD CLAYTON TRIO SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 8PM TOWN CENTER AT THE WISCONSIN INSTITUTES FOR DISCOVERY JEREMY DENK, PIANO
THURSDAY APRIL 11, 8PM, MILLS HALL
JULIE FOWLIS
THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 8PM, MUSIC HALL
OLIVER MTUKUDZI
FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 8PM, THE SETT AT UNION SOUTH
608.265.ARTS | UNIONTHEATER .WISC.EDU Anonymous Fund
Wisconsin Union Theater Endowment Fund
This theater season is supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Sports
weekend April 5-7, 2013 DailyCardinal.com
Men’s Basketball
Injuries, losses don’t hold Badgers back max sternberg stern words
A
s great as the NCAA Tournament is, March Madness comes packed with a brutal reality: one misstep and its all over. With one half of poor shooting, Wisconsin found that out the hard way, falling to 12th-seeded Ole Miss to bring a quick end to a postseason run many thought had a chance to go the distance. I remember back in 2012 in the wake of a Hail Mary loss to Michigan State that there was a feeling of shock in the football team’s locker room at what had been lost in the game’s final seconds. But while many in that locker room, players and media alike, had a sort of “this season is over” reaction to that heartbreaking loss, there were still several games to play and ultimately a Big Ten title to be won. For UW basketball, there is no such opportunity for redemption. There is no best-of-three series or NIT opportunity. The season is over, done, a thing of the past. But while the high expectations of this Wisconsin team are a major contributor to the feelings of disappointment, especially in light of the way the West region has played out in the days since Friday’s loss, those expectations were unrealistic. Wisconsin was not a Final Four team, at least not this year. When junior guard Josh Gasser, projected to start at the point guard position, went down just weeks before the first game with a season-ending knee injury, many both in Madison and elsewhere wondered if the 2012-’13 season would mark the end of UW head coach Bo Ryan’s reign of consistency. Ryan had never finished outside the top four in the Big Ten and had never missed an NCAA Tournament in 11 years as Wisconsin’s head coach. Having already lost Jordan Taylor, one of the most prolific guards in school history, the loss of Gasser in October seemed to be the break that would bring the Badgers’ competitive run to a temporary end. Even before Gasser went down, many predictions had Wisconsin finishing between fifth and seventh in the loaded Big Ten standings. With Gasser out and sophomore Traevon Jackson forced into action, the Badgers were all but left for dead by those in the know. Going 9-4 in non-conference play certainly didn’t help to alleviate the concerns among the Wisconsin faithful that this would be the year they would finally see NIT games played at the Kohl Center. The Badgers lost every major test they had in November and December, being blown out by the likes of Florida, Creighton and Marquette, while losing at home to Virginia in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Somehow the Badgers sur-
grey satterfield/cardinal file photo
Despite the loss of point guard Josh Gasser for the season and several early season losses, the Badgers were still able to finish in the top-four in the Big Ten for the eleventh straight year. vived another string of medio- Every time the Badgers pulled off cre efforts to start Big Ten play, an “upset” win or got on a string winning closely contested games of quality performances, they at home against Penn State and immediately threw up a dismal on the road at Nebraska. effort and came Despite the 2-0 start, crashing back to nothing on the court earth. After that indicated that this UW quick 4-0 start, team would be able Wisconsin would to compete with the never again win upper echelon teams more than three Points per game in the conference. straight games. averaged by the Badgers this Then Illinois came Every big high was season calling. Having been almost immediatefortunate enough to ly countered by an spend a week in prepaequally deep low. Wins by the ration, UW came out as The NCAA Badgers in Big Ten a different team on that T o u r n a ment play this season January Saturday, blitzrequires a sixing a shocked Illini team game winning out of the blocks and streak. Wisconsin building a 20-point lead had just one before Brandon Paul and com- of those the entire year. So to pany could even catch their col- expect UW to make a sustained lective breath. run in NCAA Tournament play Still, that was at the Kohl was simply unrealistic. While Center, and even a 3-0 start left the Badgers had proven themopen the possibility of collapse, selves capable of beating anyone a possibility made very real with Wisconsin in the midst of 11 straight games against ranked opponents. Then just three days after beating Illinois the Badgers took down Indiana in Bloomington. This wasn’t the hot-and-cold Illini or even the one-dimensional Cal Bears. This was Indiana, at Assembly Hall. Suddenly, though still unranked, Wisconsin had gone from bubble hopeful to conference title contender in the most hotly contested race in college basketball. The Badgers were now 4-0 and the last remaining unbeaten in Big Ten play, trailed in the conference standings by five teams that had been ranked in the top 10 in the country at one point. Predictably, UW came down to earth in Iowa City. The Badgers were overwhelmed by an emotional crowd at Carver-Hawkeye and dug themselves a 30-10 hole that even 20 points from freshman George Marshall couldn’t erase. A home loss three days later to Michigan State took Wisconsin back to square one. From there, it was a rollercoaster ride the rest of the season.
66.2 12
in the nation (though the favorable matchups with Indiana and Michigan certainly aided in the development of that notion), they had failed to show an ability to avoid losing to lesser teams. Wisconsin lost on Senior Day at home to a Purdue team that finished below .500 for the year and struggled twice against lowly Penn State. When at their best, the Badgers could hang with the best of the best. But when the shots stopped falling, Wisconsin simply refused to try finding another way to get the job done. Ultimately that is what led to their early exit. Wisconsin was a far better team than Mississippi. They were uniquely qualified to slow down Ole Miss’ high tempo offense and had the disciplined approach to stop the high-octane offense of Rebel star Marshall Henderson. Although Henderson finished with a game-high 19 points, he was by no means the impact player he
had been for much of the SEC schedule. He started the game 1-for-11 and finished just 6-for-21 from the field. Henderson did not beat Wisconsin on his own as he had many teams throughout the regular season. Wisconsin beat itself. The Badgers, as they had all year, once again bought into the popular notion that they were confined to living by the three and dying by the three. Despite having the best interior player on the court in senior Jared Berggren, Wisconsin never took advantage. After quickly working the ball inside during an early second half run that gave UW a 36-30 lead, the Badgers put an immediate halt to any attempt at establishing an interior presence. When Mississippi finally began to make shots and erased the Wisconsin lead, the Badgers responded as they had all season: They continued to shoot. This approach ultimately made the “live and die by the three” prophesy take on a selffulfilling nature. Just as they had during runs made by Ohio State, Purdue, Michigan State, Minnesota, Iowa, Marquette, Virginia, Creighton, and Florida, the Badgers tried unsuccessfully to shoot themselves out of an offensive rut. After taking 10 free throws in the first half, Wisconsin shot just three over the game’s final 20 minutes. Between a Ryan Evans miss at 17:56 (following a made basket) and two makes by Jackson at 1:54, the Badgers did not shoot a single free throw. In that span, UW made just six of its 23 shots. A comfortable five to six point lead had been transformed into a 50-44 deficit with the clock a formidable enemy. This is part one of Max’s column wrapping-up the men’s basketball season. Check back next week for part two.