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Organizers reveal lineup for Freakfest By Andrew Bahl THE DAILY CARDINAL

Hip-hop group Atmosphere and indie rock band American Authors will headline the city’s eighth incarnation of Freakfest, organizers of the event announced Monday. The Nov. 1 festival will feature 16 total bands over three stages in the State Street area. Minneapolis based Atmosphere’s strong local following made them an attractive option to headline the festival, according to Tag Evers of Frank Productions, the group which organizes Freakfest. “Atmosphere is a legend around here and Madison is one of their strongest markets,” Evers said. “There are also a lot of students from the Twin Cities and that is another rea-

son why we booked them.” The selection of American Authors, on the other hand, underscored a desire to reach out to different types of concert-goers. “American Authors has one of the top songs of the summer in “Best Day of My Life” and seem like a good fit,” Evers said. “We want to appeal to all different types of music fans, so we came up with two different artists who appeal to two different audiences.” While national bands will serve as the headliners, regional and local bands will remain a part of the festival. Madisonbased Catch Kid, Sky Urchin, Dense City and Midas Bison will all appear on the WSUM stage. Thirty-five thousand people

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The eighth annual Freakfest Halloween celebration is expected to attract many attendees with a diverse set of musicians ranging from hip-hop artists to local folk bands.

Chris Taylor discusses engagement at Legislative Affairs By Dana Kampa THE DAILY CARDINAL

State Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison, spoke of student debt, voter ID and student engagement in politics at an Associated Students of Madison Legislative Affairs meeting Monday.

“The student body needs to continue to focus on the crisis that student debt is creating ... and how it limits their opportunities.” Chris Taylor state Representative D-Madison

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State Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison, described her civil rights work and encouraged students to get involved.

“I think that it is so important for young people to be engaged,” Taylor said. “You determine who gets elected.” Taylor spoke of student loan debt

and the increasing difficulty students encounter affording education. She said the state has failed to fulfill its obligation to the University of Wisconsin-Madison financially, which she claims has been fundlocked for the last decade. “The student body needs to continue to focus on the crisis that student debt is creating for students post-graduation and how it limits their opportunities,” she said. She said she thinks one of the best investments of taxpayer money is in public education and that the state Legislature is not fulfilling its obligations to university systems. “Students are amazing in how much they do and how engaged they are in topics,” Taylor said. “I really want students to continue to feel empowered and engaged.” Taylor also described her engagement with civil rights as an adolescent and the gender stereotyping she encountered.

“I really kind of rebelled against [stereotyping],” Taylor said. From there, she said she became passionate about gender issues,

“I think that it is so important for young people to be engaged. You determine who gets elected.” Chris Taylor state Representative D-Madison

inequality and domestic violence, according to Taylor. She then described her steps toward a political career. “When you graduate … you want that dream job right away,” Taylor said. She became the director for Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin and said she gained work experi-

SSFC hears Rec Sports design update, approves F.H. King eligibility By Maija Inveiss THE DAILY CARDINAL

John Horn, Director of the Division of Recreational Sports, updated Student Services Finance Committee on the progression of the Rec Sports Master Plan at a meeting Monday. In the Associated Students

of Madison spring election, students voted to pass the Rec Sports Master Plan referendum, which included the construction of a new South East Recreational Facility, Natatorium, Near West and Near East Playfields. This referendum was based on how students wanted to spend

their money, according to Horn. The Board of Regents approved the budget for the Near West Playfield, where students can play flag football and intramural softball. Currently, the goal is to complete the playfield by Fall 2016. According to Horn, the selection of an engineer and

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architect should occur within the next month by the department of administration at the state Capitol. Horn said the organizers will start on the actual project as soon as the facility design begins. Since the referendum passed, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Athletic

Department requested a competition pool with a 10-meter diving platform with spectator seating in the SERF, which the athletic department plans to help fund. Rec Sports will present the SERF budget Dec. 14 to the Board of Regents. The Division of Rec Sports commits to their promise of

Mary Burke, +OPINION page 6 college education reform

“…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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Wake up sheeple, quit your nubile fancy football leagues ter, none of you pathetic excuses for informed voters would make the cut. Did you hear Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson—the beloved

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running backs who over the past several seasons have brought bounties of invisible, worthless points to millions of bros across this once great

’m sure many of you reading this are “owners” of fancy football clubs. Apparently this is the new Internet craze of millennials. Well I’m here to tell you that this fancy fantasy world you’re all caught up in needs to be brought back to utilitarian reality. Football (noun): A form of team game played in North America with an oval ball on a field marked out as a gridiron. A form of team game played in North America with an oval ball. A form of team game played in North America. A form of team game. Team game. Game. Game. Game. Game. Game. Game. Game. Game. Do you want to know something that isn’t a game? How about the seeming lack of civil disobedience in relation to the way citizens of this country have had their First Amendment rights practically obliterated. If I were drafting a fancy educated populace ros-

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nation—recently abused their loved ones? You have? And you’re still starting Peterson because he was your top overall draft pick? That’s considerate. You are all being traded as commodities by the NFL and advertisers. And you’re all OK with it as long as there’s an ample supply of delivery pizza and high fructose. You all make me sick. Get off the couch and go outside. Go outside and smell the roses that have wilted because you’ve been glued to your computer screen since the start of the preseason. You realize that there’s no reward for winning your Yahoo public league, right? I thought this generation was reward-obsessive. Stop idly going along with this scumbag league that cares more about making a quick buck than the fate of humanity. Stop buying into the most successful scheme of all time. If we all come together and realize that fancy football is not an innocuous pastime, but a degenerate activity set to destroy life as we know it, we might just save this country from impending destruction. Vote for Nader!

Ask the Deer Cardinal Answering all your important fancy football questions Deer Cardinal,

Deer Cardinal,

My team, let’s say, hasn’t gotten off to the best start this season. After two ugly blowouts, I have a big goose egg in the win column. Wasn’t the Giants’ defense supposed to be good this year? Maybe using my first pick on Montee Ball wasn’t the best call…

I recently watched all five seasons of “The League” in one sitting. Now I have physical need to play fancy football. It feels kind of like there are bugs hatching under my skin. I’ve never played before though and don’t know if joining a league now makes me a loser, or if it’s even possible. Help!

Sincerely, Goose on the loose OK, based on your choice to take Ball as your top draft pick and your choice to take the Giants D at all, you’re probably going to have to make some significant changes right now if you plan on winning a game this season. First, drop the New York and pick up Washington. They already have 10 sacks after only two games. Granted, it was against the Texans and Jaguars, but Washington overall has one of the weaker schedules. So other than a few outliers, they should be racking up some decent points (at least some points). You’re going to need another running back if Ball is your top talent (sorry Wisco fans). He’s a strong No. 2 running back. But he probably won’t break 1,000 yards or score more than seven touchdowns this season. And your best running back needs to for sure do both of those things. So you can try trading him, which probably won’t get you anyone better. Or, you can hit up free agency and hope for a miracle. I’m just going to assume you drafted Robert Griffin III. Drop him and pick up Kirk Cousins you dufus. The rest of your team is probably full of fancy garbage, so the playoffs likely won’t happen. However, if you follow my advice, I can almost guarantee you’ll win at least one game this season. Best luck, The Deer Cardinal

Best wishes, Better late than never It’s technically never too late to join a fancy league. But if you start after the beginning of the season, you’re a noob—plain and simple. Yep, if you want to be the laughing stock of the fancy football community, just go ahead and start playing almost three weeks into the season. Do you think fancy football is a joke? This country was founded on two things: freedom and fancy football. Are you prepared to tread on all of the sanctity of the most important part of this great nation? I thought not. Maybe next August, when the rest of the world is doing mock drafts and watching film, you’ll remember how you feel right now. You see, some of us take fancy very seriously. This isn’t merely an excuse to be brainwashed by hours of advertisements every Sunday. This is more than a socially accepted outlet for binge drinking and overeating. It’s a lifestyle, OK? So, “better late than never,” next time you think it’s cute or cool to make light of the commitment some of us put toward fancy football, think again. Go to hell, The Deer Cardinal

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UW-Madison opens French certificate to all majors For the first time in the school’s history, University of WisconsinMadison undergraduate students will be able to register for a certificate in French. The certificate will consist of 15 credits and five courses, two of which will be required core classes. Students will also be required to take one advanced level course and two electives. French Department Adviser Andrew Irving said the UW-Madison French Department had many goals when creating the certificate, the most prominent being giving students formal credentials for their work in the field.

The certificate can stand on its own, but is also a natural segue into the French major for students who decide they want to continue studying the language, which can have many applications in future careers, Irving said. “I could tell you countless stories of students that I know that have studied whatever discipline they wanted and French and actually got great jobs because of it,” Irving said. “[French] becomes just one way through which they have filtered information and developed a lot of different skills that make them very successful in the long run.”

UW-Madison senior Alexis Clausen, who recently enrolled in the certificate, echoed Irving’s sentiments. “I think it’s important for people with majors like mine, International Studies, to have a language added on top of what they’re already studying,” Clausen said. A similar certificate program was previously available only to UW-Madison business students. This program has now been retired and students previously registered can transition into the new, all-encompassing certificate, according to the program website. —Adelina Yankova

Copyright infringement charges dropped against Sconnie Nation for Paul Soglin party T-shirt By Patricia Johnson THE DAILY CARDINAL LINDA SLOTTEN/CARDINAL FILE PHOTO

Ron Dayne spoke about his new ‘Community Champions’ program during a visit to UW-Madison Monday.

Ron Dayne launches ‘Community Champions’ program at UW-Madison Former University of Wisconsin-Madison football player and 1999 Heisman winner Ron Dayne announced Monday the launch of his new Community Champions program, which aims to collect nominations for and acknowledge volunteers who have made a positive community impact. UW Athletics Community Relations Coordinator Kayla Gross said in a Monday press conference the program is organized around four key initiatives impacted by the nominees: education, mentorship, providing assistance in a time of crisis or illness and health and wellness. Community Champions is a new initiative affiliated with Badgers Give Back, UW Athletics’ service-based program targeted at connecting UW-Madison student athletes to the community. Dayne, the founder of the program, was an all-time leading rusher during his time at UW-Madison and was drafted by the New York Giants in 2000, according to the UW Athletics website. He was inducted as a member of the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame in 2011 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2013. According to the website,

Dayne has always put an emphasis on mentoring children and is enthusiastic to recognize people who do the same through Community Champions. “This is a great opportunity for me to give back to the community,” Dayne said in the press conference. “I just think that it’s something I had to do.”

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so long. I didn’t think we were going to be dealing with voter ID.” She said the new law is “one of the most restrictive in the country,” identifying her biggest concerns with voter ID law as the “gutting of absentee voting and limited clerk hours. “Voting is a fundamental right,” she said. “It is the bedrock of our system. Those kinds of laws are going to prevent people from voting.” Taylor said students across the state should know their voices matter.

ence. She then spoke of Gov. Scott Walker’s election, recall election and protests. Taylor then ran for government, saying she was frustrated with the political climate. Since then, she focused her efforts on workers’ and women’s rights, independent investigation of officer-involved deaths and voter identification. “I think there’s a lot of critical issues for you right now,” Taylor said. “I hadn’t looked at [voter ID] in

“This is a great opportunity for me to give back to the community. I just think that it’s something I had to do.”

Ron Dayne founder Community Champions

The program asks community members and fans to nominate local volunteers who they believe have made a positive difference. Nomination forms can be submitted through the Badgers Give Back page at uwbadgers. com. Selected winners will be recognized at an athletics event, on the field or court depending on the month, Gross said in the press conference. —Laura Grulke

Sconnie Nation comes out on top at the end of the ongoing Michael Kienitz v. Sconnie Nation, LLC, case with copyright infringements ruled out Monday regarding the infamous Mayor Paul Soglin T-shirt. The case began two years ago when Kienitz argued that Sconnie Nation illegally printed a T-shirt featuring an altered photograph that Kienitz took at Soglin’s 2011 inauguration. The original photo was posted on the mayor’s public website, according to the 7th Circuit opinion. The T-shirt features a silk screening of Soglin’s face from the

photograph with a green tint and colorful wording reading, “Sorry for Partying.” The shirt was made to criticize the mayor’s decision to shut down the Mifflin Street Block Party, according to Sconnie Nation founder Troy Vosseller. “It was just a timely shirt relevant to the 2012 Mifflin Street Block Party,” Vosseller said in an email. Vosseller said Sconnie Nation sold 54 shirts with the image printed on them which led to Kienitz’s first accusation of copyright infringement. Kienitz lost the original case that he appealed in January, according to the 7th Circuit opinion. The appeal was struck down because the photo was posted on

the mayor’s public website where it can be viewed and downloaded for free after Kienitz licensed the photo to Soglin without compensation, according to the 7th Circuit opinion. Magistrate Judge Stephen Crocker also ruled the shirt was not an infringement because of the “transformative nature” of the work, according to Vosseller. Vosseller said in an email he was “happy to be exonerated.” The lawsuit should not have any impact on the store, according to Vosseller. “We look forward to continue making shirts that comment on aspects of popular culture and that celebrate the Wisconsin lifestyle,” Vosseller said in an email.

ssfc from page 1 high-quality programs and student engagement. “We want to make sure that across the entire campus, we get students involved in this entire plan getting their feedback,” Horn said. “We have started the process to form our own student committees within Rec Sports.” Also in the meeting, SSFC granted F.H. King eligibility as a General Student Services Fund group. F.H. King is an organization that establishes a relationship between land, food and community, according to its website. Some SSFC representatives were concerned with the organization’s core program, Harvest Handouts, and the interns’ role in the organization. SSFC approved the group’s eligibility with one opposing vote. SSFC also heard the Campus Women’s Center’s eligibility presentation. The CWC provides workshops, experiential learning opportunities for students as well as events and services for student parents. SSFC will decide on their eligibility Thursday.

freakfest from page 1 packed State Street last year to watch groups such as Matt and Kim and Chiddy Bang. Evers expects this year’s attendance to rival those numbers.

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John Horn, Director of the Division of Recreational Sports, updated SSFC on the Rec Sports Master Plan.

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SSFC also heard the Campus Women’s Center’s eligibility presentation and will decide the group’s status Thursday. “Freakfest is one of the largest public events held in Madison each year and the town always looks forward to and supports the festival,” Evers said. “We’re happy and pleased with the lineup and the response so far has been

very positive.” Tickets to Freakfest are $8 in advance, $12 at the door and will be available at numerous shops on State Street. More information about the festival can be found on the Freakfest website.

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Last weekend, Nashville electropop duo CHERUB graced the Majestic Theatre with two back-toback, sold-out shows. I was fortunate enough to be in attendance for both of these legendary nights. On Friday, Sept. 12th, an eclectic crowd packed the Majestic early, eagerly anticipating a night of electrified bliss. The crowd was composed of mainly students willing to replace a typical Friday night of partying with the show, as well as some “serious” electronic music fans who were definitely not strangers to CHERUB’s live show. The doors opened at 9 p.m., so when singer/songwriter/producer GiBBZ took the stage at 10, the standing room was on its way to filling up, and the crowd was already pretty wired. GiBBZ’s set was a delightful medley of soulful singing, live guitar and electronic music. The fedora that adorned his head when he took the stage didn’t stay on longer than the first song, presumably because that sort of headwear would have hindered GiBBZ’ ability to run around the stage as ecstatically, swinging his head back and forth and interacting with everybody in the front row. The mixture of live guitar and electronic music reminded me a lot of CHERUB stylistically, making GiBBZ a perfect opener for the show. Ultimately, GiBBZ delivered a successful opening set because he followed through on the most important duty of a supporting act: to get everyone in the audience dancing and energized in anticipation of the rest of the show. GiBBZ was followed by Ghost Beach, a synth-pop group whose sound also reminded me a lot of CHERUB’s, again with their own energized flavor. They were the only act on the bill with a live drummer, allowing them to put out some

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Jordan Kelley was liberal with the good vibes and champagne throughout CHERUB’s two-night residency at the Majestic Theatre. seriously funky “rock ‘n’ roll” vibes that took the energy Gibbz had lent to the crowd and amplified it. As far as I knew, not many people in the crowd were familiar with their music, as I didn’t really see anybody singing along. Regardless, a combination of CHERUB’s soonapproaching set and Ghost Beach’s powerful “wall of sound” had everybody amped. I was enjoying the set immensely. However, a lot of people in the front of the room, most of whom had probably had a bit too much to drink, were not. Elbows started flying as people tried to wedge themselves closer to the stage for CHERUB’s set. A couple of fights started to break out in the crowd.

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Guitarist Jason Huber didn’t let technical difficulties stop CHERUB from rocking the Majestic Friday and Saturday night.

Luckily, the majority of the crowd was respectful to each other. These altercations, which could have easily ended with bloody knuckles and broken noses, ended with other concert-goers placing themselves in the middle to calm everybody down. It was fortunate that the crowd was ready and eager for a late night out, because it was past midnight before CHERUB graced the stage Friday. Interestingly, CHERUB opened their first show with “<3,” one of the slower songs from their most recent album Year of the Caprese. Although I am a fan of the song, I had expected a much more energized and rowdy start to the show, especially when it was followed by “Work the Middle,” which brought out their inner funk but was still pretty mellow. Perhaps CHERUB just wanted to give the crowd a chance to warm up. If that’s the case, it worked, because the third song of their set, “Disco Shit,” really showed me what CHERUB was capable of. Starting with a driving club beat before the falsetto vocals kicked in, he Majestic was soon on another level. The song featured a much heavier bass track than on the album, as well as a very impressive funk-influenced guitar solo. Tragically, the performance was plagued with technological difficulties, as the vocals were virtually inaudible. Jason Huber stopped the song, apologized to the crowd and resolved the situation. While it is unfortunate that the groovy vibes had to be interrupted, live shows are entirely contingent upon working equipment, these things happen, and the crowd was very understanding. CHERUB’s set progressed with a steady variety of energetic and slow songs, including “Disco Inferno,” “Monogamy” and “Strip to This.” Their performance of “Do I” included an extremely impressive bass solo, accompanied by a high-pitched proclamation that “the times are a-changin,” which is either a coincidence or an effective shout-out to legendary songwriter Bob Dylan.

As we entered the wee hours of the morning and CHERUB’s set began to work towards its closing, CHERUB showed no signs of slowing down. After giving the crowd a chance to catch their breath during sexy slow-jam “Chocolate Strawberries,” CHERUB worked their way into “XOXO” with a dynamic call-and-response a cappella rendition of the song’s chorus. What came next was the moment everyone had been waiting for. CHERUB closed their set with their monumental hit “Doses & Mimosas,” and the crowd’s energy hit an all-time high. Jordan Kelley ran around the stage, repeatedly popping bottles of champagne and showering the audience with sparkling alcoholic bliss. An encore was inevitable, and the band returned to the stage to finish the night off with another crowd favorite, “Obviously.” This song was originally a collaboration between CHERUB and EDM producer Gramatik, and its high energy and cutting synth melodies gave the Majestic crowd one last chance to dance like madmen before departing on a chilly 40 degree walk home. Coming back to the Majestic the next night to do it all over again was surreal, and at times it felt like a different show entirely. I recognized a ton of familiar faces from the first show who had come back for more. Overall, the audience on Saturday night seemed to have a higher concentration of serious electronic music enthusiasts, many of whom I recognized solely from seeing them at practically every EDM show I have attended in Madison. The excessively drunk guys in Hawaiian shirts and bucket hats from Friday night’s show stayed home on Saturday, making life a little bit easier for the rest of the crowd. Once again, GiBBZ and Ghost Beach put on an incredible show. Although the tension among Friday’s audience was due to a select few jerks, and was otherwise a peaceful experience, Saturday’s audience was generally much more respectful and friendly to each other. This set the stage for a night

of positive energy. No elbows, no fights, and no uncomfortable surges of people attempting to wedge themselves up to the front. This crowd showed up to dance and sing their hearts out, plain and simple. CHERUB must have known this, because when they opened their set, they wasted no time with slow songs. They opened with “Disco Shit,” walking onto the stage to the soundtrack of a bumping bass track to greet their already-dancing audience. This was followed by a few equally energetic songs that CHERUB had played the night before, including “Disco Inferno” and “Tonight.” Additionally, they played a few new songs that I didn’t recognize, and that I had not heard the night before. Overall, while I had no qualms with the energy level of Friday’s crowd, the bar was raised on Saturday. Everybody in the venue seemed to be more familiar with CHERUB’s music, and there were far more people throughout the crowd who sang along to nearly every word. CHERUB didn’t play as many slow songs as they had the previous night. This was probably for the better, because the crowd was not looking to slow down. The energy remained through the roof until the end of the show, when Cherub closed with the same duo of “XOXO” and “Doses & Mimosas” as the night before. Once again, soaked in champagne and nearing 2 a.m., we knew that an encore was inevitable. CHERUB returned to the stage to play “<3,” the mellow tune that had opened Friday night’s show. While everyone in the crowd was happy to end their night with this song, many fans were disappointed that the band had omitted “Obviously” from their setlist, as it had served as a perfectly rowdy encore to end Friday night’s show. Both nights, CHERUB announced their monumental love and appreciation for their fans in Madison. They proclaimed that Madison is indeed their favorite place to play, and after seeing the love that Madison showed them in return, I don’t have a hard time believing them.

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Alec Soth brings his America to Madison this fall By Paul Blazevich The Daily Cardinal

I walked into a world of black and white upon entering “From Here to There: Alec Soth’s America.” The monochrome photographs that graced the first few walls of the gallery in the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, or MMoCA, were taken in the mid-1990s—the beginning of this exhibit spanning fifteen years. I then traveled chronologically through time, and artistic style, as Soth showed me his version of Middle America: an America that is not usually seen; an America with which I am not familiar. Soth is a prominent American photographer, born and raised in Minnesota. Throughout his career, most of Soth’s subjects have been the homegrown, modest inhabitants of the Midwest, photographed by Soth soon after meeting spontaneously in public.

Those who cognitively dismantle each piece will be viewing the deeper meaning of the exhibition.

This results in a compelling dynamic between photographer and subject, producing images that would otherwise be impossible to create. Whether it is the defensive nature of “Mother and Daughter, Davenport, Iowa,” the sheer apathy of “Charles, Vasa, Minnesota” or the expansive beauty of “Falls #26,” Soth shows his uncanny ability to capture his subjects in their vast array of natural emotive landscapes. In “From Here to There: Alec Soth’s America,” the photographer has compiled seven

separate projects completed from 1995 to 2010, beginning with Soth’s early black and white photographs, moving through his famed “Sleeping by the Mississippi” and “Niagara” series, his “Lothlorien” contribution to the MMoCAcommissioned “Between the Lakes” photography series from 2006, two smaller series highlighting old Texas theaters and gothic women living in Louisiana and finally his “Broken Manual” series. “Sleeping by the Mississippi” has been the most publicized portion of this exhibition. Featuring the heavily printed “Charles, Vasa, Minnesota” and my personal favorite from the body of work, “Peter’s Houseboat, Winona, Minnesota,” this series chronicles Soth’s lens-led journey down the Mississippi riverbed. Soth is not driven south by a want to show his audience how different his subjects are, he is merely attempting to spotlight part of the United States that many do not often get to observe. The subjects are not treated like animals in a zoo, rather we are graciously invited into their world and allowed to spend a few moments experiencing their lifestyle. For a young adult having grown up in an urban landscape, this insight is eye-opening and enlightening. A locally intriguing section of the exhibition is Soth’s “Lothlorien Series.” In 2006, the MMoCA commissioned artists to contribute to the “Between the Lakes: Artists Respond to Madison” series, in which each artist chose a particular area or organization in Madison to highlight. Soth, having a fascination with the liberal culture of Madison, chose to photograph the progressively thinking and acting Lothlorien cooperative, which was, until a massive fire in 2013, located on Lake Mendota.

Courtesy of Erika Monroe-Kane, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art

“Peter’s Houseboat, Winona, Minnesota” is a signature example of Soth’s oeuvre in “From Here To There”—pristinely shot and precisely framed, yet moving beyond the merely representational. Soth’s photographs capture the unique style of many inhabitants of the Lothlorien co-op, expressing the alternative nature in which these Madisonians live and operate. While also capturing the picturesque pier jutting out into Lake Mendota behind the co-op, this series epitomizes what makes Madison so provocative: our oneof-a-kind natural landscape and heated political atmosphere. The most captivating series featured in “From Here to There” was the final one, “Broken Manual.” Focusing on those who have been ostracized from modern American society, “Broken Manual” unveils

the lifestyle of self-proclaimed monks, hermits and others living off the grid. From living spaces built into the side of mountains to old cargo bins being used as shelter in the middle of vast, Western American forests, Soth’s subjects deconstruct our preconceptions of a normal American life. Approaching this exhibition with a sociological perspective, you can see that Soth’s subjects are shown not simply as lowerclass citizens. They are shown naturally, in a content mood and in an environment in which they are comfortable. Those who spend only seconds viewing each

photograph will see an exhibition-wide portrait of lower class America; a forgotten America, full of cast-outs and unconventional lifestyles. Those who cognitively dismantle each piece will be viewing the deeper meaning of the exhibition: people who are, in themselves, pieces of art. This is an America that deserves to be shown in an art museum. An unfamiliar America. Alec Soth’s America. “From Here to There: Alec Soth’s America” will be on view in the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art in the second floor gallery from Sept. 14, 2014 through Jan. 4, 2015.

Rest in peace iPod classic: Oct. 23, 2001—Sept. 9, 2014 Brian WEidy weidying out the noise When I was in fifth grade, for my birthday, my parents got me a 20 GB iPod. Amid all of the gifts I have ever received, this stands as arguably the greatest and most influential gift. I wasted no time filling it up. I managed to fit more than 4,500 songs on the pocket sized device that never skipped, something I could not say about my trusty CD player, which got me through many a sleepless night during my first year at sleep-away camp. Though it held “only” 4,500 songs, my musical horizons expanded immensely. Shortly after realizing the immense potential of this device, I dug through my parents extensive CD collection, putting everything from Fleetwood Mac to the exhaustive collection of the Beatles albums my parents had onto my iPod. Soon, I found that for every time I listened to 50 Cent’s Get Rich or Die Tryin’, I would lis-

ten to Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours. While this is not an indictment of 50 Cent or any of his contemporaries, by digging through my parents’ collection, I was able to listen to beyond what was on Z100, the local Top-40 station, and go my own way.

To quote George Harrison’s iconic song, “all things must pass.”

Eventually, I moved up to the 120 GB model, where I found my love of jam bands. Suddenly, all of the Grateful Dead’s May ‘77 tour was at my fingertips at any time. I stretched the capacity of that iPod to hold more than 15,000 songs, including a bevy of 20-minute versions of “Morning Dew” or “You Enjoy Myself.” The purpose of this long and rambling preamble is that last week, Sept. 9, Apple discontinued the iPod classic, as it’s now known. Not to sound old, which at my age, is a virtual impossibil-

ity, but the version of the iPod I owned was simply called an “iPod.” However, I digress. No longer can you get an iPod that just plays music. No, your iPod needs to be able to play movies, games that aren’t just Brick or that weird trivia game that features three dozen questions and little else. While nearly everyone these days has an iPhone or some other smartphone that has the capability to play music, the fact that you can no longer buy an iPod larger than 64 GB—still a large size no doubt—is astounding. How else is one supposed to carry around all of Phish’s fall tour in 1997 while also toting around Bob Dylan’s discography and all of Gilbert and Sullivan’s musical soundtracks. For few of you, this is an issue. You would probably rather play “Candy Crush” or “2048” than walk to class listening to The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait (1969-1971), while having the ability to listen to every other volume another time at the press of a button. Many of you probably use Spotify, a service that has helped expand the musical horizons of

so many people I know the same way digging through my parents’ CD collection did for me; but collecting music, even MP3s that take up infinitely small amounts of room on your hard drive, gives each one meaning. While for many of you, a combination of Spotify, YouTube and Soundcloud gives you a multitude of musical options—beyond anything that you could possibly compile—to create a regenerating, inexhaustible library of music. What do you do when, God forbid, you are in an area without the Internet?

Though it held “only” 4,500 songs, my musical horizons expanded immensely.

For those of us music junkies out there, this is like a trip to the library without headphones, a topic that will see its own column as we near finals; I’m looking at you, “Guy who has his headphones turned up

to 11 with ‘Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites’ blaring through his Beats headphones.” To me, the iPod classic represents something so much more than “1,000 songs in your pocket,” as the original iPod slogan promised. The iPod classic is the reason why I have written this column for so long. The iPod classic is the reason I picked up a guitar, why I listen to the music I do, and why I am the person I am today. To conclude, as streaming services take over the music industry and buying an album isn’t you purchasing it on iTunes or a CD at Sam Goody—do they even still exist?—but a vinyl record, it makes some sense that Apple would stop producing the iPod classic. To quote George Harrison’s iconic song, “all things must pass.” And in this scenario, the iPod classic is just one more piece of technology made obsolete by the rapid rate of innovation. But to those of us who stuffed tens of thousands of songs onto our iPods, that doesn’t make this any less momentous or sad. Do you mourn the death of the iPod classic? Email Brian your condolences at weidy@wisc.edu.

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Burke believes in Wisconsin student loan reform MILLER JOZWIAK Opinion Columnist

ary Burke, democratic candidate for Governor’s 35 page platform “Invest for Success” is full of bold ideas to reform college education. These ideas are audacious. As a UW Student, I wanted to know how these reforms would affect me and how likely they would be to pass, should she be elected. I found them to be positive reforms that will help the 181,000 UW system students and their families. This November, UW students, alumni and citizens of Wisconsin should support Mary Burke.

Her education tax credits and financial authority would impact far more students than the Walker tuition freezes, because they would save students money for than the next two years. Burke proposes creating an authority to refinance student loans, and wants to make student loan tax deductible. The new deduction could save the average student loan borrower

around $179 annually in taxes, in addition to the money saved by refinancing their student loans. The proposals are borrowed from a bill by state Sen. Dave Hansen, D-Green Bay and state Rep. Cory Mason, D-Racine called the “Higher Ed, Lower Debt Act.” The bill was voted down in the Assembly 60-38 in February, but Burke remains hopeful that she will be able to push through a newer version if elected.

Currently, the reality is each university sets its own testing and grading policies, which makes successfully transferring credits difficult for students. Wisconsin’s total number of 753,000 students with loan debt and their families should warmly welcome Burke and her reforms. On average, public university students’ tuition and fees rose 2.9 percent from 201314, nearly double the inflation rate. Wisconsin also ranks 39th in funding per public college student, according to a study by the College Board. Students should support Burke if they want a comprehensive solution

to massive loan debt. Burke supports raising the College Tuition Deduction from $6,943 to $10,424, and extending incomes that are eligible for the deduction from about $100,000 to $150,000. One 2003 tax sample suggested that the College Tuition Deduction only benefits 4.5 percent of the tax paying population, so raising it to $10,424 will affect few families. However, raising eligible income for the deduction to $150,000 will have far reaching effects. According to the Department of Revenue 231,220 citizens filed in tax brackets between $100,000 and $200,000 in 2010. Thousands of those filers will benefit if the College Tuition Deduction is raised to $150,000. Burke is aiming to help middle class families facing steep increases in tuition.

Burke is aiming to help middle class families facing steep increases in tuition.

Her education tax credits and financial authority would impact far more students than

the Walker tuition freezes, because they would save students money for more than the next two years.

This November, UW students, alumni and citizens of Wisconsin should support Mary Burke.

Perhaps her most feasible reform is to the UW System itself. Burke advocates for improving the transferability of credits within the UW System. After graduating high school, Wisconsin students have the option of going to one of UW’s 13 two year campuses to save money before transferring to one of UW’s 13 bigger and more expensive four year campuses. Currently, the reality is each university sets its own testing and grading policies, which makes successfully transferring credits difficult for students. Burke would like to see full transferability of credits in the UW system to save students time and money. Support for this idea should be nonpartisan. Easier transferability would cut red tape for students

and streamline Wisconsin education. This is her most realistic goal, and could save students thousands. The financial authority, tax deductions and transferability of credits are on only a few pages out of Mary Burke’s full 35 page “Invest for Success” platform. The entire booklet is full of other new ideas she believes will move Wisconsin forward. Students and their families who are facing seemingly insurmountable debt have reason to support Burke and her reforms. Mary Burke is fighting for long term answers to today’s problems. This is why I will, and Wisconsin students should, vote for Mary Burke on Nov. 4. Miller is a Freshman and new opinion columnist for the Daily Cardinal. Who will win this November’s election between Mary Burke and Scott Walker Does Mary Burke have enough momentum and support to defeat incumbent Governor Scott Walker? Is Wisconsin tired of the incredible amount of student loan debt burdening the state? Please tell us how you feel about the upcoming gubernatorial election in Wisconsin and send all of your feedback to opinion@ dailycardinal.com.

U.S. involvement in Middle East needs to create a peaceful narrative WINSLOW MEYERS Letter To The Editor

he way the United States has chosen to approach the chaos of the Middle East has far more frightening implications than we think, especially in terms of the world our children will inherit. If we are honest about how our adversaries perceive us, we will have to admit that there is a grand cycle of violence and insult operating, in which we ourselves are implicated up to our necks.

We have to start by admitting our own role in it— something extremely difficult for our culture, and therefore nearly impossible for our political leaders. If we are to have any chance of breaking this potentially endless cycle (our military bases in Saudi Arabia leading to 9/11; 9/11 leading to the second Gulf War, Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib; the second Gulf War helping to create ISIS; ISIS beheading our journalists; President Obama suck-

ered into reluctant bellicosity etc. etc. etc)... we have to start by admitting our own role in it—something extremely difficult for our culture, and therefore nearly impossible for our political leaders. Righteous wrath and the urge for revenge are terrible foundations for creative policy-making. They lead almost inevitably to doing stupid stuff. Fifty years beyond the Cuban Missile Crisis and 70 years into the nuclear age, the time for stupidity in international strategy is over. It is not merely possible, it is just about inevitable that the cycle of violence between the West and the Middle East will eventually go nuclear if we keep on as we are. Building these weapons is now an open secret. If we want our children to survive, the foundation for smart, realistic international relations in the nuclear world becomes the polar opposite of military force, whether bluntly or surgically applied: the emphasis must shift to encouraging the positive, the relational, the building of trust and friendship, mutual compassion, understanding and aid. Erik Erikson put it this way back in 1964, in an essay called

“The Golden Rule in the Light of New Insight.”

Today, the Golden Rule has been perverted into the Iron Rule of vengefulness.

“Nations today are by definition units of different stages of political, technological and economic transformation . . . insofar as a nation thinks of itself as a collective individual, then, it may well learn to visualize its task as that of maintaining mutuality in international relations. For the only alternative to armed competition seems to be the effort to activate in the historical partner what will strengthen him in his historical development even as it strengthens the actor in his own development—toward a common future identity.” This constitutes Erikson’s savvy modern restatement of the Golden Rule—a formulation that occurs, with some variation, in all the major religions, including Islam—where it goes: “No one of you is a believer

until he desires for his brother what he desires for himself.” Erikson’s theme was the active, creative potential of mutuality—between spouses, parents and children, doctors and patients, teachers and pupils, even between nations. Mutuality, Erikson asserted, is a relationship in which partners depend upon each other for the enhancement of their respective strengths. The curiosity of a student elicits from the teacher the skills for transmitting the excitement of learning in a way that benefits both teacher and student.

What is required for our survival is to use our immense resources to make things better where we can, giving extremists infintely less reason to attack. There is an urgent need to figure out how to apply this thinking to breaking the great cycle, to making it the foundation of foreign policy—not merely as “soft power,” which is simply the flexibility we think is open to us when we possess an overwhelming excess of hard

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power, which we do. We possess sufficient hard power to destroy the world many times over. What is required for our survival is to use our immense resources to make things better where we can, giving extremists infinitely less reason to attack. Our bombs only create more fanatics bent upon crucifixion and beheading—an old, old story. Only we can create a new story, and if we do, the world will respond gratefully. Today, the Golden Rule has been perverted into the Iron Rule of vengefulness. We hear this when our Vice President, a good man, asserts that we will follow terrorists to the gates of hell. If we do that, we can be sure that the gates will be wide enough to swallow us right along with the extremists. Winslow Meyers is the author of “Living Beyond War: A Citizen’s Guide”. Do you believe that the United States has the ability to change the narrative and help the Middle East establish and maintain peace? Do you believe that a diplomatic approach can be effective or will the American military be tasked with aggressively suppressing militant groups for years to come? Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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We’re all big fans here: John Darnielle, savant behind the long-running band The Mountain Goats, released his first novel today—”Wolf in White Van.”

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1 8 A wife of Henry VIII 2 2 Wilson of “The Grand Budapest Hotel” 24 Baldwin and Templeton 2 5 Art of writing verse 2 7 Guiding beliefs of a group 2 8 Racial equality org. 2 9 Found fault with 3 1 Enveloping qualities 3 2 Impolite glances 3 5 Emmy winner Lucci 3 9 Trouble spot for Indiana Jones 4 1 Prime minister’s assistant 4 2 Batting coach’s concerns 4 3 Weather map lines 4 6 Lasso wielders 4 8 Part of BBC (Abbr.) 5 1 Grand ___ home run 5 2 Shell food? 5 3 Heavy low cart 5 5 Shower gel ingredient, often 5 6 ___ record (make history) 5 7 Ivan the Terrible’s title (Var.) 6 0 Seek answers 6 1 Royal jelly producer

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Early successes face weekend tests By Bobby Ehrlich THE DAILY CARDINAL

Women’s Soccer

Wisconsin (7-1-0) returns home this week after a pair of Big Ten road games over the weekend. No. 9 Wisconsin defeated Michigan State (6-2-0) Friday in an overtime barnburner, where freshman midfielder Becca Harrison found the back of the net in the 91st minute, her second goal of the game. However, the Badgers dropped their first contest of the season Sunday in a last-second loss to Michigan (6-2-0). Michigan’s Ani Sarkisian scored the go-ahead goal with one second left on the game clock. Coach Paula Wilkins met with the media Monday to discuss the weekend and the Badgers’ upcoming games. “We were really excited on Friday to get the overtime win against Michigan State, who was undefeated, for our first Big Ten win,” Wilkins said. “Needless to say, I was pretty disappointed with our results on Sunday against Michigan where we lost in the last second of the game.” Coach Wilkins pointed to several reasons for their tough loss Sunday, including overall fatigue and Michigan’s difficult game plan. “Driving to Michigan, Michigan State was hard travel. Our legs were pretty tired on Sunday,” Wilkins said. “Michigan presented a really difficult challenge. They played five in the back, which we had not seen and we could not really break it down.” Even though the loss to Michigan was tough to stomach

for Wilkins, she was quick to point out the positives that a difficult defeat can bring. “I do think this gives us a great opportunity to refocus ourselves and get back to what we do well,” said Wilkins. As for their early success, Wilkins pointed to the senior leadership, most notably senior forward Cara Walls, who is third in the country in goals scored. However, Walls didn’t play in either game this weekend and Wilkins indicated her health was still shaky. UW faces a formidable opponent this weekend in defending Big Ten champion Nebraska. It plays at home at 7 p.m. Saturday.

Volleyball

The Badgers took care of business this weekend with three victories at the UW Fieldhouse in the HotelRed Invitational. They have now compiled a record of 8-0 to start the season. However, coach Kelly Sheffield glazed over this past weekend, instead focusing on the huge week ahead. They will play two outstanding Pac-12 teams this week, the USC Trojans (6-2) and the other undefeated UW, the Washington Huskies (9-0). “It’s an opportunity to measure yourself against some of the best. I think our kids are pretty jacked up going into this weekend,” Sheffield said. Sheffield also discussed how this would help Wisconsin prepare for the Big Ten season, a conference that will include marquee matchups against defending national champion Penn State, perennial powerhouse Nebraska

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Gary Andersen knows not to overlook Bowling Green this weekend. and four other Top 25 teams. “When you get a phone call from these two teams [USC and Washington] that are wanting to play you, I don’t want to turn that down. I think it’s great experience and a great opportunity for us,” Sheffield said. Coach Sheffield talked about how difficult it would be to defend against one of the best servers in the game, USC junior Samantha Bricio, as well as Washington’s senior Krista Vansant, last year’s National Player of the Year. But Sheffield was quick to praise his team’s improvement in passing, an area which he believes is capable of handling the competition this week. “Our passers have gotten a lot better. I think they are at a point where they are very competent seeing servers like this [Bricio],” Sheffield said. The Badgers will face two sto-

ried programs Thursday and Friday in Seattle, an excellent test for the looming Big Ten season.

Football

Coming off a bye week, the Badgers (1-1) will take on the Bowling Green Falcons (2-1), who just defeated Indiana last week. Coach Gary Andersen stressed that the defending MAC champions are no slouch. “Bowling Green is a very, very good offensive team. Very good at the wide receiver position. Very good at the running back position. And they are very efficient on the offensive side of the football,” Andersen said. After a game against Western Illinois where the running game struggled, Wisconsin’s high-powered rushing attack will look to get back on track this weekend. “We want to run the ball bet-

ter. That’s all of us. That’s everybody involved in the run game, including myself,” Andersen said. “Do we expect to run the ball better this week than we did in week two? Yes, we do.” Despite redshirt junior quarterback Tanner McEvoy’s early struggles, Coach Andersen pointed to the passing game as an essential key to the Badgers’ win against Western Illinois and their future game plan. “If you can’t throw it, it’s going to be tough sledding against anybody when they’re that ganged up on you, and we were able to fortunately throw the ball, and hopefully we continue to do that and that will back some people off,” Andersen said. Additionally, Coach Andersen discussed McEvoy’s continuing progress as a quarterback. He certainly has had his struggles, but he turned in an excellent performance against Western Illinois, completing 23 of 28 passes. “He has a tendency to try to make everything happen for himself—[he needs to] let the offense come to him when it’s there; and when it’s not, let’s go make a decision and let’s let our legs work,” Andersen said. A confident Bowling Green team comes into Saturday after a last minute defeat of Indiana last week. While fans may be expecting a walk in the park, Coach Andersen is fully prepared for a battle against a quality team. “This will be a tremendous challenge,” Andersen said. “We need to make sure we do all we can because we’ll be challenged in this football game.”

Is the SEC too good? RUSHAD MACHHI breaking shad

he Big Ten is all but guaranteed to not have a team in the new College Football Playoff (cue the muffled sobbing sound from the Midwest). More surprisingly, the SEC might not have a representative either. Now before I cause another civil war, allow me to explain. This is not an indictment on your conference, Sun Belt states. The SEC is in no way a football wasteland like the Big Ten, but quite the opposite. Instead, we might be witnessing the self-cannibalization of the best conference in the nation. There are just so many great teams in this league, to the point where I would be surprised if any of the 14 members escaped with one loss or less, likely necessary to make the Playoff. Let’s start with this past Saturday afternoon when No. 6 Georgia went to No. 24 South Carolina. With each of these teams being preseason SEC East favorites, the winner would be in the driver’s seat for the division crown. Georgia entered this matchup as a favorite even though the Bulldogs were on the road. However, when the clock showed all zeroes, the Gamecocks had emerged victorious. Thus is life in the SEC, where no program is safe from defeat and conference hopes can be dashed in one game.

Let’s switch gears for a second and take a look at the SEC West. There are seven teams in the division and five of them—LSU, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas A&M and Auburn—are ranked in the Top 10. No, that is not a typo, half of the nation’s top ten is in the SEC West. Between the seven divisional teams, there is one combined loss through three weeks, and that loss belongs to Arkansas at the hands of division foe Auburn. That is absurd. All seven have to play each other, as well as two opponents from the East to round out what will be a meat grinder of a conference schedule. While this will make for some great television, this could spell bad news for the SEC West as two losses for each team is a real possibility. Even if all of the SEC West teams end the regular season with two losses, the big five from that division will still most likely be favored over any SEC East team in the SEC title game. Would a two-loss SEC West team still make it into the Playoff over one-loss or undefeated schools from inferior conferences? That’s a tough call. While the Playoff is undoubtedly a better system than the BCS, it could already encounter the problem of being too small in its first season, as the absence of a SEC team looms as a real possibility. Sadly, thus is life for the SEC. Will the nation’s best conference really miss out on the Playoff? Email machhi@wisc.edu to discuss.