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US Rep. Petri retires, competitors abound Sen. Grothman, Rep. Stroebel announce bids

By Andrew Hahn THE DAILY CARDINAL

U.S. Rep. Tom Petri, R-Wis., announced he would retire from Congress at a town hall meeting Monday in Neenah, Wis. Petri told attendees no single factor made up his mind not to seek re-election in Wisconsin’s 6th District, according to a statement Monday.

“Best wishes to whoever is elected to represent us in the next Congress,” Petri said, according to the statement. “He or she will have the opportunity to turn the great prospects before our country into concrete reality.”

Petri has represented parts of central and eastern Wisconsin since his first election to Congress

in 1979. Most recently, Petri introduced legislation with U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., that would allow corporations or individuals to sponsor college students as an alternative to student loans.

Several of Petri’s political colleagues thanked Petri for his work in the House of Representatives. U.S. Reps.

Mark Pocan, D-Wis., and Ron Kind, R-Wis., both released statements thanking Petri for his work and applauding his policy expertise.

“This is a huge loss for the State of Wisconsin,” Pocan said.

“I have always been impressed with Tom’s willingness to work across the aisle to do what is best for the people of Wisconsin.”

The Republican Party of Wisconsin and Gov. Scott Walker also released statements lauding Petri’s legislative achievements.

State Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend, who announced his candidacy for Petri’s seat ear-

lier this month, thanked Petri for his service in a statement Friday.

“Congressman Petri’s decision doesn’t change the issues that I’ll bring to the voters in my campaign,” Grothman said.

“The country’s spiral towards debt, the trend towards government dependency, and the breakdown of the American family are the issues that I’m most passionate about.”

Since Petri’s announcement, state Rep. Duey Stroebel, R-Saukville, has joined Grothman in the race for the seat. Stroebel was elected to the state Assembly in 2011 and said in a statement he believes his background in business would serve him in Congress.

John Hiller, Walker’s former transition director, and state Sen. Joe Leibham, R-Sheboygan, both said in statements earlier this month they are considering whether to run in the Republican primary for the seat.

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University of Wisconsin-Madison students put their art on display at the Porter Butts and Class of 1925 Gallery at the Memorial Union Monday. + Photo by Tommy Yonash

MPD welcomes new Chief Michael Koval The Madison Police MPD for 30 years. She said Department welcomed new Koval is not required to parPolice Chief Michael Koval take in a formal training prowith excitement, according cess, but will receive support to a Monday news release. from the department.

Koval entered the posi“It will be new for him. tion Friday bearing experi- It’s certainty work that he ence from inside and has not done in his outside the departprior position,” ment. Interim Police Schwartz said. “The Chief Randy Gaber learning curve is said in the release big, but he’s a smart Koval brings knowlman.

I’m sure edge and creativity to he’ll catch on very the department. quickly.”

“Mike’s transition Gaber said in the KOVAL to Chief will ensure release he felt hona continued legacy of ored and privileged strong leadership at the top to lead the MPD and awaits of our organization,” Gaber new leadership under Koval. said in the release.

The Madison Police and Fire Commission selected “Mike’s transition to Koval after a “rigorous, comChief will ensure a conprehensive process,” said tinued legacy of strong MPFC spokesperson Wesley leadership.”

Sparkman in the release.

Koval was one of two interRandy Gaber nal candidates considered interim police chief Madison Police Department for the position, along with Central District Capt. Carl Gloede.

Sparkman thanked mem“I look forward to conbers of the MPFC and Gaber tinuing the proud tradition for their patience, energy of policing excellence here and integrity during the at MPD as we begin our next selection process, according chapter of leadership under to the release.

Chief Koval,” Gaber said in MPD Lt. Amy Schwartz the release. said Koval worked with the —Morgan Haefner

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Legislative Affairs plans ahead with campaigns for next ASM session

November 2012, but its goals were never brought to fruition.

New language clarifies expectations within performance management, including goalsetting for employees and holding continuing conversations regarding expectations.

The Associated Students of Madison Legislative Affairs Committee met Monday to discuss various campaigns for the committee to pursue over the summer and next fall.

Committee members discussed a central campaign that would encourage voter registration among students.

One of the possibilities the committee talked about was holding a voter-registration event to inform students as to where they can register to vote, how to go about registering and how to do same-day registration if they did not do so earlier.

Committee members also suggested reserving a table at the fall 2014 Student Organization Fair that would serve as a source of information to students about the importance of registering to vote and would assist in the process.

In addition, members talked about developing a stance on the University of Wisconsin System’s budget for the upcoming year in light of a proposed extension to the current tuition freeze.

Committee Chair Morgan Rae emphasized the importance of collaborating with other UW System schools when they develop a stance, saying moving forward would be “easier if we went

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UW-Madison Provost Paul DeLuca facilitates discussion Monday on proposed changes to human resources practices.

Academic Staff reevaluates human resources protocol

By Emily Gerber THE DAILY CARDINAL

Spurred by campus irregularities regarding human-resource protocol, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Academic Staff Assembly debated clearer language at a meeting Monday.

The plan for a new HR system was initially introduced in

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Earth spinning in a daze.

The twirls reckoned in months, Going round a stately waltz.

Ever reaching, never touching, Never changing, no goodbyes.

by Sean Reichard

ycidas, the synecdoche of lemons, vast grand opprobrium on wheels, even Lycidas could be depended on in a pinch. As the man in gray stepped toward the car, Klasper wrenched it into drive and sped forward over the left curb. After tooling around a bit on the sidewalk, the car hopped down and sped down the street. In the jostling, Foster had to swiftly catch his stereo cube jittering down the dashboard. He reset it and “Thick As A Brick” began anew. In the circumstances, it seemed more than a song; it seemed like a premonition, an address.

After the spidery guitar picking hardened into chords, Ian Anderson began singing: “Really don’t mind, if you sit this one out.”

“What was that about?” Foster asked when Lycidas had ceased tremoring and the man in gray was out of view, as Foster’s house evaporated from hindsight.

Foster was now dimly aware that Klasper was sweating. Beads streamed from his hair and through the coulee of his cheeks.

He turned to Foster, who saw the selfsame sweat wending around the circumference of his sequins and across the channels of blood.

He was not happy. “‘That,’ was what I was trying to avoid.”

“How d’you mean?”

Klasper had turned his head back to the road, breathing erratically, drumming his fingers on the wheel.

“It’ll be fine, Foster. It’ll be fine.

I’ve got it under control.”

“Is this about your face?”

“Let’s just say… I stepped into some concrete. Y’know, before it set.”

“How d’you mean, Klasp?”

Klasper was silent.

“What’s actually going on?”

Foster reached to pause the music.

“And what about the box?”

Klasper’s foot made a motion for the breaks, but he didn’t follow through. Instead he kept driving.

“You know I trust you, right Foster?”

“Sure.”

“Then trust me.”

“I don’t follow.”

Klasper sighed. “Y’know, there’s a phrase from Milton for this. First part of ‘Paradise Lost,’ perennial classic, all that. It’s the part where Satan gets the rebel angels to wake the —— up and get going again. He tells them, ‘Awake, arise, or be for ever fall’n.’ And that’s what I need

you to do, Foster.”

Foster only heard Klasper partially; the mention of Milton meant his attention automatically diverted to other matters—he did not share Klasper’s love of England’s Homer—and, in retrospect, it cost Foster a great deal.

Foster sighed and said a pat remark. “Alright. I understand.”

Klasper smiled. “That’a boy.”

Foster feebly released his misgivings, and in a few minutes stopped thinking about the man or the moving box.

They drove through town, watching the procession of shop windows and pedestrians roll by, making idle chatter, before they pulled up to the Verdant Vole, which dominated its own space on the corner of Tarkington and Lewis. Klasper parked horribly between two meters and shortly he and Foster were on the curb, looking around with little interest.

Foster saw Klasper had left his window slightly open.

While he was waiting for Klasper, who had ducked through the “Employees Only” door with nary a word of instruction for him, Foster went and ordered a pastrami sandwich on rye—with a pickle spear, of course, and a glass of kosher soda. Then he sat and waited. The interior always reminded him of something between the garden of Eden and a mad scientist’s lab—between the host of potted plants which lined the window and the Rube Goldbergian apparatus that conveyed plates around the restaurant. It conveyed orders via a system of pulleys, perchance by the exchange and motion of marbles that circled the sides of the room unceasingly on rails, as the track wound around the periphery and the interior of the Verdant Vole.

On normal days, Foster and Klasper would normally just steal people’s orders as they swung by.

The Vole accounted for this, as the pulley system made obsolete the notion of a waitstaff—just a cashier, a chef and a janitor (i.e. Klasper).

But today was not a normal day, and the events of their prior hours together had shaken Foster’s notion of gustatory larceny.

As he waited, however, staring out the window, he heard the door open, and a grand shadow wash over him.

“Hello Foster.”

The next installment of “Awake, arise or be for ever fall’n” will appear in-print April 29.

The sages say rotation, The cause of all creation, Is attraction and repulsion.

The cosmic code: Adoration.

Wax or wane a shade each night, Then out of sight but for one night, Up to zenith, the same same height, Won’t squabble, chastise or fight.

Mesmerized in eternal delight, The full moon is ever as bright.

They never touch, in future or the past, But for an eclipse, the shadow they cast, A sweep of senses, a brush of light, A mere passing, black over white.

Though these lovers never unite, Who can deny this love is right?

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by Andy Holsteen

Look at her lying, scrunch-supine— restless toes, aimless mind after slipping into dreams on Sunday’s sun-bathed satin couch.

Unglue April eyes, the chickadees waited all winter to coo your azul name.

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City board reviews Judge Doyle Square, ash tree insect

UW receives grant to develop new antibiotics

By Dana Kampa THE DAILY CARDINAL

The city’s finance committee addressed Judge Doyle Square development plans and rising concern over emerald ash borers in a meeting Monday.

According to the update, the negotiating team met April 8 with JDS representatives and held a workshop with city staff the week before to discuss planning, parking and the Monona Terrace.

Project developers will likely be ready to present at the Board of Estimates’ next meeting April 22, and board members will address the design framework, a working model and financial framework.

JDS developers are considering delivering a full-service product without necessarily a full-service hotel.

Members reviewed an outline of principal terms addressed in a project term sheet and initial finances.

Mayor Paul Soglin also remarked on the good progress of setting the tone of everyone “under the same tent” and innovation of creating a modern-day full-service hotel that addresses the needs of travelers.

“We see some really exciting possibilities here,” Soglin said.

The Board also amended the Parks Division’s operating budget by allowing $365,000 for additional resources for emerald ash borer mitigation and for replacing ash trees in city parks.

Madison resident Caroline Alexander expressed “panic” about the borers in Madison after a meeting with the Forestry Department. Alexander said Madison does not compare well to Milwaukee and the Forestry Department’s three-year plan is “way too slow.”

Soglin mirrored these concerns with the staff ’s preparation. However, Madison Gas and Electric representatives said they have been planning since 2007 for the possible infestation.

“We feel pretty confident that we’re putting together a fully responsive plan, emerald ash borer mitigation plan, that balances the long-term and shortterm needs of the urban forest,” MG&E representatives said.

The staff plans on chemically treating ash trees of 10 inches or larger, one third of the urban forest, and removing and replanting other trees. The representatives hope to introduce a wider variety of species to prevent widespread problems in the future.

The Board also approved funding a $4,417,000 Tax Incremental Finance loan to assist developing housing and commercial redevelopment on the 800 block of East Washington Avenue.

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Staff representatives also relayed concerns from within their districts that changes would

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Gangsters: a novel idea

Fred Gardaphé, 1976 UW-Madison alumnus, is completing “The Good Professor,” a novel based on his experiences growing up around gangsters. + Photo by Drew Gilmore

SSFC alters bylaws, standing rules Due to travel changes, the Associated Students of Madison Student Services Finance Committee approved Atheists, Humanists & Agnostics’ third budget alteration of the year Monday.

AHA requested the alteration after changing travel plans for its trip to the Secular Student Alliance conference at Ohio State University July 11-13.

The national SSA is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

SSA conferences invite leaders of the secular movement to share experiences and knowledge, according to its website.

Instead of flying and only sending two officers, six AHA officers will be driving. AHA President Sam Erickson said the decision was more fiscally responsible.

AHA reallocated the original $1,000 to different budget-line items including hotel, transportation and registration fees.

SSFC also made changes to update and simplify the commit-

tee’s existing bylaws and standing rules, which are responsible for governing the committee.

David Vines, chair of SSFC, said the changes to bylaws were made to clarify information and remove duplicative language.

Committee members removed items that can be inferred from the standing laws, such as the fact a majority vote is needed to declare a group’s eligibility.

Also, in accordance with the new eligibility criteria, the phrasing of “direct services” was changed to “core programming.”

The committee removed descriptions for positions that were previously removed from the SSFC internal budget, including the legal counsel position and accountability liaisons. It cut out about three pages of standing rules, according to Vines.

Student Council will hear the bylaw and standing rule changes Wednesday for final approval.

—Jonah Beleckis

University of WisconsinMadison researchers are conducting a study in an attempt to cure the increasing number of antibiotic-resistant infections, according to a Monday university press release.

Using a $16 million grant from the National Institute of Health, Dr. David Andes, a UW-Madison professor in the School of Medicine and Public Health, and his team of scientists direct the research in hopes of discovering innovative cures for currently untreatable conditions.

“There are patients in almost every hospital with infections that have absolutely no treatment options,” Andes said, according to the release.

The issue of antibiotic-resistant infections is becoming progressively more severe, Andes said in the release. The number of antibiotic-resistant strains has increased while the discovery of new antibiotics has decreased.

Moreover, there has been an 80 percent decrease in the approval of new antibiotics

since 1980.

The core of this problem is the inability to mine a new variety of natural resources, according to Andes. As a response, his team has begun to investigate new sources of antimicrobials, which are used to develop antibiotics.

Expanding beyond the traditional use of soil to procure antimicrobials, the UW-Madison team is studying animals, insects, plants and marine life with the aim of discovering effective microbes.

Members of the team have been traveling abroad to harvest various such sources and potentially diversify the types of antimicrobials obtained.

Specifically, the team is searching for two groups of microbes: fungi and bacteria.

The microbes in fungi could be used to develop treatments to benefit cancer and transplant patients, whereas bacteria-based medicines could combat many infections found in United States hospitals.

—Jackie Bannon

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schools on that,” Rae said.

In regard to the committee’s campaigns for the past year, Rae said Legislative Affairs has laid some great “groundwork” for its efforts moving forward into next year.

—Scott Bembenek

in with a unified front with what we want in the budget.”

“I would like to find common ground for the tuition freeze in particular because I don’t want to fight the other

Dane County officials expand landfill Increases in taxpayer savings and energy sustainability motivate Dane County to expand the Rodefeld landfill, according to a news release.

The planning began in 2012 to address depleting space in the landfill, which is projected to reach full capacity later this year, according to the release.

Dane County Executive Joe Parisi said city officials approved the expansion to save taxpayers approximately $180 million. The expansion limits the costs of transporting overflow to another landfill, according to the release.

restrict protocol flexibility within departments, within which there are characteristic differences.

Bob Lavigna, UW-Madison director of human resources, said the proposed performancemanagement approach does not specify the form of conversation, but rather that the conversation itself is taking place.

“We believe that [the approach]

Development prolongs the landfill’s longevity 30 years, according to Parisi. The county chose expansion over constructing a new landfill, a project predicted to accrue $100 million in costs and defile 200 acres of farmland.

The expansion will nearly double the landfill’s renewable energy generation, according to the release. The landfill currently creates $3.3 million in electricity to power 4,000 homes annually.

Construction is set to begin in summer 2014 and expected to open in fall 2014, according to the release.

allows a great deal of flexibility,” Lavigna said. “We’re not attempting to do much to prescribe these conversations, except that they occur on a regular basis.”

Lavigna added the structure aims to not just evaluate staff performance but develop greater relationships between the employee and employer.

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ASM Legislative Affairs Chair Morgan Rae urges committee members to develop new campaign ideas.

Committee member Jeff Shokler said the changes would ensure the presence of a “baseline level of consistency” with performance reviews throughout university departments.

“I really see this as an opportunity for the institution to grow, to change [its] culture,” Shokler said. “The big win, I think, is for the institution as a whole.”

Shokler also said the increased clarity in performance-review practice could lead to staff having a higher sense of accomplishment and better idea of future opportunities.

ASEC will make changes to the proposed plan, incorporating concerns from staff members, and will present at the next Assembly meeting in May.

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Turnover constitutes reality of bands Brian Weidy weidying out the noise

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ast week, when Nirvana was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame—which is a sham and will probably be addressed in another column—they needed someone to replace the deceased Kurt Cobain.

So in came a quartet of female singers: St. Vincent, Lorde, Joan Jett and Kim Gordon.

While these were obviously extenuating circumstances, it struck me with the thought of what happens when bands replace members who have either left the band or passed away.

Last month, I saw The Allman Brothers Band, a band that features all of three original members of six. Although no one can replace Duane Allman, Derek Trucks is objectively the best slide guitar player to play for them since he died in 1971. Replacing Dickey Betts is a tall order as well, but Warren Haynes is (mostly) up to the task.

Trucks and Haynes weren’t always in the band and some of the replacements before them were less than stellar. Zakk Wylde of Ozzy Osbourne’s band and the Black Label Society stood in for Dickey Betts in 1993 and this led to one of the biggest culture clashes and worst performances in music history—only slight hyperbole, the show was documented on the bootleg Zakk Goes Wylde, where you can hear how terrible of a combination they were.

In 1980, when lead singer Bon Scott died, he left a massive void in AC/DC. In stepped Brian Johnson, and by the end of 1980,the band released Back in Black, an album that has sold more than 50 million copies. Johnson is not Scott, but both have similar howls. Johnson has little trouble hitting the insane

PLAYLIST Here are some bands that replaced members over their careers.

high notes Scott was able to and more than faithfully recreates the music when performing it live.

Few people know pre-Bruce Dickinson Iron Maiden and its fairly safe to say that without Dickinson, Iron Maiden wouldn’t be a household name. They still might not be, and many of you who read my column on a regular basis are probably confounded by the presence of Iron Maiden on this list. They are not just one of the best metal bands of all time, but one of the most talented bands ever. Their use of a three-pronged guitar attack is revolutionary and works perfectly.

After that not-so-brief aside, back to Dickinson. His incredible vocal range works perfectly with the band’s sound and brought stability to a band that saw more than a dozen members cycle through their lineup in the late ’70s.

This harmony lasted until the mid-90s when Dickinson split from the band and they brought in Blaze Bayley, who was awful.

Whereas other people on this list thus far have fit like a glove into their new roles, Bayley had no business reaching some of the high notes that Dickinson is able to hit. When the band acrimoniously split with Bayley, they brought Dickinson back.

Appetite for Destruction is the greatest debut album ever, but the history of Guns N’ Roses has been anything but steady. When they replaced drummer Steven Adler in 1990, they relatively seamlessly replaced him with Matt Sorum, who was more than palatable on Use Your Illusion I and II. When bassist Izzy Stradlin was replaced just after Use Your Illusion II came out, that was troubling.

When they replaced guitarist Slash, Guns N’ Roses became Axl Rose and Friends.

While personally I would’ve loved to have seen them with Buckethead, the lineup they are trotting out now—filled with ses-

sion players from Los Angeles—is capable except when it comes to songwriting. The long-anticipated Chinese Democracy, which took upwards of a decade to complete, is horrible in its own right and when you compare it to Appetite, it sounds even worse.

When Van Halen replaced the fantastic David Lee Roth with Sammy Hagar, the band went from being one of the seminal rock bands of their era to a giant joke that wrote terrible lyrics.

While “Eruption” has no words and is one of their best songs due to Eddie Van Halen’s guitar theatrics, Roth’s lyrics were witty and clever whereas Hagar’s are just bad.

Yet Hagar was not the worst lead singer Van Halen has trotted out. Gary Cherone took a stint as the front man in the ’90s and they released Van Halen III, an

album so indescribably terrible that the follow-up album they were recording was shelved.

My final example of terrible replacements is both Paul Rodgers and Adam Lambert. In a post-Freddie Mercury world, Brian May needed something to do and when his solo stuff wasn’t working out, so May and his Queen bandmates brought in Rodgers.

Rodgers was in Bad Company and Free, both of which are fine ’70s rock bands, but they’re not Queen. Queen was Queen due to Mercury’s theatrics, something Rodgers severely lacks. You need to be a front man if you are the lead singer of Queen, you can’t just go up there and sing.

Rodgers’ tenure in the group was (thankfully) pretty short, and the group just announced that they were bringing in Adam

Lambert of American Idol fame.

I don’t care that the judges kept alluding to the fact that Lambert was the next Mercury: Such a thing does not exist. He has performed with them in the past and Lambert’s hammy style certainly fits in, but Mercury was so successful due to his individuality.

For the same reason why someone can’t be more unique, as unique means one of a kind, there are some people you can’t replace.

Mercury is one of them.

To conclude, on the off chance that you don’t have Phil Collins drumming and singing for you— in the case of Genesis when Peter Gabriel left—replacing a key band member is always a dicey proposition that is a coin flip at best as to whether or not it works.

Is a band more than the sum of its parts? Let Brian know at weidy@wisc.edu

The Replacements “Alex Chilton”

Steely Dan “Change of the Guard”

XTC “Earn Enough For Us”

Modest Mouse “Missed the Boat”

Guitarist Bob Stinson left the band after Tim, which softened the band a bit.

Fun fact: Donald Fagen and Walter Becker originally formed a band with Chevy Chase.

Founding drummer Terry Chambers’ departure took a bit of nervy punch away from these nervy punks.

Johnny Marr of The Smiths fame took up an ax for Modest Mouse, which led to some interesting tunes.

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Plague Vendor hawk delightful wares on debut album CD REVIEW

Free To Eat Plague Vendor

By Sean Reichard The Daily Cardinal

With a band, the name matters perhaps as much as their sound or ethos, especially for fans. It’s just plain fun to tell someone, “I’m a Radiohead fan,” or “Yeah, I listen to the Beatles” or “Mitts yeah I

know about A Hell of Heaven!”

Caveat lector: So far as I can tell there is no band named A Hell of Heaven; nonetheless, in my head, they would sound like Plague Vendor do in real life.

If by some miracle someone decides to start a punk rock Kentucky Derby, I know who I’d want to fly in from L.A. to headline it.

Hailing from Los Angeles, Plague Vendor sounds like the

kind of band made up of young men you wouldn’t want your mother to meet unless you were going through a rebellious phase.

It’s the kind of music you’d expect to be playing at the punk rock Kentucky Derby—galloping, effervescent, clip-clopping along with the same equine muscle as the Derby stars.

There’s a kinetic bend apparent in the band’s playing—wobbling bass, hopping drums, chafing guitars—but it’s no more apparent than in lead singer Brandon Blaine’s delivery and demeanor.

He sounds like a high, mad parrot—which belies his skinny, sapling-like build—resounding full of

furious energy.

The vocals are various on Free To Eat, full of shouts and brilliant effusions of noise.

Blaine just about starts rapping in the middle of “Cursed Love, Hexed Lust,” and he even screams like a power drill—for 20 straight seconds!—on “My Tongue Is So Treacherous.”

In a funny way, it’s these strengths—Blaine paired with the rest of Plague Vendor—that undercut Free To Eat as a whole.

The album gallops headlong for 20 odd minutes and by the end you’ve become disoriented by the whole process. After a certain point—in my view,

song four i.e. “My Tongue Is So Treacherous”—the album loses its distinct verve and just starts mindlessly plodding. The band keeps its kinetic bend, but sacrifices a certain edge.

Nonetheless, if you’re enticed by this style of music—or you just love the heck out of a name like Plague Vendor—Free To Eat is just the thing for you. It’s a pretty remarkable debut, when all is said and done. And if by some miracle someone decides to start a punk rock Kentucky Derby, I know who I’d want to fly in from L.A. to headline it.

Rating: B+

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Twenty One Pilots flying into the Madison area

By Alec Garcia The Daily Cardinal

Twenty One Pilots, an up-andcoming pop/rap/rock/metal/indie/ bluegrass duo from Columbus, Ohio are making their way to Madison. Vocalist Tyler Joseph and his partner in crime, instrumentalist Josh Dun, will be at the Majestic Theatre Wednesday, April 16 as a part of their Trip for Concerts spring tour.

The band, which formed in 2009 by high school friends Joseph and Dun use their energy and unorthodox bridges to keep an audience interested at all times.

Twenty One Pilots released a selftitled album in 2011, but were unsigned until 2012 when Atlantic Records subsidiary Fueled by Ramen snagged the young talent and helped Joseph and Dun release an EP. In January of 2013, the first significant recognition for the band came when they released their debut album with Fueled

by Ramen, entitled Vessel. The 12 track record featured unique melodies created by combining genres, which in turn created an incredibly diverse album. It had

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Perfecting their eclectic mix of genres ranging from pop to rap to bluegrass, Twenty One Pilots will come barreling into Madison Wednesday ready to entertain a sold-out Majestic crowd. the perfectly piano-driven, rap infused, electronically overloaded, bluegrass rooted, scream-o feel Twenty One Pilots were going

for. The band have indicated via Twitter, where they reach out to a lot of their fans, that they will only be off the stage on their spring

tour when they are writing their new album, something fans anxiously await.

When Joseph and Dun write

songs, they try to avoid the mainstream both instrumentally and lyrically. The words they project to their fans—through hip-hop rhymes, alternative melodies and desperate screams—do not reflect past relationships, but rather the internal struggles that all individuals feel. The emotional turmoil an individual goes through is much more significant than the events that cause the mental breakdowns, according to Joseph.

The reason that Twenty One Pilots write this way is because they connect best through live performances. If they sing about the things they do, the emotion and motivation behind their performances will never die, and they want to feel that emotion in every performance for however long they rock the stage.

Twenty One Pilots will be accopanied by special guests NONONO and Hunter Hunted on Wednesday night at the (soldout) Majestic Theatre. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the show will begin at 7:30. The band will be coming from their hometown in Ohio, where they just played a sold out event on Monday night.

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Veteran band makes triumphant return on new album ‘Do to the Beast’ CD REVIEW

Do to the Beast The Afghan Whigs

By Jake Smasal The Daily Cardinal

Going into my listening of Do to the Beast, I was not overly

familiar with The Afghan Whigs.

However, I immediately was able to recognize the trademark sounds that make the band who they are. The album is instantly dark and menacing. It broods from start to finish, yet there’s some softness mixed in here that draws out the essence of a consistently great album.

Do to the Beast opens with “Parked Outside,” a guitar-laden track that essentially picks up where all Afghan Whigs albums do: with a bang. The riff and prominent rhythm section,

meshed with Greg Dulli’s harrowing vocals all make for an awesome tune. “Algiers,” which may be Do to the Beast’s best song, continues this trend and even takes it up all the way to 11. Again, the riff and rhythm section stand out for all the right reasons.

Not all of Do to the Beast is like this, though. Tracks like “It Kills” and “Can Rova” slow down the tempo and add a quality mix of piano and strings to give the songs a different feel from tracks like “Parked Outside” and “Algiers.” It is tough to achieve

balance on the record. However, The Afghan Whigs find a way to do it perfectly with the addition of these songs.

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perfectly modern and traditionally authentic as a hybrid electro/rock/ folk album can be.

The first three tracks are surprisingly both restrained and pleasant.

The intro to “Sailor’s Searching” sounds like it could have been an Eric Clapton deep-cut, and the timid, muffled vocals draw you in for a really pure and mystical piece.

“Miss You Mother” is a mournful instrumental track that exemplifies Barnes’ raw musical talent.

Though not outwardly described as Christian music (withholding the obvious reference in the name Amps for Christ), Barnes adds an extremely strong faithful vertebrae to much of his collection.

On “Earth Is Spinning,” Barnes returns to his past preaching about loving yourself, your neighbor and most importantly, the environment: “When the water starts to rise / Will we see through all their lies? / Will it really be too late / When New York City is a lake?” This theme is brought back in “Barely Breathe” where he proclaims “Through it all love is still king / Love your neighbor, he will save your life.”

My favorite track on the album, “All Messed Up,” is a bluesy track

Rating: A Celtic folk commingles with electronic experimentation on album by Henry Barnes’ musical project Amps for Christ

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It broods from start to finish, yet there’s some softness mixed in here that draws out the essence of a consistently great album.

is really one track split into three parts: “Royal Cream,” “I Am Fire” and “These Sticks.” Each track leads seamlessly into the next while evolving into a unique and interesting song of its own. The percussion is fantastic, especially during the opening of “I Am Fire.”

“These Sticks” functions as the perfect mellow ending to a spectacular effort. Do to the Beast is definitely worth a shot, regardless of whether or not you’re one of the band’s regular listeners.

Amps for Christ is the longrunning solo project of Californiabased Henry Barnes, former head of metal/hardcore legends Man Is the Bastard and offshoot Bastard Noise. However, this is anything but the harsh noise Barnes was recognized for in his previous work.

Amps is a polyethnic mixture of traditional American and Celtic folk with traces of Indian instrumentals, overridden by electronic backdrops and mesmerizing guitar riffs.

Amps for Christ have been releasing music and accompanying artwork for almost two decades.

Their first release since 2006, Canyons Cars and Crows, is both

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with old school vocals and a killer bass line. It doesn’t fit in anywhere on the album, but I guess nothing really does. “Everyone Drives” is another interesting piece, backed by psychedelic guitar riffs, but drawn out with dark and raw vocals.

Canyons Cars and Crows has more Celtic influence than most of Barnes’ past work, bagpipes and Celt-folk anchoring “Chieftains I,” “Cheiftains II” and “Scottish Country Dance.” The tracks are synthesized enough to make traditional folk seem cool, yet are so repetitive and loop-based that they ooze with authenticity.

Between “Cheiftains” I & II, however, lies “Hills of Padua,” which I assume has some artistic meaning, but is absolutely painful listening. It makes me feel like I’m involved in some freaky performance art that ends up with me in an insane asylum and it sort of screwed up the entire album for me because it was such a horrible intermission.

Despite my disdain for “Hills of Padua,” Canyons is a really interesting album with a ton of high points.

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ccording to the United States Constitution, Article II, Section 3, “[The President] shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers…” This means that the president of the United States can either accept or deny the incoming ambassador of a foreign country. However, in accordance to the 1947 agreement that the United States signed, the United States is obliged to grant entry visas to representatives of United Nations member states. Thus, the United States and more specifically the president of the United States, has no right to deny a visa or entry to the country. Nor does the U.S. have the right to pass a bill that

blocks entry if the individual is an incoming ambassador of the United Nations.

In an atmosphere where the fame of the U.S. as the leader of the world is fading due to the rise of other potential superpowers, the decision will only weaken its relationship with the United Nations.

The elements I have listed above are the “technical” facts.” However, some may say the technical problems are not the problems with the current issue. Therefore, I will elaborate on the “non-technical” facts that will better quell anger toward Iran’s ambassador nomination and view the current situation with an objective, cool-headed mentality.

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he Daily Cardinal is proud to announce its third and final Action Project of the year that will hit stands on Earth Day, Tuesday, April 22, 2014.

The third installment centers around environmental sustainability issues, zeroing in on those that are particularly relevant to the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus community as well as the city of Madison.

This issue will include coverage of city composting, university dining halls, bikeability in Madison and the health of Madison’s local lakes. Additionally, we will be featuring sustainable artwork and research at UW-Madison that deals with the environment.

As members of the Madison community, we need to take personal responsibility for how our actions affect the environment. The health of the community in which we live is a combination of individual decisions.

As a community, we need to be informed about how the choices we make, such as where we put our garbage and how much we use a car, affect the long-term health of the environment.

If you have concerns or opinions on what the university or city is doing in terms of environmental sustainability or if you are personally working on efforts to reduce your carbon footprint, The Daily Cardinal wants to hear from you. Email letters to the editor to actionproject@ dailycardinal.com or tweet #dcactionproject to join in

the conversation.

As this third and final installment of the Action Project comes together, we would like to thank all our readers for their support of The Daily Cardinal’s effort to bring light to under-reported issues facing the campus community. From the first issue on campus climate and diversity issues, to a second installment focused on issues of higher education and now to environmental sustainability concerns, we hope the Action Project series has prompted you to start conversations. The change we want to see as a generation of college students will only happen if we start by having these discussions.

As members of the Madison community, we need to take personal responsibility for how our actions affect the environment.

The Daily Cardinal thanks the Evjue Foundation for its financial support that makes this project possible.

We look forward to including your perspectives in our third and final Action Project publication of spring 2014.

Please send all feedback to actionproject@dailycardinal. com or tweet @dailycardinal using the hashtag #dcactionproject. For more information, please email edit@dailycardinal.com or send any opinions you may have on environmental sustainability issues to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

The reason the White House and the Senate are denying the issuing of a visa to newly named Iranian ambassador to the U.N. is that the individual, Hamid Aboutalebi, is believed to have had ties to the 1979 occupation of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. It is another “technical” fact that Aboutalebi was a member of the Muslim Students Following the Imam’s Line, the group of militants that seized the embassy on Nov. 4, 1979, holding 52 Americans hostage for 444 days.

However, many say he had no direct tie with the occupation on that day. During an interview with the local media, Aboutalebi mentioned he was a mere student translator and negotiator and denied his involvement in the occupation. Also, Abbas Abdi, one of the leaders of the occupation, then told CNN exclusively that Aboutalebi was not in Tehran— the capital of Iran—during the

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initial invasion. Meanwhile, a senior Iranian official said on April 12 that “Tehran is not considering a replacement for Hamid Aboutalebi.”

The United States and more specifically, the president of the United States, has no right to deny the grant of a visa or entry to the country if the individual is an incoming ambassador of the United Nations.

The refusal of granting a visa to Aboutalebi will only weaken President Barack Obama’s efforts to improve the hectic relationship that the United States holds with Iran.

It is known that the U.S. put a lot of effort into curbing Iran’s nuclear program. Also, in an atmosphere where the fame of

the U.S. as the leader of the world is fading due to the rise of other potential superpowers, the decision will only weaken its relationship with the U.N. Diplomats from Syria and North Korea, who are the representatives of nations that have perpetrated numerous crimes against humanity for decades, are now residing in the center of Manhattan with a limited “permitted-zone” to a radius of 25 miles. The same restriction could be applied to Aboutalebi if he were to be granted access to the United States as a U.N. ambassador.

The United States has to grant the visa to Aboutalebi if it knows what’s good for it.

Do you agree with Andrew?

Would it be a poor decision not to grant the visa? What would be the consequences of granting the visa, if any? Please send all feedback or any responses to this piece to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

The war in Afghanistan was not in vain RYAN BULLEN opinion editor

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any Americans view the presidency of George W. Bush as a disastrous failure. While the war in Iraq and the handling of United States citizens’ privacy rights are issues that have received some of the harshest criticisms of the Bush administration, the war in Afghanistan is starting to show that the effort and lives lost in order to help the Afghani people rid themselves from the tyranny of the Taliban through democratic elections were not in vain.

When you look at the goal of breaking the stranglehold of the Taliban and spreading democracy to a region that desperately craved freedom, the question of why we were there becomes all the more clear.

The Soviet Union was able to illustrate to the United States that invading Afghanistan is by no means an easy task. The Soviet-Afghan war, which lasted an entire decade, was slugged out between native Afghani and Islamic rebel groups against the vastly superiorly-armed Soviets. The Soviets eventually withdrew from Afghanistan, and this conflict was seen as the equivalent to the United States’ war in Vietnam.

Unfortunately, after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the United States was faced with the daunting task of invading a country with incredibly difficult terrain to maneuver and found itself ruled by radicals. Low and behold, we

have occupied Afghanistan for over a decade and what do we have to show for it? The mainstream media loves to bring to light missteps that were taken throughout the war and say that the war in Afghanistan has been a total failure that should be shouldered by the Bush administration. However, progress in the region has been slowly gaining momentum and with the polling results from the past presidential elections on April 5, it seems that democracy in Afghanistan is hopefully there to stay.

Despite an incredibly high number of threats from the still present Taliban, which included 39 suicide bombers in a twomonth span before election day in order to intimidate Afghans away from the polls, nearly 7 million people, close to 60 percent of the eligible voters, came out to vote in the April 5 presidential election. This number is staggering considering that a mere 53 percent of eligible voters in the United States voted in the 2012 presidential election.

The fact that so many Afghans, including a large contingency of Afghan women, believed that casting a vote was worth the risk shows how brave the majority of their populace is.

Abdul Wakil Amiri, an Afghan government official was quoted as saying, “Whenever there has been a new king or president, it has been accompanied by death and violence.”

It later goes on to say, “For the first time, we are experiencing democracy.” Additionally, this election marks the first ever democratic transition of power in Afghanistan’s history.

President Hamid Karzai was not eligible to run due to term limits, and it is becoming more clear that the front runners in the election are Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani.

While new democracies are always faced with initial bumps in the road, this election can be seen as a great success for the

Afghan people.

The fact that so many Afghans, including a large contingency of Afghan women, believed that casting a vote was worth the risk shows how brave the majority of their populace is.

The war in Iraq was a failure. Our president got too caught up in the threat that Saddam Hussein posed and chose to wrongfully invade a nation, costing trillions of dollars and the even more valuable lives of American soldiers and Iraqi civilians. Has the war in Afghanistan gone directly according to plan? Of course not. Have there been mistakes made along the way? Yes. But when you look at the goal of breaking the strangle-hold of the Taliban and spreading democracy to a region that desperately craved freedom, the question of why we were there becomes all the more clear.

As the presence of the United States military in Afghanistan continually lessens, the path that Afghanistan will take remains unclear. Will Afghan troops be able to fend off the Taliban? Will this democratic transition continue or will Afghanistan once again slip into the clutches of corruption and tyranny? These questions remain to be answered; however, it is my firm belief that what our troops have done to weaken the Taliban and help train Afghan forces will be seen as the initial stepping stone for a democratic Afghanistan in years to come.

Ryan is a junior majoring in political science. Do you agree with him about the war in Afghanistan?

Do you believe it created at least the start of democratization? Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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’m going to make a claim: Mary Willingham can’t read.

That’s a general, misleading statement that could severely damage her future if the public believes it, but you know what? If she’s going to say the exact same thing to the press about a group of college students who sought her out for sorely needed academic help, she deserves it.

In case you haven’t been following the latest academic “scandal” at the University of North Carolina because you have better things to do (how I envy you), here’s the quick summary: Willingham, a learning specialist at UNC, researched the reading levels of Tar Heel football and basketball players and claimed to CNN that she found 60 percent of these athletes read between a fourth and eighth grade level, with another 8 to 10 percent reading at a third grade level or below.

Now here’s the funny part: The woman alleging her students can’t read, well, she misread her own results. Or at least most of them.

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Senior third baseman Michelle Mueller was named Big Ten Player of the Week Monday.

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By Jake Powers THE DAILY CARDINAL

After a rocky start to its conference schedule, Wisconsin has the opportunity to finish among the top teams in the Big Ten. UW (6-5 Big Ten, 22-15 overall) swept Illinois over the weekend after going 2-0 in a doubleheader last Wednesday against North Dakota, extending its season-best winning streak to five games.

The Badgers will look to build on that momentum as they take on Green Bay (3-2 Horizon, 14-7) in a doubleheader Wednesday before heading to University Park, Penn., to play Penn State (5-7 Big Ten, 12-23) in a three-game series beginning Friday.

After dropping four of its first six Big Ten matchups, Wisconsin went 4-1 in conference play and is currently sitting in fifth place in the standings with 11 Big Ten games left on the schedule.

Wisconsin’s pitching has been lights-out over the course of its streak.

On the season, senior Cassandra Darrah and sophomore Taylor-Paige Stewart have contributed to a team ERA of 2.82.

Dating back to UW’s April 6 doubleheader against Minnesota, the duo has given up just 14 runs.

Darrah and Stewart have held opponents to two or less runs in 17 games this season, all of which Wisconsin won.

Senior outfielder Mary Massei and senior third baseman Michelle Mueller have caught fire in the last couple of games and have provided Darrah and Stewart with plenty of run support.

Mueller, who was named Big Ten Player of the Week, blasted three home runs against Illinois and now leads the team with eight.

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of her own, complementing her team-leading .400 batting average. Wisconsin scored 44 runs over the course of its five-game winning streak.

If the bats stay hot for the Badgers and the pitchers continue to baffle opponents, Wisconsin could extend its winning streak well into the last month of the season.

The Badgers’ Wednesday doubleheader against Green Bay is their final non-conference matchup of the year and the team’s final games of its seven-game home stand.

UW is 6-2 at Goodman Diamond this season.

Wisconsin’s weekend series at Penn State will provide a chance for the Badgers to prove they belong in the upper tier of the conference.

If Wisconsin can win at least two out of its three games, it would set the table for a late season push to finish among the leaders of the Big Ten.

Either Willingham is as unintelligent as she’s alleging her own students to be or we’ve got a spotlight grabber.

Outside experts from the University of Minnesota, Georgia State University and the University of Virginia all independently found that Willingham was catastrophically incorrect in her findings.

According to the experts’ findings, the test she used to judge reading levels was not meant to judge reading ability.

The data does not match her claims. The demographics and setting for the testing did not match the test’s norms.

According to some, reading ability apparently shouldn’t even be measured by grade levels.

Her sample was also tainted because she was working specifically with academically

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Senior pitcher Cassandra Darrah leads the Badgers in the circle with a 2.66 ERA this season.

at-risk incoming freshmen.

Either Willingham is as unintelligent as she’s alleging her own students to be or we’ve got a spotlight grabber.

Whatever the answer, it’s too late. The public and media have made their judgement.

There won’t be a stunning expose, nor will there be any retraction on the primary and secondary reporting done on the scandal.

What’s unfortunate is that it will be impossible for the NCAA and UNC to carry out a proper investigation due to Willingham’s claims.

That’s just sad because it is destined to become a symbol of the cynicism surrounding athletics today.

The sporting world was ready to believe that UNC was hiding its student athletes in the academic environment of an elementary school.

When a poorly written, oneparagraph essay about Rosa Parks written by a student athlete made the public rounds, it was readily believed that the essay received an A-minus as the sole essay in a fake AfricanAmerican studies class.

It got so bad that Willingham herself had to explain that the essay was a work in progress and did not receive its alleged grade.

By no means was the essay even close to the standards of a community college, but the readiness to believe that it was indicative of athletic department-wide corruption, instead of the struggles of a student needing academic help, was pathetic and appalling.

Does UNC have a very real issue with athletes being pushed into fake classes?

From sources other than Willingham, probably.

Her misinformation is almost definitely rooted in some kind of truth.

What’s unfortunate is that it will be impossible for the NCAA and UNC to carry out a proper investigation due to Willingham’s claims and the resulting public escalation.

How do you feel about Willingham’s claims? Do you think North Carolina has an educational crisis? Email jfbaer@ wisc.edu and let Jack know.

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