“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.” University of Wisconsin-Madison Since 1892 dailycardinal.com l @dailycardinal Tuesday, February 4, 2014 Faculty Senate talks foreign academic issue By Emily Gerber THE DAILY CARDINAL University of Wisconsin- Madison Faculty Senate debates’ controversy regarding involve- ment with foreign academic free- dom issues at a meeting Monday. Professor of Political Science Donald Downs presented a motion for Faculty Senate to reject a boycott of Israeli academic insti- tutions, endorsed and encour- aged by the American Studies Association. The ASA serves as a means to distribute the history and study of American culture, according to its website. Due to its decision to “honor the call of Palestinian civil society,” the organization will not acknowledge business with Israel. There has been strong recom- mendation from ASA to other U.S. scholarly institutions to join their organization in the boycott, according to the resolution. Downs assured senators that by turning down the ASA’s rec- ommendation to boycott, there is no larger statement being made about UW-Madison’s political viewpoints. “The resolution takes no stance politically,” Downs said. “Were a similar resolution to be made against Palestinian insti- tutions we would be here as well.” District 18 Senator and Associate Professor of Community and Environmental Sociology Samer Alatout expressed concern with the prospect of the senate making a unified decision on the subject matter, urging fellow sena- tors to vote against the resolution. “At the same time that we protect the academic freedom of Israelis, we need to be, really, very aware of the academic freedoms of Palestinians,” Alatout said, citing the ongoing academic pressures of the country. “Academic freedom is political, and it always has been.” The issue was moved to be tabled indefinitely, as the senators said they felt they needed to be bet- ter educated on the subject matter. Associate Dean of Engineering and Chair of the Ad-hoc Tuition Policy Faculty Committee Steven Cramer also presented possible methods of changing the tuition structure to raise additional revenue for the university. The committee developed four alternative policies for handling tuition, including eliminating reci- procity with Minnesota, increas- ing out-of-state residents’ tuition, implementing varying tuition depending on major and raising additional revenue independent from tuition. Cramer stressed that the body does not advocate one over the other. Faculty Senate will continue discussion on these alternatives at future meetings. SJ hears proposed Rec Sports ballot language By Sarah Olson THE DAILY CARDINAL University of Wisconsin- Madison Recreational Sports sought feedback Monday from the Associated Students of Madison Student Judiciary on ballot language for a proposal to redevelop its facilities. Students will vote to sup- port or block the Master Plan in March, which includes rebuilding the SERF and the Natatorium as well as upgrad- ing outdoor fields near the Natatorium. Rec Sports director John Horn said he is concerned about the length and clarity of the referen- dum. “We wanted to provide enough detail, but we also wanted to have ease of use and reading, so the vote is easily understandable and easy for the students,” Horn said. Horn presented a draft docu- ment, which included an expla- nation of the Master Plan, a bul- leted list of new amenities and a breakdown of the anticipated cost per cite and funding resources. Student Judiciary Chief Justice-elect Adam Wald said because funding resources are City planning committee approves project developer, drafts recommendations for Judge Doyle Square By Morgan Haefner THE DAILY CARDINAL The Judge Doyle Square Committee selected a devel- oper and drafted a resolution for the construction of Judge Doyle Square at a meeting Monday. The committee voiced unan- imous support of Madison- based JDS Development’s proposal over Journeyman’s proposal. Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said the committee chose JDS Development based on the developer’s design vision and the equity they bring to the project. “We were really blessed with two development teams that were clearly qualified to take on the project,” Verveer said. The committee amended nine points to the draft pro- posal, including keeping the Madison Municipal Building in use, requiring compatibility between new structures and surrounding buildings in addition to requiring the con- struction of a 250-room hotel. Community members expressed concern about a lack of communication between the community and the committee and voiced their wish to slow the project and outline spe- cific public benefits. However, Ald. Mark Clear, District 19, told the commit- tee to “be bold” and “be dar- ing” in their decision making, expressing his support of the project. Ald. Shiva Bidar-Sielaff, Lawsuit challenges state’s same-sex marriage ban By Eoin Cottrell THE DAILY CARDINAL The American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin filed a law- suit Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin asserting Wisconsin’s marriage ban and refusal to acknowledge legal out-of-state marriages violates “equal protec- tion” under the 14th amendment. ACLU Wisconsin’s Communications Director Sarah Karon said not only is the state violating couples’ 14th amend- ment rights, but the refusal to give same-sex couples the right to marriage is “essentially making them second-class citizens.” Wisconsin has a constitution- al ban on gay marriage, and is also the only state with a mar- riage evasion statute that allows same sex couples married legally in other states to be prosecuted. Married couples that return to their homes in Wisconsin can be prosecuted and sentenced to nine months in prison or fined up to $10,000. NITHIN CHARLLY/THE DAILY CARDINAL University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank facilitates discussion concerning Israeli academic freedom at a Faculty Senate meeting Monday. Takin’ care of business KOHL CENTER University of Wisconsin-Madison students attended the Spring Career & Internship Fair at the Kohl Center Monday. + Photo by Tommy Yonash judge doyle page 3 rec sports page 3 lawsuit page 3 Almanac +page 2 Andy’s scary story: a college tale of Newport Reds, the mafia and Pauly D SPORTS +page 8 Making a case for unionized student-athletes
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“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”
University of Wisconsin-Madison Since 1892 dailycardinal.com l @dailycardinal
University of Wisconsin-Madison Faculty Senate debates’ controversy regarding involve-ment with foreign academic free-dom issues at a meeting Monday.
Professor of Political Science Donald Downs presented a motion for Faculty Senate to reject a boycott of Israeli academic insti-tutions, endorsed and encour-aged by the American Studies Association.
The ASA serves as a means to distribute the history and study of American culture, according to its website. Due to its decision to “honor the call of Palestinian civil society,” the organization will not acknowledge business with Israel.
There has been strong recom-mendation from ASA to other U.S. scholarly institutions to join their organization in the boycott, according to the resolution.
Downs assured senators that by turning down the ASA’s rec-ommendation to boycott, there is no larger statement being made about UW-Madison’s political viewpoints.
“The resolution takes no stance politically,” Downs said. “Were a similar resolution to be made against Palestinian insti-tutions we would be here as well.”
District 18 Senator and Associate Professor of Community and Environmental Sociology Samer Alatout expressed concern with the prospect of the senate making a unified decision on the subject matter, urging fellow sena-tors to vote against the resolution.
“At the same time that we protect the academic freedom of Israelis, we need to be, really, very aware of the academic freedoms of Palestinians,” Alatout said, citing the ongoing academic pressures of the country. “Academic freedom is
political, and it always has been.” The issue was moved to be
tabled indefinitely, as the senators said they felt they needed to be bet-ter educated on the subject matter.
Associate Dean of Engineering and Chair of the Ad-hoc Tuition Policy Faculty Committee Steven Cramer also presented possible methods of changing the tuition structure to raise additional revenue for the university.
The committee developed four alternative policies for handling tuition, including eliminating reci-procity with Minnesota, increas-ing out-of-state residents’ tuition, implementing varying tuition depending on major and raising additional revenue independent from tuition. Cramer stressed that the body does not advocate one over the other.
Faculty Senate will continue discussion on these alternatives at future meetings.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Recreational Sports sought feedback Monday from the Associated Students of Madison Student Judiciary on ballot language for a proposal to redevelop its facilities.
Students will vote to sup-port or block the Master Plan in March, which includes rebuilding the SERF and the Natatorium as well as upgrad-ing outdoor fields near the Natatorium.
Rec Sports director John Horn said he is concerned about the
length and clarity of the referen-dum.
“We wanted to provide enough detail, but we also wanted to have ease of use and reading, so the vote is easily understandable and easy for the students,” Horn said.
Horn presented a draft docu-ment, which included an expla-nation of the Master Plan, a bul-leted list of new amenities and a breakdown of the anticipated cost per cite and funding resources.
Student Judiciary Chief Justice-elect Adam Wald said because funding resources are
City planning committee approves project developer, drafts recommendations for Judge Doyle SquareBy Morgan HaefnerTHE DAILY CARDINAL
The Judge Doyle Square Committee selected a devel-oper and drafted a resolution for the construction of Judge Doyle Square at a meeting Monday.
The committee voiced unan-imous support of Madison-based JDS Development’s proposal over Journeyman’s proposal. Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said the committee chose JDS Development based on the developer’s design
vision and the equity they bring to the project.
“We were really blessed with two development teams that were clearly qualified to take on the project,” Verveer said.
The committee amended nine points to the draft pro-posal, including keeping the Madison Municipal Building in use, requiring compatibility between new structures and surrounding buildings in addition to requiring the con-struction of a 250-room hotel.
Community members expressed concern about a lack of communication between the community and the committee and voiced their wish to slow the project and outline spe-cific public benefits.
However, Ald. Mark Clear, District 19, told the commit-tee to “be bold” and “be dar-ing” in their decision making, expressing his support of the project.
Ald. Shiva Bidar-Sielaff,
Lawsuit challenges state’s same-sex marriage ban By Eoin CottrellTHE DAILY CARDINAL
The American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin filed a law-suit Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin asserting Wisconsin’s marriage ban and refusal to acknowledge legal out-of-state marriages violates “equal protec-tion” under the 14th amendment.
ACLU Wisconsin’s Communications Director Sarah Karon said not only is the state violating couples’ 14th amend-ment rights, but the refusal to
give same-sex couples the right to marriage is “essentially making them second-class citizens.”
Wisconsin has a constitution-al ban on gay marriage, and is also the only state with a mar-riage evasion statute that allows same sex couples married legally in other states to be prosecuted.
Married couples that return to their homes in Wisconsin can be prosecuted and sentenced to nine months in prison or fined up to $10,000.
NITHIN CHARLLY/THE DAILY CARDINAL
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank facilitates discussion concerning Israeli academic freedom at a Faculty Senate meeting Monday.
Takin’ care of businessKOHL CENTER
University of Wisconsin-Madison students attended the Spring Career & Internship Fair at the Kohl Center Monday. + Photo by Tommy Yonash
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Andy’s scary story: Meeting the inspiration for ‘Jersey Shore’
W hoa, this is my first column of the semes-ter. For the three
of you who remember me and might be wondering, not much has changed.
I still hate school and technol-ogy (evil mind-control garbage). I’m still positive aliens are watch-ing me and plotting to abduct me any day now. My diet is still worthy of a TLC special.
So where do we go from here? Honestly, until a few minutes ago, I had no clue.
Before starting this semester, I felt a bit anxious about writing this column again. It’s kind of a weird situation. In no way am I worried about writing as an art-form. But how many dumb parts of my personality can I exploit before it becomes completely mundane—before even I start seeing myself as boring as f?
I clearly needed a different approach. Beating the ol’ para-noia drum into oblivion is getting objectively dumb.
Here’ the new concept: I’m dropping hyperbole for truth. From here on through the rest of the semester, my columns are going to be 100-percent real, unabridged stories. I’ve told all these stores countless times, refining them to spoken perfec-tion. It’s never occurred to me until now they might be enter-taining as a writing type thing. Sit back and enjoy the first of many pathetic tales.
Why am I in a taxi with this passionately drunk man who claims he’s part of the mafia?
When I went to school at DePaul University, I got around. The slogan there is “Chicago is my campus,” which is largely true because there is quite liter-ally nothing to do on campus.
However, not even I typi-cally got into trouble on Sunday nights. But for whatever reason, I allowed this Sunday to end up the exact opposite of typical.
Maybe not the exact opposite, because I didn’t get into any actu-al trouble.
I think it started with the tor-rential downpour—cold, cold rain. It must have been November because even though in those (freshman year) days when I always wore my highly reliable, green Cabela’s rain coat, it was freaking freezing. Like that point where you can see your breath, but it’s still too warm to snow. Numb fingers remain wronged even when snug into dry pockets.
Back in the day, I smoked lots of cigs. Even on rainy days when they got soggy and disgust-ing, I loved ’em. Mmmmmmm Newport Reds.
So it was about 10 p.m., and I craved that smooth non-menthol haze. Dominick’s (now out of business) was the closest place to
my dorm. Yes, even I once lived in a dorm. Normally, 7-Eleven was my outlet of choice, but three blocks was way too far. This was SERIOUS rain, people.
Outside the revolving glass door was a man, a remarkably drunk man. He pulled me aside and sort of belch/puke said “I’ll give you two dollars if you go in there and buy cigarettes.”
In no way was I in the mood to speak to anyone for more than five seconds, but since I was already getting some smokes anyway, I figured, “What the hell, sure.”
I did the deed, went outside (somewhat hoping the dude had wandered off somewhere just to simplify things, but nah, he was there harassing random passer-sby) and this guy handed me a fifth of vodka with maybe three backwashy shots left at the bot-tom. He said “Here, take a drink.”
This character looked like he could have made it to the second round of auditions for “America’s Next Top Model,” but ultimate-ly been rejected for simply not being skinny or super attractive. But he was suave, despite his crossed eyes—a formality of find-ing oneself knee-deep in 80 proof liquor—somehow, he knew I was exactly the kind of person who was just lax, crazy and desperate enough to do something relative-ly random and insane.
I took the bottle and drank. Then did that thing where you kind of barf in your mouth, but it kind of just stings your throat instead of coming out. I fucking hate vodka. That’s a story for another time though.
At this point I figured I was just going to walk across the street, take off my hypother-mic clothes and settle down for a nice night of procrastination. But something else happened instead. This well-kept, tragical-ly drunk man said we should go to a bar. It was “his” bar.
Since I was an eager 18-year-old at this time, without a fake (I never had one, mind you), getting into a bar seemed like a pretty chill plan. So I said “Sure.” And before I knew it, we were in the back of a cab, flying down Chicago streets, rain sheets mas-sacring the windshield as this strange man and I were cusped in the taxi’s damp, ass-end seats, blatantly smoking heavy cigs with the windows up and killing a bottle.
The first few minutes were a blur, but eventually the guy introduced himself. His name was Dartanian and he claimed ties to organized crime. (Here’s where I exclude a tiny bit of information, just so this doesn’t come back to haunt me and I end up at the bottom of a lake with cemented feet. Use your imagina-tion and decide for yourself what group he told me.)
At this point I was slightly perturbed. And then my new friend Dartanian told me all the people on “Jersey Shore” were just poseurs because they stole their swag idioms from him and his cohorts. Now I was terrified.
What sick individual tries to seem cool through a self-juxtapo-sition with Pauly D?
We finally pulled up to Dartanian’s bar. It was a classy place in a part of town known for attracting young profession-als (I totally fit in with my blunt-green rain coat). And we walked right in, despite harsh glares from the intimidating bouncer who must have known I wasn’t nearly of age. Was this actually Dartanian’s place? Was this guy legitimately named Dartanian? So many unanswered questions.
We immediately went to the men’s room (I don’t know)—never seen a nicer shitter in my entire life. There was a dude whose job was to stand in the bathroom and offer people cigarettes—men-thol or non-menthol—to whom I wasn’t sure how to respond. Was this heaven?
Unfortunately we didn’t stay at Dartanian’s bar for long. I wanted to drink, damnit. Within 15 minutes we were back out in the wet. Dartanian needed to
make a phone call, his phone was dead so he needed to use mine. I thought this was the point where I somehow died.
By this juncture, however, Dartanian was too drunk to do much harm. He asked if I wanted to participate in more illicit activ-ities, but I was done for the night. I peaced out somewhere around the Rainforest Cafe, simply by not walking with him anymore, hopped on the Brown Line and went home.
It’s hard for me to pinpoint exactly why I love telling this story so much. Maybe because Dartanian is one of the most absurd names I’ve heard in my entire life; maybe because this bizarre progression of events metaphorically describes my life (at least parts of it). Hope you all enjoyed this first installment of scary stories.
Want Andy to serenade you with one of his off-kilter, totally real stories? Email him at [email protected] and he will be out-side your window in half an hour.
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Legislative Affairs prepares for Senate committee hearing
The Associated Students of Madison Legislative Affairs Committee focused conversation at a meeting Monday on the stu-dent-initiated Responsible Action Bill, which will be heard at a Senate committee later this week.
The purpose behind the Responsible Action Bill is to lend immunity to consequences to underage drinkers who strive to help either themselves or others in emergency situations.
The bill was created by University of Wisconsin-Madison junior and committee chair Morgan Rae during her freshman year, as a part of her internship
campaign.The Senate Committee on
Universities and Technical Colleges will hear the bill Wednesday, with testimonies from all in attendance.
“If [the senate committee] votes for it, it gets referred to the entire Senate and the Senate will have to take a vote on it,” Rae said, adding that the bill must eventu-ally also be approved by the state assembly.
Legislative Affairs Committee members also discussed the pos-sibility of pursuing a campaign that would tackle residency issues in Wisconsin, especially for stu-
dents.Conversation centered around
the rising cost of higher education and the even larger price tag for nonresidents.
Committee member Madison Laning said she personally knew a UW-Madison student who had to drop out and work in Madison for a year to establish residency in order to be able to afford a four-year tuition.
Members discussed the pos-sibility of pursuing the effort to grant students residency and cited the idea of issuing residency to those who work within the state.
SSFC hears UHS proposal, decides on student-parent assistance group budget
The Associated Students of Madison Student Services Finance Committee approved the Child Care Tuition Assistance Program’s 2014-’15 budget of $1,075,100 Monday.
CCTAP, an organization that lends financial aid to student-parents, has a non-allocable budget. This means the unanimous vote of approv-al from SSFC will not be the final word on the proposal. Chancellor Rebecca Blank will make a final decision on the amount of funds to be allo-cated based on SSFC’s recom-mendation.
Also at the meeting, University Health Services representatives asked for a
segregated fee revenue of $13,154,240, the same amount from fiscal year 2013-’14. Representatives said excess cash reserves from money-sav-ing policies in the past would cover increased expected costs due to expanding services and possible renovations to the UHS offices.
Some changes coming to UHS include an increased focus on mental health ser-vices, especially long-term psychiatric care to meet an increased number of incoming students with previous mental health treatment and need for crisis management.
According to UHS Representative Arnold
Jennerman, the increase in stu-dents who need mental health care is not cause for concern.
“Medicine allowed them to come to college, and this [increased care] allows them to stay here,” Jennerman said.
The UHS representatives said they are in the beginning stages of planning physical renovations to accommodate expanded services and a grow-ing staff. Renovations would mostly focus on repurposing the existing space of the UHS offices, decreasing the size of waiting rooms and moving walls to make the space more efficient.
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not finalized and additional donations could reduce the actual student cost, Rec Sports should simplify the referendum word-ing.
“Putting all of this informa-tion on the actual referendum just wouldn’t make for a very accurate referendum,” Wald said.
The Student Judiciary rec-ommended Rec Sports revise the referendum to include a brief summary of the Master Plan and a request to support or deny an increase in student segregated fees up to $127.11 mil-lion, which is 58 percent of the total cost.
The committee also suggested putting a link to the Master Plan website within the referendum to direct students to the detailed
plans. Horn said he would consider
the Student Judiciary’s feedback and send a revised version of the referendum to the committee by Feb. 10.
The Student Judiciary also con-sidered an appeal of its 2013 deci-sion, in which it said the Student Services Finance Committee did not violate bylaws when it denied the Multicultural Student Coalition funding eligibility.
MCSC raised more than 20 concerns in its appeal, includ-ing the Student Judiciary’s fail-ure to consider the history of the organization, make notes easily accessible and consider all points the organization made in its argu-ment.
The Student Judiciary voted 4-1 to deny MCSC’s request for an appeal.
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State Sen. Fred Risser circulates bill restricting age of youth tanning
State Sen. Fred Risser, D-Madison, circulated a bill Monday that would require 16 and 17-year-olds to obtain paren-tal consent before using tanning facilities.
According to a statement, the legislation stems from the lack of public awareness of skin cancer resulting from tanning beds.
Risser said the bill intends to curtail minors’ use of tanning beds by allowing a parent or legal guardian to make the ultimate
decision.The proposal would require
a consent form to be signed in-person by the parent or legal guardian of the 16 or 17-year-old in order to use a tanning facility.
Currently, the same regula-tions of restricting tanning laws are practiced by 33 other states.
“A lot of people don’t realize the injury that can happen to their skin,” Risser said. “It seems to me that it’s time for Wisconsin to also join the crowd.”
Propane relief fund set up by state legislators
Republican legislators challenged their constituents Monday to make donations for those affected by the severe pro-pane shortage that Wisconsin continues to face. The legisla-tors pledged their support during a press conference in Rhinelander, Wis.
The group consists of state Sen. Tom Tiffany, R-Hazelhurst, state Reps. Mary Czaja, R-Irma, Jeff Mursau, R-Crivitz and Rob Swearingen, R-Rhinelander.
The move comes in response to numerous constituents ask-ing how they can donate to peo-ple struggling with the propane shortage, according to a state-ment from Tiffany.
Mursau asked citizens across Wisconsin in a state-ment to donate to the “Keep Wisconsin Warm Fund,” which aims to help provide the resources needed to aid their fellow Wisconsinites.
The relief fund announce-ment comes days after Gov. Scott Walker sent a letter to President Barack Obama proposing a sup-ply chain to help transport pro-pane across the U.S.
Contributions can be made to the “Keep Wisconsin Warm Fund” by donating on their web-site or by calling 1-800-891-9276.
The Domestic Partnership Act was passed in 2009 in an attempt to give same-sex cou-ples the same protections oppo-site-sex married couples main-tain. But according to Karon, the act does not afford the more than 1,000 benefits and protec-tions that opposite-sex mar-riage provides.
Major legal marriage ben-efits include filing joint tax returns, applying for health care, combined social security and medical decisions made on behalf of a spouse who is inca-pacitated.
Karon said the country’s atti-tude toward same-sex marriage is changing and that there is momentum toward legalizing same-sex marriage.
“We really felt that the time was now to do this in Wisconsin,” Karon said.
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District 5, said she wants the project to embody the idea of a design that “creates a space for all Madison citizens to engage and interact.”
When faced with opposi-tion, Bidar-Sielaff said the committee should take action
despite the difficulty of doing so and asked the committee to take the challenge.
“We do need to have this con-versation,” Bidar-Sielaff said.
The committee will send the draft resolution and rec-ommendation of the proj-ect to the Madison Common Council for approval.
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The city’s Landmarks Commission moved decid-ing on the 121, 123 and 127 W. Gilman St. reconstruction project and relocation of 123 W. Gilman St. to Feb. 17 at
the request of Steven Brown Apartments, the applicant.
The commission took no action Monday and did not allow public comment on the issue.
Landmarks Commission delays controversial construction proposal
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“We really felt that the time was now to do this in
Wisconsin.”
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RECORD ROUTINE
By Michael FrettThe Daily CarDinal
Travis Morrison appears to have been pretty busy for a guy who “retired” from music. Between the side project Time Travel and The Dismemberment Plan’s poorly received comeback (2013’s Uncanney Valley), as well as that Huffington Post gig, Morrison has had a lot on his plate. Yet, the man continues to pump out music, now with the backing of a trio of beard-ed rockers who call themselves The Burlies. The Burlies EP, their debut, features a variety of rock ‘n’ roll music stripped of that DP-born
experimentalism that Morrison’s thrown into past records.
The opening track, “In a Never-Ending Way,” is like a smooth indie-rocker that breaks down into a 1980s hook that would’ve made Tommy Tutone blush. References to the 1980s aside, it’s a satisfying song—not too remarkable but fitting for any “summer nights” playlist.
“In a Never-Ending Way” flows into a crunchier, feedback rocker. Dubbed “The Ocean,” the guitar leads carry a steady beat through the song, playing over John Bonham-esque thun-der and grinding rhythm gui-tars.
The highlight of the EP, the lyrics carry almost no weight; rambled images of “skeletons” and “frightened dogs” are sung over a psychedelic surf rock breakdown before leading into happenings in “deep space.” Listeners probably won’t care, though; “The Ocean” is a potent
showing of hard rock gone indie.The Burlies EP’s finishing
song eases in with “On Ice.” Subtly introduced with a gentle guitar line, the song becomes a slide-driven chorus as it goes on. A breakdown into chants of being a “grown-ass man” slows the song down, but the song bounces into a calm bass groove as guitars trade off licks. Well-mixed and tinged with the blues, “On Ice” brings The Burlies EP to a close.
The Burlies’ debut EP is an easy going indie rocker topped off with a startling head banger and a strike of the blues that says Morrison and company have the chops to write good rock ‘n’ roll music. It’s not exact-ly a standout EP, but The Burlies EP will definitely leave this fan eagerly awaiting for whatever else the bearded foursome has coming next.
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MOVIE PREVIEW: FEB. 4—FEB. 8
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The MarqueeUnion South7 p.m.
Documentary based onmountain climber JoeSimpson’s 1988 memoir
The MarqueeUnion South7 p.m.
Titular woman is an inmateof a Senegal woman’s prison,striving to survive
Cinematheque4070 Vilas7 p.m.
Adaptation of LarryMcMurtry’s “Horseman,Pass By” (1961)
Cinematheque4070 Vilas7 p.m.
Adaptation of RobertoBolaño’s “Una novelitalumpen” (2002)
The MarqueeUnion South9 p.m.
French movie centeringon lesbian relationships
FREE LIVE MUSIC: FEB. 4—FEB. 8
February 4 February 5 February 6 February 7 February 8
Casey Foubert
Mickey’s Tavern10 p.m.
Local Madison artistspecializing in synth—and computer—drivenmusic
The NorthWesterns
Malt House7:30 p.m.
Swing jazz music ensemblewho performs on the firstWednesday of every month
TheMidwesterners
Essen Haus8:30 p.m.
Rock band playing musicsteeped in roots musicand old style country
AlisonMargaret Trio
Tempest Oyster Bar9:30 p.m.
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T he 1980s were a decade that ushered in an era of mostly horrible music. A quick
Bing search for the best ‘80s songs nets you a list filled with Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Duran Duran and The Bangles.
But the ‘80s provided all sorts of great “‘80s music” as well. Now, I put “‘80s music” in quotes because there was plenty of great music from the ‘80s, which doesn’t fall into the category of “‘80s music.” One example is my beloved Phish, who formed in the ‘80s; however, they would never be confused for an ‘80s band.
To start things off, it would be a travesty to not have the King of Pop at the top of this non-list. His two albums that he released in the ‘80s, Thriller and Bad, sold a bajil-lion copies (or at least over 130 mil-lion) and help you “Remember the Time,” a joke most of you won’t get because that’s a song off his 1991 album, Dangerous, which was leaps and bounds worse than his two ‘80s albums.
Seriously though, between Jackson’s two albums released in the 1980s, there are upwards of eight songs that could be consid-ered for the Top 100 songs ever—“Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin,” “Thriller,” “Beat It,” “Billie Jean,” “Bad,” “The Way You Make Me Feel,” “Man in the Mirror” and “Smooth Criminal”—and that’s just scratching the surface.
After the King of Pop, the only place to go is Prince. Though he released a bunch of albums in the ‘80s, the three I’m going to focus on are 1983’s 1999, 1985’s Around the World in a Day and obvious-ly, the greatest soundtrack this side of “The Harder They Come,” 1984’s Purple Rain.
Every song on Purple Rain could be a single, but the ones that were released—five of the nine tracks on the album—are bona fide hits, and that’s not even including “Computer Blue” and “Darling
Nikki.” Around the World in a Day isn’t as great an album, but “Raspberry Beret” is maybe the greatest song ever, so there’s that.
In terms of most influen-tial bands of the ‘80s, Talking Heads need to be in that con-versation. Actually, you can drop the “of the ‘80s” part of that because across genera-tions, no one put their imprint on the music of today as much as Talking Heads. Though their heyday began in the ‘70s, Remain in Light and Speaking in Tongues are two consum-mate ‘80s albums.
Bruce Springsteen released some good albums in the ‘80s, but his best work came in the ‘70s. Furthermore, really, Born in the U.S.A. is the only “‘80s” album worth its salt; however, “Dancing in the Dark” is a phenomenal song and cracks this non-list because of that alone.
Another great guitar-driven band from this era is Dire Straits. Led by the brothers Knopfler—Mark and David—this band reached such great heights with Brothers in Arms, which went plat-inum 13 times over in the United Kingdom and nine times in the United States. Though arguably
their most famous song, “Sultans of Swing,” came out in the ‘70s, “Money For Nothing” has that dis-tinctive ‘80s sound, which made them incredibly popular.
People often argue about which era of AC/DC was better, the Bon Scott era, which lasted from 1973 until his death in 1980, or the Brian Johnson era, which picked up in 1980 and has carried through the present. While early AC/DC is bet-ter, on the whole, with Johnson in tow, the band sold 50 million cop-ies of Back in Black, the album that took them from being a great hard rock band into the mainstream.
Glam rock superstars Guns N’ Roses were as pure a byprod-uct of the ‘80s as anyone else and Appetite for Destruction is maybe the best debut album of all time. That whole album could have found a place on the band’s Greatest Hits album, but instead, you can find five Appetite for Destruction gems on said Greatest Hits album.
To get even heavier, while many will point to 1991’s Metallica as Metallica’s crowning achievement, the four albums they released in the ’80s were far better musically. Though nowhere near as commer-cially successful, songs like “For
Whom the Bell Tolls,” “Orion” and “Seek & Destroy” allowed the band to channel all of their energy as a young metal band in a manner that only the ‘80s could have embraced.
Hip-hop also began to take shape during this wonder-ful decade, including such standout albums as Eric B. & Rakim’s Paid in Full, N.W.A’s Straight Outta Compton, the Beastie Boys’ Paul’s Boutique and Afrika Bambaataa’s Planet Rock: The Album, which if you haven’t heard it, drop whatever you are doing—yes, that includes reading this column—and listen to it. Or maybe listen while you keep reading.
Other great songs and albums that came from the ‘80s include anything by Hall & Oates—par-ticularly 1981’s Private Eyes—“Come on Eileen” by Dexy’s Midnight Runners, though you can probably forget about every-thing else they’ve ever released, as a cursory glance through their discography netted me exactly zero other songs I’ve ever heard of before.
Furthermore, amid all the debris that one needs to wade through, there are some real gems among the one-hit won-ders of the ‘80s. In no real order, Men at Work’s “Down Under,” Loverboy’s “Working for the Weekend,” the Human League’s “Don’t You Want Me” and A Flock of Seagulls’ “I Ran” are fantastic places to start.
Invariably, I missed your favorite band or artist from the ‘80s and that’s fine. Maybe you think everything I picked is ter-rible and falls into the category of shitty ‘80s music, and that could be true. But at the end of the day, despite not having the same depth of the ‘70s, the era of what we now call “Classic Rock” or the ‘90s and the new wave of rap and grunge, the ‘80s wasn’t all “Take on Me” and “Rock Me Amadeus” but had some phenomenal music pep-pered in there as well.
Think Brian missed a few gems, or picked a few misses, from the ‘80s? Be sure and tell him at [email protected]
Brian Weidyweidyng outthe noise
PLayLiST A suite of “non ‘80s” ‘80smusic to supplementBrian’s ‘80s column
By Sam JohnsonThe Daily CarDinal
Much like a summer blockbust-er, Broken Bells’ After the Disco is fun and enjoyable. However, people will lose interest once more daring, impressive works come out later in the year. The Shins’ frontman, James Mercer, employs his usual melodramatic lyrics and folk-twang while Danger Mouse produces more modern percus-sion and synths in order to give the
album its own original, pop vibe. The album feels similar to the first Broken Bells album, but with a more polished and upbeat sound. A safe, enjoyable effort, After the Disco instills Mercer or Danger Mouse’s ability to make music that satisfies their existing fan base.
After the Disco provides no memorable or heavy-hitting lyr-ics. It’s James Mercer’s banal sto-rytelling of dissatisfaction and dealing with life’s problems, as seen in every Shins song. The overarching theme reflects the title of the album. After a night out, all the problems and respon-sibilities in life still remain. Each song feels lyrically the same as the last. However, the musical production and instrumental choices make up for this.
The album’s opener, “Perfect World,” combines different musi-cal elements for an impressive
result. It’s upbeat, has a driving rhythm, and incorporates some original musical choices such as switching up the tempo at the end and jumbling synth sounds that work together. After “Perfect World,” the album starts to pick and choose which songs are worth a listen. “After the Disco” and “Holding On for Life” keep from being Shins B-sides because of Danger Mouse’s produc-tion skill. They use a Daft Punk funk sound and an impressive guitar-and-drum pad dichotomy, respectively, to display originality and maintain interest. “Leave It Alone” and “Lazy Wonderland” belong on a Shins’ album more than a Broken Bells album, and “Medicine” and “The Angel and the Fool” break the monotony of After the Disco with unique per-cussion and synths.
The album ends with “The
Remains of Rock & Roll,” which encapsulates the album’s gen-eral tone. Fuzzy, distorted guitar sounds complemented by differ-ent drum patterns and computer-generated beats drive the rhythm throughout. Mercer’s voice melod-ically flows along, singing lyrics that are sometimes hard to under-stand, but ultimately don’t affect the song, and when it ends, lis-teners are left with nothing but a fondness for what they heard.
It’s as if they listened to the Postal Service’s Give Up and wanted to try to make their version. Like Give Up, After the Disco has catchy singles and songs that satisfy listen-ers. However, unlike Give Up, people won’t still talk about After the Disco years after it was released.
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You guys wanna go listen to ’80s music?
The Replacements “I Will Dare”
Minnesota’sbest rock band hit their stride withthis countrifiedrocker.
Hüsker Dü“Celebrated Summer”
Minnesota’s bestpunk band rippedapart the notion ofsummer songs with this blisterer.
Squeeze“Tempted”
This soul-tingedgem, along with itsalbum, East SideStory, is an ‘80streasure.
Minutemen“This Ain’t No Picnic”
“We jam econo.” “Ourband could be your life.” California punkrockers Minutemenwere motto masters.
Dinosaur Jr.“Raisans”
Nirvana’spredecessor, thistrio were lords ofheavy guitarmusic.
The Clash“Rock the Casbah”
The band’s lastgreat hurrahbefore the travailsof breakup andsolo careers.
Elvis Costello &The Attractions
“Man Out of Time”
Five minutes ofunremitting popbliss tinged withdesolation.
Men Without Hats“The Safety Dance”
... alright. Fine.
opinionl6 Tuesday, February 4, 2014 dailycardinal.com
A s the world descends upon the Black Sea resort city of Sochi for
the winter Olympics, Russia’s international image is as cold and as hard as the ice on which many athletes will compete. While the Cold War may have officially been ended with the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia’s political relationships, especially with the west, have far from warmed.
These Olympics present an emotion that many Olympic athletes have never felt before, fearing for their lives. Countries from around the world have been reluctant toward commit-ting their athletes and fans to Sochi because of the escalated terrorist threat from numerous Chechen, Islamic rebel groups. Recent suicide terrorist attacks in the Russian city of Volgograd in December have proven the Russian government has a less- than stellar grasp on national security despite its numerous claims of having the situation totally under control.
In recent weeks there have been numerous claims that Islamic terrorist cells have been able to plant potential sui-cide known simply as “black widows” bombers behind Russian security, appropriate-ly named “The Ring of Steel” that Russia has in place for the Olympic village. In a video made by the Volgograd bomb-ers, they are quoted as say-ing, “That which we will do, that which we have done, is
only a little example, a little step,” and continued on stating “We’ll have a surprise package for you. And those tourists that will come to you, for them, too, we have a surprise.” Russian president Vladimir Putin’s refusal to accept international security help, especially from the United States, for the games is unsettling but also not a sur-prise given his previous rigidi-ty and stubbornness in the face of international pressure.
On top of the security prob-lems facing Russia, there are also numerous social issues that have put Russian policy on the interna-tional hot seat. Gay rights have been put under the microscope because of the illegality of homosexual pro-poganda within Russia. The Law states that “Propaganda” of “non traditional sexual relations” is ille-gal. While this blatant discrimina-tion has caused an uproar from gov-ernments and people around the world, Putin responded by essen-tially telling the world to stay out of his nation’s business. “The Russian people have their own cultural code, their own tradition. We don’t inter-fere, don’t stick our noses in their life and we ask that our traditions and culture are treated with the same respect.”
Additionally, Putin said the law has “nothing to do with persecuting people for their
non-traditional orientation” but instead “society must keep children safe.”
Outrage has also been spurred by Russia’s condemn-ing of the Ukrainian protesters in Kiev, Ukraine. In November the Ukrainian government announced they would aban-don a trade and political rela-tionship with the European Union and instead would strengthen economic ties with Russia through a $15 billion bailout from the Kremlin. Many Ukrainians see this move as a revert back to Soviet economic
polices, and the ferocity of the protests show how serious the opposition of this decision is.
If history has taught us any-thing about Russian leaders it is that freedom and liberty don’t fall into their policy plans. Putin is just the most recent strongman to stomp on democ-racy in order to strengthen his grip on the nation.
The fall of the Soviet Union initially showed so much prom-ise for democracy in eastern Europe, but unfortunately the nations that layed behind the Iron Curtain continue to revert
backward toward Soviet polical and economic policies.
All of this turmoil and outrage amounts to what should be incred-ibly interesting Olympic story-lines. Will the threats of terrorism be halted by Russian security or will the world witness the first terrorist attack on the Olympic games since the murder of Israeli athletes in the 1972 Olympics in Munich? Will Putin stay true to his word of not persecuting gay athletes or protesters? Will there be more historic Olypmic momemts between Russia and the United States, like the men’s hockey semi-final in 1980?
One thing is certain: If any major miscues or tragedies occur during the games, the world need only look toward the ego of one man, Vladimir Putin. All in all, the permafrost that continues to cover U.S.-Russia relations will undoubtedly bring intrigue and a healthy dose of American patrio-tism that will keep me glued to the action throughout.
Will Russia be prepared to handle the pressure that comes from hosting the Olympics? Tell us your opinion at [email protected].
It takes one a long time to come to a conclusive decision on the suc-cess of a presidency. Many people,
however, jump right in and have no prob-lem protesting the president even on day one despite the president’s lack of time to accomplish the administration’s goals. That’s OK, but it doesn’t mean it’s intui-tive, well-mannered or well-analyzed.
President Barack Obama is a bad president. Now every Democrat can punch a hole through the computer and every Republican start doing cart-wheels. I’m looking at this man through a perspective that includes education, ability to deal with others, oratory abil-ity and how he conducts himself. Why is it that we have such an educated president who can seemingly get very few things done? Why is it that it’s been six years and we still feel none of his “changes”? And finally, what makes President Obama ineffective? This degree of unpreparedness can be simply read through the words of Obama’s for-mer chief of staff and current Chicago mayor, Rahm Emanuel. Rahm avails: “There was no blueprint or how-to man-ual for fixing a global financial melt-down, an auto crisis, two wars and a great recession, all at the same time.” I’m sorry; the blueprint must have been placed on the other desk. Those things
tend to get lost around the office. President Obama clearly has the edu-
cation that the people wish for their presi-dent, despite the fact that it seems as if this characteristic is mattering less and less. It doesn’t matter if you can read a mechanical engineering book forward and backward, what matters is if you can take those thoughts and new ideas to other places. President Obama does not do this well. As far as I can tell, the only sector to recover from 2008 is Wall Street.
He claims to have saved the auto industry and is putting more emphasis on manufacturing while dually empha-sizing training programs for the same people. He hasn’t chosen a clear direc-tion for our nation, which has clear-ly progressed beyond manufacturing. That’s for the peripheral and developing countries now. The rust- and- dust jobs are moving out of country for a good reason. We’ve developed to the point where poorer nations will handle those responsibilities and all we have to do is trade. The only positive thing I’ve seen come from my hometown of Detroit is that of the chief emergency manager, who has been appointed to finally deal with the problems that have been decay-ing the city for so long.
Obama’s personal problems are also
what make his job even more difficult ,even if unintended. Being the sharpest knife in the drawer has consequenc-es, especially when you act as such. This “I’ll take care of it” attitude has essentially made him the loneliest man in Washington, sitting atop his ivory tower. The stories of arrogance and political games have circulated to the point where his staff and he seem like two separate entities.
For those of you who thought his State of the Union address meant anything, wait three weeks and see if you can tell me what his talking points were. It’s the same every year. As students and vot-ers, we should have seen this coming, right? A 2008 video shows the president explaining his weaknesses as candidate and politician, with those being “I ask my staff never to give me a paper until two seconds before I need it, because I’ll lose it.” As well as this gem: “My desk in my office doesn’t look good, I need someone around me keeping track of that stuff.” For a graduate of Columbia University, can he not hold onto paper for five sec-onds or possibly, I don’t know, organize his desk? I saw these as early warning signs for someone who intends to deal with a massive health care overhaul.
He has failed to understand the power distribution and the best way to obtain more. The clock is ticking and, unfortunately, if he were to leave office today, he would be considered one of the poorer presidents in history.
There is another side to this para-digm that many liberals love to tack onto the argument. The idea that it
is Congress’ fault for all of President Obama’s failures and inabilities to pass worthwhile legislation while in office. Blaiming Congress is simply not fair, as Obama can take matters into his own hands whenever he feels ready. The executive order, to me, shows the cap-stone of ineffective government. Why would we need such actions if everyone were able to cooperate?
To flood your final two years with executive orders is asking for a lega-cy consisting almost entirely of over-reaching authority. His lack of a cohe-sive office and cabinet led to a terrible health care rollout that was frighten-ingly underfunded and understaffed. At least if you’re going to do it, do it big. Of course this article will fall along parti-san lines, but that’s not my intention. My intention is to wake up some of our peers to the idea that Obama is far from being the president we hoped he could have been and that his administration’s time is quickly coming to an end.
Is Jeff correct in his criticism of the Obama administration, or is it still too early to judge his presidency? Can President Obama improve in the remaining time he has left in his second term? Please send all feedback to [email protected].
RYAN BULLENopinion editor
Outrage at Russia grows as Sochi Olympics near
Obama continues to disappoint in second term in office
This “I’ll take care of it” attitude has essentially made him the
lonliest man in Washington, sitting atop his ivory tower.
The only positive thing I’ve seen come from my hometown of Detroit is that of the chief
emergency manger.
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“Russia’s international image is as cold and as
hard as the ice on which many athletes will
compete.”
Vladimir Putinpresident
Russia
“We don’t interfere, don’t stick our noses in their life
and we ask that our traditions and culture are
treated with the same respect.”
JEFF BIRNKRANTopinioncolumnist
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Wisconsin athletics enter ‘crunch time’By Andrew TuckerTHE DAILY CARDINAL
FootballAthletic Director Barry
Alvarez announced Monday that proceeds from ticket sales of the Badger spring game will go to University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Education in its fight to improve literacy. The game is scheduled for April 12, and the tickets will be $5.
“We look forward to working with the School of Education to highlight their efforts to improve literacy while also promoting our spring game,” Alvarez said.
This is the fourth year that the spring game benefits one of the schools on campus. Ticket sales in the past went to the Schools of Nursing, Human Ecology and Pharmacy the last three years, respectively.
“This is an exciting and unique opportunity for the School of Education. We look forward to involving partners from across the community in raising funds for, and put-ting a spotlight on, efforts to improve student literacy,” said School of Education Dean Julie Underwood.
Former Badger and Packers’ offensive lineman Mark Tauscher has been announced as a co-chair with Underwood. During his time as a Badger, Tauscher earned a master’s degree from the School of Education in edu-cational administration.
“Teaming up with athlet-ics to promote the spring game presents a golden opportunity to bring widespread attention to the importance of improving student literacy,” Tauscher said.
Women’s Basketball
Wisconsin (3-6 Big Ten, 10-11 overall) broke a four-game skid by beating Ohio State (4-5, 14-11) 82-71 Sunday. With the win, the Badgers matched their Big Ten win total from last season, and are only two wins away from last year’s overall win total of 12.
Head coach Bobbie Kelsey acknowledged their previous troubles, and changed things up
in the win against the Buckeyes.“We were taking too many
3s,” Kelsey said. “[Our staff] tried to help them get to the bas-ket because you’ve got to get to the free-throw line. A lot of your points come off of free throws, and then the other team is not so aggressive because now they’re in foul trouble.”
This week, the Badgers host Nebraska (5-3, 15-5) Wednesday, then travel to Bloomington to face Indiana (3-6, 16-6) Saturday.
Despite the upcoming quality competition, Kelsey is confident in her team.
“If you just go in the game and not believe it, then you’re probably not going to have it happen for you,” Kelsey said. “I believe we could win every game. If I’m the coach and I don’t believe it, then what’s that saying to the players?”
Women’s Hockey
The Badgers (17-3-2 WCHA, 21-3-2 overall) haven’t taken the ice since their sweep of Minnesota-Duluth (11-8-5, 13-10-5) last weekend. The team enjoyed its bye week, but looks forward to its upcoming series with WCHA foe Ohio State.
“It’s sort of crunch time,” head coach Mark Johnson said. “Should be a fun week of practice, looking forward to the opportu-nity to go down to Columbus and play Ohio State, a team that hasn’t lost in eight games.”
With the Winter Olympic games in Sochi approaching, Johnson also reminisced on his time with the 1980 U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team, as well as his time as head coach of the 2010 U.S. women’s Olympic hockey team.
Johnson scored two goals in the United States’ 4-3 vic-tory over the Soviet Union in 1980, in what came to be known as the “Miracle on Ice,” a cru-cial game in the team’s path to the gold medal. Johnson also coached the 2010 team to a sil-ver medal.
While the Ohio State game is Wisconsin’s next contest, all eyes are looking forward to the “Fill
the Bowl” series Feb. 14 and 15, where the team will play in the Kohl Center against rival and No. 1 Minnesota. The team normally plays in LaBahn Arena, located next door.
“They’re certainly playing well coming off a sweep this past weekend up in North Dakota,” Johnson said. “It will be enter-taining, two high-powered and explosive teams, and obviously stakes will be large.”
Men’s Basketball
Head coach Bo Ryan and a struggling Wisconsin (4-5 Big Ten, 17-5 overall) squad are com-ing off a 59-58 loss to Ohio State (17-5, 4-5) at the Kohl Center Saturday. It was the team’s fifth loss in six games after starting the season a school-record 16-0.
“They still have to believe in what they’re doing,” Ryan said. “They’re taking care of the ball. They’re getting good looks.”
Of the five recent losses, three were by single digits. Ryan stressed that it’s only a few possessions per game that could swing the outcome either way.
A bright spot in the OSU loss emerged with the breakout of freshman forward Nigel Hayes, who led the team in scoring with 17 points, and also recorded five rebounds and a block.
“Without Nigel, we might not have anything near what we have,” Ryan said. “And the results haven’t been great on the scoreboard, but man, the things he’s given us defensive-ly, [he] rarely makes the same mistake twice.”
The Badgers will face off against Illinois (2-7, 13-9) Tuesday, and Ryan refuses to overlook the Illini despite a sev-en-game losing streak.
“Earlier in the year, there were just some things that were getting away from them,” Ryan said. “But now they’re just more in tune with one another and their talent level is starting to show through. I mean, some-times you can have talent, but it’s not in sync. But now they’re playing a lot better together.”
Freshman forward Nigel Hayes had his breakout performance Saturday, scoring 17 points.NICK MONFELI/THE DAILY CARDINAL
A week ago, shocking news broke that football play-ers from Northwestern
University were attempting to unionize with the National College Players Association (NCPA).
The NCAA quickly responded to the Northwestern players’ demands with a state-ment that can be summarized by the first paragraph.
“This union-backed attempt to turn student-athletes into employees undermines the purpose of college: an educa-tion. Student-athletes are not employees, and their partici-pation in college sports is vol-untary. We stand for all stu-dent-athletes, not just those the unions want to professionalize.”
Like it or not, the NCAA’s position seems legally valid, even if they are right for the wrong reasons. Athletes receive no wages and are only given scholarships. Ask yourself, are any students attending college on an academic scholarship employees of their school?
It feels slimy, but as long as the status of student-ath-lete is legally upheld, athletes don’t really have any right to be considered employees by the government and therefore can’t unionize. Of course, the status of student athlete was invented by the NCAA for this exact legal purpose.
However, arguing over this legal debate obscures a pretty simple fact: These Northwestern players are not asking for what the media has led us to believe they are, they’re asking for things they should already have.
We heard from college sports analysts and former coaches (but curiously, not many former play-ers) that the status of a student-athlete is a privilege and these are just unreasonable demands from an ungrateful collection of physi-cal specimens who have no idea how good they have it.
These players are not asking for compensation. They are not asking for their positions as ath-letes to be considered a full time job. They are asking for basic medical, academic and scholar-ship support.
Go look at the NCPA’s demands under the “Missions & Goals” tab on their website. You’ll see demands such as “increase graduation rates … prevent play-ers from being stuck paying sports-related medical expenses … prohibit universities from using a permanent injury suffered dur-ing athletics as a reason to reduce/eliminate a scholarship.”
Here’s a question: How is any of that stuff unreasonable?
Here’s a better question: How come athletes even have to ask for some of these benefits?
If a football player lives the rest of his life with neurological com-plications, he deserves help from the university he was playing for while sustaining this trauma.
If a player needs money, he or she should be able to get a job without worrying about compromising their student-athlete status.
If a player can lose his or her scholarship for non-academic and non-conduct reasons, they deserve to keep that scholarship.
I don’t really see anyone dis-agreeing with those statements.
This group of Northwestern players is going to have a tough time being legally recognized as a union. But the fact that the athletes need a union to demand some basic rights and protections (that I imagine many college fans thought they already had) is pathetic.
The NCAA shouldn’t see this group, led by senior quarter-back Kain Colter, as an adver-sary. It should see the group as an opportunity to show that it cares about its athletes and is willing to work with them to eliminate the negatives of being a student-athlete.
How would you feel if the Badgers made a move to union-ize? Do you agree with Jack or is he crazy for thinking the system can ever change? Email [email protected] and let him know.
University athletes’ attempts to unionize are long overdue
JACK BAERbaer necessities
ROHAN NADKARNI/THE DAILY NORTHWESTERN
Northwestern senior quarterback Kain Colter, pictured center, is leading the movement for college athletes to unionize.
