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Walker ahead of Neumann in campaign funds Part 1 of 2 in a series on campaign finance By Alison Dirr The Daily Cardinal

For the last six months, gubernatorial candidates Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker and former congressman Mark Neumann have been engaged in a close competition in an invisible primary–a race for campaign contributions. Walker is ahead of Neumann both in terms of funding and

the number of donations he has received according to their latest campaign finance reports. However, in the first gubernatorial race in 28 years without an incumbent, there will likely be a hard-fought internal political battle on the Republican front. According to an April St. Norbert’s poll, in a head-to-head matchup between Neumann and Walker, Neumann received support from 23 percent of voters to Walker’s 24 percent. Thirty-three percent of voters said they were unsure whom they would vote for. However, the Walker campaign

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Freezin’ for a Reason

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Students “froze” on Bascom Hill Monday to promote Sexual Assault Awareness Month, taking place in April.

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Cash in hand at the end of 2009

Faculty approve free-speech proposal

Walker: more than $2 million Neumann: $974,178

The Faculty Senate voted to approve a proposal Monday to ensure that faculty members can freely criticize the actions of UW-Madison administrators and policies. The new proposal, written by UW-Madison political science professor Donald Downs, ensures that faculty members will not be punished for speaking about public issues as private citizens or within the context of their expertise as an employee at UW-Madison. Ian Dobson, a UW-Madison professor of engineering, said although he supports the amendment, he felt that speech within one’s area of expertise as a faculty member could also be considered speech on behalf of the university. “When you’re contacted to make

Money spent by each candidate Walker: $1.2 million Neumann: $350,803

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a statement about your area of capacity and that happens to be a matter of public interest or concern … then they are asking you for an informed opinion based on being a member of the University of Wisconsin,” he said. According to Chancellor Biddy Martin, however, there is a distinction between these two types of speech. “Even if you’re speaking in your official capacity on a matter of public concern you are not speaking on behalf of the university,” she said. The amendment also states faculty members are still required to act responsibly and to acknowledge that they are not speaking on behalf of the university in certain situations. “It does acknowledge that we feel a sense of responsibility for the words we choose and the environment we choose to say it,” UW-Madison history

professor John Sharpless said. Bill Tracy, chair of the Faculty Senate’s University Committee, also addressed the UC’s ad hoc committee report evaluating provost Paul DeLuca’s proposal to create a new Vice Chancellor for Research position, which is a duty currently held by the Dean of the Graduate School. Tracy said the ad hoc committee called to increase the workload of the associate deans to relieve the burden from the individual serving both roles rather than separate the job into two different positions. “The ad hoc committee took the position that UW-Madison has done well in research and we were concerned that we didn’t destroy a good system but recognize that there were improvements to be made,” Hector DeLuca, chair of the ad hoc committee, said.

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Jin’s Chicken and Fish license revoked after many violations By Taylor Harvey The Daily Cardinal

The Vending Oversight Committee placed a motion to revoke the vending license of Jeffrey Okafo of Jin’s Chicken and Fish Monday night. The one-year revocation is a result of, according to committee members, Okafo’s consistent violation of Madison City laws with regard to street use, health codes, parking and vending ordinance. Okafo, owner of the food cart usually located on library mall, has been regularly vending with a suspended license. He was also

ticketed for leaving his cart unattended for one to two weeks in January earlier this year. Okafo’s first violation in September 2008 involved vending without a license. Multiple charges have been made against Okafo since. “This committee has suspended his license for a six-month period and a thirty-day period. One year is the least amount of time he should be suspended considering the amount of violations he has,” said John Strange, jin’s page 3

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Bill Tracy, chair of the University Committee, outlined the ad hoc committee report evaluating provost Paul DeLuca’s propsal to restructure the graduate school at the Faculty Senate meeting Monday.

“…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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have no problem with magazines in general. At least, last time I checked, I was not driving a butcher knife into a sexy cover photo or psychotically tearing out pages with my bared, somehow severely salivating teeth. No, unless it was magazine made entirely of bacon, I would not be driven to such delicious extremes. Remember how I said I don’t have a problem with magazines in general? I don’t, but I have a problem with magazines in specific. And I’m not talking about Forbes or Highlights for Kids or Just Labs. I’m talking about something so horrific and misleading that if you read past the first advertisement for creamier skin, men around the globe will be alerted to immediately file lawsuits to sue you for extreme, untreatable penile injury. As a lady who has the

ability to read, I’m warning you, you will be penalized for your penile crimes. Yes, I am talking about Lady Magazines and, more speciﬁcally, ones that have a ladylike cocktail as their namesake. I fell into the Cosmo trap before, and since I am a legal woman, I must trust my Intuition (I swear by that razor!) and tell my ladies what I believe is up, girlfran: You may already be well aware, but Cosmo is a steaming cesspool of lies. And not even the good lies that we tell our morbidly obese friends about how great they look in that denim mini. First, any article titled “His Bedtime Body Language” belongs in the trash under a pile of vomit that you should have expelled during the time between you reading that title and putting the magazine in the trash (and if you are concerned about recycling, you can pretend the magazine was frozen and full of pizza grease beforehand so you don’t have to feel guilty about trashing it). Please. Ladies. We are better than that. Oh, God. I’m getting so upset and emotional,

I think I need to read an article about how to manage my PMS so I can get ahead in the workplace. Here, let me decode the enigma that is his bedtime body language for you: He is either fucking zonked as the day he was shot out from his mother’s womb, or there is a boner on your leg. Nothing to decode, unless you are a mossy tree stump. Oh, and Cosmo assumes you are a mossy tree stump. And that you can only possibly be attracted to men. What if I am attracted to bacon? Huh? What then, Cosmo? How do I fucking please my bacon? How am I supposed to know how to give my bacon a mind-blowing grease job (GJ)? Here, let me sum up Lady Magazines so that you’ll do humanity a favor and never have to read them again. Sex Q and A A: Yes, that is what is traditionally called “herpes.” Celebs Everybody is fucking everybody and looking smoking hot doing it. You do not have a glimmer of hope

to even bone the shift manager at Starbucks. Read on. Body Diet Tips That’ll Really Work! Eat paper. But the lowfat, no sodium, organic kind. Hair You will never have hair this freaking sleek, and your attempts to try will result in a mousy up-do with a crown of hairspray crust that has less volume than a piece of dry straw in a vacuum. Sex Tips NO. NO. NO. Lawsuits. Jail time. New nickname: “YOUR NAME HERE, the Penis Snapper.” Relationships Get your oven mitts on, you’re in for a tumultuous and subservient lifetime of no-ammonia cleaner, ginger snaps and soccer practice. Quizzes Does He Think You Are A Psychotic, Possessive Bitch? Yes. If you are one of those rare baconsexuals, please e-mail VP at evanpay@wisc.edu and we can share our frustration.

Choose your own adventure: College edition KEVIN SLANE draining the main slane

omeone once said that college is an adventure and only you hold the map that shows the path to success. That “someone” was an ex-con turned motivational speaker who completed two hours of his court-ordered community service by speaking at my eighth grade graduation. Despite his teardrop tattoo and missing ﬁngers, I took the advice of Henry “T-Bone” Watkins to heart; he was genuine and emphatic and said anyone who didn’t listen to his advice “IS GONNA GET STABBED.” Now that I’ve nearly completed my four years of college, I can say unequivocally that T-Bone was right. College is an adventure, and sometimes, despite your best intentions, you end up choosing the wrong path. In all honesty, I wish college had been like one of those “Choose Your Own Adventure” books I used to read as a kid. I can’t begin to count how many times the main character fell down a bottomless pit, got eaten by a pack of lions or was haunted by a ghost for all eternity, all concluding with those two dreaded words: “THE END.” But instead of accepting my fate, I would always use my thumb to keep the previous page bookmarked and resurrect my intrepid protagonist an infinite number of times before he finally escaped the unescapable maze, became the king of the Serengeti or solved the mystery of the haunted amusement park. In hopes of leading you all down the right path (and giving you a few chances to escape an unfortunate fate), I’ve created a “Choose Your Own Adventure” tale for an average weekend at UW-Madison. (Note: From personal experience, the “thumb technique” does not work on university police. Please refrain from trying any and all fate-defying techniques when dealing with them.)

A WOP TO REMEMBER You wake up with a start, the memories from last night as hazy as your vision. The sun’s rays glinting through your blinds are like swords poking your tired retinas. A knock at the door shakes you from your stupor. Quickly throwing on your sweats, you open the door to ﬁnd Jackie, the girl upstairs from your stats class, and Adam, your buddy from down the hall in Witte 8B. “Hey, you ready to head to class?” Jackie says, brushing the hair from her face. “I think they’re going to review for our exam on Monday.” “Hell no, dude! ‘The Price is Right’ is on!” Adam says, scraping at a stain of unknown origin on his shirt. “I picked up a 30 of Keystone for the ShowCASE Showdown!” Looking from the rather delicious-looking cleavage Jackie’s rocking on the left to the rather refreshing-looking Bloody Mary Adam is blatantly rocking in the dorm hallway on the right, you have a decision to make. If you drink, skip to “Day Drinking” If you go with Jackie, skip to “Class” DAY DRINKING “Sorry, I think I’m coming down with the ﬂu,” you say to Jackie. “I’ll probably just hit up the library tomorrow instead, since there’s no football game.” Looking slightly disappointed, Jackie leaves. You grab Adam’s Bloody Mary and down it. “The price is wrong, bitch!” Adam yells, cracking another beer. “Loaf is lining up some Cuervo shots.” After attempting to take a shot every time someone bids $1 or wins a car and shotgunning a beer every time a contestant tries to listen to the entire studio audience to guess the correct price, you, Adam and Loaf are hammered at 11 a.m. Suddenly, there’s a knock at the door. “House fellows, open up.” If you open the door, skip to “Open Sesame!” If you keep the door closed, skip to “Fuck off!” CLASS “Hold on, let me grab my notebook,” you say to Jackie.

“Whatever, nerd,” Adam says. “More brewskis for me and Loaf!” In class, your headache intensiﬁes. The professor is saying something about demand curves, but your wandering eyes are demanding some different curves. Jackie seems to notice your not-so-subtle glances but appears not to mind. Nice! After class, you head back for some beer and “Mario Kart” with Adam. After a few hours of this, combined with the shots you took for ﬁnishing last on Rainbow Road, you’re pretty drunk. Suddenly your phone rings. It’s a text from Jackie. “Studying at Helen C. for a few hours, you up for a study date?” If you tell her yes, skip to “Library” If you tell her no, skip to “Party” OPEN SESAME! You open the door to find your roommate Nick barely hiding his vaporizer. “Just kidding, losers!” Nick says. “Time for some vape hits!” After an afternoon of this, you’re completely messed up and decide to head to your room. You order some Pokey stix from Ed’s, throw on “The Hangover” and call it a night at 6:35 p.m. Maybe you’ll make it to the library tomorrow after all. THE END FUCK OFF! There’s no way you’re answering the door with all this contraband sitting out. You’ve already got a couple write-ups, and you don’t need any more. “Don’t worry, dude, they can’t come in if the door is locked,” Adam says as Loaf attempts to hide under his bed. Then comes the second round of knocking. This time it’s the police. Turns out taking Poli Sci 104 does not make you an expert in constitutional law, and the police enter your dorm room, writing you all tickets and taking you and Adam to detox. THE END LIBRARY “Hell yeah library date!!” you text back. All you need to do is finish this last game of “Mario Kart.” And maybe take one more

shot. And maybe a quick toke of Loaf ’s bong to cut the buzz and mellow out. Finally, you head out the door, forgetting your notebook and sweatshirt. You make a quick detour to Taco Bell for three volcano tacos before getting kicked out by the rent-a-cop for standing on a table and screaming “I’m full!” Somehow you make it to Helen C. and, finding your legs have ceased to function, begin the torturous crawl up the stairs to the third floor. You spot Jackie at a table and shuffle over. “Let’s put the ‘mate’ in ‘study date!’” you say in your sexiest voice possible. “Why do you smell like a Mexican whorehouse?” Jackie says, wrinkling her nose. With one sniff of your shirt, everything hits you like a ton of bricks. The booze, the weed, the tacos... and just like that, you puke everywhere. As Jackie runs out of the library screaming, you think about how awkward class is going to be on Monday. THE END PARTY “I already studied this afternoon, I’m headed to a party though at 420 Gorham, you should come by if you get tired of studying,” you text back. Soon, your crew heads out to the party, and you’re feeling pretty good. They’ve got a bunch of wop, and everyone is getting pretty wild. Suddenly, someone jumps you from behind. It’s Jackie, and she’s a little tipsy. “I only suggested we go to the library because I think you put the ‘stud’ in ‘study,’” Jackie says, running her hand along your chest. “Want to play some beer pong?” After winning a few games of beer pong, you decide to head back to her apartment to “watch” “A Walk to Remember.” For once, it appears that you’ll be happy that your night has reached THE END. Do you wish the “Choose Your Adventure” stories you read as a kid had fewer dragons and more Cuervo? Tell Kevin your story ideas at kevslane@gmail.com.

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Dayton property may become apartment By Maggie DeGroot The Daily Cardinal

The rezoning request of a Dayton Street property was filed in a Madison Plan Commission meeting Monday. Brandon Cook, owner of a single-family house on 430 W. Dayton St. filed a request to rezone the property into a fivebedroom apartment. He inherited the house three years ago and said it has now “gotten to the end of its useful life.” “It’s difficult to rent [as it is now],” said Cook. “We don’t have a basic plan for this area that is needed to guide us as we make these choices.” Judy Olson member Plan Commission

The prospective tenants of the new apartment, UW-Madison sophomores Katlyn Froistad, Jacqueline Rudzinski and Kristen Bodurtha, were present at the meeting. Froistad said she was interested in renting the proposed property because it would be

nice to have everything new and working properly. However, Judy Olson, a member of the committee, made a motion to place the zoning amendment on file. “I believe it does violate our standards for [Planned Unit Development], ” Olson said. Olson said the building’s new design is attractive, but she worries whether it will be useful in the future. She said the proposed five bedroom apartment situated in three stories is not a good design. Olson said she does not like turning down projects but that this proposal only works for a niche group of people. “We don’t have a basic plan for this area that is needed to guide us as we make these choices,” said Olson. Michael Heifetz, a member of the committee, said the project is “strange and unique,” but said he will vote against Olson’s motion. Heifetz said the apartment building will produce a more attractive environment on West Dayton Street. He also said the proposal meets the standards set by the Plan Commission. The committee voted to place the proposal on file.

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finance from page 1 finance report for the last six months of 2009 boasted more than $2 million cash on hand after expenditures to Neumann’s $974,178. “Scott Walker’s impressive fundraising total shows he has what it takes to win in November.” Jill Bader spokesperson Scott Walker

Walker’s campaign reported donations from 18,580 contributors. Neumann, who loaned himself more than $1 million to begin the campaign, reported raising $218,506 from individual donors in the last six months of 2009 compared to Walker’s $1,545,232 from individual donors. “Scott Walker’s impressive fundraising total shows he has what it takes to win in November and fight the entrenched interests in Madison, just as he has done in Milwaukee County. More remarkable, however is the fact that 75% of Walker’s 18,580 contributions were for $50 or less. They came from everyday people in every single Wisconsin county who, in tough times, gave what they could while finding ways to do more with less in their family budgets,” Jill Bader, Walker’s spokesperson, said in an e-mail. According to the Associated Press, in the last six months of 2009, Walker received a total of $584,000 from 321 donations of at least $1,000, many of which were from business executives. Neumann’s family donated nearly $50,000 to his campaign. His wife donated $9,025. “It’s no surprise that his family supports his race,” Chip Englander,

Neumann’s campaign manager, said. “They are significant supporters.” Although Walker has more than double the funds of his rival, by the end of 2009 he had spent more than $1.2 million while Neumann paid out $350,803. “The campaign doesn’t spend a lot of money on overhead,” Englander said. “It’s focused on putting every penny possible into reaching voters, whether it’s through the main street program, whether it’s through the television ads or the radio ads.” In attempts to demonstrate the frugal approach he would take as Wisconsin’s governor, Walker continues to promote his “brown bag” approach to finance, which emphasizes his stance against high taxes and government spending. However, Walker reported spending nearly $20,000 on fundraising food and beverages in the last six months of 2009, including expenses paid for meetings. The report showed that Walker spent $2,182 at Ruth’s Chris Steak House in Madison last July. “Yes, like all campaigns, we hold fundraisers which often have food. All in all, by your count, we spent about $1 on food and other expenses per contribution. Also keep in mind the fact that Scott can’t simply write a huge check to pay for campaign expenses and he doesn’t have the time to pack a brown bag lunch for all 18,580 of his contributors,” Bader said. According to a report from the nonprofit watchdog group Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, Political Action Committees and other organizations contributed more than $62,000 to Walker. In addition to PACs, a recent Supreme Court ruling allows organizations such as corporations and labor unions to allot unlimited funds to advocacy groups. Although law still prohibits them from donating directly to the party or candidate, these groups can use this money to

jin’s from page 1 assistant city attorney. Okafo was also caught on a surveillance camera late January outside of the U-Haul store on West Washington Avenue committing a hit and run, damaging a vehicle. Okafo said he did not realize he hit the vehicle. “It’s been a total frustration. We have sponsored ordinance amendments for over a decade to deal with the problems this vender is causing,” said Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4. Despite the yearlong suspension penalty that was issued, the

committee said it feels that it will not resolve the issues raised by Okafo. Verveer suggested that the city attorneys should request an ordinance amendment be drafted by the Common Council. “We need to tighten up our language in a lot of places because this is not going to go away. It’s time; we cannot continue to exhaust all of this time with one vendor. It is not fair to everyone else who follows the rules,” said Tori Pettaway, a committee member. “Because of the lack of respect for laws of this city, the maximum penalty is more than appropriate here,” said Verveer.

“[I hope] special-interest groups stay out of the state of Wisconsin altogether and let us run our campaign.” Mark Neumann candidate for governor Wisconsin

In a February interview with Neumann he said he hopes corporations and organizations will not take advantage of the Supreme Court decision. “[I hope] special-interest groups stay out of the state of Wisconsin altogether and let us run our campaign,” he said.

Sex Out Loud’s 7 Sexiest seeks to showcase a variety of sexy students in celebration of Sexual Health Week, which runs from April 12-17. These students have been nominated by their peers as exemplars of the wide range of attractive qualities present in the student body. Meredith Dodd is so fantastically sexy, she was nominated in two categories: Seductive Scholar and Gorgeous Grad student. Though she is currently a sophomore, her sultry scholarship has earned her pre-emptive Gorgeous Grad Student status, as she will continue to showcase her brilliance in law school next year. Says her nominator, Hilary Ellingson: “Not only is she graduating as a sophomore, but she also has already been accepted to a number of Law Schools. Meredith...began studying for the LSAT [last summer] and received almost a perfect score.” Despite these already-admirable accolades, Meredith’s other anonymous nominator can add this to bolster her sexy credentials: “Always willing to help a friend or stranger, you can’t deny Meredith’s personality exudes sexiness at the core if its meaning. She is not hung up on solely her appearance, but everything she does has a purpose. She’s driven, determined, and successful. What about her isn’t sexy?” Our judges agree. Meredith Dodd is a Seductive Scholar and will undoubtedly continue her reign as a Gorgeous Grad Student— case closed.

create their own advertisements for or against a candidate. Jay Heck, executive director of Common Cause in Wisconsin, said as a result, total spending in this gubernatorial race is likely to exceed the 2006 record of $35 million. “It stands to reason that we’re probably going to see more outside spending, and if that’s the case, we could see a $50 million or more race for governor,” Heck said. Mike McCabe, executive director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, noted that it is unlikely that corporations will spend significantly more because of potential backlash from customers with different political views. Instead, he said, corporations donate money to “outside organizations” that “operate totally outside of campaign finance laws.” “They’ll give the money to front groups like All Children Matter and Coalition for America’s Families,” McCabe said. “Those groups will sponsor the advertising.” He said this process allows these organizations to essentially launder money by removing traces of those corporations and unions supplying the funding.

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Bluegrass is a genre often disregarded and disrespected by the greater music community. Minnesota-based band Trampled by Turtles attempt to combat this stereotype, making music appealing to fans of many genres.

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wailing vocals, would be right at home in a saloon in Kentucky, but Somewhere buried beneath the at the same time its energy level modern-day musical behemoth genres and pacing feel almost like a song of rock, pop and country there lies an from a new-wave band. Trampled oft-forgotten sect called bluegrass. It is by Turtles could easily have opened generally associated with toothless hicks for the Cars or Cheap Trick, complein Branson, Mo. scraping on wash- menting each band perfectly despite boards and blowing the fact that neither on empty jugs of of those bands was CD REVIEW moonshine. It’s also exactly a friend of frowned upon by the banjo. music elites sitting in Trampled by their upper-middleTurtles stick to their class high-rise apartwild side early in the ments. However, album. The active, Minnesota-based almost frantic pace Trampled by Turtles to the beginning of Palomino do their best to avoid Palomino is in stark Trampled By such stereotypes by contrast to the Turtles taking their core more easy-going bluegrass sound and adapting it to the nature of Duluth, most of which current indie-folk wave, reaching their seems almost casual in comparison critical apex with their 2008 album to forces of nature like “Wait So Duluth. Two years later they have sent Long” and “It’s a War.” “It’s a War,” forth the album Palomino as the suc- in particular, feels like it was run cessor to their most widely acclaimed through an atom smasher with fidrecord, and, if anything, it should draw dler Ryan Young reaching atomic levels of hyperactivity. more people into the bluegrass fold. However, Palamino calms down Right from the beginning, Trampled by Turtles show they have a bit afterward and loses some of its absolutely no desire to smooth their steam. It’s hard to pay attention to bluegrass edges. Palomino’s first track “Separate” after the impressive fireand debut single “Wait So Long,” works display beforehand, making the with lead singer Dave Simonett’s track easily skippable. But Trampled

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by Turtles seem aware of this, as seen in the standout track “New Son/ Burnt Iron,” which halfway through tosses aside its peaceful, 19th-century pastoral tone and returns to the energy-driven manic tempo of the album’s opener. So while Palomino does sag somewhat after its impressive opening stretch, it recovers nicely to avoid being entirely front-loaded. With Palomino, Trampled by Turtles establish themselves as a band that has been around the block a few times. They know the ups and downs and have settled into life, having gotten past the growing pains of their youth. “New Orleans” probably puts it best, groaning, “It’s a bitch ain’t it / To live when you’re young.” Now the band sees another generation coming up behind them, going through those same growing pains, perhaps dealing with the very troubles Turtles had with ﬁnding acceptance while playing in a disparaged musical genre. Palomino is their sort of guidebook through the travails and troubles all people must go through before acclimating to their permanent places in the world. And if the tempo and wild nature are any indication, Turtles’ advice for the young people of the world is to stare those troubles down and barrel straight into them at full speed.

pparently, history often forgets to question the separation of church and state, assert the presence of Russian spies in the U.S. government during the Cold War, glorify Ronald Reagan above Lincoln and unwrite hip-hop as a contributing part of American culture. Such are the (generalized) recommendations coming from the Texas Board of Education as it awaits the final vote on what has become a buzz-worthy topic over the last month: revisionist history, a touchy subject when it comes to mixing seemingly historical fact with how certain factions may prefer to view history subjectively. What Texas’ Board of Education is really trying to do is take the rules of recontextualization—the refitting or reassigning of a work of art into its greater context because of enhanced or simply new perspectives reached over time—and apply them to history. While that is, and should be, frowned upon, it touches an aspect of music I have advocated frequently: using the bottomless well of music that is the Internet and the opportunity it brings to continuously recreate your opinions and assertions when it comes to music, or whatever form of art you fancy. It’s like how “Layla” and other assorted love songs will now live on as the ultimate love letter, even though at the time the meanings were a personal secret from Eric Clapton confessed to Pattie Boyd. It’s the same as the way Neil Young’s ditch trilogy was considered dirty, disheveled and wholly unappealing by the general public only to become glorified grieving with the common knowledge of Young’s mentality after the death of Danny Whitten, Young’s counterpart on guitar, and the way Nick Drake is only now being seen as an essential building block of folk music decades after his death. In each case, recontextualization added deeper meanings through the details of personal context, yet this practice can also hurt classic artists. When it was released in 1975, Brian Eno’s Another Green World was heralded with praise, with commentary calling it “the aural equiva-

lent of a park on the moon,” industrialist, a dream-filled slumber and so on. He was hailed as mastering the production studio as an instrument, a new concept as pop musicians were only beginning to consider abandoning traditional song structure by testing the outer limits of technology in music. But with today’s ADD-riddled descendants like Dan Deacon and, specifically, the redefining of Eno’s vision and artistic ambition for our generation by Radiohead’s Kid A, Another Green World feels archaic, outdated and even simple in its ambitions to push pop music. His take on minimalism, ambience and an ethereal sound in pop music is lost on most of our generation after 25 years of subgenres and specializations of the techniques he introduced. This is, in some ways, what the Texas Board of Education is attempting: adjusting (or ignoring) historical landscapes to fit modern ideologies because we are too far removed from the times of the original events to assert any misleadings. Lucky for music lovers, the complete objectivity of the art form and its reception provides for—even requires—recontextualization. And, to take a turn at public service announcements, there’s no better way to refine the context through which you view an album than by discussing it with people who are not in your age bracket. The best place to do this: record stores. What is being celebrated this weekend? Record Store Day. The event’s basis points to the fact that no two perspectives on a piece of work are identical and the sharing of these unique perspectives can only contribute to a greater common knowledge. For as good as the Internet has been for exposure, it has also made listening a more isolated endeavor, one that is detrimental to recontextualization. So when you stumble across a gem online, don’t forget to go to a record store and talk it up around the proverbial water coolers and maybe even (gasp!) buy it. Otherwise, you might be stuck thinking Radiohead were the first to use studio production to create new landscapes and Thomas Aquinas was more important to the American Revolution than the secular, obtuse Thomas Jefferson. Big Record Store Day plans? Share them with Justin at jstephani@wisc.edu.

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Walking on Sunshine

Today’s Sudoku

Evil Bird

By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu

Ludicrous Linguistics Classic

By Celia Donnelly donnelly.celia@gmail.com

The Graph Giraffe Classic

By Yosef Lerner graphics@dailycardinal.com

Crustaches

By Patrick Remington premington@wisc.edu

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

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

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

Charlie and Boomer

By Natasha Soglin soglin@wisc.edu

Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com A STUNNING PUZZLE

ACROSS 1 It may be found in an ancient shipwreck 6 Bombards with junk e-mail 11 Miss partner 14 Kind of acid 15 They’re popular in Israeli circles? 16 Slalom path shape 17 “Wouldn’t it be great?” 19 Sturgeon’s eggs 20 Enjoying a hot streak 21 Shed some tears 22 Demented 25 Slender runner 26 Clodhoppers 28 “Dream on!” 30 Juvenile newts 33 Rocket used as a probe 34 Classic theater name 36 Less better-off 38 “Wow!” 43 Cavern, in poetry 44 Buffet table heat source 45 Muslim decree 48 Word after “glom” 50 Big birds of lore 51 Take a breath 53 Noshed on 55 It’ll shut you up

56 Australian parrot 57 Scotland’s national flower 61 Twist the truth 62 See 17-Across or 38-Across 66 Election victors 67 Recoil from pain 68 Accustom 69 Highest degree 70 Quartet x two 71 No longer anonymous DOWN 1 British rule over India 2 Australian flightless bird 3 Easter fleur 4 “___ each life some rain ...” 5 Elements of change? 6 “Funny Girl” actor Omar 7 Possum of Okefenokee 8 Seed covering 9 Macho 10 Which way the wind blows, sometimes 11 Immediately afterward, in legalese 12 Crustacean with seven pairs of legs 13 Feared African insect 18 Distinguish 21 No one in particular

22 Antony or Chagall 23 Gobi’s continent 24 “Gorillas in the Mist” author Fossey 27 Good quality 29 Abandon the nest 31 A 10-, 11- or 12year-old 32 Musical note 35 Of harmonic sounds 37 Italian dish cooked in broth 39 Sib for sis, perhaps 40 Winged Greek god 41 One twelfth of a foot 42 Dreadlocked Peter 45 Substitute 46 Consecrate using oil 47 Separate grains from hulls 49 Assigned work to 52 Set of moral principles 54 Like the North Pole crew 58 Indicate subtly 59 Cuzco resident, maybe 60 Italian volcano 62 Noah count? 63 Low, droning sound 64 “___ we having fun yet?” 65 Turner or Danson

Washington and the Bear

By Derek Sandberg kalarooka@gmail.com

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KATHY DITTRICH opinion columnist

pril is Sexual Assault Awareness month, bringing needed attention to the issue. However, I don’t think sexual assault is something we should be thinking about and fighting against just one month out of the year. As a nation, we need to be fighting against societal notions of gender and the violence pervasive in American culture that leads to sexual assault. Gone are the days when women were taught that sexual assault was confined to serial rapists in dark alleys. Today we know that the majority of sexual assault occurs between acquaintances in perceived “safe” locals. Sexual assault occurs in marriages and committed relationships. Women (and men) are battered and forced to have sex with someone who is supposed to love them. It seems to me that women’s advocacy groups are not doing enough to address the causes of sexual assault. Young women are still taught never to leave a beverage unattended. Women are cautioned against dressing too provocatively or behaving in a manner that attracts too much attention. Why are we not exploring what would lead someone to roofie another or purposely intoxicate another for the expressed purpose of taking advantage of them? Why are we not addressing the societal expectations that define notions of “good” and “bad” girls, notions that inhibit female behavior and inform the perception of that same behavior? Regardless of how many times university officials publically admonish victim-blamers, there is still a pervasive attitude that victims of sexual assault

are somehow accomplices in their own rape. Even on supposedly progressive campuses such as UW-Madison, men and women alike admonish female victims of sexual assault who drank too much or dressed too provocatively. Until attitudes like these change, attitudes that peg women as dangerous temptresses, our “awareness” of sexual assault will be hindered by a belief that sexually active women get what they deserve. Victim blaming goes hand-in-hand with the belief that perpetrators of sexual assault are not entirely guilty or responsible for an assault. I can’t tell you how many times I have heard the fear-mongering story about this really nice guy, who honestly thought this girl wanted to have sex with him, and now he’s facing jail time because she changed her mind the morning after. Bullshit. We need to quit repeating this story like it happens every weekend, like thousands of decent men are destroyed every year by vindictive or capricious women. What does it say about our society that we let men off the hook because they were drunk and horny, or a victim was dressing and acting provocatively? Madison PAVE chair Tera Meerkins points out that, “men might have this feeling that our society really values them being sexually active.” If this is true, then it’s no wonder men are so preoccupied with sex, to such an extent that it could cause a man to coerce or force someone to have sex with him. We need to challenge notions of masculinity that encourage male sexual “conquests” and pressure men to sleep with as many women (or men) as possible. Another way in which advocacy groups are working to combat sexual violence is by drawing attention to gender relations. When we start to think of sexual assault as being about power and control, about balances between

genders in our society, we can begin to challenge the inequalities of power and control that lead to sexual violence. Meerkins also emphasizes the importance of changing the language we use to talk about men, women, sex and assault in order to encourage and change thinking about these topics. For example, says Meerkins, “A lot of the terms that we use like ‘screw,’ or ‘nail,’ or ‘bang’...they are very violent and they’re one-sided. It’s about one person doing it to another person.” The idea is that if we make the language we use to talk about sex less violent, then sex will be less violent and sexual violence will be less plausible. Obviously, changing societal notions of gender is a long process, but it is the only way we can change the system that allows for the perpetuation of sexual violence. We need to move away from a dialogue that starts and ends with condemning sexual violence toward a re-examination of what causes sexual violence. By changing the language we employ we can begin to change attitudes about sex and gender that allow for, and often justify, sexual violence. Meerkins points to the way beliefs about gender ideals and sex are propagated by the language we use: “These messages keep getting spread, and these attitudes do get spread through the language that we’re using.” Not until we change our approach can we begin to redeﬁne notions of femininity and masculinity, notions that expect female virginity and celebrate male sexual conquest. Only when we dig really deep into the societal expectations that inform behavior, especially sexuality, can we begin to tear down the cultural constructs that support and perpetuate sexual violence. Kathy Dittrich is a senior majoring in English and French. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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irst it was New Era. Then it was Russell. And this past Friday, Chancellor Biddy Martin decided to drop yet another contract with an athletic apparel company—Nike. The reason: Nike neglected to reimburse Honduran factory workers for $2 million in unpaid wages. The hope: By dropping the contract, UW-Madison will force Nike to reconsider its abhorrent labor practices. However, no matter how much ﬁnancial weight UWMadison may carry, it is nowhere near close enough to effect real change in Nike’s labor policies.

If UW-Madison could successfully network with other Big Ten schools to end their contracts as well, Nike would have no choice but to take notice.

In January 2008, UW-Madison ended its contract with the New Era Cap Company, citing the company’s refusal to allow a labor rights group to enter its factories. In February 2009, the university ended its contract with Russell Athletics for closing one of its factories in Honduras after its employees tried to unionize. After multiple universities dropped their contracts with Russell, the company eventually hired its employees back and recognized their union. This showed that, when joined by a coalition of other universities, UW-Madison can hold companies accountable to the violations of their workers’ human rights. For this reason, Martin and the rest of the UW-Madison administration should consider their political—not ﬁnancial—power to be the university’s greatest asset in this case. In the international community, it often takes binding agreements among powerful entities to enforce

any real human rights protection. UW-Madison’s decision to drop Nike’s contract was neither collaborative nor binding. Some Labor Licensing Policy Committee members have already reached out to other universities, asking them to drop their contracts with Nike as well. Georgetown, the University of Montana and the University of Washington have all expressed interest in dropping the contract. Still, these universities aren’t enough to form a powerful coalition. If UW-Madison could successfully network with other Big Ten schools to end their contracts as well, Nike would have little choice but to take notice. Michigan would be an especially valuable partner, given its history of exclusive partnership with Nike. Only Purdue has deﬁnitively refused to end its contract with Nike, to which we can only say, in true Wisconsin athletics fashion, “You fucked up.” Even in her statement to the university’s LLPC, Martin was wishywashy. “We have decided to end our relationship for now.” Note “for now.” Martin does not stipulate whether UW-Madison’s relationship with Nike is contingent on its labor policy. In fact, she does not stipulate that Nike has to do anything differently to win back its contract with UW-Madison. Putting such a binding provision into writing is a small but pragmatic way UW-Madison can express commitment to its principles. Further, losing the UW contract is a drop in the bucket for Nike. In 2009, UW-Madison earned $49,000 in royalties from Nike. In return, UW spokesperson John Lucas speculated Nike made around $490,000 from its partnership with the university. This clearly shows the David-Goliath predicament UW has entered into here. However, with the help of other universities, UW can join forces to form a type of academic alliance and defeat its nefarious foe.

Numbers Don’t Lie: The Nike Contract

$49,000 Amount of royalties paid to UW-Madison by Nike in 2009 $490,000 Estimated money made from UW-Madison contract by Nike according to university spokesperson John Lucas 1200 Number of employees fired by Nike at the Honduras factory $2,000,000 Unpaid wages for Honduran factory workers that Nike has refused to reimburse $1,486,700,000 Nike’s total profits for the 2008-’09 fiscal year (after taxes)

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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Badgers were unbeatable at times, but inconsistency doomed title run

Men’s Tennis

NICO SAVIDGE savidge nation

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Moritz Baumann paired up with Marek Michalicka to earn one of Wisconsin’s two doubles victories Saturday at home against Purdue.

Doubles back on track as UW tops Purdue By Mike Orear THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Wisconsin men’s tennis team dominated Big Ten foe Purdue Saturday with a 5-2 victory, controlling the Boilermakers in all aspects of the game to advance to 4-2 in conference play and 15-6 overall. The No. 33 Badgers began the match by winning the doubles point, which Wisconsin has struggled to do throughout this season. “We’re continuing to look for combinations that give us a spark and that play with a lot of energy, because in doubles that’s the difference,” assistant coach Evan Austin said. “It was good to get two of those [matches] today, and we’ll keep looking to keep three teams out there that will give us that every time.” Doubles play started with No. 15 senior Moritz Baumann and junior Marek Michalicka leading the way for the Badgers. The pair defeated Purdue’s seniors Slavko Bijelica and Branko Kuzmanovic 8-5 at No. 1. In Wisconsin’s other doubles victory, the pair of senior Michael Dierberger and sophomore Patrick Pohlmann easily trounced Purdue’s senior Paul Foley and junior Eric Ramos 8-1 to give the Badgers another muchneeded doubles point. The Badgers continued their success into singles play, winning four of six matches for the Wisconsin victory. No. 17 Baumann led the Badgers’ singles efforts, defeating Bijelica 6-4, 6-0. Wisconsin’s Pohlmann overwhelmed senior P.J. Rose 6-1, 6-0, and No. 21 Michalicka crushed Kuzmanovic 6-0, 6-1. Wisconsin’s freshmen also received valuable playing time.

Although first-year players Ricardo Martin and Billy Bertha fell to sophomore Thomas Wilson 6-4, 6-1 and Ramos 6-4, 7-6 (8-6) respectfully, Chris Freeman decisively sunk Foley 6-0, 6-2. “Freeman is playing really well,” Austin said. “We’ve got some wins from Ricardo lately as well. We’re trying to get those guys as much experience as possible. They know kind of what to expect, so I think that’s why their results are starting to show up a little bit more.” “We’re continuing to look for combinations that give us a spark and that play with a lot of energy.” Evan Austin assistant coach UW Men’s Tennis

With only four matches left in conference play before the Big Ten Tournament, victories like their 52 wins against Northwestern Friday and No. 48 Purdue Saturday after a bitter loss to Michigan were important to the Badgers. “Especially after the frustrating Michigan loss, we want to get back on track on the home matches, and we took care of those matches,” Baumann said. “Today it was like we should win for sure. I think we took care of business.” The Badgers will look to continue their recent success on the road when they visit No. 60 Iowa Friday and No. 39 Minnesota Sunday. “We know it’s going to be a tough weekend,” Austin said. “We’ll take the conﬁdence and momentum we have right now, and hopefully things go well next weekend.”

ne period through Wisconsin’s 5-0 loss in the national title game, I could only think one thing: We’ve seen this team before. After 20 minutes of hockey, with Boston College holding a not-insurmountable 1-0 lead, it was clear that if this version of the Badger hockey team stuck around, the program would not see its seventh national title this year. The team that took the ice at Ford Field Saturday night was not the one that dominated RIT two days earlier, the one that fought its way to a trip to the Frozen Four or the one that blew teams out of the water with its ﬂashy offense. Instead, this was the one that was lethargic in trying to hold the offensive zone and unable to clear the defensive one, the bunch that let a great defense and solid goalie shut them down from the ﬁrst shift and the one that would look like anything but national title contenders when they inevitably sputtered and lost. We got a glimpse of Wisconsin at its worst Saturday night, and the reason so many fans left Detroit disappointed was the team’s inconsistency. Lurking in the back of every Badger fan’s mind during the past few weeks was the fear that their team could play their worst hockey on the biggest stage, and that’s exactly what we saw in the national title game. All season, it seemed like Wisconsin would come out one of two ways for any given game. One was the reason they earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, and the other is the reason Boston College fans are celebrating their fourth national title.

The ﬁrst Badger team featured a balanced scoring attack that could get production from all four lines—they could torch a team from the start, or, if they had to face a tough defense or quality opponent, they would stay patient and eventually break through. That’s the one we saw most of the season, whether it was dominating New Hampshire or taking three points from thentop-ranked Denver. When that team took the ice, there was no stopping them. Maybe a good goaltender (the Pioneers’ Marc Cheverie, Michigan Tech’s Kevin Genoe or Vermont’s Rob Madore) could hold them at bay for a while, but with Wisconsin’s depth, there was no way they would be denied all game.

All season, it seemed like Wisconsin would come out one of two ways for any given game.

That’s the team that crushed RIT in the national semiﬁnal, but it’s certainly not the one that showed up against the Eagles. Saturday’s team is the one that showed up from time to time, often in big games and just frequently enough to make fans nervous. That version of the Badgers got frustrated if it couldn’t get pucks to the back of the net within the ﬁrst few minutes of the game and never really threatened its opponents. We saw that team in Duluth, when Wisconsin got off on the wrong foot with a pair of softie goals against and never recovered, sputtering on offense and failing to pressure the Bulldogs. Throughout the NCAA Tournament, Badger fans worried that would be the

team that showed up and cost them a chance at a title, and those fears were proven correct. Wisconsin got some good pressure in the opening minutes of the ﬁrst period, but after that we heard little aside from the occasional scramble in front of the net or broken play. The offense never had a chance to set up shop in Boston College’s zone—the team we saw hold the zone for minutes at a time was nowhere to be found, replaced by the one that only managed weak shots, if any at all. This is not to say that the Eagles lucked into a title. They played a fantastic season in a tough conference and were, far and away, the best team on the ice Saturday. If Wisconsin had played well we would have seen an epic battle between two college hockey titans. Instead we got a demonstration of what happens when a team does not come to play in the biggest game of the year and gets steamrolled by one that did. Despite the frustration with how it ended, however, we have to consider this an incredibly successful year for Wisconsin hockey. From the playoff atmosphere at the Kohl Center during the Denver series to the awesome experience of hockey in Camp Randall Stadium to the team’s run in the Frozen Four, this was a great season, and next October cannot come soon enough. But whenever we remember this team and this year, as is true for any sports fan who sees their team lose in a championship game, we will always wonder what could have been. In the Badgers’ case this season, we will always wonder what we would have seen if the team we saw most of the year showed up in its biggest game. Why did the Badgers fall so ﬂat in the national title game? E-mail Nico at savidgewilki@dailycardinal.com.

Badgers honored, snubbed on All-American team Blake Geoffrion, First-Team Forward It’s hard to argue with Geoffrion on the team. Aside from winning college hockey’s highest individual honor, the Hobey Baker, Geoffrion was a force on offense for the Badgers, cleaning up around the goal and notching a ton of hard-fought goals. Match that goal-scoring prowess with his leadership role on special teams and you have a shoo-in for the All-American team. Brendan Smith, First-Team Defenseman Again, there was little dissent about Smith joining Geoffrion as the second Badger on the ﬁrst team. Smith helped drive the Wisconsin power play, launching absolute rockets from the point to make him a big scoring threat and improving in his own zone to make himself more than just an offensive defenseman. Ryan McDonagh, Defenseman It might seem a little unreasonable to demand a pair of Wisconsin blueliners on the All-American team, but McDonagh was one of this team’s most important leaders. The tri-captain brought experience to a defensive corps heavy in freshmen, and helped players like John Ramage and Justin Schultz grow into important pieces of the UW defense. While he lacked the ﬂash of Smith, McDonagh’s achievements in the defensive zone should have earned him a spot among the All-Americans.