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TEDx comes to UW-Madison By Melissa Howison the daily cardinal
Despite widespread skepticism about whether or not the digitalization of America’s dialogue can advance modern thought, University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Dietram Scheufele said there are only three common behaviors that, if corrected, could transform the current state of polarizing disagreements online into beneficial conversations. Scheufele, a science communication professor, spoke at the university’s first TEDx conference Saturday, an event UW-Madison students and staff organized independent of the national TED series. Scheufele said he realized the poisonous aspects of an online news environment last year while studying the phenomenon of the mass “inability to really interact in a somewhat polite and somewhat civil fashion” to things read online. One of the key contributors to the problem is something Scheufele called the “virtual ski mask,” which refers to the absence of natural conversation regulators, such as facial expressions, online. “What we don’t have there is this immediate social feedback or this immediate non-verbal feedback,” Scheufele said. To combat the problem, Scheufele encouraged people find a way to invite “that little person in your head that censors you” during
face-to-face interactions to their online persona. Secondly, Scheufele said people are missing out “on ideas that challenge what [they] already know,” because online news consumption does not “maximize informational serendipity.” For instance, Scheufele said the current system filters the content people come in contact with, allowing them to only view opinions they agree with. Lastly, Scheufele condemned many who are content as spectators to the sport of online debate. For the best ideas to emerge victorious, Scheufele said, full-scale participation is necessary. “We need to figure out as a country a way to express disagreement, to utilize disagreement and really reap the benefits of this great experiment,” Scheufele said. Four other UW-Madison faculty spoke at the event, including Alexander Shashko, a Black music history professor; Anita Bhattacharyya, a stem cell researcher; Christopher Coe, the director for the Harlow Center for Biological Psychology; and Lori DiPrete Brown, the associate director for education and engagement at the UW Global Health Institute. Vincent Thielke, the TEDxUWMadison spokesperson, said the organizational team was “very happy” with the audience turnout and is hoping to host a similar event in 2014.
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Debunking myths about the student housing rush By Lilly Eggert the daily cardinal
Winter break might seem ages away and term paper due dates are creeping closer, but for many University of Wisconsin–Madison students, it seems the only topic of conversation during the last weeks before Thanksgiving is where they will be living next year. While some students wait until the end of the first semester or later to sign a lease, there is pressure to sign early. According to several students, pressure comes from talking to friends, emails from property
managers that start arriving as early as September and flyers around campus saying places are filling up quickly. But Campus Area Housing staff member Emma Coenen said these factors can be misleading. “We call it the ‘Fall Housing Rush Myth,’” Coenen said. According to Coenen, “There truly is a surplus of housing,” but many students still feel pressured to sign early along with many of their peers. She said this is mainly a problem for first-year students who have
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Renovating the Union, building a community By Adelina Yankova THE DAILY CARDINAL
When University of Wisconsin-Madison graduates walk out of commencement with diplomas in hand, they know they have accomplished something great but never think they will someday be renewing one of their school’s most iconic buildings, Melanie Taylor, Boldt Construction’s project manager for the Memorial Union Reinvestment, said. Yet, this is precisely what happened to Taylor. Nine years after graduating from UW-Madison, she said she feels incredibly blessed to be working on renovating the Memorial Union.
“Every civil engineer that works for a contractor wanted this job,” she said. “I don’t know how the stars aligned that I happened to be the one sitting in this position. It’s still pretty amazing to think about.” As the leader of an engineering team made up entirely of former Badgers, Taylor said she and her colleagues have a vested interest in conducting the renovation in a manner that honors safety and accessibility while preserving the historical significance of the “valuable jewel” that is Memorial Union. She emphasized her commit-
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President Barack Obama announced a historic nuclear weapons deal with Iran that would limit its ability to create nuclear weapons in a nationally televised address Saturday night. According to Obama, negotiations between Iran and the U.S. have been unsuccessful in the last decade, but the situation has improved with the election of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Obama said Iran and members of P5+1, a group of six countries that negotiate Iran’s nuclear foreign policy, agreed on a deal to dismantle Iran’s nuclear enrichment programs in exchange for economic sanctions to be lifted. Although the deal’s full details have not been disclosed, Obama named key parts of Iran’s nuclear program that would be rolled back.
“Simply put, [the deal’s mandates] cut off Iran’s most likely paths to a bomb.” Barack Obama president United States of America
Specifically he said the deal requires Iran to stop certain levels of enrichment, to discontinue work at its plutonium reactor and to allow extensive inspections of its facilities. The commander in chief said while some economic sanctions would be lifted, the “broad architecture” of sanctions would still remain. “Simply put, [the deal’s mandates] cut off Iran’s most likely paths to a bomb,” Obama said. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry explained the international community will permit Iran $4.2 billion in oil revenue, but the nation will continue to lose $25 billion in oil revenue due to economic sanctions. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, expressed doubt in Iran’s motives to follow through with the deal. Boehner said all agreements must be met with “healthy skepticism and hard questions,” according to a statement. “Today, we have a real opportunity to achieve a comprehensive, peaceful settlement, and I believe we must test it,” Obama said. —Eoin Cottrell
“…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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ello everyone, and happy Thanksgiving! We’ve all been working so hard on last-minute assignments and hard partying in preparation for our parents’ inevitable question, “So, have you heard back from that employer yet?” Luckily, we can all find solace in the idea of our local “turkey sandwich” waiting for us when we return back to our favorite college town. Sure, we’ll only have three weeks left when we get back from our days off, but then we’ll be able to take full advantage of our leftovers awaiting us. But what is a turkey sandwich? In the context of this article, let’s create a metaphor to explain such an exciting phenomenon. What do we eat on Thanksgiving? Turkey! Stuffing, potatoes, cranberries, green bean casserole, pies! What do we eat on Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Buy More Shit Day? You’ve got it! Those classic turkey sandwiches. Now, let’s apply this theory to our sex lives. Just like our prime meal during
Thanksgivukkah, our nowturkey sandwich used to be our main squeeze—whether that means they were our significant other, fuck-buddy or anything in between, they aren’t anymore. Hooking up with this person now isn’t as fresh as it was the first time. It may be a little less exciting, but that doesn’t mean it can’t taste just as good if we spice it up the right way! Using some
barb e c u e sauce, a few hot peppers or maybe even some bacon, lettuce and tomatoes will help our turkey sandwiches hit the spot. Although turkey sandwiches don’t have to count as a completely
new meal by dinnertime, they are especially useful after Thanksgiving Break for several reasons. First of all, we have nearly nothing to lose. Reaching out to a previous partner takes little effort (drunk text, anyone?) and if it doesn’t work out, the semester is almost over! Number two: This person may have gained a lot of... flavor since we last e n c o u nt e r e d them. Wi t h more
time c o m e s more experience for most people, so this turkey sandwich could simply blow our mind if we’re in the middle of a dry spell or are looking to learn a few new tricks. Similarly, we
can practice our new tricks on our favorite turkey sandwich. If we’ve learned something from watching porn or our friends or a trusty magazine, we can try it out with our partner’s permission. We may both experience fun new things, and if our fucking is a flop, we haven’t lost anything!
It may be a little less exciting but that doesn’t mean it can’t taste just as good if we spice it up the right way! Finally, our turkey sandwich, which often comes with “no strings attached,” (unless it’s roast turkey? Or we’re really kinky? I am not funny.) can help us relieve those stresses that come with the last few weeks of school. They can assist in “fucking the finals away,” something we all need from time to time. Thanks to Kool Kousin Kelly for the inspiration behind this article! Want to inspire Alex’s next column? Email sex@dailycardinal.com to give your input.
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UW senior awarded Rhodes Scholarship By Megan Stoebig and Adelina Yankova THE DAILY CARDINAL
University of WisconsinMadison senior Drew Birrenkott is the recipient of the 2014 Rhodes Scholarship and will be invited to spend two or three years of study, all-expenses paid, at Oxford University in England
“In a lot of ways what it is, is opening the door to my next step.” Drew Birrenkott senior UW-Madison
The Rhodes Scholarship was founded in 1902 by British philanthropist Cecil Rhodes and is the oldest international study program in the world, valued at approximately $50,000 per year on average. Birrenkott is a fifth-year senior majoring in political science, biochemistry and biomedical engineering. At Oxford, Birrenkott said he hopes to pursue a Masters of philosophy in development studies. After receiving this degree, Birrenkott wants to return to the U.S. and pursue a medical degree in hopes of ultimately working on implementing and deciding health systems for developing countries. Through the biochemistry department’s Khorana program and Engineers Without Borders, he has studied and worked in India and Kenya, respectively.
“I’ve been fortunate enough to do programs that span the hard sciences and the social sciences and have had mentors that have been fantastic in all of those,” Birrenkott said. Candidates for the prestigious scholarship are chosen based on traits including outstanding scholarly achievements, character and commitment to others as well as to the common good. “In a lot of ways being able to win this award is a testament to my community, to the McFarland community I grew up in and the UW-Madison community,” Birrenkott said. Birrenkott’s selection process started back in June. After receiving an endorsement from the university, Birrenkott found out he was a finalist in late October. He traveled to Chicago Sunday to interview alongside 11 other finalists, a process which he said felt “surreal.” “It went by in a flash, it was there and it was gone,” Birrenkott said. B i r r e n ko t t said a committee deliberated for two hours BIRRENKOTT before announcing him as one of the winners. “I’m very elated to win the scholarship, Birrenkott said. “In a lot of ways what it is, is opening the door to my next step.” He will join 31 other American men and women chosen to study at Oxford as Rhodes Scholars starting in October 2014.
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A fire in Chamberlin Hall caused an estimated $1,000 in damages Friday, and no injuries were reported.
Chamberlin Hall fire causes minor damages Friday A small fire that occurred at approximately 1:45 p.m. Friday in Chamberlin Hall caused minor damages and an evacuation of the building, according to a news release. University of Wisconsin Police Department Spokesperson Marc Lovicott said the fire was extinguished before crews arrived at Chamberlin Hall. The responding units were updated that the fire appeared to be out based on images from a security camera. Firefighters had a difficult time getting to the cramped
housing from page 1 not been through the apartmenthunting process before. For UW-Madison freshman Hosanna Higemengiest, who lives in Sellery Hall this year, time was of the essence. She said she found roommates she did not know on Facebook and signed a lease at the Lucky apartment complex in mid-November because of its proximity to campus.
“... [There are] still housing options for prospects that are looking as the second semester starts.” Nicky Snarski staff member Madison Property Management
According to Higemengiest, she and her future roommates were so eager to secure a spot they did not even tour their apartment before signing. She said Lucky does not allow potential tenants to tour units until after Thanksgiving. UW–Madison sophomore Jonah Grant had a similar experience his first year. “I was doing a lot of looking into the ‘sophomore slum area’ and the JSM properties,” Grant said, referring to the south campus neighborhood surrounding College Court. “I gave up because my roommates were very set on Grand Central, so I just went
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According to Campus Area Housing staff member Emma Coenen, there is a ‘surplus’ of housing available to UW-Madison students. with them,” he said. According to Grant, he learned to be more thorough in his search, and this year he and his roommates did more research and touring before deciding on the Dayton House Apartments. But he said the apartment manager still put pressure on them to sign early, saying the apartments were filling up quickly. Many apartment managers say the properties are filling up
early, so students feel they need to sign right away in order to get their first choice, but according to Madison Property Management staff member Nicky Snarski, rentals may remain available for longer than people think. “Many leases are signed the first day they are available to rent,” Snarski said, but “[there are] still housing options for prospects that are looking as the second semester starts.”
space where the fire occurred, according to the release. The initial report indicated the fire occurred in a small mechanical space containing high voltage electrical equipment. Small damages were incurred, estimated to be at $1,000. No injuries were reported at the scene. The two right lanes of University Avenue were shut down after approximately 15 units of firefighters arrived at the scene. People were allowed to return to the building after firefighters ventilated the large amount of smoke. But inevitably as time goes on, housing options become more limited. Fortunately, the university provides several resources to help students find places to live. Each fall, University Housing hosts a web chat to answer questions about returning to the dorms. This year, the web chat will be held Dec. 3 on University Housing’s website. Additionally, Campus Area Housing hosts a Student Housing Fair, which was held Nov. 12. At this event, property owners and managers from the campus area set up booths to talk to students about their specific units and renting processes. “The University is really trying to put on more housing awareness events,” Coenen said. She said they want to encourage students to make an informed housing decision. According to Coenen, there was a shortage of student housing about 20 years ago before high rise apartment buildings started replacing demolished five-bedroom houses, but campus has since seen an increase in student housing. She said apartment managers are aware of the increase in available student housing options but use the “myth” to encourage students to sign right away, so their buildings fill quickly for the next year. As the end of the semester draws near, students will have to weigh their options and decide if waiting is worth the risk.
Gov. Scott Walker announced Friday the state Legislature will hold a special session Dec. 2 to address recent difficulties Wisconsinites have faced transitioning from BadgerCare to the federal Affordable Care Act, according to a press release. The current deadline is Jan. 1, which means current BadgerCare recipients would have to sign up for new health care plans by Dec. 15 to receive coverage under an ACA health care plan by the first of the year. The main goal of the special session is for the legislature to approve Walker’s decision to push back the deadline for residents for transferring from the state to federal exchange, according to the release. Walker is aiming to enact a March 31 deadline to register for ACA coverage, giving residents three more months to compare health care options because the federal health care website has not been functioning as it should, according to the governor’s press release. The session will begin at 11 a.m. Dec. 2.
profile from page 1 ment to protecting the natural environment around the construction site, including the trees at the Terrace which have been a point of contention among opponents of the project.
“Yes, we’re building a building, but we’re also helping to build a community.” Melanie Taylor project manager Boldt Construction
“I’m a student too, I love those trees too,” Taylor said. “In the documents, there’s actually a note that says, ‘save these trees as if your life depended on it.’” Taylor also said her team built the new bar at Der Stiftskeller from a dying tree that was removed from the Union grounds before MUR began. “The university had saved that tree so we thought it would be a good idea to reuse it,” she said. She said she loves her job because every day is different, and it also grants her the opportunity to see the impact of her work first-hand. “When you’re out and you see a couple of friends drinking on the Terrace or enjoying an icecream cone and you see the little kids on the stone shoreline,” Taylor said. “Yes, we’re building a building, but we’re also helping to build a community.” She said she hopes to continue working for the university in the future. “I love it, it’s my school,” Taylor said.
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Finding a niche in thrift store VHS bins By Andy Holsteen the daily cardinal
The Daily Cardinal recently spoke with Wisconsin native and co-founder of the Found Footage Festival, Nick Prueher, about the unique artform of found footage and the festival’s upcoming show “Best of the Midwest” at the Barrymore Theatre Nov. 30. The Daily Cardinal: What is your favorite type of film to work with? I know you do a lot with training tapes and a variety of other things. Nick: Yeah, well, the favorite thing for me to find is a home movie because those are the hardest [to find], people don’t just leave those around at thrift stores on purpose. So those have either been left by accident, or occasionally we’ll buy a VHS camcorder at a garage sale and someone will have forgotten to eject the tape out of there. So you get this half-recorded home movie. I like it because it feels voyeuristic. It’s like a window into somebody’s life. And those are usually boring, but when you find a good one it’s just the best.
Nick: Yeah it’s a very small ratio. I’d say maybe 5 percent of the videos we find are worth including in the show. So yeah, we might go through 100 videos and only five of them will be good. Because there’s a lot of bad videos, but it has to be bad in just the right way. Whatever it was trying to do, it has to fail at it in some entertaining, over-the-top way to be unintentionally funny. So that’s kind of the criterion we’re looking for. And it’s one of arduous, boring viewing. We also try not to fast-forward, because you never know when you might miss something. So that’s where the hard work comes in, is watching all the videos. That’s kind of where we’re at in the process now. DC: I know you’ve done a lot of touring. Throughout all your touring in America and other places have you encountered audiences that didn’t really get what you were doing, or appreciate it? Or did you come across any criticisms, and what did those sound like?
maybe five to 10 walkouts during the show at different points. And we try not to take it too personally because the show isn’t for everybody. In general, we’ve been surprised at how universal the appeal is. You know, we started doing this show, kind of a crude version of it, in Stoughton growing up, just having friends over and making jokes about videos we had found. So it still feels very much like an inside joke, you know, something that just you and your friends find funny. We did this show in Paris last year… and you never know, culturally it’s so different and language barriers and all that stuff. But I guess what we’ve found is the language of ridiculous videos is universal. You know, people laugh in the same places and at the same times and, like I said, we get older crowds, younger people and all sorts of nationalities. So it’s been surprising to us how many people like this very specific brand of comedy that we’re doing.
ending up in thrift stores really, it was more like self-help videos, instructional tapes, exercise videos and things like that. And we really responded to those kinds of things. When we’re looking for videos in southern California and New York, we find different kinds of material—independent films and public access footage and things like that. So in the Midwest I think because there isn’t really a show business, there’s not much of a movie industry, we find all these industrial-type videos. A lot of industrial videos, corporate videos, are made where their corporate headquarters are, which are Minneapolis, sometimes Illinois, where McDonald’s was based, and all that kind of stuff. We gravitated toward the videos we were finding in the
not really a regional boundary to appreciating this kind of material. But I think our particular take on it is uniquely Midwestern, you know? And I worked on the show “Mystery Science Theater 3000” coming right out of college. DC: Oh, really? Nick: Yeah, I was working on that right out of college and I was a fan of it before that. There’s kind of like an “aw, shucks” sensibility to that, which we definitely bring to the table as well. DC: How do you decide how much to edit a film? Do you ever feel like you’re doing too much or too little when you edit it? Nick: Yeah, great question. We definitely spend a lot of time on the editing and one of the things we wrestle with is how much to edit. And our overall theory about that is that the videos are pretty goofy on their
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DC: Do you have one or two in particular that stand out to you? Nick: Yeah, there’s one we found at a Salvation Army in Marshfield, Wisconsin, which is kind of smackdab in the center of the state. And it was labeled “Kirk’s 40th Birthday,” “K, I, R, K,” “Kirk’s 40th Birthday, May 1992.” And we’ll be showing this in Madison. But it was this guy, this biker, who had fixed his motorcycle for his birthday. And it’s him and his buddy and his wife and his attention-starved kids celebrating his birthday. And at one point they make a cake that’s in the shape of a female torso, and he bites one of the cupcakes off of it. And it’s kind of this little day-in-the-life of this guy. And, you know, I grew up in Stoughton, so this guy was like my neighbor, you know? It just feels like I had neighbors like this. So it’s fun to get this small slice of life of Kirk and his friends. DC: How many videos do you watch before you find one where you say to yourself, “Yes, this is the perfect video”? Because it seems like you could go through a lot. And it seems like it could be a time-consuming process.
Nick: That’s a good question. We do occasionally get walkouts. I think people just don’t know what to expect. So we were on a 50-state tour last year, and for the first time we were in South Dakota, and probably the last time too. But this arts group brought us [into] this very conservative town that sort of smelt like manure. We looked up in the audience, and I don’t know why, I’m always a little bit unsettled when it’s mostly elderly people. And that was it—it was mostly older people, like my parents’ age and older, so senior citizens. Which is fine, we get a lot of NPR-loving seniors who care about our show, and it’s great. You know what, it was good because I would say three-quarters of the people really dug it and loved the show. But there were maybe a handful of walkouts. And we opened that particular show with a live child birth on camera—so it doesn’t really give a chance to kind of catch your breath. If you’re not expecting what the show is, then you shouldn’t be there, that’s fine. But that was one where we got a mostly older, conservative audience, and I think we had a handful,
DC: That actually goes into my next question. Growing up in Wisconsin, do you think your upbringing influenced this artwork that you’re doing? And the Madison show is called “Best of the Midwest”—I know you said people everywhere have been responding pretty similarly, but do you think there’s something particularly Midwestern or American about found footage as an art form? Nick: Yeah, to answer the first part of the question, I think it definitely influenced us growing up in Wisconsin because, you know, we grew up in a small Midwestern town and there wasn’t a lot going on. We had to entertain ourselves, so we thought to make our own fun by going to thrift stores. And that was just this goofy thing that we did. I think a lot of videos that ended up in thrift stores were like your mom’s exercise videos that she didn’t watch anymore. Or the video your dad bought that came along with the beard trimmer he bought on how to use it. So you get all this weird esoteric stuff and there weren’t a lot of movies
Midwest, which were mostly training videos, exercise videos, things like that. And I think there’s a certain Midwestern sensibility that we bring to the show, which is, I think the show isn’t mean-spirited. I see shows like “Tosh.0” and things like that and I don’t really respond to those because there’s kind of meanness to it. We’re certainly making fun of the videos and having light of them, but we genuinely love these videos. They’ve provided so much entertainment. And our kind of M.O. is that we want to be able to have the people in these videos in the audience and they’ll find it funny too. So I think the show’s not meanspirited and that probably comes from our Midwestern upbringing. We don’t try to be snarky about it; it’s a celebration of these ridiculous moments that ended up on video. Is there a second part of the question that I’m forgetting? DC: Do you think there’s something Midwestern or American about found footage as an art form itself? Nick: Oh. I don’t know, I think what we’ve proven, or what the show has proven is that there’s
own, and we don’t have to mess with them too much in order for them to be funny. I’ve seen other video art stuff and things on the web where they manipulate things and slow it down and kind of chop up the edits, and our feeling is we kind of let the videos be the weird part and we don’t have to insert ourselves into the editing to make them funny. Certainly we do spend a lot of time on the editing and what to include and what not, and where you place something. But our overall theory is to try to keep the spirit of the video intact. Sometimes their editing choices in the video are funnier than anything we could ever do on our own. We definitely have internal arguments about what to include and what not, but our overall theory is to let people see the videos as we see them basically—keeping in mind that we wouldn’t wish it upon anybody to sit through this stuff in its raw, unedited form. We’ve built up a high tolerance over the years. Want to know what Nick thinks about found footage’s future? Read the full interview at dailycardinal.com.
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against the Japanese government. Nov. 25, 1974: Nick Drake, English singer/songwriter, dies. Nov. 25, 1975: The Charlie Daniels Band releases Nightrider. In geology, there is a phenomenon called a dike, which is an intrusion of rock between layers of strata, like a vertical cut. This image can be applied to time. If we think of every decade as a layer of rock, then a vertical cut between layers would represent an overlap or a cross reference, moving through layers of time away from or toward the present. In this way, Charlie Daniels is a dike. In 1979, The Charlie Daniels Band released “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” and ever since, the song has shot up through the decades. It was a top-five hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. You’ve heard it on the radio, you’ve seen its premise parodied on numerous television shows—includ-
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Daniel Johnston— “Sorry Entertainer” The song’s atonal guitar progression juxtaposes one of the best vocal hooks of all time.
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ing a great spot on “Futurama,” although it remains to be seen whether or not the Robot Devil could out-fiddle Daniels. This song was the basis of a punchline for a Geico commercial, starring Daniels himself. It was even parodied by Alvin and The Chipmunks. Of course, if you don’t know “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” here’s the gist of it: The Devil goes down to Georgia to steal souls and gets his tail handed to him by a Georgian fiddler. It’s a reversal of the usual deal, wherein the Devil trades with a musician for glorious musical powers, in exchange for the musician’s soul. The pertinent question, here, is who, or what, was Daniels before he became pop culture patter? Well, before “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” came out, he was just the frontman of his eponymous band, which made a name for itself as a jamheavy country rock outfit.
Neil Young— “Bad Fog of Loneliness” “Bad fog of loneliness/Put a cloud on my singlemindedness”— need I say more?
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The exact genre is a bit muddled. Daniels hails from Leland, N.C., in the southeastern U.S. and he cut his teeth (as a musician) as a Nashville session man. He played with Bob Dylan, including a guitar spot on “Lay Lady Lay,” and many others before going on to do his own music. I can’t pinpoint what exactly the music is, but on Nightrider, it’s like a tight knot of country, rock, blues and bluegrass—along with subgenres like southern rock and so on. For a man who is mostly known as a fiddler—these days—Nightrider is light on the sort of fiddling that made “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” such a pop cultural mainstay. It crops up on opener “Texas” and closer “Tomorrow’s Gonna Be Another Day,” but otherwise steps aside in deference to rollicking piano and syncopated curlicues of bluesy guitar. There is an odd sense of anonymity around the playing
Waxahatchee— “Be Good”
Be good? This song will make you want to stay in bed for three days. So... by default you can’t be bad.
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on Nightrider; it’s skillful and engaging the way most music wrought from session players is, but outside of Daniels (who plays fiddle, guitar, mandolin and banjo on the album) there’s no sense of who does what. Even Daniels, when he’s not singing or fiddling, becomes indistinct, between rave-ups like “Evil,” “Franklin Limestone” and “Funky Junky.” This does Nightrider a great service, in a way. Although jamheavy, Nightrider is drawn pretty tautly together, with Daniels and Co. running through each song with joy and aplomb, sublimating their collective skills into a great burst of country rock. Other albums released this day: Ecstasy by My Bloody Valentine (1987), The Heart of a Woman by Johnny Mathis (1974), This Is Not a Test! by Missy Elliot (2003). Think Charlie Daniels could outfiddle the Robot Devil? Tell Sean at sreichard@wisc.edu.
Bon Iver— “Woods” The song’s repeating lyrics are haunting and meta and still extremely pleasing to the ear.
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Hop Along— “Bruno Is Orange” Off the album Freshman Year, this is one of the most poetic pieces of music you will ever listen to.
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against school districts with racebased mascots is currently awaiting approval in the Wisconsin
state legislature. All the bill needs to become a law is Gov. Scott Walker’s approval. Currently, all that is required for a complaint to be reviewed by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction is one individual complaint. The law would change this to require 10 percent of a district’s population to approve the complaint before it is examined. This editorial board believes that the implementation of this law would be nothing short of absurd, or at the very least, counterproductive. To stifle voices speaking in
US must maintain $5 billion commitment to The Global Fund Jake Roble guest columnist
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uch international attention has been given to the people of the Philippines who became victims of a massive typhoon just a week and a half ago. Understanding why aid is necessary and directing efforts toward outcomeoriented solutions is critical. Truckloads of food, medicine and volunteers have entered the Philippines, but the channels through which these resources must flow are often broken or non-existent. Many local hospitals have a critical shortage of supplies and little access to clean water and sanitation. There is very real concern that typhoid, cholera and other diseases might soon break out. While natural disasters are unavoidable, many deaths that result from these disasters could be minimized if there were proper systems in place beforehand. As the surge of media coverage slows to a trickle, it is imperative that we take a broader perspective on what makes these disasters so devastating. If an asthmatic patient suffers an asthma attack, a physician provides both immediate treatment and long-term preventatives. The same approach must be applied to infrastructure deficits in susceptible areas. It is a disservice to the victims of these disasters for international organizations and governments to rush to provide acute aid without helping to invest in longrange mitigation. The Global Fund addresses both the structural and biological determinants of disease by providing for both long-term and immediate health care needs. Founded in 2002, The Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is an international financing institution aimed at fighting these three diseases of poverty using 21st century approaches grounded in partnership, transparency, constant learning and results-based funding. Since 2002, the Global Fund has enabled 5.3 million people to begin anti-retrovi-
ral therapy for AIDS, detected and treated 11 million new tuberculosis cases and distributed more than 340 million insecticide-treated bed nets to fight malaria. Despite their shared success, gains made in the past 11 years will mean nothing if sound investments are not made by the United States. It is crucial that the U.S. sustain funding to continue to weaken these epidemics that slow economic, political and social progress in the developing world. This is important for human health, global citizenship and diplomatic relations in vulnerable areas. It is also important to each and every one of us. These diseases are not confined to the developing world. Many infectious diseases once thought to be a problem of the past have come back with a vengeance, traversing both national and international boundaries and affecting communities in our own backyard.
Linking foreign aid to long-term investments in public health systems can protect people and dampen the effects of these things we cannot control. On Dec. 3, international leaders will gather in Washington, D.C., to decide what portion of funds should be allocated to the Global Fund. To ensure that over a decade of gains are not lost, the United States must commit to maintaining its previous pledge of $5 billion in funding over the next three years. This historic opportunity will deal a crippling worldwide blow to malaria, AIDS and tuberculosis. The threat to the U.S. is very real. This past April, Sheboygan County activated its emergency operations center to contain a multidrug-resistant tuberculosis outbreak of nine documented cases, mobilizing $4.7 million dollars in emergency state funds. The incident sent a jolt of panic through the state health department, with epidemiologists predicting there could be 15 active MDR-TB
cases alongside 200 latent ones. Officials estimated costs upward of $17 million to contain the disease. Private housing was secured for one of the patients with active TB, paid for by the county. Treatment for MDR-TB requires daily medicines that can cost nearly $300,000 for a single case, with patients requiring treatment for up to a year. These global problems become local ones when we divest in efforts to eradicate these epidemics, putting all of us at risk. Though we cannot prevent the acute danger and damage brought by natural disasters like the typhoon in the Philippines, linking foreign aid to long-term investments in public health systems can protect people and dampen the effects of these things we cannot control. It pays to prevent. Investing in these efforts can have a stabilizing effect for a long time to come, and protects us all from global epidemics. The Global Fund does just that by strengthening health systems so that, when tragedies do strike, people are better prepared to deal with them. A commitment from the United States would translate to 10 million lives saved and the protection of countless others from infection. As constituents demand political prioritization of these preventable diseases, the political will to bring unprecedented resources into the field of global health can and must be galvanized. I urge you to contact your congressional and Senate representatives. We can see the eradication of these horrible epidemics if, as constituents, we make this a priority for ourselves and urge our representatives to do the same. Jake Roble is a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin-Madison studying biology and global health and is the co-director of Partners in Health | Engage-Madison, a community-based organization working to advance the human right to health through advocacy, fundraising and education. To find out more about how you can get involved with PIH | EngageMadison, contact us at pihengage.madison@gmail.com.
an attempt to provide schools with a more inviting environment is shameful. Such a law would only further marginalize the individuals who feel offended or victimized by questionable mascots. Not only could many of the populations likely targeted by such mascots already be small portions of a district’s population, this law would further highlight how little support they have in their own communities. Speaking to the merits of changing a school’s race-based mascot, we overall believe changing a mascot because even a small
handful of community members are uncomfortable with the connotation it brings is worthwhile. While one generation of students and their families might be annoyed with adjusting to a new mascot, changing it would prevent all future generations of students and community members from feeling alienated. In this board’s opinion, making students feel comfortable in the school they have to go to every day for the rest of the school’s history trumps a few years of some other students being annoyed. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
Use Thanksgiving to actually give thanks Michael Podgers opinion columnist
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ext week most Americans will likely gather with family and friends to celebrate the annual thanks-giving ritual critical to American culture and tradition: Thanksgiving. The importance of Thanksgiving is being devalued, though, because a certain commercial trend gaining prominence—the ever-famous Black Friday. It is important to retain some sacred values in our society, and Thanksgiving fills that role—it is above both religious and ethnic heritage and can be embraced by all. Thanksgiving’s value is priceless and needs to be cherished. As a society we need to pull back our obsession with Black Friday and rethink our relationship with Thanksgiving. One of the most important holidays on the calendar, Thanksgiving plays a variety of important roles. It very clearly marks time as the beginning of the holiday season. This season is not only a sales person’s dream, but also a significant period for many people who celebrate religious holidays as well. It is a chance for people to reconnect with their roots when they travel home, visit family and think about people who aren’t always active participants in their lives. It brings warmth, comfort, brightness and light into a part of the year characterized by long, dark nights and cold snowy days—especially for us Midwesterners. And it is an opportunity to meditate on our lives and be gracious for whatever luck or prosperity that has come our way. The increasing prominence of Black Friday is eroding the important meaning of Thanksgiving. It is revealing a disgusting side of American culture—an obsession with want. What once merely marked the beginning of the holiday shopping season has turned into a spectacle of commercial greediness that increasingly seems to overshadow Thanksgiving and its intrinsic meaning. The desire to lure in customers before other stores has encouraged retailers to open increasingly early on Black Friday; what started at 7 a.m. has moved back to opening Thanksgiving Day. Black Friday is the antithesis of Thanksgiving—a major blow to the quality of American culture. Although Thanksgiving has technically existed for almost 400 years, its prominence only began after 1863, when President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a day to give thanks. In the thick of the Civil War, Lincoln felt it prudent to remind Americans that even while living in a house divid-
ed, and through the loss of family and country men, the loss of sons, fathers, brothers and friends, we must take moments to give thanks. In the proclamation written for the president by Secretary of State William Seward, Lincoln says, “I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States… to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving… And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions due … they do also with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to his tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers… to heal the wounds of the nation.” It’s unfortunate Lincoln’s words fail to resonate anymore. Instead of seeing this holiday as an opportunity to give thanks and seek the betterment of our national wellbeing, we go shopping in such a manner that the ugliness of greed is madly and uninhibitedly on display. In the last five years, the lunacy of Black Friday has included the trampling death of a Wal-Mart employee in Long Island, two unrelated shooting deaths in California outside of Toys “R” Us, a woman pepper spraying other customers in California for an Xbox and a threatened shooting at a Toys “R” Us here in Madison. In the middle of the greatest and bloodiest struggle in American history, this modern conception of Thanksgiving was about giving thanks for what we have, sharing with those who lack and a way to remind to be continuously thankful for the opportunities and the spirit of the nation in which we live and for which millions have struggled and died to preserve. In this lies the incomparable value of Thanksgiving. When we return this week to celebrate and give thanks for our family and friends, our education, our joys, memories and opportunity, remember that this feast day is much more than a chance to indulge in food. It is an opportunity to remind ourselves of our values. It is not in an Xbox or the great deal: It is in family and friends, the love, the memories, the knowledge that we gain from things unto which no price tag can be placed. There is sacredness to Thanksgiving—it reminds of us these things. Before we go shopping on Black Friday—perhaps deciding not to go shopping on Black Friday—we should take a moment to remind ourselves that material want does not necessarily increase the value of our lives. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
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Badgers bounced out By Jason Braverman the daily cardinal
Ending one of its most successful seasons to date, the Wisconsin men’s soccer team (4-3-0 Big Ten, 14-5-2 overall) fell 4-0 to No. 3-seeded Notre Dame Fighting Irish (7-13 ACC, 13-1-6) in the second round of the NCAA tournament. The Badgers’ 14 wins overall were tied for fifth-best in school history, and they currently own the nation’s longest home unbeaten streak at 14 games. This year also marked the first time in 18 years they made the tournament. But the year came to a disappointing close for the Badgers, who got shut out for just the second time all season, and surrendered a season-high four goals. Notre Dame got the scoring started early, as junior forward Vince Cicciarelli lofted one over the head of senior goalkeeper Max Jentsch that found the back of the net in the seventh minute. Just 15 minutes later, Notre Dame senior forward Harrison Shipp took a free kick from outside the 18-yard box that crossed the goal line just sneaking past the left goal post, giving the Fighting Irish a 2-0 lead. The best Badgers scoring chance of the night came just about 10 minutes later. After a
throw-in, the ball deflected off the head of a Fighting Irish defender, and back to redshirt senior midfielder Tomislav Zadro. Zadro was unable to control it and Notre Dame was able to enter the break keeping the lead at two. The Badgers had other chances in the closing minutes of the half and into the second, but failed to convert on any all night. The Fighting Irish struck early again, scoring nine minutes into the second half on a goal from sophomore midfielder Patrick Hodan off a set piece that Jentsch was unable to reach. Shipp added his second goal of the night in the 65th minute, to increase the Irish lead to 4-0. With the game out of reach, Badgers head coach John Trask subbed in many of his seniors, who were playing in their last collegiate game. Trask also inserted redshirt freshman goalkeeper Casey Beyers to replace Jentsch. Beyers had three shutouts and eight wins in 11 starts before losing the starting job down the stretch. The Badgers will look to build on this successful season next year, and try to extend their home unbeaten streak. UWBadgers.com contributed to this report.
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Wisconsin stays perfect By Jack Baer the daily cardinal
The No. 12 Badgers (6-0 overall) continued their Cancun Challenge run with a 76-67 win over Oral Roberts at the Kohl Center Saturday. It was all Wisconsin immediately after tip-off, with the Badgers scoring nine points before Oral Roberts was on the board. They eventually reached their largest lead of the game, 28-11, with nine minutes left in the first half. Oral Roberts head coach Scott Sutton blamed his team’s slow start on the absence of its leading scorer, sophomore guard Obi Emegano. “I think our guys got rattled,” Sutton said. “Obi’s not only our leading scorer, he’s our best defender, he’s our leader, he has a great calming influence over our guys and we missed that.” The Golden Eagles were gradually able to claw back for the rest of the game, cutting the lead to as small as four with five minutes remaining. “There were a few minutes where we got a little stagnant offensively and didn’t get stuff going,” redshirt junior guard Josh Gasser said. “But we were able to come out in a resilient way against a pretty darn good team.” Much of that comeback came from Oral Roberts senior forward Shawn Glover, who finished with a game-leading 24 points on 10-of-16 shooting. “That is more tough 2s than probably anybody else has had against us,” head coach Bo Ryan said. “[He was] fading left, then we made him change it up a little bit. Made
him go right, then he cooled off. You’ve got to make him do something different” On the Wisconsin side, all five starters finished with double figures in points, once again led by junior center Frank Kaminsky’s 21. The starting five are now all averaging double digits in points for the season. An unusually low amount of scoring came from the 3-point line. Instead, the Badgers got it done more from close range and at the free-throw line. “Some nights, [the 3s] are not there, so you have to find other ways to manufacture points. So we definitely shot more free throws,” Ryan said. “I thought we were cutting hard away from the ball in streaks pretty well, which got us to the line.” Wisconsin outscored Oral Roberts 34-22 in the paint and shot 15-of-18 from the charity stripe. Leading by five with a minute left, the Badgers were able to put the game away due to perfect free-throw shooting, with Gasser and junior guard Traevon Jackson going 6-of-6 in the final minute. Redshirt sophomore guard George Marshall was once again absent, still out with a concussion. Freshman guard Bronson Koenig played in his place, scoring no points. The Badgers’ 6-0 record ties the team’s best start under Ryan. The 2011-’12 team also started 6-0 before losing to No. 5 North Carolina. This continues a stretch of five games in nine days for the Badgers, who will now travel to Cancun, Mexico, to finish their tournament. They will play St. Louis Tuesday.
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Senior running back James White won his fourth and final game against Minnesota Saturday.
UW wins 10th straight By Devin Lowe the daily cardinal
Surrounded by his teammates, senior noseguard Beau Allen waited next to Paul Bunyan’s Axe, watching the play on the field. When redshirt sophomore quarterback Joel Stave took a knee with a little over a minute left in the game, he grabbed it and ran toward the end zone. The streak hit 10. In the chilliest weather No. 19 Wisconsin (6-1 Big Ten, 9-2 overall) has played in all season, the Badgers cut down their hottest rival, No. 25 Minnesota (4-3 Big Ten, 8-3 overall), with a 20-7 win in Minneapolis Saturday. “Ten is a solid number,” said redshirt senior linebacker Chris Borland at a press conference after the game. “It has been a good decade for us.” Wisconsin senior running back James White rushed for one touchdown and 125 yards, while redshirt senior wide receiver Jared Abbrederis boasted 67 total yards and seven catches. Minnesota scored its only touchdown when redshirt senior linebacker Aaron Hill intercepted a Stave pass to complete a 39-yard touchdown run. “It was a tremendous victory for us,” head coach Gary Andersen said. “It was a hardfought football game. Minnesota’s a good football team.” On the first play of the game, White ran for 49 yards and got the Badgers into field-goal range, where sophomore kicker Jack Russell took over and put the Badgers up 3-0 with a 31-yard field goal. The Gophers’ defense offered little opportunity after that, stopping the Badgers on their next three plays. Minnesota had prepared well for Wisconsin’s powerhouse running game and was tough on White and red-
shirt sophomore running back Melvin Gordon, who was held to just 69 yards. In the beginning of the second quarter, Stave was hit by junior defensive lineman Michael Amaefula as he was throwing the ball, and Hill intercepted his attempted pass and took it to the end zone for a Minnesota touchdown. As Minnesota began to gain momentum, Borland recovered a fumble from Minnesota sophomore quarterback Philip Nelson. Less than three minutes later, White scored on a one-yard rush to reclaim Wisconsin’s lead. Russell kicked a 20-yard field goal with three seconds left in the second quarter, and the Badgers had a 13-7 lead heading into halftime.
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As the sun began to sink (along with the temperature), Wisconsin put together its longest drive of the game to start the second half. In seven minutes and five seconds, Wisconsin used both White and Abbrederis to complete an 82-yard drive. Abbrederis finished it off for the Badgers by taking a Stave pass two yards for a touchdown. “It was good to see Joel be able get that done,” Andersen said. “I wouldn’t say I’m surprised.” With Wisconsin leading 20-7, Borland forced and recovered a fumble from Gophers junior running back David Cobb. On
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Wisconsin’s ensuing drive, a botched snap led to a missed field-goal opportunity by Russell. The Gophers did not cross midfield for the rest of the third quarter. “We are proud,” Borland said. “I have a lot of respect for Minnesota’s offense. To not give up any points to a team that has been moving the ball well against good defenses is a performance to be proud of.” The last quarter saw backand-forth possessions until Minnesota strung together a 4:18, 55-yard drive that came up short after a slew of incomplete and nogain passes thrown by Nelson. Wisconsin got the ball back and burned up the remaining minutes on the clock. Stave took a knee to end the game, and the celebration with the Axe ensued. Stave completed 16-of-26 passes, while Minnesota’s Nelson was largely ineffective, completing just seven of his 23 attempts. Wisconsin’s win marks its 10th straight against Minnesota, meaning the Axe has called Madison home since 2003. “Tradition means a lot to us,” Borland said. “After a decade with the Axe you don’t want to be the team that’s standing there when they run across the field and take it from you. We’re proud to continue the tradition and hopefully it continues next year.” Despite the Badgers winning and improving to 9-2 on the year, both Michigan State and Ohio State clinched their spots in the Big Ten title game, which will be played in Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 7. However, Wisconsin still has a shot at a BCS bowl game. The Badgers will play their last regular season game against Penn State at home Saturday. UWBadgers.com contributed to this report.