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In a gubernatorial race experts predicted to be one of the closest in Wisconsin’s history, Gov. Scott Walker won convincingly in an election the Associated Press called at 9:45 p.m.

UW-Madison political science professor David Canon said he expected the gubernatorial race to be closer and that he was sur-prised the race was called so early in the night.

The governor opened his vic-tory speech by thanking military personnel for protecting citizens’ rights abroad, as well as his family and supporters for helping secure another term.

Much of Walker’s speech was characterized by a sharp dichotomy distinguishing Washington politics from Wisconsin politics.

Walker said while Washington measures success in counting how many people are dependent on food stamps, unemployment benefits and Medicaid, Wisconsin believes in empowering people. He also said the state’s “new, fresh [and] organ-ic” ideas had helped move citizens away from dependence and toward

independence by growing the econ-omy and expanding education.

“The difference between Washington and Wisconsin, they’re against something, we are for something,” Walker said. “In America you can do and be any-thing you want.”

Canon also noted Walker’s potential presidential aspirations.

“I think [a large margin of victory] raises his stock in the presidential sweepstakes,” Canon said. “[But] there is still a long way to go before he is one of the top contenders on the Republican side.”

Walker’s speech concluded with a joke that Independence Day is not celebrated April 15, national tax day.

At an election watch party in

Madison, Burke conceded the race shortly after several major news outlets called the election for Walker early in the night.

“For many of us, it feels like get-ting knocked down,” Burke said. “But if I’ve learned anything over the last 13 months, it’s this: This state we all love so much is full of communities that can take a hit, but that never waver in getting right back up.”

She thanked her friends, fam-ily and supporters before thank-ing those who had worked on her campaign.

U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., who won his re-elction bid Tuesday, said he hopes Walker will work with legislators of both parties.

“It’s bittersweet,” Pocan said. “We have a tendency to one year be very blue and one year be very red, which probably means we’re very purple. I also think that … should show us that we have to work together.”

While many students voted for Mary Burke in support of her economic and social policy, some students were motivated to the polls by the prospect of removing the incumbent.

“I’m voting against Scott Walker

more than voting for Mary Burke,” said Sam Erickson, a student watching the election results at an event hosted by the Wisconsin Union Directorate Society and Politics Committee.

Walker said in his victory speech he ran a positive campaign that combatted this mentality.

“I’m an optimist, I believed all along if we had a positive message out there, that in the end, people in the state wanted to be for some-thing, not against something,” Walker said.

Dana Kampa and Annie Schoenfeldt contributed to this report.

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Campus area sees strong student voter turnoutBy Adelina YankovaTHE DAILY CARDINAL

Months of campaign speech-es and voter registration drives culminated to nearly half of UW-Madison students turn-ing out to vote during Tuesday’s elections, which is up from about 36 percent in 2010.

Unofficial figures for voter turnout in the five main campus wards indicate approximately 46 percent of students living in those areas voted Tuesday, a pro-portion somewhat higher than expected, Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said.

Though campus wards leaned

definitively in favor of Mary Burke, Resnick said support for Gov. Scott Walker was slightly stronger than anticipated, with students giving him about 40 per-cent of the vote.

In an effort to encourage participation in the democratic process, UW-Madison professor Kristin Runge made attendance to her Tuesday lecture optional to give students extra time to vote. She said approximately a quar-ter of her 104-person class took advantage of the offer and several students said the additional time made a definite impact on their decision to vote.

Runge also devoted a few min-utes at the start of class to discuss where and how to vote, informa-tion she said she was surprised not all students knew.

“I thought that might be a good way to get them involved and get them in the habit of being good citizens,” she said.

As a first-time voter, UW-Madison freshman Signe Bedi said the process went smoothly and he was glad for the ability to participate.

“I think a lot of people are always like, ‘My vote won’t mat-ter in the long run, there’s no point in me voting,’ but I think

that, even if you think that, it’s important to have your voice heard,” he said.

Bedi volunteered for Burke’s campaign earlier in the semes-ter and registered himself prior to voting.

Others, like UW-Madison junior Tayler Blake, made the spontaneous decision to vote on Election Day.

“I wasn’t really planning on it,” Blake said. “I hadn’t done any research ... I’d rather not vote than vote for something I don’t know anything about.”

Blake said the influence of his peers on social media ulti-

mately persuaded him, and he researched the candidates’ views on major issues before going to the polls.

Joining the effort to encour-age and enable voting, Union Cab offered free rides to polling plac-es, a service they pay for them-selves and feel is important to provide to the community.

“We’re not asking anybody to vote any one way in particu-lar, we just want to get people to vote,” Union Cab employee John Lamb said.

By 6 p.m. Tuesday, Union Cab had made about 240 trips to Madison polling places.

UW-Madison announces 10-year update to 2005 Campus Master PlanUW-Madison is instituting a

2015 Campus Master Plan to update and evaluate previous campus development efforts.

The updated plan will be a continuation of the 2005 Campus Master Plan, according to a campus news report.

The 2005 campus-wide initiative sought to develop three key areas

of campus: Central, Eastern and Western, focusing on updating and restoring obsolete campus build-ings and expanding and improving student service facilities.

New campus master plans are reviewed every decade and required by the State Building Commission and the UW System Board of Regents. The 2015

Campus Plan update is led by Board of Regents member Gary Brown, director of campus plan-ning and landscape architecture.

The 2015 Campus Plan will focus less on new building projects and more on maximizing accessibility to outdoor spaces and implementing landscape and architectural proj-ects, Brown said in the release.

“When we have built new facilities, we’ve tried to create more indoor/outdoor spaces,” Brown said in the release. “It’s all about fitness and wellness. People really enjoy outdoor spaces and don’t want to be sitting in an office all day.”

UW-Madison’s current Division of Facility and Management plans to unveil the new plan in 2016 and

will provide opportunities for cam-pus and community input.

Involvement opportunities will come in the form of meetings, but also through an interactive website. This new feature of the project will allow members of the community to comment on the proposed plan and their own design preferences.

—Claire Powling

Fire on South Mills Street displaces five people, causes an estimated $30,000 in damageFive people were displaced

after an electrical fire broke out in a two-unit building on the 200 block of South Mills Street Monday afternoon, according to a City of Madison release.

Firefighters responded to the building, located at 200 S. Mills Street, after two tenants living upstairs heard crackling noises and noticed burn marks on the ceiling and called 911, accord-

ing to the release by Madison Fire Department spokesperson Bernadette Galvez.

Upon arrival firefighters observed light smoke coming from the roof and attic area of

the top floor. Firefighters then entered the building and located the fire in the attic and extin-guished it, along with surround-ing hot spots.

The fire caused an estimated

$30,000 in damage and was the result of an overloaded electrical circuit, according to the Madison Fire Investigator. No injuries were reported due to the fire, according to the release.

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Brad Schimel beats Susan Happ for attorney generalBy Jane RobertsTHE DAILY CARDINAL

Republican Brad Schimel has been named Wisconsin’s new attor-ney general, drawing approximate-ly 51.6 percent of the vote, compared to approximately 45.4 percent for Democrat Susan Happ.

Schimel, 49, will replace outgo-ing Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen, who announced last year he would not be seeking a third term.

In his victory speech, Schimel said he was proud of running an issues-based campaign that gained bipartisan support from law enforcement officials and voters.

“We won tonight because we had the best team, the best mes-sage and the best volunteers that I could have asked for,” Schimel said. “We worked hard and we worked smart.”

Schimel, who has served as Waukesha County district attor-ney since 2006, emphasized his commitment to addressing the state’s heroin problem, stopping Internet predators and increasing safety in neighborhoods and col-lege campuses.

“I am sick and tired of meet-ing with parents that have buried their children because of this drug scourge that our state is facing,” Schimel said. “I pledge to work with my opponent, along with all

71 of the district attorneys state-wide as we work together to make a safe Wisconsin.”

Schimel graduated with a bache-lor’s degree in political science from UW-Milwaukee in 1987 and a law degree from UW-Madison in 1990. As attorney general, he will serve as the state’s top legal advisor and law enforcement officer.

He celebrated the win by playing with his band “4 On the Floor.”

In her concession speech, Happ said she was disappoint-ed, but happy with how she ran her campaign.

“We never sunk into negativ-ity or divisiveness,” Happ said. “We raised some important issues and I hope we raised some public awareness.”

Happ has served as district attorney for Jefferson County since 2008 and also holds a law degree from UW-Madison.

In other state Cabinet races, Democrat Doug La Follette retained his position as secretary of state, receiving approximately 50 per-cent of the vote against Republican Julian Bradley.

Republican Matt Adamczyk was elected as state treasurer, an office which, according to his cam-paign website, he has promised to eliminate on the basis that it is unnecessary and an example of government waste.

By Andrew BahlTHE DAILY CARDINAL

On a day that saw local U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., win an easy re-election, state Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-Campbellsport, was victorious in Wisconsin’s 6th Congressional District on Election Day.

Pocan, who represents Wisconsin’s 2nd District, which includes the UW-Madison cam-pus, won a second term in office. Pocan defeated Republican chal-lenger Peter Theron, a Madison math teacher.

“I will advocate for you and you alone,” Pocan said to con-stituents in his victory speech.

Grothman, who faced Democratic Winnebago County Executive Mark Harris, was vying to replace U.S. Rep. Tom

Petri, R-Wis., who announced his retirement in April after rep-resenting Oshkosh, Sheboygan and surrounding areas in the U.S House of Representatives since 1979.

“We are glad that voters are flocking to Glenn’s message of smaller government, limited government and conservative values,” Grothman campaign spokesperson Andy Post said in a release early Tuesday.

Grothman earned a reputa-tion as one of the more conser-vative voices in his decade-long tenure in the state Senate, aggres-sively promoting Wisconsin’s voter ID laws and attacking abortion and welfare benefits. He served in the state Assembly from 1993 to 2003 before launch-ing a bid for state Senate in 2004.

The congressional campaign was characterized by clashes between the two candidates. Grothman touted his conserva-tive voting record and insisted in a speech that he wouldn’t be “at the beck and call” of Harris in scheduling debates.

Harris hit back in an inter-view in October, saying Grothman and other conserva-tives “think that what is good for them is good for everyone.”

Grothman also criticized Petri, saying in a debate that he would be insulted if people made him out to be no differ-ent from the representative. Petri responded by refusing to endorse his party’s nominee, a rare political move.

Dana Kampa contributed to this report.

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Democrats fail to win back majority in state Senate despite key competitive opportunitiesBy Laura Grulke and Jane RobertsTHE DAILY CARDINAL

The Wisconsin state Senate remained in Republican hands Wednesday morning, after Democrats lost in three competitive district races.

The race for control of the Senate gained momentum because Wisconsin’s Senate was one of the few competitive state legislative bodies in the country. Democrats had an opportunity to flip the 9th, 17th and 19th Districts going into the night.

Sheboygan County Board mem-ber Devin LeMahieu beat Martha Laning in the 9th District, receiv-ing approximately 60 percent of the vote.

According to his campaign website, LeMahieu promotes job growth, tax cuts, spending control and Gov. Scott Walker’s invest-ments in public education.

As chair of Sheboygan County’s Resources Committee, LeMahieu demonstrated fiscal management consistent with pay-roll-related savings, according to his campaign website.

In the 17th District, Rep. Howard Marklein, R-Spring Green, beat Democratic attorney Pat Bomhack with 55.1 percent of the vote.

The Spring Green Republican

serves as the vice chair of the Assembly Education Committee, dealing with issues affecting public school systems. According to his campaign website, Marklein sup-ports public policy that is in favor of “the family” and public schools.

Former state Rep. Roger Roth beat state Rep. Penny Bernard Schaber, D-Appleton, in the 19th District with 57.2 percent of the vote.

Roth’s campaign website says he supports cutting state spending, lowering taxes and the creation of a segregated transportation fund, which passed with approximately

80 percent. Wisconsin Democrats found the

state midterms much tighter than anticipated for seats they expected to win easily. Projected landslide wins ended in narrow victories, showing an overall struggle for the party Tuesday night.

“The results weren’t what we hoped for, but the people have spoken and we congratulate Gov. Walker and the Republican Party of Wisconsin on their victory tonight,” Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate said in a statement responding to election results.

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Terry ‘T.A.’ Olivier: Private Eye: No. 3: Solo Cup, Forbidden Fruit

Professor Emeritus Graham B.D. Rice had been my advisor initially, which is why he was none too pleased that I decid-ed to become a private eye. He was sore, too, because he had staked his legacy on me; I had been his last endeavor before retirement, his last justification. The last deft serve of tenure. My savior. Without him, I would’ve descended into the low ranks of folly. Or, ascended into mythol-ogy as the Wandering Scholar. But I digress.

I didn’t have time to be senti-mental. I had to find the Tenny Bros. My Finnish client depended on it. And I knew (since Rice was not offering help) I would have to turn to my other great resource. I found Schlep in my office and demanded use of his Directory.

Schlep, as an assistant, was valuable for a number of reasons. He was a decent teacher, wore a fabulous fake moustache, had novel theories about the works of Joseph Conrad, but chiefly, he was the progenitor and editor of “The Party Directory.” Part his-tory, part atlas, part living docu-ment, part encyclopedia, it was a work on par with Pliny’s “Natural History,” Sir Thomas Browne’s “Pseudodoxia Epidemica” and Denis Diderot’s “Encyclopédie.” And it was invaluable to my line of work.

I picked a few spots on Mills Street, some of the innumerable old rentals. The party scene was not my scene, but it was one of the best ways to pick up infor-mation. There were no stories too embarrassing, too shocking, that couldn’t be told in the torpid morass of a house party.

Before I left, I treated myself to a little plate of mozzarella pearls, giardiniera and (as it happened) a Rhinelander shorty from the bureau fridge. When in Rome.

I made my way to Mills Street languorously, the city passing me like the slides of a magic lan-tern. It was only nine when I arrived, but the first house (as the Directory told me) was already hopping. It was weedier than an octogenarian’s backyard. I had brought a toothpick to put in my mouth, to make me look danger-ous. But then I remembered the fate of Sherwood Anderson, so I ditched that pick quick.

Inside was a sweaty tangle of people. Just looking at them made my overcoat glisten. There was no right way in, so I forded it like a big ox fording the Missouri.

I installed myself at the bar in the living room—a long wooden plank resting on an old cath-ode ray television and an empty bookshelf—where a fat Caucasian in a do-rag was tending. A plas-tic bottle of vodka and a navel orange rested on the plywood. He glanced at me with sullen eyes, then went back to staring at the people—no, the girls—dancing to mid-2000s rap music.

“What’re you pouring, hom-

bre?” I asked.He stared at me with fishy

eyes and gestured at the vodka. “That’s all.”

“What about the orange?”He looked at the fruit as if

it had blinked suddenly out of never-never land. “The orange is for effect.”

I changed tactics and pulled out one of the Finnish telegrams. “Have you heard of these guys?”

“Ten E Bros?”“No. Ten-eh. Tenny. Like

Tennyson. Or Tennis, I guess.”The Caucasian shrugged. It

dawned on me I would get noth-ing done here.

Without asking, he poured me a solo cup full of vodka and thrust it at me. To my chagrin, some of it splashed on the fabric. Even through the fuming sweat

of the writhing bodies and the faint, acidulous tinge of beer vomit, the vodka reeked like mos-quito repellent. I think he wanted me to leave.

As I left, I asked if I could have the orange as a consolation prize. He said of course not.

I walked out of the haze of sweat and vomit toward the kitchen, where a new element—pungent, earthy gas—introduced itself to the scene. Someone had turned all the knobs on the stove. As I set the knobs right with my left hand, holding the vodka in the other, I remembered some-thing from my F. Scott Fitzgerald. Taking drinks until they take you. I poured the vodka on a nearby houseplant and stepped out the back door. I had other parties to go to.

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Walker poised to champion GOP idealsScott Walker was able to emerge vic-

torious in his third election in four years and returns as Wisconsin’s

governor. Gov. Walker’s win coincided with a dominant night for Republicans around the country. Despite the fact that Gov. Walker’s tenure has been marred with controversy, he was able to defeat Democratic candidate Mary Burke with relative ease.

Mary Burke was able to overcome a very large polling gap from early 2014 but was never able to truly gain enough momentum and popularity in order overcome the incumbent, Gov. Walker was especially dominant in rural coun-ties while Mary Burke was only able to appeal to Dane and Milwaukee counties.

Wisconsin’s next four years are poised to follow Walker’s far right ideals that he has maintained throughout his time in office. Walker has championed small government especially regarding economic growth as well as openly advocating for smaller tax rates for businesses throughout Wisconsin. He has been continually against higher gov-ernment spending and while he has failed to live up to the job creation expectations he set for himself two years ago, he remains stead-fast in his belief that his approach will create more jobs for Wisconsin. Additionally, Gov. Walker has been in line with the religious wing of the GOP and has been openly anti-abortion and anti-gay marriage.

Walker has also continued to stand vehemently against the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and has become almost a beacon of defiance against the Obama administration. His

open opposition of President Obama and Democrats has vaulted Scott Walker into the GOP spotlight and vaulted his popularity within the party.

The more national attention Walker receives, the more important it will be to know the name Rebecca Kleefisch. As the current lieutenant governor of Wisconsin, she is the next in line for the governorship if Scott Walker were to run and be elected president of the United States. A pros-pect which is not completely unfounded according to many Republicans.

It was largely agreed upon by Democrats and Republicans that a Walker loss last night would have been a death nail in any presiden-tial attempt in 2016. Reince Priebus, chair of the Republican National Committee, said it would not be a “good night” if Republicans won control of the U.S. senate but Walker lost re-election. This is an obvious red flag that the RNC is eyeing Walker as a presidential contender in 2016.

Walker himself seems to be leaving the door open to the idea of running for presi-dent. In his victory speech last night, Walker referenced Washington D.C. negatively ten times in ten minutes, clearly setting himself up to run as an anti-Washington Republican much like his political hero growing up, Ronald Reagan. Walker himself has yet to

either confirm or deny the murmurs that he will run for president saying to the Green Bay Press Gazette “I’ve never made a time commitment anywhere I’ve been in office. I’ve always made promises about what I would do and how I would do it. I’m not going to change now.” In presidential elec-tions, Wisconsin has given its electoral votes

to the Democratic candidate in every elec-tion since 1988. Whether Walker can buck that trend will remain to be seen and largely depend on how he spends his next two years as Wisconsin’s governor.

How do you feel about Gov. Walker’s re-election? Please send all of your feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

Spotify app illuminates negative aspects of capitalism

A few weeks ago, over Twitter, I had a slightly tempestuous series of exchanges with the

music streaming company Spotify. It’s services, which can be accessed by either paying directly or agreeing to listen to advertisements intermittently between songs, are available for both computers and phones.

The experience of the computer soft-ware is not drastically different between the ad sponsored version and the paid version, meaning having to listen to advertisements tends to be an accept-able alternative to coughing up however much it costs to listen to music uninter-rupted. When it comes to the phone app, though, it’s a wholly different story. As a means to incentivize moving to the paid version of their services, Spotify has designed their app so as to create an extremely unpleasant and frustrating experience. One doesn’t have the option of choosing individual songs but rather has to listen to songs in a random order.

Moreover, it will indiscriminate-ly throw in songs that weren’t among those the user chose to listen to. Spotify ostensibly does this under the guise of helping users discover new music (in the same vein as Pandora). However, when I first used the app it immediately

struck me as a blatant attempt to annoy users and prod them into upgrading to the premium, paid service.

Angered by the inadequacy of their app, I took to Twitter and remarked, “Hey @Spotify, maybe making your app so shitty and limited that I’ll never upgrade to premium is itself a shitty, limited business model.” In an act of obliviousness Spotify replied, “Hi there, please let us know what the issue is and we’ll do our best to assist you!” To this I promptly responded, “The issues are implicit in the app. It’s intentionally limited to incentivize upgrading. It’s like a belligerent Pandora.”

It was clear to me that Spotify was in no position to remedy my situation because they had intentionally designed their app to elicit a negative response from me, in the hope that my frustra-tion would cause me to upgrade. I can’t necessarily fault Spotify for acting on its obligation to generate a profit. As annoying as it is, companies like Spotify exist to make money, not to deliver ser-vices out of some devotion to charity.

The fundamental issue at work here, and the reason I mention my experi-ences with Spotify at all, is the way capi-talism legitimizes treating people disre-spectfully. This is not a diatribe against the philosphy in general, because the concept is far too large and complex to be dismissed outright solely by some

of its uglier aspects. However, because capitalism implicitly entails the maxi-mization of profit, capitalists are primed from the outset to view people not for their humanity but for their potential to generate revenue.

That’s not to say that companies and corporations will invariably treat cus-tomers poorly, but the fact remains that within capitalism there’s no explicit incentive to see people for more than their economic potential. This configu-ration breeds situations like the one I found myself in on Twitter. The nature of capitalism means that Spotify is argu-ably right in making its app as shitty as it is, but at the end of the day a shitty app makes for unhappy people.

Advertisements will never tell you that you don’t need to buy the ser-vices being advertised. Shareholders don’t hold meetings to recommend giv-ing out their companies’ products for free. Corporations undoubtedly need to make money, and societies need robust economic activity to flourish.

It’s delusional to suggest that capi-talism has not produced a great deal of economic advancement and progress in the U.S., however skewed and unequal. At the heart of this situation, though, is the tension between the very real need to foster economic activity in a society and the basic expectation that people won’t treat others poorly.

If we accept that capitalism in the U.S. is here to stay, it’s worth having a discussion about how the system valo-rizes profit maximization at the expense of granting people a modicum of dig-nity. If corporations could make a profit while simultaneously providing for the well-being, financial security, health and happiness of its customers, there wouldn’t be the need for charities and nonprofits as exists currently.

I don’t profess to know how to most effectively compensate for the shortcom-ings of capitalism. At the very least, how-ever, I urge that we temper our embrace of it with an understanding that, despite the legitimate need to foster growth, there exists a more fundamental obligation to treat others kindly and respectfully. Just think of how many tedious Twitter feuds could have been avoided if corporations took this to heart.

Does this business model serve as an example of the flaws within our capitalist economic structure? What do you believe is a better economic system for the United States to adopt in order to help improve our overall quality of life for all U.S. citizens? Would you be willing to pay more in order for companies to help improve the common good? How do you think that Spotify could improve their service? Tell us how you feel about Spotify and capitalism as a whole and please send all of your feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

However, when I first used the app it immediately struck me as a bla-tant attempt to annoy users and prod them into upgrading to the

premium, paid service.

However, because capitalism implicitly entails the maximization

of profit, capitalists are primed from the outset to view people not for their humanity but for their potential to generate revenue.

If corporations could make a profit while simultaneously providing for the well-being, financial security, health and happiness of its cus-

tomers, there wouldn’t be the need for charities and nonprofits as

exists currently.

At the very least, however, I urge that we temper our embrace of it with an understanding that, despite the legitimate need to

foster growth, there exists a more fundamental obligation to treat others kindly and respectfully.

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despite the fact that Gov. Walker’s tenure has been marred with con-troversy, he was able to defeat

democratic candidate Mary Burke with relative ease.

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Holiday episodes spread no cheer

H alloween has now come and gone and with it have gone the smattering of

Halloween-related sitcom episodes that have graced both network and cable alike. Soon, Thanksgiving and Christmas episodes will usher us into the most wonderful time of the year. As such, I figured I would take this opportunity to break down the trope that is the “Holiday Episode.”

Almost every sitcom has been guilty of the it at one point or another, but in actu-ality holiday episodes make sense. Every sitcom I can think of follows Earth’s seasonal cal-endar, so it makes sense that those characters would celebrate

Christmas, Halloween and the like. Sometimes, they can even be funny. I would be lying if I said I did not enjoy most of “The Office’s” holiday episodes, and damn near every “Community” holiday episode is funny as hell.

However, “The Office” also typifies the misuses and prat-falls of holiday episodes. Many a time, they function as an excuse to dress characters up in funny costumes and use sea-sonal humor as a crutch—it’s a lot easier to make jokes about Christmas than come up with an episode with totally organ-ic humor. Being a TV writer is tough, and on some level I appreciate the need for seasonal episodes. But it’s hard to endure the same kinds of jokes used year after year and it’s boring to see characters go through the same motions every year. It’s infuriat-ing to see the “this joke is not

that funny, but it would be funny if the character were wearing an unwieldy/slutty/vaguely off-put-ting costume” process at work time and time again.

The worst part of season-al episodes, though, is that 90 percent of them share the same plot. It goes something like this: one or more characters become disillusioned with their current situation or fellow characters, but by the end of the episode every-one gets together and everything is great again. We, along with our televised peers, re-learn the value of family and friends and go enjoy our respective holiday seasons, and we feel good until things pick up again after the mid-season break. Christmas episodes, especially, are guilty of this phenomenon. Or, if your sit-com has an ethically and/or cul-turally diverse cast, your cast will struggle with the diverse tradi-

tions associated with that culture (actually, tradition is a huge part of most Christmas episodes too).

Personally, I don’t care what most show’s characters are doing on Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, President’s Day, etc. If you have a good televi-sion program, seasonal episodes don’t really matter, no matter how hyped the networks make them. If you have a bad televi-sion program, showing us how your characters do the holiday season generally does not make your show better. People are not going to suddenly start watching “Mulaney” and “Bad Judge” just because they have a rip-roaring, kind-hearted Thanksgiving. The 18-49 age group is not going to run back to “New Girl” because this year’s Halloween episode was way cuter than normal.

My final (half-serious) gripe with seasonal episodes is this:

none of the right shows do sea-sonal episodes! I do not care how “The Mindy Project” celebrates Halloween, but how awesome would a “The Walking Dead” Halloween episode be? Sample Plot: Rick cannot tell the dif-ference between who’s trick-or-treating and who’s just a zombie, and just goes nuts, while Carl dresses up as his own lost child-hood because it’s the scariest thing anyone can think of. The entire world would watch that. Whatever happened to “A Very True Detective Christmas?” These and many other great ideas will never leave the cutting room floor. Ah, well. I guess we’ll just have to imagine how Walter White would have explained his suddenly very lavish Christmas gifts to Skyler.

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ReCORD ROUTINe Allman Brothers Band retire after tumultuous and celebrated career

By andy Holsteen The Daily CarDiNal

It probably makes sense to preface this by admitting my bias toward the Beatles, especially Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, which I think is their great-est accomplishment as a group, the best pop hybrid album of all time and one of the most important pieces of music ever created. But these statements, though facially grand and pretentious, are com-monplace when referring to the Beatles because, well, they were just that important. As a hardcore Sgt. Pepper’s fan, I had high expecta-tions for the Flaming Lips’ song-by-song, full-album collaboration almost-cleverly named With a Little Help from My Fwends.

This is not the first time the Lips have taken on the standards of rock and pop in this way. In addition to covering the Stones and Pink Floyd, they did a complete reimagining of King Crimson’s In the Court of the Crimson King that more than did the album justice. This made me expect great things from their take on Sgt. Pepper’s. But as much as I wanted to believe this album would simultaneously respect and improve upon the original tracks, this rendition can’t keep up with the 1967 version.

The opening track, “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” set up the album for success. J. Mascis’ guitar solo at the end of the song had me smiling, anticipat-ing what other pleasant surprises were waiting in the other songs. But this song, no more than an intro on the original album, sadly ended up being the best on the entire project.

If there’s one thing I never

thought I would experience, it’s an album that features Black Pus on the second track and Miley Cyrus on the third. But lo and behold, the Flaming Lips, with their decades of weird and varied connections, put together one of the oddest lineups ever assembled for an album. And in practice, despite the objections from purist Beatles fans, or random misogynists you might see in com-ment threads claiming she has no place touching “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds,” Miley Cyrus makes this album much better than it would have been without her. Even just her Miley panache, can be felt through a spot-on vocal performance.

Frankly, I have nothing else good to say about this album. The decision to make Fwends over 11 minutes longer than the original probably contributed to this more than anything else. Sgt. Pepper’s is a masterpiece because it experi-ments with a spacey, psychedelic feel while still remaining under 40 minutes in length. I challenge you to find a bit of fat on the Beatles studio album. Almost every track on the Lips remake ends up feel-ing drawn out by a combination of over-production and -ambition. Wayne Coyne and the Lips should have taken more initiative in plan-ning how the songs should inter-act with one another because their final product ended up sounding quite homogenous.

This mostly lackluster produc-tion is topped off by a sub-stan-dard version of “A Day in the Life,” which is undoubtedly the most important song on the album. Miley also did vocals for this song, which sounded just fine. The issue was that the song was not made even remotely more interesting. I would listen to the original version over the cover every time.

At the end of the day, the pro-ceeds from Fwends go to a good cause (assisting disadvantaged and elderly pet owners), so I can’t really be that upset. However, from a band like the Flaming Lips who clearly idolize the Beatles, I think it’s fair to have expected more from this effort.

Rating: C+

By Brian Weidy The Daily CarDiNal

Last week, the Allman Brothers Band ended their career as a band on a high note, playing three sets at their second home, the Beacon Theatre on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, a venue they’ve played more than 230 times over the course of their 45-year career.

The Allman Brothers are one of the seminal jam bands, who along with the Grateful Dead, pioneered a sound that took basic blues principles, stretched them out and paved the way for thou-sands of bands to follow in their footsteps—from Widespread Panic to The String Cheese Incident and so many more.

The first time I saw the Allmans during their 40th anni-versary run, I was just 14-years-old, dipping my toe into the proverbial jam band water for the first time. Attending the show with my parents, I found myself amazed at the guitar mastery of their twin guitar-ists, Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks, while also finding myself occasionally bored.

The band’s 40th anniversa-ry saw a wide variety of guests sit in with them including Trey Anastasio and Page McConnell of Phish, a band I had yet to fully discover, to Eric Clapton, who at the time was my biggest guitar hero, an instrument I had picked up barely more than a year earlier.

Unfortunately for me, going on a Tuesday night thanks to the scarce availability of tickets for prime nights, neither Anastasio nor Clapton showed up. Instead, I got a full complement of guests (Susan Tedeschi—guitar-ist Derek Trucks’ wife—John Hammond and both Bonnie and Bekka Bramlett); however, none of them had quite the same appeal to me as a Clapton.

The show featured many of the down-tempo Allman Brothers songs I’ve learned to love, but as of then had a scant appreciation for.

Making matters worse for an as-of-yet initiated jam band fan, closing with a nearly half-hour ren-dition of “Jessica,” replete with a drum-and-bass solo, was not really the way to my 14-year-old heart.

But that was the thing about the Allman Brothers in the aughts, you might catch an off-night—particularly on week-days—but on weekends, you got a chance to see seven profes-sional musicians do what they do best—play their hearts out.

I say professional musicians because, as of 2014, the band looks quite a bit different than when they started on March 26, 1969.

Lead singer and organist Gregg Allman was still in the band. As were both drummers, Butch Trucks and Jai Johanny “Jaimoe” Johanson. But of the six original members, those are the only three left, with guitarist Duane Allman and bassist Berry Oakley both dying of motorcycle accidents just blocks away from each other one year apart.

Fellow guitarist Dickey Betts was unceremoniously kicked out of the band in 2000, report-edly via a fax, after his alcohol-ism and drug abuse became too much for the rest of the band to handle. This is quite the accomplishment as the Allman Brothers are not Rush when it comes to partying, with each member going through their own forms of addiction in some manner shape or form.

Replacing those three mem-bers has seen a revolving door of guitarists, bassists and extra musicians throughout the years.

Chuck Leavell was a main-stay of the earlier iterations of the rebuilt band, after they decided that replacing Duane Allman was an impossible task, Leavell was brought in to lend a hand on an extra set of keys.

Allen Woody, bassist for Gov’t Mule, played bass for the Allmans for a couple of years alongside future Mule band-mate Warren Haynes while Jimmy Herring filled in as

the second guitar player after Betts’ departure from the band.

But the last lineup of the band was one of the stron-gest in years. With the poly-rhythms generated from the two drummers plus percus-sionist Marc Quiñones, bass-ist Oteil Burbridge laid the foundation for Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes to display their guitar fireworks, while Allman provided the soul with his raspy vocals and choppy organ lines.

The Allman Brothers may have done nothing too crazy musically—most of their songs fall under the 12-bar blues umbrella, with their jams stay-ing in form by and large—but still they established them-selves as one of the greatest jam bands of all time.

Every year, a mainstay of my concert calendar was one or two shows at their annual Beacon run, something that will be sorely missed in the years to come. While they weren’t creating new music, nor were they touring outside of these dozen or so annual shows, The Allmans still managed to be one of the tightest live bands on a good night around.

Derek Trucks will go back to focusing on the Tedeschi Trucks Band, who are phe-nomenal and will no doubt continue to improve as Trucks focuses his time solely on them. Warren will go back to Gov’t Mule full-time, something he already does as he is arguably the hardest-working man in the music industry, playing hun-dreds of shows a year with a variety of artists.

Though one can see all of the pieces of the Allmans, including Gregg and his solo band and Betts and his band, the Allman Brothers’ final per-formance marked a sad day for the thousands that descended upon the Beacon each year to see the band for the first, tenth or hundredth time.

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by bobby ehrlichthe daily cardinal

Wisconsin will open up Big Ten Tournament play Wednesday with a rematch against Illinois, whom the Badgers played to a scoreless tie last Friday.

Despite the final score, Wisconsin dominated the match Friday, compiling nearly triple the number of shots of Illinois. Yet, Wisconsin was unable to find the back of the net and could not beat Illinois sophomore goalkeeper Claire Wheatley. Wheatley, who finished fourth in the conference with 0.83 goals allowed per game, earned the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week award.

Windy conditions certainly played a role in the Badgers inabil-ity to score, but after Wisconsin

defeated Minnesota with four goals, the offense stalled down the stretch, scoring just two goals in its final three games.

The Badgers will have to turn to their seniors to ignite the offense. Senior forward Cara Walls has been explosive all year, finishing the regular season with 11 goals. Walls and redshirt senior forward Kodee Williams have been huge for the Badgers in clutch situations, each post-ing five game-winning goals, the highest mark in the Big Ten.

Wisconsin finished the regu-lar season leading the confer-ence in goals allowed (7), goals allowed average (0.37), and shutouts (14), making them arguably the best defense in the Big Ten. They are led by

standout redshirt senior goal-keeper Genevieve Richards, who was just named the Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year.

The Wisconsin defense will have to put forth another stout effort to hold off the Illini as their attack includes forward Jannelle Flaws, who earned her second straight Big Ten Forward of the Year award. She has found the back of the net 17 times this season, which is five more times than any other player in the conference.

In addition to Richard’s Goalkeeper of the Year award, she earned First Team All Big Ten honors, along with Walls, sophomore midfielder Rose Lavelle, and junior midfielder Kinley McNicoll. Junior defend-er Brianna Stelzer earned a Second Team All-Big Ten nod. This is only the third time in the school’s history that Wisconsin has had four players receive first team honors.

If the Badgers defeat the Illini, they will take on the winner of the Michigan-Minnesota game in the semifinal. The other side of the bracket contains Penn State, who won the conference by seven points. Penn State is certainly the favorite to win the tournament, but they may have to go through a Rutgers team that has one of the Big Ten’s best defenses.

The Big Ten is extremely deep this year, with talented teams from top to bottom. The tourna-ment title is anyone’s to take, as even the top teams will face strong squads in the opening round.

Wisconsin’s contest against Illinois will kick off at 3:30 pm Wednesday afternoon on the campus of Purdue.

A s you’re reading this, the chance of the Wisconsin Nebraska

football game being played at 7:00 p.m. is about 1 percent. For argument’s sake, I’d say a 2:30 start is 50% and 11:00 is 49%.

On Monday, ESPN announced that Florida State vs. Miami will be the 7:00 game on ABC, while selecting LSU vs. Arkansas to be on ESPN2. This still leaves the gap open for the 7:00 p.m. ESPN slot (why I say 1% instead of 0%), however, there are two big time SEC games on the 15, Alabama vs. Mississippi State, and Auburn vs. Georgia. CBS will get first dibs on one of these games, and ESPN will take the other one and put it on at 7:00, similar to last weeks Auburn and Ole Miss matchup.

As for the 2:30 vs. 11:00 debate, the Badger game is com-peting against Minnesota and Ohio State, and seeing that the Buckeyes’ contest against the garbage fire that is Illinois got the primetime treatment last weekend, UW fans shouldn’t get their hopes up. Instead, get your alarms set for the sixth straight 11

a.m. game at Camp Randall.This begs an obvious ques-

tion: Why the hell are there no night games in Madison?

Unless there is a crazy stroke of luck and the Minnesota-Wisconsin game gets flexed out, it will be the second season in a row with no night game.

Badgers played Gary Andersen and his old Utah State squad on September 15, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. on Big Ten Network.

The year before that was the Nebraska game, a 7:00 p.m. ABC game on October 11, 2011. Both teams were in the Top 10 head-ing into the matchup.

The year before that was the Ohio State game, a 7:00 p.m ABC game on October 16, 2010. the Buckeyes were No. 1 in the coun-try before losing at Camp Randall.

First of all, I’m here to dis-pel a big myth. The notion that university administrators do not want night games because they want to control students drink-ing is not true.

UW police ejected 42 people from the Maryland game, an increase from the Illinois game and issued 24 citations, half of which were students.

Yes, there would be even more citations at a night game, but that’s the police’s problem.

In fact, the administration would probably love to see more

night games because it puts the University in the national spot-light. More people who watch a Badger game on TV are more like-ly to apply, more likely to go here, more like to pay tuition, more like-ly to graduate and donate to UW.

ESPN and BTN are the only groups that have a say in when Badger kickoffs are. Teams receive money for being on TV. If ESPN told a team that they were playing at 2:00 a.m., that’s when they’d play. Why do you think MAC teams are always playing on Tuesday nights?

Imagine the university’s response to the horror of students drinking on on a school night! No, the university has no say, just the four-letter network in Bristol.

It is however a shame that the Badgers do not get the respect of a program like Ohio State. The Buckeyes have been in five night games this year and could easily get another one.

The Badgers’ quality of opponents is another reason, Nebraska is the only big game on the schedule. ESPN can’t get too excited about Bowling Green and South Florida.

In order to get more night games, UW will have to be a dominant program for the next 50 years, or the B1G will have to jump big time in quality and national standing.

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Night games rewarding for fans and UW

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emily bUCk/cardinal file photoGenevieve richard won the Big ten Goalkeeper of the year award, the centerpiece of a conference-best defense.

by Jack baerthe daily cardinal

Ranked No. 3 in the AP Poll. Unanimous preseason Big Ten favorite. Two players picked for All-American teams. It’s not crazy to say this is the most anticipated basketball team in Wisconsin history.

Badger fans will get their first chance to see this shiny new basketball team play together in the Kohl Center tonight, as Wisconsin takes on Wisconsin-Parkside in an exhibition game.

While the Badgers bring back nearly their entire Final Four team, there should still be some mystery as to which players see their roles and minutes change. This exhibi-tion figures to provide the most con-crete answers to date.

There are also several young players, as well as some older, who could be in line for more playing time this year and their minutes in this game should be telling. Players to watch include sophomore for-ward Vitto Brown, redshirt soph-omore guard Zak Showalter and sophomore guard Jordan Hill.

All three looked strong in the Red/White Scrimmage last week and could figure to take up at least some of graduated guard Ben Brust’s minutes. Thanks to his low-contact role in the offense and near-comical aversion to fouls, Brust led the team with

34.7 minutes per game. With those minutes gone, more than one player is likely to see his role from last year greatly expanded.

Hill and Showalter feel like pos-sibilities simply due to being guards like Brust, but Brown and redshirt senior forward Duje Dukan could also have time come their way.

Wisconsin played with three guards for much of last year, but their newfound frontcourt depth could push them closer to the big side of the positional spectrum.

While one would think a game between a preseason Top 5 team and a D-II team would be a blood-bath, it might not be that severe. Last year’s preseason game against UW-Platteville had the Badgers up only seven at halftime.

Head coach Bo Ryan gave 12 dif-ferent players five minutes on the court or more, so these games are more of an opportunity to experi-ment with lineups and see how inexperienced players perform against a live opponent.

Parkside went 23-7 last year, their most wins since 1976, and earned a No. 1 seed in the Division-II Tournament. As a team, it ranked second nationally in field goal percentage and aver-aged 6.0 more assists per game than their opponent.

Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. and the game will be available on Big Ten Network Plus.

men’s basketball

emily bUCk/cardinal file photoVitto Brown could see more time off the bench this year.

UW-Parkside takes on Badgers in preseason

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