“…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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Occupy Madison organizer dave Peters addresses the city council tuesday ahead of a vote that ultimately decided against extending Occupy’s camping permit.

City Council: Occupy Madison camp will disperse by April 30By Ben Siegelthe daily cardinal

The Occupy Madison encampment was denied an extension on their permit by the City Council Tuesday, meaning that the camp will be forced to disband on April 30.

The initial resolution to tem-porarily extend the city’s allow-ance of the camp was meant to give city and county officials addi-tional time to address the prob-lem of homelessness that, with the number of homeless campers, has become part of the group’s agenda.

While omitting the deci-sion to grant an extension to the Occupy camp, the revised resolution eventually passed will create a Homeless Issues Committee consisting of city officials and current or former-ly homeless persons to devise ways the city can improve its social service offerings.

According to the resolution, Madison’s homeless services

system was forced to turn away 2,000 individuals due to a lack of resources in 2011.

That figure doesn’t include those, like Occupy residents Harold Morgan, Janine Burke and Brent Nelson, who have problems with the system and choose not to partake in it.

“There are too many rules in the shelters,” said Morgan, who suffers from seizures. “Without that tent, I would probably be dead today.”

Nelson, who said he and Burke had attended to Morgan during several of his fits, agreed. “A lot of these people won’t go to the shelters because they are too hectic,” Nelson said. “Here, we’re one big family.”

To organizer Jen Thompson, the camp has been more effec-tive than shelters in empower-ing individuals.

“Receiving [shelter], with rules and conditions, is very different than having to take responsibility

and influence for your environ-ment,” she said. “It’s a whole new way of looking at things.”

While not discounting the achievements of the Occupy community, Mayor Paul Soglin opposed the resolution because it would endorse illegal use of the city-owned land and is a financial burden on the city’s emergency services.

Ald. Lisa Subeck, District, 1, was hopeful for the future, despite the fact that the initial resolution she co-sponsored was rejected.

“I hope this body can have the same sense of urgency [in addressing homelessness] even if we don’t have the Occupy site there to remind us,” Subeck said.

According to Brent Nelson, come April 30, the former resi-dents of the encampment will do just that.

“They’ll scatter like ants,” he said. “They’ll have them sleeping in every doorway, every alley.”

Judiciary blocks Ward’s decisionStudent judiciary places injunction on council’s McSc decisionBy anna Duffinthe daily cardinal

The Student Judiciary negat-ed a decision Chancellor David Ward made last week by pass-ing legislation Tuesday that would invalidate any student council decision regarding the Multicultural Student Coalition’s funding eligibility.

Ward ruled last Friday that the Associated Students of Madison

would decide if MCSC is eligible to receive funding for the next fiscal year.

The Student Services Finance Committee decided the group was ineligible for funding in October, saying it did not spend over half of its time directly serv-ing students. When the SJ upheld the committee’s ruling, MCSC appealed to Ward.

In SJ’s resolution, it said Ward only has the authority to inter-vene in the student segregated fee allocation process when ASM commits a “viewpoint neutral-ity violation” by taking group’s viewpoints and beliefs into account when ruling.

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UW, adidas fail to meet april 15 mediation deadlineBy anna Duffinthe daily cardinal

The Student Elections Committee asked the Student Judiciary Tuesday to eliminate the nine elected members of the BOOP student government campaign from student council and disqualify the other 13 who were not elected.

SEC Chair Mickey Stevens said a BOOP campaign mes-sage was chalked over another candidate’s chalk during elec-tions, violating campaign rules. He said the group also violated

election rules by playing music over speakers in East Campus Mall without a permit, break-ing city ordinances.

Members of BOOP, a slate under which some students ran for Associated Students of Madison student government in March, said it is difficult to identify who qualifies as a member of “BOOP.” Of the 22 individuals the SEC is alleging violated campaign rules, nine were ultimately elected to stu-

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Judiciary: Nine members face removal for alleged violations

By Sam Cusickthe daily cardinal

UW-Madison announced Friday that the university and adidas did not meet the April 15 deadline for completing media-tion set by the Labor Licensing Policy Committee last month.

LLPC members hoped the deadline would pressure UW administration to ensure media-tion results in payment to unem-ployed adidas-contracted work-ers within 60 days, which is

the amount of time Chancellor David Ward initially said the process would last. The univer-sity now expects the process to last until mid-June.

Members of the Student Labor Action Coalition said they see the time extension it as a “stall tactic” for the university to continue mediation for more than double the time they ini-tially proposed.

“This new time that he set for himself will end in the mid-

dle of June when of course stu-dents are no longer in school so there won’t be anybody here to make sure that he does the right thing,” SLAC Member Lingran Kong said.

However, Vice Chancellor for University Relations Vince Sweeney said the universi-ty feels mediation is the best response to the issue, despite the extended time frame.

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Ariel embraces spring with a run on the bike pathAriel ShApirolittle shapiro

A aaah, springtime. Everything is in bloom, nobody cares about

school and Cinco de Mifflin is close on the horizon. It is a truly glorious time of year. However, April does not just bring out the flowers or ador-able baby critters, but some-thing else much more nefari-ous: runners.

They are everywhere. Zooming by me on my way to class, making me feel inade-quate when I stumble home on a Thursday night and living with me in my own apartment. I used to be able to ignore these running folks and brush them off with some mix of disdain and jealousy, but this year, my apartment faces the commuter bike path. All day long—and throughout most of the night—it is flooded with runners and bikers and outdoor enthusi-asts who mock my laziness as if my “Hey Arnold!” marathoning is somehow of lesser value.

On top of that, everyone I know is training for a half marathon or a race to cure every disease ever or some-thing. Even here at The Daily Cardinal, we have a team for Crazylegs. When my esteemed colleague asked me if I would participate I mumbled some-thing about tendonitis while I walked away with my face bur-ied in my gin and tonic. An 8k?

That is asking way too much of this Little Shapiro’s little legs.

Maybe it is the peer pressure, or maybe it is the fact that if I were in “The Hunger Games,” I would totally be that little boy with the fro who gets sliced less than a minute into the competi-tion, but I realized that I should probably get off my ass and go for a run. Running culture is a big part of campus life, and it is probably something I should try and fail at before graduat-ing in a month.

So I strapped on my sadly underused sneakers and stood on the bike path contemplating how humiliating this experience was going to be, especially see-ing as I was about to be sur-rounded by people who were much, much better at this than I am. One girl jogged by wearing a T-shirt from some race she par-ticipated in. It was not enough for her to just run, but she had to show she, you know, really runs. Then there was the discon-certingly fit dude who had to be older than my dad, checking his pulse as he ran to make sure he was reaching optimal cardio. I, on the other hand, spent an inor-dinate amount of time tying my left shoelace because I just really freaking hate to run.

Luckily, I am not really run-ning in the technical sense. I found this fitness regime online that works you up to running a 5K over the course of eight weeks, and it might as well be called “The Derek Zoolander Routine for People Who Can’t Run Good.” The first week is excruciatingly easy, even for me, the girl who never failed to come in second-to-last place during the mile run in middle school. The regime calls for three half-hour “runs” over the course of the week, each

bookended by five minutes of walking. So that is 10 minutes off right there. Then for 20 minutes you alternate a minute of jog-ging with a minute and a half of running. That is, like, only eight minutes spent actually running. Maybe it is less, I do not know; history majors cannot count.

So I am on my baby-bitch run: I am feeling pretty good. I can sense my animosity toward the fit subsiding with every stride. They are not so bad. They just want to be healthy and hang out in the sunshine. Hell, look at me go! Maybe I am even becoming one of them. I hold on to this sweet sentiment until I am b e a s t e d by a kid w h o c a n n o t be older than 12. And I am r i g h t b a c k to my m i d d l e s c h o o l self, hoping I do not fall on my face and cut up the inside of my mouth with my periwinkle braces.

Despite my momentary bout of post-traumatic stress, I emerged from the run unscathed. I still have two more runs to do this

week with two days to do them in. Will I accomplish such a feat? Will I cease glaring at my more athletic peers? Will I ever not be embar-rassed by the fact that I thought purple braces were a good idea when I was 13? Probably not, but here’s hoping.

Want to go for a run with Ariel? She will push over the smug joggers with you! Tweet her an invitation at @arshapiro90.

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An Aussie calls Liz Waters homeJeSSiCA reGANguest columnist

T here is nothing quite like living in a residence hall to keep you up until 5 a.m.

writing a paper, consequently for-ever screwing up your sleep cycle.

Surrounded by my fellow pro-crastinators, we sit together, blurry eyed but wide awake, telling our-selves we are studying, but some-how never get any level of academic work done. I have discovered my golden time is between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m., a two-hour window in which I am able to mildly concentrate on my schoolwork, provided I cut myself off from civilization completely.

For reasons like these, living in the dorms has to be the worst for studying potential, but the best for making friends.

Back in my home city of Sydney, some students either live in an apartment or house with a group of other students. The majority, how-ever, still reside with their parents.

Our university is in the big city, the place where we grew up and, of course, the place where our parents still live. As most people will real-ize, living as a student is not exactly a wealthy existence. So, why not stay where there is a solid roof over your head, a reasonable commute to school and free food? All of this seems a decent tradeoff to still living

with mom and dad.Now 20 years old and half-

way around the globe, this is the first time I am living away from home, and I am kicking it off by living in a dorm, specifically Elizabeth Waters Hall. Firstly, I am not used to living with a constantly accessible group of friends, and I am unsure of the effect it is having on me.

Do not get me wrong: I love being surrounded by friends. We eat dinner together, we hang out in each other’s rooms, we study together and, most of all, we tend to procrastinate together, usually with time-wasting, completely pointless (but very enjoyable) games. Average conversation tends to descend into discussions about time travel and obscene jokes, and oftentimes I end up with paper planes in my hair. Needless to say, it is not always a study-conducive environment.

I have also grown used to leaving my room a mere five min-utes before the start of my class. Liz Waters must have the best location of any dorm on campus. Some mornings, when my class is literally next door, I leave only a minute before it starts. I do not even bother to change out of my slippers. Oh waking up to a nice view of Lake Mendota every morning is quite lovely, too.

The only downside to this dorm, however, is that no mat-ter which direction I walk, chances are I will be scaling a hill. Climbing up Bascom at the end of a long day of classes is not the most ideal situation. But hey, someone did tell me the climb burns off half the calories of a single Cheeto, so I guess that kind of makes it worth it.

Despite the hard, uncomfort-able bed, the radiators that burn on contact and eating a diet of predominantly microwavable food, I am quite enjoying myself at Liz Waters. I have learned the precise way to jump so that my Wiscard opens the door while still in my pocket, how to cook rice in the microwave, how to push the den’s armchairs together in such a way that they provide the most comfortable seating ever, and I have man-aged the maze of stairwells and hallways. It is very different from home, and I have come to value the lost comforts, but I have also come to love the little quirks of this new home.

Living in the dorms is not exactly fending for myself in the big wide world yet, but it’s getting there.

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Chancellor David Ward decided to pursue mediation with adidas to resolve an ongoing dispute over alleged labor action violations by a factory contract-ed by adidas. Since the factory closed, adidas has refused to pay severance to almost 2,700 unem-ployed workers.

The unemployed workers in the national Indonesian Textile, Garment and Leather Workers’ Union sent a letter to Ward detail-ing the consequences of adidas’ refusal to compensate them.

“Many of us have struggled to support our families… We cannot afford to eat three meals a day. We cannot keep up with school fees, which means that our children are not allowed to study and are fall-ing behind,” the Worker’s Union said in the letter.

Given the unemployed work-ers’ struggle, SLAC has called for Ward to cut ties with adidas. But Ward said he believes mediation is the only way the workers will receive pay.

Support for UW-Madison sev-ering ties with adidas has steadily grown outside of SLAC. Other groups including AFSCME Local 171, which represents blue-collar public UW workers, and the South Central Federation of Labor passed resolutions demanding the uni-versity end the partnership. The Teaching Assistants Association will also vote in the coming weeks on the same resolution.

SLAC will hold an informal protest on Bascom Hill from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday.

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Fake Democrats will remain on ballot for recall electionBy Adam WollnerTheDAilyCArDinAl

The six Republicans running as Democrats in the May recall primary elections can remain on the ballot after the state elections board rejected a Democratic challenge against their candida-cies Tuesday.

The Government Accountability Board voted unanimously to allow the six fake candidates to run in the recall primaries for governor, lieu-tenant governor and four state Senate seats. The six election offi-cials said they did not have the legal authority to determine the candidates’ legitimacy or prevent them from gaining ballot access.

The six Republicans filed to run as Democrats in the recalls to ensure all of the primary elec-tions are held on May 8 and all of the general elections on June 5.

Jeremy Levinson, the law-

yer who filed the challenge on behalf of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, argued the fake candi-dates should not be permitted to appear on the ballot because they knowingly submitted false infor-mation to the GAB. He called the situation a Republican scam that goes against Wisconsin’s tradition of honest elections.

“These kinds of shenanigans and swindles cannot be permit-ted if that tradition is to con-tinue,” Levinson said.

The Republican Party of Wisconsin’s attorney, Joe Olson, said the people should be able to decide who should run as a Republican or Democrat, not the political elite.

“If enough people in the Democratic primary don’t think these people should be repre-senting the Democratic Party, they’ll express that at the ballot box by casting their vote,” Olson

told the board Tuesday. Republican Party of

Wisconsin spokesman Ben Sparks said he was pleased with the GAB’s decision.

“These candidates are run-ning to ensure election fairness, and today’s ruling guarantees that there is one primary and one general election date for all candidates facing a recall,” Sparks said in a statement.

However, State Senate Democratic Committee Executive Director Zac Kramer criticized the GAB for punt-ing on the issue, and said Republicans are only using fake candidates to mess around with the election.

“We are confident that each of our candidates will prevail in the primary election on May 8th, despite the GOP’s efforts to con-fuse the voters of Wisconsin,” Kramer said in a statement.

Capitol PD Chief Tubbs resigns after eventful year

MembersoftheStudentlaborActionCoalitionprotestChancellorDavidWard’sdecisiontoentermediationwithadidas.

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dent council.Even if the SJ were to iden-

tify all BOOP members, stu-dent council representative-elect Maxwell Love said mem-bers were involved with the campaign in varying capaci-ties and it would be unfair to punish everyone.

“It’s completely unreason-able to expect all 22 members of BOOP to be held equally responsible that can’t even be proven by court evidence to

have been committed by mem-bers or an agent by the slate itself,” Love said.

But Stevens said BOOP members benefited from being associated with the slate, and similarly should be held responsible for the actions of other members.

“It’s logically impossible for a group to join together for a common benefit without any sort of joint liability or responsibility to each other,” Stevens said.

Representative and BOOP

member Libby Wick-Bander said disqualifying BOOP members could discourage future candidates from being transparent about their cam-paigns and persuade them to form secret slates.

“We are organizing so that we can impact students and we can get the vote out and we are being publicly humiliated,” Wick-Bander said. “You’re trying to remove elected rep-resentatives and take the voice away from students who voted them in.”

Capitol Police Chief Charles Tubbs, who drew lots of both negative and positive atten-tion for his handling of last year’s protests, is retiring from the position. He will be the new Director of Dane County Emergency Management.

Tubbs was often the face of the police response to the historic, weeks-long occupation of the Capitol building last February and March. He also made head-

lines after a new rule instated last winter that required protest-

ers to apply for a permit before holding an event at the Capitol.

“During some of the most challenging times in the history of our State Capitol, Chief Tubbs maintained a steady and even hand in meeting the goal of pro-tecting public safety,”

DOA Secretary Mike Huebsch said in a statement.

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But the SJ holds that no such violation occurred, and stands by its decision to uphold SSFC’s initial ruling.

SJ Chief Justice Kate Fifield said the SJ is upholding stu-dents’ rights by challenging Ward’s ruling, which stands in the way of students’ right to del-egate their own fees.

“It is standing up for students and standing up for ASM’s right to conduct its business without interference or mandates from

the chancellor,” Fifield said.Fifeld said while the SJ has the

right to invalidate student council rulings, Ward also has the ability to add funding for MCSC into the segregated fees budget.

She said if he decided to do so, she expects the legality of such a decision would be ques-tioned later in the budget pro-cess by bodies such as the Board of Regents.

“It really comes down to whether the chancellor respects the legality of decisions that come out of ASM or not,” Fifield said.

MCSC leadership team mem-ber Althea Miller said while she does not have a strong opinion on the SJ legislation, the group plans to continue to advocate for its funding and holds that stu-dent council should determine whether it is eligible.

“We’re going to push forth and talk to the Chancellor and get [the SJ’s] decision over-turned so that we can be heard, and the SJ and anyone else is going to try to stop that,” Miller said. “It’s the nature of having a disagreement.”

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The moustache man comes to Madison

Nick Offerman is best known for his role on “Parks and Recreation,” and fans can expect no less masculinity from this real-life, finely-groomed funny man. His comedy reportedly plays off subjects like his wife Megan Mullally (above left), meat and his woodworking (the hand-crafted moustache comb and paddles featured above).

By Nico SavidgeTHe DAily CARDiNAl

With all of the mystique sur-rounding Ron Swanson, tele-vision’s favorite local parks department director, it can be easy to forget there is a human being behind that mustachioed representation of bacon-and-whiskey Americana. But a human being there is, one named Nick Offerman, who will be taking the stage at the Memorial Union Theater at 8 p.m. Wednesday as part of his American Ham tour.

Offerman is one of those actors who seems to play less of a character as much as he simply is himself in the com-

pany of other actors on NBC’s “Parks and Recreation.” That’s saying something, too—Ron Swanson is a favorite of critics and fans alike, and is popular for some of the same reasons that will make Offerman’s show Wednesday a delight to “Parks and Rec” fans (as well as any-one who appreciates turkey legs and quality woodcraft).

Not unlike his charac-ter, Offerman seems to be an embodiment of tongue-in-cheek, outdoorsy American masculin-ity. He works with his hands, crafting the likes of mahogany dining tables and mustache combs from salvaged wood for the Offerman Woodshop, and

is married to Megan Mullally, who plays Swanson’s she-devil ex wife, Tammy II, on “Parks and Rec.”

That means Ron Swanson fans don’t need to worry about showing up Wednesday night to find out their hero has been a vegetarian homebody this entire time. But what they will find isn’t so easily pinned down.

The show is not strictly stand-up comedy, nor will it be Offerman “in character” as Ron Swanson. According to the Des Moines Register before a show at Iowa State, the nationwide tour of college campuses is “part come-dy, part acoustic songs, part Q&A and part woodworking tips,” so

attendees at the show should expect to leave with a new, oak barrel-aged outlook on life.

Tickets went on sale earlier this spring, and eager fans gob-bled all of them up. But WUD Music, the group putting on the show, has said that a “limited number” of tickets will be on sale at the Union Box Office at 11:30 Wednesday morning, so if you’re still looking for a way in, you might be in luck.

We should be seeing an excit-ed Offerman as well, as it’s been a big year for the actor. “Parks and Rec” has consistently been in the conversation as one of the best (if more under-viewed) comedies on the air, and after a

mid-season hiatus, the show is coming back Thursday.

He’s also coming off of a role in the well-received comedy “21 Jump Street,” and recently ban-tered with fellow NBC comedi-an Craig Robinson in a series of Cubs vs. White Sox-themed commercials for New Era. (Brewer fans may be saddened to know Illinois-native Offerman was representing the Cubbies).

Baseball allegiances aside, Nick Offerman’s show Wednesday night should offer up a look at the man behind one of television’s funniest characters. We can assume his legend, not unlike hist immaculate mustache, will only grow.

Going beyond Paris, Yann Tiersen explores a new musical Skyline

By Sean ReichardTHe DAily CARDiNAl

People in love often associate music with their relationships. Lots of couples have an “Our Song” set aside to play at weddings, or said couples formed their bond over a mutual respect for country radio. Maybe love for some people is an old Talking Heads song, or a piano sonata. Or maybe love is just a series of sweaty Gucci Mane makeouts. At any rate, music is powerful for people under the sway of love. And it exists in all forms. You may not know it, but a man named Yann Tiersen may have scored your entire romance without your knowledge.

Yann Tiersen hit it big (repu-tation wise) about a decade ago with the soundtrack to the film “Amélie,” basically the epitome of French romantic comedies (don’t laugh). Any particular trope that could be called “Tiersenesque” was

on display: ebullient French chan-son orchestrations armed to the teeth with accordions, strings and piano. And it fit. While the film itself is highly excellent, it is almost unimaginable to conceive such a precocious love story without its precocious soundtrack.

Tiersen’s recent work couldn’t be farther from “Amélie’s” “Cloud Cuckoo Land,” however. Perhaps dissatisfied with being yoked into indie-soundtrack territory, his recent albums have shucked off, by and large, the accordion trills and the gilded whimsy. Instead, Tiersen brings guitars and drums (essen-tially rock) to the forefront with albums such as 2010’s Dust Lane and this year’s Skyline, a move that may leave people tepid.

A person familiar with Tiersen’s orchestral work may listen to Skyline and not realize it’s from the same guy whose work previ-ously exemplified precociousness. There are no streets of Paris wind-ing through Skyline’s nine songs; they sound like Yann Tiersen had wandered into the middle of an industrial plant, or a skyscraper under construction.

The first thing you may notice are the drums. There are many, many drums. And they all rollick and roll and announce themselves. The opener, “Another Shore,” in

particular booms with cymbal crashes and plods, amidst guitar drones and synth lines.

The synthesizer seems to be another toy Tiersen has stumbled upon, sometimes relying on them exclusively. Closer “Vanishing Point” is like some lost 80s synth ballad (or a lost track from 69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields).

Elsewhere vocals play a promi-nent role in the music. The only way I can describe “I’m Gonna Live Anyhow” is if you took some of the chanting from “The Lion King” and set it to a slowed down synth buzz and drumbeat. And “Exit 25 Block 20” mixes xylophone with intermit-tent, unintelligible screaming. In short, a difficult song.

Maybe it’s unfair to say Skyline is a wholly different beast from Tiersen’s previous work. After all, it doesn’t feel like Tiersen has con-sciously thrown away who he is as a composer. And even amid the guitars and the drums, there are still glimmers of Tiersen’s former work. “The Trial” opens plain-tively, almost like “Le Moulin” or “La Dispute” from “Amélie” before segueing back into Skyline’s clam-or. And even the synth pieces and chanting vocals don’t, in a sense, betray his back catalogue.

So what’s the verdict on Skyline? Has Tiersen betrayed “Amélie,”

Paris, “Cloud Cuckoo Land,” and precocious love? I’m not sure Tiersen really cares and neither should you. As a composer, it’s Yann Tiersen’s prerogative to com-pose music he likes or finds worth-

while. It’s unfit for an audience to begrudge him solely for being different, and it still makes for an okay listen.

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amey Hastings, UW-Madison Style Guru for College-Fashionista, is origi-nally from Manhattan

Beach, California and is completing her second semes-ter while interning for the college street style website. Hastings is double major-ing in Communications Arts and International Studies, but is currently sending us her fashion advice all the way from Florence, Italy. Her column is called “Fashion From Abroad” and is featured every Friday at the University of Wisconsin’s page. What’s great about Hastings’ column is that a UW-Madison student is writing about fashion in an environment completely different than Madison. It also gives great advice on how to work that cov-eted European style into your wardrobe here in Wisconsin! Read below to hear from Hastings thoughts on her favor-ite designers, future career goals and all of the European styles she is encountering this semes-ter before she makes the trek all the way back to Madison. Taylor Viegut: How would you describe your personal style? Jamey Hastings: As I always say in my CF Bios: my style looks as if LF Stores had a love child with the Pacific Ocean and put on a pair of Jeffrey Campbell shoes—trendy with a beachy, laid-back feel. I’m not afraid to wear bold pieces or six-inch heels, even though I’m tall. Fashion is an art—a way of making a personal statement to the world. TV: Do you wish to pur-suit a career in fashion? If so what would you like to do? JH: I would love to work for NYLON magazine. I also just discovered a British magazine called Company that would also be great to work for. My two biggest passions are music and fashion, and NYLON encompasses both of those things perfectly. I’m not quite sure exactly what I would love to do, but I know it has to be some-thing where I can be creative. Creativity is my greatest strength, and I would love to wake up every morning with the opportunity to use it! TV: How is the fashion dif-ferent in the country you are living and traveling in? JH: Italians love their fashion. Everyone here is dressed so well. I think the number one thing I’ve noticed the most is the way the men dress. They are always looking their best with dress shoes and sport jack-ets. I hate to say it, but they

got a type of swag that American boys are missing! Italians also dress for theseason. The other day it was 75 degrees and I was walking around in just a sundress while Italians were still layered up in their leather jackets. I love everything about Italian fashion. Not that I don’t love Madison, but in Florence fashion is so much more of an everyday passion. My walk to class is literally like flipping through a fashion magazine. TV: Of all the places you have traveled this semester, what was your favorite place for fashion? JH: I was so surprised by the fashion in Amsterdam. It’s definitely not what one first thinks of when they think of Amsterdam, however, I was in love with the shopping there. They had a lot of vintage stores and small boutiques. It’s a very artistic city so I think that good fash-ion and style naturally goes. TV: What are you most excit-ed to return to Madison for? JH: So many things! To be reunited with my friends, live in my new apartment, the CollegeFashionista events and my classes (I know, nerdy). TV: Who are your favorite Twitter handles to follow for anything fashion related? JH: @CFashionista, of course. I love when Amy Instagrams things! I also love @DaniStahl, @NastyGal, @SolestruckShoes, @JCShoes and @WhoWhatWear. I love when people use Instagram, I’m obsessed with it. TV: What is your favor-ite part of being a Style Guru intern for CollegeFashionista? JH: I love that stopping peo-ple on the street gives me an excuse to talk about fashion with new people who are also passionate about it. I was talking with the girl I stopped this week and telling her about the leather market, and we ended up going there afterwards together! TV: If you were given $5,000 to spend on fash-ion, what would you get? JH: Shoes, shoes and more shoes. I have a sick obsession with shoes. TV: Who are your style icons? JH: Blake Lively, Sienna Miller, Olsen twins and Rachel Bilson. TV: What is your favor-ite season to dress for? JH: I grew up in a beach town in California and never really understood the whole “dress for the seasons” thing.

Since going to Wisconsin, I’ve realized I love dress-ing for fall or spring. I love layering weather, but I also do love my summer, simple dressing season. I guess I just listed everything, but winter! Nothing is fun about a big snow jacket. TV: Who are your favor-ite designers, and why? JH: I’m obsessed with Jeffrey Campbell. His shoe designs are so innovative and fun. I’d own every pair if I could. I also love Miu Miu. I pass it everyday on my way to class, and I’m not lying when I say I stop and stare through the window every time. I love designers that are different and push the lim-its. I used to be obsessed with Betsey Johnson (my junior

and senior prom dresses were Betsey Johnson) because she is so unique and fun. I also love Rebecca Minkoff. Her purses are adorable. TV: Have you had any excit-ing experiences in relation to fashion? If so, what were they? JH: Milan Fashion Week! Didn’t get to see a show, but even just being in the atmo-sphere was a great experience. TV: Describe your go-to outfit. JH: High-waisted jean shorts,a sweater, high socks and combat boots. Always topped off with the classic black Ray-Ban wayfarers. TV: If you could have one celebrity’s closet, whose closet would it be and why?

JH: Blake Lively. I don’t know if it came from work-ing on Gossip Girl or not, but that girl has amazing style and every time I see a picture of her I want what she’s wearing! Make sure to check out Jamey’s column, “Fashion from Abroad” every Friday on the University of Wisconsin’s page on CollegeFashionista.com. For the latest Style Guru and CollegeFashionista news on campus, follow us on Twitter @CFUWisconsin. Another great, easy way to keep up with the latest style trends around campus is to subscribe to the free College-Fashionista e-mail service to receive the various UW-Madison articles throughout the week directly to your inbox.

Florence and Amsterdam style inspires UW-Madison student studying abroad

Collegefashionista Style Guru for uW-Madison Jamey hastings’ roots in laid back, beachy California combined with her love for the latest trends make up her unique personal style.

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L ast week, UW-Madison students received an e-mail with a survey

from the Division of Continuing Studies regarding the possi-bility of UW-Madison imple-menting winter break classes. The plan consists of “offering a selection of in-person and online courses for one-to-three credits during the three weeks prior to the start of the spring semester.” For example, a three-credit course would meet roughly three hours a day every weekday for three weeks, and the tuition costs for the classes would be in addition to fall and spring tuition charges.

Considering UW-Madison students have a month-long winter break and fear the fall and spring semester’s heavy credit loads, I believe the imple-mentation of winter break classes is an excellent idea.

UW-Madison students get four weeks off in between the fall and spring semesters. That’s four weeks to work, stay in Madison—which the major-ity of students choose not to do, or just “relax” and not do much of anything. That last one is a popular choice, and for good reason, because UW stu-dents work hard throughout the semester and deserve a bit of a break.

However, some students choose to take either online or in-person courses at other insti-tutions over their break since other UW System schools, such as UW-Milwaukee, offer both online and classroom courses for students.

Some of these courses may be pass/fail courses and count for varying levels of credit. Yet, due to the flexibility of the UW System, students choosing to take in-person or online cours-es at other universities within

the UW System receive credit for the courses they take.

Currently, many UW-Madison students take courses during the summer sessions. UW-Madison offers over 1,000 different courses that last anywhere from one to 13 weeks. The most popular ses-sions are either the three or eight week sessions.

However, many UW stu-dents venture onto other things during the summer months. Internships, important summer jobs and other activities occupy college students’ timetables months in advance. Because of this, balancing summer-only activities with classes during an eight-week session can be both challenging and stressful.

Winter classes would allow students to pursue out-of-school activities available only over the summer and still take extra class-es in the year. If the right courses were offered at UW-Madison over winter break, specifically courses that cater to general edu-cation requirements, prerequi-sites or even fun and or “ugh” courses students want to get out of the way, break classes would be a popular idea among UW students. While it may be hard to implement “important” courses in a three-week winter session, giving students the opportunity to take classes during their win-ter break that they need to get out of the way will help to eliminate stress in the upcoming semesters.

UW should seriously con-sider adding winter break classes to the academic calen-dar. UW students should have the opportunity to take one-to-three credit courses, be it online or in-person, over their month-long winter break. Despite the additional tuition costs, many UW-Madison students would take advantage of this oppor-tunity and could enjoy getting a couple of courses and credits out of the way.

Ethan Safran is a freshman with an undeclared major. Tell us what you think about winter courses by sending us an e-mail to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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

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SPUD-TANEOUS POTATOES

ACROSS 1 By order of 6 Crime-scene noise 11 Work with patterns 14 Tiny Mediterranean

republic 15 One way to come

clean 16 Color and cry 17 “My mind isn’t made

up yet” 20 Elsinore or Balmoral,

e.g. 21 Joined a write-in

campaign 22 Play for a sucker 24 One of the Jetsons 27 Ellington of jazz 28 Capital of Belarus 31 Vegas transaction 33 Apartment, in hippie

slang 34 Little feet do it 36 Beautiful and

graceful girls 38 Answer that’s up in

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the boss 67 Big name in jeans 68 Rustic poetry piece 69 Broadway performer 70 Imitator of life, it’s

said 71 Medieval war clubs 72 “Bopper” lead-in

DOWN 1 Bon ___ (cleanser) 2 Cul-de-___ 3 Nourishment in the

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Brown 6 Have ___ (enjoy

yourself) 7 Cake section 8 Agcy. that moved

from Treasury to Justice in 2003

9 Air-density symbol 10 “Jeopardy!” creator

Griffin 11 “Not another word

out of you!” 12 “Aha!” 13 Did some gardening 18 Abbr. in many French

street names 19 Chunk of lawn 22 Stereotypically blind

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“scourge of God” 46 Part of an old heating

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radios 55 Tidal withdrawal 58 Adjust with a wedge 60 Bad thing to rock 61 “Time” founder

Henry 63 “Apple cider” gal 64 “The city that never

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Transfers are part of college athletics

N o matter how you slice it, the Wisconsin foot-ball and men’s basket-

ball programs have been terrific the last two years. That seems obvious, seeing as the football team’s been to two-consecutive Rose Bowls and the hoops team has visited the Sweet 16 back-to-back years, but that kind of two-sport success isn’t easy to find.

We’re accustomed to it in this area, however, as both Michigan State and Ohio State are in similar spots. Michigan is trying to claw its way back in the conversation. But nation-wide, it’s a relative rar-ity. Matt Hayes of SportingNews released a list of his top ten two-sport schools in the country, and the Buckeyes, Badgers and Spartans came in second, third and fourth, respectively. Florida claimed the top spot.

That’s saying something for the Badgers, as this is a town that’s never been shy about play-ing the “how come we never get any national attention” card.

It’s also why the offsea-sons for the two head coaches here have been a bit baffling.

Monday’s news that basketball head man Bo Ryan had compiled a list of 25 schools (the entire Big Ten, Iowa State, Marquette and all Atlantic Coast Conference schools) that departing redshirt freshman Jared Uthoff is barred from transferring to has caught some national buzz. Not much of it is positive.

Same goes for Bielema, who first found himself in a flap with new Ohio State coach Urban Meyer—and, of course, OSU president E. Gordon Gee—about recruiting tactics and now will take some heat for allowing another transfer quarterback. And maybe a guard. And they’ve got a transfer tight end from Pitt who will be eligible this year after sitting out last.

Let’s get one thing out of the way. I don’t disagree wholesale with either coach in his respec-tive situation, especially Bielema.

Sure, there’s been all sorts of conversation about what’s best for the program since Danny O’Brien became the second quarterback to use the NCAA’s graduate transfer rule in two years. Yes, it will start to look like a bit of a transfer factory if former Maryland guard Max Garcia ends up joining the pro-gram as well. Transfers are a part of the game. Nobody com-plained when J.J. Watt trans-ferred from Western Michigan.

I don’t mind him standing his ground when Meyer, the new guy on the block, tries to assert himself as the alpha-male of the Midwest. More details would have helped—throwing out words like “illegal” and then declining to elaborate is always going to stir the pot—but Hayes also provided some additional

insight there with his recent expose of Meyer’s time at Florida.

There’s also an argument for Ryan being picky about where Uthoff transfers. It’s under-standable he doesn’t want the former Iowa Mr. Basketball award-winner playing in the Big Ten—though Ben Brust left Iowa to play for UW. I suppose there are people out there who still care about the Marquette/Wisconsin rivalry (see: any mes-sage board regarding Vander Blue), and the Golden Eagles are always a threat to grab the state’s top talent.

After that, I’m not so sure. I know it’s Ryan’s job to protect the program. I know it’s hard to get kids from outside the Midwest to come to school here, and letting a kid from here bail doesn’t do any good for the image.

But every ACC team? The Badgers play one team

per year in the Big Ten/ACC chal-lenge. Uthoff sits a year and then

has three years of eligibility, so at best, if he goes to an ACC school, you’re looking at a one-in-three chance of playing his team.

Now, there is every possibility that extenuating circumstances exist that I (and the rest of the people weighing in on this) don’t know about. Like I said, I’m not denouncing it as the worst move ever. Plenty of shady shit goes on in college athletics.

All I’m saying is it’s become clear over the years that Ryan doesn’t like a lot of the trans-ferring that happens in col-lege hoops. He’s talked about it

before. He would do away with the graduate transfer rule (which the Uthoff situation is not) if he could.

That, with no other informa-tion or statement coming from the program or the university, makes it look like a kid is getting the short end of the stick just to make a point.

Kim Royston went from Bielema’s program to Minnesota. Jay Valai and Melvin Gordon both committed to Iowa before landing in Madison. Brust signed with the Hawkeyes before win-ning an appeal and coming here.

This stuff happens in col-lege sports. It doesn’t always go your way.

There’s a lot of good stuff happening on Dayton Street these days, let’s not deal with a messy offseason.

Do you think that Bo Ryan and Brett Bielema went too far regard-ing transfers? Let Parker know at pgabriel@gmail.com.

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Men’s basketball head coach Bo ryan (left) and football head coach Bret Bielema (right) have stirred up controversy with comments and policies about Wisconsin student athletes transferring.

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Transfers are part of the game. nobody complained when J.J. watt transferred

from western michigan.

Admist a great time of year for sports, give soccer a try

I have reached a point in my life where anybody who meets me immediately

understands I am a sports fan. And generally, it doesn’t matter what sport it is—baseball, hockey, soccer, even curling (can’t forget about cricket)—I will watch it and probably am a fan of it.

This time of the year is one of my favorites. The NHL playoffs are well underway and the MLB season has started. However, this spring has been extra exciting for me.

Yesterday was the first match of the UEFA Champions League semi-finals and I have a par-ticularly strong interest in this year’s soccer tournament.

Tuesday’s matchup was between Real Madrid and my boys over at Bayern Munich (I like to pretend Bayern striker Thomas Müller and I are good friends). I have for a long while considered Bayern Munich my favorite soccer team in the world and possibly my favorite team period (the Bayern flag on my wall, Müller jersey in my closet and slightly creepy, large photo of Müller on my closet door can attest to that). Bayern walked away with a 2-1 victory.

The UEFA Champions League is pretty much the culmination of soccer competition in Europe. Only the best teams in each domes-tic league make the tournament and the winner is considered the best soccer team in the world.

Every player that has played in the tournament can tell you that winning the championship would be the highest point of their career. The top four teams—Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Chelsea and Barcelona—continue their quest towards the final, to be held at Allianz Arena May 19, and the European Champion Club’s Cup.

For those of you who have never sat down and to watch a soccer game I say to you this: You are missing out on the world’s greatest spectacle.

The atmosphere at a soccer game is like no other. Thousands of people are constantly shout-ing, designated fan clubs belt out team specific cheers, crazed spec-

tators bang on drums and there is even the occasional flare set off in the stands. And all of this is legal on matchday.

This may sound like a college football game—the stadium lit-erally begins to shake at Badger games—but trust me, football just does not come close to producing the noise that soccer does.

Now, I’ve tried to explain the merits of soccer to many of my friends and acquaintances and this is not an easy thing to do. Most people just deflect my arguments saying that soccer will never catch on in the United States.

But to those people I say: You are wrong.

Since the MLS was founded in 1993, the league has slowly under-gone expansion. Since 2004, 10 new teams have been added to the league. The most recent, which came in at the beginning of the 2012 season, was Montreal Impact.

Eight additional cities have also shown interest in bringing an MLS team to their city, including two bids in New York City.

It’s not only the MLS that has gained popularity in the U.S. In fact, much of the growth the league has seen can be attributed to the recent world cup success of the U.S. National Team.

I have personally witnessed people who had a long-standing dislike of soccer turn to the good

side during the world cup. This nation rallies behind the team and can’t get enough of the interna-tional soccer competition.

So, If you still want to argue soccer is not feasible in the United States, you can find me in The Daily Cardinal office and I’ll glad-ly give you a piece of my mind.

Soccer is alive and well in the

U.S. and will only continue to grow. I suggest you turn on the TV (get Fox Soccer or start watch-ing the NBC Sports Network) and join the party.

Matthew would love to hear from anybody who agrees with him (and those that do not, too). Send him an e-mail at mdkleist@dailycardinal.com.

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The slightly creepy, large photo of [Thomas] müller

on my closet door can attest to that.