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Thursday, April 18, 2013
Committee to explore local hip-hop scene By Melissa Howison the daily cardinal
Courtesy of #uwrightnow
UW-Madison students, alumni, faculty and staff submitted their stories and experiences to the 2013 #UWRightNow project from midnight Wednesday to midnight Thursday.
Second #UWRightNow receives over 1,000 submissions worldwide By Sam Cusick the daily cardinal
University of WisconsinMadison students communicated and reminisced with Badgers around the world in the university’s second annual #UWRightNow campaign Wednesday. University Communications, in partner with volunteers, created and maintained the website from midnight Wednesday to midnight Thursday to allow students, alumni, staff and the community to share their stories about UW-Madison,
according to Assistant Director of Communications John Lucas. The project’s facilitators accepted submissions from Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Vine and online submissions to tell the stories and experiences of contributors. The website had received submissions from over 1,000 people from 86 countries at approximately 10 p.m. Wednesday, according to the university’s Twitter account. In its first year, the website intended to report on
what students were doing at a particular moment all around campus, and the response University Communications received was much greater than they expected, Lucas said. But this year, creators wanted the site to contain more visual content rather than just written stories. “This year, we decided we wanted to do something slightly different, and we wanted to make it more about people and
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The newly formed Madison Arts Commission Hip-Hop subcommittee held its inaugural meeting Wednesday, where it attempted to specify long-term goals, define the art of “hip-hop” and explore funding options as well as community-outreach initiatives. Committee chair Anthony Brown II spearheaded the project, which aims to educate residents about various urban art forms and preserve Madison’s flourishing hiphop culture. Brown, who performs as Anthony Lamarr, said an increasingly negative attitude has surrounded hip-hop following several violent incidents that occurred at concerts, which inspired him to propose the committee. Most recently, a shooting at The Frequency caused the building landlord to ban hiphop artists from performing there. Brown said asking Mayor Paul Soglin to designate the subcommittee as a city commission, which would extend its current one-year term indefinitely, will be one of its first actions. Committee member and
Milwaukee’s Alcatraz Recording Studio founder Chris Taylor said another primary responsibility, if the subcommittee is to be successful in its mission to shed a positive light on hip-hop, will be education. He said the committee needs to “open everyone up to the concept the music isn’t the bad entity here,” and that a few people involved in several isolated incidents gave the entire hip-hop culture a bad reputation. Taylor also said defining and educating people about the difference between hip-hop and rap is important because he thinks hiphop is being misinterpreted to only mean rap. According to Taylor, rap shows are typically the events having issues with violence, but “the term hip-hop defines the culture under which rapping is a part of.” Taylor and his colleagues, who he referred to as the “gatekeepers of arts,” agreed an all-encompassing community dialogue will need to produce the definition of hip-hop if it is to be both accurate and applicable. Brown supported the idea of
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Campus leaders call for discussion of faith By Cheyenne Langkamp the daily cardinal
Although the University of Wisconsin-Madison funds organizations of a variety of religious backgrounds, some campus religious leaders believe understanding different faiths should play a more prominent role. Sean McNally, president of Badger Catholic, said a broad
perspective of world religions is an “essential” part of the liberal arts education promoted by the university, and he would like to see improvements in campus religious engagement. “There are completely different worlds for how you live out your faith on campus,” McNally said. “If we’re going to do diversity, let’s do it big and embrace that and
have discussions.” Additionally, McNally said he would like to see an increased emphasis on religion from the university, such as including it in the ethnic studies requirement. “I’d like to see large group discussions in a respectful and open space,” McNally said.
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Students explore lesser-known aspects of religion Approximately 10 students gathered at events Wednesday to discuss a number of different religious sects as part of the Associated Students of Madison Diversity Week. Religion Day featured presentations from the Baha’i Campus Association, His House Christian Fellowship and Sigma Alpha Omega Christian Sorority.
ASM Diversity Committee Chair Mia Akers said she was glad to provide an open and friendly space to discuss aspects of religion that aren’t normally explored. Akers also said she was impressed all groups expressed their views without pushing them on others and remained open to questions. Despite the low atten-
dance, Akers said she focused on “quality over quantity” and felt students who were present had a meaningful conversation. “The goal of this week is not to have tons of people show up to the events,” Akers said. “It’s really about bringing awareness about diversity, whether that’s through tons of people or a few people.”
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Hump-day chardonnay
Community members participate in a weekly Wednesday wine night at Prairie Fire in Union South. This week’s wine selection was chardonnay. + Photo by Nithin Charlly
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”