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77th District hopefuls spar in campus debate By Ariel Shapiro The Daily Cardinal
The four 77th Assembly District candidates gathered at the Education Building Wednesday night to debate everything from university funding, to the deficit, to immigrants’ rights. The event, jointly sponsored by the Associated Students of Madison, Public Representation Organization of the Faculty
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Senate and The Daily Cardinal, hosted Dane County Supervisor and Democratic candidate Brett Hulsey, Green Party candidate Ben Manski, Republican candidate David Redick and Constitution Party candidate David Olson. UW-Madison students make up a significant portion of the 77th District, making university debate page 3 Danny Marchewka/the daily cardinal
Colleges Against Cancer hosted the Breastival Festival on East Campus Mall Wednesday to celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
T.C. Katz receives approval from ALRC By Jourdan Miller The Daily Cardinal
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The four 77th Assembly District candidates met at the Education Building to face off on economic, university and social issues.
ASM election results announced, turnout low By Anna Duffin The Daily Cardinal
The Associated Students of Madison released the results of their fall election Wednesday night. UW-Madison first year students elected Andrew Bulovsky, Cody Ostenson, Arturo “Tito” Diaz and Sarah Neibart to serve on student council. The student body elected TJ Madsen, Michael Dowden, Rafael Yah, Jason Smathers and Andrea Bill to student council. Rae Lymer and Riaan Roux were elected to Student Services Finance Committee, the committee that distributes funds to UW-Madison student organizations. Election turnout was 6 percent, down from 7.2 percent last year. ASM Chair Brandon Williams said this turnout disappointed him. “We always strive to hit as high a mark as we possibly can, but fall elections are typically
less of a turnout than spring,” Williams said. Students’ votes also passed amendments changing Student Justices’ terms from four years to two and to remove the term “freshman” from the ASM constitution and redefine it as a “first year student.” At its weekly meeting Wednesday, ASM approved a grant for $12,000 to the Hoofer Ski and Snowboard Club for their Ski and Snowboard Rail Jam. This event will occur at Memorial Union in November. The student group will create a structure covered in snow for about 30 snowboarders to compete on. They predict around 1,000 students will attend. ASM also approved a $5,000 grant to help the EDGE Project, an initiative dedicated to international development, travel to Lingira Island in Uganda next June. This money will go toward travel expenses.
T.C. Katz was granted approval from the Madison Alcohol Licensing Review Committee for a 21-plus entertainment license Wednesday. The bar is located in the space previously occupied by Ram Head. In addition to finishing construction on the newly opened bar on North Henry Street, Co-owner Ryan Moore said he wants to add a list of headlining bands during the weekdays.
“We hope to have [disc jockey] s and cover bands playing popular music on weeknights starting in the next couple of months,” Moore said. Given the growing popularity of the bar on the weekends, Moore said he hopes to bring more business to the establishment during the week through live entertainment. “The cost for live entertainment is minimal. We’re happy to embrace it,” Moore said. Committee member Chet
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Police raid downtown massage parlor Madison Police raided the Rising Sun massage parlor at 117 W. Main St. Wednesday morning. The officers executed a search warrant at the massage parlor near the Capitol building, according to the incident report. Detectives were searching for evidence in an alleged prostitution investigation. Back in 2008 police investigated the sexual assault of a 5-year-old Madison girl on the city’s east side, according to the incident report. “Information gleaned in that case led to an ongoing investigation from which probable cause was developed for the execution of this morning’s search warrant,” Madison Police spokesperson Joel DeSpain said in a statement. Usually prostitution investigations are get underway as a result of citizen complaints, DeSpain said. Court documents have been sealed for three months and specifics of the case cannot be disclosed, according to the incident report. At this time no arrests have been made in the current case.
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any of you probably know at least one person who is absolutely terrified of going to the bathroom in public. Some are merely frightened of publicly relieving themselves when they have to go number two—yes I am using the term you learn in kindergarten to avoid saying the word “poop” 30 times in one article. Others cannot even go number one in a public bathroom without freezing up the second someone else walks in. Now, I have to admit, I was once one of them myself. I used all of the famous tricks to avoid being overheard performing a completely normal bodily function. My favorite strategy was running the faucet full blast, even in the comfort of my own home, if my dad or brother was nearby. However, I quickly got over this ridiculous phobia in the eighth grade when I realized one fine afternoon that I had two options: Calmly finish the business I had already started, even though my precious water had been turned off by some pretentious asshole, or stop and inevitably end up shitting
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my pants in front of my then unrequited love, Michael Roy. Naturally, I opted for the first choice and have been phobia-free for six years now. Nevertheless, not everyone seems to be as lucky as me. Many still suffer from their irrational anxiety day in and day out and resort to the long-standing maneuvers that attempt (unsuccessfully) to deceive their neighboring bathroom buddy that they are a part of a newly evolved species that does not defecate (notice I’m avoiding using the p-word—there is a surplus of synonyms I will take advantage of before succumbing). Classic maneuvers are flushing the toilet every time they think something might escape from their tightened control, running the faucets, ruffling the toilet paper and/or ripping off an exorbitant amount, and fake coughing that sounds more like Karen’s cough in “Mean Girls” than any nasty virus on the streets of Madison. I found a classic example of this widespread malady in the behavior of a fellow dorm mate last year (no names will be mentioned, but girls who were on my floor may know to whom I am referring). This anonymous dorm mate would sit for literally HOURS in the girl’s restroom waiting for an opportune moment to release her day’s waste. Everyone knew exactly who it was because she would wear the same
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flip-flops and usually disappeared and reappeared around the same time every night. At first, me being the bitch I am, thought this was hilarious and would purposely stay in the bathroom for a ridiculously long time just to torture her. After about a month, though, I began to feel horrible for the poor soul who wasted hours on a cold, diseaseridden toilet seat just waiting for her chance to feel some kind of deliverance from her stage fright. Thus, I resolved to make her overcome her fear once and for all. How, you ask? Simple. I just needed to load up on Fiber One bars and apples, discreetly go to the bathroom at exactly the same time as her and let it rip so that she would realize there was no need to be frightened—everyone poops (I gave in). Sadly, my efforts failed. All that resulted was that her small little toes recoiled from her flip-flops and she continued to put herself through agonizing hours of holding her natural bodily responses for the rest of the year. The only possible change was that she may have thought I was incredibly vulgar and repulsive. To this day I have dear friends I have known since we wore hot pink spandex and vampire capes on the streets of Grafton, Wis. who still cannot go number two in front of me, let alone anyone else. My best friend on dance team in high school would hold it
for three hours while we practiced leaps, kicks, turns and routines, etc; can you imagine performing such tricks when your bowels are about to explode? I certainly can’t. That is why I have the utmost respect for those of you who can comfortably drop a deuce in public and walk out smiling as if nothing happened. To me that is true gumption, which is why I am seriously contemplating slipping laxatives into the drinks of those of my friends afflicted with this pervasive stage fright to really show them what’s up. On the other hand, maybe I shouldn’t be quick to pass judgment, considering I have never and will never bring myself to sit bare assed on a public toilet seat of any kind. No matter how clean it looks, I just can’t do it. Health class did nothing to deter my fear of contracting some STI from a toilet seat, especially after we were forced to view life-altering pictures of them. Twice. In fact, last year after returning home to the esteemed Sellery Hall belligerently drunk, I accidently sat my poor, bare buttocks on a festering toilet seat and was convinced for weeks that I would wake up one morning with warts covering my rump. Irrational? Maybe. I guess we all have our own little unshakable phobias after all. Send your stage fright stories to alt2@wisc.edu. We know you have some.
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This week, the New Beer Desk moved a few blocks away from its usual location in the bowels of Vilas Hall and posted up with a few friends for an on-location New Beer Thursday at the public opening of the Underground Food Collective Kitchen on East Mifflin Street and Webster Street. We were greeted by a inviting and unpretentious space that looks and feels nothing like its iconic predecessor Café Monmartre. We ate a cutting board full of cured and rendered meats and cheeses and filled ourselves. Thirsty, we turned to the taps, which were as palatetantalizing as our food, as well as the ambience and of course the staff. But one seasonal beer caught our eye— Furthermore’s Fallen Apple Cream Ale. It is not surprising to see a Furthermore in the Underground Kitchen, considering the history of collaboration between UFC and the brewery. In fact, UFC is catering the release of Furthermore’s Hopperbolic. Fallen Apple is the love child of two autumnal greats: Cream ale and apple cider. There are few if any commercially available ferment-
ed ciders of this quality, even if they are mixed with beer like this one. Effervescent and golden, Fallen Apple quickly became a favorite for uniqueness. The apple taste is neatly balanced with the creaminess of the beer, which acts to counter some of the dryness ciders are known for. We have seen creative marriages from Furthermore before, like when they expertly blended coffee with brown Mexican steam beer to make a refreshing summer treat, and this time they have made a crisp fall favorite. Fallen Apple is tasty, but it only comes out in limited release, so turn your sleuth skills on and grab a six pack if you can find it. Otherwise head over to UFC and down a pint or two, and while you are there try the food and the incredibly unique and creative cocktails whose ingredients range from sarsaparilla rye with cherry bark to thyme-infused gin. Both the UFC and Furthermore guys are flavor geniuses. We are excited to know what they are up to next. —Benji Pierson
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Johnson unconcerned with ‘details,’ focused on message By Scott Girard The Daily Cardinal
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson told the crowd at a UW-Milwaukee forum he does not “believe this election is really about the details.” During the forum, which was broadcast by Milwaukee Public Radio Station WUWM, Johnson took questions from the audience and talked about the economic climate. “There is such a high level of uncertainty in this economy right now, people are unwilling to spend,” Johnson said. To solve the economic recession, Johnson said he would cancel the still-unused money from the stimulus bill and would like to repeal the health-care bill. However, when asked about how to deal with the rising homelessness of Iraq and Afghan war veterans, he could not get into specifics, and said he is approaching this election like an interview process. “When people come into my place of business and I’m interviewing them for a job,” Johnson said, “I don’t expect them to come into that
job interview and say, ‘Here are the problems you got and how are you gonna solve those?’” In response, the Feingold campaign released a statement criticizing Johnson’s supposed lack of plans to create jobs, pointing out other instances during which he avoided elaborating on details. “No plan to create jobs. No plan to cut spending. Over $8 million in solutions-free television ads trying to fool voters,” the campaign said in the statement. “Wisconsin deserves better than Ron Johnson’s empty whiteboard campaign.” Feingold also participated in the UW-Milwaukee forum, although separately from Johnson. WUWM will broadcast his portion Thursday. A poll conducted by St. Norbert College and Wisconsin Public Radio shows a tight race, with Johnson leading Feingold by two points, giving him a significantly narrower lead than he has in previous surveys. The third and final debate between Johnson and Feingold will take place Friday at Marquette University Law School.
Chancellor concludes budget forums By Molly Reppen The Daily Cardinal
Chancellor Biddy Martin focused on the economic factors of her proposal in the final installment of her three-part “New Badger Partnership” discussion forum at the Waisman Center Wednesday. Martin said the proposal will help keep the university strong despite the state’s economic position. “Part of the purpose of the Badger Partnership proposal is to come up with a way that we can face the [economic] situation realistically, and to keep our aspirations of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and of the state intact,” Martin said. Martin said a competitive research university is essential in light of the state’s changing economic situation and current budget pressures. “In a global knowledge economy, we need knowledge- and technologybased industries. We need a workforce qualifying for those kinds of jobs, and that’s where the research
debate from page 1 funding a hot topic at the debate. Hulsey said he would fight to protect funding for the university. Manski said he would not only call for greater funding, but fight to keep corporate interests out of the legislative discussion on the matter. Both Redick and Olson took the opposite position. Olson advocated for separating the university from the state entirely, as the Wisconsin Constitution only provides for K-12 education. “They all wanna grow, they all want the hot professors,” Redick said. “I want them to teach a few more hours and not make so much money compared to what we can afford.” As the two liberal candidates in a traditionally left-leaning district, Hulsey and Manski are the frontrunners. Both Manski and Hulsey said they are dedicated to environmental issues
universities come in,” Martin said. “We need a business model that recognizes the university’s competitive position.” “The premise of the New Badger Partnership is that we cannot be run as if we were just like every other state agency and continue to flourish for the good of the state,” Martin said. Martin said the proposal would help keep jobs in the state and would in turn support the state and the university. “The increased flexibility we’re asking for would actually allow us to add more value to the state and had a have a stronger partnership with the state, rather than separate ties with the state of Wisconsin,” Martin said. Martin said the proposal would enable UW-Madison to compete internationally. “Research universities in particular are part of a heavily market-driven and very competitive sector, not just in the United States, but worldwide,” Martin said. and the research being done at UW-Madison, but they have their distinctions when it comes to immigration and UW tuition. Hulsey said he would support driver’s cards for illegal immigrants and the DREAM Act, a piece of legislation that would provide illegal minors with a path to citizenship either through military service or pursuit of higher education. Manski said not only would he support the DREAM Act, but he would pursue equal rights for all Wisconsin residents under state law. When asked what separates himself from his Green Party competitor, Hulsey cited his 12 years on the County Board and his experience with creating jobs. Manski said he, unlike Hulsey, will dedicate himself to reducing tuition as he did during his time as a UW-Madison student. “I understand student issues intimately,” he said.
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Approximately 100 students and community members attended a glow-light vigil in honor of bullied LGBTQ students Wednesday.
LGBTQ Center, Diversity Squad hold vigil for bullying victims By Alicia Goldfine The Daily Cardinal
Approximately 100 people attended a vigil on Library Mall Wednesday night in honor of LGBTQ students across the country who have been affected by bullying. The event was co-hosted by the LGBT Campus Center and the UW Housing Diversity Squad. This vigil coincided with the national “Wear Purple Day of Remembrance and Memorial” and organized a moment of silence in honor of LGBTQ students who have committed suicide as a result
of bullying and harassment. Students and Madison residents were given the opportunity to speak and share personal bullying experiences they have had. Many speakers stressed the importance that even a single supportive family member or friend had on their lives or on the lives of loved ones during struggles with bullying. While several suicides have been publicized recently, LGBT Campus Center members said suicide from bullying is not a recent problem, adding this can only be solved by a nation-wide
unification against harassment. The vigil was held as part of UW-Madison’s LGBTQ Stop the Silence yearlong anti-bullying campaign, which will feature events and educational programs to address the issue. UW-Madison student Ashley Chalmers said it is important to support the LGBTQ anti- bullying campaign. “I guess I just feel like this kind of equality is something that’s so essential,” Chalmers said. “It’s one of those things that I never even thought should be another way.”
Urban Design Commission approves plans for UW Ice Arena By Grace Gleason The Daily Cardinal
The Urban Design Commission granted final approval for plans for a new UW Athletics Ice Hockey and Swimming Facility on the UW-Madison campus Wednesday. Before approving the application, committee members said they had a few problems with the prospective building, which was designed by Jeff Piette of Kahler-Slater Architects. Certain committee members were concerned about the aesthetic appeal of the gray concrete exterior. “The southwest façade is sterile … It’s a very obtuse face—not welcoming, not engaging,” committee member Todd Barnett said. Committee members also said they were concerned about the building’s parking and traffic circulation
alrc from page 1 turb the residents,” Moore said. “There’s just no way.” Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, agreed with Moore. “I would be surprised if any neighbors were disturbed,” Verveer said. Additionally, some members of the committee said they were concerned about crowd management. “If the new entertainment proves to be consistently popular, we will add additional personnel,” Moore said. Verveer said he supports the new entertainment aspect of the bar. “I encourage you to continue
plan. The construction of this facility would require removal and relocation of some Kohl Center parking lots. The committee was supportive of the facility concept and praised the architectural plan, recommending minor changes. “The overall plan is well conceived, but there are some details that are left unresolved,” Barnett said. The new facility will be connected to the Southeast Recreational Facility through an enclosed bridge and will be adjacent to the Kohl Center. It will serve as a practice facility for the men’s and women’s hockey teams. It will also be home to the women’s hockey team’s home games. Compared to the 15,000-seat arena at the Kohl Center they have used in the past, the new 2,400-seat arena will be a better and more intilooking into an 18-plus license, to open the establishment to all ages at some point,” Verveer said. “Right now our staff is not equipped to handle under-18 patrons, and to keep them from drinking would be too much,” Moore said. “However, in the future I think that is an absolute,” Moore said. The Common Council will decide whether to approve the bar’s request for a 21-plus entertainment license Nov. 9. The Sconnie Bar and the Retro Tavern’s requests for approval for a 21-plus entertainment license were also referred to the next ALRC meeting.
mate setting for the women’s team to compete, Gary Brown, director of Campus Planning and Landscape Architecture at UW-Madison, said. The new building will not be available for public or student use, according to Brown. However, the Camp Randall Memorial Sports Center, also known as the Shell, where the women’s hockey team currently practices, would have more available ice facilities for public use once the team moves into the new space. The plan will be up for approval at the Urban Planning Commission meeting Nov. 22.
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taken away from you in a second,” she said. “As long as you can pay your bills Whenever people think of fashion in this business, you’re a success.” critique, their minds immediately turn When it came to people supportto Joan Rivers. If someone mentions ing Rivers in achieving her dreams, anything about red carpet interview- there no one there. Her parents cering, there she is again. Do you want tainly didn’t support her career choice. to discuss what you thought about Having attended school at Connecticut buying off the QVC home shopping College for Women and Barnard, her television network at 2 a.m.? It was parents wanted her to be anything most likely something from Rivers’ line but what she is today. Her cousins are of jewelry. She is such a well-known doctors and her sister is a lawyer, so celebrity that she has been given one of when it came to Rivers’ show business the most amazing honors in all of star- aspirations, her family was “shocked, doms: a Comedy Central Roast. and rightfully so,” as they felt she Oh, and she earned an Emmy. was throwing her education away. But at the end of the day, “You shouldn’t expect what’s important is that her people to [support you],” comedy is wild, rough and in Rivers said. “You’ve got to touch with what is happening be your own. You’ve got now. This is what has kept to be able to say ‘This is her on top through what I want and leave the years. Now, on me alone. Look out.’” her latest comIt’s that drive and edy tour, she action-based attitude is stopping that got her to where in Madison she is today. In her to grace accomplished career, the stage at Rivers says her favorite the Overture project is whatever is Center. next on her plate. Rivers knew she “I’m always excited has wanted to be in about exactly what I’m show business since starting,” she said. she could put two Currently, she and sentences together. daughter Melissa are Looking at all she working on a reality has accomplished, show, which will preit’s clear she’s been miere January of next successful in fulyear. E!’s “The filling that dream. Fashion Police” Contrary to this is another idea, however, is one of her Rivers’ critique of passions her own successes. not only She believes that because “there is no level she gets of success in our to write it, business.” but also because of the “You have no harsh one-liners she Photo Courtesy Joan Rivers Worldwide Enterprises idea. It can be gets to deliver.
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What else does Joan Rivers want to try in show business? “Everything over and over again,” she said. Among the few things she hasn’t conquered yet is screenwriting, and she looks forward to an opportunity. Rivers also wants to get behind the camera again. “The only stupid movies I have ever been in are ‘Spaceballs’ and ‘The Muppets take Manhattan’,” she said. After receiving assurance that many people consider “Spaceballs” to be a classic and that she should be proud, she said, “I am proud of it,” laughs and adds, “But I’d like to do something where I’m not stuck in a tin can.” Her comedy has a unique character in itself. She credits Richard Pryor, Sam Kinison and Lenny Bruce as her comedy icons. Inspiration can be a fickle mistress, but for Rivers it comes from absolutely anything as long as she finds it funny. It all depends on what is going on in the moment. Some examples? “Lindsay Lohan. Michael Douglas fighting cancer maybe,” she said. “How can that be funny? Well maybe it is to me. You just don’t know what’s going to hit.” Rivers will perform at the Overture Center Saturday, Oct. 23, and according to her, it’s the perfect time to be in Madison. “It’s the height of the changing leaves. Only a moron would say it’s not beautiful,” she said. Rivers is also looking forward to a Madison audience. “Everything is the same now in America. We all watch the same and read the same things so the audience will be smart.” She added, “It’s near a college. It’s a smart town.” Her lone advice to those planning to attend her show: “Look out.” Joan Rivers will perform at the Overture Center for the Arts Saturday, Oct. 23 at 8 p.m. Tickets are still available.
The personalities of music are all a charade Kyle Sparks total awesome
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y way-tubular, totally eligible friend Anthony says when he hears Victoria Legrand of Beach House sing he likes to pretend she’s singing to him. That’s sort of what most pop music is for a lot of people—it’s either someone singing to you or for you. It’s not enough just to hear it, we need to squeeze ourselves in there somewhere. There are issues with this, of course. Each one of us probably had our own distinct epiphanies, but mine came one day during recess when my friend told me that Britney Spears didn’t even write “...Baby One More Time.” This cute girl I was totally ready to sit next to at lunch and let share my Capri Sun was actually a 27-year-old Swede named Max Martin. How cute. This paradox isn’t all that complicated, and what I’m really talking about is the concept proposed by French literary critic and theorist Roland Barthes known as the Death of the Author. He argues that we cannot ascribe any biographical background to any form of art. When we hear Britney Spears or Kelly Clarkson, we shouldn’t
be connecting the individual personality with the art. It’s supposed to be different in indie music, though. The “indie” tag is supposed to denote an independence from the nameless, faceless, generic songwriting that makes playground kids wax romantic over something an overweight chain smoker in Gainesville, Fla., wrote. (I know, that does sounds like the genesis of “To Catch a Predator.”) Indie music is supposed to be more personal. That’s why everyone was so hard on M.I.A.’s latest release, /|/|/|Y/|, isn’t it? It was supposed to be her most personal album to date, but all it did was expose her political beliefs as ignorantly militant and based on the same fear-inducing premises she was rallying against. The New York Times profile didn’t help, either. Reading about the Sri Lankan refugee eating fast food, living in a mansion and marrying into the bourgeois only reinforced what we were already telling ourselves—M.I.A. is a fraud. We couldn’t separate Maya Arulpragasam from M.I.A., so we couldn’t understand how M.I.A. might stand for something different, something bigger. That capacity to embody more than individual parts is exactly what art is about, though. Art takes ephemeral experiences or stimuli and floods them with latent significance. Anyone can
do this, and that’s the point. If the author truly is dead, then Die Antwoord killed it. Die Antwoord are a rave-rap group from Cape Town, South Africa, from the “zef” side—which is really just a progressive and geopolitically specific way of saying “white trash.” When their lyrics aren’t outright sexist, they’re lewd and potentially racist. But the two primary minds behind Die Antwoord, Ninja and Yo-Landi, are not really any of those things. The two are married with children and openly admit that DA is a projection of fabricated personas—much to the chagrin of imaginations everywhere. While their charade doesn’t necessarily unearth any grand social paradoxes, they do an incredible job of getting the elephant out of the room. The creators are irrelevant in our consumption of the art. So when we talk about /|/|/|Y/|, we need to stop talking about Arulpragasam’s descent into American culture and start talking about how M.I.A. forgot to write a pop hook. All the same, this column doesn’t mean I’m an aloof illiterate who can’t form cogent thoughts, it just means I stayed up all night studying and had to meet an afternoon deadline. Still convinced Britney Spears is singing just for you? Let Kyle know at ktsparks@wisc.edu.
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“Valparaiso” discusses the dangers the media can bring about.
‘Valpo’ a visual spectacle By Caelin Ross The Daily Cardinal
With the proliferation of websites like Facebook, the ways we have express ourselves and connect with others have grown beyond all boundaries imagined for communication. While all of these websites have forged connections the world never thought possible, they have simultaneously distorted our concept of privacy; an individual’s life can always be made public, and most choose to do so. We all claim to have control over our profiles and uploaded information, but what happens when the media that brought people together turn against us? When the media turns private into public and opinion into factual truth, we have to question whether the right to true individuality and secrecy is ever worth being sacrificed. It is this idea the University Theatre’s upcoming production of “Valparaiso” centers on. Written by acclaimed novelist and playwright Don DeLillo (“White Noise”), the story introduces audiences to an ordinary businessman, Michael Majeski, who sets off on a routine business trip to Valparaiso, Ind., but ends up in Valparaiso, Chile. This unusual mistake propels him into an extraordinary adventure of stardom, with reporters suddenly demanding every detail of his journey. As the media digs, we learn there is perhaps more to his story than originally though, as the play stresses nothing ever remains unseen or unsaid. Michael desperately tries to establish his own identity by throwing himself under the spotlight of celebrity, and the true dangers of sacrificing oneself to the media rear their ugly head. At the forefront of this production is Director Jeremy Thomas Poulsen, a third year MFA directing candidate at UW-Madison. Poulsen made his directing debut during UT’s last season with Henrik Ibsen’s “The Lady from the Sea.” Poulsen described directing “Valparaiso” as a fantastic challenge. It incorporates multiple facets of performance, including onstage
actors, dancers and a live video feed that plays throughout the entire show. Poulsen was excited to work with such challenging media as it makes for a performance “unlike anything the audience has ever seen.” The opportunity to see such an integrative, multi-faceted production rarely comes along, especially on a college campus. It is not only this visual spectacle that makes the show unique, but also the highly relevant themes “Valparaiso” deals with. Considering the current phenomenon of ordinary individuals reaching levels of fame or the fascination with celebrity in American culture, the play’s focus on media serves as a powerful reflection of our society. Rather than passively accepting this condition, however, the play attempts to motivate viewers to question the status quo. Poulsen thinks seeing the play will “encourage the audience to question what this obsession with the media and lack of privacy can do not only to our society, but to the souls of the individuals who are affected.” The person behind the media force seeking out Michael is Delfina, a high-powered television personality who lives and feeds upon the victims of newfound celebrity. Played by second year acting MFA candidate JakiTerry, the character embodies not only what happens to victims of the all-encompassing media, but also what happens to the media professionals who thrive on the fame they create. “Delfina literally has no life beyond her studio,” Jaki-Terry said “Once those [stage] lights go up, her life begins; once they go down, everything else ends.” Playing a character like Delfina is a challenge for Jaki-Terry, but one that she described as being “filled with discoveries.” Her experience with the other actors and the energy they bring to the stage have made working with such a surreal, abstract script and production process wonderful for Jaki-Terry. “Valparaiso” runs Oct. 22-Nov. 6 in UT’s Mitchell Theatre. Tickets are still available.
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Today’s Sudoku
Evil Bird
By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu
© Puzzles by Pappocom
Branching Out
By Brendan Sullivan bsullivan3@wisc.edu
Solution, tips and computer program available at www.sudoku.com.
Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9.
Eatin’ Cake - A New Comic Trial!
By Dylan Moriarty graphics@dailycardinal.com
Today’s Crossword Puzzle
Crustaches
Charlie and Boomer Classic
By Patrick Remington premington@wisc.edu
By Natasha Soglin soglin@wisc.edu
Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com
TRAVEL GUIDE 1 6 10 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 23 24 25 28 31 34 36 38 40 43 44 45 46 48 50
ACROSS Ball field covers Coarse speech Work on the batter Like Pisa’s most famous landmark Lead-in for “sees” or “seas” ___ Enlai (Chinese premier) Birdie plus two At an impasse Flat payment? At an impasse Catch some rays “Cleopatra” river Their users have handles Malamute’s burden, perhaps Street hustler’s game Indigenous Japanese people Hotshot pilots Orbital periods Feature of many autos Draw forth, as something latent Twisting dessert Agitated condition Selling point Cheese in a ball Bang-up cable
network? 51 Platoon or squadron, e.g. 53 Gumshoe, briefly 55 To-go drink 61 Deeply engrossed 63 On the house 64 Sumatran beast 65 Dull sword 66 To be, in Latin class 67 Dodge, as the press 68 ___ off (beat back) 69 Subdivisions of subdivisions 70 Swimming or running event 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 21
DOWN Scent that sounds verboten Perched upon Latvia’s capital The common people Phonograph needle Horse shade Gung-ho Roomy auto Main event preceder, briefly Some radio talkshow employees He and she Atom with a charge Plow furrow Many a holiday
visitor 22 Andrew ___ Webber 25 Latte seller 26 Feathered vertebrates 27 Anteater attribute 29 Off-the-wall reply 30 Tractor surname 32 Opposite of “’tis” 33 Watergate senator Sam 35 Like ballots still in the box 37 Supply with startup money 39 Small paving stone 41 Alloy of tin and lead 42 Very reluctant 47 Tower of note 49 Sign-bearer in an airport, e.g. 52 Trunk of the human body 54 Have a hankering for 55 Tournament for all 56 Recharge one’s batteries 57 Golf pegs 58 Pearly gem 59 Verdi’s title princess 60 Squirrel’s nest 61 Basketball official 62 Long-armed primate
Washington and the Bear
By Derek Sandberg kalarooka@gmail.com
opinion
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Thursday, October 21, 2010
Opinion article criticized too harshly alex morrell Daily Cardinal Ombusdman
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ords belong to the person who wrote them. There are few simpler ethical notions than this one. In the past thirty years, copyright laws have been strengthened. In the worlds of academia and publishing, plagiarism has gone from being bad literary manners to something much closer to a crime. Those first two paragraphs? I didn’t write them, Malcolm Gladwell did. In his 2004 New Yorker essay “Something Borrowed,” he discusses his experience being plagiarized and examines our cultural abhorrence of any form of intellectual larceny, how it can lead to dangerous thinking and poses the fundamental question, “Should a charge of plagiarism ruin your life?” Had I failed to give Gladwell credit, I would deservingly be called a liar and a fraud. Plagiarism is as destructive a sin as you’ll find in journalism, robbing publications of their credibility and depriving readers of the basic belief in truth that enables trust and faith in the profession. But as Gladwell notes, we’ve been conditioned to react to the theft of even 10 words of generic prose with apocalyptic outcry and gnashing of teeth.
You cannot plagiarize a fact or an idea, only someone’s personal expression of one.
And knee-jerk reactions to claims of uncredited copying can lead to overreactions and failure to closely examine how much, if any, of a crime was actually committed. The Daily Cardinal ran the opinion column “Keeping ‘Mama Grizzly’ hidden is bad for voters” by Melissa Grau in its Oct. 8 edition. It essentially argued that attempts to shade Lt. Governor hopeful Rebecca Kleefisch from public view during her campaign insults and cheats Wisconsin voters. Just hours after it hit newsstands, the Cardinal received an e-mail from Isthmus contributor Alicia Yager, who had written the news feature “Rebecca Kleefisch, stealth Mama Grizzly” a week earlier. She had noticed the articles were strikingly similar in theme and relied on many of the same facts. Yager said parts seemed almost directly pulled from her piece and requested attribution to the Isthmus article. Read the stories side-by-side, and it’s hard to blame her. The Cardinal reacted swiftly, adding the Isthmus attribution to the online article and including a lengthy special correction in the next issue. There were murmurs of “plagiarism” and even discussion about whether the writer should be asked to leave the staff. The hasty reaction isn’t hard
to understand—a newspaper doesn’t want allegations of copying to linger. But was it the right reaction? Let’s examine the facts. The Cardinal article was not conceived by Grau, but rather by one of her editors, who had not seen the Isthmus piece. Knowing little about Kleefisch, Grau began researching her for the article. Grau admitted she indeed came upon the Isthmus story, but only after her article was nearly complete. Her source file, which she compiles for every column to fact-check, reveals a variety of places she drew information from. There are many similarities—the general concept of Kleefisch staying hidden, how Kleefisch’s website redirects to Walker’s, how she avoids the press, her Palin-esque tweets and the notion that she could have a similar impact on the Walker campaign as Palin did on McCain’s— but these are simply facts and ideas. You cannot plagiarize a fact or an idea, only someone’s personal expression of one. There is no direct copying of Yager’s language or expression, so by almost any definition, the article could not be considered intellectual theft. The very idea both authors choose to take up—why Kleefisch remaining hidden matters—would inherently draw them to a limited set of facts. Kleefisch stays out of the media, so it’s hardly surprising they would come across similar material while researching their respective articles. Grau’s article could not be called a fraud, though it could labeled unoriginal. But unoriginality is as common to journalism as newsprint. Stories are rehashed, repackaged and localized daily. In opinion pieces like Grau’s, topics are retread perhaps even more frequently—it’s the personal analysis and position that matters. Though no direct copying occurred, crediting Yager for arriving at the idea first, especially considering their similarities, would have eliminated any appearance of misdeed. If there was a mistake made in Grau’s article, that was it. But this mistake is a far cry from intellectual theft, and it rests on the Cardinal editors as much as it does the author. Student newspapers are about making mistakes and learning from them. The Cardinal considers itself a learning institution and no one should ever be asked to leave for an honest mistake. In their haste to distance the Cardinal from a potentially embarrassing incident, editors lost sight of the facts and used a gun to remedy a problem that could be fixed with a fly swatter. Adding an attribution to the Isthmus on the online article is a reasonable measure, but running a special three-paragraph apology in print that says the article could have used a “complete overhaul” is both unusual and unwarranted. It alienates a Cardinal staff writer who should be provided constructive support and critique, not rebuked and embarrassed for making a mistake. Alex Morrell was editor-in-chief of the Cardinal from 2008-2009 and is a reporter for the Green Bay Press-Gazette.
view Cardinal View editorials represent The Daily Cardinal’s organizational opinion. Each editorial is crafted independent of news coverage.
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his Nov. 2, the residents of Wisconsin will decide the fate of a number of closely fought elections. While each candidate brings different ideological perspectives and ideas to the table, their ability to succeed in office is far from guaranteed. Unlike the unpredictable nature of elected office, one particular measure, the $134 million proposed expansion of Madison Area Technical Colleges, offers a guaranteed method of utilizing tax dollars to increase opportunities for education in Wisconsin while creating local jobs. In light of the economic downturn and increased numbers of high school students pursuing higher education, MATC has experienced drastic increases in enrollment. Not helping their situation is a UW System becoming more selective and expensive, especially here at UW-Madison. The referendum would greatly relieve the MATC campuses of overcrowding and provide much-needed renovation and expansion. The proposed projects include a $43 million Health Service Education Center and Clinic, $21.7 million for Law Enforcement and Fire Department training, $7.3 million for regional
campus renovations, $16.8 million for a “green” services center at MATC’s Traux campus, $34.2 million for Madison campus renovations and an additional $10.7 million for land acquisitions and utility improvements. To pay for the referendum, MATC is asking taxpayers to foot the bill. Unlike most financial proposals, however, the cost of the center would be spread among 12 different counties over 20 years. The initial 10 years would feature an extra $33.10 tax per household on average, bringing the total average MATC tax to $412 per year.
The economic conditions that might stop the referendum’s approval are in fact the very reasons it should pass.
While a tax increase of any kind sounds unwise in our current economic conditions, the $33.10 extra per year is a small price to pay for such crucial renovations and expansions. MATC provides an opportunity for those unable
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to afford or gain admission to the UW System to start their path toward higher education. The economic conditions that might stop the referendum’s approval are in fact the very reasons it should pass. With job opportunities at a low because of the recession, more and more Wisconsin students are seeking MATC enrollment. Furthermore, the specialty training offered in law enforcement, medicine and fire fighting create much-needed local jobs likely to stay in Wisconsin. Threatening the referendum’s passage is a mid-term election expected to favor Republicans in light of lessened popularity for Democratic policies. The many Republican challengers will bring with them a higher Republican turnout that is less likely to vote for a tax increase of any kind. Although Wisconsin’s economic conditions make a tax increase difficult, voters should remember the important role the MATC system plays in our local community. In light of overcrowding and a lack of facilities, our local technical colleges need financial support in order to improve and expand their facilities, which in turn creates an academic environment more conducive to success. The careers created by MATC remain local and provide a muchneeded opportunity for employment in an economy where jobs are hard to find. This referendum represents an opportunity to invest directly into our community, and at only $33.10 extra per household, it is an investment worth making.
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Thursday, October 21, 2010
Men’s Soccer
Defense struggles in high-scoring OT loss By Jack Doyle the daily cardinal
The Wisconsin men’s soccer team fell to UW-Green Bay 4-3 in overtime Wednesday night at the McClimon Complex to extend their winless streak to 12 matches. Despite two goals from freshman forward Chris Prince, the Badgers (0-2-1 Big Ten, 1-10-2 overall) were unable to overcome the potent offense Phoenix offense led by AllAmerican J.C. Banks and teammate Dan Krueger. Banks and Krueger gave the Wisconsin defense and freshman goalkeeper Max Jentsch all they could handle by peppering the Badgers’ goal with 16 shots and consistently sending in threatening crosses. The result the most goals Wisconsin has allowed in a single game all season. The usually stout Badger defense was no match for the dynamic duo of Banks and Krueger. After Green Bay made their way into
Wisconsin’s penalty box, Krueger was found open and put the Phoenix ahead 1-0 in the ninth minute with a simple finish to the lower corner of the net. But it didn’t take long for the Badgers to tie it up. Twenty minutes later, senior Aaron Nichols broke through the Green Bay defense and hit a wide-open Prince, who coolly put it past Phoenix goalkeeper Ryan Wehking to even the score at 1-1. Neither team managed to muster another goal before halftime, but Banks almost made it 2-1 when he fired a shot off the post on a breakaway with just one minute remaining. Not even 90 seconds into the second half, though, Green Bay pulled ahead. Unable to contain a blistering shot from freshman Phoenix forward Sam Krenzien, Jentsch let the ball sneak through his legs to an awaiting Krueger who tapped it in to give Green Bay the lead. Twenty minutes later, Wisconsin evened the
score once again. Freshman Joey Tennyson scored his first collegiate goal with a bending left-footed free kick from about 25 yards out that caught Wehking off guard. “Joey’s been working hard on free kicks every day, so I guess it showed today,” Jentsch said. After Prince’s second goal of the night, a lob over an oncoming Wehking in the 75th minute, Wisconsin achieved something it had not since its Oct. 3rd match at Indiana: A lead. The tally also marked the first time the Badgers have notched three goals in a match this season. But the Phoenix were not done. In the 81st minute Green Bay’s Tony Patterson streaked down the right sideline and sent in a beautiful cross to Krenzien, who headed it into the net before Jentsch had a chance to react. After Jentsch made a spectacular diving save on another Banks free kick to preserve the 3-3 tie the match went into overtime. The Green Bay onslaught did not stop. Jentsch was able to parry a Phoenix shot, but Banks found the rebound and put it far post to secure the 4-3 win for Green Bay. Although the loss stings, Prince said the team did well Wednesday night. “This is probably one of the best
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Freshman goaltender Max Jentsch tallied a career-best nine saves Wednesday night. However, Green Bay’s offense also scored four times. games we’ve played all year,” he said. “I think we’re all down after this game but I think tomorrow and the next day we can take a lot out of it.” “It just seems like we can’t get
away with a win,” he added. Wisconsin continues their home stand when they take on Big Ten foe Northwestern at 7 p.m. Saturday at the McClimon Complex.
Hockey might get a bad rap, but Rypien still deserves long suspension nico savidge savidge nation
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ockey fans know there are only a few times when their sport infiltrates the mainstream American sports media. A sick glove save might make it to SportsCenter’s Top 10. A bouncing puck beating a goaltender from 197 feet (see: Toskala, Vesa) can count on a spot in the “Not Top 10” on Fridays. If Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin play each other, ESPN will trot out resident Hockey Analyst Actual Hockey Fans Hate Barry Melrose to help out on their highlights. And there’s one more time the major networks will cover hockey: When some goon does something to cast the NHL—and hockey as a whole—in a bad light. In the past couple of days hockey fans have seen that scenario play out once again, courtesy of the Vancouver Canucks’ Rick Rypien. For those not familiar with Rypien’s story, the Canuck was sent to the locker room with a tenminute major penalty late in the second period of a blowout loss after he sucker punched Minnesota Wild forward Brad Staubitz. On his way there, a Wild fan with seats right behind the Vancouver bench clapped and, we can only assume, voiced his opinions about Rypien as he left the ice. Rypien then lunged at the Wild fan, grabbing his jersey and shoving him before Rypien’s teammates restrained him and got him to go to the dressing room. The NHL has since suspended Rypien indefinitely, pending a hearing Friday.
Predictably, this episode landed on ESPN, and it seems like the entire blogosphere (the closest thing the sport has to a mainstream media in the U.S.) is weighing in on what punishments Rypien deserves. This has, of course, led to the obvious questions of where Rypien’s idiotic move rates alongside the worst athlete-fan interactions and what punishment he deserves. Rypien’s incident is clearly nowhere near as bad as ones like the Pistons-Pacers Malice at the Palace in 2004, and he does not deserve anything close to the season-long ban Ron Artest got for going into the stands in that instance. At the same time, Rypien crossed one of the most important lines in sports by putting his hands on a fan and deserves a hefty suspension from the NHL. Players can never go into the stands to attack a fan, no matter what the person said. It’s that simple. You will likely hear the argument that fans should watch themselves, and realize having a seat by the bench (or anywhere in the stadium) does not mean you get to say or do whatever you want. While that is true, and one would hope fans realize that before incidents like the Pacers-Pistons brawl re-occur, the fault here fundamentally lies with Rypien. That Wild fan did nothing besides a little sarcastic clapping and jeering to provoke Rypien, and no matter what had just transpired on the ice or how frustrated he was with the game there is no excuse for lashing out at a fan who was giving him crap. Keep in mind, this was not a fan who hopped onto the Vancouver bench or dumped beer on a player, this was a fan who jeered Rypien and got a massive overreaction in return. Fundamentally, Rypien lost his cool when he shouldn’t have and
in a way he shouldn’t have. The League must—and likely will— make an example of him to show that kind of behavior is unacceptable. Rypien deserves a 10-game suspension from the NHL, which will cost him plenty in lost income and send a message to anyone who thinks attacking fans is OK.
Players can never go into the stands to attack a fan, no matter what the person said. It’s that simple.
There is no room for that kind of behavior in the NHL, but the league also has to avoid getting carried away. Yes, what Rypien did was wholly unacceptable, but we can’t get carried away and give him a massive suspension for what was ultimately a shove. Of course, the Rypien incident could also shed a light on one of the NHL’s most maligned sources of controversy—its seemingly random discipline police. So far this season, we have seen Niklas Hjalmarsson’s dirty hit that injured Jason Pominville receive the same two-game suspension James Wisniewski got for making a “you should enjoy a delicious Popsicle” gesture at Sean Avery. (Screw political correctness—Wisniewski told Avery to suck a dick. There it is.) We’ll see if the NHL gets this one right. If it can make an example of Rypien without going overboard it will be a matter of the league salvaging some dignity from would otherwise have been another black eye. How should the NHL discipline Rick Rypien? E-mail Nico at savidgewilki@wisc.edu.