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First chancellor forum receives low turnoutBy Cheyenne Langkamp and Meghan ChuaThe Daily CarDinal

In the face of low turnout at a forum Tuesday morning, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Chancellor Search and Screen Committee heard its first taste of public opinion on the qualities the next leader of Wisconsin’s flagship university should have.

The committee aimed to solicit input from faculty, staff and the community at the 7 a.m. forum in the Health Sciences Learning Center. However, with only approx-imately 15 in attendance, turnout was lower than expected according to Jason Chiang, a student represen-tative on the committee.

Though the CSS committee is diverse in experience, hearing UW-Madison community mem-bers’ insights and opinions gives the committee a better idea of what

to look for in a prospective chancel-lor, Chiang said.

“Our view of the university is only a slice of the pie,” he said, emphasizing the importance of community participation in the process.

While 7 a.m. seems early for a forum, Chiang said for many attendees, such as medical profes-sionals who start their workday early, Tuesday’s session was their only chance to contribute to the dis-cussion.

He added the times of future forums are more accessible to students and community mem-bers, including a 2 p.m. session in Grainger Hall’s Plenary Room Wednesday and an 11 a.m. session Friday in Varsity Hall III at Union South.

Despite low turnout, the com-

President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney engaged in a heat-ed second presidential debate Tuesday night in New York, trading jabs over a wide range of domestic and foreign issues.

The first question of the typi-cally confrontational town hall-style debate came from a college student set to graduate in 2014, Jeremy Epstein, who expressed concern over the lack of available jobs post-graduation.

Romney, the former

Massachusetts governor, said he would ensure students could afford a college education and avoid debt by continuing to grow the Pell Grant program and keep-ing student loans in place. He also repeated his pledge to create 12 million new jobs in four years.

“When you come out in 2014—I presume I’m going to be presi-dent—I’m going to make sure you get a job,” Romney said.

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People gather at Memorial Union’s Der rathskeller Tuesday evening to watch the second presidential debate.

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Madison’s city Council hears concerns from community members on Mayor Paul Soglin’s proposed 2013 budget. The city’s financial committee will review the budget Oct. 22.

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Madison’s city Council’s decision to approve a new comprehensive zoning code, representing five years of planning, was met with applause from both Council members and city staff Tuesday.

Effective January 2013, the updated zoning code des-ignates land use for every property in the city and will streamline new development projects.

“The existing 1966 code has been outdated for years and years,” Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said. “It’s a cumber-some code requiring special exceptions for development.”

Verveer said the new zoning code allows for greater density downtown, specifically in the Mifflin Neighborhood, and will permit developers to construct

multi-use buildings instead of solely residential buildings.

The zoning code also allows new developments to be up to six stories in height, according to Verveer.

Although the changes will not happen immediate-ly, Verveer said the Mifflin neighborhood will be the most “dramatically” changed in the future.

While Council members

unanimously approved the zoning code, some city offi-cials had reservations regard-ing the document as a whole.

Ald. Satya Rhodes-Conway, District 12, said while the newly adopted zoning code is an improve-ment, the council may have missed opportunities such as placing a greater emphasis on sustainability.

“I feel like after spend-ing four years on something, there’s a lot of stuff I wished we had a better result on,” Rhodes-Conway said.

But council members refer to the zoning document as “living,” meaning the docu-ment can and will be devel-oped over time, according to Plan Commission Chair Nancy Fey.

—Abby Becker

City Council approves new zoning code

By Abby BeckerThe Daily CarDinal

Almost all of the seats in Madison’s city Council’s chambers were filled with concerned community mem-bers ready to petition for more funding from Mayor Paul Soglin and city officials on the proposed 2013 execu-tive operating budget.

Soglin’s proposed $1 mil-

lion cut to the Overture Center for the Arts prompted many speakers to urge the city Council to increase fund-ing to the community arts center for 2013.

Although Soglin dedicated $1.85 million to Overture in 2012, he proposed granting $850,000 to the performing arts center for 2013, even though the Overture Center Foundation

requested $2 million.Overture President Ted

DeDee said the arts center is a major asset to the city, benefit-ing downtown business, tourism and local community members.

The $1 million cut could potentially decrease or cut free and low-cost programs the Overture is currently able

Overture supporters petition Soglin for increased funding

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R ecently, my friend Adam Wolf wrote a column for Page Two in favor of Mark

Twain’s wry take on epistemology, specifically regarding his quote: “I never let my schooling interfere with my education.” Although I think that public and private hous-es of higher education are (for the most part) effective contrivances of any advanced society, I also tend to agree with Mr. Wolf and Mr. Twain that there exist certain forms of education, which are necessary to be a well-rounded individual, that cannot become manifest within a formal classroom.

In some of my Communication Arts classes, we have discussed in depth the concept of enacting citizenship. It has been argued, notably by Professor Robert Asen of our own Com Arts department, that citizenship is “a dynamic mode of public engagement” and that people enact citizenship in a plethora of ways, e.g. voting, choosing certain (maybe more “green” friendly) shops to spend

their money at, discussing local politics with a friend, etc.

Professor Asen’s concept of citizenship has prompted me to philosophize about a concept that is near and dear to all of us here on campus, namely “college studenthood,” or what it means to be a college student.

I suspect it rather implicit in the term “student” that one who holds that title devotes significant time to studying. But I would also argue that a college student who only studies is not enacting college studenthood in its full-est. If the only task at hand in college was to earn a high GPA, then my theory would face strong opposition. But the fact is, we go to school with 44,000 students, each with a unique personality, each with a unique background, and a major reason we are here is to interact with each other out-side of the classroom.

My argument is not only that viewing highly anticipated public speakers or attending extracurric-ular academic events and engag-ing in stimulating discussion is this “type” of education outside of the classroom. But rather, I think that watching and analyzing the latest episode of “Mad Men” or practicing your rendition of the

“Gangnam Style” dance with a friend is also engaging in college student-hood.

This is because these are salient issues for the average col-lege student. Just as a good citi-zen should be aware of the politi-cal candidates and their stanc-es on important issues, a good college student should at least have some degree of knowledge regarding the day’s most perva-sive popular culture. That way, when we do want to host discus-sions with others from a different background, we will all possess some common element on which to begin a conversation.

It seems a bit ridiculous to think that deep conversation and philosophical debate could stem from discussion regarding Kanye West’s gaffe during the Taylor Swift acceptance speech at the 2009 VMAs, and it may be, but it happens.

Pop culture is blatantly not the only outlet by which we can com-mence novel conversations, and

knowledge of it is only one of many responsibilities of the college stu-dent. We are also committed to a basic degree of knowledge of our school’s sports teams, where the best bars and restaurants in town are, and dialogues pertaining to where the freshmen Coasties will live after Statesider can no longer host them.

I would like to reiterate that formal higher education, the insti-tution that pushes us to think criti-cally about the world around us, really is a wonderful thing. There are certain channels of thought that can only occur within the classroom setting. That is the foremost reason that we invest our fortunes on college degrees. But to disregard the world outside the classroom, the one in which sound bites and images propel the realm of non-academic discussion, is to do a grave injustice to the meaning of college studenthood.

Do you agree that a well-rounded education includes being up-to-date about things like “SNL’s” most recent epi-sode? Tell Zac at zpestine@wisc.edu.

Finding comfort in a bashful Yeti

T hroughout my life I’ve been lucky enough to travel and fly a lot.

Going to school 1,000 miles away from my native Maryland (blue crabs, whaddup?!) means that I have to fly to and from Wisconsin a lot. But this con-stant flux is just a perpetual reminder of how much I freak-ing hate flying. OK, I know I brought this on myself. But anyone can understand that the allure of a great education and an unfathomable abundance of cheese is just too great to resist.

So, because of my pursuit of education and a lactose-rich diet, I find myself flying at least five times a year to and from school. It never gets easier, though. There’s some-thing about flying three billion feet (don’t fact check me on that, I’m not an airplane expert and this isn’t the Science Page) above the ground in a multi-ton metal box that doesn’t sit well with me.

Let me reiterate, I’m no rocket scientist. I’ve also never taken physics or whatever sci-ence teaches the principles

of flight. And because I don’t entirely understand the sci-ence behind aviation, I’m in an admittedly irrational constant state of fear when flying. I tend to spend the duration of the trip stewing in my own neurosis. Every time there’s turbulence, I begin lamenting about all of the goals I won’t accomplish in my life when the plane falls out of the sky. Yes, crashing is morbid and improbable, but every time I’m in the air I still worry I’ll never have the opportunity to get married, be able to legally buy a drink at the KK, or buy my first pantsuit—you know, life’s big milestones.

However, there is one thing in which I take comfort when flying. It calms my nerves and reminds to always keep my faith alive. Nope, it’s not God. It’s SkyMall—the world’s greatest gift inventory of everything unnecessary.

The magazine equivalent of an infomercial marathon, SkyMall is only available on airplanes but has over 180 pages of useless gadgets to peruse. It’s like Brookstone but without the imposing salesper-son implying you’re trying to steal an electronic nose hair trimmer. Skymall has every-thing, from a backpack that is also a scooter to an armadillo conversation piece that doubles as a beer holder. If you don’t

need it, they have it.Reading about a “Bigfoot, the

Bashful Yeti” garden sculpture helps me drown out the sound of that neglected infant wail-ing behind me. Appreciating the unrefined elegance of the “Bliss, Touch and Smile” wine decanters lets me forget that I’m sitting between two affec-tionate and hormonal teenag-ers. Examining the fine print of “Bling String Sparkly Hologram Hair Extensions” help me ignore the fact that our flight crew just said we’re run-ning low on fuel and have to make an emergency stop.

Although I have never actu-ally bought a n y -thing in SkyMall a n d w o u l d p r o b a b l y judge some-one who has, it is where I find solace during a long flight where my seat-mate is drooling on me. I do not think I will ever enjoy fly-

ing, but I have to say, as weird as it may be, looking at a $200 16th century Italian replica of a globe puts me at ease.

What’s something that calms your nerves? Is it watching “Magic Bullet” commercials? (Because Jenna likes that too). You can share blended omlet secrets at jbush-nell@dailycardinal.com.

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Student group hosts experts on preventing world hungerBy Annie ShaoTheDailyCarDinal

In honor of World Food Day, a University of Wisconsin-Madison student group host-ed two UW-Madison faculty speakers Tuesday, who talked about their involvement in international agricultural improvement projects and how college students can help.

The One Acre Foundation is a non-profit organization whose goal is to help East African farmers improve their crop yields and avoid “hunger seasons.” Students founded the UW-Madison chapter of the organization in fall 2012.

The faculty speakers, Dr. Jeremy Foltz from the Department of Agriculture and Applied Economics and Dr. Philipp Simon from the Department of Horticulture and USDA-ARS Vegetable Crops Research Unit, presented stories of their research experi-ences at the event.

Foltz spoke about his work to create new, hardier breeds of sorghum, a type of grain, which he said will increase grain pro-duction to improve economies

in the region.“We need a crop that is

actually going to help people who live in a place like [Mali] actually grow something,” Foltz said. “And that’s what’s going to help push people out of poverty.”

Similarly, Simon said he is working to breed carrots and garlic that can grow in areas prone to drought and improve their nutritional value for impov-erished people in these places.

To keep UW-Madison stu-dents informed about poverty issues, OAF members said they plan to host more speak-ers and have panel discussions featuring faculty involved in relevant fields. They also plan to host film viewings and start a book club.

Members of the OAF UW-Madison chapter Stella Salvo and Hannah Goodno said they hope to involve many students around cam-pus to get the word out about their organization.

“We are definitely going to be pulling people from campus from a lot of different kinds of departments,” Salvo said.

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Rock the vote Bus tour hits campus, encourages votingBy Sarah OlsonTheDailyCarDinal

With the deadline for early voter registration approach-ing quickly, the Rock the Vote Bus Tour returned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison Tuesday where members encouraged stu-dents to register to vote for the election Nov. 6.

Rock the Vote is an orga-nization that travels to college campuses and concerts across the country to encourage young people to register to vote by using music and technology as well as popular sponsors.

Rock the Vote Bus Tour manager Michelle Clark said members hope to register approximately one million people with the bus tour and with the organization’s online campaign, but its ultimate

goal is to “get as many people registered as possible.”

The group also aims to provide any necessary vot-ing information people may need, such as details about polling locations, to ensure the voting process is as seam-less as possible.

Members also tried Tuesday to motivate people who have already registered by inviting them to pledge to vote in November.

While some polls suggest young people are not as excit-ed about this election as they were in 2008, Clark said she has not sensed any decrease in enthusiasm.

“I’ve been traveling around the country since the end of August, talking to young peo-ple every day, and they are excited,” she said.

Student government lead-ers met Tuesday to discuss next year’s proposed internal budget for the Associated Students of Madison Student Council, includ-ing funding for prominent speak-ers on campus and Homecoming.

Changes to the budget for 2013-’14 include general cuts based on spending trends in previous years and a push to encourage fiscal responsibility, according to ASM Chair Andrew Bulovsky.

The proposed internal bud-get includes $60,000 that could be used to invite world-class speakers to the university during graduation. Last year, similarly budgeted funds brought astro-physicist Neil deGrasse Tyson to speak on campus.

ASM also proposed giving $20,000 to both Homecoming and the All-Campus Party. Although this year’s budget does not include either event, last year ASM spent just under $30,000 cosponsoring the two events.

However, some council mem-bers were concerned that by allocating funds in ASM’s inter-nal budget for specific events, the council would be favoring those events and organizations over others that would have to go through the formal process to request funding approval.

According to Press Office Director David Gardner, future discussions among council mem-bers on the topic might include the issue of viewpoint neutrality, a law Student Council must fol-low when allocating funding. He said that could mean ensuring all groups and events go through the same procedures to receive fund-ing from ASM.

The Coordinating Council will vote on approval of the budget at its meeting next Tuesday before the proposal goes to the Student Council for initial consideration on Oct. 31.

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to provide to the city, accord-ing to DeDee.

Additionally, Overture Center Board of Directors Chair Tom Basting said the city’s unwillingness to grant more funding to Overture is a deter-rent for its private donors.

“If the city doesn’t have skin in the game and not will-ing to support Overture, why

should they?” Basting said.The Overture fundraised over

$2 million during its transition year, and Basting said the private sector’s support of Overture is essential to its survival.

Community members also urged Soglin and the city Council to include $75,000 in the operating budget for a winter day shelter in Madison.

Tenant Resource Center Executive Director Brenda Konkel said this amount of funding would benefit the city in addition to giving the homeless a place to take shel-ter during the winter.

“A day center could really help people regroup,” Konkel said. “If [the homeless] are exhausted and tired, I don’t know how they’re supposed to function.”

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mittee and attendees held a dia-logue surrounding how the next chancellor should approach uni-versity funding sources, educa-tional innovation and the impor-tance of shared governance.

UW-Madison alum Jim Prudent, who is the president and CEO of a Madison area biotechnology busi-ness called Centrose, said although the university must remain com-petitive nationally and globally, he would like to see the next chancellor focus on the Wisconsin community.

“I would love to see more inter-action between the university and its graduated students that are try-ing to create businesses around the state,” Prudent said.

The forum closed with a discus-sion of the culture of shared gover-nance by faculty, staff and students, unique to Wisconsin universities since it is required by state statute.

CSS Committee member and professor of horticulture Irwin Goldman said a candidate should respect shared governance, which he called the “ultimate form of democracy,” but recognized it is a difficult quality to identify through interviews.

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emphasized his Pell Grant reforms on the campaign trail, Obama responded to the ques-tion by emphasizing his larger economic plan to invest in infra-structure, energy and education.

“If we do those things, not only is your future going to be bright, but America’s future’s going to be bright as well,” Obama told Epstein.

One of the tensest exchang-es throughout the 90-minute debate dealt with energy poli-cy, when Obama and Romney bickered face to face over oil and natural gas production in

the United States during the past four years.

Another tense moment came when the two candidates answered a question about the recent attack in Libya, which left a U.S. ambassador dead.

The president accused Romney of politicizing the act of terrorism on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi while the Republican nominee criticized the Obama administration, alleging it did not immediately calling the incident a terrorist attack.

The final presidential debate will take place next Monday in Florida.

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By Sammy LuterbachHead style guru, Collegefasionista

As students of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, we are all so lucky to be receiving a great educa-tion at one of the best colleges in the nation. Unfortunately though, we always hear horror stories of happen-ings after graduation. It’s enough to make us question our life directions and career aspirations.

Instead of giving up and settling for less than our best, we Badgers are determined to add extra activi-ties to our already full schedules to make us stand out from the rest of the pack once graduation hits. CollegeFashionista is not only a fabu-lous street style website for college students, but it’s also an internship opportunity for people interested in fashion, photography, blogging and social media that helps interns develop skills that can’t be honed in the classroom.

I chatted with Taylor Viegut, a senior and fellow Style Guru for CollegeFashionista, about her thoughts on internships and CF. Sammy Luterbach: How did you find out about CollegeFashionista? Describe the application process. Taylor Viegut: Sophomore year I saw someone on the site. I love fash-ion so I explored further. Junior year I sent the editor an email titled “Do not delete.” It was gutsy, but it got her attention and she then gave me the information I needed to apply, so I proceeded from there by sending

my sample work and got the internship. SL: What value do you find in your internship with CollegeFashionista? TV: I love the exposure I get to fashion industry professionals through my internship with CollegeFashionista. Interning for CF allows me to perfect and maintain my writing skills while also being able to showcase those skills by pro-moting my articles through various social media plat-forms. CF has taught me the importance of capturing street style but also taking that to another level by working to promote the University of Wisconsin-Madison style to the rest of the nation. SL: Has CollegeFashionista helped you develop skills that you haven’t been able to develop in the classroom? TV: It has helped me with deadlines because I have posts due weekly and I have to manage my time well. It has also helped me hone in on my social media expertise and get out of

my comfort zone when it comes to talking to students about their style. SL: What is your favorite part of your internship with CollegeFashionista? TV: Getting to showcase UW’s street style to the nation, and keeping it one of the top-viewed schools as well. Follow CollegeFashionista on Twitter for the latest style news on our campus at @CFUWisconsin.

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By Rebecca AlttHe daily Cardinal

I feel I should preface my very first food article by admitting to all you eager foodies out there that I have an uncanny appetite for squash. Butternut squash, acorn squash, circus squash, summer squash, pumpkin squash—you name it, I’ll eat it.

It may have something to do with my fondness for fall, seeing as most of these delectable veg-etables make their appearance at the Farmers’ Market ’round ’bout September. Yet there is noth-ing like roasting a plump acorn squash, after spending hours in the depths of Memorial Libraries’ stacks, topped with my new favorite spread: pumpkin butter.

In the weeks ahead, I will do my darndest to take into con-sideration that most people do not share my zeal for all things squash, and provide my faithful readers with a diverse repertoire of recipes to dazzle your friends and family with. However, in light of it still being October and in an attempt to promote eating sea-sonally, I present to you a whole-some stew with an after-kick that will transform the way you think about butternut squash.

My mother, quite familiar with this ongoing love affair, gra-ciously shared this recipe with me a couple of weeks ago. I would describe this stew like “everything but the kitchen sink” cookie and bar recipes—the ingredient list seems a bit peculiar, but the med-ley of flavors is sensational. The chickpeas and squash make the dish a bit heartier than the tra-ditional celery, tomatoes, carrots and meat combo found in most stews. What really gives this dish

the extra oomph, though, is the lemon juice and garam masala—they cut through the spiciness of the red pepper, brighten up the chicken and bring out the natural sugars in the vegetables.

And if you’re like me and are cooking for one, this recipe serves “four to six” so you should at least get about two nights worth of dinner out of it.

I suggest heating up a piece of naan bread in the oven for dip-ping into excess juices—they’ll tantalize your taste buds with the savoriness of the chicken, tomatoes and spices and leave a delightful hint of sweetness from the butternut squash and carrots for you to relish after your last bite. For all you vegetarians out there, have no fear—this scrump-tious stew will satisfy anyone’s palate even without the chicken.

Warning: if you are not accus-tomed to eating a sizable amount of chickpeas, they have lots o’ fiber—ergo, they expand in your stomach and have been known to induce unpleasant gas. I’d advise saving this one for a night in with your chums. It’d be unfortunate to find yourself bustin’ a move on some wickedly hot dude/chick at Chasers, only to find yourself desperately trying to blame the frightful smell on the poor sucker standing nearby.

On that note, I encourage everyone and anyone to try this recipe while butternut squash is still in season. As Paula Dean always says, “I send y’all love and best dish-es, from my kitchen to yours.” Have any great recipe requests for Rebecca to try out? Send them her way at alt2@wisc.edu.

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Easy ways to update your space on a budget

Moroccan tagine can be paired with a crisp, citrus flavored wine, such as sauvignon Blanc from Marlborough, new Zealand. i am admittedly not as familiar with the expansive assortment of beer, but i trust avid beer drinkers out there can discern a fitting brew.

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Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil2 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, cut

into chunks1/2 onion, chopped3 cloves garlic, minced1 small butternut squash, peeled and chopped1 (15.5 ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained

and rinsed1 carrot, peeled and chopped (if you’re using baby

carrots, it’s about a cup)1 (14.5 ounce) can garlic-roasted diced tomatoes,

with juice1 (14 ounce) can chicken broth1 tablespoon sugar1 tablespoon lemon juicesalt and black pepper to taste1 teaspoon ground garam masalaa dash or two (or three) cayenne pepper

Directions

1) Heat the olive oil in a large skillet or wide pot over medium heat.

2) Cook the chicken, onion and garlic for about 15 minutes or until browned.

3) Mix the butternut squash, garbanzo beans, car-rots, tomatoes, chicken broth, sugar and lemon juice into the skillet/pot. season with the salt, black pep-per, garam masala and cayenne pepper. Be careful with the salt, the diced tomatoes and broth are salty, so don’t go too ham.

4) Bring the mixture to a boil. Continue cooking about 30 minutes or until vegetables are tender.

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By Janalle GoosbytHe daily Cardinal

With the temperature on a steady downward slope, I’ve been itching to heat up the décor for my apartment. But as a college student, my funds don’t allow me to mimic my bedroom after something from HGTV. So, instead of breaking my bank account, I decided to up the ante on my creativity. With a few simple changes to the items you already have, you can take your apartment from drab to fab. 1. Light it Up!

Lights can have a huge impact on the atmosphere of your apart-ment. For less than ten dollars, a pack of holiday lights can brighten up an entire room by creating dif-ferent patterns and shapes.

Lamps can be easily updated for fall. With just a can of spray paint and a pile of beautiful leaves, you can use the leaves as a stencil and spray paint the lamp shade to create a gorgeous fall pattern. 2. Create a Collage!

To add charm and personal-ity, a collage can be a great way to personalize any room. College is a time when we make lifelong mem-ories, and the best way to remem-ber the time is to make a photo collage. Black and white photos are the best, as they allow you to play with color and mix and match funky frames.

You can also go for a fashion

collage with your favorite outfits, designers, etc. You can do this on canvas and paint cool designs around the photos, or arrange the frames on the wall in excit-ing new ways. Think of it as a giant scrapbook for your wall. 3. Reupholster and Redefine!

3. Take that old couch to the next level with a bright, cool new fabric. Going for less than three dollars a yard, you can find many different fabrics to give the couch an entirely new feel. Not very handy with a needle and thread? No worries! You can purchase a slip cover for the same effect, which is very ben-eficial to those who change their minds frequently. Apply the same technique to pillows to give your bed a fresh feeling and your couch a new look. Simple changes to the fabric can completely redefine your style and your apartment. 4. Accessorize!

You can never have too many accessories. Accessories are a great way to personalize and change the look of a space instantly. A quick splatter painting on a piece of canvas can give your walls some dimension. Grouping candles together can also make a fun cen-ter piece for your coffee table. If you have old jars sitting around, find something cool to fill them up- think rocks, colored sand or even cut up scraps from last month’s fashion magazines.

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L ance Armstrong, sev-en-time Tour de France winner, cancer survi-

vor and hero to many, is now inching closer and closer to being perceived as a perfor-

mance-enhancing drug user in the court of public opinion. The worst part is that this transgression did not take me by surprise.

What used to be frowned upon in sports is now the norm; it is now a legitimate argument to say, because every-one is doing it, dopers cannot be blamed. When else has this

ever been a valid excuse? Since grade school it has been burned into our minds not to conform to those who cheat, yet it sud-denly goes out the window for a fat paycheck and fame.

Athletes are forced into the uncomfortable situation—at least I hope that it is an uncom-fortable one—of deciding what their morals are worth to

them when they are presented with the opportunity to take PEDs (performance-enhancing drugs). But for those in the MLB it does not even seem like a decision to be made. Today, it seems that if you are not pumping poisons through your veins you are going to get left behind. People in all sports, including college athletes, are

selling their bodies and, worse, their hearts to earn enough money to fill their castles with tainted possessions.

Lance Armstrong is not a competitor. He did not win a single Tour de France. Anything Armstrong, Barry Bonds or Mark McGwire “won” was, in fact, taken. At the end of the day, truly the most grati-fying thing about success is the sense of accomplishment, the idea that you achieved what you set out to do. But for those who dope, this sense of accom-plishment is fake, good for nothing but false bravado.

What bothers me most about this Lance Armstrong incident (and all PED reports for that matter) is not the fact that he cheated to get ahead, though this does not sit well either. But rath-er the idea that at one point, he—like each and every one of these athletes who now hang their heads in courtrooms—sat in a little league dugout or rode their bikes up neighborhood streets. They worked for years to achieve their goals until they decided hard work just was not going to cut it anymore. My childhood heroes, and heroes of the entire nation, gave up on themselves.

Even those who are trusted to represent nations—Olympic athletes—have not proven to be immune to cheating. This should not be taken lightly; the cheating epidemic is all too tell-ing of the direction our soci-ety is going. It spills over into politics, everyday life and, ulti-mately, our youth. Everything politicians say carries a caution-ary label; similarly, every time an athlete denies doping there is a voice in the back of my mind reminding me to take it with a grain of salt. Competitors of any kind are lucky there is no verbal manifestation of the asterisk.

The fix is simple: Stop prais-ing them. Condoning lying and cheating only perpetuates this kind of behavior. Blowing money on jersey purchases and highlighting big plays even after the players have been found guilty lets them know that we as a community do not care or hold them accountable for their actions. If money were not a factor, as the tale goes, this would not be an issue. As the fans that put money in their paychecks, we need to recognize that doping has bigger implications than seven Tour de France victories. It sets an example for the mil-lions of viewers who follow these sports and look up to the players, and we need to stop ignoring the impact it has on the world.

Jon is a freshman with an unde-clared major. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

Doping being taken too lightly in U.S.JonShapiroopinioncolumnist

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No soul shortage from Mayer Hawthorne By Ben Siegelthe daily cardinal

Andrew Mayer Cohen first landed in Los Angeles intent on pursuing a hip-hop career. His grind earned him a record deal. It also led to the discovery of his knack for neo-soul and the side project that would end up becoming Mayer Hawthorne—the smooth soul cat with a sound as slick its origins.

“Initially it was something I was doing to get around sam-ple clearance issues,” he remi-nisced. “It’s crazy how it’s come full circle.”

Inspired by the likes of J. Dilla, Hall & Oates, Motown and back again, Hawthorne’s music has cultivated a devoted following from all walks of life. This includes those old enough to appreciate the throwback to fans young enough to recog-nize his sound primarily from the genetically modified and chipmunk-sounding fragments embraced by the production of Kanye West and the like.

“It’s been a really cool thing to watch…almost a 540 or maybe even a 720, where I grew up lis-tening to hip hop and learning about soul music through hip

hop,” he said. “Now I’ve started making soul music, and now hip hop cats are sampling me, so that’s definitely an awesome thing to watch go down.”

As one fan put it, “[Mayer] brings the old school to the new school, ya dig?”

To another, Strange Arrangement’s single “Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out” has the power to “make your soul glow.”

The former was my class-mate in high school geometry (circa 2009), the latter the illustrious Snoop Dogg in a US Weekly interview, but the bottom line remains the same: the youthful energy Hawthorne soulfully delivers is irresistible.

It’s an energy he brings to all of his performances, as one glance at his Facebook page affirms; stumble onto it any day and you’re likely to find a shot of the multitalented musi-cian (presumably taken by a member of his backup in The Country) on stage with the crowd behind him—sometimes in a red tuxedo (perfect for a Madison show but, according to Hawthorne, a game-day deci-sion), but always in high tops or Jordans and enjoying every

minute of the ride. “It’s different every night,

and that’s part of the fun,” he said. “The thing that’s the same every night is that it’s a party.”

He’s knows a thing or two about how Madison can get down—his first show in Madison at the Memorial Union Rathskeller in 2010 was during Halloween weekend.

“That was insane...like one of the craziest shows ever,” he recalls. “Halloween in Madison is no joke; you guys take that shit hella serious.”

Hawthorne’s visit comes on the heels of the one-year anniversary of the major label debut How Do You Do. Anchored by the standout “No Strings” and “Can’t Stop”—featur-ing, you guessed it, Snoop Dogg—it’s a progression from the delicacy of his first album into an expansion of his era-defying sounds.

But let’s be real: the only place more popping than the Majestic Theatre on Thursday Oct. 18 will be Ian’s Pizza.

“You know I’m about to get my macaroni and cheese pizza,” he deadpanned over the phone. “That’s the whole reason I take the gigs. It’s all about the food.”

Nobel Prize in Literature just dust in the wind for Bob Dylan

C hina’s Mo Yan was award-ed the Nobel Prize in Literature last Thursday

to the consternation of Bob Dylan fans, but more on that later.

Those of you reading this col-umn right now are probably unfa-miliar with Mo Yan. I certainly was. But since I invest Nobel laureates with a certain measure of credibil-ity and stature, I decided to check him out, the Prize being, if nothing else, a sterling recommendation. I started small with “Explosions and Other Stories.”

The stories were good—well written, provocative to the extent that most of them covered contro-versial topics such as forced abor-

tion and military corruption with-out coming across as thinly veiled political tracts—it was enough to make me want to look at his other work. I would say, based on those stories and based on what his other books promise, Mo Yan probably earned that Nobel.

The announcement was also historic, in a sense. Mo Yan is not the first Chinese Nobel laureate in literature—that honor goes to Gao Xingjian in 2000—but he is the first one to receive the award while still being a bona fide Chinese citizen. Gao Xingjian immigrated to France in 1987. It’s not perfect, but for all intents and purposes, Mo Yan is China’s first Nobel laureate, though not the first Chinese one.

As is to be expected of any major prize, there has been inevi-table backlash against his nomina-tion. Chinese critics have claimed Mo Yan isn’t extreme enough in his depiction of China, that he isn’t

critical enough. And, of course, there are the inevitable clamors of “it’s high time an American won the Nobel (again)! We haven’t gotten one since 1993!” or “X should have gotten it because Y” or even “they should have given it to Bob Dylan!”

Yes, you read that right.Bob Dylan’s odds at winning

the Nobel Prize were vaunted by Ladbrokes Bookmaker, a gambling company that tabulates bets on who will get the prize, among other endeavors, odds of 10:1. So it’s not like somebody on the Nobel commit-tee was generating buzz on Dylan receiving the prize. It was all ram-pant speculation—by all accounts, rampantly stupid speculation.

The front-runner of Ladbrokes’ odds table was Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami, at 2:1. Other likely candidates were William Trevor (Irish author) at 7:1, Alice Munro (Canadian short story author) at 8:1 and Thomas Pynchon (American enigma) at 12:1. Mo Yan was also towards the front at 8:1.

The promotion of Bob Dylan for the Nobel Prize in Literature is not surprising or confounding; the rea-sons are perfectly evident, and—a running theme in this discussion—perfectly absurd.

Giving Bob Dylan the Prize would have validated an entire generation old enough to remem-ber when Bob Dylan was hot stuff rather than your creaky old uncle in the corner whose every phlegm snort gets a five star rating from “Rolling Stone.” It would have ele-vated songwriting to the realm of poetry, with Dylan being its revered and deserving figurehead. And with all petty formalities of genre and aesthetic distinction out of the way, the Nobel committee could start giving its literary prize away to such deserving contenders as Paul Simon and James Taylor.

Dear God, may this never happen.It’s not even a question of Paul

Simon undermining the credos of the Prize, outlined by Alfred Nobel in his will (the source of every Nobel prize); the Swedish Academy has been doing that for years.

As a whole, the Nobel Prizes were meant to celebrate some spe-cial advancement in culture and the sciences. The first three (Physics, Chemistry and Physiology or Medicine) are pretty straightfor-ward and incontestable. The first Physics prize went to Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen for his role in the discovery of X-rays. And, really, you can’t knock X-rays.

The last two, Peace and Literature, provoke the most polarized respons-es around the world, and it’s really to no surprise. The original criteria for the Literature prize was (and maybe still is), “the most outstanding work in an ideal direction.”

What that is supposed to mean, and whether such a sentiment is still relevant more than 100 years after those guidelines were deter-mined, is up for debate. What’s

also up for debate is whether the Nobel Prize in Literature is the holdover of a lost time, an apocry-phal measurement of worth.

The first Nobel Prize in Literature went to a Frenchman named Sully Prudhomme. Outcry was swift, as the gen-eral expectation had been Leo Tolstoy receiving the Prize. The outcry was likely as vehement and divided as Mo Yan’s receipt of the Prize is today.

The Prize gets by on its pres-tigious background and worth—it’s the largest literary prize at around $1.2 million U.S. dollars. And plenty of deserving authors have won. Too many to name. Yet, due to the variegated, vari-ously faceted nature of world literature, it’s unlikely one year’s Nobel laureate will ever escape criticism. And it’s unlikely everybody who deserves the recognition and wealth will get it. There are too many agendas floating around.

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Football

by ryan Hillthe daily cardinal

In what was the Wisconsin football team’s (2-1 Big Ten, 5-2 overall) best performance of the season Saturday, the Badgers seemed to find what was missing offensively in the team’s shakey start to the season.

According to senior running back Montee Ball, a lot of it had to do with the team’s realization that everybody was pointing the finger at someone else when the team was in desperate need of a boost.

“I guess you can kind of say everyone was looking around for someone to make plays and contin-ue to make plays,” Ball said. “And finally players started to do it.”

Ball also admitted he went into some earlier games with a sense of believing the offensive line could clear his path at will. Or perhaps it was being accus-tomed to having last year’s offen-sive line virtually block every single defender it their path.

“Not everyone is going to be blocked,” he said. “[I realized] I have to start making people miss and I have to start shed-ding tackles.”

By the second half of Saturday’s game, the Badger running backs were essentially running behind a line that was, in fact, blocking almost everybody in their path. And this happened even when senior left tackle Rick Wagner exited.

Interim offensive line coach Bart Miller said the line’s increased swagger more than made up for his loss, though.

“When we’re executing properly

and putting guys on the ground…it gets us going,” he said with a smile. “Those guys really started believing in what we were doing.”

The box score last Saturday resembled one from 2010 or 2011. The team had averaged 8.2 yards per rush, had a sizable amount of their passing yards go to a tight end and they dominated the time of possession.

Feel similar to most of the

games last year?“In a sense, it did feel that way,”

redshirt junior tight end Jacob Pedersen said. “Especially with

how well we were running the ball.”The weather may have had

a little to do with the team only calling two pass plays in the sec-ond half, but it’s hard to believe that the team would’ve thrown in even the sunniest of condi-tions amid the mauling of the Purdue defensive front.

“When you’re having success with something, why go away from it?” Pedersen said.

It appears that this offensive success can largely be attributed to first-year offensive coordina-tor Matt Canada as well, though.

“I think, as he has more and more success here, you’ll see that true part of him come out, very creative, and it’s not creative with a bunch of high-lighters and glitter,” Wisconsin head coach Bret Bielema said. “It’s about doing things that make sense.”

Badger-Gopher rivalry game is the heart of both teams’ seasons

R ivalries define the Big Ten. Flashback to Oct. 29th last year. Under the

lights in Columbus, Ohio, quar-terback Braxton Miller heaves a forty-yard bomb with 20 seconds left in the game.

The ball floats over a burned Badger secondary, falls straight into wide receiver Devin Smith‘s lap for an easy touchdown and the entire Wisconsin fan base lets out a collective “I hate Ohio St!”

This loss on top of the Badgers’ colossal win against the then-No. 1 Buckeyes in 2010, led everyone in Badger nation to declare Ohio State as Wisconsin’s biggest rival.

While they are two of the Big Ten’s best teams and there is something on the line in almost every game, Ohio State is not the Badgers’ biggest rival. These two teams each have their own foes that date back much further than 2010. The Buckeyes’ biggest rival is Michigan, and the Badgers’ is undoubtedly Minnesota.

Rivalry is what college foot-ball is all about. It’s about two teams with a long history of hate, big plays, heart-breaking losses and endless smack talk.

Whether it’s the prestige of the Army-Navy game, the golden helmets of Notre Dame against the Trojans of USC or the sheer chaos of the Iron Bowl between Alabama and Auburn, rivalries mean something more than just the score at the end of the game.

You need to win the rivalry game because you can’t live with

the fact that the fans on the other side are going to put awful noise in your ear for an entire year.

The rivalry game being played in Madison this weekend has something that all of those clas-sics lack. When the Gophers and Badgers take the field, it will be for the 122th time—the oldest rivalry in all of college football. The first game between these two teams was in 1890. If that’s not history I don’t know what is.

Yes, the battle for Paul Bunyan’s Axe is the most important game on the Badgers’ schedule for one rea-son: bragging rights.

How many students do you know enrolled at the University of Minnesota Twin-Cities? Probably more than you know in Columbus, and I’m sure every one of the Gopher fans has every Badger they know on speed dial, ready to rub it in their face if the Gophers get to hoist the Axe this Saturday.

Although Minnesota has fallen on some tough times lately, let’s not forget some of the amazing games played in this rivalry.

In 1994, the then-defending Rose Bowl Champion Badgers played host to the Gophers and lost a heart-breaker, 17-14. That was one of the Gophers’ three measly wins that year. Despite

the poor season, the Gophers still brought their best when the Axe was on the line.

Jump to 2005: the No. 23 Badgers travelled to the Metrodome to play the No. 22 ranked Gophers. Wisconsin was trailing 34-31 with only 38 seconds left in the game. The Minnesota punter mishandled the snap on a punt and the Badgers were able to block the kick and recover it in the end zone for a touchdown, a rath-er exhilarating way to capture Paul Bunyan’s Axe.

Despite the last few seasons of ineptitude from Minnesota, the Gophers still hold the all-time record at 59-54-8. In fact, Badger fans should dislike the Gophers more for taking the fire right out of one of college football’s best rivalries.

No matter who wins or loses, both fan bases will remember the game until the two squads take the field next year in Minneapolis. Rivals are two peas in a pod; it’s very hard to bring up one and not think of the other.

On Oct. 29th, 2011, when Braxton Miller ripped the hearts out of the Badger fans, Buckeye fans did not care because all they were thinking of was their game at the end of the year with Michigan.

Despite the fact that the Badgers might have games with bigger title implications in 2012, they will certainly not face a bigger rival than Minnesota Golden Gophers.

Do you think the Minnesota game is the Badgers’ biggest of the season? Is another team emerging as a bigger rival for Wisconsin? Let Grey know what you think at: sports@dailycardinal.com

Grey SatterFielDone shade of grey

ball, offense return to top-level form

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Senior running back Montee Ball saw a return to his heisman-caliber form from 2011 against Purdue Saturday, rushing for a career-high 247 yards and three touchdowns in just three quarters.

no matter who wins or loses, both fan bases will remember the game until the two squads take the

field next year.