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Students react to approved hike in tuition By Ellie Herman The Daily Cardinal
The Board of Regents approved UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank’s fouryear plan Friday to increase outof-state and international tuition starting in fall 2015. Undergraduate nonresident tuition is set to increase $6,000 by the 2016-’17 school year, bringing it to $31,523, while the international undergraduate cost will be raised $7,000 within two years to $32,523. Some graduate school programs will also see a rise in tuition, including the School of Business which will receive a 9.8 percent tuition increase to all programs. In-state tuition is not set to increase because of a previous tuition freeze by Gov. Scott Walker. It is currently estimated that after the first year of implementation, the tuition hike will generate approximately $17.5 million, according to an online post by Blank. Associated Students of Madison Nominations Board
Chair Megan Phillips said she worries about the impact the increases could have on current UW-Madison students. “I talked to a lot of people who may or may not have to be transferring because of the increase in tuition, so that’s a pretty scary thing to put on students,” Phillips said. Out-of-state UW-Madison sophomore Abby O’Brien said she worries about the speed of the tuition change and the effects it could have on students. “I didn’t quite think it would be this much so soon … especially for those of us who signed up as freshman, expecting to go here for four years at a relatively similar tuition price,” O’Brien said. ASM Vice Chair Derek Field said Wisconsin has “long prided” itself for its affordability within the Big Ten conference, which he said allows the university to draw talented students. Blank said in the post she is “confident” the nonresident
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Sophomore and “Sad Teletubby” Tyler Hartmann said he was “in a daze” following last week’s loss.
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‘Sad Teletubby’ says hello to accidental fame at NCAA Championship game By Bri Maas The Daily Cardinal
Seconds after Wisconsin’s loss to Duke, as the camera swept through a sea of heartbroken fans, it paused on one fan dressed as “Po,” the red Teletubby whose face captured the emotions of Badgers across the country. Tyl e r Ha r t m a n n , UW-Madison sophomore and now-famous “Sad Teletubby,” is an avid Badger sports fan. He and three friends dressed as the iconic children’s television four-
some for the final two basketball games of the season. “We wanted something that was fun and would bring some life to the student section,” Hartmann said. “We stumbled upon [the costumes] and thought, ‘why not?’” Hartmann said wearing the costumes allowed him and his friends to “push the limits” with security guards, gaining them access to areas where fans weren’t allowed. The best part, however, was seeing other fans’ reactions to the costumes.
“We got a lot of opportunities to have conversations with people, chat with them and bring smiles to their faces,” Hartmann said. The getup also had its challenges, according to Hartmann, who mistakenly wore jeans underneath his costume at the Final Four game against Kentucky. “I was sweating buckets during the game, then at the end we did Jump Around,
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Police make arrests in drug investigations By Irene Burski The Daily Cardinal
A coalition of law enforcement agencies seized approximately $40,000 in drugs at two residences in the Madison area Thursday morning, in the culmination of “Operation Hog Day,” according to a Madison Police Department incident report. The joint drug bust, which happened on the 1600 block
of North Thompson Drive as well as 1300 block of O’Keeffe Avenue included the Dane County Narcotics Task Force, the Drug Enforcement Agency, MPD and the Sun Prairie Police Department. The investigation of “Operation Hog Day” leading up to the bust began back in January. “It would not be uncommon for us to work with other law enforcement agencies, including the DEA
[on an investigation like this],” MPD Lt. Kelly Donahue said. In their execution of search warrants, the seizure included the confiscation of almost 1,040 grams of cocaine, drug paraphernalia, $10,000 in cash, two cars and a handgun, according to the report. The team also arrested five individuals during the bust,
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Man breaks student’s jaw on North Bassett Street
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Spring at UW-Madison started this Friday with the return of the signature Terrace chairs. + Photo by Will Chizek
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A flyer’s thoughts amid ‘heaving sacks of flesh’
A 22-year-old student encountered two men in the University Avenue and North Bassett Street area early Sunday, resulting in one of the men hitting the student for “no apparent reason,” according to a Madison Police Department incident report. The student reported he tried
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to talk to the first suspect when the second suspect delivered a blow to the student’s face, MPD Lt. Eric Tripke wrote in the report. The student then called police to report the battery. The two suspects were not at the scene when police responded to the call. They are described as two males, one of an unknown
race and the other Hispanic. The first man wore a pink hoodie, while the second man, described as having a muscular build, wore a dark blue hoodie. Medical officials determined the student had a broken jaw and several missing teeth upon his arrival at an area hospital, the report said.
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lthough we may not have all done it, everyone knows what booty calls look like. Booty calls can be incessant 2 a.m. phone calls or texts that range from “U up?” to “Wanna hang?” to the ever creative “Hey.” Booty calls often have an end goal, whether it be full-on fucking, super cute cuddling or anything in between. A booty call can be a convenient way to get laid or just a source of gratification knowing someone wants us in the middle of the night. Most often, we reach out when we’re drunk and don’t think about the consequences of any of our actions. However, there’s nothing wrong with a well-timed booty call as long as we follow a few simple rules. Photo
Who to booty call The first rule of booty call is you do not booty call your ex. The second rule of booty call is you do not booty call your ex. Whether we’re drunkly reaching out to fulfill emotional needs, the sex was phenomenal or we want to rekindle the relationship for good, the way to go about any of those is not late on a Saturday after chilling with your crew at the KK. Talk it out with that person, and if they only make themselves accessible late at night, they’re probably not “the one” regardless. If we’re currently seeing someone to whom we’re emotionally attached, we should ask them how they feel about getting a late-night sexy texty
before sending them willy nilly. Many people love knowing the person they’re into is thinking of them even when they’re apart, while some think of booty calls as inappropriate for “real” relationships. Just ask! When it comes to new booty, however, sending a late-night text is one of the best ways to begin hooking up! It allows us to put our offer out on the table without many negative consequences. If we’re ignored, we move on and try for someone else instead, whether by phone or in person. And if we are texted back? Cue Marvin Gaye, and let’s get it on! We should be discerning when it comes to who we ask to fuck us. The safest people are those with whom we’ve done it before and who expressed interest in doing it again. But take a risk! That hottie from study group? Send something casual like, “Going out tonight?” or “Where’d you end up?” If they’re responsive, and especially if they’re flirty, we’re more likely to have a chance with them than not!
When to booty call Let’s think logically about this: 3 a.m. on the Monday of midterms week? Perhaps not. Thursday after a long night at Whiskey Jacks? That’s more like it! When we’re too shit faced to see our phones? Nope. When we’re between tipsy and drunk and want some dee or vee? Yee. Y’all get the picture. The best time to send out a “DTF?” text, both to protect ourselves and our potential partners, is at a time we know the other person is most likely to be available and into it. If we have a regular arrangement
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with someone—so much so that their name is “Thursday Guy” in our phone—we should feel free to text that person on that night! If we’ve been involved with that person for multiple weeks or months, we can feel pretty safe in knowing they’ll be responsive and maybe even into our advances.
What to do if we get impatient Waiting for a booty call to respond is a pain. We want to lock in our lay for the night and enjoy the rest of the time we have out with our friends with assured plans to look forward to. When people are out, they tend to either ignore their phones or pretend they haven’t seen any of their texts (you know, so they look super popular pulling out their phones with 20 unread messages glaring from their app). However, the fact of the matter is that sometimes people— especially drunk people—look at their texts, and regardless of how pleased they are to have received it or how much they want to hang out with us, they forget and continue having fun with those around them. While this royally sucks, we have to remember that everyone’s human and we shouldn’t take it as a personal offense. How to combat the possibility of forgetfulness on the part of our future fuck friend is simply to text them again with a little reminder. I’m not saying we should angrily insinuate they’re ignoring us on purpose, or bug them incessantly until they respond, but a gentle “So… you down?” never hurt anyone, nor their chances of gettin’ it on.
How to respond to rejection Rejected booty calls come in many forms; maybe we’ve seen that the textee has “read” our message and hasn’t responded (power move!) or they send back something nasty in their drunken stupor. Maybe we’re just ignored completely, which can feel equally crappy, especially if we know that person was planning to go out. We should remember that just because someone doesn’t want to bone us that night doesn’t mean we’re unattractive or out of luck. There are tons of people willing and ready to get down with the get down all the time around campus, we just have to find one we like who is willing to travel to our off-campus apartment. Being rejected also doesn’t necessarily reflect poorly on our character. Maybe that person stayed in to study, or maybe they found someone who better suited their needs for that night. That doesn’t mean the possibilities with them are over forever, but it does mean that for that particular evening, it’s time to move on.
So yeah… booty calls No matter who we are, we all have strong opinions about booty calls. Some people love ‘em, some people can’t stand ‘em! As with all things, communication is key in discerning who, what, when and how we call for some booty. Alex only responds to booty calls if they are emails to sex@ dailycardinal.com, so hit her up there and test your luck.
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Madison resident faces trial after attempting to join terrorist group ISIL
By Andrew Bahl The Daily Cardinal
Madison resident Joshua Van Haften appeared in U.S. District Court Thursday to face charges that he attempted to join the terrorist organization ISIL in 2014. Van Haften, 34, travelled to Turkey in Aug. 2014 with the intention of crossing the border into Iraq or Syria, according to the Department of Justice complaint against Van Haften. The FBI first conducted interviews investigating Van Haften in July 2014. An associate of his informed agents of Van Haften’s previous travels to Egypt, where a dispute with a street vendor landed him in trouble with local police. The American Embassy later returned Van Haften to the U.S. in January 2014 when they learned he is a registered
sex offender. After Van Haften’s flight to Istanbul on Aug. 26, FBI Special Agent Eric Roehl tracked him using social media. Facebook activity indicated that Van Haften not only knew individuals associated with various terrorist groups, but that he was attempting to cross over the Turkish border and join them. “It’s gonna be coming soon. I was about to cross into Syria the day before the Americans … started bombing in Syria from their ships,” Van Haften said in an October 1 Facebook message obtained by the FBI. “I’m not too worried … im kinda jumping headfirst into it. I’m tired of this life man.” If found guilty, Van Haften faces 15 years in federal prison. —Leo Vartorella
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other institutions. “The increases are about market value,” said UW System President Ray Cross at the Board of Regents meeting Friday. “We’re losing out because we’re ahead in rankings [of our competitors] but are charging less.”
tuition increases will not hurt the university’s ability to attract new students. According to a UW System release, the increases will make UW-Madison’s tuition rates more comparable to
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Record-breaking Rice Krispie
Freshman Jared Muench (right) helped the student organization Project Freshman 15,000 break the Guinness World Record for largest cereal treat. + Photo by Thomas Yonash
Reports of shots fired near Park Street area declared ‘unfounded’ Multiple callers reported hearing shots in the Park Street and Regent Street area in the early hours of Sunday morning, but responding Madison Police Department officers could not find any evidence supporting the reports. One caller reported hearing the three shots from his dorm room in Chadbourne Residence Hall. According to police scanner reports, there was confusion among callers about where
exactly the shots were fired. Police originally believed the gunman may have fired from a vehicle and drove away, according to speculation chatter on the police scanner, but were unable to find any evidence of gunfire. “The [reports] on South Park Street were unfounded,” MPD Officer in Charge and Lt. Eric Tripke said in the hours after the incident. MPD has not released an incident report at this time.
Madison Police officers cite driver for striking, injuring pedestrian
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UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank proposed a four-year plan to increase nonresident and graduate tuition Thursday.
teletubby from page 1 and I had to sit down after that for a while to cool down,” Hartmann said. The Sad Teletubby’s face appeared on the Lucas Oil Stadium jumbotron, and began making rounds on social media
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immediately after, being made into memes and joining the ranks of Villanova’s “Crying Piccolo Player.” “That moment sucked, to look around and see other fans crying or hiding their faces in their hands,” Hartmann said. “Seeing Duke celebrate and Raymond A. Morel, 19, and Kadija L. Barry, 20, were all arrested on charges of cocaine distribution among other allegations, including bail jumping for Norton. Another man, Antarious J. Sanders, 22, was
Madison police officers issued a citation to a driver for failing to yield to a pedestrian at the intersection of North Frances Street and West Johnson Street early Friday morning, according to a Madison Police Department incident report. Officers responded to the call reporting a vehicle that hit a pedestrian at about 12:57 a.m. The driver, 42-year-old Illinois resident David J. Stovall, struck a 27-year-old Madison man while he was thinking, ‘screw Duke, this was supposed to be us.’” Hartmann said while it’s okay for students to be sad about the outcome of the game, it is more important to focus on the incredible year the team had and look forward to next year. He added he hopes to get arrested on a probation hold. In a separate incident and investigation, the Dane County Narcotics Task Force, jointly with members of an MPD SWAT team, arrested a man for heroin dis-
crossing West Johnson Street. Stovall was making a left turn onto West Johnson Street after going south on North Frances Street, colliding with the pedestrian, MPD Lt. Eric Tripke wrote in the report. The victim, who was transported to a local hospital, had injured his head and was concussed during the incident. The report categorized the injuries as not life-threatening. The pedestrian’s name has not been released at this time. season basketball tickets again next year, promising the Teletubbies have not yet made their last appearance. “We’re not sure what’s in store for them, but as of now I don’t see why we wouldn’t take them out for another goround,” Hartmann said. tribution on the 2900 block of Coho Street Thursday morning, DeSpain wrote. Law enforcement officers confiscated what was thought to be heroin, $1,000 in cash, four
A federal judge denied state Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson’s request to block implementation of a constitutional amendment that would change the selection process for her position. U.S. District Court Judge James Peterson did not rule on the merits of Abrahamson’s case but said a temporary injunction was too extreme. “I have made no determination of the merits of plaintiffs’ case,” Peterson said in the ruling. “But I will deny the motion for … a temporary restraining order because [Abrahamson] has not shown that I should take the extraordinary step of issuing an injunction without hearing from defendants.” Abrahamson’s lawsuit against the state and her peers on the court argues the changes to the selection process defrauds voters because the electorate knew Abrahamson would be chief justice when they re-elected her to another 10-year term in 2009. Peterson said Abrahamson could revive the motion “if new evidence shows the need for it,” but he added he hoped for “a prompt resolution” on the matter so that course of action wouldn’t be necessary. Voters passed the constitutional amendment Tuesday to allow the other justices to elect the chief justice position. This marks a change from the present system in which the longest-tenured justice automatically serves as the head of the state’s highest court. UW-Madison Political Science professor Barry Burden said the conflict is a culmination of months and years of “partisan squabble” within the high court. “The [state] Supreme Court has become a real flashpoint for battles between the left and right. It has become bitter and personal,” Burden said. “Conservatives are upset the chief justice continues to be liberal while [Abrahamson] is trying to keep the forces at bay for a few years until liberals could potentially wrestle [the court] back. So it is both a debate over how to elect the chief justice and a petty partisan squabble.” Burden says the change is reasonable but that it changes a law which has existed for over a century. “[The constitutional amendment] is not unreasonable, there are a bunch of reasonable ways to elect justices,” Burden said. “It just changes a status quo that has existed for a long time and you need a good reason to do that. It is a change to voter expectations.” Peterson scheduled a hearing on the matter April 21. cell phones and a digital scale, according to the report. Officials arrested the suspect, 23-year-old Vernal Green, on charges of two counts of heroin delivery.
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Tribal Seeds fail to inject positive vibes at Majestic show By Patricia Johnson The Daily Cardinal
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José González, a Swedish-born singer songwriter with Argentine roots, arrives in Madison Saturday for a sold-out show at the Majestic Theatre with his demure, original folk stylings. By Colin Schmidt The Daily Cardinal
After José González’s parents fled from Argentina at the beginning of a military junta known as the “Dirty War,” they ended up in Gothenburg, Sweden. This was the birthplace of González as an uplifting songwriter, where he grew up listening to artists like Bob Marley and Michael Jackson. González began his performance career with a hardcore punk band named Back Against The Wall and began performing around the ripe age of 17. After ending his time with this band, González took on a very new sound. With his new indie folk sound, González released his debut single in June 2003. This was discovered by Joakim Gävert, co-founder of Imperial Recordings. González was signed as the label’s first official artist. In October 2003,
González released his debut album in Europe, titled Veneer. This album had tracks like “Heartbeats,” which climbed the charts right away, and led to the creation of his platform and unique sound. One amazing thing about José González is that he was creating all of this art alongside working on a Ph.D. in biochemistry at the University of Gothenburg. He eventually put the work for his degree on hold, and has been growing as an artist ever since. After a lot of home recording and producing, González released his next studio album In Our Nature. This album sounded a lot more developed, and still featured his wonderful, roomfilling sound. González garnered attention in North America in 2013 when the producers of the soundtrack for Ben Stiller’s “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” fea-
tured two of his songs. Some of my favorite tracks of his, “Stay Alive” and “Step Out,” were featured in this movie. Along with the movie collaborations, González plays with the Swedish folk rock band Junip, who were also featured on the “Walter Mitty” soundtrack. Most recently, González released his first album in seven years, Vestiges & Claws. on Feb. 17, and González began his tour of North America shortly after. Tickets may be sold out online for González’s Saturday show at the Majestic Theatre, but you can always look to Craigslist and other sites to try and grab tickets. Do your best to make it to this show, because you won’t regret it. José González will be playing at the Majestic Theatre Saturday, April 18, with special guest Ólöf Arnalds. Doors will open at 9 p.m.
Death Cab for Cutie tackle personal, professional break-ups on tepid Kintsugi ALBUM REVIEW
Kintsugi Death Cab for Cutie By Kate Lang The Daily Cardinal
Much of Death Cab for Cutie’s music thus far has centered around the idea of growing up. Transatlanticism, arguably their best record to date, was a phenomenal coming of age story and each of their albums since then has depicted the ups and downs that come with the passage of time. Kintsugi, the band’s eighth studio album, however, has much more nuanced and mature themes. Since the 2011 release of Codes and Keys, some major changes have happened in the lives of members of the band, and these milestones are the center of Kintsugi.
The term kintsugi refers to the ancient Japanese art of repairing broken pottery. The term could also be described as an ideology: the idea that an object’s history (its breakage and repair) is something to be celebrated and does not need to be disguised. This album is named after this obscure art form because it accurately represents the main events in the recent history of Death Cab for Cutie, with lead guitarist and founding member Chris Walla announcing that he was leaving the band and the divorce of frontman Ben Gibbard from actress Zooey Deschanel. The album focuses on the ideas of drifting apart and hopefully coming back together again, much like the pottery repaired through kintsugi. Although the title of the album, and all of the band’s comments on the album, suggest that their motivation for the record was the departure of Walla, the majority of the songs seem to be breakup-centric. Gibbard has stated that he resents people assuming that all of their songs
are autobiographical, but with lyrics that speak condescendingly of cuteness and bright colors (both things associated with Deschanel) it’s difficult not to feel as if you are getting a very personal glimpse into the private problems between the couple. “Ingenue,” “You’ve Haunted Me All of My Life,” “Little Wanderer,” and “No Room in the Frame” all scream Deschanelheavy influences, but it could be that they are written about something else entirely. The intrigue and the fascination with the conflict between two celebrities is probably the most notable aspect of this album. While upbeat songs like the lead single “Black Sun” and “The Ghosts of Beverly Drive” are probably animated enough for some radio play, the more muted and low-tempo numbers are a bit lackluster. You can only hear so many breakup tunes before the passive-aggressive jabs become exhausting.
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The Majestic Theatre was filled with the scent of marijuana and dirty dreadlocks Friday night as crowd members watched the Tribal Seeds perform a lackluster set of pseudo reggae, weedthemed music. Granted, the idea of Tribal Seeds’ music is to incite a “spiritual” experience, according to their website, but their live performance made it difficult for me to feel anything other than sleepy. Unfortunately, this experience will make it difficult for me to look at today’s American “reggae” artists with any respect after realizing how much the genre has delineated solely to smoking weed. The opener for the show was a solo artist, Leilani Wolfgramm, from Orlando, Fla., who performed music almost as tacky as Orlando’s tourist attractions. Wolfgramm undoubtedly has a phenomenal voice and energized stage presence that got a lot of crowd members dancing. However, her music is a strange parallel between Celine Dion-esque belting and singing lyrics such as, “if you don’t love the ganja, best leave I alone,” from her song “Herbivore.” Wolfgramm does not have any accent that I could recognize when she spoke to the crowd in between songs, but she puts on such a thick faux Jamaican accent when she sings that it made most of her lyrics incomprehensible.
Tribal Seeds proceeded to play a plethora of songs based around “ganja” ... that felt like an hour and a half of one long song with minor variations to the tune. I found it strange when I first discovered Slightly Stoopid’s frontmen were just two guys from California singing with Jamaican accents but wrote it off as their “thing.” I came to find that a lot of American reggae artists put on this fake accent which seems bizarre to me. Wolfgramm also performed a cover of Nirvana’s “Come As You Are,” which was sung beautifully with only a guitar accompaniment. It could have been something noteworthy if she had not mixed it with a set full of generic love songs with weed puns. The Movement came on next for a brief set of some of their best-known hits. The reggae/rock/hip hop band is based out of South Carolina and has a sound comparable to Slightly Stoopid’s, minus any brass instruments. Their
live rendition of “Habit” was accompanied by Wolfgramm and got a lot of crowd members pumped up as they sang along. Their live performance was decent and sounded a lot like their album version, but the band members seemed to lack a lot of enthusiasm and did not attempt to connect with the crowd as much as Wolfgramm, sticking mainly to their set list. Lo and behold, Tribal Seeds finally made it onto the stage after the Movement, opening with “Run the Show.” For those who are not aware, “Run the Show” is a song about white-collared workers who are referenced as Lucifer because they “police the earth / trying to take away all the herb,” among other reasons. I do not know very much about the Bible, but I think some could argue against that being Lucifer’s role in establishing evil in the world. With that foundation laid out, Tribal Seeds proceeded to play a plethora of songs based around “ganja,” “sinsemilla” or “herb” smoking that felt like an hour and a half of one long song with minor variations to the tune. One of the highlights of the show would have to be the giant fog machine shaped like a marijuana leaf that shot out massive O’s into the crowd while the band performed “The Garden.” This song, unlike the others, is about smoking Jahgiven weed, which was well received by the crowd. Aside from the monotonous set list, I really did enjoy the three-way drum solo between keyboardist and singer Tony-Ray Jacobo, drummer Carlos Verdugo and key-flute/keyboardist E.N Young. Tribal Seeds deviated from their album versions with a few keyboard solos and jam sessions mixed into their songs such as “In Your Eyes” and “Warning,” which amped up the crowd and added energy to the set. The band performed two encores, one of which showcased Wolfgramm and members from the Movement before the crowd shuffled out, most likely to satisfy their munchies. Tribal Seeds is an awardwinning band for their music, which is appreciated by many people around the world. Unfortunately, I found myself disappointed in the artists who have made a career of music with such an intense focus on weed and little else. I do not want this to be taken as shaming reggae as a genre, or weed-smoking for that matter, but I find it sad seeing this music reduced to making weed-smoking a way of life when it used to represent unity in the world.
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Take a moment to consider existence Elijah Gray Opinion Columnist
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’m on an airplane right now. Well, not right now, because by the time anyone reads this, spring break will have come to a close and I’ll be settling back into college life in Madison. But as I type these words I’m on a plane to Los Angeles, surrounded by people who might as well be miles away. Despite their proximity, they feel distant; absorbed in a myriad of tablets and computers, enveloped in headphones to block out the analog world, these people are completely unaware of what they could glean from momentarily putting down their devices and contemplating the other heaving sacks of flesh all around them. Looking around, dozens of thoughts begin to form in my head. Why is the man next to me highlighting the pages of that packet with a three cornered marker? He must be a
student. Why are the flight attendants calling out for an optometrist? What kind of medical emergency would necessitate that? Who is that pretty girl sitting alone? In my mind I’ve worked it out that she’s traveling to LA to start a new life, but it’s equally plausible that she’s just on her way to visit family. What’s the story of that welldressed blonde couple? In what language is that Asian man’s book? I’m suddenly aware that I couldn’t translate a phrase of it to save my life. Isn’t it interesting that social norms are such that I don’t have a personal history with any of these people? When we disembark from this plane it will likely be the last time I ever see them. They’re nothing more than background characters, extras in my life, the life I get to think matters more than anyone else’s just by virtue of it being mine. And now I’m above the Grand Canyon. Holy shit, I’m
suspended in air right now. I’m suspended in air and I can’t die because I’m me, but that passenger who needed the optometrist could die because he or she is someone else. I’m soaring through the clouds as a hundred other people breathe, think, touch, hear, sweat, laugh, fart, sleep, exist, etc. Every soul here entertaining itself with some manner of screen traces its lineage to a single-celled organism that lived billions of years ago, yet because we dogmatically insist on trudging through life with eroded senses of wonder we find ourselves more transfixed by the outcomes of basketball games and contrived reality shows. I’m not innocent. I don’t bemoan the fact that I’ll never see these people again or that the most pressing thing on my mind right now is how sore this chair is making my ass. What I do find myself lamenting as I hurtle through space with peo-
ple I don’t know who obviously matter less than me is this: There’s a grandeur to existence to which we are numbed, and we only have so much time on this earth before we ourselves become anesthetized for good, permanently locked out of the beauty of existing. You and I, and everyone else roaming this peculiar planet, are products of forces billions of years in the making and a universe so vast it literally defies comprehension. Is that not worth taking a second to celebrate? And yet, even as I write this, part of me does ask if it really should be incumbent upon us to be amazed by something as abstract as existence. The demands of everyday life understandably make it difficult to conceive of the world in terms other than work, food and sleep. Maybe it’s actually a testament to evolution that we’re more viscerally attuned to our immediate surroundings than the subtler,
imperceptible poetry of being. Maybe because our biological imperative is such that we generally put our needs ahead of strangers’, I’m the odd one for taking time to notice all the other sacks of flesh in this airplane. I don’t know. You probably don’t know either. As I glance once more at my fellow passengers unabashedly entranced by their devices, these humans with their own stories and perspectives, unknowing specimens in an article for some kid’s college newspaper, I realize that it’s ok to not have the answer. If when old age has finally ensnared me I’m still tethered to the belief that the universe is just as complex, terrifying and beautiful as when I wrote this piece, I won’t despair; simply knowing that I got to be part of all this will be answer enough. Are you rethinking the meaning of your own life right now? Please send all comments to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
The death penalty fails as a punishment on multiple levels Hae Rin Lee Opinion Columnist
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hould the state have the right to end people’s lives as a punishment? Is that ever going to be effective in reducing the pain and suffering inflicted by the most heinous crimes, let alone eradicating them completely? I do not deny that those who commit statutory wrongs in our society should be punished, but I wonder whether this particular disciplinary method is serving as an effective deterrent. Outside of certain particularized situations, I can no longer accept that it is. Albert Camus once said, “For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium.” The death penalty should not be used simply due to the fact that the human mind is not under the absolute directional control that the relevant laws dictate. If it was, why did murder and treason still take place in medieval society when the punishments for such crimes were often gruesome public executions? Why do they occur still to this day? Human instincts regarding crimes cannot be completely framed by the law. Their unpredictable nature doesn’t allow it. Because we’ve relied too much on the law, we may have forgotten about the complicated and spontaneous nature of crime. Not only does the death penalty seem to fail philosophically, it is also not the most productive mechanism for crime prevention. According to a survey of former and current presidents of the country’s top academic criminological societies, 88 percent of these experts rejected the notion
that the death penalty acts as a competent deterrent to murder. In this country, the South accounts for more than 80 percent of executions. However, it is the Northeast that has the lowest murder rate, even though it has less than 1 percent of all executions. Based on the statistics, the death penalty does not seem to properly serve the general pursuit of the popular eye-for-an-eye logic. The death penalty is also not the ideal option to choose based on the extremely high cost of carrying it out. A study in California revealed that the cost of the death penalty in that state has been more than $4 billion since 1978, including pretrial and trial costs, costs of automatic appeals and state habeas corpus petitions, costs of federal habeas corpus
appeals and costs of incarceration on death row. A 2009 poll commissioned by the Death Penalty Information Center found police chiefs ranked the death penalty last among ways to reduce violent crime. The chiefs also considered the death penalty the least efficient use of taxpayers’ money.
Because we’ve relied too much on the law, we may have forgotten about the complicated and spontaneous nature of crime.
So, death as a punishment has generally proven to be ineffective and costly. That wasted
money could be used in helping to re-educate those who are deemed to be adjustable to society, or manage criminals in a more organized way in prisons. It could also be used to improve the living conditions of people through extensive social programs targeted at preventing violent crimes. We will never be able to prevent violence at the individual level. However, we could use the resources more sensibly to reduce the chance of the horrible crimes at the macro level. In “Titus Andronicus,” William Shakespeare wrote, “Terras Astraea reliquit.” This means that the goddess of justice, Astraea, has left the Earth. Because the heavenly order has failed to give humans a reasonable justice, they are forced to forge their own path of fair-
Someday
ness. In the play, Titus sought violent revenge for losing his children, murdering all the people involved in the tragedy that had befallen him and his family. However, after realizing his bloody goals, he dies. Ultimately, Titus’ eye-for-aneye approach, while successful in catapulting his family to the throne, eventually sacrificed the reputation of his country. Can this be a true justice? Surely, it cannot. Hae Rin is a freshman majoring in history. What do you think of her perspective? Do you think that the possible merits of the death penalty are vastly outweighed by its very real shortcomings. We would like to know what your thoughts are on this. Please send thoughts and comments to opinion@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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Badgers drop two of three in weekend series with Iowa By Eric Shor the daily cardinal
Despite averaging 10 runs per game over their last four matchups, Wisconsin (17-22 overall, 2-9 Big Ten) dropped two of three games over the weekend against Iowa (14-31, 5-9). The series could not have started any worse for the Badgers. In the first game of the series Friday, the Hawkeyes, led by shortstop Megan Blank, exploded in the top half of the first inning tallying 10 runs. The offensive onslaught diminished soon after as the Badgers settled down courtesy of strong pitching from freshman Annie Davis. Both teams exchanged a few hits here and there, but after the nightmare first inning, the game evened out and Iowa won the game with a final score of 16-4. Hoping to make amends for Friday night’s loss, the Badgers
took the field Saturday with a winning attitude in check. Led by junior Taylor-Paige Stewart’s arm, Wisconsin was able to establish a defensive tone early. Stewart struck out eight over seven innings to provide the defense the Badgers desperately needed. “She came out strong, she was moving the ball around using her pitches. She had the composure and the effort today,” said head coach Yvette Healy. However, Stewart was not the only Badger who stepped up Saturday. Senior Marissa Mersch led Wisconsin at the plate stringing together two hits, scoring a run and notching an RBI. With the Badgers down one in the bottom of the seventh inning, Wisconsin turned to Stewart. The junior who already put on a pitching clinic earlier dug her cleats into the box and belted a home run over the left field fence to even
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Taylor-Paige Stewart struck out eight to help UW win Saturday.
the score 4-4. Four batters later, senior Maria Van Abel reached first safely on a fielder’s choice that scored junior Katie Christner. Not only did the Badgers celebrate in walk-off fashion, but Wisconsin paved the way for a salivating rubber match Sunday. Posing as a mirror image of Saturday’s thriller, Wisconsin and Iowa put together a defensive battle Sunday in front of 736 anxious spectators. Iowa jumped out front in the top of the second inning to take a 1-0 lead. UW answered the bell every time, however. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Kelsey Jenkins tripled to deep right and Ashley Van Zeeland singled her home soon after. After Iowa took the lead in the top half of the fifth inning thanks to a sacrifice fly, Wisconsin responded in manner familiar to Saturday. Down by one run heading into the bottom of the seventh inning, Megan Tancill roped an opposite field triple down the left field line to get the Badgers going. After the next two batters struck out, the game was in the hands of Mersch who delivered with a game-tying RBI single to left. Despite flipping the momentum, Iowa’s Blank blasted a homer over the center field wall in the top of the 10th inning giving the Hawkeyes not only a 3-2 win, but also a series win. Wisconsin’s next series begins Tuesday when it hosts Green Bay (12-18, 5-6 Horizon League) for a two-game stint.
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Sam Dekker announced Friday he would enter the NBA Draft.
dekker from page 8 “I will continue to represent the University of Wisconsin to the best of my ability wherever my future takes me,” Dekker said in the statement. “I will never forget these years as a Badger, not just for the basketball victories, but for the friends made, lessons
learned and the memories that will last a lifetime.” Dekker will enter the draft with graduating teammate Frank Kaminsky and, together, they could be the first pair of UW players drafted in head coach Bo Ryan’s career, the first at UW since 1995 and the first pair of first rounders in UW’s entire history.
Season not diminished by championship game loss Jim dayton spawn of dayton
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didn’t think I would come to accept the Badgers’ title game loss to Duke as quickly as I did. It’s only been a week now, but Wisconsin’s defeat to one of the most hated teams in college basketball seems like a distant memory. I walked through the malaise of emotions on State Street after the game ended—some people were yelling, some were in tears. Others, like me, were just speechless and in disbelief that the best season in Wisconsin basketball history didn’t have the storybook ending we were all anticipating. When Tuesday came around, I felt empty. I couldn’t do anything without my mind shifting to how devastating a loss it was and the realization the Badgers were that close to being champions. But soon after, I realized maybe the storybook ending didn’t matter. Maybe it just wasn’t supposed to happen. Think back to the game and how all the bounces seemed to go Duke’s way. Nigel Hayes and Traevon Jackson both missed layups they normally finish. Frank Kaminsky lost the handle on a ball in midair, ruining a would-be and-1. And Jahlil Okafor made a ridiculous desperation shot while being fouled by Kaminsky late in the game. It just wasn’t the Badgers’ night. Yes, this was Bo Ryan’s best chance to win a championship. The team isn’t going to fall into some abyss, but Bo only has a few years left before retirement and he will never have this collection of talent again. The Badgers’ back-to-back Final Four runs validated how good this team was, and recruiting and developing these players into what they are now took a lot of time. For a program like Wisconsin, championship pursuits aren’t an overnight process. But there’s nothing morally correct about how Wisconsin runs its program, nor is there
anything morally wrong with how powerhouses like Duke and Kentucky run theirs. Bringing in massively talented recruits is the best way to win. Ryan understands that—it’s why he chased UCLA’s Kevon Looney, a oneand-done player, and Maryland’s Diamond Stone, whom many expect to leave after his freshman season. Regardless, Ryan has built Wisconsin into one of the nation’s best and most consistent programs. We’re now accustomed to watching the Badgers in the tournament every year, but they spent decades in college basketball’s wasteland before this. Dick Bennett laid that foundation, and Ryan has taken the team to new heights. Essentially, this team deserves immense appreciation, championship or not. From what Wisconsin used to be to what it is today is a complete and stunning turnaround. While we cannot expect the Badgers to always contend for titles, now we can at least expect a very good team every year. Think about small schools like UW-Milwaukee. The Panthers made a surprising Sweet 16 run in 2005 and haven’t done anything notable since. Fans of that team must latch onto one year of decency that happened 10 years ago. Even if Wisconsin slips slightly, Badger fans will still have consecutive Final Four appearances to cherish, accomplishments of remarkable magnitude. The NCAA Tournament is loved for its unpredictability, but typically Cinderellas fizzle out before they get too far. Not every program can make it to the Final Four, much less two years in a row. So remember this team. We’ll always have the goofy press conferences, storming State Street twice and the cathartic defeat of Kentucky. We won’t have the elusive championship, but the other memories make up for it. Have you gotten over the Badgers’ loss yet? What are some of the ways you’ve coped with last week’s disappointment? Share your thoughts with Jim at jim. dayton@dailycardinal.com.
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Kaminsky sweeps postseason awards Badger big man wins Wooden Award, collects all five major player of the year trophies By Zach Rastall the daily cardinal
From averaging 4.2 points off the bench as an unheralded sophomore to staking his claim as the best player in all of college basketball, Frank Kaminsky’s incredible collegiate journey is complete. Kaminsky was announced as the winner of the 2015 John R. Wooden Award Friday evening at the first-ever televised college basketball postseason awards show in Los Angeles, edging out Duke’s Jahlil Okafor and three other finalists. News of his win first broke Friday morning, when award organizers mistakenly sent out a news release announcing Kaminsky as the winner. He was also named the win-
ner of the new Kareem AbdulJabbar Award, given to the nation’s top center. “It’s been an unbelievable journey. I never thought I’d be in this position,” Kaminsky said in an interview with ESPN’s Rece Davis after winning the award. “I’m just so happy to be here and so grateful for all the people who think of me in such a high regard.” Besides Okafor, Kaminsky also beat out Kentucky’s Willie Cauley-Stein, Ohio State’s D’A ngelo Russell and Notre Dame’s Jerian Grant to become the first player in Wisconsin program history to win the Wooden Award. He’s just the fifth Big Ten player to receive the award in its 39-year history, and is the conference’s first
Kaminsky’s Trophy Case • John R. Wooden Award • Naismith College Player of the Year • Oscar Robertson Trophy • AP Player of the Year Award • NABC Player of the Year Award • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award • Consensus first-team All-American • Big Ten Player of the Year
winner since Michigan’s Trey Burke was awarded it in 2013. With the win, Kaminsky completed a clean sweep of all five major player of the year awards. In addition to the Wooden Award, he won the Naismith Award, the Oscar Robertson Trophy and both the National Association of Basketball Coaches and Associated Press player of the year awards. The 7-footer, a consensus first-team All-American, averaged 18.2 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.5 blocks per game in the final season of his collegiate career, helping lead the Badgers to a school-record 36 wins, both the Big Ten regular season and tournament titles and a second straight trip to the Final Four. He led the team in each of the aforementioned statistical categories and both overall shooting percentage (54.7) and 3-point shooting percentage (42.9). But it wasn’t just in the basic stats where Kaminsky excelled; advanced stats also supported his case for player of the year. Kaminsky led the country in both win shares and player efficiency rating, and sat atop Ken Pomeroy’s player of the year ratings by a wide margin. To put it into perspective, the difference between Kaminsky and the second-ranked player in the KenPom ratings (Okafor)
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Frank Kaminsky averaged 18.2 points and 8.2 rebounds per game this season to cap a stellar career at Wisconsin. was greater than the difference between Okafor and the 10thranked player. “It’s just so awesome to look back at everything we accomplished. I had such a great
career at Wisconsin. I had so many friends, so many coaches who helped me along the way,” he said. “I’m just so grateful to the University of Wisconsin for helping me along that journey.”
Dekker forgoes senior year, declares for draft By Jack Baer the daily cardinal
Maybe it was only a matter of time once he sank that final shot against Arizona, but now, it’s official: Sam Dekker will not play his senior year at Wisconsin. Dekker will forego his final season of college eligibility and enter the 2015 NBA Draft. The junior forward made the announcement Friday morning through his Twitter account and a statement from the UW Athletic Department. “After lots of thoughts and prayers, I’ve decided that it is in my best interest to enter the NBA Draft at this time,” Dekker said in the statement. “It is difficult to leave Madison and the only state I’ve called home, but I’m excited for the next chapter of my life.” The Sheboygan native will leave as one of the better players in the history of the program, a long, athletic wing capable of both effectively driving to the basket and shooting from the floor. He is one of 41 1,000-point scorers in UW history and will be long remembered for his performance in the 2015 NCAA Tournament. Dekker averaged 19.2 points per game in six games during March Madness, highlighted by a destruction of Arizona in the Elite
Eight with 27 points on 11 shots. “The privilege of playing in front of a sold out Kohl Center or looking around at the sea of red that filled Lucas Oil Stadium last weekend are things that most college basketball players never get to experience and I never took that for granted. Badger fans are the greatest in the world,” Dekker said in the statement. Of course, Dekker disappointed in the tournament final against Duke, managing only 12 points on 6-of-15 shooting, including 0-of-6 from 3-point range. After the game, the emotional Dekker was visibly heartbroken and wouldn’t commit to a draft decision yet. The 6-foot-9 forward is currently projected between the No. 12 and 15 spots in mock drafts from ESPN, DraftExpress and nbadraft.net. Dekker’s strong shooting performance in the tournament, even in spite of his weak performance against Duke, caused him to shoot up draft boards. If he develops into a reliable NBA shooter, his natural athleticism and discipline developed at Wisconsin could afford him one of the highest professional ceilings of any past UW player.
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