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Board of Regents shares plan to prepare K-12 students for college

By Molly Reppen The Daily Cardinal

The UW Board of Regents discussed new plans to improve Wisconsin’s early education programs and their relationship to higher education Thursday.

“From the higher education point of view, [CCSS] will provide changes on how teachers are prepared in the state of Wisconsin.”

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A panel of UW-Madison professors discussed the media’s influences, positive and negative, on young gay people Thursday. The panel also discussed gay identitiy in today’s society.

Faculty panel discusses gay bullying, media

By Taryn McCormack The Daily Cardinal

The UW-Madison Center for the Humanities invited faculty members Joe Elder, Erica Halverson and Karma Chavez to give their thoughts on gay youth identity in response to the recent hate crimerelated suicides at a panel Thursday.

Isthmus Arts and Entertainment editor Kenneth Burns moderated the panel.

Each professor gave their own perspective on why the suicides have occurred, how the problem can be solved and whether increasing digital resources

have made times more difficult for youth struggling with their queer identity.

Erica Halverson, professor of Educational Psychology, questionsed if the increase in Web use has made this struggle easier for LGBTQ students to cope or if it has made things worse.

The panel referred to one recent suicide caused by an Internet posting exposing a young man’s homosexuality.

The panel discussed how the speed in which these Web posts become cultural influences is unnerving, but positive posts,

such as the “It Gets Better Project,” can be empowering.

The “It Gets Better Project,” created in response to the suicides, involves celebrities and peers urging young people going through hard times to realize that their situation will improve.

This project has become popular through YouTube and other web video sites involving people such as Obama and Hillary Clinton who have made their own videos.

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The Wisconsin K-12 Common Core Standards Initiative is a new state-led initiative the Wisconsin System plans to implement. The initiative was developed with help from non-profit academic standards organization Achieve and testing organization College Board, and has been supported

by ACT Inc.

Part of the initiative includes the Common Core State Standards, which mandate student learning outcomes for every grade level and create a common language throughout school districts.

The CCSS uses student data in elementary and high schools to help create new systems for evaluating and assessing teachers and principals.

“From the higher education point of view, it will provide changes on how teachers are prepared in the state of Wisconsin,” said Paul Sandrock of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

The CCSS aims to benefit students by providing them with tools and knowledge to be able to succeed in college and in their future careers.

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Feingold says he will not run in 2012 Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., said he would not run for political office in 2012 after failing to gain reelection Tuesday.

“I hope and I intend to continue to work with all of you in the future as much as possible,” Feingold told supporters Tuesday.

“So it’s onto the next fight. It’s onto the next battle. It’s onto 2012. And it is on to our next adventure – forward!”

The speech raised questions about Feingold’s future and possible campaigns.

On Wednesday Feingold spokesperson John Kraus told Politico Feingold would not run for president against Barack Obama in 2012.

Sen. Herb Kohl is also up for reelection in 2012. According to the Wisconsin State Journal, Feingold will not run against Kohl.

Kraus told the Wisconsin State Journal Wednesday Feingold will continue to work in Washington and will lobby against corporate special interest groups.

Students surprised by religious content of speech titled ‘Jesus Without Religion’

By Grace Gleason The Daily Cardinal

Author of “Jesus Without Religion” Rick James spoke about the myths and truths of Jesus’ life to a nearly full house at the Wisconsin Union Theater at an event sponsored by Campus Crusade for Christ Thursday.

Many students expressed confusion and concern that the program’s title, including the tagline “No dogma. No Politics. No moral at the end,” was misleading as the event focused on Jesus in an almost exclusively religious context.

“Because of the title, I thought it wouldn’t be as religious…I thought it would be more informing for agnostics,” Jenny Tong, a student attendee, said.

James, an ordained minister and former advertising writer, centered his presentation on making a case for Christian faith as well as examining the actions and intentions of the biblical Jesus. He made arguments for the Bible as historical document as well as incorporating other metaphors from art, pop culture and poetry.

Several students walked out during the first portion of the program as James continued with religious arguments and citations from the Bible.

“I thought it was going to be analyzing a history of Jesus without talking about religious aspects, but it was actually very theological,” said Evan Malagren, a local high school student.

Other students were glad to hear James’ perspective on the stories of Jesus’ life and affirm their faith.

“I don’t think it changed anything I thought, but it definitely reinforced what I thought,” said Devin Shirley, student and member of Primetime, a Christian group on campus.

The main program ended with a group prayer led by James. Some were bothered by this conclusion, in which James encouraged willing students to say “I do” to Jesus and accept him as their savior.

“I thought the ending was in poor taste,” Malangren said.

The talk was followed by an open Q&A session which elicited a wide range of questions for the speaker, from heated challenges to questions about spiritual advice.

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Author Rick James spoke about the myths and truths of Jesus’s life at an event sponsored by the Campus Crusade for Christ Thursday.

“…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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Taylor’s two words of advice: DO LESS

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o the overachievers, the brainiacs, the questionnaires in class, the people who are so damn smart they just naturally set the curve of the class; to you people, I have two words: Do Less.

To the people who run up Bascom Hill, the people who are triple majoring, the girls who wear leggings that look like they are literally painted on and the students that drive BMWs and live in lavish Lucky suites while attending college: Do Less.

All these people deserve to be called out because you should stop trying so damn hard and simply Do Less.

We all can either a) be these people (and may or may not feel a sense of temporary annoyance with me telling you to stop), or b) know these people and are familiar with the ironic feelings that I have with them.

Now we all have the Dane Cook

labeled “Karens” of our friendship group, the girls who literally won’t stop complaining about anything, ever. The “crop me out of the picture because my thighs look big and my face is too shiny” type girls. The “I just can’t get my cleavage to stick out of my shirt far enough [crying sigh]” type girls. And the “daddy, I’m all out of money, will you please transfer some into my account.” To them I say: Do Less.

If you don’t have a “Karen” in your friend group, consider yourself lucky. Yet, I’ll bet my journalistic career that you know someone who should Do Less.

Often, the Do Less person you know is your drunken friend. Because, quite frankly, you are in Madison and when you are drunk you take Do Less to new, unprecedented heights. *(If you yourself are the “drunken” friend of the group, you may find these instances far too familiar.)

When drinking, Do Less. A frequent example is bragging about how much you can drink and proceeding to throw up ten minutes later.

Naturally, you may blame it on that

The Dirty Bird Ryan Adserias sex columnist

The great political wrangling of 2010 has drawn to a close, and the results are in: Wisconsin bit the big one. The state voted out its beloved progressive Sen. Russ Feingold in favor of some rich dude from Oshkosh. You know, the one without a platform. We voted in Scott Walker as Governor, the überconservative Milwaukee county executive with a faux-folksy brown bag campaign and his cross-hairs set on rolling back Wisconsin’s progressive heritage when it comes to comprehensive sex education and LGBT and reproductive rights.

Then there’s our new Lieutenant Governor, Rebecca Kleefisch who thinks same-sex marriage is the same as marrying a clock. I’ll admit to having a not-so-secret love affair with the snooze button, but give me a break. Not to mention the complete turn over of both houses of the state legislature to Republicans, meaning there will be nothing to stop these anti-choice, anti-LGBT, anti-everything people from running roughshod over progress made in the past few years.

What does this have to do with sex? Well here you go: Say goodbye to the Family Planning Waiver.

Pro-Life Wisconsin, the state-wide anti-choice organization has been gunning to have funding for the Family Planning Waiver cut, essentially blocking money used to fund birth control and other sexual health services for low-income men and women (including many college students). Walker and his ilk will likely throw this program under the bus.

If you don’t have health insurance or don’t want to go over to Planned Parenthood (or Planned Parenthood runs out of funds because they’ll be flooded), you’ll be out of luck.

Even if you have health insurance and are able to afford contraception and birth control pills, you will have to make sure you’re getting it from the right place. According to an article in the Milwaukee JournalSentinel, Walker sponsored a bill during his tenure in the legislature backing pharmacists who refused to

shot of Mr. Boston (the absolute finest vodka there is) or that beer that you just shot gunned (the one you needed so badly, right?) When in reality, we all know you should pump the brakes and just Do Less.

Do Less may come into action when you see a girl with her bra showing and overtly flirting with a boy at a party. The touchy-feely grabbing, the beer stain down her shirt and the continuous laughter may give it away, but quite simply: Girl, you should Do Less. (Trust me, it will work to your benefit in this situation, I promise. Unless it’s that protein-enhanced, overly muscular bouncer at Wandos, in that case you are on your own).

Do Less may also come into play during drinking to the point of plain stupidity. Being “soooo drunk” is not an excuse to shave a mohawk into your head, buddy. Don’t get me wrong, we believe that your level of intoxication was high, but when you are still rockin’ the ’hawk two weeks later, I have two words for you: Do Less. And some other advice, just shave the ’hawk.

Nobody can rock one and you are

not getting the “good looks” from the ladies—don’t kid yourself.

If you find these situations and quotes relatable please stop, take a step back and analyze yourself.

Do Less and stop trying so damn hard. Pull your shirt up, push your cleav’ down and buzz your hair.

Stop studying so much, start wearing shirts that cover your plastered legging look and stop being an over achiever by running up Bascom.

For God’s sake, I don’t even know people who find it enjoyable to walk up that hill. Your over-zealous and cocky persona—although funny and quite humorous to me—is just making people around you say Do Less.

And before someone says it to your face, I am breaking it to you now— by doing less you are doing more.

Thank you in advance.

Yes. Paradoxically, I did use the phrase “Do Less” in my column many, many times. Maybe now you too will see how annoying it is when someone should Do Less.

Do you know people who need to take things down a notch? E-mail tcurley@wisc.edu with your stories.

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dispense birth control pills, RU-486 (the “abortion pill,” to be taken under physician supervision in a clinic), and Plan-B, the morning after pill. Under Walker’s 2001 plan, a pharmacist would be allowed to deny anyone open access to birth control based on religious or moral grounds.

Now that Walker controls the executive branch and Republicans hold a majority in the legislature, what’s to stop them from passing something similarly draconian?

And how about abortions?

The stated goal of the Democratic party has long been “Safe. Legal.

Rare.” But not in Walker’s world.

Walker’s campaign touted itself as being “100 percent Pro-Life,”—even when it comes to rape and incest.

That means any woman, regardless of circumstance, would in Walker’s utopia, be denied a safe, legal abortion. Who knows what field day the courts would have with an abortion ban in Wisconsin, but it would seem plausible that under Walker’s watch, we may just become a testing ground for a challenge to abortion rights in the United States.

There is very little stopping the conservative right from taking away many of our reproductive rights as citizens, so here’s what you need to know if you’re going to have sex in Walker’s Wisconsin and you don’t want to get pregnant.

1) Get insurance. You probably can’t rely on getting free contraception unless you go to Planned Parenthood. But who knows, maybe they’ll find a way to make that illegal too. On top of all that, make sure you have a backup pharmacy for when your pharmacist decides they’ve discovered their latent Catholicism and suddenly can’t be bothered to throw a pack of pills in your bag.

2) Wear a condom. Luckily for you, our campus runneth over with prophylactics. Sex Out Loud has them. The Campus Women’s Center and LGBT Campus Center has them. UHS has them, and so does Planned Parenthood.

The point is, wrap it up. Not

only will you be protecting yourself and your partners from potentially contracting or passing STI’s back and forth, but you’ll also help avoid that sexually-transmitted uterine parasite called a fetus.

3) Stock up on Plan B. That’s right. Stock up. It has a long shelf life. About 24 months. Anyone can get it as long as you’re over 17 (another thing you can expect Walker and his cronies to do in) and you can demand it over the counter.

If it’s too expensive, go see a doctor in UHS and get a prescription.

Often it’s covered under insurance pharmaceutical plans and is cheaper if you have a prescription.

Hopefully Walker won’t get his hands on Plan B until well into his governorship and your Plan B stash will tide you over until someone rational lifts any bans he may put

in place. By that time, Wisconsin will surely have gone sufficiently to shit such that he won’t be back for another four years.

But seriously folks, we’re fucked.

Now is not the time to sit back and wail, but rather to organize, agitate, and act up. Stand up for what you believe. Do you believe women should have the right to choose? act up. Do you believe in easy, affordable, or free access to contraception?

Act up. Make your voice heard.

Just because a bunch of backward bumpkins were able to drag themselves to the polls in their buggies on Tuesday doesn’t mean we have to take what’s coming lying down.

Then again, maybe all we need is for something to get taken away before anyone gives a damn.

E-mail any questions or comments to sex@dailycardinal.com.

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Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment hosted a student discussion to highlight the campus’ diverse opinions on race, dating violence, religion and sexual orientation Thursday.

PAVE holds open discussion about conduct in diverse relationships, dating violence Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment, in association with Sex Out Loud and the Multicultural Student Center, held a student discussion about relationship issues including dating violence and diverse relationship conduct Thursday.

PAVE Campus Outreach Coordinator Olivia Jonynas said the goal of the event was to educate and establish an open atmosphere and highlight the campus’ diverse opinions on race, dating violence, religion and sexual orientation.

“What we wanted to do with this is create a kind of open discussion on healthy relationships, dating on campus and kind of

bring to the forefront specific issues on dating abuse and different areas of where people are

“What we wanted to do with this is create a kind of open discussion...”

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comfortable,” Jonynas said.

The event focused on questions such as if a student would date someone who is bisexual, what constitutes cheating, and what represents a healthy rela-

tionship through a video presentation, group activities and an open discussion.

“Highlighting the differences on campus, the difference of individuals and different people’s boundaries. And just creating an open way for people to talk,” Jonynas said on the goal of the discussion.

With approximately 40 students in attendance, the group collaborators all agreed the event was a success.

“I think it was a good turnout, people were willing to voice their opinions. I think it was definitely a successful program,” Sex Out Loud program facilitator Mary Kouba said.

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UW professors admitted to national medical honor society Two UW-Madison school of Medicine and Public Health professors have been admitted to the national medical honor society, Alpha Omega Alpha.

Alpha Omega Alpha, founded in 1902, recognizes medical students’ and physicians’ commitment to scholarship, leadership, professionalism and service.

Dr. John Harting and Dr. Cynthia Haq will be inaugurated Nov. 12 at the Health Sciences Learning Center.

Harting, an anatomy professor, became a UW-Madison faculty member in 1973 and has

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written numerous books about comparative neuroanatomy.

Harting obtained his Ph.D. from Ohio State University.

Haq, who joined the UW-Madison faculty in 1989, is a professor of family medicine and population HARTING sciences.

Haq, an Indiana University medical school graduate, is director of

the UW-Madison Center for Global Health. She is also the director of training in Urban Medicine and Public Health, a program that serves medical students who are committed to serving urban populations to reduce health disparities.

Ap p rox i m a t e l y 3,000 people are HAQ selected for the society every year and there are 120 chapters across the U.S.

such as William Buckley, Anita Bryant and Nancy Reagan engaged in verbal bullying of homosexuals.

Halverson said a community’s acceptance of homosexuality shapes a young person’s self-image.

“Coming to developing a pos-

itive sense of self is both about the features that are unique to an individual and also the way in which those features fit into the kinds of social communities to which we claim that we share,” Halverson said.

A lack of consistency in the rating of teachers has brought overall criticism to current assessment programs.

“Though assessment practices have improved over time, we continue to be challenged to find valid methods to link teacher

performance with student learning outcomes,” Tompkins said.

The Capital Budget Committee also approved of funding requests for UW-Eau Claire, UW-Milwaukee and repair and maintenance projects at nine UW System campuses.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation told businesses to temporarily halt work on the high-speed rail network between Madison and Milwaukee.

Gov. Jim Doyle asked the DOT to stop work on the federally funded project, according to a DOT statement issued Thursday.

The federal government and state transportation officials signed an agreement to allocate $810 million in transportation funds for high-speed rail last week.

According to the Wisconsin State Journal, Contractor Edward Kraemer & Sons was told Wednesday in an e-mail from the DOT to begin building a five-mile stretch of track in Jefferson County. Three hours later, another e-mail told them to stop.

DAAR Engineering, who holds a $2.8 million high-speed rail contract, also said they received an e-mail Wednesday from the DOT telling them to put the project on hold, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

“In light of the election results, our agency will be taking a few days to assess the real world consequences, including the immediate impacts to people and their livelihoods, if this project were to be stopped,” the DOT said in the statement.

Governor-elect Scott Walker has been critical of high-speed rail and said Thursday he has been

“exploring all legal options to stop the train from moving forward.”

Walker said he wants to appeal to members of Congress to put the federal funds toward “fixing our crumbling roads and bridges.”

However the federal funds are specifically allocated for high-speed rail, and as such, cannot be used for other transportation projects.

“In Madison alone, DOT projects over a half million riders in its first year of operation.”

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Wisconsin would have to pay the federal government for funds already spent if the project was canceled.

Mayor Dave Cieslewicz said he will work to convince Walker high-speed rail would create jobs and improve Wisconsin’s economy. Cieslewicz said high-speed rail would be “heavily used” and worth the investment.

“In Madison alone, DOT projects over a half million riders in its first year of operation,” Cieslewicz said in a statement.

The rail plan would connect the Madison-Milwaukee line to Chicago and a further plan would connect Madison and the Twin Cities.

Common council members set goals, raise concerns over Overture Center

By Anna Bukowski The Daily Cardinal

The Common Council held a special meeting Thursday to set goals and raise concerns with the Overture Center’s ownership and operation model Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and other city staff set forth.

The 12-page Overture agreement released Thursday assumes the city would own the facility and 201 State Foundation would operate the facility.

201 State Foundation is the current non-profit arm of the Overture Center.

Cieslewicz said no matter what council members think of the Overture building itself, the building is a “physical reality.” He said he wants the council members’ support of the agreement.

“It’s an excellent deal for taxpayers and the long term future of this building,” Cieslewicz said.

The relationship between the Overture and the city would resemble that of a landlord and tenant.

201 State Foundation would lease the building and operate it separate from the city, apart from the three city appointees that would sit on the 21-member board of directors overseeing the Overture’s governance.

The city’s annual contribution to the facility would stay at $1.41 million and 201 State Foundation would be responsible to report their financial activities to the city.

The staffing model of the agreement, a key point of contention among citizens and council members, will allow city employed Overture workers to keep their jobs through 201 State

Foundation. This will include an 18-month transition period, and in July 2011, city employees are guaranteed a position of equal pay at 201 State Foundation.

Many council members said they were concerned with parts of the agreement. City Attorney Mike May said the terms of the agreement are not “take it or leave it” and could be adjusted before next Tuesday’s Common Council meeting.

Each council member present discussed their general goals for the Overture’s future and many of the goals overlapped. Mutually agreed upon goals include maintaining transparency and sustainability in the Overture – especially financially. Other goals were quality employee treatment and regional and local support for Overture as a whole.

“I don’t see things up there that are diametrically opposed, frankly that gives me hope,” Alder Satya Rhodes-Conway, District 12, said.

The agreement will be on the floor for discussion at Tuesday’s Common Council meeting.

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n the real world, four square is a playground game for the kids who didn’t get chosen to play kickball. Foursquare in the digital world is a “locationbased, social networking site, travel guide and game,” according to the recent announcement from UW-Madison declaring its debut on the popular site. Unlike the second-rate playground game, the digital version has taken some steps toward popularity. In its first year, Foursquare has lost its underdog status as a social networking site, currently experiencing a growth rate more than double that of Twitter.

Accessible through smart phones, Foursquare allows participants to “check in” at different locations and eventually win badges and a “Mayor” title for frequently visited places, while also contributing words of advice about various venues. Essentially, Foursquare is a virtual game played 24/7 through your real life actions.

UW-Madison joined other uni-

versities across the country that have already embraced Foursquare, but hopping on the new social media bandwagon is more of a pointless attempt to keep up with new technological advancements rather than a beneficial endeavor. Yet, in the two days I’ve been checking out UW-Madison’s Foursquare page, they have gained 46 new friends, making their total friend count 980.

Such slow growth does not elicit a reaction like “Omg … we’re like, so popular,” but instead makes me question Foursquare’s presence at the university entirely.

The idea that Foursquare provides a campus insider guide and encourages participants to explore for themselves is idealistic at best.

First of all, Foursquare represents the epidemic of our generation’s increasing obsession with anything virtual, and it is my strong belief that our university should emphasize the real life experiences it has to offer, rather than a digital game that keeps students glued to their smart phones. John Lucas wrote for University News Oct. 20 that the

site provides “incentives for users to explore campus, discover new venues, and make recommendations to the entire Foursquare network.” The idea that Foursquare provides a campus insider guide and encourages participants to explore for themselves is idealistic at best, and the application actually robs students’ own independent discovery. If students rely on this device to navigate campus, especially if it is for the sole reason of earning points in a virtual world, they will miss out on making their own experiences and uncovering new possibilities.

For example, some of my favorite things on campus were stumbled upon by accident or revealed to me through word of mouth from fellow Badgers.

Freshman year, because I was not transfixed by my smart phone, I was looking around curiously on my walk home from class and saw some students lying on Bascom Hill. Instead of reading the recommendation from an application on my phone, I actually paused to think to myself, “By golly, that looks lovely—I shall join them!”

And even though I partook in this communal activity many a time, I never once felt the desire to become the Mayor of Bascom. On my travels through-

out campus I even made some rookie blunders, like taking the 81 instead of the 80 and riding alone on the bus for an extra hour with the bus driver checking me out in his rearview mirror.

But these explorations helped in creating my own personal guide to campus, and I think the value of these experiences would be tainted by technology that spoon-fed me the experiences of others and encouraged that I make them my own.

The university’s other social media accounts, campus guides, newsletters and websites already provide these same services.

Not only is Foursquare too tech for campus, it’s unsafe. The 2010 version of the game still resembles the goons on my old school playground—creepy, dangerous, and oblivious. Unless you spend a lot of time understanding the privacy settings and the consequences of some of the basic strategies of the site, your frequently-visited locations, either at home or elsewhere, is information for anyone to see. Jennifer Leggio’s article on ZDNet.com

that exposes Foursquare privacy loopholes describes numerous examples of how technology forces you to fight for privacy and how it’s inconvenient to do so.

Foursquare does have privacy settings, so informed and diligent users do not need to be too wary, but many Foursquare members are regrettably ignorant about their privacy and security. In a worstcase scenario a stalker, robber, rapist or some other bad guy could trace your common daily routes, know who you are with, where you are, the addresses of yours and your friends houses, and get instant updates on all of this information directly from you.

UW-Madison joined Foursquare to keep up with other universities and use it as a promotional device.

But, the university’s other social media accounts, campus guides, newsletters and websites already provide these same services. There was no void to fill. The addition of Foursquare only encourages Badgers to live their college lives absorbed in their phones and see their experiences through a blurry haze between independent reality and game-like “virtuality,” while possibly compromising their safety on campus.

Melissa Grau is a sophomore majoring in journalism. We welcome all feedback. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

Stewart blames media too much, government not enough Matt beaty opinion columnist

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he UW-Madison campus has long been a hotbed of political activism. The campus is constantly pasted with flyers, sidewalks are marked with chalkings and Bascom Hill is often covered with a political statement of some sort. It is this young, politically-attuned demographic like UW-Madison students that were attracted to Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear” in Washington D.C. last week.

Though the media may try to influence its viewers, it is ultimately the politicians that have the responsibility to make decisions that change the nation.

After first hearing of the rally, I thought that it was going to produce nothing of importance, maybe a good time for viewers and attendees. And for the most part I was right: It had great music, funny skits and John Oliver in a Peter Pan costume.

But once the comedy and music was over and Jon Stewart gave his final monologue, the serious Stewart showed up, leaving the viewers with some criticism of the major news networks that should instead have been directed towards the government.

Stewart’s final monologue resembled his usual “Daily Show”

rants. He pointed out the wellknown fact that cable opinion news shows thrive on exaggeration and that politicians do not work well together. Stewart correctly pointed out that by calling all Tea Party members racist or calling all Muslims terrorist is harmful and wrong—two viewpoints that are unfortunately perpetuated on some cable news shows.

Stewart has often been critical of major cable news shows.

Some people attribute his 2004 appearance on the show “Crossfire” for its eventual cancellation, and though he has tried time and again to push for news networks to become less polarizing, his efforts have been all for naught. Other pundits on shows like the “O’Reilly Factor” and “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” still receive negative attention from “The Daily Show.”

And why should shows change if people still enjoy watching them? Many people enjoy watching controversial figures like Bill O’Reilly and Olbermann shout their opinions, however inflammatory they might be. News shows are going to continue watching until the public finally grows tired of their antics, which probably will not happen any time soon.

While Stewart was quick to point out that it’s the cable news media’s fault, going as far as to say that they make it harder to solve the nation’s problems, he leaves out one important criticism. He only once mention the partisanship and lies that are so constant in Washington and in our government. The news networks may perpetuate some panic, as Stewart pointed out, but it is when our Senators, representatives and executives go

along with it that things really begin to be a problem.

The Obama administration promised to end politics as usual, but they have yet to do that. For example, just before the midterm elections, the Obama administration wrongly accused the Chamber of Commerce of accepting and using foreign funds for political advocacy commercials, even though it admitted there was no proof of it happening. The few Republican “birthers,” who think Obama is not an American citizen, is another example of extreme partisanship and destructive politics. It is politicians like them that should have been the focus of Stewart’s message, not just the media.

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beginning to extend Stewart’s media attacks to the government.

Joe Scarborough, former U.S. Representative and current host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” wrote an opinion column for Politico. com that does just that. Instead of mainly blaming the media like Stewart did, Scarborough pushes for representatives and senators to begin to work with one another to “meet the great challenges of the day.”

Though the media may try to influence their viewers, it is ultimately the politicians that have the responsibility to make decisions that change the nation. Stewart used his rally to criticize the cable news networks, but it he should have spent more time—instead of just one quick mention—on our leaders’

“partisan hackery.”

Luckily, the world is not made up of cable news and politicians, as Stewart pointed out in his speech. It is made up of students, career people and normal citizens. The cable shows may have a larger platform, but it is people like UW-Madison students that make up the world. They are the people who may have strong and differing political beliefs, but they still will sit down at College Library and finish a group project. The news and politicians may never be “sane,” but that does not mean that everyone else cannot be.

Matt Beaty is a sophomore majoring in mathematics and computer science. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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anthemic choruses fall short for the same reason most of these songs do—this is If nice guys finish last, then Archie Archie Powell’s band, everyone else just Powell is one gracious loser. On Skip Work, plays in it. the debut LP from Archie Powell & The “Loose Change” hangs the guitar’s Exports, the down-on-his-luck songwriter chords to float in the breeze, but the keygrinds many of the same small town, every board’s attempted waltz kicks it over with man stones of chest thumping blue collar two left feet. The bass shows up even less, life while keeping a cheeky wit. rarely if ever straying from Powell’s root Powell is what I expect most people notes or aping harmonies. assumed Rivers Cuomo would become.

It’s to Powell’s immense credit, then, Powell’s power-pop is more developed, that Skip Work somehow works. These more pronounced, yet his demeanor is less 12 songs of tidy pop music find the line boyish. Instead of Kiss and Dungeons and between wallowing in failure and trumpetDragons, he writes about flaky friends and ing liberation and sit right on it. getting the heat shut off.

However readily he He’s an endearing character plays the role of workCD REVIEW whose incisive lyrics turn ing-man’s trumpet with many of the album’s flatter established modes of rock, moments into touchstones. though the songs on Skip “Mattson Is A Flake” hangs Work that stick out the on the same quick hook, most are the ones where he but the lyrical allusions to seems to borrow the least.

“The O.C.” and Milwaukee “Down & Out” ditches Bucks games add some of the talking points and clichés Skip Work entertainment other instruof unemployment and Archie Powell & ments would have. “Piggy meditates on what hapThe Exports Bank Blues” follows the same pens when growing up underdeveloped keyboard plod onward until means growing out.

Powell drops the punch line that “Rock ’n’ His disposition changes entirely on roll is just a pyramid scheme.”

“The Darndest Things.” He takes solace His bread and butter is translating in a partner and gets a rare helping hand Weezer’s charming innocence to the oily from buoyant keys and a walking bass line. grind of Elvis Costello’s “Welcome to the “All Tuckered Out” takes a break from Working Week” fatalism. On the title track, employment issues and makes a standout Powell puts sharp guitar chords on a wagon track framed around more precise topics of self-empowerment that sounds some- such as “stealing keyboards from the old thing like Michael Bolton taking a baseball church basement,” and “arguing about bat to the fax machine in “Office Space.” those custom drum heads.”

That’s sort of the catch with Skip Work.

Powell’s rifling on the drags of a day job holds water just fine. His instrumental accompaniThese 12 songs of tidy pop music find ment does nothing to demean any of the the line between wallowing in failure and songs’ integrity. Skip Work is an established, trumpeting liberation and sit right on it. full-bodied record, but when Powell drops the speakerphone for more general musings on relationships and anecdotes of friends he taps into something else altogether. Skip Work hits Occasionally, like on the Biggie-Sized myriad relevant chords for anyone entering “Fighting Words,” Archie Powell & The the work force in the near future, but when Exports try their hands at a grandiose, Powell rails on more specific targets of perarena-sized punch: Keys thrust full and sonal experience, I can’t help but think: Ok, strings blaring wildly. But their most enough about me; tell me more about you.

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Since her spoken word piece on Nicki Minaj went viral on YouTube, Jasmine Mans has received national attention, but many misinterpret the message of her poem.

UW poet ‘Mans’ up to Minaj criticisms

By Marlon Lima The daily cardinal

Jasmine Mans never expected that the heartfelt poem she delivered to an adoring campus crowd would land her in the national spotlight in less than a month. On Oct. 16, the UW-Madison student performed for a crowded Memorial Union Theater. An experienced spoken word artist, Mans conducted audience reactions with a profound command of content and delivery mixed with a captivating popculture topic: Nicki Minaj. After being posted on YouTube, the performance accumulated over 100,000 views within its first week.

The catalyst to the poem’s view count success was the coverage it received on www.allhiphop.com followed by a landslide of promotion from other blogs credible within the national hip hop community. Success wouldn’t be the word on this poet’s tongue after reading the first blog post a mere three days after uploading her video, though.

In an interview with The Daily Cardinal, Mans described her disappointment upon seeing the first headline on Allhiphop.com, “Shots Fired: Poet Disses Nicki Minaj.” To her, the words were a gloomy sign that her poem was misinterpreted and falsely advertised to Internet audiences as a “diss” to the mainstream artist. In actuality, Mans’ poem critiques the image Minaj marketed herself with during her rise in mainstream hip-hop.

Mans acknowledged headlines often build the premise for readers’ expectations and perspective before they experience the piece. As a fan of Minaj, she became concerned for how that misinterpretation would be perpetuated.

The most overlooked aspect of Mans’ poem is that the text empowers Minaj with phrases like “you are a queen” and “your existence is not recyclable.” The headline influence causes many bloggers to ignore those statements in search for signs of disrespect.

“By no means am I a disser,” Mans said, “I am too big of a fan, woman and intellectual to diss Nicki Minaj.”

All three of those factors are present in her aim behind the poem.

“My intention was to hold Nicki Minaj accountable,” Mans explained. “She is the face of black women in the industry … she needs to take on her responsibility.”

Mans continued to assert Minaj’s power to affect the masses at the risk of the media’s influ-

ence on her image.

The poem itself serves a dual purpose: A dare for Minaj to be a “three-dimensional role model” and a warning of the media’s potential grip on her image. “They will Lauryn Hill you,” Mans said in her poem. This reference to the female hip hop icon that dropped out of the public eye parallels Minaj’s possible downfall at the hands of the media.

Mans’ distress lingers on the thought that prominent artists of color have had further potential beyond succumbing to untimely career collapses. The dare’s ultimate goal is to legitimize Minaj beyond just her presence within the hip-hop spotlight.

“By no means am I a disser, I am too big of a fan, woman and intellectual to diss Nicki Minaj.”

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Consequently, Minaj’s relevance in the public eye is reflected through the uneven attention that Mans’ poems have received. Her poem about Michelle Obama received significantly fewer views than the Minaj poem despite being uploaded on the same day. Mans found this a troubling example of society’s sense of priority.

“This is what the world chooses to highlight, critique, and judge,” Mans said.

Despite the viral popularity of her Minaj poem, Mans doesn’t want any piece of hers to be valued higher than anything else she creates.

She continues to perform her other poems at events, including a recording for BET’s “The Mo’Nique Show” airing on Nov. 15. Mans maintains a humbleness behind her rush of exposure by estimating she faces a tiny fraction of the media’s attention that Minaj receives daily. The poem continues to earn Mans daily YouTube comments, interview requests and even death threats from those still misinterpreting her work.

In response to the continuing hate and misunderstandings about her poem, Mans wrote on her website, www.Jasminemans.com.

She mentioned her limitations in how much she can do to defend her public image because, “At the end of the day, I’m a student. I still have to do my homework. I still have to do community service. I just have to be a student before any of this.”

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While Archie Powell & The Exports perform and record together, Skip Work makes it clear that Powell (far right) is the driving force behind the band’s power-pop sound.

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UW takes on Purdue fresh off bye week

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When No. 7 Wisconsin (3-1 Big Ten, 7-1 overall) returns from a bye week for Saturday’s conference rumble against Purdue (2-2, 4-4), the buzz that accompanied each of the Badgers’ last two games may not be as pronounced.

At least one common thread should carry from Iowa City to West Lafayette, Ind., though: If the Badgers are to keep their title hopes alive, they will have to contain a

very talented defensive line.

On a team ravaged by injuries this year, the Boilermakers’ defensive front has managed to stay healthy and productive. Purdue enters Saturday’s game leading the conference in team sacks with 24—Michigan State is second with just 18—and tackles for loss. The unit is led by senior defensive end Ryan Kerrigan, a Lombardi Trophy finalist who certainly has the Badgers’ attention.

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Iowa, and Purdue were going to be my top three games,” said senior left tackle Gabe Carimi, who will likely be charged with containing the Big Ten’s sack leader. “Even though Purdue isn’t the best on the schedule, I knew those were going to be my top three.”

Not far behind Kerrigan’s Big Ten-best 7.5 sacks is Boilermaker sophomore defensive tackle Kawann Short, who is currently third with 6.0.

If the Badgers are equipped to handle anything, though, it is a stout defensive front. Behind an offensive line that averages over 6'5" and 320 pounds, Wisconsin is averaging 221.4 rushing yards per game and has allowed just six sacks all season. The battle between Carimi and Kerrigan will draw NFL scouts, but for UW’s between-the-tackles style, the interior matchups will be equally important.

“With Purdue, their inside guys are young … but they’re still pretty good,” sophomore center Peter Konz said. It’s kind of a fun mind battle you have.”

Junior running back John Clay—who is second in the Big Ten in rushing yards with 887 and leads the league with 13 touchdowns—may share carries with sophomore Montee Ball instead of dynamic freshman James White this week, as White likely will be held out after injuring his knee Oct. 23 against Iowa.

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J.J. Watt will represent the Badgers in a showdown of talented pass rushers. Purdue DE Ryan Kerrigan leads the Big Ten with 8.5 sacks. on a productive running game, but instead of size and power they will try to utilize speed and space. The Boilermakers’ offense was decimated following season-ending injuries to junior quarterback Robert Marve, junior running back Ralph Bolden and senior wide receiver Keith Smith.

As a result, true freshman quarterback Sean Robinson will likely lead an offense that currently ranks last in

the Big Ten in total offense (311.5 yards per game), scoring offense (18.1 points per game), passing offense (137.9 ypg) and turnover margin (-3).

“If you’re a true freshman quarterback playing in the Big Ten, we need to get pressure on you,” junior defensive end J.J. Watt said. “He’s done a good job so far for them but we just need to rattle him and kind of welcome him to Big Ten football.”

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Latest installment of Border Battle features many Minnesota connections

Leuer, UW set to begin exhibition slate with LaCrosse

By Ryan Evans THE DAILY CARDINAL

A week after handing Michigan Tech its first losses of the season, the No. 15 Badgers men’s hockey team (2-11 WCHA, 5-2-1 overall) goes on the road to Minneapolis for a date with their border rivals, the No. 17 Minnesota Golden Gophers (5-3-0, 3-3-0).

Any time Wisconsin and Minnesota get together it is a momentous occasion. The Badgers and Gophers have one of the most storied rivalries in all of college sports, and when these two teams meet, players on both sides take their game to a new level.

The rivalry takes on an even greater significance for Minnesota natives like junior forward Jordy Murray. “This rivalry means a ton to me. Especially being from Minnesota, it’s a big deal for me, it’s a big deal for everyone. There is a lot of history and these are two teams that don’t like each other, in any sport. There is a little hatred but that is the way hockey should be played.”

“This is a huge rivalry,” senior forward and St. Louis native Sean Dolan added. “You look at all the guys on our team from Minnesota, and being the border state for the guys from Wisconsin it is definitely a huge rivalry. I’m not from either state but I don’t really like the Gophers so it’s definitely a big

deal.”

Senior forward Patrick Johnson cautioned the team against going into the first game of the series on Friday too amped up, however.

“You’re always a little more jacked up to play Minnesota but you don’t want to get too excited, if you do that you’ll start running around and that’s what can get you off your game,” Johnson said. “They are a great offensive team. They’ll make you pay if you do that.”

November will be one of the toughest months of the season for the Badgers, starting Friday with the Gophers. Following this weekend’s series, Wisconsin will play North Dakota and

Minnesota-Duluth at home, ranked No. 2 and No. 9, respectively. The Badgers will look to use this weekend as a good way to build momentum for the rest of the month.

“You feel really good when you leave Mariucci with four points,” Dolan said. “It would be huge for our team. These weekends that we have this month are going to be big series, definitely the strongest month of our season. So if we can start it off with a sweep right here it would be huge.”

“We’re looking at it like four points we need to have on the road, and we won’t be satisfied unless we get all four.”

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Junior winger Jordy Murray is off to a hot start this season, having already tallied five goals. He returns to his home state this weekend.

By Jeremy Wodajo THE DAILY CARDINAL

Wisconsin basketball unofficially begins its 2010-2011 campaign Saturday at the Kohl Center as the Badgers square off against Division III UW-LaCrosse in their first of two exhibition games this season.

The Badgers are 50-4 all time in exhibition games and enter this season as one of the top 30 teams in the nation, according to the preseason AP poll. Wisconsin is used to being overlooked and has embraced that title as the “underdog” the past nine seasons with head coach Bo Ryan at the helm.

This season seems to be no different as the team enters exhibition play with the same mindset they would any other game.

“Every time you step on the court you’re trying to perform and work hard,” junior guard Jordan Taylor said. “I don’t think it’s any different from a practice even. You always try to come out, compete and do your best.”

This will be the seventhconsecutive season the Badgers have held an exhibition game with a WIAC team as one of its opponents, as they defeated UW-Superior 80-47 last season at the Kohl Center. The WIAC conference remains one of the most competitive non-Division I conferences in the nation, and includes last year’s DIII national champions, UW-Stevens Point.

This type of reputation is one of the prominent reasons UW consistently schedules exhibition contests

against WIAC foes.

“They’re definitely well-coached—it has always been a well-coached league,” UW assistant coach Gary Close said.

“It’s a great opportunity for them.

They’re going to be ready to play, they get a chance to play at the Kohl Center, so it’s a win-win for everybody.”

This game may also be the first indication of how Ryan and the rest of the staff decides to split open minutes at the guard position. Close says they already have an idea of how those minutes will be distributed but is still intrigued by the competitiveness of his guards in practice.

“It’s always interesting as a coaching staff to see how well they react and how they play in a live game,” Close said. “This is about as competitive a situation we’ve had in terms of competing for minutes.”

One of those guards who is looking forward to earning some playing time and his first game as a Badger is freshman guard Josh Gasser.

“This is my first game in college so I’m definitely excited for that,” Gasser said. “[I’ve] never really played in front of a big crowd like that so it’s going to be good just to go up against someone else but my own teammates.”

As of now, the coaches have been satisfied with the development of their freshmen but are still looking to this weekend’s exhibition for indications of weaknesses and improvement.

“In live action with referees and a crowd we just want to see how they will react,” Close said.

“That’s why its always good to have a dress rehearsal.”