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Fifteen proposals chosen to receive remainder of MIU second round funds By Kelsey Gunderson The Daily Cardinal

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Since becoming chancellor in 2008, Chancellor Biddy Martin has worked to improve communication between her office and lawmakers.

Martin reshapes relations between UW, lawmakers By Hannah Furfaro The Daily Cardinal

In the two years since becoming chancellor at UW-Madison, Biddy Martin has worked toward strengthening and rebuilding relationships between state lawmakers and the university. Martin began her shift from the private to the public university scene in the midst of heated relations between former Chancellor John Wiley and lawmakers when he left his post in September 2008. Martin met with lawmakers and sat in on committee hearings almost immediately upon her arrival to the university in summer 2008. She said she was told there was a “great deal of tension and animosity” between UW-Madison and lawmakers because of various incidents with Wiley, but she tried to keep an open mind. “I met with a number of legisla-

tors then just to get a sense of how they saw the relationship and what we could do together. My immediate perception was that the members of the legislature … are really proud of the higher educational system across the state,” she said. Near the end of Wiley’s tenure, members of the state Legislature criticized him as “confrontational.” According to state Rep. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, a former chairperson of the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities, Wiley “didn’t get everything he wanted financially” for UW-Madison during his term. Nass said system-wide budget cuts in 2004 and a relationship scandal between a graduate student and a vice chancellor at UW-Madison in 2005 hurt relations between Wiley and lawmakers. Wiley said the biggest challenge he faced was budget cuts during near-

ly every year of his term as chancellor. He also said micromanagement from the Legislature in terms of personnel rules and reporting requirements “hamstringed the university’s ability to be creative and do things in ways that are more efficient.” In a farewell article titled “From Crossroads to Crisis” and written by Wiley and published in “Madison Magazine” just days before he left office, Wiley called Wisconsin’s business community “partisan” and the political climate “poisonous.” In Wiley’s article, he criticized Wisconsin’s tax policy, Wisconsin’s largest business lobby Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, and permanent budget reductions for state universities and technical schools. According to Nass, Wiley’s “parting shots did more harm than good.” “He basically was lashing out and biddy page 3

Chancellor Biddy Martin announced 15 proposals to receive the remainder of the second round of Madison Initiative for Undergraduates funding Monday. The second round allocated about $8.2 million to a total of 22 proposals asking for new faculty and programs. Among the 15 proposals funded in the second part of round two were proposals for increased faculty in the chemistry, international studies, economics, spanish and history departments. Other proposals funded includ a Digital Studies Initiative in the School of Education and a proposal to expand Residential Learning Communities within University Housing. According to Aaron Brower, vice provost for teaching and learning, the MIU is an initiative created by Martin last spring. The goal is to increase access in high-demand classes and to develop innovations in undergraduate education.

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Faculty Senate approves grad school restructuring proposal By Kelsey Gunderson The Daily Cardinal

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Students and TAs alike enjoy a change of scenery from the classroom by having discussion outside.

The MIU funds are generated from an additional tuition fee of $250 for in-state students and $750 for out-of-state students over the next four years. Several departments across campus submitted proposals for the funding earlier this year. Martin then received recommendations as to which proposals to fund from two committees—one comprised entirely of students and the other a mixture of students, faculty and staff. Brower said he felt Martin’s decisions were fairly close to what the committees recommended and that her decisions reflect the overall goals of the MIU. “She took the recommendations and considered them very closely, and I personally feel like she made the right decisions from what was there,” he said. Roughly 55 faculty, 25 staff and over 50 TAs were hired throughout both of the first two rounds. Proposals for the third and final round of funds, which is just under $4 million, will be accepted in Fall 2010.

The UW-Madison faculty senate approved the most recent proposal to restructure the Graduate School Monday. The original proposal, which was created by provost Paul DeLuca last summer, called for separating the UW-Madison graduate school from the research enterprise and creating a new vice chancellor for research position. Faculty Senate members formed an ad hoc committee to present recommendations to improve the original proposal after many concerns arose among faculty members regarding the purpose and effects of the proposal. The committee submitted a report

in late February urging DeLuca and Chancellor Biddy Martin to refrain from separating the graduate school and research enterprise to avoid fracturing the “synergy” between the two institutions. According to Bill Tracy, chair of the Faculty Senate’s University Committee, DeLuca and Martin created a new plan adhering to the ad hoc committee’s recommendations. Tracy said the new proposal will create a vice chancellor for research who will also serve as the dean of the graduate school. He said the new proposal would also move the Research and Sponsored Programs office under the vice chancellor for administration. faculty page 3

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s we resume urinating in proper, designated and morally acceptable areas post-Mifflin and dust off our Sparknotes for the final haul, we must all take a moment to recall what has brought us to this point in the semester. Perhaps there is a particularly faithful bottle of 5Hour Energy that deserves a sincere thank you, or perhaps it is the friend who, on that fateful night, was able to turn your imminent shitshow into a shit-monologue by sending your one-and-a halfglasses-of-wine drunkass off in a cab. Whatever the case, as a community we are one academic year more learned than we once were, and if I could give the over 40,000 UW-Madison students the high five they deserve, I would. Unfortunately, I have sensitive palms.

As a person and a lady, I have learned more in this, my sophomore year of college, than I did in 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades combined, and I will have you know that I not only learned American Cursive in 2nd grade, but I also read “A Wrinkle In Time”—and understood it (potentially). What I am trying to say is, my mind has expanded wildly in the course of a year, and I am but IQ points away from finally understanding “Frasier.” If there is one thing I can do as a Page Two columnist at this moment just before Finals Season 2010, it is to share two of my favorite life lessons with you in adage form and hope that you may be able to incorporate these bits of knowledge into your own lives: Liquor before beer, what am I even doing here? Five cookies in the stomach is company, but six, six is almost undeniably a crowd. All of this aside, I am sad to say that this article will be my last for at least a year. My plans for the Fall semester are up in

Guy: Highlight of my Mifflin: That Latino protest was going by, and some dickheads started chanting USA! USA! and one guy with a Keystone ran up to a group of them and was like ‘Show me your papers!’ Guy 2: That sounds terrible. Guy: It was, until the police walked over and asked him for his ID and busted him for underage drinking. Girl 1: Oh god, did you see all the Mifflin photos Liz put up? Girl 2: I know! I look awful. And where did all those flamingo bongs come from? Girl 1: I’m literally never going to get a job. (At Mifflin) Guy 1: I heard there was some huge deck that cracked through down the block from here. Guy 2: Jessie, when did you go visit down the block? Jessie: Shut the fuck up. Girl: So how was your Mifflin? Guy: Well, I broke my first glass at 9 a.m., gave a cigarette to a guy in a Burger King suit at 10:30, wheeled our six-person beer bong all the way to Mifflin at noon, almost got punched by some kid who looked like Justin Bieber at 2, man-

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the air, and I’ve run clear out of poop innuendos, so I will not be reapplying until my senior year, when I will hopefully, finally have breasts or at least a few underarm hairs. I wish this article would never end, and thankfully, I don’t foresee it ending anytime soon, or at least not for another 150 words. During my time as a Page Two columnist, I have revealed almost nothing directly about myself in my writing. I feel, in the last two weeks of school, I am finally comfortable enough with my typing skills to divulge information about myself and settle the score. For one, I never used to believe in awkward until I wrote this article. One time when I was 14, I kissed the bus driver’s hand on a dare to secure a half-eaten bag of Cheetos. He liked it. I didn’t know I was alive until I was three years old. I have a thick Northeastern Wisconsin accent in real life and have vowed to follow Favre wherever he may stray, because goddammit, I will always love the Green Bay Packers and

aged to get our beer bong crowd-surfed at the concert stage at 4, got it taken away from police at 4:01, saw some girl’s tits at 6, saw some girl’s ass at 6:30, got Qdoba at 8, and was in bed by 9. Girl: So pretty good, huh? Guy: Almost as good as last year. Guy in shower: Ah don’t you hate it when you turn off the shower then discover there’s still soap underneath your balls? Boy: Rihanna’s getting boned by a lion though! Girl on Regent St. to boyfriend: Why’d you date a ho? Boyfriend: (Grunts) She wasn’t a ho and it wasn’t like that. Guy 1: I really want an iguana Guy 2: Really?? What if a girl comes over, what will you say, “Don’t go in the bathroom, Redgie is washing himself in the tub?” Girl: he just wasn’t my type ... he’s a Yankees fan. Girl on bus to friend: Can I just tell my professor that I was in the hospital this weekend, because I don’t want to tell him

where they come from. I sew placemats in my free time. God, I feel so naked now. I have too many websites and also people to thank for this awesome year. For one, my growing register of spooky facts would be unimpressive and banal without Listverse.com. Also, I am thankful to The Daily Cardinal for giving me this opportunity to share my most provocative and controversial thoughts about hipsters and weed. This has been a very special and positive experience, and I will miss it next year. I don’t want to go out with a bang, because I don’t believe in having sex in public. But I will go out with this: Crap, I didn’t plan anything inspirational. Well, maybe this is just as good: Be respectful, be yourself, eat as much ice cream as you want and put aside enough time each night to sleep. Good luck during finals week and H.A.G.S. Anything you wanted to tell VP but haven’t had the chance to? Even if it’s about that groaty rash? Let it all out at evanpay@wisc.edu.

that I was in detox. Girl: Those new Old Spice commercials make me so wet. Guy: My roommate managed to get a public urination ticket by 9:30 a.m. Guy 2: Man that sucks Guy: Yeah, but then he went home and had sex with a random girl who showed up at our apartment. Guy 2: You win some, you lose some. Girl: I’ve touched 5 different football players today! Girl 2: Now all you need to do is get one of them to actually sleep with you. Guy: Why in God’s name would a professor assign a ten page paper due the Monday after Mifflin? Guy 2: What do you have to do? Guy: I have to watch two movies and write about them. Guy 2: Two whole movies? Sounds like SO much work... Guy: No, it’s just like 2 minutes of each, but I have to watch them REALLY closely. Guy: You liberal arts majors make me sick. Guy: First Mifflin without an arrest! I am a god!!!

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Accountability Board says it is improving contracts website By Michelle Langer The Daily Cardinal

The Government Accountability Board said they have made some improvements to the state’s Contract Sunshine website, a site meant to aggregate state agency contracts in one online location. Over 80 state agencies, including all UW System schools, were found in violation of the law in March due to their failure to post their contracts on the site. The website currently displays only one contract for all of the 26 UW System schools. Reid Magney, GAB spokesperson, said additional information has been posted but is not necessarily visible to the public. “There are areas that have been updated for example, the Department of Administration, has uploaded info about statewide purchasing contracts, and those contracts … [are] visible to the registered users of systems,” he said. State Sen. Robert Cowles, R-Green Bay, said he does not agree with setting limitations on who can view the contracts.

“One way or another, I want to see these contracts listed on the website, so that people can know who’s benefitting from the taxpayer dollars,” Cowles said. In order to ensure that this would happen, Cowles said he called for an audit of Contract Sunshine about a month ago. He said he hoped this would help solve some of the problems within the GAB process. As of last week, the Joint Legislative Audit Committee had not decided to approve the audit. Magney said the GAB is working with the DOA to improve the contract system so more UW System schools will put their contracts online. “We’re in the process of working with the Department of Administration and our other partners to improve the website,” Magney said. “To make it easier for them to use the site, it is up to [the schools] to use the site and to comply with the law.” Magney also said there are still no enforcement mechanisms in place to ensure compliance. “Nothing has changed,” he said.

Police believe gunman to be among ID’d homicide suspects Madison Police believe they may have identified the gunman responsible for the homicide of a Madison man last Wednesday. Antonio Perez, 19, was shot outside of Webcrafters on Fordem Avenue, the printing and book-manufacturing business where Perez was working, while on break. Friday, police identified Billy Wenner-Say, 24, and Arain Gutierrez, 18, to be connected with the gangrelated crime and now believe one of them to be the gunman responsible for slaying Perez. Police arrested Karen GironCruz, 19, late Friday on “a tenta-

biddy from page 1 that was unfortunate for the [UW] System and the campus,” he said. “When you get into name calling, as far as I’m concerned you lose.” Martin said periods of budget cuts during Wiley’s chancellorship were a “very difficult circumstance” for a chancellor to deal with. Martin also said the negative perceptions she initially formed about the relationship between UW-Madison and lawmakers turned out not to be true. State Rep. Kim Hixson, D-Whitewater, who serves as the chair of the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities, said he thinks Martin has successfully reached out to lawmakers and has “done much to build strong relationships.” “She’s just done an excellent job,” he said. “I had many frequent conversations with her and when she first became chancellor she made a point to come up to the Capitol and introduce herself and visit with us.” Nass said Martin has shown she wants to improve relations but doesn’t feel “she has to go on stage and let the world know.” He said few controversial issues have arisen since the beginning of her term, and the 2009-’11 biennial budget preserved

tive charge of being a party to the homicide,” according to the police report. The car used in the homicide was found by police Friday afternoon at her residence on the 1700 block of Baird Street. Although police do not yet know whether either Gutierrez or WennerSay were the gunman, the two are believed to be the main players in the shooting, spokesman Joel DeSpain told the Wisconsin State Journal. Police have not yet identified the other two men who were with Gutierrez and Wenner-Say. —Ashley Davis much of the UW System funding. Nass said both of these factors allow Martin to maintain a more “lowkey” attitude than Wiley could have toward the Legislature. “The University wasn’t cut much. That helped her. She didn’t have to battle for more money,” he said. Martin said the relationship between the university and the state goes “far beyond questions of financial support.” She said Wisconsin’s culture and history shapes UW-Madison’s relationship with the Legislature. “It’s a complicated picture. It’s a rich relationship between the state and the university … I think the relationship … is probably uniquely close, even as far as other public universities go,” she said. However, she said if she were faced with budget cuts on the scale Wiley dealt with during his term, she would defend the university and find ways to deal with reductions. “I will be a very strong supporter of the university because I think [the interests of the university] are also the interests of the state, and I will fight hard … to help the Legislature, the next governor, [and] the citizens of the state understand what it is we have to contribute to the well being of the … state as a whole,” she said.

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The UW-Madison Faculty Senate approved the most recent Graduate School restructuring proposal, which is based heavily on a recently released report from a Faculty Senate ad hoc committee.

faculty from page 1 RSP, which is an office on campus that helps facilitate grants and funding for research, currently resides under the dean of the graduate school. Several faculty members expressed concerns about the motives behind moving RSP. University Committee member Judith Burstyn said RSP is mainly

administrative in nature and makes more sense for it to reside under the vice chancellor for administration. “The vice chancellor for administration controls the primary budget for the institution, so therefore it puts that unit in a more direct connection to the money of the institution,” she said. History professor John Sharpless proposed an amendment to ensure that members from the Graduate

Faculty Executive Committee will have representation on any new committee created that will govern graduate education. “Much of the discussion so far was without our consultation,” Sharpless, who is also a member of the GFEC said. “We think we perform a valuable function on the educational side.” Both Sharpless’ amendment and the overall proposal passed almost unanimously.

Man arrested in attempted break-in on east side; claimed to be searching for party Police said a Madison man was arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting or obstructing an officer during an attempted break-in on East Johnson Street early Sunday morning. According to the police report, 25-year old Jeremy Campbell tried to enter a residence on the 100 block of East Johnson Street around 4:30 a.m.

The apartment owner, a 22-yearold female, awoke and reported hearing someone trying to enter her apartment through the front door, police said. According to the incident report, the woman saw Campbell looking through her windows and called the police. Campbell proceeded to look through the windows of other apart-

ments before police arrived. When police reached the property, Campbell fled to adjoining backyards and was arrested. He told police he was trying to find a party at his friend’s house. Campbell told officers he had mistaken them for his friends and thought they were trying to play a game with flashlights, police said.

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the year of humanities: epic fail Call us hippies, humanitarians, Dr. Seuss’ loving Loraxes if you want, but it was par for the course to hear someone cry out, “I speak for the Humani‘trees’!” during this year’s Editorial Board roundtables. That’s because at the beginning of this academic year, Chancellor Biddy Martin declared this the Year of the Humanities. It was supposed to be a tribute to those still lost and wandering through the halls of the Humanities building and/or jobless with that English degree; i.e., an acknowledgement of the importance of those who prioritize critical thinking skills. One of the oldest and most neglected buildings on campus, Humanities houses a limited supply of TAs who are left to tend to inevitably non-profitable, non-math and non-science majors. These students are then left to only preserve pride and appreciation for their field. Yet, Biddy’s declaration finally promised vindication—theoretically, that is.

We are not saying that anyone in particular is at fault, as the lack of focus on the subjects in the humanities is systemic and far-reaching

The events listed as part of the Year of Humanities on the school’s website are numerous and extensive, with topics ranging from Pompeii to the impact of the Book of Revelations and “Visualities beyond Ocularcentrism.” But while afternoon lectures and discussions on specialized topics under the broad humanities umbrella are productive, they don’t highlight the ﬁeld in any new or progressive ways. And frankly, opportunities to advance studies like that should be standard operating proce-

dure. Attempts to engage students who disregard the humanities were absent— nobody is going to go out of their way to learn what ocularcentrism is, let alone be convinced that such knowledge is worthwhile in the long run. Even worse, attempts to improve the overall academic experience surrounding the humanities were just as ﬂaky. Fighting Brothers for a new music hall and adding a wing to the Chazen do foster growth, but the struggles of the former bury any pure motivations and the presentation of the latter lacked a connection to the broader struggle for the humanities. We are not saying that anyone in particular is at fault, as the lack of focus on the subjects in the humanities is systemic and far-reaching. More than a couple university-wide activities involving this year’s moniker are needed if Biddy Martin is going to acknowledge the growing concern residing in the humanities community throughout campus. Otherwise, a generation of fresh, emerging students will declare their concerns for their moneymaking futures rather than focus on worthwhile academia. Sure, everyone wants a well-paying job when they graduate from college. But if it’s at the price of those who care more about culture and the societal environment that surrounds them, then we take the risk of throwing certain curricula the way of Seuss’ Bar-ba-loots, Swomee Swans and Humming Fish—unsatisﬁed and looking for a more nurturing environment. And I would hate to be the one responsible for the Humanities building decaying any more than it already has. It is obvious that renovations need to be seriously considered, and Biddy’s initiative at the start of the year completely lacked a focus that only left students wanting more at the end of the year. So next time, Biddy, if you aim to speak out in support of Humani‘trees’, dont give students false hope and follow up on your claims.

Students drown in debt KATHY DITTRICH opinion columnist

t’s that time of year again, when young recent college grads with little-to-no work experience are set loose, diplomas in hand, on the so-called “real” world where one’s value is measured in salary digits and employment perks. Recent economic activity, according to those self-proclaimed experts in the “science” of the relationship between humans and money, suggests that things are looking brighter out there in the job market. American consumers are feeling more conﬁdent, loosening their purse strings and buying shit. And we all know there’s nothing Americans love to do more than buy shit. And theoretically, the more shit Americans buy the more jobs there will be. Right? Today, it is virtually impossible to put yourself through college and graduate college debt-free. When my mom attended the University of Minnesota in the late ’70s/early ’80s she was able to pay her tuition in full, each fall by waiting tables overtime all summer. Even if I was able to come up with $5,000 in three

months (which is unlikely in the current tipping climate), I would still have to worry about groceries, rent, MG&E, Charter and cell phone bills (and that’s a conservative list of fixed expenses). It unlikely that I could earn enough money in three months to cover two semesters worth of tuition. In addition, my mom was a homeowner just a few short months after graduating college. I’ll be lucky to be debt-free five years after I graduate. I share this somewhat personal and particular comparison between my mother and I to illustrate two things. One, the cost of higher education in this country has gotten out of hand. Two, the standard of living in this country is decreasing. Perhaps my understanding of impoverished is lacking, but given the current financial and living situations of many students, I would say some of us qualify as impoverished. Admittedly, the situation of an impoverished college student is different than that of a single mother earning minimum wage; but both scenarios are closely linked because as the cost of education rises, diplomas become less and less accessible. And as higher education becomes less accessible, we will see more impoverished adults supporting dependants on minimum wage

jobs and experiencing a decreased standard of living. There are those who would argue that Americans are accustomed to an unsustainably high standard of living. They point to the foreclosure crisis in this country as evidence of people living outside of their means and claim that it is “normal” or “natural” to live on less. The attitude that education should be expensive regardless of one’s ability to pay needs to change. As a society we must value, and therefore financially support, education. As fortunate students of the University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate this spring or return to school next fall, we must be conscious of the rising cost of education not just in Wisconsin but across the nation. As students we should make funding for higher education an “issue” in next fall’s state Senate and governors races. We need to let our representatives in Washington, D.C. know that it is not OK to continue cutting funding for higher education. We need to let the candidates for governor know that we will not support an individual who would even consider making cuts to education in the next fiscal budget. But, most importantly, we need to call for financial-aid reform. In order to assure that higher education is financially feasible for all, we need to rework the way financial aid is distributed. One suggestion put forward by the Wisconsin Idea Forum would entail eliminating merit-based aid and redirecting those funds to meet need-based aid. In addition, changes must be made in the way aid is distributed and repaid. According to Nik Hawkins in an article for “Wisconsin People & Ideas”, “Aid packages could be frontloaded with grants and gradually move toward loans in the latter part of students’ college careers.” In addition, Hawkins suggests the institution of “loan forgiveness programs...in which debt decreases with the number of years in college completed.” These are just a few ways in which higher education could be made more affordable and achievable in Wisconsin. We should care because higher education and public colleges and universities make significant contributions to society, and this is a contribution that should be recognized and supported. Kathy Dittrich is a senior majoring in English and French. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com

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Defense holds Hoosiers to one run in victories By Jessica Bell THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Wisconsin softball team improved their Big Ten record to 3-11 this weekend with two wins over Indiana. The series began Saturday night as the Badgers overtook the Hoosiers 4-1. Indiana started strong, gaining a 1-0 lead in the first inning. However, Wisconsin struck back in the bottom of the inning. Senior infielder Katie Soderberg led off and reached first on an error. Junior outfielder Jennifer Krueger laid down a bunt and beat the throw to first. After two outs, freshman utility player Whitney Massey came to the plate with Soderberg on third and Krueger on second and singled to drive home the two runners. Junior outfielder Ashley Hanewich said the team took advantage of the skill differential. “She was a weaker-level pitcher than what we have seen, so it was easier to adjust to her,” Hanewich said. The bottom of the second brought singles from senior pitcher Letty Olivarez and Krueger, with Olivarez managing to score off Krueger’s hit to widen the lead to 3-1. With one out in the fourth inning, freshman outfielder Kendall Grimm hit a single and advanced to second off a wild pitch. Hanewich drove a

single to bring in Grimm and add the team’s final run. The Badgers went into the game Sunday afternoon with a lot of confidence and kept the bats going, grabbing another victory over the Hoosiers, this time shutting them out 8-0 in five innings. The game stands as Wisconsin’s third shutout of the season and the second in Big Ten play. “We beat them once. We were like, ‘Alright, let’s get them again,’” Hanewich said. The Badgers had a big third inning. Hanewich led off with a double before Krueger grounded out to advance her to third. On a wild pitch, Hanewich slid in to home on a close call play that the first run for Wisconsin. “It was a big play for us, and the momentum went our way,” Olivarez said. “We just really started picking it up after that.” Freshman infielder Molly Spence then walked and freshman infielder Shannel Blackshear and Massey followed with singles. Olivarez walked, allowing Spence to cross the plate; and junior catcher Dana Rasmussen reached on a hit-by-pitch to score Blackshear and make the score 3-0. A walk from Hanewich, a triple from Krueger and a groundout from Spence increased the Badgers’ lead to

5-0 in the fourth inning. The hits continued in the fifth inning for Wisconsin as Massey led off with a solo home run. Olivarez walked and then Hanewich slammed the first pitch she saw over the fence, ending the game 8-0. Olivarez started the game as pitcher, and freshman Meghan McIntosh came in for relief in the third inning without giving up a hit. “I just went after them. Letty just told me to take it to them; just throw,” McIntosh said. The two conference wins are certainly confidence boosters for the team. “The past two days we’ve had so much fun. You can tell by the way everyone’s playing,” Spence said. “They’re playing loose and we all have confidence in ourselves.” With just a few conference games remaining in the season, the Badgers want to keep their strong play going. “Our defense has done really well lately, and our pitchers are coming around. We have all three aspects of the game, so we just need to keep pushing in all those areas and we’ll be fine,” Hanewich said. “We’re going into this stretch thinking: Do our best, push through and finish strong in conference,” Spence added.

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Six head coaches’ contracts extended Athletic Department signs Ryan, Eaves through 2015 After a banner year for many programs, the Wisconsin Athletic Department extended the contracts for six head coaches, the department announced Friday. Men’s basketball head coach Bo Ryan, who led the Badgers to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, was signed through May of 2015. Women’s basketball head coach Lisa Stone got the same extension after her team’s NCAA Tournament appearance. Men’s hockey head coach Mike Eaves earned an extension as well, thanks in part to his trip to the national title game in April. His contract goes through June of 2015. Head wrestling coach Barry Davis and men’s and women’s swimming and diving coach Eric Hansen will stick around as well. The department said they were signed through April and June of 2013, respectively.

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Today’s Sudoku

Vagina Monologue. In 1975 Carolee Schneemann, as a form of high-end performance art,

Evil Bird

By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu

Angel Hair Pasta Classic

By Todd Stevens ststevens@wisc.edu

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.

The Graph Giraffe Classic

By Yosef Lerner graphics@dailycardinal.com

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

Crustaches

Charlie and Boomer

By Patrick Remington premington@wisc.edu

By Natasha Soglin soglin@wisc.edu

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The Old Ball Game

ACROSS 1 Head infestation 5 Frazzled 9 Checklist units 14 Winged 15 Medicinal lily from Africa 16 Daphnis’ love 17 Warm-hearted 18 Stir up 19 Blow a gasket 20 Do more than get the sniffles 22 Natalie and the old king? 23 Magazine bigwig 24 It’s served in shreds 26 Nice ‘N Easy user 29 Shrug-of-theshoulders feeling 33 Headlock? 37 Fancy wheels 39 “This is fu-u-uun!” 40 British blueblood 41 Move stealthily 42 Vague quality 43 Daring skirt 44 Toledo’s lake 45 Winona of Hollywood 46 Public TV donation

48 Passionately studying 50 Many wapiti 52 Person of great interest? 57 To-the-max prefix 60 A cappella singer’s need 63 Very religious 64 Chess piece 65 Centers of pride 66 Hand-operated implements 67 Case for small toiletries 68 “Lymph” follower 69 Sung correctly 70 Have coming 71 Nancy of mysteries DOWN 1 Jousters will stick it to you 2 Trojan War epic 3 Spiny plants 4 On two feet 5 Rallying shout 6 Miscellany 7 Take a turn, in some games 8 Obligations 9 Polar sight 10 Disposable 11 Last Jewish month

12 Put on a long face 13 Tennis units 21 Brick transporters 25 Emit light, like some pointers 27 Abu Dhabi VIP 28 Half-diameters 30 Pound sound? 31 “Take this” 32 Sophomore, for one 33 Fill-in at the office 34 Marsh resident 35 Fish-eating eagle 36 Obsolete math aid 38 Secluded vale 41 Try to track down 45 ___ Hash a- nah 47 Glazed, as eyes 49 Put to bed 51 Indulgence 53 Knock for a loop 54 Extreme hardship 55 Lyric form 56 Repair stitching 57 Not more than 58 He has his pride 59 Expropriated 61 Minuscule amount 62 Series of gigs

Washington and the Bear

By Derek Sandberg kalarooka@gmail.com

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Justin says bye in ‘High’ fashion, citing the ultimate music movie JUSTIN STEPHANI j.j. dilla

PHOTOS COURTESY WONDERLAND SOUND AND VISION (TOP LEFT), HOME BOX OFFICE (BOTTON LEFT), MAD COW PRODUCTIONS (TOP RIGHT), MARK BURNETT PRODUCTIONS (CENTER RIGHT) AND DARREN STAR PRODUCTIONS (BOTTOM RIGHT)

The past decade has been monumental for television. Shows like “Survivor” sparked the reality television trend and Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show” changed the way people got their news.

The TV programs that deﬁned the past decade 10 Today and tomorrow the Arts desk revisits the top 10 TV shows of the decade

“Sex and the City”

The jury is still out regarding the legacy of “Sex and the City,” but I think everyone can agree that it’s a Mr. Big one. Embraced by some for celebrating and exploring female friendships, masturbation and 30-something singles, “Sex and the City” has been delighting (mostly) women for over 10 years now. Critics have dismissed “Sex and the City” for being heterocentric and anti-feminist, claiming that the privileged white lives of Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte revolve around little more than boys. But despite its critics (or perhaps because of them), the groundbreaking HBO series will be remembered for rewriting gender stereotypes that said women hated sex and for creating a world in which women can comfortably talk about orgasms, crabs, funky spunk and skidmarks. —Kathy Dittrich

“The O.C.”

Sure, “The O.C.” didn’t break any ground in terms of character development or believable plotlines. But the 9.7 million viewers the show brought in during its first season proved that doesn’t really matter as long as you have enough hot rich people hooking up or getting punched in the face. And “The O.C.” did bring more to the table than the average teen drama. It finally made hipsterdom appealing to the masses through the sardonic and Death Cab-loving Seth Cohen, and it used its influence over its young audience to promote bands like the Walkmen

and the Thrills. Its frequent cheesiness made it tough to always love “The O.C.,” but it’s hard to hate a show that got teenagers to listen to a cover of Daniel Johnston. —Jake Victor

“Survivor”

Say what you will about the quality of the programming, but the decade’s biggest accomplishment has been the creation of reality television. It has changed the way people think about television and the purpose they believe it serves, and these days reality TV dominates a large portion of the primetime lineup. This is largely because of “Survivor,” the first real primetime reality show. While critics were never particularly wowed by the program, Americans were. The ﬁrst season of “Survivor” pulled in over 18 million viewers by its second week. This immediate success opened the ﬂoodgates to dramatic housewives, a set of sextuplets and intervening families. For better or for worse, “Survivor” sparked a cultural revolution, one that cannot be discounted simply because it brought us Heidi Montag. —Jacqueline O’Reilly

“The Sopranos”

For decades, television was a second-class art form. Actually, to have called it an art form would have been overly ﬂattering before 1999. Then everything changed with “The Sopranos,” David Chase’s maﬁa-centric TV

drama. There were shows like “Oz” that tried to strike a similar artistic chord sooner, but “The Sopranos” was the first to convince both critics and the public that television could explore themes and ideas every bit as serious as those seen in film and theater. It wasn’t just a way to kill an hour; “The Sopranos” was an ambitious exploration of the human psyche at its darkest depths, and it was daring enough to conclude that some people will never escape those depths. Surely James Gandolfini’s iconic performance as Mafia don Tony Soprano helped, but really it was Chase’s often dark, trippy vision that helped “The Sopranos” turn HBO into a powerhouse, and helped television gain the respect it deserved. —Todd Stevens

“The Daily Show”

As a self-dubbed “fake news” program, “The Daily Show” does not give itself nearly enough credit. Although it is a comedy show ﬁrst and foremost, it has during its 11 years with Jon Stewart at the helm provided some of the sharpest political and social commentary anywhere. It is not without its ideological bent, but all politicians (Democrats and Republicans alike), news outlets, religions, races and ideologies are fair game for mockery by Stewart and his merry band of dysfunctional correspondents. While it may deem its news “fake,” “The Daily Show” has opened a dialogue over this tumultuous past decade in a way that few other news sources have, and it’s up to the rest of the journalism world to keep pace. —Ariel Shapiro

t’s my last chance to talk about music for The Daily Cardinal, but I’m going to use it to talk about movies instead. Specifically, a movie that presents the picture of music intellect that so many have subconsciously tried to replicate. This movie is “High Fidelity.” The film’s protagonist, Rob Gordon, stands for what audiophiles today both strive for and are hindered by. First, the easy part; the obsession with music. When Rob and his fellow Championship Vinyl employees get bored, they present a top five, like side-one, track-ones. After Laura dumps Rob, there’s only one therapeutic thing for him to do: reorganize his record collection. “It’s something I do in times of emotional distress. When Laura was here I had them in alphabetical order. Before that, chronologically. Tonight, though, I’m trying to put them in the order in which I bought them. That way I can write my own autobiography without picking up a pen.” When Laura’s dad dies, there’s only one tribute: a top five list of songs about death. The breadth of subjects Rob ties to music in the movie proves music is their way of life; Or more, a constant soundtrack life is infinitely boring without.

The ﬁlm’s protagonist, Rob, stands for what audiophiles today both strive for and are hindered by.

But what’s the point if you don’t have the knowledge to back it up and incite debates or inspire new listeners whenever such questions are posed? Rob does this throughout the movie, peppering his friends and family with questions about miscellaneous, random music trivia. That mindless trivia is what drives all of his life and his relationships. It’s how he fosters connections with other people. Lastly, despite his outbursts, he gets the girl(s). Not only does he get the intoxicating, exotic musician (Lisa Bonet from “The Cosby Show”), but he wins back the only girl willing to put up with his obsession and the resulting defense mechanisms. But even though the high and mighty employees at Championship Vinyl embody audiophile aspirations,

they also present the drawbacks. Rob and friends compete with each other in utterly immature ways. At one point or another, they all look like assholes who enjoy the title of “snob” way too much, and they all deal with similar social ineptitudes. These—even moreso than the aspirations above—can be associated with the breed of music-lovers. And when audiences are forced to get to know Rob in these personal ways on top of his superficial snobby qualities, it’s easier to look past the pretentiousness and sympathize with his inadequacies. This is the hope and envy of audiophiles: To be judged not by the sometimes snobby color of their language, but by the content of their character (and music libraries). Journalists and experts comfortable discussing or arguing the merits of subjects such as politics or sports are revered as intellectuals by most, even if their opinions are not as wellrespected. Yet when it comes to music, asserting your opinion with facts and references outside of mainstream common knowledge is the modern definition of pretentiousness. “Poptimist” writer Tom Ewing gives this idea a contemporary context when he describes an “indie-teen conviction that indie people are magically better at feeling music than other people are.” But “High Fidelity” as a whole attempts to disprove this, and at no point is it more succinctly put than Dick’s script definition as “a nervous, forlorn but sweet and intelligent discophile, which is about as acceptable as descriptions get for the breed.” Nobody magically knows more than anybody else, some people just choose to spend all their time in a desperate attempt to find the best music instead of learning about numbers or chemicals or other far more important subjects. And the fact that the subjects being neglected are more important leaves audiophiles nervous, forlorn and sweet—mostly because of the awkwardness that follows when talking about anything that can’t be tied back to music. But who can blame audiophiles? Mostawesomestthingever.com has music at fourth all-time (excluding the newbies Mohondas Gandhi and Legos) behind the Internet, Life and Oxygen. Everybody loves to listen to music. It causes joy, comforts pain and cures boredom. So the next time you want to resent somebody for knowing a lot about music, just think of all the personal inadequacies Rob Gordon suffers as a result of his passion. And remember, audiophiles are not asking for sympathy (after all music is the fourth most awesomest thing ever), merely tolerance and acceptance in the face of such unimportant ambition and pride. Have any last words for Justin? Email him at jstephani@wisc.edu.

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For countless music lovers, the movie “High Fidelity” represents the ultimate in music adoration, with many trying to embody the star Rob Gordon.

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