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Report: State will need more doctors By Jenna Bushnell The Daily Cardinal

Wisconsin is expected to have a shortfall of over 2,000 physicians by 2030, according to a report released Tuesday. The Wisconsin Hospital Association released the report, which is based on the state’s projected population growth and changing demographics over the next 20 years. The association said 100 physicians will have to join the Wisconsin workforce every year or residents will not have adequate preventative health

care, and the “state’s economy will be as much as $5 billion smaller than it could be.” “If the issues outlined in this paper are not acted upon, access to needed health care services will become unavailable, with a harmful impact on Wisconsin citizens,” the report stated. The Medical College of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health released a joint statement Wednesday agreeing with the WHA’s findings.

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HIV/AIDS and the media

Professor Shawnika Hull led a discussion on her experiences researching the promotion of HIV testing in disproportionately affected groups. + Photo by Ben Koeppen

ASM elects two committee chairs The Daily Cardinal

While the Associated Students of Madison elected chairs to its Nominations Board and Rules Committee Wednesday, the council tabled a decision on whom to elect to the vice chair position until next week. Running for the Associated Students of Madison vice chair position were ASM

Pocan proposes medical marijuana By Jacob Riederer The Daily Cardinal

State Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison, announced Wednesday he will reintroduce legislation that would legalize medicinal marijuana in Wisconsin. The Jacki Rickert Medical Marijuana Act was originally introduced in 2009 but was defeated despite a democratic majority in both the House and Senate. The legislation, sponsored by Pocan and state Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-Middleton, would allow all patients to obtain a state medical marijuana license registered with the Department of Health Services. The license would only be available for people with specific conditions including cancer, glaucoma and AIDS. It would set limits on the amount of marijuana a patient is authorized to have, impose regulations on nonprofit organizations

that distribute marijuana and prohibit the arrest of a doctor who provides a certification in good faith. Pocan stressed the importance of reintroducing the bill even though he acknowledged it is unlikely to pass this session. “By being able talk about this one more time we’re going to continue to build … support and I am certain at some point we will pass this in Wisconsin,” Pocan said. Mike Mikalsen, aide to state Rep. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, does not think the bill will pass and said it is an attempt to start the process of legalizing marijuana for non-medical purposes. “The bill hasn’t really changed very much from last time when legitimate concerns were raised about it, and even Democrats could not stomach this attempt to legalize illicit drug use,” Mikalsen said. Dr. Angela Janis, a member of the Wisconsin Medical Society,

joined Pocan at a press conference announcing the bill and said medicinal marijuana can be important in treating “debilitating diseases.” “There is now support for the benefit of [medical] marijuana in many conditions including cancer and chemotherapy side effects, HIV, chronic pain, wasting syndrome, glaucoma, and muscle spasms,” Janis said. A spokesperson for the Wisconsin Medical Society said the organization disagrees, saying “adequate and well-controlled studies” of smoked marijuana still need to be conducted. “Smoked marijuana should not be used for therapeutic reasons without scientific data regarding its safety and efficacy for specific indications,” the WMS said in a statement. Pocan and Erpenbach are currently seeking co-sponsors for the bill.

Ordinance aims to curb large house parties

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State Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison, reintroduced at a press conference Wednesday legislation that would legalize medical marijuana. The bill is identical to one that failed in 2009.

Reps. Tom Templeton and Nneka Akubeze. Templeton said his experience serving as vice chair two sessions ago would allow him to “hit the ground running” in the position. “I can start with really no learning curve in a job that has a steep learning curve to help restore the image of ASM,”

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By David Jones The Daily Cardinal

City officials tailored a proposed ordinance Wednesday to more specifically target large, underage house parties downtown. Madison’s Alcohol License Review Committee reviewed the changes, which would allow the city to classify a party as a “nuisance” if it meets four of nine violation criteria. Originally, the ordinance would require that only two of the nine total criteria be met for a party to be considered a nuisance. Under the changes, a party can only be defined as a nuisance if two alcohol-related offenses are committed. Offenses include selling liquor without a license or providing liquor to an under-

age person in addition to two disorder-related offenses, such as noise or fire-code violations. Downtown Alcohol Policy Coordinator Mark Woulf said these changes “get at defining the nuisance house party and exactly what it is.” The ordinance would only allow officials like district police captains to determine if a party is a nuisance party after reviewing reports by responding officers. If a party is determined to be a nuisance party, the host would likely receive citations, and the host’s landlord would receive notification of the incident. The ordinance would also require that alders be notified of police calls to house parties in

their districts to allow them to follow disciplinary proceedings. According to Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, there are particular cases where this part of the ordinance could be used as a tool, but “in its entirety, [this part of the ordinance] is not necessary.” Some committee members expressed a desire for the committee to vote on the ordinance Wednesday, while others wanted a more thorough analysis of the ordinance’s potential benefits and downfalls. “I would prefer if this were pushed back until the beginning of the spring semester, as this ordinance disproportionately affects students,” Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said.

“…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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hunched over a scantron debating whether the answer is A, B, A and B or none of the above. For those of poor souls with five classes that all have cumulative finals, December is particularly daunting. Just the thought of my next few weeks fills me with an indescribable dread. Sorry professor, but at this point I have zero recollection of anything that you said in September, nor any interest in relearning all the material covered. Blerg. Even the usually fun task of finding presents for everyone is ruined by the fact that UW insists on spreading exams out to the very last day possible. We have finals on Dec. 23? Really? I promised myself last year I would be a little more thoughtful in the giftgiving department the following year, but, alas, I sense that I will once again be reduced to buying shitty presents on Amazon so late that I have to pay up the wazoo for overnight shipping. However, as hard as I try to

maintain my bitterness toward the season, I find it hard to actually be upset. Although I will continue to bitch to whomever will lend an ear, so many great things are coming this December that make the pain all worth it. The Badgers WILL earn another trip to the Rose Bowl on Saturday, and basketball season is getting into full swing. We’ll all get to see snow for the first time in a while, which comes as a relief to most of us northerners. And when we’re finally done with our three weeks of utter hell, we get to go home for a month, eat an unnecessarily large number of Christmas cookies, greet our pets with a ridiculous amount of love, and get presents we don’t need but want oh so much. Easy on the pepper spray next year, though. Bertha wants her goddamn Slim Jims. Scrambling to find last minute Christmas presents? E-mail Elliot at ejmorris2@wisc.edu and join him at Wal-Mart to get some nice toe socks. And be sure to bring your pepper spray.

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Erica on sexy-fying the five senses

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eclipses Christmas itself. I think it’s a pretty good sign that people are gearing up for Christmas when they bring pepper spray into Wal-Mart with the intent of using it to gain a competitive advantage against other shoppers. A pepper spray incident actually happened…. WTF America? Using pepper spray on those UC-Davis students was low, but now Bertha— confined forever to her extra-wide Hoveround—is upset because she got pepper sprayed at Wal-Mart and had to pass up incredible holiday savings on Slim Jims and chicken pot pies. Tragedy. Although I’m grateful I get to avoid any encounters with crazed moms armed to the teeth with pepper spray, there are several pitfalls to spending the majority of December stuck in class. Instead of spending the month decorating a tree, buying presents, watching Christmas movies and other jolly activities, we’re confined to the windowless Humanities building

Erica andrist sex columnist

Ask your partner if they want to wear a blindfold. Make lots of eye contact during sex. Tell your partner how stunning they look.

Sound:

Dear Erica, I was very intrigued by something you said in your column on female pleasure. At the very end, you wrote “Seek out other erogenous zones and ways to stimulate all five senses” as an important way of satisfying a woman. I thought that this was an interesting idea and was wondering if you could talk about it further in another column sometime. Thanks for any ideas. —Bedroom Novice For those readers who missed it, that statement was made in the context of incorporating more than the genitals into sexual activity. Even if the nether regions take a leading role in a particular kind of play, a solid supporting cast really heightens the climax of the show.

Sight:

Flip the light switch on. If it’s always on, then flip it off. Light a candle or put a colored lightbulb in the lamp on the nightstand. Play with how much you show your partner. Come to bed naked. Come to bed in sexy underwear. If you normally have sex under a blanket, throw it on the floor. Spend a little more time shirtless post-shower than you have to. Take the mirror off the wall and prop it up next to the bed. Find a position that allows you to watch your favorite part of your partner’s body. Watch porn together.

Tell your partner how stunning they look, and how hot/wet/hard/horny it makes you. Whisper in their ear what you’d like to do to them. Ask them if they’d like it if you did that to them. Lean in close so they can hear (and feel) your breathing better. Let your partner know how much you like what they’re doing. No need to fake it, but if it feels good, then tell them so. Even if you don’t want to talk dirty per se, try throwing in a few words in addition to ooh and ahh. “I love it when you do that” or “Your [blank] feels so good on my [blank]” can go a long way. If you do want to talk dirty, then practice. Dirty talk has a lot more to do with the “talk” than the “dirty,” i.e. it’s not what you say, but how you say it. Brainstorm a few words and phrases you feel comfortable saying and hearing yourself say. Practice saying them out loud in a smooth, sexy, self-assured way. Once you’ve built some confidence in your delivery, it will be easier (and sexier) to go impromptu.

Smell and taste:

Light a candle. Or, the hell with the candle—let the smell of sex hang in the air. Put a bouquet on the nightstand. Bring some fragrant, flavorful finger foods to bed with you, like fresh berries or chocolate. Put on an extra spritz of your partner’s favorite perfume or lotion or cologne. Go shopping together and choose a scented massage oil (not to be mixed with latex)

or flavored lube. Shower together beforehand—or go to a spin class.

Touch:

The obvious one, perhaps, but we can provide substantial variation even with just the hands: quick strokes with the fingertips or long, broad strokes with the palm. We can use our knuckles to massage, or our fingernails to tease. We can touch our partners with our lips, tongues, noses, nipples, toes or eyelashes. We can touch our partners with objects—silk ties, feather toys, fresh flowers, ice cubes, vibrating dildos, leather restraints or warm lube. We can touch our partners with

multiple things at once. We can use the lightest brush of a fingertip, our full body weight and everything in between. Seek out places you’ve never touched before, paying special attention to those secret locations that make your partner shudder a bit: at the temples, inside the wrists, along the jawline, in the crease of the groin or at the nape of the neck. Make it your goal to find the one place on your partner’s body that causes them to look at you afterwards, breathless, and say, “No one has ever touched me like that before.” For more information on how to sexify the five senses, shoot Erica an e-mail at sex@ dailycardinal.com and turn your novice status into expertise.

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WID earns top green certification By Kelly Kallien The Daily Cardinal

The Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery has received the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold certification in time for its one-year anniversary Friday. The U.S. Green Building Council created the LEED rating system in 2000 to provide a general framework for constructing and operating buildings along environmentally friendly guidelines in areas such as water use efficiency and building materials. The WID is designed to harbor groundbreaking research, and Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation members wanted the building itself to be environmentally advanced as well, WARF Communications Director Janet Kelly said. “Just as important as to be innovative was to make sure we were being responsible citizens for the environmwwent,” Kelly said. Many features contributed to

doctors from page 1 They emphasized the need to address that shortfall by increasing the number of residency training positions offered to in-state residents in Wisconsin medical schools. “The WHA report echoes other studies that have shown that where a physician does his or her residency training is the key factor in determining where they practice medicine in the future,” the joint statement said. According to Lisa Brunette, spokesperson for the School of Medicine and Public Health, the school is already taking

UW hospitals receives award The University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in both Madison and Janesville received the Consumer Choice Award. The UW hospital’s doctors, nurses, reputation and “overall quality” were recognized as the best among Madison and Janesville-area hospitals based on the findings of a survey of consumers conducted by the National Research Corporation. According to UW-Health spokesperson Lisa Brunette the award is a positive reflection of the institution’s role as a teaching hospital. “There’s a recognition locally that being part of a teaching hospital … adds value [to the health-care experience] because you have medical students and you have fellows who are all contributing their expertise and their thinking to figuring out what’s wrong and how you need to be treated,” Brunette said. This year marks the 10th consecutive recognition of the UW hospital’s leading role.

the WID’s environmental success, she said. These features include solar panels that generate hot water and reduce dependence on other energy sources to heat the building. The WARF had initially aimed at reaching LEED Silver certification with the WID but instead received the higher Gold certification for adherence to the LEED system, a surprise that speaks to the effort and dedication of those involved, Kelly said. “I think it really shows their careful planning and outdoing what they set out to do,” she said. The building houses a research partnership between the private Morgridge Institute for Research and publically funded WARF initiatives. The WID building will run “green” tours Friday that will allow the public to see some of the building’s environmentally friendly innovations. measures to confront the deficit. She cited the success of the Wisconsin Academy of Rural Medicine, a program designed for medical students interested in primary care in rural Wisconsin. “[The] program expanded to accept an additional 25 students this year,” she said. “[Participants] are already accepting a career track that will keep them in Wisconsin, where they are needed.” Burnet said in light of statewide budget cuts, there is uncertainty as to whether funding for programs encouraging physicians to stay in Wisconsin will increase.

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Dinner and a show

Guests attended the first night of the 78th annual Tudor Dinner, an event that replicates an Old English dinner and show, Wednesday at Memorial Union. After eating, guests watched the Philharmonic Chorus. + Photo by Abigail Waldo

Public supports new street lights near campus By Stephanie Castillo The Daily Cardinal

At a public hearing Wednesday, residents showed support for an initiative to implement new lighting on Spring and Orchard Street, and city officials approved the plan. According to Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, the new pedestrian lighting will provide a safer environment for the nearly 1,000 students who live in this area. “This will create a safer environment for students in the area,

and provide a better ambiance for students living on that side of campus,” Resnick said. Final approval for the construction will be discussed at the Dec. 13 City Council meeting. If approved, construction for the project will start over the summer and run from May 21 to Aug. 17. Students living around the two blocks of North Orchard and Spring Streets said at the meeting this new lighting will result in a noticeable difference in safety. “It definitely will make resi-

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asm from page 1 Templeton said. Akubeze said she is qualified because she is experienced in reaching out to student groups and individual students. “I’m someone who helps by nature; I’m someone who is able to coordinate and build bridges, and that’s something I think is essential for the vice chairship,” Akubeze said.

“I’m someone who helps by nature.”

Nneka Akubeze representative Associated Students of Madison

Midway through the question-and-answer session with the candidates, Student Services Finance Committee Chair Sarah Neibart informed ASM Chair Allie Gardner that Akubeze could be ineligible for the position because under state law, student government leaders must be enrolled in at least six credits at the university. Currently, Akubeze is enrolled in four. Student council postponed the vote on vice chair to ana-

dents feel safer,” Benny So, resident of the Humbucker apartment complex on Spring Street, said. “You never want to go through a dark alleyway.” To the surprise of the committee, both students and landlords supported the new lighting. In addition to the lighting, the city will also replace the sanitary and storm water sewers and reconstruct the gutters, sidewalks and pavement. Resnick said some of the infrastructure dates back to the 1800s and is in need of replacement.

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ASM postponed the vice chair election to determine if Rep. Nneka Akubeze is eligible for the position. lyze the law and determine if Akubeze is eligible. Also at the meeting, student council elected Rep. Zach DeQuattro Nominations Board chair and Rep. Tia Nowack Rules Committee chair. DeQuattro, who has been serving as interim Nominations Board chair while the seat was vacant, said his experience would help him run the committee effectively. Nowack also said her expe-

rience with Rules Committee qualified her to lead the committee and said she plans to motivate the committee to accomplish more than it has previously. Gardner also announced she plans to appoint ASM intern David Gardner to the chief of staff position. Allie Gardner said she thinks David Gardner will make a good chief of staff because he is a “hard worker and motivated.”

Assembly Republicans plan to introduce a bill next week that would streamline restrictions on mining in Wisconsin with the goal to jumpstart mining operations. Mining companies throughout the state say changes need to be made to the regulatory process before they begin operations. Gogebic Taconite, one of the companies that wants the changes, wants to build a $1.5 billion iron ore mine in Northern Wisconsin. It said the mine would generate hundreds of jobs in the area. the Bad River band, aN American Indian group whose reservation IS just north of the proposed site, is worried about the environmental effects the mine would have.

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If we thought it was something that would save unborn children ... we would have no problem with it, but it’s not going to save one single life. Sue Armacost, Legislative Director for Wisconsin Right to Life. We only see positives coming out of this. With the constitutional protection it offers a more permanent, lasting protection. Matt Sande, Legislative Affairs Director for Pro-Life Wisconsin.

Personhood divides pro-life groups By Samy Moskol The Daily Cardinal

Wisconsin Right to Life and Pro-Life Wisconsin are usually on the same side, especially when it comes to abortion. But the two groups have been at odds recently over a proposed state constitutional amendment that would expand the definition of “personhood.” State Rep. Andre Jacque, R-Bellevue, introduced the amendment Nov. 16, to extend the definition of what it means to be a person to the moment of conception. The Joint Assembly Resolution would remove the word “born” from the phrase “all people are born equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights” in the state constitution. To change Wisconsin’s constitution, two consecutive legislative bodies must pass the amendment with a two-thirds majority, and then it must win a public referendum. Pro-Life Wisconsin’s Legislative Affairs Director Matt Sande said the amendment would correct what he called a “constitutional error” and ensure “Wisconsin children are protected in the event that Roe [v. Wade] is overturned.” Wisconsin is one of six states that still has a statute banning surgical abortion, except in cases where pregnancy threatens the life of the mother. Because of the federal Roe v. Wade decision, the statute is unenforceable. If Roe v. Wade were overturned, however, the statute would immediately take effect. Jacque said the amendment’s intention is to provide “constitutional protection” for the abortion ban statute, so it cannot easily be overturned even if it is challenged in court. But Sue Armacost, legislative director for WRTL, said the amendment is “just plain wrong for Wisconsin,” partly because of concern that, if passed, it could actually threaten the existing statute. If a constitutional amendment is passed, the Legislature would then

draft enabling legislation defining how to implement the amendment. Armacost explained that if the legislative majority identifies as “pro-choice” their enabling legislation could overrule the old abortion ban statute if their interpretation limits the effect of the amendment. Additionally, if the amendment passed, the court could decide the old statute is invalid. If that happened, Armacost said, abortion opponents would “end up with nothing.” “If we thought it was something that would save unborn children and not harm the current statue that’s on the law books we would have no problem with it, but it’s not going to save one single life,” Armacost said. Sande and Jacque both contend a constitutional personhood amendment would strengthen the abortion ban statute. “We only see positives coming out of this,” Sande said. “With the constitutional protection it offers a more permanent, lasting protection.” But Lisa Subeck, executive director of Wisconsin’s National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League said the amendment’s “attack on reproductive freedom is unprecedented.” State Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison, a former lobbyist for Planned Parenthood, said the Personhood Amendment “treats fertilized eggs like they are people while treating women like they’re second-class citizens.” Additionally, both Taylor and Subeck condemned the amendment’s potential impact on access to birth control. Subeck said that effect would likely be decided in the courts, because of constitutional protections for access to contraception. According to Sande, the personhood amendment could impact access to hormonal contraception because they can sometimes “block the implantation of a newly con-

ceived child” in the uterus. The amendment could also impact the use of invitro-fertilization, Sande said, because the “making of human life” with invitro-fertilization poses a risk to the embryo. “Just the fact that an embryo is in a petri dish is a pretty precarious position,” Sande said, adding that

discarding and freezing embryos is “violating their dignity.” A referendum on a similar personhood amendment was recently defeated by Mississippi voters in part because of its implications for access to birth control and probable ban on invitro-fertilization. Given the amendment’s outcome

in Mississippi, Armacost said she doubts it would pass in Wisconsin. “The same thing would happen here,” Armacost said. Sande said the disagreement with WRTL is a difference of strategy, not philosophy, and with or without WRTL support, Pro-Life Wisconsin intends to continue.

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By Hae Jo Shin the daily cardinal

After living in North Carolina for 4 years, I have been a little skeptical of bluegrass music. Whenever I hear the word “banjo” I think of twangy sounds, men with slicked-back hair all gathered around the same mic— just too much country to handle. My perspective and apprehensions regarding bluegrass music completely changed after I heard the album Handguns by Greensky Bluegrass, and got a chance to speak with the band. Greensky Bluegrass was formed in Michigan and features a variety of instruments, including dobro, banjo, mandolin, bass, guitar and vocals. They have released 3 albums and the latest one, Handguns , was released only a couple

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months ago. They have been playing acrossAmerica for 11 years in clubs, theatres and festivals like Bonnaroo in summer 2011. Greensky Bluegrass will be bringing their tour to Madison to perform at the High Noon Saloon Saturday, Dec 3.

“The new album was a blast to make. We produced it ourselves, which was a first for us.” Anders Beck dobro player Greensky Bluegrass

The High Noon Saloon is definitely not as expansive as Bonnaroo and other big festivals, but it is known for it’s intimate nature and excel-

lent acoustics for show’s like Greensky Bluegrass’. “It really doesn’t matter if we are at Bonnaroo or in a small club or theatre,” Anders Beck, the band’s dobro player, said. “We still just go ahead and do what we do, which is put on a rocking bluegrass show for our fans.” Audiences should not feel under-appreciated, “While we get to play to 5-10,000 people at festivals, and that is super cool, I like a packed and raging 300 person club equally as much,” Beck said. With a long tradition of performing in different areas, Greensky Bluegrass continues to make music for their fans. This Saturday’s show is a unique opportunity for audiences as it is also the release party for the band’s highlyanticipated newest album. “A typical show is really just a canvas for us to play our music,” Beck said. “We mostly try and highlight our original music, while at the same time playing our twists on some traditional bluegrass songs each night. We try to keep it fresh for us and our fans.” Making sure they are in the right mindset is very important for the band. “We make sure we are in the right frame of mind to play a kickass show,” Beck said. “Some nights that means tequila shots and other nights it means taking a nap. Madison is usually a tequila shot type of night though.” Handgun , 14 tracks of unadulterated bluegrass music, is a self released, gorgeously written and definitely a please-all record. “The new album was a blast to make. We produced it ourselves, which was a first for us,” said Beck. “Tim Carbone of Railroad Earth produced our last two albums and that sort of put us in uncharted territory right from the start. Luckily, that is the kind of territory we like to be in and it worked out very well, if I do say so myself.”

“We had a great bunch of songs for this album,” Beck continued. “Probably the best material yet for a Greensky album.” One of the songs from Handguns , “Don’t Lie”, is a quintessential song for people unfamiliar with bluegrass music. The solo section works to introduce the styles at play in the group. “It has great lyrics and melody,” Beck said. “It has a bunch of different feels in the song, from bluegrass to a rock anthem sort of vibe to an open jam. These are all types of grooves and feels that you will find in a Greensky show.” According to Beck, how Greensky Bluegrass creates music is “an organic process.”

“Expect a party. Expect songs that make you want to dance your ass off.” Anders Beck dobro player Greensky Bluegrass

“We start with the songs as they were written, usually just vocals and a guitar,” Beck said. “We just try to build them into something bigger than life. It’s hard to describe how it works because it’s different every time.” The band is planning a highly energetic, party-spirited show in Madison. “Expect a party. Expect songs that make you want to dance your ass off. Expect lyrics that make you think a little bit. Expect the unexpected!” Greensky’s songs are upbeat and the band plays loud, fast and jammin’ bluegrass music. Their goal is leave the audience with a “where the hell did this come from” reaction. The music business can be a difficult venture, but Greensky was optimistic about their future. “It’s hard for me to really talk about the music industry

in general, as we are so outside of the box of what people consider the actual ‘industry’,” Beck said. “We’ve got great people in offices looking out for us, but our fan base is a grassroots group growing mostly by passion and word of mouth.” Greensky Bluegrass has performed with a several musicians like Billy Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, Steve Kimock and Joel Cummins of Umphrey’s McGee. They have also performed with bands like Yonder Mountain String Band, Leftover Salmon, Railroad Earth and more. All in all, these guys don’t mess around. They will be here, ready to rock out bluegrass all night for their fans Saturday evening. If you are into bluegrass, country or even folk rock, you will most likely love these guys. Jeremy Gartzke contributed to this piece.

The Skinny Who: Greensky Bluegrass Where: The Highnoon Saloon, 701 E. Washington Ave. When: Dec. 3, 10 p.m. Cost: $12 at the door, $10 in advance Why you should care: What better way to get rid of the pre-finals jitters by dancing the night away to some kickin’ bluegrass?

Check this out before you go: If you’re not totally sure what you’re getting yourself into, check out their earlier albums on music-sharing websites like Spotify. You can also listen to tracks from Handguns on their website, greenskybluegrass.com

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Greensky Bluegrass will perform at the High Noon Saloon Saturday, Dec. 3. Their highly-anticipated, multi-instrumental performance will double as a release party for their most recent album, Handguns.

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Thursday, December 1, 2011

Jeff Steinfeld UW-Madison ‘08

The goal of education policy must be to improve the quality of education given to American children and therefore to produce better students ready to compete in a world economy. Yet the current public education system is failing. The latest testing shows that American 15-year-olds rank 25th and 17th (out of 34 nations) in math and science respectively. Throwing money at the problem is not the solution. Between 1984 and 2004, real-per-pupil education expenditures have increased by 49%. However, scores and performance have dropped dramatically over that same time period. Only one other country (Luxembourg) now spends more per capita on education than does the U.S. Given the empirical data, the answer to improving America’s educational system is not funding, but rather to eliminate programs and practices that don’t work, while implementing practices that lead to higher educational quality. Such a plan may seem obvious, but the biggest impediment to real and dramatic change has been and continues to be the opposition of the teachers union. Since the teachers union won’t allow the needed changes the time has come to end public teachers unions. There is a significant difference between the need for a teachers union and other unions. Generally, unions look out for the good of their members, not the end product. Unions are a counter force to employers. In industries such as coal and steel, the employer’s goal is to produce the coal or steel as cheaply as possible. Unions in these industries fight for worker’s rights such as decent wages and working conditions, as without unions, employers may exploit employees to enhance their company’s short term profit line. The employer does not care about how the coal is treated as it is just a commodity, a lifeless substance. Unions fight to prevent their members from being treated as mere implements in producing a commodity. The same is not true in the educational system. Children are not the equivalent of coal; they are not an indistinguishable commodity that is just being extracted from the earth. Thus, the goal of the educational system is not to produce as many similar students as cheaply as possible, but rather to provide each child with the best education possible given budgetary constraints. Unfortunately, teachers unions are more concerned with protecting the individual teacher’s economic interests rather than ensuring our children receive the best education. Effective teachers are not benefited by their union and would most likely see their wages and benefits increase without the union. For example, teachers unions routinely fight against merit-based-pay and layoff procedures. Instead, the unions col-

lective bargaining agreements require teachers to be paid in lockstep based on seniority. Effective and ineffective teachers are compensated the same. Layoffs are handled in the same manner: Teachers are let go in reverse order of years worked, regardless of how effective the teacher is. That means a third-year teacher who has produced great results would be fired before a fifth-year teacher who is known to harm students’ educational progress. Unions argue that it is difficult to evaluate teachers, and therefore merit-based pay and retention is not appropriate. They are wrong. In fact with annual or semiannual student aptitude testing results are easier to quantify in the education field than in many professions where results may take years to evaluate. An integral part of education is review and evaluation (i.e. testing), so it is ironic that teachers fear reviews. Teachers unions developed when the American public school system was dominant and the prospect of declining working conditions existed. Such is no longer the case. Today, governments recognize the current system is failing and are attempting to improve the educational system. The “employers” (lawmakers and taxpayers) sole goal is to improve the education students receive. Policies which benefit children will be implemented without union pressure. For example, lawmakers won’t reduce wages and increase hours (i.e. diminish working conditions) if such policies reduce educational quality. Thus, the need for a union is not present. The only policies teachers unions need to bargain for are ones that solely benefit teachers and not students. Schools such as the Harlem Children’s Zone and Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) Schools, which do not work with teacher unions have achieved great success. These schools implemented many policies not seen at other public schools including rigorous teacher assessments and longer school days. The Harlem Schools have eliminated the black-white achievement gap and 100% of KIPPs schools outperform their district counter parts in both math and language arts by the 8th grade. It has been said that the practices implemented by these schools cannot be taken to scale. Yet, there are now 75 KIPP schools in operation; the real impediment to implementing the practices that lead to educational success is the teachers union. If the goal is to give our children the best education possible, and if policy makers recognize that goal, why do we care about the teachers union? Jeff Steinfeld is a student at Berkeley Law School. He graduated from UW-Madison in 2008 with a degree in finance, investment and banking. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Today’s Sudoku Mixed feelings about the lack of snow

Evil Bird

By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu

Eatin’ Cake Classic

By Dylan Moriarty EatinCake@gmail.com

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.

Tanked Life

By Steven Wishau wishau@wisc.edu

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

Caved In

Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com

ACT NATURALLY ACROSS 1 Shampoo directive 6 Mason’s Gardner? 10 Mimics 14 “It’s been ___ pleasure” 15 Utah park 16 Sound of a defective faucet 17 Oxymoronic group 19 Bygone Chevy 20 He’s a deer 21 Feed-bag bit 22 More prevalent 23 Out of sorts 25 Enticing ads 27 Oxymoronic seclusion 32 Water container? 33 Nevada gambling haven 34 Moist 37 Compass reading 38 Predominant, as a ruler 41 Scare word 42 Hallmark product 44 Common street name 45 Rand McNally book 47 Oxymoronic “perhaps” 50 Tummy scrunchers 52 Rep.’s counterpart 53 Carroll’s adventurer

54 Hawaiian food staple 56 Uptown blowout 60 Exit the springboard 61 Oxymoronic physical description 64 Odd’s counterpart 65 Speak angrily 66 Mountain nymph of Greek myth 67 Cram-session cause 68 Catch ___ (understand) 69 Fritter away DOWN 1 Reckless 2 “___ La Douce” 3 Close by 4 Cracker type 5 Right-angle joint 6 Cornell or Pound 7 Event in a prison movie 8 Daily temperature extreme 9 Cease 10 Did some counseling 11 Rather 12 “The ___ Sanction” (Clint Eastwood film) 13 Gaff and boom 18 Revolver inventor 22 “Go team!” cheer

4 Sinister look 2 25 Landlord’s supporter 26 Alma mater of Prince William 27 Baldwin of “The Cat in the Hat” 28 Chanteuse Horne 29 Fifth gears, often 30 Church instruments 31 Really smart people 35 Lot’s land 36 Raise, as a question 39 Send out matter 40 Make the wild mild 43 Mountain climber’s return 46 Lutelike instrument of Asia 48 Payment for services 49 Cut and splice 50 Citadel student 51 ___ branch (peace offering) 54 Confined (with “up”) 55 ___ von Bismarck 57 Piles on birthdays 58 Chair-back part 59 Jekyll’s alter-ego 61 ___-am (kind of golf tournament) 62 Took off on foot 63 “Ouch!” relative

Wizard Buddies Classic

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Washington and the Bear

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By Derek Sandberg kalarooka@gmail.com

Sports

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Men’s Basketball

UNC edges Wisconsin Badgers take North Carolina to the wire, but fall short By Max Sternberg The Daily Cardinal

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—Its often said that there are no moral victories in the sports world but on Wednesday night in Chapel Hill, the No. 7 Wisconsin men’s basketball team (6-1 overall) got about as close as one could get to proving that theory wrong. Despite shooting well under 40 percent from the field, the Badgers hung with No. 5 North Carolina (6-1) in a hostile Smith Center environment, eventually coming out on the losing end, 60-57. The finale of this season’s ACC/Big Ten Challenge (won by the Big Ten for the thirdstraight year) was one of the best games the challenge has seen in some time. “It was hard for us to get a good look. We were trying to make it hard for them to get good looks,” UW head coach Bo Ryan said. “That was as hard fought a game as I’ve ever been involved in as a coach.” Wisconsin held the Tar Heels in check for most of the game, completely stifling a vaunted North Carolina fast

break that only managed two points the entire contest. “You don’t do that to Carolina,” Ryan said. “I thought our guys did a great job of getting back on defense.” “Fantastic college basketball game,” UNC head coach Roy Williams said. “Not the prettiest game at all, ever. Sometimes you need to win like that. Like I told Bo [Ryan] ‘Im glad we don’t play you anymore.’” The Badgers led 36-31 with 12 minutes left and had two possessions to completely silence an already muffled Smith Center crowd. But after failing to capitalize on the opportunity, Tar Heel sophomore forward Harrison Barnes nailed a contested jumper for three of his game-high 20 points to put Carolina right back in business. Then UNC headed to the line to throw down the hammer. Senior forward Tyler Zeller hit two free throws to tie the game at 38 with just under 10 minutes to play. Sophomore forward Reggie Bullock followed from two of his own from the charity stripe to give the Heels a 40-38 lead, one that they would never look back from.

The 18-5 UNC run erased what looked to be a solid Badger lead and put Wisconsin in a hole they simply could not recover from. “Shots just weren’t going down,” senior guard Jordan Taylor said. “Some of them were good looks, but you just have to knock them down.” “We’ve had those runs as well,” Ryan added. “They happen in basketball.” Looking back, it is pretty amazing that UW hung as close to Carolina as they did while shooting just 36 percent from the field and just 8-of-28 from beyond the arc. Add in the fact that UNC went 19-of-24 to the Badgers’ 3-of-6 from the line and you have just about as good a case as any for this being a true moral victory. “We expected to come in and win this,” Taylor said. “Anybody who comes into Carolina, it’s the superbowl for everybody. We wanted to win this game.” Junior forward Jared Berggren, facing perhaps the most talented front line in the nation, had a breakout performance. Although he fouled out in the final minute, Berggren

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Jordan Taylor led Wisconsin and matched a season-high with 18 points, but the Badgers came up short in Chapel Hill. finished with 14 points and five rebounds, adding three steals on the interior as well. “He’s getting better. He’s a good player and he works hard,” Ryan said of Berggren. “He’s starting to come into his own, its good to see.” The Badgers now head back to Madison to face intra-state rival Marquette, another team with an unblemished record.

Although Wisconsin certainly wanted this one, home dates with Marquette and UNLV coming up the next two Saturdays give the Badgers a chance to get right back on track. “No coach can stand here and answer a question about what guys learned when it just happened,” Ryan said. “You find out the next game and the next game and the next game.”

an opponent played first, and progresses to film of teams its opponent played that run similar schemes to the Badgers. “You try to look at their tendencies and what they’ve done lately,” Butrym said. “I watched the game we played against them to see personnel things. I watch the later games to watch the plays they like now and the things they might throw at us.”

team categories, including scoring offense and defense, total offense and defense and rushing offense and defense. They also rank first and second in turnover margin (Wisconsin is plus-14, MSU is plus9). Put simply, they look like the two best teams in the conference. “I’m sure most people thought it would be Ohio State and Michigan or Ohio State and Nebraska, so hopefully it says something about the way the conference is going,” Butrym said.

Football their final Bowl Championship Series ranking. “It’s just majestic,” redshirt junior safety Shelton Johnson said of the opportunity. “Like the coaches say, we’re making history right now. It’s the first time it’s happened in the history of the Big Ten and it’ll be talked about for a long time.”

First rematch

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Jared Abbrederis said the Badgers’ indoor practice facility will prepare the team well for playing in Lucas Oil Stadium.

Big Ten title matchup will be a game of firsts Story by Parker Gabriel

es, Saturday will mark the second time No. 15 Wisconsin (6-2 Big Ten, 10-2 overall) and No. 11 Michigan State (7-1, 10-2) square off this year. At the heart of it, though, this is a game of firsts.

First of its kind

UW and Michigan State are, in a sense, the guinea pigs for

the Big Ten’s new championship game. The matchup came together fairly cleanly, as Wisconsin advanced on a simple head-tohead tiebreaker and the Spartans won their division outright. That is a stark contrast to a year ago when the Badgers, Michigan State and Ohio State all finished the season 7-1 in conference play and the Badgers advanced because of

Here and there, players in the Wisconsin locker room faced teams twice during their high school careers. Fifth-year senior defensive tackle Patrick Butrym said he only faced opponents multiple times, “in basketball.” “I’m glad we get another opportunity to play them, no question about it,” Butrym said. “I think last time we did some things and made some mistakes that made it very difficult to win the game.”

“It’s the first time [a title gamehas] happened in the history of the Big Ten and it’ll be talked about for a long time.” Patrick Butrym defensive tackle Wisconsin football

After beating Penn State, senior free safety Aaron Henry talked about seeing the 44-yard Hail Mary pass that beat the Badgers in October time and time again on tape. Still, having a game to work with changed the way the Badgers watched film this week, last-second loss aside. Players said the team normally watches the most recent games

First game inside

Saturday will mark the first game the Badgers have played indoors since defeating Minnesota 38-34 on Oct. 15, 2005 in the Metrodome. Both Michigan State and Wisconsin have indoor practice facilities on campus and, aside from the noise, players did not think it would be noticeably different. “We practice in [the McClain Center] all the time,” sophomore wide receiver Jared Abbrederis said. “It’s kind of the same thing I feel like, with the field turf.” As part of the lead-up to the game, both teams will have walkthrough sessions on the field at Lucas Oil Stadium Friday afternoon. Wisconsin’s is from 4-5:00 p.m. central time and is closed to the media. Junior offensive lineman Peter Konz said it would be good to see the field, since neither team has played there. “We’ll test it out,” he said. “It’ll be nice just knowing we practice indoors and we’ll know it won’t be any different.”

First in the rankings

Between the two programs, Michigan State and Wisconsin combine to lead the Big Ten in 10