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Berquam criticizes Mifflin in online video

By Alex DiTullio The Daily Cardinal

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SSFC Rep. Cale Plamann said Monday MCSC intentionally violated university policy by circumventing the finance committee in seeking funds for group training.

SSFC declares MCSC violations intentional

By David Klein The Daily Cardinal

The Student Services Finance Committee ruled Monday that the Multicultural Student Coalition committed an intentional policy violation by failing to follow university and state purchasing policies.

The committee determined MCSC intentionally worked around student government processes to pay alumni for trainings, committing the violations.

SSFC Chair Sarah Neibart said the group submitted four contracts to Vice Chancellor Darrell Bazzell to pay alumni who had already trained group members rather than going through the appropriate student government funding streams.

“What I see from the facts before us is that on several occasions the group was informed they could not do things which they did anyway,”

SSFC Rep. Cale Plamann said. “The way they did that involved trying to circumvent ASM staff.”

SSFC also questioned the involvement of former UW employee Michael Franklin, who MCSC members said provided the training.

Neibart said the group paid Franklin more than $15,000 in segregated fees over the past year and a half.

MCSC leadership team member Cecilia León said the group submitted all four contracts and informed SSFC about them, but was unable to provide physical documentation to the committee. She said MCSC members asked university employees if the contracts would violate ASM policies, but the employees did not give them clear answers.

“We turned in those contracts but they were never recognized,” Léon said. “If there is an alleged

violation, intentional or unintentional, we have asked multiple times where in this policy it says that.”

Student Council is scheduled to decide if MCSC is eligible for funding through student fees this week.

While committing an intentional policy violation renders a group ineligible for funding, Neibart said student council members are free to independently decide if the group intentionally violated the policies.

“I think it’s really important for council members to take what we found in making their decision because we are knowledgeable,” Neibart said. “Student council should also take into account that an intentional policy violation has occurred.”

SSFC also upheld Neibart’s decision to freeze MCSC’s funding for 52 weeks, as determined by ASM bylaws. The freeze will carry into the next fiscal year.

With initiative, campus groups come together to support sexual assault victims During Sexual Assault Awareness Month, this three-part Daily Cardinal series delves into the numbers, spotlights available resources and expands the conversation to reflect the real impact of sexual assault at UW-Madison.

By Samy Moskol The Daily Cardinal

Every Tuesday afternoon, the Campus Women’s Center closes its doors to the public so survivors of sexual assault can come together to heal.

The center is just one participant in campus-wide initiative End Violence On Campus, which works in coalition

with student and community groups to end sexual assault, dating violence and stalking on campus.

Campus groups part of EVOC are also working to prevent sexual violence to foster a climate where victims feel more comfortable disclosing

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In an effort to deter students from attending this year’s Mifflin Street Block Party, UW-Madison’s YouTube page released a video Monday of the dean of students describing repercussions of attending the event and repeatedly telling students “don’t go.”

Dean of Students Lori Berquam said many people are choosing not to attend Mifflin this year because it is becoming increasingly dangerous.

“My advice to you about attending the event is this: don’t go,” she Berquam said. “That event encourages really smart people to do stupid things.”

One example of these “stupid things,” Berquam said, is a Mifflin T-shirt design that merges Cinco de Mayo with the party. She called the shirt offensive and hurtful to many people on campus and in the Madison community.

Still, video commenters on YouTube and Reddit.com, as

well as students sharing the video on Facebook, said they do not think Berquam’s efforts will be successful.

Reddit commenter “zylphite” said the administration and city officials can try to get rid of the event, but “over three decades of precedent doesn’t just go away because you want it to.”

“Has the party changed drastically since its origin?

Undeniably.” the commenter said. “Are kids going to head over there and get drunk for an afternoon once a year? Without question, whether or not they have the city/school’s approval to do so.”

Other YouTube commenters criticized Berquam for her delivery of the speech, which they said was awkward and filled stutters and pauses.

Berquam also advised students who do attend the party to go with a group of people whom they trust, comply with law enforcement’s rules, to be culturally respectful and not to take a beverage from a stranger.

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Dean of Students Lori Berquam drew criticism on YouTube and Facebook for her video telling students not to attend Mifflin.

Police find beaten, bleeding man at North Lake and Langdon streets Madison police found an outof-state college student who was beaten and bleeding near North Lake and Langdon streets early Saturday morning.

“He was conscious, but he was hardly giving us any information at all,” Madison Police Department Spokesperson Joel DeSpain said.

One witness said before he saw the injured 20-year-old man, he heard a “loud pop” and saw two men getting into a black SUV.

Although there were glass bottles near the man, police said medical staff members believe the victim was punched or kicked because there were no shards of glass in his injuries, according to DeSpain.

DeSpain also said the police do not know if the men who entered the SUV were the ones who injured the victim.

The victim was treated for a broken nose and other non lifethreatening injuries.

“…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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unday morning I watched the sun rise. And by “watched the sun rise,” I mean more like circa 5:30 a.m. I buried my head under my Pocahontas bedspread in an attempt to block the sun’s rays cresting on the horizon and consequently peeking through my shades as I prepared to finally, FINALLY go to bed. Yeah, it was an interesting night.

But we’ll backtrack a bit first.

This is why everyone needs a “yes” person.

The saga of my Saturday night really begins Thursday when my friend Michael invited me to attend an art show of a mutual friend at The Project Lodge Saturday night.

I’m always talking about how I want to do cool things like this, I finally had the free time to oblige, and in keeping with the saying “the more, the merrier,” I also invited my new friend Sam along who was game to try something new. In this particular narrative, she is my “yes” person.

8:30 p.m.: Flasks filled with Jack and ginger beer in our bags (a drink combination tied only with the Hendrick’s Pepito cucumber water and gin blend at Muramoto for best cocktail ever), Michael, Sam and I hopped on the bus and headed for the East side of town.

9:00 p.m.: We arrived in time to see three local acoustic performing acts and examine the fine-tip pen drawings on the wall before being treated to live art. As the whiskey warmth sent a flush to my cheeks, I watched swirls of paint spatter across a canvas and

drip off the edges onto the floor.

Perhaps this is only fascinating to me because I assume the curious and generally giddy disposition of a five year old when I’m doing something new, but this was great.

10:30 p.m.: By this time the flasks had been emptied, culture had been experienced and we were ready to move on to the next great event of the night. We even decided to depart just in time to catch a bus back! However, some lengthy and tipsy goodbyes led to us walking outside only to have said bus blow by the stop across the street. Walking it was.

11:00 p.m.: After a curiously refreshing two-mile stroll back to campus, we made it to the Palisades in time to catch the tail end of a friend’s birthday party. Shenanigans ensued, blah blah blah.

12:00 a.m.: Our gaggle grown exponentially, we were off to Mad Hatters to continue the party. Here we encountered more friends and, apparently, it was so much fun we all hung out until bar time. As most people started shuffling out and even I was getting ready to leave, a friend I knew from work said he had heard of an afterparty with a DJ who had played at Segredo earlier in the night. It was on a farm and there were shuttle buses taking people back and forth. Would I like to go? Hell yes I would.

However, I was not about to go to some random farm with a group of dudes, only one of which I actually knew, by myself. Enter Sam, the only one of my friends willing to check out this very random, yet curiosity-piquing situation. I told you she was my yes girl.

2:30 a.m.: We needed to make a pit stop for food before depart-

ing, so pretty soon we found ourselves at Los Gemelos, where I had possibly the best chicken quesadilla of my life. It looks nothing like your typical quesadilla but it is also 1,000 times more delicious.

Vegetarians omitted, y’all should try it. Also at this time, a sober friend met up with us and volunteered to drive to our agricultural destination rather than waiting on the shuttle.

3:00 a.m.: We arrived at Vitruvian Farms, somewhere south of the Madison city limits. Yes, I left the city. The party was in the beginning stages at a large, redone house sitting on several acres of land where apparently they grow organic vegetables you have probably bought at the Farmer’s Market or one of the local grocery stores. Party on, farmers.

Glowsticks scattered the plush carpet and brand new countertops, and flashing lights sent pulsing shadows on the walls. My first reaction was, “Where the fuck am I and what am I doing here?” My second was, “Let’s roll with it.”

3:30 a.m.: I was in a side room with Sam, lying on a love sac (like a giant bean bag except even more comfy) watching “Planet Earth.”

The buses haven’t arrived with the hoards of people yet, though a few others are already at the house.

4:00 a.m.: I became locked in a discussion with our sober driver about the travesty of omitting Tom Bombadilo’s role in the story line of the theatrical production of “The Lord of the Rings.”

4:15 a.m.: One bus arrived and girls in furry boots up to their knees and boys in some kind of artificial euphoric state began to fill the rooms as music began blasting throughout the household. Sam, some of our

new friends and I dance a little, but ultimately I end up exchanging cultural references with the aforementioned J.R.R. Tolkien fan. Despite the new arrivals, there still weren’t many people there and my work friend wanted to go home I wasn’t terribly upset as it turns out this wasn’t the exact dance scene I had anticipated.

4:30-5:00 a.m.: We began the 20-minute return trip to Madison and I arrived back at my apartment as early birds began their chirping in the tree branches. At this point I was so over the fact that I was getting to bed at an ungodly hour that I even took the effort to eat a Nutrigrain bar, wash my face and brush my teeth before dragging myself into bed.

I woke up at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday wondering if the aforementioned events actually happened to me. Not because I was drunk—I was stone-cold sober upon going to sleep—but because they were too random to fully comprehend. I entered Saturday night with no expectations and left with an experience I will always remember, and also a bruised left butt cheek for which I have even less of an explanation. I don’t know if this kind of night sounds fun to anyone else, but for me, random experiences are, if you’ll allow me a corny metaphor, the spicy pepper in my pad Thai. It tastes good without it, but that unexpected heat makes it that much better.

And some of the only ingredients you need to spice things up in life are a willingness to try something new and a friend to tell you “yes.”

Think you can outdo Jaime’s weekend shenanigans? Send her your tales about tacos at Qdoba and raves in abandoned barns at jbrackeen@wisc.edu.

Refrain from grindin’ on my bum Jenna bushnell jennaral nonsense

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efore turning 20 a few months ago, I began to realize that, sadly, I was getting old. Yeah, yeah I know—I’m not actually old. Nevertheless, sorrowfully parting ways with my teenage years offered me the opportunity to reflect on some early staples of adolescent-hood. Namely, grinding.

Don’t know what grinding is?

Lucky you. The move that defined my high school’s dances could be quickly summarized as prolonged dry humping to Lil Wayne. Now don’t get me wrong, 16-year-old Jenna loved grinding as much as she loved strolling down her high school’s halls reciting the words to “Buy U a Drank” (which was a lot, fyi). That said, there comes (or should come) a time in every young adult’s life when she realizes grinding is straight up—for lack of a better word—icky.

I guess I realized I was too old to grind last summer at a D.C. nightclub (which might I note, is the ideal place for deep introspection).

After I had thrown my fifth backwards elbow toward the guy with the feely hands and eyebrows that somehow blended effortlessly into his ingrown stubble-beard, I began to wonder why I was ever okay

with a stranger silently approaching me from behind to “dance.” No tap on the shoulder, no salutation, no “Hello unfamiliar female, would you mind if I gyrated my crotch on your hind regions?” If grinding could urinate, it would do so solely on chivalry’s grave.

After his ribs were undoubtedly bruised from my repeated elbow blows, my suitor decided to address me for the first time all night. “Why would you come to the club if you didn’t want to make new friends?” he yelled to me over the thumping techno beat as his brow-beard grimaced. Excellent question, Sasquatch. It was my first time in a nightclub and I honestly and naively believed I could get my freak on without actually having to freak on anyone. Needless to say, it was no “Night at the Roxbury.”

I should have known what to expect, given my high school experience. Because my high school was notorious for our love of the bump ’n grind, The Washington Post wrote a feature about us earlier this year called, “Teens getting too freaky at the homecoming dance?” We never win homecoming football games, but at least we have that article to be proud of. Go Blazers.

While grinding was unfortunately a facet of my adolescence, I

was still a fairly late bloomer. My first experience grinding and/or coming into close contact with a boy was at a teen club when I was 14. Although it wasn’t unreasonable for my parents to assume that an alcohol-free venue that closed at 11:30 p.m. would be a safe place for their little girl, they forgot to consider that tweens with hormones a-ragin’ would jump at the opportunity to rub up against each other before curfew.

If grinding could urinate, it would do so solely on chivalry’s grave.

The big problem was I was quite awkward, brace-faced and painfully nervous around boys (plus I had a sense of rhythm that was so bad my first grade ballet teacher asked me how I was able to walk in a straight line). I had no interest in grinding that night until

a tall, mature, 15-year-old guy asked me to dance. He either had facial hair or the remnants of some Oreos around his mouth, and I was taken aback by his forwardness. I was surprised by his haste but it wasn’t until I had realized I wasn’t feeling a roll of quarters (or dimes, let’s be honest) in his pocket that it became too much. I proceeded to run to the bathroom as quickly as I could—as would become a frequent action in my life—to do some soul searching.

Despite that scarring night, I slowly began to accept that boys did not have cooties and started to embrace grinding. Now at 20, I feel almost back to square one. It’s not a fear of boys anymore but the slight terror I undergo when I think of the prospect of grinding with my husband (or maybe a bear-faced stranger, who knows) at my child’s wedding. Will grinding still be cool when we’re 25? 45? 85? I couldn’t say, but I’ll likely avoid it like the plague. So on that note, strangers (especially those with facial hair/ Oreo crumbs) if you see me bustin’ a move solo, find someone else to freak on, as I’ve been known to throw elbows.

Tired of gettin’ creeped on at the KK while you’re just tryin’ to break it down to “Watch the Throne?” Share your horror stories with Jenna at jbushnell@wisc.edu.

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Walker says budget reforms saved tax payers $1 billion

By Jack Casey The Daily Cardinal

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If the glove don’t fit...

Fitting into surgical gloves is hard when you’re a giant Badger with only 4 fingers on each hand, but Bucky did his best to serve the masses at this year’s Breakfast with Bucky as a part of the All Campus Party. + Photo by Grey Satterfield

City adds six drug drop-off boxes Officials hope the initiative will reduce drug abuse in Madison

By Abby Becker The Daily Cardinal

Madison and Dane County officials increased the amount of prescription drug drop-off locations Monday in an effort to reduce the heroin “epidemic” in Madison.

The MedDrop program is a system where people can dispose of their unwanted medications at designated locations so that drugs are kept out of the com-

munity water supply and are not consumed by others.

“This is a problem that didn’t develop overnight [and] it’s not going to end overnight,” Dane County Executive Joe Parisi said.

The MedDrop program is part of a city and county-wide initiative, in partnership with Safe Communities, to address drug-poisoning in Madison and Dane County.

Poisoning deaths were the leading cause of injury-related death last year in Dane County and two-thirds of poisoning deaths resulted from drug overdoses, according to Parisi.

Mayor Paul Soglin also urged people to bring their unwanted medications to the designated locations.

“Do it now, do it today,” Soglin

said. “This is not something that you can put off.”

Parisi said 11 tons of prescription medications have been collected at the four previously existing MedDrop locations in Fitchburg, Madison East District, Middleton and Sun Prairie, which have been in place since 2007.

Officials are adding dropoff locations to the Cambridge, Deerfield, Madison West District, Mazomanie, McFarland and Waunakee police departments.

In response to the fourthannual National Take Back Initiative, UW-Madison Police Department will also have a drop-off location on April 27 at 1429 Monroe Street, across from Camp Randall, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Gov. Scott Walker said Monday taxpayers have saved $1 billion since his budget reforms took effect last spring, a claim that drew both praise and criticism from politicians around the state.

Walker said in a statement the $1 billion in savings was “just the start.”

The savings are largely due to spending cuts in areas like state employee benefits and the public education system implemented as part of Act 10, according to UW-Madison Economics Professor Andrew Reschovsky.

However, Reschovsky warned, “One has to be very careful with interpreting [the numbers]” saying the announcement is primarily a talking point for Walker’s recall campaign and nothing new.

When Walker came into office, Wisconsin faced a $3 billion budget deficit and, according to Reschovsky, Walker had the choice to raise taxes or cut government spending to heal the deficit.

Walker stuck to his platform and cut spending.

Even with the savings, Walker’s policy has been controversial with public employ-

ees around the state, who have had to pay more money out of pocket for benefits like health insurance and pensions as a result of Act 10. Backlash to the budget plan led to the recall efforts against Walker and four Republican state senators.

Reschovsky also said Walker only mentioned the savings in his announcement and not the spending cuts.

“He’s clearly highlighting those [positive] parts of the budget and not highlighting other parts like his reduction in the state funding of the UW system,” Reschovsky said.

Politicians around the state applauded and criticized Walker’s announcement. State Sen. Mary Lazich, R-New Berlin, praised the Walker Administration’s work balancing budget, saying the “results speak for themselves.”

“This is a milestone for Wisconsin taxpayers,” Lazich said.

But current Milwaukee mayor and leading Democratic opponent to Walker Tom Barrett disagreed, arguing Walker was trying to cover up his record of “failures” as governor.

“This isn’t a record to brag about – it’s a record that causes failed governors to be tossed from office,” Barrett said.

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Man arrested for stealing Occupy resident’s medication Madison police arrested a 46-year-old Madison man for stealing medication from a woman who had been residing at the Occupy Madison site Sunday afternoon.

James Pate, known as “Hustle Man,” stole a container of prescription pain-killers from a 36-yearold woman who had been staying at the encampment, according

to Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain.

DeSpain said the woman was able to identify Pate and told officers he stole the bottle of pills out of her hand.

Officers followed Pate and found the empty pill bottle near the intersection of East Gorham and North Few Street, according

to police.

Pate admitted to having some beer at a barbecue at the Occupy site earlier that day but denied stealing pills from the victim, according to DeSpain.

Police charged Pate with driving a vehicle with open alcohol in addition to robbery and lacking proper vehicle registration.

Woman allegedly sexually assaulted at house party Police found evidence a 19-year-old woman was sexually assaulted on Emerald Street near South Park Street early Saturday morning.

The Madison woman was

taken to a hospital around 1 a.m. on Saturday after she was found outside of a house party on the 900 block of Emerald Street, according to Madison Police Department spokesper-

son Joel DeSpain.

The woman said she had been drinking at the house party and does not remember what happened to her, according to DeSpain.

Pizza delivery driver alerts police to Mifflin burglar Police arrested a 41-year-old Madison man after officers say he tried to break into a West Mifflin Street building.

The driver contacted police after around 3:30 a.m. Sunday and told them he saw Michael Makar use a crowbar to open

a building on the 100 block of West Mifflin Street, according to Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain.

DeSpain said officers stopped a bicyclist near the State Capitol with a 20-inch crowbar tucked into his pants

and who matched the driver’s description.

Officers arrested Makar for attempted burglary, possession of burglary tools and damaging property.

Makar was previously convicted for burglary in 2005.

Gov. Scott Walker’s claim that he saved Wisconsin taxpayers $1 billion drew both skepticism and praise.

Barrett calls on Democrats to get behind one candidate

By Tyler Nickerson The Daily Cardinal

Leading candidate in the gubernatorial recall Tom Barrett is urging the rest of the field to end their disputes within the party and focus on defeating Gov. Scott Walker.

Barrett sent a letter to Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate Monday asking him to create a “Unity Committee” comprised of representatives from each of the four candidates for the Democratic nomination. He said the committee would “develop a unified plan and strategy to support the Democratic nominee, and keep the focus of this election on defeating Gov. Scott Walker.”

The latest Public Policy Polling polls show the Milwaukee mayor with a comfortable lead over former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk, state

Sen. Kathleen Vinehout, D-Alma, and Wisconsin Secretary of State Doug La Follette. “[Voters] look to Democrats now to end this divisive discord and restore dignity to our political discourse,” Barrett wrote in the letter. “We must reassure them with our plan for unity.”

In recent weeks, Barrett and Falk have attacked each other’s stances on important issues like Walker’s budget plan and restoring collective bargaining for public employees. Falk said she would propose a new budget plan, but Barrett has said he would reinstate collective bargaining rights for public employees without trying to pass a new budget.

The primary election is on May 8 and the general recall election will be on June 5. Four state Senators are also facing recall elections.

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sexual assault from page 1 and reporting sexual assault.

Gethsemane Herron, the center’s support services coordinator, said when groups coordinate together it is easier for survivors, whose experiences are so different, to find solace where they feel most comfortable.

“There are so many ways to be a woman. Not only can very different groups come together but they can work together for a common goal and find commonality with this diverseness,” Herron said.

If a victim discloses an incident of sexual assault to a university employee, the employee is required to anonymously report the incident to the Dean of Students. The details and people involved in the incident are not disclosed.

But it is fully the victim’s choice whether or not they want to take further legal action by filing a report with the Dean of Students or the City of Madison Police Department.

“When a student has been victimized, our role is to help give them some power back,” said University Housing Associate Director Kay ReuterKrohn. Helping survivors come to their own conclusions about what they need is part of that.

Reuter-Krohn said it is even more important for student groups like PAVE and the Campus Women’s Center to be present on campus because disclosing can be difficult for victims. They help victims know it is okay to be unsure of what actions they should take.

“It’s a journey making the right decision. Nobody can tell the victim what the right decision is,” ReuterKrohn said.

PAVE, in addition to helping survivors decide on whether or not to report, offers a safe space for students to discuss sexual violence. Through programming often in conjunction with groups like CWC or Sex Out Loud, they raise awareness about the nature of sexual assault and the misconceptions that surround it.

For PAVE Chair Val Kowis, the UW community can best address preventing sexual assault by understanding it affects all members of campus.

lic safety information to incoming students.

After studies showed students usually did not retain violence prevention messages from Student Orientation, Advising and Registration, Carren Martin, the orientation’s assistant director, said they are trying more effective ways address students.

In years past, a University Health Services employee and UW police officer lectured students about safety on campus. This year, SOAR student leaders will weave violence prevention topics into broader discussions about building positive communities.

“Students hearing things from other students can have a really powerful impact,” Martin said.

Martin emphasized they will be focusing on “extending” orientation throughout the year using social media to complement events.

“If you’re not following [SOAR Kay Reuter-Krohn, programming] up university housing with a lot of careassociate director ful things throughout the Fall … you potentially missed a “Sexual violence is a community lot of people and a lot of opportunity,” problem, so we all must shoulder Martin said. some responsibility and be involved Martin said she hopes collaborain the process for change to happen.” tion throughout the university comNeither PAVE members nor house munity shows students they can have fellows are trained to counsel victims a part in ending sexual assault on that disclose to them. Individuals in campus. both groups can help victims connect “Because this is a large decentralwith services they need. ized campus that’s why connections The work EVOC is doing is not … are so important to try to help limited to student groups. The initia- people understand that it is a bigger tive also helps streamline how admin- campus issue and movement rather istrative offices, like the Center for than the responsibility of one place,” the First Year Experience, frame pub- Martin said.

“When a student has been victimized, our role is to help give them some power back.”

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By Jenna Bushnell the daily cardinal

Eric Hutchinson’s knack for connecting with fans may transform his show tonight at the Majestic Theatre from just a fun, upbeat singer-songwriter performance to a counseling session of sorts.

“I’ve definitely had a lot of people come up to me after I sing it and say ‘oh man you’re singing my life right now’ and we’ll have a hug,” he said of “Watching You Watch Him,” the first track off his new album.

“It’s like therapy. I’m like a therapist for a lot of people.”

He describes the song as “an f-ed up love triangle” and believes his whole sophomore album Moving Up Living Down, released April 17, reflects the complicated emotions that accompany big life transitions. “[After my first album] I traveled all over and I real-

ly got to see the whole country and the world,” he said.

“Saying hello and goodbye to people all at once was always sort of emotional and I think all of that stuff was sort of hanging around in my head while I was working on the new album.”

While these unique experiences helped shape his new album, he emphasized how important it is to him to make uplifting music for his fans.

“I felt I had a responsibility to make this album feel good music and to be inspiring and to help people get through their days,” he said “When they’re in a good mood they feel even better and when they’re in a bad mood it cheers them up.”

Madison is just one of many stops on Hutchinson’s first solo tour. In the past, he’s toured with everyone from Jason

Mraz to Jack’s Mannequin, but is looking forward to crowds of avid fans.

“I’ll get to play more of the songs from both albums and it’s just a really high energy

show,” he said. “My goal is to make sure everyone who comes is having a good time and I think if you come ready to have fun you can do that.”

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performing at the Majestic Theatre Tuesday, April 24. The doors open at 7:30 p.m., and the show begins at 8:30 p.m.

Tickets are $15 in advance and $17 on the day of the show. photo courtesy warner bros.

Hot off the release of his most recent album, Moving Up Living Down, Eric Hutchinson will perform Tuesday evening. Crafted with audiences in mind, the album is begging to be sung and danced along to.

Real-life technological dependency plays a part in new WFF horror film David Cottrell Co-ttrell it on the mountain

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y favorite film from this year’s Wisconsin Film Festival would have to be “Without” from writer/director Mark Jackson.

Starring Joslyn Jensen as Joslyn, a nineteen-year-old girl who takes a job as the caregiver for a catatonic elderly man in his home on a secluded island, the film explores how isolation and disconnection can mess with the mind. The film is especially concerned with today’s world and how it is normally oversaturated with connection through cell phones and the Internet. Upon arriving at her house of employment, Joslyn discovers that she does not receive any cell reception, save for a single bar inside the bedroom of her ward Frank, played with just the right combination of brain-dead and a lingering hint of menacing creepiness by Ron Carrier. To make matters worse, the house lacks any functioning Internet connection— even ancient dial-up, as Joslyn comes to find while attempting to satiate her craving for digital connection by any means necessary.

Considering just how brutally cellphones and the Internet would have eviscerated the plots of countless classic movies, it’s no surprise many writers have been choosing to simply ignore the issue altogether with the now standard toolbox of cellphone negating clichés. Horror movies love to make use of fittingly titled dead zones and drained batteries, denying their protagonists any shred of twenty-first century comforts. In recent years, it effectively teleported them back to the Reagan ‘80s, but now they are lacking even the prospect of plentiful payphones.

The scene of a character waving his

phone around over his head, only to discover “no bars” is already becoming as requisite as a car engine stalling briefly upon startup while the driver is being chased.

Dramas keen to escape the cellular revolution are quick to go down the period piece route—even just going back a decade in some cases—to once again reach a simpler time when people still mostly talked face-to-face, avoiding the quagmire of text messages.

Even comedies have been forced to take heed and find their own ways to work around the prospect of instant communication. Could you imagine a rendition of John Hughes classic “The Breakfast Club” set in modern day?

Those kids would have been texting, tweeting and Facebooking about how lame Shermer High detention was, and would have never resorted to speaking to each other, let alone becoming unexpected friends, with a world of distraction at their fingertips.

Countless comedy flicks have hinged on the Shakespearean tradition of a plot driven by missing or miscommunicated information.

While some comedy writers go the horror route of playing up the instability in cellular technology, and others simply go vintage, the most prominent solution seems to be to just get the characters as messed up as possible on whatever inebriant is most appropriate.

Because when the protagonists are severely blitzed, blazed or bombed, it’s suddenly understandable why cell phones aren’t much use. Just look at the highest grossing R-rated comedy of all time, “The Hangover.” In a time when finding your lost best friend should be as easy as texting him, “Where you at?” it takes grandiose intoxication to once again make missing information a realistic problem.

What this all seems to come down to is an issue of writers and filmmakers trying to propagate an old perspective onto a new century.

While on the surface “Without” would seem just as guilty of the convenient ‘no bars’ cop-out as a plethora of its peers, in reality it’s the polar opposite. Rather than utilizing a lack of cell phone reception to revert back to a classic mode of storytelling, “Without” presses onward, examining what exactly such an experience of extended disconnection would feel like for someone raised on such incessant connection.

Jackson stages a remarkable scene, shot craftily from behind the screen of a computer. The shot peers back at his protagonist, as she seemingly engages in a session of Skype sex with an unseen partner, speaking to the computer as if her partner were right there in front of her. This mode of disembodied interaction, of participation in a relationship with an intangible partner, is a behavior that has already been completely normalized by the millennial generation.

But Jackson turns it on its head when we realize Joslyn still hasn’t connected to the Internet, and is pretending to seduce a blank screen. This manner of digital engagement has become so standard to her that when deprived of both digital and personal connection, she resorts to interacting with an imaginary digital person just as someone under extended isolation might have begun to carry on conversations with invisible corporeal companions in the less technologyindoctrinated past.

Depriving characters of cellphones, the Internet and the rest of our twenty-first century technology cocoon isn’t a practice that should be avoided altogether. But it should be used, as Jackson does in “Without,” with due respect paid to how the sudden loss of a tool we have become so dependent on actually affects us, not simply as an excuse for lazy disregard of how life actually works in this perpetually wired twenty-first century.

Direct questions and comments to David at dcottrell@wisc.edu.

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Steven nemcek opinion columnist

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s reported by the Brookfield Patch, 200 people packed into the Waukesha County Expo Center April 14 to listen to Walid Shoebat, a self-proclaimed terrorist-turnedChristian, speak on the inherent violence of the Islamic faith. The Islamic Society of Milwaukee has proposed building a mosque in Brookfield, Wis., where, coincidentally, I was born and raised.

At first when I read this story I was disappointed with the residents of my home town. Obviously it’s a very right-leaning city, but First Amendment rights are fundamentally endowed to all individuals. How could the party that proclaims such a love for our constitution and such an ardent patriotism be so bigoted and short-sighted? I seriously thought about this for a long time and, after reading some of the comments that individuals posted on the Patch article, I think I came up with an answer.

The Badger Herald ran a piece on the topic, but the author wrote about public fear in terms of the post-September 11 response, and asserts that assimilation of Shariah law could be of societal benefit.

Ignoring the second argument as

irrelevant on grounds of improbability of occurrence, I do believe it is necessary to dig deeper into the historical relationship between this country and the Middle East. I find this history is fundamental to dispelling the idea that the Islamic faith is one equated with violence and terrorism.

I guess the basic, fundamental question that needs to be addressed is, “Why do some Middle Eastern countries and the individuals in those countries want to do us harm?” Both political parties often give lip-service to this question, giving baseless and irrational assertions that we are hated for our “freedoms” and our “liberties.” This sort of rhetoric was prominent in most of the Republican debates, with each of the candidates, save Sen. Ron Paul, clinging to this bizarre assertion. A brief overview of the historical interactions between our country and the Middle East, including direct interactions between the CIA and terrorist organizers, such as Osama bin Laden himself, may answer the questions posed above.

In 1951, Iran nationalized its oil industry with near unanimous support from the Iranian Parliament.

Prior, it had been controlled by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, which was British-owned. At the time, a large segment of Iranian citizens time saw the company as a remnant of English imperialism and thought that it was being exploitive of Iran’s national resources.

Winston Churchill and President Eisenhower conspired to overthrow Iran’s government in order to protect this oil interest.

In 1953, democratically elected Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh was arrested by mobsters directly hired by the CIA. Rioting that followed killed over 800 people. We installed Fazlollah Zahedi as his replacement and the Shah, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, transitioned from a constitutional monarch to an authoritarian one, who ruled as the United States’ puppet dictator for 26 years until the Iranian people overthrew him.

The United States needs to stop with its foreign interventionism and needs to respect the sovereignty of other nations.

In 1979, the Iranian revolution ridded Iran of the Shah, and replaced him with the antiWestern Republic of Iran. This history should offend any honest American on either side of the political spectrum, and should give pause to those that believe in largegovernment interventionism.

The second history of relevance to this topic is CIA funding Operation Cyclone, which gave

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funding to the Afghan mujahedeen from 1979-1989. The Soviets during that time were funding the Marxist Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and the CIA thought it was necessary of fund Islamic guerrilla fighter extremists in hopes to overthrowing the Afghan government, which would ultimately result in the halting of Soviet influence in the area. One prominent member of the mujahedeen during that time was none other than Osama bin Laden, who received money and weapons from the United States.

Toward the end of this resistance effort, Osama bin Laden, with his newfound arms and guerrilla-warfare knowledge, founded al-Qaida to carry on jihad against the United States. According to Michael Scheuer, who led the CIA’s search for bin Ladin, the al-Qaida leader had come to the conclusion that the United States’ foreign policy was oppressive, murderous and harmful to Muslims in the Middle East. He concluded that bin Laden’s disgust was a result of United States’ foreign policy actions and not a result of our ideological love for freedom or liberty.

In absolutely no way can Osama bin Laden’s actions be justified.

However, is it not reasonable that the freedom we cherish most may also be desired in nations such as Iran? Is it not reasonable that they too have a love for democracy? Is it not immoral to force our will upon

a nation that differs in values from our own? Would we as a nation be tolerant of Chinese communism being forced upon us, our beloved Constitution destroyed and a puppet ruler thrust upon us?

In my opinion, the United States needs to stop with its foreign interventionism and needs to respect the sovereignty of other nations. When we attempt to muddle in the affairs of others, we create a bigger mess than we can handle. This is a concept called blowback, which the CIA acknowledges.

Perhaps if those individuals protesting in Waukesha knew of the historical crimes we have committed in Middle Eastern nations, they would not be protesting the free expression of religion, a value which they claim to hold most dear. Instead, they would be protesting a grotesque foreign policy, conducted immorally by our government for decades. Perhaps it is time to listen to the advice of John Adams, when in 1821 he said of America, “But she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy.

She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own. She will commend the general cause by the countenance of her voice, and the benignant sympathy of her example.”

Steven is a sophomore majoring in biochemisty and political science. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

Letter: Achievement gap leaves some minorities behind Ryan Johansen Students for Education Reform

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adison’s K-12 public schools do some things very well. As befitting the public school system in what Men’s Health magazine dubbed the most educated city in the nation, Madison schools produce 20 times the average number of National Merit finalists and offer considerable AP and IB opportunities.

School administrators and other public officials are rightly proud of these accomplishments.

Yet there are other facts concerning Madison’s public schools that are as troubling as the above examples are impressive.

According to the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Exam, a test given to 3rd-8th grade and 10th grade students, 90 percent of white students in Madison schools read proficiently, compared to around 60 percent of black or Hispanic students. In Language Arts, 80 percent of white students scored as proficient, compared to less than 50 percent of their black or Hispanic classmates.

Graduation rates tell a similarly depressing story. While 87 percent of white students and 82 percent of Asian students in Madison schools graduated from high school in 2009-’10, the year of the most recent data, rates were nowhere near as good for their classmates: Native Americans graduated at a rate of 58 percent, Hispanics at a rate of 56 percent, and black students graduated at a rate of just 48 percent.

To be sure, standardized test

scores and graduation rates are not perfect measures of achievement, but such numbers still ought to raise concerns. A city such as Madison, home to a fantastic public university and a diverse, progressive population, should view the achievement gap as one of the foremost issues facing the city, rather than an embarrassment to be swept under the rug.

The achievement gap affects us all, and it is up to all of us to do something about it.

It was encouraging then to see Madison Schools Superintendent Daniel Nerad lay out his plan to combat the achievement gap at a meeting in February. Nerad’s plan contains a whole host of ideas, among them the development of an “Early Warning System” to spot students who may be falling behind, adding an extra hour per day of instruction for students in schools most at risk, ACT preparation for all students, a plan to recruit and retain a more diverse workforce, including the creation of a Chief Diversity Officer, and an expansion of the Advancement via Individual Determination (AVID) program, which focuses on college readiness. Nerad’s plan is not perfect—few, if any, plans ever are—yet the proposals it contains offer the possibil-

ity of making a real difference in closing the achievement gap.

Just when it looked like real progress might finally be made, this prospect was thrown back into doubt with the retirement announcement of Superintendent Nerad late in March. Nerad plans to serve until June of 2013, but it is not yet clear what will happen after that.

Maybe, like some suggest, Nerad’s “lame duck” status may actually increase momentum for the plan, as political considerations that would have come with a decision on the renewal of Nerad’s contract are now removed. For his part, Nerad still seems ready to move forward, saying he hopes to add value to

the conversation in his remaining time with the district. School Board President James Howard likewise sounds undeterred by Nerad’s announcement, saying he and his fellow board members were “looking forward to completing” what Nerad had started.

As a community, Madison has a responsibility to keep the pressure on to make sure that these statements and those like it turn out to be more than empty promises. In winning their races for school board this spring, Mary Burke and Arlene Silveira both made a commitment to focusing on and reducing the achievement gap; the onus is now on the public to hold them to that commitment. Even though

Superintendent Nerad is moving on, concerns about the achievement gap cannot be swept back under the rug.

A school system in which students of some race or class achieve while students of other races or classes are dramatically left behind should be abhorrent to any school district, least of all one as committed to progressive ideals and fairness as the Madison Metropolitan School District. The achievement gap affects us all, and it is up to all of us to do something about it.

Ryan Johansen is a junior and a member of Students for Education Reform. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Softball

Football

Bielema compliments progression of UW’s ‘no-name’ defense

By Rex Sheild The Daily Cardinal

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In just two seasons since arriving from Loyola-Chicago, head coach Yvette Healy has changed the culture of the Wisconsin softball program and has the team contending in the Big Ten.

Healy breeding success

By Peter Geppert The Daily Cardinal

As the wins are beginning to pile up and the Wisconsin softball team is emerging as a contender for the Big Ten title, it is impossible to overlook head coach Yvette Healy, who has been the key to the team’s success.

Healy has transformed the Badgers from a conference punching bag to one of the most exciting teams to watch in the country in just a short stretch of two years. After a dismal 17-32 finish the season before her arrival from Loyola-Chicago, Healy put the Badgers on the road to success in her first season as head coach, recording only the sixth 30-win season in school history in 2011.

“While we have had some success I would still say we have a long way to go to get where we want to be,” Healy said. “I will say in these two years we have made some nice strides.”

The biggest impact Healy has had on the program has been establishing a looser and more fun culture.

“Under the previous coach a lot of players were really down on themselves and the team,” senior first baseman Karla Powell said. “We still have to earn everything we get but there is a lot less stress that comes with it.”

Many are optimistic about the future of the Wisconsin softball program under Healy, but as in every instance in college athletics, the key to realizing the dreams of success lies in the staff’s recruiting efforts.

The Wisconsin softball program is in a great position to attract some of the premier talent around the nation, as the athletic department will soon begin construction on a new, state-of-the-art indoor softball facility.

“What struck me immediately about coming to Madison was the level of support the university has given its athletic programs,” Healy said.

Working against Healy,

recruiting wise, is the historic geographic disadvantage that Big Ten schools have had against the blue bloods of college softball. In the most recent ESPN.com/USA Collegiate softball top 25 rankings, eight of the 25 schools hailed from the Pac-12 and six come from the SEC. Historically, warm-weather states have been a gold mine for softball recruiting as the weather conditions allow players to hone their skills year round. Although many of the top programs in college softball draw heavily from California, Texas and Florida, Healy does not feel that it is a prerequisite to be successful.

“Under the previous coach a lot of players were really down on themselves and the team.”

Karla Powell senior first baseman Wisconsin softball

“The key to our program will be attracting Midwestern kids who have a real love for the university and for Badger athletics,” Healy said.

This strategy is not uncommon for those who have enjoyed similar success in turning around previously unsuccessful programs at Wisconsin.

When Barry Alvarez arrived in 1990 as the new head football coach he encountered a program in shambles similar to how Healy found the Badger softball program when she was hired in 2010. During his tenure as head coach, Alvarez adopted a strategy of attracting not necessarily the most highly touted recruits, but recruits who grew up Badger fans and would work hard if given the chance to play for their hometown team. This recruiting strategy helped Healy land freshman first baseman Amanda Oberc.

“I was able to contact coach Healy because I knew her from Loyola and was really interested in playing at Madison,” Oberc

said. “I’m really happy with my choice to come here, there is really no place I would rather be at.”

With Healy’s early success it is easy for Wisconsin fans to let their imagination run wild for what will come next for the hopeful program.

“I see this program going very far under [Healy],” junior catcher Maggie Strange said.

“With her as coach there is really no limit to what can be accomplished here.”

The month-long span of 14 grueling spring practices will come to a conclusion Saturday for the Wisconsin football team prepares to play in its annual spring game at Camp Randall Stadium.

The game will consist of four quarters with full contact, except on kick-offs. Since the starting offense only generated three points against the starting defense in last year’s spring game, the starting offensive and defensive units will face the rest of the roster.

“I really want the continuity of the ones [number one offense and defense] working together on both sides of the ball,” head coach Bret Bielema said. “I think that’s very important for us moving forward.”

The spring season has been a time for Bielema and his new coaching staff to evaluate the personnel, particularly on a defense that is trying to find its identity after a wildly inconsistent 2011 season.

“What I try to do as a head coach, I always say, ‘hey, we’re all working the same way,’” Bielema said. “I think defensively we’ve battled through some significant things. Our defense is made up of no-name guys. Just a bunch of guys that go to work, lineup and do what they’re supposed to do,” Bielema said.

Bielema acknowledged several

players that have taken significant strides on the defensive side of the ball, including the safety combination of redshirt senior Shelton Johnson and redshirt junior Dezmen Southward. “[Johnson and Southward] together might give us the best safety combination since I’ve been here coaching-wise,” Bielema said.

“So I’m excited about those two.”

Fans won’t get a chance to see senior running back Montee Ball play in the spring game who is being held out for precautionary reasons as he has been throughout much of spring practice.

“When you see him run in practice you’ll know why he didn’t need the practice of getting hit,” Bielema said of Ball. “We will in the fall.

He’ll take some shots in the fall. At this point, we don’t feel it’s necessary to take him to the ground.”

With transfer quarterback Danny O’Brien not arriving on campus until late May, the Badgers only have two quarterbacks, redshirt freshman Joel Stave and redshirt sophomore Joe Brennan, participating in spring practice, and Bielema has been impressed thus far with their work.

“I’ve been happy with both,” Bielema said. “I think the learning that they’ve taken from [offensive coordinator] Matt [Canada] and the transition in last year’s system to this year’s system has been pretty good.”