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Professors to walk out of classrooms Tuesday By Alicia Goldfine The Daily Cardinal

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Ralliers gathered Monday to hear from local and famous musicians alike, including Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, who performed to show his support for union workers.

Famous rockers play for protesters at rally By Adam Wollner and Patrick Tricker The Daily Cardinal

Standing in front of American and Wisconsin flags, former Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello played to an audience of 4,000 Monday at Monona Terrace at a performance set up by AFSCME to oppose the budget repair bill. “Whenever there’s an economic hardship, [Republicans] take advantage of that to ram through some legislation that’s going to roll back decades, if not a century, of social progress,” Morello said. “But they miscalculated. They miscalculated because they tried to begin doing that in Wisconsin.” Earlier in the day, Morello held a rally with Rise Against guitarist Tim McIlrath at the steps of the Capitol with thousands of protesters, despite poor weather conditions. “It is my belief that the future of the rights of working people in this country will not be decided in Congress; it will not be decided in the courts; it will not be decided on talk radio; it will not be decided on Fox News,” Morello said. “But the future of the rights of working people in this country will be decided on the streets of Madison, Wisconsin.” Morello introduced himself as a “union man,” being a card carrying member of the Industrial Workers

of the World and being a part of Los Angeles Musicians Local 47 for 22 years. Morello said his mom, a pubic high school teacher for almost 30 years, managed to make ends meet because of union membership, despite being a one-parent family. “It’s an honor to stand shoulder to shoulder with you in solidarity today,” Morello said to the protesters.

“You never know where the spark for the next big change is going to happen.” Tom Morello guitarist Rage Against the Machine

McIlrath, one of the first acts to perform, noted the variety of generations present at the rally and played a few older songs, including “Ohio” by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, and “Who’ll Stop the Rain” by Creedence Clearwater Revival. “We may not be able to stop the rain, but we can stop Gov. Walker,” McIlrath said. Morello applauded the 14 Democratic state senators who fled the state to stop a quorum, which Republicans need before they can vote on the bill. He said their actions gave him new faith in the Democratic Party.

“The backbone of your state senators, who headed to my sweet home state of Illinois, changed my mind about [Democrats],” Morello said. “I’m like, at last somebody’s got a spine, man, come on. They can stay as long as they want. Illinois is nice, man.” Morello also read an e-mail that he received from one of the principal organizers of the protests in Cairo. The letter expressed support for the Wisconsin protesters and advocated for solidarity: “Breathe deeply, Wisconsin, because justice is in the air.” “No matter what Gov. Walker, the Mumbarak of the Midwest, says, this land is your land,” Morello said before singing a rendition of “This Land is Your Land” with McIlrath and other musicians. “Never give up and never give in!” At the Terrace, Mahlon Mitchell, the president of the Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin, expressed solidarity with the protests, before heading off to rally and spend the night at the Capitol with other fire fighters. “We’re here with you because the house of labor’s on fire, and we’re going to put it out,” Mitchell said. “We will continue to be here until the job is done. If the house of labor crumples, we will be here again to rebuild the house of labor brick by brick.” rallies page 4

Public Representation Organization of the Faculty Senate, a membership organization consisting of UW-Madison faculty, has scheduled a march to the Capitol Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. in response to the budget repair bill. The group will meet on Bascom Hill and join with UW Faculty Organizing for Change and the Teaching Assistants’ Association in the march. While it is not a union, PROFS is comprised of UW-Madison faculty who advocate for their rights before the governor, state legislators, members of Congress and members of the Board of Regents. According to the TAA, the march could be a turning point in the protest of Gov. Scott Walker’s bill, showing the city and the nation that some of the UW-Madison faculty wants to protect the collective bargaining rights of public sector workers. 333 UW-Madison faculty members signed a letter addressed to Walker, state legislators and citizens of Wisconsin, which was released Sunday. It states their support for collective bargaining rights for all workers. Associate history professor William Jones signed the letter and said he supports the faculty’s march

to the Capitol. “There are several aims [of the letter],” Jones said. “One is to register our support for the principal of collective bargaining as a right and as a democratic process that’s been established both in the U.S. and around the world, as a fundamental human right.” Members of PROFS said they are showing their solidarity with the tens of thousands of protestors who have filled the Capitol and the square voicing their protest of Walker’s budget repair bill. The march is meant to bring awareness to the repercussions that UW-Madison will feel if this bill is passed, according to the group. The faculty members who signed the letter wanted to publically support the collective bargaining rights of the teaching assistants and staff on campus, Jones said. PROFS, in support of the TAs’ ongoing occupation of the Capitol, strives to emphasize the important role that the staff and graduate assistants have in maintaining the high standards of this university, according to the faculty-signed letter. Members of PROFS said the staff and graduate assistants already have low wages and few benefits. The members said they are worried about the effects that additional cuts will have on their jobs and morale.

Legislature to meet Tuesday for budget, voter ID bills By Ariel Shapiro THE DAILY CARDINAL

Both the state Senate and Assembly will meet Tuesday as protests outside the Capitol over the budget repair bill are expected to continue and grow. Only the Assembly will be able to take up the bill, which seeks to increase pension and health care contributions from state employees and take away most of their

bargaining rights. In the aftermath of the 14 Democratic state senators fleeing the state to prevent the bill from being passed, the Senate lacks the quorum necessary to vote on financial legislation. However, the Senate can take up nonfiscal bills, including the hotly contested voter-ID bill, which it legislature page 4

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The Assembly will take up the budget repair bill Tuesday after adjourning Friday because of a pre-emptive vote by Republicans.

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ecently, over a pitcher of Hopalicious at the Rathskeller, my friend Andy and I discussed the word “vagina” being erroneously substituted for the word “vulva.” He is taking Gender and Women’s Studies 103, which is why he knows about vaginas and vulvas at all. I say “erroneous” because the vaginal orifice is only one part of the complexity of the external female reproductive system. Another topic Andy and I broached was memory. This happened as follows. I remarked that whenever I sit in the mini-booths in what is actually called “Der Stiftskeller,” I think of a certain former love-interest; he and I tended to sit in the mini-booths whenever we would get pitchers together. To Andy, I expressed annoyance that I think of this dumb boy every time I saw the little booths. He replied that my mind chooses

to focus on dumb-boy-memories for a reason. I must have found what went on with the boy in the booths to be deeply meaningful in some way. Thus, I consecrate these dirty cramped benches. Der Stiftskeller ist heilig. Another thing that bothers me about associating the mini-booths with dumb-boy hangouts is that no one else has the associations I have. No one else feels the weight of these little benches like I do. Andy replied to this with a dramatic story about the first time he and his boyfriend hung out. The music that played during his meaningful experience now has such deep meaning for Andy that he cannot convey the feeling he gets when he listens to it. I think associations are more fun when they are shared with others. The other day, at 6 a.m. on the fourth floor of the Capitol, I spoke to Mike, another philosophy student. I remarked that I really enjoyed that time during Philosophy 440 last semester when Professor Soll gave his criticism of Schopenhauer (a 19thcentury philosopher who declared life isn’t worth living and yet

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appears incalculably arrogant in itself. Well, if you think I’m arrogant, you should see this guy. I am nowhere near the end of the arrogance spectrum if you take him into account. Incidentally, last semester this guy and I had a conversation at the Rathskeller in which he told me I shouldn’t read so much feminist literature because it will not benefit me. Granted, Gender and Women’s Studies 102 was indeed really, really depressing. Why? Because it’s real. For instance, one of the primary examples of “women’s agency” (power to act) in Afghanistan is they frequently realize Schopenhauer’s idea (life is not worth living) to the point that they set themselves on fire. Self-immolation, like that guy in Tunisia, only he changed the face of the Middle East when he struck his match. Today I looked up the etymologies of “vulva” and “vulnerable” to see if they are related. They aren’t, which is anticlimactic, but welcome to life. E-mail Angelica with comments at aengel2@wisc.edu.

Overheard in Madison Guy in The Chocolate Shoppe:

Girl in Fresh Madison Market:

I’m going to live dangerously. I’ll take a scoop of the Kitty Kitty Bang Bang.

For a flute player I’ve got fantastic range.

Girl in the Journalism Reading Room:

Twitter—it’s just like texting the world.

One time she got in a car accident and her implant ruptured. It was a bad day.

girl outside of Jimmy John’s, Thurs. 2/17: Did you see that Wisconsin is on the front page of the New York Times. Girl 2: Oh really? Why?

Girl in Humanities: I can’t hula hoop. Not since the incident.

Guy in Vilas Hall: I’m like Lil’ Wayne—freestylin’ on a comic ... that’s not as good as it should be.

Girl in Walgreen’s: You can’t work off foot fungus, but you can work off corn syrup.

Girl in Starbucks, talking about a linguistics exam: And I turned the page and was like, “lolz, wasn’t there for click day.”

Guy on State Street: Girl commenting on the Pentagon-Nascar situation: I’m over this shit. I’m going to Canada.

Guy in Pop’s Club: Did you hear Jesse Jackson is coming to town? Guy 2: Michael Jackson’s brother?

Girl in Ingraham Deli: Well what else can you talk about with regard to an Adam Sandler movie besides superfluous boobs?

Girl in College Library: What’s that? Guy 2: It’s my princess life notebook.

Guy on a bus 2/16: Wait, so have we had the shortest day of the year yet? The things people utter are ridiculous, so submit your Overheards to vstatz@dailycardinal.com or comment on this weeks’ submissions at dailycardinal.com/page-two.

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practiced playing his flute on a daily basis). Mike replied, “Do you remember that guy who—” I immediately knew he was referring to a fellow student from 440 who, with more arrogance than anyone I have ever met, confronted the professor on his interpretation of Schopenhauer. The fact that he confronted the professor is not what was arrogant. What was arrogant was his choice of timing (the middle of lecture) and his ridiculous persistence. He was basically saying, “I know Schopenhauer better than you, Professor,” and he was saying it in front of the whole class, over and over again. What strikes me is that Schopenhauer and this persistent dude from 440 are intertwined in not just my memory, but in Mike’s memory too. We had never discussed the Schopenhauer incident before last Thursday. How would Schopenhauer feel about the durability of Mike’s and my association of the great philosopher to this pesky undergrad? One problem with being a philosophy major and criticizing other philosophy majors as “arrogant” is that, to the outsider, this

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UW Health Services condemns sick notes written for protestors By Alison Bauter The Daily Cardinal

UW Health Services announced Monday it would begin an investigation into UW Health physicians who reportedly wrote sick notes for Capitol protestors last Saturday.

“This involved a few individuals out of the nearly 1,300 physicians at UW Health.”

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Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, spoke at the Plan Commission meeting Monday, saying his constituency is divided over the Mifflin apartment proposal.

Plan Commission unanimously approves amendment for Mifflin apartment complex By Scott Girard The Daily Cardinal

The City of Madison Plan Commission unanimously passed a zoning map amendment Monday to allow the development of a proposed apartment complex on West Mifflin Street. Students and community members came to the second public hearing on the issue to give their opinions of the proposed complex. Kate Robertson said she represented the “Save Mifflin” Facebook group and pointed out the dedication of the group of students regarding their opposition to the complex. “I would just like to remind you guys that we started our Save Mifflin group after first finding out about the postcard, and since then we have attended every single meeting you could possibly think of,” Robertson said. “We’ve been very involved

in this project.” However, Robertson said their involvement did not necessarily equate to compromises on the development. “We’ve tried to compromise on the building, but it just seems compromise at this point is dwindling.” Kate Robertson representative “Save Mifflin” Facebook group

“We’ve tried to compromise on the building, but it just seems compromise at this point is dwindling,” Robertson said. Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, represents the Mifflin area and said he had a problem with the fourth floor of the building because the Downtown Plan called for only a three-story

building, but compromised by agreeing on a top floor that is set back. “Clearly, since I last stood before the commission, my concerns have been attempted to be addressed,” Verveer said. “It’s hard for me though to stand here and say that this is an optimal design from my perspective.” To address concerns over apartment residents potentially parking their bicycles and mopeds in front of the building in places other than the designated bicycle racks, the commission added an amendment to the proposal which would make such parking a violation of the lease. The commission also added an amendment stating the building does not set a precedent for developing the rest of the neighborhood, a prime concern of students. The proposal will now face further recommendations from the Urban Design Committee.

Neighborhood discusses Johnson Street hotel at meeting Plans underway for new hotel at former Casa Bianca location Madison residents gave input to the revised proposed plans for a new hotel on West Johnson Street Monday. The proposed building, which would be at 434 to 454 W. Johnson St., would reach nine stories tall and include 195 guest rooms. These rooms would include extended stay rooms, which are similar to studios, and typical guest rooms with queen or kingsize beds. All parking would be

above street level and contain 142 stalls. The estimated height of the building varies, but would be between 86 to 90 feet tall. Tom Ziarnik, General Manager of the Doubletree Hotel where the meeting was held, said he had concerns that there were not enough parking spaces compared to the number of rooms in the hotel. Jeff Kraemer, of the Raymond Management Company, said the hotel would work with city of Madison parking officials to valet cars to nearby parking ramps if the parking lot fills. “We don’t foresee it as a major issue,” Kraemer said. “It’s

not ideal, but we can handle it.” Gary Brink, one of the architects, said four houses and the empty building where the pizza restaurant Casa Bianca was once housed would be demolished. There is no architectural or historical significance of those houses, Kraemer said. Kraemer said his company would own and operate the hotel. Construction could start in the upcoming fall or spring 2012, but that still needs to be determined, Kraemer said. The plans are set to be revised and presented at the Urban Design Commission meeting March 2. —Maggie DeGroot

Hintz charged with sexual misconduct at massage parlor Willing to take responsibility for actions State Rep. Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh, a vocal critic of the budget repair bill, is being faced with charges of sexual misconduct for an incident that occurred in Appleton. “I am willing to take responsibility for my actions,” Hintz said in a statement.

According to The Northwestern, the charge was issued Feb. 10 as part of an ongoing investigation at Heavenly Touch Massage Parlor. Hintz said he would continue his fight against the bill. “My concern right now is that my personal situation is distracting from the much more important issue facing our state. We have tens

of thousands of working people at the Capitol every day and that must remain our focus,” Hintz said. “I will continue to do my job and stand up for Wisconsin’s working famiHINTZ lies.”

Thousands of Wisconsin teachers and state workers staged a “sickout” this past week, calling in sick to join the protests. Following Saturday’s Budget Repair Bill rally reports surfaced that some physicians were seen signing “medical excuses” for protestors outside the Capitol. In a statement, UW Health condemned the physicians’ behavior and distanced themselves from the physicians in question.

“This involved a few individuals out of the nearly 1,300 physicians at UW Health,” the statement said. “The UW Health physicians were acting on their own and without the knowledge or approval of UW Health.” UW Health said they considered these charges “very serious” and launched an immediate investigation in conjunction with the Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. According to UW Health, the investigation will identify which physicians from their organization were involved and whether their actions constituted violations of the medical ethics of University of Wisconsin and UW Health policies and work rules. Although UW Health Media Relations Director Lisa Brunette said they were investigating “a couple of names,” she said she was legally unable to release any other details due to the ongoing investigation. According to the statement, “any future disciplinary action taken will be considered a personnel matter and will be treated with the confidentiality required by University of Wisconsin policies.”

UW System reacts to proposed split of UW-Madison from state system By Anna Duffin The Daily Cardinal

Members of the Wisconsin Board of Regents have expressed fear that Chancellor Biddy Martin’s New Badger Partnership could be detrimental to the UW system. Board of Regents member Tom Loftus said he thinks the potential separation could be harmful to the UW System. “A proposal to remove UW-Madison from the UW System in the budget bill is a guarantee that we will return to the tribalism of the past.” Tom Loftus Board of Regents

“A proposal to remove UW-Madison from the UW System in the budget bill is a guarantee that we will return to the tribalism of the past when each campus and their legislators fought for their turf and decried any perceived advantage one campus might get that they did not,” Loftus said in a letter to The Cap Times. Loftus said Martin did not inform the Board of Regents about her plans for the New Badger Partnership. News Editor of UW-Milwaukee’s UWM Post Mike La Count said that

Madison separating from the UW system would have severe effects on UWM. He said now UW-Madison may compete with other UW schools for funding, whereas before they lobbied together for it. This would affect UWM because UW-Madison and UWM are the only two UW System schools that offer doctoral programs, La Count said. Additionally, costs not entirely covered by the state that were previously spread throughout the entire UW system will fall heavier upon UWM. One such cost stems from the GI Bill, which provides benefits to United States Veterans. According to La Count, students at Milwaukee have not yet paid much attention to the New Badger Partnership. He thinks it will gain interest in the coming weeks. La Count said he does not think the New Badger Partnership will inspire other UW System schools to break off from the system. “They don’t believe that having universities break off is good for the university system and education in general,” La Count said. Chancellor Martin said in a press conference Thursday that this separation is imperative with probable budget cuts in the near future, and no concrete decisions have been made thus far.

Man robbed, sustains broken jaw in State Street marijuana deal A 48-year-old man was robbed and punched while trying to buy marijuana on State Street Friday night. According to the incident report, the victim had purchased marijuana from the men in the past and did not expect any trouble. The victim sustained a broken jaw from the punch, Madison Police Department spokesperson

Joel DeSpain said. According to DeSpain, the victim had a blood alcohol content of .3 once at the hospital. The victim provided police with the information about the suspects, but the incident report did not include them. The incident occurred at 9:19 p.m. in the 500 block of State Street.

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legislature from page 1 plans bring up. The voter-ID bill has drawn flack from Democrats and advocacy groups who say its provisions make it harder for students, minorities and the elderly to vote. The League of Women Voters put out a statement Monday saying although the bill is not necessarily fiscal, it “will cost millions of dollars annually and which seeks to address a problem that does not exist.” However, the Democratic senators who would have fought the legislation remain in Illinois, and have shown no signs of returning until Gov. Scott Walker is ready to compromise on the budget repair bill. At his press conference today, Walker showed no signs of letting up, even in the wake of union leaders conceding on his financial demands so long as they can retain collective bargaining rights.

“We really can’t negotiate because we don’t have money to negotiate with. For us to be involved in good faith negotiations we have to offer something, and we don’t have anything to offer,” Walker said. Walker also presented a new deadline for the senators, saying if the bill is not passed by Friday, the state will lose $30 million because it will be unable to reconstruct the budget in time. He says will translate to 1,500 layoffs. “I don’t want to see anyone laid off, but if the senate Democrats don’t come back and at least allow us to debate this bill and give us the ability to pass the bill, this bill, the alternative is just for that $30 million alone, we’d have the equivalent of 1,500 lay-offs,” Walker said The Assembly’s discussion of the bill comes after Friday’s legislative brawl when Assembly Republicans took up the bill five minutes before the floor session

was scheduled to start and before the Democrats arrived. State Reps. Peter Barca, D-Kenosha and Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh, were among the Assembly Democrats who were infuriated by the move, and Speaker of the Assembly Jeff Fitzgerald, R-Horicon, moved the proceedings back to the amendment stage. While the legislature meets, the protests are expected to maintain the momentum they have for an entire week. Denouncers of the bill continue to camp out overnight and set up offices within the Capitol itself to keep the movement organized. Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, who appeared at a rally in Madison Friday, will come back to town to speak to students at East High. Walker will also hold a fireside chat Tuesday at 6 p.m. to address the Wisconsin public on the state’s fiscal woes.

rallies from page 1 Morello urged the audience to take the energy it has created to defeat the bill and use it to start a positive movement. “You never know where the

spark for the next big change is going to happen, the next big radical change, the next big progressive change, the next big revolutionary change,” Morello said. “It may just happen in your own back yard.”

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Guitarist Tom Morello played for protestors in Madison twice Monday, including this evening performance at the Monona Terrace.

Gov. Scott Walker addressed reporters Monday evening, reiterating his stance on the proposed budget reform bill and calling on 14 Democratic senators currently in Illinois to return to Wisconsin.

Despite inclimate weather outside, protestors continued to pack the Capitol throughout Monday.

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Radiohead album feels unfinished, leaves fans on the hook for more By John Barisone

wild, with its exacting drum pattern and narrow palette of By now, this much is clear: repeated vocal samples being Radiohead can do whatever the rather tame. The second half of the hell they want. Aside from being one of the biggest bands in album bodes better than the the world, in 2007 Radiohead first, with “Lotus Flower,” took it upon themselves to wisely chosen as the album’s revolutionize the possibilities single marking the album’s finof do-it-yourself in the 21st est moment. It is a gorgeous century music industry. The song that hones an ornate, but whole stunt reflected a startling tightly wound instrumentaamount of political power, giv- tion replete with handclaps. ing Radiohead a cultural pull However, it is Yorke’s domithat allowed them to play king nating vocal performance that in an independent music world wrings out the emotional possiwhere everyone was starving bilities. A similar thing happens peasants. And it might seem when Yorke’s voice slips away unfair were it not for the fact into the haunting “Codex,” a that every Radiohead album is surprisingly forthcoming balthis huge thing, conceptually lad on an album that seems and musically; many of which, bent on withholding. Musically speaking, the only months after release, critics deem some milestone in chances taken on King of Limbs are hugely modest in musical history. Fast forward to now, and comparison to the monumental achieveRadiohead has CD REVIEW ments found reemerged from on the albums hiding with a of old. At only new mission: eight songs and to redefine the a time-duration music-listening uncharacteristiexperience with cally moderate, the first newsthe album feels paper album, King of Limbs like a tease. What does that Radiohead I’m not alone even mean? in this feelWhat will they ing. Scour the music message come up with next? Despite all the mystery and boards and you’ll find torrents release gimmicks, we are still of obsessive fans making spectalking about a band making ulative claims about a looming actual music. From this stand- second part to King of Limbs. point, the actual music on King While many of these theoof Limbs sounds suspiciously ries are nonsense and don’t like a side-step for a band carry much weight, some of expected to take the largest them do; for many fans, this information is greeted with leaps forward. King of Limbs is essentially a sense of relief. Maybe it Radiohead stripped down to elec- is rejoice in the fact there is tro-based basics. “Bloom” begins more Radiohead goodness on the album with an off-kilter beat the horizon, or maybe it’s just that nudges and statics behind the inevitable result of a band Thom Yorke’s angular croons; it employing the same marketing ebbs against the seams of the strategies as Apple, they have, established beat, attempting to after all, done this sort of escape into something bigger, but thing before. Or maybe, just dissipates instead. This is far from maybe, within this desperaharsh minimalism, but it definite- tion to prove these theories ly feels atypical of a band known correct, there is a small truth for creating elaborately dense to be had—King of Limbs (part and lush soundscapes. “Morning 1?) isn’t quite the album fans Mr. Magpie” works much in the had hoped for. same tradition, avoiding areas of high pressure with a staccato guitar loop trailing behind Yorke’s repeated accusations, “You stole it King of Limbs is essentially all / Give it back.” Radiohead stripped down to Still, while the melodies electro-based basics. rarely snake away from the melody set forward in the first minute, the song structures on King of Limbs can’t be faulted “Separator,” which closes for their organization, which is as tight and meticulously the album, is a serene numcrafted as ever. But the sheer ber for what is best summed restraint at times can be frus- up as a serene album. But trating. Most of the instru- towards the end of the song mentation on King of Limb’s there is an ominous moment seems constructed simply as where the first glinting shards bedding for Thom Yorke’s of Jonny Greenwood’s muchvocals: If the foreground of missed guitar peeks its head Yorke’s floaty falsetto fails to out from the pillow-y softness, hold your attention, the instru- and Yorke delivers the forebodmentation could depressingly ing message, “If you think this is over then you’re wrong.” pass for background music. The ironically titled Here’s to hoping he’s telling “Feral” sounds anything but the truth.

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Paul Giamatti takes a turn as a schmuck in this misanthropic yet wise film. Breaking Hollywood’s golden rule of having a likeable main character, “Barney’s Version” will give you a new perspective.

This ‘version’ of events will give you perspective By Mike Kujak senior film writer

“Barney’s Version” is the saddest comedy you’ll see all year. It’s a film for old people, it has no likeable characters and it drifts along a stretched out narrative that will probably bore most viewers. So why in the hell am I recommending that you go out and see this film? Well, in short, it’s a matter of perspective. This film is all about perspective. It’s about the perspective of truth and how we view our own lives. It’s a character piece that is a tribute to the nature of memory. It’s all the depressing high-minded bullshit that college students don’t want to pay attention to because they’re having “the time of their lives.” I challenge you to go out and see this film. It raises a lot of questions that most people don’t like thinking about, but if you trust the film enough to guide you through it, I think you can leave the theater with an interesting examination of a life fully lived.

Of course, the entire film is doomed without a credible portrayal of Barney’s characer, when in steps Paul Giamatti with his disgustingly beautiful performance.

The film presents itself as an autobiography of a fictional film producer named Barney Panofsky and recounts his past three marriages over the span of his lifetime. Barney’s like an alcoholic and misogynistic Forrest Gump. He’s been through some shit. His personality consists of the unfortunate combination of being both selfdestructive and self-aware at the same time. By the end of his life (when the story begins), he belongs to a rare group of people that has lived through three failed marriages and you can see the toll on his face. It’s a particularly hard film to summarize or sell because most of the film’s intrigue comes toward the end in a narrative twist. When the film finally does reach its climax, it’s not so much of a “Bam-

Pow-Gotcha” twist but more of a personal and moving shift in how we view Barney’s story. The best way to summarize the film is through its tone and characters. The tone is the balancing act of adding a comedic aspect to every dramatic moment. The characters that surround Barney include his father (Dustin Hoffman), a retired Jewish officer and fully practicing drunken grandpa, and his three wives: the insane artist (Rachelle Lefevre), the Italian sugar mama (Minnie Driver) and the angel (Rosamund Pike). There are many reasons that Barney’s story is a compelling one, but you’d have to start by giving credit to the author of the novel on which the film is based, Mordecai Richler. He is one of the greatest Canadian authors of the 20th century and is known for his unique and sardonic voice. Richler passed away four years after publishing “Barney’s Version,” and it became his greatest piece of work because it explored questions Richler was likely attributing to his own life’s end. The story has a fiscal and responsible sense of storytelling that can only come from a seasoned professional. The film has a literary feel to it that might seem a bit dull, but once you start to understand what Richler is trying to say with his main character, the film becomes much more provoking. Of course, the entire film is doomed without a credible portrayal of Barney's character, when in steps Paul Giamatti with his disgustingly beautiful performance. The reason he’s perfect for this role is his ability to make an unlikeable character watchable. One of the most disturbing and annoying rules adopted by Hollywood is that the main character of a film has to be likeable. It’s an understandable rule. People like spending time with people they like. Unfortunately, the rule is completely unfaithful to reality. It’s tough to spend two hours with a depressing character like Barney, but I find the characters that challenge you in films will always mean more to you

at the end of the day then the dime-a-dozen characters that are constantly trying to win you over. If you have heard of this film before it’s likely because of its Oscar nomination for best makeup. I can tell you that it would be a tragedy if this film didn’t win this category. The man responsible, Adrien Morot, has been working in makeup nonstop for the last 10 years. I’ve never seen a better use of makeup to portray the aging of characters in a film. It’s a constantly developing art but I haven’t seen the age range of late twenties to mid-sixties portrayed so accurately. In an Oscar category where “best” usually means “more,” this is a rare opportunity to reward a minimalist work of visual genius.

One of the most disturbing and annoying rules adopted by Hollywood is that the main character of a film has to be likeable.

I have one small complaint with the film, a minor pet-peeve. The film does suffer from an unfortunate case of what I like to call “white people problems.” That definition might not be politically correct, but ever since I saw “Ordinary People” in fifth grade, I’ve had the desire to call out stories where the main conflict is one that only middle or upper class white people would ever have to deal with. There’s no doubt that Barney’s struggle is real. Richler’s story preaches about subjects as universal as life and death. That said, I have trouble believing that people outside of suburban American culture will be able to connect with Barney’s story completely. That tiny grievance aside, “Barney’s Version” is a very good film. It’s a film that grows with you and sticks in your mind. It’s a portrait of a man who breathes misanthropy, and most importantly, a chance to see the world through darker and wiser eyes.

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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Seeing ‘Wisconsin’ in national headlines

Today’s Sudoku

Evil Bird

Name change. The Blackberry mobile device was originally going to be called the Strawberry, because its small keys resembled the seeds in a strawberry.

dailycardinal.com/comics By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu

Eatin’ Cake

By Dylan Moriarty EatinCake@gmail.edu

Solution, tips and computer program available at www.sudoku.com.

Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9.

The Pipesmokers

By Joseph Diedrich jsdledrich@wisc.com

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

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By The Graphics Editors graphics@dailycardinal.com

By Dan Tollefson dtollefson@wisc.edu

Hoop Dreams Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com A Dog’s Life

ACROSS 1 Setting the pace 6 One reason for speech therapy 10 Blind guess 14 It’s in the hold 15 Biblical birthright seller 16 Solo for the fat lady? 17 Go great guns 19 Like bald tires 20 Artificial 21 Swelled head cause 22 Nailed on a slant 23 ___ nut (wheel fastener) 25 Stiff examination? 27 Varied 32 Brief “however” 33 Scandinavian capital 34 Blows it 36 Character of a culture 40 In ___ of 41 The parenthesis in :-) 43 Jekyll’s other personality 44 Some old dynasts 46 Doesn’t raise 47 Vast in scope 48 He fled Sodom 50 Will’s writer

52 Level of command 6 Cracker Jack feature 5 57 Pre-calc subject 58 Swedish rug 60 Plants grass again 65 Undecided, as a jury 66 Hockshop receipt 68 Slight advantage 69 Earthen pot 70 Young and inexperienced 71 Marsh plant 72 Vocal quality 73 Do an entry-level job? DOWN 1 Aerobics-class reminder 2 Controversial ‘60s musical 3 Physics units 4 Turkish high official (Var.) 5 Tobacco plug 6 Tropical souvenir 7 Kahoolawe or Capri, e.g. 8 Goatlike antelope 9 Extinguish, as a fire 10 Notched, like a tool 11 ‘60s Western sitcom “F ___” 12 Buenos ___ (Argentina) 13 Toss back and forth

18 Some shades of blue 24 Microbes 26 Frequent title starter 27 Dim-bulbed sort 28 Fertility goddess 29 Dogged little pest? 30 Like man’s best friend 31 Completely wrung out 35 Winter wet stuff 37 Promote aggressively 38 Chief Norse god 39 Religious faction 42 Chaperone 45 Roman sun god 49 Sluggishness 51 Staring at 52 Former anesthetic 53 Well-made product? 54 Venus’ flytrap feature 55 White-striped kin of 8-Down 59 Leatherworker’s tools 61 What a cut might cause 62 Steinbeck emigrant 63 “___ Only Just Begun” (Carpenters hit) 64 Editorial reconsideration 67 Siesta

Washington and the Bear

By Derek Sandberg kalarooka@gmail.com

opinion This is what democracy looks like dailycardinal.com/opinion

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Rights and reform can coexist. Walker’s refusal to negotiate bill with public proves he is pushing a political agenda, one that doesn’t work for the people of Wisconsin.

Melissa Grau opinion columnist

hen I began to write this column, it was approaching 10 a.m. on Thursday morning. I sat on a sodden bench in Library Mall as students gathered for the UW-Madison walkout. Glancing down State Street, the fog started to lift on the Capitol, the central site for hundreds of thousands of protestors this past week. Students warmed up their megaphones and assembled their friends as rap artist Unk’s “Walk It Out” cut through the morning mist from a miniature radio. One guy standing near one of the large banners shouted, “Let’s go students, come on! Show ’em what we’re made of!” It promised to be another turbulent day in Wisconsin’s capital. What were we protesting? The sign I carried read, “Stop the attack on Wisconsin families.” Other signs

and chants included: “Scotty doesn’t know,” “Pro-Worker, not ProWalker” and “You think education is expensive? Try ignorance.” My personal favorites included “Hide your kids, hide your teachers” and “Walk’er like an Egyptian.” But even as the rebel-rousing momentum began to swell for the fourth consecutive day, news was circulating that the proposed budget repair bill was passed by the Joint Finance Committee with modest moderations the night before. Despite the resounding call to “kill the bill,” I was unsure that the power of the people could prevail. What the heck were we doing out there? I scanned the crowd for answers and saw familiar faces. There was the guy from my freshman political science class, puffing warmth into his hands. There’s the group from WISPIRG I collaborated with last year, accidentally wading into thick sludge to join their friends. Oh hey, I think I went to high school with the whistle blower. As I continued to observe the crowd,

their unified chants responded to my question. The growing mass of students, teachers, children along with the entire geology department answered: “This is what democracy looks like.” Indeed, the collaborative, peaceful, “excuse me, Miss” demonstrations stoked my sense of the American values of tenacity, defiance and freedomfighting fury. I’m proud to report that I only saw two signs comparing Walker to Hitler, and one made a factual comparison about union busting that even Jon Stewart would have a hard time ridiculing. Kudos fellow protestors. On Thursday, I was prepared to accept that Walker’s bill would pass. I was ready to focus this column on what protestors could do to respond to what has been called an “unprecedented attack on labor rights.” But then the Democrats left Wisconsin and stalled the vote. Some states revealed their support by traveling to Madison and unraveling large yellow banners in the Capitol rotunda. Other states like Ohio, Texas and Arizona, ones considering similar legislative measures, geared

up for what could be equally impressive protests. These actions are proof this war is far from over. Since starting my story last Thursday, this column’s angle has changed. After spending the weekend examining the multiple opinions on the bill, I have come to my own conclusion. First, while our budget is not the largest in the nation, Wisconsin’s deficit is an urgent issue, and aggression is needed to begin the long journey to get our state back on track. According to multiple reports, Wisconsin state workers have repeatedly said they are willing to yield to budget burdens. Based on the amounts public employees from other states contribute to their own pension funds, Wisconsin workers could afford part of the increases allotted in Walker’s bill. It is an unfortunate fiscal reality, but the money needs to come from somewhere. The real problem has nothing to do with taking money from public workers, but eliminating their collective bargaining rights, rights that make our state competitive, educated, safe, beautiful and clean. How collective bargaining

cuts fit into a budget reform bill was a mystery until I realized it was a clear political move. Walker hoped taking away Wisconsinites’ money would distract them from the removal of rights. Perhaps Walker does have a brain, but it is obvious he has no heart. Walker is acting like a pompous leader by refusing to discuss the bill and negotiation rights for his constituents. To echo Senator Mark Miller’s sentiments on the bill, stripping people of their rights to have a say on the conditions of their employment and using legislation to bust unions is intolerable. “It is not the way we do things in Wisconsin; it is not the American way,” he said. I thank the Democratic senators for giving democracy a chance. This week, I urge everyone to exercise their right to “have a say” on this bill and continue to show me “what democracy looks like.” We need budget reform. We also need our rights. Melissa Grau is a sophomore majoring in journalism and communication arts. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

Cuts to Corporation for Public Broadcasting threaten communication Soren Nieminen opinion columnist

don’t think that I could get through the week without “This American Life,” “Filmspotting,” “Fresh Air” or many of the other great programs that are available through National Public Radio (NPR). Local television and radio programs that explore art, culture and state issues keep me up-to-date with current events. But within the next few months, hard decisions will be made about budgets, both at the statewide and federal level, and one proposal by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives details a plan to cut

Editorial Cartoon

funding for programs like the ones that keep me and many others informed. Released February 11, the proposal calls for over $61 million in cuts from such programs. I don’t agree with any of these measures, but I’m particularly perturbed by the inclusion of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)—which is at risk of losing all of its funding. The CPB funds about 15-20 percent of the aggregate revenues of all public broadcast stations. By law, 95 percent of CPB’s appropriation from the federal government has to go toward local television and radio programs. For the fiscal year 2010, its allocation for local programs was roughly $400 million. If this proposal passes, many of the programs on NPR and public television will have to find other methods of revenue privately or else they will cease to exist.

The question is whether there exists a private market for local art programs that fit into a similar model of commercial stations? More commercials and underwriting aren’t concrete solutions to help salvage public television and radio. The CPB provides funding for incredibly rich programs that serve a communal service. Many political talking heads relay their opinions through NPR radio shows, and some believe that PBS programs like “Sesame Street” and other educational shows will suffer. And while this may be the case for some programming, I seriously doubt that a show as popular as “Sesame Street” will go downhill—it’s too commercially viable. What is going to be cut is the funding for local programs in rural areas. I don’t understand how you can cut a show that has been deemed

By John Liesveld opinion@dailycardinal.com

by Congress and the general populace (over 170 million Americans use public media each month) as an American investment in the development of non-commercial conversations and education. This proposed bill needs to address discretionary items in our budget like defense, homeland security and mandatory spending on entitlement programs like Social Security. That’s where the money is. If you have to raise taxes because we are fighting a war and are facing a huge deficit, I would support paying more taxes to keep non-commercial local programs on the air. I’m both a full-time student and employee but would not mind allocating more of my income to help fund the CPB, which is the mindset most Americans should have. I think the choice we face is one of what we pri-

oritize as a nation. We say that we value education, but we don’t adequately compensate our teachers. Our national test scores have been dwindling, especially in math and science. Our politicians say that they value education, but they never want to give anything up for it. Allocating $422 million a year may seem like a lot for the CPB, but considering the value of needed radio and television programs, it really isn’t. These programs allow honest debate and provide more depth to issues than the commercialized stations. This type of media is beholden to its ad revenue. If I have to pay a little extra ($1.35 per American per year, to be exact) of my own money to protect public education, I am all for sustaining the CPB. Soren Nieminen is a senior majoring in communication arts. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Badgers need to be in a winning mentality as season winds down

Men’s Basketball

Ryan Evans no, not that one

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The Badgers will rely on the shooting of players like Keaton Nankivil against a Wolverines team that leads the nation in three point attempts and boasts a duo of sharp shooting guards, Darius Morris and Tim Hardaway Jr.

Michigan looks to unleash shooting duo against UW By Ted Porath The Daily Cardinal

After a tough loss at Purdue last Wednesday, the No. 12 Wisconsin men’s basketball team bounced back to beat a pesky Penn State team on Sunday. Things were working well for the Badgers all night on offense, as they scored 76 points and shot 54 percent from the field. It was also a hot night for Wisconsin behind the arc, shooting 53 percent from three-point range. A big contributor to that was senior forward Keaton Nankivil, who got back on track after a three game dry spell, scoring 22 points and going 5-for-5 from three-point range. When asked what Nankivil meant to the team Sunday, head coach Bo Ryan was complimenting yet cautionary. “I don’t know what the next 40 minutes is going to get, but I do know this. [Nankivil] stretches defenses. He has an excellent shot. He’s a guy we want shooting the ball when he’s open,” Ryan said. “So what it meant last night was that he was a difference maker in that game. Whether that can happen at Michigan, I’ll have to talk to you after the game.” Continuing forward, the

Badgers will play three of their final four regular season games on the road, starting with Michigan Wednesday night at Ann Arbor. Michigan (7-8 Big Ten, 17-11 overall) comes into this next game as winners of six of their last eight and hungry to get off the bubble and into the NCAA tournament. “[Nankivil] stretches defenses. He has an excellent shot. He’s a guy we want shooting the ball when he’s open.” Bo Ryan head coach UW men’s basketball

The key players as of late for the Wolverines have been sophomore point guard Darius Morris and junior guard Tim Hardaway Jr. Morris leads the Wolverines in both points (15.4) and assists (6.9) per game. Hardaway is second on the team in points per game (13.4) and leads the team in three-pointers made (57). These two were huge in Michigan’s latest win over Iowa, combining for 50 points. When asked about Michigan’s

recent success, Ryan hinted that it has something to do with Morris’ play, as well as the team’s confidence lately in their shooting. “They’re playing better together. Morris has been a little more consistent and that’s important when you’ve got the ball in your hand as much as he does,” Ryan said. “They’re knocking down shots. There’s a lot of teams that look really good when those outside shots are going in. It’s confidence.” Three-point shooting has always been essential to a John Beilein coached offense. It was the three-point shooting of many Mountaineers, including Kevin Pittsnogle that led West Virginia team all the way to the Elite Eight in 2005. This track record indicates how dangerous a Belein-coached team and their threes could be to the Badgers tomorrow. Although the Wolverines are second in the Big Ten in threepointers made and first in threepointers attempted, they are only eighth in the Big Ten in threepoint shooting percentage. The Wolverines will have to make their threes on a consistent basis if they are going to upset the Badgers Wednesday night.

his past weekend was a big one for the Wisconsin men’s hockey team. Minnesota came into town, trailing the Badgers by only three points in the WCHA standings. With only a handful of games left in the season, this Border Battle had some huge playoff implications. The Gophers came into the Kohl Center and dominated the Badgers, completely outclassing them in a 5-2 victory Friday. The Badgers were going to have to regroup quickly to be able to bounce back in time for Saturday’s game if they wanted to split the series. In that series finale, the Badgers played one of their better games of the season, looking like a completely different team than the one that got trounced the night before. But, as hockey the gods have it sometimes, the game ended in a 3-3 tie. As the game ended the Minnesota players slammed their sticks on the ice in frustration. In the middle of a tight playoff race, they knew how much a win in that game would have meant. They were leaving Madison with three of the four points from the series, but they weren’t satisfied, they wanted more. That is the mentality you need to have in a playoff race. I expected a similar reaction from Wisconsin head coach Mike Eaves and the players after Saturday’s game. There was no way they could be happy with letting their biggest rival come into their barn and leave with three out of four, right? Wrong. To my surprise, the Badgers were complacent with what happened on Saturday. “The way we came back tonight from last night, it’s a positive,” freshman forward Jefferson Dahl said. “I think we’re all happy with the effort we put out there today.” I can see why the team would be all right with salvaging a point from Saturday’s game. They did come back in a big way after Friday’s game, played very well

and deserved to win that game. Both teams are fighting for a home series in the WCHA playoffs (you need to finish sixth-place or higher to do that). Wisconsin came into the series in fifth place, Minnesota seventh. The way the WCHA standings look right now, seeding for the playoffs is completely up for grabs, which makes every game a playoff game for the Badgers from here on out. Standings wise, the Gophers are still trailing Wisconsin, albeit by only one point now, so the end results weren’t a complete disaster. But in the overall picture, the Badgers cannot be OK with managing a single point from a home series against a big rival that happens to be chasing down your spot in the standings. That is not going to get it done. At this point of the season, just playing well isn’t enough. They don’t give you effort points in the standings; the Badgers need wins. They need to be in the mindset that anything less than a win isn’t good enough. Wisconsin is 0-3-1 in their past four games against the two teams that are directly above and below them in the standings. With two series left, this weekend on the road in St. Cloud and at home against Colorado College (who is two points behind the Badgers) the weekend after that, the rest of the season is crucial for Wisconsin’s seeding for the WCHA playoffs and they cannot afford to continue that trend. The upcoming series for the Badgers are of vital importance for their postseason future. With Wisconsin holding onto home ice advantage by a mere two points, anything less than wins form here on out isn’t going to cut it. Results like the ones from the Minnesota series should be considered unacceptable. That is the mentality that the team needs to have moving forward and will get Badgers to where they want to be this year. Success in the playoffs will depend on what they are able to do in the next few weeks and that starts with the belief that failure is not an option. Were you satisfied with the results of this weekend’s border battle? E-mail Ryan at rmevans2@dailycardinal.com

Women’s Hockey

Focus shifts to playoffs for Johnson and the Wisconsin women’s hockey team By Randall Cunningham The Daily Cardinal

After a strong showing in a sweep against Minnesota State last weekend, the No.1 Wisconsin women’s hockey team finds itself in prime position to make a run deep into the WCHA playoffs. Head coach Mark Johnson took some time this week to reflect on this year’s successes. Calling it a “special year,” Johnson praised the work his team put in and gave credit to everyone for doing their part. “There were times within the season where we were missing players,” Johnson said. “Everyone

in our organization putting in a lot of time and energy made it a special year.” While Johnson was pleased with the way his team performed during the regular season, he is already looking ahead to next week’s playoff matchup against St. Cloud, where some injuries to key players could be a factor for the Badgers. With Brittany and Brooke Ammerman, as well as Kelly Nash, all nursing injuries, Johnson knows his line-up next weekend could be without some important contributors. Johnson said he expects Nash to be back

on the ice, but remains unsure whether or not Britney or Brooke Ammerman will be able to play. “It’s going to be day-to-day,” Johnson said. “I’m not sure they’re going to be available this weekend as I look at it today.” This is not the first time the Badgers have had to overcome injuries. With a depleted line-up last weekend, Johnson was able to shuffle lines around and find great chemistry on the ice. “It’s the next player in,” Johnson said. “We played a couple defensemen up at forward over the weekend and found some combi-

nations that worked pretty well.” at this weekend as a fresh start. While some key players are “Throw it out the door, it’s done with, we can’t do out with injuries, Johnson anything about it, but is confident that that he here’s our opportunity,” has other players ready to he said. step up. Knowing competition “If you lose some key will be tight in the playplayers and personnel, offs, Johnson believes his other players are going team will have to play to be a little bit more their best hockey to come focused,” he said. JOHNSON away with the title. Trying to find this focus, Johnson stressed the “If you want to win idea that “everybody is at zero right you have to bring everything now.” The Badgers have had an to the table on that particular extremely successful regular season, night,” Johnson said. “It’s going but Johnson wants his team to look to be exciting.”