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administrative review” of the Athletic Department.

“There is growing concern that Chadima’s conduct may have been directly or indirectly enabled by the current structure and management environment,” Nass said.

By Alex DiTullio Although Ward said university The Daily Cardinal police have been investigating the After a second man report- latest allegation since Jan. 30, he ed inappropriate misconduct said he has asked former Judge by former Senior Associate Patrick Fielder to conduct an indeAthletic Director John Chadima, pendent investigation with two UW-Madison Chancellor David other investigators. Fielder also Ward announced Monday the uni- headed an investigation concerning versity will launch another investi- December’s allegations. gation into his behavior.

After Ward briefly discussed the The most recent allegation situation at a faculty senate meetcomes two weeks after an inves- ing Monday, senate member Sarah tigation into accusaGoldrick-Rab thanked the tions that Chadima chancellor for updating faculsexually assaulted a ty first hand. She said faculty student employee at at other universities often only a Rose Bowl party in receive such information from December. the media.

While the statement “I do hope that you keep released by Ward did not us included in this and that disclose the details of the we keep hearing about it,” CHADIMA claims, Ward said “police Goldrick-Rab said. “The idea have corroborated many that anything would happen of the details of the individual’s story to our students, and to multiple and believe it to be credible.” students, is extremely upsetting to Initially, authorities and col- me. We want to see our athletics leagues including Athletic Director be something we can be proud of.”

Barry Alvarez said they thought Ward is encouraging anyone the initial incident was isolated, with information regarding “inapbut Rep. Steve Nass, R-Town of La propriate conduct” by Chadima to Grange, said in a release Monday report to the police or to Fielder. To that he is not surprised to learn contact UW police, call (608) 262about the additional accusations.

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In the past year, 19 Tibetans lit themselves on fire in protest of a Chinese government that recently increased its security forces in Tibet, killing one protester in the process. At UW-Madison, campus group Students for a Free Tibet is speaking out against the alleged human rights violations. This three-part series explores the issue.

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enzin Dechen has never been to Tibet, though he considers himself Tibetan. His grandparents fled the region to India years ago following crackdowns by the Chinese government, and he lived there until 2002 when he moved to the United States.

After three Tibetan herders set themselves on fire last Friday, the number of people who have self-immolated pro-

testing the Chinese government in the last year grew to 19, a number that Dechen said is upsetting.

“It’s kind of sad to see that my origin, where I came from, there are people suffering,” said Dechen, a UW-Madison student and member of Students for a Free Tibet. “I knew things were bad but I didn’t know it

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ASM committee talks Mifflin, alcohol policy

By Anna Duffin The Daily Cardinal

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Re-thinking education

Kaleem Caire from the Greater Madison Urban League spoke about the impact of charter schools on marginalized students at a discussion Monday. + Photo by Shoaib Altaf

Associated Students of Madison Chair Allie Gardner told the student government’s Legislative Affairs Committee Monday that members of the state’s committee dedicated to studying the restructuring of the UW System have been unresponsive to students’ requests to speak at its upcoming meeting, where the task force will discuss tuition.

Gardner is asking students to attend the Task Force on UW Restructuring’s meeting Wednesday.

“I think it’s very interesting that no one in that room will be

speaking from the perspective of someone who pays tuition about tuition,” Gardner said.

Also at the meeting, Legislative Affairs Chair Hannah Somers said Madison Mayor Paul Soglin wants students to be more involved in the planning of the Mifflin Street Block Party this year.

While Soglin and other city officials have contemplated ending the event because they said it has become too rowdy and borderline unsafe, Somers said student involvement in the planning process could help tame the party.

“I think that if students start to realize that the future

of it depends on how they act and what they do at this event, I hope that it will be less ridiculous and less dangerous than it was before,” Somers said. “I think that if students start to be more involved in [planning the party], I think that they’ll feel maybe a greater sense of ownership.”

Somers said she was “pleasantly surprised” that Soglin wants more student participation in planning the event, as efforts to include students have been somewhat unsuccessful in the past.

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“…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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University Committee Chair Brad Barham introduced recommended changes to the Recreation Sports Board.

Student could gain voting rights on academic council UW-Madison’s Faculty Senate heard a recommendation that would give voting rights to the student member on the university’s committee that oversees academic issues and changes.

The student representative on the University Academic Planning Council does not currently have voting rights.

Brad Barham, chair of the Faculty Senate’s University Committee, said his committee is introducing the request to see if it would be supported by the senate.

“We are just merely bringing it to your attention. We’ve discussed it, we’re not bringing a proposal forward,” Barham said.

“We are interested in knowing if such a change would be supported by the senate.”

Faculty Senator Noah

Feinstein said the request is important for the senate to discuss and consider.

“Considering how difficult it is to get faculty committee members active, this speaks to the good of our students that they want additional responsibility,” Feinstein said.

Barham also introduced the University Committee’s recommended changes to the make up of the Recreational Sports Board, decreasing the board’s total size.

While under the recommendation there would be one less student seat on the board, students would actually make up a larger proportion of the board than they currently do.

The senate will continue discussing both of these committee memberships in future meetings.

— Cheyenne Langkamp

Election officials won’t heed recall petition review from outside groups The state agency responsible for reviewing recall petitions said Monday groups not directly involved in the recall effort would not be allowed to analyze the validity of signatures.

Wisconsin GrandSons of Liberty and We the People of the Republic, two conservative groups, asked the Government Accountability Board last week to accept their in depth examination of the signatures.

But GAB director Kevin Kennedy said in a memo Monday it will only accept the analysis of recall petitions from those targeted for recall and the organizers of the recall effort.

“There is no recognized process for intervention by non-parties,” Kennedy said.

The groups would check for signatures that aren’t dated, signatures dated outside the circulation period, invalid residency, names of deceased people and fictitious names.

The board will proceed with their analysis, making a reasonable effort to detect duplicate signatures and obviously fake names.

The memo also said that, as the GAB understands it, the groups would continue to put all of the information into a searchable database that will be available to the public.

Committee hears proposed budget for UW-Madison child care service program The Student Services Finance Committee heard a budget proposal for UW-Madison’s student child care service on Monday.

The Child Care Tuition Assistance Program provides UW students with child care services, and also assists eligible students with financial expenses through various grants programs.

SSFC will decide on the group’s budget Thursday.

Lynn Edlefson, Head of CCTAP’s Child Care and Family

Resources Office, emphasized the importance of the program’s Family Grants, which provide money to students who are often at or below the national poverty line.

“The Family Grants are the cornerstone of this program,” Edlefson said. “We become the support system for student parents.”

Edlefson also said through its services, CCTAP indirectly allows student parents to develop their

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After uncovering documents showing lawmakers signed agreements promising secrecy during the redistricting process, a Wisconsin immigrants rights group filed a complaint Monday alleging Republican leaders violated state law.

The documents show “almost all” Republican legislators signed legal agreements stipulating that lawmakers who sign “agree not to disclose the facts and/or contents of such discussions or any draft documents within [their] possession” while the state redistricting maps were being drafted, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Monday.

The legislature must redraw

voting district lines statewide every 10 years to account for the latest census data. In the past few decades, the task has fallen to the courts due to partisan gridlock in the legislature.

By virtue of their legislative majority, state Republicans passed the new maps without relying on the courts. Meanwhile, Democrats claimed the redistricting lines were designed explicitly to preserve GOP control.

According to the Sentinel, records also include a memo apparently written by an aide to the Assembly Majority Leader that assesses various GOP candidates’ performances under the old ver-

sus new district maps.

Milwaukee-based Voces de la Frontera uncovered the documents while pursuing a separate redistricting lawsuit.

“The whole thing was done under a very unfair and unlawful process,” said Voces spokesperson Joe Shansky of the findings.

“The idea is that we throw these lines out and begin again in a very transparent and open manner.”

Voces’ complaint, filed with the Dane County district attorney’s office Monday, alleges that GOP leaders violated both the state constitution and Wisconsin Open Meetings Laws.

—Alison Bauter

Taxi strikes pedestrian at Johnson and Frances Street A taxi with the right of way hit a woman after she reportedly ran into traffic at the intersection of W. Johnson and N. Frances Street just after midnight Sunday morning.

Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain said the initial investigation indicates the cab driver had a green light when the 23-year-old woman tried to cross.

Police cited the Oregon woman

for “sudden pedestrian movement,” according to DeSpain.

“I was walking toward the accident scene and all of a sudden I see this girl running across the street,” UW-Madison freshman Danny Riskey, who witnessed the accident, said. “[The victim] ran out right in front of a Green Cab, and people started rushing to help her.”

DeSpain said the woman was taken to a hospital for observation

and only suffered non-life threatening injuries.

“I thought she was dead at first,” said Alex Newell, a UW-Madison freshman who also witnessed the accident. “She was passed out on the pavement.”

Riskey said the intersection was “lit up” with lights from emergency vehicle.

The accident is still under investigation, according to DeSpain. ­­­— Abby Becker

City approves design for new Library Mall student center A city commission approved St. Paul’s University Catholic Center’s designs Monday for a new student center for Library Mall.

The Catholic Center, located at 723 State St., originally proposed a 14-story building with student housing space but scaled down the plans to six stories with room for a student center, chapel and education center.

“Now we have a building we know we can move forward with and a building we know we can go to possible benefactors and say this is the building we’re capable of building,” said the Rev. Eric Nielsen, St. Paul University Catholic Center director.

Alumni of St. Paul’s and more than fifty students attended the meeting and spoke in support of

the plans.

“The community is one of the biggest draws about St. Paul’s, and the space we have now isn’t enough to foster growth of that community,” UW-Madison senior Allison Maytag said. “And the bunker-like exterior gives no indication of the welcoming atmosphere.”

While the student center designs received approval, members expressed concerns about some aspects of the architecture and how other city committees feel about the design.

“I’m troubled that Urban Design Commission hasn’t completed their final design and review,” commission member Bradley Cantrell said. “The thought process of contemporary architecture versus histori-

cal is settled, but the details need to be refined.”

Even though some architectural details are not decided, commission member Michael Heifetz said the plans meet the commission’s standards and will be “quite an addition to Library Mall, the university and campus life.”

“It gives us the space we need to adequately fulfill our programming,” Nielsen said. “It adequately reflects the spirituality and the tradition of the Catholic church to those who see the building.”

The Planning Commission approved the design for the sixstory student center, which will progress to Common Council and then to Urban Design Commission for final approval.

— Abby Becker

asm from page 1 cussed drafting a survey to see if Responsible Action, the policy that grants a person amnesty from underage drinking charges if he or she helps another in an emergency situation, has been useful to students.

The survey is part of the committee’s initiative to make Responsible Action a statewide policy.

“We just want to make sure that there was a need for it and to see if we can prove that it has been effective and it has been used on campus, and therefore maybe it could be used across the state,” Somers said.

Members of the committee are also currently researching legislators who would be willing to sponsor the bill and talking with other Big Ten universities who are also working to implement the process in their respective states.

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Legislative Affairs Chair Hannah Somers said Mayor Paul Soglin wants student input on the Mifflin Street Block Party.

Mayor, ASM discuss Mifflin At a meeting Monday with Associated Students of Madison members and Madison police, Mayor Paul Soglin police discussed the need for a Mifflin Street Block Party plan to be formed in the next two weeks.

Soglin said open alcohol containers and students showing up earlier to the party are critical issues.

“My guess just walking up the streets was that there were more

intoxicated people at 1:30 p.m. than at 3:30 or 5:30 p.m.,” Soglin said.

Suggestions include limiting the party to UW-Madison students and gating the area, which Soglin said is impossible due to legal issues.

“I personally would like to see any plan we come up with...allow time for getting student, neighborhood and police feedback,” Legislative Affairs Chair Hannah Somers said.

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Events to examine stalking on campus In recognition of Stalking Awareness Month, the student group, Promoting Awareness Victim Empowerment is holding a series of events between Feb. 6 and Feb. 28.

The first event took place Monday, as PAVE held a workshop to explain how stalkers use technology to pursue victims on campus.

To further illustrate how perpetrators use technology for stalking, the group is conducting a Facebook scavenger hunt from Feb. 6 to Feb. 10. The group will create a fake account named “Alex Paverson” and will post updates about where members are on campus.

The first people to reach the mentioned location will receive a prize, such as free food and gift cards.

Other events include screening a film on Feb. 13 about an abusive relationship titled “Fear,” and holding an expert panel on Feb. 22 explaining how stalking happens on campus and the legal actions that correspond with it.

It’s not just a number or a person; it’s actual human beings who gave up their lives. TENZIN DECHEN, Students for a Free Tibet tibet from page 1 was so bad that people were willing to just give up their lives just to express how they’re feeling.”

He said he and his Chinese friends generally avoid politics when they talk because he knows his friends worry about possible backlash toward their families still in China.

China gained control of Tibet in 1951, and eventually abolished the Tibetan government in 1959. This forced the Dalai Lama, the political and spiritual leader of the region, into exile.

Currently, the government remains in exile, with a new political leader. It has tried to negotiate with the Chinese about more autonomy in education, health and infrastructure, while avoiding the subject of full independence.

The official stance of Students for a Free Tibet is that only full independence is accept-

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Photos sent to Students for a Free Tibet show clashes between Tibetan protesters and Chinese security forces.

able, and if the Chinese will not give that, talking to them is pointless. But Dechen said he still agrees with the more “realistic” goals of the Tibetan exile government.

Zhennen Zhao, a member of UW-Madison’s Chinese Students and Scholars Association, said media reports cannot always be trusted, and conflicts between the governments are exaggerated.

He said he doesn’t understand why there is a debate over Tibetan independence in the first place.

“The moment from when I was born, I learned that Tibet is part of China,” Zhao said. “We’re next to each other so I don’t see any reason we should be severed from each other.”

Both Dechen and Gabriel Feinstein, Midwest Director of Students for a Free Tibet, wanted to make it clear their grievances are against the Chinese government, not the Chinese people.

“We’re not trying to bash Chinese students, we’re not trying to alienate Chinese students, but people, especially students, need to realize what is happening in China,” Feinstein said.

Regardless of how the relationship between the governments plays out, Dechen hopes people remember the sacrifices protesters have made.

“These people who died, at some point we might say it might be 17, 18, 19, and it just becomes a number,” he said. “It’s not just a number or a person; it’s actual human beings who gave up their lives.”

Dechen is currently learning to speak Chinese and hopes to study there this summer, so he can “learn more about Chinese people and have more interaction with Chinese people” “The more I know the better, so I can talk to them, so they don’t see me as someone who is completely different,” Dechen said.

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“For every dollar spent on this program, there’s a return of roughly $13 on the job market,” Edlefson said.

The proposal’s primary change from last year was a total increase of over $40,000 to its supplies, expenses, and salaries. Much of the request would go towards retaining staff members who work in exceptionally busy service centers.

While CCTAP is a university-affiliated program, its staff members are not university employees, which makes any salary increases difficult to approve with segregated fees.

SSFC Chair Sarah Neibart said the committee could not approve the increased salary request as proposed.

“If CCTAP decides they really want this increase, it would have to be through a separate process,” Neibart said. “It can’t just be in the budget right now.”

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here has been a recent uptick in the number of foreign bands I listen to. Not because I’m anti-American music—I’ve got plenty of that too—but because I’ve found or been introduced to some amazing foreign musicians that I think deserve a little love.

First, I’d like to introduce the Pepper Pots. Not to be confused with Tony Stark’s assistant/lover, this band is Motown soul at its best—except they’re from Girona, Catalonia, Spain. These guys and gals, all 10 of them, put together a Motown sound and stuck to it.

They’ve played a few festivals here in the states, but mostly they play over in Europe, with a U.K. Tour in the works for April of this year.

I found these guys through a site that specializes in alternative music, and when I saw that it was labeled “swing”, I decided to give it a try. Needless to say, it’s not quite what I expected, but Train to Your Lover was a great introductory album, where they seem to have really found their sound.

Swingin’ Sixties , their first record has very much a more ska feel to it, but it feels like they want to be so much more than a ska band.

Now! (2010) came pretty close to the sound that they’ve settled into on 2011’s Train , but there was still something missing. The addition of sound engineer Bob Olhsson, who was instrumental in Motown’s records between 1965 and 1972, has definitely tightened up the sound and created a true

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Which major assures your parents that you’ll one day pay for rent, food, underwear and ganja?

1. Search a database on the inter-web of the 100 most successful people in America. Try to emulate them.

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arts The whole world in his hands

2. Lose all sense of self and forget about your childhood dream of being a spaceman.

3. Apply to the business school for Actuarial Science.

soul revival around this band.

Norwegian girl-band Razika is definitely a band to watch, and for once, the band from Norway isn’t a black metal band. The sound these four young Norwegian lasses coax out of their instruments is decidedly old fashioned, but not tired. Jangly guitars and honey sweet vocals make their debut, Program 91 , a great introductory album.

These four women recorded their album on weekends to get around their school schedule, which makes them highly dedicated, but also makes me a little bit sad that they’re only 19 and already have an album this good.

While [Die Toten Hosen’s] name translates literally to “the Dead Pants,” there’s a lot of energy to their music.

While some people call their sound indie or ska, they really sound like good pop music. The clean guitars and straightforward sound put them into a category I can’t quite assign. They sound like a little bit of everything good in old pop music.

The pillows are another band that deserves some attention. After 20 years of making music, this J-rock ( Japanese rock) band has made some unforgettable tunes. Most notably, for those familiar with anime, the pillows did the soundtrack to “FLCL” or “Fooly Cooly.” Songs like “Little Busters” and “Ride on a Shooting Star” are instantly recognizable to fans of the anime, even if the lyrics are unintelligible for those who don’t speak Japanese.

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what they’re singing the songs are super catchy, and numbers like “Purple Apple” will have you tapping your foot and ready for more.

With so many records out (17 right now, the 18th on the way this year) there’s more than enough music to sift through. There’s also a wealth of genres the band has dabbled in, including jazz, punk and pop.

One more band: a punk gem, Die Toten Hosen. These Germans have been putting out punk music for nearly 30 years, and they have the back catalogue to prove it. While their name translates literally to “the Dead Pants,” there’s a lot of energy to their music. From early albums of yelling in German and abrasive guitars like 1983’s Opel Gang to the more pop-punk Kauf MICH! only 10 years later, the band has maintained a steady progression of sound.

If there is any song American audiences would recognize from the band’s singles it would be “Hier Kommt Alex” from 1988’s Ein kleines bisschen Horrorschau . While the band has never had wild success here in the states, this track made it into “Guitar Hero,” making sure that the band has at least been glossed over while kids learn to play “Through Fire and Flames.”

There you have it—my four foreign bands that deserve some American attention. Check out the records on YouTube, most of the bands have a good selection of music on their official channels, as well as MySpace pages with music to stream. The only bad thing is some of their records haven’t had American releases, so be prepared to pay a little more if you buy a physical copy.

Having a love affair with foreign music as well? Want to give Jeremy some listening tips? Send him an e-mail at jgartzke@dailycardinal.com.

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love stubble, but stubble does not love me.

There is just something about the lumberjack nostalgia of a slightly unkempt face. Perhaps the draw comes from an ancestral tradition of wanting the biggest, strongest man in the tribe to ensure my fragile existence, but then I think of the smelly, meaty men in the SERF weight room using improper form on every strenuous bicep curl and immediately withdraw this argument.

Maybe it’s because I really miss having a dog.

Living in a small apartment in Madison has deprived me of having a hairy beast to call my own so now I am forced to settle for face fur. But nay, I am not looking for slobber so this seems unlikely as well.

Quite honestly, I think the main reason I find a five o’clock shadow so hunky is that it reminds me I am with an adult male who will not gag me with excessive force of tongue or accidentally pass me his chewing gum—both memories of middle school grope sessions past.

Yet, as difficult as it is to resist the self-

validating manly trait of beard scruff, the post-makeout effects of sucking on a testosterone-infused face tend to put a damper on an otherwise enjoyable experience.

I’m talking about beard burn, a.k.a. the cause of my Monday morning disfigurement.

For some reason, likely explained by a combination of adrenaline and hormones, I never notice chin chafe mid liplock. The effect generally sets in about 30 minutes or so after the event and leaves my fair, sensitive skin looking like I spent too much time in the cold and succumbed to frost bite in only one particular region of my face.

I am told the remedy to covering up burns is to apply a complementary color atop the façade in question. So for my red chinny chin chin, that would mean I need blue. Sorry, but who the hell has blue cover up? I’m pretty sure they don’t make it and being that I learned from the mistakes of the 80s, I do not even possess blue eye shadow with which to make do. So (sigh), I am forced to wear my badge of lust with pride.

In the hopes of preventing this stubble scrape during future endeavors of playing kissy face, I have come up with the best preventative measures I can think of: -Slather my chin with Vaseline prior to an

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The Pepper Pots, a Mowtown group from Spain, put a unique twist on the classically American style.

They released a new record Jan. 30, Time and Place, that is a collaboration with American singer Eli “Paperboy” extended makeout sesh (If he still wants to kiss me after that, I’ll know he’s a keeper.)

-Do some role playing where I take on the part of a bank robber and wear a ski mask only exposing my lips -Become a nun Clearly my options are limited.

Alas, due to my youthful hormones I fear I will not be able to put my love life on hold until a cure is found. In the meantime, I will continue to walk around after exciting evenings with my chin held high, letting people wonder what I’ve been up to.

Know of some fool-proof remedies to Jaime’s predicament? Send them her way at jbrackeen@ wisc.edu. If not, you could lend her a ski mask or join in her roomie’s jeers.

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There will be several big names gracing the silver screen this week, however the films to look for may not be the starstudded ones. “Safe House,” starring Ryan Renolds and Denzel Washington as well as “The Vow” starring Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams will both be released Friday, Feb. 10.

The films garnering critical acclaim include “In Darkness”, about a group of Jews hiding in the sewers

of Nazi-occpied Poland. “Chico and Rita”, a film about romance mixed with the lives of struggling Cuban musicians in the 1940s, has been lauded for its beautiful animation. Both films will be released Feb. 10.

In record stores, look for new releases from Dr. Dog, The Fray, Of Montreal, Ben Kweller, Paul McCartney and Sharon Van Etten to be released Feb. 7. Dr. Dog’s album, Be The Void, has been called “playfully smart rock,” and is reminiscent of their earlier, pop-infused works.

Videogames that have been getting some attention this week include “Resident Evil: Revelations” and “Tales of the Abyss” for Nintendo 3DS, to be released Feb. 7 and Feb. 14, respectively.

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TOP RANK ACROSS 1 Sign on a staff 5 Pro ___ (proportionally) 9 Role model?

14 Omani’s currency 15 Grand in scale 16 City in central Utah 17 Field measure 18 Retina receptor 19 Mountain cats 20 Association of military brass?

23 Like a hard-to-fill order 24 Picked-up item 25 Handle clumsily 28 Act mawkishly 31 Org. in “Burn After Reading” 34 Plumed avian in Florida 36 Fleming or McEwan 37 “Friends” character 38 “Keep Out!” follower 42 Best of the Beatles 43 State of rage 44 Orchard fruit 45 Si or oui 46 Certain railroad worker 49 It’s all love at the start 50 Driving need

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Hieroglyphic bird Entertainment draw Czar’s decree Mature male red deer 63 Wanton once-over 64 Cat’s nine 65 Burn-soothing plant 66 Shad delicacies 67 Establish as law 68 Uncool student 69 Winged god of love DOWN

1 Rugged rock 2 They cause headscratching?

3 Deserve 4 Admiral’s charge 5 Detroit headache 6 Historic Harlem theater 7 “30 Rock” first name 8 Gets an A+ 9 Become visible 10 Bit on a fairy-tale trail 11 Pyramid, to a pharaoh 12 Not quite round 13 Cheerful 21 Dreadlocked Jamaican, for short 22 One subject to a dictator?

25 High-spirited

26 Find common ground 27 Court orders 29 Two-footed animal 30 Grill’s go-with 31 Marine body 32 Cordage fiber 33 Up to the present time 35 First fruit-picker 37 Street cred 39 Princess topper 40 Make a faux pas 41 Lose one’s cool 46 Most dexterous 47 “Snow White” fairness judge 48 Diminished 50 Sine’s reciprocal, in trig.

52 Shopaholic’s haunt 53 Symbol of stubbornness 54 Similar in nature 55 Coffee, in slang 56 Word used in many comparisons 57 Old wives’ production 58 “Young Frankenstein” assistant 59 Yellow spread 60 Crimefighter of early ‘60s TV

By Nick Kryshak nkryshak@wisc.edu

By Angel Lee alee23@wisc.edu

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Washington and the Bear

By Derek Sandberg kalarooka@gmail.com

opinion Letter: Tech leads to victim blaming dailycardinal.com

Jacqueline O’Reilly Pave media advocate

A problem is much harder, if not impossible, to solve if the core of the issue is misunderstood.

This holds true in all areas of life, but specifically the issue at hand this Stalking Awareness Month.

Because of how it is portrayed in the media, people often write stalking off as a crime perpetrated by a creepy stranger, one that peers into women’s windows in the middle of the night. While this form of stalking does happen and should be addressed, it is by no means the norm, especially on a college campus, making it difficult for people to truly understand the issue and how to help a victim when one comes forth.

According to the Stalking Resource Center, 3.4 million people over the age of 18 are stalked in the United States each year, with people age 18-24 experiencing stalking at the highest rates. While there is little data specific to Madison, it can be inferred that not only is stalking happening on this cam-

pus, but that it is a big problem that demands our attention.

What makes this phenomenon more likely is perpetrators’ recent utilization of technology.

One in 10 victims report being stalked through the use of some kind of technology, including text messaging and the Internet.

Additionally, 10 percent of victims report being monitored with global positioning systems like those used on social media sites to post location updates.

Knowing that most, if not all, students use at least one of these tools, it seems terribly likely that this is the form stalking often takes on the UW-Madison campus.

However, because the specifics of this trend are confused, people often advise how they think students can best protect themselves.

Just like women are told to never walk alone at night, not to drink too much or dress modestly as a means to prevent sexual assault, people are told to never post their location online, refrain from using applications like

Foursquare and keep all online information private to protect themselves from stalking. If these are techniques that make a person feel reassured, then they should be taken. People should take whatever steps they need to in order to feel safe. Still, what comes from pushing these methods as a solution to stalking is often victim blaming.

One in 10 victims report being stalked through some kind of technology.

Instead of asking, “How are you doing?” or “How can I help you?” after a person has been victimized, we ask, “Well was your profile set to private?” or “Why did you say where you were going anyway?” This way of thinking shifts the blame away from the

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perpetrator and onto the victim.

Additionally, like the techniques pushed to prevent sexual assault, the ways people are told to protect themselves against stalkers assume the perpetrator is a stranger, when in fact 75 percent of victims are stalked by someone they know, with 30 percent being stalked by a current or former intimate partner.

To demonstrate the dynamics of stalking and technology, including how people are so easily moved to victim blaming, PAVE will host a Facebook scavenger hunt this week. In partnership with local businesses and organizations, PAVE has created a profile under the name Alex Paverson. During the week of February 6, it will function much like the average student’s Facebook page does, including updates about where on campus “Alex” is. When friends of the account see these updates, they are invited to come to the location mentioned, with the first few winning a prize.

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The purpose of the project is not to stir up fear within the student body or to have them track the account, but rather to help the campus community understand how easily one could take advantage of Facebook's inherently social features if he or she had bad intentions.

If we are going to truly eradicate stalking from the UW-Madison campus and beyond, these dynamics must be understood and victimblaming attitudes put to bed.

It is not difficult information to understand, but people must be willing to educate themselves to make that difference.

PAVE is a student organization dedicated to ending sexual assault, dating/domestic violence and stalking on the UW-Madison campus through education and activism. This February, the group will be recognizing Stalking Awareness Month. Please direct all questions and comments to uwpavemedia@gmail.com or visit UWPAVE.com.

Liquor lawsuit ineffective in ending underage drinking Sam Witthuhn opinion columnist

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he same guy who requested Planned Parenthoods across Wisconsin be drained of state and federal Maternal and Child Health funds is now on a mission to green light civil lawsuits against underage drinkers. Yup, state Rep. Andrew Jacque, R-Bellevue, helped author a bill that permits licensed liquor establishments to sue underage drinkers $1,000, all in the name of—according to a quote by Jacque in The Badger Herald—curbing a “problem that pervades our culture in epidemic proportions and deserves a vigorous response.”

Yes, the underage drinker is insidiously tarring Wisconsin’s

hearty yet humble prohibitionist culture and, as a result, scarring blameless bars and liquor stores in epidemic proportions. Clearly, something needs to be done.

But is giving Wando’s and Whiskey River the right to sue that poor, 19-year-old sophomore still living in Chamberlin because his mom won’t let him move out of university housing, the answer?

Probably not.

The only way a bill like this will have any effect on underage drinking is if awareness is spread like wildfire across the general population. If underagers are privy to these additional consequences, they may be more reluctant to purchase alcohol illegally. But the fact remains that 19-year-old Gordon from Chamberlin probably isn’t reading this article and will continue to find himself drunk as a skunk Friday night.

That said, there are a few

outcomes that will result from this legislation: One, everything will go according to plan and little Gordy will get caught purchasing Hamm’s at University Avenue Liquor. He will then get sued by UAL for $1,000 in damages, act as a example for other underage drinkers, scare off minors from liquor consumption altogether and restore the sanctity of Wisconsin’s culture. Not likely.

Two, bars and liquor stores will take advantage of this naïve and generally uninformed target audience, advertise vigorously in certain college towns, take advantage of underage drinkers, sue, sue, sue, profit off these illegal offenses and go on with their merry way.

Somewhat Likely.

Or three, many establishments will view the $1,000 reward a measly sum not worth the time and effort to appear on Judge Joe Brown.

In return, they won’t care about the new lawsuit privileges and keep doing what they’re doing—selling booze and cleaning up puke. But who cares, right?

In the end, whether or not any of these three outcomes becomes reality is a moot point because there is one important characteristic each has in common: the bar or liquor store owner’s incentive to profit from underage drinking—leaving kids with exorbitant consequences and the underage drinking culture in Wisconsin untouched.

Wisconsin Alcohol Policy Project spokesperson Julia Sherman told The Badger Herald, “the bill creates financial incentives for establishments with liquor licenses to profit from the illegal activity.” And if businesses can earn money off underage drinkers, why would they want to this “illegal activity” to evaporate?

Not only do these lawsuits grant

benefits to private business owners, but they impose financial horrors for the offender. For example, a student at UW-Madison caught drinking in a bar illegally is subject to face a criminal citation and fine from the police, a $1,000 lawsuit from the establishment AND an order to pay and attend an alcohol management class by the university itself. Sound like an overreaction?

If representatives are truly concerned about the health and wellbeing of Wisconsin’s underage citizens, time and money would be better spent on education programs that start in school, when kids are young. Instead of giving bar-owners monetary rewards for catching underage drinkers, licensed liquor venders should be encouraged to contact authorities when finding someone under 21 in their establishment. This way, the state can punish individuals according to the law, which often gives kids the option to volunteer for the community and/ or attend classes that truly have a positive impact on the individual.

After all, the last time I checked, Reilly’s wasn’t headquarters for Dog the Bounty Hunter. Liquor vendors aren’t in business to enforce the law.

We need to realize that kids are going to drink no matter what. Just like they are going to have sex no matter what. It’s much more pragmatic and effective to advocate for programs that teach individuals about the facts about alcohol and how to be safe rather than fine them their life savings as a means to teach them a lesson.

But let’s not forget who this lesson will really be teaching, because I don’t know many 18-year-olds with 1,000 bucks lying around. So in advance, I highly suggest Jacque apologize to all of the moms and dads out there who will inevitably be footing this bill. And just in case he forgets, on behalf of all dumb politicians out there… I’m sorry Mom, sometimes party rock is just in the house.

Sam is a senior majoring in political science and journalism.

Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

Sports

tuesday February 7, 2012 DailyCardinal.com

Men’s Basketball

Tough stretch ahead for Wisconsin

By Peter Geppert The Daily Cardinal

As head coach of the No. 21/22 Wisconsin men’s basketball team (7-4 Big Ten, 18-6) Bo Ryan is all about improvement.

That’s why before the Badgers battled Penn State to a hard fought 52-46 conference victory, Ryan handed his players an article by Pulitzer prize winning columnist and author Thomas Friedman about the pitfalls of not having a college degree as a worker in the 21st century.

Friedman, the author of the critically acclaimed book “The World is Flat”, stresses in his article how in today’s world being an average person is no longer good enough to survive.

Ryan felt that the article was applicable to his group of players, who have shown flashes of greatness at times all season.

“A lot of people could survive on average a couple generations ago. The article was about education, but I feel that it applies to many areas of life,” Ryan said. “Being average in athletics won’t get players the options they want anymore.”

A good point indeed, as Ryan and the Badgers try to rise above the rest of the college basketball pack as the season enters the final stretch. For this season’s Wisconsin team “rise above” is the key idea in that statement as, at times, the Badgers have appeared to war-

rant consideration among the conference and nation’s elite contenders after big wins, and at others have seemed lost after strings of devastating losses.

Five of Wisconsin’s six losses this season have come in losing streaks of two and three.

Being able to respond to tough losses will become critical especially as Ryan’s bunch come off a tough 58-52 home loss to Ohio State. Most important of all will be the response of senior point guard Jordan Taylor, whom the Badger’s have depended on to dictate the team’s tempo.

“Being average in athletics won’t get players the options they want anymore.”

Bo Ryan head coach Wisconsin men’s basketball

“Everyday we come to practice I check the eyes of my players. I check the facial expressions and demeanor before practice, and then mentally file it away,” Ryan said. “Nothing with Jordan has changed. Everyday he comes to practice with the same attitude, nothing has changed his eagerness and willingness.”

This season has proved to be a challenge for Taylor as he has gone through statisti-

cal drop-offs in every category.

Nevertheless, Ryan credits him with remaining the facilitator and team player that had NBA scouts intrigued in the preseason All-American.

“His numbers are down somewhat because if you take a look at the 3-4-5 spot from last season and what they shot for three point shots last season, and then you look at this season’s 3-4-5 spots there is a big difference,” Ryan said. “Last season we have had more open looks because of that. It has changed things this year.”

The road doesn’t get any easier for Taylor and company as they head into their toughest road stretch of the season.

With upcoming games against rival Minnesota (5-6, 17-7) and No. 12 Michigan State (7-3, 18-5) Wisconsin will have to play its best basketball of the season to avoid another string of crippling losses.

The watershed moment of this stretch occurs Thursday against the Gophers on the road in Minneapolis. Minnesota has continued to battle their way into an NCAA berth despite the loss of star senior forward Trevor Mbakwe. “[Minnesota] has got some good players. Rodney Williams and Ralph Sampson III have been around for a long time,” Ryan added, “defensively they can get after because they are

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Though he has had a statistically down year, Jordan Taylor will have to lead the Badgers to a pair of big victories. athletic, and now they have some depth in their rotation.”

Ryan and the Badgers can just think of this game as another in a Big Ten gauntlet as daunting as any in the conference’s history.

“There are some teams who could have only three losses in conference play last season, but then that same team could go .500 next season with this years conditions,” Ryan said. “You have to be ready for 18 games.”

Women’s Basketball

Sharp shooting Badgers still unable to solve Ohio State Wisconsin sets school record for three-pointers, but still can’t bring down the Buckeyes RECAP

By Adam Tupitza The Daily Cardinal

Ohio State senior guard Samantha Prahalis scored a career-high 34 points to lead the Buckeyes to a 72-58 victory over the Wisconsin women’s basketball team Monday night at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

The Badgers drained a school record 12 three pointers in the game and shot 50 percent from beyond the arc, but it was not enough to secure an upset road victory against No. 10 Ohio State, the highest-ranked team in the Big Ten. Wisconsin (4-7 Big Ten, 8-15 overall) was again without the services of senior forward Anya Covington, who missed her second straight game due to illness.

Her absence hurt the Badgers dearly, as the offense was unable to find any success inside the three-point line. Wisconsin shot a paltry 11 for 34 on two point shots and attempted only one free throw all game, a school record for fewest free throw attempts. To make matters worse, Ohio State (8-2, 21-2) blocked 12 shots in the contest.

“Anya being out this game probably hurt us more than the last [game],” head coach Bobbie Kelsey said. “But you have to

play who is available, you can’t cry about who is not available.

You have to play and you can’t fold up the tent because one person is out.”

The Badgers couldn’t get much to work near the basket, but hot three-point shooting ensured that they would not go quietly.

Down 35-25 at halftime, Wisconsin made five three pointers early in the second half and cut the Buckeyes’ lead to 49-46 with 12:05 remaining on a layup by senior forward Ashley Thomas. It was all Ohio State from that point on, as the Buckeyes went on a 16-3 run to take firm control of the game.

On top of her career scoring night, Prahalis also had five assists, four steals, and two rebounds. She did turn the ball over seven times, but she more than made up for it by making 12 of her 18 field goal attempts.

“Prahalis is one of the most talented guards we’ll see. She did a great job for her team,” Kelsey said of the Ohio State guard.

“When you have a player like that—she’s not very big, she’s very effective, she can handle the ball and shoot.”

“I told our kids, ‘that’s a lesson for you,’” Kelsey added. “You don’t have to be big and you don’t have to be super quick but if you can handle the ball and shoot

pull-up jumpers and threes, you can do a lot of damage out there and she showed that.”

OSU junior guard Tayler Hill came into Monday’s game as the leading scorer in the Big Ten at 21.5 points per game, and she finished with 18 points.

“Tayler Hill hit when we were standing right there and we didn’t challenge her,” Kelsey said. “It’s just little things like that that really hurt you. I expect more from them and that’s why I’m pretty mad about it.

Junior guard Taylor Wurtz led the Badgers with 20 points.

She also set a career-high in assists with seven. Sophomore guard Morgan Paige had 14 points and senior guard Jade Davis added 11 points.

Wisconsin’s bench was unable to contribute offensively, collectively shooting 2 for 14 from the field in the game.

The Buckeyes had eight days of rest coming into Monday’s game and wanted to rebound from a 76-65 loss to unranked Minnesota on Jan. 29. Ohio State’s victory secured a season sweep of the Badgers.

Wisconsin fell to the Buckeyes 77-61 at the Kohl Center back on Dec. 30, and the Badgers have now lost in 20 straight meetings with Ohio State.

Wisconsin will face yet anoth-

er ranked Big Ten team on the road this week with a visit to No. 18 Penn State Thursday. The two teams met in Madison on Jan. 2,

and the Nittany Lions cruised to an 82-49 win in that game.

UWBadgers.com contributed to this report.

Mark Kauzlarich/cardinal file photo

Taylor Wurtz led the way for Wisconsin with 20 points, including three of the team’s school record 12 three pointers.