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Attorney General Falk?

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Palin praises state leaders

Former vice presidential candidate says Walker, conservative movement attempting to save money for Wisconsin’s citizens

Ellen Anevicius State Reporter While Gov. Scott Walker’s contentious collective bargaining bill that ignited weeks of demonstrations remains stuck in the courts, Tea Partiers and counterprotesters gathered on Capitol Square Saturday to renew the fiscal battle that has been polarizing the state.

The third annual Tea Party tax day event, hosted by Americans for Prosperity, gave a platform to conservative talk show hosts, columnists, pundits and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on the east side of the Capitol, while opposition protesters spoke out simultaneously from the State Street entrance.

AFP-Wisconsin Director Matt Seaholm praised the turn-out, estimated by Capitol Police to be over 6,500, and said the annual event is about the voters and the taxpayers.

“Whether on opposite

sides of the Capitol or opposite sides of the problem, the recurring theme is we are all taxpayers and we are all in this together, no matter who you voted for governor,” said Autonomous Solidarity Organization Chair Bill Fetty, who organized the counter-rally.

The co-mingling of Tea Partiers and anti-Walker demonstrators made it nearly impossible to tell how evenly represented the groups were, as large numbers of counterprotesters chose to surround the Tea Partiers with chants of “Recall Walker!” rather than listen to their own speakers.

Tension between the two crowds prompted conservative blogger Andrew Brietbart at the microphone to retaliate, yelling, “Go to hell! You’re trying to divide America!”

Then Sarah Palin stepped onto the stage.

Unaffected by the screaming opposition and the April snowfall,

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Former vice presidential candidate and Republican celebrity Sarah Palin addresses a crowd of mixed support at a Tax Day rally Saturday afternoon.

Palin took shots at the Democratic senators and union “thugs” while defending Walker and praising the fortitude and integrity of the conservative movement.

“Hey folks, he’s trying to save your jobs and your pensions,” she shouted over the clamor of the counter-protesters.

Palin praised the Tea Partiers and the Republican legislators for standing strong in the face of death

threats and “thug tactics” and blasted union leaders for their loyalty to power, not to their members.

Palin also harshly criticized President Obama and the federal budget battle. The $352 million in “real” cuts being made in the federal budget is more than what the government will spend over the duration of the two-and-ahalf hour rally, she said.

Palin also had some choice words for the

Republican establishment in Washington D.C. “We didn’t elect you to just rearrange the deck chairs on a sinking Titanic,” Palin said of the GOP leaders in Washington.

“We didn’t elect you to just sit back and watch Obama redistribute those deck chairs.”

However, one Republican in the nation’s capital was doing his job, Palin said.

The loudest cheers of

the rally came when Palin praised Rep. Paul Ryan, a Janesville Republican, for what she called his fiscally responsible budget proposal, approved by the House of Representatives Friday.

The message from Palin was that Wisconsin is the battleground for the 2012 election, accusing Obama of ignoring the will of the

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New Union South gathers large crowd for Friday grand opening Dave Cieslewicz calls building place where diverse students come together, enjoy university Katherine Krueger Campus Editor After nearly two years of construction, $95 million in construction costs and the input of thousands of students, the University of Wisconsin finally has its new Union South.

Students and members of the campus community waited expectantly outside of the building’s gleaming exterior to gain the first looks at the new music venue, restaurants, Megan McCormick The Badger Herald rock climbing wall and Students line up by the thousands to be the first to enter the new Union South late Friday morning. other attractions for the

building’s official grand opening on Friday.

When the time for the noon opening rolled around, lines formed quickly dissolved as onlookers rushed into the building.

Marc Kennedy, a Wisconsin Union spokesperson, said while the new facility will be a main attraction on campus, different program offerings at Memorial Union will give students and members of the public a wider array of campus entertainment options.

He also said the opening day could not have been successful without the efforts of Union South’s

workers, which include nearly 200 students and around 30 new full-time faculty.

Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, who was on hand at the building’s dedication ceremony, said the union serves as a “third place” for individuals of different backgrounds to unite at a common hub on campus.

He characterized the atmosphere of the new union as “warm and welcoming” and representative of traits of the greater city of Madison as a whole.

“This place is all about

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UW students march for LGBT support Event attendees silently make way down State Street to rally at Capitol, where cheers, personal testimony help ‘break silence’ Grant Hermes News Reporter Friday marked the nationally recognized Day of Silence, and hundreds of students gathered in the Historical Society building on Library Mall to march to the Capitol in an expression of support for increased tolerance for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.

The “Break the Silence” march was organized by the University of Wisconsin’s LGBT Campus Center. The rally aimed to raise awareness and promote communication about violence against the LGBT community.

More than 1,000 students and supporters turned out for the march to the Capitol. Students from around the UW System who were bussed in free of charge bolstered the number of attendees.

In recognition of the Day of Silence, attendees made the march to the Capitol in silence. Some rally attendees hoisted signs

with slogans expressing tolerance while others were dressed in costumes or held large flags as a show of support.

Onlookers braving the elements lined the sidewalks on State Street to watch the procession.

Marchers received cheers of support from some as they passed and also encountered the occasional sign in opposition to the cause.

When the procession reached the Capitol, activists screamed simultaneously in order to symbolically break the silence. Events in front of the Capitol included performances by student groups and speeches from LGBT rights activists from across the country.

Kasandra Brown, LGBT Campus Center leadership and involvement coordinator, said the event was organized to send a strong and united message that certain negative actions are unacceptable.

“We need to let the public know that the

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Students from UW and other System schools finish the LGBT Day of Silence with a quiet march down State Street, carrying signs and flags along the way. level of homophobia and general intolerance is disgusting,” said Brown, a UW sophomore.

The rally was a part of the LGBT Campus Center’s campus-wide anti-bullying campaign.

The UW Foundation, as well as many other antiharassment organizations from around the state helped to fund the

campaign.

Chancellor Biddy Martin — herself a proud member of the LGBT community — endorsed the rally in a letter of support, writing that although there is no simple solution to LGBT intolerance, rallies like the one on Friday are opportunities for the UW community to show compassion and support

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for a serious issue.

The UW LGBT Campus Center has hosted other rallies like the one Friday, although “Break the Silence” proved to be the largest. The center previously promoted a march in October to raise awareness about recent LGBT suicides as a result of prolonged harassment.

UW freshman RJ Hayes

said he attended the rally in hopes of helping to end negative stigmas and to show support for efforts to discourage homophobic and transphobic harassment.

“It is extremely important for students to be aware that it happens

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MPD team solves cold murder case Review body, founded in 2010, tracks down missing key witness; police say task force will bring closure, justice to victims’ families Katherine Krueger Campus Editor Almost two decades after the trail on the murder of a Madison woman went cold and the investigation slowed, a new criminal charge in the case is credited to the success of the Madison Police Department Cold Case Review Team.

In a press conference held Friday, MPD Chief Noble Wray and Capt.

Jay Lengfeld, the CCRT leader, said the new investigative team’s renewed review of the 1994 case brought forward new testimony, which lead to the filing of a first degree intentional homicide charge against convict Melvin Parker, 47.

After Dorothy Paige, 34, was found stabbed to death in her Allied Drive home, Lengfeld said a number of factors, including the death of the lead detective on the case and a loss of contact with the key witness, resulted in no new leads in the case for nearly 17 years.

Lengfeld said the new

development came after police conducted another round of interviews with individuals involved in the case, which led investigators to pursue Michelle Parker, the suspect’s wife, in Georgia.

Parker was first charged for his role in Paige’s murder in 1998, but the absence of key witnesses lead to the dismissal of the charges.

Among the new testimony gathered by police was information from Michelle Parker, who was considered a key witness in the case before the investigation went to trial. Lengfeld also said detectives on the case were able to submit evidence to the State Crime Laboratory, which was not initially considered during early investigations of the case.

He said CCRT, a body founded in 2010 and funded in part by a grant from the Department of Justice, assesses the “solvability” of cold cases based on a number of factors to ensure no cases

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Cold Case Review Team leader Capt. Jay Lengfeld and Madison Police Department Chief Noble Wray announce the identification and charging of a suspect in a nearly 17-year-old murder case. are left unresolved.

The Paige case is the first to be reviewed by the investigative team and was selected for its high level of solvability when the new model was applied.

“After the review from the team, it was clear that this should become an active investigation,” he said.

Wray said the team would continue to review and consider reopening cases with high solvability factors and devote personnel to the investigation.

He said while this is the first case applied to this new method, the team will prove invaluable in

bringing peace of mind to the families of victims in cold cases and are a proactive step to ensuring justice is served.

After the review from the team it was clear that this should become an open investigation.

Jay Lengfeld Cold Case Review Team Leader

“This is critical in terms of bringing justice to victims,” Wray said. “Not

only do we have a new manner to approach cold cases, families at home can know it’s not just a lottery of waiting for new tips in an investigation.”

He also said CCRT would not apply the new investigative model to the 2008 murder of University of Wisconsin student Brittany Zimmerman, saying the case is still considered active, with personnel and resources still devoted to the case and new leads under investigation.

Melvin Parker is currently serving a 16-year sentence in a Rock County prison on convictions of theft and burglary, Lengfeld said.

Dems find discrepancies in past Waukesha County votes As Prosser declares victory in Supreme Court election amid concerns over unreported ballots, state officials point to 2006 election when extra 18,000 votes counted J.P. Cheng News Reporter Justice David Prosser declared victory in the contentious Supreme Court election Friday, despite escalating scrutiny over votes in Waukesha County.

Prosser declared victory after canvasses of Wisconsin’s 72 counties confirmed he was ahead by 7,316 votes. A statewide certification, which adds up the county results, will be delayed until a Government Accountability Board investigation into the election is completed.

However, Prosser’s campaign is already anticipating a recount. In a statement on his website, Prosser called a recount “the likely next step,” and asked supporters to donate to a “Victory Recount Fund … to protect the integrity of

the ballots cast and deliver a win.”

His opponent, Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg, will have until 5 p.m. Wednesday to call for a recount if she chooses to do so. Because Kloppenburg trails by less than 0.5 percent, the recount would be conducted at the taxpayers’ expense rather than her own.

Prosser’s lead comes after Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus discovered around 14,000 uncounted votes from the Republican stronghold of Brookfield. More than 10,000 of those votes went to Prosser.

Adding to the confusion, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin cried foul last Thursday when apparent inconsistencies in Waukesha for the 2006

Attorney General election between Attorney General J. B. Van Hollen and Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk turned up.

The 2006 figures for Waukesha County show 174,047 votes were cast for the candidates in that race.

However, according to the same figures, only 156,804 votes were cast in the whole election.

The non-partisan GAB’s investigation into the Waukesha ballots will now include the 2006 election, according to GAB Staff Attorney Mike Hoss.

“We’re going to look at the 2006 situation, and we’re going to investigate it,” Hoss said. “But it should be noted that the 2006 results were official results, whereas the Brookfield situation involved an error in the distribution of unofficial

results, which was discovered in a routine canvass.”

Hoss stressed the focus of the investigation was on the Waukesha results, not on Nickolaus.

“We’re not investigating personalities. We won’t be singling her out to delve into her background,” Hoss said. “But she has been cooperating fully.”

He expected the investigators would deliver their preliminary findings on Wednesday.

The Common Cause in Wisconsin organization, a non-partisan group that advocates political transparency and accountability, called for a recount of the current election’s results in order to restore public confidence.

“It may turn out that in fact, Nickolaus just, as she said, made a colossal error,”

said Executive Director Jay Heck. “The Prosser campaign would also want to get to the bottom of it because they don’t want a taint on their victory.”

Heck said he was not particularly concerned about the 2006 election’s discrepancy uncovered by Wisconsin Democrats. Had there been something fishy about the results, Heck said, interested parties should have brought it up five years ago.

Heck also said he does not understand why people have made an issue of the recount’s cost on the taxpayer.

“Can anyone put a price tag on honest elections or public confidence?” he said.

Heck emphasized a recount and further investigations would help eliminate doubt over the Waukesha results.

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Kevin Barnes, front man for of Montreal, performs for a sold out house in Varsity Hall, a 1,500 capacity space in new Union South.

UNION SOUTH, from 1 encouraging people of different backgrounds to come together and mix it up in new ways,” Cieslewicz said.

“The union serves as a microcosm of the definition of a good city.”

Chancellor Biddy Martin said the building features many of the iconic features of Memorial Union, including the terrace chairs, as well as a sustainable design that puts the facility on track to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design gold certification.

The union serves to reflect all that is great and engaging about life on campus, she said.

“I am struck by the diversity of the people in the [building] that can enable chance encounters,” Martin said.

“The union story is the talent, dedication and sense of responsibility of students.”

With the new union’s doors finally open to regular use by the public, members of the Wisconsin Union Directorate are also already planning

larger scale events which members said are better suited to the new spaces provided in Union South.

Mike Sakowski, director of the WUD Society and Politics Committee, said although both union locations bring a unique value to campus, committees will work to leverage different kinds of events in the new location.

He cited larger concerts, which may be cramped in the Rathskeller, movies and nationally recognized speakers as events to be held at Union South but said Memorial Union’s terrace, art galleries and smaller group spaces will remain popular attractions.

While students filtered in to explore the building throughout the day, some arrived with other objectives in mind.

Sarah Artz, a fifth-year student, said she and friends arrived around 11:15 a.m. in an attempt to play the first official game of bowling in the Union South basement.

She said the building’s proximity to Engineering Hall meant she was likely to use the new union on a nearly daily basis.

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Employment rates, salaries for Madison College graduates fall School officials approve funding for health training center, field with many career opportunities Ashley Toy News Reporter A Madison area college published a report boasting an increased number of graduates and level of satisfaction with education, but with a lower percentage of graduates employed and lower average salaries overall.

Madison College’s annual Graduate Employment Report reveals the ups and downs of different statistics related to graduation rate, employment and salary throughout a three-year

time period.

The results for 2010 show a slow decline in percentage of graduates employed, decreasing from 92.7 percent in 2008 to 89.3 percent in 2009 and finally 87.3 percent in 2010.

Average salaries also demonstrated a downward trend. Average full-time hourly pay rates have dropped by $0.69 in the past two years, moving from $15.56 an hour in 2008 to $14.87 an hour in 2010.

Despite these trends, the report shows an increase of almost 600 total graduates from 2009 figures.

Additionally, 96.2 percent of graduates surveyed said they were either satisfied or very satisfied

with the education they had received at Madison College.

Vice President for Student Development Keith Cornille said the report was useful to help Madison College see where improvement is needed and how employers are receiving new graduates.

He added this improvement is at odds with language in Gov. Scott Walker ’s budget proposal, which puts a cap on tax levies used to fund Madison College.

“You have to get a look at the picture with regard to how we’ve funded and are funding sources,” Cornille said. “The hard cap on that tax levy and authority is really limiting

New Glarus, Point breweries move up in national rankings Both companies recognized for quality, amount of beer made, distributed in last year Leah Linscheid News Reporter Two Wisconsin breweries were recently moved up on national lists of top breweries.

Both the New Glarus Brewing Company and Stevens Point Brewery moved up on the list of Top 50 Craft Brewing Beers and Top 50 Top Brewing Beers.

The Brewers Association defines a craft brewer as a small, independent and traditional brewery with an annual production of less than 6 million barrels.

In terms of largest beer sales by volume, New Glarus was listed as the 21st top craft brewing company in America, gaining one spot since last year ’s rankings.

Stevens Point also went up, moving from number 50 to number 44. Minhas

Craft Brewery, out of Monroe, Wis., moved up from the 14th position last year to 11th this year.

“We’re ecstatic to have made the list,” said Julie Birrenkott, a spokesperson for Stevens Point Brewery. “As one of only three Wisconsin breweries on this list, it’s an honor to even be considered. The quality, ingredients and overall care and development of our product have every right to be recognized by the association. This is only the beginning of our expansion.”

Boston Beer Company, brewers of Sam Adams beer, and the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company out of California took first and second place, respectively, followed by the makers of Fat Tire, New Beligum Brewing Company, in third.

The top companies?

Sam Adams out of Boston, Sierra Nevada out of Chico, Calif., and New Belgium, out of Fort

Collins, Colo.

Stevens Point Brewery currently distributes to 25 states, recently adding Texas and North Carolina, though the distribution is focused mainly in the Midwest and the East. The brewery employs a total of 23 people, with 15 unionized workers, Birrenkott said.

The Stevens Point Brewery is currently in the process of expanding its annual production by 25 percent to 100,000 barrels. The expansion of the brewery, including the addition of more warehouse space and new fermenting tanks, is scheduled to finish by May 1.

The lists were compiled from more than 1,700 breweries around the nation, according to the Brewers Association.

The number of breweries within the U.S. is the highest since the 1800s, and Wisconsin alone houses more than 60, said Brewers Association Director Paul Gatza.

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Though the weather was not ideal, students from many UW System schools took free buses to Madison and braved the cold and wet evening to show their support to the state’s LGBT community.

MARCH, from 1 everyday, and too often LGBT issues get put on the back burner,” Hayes said.

Hayes added that efforts from UW

organizations like the LGBT Campus Center are making a significant impact in the battle to get students informed and make UW an increasingly “gay friendly” community in Wisconsin.

The rally was a part of the LGBT Campus Center Out and About Month held during April, which includes 25 events around campus to promote tolerance and awareness of LGBT issues.

PALIN, from 1 American people and with it, his mandate to adhere to the consent of the governed.

“We will fight for America,” said Palin, “and it starts here, in Madison, Wisconsin.”

The rallies successfully united Palin and national activists with local conservatives like Tiger Heberling, a small business owner from Union Grove who said union leaders targeted his business when he refused to display support for their cause.

The rally also drew attention from freshman Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., who expressed support for the mobilization of the Tea Party in an email to The Badger Herald.

“The only way to end the out-of-control spending and debt is to let current elected officials know they have support for making the hard choices to restore fiscal sanity,” said Johnson, who started to make a name for himself at the 2010 Tea

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Tea Party supporters and detractors traded back and forth arguments at a rally, though only one arrest was made.

Party protest in Madison, and then went on to defeat longtime Senate liberal Russ Feingold.

Despite the impassioned dialogue between sides, both rallies were respectful of the different opinions represented and all

different segments of the population were represented, Fetty said.

The majority of the protesters remained calm, with only one individual being arrested by Capitol Police for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

the place where we collect the largest portion of our funds to run the college.”

Cornille said reductions in funding could result in larger class sizes and limited enrollment, which is something he said was not traditionally done by a technical college like Madison College.

He added technical colleges respond to the needs of the community, which meant reacting to the boom in demand for education and job training following the recent economic downturn.

Although tax revenue funding is limited, Madison College is moving forward with a project for the construction of the new Allied Health Center,

a facility to integrate studies in different health professions and help raise the job retention percentage rate for college graduates.

Cornille said while looking at future jobs for graduates, health fields show a need for crosstraining in different health areas instead of just one field of study.

The building would allow Madison College to bring all health programs together to share resources and update technology while also allowing for training in multiple fields.

In order to fund the project, Madison College is borrowing $41.5 million to be paid back over 20 years, Michele Wiberg, a

representative from PMA Securities Inc., Madison College’s financial advising firm, said in an email to The Badger Herald.

Wiberg said the 20-year period is appropriate for paying back a loan of this size and type, and investors continue to express interest in Madison College. She added the interest rate of the loan was lower than originally anticipated.

“The interest rate is 4.01 percent,” Wiberg said. “In our most recent preliminary planning scenarios for the college, we were estimating 4.50 percent, so we are pleased, as is the college, with the results.”

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Herald Editorial The passion of the Manes Earlier this month, Student Services Finance Committee Chair Matt Manes was a man on a mission.

At issue were a string of recent rulings concerning Wisconsin Student Public Interest Research Group and Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow, both of which SSFC found ineligible to receive funding from the General Student Services Fund. When the Associated Students of Madison Student Judiciary repeatedly ruled in the student groups’ favor, Manes decided he had had it.

He commenced impeachment proceedings on Vice Chief Justice

Tim Hogan, a thirdyear law student, charging the judicial body did not follow proper procedure and regularly overstepped its bounds.

While the attempted impeachment never went to trial, Manes’ crusade inadvertently further shed light on an oft-held sentiment: GSSF eligibility criteria must be reformed.

When Manes met with this board earlier this month, he brought the text of a recent Judiciary ruling. Manes charged the document was proof of their disregard for working well with SSFC and talked at length about how they had gone so far as to provide their

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Though SSFC Chair Matt Manes’ effort to impeach a Student Judiciary justice never went to trial, the ensuing drama was a strong reminder of the ineptitude of current GSSF funding criteria. frustration, but the reality is a clearer definition of how student groups can procure funding would also result in clearer rulings.

In the meantime, this

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own definitions for several words SSFC uses regularly to decide what groups are eligible for funding.

These included the infamous “direct service” — something any group must prove they provide to students in order to receive funding — and the formerly undefined “tailorable” and “requestable” services.

While there may be greater issues at hand with Student Judiciary, the fact they felt the need to define these words speaks volumes about the mess that is GSSF eligibility criteria.

Manes griped the impeachment process was the only way he knew to convey his

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board would like to point back to Manes’ Campus Service Fund proposal, which would allow essential student services to continuously receive funding without going

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through the SSFC process each year.

After all, SSFC is going to need some extra time to continue its endless loop of WISPIRG hearings.

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Cautious yet optimistic cheers in order for Mifflin Block Party changes Alicia Yager Editorial Board Member It’s almost that magical time of year when downtown residents herald in the arrival of spring and the end of the school year by drinking beer out of a hollowedout plastic yard flamingo.

The Mifflin Street Block Party has long been a staple of campus life since its origins during the tumultuous Vietnam War era of the late ‘60s. In fact, recent Mayor-elect Paul Soglin was among the first attendees of the Block Party, intended as an anti-war protest event, and managed to get arrested twice. That’s definitely the kind of tenacity I like to see in an elected official.

Of course, the Block Party has tamed down since its activist origins

and evolved into the daylong drinking festival we see today. But as it still consists largely of illegal activities such as open intoxicant violations and underage drinking, the city is always looking for ways to make Mifflin at least somewhat palatable for them.

This year, control of the Block Party switched hands when campus radio station WSUM pulled out of its sponsorship, and the owners of Majestic Live, along with Capitol Neighborhoods, Inc., stepped in with a new vision for Mifflin. Among the proposed changes are lifting the ban on drinking on the streets and sidewalks, having several beer stands throughout the street instead of a beer garden and an increased focus on musical acts.

I can hear people scoffing already:”They’re trying to corporatize Mifflin and turn it into some stupid, lame music festival just like how they ruined State Street

Halloween.”

But in reality, Mifflin has been “corporatized” since the former Mifflin Street Co-op decided to help legitimize the party back in the ‘70s.

What’s more, once the Co-op stepped in to sponsor Mifflin, the

With the suspended open container law, there’s really nothing anyone can do to stop you from taking out your pocket flask... to toast the police officer you just took a picture with. police presence finally eased up a bit on its “hippie busting” bender and allowed the party to flourish and attendance to grow. So in all fairness, having some form of sponsorship behind Mifflin has been a good thing overall.

This year also marks

the first time since 1991 the city will overlook its open container law in order to complement the idea of open beer vendors along the street.

I’m a pretty big fan of this decision since people won’t just get arrested the second they step off a yard and onto a sidewalk like in years past.

I just have to wonder what else the police will find to do since they aren’t worried about open containers. I highly doubt the city will cut back on police presence that day, so their attention could focus more on house raids and underage tickets.

It’s also strange that CNI, the neighborhood association that has previously been the Rex Banner of Mifflin celebrations, would agree to take up the mantle of beer vendor this year.

I guess the spirit of capitalism is alive and well, even among those with rigid collective morals.

But it will be tough to limit people to drinking just the beer from

vendor carts, which CNI and Majestic Live are banking on to help cover sponsorship costs. Even if it’s something like $3 per cup, it’s just so much easier and less expensive to carry in your own booze.

And with the suspended open container law, there’s really nothing anyone can do to stop you from taking out your pocket flask in the middle of the street to toast the police officer you just took a picture with.

Mifflin gets expensive, so I understand the need to make some money wherever possible, but I’m just not seeing how practical it is for the new sponsors to try paying live music costs on top of typical Mifflin expenses.

In fact, organizers recently scaled back plans for this year after Madison Police rejected their idea of hiring a private security company to “compel” people to only drink vendor beer. MPD rightly acknowledged having someone with no legal

authority trying to tell drunken students what they can or cannot drink will just lead to a heap of unnecessary problems.

With ideas like that one, I’m just hoping those future plans for a “mini Lollapalooza” don’t include wristband and gating fees, which will surely meet protest from partygoers.

I am not denying how hard it must have been for Majestic Live and CNI to hammer out Mifflin plans when they admittedly got a late start after WSUM pulled out, but I’d say there are still some lingering questions — both short and longterm — about what Mifflin will look like, and I would like to see them answered.

But hey, Mifflin has changed for the better before, so I’ll try to be optimistic and raise at least one glass of vendor beer to the sponsors.

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Earth Day a reminder of how far Wisconsin environmentalism has fallen Cruz Ramirez Staff Writer Had Gaylord Anton Nelson not died in 2005, I’m sure he would have enjoyed Madison more now than ever. He would walk down Charter Street and marvel at the new natural gas plant that replaced coal, make his way to the Union and quench his thirst without the taste of phosphorous, and after lunch he doesn’t have to decide what to put into the recycle bin, because there isn’t one.

I’m sure he would be so proud, he would walk up to the Capitol and shake Scott Walker’s hand.

I am of course being facetious. Gaylord Nelson is a famous Wisconsin politician who was able to balance economics

and environment; Scott Walker is not.

This Friday is Earth Day, and in the progressive spirit of Nelson I would like to point out certain policy decisions that uproot the precedent he started here in Wisconsin.

Let us begin with the power plant on Charter Street. It was supposed to be biomass competent, and instead Walker changed the plan to burn only natural gas.

Congratulations, you met federal environmental emission standards, applause. The plan was to save the state money, and I’m sure that money will be used to invest in job creation as Walker sees fit.

But, wouldn’t the biofuel have come from the states’ farmers and foresters, creating jobs and ushering us to the path of green technology?

Is natural gas even sustainable? As with coal, it’s not and will eventually run out.

Does Wisconsin even have enough natural gas, other than when we eat beer and brats all day at German Fest? The people at Wisconsin Public Service say Wisconsin doesn’t produce any of its own natural gas. That means the state has to pay to import it. So instead of being environmentally progressive, we’re just going to pay little and pollute just slightly less.

Let us look at a more recent policy of Walker’s that cuts funding to counties’ recycling programs in the middle of a fiscal year: The state plans to cut $13 million from its recycling budget starting June 1.

Does this make any sense when it costs money to put trash in a landfill? All the while, it is cheaper to produce reused goods than fabricate products from raw ores that have to be mined at an environmental cost.

Landfills are only a temporary solution.

You can only sweep your garbage under the rug until your rug is a mountain messing with the feng shui of the living room.

Those in charge have the same fears.

“Recycling managers are concerned that cuts to recycling programs would lead residents to illegally discard recyclables with their regular trash. That would mean higher garbage disposal costs and harm to the environment,” as reported in the Wisconsin Journal Sentinel.

The most detrimental policy, though, is the deregulation of phosphorous dumping into Wisconsin’s waters.

The plan is not only for phosphorous either.

“Walker also wants to relax regulations affecting runoff pollution — manure, dirt, fertilizer and the oily grime of urban streets. Runoff pollution is considered Wisconsin’s leading source of water quality

problems,” also as the Journal Sentinel reports.

Again, this policy is done in the name of saving the state money by relieving strain on municipalities. But I’m sure the Koch brothers’ Georgia Pacific paper plant wouldn’t mind either, as they are one of the largest releasers of phosphorous into the lower Fox River.

To those conservatives who think I’m a raging tree-hugger and say, “Who cares? No one died from eating a little shit with their drinking water, it’ll put hair on your chest,” first, I ask: When was the last time you had shit in your mouth, besides when you talk?

And no it won’t put hair on my chest, only tumors.

Manure in our water won’t be good. “Infants less than six months are most susceptible to nitrate poisoning. High nitrate levels in groundwater can reduce the blood’s capacity to carry oxygen, causing a fatal condition

in infants called blue baby syndrome,” according to WDNR. I enjoy looking at the newest mutant fish as much as the next American, but I think deregulating the dumping of chemicals into our lakes and rivers to save money is foolish.

When I eat fish I want it looking at me with two eyes instead of three.

On Earth Day, I implore you to enjoy it in such a manner that respects the concept. Weather permitting, run down our Lakeshore path, breath the fresh air, lay in the grass, drink bottled water and recycle it. Don’t take for granted what this state has to offer because I’m sure Gaylord Nelson is going to be rolling in his grave over these new policies. Well, if they haven’t used the space for a landfill, that is.

Cruz Ramirez (caramirez2@wisc.edu) is a senior majoring in English.

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Gorillaz’ new album ‘falls’ short of fan expectations Despite interesting recording backstory, ‘The Fall’ ceases to impress with quirky sonic mess Adelaide Blanchard ArtsEtc. Writer What do you get when you combine road trip malaise, one fancy touchscreen gadget and a slew of musical talent and instruments?

You get the latest Gorillaz album, The Fall.

It’s a risky move to bank on novelty as the driving force of an album, and it goes about as far as it can with a hodge-podge of quirky bits and indulgent experimentation.

On Christmas Day 2010, the album debuted online as gift to the band’s fan club members with an intriguing back story: All 15 tracks had been recorded on front man Damon Albarn’s iPad during the band’s North American “Escape to Plastic Beach” tour in October 2010. Ambitious, considering most people play the alphabet game or nap on the road.

No doubt you have

a junk drawer at your house filled with odds and ends, some of them tiny treasures in their own right, some of them absolute junk.

The Fall is an audio version of that junk drawer, with some pieces clearly better than others.

As soon as “Phoner to Arizona” kicks off, you know you’re in for something strange, and it plays like a tune Beetlejuice has on vinyl.

Listen closely, and you’ll hear the faint echoes of a recycled beat from “Don’t Get Lost in Heaven” off their 2005 album Demon Days. It’s subtle enough that catching it proves to be a pleasant surprise.

“The sun has come to save me/ put a little love into my lonely soul,” Albarn croons on “Amarillo,” one of the album’s gems. A song about lost love and moving forward features Albarn’s melancholy vocals paired with a slow, synthy beat, making it one of the more substantive tracks.

But “Amarillo” — a

truly beautiful, well-made song — fades into “The Speak It Mountains,” which starts with at least three disembodied voices saying over and over: “The air is thinner.

It is the dawn. Time has shifted. It is the dawn.”

Listen to it if you’ve never had a freaky dream, because that’s what it sounds like. So, thanks for canning that experience into a track, Gorillaz.

Creepy sound effects aside, some of the tracks just don’t feel finished.

They bleed into one another, and the absence of lyrics in most of the songs puts a lot of pressure on the looped beats — pressure they unfortunately collapse under.

Oh, and Bobby Womack shows up, too, in “Bobby in Phoenix.”

In a completely uninspiring performance, Womack either wrote or was given a very boring set of lyrics — “Let’s talk about feelings/ It’s got a way to helping you to breathe a little better” — that sound suspiciously

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Perhaps giddy with the ability to record on an iPad, Gorillaz produced an unconventional hodge-podge of experimental farce. similar to his part in Plastic Beach.

“What the hell. Let’s just have Bobby Womack sing for a little bit,” is what I imagine Damon Albarn said as he crafted the track list.

That should probably be qualified with the fact that Womack does indeed have an excellent voice, but it brings up a bigger problem with the album’s overall lack of cohesiveness.

The ingrained

cacophony and the often playful but vacuous rhythms make for a listening experience that falls short.

So what to do with The Fall? Well, it was made on an iPad, so that’s cool, but what’s not cool is riding that noveltywave to get your $12.

Those who enjoy musical curiosities should give it a whirl, but this is one of the Gorillaz’s seemingly inspirational projects that is okay to skip.

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Reprising her role as Gale Weathers, Courtney Cox masters the look of terror as much as her surgically altered face will allow.

Ghostface strikes back: ‘Scream 4’ reunites franchise fans again Wes Craven reminds viewers why ‘Scre4m’ is still a perennial story with an immortal villain Tyler Riefke ArtsEtc. Writer “Don’t fuck with the original,” swears Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott, Wes Craven’s not-so-distressed damsel in the latest installment of his hit slasher franchise, “Scream.”

Craven (“My Soul to Take”), known for the ultra-self-allusiveness of his horror flicks, takes his trademark to the brink of absurdity — with perhaps a toe or three over the line — and halfway back again.

Beginning with a movie within a movie within a movie montage, “Scream 4” reminds us just how unnecessary the scary movie franchise is. With all its own cerebral-tothe-point-of-ridiculous dialogic deconstructions of the genre, it puts even its predecessors to shame.

“Meta” is the name of the game, and it’s played to the teeth.

Campbell (“Agent Crush”), the “Scream” series poster girl, returns as a somewhat harder, stronger and more fisticuff-savvy version of her horror-stricken, and younger, Sidney Prescott.

Alongside Campbell, “Scream 4” sees the essential return of Courteney Cox (“Bedtime Stories”) as desperate reporter-turnedbookwriter, Gale Riley nee Weathers and David Arquette (“The Land of the Astronauts”) as bumbling

deputy turned bumbling sheriff, Dewey Riley. The on and offscreen couple had no trouble conveying the high-strung bitterness of their relationship, and it comes as no surprise that, as of the film’s release, Cox and Arquette have separated.

The rest of the supporting/suspect cast features cameos (in the spirit of the “Scream” within a “Scream” film series) from Anna Paquin and Kristen Bell, as well as larger supporting roles by Hayden Panettiere, Emma Roberts and Rory Culkin.

The film follows Sidney as she returns home to Woodsborough, the smalltown setting of the first “Scream” movie, for the first time since the events of that initial film. Just as she has apparently reached some level of peace and found the courage to return to Woodsborough on the last stop of a bestselling book tour, Ghostface strikes again.

This time, the film swears coyly to itself and its viewers, everything will be different. New rules. The unexpected is expected. The expected is expected. At least one of your guesses will be correct.

Everything is (not) what it seems.

As proclaimed by certain members of the vast supporting/suspect cast, this installment of the unreal horror that surrounds one woman’s life is not merely a followup to the previous films, but rather a kind of remake.

This film’s version of

the perennial film-geek, in-movie commentary (portrayed by Erik Knudson and Rory Culkin) keeps the viewer informed — and at times annoyed — of just how cluttered in self-reference the series has always been. In “Scream 2,” the movie’s killer, played

by Timothy Olyphant, called his own actions as “life imitating art imitating life.” In “Scream 4,” we are shown something that seems more like an infinity shot of art imitating art imitating itself.

It is through these ceaseless convolutions that the film both pokes fun at and attempts to criticproof itself. The success of this attempt is yet to be determined.

While at times didactic and obnoxious in its attempt to both realize and subvert the post-modern metafictional grain that seems to define so much of contemporary narrative art, “Scream 4” delivers a surprising level of entertainment with a neat little bow as long as you don’t take it too seriously.

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I used to not “get” NBC’s U.S. adaptation of “The Office.” I didn’t find the jokes amusing, couldn’t connect with the pencil-pushing characters and was creeped out by the eerie, glaring absence of a laugh track for its mockumentary filming style. Above all this, though, I used to hate Michael Scott (Steve Carell, “Dinner for Schmucks”).

The man was the pinnacle of unprofessionalism in my mind, clearly unable in all accounts to run his branch of Dunder Mifflin Paper Company with any degree of efficiency. Infuriated, I envisioned my future self as a Pam (Jenna Fischer, “Hall Pass”) or Angela (Angela Kinsey, “Furry Vengeance”) working beneath him, and swore I would never put up with such a terrible leader in the workplace.

But then I realized, as friends wiser and less masochistic than myself intervened to point out, “The Office” is just a show — and a hilarious one at that. Thus my appreciation, and even endearment, for Carell’s Michael began to grow. I only wish I could have somehow come to this conclusion sooner, because as soon as Season 7 winds down for the summer, he’ll be gone.

Although NBC has signed on for an eighth go-around, “The Office” will be Carell-less for all intents and purposes. Ever since it was announced in September that he’d be leaving the show, viewers have been wondering how exactly he’d make his exit — myself included.

I feel that Greg Daniels, the developer for the U.S. version of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s BBC show, has done a graceful and believable job with the storyline leading up to the departure of Dunder Mifflin’s No.

1 beloved oddball. This is no easy task, as it is nearly impossible to not seem contrived when the audience is completely aware the screenplay is under the constraints of an actor’s personal agenda.

Plus, with a light comedy like “The Office,” they could hardly just kill him off without appearing unnecessarily morbid.

If you haven’t been keeping up to date with the goings on at your favorite paper supply company, here’s a quick rundown.

Holly (Amy Ryan, “Green Zone”) came back to Dunder Mifflin and is still living with her boyfriend

Although NBC has signed on for an eighth go-around, “The Office” will be Carell-less for all intents and purposes.

A.J., but they break up after a few episodes. Michael and Holly start dating and are engaged soon after.

However, Holly wants to move to Colorado to be closer to her aging parents — and asks Michael to come with her.

Now, Michael needs to find an heir to his throne at Dunder Mifflin — and therein lies Steve Carell’s escape route from the show. Who would have guessed he would find a replacement in “Anchorman” star and SNL legend Will Ferrell?

Ferrell plays the “new Michael Scott,” embodied in working man Deangelo Vickers.

For those of you who have become accustomed to, or even grown to expect, a “spoiler alert” before a paragraph of this nature, suck it. Maybe you shouldn’t have been neglecting the funniest show on television the past six months.

Ferrell’s performance on the show, in last week’s episode, was promising.

At first it was pretty weird, as anyone replacing the character would be. Picture Paul Giamatti (“Duplicity,” “Lady in the Water”) playing Michael Scott —

totally unnerving, right?

Yet he was the show’s original pick to head up the Scranton branch.

Ferrell had a constant stream of genuinely funny jokes, which is to be expected from the costar of “Step Brothers.”

There was an immediate conflict with the jealousyprone Michael, who is still around to make sure his replacement gets properly settled, but the tone is still very comedic. It is apparent that screenwriters are trying to assert a sterner second nature in his character, which comes out a few times in the episode, “Training Day.” But, it works.

Thankfully, Daniels had sense enough to make up an entirely new character instead of trying to find someone that looks like Carell to inconspicuously take his place, though Ben Stiller may have been almost convincing — call me crazy, but I have been known to confuse the two. Admittedly, that tactic worked in the “Harry Potter” series with Dumbledore, but has been far less successful when used on any character without a four-foot-long white beard.

Another good move on producers’ part was casting an actor fairly similar to Carell. The two comedians have picked similar projects in recent years — easily comparable roles are Ferrell’s lead in “Megamind” and Carell’s soft-hearted villain in “Despicable Me,” a project he worked on with one of the producer/directors of “The Office,” Mindy Kaling, who also plays Kelly on the show.

Ferrell’s entrance to the plot of “The Office” was not exactly achieved through deus ex machina, but it is clear that the developer’s hand was carefully calculating this maneuver every step of the way. We’ll have to keep watching to see how smoothly the transition goes in full.

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Wisconsin bounces back, beats PSU on Senior Day After honoring lone senior Michalicka, UW emerges with 6-1 win over Penn St. Erin Barney Men’s Tennis Writer Nielsen Tennis Stadium was initially filled with disappointment and later celebration this weekend as the Wisconsin men’s tennis team competed in its final regular season home matches of the year.

The Badgers got off to a rough start Friday when they were shut out by the Ohio State Buckeyes, but after the intimidating events of Friday, Sunday’s match began with a celebration.

It was Senior Day at Nielsen, and the Badgers honored their sole senior captain, Marek Michalicka.

Soon after his achievements were recognized, the Badgers began their battle with the Penn State Nittany Lions.

Doubles play was bittersweet for UW, as Russell Bader and Eddie Bourchier of PSU upset Michalicka and Billy Bertha, 8-3. The No. 1 pair was forced to cheer its remaining teammates from the sidelines in hopes that they could pick up the slack to pull off the

TUNE-UP, from 8 minute clock. They left the field celebrating and chest bumping.

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HENSON, from 8 and I’m doing whatever I can to help the team win.”

But that’s not the only questionable perspective I found.

Here’s what a scout said about Tolzien to the Journal Sentinel: “He will be a third and smarter than the starting quarterback. He manages the game. He can’t win a championship for you. He couldn’t bring them back against TCU. He’s just not gifted enough to do it.”

Everyone agrees Tolzien is probably destined to hold a clipboard in the NFL. He doesn’t have ideal measurables or arm strength, but he’d be a reliable backup quarterback — a guy who won’t make costly mistakes and who’ll know the offense perfectly.

No problem with that sentiment.

But it’s not fair to say Tolzien can’t win a championship because he couldn’t bring the Badgers back against TCU. You’re going to discount Tolzien because Horned Frogs’ linebacker Tank Carder made an incredible individual play to knock Tolzien’s gametying 2-point try down? If

doubles point win.

“We came out and expected to win,” Bertha said. “But they came out with a lot of energy and hopped on us early. We couldn’t come back from that slow start.”

Fortunately, the Nos. 2 and 3 doubles pairs of Fredrik Ask and Rod Carey and Ricardo Martin and Alexander Teppert held their own, clinching the doubles point for the Badgers and kicking Sunday off to a good start.

The Badgers’ good fortunes continued, as they had just one loss in singles play. No. 3 Petr Satral, who did not play in a doubles match, fell to Bader, 6-2, 6-2.

After that, Wisconsin couldn’t be stopped. Ask, Carey and Michalicka sealed the win for the Badgers as they grabbed the remaining points needed for a victory.

Bertha and Martin were the last matches to finish up, both ending on tie break points. Martin split sets and then dominated 10-6 in a super tiebreaker to secure the fifth Badger point. Both of Bertha’s sets were close, as he won the first 6-4 and the second went to a tiebreaker, where he defeated Jason Lee 7-3.

“The doubles loss added some extra motivation for both me and Marek to go out there and win in singles,” Bertha said.

Head coach Greg Van Emburgh was pleased with his team’s ability to bounce back from a tough loss Friday and finish up its last home weekend strong.

“We responded really well and the guys fought today even though we were down in a couple singles matches,” Van Emburgh said. “They fought back and made a lot of balls. I think that shows their commitment to their games and what they are trying to achieve this season.”

The downward spiral began with all three doubles teams losing. First to fall was the pair of Martin and Satral.

The Buckeyes’ aggressive net play and strong serve returns resulted in the first Ohio State win of the day. Martin and Satral lost 8-1, holding serve only once late in the match.

No. 1 doubles partners Bertha and Michalicka followed shortly thereafter, and the duo was able to stay in the matchup until 4-5.

However, they didn’t win a game after that, losing 8-4 to Peter Kobelt and Matt Allare.

Claxton both sat out Saturday, though both supposedly with minor injuries to shoulder and ribs, respectively. …

Phillips did not suit up at all for the first time this spring, though that may have been because most

of the practice was spent doing live work with few non-contact drills. … Jacob Pedersen got rolled up on the back of his legs and was taken off the field to have his right ankle taped up and iced.

He did not return but was

Carder loses his footing, gets pancaked by the UW O-line and Tolzien completes that pass, does that give him a higher NFL grade?

That’s absurd.

Point to his mechanics or question his arm strength if you want, but Tolzien proved he could win the Badgers a game with his arm.

UW’s running game was so good last year, Tolzien rarely needed to sling the ball around and engineer a comeback.

But in that same game in Iowa City where Nagy impressed, Tolzien led a game-winning, 15-play touchdown drive. UW went with an empty backfield, shotgun formation and Tolzien delivered against the Hawkeyes at a point in the season when they still cared enough to try.

Takes a pretty gifted signal caller to pull that off.

Sure, Tolzien and Nagy aren’t perfect.

Neither are the scouts.

Max is a senior majoring in journalism. Think Tolzien and Nagy will be prove the doubters wrong?

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HEARTBREAKERS, from 8 Indiana prevailed 4-3 on Saturday afternoon in eight innings at IU Softball Field.

The Badgers hit a pair of home runs in the loss but fall to 22-16 on the season and 2-5 in conference play. Indiana improves to 26-15 and 7-2 in the Big Ten. Tied 3-3 in the eighth inning, Wisconsin drew back-to-back walks to start the frame, but Indiana starter Morgan Melloh struck out the next two batters before getting Karla Powell to line out to shortstop to end the threat.

In the bottom of the inning, Breanna Saucedo singled to lead off and moved to second as Ashley Warrum followed with a single of her own. Sara Olson then hit a single to left field, which skipped away from UW left fielder Abby Gregory, letting the winning run cross the plate.

Melloh, who entered the game with 328 strikeouts in 217.1 innings, struck out 21 for Indiana. It was the most strikeouts ever recorded by an opposing pitcher

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Marek Michalicka played in his final regular season home match Sunday at Nielsen Stadium, and he was recognized before the match during a Senior Day celebration.

The freshman pair of Carey and Ask was able to endure the longest, as their match went to a tiebreak.

However, Ohio State gained the doubles point when Balazs Novak and Blaz Rola took down Ask and Carey, 8-7.

Singles play ended almost as quickly as it had started for some Badgers. Martin was nearly swept in the No. 4 singles position, as he was defeated, 6-0, 6-1, by Novak. Satral was unable to hold his own in the No. 3 spot against Allare and lost, 6-2, 6-4, giving Ohio State

three out of the four points it needed to seal yet another conference win. Bertha tallied the Badger loss that gave the Buckeyes the final point they needed for the win. Bertha had his usual strong service game, but he struggled with his backhand ground strokes and fell, 6-4, 7-6, to Rola.

Ohio State’s Chase Buchanan spoiled Michalicka’s spotless Big Ten singles record, defeating him 7-5, 6-1. In the first set, things were going well for the senior, as he jumped out to a 4-1 lead. However,

Michalicka let Buchanan back in and eventually won at 5-7.

“He got mad, which helped me to break his serve,” Michalicka said.

“Then I held 4-1. I was up, I had it right there, I just couldn’t do it.”

Michalicka was unable to shake the disappointment of that first set loss and was handily defeated 6-1 in the quick second set.

“It’s always like that,” Michalicka said.

“You shouldn’t let it bother you.

I just wasn’t that good at fighting through it today.”

able to walk around on his own power.

were well out of sorts Saturday.

The No. 2 offensive line was hit with at least five holding penalties and at one point false-started two plays in a row.

White lost a fumble to start a drive — curiously

enough, it was Joel Stave’s one series with the No. 1 offense — and took a lap to pay the price.

The little things that made such a big difference for the offense last season held them back Saturday.

Mental Mistakes After a season spent building a well-deserved reputation as an offense that didn’t shoot itself in the foot, the Badgers against Wisconsin. Only three of the Badgers’ 24 outs were made in the field.

Cassandra Darrah suffered the loss for Wisconsin, falling to 12-6 on the year. Darrah battled throughout the game, stranding 14 Indiana runners on base.

The Corydon, Iowa, native struck out four, walked four and gave up four runs – three earned – while yielding 12 hits in throwing her teamleading 13th complete game of the year.

Indiana immediately posed a scoring threat in the first by loading the bases with no one out after a single, walk and hit by pitch. But UW starter Cassandra Darrah worked her way out of the jam unscathed.

Darrah first got Amanda Wagner to hit an infield fly to shortstop then struck out Melloh swinging. The inning ended as Cassie Gogreve grounded out to Blackshear at third.

After stranding two more runners in the second inning, the Hoosiers plated three runs.

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‘D’ stands tall in last tune-up scrimmage Defense forces turnovers, makes plays; offense still trying to find consistency Michael Bleach Senior Sports Writer

Stephanie Moebius The Badger Herald

Safety Aaron Henry intercepted quarterback Jon Budmayr in practice Saturday and nearly scored.

If spring football can be used as any sort of barometer for where the Wisconsin Badgers’ personnel stand, one fact stood out as Saturday’s practice came to a close.

The offense has a ways to go in catching up to the defense.

In a practice with live tackling and situational scrimmaging, Wisconsin’s No. 1 offense started out hot, scoring touchdowns on its first two drives and covering 60 yards on both occasions.

Then the defense clamped down.

The second-team offense never managed to score a touchdown, and the first-teamers only got one more score when running back James White broke away on a run and took it to the house from 45 yards out.

Otherwise, the defense contained the running game and shut down the passing attack.

Quarterback Competition With Joe Brennan routinely struggling to lead the No. 2 offense, Jon Budmayr has never been threatened during spring ball as the No. 1 starter.

Yet, Budmayr has done little to cement his status as starter heading into the fall with quarterback Curt Phillips returning from injury.

Budmayr tossed two more interceptions Saturday — against one touchdown — and missed several open receivers.

During two attempts at a red zone drill, the No. 1 offense was unable to put the ball in the end zone, with Budmayr watching three of his passes fall incomplete. He avoided having any passes blocked at the line for the first practice all spring, but still forced too many balls into tight windows.

On his first interception, Budmayr failed to look off safety Aaron Henry, who had a chance to return the pick for a touchdown if the coaches hadn’t blown the play dead.

Chris Ash admitted this spring he is trying to instill a sense of swagger into his guys on “D.” If someone makes a big play, he wants them to celebrate it.

Never was this more apparent than when the No. 1 defense and offense matched up for a twominute drill. While the offense moved the ball down to the three-yard line after broken coverage allowed tight end Brian Wozniak to get free for a big gain, the defense clamped down from there.

On second down, Budmayr tossed a wellplaced fade route to receiver Jeff Duckworth, who managed to get both hands on the ball before being crushed by Devin Smith. The senior cornerback immediately got up after breaking up the pass and stood over Duckworth talking smack.

One play later, the defense converged in the middle to keep running back Montee Ball just short of the end zone as time ran out on the two-

Red Zone Respect Defensive coordinator

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Analyzing NFL scouts’ evaluations of Wisconsin prospects Max Henson Take it to the Max Quite often, NFL scouts are wrong.

They have a challenging job. A job that requires them to predict the future success of collegiate athletes for teams prepared to spend millions.

They attend everything from the scouting combine to pro days and private workout sessions, charting every move a prospect makes, hoping to deliver an accurate grade to their respective war rooms.

It’s widely understood that there will be inexplicable busts each

year. That just comes with the territory of being a scout.

But you’d assume all the proper research is done to ensure teams make the best pick possible.

You’d assume they know everything there is to know about each player they scout.

Well, apparently that’s not always the case.

Yesterday, Bob McGinn of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel had a story that provided unnamed scouts’ takes on various players from Wisconsin high schools or colleges, leading up to the draft.

For the most part, the scouts’ insights made sense. Their evaluations of the former Badgers were in line with what we saw here at UW throughout the past couple seasons.

But then I got to Bill Nagy and Scott Tolzien.

Both players are expected to be late picks or free agent signees. For them, each scout’s view is critical as they try to get one team to take a chance on them towards the end of the draft. Most coaches and general managers aren’t spending a lot of time studying film of Nagy and Tolzien — it’s the scouts who get paid to find those lateround contributors.

But sometimes these scouts’ logic makes you scratch your head.

We’ll start with Nagy.

Here’s what one scout told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “There’s just no reason why he can’t come to an NFL team and be a center-

guard for at minimum four years, Every time he went into a game he played well. Between that kid and that coach there’s something going on.

They don’t talk him up.

They don’t seem to think he’s much of a prospect, but the tape to me shows different.

I don’t get why he didn’t start at center or guard.”

Lets break this down.

The scout spoke highly of Nagy, noting his ability to come into games when needed and perform at a high level.

Then the scout hints there may have been a player-coach dispute, which explains why Nagy wasn’t named a starter.

That’s news to me.

Sometimes these scouts’ logic makes you scratch your head.

That’s news to anyone who covered the Wisconsin football team this past year.

Nagy was the oddman-out for the deepest offensive line in the country. He had a shot to win a starting job at right guard heading into the season but lost out to Kevin Zeitler — one of the top interior lineman in the Big Ten. And as for the center position? Some scouts say Peter Konz was the best O-lineman the Badgers had last season (including Carimi and Moffitt). Nagy wasn’t slighted. He played behind some of the best lineman in college football.

What’s worse is the other part of the scouts’ take could be interpreted as one of those “character issues” we always hear about come draft day.

What did he do to lose favor with the staff? Why

does Nagy have a poor relationship with head coach Bret Bielema?

There is no evidence that shows these are questions that need to be asked.

Bielema constantly praised Nagy for his hard work and dedication to the team. The senior played three positions for Bielema (guard, center and tight end) and did what he could to get on the field.

His performance against Iowa, when he replaced the injured Konz, drew tons of praise.

“Billy Nagy pops in, takes off the tight end jersey number and steps in there. Unbelievable, selfless act to give us that win,” Bielema said.

Here’s what Nagy had to say after the 31-30 victory: “That’s my role,

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Badgers suffer back-to-back heartbreakers Wisconsin falls 4-3 at Indiana in extra innings Saturday, allows late rally to Hoosiers in 6-3 loss Sunday BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Karla Powell matched a career high with three RBI, but Indiana rallied for four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning on a walkoff grand slam to defeat the

Badgers, 6-3, on Sunday afternoon at IU Softball Field.

The loss drops Wisconsin to 22-17 overall and 2-6 in the Big Ten, while Indiana improves to 27-15 on the

season and 8-2 within the conference.

For the second time in the series, the Badgers used the long ball to take an early lead.

Shannel Blackshear drew

a one-out walk before being pinch-run for by Venessa Nunez. After a strikeout, Karla Powell drove an 0-1 pitch to straight-away center - her team-leading ninth of the year - to spot UW a 2-0 lead.

Indiana responded in the bottom of the inning by taking advantage of a pair of Badger errors.

Breanna Saucedo led off and ended up at second base after Whitney Massey committed an error in left field. Ashley Warrum flew out to center field, but Sara Olson was able to draw a walk to put runners on first and second with one out.

Amanda Wagner then lifted a fly ball to right field but it popped out of Kendall Grimm’s glove, letting Saucedo score from second.

The Badgers added to their lead in the third inning, and again it was Powell who had the big hit.

With two outs already in the inning, Stephanie Peace pulled a grounder over third base and reached second on a fielding error by IU left fielder Heather Nelson. Powell made the Hoosiers pay as she dropped a single in to right field during the next at bat. Peace raced home from second just

Zhao Lim The Badger Herald file photo

Amanda Najdek pitched 3.2 innings Sunday and allowed three hits and two runs (one earned) with four strikeouts and two walks. in front of the throw and Wisconsin had a 3-1 lead.

The Hoosiers threatened in the bottom of the inning, loading the bases with one out. The Badgers were able to get out of it though as Peace fielded a grounder and came home to get the second out on a force out. Amanda Najdek then struck out Cassie Gogreve to end the threat.

Indiana cut the lead to one run in the fifth inning as Morgan Melloh singled to right field with the bases loaded and one out.

The bases remained full, but UW avoided further

damage as Najdek fielded a grounder to start a 1-2-3 double play.

In the seventh inning, Indiana got back-to-back singles from Saucedo and Warrum, putting runners on the corners.

UW intentionally walked Olson to load the bases before Wagner ended the game by turning on a pitch and putting the ball over the wall in left field for a walk-off grand slam.

Wisconsin rallied to force extra innings, but

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