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MPD to employ new Mifflin policing plan By Erin Berge The Daily Cardinal
The Madison Police Department said at a neighborhood meeting Thursday it will implement new no-tolerance law enforcement policies for the Mifflin Street Block Party in its effort to regulate the block party. MPD will employ approximately 300 officers across the entire downtown area under a no-tolerance policy that includes enforcement of house parties, illegal alcohol consumption and trespassing, according to MPD Sergeant Kelly Donahue. Contrary to last year’s Mifflin Street Block Party, MPD is discouraging house parties by eliminating the pledge program, which allowed residents
who signed a pledge of cooperation to call MPD to break up an out-of-control party without incurring citations, according to Donahue. Donahue said although police are discontinuing the pledge program, MPD will always assist people who call for help. Police cannot shut down legal house parties, which include residents of legal drinking age who serve other residents over 21 on their private property. However, if there is any illegal activity, the officers will take appropriate action, according to Donahue. “We’re really trying to make sure we are not sending mixed
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University of Wisconsin-Madison student Henry Mackaman co-founded his band, the Twin Cities-based Phantom Vibration, for which he played guitar and produced music.
UW student dies of bacterial meningitis By Sam Cusick The Daily Cardinal
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The Mifflin Street Block Party, which was heavily policed last year, will see a slight change in how the event is regulated this year.
Legislator discusses citations against Capitol protesters By James Lanser The Daily Cardinal
A state representative held a press conference Thursday to discuss what she said were a growing number of citations due to the Wisconsin Department of Administration’s regulations on protesting in the Wisconsin State Capitol. State Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison, held the conference along with representatives from the American Civil Liberties Union, attorney Bob Jamboise
and individuals who were arrested while protesting at the Capitol. Current regulations include a requirement that all groups of four or more people who plan to protest to apply for a permit 72 hours before demonstrating. Another regulation prevents protesters from hanging signs inside the building. The regulations, which were originally introduced in late 2011, have drawn criticism from protesters and activists who say the
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University of WisconsinMadison senior Henry Mackaman died Thursday as a result of meningococcal disease, according to Dean of Students Lori Berquam. Mackaman was hospitalized earlier in the week after being diagnosed with bacterial meningitis. Mackaman’s family took him off life support Thursday, and plans to donate his organs to other patients in need. Mackaman, originally from St. Paul, Minn., was an English and economics major at the university. He was well known among students for his kindness and love of music, according to Berquam. She added Mackaman was a DJ for WSUM Radio and co-founded his
band Phantom Vibration. “He loved being a Badger and he loved going to school here,” Berquam said. “He really created and forged some great friendships here and I know that those mattered to him. He made people feel good in his presence.” According to his CaringBridge site, Mackaman will be able to donate his organs to 54 patients. “That’s a sentiment of great comfort to his family,” Berquam said. “His gift of life will help others to live a better life.” Two other UW-Madison students have died from the disease in recent years, Tommy Kuehn in January 2011 and Neha Suri in February 2010. Meningococcal disease is a specific type of bacterial meningitis, which causes the lining
of the brain and spinal cord to swell. It can cause a healthy person to become severely ill in a matter of hours. Despite the disease’s severity, University Health Services Director Sarah Van Orman said it is not easily transmitted between people and students are not at a heightened risk of contracting it. The disease requires the transmission of saliva to be spread, such as by sharing cups or utensils and kissing. UW-Madison students in need of support or counseling should contact University Health Services. UHS offers drop-in counseling hours from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Students can also call the 24-hour UHS crisis line at 608265-5600, option 9.
Jane Goodall to speak with community at Monona Terrace Renowned primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall will be the keynote speaker at the 2013 Nelson Institute Earth Day Conference Monday. The conference aims to examine environmental issues in various settings, including neighborhoods, communities, wilderness areas and sustainable urban areas, according to
the event’s website. Goodall began her work researching chimpanzees in Tanzania in the summer of 1960. Since then, she has founded the Jane Goodall Institute, which continues her research and is a worldwide leader in chimpanzee protection, the event’s website said. Goodall also founded Roots &
Shoots in 1991, which is an organization that connects thousands of youth in more than 120 countries to find solutions to world issues and make life safer for animals, the environment and humans. The keynote speech will take place at the Monona Terrace at 3:30 p.m. The event is open to the public, but registration on the event’s website is required.
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Graduation is one month away and a small group of seniors, distraught about the best four years of their life coming to an end, have chained themselves to the Abraham Lincoln statue on Bascom Hill to protest their inevitable commencement. Two days into the protest, which began Wednesday morning, a group of eight seniors remain sitting at Abe’s feet singing “Kumbaya” and “Jump Around” to passers-by.
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Alex Cumin, spokesperson for the group, said the group deliberately decided on this specific spot on campus. “At one point Abe freed America,” Cumin said. “We are ready to honor his legacy and fight for what we believe in. We owe this to him.” The protestors could be heard Thursday between classes shouting at passing seniors to lay down their MacBooks and join the cause. One senior, who
chose to remain unnamed, said he would not be joining them because, “I’m pretty sure they don’t have bathrooms out there, man. That’s just nasty.” However, when approached by The Daily Cardinal on this issue, senior Ian Kaps said, “Screw the four-year plan, bro. You bet your ass I’m staying for a fifth year. They don’t call them super seniors for nothing!” He then immediately threw his backpack under the wheels of a passing 80 and ran to join the group chained to the statue. This protest has been kept relatively quiet due primarily to its location at the top of Bascom Hill. According to Cumin, most students who have to walk all the way up there have just given up and stopped going to class at this point in the semester. A recent statement from Cumin indicated a large group of senior citizens joined the group of fourth-year students Thursday morning, when a flyer advertising the cause was not clear about what demographic the protesters were targeting. “Wait, graduation?” Rose McGreedy, 86, said. “I thought we were here for the rights of seniors and to get a free brunch.” Cumin said it remains to be seen whether this new influx of supporters will give weight to the message or completely discredit it.
Freshman and Gordon Commons employee Gloria Watkins prides herself on her unwavering compliance with every rule, regulation and guideline governing servers at Gordon’s Dining Hall. According to Cindy Haskins, her shift manager, Watkins has never broken Gordon’s code, and her unusual inflexibility has earned her the moniker “The Iron Lady” from her fellow employees. “No matter how hard they beg, Gloria never puts in that extra scoop of rice. You want to put two entrees in one ‘to-go’ box? Not happening, bud,” Haskins said. “She’s an emotionless robot; the perfect serving machine.” The hungrier Gordon’s regulars have learned to actively avoid Watkins’ services. “I die a little inside every time I see she’s working,” said freshman Jack Harper, shaking his head. “I know I’m going to have to watch her count out exactly five meatballs for my spaghetti.” “If she’s working nacho night,
I don’t even try ordering tacos,” sophomore Ryan Sternum chimed in. “The taco shells are in plain view, the ground beef is warm, but no. It’s nacho night.” Watkins’ roommate Alexa Peterson claims Watkins becomes a completely different person when she dons her Gordon’s uniform. “She’s cool and normal most of the time, except for that weird thing about sleeping with the Gordon’s Employee Handbook under her pillow,” Peterson said. “But when she puts on her name tag she looks like a woman on a mission. She slaps herself once in the face and leaves the room immediately.” When asked for a comment about her stubbornness, Watkins explained, “These people need to respect the law, and in there, I am the law. The idea that ‘the customer is always right’ does not apply to me, and I intend to take that mentality into the real business world after college.” At press time, reports indicate Watkins has vowed to scrub every toilet in the building after accidentally putting an extra slice of meat on a customer’s panini.
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Manatee rights group boycotts Target stores after dress-naming scandal By Regina Phalange Fake News Friday
After a recent conflict in which Target issued an apology for labeling a plus-sized dress “manatee gray” on its website—it was later changed to “heather gray”—a group of outraged manatees has formed a coalition it calls “Manatees Are Mammals Too” to protest the change. “We feel incredibly silenced by this show of prejudice,” said Manuela Seacow, spokesperson for the organization. “When a bunch of human women put up a fuss, Target is quick to apologize, but invalidate an
entire culture of sea creatures and we’re just supposed to sit idly by?” According to marine biologist Joe Sands, this move is nearly unprecedented because manatees are typically very solitary creatures in the wild. “They must feel very strongly about this cause,” Sands said. On its website, MAMT said it is calling for a complete boycott of all Target products until the company restores the color to its original name and starts using more species-inclusive language on its products. Target has not released a statement responding to these demands.
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Davina DeVille, Madison’s Favorite Local Performer and show director at Plan B, performs at the UW Drag Spectacular in Memorial Union’s Great Hall as a part the LGBT Campus Center’s Out and About Month. + Photo by Savannah Stauss
Democratic state legislators announced Wednesday a new bill that would shift redistricting authority away from the state legislature to a non-partisan group. The bill, if passed, would change the current redistricting process in which the majority party in the legislature and state Senate members redraw district borders every 10 years. State Rep. Dianne Hesselbein, D-Middleton, who co-sponsored the bill, said it is important to make redistricting a non-partisan issue. “The really bad part about [current law] is that the politicians have chosen their districts instead of the people,” Hesselbein said. “[This bill would] take redistricting powers out of the hands of any party.” Voces de la Frontera, a Wisconsin immigrants’ rights group, filed a successful lawsuit in 2011 saying the Republicanled redistricting plan disenfranchised Latino voters in two of Milwaukee’s voting districts.
Another issue Democrats, including Hesselbein, addressed after releasing the bill was taxpayer spending that normally goes to legal fees when organizations challenge redistricting decisions. Hesselbein said the money could instead be applied to education around the state, including the UW System, if redistricting became a non-partisan process. State Sen. Bob Wirch, D-Somers, who also supports the bill, said a non-partisan redistricting process would fairly balance state elections. “By taking the politics out of the process we can potentially save taxpayers millions of dollars,” Wirch said in a statement. “I believe we owe it to our constituents to save them money and make the process fair.” Despite the Democrats’ support, the bill is unlikely to make any headway in the Republicancontrolled state legislature. Republicans were unavailable for comment on the bill. —Justin Williams
Restaurant employee chases, detains thief before police arrest two for robbery A Rising Son’s Deli worker chased a thief 500 feet Monday and detained him until police arrived, according to a police incident report. Donald Alford-Lofton and Dymond Green entered the deli around 1:15 p.m. to steal money a customer left on a table to pay a bill, the report said. Green attempted to distract deli employees, claiming he was in urgent need of a bathroom,
while Alford-Lofton grabbed the cash, the report said. The two then rushed out the door, but the deli worker ran after them. According to the report, the deli worker caught up to Alford-Lofton in an alleyway by the 400 block of North Frances Street and struggled with him but was not injured. Meanwhile, Green failed to escape on a city bus, as a Madison Parking Enforcement
Officer heard the suspect’s description on a broadcast and suspected Green boarding the bus, the report said. The officer stopped the bus and arrested Green, although he claimed no association with Alford-Lofton, the report said. After police arrested AlfordLofton, his fingerprints identified him as a wanted person by the Milwaukee Police for an armed robbery, the report said.
North Park Street closure extends, Walnut Street to close The area of North Park Street between Langdon Street and Observatory Drive will remain closed until April 24, according to a university news release. The city further delayed the street’s reopening because workers discovered a broken valve in the area. Route 80 buses will be detoured and will not serve North
Park Street or go up Observatory Drive behind Bascom Hill until the street reopens, according to the release. The city will also begin construction on its storm sewer project Monday, which will close Walnut Street south of Campus Drive, the release said. The project will also limit access to one lane of traffic in each direction on
Highland Avenue south of Campus Drive overpass beginning in mid-May. The city expects the project to last through July, according to the release. The city plans to install a major storm sewer tunnel, replace a concrete curb and gutter, and make changes to pavement, according to a City of Madison news release.
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Wisconsin Madison’s Dean of Students office and students could face possible eviction from the household’s landlord, according to MPD guidelines. Similar to last year, MPD will also communicate law enforcement policies and give safety brochures to students as well as encourage landlords
to place “no trespassing” signs on their property, according to MPD Sergeant Scott Kleinfeldt. The campus event Revelry is scheduled for the same day as the block party, but the University of WisconsinMadison Police Department will monitor the event instead of MPD.
messages,” Donahue said. If cited for an illegal activity such as providing alcohol to underage students, carrying open intoxicants on public streets or playing loud music without a permit, a letter will be sent to the University of
Abrahamson is longest-serving state Supreme Court justice Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson became the longest-serving Wisconsin Supreme Court justice Wednesday, according to a statement from the court. The official statement from Tom Sheehan, the court’s chief information officer, attributes the calculation that Abrahamson is the longestserving justice to Joseph A.
Ranney, a Madison attorney and legal historian. Abrahamson became the first woman on the state Supreme Court when she was appointed in 1976. Three years after being appointed to fill a void on the court, she successfully ran for reelection in 1979. She has served as chief justice since 1996 after winning consecutive reelections to the court
every 10 years after 1979. Prior to joining the Supreme Court, Abrahamson worked in Madison for 14 years. She practiced law with a private firm and also served as a professor at the University of WisconsinMadison Law School. She is a member of the liberal-leaning minority on the current court and will be up for re-election in 2019.
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State Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison, says some of the citations police have issued to Capitol protesters are unfair.
protest from page 1 rules restrict demonstrators’ First Amendment rights. Additionally, the ACLU, along with University of WisconsinMadison professor Michael Kissick, recently brought a case in federal court challenging the protesting restrictions. During the press conference, Taylor said the recent number of citations has significantly increased, specifically for activities such as holding signs and large gatherings inside the Capitol. “Approximately 140 citations have been issued since September 2012 for singing, holding a sign, or in some instances for walking in a circle in the Capitol rotunda,” Taylor said. “Despite literally dozens of citations being dismissed … this administration continues to cite people for exercising their constitutional rights.” Bob Jamboise, a former
Kenosha district attorney, who currently represents many of the cited protestors, said the demonstrators who get cited protesting are covered under the First Amendment. “The people that I’m representing are not criminals,” Jamboise said. “My clients are being arrested for holding a sign in the Capitol rotunda, which was designed to facilitate the voice of our democracy.” Taylor said she has asked members of the DOA to provide specific reasoning for the increase in arrests, but she said the agency has been generally unresponsive. However, Taylor said she believes cases brought in court will cause the Department of Justice to weigh in on the issue. “It’s time to have a reasonable discussion about these issues,” Taylor said in a statement released after the press conference.
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Well, he got to be average sized for a brief period I suppose... Adam Rainer is the only man in history recorded as a dwarf and a giant: aged 18 he was under 4ft tall; at 50 he was 7’ 8.”! dailycardinal.com
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Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9.
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This week’s request Draw me Bill Murray riding a PBR through Space and Time. He should also be wielding a rapier triumphantly towards the stars. — Timothy M.
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BAD WOLF ACROSS 1 Rorschach test component 5 Ask on one’s knees 10 Earthworm’s habitat 14 Not prerecorded 15 Tidal bore 16 Longest bone above the waist 17 Kind of thermometer 18 At full speed, at sea 19 “It’s ___ a long, long time” 20 What traveling salespeople do to keep commissions current? 23 Navy hitches 24 Like severely inclement weather 25 Straying from the correct course 28 Something to stage 30 Knighted Coward 31 “Good ___, Charlie Brown!” 33 “Sands of ___ Jima” 36 Thing a deli closer might do? 40 Visitors from afar 41 Flip decision? 42 News item listing surviving kin 43 Coffeehouse entertainer, sometimes
44 Loving grandparents, e.g. 46 Holder of photographs 49 Part of the heart 51 What guys in igloos watch on TV? 57 With no one behind 58 Discloses 59 Sounds of laughter 60 Russian river to the Caspian 61 They might be bounced off others 62 Road for Caesar 63 Folkie Seeger 64 With regrets 65 “Be ___ as it may ...” DOWN 1 Voting group, e.g. 2 Old currency in Milan 3 Common Lionel layout 4 Like Poe’s heart 5 Morsel for Dumbo 6 1996 GOP candidate Alexander 7 Mild oath of yore 8 “Otello” offering 9 Stop from scoring 10 Turnstile locale 11 Dairy case items 12 Like neon and argon 13 Thin and rawboned 21 Particle that’s got a charge 22 Muddled situation
25 Ending with “insist” or “persist” 26 Horseradish source 27 Accelerates, as an engine 28 Cropped photographs? 29 Many an August baby 31 Indian mountain pass 32 Type of meat or pepper 33 “Let ___ known ...” 34 Low river dam 35 Repast remnants 37 An equilateral parallelogram 38 Golf course peg 39 Zero 43 Evidence of rain 44 Formal, fashionwise 45 Baseball legend Mel 46 Behave badly 47 French river 48 Baa 49 Comparably scarlet 50 Tall Shaquille 52 Kyoto cummerbunds 53 Tripled, a “Seinfeld” catchphrase 54 “Drat!” or “Darn!” 55 Cousin of a cassowary or emu 56 Go-___ (four-wheeled racer)
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Drag queens hit the stage at Great Hall By Meghan Chua The Daily Cardinal
If you couldn’t make it to the UW Drag Spectacular Thursday night, don’t worry, I’ve got your back. The LGBT Campus Center brought RuPaul’s Drag Race Superstar, JuJuBee, who placed third in the show’s second season, to Memorial Union’s Great Hall. “Be smart, be fabulous,” JuJuBee said to the crowd, “and gag the bitches.” The message she gave for the rest of the night, sequined with innuendos and humor, was one of being comfortable with who you are and who you want to be. To be honest with you, I’m from a small town in rural Wisconsin where you can get stuck behind a tractor on the highway. This means I’ve never seen a drag show or met a queen. But I felt comfortable in the high-energy atmosphere with every choreographed showcase and picture posed for on-stage throughout the night. I think I needed the noise of the crowd cheering adorations to
the performers to resuscitate me after the sight of JuJuBee’s silver rhinestone, thousand-inch heels gave me a heart attack. “I like to evoke emotion,” she said. “I don’t care if it’s happy, sad, ugly, whatever, but if I evoke emotion I did my job.” There must have been at least 500 people there to watch JuJuBee and the student performers, as well as local queens and UW-Madison alumni Lucy Von Cucci, Miss Gay Madison and Davina DeVille, Madison’s Favourite Local Performer and Plan B show director. I fell in love with Davina, not only because her legs are actually the incarnation of what the Greek goddess she dressed as would have had or because of her stone purple lipstick, but also because of her ability to be a full and all-out diva on the stage. From goddess she changed, onstage, into a flapper and asylum inmate back to a diva. She captured my eyes and my rhythm each time she came out. And you’ve never seen anyone—drag queen or otherwise—pop their
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Drag queen JuJuBee wins the hearts of everyone in the crowd at Thursday’s drag performance at Memorial Union.
eyes like Davina DeVille. She and Lucy met six years ago in a choir class in the Humanities building. I’d love to run into the students on campus who did the performance set to my favorite Queen song, “Killer Queen,” complete with a plot and a princess stagevomiting glitter into a crystal basin. Then, her wingmen circled the fat on her legs with red marker, pointing out supposed imperfections. The reality of it, though, is she was out there strutting her stuff with no shame and all glamour. The human body is the most beautiful thing in the world, but you could forget that trying to figure out whether that body is male or female. But that’s why drag is art, JuJuBee told me after the show. “It blurs the role of what gender is supposed to be,” she said. “People expect a woman to be a certain way and a man to be a certain way, and drag is one of those things that kind of combines both and blurs that whole situation.”
Milk Music: road trips and all that is good about indie CD REVIEW
By Sean Reichard The daily cardinal
Cruise Your Illusion Milk Music
Anybody with even a remote interest in the history of American music would do well to check out Michael Azerrad’s “Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991.” It is a loving paean
to a few of the most important bands on the American scene—bands like Minor Threat, Minutemen, The Replacements, Sonic Youth, Hüsker Dü and Dinosaur Jr— who could be said to constitute the pantheon of amerindie. That was part of the novelty of this scene; it was continen-
tal, and no one band strove to define it. They very well couldn’t. The hardcore blitz of Black Flag, the phosphorescent fury of Hüsker Dü, the drunken clamor of The Replacements, the sun-dried strangeness of The Butthole Surfers; amerindie wasn’t made for the harmony of genre, it was noise proliferate. Nobody sounded exactly alike. And it was that diversity that solidified its importance to the music that came afterward. I said these bands constitute a sort of pantheon, and that’s very true, but you wouldn’t find said pantheon anywhere in the United States Rather, it’s a pantheon of sound, a motley of platonic forms that shine behind the music. So where does Milk Music come in? For one, they exemplify a lot of what I love about that ‘80s music Azerrad writes about: the love of electric guitars and all the wonderful noises you can wring out of them, the vocals that don’t go for perfection but personality and the sometimes offhand intensity or interest. Of course, the accusation may be raised groups like Milk Music are guilty of retreading the tracks amerindie laid before them—piggybacking off their aural fathers— or grandfathers, at this point— and doing nothing to further the music meaningfully. Cruise Your Illusion doesn’t sound like a carbon copy of ye olde amerindie. What it sounds like is the type of good album that comes very easy to bands that like loud guitars and don’t care how on- or off-pitch their vocals are. All in all, it reminds me of The Meat Puppets. Almost like the bridge between Meat Puppets II’s countrified hardcore howl and Up On The Sun’s sleepy jangle. But whereas MP sounded like punks by way of peyote—they
were from Arizona, after all— Milk Music, who hails from Olympia, Wash., sounds like punk that has had a few years of mountains and evergreens to calm its frenetic tendencies. Nonetheless, on Cruise Your Illusion, Milk Music still has some bite. And some wanderlust. Each of these songs sound like they’re going places. The first song, “Caged Dogs Run Wild,” sets the scene: fuzzy guitar licks unfolding like clouds of dust, the drums plod a beat, one guitar starts a languorous, simple solo and plays it out to its feedback-drenched conclusion. And then the riffage starts. The album never picks up much beyond a motivated chug. There’s no sudden speedfreak moment or break-neck breakdown. Vocalist Alex Coxen, matches the music with a moderation that never wavers throughout. “I just woke up from a nap what’s up you guys,” comes through with Mascis’s peeling whine and Paul Westerberg’s impassioned and yet slackening yelp. That restraint may benefit Cruise Your Illusion as a whole. I have always figured‘80s amerindie as the perfect soundtrack for a road trip, and Milk Music lives up to this epitome. You may think of road trips as being the time to open the windows and blare the loudest, fastest song you know and just roar down the highway in due Kerouacian haste. There’s call for that, yes. But there’s also call for the music you can play scaling Big Sky country, or assuaging the void that is North Dakota. The music that burns steady for when you’re driving all day, or even all night. Cruise Your Illusion, I think, fits that ideal perfectly. And it lives up to its inevitable predecessors as well. Grade: A-
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ast October, Radcliffe Haughton drove to a Brookfield, Wis., spa and shot his wife and two of her coworkers. He had purchased a gun for $500 in a McDonald’s parking lot through a private Internet sale after being ineligible for purchasing firearms under federal law. Zina Haughton, the murdered wife, had previously gotten a restraining order on her husband and told the courts his threats had terrorized her every waking moment. This happens all over the place. People who should not have guns can obtain them through private sales on the Internet because unlike the federally licensed gun dealers, private Internet dealers are not required to check the background of their potential buyers— though they obviously should. The fact it happened here in Wisconsin should pull at all of our heart strings, no matter our stance on gun control, no matter if we are Republican or Democrat. This situation could have been potentially avoided had Radcliffe not been able to obtain the gun through an online seller. The fact anyone with 500 bucks can get a
freaking gun in the parking lot of a McDonald’s scares me half to death and is beyond ridiculous. The guy had blatantly threatened his wife, and she had a restraining order against him, and he got a gun! So why would we not extend the background checks to online private sales and gun shows? What would be the drawback of this, especially if doing so could protect the possible victims of these crimes? I mentioned the importance of bipartisanship in my last column Monday, and to my pleasant surprise, yet another agreement was made in a bipartisan manner between U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., and Pat Toomey, R-Pa. regarding gun control. I hope it will trigger a huge debate in the Senate regarding expanding background checks on firearm buyers to include gun shows and certain private Internet sales. Private sales between certain family members and hunters will not be touched in this legislation, however. The debate will likely and hopefully overcome the GOP’s plan to filibuster the agreement. Of course we have our critics. Cough, National Rifle Association, cough. And regarding the agreement reached between Manchin and Toomey, this is what the NRA had to say: “Expanding back-
ground checks, at gun shows or elsewhere, will not prevent the next shooting, will not solve violent crime and will not keep our kids safe in schools. We need a serious and meaningful solution that addresses crime in cities like Chicago, addresses mental health deficiencies, while at the same time protecting the rights of those who are not a danger to anyone.” So basically its idea is that this method should not be tried because they’re certain it won’t deter these crimes. Although I agree we do need to address mental health deficiencies and perhaps go even further with addressing the gun culture in the United States itself, I can already think of a counterexample, such as the shooting in Wisconsin, that could have been deterred had these loopholes been closed. Or how about James Holmes, who had a history of severe mental illness and purchased much of his equipment legally used in the Aurora shooting online? Even worse, Wednesday, the NRA threatened members of Congress with giving them poor ratings, hours after the bipartisan agreement was reached between Manchin and Toomey, who might vote for what they call “anti-gun” laws. The NRA uses this rating system to rate lawmakers based on how well they vote on the NRA’s
priorities. Apparently, the system is highly influential in states that have a strong gun culture. The NRA has a valid point in their concern for individual rights, though I don’t think this expansion of background checks will infringe on anyone’s rights. I also think this expansion of background checks is worth a try. Even if it may not stop every mass shooting, it could help. It will simply work to keep guns out of the hands of those who should not have them. What is important is our children and our gun violence victims. What is important is taking steps to make sure this doesn’t happen again, or at the very least happens fewer times. We had three mass shootings in 2012—I’m sure there are others I’m not aware of. And guess what? In the last 50 years, 15 of the 25 worst mass shootings took place in the U.S., according to an article in The Washington Post. This extension of background checks will not take guns out of the hands of people who “deserve” (for lack of a better word) to have them. It will simply take a much-needed step in the right direction to keep guns out of the hands of people who should not have them; people like James Holmes, Radcliffe Haughton and Adam Lanza. Although Lanza did not purchase guns online, I men-
tion him because the tragedy he inflicted shows the U.S. needs to do something immediately. Extending background checks will not solve all the problems, but it is a substantial step towards potentially fixing the problem, or at the very least, deterring it. If the three Brookfield victims, the 12 Aurora victims and the 26 victims of Newtown, Conn., including 20 first-graders who probably didn’t even know what a gun was yet, aren’t enough for our parties to come together and reach an agreement that could possibly deter these events, then I don’t know what will ever be enough for us to come together. Republican, Democrat, non-partisan, NRA member, gun-hating liberal; no matter who you are or what your label, the important thing is, protecting our loved ones, even if it means sacrificing some of our rights. Every time I think about what happened in Newtown I still get tears in my eyes. It’s worth it. When meeting Newtown victims’ families Wednesday in an emotional statement, Manchin said, “You give me more legislative strength than you know.” They are our strength to move forward and pass this proposal. This isn’t about politics anymore, or at least it shouldn’t be. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
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it as a Mifflin alternative. And why shouldn’t they? The city as well as the university, which has entities sponsoring Revelry, have been searching for a way to end Mifflin for years. With Mifflin’s longstanding tradition, Revelry’s planners should have been more conscientious of how students could perceive the festival’s intentions. The bands. We understand headlining artists Hoodie Allen, Toro Y Moi and Delta Spirit have a small following, and surely some people on campus are excited to see them. But these are not the headliners we envisioned as we eagerly awaited Revelry’s highly anticipated lineup announcement. In order to make Revelry more attractive than Mifflin, and gain the crowd
necessary to make the festival a new tradition, it needed to attract bands the majority of campus enjoys, or at least knows. The money. Between the competition Revelry faces with Mifflin and the lack of well-known bands, we fear the worst about Revelry. We do not hope it fails. We are just cautiously skeptical, as we are with any new big-budget initiative. One hundred thousand dollars of university, donor and ticket-revenue money is a lot to gamble, especially when it feels like we are gambling on the underdog. If student leaders wanted to plan this year-end event strategically, they should have made it the finale to the university’s All-Campus Party, which includes a week of
events, food and activities to celebrate the year’s end. Given students are already aware of the All-Campus Party, Revelry planners could have focused more of their time and money solely toward attracting a well-known band and would have avoided the “Mifflin-alternative” controversy entirely. At the very least, Revelry’s leaders should have picked a different date. As a concept, Revelry had a lot of promise, and maybe we will be pleasantly surprised with its outcome. Reading the nasty, mocking comments on Revelry’s Facebook page, we feel for those who worked so hard on it. But ultimately, they brought it upon themselves. Please send feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
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May 4 event a puzzling “alternative” University of WisconsinMadison students’ lively and noisy May 4 festivity, accompanied by large amounts of alcohol, is rapidly approaching. That’s right, Revelry is coming up! Confused? So are we. From the moment student leaders began planning Revelry, a new music and arts festival set to occur the same day as the infamous Mifflin Street Block Party, they made a number of mistakes, starting with the name—Revelry literally means, “Lively and noisy festivities, especially when these involve drinking a large amount of alcohol.” In other words: Mifflin. We find ourselves asking, where did Revelry’s planning go wrong and what could have made it better, simultaneously saving its planners a huge public relations headache? We do not have a problem with the concept behind Revelry. In fact, we think an end-of-the-year music and arts festival is a great idea. As Sarah Mathews, one of Revelry’s primary planners, has said numerous times, this campus does not have a music and arts festival as other college campuses around the country do. Still, here are the problems we have with Revelry in its current form: The date. We have heard student leaders maintain Revelry is not trying to “kill Mifflin,” and we have
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Men’s Tennis
Badgers set for final week of spring camp under Andersen
Wisconsin looks to rebound in match against Purdue
By Rex Sheild the daily cardinal
Wisconsin head coach Gary Andersen spoke with reporters Thursday in a Big Ten teleconference and addressed the team’s progress so far this spring. “Spring ball has gone well. I feel like one of the goals walking in was to be consistent with our effort, care factor and wantto,” Andersen said. “I think the kids have adjusted very well [to the new offensive and defensive schemes], and I believe the coaches have also.” Throughout the course of spring ball, competition is usually not at a premium, as it is a time for the development of young players and a handling of the new schemes implemented by offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig and defensive coordinator Dave Aranda. However, Andersen has made it a priority to find a time to get the competitive juices flowing. “There’s going to be no days off,” Andersen said. “I want competitors and I want to try to help them learn how to compete every single day.” The ongoing quarterback battle entering the conclusion of spring practices got a little bit more clear, as Andersen noted redshirt sophomore Joel Stave and redshirt senior Curt Phillips have stood out from the rest of the pack. “Joel and Curt have separated themselves,” Andersen said. “Joel and Curt are taking a majority of snaps, and that will remain the same throughout the rest of spring and even into what we’re going to do in the spring game.”
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Redshirt senior linebacker Chris Borland will lead Wisconsin’s new 3-4 defense under defensive coordinator Dave Aranda. Andersen further noted he will not name a starting quarterback prior to the start of fall camp. A name to keep in mind in addition to Stave and Phillips is junior college transfer and dual-threat quarterback Tanner McEvoy. On the defensive side of the ball, the loss of redshirt senior defensive end David Gilbert due to lingering foot injuries has left a considerable hole for the Badgers up front, especially since Gilbert would have been a likely starter off the edge in Aranda’s new 3-4 defense. Redshirt senior linebacker Chris Borland suggested redshirt seniors Tyler Dippel and Brendan Kelly and redshirt sophomore Jesse Hayes are viable replacements for Gilbert.
“[Gilbert will] be missed, but we’ve got plenty of guys in that spot,” Borland said. With the sudden departure of former head coach Bret Bielema and the arrival of Andersen, some might have expected an adjustment process for UW. However, Borland noted the team has handled the turnover pretty well. “We’ve had a lot to adjust to, but we’ve taken it on the fly and have done well,” Borland said. “Things kind of blew over quickly. Coach [Barry] Alvarez came in and kind of calmed guys’ nerves, and everything was back to normal pretty quickly.” Wisconsin has three practices remaining and will conclude its spring season April 20 with the annual spring game.
By Jim Dayton the daily cardinal
When the Badger men’s tennis team takes to the court Friday night at Nielsen Tennis Stadium against No. 58 Purdue, it will be looking to reverse a month’s worth of lackluster performances. The Badgers have not won a match since March 16 when they defeated South Florida at home and are currently on a seven-match losing streak. Wisconsin (1-6 Big Ten, 10-9 overall) has been shut out in three of those matches and has not managed to win more than two points in any of the seven. Despite having relatively easy competition the past few weeks, the Badgers somehow found themselves back in the latest rankings at No. 75. Wisconsin plays two matches this weekend: Friday at 6 p.m. against the Boilermakers and Sunday at 1 p.m. against No. 56 Indiana. Purdue (3-4, 16-7) has had an up-and-down season, with a 3-6 record against ranked opponents.
After a five-match stretch to begin conference play in which the Boilermakers lost four of five, they rebounded at home last week to record two wins against Big Ten rivals Nebraska and Iowa. Against No. 58 Nebraska last Friday, Purdue posted an impressive 7-0 victory in which it did not lose a set in singles competition. The Boilermakers then followed that up Sunday with a win over the Hawkeyes. Meanwhile, Indiana enters the weekend on a five-match winning streak. While two of the five wins were against non-conference foes Butler and Division II DePauw, the Hoosiers still posted shutouts in three of the five matches, which included a 6-1 victory over the Cornhuskers. Indiana (7-2, 15-10) has struggled on the road this season, winning just two of seven such matches. Before coming to Madison, the Hoosiers will play No. 40 Minnesota Friday in Minneapolis, a squad Wisconsin defeated in February.
Like or hate him, respect Tiger Woods
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aving already amassed three PGA Tour victories heading into the first major of the year, the Masters, Tiger Woods is seemingly back on top of the golf world. But even if Sunday comes and goes without Woods picking up his first major title since 2008, there is no doubt he has proven himself more than capable of continuing the push toward Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18 major titles. Yet while I think it is indisputable Tiger’s push toward the Golden Bear has resumed after a three-year hiatus, many continue to root against this historic feat in light of Woods’ digressions away from the golf course. I don’t want to sound as if I am defending the practice of having a reported 14 different mistresses during his six-year marriage to Elin Nordegren. The behavior Woods displayed was inexcusable and certainly unbecoming of the image that made him one of the most marketable individuals in world history prior to November 2009. Having said that, his behavior was certainly not on the level of digressions seen elsewhere in the sports world—digressions that many times have been met with far less contempt than what Woods faced in the threeplus years since his affairs became public knowledge. Even in the wake of his explosive divorce, Woods has continued to be a good father to his two children (at least according to comments attributed to Nordegren) and has made slow progress in his reported attempt to be more sociable both on and off the golf course. Sure, he slips with the occasional ‘F’-bomb caught on camera or the infrequent minitantrum, but consistent observers of the professional game cannot help but admit improvement has been made since the embarrassment of the 2009-’10 scandal. In contrast to the responses we
have seen from disgraced figures such as Lance Armstrong, Mike Rice and, sadly, a good portion of the Penn State community—a small but vocal minority in my opinion—Woods has attempted to learn from his mistakes and become a better person for them. The scrutiny that dominates Woods’ life makes the process of self-improvement slower and, in many ways, more difficult than normal. The improvement may not be as stark as many would like to see, but it is there. Unlike these other figures, you will not see Woods deny his culpability in the scandal and for that we should commend him. While humility and attempts to improve may be reason enough not to root against Woods in his quest for five more major titles, the ability he has shown on a stage unparalleled in the sports world should have every golf fan out there rooting for a full-scale return to power. From the dual in 2000 at Valhalla against no-name pro Bob May to the chip-in and subsequent playoff victory over Chris DiMarco in the 2005 Masters, it is Woods more than any other player in the last quarter century who has brought drama to the game. Woods can captivate when battling for victory or when, in the case of the 1997 Masters and 2000 U.S. Open, battling against history. Even on a torn ACL and broken leg, as was the case during the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, Woods can play the game of golf at a level no one else on earth can ever hope to reach. That is why I will be rooting for Tiger this weekend at Augusta. I just want to be entertained. As much as I enjoyed watching Bubba Watson battle Louis Oosthuizen down the stretch last year, there is something about Woods’ ‘A’-game no other player can match. I miss that super-human performance and, whatever Woods needs to do in order to bring it back, I know I will be rooting for him every step of the way. Let Max know if you will be pulling for Tiger this weekend by sending him an email at sports@ dailycardinal.com.
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Badgers, Cornhuskers to battle in Lincoln Wisconsin looking to bounce back following series loss to Minnesota By Sam Garigliano the daily cardinal
Wisconsin (6-3 Big Ten, 28-6 overall) will take on No. 22 Nebraska (6-2, 28-8) this weekend in a three-game series in Lincoln, Neb. The Badgers are looking to bounce back in the conference standings after a disappointing series against Minnesota, where they lost two of their three games. Wisconsin was scheduled to play a doubleheader against Northern Iowa Wednesday for its home opener, but the games were cancelled due to poor weather conditions. Senior pitcher Meghan McIntosh is eager to continue her recent dominance on the plate after pitching her second no-hitter of the season during Wisconsin’s 10-0 win over Minnesota. “It gives me a lot of motivation going forward, knowing that I can hit my spots and get my outs, especially going into Nebraska, a really good team,” she said. McIntosh, who was named Big Ten Pitcher of the Week for the second time this season last week, is only the second pitcher in Wisconsin softball history to throw two no-hitters in a single season. “It feels really accomplishing for me,” McIntosh said. “But I have to give a lot of credit to my defense and offense for backing me up in that game.”
“Some teams have a really big home-field advantage, and [Nebraska is] one of them.” Yvette Healy head coach Wisconsin softball
Senior third baseman Shannel Blackshear also had a stellar performance in Wisconsin’s last win, going 2-for-4 with three RBIs. Although frustrating to some, the cancellation of the home opener has not affected Blackshear’s focus or motivation going forward. “At this point, I’m used to being on the road because we haven’t gotten the opportunity to play at home, so it’s just a chance to go into Nebraska and play hard,” Blackshear said. “That’s where the conference tournament is at and they’re a great program, so to take some wins from them would be awesome.” Head coach Yvette Healy recognizes the team’s desire to play games at Goodman Diamond, but notes it has plenty of experience dealing with cancellations this season. “I think everybody is dying to play at home, but this is about the fourth game where we’ve had to work around the weather, so it’s kind of com-
monplace now,” Healy said. Nebraska is a notoriously formidable home team, and its home record this season stands at 12-2. The Badgers are especially familiar with Nebraska’s home-field dominance and have experience overcoming that obstacle.
“We’re going into Nebraska as the underdog. Some teams have a really big home-field advantage, and they’re one of them,” Healy said. “Last year they had a crazy streak at home and we were able to steal one from them last year, and that was a big deal.”
The Huskers are also neckand-neck with Wisconsin in the Big Ten. If the Badgers can take the series from Nebraska, it would undoubtedly be a huge boost not only to their conference standings, but also to their NCAA ranking. “When you face a top-25, top-
15 team, and you take even one game from them, it’s a huge deal,” Healy said. “If you take two from them, it’s a home run. But you have to take it one inning at a time. Every inning you can put a zero up against them, and every time you can score, you’re figuring something out.”