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UW “meme” page goes viral on Facebook

By Sam CusickThe Daily CarDinal

In the midst of a year when student groups have protested the high tuition costs of higher education, UW-Madison is the fifth-highest-valued public uni-versity in the country, according to a list released Monday by The Princeton Review.

According to The Princeton Review’s website, it ranks uni-versities’ value by compar-ing undergraduate academics, financial aid and tuition cost.

Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Paul DeLuca said he was excited to see the university receive a top-10 ranking for the first time.

“We strive to provide an absolutely world class education in as cost-effective way as we can,” DeLuca said. “And when you get a ranking like this, its recogni-tion that maybe we are achieving that.”

While DeLuca said the top 5 rank-ing is remarkable, he said the uni-versity could use its resources more efficiently if more students graduated within six years.

According to DeLuca, 84 percent of students graduate within six years, but

he said he would like to see that number climb to 90 percent. He said this accomplishment would place the university in a class among elite private schools.

DeLuca said Chancellor David Ward’s Initiative for Educational Innovation could help the university achieve this goal. The initiative, which aims to use university resources more efficiently, involves making more classes available during summer sessions and increas-ing mixed-media capabilities in classrooms.

Despite the university’s high-ranking value, some groups, such as Occupy UW, have vigorously argued tuition is too high. However, DeLuca

said even a 20-percent decrease in tuition would dramatically affect the quality of the stu-dents’ education.

“I think it has always been a fact that if you want to have a virtually world-class education that’s simply not free,” he said. “Our goal is to make that afford-able as possible for students.”

The Chair of the Economics Department John Karl Scholz reflected DeLuca, saying that a university of UW-Madison’s caliber cannot maintain a high academic level and lower tuition rates.

“It takes resources to be out-standing,” Scholz said. “The money needed for that has to come from somewhere.”

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By Ben SiegelThe Daily CarDinal

Th e G ove r n m e nt Accountability Board voted against using recall petition evaluations provided by a Tea Party-affiliated organization to help officially review petitions in a special meeting Tuesday.

Verify the Recall, a Tea Party-backed initiative to check the validity of all gubernato-rial recall petition signatures, offered to share its third-party findings with the GAB to help the state agency verify signa-tures and signee information.

The proposed evaluation cri-teria, which would assess the validity of petition signatures based on such categories as the residency of the individual and

whether or not the signee is deceased or fictional, would be “a significant and unwise depar-ture to change our standards of review,” according to GAB director and general counsel Kevin Kennedy in his recom-mendation to the board.

State statutes place the bur-den of contesting signatures on those officials who have recall petitions submitted against

them. In its work, the GAB only verifies that petitions are entire-ly filled out by signees.

“The board and the staff are trying to do the right thing in a very unprecedented process,” Judge David G. Deininger, Ret., the board’s chair, said Tuesday. “We don’t have preconceptions, we are not pursuing an agenda some way or another. We are only trying to follow the statute and have the process be as true to what the language of the Constitution and the statutes require.”

In a separate decision, the board also voted to approve the use of Wisconsin technical college IDs as acceptable voting identifi-cation, provided the identification features the date of issuance, a sig-nature and is valid.

GAB declines help from Tea Party backed organization in recall verification

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Memes, similar to the one above, are becoming increasingly popular, but some have met criticism due to controversial content.

By alex DitullioThe Daily CarDinal

UW-Madison students are experiencing a new distrac-tion from homework, lecture and boredom after a Facebook page dedicated to university -related “memes” launched Tuesday, recieving more than 7,000 “likes” within the first 24 hours of its creation.

The campus-wide phenom-enon, which displays user-gen-erated witty phrases over a cor-responding background image, includes UW-Madison inside jokes such as freshmen drinking too much or people taking the 80 bus route to avoid hiking up Bascom Hill.

“We’re really amazed at how fast it took off,” said one of the page’s creators who pre-ferred to remain anonymous. “There’s no way we could have

even imagined that within less than 24 hours we’d have six or seven thousand people liking the page.”

The co-creator said they made the page after his roommate saw similar pages among other uni-versities and thought, “we could do something like this.”

While the co-creator said the memes are intended pure-ly for enjoyment, he said he along with the other creators have had to delete a number of “completely despicable” posts, ranging from racist references to memes that can cause view-ers’ computer operating sys-tems to crash.

“Obviously some of that nas-tiness will show up when you get thousands and thousands of people on a site, but I don’t

By anna DuffinThe Daily CarDinal

Prices for campus parking permits could go up next year, members of UW-Madison’s Student Transportation Board learned Tuesday.

T h e u n ive r s i t y ’s Transportation Services Committee approved the pro-posal last Friday, which is now waiting final approval from Chancellor David Ward.

The proposal would increase the base cost of parking in lots such as Union South by $45, motorcycle

permits by $20, moped permits by $35 and monthly permits by $5.

Associated Students of Madison Student Transportation Board member Chase Wilson told the board Tuesday increases would help make up for the uni-versity’s transportation system’s lack of funding.

“Everyone knows that [trans-portation services] needs more money. [Transportation Services Director Patrick Kass] been pretty open about that this year,” Wilson

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I occasionally have those intro-spective moments in which I suddenly realize that I am not

as smart or as normal as I like to think I am.

Sometimes I turn on the radio while driving, hoping that what-ever song is playing on the inde-pendent local station is using exactly the right words to explain whatever situation it is I am going through and thus potentially solve my life’s problem. And to the magic of subconscious and deep desire—just like when you link a horoscope to any trivial aspect of your life—the song lyr-ics fit like puzzle pieces into my bonkers life.

But why so desperately seek

the advice of a disconnected late-night radio DJ? Because, world, while driving home at two in the morning, I came to the sad real-ization that every problem I have with other people is fairly repre-sentative of my own flaws.

Every time the radio dispens-es its advice, I get this ugly wake-up call telling me that I should be listening to my own advice, that my critiques of other people are errors I am equally guilty of.

But why does it sting so much every time this consciousness surfaces? Having gone through this with many an indie classic, shouldn’t I have gotten over expe-riencing these realizations a long time ago?

One might think so, but unfortunately I think this is just the beginning of it. The realiza-tions grew especially strong this year when I moved in with three other lovely ladies into a humble, but tiny apartment. Every move I made elicited some kind of a reac-tion, and I realized that I have an effect on people too, that I am not, in fact, immune to criticism. I am not the only person in this world.

Isn’t this one of Piaget’s stages of development? Am I, in fact, just now surpassing being a four-year-old? I don’t actually know if that’s the right age: Psychology 202 was not my favorite. But the answer is no, this is just a marker in time, a phase dealt with in college, a com-ing-of-age story. Someone should probably write a paper on me.

Anyway, this awful roommate realization happened recently—and it hurt especially bad. To not realize my actions had consequenc-es—I felt like an idiot. How can I expect them to act a certain way when I cannot even do it myself? I am stuck in this perpetual cycle of trying to figure out what is my problem and what is something I can actually pin on someone else? Am I psychotic or did this person actually screw up? Where is Judy Blume’s book for this situation?

There is some awful combi-

nation of pride and self-disgust working together here, something that would be easily wrapped up and forgotten about in a sitcom. In real life, however, I have to deal, and new-wave folk lyrics are not going to help. So what is the next step, I ask myself. I need to expect the same of myself as I do out of other people. But this, I think I may need to consult my horoscope.

Having coming-of-age advice for Emily? Send it to elindeman@wisc.edu and hope no one leaves her dirty dishes in her sink for too long.

I do everything right; you do everything wrong

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Am I psychotic or did this

person actually screw up? Where is Judy

Blume’s book for this situation?

Emily lindEmanlin-da-mania

Ariel gets swept up in the Super BowlariEl Shapirolittle shapiro

I do not get football. It is hard to follow, looks incredibly painful and lacks the nar-

rative quality of more poetic sports like baseball or soccer. My distaste for football has never been much of an issue since I come from a family and town in which nobody gives much of a shit about it.

However, my lack of knowl-edge about or care for the sport proved to be a bit of a social faux pas when I came to Wisconsin. I did not know the simplest things like how many points a touchdown is worth or who the hell Brett Favre is and why every-one in this state burns effigies of him. My Midwestern c o m p a t r i -ots, usually so polite and under-s t a n d i n g , would react with the ferocity and vitriol of, naturally, a

honey badger.So, I decided that after three

and a half years of defiance in the face of football culture, I would sit through the entire Super Bowl. In public. And sober. Now, as a general rule, I do not approve of torture of other people and especially of myself. But sacrifices must be made for a column about being uncomfortable, and, dear read-ers, absolutely nothing makes me more uncomfortable than sitting through an entire sport-ing event. Except Michael Bolton, but that is a beast for a whole other column.

The game plan: watch the whole thing in a public space with an enthusias-tic crowd, make people I

know watch it with me and have

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promise to not let me jump off the nearest balcony. My original plan was to go to State Street Brats, but I am a lady with a weak con-stitution and… no. Just no. The Sett at Union South was going to have to do. Here are some of my observations from my four hours of brain-melting, spine-crunch-ing agony fun:

This shit is longLike really stupid long. They did

not even do the coin toss until 25 minutes in. And even though there are only 15 minutes in a quarter, each football minute lasts at least

five human minutes. It is like some awful, sci-fi parallel universe where everything moves incredibly slowly and nothing moves for-ward no matter how

hard you want it to.

nobody outside of the East Coast likes East Coast teams

Aside from the tiny cluster of Patriot fans in the corner that, from their accents and frequent use of the word “wicked,” I can only assume are from Newton, Mass., the crowd seemed to have no allegiance to either team. They actually seemed to actively dislike them equally. It was like Voldemort battled Sauron. Who cares which one wins? They are both evil!

halftime is one big WTFWith Madonna appearing

onstage like the great and power-ful Ra and MIA flipping off the whole world, I just stopped try-ing to make sense of all of it.

it is all about the assFootball is a veritable ass pag-

eant. With the toned glutes, tackle piles and testosterone you can’t

even pretend the whole thing is not completely homoerotic.

Even haters can ‘woo hoo!’

By the end, even I, football-hater supreme, was cheer-ing and gasping and getting into the whole thing. I was even pleased when the Giants, my home-town team, won. Sometimes it is hard not to get caught up in the fun. Maybe I will even do it again next year? Then again, prob-ably not.

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said. “He’s running on a deficit.”The board also discussed the

future of the campus bus sys-tem funding.

Members of the committee said the university is considering decreasing funding to the system, meaning it would be funded pri-marily through students’ segre-gated fees.

The committee said it plans to fight for the university to con-tinue funding the bus system in a press release last week.

While university administra-tion has said staff and faculty support the bus system by paying for permits, STB member Laura Checovich said the board should “fight back against the adminis-tration labeling parking revenues as a subsidy.”

“It seems to me that when a fac-ulty or staff person pays their park-ing fees, they have entered into an agreement that they’re paying for that parking spot,” Checovich said. “That money is then used by trans-portation in a way that they see fit, not that it’s a trade.”

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Former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk offi-cially announced her intent to run for governor in the event of a recall election of Republican Governor Scott Walker in Milwaukee Tuesday.

Falk’s announcement makes her the only Democrat to have announced candidacy.

From Milwaukee, she

began a two-day tour of Wisconsin, with stops in Wausau, Green Bay, Eau Claire and La Crosse.

Roughly 540,200 signa-tures, or one quarter of the number of votes received by Walker in the 2010 guberna-torial election, are needed to trigger a recall election.

Recall organizers submit-

ted an estimated one million Walker recall signatures to the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board on Jan. 17. State election officials are cur-rently reviewing the submitted petition pages.

The board was recently awarded an additional 30 days to process recall petitions, giv-ing it until March 19.

After officially announcing she will run in a recall, Falk begins canvassing WI

Pres House gives city $30,000City News

City council members unanimously accepted $30,000 from the tax-exempt Pres House tuesday. the money will be used in place of tax payments to the city of Madison for city services like the police and fire department. Also at the meeting, council members approved a new com-mittee that will address the lack of moped parking rules. According to soglin, there is currently insufficient bike and moped parking in the city. + Photo by Shoaib Altaf

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About540,200signaturesareneededtotriggerarecallelectionofGov.ScottWalker.FormerDaneCountyExecutiveKathleenFalkistheonlyDemocratwhohasannouncedcandidacy.

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Group recommends giving regents more flexibility from the state By Anna DuffinthEDAilyCArDinAl

While the state granted the system greater flexibility this year in its biennial budget, a com-mittee of Regents and chancellors said the system would still ben-efit from more flexibility.

The Ad Hoc Work Group on UW System Structure and Governance is recommending the board “seek full authority to set tuition and manage the system’s financial and human resources, capital projects, and procure-ment activities.”

Faced with over $300 million in proposed cuts to the system from the state within the next two years, the group said giv-ing the Regents more control of resources would allow them to be allocated more efficiently.

“Heavy external regulation runs counter to the establish-ment of the most effective type of university system,” the report said. “Regulation has limited the ability of the Board of Regents to govern the UW System and of the UW institutions to fulfill their public purpose in serving the citizens of the state.”

The group also studied whether it would be beneficial for individual universities to

have their own governing boards and concluded that while indi-vidual campuses could benefit from institutional-level adviso-ry boards, the Regents should maintain governing power.

The institutional-level advi-sory boards would help cam-puses by advocating for the spe-cific campus’ needs and advis-ing the chancellor, some say.

“Only when the Board of Regents gains much greater author-ity for management and leadership decision-making does the Work Group believe it would be worth-while to discuss possible delegation of a greater degree of authority from the Board to institution-level coun-cils,” the report said.

Additionally, the group said the UW system should increase communication with non-UW higher education institutions, such as technical colleges and private not-for-profit colleges and K-12 schools.

The communication could improve areas such as transfer policies and college readiness statewide.

“Communication and col-laboration can advance UW System institutions’ ability to advance their missions,” the group said.

Fitzgerald will challenge signatures to avoid recallBy Adam wollnerthEDAilyCArDinAl

Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, will challenge the legitimacy of enough petition signatures to prevent a recall election, local news outlets reported Tuesday.

Fitzgerald said he did not know exactly how many signatures on the recall petitions filed with the Government Accountability Board last month he would challenge, but said he would contest a sufficient amount to halt the recall efforts against him, accord-ing to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Activists collected over 20,000 signatures to recall Fitzgerald, about 4,000 more than necessary to trigger an election.

The deadline for Fitzgerald and the other three state sena-tors facing recall to challenge signatures is Feb. 9. Gov. Scott

Walker has until Feb. 27 to sub-mit any signature challenges.

State Senate Democratic Committee executive direc-tor Zac Kramer said he was not surprised Fitzgerald is challenging the recall signa-tures filed against him and remained confident a recall election will occur.

“We are confi-dent in the valid-ity of the work of the Wisconsin volunteers and grassroots orga-nizers that collected over 20,000 signa-tures to recall Sen. Fitzgerald,” Kramer said in a state-ment. “We look for-

ward to seeing the Senator’s challenges, which we believe are just more attempts to delay the inevitable.”

State Democrats still do not have plans to announce a can-didate to run against Fitzgerald in a recall election, according to SSDC spokesperson Brad

Wojciechowski. The Fitzgerald campaign

was unavailable for com-ment Tuesday.

Fitzgerald plans to chal-lenge the legislative dis-tricts recall organizers used to gather signatures, the Journal Sentinel also report-ed. Fitzgerald said he would argue that the new districts the state legislature passed last year should have been in effect instead of the ones currently in place, which would delegiti-mize the validity of signatures gathered in certain areas of legislative districts.

The GAB has previous-ly ruled the newly drawn boundaries will not be imple-mented until the November 2012 elections.

Additionally, Fitzgerald will make an argument to the GAB that recall organizers had an extra day to collect signa-tures than allowed, meaning some of the signatures should not be counted.

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think there’s all that much than can be done about it,” he said. “That’s the Internet. No matter where you go, there will be someone trying to ruin your day.”

But according to Althea Miller, a Multicultural Student Coalition executive, memes with racist themes or with intent to harm different cultures and ethnicities are a small part of a larger univer-sity dilemma.

“[It’s] just indicative of a

larger problem that the UW has with ensuring all its stu-dents have property diversity training … that encourage the breakdown of stereotypes,” Miller said.

One of the memes that sparked controversy in the comments section on the “University of Wisconsin Memes” page pictures a man conversing with Leonardo DiCaprio. The text below DiCaprio reads, “My TA’s are impossible to understand,” to which the other man asks, “What do they look like?”

DiCaprio squints his eyes.While the page’s co-creator

said he and his colleagues will continue to remove mali-cious posts, he said they are taking a mostly “laissez-faire approach” and will not remove content unless it is “overly malicious, overly political” or does not relate to the university.

“In our experiences online, nothing kills something new or novel faster than heavy-handed administration taking an ax to user-created con-tent,” he said.

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WUD’s free show February

Living Statues rock the Frequency

I t seems as though our Wisconsin winter has finally caught up to us and our unusually warm

days may be in the past. But why should that stop us from bundling up to enjoy some free, beat-rocking concerts at Memorial Union and Union South?

Good news: WUD Music Committee has packed your February with some great performances that you will not want to miss.

Things kick off this Friday, Feb. 10, with Lost Lander and Paper Thick Walls at Der Rathskeller in Memorial Union. On their new album, DRRT, Lost Lander provides their audience with mesmerizing tracks that will draw you in with no escape. Their relaxed style is far from ordinary, which goes for Paper Thick Walls as well. This combination is ideal for Der Rath, ensuring all listeners an unforgettable show.

Or, for those of you who can sit down and have a brew—whoa, rhyme—why not do so with some blusey music at The Sett? Westside Andy and the Mel Ford Band will take the stage Friday, Feb. 10 as well, but can be found across campus at Union South. Andy Linderman of Westside Andy has been quoted as “one of the most dynamic electric har-

monica players of our generation” by the blues brother himself, Dan Aykroyd. Combine the ambient lighting of The Sett and some of the most talented blues players in the Midwest, and you’ve got yourself a night on the town!

Speaking of how awesome Midwest artists are, our next performance on Saturday, Feb. 11 at The Sett hails from Madtown and has previously headlined at The Majestic and many other local venues. It is true, I am speaking of the talented F. Stokes. Combining hip hop and blues, this man knows how to get a crowd going. In addition, the Sett’s inhabitants will be bombarded with sick mixes from DJ Radish and the smooth gui-tar sounds of Briar Rabbit, both of which will perform with F. Stokes for the night.

Not into hip-hop? For all you roman-tics out there, never fear, the Dean Martin impersonator, Joe Scalissi, will be performing that same night in Der Rath at Memorial Union. Just three days before Valentine’s Day, it is the perfect opportunity to come with a date, looking for a date or just for the love of the music itself. All I know is Joe Scalissi will bring you back to the 1950s with not only the rhythm of Dean Martin, but also a little comic relief.

Then, after you have eaten your fair share of heart-shaped chocolates and you think this month couldn’t get any better, WUD Music Committee will surpass your expectations when they feature YACHT, Feb. 17 at The Sett. There’s no chance you will be standing still when this group of young indi-

viduals take the stage with funky elec-tronic beats and a…pause for effect… YACHT AFTERPARTY! That’s right, the night will not end at midnight my friends, for YACHT will be DJ-ing dur-ing WUD Music’s DMF time slot.

Forgot what DMF stands for? It’s “Dance Mother Fucker.” I hope from the title, I don’t have to further explain what is expected from 12-2 a.m. on Fridays at The Sett. Come on, what else are you going to do during that time? Sleep?

Wrapping up the month on a badass note is Astronautalis Feb. 25 at the Sett. Each song made by creator Andy Bothwell has its own unique quality featuring his indie rapping and cap-tivating lyrics, both of which can be found in songs like “Contrails” and “The Wondersmith and His Sons.” However, these two songs are not his only gems, as any song on his recent album, This is our Science, will not dis-appoint, setting a high standard for this upcoming show.

The beauty of WUD Music Committee is they have given our cam-pus an outlet specifically for bringing people together for one thing—their common interest in great up-and-coming shows. Or in the words of Madonna, “music, makes the people, come together, yeah.” Sing it girl.

So trade your YouTube and Pandora perusing for some excellent live music, free of charge. Outside voices encouraged.

Need help deciding which awesome WUD Music show to attend? Ask Erin for suggestions at eberge@wisc.edu.

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by Jeremy gartzkeThe Daily CarDinal

Local rocker Tommy Shears took some time out of his T.S. Eliot reading to tell me about his latest project, The Living Statues, which has been a band years in the making. They are playing this Thursday, Feb. 9, at the Frequency with other local boys Baristacide and Fight Nice of Chicago.

Shears, who describes his stage persona as “a fucked up Elvis meets Han Solo,” spoke candidly about his previous musical endeavors and the recording of the band’s EP over the last year.

“It really started when my band in high school broke up,” Shears said. “Chris [Morales, drums] and I started writing together almost right away. We thought we wanted to do drums and guitar like some of our heroes, The White Stripes and The Black Keys.”

The band did not really get serious until they started recording their EP, Bad News. The writing and recording of the EP shows the band’s dedication to putting out quality tunes exactly the way they want them to be heard.

“We recorded it ourselves in my basement,” Shears said. “We had a pretty pro setup though. The fact that we didn’t have to pay for studio time meant we could spend way too long on it though.”

They started recording in Dec.

2010, but did not finish until they self-released the album on Oct. 9, 2011—John Lennon’s birthday. As for the writing process the band has, it is rare to speak to a band more collaborative when writing.

“Chris is also poetically talented, and he’ll write words and send them to me with him singing them,” Shears said. “In the last couple of years he’s also picked up the guitar, he wants to have more input on the melodic aspects, and that’s great.”

“‘Red Shoes’ was the first song we wrote as The Living Statues, and it’s col-laborative not only in melody, but also in lyrics,” he said. “The song itself is kind of disjointed and that was the theme, it’s a song about contradictions.”

Both founding members of the band also contributed one song that was completely their own, along with another collaboration.

“Each song we write is better than the last,” Shears said. “If you look at what you’re writing now and it isn’t bet-ter than your last project, then why are you writing it?”

That honest and driven statement seems to define Shears’ commit-ment to all of his projects, also being involved with the band the Choons, who divide their time between Madison and Chicago.

“The only time it’s really hard is when I have two different shows on two consecutive nights,” he said. “A few weeks ago the Choons played in Chicago on Thursday and then Friday and Saturday The Living Statues were playing in Milwaukee. Whenever I think it’s going to be a hassle though I remember, this is the dream, why the fuck am I complaining.”

The dream can be pretty tiring though. Shears said that while he has his own pre-show ritual of listening to the Killers’ Sam’s Town, it has become customary to nap between practice and

the show, since it’s difficult to get togeth-er and practice sometimes.

The work that goes into a band like this may be a lot, but Shears, Morales and bassist Alex Thornburg insist they are working for fun.

“Two weeks ago we played at the Bad Genie Rock Lounge in Milwaukee, and it was just this small bar, maybe 50 people could fit on the dance floor,” Shears said. “It was the end of the night and we were going on around midnight, and people just lost their minds. We played four songs that night for the first time, and there is no better feeling than seeing people dance to a song you wrote.”

Shears said he felt certain it was the best show he has played to date, but with a philosophy like his, Thursday’s show can only stand to be even better.

local band The living Statues are ready to bring a rocking performance to The Frequency on Feb. 9.

pHoTo CoUrTESy EmiLy SCHnEiDEr

Tommy Shearsguitarist

The living Statues

“Whenever i think it’s going to be a hassle though i remember, this is the dream, why the fuck

am i complaining.”

life&style

by Sammy LuterbachheaD STyle Guru aT uW-MaDiSon For ColleGeFaShioniSTa

At CollegeFashionista, we Style Gurus get the fabulous oppor-tunity to report on the street

style on the UW-Madison campus daily, which all of us desperately love, but we never really get a chance to share just how cool our fellow Style Gurus are.

That’s why I’m excited to pres-ent Style Guru Lucy Angel to all of you. Right now, she is my fashion icon. Lucy is a sophomore major-ing in Textile and Apparel Design and Entrepreneurship. Lucy is in her second semester of writing for CollegeFashionista.

On this very day, Lucy is in New York City for the greatest and most sought after event in the fashion industry: New York Fashion Week. Read our interview below to find out why and to learn a little about Lucy’s take on fashion and style in Madison. Sammy Luterbach: How would you describe the street style in Madison? Lucy Angel: Street style in Madison is very classy. It’s not very out there or extreme but still catches your eye. It’s mostly really well put together outfits with a key piece to make you look twice.

SL: How would you describe your personal style?

LA: My personal style is a mixture of very feminine pieces with a touch of menswear. I have a huge obsession with blazers, so my closet is filled with over 20 of all colors and shapes. I love to throw on a blazer to complete any outfit. I am a big vintage shopper and incorpo-rate a few vintage pieces or accessories into every outfit. I lean towards neutral solids like blues, nudes, blacks and grays, but love to play around with bold prints.

SL: When did you become interested in fashion?

LA: I think I’ve always had fashion somewhere in my mind, but junior year of high school I took a fashion design class and it developed from there. I started to sew some things, read more magazines and blogs, and fell in love with the world of fashion and design.

SL: What’s your number one tip for college students to help them remain fashionable?

LA: I understand that it’s very easy to roll out of bed every morning, throw on a Wisconsin hoodie, joggers and head to class, but don’t! Being fashionable doesn’t mean you need to wear uncomfortable clothes or spend a lot of time every morn-ing figuring out what to wear. Invest in comfortable, versatile, go-to pieces that are easy to throw on every morning. Mine are my American Apparel leggings, a tank and a blazer.

SL: What’s your favorite part about writing for CollegeFashionista?

LA: Aside from reporting on the great Madison fash-ion scene, I love all the collaborations CollegeFashionista puts together. We get to work with companies like Ann Taylor, Victoria’s Secret and Steve Madden to bring cam-pus tours and in- store events. I also love planning awe-some events with local stores like BOP and Shoo. SL: Fashion Week starts tomorrow in New York City, and you’re going to be interning there and working behind the scenes! Tell us about how you got the opportunity to do that and what you’re going to be doing.

LA: Words cannot explain how excited I am to be interning at NY Fashion Week this year. Being there has been a goal of mine for some years now.

Over winter break, I entered a competition with FIJI Water, who is an official sponsor for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, to win an internship at NY Fashion Week. I

entered thinking I wouldn’t even go on to the next round but instead ended up winning the competition.

I’ll be in New York for the entirety of Fashion Week as a brand ambassador for FIJI Water. I’m getting styled by Topshop later on today to look extremely stylish while I’m in NY (yes, I get to keep the clothes after!).

I’ll be working behind the scenes of the shows, putting together swag bags, and actually sitting down and watching the shows! I’ll also be attending a few social events, so I’m excited to see who I’ll meet.

Overall, I’m just extremely excited and still in a little dis-belief that I’m here.

SL: For non-fashion lovers, why is Fashion Week such a big deal in this industry?

LA: Fashion Week is where any fashion lover wants to be, whether it be Fashion Week in New York, Paris, or Milan. It’s where you see designer’s collections for the following seasons and see what trends will be in and which will be out. It’s one of those events where you need to be someone to be there. You need to be invited or be well-known in the industry, so for any little person out there it’s a huge deal.

SL: What shows are you most excited to see?

LA: I’m excited to see all of the shows, of course, but I’m really looking forward to what Derek Lam, Richard Chai and Narciso Rodriguez have in store.

SL: Where do you go for recaps on the shows?

LA: Style.com is my go to website to keep up with all the shows during every Fashion Week. They have a picture of every single look in every collection a few hours after the live show. It makes me feel like I was there watching.

SL: How do you translate the trends you see on the runway to real life, walking down the street to your classes?

LA: Sometimes I do try to look for similar products to those on the runway. When faux fur vest were all over the runway, I was wearing a really awesome one from Macy’s. Aside from literally getting similar pieces to those on the runway, I like to translate runway trends through their color schemes. When I see two colors that I absolutely love together in a runway show, I immediately go out looking

CollegeFashionista Style Guru Lucy Angel shares her favorite fashion tips and tricks

CollegeFashionista Style Guru and uW-Madison student lucy angel is currently interning at new york City’s Fashion Week.

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for pieces in those colors.

SL: Why do you think CollegeFashionista is useful and fun for college students?

LA: CollegeFashionista is a fun way to get inspired by fellow fashionable students from UW and 200+ schools. It brings together college students looking to stay in style while going to class, work and extra-curriculars. CollegeFashionista also offers great tips and style advice from yours truly and the fellow UW Style Gurus!

Make sure to check out Lucy’s column, “Let’s Hear It For The Boys” on the University of Wisconsin’s page on CollegeFashionista.com.

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© Puzzles by Pappocom

Eatin’ Cake By Dylan Moriarty EatinCake@gmail.com

Caved In By Nick Kryshak nkryshak@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 Sudoku

THE ONLY GIRL I’VE EVER LOVED

ACROSS 1 Candied tubers 5 Put in a cell 10 “Shoulda, woulda,

coulda” thinker 14 Square-footage

measure 15 Exit the premises 16 Bedfellow 17 Dad’s royal

nickname? 20 Prolific writer Asimov 21 ___ l’oeil (visual

deception in paintings)

22 “Agnes of God” actress Tilly

23 ___ for tat 26 Rubber ducky’s

milieu 27 Biology class initials 30 Yet another time 32 Confused noise 34 One feeling sorry for

another 36 Breakfast dish 39 Fall off, as support 40 One with dependents 42 Words of praise by

King David 44 Subject of a will,

sometimes 45 Electrician’s alloy 47 Kennel sound 48 Not well, mentally 52 Requiring medical

attention

53 Replies of rejection 55 Word in wedding

notices 57 Homer Simpson’s

shout 58 “Scram!” 61 Musical stage

production 63 One wearing the

pants? 67 ___ mater 68 Muse of love poetry 69 Computer operator 70 Carpe ___ (“seize the

day”) 71 School social 72 Dusty and dry

DOWN 1 Washington city or

river 2 Antonym for “fallen” 3 Social unit living

together 4 “Lonesome Dove”

genre 5 Renowned toymaker 6 Covered, as expenses 7 It’s banked in

Bangkok 8 Head off, as disaster 9 Get back, as losses 10 Speak hoarsely 11 Concealed, as a

motive 12 90-degree building

wing 13 Type of sandwich

bread

18 Mo. of Canada’s Thanksgiving

19 Completely surrounding

24 Invention beginning 25 Diacritical mark 28 Simpsons’ neighbor 29 “My feet ___ killing

me” 31 Globe representation 33 Like a catching-up

letter 35 Cornered, in a way 37 Keepsake 38 Nashville-based

athlete 40 Sporting event 41 Mane site 42 Last Greek consonant 43 Fa-la link on a

musical scale 46 Worked with shingles 49 Provide counsel 50 More revolting 51 “And ___ off!”

(racetrack announcement)

54 “Kama ___” 56 Pitcher’s stat 59 Red-coated cheese 60 More ___ enough 62 Down Under birds 63 Possessed 64 Wallach of “Tough

Guys” 65 Space-saving

abbreviation 66 Enemy

Answer key available at www.dailycardinal.com

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

Scribbles n’ Bits

The Original Dookie! King George VI’s pet corgi, Dookie, was

the first corgi to spend it’s entire life in Buckingham Palace .

Washington and the Bear By Derek Sandberg kalarooka@gmail.com

Crustaches By Patrick Remington premington@wisc.edu

Evil Bird By Caitlin Kirihara kirihara@wisc.edu

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opiniondailycardinal.com Wednesday, February 8, 2012 7l

Sundar SharmaAssociAted students oF mAdison

In the wake of unprecedented state disinvestment in the University of Wisconsin System, UW-Madison Chancellor David Ward is calling for a comprehensive reevaluation of business-as-usual on campus. The good news is you can be a part of it.

The Educational Innovation (EI) initiative, proposed by Ward and currently headed by Vice Provosts for Teaching and Learning and Life-long Learning, Aaron Brower and Jeffrey Russell, is the university administration’s answer to the ques-tion: How can we continue to pro-vide quality education and research in these times of inadequate state support? Seeking to integrate the Wisconsin Idea of serving the public interest with much-needed

organizational changes to increase the efficacy of current practices and capacities at the school/col-lege, department, and program level, this initiative truly holds the future of the Wisconsin Experience for students, staff, and faculty in its scope. With state funds consti-tuting little over 15% of the costs to educate UW–Madison’s 28,737 undergraduate and 12,074 graduate and professional students, it is clear that now is the time to innovate or dissipate; as a leader among public institutions of higher learning in the world, and as a bastion of dem-ocratic and grassroots initiatives to contend with sustained neglect from powerful state interests, now is the time for Madison students to make their voices heard.

The broad range of the topics

being discussed at the town-hall style meetings that have taken place over the past few months and which will be continuing throughout the following weeks is indicative of the scope of this massive project. Everything from increasing effi-ciency of facility-usage, to staggered class-schedules, and even a move to three 15-week semesters a year have been brought to the table. No idea is too broad or too narrow at this stage of the discussion. EI Incubator ses-sions dealing with specific issues like new revenue, new faculty/assistant professors, and curriculum redesign are scheduled to occur over the next 4 weeks at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and are open to the public.

Perhaps more importantly for students, the Shared Governance

Committee (SGC) of the Associated Students of Madison will be hosting a town-hall meeting on Thursday February 9th from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. in the 4th Floor Caucus Room of the Student Activities Center at 333 E. Campus Mall. The agenda will consist of a brief overview by stu-dents and administrators involved in ground-level discussions of EI and breakout sessions where small groups of students will brainstorm on the following topics:

What do students value most about the educational experi-ence they currently receive at UW-Madison? What would stu-dents like to see that is currently not a part of the Wisconsin Experience?

What institutional (or cul-tural) barriers currently exist that make students’ goals for their

UW-Madison education difficult or impossible? What resources cur-rently facilitate students’ achieve-ment of their educational goals at UW-Madison?

All students on campus are invited to join in the discussion and will get the chance to hear Vice Provost Russell speak more directly about EI and the potential it holds for the future of this campus. SGC hopes that students from all across campus will join the nearly 70 stu-dent representatives that regularly sit on the committee to provide the broadest, most inclusive, and stron-gest student voice possible, in order to take the future of our education into our own hands.

Sundar Sharma is the poli-cy director of the ASM Shared Governance Committee.

Anurag Mandalikathe dAily cArdinAl

The decision taken by Susan G. Komen for the Cure to cut funding to Planned Parenthood resulted in a severe backlash by support-ers of both organizations. Planned Parenthood received nearly $700,000 last year from Komen to conduct breast cancer exams and mammography referrals for women in need. Komen insists that their decision was based on a need to adopt more stringent eligibility criteria and to prevent association with controversial organizations. Planned Parenthood has been the subject of an investigation by U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., regard-ing the use of federal funds and to discern whether they are being used to provide abortion ser-vices at Planned Parenthood’s health centers.

It is evident that the investi-

gation is intended to serve as a roadblock for poorer women to the services offered by Planned Parenthood, especially abortion and contraceptives. In a similar light, Komen’s decision to distance itself from Planned Parenthood is indicative of adopting a political pivot on an issue which should be apolitical. Komen could have ensured that its funds were not being used for anything apart from their intended purpose, i.e., breast cancer screenings, by monitoring Planned Parenthood’s financial reports and activities. Announcing the plan to sever ties with the grassroots organization led many long-time Komen supporters to stop sending their donations to the breast cancer awareness organiza-tion and instead donate to Planned Parenthood. Meanwhiel, Komen ssaw donations pour in from pro-life, anti-abortion advocates who

were evidently enthralled by their decision.

In the face of the backlash from long-time Komen support-ers and some of its affiliates, the organization was forced to reverse its decision. This has left the pro-life supporters fum-ing, while the environment sur-

rounding breast cancer research and women’s health has unfor-tunately been polarized. Komen was wielded as a political tool to further the divide on the abortion debate, thanks to the influx of vociferous advocates in its top brass. It is troubling to see an organization that was

created to fund research and find a cure to breast cancer, find itself ensnared in the web of partisan politics.

Anurag Mandalika is a grad-uate research assistant in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering. Tweet your feed-back to @dailycardinal.

Letter: Students can help set university set new priorities

Komen choices polarize health

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Sports DailyCarDinal.ComweDneSDay February 8, 2012

men’s basketball

Painting them redAs Wisconsin students, we are fairly

well accustomed to taking jabs at the state of Minnesota. There is Badger nation and Gopher nation, with very little in between.

But as the Wisconsin men’s basketball program has resurrected itself over the past 15 years, it has begun to take advantage of some talent that lies up north, talent that the Gopher program in many instances would love to have for itself.

“Winning helps,” junior forward and St. Paul native Mike Bruesewitz said. “When I was younger the Minnesota teams were very, very good. And then growing up they had a few down years and Wisconsin had a few up years which helped [make Wisconsin a more attractive school].”

Despite there only being 11 Wisconsin letter winners from Minnesota during the modern era, six of them have played during the 10 years in which head coach Bo Ryan has been at the helm. Beginning with guard Kammron Taylor and continuing on with the likes of Jon Leuer and Jordan Taylor, the Badgers under Ryan’s watch seem always to have at least one Minnesotan playing a key role.

“Coach [Greg] Gard has done a great

job of getting in and getting guys from there,” Bruesewitz added. “It started with Kam [Taylor] and then Jon [Leuer] fol-lowed and then Jordan [Taylor], myself and Jared [Berggren].”

As the Badgers have built a reputa-tion for their ability to turn Minnesota recruits into Wisconsin stars, the area has become a bona fide recruiting pipeline for Ryan’s program.

“I really didn’t have a clue about Wisconsin until I was a sophomore in high school,” Taylor said. “Seeing the Minnesota guys who have come in here and had suc-cess, it was definitely a positive.”

The most recent Twin Cities success story to come through Madison was Jon Leuer. The 40th overall selection in the 2011 NBA Draft, Leuer graduated last season as the 12th leading scorer in Wisconsin history. But beyond his 1,376 points as a Badger, Leuer continued laying the groundwork back home for what has become fertile recruiting ground for Wisconsin men’s basketball.

Already this season the Badgers have capitalized on the Leuer connection, pick-ing up fellow Orono High School graduate Jordan Smith. Smith, Orono’s all-time scor-

ing leader, grew up a Gopher fan in the home of two Minnesota graduates. But after play-ing with Leuer for two seasons and watch-ing his former teammate grow in Madison, Smith was more than willing to head over to the “dark side.”

“A lot of the stuff that [Leuer] said about the school and about the team and the pro-gram,” Smith said of how Leuer impacted his decision. “Plus, it was fun to watch and see how successful the team was able to be and I just wanted to be a part of that.”

But when you boil things down, the influx of Minnesota natives to Madison is, more than anything, a result of the philoso-phy coach Ryan has instilled in the Badger program.

“Obviously we play well togeth-er and we are able to beat teams that have kids that were highly recruited,” Smith said. “It’s the whole system here. It’s the offense we run, the defense we play. It’s about fitting into the system. That’s what a lot of guys see here, that they can fit a specific role on the team.”

As the Badgers continue to load them-selves with talent from up north, the rivalry between the two schools only continues to grow. Given the close-knit nature of the Twin Cities basketball community, it’s no surprise that the Minnesotan Badgers have several friends on the other side of the fence.

“[Minnesota junior] Rodney [Williams] is one of my best friends,” Taylor admitted. “Jared [Berggren] and I played AAU with him for two, three years and I’ve known him since I was eight, nine.”

“I know a lot of those guys,” Bruesewitz said. “There’s a lot of storylines. I know those guys, got a great respect for them. But Thursday night comes and they’re not my friends anymore. We’ve got to take care of business.”

While Wisconsin may have little expe-rience at Wiliams arena, there are plenty of Badgers who will feel right at home on Thursday night, making a homecoming that they definitely want to result in a victory.

“It definitely would be nice to go back home and win there,” Taylor said. “I haven’t won at Williams yet so it will be fun.”

M aking comparisons across sports is never an exact science.

Even under the University of Wisconsin-Madison roof, there are different levels of competition and different leagues that coach-es and their respective programs deal with.

Still, as assistant after top assistant left UW football head coach Bret Bielema’s staff this winter, I couldn’t help but think about the offseason that UW men’s hockey head man Mike Eaves endured after his team played in the national title game in April 2010.

With this week’s hiring of new tight ends coach Eddie Faulkner, Bielema has now replaced all six assistants that left in the weeks after the Badgers’ 45-38 Rose Bowl loss to Oregon Jan. 2.

In 2010, Eaves guided his team, runners up in the Western

Collegiate Hockey Association, to a national championship appear-ance before getting doused 5-0 at the hands of Boston College.

Soon after the season ended, both of his top assistants had left the program to build their own. Mark Osiecki took a head coach-ing job at Ohio State—we’ll return to Columbus momentarily—as did Kevin Patrick, who was selected to be the first head coach of the Muskegon Lumberjacks, a new addition to the United States Hockey League.

The parallel here is clear. Bielema lost Paul Chryst, his offensive coordinator of seven years, when Pittsburgh came call-ing with a head coaching oppor-tunity. With Chryst, a talented coach and play-caller, it was a matter of “when” and not “if” he would leave Madison, but that doesn’t mean the impact won’t be felt.

Chryst, who also coached quarterbacks at UW, took a guy like Scott Tolzien—all of the coach-ability and intangibles but less than-elite-talent—and turned him into one of the most

accurate quarterbacks in Big Ten history. Russell Wilson had 25 interceptions between his sopho-more and junior years at North Carolina State and then threw just four (with 33 touchdowns) during his one year in Madison.

For Eaves, Osiecki coached the Wisconsin defensemen, a corps that has essentially become an institution in its own right in terms of talent, legacy and accomplishment over the years.

College hockey—at least in Madison—affords much more opportunity to watch practices and watch the way players and coaches interact. It did not take a whole lot of time spent around practice to take note of the way Osiecki taught his guys, taught shot-blocking and positioning and attention to detail.

That’s not to say that the foot-ball team is going to drop off over the next couple of years as the hockey team has.

Eaves, along with his top assistants, lost seven of his top eight scorers, including Hobey Baker award winner Blake Geoffrion, a host of other seniors,

fellow First Team All-American Brendan Smith and a surprise departure in then-sophomore Derek Stepan.

The men’s hockey program has fought youth and early departures in both years since that title appearance.

Yes, Bielema has had players declare for the National Football League draft—J.J. Watt and John Clay after the 2011 Rose Bowl and Peter Konz this year—but he returns a Heisman Trophy finalist in Montee Ball and the Big Ten’s top two tacklers in linebackers Chris Borland and Mike Taylor.

Again, there are plenty of dif-ferences between the hockey and football programs in Madison.

In the Kohl Center, the nation-al title banners from 1990 and 2006 mean UW gets mentioned among the nation’s elite. At Camp Randall, back-to-back Rose Bowls and four trips to Pasadena in 12 years is good, but it doesn’t equal blueblood.

Eaves lost a truckload of senior talent after 2010 and then got even younger after last sea-son. That isn’t going to happen to

Bielema. The NFL draft system provides a lot more stability to programs than the wild world of pre-NHL hockey.

Still, that doesn’t mean that there will not be tough spots for the football team ahead. Six new assistants are sure to change the locker room dynamic in some way or another. A new quarterback will have to take the reins either in the spring or next fall. Recruiting the Midwest isn’t going to get any easier with Urban Meyer at Ohio State, most of the shenanigans gone from Ann Arbor and the continued success at Michigan State.

Come to think of it, Eaves and Co. will be dealing with the same schools soon enough, with the Big Ten hockey conference set to debut in 2013. Bielema will undoubtedly tell his fellow UW coach to be wary of saying too much. E. Gordon Gee might hear about it and tell him to ‘get a life.’

Because university presidents don’t have anything better to do.

What other similarities do you see in Badger Athletics? Let Parker know at pjgabriel@dailycardinal.com.

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The worlds of Eaves and Bielema are not that different

Junior forwards Jared Berggren (left) and Mike Bruesewitz (right) are two recruits out of Minnesota that have grown into starting roles for the Badgers.

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Minnesota talent has become the backbone of Wisconsin’s success

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