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10. Be friends with your HF If you think that you are completely on your own now that you have left the nest, think again.

University Housing is keeping an eye on you, and that smiling (or grimacing) upperclassman helping you move pounds of your knick-knacks up several flights of stairs on move-in day could make or break your dorm experience. Come those Saturday nights when you are so drunk you can’t keep your tongue in your mouth or prevent yourself from crying loudly outside your house fellow’s door at 4 a.m., you will be glad that you are the kid that listened at the last floor meeting.

9. Use your bus pass (or your bike) and explore areas outside of Downtown Part of what makes Madison so great is that there is always something to do. As a freshman, it’s easy to get caught up in the madness of State Street. You should definitely go to State often, but don’t forget to give the rest of Madison a try. If you have a bike, perfect. If not, for the astounding price of zero dollars, you can have yourself a Madison Metro Bus Pass courtesy of our student government. Beyond the UW campus there are shops, restaurants, thrift stores, movie theaters and concert venues just waiting to be explored. Just remember to figure out where you’re going and how you’re going to get there.

Just because a man is wearing cargo shorts and hiking boots and has a rustic beard doesn’t mean he’s into rock climbing. During my freshman year, my friend and I found out the hard way that that isn’t the wisest way to find the rock climbing complex we were headed to. Grab one of those maps on the bus so you don’t creep out a stranger and end up out $8 for cab fare.

8. Find your classes in advance The first week of freshman year, I arrived at my French class 20 minutes late with pit stains that would make the Great Lakes jealous. After running up North Charter Street and four flights of stairs inside Van Hise in the early September heat, I couldn’t help but curse myself for not taking the time out of my hungover welcome week state to locate my classes. Although there is no shame in carrying around a campus map and winging it the first week of school, chances are you will save yourself a lot of stress (and sweaty first impressions) if you take this simple advice.

7. Don’t be ‘too cool’ High school is over—you no longer need to worry if people will think you are weird for enjoying that experimental funk street

artist, knowing how to do interpretive dance or being engaged in something other than the private lives of the Kardashians. So don’t pretend you’re too cool to explore all of the incredible options UW-Madison has to offer. Spend time at the terrace, go to a football game and a free show at The Sett, attend the Wednesday night firejuggling circle on Library mall, or whatever tickles your fancy. You may surprise yourself by how cool you can actually be.

5. Learn how to exercise, but eat a lot of Babcock ice cream (find a balance) Your parents may have told you that balance is key in college and they’re right—you should see how many scoops of Babcock Creamery’s Union Utopia ice cream you can balance in one dish. You should also remember that balancing the abundance of ice cream and pizza with a healthy(ish) lifestyle will do you many favors. UW’s gyms are free

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6. Learn to deal with dorm hygiene It should go without saying— ALWAYS wear shower shoes.

Regardless of how often the custodial staff frequents your floor, shit will get nasty. Someone will probably throw up in your shower, there will be beer cans in your toilets and by the end of any given weekend your floor might be short a few faucet handles. This isn’t meant to scare you. Instead, think of your first-year dorm experience as one long camping trip, but instead of potentially encountering bears, you’re going to have to avoid that kid on your floor who had one too many Keystone Lights and looks like he’s about to return all those Juston Sticks he just drunkenly devoured. It’s best just to learn to deal. Take it from your Page Two editors (that’s us), who shared one very intoxicated and very misguided night on the floor of a Witte hall bathroom: A few germs (or a lot) won’t kill you.

But if you roll on the floor, you’ll probably get pink eye. Just sayin’.

for students and both the SERF and the Nat are located ridiculously close to dorms. My freshman year, after a semester-long binge of Ed’s nachos and almost no exercise, I decided I should try to train for a half marathon (logical, I know). I didn’t end up making it past three miles on the treadmill, but after consistently running for a couple months, I did have a slightly easier time trekking up Bascom for class.

You should never feel guilty about skipping Zumba and grabbing a second plate of fried cheese curds but do remember you have a variety of fitness resources at your fingertips.

4. Give everyone a chance If you can gather anything from my ad nauseum discussion of pit stains and vomit, you might notice I am not quite a girly-girl. That is why, when I saw my future roommate’s Facebook profile picture featured her with Snooki-esque hair, wearing a cheetah-print dress on a plush pink rug, I was nothing

short of aghast. Luckily, my stereotyping was incorrect (although she did take a few stabs at my “hippy blues and greens”) and we became incredibly close. Long story short, the classical high school tropes are now in your past—you never know who might be the next Kenan to your Kel, so don’t rule any friends out based on assumptions.

3. Sign up for as many orgs as you can at the org fair With a school with so many people and so many resources, there’s no way you won’t find one (or 10) clubs, teams or organizations that interest you. The student org fair occurs at the beginning of every semester and it’s the perfect way to meet people with common interests. Always wanted to scuba dive? Want to save the world?

Really, really like cookies? There’s a club for everything and there’s usually no obligation if you want to test the waters. Your Page Two editors found common ground at a club we both ended up leaving.

That said, here we are, two years later, best friends and co-editors at a paper we love working with people we love. Be brave and go to a club’s introductory and see what it’s about. You never know, you may meet someone who shares your love of snapback hats and Whitney Houston.

2. Go to office hours Hate to break it to you: You have chosen a school with nearly 30,000 undergraduate students, and your professors are most likely more interested in their recent publication or research project than making academic life easy for you. That being said, your teaching assistants care. A lot. Taking some time out of your busy schedule to go to their office hours could not only help you understand the material in a more personal setting, but it could be the difference between your name being just one on the class list and one that screams “give me an A or you will look bad to your graduate school advisor.” Work the system, baby.

1. Be yourself It’s easy for us to give you advice about what to do and what not to do in your first year, but part of what makes the freshman experience so fun (and also really fucking terrifying) is that, for the first time, you have the freedom to do what you want. No doubt you’ve heard that college is your chance to start over and it is. You can and should drop the baggage from high school but don’t let it change you. So really, the best advice we can give is to be yourself and do what moves you. If you’re brave enough, you can and should try everything. It may not always work out (read: my efforts to train for a half marathon) but you’ll learn a lot about yourself along the way.

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Meet your chancellor and dean of students Chancellor David Ward will begin the second year of his interim chancellorship this fall. Ward was appointed interim chancellor after the departure of former Chancellor Carolyn “Biddy” Martin last summer. A search and screen committee will be formed this fall to select a new chancellor by summer 2013.

In the first year of his interim chancellorship, Ward championed the idea of Educational Innovation to sustain UW-Madison’s quality and affordability through innovative teaching and administration.

Ward first arrived at UW-Madison as a graduate student in 1960. After receiving his doctorate, he held numerous leadership positions at the university, including chair of the geography depart-

ment and associate dean of Wisconsin’s graduate school.

In 1993, Ward began his first chancellorship at UW-Madison. In 2000, Ward left the university to serve as president of the American Council on Education for seven years before his return last year.

Ward faced controversy this past year after the university’s primary licensing partner, adidas, allegedly committed labor policy violations in the shutdown of a factory.

Amid student protests, Ward chose to enter into negotiations with the company, despite recommendations by the Labor Licensing Policy Committee to give the company 90 days notice to compensate workers or have its contract terminated.

Lori Berquam is the UW-Madison Dean of Students. She has held the position since February 2007 and served as the university’s Assistant Dean since 2002.

As dean, Berquam oversees eight departments in the Division of Student Life, including: the Associated Students of Madison, the Greater University Tutoring Service (GUTS), International Student Services, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Campus Center, the Center for the First-Year Experience, Student Assistance and Judicial Affairs and the Center for Leadership and Involvement.

Berquam received a B.S. degree in Mathematics and Psychology from Truman State University, a Masters of Science from UW-La Crosse and is now pursuing a PhD in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis

through Colorado State University.

Berquam’s 15 years of prior experience include working in university housing departments at various colleges throughout the country, including UW-Madison, UW-Whitewater, UW-La Crosse, James Madison University and UCLA. She enjoys living in Madison because she enjoys outdoor activities. Her hobbies include playing golf, kayaking, biking and hiking.

Berquam gained students’ attention when she released a video in May urging students to refrain from attending the Mifflin Street Block Party.

Students criticized the video for sending the wrong message and having an awkward delivery, which led to the video going viral, receiving close to 40,000 hits on Youtube. The student-made remix has close to 80,000 hits.

Decision-makers around UW-Madison Student Government

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Board of Regents

The Associated Students of Madison is the student government of the UW-Madison campus. ASM provides students with a voice to advocate for student rights at the university level through shared governance legislation in Wisconsin Statute 39.09(5).

ASM, which will be lead by 2012BULOVSKY ’13 Chair Andrew Bulovsky, is currently organized into three branches: the student council, the Student Services Finance Committee and the Student Judiciary.

The student council consists of 33 elected representatives from the various schools of UW-Madison. Its primary responsibility lies within the legislative duties of shared governance with university administration.

Student council made headlines last year during multiple internal struggles, including a failed attempt to create a new ASM constitution.

SSFC decides the allocation of over $32 million of student segregated fees in the form of funding to nonacademic student organizations on campus.

SJ runs all ASM elections and resolves disputes involving the ASM bodies.

ASM also consists of numerous grassroots boards and committees. For example, the legislative affairs committee took on the responsibility this year of informing students about changes to voter ID laws.

Madison’s City Hall is where the mayor’s office and Madison’s legislative council operates. The building resides just beyond the state Capitol on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

Mayor Paul Soglin, a graduate of UW-Madison’s Law School, was elected to his current term in 2011. He has served SOGLIN six nonconsecutive terms between the 1970s and 1990s, and had a hand in the construction of State Street Mall as well as Madison’s bike path system.

Police arrested Mayor Soglin twice when he was a student at the first Mifflin Street Block Party in 1969 for participating in what was then an anti-war protest.

Madison’s Common Council meets every other Tuesday to pass city laws and ordinances as well as consider and adopt various city budgets, some of which pertain directly to UW campus areas.

Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, represents most of campus on the Council, including University Residence Halls. Elected in 2011, Resnick is adamant about improving campus safety and maintaining fair student-landlord relations.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, represents the downtown Madison area, most specifically the Mifflin Street neighborhood. A member of the council since 1995, Verveer is active in planning October’s Freakfest and May’s Mifflin Street Block Party.

The Board of Regents governs the entire University of Wisconsin System.

The Wisconsin state Senate established the Board as the primary governing body over the newly created UW system in 1971.

The Governor of Wisconsin appoints 16 members to serve seven-year terms and two student Board members are REILLY appointed for two-year terms.

The 18 Regents typically meet once a month to set admission standards for the universities as well as review, consider and adopt university budgets.

The Board also regulates how individual universities within the UW system operate.

Additionally, the Board sets tuition rates for each of the universities within the UW system.

The Regents appoint the president of the UW system, the deans and chancellors of the 13 Wisconsin system universities and the chancellor of the UW Extension and UW Colleges.

Kevin Reilly has been the UW system president since 2004.

Board of Regents vote to increase tuition to over $10,000 for first time The UW System Board of Regents approved System President Kevin Reilly’s recommended 5.5 percent system-wide tuition increase for the 2012-2013 school year in a meeting June 7.

The tuition increase, plus additional student segregated fee increases, will push in-state undergraduate tuition and fees at UW-Madison above $10,000 for the first time.

Undergraduate resident tuition and fees for 2011-2012 were approximately $9,670, according to the Office of the Registrar’s website.

An out-of-state student will pay more than $25,000 in tuition and fees for the upcoming year, according to UW System spokesperson David Giroux.

The recommendation was approved 17-1 with Regent John Drew as the sole member to vote against the increase.

Drew said he could not vote for a tuition increase when there has not been an increase in financial aid.

“I don’t accept the new norm of ever-declining state aid, everincreasing tuition, ever-increasing student debt, and less and less

access to people of modest means to the UW System,” Drew said.

Regent Mark Tyler said he could not support an increase of anything less than 5.5 percent, although he realizes it is “a lot of money.”

“There’s an expectation by our citizens, by our students, that the quality we provide is maintained,” said Tyler, “and I think we must continue to look for fat, but this is an inappropriate time to make further reductions.”

Giroux told The Daily Cardinal June 4 the increase is a direct result of the long-term

trend in decreasing state support for Wisconsin’s universities.

“If you adjust for inflation, the university is actually getting less money from the state than it did twenty to thirty years ago,” Giroux said.

According to Giroux, the tuition increases will help cover about one-third of last year’s $300 million decrease in state funding to the UW System.

“I think the budget gap that we’re trying to fill this year is only the latest chapter in this story,” Giroux said.

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Gov. Scott Walker celebrates his victory over his Democratic opponent, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, at the Waukesha County Expo Center.

Walker, Republicans win big in June recall elections

By Tyler Nickerson The Daily Cardinal

Culminating a movement months in the making, Gov. Scott Walker beat Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett in a much-anticipated gubernatorial recall election, making Walker the first governor in the country’s history to survive a recall election.

Despite heavy voter turnout, which experts predicted would help Barrett, Walker earned 53 percent of the vote while Barrett received 46 percent. When the two met in the 2010 gubernatorial election, Walker won in a similar fashion, 52 to 46 percent.

The movement to recall Walker, Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and four Republican state senators came in response to legislation passed early last year that, among other things, limited collective bargaining rights for most public sector employees. Nine other state senators faced recall elections in 2011, and two incumbent Republicans lost their seats.

To force the most recent round of recall elections, organizers gathered nearly 2 million petition signatures between the candidates and turned them in to election officials in January.

Walker celebrated his victory at the Waukesha County Expo Center and quickly called for Wisconsin to move on from the bitter division that has consumed the state for the past year and a half and to look toward a future of cooperation.

“Tomorrow is the day after the election and tomorrow we are no longer opponents,” Walker said. “Tomorrow, we are one as Wisconsinites, so together we can move Wisconsin forward.”

Barrett preached a similar message of cooperation in Milwaukee, but also called on Walker and the state’s Republicans to “at the end of the day, do what’s right for Wisconsin families.”

Democrats said they had a massive, well-organized field program, but it was no match against what state Rep. Brett Hulsey, D-Madison, called “the best politician money can buy.”

Barrett raised around $4 million in the two months he was in the race, while Walker raised more than $30 million over the past year.

“We had put together a great field program and we had an overwhelming number of enthusiastic volunteers,” said UW-Madison’s Young

Democrats President Peter Anich, “but when it came down to it, there is only so much people can do when you are facing corporations.”

But College Republicans Chair Jeff Snow said that is “a bogus claim.”

“Barrett didn’t get into the race as soon,” Snow said, adding, “there was definitely a huge infiltration of union money that made it a lot more competitive.”

On campus, student voting was down around 50 percent compared to the 2008 presidential election. Across the rest of the state, the recall election saw a much more similar turnout between the two elections.

“Students aren’t around Madison,” said Anich. “All the freshman population are all gone from the dorms.”

Snow said if the election had taken place during the school year, the result would not be any different.

“Even though college students tend to vote liberal, and most students would have probably voted for Barrett, Walker won by more than 200,000 votes,” Snow said.

Republicans also won four of the other five recall elections held June 5. However, incumbent Republican state Sen. Van Wanggaard lost 51 to 49 percent to Democratic challenger John Lehman. The victory gives Democrats control of the state Senate until the November elections.

A new $47.6 million residence hall near Lake Mendota called Lakeshore Hall will open this fall for UW-Madison students.

Lakeshore Hall will provide housing for 408 students and include a new dining area, a University Health Services office as well as conference spaces for campus groups to rent.

Additionally, the residence hall will feature a cluster-style floor plan, similar to Ogg and Smith Halls. Outside the hall, a terrace and fire circle area will be provided for students to use.

Before this addition,

UW-Madison was the only school in the Big Ten not able to guarantee housing for incoming freshman, according to University Housing Director of Communications Brendon Dybdahl.

“The best experience for an incoming freshman is to live on campus,” Dybdahl said. “And that’s what we’ve seen by the demand that we have for these buildings. So that prompted us to propose [Lakeshore Hall].”

Another dorm temporarily called Lakeshore Hall phase two is scheduled to open in Fall 2013.

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New dining hall to offer students more variety By the time incoming students at UW-Madison are settled in for the 2012-2013 school year, the new Gordon Commons Dining and Event Center will be open for business.

With a new open marketplace design, the dining and event center will offer a variety of foods ranging from an all-day breakfast station to global cuisine at 13 different food stations.

This design will allow students to “sample different kinds of foods and customize on a daily basis,” according to University Housing Director of Communications Brendon Dybdahl.

In addition to the food sta-

tions and a convenience store, there will be areas specialized for sit-down meals and others for quick on-the-go meals students can purchase before heading to class.

The second floor of the facility will be comprised of conference rooms and meeting spaces for students and groups on campus, a feature not included in the old design.

Located between Witte and Sellery Residence Halls, the new Gordon Dining and Event Center will primarily serve Southeast dorm residents, but is open to all UW students.

Construction of the facility will be complete in late June.

Recent shooting sparks increased funding for downtown safety program

By Abby Becker The Daily Cardinal

A recent downtown shooting that left three injured in the early hours of May 19 prompted “shocked” and “outraged” city officials to increase funding for a city-wide safety program in hopes of further improving safety throughout Madison.

The city of Madison is doubling funding from $50,000 to $100,000 for the program, called the Madison Safety Initiative, which will increase police presence on weekends, according to Mayor Paul Soglin.

“I have no question that we’re

going to be successful,” Soglin said.

The additional funding will also be used for street lighting and surveillance cameras, according to Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8.

Despite the recent shooting, city officials say Madison continues to be a safe community for students and city residents.

“It’s important students and their families appreciate and [know] that Madison is a very safe community overall,” Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said. “Compared to other medium-sized cities in America, we have a very low crime rate and hopefully always will.”

Resnick said college campuses, including UW-Madison, see more alcohol-related disturbances and thefts but fewer weapons violations.

While the city is doing its part to increase safety, Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain said students need to be aware of their surroundings and take precautions to avoid being victimized.

According to DeSpain, students living in dorms, apartments and rental units around campus “need to be extra zealous in locking up.”

DeSpain said students tend to forget common sense safety

precautions like having a plan when going out and never walking alone at night.

In addition, University Health Services Executive Director Dr. Sarah Van Orman said incoming students need to be aware of the effects of alcohol and how drinking can compromise their personal safety, especially in regard to sexual assault.

While the additional funding for the Madison Safety Initiative is set to be approved by city officials at upcoming meetings, more officers have already been on patrol since the shooting, according to Verveer.

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CollegeFashionista head style guru explains how social media is influencing business today

By Jamey Hastings Style Guru at UW-Madison for CollegeFashionista

Fashion blogs now rule because of the hundreds and hundreds of fashion bloggers bombarding the Internet from all over the world. It’s no secret that street fashion is more prominent in the fashion world than ever before because of the social media outlets that have spread to not only stylish citizens but those high up in the fashion industry. College students are known for their young, creative minds that fuel society.

Put all these factors together and you have CollegeFashionista.com, one of the most established fashion blogs on the Internet and a fashionista’s haven.

Here at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, my beloved Head Style Guru, Sammy Luterbach, has had the incredible opportunity to not only write for CollegeFashionista since its birth in September 2009, but also help the company grow from 10 schools to hundreds of schools all around the world. She is a fifth-year senior from a small town in Wisconsin majoring in Communication Arts with an emphasis in Film and Television, and her hard work for the company and passion for fashion puts her above the rest. In addition to being Head Style Guru, she is also Head Social Media Intern for the whole site, which means she helps oversee all social media platforms, one of the most important aspects of CollegeFashionista.

A year ago I went to my first CollegeFashionista Style Guru meeting and bonded with Sammy over our love for Jeffrey Campbell Litas. Since then, I’ve witnessed her hard work first-hand and the company truly wouldn’t be anything without her. I sat down with the Style Guru that probably knows more than any other Style Guru, to get the juicy details on CollegeFashionista.

Jamey Hastings: What was CollegeFashionista like when you first started?

Sammy Luterbach: When I first started, CollegeFashionista had the same goals and values, but everything was still a work in process. The website was great, but it didn’t look as professional and amazing as it does now. Also, social media wasn’t nearly as huge of a part of the internship as it is now, but that caught on quickly. It was just more of a personal project than the incredible international business it has grown into.

JH: How has CollegeFashionista grown since you began with it in 2009?

SL: When I joined the site, probably only 30 schools in America contributed to it. Now, hundreds of colleges around the entire world are a part of CollegeFashionista! Amy Levin, the founder and creative director of the site, has earned incredible recognition from the fashion industry; she spoke at Teen Vogue Fashion U in 2011, walked in the Polyvore fashion show at New

York Fashion Week, was featured in The New York Times, and the list goes on. CollegeFashionista now also does campaigns with well-loved brands and fashion authorities like Juicy Couture, C&C California, Victoria’s Secret PINK, Seventeen Magazine, Ann Taylor, etc.

attracts many different types of people. Of course, there are the fashion diehards that just can’t get enough style news, but then there are also college students who want to learn more about fashion and use the site as a tool to help them understand trends and incorporate them into their own style.

JH: What are some aspects of CollegeFashionista that are new that you love?

JH: What events has CollegeFashionista been a part of?

SL: I love the campaigns we do with fashion brands. Usually a brand will send chosen Style Gurus an item or multiple items of clothing to style in whichever way they want, then photograph and report on it. It’s so fun to see how different people in different regions style the same exact garment in so many unique and interesting ways.

I also think our #FashionTalk series on Twitter is really fun. For this, all of us Style Gurus, Amy Levin and a fashion industry moderator come together on Twitter to discuss a certain topic once a month. Past moderators have included Wet Seal, Eva Chen of Teen Vogue and Beau Nelson, celebrity makeup artist. It is so fun to chat with hundreds of people that live all around the world and share the same interests, passions and goals.

JH: As Head Style Guru, what is your responsibility?

SL: My main job as the Head Style Guru for UW-Madison is to stay in close communication with the other Style Gurus in Madison. I reiterate important things everyone is supposed to know, answer questions, and try to help everyone stay on top of their game. There are a lot of details you need to remember with this internship, and they can get lost in the mix of our already busy lives, especially during the school year. I also manage the @ CFUWisconsin Twitter account where I tweet out the articles published on our page, Style Guru facts and opinions and fun Instagram pictures. Once a month, I have a meeting with Amy and the other Head Style Gurus to discuss how everything is going for us, ideas, etc.

I also usually plan events with local boutiques once a semester for a fun CollegeFashionista bash.

JH: What is your favorite part of being a CollegeFashionista Style Guru?

SL: It has always been my dream to work in fashion, and being a Style Guru lets me get a head start. I am talking with people in the industry, reporting on Madison’s street style and learning tons of important marketing and social media skills. It’s so cool that this entire company is run online. There are hundreds of us all over the world coming together to create one successful business, and the majority of us have never even met in person. It’s fascinating, and I think CollegeFashionista is a model of the future of business.

JH: What type of person visits CollegeFashionista.com?

SL: I think CollegeFashionista

SL: Here in Madison, we have done really fun in-store events at Bop and (shoo). At all of the events we mingled, chatted about fashion, had giveaways and snacked and sipped on some goodies. We’ve also been a part of the Design Studies’ annual fashion show. This year, we were in charge of red carpet coverage, and we gave out awards to the best student designer and the bestdressed attendee. It was so much fun, and the red carpet was a hit!

JH: What is your favorite column on CollegeFashionista?

SL: I really enjoy Style Advice of the Week and Fashionista/o Spotlight. Style Advice of the Week always gives me the best general idea of what’s trendy amongst Madison students.

Fashionista/o Spotlight always amazes me because it is in an interview format, so it gives the stylish people a voice, and they always have some really cool opinions and advice about style.

Badgers know their fashion!

JH: How would you describe your personal style?

SL: I love everything sparkly and leopard print. My goal when getting dressed in the morning is to start with fairly neutral pieces and pile on as many crazy pieces and accessories as I can before I hit tacky. I swear it works.

JH: How would you say CollegeFashionista has influenced your personal style?

SL: I think I’m a little more eager to try super-trendy things.

Collars, studs and colored hair are really appealing to me right now, even though in the past, I’ve shied away from highly trendy things to avoid looking like everyone else. Through CollegeFashionista, I’ve learned that it’s possible to have fun with trends if you inject them into your already established personal style.

JH: Being Head Social Media Intern for the site, how would you say social media is important to CollegeFashionista?

SL: Social media makes CollegeFashionista so much more than just a website. It gives CollegeFashionista its own voice and personality. We are able to connect to so many different types of people through all of our social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest and Google+. Every platform offers something unique to our followers because each one allows us to

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CollegeFashionista Head Style Guru Sammy Luterbach has been with the company since its inception in 2009. do something different. It makes everything really interactive for all of the Style Gurus and the readers which is so fun! Everyone feels like they’re in on the action.

is really fun, but I’m too chicken to do it myself. I just bought a pink hair extension that I hide in my hair so it peeks out perfectly. I love it and have been wearing it daily.

JH: How has social media become important to the fashion industry?

JH: Who is your style icon and why?

SL: The fashion industry has glommed onto social media in a big way. I think all brands are interested in making themselves more accessible to their followers in the same way CollegeFashionista is. Plus social media is fast and free, which is perfect for our society and the fast-paced world of fashion; everyone needs a way to keep up with a world that doesn’t stop.

JH: How has Madison influenced your style?

SL: First of all, Madison has made me very conscious of the weather. Being in a city where you walk everywhere everyday and the weather changes drastically from second to second fully influences the way I dress. I also think Madison made my style a little more relaxed. I loved wearing heels to high school all the time, but that is just not an option when I need to climb Bascom Hill everyday. I have learned to accept cute tennis shoes and ballet flats as stylish options.

I’m also really into loose-fitting tops that look fashionable but are just as comfty as a sweatshirt. My favorite shirt to wear to class is an old flannel button-down that I stole from my boyfriend.

JH: What is your favorite trend at the moment and why?

SL: I think brightly colored hair

SL: I love Sarah Jessica Parker, Gwen Stefani, Diane Kruger and Blair Eadie of the blog AtlanticPacific. They all have their own distinct style, and none of them are afraid to take a risk. For them, a truly great ensemble is all in the details; putting together an outfit is an art form.

JH: Who are your favorite designers and why?

SL: Isaac Mizrahi, Betsey Johnson, Marc Jacobs and Marchesa. They’re all geniuses.

JH: What are your plans for after college?

SL: I have known from a young age that my calling is fashion, so I have worked hard to dip my toes into all areas of the industry. I feel like my skills really align with social media, journalism and styling, so I would love to go into any one of those areas. And this is really weird, but I’ve always wanted to be someone’s assistant simply because I’m really good at staying organized and making lists. You never know it could come in handy!

Make sure to check out Sammy’s column, “All About Beauty” on the University of Wisconsin’s page on CollegeFashionista.com every Thursday. For the latest Style Guru and CollegeFashionista news on campus, follow us on Twitter @CFUWisconsin.

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Camp Randall Camp Randall, home to Badger football and its traditions, is the ultimate place to show UW-Madison pride.

The stadium, one of the largest university stadiums in the nation, holds just over 80,000 fans with a 14,000-seat student section. When the sea of red jumps around at the end of the third quarter, the energy is said to register on the Richter scale.

The UW Marching Band performs during halftime and again after the game, called the “fifth quarter,” for fans and students who stick around. And of course, Bucky will be there to rally the fans and practice his push-ups as the Badgers’ score climbs.

The grounds around the stadium host other athletics facilities such as the Shell, and have a history as training grounds for troops through World War II. During the Civil War, Camp Randall was the training site for over 70,000 recruits from Wisconsin and held captured Confederate troops.

State Street Considered a defining aspect of downtown Madison, State Street links UW-Madison’s campus with the Capitol Square.

The former four-lane road is now a pedestrian mall lined with dozens of restaurants, coffee shops, boutiques and bars.

From Afghan, Greek and Italian cuisine to burgers and brats, State Street offers a variety of dining options.

There are also a number of clothing and specialty stores on State Street where students can spend their hard-earned cash on new clothes. From popular stores like Urban Outfitters and American Apparel to more eclectic stores like Ragstock and Rethreads, there are plenty of options.

State Street also boasts entertainment venues like the Orpheum and Overture Center, where students can attend concerts and performances.

State Street is typically packed with people enjoying all this unique part of downtown Madison has to offer. It especially comes to life during Freakfest, the infamous annual Halloween party.

Union South The recently built Union South is the perfect spot for UW-Madison students to gather and study, rock climb, bowl or grab some famous Babcock ice cream.

Just over a year old, the union is home to six dining venues, offering hungry students a wide variety of choices from Asian food and pizza to ice cream and coffee.

Additionally, the lower level of the new union houses a rockclimbing wall, bowling alley and game tables to provide further entertainment for students on campus.

While it does not have the iconic terrace overlooking Lake Mendota, Union South has several terrace-like areas featuring UW-Madison’s signature chairs where students can eat, study and hang out.

Union South is located between the Computer Sciences and Statistics Building and Engineering Hall on the south side of campus.

State Capitol

The Wisconsin State Capitol building is not only the geographic center of Madison, but also serves as a political and cultural hub.

Home to the state Senate and Assembly, the governor’s office and the state Supreme Court, the Capitol Square also plays host to frequent protests and demonstrations.

For over a year, Wisconsin citizens have protested against Gov. Scott Walker while marching around the Capitol Square, home of the state’s historic recall effort.

On Saturday mornings from April to October, Madisonians set politics aside and flock to the Farmers’ Market, where local farmers set up around the Square and sell fresh produce and other snacks.

Because no building in the city rises taller than the Capitol, Madisonians can never be lost while roaming the city’s streets.

Memorial Union An indelible piece of the Lake Mendota shoreline since 1928, the historical Memorial Union remains a center of student and campus life. It is the home of the Wisconsin Union Directorate, an eclectic group of organizations that includes the Hoofers outdoor club and the WUD film and music committees responsible for bringing a wide range of films and artists to campus (including Community’s Nick Offerman and a screening of “The Dictator”).

Along with the weight of UW-Madison history and tradition, the winds of change can be felt about the landmark. Generations of Badgers have enjoyed brats in Der Rathskeller, a German-style eatery that recently revamped its menu.

But the Memorial Union has not gone without controversy. Beginning in July, the Union will undergo a $42 million construction project to modernize the building and upgrade and enlarge the lobby of the adjoining Wisconsin Union Theater. Some people worry the lobby expansion could come at the expense of pristine views of Picnic Point.

Despite disagreement over the Memorial Union Reinvestment, students and administrators alike can be found occupying the colorful chairs and table of the Terrace during sunsets in the warmer months, beers in hand.

West Mifflin Street A Madison tradition since 1969, the Mifflin Street Block Party is one of the city’s most recognized events among college students throughout Wisconsin and the Midwest.

The block party tradition began as a protest against the Vietnam War, where police arrested Madisonian activists including current Mayor Paul Soglin Since then, the tradition has evolved from a protest to the ultimate end-of-semester celebration as UW-Madison students flock to Mifflin Street as early as 8 a.m. on the first Saturday of May where residents open their houses and backyards to friends.

Due to a slew of violent incidents that occurred at the party in recent years, Mayor Soglin said city officials plan to analyze specific details, like police enforcement and costs to the city, over the next few months to determine the party’s future.

Police issued nearly 400 citations at this year’s party, which is almost four times more than the 2011 block party, due to a zero-tolerance attitude toward ordinance violations like open intoxicants on the street.

Kohl Center The Kohl Center was built in 1998 to provide a new home for the Badger’s men and women’s hockey and basketball teams.

In addition to housing hundreds of roaring Wisconsin fans during both hockey and basketball seasons, the Kohl Center serves as the primary location for large campus events such as convocation and graduation.

Because of the building’s ample space, the biannual student organization fairs are typically held at the Kohl Center. This is when UW-Madison’s hundreds of clubs and societies, ranging from the Quiddich Club to Women in Science and Engineering, set up tables to provide information, answer questions and collect contact information.

The Kohl Center also serves important public figures who come to speak on campus. President Barack Obama spoke in the arena when he visited Madison during the 2008 election.

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The band name of Gardens & Villa is fairly intuitive once you know the story behind it, though it promises nothing for conventionality.

The Daily Cardinal had a chance to speak with front man Chris Lynch and extra percussionist Dusty Ineman after their show with Fanfarlo at the High Noon Saloon in March where they offered an explanation for their musical namesake.

“It comes from a house in [Santa Barbara, Calif.],” Lynch said. “Four of us in the band lived on Villa Street and uh, there was a period where like, our previous band broke up and we all kind of like, left and then we came back to the same house and we ripped out our whole yard and planted a garden.

“Some of our neighbors copied what we did and they got chickens and we started a little neighborhood garden thing. So we named our band after it, and it seemed like a good idea at the time.”

He said they grew everything from bok choy to asparagus, and even had orange, lemon and avocado trees. That is, except for Dusty, who worked at, and lived on, an avocado ranch at the time.

“Keeping the garden tradition,” Ineman chimed in.

Their sound is almost as eclectic as the contents of the soil at that house on Villa. On the selftitled album’s opener “Black Hills,” Lynch’s pure voice sails over trancey, repetitious, gritty keyboard chords, while “Space Time” boasts a more new-age, beach-rock sound complete with just a hint of angst, Lynch’s vocals crackling and straining on each forceful croon.

Then there’s “Orange Blossom,” another album highlight, which comes off a bit like a funky, Passion Pit/Neon Indian love child, soaring falsetto, lo-fi reverb and all. Yet their sound still maintains unique attributes as Lynch enters in with one of his wooden flutes that he wears in a quiver on his back

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Gardens and Villa, the eclectic sounding band out of Santa Barbara, Calif., is excited to return to Madison this summer as part of the WUD summer music series. The band will play at the Memorial Union Terrace Friday, June 22 at 9:30 p.m. during concerts.

Yes, a quiver. Like for arrows, except this one holds instruments of the woodwind variety.

“The quiver was…my friend actually recently made it for me and uh, if I didn’t have the quiver I’d probably have a bag or something,” Lynch said. “We incorporated the flutes like, two years ago into the music when we recorded our record. It’s actually a Bonsari Indian [one]…it’s not the same thing as a regular flute.”

He said he learned how to use the instrument when he lived in Portland, Oregon a couple years back and was playing music with a Bonsari flautist.

“I played guitar and he played the bamboo flute and I just liked the way it sounded and he taught me,” he said. Simple as that.

This California hiatus ended up being good for the band in terms of flute skills, but luckily Lynch soon returned to his home in Santa Barbara where the genial men of the group came together.

“We’ve been playing for like two and a half years as Gardens & Villa,” Lynch said.

“Three of us were in this band together that broke up, and then Dusty and Shane McKillop, the two other guys, played in a band in Santa Barbara where I was from.

“It’s a small city. It’s kind of like Madison—actually it’s smaller than Madison. Santa Barbara’s like 100,000. So, small.”

Perhaps this likening to Madison is part of the reason the band was so excited to play at one of our humble, Midwest venues.

Lynch and Ineman offered a quick back-and-forth banter to explain why our city in particular is a great stop for a band on the road.

“We’ve wanted to be here for a long time,” Lynch said. “Yeah, we just hear really good things about Madison. It’s a progressive town. A lot of bands like it because there’s really good food here. Other cities in the region it’s hard to find good food except Chicago, obviously. Like if you’re looking for like alternate vegan or organic … some of us have like dietary needs.”

“I eat meat,” Ineman said, as Lynch also quickly clarified, “I’m not vegan.”

Ineman: “But if there’s a vegan restaurant we’ll go to it.”

Lynch: “There’s just a lot of options here.”

Kind of like how there are a lot of options for free musical enjoyment at the Memorial Union Terrace this summer, thanks to WUD Music committee.

The five-man musical outfit that is Gardens & Villa will make their second trip to Madison Friday, June 22 at the Terrace on the tails of successful appearances at Coachella and Sasquatch music festivals. They are also excellent additions to this summer’s Terrace roster, which is fit to bust with talented up-and-comers.

So on the 22nd, grab a pitcher and one of those shiny new blue Union chairs and settle in for a Lake Mendota sunset followed by Gardens & Villa at 9:30 p.m. We may not have the climate to grow avocados, but if there’s one thing Madison does right, it’s music.

Summer brings endless opportunities to discover for an arts lover in Madison Madison has a hoppin’ arts scene, whether you’re into indie music or local theater, we’ve got a little something for everyone. Here are some of the summer opportunities we enjoy most here at the Arts Desk. Be sure to follow us on Twitter for reviews of these venues and more @DCArtsDesk.

1. Concerts on the Square (Every Wednesday from June 27-August 1 on the Capitol lawn)

Brought to you by the

Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Concerts on the Square has been a Madison tradition since 1983. Grab a blanket, some friends and a picnic basket and settle in for some of Madison’s finest live ensemble shows.

2. Live On King Street (Free Friday con-

cert series off the Square)

The Majestic Theatre has decided to make free concerts outside of their venue on King Street a more common occurrence. Starting in July, Madisonians can

get down for $free.99 to fun acts like Cloud Cult and Budos Band.

3. College Night at Comedy Club (each

Thursday at The Comedy Club on State Street)

With a valid college ID admission is only $2 for a night sure to be filled with laughs. Just be sure to make a reservation in advance!

4. Broom Street Theater (local theater on Williamson Street)

This Willy Street venue for the dramatically inclined hopes

to encourage “artistic freedom, growth, and expression through non-traditional experimental and/or original artistic forms.” Shows run Thursday through Sunday nights and tickets are only $7.

Sessions. Hosted in— you guessed it—an old, shitty barn, this venue hosts regional acts of a more folk-leaning variety. You can even bring something for the grill while you cozy up for an intimate show.

5. Sh*tty Barn Sessions (Wednesdays and

6. Terrace After Dark—WUD Film (out-

If you’ve got a friend with a car, it might be worth your while to venture over to Spring Green, Wisc. for a night with Ma and Pa Shitty at the Shitty Barn

The Wisconsin Union Directorate’s film committee is bringing back the drive-in vibe with fun, free films on the Terrace every Monday at 9 p.m.

some weekends in Spring Green)

door movie screenings at The Terrace—Memorial Union)

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By Jaime Brackeen The daily cardinal

Sometimes I ask myself: Why New York City?

How does an approximately 305-square-mile patch of land have millions—MILLIONS— of people residing in tiny flats the size of closets and grunging it up on the subway to get to work while still maintaining the vast wave of affluent youth and dreamers flocking to its almighty gates by the hour?

Then I see a film like “Girl Walk//All Day” by Jacob Krupnick and I say, “Oh yeah.”

The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art screened this 2011 film to kick off the seventh season of its annual Rooftop Cinema series and set the bar high for the films to follow. They screen these avant-garde flicks every Friday night in June on the gorgeous rooftop sculpture garden of the museum.

I went into this screening of “Girl Walk//All Day” with a higher anticipation for the outdoor venue than the film itself, but within the first five minutes the tables quickly turned. This movie is a feature-length music video set to Girl Talk’s most recent album, All Day, and it showcases some of the most swag dance moves and locations one could hope to see in New York City.

Crowd-sourcing resources like Kickstarter funded the entire film, which tails and tells

the stories of three dancers (headed by “The Girl”) across this city of skyscrapers and endless possibilities.

The Girl (played by Anne Marsen) breaks out of a stiff and structured ballet class only to unleash a series of paradoxically elegant bumps, grinds and twerks all over Central Park, subway cars, malls and Grand Central Station; no location was off limits for their dance floor, and they even shot some footage on Wall Street during the peak of the Occupy protests.

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Dance moves aside, this film does more than just entertain. As The Girl hops, leaps and skips around New York in the midst of the masses going about their days, a theme more and more common in our culture emerges—we are a really self-absorbed group of people.

Perhaps there is simply so much going on in New York at

any given time that a man tap dancing on top of a bull statue has become blasé to passerby, but more likely is that we spend the majority of time these days with our heads down, looking at our smart phones to navigate to a destination or send an important text, headphones in our ears and completely submerged in what we deem important. We live in a generation that is oftentimes completely unaware of what is taking place right in front them.

Existing this way means we are missing out on a lot of key moments for human interaction, something I find incredibly valuable in an age where it is becoming increasingly normal to form relationships while speaking with someone in 160-charactersor-less snippets. A lot of bystanders in this film took several seconds to realize there was a girl literally dancing up on them or sometimes on top of them as they unsuspectingly sat in their seats.

Others didn’t look up at all.

However, this film is more happy than hopeless, and it also proves there are still people out there who are willing to look up from their electronic devices and dance with a stranger in the street.

“Girl Walk//All Day” is a delightful testimony to the power of community and how the sheer joy of one person’s countenance can bring a smile to hundreds of others. As the video progresses, more and more people find the

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enthusiasm of The Girl irresistible and various members of the city soon join her, from other professional dancers to that one guy who manages your parents’ finances.

This well-shot film is making its way across the globe, from Wisconsin to as far away as Korea, and motivating audiences to get up and move in every location. You have got to hand it to UW-Madison alumnus and the mash-up master behind Girl Talk, Greg Gillis— the man knows perfectly well how to get people dancing.

Hell, even sitting down on a blanket I couldn’t help but tap my toes and wiggle around a little bit. The music and moves of “Girl Walk//All Day” is so infectious a brave group of viewers got up to dance for the last 15 minutes or so of the screening and I don’t think a single person there left the rooftop without a smile on their face.

If you’re looking for a movie to lift your spirits with some good music to boot, Krupnick’s “Girl Walk//All Day” is a shining achievement of cinematic bliss and you can watch it in its entirety online at girlwalkallday.com.

Or if you’re looking for a change of scenery for your summer cinema, head up to the rooftop for another one of MMoCA’s screenings. They take place every Friday in June and films start around sunset at 8:30 p.m.—just be sure to bring a blanket or chair to pop a squat, because this tiny sculpture garden fills up fast.

School Is Out It’s summertime and the livin’ is easy (on the ears, that is!)

1. “John Lennon” —Arkells 2. “Wisconsin Skies” —Cedarwell 3. “On Top of the World” —Imagine Dragons 4. “Bite Your Lip” —New Cassettes 5. “Techno Fan” —The Wombats 6. “She’s Bad” —Bad Rabbits 7. “Taste of Heaven” —The Chain Gang of 1974

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’m sure many of you know by now that Scott Walker survived the recall election.

However, even though Tom Barrett lost the election, I don’t think Walker won anything to be proud of.

The numbers may have kept him in office, but what concerns me is who is actually running the show.

It’s no surprise to me that Walker came out on top in this election. In today’s politics, it’s generally the person who can outspend his or her opponent that ends up the victor. This is why when I heard Walker raised $30.5 million, compared to Barrett’s measly $4 million, I knew he had it in the bag.

What concerns me and what is, quite frankly, disturbing is the amount of out-of-state money that was dumped into these recall election campaigns.

Of the collective $34.5 million the two candidates raised, more than $20 million came from out-of-state interest

groups. And about $19 million of that went to Walker. So what, right? Who cares where the money came from?

The fact of the matter is, these interest groups didn’t just hand out a bunch of money.

They expect something in return, whether or not that something is in the best interest of the state. So really, when you say Scott Walker won the recall election, what you mean is that out-of-state interest groups won the election and Walker is the elected “yes man.”

Even though Tom Barrett lost the election, I don’t think Walker won anything to be proud of.

Sadly, I understand that in this day and age this is just how politics are and I accept that. I am very interested to see how Walker will handle the demands of his new, rich friends, and trust me, that day will come.

Some may argue that if it weren’t for those meddling

Democrats with their unnecessary recall election we wouldn’t have this great influx of out-of-state money. You are absolutely right.

However, if Walker merely sat down and opened the doors for conversation, there wouldn’t have been a need for a recall election in the first place.

He drafted his budget bill in near secrecy, thrust it in the faces of the legislature and then refused to talk with union leaders who agreed to nearly everything except limiting collective bargaining rights.

Walker’s undemocratic actions sparked this whole recall movement and I can only hope he has learned something from this experience. Going forward, Walker will need to learn to compromise with both sides of the legislature. If we want Wisconsin to get back on track, we need to remember what made this state’s politics so great. The ability to come together and make sacrifices for the betterment of the whole is an invaluable attribute. I hope Walker realizes this because as interest groups become more and more invested, this skill will become increasingly vital to his success.

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UW-Madison students study just as hard as they party Ethan Safran opinion columnist

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airly recently The Washington Post, in response to a previous story that noted the general decline in collegiate student study efforts, published another story that featured the universities in which college students study the most. Perhaps to the surprise of outsiders, but certainly to no surprise to its attendees, UW-Madison made it to the top of the list.

Having attended the UW for an entire academic year, I can conclude that, yes, UW students truly study a significant amount despite the university’s reputation as a party school.

According to the Post’s original article, college students in the early 1960s spent on average 24 hours a week studying.

Today, students spend only 15 hours studying outside of class.

It’s hard not to argue the significance of that drop.

UW-Madison is almost certainly a part of the top 10 percent of colleges in weekly study time.

Anyone can look at those numbers and conclude there must be something severely acute with this country’s higher-education system. Some students note that college seems easier than anticipated, as

some students believe that they do not have to try very hard to obtain good grades.

Yet, the Post notes survey data that show UW freshmen spend 20 hours a week studying and UW seniors spend 18 hours.

In fact, UW-Madison is almost certainly a part of the top 10 percent of colleges in weekly study time, according to the National Survey of Weekly Student Engagement.

While certain majors require more “study” time than others, it’s clear that studying is seeded deep inside the collective UW consciousness.

That’s significant considering the author of the article could not find any other public university that ranked as high as UW in weekly study time.

However, certain characteristics of college today and today’s college student are, I feel, misconceptions.

I do not believe, as the article suggests, college has become a “part-time job.” Numbers may suggest one thing but reality points to something much different. Courtesy of technological advances, completing assignments and research undoubtedly takes a shorter time to complete. What was once a laborious process several decades ago has become something much more efficient and manageable today.

Moreover, due to massive tuition hikes at collegiate institutions, including both private and public colleges, students today work in order to pay their way through college. Many students work full-time while also taking a rigorous course load. Students also occupy much of their time with other activities, including clubs, organizations, fraternities and sororities, and other non-

profit and volunteer work.

Basically, it’s hard not to call college students busy.

While there may be a general decline in the amount that college students across the

country study, UW students most definitely have their work cut out for them. After all, finding the proper balance between academics and other activities is what makes a successful

college student. I believe that many UW students find this equilibrium successfully.

Ethan is a freshman with an undeclared major. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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United States must intervene in Syria Matt Curry opinion columnist

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t’s been over half a year since I wrote my first letter condemning the international community’s abandonment of the freedom-seeking Syrian opposition. This article comes over a week after I first saw the pictures of nearly 50 executed children, all at the age of 10 or younger. It’s been over 15 months now and over 13,000 people are dead; all the UN can do is send an embarrassing amount of peacekeepers, to pretend as if they are doing something, as if the Arab League had not already done nothing.

For all of us who see the truth in the disgusting and infuriating everyday slaughter of innocent people, we know that intervention must happen if we are to make right on this planet and preserve our international character of being protectors of freedom and human rights on the international stage.

What is at stake in Syria is the very progress of humanity since the end of the Cold War; that’s why Bashar alAssad finds he has to have the heads of children bashed in by his civilian paramilitary force, execution squads, called the Shabiha. Assad seems to know too that we, as human beings, this time through the Syrian people, are bitterly engaged in the next chapter of humanity’s struggle for the very basic freedoms and prosperity that we all take for granted.

The reason the US must intervene is simple. The UN must be abandoned as long as the Russians and Chinese have Security Council votes to support, and then runaway from, the slaughter of innocents in

Syria. President Obama, the internationalist, already broke new ground by invading the sovereign nation of Pakistan in order to kill Osama Bin Laden; what honestly, in the context of mass slaughter and undermined state sovereignty, is keeping us from going into Syria and utterly annihilating Assad’s death machine with our air force. No boots on the ground are needed to take out the Syrian regime’s devastating artillery, which are illegal under UN envoy Kofi Annan’s invisible peace plan anyway.

What we are witnessing in Syria, through the Arab Spring, is the collective awakening of a people to the urgency and necessity of their own self-determination. The Arab people want democracy and desperately want out of the disturbing, fascistic bloc of world powers that rule through force and lies, rather than on good will and compromise. The fundamental right of all human beings to be seen, heard, and most of all, respected for who they are, lies at the heart of the conflict. If we, as human beings, under the guise of a Syrian man, woman or child, lose this battle for dignity, then we, as human beings across the world are now vulnerable to the same oppression as other dictators seek to hold onto their power.

The truth is out and the world knows that crimes against humanity are being committed.

The lessons that should be learned from Syria are profound and deeply disconcerting.

Murder and oppression is not

Bashar al-Assad’s massacre in Houla

“Times change, and so do the little games we play. Remember Rock, Paper, Scissors? Syria’s Bashar al-Assad has come up with a slight revision of the same, and now it’s called Shock, Paper and Bullets” To read more go to www.dailycardinal.com. + Anurag Mandalika

only OK for the international community, but also tacitly supported as it fails to bring any real assistance to the freedom fighters of Syria, the Free Syrian Army (FSA). Iran, Russia and China now have revealed themselves as enemies of human progress by supporting the systematic murder of pro-democracy activists and, in the case of the children, neutral civilians.

Understandably, we cannot just wade into a large scale war, but the truth is out and the world knows that crimes against humanity are being committed.

Not only that, but if we, or the UN, had taken definitive action to stop the slaughter months ago, then Syria would not be turning into the regional civil war it is. If this goes unchecked for much longer, Syria may very well turn into a new regional conflict the international community hasn’t experienced since

the crisis in Bosnia.

Why do I care? Because my generation has been sadly absent from the urgency of the present. I won’t forget when in one lecture, I was one out of over 400 students who had ever even heard of Abu Ghraib. I have great hope in humanity, but the absence of my generation in what may be the next tragic failure of the world to stop a mass slaughter is hard to accept.

I wish to leave you with a

quote from Noam Chomsky that I believe holds great meaning: “Freedom is something that is not given to us. It is a legacy that is left to us over time by centuries of struggle, centuries of people who have been mostly forgotten, and will be taken away from us unless we constantly defend them.”

Matt Curry is a junior majoring in political science and environmental studies. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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i there, Badgers! I’m Scott Girard, and I will be the 2012-’13 editor in chief of your 120-year-old student newspaper, The Daily Cardinal.

Less than one month ago, our staff had the honor of meeting over 250 Cardinal alumni at our 120th anniversary celebration. It was a great reminder of the successes former Cardinalistas have achieved in the world of journalism and beyond. But it was a greater reminder of how much pride those who have worked at the Cardinal still take in the paper, traveling from all over the country to meet up with old friends and give advice to current staff members.

Some of those former staffers covered JFK’s assassination, and others were around for the declaration of war on Japan in 1941. We are

reminded daily of our newspaper’s coverage of those events with old newspapers hung up around the office, and we do our best to be ready for the next major event.

However, the sixth-oldest student newspaper in the country must also adapt to the changing world of journalism. There is a growing importance placed on immediacy, through Twitter, Facebook and other social media outlets. I will work to make sure our staff knows how to best use these resources to provide the student body with important, immediate news, while ensuring we do not sacrifice accuracy in our reporting.

An ongoing problem for our paper has been a lack of diversity in the office. This not only harms our product because we miss stories and perspectives this campus needs to know about, but also as staff because we do not get to share in those same perspectives. I hope to reach out to campus groups dedicated to improving diversity to discuss how we can improve the climate

in our office to make it welcoming for everyone.

Finally, we couldn’t put out a newspaper five days a week without you, the readers, picking it up.

So please give us feedback as we work to give you the most important news happening around the campus, city and state. We will face exciting challenges over the next year covering a presidential election, a search for a new chancellor, another successful Badger football season and much more, and I hope you will follow along in our paper or through our website.

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By Lauren A. Michael The daily cardinal

Incoming students may be familiar with the controversy surrounding two H5N1 influenza (‘bird flu’) research papers, including that from the laboratory of UW-Madison Professor Yoshihiro Kawaoka.

Recently, Kawaoka joined other UW-Madison representatives for an open conversation with the campus community.

Entitled “Biomedical Research and National Security: Learning from the H5N1 Story,” the meeting took place May 31, at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery on campus.

The event included talks from each of three UW-Madison professors including Kawaoka, Associate Dean of Research Policy William Mellon and bioethicist Pilar Ossorio, followed by a Q&A session for interaction with attendees.

As a response to public concerns, the meeting addressed a wide range of biosafety and bioethics topics regarding the publishing of results from two different research groups: one at UW-Madison (under Kawaoka) and the other in the Netherlands (under Ron Fouchier). While the deadly H5N1 virus is not currently

transmissible between humans, each research group demonstrated the ability of the virus to become transmissible in mammals by evolving H5N1 in ferrets.

Public controversy over the two research papers began late last year when the U.S. National Science Advisory Board on Bioethics (NSABB) decided that certain details of such “dual-use” research should not be published for fear that the information could be misused, causing a pandemic.

As defined by the NSABB, dualuse “encompasses biological research with legitimate scientific purpose, the results of which may be misused to pose a biologic threat to public health and/or national security.”

However, the NSABB’s decision was revised in March favoring full publication of the results after a decision from the World Health Organization (WHO) indicated that the need for biosecurity information outweighed the risk of potential misuse. During the meeting on campus, the three speakers explained each of these decisions in terms of the more general implications and regulation of UW-Madison’s H5N1 research.

Kawaoka focused his discussion on clearing up misconceptions about the research process

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and the results.

In response to claims that the research was unjustified, “underthe-radar” or without review, both Kawaoka and Ossorio cited calls from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the WHO in the last decade for research investigating mammalian transmissibility and the pandemic potential of H5N1 viruses. Furthermore, Kawaoka pointed out that prior approval from the NIH was necessary for funding the research to receive funding.

With accompanying photographs, Kawaoka demonstrated that his laboratory followed the standards of Biosafety Level 3-Agriculture (BSL3-Ag), an elevated form of BSL3 with only slight modifications from the highest level of BSL4: All materials and air entering/exiting the airtight lab space undergo decontamination, researchers shower with disinfecting detergents and the building is under strict security away from campus with regular patrol by police.

All three speakers addressed the reasons for various decisions from the NSABB and WHO regarding publication. Kawaoka pointed out that the NSABB changed their verdict after Dr. Fouchier clarified some misun-

derstood results from his group’s research and after hearing U.S. intelligence assessments of the probability of misuse.

Following the NSABB’s change in decision, the paper from Kawaoka’s laboratory was published in Nature (available now online) with additional content regarding the research process. He emphasized that this was important for ensuring full dissemination of information that should be used to develop vaccines and antiviral therapies to increase global biosecurity.

“We did not change any scientific content,” Kawaoka said. “We added explanations of the benefits of research and a description of biosafety and biosecurity.”

Dr. Mellon’s presentation further discussed the regulatory process for dual-use science and other research of biosecurity concern, focusing both on measures taken within UW-Madison and at the federal level for this latest H5N1 research.

“Both the Federal Bureau of Investigation and locally the UW police have worked with us very closely in a partnership to help us with our biosecurity issues,” Mellon said. “We’re conducting well thought-out research using the strictest conditions of bio-

safety and biosecurity in firstrate facilities.”

In the Q&A session, one attendee asked why the U.S. government had such a primary role in making decisions for publication when H5N1 is a global concern that, so far, has primarily affected other countries. In response, Kawaoka pointed out that “the NSABB is the only committee of its kind,” but that other countries are realizing that similar committees are necessary in looking toward the future of dualuse research.

Ossorio had a similar sentiment in her presentation, emphasizing that more needs to be done on a global scale.

“I think the entire biosecurity and dual-use discussion has pushed bioethics into important areas that we’ve been ignoring,” Ossorio said.

In a closing comment in response to an audience question regarding the role of UW-Madison in pursuing “risky” research into the future, Mellon praised local researchers: “I think the reason why we’ve been leaders is because we’ve been open about how we do our research . . . and that’s why we’ve been successful, not just as an institution but as a country.”

UW professors win top awards

By Matthew Kleist the daily cardinal

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Dear Mr. Scientist, What makes leaves change from their normal green to red, orange and brown during the fall?

—Erin P. Leaves usually appear green because they contain the chemical chlorophyll.

Chlorophyll is used to convert sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into a sugar called glucose. In winter there isn’t much sunlight or water, so leaves slowly stop producing chlorophyll during the fall.

Once the chlorophyll fades away we are able to see shades of yellow which had been there the whole time but were covered up by the chlorophyll.

The short days and cool nights of fall cause the glucose in the leaves to become red. Brown leaves are a result of the leftover waste inside the leaves.

Dear Mr. Scientist, How come leaves will stay on a branch that has broken off of a tree, but leaves on a branch still connected to a tree will fall off?

—Tiffany R. In autumn the days become shorter and colder which triggers the leaves of deciduous trees to release a special “leaf-dropping” hormone. This hormone stimulates little cells known as abscission cells to form where the stem of the leaf connects to the branch. Slowly but surely, these cells build up and eventually push the leaf away from the branch, causing the leaf to fall to the ground. If a branch full of leaves is separated from a tree, the branch and leaves die so no abscission cells form.

Ask Mr. Scientist is written by Michael Leitch. If you have a burning science question you want him to answer, tweet it @DC_Science or e-mail it to science@dailycardinal.com

The summer science award season has already been a busy one for University of WisconsinMadison researchers.

UW-Madison professors Andrew Mehle and David Pagliarini received the 2012 Shaw Scientist Awards from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation.

Mehle, an assistant professor of medical microbiology and immunology, and Pagliarini, an assistant professor of biochemistry, were chosen by a panel of top scientists from across the United States.

The awards come with $200,000 in prize money for their research.

Mehle was awarded for his study of the way influenza viruses interact with human cells. His research focuses on finding the reason why the avian flu viruses do not replicate and spread efficiently in humans. Implications of Mehle’s research include new antiviral therapy methods and better prediction and prevention of influenza outbreaks.

Pagliarini is working to gain a better understanding of how mitochondria work.

Mitochondria maintain cellular metabolism and energy production in humans. Malfunctions in mitochondria can lead to many diseases including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, type II diabetes and various types of cancer.

Mehle and Pagliarini are not the only two researchers to receive awards, however.

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Biological and Environmental Research have awarded UW-Madison professors Jennifer Reed and Garret Suen for their research into new ways to produce biofuels.

Reed and Suen each received

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five-year, $750,000 awards.

Reed, an assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering, is developing methods to produce butanol, a biofuel made from sunlight and carbon dioxide, using cyanobacteria. She is working on computer models meant to analyze the algae’s complex metabolic systems in hopes of learning how to engineer it to produce the biofuel.

“The general tools we develop will be more broadly applicable to people interested in metabolic engineering,” Reed said.

Suen, an assistant professor of bacteriology, is studying another natural population of microbes with the same goal in mind: the

development of a biofuel. He is focusing on a very different source however—those found in the stomachs of cows.

According to Suen, the digestive systems of cows are very powerful biomass breakdown machines.

The breakdown of cellulose, the main source of energy found in feed, is also key in the production of biofuels.

Suen is focusing on three species of bacteria responsible for the breakdown of cellulose. Using genetic analyses, he will identify the enzymes responsible for cellulose digestion. These enzymes, once purified, have the potential to be used in industrial settings.

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2012-’13 Potential Breakout Wisconsin Athletes Sam Dekker

Freshman forward

By Vince Huth the daily cardinal

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Redshirt freshman running back Melvin Gordon dominates the Badgers’ spring game. He could see major touches this fall.

Melvin Gordon

Redshirt freshman running back

By Matt Masterson the daily cardinal

It may seem unlikely for a running back to break out when he’s buried behind a former Big Ten Freshman of the Year and a 2012 Heisman finalist, but that’s just what redshirt freshman Melvin Gordon is poised to do.

With junior running back James White and senior running back Montee Ball held out of the Badgers’ annual spring game, Gordon took control and showcased his potential to be a future

star, carrying the ball 30 times for 159 yards and a touchdown.

The Kenosha, Wis., native played in three games last season, rushing for 98 yards and one touchdown on 30 total carries. He was still able to redshirt, however, preserving his freshman status for the upcoming season.

Gordon’s skill set is a blend of both White and Ball—at 6-foot-1, 205 pounds, he has the speed to break open a run like White as well as the bulk and strength to rip through tacklers like Ball.

With a new starting quarterback and No. 1 wide receiver this season, the Badgers will look for their ground game to carry them offensively in 2012, and Gordon figures to be a major contributor.

The highest-rated recruit head coach Bo Ryan has brought in since McDonald’s All-American center Brian Butch in 2003, Dekker promises be a major contributor to Wisconsin next season.

The 6-foot-8-inch, 215pound slasher out of Sheboygan, Wis., led his Sheboygan Lutheran team to a Division 5 high school state

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Junior forward

By Vince Huth The Daily Cardinal

The Badgers come into the 2012-’13 season with the nation’s top player (senior forward Brianna Decker, the 2012 Patty Kazmaier Award winner) and arguably the nation’s top goaltender (junior Alex Rigsby, the nation’s top returning save percentage leader). Expect Ammerman to emerge as the team’s unquestioned third star.

The River Vale, N.J., native likely won’t lead Wisconsin

woods from page 20 Longer answer: Tiger won the Memorial in the fashion he’s been known for: Polished, dramatic and emotional—you know, the kind of fashion that gave meaning to “Sunday Red.” After chipping in for birdie on the 16th Sunday, Woods celebrated like he used to back when he was the unequivocal top player in the world, back when he was picked as the obvious favorite entering every tournament he played, back when the rest of the field was always looking over its shoulder for a lurking Tiger Woods.

Sunday at the Memorial was the first time since 2008 golf fans saw the dominant Tiger they remember from the earlier 2000s, the Tiger that makes professional golf relevant, the Tiger that makes you say, ‘This guy is better at his sport than any other athlete on the planet.’

Despite the fashion in which Tiger won at the Memorial, he still isn’t back. But if Woods is going to come back, there’s no better stage for him to do so than the U.S. Open. After all, that’s the Tiger who present-day Tiger wants to get back to—the Tiger who wins majors.

And I would argue Tiger’s two best

defenseman Jake McCabe.

Despite playing in just 26 games last season, McCabe’s 12 points (three goals, nine assists) put him third on the team in scoring among defensemen and second among freshmen.

Now with a season under his belt, as well as the departure of defenseman Justin Schultz, McCabe will likely be a part of the Badgers’ top defensive pairing, giving him more ice time and more

opportunities to score.

McCabe’s excellent speed and skating ability, paired with his first-class vision and passing, will help him not only to improve on last year’s numbers, but also to become one of the top scoring defensemen in college hockey.

Look for McCabe to be a top50 pick in this month’s NHL draft before he helps lead the Badgers through their final season in the WCHA conference.

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Wisconsin lineup put together.

The Wisconsin offensive firepower propelled itself into winning a school-record 12 Big Ten games and hitting .300 in the process. The team had five players hit over .300.

Expect Mersch’s sophomore season to be even more beneficial to the team. She proved to be the confident young player the Badgers needed late last season, as she found herself in the starting lineup in some of the team’s most important Big Ten games during the home stretch of the season.

With Mersch having an entire year under her belt and already proving she’s ready for the marquee games, don’t expect Mersch’s accomplishments to go as unnoticed as they did last season.

Sophomore outfielder

With three senior forwards departing, junior forward Brittany Ammerman will take on a bigger offensive role. in goals scored, because that’s not what her game is about.

Ammerman is more of a speedster, a facilitator who doesn’t get all the glory but quietly sets up teammates. That’s evident from her 13-goal, 17-assist totals from last season—numbers that make Ammerman Wisconsin’s second-highest returning goal scorer and third-highest returning assister.

With the departure of forwards Hilary Knight, Brooke Ammerman (Brittany’s older sister) and Carolyne Prévost, Brittany Ammerman will certainly play a more prominent offensive role this season.

with congratulatory chest bumps and hugs.

The game winning threepointer gave Dekker 40 points in the game, which was slightly better than his season average of 35.2 points per game. That scoring ability will be welcome on a Badgers team whose top returning scorer is senior forward Ryan Evans (11).

On June 7 Dekker made the USA Basketball U18 National Team, which will play in the 2012 FIBA Americas U18 Championship June 16-20 in Sao Sebastiáo do Paraiso, Brazil.

Sophomore defenseman Jake McCabe will have big shoes to fill next season as Justin Schultz moves onto the NHL. However, McCabe showed promise the 26 games he played last season.

By Matt Masterson

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championship at the Kohl Center in March in the most dramatic of fashions.

Trailing by eight with 70 seconds to play, Dekker simply took over the game.

Wisconsin’s Mr. Basketball scored Sheboygan Lutheran’s final 12 points, including a fading three-pointer from the sideline in the closing seconds to put Sheboygan Lutheran up 67-66.

As Racine Lutheran’s final heave missed long, Dekker turned to the crowd and put his arms in the air while his teammates smothered him

By Ryan Hill the daily cardinal

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Sophomore outfielder Marissa Mersch played a key role for UW as a freshman. career victories came at that major.

Woods finished 12-under-par, dismantling the field by 15 strokes in 2000 at Pebble Beach in Pebble Beach, Calif. Keep in mind the U.S. Open is a tournament known for its thick rough and dance-floor greens; a score around even-par typically wins the tournament. Eight years later at Torrey Pines, Tiger had perhaps the most iconic performance of his career. His left knee noticeably bothered him all week, yet Woods found himself on the final hole of the tournament just one shot back of leader Rocco Mediate. Woods went on to drop a 20-foot birdie

Marissa Mersch’s freshman campaign would’ve caught the attention of many more people had it not been for Wisconsin’s amazing year offensively this past season. The 5-foot-3-inch outfielder saw plenty of action— along with the rest of the Badgers’ potent lineup—playing in 50 games and starting in 32.

The Downers Grove, Ill., native hit .239 and knocked in 16 runs this past season, but those accomplishments as a freshman were overshadowed by the record-breaking season the entire putt to tie Mediate, and the crowd erupted in a manner only possible after a clutch Tiger putt and fist pump. Woods beat Mediate in an 18-hole playoff the following day to win the tournament but announced just two days later he would miss the rest of the 2008 season because of knee surgery. He beat the world’s best on one leg.

Tiger won’t be back until he starts winning majors again. After all, Tiger’s only remaining goal is to surpass Nicklaus’ 18 career majors.

The scene in Dublin, Ohio, between Nicklaus and Woods was perhaps too perfect of a tournament and

moment for Woods to win and kickstart his return to the Tiger of old.

It was the perfect tournament and moment for Tiger to be back. But I can almost certainly guarantee you the Memorial was far in Tiger’s past immediately after making his birdie putt on the final hole of the tournament. He was already focused on winning the U.S. Open.

So, is Tiger back?

He’s damn close. We’ll have a better idea Sunday evening, June 17.

Do you think Tiger Woods is back to the Tiger of old? Will his performance at the U.S. Open make a difference?

E-mail Vince at vhuth@wisc.edu.

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Redshirt junior quarterback Jon Budmayr will miss the 2012 season with a shoulder injury.

None of Wisconsin’s seven quarterbacks has started a game in a Badgers uniform.

Badgers unsettled at QB

By Matt Masterson the daily cardinal

It just got a little less crowded under center for the Wisconsin Badgers football team, as two of the squad’s quarterbacks have been ruled out for the 2012 season.

Redshirt junior Jon Budmayr and incoming freshman Bart Houston have both suffered injuries that will force them to miss the upcoming season, according to head coach Bret Bielema.

“Jon Budmayr is a guy that, unless something miraculously happens, won’t be involved with us [this fall],” Bielema said at the “Badger Day” event May 30. “Then also Bart Houston,

because of the shoulder surgery he had, he’ll be with us in the fall but he won’t be participating.”

Budmayr has been a prime candidate for the starting job in each of the last two seasons, but was forced to miss all of 2011 due to nerve issues in his shoulder.

His shoulder has healed, but hip surgery will keep the Woodstock, Ill., native out for all of 2012.

Houston, a highly touted recruit out of California’s De La Salle high school, is expected to be a big part of the Badgers’ future, but Bielema planned on redshirting the young signal caller even before his surgery.

“He was doing a nice job,

but he has a pre-existing shoulder condition that needs to get taken care of,” Bielema said. “We thought he was going to be a redshirt guy.”

Wisconsin is left with three returning backups in redshirt freshman Joel Stave, redshirt sophomore Joe Brennan and redshirt senior Curt Phillips.

The three will have to fight with redshirt junior Danny O’Brien, an incoming transfer from Maryland, for the starting job in 2012.

Stave, a former walk-on from Greenfield, Wis., ended the spring as the No. 1 quarterback, but many expect O’Brien to be the starter by week one.

Despite Memorial win, Tiger not back yet vince huth huth the truth In case you haven’t heard, Tiger Woods won the Memorial Tournament June 3 at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio.

Woods trailed leader Spencer Levin by four strokes entering Sunday’s final round but used a five-under par 67 to catch the leaders and top the field by two.

It was a big victory for a number of reasons, beyond the fact Tiger’s final round, four-shot comeback was the second largest of his career.

First and foremost, Tiger couldn’t have picked a better spot to gain momentum for the 112th U.S. Open Championship at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, Calif., June 14-17. The Memorial was Tiger’s final event before the U.S. Open, and he hadn’t been playing well coming into the tournament: Woods had missed one cut and tied for 40th twice in his previous three starts.

Regardless of how Woods fared at the Memorial, he would have been one of the favorites to win the U.S. Open. That simply comes with the name he carries.

But the fact he’s entering the second major championship of the season fresh off a win will only give him more confidence.

Secondly, Tiger’s victory at the Memorial Tournament was his 73rd career PGA Tour victory.

That’s tied for second all-time, behind only Sam Snead (83).

Woods tied Jack Nicklaus’ 73-spot, who coincidentally hosts the Memorial. In fact, Nicklaus was on hand to congratulate Tiger as he walked off the 18th green Sunday. Keep in mind that Nicklaus holds the record for most major championship victories (18), and Tiger has been

It was, by all accounts, a fucking hard shot.

stuck on 14 since his 2008 U.S. Open Championship win at Torrey Pines in San Diego, Calif.

Most golf pundits will say majors are the best measure of a professional golfer’s ranking among the game’s all-time best.

Lastly, and most importantly, Tiger Woods won the Memorial in vintage Tiger fashion. He birdied three of the last four holes, including a ridiculous flop-shot chip-in on the Par-3 16th.

Woods faced a daunting task with his second shot on the hole—

allow me to lay it out for you: He needed to land the ball in what was probably no bigger than a foot-by-foot box, and he had a pretty nasty lie in the greenside rough. He needed to take a hard swing to make clean contact, but he could only afford to hit the ball six or seven yards. He needed to hit a high, soft shot if the ball was going to land anywhere near the hole.

If it came out too low or too fast, Tiger would have taken a one-stroke penalty and played his fourth shot near the water hazard beyond the pin. If it came out too short, Tiger would have faced a similar—and maybe even more difficult—third shot.

It was, by all accounts, a fucking hard shot.

He needed to make par, too—a bogey would have almost certainly wiped away his chances at winning. His tournament fate rested in that shot.

And he put it in the cup.

From a ‘Holy shit’ standpoint, the shot was strikingly similar to his birdie chip-in on No. 16 at the Masters in 2005, which is probably the most recognizable Tiger Woods highlight of all time.

That is, unless you ask Nicklaus, who said Tiger’s chip-in at the Memorial was the most unbelievable, gutsy shot he had ever seen.

So, is Tiger back?

Short answer: Yes and no.

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After one of the most prolific careers in Wisconsin Badger men’s hockey history, junior defenseman Justin Schultz has decided to leave the university in order to pursue his NHL future.

While this marks the end of Schultz’s time as a Badger, it is only another step in his unique path to the NHL. For most professional sports, the road to the majors is fairly linear­—leave school, enter draft, join team—but it is a bit different in hockey.

The Anaheim Ducks drafted Schultz 43rd overall in the 2008 draft, a year before he ever set foot on the Kohl Center ice, and they have had the last four years to sign him to a pro contract.

With his official “de-registration” from Wisconsin in May, however, they are left with only a 30-day window to sign or trade the two-time Hobey Baker finalist before he can sign with the team of his choice as a free agent.

As he has still not signed with Anaheim, it seems obvious that he will be opting for free agency and will begin his pro career somewhere other than Southern California.

This decision has not been taken lightly by Duck fans, some of whom have taken to their nearest Internet message boards to voice their displeasure. While their grumblings will not go away any time soon, the other 29 teams in the NHL are salivating at the chance to sign one of the top prospects in the league.

So why is there such an uproar over a 21 year old who has never played one second of professional hockey?

“It’s his vision. It’s his composure with the puck. It’s his puck skills,” Badger head coach Mike Eaves told The Province last month. “We had such a young team, we relied on him a ton and everyone knew it. He was able to perform and have success, even though he was a targeted guy.”

Bob McKenzie of TSN even

went so far as to claim that Schultz would be the third most sought-after player in free agency this summer, only after New Jersey Devils captain Zach Parise and Nashville Predator defenseman (and fellow former Badger) Ryan Suter.

Schultz will not be able to sign anywhere until at least July 1, but a few teams in particular have emerged as “favorites,” including the Edmonton Oilers, the Vancouver Canucks and the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Edmonton and Vancouver both have bright futures, but Toronto has not been to the playoffs since before the 2004’05 lockout and has consistently struggled to find young talent. The one thing the Leafs do have, however, is defenseman Jake Gardiner.

Gardiner, another ex-Badger and 2008 Anaheim Duck draft pick, was deadly when combined with Schultz in the 2010-’11 season, as the two combined for 28 goals and 88 points—far and away the best numbers for any defensive pairing in the country.

The Ducks traded Gardiner in February of last year, a decision that appeared to end any hopes the two had of playing together on a professional stage.

“We always kind of talked about one day maybe playing together in the pro game,” Schultz said in an interview earlier this year. “I was definitely disappointed [when Gardiner was traded]. But it’s a good thing for him. He’s been unreal up there.”

The idea of rejoining his former teammate may ultimately be the deciding factor for Schultz as dozens of NHL fanbases eagerly await his decision.

While his NHL future may not be clear, this much is: The Badgers are saying goodbye to one of the most productive and dynamic players in the program’s history.

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Uthoff to transfer to hometown Iowa (12), Marquette, Iowa State and Florida.

Former Wisconsin men’s basRyan said he put such restricketball forward Jarrod Uthoff tions on Uthoff in order to get the will transfer to Iowa, where freshman to talk to University the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, native officials—Uthoff informed Ryan will be eligible to play for the of his decision to transfer while Hawkeyes in the 2013Ryan was on vacation, and ’14 season. the head coach was uncerUthoff decided tain as to why Uthoff wantto leave the Badger ed to leave the program. program after the Uthoff met with athletic 2011-’12 season, director Barry Alvarez and which the freshman associate athletic director spent as a redshirt.

Justin Doherty, who lifted His transfer all restrictions except the UTHOFF request brought other 11 Big Ten schools. about national critiThose trimmed restriccism to the Wisconsin pro- tions prohibited Uthoff from gram, as head coach Bo Ryan directly contacting another Big blocked Uthoff from transfer- Ten coaching staff. However, a ring to more than 20 schools, new Big Ten rule enabled the including the rest of the Big forward to obtain a grant-in-aid Ten conference (11), the entire from Iowa, so long as he pays his Atlantic Coast Conference own way next year.

By Vince Huth the daily cardinal