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The new eco-friendly Union South opened its doors for a media tour Friday, one week before the official opening April 15. Student Project Manager Paul Davidsaver said the building will be unlike any other on campus. “This will be the first [Leadership Energy and Environmental Design] building on campus, and it’s going to receive the gold rating,” Davidsaver said. The design committee had originally sought to earn a silver rating from LEED. LEED ratings measure sustainability and are given based on design and how the building operates. Builders were able to recycle 88 percent of the former Union building, as well as panels from the Schlimgen building and Kohl Center floor. Flooring in Varsity Hall and
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several meeting rooms of the new Union are made from reclaimed wood barns in Wisconsin. The builders tried to use all Wisconsin materials when recycling, Davidsaver said. Union South also features forms of entertainment not offered at other university buildings. The lower level includes a rock climbing wall, bowling lanes and billiards. The main level will host live music performances and the third floor has additional seating overlooking the stage. The multi-level recreation and entertainment area called The Sett is thought to be the living room of the campus, Davidsaver said. The building contains new restaurants as well as a Badger Market and the Daily Scoop, union page 3
UW-Madison expands environmental studies programs with two new majors More than 1,800 students have earned environmental studies certificates since the program’s conception in 1979. Now, UW-Madison undergraduate students can take their ecological interests further with a major in environmental studies or environmental sciences. The two newest undergraduate degrees were approved by the UW System Board of Regents Friday. The College of Letters and Science and Nelson Institute of Environmental Studies will administer the environmental studies programs. CLS will also
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oversee the environmental sciences major along with the Colleges of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Meant to be pursued in conjunction with another major, the environmental studies degree will allow students to “couple the disciplinary focus of a primary major with the interdisciplinary breadth of the environmental studies major,” according to the university. On the other hand, the environmental sciences program is designed as a stand-alone major with a strong focus on natural sciences.
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Federal government avoids shutdown By Ariel Shapiro The Daily Cardinal
The federal government narrowly avoided shutdown Friday evening after the White House, Senate Democrats and House Republicans agreed on a plan to cut $38.5 billion from the budget. The agreement, which occurred a mere hour and a half before the government was to shut down, came after a long battle in the split Congress over both fiscal and ideological issues. In the final hours leading up to the shutdown, Planned Parenthood became the center of the debate, with Republicans demanding its defunding and Democrats refusing to do so. In the end, Planned Parenthood was taken out of the equation
but Republicans did manage to increase the amount of cuts to the overall budget. “This has been a lot of discussion and a long fight, but we ought to keep government spending down because it really will in fact help create a better environment for job creators in this country,” U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said after the deal was cut. President Barack Obama said he “would not have made these cuts in better circumstances,” but that he was glad women’s health and other ideological issues were taken out of the equation. The budget itself has not been passed yet, but the deal made
Friday keeps the government running through this coming week, during which Boehner said he expects the Republican controlled House to pass it. Congressman Sean Duffy, R-Wis., who was among the dozens of freshman lawmakers voted into office with the Republican wave of 2010, has been a driving force in demanding further cuts from Obama’s budget. The effort to cut federal spending does not end with this budget, he said . “While I am relieved that we were able to prevent a government shutdown, our hard work is only just beginning,” Duffy said in a statement. The nation faces very serious problems and tough choices will be required, he said.
Judiciary hears case of alleged seg fee misuse for Badger Herald advertisement By Kayla Johnson The Daily Cardinal
The Student Judiciary heard the case of AFTER v. VandenLangenberg Sunday, concerning the charge that
AFTER, a student group made up of student government members, intended to misuse student segregated fees by printing a political advertisement in the Badger Herald.
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AFTER Members argued Sunday they never intended to use seg fees to pay for a political advertisement in the Badger Herald.
AFTER, the Associated Free Thinkers Ensuring Responsibility, placed an advertisement in the Badger Herald March 28 that encouraged students to vote against the United Council Membership Referendum, which keeps UW-Madison a member of the UW System lobbying group. The student group planned for two similar advertisements in the newspaper at a total cost of approximately $2,400, but later withdrew its contract. That is where the disagreement begins. Kyle VandenLangenberg, shared governance chair of the Associated Students of Madison, alleges AFTER retracted the advertisements after they heard he was going to file a complaint against the group for the misuse of student segregated fees. It is against ASM bylaws for candidates, initiative or referenda spon-
sors to use ASM resources, such as segregated fees, in campaigns without prior approval from Student Election Committee or Student Judiciary. Member of AFTER and Finance Committee Chair Matt Beemsterboer said he never intended to use segregated fees to pay for the advertisements and AFTER has not yet received an invoice from the Badger Herald for the ad. Private funds were going to be used for the advertisements, Beemsterboer said. Beemsterboer said he pulled the other advertisements because multiple copies of the newspaper were destroyed the first day the advertisement ran in what he believes was a direct response the the ad’s message. ASM Representative and AFTER member Carl Fergus said the Student Judiciary cannot punish AFTER based on the speculation they intended to
misuse segregated fees. “No operations grant money was used and Student Judiciary cannot punish thought crime,” Fergus said. “No money was spent. No rules were broken.” Current United Council Member and former Student Council member Maxwell Love said AFTER conspired to use segregated fees to unfairly influence the UC Referendum. The petitioners argued that because members of AFTER are all part of student government, they knowingly violated the bylaws and neglected their duty to protect those laws. “Public officials need to be held to a higher standard and be subject to public scrutiny,” VandenLangenberg said. “There is no transparency.” The Student Judiciary will decide on AFTER’s case within 10 school days.
“…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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his past semester can be summarized by a series of misadventures and nearescapes punctuated by awkward silences, yelling in mobs, too much whiskey and summer internship applications. I laboriously slaved over every meticulous detail, being sure to avoid those dreaded dangling modifiers and… alliteration. I mastered the language of being highly specific yet comparatively vague all at the same time. I accidentally memorized all the ZIP codes down the California coastline. And, I ended up spending over $60 just to mail all this bullshit. Fourteen tongue paper cuts and over 40 applications to internships around the country later, I’d be happy to get just one call back. But, given the economy is one big heap of garbage, I’ve attached a more
It’s too late anyway, 2011 Bitch-work summer job Right across from the beach Awesome City, Warm State 94121 Dear Shit-for-Brains Potential Employer: As an ambitious journalism, radio-TV-film and Spanish student and junior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, I’m seeking a summer internship with any fucking place that will take me. I really did research your company, and after reading the first three sentences on your Wikipedia page, I can tell that your style is as articulate and compelling as it is eccentric. You probably don’t care that I’ve been working my ass off with two jobs on top of school, BUT I can make a damn good cup of coffee, and that’s all that really matters. Amirite? My work at The Daily Cardinal, one of the oldest independent student newspapers in the country, has made
me accustomed to inter-office hockey, tight deadlines and doughnuts. Since assuming editorship, I’ve learned a multitude of important journalistic skills that will not help me when I’m working in the mailroom of your company. I also contribute a weekly column to the paper, which has allowed me to publicly bitch about my life and save money on weekly therapy sessions. Along with my work at The Daily Cardinal, I also hold a position with the university as a videographer giving me valuable experience with Final Cut Pro, which won’t really matter when I’m in line at Starbucks ordering your non-fat venti soy chai latte with two shots of espresso and no foam. Most importantly though, I know how to use Facebook and Twitter, and no hashtag doth not fear mine stroke. I’m ambivalent. In fact, ambivalence is one of my most important qualities. I’m willing to walk your dog and pick up your dry-cleaning. I enjoy being undervalued. Equally important, though, I’m someone who can take criticism and not complain about you and that hairy mole pro-
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Economics professor John Ridpath told students Tuesday that societies should adopt capitalism because it is the only economic system that allows full individual freedom. “Capitalism is the only moral social system for all human beings to live in,” Ridpath said. Ridpath, who teaches at York University in Toronto, spoke on “The Morality of Capitalism” and its roots in objectivism to about 100 people in the Humanities building. Objectivism is a form of philosophical thought based on the teachings of novelist Ayn Rand. In an hour-long lecture, Ridpath outlined objectivism’s claim to morality. He said humans are rational beings who should value their own lives above anything else. “You have to live by your own rational mind, on your own and for yourself,” Ridpath said. “This is the advocacy of selfishness.” He also said the basic human right is freedom from physical force. Ridpath said capitalism is the only system that will allow that freedom. After the talk, several audience questions centered around problems of capitalism. Ridpath said that while it is not in the best interests of corporations to pollute the environment, it is acceptable if it harms no one. “We’re not in the position of putting nature ahead of man,” Ridpath said. Ridpath called social welfare programs immoral. “It is not the legitimate function of government to force the people who aren’t starving to subsidize the people who are starving,” he said. He added that charities, not government, should allow people to choose to support those less fortunate.
Sincerely, Stephanie J. Lindholm That being said, wouldn’t it be amusing if this column prevented me from getting a job? How ironic can you get without puking? Comments? Send them Stephanie’s way at slindholm@wisc.edu.
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Monday, April 12, 1999 take it anymore.”
In response to Vice President Al Gore’s visit to Madison, more than 100 people gathered Saturday on Library Mall to denounce NATO air strikes in Yugoslavia. The rally, organized by the Coalition Against NATO in Yugoslavia, attracted concerned citizens form around the state and nation, including members of Milwaukee’s St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Cathedral. The protestors marched peacefully down University Avenue to the Biotechnology Center on Henry Mall, where Gore later spoke, wielding signs and chanting, “No more bombing, no more war, we won’t
truding off your schnoz when you’re not around. I’m organized, and I guarantee no other intern has faxmachine-moxie like me. In addition, I have an unrivaled skill for smoke breaks and I won’t start coughing like a prissy little bitch. Finally, I’m going to highlight a quality of mine that shows I researched the position, here: I’m cheap, exploitable labor. A résumé and a few samples of my work are enclosed. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or would like to practice belittlement over the phone. Thank you for your time and consideration, I guess.
“We’re here to let our vice president know what we think about the wars in Yugoslavia, Iraq. Obviously U.S. bombs won’t bring peace and have only made the refugee crisis worse,” said Derek Wright, and International Socialist Organization member and UW-Madison computer-science researcher. On the eve of the Orthodox Easter holiday, many Serbian and Serbian-American attendees expressed concerns about loved ones living in embattled regions. UW-Madison senior Risto Krstanovic, a Serbian whose family lives in Belgrade, spoke of the devastating effects the bombing has had on the region. Others questioned the United States’ concern in the conflict. “What is America’s vital interest in Kosovo? Where are these atrocities [on the part of the Serbs]? Where are the bodies? Who are [the
United States] fighting for? Asked a protestor form St. Sava who identified himself as Mr. Jevtic. He also said the United States backs the Kosovo Liberation Army, which he said is a corrupt organization. Albanian sympathizers countered the Serbian nationalistic sentiment, demanding self-determination for Albanians and speaking in support of the NATO bombings. “Why do they support genocide? That’s what I would ask [the Serbs],” said Faton Iljazi, a member of the Albanian-American council from Rockford, Ill. “We came to support the U.S. and NATO and to support independence for Kosovo.” The dissent between the two groups mounted at Henry Mall when the number of protestors grew and the two groups engaged in a verbal face-off from opposite sides of a police boundary. Law-enforcements officials maintained a strong presence throughout the event.
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Shilling will challenge Kapanke State Rep. Jennifer Shilling, D-LaCrosse, will challenge state Sen. Dan Kapanke, R-LaCrosse, in his upcoming recall election. Campaigners in his district collected over 20,000 signatures over the course of one month asking for his recall, and the Government Accountability Board is in the process of verifying all the signatures. In her announcement, Shilling criticized Kapanke for his vote in support of Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair law. “When the working families of the Coulee region needed Senator Kapanke the most, he turned his back on them,” Shilling said. “Senator Kapanke stopped listening to the people he was elected to serve, and it’s time to move in a new direction.” However, Kapanke defended his vote for the controversial law.
“My constituents sent me to Madison to restore fiscal sanity and get our state spending under control,” he said. “When it comes to balancing our budget without raising taxes, I will stand up and take that vote every time.” If the signatures are verified, Kapanke will be the first of 16 state senators currently facing recall petitions that would result in a special election, though others could soon join him. A petition against state Sen. Randy Hopper, R-Fond du Lac, containing the necessary amount of signatures was submitted Thursday while campaigns against state Sens. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, and David Hansen, D-Green Bay, are also gaining traction because of constituent frustration over their handling of the budget repair law. —Ariel Shapiro
Regents back plan to maintain UW system The Wisconsin Board of Regents met in Platteville Friday, where members overwhelmingly supported the implementation of the Wisconsin Idea Partnership and voted in favor of legislation that would require regional representation of regents. The Board of Regents voted 12 to five, endorsing a resolution supporting AB39 and SB28, legislation which would require at least one of the members to reside in each of Wisconsin’s congressional districts. Those who voted against the resolution voiced that it disregarded other forms of diversity that would not be represented if passed, and said the governor would lose the discretion he needs to appoint the best candidates to the Board of Regents. “It isn’t always that the issue is geographical representation. It [doesn’t represent] minorities, it [has] no representations of organized labor,” Regent Thomas Loftus said. “I would like to reserve this power for the governor.” Regent President Charles Pruitt argued in favor of the resolution because all state congressional dis-
tricts would be represented. The legislation would “provide some comfort and encouragement to people across the state that this board will continue to advance the Wisconsin Idea,” Pruitt said. The board also voiced support for the Wisconsin Idea Partnership, an alternative option they proposed to UW-Madison’s proposed New Badger Partnership that would keep the UW System unified and grant all UW campuses greater flexibility. “To say that we have to change the structure so a certain institution can compete internationally is to take an eraser and erase everything we’re talking about,” Regent David Walsh said of the New Badger Partnership. However, Chancellor Biddy Martin has defended the New Badger Partnership as a way to keep the university competitive during these difficult financial times, and also said she supports other schools in the UW System receiving greater flexibility from the state. —Samy Moskol
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The climbing wall on the lower level of Union South is one of the many new recreational features of the building.
union from page 1 Davidsaver said. Despite the high number of eateries, the Design Committee avoided giving the structure a “food court” feel. “Each has its own function and is designed to feel like a restaurant,” Davidsaver said. The Urban Slice, designed to feel like a New York style pizza shop, features the “Strombozilla”—a three-foot long “city-destroyer” calzone meant to be shared by groups of friends, according to Davidsaver. The Marquee will screen movies curated by the Wisconsin Union Directorate, and is designed specifically
for films and speakers. Davidsaver said that during opening weekend there will be a line, but the theater has more than doubled the Union’s previous capacity with 350 seats. The famed Terrace chairs are scattered throughout the interior and exterior of the building. Their inclusion is meant to connect the two buildings, as Union South is not meant to be a competitor of the Terrace’s, according to Davidsaver. “Memorial Union set the standard for the 20th century and Union South sets the standard for the 21st,” Davidsaver said.
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Over 500 people participated in UW-Madison’s first Suicide Prevention Walk Saturday. The walk raised over $20,000 for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
Hundreds walk for suicide prevention, raise over $20,000 An estimated 500 people gathered at Library Mall for the first annual UW-Madison Suicide Prevention Walk Saturday afternoon, which raised over $20,000. The UW-Madison Suicide Prevention and UW Psychology Club organized the walk to raise money for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and promote awareness around the Madison community. Signs featuring statistics and personal stories bordered the three-mile course running through the Lakeshore Path. Many participants wore T-shirts or arm bands supporting suicide victims they know personally.
Performances by a hip hop dance artist, as well as acappella groups Tangled Up in Blue and Jew-Op, preceded the walk.
“Every life is worth living.” Lori Berquam uw-madison dean of students
UW-Madison Student Albert Luciani spoke about his personal experiences with depression at the walk’s kick-off. Spirits were high despite the grim topic—Luciani cracked jokes during his recount of his depression after several family members
were diagnosed with cancer. “I found out then that God had wanted me around for a reason,” Luciani said, “And now it’s time to use my experience to help others.” UW-Madison Dean of Students Lori Berquam addressed how pressing the issue of suicide is on college campuses. “Every life is worth living,” Berquam said to the crowd. Berquam reminded the attendees of the health services available to students on campus and stressed the difference people can make by working with each other. “Together, we are an army that can address suicide,” Berquam said. —Kelly Kaillen
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Sometimes when judging a piece of art, you have to put effort above actual success. Joe Wright’s new film “Hanna” doesn’t work most of the time. However, it’s admirable that it’s aiming for something special and going at it with full force. You combine that with the few scenes that do work very well and you’ve actually got a movie worth seeing. The story follows Hanna (Saoirse Ronan), a teenage girl who lives the by her instincts in the heart of Finland’s wilderness. Her father (Eric Bana), an ex-CIA agent, trains her in the art of survival because he cares too much about her to give her freedom, happiness and all that other stuff. Of course, the baby bird eventually wants to leave the nest, and that’s when all hell breaks loose. Hanna’s father sends her on a mission where she’ll have to escape the grasp of scary government officials (Cate Blanchett) and a mysterious hit-man whom I can only describe as the psychopathic love child of Elton John and Anton Chigurh. As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence and unexpected questions about her humanity. The film’s greatest strength is its atmosphere. After the opening scene, you understand who Hanna is. You feel her determination and skill as she hunts in the snow-drenched forests of northern Europe. Joe Wright’s schizo-
phrenic and stylistic camera movement reflects the disorienting nature of Hanna’s journey through the new world. Wright is about as far away as he can get from his past projects like “Atonement” and “Pride and Prejudice,” which used large landscapes and little to no movement. Much like his main character, he’s exploring new territory, and even though he often gets lost along the way, he does so with an admirable amount of skill.
Joe Wright’s schizophrenic and stylistic camera movement reflects the disorienting nature of Hanna’s journey through the new world.
Despite the interesting filmmaking going on here, I couldn’t recommend the film if it didn’t also have the brilliant lead performance by Ronan as the titular character. When this girl is fighting bad guys and that brilliant soundtrack by The Chemical Brothers is blasting underneath her, the film is a masterpiece. She’s Jason Bourne meets Hit-Girl from “Kick-Ass.” Ronan is also just as convincing as a teenager as she is a deadly assassin. The character of Hanna is interesting because when Ronan looks at her new environment with those cold blue eyes, we actually believe she’s seeing it for the first time. We like spending time with her, and
even though it’s unlikely, I’d definitely be down for a sequel if the film could get new writers. Which is a perfect transition to film’s great downfall: The writing. I don’t know what happened here. The first act of this film had me more engaged than any film had so far this year. Our introduction to Hanna and her struggles, combined with a jaw-dropping escape sequence made me think I was witnessing one of the greatest revenge-thrillers I’d ever seen. Then the film just kind of loses itself. I blame the traveling hippy family she meets up with about 45 minutes into the film. She wanders around with these uninteresting characters for almost an hour. The film completely loses its momentum during these pointless slightly comedic escapades. At one point in the film, the writers even thought it would be funny if Hanna had to go on a date. The scene doesn’t fit in the movie, and it was a completely bland way to explore Hanna’s introduction to the opposite sex. The film picks up toward the very end, but it’s too little too late. You get your typical revenge-thriller moneyshot, but the finale as a whole was completely underwhelming. Despite the film’s fumble in direction, “Hanna” is still worth seeing. Its bogus narrative is hypnotic enough to follow all the way through. At the end of the day, it’s an art-house-fairy-talerevenge-thriller and any film that even attempts to fill that premise is probably worth checking out.
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Saoirse Ronan’s ice-blue eyes add to her character in this thrilling character study, a valiant effort helmed by Joe Wright (“Atonement”).
Atmosphere is a little thin, lacks the gravity of previous efforts By Aimee Katz senior music critic
Sean Daley, better known as Slug, is a storyteller. He and his producer Ant, make up the hip-hop duo Atmosphere. On their 2010 double-EP To All My Friends, Blood Makes The Blade Holy, Slug doesn’t rap to encourage a behavior change or impart a good moral, but rather talks about what he knows. Every track on this EP was simple; Atmosphere created a glimmer of hope for its fans looking to innovative future albums. The Family Sign was expected to have the same degree of Slug’s arrogance that is normally present on Atmosphere’s albums. Slug and Ant have been producing for over a decade, yet this album still fails to deliver on defying norms of mainstream hip-hop. Instead, Slug is a sad clown more than ever on The Family Sign, with songs that are clumsy and don’t show any influence from today’s hip-hop. What distinctly defines Atmosphere is that their sound is organic where rap is typically synthetic. The internal dynamics of Atmosphere emanate honesty. Slug and Ant create a type of music they enjoy listening to and producing, drawing on their own pasts for inspiration. This is admirable, yet The Family Sign is way too focused on Slug’s narratives, making his rhymes slow and simply boring. Each song is lonely and ominous; The Family Sign lacks soul. As a teaser, the track “Just For Show” was released in February. Slug says: “I’m painfully aware of my mistakes / And maybe you should break an escape from the situation / or take a little taste of the blame.” With a first listen it seems as if Slug is speaking to a past girlfriend, but really he is speaking
to his fans. They say he’s changed, epitome he says they will come back to the lost him. The Family CD REVIEW Sign isn’t necessarily the anthem that will carry him to a higher status. Most tracks on The Family Sign are acoustic guitar and segments of piano, The Family Sign leaving little room Atmosphere for the dynamic flavor that was all over Each the duo’s 2008 album When Life Gives You Lemons You Paint That singe of Shit Gold. “The Last To Say” is the self. He
of the track that embodies direction on this album. The theme of this song is filled with a domestic abuse narrative. It’s intense, yet it’s too slow to generate any attention. “Let me be the last to say / You won’t be okay” is part of the chorus, but Slug’s delivery is flat. Atmosphere album has the Slug’s obsession with himis still the same storyteller
he was before, yet his narratives are vague and lack any kind of logic. “If You Can Save Me Now” is void of any momentum, and Slug’s story of “I try not to weigh you down / But I don’t know if I can wait around” is unoriginal. In an interview with Pitchfork Slug said “Ultimately, I’m a rapper and I have to try and make myself cooler than I actually am,” but Slug doesn’t seem cool at all on this album. He is just dull. Zoning out while listening to this album is bound to happen, and it can be blamed on Slug’s overt delivery of each narrative. Yes, it is disappointing to admit that Slug and Ant
completely lost the momentum they created in the last three years, but it is impossible to say The Family Sign is anything innovative. The final track, “My Notes,” has the optimism and energy that every other song on the The Family Sign lacks. Though it is one of the shorter tracks on the album, Slug’s integrity shines: “As long as I can hit my notes / Imma stand top this box of soap.” Atmosphere has been a decade in the making, and they aren’t finished. Though The Family Sign may be a rough patch, Slug and Ant will continue to be ever present in the hip-hop realm.
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“And there’s different means to address some of the issues that LGBT people would face versus heterosexually identified people.” Robin Matthies interim director LGBT Campus Center
“There’s such a small amount of research out there on that that I don’t think anyone is wellversed on statistics or how often it is happening,” Robin Matthies, interim director of UW-Madison’s LGBT Campus Center said. “And there’s a lot of stereotypes that this doesn’t happen within the LGBT community and especially within relationships. It’s sort of an invisible problem.” She said researchers tend to leave out the LGBT population when studying domestic violence and sexual assault, thereby setting the community apart and rendering them invisible. “For the most part, this is something that is not researched enough and it’s a shame because people are suffering from being victims of intimate partner violence and sexual assault within
the community,” Matthies said. “And there’s different means to address some of the issues that LGBT people would face versus heterosexually identified people.”
Overcoming barriers
Matthies spoke generally about potential barriers that prevent someone from the LGBT community from reporting a sexual assault to the police both on and off campus. She said people who identify as LGBT may be more timid about going to police because stories in the media at times perpetuate the image of unfair treatment of the LGBT community by officers. Matthies said she would like to say the UW Police Department is doing its best. However, she still noted an “overarching uncomfortability” around police, specifically for victims who do not fit into societal gender norms. Lieutenant Peter Ystenes of the UWPD said the protocol for assisting all sexual assault victims is the same regardless of gender orientation. “If it is brought to our attention by the victim that there was a sexual assault we do everything in our power, and our first concentration is the safety and well being of that person,” Ystenes said. He added that UWPD might try to connect an LGBT student to other support groups in addition to advocates on campus. This method is not uncommon at UW-Madison, where the Dean of Students Office also offers the same options to all victims of sexual assault. Still, informal connections throughout campus allow those like Tonya Schmidt, an assistant dean in the Division
of Student Life, to seek additional help for students outside the counseling or student judicial process the university offers. “If I’m serving as the resource assistance person to a male who is not out, I don’t have anything to offer him in that area,” Schmidt said. “I can’t tell him what it’s like to be a gay man. I can’t tell him what it was like for me as a gay man to come out to my parents or friends. I need to make sure I get him connected with somebody else who knows.” Schmidt said students who are out and have good support networks do not always need this form of help, though it may play an important role for students who are not out and do not have that support.
Matthies said it would take a campus-wide effort to bring the issue to the forefront and gather resources and information. Larry Davis is the associate residence life director who works with diversity programs in university housing. He is also a gay administrator on campus who has assisted a number of male students after they were sexually assaulted. He said whether LGBT stu-
dents report a sexual assault may depend both on if they have come out and if they are worried about how they may be treated as members of the LGBT community. “I think sometimes people assume that if you identify as LGBT that that automatically means you’re sexually active and sexually promiscuous and all of that stuff and that’s clearly not the case,” he said. “So I think students are sometimes worried about the assumptions people will make if they are sexually assaulted.”
“It’s a matter of people taking the time and dedicating the time and energy to ensuring that we can come up with something solid.’” Robin Matthies interim director LGBT Campus Center
Keeping this in mind, he said, the university may involve UWPD officers, counselors or housing staffers who identify as LGBT to help victims decide how they would like to move forward with the case.
Looking Forward
Still, Schmidt said there is
room for improvement in the resources offered on campus. “The sexual assault field is filled with women. We’re typically the victims,” she said. “It’s not to say that there can’t be male victims. It’s not to say that there can’t be female victims that identify as a lesbian or trangender, but it’s mostly women. So there are lots of resources [for women].” Educating the campus about sexual assault within the LGBT community is not written explicitly into any job description, but rather requires the time and effort of various people around campus in addition to their other commitments. Last year a group of UW employees, including Schmidt, offered a day-long training on working with students from the LGBT community who were sexually assaulted. “We didn’t do it again this year,” Schmidt said. “Some of these trainings are a committed four or five people really who think the information is important and have time to do it. And the next semester rolls around and there might not be time because it is above and beyond in the work that we do.” Matthies said it would take a campus-wide effort to bring the issue to the forefront and gather resources and information. “I don’t think it’s what one person can do but what a lot of people can do,” she said.
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Enjoying the Henry Vilas Zoo
Today’s Sudoku
Evil Bird
Sounds like my weekend: A hungry wolf can eat 20 pounds of meat in a single meal, which is akin to a human eating 100 hamburgers. dailycardinal.com/comics
By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu
© Puzzles by Pappocom
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
The Graph Giraffe Classic
First in Twenty
By Yosef Lerner graphics@dailycardinal.com
By Angel Lee alee23@wisc.edu
Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com MAID IN AMERICA
ACROSS 1 Charge alternative 5 Tummy operations 10 Cause of some headscratching 14 Mobile leader? 15 Bay or fjord 16 Pastoral work (Var.) 17 Stage phone, e.g. 18 In that place 19 Call’s partner 20 Finish breakfast, lunch or dinner 23 “Able was I ___ I saw Elba” 24 Sign before Virgo 25 Greenback 27 Do the tango 29 Indispensable 32 Most-played part of a 45 33 Busy buzzer 35 Sound of satisfaction 37 Survey check box 38 Do a crime scene job 43 Calendar abbr. 44 Boy king 45 Mumbai Mr. 46 Bohemian dance 49 “What’s ___ use?” 51 Grown-up bug
55 What the Ford Foundation gives 57 Wild equine 59 Indicate “yes” silently 60 Platform for many politicians 64 Unending sentence? 65 Rounded molding 66 Riches’ opposite 67 Last Hebrew month 68 Poe bird 69 Pandora’s boxful 70 Right-angle joints 71 Maternally related 72 On the bounding main DOWN 1 Imposed limits on 2 ___ borealis (northern lights) 3 Swiped 4 Arizona native 5 Parishioner’s 10 percent 6 Loosen, as a bra 7 Musical staff symbol 8 Saw incision 9 In good ___ 10 Defames in print 11 Visionary 12 Group of islands in the Aegean
3 Big game animal 1 21 Winter precipitation 22 Bygone relative of the kiwi 26 Tyrannosaurus ___ 28 You might have a handle on these 30 Mars’ neighbor 31 Beat one’s gums 34 Young newt 36 Grand slams, e.g. (Abbr.) 38 Threshold 39 Illicit 40 No longer trendy 41 “My Wild ___ Rose” 42 Game with matchsticks 43 Abbr. in a car review 47 Prepares to propose 48 Noshed on 50 One who’s bald at a young age? 52 Accumulated records 53 Look with amazement 54 West Texas city 56 Mushroom-to-be 58 Type of pastry 61 Novelist Turgenev 62 ___ Scotia, Canada 63 Met solo 64 Creepy Christopher
Washington and the Bear
By Derek Sandberg kalarooka@gmail.com
opinion Preservation guidelines threaten Union dailycardinal.com/opinion
mark bennett opinion columnist
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n just four days, the new Union South will open on campus and students will, for the first time, have a second functional, attractive union. But as one project closes, another opens for the Union. Plans have been in the works for years now for renovations to Memorial Union. To be completed in two phases (the west theatre wing and east wing), the Memorial Union renovations are necessary to ensure the building remains a viable facility for students in the 21st century. Built in 1928, Memorial Union has long been a prominent fixture on this campus. But now, renovation plans threaten to ruin the integrity and appeal of the structure. And little blame for that falls on the Union. As part of the renovation, architects are required to follow strict guidelines recommended by the US Department of the Interior and negotiated by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. These rules are put into place to ensure renovated buildings do not lose their historical integrity. “New additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction shall not destroy historic materials that characterize the property. The new work shall be differentiated from the old and shall be compatible with the massing, size, scale and architectural features to protect the historic integrity of the property and its environment.” And herein lies the problem. As Memorial Union renovation committee members informed me and other community members at
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a public preliminary design two weeks ago, one of the biggest needs for the new Memorial Union lies within the theatre. Built separately from the original structure in 1939, the theater is in need of modern upgrades. Among those upgrades needed is expanded lobby space. In today’s theaters, people want to socialize, order food or get drinks before shows and during intermissions. Most modern theatres, such as Madison’s Overture Center, have expansive lobbies to accommodate this socializing (and not to mention an added revenue stream). The current Wisconsin Union Theater lobby, meanwhile, packs people like sardines just to get into and out of shows. There’s little argument in my mind—the need for expanded lobby space is necessary. However, because of those regulations that say new additions to historic buildings must appear visibly different from the original structure, the plans for this new lobby space have come out awkward at best, and downright jarring at worst. This is no attack on the architects who designed the new space. Considering the restrictions presented to them, they did OK. But as I expressed to multiple representatives from the committee, the current designs threaten to destroy the entire integrity of the Union. I was not alone in these critiques. Many community members present at the forum expressed very similar feelings. And interestingly enough, so did the design committee members. Although they demonstrated eagerness to work with the Historical Society, they still appeared frustrated by the limitations. They seemed ready to jump on any opportunity to reform the
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Proposed Memorial Union redesign would lose historical integrity. Plans have not been finalized. plans if given more leeway from the Historical Society. I understand where these guidelines originate. To simply cover up and hide a historic structure with a new addition would be an awful idea. These rules are in place to make sure historic buildings maintain their original feeling and integrity. In this case however, these rules do nothing but the opposite. Take into consideration, for example, Bascom Hall—another beloved campus building. The original structure, built in 1859, included only the middle portion of the building. In 1895 a south wing was added and in 1906, a north wing. Can you imagine what would have become of Bascom had architects then been forced to design “differentiated” additions? Instead, we have a structure today
that is unified and better for it. A representative from the State Historical Society of Wisconsin declined to comment, citing ongoing negotiations with the Union. But that’s just it—this should be a negotiation, a dialogue between both sides to produce the best possible outcome. And so far, that has not happened. The guidelines state that although new additions must be differentiated, they must also be compatible. In the current situation, differentiation was taken too far without enough consideration for compatibility. Given a better opportunity at compatibility, architects could complete a more logical and appealing lobby design for the theatre— one that would allow the structure to maintain its history without destroying its appeal.
There are over 400,000 current UW-Madison students and living alumni around the world today. I am willing to assume that many of them would hold fast to the Memorial Union as one their most treasured structures on campus. So, on behalf of those 400,000 I send out an urgent plea to the State Historical Society of Wisconsin: Please keep an open mind throughout negotiations for the Memorial Union project. Please understand when these rules begin to do more harm than good— keep in mind what the overall intention of historical preservation means. Please do not force design committee members into making decisions that will, undoubtedly, destroy the integrity of our beloved Union. Mark Bennett is a sophomore majoring in journalism and political science. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
AFTER group ad scandal leaves room for concern in ASM By Hannah Furfaro editorial board chair
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ecently, leaders in the Associated Students of Madison committed a series of questionable actions that are cause for concern over transparency in student government. A few weeks ago the registered student organization Associated Free Thinkers Ensuring Responsibility (AFTER) placed a full-page ad in The Badger Herald urging students to vote against the United Council referendum. The ad immediately sparked a suit from former ASM members who claimed using student segregated fees for election purposes violated a number of ASM bylaws and UW System election policy. In response, AFTER pulled two additional ads from The Badger Herald it planned to run later that week. While segregated fees arguably are used for political purposes all the time, this suit is particularly interesting because the named defendants are all either ASM committee chairs or members of the uppermost echelons of ASM leadership. At the Student Judiciary hearing Sunday, members of the AFTER RSO said the group was a) never a political party and should be allowed to advocate for issues they care about and b) intended to use private funds rather than segregated
fees to pay for the ad. Though the defendants may get by on such a loophole, the suit is only the tip of a much larger and deeper iceberg than anyone outside the ASM “good-old-boys” club would suspect. According to an interview last week with ASM Chair Brandon Williams—a named defendant who was not present at the hearing— AFTER began as an underground slate last spring composed of a number of notable long-standing ASM members including Williams, current ASM Chief of Staff Tom Templeton, University Affairs Chair Carl Fergus and Finance Committee Chair Matt Beemsterboer among others. When I interviewed Williams, he said there were “quite a few people” who coordinated their elections but never came out publicly as an opposition slate to last spring’s MPOWER slate. He said former SSFC Chair Kurt Gosselin, one of only three named members of the AFTER RSO, helped organize a number of the member’s campaigns. Williams was careful to differentiate between the AFTER slate and the AFTER RSO. He said after he was elected to student council last spring he was not interested in running for ASM chair as part of an official and potentially divisive slate. However, shortly after the election three members of the AFTER slate
including Beemsterboer, Fergus and Gosselin, decided to apply for an operations grant for a group they called “AFTER,” essentially formalizing and making public a group that had existed informally for months.
The underhanded tactics of the three named AFTER RSO members are appalling.
Williams said his understanding at the time was that the AFTER RSO funds would be used to advocate for issues AFTER cared about if members of the slate were not elected to leadership roles within ASM. Despite the RSO’s originally stated goals of hosting focus groups, speakers and discussion panels, the $4,056 they received in reality was only ever intended to be used as funds for their first goal: issue campaigning. In an e-mail sent from Beemsterboer to Max Love, a petitioner in the suit and a former member of Student Council, Beemsterboer said the AFTER RSO had no “regularly scheduled meetings” and the “only meeting this year was one that lasted all of 15 minutes.” Additionally, none
of AFTER’s funds were to be spent until the ad in The Badger Herald was placed, no speakers were ever brought to campus, no discussion panels were ever organized and no official membership lists were kept. Although students should be encouraged to form organizations and advocate for issues they care about, the underhanded tactics of the three named AFTER RSO members are appalling. Beemsterboer is the chair of the finance committee, which approves allocating operations grants for RSOs including groups like AFTER. His leadership role on the committee should have meant he had comprehensive knowledge of the ways student organizations are and are not allowed to use operations grants. Though many members of the AFTER slate had no involvement in obtaining the funds the AFTER RSO received, the way the named members of the RSO used their power to secure funds and their intention to use the money in violation of their own ASM bylaws is a testament to the potential for corruption in ASM. This type of power play is not new to student governments in UW System schools. In fact, the existence of the AFTER slate and AFTER RSO looks eerily similar to an election scandal at UW-Milwaukee that happened just a few years ago. During the 2007 student govern-
ment elections at UW-Milwaukee, it seemed as if years of corruption within the Student Association came to a head when a number of students were exposed for plotting to beat the system by forming student organizations, applying for segregated fee funding and then using those funds to help re-elect members who were also part of student government. One of the student organizations, the Students United for Change (SUFC), included a number of members of student government who were in charge of allocating the funds for student organizations such as SUFC. The rampant corruption in UW-Milwaukee’s Student Association and the most recent actions of the AFTER RSO members reveals the lack of transparency and accountability expected of RSOs and elected student officials. Any number of the 700 RSOs at UW-Madison could potentially use the same schemes as the AFTER gang and never get caught. It’s despicable that members of ASM leadership—individuals who are elected to preserve the student voice on campus—would knowingly violate ASM bylaws by using segregated fees to prop up their own personal political viewpoints. Hannah Furfaro is a senior majoring in journalism and political science. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
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Softball
UW splits doubleheader with Northwestern Badgers’ six-run rally in game one highlights weekend By Hayley Kuepers The Daily Cardinal
The Wisconsin softball team rallied in a historic come-frombehind victory in game one of Saturday’s double-header against Northwestern to edge the Wildcats 9-8 before being shutout 2-0 for the eighth time this season in game two. The Badgers (2-4 Big Ten, 20-15 overall) were originally scheduled to play one game Saturday and one Sunday against a Northwestern team (1-3 Big Ten, 19-10 overall) who was still looking for its first Big Ten win, but with inclement weather in Sunday’s forecast, both games were moved to Saturday. Thanks to a historic six-run sixth inning, the Badgers would make the Wildcats wait at least one more game to attempt to capture their first Big Ten win of the season. Sophomore left fielder Kendall Grimm ignited the Badgers’ offense with a one-out walk in the bottom of the sixth. After three more Badgers reached safely, Northwestern made a pitching change. Freshman Sammy Albanese entered the circle, relieving senior Jessica Smith. Even a new pitcher, however, could not contain the Badgers. Senior utilitywoman Dana Rasmussen, who came in to pinch hit for sophomore catcher Maggie Strange, was the hero of game one. Down three runs with the bases
loaded and two outs in the inning, she smashed the ball to center field. Sophomore centerfielder Kristin Scharkey made a play on the ball, but the ball hit her glove and rolled all the way to the wall. All three runners scored, tying the game 8-8, and Rasmussen slid into third with the first base clearing triple of her career. “I didn’t think it was gone,” Rasmussen said. “I just thought it was solid contact. I really don’t remember hitting the ball.”
“I’m just really proud of them. It shows a lot of character.”
Yvette Healy head coach Wisconsin softball
Junior second baseman Jordan Skinner followed Rasmussen with a single. The ball got away from Northwestern freshman second baseman Marisa Bast and Rasmussen crossed home for the go-ahead run to put the Badgers up for the first time in the game, 9-8. With the run, Wisconsin tied the record set back in 2004 for the biggest comeback in school history. On April 11, 2004, the Badgers rallied to beat Michigan State 11-8 after being down six runs in the fourth. “I’m just really proud of them,” UW head coach Yvette Healy said. “It shows a lot of character.” The Northwestern team hit UW starting pitcher freshman Cassandra Darrah early. The
Men’s Hockey
Schultz, Gardiner garner All-American honors By Ryan Evans
since the 2002-’03 season and tied for second in Wisconsin program history. The honors continue to roll in The West Kelowna, British for the Wisconsin men’s hockey Colombia native was also one of the ten teams dynamic defensive duo of finalists for the Hobey Baker Award as sophomore Justin Schultz and the most outstanding player in college junior Jake Gardiner. hockey. Schultz was also the The Badgers men’s WCHA Defensive player of hockey program has a the year, an All-WCHA seleclong and proud history of tion, the Insidecollegehockey. producing All-Americans, com Defenseman of the Year and on Friday Schultz and All-College Hockey and Gardiner added their News First Team honoree. names to that illustrious Gardiner, a Second-Team list, becoming the proAll-WCHA selection, broke SCHULTZ gram’s 36th and 37th Allout it a big way during his American honorees. junior season, ranking second The two Badgers bluelinin the country among defeners made up the most dynamsemen, behind only Schultz, ic offensive pairing in the with 41 points, which almost country, and the American doubled Gardiner’s previous Hockey Coaches Association career high in points. recognized them on their Schultz and Gardiner 2011 All-American team. scored 18 and 10 goals this Schultz received first-team year respectively, the first GARDINER honors and Gardiner was a time Wisconsin has had two second-team selection. The defensemen score in double two players are the third and fourth digits since 1989-’90. Wisconsin defensemen to receive AllSchultz announced after the seaAmerican recognition. son ended that he will be returning Schultz had a sophomore season for his junior season in 2011-’12, for the ages from the blue line for UW while Gardiner left school early, this season. He was the highest scoring singing a professional contract with defenseman in the country this season the Toronto Maple Leafs and is curwith 47, points and his 18 goals were rently playing for their AHL affilithe most for a college defenseman ate, the Toronto Marlies.
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Wildcats made Darrah work as they made it through all but one batter in the rotation in the first inning. The Wildcats scored three runs in each of the first two frames. After giving up six runs in just 1.1 innings, fellow freshman Amanda Najdek came in to relieve Darrah. Najdek gave up two runs in 5.2 innings to keep the Wildcats at bay, en route to winning her second game of the year. The Badgers started to inch their way back in the game before erupting in the sixth with homers in the second and fourth innings from sophomore third baseman Shannel Blackshear and junior designated hitter Karla Powell, respectively. Blackshear’s battle at the plate was especially impressive. After falling behind in the count 0-2 Blackshear fouled off pitch after pitch. Finally, on the 16th pitch of the at bat, Blackshear won the battle with a nodoubt about it home run. “It felt amazing because I honestly hadn’t even realized how many pitches I fouled off until my team told me,” Blackshear said. “To be honest, I am just so happy because I was doing it for my team.” By game two, the Badgers had little left in them offensively. They were only able to muster three hits compared to the eight timely hits they managed in the first game. However, with Najdek in the circle, the Wildcats were able to put some runs on the board thanks to five free passes issued by Najdek in the first three innings. In the second, senior left fielder Jordan Skinner found a gap in the infield to score Bast, who
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Shannel Blackshear’s hit a home run in the second and a two run single in the Badgers’ six-run sixth inning to help stun Northwestern. reached on a walk to put the Wildcats up 1-0. Junior first baseman Adrienne Monka scored the Wildcats’ second and final run of the game after Najdek issued her third walk of the inning. After giving up two runs in 2.2 innings, sophomore ace Meghan McIntosh came in to relieve Najdek. In 4.1 innings of relief, McIntosh held the Wildcats offense scoreless, giving her Badgers a chance, but
they were unable to strike. Even in a game where the Badgers struggled offensively, they still gave themselves a chance by following their aggressive approach on the bases. “People can say it’s hard to stay aggressive, but it’s hard not to,” Healy said. “You’ve got to look for ways to manufacture.” With the loss, Najdek evened her record to 2-2 on the year. Albanese got the win for the Wildcats.