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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Government shuts down After Congress fails to reach a fiscal consensus, government enters shutdown

By Jack Casey the daily cardinal

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Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, addresses Legislative Affairs members and discusses ideas for new safety initiatives.

City official talks civic engagement, safety initiatives on campus

By Tamar Myers the daily cardinal

Ald. Michael Verveer, District 4, is no stranger to campus governance, he told students at an Associated Students of Madison Legislative Affairs Committee meeting Monday.

“When people ask me what I majored in, I say student government,” Verveer joked.

While earning his undergraduate degree, Verveer spent four years with student governance, including a stint as president. Now invited back to familiar ground, Verveer took the chance to discuss campus safety and educate students about ways to engage with city issues, including with the city capital and operating budgets currently in the works.

Verveer encouraged committee members to press Mayor Paul Soglin about the importance of the Downtown Safety Initiative, which funds a ramped up police presence in the downtown area on weekends.

Former Police Chief Noble Ray asked for $100,000 to fund DSI in the city’s proposed operating budget.

Although Verveer said he “won’t be surprised” if the amount is approved, he plans to offer a budget amendment if it is not.

“I know how critical [the

DSI] is to the safety and wellbeing of everybody that’s out downtown weekend nights,” Verveer said.

In light of recent increases in some types of crime, Verveer also briefed committee members on campus safety, saying that it is “at the forefront of the city’s thoughts.” Verveer said he will take measures such as continuing an ongoing push to install pedestrian lights in downtown and campus areas to deter crime.

He also stressed the importance of installing more security cameras downtown.

On Sept. 23, Verveer proposed a unanimously passed amendment to the capital budget that increased the amount allocated to security cameras. The current budget now devotes $70,000 to the cameras, which Verveer said are vital both in investigating crimes and deterring them.

Although it is important to address crime issues, Verveer said it is also important to note Madison does well in terms of safety. For instance, crimes such as home invasions are almost always due to the involved individuals engaging in drug dealing.

“Overall we have a very safe community here, a very safe campus,” Verveer said.

Deadlock and a failure to compromise permeated through the U.S. Congress and into Tuesday morning as the Republican-dominated House pushing its agenda to defund the Affordable Care Act and the Democrat-dominated Senate acting in support of President Barack Obama’s directives missed their midnight deadline and forced the federal government into its first shutdown in 17 years.

The shutdown, which will put approximately 800,000

federal workers on temporary leave, appeared imminent after neither house of Congress seemed ready to compromise on passing a federal budget to start the new fiscal year by Oct. 1. As the deadline for a new budget approached, House Republicans chose to pursue a defunding of the ACA, something they have repeatedly tried to do since the law was passed, in what David Canon, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, called a “last ditch effort.”

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., acting in conjunction with Obama’s directives, refused to accept the defunding provision and set up what turned out to be a cycle of refusals from both Congressional houses where Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, and the House would attach the provision only to have the Senate strip the House’s provision

soon after receiving it. The cycle ran throughout Monday and eventually spilled past the midnight deadline.

The fallout and inability to pass a budgetary consensus will now have widespread implications throughout the nation, with government workers from national park employees to food inspectors being put on furlough, according to Canon. He added the shutdown will have the greatest effect in Washington D.C. where an estimate puts the total daily economic loss at $200 million and that the shutdown will greatly hamper federal legal proceedings until Congress can negotiate a deal.

However, Congress and Obama pushed a provision through late Monday that would maintain pay for U.S. troops during the shutdown.

Republicans in support of defunding the ACA said they

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Affordable Care Act exchanges go live

By Jack Casey the daily cardinal

After a turbulent three years, the Affordable Care Act, which has been an annoyance to Republicans, the center of a Supreme Court case and one of the central tenants of President Barack Obama’s tenure, will move to its next step Tuesday as Wisconsin citizens and students will have their first opportunity

to log into the online exchange and explore their health care coverage options.

The online marketplace, referred to as an exchange, will be federally run after Gov. Scott Walker opted out of pursuing a separate state-run option.

Exchanges will allow people to buy mandated health coverage and will have a standardized list of available health care packages

and subsidies for which people from different income brackets could qualify.

The ACA, a complex set of health care requirements that span hospitals, agencies and insurance providers, has already affected students nationwide by allowing individuals under the age of 26 to stay

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While the federal exchange in Wisconsin will officially go online Tuesday, citizens interested in buying mandated coverage do not need to rush to buy their coverage plans, according to health care professionals. The following are important dates health care consumers should consider when planning their choices:

Oct. 1:

Dec. 15:

The first day exchanges open and residents will be allowed to purchase health care coverage

The last day consumers can buy a plan and still be eligible for coverage on the first day of the new year

Jan. 1:

March 31:

The first day coverage purchased on The first day or before Dec. 15 will go into effect. Also exchanges open the date when federal income-based and residents will penalties for not having health care be allowed to purcoverage will begin to be assessed. The chase health care penalties will slowly increase with time. coverage

University community weighs in on ‘I’m Shmacked’ video The I’m Shmacked production company featured the University of WisconsinMadison in a YouTube video filmed during Parent’s Weekend on Sept. 21, which has raised discussion from students and university officials about the drinking cul-

ture depicted in the video.

“I’m Shmacked” travels to colleges across the country filming videos about each campus’ unique personality.

The video spread rapidly after it was released on Thursday, Sept. 26 and already has over 154,000 YouTube

views. It is the third “I’m Shmacked” video recorded about UW-Madison.

Depicted in the film are various scenes of the campus community, Badger fans and even parents tailgating before

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“…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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An independent student newspaper, serving the University of Wisconsin-Madison community since 1892 Volume 123, Issue 19

DREAMS : To catch a sleeping burglar

News and Editorial edit@dailycardinal.com Editor-in-Chief Abigail Becker

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Kane kaiman dream interpreter Kane Kaiman is a graduate of Cedarburg High School.

There, he scored a five on his AP Psychology test, giving him the authority to interpret the dreams of all humans and some of the earth’s more intelligent mammals. He is frequently asked to interpret the dreams of other newspaper’s dream interpreters.

This week’s dream: “I remember really wanting an Xbox and not knowing what to do.

I was at my house with my friend, and he said I should just steal one.

I thought it was a really good idea, and I grabbed a bag and put a bandana over my face to hide my identity. I ran a couple of streets away from my house looking for a good place to rob. I was really nervous. I went into the backyard of a house and opened up the back door. I was surprised that it was unlocked. I went in and the house was quiet. I went upstairs and started checking rooms for an Xbox. I found one and put it in my bag. Then I thought I should just take more stuff. I grabbed a laptop and some bracelets that were in a bathroom. Then I took my bag and ran out of the house back home. I woke up after that.”

—Jesse Marks, freshman One-hundred percent accurate interpretation:

First of all, I want to say I’m sorry. I know times are tough for some people, and they do crazy things to get by. Sometimes, they

even repress or distort their memories to rationalize what they’ve done. But here at the Cardinal, we are obligated to report any information about crimes committed in the area to the Madison Police Department.

I’ve given them your email address, and by now, they probably have your place surrounded.

Don’t flee; that will only make things worse. MPD is notorious for “over-tazing” people who try to run.

Relax and read on until they break down the door.

Clearly, I won’t be interpreting any dreams today. Instead, we’re going to take a look at an entry in the Madison Police incident report from a few days ago: “Residential Burglary: A burglary was reported by neighbors of a house on Lathrop Street. The residents claimed to have lost jewelry and electronics. The criminals gained entry through an unlocked door. Neighbors saw a man wearing a red bandana and a black sweatshirt running through the yard with a duffle bag...”

Yikes.

Sounds awfully familiar. Go check your closet for that duffle bag. I bet you’ll find the Xbox and other valuables inside.

So what happened? Well, guilt is a powerful emotion. You did the deed and then convinced yourself it was a dream. But subconsciously, you wanted to come clean, so you sent me an email.

I’m not all that surprised.

People seem to trust me.

So where do we go from here?

Get yourself a lawyer. Make it a good one, because I’ll be testifying against you in court.

Hopefully, it doesn’t come down to your word against mine because I think we both know

the jury is going to side with a world-renowned psychologist over a thief.

When you go to prison, find the weakest, most unpopular inmate and beat him to a pulp.

The “beat someone’s ass the first day, or become someone’s bitch” rule is no urban legend.

There’s one more thing.

Think very carefully. Did you leave any details out of the “dream” you sent me?

Further down, the incident report says the police found a dead body on the scene.

Do you have a dream you want Kane to interpret for you or someone you know? Email Kane at kaiman@wisc.edu for his absolutely 100 percent factually accurate advice.

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A guide for treating a case of writer’s block samy moskol sam yams

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or all you creative types and artsy-fartsy writers out there, I present to you a guide to solve the evilest of evils, the bane of my existence and yours, the writer’s block.

I will define the types of writer’s block that exist, the reasons why they exist and lastly, the ways to combat them in a healthy and meaningful way.

Things-are-looking-up writer’s block

Your life is just going great.

You’re making $10 an hour working at a student org you love; you’re getting all ABs, and you’re sleeping with someone who wants to listen to you talk afterward. And then you try to write and nothing comes out because, why? You’re just doing too spectacular to have anything interesting to say. That only happens when you feel like you’re in the bottom of an endless pit. Solution: Mix it up a little bit. Try some illegal things. Steal soda from self-

serve soda machines in hi-brow fast-food restaurants. Ride your bike on the sidewalks during passing time. Poke holes in the condoms you use a la “Pregnancy Pact.” And then just wait and see what happens.

Try something new, like science.

Otherwise, there’s always the Writing Center.

One-hit-wonder writer’s block

Maybe you just wrote a phenomenal paper, a speech or quite possibly a column about why you don’t like Badger football that got so many shares on Facebook that your pessimistic self concludes there is no possible way of ever reaching that level of success again, and your life will continue downhill from here-on-after.

You have no ideas because none will ever be as good as the last.

Solution: Come to terms with this

fact and accept that your life will be filled with mediocrity. There’s no looking up for this one. It’s time to settle.

dow and serenade them with an original song. That’ll clear those writer intestines right up.

Hungover writer’s block

Has your case of writer’s block lasted for months, years at a time? Every time you have a paper to write do you fuddle your thumbs at College Library for hours? Have you ever considered plagiarizing? Have you ever sent a pitiful email to your history professor requesting a multiplechoice test instead of an essay?

Do you have paper-induced posttraumatic stress disorder? If you said “yes” to two or more of these questions, you have perpetual writer’s block. Solution: You don’t actually have writer’s block.

You’re actually just bad at writing. Sorry. Try something new, like science. Otherwise, there’s always the Writing Center.

Every time you try to type your head hurts? Do you think you may vomit when you look over your notes? Did you have fun last night at the Red Shed?

Solution: Your writer’s block will be completely solved after you take a cold shower, pop some Advil and think long and hard about what you did last night to get such a bad case of writer’s block.

Lust-struck writer’s block

Let’s say you’re harboring some affections for a special boy or girl, and you just can’t get them off your mind. If you were to touch any pen to any piece of paper, you would scribble his/ her name and a proclamation of your deep desire for him/her, thus making writing anything else a doomed and useless task.

Solution: Trust me on this one—I dated someone once in the eighth grade. You got words to say and you gotta sing ‘em proud! Holding it in isn’t writer’s block, it’s trying to delay writer’s diarrhea. Maybe throw some stones at their win-

Perpetual writer’s block

Disclaimer: This column was conceived after Samy Moskol experienced her own case of one or more of the types of writer’s block described above, following which she decided to write this meta column about writer’s block.

Write Samy feedback at moskol@wisc.edu (if you can get over your writer’s block).

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Committee hears WISPIRG proposal The Wisconsin Public Interest Group applied for funding eligibility for the next two academic years from the Student Services Finance Committee Monday.

WISPIRG is a state-based organization that works to address and find solutions to issues of public interest.

WISPIRG member Mariella Televen said the group’s mission is to “engage students on public interest campaigns” and to do “the research, advocacy and grassroots organizing that it takes to make big changes at the local, state and federal level.” Last year, campaigns centered on issues such as public transportation and sustainable foods.

In order to receive funding, groups must demonstrate they provide a direct service, which constitutes educational benefits available and customizable to the needs of any University of Wisconsin-Madison students.

Televen said the group’s

campaigns and the skill sets students develop from taking part in campaigns and leadership roles are the direct services because all students have the opportunity to get involved and “make a difference in the skills that they care about.”

WISPIRG has received funding from SSFC previously, but had controversies over the past two years with former Chancellor David Ward.

Ward denied WISPIRG funding of professional staff for academic years 2012-’13 and 2013-’14.

In a March ’13 statement, Ward said WISPIRG needed to seek out funding through other means than SSFC for its professional staff.

Televen said WISPIRG hires professional staff to help students make changes as far as the federal level by assisting students with writing bills and developing effective campaigns.

WISPIRG will receive its eligibility decision Thursday.

—Paige Villiard

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Restaurants on the 500 block of State Street, including Buraka, will have to close or find new locations to make way for the high-rise apartment complex called The Hub.

Buraka to temporarily close its food cart Buraka owner Markos Regassa said he will temporarily close his food cart when the State Street restaurant closes Oct. 31.

Buraka will close its doors due to city plans to transform the 500 block of State Street into a high-rise apartment complex called The Hub, which the Common Council approved Aug. 6.

Regassa said he will close the food cart until he is able to find a new location for the restaurant.

Finding a new location for

the restaurant has been challenging, Regassa said, because he doesn’t want to leave the downtown area.

“We don’t want to go too far away from downtown because our major customers are around the university campus,” Regassa said.

He also said making arrangements to move in a short time has been difficult.

But Regassa said he hopes to find a new location for the restaurant by spring, which would allow him to reopen the food cart for the season.

Regassa added running the restaurant is his livelihood and his “passion,” and he does not want to close it.

“I enjoy what I have been doing for the last 20 years, and I don’t really see just walking away from it,” Regassa said.

Regassa said he wanted to thank the people who have expressed concern for Buraka.

“I would like the thank the people who have been supporting us and who gave us an opportunity to serve them,” he said.

“It’s a wonderful community.”

—Sarah Olson

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Wisconsin Public Interest Group representatives say getting involved in campaigns teaches students unique skills.

shutdown from page 1 were acting with the support of the public. Canon said the majority of polls show the opposite with a large gulf between those supporting a shutdown and those opposing it.

U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., released a statement early Tuesday morning condemning Republicans for what he said was “a sad day for the American people.”

“Instead of working together to fulfill our most basic duty— to keep the government running—the extreme Tea Party wing has taken Congress hostage all the way to a government shutdown,” Pocan said in the statement.

U.S. Rep. Reid Ribble, R-Wis., said in a statement the shutdown “is not a moment to be proud of or to celebrate” and that the plan

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to defund the ACA was an “irrational” decision.

“I hope congressional leadership in both chambers and both parties will work expeditiously to resolve this issue and bring this shutdown to a close,” Ribble said in the statement.

Boehner will also have to focus on the pending debt ceiling decision this month. If the government were unable to reach a decision on the debt ceiling, it would stand to default on its federal loans for the first time in history.

Democrats were hoping to tackle the issues separately, Canon said, but given Monday night’s stalemate, the two major fiscal decisions could now coincide with each other.

The negotiation process to resolve the shutdown will now play out between Congress and Obama in the coming days. ing filming, just props.”

UW-Madison senior Carla Nasui, who introduced the university in the video, explained it is simply a way of bringing students of the university together and showing pride for Wisconsin.

A partnership program between University of Wisconsin Health and the United Way of Dane County will help lowincome Dane County residents pay their insurance premiums.

UW Health contributed $2 million to the HealthConnect program, which will assist residents with incomes between 100 and 133 percent of the federal poverty level purchase insurance from the Health

Insurance Marketplace.

The marketplace is a government-run website set up to help people select private insurance plans. Individuals and families with incomes within a certain range will receive federal subsidies on their insurance from the marketplace, but Dane County United Way President Leslie Ann Howard told the Wisconsin State Journal that people within 100 and 133 percent of the pover-

ty line will still have premiums averaging $268 a year.

Earlier this year Gov. Scott Walker rejected federal money to expand the BadgerCare program, meaning over 90,000 Wisconsin residents will lose insurance at the end of the year. Those no longer covered will be directed to purchase federally subsidized insurance from the marketplace, which opens Tuesday.

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Under the ACA, the available health care options will have to follow a standardized format that lists all health options in a way that makes inter-option comparison easier than before, according to Sara Eskrich, a project assistant at the Population Health Institute.

Eskrich said the standardized formatting will help students and people 26-years-old or older to navigate the system by being able to “compare apples to apples” for the first time.

She also said the need for

students to look for their own coverage can be “a real shock.”

Both Eskrich and Jennerman said the best way for students and young people to manage the changes is to look at all the available options and carefully weigh the premiums and out-of-pocket costs associated with each plan.

Jennerman said the implementation would not affect the way UHS operates on a daily basis. UHS will continue to adapt to students’ needs and monitor the ACA as it evolves, Jennerman said.

on their parents’ plans.

University of WisconsinMadison students who do not currently have coverage, either through their parents or otherwise, will be required to use the exchanges or rely on insurance from University Health Services, whose Student Health Insurance Plan qualifies in the high range of the ACA, according to Arnie Jennerman, the UHS director of administrative services.

“It’s not like it demeans any of the other accomplishments the university has had in the past, so I think it’s pretty harmless,” she said.

However, the video brings up some concern to officials on campus. Director of University

Health Services Sarah Van Orman said the video is not an accurate representation of the atmosphere on campus during game days.

“What’s concerning about it is that it’s put in the con-

text of people consuming large amounts of alcohol very quickly,” Van Orman said. “The name implies in order to do these things and have a good time you have to be really intoxicated.”

—Jackie Bannon

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‘Breaking’ down a TV phenomenon (spoilers)

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Aaron Carter Majestic Theatre, 8 p.m.

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Luke Arvid Mickey’s Tavern, 8 p.m.

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University Theatre’s “Dancing at Lughnassa” UW-Vilas HallHemsley Theatre, 2 p.m.

Father John Misty

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High Noon Saloon, 7:30 p.m.

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Writing On the Wall, A Collecton of Punk Gelsy Verna Gallery until Oct. 14 The 10 Cent Cigars Indie Coffee, 7 p.m.

Lee Ranaldo & The

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High Noon Saloon, 8 p.m.

Deer Tick, Robert Ellis Majestic Theatre, 8 p.m.

We’s Us The Frequency, 7:30 p.m.

Orpheum Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

Deltron 3030, Itch, Kid Koala Majestic Theatre, 8:30 p.m.

Child Abuse, Staer, Trin Trin Mickey’s Tavern, 10 p.m.

Bright Light Social Hour The Frequency, 9:30 p.m.

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The Frequency, 9 p.m.

DJ Wes3 Natt Spil, 10 p.m.

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Exhumed High Noon Saloon, 6 p.m.

Daphne Lee Martin The Frequency, 8:30 p.m.

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Faculty Artist Colloquium (Derrick Buisch) Chazen Museum of Art, 4:30 p.m.

Oh Land Majestic Theatre, 8:30 p.m.

Les Claypool’s Duo De

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Majestic Theatre, 8 p.m.

Tedeschi Trucks Band Overture Center— Promenade Hall 8 p.m.

Visiting Artist Colloquium: CH2 Chazen Museum of Art, 4:30 p.m.

Andrea Gibson Majestic Theatre, 6 p.m.

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Mike Stud High Noon Saloon, 9 p.m.

Tame Impala Orpheum Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

Kellog 16 Stephen High Noon Saloon,

Music Fest 3 Bubble Day One High Noon Saloon, 7 p.m.

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for My Valentine, Black Veil Brides, Stars in Stereo, Throw the Fight Orpheum Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

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High Noon Saloon, 8 p.m.

Animal Collective Orpheum Theater, 8 p.m.

Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin The Frequency, 9 p.m.

Darlins 24 Those The Frequency,

Paleface, German Art Students, Oedipus Tex Mickey’s Tavern, 10 p.m.

Madison Jazz Orchestra Brink Lounge, 7:30 p.m.

Unknown Mortal Orchestra The Frequency, 9 p.m.

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Lauper, Hunter Valentine Overture Center— Capitol Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

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with Attention Deficit Domination, A Fiendish Threat & 3 Bar Ranch Barrymore Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

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Gerri DiMaggio Trio The Fountain, 8 p.m.

Khan and The Taras Nahirniak 22 King 23 Shrines Ivory Room, 8 p.m.

High Noon Saloon, 8 p.m.

Strangers in Our Midst: Art Department Lecturers & Staff Opening Reception Humanities 7th Floor Gallery, 5-7 p.m.

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Bill Callahan High Noon Saloon, 9:30 p.m.

Fabu Overture Center— Promenade Hall, 8 p.m.

An Evening with La Tess UW Red Gym, 7 p.m.

Michael Menert High Noon Saloon, 9:30 p.m.

Island, 19 Echo Kiazma, Drunjus Indie Coffee, 7 p.m.

DJ Trichrome Alchemy Cafe, 10 p.m.

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A Freakin’ Halloweekend Day 1 High Noon Saloon, 8 p.m.

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Wild Child The Frequency, 8:30 p.m.

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The Champlifters Come Back In, 9:30 p.m.

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FreakFest 2013: State Street

So, that’s it then. “Breaking Bad” has ended. Maybe not with a bang, but not really with a whisper either. We got everything we were promised by “Felina”— FeLiNa: blood, meth and tears, as well as a cheeky nudge via Marty Robbins’ song “El Paso”—maybe not in the capacity or bombast expected, but absolutely with the mastery and nuance promised by what seems fair to call one of television’s most astonishingly crafted works.

What’s so deeply satisfying about the finale is that it really does feel like Walt has finally completed his katabasis; he has ventured deep into the bowels of hell and emerged as a new man—maybe not a better one, but at the very least one who’s learned something. The most obvious nod to this was his final interaction with Skyler and his long awaited, “I did it for me.”

I’ve never cared much for Skyler and Walt’s relationship, but this one exchange had a semitruck’s worth of catharsis behind it, unraveling seasons’ worth of disillusionment and self-denial.

Skyler is a static character; she’s always wanted what’s best for her family. Walt has changed, however, astoundingly so.

Perhaps a bit tangentially, there have been a number of complaints recently about the character of Skyler White and how her “mishandling” has been a major downfall of Breaking Bad. While Skyler certainly is a poorly written character (I’d contend that almost all the women in Breaking Bad are, aside from maybe Lydia), comments particularly about her lack of agency with regards to Walt’s machinations seem ridiculous. This was never her story.

It was never anybody’s story but Walt’s: the story of how he rose from the ashes of a broken but brilliant husk of wasted potential, scrapped together an empire and then flew too close to the sun.

The people around him aren’t

really characters (barring perhaps Jesse), they function as the gears that keep Walt’s story ticking. That’s why the show ends immediately after Walt dies— there’s no point in going on.

The question was never whether or not Walt is smarter and more capable than everyone around him, because the answer always has been ‘yes.’ Instead, we wonder how much he can struggle against the tides and against his own stupid arrogance to arrive somewhere greater than where he started. And I think he has.

What’s so deeply satisfying about the finale is that it really does feel like Walt has finally completed his katabasis; he has ventured deep into the bowels of hell and emerged as a new man— maybe not a better one, but at the very least one who’s learned something.

With his and Jesse’s final interaction—a starkly tragic exchange between two brilliantly realized characters—we saw for the first time Walt willingly giving (in my eyes) the most important person in his life some semblance of control.

No anger. No fury. No intellectualized bullshit rationalization. Just the calm pass of a gun. Just the change promised

by Walt in the very first season of the show. Their nods as Jesse drove away to freedom and Walt slunk off to die were absolutely perfect—it was an act of father/son acknowledgement that the old Walt found impossible. And that scene, like few others in television, made my heart swell. In my eyes, that’s the sign of true art, a canon which “Breaking Bad” can now comfortably assume its place within.

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or as long as I can remember, I have been a die-hard movie fan.

From the theater, to an outdoor cinema in the park, to my couch at home, there has always been a level of excitement to watching movies that I can’t describe.

Lately, however, getting lost inside the world of film has been hard for me due to our modern film industry’s obsession with portraying females as shallow, simple and manobsessed people.

In 2012, only 11 percent of clearly identifiable movie protagonists were women, according to a survey by Dr. Martha M. Lauzen. Of the 11 percent of movies with female leads, most involved a plot that revolved around the woman finding or falling in love with a man. So even though the woman was the protagonist, the plot was

still about getting the guy.

The plots of the other 89 percent of movies made in 2012 revolved around a man. When half of our population is comprised of females, it is astonishing that they make up so few of the characters in our movie industry.

I believe this is because of two main factors. The first being that the production staff of movies, i.e. directors, producers and screenplay writers, are made up of mostly men, who have an easier time portraying men as complex human beings and creating characters out of them. Women directors are rarely considered by producers to direct films involving male leads, even though no one thinks twice about a man directing a movie involving female leads. This is despite the success of many female directors who have directed movies involving male leads, such as Kathryn Bigelow, winner of the Academy Award for Best Director for “The Hurt Locker.”

Optimism remains for US-Iran relations Steven Nemcek opinion columnist

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ith the main focus of the media circuits this past week being Washington’s debates about government shutdown and the debt ceiling, a rather heartening story was buried. For the first time in over 30 years, ranking government officials from the United States sat down to converse with Iran. United States Secretary of State John Kerry met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in New York with China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and Germany. The focus of the meeting was on Iran’s nuclear capabilities, and whether or not talks could be resumed to restore relations between Iran and the West regarding this contentious issue.

After the meeting, Zarif told reporters, “We hope to be able to make progress towards resolving this issue in a timely fashion based on respecting the rights of the Iranian people to nuclear technology for peaceful purposes, including enrichment. And, at the same time, making sure that there is no concern at the international level that Iran’s nuclear program is anything but peaceful.”

The potential for recommenced relations between the two countries probably came about with the election of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who ran a moderate platform that included restoring relations with Western nations. He danced around NBC News anchor Ann Curry’s question about whether he believed the Holocaust was a myth, which his predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, had been accused. Rouhani did say that, “What is important for us is that the countries of the region

and the people grow closer to each other, and that they are able to prevent aggression and injustice.” This tone has President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry cautiously optimistic about future relations between the two nations.

It seems that the Iranian people are split on opinions of Rouhani’s meeting. Reuters reports that after Rouhani’s trip to the U.N. General Assembly, he and President Obama were able to speak on the phone for 15 minutes last Friday.

When Rouhani returned home Saturday, about 100 conservative hardliners shouted “Death to America,” but the majority of people instead showed up to support their president and what they believe to be “constructive interaction” with the world.

Clearly, relations between the two nations have been tense for years, and communications have been nonexistent. That said, I am writing to express support for the actions of the Obama administration in renewing diplomatic relations with the country. The olive branch extended

by President Rouhani should be taken seriously. Caution, of course, should dictate relations from here on outward, but in order for a peaceful resolution to our long-standing conflict to arise, both countries have to be able to come to the table to speak frankly about national and world interests. If some agreement can be reached that is in the best interests of the United States, Iran and the world, we would be remiss not to take the chance. When I read the news of these meetings, I was filled with a sense of careful optimism, and I hope that our two nations can work to restore amity, not only for us but for other countries in the region.

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The other factor in the make up of these characters is the advertisers. Since it is harder to get men to watch TV and movies, advertisers target them, especially men ages 18 to 30.

It is a commonly accepted rule in media, although never actually proven, that promoters can get a woman to watch movies about women or men, but can’t get a man to watch a movie about women. Because of this idea, advertisers and sponsors are more likely to support a film that revolves around the lives of men.

For example, despite being a widely popular book among teens, the screenplay for the movie “Twilight” was rejected by several production companies before being accepted

by Summit Entertainment, according to Catherine Hardwicke, the film’s director, in an interview. According to Hardwicke, production companies believed it wouldn’t be very popular because it fea-

tured a female lead. Despite this, “Twilight” brought in over $190 million in box office revenue in the United States alone, proving the stigma that films featuring a female lead won’t be popular to be completely false. Another movie proving this stigma wrong was “The Hunger Games.”

The fact that most of the 11 percent of female protagonists in movies are not portrayed as complex people is very disturbing. Most women I know are more concerned about their careers and aspirations than they are with what they are going to wear on a date, and how they can get the guy to fall in love with them. This terrible portrayal of women is greatly setting us back. Audiences are taught to see women as vanityobsessed and unintelligent, and they are not taken as seriously in the real world because of it.

Women are seen as secondary characters in life, unimportant to the main plot and not com-

plex or interesting enough to be as successful as men.

Not only is the portrayal of women as simple and maleobsessed human beings untrue, it is also vastly boring and overrated. I am sick of going to movies that fall into the genre of my gender, or “chick flicks,” involving the same exact plots starring the stereotypical woman whose life revolves around falling in love with a man who will in turn complete her as a person and make her happy. I want to see more movies like “Alice and Wonderland,” “The Hunger Games” and “Julie & Julia” being made—movies starring strong female leads with real motivations and complex personalities. The stigma that these movies don’t bring in as much revenue as movies revolving around men is a myth that needs to be challenged.

How do you feel about the film industry’s depiction of women in movies? Please send feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

Raise in out-of-state tuition limits accessibility to university Peter geppert opinion columnist

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tudent debt. At the University of WisconsinMadison, it’s unavoidable.

And unless you’re one of the lucky few who attend on scholarship, most students at this university will graduate with some sort of debt. New developments at the highest level of the UW System administration could be making things better or worse for us all, that is, depending on whether the state you come from ends in “-sconsin.”

The state legislature does not represent out-ofstaters as part of their respective constituencies, and therefore have little incentive to protect the interests of this group of students.

In a recent interview with The Daily Cardinal, new UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank was quoted saying that she believes that the university’s education was undervalued and that a raise in out-of-state tuition was due.

Full disclosure, I’m a coastie. Born in Boston and raised in northern California, I’ve been paying “sticker price” at this school since I stepped foot on campus two falls ago.

But enough about that, lets get back to the matter at hand.

According to the Cardinal’s article, Blank’s reasoning behind the move is because the University of Wisconsin-Madison offers a similar product in experience and quality of education to that of the University of Michigan, the two schools should be similarly priced to out-of-staters. Michigan, ranked as the 28th best school in

the nation by U.S. News, current- saying that most of the reasons ly charges out-of-staters $39,109 for rising costs have to do with in tuition and fees. Including out- new buildings and offering facside fees and living expenses, that ulty a competitive salary. But why total jumps up to around $56,000 raise tuition for out-of-staters? annually for Michigan out-ofIn many ways out-of-staters staters. That leads the University are easy targets for increased of Virginia as the most expensive tuition. Because we are already public institution in the nation, paying a large price to go to and is a little under $13,000 ahead school here, its perceived that of what UW currently charges we are less sensitive to changnon-residents. es in price. Anyone What exactly is the who is willing logic behind this move? to pay around Let’s rewind back to $40,000 a year in last July when a state tuition, books and Tuition, fees audit revealed that the living expenses and living UW System was carrywouldn’t mind costs for ing around a hefty $643 ponying up an out-of-state students at million in unrestricted extra couple thouthe University cash reserves. A biparsand for the univerof Michigan tisan outcry from the sity. Also, the state state legislature for Legislature does cutbacks on System not represent outTuition, fees funding resulted in an of-staters as part and living announcement by UW of their respective costs for Regents of a two-year constituencies, and out-of-state students at tuition freeze for intherefore have little the University state students. The rate incentive to protect of Wisconsin of funding for further the interests of this expenditures at UW group of students. has slowed for the foreAll things conseeable future, but the overall sidered, this move would national trend of extravagant have a negative effect on the higher education spending economic future of the state. has not.

UW-Madison serves as a powerful magnet to attract young talents from across the nation to within its borders. The kind of people who have the perUnless you’re one of the sonal skills and confidence lucky few who attend on to travel far away from home scholarship, most students at this university to an out-of-state school are exactly the type of people who will graduate with some could jumpstart the economy sort of debt. of Wisconsin. A great value in higher education through a quality degree, combined with Even though the state’s desire tuition more competitive than to fund more projects has faded, UW’s midwestern peers, would school leaders such as Blank are give the state a big advantage in under intense pressure to keep attracting the kind of creative the university atop its perch as young work force it needs for a one of the premier public institu- sustained economic future. tions in the country. Blank was Please send all feedback to quoted in the Cardinal’s article as opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Big Ten schedule heats up for Badgers

By Jack Baer The Daily Cardinal

Women’s Hockey

The Wisconsin women’s hockey team will open their official schedule by hosting Minnesota State Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 3 p.m. in the LaBahn Arena.

Head coach Mark Johnson emphasized the importance of the opener to get the freshmens’ feet wet, calling it “an opportunity to go on the ice, play live competition with announcers, with the referees, with the fans, try to get the jitters and nerves out.”

Johnson also commended all involved with hosting the Japanese National Team in last week’s exhibition game.

“I think the hospitality we showed them, going on the football field, had a nice crowd at the exhibition game, an opportunity at the end of that to take a photo with their team and our team on the ice,” Johnson said. “It was a special night. I want to thank everybody that had a hand in their journey being successful.”

Football

Following a disappointing loss at Ohio State last weekend, the football team (1-1 Big Ten, 3-2 overall) will head into its bye week with an Oct. 12 matchup against a talented Northwestern team to prepare for.

Head coach Gary Andersen discussed the recent loss to Ohio State, describing a set of four goals that are key to winning: great defense, turnovers, special teams and fourth quarter performance.

He attributed the team’s loss to a lack of turnovers and poor special teams play, with not enough defense and insufficient fourthquarter success to make up for it.

Andersen refused to say his team was physically overmatched, and went so far as to say he would never use that excuse as a coach.

Andersen also took responsibility for the Badgers’ major mistakes, like Ohio State’s touchdown at the end of the first half and an illegal formation penalty that negated a muffed punt.

“Can we play that better?

Yeah, but I’m not going to put that on a kid,” Andersen said.

“We failed the kids in that system in the moment to not get him in the spot. But it’s the call that was made. If I didn’t like it, I should have called a timeout, and I didn’t.”

Women’s Soccer

The women’s soccer team (2-01 Big Ten, 7-1-2 overall) will play No. 3 Penn State Friday and Ohio State Sunday at the McClimon Soccer Complex, coming off a successful, road trip heavy start to the season.

Head coach Paula Wilkins expressed pride in the teams start, mentioning the team’s mindset and their self-given nickname of “road warriors.”

“They’ve created an environment where they get excited about it,” Wilkins said. “I think they’ve taken away a lot of the distractions on the road.”

Wilkins also discussed the novelty of playing against her old program at Penn State, making sure to note the important thing will always be the players, with coaching matchups serving as a footnote.

“It’s about the players more than anything,” Wilkins said. “I think I heard Coach Andersen talk about that, about playing

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Junior outside hitter Deme Morales has played in all 14 matches for the Badgers this season, leading the team in assists with 414 while tallying 123 total kills so far.

Urban Meyer. It’s about the players. It’s not about my previous history.”

Men’s Soccer

The men’s soccer team (0-1-0 Big Ten, 5-2-1 overall) will open up a four-game homestand on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. against Marquette. This follows a long string of road games, which ended with back-to-back losses to Gonzaga and Penn State.

Head coach John Trask looked ahead to the Marquette game, relishing the opportunity to play a rivalry game.

“Marquette has had a very good couple of years here,” Trask said. “As I said, we took them to overtime last year. It’s going to be a battle. All of our kids know their kids. It’s a rivalry game. It’s usually a pretty physical contest, and it’s usually decided by one or two plays. Those are the games that make you better.“ Trask later referred to the game as the “I-94 Battle.”

Volleyball

The volleyball team (2-0 Big Ten, 13-1 overall) recently registered its first two conference wins

Keep it up Atlanta, baseball needs role models like you But what’s so great about you Braves is you’ve reinvented old-school, pushing aside Jack Baer the century-long tradition of baer necessities beanball payback by blocking the plate and refusing to let Dear Atlanta Braves, Gomez score, sparking a fullI just wanted to take the team brawl and subsequently time to praise you for uphold- landing a cheapshot on Gomez ing the sacrosanct, old-school when he’s not looking (here’s nature of baseball. to you Reed Johnson).

Too many people choose All this because he hurt not to care about the clowns your feelings by pimping out that plague our national pas- his home run trot. time, deciding there are more If there’s anything today’s important things in the world young baseball viewers need than how a guy trots around to learn, it’s that the profesthe basepaths. Thank God you sional way to react to a guy Braves are around to embarrassing you is to put them in their place. scream at him and then This praise isn’t hit him when he’s not directed at all of you looking. Good for you crusaders, of course. for putting up such a Most credit should great example. be given to noted Of course, if fighting tough guys like Brian doesn’t float your boat, McCann, Freddie there are other ways to Freeman, Chris R. JOHNSON punish the showboaters.

Johnson and Reed Like that time in Johnson.

August when Bryce Harper Take what happened against stared at his home run maybe the Brewers last Wednesday. two seconds too long.

Carlos Gomez was clearly out You could have just reacted of line, and obviously deserved to this clear attempt to show to get drilled in his next at-bat. you up by looking up at your That’s old-school baseball 14.5 game lead in the NL East, right there. but how else would brats like

Harper learn?

No, the only way for Harper to learn was to hit him not one, not two, but three times in the back, ultimately injuring him and forcing him to sit out a game.

What a clean and respectable way to demand respect and get a little help in the division race while you’re at it.

Of course, the best way you’ve protected the sanctity of baseball has got to be the fashion in which you handled Jose Fernandez and his first career home run.

Now there was a guy who just didn’t respect baseball culture. How dare he even look at his first career home run.

Sure, he grew up playing baseball literally with sticks and rocks amidst crippling poverty in Cuba. And yes, he risked everything trying to emigrate to the US, leading to stints in Cuban prison as a 15-year-old, all for his dream of playing baseball and supporting his family.

But that’s no excuse for reacting to your first career home run with excitement.

This is a guy who should appreciate the important things in baseball, like show-

ing your opponent proper respect after you hit your first career home run.

Who even stares at his first career home run? People who don’t respect their opponents, that’s who.

If the Braves got their way, as they obviously should, every self-respecting professional player would hit his first career home run like he’s done it before.

Did I mention it was Fernandez’s first career home run?

And now you have a date on Thursday with the Dodgers and the most disrespectful player of them all, Yasiel Puig.

I can only imagine you’ll show Mr. Puig what it means to be a professional ballplayer, by trying to get into fights with him because he hurt your feelings.

Here’s to you, you beautiful bastions of baseball etiquette.

Jack is a junior majoring in statistics, and an avid baseball fan. Maybe you’ll see him in “Moneyball 2.” If you enjoy sarcasm as much as Jack, or even if you think the Atlanta Braves are the sort of role models you want your ( future) children to watch, send an email to sports@dailycardinal.com and let us know.

over Purdue and Indiana and will now begin a run of four straight road games.

Head coach Kelly Sheffield lauded the atmosphere for the Purdue game, describing the crowd as fantastic.

Looking into the future presented by a difficult Big Ten schedule, Sheffield explained the help that challenge can bring.

“You don’t have the luxury of looking ahead,” Sheffield said.

“You look ahead and you find yourself in a five‑match losing streak. It really forces you to be in the present.”

Men’s Golf

South Carolina leads Badger invitational after 36 holes of play

By Brett Bachman The Daily Cardinal

Windy conditions and low temperatures are the storylines so far at the three-day Badger Invitational, held at University Ridge Golf Course in Madison, Wis. It is Wisconsin’s first home competition since 2005, and its first regular-season event in 10 years.

The 54-hole, 14-team tournament started Sunday and goes through Tuesday. After two days South Carolina is ahead, posting an 11-under par on the 7,259-yard, par 72 course.

Junior Gamecock Caleb Sturgeon is ahead of the pack thus far, posting a University Ridgerecord tying 65 Saturday and hitting par today to retain the lead.

Wisconsin sophomore Matt Ross is tied for fourth with a careerbest one-under 143, although the Badgers as a whole lost ground, moving from 11th to 12th Monday with a 307.

Wisconsin currently stands at a 26-over 602.

The final 18 holes will be played tomorrow beginning at 9:30 a.m.