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By Hallie MellendorfTHE DAILY CARDINAL
The first joke is always free at Dynamite Dave’s comedy desk.
Dave “Dynamite” Hendrickson is a familiar face to Madison resi-dents, as he frequently sets up shop in front of Elizabeth Link Peace Park on the 400 block of State Street to tell jokes to passersby. Why? Just to see them smile, he says.
The adopted son of a preach-er, Hendrickson often wears black pants, a white button-down dress shirt and one or more rosa-ries around his neck. By look-ing at him, one might not guess Hendrickson is homeless.
“Everything you see, every-thing on my body was given to me, either from telling jokes or from God,” Hendrickson said.
Hendrickson feeds himself with the money he collects from telling jokes. He accepts only what his customers find his jokes to be worth, which can vary dra-matically from day to day.
“One day I sat here seven hours and I did not put any food in my pocket, if you follow what I’m trying to say,” Hendrickson said. “But in seven hours I talked to several people like yourself. I didn’t feed myself, but truthfully that was the best day I ever had.”
Midway through our inter-view, a Subway employee approached Hendrickson and set a sandwich at his side, the sort of act Hendrickson said he depends upon to survive.
As a recovering alcoholic and a self-proclaimed “walking mira-cle,” Hendrickson is grateful for any and all generosities that come his way.
One year ago, Hendrickson approximates he was drinking a quart of vodka a day. He was hospitalized on several occasions and a frequent visitor to detox.
Then, during the first week in November last year, some-thing changed.
“God cut vodka off,”
Hendrickson said. “I had plenty of money in my pocket, the liquor store was still there and, truth-fully, I was mad.”
A few weeks later, Hendrickson reluctantly board-ed a Badger Bus headed toward Milwaukee and a treatment cen-ter that awaited him there, where he was put to work and unable to indulge in alcohol.
“The 90 days I spent in that treatment center were truth-fully the worst 90 days of life,” Hendrickson said. “But if it wasn’t for the treatment center I wouldn’t be breathing or talking to you right now. I’d be dead. Or drunk. But if I was drunk I might as well be dead.”
Hendrickson credits God for his stretch of continued sobriety, which will reach 11 months next week.
As long as the weather holds out, anyone who wants to hear his or her own joke can find Dynamite Dave at his “desk” on State Street.
Meet Dave Hendrickson
Eager for smiles, “Dynamite Dave” charms the sidewalks of State Street and is never short jokes or reverence for the Lord.
VOC officials, vendors hope to compromise
Still singingON THE COURT
Coach, players and fans alike unite in singing the time-honored “Varsity” during the UW Women’s Volleyball loss to Penn State Wednesday night at the Kohl Center. + Photo by Grey Satterfield
By Irene BurskiTHE DAILY CARDINAL
Madison food trucks soon may be able to legally set up shop even earlier before the Dane County Farmers’ Market, accord-ing to a proposal adopted by the Vending Oversight Committee at a Tuesday meeting.
While not permitted by law, food vendors at recent Farmers’
Markets have been setting up their carts and trucks in the late hours of Friday night and early hours of Saturday morn-ing before the legally permissible 5 a.m. rather than towing their carts home in between food vend-ing times. The new standard is
causing dilemmas for Madison Police and the city, according to Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4.
“The police have raised some concerns about a proliferation of food cart vendors setting up around the Capitol Square on Friday nights many hours before the Farmers’ Market opens on Saturday mornings,” Verveer said. “And so the food carts sit there unattended for hours at a time, including dur-ing that busy time around [when the bars close].”
Citing an increase in popular-ity for the Capitol Square area bars and restaurants, Verveer noted the potential for instances of unattended cart vandalism from intoxicated individuals.
“We’re trying to accommodate the Farmers’ Market vendors and allow them additional leeway to set up their carts early,” Verveer said, citing 3 a.m. as the proposed compromise for a new permis-sible time, pending Common Council’s approval.
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Circuit Court rules on John Doe injunctionThe 7th Circuit U.S. Court
of Appeals overturned a feder-al district court judge’s injunc-tion on Wisconsin’s John Doe investigation into illegal cam-paign financing Wednesday.
The district court judge originally issued the injunc-tion blocking the state of Wisconsin from investigating whether “certain persons” have violated the state’s cam-paign finance laws, according to court documents.
The documents indicate the injunction goes against the Anti-Injunction Act, which says a U.S. court may not grant an injunction to stay state court proceedings unless it is autho-rized by an Act of Congress, aiding in jurisdictional issues or necessary to protecting or
enforcing judgements.“We hold that this case
does not present a situation in which state proceedings may be displaced,” 7th Circuit Judge Frank Easterbrook wrote.
Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm orig-inally requested this probe after concluding a political campaign committee may have been coordinating fund-raising and expenditures with an independent group.
Eric O’Keefe, a Wisconsin Club for Growth manager, received a subpoena requiring him to produce documents for the investigation. A January rul-ing found the evidence was not necessary to the investigation.
Francis Schmitz, a special prosecutor in the case, then
asked the Wisconsin Court of Appeals to reverse the lower court’s ruling.
O’Keefe then filed the federal lawsuit, asking for an injunction to halt the investigation permanently, whether or not the prosecutor could establish a violation of Wisconsin law.
U.S. District Court Judge Rudolph Randa ordered the injunction in May, saying the First Amendment forbids penalties for political coor-dination and any attempt by the state to learn what kind of coordination occurred.
Wednesday’s ruling found the injunction was an abuse of discretion and the defendants were not liable.
—Dana Kampa
UHS to offer flu shots for studentsWith flu season approaching,
UW-Madison issued a recom-mendation for all students to receive the influenza vaccina-tion last Wednesday, according to a university press release.
Multiple University Health Services clinics will be avail-able beginning Friday for stu-dents, while those for faculty and staff started Sept. 17.
Student health fees cover immunizations for students while employees will receive their vaccination through their health insurance program.
“It’s better to get vaccinated early in the fall before the flu
season really gets underway,” UHS Executive Director Sarah Van Orman said in the release.
The body takes about two weeks after the shot is admin-istered to develop the antibod-ies necessary to protect itself, according to Van Orman.
Other ways to prevent the flu, the common cold and other ailments include regular hand washing and not sharing food and drinks with others, according to the release. Symptoms of influen-za typically include fever, sore throat, cough, fatigue, runny nose and headaches.
Mike Verveeralder
District 4
“We’re trying to accommo-date the Farmers’ Market vendors and allow them
additional leeway.”
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Future of recently created Green Fund uncertainBy Maija InveissTHEDAILYCARDINAL
Associated Students of Madison Student Council addressed unexpected issues with the recently established Green Fund Wednesday. The complications have left the dis-tribution of grants uncertain.
The Green Fund was created last year through the ASM bylaws to give funding for sustainable projects benefitting the student
body. ASM created the Green Fund Allocation Board to distrib-ute the $80,000 in the fund to Registered Student Organizations that apply for grants.
Last year, the GFAB received eight total applica-tions and approved six. Finance Committee Chair Mary Prunty at a meeting Wednesday said grant decisions needed to be put on hold because of issues relat-
ing to rules on allocating segre-gated fees.
The rules contained in a document called F50 that was created by the UW Board of Regents, govern how allocable segregated fees can and cannot be distributed. According to the F50, segregated fees cannot go to normal, campus-wide activi-ties and functions.
The UW Office of Legal Affairs determined three of the six approved grants violated F50 because the grants required items that were considered under the use of a specific department. Some examples were solar panels on academic buildings and reusable univer-sity dining boxes.
“Anything that we buy that we give to another depart-ment is under the responsibil-ity of that department to get themselves so that would be under campus-wide activities,” Prunty said.
This type of expenditure is new, so Prunty expects it will take awhile to fully figure out a system due to some RSOs’ lack of previous relationships with ASM. Prunty said because of the unexpected problems with the Green Fund, three grants were left unfilled.
She said a goal is to continue
discussion with the legal office and other parties on campus to figure out how to proceed with the Green Fund. Currently, there are two options for the future of the Green Fund: one is
to restructure the Green Fund to stop grants that work with departments and the other is to find new sources for fund-ing projects that go against F50, according to Prunty.
Student council also dis-cussed a student input session for the Diversity Framework Implementation that the Ad Hoc Diversity Planning Committee is scheduled to host Oct. 14.
State Street Mall, Bascom steps near completion
The days of navigating orange barriers and black rubber sidewalks on the labyrinth-like treks to class will soon be over as construc-tion on State Street Mall and the Bascom Hill staircase approaches completion.
Work on the staircase, which will join the north and south sidewalks on the hill, is sched-uled to finish around the first week in October, according to a university release.
The stairs will be angled southward so they connect the otherwise misaligned State Street and Bascom Hill, bridg-ing the two iconic landmarks.
In addition to finishing stone facing on the staircase’s retaining wall, workers also have yet to install handrails and finalize landscaping on the Bascom Hill project.
Construction on State Street Mall awaits concrete and the installation of a few large plant-ers, which will take several more weeks but should be fin-ished by the end of next month.
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Ald.MikeVerveer,District4,discussesaproposalallowingadditionalleewayforfoodvendorstosetuptheirfoodcartsearlieronFarmers’MarketSaturdays.
Waukesha County judge throws out new ballot lawsuit
A Waukesha County judge dis-missed a Republican challenge to the Government Accountability Board’s template for this fall’s elec-tion ballots Wednesday.
Judge James Kieffer said Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’, R-Rochester, and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald’s, R-Juneau, campaign committees did not have standing to file the suit, according to a WisPolitics.com article.
The judge ruled the two legisla-tors should have filed a complaint with the GAB before filing a lawsuit.
Republicans argued the new bal-lots favored Democrats and could cause confusion among voters.
Joseph Olson, Vos and Fitzgerald’s lawyer, said in the release the legislators filed the lawsuit because filing a complaint with the GAB was “obviously a futile process.”
Assistant Attorney General Christopher Blythe represented the GAB.
“Even if it would be futile, that is what the statutes say you have to do,” Blythe said in the article. “It’s black-letter law.”
Olson indicated they had not yet decided whether to appeal the county judge’s decision or file the complaint.
Coordinator Warren Hansen, earlier time for food cart vendors should also cut down congestion and traffic hazards between food cart ven-dors and the approximately 185 Farmers’ Market vendors that arrive at the same time.
Although committee mem-bers favored the time change without contention, a proposal regarding food vendor fees was left unresolved in the abbrevi-ated meeting.
“I would suggest that we put on our thinking caps for the next meeting,” said Committee
Chair Sara Richards.The Vending Oversight
Committee will meet again next week to wrap up the Food Review Process, the way by which city officials determine where the food cart vendors can set up shop in the down-town area.
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Attorney General candidates Brad Schimel and Susan Happ set new October debate datesThe state’s two candidates
for attorney general will debate at least two more times before November, giving Wisconsinites a few final chances to cowmpare the top cop hopefuls.
The candidates, Waukesha
County District Attorney Brad Schimel and Jefferson County District Attorney Susan Happ, will have two scheduled debates.
The two additional debates will be held Oct. 12 and Oct. 29. Mike Gousha will host the first debate,
which will be available for state-wide broadcast. The Wisconsin State Bar Association, WISC-TV and WisPolitcs.com will host the latter debate in Madison.
“I look forward to explaining my plans to put public safety
ahead of politics and allow-ing voters the opportunity to contrast that with the activ-ist approach of my opponent,” Schimel said in a release.
Josh Lease, Happ’s campaign manager, said in a release they
are also working with sponsors to confirm one additional debate.
“We’re anxious for the vot-ers to be able to see the candi-dates side by side and compare their positions,” Lease said in the release.
SegregatedfeeallocationtosustainabilityprojectshaltedduetoUWlegalityissues
ASMFinanceCommitteeChairMaryPruntysaidduetoanissueregardingthedistributionofstudentsegregatedfees,arestructuringoftheGreenFundmaybenecessary.
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Mary Pruntyfinancecommitteechair
ASM
“Anything that we buy that we give to another depart-
ment is under the responsi-bility of that department.”
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McCarthy halftime speech marred by probable shartBy Kane KaimanThe Daily CarDinal
Mike McCarthy’s rousing halftime speech during the Detroit Lions game Sunday lost some of its inspirational momentum when, mid-sen-tence, the Green Bay Packers head coach loudly farted in front of his player audience.
With the Packers facing a five-point deficit on the road during a critical NFC North Division contest, a success-ful motivational speech was crucial for team moral. And McCarthy was whipping his players into a frenzy.
“Coach McCarthy was talking about how we’re a come-from-behind team,” quarterback Aaron Rodgers said. “He was talking about our toughness. And the guys were responding well to what Coach was saying.”
“He had us really fired up. A lot of guys were slapping each other’s pads and knock-ing helmets,” wide receiver Jordy Nelson said. “But, all of the sudden the room went dead silent.”
The fart was “very wet,” according to locker room sources.
McCarthy, who had been shouting and pounding his fist into his hand only moments before, stopped speaking abruptly. After a few moments of silence, he turned from the group and walked briskly out of the room, leaving behind a bewil-dered Packers football team.
“Well, it kind of took the wind out of our sails,” line-backer Clay Matthews said. “It was hard to look the guys in the eye after that.”
The incident had a pro-found effect on the rest of the football game.
“The guys were sort of mortified when we took the field again,” Rodgers said. “I was a bit deflated myself.”
The Packers did not score a single point after halftime.
“Their guys were all jacked up, and our side of the field was completely silent,” offen-sive tackle Bryan Bulaga said. “And then the game just sort of slipped away from us.”
Packers players have spec-ulated McCarthy defecated in his pants.
“Dude shit himself,” nick-elback Jarrett Bush said. “From the way it went down, yeah. He shit his pants.”
“He’s always eating. Always,” fullback John Kuhn added. “Nasty food, too. Chili and microwave taquitos, stuff like that.”
McCarthy rejoined the team shortly after the start of the second half, emerging from the tunnel in a fresh pair of blue jeans.
He tried to get his players motivated again.
“Coach was really active on the sidelines, more than usual,” Matthews said. “He was talking everybody up and giving out high fives. A lot of guys left him hanging.”
“He’s got these new pants on, and he thinks every-thing’s cool,” Bush said. “It wasn’t cool, Coach. That shit messed me up.”
McCarthy declined to comment on the incident but advised reporters to avoid Roundy’s Brand Taquitos at all costs.
By Dylan AndersonThe Daily CarDinal
Freshman Ryan LaDouch recently was initiated into Turkish brotherhood SUC, and has already made over 100 new best friends, according to campus sources.
The brotherhood is a part of a national network of chapters that recruit members to uphold the val-ues of Turkish culture as well as to become lifelong friends. LaDouch decided to join after he felt like he could not receive an authentic col-lege experience over the next four to five years from the friends he had made on his Sellery 10B floor alone.
“I know what you’re thinking; Turkish culture? Really?” LaDouch explained to his buddies from his hometown of Northbrook, Ill. “But it’s actually awesome. All of my new brothers love me already, and I can tell from their stories that I won’t be able to keep women off of me. Next year, we’re all going to live in this sick house together. I’m not sure why, but there are really comfy
ottomans everywhere in it.”LaDouch has begun emulating
fellow SUC members in all walks of life, from their style of dress, to their spoken nuances to even having a matching cover photo on Facebook.
“It may seem crazy that I’ve made this many friends this quick-ly, but this is legit. The real deal. All these guys have my back for sure.” LaDouch told Daily Cardinal reporters. “We have been doing a lot of Islamic stuff, since it is the most prominent religion in Turkey, which is a bit unusual for me since I went to Catholic school growing up. I guess I just won’t tell my parents about that part.”
At press time, LaDouch’s enthu-siasm has curbed slightly upon his realization that he will have to act as a footrest for his superiors and pay dues of nearly $1,000 before being completely initiated in the winter but he assured himself and others that this will be a worth-while investment that will make him proud for decades to come.
Freshman makes dozens of new friends with Turkish brotherhood
Jordy Nelsonwide receiver
Green Bay Packers
“All of the sudden the room went dead silent.”
John Kuhnfullback
Green Bay Packers
“He’s always eating. Always.”
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The Green Bay Packers came out flat in the third quarter. head coach Mike McCarthy came out in a new pair of pants.
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New stilt walking exhibit stands tallBy Yeonju OhTHE DAILY CARDINAL
The Ruth Davis Design Gallery at University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Human Ecology is pleased to pres-ent “Laura Anderson Barbata: Transcommunality,” from Sept. 19 to Nov. 21.
The exhibition documents the work of Mexican-born, New York-based artist Laura Anderson Barbata, which prin-cipally focuses on the decade-long project she undertook with stilt-walking communities from Trinidad to Tobago, and Mexico to Brooklyn. Her project high-lights the diverse cultures and vitality of the installation art through stilt walking.
Through artistic inventions during special events, carnival competitions, workshops and out-reach programs, diverse groups can produce social ideals and gain respect for cultural heritage.
Barbata hopes to share vari-ous stories behind her artwork. The artwork presented in the exhibition widely ranges from textile-based to sculpture objects, as well as photographs, videos and projections that doc-ument the collaborative nature of the exhibition.
Stilt walking is a form of instal-lation art, and setting up installa-
tion art may be more challenging than any other art form. Spanning from 17 feet tall to 11 inches small, the art works presented by Barbata are no exceptions.
Liese Pfeifer, a director of the Gallery, was responsible for designing the show and putting everything up for the exhibition within the gallery, frequently using the tools like sketch-ups. Pfeifer says that putting up this particular exhibitwas very chal-lenging, but the most fun assem-blage so far.
“What was unique about this exhibit is that it is like a big puz-zle. It came with eight crates, and another 18 stands,” Pfeifer said. “Physically it was huge.”
“It’s very different from see-ing two dimensional work on the wall,” Pfeifer said. “Part of what installation art does is to create an environment. As a viewer, when you walk in here, you get a body response, which is totally fitting for what it is.”
Each exhibition is meant to tell distinctive stories.
“For exhibition of Wall Street toward the back part of the gal-lery, you feel you are small,” Pfeifer said. “It makes you feel really insignificant, which is per-fect for what story it is.”
With different stories, each exhibit represents documenta-
tions of the performances. “Transcommunality” also
attempts to tackle diversity in the university setting, and the Ruth Davis Design Gallery con-tinuously seeks to take different approaches of art for the univer-sity and Madison community.
“Our mission is to serve the students first, and the UW professionals, and we also add
Madison as the whole,” Pfeifer said. “It is important to have exhi-bition opportunities to the stu-dents to show the diverse subject matter, and what we have shown has been very diverse.”
In addition, there will be a public exhibition, co-sponsored by the UW Arts Institute with music by Golpe Tierra, perfor-mances by Madison stilt walk-
ers and exhibition of Latin American, Caribbean and West African textiles from the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection and refreshments, which will take place Sept. 28 from 3 to 5 p.m. There also will be a talk by the artist from 2 to 3 p.m.
The Gallery’s hours are Tuesday to Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
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Utilizing a variety of materials and media, Lauren Anderson Barbata portrays the lives and practices of stilt walkers, hailing from places as disparate as Brooklyn, Mexico and Tobago.
Rap quadrumvirate descend on Majestic Theatre FridayBy Brandon DanialTHE DAILY CARDINAL
The Majestic Theatre will be hosting Ab-Soul, along with Bas, EarthGang, and UW student CRASHprez Friday, Sept. 26, for what looks to be one of the biggest hip-hop concerts this fall.
Ab-Soul is signed to southern California record label Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE), and is a member of Black Hippy, a group formed by Ab-Soul and his label-mates Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolboy Q and Jay Rock. Soul may be over-shadowed by his more acclaimed companions, but his work is any-thing but inferior. Described as
“an actual human dictionary” by Q and a “nerdy, wizardish genius” by Lamar, Ab-Soul is the brains behind Black Hippy. Ab-Soul’s style is lyrically the most intricate of his counterparts.
Ab-Soul’s mind isn’t just stuffed with words, it’s also full of concepts and ideas, as he raps over a plethora of issues, ranging from politics and modern affairs, to the human mind and drugs. Soul has released three studio albums (Longterm Mentality, Control System and most recent-ly These Days) all of which have received generally positive reviews from critics. Ab-Soul
represents the overlooked sibling within the TDE brotherhood. But with the confidence to write “I used to wanna rap like Jay-Z, now I feel I can run laps around Jay-Z,” it’s difficult to disregard his alpha-male characteristics.
Abbas Hamad, a.k.a. Bas, is a rapper from Queens, N.Y. His first studio album Last Winter was released in April. It’s rare to see an artist premiere with a con-cept album, but on Last Winter, Bas makes an attempt at his very own Illmatic (the classic album by Nas), describing his life and expe-riences in New York. His smooth delivery in his verses easily trans-
lates his New York lifestyle into enjoyable music.
EarthGang is an under-ground rap duo from Atlanta, Ga. They released new mix-tape, Shallow Graves For Toys, at the beginning of September. The duo embodies the style of fellow Atlanta native group Outkast, with a rowdy, more bleakly humorous sound to color their overall themes. The duo seem to have a dedicated focus on production, as each song sports a unique and catchy beat. Whether it’s the sound or the lyrics, EarthGang is bound to catch your interest.
Lastly, we have fellow UW stu-dent Michael Penn II, under the rap alias CRASHprez. Perhaps the darkest of the performers, CRASHprez uses his music as a stage for social commentary, sharp wordplay, and dark humor. Prez rocks a uniquely twisted style with plenty of room to grow for the vig-orous 20-year-old. His mixtape fear itself was released in January.
The Majestic will overflow with lyrical prowess Thursday night, as Ab-Soul and his opening acts will surely create a night full of good music and lasting impressions.
Michael Penn is a member of The Daily Cardinal editorial board.
RECORD ROUTINE
Leonard Cohen creaks through new album
By Rose LundyTHE DAILY CARDINAL
Upon hearing Popular Problems by Leonard Cohen for the first time, I must admit I was not that impressed. I am famil-iar with Cohen’s music and have never been a huge fan, but he has been around for a long time—this is his 13th studio album since his debut in 1967—so I figured there must be merit to his music.
The reason it takes a bit of time to get into Cohen’s music is because
you have to get used to the way he sings: in a half-spoken-half-sung monotone voice. Scratchy and gravelly, the Montreal native sounds like he just rolled out of bed, putting his voice in stark con-trast to his smooth, bluesy back up singers. But once I accepted that Cohen is more of a poet than a singer, the musical structure was easier to grasp.
“A Street” starts out with organ hits as Cohen rumbles “I used to be your favorite drunk/ Good for one more laugh/Then we both ran out of luck/Luck was all we ever had.” The horns come in to back up gospel sing-ers and soon the track becomes a full-blown ballad, recit-ing “The party’s over/But I’ve landed on my feet.” These two lines sum up the melancholy yet hopeful themes throughout Popular Problems.
The best song of the album
is another example of battling themes by sounding uplifting and engaging even as it paints a pretty harsh picture. “Did I Ever Love You” ties together southwestern chugging percussion, bluegrass guitar plucking, Irish violin inter-ludes and sweet choir harmonies. Cohen’s growl takes on a vulnera-ble sense of yearning, as he rasps out “Did I ever leave you/Was I ever able/Or are we still leaning/Across the old table.”
After listening to Popular Problems I’ve learned that each song sets a tone. Cohen is much more interested in the portrait his words paint than melodies or guitar riffs. This doesn’t make for terribly exciting tracks to lis-ten to musically, but it is clear that Cohen has something to say and that music is a platform for his poetry.
Rating: B-
Popular Problems
Leonard Cohen
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6 • Weekend, September 25-28, 2014 dailycardinal.com • 7BAR GUIDE
Sometimes we have to pretend to be “real” adults out of neces-sity. Job interviews, meeting one’s significant other’s parents, you know the drill—as soon as said event is done, you’re back on the couch catching up on “Arthur” and washing bites of build-your-own pizza Lunchables down with a few Rolling Rocks. But let’s be real with ourselves—no one can live in this fleeting paradise forever.
When you’re ready to put your fancy pants on, there’s no place better than the ever-sophisticat-ed Paul’s Club. It’s got every-thing to make you feel like you earn at least $40,000 a year—dim
lighting, a jukebox full of vari-ous Adult Contemporary hits, and several sets of super comfy leather couches.
Don’t worry about feeling overwhelmed, though—their $2 pints of PBR and the enormous fake tree in the middle of the room make sure things aren’t kept too real.
—Haley Henschel and Paul Sorenson*
(*not actually THE Paul, as far as we
know)
PAUL'S CLUB
Allow me to wax poetic about “the Plaz” for a second, please. This establishment is all about the basics: woodsy Wisconsin murals above the vinyl booths, trusty bar regu-lars playing pool every night, famil-iar utilitarian long islands served at lightning speed no matter how packed the place gets on Thursdays. The Plaza is the dependable old dad of the Madison bar scene: cheap, cash-only, drunk by 10 p.m., a hoot and a half. It has elicited a bit of a “hipster” or “humanities student” reputation as of late, but it would be doing the place a disservice to pigeonhole it. That being said, here are a few pickles (pickles … hmmm … is here a good place to plug the
famous Plazaburgers?) you may find yourself in after Tim the bouncer has thoroughly checked your ID: —Possible draft pick into a random local senior bowling league.—Serving as a tie-breaker in a yay or nay conversation re: dreadlocks.—Introduction to someone you’ve seen through Instagram cree-pin’ because your friend from Art History’s roommate from freshman year might have been published in the same magazine as them.—Witnessing an entire room of people pretend not to know every damn word to “Pony” by Ginuwine for about five seconds before let-ting it fly.
—Marina Oliver
THE
PLAZATAVERN
Bar whose atmosphere makes you feel most like a grown-ass adult
We at The Daily Cardinal know that if there’s one thing to take away from Madison’s bar scene, it’s that it’s never short on memorable nights (and days) out. Here are our picks for the most scrumptious drinks, most eccentric personalities and best one-of-a-kind hot spots.
Least judgmental bar with the most judgmental patrons
The Plaza Tavern is revered for its long islands and Plazaburgers.
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The swanky setting and cool blue lighting set the scene at Blue Velvet Lounge.
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THURSDAY SPECIALS
2 for 1 rails$4 pitchers of Miller and Coors$2 Fireball and Jamo shots$3 Vodka Red Bulls$3 Vegas bombs
602 University Ave.Madison, WI
(608) 256-5204
BLUE VELVET LOUNGEBar with the best answer to the question, “Yeah?”
This place has EVERYTHING — wall-to-wall mirrors, ethe-real, smoky-blue lights, a floor, pleather booths covered in strips of duct tape, and a bartender whose spirit animal is definitely
a Pitbull with hair. Their Miley Cyrus shots, choice selection of craft brews and $5 martinis all day Tuesday will transport you to a fantasy world that will have you saying, “Damn, these bath-
rooms are nice.”All that, and an upstairs dance
floor that’s packed with people shaking it to Salsa music at Badger Latin Night every Thursday.
—Haley Henschel
CITY BARMost ~mystical ~ bar in all the land
facilis descensus Averno: “The path to hell is easy.” The path to City Bar is easy, too, although beyond the red lights running along the ceiling beams, there’s nothing particularly hell-ish about the place.
The underground bar’s beer selection is varied and constant-ly rotating, including a “Beer of the Month” sold at a perennially marked down price, irrespective of time and they boast a good range of spirits (self-infused
vodka, decent selection of scotches and bourbons with a few choice rye whiskeys). Specials are different everyday; though don’t miss Tuesday game nights, where the darts are free!
—Sean Reichard
On Tuesdays, step down into City Bar for a few rounds of Mario Kart on Nintendo 64.
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the church keyBest bar to go to if you hate lines and love
cheap beer, like any sane human beingDo you ever wish for a bar you
could go to at any time, whether it was 2 p.m. on a Tuesday or pri-metime on a Saturday night, and not have to wait in an obnoxious line to get in?
Well, fellow line-haters, the Church Key, located conve-niently on University Avenue,
is the place for you. Be sure to check out the upstairs loft, which has room for dancing to an eclectic mix that varies from those 90s hits you forgot existed to the newest Nicki Minaj/Sir Mix-a-Lot combo. Don’t miss out on drinking as many $3 Bud Light pitchers as possible on
Thursday nights.Unless you happen to go the
one night when a new bouncer is training (don’t worry buddy, we forgive you), guzzling down your beverage of choice inside Church Key is never more than a few minutes away.
—Sam Cusick
The only piano bar in downtown Madison, the Ivory Room is not the kind of place you go to find a quiet evening of fulfilling conversation.
However, if you’re in the mood for old-timey tunes, piano rendi-tions of Jason Derulo’s “Talk Dirty,” and singing at the top of your lungs because no one can hear you any-way, you must visit the Ivory Room.
While it’s hard to be a regular unless you have an affinity for hear-ing “Piano Man” every night, Ivory Room is sure to delight on the occa-sional visit. Plus, you can take your parents here! Besides the random
raunchy tune directed at a bach-elorette perched atop the pianos, the Ivory Room should be classy enough for a night on the town with most moms and dads.
At five dollars on Fridays and Saturdays, the cover charge can seem steep relative to other bars’ lack thereof, but you can bypass the fee by buying a drink at the adjacent Buck and Badger or Capital Tap Haus and presenting your receipt to the bouncer.
Disclaimer: They don’t let you play the piano.
—Adelina Yankova
Bar with the sassiest entertainment
No visit to Diego’s Mexican Bistro is complete without a margarita.
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DIEGO'S MEXICAN BISTRO
Best bar in the guise of a restaurantNow that the Plaza upped its
price for long islands a whole 50 cents (still love you tho), Diego’s may have the best drink deal in Madison—99-cent margaritas on Tuesdays. To quote the great Bill Shakespeare: Though their price be but small, the amount of tequila they pour in those babies is fierce. The only thing I would change? Screw the plastic cups, attach a hose to one of those mar-garita machines and charge me
by the hour to slurp down that delicious neon-green libation.
Not in the mood for a margari-ta (you monster)? Snag a free shot if you sing karaoke on Saturdays, or purchase a very reasonably priced beer from their wide selec-tion of imports any day of the week. As for Diego’s cuisine, any place that lets you make a meal out of guacamole gets a gold star in my book.
—Haley Henschel
I like purple. Purple is a good color. I find it reassuring that
there’s a place that under-stands so thoroughly that,
yeah, purple is good, which is why they keep
the colored lights on every night, to
cloak the space in a kind of
p u r p l e haze.
It also, reassuringly, serves qual-ity everything, from microbrews to cocktails. It also sports one of the most interesting drink specials in Madison: the Drink ’n’ Draw. Come in every Tuesday and draw a pic-ture that meshes with that week’s theme and you’ll be rewarded with a pint of PBR—though the bartend-er calls it FreeBR.
—Sean Reichard
AMY'S CAFEBest bar that happens to be purple
BRASSERIE VIt’s hard to go wrong with any of the sips in Brasserie V’s collection of beers.
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Bar with the best, semi-overwhelming beer list“Eat good food, drink better
veer.” Brasserie V, located over on Monroe Street is your new secret place to bring anyone and everyone you want to impress, maybe including yourself when you deserve a treat.
Whether that treat may be one of the best burgers voted in
Madison or picking from one of constantly changing beers on tap (of which there are over 200 at a given time), you will walk away satisfied. With its warm lights, dark wood, and wrap-around bar (always seat-ing a regular or two), you’ll feel like a local as soon as you sit
down. So make the trek, order a beer or two and spoil yourself.
—Alice Walker-
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Gone are the days of teh Saturday Serf session to burn off and sweat out beverages consumed the night before if a new Madison business has anything to say about it. Capitol Pedaler owners are ushering in the era of exercising while you drink.
Capitol Pedaler owns and operates two human-powered, 14-passenger bicycle pubs in the downtown area and near-west side, which they rent out to groups searching for a new Madison bar experience. A licensed driver controls steering and braking.
Two former Madison Police Department employees opened the business in 2011, hoping the growing European “beer bike” trend would catch on in Madison.
However, until this past spring, founders Linda Besser, a retired detective, and Sandy Theune, a retired lieutenant, were legally prohibited from allowing passengers to consume alcohol on board. Capitol Pedalers were simply a novel transportation option to and from bars.
That is, until Gov. Scott Walker signed a law in December 2013 authorizing municipalities to independently rule on the legality of consumption aboard pedal taverns in their respective jurisdictions, provided they not exceed 36
ounces of “fermented malt beverages.”
Madison’s Common Council then passed an ordinance April 29 permitting Capitol Pedaler customers to consume no more than 24 ounces, the equivalent of two beers, while on board, which manager Emily Wirkus said boosted business.
“We saw a huge increase this summer,” she said.
According to their website, Capitol Pedaler also allows wine, but not hard liquor.
Educating passengers about the specificity of drinking laws is now a loftier concern in lieu of the new allowance.
For example, Wirkus said “they can have beer on the bike, and they can have beer at the bar, but when you step foot on the ground, it becomes an open intoxicant.”
Wirkus listed bachelorette parties as the most frequently
booked events, followed closely by birthday celebrations and bachelor parties.
Capitol Pedaler also offers mixer nights for those with fewer than 14 people in their party to cycle and sip together, according to its website.
“It’s a lot of fun,” Wirkus said. “It’s exercising while drinking while socializing.”
A 0.02 legal blood alcohol content restriction applies to the driver, who is also prohibited from consuming such beverages while operating the vehicle.
Capitol Pedaler offers 10 tour slots on the weekends, and eight on weekdays.
Wirkus said bookings will be available through the first weekend in November, when Capitol Pedaler will take its winter hiatus. The exact reopening date next year will depend on the weather.
Just because their wheels will not be rolling through the streets, however, Wirkus ensured they will still be turning out creative new business ventures.
“One of my focuses to do during the off-season is to talk to some establishments that we tend to frequent and make some deals with them, like some bar specials for participants on the pedaler,” Wirkus said.
Wirkus also divulged plans to add a third vehicle to the fleet this spring, and hopefully open up a route on Williamson Street.
Story by Melissa Howison
Passengers wave as they ride around the Capitol Square on one of Capitol Pedaler’s foot-powered taverns.photo courtesy of the capital pedaler
emily Wirkusmanager
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“it’s a lot of fun. it’s exer-cising while drinking while
socializing.”
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SPECIALS
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Amy’s Cafe 414 W. Gilman St.
Blue Velvet430 W. Gilman St.
Buck and Badger115 State St.
Chasers Bar & Grill319 W. Gorham St.
The Church Key626 University Ave.
City Bar636 State St.
Diego’s Mexican Bistro118 State St.
Irish Pub317 State St.
Johnny O’s622 University Ave.
Jordan’s Big 101330 Regent St.
Kollege Klub529 N. Lake St.
The Library320 N. Randall Ave.
Lucky’s Bar and Grille1421 Regent St.
Madhatters Bar322 W. Gorham St.
Monday’s523 State St.
Nitty Gritty223 N. Frances St.
The Plaza Tavern319 N. Henry St.
Plan B924 Williamson St.
Red Rock Saloon322 W. Johnson St.
Red Shed406 N. Frances St.
State Street Brats603 State St.
Tiki Shack128 State St.
Vintage Spirits & Grill529 University Ave.
Wando’s602 University Ave.
Whiskey Jacks552 State St.
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday$5.50 grilled cheese
Bloody Marys$6 PBR pitchers
$2 rail mixers$1.50 PBR pints
$3 craft beer pints$2 tall boys
Drink ‘n’ Draw: free PBR with drawing!
$1.50 PBR pints$3 craft beer pints
$2 tall boys $2 rail mixers $6 PBR pitchers $6 PBR pitchers
$2.50 rail mixers$2.50 Miller Lite pints
$3 New Glarus, Capital Brewery pints
$2.50 domestic bottles
Top-shelf mixers for rail price
$3 flavored vodka and rum mixers$3 import beer
bottles
$4 import beer pints$4 Irish whiskey mixers ($5.50 for
premium)
$2.50 rail mixers$2.50 Miller Lite pints$2.75 domestic bottles$3.50 micro beer pints
$3.75 WI beer pints$4 cherry bombs$4 flavored vodka and rum bombs
$4 import and micro beer pints
$4 top-shelf mixers$3 Rumchata
$2 micro taps$2 Jager or cherry
bombs
$1 rails$1 domestic taps
2-4-1 rails and domestic taps
Free dartsFree shuffleboard
$5 domestic pitchers until midnight$2 double long
islands
$5 domestic pitchers until midnight
$5 domestic pitchers until midnight
(closed)
X-rated trivia2-4-1 drinks
Screamin’ Queens Karaoke
$2 Bud Light taps$3 Three Olive mixers
18+ night$4 long islands
Free Cover Friday$3 Bacardi mixers
$1 off Absolut mixers(no specials) (closed)
$1 WI taps$2.50 Vintage
Brewing Co. taps
Half-off Vintage Brewing Co. pints
$2 rail mixers
2-4-1 PBR cans$2.50 Pinnacle
mixers
$1 pints of PBR$2 Russian Standard
vodka mixers$2 tacos
$1 Vintage Brewing Co. pints
$1 off Vintage Brewing Co. pintsBloody Mary bar
$1 PBR pints$2 rail mixers
Bloody Mary bar
$3 Jamo shots$3 cans of Miller Lite, Coors Light, Smith and Forge
$3 Capital Brewery taps
$3 UV mixers$4 pie bombs
$3 cans$3 Captain mixers$3 shots of Jose
Cuervo
$2.75 Bud Light bottles
$3 Smirnoff mixers$2 pie shots
$1 Bud Light taps$1 corndogs
$3 long islands$3 doctor shots
$4 Old Fashioneds$3 Rumple Minze, Black Haus shots
(no specials)
$2 Fireball shots$4 vodka doubles$5 domestic mini
pitchers
Trivia Night50-cent wings$2.50 WI beers
$3 apple pie shots
$2.50 Shiner, Lone Star taps
$3 Jack Daniel’s shots$5 signature drinks
$1 burgers all day$3 beers
$3 bomb shots
Beer pong$2 Bud Light taps
$3 shots$4 double rails
Country music night$7 Jack Daniel’s
doubles
$7 Jack Daniel’s doubles
(closed)
KK Country Mug Night: BYO mug under
24 oz. for $1 taps, $2.50 long islands
2-4-1 all beverages
$3 Miller Lite bottles$3 double long islands
$5 High Life Light pitchers
$2 tall boys$3 bomb shots
$5 Bud Light/Lim-A-rita/Straw-Ber-Rita pitchers
$4 double long islands$4 bomb shots
$4.50 Jack Daniel’s mixers
$5 double long islands$5 bomb shots
$5.50 Jack Daniel’s mixers
$5 martinis$3 taps
$1 Bud Light taps$2 rum and Cokes$3 Fireball shots$4 cherry bombs
$2 domestic bottles$2 rail mixers
$3 Dos Equis bottles$5 24 oz. PBR silos
$3 shot specials$5 24 oz. PBR silos
$3 shot specials$3 taps25% off drinks
$3 Moose Juice cocktail
$5 Cow Pie martini$2.50 PBR 16 oz. cans
$2 seasonal Leinenkugel’s beer$5 S’mores martini
$3 Alaskan Amber taps
$3 Jack and Coke$5 glass of house wine
$2.50 Grain Belt cans$4 Jack and ginger
beer$4 Cabin Fever taps
$2.50 Miller Lite cans$3 Big Sky Moose
Drool taps$4 Log Cabin cocktail
$3 Buck and Badger taps
$4 Apple Buck cocktail
$3 Floppin’ Crappie beer cans
$4 Cabin Cooler cocktail
Wing Night$2 domestic taps
Trivia Night$6 featured pitchers2-4-1 rails and shots
50-cent Taco Night$4 jumbo margaritas$3.75 Corona, Corona
Light, XX
Burger Night$6 any pitchers$3 rail mixers
Wheel-n-Deal$2 taps
$4 pitchers Busch, Rolling Rock
$5 jumbo Bloody Marys, screwdrivers
$8 Goose Island, New Belgium pitchers
$5 jumbo Bloody Marys, screwdrivers
$8 Goose Island, New Belgium pitchers
$2.50 all taps$3 rail mixers
$5 Red Bull vodkas$5 domestic pitchers
Free popcorn and darts$3 all taps
$4 bomb shots$5 domestic pitchers
$3 Bud Light pitchers$3 Svedka mixers
$3.50 all taps$4 Jameson
$2.50 PBR taps$3 long islands
$4 Three Olives mixers$4 Jim Beam mixers
$3 long islands$2.50 domestic taps$4.50 jumbo Skyy
mixers
$2 house shot$5 domestic pitchers$3.50 tall sangrias
$4 bomb shots
(closed)
$3 Moon Man, Totally Naked bottles
$1.50 off any drink over $5
Trivia Night$3 taps, $9 pitchers
WI taps$4 Skyy mixers
Game Night: Nintendo 64, free darts
$2 domestic bottles$2.50 rail mixers
$2 domestic bottles, cans
$2 rail mixers$1 off all drinks
$3 all pints, $9 all pitchers
$4 mixers, shots of infused vodkas
$3 16 oz. PBR cans$4 Skyy mixers
$3 16 oz. PBR cans$4 Skyy mixers
$15 buckets of beer$3 nachos
1/2 off house margaritas
99-cent margaritas$2 tacos
$2 Sol, Tecate, Dos Equis bottles
1/2 off house margaritas
$5 Leinenkugel’s pitchers
$3 Milagro shots
Free shot if you sing Karaoke
2-4-1 rail mixers, beer bottles, wine
(closed) (closed) (closed)
Free mini corn dogs with purchase1/2 off all taps,
pitchers
$3.50 off all pitchers$3 vodka rail mixers
$2.50 tall boys
1/2 off domestic bottles and taps,
mixers, shots with student ID
$3 Pinnacle vodka mixers
$3 vodka rail mixers
$2.50 mimosas$2 vodka mixers50 cents off all bottled beers
$1 rail mixers$2.50 magaritas60-cent tacos
$2.50 Cosmos$1 PBR, Pabst Light, Busch Light Bottles
$1 Sloppy Joes
$2.50 16-oz. PBR cans
2-4-1 rum mixers
$1 domestic taps$2 micro taps
2-4-1 long islands2-4-1 Bud Light taps
$3 bartender’s choice martini
$5 Bud Light pitchers$5 bucket of Miller Lite, High Life, Rolling Rock, Bud, Bud Light shorties
$3 Jim Beam mixers $3 double rail mixers $3.25-$4.25 taps $3 Kraken mixers$3 Mount Gay mixers $3.25 long islands
$3.50 Jack Daniel’s mixers
$2.50 domestics(closed)
(no specials) $3.50 you-call-its $3.50 you-call-its $3.50 you-call-its $1 taps until 10 p.m.$3 rail mixers
$1 taps until 10 p.m. (no specials)
$3 1800 margaritas, shots
$3 Corona bottles$1.25 tacos
$1.75 18 oz. Miller, Coor bottles
$2.50 Captain mixers$2 Apple Pucker shots
$1.75 High Life, PBR, LaBatt Blue tall boys
$2 doctor shots
1/2 price craft cocktails, craft beer,
specialty shots
2-4-1 Bud, Bud Light bottles
$3 Tullamore Dew shots
$10 premium pitchers$6 domestic pitchers
$4 long islands$3.50 cherry bombs
$3 Fireball shots$2.50 Three Olives
mixers$3 Capital Brewery pints
$2 rail mixers$1.50 PBRs
$1 off 1/2 pitchers$2 off pitchers
$2.50 rum drinks
$3 Jack Daniel’s, Stoli drinks
$2 micro bottles
$2.50 long islands$3 pints
$2.50 rail mixers $2.50 domestic bottles
(closed)
(no specials)
$1.75 top-shelf highballs
$7.50 jumbo long islands
$4 Jager, cherry bombs
1/2 off tap beer
$1.25 rail highballs$2 PBR bottles
$7.50 jumbo long islands
1/2 off pints$2.50 Bacardi
highballs
$7.50 jumbo long islands
$7.50 jumbo long islands
$2.75 select pints$5 Absolut Bloody
Marys
$2 pints, $6 pitchers, $7 boots of High
Life, Sconnie, PBR
Flip Cup Night: Win and get 75% off
drinks
$2.50 pints, $7 pitchers, $8 boots of
New Glarus beers
Beer Stock Exchange
$2 pints, $6 pitchers, $7 boots
Leinenkugel’s
Beer Stock Exchange$5 Rose Bowls$6 double Skyy
mixers
Bloody Mary bar $2 bottles $3 double vodka lemonades $3 beer and a shot 2-4-1 Mai Tais
$2 rails
2-4-1 rum punchces$3 double vodka
lemonades
2-4-1 Bahama Mamas
$2 domestic taps$4 jumbo UV mixers
$2 Miller Lite, Coors Light bottles$3 rail mixers
$3 Fireball shots
Free bacon$1.25 cans of Coors Light, Miller Lite,
PBR
Bring student ID for $2 domestics, $4 jumbo rails, $8 personal fishbowls
2-4-1 rails$4 Miller, Coors
pitchers$3 vodka Red Bulls
$6 jumbo Three Olives mixers
$3.50 PBR, Miller High Life bottles
$5 jumbo Ron Diaz mixers
$3 taps$3 rails
$2 tall boys2-4-1 Avion shots$4 Crown Royal
mixers
$1 hot dogs$2 Miller Light,
Coors Light bottles2-4-1 shots
$3 PBR silos$4 rail mixers$5 call mixers
$4/$6/$8 shotskis
(no specials) (no specials)$2 domestic taps
$2 rail mixers$4 Jameson shots
$4 bomb shots
Let The Daily Cardinal help you decide where to go tonight!
(Bar specials change frequently — confirm with your bartender.)
opinionIndia’s MOM makes it to Mars, cheapest yet 10 l Weekend, September 25-28, 2014 dailycardinal.com
C limate change and world peace will each be highlight-ed on Sunday September
21, the International Day of Peace. In our nuclear-armed, temperature-rising, resource-depleting world these issues are intricately related and represent the greatest threats to our planet. It is not coincidence that they be highlighted together. We must make the connection between peace on the planet and peace with the environment. Sunday’s People’s Climate March will empower citi-zens the world over to demonstrate the will of the people and demand action as global leaders convene in New York on Tuesday for the U.N. Climate Summit.
As our planet warms, causing severe droughts and weather condi-tions that in turn cause crop losses at home and around the world, conflict ensues as competition for finite resources develops. Entire populations, huge cities, and coun-tries are at risk with rising sea lev-els. Climate change is a catalyst for
conflict. This is occurring the world over where two-thirds of global populations live on less than two dollars a day.
No institution recognizes this connection and threat more than does the U.S. military. In the Pentagon’s 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review, released on March 4, the Department of Defense notes: “The pressures caused by climate change will influence resource competition while placing addi-tional burdens on economies, soci-eties, and governance institutions around the world. These effects are threat multipliers that will aggra-vate stressors abroad such as pov-erty, environmental degradation, political instability, and social ten-sions – conditions that can enable terrorist activity and other forms of violence.” While congress is para-
lyzed in climate deadlock by those who would rather play charades denying climate change for purely short-sighted short-term economic gains the problem marches criti-cally forward. Climate change is a national and interna-tional security threat.
According to retired Marine Corps General Anthony Zinni speaking on climate change “We will pay for this one way or another. We will pay to reduce green-house gas emissions today, and we’ll have to take an economic hit of some kind. Or we will pay the price later in military terms. And that will involve human lives.”
We have long known of the devastating annihilating potential of all-out nuclear war. Recent medi-cal scientific and climatic reports have shown the humanitarian con-sequences of even a limited nuclear
war using less than one-half of one percent of the global arsenals result-ing in significant climatic change that would put two billion people at risk of dying from the global famine that would follow.
Currently U.S. and international cities and governments are rapidly trying to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change. While this is understandable it is analogous to someone whose house is flooding trying to mop up without turning
off the water first. You can never get ahead of the situation with that approach. In climate change we must stop the process before it is too late. When medicine deals with public health threats we recognize that we must prevent what we can-not cure. We cannot cure the effects of climate change – we must pre-vent it.
So while the military and gov-ernment makes plans for the effects and conflicts resulting from climate change, the people are stepping up and demanding action to stop the process. There is no more critical time in this effort. We the people demand action. If you are con-cerned about either issue, you must be concerned about both issues. The future of our planet depends on it.
Robert Dodge, M.D., serves on the boards of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and Physicians for Social Responsibility Los Angeles. Do you think that defense and climate change are linked issues? What’s your take on climate change? Please send all feedback to [email protected]
W ith the news of India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also known
as Mangalyaan (Hindi for “Mars-Craft”), successfully taking orbit around Mars, it is clear there is a new technological powerhouse on the horizon.
Launched back in early November 2013, Mangalyaan’s 10 month journey accomplished its goal of successfully orbiting the red planet Tuesday after a 24-min-ute engine burn. The engine burn required utmost precision to pull off a successful orbit around Mars. Failure would result in either the satellite crashing to the surface of the planet or send it shooting off into space.
Successfully reaching Mars on a maiden voyage is a feat which both NASA and the Soviet Union were unable to accomplish.
A couple weeks after Mangalyaan launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, NASA launched their Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) satellite from Cape Canaveral, Fla., with the same destination in mind: Mars. That is about where the simi-larities between these feats of engi-neering end, however.
India’s MOM satellite is so impressive because of how cheap the final price tag was. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) claims it cost 4.5 billion rupees, the equivalent of just $74 million. Compare that to the $672 million expense for NASA’s MAVEN satellite, and India’s Mangalyaan cost just 11 percent of what it cost to build and launch
the MAVEN. While both satellites have different scientific missions, weight and anticipated durations of operation, it is still an astound-ing accomplishment to reach the red planet for so little. Not only was India’s MOM the cheapest satellite to successfully enter Mars orbit, it was also constructed in record time, taking only three years to complete, yet another testament to the engi-neering prowess of the ISRO.
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi seized the opportunity and attempted to galvanize the dreams of a nation through space exploration in much the same way President John F. Kennedy did in America in the 1960s. Prime Minister Modi made it clear that this accomplish-ment was all of India’s, saying “India has successfully reached Mars, congratulations to all of you, congratulations to countrymen ... Our scientists have achieved this in
the first attempt.” Prime Minister Modi went on to further emphasize the importance of this historic event “We have dared to reach out into the unknown and have achieved near impossible ... The odds were stacked against us. Of the 51 mis-sions attempted across the world so far, a mere 21 had succeeded. But we have prevailed.”
Prime Minister Modi then turned his attention to ISRO’s scien-tists saying in the press conference: “Every generation of your scientists, has groomed the next home-grown lot. Through your achievements, you have honored our fore-fathers, and inspired our future genera-tions! You truly deserve all the love and respect you get from a grate-ful nation! Let today’s success, only drive us with even greater vigor and conviction. Let’s set ourselves even more challenging goals. And strive even harder to achieve them. Let
us push our boundaries. And then, push some more!”
Prime Minister Modi’s words make it blatantly clear that India intends to continue pursuing space exploration and pushing frontiers. The success of MOM will serve as the beacon the nation can turn to for vindication of its greatness and more importantly of its potential. No other nation has reached Mars on its maiden voyage until India did it on Wednesday. You need look no further than the ISRO’s Facebook page than to see how proud Indian citizens are of their country’s accom-plishment and how hopeful they are for the future of their space program.
Cullen is a senior majoring in History and Political Science. Do you think ISRO recent success proves India’s overall technological prowess? We want to hear from you. Please send all feedback to [email protected]
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W ith a successful inser-tion in Martian orbit through its Mars
Orbital Mission (MOM) Sept. 23, India joins only the United States, Russia and the European Space Agency as the only countries to successfully send a mission to Mars. Being an extraordinary
scientific achievement, it’s under-standably a source of national pride for India. At the same time, about 620 million people in India do not have access to adequate toilets, and the $74 million price tag for the Mars mission could have been put to better use. India’s space program has been beneficial in typhoon warnings and mon-soon predictions, so it has defi-
nitely benefited the country, but many probably feel the money put towards the Mars mission could have been put toward improving the country instead.
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badgers fall in championship rematch
by Jim Daytonthe daily cardinal
Fresh off a dominating dis-play against Bowling Green, No. 19 Wisconsin faces its final non-conference test this Saturday when the Badgers take on South Florida at Camp Randall.
At 2-2, the Bulls have already matched their win total from last season. While the team’s play has taken an encouraging step for-ward from last fall, the victories haven’t exactly been against high quality programs.
In the season opener, South Florida needed a 275-yard, four-touchdown game from fresh-man running back Marlon Mack to escape with a 36-31 win over Western Carolina, an FCS team that went 2-10 last season.
Last weekend, the Bulls squeaked by Connecticut at home with a 17-14 victory. UConn is an American Conference door-mat whose only win so far has come against Stony Brook, an FCS school.
Regardless, wins represent progress under second-year head coach Willie Taggart, who engi-neered a two-year turnaround at his previous job at Western Kentucky. Taggart inherited a team that went winless in 2009 and had
the Hilltoppers at 7-5 by 2011.There are some similarities
between South Florida’s offense and Wisconsin’s. When discuss-ing the Bulls’ offensive philoso-phy, head coach Gary Andersen could have just as easily been talking about the Badgers.
“I think that they’re a physical run team. They want to estab-lish the run, play action pass,” Andersen said at a press confer-ence Monday. “They will get into different personnel groups on the offensive side of the football and have some fly sweeps and try to get the ball to the perimeter with their wide receivers.”
Mack is the Bulls’ most dan-gerous offensive threat, as he’s currently ninth in the nation in rushing yards with 502. He’s scored five of the Bulls’ eight offensive touchdowns this season as well.
Despite the success on the ground, a trio of ineffective quarterbacks has marred South Florida’s offense. Though Mike White has started all four games, Steven Bench and Quinton Flowers have also seen playing time. They have combined to complete just 39 percent of their passes while throwing five inter-ceptions and two touchdowns.
South Florida and Wisconsin are nearly identical in two offen-sive categories: pass attempts and third down conversion rate. The Bulls have averaged 26 passes per game to the Badgers’ 24, some of the lowest figures in the country. Meanwhile, Wisconsin has been successful on just 38 percent of its third downs and South Florida has converted at a 37 percent rate.
Both teams have some defi-ciencies on the offensive side
of the football. For Wisconsin, many have questioned the incon-sistency of redshirt junior quar-terback Tanner McEvoy, whose stat lines have been terrible, bril-liant and mediocre, respectively, through the first three games of the season.
“Right now we’re a work in progress passing-wise,” said wide receivers coach Chris Beatty. “Those things will cor-rect themselves, the little things, and some of them don’t need to be corrected. Some of them are just opportunity things. To think we’re going to come out and throw for 300 yards every game, we’re not going to do that.”
To prevent defenses from
stacking the box and taking away the run, as Western Illinois did so effectively three weeks ago, the Badgers understand they need to incorporate the deep ball.
“Our ability to take those deep shots, when you want to be who we are and run the ball, which
has not changed, and your inabil-ity to really throw it down there a few times a game and take the top off the coverage…it definitely is going to cause your offense to not be as effective as it could be,” Andersen said.
Still, after a record-breaking rushing tally and a career day from Melvin Gordon last week, it’s hard to be too negative about the Badgers. It will be interesting to see how the running game fares this weekend. The Bulls have held three of their four opponents to less than three yards per carry, albeit against lesser competition.
It will be another early Saturday for Badger fans with kickoff scheduled for 11 a.m.
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tanner Mcevoy has proven himself as a scrambling quarterback but has faced doubts over his passing ability. last week, he was 9-16 for 112 yards with one touchdown and one interception.
Chris beattywide receivers coach
Wisconsin football
“to think we’re going to come out and throw for 300 yards every game,
we’re not going to do that.”
Gary andersenhead coach
Wisconsin football
“[South Florida] is a physical run team. they
want to establish the run, play action pass.”
South Florida brings offensive style similar to Wisconsin
by Colleen Degnanthe daily cardinal
No. 3 Penn State (1-0 Big Ten, 13-1 overall) swept No. 5 Wisconsin (0-1, 9-2) in three sets by mirroring the last match they played for the national championship.
The sold-out Big Ten opener had fans, energy and intense play, but no Badger victory over the Nittany Lions as Wisconsin lost in three sets, 25-17, 25-21 and 25-21.
Disappointed by the loss, head coach Kelly Sheffield was still excited about the large turnout.
“To walk in and see a full house and it being sold out prior to match time is awesome,” Sheffield said. “It means so much to our program to have that kind of support, we were really excited about the energy and numbers of the crowd.”
Although the Badgers could not defeat the Nittany Lions, the crowd brought motivation throughout the sets. The fans responded to freshman outside hitter Kelli Bates’ impressive play both offensively and defensively, with nine kills overall and 21 balls in the backcourt.
The most kills for the Badgers came from senior outside hitter
Ellen Chapman with 13 through-out the match. The Badgers’ usual big hitter, senior outside hitter Courtney Thomas, was shut down by the Nittany Lions.
“Penn State focused in on shutting down our attack from behind, so our slides and
Thomas, and everything on that side of court were not as domi-nant tonight,” Sheffield said.
Besides shutting down Wisconsin’s offense, Penn State was able to put down balls on the other side of the net by switching up their shots.
“We knew that [Penn State] had some hitters whose tenden-cies are to tip, but something great about their offense is that they have huge hitters and they can mix in tips and rolls random-ly,” Chapman said. “We knew that for a couple hitters, but they
did a great job doing that when we least expected it.”
Penn State’s offense found Wisconsin’s holes through their freshmen outside hitters Simone Lee with 12 kills overall and Ali Frantti with nine. The Nittany Lions’ senior setter Micha Hancock added to the kill count with nine kills as well throughout the match.
Bates’ first Big Ten match pre-viewed the high competition she will face all season.
“It shows how good the Big Ten is, they are a really solid team from all cylinders,” Bates said. “It was good to get that good of competition right off the bat for the Big Ten season.”
Although they lost their first match of conference play, the Badgers have the rest of season to improve.
“The same thing happened to Penn State last year and they ended up winning a Big Ten title and national championship,” said sophomore setter Lauren Carlini. “They lost to Michigan State in their first game; anything is pos-sible at this point in the season.”
The Badgers continue Big Ten play Sunday against Ohio State (0-1, 9-4) in the Field House at 1 p.m.
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despite leading the Badgers with 13 kills, senior outside hitter ellen chapman could not lead Wisconsin to a win over Penn State Wednesday in a rematch of last year’s national title game.
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