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Residents of a Madison Property Management home on West Washington Avenue say the company failed to attend to a sewage backup in their basement last week. Nate Lustig, a resident of the home, said he and his roommates smelled what they assumed was a dead animal in the furnace in late January. He said they alerted MPM of the situation but the company did not attend to the problem in a timely fashion. Officials from MPM denied mishandling the tenants’ request. Rachel Govin, a corporate counsel representative for MPM, said the residents’ allegations are “false and completely inaccurate.” She said in a phone call to Lustig Feb. 16 she would “take action” if he relayed false information to media outlets. Lustig, 23, said one of his roommates, Mike Bourgeois, 21, first noticed “a really strong” smell Jan. 20.
Lustig, who was out of town at the time, advised Bourgeois to open all the windows and to try to locate the source of the stench. The smell spread to other areas of the house by Jan. 23. “It was in the upstairs kitchen, the downstairs kitchen, a couple of other places. It was bad enough that we had the windows open,” Lustig said. The same day, Lustig said MPM employees showed the house to prospective tenants and his roommate mentioned the smell to an employee. According to an e-mail from Govin, the residents did not follow protocol. She said they are required to report maintenance issues to MPM by either sending an e-mail, calling the office or filling out a maintenance request form. According to Lustig, Shelly, an employee of MPM whose last name is not listed in e-mails, visited the home Feb. 6 for a routine annual sewage page 3
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Nate Lustig, a resident of the home on West Washington Avenue, said over 50 percent of his basement floor was filled with ‘solids.’
Budget repair bill still leaves looming gap By Charles Brace THE DAILY CARDINAL
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Dist. 8 hopefuls encourage high student turnout By Rachel Holzman THE DAILY CARDINAL
Candidates vying for the District 8 alder position hope to gain student support to continue past Tuesday’s primary. Bryon Eagon, Mark Woulf, Katrina Flores and Jacob Schmidt are all in the running to replace current District 8 Ald. Eli Judge. Flores, 30, is a graduate student at UW-Madison hoping for a strong student turnout. “The biggest thing I’m trying to accomplish is trying to get students to see themselves as part of the Madison community and not just the UW campus community,” Flores said. “I want to try to break the campus bubble and get students out to vote in order to ensure their concerns are being addressed.” Schmidt, 20, a UW-Madison junior, believes this election is important in order for students to have a say in who will ultimately have a major effect on their lives. “A city council member does a
lot of things that will directly affect their day-to-day lives, and students need to make sure they are voting for the person they feel has their best interests in mind,” Schmidt said. Bryon Eagon, 20, a UWMadison junior, is putting student issues at the top of his agenda. “I am passionate about representing student issues and feel like I can turn these ideas into actions,” Eagon said. Woulf, 20, also a UW-Madison junior, has recently criticized police priorities and believes bar raids have become too common. “I want students to know that when they go to the polls they should be looking at the issues most pertinent to them and vote based on that,” Woulf said. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sellery, Witte and Lucky residents’ voting location is Gordon Commons. Chadbourne, Barnard, Elizabeth Waters, Tripp and Adams residents can vote at Memorial Union.
Obama changes the way whites, blacks view each other, according to researchers By Estephany Escobar THE DAILY CARDINAL
UW-Madison and Florida State psychology professors released results of their new research study revealing President Obama’s influence in the way whites perceive blacks. Patricia Devine, a UW-Madison psychology professor, and E. Ashby Plant, a Florida State psychology professor, conducted the study. According to a University Communications release, the professors found a decrease in racial prejudice following Obama’s nomination. The research showed 51 percent of the participants showed knee-jerk preferences for whites, a decrease in bias from previous years. In an interview, Plant said the topic interested her and Devine because previous research suggested exposing people to positive role models of different groups could have a positive impact. “Barack Obama was a very posi-
tive, very counter-stereotypic AfricanAmerican man, constantly in the news, very salient.” Plant said. “[We thought] that this may truly have an impact on people’s attitudes to African-Americans in general.” According to the release, UWMadison and Florida State non-black students participated in a variety of experiments to “measure stereotyping and implicit prejudice.” Plant said the study focused on questioning students about the positive ideas that came to their mind when thinking about African-Americans. “We saw if they listed Barack Obama, if they listed [him as] the first thing that came to their mind … We found that if they did they also had far less prejudice,” Plant said. Alimatu Sirleaf, a member of the Multicultural Student Coalition, said she was not surprised research participants associated positive African-American figures with
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Obama during the study. “There were a lot of students that were in support of President Obama, and I did see that very much on the night he was elected. Everybody was out and in support of him,” Sirleaf said.
However, Sirleaf said she did not think interactions between blacks and whites changed since last fall. The research findings are currently under review, and researchers expect to publish the results within the next nine months.
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Barack Obama accepts the Democratic presidential nomination. Researchers say racial prejudice decreased after the nomination.
Despite a projected $5.7 billion state deficit in the next fiscal year, lawmakers Monday unveiled a plan to decrease the over $600 million current deficit that still needs to be solved by June 30. The proposal does not solve this year’s deficit, but reduces it by $183 million, according to analysis by the state’s Legislative Fiscal Bureau. The proposal does not mention cuts to the UW System, meaning any reductions will be announced in the larger budget package Gov. Jim Doyle will unveil Tuesday. According to Andrew Reschovsky, a public affairs and applied economics professor at UW-Madison, lawmakers tried fixing this fiscal year’s shortfall earlier in the year, but the underperforming economy continues to reduce tax revenues. He said a repair bill is more difficult to create now than earlier in the fiscal period. “Cutting spending in the last two months is particularly difficult,” he said. “You can’t tell people ‘sorry, you have to pay higher tuition for the months of March and April’ or tell a teaching assistant ‘you’re fired’ halfway through the semester.” Under state law, Wisconsin must maintain a $65 million “rainy day” fund in case of financial emergencies. The proposal shown today eliminates the statute for this year. Reschovsky said many states use similar financial maneuvering in tough economic times and said while a “rainy day” fund is smart policy in a strong economy, the current crisis likely forced lawmakers to eliminate the provision to not raise taxes by $65 million. He said states with large rainy day funds, upward of $1.4 billion, were still not able to stop the fiscal downturns in 2002 to 2004 and the looming national economic crisis is substantially larger than that episode. Lawmakers and residents could only speculate Monday on what they hope is in Doyle’s larger bill. State Assembly Majority Leader Tom Nelson, DKaukauna, said he is hopeful Doyle will present a budget that prioritizes state infrastructure, fire services and police but that still recognizes “families are cutting their budgets, and we’re going to be cutting our budgets, too.” State Rep. Phil Montgomery, R-Green Bay, said Doyle’s proposal Tuesday would be full of tax increases and Doyle needs to “take responsibility for getting us into this mess.” —Caitlin Gath contributed to this report
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wo weekends ago I flew to St. Louis with my boyfriend to celebrate his parents’ 25th wedding anniversary. To my dismay, a few days before we set off, my boyfriend Jeff informed me that we would be accompanying his parents to synagogue where they would receive a special anniversary blessing. Jeff and his family go to a conservative synagogue, whereas I was raised in a reform one. Having been to both, I’ve only found very few key differences between the two, one of them being they speak a hell of a lot less English in the conservative one, upping the boredom factor by a zillion. Another is the dress code. Reform synagogues tend to have more of an “anything goes” policy. That’s not to say showing up in a leather mini skirt and hooker boots wouldn’t get you a few shaming glares (we’re famous for those) from your Aunt Edna, or an extremely enthusiastic “Shabbat Shalom!” from cousin Yitzchak, but
generally, as long as your outfit doesn’t suggest a possible pole dance on the Bima, you’re in good shape. Conservative synagogues, on the other hand, generally expect women to cover their knees and elbows. I wasn’t dressed conservatively, but I wasn’t dressed like a slut either. Although my top showed no cleavage, the sleeves hit just above my elbows, and though my skirt wasn’t a mini, it didn’t quite reach above my knees. I figured as long as I didn’t look like a total whore no one would notice, because why would anyone be looking at me anyway? I found the answer to that question when they asked Jeff and me to go up on the Bima and open the Arc, where they keep the Torah, the holiest book in Judaism. They handed me a Tallit, which basically looks like a giant scarf, and amplifies your individual holiness. They also gave me a palm-sized circle of black lace, which for some reason, I really wanted to put in my bra to taunt my boyfriend. Turns out, the lace is for married women to put on their heads, a fact I was unaware of when I clipped it in, and remained unaware of as Jeff’s parents went up to the Bima to receive their blessing while Jeff and I waited
to be told when it was time to open the arc. “We’d all like to congratulate Bob and Rosalie on their 25th wedding anniversary,” the president of the synagogue said before the prayer. Jeff reached over and grabbed my hand. “It’s so wonderful that their children are here to celebrate with them,” he continued, motioning toward Jeff and his younger brother. I leaned over and kissed Jeff on the cheek. “And having their grandchildren here with them is truly a blessing.” Jeff and I instinctively pulled away from each other. Given that Jeff’s only sibling didn’t even have a significant other, he couldn’t have been referring to anyone but us. His parents vehemently shook their heads. “No! We don’t have grandchildren!” I saw them mouth to the president. “Well, then your grandchildren on the way,” he said warmly. I buried my head in my hands and whispered to a woman staring disapprovingly at my ringless left hand, “I’m just bloated,” but her grimace quickly turned to a smile when she noticed the black lace on my head. After what seemed like an eternity, Jeff and I were called to the Bima to open the arc. I nervously stood up,
black boots, short skirt, giant scarf, head lace and all. I tried not to think about what everyone else thought of my outfit as I took the walk of shame toward the Torahs. Once we opened the arc, we waited on either side as they sang a blessing for the Torah. I noticed Jeff looking angrily at the floor. “What’s wrong?” I mouthed, when I finally met his gaze. He shook his head in defeat as he clasped his hands together across his waist. “That skirt looks really, really good on you,” he mouthed back. I considered slowly inching it up to watch him suffer, but wasn’t quite sure how to do that without the entire congregation noticing. Plus, I figured he had been tortured enough for one day. As we drove home, no one mentioned anything about the grandchildren, the head lace or, thankfully, the incident with the skirt on the Bima. But they all must be thinking about it, I thought, as I decided that I’d rather celebrate my 25th anniversary in a brothel than a conservative synagogue. Ever made an awkward situation more-so with only your clothing? E-mail Kiera your story at wiatrak@wisc.edu.
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Deer Cardinal, I know “beer before liquor makes you sicker”; is it true that “drink wine anytime and you’re fine?” —Doug H. Monamuloola Doug, A big lesson you freshmen need to learn is that just because something rhymes, doesn’t mean it’s true. People could say that “any two types of marmalades when eaten together cures your AIDS,” but that sure as heck didn’t help Eazy-E. And people might say that “in fourteen hundred and ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue,” but any idiot can tell you that’s a lie. There is a reason the word ‘rhyme’ rhymes with lie, Doug, when you make it a silent ‘m’ in ‘rhyme.’ As Jesus said, it’s not what a man puts into his mouth that defiles him, but what comes out of it. Vomit is
what comes out of a man, Doug. And vomit doesn’t care which of its various ingredients you poured down your throat first, the liquor, the beer or the 10 pounds of Taco Bell. Next time you sneak into a stranger’s house party on College Court, all you need to remember is this: “Beer before liquor makes you drunker; but liquor before beer makes you drunk too. And wine makes you drunk.” Deer Cardinal, During lecture, if I see a woman typing on her laptop I suddenly feel compelled to snatch the laptop and growl. I’m not sure how to handle this feeling...? —Tomas G. Tomas, What
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ing is called Temporary Irrational Compulsion Syndrome, or TICS. Don’t worry Tomas, you are not alone. Once people hear about this problem, most of them realize they experience temporary irrational compulsions many times throughout the day. Some people feel for a brief moment the desire to throw their wallet out of a moving car, or get up and yell during lecture. Once you recognize your desire for what it is, a perfectly normal social disorder, you will be able to control it. Or if you start acting on your TICS, then you are called Psychopathic. Deer Cardinal, I told my friend to meet me at Brats on Saturday, but we left and went to Church Key. I was too drunk to remember to call my friend. How can I make it up to him?
—Conor F.
Conor, It’s easy to lose track of friends in Madison’s crowded weekend bar scene. There is a pretty simple solution to squaring up with your friend. Tell him you’re sorry for ditching him, but it was the only thing you could do considering you had his girlfriend with you, and they are on a break. If he doesn’t understand that, then he is not your friend.
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The long lines, cover charges and questionable motive of many of the patrons at the bar make repeated visits difficult to stomach. But every
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Lawmaker questions deployments to Iraq By Caitlin Gath THE DAILY CARDINAL
As approximately 3,200 Wisconsin Army National Guard soldiers ship off to Iraq Tuesday, a combination of Wisconsin veterans, citizens and legislators will be working to prevent unlawful deployments. State Rep. Spencer Black, DMadison, is working to create new legislation that will require the governor to review federalization orders for the National Guard.
“If the governor determines they are not proper orders, he or she would take the appropriate legal action to contest the federalization of the state’s National Guard,” Black said. According to Joy First, the Wisconsin state coordinator for the “Bring the Guard Home! It’s the Law” campaign, the governor is the commander in chief of the state’s National Guard. Anytime the guard is called up to be federalized, he would be required to examine the orders before signing
any deployment demands. First explained that because the United States did not discover any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, the mission has expired and there is no legal basis for sending troops to Iraq. “I’m just very sad to see these young men and women go off to a war I think is immoral and illegal just to kill and to be killed,” First said. According to the public affairs officer of the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs, eight soldiers
from the state of Wisconsin have died while deployed on Operation Iraqi Freedom. Although Black does not expect his legislation to pass anytime soon, he will be present at the deployment ceremony to honor the members of the guard. “I think everybody in Wisconsin ... their hearts are with our National Guard as they go overseas,” he said. “In terms of the Iraq mission, like most Americans, I question the wisdom of that mission.”
West Washington apartment project will get second chance By Rachel Holzman THE DAILY CARDINAL
A multiple-use apartment project rejected by the city in 2005 will get another chance to pass through the Urban Design Commission Wednesday. Developer Erik Minton and architect David Ferch worked together to scale down the original structure and configure the design elements of the $7.4 million project. The building, which was first proposed as a nine-story build-
ing, has been redeveloped into a smaller five-story project to be built at 425 W. Washington Ave. The building is planned to feature a second location for Capital Fitness and a new office for John Bonsett-Veal, an optometrist who has occupied a one-level building on the site for over 15 years. The new project would allow the new Capital Fitness to include a swimming pool and for BonsettVeal to expand his practice and hire additional staff members. The building proposed in
2005 met strong opposition from neighbors in the Bassett neighborhood and Madison city planners who believed a nine-story structure was out of character with the residential buildings on the block. According to the Capital Times, city planner Bill Fruhling said the new design is more in line with the recommendations in the Bassett Neighborhood Plan and the city’s long-range Comprehensive Plan. The designs call for “stepping back” the fifth
Police arrest four suspects after fight inside Brink Lounge A large fight at the Brink Lounge led to the arrests of four people early Sunday morning after a few patrons were uncooperative with police’s attempts to clear the nightclub. According to a police report, 16 Madison Police Department officers responded to the East Washington lounge around 1:50 a.m. after private security reported a fight involving around 10 patrons. The police arrived after the fight ended, but Brink Lounge
staff asked the responding officers for their help clearing the nightclub. Officers reported most of the bar-goers were cooperative with attempts to clear the lounge but some were not so obliging. A physical confrontation took place between one woman and an officer. The woman, Michaela Machicote, 22, reportedly scratched the officer’s face, and the officer struck her in the mouth. Machicote was arrested and tentatively charged with
resisting a peace officer and battery to a peace officer. Machicote was treated at a local hospital for a facial injury. Pepper spray was used on another patron who was allegedly trying to interfere with an arrest. Nicole Stadfeld, 29, and Robert Franklin, 35, were arrested and tentatively charged with obstructing a police officer. Mitchelle Lyle, 22, was cited and released for disorderly conduct. —Rachel Holzman
Facebook expands data control with new terms of service Facebook now owns the rights to content from any terminated user account. According to new terms of service, posted Feb. 4, specific information from a user’s deleted account can be still be used by the social-networking site. The
rights to deleted content no longer belong to the user. In the “licenses” section of the new terms, Facebook asserts it has the right to “copy, publish, stream, store, retain, publicly perform or display, transmit, scan, reformat, modify, edit, frame, translate, excerpt,
adapt, create derivative works and distribute” user content. Facebook currently has the right to change or modify its terms of use without notifying users first. To read the full version of the website’s terms of use, visit facebook. com/terms.
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A member of the MAISL Purgolder Girls Youth Ball Handling Squad, which includes local first- through fifthgraders, performs during halftime at the Wisconsin women’s basketball game at the Kohl Center Monday night.
floor to help reduce the size of the building. The new apartment building would feature 42 rental apartments and 52 underground parking stalls if approved Wednesday. Rents would range from $650 to $1,300. The developers hope to start the project in August and complete it by August 2010.
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sewage from page 1 inspection. During the inspection, the residents mentioned the smell to Shelly, who said the smell might have been from a dirty apartment. However, Lustig said the apartment was not dirty at the time. According to Lustig, Shelly canceled her initial visit set for Feb. 9 and rescheduled it for Feb. 12. Govin said Shelly rescheduled her visit only after she realized the owner of the residence, Dan Rigney, was taking care of the situation. When the stench grew worse Feb. 8, the residents immediately contacted Rigney. He advised the roommates to check the basement for a sewage backup. “Over 50 percent of the basement was covered in an inch deep of water,” Lustig said. “Dan called a plumber to fix the problem and remove all of the ‘solids’ from the basement floor [Feb. 9].” According to Lustig, the plumber said the basement was one of the worst he had ever seen.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Russell reaction not hasty Worker oppression and exploitation is not something we can ignore. It is our duty to use the power we have as consumers to monitor human-rights violations and hold companies accountable, especially those supplying UW-Madison with apparel. When Chancellor Martin terminated the university’s contract with Russell Athletics, she struck a blow for workers’ rights and demonstrated how our codes of conduct are more than just pieces of paper. On Feb. 11, the Daily Cardinal Editorial Board called the Chancellor’s decision to end relations with Russell Athletic “hasty.” In reality, this is far from the truth. The Labor Licensing Policy Committee, which made the recommendation to sever the contract over violations at the Jerzees de Honduras factory, had been deliberating cutting the contract for months. In this deliberation, the committee reviewed reports by the Worker Rights Consortium, an independent monitoring agency, which clearly indicated that Russell committed egregious labor violations by closing the factory in order to dissolve the workers’ union. Even the report conducted by the socalled Fair Labor Association, which is funded and governed by brands such as Russell, acknowledged the major labor violations taking place at the factory. Upon learning of the allegations in October, the committee waited for the WRC report so as to not make a hasty decision. Even after reading this report, the LLPC contacted Russell Athletics with further questions regarding how the company planned to remediate the situation in Honduras. When Russell Athletics failed to adequately respond to the questions, the committee again waited to recommend a cut. It was not until the FLA report came out—a few days after the factory closing—that the LLPC recommended to the Chancellor that she cut the contract. It bears keeping in mind that Jerzees de Honduras was not an isolated incident; Russell Athletics had committed similar labor violations in 2007, only one year before.
Even after receiving the LLPC’s recommendation, Chancellor Martin waited until after a conference call with Russell Athletics in which questions about anti-union activity at the plant were once again inadequately answered. Only after all these steps did Chancellor Martin cut ties with Russell Athletics. When the workers who make UW apparel make $60 dollars a week (hardly more than the retail cost of a sweatshirt) and receive death threats as a result of simply negotiating for a wage on which they can support their families, this decision was by no means too hasty. We commend Chancellor Martin for ending our Russell Athletics contract. Her timely decision was not made because the case was, as the Editorial Board wrote, “insignificant enough to not warrant the kind of deliberation we expect,” but rather because the livelihoods of the now unemployed 1,800 Honduran workers are significant enough to warrant immediate action. The Student Labor Action Coalition believes we have a special responsibility as students to use our considerable influence and power in direct solidarity with the workers connected to our university and our community. When workers such as those from Jerzees de Honduras ask us to support their struggles for justice, we must respond with real action. Of course, deliberation is important, but once the facts have been established, it is foolish and irresponsible to use those deliberations as an excuse to delay taking meaningful action. We encourage the Daily Cardinal Editorial Board to research the issue more thoroughly next time before criticizing the UW administration for taking a stand for workers’ rights. We also hope more students will join us in demanding a better world and continuing to push our leaders to make the right choices. Those who are interested in getting involved in our work are always welcome to attend our meetings every Thursday at 7 p.m. at the TITU. —Phoebe Taurick & Jonah Zinn Student Labor Action Coalition
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Church officials out of touch with mainstream TOM HART opinion columnist
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he Catholic Church has been plagued with controversies over the past few years since Pope Benedict XVI took office. The past few weeks have been no exception. Criticism arose when Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was selected to succeed Pope John Paul II due to the conservative nature of his theological views. Recent decisions made by the Vatican have only added to the concerns of liberal Catholics across the globe. If the Catholic Church is going to maintain its flock, it needs to consider some serious introspection.
The newly elected bishop has repeatedly stated that global warming is a direct result of “spiritual pollution.”
The most prominent controversy to come out of the Vatican recently involves the reconciliation of the Society of St. Pius X. Aggravated by the modernizing measures adopted during the 1960s at the Second Vatican Council, the society has turned a cold shoulder to the Vatican since the excommunication of four of its bishops in 1988. The consecration of the bishops had taken place without the necessary papal approval. Pope Benedict XVI has long sought to reconcile the minischism created by the excommunications. It was not until several weeks ago, however, that the problems were finally smoothed over. All four bishops were reinstated, but the decision caused more harm than good.
Bishop Richard Williamson, one of the four reinstated, has come under scrutiny for his views on the Holocaust. Williamson has denied the full extent of the Holocaust’s injuries against mankind for years. In a case of extreme negligence, the church reinstated him anyway. Although the Pope has stated he was unaware of Williamson’s views, the formerly excommunicated bishop made his beliefs public in an interview with a Swedish television station several days before the decision was made official. “I believe that two to 300,000 Jews perished in Nazi concentration camps, but none of them by gas chamber,” Williamson said. It is historical fact that nearly six million Jews perished in the Holocaust, but Williamson refuses to believe this. His remarks have stirred a firestorm of debate among believers and nonbelievers. The Vatican has since ordered Williamson to recant his Holocaust denial, but the bishop merely apologized for stirring the controversy and never retracted his statements. Pope Benedict XVI may be motivated to restore unity within the Church, but his decisions only weaken its appeal to younger generations. The restoration of indulgences is another example of his naïveté. The front page of the New York Times last week highlighted the Catholic Church’s decision to reinstate the practice of indulgences. These handouts are available to Catholics who confess to their sins and agree to conduct extra prayers, pilgrimages or make charitable donations. Indulgences allegedly serve to reduce the amount of time Catholics spend in Purgatory before they are admitted into heaven. The last great schism occurred as a direct result of indulgences. Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg in
protest of the Church’s selling of indulgences to help finance the construction of St. Peter’s Basilica. Today’s indulgences may no longer be monetary transactions, but they have been out of the spotlight for so long that younger generations associate them with the negative stigmas of the Middle Ages taught during history class. The Vatican may seek to highlight the importance of personal sin and confession, but their revival casts a negative light upon the modern Catholic Church.
If the Catholic Church wants to maintain a respectable standing, it needs to open its eyes to the reality in which it exists.
Another recent misstep was overshadowed by the Williamson and indulgence decisions. Two weeks ago, the Pope selected Reverend Gerhard Maria Wagner to serve as bishop of a large Austrian diocese. The newly elected bishop has alienated much of the congregation already with his statements that Hurricane Katrina was “divine retribution” against a sexually explicit culture that tolerates homosexuality in New Orleans. He has repeatedly stated that global warming is a direct result of “spiritual pollution” and has denounced the Harry Potter books series for being “satanic” and corrupting the minds of the world’s youth. If the Catholic Church honestly wants to maintain a respectable standing in the modern world, it needs to open its eyes and ears to the reality in which it exists. One can only hope the next College of Cardinals will select a pope with a realistic grasp of modern society. Tom Hart is a senior majoring in history. Please send responses to opinion@dailycardinal.com
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Beirut was originally a solo project created by 23-year-old Alex Condon. Since then, Beirut has grown both in numbers (to 10 members) and in style with its eclectic rhythms and refreshingly unique melodies.
Beirut keeping it ‘real’ By Kyle Sparks THE DAILY CARDINAL
Beirut’s March of the Zapotec and Realpeople Holland EP is a prime example of music best conveyed through vinyl. Their Eastern European-influenced brass orchestration sounds like it should be coming from a phonograph playing to each layer’s rustic overtone; but more sharply, Zapotec/Holland is made for vinyl because of its stark dichotomy profiling two different cultures of people and music. Side A, March of the Zapotec, is the classic orchestral Beirut, the title a nod to the influence of the indigenous people of Central America. The second half, Realpeople Holland, is a new, electronic Beirut, the title acknowledging the influence of European electronic music. Zapotec is a logical next step after 2007’s outstanding The Flying Club Cup. It still sounds like whimsical gypsy music, but now with a hint of salsa, most noticeably on “The Akara.” Zapotec came to be after singer/songwriter Zach Condon immersed himself in the funeral bands of Oaxaca, Mexico. The influence is subtle but nonetheless present. Even though it is an orchestral progression and fits like a glove in
Beirut’s discography, its successes are more modest than previous work. On “My Wife,” he misses the song’s relevancy by writing it past its hook, and he doesn’t fully develop the hook on “La Llorona.” “The Shrew” is reportedly one of Condon’s favorite works, and it is the lone standout song on this EP.
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March of the Zapotec and Realpeople Holland Beirut If Zapotec sounds like Beirut in 2009, Realpeople Holland sounds like Beirut in 2090. Condon utilizes the same instrumental elements, but this time turns to computers instead of Flügelhorns, creating smooth synth-pop. The exception is “The Concubine,” which fails to fit the electronic prototype but sits well with the best of Beirut’s catalog. “No Dice” is the
closest Beirut might ever come to a dance track, featuring an up-tempo (for them) hook over a driving drum machine. Realpeople Holland is the Beirut anomaly. Whereas Zapotec fit in well despite its relative shortcomings, Holland fits in well despite its sonic differences. It features different instrumentation, but at the heart of the matter Condon is still writing the same songs. If guitars ever become outdated, this isn’t too far from what alt-folk will probably sound like. Calling Zapotec/Holland a disappointment would be selfish. Condon has continually raised the bar for himself and his contemporaries, and even though Zapotec/ Holland fails to raise the bar higher, it does at least fall within the standard error of Beirut’s lofty expectations. Zapotec might not be the opus its predecessors were, but Realpeople Holland opens a new, exciting door for Beirut. The electronic instrumentation fails to yield the same effect as Beirut’s normal grandiose orchestration, but experimentation, especially that which is honed to this level of precision, is a promising sign that 23-year-old Condon is just getting started.
Get a ‘hold’ of Ward’s new album By Alex Kuskowski THE DAILY CARDINAL
Matt Ward, better known as M.Ward, is a familiar face to the alternative folk scene, and with the release of his new record, Hold Time, he has returned triumphant. In his seventh album M. Ward continues to mix folk, country, blues and rock into a genre all his own. In this release he adds a bit more pop-rock and an introspective, melancholy tone, which, unless heard, is hard to imagine. Hold Time has an engaging mix of new songs and covers, ranging from Buddy Holly to Frank Sinatra. As usual, these are so well-fitted to Ward’s style that it becomes difficult to guess what is his own and what is covered. With Ward’s poetic manner, his music encourages the listener to discover his influences, as he pays homage in his songs to everyone from Pink Floyd to the Beach Boys. The image of the singing troubadour is a good one for Ward, and “For Beginners” sets the tone of the
album off with an upbeat, Dylanesque feel. The second song, “Never Had Nobody Like You,” shows a more poppy side of Ward, with lines like, “Life’s just like A, B, C / Life’s just like one, two, three.” Despite the simplicity, you’ll be humming along before the song is over. “Hold Time,” the album’s title track, is the most relaxing of the bunch. Sleepy and introspective, it suspends the listener in a stopped time of their own. The uptempo, country-blues song “Fisher of Men” showcases Ward’s honey-rich voice in a Johnny Cashlike tune that will have the listener toe-tapping in time.
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Hold Time M.Ward M. Ward is known from his previous work for his mellow blues
voice, and does not disappoint in this album, but the standout part of this record has to be the instrumental quality. From the orchestral-backed “For Beginners” to the completely winning instrumental “Outro,” each song has its own distinct musical quality that remains all Ward’s own. Ward has upped his game in the music department from his previous albums, and it shows. Hold Time includes notable backup vocals from Zooey Deschanel, the female collaborative half of Ward’s two-person band She and Him, and the folk singer Lucinda Williams. Although Deschanel’s voice mixes well with Ward’s, just as it did on their previous release together, Williams is something of a letdown in “Oh Lonesome Me.” Her pack-a-day blues sound doesn’t mesh at all with Ward’s lighter blues feel. Despite this misstep, Ward has made a good album. With a mix of a little country, a little rock-pop, and a lot of soul, this album will have listeners humming along days after their first listen, which can’t be a bad thing.
didn’t watch the Grammys. I turned the TV on during the pre-show festivities, and after about 20 minutes, I couldn’t take it anymore. I was just plain bored. I had no desire to watch the rest. The problem wasn’t with red carpet hoopla. I mean, I hate hearing the fashion reporters as much as the next guy, but I’ve sat through worse. I mean, there were a few fun moments—you got to make fun of everyone wearing sunglasses at night, M.I.A. managed to look like M.I.A. despite being over 42 months pregnant, and I finally saw Katy Perry when she wasn’t in fishnets. The problem wasn’t with the performers. I ended up watching a bunch of the performances online, and I enjoyed them immensely. Chris Martin’s “Lost” with Jay-Z was great, and what can you say about M.I.A., Jay-Z, Kanye, T.I. and Lil Wayne on stage at the same time? Radiohead with the USC marching band? That’s awesome. I didn’t have any major problems with any of the winners. Browsing through the list of winners sparks no outrage. Robert Plant and Allison Krause made some amazing music, as did Coldplay, Ne-Yo and most of the other winners. My only caveat would be that I think Tha Carter III probably should have won, but I don’t have a huge problem with T.I. winning. So why didn’t I watch the Grammys? Because, to me, they are completely irrelevant. Why should I give a shit what the music industry thinks about itself? From my perspective, the Grammys are a once-a-year party where the music industry collectively gives itself a congratulatory slap on the ass. Is it any surprise that Robert Plant, a great musician, wins an award for being great? Of course Coldplay, this generation’s U2, brings home a bunch of golden gramophones. They have a perfect niche in the music world—they can be pretentious, musical, morally high-
minded and bland—just like U2. Regardless, Viva la Vida was good, and Coldplay got recognized for it. But what is the purpose for this recognition? It merely reinforces the system it feeds on. What happens when Adele wins a “Best New Artist” Grammy? People who haven’t heard of her go buy her album. Or maybe they just watch next time she’s on Letterman. What happens when Coldplay puts out their next album? They get to put “follow-up to the Grammy winning Viva la Vida” on the cover. Winning an award like this doesn’t bring new blood to the art. It only brings new blood to the mainstream. After the Grammys, M.I.A. will get more exposure, and that is probably a good thing for her. Her music will get more mainstream attention, which is definitely good for the mainstream. But the people who bought Arular four years ago? They aren’t affected at all by last week’s onstage collaborations. The people who listen to music that isn’t even on the Grammys’ radar?
Why should I give a shit what the music industry thinks about itself?
The Grammys are great for what they are—mainstream music celebrating what is good about mainstream music. That means lots of stars in the same building, it means big names on stage together, and it sometimes means amazing collaborations. Don’t misunderstand me, focusing people on the mainstream music that isn’t monumentally shitty is a good thing, and the Grammys do focus on the good mainstream music. But in the end, you aren’t going to hear something that is truly fresh, truly innovative, or truly new. And that’s why the Grammys don’t interest me. Think the Grammys are totally awesome? E-mail Dale at dpmundt@wisc.edu
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Wisconsin pins Minnesota, Purdue over the weekend By Daniel Lyman THE DAILY CARDINAL
The Wisconsin wrestling team competed in two Big Ten dual meets this weekend and came out victorious in each one. On Friday night, the No. 11 Minnesota Golden Gophers came to the UW Field House to battle with the No. 18 Badgers. After the first matches of the evening, UW found itself trailing
its rival from across the border. At 125 pounds, Minnesota’s eighth-ranked redshirt freshman Zach Sanders recorded a 10-4 decision over Wisconsin junior Drew Hammen. The Badgers fell again at 133 pounds, when fifth-ranked junior Jayson Ness of Minnesota pinned UW’s junior Erik Senescu in 1:51. With the win, Ness improved his overall record to 28-4. The Badgers got on the scoreboard
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Wisconsin sophomore Eric Bugenhagen (right) defeated Minnesota freshman Sonny Yohn (left) Friday at the UW Field House, 3-2.
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hockey from page 8 stake. I know they know.” Although the Badgers will certainly be excited to get back on the ice following their bye week, the Pioneers will be a tough challenge for Wisconsin. When the teams played Oct. 17, senior goalie Shane Connelly made 46 saves—a season high—in a game the Badgers went on to lose 6-5. “They’re a pressure-oriented team,” Eaves said of Denver. “They like to skate, move the puck in transition, a lot like other teams in our league so we have to prepare for that.” This series will have major implications for the regularseason WCHA championship. Currently, the Pioneers and No. 9 North Dakota are tied at the top of the conference EAVES standings with 29 points, while the Badgers trail by only one point at 28. In Wisconsin’s final three series of the regular season, Denver will visit the Kohl Center this weekend, the Badgers will head
basketball from page 8 team. We took care of the ball, 13 turnovers, eight at the half and playing the extended period with only five minutes was pretty good.” Wisconsin only has three games left, including matchups against Iowa, Michigan State and a finale at
reckoned with and a team you can expect to see on your bracket come Selection Sunday. One might go so far as to say all the hoopla and positive speculation may have fueled the Badgers’ momentum later that night. As Krabbenhoft also said, “It was a very enjoyable day and to cap it to Mankato to face Minnesota State Feb. 27 and 28, and North Dakota will come to Madison for the final games of the regular season March 6 and 7. “Obviously our first goal is to try to be on the top of the mountain and win the NCAA Championship, then you set out intermediate goals, and one of those stops along the way is the MacNaughton Cup,” Eaves said, referring to the trophy awarded to the regular-season WCHA champion. The Badgers’ ability to shake off the cobwebs from their bye week could be crucial in the upcoming Denver series after their sweep of rival Minnesota. Eaves said the first period of Friday’s game will be a sign of how well-prepared the team is for the series. “It’s a roll of the dice,” he said about the week off. “We’ll monitor that first period really [closely] and see where we are.” That said, the team is riding high heading into these final few weeks of the season. “We’re pretty healthy right now [and] we came off a big series,” Eaves said. “We have to just keep their focus on the process here, and if we do that then we’re doing our job.” Ohio State. Unfortunately, the team has managed a 0-4 record against those teams so far this season. The Badgers will travel to Iowa Thursday to face the Hawkeyes, who are currently sitting at fifth place in the Big Ten. Tip off at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena will be at 7 p.m.
at 141 pounds, where top-ranked Badger senior Zach Tanelli took down Minnesota’s eighth-ranked sophomore Mike Thorn, earning a 7-5 decision. The UW senior moved to 22-3 overall with the victory. UW junior Kyle Ruschell, ranked No. 5 at 149 pounds, kept the momentum going for the Badgers when he registered a 12-4 major decision over Minnesota’s redshirt freshman Joe Grygelko. Minnesota got a win when the Gophers’ senior Tyler Safratowich scored a 7-5 decision over Wisconsin freshman Ben Jordan at 157 pounds. At 168 pounds, Wisconsin’s eighth-ranked Andrew Howe, a true freshman, scored a 4-1 decision over Minnesota sophomore Scott Glasser. Another true freshman, UW’s Travis Rutt would follow up Howe’s win with one of his own, defeating Minnesota redshirt freshman Kaleb Young with a 3-1 decision at 174 pounds. At 184 pounds, Wisconsin sophomore Eric Bugenhagen defeated Minnesota freshman Sonny Yohn with a 3-2 decision in a closely contested match. Wisconsin’s No. 3, senior Dallas Herbst, would record the Badgers’ fourth consecutive victory over the Gophers, defeating Minnesota junior Gordon Bierschenk with a
5-2 decision at 197 pounds. In the final match of the night, the Gophers picked up a victory when sophomore Ben Berhow got a well-earned 3-2 decision over UW’s No. 8, senior Kyle Massey, at 285 pounds. This final win would not be enough for the Gophers, however, as Wisconsin came out of the meet victorious, 19-15. On Sunday afternoon, the team was back in action as it welcomed No. 25 Purdue to Madison. Not unlike Friday, Wisconsin fell behind early in the smaller weight classes. Purdue redshirt freshman Matt Fields recorded a 7-4 decision over Hammen at 125 pounds. At 133 pounds, Boilermaker redshirt freshman Carson Beebe got a 4-2 decision over UW true freshman Tom Kelliher. The Badgers got on the board when Tanelli recorded yet another victory, taking an 8-4 decision over junior Juan Archuleta of Purdue in 141. Tanelli increased his winning streak to an impressive 16 consecutive matches. At 149 pounds, Ruschell recorded his second victory of the weekend, pinning Purdue’s No. 8 senior Jake Patacsil in 1:54. At 157 pounds, Purdue junior Nick Bertucci scored a 6-0 decision over Jordan, tying the meet at 9-9.
Howe continued his excellent freshman season, recording a 9-3 decision over Purdue’s No. 16 sophomore Luke Manuel. With the win, Howe is 21-4 overall, with a perfect 7-0 record in Big Ten matches. Purdue junior Nick Corpe scored a 5-1 decision over Rutt at 174 pounds. The Boilermakers followed this up with another win, as No. 14 sophomore A.J. Kissel recorded a 1-0 decision over Bugenhagen. The Badgers found themselves down 15-12, but with the last two matches featuring Herbst and Massey for the Badgers, confidence remained high and Herbst and Massey delivered. Herbst scored a 2-0 decision over Purdue’s No. 13 sophomore Logan Brown at 197 pounds, and Massey capped off the meet with a decisive 10-2 major decision over Boilermaker junior Chris Kasten at 285 pounds, avenging his defeat Friday night. At the end of the day, the Badgers walked away with another 19-15 victory. The Wisconsin wrestling team will be back in action Feb. 22 at noon to take on Ohio State at the UW Field House. It will be the team’s final meet before the Big Ten Championships in March. —uwbadgers.com contributed to this report.
off with a game like that, to win in a close, tough game against a great team—an NCAA tournament team—was huge.” It is entirely possible that the excitement of the morning spilled into the night for the team. It is incredible what ESPN’s College Game Day did for Wisconsin’s
reputation. Yes, the Badgers are looking much, much better and yes, they have won four straight now with two games being against ranked teams. But one cannot help thinking that if the Badgers end up in the national rankings in the next week or two, and if they also end up in the NCAA tournament, the pres-
ence of five highly renowned basketball pundits in chairs on the Kohl Center floor last Saturday might have played some part in regaining national legitimacy. Will Wisconsin get a shot to play in the NCAA tournament this year? Send your prediction to Andy at avansistine@wisc.edu.
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Badgers fall short to Indiana in overtime By Alex Lugo THE DAILY CARDINAL
In a back-and-forth overtime showing, the Wisconsin women’s basketball team couldn’t hold on until the end and suffered another loss to Indiana 67-61. Wisconsin (5-10 Big Ten, 15-11 overall) snapped a five-game losing streak last week against Penn State, but the loss to the Hoosiers (9-6, 16-8) kept the Badgers from picking up momentum with only three conference games left before the Big Ten Tournament, which will begin in early March. “Yet another tough loss for our players. Their courage and toughness prevailed,” Wisconsin head coach Lisa Stone said. “[UW junior guard] Teah Gant logged 45 minutes for potentially [the] first time in her career. She did a great job, gave us scoring, gave us defense, gave us length on Jamie Braun STEINBAUER when we needed it. Lin gave us post presence that we’ve been looking for offensively.” The Badgers led Indiana 21-10 at one point in the first half, but
the Hoosiers managed to answer back and cut Wisconsin’s lead to just 21-18 at halftime. The second half proved to be trouble again for Wisconsin as Indiana eventually gained a 4238 lead with less than ten minutes left in the game. The Badgers fought back and eventually went up 44-42 with 5:28 to go. Wisconsin sophomore forward Lin Zastrow, who tied her career high with four assists and 14 points, sunk two free throws to increase the lead, but Indiana junior guard Jamie Braun answered back with a shot to put it to 46-44. With a 53-50 UW lead in the last second of the game, Indiana senior guard/forward Kim Roberson took the game to overtime by sinking a shot from behind the arc for the Hoosiers. “Defensively, we were outstanding,” Stone said. “It just came down to a couple of mental breakdowns at the very end. Unfortunately, we could not get it done.” The Badgers held the Hoosiers to four offensive boards and held senior forward Whitney Thomas, who leads the conference in offensive rebounds, to none. Indiana currently averages 40 rebounds
per game, with over 15 of those being offensive. “They have the best defense possibly in the conference,” said Indiana head coach Felisha Legette-Jack. “Their going to be a force to reckon with in [the] Big Ten Tournament. No doubt about that … We just continued to play throughout entire game and came out of this game with team victory.” Wisconsin sophomore forward Tara Steinbauer, who had a careerhigh 17 points, put the Badgers ahead with two free throws and then a layup with just 2:47 left in overtime. Gant, who continues to be a strong force on the court for Wisconsin, had 16 points and put the Badgers within four with just seconds to go. But Wisconsin couldn’t hold on as Indiana’s leading scorer, senior forward Amber Jackson, put the Hoosiers up 67-61 with 12 seconds to go, and the Badgers could not retaliate. Jackson averages 13 points a game and performed with 15 on the night. “A lot of really good encouraging things to go from on this game,” Stone said. “Certainly we’ve done a better job on the line overall, as a basketball page 8
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Wisconsin sophomore guard Alyssa Karel scored nine points for the Badgers, but the team fell short in overtime Monday night.
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Wisconsin junior forward Blake Geoffrion has had an impressive 11 goals and eight assists on the season.
UW aims to get back on track against Denver By Nico Savidge THE DAILY CARDINAL
According to head coach Mike Eaves, the Wisconsin men’s hockey team will need to put the last game against the University of Denver in the back of its mind to win against the No. 8 Denver Pioneers Friday and Saturday. When the Badgers faced Denver back in October, Wisconsin lost both road games,
giving the team a 0-4 record to start the year, and lost co-captain Ben Street to a season-ending injury. Eaves admitted the series was and still is the Badgers’ worst weekend of the year. “At that time, we weren’t a very good hockey team,” he said. “We were struggling in many areas trying to find our identity and since that time we’ve been able to do that, which has caused a turnaround.”
Since the Pioneers swept the Badgers in October, Wisconsin has gone 16-8-2, climbed to No. 13 in the nation, and now sits one point behind Denver and North Dakota for top spot in the WCHA. “We’ve got lots to play for,” he said. “It’s an exciting time of year, it’s going to go by quickly … I think [the team] knows what’s at hockey page 7
urious as to what the experience might be like, I decided to trek down to the Kohl Center Saturday to see the live broadcast of EPSN’s College Game Day presented by State Farm. I have to say that for free admission, it was well worth my time. The set was neat, the opportunity for some to have their faces on national television was cool, and hearing commentary from the guys—especially Bob Knight—was interesting to experience first-hand. At the end of the day, Wisconsin senior forward Joe Krabbenhoft said, “The whole atmosphere around here today was a lot of fun and it’s something I’m going to remember for a long time.” It was a lot of excitement surrounding the game between a No. 25 team and a conference rival whose name was nowhere to be found among voters in either national poll. Of course, College Game Day was scheduled to be here well before Wisconsin’s six-game skid and, I would imagine, considered UW a good site for their broadcast based on the 30-win reputation of the past two seasons. To be completely fair, considering where the Badgers were prior to the Ohio State game, their house was not exactly “the place to be” for such an event as College Game Day this season. Nonetheless, Wisconsin hosted the broadcast. And frankly, in terms
of timing and impact, the presence of College Game Day in Wisconsin was enormous. Throughout the show, Wisconsin was incorporated into the discussion. At one point, in a blind comparison, Wisconsin was matched up with Kentucky and the panel discussed who was more tournament-worthy. Wisconsin was deemed the better team. Knight made reference to Wisconsin as one of the best fundamental basketball teams in the country. According to ESPN, Wisconsin would get the nod come March.
One might go so far to say all the hoopla and positive speculation may have fueled the Badgers’ momentum later that night.
When picks were made for Saturday’s big games around the country, each of the four analysts picked Wisconsin to win over Ohio State that night. My guess is that if the College Game Day crew were in any other city Saturday, at least one of them would have picked Ohio State to win, given the team’s fourgame winning streak at the time. Had the show not been in Madison, I’m not sure the show would have included the Wisconsin/Ohio State game at all. There is no way the Badgers, as bad of shape they were in and as dire a position they are still in, had done enough at that point to deserve that kind of attention. Face it, they only game day page 7