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Smaller rally, bigger names Police arrest one at labor demonstrations at Capitol; unions greet Michael Moore, Jesse Jackson for encouragement to persevere Pam Selman City Editor Solidarity has been the defining word of the nearly three-week long protests against Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget repair bill — a word that was demonstrated in a number of forms at demonstrations at the Capitol this weekend.

Mayoral candidates Dave Cieslewicz and Paul Soglin, long-time competitors, stood side-by-side to address the approximately 12,000 people who gathered outside the Capitol building around 1 p.m. Saturday.

Though each gave its own individual speeches, the two applauded each other and shared a common message for Wisconsinites: “We will win.”

Soglin and Cieslewicz urged Walker to come together with the Wisconsin people to develop a common faith in trust.

“The atmosphere here — it’s the joy that you can look at one another and know you the person next to you was someone you

had never known before, but you knew that person was someone you trusted,” Soglin said. “Gov. Walker, join us in trust — look at what we have already accomplished.”

Soglin said other states that have governors who were considering instituting similar legislation have backed down after watching Wisconsinites rally against Walker’s bill throughout the past several weeks.

Filmmaker Michael Moore told protesters their fight was not over and had already made an example for the rest of the country.

Moore said the protesters had “aroused a sleeping giant,” bringing light to a national struggle for workers’ rights.

“All of America thanks you — thank you, Wisconsin,” Moore said.

“You don’t know how impressive it is to the rest of the country to see these 14 senators still refusing to participate in the scam of the century…they have done something absolutely

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Pro-union demonstrations at the Capitol did not attract as many protesters as previous weekends, but major national figures spoke to the lively crowd. profound, and we will never forget their courage.”

Wisconsinites also heard words of encouragement from Rev. Jesse Jackson who returned to Madison Friday to address the public, Madison’s City Council and labor leaders.

Jackson said the public also had to acknowledge the “profound moral and ethical dimensions to this struggle” and encouraged continued peaceful

demonstrations.

“I want to congratulate the workers and the students and the religious leaders for engaging in this fight of social and economic justice — it’s more than just a labor fight,” Jackson said.

“We cannot take for granted that it has been a nonviolent disciplined struggle.”

With the exception of one arrest Friday morning, no arrests or reports of violence were made

throughout the weekend.

Several rounds of ammunition were found outside three Capitol entrances Thursday, and a number of threats against members of the Legislature and the Executive Branch were made following the ammunition’s discovery, according to a statement from the Department of Administration. Because of the security concerns, the statement said all people

who wish to enter the Capitol building would be screened for weapons until further notice.

Elizabeth Ringle of Madison was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct Friday after repeatedly attempting to surpass the security screening, the DOA statement said.

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City could lose $11 million from budget Mayor, City Council president ask local government to brainstorm creative solutions for any major cuts Pam Selman City Editor

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Major historical groups, including the Smithsonian, are descending on Madison to evaluate signs used in this year’s labor protests at the Capitol.

Officials scale back sign damage estimates Original Dept. of Administration $7 million figure rescinded; State Historical Society, Smithsonian could take signs after crisis J.P. Cheng News Reporter After the Department of Administration said this weekend it had overestimated the cost of the damage from posting signs on the Capitol building’s walls, historians from around the country — even some from the Smithsonian —have begun to place historical value on the signs themselves.

The original $7 million cost estimate of taking down protest signs in

the Capitol was too high, critics said, while the Wisconsin Historical Society announced it would be collecting the signs as they come down for posterity.

The signs were taken down Sunday, and no more are allowed to be taped up.

The DOA estimated the hundreds of protest signs taped to the walls had caused more than $7 million in damage because of the variety of marble types that make up the building. But the estimates have been met with skepticism.

John Jorgensen from The International Union of Painters doubted the accuracy of the figure, saying he was confident the projection was a large overestimate.

“After inspecting the Capitol early Friday morning, I am 100 percent confident that any so called ‘damage’ done by community members expressing their First Amendment rights is nowhere near $7 million,” Jorgensen said in a statement.

He added he would offer IUPAT’s services to clean up any damage on a volunteer basis.

Rep. Kelda Roys, D-Madison, said the DOA was retracting its original estimate for the signs. She said the signs were being collected for their historical value.

“These protest signs not only do not cause damage, but are important as evidence from this historic

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Following the release of Gov. Scott Walker ’s budget proposal last week, city officials announced Madison would take a $11 million cut in state aid if the bill passes through the state process in the coming months.

Mayor Dave Cieslewicz gathered members of the City Council, city managers and labor leaders at a special meeting Friday for a briefing on the implications of a number of the state budget’s provisions.

“We are informing everyone here of what we know to date,” Cieslewicz said. “We are looking at primarily the next biennial budget and trying to understand what is in it and what its implications are for our programs and our staff.”

City Council President Mark Clear said alders and city managers and employees needed to be “very active” in the political process and become “very innovative, very creative

and very collaborative” to work with what comes down from the state.

He said though the exact impacts of the budget are not completely clear yet, the city’s leaders needed to be prepared to work together to manage any unexpected provisions of the budget and twist the impacts to allow Madison to still excel.

Still, city comptroller Dean Brasser said if the city wants to maintain its current levels of services, it would require a $22 million tax levy increase.

He said this would place Madison $8.5 million above Walker ’s levy limit outlined in the budget.

“We’ve already got an $8.5 million problem to deal with,” Brasser said. “A lot of formulas that distribute this adjustment are very complicated, and we don’t know what the new formulas are yet.”

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Campus begins to ponder consequences of Walker’s UW plan With more flexibility for university on the way, faculty, students debate proposed Board of Trustees at New Badger Partnership forum Katherine Krueger News Reporter University of Wisconsin faculty and members of the campus community gathered Saturday to question the fate of shared governance and representation on the new governing body for the university under the New Badger Partnership.

Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education Director offered a historical perspective to demonstrate UW’s capacity to adapt in response to changes at the

state level.

He said forces outside UW have always affected the operation of the university, but the current issue will be how to approach the newest round of state budget cuts to high education in terms of the Board of Regents and shared governance statutes.

Radomski also said while current trends of high unemployment and the state budget deficit tend to drive public debate, these issues alone do not suggest the need to make full scale changes to UW’s

relationship with the state.

“There has been significant research about how to organize and finance UW in the context of the state budget,” he said. “We should never lose sight of why we exist, the soul of the university.”

Public institutions in many other states, including Colorado, Connecticut and New York, are also in the process of devising plans for increased flexibility, he said.

UW researcher Mark Johnson said the New Badger Partnership raises

“enormously complicated” issues for debate by the broader campus community. He said the governor’s veto power could shape the final outcome of UW’s bid for flexibilities.

Johnson also said which members of the Board of Trustees will come from Madison and the appropriate response from the professional community have also been raised as topics of concern.

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faculty and academic staff members asking about the process the Partnership has undergone to reach its current status after Gov. Scott Walker’s budget address.

He said many individuals have questioned why the proposal was not available for public debate before it was brought to the state government for consideration.

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Noel Radomski said the state’s new budget will give UW officials a chance to analyze governance.

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Baldwin teaches nuts and bolts of protesting at ‘Activism 101’ Liberal congresswoman says UW students played important role starting recent opposition Katherine Krueger & Matt Huppert

Campus Editor & News Reporter Rep. Tammy Baldwin worked with students to address strategies that could be used to mobilize opposition to the governor’s budget and sustain a unified and active movement, which Baldwin called a moving coalition effort.

The panel discussion, titled “Activism 101: Taking Back Wisconsin,” drew nearly 80 members of the University of Wisconsin campus community Saturday and was hosted by the Young Progressives.

Baldwin delivered the keynote address and urged students to continue their efforts to reach new supporters and have an impact on the legislative process.

In an interview with The Badger Herald, Baldwin said students often fail to realize the profound influence their actions can have. She said the workshop offered practical means to convert aspiration to activism.

Baldwin said students have played a key role

in the protest against Gov. Scott Walker’s bill, beginning with delivering valentines to Walker Feb. 14.

She also said the protests have been an active collaboration between students, workingclass families and union labor members of the community.

“The connections become so apparent,” Baldwin said. “People are realizing the attack on workers’ rights has a direct impact on educational and economic opportunities…I value the fact that citizens in such great numbers are demanding to be heard.”

Baldwin said she has also been working to raise awareness of the issue at a national level and briefed the Democratic caucus in Congress last week.

She said the movement in Wisconsin has already made a difference because other states have backed off on similar legislation to limit collective bargaining after witnessing the public’s indignation in response to Walker’s proposal.

Maggie Bahrmasel, a former member of the executive board of College Democrats and recent UW graduate, said the

group’s main focus would be to sustain the energy from the protests in the coming weeks. She said social media has played an important role in publicizing the group’s message.

While opposition to the budget repair bill will remain a central objective, she said the group would also work to educate students on the potential effects of the Voter ID Bill, which would require a photo identification to be shown before casting a vote in an election and could make it difficult for UW students to vote.

Bahrmasel said she believes the Voter ID bill should ignite the same kind of passion among students as the repair bill has because it could greatly decrease the number of students able to vote in Wisconsin elections.

“We’ve made such a huge effort to mobilize the opposition for the budget repair bill, but we need to continue that momentum to oppose Voter ID,” she said.

While a number of groups on campus have organized to work against Walker’s bill, the College Republicans have spent the last three weeks

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Rep. Tammy Baldwin told UW students their activism after Gov. Scott Walker introduced the budget repair bill helped lead to large rallies. educating students about misrepresentation of the issues and promoting support for Walker, President Stephen Duerst said.

He said the group sent out a series of press releases titled “Liberal Lies” to various news outlets and posted on the group’s Facebook page in an effort

to reach students.

The releases deny Walker created the budget crisis and argue his current budget proposals are reasonable. They also assert collective bargaining is not a fiscal issue and should be on the table to bring public sector worker in line with the private sector, Duerst said.

Police tackle state lawmaker outside Capitol Representative from Northern Wisconsin taken down after misunderstanding; was entering to collect clothes he left inside Andrew Averill State Editor Police tackled a Wisconsin representative to the ground Thursday evening after he attempted to enter the Capitol building to pick up clothes in his office because of tight restrictions placed on building entrance, but all parties agreed the incident was a misunderstanding.

Footage of the incident caught by WISN-TV showed Rep. Nick Milroy, D-South Range, struggling with police officers who would not allow him to get into the building at some time after 6 p.m., when the public was barred from entering.

Milroy said the

incident was a misunderstanding since the last several weeks have been a stressful time for both lawmakers and the Capitol Police. Milroy said he empathized with the police force and instead expressed frustration with Gov. Scott Walker ’s attempts to close the Capitol off to the public.

“I have been extremely frustrated by Governor Walker ’s lockdown of the Capitol this week.

This is supposed to be the people’s house, open for governmental business — but it has not been,” Milroy said in a statement. “This armedpalace environment created by Governor Walker has everyone feeling very tense, and emotions are running

high.”

Other lawmakers voiced their concern about the issue as well, pointing to Walker ’s tight security measures on the Capitol as the root of the problem.

“This is an unfortunate bi-product of the Walker administration’s attempts to lock the public out of the Capitol,” said Rep. Kelda Roys, D-Madison.

“This demonstrates the tremendously difficult position law officers have been put in by making them be palace guards. I’m familiar with that feeling. I’ve also been denied access to the building as a legislator.”

Roys also said she thought the incident was a misunderstanding.

Milroy was displaying

his ID the entire time and was cleared by one police officer, Roys said.

She said the officer who tackled Milroy was not aware that he had been cleared and believed Milroy was aggressively trying to enter the Capitol.

Legislators can access the building after hours with an electronic key, but the keys were deactivated because of new Capitol building access procedures.

The rules set to restrict access to the Capitol were deemed too strict by Judge John Albert Friday and will be lessened Monday. But Albert said the Department of Administration did not need to allow people to sleep overnight inside the Capitol.

RALLIES, from 1 “Ringle continually attempted to get past the screening area without being checked for weapons or prohibited items,” the statement said.

“We are trying to balance the security of the public and those who work in the facility.”

After a Dane County judge ruled Thursday evening that DOA had to return the Capitol building to normal public access by Monday, new regulations were created to restrict the items protesters could bring into the building in order to ensure public safety, a separate DOA statement said.

As of Friday, protesters were also prohibited from bringing in coolers, cooking appliances, extension cords, sleeping bags or pillows, musical instruments and noisemakers, signs on sticks and tape, among other items that have been filling the confines of the

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Rev. Jesse Jackson returned to Madison showing solidarity with laborers.

Capitol for the past three weeks.

Under the provisions of Judge John Albert’s Thursday ruling, DOA officials decided to remove the signs and banners posted on the Capitol’s walls, stairwells, banisters and balconies throughout the past several weeks.

According to a separate DOA statement, 4,653

BUDGET CUTS, from 1 Shepard said the budget is 1,300 pages long and contains a large amount of information, but it was immediately clear that $1 billion in state aid to local governments would be cut if the budget passes as it is.

Shepard said the budget cuts county state aid by about $96 million in the 2012 calendar year and $60 million to the city, creating an 8.8 percent overall cut to Madison.

Shepard also said the budget extends the levy limit by two years.

SIGNS, from 1 social movement,” Roys said. “I have spoken with some union leaders, and they say that the Smithsonian Institute will be working in conjunction with the Wisconsin Historical Society to preserve them for their historical value.”

Roys said a political historian from the Smithsonian would be flying into Madison as early as this week to inspect the signs for historical value.

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members of the public were granted entrance to the Capitol Friday. Saturday, 7,385 people passed through the Capitol, while an additional 12,000 marched throughout Capitol Square.

As of late Sunday afternoon, about 200 people were inside the Capitol at any given time, and the square’s population was estimated at about 5,700 people.

Historical Society could not confirm whether it was working with the Smithsonian but said in a statement it will begin to immediately solicit signs and artifacts from the protests as well as material associated with all sides of the controversy.

“At some point in the future, the DOA will take down these signs, and our curators will look at them to determine whether we’ll preserve them,” said Historical Society spokesperson Bob Granflaten.

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Senator circumvents new Republican rules to collect paycheck Middleton Democrat squatting in Chicago to oppose GOP’s bill gives power of attorney to staff Ellen Anevicius News Reporter A missing Democratic senator threw a wrench in the Republican leadership system Thursday when he evaded its attempts to lure him and the other missing senators back to Wisconsin by finding a way to collect his legislative pay without returning to the Capitol.

Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-Middleton, found a loophole in a rule, passed by a Senate committee Wednesday, that suspends direct deposit and requires the missing senators to collect their paychecks in person. Drawing the senators into the Capitol to collect their paychecks could lead to a quorum allowing the Senate to vote on the budget repair bill.

Erpenbach granted power of attorney to two of his staff members Thursday,

allowing them power over his finances and the ability to collect his paycheck.

His act of defiance was successful in circumventing a key effort by Republicans to bring the missing senators back to the Capitol.

Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, put Erpenbach’s paycheck in the mail Thursday, Erpenbach said.

Movement from other missing senators to follow his lead is unclear, Erpenbach said. He said he

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has not discussed the matter with any of them.

Fitzgerald’s spokesperson, Andrew Welhouse, confirmed Erpenbach had indeed found a way around the rule.

“It is extremely disappointing that the Senate Democrats are putting more effort into finding loopholes to get paid in Illinois than working to get back to Wisconsin to do the jobs they were elected to do,” Welhouse said.

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In response to forum attendees questioning Walker’s power to appoint the members of the Board of Trustees, Provost Paul DeLuca said the governor already appoints current members of the Board of Regents.

Although Walker would have the ability to appoint

trustees, DeLuca said the appointments would last for a term of three years and terms would begin in a staggered manner.

UW sophomore Beth Huang said students remain uncertain about the potential lack of a student voice on the board because there will only be one student representative.

Huang, a member of the student government’s main lobbying committee, went on to say the preservation of the value of a UW

degree is also an important issue to students as well as alumni in considering the possible effects of the Madison campus splitting from the rest of the UW System.

Radomski said campuswide dialogues would continue moving forward and groups needed to continue to weigh how faculty, academic staff and shared governance representatives will work with the legislature to create the future for UW.

constitutionality is being questioned.

On Wednesday morning, the Senate passed a resolution to fine each missing senator $100 a day for every day he or she remained in hiding. As of Friday evening, Erpenbach said he has yet to be fined.

The fines were scheduled for debate on the Senate floor Friday, but Fitzgerald canceled the session in an effort to return the Capitol to a sense of normalcy, a statement said.

Conservative pushing legislation that could change MATC board Grothman drafting bill forcing pro-business voice to govern tech colleges throughout state

A woman peers through a high-powered microscope at the Draba station at this weekend’s Leopold Discovery Day. The event presented science stations based around naturalist Aldo Leopold, who wrote “A Sand County Almanac.”

He added Republican leadership has been very lenient with the missing senators. If a typical employee repeatedly skipped work he or she would not be treated so kindly.

The Senate issued an Order to Detain for all missing senators Thursday that held them in contempt and made the senators subject to arrest under charges of disorderly conduct in Wisconsin, although the order’s

In an effort to better serve the business community, a state senator drafted a bill Friday that would alter the makeup of the state’s technical college boards to include more business-oriented positions.

Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend, released a draft of a bill that would create six business person positions on the nine member boards.

The boards currently consist of two employers, two employees, a school district administrator, an elected official and three additional members.

“Right now people [on the boards] are more likely to be pro-government activists than be concerned about getting people trained for our business environment in the future,” Grothman said.

Grothman has not yet

introduced introduced the bill, which would mostly likely undergo minor amendments. Grothman said based on the preliminary feedback, he is going to have to include positions for hospital employees in the bill.

The six businessoriented positions require prospective board members to be involved with for-profit businesses in the vicinity of the colleges. The bill defined a businessperson as an owner, member, operator or employee of a for-profit business.

John Anderson, a lawyer who represents Madison Area Technical College, said under the current language, health care institutions would lose representation on the board since they are not for profit. He said this would hurt many of the state’s 16 technical college districts since many schools provide health care training programs.

Anderson said the position changes would result in a loss of diversity

because many of the three additional members are stakeholders in the educational programs the colleges provide.

“What needs to be considered is if there’s even something that’s wrong here that needs to be fixed,” Anderson said.

Grothman said he hopes the bill would provide more common sense with regards to classes and bargaining. He added the most pressing issue for the boards is to ensure future employees receive appropriate training for the state’s business needs.

Anderson said the forprofit business community already has a variety of ways to relay its views to technical colleges around the state, such as serving on advisory committees for specific programs.

“It’s a drastic move to make a change there that isn’t necessary,” Anderson said.

Grothman said after he amends the bill, he will officially introduce it sometime in the next week.

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Walker’s plan for UW-Madison is still good for Wisconsin Idea Signe Brewster Editor-at-Large If you have any doubt that now is the time for the New Badger Partnership, turn to the Wisconsin Idea.

I wrote that in January.

Since then, the proposed changes to the University of Wisconsin have evolved to include much more sweeping measures, including a split from the UW System and the creation of an independent board to oversee UW. Despite this shift, the strengthening of the Wisconsin Idea remains a key justification for the New Badger Partnership.

I wrote in January that it is not the state Legislature that defines UW’s participation in the Wisconsin Idea, and this holds true for the UW System as well. It is instead defined by UW’s relationship with the people of Wisconsin.

Researchers will continue to produce ideas that move this state forward, and students will continue to interact with the community. That is the strength UW needs to preserve at all costs.

Some of the more vocal opponents to the New Badger Partnership hold that by splitting from the System, UW is abandoning the rest of the state’s students.

However, the Board of Regents has little impact on how System schools interact. The student transfer process will be maintained. Joint

research with UWMilwaukee and the UWExtension partnership will continue. Many of these relationships are contractual, and UWMadison continues to reiterate System schools will remain valuable partners.

What is really at stake is accessibility. Chancellor Biddy Martin has said over and over again that tuition increases are inevitable, and that is worrisome for its potential impact on the ability of many of the state’s brightest students to attend UW-Madison. The university has a long road ahead of itself to ensure that high tuition does not drive away deserving lower-income students, and slipping away from a stated commitment to improving financial aid would be the real act of abandonment. If

UW-Madison stands by the Wisconsin Idea, their resources will go to ensuring accessibility is preserved.

Opponents also say UWMadison is opening itself up to private interests by allowing Gov. Scott Walker to appoint the majority of its governing board. I admit I was initially very uneasy with the knowledge he would select 11 of the governing board’s 21 members. But if you look closely, the requirements that would constrain his selections do a commendable thing: ensure diversity in thought that preserves the interests of the university and state.

Among the required members would be a regent and a representative of state agricultural interests. Overall, nine of his appointees

I would like to again point out the words of former state legislative librarian and progressive reformer Charles McCarthy in his 99-yearold book, “The Wisconsin Idea”: “In these days of the ocean cable and the fast racers of the sea, waves of public opinion and thought and the struggles of other lands reach us so quickly, that whether for good or evil, great and sudden changes are emerging from this turmoil. We are encountering but the first [waves] of what appears to be a flood of mighty forces. … The best there is of our sturdy individualism must be preserved.”

Signe Brewster (sbrewster@badgerherald. com) Is a junior majoring in life sciences communication.

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Herald Editorial Corrections, Inc. If there’s anything past governors have taught us, it’s the virtue of reliability. Recent budgets have been debt-ridden in the extreme, and our chief executives, Republican or Democrat, have not hesitated to wield the long pen of budgetary discretion to stave off crisis.

Targets include transportation, segregated fees, K-12 education and the University of Wisconsin System.

One area of the budget, however, has enjoyed a twodecade long golden age. State government, no matter what its party affiliation, has reliably indulged the construction of new prisons. From 1993 to 1999, a reduction in the ability of judges to parole offenders resulted in an estimated 16 to 18 percent increase in the total amount of prison time served. According to a report by the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance, Wisconsin officials are anticipating a capacity of 5,000 new prison beds by 2019 to accommodate an expansion in the inmate population.

Where prisons are concerned, Gov. Scott Walker has proven

must be experts on some component of the university with demonstrated commitment to its success.

Walker could appoint the Koch brothers to those last two seats and it would not matter — the requirements leave little room for corporate interests to garner a majority and turn the university into their personal tool.

Independence from the Legislature and the UW System does not mean independence from the state. Instead, it will give UW-Madison the agility to better assess where Wisconsin’s need is the greatest and react.

It is painful to sever some of the ties that seem so integral to UWMadison’s identity, but a return to the state as our strongest partner will only strengthen what we are about.

himself as reliable as any of his predecessors. While the prisons budget, currently weighing in at $1.3 billion annually, will be reduced to $1.2 billion in 2012, it will bask in the state’s largesse once more by 2013, when its budget is anticipated to increase by 5.9 percent, reaching $1.27 billion.

By comparison, in 1985, the state spent $119 million on corrections. As of 2010, it was the state’s third-largest General Fund program and will now likely overtake the UW System in state allocations.

The budget will also repeal the limited early release program initiated by former Gov. Jim Doyle, which was itself a cost-cutting measure. Walker claims the repeal will effectively restore the primacy of truth-insentencing, a judicial procedure that reduces the ability of inmates to get out of prison early for good behavior. But only 479 inmates were released since early release’s inception, out of a prison population that currently exceeds 22,000.

Additionally, despite the shuttering of two juvenile

facilities, which have greater access to rehabilitative programs and social care, new funding will be dedicated to tracking down internet predators.

While a comprehensive approach to Internet safety is a laudable goal, it should not, by any standard, come at the expense of young offenders with a greater likelihood of rehabilitation, especially when education budgets are getting almost universally butchered.

Scott Walker might not be original, but he is certainly reliable. Low-income minority families can rest assured knowing that the pernicious assault on their neighborhoods will continue. The numbers tell a discouraging tale: in 1999, when Wisconsin was just winding up its sprawling incarceration experiment, blacks were imprisoned at a rate 20.4 times higher than whites.

But then again, with so many impending teacher layoffs, the state that carries “Forward” as its motto will need somewhere to put all the teenagers it so zealously refuses to educate.

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“It’s good to allow [states] to work out their own problems rather than a one-size-fits-all federal government stupid, dumbass program.”

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah Issuing a cutting critique of President Obama’s health care bill, the sagacious wordsmith from Utah hit a reverberating note that strikes at the very heart of the party divides that run through our country.

Republicans fearlessly champion state solutions to national problems, while Democrats hold strong to their belief that federal fixes are preferable.

The most recent of these national issues Republicans are seeking state-level solutions to is, of course, those pesky public unions with their greedy, fat cat teachers.

Well, that’s one way of stating the problem.

Another would be: those pesky Democrats and their strong union support system that keeps getting in the way of cementing Republican power and furthering lucrative pro-corporate legislation.

It’s certainly a national problem for the Republican party and their fiscally busty billionaire backers. Better to leave this one to the states to tackle in their own unique ways though, right?

Well, as it turns out, actually coordinating a national anti-labor agenda on the state level takes a bit more cross-state cooperation than one might think.

So, how to fix this prickly problem without appearing like unabashed hypocrites?

Have the national Republican Governors Association concoct a one-size-fits all state government stupid, dumbass plan to simultaneously introduce almost identical union blasting legislation. Duh.

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Huckabee is rambling, but it won’t get him to the White House Alicia Yager Editorial Board Member Natalie Portman’s got a lot going for her right now.

On her list of accomplishments for the past year are a Golden Globe, an Oscar, a fiancé and a baby on the way — all of which are a result of her starring role in the critically acclaimed movie Black Swan.

While accepting her award at the Oscars, she even thanked her fiancé for giving her the greatest gift of all: motherhood.

So what could be wrong with this adorable picture?

Oh, only the fact that she’s a knocked up harlot who is glamorizing single motherhood and setting a bad example for young women everywhere.

Sound crazy? Well that’s what Fox News pundit and potential presidential nominee Mike Huckabee has said about Portman, who committed the mortal sin of getting pregnant before marriage.

“It’s unfortunate that we glorify and glamorize the idea of out of wedlock children,” Huckabee said during an interview with a conservative radio show on Feb. 28.

All I have to say is, are you effing kidding me?

When I think of horrible role models for girls, Natalie Portman definitely does not jump to the front of my mind. As compared to other child stars, like Lindsey Lohan or Britney Spears, Portman has an almost nun-like reputation simply for being a normal person who isn’t a club girl and didn’t shave her head…well at least for non-movie role reasons.

Of course the obvious irony of Huckabee’s statements is the fact that Bristol Palin, daughter of

Republican darling Sarah Palin, became pregnant back in 2008 — at age 17.

However, conservatives swept that situation under the rug and instead touted Palin for keeping her child instead of turning to abortion or adoption.

Now, Palin is using her life story as a “what not to do” campaign, which I’m sure earns her a fairly nice living.

And to be fair, I don’t mean to insinuate that Palin is not a good mother for her child. She managed to dump the idiotic attention-whore father of her child, and she is now living in Arizona and raising her son by herself. That strikes me as a definite step in the right direction.

Actually, I’d really like to know if Huckabee thinks Palin is also setting an unrealistic standard of being a successful single mother, but of course he can’t afford to tick off any Republicans if he wants a shot at the White House

in 2012.

In any case, after seeing the backlash his comments caused, Huckabee took to his blog on Friday to explain his commentary by saying the majority of single mothers are unemployed, uneducated and unfit to care for a child, so Portman is idealizing single motherhood by being successful, talented and pregnant.

While I will agree with Huckabee that there are single mothers that are struggling and living in poverty, it’s not like Portman is telling everybody to get knocked up and be just like her.

She’s simply living her life and appearing in public with her baby bump on display.

So I don’t quite understand his point.

Does Huckabee want Portman to hide herself from decent society until her “situation” is resolved, like back in Victorian England? Or maybe she

could wear a visible symbol of her shame a la Hester Prynne in Scarlet Letter.

If Huckabee’s actually looking to point fingers at those who are making single motherhood look appealing, he should look at television shows like Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant. These shows supposedly show the “reality” of teen pregnancy — except those moms are making pretty decent money from being on the show.

While Huckabee is right to say there are many struggling single mothers in this country, it’s absolutely ridiculous for him to knock a 29-year-old actress who is not only in a committed relationship with the father of her child but isn’t a constant headline for tabloid news.

Huckabee should really take note of the mistake from a past presidential campaign — back in 1992, vice presidential candidate Dan Quayle denounced

the television character Murphy Brown for being a single mother and subsequently destroying family values, and that debate certainly didn’t do his campaign any favors.

But then again, Huckabee’s already said some outlandish and untrue things that have people looking at him with a raised eyebrow.

Like claiming Barack Obama was actually raised in Kenya and backed the anti-colonialist Mau Mau Uprising, which makes Obama un-American and anti-British. But then he amended that false statement even more to say he actually meant Indonesia, not Kenya.

Huh. Moral of the story: Huckabee should stop shooting his presidential campaign in the foot before it really starts.

Alicia Yager (ayager@ badgerherald.com) is a senior majoring in journalism and French.

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Sk8er gurl still writing for angsty teenage audience Although she’s nearly in her thirties, Avril Lavigne fails to impress on ‘Goodbye Lullaby’ Natalie Sandy

ArtsEtc. Reporter After nine (questionable) tattoos, five number one hit singles, one divorce and a bizarre relationship with Laguna Beach’s infamous playboy, Brody Jenner, Canada’s infamous Sk8er Gurl is back with a highly anticipated fourth album, Goodbye Lullaby, hitting charts tomorrow.

Yet, after a threeyear hiatus and what we all hoped might be some growing up, Avril Lavigne remains the same punk pop princess we knew and loved back in the early 00’s — with nothing new to bring to the musical table.

Before there was Ke$ha, Katy Perry or T-Swift, Avril Lavigne gave millions of angsty tweenage girls all the answers to life’s difficult questions, like how to express yourself when faced with posers (“I see the way you’re actin’ like you’re somebody else, gets me frustrated”), or the best way to convince your crush you belong together (“Hey, Hey, You,

You, I don’t like your girlfriend”).

The Vans wearing, plaid-toting Canuck has been a guilty pleasure for nearly a decade with hits like “My Happy Ending” and the more recent “Girlfriend.” However, her latest album doesn’t offer a mature or ageappropriate Avril, but more of the same pintsized energy from years past. More or less, we’ve seen it before, we’ve heard it before, but for die-hard Avril fans, more of the same isn’t a terrible thing, eh?

Goodbye Lullaby has been in the works for over three years and consists of personallywritten ballads about letting go of past loves, fighting for new ones and saying I don’t give a f@#% what you think — I’m Avril Lavigne!

Yet, after a decade of self-reflection and significant life experience, Goodbye Lullaby could have potentially been a platform of depth and sincerity not previously seen before.

Unfortunately, after all these years, Lavigne hasn’t let go of her toughgirl attitude (she also doesn’t seem to have ever abandoned her

signature pink-streaked blonde tresses), leaving the serious stuff for other young hopefuls with a bit more depth and something significant to say (Adele, anyone?).

The first single off the record, “What the Hell,” follows the same predictable formula of Lavigne’s past hit singles such as “Sk8er Boi” and “Girlfriend,” giving fans another song to add to the “Girl Power” iPod playlist. At 27 years old, Lavigne seems a little old for holding onto this attitude. However, while it’s nothing life-changing, the track is bouncy, energetic and youthful.

The rest of Goodbye Lullaby is more of the same, sounding like the lesser known tracks on Avril albums of the past. Her track, “Smile,” could be the “Anything Ordinary” of this album, reminding listeners of just how “alternative” Lavigne is. We know — you have tattoos and wear lots of eyeliner. The shock factor has worn off at this point.

However, it is when Lavigne slows things down that the soul of the album peaks its head through the nostalgic mess of the past. On

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Lavigne’s ‘Goodbye Lullaby,’ host to single ‘What the Hell,’ lacks the maturity fans might be expecting at this stage. her crooning, “Not Enough,” Lavigne finds a nice balance between acoustic reflection and rock n’ roll angst. A possible expression of lost memories with exhusband, Deryck Whibley, “Not Enough” shows a mature side of Lavigne that could have added to her fluffy album tremendously had she given it more of a chance.

The album finishes on a strong note with a cover of Joan Jett’s “Bad

Reputation,” reminding fans exactly why Lavigne was so powerful in the first place. She doesn’t give a damn about her reputation, and we love her for it.

However, without much depth or meaning behind the tracks on this latest effort, her confidence falls as flat as her ironed straight hair, making us wonder — have you found your happy ending yet, Avril?

Maybe next time.

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New game by Marvel, Capcom not worth decade-long hype Jayson Gruenwald Herald Arcade Columnist After 10 years of waiting and begging, the popular fighting game franchise that combines the characters from Capcom video games and Marvel comics returns in “Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds.”

A fast-paced fighting engine and fantastic presentation make for an awesome gameplay experience, but unfortunately many gamers won’t be able to.

The first and most important thing to say about “Marvel vs.

Capcom 3” is that anyone who lacks experience with the “Street Fighter” series will not have any fun with this game. Sure, there will be the initial excitement that arises from being able to take Spiderman into battle against Wolverine or Ryu Hayabusa, but that joy will quickly fade away if you’re playing against anything but the easiest settings in arcade mode.

The most frustrating thing about this barrier

to entry is that Capcom has taken no steps to help new players learn the nuances of the gameplay. The training stages are nothing but an arena for you to practice moves in and, beyond a basic combination list, the game offers no instructions about how to properly execute various combinations or attacks.

Mission mode is no better. Simply showing the name of a move for the player to do and leaving it up to him or her to open the pause menu and figure out exactly what is being asked of him or her. This gets especially frustrating when the combo required is longer than the allotted space on the screen.

Once a significant amount of time is put into learning how the game works, it actually becomes fun to play.

There are 36 characters, 18 per company, and each has a unique combat style and set of moves that relate pretty well to how he or she actually fights in their respective material. While some of

the character inclusions (and exclusions) are questionable, anyone that’s a fan of Capcom games or Marvel comics should at least be able to find a few characters he or she knows and loves.

The game is based around three on three combat, with the ability to switch characters on

thing wrong with “Marvel vs. Capcom 3” is that some characters are just better than others.

This is what one comes to expect from any fighting game, but it’s especially bad in a game that has so many ways to stand on the far side of the arena from your opponent and spam projectile attacks.

Stylistically, ‘Marvel vs. Capcom 3’ is fantastic. The graphics and art direction are impressive and hold up well considering all the action that goes on during matches... the fly in the middle of battle and combine the powers of any given team’s characters to rack up a significant amount of damage. Battles on screen are fast and exciting to both watch and play, where highlevel players can pull off near endless combos through a mixture of basic moves, character assists and hyper combos.

From a gameplay perspective, the only

Though these problems have been balanced significantly when compared to the issues that arose from these tactics in “Marvel vs.

Capcom 2,” there are still several characters that are used with these methods more often than not.

Stylistically, “Marvel vs. Capcom 3” is fantastic. The graphics and art direction are impressive and hold up well considering all the action that goes on

during matches, coupled alongside an incredible musical score that is arguably one of the best in fighting game history, with enough variety that everyone should be able to find at least one theme they enjoy.

The amount of appreciation towards the source material is also staggering, with characters engaging in pre-game banter, alternate skins that relate to costumes/outfits that the characters have worn in their respective titles and incredibly detailed character bios. The power levels listed for Capcom characters should be ignored, however, as they were rated with the wrong scale.

Ironically, the biggest flaw with “Marvel vs. Capcom 3” is not what was in the game on release, but what was left out. Before it was even put on the shelves, Capcom had already announced two downloadable characters for the title, and just a few days after release there were more

character outfits shown to be going on sale soon.

Capcom apparently sees this game as an opportunity to make money by selling “extra” content that should have been released in the final game, and it’s a shame that that attitude scars what could be a golden opportunity to integrate feedback and flesh out everything the game could possibly be to fans.

Despite the fact that it is completely devoid of friendliness towards new players, “Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds” is a fun game once you have the mechanics down, especially in a group of people that are equally experienced/ inexperienced. Test it out with a rental if you’re worried it might not be the game for you, but don’t make a final decision until you give it a try.

Jayson Grenwald is a senior majoring in English literature. Send comments, column suggestions jgruenwald@wisc.edu.

‘Going to St. Ives’ is enlightening trip Tea time takes a turn for dramatic in newest Forward Theater Company play involving dynamics of African dictatorship Amanda Connors ArtsEtc. Writer

“Going to St. Ives” takes global ideas about dictatorship, genocide and responsibility, and places them in the everyday setting of two people quietly sipping tea.

Thought-provoking and realistic, “Going to St. Ives” is a play about two mothers who come from different backgrounds and try to relate to each other through difficult circumstances. Dr. Cora Gage, played by actress Colleen Madden, is a famous optometrist from England who deals with secrets and struggles from her past throughout the show.

Olivia Dawson plays May N’Kame, the mother of an African dictator who faces complicated choices in the future as she contemplates her responsibility to her son.

The two women meet over tea in Cambridge, England, to talk about the surgery Dr. Gage will Photo by Zane Williams perform on May N’Kame, but end up conversing Leading actress Colleen Madden puts on a captivating performance as Dr. about a deeper topic Cora Gage, an optometrist who also offers personal advice to her patients. — how to stop May’s

son from killing four doctors held hostage and thousands of others. The first act takes place in Dr. Gage’s sitting room, and the second act takes place in Africa six months later — making for great contrasts in setting.

As the audience watches the show, it struggles to understand these real-world issues right alongside the actors.

The two actresses do a remarkable job portraying the fragile emotional state of two mothers who are trying to forgive themselves for what they have done and learning to live with their choices.

Madden, a core company member of the American Players Theatre in Spring Green, is especially relatable to many as an Englishwoman suffering from a loss and a rough marriage. Dawson, who

received her MFA from UW-Madison, controls the stage as an empress but also frequently makes jokes, allowing the audience to see behind her regal façade to the woman within.

As the audience watches the show, it struggles to understand these real-world issues right alongside the actors. May’s dictator son is very similar to the real-life dictator of Uganda, Idi Amin, one of the most widely-known contemporary African dictators.

“Going to Saint Ives,” written by playwright Lee Blessing, explores the world African dictatorships after English colonial rule and allows people to learn about a culture and a society very different from their own.

This production is recommended for anyone over 13 that wants to broaden his or her global prospective. Although the show overall is serious, it contains a lot of funny moments and poignant monologues.

The dialogue is witty and very relatable.

The show is put on in the Promenade Theater at the Overture Center, which is a smaller theater with the audience on three sides of the stage.

The setup makes the production more intimate and allows a good view no matter where a person is located in the audience.

The set is very simple — with a round stage containing a couch, chair and table for the first act set in England. The second act is similar but uses two chairs, a table and a lot of potted plants.

The simplistic set design allows the audience to focus on the acting abilities of the two women and less on the set itself. Both Madden and Dawson are up to the task as they flawlessly weave together a masterful story of power, revenge and empathy.

“Going to Saint Ives,” presented by the Forward Theater Company, will be at the Overture Center from March 3 to March 19.

Tickets are $20-$35 and can be purchased at the Overture Center or online at www. overturecenter.com.

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UW ousted by Illini in Big Ten tourney Slow start in conference tournament opener dooms women’s basketball team as they now wait for possible WNIT bid INDIANAPOLIS — Despite a spirited late rally, the Wisconsin women’s basketball team could not overcome a slow start, losing to Illinois, 63-56, on Thursday in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Senior Alyssa Karel led all scorers with 23 points while classmate Lin Zastrow chipped in with 18.

“Very disappointed in our play today,” head coach Lisa Stone said. “Give Illinois a lot of credit. They came out and were on fire right away. Made pretty much all their shots in the first ten possessions. We couldn’t get a stop. And we didn’t establish a real good offensive goal in the first half.”

Illinois came out on fire, hitting nine of its first 11 shots, including 5-of-6 from 3-point range. The Fighting Illini scored the game’s first 10 points and led 23-8 at the first media timeout at 12:38. On the other hand, the Badgers made just one of their first eight shots.

Wisconsin managed to cut into the lead, using a 14-5 run to pull within 28-22 with 3:33 left. Illinois scored the final six points of the half, however, to take a 34-22 lead into halftime.

The Fighting Illini eventually extended the lead to 16 points, 44-28, with 12:46 left. The Badgers then began their steady climb back, cutting the lead to eight (4739) on a 3-pointer by Karel midway through the second half. Wisconsin still trailed 51-41 with 8:07 left but went on a 10-4 run to pull within four.

With Illinois up 57-51, Zastrow scored three straight points, the final one on a free throw, to pull UW within three, 57-54, with 2:56 left.

The two teams then traded baskets. Trailing again by three, UW forced an Illinois miss but Zastrow missed down low. The Badgers got another chance to cut the lead following an Illini turnover but a UW pass sailed out of bounds with 32 seconds left.

From there, Illinois converted 4-of-4 free throws to provide

the final margin.

“Our team responded well in the second half,” Stone said. “Got in a little foul trouble, but I thought Lin really started to take care of the paint inside and Alyssa really started to show up. So these two young ladies really did pretty much everything they could in the second half to get us back in the game, and within three. Couple costly turnovers here and there. But, again, every time we got close enough, Illinois answered.”

With her fifth point, Zastrow became the latest member of the 1,000-point club. She now has 1,013 in her career. For Karel, it was her seventh 20-point game this season, and her best scoring output since scoring 23 against Penn State on Jan. 2. Her 31 field goal attempts were a new career high and her nine 3-point attempts tied her career high.

Junior Anya Covington was the only other Badger to score in double figures, accounting for 10 points on 4-of-4 shooting. Wisconsin

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contest.

Friday night, two-anda-half periods of great play were overshadowed by bad bounces in the last six minutes as UW lost 3-2.

Up 2-1 thanks to goals by Jake Gardiner and Johnson, the Badgers seemed to be playing not to lose. Colorado College spent most of the third period in Wisconsin’s zone and outshot the Badgers 9-4.

A Stephen Schultz shot at 14:37 of the period found its way past UW goaltender Brett Bennett to tie the game at 2. The play was reviewed, and it looked like CC’s Jaden Schwartz hit Bennett with his stick as the puck went by, but the goal was upheld.

Colorado College got the game winner when David Civitarese took on Craig Smith one-on-one.

The puck ended up going off of Smith’s stick and past Bennett.

John Ramage was called for a checking from behind major penalty with 4:12 left to play, and while Nick Dineen was called for retaliatory roughing, the Badgers couldn’t generate anything during the two

minutes of four-on-four and finished the game shorthanded.

But as Eaves said Saturday, maybe a seed has been planted with the victory. Wisconsin’s first win since Jan. 29 moved its record to 20-14-4, 12-133 in the WCHA. Colorado College finished the regular season with a .500 mark in conference play at 13-13-2 and 19-16-3 overall.

Still, CC got what it needed from the trip to Madison, earning home ice for the first round of the WCHA playoffs. St. Cloud State’s loss to Denver Saturday means the Tigers will host the Badgers in Colorado Springs next week for potentially three more games.

But for now, the Wisconsin seniors are enjoying going out as winners in their last game at the Kohl Center.

“After the game, a bunch of the seniors had a little bit of tears in their eyes because there’s no place like this place,” Johnson said. “You can play in the NHL, but still, the fans aren’t as good as they are here. It was really emotional tonight.”

put the Wisconsin power play unit on the board with a goal at 15:35 of the third period. The Tigers pushed the Badgers back into the neutral zone, and Schultz caught them off guard by knifing his way up the slot alone and putting the puck top-shelf over CC goaltender Josh Thorimbert.

Patrick Johnson scored the game winner on a two-onone with Tyler Barnes.

Initially, it looked like Wisconsin’s winless streak might continue. Unable to produce on the five-minute power play, the Badgers managed just four shots on goal in the first period to the Tigers’ 10.

And fittingly, Wisconsin’s first goal in a game where the Badgers struggled on the power play came shorthanded. Center Craig Smith took the puck up the right wing and fired a shot on Thorimbert’s five-hole that trickled underneath and over the goalline.

UW’s 1-0 lead at 1:57 of the second period was the first time in eight games the Badgers scored first in a

missed its first five shots and shot just 39.7 percent (23-of58) from the field, making only 4-of-16 (.250) 3-pointers.

After its torrid start, Illinois actually cooled down, shooting 48.1 percent (25-of52) from the field and just 11-of-27 (.407) in the second half. The Illini missed their final eight 3-pointers to finish 5-of-14 (.357) from beyond the arc.

With the loss, Wisconsin falls to 15-14 on the season and now awaits a possible bid to the WNIT. Illinois snapped a 13-game losing streak and improves to 8-22 on the year. The Illini will face Michigan in Friday’s quarterfinals.

“It’s an awfully special senior class and I’m convinced we’re not quite done playing yet,” Stone said. “But it’s hard to visualize much than what just happened in the game.

It’s a tough loss. We were not as sharp as we need to be by any stretch of the imagination.”

Laura Hill The Badger Herald file photo

Lin Zastrow and Wisconsin cut the Illinois lead to 3 in the final 3 minutes, –UWbadgers.com but the Fighting Illini prevailed, sealing the game at the free throw line.

SENIORS, from 10 opposition as a result.

Johnson drew several penalties over the course of the night and took a couple crushing hits into the boards, but the senior stayed active and finished with a game-high five shots on goal.

Johnson’s hot hand gave the UW offensive attack a spark, but it was senior goaltender Scott Gudmandson who ended his cold-streak with a superb outing in Saturday’s 3-1 win.

Coming into senior night, Gudmandson had lost his last four starts, giving up 16 goals total.

The low point came in St. Cloud, where he gave up all seven in a 7-3 defeat.

But instead of laboring over that demoralizing loss, Gudmandson wanted to put it behind him and come out strong in his last start at the Kohl Center. So for the first time in his career, Gudmandson decided not to watch that game tape.

According to

Eaves, that was an early indicator that Gudmandson was ready to bounce back.

“There was a tremendous feeling in the locker room for our seniors.

I don’t think we played particularly well in the first period... But we responded very well in the second period and took the lead.”

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“For us as a coaching staff, we knew he was okay when he came up to us on Monday — and he was working with (Assistant) Coach (Jeff)

Sanger and said he wasn’t going to watch the last St. Cloud State game,” Eaves explained.

“I didn’t think it was necessary,” Gudmandson said of opting not to conduct a game evaluation. “I just said, ‘I didn’t play very well, that wasn’t me and I’m moving on’.”

Gudmandson moved on, and the Badgers moved forward with a big win in the regular season finale thanks to his performance.

The senior goaltender finished with 33 saves and only gave up a single goal — which deflected off UW defenseman Justin Schultz’s skate and into the net.

Gudmandson and Johnson were two of the stars for UW as the Badgers broke their seven game winless streak, but Johnson acknowledged the effort of his entire senior class in their final home game.

“All of the seniors were trying to play their best,” Johnson said. “And that’s what happened tonight.”

Page 8, MONDAY, MARCH 7, 2011 ROUT, from 10 Josh Gasser had 17 points, Jon Leuer 16 and Keaton Nankivil 10 for the Badgers (23-7, 13-5).

Jordan Taylor, who had scored 21 of his 27 points to lead the comeback in the second half of the first meeting, was limited to eight points on

2-of-9 shooting. He was shadowed throughout the game by Ohio State freshman Aaron Craft.

“Aaron did a tremendous job,” said Matta, whose teams have won four Big Ten titles in the last six years. “He’d studied so much film.

What might go unnoticed is the job the other guys

SPORTS did in helping Aaron. But he was a pit bull out there today.”

Wisconsin drew as close as 56-45 on Nankivil’s 3 with 14:15 left before the Buckeyes put the game on ice. Diebler was at the heart of it, starting things with a 3. He later hit one off an inbounds play and then dribbled around a

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defender and stepped back for yet another to push the lead to 69-48 and cap a 10-0 run midway through the second half.

The rest of the game was a matter of killing time until the Buckeyes could cut down the nets and raise the Big Ten trophy. They’ll be the top seed in the Big Ten

tournament this week in Indianapolis, and are all but assured of a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.

Lighty, who played his final home game along with Diebler and Dallas Lauderdale, said the victory was nothing more than a step toward bigger goals.

“Our first mission was a regular-season Big Ten championship.

That’s complete,” Lighty said. “Now we’ll turn our focus on a three-day tournament that we need to win and that will get us ready for the NCAA tournament. That’s just step two of our three-step mission.”

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Michigan, Michigan State and Illinois all currently have a better defensive ranking than UW this season.

This isn’t earthshattering news, as the 2011 Badgers have proven they are a team that plays off the strength of their offense.

In fact, UW held the No. 1 overall offensive efficiency ranking before the loss at OSU. But the Badgers’ defensive struggles have been highlighted late in the season.

When Talor Battle and Penn State poured in three after three in a come-from-behind effort, it was considered good offense.

When Michael Thompson and John Shurna caught fire for Northwestern, it was considered good offense.

Eventually, we need to start considering the possibility of bad defense. If a guy hits a three with a hand right in his face? Fine. That’s all you can do.

But when the Badgers struggle communicating on rotations, when they are manipulated by ball screens and allow open threes, they have a problem.

This blowout loss to OSU didn’t bring these issues to light. It’s been a rough stretch of games that culminated with that disaster at Value City Arena.

Far too often, UW opponents seem to be far too hot from distance.

Ryan knows his perimeter defense needs to be better and produce some improvement.

Otherwise, the Badgers better hope the teams they face happen to have an off night.

(Northwestern) game, there’s still a lot of areas where we need work,” Ryan said to the Milwaukee JournalSentinel.

Traditionally, Wisconsin is known for its defensive prowess, but it has turned into an area of concern this season.

Even before the Badgers took the floor against Ohio State yesterday, their defensive efficiency ranking (aka points per possession) was 58th in country, according to Ken Pomeroy’s tempo-adjusted ranking system.

In comparison, the Badgers were 19th nationally last season, 49th in 2009, 2nd in 2008 and 6th in 2007.

(Side note: no team with a KenPom defensive efficiency ranking worse than 15 has won a national championship since 2004).

For more comparison, Big Ten bubble teams

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OT win gives Badgers WCHA Final Face-off crown Wisconsin earns No. 1 seed, set to host No. 6 Minnesota Dulth in NCAA tournament MINNEAPOLIS — Senior Kelly Nash (Bonita, Calif.) scored the gamewinning goal in overtime after the top-ranked Badgers overcame 3-0 and 4-2 deficits to defeat No. 3 Minnesota, 5-4, and earn their fourth Western Collegiate Hockey Association tournament title.

Wisconsin (34-2-2) trailed 4-2 heading into the third period and used goals by freshman Madison Packer (Birmingham, Mich.) and senior Meghan Duggan (Danvers, Mass.) to tie it at 4-4 with 3:15 to play.

It took 14:11 of overtime action before the Badgers sealed the 2011 WCHA Final Face-off crown, but Nash solved Minnesota goaltender Noora Raty off a feed from senior Geena Prough (Farmington, Mich.) to give UW its only lead of the game.

The win extended Wisconsin’s unbeaten streak to 24 games at 22-02 since Nov. 28, 2010. With the loss, Minnesota falls to 26-9-2.

Sophomore Brianna Decker (Dousman, Wis.) led the Badgers with three points on one goal and two assists. Duggan scored two goals while junior Brooke Ammerman (River Vale, N.J.) earned two assists in the game.

The Badgers outshot the Gophers, 56-30, and freshman Alex Rigsby (Delafield, Wis.) stopped 26 shots to improve to 24-1-2.

Raty made 51 saves in the Gopher loss.

Wisconsin’s penalty-kill was put to the test in the

championship game as the Badgers held the Gophers scoreless on seven powerplays. UW went 1-for-2 with the man advantage.

Minnesota dominated the first period of play, as the Gophers took a 2-0 lead on a pair of goals coming off the stick of Sarah Erickson. The Badgers committed three penalties in the period, but the special teams unit killed off each of them.

The Gophers extended their lead to 3-0 at 10:50 of the second when Sarah Davis put the puck past Rigsby.

With 5:26 left in the second frame, the Badgers got on the board when Decker scored her seventh power-play goal this season. Ammerman sent the puck in, and Decker poked the puck through traffic in front of Raty.

UW cut the deficit to one at 3-2 just 38 seconds later. Decker found junior Hilary Knight (Sun Valley, Idaho), who connected with Duggan for her first goal of the night. However, the Gophers answered late in the period as Jen Schoullis scored to make it 4-2 heading into the final stanza.

Wisconsin rallied in the third period. At the 13:38 mark, sophomore Stefanie McKeough (Carlsbad Springs, Ontario) gained control of the puck in the offensive zone and threw it on net. After a deflection popped the puck in the air, Packer batted the puck out of the air past Raty.

Duggan deflected a shot past Raty 2:07 later to tie it up at 4-4. Decker passed the puck out to sophomore Alev Kelter (Eagle River, Alaska), who ripped a slap shot from the point.

Duggan deflected the shot

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Senior Kelly Nash notched the game-winner against border-rival Minnesota in overtime as the Badgers won the WCHA tournament title. The Badgers piled up 56 shots in the victory over the Gophers, and Nash’s OT tally came just over 14 minutes into the extra frame. out front to earn her second tally of the night and send the game to overtime.

Overtime saw the Badgers fight off their seventh penalty of the

night before Nash buried the game-winner with a sharp wrister from the slot.

Decker was named the WCHA Final Face-off’s most valuable player,

while Nash, Duggan and Prough were named to the all-tournament team.

Three Gophers were also recognized with alltournament honors as Raty,

forward Amanda Kessel and defenseman Megan Bozek were selected to the squad.

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Lights-out Buckeyes rout Badgers, 93-65 Ohio State shoots 68.1 percent from the field, misses just 1 3-pointer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — In the midst of a raucous locker room after No. 1 Ohio State’s 9365 payback victory over 10th-ranked Wisconsin, Jon Diebler said he was sorry to his teammates.

“I apologize for missing that one,” he said.

Everyone laughed.

Diebler lived up to his “3-bler” nickname Sunday by hitting 7 of 8 shots behind the arc while scoring 27 points, as Ohio State (29-2, 16-2 Big Ten) set NCAA Division I records by making 14 of 15 3-pointers (93.3 percent) and hitting 14 in a row -after missing the first.

“On our best day this year, we hit 11 of 17 and thought we’d hit the jackpot,” Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan said. “Fourteen of 15? I don’t think people do that very often.

Either that, or I’m living in the wrong part of the country.”

Still smarting from their first loss of the year, a 7167 setback at Wisconsin on Feb. 12, the Buckeyes unleashed their best game of the season -- shutdown defense at one end and 68-percent shooting from the field at the other.

“I don’t know if you

could script it much better,” said Ohio State coach Thad Matta.

“Our defensive energy was incredible ... and offensively the shots were falling. It was incredible how well we shot the

“On our best day this year, we hit 11 of 17 and thought we’d hit the jackpot.

Fourteen of 15? I don’t think people do that very often.

Either that, or I’m living in the wrong part of the country.”

Bo Ryan Head Coach UW Men’s Basketball

basketball.”

Freshman Jared Sullinger had 22 points just weeks after accusing a Wisconsin fan of spitting in his face as he left the floor at the Kohl Center.

He had told several people that he not only wanted to beat the Badgers, but that he wanted to beat them by 50 points.

The final score only seemed that lopsided.

“That first loss in college, I didn’t take that too lightly,” Sullinger

said. “I wanted to win, and I wanted to win big, too.”

William Buford added 18 points and David Lighty 13 for the Buckeyes, who won their 22nd straight home game while dropping Wisconsin to just 4-5 in Big Ten road games this season.

Ryan had been the focal point for many fans in a capacity crowd of 18,809 who felt he had disrespected the Buckeyes after the first meeting when he said, “We won the game. Deal with it.”

Ohio State officials fueled the fans’ enmity by handing out 1,400 scarlet towels that read, “Deal With It.” When Ryan’s picture was shown on the monitors at midcourt before the game, there was a large chorus of boos, and the Buckeyes student section immediately behind the Wisconsin bench yelled at the coach most of the day.

Asked after the game about the towels, Ryan said, “What towels? ... I know one thing, towels didn’t blow the ball in on all those 3s.”

The Buckeyes built a 47-32 halftime lead -- the exact score they led by in the second half of the first game before Wisconsin came roaring back -thanks to 6-of-7 shooting behind the arc.

Associated Press

Jon Diebler was stellar for No. 1 Ohio State (29-2, 16-2), leading all scorers with 27 points on 8-of-10 shooting. Diebler was also 7-of-8 from three-point range, with his miss being Ohio State’s only one.

Topping that, Ohio State hit all eight 3s in the second 20 minutes.

Diebler, who tied the Big Ten record by hitting 10 shots behind the arc

in a win at Penn State on Tuesday night, is 17 of 20 on 3-pointers in his last two games for the Buckeyes, who had clinched the outright Big

Ten title a day earlier thanks to No. 6 Purdue’s loss at Iowa.

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After dropping Friday night’s game, Wisconsin’s losing streak reached seven games. Yet, it was ended with a 3-1 win Saturday night.

UW breaks winless streak in season finale MEN’S HOCKEY RECAP Badgers gain some momentum entering playoffs, will face Colorado College in first round of WCHA playoffs Adam Holt

Managing Editor The win may have come one night too late for Wisconsin, but the important thing was that it came at all.

The Badgers broke a seven-game winless streak with a 3-1 victory over Colorado College Saturday night at the Kohl Center that, if anything, gives them a tiny bit of momentum heading into the playoffs.

“We got our 20th win

tonight, which has been up there for a long time. It’s really been a monkey on our back,” UW head coach Mike Eaves said.

With Wisconsin up 2-0, Colorado College pulled to within one at 11:39 of the third period as the Tigers got a three-on-two rush. Archie Skalbeck put the puck off of Badger defenseman Justin Schultz’s skate and past UW goaltender Scott Gudmandson’s right pad to make the game 2-1.

But for most of the night,

Gudmandson was a wall.

The senior made 33 saves and looked confident corralling rebounds.

“He was excellent. He made some unbelievable saves, but the thing that was most impressive from the bench was his rebound control,” Eaves said. “Any shots that were up in his chest, around his arm padding, he just controlled like he was a Hoover vacuum cleaner.”

Gudmandson kept the Badgers in the game, and

although the Tigers gave them chance after chance to break the game open, UW seemed to politely decline to do so, going 1-7 on the power play — which included a five-minute man advantage within the first four minutes of play.

But when the Badgers got one last crucial opportunity, they finally converted.

Schultz pushed the lead back to two goals and finally

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MEN’S HOCKEY SIDEBAR Seniors lead Wisconsin to victory in final home game, but can’t help secure home ice for postseason Max Henson Sports Editor

At first, Wisconsin head coach Mike Eaves admitted the senior night festivities slowed his team down.

But after Colorado College outplayed Wisconsin in the first period Saturday, UW’s seniors regained focus, took control of the game and propelled the Badgers to their first victory in over a month.

After seven games without a win, the six UW seniors and their teammates finally had a

victory to celebrate.

“There was a tremendous feeling in the locker room for our seniors. I don’t think we played particularly well in the first period; I think we were still wrapped up in their (pre-game) ceremony,” Eaves said.

“But we responded very well in the second period and took the lead.”

After Craig Smith’s shorthanded goal early in the second period, senior forward Patrick Johnson came through with the eventual game-winner.

The Madison native took a perfect centering

feed from freshman Tyler Barnes and tapped the puck past CC goaltender Josh Thorimbert to give UW a 2-0 lead.

Johnson’s eighth tally of the season continued the senior ’s hot goalscoring streak. The senior scored twice during last Saturday’s loss at St. Cloud before finding the net again in Friday’s 3-2 loss to the Tigers.

After his game-winner Saturday, Johnson has scored as many goals (4) in the last two weeks as he previously had all season.

So what’s been the cause for this late-season

goal-scoring surge?

“Good question,” Johnson said with a smile.

“I’d like to tell you… I have no idea, but I’m running with it. It’s been fun. I’ve had a good streak of luck here.”

Johnson may credit his goal scoring to luck, but his productivity Saturday night stemmed from plenty of dirty work.

The 5-foot-9, 158-pound forward continuously finished his checks and faced some punishment from the frustrated

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Watching Ohio State beat down Wisconsin on Senior Night in Columbus was like watching two kids play an outdated hoops video game. It seemed like only a matter of time before there was a tail of flames coming off the ball as it left the Buckeyes’ hands.

And in this game, the kid playing with the No. 1 ranked Buckeyes had clearly mastered the timing, making almost every three-pointer he took — 14 out of 15, to be exact. (Cue the generic voice screaming ‘on fire!’ with every shot).

The kid controlling Wisconsin, on the other hand, looked like he had only played a few times before and tried to answer back with threes of his own… to no avail — 9 out of 24 to be exact.

When one team shoots that well, the game just seems unfair.

That’s what Sunday afternoon’s game felt like for the Badgers and their fans. And unfortunately for UW, that was no video game.

That 93-65 loss was very real.

But what can you do when Jon Diebler hits 7-of-8 three-pointers?

What can you do when David Lighty and William Bufford are a perfect 5-for-5 combined from long range?

What can you do when you have to respect those perimeter threats who’ve found their rhythm when you still have to worry about Player of the Year candidate Jared Sullinger dominating in the paint?

There is just not much you can do.

“What [Ohio State] did today is just

unheard of,” UW head coach Bo Ryan told reporters after the game.

In a setting like that — when the No. 1 Buckeyes are out for revenge on Senior Night and when they simply won’t miss — each and every team in the country would have trouble keeping pace.

And let’s face it; few really expected the Badgers to pull out a win in Columbus — even if the Buckeyes shot like humans.

Ryan and the Badgers will move on from this loss and try to forget it as quickly as possible.

When a team shoots that well, you have to give credit where credit is due.

Problem is, the Badgers have been doing that a lot lately.

In its last five games, Wisconsin has allowed opponents to shoot extremely well — particularly from threepoint range.

Aside from Indiana, which shot an abysmal 18.2 percent from beyond the arc against UW, each of the other four opponents (OSU, NW, Mich., PSU) shot at or above 50 percent.

You can throw the Buckeyes’ ungodly 93 percent from three out the window if you’d like, but even without that performance factored in, we are witnessing a troubling trend develop for UW. Now the Badgers are 4-1 in those five games mentioned, but the Buckeyes were the only team expected to pose a threat. Led by point guard Jordan Taylor, Wisconsin (for the most part) has shot pretty darn well in its own right, paving the way for narrow victories despite deficiencies on the defensive end.

Ryan acknowledged these defensive lapses after Wisconsin’s victory over Northwestern last week.

“When I broke down the film on our

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