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Competing rallies draw political celebrities By Samy Moskol The Daily Cardinal

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Rev. Jesse Jackson visited Madison this weekend and spent time discussing the budget repair bill with Mayor Dave Cieslewicz.

Rival rallies for and against the budget repair bill were held over the weekend, bringing in big names from both sides of the debate to Madison. Thousands of unions’ rights supporters gathered at the King Street entrance to the Capitol Saturday to listen to director Michael Moore speak, who accused corporate interests of manipulating the public. “[The Republicans] have expertly convinced many Americans to buy their version of the American dream,” Moore said. “They have

created a poison pill [of ] mutually assured destruction.” Moore also critiqued Republicans on their efforts to change bargaining rights and what he said is an unwillingness to negotiate. Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and other local political figures spoke at the rally to usher in the fourth week of protests. As the protesters filled Capitol Square through the weekend, Tea Party supporters had their own rally Sunday at the Alliant Energy Center. protests page 3

Rev. Jesse Jackson visits mayor, calls Wis. ‘ground zero’ for public workers Mayor Dave Cieslewicz spent Saturday afternoon with Rev. Jesse Jackson discussing Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed state budget and budget repair bill before Jackson spoke to a large crowd of protesters

at the City County Building. Cieslewicz said he previously invited Jackson to tour the mayor’s office and Jackson accepted the invite to visit Saturday afternoon. Jackson and Cieslewicz met

alone before joining a small group of union and community leaders, Cieslewicz said. “Throughout Rev. Jackson was jackson page 3

Baldwin sees hope in activism over budget By Scott Girard The Daily Cardinal

U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., discussed her thoughts on the budget debates going on at the national and local levels in an interview Saturday with The Daily Cardinal. Baldwin said she has made many connections between the two debates, and has reached out to her fellow members of Congress to show them the events in Wisconsin. She said she gave a presentation to the Democratic caucus and many were surprised at the magnitude of the protests. “They were really, I think, bolstered by the fact that this is happening and that people are getting organized elsewhere,” Baldwin said. She also said the protests in Wisconsin will have an effect across the country, and has taken on the responsibility of keeping her colleagues informed. “I also recognize the role I can play

in sharing what’s happening with my colleagues from around the country, because so many have come up to me and said, ‘If you don’t succeed in Wisconsin, my state’s next,’ in terms of attacking workers’ rights,” Baldwin said. Baldwin said the protests have already inspired some governors who thought of eliminating collective bargaining rights to pull their proposals because of possible backlash. “In many ways, we’ve already won some battles that we may never even take full credit for, which is very inspiring,” Baldwin said. She said she has remained in touch with Democratic state legislators, both in the state assembly and state senate. She also said she supports the 14 Democratic senators who fled the state and remain camped out in Illinois to avoid a vote on the budget repair bill. “They have taken the only action they possibly could to allow

the Wisconsin people’s voices to be heard,” Baldwin said. “For that I am very, very grateful.” Baldwin said Gov. Scott Walker has not shown leadership throughout the weeks of protests and debate. She said there are ways he could end the uproar that has taken place, but he is choosing not to. “Real leadership means bringing people with very diverse perspectives together,” Baldwin said. “But he’s just dug in his heels and that shows to me a lack of leadership.” She said the main issue with taking away the bargaining rights was the lack of information about that plan when he campaigned. “He didn’t campaign on taking away workers’ rights,” Baldwin said. “He certainly campaigned on balancing the state budget, so there are many things we could have anticipated, but this is not one of them.” baldwin page 3

Sellery named a top-10 party dorm in national survey While UW-Madison fell to 12th place on the Princeton Review’s list of top party schools, Sellery Hall received a top-10 ranking for party dorms in the first annual “Dormy Awards.” The awards, based on user reviews on the website

DormSplash.com, ranked Sellery seventh in the nation. Two other Big Ten schools had dorms ranked in the top 10. Indiana University’s BriscoeShoemaker and McNutt ranked 1st and 8th, respectively, and Northwestern University’s Bobb-

McCulloch ranked 4th. The survey ranked the top 14 dorms and schools in multiple categories, including “14 Schools with Best RAs” and “14 Dorms with the Hottest Residents.” Sellery was UW-Madison’s only representation in the six categories.

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State Rep. Kelda Helen Roys, D-Madison, addressed the thousands of protestors outside the Capitol Saturday.

Capitol to reopen The Capitol building will reopen to the public on Monday, March 7 at 8:00 a.m. With its reopening comes new rules: • • •

The building will only be accessible to the public during business hours Nothing can be posted on Capitol walls Anyone who arrives at the Capitol with items indicative of spending the night will be denied entrance

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love when Madison rallies and we all come together for justice and peace and love and the people and everybody’s smiling and chanting and crying and you get that “One for all and all for one” kind of funky feeling. It’s uplifting. Enlightening. It gives you one helluva sensational high. Like most good highs, though, you come down eventually to a bitter, not-so-great, kind of crappy, fuck-this-fuck-that-andfuck-you state of being. I’ll admit, I got that rush in my blood when I saw all the people in the land coming out of hibernation, all with the same goal. But, it’s day 20 of protests at the Capitol, and I’ve never felt so damn sober in my life. My sleeping patterns are offkilter; I feel like I have hip dysplasia from all the walking and my parents are threatening to put me down, and worst of all, I’m beginning to hate EVERYONE. I love that the Wisconsin constituents are here to show their support, but in all seriousness, if I get stuck waddling behind one more group of sauntering, stroller

pushing, disoriented, suburban families on the way to class, I’m going to flip my lid. But at the same time that all of the unions are in town fighting for their rights, every high school is here too, competing for a state title in some pointless sport that nobody cares about. It’s those preteen fucks mobbing the sidewalks with their butt-pad toting parents that really piss me off. Every time I walk out my door, I see Mike McLettersweater and Gabby Gumsnapper from high school and their entourage of 14 zit zombies with bad hygiene and no sense of public presence. They’re tripping over their untied shoelaces, peacocking their pitiful athletic accomplishments with big furry letters on their chest and getting in my fucking way. What’s worse is their presence here coincides with my third personal favorite holiday, just behind April Fool’s Day and Cinco de Mayo: Mardi Gras. How am I supposed to make it to the bar promptly for a dozen rounds of grape, lime and orange Jello shots if every time I turn the corner, I bump into a large group of slow moving globs of sober high school obesity. What’s the fun in buying/earning beads if the only color the city has is orange and all the beads are

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in the shape of tiny aluminum basketballs? And they won’t get you free drinks? No, thank you. The ample amount of time I’ve been stuck sauntering and hovering back and forth behind groups of slow out-of-towners has led me to discern that outof-towners truly have a complete lack of discretion about the fact that they don’t live here. Let’s just settle a few things once and for all.

Every time I walk out my door, I see Mike McLettersweater and Gabby Gumsnapper from high school and their entourage of 14 zit-zombies.

1) State Street is not the only street in Madison. Stop crowding. 2) The new Sunshine Daydream on State Street is not “good old liberal, hippie Madison.” It’s fucking lame. 3) I realize you’re probably staying in the shit-basket Red Roof Inn out by the beltline, but that does not give you the right to act like a psychopath just because you’re downtown. 4) I am not an alien; I’m a college student. Staring is rude. Overcrowding in Madison has

certainly gotten the best of me. The fact of the matter is it’s highly unlikely that things in Madison will slow down until summer. And there’s nothing that beats summers in Madison (except maybe summers in Madison with bacon). The city is fantastically empty. Imagine a Madison with no cackling Diet Coke-heads waddling in their high-heels from bar to bar. A Madison devoid of pervy bros with pit stains who chant in small groups while walking down the street, and where nobody, and I mean NOBODY, is “fist pumpin’ like champs.” That’s the Madison I anxiously anticipate each spring semester. Spring Break appears to be a sweet vacation from the overcrowding. Everyone in Madison will be gone. Unfortunately, I didn’t realize early in January when I booked a flight to Panama City Beach, which is likely to be one of the most crowded places in the nation during this coming week, that there would be a straight month of massive crowds everywhere I went. Not that I’m complaining. I think nice weather might change my attitude on crowds. Bring on the body odor. E-mail Stephanie at slindholm@wisc.edu with your own stories about the droves of pre-teen angst converging on State Street.

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Buttons will be sold by Student Council on Civil Rights to raise funds for the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, SCCR announced Wednesday night. The SNCC buttons are inscribed with the words “We Shall Overcome” and have an illustration of black and white hands clasped together. They will be sold at a booth to be set up in the Union pending university approval, and through personal contacts. The buttons will cost one dollar. The sale is co-sponsored by the Wisconsin Student Association. The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee operates in the South and seeks integration through non-violent methods. It has been active in support of the sit-ins and Freedom Rides, and has incurred great legal expense due to enormous fines Southern courts have imposed in the Riders. SCCR chairman Roy Woods said SNCC “is a good cause, as many segregation barriers have been broken down.” He asserted that there is still much work to be done in the South and that the committee is in great need of funds. In other SCCR action, the council put off deciding whether to reinvite Malcolm X, the Black Muslim leader, to speak at the University. Woods said that Malcolm X had returned to New York and it would cost about $200 more to bring him to campus. It was suggested that admission be charged to hear the Muslim leader, but final decision will come at the next meeting. During the discussion, a member said that Malcolm X was “less liberal” than what the Council stands for, and questioned the sense of encouraging a movement opposed to the Council’s way of seeking integration. Another Council member asserted that the Black Muslims offer another solution to the problems [African-Americans] have faced throughout history, and that it was important to understand why [African-Americans] responded to this movement. The Council also reported that some of its members are working with the Madison committee dealing with discrimination in relocating people under the Urban Renewal Program. Because this program is partially supported by federal funds there must be no discrimination in relocating minority groups. As a result of the Council’s participation and concern in the Urban Renewal Program, a liaison may be established between the two groups.

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Recall efforts underway for 14 senators from both parties Fourteen Wisconsin state senators from both sides of the aisle are facing recall efforts by constituents angry about how the legislators are handling the controversial budget repair bill. Of those who have had recall committees registered against them with the Government Accountability Board, six are Democrats and eight are Republicans. The only two state senators who are eligible for recall and have not yet been challenged are state Sens. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee, and Julie Lassa, D-Stevens Point. The recall process requires a certain number of signatures to be collected within a 60-day period, ranging from about 12,000 to

jackson from page 1 Brett Blaske/the daily cardinal

Students and community members attended “Activism 101: Taking Wisconsin Back” Saturday afternoon where they discussed Gov. Walker.

Students discuss activism with Baldwin at forum Saturday Dozens attended a forum Saturday to promote activism among students hosted by the College Democrats, Young Progressives and Organizing For America. Speakers, including U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and former United Auto Workers International Union Rep. Roger Anclam, tried to put Wisconsin’s current situation in perspective at the forum. Anclam focused much of his speech on what unions have meant to Wisconsin’s working class, and said he will fight along with the current generation of college students for their future rights. “I believe in my heart of hearts I owe you better than what was given to me, and I can’t do it under the government we have today,” Anclam said. “And now, it’s your turn.”

Later in the program, Baldwin discussed the history UW-Madison students have made with their political involvement, now and in the past. “Student activism on this campus has changed history before, and is doing so now,” Baldwin said. Young Progressives President Steve Hughes said the protests and increased political involvement have created a special opportunity for Democratic Wisconsin groups to make their voices heard. “Right now, we’re at a tipping point in Wisconsin,” Hughes said. “We can either stand by as we’re watching our great state fall out from under us, or we can rise up together and take back Wisconsin. It is in these moments that our history is going to be written.” —Scott Girard

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upbeat,” Cieslewicz wrote on his blog. “He told us that we were already winning this fight, that other states were watching us and deciding not to go down the same road as Governor Walker.” Jackson then addressed Madison residents on the steps of the City County Building. “While the battleground, ground zero, is Wisconsin, it’s sending waves

baldwin from page 1 She said she has many problems with the budget repair bill, including the no-bid sale of state-owned power plants, which she said differs from Wisconsin’s history of such sales.

protests from page 1 Several hundred Walker supporters attended while many anti-Walker critics demonstrated outside. The rally, which was one of many organized by Americans for Prosperity, a Tea Party group largely funded by the Koch brothers, hosted Joe the Plumber and other popular conservative figures. Jeffrey Horn, who has been active in the effort to recall Sen.

21,000, depending on each senator’s district. If the proper number of signatures is collected, the senators will be subject, which would likely occur in the summer. UW-Madison political science professor Charles Franklin said although it is a lot of signatures to collect, senators who won by slim margins in 2008 could be vulnerable. Three Republicans, state Sens. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, Dan Kapanke, R-La Crosse, Randy Hopper, R-Fond du Lac, and one Democrat, state Sen. Jim Holperin, D-Conover, each won with less than 52 percent of the vote. Hopper in particular barely scraped by with 50 percent. Franklin said recalls usually only occur over a personal scandal

or some dramatic discontent specific to the district. “I don’t think the past gives us a really clear guide to whether recalling several senators based on a policy disagreement like this as opposed to being indicted for a crime or something would actually pay off,” Franklin said. Anger over the budget repair bill could possibly mean a recall election for Gov. Scott Walker as well, but nothing can be filed until January 2012. Because of this, Franklin said it is too early to tell what will happen with the new governor. “I don’t want to say it can’t happen, but a year is an eternity in politics,” he said. —Ariel Shapiro

of hope around the whole nation,” Jackson said. Jackson came to the city and spoke at the Capitol Feb. 18 when the protests first began in Madison. Jackson also marched with Madison’s East High School students and staff Feb. 22. Cieslewicz also joined city officials at a brief meeting Friday to discuss Walker’s proposed state budget and the possible financial impacts it could have on the city of Madison.

“While these are the governor’s proposals, we aren’t necessarily going to just accept them,” Cieslewicz said. City Comptroller Dean Brasser said right now it looks like the city is facing an 80 percent cut in the state shared revenue. Such a cut would result in a $6.2 million loss in revenue for the city of Madison. “Highway aids down 10 percent,” Brasser said, explaining the cuts. “Recycling aid eliminated.” —Maggie DeGroot

“You don’t just pick who your sweetheart is and say, ‘Koch brothers, would you like this power plant? Name your price,’” Baldwin said. “That’s not the Wisconsin way.” However, Baldwin said this is an important time in political activism.

“I think that we are at a very special moment where we have the ability right now to demonstrate how impactful it can be,” Baldwin said. “It shows that if you use the tools of your democracy you can make change.”

Mark Miller, D-Monona, said there is a large, silent voice of Wisconsin residents who have been supporting his recall effort. Horn said the Alliant Energy Center was an “easier venue” than the Capitol for the Tea Party rally because of the “craziness” of the Capitol. The Madison rally was the last stop for the Americans for Prosperity bus tour that had traveled across the state, stopping in cities like Milwaukee,

Green Bay and Wausau. As the battle over the bill rages on, Gov. Scott Walker is receiving increasingly more criticism. A new poll released by the right-leaning Wisconsin Policy Research Institute showed 65 percent of those who responded think Gov. Scott Walker should compromise on the bill. The poll also showed the new governor, who won the state with 52 percent of the vote, now has a 43 percent approval rating.

Crime in Brief Man fails to rob, surrenders knife at East Campus Walgreen’s Madison Police arrested a 34-year-old Madison man after he failed to pull off an armed robbery early Friday morning. Police tentatively charged the suspect, Joseph Colquitt, with disorderly conduct while armed and violating his parole. The suspect retrieved the large knife from his backpack

and handed the knife over to a Walgreen’s employee, Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain said. Colquitt told the Walgreen’s employee he couldn’t follow through with the plan, police said. Colquitt told police his intent was to rob the store, but once inside he could not com-

mit the crime. According to police, the suspect then told the employee “to take the knife and the bad and do what you have to do.” The suspect was indicating he knew police needed to be called, so he waited for officers to show up and arrest him, DeSpain said.

Woman stabbed in face, head multiple times on Park Street Danny Marchewka/the daily cardinal

Members of the Wisconsin women’s hockey team celebrate after winning the 2011 WCHA Final Face-off at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis.

A 21-year-old woman is still at large after stabbing a 22-yearold woman outside of an Open Pantry Thursday night. According to police, the victim and suspect began fighting in the

Open Pantry parking lot at 2201 S. Park St. The suspect stabbed the victim in the head and face multiple times with a knife, Madison Police Department Lt. Sherrie

Strand said. The victim was then taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said. Police are still investigating.

arts Smooth sailing on ‘Rapids’ 4

Monday, March 7, 2011

By Mike Kujak Senior Film Critic

There’s something very charming about a film that gets it just right. Miguel Arteta’s new film “Cedar Rapids” gets it all right. It successfully creates characters we can laugh with, as opposed to laugh at. It surrounds its main character with a pitch perfect cast and a fully realized environment. Most importantly, it stays true to itself in classic good-hearted Midwestern spirit. Oh yeah, and it’s hilarious. Tim Lippe (Ed Helms) is our bright-eyed bushytailed adventurer. He’s been living in Brown Valley, Wis. his whole life and that’s pretty much all there is to him. He sells insurance and knows he’s “one of the good guys.” But of course, every story needs a call to action, and Tim gets his when he’s called up to the big leagues in Cedar Rapids, Iowa for a insurance convention. Thought-provoking, right? While it might sound a little dull I promise you the story gets a little bit more interesting. Slowly but surely the film picks up speed. Pretty soon you’ve got the plot of “The Hangover,” but instead of Vegas you’ve got a small family motel. There’s a lot of heart stuffed into this 90-minute film, and most of

it has to be credited to the writer, UW-Madison graduate Phil Johnston. There’s a lot of potential behind this film’s story, but if you don’t know the Midwest you simply can’t pull it off. The caricatures Johnston creates are a bit over-the-top but it’s acceptable because they’ve got a strong backbone of truth to them. Besides possibly the Coen brothers, I can’t imagine any other writer in Hollywood being able to pull-off this script like Johnston did.

Pretty soon you’ve got the plot of “The Hangover,” but instead of Vegas you’ve got a small family motel.

Another gift Johnston brings to the film is a strong sense of story, something most comedies aren’t fortunate enough to have these days. Throwing together a bunch of successful bits is enough to get a laugh from the audience the first time, but if you want to become a comedy classic you’ve also got to take the audience somewhere satisfying. So many comedies leave a

GIRL TALK COMES TO MADTOWN Tonight Madison catches the mashup bug as Girl Talk hits up the Alliant Energy Center’s Exhibition Hall. Want to know what all the hype is about? Or just need a refresher? Here’s a quick primer of everything Girl Talk.

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bad taste in your mouth because they can’t pull together a coherent ending. The combined efforts of the cast and crew really come together in the end of this film to make itself stand out amongst the mediocrity of the Hollywood spring season. Along with great writing, it takes a strong sense of direction to not screw up a film like this. Arteta has been churning out some really good stuff over the last decade. He’s directed “The Good Girl,” “Youth in Revolt” and one very good episode of “Freaks and Geeks” (though aren’t they’re all good?). Depending on how this film does at the box office, I think this could be his breakout film. He has worked with several giant comedy stars already and now he can add Helms and John C. Reilly to his contact list. Don’t be surprised if in the near future he’s one of the main smaller comedic parties competing with the humor conglomerations of Judd Apatow, Adam McKay and yes, Tyler Perry. This film may also be a breakout piece of work for Helms, because it proves he can be a leading man. Obviously he’s proven himself as a great supporting character both in television shows like “The Office” and

films like “The Hangover,” but this is his first top billed performance. The poster for this film made me fear the worst. It’s Helms standing around with eight suitcases and a neck pillow with a big goofy smile on his face. Luckily, his performance has a few more layers than the posters suggests. Strong supporting performances in comedies are fairly common but that doesn’t mean we should take these performances for granted. Reilly and Anne Heche are both doing tremendous work here. When introduced, they’re extremely predictable and

Who the hell is Girl Talk?

What makes him special?

Girl Talk is the stage name for Gregg Gillis, a DJ whose forte lies in creating mashup albums, as well as his acclaimed remixes of songs like Grizzly Bear’s “Knife” and Tokyo Police Club’s “Cheer It On.” Also, he’s from Pittsburgh, so go light on the Super Bowl talk, it’s probably a sensitive subject for him.

Gillis is renowned for his live shows, which are considered some of the best rave dance parties you’ll ever see. And with the event being moved from the Orpheum to Exhibition Hall, which earlier this year hosted Deadmau5 to great success, this should be one of the best gigs Madison will see in 2011.

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Thanks to a layered performance from Ed Helms, as well sharp screenwriting direction, “Grand Rapids” brings the laughs. almost annoying. In the second act, however, Johnston’s script gives both characters completely new dimensions, as opposed to the cookie-cutter character developments that you’re used to. I’ve talked a lot about this film’s strong sense of story and consistent tone, but it’s not “that” kind of movie. This film’s jokes are easy, and you will laugh out loud. To spoil any of the shenanigans or repeating gags here would just be wrong. It’s truly a good time and an essential viewing for anyone who’s ever loved or laughed at the Midwest. Discography - Secret Diary (2002) - Unstoppable (2004) - Night Ripper (2006) - Feed the Animals (2008) - All Day (2010)

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Monday, March 7, 2011 Winning when you’re Charlie Sheen

Today’s Sudoku

Evil Bird

More than just princesses... Walt Disney made a film in 1946 called “The Story of Menstruation.”

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Eatin’ Cake

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.

The Pipesmokers

By Joseph Diedrich jsdiedrich@wisc.edu

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

Wizard Buddies

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First in Twenty Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com Be a winner

ACROSS 1 Title for Helen Mirren 5 From the bargain basement 10 Artistic work 14 Cruising the Pacific 15 Tureen accessory 16 Wheelchairaccessible route 17 Hydrother-apy sites 18 It may be aimed at a pail 19 See from afar 20 Win big on a slot machine 23 Blank tapes? 24 Seek damages 25 Arrange fraudulently 28 Word next to M or F 29 Gets on in years 33 Roof of the mouth 35 Wire-and-plaster wall covering 37 Bit of foreshadowing 38 Becomes a true star 43 Highlight for a cantatrice 44 Burger toppings, sometimes 45 Soup legume 48 Sicilian erupter 49 Take to the slopes 52 Young boy

53 Au naturel (with “in the”) 55 Carried with difficulty 57 Attain an objective 62 Enjoy bubble gum 64 A nation divided? 65 Tedious way to learn 66 Fair attraction 67 Bumper sticker word 68 Bigheads have big ones 69 “Evil empire” of the ‘80s 70 Classy things? 71 Commissioned to go DOWN 1 Marathons they’re not 2 Have hopes 3 Spareribs separator 4 Some bridge positions 5 Board game that became a movie 6 Islamic pilgrimage (Var.) 7 Scandinavian literary work 8 Waugh and Baldwin 9 Come to life 10 Black-and-white cookie 11 Smoked deli beef 12 Ballpark fig.? 13 Be a voyeur, perhaps

1 Track trials 2 22 Casserole veggie 26 Agenda unit 27 Hackman of “The Poseidon Adventure” 30 “That’s my ___ feeling” 31 Sound rebound 32 Commotion 34 Development sites 35 Pants part 36 Words in passing? 38 Galleria 39 Zone 40 Groups of relatives 41 Lithium-___ battery 42 Little buggers 46 Nest egg initials 47 Didn’t have 49 Larry Fine, for one 50 Buster of classic silent comedies 51 Most like a couch potato 54 Type of note or number 56 Fairy-tale monsters 58 Decorated pitcher 59 Assayer’s samples 60 A winning margin 61 Breaks a fast 62 French wine classification 63 Word on a towel, sometimes

Washington and the Bear

By Derek Sandberg kalarooka@gmail.com

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BUDGET FAILS STATE’S SCHOOLS

ast Tuesday, Gov. Scott Walker released his muchanticipated 2011-’13 biennial budget proposal. Built to eliminate Wisconsin’s $3.6 billion deficit, the UW System expected the proposal to contain drastic cuts as well as major hits to pertinent educational programs—adding to already heated contentions over Walker’s budget repair bill.

Walker’s support for the partnership gives the university an opportunity to address hits in funding without increasing tuition at outrageous rates.

UW-Madison officials anticipated big cuts, and Walker’s budget did not disappoint. Along with the $834 million reduc-

tion in state aid to Wisconsin public school districts and a $71.6 million cut to Wisconsin technical colleges came a $250 million decrease in funding to the UW System, with half of that aimed directly at UW-Madison. While Chancellor Biddy Martin said she wouldn’t know how the university would respond to a cut as large as 15 percent under the authority of the Board of Regents, her accurate forecast of Walker’s devastating budget storm gave UW-Madison officials time to build a bomb shelter stocked full of, as Martin puts it, tools needed to preserve UW-Madison as a competitive Big Ten institution. By pushing forward Martin’s New Badger Partnership, Walker gave UW-Madison an opportunity to handle funding cuts presented in his proposal. His budget allows UW-Madison to break from the

UW System and instead operate under a public authority model, giving the university more wiggle room when addressing shortfalls totaling $125 million. While the 13 percent decrease in state aid may force UW-Madison to tighten its belt, Walker’s support for the partnership gives the university an opportunity to address hits in funding without increasing tuition at outrageous rates. Unfortunately, schools across Wisconsin aren’t as lucky. Walker’s proposal calls for acrossthe-board education cuts that hack away state funding to public schools without access to any emergency exits. His budget annihilates vital state grant programs and calls for a hefty 30 percent decrease in state aid to Madison Area Technical College, just after it passed a referendum to expand and renovate its nursing and police training programs. But what is most disappointing is the fact that Walker is chaining schools to these cuts by prohibiting them from raising property taxes to make up for their monetary losses. Instead, Walker said that the $834 million in cuts to public education are made up through the savings seen in his controversial budget repair bill, which seeks to raise the amount public workers contribute to their health care and pensions while eradi-

Diversity Committee needs direction Dan tollefson opinion columnist

’ll be the first to admit, I can’t define diversity. Is it about skin color, gender identity, class status, religion or all the above? Your guess is as good as mine. More than anything this year, diversity has been about controversy. The failed “diversity photo shoot” in the fall pretty much summed up the problem on campus. In response, the administration held student town hall meetings to address concerns, but it’s clear that a top-down approach isn’t enough. When I asked Clifton Conrad, a UW-Madison education professor, he gave me a very specific definition: “Diversity recognizes and appreciates differences” in race, ethnicity and class, but also life experiences and perspectives of individuals. That’s definitely a good start. But Tangela Roberts, the newlyelected chair of ASM’s Diversity Committee, offered some of her own wisdom. She told me diversity can’t be about everything, or else it’s about nothing. And for the purpose of the committee for which she is now responsible, that’s exactly right. When it comes to developing a plan for the Diversity Committee, you need to be specific. According to its mission statement, “The ASM Diversity Initiative seeks to connect all UW students, faculty, admissions, administration, organizations, and programs with a common goal of experiencing a diverse college campus.” You want to know where that got the Diversity Committee

last semester? Nowhere. It’s too ambiguous. The former chair Martín Uraga resigned in January after failing to make any progress with the committee in the fall. Participation was scant, meetings were few and far between, and to be blunt, it was a failure. I’ll admit, at first I was a little skeptical that anything would change. When ASM held elections to replace the former chair a few weeks back, it was a mess. Skin color, specifically candidate Dan Posca’s whiteness, became the dominating issue.

The committee needs to narrow its focus in the coming months. It needs some direction and there’s no doubt in my mind Roberts will bring it.

On paper, Posca was more than qualified for the job. He had been working with the Diversity Committee since last fall. He developed a three-part strategy to jumpstart the committee if he was elected to lead. He was even encouraged by the two previous chairs to run. He went on to lose in a runoff election later that night. Needless to say, I was pretty frustrated by the entire process. Although I’m still debating whether or not it’s preferable for the chair of the Diversity Committee to be a straight, white male for symbolic purposes (and whether ASM violated its nondiscrimination policy), I didn’t like that skin color was a central focus. But after talking with both Posca and Roberts, I’m confident they’re mature enough to move past the plague that is ASM inter-

nal politics and concentrate on strengthening the committee. The committee needs to narrow its focus in the coming months. It needs some direction, and there’s no doubt in my mind that Roberts will bring it. Diversity historically is a touchy subject. That was clear during the elections. But Roberts wants to make sure people feel comfortable talking about issues like minority graduation rates, the achievement gap and even white privilege. That’s great. People tend to get defensive, even combative, talking about conventionally sensitive subjects like race or sexual orientation. But the committee can’t dance around these issues with ambiguous, politically correct language. It has to be realistic and goal-oriented. Although Roberts only has a few months left to turn the committee around, the outlook is promising. She wants to rewrite the mission statement and establish a core group of members to carry the committee in a new direction even after she’s gone. Unlike last semester, the committee actually holds meetings, and people actually show up. Its kickoff event is tonight at 6 p.m. in Gordon Commons, where attendees will be watching and discussing the movie “Crash.” We can’t continue to let diversity be the insurmountable challenge it’s been in the past. We might not agree on one meaning for the word or one goal for the committee, but we need to be willing to have the discussion. It’s clear the committee needs to be taken in a new direction, and for the sake of the entire campus, I hope Roberts does a great job. Dan Tollefson is a senior majoring in English. Please send all responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

cating their collective bargaining rights. The money that school districts will save from contributing less to teachers’ pensions and health care is almost equal to cuts seen in state funding—ripping the financial rug out from under Wisconsin teachers’ feet.

While Walker sought to close the $3.6 billion budget gap in his proposal, it’s safe to say he did so at the expense of public education.

While UW-Madison was lucky enough to work with Walker to create a back-up plan to deal with the impending budget hits, Walker is essentially silencing the voices of teachers’ unions and deciding a back-up plan for them: Cut funding to public schools and ask the teachers to foot the bill. Clever.

Martin may have gotten what she wanted with the New Badger Partnership, and UW-Madison may be able to take a breath of relief, but schools across the state suffered harsh losses and are left hamstrung. While Walker sought to close the $3.6 billion budget gap in his proposal, it’s safe to say he did so at the expense of public education. His savings attack Wisconsin’s intellectualism, and options to preserve the education that kids need most are virtually non-existent. No, UW-Madison students will not see a 26 percent increase in tuition. No, the UW will not operate as a private model. And no, the institution will not crumble under these crippling budget hits. But it is important to note that our neighbors in education aren’t as lucky. While the cuts were projected to be drastic, Walker’s budget leaves the outlook for education in Wisconsin helplessly grim—destroying the Wisconsin Idea.

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Monday, March 7, 2011

Men’s Basketball

Buckeyes fire back at Badgers By Max Sternberg The Daily Cardinal

Intent on capping off its senior day with a victory, No. 1 Ohio State (15-2 Big Ten, 28-2 overall) came out firing and shot nearly 70 percent from the field on the way to a 93-65 defeat of Wisconsin. Seemingly on autopilot for the entire 40 minutes, Buckeye shooters made 14 of 15 from behind the arc. For a Wisconsin team that hadn’t given up more than 70 points in a game all season, this one was quite a shock to the system. “I don’t think people do that very often,” UW head coach Bo Ryan said of the Buckeyes’ shooting display. “I thought we shot the ball well against them at our place, but what they did today is just unheard of.” It was senior guard Jon Diebler whose performance really spelled trouble for UW. After being held to just nine points on 2-of-5 shooting in the first matchup, the Big Ten’s all-time leading three-point shooter rode the momentum of a 30-point, 10-three-pointer performance against Penn State earlier in the week. Diebler added seven more triples on Sunday, finishing the afternoon with 27 points, six rebounds and four assists. “My teammates did a great job of getting me the ball today,” Diebler said. “I was just fortunate to be able to knock some shots down again.” While the robotic shooting of Ohio State exasperated an already poor defensive effort by UW, there were a few encouraging signs in what was an otherwise forgettable

outing. With the Buckeyes intent on keeping junior guard Jordan Taylor from beating them as he did in Madison, Josh Gasser was forced to step up on the offensive end and delivered when asked en route to a team-high 17 points. Though the final margin was not entirely characteristic of the UW effort, the Badgers did play some very uncharacteristic basketball. With OSU’s shooting handing UW a big deficit early on, the Badgers started to force things and the hectic pace leading to six turnovers, many of them unforced. UW briefly made things interesting, cutting the lead down to 11 and about to take possession with just under 13 minutes left. But, just as quickly as the thoughts of a repeat run crept into Badger fans minds, Gasser lost his handle of the rebound and the ball squirted out of bounds back to the Buckeyes. Diebler responded with a three, and the door was quickly closed. After exiting the court to a chant of “deal with it,” the Badgers may now be armed with the same desire for revenge that fueled a Buckeye team whose goal, according to freshman forard Jared Sullinger, was to, “win by 50.” While you never want to close out the regular season with a 28-point loss, the third place Badgers are in a good position heading into the postseason. The Badgers open the Big Ten Tournament Friday night against the winner of Thursday’s Penn State-Iowa game.

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josh Gasser led the way for the Badgers with 18 points in the 93-65 loss to Ohio State. Jon Diebler had 27 points for the Buckeyes.

Women’s Hockey

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The Wisconsin women’s hockey team won the 2011 WCHA Final Face-off with a thrilling 5-4 overtime win over Minnesota. Kelly Nash netted the winning goal for the Badgers in the title game.

Nash leads UW to WCHA Final Faceoff title and into NCAA tournament By Nico Savidge The Daily Cardinal

MINNEAPOLIS– You could not script it much better for Kelly Nash. The senior forward capped off a late Wisconsin comeback in the WCHA Final Face-off title game against Minnesota Saturday with a game-winning goal in overtime, giving the Badgers a 5-4 win. After sitting out the past five games with an injury, Nash returned to action over the weekend in style. Wisconsin trailed the Gophers 4-2 with less than eight minutes to go in Saturday’s finale, but goals from freshman forward Madison Packer and senior forward Meghan Duggan knotted the score late. Fourteen minutes into the overtime period, senior defenseman Geena Prough found Nash, who buried a shot past Gopher goaltender Noora Raty. “The shift before I tried to shoot left side below the blocker, and it wasn’t going to go in, so I just thought ‘might as well try the right side,’” Nash said of Saturday’s overtime winner. With the WCHA regular season and playoff championships secured, the Badgers now move on to the NCAA tournament, where they are the overall No. 1 seed. Despite the

top ranking, however, Wisconsin was paired Sunday with defending national champion MinnesotaDuluth for its national quarterfinal game March 12. The No. 6 Bulldogs are a tough draw for the Badgers, who expected to play a team outside of their conference. Head coach Mark Johnson was not happy with the pairing, and said it showed a “lack of respect for what we did this year.” “If you’re a rational person, you look at where the standings are and what the power rankings are, the RPI, you would have us playing Dartmouth,” he said. “Everybody anticipated that but obviously the committee had different ideas.” Despite the frustration of having to face such a good opponent in the first round of the NCAA tournament, the memory of Saturday’s victory will not soon fade for the Badgers. Johnson said he was happy to see Nash get the game winner in her final season. Nash’s goal was just her third of the season. “If you could pick one person that was going to score the overtime winner I think the people in the locker room would have picked Kelly,” Johnson said. “It’s something that she can take away now and cher-

ish for the rest of her life.” Wisconsin’s late comeback helped smooth over a performance that was forgettable for much of the game, as the Badger defense looked lazy and ineffective through two periods. But Duggan said overcoming that sluggish start, in which the Badgers trailed 3-0 at one point, will help prepare the team for its next step: The NCAA tournament. “It’s tough to be down three goals and come back to win in overtime,” Duggan said. “It’s really exciting for us and I think it’s really promising for our NCAA play.” The Badgers advanced to Saturday’s thriller after topping North Dakota Friday night, thanks in large part again to Nash, who assisted on two of Wisconsin’s goals in a 3-0 shutout victory. On a night when some of Wisconsin’s biggest stars were kept relatively quiet, Johnson said getting production from players like Nash was just as important. “It’s playoff hockey – whether you win 1-0 and our sixth defenseman or our fourth-line right winger scores a goal, that’s the most important thing right now,” Johnson said. “It’s not who scores or who gets points; it’s about winning.”

Men’s Hockey

Wisconsin loses home ice, but ends winless streak in split with Colorado College By Ryan Evans The Daily Cardinal

With home ice advantage for the WCHA playoffs on the line, the No. 18 Wisconsin men’s hockey team had plenty to play for this weekend against No. 17 Colorado College. Wisconsin came out inspired and played two of its best games in a long time. However, with a heartbreaking 3-2 loss on Friday home ice advantage was lost, but the Badgers rebounded with a 3-1 victory the next night to preserve optimism heading into next weekend’s playoff rematch with the Tigers. The Badgers have struggled on Friday nights this season, but that wasn’t the case against CC. In the series opener the Badgers were all over the

Tigers and were the dominant team for most of the night. Wisconsin held a 2-1 lead late in the third period thanks to goals from junior defenseman Jake Gardiner and senior forward Patrick Johnson, but the Badgers let CC hang around, and against a team of CC’s caliber, you have to put them away or they will make you pay. CC tied the game with 5:23 left to play. Senior forward Stephen Schultz fired a shot from the point that found the back of the net. The Tigers got the opportunity they needed to complete the comeback when Badgers’ sophomore defender John Ramage took a five-minute penalty for a hit to the back. CC quickly took advantage with a 2-on-1, and

junior forward David Civitarese netted Two minutes into the second and the game winner. UW shorthanded, sophomore forward The win gave CC the two points Craig Smith came down the right wing it needed to lock up the last home ice and slipped a shot past the Tiger goalie, seed for the WCHA playoffs. giving Wisconsin a lead it “For the first two and a would not relinquish. half periods, I think we were Johnson added his secpretty good,” Wisconsin head ond goal of the series and coach Mike Eaves said. “Once his fifth in the past five we got halfway through the games later in the period to third, human nature set in a extend the lead to 2-0. little bit. We took our foot off CC cut the lead to the accelerator.” 2-1 halfway through the JOHNSON Friday’s loss ensured that the final period, but sophoseries finale on Saturday would more defenseman Justin be the last home game for the Badgers’ Schultz ensured there would be six seniors, and the team made sure to no comeback this time, scoring his send them out the right way. 18th goal of the season. For the first time in eight games The 3-1 victory snapped the Badgers got on the board first. Wisconsin’s six-game winless

streak and sent the Badgers’ seniors off on a high note. “After the game, a bunch of seniors had a bit of tears in their eyes. There is no place like this place. It was really emotional tonight,” Johnson said. “We finally got rid of our winless streak and got a W which was good. We ended off well.” The win, coupled with St. Cloud State’s loss to Denver later that night, ensured that the Badgers and Tigers will meet again next weekend in Colorado Springs in the WCHA playoffs. “We finally, hopefully, got the boat turned around,” Eaves said. “We’ve got the wind going in our sails now, and we’ve got something to pick up on here as we go into the playoffs.”