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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.”

By Megan Stoebigthe daily cardinal

Approximately 24 University of Wisconsin-Madison stu-dents were displaced early Wednesday morning after a fire at a housing cooperative at 244 W. Lakelawn Place caused an estimated $125,000 in damages, according to Dean of Students Lori Berquam.

According to a news release, Madison Fire Department was called to the Lothlorien Co-Op at approximately 1:13 a.m. When firefighters arrived five min-utes later, they saw was a large amount of fire visible on the building’s roof.

The students, along with approximately 10 other resi-dents, have been displaced

until further building assess-ments can be made. The residents were allowed back into the residence Wednesday night to collect their remain-ing belongings.

Carl Gibson, a building resident, said he plans to stay at another co-op and then “couch surf ” for the next month or so.

“The building is unrecog-nizable. I walked up the stairs and everything was just turned into ash and it had rained … this morning, and so every-thing was wet and muddy,” Gibson said. “ I looked at my books, and they were all burnt up, no clothes left.”

Armed robbers target UW studentsBy Megan Stoebigthe daily cardinal

Police believe an armed robbery on the 1600 block of Adams Street Wednesday morn-ing is the latest in a string of armed robberies surrounding the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus area, according to Madison Police Department South District Capt. Joe Balles.

Balles said he believes the suspects have randomly targeted student housing areas.

The latest robbery occurred Wednesday at approximately 2 a.m. According to the incident report, a female UW-Madison student attempted to shut her front door when she noticed a man on the front porch. The sus-pect pointed a handgun at her, demanded money and pushed his way into the home. The suspect ultimately fled with a laptop com-puter, according to the report.

Victims of the first two attacks described similar suspects; two black males in their twenties, approximately 5-foot-11 and wear-ing dark clothes. The description of the suspected robber in the third attack differs slightly, how-ever, officials believe all three crimes are related, according to police reports.

“We need people to be extra vigilant right now, extra alert,” Balles said.

Balles said a motive for the attacks was likely that college-aged students often own valuable electronic devices.

In response to the incidents,

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At the Sept. 5 Board of Regents meeting, Speaker of the Assembly Robin Vos, R- Burlington, posed a question:

“Are we the most nimble that we can be?” Vos asked the assembled audience of University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents members and legislators. “Does … allowing faculty to make a huge number of the decisions on every campus help the system or hurt our ability to be flexible?”

The comments spurred a flurry of responses, largely from faculty and staff involved in shared governance who saw Vos’ remarks as a challenge to the cur-rent decision-making system.

Shared governance is a frame-work by which different campus bodies work together to govern the university and develop poli-cies. Faculty members, academic staff and students all give input in the decision-making process, as mandated by state statute.

A working group made up of assembly staff members, which Vos referred to in his remarks, is in the process of gathering ideas about potentially changing the campus governance structure, according to state Rep. Patricia Strachota, R-West Bend. While no concrete plans are set, the repre-sentatives involved could decide

to carry suggestions through the legislative process.

“There were a lot of ideas thrown out,” Strachota said. “We’re going to take some of those ideas and see. If we feel that they have merit we’ll move forward.”

The working group was par-tially created to address concerns about faculty having too much input in certain decisions, such as those related to finances and personnel, said Mike Mikalsen, spokesperson to state Rep. Stephen Nass, R- Whitewater.

“When it comes to the finan-cial aspects of the university, there are some chancellors who feel like they have to, under the shared governance rules, run everything through the Faculty Senate,” Mikalsen said. “And Faculty Senate takes a very long time to

Urban design committee approves downtown housing developmentsBy Melissa Howisonthe daily cardinal

Following the urban plan-ning committee’s approval Wednesday, a local developer will convert three floors of office space above Espresso Royale and Winter Silks, located respectively at 222 and 224 State St., into apartments.

The renovation will introduce a total of 15 bedrooms dispersed throughout nine apartment unites, each with its own indoor bicycle storage area and balcony.

In addition to the interior modifications, the developers plan to modernize the outside of the building by replacing the orange panelling currently in

view of State Street pedestrians with beige, wide-brick masonry and a continuous three-story-tall bay window.

The Urban Design Commission also gave final approval to a proposed five-story building at 425 W. Washington St. called “The Washington Plaza,” that will include 50 apartment units, totaling 64 bedrooms, and create spaces for Capital Fitness and John Bonsett-Veal Optometry to move into.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said although the building is geared toward young profesion-als, it is likely students will live

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a fire at the lothlorien co-op Wednesday caused an estimated $125,000 in damages to the building.

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+OPINION, page 6The questionable implications of Cyrus’ current “phase.”

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Advice from the Deer Cardinal, advice bird

Embracing Zen, the angry way

I ’m becoming a Zen master. You’re probably think-

ing, “Yeah, OK, Andy, keep on believing there’s a well-tem-pered bone in your alcohol-guz-zling, sailor-mouthed, cheese-burger-slamming, cig-sucking existence.” And to that, I say FUCK OFF.

See, the Zen thing is simple. Wikipedia says all it really takes is a clear head and a willing-ness to learn from someone who has already achieved a state of enlightenment. But I’m just skip-ping both of those steps because, let’s be honest, that sounds, like, super boring.

The only thing about becom-ing a Zen master that’s pissing me off a bit at the moment is the tear-jerking slowness of the entire process. I wish I could just pay somebody to give me a piece of paper stating my quali-fications. If only everything was like college…

I mean, as a results-orient-

ed individual, the only thing I really care about is what people are going to think of me when I can finally look them in the eyes and exclaim, “I AM A ZEN MASTER NOW!!! SUCK IT!!!” They will probably burst into tears. Or maybe, their heads will explode when I use The Force™ on their grotesquely inferior minds. I think that moment of absolute domination is what us masters call “nirvana.”

I’ve been getting a lot of “hate” mail from people who frequent the local meditation centers. Apparently they don’t approve of my using Bluetooth during sessions. But you know what? If you were really apt in the art of meditation, my occa-sionally heated (and excessively vulgar) c o n v e r s a t i o n s wouldn’t bother you, would they? Hell, I remember one day, I was chatting with my financial adviser when he told me my account just took a 12 percent hit. And I swear, even though I should have unloaded the insult vault onto the numbskull, all I did was call him a “good-for-nothing, rat-tongued, diarrhea-brained, pathetic, soon-to-be-unemployed fraud,” with a mid-decibel shriek. Despite being nowhere near full vol-ume, some rogue projectile spittle may or may not have unfortunately touched down on the neck of the lotus-posi-tioned woman in front of me. I’ve never seen a faster transi-tion from “Om” to “My husband can make people disappear.” I guess not everyone gets that

you can’t achieve success with-out causing other people stress.

Many centuries ago, Lao Tzu said, “Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.”

Ripped that off Brainy Quote—and it made me realize that updating my Facebook pro-file at least six times every hour really does build character.

In about half of my Google Images searches, the Buddha has a plump belly. So in order to imi-tate his greatness to the best of my ability, I plan to maintain a 9,000-calorie diet for the next three

months. My main source of sus-tenance will be bacon-wrapped, double-deep-fried chicken (that means you fry the chicken, wrap it in bacon and then fry it again). I’m currently dipping my B.W.D.D.F.C. in a special 60/30/10 ranch-dress-ing/cheese-whiz/maple syrup hybrid sauce. But if you douse your B.W.D.D.F.C. in something different, I’d love to swap recipes.

You know, back before I decided to become a Zen master, I would spend the overwhelm-ing majority of my time reading meta anything, writing poetry in complex, discretely sequenced cadences, observing nature so closely my consciousness would occasionally transcend itself,

sometimes even flirting with the essence of God, or convers-ing on the merits of a post-mod-

ern mindset in comparison to more antiquated ideals. What a

fucking waste of time. Now I just feel totally

centered as a self promot-ing, fast-food-out-the-

car-window throwing, ivory-collecting, Wild T u r k e y- d r i n k i n g ,

wedding-crashing, plot-line-spoiling (Snape kills

Dumbledore), last-piece-eat-ing, F-bomb-dropping

ego maniac. And if you can’t appreciate the Zen in that, well, that’s your problem.

I hope you may find peace in all your frivolous pursuits.

Direct all hate mail to holsteen@

wisc.edu.

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Deer Cardinal,This is the first week of dis-

cussion, and I don’t have any fun facts about myself to share in discussion. How do I come up with interesting responses for these activities?

—Mary J.Deer Plain-Old Mary,

Your response to icebreakers reveals much to your fellow stu-dents about both your character and soul. As such, it’s crucial for you to engage in critical self reflection before each of your classes. To enter an introspec-tive mindset, climb to the top of Ag Hall, sit cross-legged on the roof and, when the clock strikes midnight on the eve before the discussion, slowly sing “Varsity” backward to the tune of “Call Me Maybe.” Once you finish, sit and process as you are overwhelmed with vivid details about your family pets, your hometown and your own double-jointedness.

If you feel more prepara-tion is necessary, email the TA the night before and ask for the prompt—you wouldn’t want to show up ready to talk about your trip to Iceland when the class needs to know your favor-ite ice cream flavor.

Also, Mary is kind of a com-mon name, so I’d recommend

changing the pronunciation or the name entirely.

Deer Cardinal,My roommates never take

out the trash. When the can is full, they tend to stack trash on top of the can, which causes a garbage avalanche.

How do I let my roommates know this bothers me without pissing them off?

—Steve S.Deer Trashy Steve,

According to my colleague, behavioral scientist Dr. Von Kardinal, the formal scientific term for your roommates’ behav-ior is “jenga-ing.” The term is defined as “strategically stacking pieces of garbage atop one anoth-er and/or the can’s lid as part of an effort to avoid taking out the trash.” The behavior is accompa-nied by a fear of knocking over the pieces of garbage that mir-rors the anxiety one experiences when playing the wood-stacking party-game Jenga.

Now that you’re caught up with terminology, let me offer some advice. Your roommates have afforded you the chance to bond over this garbage busi-ness, so go ahead and play along! What I’m saying is you should make taking out the trash a game. Specifically, you

should make taking out the trash a game of Garbage Jenga. Here’s how you play:

1. Add trash to the can as you normally would. Once the can is full, the game begins.

2. When it looks like it’s about time to take out the trash, resist. Instead, observe as your roommates struggle to add trash to the can. Wait for some-one to “jenga” (stack trash on top of the can).

3. After said roommate leaves, take the piece of garbage that he/she jenga-ed and leave it on his/her bed.

- If this does not change his/her behavior, step it up a notch: Dump the trashcan’s contents on his/her bed.

- If that does not work either, begin to stack pieces of furniture (lamps, chairs, your beer pong table, etc.) on said roommate’s bed until he/she gets the message.

4. Enjoy your clean and peaceful home, free of both uncomfortable roommate ten-sion and garbage.

If you follow these steps, you can’t go wrong! Trust me.

My nest doesn’t have WiFi, so email isn’t really my thing. If you have a question, send a carrier pigeon.

After getting lost flying

north a few years ago, the Deer Cardinal has returned to Madison to answer your questions.

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I hope you may find peace

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make decisions and … slows down the ability of campuses to address problems or deal with reform.”

However, Mikalsen said fac-ulty input in other areas is vital.

“Curriculum, academic issues - everybody would agree that faculty and students should have a pre-eminent … role in those matters,” he said.

After Vos’ comments at the Board of Regents meeting, some shared governance representa-tives began to fear their ability to participate in decision-making was in jeopardy. Many members of Academic Staff Assembly and Faculty Senate said they believe the current system works.

As for claims the shared gov-ernance system slows the process down, Heather McFadden, chair

of the Academic Staff Assembly, said decisions take a long time to pass because they are complex and not because there are flaws in the system.

“It takes a lot of voices and a lot of time ... to switch things in the ways that we’ve done things on campus,” McFadden said.

Mark Cook, who is on the executive committee of Faculty Senate, sees the structure as one of the reasons UW-Madison ranks so highly as a university.

“My biggest concern about starting to change governance structures on campus is it would be a really big destabi-lizing activity,” Cook said. “I really believe that a lot of the faculty on this campus are on this campus simply because we have a good governance structure.”

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there as well.Erik Minton of Capital

Fitness proposed the develop-ment approximately a decade ago, according to Verveer, but due to extenuating circumstanc-es, the project was delayed.

Of the three proposed designs over the years, Verveer said the most recently approved design is “the best.”

The Washington Plaza archi-tect John Holz said the building will feature an “interactive ter-

race” the entire community can enjoy, with seating and green landscaping, to offset the rest of the block, which is predomi-nately asphalt.

The UDC also approved designs to renovate the Longfellow School, located at 210 S. Brooks St., to create more housing in the Greenbush neighborhood.

Both the Washington Plaza and Longfellow School proj-ects will be presented to the Plan Commission on Sept. 16 and the city Council on Sept. 16 for final approval.

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The American Red Cross is assisting several residents with temporary housing and imme-diate personal needs, accord-ing to Tom Mooney, CEO of the Red Cross in Madison. Mooney said they have a shelter open throughout Wednesday night for those displaced and will re-evaluate the situation Thursday to determine if anyone will need further accommodations.

Berquam was also at the scene this morning assisting residents. She described a scene where residents from other co-ops offered those affected by the fire a place to stay.

“To me it shows a generosity of spirit, it’s so true of Madison the city and UW-Madison as a campus,” she said.

Despite the destruction to the building and his belong-ings, Gibson remains optimis-tic about the future for him and the co-op.

“This is a minor inconve-nience,” Gibson said. “I lost some stuff and I can get some stuff back. People are safe, all the animals got out. We were blessed to come out of it as lucky as we did.”

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Federal judge finds act 10 constitutional in union caseBy Jack CaseyThedailycardinal

The Act 10 controversy, which began in 2011 with swarms of peo-ple storming the state Capitol in protest of almost every state unions’ loss of collective bargaining rights, saw another victory for Gov. Scott Walker Wednesday as a federal judge threw out a union-filed case challenging the legislation.

The case, brought by several Wisconsin unions, including an AFL-CIO affiliate, challenged Act 10’s provisions that unions were restricted to negotiating their wages and could only be recertified with the state if a majority of its mem-bers supported the unions at annu-

al elections. The unions challenged the legislation on the grounds it vio-lated their constitutionally estab-lished First Amendment rights by setting two standards for potential wage raises, one that would keep wages lower for union workers and one that allows higher raise for indi-vidual workers.

U.S. District Court Judge William Conley found Act 10 did not violate the unions’ First Amendment rights, despite the disparity in potential wage raises.

State Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen, whose office represents the state in such cases, said in a state-ment the decision proves Act 10 is constitutional “in all respects.”

“I appreciate decisions like this that follow the law, and I look forward to bringing the remain-ing state court challenges before the Wisconsin Supreme Court, where we expect Act 10 to be upheld once again,” Van Hollen said in the statement.

Wisconsin State AFL-CIO President Phil Neuenfeldt called the ruling “disappointing” and reiterated his belief that the col-lective bargaining rules infringe upon state workers’ rights in a statement Wednesday.

Two separate cases involv-ing Madison teachers and state law enforcement unions are still pending in state courts.

State committee holds hearing on raw milk billBy Jack CaseyThedailycardinal

Farmers, legislators and orga-nization representatives from across the state gathered at the state Capitol Wednesday to dis-cuss an issue close to the heart of America’s Dairyland: the sale of unpasteurized milk.

The approximately four-hour-long hearing before the state Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Rural Issues was scheduled after state Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend, authored state Senate bill 236, which would allow state dairy farmers to sell unpasteurized milk directly from their farms.

The bill requires potential sellers to register with the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection and lists five specific requirements for the sale of milk, including providing a clean container and clearly mark-ing the milk as unpasteurized.

Raw milk proponents have long held unpasteurized milk as a healthier alternative to pasteur-ized milk, which is superheated

to kill potential pathogens. Critics of the new bill, including many representatives from the dairy industry, express concern non-treated milk could foster harmful food borne pathogens that would threaten consumer health and possibly sour consumers to the dairy industry.

Representatives in opposi-tion, who made up the major-ity of speakers, came from organizations ranging from the Wisconsin Nurses Association to the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association and the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation.

One dairy farmer compared the sale of unpasteurized milk to consumers playing “Russian rou-lette,” in his written testimony.

State Rep. Dave Murphy, R-Greenville, who was the assem-bly author of the bill, maintained in his written testimony the bill would only be “enabling legisla-tion,” and would not force anyone to buy the unpasteurized milk.

A second hearing on the bill is scheduled for Sept. 16 in Eau Claire, Wis.

dane County Court bars further civil action against Mpd Officer heimsness

A Dane County Circuit Court Judge blocked the Police and Fire Commission Tuesday from acting on a citizen complaint filed against Madison police officer Stephen Heimsness, which will protect Heimsness from being fired before he resigns in November.

According to the com-plaint, Amelia and Nathan Royko Maurer claimed Officer Heimsness unlawfully used deadly force the night of Nov. 9, 2012, when he fatally shot the Maurers late friend and room-mate Paul Heenan, who trig-gered a burglary report when he drunkenly mistook his neighbor’s house for his own.

The Maurers’ called for further investigation into Heimsness’s “serious errors of judgement” they believed the Department’s Administrative Review over-looked throughout the course of an internal investigation, which exonerated Heimsness of any criminal wrong doing in January.

Judge John Albert’s decision prevents the PFC from pursu-ing the Maurers’ complaint any further, effectively allowing him to resign Nov. 26 as previ-ously planned, rather than pos-sibly being fired.

Amelia Maurer said in a press release she is “extremely disap-pointed” in Judge Albert’s decision.

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students scope out a multitude of student organizations at the Kohl Center Wednesday night, meeting org leaders and signing up to participate in extracurricular activities across campus.+ Photo by Courtney Kessler

ald.MikeVerveer,district4,saidtheurbandesigncommittee’sapprovalsWednesdaywillincreasestudenthousing.

MPD will be increasing patrol in the area, according to Balles. He also said MPD has part-

nered with UW-Madison Police Department to educate and inform students about the recent crimes and safety tips.

UWPD spokesperson Marc

Lovicott advised students to lock windows and doors at all times, never resist an individual with a weapon and be aware of sur-roundings at all times.

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By Nikki StoutThe Daily CarDinal

Minus The Bear recorded a second unplugged album—Acoustics II. The album, if you didn’t infer from the title, is a 10-track spread of unplugged ver-sions of some of their most popu-lar songs.

That being said, this was probably the safest, most harm-less album I have ever listened to. Seriously, it could not have been more bland or generic.

Let me preface this by say-ing the point of an unplugged album is to change the perspec-tive or dimension of familiar material. It is supposed to be equally as inspired as the origi-nal releases, just filtered differ-ently. With that in mind, Minus The Bear is not “plugged in” enough to create an unplugged album that accomplishes any sort of goal. The production of this album merely stripped each track of their minimalistic elec-tronic base, which is all they really had going for them in the first place, and replaced it with the strumming of an acous-tic guitar. That’s it, that’s all,

folks—it flat-lined before it ever had a chance.

Similarly, Acoustics II lacks even a mild hint of climax or reve-lation. It does not exhibit any sort of vulnerability—a factor many people search for in an acous-tic album—nor does it exhibit any sort of strength. It sits on the same, very low, plateau from beginning to end. Never once did I find myself in emotional soli-darity with the singer, nor did I particularly care to. Each song is so overwhelmingly tedious, the silence after the last track, sig-nifying the album’s end, finally brings the sigh of relief—a climax the listener deserved over the album’s 45 minute course.

I mean, it’s not that this album is “bad” per say, but only because it’s so damn safe! There’s noth-ing anyone could possibly take offense to or even necessarily dis-like. It’s an uninspired drone of formulaic, mainstream “indie” that will sell enough copies for the band and their managers to stay in their respective income brackets.

Rating: D

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Greensky to kick of tour in MadisonBy Brian WeidyThe Daily CarDinal

Greensky Bluegrass’ dobro and lap steel guitarist Anders Beck is gearing up for their upcoming 42 date cross-country tour.

The band has a unique sound that has been forged by learning how to play bluegrass—putting a personal spin on it.

“We all sort of got into the music through that,” Beck said. “Probably more the jam band side of it, but I think it’s really important to note while that was our entrance, we all did go back to the traditional bluegrass guys and study all that stuff and learn how to play the music right.

Because you know bluegrass is weird like that, there is a right way and a wrong in traditional blue-grass. And so, we all kind of went back and learned how to play the music right and then it was possible to take all of our other influences, all of our outside of bluegrass influ-ences like the jam bands or jazz or whatever and put those back into the music to create our own thing.”

Beck himself comes from a strict jam band background.

“I am strictly from the school of Grateful Dead and Phish,” Beck said. “And that is how I have always been … I don’t know any music from the ’90s really, because all I listened to is Grateful Dead and Phish.”

Since he joined the band in 2008, Beck has become no strang-er to the road.

“We’re kind of one of those bands … where the way that this kind of works in the long term is really by creating a word of mouth thing,” Beck said. “We’re not going to be on TV any time soon, probably, so playing shows is the way that we grow as a band and gain fans one by one or ten by ten or whatever.”

But even for a band as road-tested as Greensky Bluegrass (playing about 175 shows a year for the past few years), this

upcoming tour is the largest. “This tour coming up,” Beck

said, “is certainly going to be the biggest and longest we’ve ever done.”

Sometimes it is the little things that keep you going on the road. For Beck and the rest of the band, it is a Mexican res-taurant in Salt Lake City called the Red Iguana.

“We will drive,” Beck said, “maybe hundreds of miles out of our way if we have to in order to go eat breakfast, lunch or din-ner there.”

At the end of this 42-date

tour is a two-night stand at Bell’s Brewery in the band’s hometown of Kalamazoo, Michigan.

“It’s interesting going home and playing at Bell’s, which is our home venue,” Beck said. “The band’s been playing there for over 10 years in some form or another. It’s really cool to come home and play at the end of a really long tour ... the people at home that are kind of super-fans of the band, and have been seeing these shows and see-ing the band play for ten years and are really into it musically and pay lots of attention.”

Although this tour will be long

and grueling, it opens up in one of their favorite places play: Madison.

“We love playing in Madison,” Beck said. “I’m really excited to kick off this tour there, because it’s usually always been a very rowdy show, which is what we love… Madison definitely seems to love bluegrass or jamgrass or whatever the hell you’re supposed to call us, and so I’m super excited for the show. They are always really packed and the crowd is always super into the music.”

Greensky Bluegrass will take the stage at the Majestic Theater at 9 p.m., Sept. 12.

Greensky Bluegrass, originally from Kalamazoo, Michigan, will kick off their next tour in Madison Sept 12 at the Majestic Theater.pHOTO COURTESy Of JaMIE VaNBUHlER

an interview with anders Beck of Greensky Bluegrass

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A case study in the magic of movies

S o there’s this movie called “Upstream Color.” Lately I’ve taken to easily calling

it my favorite movie of the sum-mer—and cautiously, my favorite movie, period.

Aside from being beautifully shot, edited, scored and written, which it most certainly is, and connecting with me on a per-sonal, philosophic level, the film embodies several aspects of what I love most about both cinema and art. I think it’s incredible.

One of the most striking things about “Upstream Color” is how much its director, Shane Carruth, trusts his audience. It seems too often a movie will feel the need to patronize the moviegoer by spoon feeding them information, or seeming to “reward” them for keeping up with a payoff or wink of some sort.

Rather than go that route, Carruth strings together a strange, poetic sequence of events without really ever explaining what’s going on to the viewer.

This isn’t to say it’s nonsensi-cal or overly abstract; it has a nar-rative, characters, development, resolution—the whole package—and it’s all comprehensible if you’re willing to follow it.

But this is where the trust becomes a factor. The direc-tor will drop lines that are only given context or meaning min-utes later, or go long stretches without a line of dialogue that, when it eventually arrives, isn’t totally necessary to comprehend what’s happening.

He has faith his audience is willing to buy in with him, (to keep repeating myself) to trust him and to work as hard to under-stand what he’s trying to say and he’s working to say it (remember that, it’ll be important later).

The sort of connection that this can, and I think does, form between an artist and his audi-ence is something we don’t see enough in film, and something at its best can result in a truly, deeply moving and affecting piece of art.

Now the actual, aesthetic impact of this communicative, faith-in-the-viewer style of sto-rytelling is where I find some of what I believe to be the pos-sibilities that are unique to film,

and where I think my point will finally reveal itself.

Overall, “Upstream Color” plays like a living impressionist painting. Well, a living, science fiction impressionist painting, but whatever. It’s fuzzy, indis-tinct in parts, with images and sounds floating through, rather than being handed over to you.

People have described this as leading to a “sensory overload,” and advised audiences to “just let the experience wash over you.” And they’re not wrong. The entire film is breathtaking, even on Netflix.

However, these effects are the direct result of that often-men-tioned trust I was on about ear-lier. By placing all of this in the

audience’s hands, without mak-ing anything too explicit or con-crete, Carruth creates a language that seems to speak straight into something beyond what other media can reach.

What I mean, without tak-ing anything away from anyone, is the process of putting some-thing in words is what makes it innately explicit. Even the loosest, most abstract writing—from “The Naked Lunch” and beyond—is locked into charac-ters. And while Monet never knew these limits, his paintings never moved or told stories.

Meanwhile, with vicious fast cutting and slow drifting cam-eras dwelling on dark and light, “Upstream Color,” and film as an art form, has the capacity to speak to its audience on another, more visceral level. Filmmakers can put together sequences I still can’t find words to describe, and which would only be cheapened if I made an attempt.

This isn’t limited to “preten-tious,” hipstery art house films. From Steven Spielberg to Stanley Kubrick, every great filmmaker and every great film uses the innate, unique quality of cinema in one way or another.

This capability for direct

speech, for communication in a way that is very basic but can reach dizzying heights of artistry and thought, is what marks film as different from and, in my very humble opinion, makes it more interesting than other art forms.

It’s what holds us in a dark room full of strangers for upwards of two hours. It’s what creates works of art that are more accurately described as experiences. And it’s what makes me tear up in a sudden moment of “I get this” when nothing particularly important is happening onscreen.

Because ultimately, it’s not the pure, impressionist beauty of “Upstream Color” that makes me love it. The way this film fully utilizes the possibilities of its art form as it builds itself into a savagely humanist and uplifting climax makes me feel like trust-ing it.

So yeah… that’s my favorite film, and that’s why I spend so much time going on about movies. Next time I’ll write about Michael Bay. You should check it out.

Did you enjoy “Upstream Color” as musch as Austin? Do you vibe with his views of film as an artform? Send him an email at wellens@wisc.edu.

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this capability for direct speech, for communica-tion in a way that is very basic but can reach diz-zying heights of artistry

and thought, is what marks film as a differ-

ent form and, in my very humble opinion, makes it more interesting than

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Cyrus’ new antics are questionable

M iley Ray Cyrus is the furthest thing from stupid. In fact, she’s

far from desperation as well. Once the comfort of reruns and Disney contracts became unap-pealing, perhaps it was time for a new era to come upon her image. After effectively forging a career based on her persona based on her real life where she lives two lives, perhaps Miley grew frustrated with the pacifi-er of the public eye. Is it shame-ful? People grow up; discover their sexuality, act outlandish and irrational and uncaring of who sees.

The majority of people don’t lick sledgehammers ass-naked during puberty. But chastity be damned, we’re eating it all up.

I could easily begin by dis-secting young Miley’s transfor-mation into a hypersexualized caricature of a Black woman through Mike WiLL Made It beats and Juicy J guest appear-ances, but that’s been done and over. I could regenerate the Viacom-sponsored atrocities broadcast live to millions with Robin Thicke leg-shuddering and a misplaced Kendrick Lamar hockey jersey, but this is well documented for certain. There could also be an argu-ment on how her success is a meta-commentary on us, the masses, who render such popu-larity via our own intrigue, but that’s quite alright. Or could just point out the simple fact that Miley’s new album is called “BANGERZ” with a ‘Z’ and that should be indicative enough to concern you, but it is indicative enough to concern you.

I’m numb to the spectacle. But I have found the lining.

And it isn’t underneath the skin-tone or in the saliva she exposes each time she throws her tongue to the wind. Case and point: Miley Ray Cyrus can live the best of both worlds when no one else can because she has, as legendary comic Paul Mooney puts it, “the com-plexion for the protection.”

If we didn’t see this coming, we simply have not paid atten-tion to history. We must trace the yellow brick road back down the line of child stars past and bask in the phenomenon that is “real life” and the pos-sibilities for disaster are rather predictable: addiction, wedlock and identity crises galore. We forget Jamie Lynn and Britney and Aaron and Amanda and Lindsay and a list more of American sweethearts who reach the pinnacle of their suc-cess at youth and then regress into a fruitful adulthood. But none of the names I just men-tioned break VEVO records overnight with 20 million views, and thankfully none of them hop on a French Montana remix.

I saw it coming. I swear to God and Viacom and Jackson Rod I did. And as a budding chap-ter member of the “Disgruntled Older Brothers with Younger Sisters Coalition,” I dreaded and awaited these days with glee. Not in a sociopathic fash-ion where I want someone to fail, I just giggled when I real-ized that Justin Bieber would one day write songs about him doing sexy things and the world would act shocked at the inevitable. It didn’t have to go here, though; her good-girl lane was too perfect for me to antici-pate the 180 into her residency in faux-Blackness.

On one level, it seems as though we all felt the exact same way.

Miley has effectively chan-neled our expectations and

left us thirsting for her antics. This is a bipartisan effort: The White mainstream will contin-ue to cover her and purchase her records, while the Black sector of hip-hop (mainstream or otherwise) will allow her room in the universe to con-tinue to flourish. Herein lies my confusion: When I hear the girl who thirsted for Jake Ryan assuring us, “Bitch, I ain’t worried ‘bout nothin,’” effec-tively animorphing for a Big Sean single and involving her-self with the pseudo-political “Black Skinhead” remix with Yeezus himself, I honestly can’t call why she’s wedged into hip-hop ever so quickly. For the moment, all evidence is cur-rently pointing to Miley uti-lizing her leverage to double her dividends. The Disney-fied white girl has entered a ter-ritory where she is deemed exotic and non-threatening, and she is playing her role to a tee. Her presence is a play-ing card, and her ass-shaking serenades reinforce the jungle fever dynamic to the perfect temperature.

Like I said, she’s far from stupid. And if she continues to play it off like she is being her-self, I’ll absolutely believe her.

The allure of black culture is something that will never escape the White mainstream; music is the primary perpe-trator of such. It is this same dynamic that creates a world where Justin Bieber and Lil Twist are friends, where Danny Brown can end up in the same sentence as Kathy Griffin and Chief Keef can somehow Twitter-beef with Katy Perry. These intersections are never new, but the possibilities are endless and forever intriguing due to the mindset that some-thing inherently good can trav-el into a realm of something inherently dangerous. No mat-ter where we stand, we love to

watch these worlds blend and it makes for shocking every time.

But here is my absolute problem: Miley Cyrus can dab-ble into hip-hop all she damn well pleases and can easily cop-out down the road as it being a phase, a moment of misguid-ance, and an experience she had to get for herself. If she’s twerking on The View at 32, it will work for us. The cur-rent Miley, right now, has the privilege (you saw it coming) to regurgitate any culture she pleases and have her words be taken at face value. She’s just being ratchet. She’s tak-

ing a walk on the wild side. The wrecking ball shall swing another day. Her millions and future millions from the world and my little sister’s pocket will rise on the back of acting just enough black. Despite how hard the beat is on her new “Twerk” single, it is all-too-obvious how many of us are trained enough to see through the rouse. But how long will it continue, and how long can we watch before the red lipstick stains the psyche?

“Mix it all together and you know that it’s the best of both worlds.”

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Letter to the Editor

By Bruce GrauMadison Resident

On Monday night 60 people gathered in front of Tammy Baldwin’s office to request her to vote “no” against any mili-tary option against Syria for alleged gas attacks that mur-dered thousands of innocents.

Using evidence that has yet to meet the standard “beyond

a shadow of doubt” [President Barack] Obama and others prove ready to exercise an option that could lead to more of the same. What is the moral argument that holds this loss of life less atrocious than by any other means? Why did we not punish the rebels for using gas?

Moreover, how could any military strike not expand into

greater conflict in an area of the world where violence and extremism is ubiquitous as sand and oil?

For this reason I joined Monday’s impromptu pro-life gathering. Conceivably, a mili-tary action could degrade into regime changing efforts that would force my son into war. His parents are very motivated

to hinder such a development. We have personally witnessed the emotional anguish faced by military families. We do not feel invested in support-ing war.

We would rather see the role of “anchor of the world’s security” be re-casted into pro-moter of international coop-eration and advocate of efforts

to maximize human potential.We cannot afford to get

weighed down in derisory and toxic arguments of moral puri-ty from an undeserved position of self-righteousness.

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Cyrus’ latest album, Bangerz, features her new image and recent foray into hip-hop culture. But did she take it too far?

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bearing wall 39 Carry through

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Badgers’ new defensive scheme to face road test at ASU

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by Cameron Kalmonthe daily cardinal

Saying that this year has been a transition for the Badgers’ defense would be an understate-ment. A first-year defensive coordinator and a new scheme are the highlights of the new-look Wisconsin defense.

The Badgers have made the best of it so far, not allowing a point yet this season. Arizona State is next on the list to test the strength of the UW defense.

Wisconsin starts out with a rela-tively young secondary. Freshman cornerback Sojourn Shelton and redshirt freshman safety Leo Musso are a testament to that. Despite this being their first active year, both Musso and Shelton have an inter-ception for the Badgers.

Wisconsin also has some younger players in the line-backing corps, but its core is still strong under the leader-ship of redshirt senior line-backers Chris Borland and Conor O’Neill. Borland cur-rently leads the Badgers in total tackles with 14, while O’Neill

follows right behind him with 12 this season. Both linebackers have recorded 5 solo tackles.

Arizona State is also undefeat-ed thus far this season. The Sun Devils trampled FCS opponent Sacramento State 55-0 last week.

“They were very solid in their first game,” head coach Gary Andersen said in a press confer-ence Monday. “They were good offensively. They really cause you some problems. It's a wide open offense. They do a lot a lot of their offensive game when they're run-ning the football, turns into some-how, some way a version of triple option almost, and the way you've got to be able to look to try to defend things. Many times that's with a throw down the field, it’s the pitch guy. That may seem a little of an awkward statement, but that is the facts.”

ASU senior running back Marion Grice is the man who pushes the Sun Devils’ rushing attack. Grice had 679 yards on 103 carries in 2012 and tacked on another 425 yards off 41 recep-tions. Grice ended up leading the

Sun Devils in all-purpose yardage last season.

“They’ve got some passes bro-ken up, some balls batted down by the front,” defensive coordina-tor Dave Aranda said. “So overall I think we’ve affected the quar-terback, but we have not been tested yet.”

Arizona State redshirt junior quarterback Taylor Kelly is a dual-threat quarterback who could pose problems for the Badgers despite their hot start this season.

Wisconsin’s defensive line and linebackers must be able to get pressure on Kelly to stop the Sun Devils from running and pitching all over the gridiron, and ASU’s experienced signal caller could benefit from UW’s young second-ary. However, Andersen knows his guys are up to the task at hand.

“They've spent enough time watching Arizona State, and trust me, they understand the level of competition is stepping up,” Andersen said. “I think they've waited for this moment. They're excited about the moment.”

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Led by head coach John Trask, the Badgers (2-0-1 overall) capped this past weekend off with a thrill-ing 3-2 overtime victory over the DePaul Blue Demons. Although Wisconsin started the season off with a exhibi-tion loss (2-1) at the hands of Illinois-Chicago, the Badgers have bounced back nicely, winning two out of their first three games this season.

UW has much to look for-ward to this year, as many impact players from last year’s team have returned to Wisconsin. The Badgers return 26 of 29 players from last year’s team. The defense looks to be a strong point for the Badgers, as senior captain Paul Yonga and 2012 Big Ten honoree AJ Cochran are back to anchor the unit this season. Additionally, sophomore defender Adam

Lauko will benefit from having started his freshman year.

The Badgers also have a lot to look forward to on the offensive side of the ball with sophomore midfielder Drew Conner, a Big Ten All-Freshman team recipient, returning for the Badgers. UW also returns senior for-ward Chris Prince, who led the Badgers in scoring last season—with 11 points (three goals, five assists)—for the second time in three seasons.

Wisconsin will travel to South Florida (3-2) Thursday to take on the Bulls. UW begins Big Ten play Sept. 28 at Penn State (2-2). For the Badgers, the clear-cut goal will be to outlast the rest of their Big Ten foes and wind up in the 2013 Big Ten Championship game Nov. 17 in Columbus, Ohio.

The Wisconsin women’s soccer team started the year off strong with victories over Connecticut, Illinois State and Oregon, combining to out-score those opponents 9-4. The Badgers didn’t fare as well in their next three-game stretch, however, picking up just one win Wednesday over Loyola of Chicago. Led by head coach Paula Wilkins, the Badgers (4-1-1 overall) will look to build momentum in their final non-conference games before Big Ten play begins Sept. 22 at Purdue. Last season, UW posted a strong non-conference record of 6-1 before going 5-5-1 in conference play.

Wilkins is entering her sev-enth year as the head coach and is nearing in on 200 wins. This past season, Wilkins guided the Badgers to an NCAA appearance, UW’s third in the last four sea-sons, and guided the team to 10 wins for the fourth straight year. Before coaching the Badgers, Wilkins guided Penn State to two College Cup appearances.

This year’s UW team is filled with youth, as 18 of 26 players are underclassmen and the ros-ter features only two seniors. The Badgers are led this year by junior forward Cara Walls, who has accumulated quite a trophy case during her two years in Madison. After being named to the Big Ten All-Freshman team in 2011, Walls was voted to the 2012 second-team All-Big Ten team and was named UW’s Offensive Player of the Year.

While Wisconsin opens Big Ten play on the road at Purdue, the Badgers will not play their Big Ten home opener until Oct. 4 versus Penn State. UW will conclude its Big Ten and regu-lar season slates at home Nov. 2, when Northwestern will travel to McClimon Complex.

First year head coach Kelly Sheffield has guided the Wisconsin volleyball team (6-0 overall) to a top 25 rank-ing in the American Volleyball Coaches Association poll for the first time since 2008. UW is not the only Big Ten team found in the top 25, however, as the Badgers are joined by Penn State (3-1), Minnesota (7-0), Michigan (5-0), Nebraska (4-1), Ohio State (6-0), Illinois (3-2) and Purdue (3-2). The Nittany Lions, Golden Gophers and Wolverines are all ranked in the top 10.

Before becoming the Badgers’ 10th head coach, Sheffield coached Dayton for five years. Sheffield held his first coaching job at the University of Albany. After tak-ing over the Dayton program, Sheffield turned the Flyers into one of the nation’s elite programs. He won four straight Atlantic 10 conference championships and made five straight NCAA appear-ances. Earning the 2012 AVCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year and the Athletic 10 Coach of the Year awards, Sheffield guided Dayton to the 2012 Atlantic 10 title with a perfect record of 14-0.

UW started off the season without losses in both the Pepperdine and North Dakota State Invitationals. Most nota-bly, the Badgers took down No. 17-ranked Louisville to cap off their time in Fargo, N.D. Junior outside hitter Courtney Thomas was named the MVP of the tournament. This was Thomas’ second MVP honor, as she also received the award following the Rhode Island Invitational during the 2011 sea-son. Thomas was not the only Badger to receive honors fol-lowing the North Dakota State Invitational—senior defensive specialist Annemarie Hickey and sophomore defensive spe-cialist Taylor Morey were both named to the all-tournament team. It was Hickey’s second all-tournament honor.

The Badgers begin home play this upcoming weekend at the Field House with the InnTower Invitational. UW will host Kansas (7-0 overall), Milwaukee (3-3 overall) and Bowling Green (1-4 overall). Looking forward to Big Ten play, the Badgers open up their conference slate versus Purdue Sept. 27.

this is the first installment of a three-part series

By Samuel Karp

Senior defender Paul yonga leads UW’s defense, which has yet to record a shutout this season, on the road to USF thursday.

redshirt senior linebacker chris Borland and the UW defense face their first real test of the season at arizona State Saturday.

Junior outside hitter/setter courtney thomas leads UW in assists and is third on the team in blocks (17).

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