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Obama’s campus stop could galvanize voters President Barack Obama’s visit to campus Thursday will bring the president off the television screen and onto Bascom Hill, where he will attempt to lock in support from the liberal capital of a swing state. The gates to Obama’s Bascom Mall stage open at noon. Gillian Morris, the press secretary for the Obama campaign in Wisconsin, said in a release that Obama will encourage voter registration and early voting during his speech. In particular, assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Michael Wagner said Obama’s visit to a liberal area can “ignite his strongest base of supporters” and lock in votes by reminding constituents their vote is needed for him to win the election. Obama’s visit comes the day after the first presidential debate
against Republican candidate Mitt Romney, which leads to major television coverage for the president the next day according to Wagner. “For President Obama, a college campus like ours … guarantees a throng of excited supporters to be in the background of the video,” he said. However, the outcome of the Wisconsin vote as a whole is uncertain. Wagner said the state has been trending in Obama’s favor, but the race will likely become closer as Nov. 6 approaches. Wagner added reinforcing “strong support in states that he can’t yet put in the win column” is a top priority for Obama and his campaign. “They want to win Wisconsin, and they don’t have all that long left,” he said. —Meghan Chua
SSFC denies student lobby group funding eligibility Student Services Finance Committee denied Wisconsin Student Lobby funding eligibility in a meeting Monday, saying the group had showed a lack of fiscal responsibility in recent years. An organization must undergo eligibility hearings every two years and if the group received funding through SSFC in previous years, it must also demonstrate a history of fiscal responsibility. In the past two years, WSL, a student organization focused on advocating for student issues and resources, returned more than half of the funding SSFC granted them. The returned funds go directly into Associated
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor David Ward delivers his State of the University speech to the Faculty Senate Monday, saying the university should seek more flexibilities.
Ward: UW must adapt to less state support
Students of Madison reserve funds and cannot be reused by another student organization. SSFC Vice Chair Joseph Vanden Avond, who voted against granting the group eligibility, said the group’s repeated request for too much money showed fiscal irresponsibility. “They had a chance to adjust this and they still asked for twice as much as they needed,” Vanden Avond said. “That money was meant for us to have in a particular cycle and now it is gone forever.” SSFC members in favor of approving WSL cited the educa-
University of WisconsinMadison Chancellor David Ward told the Faculty Senate Monday the university must prepare to take action and develop a new vision to adapt to the current climate of higher education. In his State of the University speech, Ward said the university is in a “fundamentally different” social compact now compared to the past due to decreased state support for higher education through last year’s budget lapse. To offset diminishing state support, Ward said the university
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Faculty address HR redesign The Human Resources redesign team presented a condensed version of the new personnel plan to the University of WisconsinMadison’s Faculty Senate Monday. Senate members were most concerned with the plan’s proposal to pay faculty and staff based on performance. University Committee Chair Mark Cook said in working out the details for the compensation plan it is important for the university to ensure the new form of compensation is equitable. According to Director of Human Resources and redesign
project leader Bob Lavigna, a study evaluating job title and compensation at the university will be conducted this summer. Following the study, faculty, staff and students will decide through shared governance the criteria that would count toward a change in an employee’s compensation based on his or her performance. Cook said despite feelings of apprehension over changes to compensation benefits, he believes the senate will approve the plan in its Nov. 5 meeting. Cheyenne langkamp
Student group denounces alleged Palermo’s violations
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Student Labor Action Coalition members hope to draw attention to the ongoing dispute between Palermo’s Pizza and its workers.
Members of the Student Labor Action Coalition delivered a letter and a pizza spelling “No Justice, No Pizza!” to Chancellor David Ward Monday to protest alleged poor working conditions at Palermo’s Pizza factories. According to SLAC member Rachel Gerry, the workers’ struggle should concern University of WisconsinMadison students because Palermo’s pizza is sold at sporting events and in Madison grocery stores including Fresh Madison Market. Workers for Palermo’s have
been on strike for four months, protesting unsafe working conditions. Employees from the Milwaukee area factory were also allegedly fired after attempting to unionize to improve their job environment. SLAC members used the protest to inform Ward of the issue and encourage him to take action against the pizza company, according to Gerry. “[The protest] was pretty much just to get [Ward’s] attention in the hopes that he will be willing to talk to us, so we can go further with this issue to cut ties with Palermo’s until
the workers’ demands are met,” Gerry said. Additionally, Palermo’s pizza sold at Fresh Madison Market is packaged with a Bucky Badger logo on the wrapper, which represents the university negatively, according to SLAC member Emily Baer. “Roundy’s, which produces Palermo’s, has the licensing permission to put Bucky Badger on their things and we want that to end if they don’t make fair labor practices,” Baer said. —Sam Cusick
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‘Cheers’ to the ‘Happy Days’ of TV Jacklin Bolduan a bold move Apparently my last column may have perhaps contained “too many” references to “old” television shows (i.e. “Roseanne,” “The Golden Girls”) and it may have made some of you question whether or not I was actually a student here or even born in your decade or something. Well, it may upset you to know that yes, I am a 20 going on 21-yearold woman AND I know the whole plot line of “Cheers” and “Frasier” AND I know that one is a spin-off of the other. Scared yet? This stems from a recent late night roommate laughing/ shouting match over what TV shows were appropriate for me to be watching in my pre-adult years. My roommate laughed out loud, making a rather ludicrous claim that, “‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ is for old people.” This conversation led to her publication of a list entitled “Old Ass Shows That Jackie Watches,” which includes: “The Golden Girls,” “Everybody Loves Raymond,” “Cheers,” “Frasier,” “The Facts of Life,” “Happy Days,” “Threes Company,” “Roseanne” and “The Wonder Years.” Make no mistake, I could proudly quadruple this list. I decided that I would reach out to Daily Cardinal readers everywhere who might face this ridicule simply for having an intuitive sense for good television, even if it does involve the woes of an adult man forever trying to get on the Opera Board in Seattle or three old women who gather around cheesecake to decide whether or not they’re OK with in vitro fertilization. These, ladies and gentlemen, are the characters of my youth, and maybe yours too. Ok, don’t get your undies in a bundle: I also wanted to
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be Miranda from “The Lizzie McGuire Show,” knew that Clarissa really does Explain It All, and knew what a hydrodynamic spatula with port and starboard attachments and a turbo-drive was. I just had a more dynamic, well-rounded television experience than my peers I suppose. (And apparently I’m just a snot, which I’m sure helped my social life.) Anyway, I’m in no way writing to prove that I’m like totally down with the kids and their tweeny shows (‘cause I totally am), but I’m here to defend and expose the fantastic creation that is pre“HIMYM” television. And you know what, I gotta say it: I hate that show. It’s like “Friends” only dumb. BURN. Sorry I’m not sorry. Here’s the thing. When you’re a chubby chipmunk-toothed, pizza-faced pubescent child, you’re not too keen on hitting
up middle school socials (a.k.a. bumping a volleyball in a circle full of Aéropostale-clad girls and hoping you’ll end the night without having cried in the bathroom once). No, I much rather would have desired to get lost in the roommate woes of Jack, Janet and Chrissy, or feel anxious about whether or not Mrs. Garrett would catch Jo sneaking out of the dorm again. Whatever, I mean I suppose I could have been learning how to French kiss or frying my hormonally-induced frizztastic hair, but instead I was gaining a repertoire of 1970s sitcom jokes that my future peers would reply to with simple blank stares. Of course I feel proud of my generation for a lot of reasons: we’re changing the world, we’re politically involved and we’re making thought-provoking art that prompts new ways of think-
ing. But sometimes I just can’t lift my head in a lecture hall, look out upon the companions of my youth and forgive them for not being able to do a proper Fonzie impression. So I challenge you: Try it out, get yourself some Cap’n Crunch Berries and turn on TV Land (no, this is not a cute name for the land of good TV, but an actual television channel) and maybe someday we’ll all be able to pair up, hook arm and arm and begin to sing, “One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Sclemeel, schlemazel, Hasenfeffer Incorporated…” Singing off, shaking my head, God I hope I got through to someone… Were you always curious to know what shenanigans Blanche was going to get in to next? Or did you actually just hate Raymond? Tell Jacklin at bolduan@wisc.edu.
Dear non-sports fans, give sports a chance Michael Voloshin voloshin’s commotion Liking sports is an anomaly. Why do we care so much about people that don’t know who we are and get paid millions of dollars to play a game? Why do we have these irrational notions that all people from Boston are pompous assholes and all New Yorkers cheat just because of the Red Sox and Yankees? How can someone care more about how an oblong-shaped ball bounces after a kickoff then the upcoming election? But the serious question here is how could someone ask such stupid questions when the obvious answer is because sports are awesome, and I can prove it. First, my qualifications to give this advice to all non-sports fans: During last week’s Monday Night Football game in which the Packers were robbed (also known as “Fail Mary,” however I also enjoy “GoldenGate,” “TateGate,” and “Oh My God, Are You Kidding Me. How
Incompetent Do You Have to be to Make That Call… what was I saying again?), I actually teared up a little bit thinking about how something I’ve loved for so long (the NFL) could do such an injustice. I spent the rest of the night consistently checking Twitter, watching Sportscenter on repeat and wallowing in my own sadness. That sounds insane to someone that doesn’t care about sports, but the entire Packer fan base are nodding their heads in agreement. So why did I spend hours hating on Roger Goodell and the NFL when I should’ve done homework instead? Because I’m a fan, plain and simple. So what makes a fan? Geography, History, Anger and Family (or GHAF… that sounds weird). Geography: There’s a certain elitism every city feels, and there’s a certain sadness that some cities (*cough*Cleveland*cough*) feel, and all of this is compounded by the sports in the city. Sports can play a huge role in shaping a city’s identity, whether it be the economy (see: Cleveland before
and after Lebron James) or how much people know about it (you think anyone would know where Green Bay is without four Super Bowls?). If you grow up in a sports area, you’ve got to cheer for the team, or else you’re an outcast. History: There’s a certain aura about the Green Bay Packers. They’ve won 13 NFL championships, they have legends like Nitschke, Lombardi and Starr, and they keep breaking my heart. But that history means something. The 20 years you have been a fan you have really been a fan. There’s a certain nostalgia of your first game, the first apparel you bought and the first time you yelled a racial epithet at the other team’s point guard. If you grow up with the game you will appreciate it so much more as you grow older. Anger: Sports is a way to release anger. There’s nothing better (worse) than when there’s a bad call made against your team and all you do is scream for three minutes straight. All that pent up frustration from the week’s classes, your parents not sending you money and NBC
semi-cancelling “Community” all combine into one terror scream. And it’s totally legit for that one second, it’s like you’re commenting on YouTube comments in real life. Family: Those who have grown up in a sports-loving family have two choices: They either appreciate it just as much or they decide to be little pricks and don’t like sports or pick a different team. Growing up I thought it would be funny to pick every team but the Packers; I was a Rams, Giants and Vikings fan until I realized that my dad had it right all along. You might not get sports if no one else in your family did, and if you didn’t have a father, then I’m sorry. So non-sports fans, here’s the thing. Sports are awesome, sports give us a sense of community, sports give us a reason to be irrationally ignorant, and if you can’t accept that then I’m sorry. We’re here, we’re drinking beer and get used to it. Do you think sports are super pointless? Are you from Cleveland? Tell Michael how you feel at mvoloshin@wisc.edu.
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Students look to alter state policy on drinking citations The Associated Students of Madison Legislative Affairs Committee discussed a plan Monday to grant students under the influence of alcohol protection from being issued citations if seeking medical assistance from authorities. The committee’s Responsible Action campaign aims to lobby for state legislation which would protect students under the age of 21 from receiving citations under certain circumstances. The circumstances include students who witness a violent crime, call for help in an emergency or call in need of their own medical assistance when under the influence of alcohol. According to Legislative Affairs Vice Chair Morgan Rae, nine other states currently have a similar policy. “Wisconsin does have a much bigger drinking culture than some other states do,” Rae said. “So if
they’re concerned about it, I think [Wisconsin should] be as well.” Additionally, the committee will lobby the state for increased student involvement in appointing UW System Board of Regents student representatives in a second campaign. Legislative Affairs Chair Dan Statter said while under current law the governor is given sole authority in appointing student regent representatives, the committee hopes to reach a compromise in which student governments throughout the UW System would make recommendations to the governor for student regent appointments. “We feel like this is a time when students are ready to have this conversation, they’re ready to understand it and get involved, and now it’s our responsibility to make sure it happens,” Statter said. —Cheyenne Langkamp
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ibility can be obtained externally through increased autonomy from the UW System and state. Ward said he hopes the next chancellor, who will be selected this year and officially take over next summer, will be ready to start a new dialogue regarding these ideas. Associated Students of Madison Shared Governance Chair Sam Seering said he thought the chancellor portrayed a very realistic view of the current state of affairs in the university. “[Ward recognized] that state support is going down and it will be a very long uphill battle to reverse that trend,” Seering said. “Because of that, the university has started to lean on students more than they had in the past, which he recognized was not necessarily a good thing.”
has had to increase tuition, which has left the public concerned. “There is resentment among the public that we are mysteriously increasing tuition for our own greedy needs, rather than the idea that tuition is substituting for the loss of tax revenue from the state,” Ward said. Ward proposed focusing on ways to increase the university’s flexibilities in the future, both internally and externally, to help combat dwindling state support. Ward said the university can become more flexible internally through educational innovation and administrative improvements such as the Human Resources redesign, while more flex-
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Ald. Marsha Rummel, District 6, and other members of the Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve the city’s zoning code, on which Common Council will vote Oct. 16.
Planning officials approve new zoning code After five years of planning, a city committee unanimously approved new zoning codes and maps Monday, which could affect downtown areas currently occupied by students. Madison Plan Commission Chair Nancy Fey said the city’s zoning code has not changed since 1960 and city officials have been revising it for the past five years. While they are two separate documents, the city’s proposed zoning code sets a guideline for the recently approved Downtown Plan, which is a comprehensive planning and development guide for the city, according to Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4.
Verveer said the Downtown Plan looks at every property in the city’s downtown area and recommends whether the land should be used for residential, commercial, office, institutional or retail use. The Downtown Plan also includes recommendations, which are now incorporated in the new proposed zoning code, for buildings in the Mifflin neighborhood to become more multipurposeful rather than solely residential, according to Verveer. “The action of the Plan Commission tonight absolutely encourages and anticipates increased density of the Mifflin neighborhood,” Verveer said.
But before a developer proposes redevelopment of the Mifflin area, the plan requires an additional city committee to create design guidelines for the neighborhood. Plan Commission member Anna Andrzejewski said despite some minor imperfections, the zoning plan is a significant cooperative achievement. “I just think it represents an extraordinary collaboration between staff, the commission, alders, as well as members of the public,” Andrzejewski said. Madison’s city council will vote on the zoning code Oct. 16. — Sam Garigliano and Abby Becker
Police arrest man for burglarizing State Street business Police arrested a man for burglarizing a candy store on State Street and stealing an employee’s possessions Monday. Nick Pastermack, owner of Kilwins at 208 State St., admitted to leaving a back office door unlocked around 10:30 a.m., according to Madison Police Department Spokesperson Joel DeSpain. DeSpain said 51-year-old
Berry Banks allegedly snuck in the back door and stole a 19-year-old female employee’s iPhone, iPod and cash. The victim’s boyfriend used phone tracking software to locate Banks in James Madison Park. He confronted Banks, who handed over the electronic devices but no money, according to a police statement.
Police said the boyfriend saw Banks’ ID and reported his name to the police, who found other stolen phones and bicycle lights in Banks’ possession. Police arrested Banks for burglary, according to DeSpain. “If you’re entering a business … without permission, that’s burglary whether or not there’s forced entry,” DeSpain said.
Johnson Street proposal geared toward professionals Students could see a multi-purpose building on the 300 block of West Johnson Street in the future, which developers say could change the street’s atmosphere from a campus and student-driven area to a more urban neighborhood. At a Mifflin Neighborhood meeting Monday, Hovde Properties representatives said their proposal for a seven to 14-story building would include residential, retail and office spaces, as well as additional administrative offices for the abigail waldo/the daily cardinal
The Student Services Finance Committee discusses whether or not to grant student groups funding eligibility Monday.
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Also in the meeting, the committee approved funding eligibility for a new student organization, Atheists, Humanists and Agnostics, saying the group met the necessary criteria with its faith advising and support groups serving as unique direct services to the student body. —Sam Morgen
Madison Fire Department. Hovde Associate Victor Villacrez said the new proposal would not be geared toward students. “We really are looking for this to be for workers,” Villacrez said. Members of the Mifflin Neighborhood Steering Committee said in a statement the complex would satisfy the need for “workforce and alternative housing for professionals and retirees.” The proposed building site would require the demolition
of Madison Fire Department administrative offices currently located on West Johnson Street. The new complex would include condominium space that would replace the old MFD offices. Despite logistical issues, including uncertainty over where the MFD offices will be located during construction, Assistant Fire Chief Michael Popovich said the new building will be a positive addition for the city. The city’s Plan Commission will review the proposal Oct. 15.
County introduces proposed $522 million 2013 budget Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced Monday his $522 million budget for 2013 will focus on funding programs that support health and human services. Nearly half of Parisi’s $493 million operating budget will be used to expand Child Protective Services and expedite court proceedings concerning neglected children. The budget also dedicates
$25,000, which will support Domestic Abuse Intervention Services, an organization that provides housing for those fleeing domestic abuse. On Sept. 19, the county announced a proposal to open a homeless shelter on Wright Street, but Mayor Paul Soglin said in a letter to Parisi he has “grave concerns” with the proposed site. Parisi included funding
in his proposed 2013 budget for the homeless shelter. The county is also looking into multiple building sites, according to Parisi. “It’s a problem we can’t ignore...,” Parisi said. “The city has done nothing to move forward to address this critical need.” The Dane County Board will review Parisi’s proposed budget before voting in mid-November.
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ALBUM REVIEW
Push and Shove No Doubt For a number of years now I have considered myself a fan of ska music. While some would consider the genre to be a few years past its prime, there’s just something about the fast drum beats, syncopated guitar riffs and blasting horn section that can’t help but get my musical senses fired up. As you can imagine, upon learning No Doubt was back together and working on a new album, I couldn’t help but get excited. Yes, after years of singing about bananas, the Hollaback Girl has rejoined her former band members and returned to her
ska-punk roots, or so it would seem. While many of us, having grown up during the 2000s era of pop music, are familiar with Gwen Stefani’s solo work, No Doubt might be less familiar, having gone more than a decade without releasing a new album. During their 11-year hiatus Gwen Stefani released two solo albums, catapulting herself to the forefront of pop music by adopting a fresh, new, teen-pop friendly persona. Indeed, Stefani’s new image surprised more than a few of her fans, (and notably, Reel Big Fish front man Aaron Barrett). But in light of this, what’s even more surprising is that she chose to go back. I was, as I’m sure many other old-school No Doubt fans out there were as well, hoping this new album, Push and Shove, would be a refreshing return to their previous style, as opposed to a continuation of the trends in Stefani’s solo career. This idea had at least some hope upon the release of “Settle Down,” the first single released earlier this
year from the album. The reggae motifs present in the melody, coupled with the light-hearted lyrics created a “hella positive” set up to an album that could, at best, breathe new life into what remains of the ska scene.
After years of singing about bananas, the Hollaback Girl has... returned to her skapunk roots.
After pleasantly listening through this familiar first track on the album upon Push and Shove’s release last Tuesday, Sept. 25, I can’t pretend I wasn’t disappointed once I heard the second song of the album, “Looking Hot.” The heavily synthesized riff at the beginning of the song immediately put me off, and the obviously shallow subject present in the lyrics did little to help the situation, although I will
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admit to bobbing my head during the undeniably catchy breakdown around 2:20. “One More Summer” hardly improved things as the melancholy tone of the lyrics seemed to clash with the faster drum beat in what could only be described as a miserably failed attempt at an uplifting song. At this point, I was ready to give up on the album, and was therefore thoroughly surprised when I finally heard the album’s namesake, “Push and Shove.” This song clearly took a step above the rest of the album I had heard up to this point. Initially noteworthy are the fast lyrics, which create a natural-sounding groove—a welcome throwback to the band’s original style. However, where this song really shines is during the refrain, in which the band successfully makes use of modern music production techniques while at the same time retaining a laid-back, constant feel supplemented by Stefani’s unwavering vocals. Furthermore, the juxtapo-
sition of horns at all the right places and perfect variations of the solidly pounding bass line make this track truly worthy of praise. If any song on this album deserves to be a hit, it’s this one. Unfortunately, the rest of the album sounded unexciting, though it made a noble effort in “Sparkle.” This slower tune successfully manages to convey a longing in its lyrics, with a trombone solo cementing the song in its deeper sound. As a whole, I found the album to be touch-and-go. There are a few good songs on Push and Shove, and that might very well make the album worth checking out. However, the ostensibly cohesive piece really failed to come together, and certainly fell short of what I, as a No Doubt fan, was really looking for. For those of you still looking to give this album a shot, I would recommend the deluxe version. “Settle Down” translates very well into an acoustic song, and this bonus version also contains a gem for those music fans keen on remixes.
Guide To Getting Yourself Together In A Literate Sense By Sean Reichard The Daily Cardinal
The first month of classes has swept away September; whether you felt it as a lofty breeze or tumultuous gyre, I’m sure you’ve got a vague idea of what school will be like for the rest of the semester. You’ve (hopefully) got an idea of how to balance your schoolwork with whatever else you do with your spare time. But, of course, school can take a toll on your days, whittling away the increasingly sparse hours you spent napping, video gaming, commiserating lustily to the memory of John Barleycorn, etc. Maybe you spent your spare
time reading. Maybe you’ve looked around this past month and realized, “Aw shucks, I done gone and gotten behind in my pleasure reading! This is a legitimate grievance!” Anyway, the facts are apparent: You have to do school stuff, but you also want to do things you like, such as reading. Luckily for you and the many other book-minded sufferers on campus, there is a solution. What follows is the patented Reichard Guide To Getting Yourself Together In A Literate Sense: 1.) The Library is Your Friend I’m sure you’ve already got a bone to pick with the University
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Bookstore for taking all your money and giving you textbooks in exchange. The thought of buying more books probably leaves you shivering with Welsh rats. Rather than do that, use the library system on campus. We’ve got so many: Memorial, College, Steenbock, Wendt, um… 36 others! The UW library system is pretty up to date and expansive, so you’re bound to find something. Also, they deliver to other libraries for very convenient pickup. 2.) Buy Used If the prospect of sifting through library stacks or waiting for a reserved book leaves you
cold, but $15 feels like too much for a new reading book, bum around State Street and check out the used bookstores. Just there, we’ve got Paul’s, Browzer’s and the remnants of Avol’s in the brand new A Room Of One’s Own. You can’t go wrong with around 10,000 $2 paperbacks. 3.) A Book Is A Book Is A Book If you’re gonna read in your spare time, go for a book you want to read, not out of some insecure notion that reading is all about being heady or intellectual, or, worse, in an attempt to seem cultivated. Read what you want. It’s not like you’ll get
booed out of a kegger because you haven’t read Proust (though I imagine that would be one hell of a kegger). 4.) Take Your Time As you’ve learned, or will learn in time, Madison is going to school you in more ways than one. Even the most diffident, seasoned senior has an inkling of UW’s rampant factoring into their schedule. If you want to keep up with pleasure reading, take your damn time. If it takes two months of “Anna Karenina” sitting by your bed side, taunting you endlessly with its girth, then let it.
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Five years removed from his 2007 masterpiece, “There Will Be Blood,” director-writer Paul Thomas Anderson returns with “The Master,” a haunting and dreamy film containing a pair of superb performances and perplexing ideas. “The Master” is a startling commentary on a post-war America populated with lost souls eager to believe in something, however ridiculous that something might be. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix as Freddie Quell, an idling, aggressive, delusional and alcoholic World War II veteran. After a series of unsuccessful stabs at employment, Freddie stumbles upon a yacht housing the founder of The Cause (i.e. the Master, or Lancaster Dodd), played by an always-excellent Philip Seymour Hoffman. Freddie makes a powerful “potion” of a drink that nearly poisons a man early in the film, and that falls into the hands of the Master. Dodd quickly becomes fascinated with Freddie, as Freddie soon becomes assimilated with Dodd and the rest of his family and devoted members of The Cause. All of the actors give excellent performances, yet the work by Phoenix and Hoffman is particularly spectacular. Both give incredibly physical performances, with Phoenix especially using every pos-
sible nuance he can generate. A scene in which Hoffman’s character “processes” or repeatedly questions Freddie exemplifies what will most likely be the finest acting in any film all year. Hoffman’s Master character often says cultish things such as “Man is not an animal” and other philosophical musings (though he also calls Freddie a “silly animal” and his “guinea pig”). Later, Dodd and his faithfuls attempt to help Freddie through a series of exercises designed to “improve his concentration” in an effort to induce some kind of miraculous awakening within Freddie. Perhaps the most powerful scene involves the two characters side by side in separate jail cells, one nothing more than a caged, crazed animal and the other a supposedly rational being. By the film’s end, the two characters seem gravitationally bound to one another—each of them being in need of the other. Dodd’s wife, played expertly by Amy Adams, is another excellent component to Anderson’s tale, for she both acts as Dodd’s own master and confidant and illuminates a sinister undertone to her seemingly warm composure. While the film becomes a bit long by its end, it never loses focus, or lack of thereof, thanks to the story’s cryptic nature and Freddie’s ultimately aimless wonderings.
An advocate for filmmaking and not digital filmmaking, Anderson makes use of 65 mm film rather than traditional 35 mm film, a fascinating choice considering such epic, landscape-filled films as “Lawrence of Arabia” and Kenneth Branagh’s “Hamlet” typically make use of the medium, whereas most scenes of Anderson’s film take place in houses and do not include sweeping terrains and battle scenes. In fact, according to cinematographer Mihai Malaimare Jr., Anderson shot nearly 85 percent of the film with a 65 mm. He gave multiple impromptu screenings of “The Master” in 70 mm in various cities throughout the country weeks before the film’s release, and while I did not get a chance to see it in this format, the large image size suggests an image rich in vibrant colors and expansive in scope. Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood offers up another eclectic mix of sounds for “The Master” that, akin to his work on “There Will Be Blood,” are simultaneously eerie and confounding, adding subtleties to an already hypnotic film. While I’m not sure if Anderson has quite matched “The Master” with his last outing, he has certainly left his audience with a lot more to ponder after leaving the theater. It is an engaging story about authority, aimlessness and friendship in an America not too far removed from the one we now inhabit.
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ne Person One Vote is a critical tenet of democracy, and one we didn’t really get around to until about fifty years ago. There are two important factors in ensuring this ideal is upheld. The first is making sure that voting is available to as many people as possible, so the vote actually represents the maximum amount of the population. The second is preventing voter fraud, so every person only gets one vote. Mostly within the past year, 33 states—including Wisconsin—have passed laws that aim to reduce voter fraud by requiring photo IDs at voting locations on election day. So, no more voter fraud. Democracy is saved. Moving on. Except this is America and noth-
ing’s that simple. There is a natural conflict between freedom and security that is present in many issues nationwide. For security reasons, I do not have the freedom to own a bazooka. Also for security reasons, I do not have the freedom to found a student organization devoted to conducting frequent maritime pirate raids on the Memorial Union Terrace. Often, laws intended to prevent crime can infringe on the rights of law-abiding citizens. Such is the case, opponents argue, with voter ID laws, as those without the necessary photo ID will be unable to vote in November’s presidential election. Two Dane County judges have ruled Wisconsin’s new voter ID law unconstitutional for exactly that reason. Thursday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court announced it will not rule on this decision until after the election. This means the law is on hold, and come November, we will probably not need a photo ID to vote. So, good thing or bad
thing? It appears that without these stricter ID requirements, more people can vote but more voter fraud occurs. With the alternative, less voter fraud occurs but less people can vote. This is a matter of simple math. A single case of voter fraud impacts an election comparably to a single voter being barred from casting a ballot; each alters the result by one vote. The solution lies in which policy will skew results the least. Voter fraud exists. Thousands of reported cases have occurred since the year 2000. The problem, however, is the new photo ID laws can only prevent cases of voter impersonation. Of these thousands of cases of voter fraud in the last 12 years, there are 10 confirmed cases of voter impersonation nationwide. Allow me to provide some perspective. Since the year 2000, more people have died from manatee attacks than have tried to impersonate another voter in a U.S. elec-
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tion. Some proponents of the laws claim voter impersonation occurs often undetected, and the rarity of reported cases is evidence that it is a large problem. This argument reveals a disturbing possibility regarding manatees. Think about it. Why are there so few reported cases of people being killed by manatees? Because they’re professionals. They don’t leave evidence. So when we’re done with voter impersonation, we should take steps to protect ourselves from genetically engineered manatee assassins. Fun fact: Genetically engineering manatee assassins is another thing I’m not allowed to do for security reasons. Well then how many people are prevented from voting by these laws? The short answer: more than 10. The long answer is it is impossible to tell exactly, but definitely more than 10. In Pennsylvania, state officials report almost 100,000 registered voters lack governmentissued photo identification. In the
2008 presidential election, over 1,000 ballots were thrown out due to lack of eligible ID in the states of Georgia and Indiana, which had such laws in place at that time. This number does not include voters that didn’t even go to the polls because they lacked ID. Now, I can see some readers rolling their eyes, and I understand. Numbers and statistics can be manipulated to the whims of those collecting them. Proponents of photo ID laws reference different figures than those above. However, even in reports from proponents, numbers of voter impersonation cases never exceed a couple hundred, while the numbers of voters without required ID remain in the thousands. For this reason, I am against Wisconsin’s new voter ID law and am happy to see it will not affect November’s election. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycadinal.com.
Chinese economic liberalization has not gone far enough Michael Brost opinion columnist
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ince the economic liberalization policies of Paramount Leader Deng Xiaoping beginning in 1978, China has experienced a tenfold increase in its economic output. In 2010, amid a global recession, China experienced a real growth rate of 10 percent and became the world’s largest exporter. What’s more, investment accounts for 45 percent of China’s Gross Domestic Product—roughly four times America’s investment as a percentage of GDP. As Henry Kissinger extolled in his book, “On China,” “China produced a greater share of total world GDP than any Western society in 18 of the last 20 centuries.” With China experiencing rapid economic growth in recent years, Americans increasingly see Chinese gains as zero-sum—that is, at America’s peril. Polls indicate most Americans view China’s economic expansion as bad for
America. Leaders in Washington have taken note. Despite fears of Chinese preeminence, China’s irreverence to free trade policies and allegiance to draconian social policies may significantly inhibit further Chinese economic expansion. Without greater economic and political liberalization China will have a hard time sustaining economic growth. Next week Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping will be promoted to president. I believe this offers the chance to realign with the values of political and economic liberalization, which have brought broad prosperity to Western countries. Last year, Vice President Joe Biden penned an Op-Ed in which he debunked common misconceptions about Sino-American relations, such as the belief that China holds the majority of America’s outstanding debt. In reality, China holds just eight percent while Americans hold 70 percent. After decades of economic liberalization, China was granted entry into the World Trade Organization
(WTO) in 2001 with the contingency that it would eliminate thousands of tariffs, quotas and subsidies. Since China’s readmission to the WTO a decade ago, China has become the focus of a myriad of WTO disputes. Many Chinese corporations have little or no respect for international intellectual property rights. Furthermore, China has implemented policies to devalue its currency, the Renminbi, making Chinese goods and services more attractive in foreign markets. Despite economic liberalization, roughly half of China’s economic output still comes from state-owned enterprises, which comprise 80 percent of China’s stock market. Many Chinese policies violate WTO rules and ignore the free market doctrine that has brought unrivaled prosperity to Western economies. State control has stifled China’s political culture, too. Since the People’s Republic of China was founded in 1949, the Communist Party has maintained autocratic rule. The Chinese government
has derived its legitimacy solely from the nation’s ever-increasing prosperity. Historically, however, a nation’s rise to middle-income level—which the Chinese people are quickly approaching—brings increased demands for liberty, political participation and opposition to autocratic rule. China is no exception. In 2010, disillusioned Chinese citizens mounted on average nearly 500 protests, demonstrations and riots per day in opposition to countless policies. In response, the Chinese government has suppressed opposition. Last year, Ai Weiwei—a prominent artist, political activist and critic of the communist regime—was arrested following his call for a democratic revolution similar to those that took place in North Africa and the Mideast. Similarly, China has utilized Internet censorship to quell protests and uprisings. The Chinese government has specifically targeted social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, which played an integral role in disseminating information
for pro-democracy demonstrations throughout the Arab Spring. It has been 34 years since Deng Xiaoping implemented economic liberalization policies that led to China’s rapid economic expansion. Since then, Chinese leadership has eschewed broadened economic liberalization and failed to legitimize its leadership through political liberalization. On Nov. 8 current Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping will be promoted to president. Mr. Jinping, who experienced democracy and capitalism while studying agriculture in Iowa, is likely to be more supportive of economic and political liberalization. A multitude of research conducted by political scientists and economists reveals that countries that suppress economic and political freedoms cannot sustain economic growth. The Chinese people stand to benefit greatly from freermarkets and a freer political culture. Hopefully Mr. Jinping can deliver. Michael is a freshman majoring in political science. Send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
Obama’s concrete economic plan better than Mitt Romney’s vague one Max cisneros opinion columnist
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he bomb that hit the economy in 2008 left everyone with lighter pockets. The government took action and it appeared as though the worst of it was over; the situation soon took a turn for the worst. Now with the 2012 election right around the corner, President Barack Obama and former Gov. Mitt Romney square off to see who the country will pick to face the bleak economic outlook. With Europeans searching through trash bins for their next meal, the government trillions of dollars in debt and a frozen economic recovery, this election will be pivotal in the effort of evading a second economic disaster. The country needs a MacGyver to help us diffuse the ticking time bomb that is our economy. Sure, Mitt Romney may have the looks,
but we need a man than can do his own stunts; that man being Obama. Obama has shown his abilities as president through the recovery efforts at the beginning of his term in office. Many that antagonize his presidency only focus on the fact that the economy is stagnant at this moment. I’m not sure what people think a president can do but I can say for sure that he can’t force companies to create jobs, nor can he magically cut taxes while keeping benefits like Medicare, welfare, and most important to us, financial aid for education. The man has done a lot to keep the country afloat and is met by a torrent of disapproval from the masses saying that he isn’t doing enough. Obama’s economic plan for 2012 is to focus on increasing consumer confidence. In other words, the hope is to increase demand for goods rather than increasing supply. His plan is to keep taxes the same for those making less than $250,000 a year and increase them
for those who make more. He also hopes to implement a motivational compensation for companies that hire more workers. His plan is well composed and specific in detail and direction, which is what the country needs. The same cannot be said for Romney. Romney hopes to use an economic strategy similar to that of Ronald Reagan. “Reaganomics,” as it is humorously referred to nowadays, entails policies that favor supply-side economic stimulation. This means tax-cuts for large businesses, repealing of foreign trade tariffs and other strategies that would theoretically lure companies to invest in the United States, therefore creating more jobs. From the surface, Romney appears to have a solid economic strategy; the situation becomes foggy under closer inspection. Romney’s plan is very vague on paper. He promises to cut taxes across the board and to cap federal spending but fails to provide
specifics on how he plans to do such things. His focus on supplyside economics is regressive in theory as well; large companies do not need more money, it’s already spouting out of their ears. What businesses need is demand for their goods, which means tax cuts for the consumers. He also promised his tax cuts would not add to the national debt. However, he would need to reduce tax deductions in order to keep the tax cuts from adding to the deficit, which if
you bother to think about it, renders the tax cuts useless. The stage is set and it is our responsibility to pick the right person, the MacGyver, to diffuse the economic situation with only an economic plan as his duct tape and a room full of congressman as his army knife. Will it be the blue wire, or the red? Before you vote, make sure you know what you’re voting for. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
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and 60 touchdowns. The obvious retort that could matt be made against my argument masterson is that Alabama—the team with master’s arguably the best defense in coldegree lege football—has won two of efense wins champion- the last three national champiships. This antiquated onships. So defense must not be cliché and go-to slogan dead, right? for mediocre sports commentaAs ESPN’s Lee Corso might tors is believed to still be rele- say: Not so fast, my friend. vant in today’s NCAA, but if you Yes, the 2009 and 2011 verwatched any college football last sions of the Crimson Tide feaweekend, you saw that offense tured defenses that were littered has taken over. with future first-round draft The headliner for the recent picks and NFL stars, but they offensive explosion was without also had powerful offenses that doubt the West Virginia-Baylor helped carry Alabama to the track meet Saturday. The two Promised Land. teams combined for over 1,500 The Crimson Tide had three total yards, 13 passing touch- 2011 NFL first-rounders from downs, two different 300-yard their 2009 championship team: receivers and (a partridge in a Heisman-winning running back pear tree) 133 total points. Mark Ingram, wide receiver The No. 9 Mountaineers and Julio Jones and offensive lineNo. 25 Bears made headlines man James Carpenter. Trent around the country, but their Richardson, Ingram’s replacegame was not the only case of ment, was the third overall pick dominant offenses manhandling in the 2012 draft. under-equipped defenses. Alabama has had plenty of No. 12 Texas and Oklahoma help on the offensive side of the State combined for over 1,000 ball. A more appropriate example yards and 77 points. Miami quar- of a team that relies solely on its terback Stephen Morris threw defense to win games would be for a team- and ACC-record 566 the LSU Tigers. yards against N.C. State. No. 5 Last season, LSU’s leading Georgia and Tennessee put up passer had just 1,306 yards, and 95 total points (fifth-most in SEC its top runner gained a scant 756 history) and 1,038 total yards. yards. The Tigers relied on one Yes, even the SEC, a con- of the most suffocating defenses ference defined by dominant in the country to abuse opposdefenses and 10-7 final scores, ing offenses and waited for their joined the wave of offense. offense to make one or two scorDon’t just look at this past ing strikes to seal up a victory. weekend, either. Let’s turn the Of course LSU ended up meetpage back to 2011 and look at the ing Alabama in the title game last offensive records that were set. year, and its anemic offense failed Wisconsin’s Russell Wilson miserably. The Tigers accounted and Heisman-winning Baylor for just 92 yards and zero points, quarterback Robert Griffin III while Alabama put up 384 yards finished with the two highest en route to a 21-0 win. quarterback ratings in NCAA In the current AP poll, each history. Badger running back of the top-five teams is in the Montee Ball tied Barry Sanders’ top 25 for points scored. Three all-time record for of the top-five teams touchdowns in a sin(Oregon, Florida gle season with 39. State and Georgia) Quarterback are in the top 10 in Case Keenum closed this category. Those West Virginia quarterback Geno out his prolific career same three teams are Smith’s QB rating in Houston, passing also in the top 10 for through four games for 19,217 yards— total yards gained. over 2,000 more than The football world anyone else has ever has changed, so you Wisconsin quarterthrown. Boise State’s had better get used to back Russell Wilson’s 2011 season QB Kellen Moore also video game-like stats rating, which set finished fifth on that and watching Bucky NCAA record same list after 2011. and the Oregon Duck This season, West do pushups until Virginia quarterback Geno Smith their arms fall off. has already passed for 1,728 yards Defense wins championand 20 touchdowns (with no ships? Hardly. interceptions) in just four games. Which side of the ball do you With those numbers he is on think is more important in today’s pace to not only shatter Wilson’s game? Are the recent offensive trends quarterback rating record, but here to stay? Email Matt at sports@ also throw for over 5,600 yards dailycardinal.com.
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Wisconsin’s second-half meltdown at Nebraska overshadowed its strong offensive performance in the first half, during which senior running back Montee ball scored two of his three TDs.
Offense shows promise First half play a reminder of classic Wisconsin football By Ryan Hill the daily cardinal
LINCOLN, Neb.—Wisconsin (0-1 Big Ten, 3-2 overall) let an ugly offensive line and run game performance taint what was perhaps the best half of football the Badgers have played all season. The offense was clicking on all cylinders in the first half. A healthy dose of run plays and play-action passes was the main reason the Badgers pulled ahead 14-3 after just one quarter of play. But the Badgers couldn’t put together that nearly perfect offensive balance for a full 60 minutes yet again, as Nebraska overcame a 17-point deficit and won 30-27 at Memorial Stadium Saturday night. “[The] offensive line was doing a great job, wide receivers were catching the ball, us running backs were making some great reads and running the football hard,” senior running back Montee Ball said of the first half. “So we’re gonna make sure we take what we did in the first half and build it into a fourquarter game.” Ball finished with 90 yards and three touchdowns on 32 carries. Redshirt freshman running back Melvin Gordon had five yards on a pair of carries, while junior running back James White lost five yards on his only carry. The Badgers certainly wouldn’t have found themselves in a situation like the fourth-and-one from midfield with 1:44 remaining—which ended up being a botched play—if not for the virtually non-existent run game in the second half. Obviously, a missed extra point and 41-yard field goal (with 29 seconds left in the first half) by true freshman kicker Jack Russell didn’t help Wisconsin’s cause, either.
Wisconsin usually keeps its problems far away from an identity crisis on offense, but those issues crept in and were felt just as much as the kicking problems Saturday night. For that reason alone, redshirt junior center Travis Frederick wasn’t hesitant to blame the offensive line for the second-half issues. “We might as well take [the blame],” Frederick said. “We make up half the offense, so if we don’t play well the whole team doesn’t play well. “It comes down to us playing well, and obviously that didn’t happen in the second half.” Wisconsin head coach Bret Bielema was obviously pleased with the first-half play, but his team came out an entirely different squad after the intermission. Bielema thought the Memorial Stadium atmosphere got into the players’ head. “It was a tale of two halves,” Bielema said. “You could feel that momentum change in the second half, something our guys could never really get a grasp of.” Wisconsin led or was tied for most of the second half, but the atmosphere suggested otherwise. The balanced play calling that was so prevalent in the first half was nowhere to be found in the second, and Frederick thought the offense was as close as it has been to classic Wisconsin football when things got rolling in the first half. “The way that we were running the ball, we were starting to get to the point where we were being efficient on our plays,” Frederick said. “It forced [Nebraska] to bring a couple guys down in there, and that’s when you saw a couple of the big play-action plays.” But when a team like Wisconsin rushes for a dismal 12 yards in the
second half, essentially nothing works out as planned, including the play-action plays. “I think there were a couple times where they were bringing an extra guy into the box,” Frederick said. “It makes it really hard for us to do our job, but we obviously weren’t getting the push that we needed.” “[Nebraska] got a big push,” Bielema said. “But also they were pretty heavy inside, I think they were playing a heavy technique with their defensive tackles and ends, which was making it pretty congested in there.” Whatever the exact reasons for the ineffective rush attack—and there seemed to be many—the Badgers proved yet again Saturday that in order for them to win games this year, establishing the run game should be at the forefront of their approach. Bielema once again said that a lot was learned from the nail-biter in Lincoln, despite the outcome. “I’m not mad or upset at their effort or their intensity or preparation,” Bielema said. “Nothing is coming easy for us this year. We are a team that has gotten better every week, and I think we got better today.” Wisconsin’s first half offensive outburst also instilled plenty of confidence in the team moving forward—especially for redshirt freshman quarterback Joel Stave—and reminded the team what it is capable of. “It builds a lot of confidence when you’re moving the ball like [we did in the first half ],” Stave said. “It did show that we can be good, we just have to keep working toward that [first half performance].”
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Bielema moves past Nebraska, focuses on bright spots from loss By Peter Geppert the daily cardinal
As a sports fan, it’s much easier to look at things from a glass-half-full perspective when discerning the prospects of the ongoing season. Fans of this year’s Wisconsin football team (0-1 Big Ten, 3-2 overall) can take a lesson in optimism from head coach Bret Bielema.
“The only thing that you can deal with is the situation you’re in,” Bielema said. “You can’t let Nebraska beat you twice.” The Badgers’ offense started fast—showing improvement from a lackluster non-conference slump—in racing out to a 20-3 lead in the the first half. The explosive play that most fans expected to see all season was finally on display
under the lights in Lincoln, Neb. “Our guys came ready to play,” Bielema said. “It was a hostile environment, but I thought our kids really thrived off it in the first half and for parts of the second half.” With a young Badger team showing signs of brilliance on the road, especially on offense, there is no reason to
believe this team can’t still contend for a trip to the Big Ten Championship in Indianapolis. “It’s all in front us, we control our own destiny, and that’s a great thing to be able to say.” Bielema said. Defensively the Badgers received good news this week when redshirt senior safety and captain Shelton Johnson was able
to practice after previously being diagnosed with a broken arm. The injury was supposed to keep him out at least two more weeks. Getting Johnson back could bode well for a unit that has been a bright spot all season. “If [ Johnson] clears his X-ray today then we’ll have him back on Saturday, which would be a nice boost.”