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Tear gas to beer bongs Students’ antiwar protest defined first Mifflin party By David Jones The Daily Cardinal
1969 marked Richard Nixon’s first year in office. “Sugar Sugar” by The Archies topped the music charts. And in May, UW-Madison students threw the first Mifflin Street Block Party. The block party was born
out of the climate of social protest, the shadow of the Vietnam War and a polarized national political system. Students at colleges across the country rallied for an end to the war and campaigned for equal rights for AfricanAmericans and women, with some of the fiercest battles waged on this campus. Many UW-Madison students protested Dow Chemical recruiters on campus in October 1967 for creating products for use in Vietnam. Students virtually shut down campus in February 1969 to demonstrate against the UW
administration for refusing to create an African-American studies department. Today’s well-known spring celebration began when a few UW-Madison students living on Mifflin Street decided to host a party Saturday May 3. They posted homemade signs throughout the neighborhood inviting people to the 500 block of Mifflin Street at 4 pm. The porches that existed in most of the houses along Mifflin Street allowed students to easily gather for the party. “You sat on your porch and Grey Statterfield/cardinal File Photo
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Outgoing ASM chair Allie Gardner and current chair Andrew Bulovsky agree shared governance should be a priority for ASM.
ASM chairs reflect, look toward future By Cheyenne Langkamp and Anna Duffin The Daily Cardinal
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Though police responded to students protesting the Vietnam War on West Mifflin Street with tear gas and pepper spray, students kept the party going on the block for three days.
Attending or not, students see Mifflin as part of identity By Meghan Chua The Daily Cardinal
The Mifflin Street Block Party with its crowded porches, empty beer cans and matching T-shirts is insepa-
rable from the end of the academic year. Although the way students celebrate it has changed since its origins in 1969, residents find Mifflin closely tied to Madison’s identity and continue to view the event as essential despite pressure from city and campus officials to end the party. Dean of Students Lori Berquam infamously pointed out Mifflin is neither a city nor UW-Madison event in
a video that went viral with remixes and parodies. And to a point, students agree, viewing it as an event they share among one another and will continue to attend. Sam Konkol, a 2011 graduate, said celebrating Mifflin has “intrinsic” purpose. “It’s actually a celebration of itself,” Konkol said. “People just celebrate drinking by drinking a lot.”
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Looking forward to the next school year, Associated Students of Madision Chair Andrew Bulovsky said he feels the 19th session of student council will be more productive than sessions past. Having served as a representative and vice chair in the most recent session, Bulovsky said he witnessed too much inside fighting among members and disrespect for ASM processes. “Many representatives were trying to play an ‘ends justifies the means’ politics, which is what the 19th session will not be doing,” Bulovsky said. Last session’s ASM Chair Allie Gardner said she would advise Bulovsky to not become sidetracked with the internal politics of student government, which she
said she can already see forming in the new student council. But Gardner also said the session was successful in areas where everyone agreed, such as advocating for shared governance on campus. “I think [the 19th session of ASM has] to build relationships with each other and find areas of common ground,” Gardner said. “It’s much easier to agree with people that you trust, trust is really important, and I think our session lacked that.” Bulovsky said one of his top priorities for next year is to give students a strong voice in selecting the university’s next chancellor. “First we need to fight for as many students as possible to be on the search and screen committee and then make sure the students on that committee are the
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Mifflin residents sign party protection plan agreements By Abby Becker The Daily Cardinal
Many students who are Mifflin residents signed a protection plan with police at the last Mifflin Street Block Party information meeting Wednesday. Students have the option of signing a House Party Protection Plan this year, which lets residents call the police to control their party without fear of being cited. Residents will also receive a ‘No Trespassing’ sign to deter
unwanted guests. “It’s comforting to know if anything were to get out of hand at the party that we would be able to bring an officer in,” UW-Madison senior and Mifflin resident Sam Christian said. As long as the party is legal, police will only remove unwelcome troublemakers and will not issue tickets, according to McCaw. A legal house party can-
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here is no quicker way to ruin a good sarcastic joke than to take it back too quickly. The other day I asked a group of girls at a table if I could borrow a chair no one seemed to be sitting in. One girl immediately responded with a sneer “Don’t touch it.” However, a second later, before I even had the chance to respond to her rude arrogance she said, “Just kidding, go ahead take it.” Personally I find these premature apologies more offensive than any disrespectful joke anyone could play. What’s the point in saying a rude comment if you don’t let it sink in, build tension and watch as the other person gives a look of disbelief? She could have given me time to respond: “Well, aren’t you just a miserable, selfish bitch.” Then I could have had the pleasure of
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ing skills and a general lack of social norms, she could pull a prank like no other. As she got better, the lies escalated. Kristin had more alibis than a pregnant nun. My favorite: a fake marriage proposal and pregnancy, complete with Facebook photos and a fake husband. Now no one wants a friend who is a manipulative liar. “Where did my wallet go? Who hacked my Facebook and said I was listening to Daughtry on Spotify…friend?” But a person who goes to such lengths just for the sheer amusement it creates—that’s someone I’ll proudly call a friend. It’s not that I ever conspired with Kristin on her jokes or even that she told me them. It’s just that I was able to take pride in seeing her bullshit when no one else could. Of all the people to get married and pregnant at the time, I wasn’t betting that my friend, the virgin liar, would be it. Although in hindsight if anyone were to get pregnant, fall in love and get hitched after a one night stand, I suppose a virgin would be the prime candidate. This marriage-pregnancy joke was
successfully carried out for a few weeks and peaked when pregnant Kristin started downing shots at a party. Now alcoholic mothers and fetal alcohol syndrome is no laughing matter, but a girl pretending to be a mother and watching a bunch of alcoholics freak out about it—I’ll admit, I laughed. As much as I considered her my friend, it also became hard to see Kristin as anything other than a girl who always cried wolf. So when Kristin’s next prank involved posting on Facebook that her grandma died, I responded with the same amount of sympathy I’d give to her had she complained about her size two pants no longer fitting. Well, apparently her grandma did die—according to all my friends and her family. I never really apologized, and I would be lying if I said I don’t feel a little guilty about it. However, I can’t help but wonder if Kristin’s “dead” grandmother has just been playing a joke on all of us this whole time. Rant about your sarcastic, manipulative friends with Elliot at eignasiak@wisc.edu.
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watching her gasp in horror. From there, we could have called each other fat, ugly, stupid and traded more snide remarks until the tension was so great the only way to release it would have been to slap each other in the face and make out. Once we realized we were sarcastic soul mates, we could finally admit: “All those things I said—just kidding, I kind of liked you when I met you.” But instead I just smiled, took the chair and went on my way. I have a friend, Kristin who used to ruin all her jokes by quickly apologizing. However, after I expressed my disappointment, she became a much better sarcastic liar than I could ever hope to be. It’s not that I’m afraid of offending people, I just can’t pull a prank without breaking out in a shit-ass grin. For me, lying takes too much imagination, too much memorization. Was she a blonde or brunette, am I going to school to be a doctor or lawyer, did I break his shoulder or crack his skull? Too many facts to remember. But Kristin—this is where she excels, equipped with excellent act-
Erica andrist sex columnist I started writing the sex column first at the Badger Herald and then at The Daily Cardinal. I was an undergrad. It was 2008. I started writing because I thought I had a lot of training and knowledge I could share on subjects about which training and knowledge weren’t always readily accessible. I wasn’t sure how well the column would be received, and I certainly didn’t expect to be writing for several years. The reason I did is because of you. Students wrote in with their own questions and issues. Some weeks, I had more e-mails than I had time to answer. I made referrals, sent private e-mails and published some columns for the paper. I like to think I made a difference, and I like to think people learned from me. But really, what kept me checking my inbox is what I learned from you. I learned about sex, I learned about people and I learned about myself. I’ve thought many times that the sex columnist should be someone younger (I’m 25, which may or may not seem old to you, but trust that when you’re this age and you see/hear all the undergrads gearing up for Mifflin, you will feel old as hell), sexier, more in touch with campus, but I just couldn’t give it up—you all are so interesting, so inspiring, so amazing. I learned sex is important. Of course, I always knew this, and that’s why I started writing—but you crystallized just how much sex matters. When we have sex (or when we choose not to), we can learn, teach, give, receive, love, lust, express, explore, laugh, cry, open, close, release, validate,
respect, subvert, enjoy, connect, share, create, stop. Tell me that’s not important. Tell me that doesn’t matter. Tell it to the women who’ve never had orgasms who write to me worried something is wrong with them. Tell it to the men who have found out their partners have histories of sexual assault, who write to me worried they aren’t supporting them the way they deserve to be supported. Tell it to the students questioning their sexual identities, their sexual desires and their sexual relationships, who write to me telling me they’ve never told anyone this before. I learned to pick my battles. The vast majority of correspondence I receive is positive, curious and authentic. I love checking my e-mail. However, sometimes I get feedback from people who are “very, very against” my “ignorant, ill-informed” column, which is responsible for the “moral decline” of campus (and probably the universe) into the “ugly feminist” throes of “abortion, homosexuality and pornagraphy.” Slutty, slut, whore, bitchcunt, slut. This used to really bug me. But you know, there are two types of people in the world: reasonable people and Glenn Grothman. I realized the time I spent dealing with the Grothmans of the world was time I wasn’t spending doling out fornication advice to slutty unmarried homo abortionists. And if no one had time to teach the sluts, then the terrorists had already won. I learned what I believe in. Even though I learned to ignore the rare BS that did show up, I found there are some things that I can’t let go. That’s why, sprinkled in with blowjob pointers, STI info and anal tips, you’ll also find disgust for Pro-Life Wisconsin’s lies about emergency contraception, critique of elected officials who pass legislation harmful to the
health of Wisconsin citizens and outrage over the campus climate surrounding sexual assault. You taught me what matters, what I believe, why I believe it and how to defend it. I learned how to be a better lover. I don’t always know the answers to the questions people ask. Often, I have an idea of where to start, but then I start thinking, “Hm. I wonder if this would work.” And then it’s time for research. Sometimes that research comes from a book, a class, an expert or sometimes from my bedroom. I don’t keep a lab notebook next to my bed, but you prompted me to think, experiment, problem-solve and try new things. I practiced asking my partners (bless their ever-so-patient, understanding
hearts) to experiment, problemsolve and try new things. I practiced communicating about desires, boundaries, expectations and pleasure. In short, dear readers, you have inspired me to do all of the things I hope I have inspired you to do. So thank you, my fellow Badgers, for joining me on this crazy, sexy journey. Whether you regarded my column as frivolous entertainment, useful advice or distasteful garbage, reading and writing for you has been a humbling honor and a genuine pleasure. Warm thanks to each and every one of you for coming with me. E-mail your final burning questions to Erica at sex@ dailycardinal.com.
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Bernie Brewer hangs out at Union South as part of a Brewers watch party in the Sett Wednesday evening. Despite Bernie’s best efforts, the Brew Crew lost 5-0 at the hands of the San Diego Padres. + Photo by Grey Statterfield
Avian flu research published after months of debate After a five-month-long debate, a study that shows how mutations in the H5N1 influenza virus, known as the avian flu, can be transmitted in the air was published Wednesday. The study shows mutations to the natural avian flu virus spreads easily among ferrets, which suggests the virus could also be airborne-transmissible among humans since both react similarly to flu viruses. Contention surrounded the study’s publication for months, with opponents saying it could provide bioterrorists instruc-
tions to replicate the virus to infect humans. But researchers including lead researcher from UW-Madison, Dr. Yoshihiro Kawaoka, said the study provides valuable information for drugs and vaccines if the current virus evolves to infect humans. “This study has significant public health benefits and contributes to our understanding of this important pathogen,” Kawaoka said in a statement. Kawaoka’s research team and a Netherlands-based team stopped their research last November after the U.S. gov-
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Mifflin residents can sign an agreement allowing them to call police to control their party without fear of being cited.
mifflin from page 1 not have any underage drinking, amplified music or excessively overcrowded houses. Madison Police Department Lt. Dave McCaw said the agreement does not give residents clearance to host wild parties.
“It’s not like you’re a superhero, and nothing can happen to you,” McCaw said. If there is blatant illegal activity such as drugs in public view or an underage student passed out drunk, police will issue citations. Christian’s roommate Jake Olson, a UW-Madison senior, is
ernment asked the researchers to withhold publishing selective information in the studies. But the federal government approved revised versions of the papers in March after the researchers explained that the engineered virus did not actually kill the ferrets, thus proving it was not as dangerous as initially thought. Kawaoka encourages further research to look for other possible undiscovered mutations that could allow the virus to transmit among humans. —Kelly Kallien still concerned police will target his house party. “I’m still slightly worried that [police] might go out of the way to make things hard for you,” Olson said. For students who are not over 21-years-old, but find their house party escalates to an out-of-control level on May 5, McCaw said they should still call police under an amnesty program. Essentially, officers will act as the “bad guys” and clear out the party, according to McCaw. Residents are expected to end all party activities. McCaw said officers’ main goals are to clear the house of all party attendants and not to issue citations, but they will if there are obvious violations. Police also warned students that officers will be strictly enforcing rules at the Mifflin Street Block Party because of the size and the abundance of alcohol. “Don’t expect anything that happens to be taken with a warning or to be taken lightly,” Sgt. Tony Fiore said. “In our experience downtown, warnings just don’t work anymore.”
A Marquette University Law School poll released Wednesday found Governor Scott Walker and Democratic candidate Tom Barrett to be virtually tied in this June’s gubernatorial recall election. The poll found Barrett leading Walker 47 to 46 percent among registered voters but Walker leading Barrett 48 to 47 percent among likely voters, with a 3.8 percent margin of error. Graeme Zielinski, communications director for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, said the close poll numbers show that Walker’s policies are not resonating with the people of Wisconsin. “He’s spending money like it’s going out of style and he’s still not even able to break into the 50s,” Zielinski said. “ If he’s so popular, if his ideas are so popular among the people of
Wisconsin, he should be running away with this thing.” Walker has raised over $25 million with two-thirds of his money coming from out of state. Barrett, who will speak with students at Memorial Union Thursday at 3:30 p.m., has raised approximately $475,000. Chair of the UW-Madison College Republicans Jeff Snow said Walker’s poll numbers will continue to increase. “The polls have indicated that walker is winning currently and I think Walker will win either way regardless of the polls,” Snow said. The poll also found that Democratic gubernatorial candidate Kathleen Falk trails Walker 49 to 42 percent among registered voters and 49 to 43 percent among likely voters. — Jacob Riederer
Dean of Students advises against Mifflin via e-mail A week after creating a YouTube video she admitted was “disastrous,” Dean of Students Lori Berquam resorted to her usual mass e-mail to warn students of the dangers associated with the Mifflin Street Block Party. While the medium is different, her message is the same: Students should not go to Mifflin, and those who do should be aware of the risks and listen to police. “My video debut wasn’t elegant, but I want you to know that I’ve spent the past
week listening to your feedback about the event and how [to] approach it this year, and in the future,” Berquam wrote in Wednesday’s e-mail. She also reaffirmed that students should be culturally sensitive, especially in regard to Cinco de Mayo, which falls on the same date as the block party. “Mixing Mifflin with ethnic stereotypes related to Cinco de Mayo isn’t funny, and is actually offensive to many members of our campus community,” she said.
UW Police reports increase in bike thefts, advises owners to be careful Following an increase in bike thefts, UW-Madison police are advising bicyclists to be extra cautious. “The UWPD is asking you to be aware of suspicious activity and report the behavior to police,” UWPD Sgt. Aaron Chapin said in a release. He said bicyclists should use a heavy-duty bike lock
and encouraged them to lock removable wheels to the bike frame and rack. The police are also asking people to report any suspicious behavior. Further safety information is available at the UWPD website. Anyone with information about thefts should call the UWPD at 262-2957 or Crime Stoppers at 266-6014.
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the campus climate. As she passes the ASM chairship onto Bulovsky, Gardner said she encourages students to continue working to gain more of a say in governance on campus. “This is our university,” Gardner said. “Whatever mechanisms we can use to alternate power and make sure that it is our university and that it stays that way, we have to use them.”
best students possible, and that they are students who understand shared governance,” Bulovsky said. “It’s important because it’s selecting a chancellor for ideally the next half decade or so.” Bulovsky said he hopes during his tenure the student body will realize ASM has control over student money and plays an important role in creating
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then from page 1 you met your neighbors that way. In the optimistic world in which we lived … those porches and that sidewalk and that street served that purpose,” UW-Madison alumnus Allen Swerdlowe said. Many past students said the atmosphere of political activism and social interaction laid the groundwork for the original block party. “It’s kind of the fault zone in an earthquake,” Swerdlowe said. “Everything lined up exactly there.” Around 300 students were dancing in the 500 block of West Mifflin when law enforcement arrived in the neighborhood Saturday afternoon. Police entered the crowd to break up the gathering, arresting several dozen people.
“It’s kind of the fault zone in an earthquake. Everything lined up exactly there.” Allen Swerdlowe UW-Madison alumnus
Students responded by barricading Mifflin Street with scrap lumber, garbage cans and dirt. Police rammed their patrol cars into the barriers at speeds up to 40 miles per hour. Students attempted to rebuild the barricades multiple times, but police broke them down. “At one point, a house at 526 West Johnson was entered by police carrying rifles who forced
the students inside to go upstairs at gunpoint,” The Daily Cardinal reported in an article on Monday, May 5, 1969. The confrontation continued on Sunday as police arrived with paddy wagons and declared the gathering an unlawful assembly. Police sprayed tear gas throughout the neighborhood and used pepper spray on students. Students at the party said they believed the confrontations between students and police were the result of clashes between the different political and social views that divided society. “All of these diametrically opposed forces sort of light up like the stars lighting up and they came to blows with each other,” Swerdlowe said. “What happened that day is only the result of these bigger issues.” According to Swerdlowe, many officials in city government and the police department were opposed to the political ideas and social values held by many students who attended Mifflin. “You had the larger community which controlled all the elements of power and the university community in which there was a subculture of people that wanted to express themselves,” Swerdlowe said. Unlike the block party today, students focused more on political ideals rather than consuming alcohol. “People didn’t drink a lot because drinking dulls the senses, and in that era, we didn’t want our senses dulled,” Swerdlowe said. Madison Mayor Paul Soglin,
who was arrested twice during the party and ensuing riots, said the party had deep political undertones as it continued through the 1970s, but began to transform in the 1980s. “Certainly by the time we get to about ’87 or ‘88, there’s no political content, there’s no message of social justice, no discussion about war,” Soglin said. “As the years went by through the 90s, the party was simply an opportunity to blow off steam and get wasted on that last Saturday before you had to prepare for finals.” Despite the violence between students and law enforcement, many still reflect on the first Mifflin block party with nostalgia. “I didn’t go to Woodstock,” said Steven Reiner, UW-Madison alumnus and 1969 Daily Cardinal editor-in-chief. “But that was our Woodstock.”
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now from page 1 Junior Samantha Beaumont said although she does not like Mifflin, she still goes because she sees it as tradition. “I’m not into the whole drinking in the morning and all day thing,” Beaumont said. “It’s just crowded. Last year I didn’t have a good time. I’m still going to go, because I’ll get so much crap if I don’t go.” For some students, Mifflin’s legitimacy as a tradition comes from its origins as an antiwar demonstration. The first Mifflin in 1969 was a student protest against the Vietnam War which Isthmus’ Daily Page wrote “irreversibly changed the course of Madison politics.” But senior Karl Iglesias said the Mifflin block party students celebrate today does not have to be connected to its original protest culture. “People don’t know Jesus and they celebrate Christmas,” he explained. Though students see it as their own celebration before finals, Mifflin affects the rest of Madison as well. The collective participation of thousands supports area businesses but also requires police to spend tax dollars on safety. After two stabbings marred last year’s Mifflin, Mayor Paul Soglin said he wanted to stop the block party. But recognizing that people will attend on May 5 regardless, city officials and students have worked to make the event safer. This year, the city is not allowing vendors. Police will not block off the streets, making the area accessible to emergency vehicles. And although no open containers or glass are allowed on the street, thousands of people from Madison and around the region will still show up to join the party.
“Last year I didn’t have a good time. I’m still going to go, because I’ll get so much crap if I don’t go.” Samantha Beaumont UW-Madison junior
Police arrested 160 people at last year’s block party, which was considered one of the most violent in recent years. Both city officials and students have cited last year’s open container policy as a cause of that violence because alcohol is so connected to downtown crime. Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said Madison’s taxpayers are concerned about police resources required to supervise the thousands of participants. Having more police on Mifflin leaves fewer officers in other parts of the city. But Resnick added that students paying property taxes generate enough to justify spending taxpayer dollars. He called the $134,000 Mifflin cost the city last year “pretty small in comparison to what the tax base of the students actually generate[s] for the city.” Some city businesses say they will benefit from Mifflin, given the number of people
who come from out of town for the celebration. While some Madison residents worry about Mifflin draining city resources, local eateries are gearing up for the day’s profits to skyrocket. According to supervisor Adam Nagy, Mifflin is the busiest day of the year for Ian’s Pizza on Frances Street. Some of its manpower that day will be devoted to workers visiting Mifflin and handing out promotional items like stickers and free slice cards. “It’s [about] keeping a connection with the community and with the students,” Nagy said. Mifflin is an event partiers and businesses alike look forward to, but one police and city officials dread. Despite having moved on from its activist beginnings, the block party keeps students coming back to an event they share together. As Iglesias said, “Mifflin is an ‘us’ thing.”
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Although city and campus officials have pressured students to avoid the block party recently, students still attend largely because they see it as connected to the identity of UW-Madison.
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Daniel and the Lion (local band!) @ High Noon Saloon, 8 p.m.
Rockstar Gomeroke, 9 p.m.
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Chastity Brown @ Fu r t h e r m o r e Beer Barn—Spring Green, Wis., 6 p.m.
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Slow Food UW Benefit Show @ The Project Lodge, TBA Foxy Shazam @ High Noon Saloon, 9:30 p.m.
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Spark and Flame: 50 Years of Art and Glass and the University of WisconsinMadison runs from April 21-August 5 at the Chazen Museum of Art
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Bozeman @ Comedy Club, 8 p.m. Dane County Farmers’ Market @ The Square, 6 a.m.
Sleeping In The Aviary will return to their native city for a “Vomit on Vinyl” release show at the end of the month.
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Madison’s May music playlist
Confessions of a crazed fan
As you can see on pages 6 and 7, there are some great bands coming to town this month. Check out a sampling of quality tracks from acts coming to the isthmus all through May.
The trouble with falling head over heels for your favorite rapper
1. “I Don’t Want Love” —The Antlers
don’t obsessively keep up with the entertainment world. New remake of that one fantastic campy-cult show from the ’80s? Probably never even saw the original. New album by that one sexy flannelwearing indie band? Please excuse me while I turn up my Al Green. In essence, I’m not a Twilight nerd and I don’t have the energy to plan my nights around the newest episode of “Glee.” That being said, there are only a few things I am peeing my pants in anticipation for: Metric’s newest album, the resurrection of “Arrested Development” and the updated MacBook Pro. Even so, this wasn’t the case until fairly recently. I used get pretty giddy over a Twin Cities-based rapper called Astronautalis, known in real life as Andy Bothwell. I didn’t know much about him when my friend Steffi and I saw him perform at The Sett last February. He took the stage with nothing more than a microphone and a laptop. Even so, his charm and energy made up for his lack of backup. During the show, he jumped into the crowd multiple times, made small talk with fans and even freestyled on topics the audience suggested. His sweat dripped onto Steffi and me as we
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2. “Gas Mask Blues” —Sleeping in the Aviary (May 31, High Noon) 3. “Polish Girl” —Neon Indian (May 5,
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4. “Move Over Mama” —Justin Townes Earle (May 8, Barrymore)
5. “Moonlight Equilibrium” —The Black Dahlia Murder (May 11,
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6. “I Like It” —Foxy Shazam (May 19, High
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7. “Lightshow” — Plants and Animals (May 12, The Frequency)
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bobbed our heads to the beat. Droplets of his sweat! On me! How exciting! It was love at first verse. We met him after the show and I was too awestruck to say anything. To add to my excitement, he rode the same bus back to Minnesota as Steffi the next day. I was extremely jealous. Thanks to Steffi though, I was pretty sure (okay, only kind of sure) I knew the direction of Astronautalis’ house in relation to the parking lot in Minneapolis where the Megabus dropped him off. Throughout the week to follow, I listened to all of his albums and searched the Internet for every review, interview and tidbit I could find regarding his life and his music. His Twitter account was a gold mine of information and I would check it multiple times a day for updates. I even tweeted at him a few times, once about our mutual love of whiskey (which I found out was his favorite drink after reading his blog). He never responded. Like many listeners before me, I was falling in love with a man I didn’t even know, thanks to his music (and tweets to the world). Various super-creepy questions whirled through my brain. Where does he live? Does he have a girlfriend? If no, will a 12-year age difference be a big deal to him? Is he into college girls? I was turning into a monster. Through my creeping, I was pretty sure I found out what Target he shopped at and the color of his next door neighbor’s house. This information would be crucial in my plan to “accidentally” bump into him in Minneapolis, which would naturally lead to him immediately falling in love with me.
The next weekend I went home to Minnesota and coincidentally, Astronautalis was performing. I had to see him again. I had to meet him again. Steffi and I were again the crazy girls in the front row, dangerously close to flinging our bras at him while performing. And this time when he took suggestions for his freestyle rap, we were there to suggest the silliest topic: short girls (which we are). And he did it! He rapped about short girls! Despite my post-concert excitement, when I met him again, I gained some perspective. As much as I thought I loved Astronautalis, I realized it would never work out between us. I knew him as a rapper, not as a
person. I was the definition of a crazed fan. Gross. And that is a reason I don’t generally keep up with new releases and new entertainers. You can’t get invested in the people because they will always be unattainable – even the ones who tweet a lot. I still listen to his music often, but I no longer obsessively check the Internet for Astronautalis updates. Even so, it was hard to miss the announcement of his new album, where he will be collaborating with Bon Iver. What I said before about those sexy flannel-wearing indie bands… just forget it. Their album is definitely one more item to add to my very short list of releases to excitedly anticipate.
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Astronautalis isn’t just one of Minneapolis’ top hip-hop acts, he’s also the rapper who sent our writer into quite the tizzy.
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Ethan Safran opinion columnist
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ast week, UW Transportation Services announced a 10 percent cut in transportation services on the UW campus due to a budget deficit. Luckily for UW students, Transportation Services said student input on this issue will be a significant factor when deciding upon whatever changes will implemented. This move shows transparency, and I applaud Transportation Services for deciding to invite a conversation centered on the budget deficit. Transportation Services will have a meeting tonight at 7:00 p.m. at the Memorial Union that will allow people to participate in this decision making process. Another public meeting will be held May 9 at 6:00 p.m. at the Madison Municipal Building, a meeting that will focus on Metro Transit services. Transportation Services is facing a structural deficit of over $1 million, and the service hopes to combat this deficit by changing the bus route services on the UW campus. It is important to note these changes will not affect the hours in which the buses are in service or the actu-
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al destinations of the routes. What many people might not know is campus bus services are funded through UW housing, ASM, through segregated fees and obviously by Transportation Services. While ASM and Transportation evenly split most of the costs, UW housing funds roughly six percent of the service.
I applaud Transportation Services for deciding to invite a conversation centered on the budget deficit.
According to a report released by Transportation Services, three options, two of which would be effective on Sept. 1 of this year, are currently being discussed. These include increasing the number of arrival times of Route 81 at night, increasing the number of arrival times of Route 85 on Monday through Friday and an option of adjusting Route 80 and 85 simultaneously. The last option would increase the wait times of Route 85 but keep the wait times of Route 80 mostly the same. Non-UW students may be unfamiliar with the fact that UW students make up 81 percent of campus bus ridership,
SB 1070 tarnishes American ideals Arizona’s SB 1070 essentially allows state law enforcement to assume the role of federal immigration officials and detain people whom they merely suspect of being present in the county illegally. For the full article go to dailycardinal.com. + graphic by Anurag Mandalika according to a 2008 Metro Transit Survey. In fact, it is almost impossible to not walk past the bus servicing the route at any time of the time day and not see the bus extremely crowded. Hence, I believe it would be a terrible idea to consider making cuts and time changes to this route. I should probably level with you: I have never ridden on a bus around on campus, and I have only taken a bus a few times to reach a destination several miles from the campus. I believe this is because I live
in one of the most central locations and the fact that all of my classes are reachable within a ten minute walk. However, while I know there are some lazy students who decide to take a service bus when they could easily walk, many students live far off campus or have classes that are not necessarily within walking distance. Since many students are in either of these two situations, they will be easily affected by a decision. And there are thousands of these students, too.
Nonetheless, everyone should applaud Transportation Services for deciding to open the door to students and other members of the UW community when deciding to make this decision. Tens of thousands students attend this excellent university, and I believe that the actions that Transportation Services is taking to combat this problem and deficit are commendable. Ethan is a freshman with an undeclared major. Do youu ride the buses around Madion? Please send all feedback to opinion@ dailycardinal.com.
Letter: Cinco de Mifflin is offensive to racial minorities Caresse Rios Badgers Against racism
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eatured in the article on Thursday, “‘Cinco de Mifflin’ Met with Ethical Questions” was the organization Badgers Against Racism. We are appreciative of having our story heard and would like to take the opportunity to write to the campus community the
mission of our organization. As members of the UW-Madison community we strive to create a learning environment that promotes social justice education, cultural awareness and respect. We should be able to participate in traditions like Mifflin without promoting stereotypes that dehumanize our peers. In order to ensure Badger
solidarity, we must educate ourselves so that we can make conscious decisions to continue our traditions without objectifying and disrespecting a community. Although you may mean well, intentions do not always align with the impact. Badgers Against Racism is not against Mifflin, just “Cinco de Mifflin.” Mifflin can be celebrated while
remaining respectful. As badgers we are respectful: we do not make a costume out of a culture in a society where not all cultures are valued equally. We also recognize that “Cinco de Mifflin” promotes stereotypical thinking which can lead to serious hate crimes, such as the death of Trayvon Martin, and other more local examples. This summer there was a mock-lynching on Langdon Street Last month, people at the Delta Upsilon fraternity house yelled out racial slurs and threw a glass bottle at two African-American women who were walking across the lawn outside the house. These
are not isolated incidences of racism and this is not okay. If you know something hurts someone, why would you do it? Hold yourself accountable for your actions and their impacts and recognize that making a difference starts with you. To find out more about the significance of Cinco de Mayo and why conflating it with Mifflin is hurtful go to, visit our twitter at UWagainstracism or visit our Facebook page at Badgers Against Racism. Badgers Against Racism is an organization that is dedicated to fighting racial stereotypes on campus. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
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Today’s Sudoku
Evil Bird
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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
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Today’s Crossword Puzzle
Tanked Life
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READ ALL ABOUT IT ACROSS 1 Expire, as an insurance policy 6 Tiny bit of liquid 10 Be sulky 14 With the mouth wide open in shock 15 100-cent unit, on the continent 16 Black, poetically 17 Coffee-shop freebie 18 Monopoly card 20 “High School Musical” extra 21 Affleck and Kingsley 22 Essential things 23 Blade holder 25 Road map units 26 Far away from one’s usual surroundings 28 If-possible connector 30 “Beaches” co-star 31 “Halloween ___” (1982 movie) 32 Topmost position 36 Baby newt 37 Library prop? 40 “... ___ the fields we go ...” 41 Slangy negatives 43 Solitaire quorum 44 One of the Baltic States 46 Lousy car 48 1896 Olympic Games site
9 London apartments 4 51 Look villainously 52 Tuscany tourist town 53 Crossword constructor’s “map” 55 Awestruck 58 Drama essentials 60 “Even so” 61 Adolescent’s outbreak 62 “Anti-art” movement 63 Home on a height 64 Cousin of the herring 65 Missing, to MPs 66 Acrylic fiber brand DOWN 1 “Save the ___ dance for me” 2 Fever and chills 3 Website designer’s specification 4 Droopy-eared canine 5 Musket add-on? 6 Block the path of 7 Totally destroy 8 Bits of leftovers 9 Capitol Hill figure, briefly 10 Lower half of the brainstem 11 Beyond husky 12 Some open mic performers 13 Airs the final episode of 19 Actor Jannings 21 Sleeping places
24 Ancient Roman commoner 25 The lower 48, to a Hawaiian 26 Worshiper’s “So be it!” 27 World soccer org. 28 “American Idol” contestant Clay 29 Item in pop’s closet 33 Makeup brand 34 Lo ___ (Chinese noodles) 35 Historical divisions 38 Bed-in participant Yoko 39 Certain charity auction prize 42 Having a bias 45 Place of entertainment 47 Abbr. after a list of authors’ names 49 Steal 50 Former hotelier Helmsley 51 Plant fiber used for making rope 52 Mudbath offerers 53 Be a busy beaver 54 Change the decor of 56 Grab bags 57 Country crooner Campbell 59 “Apple cider” gal 60 ___ Paulo, Brazil
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softball from page 12 going into it. I don’t think you can take for granted that you’re going to score five runs, six runs every game.” “Going into Michigan having that mentality of staying the course and battling through atbats is great,” she said. Darrah didn’t have to show any concern until the final inning of game one, as Green Bay eventually managed to get the tying run at the plate with one out after leading off the inning with a hit. Phoenix leadoff hitter Amanda Omahen came to the plate with the bases loaded and one out, but Darrah struck her out. She then forced a popup to centerfield to preserve the shutout. “You forget sometimes for her being a sophomore because she has such great composure,” Healy said. “And that was a tough situation. We had to face their best hitter. We knew when she came to the plate as the tying run that we had to throw our best and Cassandra did a great job.” The Badgers couldn’t pull
through with early threats against Green Bay junior pitcher Allison Goecks, but sophomore shortstop Stephanie Peace finally found an answer in the fifth. With the bases loaded after sophomore right fielder Mary Massei led off with a triple, Peace hit a laser over sophomore centerfielder Miranda Reinke to clear the bases. “My teammates got the momentum going before me,” Peace said after an eight-pitch battle with Goecks. “I mean, bases loaded, they obviously did something right, so I just tried to ride that as best I could and get a big hit, get a hard hit for them.” Healy praised Peace for her ability to battle and work deep into counts. “They get stronger with every pitch they see,” she said. “To see her win the battle was great.” Sophomore first baseman Michelle Mueller hit her third homerun of the season in the sixth to give Darrah some insurance. While Darrah got a scare in the final inning of the first game, McIntosh had plenty to worry about in the first inning of the
second contest. Junior catcher Paige Newtols ripped a double to right center that scored one, getting the Phoenix on the board first. McIntosh threw a wild pitch to the next batter that prompted a visit from Healy to the circle. “It was just [for her] to settle in,” Healy said. “I think again the pace was a little too fast. I just went out there to remind them to play our game.” “It was just to really relax and focus in and work with [ junior catcher] Maggie [Strange],” McIntosh said. “I just had to hit my locations and get those outs.” McIntosh surrendered one more run in the inning, but sailed smoothly from there, scatering five hits throughout her six innings of work. Sophomore Amanda Najdek came in and pitched a one-twothree seventh. “I really judge character a lot on how well people respond,” Healy said of her circle visit with McIntosh. “So seeing that and putting up zeros the rest of the game is a huge testament to how tough she is.”
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Peace scored in the second on an infield error and the Badgers scored four the next inning off of a series of Phoenix errors. Peace finished the day with
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that it isn’t, but it’s far from the appropriate setting for a game between Wisconsin and Minnesota. Getting to the game will be a three-hour drive for Wisconsin fans (or closer to five by bus, as any soul who has endured the Van Galder will tell you), and closer to eight
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Sophomore shortstop Stephanie Peace went 4-for-8 with four RBI and two triples in the doubleheader Wednesday.
Wisconsin, which hosted Michigan in the Camp Randall Hockey Classic in 2010, will play Minnesota at Soldier Field next year.
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hours for any Gophers making the trip. When Badger football played Northern Illinois at Soldier Field last season, 41,068 fans showed up to to fill the 61,500-seat stadium. Now imagine the attendance numbers for a less-popular sport, and take away the one local tie to the stadium (Dekalb-based NIU). Wisconsin’s game isn’t the
four RBI and Massei went 4-for-8 with a pair of triples to pace the Wisconsin offense. The Badgers play host to No. 23/25 Michigan this weekend. only event at Soldier Field that day, with Miami (Ohio) and Notre Dame presumably acting as headliners to the Badgers’ opening act, but you can still imagine how empty that stadium will be when the Border Battle rivals take the ice. The game’s next problem will be one typical of outdoor hockey. If you were here for the 2010 Camp Randall Hockey Classic, you’ll recall waiting around for ages between face-offs while ice crews tried to keep the playing surface passable. Playing hockey outside is an absolute thrill, and like the marketing campaigns say it does harken back to the game’s humble beginnings. But high-level hockey wasn’t meant to be played outside, where conditions can make the ice disruptive at best and unusable at worst. Strip away the exciting build-up and novelty of playing outdoors and you’ll see that outdoor hockey games are rarely the sport at its best. And the game, of course, has never been the point—it’s all about the experience with outdoor hockey. That’s why college hockey needs to stop scheduling so many meaningless games that water down the experience and make them less special. The Camp Randall Hockey Classic was special for the same reason that makes every outdoor game worth the slow pace and cold temperatures: We saw our stadium completely re-made, with a typically raucous Kohl Center crowd playing out its traditions on a grand scale. I’ll be graduating in a few weeks, and that experience (though not necessarily the game) will be one of my top sports memories at Wisconsin. February’s game at Soldier Field won’t have that same draw. Very few people on this campus have any connection to that stadium, and all they’ll be left with is a hockey game that won’t be worth the price of admission. So cool it with all the outdoor games, college hockey. Keep the experience meaningful – because we know the game won’t be. How can the Badgers bring magic back to outdoor hockey games? E-mail Nico at nicosavidge@gmail.com.
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Softball
Badgers sweep UW-GB Wisconsin rides two strong pitching performances against Phoenix to extend home winning streak By Ryan Hill
Nico Savidge Savidge Nation
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Strong pitching performances were the story yet again Wednesday afternoon at Goodman Diamond, as sophomore Cassandra Darrah and junior Meghan McIntosh helped extend the Wisconsin softball team’s (12-6 Big Ten, 33-15 overall) home winning streak to 13 games. The Badgers beat UW-Green Bay (10-11 Horizon League, 21-25 overall) by scores of 4-0 and 5-2 to pull within one game of tying the school record for wins in a season. Wisconsin head coach Yvette Healy said the string of midweek games were the perfect tune-up for the series against first-place Michigan this weekend. The stress mounted on the pitchers Wednesday, which she thinks will prepare them for the upcoming series. “I was pleased to see the pitching have to feel the pressure and do their job today,” she said. “You want to be balanced
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Sophomore pitcher Cassandra Darrah threw a compelete game and allowed just five hits to earn her ninth shutout of the season.
little more than six years ago, the Wisconsin men’s hockey team transformed Lambeau Field into a hockey venue, skating to 4-2 win over Ohio State in an outdoor game no one who saw it will soon forget. Then, in 2010, the Badgers moved the Kohl Center’s atmosphere a few blocks up Dayton Street, topping Michigan in the Camp Randall Hockey Classic. In nine months, the Badgers will head outdoors again to take on the Minnesota Golden Gophers, shirking any venues in Wisconsin or Minnesota for Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears. If it hasn’t happened already, let’s count this as the moment when college hockey ran out of ideas for outdoor games, and just started throwing things at the wall. Because that game Feb. 17 (and we can revisit this column in nine months) is destined to fall flat, as the best rivalry in
the college game plays out on bad ice in a half-empty stadium. While the NHL consistently shines with its Winter Classic and Heritage Classic outdoor games, college hockey has had a less consistent run. Some have been unabashed successes, like when Michigan packed more than 100,000 people into the Big House for a game against Michigan State in 2010. Others were less successful – did you know the Wolverines played Ohio State at Progressive Field Jan. 1 of this year? Judging by the crowd, neither did most of Cleveland. And it looks as if the Badgers’ game at Soldier Field is going to look more like the latter and less like the former. Because as college hockey piles outdoor game atop outdoor game year after year, it not only cheapens the experience of outdoor hockey, but also makes the events less exciting and less worthy of your money. The game’s location is its biggest problem, of course. Chicago is a world-class city and a phenomenal sports town, nobody’s arguing
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