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Studies critique UW-Madison diversity By Alison Bauter The Daily Cardinal

The Center for Equal Opportunity, a conservative think tank, released two studies on diversity at UW-Madison late Monday night, saying in a press release it found evidence of “severe discrimination” in the university’s undergraduate and law school admissions. According to the release, the CEO study found evidence of discrimination based on race and ethnicity, saying the university gave preferential treatment to African-American and Latino students over white and Asian applicants. “This is the most severe undergraduate admissions discrimination that CEO has ever found in the dozens of studies it has published over the last 15 years,” CEO chairman Linda Chavez said in the release. According to Chavez, the studies show “literally hundreds” of students have applied to UW-Madison undergraduate programs and been rejected in favor of students with lower test scores and grades because “they have the wrong skin color or their parents came from the wrong countries.” CEO will formally release its findings and answer questions at a press conference Tuesday. Meanwhile, many campus students and officials have already spoken out against the study, and plan to protest the event Tuesday. UW administrators quickly countered the CEO release with a press diversity page 3 conference Monday

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Dean of Students Lori Berquam and Vice Provost Damon Williams disagreed with the think tank study

Officials critical of findings By Alex DiTullio The Daily Cardinal

UW-Madison officials called an urgent meeting Monday to warn students of an upcoming “attack” on university integrity after conservative think tank released a study it says shows evidence of “severe discrimination” against white and Asian students in UW-Madison’s admissions process. Provost of Diversity and Climate Damon Williams and Dean of Students Lori Berquam called the meeting after hearing about the Center for Equal Opportunity’s press release. In the statement, President Roger Clegg claims two CEO

“HOT SPOTS” Bike Paths There have been a number of crimes, including robberies and assaults, on the Southwest Commuter bike path that runs through parts of campus and downtown Madison.

Concrete Park Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said police are noticing many drug-related incidents in Concrete Park in between Towers and Statesider apartments.

State Street Police recently cracked down on a “drug house” in the 500 block of State Street where hard drugs are distributed in cars outside on the street, Resnick said.

studies show evidence of “severe discrimination” based on race and ethnicity in UW-Madison undergraduate and law school admissions. The study states that black and Hispanic students are admitted to the university despite lower test scores and high school rank compared to white and asian students. CEO will hold a press conference to answer questions about the study Tuesday at 11 a.m, but Williams and Berquam wanted to preemptively warn students of what they believe are the organization’s true intentions. officials page 3 The “aggressive and right wing”

Police fight spike in downtown drug, gang violence By Taylor Harvey The Daily Cardinal

Police are seeing a spike in what they believe to be gang and drugrelated violence around State Street and other campus areas. Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said Monday that police are addressing the issue by increasing bike patrols around the city, which has proven effective because police are able to sneak up behind perpetrators silently. Although many of the attacks are not UW student-affiliated, police became aware of an increase in crimes perpetrated by gang members downtown. Resnick said police are noticing “hot spots” of criminal activities, including Concrete Park—the area between the Towers and Statesider on State Street—and the 500 block of State Street. “This is a dangerous trend coming forward,” Resnick said. City officials are also concerned about an increase in crime on the Southwest commuter bike path, which runs past landmarks like Smith Residence Hall and Camp Randall Stadium. Incidents include a robbery on the path between W Doty Street

and W Main Street Sept. 8. “Although convenient for folks to get around,” Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said, “these days people shouldn’t be using the bike path alone after dark.” Verveer said city officials are suspicious last week’s incident may be related to a gang initiation because the suspects involved were between 12 and 15-years-old. Verveer said Mayor Paul Soglin organized a meeting of all downtown campus area bar owners and managers last week to address the high level of disturbances in the downtown area this summer, especially in the entertainment district. “A lot of police and tavern owners have noticed undesirable crowds loitering downtown and engaging in disturbances,” Verveer said. Police recently uncovered a “drug house” on the 500 block of State Street, Resnick said, where drug distributors conduct business in cars on the street. In addition to increased bike patrols, police are also using funds from the Downtown Safety

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Elliot Ignasiak ignastrodamous

never knew that washing clothes could be so daunting a task. It was my freshman year of college, and everything was foreign to me as I was faced with the pressures of making new friends, adapting to a rigorous course load, and figuring out how to use a washer and dryer. I was enjoying the freedom that came with my mother no longer enforcing a curfew or lecturing me on the benefits of waiting until marriage, but I was dreading that she was no longer doing my laundry—a luxury I had enjoyed for 18 years of my life. We all live under the illusion that the choice afforded to us by technology makes our lives easier and more enjoyable. We associate choice with autonomy, and we assume that having more choices will lead to greater freedom and ultimately better welfare. Innovations such as computers, cells phones and satellite radios have certainly given us opportunities not available to previous generations. Yet both too many and too

few choices can leave us equally frustrated. No one wants to endure a road trip with a broken CD player and three options for radio stations: Country, gospel or contemporary-Christian-country gospel. However, it’s equally excruciating to be in a car with someone who can’t make it through 30 seconds of one song before changing it to another.

Given my distaste for anything Katy Perry has ever produced, I decided upon warm/cold.

With a basket of dirty laundry that had somehow survived a college introduction week of nonstop basketball and debauchery, I had my first real encounter with a washer and dryer. It was then that I began to wonder if increased choice was such a good thing after all. With five options for water levels, four options for temperature and three options for something I didn’t quite understand, the choices seemed infinite. I needed help, but I had to face the task on my own.

There was no way I could make a homesick call to my mother a week into celebrating my newfound independence. My first confrontation came with water temperatures. The options were: Hot/cold, warm/warm, warm/cold, cold/ cold. Warm/warm and cold/ cold seemed unnecessarily redundant. I threw out those options due to my suspicion of things that are wordy, verbose and unnecessarily redundant. What was left was warm/ cold or hot/cold. Given my distaste for most anything Katy Perry has ever produced, I decided upon warm/cold. Delicate, regular or easy/ care permanent press was the next barrier between me and a fresh basket of clothes. The first two were self-explanatory, but the third really threw me off. How can something be both easy and permanent? Good things in life don’t come easy, and permanent change takes knowledge, time, effort, and systematically breaking old habits and replacing them with new ones. Lasting, meaningful change is no quick and easy gimmick. It’s hard work. “What to do?” I asked myself as I tore pieces of hair from my scalp, which would surely

clog the machine. At this point I was contemplating moving to Africa and washing my clothes in a river. Luckily a cute college co-ed came to my rescue. Like a scene out of a straight-to-DVD romantic comedy we exchanged glances and then she helped me with my laundry while we traded bad puns about washing clothes.

At this point I was contemplating moving to Africa and washing my clothes in a river.

Luckily she didn’t seem to mind my “dirty laundry,” and I was able to turn my ineptitude into an endearing flaw and landed a date with her later that night. I could hardly contain my excitement as I began to prepare for the date. However, as I shifted through my huge basket full of clean clothes, one uncomfortable thought crossed my mind: “What do I wear?!” E-mail Elliot at eignasiak@wisc. edu to discover whether figuring out the washing machine and landing a hot date are worth giving up mother pampering you for the rest of your life.

Would you rather...? Skip the ice-breakers with our peers—found a more creative method of getting to know one another. My suggestion: Would You Rather…?

Jacqueline O’Reilly o’really?!

elp, it’s official. I am a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This means a number of things: I find myself bawling, “This is the last time I’ll ever (insert token Wisco-activity here),” on a disturbingly regular basis. I never turn down a cold Spotted Cow or a loaf of fresh, spicy cheesy bread because I don’t know how many more times such opportunities will come around. (Note: I’ve gained five pounds since returning to Madison.) Lastly, I have mastered how to get an A without reading and/or buying textbooks. (Just kidding, Mom and Dad!) Being a senior also means this is my fourth year of UW-Madison’s most awful tradition: Ice-breakers. Don’t get me wrong: I want to meet and enjoy getting to know my classmates, but must I do so by discussing what animal I’m most like and why? I’m tired of telling people I’m hippo because I have stumps for legs. It’s time we—awkward political science majors looking for an avenue to interact

Besides, Wisconsin is America’s Dairyland, not America’s Blowjobland.

Sure, Would You Rather…? is a bit juvenile, but the best things always are. Besides, I feel more comfortable discussing the intricacies of the American presidency once I know I’ve surrounded myself with people who appreciate smoked gouda and a nice glass of cold water. Thus I propose these three questions as alternatives to the tired, traditional ice-breaker:

Would you rather give up cheese or oral sex?

Anyone who says they would give up cheese has not thought this question through. Thankfully, society has progressed enough that people are free to admit they love third base, but I would much rather profess my love for fresh mozza-

rella than blowjobs, and that’s not because I’m shy about my sexuality. It’s because cheese is better than oral sex. C’mon people. Macaroni and cheese. Pizza. Cheeseburgers. Grilled cheese. Cheese curds. Need I continue? Besides, Wisconsin is America’s Dairyland, not America’s Blowjobland.

Would you rather walk in on your parents having sex, or have your parents walk in on you having sex?

Questions like this one are why Would You Rather…? is such a great game. No matter how you answer, you’re going to end up horrified. As soon as you think you would rather see your dad giving it to your mom, you start to spasm, vomit in your mouth and decide the opposite would be preferable. You then think about the visual your parents would get if they saw you and your boyfriend going at it on the “Toy Story” sheets you’ve never had the heart to take off your bed, and suddenly you are back at square one.

Would you rather give up the cold side of the pillow or drink tepid water for the rest of your life?

It’s the little things in life,

isn’t it? Well, this question forces people to decide exactly what little things they value most. And yes, this question may not be as funny or risqué as the previous two (something I’m discovering the hard way as I try to write about it in what is supposed to be a humor column), but it’s genuinely interesting, and is that not the intention of ice-breakers? You may think students’ answers to these questions are just as inconsequential as their favorite ice cream flavor (pistachio!) or sports team (Cubs!), but it’s not so much about people’s answers as it is the conversation Would You Rather...? sparks. It allows people to actually connect to their classmates instead of just scoffing at those students who still name “Friends” as their favorite television show. I’m not suggesting professors or TAs actually use these questions (yes I am), but if we could break free from the “OMFG ARE YOU A ‘HARRY POTTER’ OR ‘TWILIGHT’ PERSON?” nonsense, that would be stupendous. Would you rather not give up ice-breakers? Explain why or send any additional Would You Rather...? questions you have to Jacqueline O’Reilly at jgoreilly@ dailycardinal.com.

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Legislation to push back primaries By Ben Siegel The Daily Cardinal

To avoid repercussions from the national political parties, state legislators hope to push back Wisconsin’s presidential primaries. The Wisconsin State Assembly will vote Tuesday on a bill to push the state’s presidential primary election from Feb. 28 to April 3 in order to stay compliant with new federal guidelines. New primary election rules agreed on by both the Democratic and Republican national committees prohibit most states from holding primary elections before the first Tuesday in March. States that violate the new rules would lose up to half of their delegates at the national party conventions, decreasing their influence in the candidate nomination process. The national revision is meant to prevent jockeying between states, similar to what occurred in 2008, when Florida and Michigan moved primaries ahead of Feb. 5in order to

violence from page 1 Initiative, a portion of the city budget allotted to promote further policing efforts and reduce downtown crime. “[Police] are addressing the immediate, direct problems, but there’s still work to be done,” Resnick said. Although there have been some attacks on UW students, Resnick

officials from page 1 organization’s plan, according to Berquam, is to effectively eliminate affirmative action at UW-Madison. “I was so upset that our students are going to have to wake up in the morning and deal with this,” said Williams with tears in his eyes. “That’s not what students came here for.” Williams said CEO has a history of attacking universities’ admissions processes. According to Williams, the organization begins by requesting data and information from the university, which they analyze. Next, he said they issue a report and try to spin media in their favor, use sensationalized language and pit students against each other before moving forward with a lawsuit. Williams warned students they will hear consistent commentary over the next 24 hours challenging the validity of some students’ admission to the university. But Williams told students not to despair, for every student admitted to UW-Madison is and deserves to be a badger.

diversity from page 1 night. Vice Provost on Diversity and Climate Damon Williams called the CEO’s study an “attack,” predicating the group will “sensationalize the issue” and “pit students against each other” before filing a lawsuit. Williams said CEO is “very right-wing” and “very aggressive,” but urged students to stand together. “Don’t any of you have any fear,” Williams said.

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give their states a greater role in the primary process. The bill’s sponsor, state Sen. Mary Lazich, R-Waukesha, said she would like to see Wisconsin’s primaries happen early, and thus play a greater role in the overall candidate selection. However, Lazich conceded that the potential price of moving up primaries outweighs any gains. “My preference would be to have our elections as early as possible, to be a major player, but they wanted to keep Super Tuesday sacred,” Lazich said, using the name given to the election-year Tuesday when the majority of state primaries are held. “I don’t think anyone likes this.” The new date of the primary election, April 3, is designed to coincide with the state’s spring general election. “If we have to move to after March 1, it wouldn’t make a lot of sense to have [elections] the second Tuesday in March and the first Tuesday in April,” Lazich said. said he does not necessarily think students need to be overly cautious on State Street and University Avenue, because campus areas are “relatively safe,” given Madison’s size. “Students definitely need to be aware of their surroundings, because no distance to walk is too short for something to happen.” Madison Police Department Sergeant Jason Ostrenga said. “I want students to be able to be in power; to say this is who we are, this is what we value,” Williams said. He said students should lead the university’s response against CEO. According to Sarah Mathews, vice president of public relation for the Wisconsin Union Directorate, individual student leaders planned several oppositional responses to CEO’s actions following the meeting. One of the first responses will occur tomorrow, when students opposing CEO’s stance will hold a rally “to express their solidarity and pride in UW and a sense of togetherness,” said Mathews. “This is an unfortunate event happening at the UW, but atthe same time I think it’s beautiful the way its students are responding,” saidRebecca Pons, a member of the administrative staff at Multicultural Student Coalition. A debate over affirmative action between Clegg and a UW-Madison Law Professor is scheduled for 7 p.m. tomorrow night, after which Mathews said students will question Clegg on the CEO studies. Historically, CEO has followed similar studies with legal action against universities under investigation. Although CEO has won several cases, the center’s detractors accuse the organization of using misleading and flawed statistical methods and relying on false emotional appeals. According to CEO’s website, it believes many affirmative action and diversity programs constitute discrimination, and violate federal law.

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An exhibition of Taiwanese artwork opened at the Memorial Union Monday

Student government plans to fight for Mifflin block party By Anna Duffin The Daily Cardinal

Student government representatives began planning Monday to combat the possibility of city officials putting an end to the Mifflin Street Block Party Monday. Although the block party has been a UW-Madison tradition for decades, Mayor Paul Soglin and other city officials said it has gotten out of hand and bordering on dangerous in recent years. The Legislative Affairs branch of the Associated Students of Madison said it might need to compromise with Mayor Paul Soglin

and other city officials if students hope to keep the block party alive. United Council member Erika Wolf said Soglin was involved in the creation of Mifflin and would be willing to hear what students have to say about it’s future. “You all as students are in a really great place to negotiate with the mayor about continuing it because the last thing that I think he really wants to do is shut it down,” Wolf said. The committee discussed proposing changes to the party with Soglin, including making Mifflin a gated event, not allowing carry-

ins and making students show a WisCard before entering. Committee members said they wanted input from students before they begin attempting to negotiate with city officials. One ASM Representative, Karen Scott, said she did not know why it was important to support the event, which centers around drinking. “Obviously not everyone abuses the situation, but enough people do, Scott said. “I’m sure that it’s very unpopular of me but for me personally it’s not something that I need to work to support.”

New stickers make student IDs valid to vote in elections By Ben Siegel and Alison Bauter The Daily Cardinal

In order to vote in the next Wisconsin election, all college students will need is the right sticker. The Wisconsin Government Accountability Board unanimously approved a policy Monday permitting state universities and colleges to issue stickers for student identification cards that would validate them for identification at the polls. This comes as relief to universities, who would otherwise have had to pay, or have students pay, to make IDs compliant with a new law, passed in the legislature last spring. The law requires IDs to include an expiration date and signature, standards that no university in the state currently meets.

The stickers, which will display dates of issue and expiration along with students’ signatures, enable the use of existing ID cards for voting purposes. “This should help,” said UW System spokesperson, Dave Giroux. “With $250 million worth of budget cuts to make, we’re looking for cost-effective ways to comply with the new law.” Proponents of the law say it will decrease voter fraud in Wisconsin by requiring further verification of voters identities. However, the law faced intense public scrutiny when it passed last spring. Critics alleged the legislation disenfranchised student voters by disqualifying current student ID cards as valid forms of identification. One critic of the bill, former UW-Madison student and current District 5 Rep. Analiese Eicher, said she thinks the new legisla-

tion is “more reasonable” than the original voter ID requirements, which she calls “excessive from the beginning.” Eicher said the implementation of stickers is an improvement, but still presents a “hassle” to students who must seek them out the stickers to make their IDs compliant. “It’ll be a lot education,” said Eicher, “but for the time being, it’s not an awful solution.” More optimistically, Giroux said, “Anything that helps more UW students participate fully in our democracy is a good thing.” Under the law, proof of enrollment is required along with validated student IDs at the polls in order for the identification to be acceptable. The photo ID law takes effect Jan. 1, meaning students must have stickered student identification or another valid form of ID to vote in time for the Feb. 21 spring primary.

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By Riley Beggin the daily cardinal

As a member of the UW-Madison community, students have the opportunity to be exposed to cultures that are extremely different from their own. Unfortunately, not everyone has the patience to put up with the grueling time commitment of first semester foreign language classes or extra ethnic studies credits. Luckily, the Wisconsin Union Theater and the Wisconsin Union Directorate Performing Arts Committee have you covered with the Madison World Music Festival, happening this Wednesday through Saturday.

“This is a way to be exposed to a lot of different cultures in a fun, interesting, danceable way.” Esty Dinur Chair for Artistic Selection Wisconsin Union Theater

“I think that part of being at the university is really expanding your horizons and your interests and your knowledge. This is the funnest imaginable way to do it,” Esty Dinur, Director of Marketing and Communications and Chair for Artistic Selection at the Wisconsin Union Theater said in an interview with The Daily Cardinal on Monday. “This is a way to be exposed to a lot of different cultures in a fun, interesting, danceable way. It’s an exposure to something that’s not available to you otherwise.” With four days of acts

from over 10 countries across the world, the festival is sure to impress audiences. Shows are set to happen Wednesday through Friday at the Memorial Union Terrace, the Wisconsin Union Theater and in the Memorial Union Play Circle. On Saturday, the Festival takes to the streets at the Willy Street Festival, offering arts, crafts, clothing and food in addition to diverse musical performances. The MWMF is especially pertinent to students—not only is it free, it is organized by students through the WUD Performing Arts Committee. “As a part of [the committee’s] role, they advise us on stuff that students would love,” Dinur said. “There will be a lot of things that were booked with students in mind.” There will be a free shuttle service bringing people to and from Williamson Street on Saturday. The shuttle will leave from Memorial Union every hour and bring people back every half hour. Wednesday, the film “Cultures of Resistance” will be showing at the Marquee at Union South. The film explores how different forms of art are instrumental in the search for peace and justice on several continents. The film will be accompanied by an introduction and Q & A with Dr. Jonathan Overby of Wisconsin Public Radio. On Thursday be sure to catch Chai Found Music Workshop at 6:30 p.m. in the Wisconsin Union Theater. With a mouthful of a name, this band brings together traditional and contemporary Taiwanese sounds for a

What’s on tap Quench your thirst for new music and film with upcoming releases—for better or for worse

As the school year picks up speed, it is absolutely crucial to have an arsenal of new, distracting albums to accompany the barrage of homework we’re soon to be getting. Lucky for us, a ton of albums drop today, Sept. 13. New from Blitzen Trapper is American Goldwing, an album that is not garnering the same rave reviews of older releases and stays well within their classic comfort zone—but then again, if you’re a fan that could mean good things. Receiving positive reviews from online critics is Mates of State’s newest album, Mountaintops. This album marks their step away from the indie-pop genre and further out of their comfort zone. For a sure hit, check out Father, Son, Holy Ghost from Girls. Pitchfork dubs it “rich with feeling and alive with color and personality,” and Filter calls it “an astoundingly good record.” In film, look out for “Drive,” starring Bryan Cranston, Carey Mulligan and Ryan Gosling being released Friday, Sept. 16. Gosling plays the leading role as a Hollywood stunt-driver by day and criminal getaway driver by night. As a romance-fueled heist goes awry, the plot takes a dramatic turn. This action-adventure promises to be a great film—it’s definitely worth a look. For something a little lighter, check out “I Don’t Know How She Does It,” also being released this Friday. Starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Greg Kinnear, this comedy tells the story of a high-achieving woman bringing home the bacon to her architect husband and children and the complications that accompany her lifestyle. See something coming up that you think is worth mentioning? E-mail us at arts@dailycardinal.com.

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Specializing in a fusion of French punk, indie rock, Jamaican reggae, and Carribbean and Latin groove he calls “salsamuffin,” Sergent Garcia will be one of many international acts at the MWMF this weekend. unique performance. To get a taste of modern Islamic-African sounds, go to see Nawal, an artist who will be bringing her acoustic, rootsbased fusion to the Terrace at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday. Finally, don’t miss Frigg, a Scandinavian-bluegrass synthesis closing out the night at 9 p.m. The artists in Frigg come from villages across Scandinavia and from families that have long been famous for their fiddle music and are touring across the world this year. On Friday, audiences can look forward to the traditional yet danceable act of Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino from Italy at the Memorial Union Terrace

Friday at 5:30 p.m. For a truly otherworldly experience, you’ll want to witness the emergence of the Dragon Knights, appearing both Friday and Saturday evenings. “To have these amazing creatures show up, it is awesome in the true sense of the word. It is awe inspiring, especially for people who haven’t seen them before,” said Dinur of the gigantic, stilt-supported mythical creatures. Needless to say, they’re worth seeking out. “Saturday at the Willy Street Fair is pretty much an all-star day,” Dinur said, “Every band would be appropriate as a headliner.” As the most anticipated day of the Festival, the lineup is stacked

with talented and intriguing artists from Brazil, Italy, France and Colombia. Sergent Garcia of France will be playing two sets at the Willy Street Fair and will appeal to anyone who is into pushing the boundaries of traditional genres. With influences from Spanish-speaking cultures as well as French indie-rock, his performance is sure to be innovative. One of the most anticipated acts, Bomba Estereo, is also playing Saturday night on Willy Street, featuring six young Colombians performing electrotropical hip-hop. The full Madison World Music Festival schedule can be found online at http://uniontheater.wisc. edu/worldmusicfest/.

Music marks memories past Aimee Katz guest column

rowing up, it was pretty standard to have “Seinfeld” blaring on the television at certain times. When I was young, I liked Kramer because he had a funny name and George wore a fanny pack sometimes, so the show had me at Scene 1. Before the finale of the show, “The Chronicle,” Jerry recognizes the fact that his show has been airing for nine years, and if you count up the experiences they’ve had, it amounts to countless instances of the joys and problems life brings us. Jerry and his friends must be sending us some kind of message. The significance of this montage to me is the fact that it’s set to the “Superman” theme song. As Jerry’s favorite superhero, it’s only fitting that nine years of such a culturally relevant show is remembered through scenes of super proportions. The final montage of “Seinfeld” of course features other music by Michael Jackson and the cliché “Good Riddance” by Green Day. It was the end of an era, and it was appropriately celebrated with everything from Kramer walking a rooster down the street to Elaine being pissed at Jerry. How is music so essential in

marking moments in time? I’d call you a huge liar if you told me you’d never been asked to name a song that would be on the soundtrack to your life. I hate answering that question, but really I can’t help but think how we mature and become constructional listeners and critics of music. Music can’t help but define our lives. Describing our lives from “Party Rock Anthem” to “America” by Simon & Garfunkel, the lens through which we view and scrutinize music is directly correlated with our crazy, stupid, brilliant lives. One of my favorite things about how music is shared today is that it’s so easy to send something along to anyone with the line “I think you’ll like this.” It creates a conversation that has a power in and of itself to stir as much emotion as a song can evoke. What a great feeling it is to know that passing music on wraps you up in the experience digital music and its effect on audiences. I get pretty frightened when thinking of time passing. Often it leads to some minor (and probably overdramatic) existential thoughts and a wave of anxiety that only subsides when I give myself a dose of reality. Time goes on and like the “Seinfeld” montage, the memories we have impact the present. Music has a special quality for me that makes me think and

obsess. I’m often overwhelmed by music; I never think I can keep up. But after a while I’ve learned that it’s not about keeping up with what is leaked first and what Pitchfork has to say about it. Like a soundtrack, I meticulously choose what to listen to and when for the feeling they evoke rather than their popularity. “Seinfeld” ran for nine years. Nine years ago, I was a fickle sixth grader thinking I was the bee’s knees for listening to Ben Harper like my sister told me. Today I still listen to Ben Harper, albeit less pretentiously and for myself. If you gain anything from reading my silly column about the inevitable passing of time and the montage of music that accompanies it, I hope you will start to think about the beauty and creativity of music. We’re not all poets, so it’s only necessary for us to indulge in the treasures of others to diversify our memories. Whether you’re thinking of the time you embarrassed yourself at a Mallard’s game this summer or simply eating a meal with a good friend, there’s a song for that. The phenomenon of music is that it reminds us of our best and worst times and their true merit. Agree? Disagree? Want to share your personal soundtrack? E-mail Aimee at alkatz@wisc.edu

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Gun law creates unsafe campus

here you stand on the issue of Wisconsin’s “concealed carry” law—which allows licensed gun owners to carry concealed weapons in public places and businesses—likely comes down to one question: Do you feel safer with more guns around you? Under the new law, gun owners with the right permits can walk around armed almost anywhere they please, unless a business posts signs prohibiting firearms. At this university, it means someone can walk through public areas of campus, such as sidewalks, parks and Camp Randall tailgates armed to the teeth. So, does the idea of people walking around locked and loaded make you feel safer? If it does, you probably think this is a great law. With more guns on campus, you figure crime will go down because criminals would have to think twice before mugging or assaulting someone. You might even think the unspeakable tragedies like those that struck Northern Illinois University and Virginia Tech would be avoided here, because brave students could shoot down a would-be mass murderer.

But if having more guns around you doesn’t make you feel safer—if you realize that we’re not talking about trained SWAT team members and Navy SEALs carrying concealed weapons—this law robs you of something fundamental. It robs you of the safety and security you should always feel at this university. It might scare the crap out of you, because you don’t know if this place that has become your home is as safe as it used to be.

This campus is our home, and we have a right to be safe in our home.

More guns on campus, at least more guns around in the hands of people who aren’t guaranteed to be well-trained, does not make us safer. Crime is a problem on this campus and in this city, but the solution isn’t to have heavily armed citizens everywhere. If you want to fight crime, do it by stepping up enforcement. And not enforcement by civilian

vigilantes deputized with a special license, but enforcement by people who have the training to justify their weapons. Invest in the Madison and UW police departments. Give them the resources they need to put more officers in the streets, where they will keep us safe. Don’t just throw more guns into the mix, with less-trained operators, and think it make us safe or make us feel safer. This campus is our home, and we have a right to be safe in our home. UW police have said that since the university posts signs prohibiting guns in campus buildings, they have the authority to arrest someone who comes into a campus building armed. Still, that’s little consolation when we know the streets around our campus buildings just aren’t as safe as they used to be. We shouldn’t have to worry that Library Mall or Bascom Hill will turn into the O.K. Corral. We shouldn’t have to guess, as we walk around our university, if people we pass on the street are carrying firearms. We shouldn’t have to face the possibility that a student could walk onto campus with a gun and mow down our classmates—and that they would be following the law until they pulled the trigger. This new law places all of us in increased danger and steals from us of something that should be a given: The safety we feel at this great university, this temple to the free and secure exchange of ideas. As unlikely as it is to happen given the state of Wisconsin’s politics, the Legislature should repeal the law, and then Gov. Scott Walker should sign that repeal. It’s the only way to take our campus back.

New campus alcohol program too expensive Sam witthuhn opinion columnist

his year, the city and UW-Madison officials are going buck wild in their attempts to curb alcohol consumption among university students on and off campus. First, Mayor Paul Soglin introduced a Nuisance Party Ordinance that has the potential to put students on a “chronic nuisance list.” Then, he voiced his plans to halt the 2012 Mifflin Street Block Party, and now Dean of Students Lori Berquam looks to wean UW students off of Old Thompson’s teat through the initiation of alcohol awareness seminars. Last Thursday, Berquam sent a campus-wide e-mail warning students of stricter punitive measures for alcohol violations. As a result of a decision by the Chancellor’s Alcohol Group, students will now be required to take one of two alcohol education courses offered by two community partner organizations depending on first offense violations. In her e-mail, Berquam noted that “Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention of College Students, or BASICS, is a program designed to help college students make healthier choices regarding alcohol use.” And this means all students. BASICS classes can be taken in two forms. This first is a group session geared toward any firsttime violators and consists of two 90-minute periods. The second is a one-on-one course designed for habitual alcohol abusers or the students with a more serious violations, such as a detox visit. The course aims to educate students about alcohol consumption as it applies to them personally. From information about specific blood alcohol levels to safe drinking practices, the course has the potential to be an extremely valuable tool for students who participate in the weekend binge. While the initiative seems to be the perfect middle ground between strict alcohol awareness methods and maintenance of, as Berquam puts it, “[UW-Madison’s] vibrant social scene, rife with different ways to have fun with your friends,” one glaring flaw seems to undermine the entire program: The price. After committing just one minor offense, students may have to fork over $78 to participate in group BASICS classes, which is nothing compared to the $200 needed for the one-on-one sessions. I understand that breaking the law comes with consequences, but adding these additional charges ultimately sucks struggling students dry. UW-Madison needs to realize that BASICS program costs are on top of underage drinking tickets that can reach up to $263.50 for first-time offenders, detox costs that can peak at $407 for each stay and any additional charges determined by a judge.

One of the only perks to the BASICS fee is that it qualifies the program to act as a substitute for the state initiated Alcohol SMART class—a course issued by a judge for individuals looking to reduce penalties. In this case, students won’t be required to take the Alcohol SMART course if they inform the judge they will enroll in the universityrun BASICS program. But why a personal misconduct becomes the university’s business is somewhat controversial. That said, involving the university in a strictly citizenstate issue forces students to take on additional consequences that normal citizens aren’t subjected to—penalizing students substantially more than the state requires. Of course, benefits exist when the university intervenes with a repeated alcohol abuser, as officials have the opportunity truly to insert themselves into a problem situation. However, first-time offenses don’t tend to warrant these outstanding costs and additional penalizations.

One glaring flaw seems to undermine the entire program: The price.

Many students who receive their first drinking ticket are just the unlucky candidates chosen from an oversized hat. In this case, students will likely receive their drinking tickets, do community service and ultimately pay their debt to society. Adding on another $78 dollars and three more hours of course time in the hopes of telling a 20-year-old he has to wait one more year before he is mature enough to handle his booze is excessive. It’s great that the university is trying to educate students about proper alcohol use, especially with Madison’s prevalent drinking culture. But forcing students to attend these seminars as well as fund them is too much of a financial burden to take on. Clearly government and university officials are taking an iron-fisted stance against student alcohol consumption. This year, most every initiative designed to restrain alcohol use is targeted toward students, costing badgers an arm and a leg in the long run. In order to show the state that these penal measures are unwarranted, students need to be proactive in the conversation about proper alcohol use and policies. It’s important that students, now more than ever, prove the state wrong and demonstrate they are responsible enough to drink socially in such a vibrant and diverse campus environment. If not, the city and university students will ultimately make sure theypay more than just cash for their misconducts. Sam Witthuhn is a senior majoring in journalism and political science. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Walk in the park

Today’s Sudoku

Evil Bird

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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.

Imogine and the Goat

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BOXED IN ACROSS 1 Science milieus 5 Onetime Wrigley Field slugger Sammy 9 Riding accessories 14 Bread spread 15 Eager-beaverish 16 Asian capital on the Red River 17 50+ org. 18 Horne or Olin 19 Gemstones for some Libras 20 Gene Tunney 23 The ___ and outs 24 Terhune’s “___: A Dog” 25 Sound of a giggle 29 Israeli airline 31 Step into character 34 Like a dark room 35 Eddie Murphy, to “Saturday Night Live” 36 “___ extra cost to you” 37 John L. Sullivan 40 New Haven players 41 Oklahoma native 42 Climb up on a soapbox 43 “Norma ___” 44 The Drifters’ “___ the Roof”

5 Made a declaration 4 46 Protein synthesizer 47 Natural or mustard 48 Joe Louis 56 Authority 57 Ninny 58 Primal desire 59 What pandemonium lacks 60 Rombauer of cookbook fame 61 Help for a sales rep 62 Dutch painter Jan 63 Editor’s notation 64 Corm of the taro DOWN 1 Bread unit 2 Jai ___ 3 Ice float 4 Tenth grader, for short 5 Solution for dry eyes 6 Bakery fixtures 7 Carry a tune 8 West of “Batman” 9 Like glee club music 10 Word with “transit” or “fire” 11 ___ even keel (steady) 12 There’s one way up north 13 Palindromic sib 21 Connect with

22 Memorable mission 25 64-Across, for one 26 WWII plane ___ Gay 27 Borden cash cow? 28 Chart toppers 29 “Candle in the Wind” performer John 30 Fishing need 31 Ready to swing 32 Bill worth 10 sawbucks 33 Played around (with) 35 “Now, about ...” 36 Taj Mahal city 38 Kind of common stock 39 “Untrue!” 44 Not alive yet 45 Midnight meeting of witches 46 Call again, in poker 47 Dwarf of fable 48 Fruit-filled pastry 49 Jekyll’s counterpart 50 Asian sashes 51 St. John’s ___ (herbal remedy) 52 Drug smuggler 53 Produced offspring 54 “Good heavens!” 55 Make another version 56 Distress signal

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The Graph Giraffe Classic

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football from page 8 “I think our offense is going to be the same no matter what defense we approach,” Bielema said. “We’re going to find out what their strengths are, their weaknesses, and try to take advantage of what we do well and find the right balance.” Wisconsin has a more potent offense than both of Northern Illinois’ previous two opponents, so fans should expect junior running back Montee Ball and sohpomore running back James White to have big games on the

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A foot injury has put Devin Smith’s season in jeopardy.

ground this weekend. However, Saturday’s game presents interesting challenges for the Badgers. For one, it will be played at Chicago’s Soldier Field, making it Wisconsin’s first game this season played away from Camp Randall Stadium. The second challenge will be dealing with an opposing coach who is well-versed in the Badgers’ system. Doeren was the Badgers’ defensive coordinator from 2006-’10, playing an instrumental role in UW’s success over that period. Just prior to last year’s Rose Bowl, Doeren left the team to take Northern Illinois’ head coaching position. “I have been very impressed with how well his team has played clean on offense and defense,” Bielema said. “His kids competed all the way to the end.” In order to deal with Doeren’s familiarity with the Wisconsin defense, Bielema plans on altering many of the team’s basic tendencies. “Here’s a perfect time to kind of change up all the signals and communications, the things that Dave would know,” Bielema said. Co-defensive coordinators Chris Ash and Charlie Partridge will have to deal with this added task, but that shouldn’t keep the defensive unit from being any less effective than they were last week. On an injury note, starting senor cornerback Devin Smith will miss this weekend’s game and possibly much more time with a foot injury. “Devin’s season is in jeopardy,” Bielema said. Junior defensive back Marcus Cromartie will fill in for Smith for the duration of his injury.

MLB from page 8 This season on the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, the Mets devised their own plan to honor the New York Police and fire departments as well as the Port Authority Police by requesting to wear special NYPD, FDNY and PAPD hats for their Sept. 11 home game against the Chicago Cubs. These were the very same caps the Mets wore the night of Piazza’s famous home run. The hats conveyed “we’re with you” and “thank you” to the first responders. The only problem was the decree that came down from Major League Baseball (read: Bud Selig and Joe Torre) that the Mets could only wear their tribute caps during batting practice and the pre-game ceremony. Once the game started they would be forced to switch to their regular game caps with a small American flag stitched on the side, citing a

Tuesday, September 13, 2011 league-wide policy. I am especially baffled as to how Joe Torre of all people could be one of the people behind the ruling. Torre was the manager of the Yankees in 2001, and he of all people should know how much the Yankees and Mets meant to their shell-shocked city after the attacks. The ban on the Mets caps comes off as a sign of disrespect to the city. This wasn’t the Kansas City Royals asking to wear special caps; it was the Mets, a team that plays just a bourough over from where the attacks took place, a team that was involved in helping load trucks of supplies bound for ground zero. Even the NFL, which has earned the nickname “No Fun League” for its low tolerance of player antics and strict wardrobe rules, allowed its players to don special American flag gloves and cleats in honor of 9/11. It comes off as heartless to

make the Mets stick to the same uniform policy as every other team on a day that means so much to their fans and their city. I’m willing to bet that if the MLB was able to slap a $36.99 price tag on the hats before the game and put them on sale at every team pro shop and souvenir stand it could find, the Mets would have been proudly sporting the hats on Monday. Mets starting pitcher R.A. Dickey summed it up nicely on Twitter following the game. “It’s so much bigger than hats,” he tweeted. That is what the MLB failed to realize in this situation. The hats were a way for the Mets to stand up and support not only their city but their country as well on a day where we should all take pause to remember the sacrifice of the first responders. Do you feel the MLB was justified in their decision? E-mail Ryan at rmevans2@dailycardinal.com.

Taylor named Big Ten defensive player of the week Wisconsin junior linebacker Mike Taylor was honored Monday by the Big Ten as the conference’s defensive player of the week after his performance in the Badgers’ 35-0 win over Oregon State on Saturday. Taylor played a big role in the defense’s first shutout since October 31, 2009 against Purdue. The Ashwaubenon native recorded a career-high nine tackles, a sack, 1.5 tackles for loss as well a forced fumble in helping the UW defense hold the Beavers to 23 yards rushing on 24 attempts.

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Taylor is the Badgers’ second Big Ten weekly player of the week award winner of the young season. Senior quarterback Russell Wilson was honored as the conference offensive player of the week last week. —Ryan Evans

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MLB wrong not to allow Mets to wear caps honoring 9/11 heroes

Football

Ryan Evans not that one

here are few dates that brings our country together more than Sept. 11. On that day the usual divides that separate our country melt away and we all come together to remember and mourn one of the most tragic day in our nation’s history. Sports played a role in helping us recover from the shock and sadness of Sept. 11. They helped provide a sense of nor-

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Montee Ball and the Badgers’ ground game should be able to find running room against a porous Huskies’ run defense.

NIU presents unique tests for Wisconsin

By Matt Masterson The Daily Cardinal

For an offense that has been known for running the ball very effectively, the Wisconsin football team (0-0 Big Ten, 2-0 overall) showed this past weekend that the passing game can also be a formidable weapon. The Beavers made it clear early on that they were going to do whatever they could to stop the Badgers’ dangerous rushing attack, and while they were effective for much of the first half, that focus on the run allowed senior quarterback Russell Wilson to open things up through the air. “Oregon State wasn’t going to allow us run the ball, and we had to go to the air,” head coach Bret Bielema said. “It kind of loosened things up for the second half.” The Badgers’ bruising run-

ning game returned to form in the second half after wearing down the overmatched Beavers defense. However, it was encouraging to see that if running the ball isn’t working UW can rely on the passing game to get things done on offense. While the Badgers had a poor start on the ground against Oregon State, they should be able to bounce back against this week’s opponent, Northern Illinois. In their first two games this season the Huskies—who are coached by former UW defensive coordinator Dave Doeren— allowed a combined 556 rushing yards to Army and Kansas. But despite going up against a poor rushing defense, don’t expect the Badgers to make any big changes to the offense.

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malcy to people in the United States when the world they now lived in was anything but, this was especially true in New York where the destruction was the most profound and the first responders at the World Trade Center have become some of our nation’s most revered heroes. In New York, the Mets were one of the teams that provided a buoy of normalcy for the people of New York to cling to in the uncertain waters our country faced following Sept. 11. Ten days after 9/11, in the first sporting event in New York since the attacks on the World Trade Centers, Mets legend

Mike Piazza drilled a home run late in the game to give the Mets the lead. It remains the most iconic and significant blast of Piazza’s career. He put the entire city of New York on his back that night, providing an emotional release for its embattled and devastated people. Sports franchises in New York played a special role in the wake of Sept. 11 and since have found their own ways to honor the heroes of that day. For a few years now, teams have worn special “stars and stripes” caps each year on Sept. 11.

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