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Two former Walker affiliates arrested, will face charges for improper political campaigning

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Mike Kujak State Legislative Editor As the John Doe investigation into a number of Gov. Scott Walker’s former affiliates continued Thursday, two more former Walker aides were arrested by the Milwaukee District Attorney’s office for improper political fundraising.

The DA’s office filed complaints against two former Milwaukee County employees, Kelly Rindfleisch and Darlene Wink, for engaging in political fundraising in a government building while employed on Walker’s County Executive staff, according to a statement released by Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm.

In the statement, Chisholm said Rindfleisch was charged with four felony accounts of misconduct in public office in the months of April and May 2010. The statement said Rindfleisch is alleged with having spent a significant amount of time in office working on fundraising for Lt. Gov. candidate Brett Davis.

Chisholm also charged Wink with two counts of intentional political solicitation by a public employee in October and December 2009. She is charged with engaging in fundraising activity for then County Executive Walker while in a county building.

Wink was a county employee who resigned after the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel learned she had posted about 70 favorable comments to Walker on the newspaper’s website while on the clock, according to the complaint.

Wink was scheduled to appear in court on Thursday, and Rindfleisch’s initial court appearance is scheduled for Feb. 22, according to the Wisconsin Court System access records.

Both defendants are presumed innocent until found guilty, the statement said.

The complaint filed against Rindfleisch contained an email from Walker, sent from his campaign email account in May 2010, directing Rindfleisch to avoid embarrassing news stories.

“We cannot afford another story like this one,” Walker wrote in the email. “No one can give them any reason to do another story. That means no laptops, no websites, no time away during the work day, etc.”

The story Walker references in the email is about Wink’s resignation after the state began

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PART 2 of 2 Megan McCormick The Badger Herald

Sen. Tim Cullen, D-Janesville, sits down with The Badger Herald to discuss his shot at recalling the governor. Cullen said major changes were in store.

Cullen takes on recall, education, economy Senator says he would work closely with Legislature if elected to serve as governor Sean Kirkby State Politics Editor Sen. Tim Cullen, D-Janesville, is one of two Democrats to have announced a run against Gov. Scott Walker in a possible recall election. Cullen served as senate majority leader in the 1980s and as former Gov. Tommy Thompson’s secretary of health and human services.

He came out of retirement in 2010 to run for the Senate again.

The Badger Herald sat down with Cullen to discuss his gubernatorial aspirations.This is part two of an edited interview.

The Badger Herald: You’ve been out of the state spotlight since the 1980s when you last served as former Gov. Tommy Thompson’s Secretary of Health and Human Services. What made you run for the Wisconsin Senate in 2010?

Sen. Tim Cullen: After I spent 20 years in the private sector, I retired in 2007, and then I served two years on the Janesville School Board, which was a nonpaid school board, doing public service.

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I had no intention of ever running again for state office, but when the incumbent state senator retired and wasn’t going to run again, I thought, well, I could do that job. I’ve done that before.

I’m not the kind of guy who can CULLEN VIDEO go off every day Check out the and go fish, and so Herald website for I thought this is the video! something I can do. I think we’re on this earth to give back. I don’t think we’re here to just take, and I thought I could contribute so I ran.

BH: You’ve served on the Janesville School Board, the Janesville Teacher Diversity Board and currently serve on the Committee on Education. What do you think of the state of education in Wisconsin?

TC: I think it has to improve. I think we’re challenged by not just how we’re doing against some other state, but by how we’re doing against other nations.

It’s a completely global economy, and we have to be as good as China and India.

BH: How do you feel about voter ID?

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Der Rathskeller reopens doors after renovations

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Katie Caron Higher Education Editor As students return to school and head to their routine destinations on campus, they will find one of the campus’s most beloved locations has undergone some changes.

Memorial Union’s iconic Der Rathskeller reopened this Monday after completing renovations and menu changes over winter break.

A student walking into the restaurant will see a new food pickup area with a new menu posted, a new wall where the old serving wall was and a new main entrance under the central archway, according to a University of Wisconsin statement.

In addition to the physical changes to Der Rathskeller, the menu has undergone a revamping. Wisconsin Union Restaurant Division Director Jim Long said it now includes items that are fresher than © 2012 BADGER HERALD

before and has incorporated some traditional German cuisine.

Long said the changes generally came after a few years of feedback and surveys from students which indicated a desire for better-quality food and less of a grab-and-go style at the restaurant.

“The old way it worked was kind of a fast food or grab-andgo style, and we decided from surveys and input from students that they were looking for a better quality of food,” Long said.

As an example, Long said whereas the old Der Rathskeller would serve burgers which had been frozen, now it serves fresh and hand-patted burgers to customers. He also said some of the new menu items are the same as before but are different only because of the quality of ingredients.

When ordering food, Der

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A University of Wisconsin student sustained significant facial injuries after an alleged near-campus mugging.

The incident occurred on North Broom Street between Gorham Street and State Street early Sunday morning, a Madison Police Department report said.

According to the report, the victim was allegedly struck from behind, with what he said was a closed fist. He said one suspect held him down, while another went through his pockets.

Still, the student, 20, did not immediately report the incident to police, claiming the extent of the injuries were unclear until after a Tuesday clinic appointment, MPD spokesperson Joel DeSpain said.

DeSpain said it is unclear why the victim did not report the robbery.

He said the victim did not seek medical attention for his injuries until Tuesday because he did not want to burden his parents with the bill.

DeSpain also said the victim did not seek immediate medical attention because he did not realize how serious his injuries were.

The victim sustained fractures to bones around his left eye and some on his cheek, DeSpain said.

DeSpain said MPD has not seen many crimes of this kind in the past couple months. Over the summer, he said there was a city-wide rash of robberies.

He also said students are only sporadically the victims of this kind of crime and are more likely to be victims of burglaries — non-violent break-ins — than robberies.

There are currently no suspects, but a detective will be assigned to the case, DeSpain said.

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ASM internal budget faces multiple cuts Funding zeroed out for USSA membership, ‘world class’ commencement speaker, decreased for training program Courtney Mullen Herald Contributor Members of student government addressed the proposed Associated Students of Madison Internal Budget last night, ultimately cutting all proposed money for the United States Student Association.

The Student Services Finance Committee came to the decision after debating whether the University of Wisconsin should become members of the USSA or stay content with its United Council membership.

Opinions among members of the committee varied, with some representatives expressing a desire for UW to be a member of both organizations, but they faced opposition.

Rep. Tia Nowack said she felt the body should fund USSA because it would provide new pathways for students that UC does not have.

“I am definitely in favor of funding USSA. It is a great avenue for us to be able to give Madison students what they want,” Nowack said. “It is a direct connection to D.C., and USSA is able to work on federal issues that UC doesn’t always get to.”

Rep. Dan Posca disagreed with Nowack and said funding USSA would not be worth it or fiscally responsible.

Posca said while USSA provides the student body with a direct avenue to

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SSFC members debate various items for the ASM internal budget during Thursday’s meeting. Representatives were passionate on whether or not to fund USSA. Washington, D.C., they would have more success lobbying legislators through the Big Ten rather than with USSA. He added SSFC can save students money by utilizing the United Council.

Rep. Laura Checovich agreed with Posca and said USSA may hurt UW’s reputation.

“I have heard more than one allegation that USSA will be a stain on the reputation of the University of Wisconsin,” she said.

Other pieces the ASM Internal Budget SSFC addressed included a $100,000 request for alumni training, funding for a wellknown commencement

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speaker and a $50,000 increase in funding for student organizations.

The proposed $100,000 increase for alumni training would allow student government to receive training from ASM alumni.

Representatives had varying opinions on the alumni training but decided

to bring down the proposed increase of $100,000 to $9,194. The committee also decided the money should be placed in funding for general training instead of for alumni training.

“I think that it is imperative not to restrict training funds just to alumni training. The best way to be flexible with our money is to place it directly into general training,” Rep. Justin Gerstner said.

Funding for a world-class commencement speaker was also a point of debate, with varying opinions among representatives.

The committee decided to zero fund the budget line item because the amount for the speaker was unreasonable.

“The value is just not high enough for the amount of time we would get with the world class speaker,” Checovich said.

The committee also turned down a proposed $50,000 increase for student organizations. One reason members cited was that there was already a $40,000 increase in the budget for student organizations last year.

SSFC also made other minor budget decisions which involved Big Ten on the Hill, travel grants and website hosting.

The current budget stands at $1,306,040.38.

The next SSFC meeting will be Jan. 30 at 6:30 p.m. in the Student Activity Center.

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During Thursday’s Assembly sessions, representatives passionately argued back and forth over a contentious mining bill that ultimately passed on party lines.

Mining bill pushes through Assembly despite protesters Mike Kujak State Legislative Editor After hours of debate Thursday, the Wisconsin Assembly passed a controversial mining bill, which supporters say will create more jobs in Wisconsin, but which opponents argue will create more secrecy in the permit process.

According to the Wisconsin Legislature’s website, the bill, which passed along party lines in a 59-36 vote, would decrease current Department of Natural Resource regulations for ferrous minerals like iron and streamline the permitting and public hearing process for proposed mining projects.

The analysis also said current law requires DNR to hold at least one informational meeting on an environmental impact report for a mining project and the new bill would not require such an informational meeting. The bill will now go to the Senate for a vote.

Most of the debate between legislators revolved around the bill’s impact on job creation and the potential misleading effects the bill would have on the public hearing process and the communities surrounding potential mining projects.

Assembly Speaker Jeff

Fitzgerald, R-Horicon, argued if Democrats did not get behind the bill that would create the most jobs of this legislative session, they were not serious about job creation.

Assembly Majority Leader Scott Suder, R-Abbotsford, called the bill the most important jobs bill the Legislature has passed in decades.

“By moving this legislation forward, we have paved the way for thousands of goodpaying, family supporting jobs that will last for generations of Wisconsin workers,” Suder said.

He said the bill would create a more prosperous Wisconsin.

Rep. Janet Bewley, D-Ashland, whose district would be affected by a proposed iron mine, said the current bill on the floor was misleading.

“All we have in the bill before us are ways to provide clarity and revenue for one out-of-state mining company,” Bawley said.

“Not only is the presence of northern Wisconsin not in the bill, they were not in the process.”

The mining company Bawley referred to is Gogebic Taconite, a developmentstage iron ore mining company in northern Wisconsin. According to the group’s website, GTAC is currently working to

assemble the required information to begin the permitting process.

GTAC has spent $114,883 since July of last year lobbying state officials in support of its proposal to open the mine, according to a filing with the Government Accountability Board.

Rep. Louis Molepske, Jr., D-Stevens Point, supported Bawley’s statement and agreed the bill was misleading. He also said he supported mining but not the bill.

Molepske added the Legislature should not be bending over to cater to one company and argued the Legislature only gets one chance at this, so its members should start over and do it right.

Following Molepske’s comments, Rep. Jeff Stone, R-Greendale, said the bill was not misleading and challenged he has never seen a piece of legislation that has received this amount of committee work and the amount of public hearings in his 14 years in the Legislature.

Only minutes into the debate on the floor, several members of the balcony opposed to the mining bill were coughing loudly and shouting obscenities during Republican testimony. Police did not remove the gallery viewers until later, which was brought on by further disruptions.

In light of recent controversy surrounding possible redistricting legislation, three Wisconsin political insiders appeared before an independent consumer advocacy board Thursday to push for redistricting and campaign disclosure reform.

The State Governing Board for Common Cause in Wisconsin heard testimony from University of Wisconsin political science professor Barry Burden, Sen. Tim Cullen, D-Janesville, and Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-Madison.

Burden laid out a set of principles he thought people should follow when redrawing Senate districts.

He said the rules were simple to follow.

“First of all, politicians should not be drawing lines for themselves or for other legislators,” Burden said.

“Voters should be picking their representatives rather than the other way around. Redistricting eats up valuable legislator time and attributes to a hostile atmosphere in the Legislature. And that transparency is always a good thing.”

Burden said if the state wants to follow those principles, the current situation is undesirable and there are other ways to go.

He said he favored taking control of redistricting away from the Legislature and the governor and putting it in the hands of an independent state agency like the Government Accountability Board.

Cullen, a former board member of Common Cause, said he was working with Sen. Dale Schultz, R-Richland Center, on reforming redistricting laws. He said now is a good time to push for the reform, since redistricting plans were approved this past session, and depending on lawsuits will not be changed for another decade.

He added it is a good time too because nobody knows who will control

the Legislature in 2021.

He also said between 2001 and 2011, the Legislature turned over by 70 percent.

“So, our argument with the Legislature is, by and large, you’re not going to be here anyway,” Cullen said. “So why don’t you do the right thing while you’re here?”

The board also heard testimony on campaign disclosure, which would require candidates to make public the people who donate money. Erpenbach said he was working with a Republican senator to try and introduce disclosure and campaign finance laws.

Erpenbach said his committee had recently approved a bill which would allow people who donate less than $250 a year to not provide the place they work or their occupation.

He said this proposal could allow people to donate $249 a year to a Senate campaign without having to give their job, which could lead to confusion. For instance, he said two other people named Jon Erpenbach live in Wisconsin, and a person trying to find out who gave money to the candidate may not be able to figure out who donated to that candidate.

Erpenbach said the problem with reforming disclosure laws is with both Democrats and Republicans. He said the Democratic Party should have worked on disclosure laws when it was in control of the Legislature and the governor, but it did not.

Jay Heck, executive director of Common Cause, said these issues are difficult to push on the Legislature, and the body currently has no plan to take up any reform of disclosure or campaign laws.

“Our challenge is to get their reforms elevated in the public so the Legislature pays attention,” Heck said. “If they don’t, they’ll be issues in the campaign. We want voters to be considering these issues when they vote in November.”

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FELONY, from 1 an investigation into her work conduct.

Ciara Matthews, Walker’s campaign spokesperson in wake of the recall election, released a statement following the arrests.

“The Milwaukee County Executive’s Office expressed policy was that county employees were not permitted to use

county time or resources

“Scott Walker expected everyone to follow the law and made that clear publicly and privately.”

Ciara Matthews

Walker Campaign Spokesperson

to conduct any political

activity,” the statement said.

“Scott Walker expected everyone to follow the law and made that clear publicly and privately.”

The arrests are part of the ongoing John Doe investigation led by the Milwaukee County’s DA office. In early January, three men, including a former aide and Walker appointee, were arrested for embezzlement charges.

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Obey: Economy depends on open communication State political icon addresses campus on financial, labor issues facing U.S. Tara Golshan Herald Contributor

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Employees at Der Rathskeller serve customers who have come in to check out the location’s structural renovations and menu changes.

RATHSKELLER, from 1 Rathskeller patrons can also expect to see electronic pagers which let them know when their order is ready, the statement said.

In addition, the new menu includes revamped appetizers, sandwiches and salads as well as new breakfast items and traditional German cuisine, the statement said.

Long said the new German-style food items introduced will fit the style of the architecture more than before.

“The German-themed

menu helps to expand on the Der Rathskeller motif,” he said.

Long said feedback so far has been generally very positive — especially regarding the food quality — although some negative points have been that the food takes longer to be made and the interior looks somewhat different.

In terms of future renovations, Long said this is just the first step of many at Memorial Union, citing the Memorial Union Reinvestment project, which is currently underway.

“We did this renovation

as a prelude to the next two to three years,” he said.

“We wanted to make sure students are enjoying the food, and we used this as a testing for the future.”

This semester, Der Rathskeller will be open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekends, with breakfast served until 11 a.m. daily.

For its opening, the restaurant is currently putting on promotions, including free samples and specials during specified times, which can be found at www.union.wisc.edu/ dine-rathskeller.

The words “trust” and “respect” seemed to be on a loop Thursday night during a lecture led by a historic Wisconsin politician which commemorated a former University of Wisconsin professor.

Nearly 100 people gathered at Union South to hear the lecture, held in honor of former UW professor John Commons, which focused on the future of America’s economy in relation to its impact on society.

Former Wisconsin Democratic Congressman David Obey reflected on his time in the Wisconsin State Legislature and said teamwork was very important when he worked in state politics. He said this is a lesson that could transcend into the business world.

“When I served in the Legislature, we had friendships across the aisle, and it was the norm to bring business and unions together to sort out common problems,” Obey said. “We fought from nine to five, and after that, we were friends.”

Still, Obey saw a positive future in the world of American business. He said the younger generation is more acclimated to working in a community environment and more familiar with working in teams.

“I hope that the young generation continues to work in a communitarian view because that would be better for labor, for business and for government,” Obey said.

A member of both the private and public sector warmed the stage for Obey

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Former Wisconsin Democratic Congressman David Obey speaks on the most prominent issues and roadblocks he believes face the American economy during a presentation at Union South Thursday. and also echoed some of his sentiments. Dick Gephardt, founder of the labor consultant company Gephardt Group and former Missouri Democratic Congressman, said the change could begin in the UW Business School classrooms if business leaders and labor leaders were taught together.

Gephardt zoned in on the problems he said the American economic world is currently facing and proposed some insight and solutions to the issues.

According to Gephardt, America is rapidly losing both manufacturing jobs and services jobs as a result of outsourcing. This is despite the fact the United States is in competition with countries at a much lower standard of living, he said.

“If we get on a level playing field we will have to compete,” Gephardt said.

Gephardt’s solution was depicted through a list of

fundamental core ideals.

He said building trust and respect between labor and business is important.

When he served in Congress, Gephardt said he learned to survive in politics from former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill, who told him “don’t ever break your word.” Gephardt said there is nothing more important than trust in business relations.

The Gephardt Group, which holds such clients as General Electric and the National Football League, among others, aims to target the work culture experience as a major factor toward productivity, Gephardt said.

“It’s about building trust by communication and being honest and respecting the people you are working with,” Gephardt said.

Whether in a unionized situation or not, Gephardt said communication was key in order to succeed as a whole and as a team.

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Citizens push alternate 100 block of State plan Citing historical impact concerns, group proposes new compromise Adrianna Viswanatha City Hall Editor After months of contentious debate surrounding the proposed renovation of the 100 block of State Street, members of the Madison community put forth an alternative plan for the historic area.

The current plan would demolish all or part of several buildings on the block, which some Madisonians have argued would destroy the historical integrity of the area and take away from the block’s identity.

Madison resident Elizabeth Cwik, who spoke about the possibilities that could be pursued through the rehabilitation plan, said compromises can be made to ensure the residents on the block are happy but that necessary renovations are also implemented.

She detailed how each building would be affected by the original plan and how they could be rehabilitated without demolishing some of the authentic buildings.

“These buildings can be beat up a bit over the years because they’ve been student housing, but they’re really quite nice,” Cwik said of the Buell Building, which houses Eye Contact. “The architectural elements are still there.”

Other buildings, such as the Castle and Doyle Building, which houses Shangri La, would remain intact instead of having the Fairchild Street side of the buildings demolished as proposed in the 100 Block Foundation’s most recent plan.

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Proposed renovations to the 100 block of State Street have spiraled the community into heated debate about preserving the area’s historic features. Two versions of the plan are now circling.

Cwik also said the Fairchild Street side of the buildings in general looks tired and not worth saving to residents around it.

“I want to argue that this block has more life in it,” Cwik said.

She also said the 100 Block Foundation’s plan may endanger the character of State Street. She said the urban plazas the plan intends to create often make it difficult for people to have a coffee, read a book or hang out with friends.

Cwik said rooftop dining on some of the buildings might be a nice solution for the block, as it would beautify the area, which is one reason the 100 Block Foundation wants to renovate.

“The Overture is a fantastic facility, but my vision is to look out from it and see our historic State Street district thrive and grow and be cared for and loved,” Cwik said.

Architecture historian Gary Tipler gave a history of State Street and the 100 block, showing citizens how each proposal could impact the community.

Tipler said State Street

was originally created as a shortcut between the original territorial Capitol of Madison and the current Capitol location. He said the commercial end developed near the Capitol first and moved down the street.

Jason Tish of the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation spoke on the history of the buildings of the 100 block and argued on the importance of preserving them.

“State Street thrived through the 1950s and survived suburbanization in the 1960s and ‘70s,” Tish said. “This is a success story, where many downtowns have been decimated in the ‘60s and ‘70s and have not recovered quite as well.”

Tish said the State Street district has a history of walkability and authenticity, which lends to its identity as well as the city’s identity.

Tish said the alternative proposal for rehabilitation of the block would meet nearly all the stated goals of the original proposal plus added benefits such as keeping more square footage and sustainable aspects while creating more job

CULLEN, from 1 And if you become governor, would you try to work with the Legislature to overturn this law, or would you let the courts decide?

TC: I would love to have the courts fix it, but if they didn’t, and it looked like it was going to be a protracted legal dispute, I would try to get the Legislature to reverse a lot of it.

I think there may be an opportunity there because right now the public is not particularly angry about the voter ID bill, or the voter suppression bill as I call it, because there hasn’t been an election run with this new set of rules.

Once an election is run under these new rules and people are not able to vote who didn’t know about the complicated new rules, … I think there’s going to be a real backlash against this law, and I think that’s going to be an opportunity to change it.

It was sold to people as stopping fraud. That was one of the big Trojan horse explanations of all time. This bill had about .5 percent to do with fraud and about 99.5 percent to do with making it difficult for certain groups of people to vote in an election. The public will wake up when they actually experience the law.

BH: Job creation is a key issue on both sides of the aisle. What initiatives would you support to create more jobs in Wisconsin?

TC: One of them has been called the venture capital bill. I think that it’s more like a startup capital bill. It’s about getting money in the hands of startup companies that have ideas for products and services, but they don’t have the capital to move forward quickly.

They have the idea, the product idea, and giving them some startup money could help them get faster from the startup phase to the hiring of people stage. I think this bill is one of the more important things we can do.

The other thing is that it’s the governors who try to tell the people of Wisconsin that

they create jobs. Elect me governor, and I will create x number, 100,000 jobs. This governor said 250,000.

Governors don’t create jobs. Jobs are created when you’re running a business and the consumer demand for your product or service exceeds what your current workforce can produce for your customer base.

And when you can’t meet your customer base’s needs, you hire another person or more to meet their needs.

That’s how a job is created.

It isn’t created because some politician in Madison says “I will create.” And a lot of that is related to the economy.

Wisconsin governors can help on the margins. We can help make it better in Wisconsin than somewhere else. But the idea that the governor of Wisconsin can dictate the economy of Wisconsin, the number of jobs that are created, simply isn’t true and every governor, I think, before this governor understood that.

BH: Would you push for reinstating collective bargaining rights for public employees? If so, how would you do this with the current political situation in Wisconsin?

TC: Well, it will be difficult, but the reality is in the governor’s solution to the budget, he needed to get public employees to pay more for their pension, more for their health insurance.

The public employers were willing to do that. And that’s all he needed to do to create a balanced budget.

But what he did was — and he couldn’t help himself — he didn’t stop there. He went on to destroy collective bargaining, which had little to do with the money he needed to balance the budget.

And it was certainly unfair in the sense that public employees didn’t create this budget deficit. It was decisions that were made in this Capitol in the last 20 years that created the deficit, and yet he made public employees scapegoats for all the problems.

And the entire solution was funded on their back.

But, what I would try and

argue with the Legislature is that we can restore collective bargaining and bring some level of peace to this state without endangering or unbalancing the budget.

BH: How would you deal with a budget deficit?

TC: I would see whether it’s real or not, first of all, and then I would try to see what caused the deficit and then [ask] how do we fix it in a way that’s fair to everybody and does not pick out a slice of Wisconsin and say that you’re the problem, which is what this governor did.

BH: Do you support campaign finance reform?

And what reforms would you like to see put in place?

TC: The most important one is the simple matter of disclosure. If people are going to give money that’s going to get spent during the campaign, the public has a right to know who is giving the money and how much they’re giving.

And then the public can decide, “I don’t like these ads that are being run by that group who support this candidate. I’m going to support someone else.”

BH: Last February, blogger Ian Murphy impersonated David Koch, one of Walker’s campaign contributors, on a phone call with the governor. In the phone call, Walker referred to you as “the only reasonable one” out of the Democratic caucus and a “guy” who is not “there for political reasons” but “trying to get something done.” Do you agree with this analysis?

How did this affect you at the time?

TC: Well, I think he captures me pretty well, and I want to thank the governor for his endorsement. That’s a wonderful endorsement to have.

They caught him at a moment when he was, I think, expressing his true feelings. He thought he was talking to his friend, one of the Koch brothers.

I was surprised he said all of that, but then I realized that he didn’t think it was ever going to get public.

I think he accurately described me.

Editorial Page Editor Reginald Young oped@badgerherald.com

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Opinion

Politicians’ connection to firm deserves scrutiny Ryan Plesh Columnist Politicians and lawyers have long been bedfellows.

That’s not news. Legal expertise is an obvious advantage in politics, and in addition to that, lawyers may be the only group of people more capable than politicians of exposing ambiguities in language.

It should come as no surprise then, given the plethora of legal battles facing Gov. Scott Walker and some of his fellow Republicans, that they

have found a favorite law firm in Michael Best & Friedrich.

It’s not at all surprising Walker would choose Best & Friedrich to represent him. It’s a big law firm, based in Milwaukee, and in the legal world, bigger usually means better.

It has more than 200 attorneys, among them several former highranking state officials, which makes the firm a perfect candidate for highstakes legal battles in the political arena. However, the devil is in the details.

Aside from Gov. Walker, Best & Friedrich has also represented State Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman and several Republican State Congressmen. Since last January, the firm

has earned more than $750,000 from fighting the GOP’s battles alone.

This in itself does not reflect poorly on the firm. As a private firm, it has a right to work for whoever hires it, and I trust its motive is merely to make as much money as possible.

Since 2005, Best & Friedrich has donated almost $100,000 more to Democrats than to Republicans. Both parties have vast amounts of money that allow them to essentially buy elections, and I am certain the Democrats will not be left without respectable representation.

Just weeks ago, the firm received a public rebuke from a federal court in Milwaukee

due to its role in a legal battle involving GOP redistricting efforts. It is a sad reality that each party spends more time trying to consolidate power over the other instead of doing the unthinkable: Trying to win voters’ favor by actually doing their jobs and improving the lives of their constituents.

This is not the firm’s fault though; it is the parties that decide to do this every election cycle.

The firm was hired to fight the battle in court, and it did.

Furthermore, it recently became public that the firm provided free legal services to Gableman worth around $100,000.

This may be an example of the bias of Best & Friedrich toward the GOP,

but again, both parties have so many resources that this is really not a huge disadvantage for either.

The person this does reflect poorly upon is Gableman. As a Supreme Court Justice, he knew better than to accept free legal counsel from Best & Friedrich. It is both illegal and unethical for a justice to accept gifts from a firm that argues cases he presides over. His job is to be impartial, and in accepting such gifts he clearly compromised his impartiality.

In this clash of the titans, pitting dominant parties with truckloads of money against one another, I do not have much sympathy for either side. The parties will

continue to buy influence and whatever else they need to stay in power.

Michael Best & Friedrich has done nothing wrong by representing high-profile Wisconsin Republicans.

State officials came to them because they are the best, and they simply did their jobs. However, Gableman was clearly wrong to have accepted gifts from a party arguing cases over which he presides.

Such corruption threatens the foundation of the justice system of the state and raises questions about the integrity of our state leaders.

Ryan Plesh (rplesh@wisc. edu) is a senior majoring in philosophy and physics.

Out-of-state benefits worrisome Students must take Hannah Sleznikow Columnist In truth, not just anyone can be elected a governor in this country. The reality of American political culture dictates sufficient funds are necessary to carry out a successful campaign, which establishes the framework for public support and eventual election into office. The success or failure of any run for office is heavily dependent upon campaign funds. Due to this, money and power are often considered to be codependent in the realm of politics.

There is certainly a great deal of truth in this notion, particularly in light of the recent media coverage on Gov. Scott Walker’s out-ofstate campaign contributions.

Walker has raised $12.1 million since the beginning of last year, with roughly $4.6 million of that total coming in during the most recent reporting period of Dec. 11 to Jan. 17.

To put this in perspective,

the Democratic Party of Wisconsin raised only $394,000 during the same period, less than nine percent of Walker’s total. Reports indicate this is the most ever raised by a candidate running for state office in Wisconsin.

In terms of out-of-state contributions, of the $2.4 million collected during this year alone, $1.6 million came from out-of-state donors.

That equates to a staggering 66 percent of this year’s donations.

In addition, Walker received roughly $1 million from just four out-of-state donors between Jan. 13 and Jan. 17 of this year. This trend is likely to continue because of a state law allowing officials targeted for recall to raise unlimited funds until the date of the recall election is established.

The prevalence of Walker’s out-of-state donations is undoubtedly concerning. When outof-state residents become involved in another state’s election, it is reasonable to assume these individuals believe they have something to gain by supporting a candidate through campaign contributions.

Without some sort of perceived benefit, there would no incentive for these donors to lend support. In

this case, what do these out-of-state residents have to gain by investing their money in Walker’s campaign?

It is clear that Walker’s focus on supporting corporations could serve to benefit these donors via the diffusion of in-state corporate prosperity beyond state borders. But legislation aimed at economic and corporate revitalization is only a part of the framework on which Walker has built his political agenda.

It will not be the out-ofstate donors coping with the reality of this less than ideal framework, but rather the people of Wisconsin.

Specifically, it will be many of the individuals that have been hit hardest by Walker’s pro-corporate and anti-union policies, and far too many of these people are not in any position to lend monetary support to any candidate that runs against Walker in a recall election.

By allowing out-of-state donations to an in-state election, particularly one as significant as the upcoming recall election, the citizens of Wisconsin are arguably allowing out-of-state residents to help determine their future. One only needs to walk through downtown Madison to see the support for the Recall Walker

movement, but with the threat posed by Gov. Walker’s increasing campaign funds, it is clear that activism alone will not be enough to win this election.

Although activism has tipped the scale in many political movements throughout history, it is uncertain whether it will be the ultimate gamechanger in this one. Money is consistently the single most powerful weapon in contemporary politics, and it is clear that Walker’s arsenal is stocked to battle whatever the upcoming recall election holds in store.

This is the troubling reality of politics in this country, and by continuing to allow out-of-state donors to influence the outcomes of our elections, Wisconsin is essentially undermining the power of its constituents.

When 66 percent of Walker’s 2012 campaign contributions come from out-of-state donors, those donors are having a significant voice in Wisconsin’s future. It is time to put the power to determine the state’s future back in the hands of the Wisconsin citizens.

Hannah Sleznikow (hsleznikow@wisc.edu) is a senior majoring in political science.

Gov. Daniels’ rebuttal outshines Obama Nathaniel Olson Guest Columnist If your viewing of this year’s State of the Union address was anything like mine, it involved good friends, adult beverages and a playful willingness to poke fun at John Kerry’s ghastly hockey bruises.

Unfortunately, if you turned off your TV after Obama’s departing “God Bless the USA” to catch the ending of Teen Mom, you might’ve missed the most politically breathtaking moment of the night: the Republican rebuttal delivered by Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels.

Daniels, a conservative with impeccable business credentials, a surprisingly impressive record on job creation, budget-balancing and a stern refusal to let his administration be dictated by social issues in a time of economic hardship, did the country a favor Tuesday night by providing it with a logical and tempered foil to Obama’s vision of government.

If you’ve followed the State of the Union in the past, you might’ve noticed a trend in the Republican responses. For at least the last two years, they have tended to be monotonous and vague, either restating the official party line and pandering to the base of the party, or giving a scathing no-holds-barred

style critique of the government’s action and its economic responsibilities.

The speech has also been a notorious slayer of politicians.

In 2010, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal eviscerated any national political ambitions he might have had when some prominent critics went so far as to label him a nihilist for his rant of the evils of federal government action. One of the next year’s followup acts, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minnesota, refused to look at the camera for the entirety of her speaking, making her a running joke on some Internet forums and nightly comedy programs. All in all, Republican rebuttals to Obama’s State of the Union addresses haven’t done much but flounder.

It is this troubled history, combined with a few other factors, which made Daniels shine on Tuesday night. I’d argue there were three features in particular that made his speech the more memorable of the two given that evening.

First, Daniels’ speech contained real policy proposals and specific suggestions that involved compromise with Democrats. In a Washington environment defined by intransigence, it was heartening to see a prominent politician ask for dollars to be “devoted to

those who need them the most.”

It was also encouraging to hear one talk about taking steps forward to form a solution for the growing potholes of debt that social security and Medicaid have become, instead of moving laterally by blaming the Democratic administration. As Daniels pointed out, “An opposition that would earn its way back to leadership must offer not just criticism of failures that anyone can see, but a positive and credible plan to make life better, particularly for those aspiring to make a better life for themselves.”

Second, Daniels made a solid effort to unite, not divide. Even though he made some questionable claims about Obama’s record on this topic, his rhetoric called for Democratic cooperation to readjust the tax policy and make headway on job creation. “If we drift, quarrelling and paralyzed, over a Niagara of debt,” he opined, “we will all suffer, regardless of income, race, gender or other category.”

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, Daniels’ tone was one that did not seek to demonize Democrats, or make Obama out to be the anti-Christ. His opening phrase, “loyal opposition” captures what should be the essence of any democracy: two sides with competing

economic doctrines and beliefs about what creates prosperity, but with a common goal of American greatness at the end. Such phrases give political relief at a time when the news waves are dominated by a race-baiting Newt Gingrich and wishy-washy Mitt Romney, willing to castigate Obama for the very policies that he himself would likely pursue.

There are no doubt massive chasms that still divide Republican and Democratic solutions to the national debt, the tax code and the ever-growing issue of entitlement reform. And although Daniels’ speech did not make reference to any Democratic ideas and may have thrown some cheap shots at Obama’s record, that’s not the point.

Daniels’ rebuttal is the starting point for a civil, honest, and educational public dialogue on the role of government of which this country is in dire need.

People may disagree with Daniels 180 degrees (for the record, I voted Obama in 2008 and probably will again in 2012), but it’s hard to argue that he hasn’t done us a favor by asking us to acknowledge the other side’s opinions.

Nathaniel Olson (naolsen4@wisc.edu) is a senior majoring in political science, history and psychology.

action on opinions David Gardner Guest Columnist “Next semester the page will again seek out the opinions of many, but will likely be left with the opinions of the dedicated few. Our efforts of inviting guest editorial board members will continue, as will our acceptance of letters to the editor and guest columns from those who have something to say but do not have the time to write on a regular basis. The page will renew its efforts to seek out opinions from student organizations. But to make the page a reflection of the opinions of campus as a whole, we really need your help.” This section came from a Badger Herald Editorial published Dec. 12

by Allegra Dimperio.

As students of such a large and diverse community of people and opinions, it can be difficult to find the right way to express ourselves. The editor who authored the above article spoke to the importance of ensuring student opinions find their way into general campus forums of communication, and I encourage students to go a step further.

As Chief of Staff of the Associated Students of Madison, I am inspired daily by students who are taking the next step in turning opinion into action. For me the most obvious indicator of this is in ASM’s campaigns and committees.

I started my involvement by attending ASM’s University Affairs Committee, one of several committees that meets weekly in the Student Activity Center, and saw this process take place firsthand. We turned the overwhelming sense of frustration with the confusion of financial independence into ASM’s first Financial Opportunities Fair, a primarily student-run event that will take place late this February in Union South.

Through the work of our students’ University Affairs Committee and Shared Governance Committee, we were able to take student concerns regarding University of Wisconsin healthcare and ensure student involvement and presence on the Healthcare Advisory Board. This ensured students are as much a part of this process as possible. Most of all, we have opened ourselves to students with ideas and opinions, so Badgers can find a place where their opinions turn into actions.

Students run these committees, and they would not function without outreach to the

student body and ongoing recruitment of new committee members. It is our utmost priority that these students’ opinions be treated with respect, and be given the resources necessary to make improvements to student life on campus.

I invite students who respect the Herald’s call for opinions to take the next step, and be a part of ASM committees that have the capacity to impact the current and future student body at UW. We will continue to work to reach students and turn opinions into actions. This semester, I am taking on the role of ASM Chief of Staff, and I feel it is my personal responsibility to ensure we are as connected to our students as possible.

Our Constitution proudly states that: “All students enrolled in the University of Wisconsin-Madison are members of the ASM.” This means it is our duty to actively work to inform and engage the members of ASM, all 42,000 of you.

I will be working on several efforts to reach students, and work to maintain a transparent ASM organization. Chair reports, which outline the immense amount of work done in committees each week, will now be easily accessible, and available on the ASM website. They will be posted weekly in our office, so students are just seconds away from detailed accounts of each committee’s weekly accomplishments.

We will be increasing accountability for office hours, and possibly implementing “outreach hours,” designated by Representative Mia Akers as a way to reach out to students in the dorms and student organizations.

The diversity of experiences and backgrounds inspires my love for this university, and I hope many of you are inspired to have your opinions heard, and to turn those opinions into action.

ASM’s campaigns and committees will always be open to new students, opinions and ideas. I encourage you to be a part of impacting our university. With every new student, we grow stronger, and my resolution is that we don’t stop until we have reached all 42,000 members of ASM. I wish you all a great start to a new semester, and new beginnings and involvement with this new year.

David Gardner (dgardner2@wisc.edu) is Chief of Staff of the Associated Students of Madison.

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Welcome Season to Awards

OSCARS

Best Picture “The Artist” “The Descendants”

The paparazzi, the gowns, the almost-sincere acceptance speeches. Yes, the Oscars are back, and Joan Rivers along with them.

The 84th Academy Awards promises to be the starstudded event it always is, with both George Clooney and Brad Pitt in attendance.

Nominees fresh off the Golden Globes will fight for the hardware they didn’t take home then and smile politely when it goes to Meryl Streep, again. Make your predictions, and tune in to see how well you know the Academy.

“Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” “The Help” “Hugo” “Midnight in Paris” “Moneyball” “The Tree of Life” “Midnight in Paris” Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures

The Oscars will air on ABC at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 26.

Writing

Directing

Original Screenplay

“The Descendants” Alexander Payne

“Midnight in Paris” Woody Allen

“The Artist”

“Hugo” Martin Scorsese

“The Tree of Life” Terrence Malick

“War Horse”

Actor in a leading role

Written by Michel Hazanavicius

“Bridesmaids”

“The Artist” Michel Hazanavicius

Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig

“Margin Call” Written by J.C. Chandor

Actress in a leading role

“Midnight in Paris” Written by Woody Allen

“A Separation” Written by Asghar Farhadi

Glenn Close in “Albert Nobbs”

ADAPTED Screenplay

Michelle Williams in “My Week with Marilyn”

“The Descendants”

Viola Davis

Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash

Jean Dujardin Photo courtesy of Alliance

in “The Help”

“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” Meryl Streep

Screenplay by Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan

in “The Iron Lady”

“Hugo” Screenplay by John Logan

Rooney Mara

“Moneyball”

in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”

Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon

Gary Oldman

in “A Better Life”

in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”

George Clooney in “The Descendants”

Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. Story by Stan Chervin

The Ides of March”

Demián Bichir

Viola Davis Rooney Mara Photo courtesy of MGM Studios

in “The Help”

Brad Pitt in “Moneyball”

Jean Dujardin in “The Artist”

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GRAMMYS

Album of the Year 21, Adele

The nominees for the 54th annual Grammys have been announced, and though Justin Bieber managed to scrape up one nomination the list of hopefuls still comes with some pleasant surprises.

While awards-magnets Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars again hauled in multiple noms, Adele, Bon Iver and Skrillex seemed to be this year’s darlings, getting six, four and five nods, respectively.

The Grammy Foundation also cemented electronic music’s status as mainstream by filling the “Best Dance Recording” category with, not Rihanna and Goldfrapp, but Deadmau5 and David Guetta/Avicii. Both Taylor Swift and Kanye West were nominated, and Lady Gaga will be in the same building as Nicki Minaj: This is one night of television you don’t want to miss.

Producer (non-classical)

Wasting Light, Foo Fighters Born This Way, Lady Gaga Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars

Loud, Rihanna

Born This Way Photo courtesy of Interscope Records

Record of the Year

Song of the Year “The Cave” (performed by Mumford & Sons) “Grenade” (performed by Bruno Mars)“ “All of the Lights” (performed by Kanye West, Rihanna,Kid Cudi and Fergie) “Holocene” (performed by Bon Iver) “Rolling in the Deep” (performed by Adele)

Best New Artist The Band Perry The Smeezingtons Photo courtesy of Roc Nation

Bon Iver

“Firework” Photo courtesy of Capital Records

“Rolling in the Deep,” Adele

Danger Mouse

Skrillex

Paul Epworth

J. Cole

“Grenade,” Bruno Mars

The Smeezingtons

Nicki Minaj

“The Cave,” Mumford & Sons

Ryan Tedder Butch Vig

Skrillex Photo courtesy of Mau5trap Records

“Holocene,” Bon Iver

“Firework,” Katy Perry

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WHAT IS THIS

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What? You still don’t get it? Come, on, really? It’s not calculus or anything. Honestly, if you don’t know how to do a sudoku by now, you’ve probably got more issues than this newspaper.

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This ain’t no time to panic, friend, so keep it cool and I’ll walk you through. Here’s the low down: each clue tells you what the sum of the numbers to the right or down must add up to.

Repeating numbers?

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The Kakuro Unique Sum Chart Cells Clue 2 3 2 4 2 16 2 17

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Welcome to the shortest and final year: 2012.

We’ve had some good times, Civilization.

Say, do you think any of the canned food left in my Y2K shelter is still good?

The Badger Herald | Sports | Friday, January 27, 2012

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Veteran Berggren quells Zeller’s dominance SIDEBAR

IU’s star post player limited to 7 points in statement home win Elliot Hughes Sports Editor If Indiana forward Cody Zeller wasn’t planted firmly in his seat along the Hoosier bench Thursday night, then you can bet he was on the floor being harassed by Wisconsin’s defenders.

Namely, forward Jared Berggren and, to a lesser degree, Mike Bruesewitz.

Prior to Thursday’s nights 57-50 Wisconsin (175, 6-3 Big Ten) victory over Indiana (16-5, 4-5 Big Ten), Zeller, the top-dog in the Big Ten’s highest-scoring offense, averaged 15.1 points per game — ninthbest in the conference — and he’d typically compliment that with 6.4 rebounds as well.

But in a game of oneupmanship that featured 10 lead changes, Berggren, a junior, neutralized the freshman phenom to a mere seven points and three rebounds on just 19 minutes of play due to early and often foul trouble.

In fact, it took until the second half for Zeller to become a factor at all, since he entered the locker room with one missed shot, one rebound and two fouls to his name.

“Jared did a great job on Zeller,” UW guard Jordan Taylor said, who finished with 10 points. “[Zeller] is obviously one of the best players in the country, and what Jared was able to do to him was impressive.”

Berggren, who tallied five blocks and four points

WICKED, from 10 season in a 5-4 decision.

Besides location and a slew of injuries on both sides of the ice, Eaves doesn’t see much of a difference between that October weekend and now.

“Their systems play is really the same,” Eaves said. “They’re really banged up. So their personnel has changed, but their philosophy of how they want to play has not

RESURRECTED, from 10 also helped the Badgers wrap up the victory with clutch late-game rebounding. After Brust missed a 3-pointer with the Badgers leading 51-50 at the 1:40 mark, Evans managed to get a finger on the ball before Brust corralled it himself.

Following a timeout, Brust missed another three-pointer that Evans rebounded and turned into two foul shots.

After Indiana failed to convert on the other end, Taylor attempted a

on the night, wasn’t the only Badger defender who executed Thursday. Prior to tip off, the Hoosiers featured five players averaging 10 points or more per game and only two — Verdell Jones III and Christian Watford — reached double figures against the Badgers, each scoring 12.

Nevertheless, Indiana still ran a more efficient offense than Wisconsin, hitting 45.7 percent of its field goals, while UW hit 39.6 and was forced into desperate and fruitless shot clock-beating heaves several times throughout the night.

So to draw fouls on Zeller early (which kept him idle for just over half the game) and for Berggren to keep him hushed in the meantime proved to be a critical component of Wisconsin’s fifthconsecutive win. “[Zeller’s] the real deal inside, and fortunately we got some fouls on him and that helped us,” UW head coach Bo Ryan said. “But Jared is getting better with his feet.”

Berggren quickly established the upper hand over Zeller on both sides of the ball. After a missed jumper from IU guard Jordan Hulls, Zeller got flagged for a push-off on Berggren on the ensuing rebound.

On the next possession, Berggren scored down low on the 6-foot-11 forward.

As the ball went back down the court, Berggren blocked Zeller’s attempted layup.

It ended up being Zeller’s only shot attempt of the half, and he took a seat shortly after. Later, Josh Gasser drew another foul on Zeller with 4:30 left

changed.”

But for Barnes, this weekend poses a renewed chance for what once was a youth-ridden Badger squad.

“I think both our teams have changed,” Barnes said.

“They’ve grown, and we’ve made tremendous strides as well. It’s almost going to be like a new year for us because we were so young in the beginning of the year, but now we’re starting to get some games under our belts, so it’ll be a fun one to see.”

three that rimmed out, and Bruesewitz grabbed the ball with 22 seconds remaining and Wisconsin leading 53-50. Two free throws later, the Badgers had a comfortable fivepoint lead with just 15 seconds remaining.

“We knew it wasn’t going to be easy, and we had to scrap to the end,” Berggren said.

“The mindset with shooting is the next one’s going to go down; you always have to keep the confidence and know that things are going to turn around.”

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Heading into Thursday’s game, analysts believed Hoosier freshman star Cody Zeller would pose serious matchup issues for the Badgers’ less athletic big men. But senior forward Jared Berggren put in one of his best defensive performances of the year, holding the 6-foot-11 forward to just seven points on a disappointing 2-of-7 shooting night. in the half, prompting another trip to the bench.

All told, Zeller played nine minutes in the first half.

“When you’re able to do some things defensively, you can set a tone, I guess,” Berggren said. “I just tried to work him all night. I knew that he was a good player and I had to limit his touches and then just try to battle with him and try to make everything difficult for him, and I was able to come up with a couple blocks that helped

As UW touts some of the nations leading scorers — sophomore forward Mark Zengerle, tied for No. 2 with 38 points and junior defensemen Justin Schultz, No. 5 with 37 points — UND boasts some top goalscorers of it’s own with forward Danny Kristo, Brock Nelson — tied at No. 22 with 27 points — and junior forward Corban Knight, who after missing several games with an injury still has 24 points on

FIAMMETTA, from 10 as the latest testament to the strengths of the Wisconsin football program.

Fans, especially as the team continues to garner increasing amounts of national attention, will groan for higher-touted recruiting classes and the glitz that status brings.

But if this season, one typified by the big-play ability Wilson brought, proved anything, it’s that the glam can be saved for elsewhere.

Wisconsin will be one of the schools front and center

the team.”

Zeller found some room to breathe in the second period, but barely any.

Zeller scored seven points in the half but did so on 1-of-6 shooting from the field.

Two more of his shots were blocked by Berggren early in the period, and two more fouls prevented Zeller from getting into rhythm.

And even with Berggren sitting and Zeller on the floor, the Kohl Center remained a desert of

opportunity for the freshman.

Forced to save his star forward for the game’s waning moments, Indiana head coach Tom Crean deployed Zeller one last time as Berggren, who had “busted a lip” according to Ryan, stayed on the sidelines.

Bruesewitz, who had already taken a few turns on Zeller earlier in the game, took over and stopped the Hoosier from scoring in the post with 51 seconds left and

the score reading 53-50 in UW’s favor.

“It’s very tough,” Crean said, when asked how difficult it is to decide when to put a player with four fouls back into the game. “We had to bide our time as much as we could because we had no real reason to believe [Zeller] was going to get into a flow where he could play significant minutes at the end, so we played it by [ear] as much as we could.”

the season.

Simonelli knows when it comes to North Dakota’s leading offensive trio, he has to make sure he’s always aware of where they are on the ice.

“I’m always focused on trying to be a plus or even player,” Simonelli said. “You know defensive mindset going into the game, holding my ground, making sure I know where they’re at when I’m on the ice with them, taking

away time and space and making sure that they get nothing.”

This series is also a return home for UND. The last time North Dakota played on it’s home ice, the weekend ended on a sour note, and senior defensemen Ben Blood started a fight with Minnesota’s Kyle Rau as they went through the postgame hand shake.

For Eaves, Blood’s move is simply UND’s identity,

and Wisconsin has to be prepared for a weekend that is similarly physical.

“That’s been their way of playing for decades even since [my] day, so that has not changed,” Eaves said. “It’s part of their identity. That’s part of us going in there; we have to play disciplined, we have to play whistle to whistle, and if they want to carry on after — that’s the game within the game, that’s the sportsmanship.”

Saturday afternoon, and for good reason. Throughout the program, from recruiting high school talent to replenishing the coaching staff after it’s poached, UW is a place built on getting it done. These five players did that in their collegiate careers, and in this early phase of the NFL Draft process, they’re in prime position to thrive.

Mike is a senior majoring in journalism. Have any thoughts on the class of Badgers entering this year’s NFL Draft? Let him know on Twitter @mikefiammetta.

Sports Editor Elliot Hughes sports@badgerherald.com

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Resurrected: UW downs IU 57-50 Badgers win 5th straight game, half game behind in B1G Mike Fiammetta Senior Sports Writer Indiana hadn’t won in Madison in 10 consecutive meetings.

Against a Wisconsin team rolling after rediscovering the swagger consistently present on its home court, that statistic continued to grow Thursday night.

The No. 25 Badgers (175, 6-3 Big Ten) won their fifth-consecutive game after overcoming a weak first-half shooting effort in a 57-50 win over the No. 16 Hoosiers (16-5, 4-5 Big Ten). Halfway through the Big Ten season, the victory moves Wisconsin into fourth place in the conference standings, while Indiana falls to seventh.

After both teams took the court with clear defensive energy, the Badgers shot just 10 for 26 (38.5 percent) from the floor in the first half and trailed at halftime 27-25. Wisconsin also made just 3-of-7 (42.9 percent) free throws in the first half, a stunning total for a team that entered the night fifth in the Big Ten with a 71.2 percentage from the charity stripe.

Having scored at least 15 points in his last three

games, point guard Jordan Taylor scored eight in the first half to lead Wisconsin into the break. However, he finished with just 10 points, as well as five rebounds and two assists, on 5-of-14 shooting. Guard Ben Brust led the Badgers with 13 points on 4-of-9 shooting, including 3-of-6 from 3-point range. Forward Ryan Evans finished with 12 points and also neared a double-double with nine rebounds.

All together, the collective effort was necessary to turn away an Indiana team that has now lost four of its last five games.

“This team has a lot of fight in them,” head coach Bo Ryan said. “As long as they’re doing that, playing hard, you can always remind me later what the standings are.”

Trailing by two points entering halftime, the Badgers made the second half a grind-it-out affair.

Indiana’s biggest lead of six points came with 10:24 remaining in the first half, and the Hoosiers led by no more then five in the second half. After Jared Berggren nailed a jumper at the 17:15 mark, Wisconsin evened the score at 29-29.

Following a trio of missed shots by the Badgers, the Hoosiers opened up that five-point lead with 14:29 remaining.

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Behind a team-high 13 points from guard Ben Brust off the bench, Wisconsin protected its home court in taking down an Indiana team that has now lost four of its last five games.

“It was good that we were able to stay close in the first half without shooting the ball particularly well,” Brust said.

After a layup by Taylor one minute later, Indiana guard Jordan Hulls nailed a jumper to bring Indiana ahead 36-31. Hulls finished with nine points and led the Hoosiers with six rebounds. Forward Christian Watford and Verdell Jones III each

scored 12 points for Indiana.

But after that jumper by Hulls, the Badgers built a 10-5 run over the next five minutes that had them tied at 41-41 with 8:55 remaining. Brust, who had just three points from a single 3-point attempt in the first half, sunk several clutch treys to keep UW afloat and ensure the 17,230 fans at the Kohl Center maintained the electric

atmosphere.

“Obviously, I didn’t shoot the ball that great,” Taylor said. “I’m not too worried about that; anytime you cannot shoot the ball well and go out and get a win against a really good team, it’s always fun.”

Indiana only led once more for the duration of the game, following a three-pointer from Watford at the 5:39 mark that put the Hoosiers

ahead 46-45.

After shooting so poorly from the foul line in the first half, Wisconsin was a perfect 12-for-12 in the second. Evans was critical in that regard, sinking six free throws in the final five minutes.

Along with forward Mike Bruesewitz, who finished with 10 points and four rebounds, Evans

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Wisconsin faces wicked challenge at NoDak UW looks to extend recent success, continue growth Kelly Erickson Sports Content Editor With a new sense of maturity in tow, the Wisconsin men’s hockey team heads north into the surprisingly friendly confines of North Dakota’s Ralph Engelstad Arena.

To start off the second half of the season, the Badgers (12-10-2, 7-9-2 WCHA) are on a 5-1 winning streak, showing new maturity and confidence. But head coach Mike Eaves doesn’t want the growth to stop and hopes the road contest will provide a nice benchmark for his squad.

“I think on a more subtle level is where are we at as a team and our growth,” Eaves said. “Are we mature enough to go into an environment with a packed building and find a way to get the job done? How will we be in that environment? Will we play with poise and confidence?

Noah Willman The Badger Herald Will we play the way we Tyler Barnes had three assists in Wisconsin’s 10-goal weekend against North Dakota in October. The sophomore forward has the third need to play? So it’ll be an indication of where we’re at.” most points on the team — behind forward Mark Zengerle and defenseman Justin Schultz — with 20 points on eight goals and 12 assists.

Squaring off in a

traditional Western Collegiate Hockey Association rivalry, the Badgers haven’t played at North Dakota (13-10-2, 9-9-0 WCHA) in two years. While the underclassmen don’t quite know what Grand Rapids, N.D., has waiting for them, Wisconsin leads the match up with a 86-62-11 alltime record and a 36-30-7 record at North Dakota.

In fact, through their last eight games at UND, UW is 6-1-1, and Eaves personally has a 6-4-2 record there as a coach.

But to continue their current success and the success they’ve had recently against NoDak, the Badgers simply need to keep maturing and keep a rather cliche 1-0 mentality.

“Each week we have a lot of great preparation from practice, and over the weekends everyone’s got to have the same mentality of what we need to do and just take it one game at a time through Friday and through Saturday night,” sophomore defensemen Frankie Simonelli said.

But for Wisconsin, this series means more than keeping momentum going and continual growth.

Currently, the Badgers

sit at No. 9 in the WCHA as North Dakota sits at No. 6 — but by a margin of two points.

“We’re scrambling for points to climb the ladder, and so in order for us to do that we need to get some points this weekend,” Eaves said.

“It’s big; you always have your eyes on the teams right above you, you know those are the teams you’re trying to catch,” sophomore forward Tyler Barnes said.

“When you get a headto-head matchup, it’s an exciting time.”

This weekend marks the second series this season between these two teams.

Three weeks into the season, North Dakota entered the Kohl Center only to leave with two fresh losses to its name.

Wisconsin notched five goals Oct. 21, for the 5-3 win — and at the time, only its second win of the season.

The following night, the Badgers put up another five goals, and as the Wisconsin football team lost on a last-second hail-mary at Michigan State, the Badger skaters collected their first conference sweep of the

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UW’s strength shines with 5 Badgers in Senior Bowl Mike Fiammetta Mike’d Up Rocky as Wisconsin’s offseason has been since its Rose Bowl loss less than a month ago, this weekend promises a solid pick-me-up for Badger fans.

The annual Senior Bowl is slated to kick off Saturday afternoon, and five former Badgers will suit up for the North, most in the Big Ten. In this brief offseason, the surprise return of Montee Ball, several assistant coach departures and intriguing hires have tilted the State of the Program scale back and forth between DEFCON 1 and dreams of Ball giving

Madison its third Heisman Trophy winner. Saturday, that proverbial meter should trend toward the latter, as the number of now-departed Badgers still sporting their Motion W helmets provides a gleaming snapshot of where Bret Bielema’s program heads entering one of the most significant seasons in recent UW history.

Fullback Bradie Ewing, punter Brad Nortman, quarterback Russell Wilson, long snapper Kyle Wojta and offensive lineman Kevin Zeitler will all undergo their first critical examination before NFL scouts and personnel evaluators Saturday at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Ala., in what is annually the first chance to get a look at the NFL prospects of the latest class of graduated collegiate players. Four members of that quintet seem certain to

Nortman’s value was never be drafted come late April — greater to the Badgers, as to my knowledge, projecting his two punts that afternoon the long-term capabilities of averaged 44.5 yards and long snappers hasn’t exactly both landed inside Oregon’s become a science, so we’ll 20-yard line. In those rare wait and see on Wojta. moments where Wisconsin’s Among those five, Ewing offense and Wilson Regardless of what sputtered, served as team happens throughout their Nortman frequently captains professional careers, these gave the this year and were Badgers will serve as the defense a greater repeatedly latest testament to the margin for held in strength of the Wisconsin error. high Though his regard as football program. partner on the the core offensive line, of veteran junior Peter Konz, figures to leaders that kept the Badgers together during that generate more hype as the widely regarded No. 1 center nightmarish late-October in this draft class, Zeitler has swoon. drawn his own raves for his Nortman — quietly, versatility and technique. as often is the case with Coming out of high punters — was one of the school, though, Zeitler was nation’s best, consistently merely a 3-star recruit. So giving opponents weak was Konz, and Ewing wasn’t field position from which to even rated. start. During the Rose Bowl,

The point? Time and time again, Bielema & co. have proven their ability to turn around a roster immensely more productive than the prospects’ high school careers might’ve suggested.

In a season defined by last-minute stunners — those two losses at Michigan State and Ohio State, and then the Big Ten Championship Game victory in Indianapolis — that sort of glue, the acknowledgement of playing to your best and ignoring outside expectations, guided the Badgers out of the misery that concluded October.

Predicting NFL futures prior to the draft is generally an inexact science, given the most important factor is the situation the prospect eventually finds himself in. Without a bona fide offensive line or coaching staff to put him in optimal position to make plays,

Wilson’s lack of height very well could prevent him from following in the path of previous “short” quarterbacks, à la Drew Brees and Doug Flutie.

A fullback-needy team surely will draft Ewing, but should that squad not elect to take advantage of his receiving skills out of the backfield or his high school acumen as a tailback, he could become just the latest member of the faceless fraternity of fullbacks.

Offensive linemen — especially early round selections — typically are “safe” picks, though nothing is guaranteed for Zeitler.

And Wojta? Again, let’s say long snapping is just that and leave it there.

Regardless of what happens throughout their professional careers, these Badgers will serve

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