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Lecture poses questions of intervention
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University of WisconsinMadison assistant political science professor Andrew Kydd, who is known as a “scientist among political scientists,” addressed an intimate audience at a Madison Committee on Foreign Affairs event Monday where he presented a case for neutral intervention in humanitarian crises. Kydd, who specializes in topics including political violence, conflict resolution and weapons of mass destruction, makes human behavior models to determine how political actors should behave to achieve certain desired outcomes, similar to models economists make to predict changes in the market. Kydd said intervention models illustrating how to respond to mass killings support neutral intervention, which means intervention efforts do not favor either group and do not seek regime change. The models also support targeted sanctions and punishment for leaders who kill civilians during civil war. But Kydd said when considered in the context of real scenarios, such as in Libya and Syria, the models fair “terribly.” “The problem with humanitarian intervention is that it’s viewed as feeble and weak, and unlikely to happen by the perpetrators,” Kydd said, which leads people such as Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad to think they can execute mass killings and “the international community will do nothing more than talk about it.” NATO forces justified neutral intervention in Libya in 2011, according to Kydd, but the situation escalated to regime change culminating in the overthrow of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Although the ongoing situation in Syria is much worse than the case was in Libya, the Obama administration’s reluctance to
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Student Services Finance Committee Chair David Vines suggests changes for eligibility funding guidelines.
Committee reviews GSSF funding rules The Eligibility Criteria Review Committee met Tuesday to continue giving input on the General Student Services Fund Group’s application requirements. To receive eligibility and funding from GSSF many requirements need to be fulfilled. GSSF is a fund that supplies money to student organizations that offer direct services to students. Fifteen GSSF student organizations received $1,011,800.14 total in the 2014 fiscal year. The ECRC plans to continue discussing the GSSF guidelines to ensure the student organizations applying for funding receive fair consideration. The ultimate goal of the committee is to create new GSSF parameters. One guideline the ECRC discussed was the requirement that organizations who have received previous funding need to prove their allocated funds were used in a
fiscally responsible manner to renew eligibility. Student Services Finance Committee members rely solely on the representatives’ yearly budget reports, and one of the concerns was organizations might not use their budgets efficiently. One suggestion included sending SSFC members to some of the programs sponsored by GSSF-supported organizations to assess the organization’s use of the money in their budgets. Another recommendation by SSFC Chair David Vines was to require groups who did not use a certain baseline percentage of their budget to present to the representatives, so they could have an opportunity to explain why the money was not used. SSFC members could then determine whether the circumstances did not allow
Dane County officials focused the 2013-’14 budget on assisting the homeless and decreasing the county’s above-average racial disparities, according to District 5 Supervisor Leland Pan. The Dane County Board approved the $560 million spending plan Monday, which allocates $150,000 to build a permanent day resource center for the homeless. Although the Board hoped the resource center would be up and running at the onset of winter, Pan said the county has yet to purchase a property, so the budget also adds $25,000 to the city’s efforts to aid the homeless during the colder months. Those initiatives include providing bathrooms, showers and storage facilities for those without other accommodations. Pan, also a University of Wisconsin-Madison junior, said many of the budget discussions were restricted by the state tax levy Gov. Scott Walker lowered three years ago. “It really limits our ability to push forth new programs because it means if we
were to try to fund something new or increase the funds for something, chances are we’d have to take away funds from something else,” Pan said. The budget also designates $20,000 for Planned Parenthood to invest at its dis-
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cretion, which will help offset funding cuts to the organization at the state level, according to Pan. “A lot of the services are just to general operations in order to make up for federal or state cuts,” he added. The budget also attempts to lessen the racial disparities Dane County experiences, which were outlined in a report the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families published in October.
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Mary Burke scheduled to speak at Union South Wednesday Mary Burke, the only current Democratic candidate in the Wisconsin 2014 gubernatorial race, is scheduled to speak at Union South on the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s campus Wednesday night. College Democrats of UW-Madison scheduled the event to provide students an opportunity to familiarize them-
selves with contemporary state issues. Students can ask questions on topics they find concerning, such as college affordability according to College Democrats Chair Austin Helmke. The event is designed as a meet-and-greet to allow everyone who attends to have an opportunity to shake Burke’s hand and briefly converse with
her on a personal level. Helmke said he thinks the event will be a good chance for students to engage with Burke. “She is not very well-known in the state,” Helmke said. “This is a great opportunity for campus to get a sense for who she really is.” Burke is scheduled to speak in Northwoods B room in Union South at 6:45 p.m.
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“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”
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Michael Voloshin hates and loves you all so much, he literally tore out his own heart. Here it is. Take it. Please.
You’re killing him, reader! michael voloshin voloshin’s commotion
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i everyone, I’m feeling under the weather today, so instead of writing a whole article about things, people and ideas I hate, I thought we could just you know, talk. Like, one-on-one. Me and you, the reader. What do you want to talk about? The job market? Which Mott’s applesauce is better? Is Lady Gaga’s perceived artistic image is a fallacy created by Interscope Records and that her latest album’s poor record sales are an example of image versus talent? Wow… You really aren’t saying much. What’s that you say? You want me to lose this schtick and go right into the heavy stuff, the stuff that can change the opinions of the millions that read The Daily Cardinal? The stuff that makes your grandmother cry, your father scream and your best friend question everything about your relationship? Nah. I don’t think you deserve it, reader. I don’t think you have appreciated my hard work these last few years. Here I am, slaving away on a hot laptop for hours on end, just moments before my deadline, hoping to amuse you like some sort of dancing monkey. Do you know how hard it is to write 650 words of pure comedic gold week in and week out? Do you know how hard it is to write a balanced combination of wittiness, thoughtfulness and full of enough references to make a nerdy boy squeal? Well, neither do I, but at least I try. You take me for granted. You don’t comment on my articles, you don’t email me with quips that relate to the article, you don’t even say anything inflammatory to me like “kill urself” or “GAY.” I mean, I’m here trying to make it as an Internet writer and I haven’t even had experience with responding to trolls and flame wars. Which startup travel blog will hire me if they don’t even know if I can dish it with the best of them? None of you even came to my panel at the Madison Young Writer’s Conference where I talked about being a super-popular Page Two writer!! (Editor’s note: This is not a real conference and even if it were Michael Voloshin would most definitely not be invited. However we kept this asinine statement in the article because it made us chuckle and he threatened us [mostly the latter part is true].) Something needs to change
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here between you and me. There needs to be more trade-off. So far I’m just giving and giving and giving and you’re just taking and not thanking (oh my God I finally understand Shel Silverstein). You need to be less on the fence—I need you to commit to not only me, but Wednesdays and The Daily Cardinal in general. No more, “I read The Badger Herald for the shoutouts” business anymore. I need you focused on this relationship 100 percent. (And honestly, 90 percent of the shoutouts are made up and the other 10 percent are girls who are happy to tell everyone [anonymously] they hooked up with a football player). Or else you ask? Or else I stop. Or else I move to a lesser news source like Buzzfeed and just make top ten lists about “How I Met Your Mother” and the worst Skymall items. Or else I graduate and never come back to Madison and instead work on my next goal of giving celebrities’ miniature dogs pedicures and makeovers. Is that where you want me to end up? Some 40-cent a minute fabulous dog groomer in West Hollywood trying to make it big? What a sick mind you have, you reader. Well, I don’t care what you say or think. I’m going to keep trying to make you laugh. Why? Because I’m a professional damnit and a profession doesn’t complain. Except for this article. Give me this one. Throw Michael a bone at mvoloshin@wisc.edu.
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Kane kaiman dream interpreter
Kane Kaiman is a graduate of Cedarburg High School. There, he scored a 5 on his AP Psychology test, giving him the authority to interpret the dreams of all humans and some of the earth’s more intelligent mammals. After a motorcycle accident in 1995 left Kaiman unable to enter REM sleep, he began selftherapy and regained his ability to dream three years later. This week’s dream: “I had this dream where I was walking home from class with my girlfriend and all of the sudden it felt like I was walking in mud. I looked down and the sidewalk had turned back to liquid cement and it was getting harder and harder to move as I sunk in. I asked my girlfriend to help pull me out but she did not do anything at first, just looked at me. Then she started pushing on my shoulders making me sink faster. Eventually the ground hardened when I was in up to my chest and I was stuck. And my girlfriend was just standing there.” —Name withheld for safety reasons One hundred percent accurate interpretation:
This one is so easy I almost feel guilty interpreting it, but every other submission I received this week was too disturbing to print. When we experience paralysis in dreams, it means that we feel trapped in real life. In this case, your girlfriend is obviously your captor. Every day, she pushes you
down deeper into the quicksand that is your relationship. You need to find an out if you want to avoid recurring nightmares and maintain your sanity. To protect my psyche, I always give myself an escape route before the relationship even begins. For example, when I was dating Sigourney Weaver, one of the first things I did was tell her how much I valued the antique coffee table in my living room. I made it clear that coasters needed to go under all drinks placed on its surface, because it had been in the family for generations. In reality, I picked it up at a garage sale in Phoenix for 20 bucks. Our relationship went south after the release of “Aliens.” She was a household name by then, and my career had taken a dip after critics panned the novel “Baby Dreams” in 1985. Was I jealous? Of course I was. And I wanted out. That old coffee table was my ace in the hole. One day, I left her favorite cup out on its surface overnight. By morning a nice, thick ring had formed. I flew into a rage when I “discovered” the blemish. In all honesty, I was the best actor in the house that day. A long, drawn-out screaming match ensued. It ended when she called me a “pseudo-intellectual” and I responded by asking her to pack her things and leave. I had earned my sweet freedom, and even had time to pop “Aliens” into the VCR for the first time before going off to work. Great flick. The coaster rule is just one of many easily forgettable household laws that will do the trick. Whatever you do, don’t tell her how you really feel about the relationship. You want things to end in mutual hatred so that you never have to speak one another again. Do you have a dream you want Kane to interpret for you or someone you know? Email Kane at kaiman@wisc.edu for his 100 percent factual advice.
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Classified Staff Committee to construct internal bylaws The Classified Staff Executive Committee will meet Thursday to begin drafting internal bylaws, continuing a process where classified staff will organize in a formal governance structure for the first time in the university’s history. With almost 5,000 members, classified staff make up 30 percent of campus employees. Classified staff are civil-service employees ranging from custodians and grounds keepers to administrative support staff. The nine-member executive committee, which held its first meeting Nov. 15, is a shared governance group, part of a system where different campus bodies provide input on campus governance and policy development. The committee was “an adaptation” in response to Wisconsin Act 10, which removed collective bargaining rights from most unions, CSEC Vice Chair Gary Mitchell said. He is also the president of the local chap-
ter of the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees union. “Prior to Act 10, the labor unions were very active on campus,” CSEC representative Mary Czynszak-Lyne said. “And we’re still around, but we don’t have that active voice … so this is another way to have participation.”
“We’re somewhat invisible at times ... when things go awry that’s when we become very visible.” Mary Czynszak-Lyne representative Classified Staff Executive Committee
Mitchell said classified staff have always had a stake in decisions about wages, hours and working conditions, but the new committee will allow them input in a broader range of issues. The executive committee is
still planning how to structure classified staff governance, but Mitchell said he is “excited” about plans to soon establish a large body of classified staff who would have a stake in the group. Czynszak-Lyne said she envisions a future where classified staff have a stake in campus decisions equal to other shared governance groups, and are recognized by the university. “We’re somewhat invisible at times,” Czynszak-Lyne said. “When things go well, we’re invisible. When things go awry, that’s when we become very visible.” Thursday’s meeting will focus on creating bylaws and committee appointments for the CSEC, according to Chair Russell Kutz, who said he is optimistic about the future. “There’s lots of positive energy,” Kutz said. “We all have the interest and drive to get a lot completed right away.” —Tamar Myers
County increases highway patrol funds
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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation announced Tuesday it will put $60,000 toward increasing highway patrols, according to a Dane County Sheriff’s Office statement. The Sheriff’s Office’s Alcohol Enforcement Grant, which the sheriff’s office was awarded in 2012, will allow it to “assign additional enforcement in focused areas during times most susceptible to intoxicated drivers,” according to Public Information
them to use their allotted budget, Vines said. Committee members determined they will most likely not vote on any guideline changes this semester, but they are hoping to make significant revisions in the spring. —Maija Inveiss
Officer Elise Schaffer. The first deployment of these additional patrols will take place Nov. 22 from 6 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. The office is targeting the rise in traffic associated with the opening of gun season for deer hunting Nov. 23. “There will be increased traffic throughout the state, and many hunters may be celebrating the start of the season,” Schaffer said in the statement. “The Sheriff’s Office encourages them to be responsible.”
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University of Wisconsin-Madison assistant professor Andrew Kydd said intervention threats need to be more credible.
syria from page 1 intervene has been “palpable,” Kydd said. Kydd chided President Obama and his administration for their response when the Assad regime crossed Obama’s “red line” in a chemical weapon attack in August, which killed an estimated 300 to 1,700 Syrian civilians. But Kydd also acknowledged the administration’s indecision regarding Syria may stem
from complexities in the region, including the existence of multiple rebel groups. Committee member David Knuti said Kydd presented the intervention problem from multiple perspectives and inspired critical discussion about the roots of conflict. “That’s the best kind of academic power, somebody who can really put some analysis into it rather than just toss around some personal opinions,” Knuti said.
budget from page 1 The WCCF’s Race to Equity report showed African Americans in Dane County faced a seven percent higher unemployment rate than the national average for African Americans in 2011. It also showed 75 percent of African American children living in Dane County fell below the poverty line in 2011 compared to 39 percent across the nation. To address these “critical” disparities, Pan said the county created a fulltime Equity Coordinator position on staff and a Youth Conservation Corps, which will put youth and adolescents to work improving public parks to develop job skills and provide a “hopefully meaningful experience for disadvantaged youth.” Regarding these initiatives, Pan said “I wouldn’t say they’re adequate, but I’d say they’re a start.”
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Madison’s Common Council adopted a more “modern” city logo Tuesday, according to Ald. Maurice Cheeks, District 10.
Council adopts new city logo as part of website redesign As part of an overhauling website redesign, Madison’s Common Council adopted a new city logo Tuesday, which Ald. Maurice Cheeks, District 10, said is more versatile and “official.”
“The old logo didn’t necessarily match the current skyline.” Maurice Cheeks alder District 10
According to Cheeks, the city’s IT department proposed swapping the logo because the previous, “whimsical” logo did not translate well onto the new website format. In addition to being more efficient, Cheeks said individual departments within the city can more easily customize the new logo to fit their needs. Furthermore, Cheeks
said the previous logo, which represented the city for over a decade, was in need of a creative update. “The old logo didn’t necessarily match the current skyline of the city but also the new logo, aesthetically, is more modern,” he said. According to Cheeks, the city will not spend any money to change current depictions of the city logo in the community, however future usage of the emblem will feature the new design. Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, who also sits as the vice president of Hardin Design & Development, a local software company, said the website redesign is long overdue. “We’re going away to a more modern technology,” he said. “It should make the site easier to maintain as well as some aesthetic improvements.” Resnick said the new site will hopefully launch within the next three months.
Food fight breaks out at Woodman’s A fight at a local grocery store Nov. 12 resulted in splattered yogurt, toppled bacon and the use of pepper spray, Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain said in a report. The fight broke out between two groups of women at Woodman’s Food Market, located at 725 S. Gammon Rd., and the dispute supposedly revolved around money, DeSpain said. A 62-year-old man who witnessed the incident called 911, and narrowly missed a yogurt container thrown at his head.
One woman used a frozen turkey to arm herself, swinging and tossing it, according to DeSpain. Another woman then pulled out a can of pepper spray and sprayed two women in the eyes, which caused punches to be thrown. According to DeSpain, eight boxes of bacon toppled, and the women rolled around on the bacon and yogurt-covered floor. Police cited the two women sprayed with pepper spray for disorderly conduct, DeSpain said. The other women involved were not immediately located.
‘The Formula’ film to debut at The Marquee Wednesday Filmmaker Joe Clarke said University of WisconsinMadison students would be able to relate to the dating challenges depicted in his latest film, which will play at The Marquee at Union South Wednesday evening. “The Formula” is a movie about two engineering students
who discover a mathematical formula that can be used to determine who to date. The film is a humorous “coming-of-age” story about dating in your 20s, according to Clarke. Clarke said the screening at Union South is part of a national tour of universities
across the country, and his team included Madison in the tour because of its reputation as a “great college town.” “The Formula” will screen at The Marquee at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, and filmmakers will host a question and answer session following the film.
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On a cold, windy Sunday afternoon in September this year, the ground floor lobby of Union South was filled with students discussing homework and munching pizza. However just two floors above, a dance group in the Northwoods room was getting their groove on. As the minutes ticked by, a crew member yelled, “Only five minutes to go, guys. Let’s shoot the final sequence.” A single take, and it was over! As dancers trooped out, lead dancer and biochemistry graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ambalika Khadria heaved a sigh of relief. She had just finished shooting what has now become UW-Madison’s maiden entry into the international “Dance Your PhD” competition—a unique contest sponsored by Science magazine in which graduate students use interpretive dance to explain their PhD research topics. Participants are required to upload a video of their dance accompanied with a written explanation for the viewers. The jury judging these videos consists of professors specializing in fields ranging from sociology and psychology to molecular biology and string theory. This year, one overall winner, and category winners from social sciences, phys-
ics, chemistry and biology will be chosen. Khadria’s choreography based on her PhD research topic: “Biophysical characterization of transmembrane peptides using fluorescence” has made it to the final round of selection in chemistry. 31 entries were narrowed to just 12 finalists. As part of her graduate research in the laboratory of Alessandro Senes in biochemistry, Khadria studies peptides that are essential for bacteria to multiply. She uses research tools based on a phenomenon called fluorescence to figure out how such peptides communicate with each other. This communication is crucial for the proper growth and sustenance of bacteria. “We encounter bacteria in air, water, food... you name it!” Khadria said. “Understanding how bacterial cells proliferate is important, especially with the emergence of multidrug resistant bacteria.” Outside the laboratory, Khadria pursues her other lifelong passion: dance. A self-taught dancer and choreographer, Khadria incorporates elements of various eastern and western dance forms to produce contemporary, thematic pieces. On being asked how she got into this competition, Khadria said, “I got to know about this competition from a news article
Ask Mr. Scientist: Gas Issues Dear Mr. Scientist, Can lower octane gas be used in premium gas vehicles? —Dawn M. It depends. First, a little background information is in order. Most automobile engines work on a four-stroke cycle known as the Otto cycle. The cycle consists of one stroke to bring in fuel and air, another to compress the gases, a third to ignite the mixture and a fourth stroke to clear the spent gases out. Sometimes the fuel mixture can ignite prematurely during the compression stroke which is known as “preignition” or “knocking.” Some cars have engines where the volume of the fuel cylinder when the piston is at its lowest point is a lot larger than the volume with the piston at its highest point. In these types of engines preignition is more likely to occur so manufacturers suggest using only premium gasoline which contains a high level of octane. Octane is a hydrocarbon that can be compressed a lot without igniting, so there is little risk of any preignition occurring, but these fuels are also more expensive. Nowadays, most engines have a knock sensor which adjusts the timing of the engine if low-octane fuel is used to avoid preignition. The bottom line is that it is up to you. If the owner’s manual doesn’t make any mention of using only premium gasoline, then lower octane gas should be OK. Ask Mr. Scientist is written by Michael Leitch. If you have a burning science question you want him to answer, tweet @DC_Science or email it to science@dailycardinal.com.
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that was published in an Indian newspaper. It stayed in the back of my mind for almost a month before I first considered it seriously. I didn’t have much time in hand, so I sketched out the rough sequence of the dance on paper, planned the moves, recorded tutorial videos and sent it out to my fellow dancers so they could rehearse individually. Thankfully, everyone did their homework well, and we finished shooting the video over a weekend. The editing took some time, but everything fell into place and here we are, in the finals!” Khadria’s dance video illustrates an experiment protocol she has developed in her laboratory. The dancers represent peptide molecules being synthesized, purified and labeled with fluorescent dyes. They ducttaped helical patterns on their clothes to indicate the shape of the peptides and used a row of chairs as proxy for the chromatography column on which peptide molecules are purified. The dancers playing the roles of fluorescently labeled peptides wore colored masks. Floor easels were arranged in an arc to mimic the bacterial membrane, where these peptides naturally reside. The video also communicates a recent finding that Khadria and Senes made. They found evidence proving two peptides
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(called FtsB and FtsL), which are important for bacterial cell division, interact with each other, as opposed to existing in isolation. This discovery was recently published in a research paper in the journal Biochemistry. Through simple, wellthought-out formations, Khadria’s dance video illustrates the basic principles of a fluorescence experiment that led to this discovery. The elegant conceptualization, simple video editing and minimal text ensure that the
focus remains on the science. “Explaining a scientific concept through dance is an amazing idea,” said Khadria. “Visuals have a much wider audience as compared to the written word. I had thought of a science-based dance many years ago, but this competition gave me the perfect platform to choreograph on an unusual theme: my own PhD dissertation!”
Khadria’s video can be viewed online at dailycardinal.com.
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UW students pose during the shooting of biochemistry graduate student Ambalika Khadria’s interpretive dance video which has made it through to the finals of “Dance Your PhD,” an international competition sponsored by Science Magazine.
Football players and flies taking hits for brain injury research By Jacob Blitstein THE DAILY CARDINAL
Have you ever had a concussion or any other head-related injury resulting in a permanent or temporary change in cognition? Concussions and other Traumatic Brain Injuries are one of the most serious public health problems in the United States. TBIs occur when a force to the head causes the brain to strike the inside of the skull resulting in swelling and sometimes even bleeding in the brain. These injuries are extremely common in falls, car accidents and many sports-related injuries. While most TBIs are classified as “mild” and typically result in a concussion with short term symptoms like headaches, loss of coordination or vision problems, the accumulation of these mild TBIs, as well as experiencing severe head trauma, can cause permanent, more serious lasting effects that might not appear until later in life. These include neurodegeneration, cognitive problems, depression and even dementialike symptoms. Together, TBIs in the U.S. contribute to a third of all injury-related deaths, costing the government over 75 billion dollars in productivity and health care costs. Despite this, there still remains a poor understanding of the underlying medical causes of TBIs. This is due to the fact that, until now, there has not been a dependable and replicable scientific model created to study TBIs at the biological level. Barry Ganetzky and David Wassarman, as well as their team
of researchers, at the University of Wisconsin—Madison have recently invented a simple, yet workable, mechanism to study TBIs in the common fruit fly, also known as the Drosophilia fly. Previously, it was known Drosophilia flies become “stunned,” or paralyzed, when their glass container is given a hit. Ganetzky; professor of genetics, and Wassarman; professor of cellular and regenerative biology, used this information to create a model to test if these paralyzed flies experienced TBI-like symptoms. In order to do this, they created a device to give the container controlled hits. The device consists of a spring mounted on a cushioned mat. A vial containing the Drosophilia flies is then secured to the top of the spring. When this spring is pulled back, it flings forward hitting the mat causing flies to hit the glass with a great force. They confirmed that their model worked as the flies remained temporarily paralyzed on the bottom of the vial. “We need to actually prove that the flies experienced a concussion with the same traumatic brain injury symptoms that humans experience,” Wassarman said on the next experiements the lab had to run. Both scientists hypothesized the hitting of the vials gave flies concussions, and they were right. The flies displayed similar physical symptoms humans experience from TBIs including unconsciousness and loss of coordination followed by neurodegeneration. This scientific model will now allow them to look at long-term
effects of TBIs. Ganetzky modestly explained that his team’s discovery was not that complex. “It’s all about limitation of imagination. Once we had the idea it was incredibly easy to move forward,” Ganetzky said. Flies, unlike most animals used in research, only live for about 30 days, allowing researchers to study the development of neurodegenesis caused by TBIs. Ganetzky and Wassarman’s teams have already discovered some flies to be more susceptible to injury than others. For example, older flies were observed to be more prone to injury than younger flies. Ganetzky and Wassarman’s model for studying TBIs has huge potential for the future of diagnosis and treatment of this costly problem. The models is already being used to target genes specifically associated with TBI’s. Once these genes are found, their team of researchers could target a protein or factor associated with the gene with drugs to alleviate the treacherous symptoms of TBIs. Ganeztky encourages students interested in sciences to take advantage of the many opportunities that UW-Madison offers by joining one of the hundreds of research labs on campus and by attending seminars that are offered throughout the year. Ganeztky and Wassarman’s innovation shows the importance of scientific research. Even a small discovery has the potential to further the knowledge required to save many people.
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illiam Faulkner once said, “Let the writer take up surgery or bricklaying if he is interested in technique. There is no mechanical way to get the writing done, no shortcut.” I can imagine surgeons and bricklayers taking umbrage against such a remark, since there is probably no shortcut to get the surgery done and no shortcut to get the bricklaying done. Technique refers to two things, mainly: The way one does something and the skill involved. Technique can also refer to doing something with skill, a succinct synergy of the last two definitions. Perhaps what Faulkner disdained was writing he thought of as over-reliant on tools and schemas for success. “Overreliant” in the sense that having the right tool or the right schema made you what you wanted to be. Of course, a scalpel doesn’t make a surgeon and bricks don’t make a bricklayer. But no one has heard of surgeons without scalpels or bricklayers without bricks—just as no one has heard of writers without tools
or techniques. I have never been much for the idea of the “artist” as an entity set apart, as someone who simply spawns art. Working for a newspaper these past few years, this idea is anathema to me. I know from observing my own work and the work of my fellows, work does not spring fully made in an Athenian fashion. And if writing doesn’t spontaneously explode from your forehead, then how do you do it? What are a writer’s tools? What constitutes their technique? Writing material is an obvious one. Pen and paper, or maybe ostrich feather and vellum if it feels right. Or, these days, a laptop or some other sort of word processor. Maybe you do all your writing in your mind, precipitating story like some modern Homer. Words, of course, are tools, and the closest thing to a tool shed for words, besides your own head, is a dictionary. Dictionaries are immensely useful when you’re hunkering down in text, even if you only crack it open every now and then. I know, writing these columns, how difficult it can be to recall the exact meaning of a word, or how definitions imbricate. Of course, talking about the dictionary brings us to its comrade in arms—the thesaurus. Oh, the poor beleaguered the-
sauri of the world. They can never catch a break. Perhaps because, if misused, a thesaurus becomes a hobbling post for writers looking for a cheat for erudition, and the bane of every high school composition teacher. Not that thesauri are all that useful. It’s better to know what word you want to use before you go fiddling around with a list of synonyms. But, in conjunction with a dictionary, a thesaurus can be of immense aid. Everything after that is optional. Faulkner (and many of his comrades in arms) used alcohol like a tool for their writing. In the same interview as the bricklayer quote, when asked about bourbon, Faulkner quipped, “I ain’t that particular. Between Scotch and nothing, I’ll take Scotch.” Some writers use money as a tool—without which they can’t buy the time to write. Some writers use location as a tool—back to Faulkner, and to every vagabond who has wandered into a place to sponge up the local color. Some writers use their own lives, good and bad. Faulkner may have disdained people trying to decipher a shortcut to good writing via tools or techniques, but it’s nothing but a posture in light of his practices. He may not have regarded technique or tools as much, but he still used them, as any profession uses them. Want to talk about tools? Tell Sean at sreichard@wisc.edu.
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our score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. These are words that, as Americans, we have all heard, and with the 150th anniversary of the “Gettysburg Address” being yesterday, Nov. 19, we should remember them now. These words clearly have enormous weight in the United States. But these words are more than mere words, they are the very pillars that support the American ideal.
So the next time you lose faith in our nation, think back to the words President Abraham Lincoln spoke a century and a half ago and find comfort.
It is easy to dismiss the past as just that, the past. We live today in a world that unfortunately values instant gratification. Whether it be through our phones, computers or televisions, instant gratification is constantly within an arm’s reach. This convenience is a product of the hard work and dedication of others, and sometimes it is far too easy to forget that. On Nov. 19, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln stood on the battlefield at Gettysburg and delivered the iconic speech known as the “Gettysburg Address.” He stood as president of a nation locked in a brutal civil war. Lincoln came to office faced with the enormous issue of slavery. The ugliness of slavery was a direct violation of the ideals that the Founding Fathers strove to create in America. Lincoln could have chosen the convenient and easy path by taking a step back and allowing the states to maintain their sovereignty and prolong the horrible and demoralizing institution of slavery. Instead, Lincoln chose not to cave in the face of hardship and instead took the path that risked the very existence of this newly founded nation. He did so because he knew the strength of the American ideal would ultimately prevail. “But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly
advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion— that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” These were the incredibly important words uttered by Abraham Lincoln. The United States of 2013 is unfortunately faced with a multitude of problems and issues that seem impossible to resolve. Trillions of dollars in debt, seemingly endless wars in foreign lands, debates over healthcare and social issues such as same-sex marriage rights and abortion are just some of the issues we are dealing with as a nation today. Intense argumentation on how best to deal with these issues has only served to frustrate and anger us as citizens. We are once again faced with that fork in the road that Lincoln came to during his presidency. Do we take the path of ease and continue to hold off in dealing with these issues until it is convenient? Or do we instead stand tall in the face of adversity and choose the difficult path and the unknown. There will be those who say that it can’t be done, that America will ultimately crumble at the weight. These, of course, are the criticisms that Lincoln refused to accept and that we should never accept. As a college student, I often choose everyday conveniences and am constantly in a struggle to find the easiest way of completing tasks. I often have to remind myself of just how lucky I am to be able to wake up every day to the treasures that await me outside my front door. I have no idea how best to deal with our nation’s problems, but I know deep down our nation will draw strength from these difficulties and find a resolution. It is far too easy to live in chaos. It is freedom, liberty, ingenuity and creativity that are difficult. But that is precisely why I have such faith that America will once again prevail. Our nation may take a beating from time to time. But no matter how hard the wind blows, we will always prevail. So the next time you lose faith in our nation, think back to the words President Abraham Lincoln spoke a century and a half ago and find comfort. For there is no task too great or challenge too difficult that can uproot the pillars of our American ideal from our beloved soil. Did you recite the Gettysburg Address on your way to class Tuesday to celebrate its 150th anniversary? Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
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tagnant budget negotiations indicate that no “grand bargain” will be reached to lower the federal deficit. The United States does have a long run budget problem, but that budget problem is not nearly as large as many have made it out to be.
The key to reducing our deficit is growing our economy rather than cutting from it.
The Congressional Budget Office scored next year’s budget deficit to be 3.9 percent of GDP, which is down from 9.8 percent in 2009. This is the fastest pace of reduction ever outside of the demobilization after World War II. Jason Furman, President Barack Obama’s top economic advisor, said Nov. 19, that the fiscal gap, which marks the difference between current taxes and the amount of future taxes that would need to be raised in order to meet our budget expenses over the next
75 years, is only 1.7 percent of increase the long-run growth GDP. This is definitely a man- rate by 0.2 percent and elimiageable number. nate America’s fiscal gap. The New York Times pub- Unfortunately, House Speaker lished a story that identified John Boehner has refused to even Republicans go to conference with do not want to cut the Senate on the Medicare and Social immigration bill the Security or raise Senate passed over taxes before the 2014 the summer. It is one percent of midterm election, thing to oppose legisthe highest leaving no room to lation, but it is comgrowing pass a substantive pletely unacceptable companies budget. More likely and self-serving to between 1990 and than not, the current not even go to confer2005 were budget negotiations ence to discuss poscreated by will only kick the can sible solutions. It is immigrants. down the road yet these types of actions again. However, there that create the hosis a legitimate Plan B: tile and ineffective immigration reform. Between environment Washington, 1990 and 2005, immigrants D.C. finds itself in today. created 25 percent of the high- While the “grand bargain’” as est growing companies over has been described in the past this period and immigrants will likely not happen, should make up almost 17 percent of the House and Senate reach all new business owners. compromise on the immiThe Congressional Budget gration bill, another “grand Office found the immigration bargain” would emerge. This reform bill the Senate passed grand bargain would expand would increase real GDP by the economy, which a budget3.3 percent in 2023 and 5.4 per- cutting bill would not do, and cent in 2033, real increases of it would provide a significant $700 billion and $1.4 trillion, means to lowering the deficit. Alex is a junior majorrespectively. The key to reducing our deficit is growing our ing in political science, ecoeconomy rather than cutting nomics and environmental from it. The CBO also indicat- science. Do you think immied a 0.2 percent increase in the gration reform would effeclong-run growth rate would tively lower the United States bring our long-run budget budget deficit? Please send deficit to zero. Immigration all feedback to opinion@daireform offers a means to lycardinal.com.
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History was made Tuesday night. The Wisconsin men’s basketball team (4-0 overall) continued their undefeated season start at the Kohl Center last night, as they defeated North Dakota (1-1) 103-85. Junior forward Frank Kaminsky broke into the record books after scoring the most points in a single game in school history, totaling 43 points. “It’s a great feeling. As a basketball player you want every shot to go in and then when most of them are going in, it’s going to feel great,” Kaminsky said. “I can’t really describe it. It’s an awesome feeling.” The previous record of 42 was shared by Michael Finley in the 1994 season and Ken Barnes in the 1965 season. It was all Kaminsky in the first half for the Badgers. Kaminsky picked up right where he left off in Green Bay, providing the offensive momentum for the Badgers in the early going. He scored 21 points, marking his career high in just the first half. “When those first couple of shots went in, you know I kind of said to myself ‘I’m feeling it,’” Kaminsky said. “I just kept shooting and it kept going in.” Kaminsky was not the only Badger who shot well in the first half. They shot 7-of-11 as a team from the three-point line and 17-of-29 overall. North Dakota stuck with UW for a few minutes, thanks to Milwaukee native and senior Troy Huff, who hit back-to-back three point shots upon entering the game. Huff is son of Theresa Huff, former Wisconsin standout women’s basketball player. He didn’t stop there, as he tallied 26 points in the first half, which was on pace to be the most points ever scored against Wisconsin by a single player. Huff did not break the record, but did score 37 points with his own fan section to witness it. North Dakota went on a minor run in the final four min-
utes of the first half to close the gap to 10 points. The score at halftime was 55-45 in favor of Wisconsin. UW gained back control of the game to start the second half, triggered by yet another Kaminsky three ball—and he was not even close to being done. “I was on the wing and I was open for a pass,” junior guard Traevon Jackson said. “I looked at [Kaminsky] and said ‘one more [pass], one more,’ and he said ‘No, I’m feeling it.’” Midway through the second half, Wisconsin held a comfortable 17-point lead. After trailing the scoring record by one point late in the second half, head coach Bo Ryan gave Kaminsky a final chance. “I had no idea [that he was approaching the record] until the players on the bench pleaded to give him one more possession,” Ryan said. He gave him the chance and Kaminsky capitalized on the opportunity with an easy lay in, resulting in an eruption by Wisconsin’s grateful red fan base. Sophomore forward Sam Dekker had another impressive performance that was overlooked in part to Kaminsky’s record night. Dekker totaled 19 points, five rebounds and four assists. UW dominated North Dakota the rest of the way and strolled to a seemingly effortless win. “There might have been three bad shots out of the 59,” Ryan said. Wisconsin ended the night shooting 58.6 percent from the floor. The Badgers surpassed the 100-point mark for the first time since 1995. Despite the offensive explosion, UW let in an uncharacteristic 85 points. “We’ve got two more games coming up this week, so we can put this defensive performance behind us, and you know, get better,” Dekker said. The victory marks Wisconsin’s first win of the three-game home stand and their fourth consecutive win overall.
If there are two things that one can always count on, it is a bitter Wisconsin winter and a strong Wisconsin Badgers rushing attack. As the temperatures continue to dip in Madison, the No. 19 Badgers rushing attack continues to stay on fire. While the rest of the football world continues to transition to pass heavy, spread option schemes, the Badgers continue to rough up opponents with an old school ground and pound attack. The Wisconsin rushing machine most recently put up 552 yards and six touchdowns with 11.3 yards per carry against their latest victim Indiana. Senior James White started right out of the gate, sprinting for a 93-yard touchdown on the game’s first play from scrimmage. White would end his day with 205 yards on just 20 carries, and over his last three games he has totaled 484 yards and six total touchdowns. He not only continues to dominate on the field, but his veteran locker room presence has been an enormous influence this season. “[White] comes to work every day, he’s one of the hardest working players I’ve ever been around,” offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig said. “He plays hard on Monday’s walk through, plays hard on Thursday’s practice and plays hard on Saturdays.” Where White’s leadership has
really shone is his mentorship and influence on his two young backfield mates, sophomore Melvin Gordon and freshman Corey Clement. “When I make a mistake, I really get down on myself. [White] is always there saying you got to move on,” Gordon said. “James is like an older brother to me; he has taught me a lot since I’ve been here,” Clement said. “James is like another coach on the field. He helps me with the play calls and just how to stay calm.”
“[White] comes to work every day, he’s one of the hardest working players I’ve ever seen.” Andy Ludwig offensive coordinator Wisconsin football
While White led the team in rushing this past Saturday, the two aforementioned backs also had impressive days. Gordon added another impressive performance with 146 yards and a touchdown on just 12 carries. His 8.51 yards per carry leads the nation, and if he keeps up this pace for 62 more carries, he will be eligible to break the all-time career rushing average record of 8.26 yards per carry, set by former Army running back Glenn Davis (1943-’46). Clement also came in and
rushed for 108 yards and two touchdowns, numbers that earned him his second Big Ten freshman of the week honor in a row. However, receiving another accolade is the farthest thing from his mind. “I kind of don’t like the praise because once you get a lot of praise, you start to dial down. I try not to let it get into my ears and just keep working hard.” Clement said. “It’s a great feeling to know I got freshman of the week, but I just want to keep striving.” The next test for Wisconsin’s rushing machine is No. 25 Minnesota. The Golden Gophers re-entered the polls for the first time since 2008, and their 8-2 record has been built on huge improvements from their defense. “I don’t know what [Minnesota] did in the offseason, but they look a lot more athletic,” Gordon said. “You could just put on film of their team from this year to last year and you can totally see a big difference.” “They play extremely hard and they have a really good scheme that plays to their players’ strengths,” Ludwig said. “They run to the football and do an excellent job in man-to-man coverage.” With Minnesota’s improvement, the excitement level in Battle for Paul Bunyan’s Axe is even higher than normal. “This game means a lot,” Gordon said. “We’re both two good teams, and it’s going to be an exciting, bruising game.”