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UW System faces $65.7 million more in cuts By Anna Duffin The Daily Cardinal
UW-Madison will have to face the loss of $18 million more in funding this school year and over $7.5 million the year after. Officials learned Tuesday the state slashed more funding from the UW system. The UW System will now be expected to absorb an additional $65.7 million budget cut this biennium, bringing total cuts to the system to over $300 million for 2011-13. A provision in the state’s biannual budget enabled it to apply additional “lapses” in
the budget to state agencies. The state used the provision to cut an additional $175 million from the agencies. The UW System will absorb 38 percent of the total budget cuts. Although it accounts for only 7 percent of the state’s budget, the UW system has to cut $46.1 million in 2011-12 and 19.6 in 2012-13. State Senator Luther Olsen, R-Ripon, the Education Committee Chair, said the Department of Administration made the cuts to make up for the lack of revenue in the state. “Revenue has just been
flat,” Olsen said. “They’re concerned that those revenue increases are not going to be coming in to balance the books.” UW System spokesperson David Giroux said campus-wide university officials are asking why the system is absorbing such a substantial proportion of the lapse. “We really don’t understand the rationale or the methodology behind this proportion of the cuts, why we were given this share,” Giroux
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Weapons banned in city buildings By Taylor Harvey The Daily Cardinal
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The University Affairs Committee discussed a fall break to help ease stress as students adjust and re-adjust to campus life.
Committee seeks fall break for UW-Madison students By Alexandra Longo The Daily Cardinal
A student government branch said Tuesday it is working with administrators in hopes of providing UW-Madison students with a fall break in future years. The break would take place in October or November and would last two days. University Affairs Committee member Danielle Gries, who proposed the break, said students typically had a fall break in high school and taking it away in college could be stressful, especially for freshmen. “I think that its important to have a little bit of a break so students are less stressed,” said Gries. But Wisconsin State Law poses an obstacle for the creation of the fall break.
Under state law, classes must start on or after Sept. 1 and students must make up any school days they because of breaks within the semester. Since classes dismiss for the semester on Dec. 23, barely any time for make-up is allotted. If UAC members are able to get over the obstacle the law puts in place, the next step in creating the fall break would be to take the proposal to the Faculty Senate for approval. Gries said Dean of Students Lori Berquam has said she would support a fall break as long as it takes place in October. Berquam feels the presence of the accustomed break would help deter the stresses of adapting to col-
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Madison’s Common Council unanimously voted Tuesday to prohibit concealed weapons inside city-owned buildings in response to the state’s new law allowing gun owners to carry concealed firearms. As of Nov. 1, the first day the law will be implemented, concealed weapons will be banned from Madison police and fire department buildings and all city office buildings, even if an individual has a permit. “[The city] is trying to do everything [it] can to prohibit
weapons without running a foul of the new state law,” Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said. The new law allows for Wisconsin residents to apply for a permit to carry a concealed handgun, knife or electronic weapon, such as a taser. UW System spokesperson David Giroux said on Sept. 6 UW officials plan to also take advantage of the provision and mark all university buildings as off-limits to armed persons. UW-Madison law student Jason Myatt spoke against the ban of concealed carry weapons in city buildings at the city Council meeting, claiming
the ban violates constitutional rights. “This is a constitutional right, both national and statewide,” Myatt said. “We have a right to bear arms in our defense and if you can’t bring [weapons] into city buildings, it’s difficult for you to carry if you want to defend yourself.” Myatt also said concealed carry is a “non-issue.” “There’s been no proof whatsoever that it’s caused any sort of increased accidents or increased crime,” Myatt said. “There’s no negative cost
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Members of Humorology, a Greek-based philanthropy where students create musical variety shows and donate proceeds to charity, join in team-building exercises Tuesday night in Humanities.
“…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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alive. I also have a friend who claims to be afraid of popcorn. He can stand corn on the cob, but when you bring him to a movie theater and he practically wets himself. Another friend claims to be afraid of lesbians, meaning she can’t stand Portia de Rossi or Justin Beiber.
frontation. This makes it hard to be conservative in a town of diehard liberals who think Gov. Scott Walker is the worst leader since Voldemort. Sorry for the two “Harry Potter” references. That brings me to the whole point of this article. Is the term ‘irrational’ a little presumptive, if not outright demeaning? I don’t say Democrats have ‘irrational political beliefs’ even though I secretly think they have irrational political beliefs. To say a notion is irrational makes it inferior and absurd. No one says there are ‘irrational cultures’ or ‘irrational sexual preferences’ so why do we classify a different quality like fear as absurd? Whatever you want to call them, irrational fears are fun to make fun of. I throw popcorn at the one friend and I throw the other into an open grave. It just seems like the rational thing to do. Afraid of prison-breaking boners and all things relating to genitalia? Seek help, but also email Ben at stoffelrosal@wisc.edu.
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just saw the trailer for Paranormal Activity 3 and I definitely plan on putting on a diaper and watching it in a dark room. The diaper is because those movies are scary as hell and anyone who says differently is probably one of those crazies who thinks the moon landing was real. The movie got me thinking about something else I’m afraid of, a little thing I call “renegadebonerphobia.” Let me explain: The average person leaves his or her fly unzipped once every nine days. The average male gets an erection every 30-45 minutes. (Althought I couldn’t find this next statistic online) The average penis slips out of that annoying gap in the front of boxers probably around six times each day. This means it is very possible—
however unlikely—that I could accidentally walk around with a full-blown erection in public. This is my irrational fear, the Sirius Black of boners. And you can go ahead and laugh at how stupid it is, but you know it must have happened to someone. And it could happen to you too. I battle my fear rationally by duct-taping my boxers shut every morning, but I am not the only man with genital-related fears. Many men are afraid of erectile dysfunction, which I find pretty valid. I mean, sure, there’s Viagra, but who wants a four-hour erection? No one. That would waste about three hours and 50 minutes of my time. Some guys are afraid of toothed vaginas, which is also valid since everyone knows girls have toothed vaginas. Genitals aren’t the only things that freak people out. Some people have phobias of clowns, dentists or public nudity. I had a friend who was legitimately afraid of being pronounced dead and buried
I battle my fear rationally by duct-taping my boxers shut every morning, but I am not the only man with genital-related fears.
I’m not just some irrational constant-zipper-checker, though. I do have a few rational fears. I’m afraid of large bodies of water because I know there are freshwater sharks, seaweed and merpeople. I’m afraid of loud noises, explaining why I can’t handle Paranormal Activity, plane engines or Hillary Clinton. Also, I’m pretty afraid of con-
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By Samantha Witthuhn the daily cardinal
There he is, booting the kickstand of his Huffy mountain bike with his excruciatingly yellow Vibram fivefinger toe shoes. But don’t be fooled, he isn’t an athlete of any kind. No sir, he’s just your run of the mill college kid with a keen interest in orthopedic comfort and an anxious concern for the preservation of knee cartilage. On top of this are a pair cargo pants crammed into the ends of his impressively white toe socks (to protect from a bike-pant-chain assault on his 1996 Levis) and a set of transitions lenses that fade one shade lighter with the dropping of the setting sun. “Oh my god…whoops…gosh! It’s already 7:33?!” he thinks as he stares wide-eyed at his Velcro, water-proof, compass, alarm-clock watch “they were expecting me in the Chadbourne den three minutes ago. Fuuuudge! Biking from Bradley should have only taken 11 minutes. Curious?” He quickly U-locks his back tire and bike frame to the nearest rack and meticulously but with practiced ease removes the front tire for added safety. Whoops, he almost forgot to take his helmet off! Man, he could have really looked like a doofus walking in with that on… Boom. There it is. The dopiest-looking piece of headwear to ever be worn on a person over eight years old; the biggest waste of money and dignity since crocs hit malls around the world; the stupidest, most “what the fuck are you wearing?” piece of garment the human race ever dared to conceive…the winter badger head “hat.” AND IT’S NOT EVEN WINTER YET! The creature I just described is the ideal victim of this grossly heinous hat epidemic. Unfortunately, many well-grounded individuals justify the victim’s cluelessness with a, “what else could he do?” Finally away from
Mom and the “Throner” losers in his high school Magic club, he has the chance to be fresh and happening like those girls on “Teen Mom.” After all, these barefaced symbols of school pride are bursting from shelves in every memorabilia store across campus. And there are those cool bros sporting them on UW’s homepage! But after all, who can blame him? Me. I can. With no guilt whatsoever. And before I go any further, I would like to proclaim to anyone who owns, has worn, is considering buying, has dreamed about or knows someone who knows someone who bought the hat (over the age of eight) that you need to seriously consider repositioning yourself in society. This questionable piece of tortured linen is meant for young children and the poor soul desperate for toilet paper in an empty bathroom. No exceptions. I strongly believe this “hat” can only be described as “omgz super cute,” when it is on the baldhead of an infant. Any other instance of such talk is completely unacceptable. After all you transfer the imaginative look of the Gerber baby to a 20-year-old pre-law student preparing for the LSAT, you get a very generationally confused fashion faux pas intertwined with someone who actually thinks they look good in public—a psychological
examination that warrants a COMPLETELY separate column. Which, unfortunately, is an analysis that may do society some good, as Wisconsinites, students, moms, sorority girls and the one dog-tired, half-dead indefinitely determined Capitol protestor keep buying them. When I say buying them, I mean they are spending $24.95 on a product sponsored by a company who decided to call themselves “ZooZatz” (to be analyzed in a separate article) But why?! Twenty-five bucks is three-to-five hours of work and leisurely sacrifice for the average minimum wage employee. That is three-to five-hours spent on looking like someone aching to be a creepy, giant, adult-baby hybrid dressed as a malignantly vicious, rabiesdripping badger. I feel like I’m taking crazy pills here! Is it just me or does anyone else see the resemblance between this clown headdress and the “Derilique” garbage campaign? But more importantly, does anyone else agree with me? Unfortunately, I’m beginning to lose hope. With every Target that stocks these “ZooZatz” and mysteriously sells out, comes another severe plummet in my faith. With every faceless, hip-cocked, arm-raised mannequin ignorantly displaying the “hat” is another lost soldier in the fight for all that is sensible and sane. So if you’re out there, don’t be afraid to speak up! Step out of the badger-headed majority and make your voices heard. Be the yellow flower in the field of red, badger-headed roses and preach for what is right! Or just tweet at me if you want to blow up the bookstore or something. I’m down with whatever. Do you also like to rant about hats? You and Sam should get all dressed up and discuss it over a nice seafood dinner. Drop her a line at
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Wis. bill applies federal health-care law to state By Adam Wollner The Daily Cardinal
The state Senate unanimously passed a bill Tuesday to create a health insurance exemption from the income of parents with dependent children. The bill is meant to align with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which allows children to stay on their parents’ plan until age 26 and provides a federal tax exemption to the parents for the medical care they purchase for their children. The bill, introduced by state Sen. Van Wanggaard, R-Racine, and state Rep. Pat Strachota , R-West Bend, would allow parents with dependent children to receive the same tax exemption at the state level that they do at the federal level. “This was a hidden tax that many employees and employers were unaware of that would have been a burden on Wisconsin families and businesses at year-end,” Wanggaard said in a statement. Wisconsin is currently the only state that does not allow for this tax exemption. The plan would affect approximate-
ly 15,900 Wisconsin families, according to Andrew Welhouse, spokesperson for state Sen. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Horicon. Strachota said the bill was originally going to be introduced in the budget, but was not because of a fiscal note error. After working on the bill for nearly a year, she added she is glad the bill is finally received a fair hearing. “Once again, Wisconsin is doing what is necessary to do business in the state,” Strachota said. Executive director for the health care advocacy group ABC for Health Bobby Peterson said the bill would eliminate the concern over the state-tax liability many parents with dependent children have, which could have impeded many young adults from receiving health insurance. “We should… try to make it as easy as possible to extend health coverage to a population that typically goes without insurance,” Peterson said. The Assembly is expected to vote on the bill next week and Strachota said she anticipates it will pass with bipartisan support.
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Man drunkenly destroys Orpheum’s antique statue By Taylor Harvey The Daily Cardinal
Police arrested a Madison man Monday after he drunkenly knocked over the Orpheum Theatre’s $50,000 antique water fountain statue while “blacked out” Sunday night. Police said an Orpheum staff member grabbed Nikalas Gunkel, 20, after witnessing him knock over the statue. Gunkel was then temporarily detained by security, but
broke free and fled before officers arrivied at the scene. According to a police incident report, security was able to take Gunkel’s driver’s license and another identification card before he fled. “Officers were unable to locate the suspect initially, but asked one of his roommates to have [Gunkel] call,” Madison Police Department Joel DeSpain said in a statement. Police said Gunkel contact-
ed the MPD Monday night and said he was “very sorry” for the damage and that he did not remember pushing the fountain because he had “blacked out” from drinking. According to police, a theater manager said the carved porcelain fountain, which is located near the lower level bathrooms, is part of the theatre’s original French Renaissance interior that dates back to 1926 when the Orpheum first opened.
Professor leads Dalai Lama’s summit The director of UW-Madison’s Global Health Institute traveled to India to lead a five-day conference with the Dalai Lama, parts of which are now available online. Jonathan Patz, director of the Global Health Institute at UW-Madison, traveled to the Dalai Lama’s home in Dharamsala, India, for a conference titled “Ecology, Ethics and Interdependence.” The summit’s focus is the relationship between the environment and ethics, issues central to Patz’s on campus academic research on meditation and the brain. “Ecology, Ethics and Interdependence” will broad-
cast live via webcast on the Dalai Lama’s website until its conclusion on Oct. 21. The material will also be available to stream and download after the conference has concluded. The event is sponsored by the Dalai Lama’s Mind and Life Institute, which works to “relieve human suffering and advance well-being,” according to their website. The Dalai Lama visited UW-Madison in May of 2010 to assist UW-Madison neuroscientist Richard Davidson in establishing the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds, which seeks to determine how healthy minds develop and to cultivate those techniques in others.
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If a licensed person conceals a weapon in a city-owned building, he or she can be cited for disorderly conduct for violating a Madison ordinance under the council’s decision. Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced in September signs will be posted forbidding all firearms in county-owned buildings.
whatsoever in states that have had [the law] implemented for dozens of years now.” The city also revised its disorderly conduct ordinance in response the new law, which prohibits those licensed with a concealed weapon to be cited for disorderly conduct.
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In February, demonstrators rallied at the Capitol for UW funding. On Tuesday, UW System officials found out that they will lose another $65 million in funding over the next two years.
budget from page 1 said. “We really need to look into this more and find out what went into this, and that’s the conversation we’re starting right now.” Giroux said system leaders are still determining how to deal with such substantial cuts. “We just learned about this and have no idea how we’re going to manage it,” Giroux said. The individual campuses will determine how to deal with their fragment of the cut. U W-M a d i s o n Vi c e Chancellor for Admissions Darrell Bazzell said the university is trying to determine how to absorb the cuts. “We’re still trying to under-
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Those opposed to Madison’s ordinance say banning concealed weapons in city-owned buildings violates the constitution.
lege, Gries said. Gries said she plans to send a survey to undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty members at UW-Madison to better understand how they feel about a fall break. Last year, she sent a similar survey she said received very positive feedback.
stand the magnitude of the lapse and the rules around it, so it’s probably premature to project what the impact is going to be,” Bazzell said.
“We’re just figuring this out like everyone else right now and trying to understand what options we have,” he said. Brad Barham, Chair of the
Faculty Senate’s University Committee, said while he knew additional budget cuts were possible, he had not heard that the cuts were being discussed. “There had been no talk about it and given that it comes on the tail of a huge budget cut already this year it’s a horrible situation,” Barham said. Barham said he feared the cuts proved the economy is not improving at the rate legislators had hoped. “It’s a very difficult time and I’m quite concerned about whether policy maker in both places, [Washington] D.C. and Madison, will make the decisions they need to make for the economy to recover.”
This year, Gries said she wants the survey to reach more of the campus community. “I really want to expand this to all people on campus to see how they feel,” said Gries. Also at the meeting, UAC members said they are working to create a Financial Opportunities Fair to edu-
cate students on how to make financial decisions. The fair is set to take place Feb. 27. The committee would promote financial education in the week after the fair. UAC members said events taking place during the week could include the fair, appointments with financial advisors and lectures by the UW Credit Union.
“We just learned about this and have no idea how we’re going to manage it.” David Giroux spokesperson UW System
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10th annual Wisconsin Book Festival brings out the best of Wisconsin’s literary traditions By Riley Beggin the daily cardinal
Readers, authors, writers, audiences and admirers of craft take note, the annual Wisconsin Book Festival is upon us once again. The 10th annual free, five-day program of literary festivities in downtown Madison begins Wednesday, Oct. 19, and it’s not to be missed. Touting the mission statement of “Community through Conversation,” the Wisconsin Book Festival is the brainchild of the Wisconsin Humanities Council, an independent nonprofit organization that works to connect people through activities like this tradition. With events spread all over Madison, from campus to downtown, this festival has something for everyone.
The series “Voices of Conflict, Voices of Change” allows festival-goers to be part of an age-old literary conversation.
Throughout the five days of the Wisconsin Book Festival, attendees can participate in a variety of events. Among some of the many possibilities are workshops in writing, poetry, performance and dialogue. There will also be film screenings, conversations with authors and lectures
from renowned literary minds. Festival-goers can take part in some literary musings with unique shopping opportunities marking this year’s event. For a festival working toward open communication in a community, many events aptly reference group voice. This makes it simple to find outings that relate to one’s interests and pursuits. One in particular to look out for is the “Voices of Empowerment” series, spanning three days and 15 events, and spotlighting artists that fought hard to have their voices heard. Focusing on messages of social justice and struggles to find voice within the literary world, the showcase promises to be inspiring for aspiring authors looking to learn more about the world they live in. On an entertaining note, this series celebrates real voices boasting the power of storytelling in varied forms. Attendees can engage in films, spoken word and on-stage performances, as well as interactive storytelling. UW-Madison’s own First Wave urban art performers will put their skills on display in “Passing the Mic/Just Bust Spoken Word & Hip Hop Open Mic,” happening on Thursday, Oct. 20 from 9-11 p.m. Members of the group will also perform at “An Intergenerational Tribute to Sonia Sanchez and Danny Simmons,” taking place from 8-10:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 22, and appear in the film screening
The Lowdown Wednesday, Oct. 19: Call and Response: Urban and Global Poetics Where: Rotunda Studio When: 8-9:30 p.m. What it is: Ed Bok Lee and Bao Phi will perform selections from their latest collections, “Whorled” and “Sông I Sing,” respectively. Both works cover the experience of Vietnamese-Americans in various parts of the United States, and are poised to discuss controversial topics of race and class in modern American poetry.
Thursday, Oct. 20: Between War and Peace: How America Ends Its Wars Where: Wisconsin Veterans Museum When: 7-8:30 p.m. What it is: This presentation takes a historical look at how America’s wars have truly ended. Spanning back to the Revolutionary war, this distinguished panel will be looking at the importance of an exit strategy, and challenging our collective understanding of America’s war history.
Friday, Oct. 21: Portraits of Manhattan Before and After 9/11: Voice of a City Where: Madison Museum of Contemporary Art When: 5-6:30 p.m. What it is: This presentation takes a look at images of Manhattan captured by Richard Quinney in the late 1960s, as well as Susan C. Fox’s book on the neighborhood which she lived in from 2002-’06, which overlooked Ground Zero, and the recovery of this neighborhood.
Saturday, Oct. 22: “James and the Giant Peach” Where: The Marquee, Union South When: 11:59 p.m. What it is: This portrayal of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s novel is a great way to end a Saturday night. A wonderful throwback to childhood for most people on campus, this film is a combination of live action and stop motion animation, produced by Tim Burton and directed by Henry Selick.
“Louder than a Bomb” on Friday, Oct. 21 from 9:30-11:30 p.m. The series “Voices of Conflict, Voices of Change” allows festival-goers to be part of age-old literary conversations. Issues that are still pertinent today, changes and conflicts in democratic principles, capitalism, American wars and the collapse of journalism are just some of the topics up for discussion. Madisonians may be particularly impacted by events focused on the recent capitol protests, including “Voices from the Protests: The Poets of Verse WI” and “We Are Wisconsin: The Wisconsin uprising in the words of the activists, writers and everyday Wisconsinites who made it happen” on Sunday, Oct. 23. Other featured event series include “Voices of Land & Nature, Food & Bounty,” “Voices from Wisconsin’s Past,” “Voices of Place and Displacement,” “Visual Voices” and “Voices of Incarceration.”
Attendees can engage in films, spokenword and onstage performances, as well as interactive storytelling through [“Voices Out Loud”].
For those looking for something else or more, the Madison Zinefest will also be taking place during the Wisconsin
Book Festival. Zinefest is a celebration of underground press culture, including (but not limited to) leaflets, magazines, comics and books that are produced outside of the major publication system. You can catch the Zinefest at 10 a.m. in Varsity Hall at Union South on Saturday, Oct. 22. Other events for Zinefest include Zinefest
Open Mic at Rainbow Bookstore on Thursday, Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. and “Zines, Comics, Life (and Music)” at the Project Lodge on Friday, Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. More information about the events mentioned in this piece, as well as a full schedule of Book Festival happenings can be found online at wisconsinbookfestival.org.
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t a time when they are cutting at least an additional $65 million from the UW System on top of $250 million of previously announced cuts, Republicans took aim yet again at the UW at this week’s public hearing of the Assembly Colleges and Universities Committee. The hearing was one of the most embarrassing meetings I’ve ever been a part of in my 13-year legislative career. In September, the raciallyobsessed Center for Equal Opportunity (CEO), a small conservative think tank vigorously opposed to affirmative action and bilingual education, issued a study attacking UW-Madison’s admissions policy.
The study was an incomplete, incoherent report lacking any information on education quality, graduation rates or transfers, nor did it include any relevant information about admissions versus enrollment at UW-Madison. Instead, it was full of opinion based on ignorance of racial bias in this country. Apparently, a study that has received absolutely zero academic corroboration from peer researchers is what will earn you an invitation before the Wisconsin Legislature. And that’s exactly what happened when Rep. Steve Nass (R-Whitewater) convened the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities for an exclusive presentation by CEO.
The hearing was a bust, with a lawyer from Virginia coming into our Capitol and telling our education professionals how to run our universities. The UW-Madison admissions policy clearly states academic achievements are the most important factors in the admissions process.
The hearing [on CEO] was one of the most embarrassing meetings I’ve been a part of in my 13-year legislative career
During the hearing, CEO President, Roger Klegg, dodged
a question about where CEO gets its funding. He later admitted to receiving money from one source, but did not admit to receiving $240,000 from the Koch brothers, as was reported by the Center for American Progress. Mr. Klegg also stated that he observed a lot of diversity when he visited our campus, which was made up of 13.2 percent students of color in 2009 according to the UW’s website. Ironically, it wasn’t long ago that UW-Madison embarrassingly superimposed a person of color into a sports crowd to mask our lack of diversity. Frankly, a lack of diversity is anecdotally one of the problems our university has with retaining students of color and
we should be doing more to encourage a diverse student population, not less. The exclusive briefing by a conservative organization was at best, ignorant; at worst, an outright racist attempt to reduce diversity at UW-Madison. To advocate the elimination of race as a factor in the higher education admissions process is to admit we’ve achieved complete equality in Madison and America, which certainly isn’t the case. Dr. Martin Luther King had a dream and we should all be working toward it, not against it. State Rep. Mark Pocan represents Wisconsin’s 78th Assembly district. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
Letter: Gov. Walker’s economic policies should be lauded Evan Bradtke UW-Madison college republicans
If imitation is the highest form of flattery, then Democrats nationwide have been giving high compliments to Governor Walker for the past several months. Since last August, liberals in Wisconsin have focused all their political energies on stopping the Governor’s agenda in response to his efforts to limit collective bargaining by government unions, known as the Budget Repair Bill. On the other hand, national Democrats from liberal bastions such as Illinois and Massachusetts have seen the wisdom and suc-
cess of Scott Walker’s agenda and have chosen to imitate the policies implemented in Wisconsin. In Illinois, Democratic Governor Pat Quinn and the Democraticcontrolled legislature passed a law limiting collective bargaining rights for government workers. Governor Deval Patrick, a Democrat from Massachusetts also signed a bill passed by the Democratic-controlled legislature to eliminate collective bargaining rights over healthcare benefits for government employees. This nationwide, bipartisan support for limiting how much government unions can collectively bar-
gain makes sense given the undeniable success of the Budget Repair Bill. Madison’s own school board has applied Governor Walker’s proposal in requiring teachers to pay for half of their own pension. This reform alone has saved Madison taxpayers $11.5 million, and as a result, the tax levy for Madison homeowners is smaller this year than last year. The Kaukana School District went from a $400,000 budget deficit to having a $1.5 million budget surplus as soon as the Budget Repair Bill was put into effect. These savings were put into the classroom by hiring more teachers and reducing class sizes.
However, the benefits of the Budget Repair Bill aren’t exclusively fiscal. For instance, by changing work rules that collective bargaining had created, the district can now require teachers to work for 40 hours a week, increasing the time for one-on-one sessions with troubled students. These students would have had less face time with teachers and increased class sizes if collective bargaining rules had still been in place. In the Milwaukee suburb of Brown Deer, the Budget Repair Bill is an opportunity to reward the best educators by instituting merit pay. The Brown Deer school district is looking at how to measure effective teaching and encourage it via merit pay. The Brown Deer School District’s business manager Emily Koczela says, “No Wisconsin public school district has ever had the opportunity in any of our lifetimes to even think about these things.” The fact that measuring performance and rewarding the best performers was such an obscure concept before the Budget Repair Bill shows how collective bargaining did great damage not only to taxpayers but also to the children schools are meant to serve. Restoring fiscal sanity, protecting the taxpayers, and improving the classroom environment are just some of the benefits of the Budget Repair Bill that caused people across the partisan aisle and throughout the country to replicate Governor Walker’s Budget Repair Bill. Why then are there no massive protests in Springfield or Boston against these liberal politicians who, just like Governor Walker, support limiting the rights of government unions to bargain against taxpayers? Why were millions of national union dollars spent in a failed attempt to retake the
Wisconsin state senate, rather than recalling apparent ideological allies who follow in Governor Walker’s footsteps? This paradox, like many political actions, is motivated by money. Namely, the union dues that will no longer be forcibly deducted from the paychecks of civil servants motivates the outrage seen in Wisconsin. Before Governor Walker’s reforms, the government was required by statute to use the force of law to send money teachers and other civil servants have earned to unions, which would use that money to bankroll the political campaigns of their favorites. Now, Wisconsin’s civil servants have a choice about whether money from their paychecks can be used to bankroll political campaigns of their unions’ favorite candidate. Although Governors Quinn and Patrick implemented the majority of Governor Walker’s Budget Repair Bill they lacked the courage to take on the political money that bankrolls campaigns. Governor Walker, on the other hand, wanted to give civil servants a choice about how their money was spent and even allow them to keep more of their own paycheck, rather than requiring that their money be sent to the unions who would then spend it on political campaigns. The bottom line is that the government unions often care more about their political power than the citizens they are hired to serve. It is this addiction to power and money that fuel the unions attempt to submerse Wisconsin into a vicious, destructive and potentially endless recall cycle. Evan Bradtke is a member of the UW-Madison College Republican’s Public Relations Committee. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
An editorial board clarification In an Oct. 17 editorial on Madison city funding, the board incorrectly implied that funds removed from the Overture Center were directly transferred to the Madison Police Department’s new antiheroin program. Funding was removed from the Overture Center, and funding was awarded to the police department in the same session, but these changes were not directly related. The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board apologizes for any confusion that may have occurred.
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my first position [my coach] put me in and that was the position I stayed in.” Both Jentsch’s and Martinez’s routes to becoming goalkeepers are not uncommon in the world of youth soccer, but to have the ability and talent to take that to the next level is what makes these two special in the soccer world.
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Goalkeepers feel the most pressure on the field. They are put into situations that most athletes would not be able to perform well in. “Being a goalkeeper, you could have a half an hour without any action,” Martinez said. “It’s hard to keep mentally focused.” One way that both keepers stay focused in game situations is by being vocal. Communication between themselves and others on the field is important not only to organize those in front of them, but to keep their minds focused on the game. “If you’re communicating to the guys in front of you and around you, you’re keeping yourself more in the game as well,” head coach John Trask said. “That’s a hard thing to do as a goalkeeper.” Having one keeper at the level of talent of these two is something that every collegiate team wishes, but for Wisconsin to have two, makes the coaching staff very happy. “I think it’s huge,” Trask said about having two talented keep-
Wisconsin goalkeepers Max Jentsch and Ciro Martinez each bring unique skill sets and immense talent to the team. ers. “You strive to have depth at every position on the field but it’s 10 field players and one goalkeeper and I think that’s all you have to say.” Having two keepers of this caliber makes for some fierce competition for the starting job. However, this competition has only fueled both Jentsch and Martinez to become the best that they can possibly be. “If you have somebody behind you that’s pushing you to be better, you’re ultimately going to do better,” Martinez said. “That competition is good for you.” With both keepers getting starts this year, both have had their chance to prove themselves. By giving everything they’ve got on the field in practice and when game time comes, both Jentsch and Martinez feel that the coaching staff will go with whomever they feel will give the team the best shot at winning. Despite losing the starting job to Jentsch after his return from an injury, Martinez harbors no ill feelings towards his teammate, understanding that what is done
is done with the team in mind. “[Jentsch is] starting now,” Martinez said. “I started the beginning of the season. The team’s doing better with him.” Martinez not starting does not mean Trask and the rest of the coaching staff have lost faith in him. “I don’t think we’ve even seen the best of Ciro,” Trask said. “I think that if he got back in the game for whatever reason, that we would let him be Ciro Martinez.” Regardless of who starts in the net for the Badgers, it is safe to assume that the effort given will be at the highest level. And with all the pieces around these two keepers falling into place and performing at their very best, this Wisconsin team has remained undefeated in Big Ten play this season. On top of an already great situation both Jentsch and Martinez are sophomores. The talent in net will not be going away anytime soon. “We have some stability in goal,” Martinez said about the future of Wisconsin goalkeeping.
Men’s Soccer
In-state rival Phoenix on tap for the Badgers By Dylan Flaks the daily cardinal
On Wednesday at 7 p.m., the Wisconsin men’s soccer team (3-0-0 Big Ten, 7-4-2 overall) will travel to UW-Green Bay to face the Phoenix (2-2-0 Horizon League, 6-5-1 overall). The Badgers are looking for their fifth win in their last seven games. The Badgers have been playing phenomenally recently, winning against conference opponents Indiana, Michigan and Michigan State. Wisconsin now controls the number one spot in the Big Ten Conference with three conference games to go. The Badgers have a lot of players playing good soccer lately, but none better than Tomislav Zadro, who is getting hot just in time for Big Ten Conference play. Zadro leads the team both in goals (four) and assists (seven). Sophomore forward Chris Prince is tied with Zadro for the lead in goals, having scored again in the Badgers’ last game against Michigan State. The Badgers have done well scoring but, more importantly, have prevented their opponents from doing the same. In three Big Ten Conference games, the Badgers have given up just one goal, a testament to the hard work put in by goalkeeper Max Jentsch. The sophomore has increased his level of communication with teammates since the beginning
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of the year, and the defense has responded well. The defensive backfield of sophomore Paul Yonga, freshman AJ Cochran, senior Colin Mani and sophomore Trevor Wheeler has been on lockdown mode against rivals, making their opponents take ambitious shots from far away. In fact, competitors are shooting a measly 8.8 percent against Wisconsin, proving that the defense has grown cohesive as a group. But the Green Bay Phoenix have some talent of their own. The Phoenix leading goal and point scorer, Tony Walls, was named the
number one player in the Horizon League. He has been playing smart soccer and has helped the Phoenix to a 3-1-0 home record. Still, they are only at fifth place in the conference, with a 2-2-0 record in the Horizon League. The only real threat to the Badgers could be the tendency to overlook this game and instead focus on Sunday’s matchup against Northwestern. If Wisconsin can stay focused—something that has not been an issue in the past— the Badgers should win this game handily and move to 8-4-2, positioning themselves for a run in the NCAA tournament.
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Wisconsin’s back four have been lights out against nearly ever opponent, solidifying the Badgers position in the Big Ten.
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aseball breeds a pretty eclectic following. The sheer volume of games, the reasonable price of tickets and the relative amount of free time summer affords all contribute to the broad spectrum of actual baseball interest that can be found in the parking lots on any given July night. It’s the beauty of the game, really. It’s why baseball is America’s pastime. Just about anybody can enjoy a baseball game, even if you can’t tell OPS from WAR or an Italian sausage from a bratwurst. There’s a catch, though. Something they don’t tell you when you live in a city or state that’s seen playoff baseball only two times in the last 30 years, a place where a team that fell a game short of a championship in 1982 is enshrined like it won seven in a row and toppled Communism just for kicks along the way. The thing that makes baseball so generally likable is the knowledge that you can go enjoy a night at the ballpark, mostly without regard to the score on one particular night. That all goes away in the playoffs. The game is almost unrecognizable in the postseason. That’s not to say it’s bad necessarily, but the crowd’s feel and sound different; casual fans that pepper every ballpark in America during the summer disappear. Teams play and manage differently and the results of specific moments count in a different way than they do in the regular season. You might argue that the same is true in every sport, and I’m not denying that at a basic level. Intensity rises in the postseason. Duh. But it’s not that simple in baseball. I’ve watched the Packers ever since I was in grade school and I’ve watched the Brewers virtually every night since the beginning of the 2002 season (they lost 106 games that year). When the Packers are in the playoffs, it doesn’t change the way I watch the game as a fan. The same things irritate me, the same calls prompt the same four-letter words and the same players generally decide the outcome of the game. The stakes are just higher. Playoff baseball is a totally different animal. It warps the way I react to games. I don’t think I like it, and that’s not just because the Cardinals took the Brewers “beast-mode” mojo and snapped each clawed finger sadistically and systematically. Part of being an intense baseball fan, the kind that will skip an extra pitcher on the Terrace even though Chris Narveson is pitching and half the starters aren’t in the lineup, is that—at least for me—there’s a general lack of intensity from night to night. Sure, a good win to salvaged a road trip or finish off a sweep might summon an
extra fist-pump, but I get a lot less worked up about a bad start or a missed opportunity than somebody who watches 15 games a year. Part of that might be because I watch 140, so that lack of performance takes up a much smaller percentage of the time I spend watching baseball. Part of it, though, is the rule that so many devout baseball fans keep near and dear to their hearts. That, almost without fail, statistics will even out over the course of a season. Teams with talent find ways to win and players with talent find ways to produce. Casey McGehee is an exception this year, as are the Red Sox, though the bumbling Beantowners really illustrate the point quite well. They got off to a terrible start this year. After two weeks, they were 2-10 and it took a month and a half before they reached .500. But talent eventually shows through, and by Aug. 12 they were 73-44 and playing better baseball than anybody. A terrible month of September and the toughest division competition in the league conspired to keep the Sox out of the postseason, but they still won 18 more games than they lost.
Then the playoffs hit and we have to sit through four hours of pitch-bypitch agony only to have a bad bounce or a hanging slider finish a season.
The point is, even if two weeks cost them at the end of the season, performance over the course of 162 games is likely to accurately represent the talent level in each clubhouse. That doesn’t carry over to the post-season. Sure, there are telling microcosms. The Brewers’ defense has been suspect all season, and it cost them dearly in the playoffs. Then again, their starting pitching ranked among the top in the league. If it wasn’t the most dominating, it was certainly among the most consistent. Three starters topped 200 innings and Zack Greinke logged 171.1 despite missing six starts at the beginning of the year with a cracked rib. Two bad outings cost them any chance at advancing to the World Series. That’s where the playoffs don’t quite do justice to the rational fan. We spend a whole season or a decade or a lifetime learning to be patient with the game and its day-to-day nuances. We try not to get too excited or too worried. Then the playoffs hit and we have to sit through four hours of pitch-by-pitch agony only to have a bad bounce or a hanging slider finish a season. Hopefully I’ll have to go through it again next year. How well do you think the MLB playoffs do justice for fans? Tell Parker at pjgabriel@ dailycadinal.com.
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In every sport, there is that one position. A position that often determines the success or failure of a team. A position that very few people can play, and even fewer can play well. Story by Matthew Kleist No other player can experience as much joy in a win or feel as much despair in a loss. The weight of the pressure placed upon this one single person is enough to destroy the nerves of even the most grounded athlete (just ask Robert Green). For Wisconsin goalkeepers Max Jentsch and Ciro Martinez, this is what they live for. But for these two, it wasn’t always that way. Both Jentsch and Martinez, like many youth soccer players, would play whatever position their coach told them to, regardless of whether it was what they wanted. In fact, it was not until their late childhoods that either picked up a pair of gloves. “When I tried out for my first select team, they needed someone to play goal,” Jentsch said. “I played for a half and they wanted me to play goal for them.” Thus was the start of Max Jentsch’s goalkeeping career, as new role he embraced, seeing as it was an opportunity for some playing time. “I was just happy I made the team,” Jentsch said. Jentsch, a native of Heartland, spent his entire life living and playing soccer in the Dairy State. For him, there was no other choice but the UW-Madison. “If soccer wouldn’t have worked out, playing in college, I would have come [to Madison] no doubt,” Jentsch said. Max had one word to explain his reasoning for choosing UW-Madison: everything. Everything was his reason, and many others have said the same. Ciro Martinez, who transferred from Florida Atlantic University prior to this season, had the same thought process. “I’m a business major here,” Martinez said. “[Madison has] a great business school. You really can’t top the athletics: It’s a combination of both.” Taking a slightly different path to becoming a keeper, Martinez first stepped into the net in his early teen years. “I was a forward until I was around 13,” Martinez said. “When I came to the United States, it was
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