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‘Where we go from here’ Obama speaks on federal plans for Syria strikes By Jack Casey the daily cardinal

President Barack Obama took his ceremonial walk down the White House carpet Tuesday night to address the American public on Syria and make a passionate case for military intervention should diplomatic talks with a RussiaSyria coalition fall through. The president used his approximately 15-minute speech to discuss public opinion on military intervention as well as the potential for diplomatic talks with Syria. Obama also announced he would ask Congress to delay any voting on intervention until the talks were allowed to play out. He began the address by giving background on the decision to intervene in Syria, including the discovery that the Syrian government had fired chemically equipped missiles into 11 Syrian neighborhoods Aug. 21. He also recapped his decision to defer to Congress on the issue of intervention. Obama referred repeatedly to the images of women and children dying in hospitals from exposure to sarin gas as a potential catalyst for limited intervention. Another catalyst was Syrian President Bashar alAssad’s flaunting of international rules forbidding the use of chemical weapons. Obama conceded military intervention in the troubled region

would not be popular among citizens who have dealt with prolonged engagements in Afghanistan and Iraq for most of recent history, but he reiterated the strike would evade prolonged engagement. “The purpose of this strike would be to deter Assad from using chemical weapons, to degrade his regime’s ability to use them, and to make clear to the world that we will not tolerate their use,” Obama said. Obama then dove into a quick succession of five question topics he had picked to sum up concerns he has received from critics. He attempted to dispatch concerns ranging from inadvertently arming future terrorist cells to possible retaliation in the region if limited, “pinprick” strikes were to occur. Obama guaranteed any authorized strikes would show the power of the U.S. military saying simply, “the United States military doesn’t do pinpricks.” David Canon, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor, said he thought Obama’s use of the questions to deliver his message was “quite effective” in conveying his stance on the issue. The president waited until the end of his speech to address the “encouraging signs” that Syria might cooperate with the international community. The possibility of Syria’s cooperation stemmed from a seemingly offhand comment Secretary of State John Kerry made Monday morning suggesting Syria could avoid strikes by surren-

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What were you doing on September 11, 2001? Blair Fischer, junior “I was with my babysitter eating macaroni and cheese, and I turned on the TV. My mom didn’t want me to, but I watched that and I didn’t go to school the next day. And it was very scary and overwhelming.”

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UW Green Scene hosted Party on the Path Tuesday afternoon, which allowed students to explore sustainable alternatives on campus. + Photo by Wil Gibb

UW students test ‘Fetch Rewards’ grocery store app By Sarah Olson the daily cardinal

The way students buy their groceries at Fresh Madison Market could change with the introduction of a smartphone mobile application that would scan items, track totals and upload data to checkout with the touch of a screen. Fetch Rewards, a Madisonbased application creator, launched the beta test period for its grocery shopping app Tuesday. The app would function exclusively at Fresh Madison Market.

The mobile app would allow users to scan the item barcodes in the store as they shop, according to Fetch Rewards Founder and CEO Wes Schroll. The application would then track the scanned items and keep a running price total. “We really do want to reinvent grocery shopping in the traditional sense,” Schroll said. “It’s been done the same way for the past 50 years, and we think that’s kind of amazing that it

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700, 800 blocks of State Street to become safer, more bike-friendly During the final installment of the comprehensive State Street redesign, city officials aim to transform the 700 and 800 blocks into a year-round destination at the heart of campus while making the corridor safer for students, according to Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8. Madison Mayor Paul Soglin allotted the project $4.9 million in his 2014 executive capital budget, which will be reviewed and amended by various city committees, including Common

Council, before adoption the first week in November. Chris Petykowski, Madison’s principle engineer, said the plan to revamp the area adjacent to Library Mall currently includes building a bike lane in the center surrounded on both sides by two 12-foot-wide “amenities zones” for trees, benches and food carts, bordered on the outside by two pedestrian-only, 8-foot-wide sidewalks.

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UW-Madison students tested a new app for Fresh Madison Market, which could speed up the checkout process.

Seka Major, freshman “I was in Kindergarten or first grade when it happened, so I didn’t really understand the significance of it until I got home, and my parents were kind of freaking out. And then when I saw it on the news, I didn’t really understand it, but it was just kind of sad seeing all the destruction and the mayhem that was on.” Anna Nikolich, Madison resident “I was in seventh grade. And I was picking up lunch for my class at the deli next door, and it was on the TV. And someone said that someone had bombed New York. And I just didn’t really believe it.” Dick LaCroix alumnus ’67 “I was working in my home office and my wife … said ‘Dick, come look at what just happened in New York.’ So I walked across the hallway and watched the plane hit the towers. It was terrible.” Tess Ursini junior “I remember my teacher came in crying and really upset. And they tried to explain it to us, but I mean we were in third grade so we really didn’t understand what was happening … I don’t think anyone really understood it at that age.”

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

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ICP is America and so can you michael voloshin voloshin’s commotion

ow much do you know about the Insane Clown Posse? Like actually really know. Outside of the stereotypes given to their rabid fan base (politely known as the Juggalos), their song “Miracles” which was ridiculed and made into countless memes, and the fact that they wear clown makeup; how much do you know about the Detroit-based rap duo of Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope? Not much, huh? But yet you still probably call their fan base a cesspool of hicks, their lyrics terrible and their clown makeup stupid. And you’d probably be right. However, the ICP are a lot smarter than you think and I for next 500 or so words will try to convince you so. I like a challenge. Let’s start with ICP’s fan base. ICP’s fans meet every year in August in Cave-InRock, Ill. at the Gathering of the Juggalos. The Gathering is put on by Psychopathic Records,

the independent label started by ICP that employs numerous horror-core, clown makeup wearing hip-hop acts that are similar to the ICP. The number of attendees every year to this event? A little more than a hundred thousand; which is comparable to Electric Forest. And the Gathering has everything (for your entertainment please imagine SNL’s Stefon reading the next fragment): wrestling events, best tattoo competition, hottest jugalette competitions and Kansas City’s only known rapper Tech N9ne. Oh and drugs, a lot of drugs. So how does this make the ICP geniuses? Simply put, the ICP made a fan group out of the depressed teenagers in high school. From the misunderstood suburbians to the goth to the wanksters, the ICP covers them all and welcomes them into their Juggalo family. Their music isn’t for the cool kids but that’s okay, because they’re going to make more money off of the guys picked on in high school instead. Let’s talk lyrics. Most of you have probably heard their line “Fucking magnets\How do they work?” from “Miracles.” And yeah it’s terrible, as with

every other lyric that wonders how DNA, space, and pets can be explained outside of just “MAGIC!” And I’m not going to try and find amazing lyrics from the ICP that show how genius and philosophical they are because I don’t have the time and I probably won’t find anything anyway. Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope both dropped out of high school before they turned 16 and have spent some time in prison. They’re not master lyricists, but neither is Selena Gomez, Kanye West or any pop star you’re hearing on top-40 radio. They do well with what’s given them and were even influential enough in Detroit to have a beef with Eminem that started when he was a no-name until now. However, I will say when a more talented rapper joins them on a song, then they seem even worse. Case in point, ICP’s “When I’m Clowning” which features Danny Brown; NPR’s Jesse Thorn says it best with his tweet: “Advantage of having Danny Brown guest on your track: He’s great. Disadvantage: you have entered into an unwinnable game.” Womp womp whatever, ICP still makes that money. I haven’t talked about the

clown makeup but this is all I’m going to say; what’s the difference between their makeup and KISS’s makeup? Or Slash’s hat. Or Miley Cyrus’s twerking (sorry I had to). It’s their image, it’s who they are. Why change it? So who is ICP? They are multi-millionaires with pursuits of their own music, their record label, their show on Fuse TV where they watch music videos (legitimately hilarious) and a rabid fanbase that is like a family. No matter what you say about them, they are always in on the joke as evidenced by their appearances on Tosh.0, Mike O’Brien’s webshow “7 Minutes in Heaven” and 100 Ways to Die. Most importantly, they created an empire by rapping like shit, selling shirts that say “Juggalo slut” and wearing clown makeup; if that’s not the American Dream then I don’t know what is. God Bless America. Are you Slim Shady? Yes, the real Shady. If you have a bone to pick with the ICP, email their groupie Michael at voloshin@wisc.edu so he can defend those clowns on his way to The Gathering.

Food, glorious food: Easy Mac to pad-Thai Rachel schulze rache jam

eople who know how to cook are pretty cool. Not only do they make delicious things that you can eat, but they can also have a mastery of a basic life skill. Cooking is a basic life skill that even cavemen mastered and is also a skill that I had avoided learning until this past summer. (OK, I actually don’t know anything about cavemen or if “cavemen” is still a term people even use, but this isn’t an anthropology column, so for argument’s sake, let’s just say they existed and knew how to cook and maybe even had, like, a cave-painting version of the Food Network or something and move on. Cool? Cool.)

I still have a place in my heart and stomach for mac ‘n’ cheese dinos, don’t get me wrong. But there’s something about preparing the food for myself...that is surprisingly satisfying. Anyway, for the first three years of college, I’d managed to get by on my staple meals— PB&J (on toasted bread!), frozen hockey pucks/veggie burgers and the delicacy that is microwavable pizza. My justification for my habits was simple: Cooking took too much time, both to learn and to do. Why spend

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hours preparing a pasta sauce when there’s a box of delicious dinosaur-shaped noodles sitting in the pantry, waiting to be coated in milk and cheese dust? But things changed this summer when I got to thinking about how prepared I was for the real world. As I worried about my ability to get a job and pay bills, it hit me that after three years of higher education, I still couldn’t even really feed myself. Naturally, I decided to treat my sorrows by opening up my laptop and wasting time on the Internet. After getting bored with Facebook and Twitter, I turned to Pinterest. Then, I had an idea. What if, instead of looking at the 100 or so pictures of food with accompanying recipes I had saved on Pinterest, I actually cooked, one of them. Boom. My solution instantly led to another question: What to cook?

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As I scrolled up and down my homepage, I waded through maybe 53,284 pieces of food porn. Approximately half of the recipes required some kind of dishware I don’t own, ingredients I’d never heard of or a creative use of zucchini and/or cauliflower. So, after eliminating recipes that fell into the above categories and determining any attempt to cook meat would certainly result in food poisoning, I finally settled on a recipe for spaghetti squash pad-Thai. Despite the dish’s fancy name, the recipe didn’t sound too complex. After a trip to the grocery store, I was ready to get cookin’. Basically, the recipe instructed me to bake the spaghetti squash, saute some vegetables, prepare a peanut sauce, then mix all those things together. I decided cutting an onion was a little more work than it was

worth, but other than that, I decided to follow the recipe to a tee. I was sure disaster would ensue. I imagined a squash explosion. Vegetables flying everywhere. Peanut butter smeared over everything. Smoke detectors blaring. A trail of soy sauce, pepper seeds and my tears spanning the distance from the stove to the pantry, where I would hunker down with a box of s’mores Pop Tarts and weep. While it would make for an interesting column if I were to write about blazing flames and exploding vegetables, the recipe actually turned out smoothly. To my surprise, the product was not only edible, but… good. The success of that cooking project inspired me to take on another. Then another. After a few more meals, I could say I actually knew how to cook! Now, I still have a place in my heart and stomach for mac ’n’ cheese dinos, don’t get me wrong. But there’s something about preparing the food for myself from things that contain actual nutrients that is surprisingly satisfying. So, to my fellow Badgers who want to learn to cook for yourselves, my advice is to go for it. Aside from the mess and possibility of setting your place on fire, what’s the worst thing that can happen? Were you hoping for a vegetable explosion? Have one of your own to share? Tell Rachel about it or just send her some recipes by emailing rmschulze@dailycardinal.com.

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State faced with decision on Menominee casino By Jack Casey The daily cardinal

Wisconsin’s Menominee tribe has stirred controversy and sparked debate after applying to open an off-reservation casino in the Kenosha area, drawing Gov. Scott Walker, state legislators and other Wisconsin tribes into the mix. The Menominee casino received approval from the U.S. Department of the Interior Aug. 23, allowing Walker to weigh his veto power, given to him under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988. The act outlines the requirements the Menominee would have to follow to establish a casino on land outside their reservation borders. The tribe argues the new casino would add economic development and increase employment in the state. State representatives from the Kenosha area, including state Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, have voiced support for the casino. Critics of the casino dispute the economic development promises the Menominee made as well as the possibility of contributing to a state gambling problem. Walker has yet to make a decision, saying he would defer to a consensus between the 11 tribes located in Wisconsin. The governor’s attempt to seek consensus has drawn criti-

cism from people familiar with tribal and state law. Richard Monette, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of law, said Walker’s consensus decision “racializes” the Menominee casino situation. “To cast this sort of pan-tribe blanket over [the casino decision] is really unfortunate,” Monette said. “It would be a bit like the governor announcing there would be no new bicycle stores in the state unless Trek agrees.” The consensus situation is complicated further by the Wisconsin Potawatomi tribe’s concern a new casino in the area would cut into its already established Milwaukee area casino as well as organizations, such as Enough Already Wisconsin, that have released reports from economists refuting the economic benefits of a tribal casino. However, Dylan Jennings, a UW-Madison student from the Bad River Band Indian Reservation in northern Wisconsin, said casinos are often key to generating money for a tribe and often employ more nonreservation residents than those from the tribe. “The casinos have been proven to be good for the economy and that’s something we could use in the state of Wisconsin,” Jennings said.

UW System to gather input at video conference System officials will hold a video conference Thursday where participants can discuss the University of Wisconsin System and the search for a new president. Faculty, staff and community members at UW-Madison can participate in the conference at the Telepresence Room in the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery. The conference will run from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Participants can prepare for the event by considering prepared topics such as the challenges that will face the UW System and what characteristics are important in the new UW System president. A search and screen committee is working to recommend a president to replace Kevin Reilly, who will step down in January.

board from page 1 “The space as it is isn’t really designed for bike usage, so we’re trying to open up the design a little bit,” Petykowski said. For instance, he said, they plan to remove the raised concrete platforms and level the entire lane between North Lake Street and North Park Street. Resnick said in addition to safer transportation, the plan includes increasing night-time lighting because “it’s dark at night. Depending on what time of the year, very dark to extremely dark.” jane thompson/the daily cardinal The design team is also looking Mayor Soglin allotted $4.9 million of his 2014 into different year-round activities executive capital budget to State Street redesign. that could be implemented to “expand the timeframe that people can actually use that space,” according to Resnick. have been on the 700 and 800 blocks since Petykowski and the engineer- the beginning of the summer for passersing team will present initial plans to by to jot down ideas were a success. Common Council next week. Several “There have been a lot of really good city committees will then have to suggestions,” Resnick said. “We will absoreview the designs before Common lutely do that again. It was a really effective Council can vote on the proposal. and inexpensive way of getting input.” Also, Resnick said the chalkboards that —Melissa Howison

obama from page 1 dering their chemical weapons. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov took Kerry’s comments to ally Syria and spearheaded the potential diplomatic cooperation. Canon said Obama’s recommended delay of any congressional voting on intervention pending talks with Syria could potentially create a “win-win situation” for the president and Congress who have been faced with a muddled and

high intensity consideration process. However, if diplomatic talks were to fail, Canon said Obama would still face a majority vote against intervention. Obama concluded his speech on the same humanitarian message he carried throughout. “When … we can stop children from being gassed to death, and thereby make our own children safer over the long run, I believe we should act,” Obama said. “That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”

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State Sen. Chris Larson, D-Milwaukee, listens to students’ ideas for improving college affordability at a panel held on the UW-Madison campus Tuesday.

Democratic state legislators talk college affordability at panel Democratic state legislators shared a room in the Memorial Union Tuesday with students and college affordability advocates in an effort to hear grassroots ideas to make college more affordable for university students. The event, which was put on in conjunction with several campus organizations, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison College Democrats and The Young Progressives, featured minority leadership from both houses of the legislature and several other area legislators. State Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison, and state Sen. Fred Risser, D-Madison, who both represent the campus area in the state legislature, sat on the panel. The lead legislator behind the panel, state Senate Minority Leader Chris Larson, D-Milwaukee, introduced the purpose of the panel, saying it was held to receive student input to generate ideas that would allow students to “flourish in Wisconsin.” He added college students are often left out of the decision-making

process, even when it deals with studentrelated issues. The approximately 20 people who attended the discussion addressed issues ranging from losing tenant rights to the ever-rising cost of tuition at the state’s universities. Charlie Hoffmann, chairman of the UW-Madison College Republicans, who were absent from the discussion, said in a statement the Democratic legislators forget that Republicans were primarily responsible for keeping college affordable for Wisconsin’s middle class. “Democratic state leaders can pretend to care about making college affordable when in reality they are the ones who voted against Governor Walker’s UW-System two-year tuition freeze in the last budget,” Hoffmann said in the statement. The assembled legislators took notes during the session and promised to consider the requests as they go back to the legislative session. —Jack Casey

Observatory Hill Shuttle to ease Bascom hike University of Wisconsin-Madison Transportation Services will offer a shuttle bus to students who cannot physically make the trek up Bascom Hill, according to a UW-Madison news release. The Route 80 bus, which normally rides up Observatory Drive, detours from Observatory Drive, Langdon Street and Park Street due to ongoing Memorial Union construction that is expected to continue until October, according to the release.

The Observatory Hill Shuttle will run from central campus to the corner of Observatory Drive and Charter Street. Anyone can ride the shuttle for free from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays, according to the release. The release said the bus will make a clockwise loop around Observatory Drive, stopping every 15 minutes. But the shuttle will not have a set schedule. The shuttle will be marked with an accessible symbol, according to the release.

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why you wouldn’t use it,” Dillon said. Schroll said customers bagging items without scanning them is a risk of the app, but Fetch Rewards has security measures in place to prevent theft, including a system of weight comparison at checkout. Fresh Madison Market Store Director Kristie Maurer said theft is always a concern for the store, but they are confident in the security measures that would be in place. Maurer said Fresh Madison Market is excited to work with the student-run app team, and the members of the team have been professional and enjoyable to partner with. Most of the people on the 12-person app team are UW-Madison students, former students or graduates, and he is excited to provide a service to students, Schroll said. “We have a huge allegiance to this school,” he said. “We’re really excited to be providing something that we really believe will create a lot of value for the student base here.”

hasn’t changed for the better.” The app would also reward customers who purchase items from certain brands Fetch Rewards has partnered with, including Miller Coors, Kemps, Johnsonville and Pepsi, Schroll said.

“We really want to reinvent grocery shopping in the traditional sense.” Wes Schroll Fetch Rewards Founder

University of Wisconsin-Madison junior Natalie Dillon, who downloaded the app for the beta test, said she thinks the discounts would create incentive to shop at Fresh Madison Market. “They have so many deals, I don’t know

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Fall trends to try out By Sydney Mann The Daily Cardinal

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Canvas art is an effortless and chic look for less.

Add color to your wall with melted crayon art.

Create the look for less By Cassie Sterwald The Daily Cardinal

simply melt the crayons onto the canvas using the hairdryer. You can do any pattern you want, dripping from the top to the bottom, or just in different areas, letting the colors swirl together. No two crayon arts will look exactly the same, and it’s a great way to add color to your empty-looking room.

It’s that time of year again. School has started and everyone is settling into his or her new dorm, apartment or house. The walls look bare, empty and boring when you first move in. Decorations and personal touches need to be added to spice it up and show that someone actually lives there. Decorating can get pretty expensive on a tight college budget with the posters, paintings, dry erase boards, corkboards and peel-and-stick decals. These things can add up, yet your place still needs to be filled with something. Luckily, there are plenty of do-it-yourself decor projects you can make with little money.

Nearly everyone uses a dryerase board somewhere in their place. But that white board can look so boring and plain. There’s an easy and inexpensive fix to this. Get any size picture frame and scrapbooking paper the same size as the frame. Place the paper inside the frame and under the glass and you have yourself a stylish dryerase board.

Melted Crayon Art

Magnetic Board

Melted crayon art has become extremely popular. To do this, get a canvas of any size at a craft store, pick out crayons and plug in a hairdryer. The colors you pick are totally up to you, as there are thousands of different options. First, take the paper wrappers off. Starting at a corner is usually easier, and then

Dry-Erase Board

Buy a cheap, flat cookie sheet and enough fabric of your choosing to completely cover it. Cut the fabric slightly larger than the sheet. Use a spray-on adhesive or super glue to attach the fabric to the sheet. Pull the fabric tight and wrap it around to the back of the sheet and make sure it’s glued down well. Attach a

ribbon to hang the board. And now you have a decorative and useful magnetic board.

Paint Chip Canvas Art

One last and nearly free decorating idea uses free paint color samples from home improvement stores. Pick out whatever colors fit into your scheme. Use a puncher in any shape to cut out your paint samples. You can poke a hole in them and thread string or ribbon through to make garland, or attach them to a canvas in any pattern to make an art piece for your wall. They liven up your room and are easy to make. With DIY projects like these and other personal touches, your walls will no longer look dull. The space you are living in will be cute and make you feel right at home. After all, we spend a lot of time in our dorms, apartments and houses; we have to make them look good! Even the simplest DIY can be hard to follow. Email Cassie at csterwald@wisc.edu with any questions on how to perfect your ideal dorm look.

So, here we are again. Classes are starting, leaves will be falling soon and those hot days spent at the terrace are coming to an end. When summer turns into autumn, it’s easy to fall into an overall slump, but the most common rut of all to get stuck in is a fashion rut. When the days get colder, it’s so tempting to live in sweatshirts and forget all about the cute clothes that you loved to rock all summer. While comfy days are definitely an occasional must, it’s surprisingly easy to turn your favorite summer pieces into fall-friendly, trendy outfits.

The Mini Skater Skirt

On a warm summer night, a skater skirt is perfect paired with a cropped tank and wedges, but on a breezy autumn night in Madison, you would be shivering before you even got to the bar. One way to bring skirts into the colder seasons is to throw tights on under them, but that’s outdated. Instead, try pairing your summer skirts with over-the-knee socks, a cropped sweater and closed-toe wedges. It offers a little less fullbody coverage than tights and a tucked-in sweater, but it still provides you with enough warmth that you can exist in the outdoors. Fall does not have to mean the start of denim season, so take a risk and keep your skirts a main part of your wardrobe until blizzards tell you otherwise.

Layering… the Right Way

Everyone remembers being a young kid on a cool day, wearing about eight million layers, bundled to the point that moving became a small struggle. If the idea of layering still holds that connotation with you, think again, because the bulky days are over. Instead of wearing a classic layered outfit (e.g. tank top, t-shirt, sweatshirt, coat), try throwing in unique pieces that could have potentially stood alone in the summer. For exam-

ple, instead of a cardigan, try an open, light kimono. Worn over a tank and under a light military jacket, this look is adorable and effortless. When you arrive at your indoor destination, you won’t dread peeling off your layers to reveal more bland, typical autumn layers, but rather you’ll have a cute outfit right on underneath. Don’t let a little wind make you forget to put your best fashion foot forward, even if it has to remain slightly hidden on your walk to class.

Wide-Leg Chiffon Pants

In the summer, these pants act like a maxi skirt, which can be paired perfectly with a cami and sandals. The key in transitioning this look into fall is to keep yourself from looking too engulfed in flowy clothes. The perfect way to do this is to pair these pants with an off-the-shoulder sweater that comes down to just an inch or two below the top of the pants. As far as shoes go, Converse, Keds, Toms or any other canvas sneakers looks great with this outfit. It’s fall casual without looking lazy, and it’s just as comfortable as sweats. This look can also be taken from day to night simply by swapping out the sneakers for wedges (high enough that the pants won’t drag) and a pretty tank under the sweater (one strap should show). These wide-leg pants were a beloved item this past summer, and they still have more work to do this fall. Let’s be real, it’s hard to put effort into style when it’s cold out, but challange yourself and dedicate at least two days of the week to trying to incorporate your summer wardrobe into your fall wardrobe. Summer has to end, but summer fashion certainly does not. Fashion dilemma? Not to worry, shoot Syndey an email at smmann@wisc.edu.

My life as a recovering serial monogamist: A Single Girl Column Lexi a single girl

Hi, I’m Lexi, and I am a recovering serial monogamist. This sounds like an introduction to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, although instead of being addicted to alcohol I am addicted to relationships. I love being a girlfriend and I understand how to be with someone better than how to be on my own. This is one of those “chicken or the egg” scenarios. I’m not sure if my relationship addiction is what has caused me to be in relationships the majority of the last seven years, or if being in relationships has caused me to become addicted to them. Regardless, being single is not a natural state of existence for me. I have been single for the last nine months. That may

not seem like a long time for most people, but it is an eternity for me. Nine months is by far the longest period of time I have ever spent alone since the eighth grade. I started out as the typical middle-schooler with two-week relationships (which, of course, started and ended on AOL Instant Messenger), and spent time with my “boyfriends” by sitting next to them in the lunchroom. In eighth grade I had yet another crush on a boy who was in all my classes and he asked me to be his girlfriend. This all went down in the hallway of our middle school during passing time. We never went on a single date, and I’m pretty sure we had never had an extensive conversation up until this point. Romantic. But, what should have been a two and a half week middle school relationship lasted for two and a half years. Eventually, I broke it off during sophomore year of high school. He literally could not have been any sweeter to me and practi-

cally worshipped the ground I walked on, but I felt smothered. Like please, give me some room to breathe. Ultimately, I realized this middle school relationship had far surpassed its expiration date and knew it was time to let it go. I’m pretty sure his mother still hates me for that one considering she was convinced we were going to get married. Seriously. No middle school relationship should ever end in marriage.

Can you really meet your future husband at a party?” After that I was on the market for one whole month. In that period, I met a guy who was a grade older than me; he took me on one date and BAM. Just like that I was back in the relation-

ship game. I didn’t know it at the time but he would turn out to be my “high school sweetheart.” I spent the next two years hanging out with him after school, watching all of his soccer games and spending weekends watching movies and going on latenight Coldstone runs. But then he graduated and went to college across the country and I stayed at high school in Wisconsin. The whole long-distance thing really does suck as much as people say it does. I mean, there are only so many cross-country flights that could fit into my budget. And as college went on we both evolved into entirely different people. I watched him become a fratstar in front of my eyes. When he came back to our small Wisconsin town wearing red pants and v-necks, I knew the transformation had taken full effect. But it wasn’t just him. By sophomore year I started to have my own life and was becoming increasingly less dependent on this relationship. Eventually, the inevitable happened and we broke

up at the end of first semester. During spring semester of college, in addition to my classes, I was taking Single Life 101 (and completely failed, so I’ve had to re-enroll). It has been way too much for me to learn. I have struggled with probably the most simple of questions, such as: Do people still go on dates in college? Can you really meet your future husband at a party? I’m fully aware that a guy I’ve barely spoken to is not going to approach me in Bascom and ask me to be his girlfriend (middle school was a much simpler time) nor is a relationship going to form overnight, but the whole concept of dating in college makes no sense to me. Recovering from serial monogamy is no easy task to accomplish, but I’m determined to live the life of a single college girl. Bear with me as I share my trials and tribulations while trying to figure this whole thing out. xoxo, A Single Girl Is your love life in turmoil? Email Life & Style your questions and concerns at life&style@dailycardinal. com. Graphic by Chrystel Paulson.

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oward the end of August, an idea dawned on me that I wish had dawned on me sooner, since it (in retrospect) seems so obviously beneficial, munificent, edifying, etc. Toward the end of August, I bought a wordbook at the bookstore. It’s a small article, Moleskine, with a purple somewhere in the region of lavender or heliotrope (I haven’t decided which yet). And, in my readings and ramblings, I’ve been using it to keep track of words I hitherto didn’t know, jotted down upon first encounter. It may seem quaint, my little purple notebook, but mark me: It was a stunning revelation. And as the words have continued to pile up, over the past two weeks, it has become (probably) the smartest purchase I have ever made, on par with the first time I bought lunch at the Mediterranean Cafe on State Street and “The Eighth Day” by Thornton Wilder. Yes, extremely quaint to an outsider, but of great personal significance to me and, as it will be shown, of great practical value to anyone interested. So what does this have to do with literature? Why, it arose directly out of it. As someone whose job in college is to read books and say things about them, and as someone whose free time is spent reading books, words

tend to take on a great deal more import. This is, of course, not to begrudge anyone who doesn’t like reading for fun (I’ll deal with you in a minute). Whichever way you think about language (semantically, aesthetically, practically, narrowly, etc.) and whichever way you use it, you will inevitably run into words you don’t know. Unless you’re some savant, freak, utopian or any combination of those three.

I’m going to let you in on a little secret: I already feel smarter in the time that I’ve been keeping this journal.

So what should you do if you encounter a word you can’t immediately define or understand? Skim past it and pray you see it again? Dismiss it as high falutin? Or, do what I’ve been doing and write it down in a portable place for future record? I’m going to let you in on a little secret: I already feel smarter in the time that I’ve been keeping this journal. As someone who assembles words on a daily basis in a number of capacities, it’s wonderful to have a small toolbox at my disposal, just waiting for the cue to deploy a gem like “refulgence” or “attrition” or “snollygoster.” Plus, there’s a certain fantasia in keeping a purple notebook, in

lieu of a black one or any other plain color. Purple flushes with a certain zeal, and, unhinged, brimming with text, reveals scores of filigree lions and calligraphic cranes pullulating across the pages… That may just be me, which is why I now have to make the case for anyone who isn’t an irredeemable basket case like me. If you are interested in writing, I think you should keep a notebook like this, if you aren’t already. Call it Labor Eight or Labor Blue on your list of feats to surmount. Even if you don’t end up incorporating any of your pilfered words into your lexicon, it will still prove handy in your writerly travails. On the other hand, if you don’t write regularly (which isn’t saying much to a college student) there are benefits to keeping a notebook of this character. Jotting down random words may cement their meaning and usage in your mind, which in turn will cultivate a stronger sense of language. If it’s essential (and I’m beginning to think it is) to any writer, burgeoning or otherwise, then, in an ancillary sense, it’s useful to any person, burgeoning or otherwise. Or, should you find no interesting words in your travels, turn it into a grocery checklist, or doodle catalogue, or, I don’t know, a checklist of gray squirrels you’ve seen. But whatever you do, make time for a little notebook of some sort. Want to make note of what you thought of this article? Tell Sean at sreichard@wisc.edu.

THE PLAYLIST As the days grow longer, awful gets softer, but more importantly it gets cold out. Prep yourself with our preFall playlist!

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Adam Joy— Coins as Bullets

It sounds exactly like a blustery day, years and years ago.

Gorillaz— November has Come While it’s not factually corect just yet, the sentiment is always appreciated.

Sigur Ros— Staralfur

For bonus points, refer to the acoustic cut from Heim.

Yo La Tengo— Damage

It’s the perfect song for all those pre-midterm walks back from the library.

Indian Summer— Orchard

Honestly, the second it gets cold outside we’ll all wish it was June again.

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Arctic Monkeys stumble into greatness on AM

AM Arctic Monkeys By Mary Sullivan The Daily Cardinal

English indie rock groupArctic Monkeys’ fifth studio album, AM, dropped this week. The name is a perfect doubleentendre, representing both the initials of the band and the presumed setting of the album, a post-party drunken and drug fuelled state of loneliness and near desperation, exemplified in “No. 1 Party Anthem” (“It’s not like I’m falling in love/I just want you to do me no good… ”), “Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?” and “Do I Wanna Know” (“Ever thought of calling when you’ve had a few?/Cause I always do”). After the tight, hot-blooded instrumentals on the band’s debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not and the slight transition toward

pop-rock crooning on the most recent LP Suck It And See, AM is the perfect combination of the band’s past albums with a surprising twist. Smooth, psychedelic vibes are felt throughout the album, and frontman Alex Turner has even described the album’s sound as reminiscent of a Dr. Dre beat. The R&B backing vocals on “One for the Road” display a new side to the band’s music, especially as they bleed into a thrilling guitar solo from Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age. The beautifully simple “Mad Sounds” recalls early Velvet Underground records and it couldn’t be a more perfect intermission track for the album. If you’re expecting this latest effort to be a throwback to the Monkeys’ earlier work or a continuation of their later work, you’ll be disappointed with the final product of AM. But if your mind is open to a whole new, mesmerizing listening experience, this album is an excellent soundtrack for drunk dials, bad decisions and unrequited love.

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or the last couple weeks a scene from the West Wing has been etched into my head. The scene is in the first season and comes after the Bartlet administration has been struggling to pass any legislation. After a conversation in the Oval Office, President Bartlet and his chief of staff Leo McGarry decide to “let Bartlet be Bartlet.” Leo goes to his office and tells the high level staff, “We’re gonna put the ball in the air. If we’re gonna walk into walls, I want us running into ’em full speed.” For the last couple weeks, it appears President Barack

Obama, with Secretary of State John Kerry on his side, has been running at full speed. About two weeks ago, President Obama called on Congress to support strikes of limited scope and duration in response to President Bashar al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons against his own people. In the speech he said he wanted Congress to authorize the use of force, although he made clear that he believed he had the power to order the strikes himself. I found this quite puzzling. If the president believed he had the power to attack Syria, why send Congress such an important vote when Congress, more likely than not, would reject the use of force? The president

‘Blurred Lines’ creates dangerously blurred lines for sexual assault Genevieve Globus opinion columnist

he song “Blurred Lines,” by Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams, which has been at the top of the American charts for weeks, is a perfect example of how American popular culture promotes rape and sexual violence against women. The song has grown famous for its extremely offensive lyrics and a music video so sexually explicit YouTube has blocked it. Aside from this, the song features lines that objectify and degrade women, and suggest that women’s voices simply don’t matter. The song talks about one particular woman as if she is purely a sexual object who was only put on this earth to look hot, dance around and have sex with men.

Portraying women as sexual objects suggests to women their voices don’t matter.

Take the most famous line in the song, “I know you want it,” for example. The lyrics are implying very clearly that even when a woman says “no,” it really can mean “yes,” so you don’t actually have to listen to her when she says “no.” This frame of mind that you can take a woman’s “no” as insignificant is not just wrong but also against the law. Rape is a simple concept. It is sex without consent. Sorry boys, but in a court of law, the excuse, “She said no, but I know she wanted it,” just isn’t going to go over very well with the jury. Aside from the degrading lyrics, the music video also features naked women prancing around the three men, Thicke, T.I. and Williams, who are of course, completely clothed.

The music video portrays the women as sexual objects that belong to the men, and their only purpose is to please them. Portraying women as sexual objects suggests to women that their voices don’t matter and their only worth in society is in their attractiveness and sex appeal. It also teaches men that they can treat women however they want, thus promoting and condoning rape and sexual violence against women. Robin Thicke even admits in a GQ interview they are degrading the women in the music video, but that it’s okay because he really does respect women. “People say, ‘Hey, do you think this is degrading to women?’ I’m like, ‘Of course it is. What a pleasure it is to degrade a woman. I’ve never gotten to do that before. I’ve always respected women,”Thicke said. Thicke also said in the interview that because the three of them (him, T.I. and Williams) are married with children, the song’s message is not misogynistic at all, and they are “the perfect guys to make fun of this.” So apparently disrespecting women is totally justified if you’re married with children. Degrading women through music and media outlets, even if it is “just for fun,” is extremely dangerous. The population gets used to the idea that women are worthless and their voices don’t count, and rape is no longer taken seriously. Suddenly there are “blurred lines” in rape, and it is a woman’s fault if she is raped. It is because she dressed a certain way or seduced the guy or acted like she wanted it. In reality though, none of these excuses for rape are ever valid. Rape is something that needs to be taken seriously, because it is a serious problem, and “making fun” of it is something that will never be OK. Rape is one of those lines you don’t cross or even make blurry. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

could lose big on this vote. There is no doubt this was a bold move. When Secretary of State Kerry let the world know at a news conference in London that Syria could avoid strikes should they turn their chemical weapons over to international inspectors, it seemed a little too convenient. Both Russia and Syria jumped on the proposal. Even more, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem, stated that in addition to turning over the weapons, Syria would also be willing to sign onto the Chemical Weapons Convention, which outlaws the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons. President Obama has gone from a precarious situation, in which he

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faced an uphill battle with Congress to a potentially better situation that would require no violence, a winwin. The Obama administration has had a reputation for being cautious, but on Syria they have clearly not used plays from the same book. This new playbook appears to have pushed Russia and Syria into cooperating with the west. Now this is not to say the deal outline will work. As Senator John McCain remarked we must be ‘very skeptical.’ The world should let the Russians bring their proposal to the table; however, the world should not allow Syria or Russia to stall a potential attack and ensure the agreement contains ample opportunities to verify that Syria is com-

plying with what al-Moualem has promised to do. Additionally, a multitude of logistics will need to be worked out. In addition to the Russian plan, a group of influential senators led by democrats Chuck Schumer and Bob Casey and republicans John McCain and Lindsey Graham is working toward another potential solution, which would ultimately take Syria’s chemical weapons away from them. Should an agreement emerge, which ensures Syrian compliance and works logistically so that the chemical weapons can be disposed of safely, it would be a great victory for the world. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

Letter to the Editor

Moped crashes could be avoided with safety precautions By David Pabst Department of Transportation

our newspaper recently published information about a University of Wisconsin-Madison student who was injured after his moped was struck by a car on campus. The driver of the car said he did not see the moped as he was attempting to turn at an intersection. The moped rider was not wearing a helmet and suffered significant injuries. Reports of automobile vs. moped crashes are becoming all too common especially on college campuses. In most cases, these crashes and injuries could have been prevented by some

simple common sense measures. Motorists need to be aware of mopeds and be ready to share the road with them. Because mopeds are often hard to see, motorists should look at least twice before making turns or lane changes especially in areas where moped traffic is likely. For their part, moped riders must obey all laws including traffic signs and signals. They also should protect themselves by wearing a helmet, eyewear, shoes and clothing that is both conspicuous and fully covers their arms and legs. Headlights should be on at all times to make the moped more visible to other motorists. To promote moped safety, our agency’s Transportable High-

End Rider Education Facility visited the UW-Madison campus on Sept. 2. Our trained staff talked to students about the rules of the road and how to protect themselves as well as to motorists about sharing the road. Mopeds are involved in 30 to 40 injury-producing crashes annually in the UW-Madison campus area, according to UW Risk Management. With simple common sense measures by motorists and moped riders, that number on the UW-Madison campus and other areas could be zero in Wisconsin. David Pabst works for the Division of State Patrol within the Wisconsin Deptartment of Transportation.

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The Wisconsin offensive line made a large contribution to the Badgers’ explosive performance last Saturday, which included 387 yards on the ground and 219 through the air.

Offense looks to stay hot at Arizona State By Rushad Machhi The Daily Cardinal

Racking up 45 and 48 points in consecutive weeks usually indicates a strong offense. Saturday night the No. 20 Wisconsin offense will have to be in full motion when it travels down to Phoenix, Ariz. to take on Arizona State. After facing Massachusetts and FCS opponent Tennessee Tech to open up the season, the Sun Devils, who bullied an Football Championship Subdivision opponent of their own in Sacramento State, present the Badgers with their first real test. ASU is an experience-laden team, especially on the defensive side of the ball where they start eight seniors. Its defense looks to present a few problems for the Badgers, especially their front seven. Coach Andersen is all too aware of the talent and experience of the Sun Devil front. “They’re a very solid, salty defense,” Andersen said in a Monday press conference. “The front seven has some players who will make a whole bunch of money playing this game throughout their careers.” One such player who will likely be seen on NFL Sundays next year is senior defensive tackle Will Sutton, who opted to stay in school rather than enter into a draft where he would have been a high pick. Last season Sutton racked up 23.5 tackles for loss, tying South Carolina’s Jadeveon Clowney for second most in the nation. Sutton already has a tackle for a loss and a forced fumble this season. Offensive line coach T.J. Woods went so far as to name Sutton as the biggest matchup

for his unit. “It’s all of us against No. 90 [Sutton] and No. 52 [junior linebacker Carl Bradford],” Woods said. Bradford compiled 11.5 sacks as a sophomore last season, and looks to match that performance this year. The matchup between the Badgers’ behemoth offensive line and the Sun Devils’ stout front seven will be a huge factor in deciding the outcome of this game, and Woods thinks his group is ready, noting that his guys has kept to their normal practice routine even with a solid step up in competition. While ASU’s front seven have received a lot of praise, the Badgers continue to tout one of the best running games in the country under Andersen, averaging 390 rushing yards per game so far. Senior running back James White and sophomore running back Melvin Gordon have asserted their dominance in their first two games, rushing for a combined 536 yards and four touchdowns. However, one surprise has been the emergence of true freshman running back Corey Clement. Against Tennessee Tech last week, the true freshman led the team in rushing with 149 yards on 13 carries, while also adding two touchdowns in the game. Clement has eclipsed the 100 yard barrier in his first two college games for a total of 250 yards. He also has three touchdowns while averaging 8.6 yards per carry. It was only three years ago that the three-headed monster of John Clay, Montee Ball, and a then-freshman White terrorized opposing defenses. This year’s group has the same feel, with White providing

the experience, Gordon acting as the emerging star and Clement dazzling as a freshman. If this group wants to be mentioned in the same sentence as that group, they will Projected first have to temperature assert their Saturday in Arizona will against Arizona State and show Total yards of that their hot offense the starts were Badgers no flukes. accrued last The battle Saturday in the trenches will be a huge part of the game, but the main focus lies on sophomore quarterback Joel Stave’s performance. Stave had solid performances in the first two contests, completing 71.7 percent of his passes for 416 yards with five touchdowns and two interceptions. The Wisconsin offense has a lot to prove this weekend, and it wants to make sure the rest of the country knows that they are for real. Travelling into Pac-12 country for an early nonconference game is nothing new for most of the Badgers after playing Oregon State last season. However, that game exposed a lot of Wisconsin’s weaknesses when Oregon St. held on for a 10-7 victory that jumpstarted their own respective season. The Badgers look to reverse their fortunes this time and earn a strong victory outside of the Big Ten. One big factor could be the Arizona heat, which is projected to be over 100 degrees Saturday night. The Badgers’ offense hopes that it too will continue to heat up come Saturday night.

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n the most recent cover story of Time Magazine, Sean Gregory lays out the case for colleges paying their athletes, particularly football players, salaries in a way that would finally give the foundation of the NCAA what it deserves. This is a noble intention and yes, in a perfect world, someone would pay every player in the NCAA what he or she is worth. But here’s the thing about a perfect world: it just doesn’t exist. Subjectively determined salaries for athletes would be an absolute mess. It all starts with the first question about salaries: “How do we decide how much each player should make?” It’s ultimately a decision between colleges deciding players’ salaries or a more market-based solution, such as allowing players to profit from name rights.

Imagine recruiting against a university that can pay a backup linebacker more than you pay your entire offensive line. Gregory proposes a privatized system with a max salary of $30,000. What does this solve? Players already receive more than that in the form of a scholarship and under this system, the superstars of college football would still be getting screwed. Johnny Manziel is definitely worth a heck of a lot more than $30,000 a year to Texas A&M. And how would we decide salaries? One solution gives coaches or athletic directors the ability to divvy up a payroll each year and give money to the players they believe deserve it. This could be disastrous. People don’t like being told they’re worth a fraction of their workout buddy. Would colleges make a salary offer during recruiting? Under that system some of college’s best stories, like JJ Watt who came out of nowhere, would never get their financial due. Also, do we keep salaries specific to each university, or do we institute an even salary cap across the entire FBS? Just a hunch, Alabama players may be deserving of a bit more money than Bowling Green players. And if we allow Alabama to dip into its unfathomable coffers and allow it to pay its players more? Imagine the idea of recruiting against a university that can pay a backup linebacker more than you pay your entire offensive line. That’s not to mention that some athletic departments are barely paying the bills at

it is. The primary reason that Maryland is joining the Big Ten is that its athletics department is totally bankrupt and needs some Big Ten moolah. Adding hundreds of thousands of dollars from the football payroll to the bills could cripple some teams, which in turn would weaken the conferences that were supporting them. The questions don’t stop there. How do we pay basketball players? Some programs

Salaried football players are a pipe dream, not a realistic proposal. make money, others are less than financially viable. Men’s sports bring in the majority of most school’s athletic revenue, but many wouldn’t agree with only compensating male athletes. Does this violate Title IX? Do we only give a few of those players salaries, in lieu of the rest of their team? What’s stopping players from unionizing now they are salaried employees of the university? What’s to stop a 5-star quarterback recruit from saying, “Give my two buddies a 30 grand max salary and I’ll play for you?” Would anyone really expect the NCAA to come up with a payroll system that would answer all of the above questions? This is the same entity that couldn’t come up with a better name for its college football playoff than College Football Playoff and recently botched its investigation of Miami due to nothing short of a total procedural meltdown. They can barely do their actual jobs and now we’re going to put them in charge of creating a shadow economy? Salaried football players are a pipe dream, not a realistic proposal. In the end, the answer is simple: let players make money off of their name, but don’t pay them to play. Let football players receive money for their name rights in NCAA Football ‘14. Let them appear in commercials. Put their names on jerseys sold by the boxload and give them the royalties they deserve. This would be easy for the NCAA to police and it would implicitly give each player what he’s worth. This is a marketbased solution, and markets are a lot better at determining someone’s worth than football coaches or NCAA administrators. Allowing players to receive money for their name rights will stop the antiquated idiocy that the NCAA keeps tying its financial reins to and will give a player the market-decided income that he deserves. And I can finally buy a Badger jersey that actually has, say, Montee Ball’s name on it and not one that just happens to share his jersey number.