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Sconnie could face lawsuit

By Abby Becker The Daily Cardinal

State Street’s Sconnie Nation clothing store could soon face a lawsuit after a local photojournalist says the company illegally reproduced his image on Wisconsin-themed merchandise.

Michael Kienitz said he will file charges against Sconnie for taking and reproducing

his photograph of Mayor Paul Soglin on T-shirts that say ‘Sorry for Partying.’ He said the copyright notice is embedded in the photograph’s file on the city of Madison website where the image appears.

“Without attribution or compensation, [Sconnie] chose to

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Occupy Madison members marched from their current site on East Washington Avenue to the City-County building in opposition to the city shutting down the encampment.

Judge denies Occupy extension, residents must leave Tuesday

By Jeffrey More The Daily Cardinal

Courtesy of Michael I. Kienitz

Photojournalist Michael Kienitz said Sconnie illegally used this photo of Mayor Paul Soglin on a Mifflin-themed T-shirt.

Neil deGrasse Tyson to visit UW Acclaimed orator and astro- his brain. People Magazine physicist Neil deGrasse Tyson named deGrasse Tyson the will visit UW-Madison as key- “Sexiest Astrophysicist Alive.” note speaker for the universiHe will hold a book signing ty’s first Senior Day March 10. in the Memorial Union immeDeGrasse Tyson is a diately following the highly regarded scienkeynote speech. tist and author of sevThe event will take eral books including the place on the Memorial New York Times’ bestUnion Terrace at 3 p.m. seller “Death by Black and is free and open to Hole and Other Cosmic the public. In the event Quandaries.” He was of inclement weather, also named one of Time the speech will be reloMagazine’s 100 most DEGRASSE cated to the Wisconsin influential people in the Union Theater and TYSON world in 2007. only UW students will But the world-renowned sci- be admitted on a first-come, entist is known for more than first-served basis.

Occupy Madison will have to find a new home after a city court denied an attempt to allow residents to remain at the encampment on East Washington Avenue.

Occupy members filed a lawsuit against city officials including Mayor Paul Soglin and Police Chief Noble Wray Friday requesting a temporary restraining order to prevent the city from closing down the Occupy site and forcing residents to leave.

The court denied the restraining order Monday, mandating that Occupy members must leave the site by Tuesday at 12 p.m.

Occupy volunteer attorney William Turner said it seemed as if the city suggested Occupy wanted to remain at the site

permanently, which he said is not true.

“Occupy’s intention was only to be there temporarily,” Turner said. “From my perspective, I

think that the people who are currently at the Occupy location are willing to try to find some place

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Occupiers rally against city Occupy Madison supporters marched from their current site on East Washington Avenue to the City-County building near the Capitol Monday to voice their opposition to the city shutting down the current encampment.

After speeches and singing outside city hall, a crowd of a few dozen Occupy members moved inside where they staged a sit-in in front of the mayor’s office, according to UWMadison sophomore and Occupy supporter Noah Phillips.

Phillips and other Occupy

members also inspected a potential site for Occupy at a former Army Reserve on South Park Street but found the area blocked off by police.

The city will force the group out of its current site on Tuesday at 12 p.m.

“We want the next community to be self-reliant,” Phillips said. “We would still like to be on the army barracks site and would like to work with the city to make that happen.”

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Faculty committee recommends eliminating Division of International Studies

By Anna Duffin The Daily Cardinal

Members of a faculty committee are recommending UW-Madison eliminate the Division of International Studies and make significant changes to the structure of international programs at the university as a cost-cutting and organizational measure.

The committee’s report said interviews with 72 faculty members indicated there is “widespread confusion” about the function of the DIS, as well as concern about a lack of transparency within the division.

Committee members recommended the functions and majority of staff members within the division be redistributed to existing units on campus, with the Provost’s office gaining oversight of International Academic Programs.

Professor Kristopher Olds said the recommendations would not have any direct impact on students, but rather were intended to make the structure of the international studies programs more efficient.

“There are no direct implications for students—this initiative was focused at improving organi-

zational and governance systems related to international studies and internalization on campus, which should hopefully improve campus life for everyone,” Olds said in an e-mail.

But in a letter to Provost Paul DeLuca, the DIS Leadership team said it was concerned the committee did not use data and analysis to support the recommendations.

“We found the overall tone of the report unnecessarily harsh,” the team said. “We believe that the report represents a skewed

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“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”

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Jaime Brackeen brax on brax on brax

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o I’m sitting here on Sunday afternoon, trying to rehydrate after a night spent with generous and thirsty alumni from my favorite student organization, eating Spongebob Mac n’ Cheese and watching “Eat, Pray, Love.” Typical.

However, as feelings of restlessness and envy creep their way into my mind while I watch the character of Elizabeth “Liz” Gilbert traipse across the globe learning a new language, discovering herself and finding love, I can’t help but think—as much as I wish it so— this scenario would be impossible for me. Spoiler alert: I’m about to divulge a lot of the plot.

Liz’s Italy: For the first four months of Liz’s journey, she takes Italian lessons and makes new friends. She also enjoys delicious Italian food and gains 15 pounds (but it’s okay because she was underweight from not eating due to prior stress) and comes out looking healthy.

Jaime’s Italy: I’m sure the Italian language is cool but I’m not necessarily worried about learning it, so that already sets me back as I wouldn’t meet with a tutor each week and therefore would not make any friends this way. Left to my own devices in Italy I would likely embrace the freedom of no attachments to anyone in a beautiful country at first.

Fast forward two weeks down

the road where I am starting to feel lonely, am 10 pounds heavier and hitting the gelato shop three times a day. I may have mentioned this before, but anything ice cream related is my favorite thing to eat, with cheese coming in at a close second. That being said, Rome should also be prepared.

See, for Liz, it was okay for her to occasionally indulge in Italian cuisine because she eats “portion sizes.” At one point she makes a “delicious” meal for herself consisting of a hard-boiled egg, three stalks of asparagus and some olives. Da fuck?

You have got to be kidding me.

Perhaps I have adapted to the mentality of obese America, but I need more than just some heavy appetizers to satiate my hunger.

Next, biding I have not succumbed to heart disease from the plethora of cheesy, carbohydrateheavy, dairy-based concoctions of this romantic country, I would move on to the second leg of the journey, departing Italy a bloated, heavier and likely more-depressed person as opposed to Liz’s freshly reinvigorated countenance.

Liz’s India: For the next four months Liz goes to an ashram to meditate and come to terms with herself. She gets up at the crack of dawn most days and spends her afternoons learning self-discipline and scrubbing floors on her hands and knees.

Jaime’s India: My visit to the ashram would fail after the first time they asked me to meditate.

This has not been medically proven, but sometimes I think I have some form of narcolepsy, as I fall asleep in some of the most inconve-

nient scenarios possible.

Like during important exams, for instance. In a semi-cognizant stupor I just sit there trying to answer questions as my pencil shoots in various directions off the page each time my head nods to my chin. It’s a miracle I’m passing my classes.

This sleepy setback would only be intensified by the mandatory task of waking up with the sun before meditating. While I realize many people fall asleep when they’re first trying to meditate, a small, narcissistic part of me wants to believe I am actually an exception and have no control whatsoever of when and where I fall asleeeeeeeee—oops. See what I mean? (I’m not joking, I actually fell asleep while writing that. Ah, fate.)

There is also a scene where Liz sits outside all night in meditation and ends up with a bounty of mosquito bites. Given my past history with weird-ass illnesses (read: eye infections), I would likely be hospitalized with malaria or the like within the first hour of this spiritually cleansing experience.

So I would depart India sleep deprived, underfed for my nowexpanded stomach and unenlightened. And that occurs only should I survive the mosquitoes.

Liz’s Bali: Liz ends her journey with four months in Bali, which you could also call paradise. She hangs out with an old medicine man that had read her palm years ago and then falls in love with a sexy older Brazilian dude who pampers her and makes love to her in his bungalow. That bitch.

Jaime’s Bali: So here’s the deal, when Liz goes to see said medicine

man—Ketut—he doesn’t remember her at first. The whole reason she came back to Bali was because he had predicted she would, and he doesn’t even remember who she is until Liz prods him a bit.

Under normal circumstances I’d be all about refreshing his memory like she was, but let’s keep in mind that at this point my pants are busting at the seams from the Italian pasta and I have been hospitalized with malaria from the mosquitoes in India. Morale is low.

Flustered and feeling like an idiot, the most realistic scenario here involves me politely excusing myself before Ketut can remember me, crying on a side street until the locals start to point at my streaming face and subsequently dropping $50 to make a phone call back home to my mom to cry some more.

This is about the time when I’m supposed to meet some hunky foreign man who promises to love me forever and treat me tenderly. But nay, at this point, given my current state of teary eyes and runny nose, he won’t even give me a second glance and I will proceed to update my Facebook status that I’m coming home early with the desperate hope someone will “Like” it, therefore proving that I’m missed at least somewhere.

Clearly Liz’s journey in “Eat, Pray, Love” is not the right path for me. Let’s just hope when I finally take my own whirlwind adventure I stay away from carb-y countries and get my flu shots first.

Feel like the plot of “Eat, Pray, Love” is a bunch of bologna too? Email Jaime at jbrackeen@wisc.edu and tell her why. Then maybe you guys can play it safe and take a trip to Canada.

How to:

get space from your clingy roommate Samy moskol teach me how to samy

Although you care about her well being, everyone needs boundaries. I’m sure you’d rather not know what happened to her last night at the KK or how much time she wasted talking to the “save our lakes” guy.

Here are some ways you can avoid these conversations.

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Tip 1: To prevent bedtime convos, respond to everything she says with a quote from the Bible and avoid eye contact.

Tip 2: Use passive aggression when applicable. Accidentally make

Tip 3: Openly communicate when she clearly doesn’t understand your passive aggression.

Tip 4: Phone a friend for better advice than this.

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Ward to decide on final MCSC budget Chancellor David Ward will set the budget for the Multicultural Student Coalition, after an Associated Students of Madison Conference Committee voted Monday against taking up the budget.

In an e-mail following the meeting, Student Services Finance Committee Chair Neibart stated she will be writing a letter to Chancellor Ward outlining her recommended course of action.

Neibart suggested Ward remand the budget decision to the next SSFC session or minimally fund MCSC according to ASM bylaws.

“There are obvious concerns with having a new session take up the budget because of the inconsistency between sessions,” Neibart said. “I am also incredibly concerned students

were not given a say on the allocation of their student fees which they have the primary responsibility of in student life, services and interests.”

Several ASM representatives said the short notice left representatives unprepared to make a decision, but Neibart said the meeting was allowed to occur under short notice in ASM bylaws.

ASM Rep. Hannah Somers said that a posted notice of the meeting 24 hours prior would increase the amount of student input on the issue.

“This room is empty and I don’t think that if this meeting were posted with 24 hours in advance it would be,” Somers said. “I think we’re leaving a huge number of students out.”

—David Klein

Walker’s $100 million initiative aimed at improving poor Milwaukee areas Wil Gibb/the daily cardinal

The committee on moped parking will create a system to regulate moped parking in Madison, which it hopes will make the city safer for pedestrians and cyclists.

New city committee meets for first time to regulate moped parking in Madison

By Stephanie Sykes The Daily Cardinal

A new city committee made up of city officials, students and community members met for the first time Monday to begin creating an effective system to regulate moped parking in Madison.

The committee will specify rules for mopeds as part of the city’s response to a new state law that gives local government the ability to determine moped regulations. The city has decided to imple-

sconnie from page 1 just freely, even though they could have easily found out who the author of this copyrighted work is, reproduced [the image],” Kienitz said.

Kienitz said he retains the copyright of the image and did not give Sconnie permission to use it.

“This is not an accident,” Kienitz said. “This is a method of operating a ‘highly profitable business.’”

Sconnie sells apparel celebrating Wisconsin teams like the Brewers and Packers, but its use of copyright-protected photos could lead to legal trouble.

Kienitz said Sconnie has also used Associate Press photographer Morry Gash’s image of Ryan Braun on their “Beast Mode”

faculty from page 1 view of the Division that does not reflect the perspectives of many faculty and staff across campus who have had positive interactions with the Division.”

The committee formed after the budget for the university’s National Resource Center, typi-

ment new laws for mopeds because of the safety threat they can pose to pedestrians and cyclists.

“We want to make sure we have accessibility for pedestrians and especially for people that have mobility issues,” Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said.

Before the new state law passed, bikes and mopeds were allowed to park in the same areas, which led to overcrowding of campus areas, according to Verveer.

City regulations will largely mirror changes in campus rules for mopeds, such as issuing fewer moped parking permits and limiting available parking spaces. These changes will go into effect Sept. 1.

The new city regulations will also reduce the number of permits and parking spots available to students. When the regulations first go into effect, law enforcement will focus on educating students about the new laws rather than ticketing them.

T-shirt without his permission.

Kienitz said he contacted the Associated Press about Gash’s photograph. The AP said they appreciated the matter being brought to their attention but have not taken any legal action yet, according to Kienitz.

Sconnie argues they can use Kienitz’s image under the fair use doctrine of U.S. copyright law, which says images can be reproduced for purposes like news reporting or educational use.

Co-owner Troy Vosseler said Kienitz’s claim does not have merit and believes the use of the image is classified as fair use and can be used legally.

“The image of the mayor, combined with the ‘Sorry for Partying’ text and color scheme is used as a piece of timely, social

commentary on the mayor’s role in the Mifflin Street Block Party,” Vosseler said in an e-mail.

Professor Robert Drechsel, an expert on media law, said determining whether or not a situation classifies as fair use is determined on a case-by-case basis. But he said Sconnie’s decision to use the photographers’ work on merchandise “sounds risky.”

“The more commercial your use is, probably the less likely it is to be fair use,” Drechsel said.

In addition, Vosseler said because the image was “substantially transformed by changing colors and adding text to change the context of the image,” the purpose of the image falls under the fair-use argument.

Mark Kauzlarich contributed to this report.

cally around $2 million, was cut in half in August.

Chancellor David Ward and the faculty senate executive committee’s Chair Brad Barham said in a letter they will appoint an interim dean to the DIS after current dean Gilles Bousquet leaves to become the interim chancellor

of UW-Eau Claire.

After the interim dean is appointed, a governance body will serve as an advisory board to the dean. The board will discuss with campus governance groups and the Provost to review the recommendations and make decisions about implementing them.

Gov. Scott Walker announced a $100 million economic initiative Monday designed to create jobs and improve industry in innercity Milwaukee.

“Transform Milwaukee” will focus on the creation of an industrial, residential and transportation district, focusing on the poorest sections of the city, including its 30th Street corridor.

The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority has committed $100 million to the Transform Milwaukee project over the next two years. It will be working with federal agencies as well as private foundations on neighborhood improvement projects the groups hope will create jobs and promote new business.

Walker said in a press release increasing industry and improving neighborhoods will strengthen Milwaukee.

“The State of Wisconsin will

benefit through increased economic activity and decreased demand for unemployment and social services resources in the state’s largest city,” he said.

The project also includes plans to address storm water runoff as well as develop transportation infrastructure.

But Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, a candidate running to replace Walker in the recall election, said he doubts Walker’s motivations in announcing the initiative.

Inner-city Milwaukee is an expected source of strength for Democrats in the upcoming election.

“Now, with thirty six days until he faces voters in a recall election, Gov. Walker is trying to act like he cares about providing jobs to the city of Milwaukee,” Barrett said in a statement. “It’s quite obvious, the only job Gov. Walker really cares about is his own.”

—Sarah Olson

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A city court denied an extension allowing Occupy Madison members to stay at their East Washington Avenue location.

occupy from page 1 else to go and would prefer to have some help from the city with that.”

Turner also said requiring the camp residents, many of whom are homeless, to move off the site infringes on their right to protest in that location and threatens their right to property.

But the city said in its defense, requiring Occupy members to

move does not infringe on first amendment rights because members can still speak in other places, according to city attorneys.

The city also said Occupy residents are still in control of what happens to their possessions.

“For a lot of people it’s going to be chaos,” Occupy resident David Peters said. “They don’t have any other options, they are homeless people.”

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he Gaslight Anthem released a new single yesterday, from their upcoming major-label debut Handwritten, on Mercury records. The song is a return to some of the more punk energies from their debut, but it still maintains some of the Springsteen-esque qualities that engineered their success.

I loved The ’59 Sound. It was a great record. The highs were unbelievable and the low, slow and soulful songs didn’t lose any of the intensity built by the rest of the record. This

was my first introduction to the band, when they were getting a lot of attention from PunkNews.org and other music outlets, and I was impressed.

A band that successfully melded the melodic punk and folk sounds into something that was almost undeniably fantastic had arrived.

Imagine my surprise on finding out that this wasn’t their first record. There is a concern in the music industry with the “sophomore slump,” where the second record can’t maintain the successes of the first. Gaslight didn’t have that issue. Their second record had all of the melody it needed to make it more successful than their debut, even if it lost some of the punk intensity.

Sink or Swim, the band’s first effort, is a masterpiece of punk rock.

Frantic pacing and crunching guitars layer underneath Brian Fallon’s crispyet-gritty vocals. Songs like “I Could’a Been a Contender” lull the listener into a sense of calm before assaulting them with walls of sound and wailing guitar solos. “We’re Getting a Divorce, You Keep the Diner” questions the promises of youth, carrying a theme of disillusionment that is present in many of the tracks on the record.

After such a tour de force on the first records, the next two were great musically, but they felt like they lacked the intensity of this first effort.

The sense of disillusionment was there, the working-class woes, but missing was the crunch of the guitar and more of the grit to Fallon’s vocal.

American Slang is a great record for the working stiff who is disillusioned

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The Gaslight Anthem released a single from their upcoming album, Handwritten, on April 30. The track, entitled “45,” is an indicator of what looks like continued quality for the band’s fourth album.

‘Walking Dead’ characters impress GAME REVIEW

The Walking Dead Telltale Games Grade: B

By Adam Paris the daily cardinal

Like the zombies that populate its universe, “The Walking Dead” franchise has slowly consumed all facets of our culture. From the original comic series to the hit AMC show and now video games, it’s hard to escape the clutches of Robert Kirkman’s creation.

When Telltale set out to adapt the series into their adventure style format, they hoped to create a game that exemplified the franchise’s character-driven storytelling while providing a compelling gameplay experience. With intense scenes of action complemented by extensive levels of choice, “The Walking Dead” is a thrilling interactive drama.

Players begin as Lee Everett, a former professor, as he rides in the back of a police car on his way to the local penitentiary. As you gradually answer the inquiries of the driver, players are introduced to the conversation system that is integral to the experience. Suddenly, a lone zombie saunters into the road and the collision drives the car off the side of the road.

Lee comes to consciousness trapped in the back of the car, and

players must use the onscreen cursor to search for the proper way to escape. Lee escapes from the flood of zombies that rapidly appear in the forest and finds refuge in a nearby home. Once there, he finds Clementine, an abandoned little girl, and their dynamic together is a central focus for the remainder of the episode.

Gameplay typically consists of walking around various locations and searching for the items needed to proceed. Oftentimes these puzzles are fairly simplistic with obvious answers that require menial tasks to be completed in a specific order.

Hopefully, future episodes will feature more challenging puzzles; however, this lackluster aspect is bolstered by the true highlights of the game: player choice and dramatic situations.

Throughout the episode you will meet many characters who will inquire about your background.

Little prompts let you know that these NPCs will remember what you’ve said or acknowledge that you have sided with them in an argument. I felt as if every conversation had real ramifications and one wrong choice may cause these strangers to snap at any moment.

The dynamic of this group of strangers banding together is executed extremely well. Every character seems realistic, even if some are obvious archetypes. Players will also encounter several lifeand-death decisions that can radically alter the course of their playthrough. Once again, every one of these choices made me wonder whether I had made the right decision for the group and how it may affect my standing with the others.

Combat is simplistic, but it works really well within the Telltale style of adventure games. It usually involves simply tapping a button over the zombie to trigger an attack with whatever dangerous object you may have at the time.

However, the beauty of combat lies in the drama it creates. Whether it’s fending off a zombie as it grabs hold of you or bludgeoning one clutching at the leg of a partner, every interaction elicits a sense of desperation few other zombie games capture.

Episode one’s story ends on a cliff-hanger of sorts, but still provides a satisfying ending to this group’s first journey together. Although it has some references to the comics, I enjoyed the new characters, particularly Lee and the slow unfurling of his background throughout the episode. The story does tend to bog down in the middle though, and players must perform trivial tasks that take away from what is otherwise a tension-filled episode.

Players who go into “The Walking Dead” expecting a runand-gun zombie shooter will be disappointed, but what it lacks in gameplay it more than makes up for in its storytelling and interactions between characters. The amount of player choice, and consequences that go along with those options, is staggering.

Few games have ever made me stop and ponder the outcome of my choices like “The Walking Dead.”

Although this was only episode one of a five-part series, I am already hooked by the fantastic atmosphere and can’t wait to see how my decisions will affect my playthrough in future episodes.

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with the way life has turned out. It is indeed a fantastic record musically, with complex guitar lines that sing underneath Fallon’s Boss-like vocals.

But “45,” this new single, is a return to the days of Sink or Swim, taking the grit and applying it liberally to Fallon’s vocals, adding a splash of energy to all of the instruments. If this indicates anything for Handwritten, we are all in for a treat. It’s as if the band has taken everything they have learned since that first record and mixed it in with that initial burst of the familiar New Jersey punk sound.

The band has certainly faced criticism from some of their fan base, those disappointed with the changes made for The ’59 Sound and even more so at American Slang. They also faced a lot of criticism with their decision to leave SideOneDummy Records for Mercury, but this record may just silence those critics. Well, probably not silence them, but at least stop them from pissing and moaning about the band “selling out.”

The strength of tracks like “The ’59 Sound,” “Great Expectations,” “American Slang” and “Boxer” should have been enough to quiet some of these critics, all having their own charms, but people prefer to ignore the successes and focus on the negatives. All of these songs have some of the intensity of that first record, even if they take a little more musicality and a little less grit.

The best part about this band is that once the music and melodies are stuck in your head, the lyrics are there too—lyrics which carry a lot more weight than just the average song. It’s almost as if every song this band writes has some little universal truth which it must impart, and “45” is no exception. While it feels less personal that some of the other songs, it’s a great start for the new record and it leaves me with high hopes.

What do you think about The Gaslight Anthem’s track record?

Chat with Jeremy about it at jgartzke@wisc.edu.

opinion Letter: Keep collective bargaining at UW dailycardinal.com

David Gardner ASM Chief of Staff

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year ago, thousands of UW-Madison students, faculty, and staff marched to the Capitol to oppose Gov. Scott Walker's radical attempts to destroy Wisconsin's 50-year tradition of collective bargaining. Today, the Governor faces a recall, and a federal court has struck down some of the most onerous parts of Act 10. Yet UW-Madison may be on the verge of realizing the Governor's anti-worker vision on campus.

In the 2011-2013 state biennial budget, the Joint Finance Committee granted UW-Madison the authority to create a new personnel system in Human Resources. This legislation implicitly acceded to the creation of a public authority model that had sparked contentious debate about the relationship between UW-Madison

and the state in the past year.

Currently, eleven work teams are drafting recommendations for a new human resources system through the HR Design Project.

To ensure that readers understand what is occurring, it is essential to define a few key terms about employment on campus. Classified staff, or public employees hired through the civil service system, include blue-collar workers, technical workers, clerical workers and the trades. Many classified staff were unionized before the implementation of Act 10.

Academic staff are also public employees in UW System but are “unique to higher education” as defined in state statute. They include non-faculty lecturers, researchers, many administrators and academic advisors. Academic staff are not subject to the same civil service system rules as classified staff and have been protected under

statutory governance rights since the mid-1980s.

One noteworthy and perhaps soon-to-be notorious recommendation comes from the Employee Categories Work Team. This group has proposed to dissolve classified staff status and combine those workers with academic staff. What does this mean? Not only did Act 10 and the 2011-2013 biennial budget reduce the scope of collective bargaining rights to one compensation issue, wages, it also stripped faculty and staff in UW System of the statutory right to collectively bargain. If the state legislature does not amend these statutes, the combining formerly classified staff—the custodians, the office secretaries, financial specialists—into the employee category academic staff will take away the few remaining collective bargaining rights that they have fought and bargained for

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about 50 years.

The Employee Categories Work Team voted to explore this proposal because of two perceived benefits. First, it extends statutory governance rights to formerly classified staff. However, a proposal that retains a “classified staff” category and expands governance through university policy to this category can still allow for collective bargaining.

The expansion of governance rights through university policy also may strengthen the diversity on many campus committees. Furthermore, governance rights are inherently weaker than bargaining rights because governance lacks contractual rights and are even perceived to be advisory by faculty and staff leadership (ASM, however, disagrees).

Second, the Employee Categories Work Team sought to improve workplace climate by reducing the “caste system” that currently exists between classi-

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fied and academic staff, but disparities in recruitment, compensation and benefits based on category primarily contribute to the caste system, rather than which category is marked on employee files. We do not believe that the dissolution of the classified category will mend historical issues in disparities in compensation and benefits. Furthermore, erecting barriers to collective bargaining for 5,500 employees who have already taken a pay cut this year because of Act 10’s hike in benefits contributions certainly will not improve workplace climate. The preservation of a civil service system, which prevents favoritism and the caste system that arises from favoritism, does in fact improve workplace climate by promoting a more fair workplace.

UW-Madison may be on the verge of realizing the Governor’s anti-worker vision on campus.

As student appointees to HR Design Work Teams, we do not support the combining of classified staff and academic staff.

We realize that collective bargaining rights, as they currently stand after Act 10, are incredibly weak, and that “advisory” shared governance rights are, at best, a temporary solution to diminished bargaining rights and do not constitute a longterm answer to restoring their strength. But we also hope that the state’s mistake of greatly reducing collective bargaining rights will be reversed in the near future.

How do we ensure that classified staff, formerly protected by bargaining rights, have rights in the workplace right now and can regain their bargaining rights in the shortest possible amount of time after statutory change? How do we protect the current and future bargaining rights of university employees? We urge the Employee Categories Work Team pursue their mission to protect the current and future bargaining rights by preserving an employee category for workers represented by unions.

To diminish the presence of a “caste system,” we recommend extending governance through university policy as well as reforming policy barriers to moving between classified and academic staff, rather than eliminating “classified staff ” as well as their bargaining rights.

While students want to end the caste system and improve workplace culture, the recommendation of the Employee Categories Work Team is not the solution.

David is the Chief of Staff for the Associated Students of Madison.

This letter is also signed by Kevin Walters, Beth Huang, Joshua Brazee, Michael Mirer, Allie Gardner, Adrienne Pagac, Alex Hanna and Leland Pan. Please send all letters and feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Today’s Sudoku

Now that’s what I call coffee-lovin! There is a Starbucks in Myungdong, South Korea, that is five stories tall. dailycardinal.com

Two weeks of school left

Evil Bird

By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu

© Puzzles by Pappocom

Eatin’ Cake

By Dylan Moriarty EatinCake@gmail.com

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

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

Caved In

By Nick Kryshak nkryshak@wisc.edu

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

Tanked Life

Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com

SPOOKED ACROSS 1 Standing ovation, e.g.

6 Slender-bodied stinger 10 “Wal” follower 14 “Johnny B. ___” (Chuck Berry hit) 15 No longer in love with 16 Company whose cars stay indoors 17 Author anonymously 19 Chevy of yore 20 1,000,000,000 years 21 Angry cat’s warning 22 Green chalcedony 24 Brits call it afters 26 Vital thing 27 Ask overpersonally 28 Almighty 31 Debaters’ positions 34 Comfy and cozy 35 Three-toed bird 37 Lacrimal droplet 38 What this puzzle’s theme words aim to do 39 Complain incessantly 40 Leg hider in fashion 41 Kind of signal 42 “The Creation” composer Franz Joseph 43 Hidden hazard 45 Bad-mouth, slangily 46 Lament loudly

7 One in a boxing ring 4 51 Commotion 54 Pageant entrant’s wear 55 “La mer” contents 56 What a spooked horse may do 57 They may involve harassing dissenters 60 Chutzpah, in the extreme 61 On the quiet side, nautically 62 “Black” item 63 ___ out a living (barely scraped by) 64 Toe-stubbers’ cries 65 “Bopper” lead-in DOWN 1 Encouraged (with “on”) 2 Alaskan town 3 “Crazy” birds 4 Television plugs 5 Restricting leashes 6 Baddest of the bad 7 “We Try Harder” rental company 8 Several reps, in the weight room 9 Be close-minded 10 Halloween novelty tune 11 At the apex 12 Paris’ ___ Gauche 13 Former absolute ruler

Lean and supple Hibachi residue Medium’s contact Opposite of celebrate Knot in a tree “___ there, matey!”

“15 men on a ___ man’s chest ...”

31 “Fast cash” site 32 Least varying tide 33 Public transportation choice 34 Henley Regatta craft 36 Massachusetts cape 38 Access between floors 42 Part of a drum kit operated by a foot pedal 44 Govt. branch that oversees airlines 45 What everyone brings to a potluck dinner 47 Stands up to 48 English 101 subject 49 All gone, as food 50 Benched too long 51 Advocate forcefully 52 “Dante’s ___” (1997) 53 Abnormal breathing sound 54 Slow-cooker concoction 58 Geneva-based UN org.

59 “___ only as directed”

By Steven Wishau wishau@wisc.edu

First in Twentylassic

By Angel Lee alee23@wisc.edu

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Washington and the Bear

By Derek Sandberg kalarooka@gmail.com

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Wisconsin men’s track and field junior Mohammed Ahmed’s program-record time in the 10,000 meters has all but guranteed him a trip to London with Team Canada.

Ahmed on verge of securing berth in 2012 Olympic Games The Daily Cardinal

Wisconsin men’s track and field junior Mohammed Ahmed has nearly locked up a place in the 2012 Olympic Games after his performance late Sunday at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif.

Ahmed competed in the 10,000 meters race and posted a lifetime-best time of 27 minutes, 34.64 seconds—good for a sixth place finish—to secure Olympic “A” standard.

“Running that time, I know I’m going to be hurting for a couple days, but if I’d run 28 minutes I’d be hurting too,” Ahmed said. “In the 10K you can’t settle. I was telling myself, ‘You’ve been here for 20 laps with these guys, you can do it.

“I just wanted to go to the Olympics and I can’t believe it.”

The St. Catharines, Ontario native’s time was the sixthfastest in the world this year and was good enough to surpass the Olympic standard by just over 10 seconds.

Ahmed redshirted the

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Thompson again proves himself to be draft guru for Packers

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Badgers’ indoor season and hadn’t yet competed outdoors before taking part in the Payton Jordan meet—an event he decided beforehand would be the only time he would try for the Olympic standard.

“I just wanted to go to the Olympics and I can’t believe it.”

Mohammed Ahmed UW men’s track and field

“I think if I didn’t get the ‘A’ standard here I might have been done and just focusing on [collegiate] stuff,” Ahmed said. “I wasn’t going to go get another race, I wouldn’t have even gone to the [Canadian Olympic] trials. I said, ‘You’re giving yourself one shot, and if you don’t get it, that’s it.’”

In order to officially secure a trip to London for this summer’s Olympic games, Ahmed will have to earn a spot on Team Canada at the Canadian

Olympic Trials, which will take place June 27 in Calgary.

Until then he will compete for Wisconsin at the Big Ten championships and into the NCAA championships.

Having secured the Olympic standard, Ahmed can turn his attention toward outrunning the competition.

“I’ve been focusing on this for four years,” he said. “My high school coach prepared me and then [Wisconsin men’s cross country head coach] Mick [Byrne] took over and has done a great job. Plus, I have such great teammates and every single day I have six or seven guys who can push me. When you have that it makes your life a lot easier.”

Ahmed’s time also made him the UW record holder in the 10,000 meters. Exactly five years to the day after Tim Nelson set the Wisconsin record on the very same track with a time of 28 minutes, 4.46 seconds, Ahmed broke the mark with a time that was better by just under 30 seconds.

UWBadgers.com contributed to this report.

t no other time of year does Green Bay Packers’ general manager Ted Thompson shine brighter than during the NFL Draft.

A Forbes article published last Wednesday reviewed each team’s draftees from 2005-2009 and judged each team’s performance based on variables such as percentage of games played, percentage of games started, whether or not the player was still in the league and the number of Pro Bowl appearances. The study ranked the Packers as the most efficient drafting team in the NFL. It is hard to argue with the Packers’ success in the NFL Draft under Thompson. Just in that 2005-2009 sample reviewed by the Forbes study, Green Bay picked up Aaron Rodgers, Nick Collins, A.J. Hawk, Greg Jennings, James Jones, Desmond Bishop, Mason Crosby, Jordy Nelson, Jermichael Finley, Josh Sitton, B.J. Raji and Clay Matthews. Not bad, huh?

Thompson was again on his game for the 2012 draft this past weekend.

As we all remember, the Packers’ defense was god-awful last season. Green Bay ranked dead last in the NFL, giving up an average of 411.6 yards per game, including a league-worst 299.8 yards per game through the air. Part of the reason for that was a pass rush that was 27th in the league with a mere 29 sacks in 16 games. An NFL-caliber quarterback will tear you apart if you can’t put pressure on him.

So Thompson went to work and came up with a pair of disruptive defensive playmakers on days one and two.

But Green Bay’s first two selections of Southern California linebacker Nick Perry and Michigan State defensive tackle Jerel Worthy—whom Thompson traded up for—are being labeled as risky boom-or-bust type picks by many.

Perry and Worthy are both dogged by the same claim that they were lazy players in college, but I think the same could be said of many of the top prospects in this year’s draft. Nobody is perfect.

At 6-foot-3-inches and 271 pounds with a 4.64 40-yard dash time, Perry’s physical gifts

are limitless, and many that are familiar with USC football believe that, like Clay Matthews when he came out of college, he has yet to come close to reaching his full potential. He recorded a Pac-12-high 9.5 sacks last season as a redshirt junior and gives the Packers the pass-rushing threat they need opposite Matthews.

Perry spent a lot of his time lined up as a defensive end in college, so the transition from a three-point stance to the two-point stance he will use as a linebacker in Green Bay’s 3-4 defense will be a challenge, but Perry has the athleticism to do it successfully. Plus, the Packers don’t need their pass rusher opposite Matthews to be spectacular, they just need Perry to be a viable enough threat off the edge so that teams can no longer double or triple team Matthews.

Badger fans certainly remember Worthy from his time with the Spartans. He was a dominant force against Wisconsin in the two teams’ two meetings this past season, whether it was blowing up the middle of the line to put himself in the Badger backfield or getting his arms in the air to deflect a pass. When he was on, there were few forces in college football as explosive off the defensive line as Worthy—his 3.5 sacks, 10.5 tackles for loss and six pass deflections in 2011 are evidence of that—but he fell to the second round because of perceived laziness and immaturity.

Though he’s best suited for nose tackle—a position occupied by B.J. Raji—the Packers will use Worthy as a defensive end in the 3-4, hoping that he can make up for last offseason’s loss of Cullen Jenkins.

Thompson has made a living in Green Bay through excellent drafting throughout his seven years as Packers’ general manager, and sometimes that means taking risks and drafting on sheer potential. Nobody is saying that Perry and Worthy won’t take work, but they fill immediate needs on defense in Green Bay. Do they come with risks? Sure, of course, any draft pick does.

But at this point I’m willing to give Thompson the benefit of the doubt that he’s earned. Because when it comes to the draft, he’s not wrong all that often.

How would you grade the Packers 2012 draft class? Let Ryan know what you think via email at rmevans2@ dailycardinal.com or hit him up on Twitter @ryanmevans.

Badgers in the 2012 NFL Draft Round

Pick

Player

Team

1 2 3 4 5 6

27 55 75 122 157 207

OG Kevin Zeitler C Peter Konz QB Russell Wilson WR Nick Toon FB Bradie Ewing P Brad Nortman

Cincinnati Bengals Atlanta Falcons Seattle Seahawks New Orleans Saints Atlanta Falcons Carolina Panthers

Signed as undrafted free agents: CB Antonio Fenelus (Indianapolis Colts), S Aaron Henry (Oakland Raiders), DT Patrick Butrym (San Francisco 49ers), LS Kyle Wojta (Chicago Bears), TE Jake Byrne (New Orleans Saints), DE Louis Nzegwu (Atlanta Falcons), OT Josh Oglesby (Washington Redskins).

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Softball

Badgers, Bradley meet for one game Wisconsin faces Braves in non-conference match-up hoping to build momentum for crucial stretch run

By Peter Geppert The Daily Cardinal

After a tough series in West Lafayette, Ind., against Purdue last weekend, the Wisconsin softball team (12-6 Big Ten, 30-15 overall) heads home to regroup and lick their wounds.

By dropping two of three against a quality Boilermaker squad, the Badgers squandered an opportunity to share the lead in the Big Ten standings.

With the two losses, Wisconsin dropped two places in the conference standings and is now sitting in fourth place.

“We just want to start off new and get some wins,” sophomore outfielder Mary Massei said. “Our mindset does not change just because we want to play our game.”

Despite the setback, there is still plenty of hope for the Badger faithful this year as the race for the league crown is completely up for grabs. As of Monday, there were four teams within a game of conference leader Michigan.

With five teams in the mix for the conference title, and two of those teams, Michigan and Nebraska, being on Wisconsin’s

slate in the final two series of the season, the softball team is a group that is still very much in control of its destiny.

“These games are very crucial, so it’s important that we come out strong with no let up.”

Mary Massei sophomore outfielder Wisconsin softball

Before getting to play out a wild finish to the regular season, the Badgers will resume play Tuesday with a home game against Bradley. The Braves (9-14 Missouri Valley Conference, 19-27 overall) have struggled this season under third-year head coach Amy Hayes. However, the Badgers should not take Bradley lightly, as they have already knocked off one Big Ten team this season in Indiana.

“These games are very crucial, so it’s important that we come out strong with no let up,” Massei said.

Heading into the game, Wisconsin will face the challenge of having to adjust to a non-conference opponent in the midst of conference play.

Oftentimes teams become used to a certain comfort in facing familiar opponents during league play. The unfamiliarity of a non-conference opponent can even the playing field between two mismatched opponents.

Despite the potential difficulties, the Badgers have dealt well with similar types of games this season. Since beginning the Big Ten slate with Iowa March 24 Wisconsin is unbeaten in seven non-conference games scheduled during weekdays.

“Whether it’s a conference game or not, we are always excited to play,” Massei said.

“We really want to get some wins on the board this week.”

The series kicks off a whirlwind end to the regular season for the Badgers that can only be described as a sprint to the finish line. Beginning with Bradley, Wisconsin is embarking on a stretch of nine games over the next 12 days. By the end

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Outfielder Mary Massei is batting .349 with four home runs and 29 RBIs in 44 games for the Badgers this season. of it the softball program will have a clearer picture of how much progress has been made in head coach Yvette Healy’s second season. Tuesday’s game will be a great indicator of how

the team will finish out.

“It doesn’t matter who we play, what our record is or how we played in the previous games. We are always coming out hungry,” Massei said.