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Multicultural group appeals to judiciary

New owner purchases the Orpheum Theatre

City kicks off public market planning process with community participation

New bill could take Milwaukee police, fire union’s collective bargaining rights

By Patricia Johnsonthe daily cardinal

The battle for ownership over the Orpheum Theatre between Frank Productions and Gus Paras ended Friday when Paras, who also owns The Comedy Club on State, purchased the historic auditorium.

Paras redeemed the property prior to the sheriff’s sale Nov. 5 by striking a deal with previous Orpheum co-owner Eric Fleming to compensate the Monona State Bank for Fleming’s outstanding building loans as well as drop a separate pending lawsuit Paras held against Fleming.

The theater was temporar-ily under the bank’s ownership after it foreclosed on the prop-erty last year and chose Frank Productions to manage the the-ater until the sheriff’s sale.

Earlier in October, the city denied Frank Productions’ request to pay fines the previous owners

accumulated from building code violations, which would have set-tled the previous owners’ debts.

Paras was able to incur the costs of those fines as well as purchase Fleming’s $1.7 million half share.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said he is “thrilled … the Orpheum is in good hands,” and will remain a “tremendous resource for the campus com-munity.” He noted his excite-ment in Paras’ plan to revive the Orpheum as the multi-purpose entertainment destination it once was by offering live music, wedding receptions, comedy shows and movie screenings in addition to commissioning pre-vious co-owner Henry Doane to reopen an in-house restaurant and bar.

Frank Productions had been using the theater to present live concerts during its temporary

management and was planning to bid on the property Nov. 5 to continue promoting musi-cal productions, according to Frank Productions co-owner Fred Frank. Regardless of the unexpected transfer of owner-ship, Frank is hopeful about the Orpheum’s future.

“We’re glad to have a local Madisonian purchase the the-ater,” Frank said. “We’re hoping to continue to have live enter-tainment in there.”

Frank Productions has perfor-mances booked through February, which Paras has offered to accom-modate. There is also a possibil-ity Frank Productions and Paras will be able to make arrange-ments in the future to allow Frank Productions to host shows in the theater, however Frank said his company not yet agreed to a con-crete plan about its involvement in the theater beyond February.

By Tamar Myersthe daily cardinal

The MultiCultural Student Coalition appealed to the Student Judiciary Tuesday, accusing the Student Services Finance Committee of legal issues includ-ing due process violations.

SSFC denied MCSC funding eligibility in late September part-ly because of what SSFC mem-bers said were intentional policy violations. In an internal appeal directly to the committee Oct. 21, SSFC voted not to give MCSC an additional hearing.

ASM bylaws say appeals should go first to SSFC and then to the Student Judiciary. In revised standing rules passed earlier this year, however, SSFC mandated that appeals should go straight to the Student Judiciary.

MCSC representatives high-lighted the resulting discrep-ancy between standing rules and bylaws as an example of a

violation in due process rights, saying the organization received different information from vari-ous sources about how appeals should be submitted.

SSFC Chair David Vines said he acknowledged the incon-gruity when MCSC members brought it to his attention, and as a result, he gave the organization an additional week to submit a new brief.

MCSC also contended SSFC members were not sufficiently educated about a 2012 inten-tional policy violations from the Committee on Student Organizations. CSO froze MCSC funding for a year, stating the organization purposely submit-ted contracts in way that allowed them to bypass a required bid-ding process.

Vines said MCSC disregarded the chance to inform members about the policy violation in its

By Morgan Haefnerthe daily cardinal

The city of Madison kicked off a project Tuesday to create a per-manent public market that would feature diverse food, music and art for the Madison community.

Community members gath-ered at the Overture Center to hear the project’s consultant, Project for Public Spaces, pres-ent its plan. Phase one includes four months of brainstorming and community outreach.

According to PPS Senior Vice President Steve Davies, public

markets are aimed at reaching public goals, operating in public spaces and serving local busi-nesses. To start the process of collecting input, community members wrote their wishes and concerns for the project on sticky notes and posted them on poster boards.

“Our hope and our job is to help you realize your hopes and dreams in a realistic, doable way,” Davies said.

City Food and Alcohol Policy Coordinator Mark Woulf said high turnout made the meeting

a success.“Tonight is exciting because

it feels real,” Woulf said. “This is important, and I’m excited because it’s the first time for the public to really influence where this project goes.”

Woulf said feedback from stakeholders leaned toward broadening the market from a standalone, retail business to an aggregator and distributor of pub-lic services. For instance, stake-holders suggested the market host

State Sen. Tim Carpenter, D-Milwaukee, introduced a bill Tuesday that would revoke collective bargaining rights for Milwaukee’s police and fire-fighter unions.

Act 10 eliminated collective bargaining rights and benefits for most unionized public employees in Wisconsin and created public unrest in 2011 that prompted a recall election in 2012.

Milwaukee’s police and fire departments currently main-tain their bargaining rights, but Carpenter said in a state-ment cutting their rights would decrease the city’s spending.

Police and fire department expenses account for 59 percent of Milwaukee’s budget, accord-ing to the statement.

Carpenter said 70 percent of his district thinks public safety unions should be treated the same as other public employees and have their col-lective bargaining rights removed.

“Until all collective bargaining rights are restored, giving specific unions superior status under the law violates a sense of fair play and equality under state law,” Carpenter said in the statement.

Carpenter did not return a request for comment by the time of publishing.

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Olivia Wick-Bander represents the Multicultural Student coalition in an appeal against the Student Services Finance committee.

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Near-graduation ruminations

O n Dec. 22, 2013, I will be walking down the aisle in the Kohl Center

wearing a sort of dress, shak-ing hands, smiling for pictures and mostly just being happy for being done. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve loved my three and a half years here at the university, but when the finish line is so close, it’s tough not to salivate at the chance to cross it.

But with the future comes uncertainty and with uncer-tainty comes me peeing in my pants because I’m afraid. The fears are real, people. All I can think is, “Will I get a job? Will I find somewhere to live or will I stay in my parent’s basement until I’m 33? Should I just go to graduate school because it seems easier, and all I want to do is continue my learning experi-ence while failing to grow up?” (By the way, I already know the

answer to the last question is a resounding “no.”)

But that’s for future me to worry about right? I mean, at this time it’s very awkward apply-ing to companies (or in my case, music labels) for two reasons: They either have positions open now (meaning Oct. 30) and want you in the next week, or they don’t have any jobs available but they’ll keep your resume “on file.” It might make more sense just to wait until I’ve graduated and have relinquished the responsi-bilities of being a student. Or it probably makes more sense just to send a thousand more resumes to everyone in the world with the subject header: please hire me, please, please, please, or, my name is Michael, please. Yeah... that’ll get me hired.

But there’s still so much on this campus and in Madison that I haven’t experienced. Why rush out of here? I’ve walked by the Chazen Museum three times a day for three years, and I’ve never even been inside. I haven’t walked on the Lakeshore path since my first week of freshman year. I still don’t know what’s

inside the Historical Society or Science Hall or North Hall or basically any building other than like five. And I’ve never had sex in the stacks of Memorial Library, which Badger Herald Shoutout boast as something happening to everyone, all the time.

But considering the many things I haven’t done, I have still experienced so much on campus. I got to see our football team upset the number one team in the nation. I got to experience real Mifflin and real Freakfest before they turned into hilarious excuses for the Madison Police Department and University of Wisconsin to show power over their residents and students. I also took classes with noted laureates, researchers, book writers, African storytellers and former frat bros that turned into economics professors.

But alas, it all ends soon and I will have to use what I’ve learned in Madison to my advantage when I enter the workplace as a well-rounded, smart and diligent individual. I’ll soon have to clean up my Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. I’ll soon have to wake up at 7 a.m. regularly and will

have to endure morning traffic while listening to two obnoxious radio DJs talk about whose wife cooks the better meal. I’ll soon go from thinking, “I want to be blank when I grow up,” to “I should’ve been blank when I was younger.”

This might all seem depressing, but do not fear, reader. I embrace the future, because only the future can hold something that is better than the past. The memories I’ve made, the friends I’ve met, the $2 Long Island iced tea specials at The Plaza I’ve drunk, all cre-ated an emotional high that can be topped at anytime. My dwell-ing on the past won’t make the future less scary; au contraire it’ll make my yearning for things to not change stronger and ruin my views of becoming older.

So I’m ready world, give me all you have. I have two months left here and then I’ll become a famous A&R, or music journalist, or music agent or a sandwich artist at Subway. Whatever it is, I’m ready.

Graduating? Stressing? Contact Michael for counseling and expert advice by emailing mvoloshin@wisc.edu.

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Y ou’ve just moved into an empty, back-lot apart-ment accessible only by a

dumpster-laden alley and neither of your roommates will arrive for a few weeks. What could you possibly do to entertain yourself on a Tuesday night? If you’re me, apparently the answer is make like a 13-year-old summer camper and whip out the ol’ Ouija board to see if you are truly the only person (or otherwise) home.

We’ve all seen the séance sequences in the not-scary-until-you’re-alone-in-the-dark-later movies involving ancient lettered Ouija boards and their ability to channel communication with spirits. I’ve brushed so many of these depictions off with an eye roll. Puh-lease. One of the char-acters is totally moving the plas-tic indicator across the board to freak the other ones out, right? And yet a tiny ember of curi-osity always remains, most-ly due to weird online forums stoking the flames. With REAL HARROWING ACCOUNTS on sketchy sites such as “Great-Grandmother Was Possessed By A Ouija Board” and “Is My Life A Demonic Love Story?” It’s pos-sible to think there’s a fraction of a chance of getting mixed up in some weird business if you work hard and believe in yourself. That was enough for my friend and me; we went halfsies on a new board and raced to my dark, fur-nitureless apartment to try.

The following is a real-time transcription of the events that occurred that night:

11:00 p.m. I light two Seafoam Ocean Paradise Breeze candles. We take a moment to revel in the ambi-ance. If we are going to sit pretzel-

legged on the floor for an hour and not make eye contact so we don’t have to acknowledge that yes, this is kind of awkward, then we are going to smell classy doing it.

11:05 p.m. We place our fin-gers on the little plastic indicator and agree upon a question. It’s terribly uncreative: “Has anyone ever died in this house?” Let’s cut to the chase (hopefully not a ghost chase, though).

11:09 p.m. I realize I was sup-posed to be concentrating very deeply on our question the entire time, according to the tiny paper directions. After about 30 seconds of “meditating,” I start to think about how much I want pizza. I don’t even remember the original question at this point. I peek across at my friend with one eye. He may or may not be squinting back at me with a blank expression.

11:11 p.m. Make a wish! I wish we wouldn’t have spent five min-utes in forced silence trying to will a plastic toy to move.

12:00 a.m. The earth does not open up into a portal to the underworld. Sam and Dean Winchester do not come busting through the door with salt and holy water. Ugh.

12:05 a.m. We turn the lights on and try to massage the blood back into our crossed legs. That’s when IT happens—

12:06 a.m. A demon centipede appears. I promptly scream and slam my own body into the wall. I make my friend use my rolled up Sex Pistols poster and a flip-flop to beat it down. Turns out it was just a normal centipede.

12:07 a.m. Once my breathing returns to normal, we mutually agree that, “maybe, like, the third time we tried it kind of moved to the left a little?” But probably not.

Upon reflection, I think our non-haunting stemmed from a few key mistakes. One, we bought the board at Toys ‘R’ Us for $20. If I were a ghost or spirit, I’d probably look at it and think it wasn’t even

worth my time. I might even be offended at the audacity of two randos trying to lure me to them with what is essentially a piece of cardboard. It’s the equivalent of trying to lure someone to a Facebook event called “Natty Light Partayyyy 2k13.” Also, seeing as I basically zoned out for the entire séance, I’m guessing the vibes didn’t reach whatever entities chill in the universe waiting for bored college students to holla’ at them.

10 a.m. My boss, somewhat cultured in the supernatural, forces me to look at Ouija Board forums to see what a huge mis-take I’ve made. (You will try to get rid of the board, but it will keep coming back. Your pets will stare into the distance and whim-per. Your books will fall off their shelves. Your life will be ruined.) I fear sob in the office.

1:00 p.m. I burst through the door to Shakti on State, buy a bundle of white sage, run home, blaze it up, and start waving it around my win-dows and doors while panic-cry-ing and chanting a mantra I look up on the Internet.

I t ’ s printed on a website b a c k -g r o u n d of moons with yel-low Comic Sans font. It’s

the best hope I have for surviv-al. The entire house smells like the aftermath of a Phish concert. When my parents visit the next day, they think I’ve made the whole thing up to cover up the “sage” smell. At this point I hope I’m haunted just to validate myself.

So, are there any residual effects from this night? I don’t know; there have been two more demon centipede attacks since that night. You tell me.

Keep an eye out for my upcom-ing paranormal forum post: “Best Case Scenario I Wasted Hours Of My Life On This, Worst Case Scenario I’m Haunted As Heck.”

Want to share your super-natural experience with Marina? Email mkoliver@wisc.edu.

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City to now regulate online tourist housing rental market

Bipartisan bill to double fines for bicycle, pedestrian roadway injuries gets hearing

Data shows misappropriation of state voucher funds

Poll shows Walker holds narrow lead over Democratic challenger Mary Burke in 2014 gubernatorial election

By Irene Burskithedailycardinal

Madison’s Common Council adopted new regulations to the citywide zoning code Tuesday in order to facilitate the sustain-ability of the tourist housing market without jeopardizing the stability of existing family neighborhoods.

With the adoption of the new ordinance, city residents look-ing to rent out spare rooms to tourists as part of any Internet-based rental system, such as Airbnb, must pay a room tax to the city.

“There are purposes to this regulation, and one of them has to do with the quality of the environment,” Madison Mayor Paul Soglin said.

Echoing the mayor’s senti-ment, Ald. Marsha Rummel, District 9, said the newly created

room tax will hopefully prevent longstanding residential neigh-borhoods from getting “chopped up” into tourist rentals.

City zoning codes previously stipulated that traditional hous-ing options, such as hostels or lodging houses, were condi-tional on a case-by-case basis, provided that the establishment met health and building stan-dards as well as specific neigh-borhood ordinances.

However, the increasing popularity of less traditional style short-term room rentals fell outside existing city codes. Madison zoning administrator Matt Tucker said this growing practice of an internet-based, Craigslist-type market present-ed a blind spot in the city codes that was necessary for ordi-nances to address.

“What we did tonight

wasn’t really earth-shattering; it’s a compromise,” Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said.

Public testifiers, however, were less satisfied with the Council’s decision. They instead argued that fewer regulations would be preferable.

“We do not want to be seen as this high-regulation area,” said Joe Sweeney, CEO of 100state, an organization dedicated to foster-ing community innovation.

Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, agreed, and highlighted the economic benefits that tourist housing brings to the city.

“What we need to do is really work alongside with Airbnb owners. The sharing economy isn’t going away,” Resnick said. “I really hope that we are able to start talk-ing about how we can be more creative with our laws.”

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Law enforcement officials and citizens joined state legislators at a transportation committee hear-ing Tuesday in the state Capitol to weigh in on a bill that would double fines for road injuries and deaths where the victim is deemed a “vulnerable highway user.”

The bill, authored by state Sen. Luther Olsen, R-Ripon, lists a number of users that are deemed vulnerable on roadways, such as pedestrians, bicyclists and law enforcement officials on duty.

Olsen, who testified for the bill at the hearing, said the current state law does not allow district attorneys and other law enforce-

ment officials to sufficiently pun-ish people who kill or injure vul-nerable users.

The senator emphasized the fines and potential jail time the bill could impose would not be mandatory but would simply be an option if officials wanted to use them. He also said the bill would require a driver’s educa-tion component where students would be required to learn about the presence and potential danger of driving with vulnerable users.

Other residents and officials who testified at the hearing told stories of victims who had been riding bicycles and been injured

or killed on a roadway. Several law enforcement officials sug-gested updates to the bill, such as a component where offenders could lose their license, or one that would make sure the bill includes all negligent actions, such as falling asleep, that are committed on a roadway.

State Rep. Josh Zepnick, D-Milwaukee, also testified for the bill, saying it is a “common sense” change.

“I look forward to continuing to work in a bipartisan way to make this bill become a reality in the near future,” Zepnick said.

—Jack Casey

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction released statis-tics Tuesday revealing that 79 per-cent of students receiving vouch-ers under Gov. Scott Walker’s new voucher program did not attend a public school in 2012.

Walker’s Wisconsin Parental Choice Program is designed to give funding to underprivileged families in the form of vouch-ers to allow students who attend

low-performing public schools to attend private schools.

The program will cost tax-payers $3 million for 2013-’14 and currently enrolls 512 stu-dents, leaving each student’s family with roughly $6,000.

State Rep. Sondy Pope, D-Cross Plains, criticized the program for subsidizing 371 students who already attended private schools the year before,

according to a statement.Minority Leader Peter Barca,

D-Kenosha, called the data “shocking” in a statement. Barca said public school money is being used to subsidize private schools and satisfy Republican special interest groups.

Republicans have previous-ly said the voucher program helps low-income students get a better education.

As the 2014 Wisconsin guber-natorial election inches closer, Democratic candidate Mary Burke has drawn even with Gov. Scott Walker, according to a poll released Tuesday by the Marquette Law School.

The poll surveyed 800 registered Wisconsin voters and concluded that Walker is favored by 47 per-cent of voters. Burke follows closely

behind with 45 percent of respon-dents preferring her. The poll had a 3.5 percent margin of error.

The narrow support gap between the candidates falls within the margin of error and 70 percent of registered voters said they do not know enough about Burke or her agenda to formulate an opinion.

State Sen. Kathleen Vinehout, D-Alma, who received a 44 per-

cent favorability rating, plans to announce her decision to enter the race in early 2014.

The poll also surveyed citizens on gay marriage and statewide marijuana legislation. It found 53 percent support gay marriage and 50 percent support the legal-ization of marijuana.

The election is scheduled to take place Nov. 4, 2014.

banquets and connect area restau-rants with local producers.

Madison residents Nick Guggenbuehl and Zach Foster both voiced their excitement about the public market. Foster said he hopes the center will become the “giant community element” he feels Madison is missing.

But Guggenbuehl said he is skeptical about the project’s implementation and feels the plan needs more details and a

smaller scope.“It seems like this is some-

thing that the city has tried to do...and I’d really like to see it happen,” Guggenbuehl said. But, he also said “it’s truly important that they under-stand Madison.”

Phase one is set to be com-pleted in February. Phase two includes exploring possible loca-tions. The last phase includes creating a business model and planning how to best infuse the market into the community.

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application for eligibility.The eligibility application

asks whether the organization has violated laws or policies, with instructions to explain the

answer. Vines said MCSC had written one word: “No.”

“We said “no” on the eligibility application to make very clear that we do not believe that we inten-tionally violated policy,” MCSC representative Olivia Wick-

Bander said. “It was not because we were underprepared.”

Vines said he tried to give MCSC “the benefit of the doubt” throughout the whole process and advised the organization how to rewrite their brief when

they submitted it to SSFC a sec-ond time.

Wick-Bander said Vines sug-gested she remove all but one of the complaints, which she con-siders censorship.

MCSC requested actions

including new trainings for SSFC representatives and a subsequent eligibility hearing that would go through the chancellor.

Student Judiciary will make a decision about the case within 10 business days.

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By Kayleigh Norgordthe daily cardinal

Welcome back for another round of low key and low cost craft making! After a weekend of crazy Halloween shenanigans and festivities, what is a better way to relax than by a lazy hour of crafternoon delight?

When picking this month’s DIY project, I must say I was slightly biased: With the recent scramble and stress to sign a lease and find an apartment for next year, I’ve become flooded with ideas of how best to deco-rate the bland, beige walls of my future living room. There’s always the classic black and white posters, sorority letters and framed photos that scream college life, but being the cre-ative, right-brained thinker that I am, I wanted to add a bit of a personalized spin to my walls. Thus, the Pinterest-inspired, chevron patterned wall art was born.

What You’ll Need:1. A plain white canvas2. Blue masking tape3. Tempera paint of any

color (spray paint would work as well)

4. A paint brush5. A black sharpie or perma-

nent marker

Chevron Print Song Lyrics Canvas:

1. Begin by cutting the mask-ing tape into rows of the zig-zag pattern needed to create the chevron look. Make sure the tape is pressed down firmly so when painting, the white zigzags remain spot free and really pop.

2. After selecting or mixing a desired paint color, paint across the canvas, tape included, so the color coats the entire surface. Make sure the paint is evenly distributed, and coat the canvas more than once if needed.

3. Once the canvas is com-pletely covered in the paint, let it sit for an hour before remov-ing the tape. Be careful when peeling the strips of tape off so as not to accidentally chip away any of the paint is meant to help create the colored zig-zags. If this happens, feel free to use a small, detailing paint-brush to touch up any trouble

spots.4.Now for the fun part! If the

paint is 100 percent dry, you may now write whatever you want in black sharpie across the chevron pattern. I chose to use lyrics from the song “Drops of Jupiter” just because I thought they spoke to me, but feel free to put whatever message you want to send to the world on that canvas. If you want, you can add some lighthearted doodles and borders around the words, as I found this gives the canvas something extra.

5. Mount that baby on the wall and give yourself a pat on the back because guess what — you did it! You have just created your very own bit of wall art, an original you can proudly put on your walls for everyone to see. And don’t worry, those snobby girls down the hall will never be able to top this one.

Trying to spice up your room and want to keep it low budget? No problem, Kayleigh can help answer any of your DIY questions or concerns. Shoot her an email at knorgord@wisc.edu and get started with your decorating.

By Madeleine Hausberg the daily cardinal

“Best Freakfest ever with my best girls #halloweeekend.” The world of Instagram is generating much more than ever imagined. Photos explaining what you did the night before, or photos of the best meal you’ve ever had. At the end of the day, it does not really matter what you throw down on that social network, it just mat-ters how many likes you get. Yes, I said it, people Instagram to see how popular they can be. It is a way to measure ones own popu-larity. Do not get me wrong, I am one of those many girls who Instagram all the time.

Instagram is more than just the typical fad, it has created a revolution, generating new terms and creating an entirely new lifestyle. To Instagram a picture is not such a simple task, it requires technique and multiple decisions before you can post it to the world in order to make sure it is Instagram-

worthy. The Instagram world has created a new way to be able to see people through photographs, and moreover, it has allowed people to express themselves creatively through their photographs. Here are some helpful tips and defini-tions of how the Instagram world runs, and how you can run the Instagram world.

The Hashtag If you do not know what this

is, then you should probably start taking notes because you have a lot to catch up on. The hashtag (#) is a way to generate new followers and of course, get the likes. By hashtaging, your photo can then be found whenever someone puts in that same hash-tag name in the search button. If you #blonde, #fun, #Wisconsin, anyone in the world can then find your picture, potentially getting you some new followers. For some people, the hashtag is an essential aspect to their “insta.” It can either create

new followers, or even give your photo an additional funny caption, of course to get the likes. Some people could say, #nosoupforyou, #weoutheretrynafunction, or even #thisismybestfriendnotyours. All these clever hashtags might not solely be easily searchable in the trending topics area of the search bar, but for your current follow-ers they are funny, enjoyable, and will definitely generate hype on the picture.

#tbtBaby pictures, photos from

the good old days back in high school, or anything of the past. The #tbt is your very own “throwback Thursday.” Come Thursday morning, when you wake up from bed, your insta-gram feed will be going nuts with #tbt. It is the best way to show off some cute pictures of you when you were a baby, or even show some adorable pictures of you from those mid-dle school days. And hey, if

you are really trying to step out of the box, throw in some #tbt from just the year before to show how much you miss that beautiful year before. The #tbt could be one of the best-liked and worst liked days on Instagram. If you are an ada-mant supporter of the #tbt then this day is fun and exciting, however if you openly just do not care about people’s pasts then I would definitely avoid your cell phones on Thursday.

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picture might be normally, if you do not put the right effect on your picture, you might have screwed yourself over. Effects are key in generating likes. If you are feeling Lo-Fi, Willow, Amaro or my ulti-mate favorite Brannan, pick wise-ly because this will make or break the photo. Some helpful tips are to give the photo some shadow or perhaps a sharper color. Instantly these always seems to make the

photo look better. Change up your Instagram feed by throwing a black and white in there every so often. And of course, do not forget sometimes adding a little blur to the photo adds an extra kick!

This guide will undoubt-edly increase your ability to Instagram. Don’t forget that the most simple fixes can make all the difference. For as long as Instagram is around, I can guarentee my guide will hold the true keys to Instagram suc-cess. Remember to keep up with the hashtags and do not forget your #tbt this week! The likes will come over time, so keep up the good work and I know you can do this! Good luck to all my instagrammers out there, may the odds be ever in your favor.

Still having trouble getting the hang of it? Email Madeleine at hausberg@wisc.edu and learn all the Instagram lingo and essen-tials you need to know to stay up to date.

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Fall in love with this key to the endless possibilities of pumpkin goodies

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By Courtney Pelotthe daily cardinal

There is no doubt that my absolute favorite aspect of the Fall season is that I can eat pumpkin flavored any-thing. There’s pumpkin ice cream, bread, cheesecakes and truffles. From late September through early December, chances are I’ll be ordering whatever pumpkin dessert is on the menu. As a pumpkin enthusiast, I decided to com-pile a list of my favorite fall foods and drinks that UW-Madison students can get on and around campus. Take a look and then get out there to sample a piece of pumpkin heaven.

Pumpkin Spice Latte (Starbucks)No list of pumpkin treats is com-

plete without the infamous pumpkin spice latte at Starbucks. Every year I anxiously await the day after Labor

Day, the day I can finally wrap my cold hands around a warm and white to-go cup. This iconic beverage is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year and I, for one, cannot wait for 10 more tasty years. Make sure to at least pick up a delicious pumpkin spice latte once this Fall from Starbucks on your way to class — I can assure that days class will be all the more better.

Pumpkin Muffie (Panera)This fluffy “muffie” looks like a big,

soft top of a muffin top, which is typi-cally my favorite part of any muffin or cupcake. Besides the wonderful pump-kin flavors, I can taste the sweet taste of honey. My favorite part has to be the dusting of powdered sugar on top. This decadent treat is the perfect study snack! Even though it is getting colder each day, believe me when I say it will

be worth it to make a trip to Panera. As all the scrumptious flavors melt in your mouth you will completely forget it is freezing outside.

Pumpkin Muffin (Stella’s Bakery)If you’ve ever been to the Dane

County Farmer’s Market around Capital Square, by now you must be familiar with Stella’s hot and spicy cheesebread, and if you are not familiar with it, put it on your bucket list. Even though they are by now known for their hot and spicy cheesebread, they also offer an abundance of other bakery items includ-ing muffins, danishes and cookies. Last Saturday, I tried their Pumpkin Muffin and it was phenomenal! The top of the muffin had a layer of cream cheese frost-ing and was sprinkled with pumpkin seeds. I often find muffins not moist enough to eat the whole bottom which is

why I typically opt for just the top, but this was not the case with this muffin. I devoured the entire tasty thing! Next time you are at the Farmer’s Market, be a little adventerous and go for some-thing aside from the cheesebread — trust me you will most definitely not be dissapointed with the alternative.

To all the other pumpkin enthu-siasts: Get out there, and try different pumpkin flavored treats now! Go for the basics, like pie and scones, but also try the daring, like pumpkin ravioli! There’s no end to the possibilities when it comes to pumpkin treats. The best part is there’s no need to feel guilty. Just remember — pumpkins pack a huge amount of Vitamin A!

Can’t stop drooling and want some more pumpkin treats? Email Courtney at cpelot@wisc.edu with all your pumpkin ideas and questions.

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Politics should better represent women

Having recently applied to law school and talked to my dad about the “optional essay,” which usually asks a diversity related question: i.e. “How can you contribute to the diversi-ty of this campus?,” I realized women still have a long way to go. Speaking with him on the phone, I asked him what angle I could take on my diversity and how it will add to Georgetown Law School’s campus. I’m a white girl from the Midwest, so I didn’t think I had much to offer. “Well you know, women have made progress, but you’re still not equal to men,” my dad so brilliantly remarked. And, ding-ding-ding, a light bulb went off. Female politi-cal science students here at the University of Wisconsin- Madison—this column is dedi-cated to you, but male political science students should listen as well.

Women have made great strides toward equality since the first Women’s Rights Convention was held in Seneca Falls in 1848 and the 19th Amendment, granting women the constitutional right to vote, was passed in 1920. However, almost 100 years later, in 2013, women are still not equal to men. In fact, the United States ranks only 23, behind countries such as Nicaragua and Cuba, in the 2013 World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap Report. This report measures women’s gender equality by their economic, political, edu-cational and health equality.

The United States is ranked

23 out of 136 and considering our world rankings in other categories, this ranking is not high enough. Just as we strive to be number one economi-cally, we must also strive to be number one with regards to the equality of women.

Though we are tied at the top spot with regards to edu-cation, we are 33 for “health and survival,” and a horribly low 60 for “political empower-ment.” Calling all political sci-ence majors who are women (myself included). We need to get out there and close that gap, and men need to help us.

Women did make a small gain in Congress this year, as there is a record high of 101 women total, accounting for 20 percent of the congressional make-up. I am happy we have reached this record high, but it’s not good enough, being that over half the population of the United States is women. The United States Census Bureau concluded in 2012 that 50.8 percent of the U.S. population was women, having a slight majority over men. This means women are being vastly under-represented in politics, which the Global Gender Gap Report shows us with the number 60 rating in “political empower-ment.” Why is it important

to have women in politics? Couldn’t it be argued that the men are doing a fine job of pro-tecting our rights? I would say the Democratic party is doing a pretty good job of protect-ing women’s rights, but this doesn’t go without saying that the majority of the women in Congress are members of the Democratic Party. Conversely, the Republican Party in Congress has much fewer women, effectively under-rep-resenting women’s views in that party. Perhaps this is why it takes a longer time than it should to get common sense acts such as the Lilly Ledbetter Act and the Violence Against Women Act to pass congres-sional votes. If there were more women in both parties, in both the House and the Senate, maybe these types of acts would be easier to pass. Though parti-sanship is one issue to tackle all together, gender representation is not something that should differ between party lines. It’s common sense.

I also must bring into this argument the fact we haven’t had a woman president yet. While Iceland, which ranks first in the Global Gender Gap Report, has had a woman lead-er 20 out of the last 50 years. Something must be working

well over there. The United States has always been con-sidered a progressive country, one of equality. So why are we only ranked 23? No, this isn’t the worst ranking. We cer-tainly aren’t 136. The point is a rank-ing of 23 is nowhere near good enough. We need to hold our-selves up to the standards of Iceland. E l i m i n a t i n g the gen-der gap in the “political empowerment” category can be an extremely important step in increasing our overall ranking. Women have made significant strides in the workplace. It has been found that more women have a slight majority over men in the workplace, as well as in colleges. This only further

stresses the point that more women are needed in politics than ever before because poli-tics directly affects workplace conditions, income and busi-ness practices.

So what can we do about this? We continue to make prog-ress, but even getting the idea out there is important, which is why I’m writing this. In 2013, it’s absurd that I can still write a diversity essay to a law school about my disadvantage in pol-itics as a woman. So, political science female students, more power to you. You picked a major that, though some may say is useless, may be a challenge, but is important to the progress we can make as women in politics. If all else fails, let’s move to Iceland. (Kidding, don’t give up!)

How else can women make strides in politics? Do you think Congress could be run more effi-ciently if it had better representa-tion of women? How about a woman president? Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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essay to a law school about my disadvantage in politics

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Whether or not you have the time or the brainpower, it’s time to hunker down with Rosetta Stone and start saving up for a trip to Spain or Argentina. Why is this? Because being bilingual is becoming a hot commodity in the job market. Behind the scenes of the sexiness that comes with speaking a foreign language, there seems to be a weird power struggle between languages. Here in the United Sates, I see two extremes. One of them rewards bilingualism and one simply and stubbornly considers English to be the superior language in the United States.

I have always tried to differ-entiate myself from the norm in a desperate attempt to stand out in both social and professional situ-ations. But being a middle class white female from the United States makes this attempt to stand out difficult. One of my many stunts to stand out occurred dur-ing my junior year of high school when I decided to uproot my entire life and move to Spain for a year to learn the Spanish lan-guage the correct way. Immersing yourself in a culture is, in my

opinion, the best way to learn the culture’s language. This so-called “stunt” turned out to be the best decision of my life so far and opened my eyes to what we will call a world becoming smaller due to globalization.

This is a concept I have seen very little of here in the United States with regard to languages. For whatever reason, we can’t seem to fathom the idea of being a bilingual country and as far as I’m concerned, it seems we’ve been trying to avoid it entirely. The fact is within the next 30 years, if Hispanic immigration continues as it is going now, the United States will be home to more Spanish speakers than any other country in the world. Not to mention, right now we’re second only to Mexico. When this happens, it will be hard to

be a respectable United States citizen if all you can speak is the English language, not to mention the difficulty you will find in the professional world as being bilingual is extremely marketable to the ever-increas-ingly competitive job market.

The United States has a tricky concept that has two very extreme views when it comes to being bilingual; It’s both favored and ignored. In the professional world, being bilingual pays. It’s an asset that allows the worker more opportunities because it stands out and suggests flexibility and the ability to do things other workers are unable to do. In fact, the government, along with many other professions, pays bilingual workers more than monolingual workers. I would predict within the next 10 years it is going to be hard to stand out in the profes-sional world without having a foreign language under your belt. Professionally, the push for bilin-gualism is bigger than ever. As college students, this is definitely a development we should be pay-ing attention to as we will very shortly be entering the profes-sional world ourselves.

On the other hand, there is an unspoken pride that comes with being a United States citi-

zen. Something we could call “American exceptionalism.”

We have this inaccurate idea we can go anywhere in the world and be able to find someone we can communicate with. As a “country of immigrants” and a “melting pot,” we say we accept the growing population of non-English speaking people. We welcome immigrants by say-ing “we’re all the same,” “we understand the struggles,” but only if this growing population of Hispanics can adapt to our American lifestyle and learn our English language. Although it might make our lives easier as native English speakers, all it is really doing is hurting us.

What I see is people who only speak English have way more social and professional power

than people who only speak Spanish, but I feel this is going to change in the near future. What will happen when there are just as many Spanish speakers and English speakers in the United States? Which language will hold more social and economic power? And an even better ques-tion—should either language hold more power or the same? How will we adapt to this new lifestyle that is becoming more and more inevitable? When this happens, native Spanish speak-ers will hold all the cards. Part of what comes with the territory of being a United States citizen is you have to learn English. As they become bilingual, a vast majority of native English speak-ers will continue to rely on their single “superior” language to communicate effectively.

To repeat my previous, impor-tant advice—I think it’s time you have a chill session with Rosetta Stone and save up those dollars for a trip to Spain or Argentina because it’s time to learn the Spanish language, my friend.

Jane is a sophomore majoring in Spanish. Do you agree with her that being bilingual is an invaluable asset? Will Americans adapt to this? Please send all feedback to opin-ion@dailycardinal.com.

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All About the ‘Art of Fiction’

T he Paris Review has been around since 1953, founded by Harold Humes, George

Plimpton and Peter Matthiessen. Over the years, it has pub-lished many of the most promi-nent authors from the 1950s and onward—names along the lines of Jack Kerouac, Vladimir Nabokov, Italo Calvino, Donald Barthelme, Adrienne Rich, etc.

That, alone, would probably solidify its importance/relevance, but the real kicker here is that, besides publishing and launch-ing many high-profile writers, The Paris Review has also been conducting some of the most in-depth writer interviews—maybe the most in-depth—within the annals of lit journalism.

You don’t have to be a book geek to find this sort of thing cool, although it helps.

Those interviews, first called “Writers at Work” but now termed “The Art of Fiction” (or “Poetry” or “Humor” or what-ever, depending on the speaker) run the gamut from “humorists” (Joseph Heller, Dorothy Parker) to playwrights (Harold Pinter) to poets (T.S. Eliot, John Berryman, W.H. Auden) to novelists (gobs and gobs, but the likes of Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Saul Bellow—you get the idea).

The premise is remarkably sim-ple, based on the samples I’ve seen: Let the subject of the interview just talk and talk while the interviewer listens and records it. Then, edit it (usually with the oversight of the interviewee) and publish it. Simple.

I’ve enjoyed more than a few of those interviews, especially the ones from some of my favorite authors (Thornton Wilder, Wallace Stegner, John Steinbeck, Haruki Murakami, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, etc.). I think they’re brilliant.

In some cases, the interviews are starkly revealing. Love or hate Don DeLillo, he gave a great Art of Fiction interview in 1992, shortly after he published “Pafko on the Wall,” which was eventually integrated into his masterful (or unbearable) novel “Underworld.” At the very end, after bringing up “Pafko,” the interviewer tossed off some alterna-tives to writing what would end up being called “Underworld”—which

DeLillo confessed was “slogging” along—like gardening or handball. At that point, DeLillo spoke about a move in handball where, “you hit the ball right at the seam of the wall and the ground, and the shot is unreturnable.” If that isn’t an apt metaphor for what the release of “Underworld” meant to everyone else, I don’t know what is.

But a lot of the interviews (let’s be honest) are not of uniform brilliance. Most of them are ram-bling, and most of them are from people you don’t have license to read, or even to have heard of. And, they won’t do you a bit of good if you actually want to learn “the art of fiction.”

If you read any of these inter-views, the manifold secrets of writ-ing will not be revealed to you. There’s no moment where Evelyn Waugh says the secret to writing well involves doing seventeen som-ersaults with a mouthful of black olives every morning. There’s no moment where William Faulkner reveals he’s just been dissolving pages of Shakespeare and The Old Testament in bourbon and then downing the mix and praying for osmotic instruction.

So why call those interviews “The Art of Fiction” when they don’t teach you about it? I think it’s because the “art” of fiction (or any writing) is not something sim-ply taught. The thing to under-stand is, by and large, these writ-ers were not sitting down at these interviews as teacher (although plenty of them were teachers). They were sitting down to talk about their work, which was syn-onymous with their art, and both are synonymous with life.

If you’re going to check out these interviews—and if you so much as know what the word “literature” means I would rec-ommend it, since they’re free to read on the Paris Review web-site—you shouldn’t read them for writing tips (although some slip through the cracks, it can’t be helped). You should read them for book tips and life stories and for the glimpse of humor and brilliance that lay behind these workers of their craft.

I will add, in closing, that while these interviews won’t teach you how to write, they may give you an inkling of what it’s like to be a writer, professional or otherwise, and that perspec-tive is invaluable.

Do you know the art of fiction? Tell Sean at sreichard@wisc.edu.

By Nikki Stoutthe daily cardinal

Moonface’s Julia With Blue Jeans On is the kind of album that you listen to once and never forget. It unapolo-getically commands full atten-tion and respect and refuses to back down throughout the last chord. This album is heavy. I mean weight-of-the-world-on-your-shoulders heavy. I mean agonizingly heavy. I mean “it should be impossible for one person and a piano to create

this kind of heaviness” heavy. Apathetic and wise, Julia With Blue Jeans On composes exactly the type of atmosphere for the lost, lonely and misunderstood.

This is art. It isn’t a study jam, it isn’t something you play on your walk to and from class-es, it isn’t something you turn on when friends come over. This is something you listen to when you have absolutely nothing else. Its lyrics are prose-like and poetic, its chords with resonate the power of breaking glass. To play this as background music is to disrespect all of the broken emotion poured into its creation. Full of voice for those who have lost their own, this album stuns.

Mastermind Spencer Krug’s shaking voice and the power of his piano are strong organic forces to be reckoned with. The sound of a man pushed to the edge, eager to express himself,

is such an intimate experi-ence, is almost unwelcoming. Almost. There’s room to relate and say, “I’ve been there,” and it is in this space that the album gets its power. It comes from a place that nobody wants to be or talk about—a volatile, adult place where ideals exist no lon-ger. However, there is still an element of accessibility that brings light to this blackened place of inner turmoil.

This was one of the hardest reviews I’ve ever had to write. To capture the essence of this album and try to explain it to those who haven’t listened to it yet yet is doing a disservice to both the artist himself and this review’s audience. Julia with Blue Jeans On is dark and it’s beautiful, and as a work of art it is nothing short of effective.

Grade: A

THE RECORD ROUTINE

Listen away your blues with the newest Los Campesinos! album

By Conor Murphythe daily cardinal

Wales-based band Los Campesinos! released their fifth album on Tuesday, returning to their witty pop sound in No Blues. The album’s ten tracks feature the six member band displaying perfectly timed lyricism and well developed melodies.

After the 2011 release of Hello Sadness, the band was stuck in a transitory state, try-ing to move on from the nos-talgia-laden first three albums that had sounds of both playful childhood and the continuous journey of life.

However, No Blues has LC!

finding its footing in the world of indie pop, and is one of the most elaborate yet down-to-earth releases of the year.

The dueling vocals of Kim and Gareth David allow for a playful call-and-response feel-ing throughout the album, com-plimenting the variety of instru-mentations that dot the songs.

While the album isn’t quite a shift in direction for the band’s musical stylings, the album has much more refined production, allowing the band members to show off their impressive talents.

“For Flotsam” and “Avocado Baby” are both true to the spirit of LC!, with lit-erary allusions and pound-ing drums pushing along the tracks. They’re well compli-mented by the softer “The Time Before the Last Time.” “Cemetery Gaits” is a return to form for the band, with Gareth David’s vocals working excellently with the two guitar tracks and backing vocals.

The band’s unity is well repr-

ented in the chorus of most every song, with a loud push of noise pop that blends well with each instrument. No song sounds over produced or underplayed, and the band doesn’t come off as cocky or overly boastful of their indie success story.

The album’s last track, “Selling Rope (Swan Dive To Estuary),” is a near-perfect conclusion, illustrating the overall talents of each mem-ber, from piano to drums to bass guitar. With this six-min-ute finale, the band gracefully says goodbye to the listener, with nostalgia and tongue-in-cheek writing that sends the experience off on a high note.

If you’ve never listened to LC! before, listen to this album immediately. If you are a major fan of LC!, or even if you’ve hated their pop-laced indie rock, listen to it anyways. It’s a fine offering from one of the most cohesive and consis-tent bands of the last ten years.

Grade: A

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Wisconsin basketball season previewmen’s basketball

Games to watchFlorida, nov. 12

Unless North Florida pulls off a spectacular upset, Wisconsin’s first official home opponent will be a legitimate top 10 team in the form of Florida.

The Gators physically dominat-ed the Badgers last year, and this game will serve as an early test to see if this Wisconsin team can com-pete with elite opponents.

marquette, Dec. 7Wisconsin will play host to

this year’s edition of the I-94 rivalry, hoping to break a two game losing streak to their chief in-state rival.

The Golden Eagles are going through transitions on and off the court, losing their top three players by minutes from last season and moving to the reborn, anti-football Big East conference.

indiana, away Jan. 14, home Feb. 25

Wisconsin has owned Indiana in the last several years, rocking a 12 game winning streak against one of college basketball’s historic powers. Head coach Tom Crean’s recruiting class once again ranks as one of the nation’s elite.

The home date with the Hoosiers stands to be the final tough match-up on the regular season schedule.

michigan, home Jan. 18, away Feb. 16

Everyone is going to bring up Ben Brust’s buzzer beater when Michigan returns to the Kohl Center to avenge it’s two losses to the Badgers last year.

The Wolverines lost consen-sus National Player of the Year point guard Trey Burke to the NBA draft, but return with pre-season All-American sophomore forward Mitch McGary.

michigan State, Feb. 9The No. 2 preseason ranked

Spartans will bring a loaded ros-ter into the Kohl Center, featuring two NBA first-round prospects in senior center Adreian Payne and sophomore guard Gary Harris.

This matchup stands as the Badgers’ best chance to replicate last year’s Michigan moment this season, giving UW a potential boost coming into the final month of the year.

Compiled by Jack BaerGasser’s returnLosing junior guard Josh

Gasser to a preseason ACL tear last year was a big blow and created some confusion at the point guard position early in the season. By all accounts, Gasser is almost fully recov-ered and stands to play a major role this season.

“I’m feeling better each day, each week, seeing progress. I’m not necessarily where I want to be mentally or physically, but everyone else thinks I’m doing alright,” Gasser said. “If it was up to me, I’d play as much as I can, so I feel ready to go.”

To his teammates, Gasser’s play at the Red-White scrim-mage last Saturday backed up this assertion.

“That is the most confident I’ve seen him play,” sophomore forward Sam Dekker said. “He’s looked great and more comfort-able each and every day.”

ACL tears are a difficult injury to come back from. It may be a while until Gasser fully trusts his injured leg with agressive cuts.

The number of minutes Gasser plays against Florida should be telling. A low amount could indicate reluctance from the staff to have him play full time, even against a potential top 10 opponent.

Look for Gasser’s minutes to increase as the season progresses.

backcourt heavyThis year’s team figures to

be much more backcourt heavy than usual, with center Jared Berggren and forwards Mike Bruesewitz and Ryan Evans all graduating after last season.

Three guards who regis-tered major minutes last year, Traevon Jackson, Ben Brust and George Marshall, return to the team. Along with Gasser’s recovery, the position is argu-ably one of the deepest in the Big Ten.

Meanwhile, the frontcourt will be reliant on a few more unknown sources for depth behind Dekker and junior cen-ter Frank Kaminsky.

Nevertheless, the team expects the offense to hold its trademark discipline and effi-ciency, even if it comes at a slightly faster pace.

“We might play a little small-er this year. We have some good depth in the backcourt, so that could lead to us playing a little faster, a little smaller lineup,” Gasser said. “No matter who we have out there, we’re all expect-ed to do the same things.”

Taking advantage of the team’s strengths is something Wisconsin has made a point of doing during head coach Bo Ryan’s 12-year tenure at UW.

“Whatever ways the match-ups work out, we’re going to exploit that,” Dekker said.

big freshman classBo Ryan brought in six freshmen—a fairly high

number—this year, and some of them figure to rack up a high number of minutes.

Forwards Nigel Hayes (an ESPN top 100 recruit) and Vitto Brown (a pretty good singer) are both

expected to register time thanks to the thin front-court. Guard Bronson Koenig should

also get in on the action, even given the extensive depth the team has at guard.

“We all knew Nigel and Bronson were some household

names coming in and they’ve shown us that they’ll be able to get some minutes down the line and help us out this season big time,” Gasser said.

Projected starting lineup:

C Frank Kaminsky, Jr.

F Sam Dekker, So.

G Josh Gasser, Jr.

G ben brust, Sr.

G traevon Jackson, Jr.

Projected bench:F nigel Hayes, Fr.

F Duje Dukan, Jr.

F Vitto brown, Fr.

G George marshall, So.

G bronson Koenig, Fr.

F Zach bohannon, Sr.

G Zak Showalter, So. C evan anderson, Jr.

Under head coach Bo Ryan, less is more. Written off year after year, the Badgers have never finished lower than fourth in the Big Ten under his leadership. This season looks promising yet again as 2013’s highly touted recruiting class joins a veteran group. The Daily Cardinal has you covered, outlining everything you need to know before Wisconsin opens preseason play tonight against UW-Platteville at home.

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Sophomore forward Sam Dekker, left, and junior center Frank Kaminsky, right, both look to play large roles for the Badgers this season. They join a deep group of guards, including junior Josh Gasser, who sat out last year with an injury.

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