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SAFEcab program funding cut

Students push for state-level alcohol policy By Samuel Morgen The Daily Cardinal

By David Klein The Daily Cardinal

The Student Services Finance Committee removed the SAFEcab service from its Student Transportation Budget Monday. According to UW’s Transportation Services website, SAFEcab “provides emergency nighttime transportation to individuals who are outside the SAFEwalk boundary or who are not serviced by a SAFEride Bus route.”

“In the past couple of years, it’s just been a poorly run service.”

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SSFC Vice Chair Chase Wilson said students do not use the program on a regular basis. “You can only use SAFEcab six times, so no one is using it as a standard form of transportation because you can’t depend on it,” Wilson said. Wilson said students have used the program significantly less in the past two fiscal years.

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UW alters protocol for reports of prejudice By Sam Cusick The Daily Cardinal

UW-Madison administration is simplifying protocol for students to report incidents involving prejudice conduct, speech or expression.

“By having better knowledge as to where there are problems, we can put ourselves as a university in a better position to be proactive.” Kevin Helmkamp associate dean of students

Associate Dean of Students Kevin Helmkamp said the current procedure has deterred some students from reporting incidents, and the new protocol will allow for more complete reporting of bias. Currently, students must fill out a written form and deliver it to the Dean of Students Office if they wish to

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ASM Chair Allie Gardner and SSFC Rep. Tia Nowack were arrested in Washington D.C. while protesting student loan debt Monday.

ASM Chair, student leaders arrested protesting in D.C. By Anna Duffin The Daily Cardinal

Associated Students of Madison Chair Allie Gardner and other student government leaders were arrested protesting in Washington, D.C. Monday. Gardner, along with Student Services Finance Committee Rep. Tia Nowack, student council representative-elect Maxwell Love, United Council President Seth Hoffmeister and UC Board member Michael Pincikowski were staging a sit-in outside of Sallie Mae, a major student loan distribution cooperation, when Washington D.C. police arrested them. The five were protesting student loan debt during the United States Student Association’s Lobby Day, part of the organization’s annual legislative conference. 36 students were arrested in total while staging the sit-in outside Sallie Mae waiting for CEO Albert Lord. Sallie Mae officials gave the students three warnings that the police were coming, but none of the protestors left. Some crowd members joined the protestors after learning they would be arrested. Gardner said the average UW-Madison student graduates with

about $27,000 in student loan debt, and being arrested was worth drawing attention to the cause. “This is an issue that’s been really hidden in the shadows,” Gardner said. “It was really important that students make it clear that this is a serious crisis, especially for UW-Madison students.” According to ASM Vice Chair Andrew Bulovsky, student segregated fees funded Gardner’s trip to the conference, where she was representing UW-Madison. He said Gardner’s actions are “unbecoming of a Badger,” and reflect poorly upon the university and state. “Students are paying for people to go to D.C. to lobby on their behalf at the national level, and I feel like this is not a good representation of student government or students in general,” Bulovsky said. But Gardner said UW-Madison students should not have to feel the burden of substantial student loan debt after graduating, and she was protesting to support students at the university. “It’s unacceptable that students are graduating with $27,000 in loans completely on education so that they can give back to their state or community,” Gardner said.

Student government’s Legislative Affairs Committee discussed plans to advocate making a campus-wide policy to protect underage students who have been drinking from being punished after reporting an incident into a state law Monday. Under the Responsible Action Policy, University Housing officials or UW-Madison police cannot take disciplinary action against an underage student who has been drinking for reporting an incident. By making Responsible Action a statewide policy, Morgan Ray, the author of the proposal, hopes to protect people under 21 who may be afraid to seek medical assistance while dangerously intoxicated for fear of facing legal and monetary consequences. “I’m just trying to get help when they need it, or for a friend, because obviously alcohol poisoning isn’t good,” Ray said. In a poll recently sent out to the student body, over 53 percent of respondents did not know about the policy. Despite the relative obscurity of the policy, in the first year of Responsible Action in 2011, the second-highest amount of people were admitted into detox. But committee members said students on campus still fear repercussions stemming from calling an intoxicated friend in to detox. Ray hopes making Responsible Action a state law will eliminate the fear people under 21 might have of fines for underage drinking when they might need medical attention. Ray said she expects tension from conservative Wisconsin Legislatures in attempting to implement the policy. “Republicans like to think if they ignore something like drinking it is just not going to happen,” Ray said. “Somebody who needs medical attention, it doesn’t matter if they are 20 and three weeks away from turning 21 or if they are like a freshman or in high school. I think if they need medical attention they should be able to get help without the fear of tickets.”

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Legislative Affairs Committee member Morgan Ray said many students do not know about the Responsible Action Policy.

“…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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h the joys of floundering through the wonderful world of dating. So many nights spent lying awake giddy with excitement after a particularly phenomenal date, followed by a morning spent singing along to Otis Redding and Al Green. Yet, so many precious evenings wasted on a potential lover who you find out five minutes in thinks “Jersey Shore” and “16 and Pregnant” are the greatest shows on TV and thought your comment on B.B. King alluded to Burger King. Attempting to find a somewhat respectable and intelligent suitor can be quite the challenge while frequenting Wando’s every weekend and ordering a fishbowl with enough sugar and calories to meet your quota for the week. But if you miraculously spot a gem in the sea of seedy characters and decide to exchange your real phone numbers, what seems like your lucky night slowly turns into a barrage of troublesome thoughts. What I’m referring to is the stage you soon find yourself in after roundabout five to seven dates. Social norms do not dictate clear rules regarding what is and is not acceptable behavior during this limbo period that makes or breaks any potential relationship. After you get past those first couple of weeks of agonizing over whether you should text back right away and risk coming off desperate or wait 20 minutes and risk forgetting to even text back, a new set of pesky problems lay before you. The first predicament I typically stumble upon is, when is it accept-

able to send frivolous texts such as your roomie just flashed you her nips? Essentially this comes down to the question of when do you feel comfortable with him or her seeing right through your trivial text as merely a pretext to engage in conversation. This can be quite the terrifying prospect, but is crucial for establishing any kind of rapport with said person. You hardly get to know someone intimately if all of your conversations consist of, “What up?” “Not m u c h , y o u ? ” “Samez.” Moving forward a date or two, when can you switch from the asynchronous text messages that allow you to hide feelings of dejection or the fact that you’ve totally prepared your speech ahead of time to the menacing phone call? Before you make this monumental transition, you have to be sure you’ll have a steady voice and absolutely no dirty thoughts lingering in your mind in order to avoid a Freudian slip. “Would you like to meet me at sex tonight for dinner?” might make for a nice chuckle later on in the relationship, but you sure as shit will have ruined your wellprepared speech—and possibly opened up a new can of worms, namely said person trying to get in your pants the rest of the evening. Internal conflict number three: When can you show up to a party he/she invited you to without your posse of chums as your security

blanket? And if you do fly solo, are you going to be the awkward chap chillin’ at the keg trying to gain some liquid courage by pumping your stomach with a deplorable amount of Keystone Light? Or will your fantasy of dancing with said person to Notorious B.I.G.’s “Big Poppa” transpire? Keystone… Big Poppa? Next up: small talk. When do you get past the small talk stage (which, by the by, I am particularly unskilled at) and start probing a little deeper into the critical determinants of compatibility such as creamfilled doughnuts vs. plain or Nickelback vs. any other band in the world? (The correct answers undoubtedly being plain and any other band in the graphic by angel lee world, and any other answer being an immediate deal breaker.) Or, if you’re like me, what are your feelings on separate bedrooms? Once you sail past the small talk test, the next question that plagues my thoughts is when can you enjoy the sound of silence without sending awkward vibes? Now I happen to be quite comfortable with silence, but I find other people shifting their position, fidgeting or starting up a game of Angry Birds as a sign they feel somewhat uncomfortable with the lack of tête-à-tête. How long must we wait until watching a movie or eating a lovely meal with the occasional comment here and there does not result in getting knocked down to a five on the sexy scale? And if silence proves too unbear-

able for your beloved, can you make honest statements such as, “Sorry my breath smells like dirty gym socks, next time I’ll try and lay off the Fritos,” or “Is it cool if I pass on cuddling and go make myself a grilled cheese?” Or are those off limits until you have been necking for at least two months? And once you hit a relatively serious stage, the most daunting question of them all comes crumbling down on you: When can you go number two comfortably at his or her place? Does it depend on what kind of damage you’re planning on doing while you’re in there? Or do you just need a bottle of Febreze handy? If there is any prospect of spending 24 or more hours with someone, there is also a 95 percent chance this quandary will emerge in full force while you’re in their company. Dating norms have not sufficiently prepared me to deal with this dilemma, and it will most likely serve as the bane of my dating existence until my beau tells me straight up, “Everyone poops.” Thus far I have managed to maintain my game face to a somewhat respectable degree considering the sadistic ambiguity of the initial stage of dating, primarily because my prospective partners tend to either plummet very quickly on my rating scale or mysteriously fall off the face of the earth after date number two. Nevertheless, these pesky predicaments will continue to plague me until I find a poor bloke foolish enough to want to spend the rest of his sorry life with me. In separate bedrooms, that is. Have any hot tips you can share with Rebecca on how to tackle the dating field with a little more finesse? Send them her way at alt2@dailycardinal. com. She’d greatly appreciate all the help she can get.

Navigating the Madison Metro Jaime Brackeen brax on brax on brax

iding the Madison Metro is often a terrifying experience. Perhaps terrifying is too strong of a word; let me try again. Riding the public bus in Madison requires equal parts awareness, balance, mouth breathing, averted gazes and scowling. Being aware of your surroundings is key due to the high volume of insane people who will join you on your excursion around the city. The good news is this makes for a highly entertaining—if not slightly frightening—ride. For instance, there was my experience just last weekend on the seven, where I overheard an increasingly heated discussion with a man and someone on his phone. The spat culminated with him yelling, “Don’t call my parole officer!” Those are generally the words I want to hear coming from the person sitting mere feet from me. Having some semblance of

hand-eye coordination and quick reflexes is also key when riding the Metro. If you’re standing, you must be braced to reach for the nearest pole, seat, person, etc. lest you come toppling down upon the stranger next to you. Try as you might, it will never look smooth when the bus starts moving and you trip your way up the steps to the back seats while everyone stares at you. Even preparing to depart the bus can make for a precarious situation. Think it’s come to a full stop? NOPE. That’s just a slight pause to trick you into standing only to send you careening back into your seat and accidentally slapping the person next to you as it jolts forward in one bonus burst. (Not that I’m speaking from experience (Except that’s exactly what I’m doing).) I won’t say much on mouth breathing aside from, “Do it.” Trust me, there is no circulation on this enclosed rectangle and a full day of Lord-knows-who passengers does not make it the cleanest or freshest of locations. When you think about it, the bus is set up for awkward situations. Who thought it was a good idea to make two randomized sections of seats facing each other? Were these seats created so friends

could sit and chat on their jaunts across town? That’s what coffee shops are for. Nobody talks to others on the bus. Nobody. Yet more often than not, I am faced with the decision to sit next to someone who looks like they haven’t showered in a week or across from a shifty-eyed stranger. Usually I opt for the uncomfortable across-the-aisle seat and avert holding gazes. Normally I’m big on eye contact, but when sitting across from a stranger you cannot look up. One time I tried giving a half-hearted smile to the person facing me and they moved. They literally got up and SWITCHED SEATS. No one even wants you to look at him or her on the bus—they just want to get to their destination. This is where the scowling comes into play, because though I don’t think I look creepy enough to merit making someone so uncomfortable they move to a different seat, I can empathize with the situation to some degree. It’s not fun feeling an intense gaze settling on your face. Sometimes the gazes are angry. Ergo, sometimes I get off a stop early. By the transitive property, you might think all of these unpleasant factors make riding the bus a truly

miserable experience. And you would be right. However, there is one redeeming quality of the bus in the form of the drivers. It doesn’t happen all the time, but occasionally, you can end up with a good one. My favorite occasion to date happened on one of the sunnier Fridays this semester. I had missed my usual bus to work and hopped on a random one heading in the right direction. By the time I neared my destination other people had cleared out and all that remained was the driver and myself. Somehow, we struck up a conversation and, skip ahead a few minutes, my trip ended with this guy singing “Friday” by Rebecca Black. True story. It may be smelly, full of oddballs and require a drier version of sea legs, but I like to think that one day I will look back on my experiences riding the Madison Metro with a certain degree of fondness. Or maybe that’s just some of the crazy rubbing off on me. You really can’t be sure. Want to ride the Madison Metro with Jaime so she doesn’t have to try and avoid old shift-eyed anymore? E-mail her at jbrackeen@wisc.edu, and be sure to bring a bag of cheese puffs—metro riders love them some cheese puffs.

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Professor Emeritus Paul Boyer dies at 76 Religious history expert and UW-Madison Emeritus Paul Boyer died Saturday after a short battle with cancer at age 76. Teaching at UW from 1980 to 2002, Boyer was best known for his work studying the impact religion has on the American life. While coping with a diagnosis of late-stage cancer, Boyer finished scholarly projects he had been working on, such as revisions on a textbook and his final book “A Very Brief Introduction to

American History” that will be published later this spring.

“The way he faced the hand he’d been dealt was absolutely emblematic.” Charles Cohen professor and Boyer’s colleague

“The way he faced the hand he’d been dealt was absolutely emblematic. He didn’t rail; it

was very matter-of-fact,” colleague Charles Cohen, a history and religious studies professor, said in a statement. In addition to his time as the Merle Curti Chair in American History, Boyer also directed the Institute for Research in the Humanities and was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. A memorial service will be held Friday, April 27, at 4:30 p.m. at the First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive.

Police: man assaults woman, bites man in downtown bar

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MCSC leadership team members have said SSFC has a history of defunding multicultural student groups.

MCSC contests SSFC budget call to Ward By Anna Duffin The Daily Cardinal

After the Student Services Finance Committee denied the Multicultural Student Coalition funding in October, the group appealed the decision to Chancellor Ward last Friday. In the appeal,the group said UW-Madison administrators are facilitating SSFC’s “student fee mismanagement, overt multicultural incompetence, and downright discriminatory methods of institutional racism that are at work.” The group said Dean of Students Lori Berquam should have reached out to MCSC to ensure the right of all students to allocate student fees were protected. But SSFC Chair Sarah Neibart said Ward upheld her committee’s ruling because SSFC ruled in a fair manner. “They know we went through the process very thoroughly and we were in the right,” Neibart said. MCSC said the criteria SSFC uses to determine what qualifies as a “direct service” to students has been used to deny many groups that represent

protocol from page 1 report an occurrence. Under the new process, Helmkamp said an investigative team will be in charge of determining what happened in each incident. Following this, a “response team” composed of various departments and relevant personnel will determine how the university should respond. “I would hope that [the new protocol] strengthens our ability to support individual students who experience incidents of bias,” Helmkamp said. Administrators are testing the new process to address a recent

minority students funding eligibility in previous years. The group said the trend is indicative of “institutional racism.” “Given the absence of both student fee training and multicultural competency training, the predominantly white and cross-culturally ignorant student body of the SSFC and their ASM professional support staff were unable to agree on an intelligent, neutral, and collective way to determine which of the groups’ activities count as ‘direct services’,” the appeal said. Student Judiciary Chief Justice Kate Fifield said other student groups, such as the Collegiate for a Constructive Tomorrow, have also been denied funding regularly. Fifield said she does not believe any of the justices took into account that MCSC represents multicultural students when ruling. “I’ve promoted really high standards of impartiality and ethical behavior on the student judiciary and if I honestly believed that any of the justices were making decisions on a racially-motivated basis, they would be gone immediately,” Fifield said. report of students at Delta Upsilon party at UW-Madison shouting racial insults and throwing a bottle at two African-American women. Officials will then assess the protocol’s strengths and weaknesses. Helmkamp said the new protocol will also allow officials to better track prejudice altercations. He said this will allow the university to identify patterns causing such incidents, which can help prevent them from happening in the future. “By having better knowledge as to where there are problems, we can put ourselves as a university in a better position to be proactive,” Helmkamp added.

Madison police arrested a 24-year-old Monona man for sexually assaulting a Madison woman and biting the neck of another man at a downtown bar early Sunday morning. While dancing at Whiskey Jack’s Saloon, 552 State St., Benjamin Hoppe allegedly forced a 21-year-old woman to touch his groin area, according to Madison Police Department

spokesperson Joel DeSpain. Hoppe also bit the neck of a 21-year-old man. The male victim told police Hoppe suddenly approached him from the crowd and was “acting like a vampire,” according to DeSpain. Police said after Hoppe bit the man’s neck, he immediately retreated back into the crowd. The bar’s bouncers tracked

down Hoppe and removed him from the bar where police arrested him, according to DeSpain. “Whiskey Jacks and all of its employees hold our guests’ safety as the number one priority every day,” manager Joel Hurley said. “...We strive to handle any situation in a professional and timely manner every time.” —Sam Garigliano

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Madison police arrested a Monona man for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman and biting a man in the neck at Whiskey Jack’s Saloon early Sunday morning.

MLB commissioner Selig to lecture on campus in April The Brewers’ home opener may be on April 6, but Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig is bringing baseball to UW-Madison with his lecture on April 10. “Talking Baseball: The Challenges of Communicating in Turbulent Times,” will be held at the Pyle Center and open to the public. Selig’s lecture is part of the annual Taylor Lecture series,

named after former journalism professor and university official Robert Taylor, and meant to bring distinguished communications professionals to students, according to the university’s statement. After graduating from UW-Madison in 1956 with political science and history degrees, Selig later brought baseball back to Milwaukee in 1970 as owner and president of the Milwaukee Brewers. He has served as com-

missioner of the MLB since 1992. Selig established the Allan H. Selig Chair in History at UW-Madison in 2010, which will provide a faculty position for teaching and research on the interplay between professional sports and their larger social contexts. The commissioner will retire to his alma mater in 2012. Selig plans to write his memoirs and teach from his office in the Humanities Building.

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SAFEcab should look to other cab companies for late night transportation. “You’re going to have to tip anyway even if you use SAFEcab,” Plamann said. “As someone who regularly uses [cab companies], it’s actually cheaper for me to call and pay them.” While acknowledging SAFEcab’s problems, SSFC Rep. Ellie Bruecker was hesitant to completely remove the service from the budget. “We’ve been seeing more

reports of assaults on campus,” Bruecker said. “That concerns me for us to be cutting the SAFEcab service at the same time. I’m just not sure that if we’re looking to cut costs this should be the area to look in.” Wilson said although students typically pay for the service through their segregated fees, the service could still be funded through other means. “In the past couple of years, it’s just been a poorly run service,” Wilson said.

Between 2009 and 2010, student use decreased by 70 percent, and between 2010 and 2011 it dropped an additional 30 percent. “SAFEcab was first created when students originally did not have access to cell phones or debit cards,” Wilson said. “It’s a redundant service now given that SAFEwalk and SAFEbus already operate.” SSFC Rep. Cale Plamann suggested students who do use

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he longer a band takes to set up and the more instruments they have the more pretentious and difficult to relate to they will be. At least, this was what I thought before Friday night. Der Rath has hosted some interesting bands, but none that have roped me in as much as the Winter Sounds. It was a little difficult for me to be excited when it took almost 45 minutes for the band to get their shit together and get out on stage, and then sound check. Imagine my dismay when they decided to pull two vocal mics to the floor and gather around them with an accordion, acoustic guitar, violin, banjo and snare drum. To my surprise though, the band blew through three or four bluegrass songs, including a rendition of 1993’s “What Is Love.” Yeah, the song from “A Night at the Roxbury.” It was great. Between the adept banjo and pounding acoustic guitar were beautiful vocal harmonies that had me yearing for more. At first, people were dancing on the floor in front of the band, some were making fun at first, and then people really started to dance and enjoy the band. By the time they quit to jump back on stage and take up their normal instruments I was ready to be let down. I felt like they couldn’t match that initial intensity. The dancing may have died down a little bit, but it was still the most packed I’d ever seen the “dance floor” of Der Rath, and the band was even better plugged in. Gone was the banjo, replaced with a bass guitar, the acoustic guitar switched out for a telecaster and the accordion swapped for keys. The genre bending that ensued was amazing. People who know me will know that I hate any time someone tries to use more than two adjectives to give a band a genre. Post-shoegaze electro-pop rock is way too many words for one band. I don’t care that they kind of sound like a few bands from Britain in the early ’90s or that they have electronic elements. The Winter Sounds just calls itself an indie band, and while that can mean a ton of things, I approve. It’s so much better than country gospel-tinged poprock. Some of the songs were straight-forward rockers, like “Trophy Wife,” but the harmonies had that country/gospel sound that gave it so much more power. What really brought this band’s sound home though was the instrumentation. The violin functioned like a lead guitar, while the guitar and bass both flirted with rhythm and melody, and the keys too took on this double role. It was a cacophony of beautiful noise, but the melody was always at the fore.

Animals in Human Attire, a band from Milwaukee, was another band present that night that had some interesting instrumentation. The bass was held together with duct tape, which didn’t leave me with too much hope initially, and there was a drum set assembled from various buckets and propane tanks and a giant tonal bass drum that had seen better days. It looked a little ragtag to say the least, but the energy of the band blew me away.

People who know me will know that I hate any time someone tries to use more than two adjective to give a band a genre.

The talent these guys had was obvious, keeping those of us who opted to stay after the Winter Sounds left on our toes, at the very least. Most of the set was high energy and raucous, but the accents from the unique percussion in the back and the added intrigue of the dying bass guitar (it cut out several times, but it sounded amazing when it was there) had me tapping my foot. The only problem that comes from being unique is that a band might miss the mark. The live setting definitely helps with this, and I don’t know how I would have felt had I listened to either band’s recorded work first, but with this experience behind me, I can say that I will be picking up copies of both band’s albums. Have you witnessed a unique, killer band recently that you think deserves some attention? Send your questions and comments to Jeremy at jgartzke@ wisc.edu.

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School’s out for Spring Break: Getting ready for vacation with warm-weather music Getting ready for heavy margaritadrinking, ocean-swimming and terrible sunburns is easy— all it takes are some beachy, happy jams to add to the hype. That’s where we come in handy. With the proper tunes in your arsenal, maybe you’ll need a little less aloe next week.

1. “Default”— Django Django 2. “Friends of Friends”—Hospitality

3. “By Your Hand”—Los Campesinos

9. “Spirit In The Sky”—Norman Greenbaum

4. “Rigamortus”— Kendrick Lamar

10. “Summertime Clothes”—Animal Collective

5. “Rich Girls”— The Virgins 6. “The Walk”— Mayer Hawthorne 7. “Island in the Sun”—Weezer 8. “Roadhouse Blues”—The Doors

11. “D.A.N.C.E”— Justice 12.“Lasso”— Phoenix 13. “ Travelers”— Bright Moments 14. “Zorbing’”— Stornoway

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Gwar and Peace Gwar, a heavy metal band from Virginia, brought their elaborate stage performance to the Majestic Theatre Monday night—decapitated heads and all. + Photo by Grey Satterfield

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he recent controversy surrounding the Trayvon Martin case, in which an unarmed 17-year-old AfricanAmerican male was shot and killed by George Zimmerman, a Hispanic neighborhood watchman, has given rise to protests across the country. Prominent figures such as President Obama, and the Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson have all made public statements regarding the case. Even the New Black Panther Party, which has a history of supporting violent, leftist, black supremacist causes, has placed a $10,000 bounty out for the capture of Zimmerman. Meanwhile, a similar case in Wisconsin has gone largely

unnoticed by the national media. However, individuals in West Bend protesting the death of Bo Morrison have drawn parallels between the two cases. In Slinger, Wis. during the early morning hours of Saturday, March 3, Morrison, a biracial 20 year old was shot and killed inside the home of Adam Kind. Kind claimed legal justification under the “Castle Doctrine” law, which was recently passed under the Walker administration. Because the full details of the Trayvon Martin case have yet to be released, I will focus on the Morrison case, arguing that the Castle Doctrine law was not only appropriately applied, but also that the law in general provides good standards of self-defense for property owners. At around 1 a.m. on Saturday, March 3, Adam Kind was woken by loud music playing at a neighbor’s house. After confronting

an individual inside a car on his neighbor’s driveway, Kind called the police. The police arrived and noticed alcohol and the smell of marijuana outside of the garage. The police contacted the owner of the house, Tim Hess, and informed him of the situation. Tim went to the garage, kicked down the door, and told the individuals inside that the police had the place surrounded. Morrison, who was at the party, ran. He went to Adam Kind’s house, entering in Kind’s three-season room. Kind told police that after hearing a loud disturbance, he grabbed a revolver from his closet, and went downstairs. He found Morrison crouching between a dresser and a refrigerator on his porch. Morrison stood up and was shot by Kind through the heart and lung, which proved to be fatal. Kind talked to the police about the situation. His actions were found to be justified under 2011

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Assembly Bill 69, which passed the legislature with bipartisan support last year and was signed by Gov. Walker. The bill states that courts must assume an individual using lethal force reasonably believed that it was necessary if the intruder was unlawfully or forcibly entering the residence of the owner, and that the owner was inside his residence at the time force was applied. These two conditions were clearly met in this case. I believe all life has value, and I am in no way saying Morrison’s death isn’t a tragedy. However, of the few legitimate functions of government, provisions for the protection of property are essential. The previous standard under Wisconsin law stated that an individual must be in harm’s way before lethal force is justified. In my opinion, this previous standard is dangerous and gambles with the safety of the individual who is trying to

protect himself. The new Castle Doctrine standard is far more appropriate, and fair to property owners. If an intruder has forcibly entered a residence without the knowledge or consent of the owner when he or she is home, the potential for harm directed towards the owner is implicit. I can see how some individuals would protest that this gives property owners the right to shoot anyone that walks on their lawn, or the right to shoot kids trick-or-treating on Halloween. Neither of these two cases meet the standards required under this law. These standards are strong and fair, and provide the owner with a sense of safety in knowing that if someone breaks into his home, he is not defenseless, and the law permits him to act. What do you think about Wisconsin’s Castle Doctrine? Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

Letter: DU incident is an opportunity to create change Matthew Neikrug Letter To the Editor

y now, most people on the UW Campus are familiar with the story surrounding the Delta Upsilon Fraternity. Two African-American female students were trespassing on the fraternity’s property when, allegedly, a couple members of the frat drunkenly yelled racist and classist epithets and threw a glass bottle in the direction of the two girls. Thankfully, no one was hurt. As an individual who views himself as an ally, and more impor-

tantly a friend, to minority students on campus, this issue hits extremely close to home. Unlike most people I have come across in regards to this issue, I am not going to defend myself by noting how many “black friends” I have, nor am I going to list the ethnic studies courses I have taken. Even more importantly, I am not going to say, “I know what it feels like,” because I don’t. I did not choose my skin color, it was simply the hand that was dealt. I was once a member of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity. There, I said it. If that makes this article

“biased,” please feel free to stop reading here. I stopped attending events about two years ago because I realized that the fraternity lifestyle is based on three things: parties, members of the opposite sex and alcohol. One of the main reasons I disassociated myself from this scene was because of the insensitive ways that some individuals treated issues pertaining to race. It was astonishing how many times I heard “the N word” casually tossed around by white friends because they assumed that we were the same because of our

similar skin color. With that being said, here is what I take away from this particular incident: Dialogue. Racism is real. It exists. And it is highly prevalent on the UW campus. While it is not an issue unique to this campus, it is something that needs to be addressed explicitly, directly and immediately. To do this, we must first change the dialogue we use in situations of this magnitude and sensitivity. To claim that “the entire campus is racist” or “I’m not racist and I’m in a frat” only separates us further, and fails to address the root of the problem. If we are not careful about our language, it becomes impossible for us to communicate. Does the individual represent the whole? Whenever there is an incident such as this, the organization almost always issues the statement, “these individuals do not represent the group as a whole.” This is particularly troubling on two levels. First, the president of the fraternity, who was out of town at the time of the incident, is taking heat for an issue that was entirely out of his hands. In this sense, the individuals do not represent the whole. On the other hand, without even knowing the full details of the situation, the Interfraternity council and other Greek-affiliated organizations said in a statement that this does not reflect the entire UW-Madison Greek community. While I understand that this is a political move, there is undeniably something in Greek life that many students, including myself, have found troubling for years and years. This is not a new problem and to continue to deny any connections between fraternities and inappropriate behavior would be a disservice to the larger campus community. The problem is with fraternities and sororities. There is nothing wrong with having a single individual who has a particularly bad idea. However, it becomes a very large problem when multiple individuals bounce bad ideas off one another. Fraternities and sororities group like-minded people together. Ever heard of “group think?” When ideas that are homophobic or racist

get thrown in the mix, this situation becomes increasingly disturbing. Alcohol. It is the ultimate cash cow of Wisconsin and it seems to be the unspoken truth underlying many scenarios such as this on campus. The university makes money not only in pitcher sales at the union, but more importantly by maintaining its reputation as one of the nation’s top-ten party colleges. Alcohol does not create racism, but it certainly leads to more reckless behavior. What I would like to see: Everyone is eager to address the problem; no one wants to create the solution. For once, I would like to see an individual who is called out for his/her discriminatory actions use his/her unique position as an opportunity. A situation like this is not only a tragedy, but also a chance to create change. How incredible would it be to see a member of this fraternity step out—rather than deny allegations—and admit that there are actually aspects of this Greek lifestyle that do not serve to better the community? As a former member of Delta Upsilon, it is easy for me to say this. However, ask anyone else and I am fairly certain they will tell you, “I do not represent the whole.” I could write for days on the frustrations of this topic, but my voice can only reach so far. At the end of the day, the solution is both extremely complex and overly simple. Look at Greek life on campus. Who has the houses lined up on Langdon with red cups polluting the sidewalk? Who has the resources to get away with alcohol-related infractions every other semester? Multicultural fraternities continue to handle their business providing community services without breaking the rules. They do this all while handling issues such as this in the precise manner that the university expects from them. Yet, this instance will probably blow over in the following weeks and many frat bros will continue to party hard without ever taking a moment to recognize their privilege. Matthew is a student at UW-Madison. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Today’s Sudoku

Counting down to Spring Break

Evil Bird

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By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu

Eatin’ Cake Classic

By Dylan Moriarty EatinCake@gmail.com

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

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

Tanked Life

By Steven Wishau wishau@wisc.edu

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

Caved In

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THINK IT OVER ACROSS 1 Male admirer 5 River to the Caspian Sea 9 Sheer brilliance 14 Norse god of war 15 Mane area 16 “Jurassic Park” dinosaur, e.g. 17 Dog’s high-pitched cry 18 Well for the French 19 “Philadelphia” Oscar winner 20 Reservation opening 23 Former Vice President Al 24 Briefest acceptance speech? 25 Happy folks on election night 28 Disrobe 31 “Simpsons” grandpa 34 Dusty memento 36 Wedder of Lennon 37 Door-to-door cosmetics company 38 “And now?” 42 Pupil’s colorful place 43 First of a vowel fivesome? 44 More maneuverable at sea 45 She may have quite a habit 46 Part of an Egyptian pound (Var.)

9 Make an effort 4 50 Victorian or Edwardian, e.g. 51 Line about which the earth turns 53 Frustrated crossword solver’s cry? 61 Unspoken, as an understanding 62 Tiniest of margins 63 Fully engrossed 64 Bail out from a jet 65 Bear in the night sky 66 Window picture 67 ___-eyed (close to tears) 68 Exercise establishments 69 Talking bird DOWN 1 Laddie, in Australia 2 Place of a very tricky serpent 3 Is green around the gills 4 Unfasten, in a way 5 Still enjoying womb service? 6 Came down in buckets 7 Did an impression of 8 Advanced, as cash 9 Alpine sounds 10 “Santa ___ Is Coming to Town” 11 Suit size designation 12 Ancient emblem of life 13 Midterm or final 21 Shrink’s furniture

2 A caddy may hold it 2 25 Steve the late Crocodile Hunter 26 India’s first prime minister 27 Rubbed out, as a dragon 29 Boxing ring borders 30 Dir. from Memphis to Nashville 31 Prevent, as danger 32 Stocky dog breed 33 Ledger line 35 Nitpicky word for grammarians 37 California’s Santa ___ winds 39 Like some kites 40 Vegetable in a pod 41 Damascus is its capital 46 Like a woman in a Roy Orbison classic 47 Beijing belief 48 In-crowd actors? 50 Vote off, a la “Big Brother” 52 Theatrical backdrop 53 Couple on a gossip page 54 Visitor to Mecca 55 Hotshot pilots 56 Mob hoodlum 57 “Diff’rent Strokes” actor Coleman 58 Frilly 59 “Once ___ a midnight dreary ...” 60 Italian volcano

By Nick Kryshak nkryshak@wisc.edu

First in Twenty Classic

Washington and the Bear

By Angel Lee alee23@wisc.edu

By Derek Sandberg kalarooka@gmail.com

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football from page 8 filled. For Wisconsin it will be critical to find a replacement for departed quarterback Russell Wilson. Expected to compete for the quarterback job in spring practice are redshirt freshmen Joel Stave, redshirt junior Jon Budmayr and redshirt senior Curt Philips. All have had questions trailing including Stave’s lack of leadership experience as a freshmen and Budmayr’s plague of injuries throughout his career. Despite the doubts, Bielema is confident that his quarterbacks can develop. “I believe we are looking at a 70-percent completion percentage through two practices, which we’ve never been at that level before with those kind of quarterbacks,” Bielema said. Also expected to compete once fall practice starts is incoming freshmen and highly touted four-star prospect Bart Houston from Concord, Calif. Houston played his high school ball at nationally renowned De La Salle High School and won multiple section and state championships in the golden state. Houston is just one of an incoming recruiting class—a class that has con-

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tinued a tradition of strong recruiting efforts during the Bielema era. “One of the hardest things for me right now is we’ve come off two Big Ten championship seasons, and we can really do some nice things in recruiting,” Bielema said. “But I only have nine scholarships this year, so you really have to be detailed about who you’re offering, how you prioritize and where you prioritize guys.”

“The way the guys have practiced the first two days has been exceptional.” Bret Bielema head coach Wisconsin football

In the upcoming season, the high school football talent of Wisconsin that has led to the rise of the Badgers’ program will be tested by out of state programs this year. The limited number of scholarships that the Badgers have available to offer recruits will force Wisconsin to be more aggressive in targeting and getting

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The biggest holdover from Wisconsin’s 2011 Rose Bowl squad is senior-to-be running back Montee Ball. Ball was a Heisman finalist last season after scoring 39 total touchdowns. the prospects they want. “Here at Wisconsin, in-state recruiting is the heart and soul of what we do in our program,” Bielema said. On the injury front, Badger fans have nothing to worry

about at the all important running back position, as Heisman trophy finalist Montee Ball is as healthy as ever heading into this spring. Staying on the offensive side of the ball, redshirt junior Jared Abbrederis was described

by Bielema as being “restricted” due to injury. On defense, the defensive front goes into spring healthy with the exception of redshirt junior Chris Borland, who tweaked a hamstring during winter workout.

Men’s Basketball

Taylor named All-American for second straight season By Max Sternberg THE DAILY CARDINAL

While he finished the season with team-highs in points, assists, minutes and assistto-turnover ratio, many have gone so far as to characterize Wisconsin guard Jordan Taylor’s senior year as a disappointment.

Despite the criticism, Taylor finished his senior campaign averaging 14.8 points and 4.1 assists per game, picking up first-team All-Big Ten honors in the process. In the postseason, Taylor stepped his game up another notch, averaging 16 points and five assists in three NCAA Tournament games,

committing just three turnovers in the process. However you break it down, Taylor made history Monday when he earned AllAmerican honorable mention from the Associated Press. The Bloomington, Minn. native becomes just the second player

in Wisconsin men’s basketball history to earn multiple AllAmerican honors, having been a second team All-American selection for the 2010-’11 season. Though his career ended in disappointing fashion with the Badgers’ Sweet 16 loss to topseeded Syracuse, Taylor will go down as one of the greats in program history. One of only eight players in Big Ten conference history to finish with

1,500 points, 450 assists and 400 rebounds. Taylor is seventh on the Wisconsin career points list with 1,533, second on the career assists chart (464), and set school records for both career games (136) and assist-toturnover ratio (3.01). The latter figure was also an NCAA record, shattering the previous record of 2.70 set by Univeristy of Texas El Paso guard Julyan Stone from 2008-2011.

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Jordan Taylor became the second player in Wisconsin men’s basketball history to be named a two-time All-American.

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Football

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Joe Brennan is one of four quarterbacks competing to take over for Russell Wilson under center for the Badgers.

Spring practice underway for Wisconsin By Peter Geppert THE DAILY CARDINAL

As the season changes from winter to spring the unseasonal sounds of football pads are beginning to fill the air. The unique month-long period of football practices starting in late March and ending in late April granted by the NCAA gives college programs a chance to develop their team’s talent and cohesion. For Wisconsin football head coach Bret Bielema and the rest of the Badgers spring has been long awaited since a crushing 45-42 loss to Oregon in the Rose Bowl

to end the 2010-’11 season. But despite the loss there has been no hangover for the Badgers as they begin spring practices. “The way the guys have practiced the first two days has been exceptional,” Bielema said. “For as many new coaches as we have here, different terminology, other things being different, this is the best two days we’ve had here since I’ve been coach.” Spring practice allows teams to develop players that will fill the roles that last year’s starters ful-

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