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Woman rushed to hospital after fall Alder: Individual may not overcome life-threatening injuries; students witness Katherine Krueger Campus Editor Madison Police Department officers were dispatched to the Langdon Street neighborhood Wednesday after a tense situation on a rooftop culminated in a woman falling to the ground and being rushed to the hospital. While MPD spokesperson Joel DeSpain said the department only releases formal incident reports on actions that are criminal in Malory Goldin The Badger Herald nature, he confirmed that Madison Police Department arrived to 150 Langdon Street following reports of a situation of a woman on the roof. officers responded to a check The woman fell from the roof and was taken to the hospital. It is not clear how many witnessed the incident. welfare call.
After responders received the call for the developing situation at 150 Langdon Street, he said an individual was on the roof of the building and subsequently fell from the top of the structure. DeSpain said the individual was transported to a local hospital following the fall and said there was no way to determine how many students may have witnessed the event. Because no incident report will be filed, DeSpain said while he did not have an exact time for the incident, police responded early in the morning, likely around 5 a.m. Lt. Marylou Ricksecker said the individual was not
a University of Wisconsin student but was a Langdon Street resident. Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said he was notified of the incident by MPD around 3 p.m. in a report to all City Council alders. He said MPD confirmed the individual had sustained life-threatening injuries due to the fall. “The fact that other students saw it happen is just horrific,” Resnick said. As of 3 p.m. Wednesday, Resnick said the individual was not expected to survive the injuries sustained. No additional information was available about changes
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State Supreme Court has spoken, is requesting answers DOJ request for review of open meetings violation allegations prompts oral argument hearing Andrew Averill State Editor The Supreme Court responded Wednesday to an April request by the Department of Justice for the judicial body to review the legal issues
surrounding the alleged open meetings violation and has decided to hold oral arguments. The original request made by the DOJ on behalf of Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch and the State of Wisconsin was filed April 7. The Supreme Court’s May 4 response said the body would
begin oral arguments on June 6, but first the Court wanted the parties to the case to answer a series of questions due to the Court on May 23. The first set includes issues raised by the DOJ’s initial request, like whether a court can restrain actions necessary for laws to become effective and
whether an alleged open meetings violation was grounds for a court to void the consequent act. The Supreme Court also wanted each party to answer six other questions, including if any party claim legislative immunity, as all five Republican defendants had done in the past.
Defendant and Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca’s legal counsel, Bob Jambois, told The Badger Herald what some of his answers would be. He said he disagreed with the DOJ’s request for the Supreme Court to take up the case but would rather the case get to the Supreme Court through
other channels. Jambois also said it was not alright for the DOJ to request the Supreme Court’s review on behalf of DOA Secretary Huebsch because he was not a defendant in the Dane County case.
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WISPIRG loses final GRINNING THROUGH FINALS attempt for funding Highest level of appeals for Student Judiciary rules SSFC was correct to deny eligibility; issue could be brought to chancellor Katherine Krueger Campus Editor After months spent tied up in the student government court system, a University of Wisconsin environmental advocacy group has exhausted its efforts to appeal decisions to deny it funding. The Associated Students of Madison Student Judiciary panel decided the fate of the Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group’s funding by the Student Services Finance Committee by a vote of the justices. Chief Justice Kate Fifield said the panel sat down with WISPIRG
and SSFC representatives before discussing the matter internally for around one hour. She said although the justices normally take a longer period of time to work on the panel’s official opinions on ruling, members decided to notify the parties involved before the formal opinion was released. In the order issued by the panel, Student Judiciary ruled in favor of SSFC, affirming a lower panel’s ruling that Student Council should not consider the matter on the grounds of
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As part of finals week at the University of Wisconsin, Madina Djuraeva, Qian Wu and Emily Hadom smile for the camera at a photo booth set up at College Library. The library has small breaks and treats for students during the particularly stressful time of the semester.
Oregon proposal mirrors new Wisconsin model Western university’s ‘New Partnership’ advocates for more local governance, faces similar opposition from some student groups Ryan Rainey Deputy News Editor Wisconsin and Oregon have more in common than most residents of the states would admit. Both have one major city accompanied by mid-sized cities dotted throughout the state, a wealth of natural resources in a wide back country and a public flagship university that fulfills dreams for in-state and out-of-state students. And both those flagship universities are proposing radical changes to the way they are governed and funded. Last year, University of Wisconsin Chancellor Biddy Martin introduced a version of the New Badger Partnership, an item in Gov. Scott Walker’s budget that Matt Hintz The Badger Herald allows for the separation of Chancellor Martin has advocated in favor of a new model for flexibilities the Madison campus from for over one year while similar plans have emerged for other campuses. the rest of the UW System.
The proposal, known in policymaking circles as the ‘public authority model,’ would also establish a new Board of Trustees solely for UW and break the campus off from the Board of Regents. The University of Oregon faces a similar proposal today that could be indicative of the future of Wisconsin’s debate. According to Jenna Beier, a spokesperson for Rep. Chris Harker, a Democrat from Portland’s suburbs who supports UO’s “New Partnership,” the debates surrounding the New Badger Partnership in Wisconsin and the Oregon model mirror each other. With Oregon’s flexibility proposal further along in the public debate than the New Badger Partnership, its successes and failures could be indicative of what’s coming for UW
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officials in the next year. The New (Duck) Partnership Under the New Partnership, UO officials are collaborating with Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber to change the university’s funding and governance structure. “[Kitzhaber] has proposed a fundamental Pre-K through 20 educational reform package, and our efforts are coordinated with the governor’s efforts to change all governance,” said Michael Redding, a spokesperson for UO. Redding said Kitzhaber plans to reorganize Oregon’s entire educational system into one governance board that would regulate all educational institutions beginning in kindergarten and ending with higher education.
UO would still be granted more governance autonomy, however. Similar to the New Badger Partnership, the Oregon proposal would create a new governing authority for the university so decisions would not need to be held at the mercy of the state. The new local UO board would give more autonomy to Oregon’s flagship institution, not unlike the Board of Trustees that would govern UW if the New Badger Partnership becomes law. But the Oregon board would still be subject to regulation from the state’s board of education, especially on matters such as tuition hikes. Under the Oregon partnership, any rise in tuition exceeding
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Goodbye to news, thanks to readers Carolyn Briggs News Editor Once you’ve spent two years writing news, you begin to feel like you’ve seen it all. From my very first article to today, when I officially end my time on The Badger Herald news staff, I have covered stories for every beat, but after a while I stopped remembering specific events and began to look at news in arcs. My very first story for the Herald was the second viewing of the plans for Peace Park by the city’s Urban Design Commission. Since then I covered the project as it moved through numerous committees, broke ground and finally opened to the public. I’ve seen this cycle dozens of times, always following them diligently from beginning to end. After a while they begin to run together. Seeing so many projects and stories break, develop and close, I began to think everything was predictable; that no matter how out of nowhere it seemed, if you follow the news closely enough you will see the signs of what is to come. Then this semester blindsided me. In the past four months two beloved mayors have faced off in a election
that made the wet dreams of every Madison blogger come true, students gathered daily in unheard of numbers to protest events both at the Capitol and here on campus, and I almost jumped in a broken down Saturn to chase after 14 missing Democratic state senators. Yep, without a doubt, this has been one long and crazy semester. While the protests at the Capitol meant many different things to different people, for me they reaffirmed my belief that people can change the news I was reporting. When Gov. Scott Walker introduced his idea to cut collective bargaining, not a single person in the Herald office predicted the marathon protest that was to come. Surely we knew there would be some reaction, but the magnitude of the events to follow was utterly and completely unpredictable. There are always new things to see, new people to interview and new stories to find. The world around us is changed by everything we say. As I move on to the position of managing editor — largely residing in the world of the editorial page — I will take the task of commenting on news happenings with all the responsibility I can
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A member of AFCSME, one of the major unions in Wisconsin, takes part of a protest during the beginning of the movement against Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair bill. muster, knowing my words may very well impact the flow of the news cycle. But I’ll leave a few things behind in news as well. First, a smart, disciplined and dedicated news team led by my perpetual cohort Adelaide Blanchard. These individuals have
flourished this year at the Herald, and I know they will continue to see the section grow and bring the best possible coverage of events and issues to our campus community. Second, a wellinformed readership. But doing my best to keep you up to date only returns a fraction of what I owe you for making
my career at the Herald possible. Those who pick up the paper and troll our website make sure we are able to continue our hard work. Thank you all for the opportunity you have given me to write and report. And keep an eye out for me in opinion. Who knows, in three months I may be writing about you.
City drops charges in controversial open carry incident Individuals accused of breaking law last September for possessing weapons in public to pursue lawsuit against MPD Alexa Sunby City Reporter Upon further review of an incident involving openly carried firearms in public, the city attorney dropped disorderly conduct charges Thursday that were filed against five individuals last September. Wisconsin Carry, Inc., a right to carry activist group, released a statement announcing the dropped charges Thursday. According to the statement, Chris Van Wagner, the group’s attorney, informed WCI of the news after he heard word from the city attorney. “The Madison City Attorney agreed after a full review of the investigation and 911 call that there was absolutely no disturbance created by our members and the disorderly
NBP, from 1 5 percent would need to go to a vote in the state Legislature. Beier said public universities in Oregon are still not satisfied with the proposal. “The smaller, less financial aid, more independent universities are not going to go down without a fight,” Beier said. Because of differences between lawmakers and UO officials and a wide range of opposition to the proposal, the New Partnership proposal died in the current session of the Oregon Legislature. But the controversy over the New Partnership’s implementation continues today. UO officials and legislators have gone back to the drawing board and are tweaking the legislation to make it more appealing in Oregon’s statehouse. Beier added making small tweaks similar to the ones UO made to their model — such as the 5 percent tuition cap — could be helpful for UW administration officials hoping to make their proposal more palatable to the Wisconsin Legislature. So far in the New Badger Partnership’s approval process, Chancellor Biddy Martin and other administrators have not said they are willing to make any significant changes to the public
conduct citations were inappropriate,” Van Wagner said in the statement. WCI filed a lawsuit against Madison Police Department Chief Noble Wray and the City of Madison on Sept. 29, 2010, over the disorderly conduct charges and MPD’s subsequent press release, WCI president Nik Clark said. On Sept. 18, 2010, five WCI members were at an east side Culver’s restaurant in Madison when a woman in the drive-thru saw the men outside and noticed two had guns in holsters on their hips, Clark said. According to an MPD statement, the 62-yearold woman called 911 and asked if carrying a firearm in public was legal. The call prompted nine police
officers to arrive at the scene. Police asked the men to produce identification, and when two declined, police cited them, Clark said. Those citations were subsequently dropped, but police mailed each of the five men a disorderly conduct citation two days later. Clark said he was upset with the citations because the men were not disruptive or taking their guns out of the holsters. “Police are de facto arresting people and issuing citations to suppress the right to carry,” Clark said. Clark said WCI pursued the lawsuit because the citations and the press release were indications Wray was intending to infringe on civil rights. He said many members
became afraid to carry firearms in Madison because of arrests and citations being made when people have not been disruptive, suspicious or dangerous. In the MPD statement, Wray said the state’s Disorderly Conduct statute does not require an actual disturbance take place but that the activity tends to cause disturbances. Wray also issued a call to action in the statement asking “concerned citizens to call 911 when they see armed subjects.” University of Wisconsin political science professor Donald Downs said open carrying is not disorderly conduct per se but could be if people are carrying firearms in a way that becomes disorderly. “If you take [a gun] out and play with it,
that could be considered disorderly conduct,” said Downs, who is an adviser to the Board of Directors of The Badger Herald. “I don’t think just sitting at a restaurant would be, but it depends on the facts.” Clark said WCI plans to file a second lawsuit now that the disorderly conduct charges have been dropped. He said the civil lawsuit against the city would be directly related to the damages done to the five men, asking for compensation for legal costs and emotional damages. “It’s not about the money for them; the amount of damages isn’t their concern,” Clark said. “We want more precedent for law abiding people going about their daily business exercising their right to carry.”
authority model as it stands today. In fact, UW Vice Chancellor for Administration Darrell Bazzell said he expects the UW System to make more concessions for governance. “[Governance] is a very tough issue,” Bazzell said. “You’ve heard the chancellor express a strong desire to have a local board. We’ve not yet heard… a willingness to pursue that type of model.”
Rousseau said. “It’s been a big fight, but it’s a fight worth fighting.” ASUO’s decision is much different than the Associated Students of Madison’s decision last month to endorse the New Badger Partnership. ASM Vice Chair Beth Huang said the new council will likely vote to support or oppose a specific aspect of the New Badger Partnership, such as splitting from the UW System, as early as next week. Huang added she would not be comfortable calling for the vote if a significant number of council members were not at the meeting. Unlike ASM, whose members between the 17th and 18th sessions have roughly split on the New Badger Partnership, ASUO almost unanimously voiced their opposition to the Oregon model. “We saw the New Partnership as something that would be harmful and compromise other schools too,” Rousseau said. “It wasn’t really a contentious decision.”
lobbying group called Badger Advocates quickly formed. Brandon Scholz, a spokesperson for Badger Advocates, said the group has the best interests of UW in mind. “We were formed to support the university and the proposal in the budget that would help Madison achieve autonomy and public authority,” Scholz said. “We thought it was important to have resources outside the university that supports what the university does.” Scholz said since UW only has one lobbyist, the administration needed more voices at the Capitol, prompting the formation of the group. Rep. Steve Nass, a Republican from Whitewater and the chair of the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities, said he noticed an uptick in lobbying activity to members of the Joint Finance Committee not long after Rep. Robin Vos, R-Rochester, suggested the public authority model might not make its way out of committee. “Once it was known that there was a good likelihood it would be pulled from the budget, they showed up on the doorstep,” Nass said. In Oregon, university officials have a larger team of lobbyists who are working with lawmakers
on a new proposal for the next legislative session. Officials in both states have said the dispute over new public authority models is not split down partisan lines. In Wisconsin, both Nass and some of Dane County’s most liberal political figures have voiced their opposition or support for the partnership. Oregon’s House of Representatives currently has a 30-30 split, accompanying a 16-14 split in the Senate. Although many businesses in Wisconsin and Oregon have said they support each respective proposal, no pro-business or anti-business partisan line has formed around the new flexibility. And although many UW students have protested the New Badger Partnership because they believe Martin has collaborated with Walker too much, Rousseau’s student government has clashed with Kitzhaber’s Democratic administration and some Democratic representatives over the proposal. “Originally they didn’t want this to be a partisan issue, and so they were very careful to not gain the public support of one person versus another,” Rousseau said. “I don’t necessarily think this is a partisan issue, I think it’s deeper than that — it’s more complicated.”
A different student government reaction The Associated Students of the University of Oregon, UO’s main student government, has opposed the proposal and clashed with the administration throughout the past academic year, ASUO President Amelie Rousseau said. Like critics of the New Badger Partnership, Rousseau said the Oregon proposal would put too much money in the hands of a non-transparent foundation. Also similar to criticism of Wisconsin’s model, she said the partnership would raise tuition rates and make UO less accessible for all students. “We think that this is a move towards deregulating our university and making it less accessible for Oregonians to come,”
Legislative woes Opponents of the New Badger Partnership have been highly critical of Martin’s relationship with Walker and members of Wisconsin’s Legislature. Not long after Walker introduced the public authority model in his biennial budget, a new
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Early release critics, supporters square off Hearing held for debate on bill that would repeal provision allowing for prisoners who follow prison regulations to serve shorter terms Andrew Averill State Editor Both supporters and opponents Thursday sounded off on a lawmaker’s proposal to end a program that allows inmates who show good behavior in prison to leave before serving their entire sentence. The bill, authored by Rep. Scott Suder, R-Abbotsford, and Sen. Van Wanggaard, R-Racine, would repeal a provision within former Gov. Jim Doyle’s 2009-2011 budget act that instated an early release program that allowed prisoners of certain crimes to earn time off their sentence by not violating prison regulations or refusing assigned duties. According to Suder, 545 inmates have been released so far and 29 have been reincarcerated, which he saw as a large enough recidivism rate to justify canceling the program. “One new crime being committed is one crime too many,” Suder told the Joint Committee on Corrections and Public Safety, while adding later that the recidivism rate of early release program
participants is lower than inmates who serve their entire sentence. Suder said eliminating the early release program would have no fiscal effect on the state of Wisconsin. Crimes a prisoner could commit while still being eligible for the early release program include arson, robbing a bank, the manufacture, distribution or delivery of certain Schedule I drugs and homicide by drunk driving. Two representatives from Mothers Against Drunk Driving spoke in favor of the bill; they said at least 34 offenders with multiple operating while intoxicating were released through the program Suder would like to see repealed. “The program undermines Wisconsin’s current OWI law and creates loopholes,” MADD Leadership Chairman John Vose said. “It does not respect the rights of drunk driving victims.” The Rock County District Attorney and the Milwaukee Police Association president also testified in favor of the bill, but the majority of registrants opposed the measure.
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Rep. Scott Suder, R-Abbotsford, was in support of ending the early release program for prisoners because of the safety concerns it poses. Esther Heffernan, a 30-year member of the American Correctional Association, said she was concerned that the bill Suder drafted had been described as permitting the “early” release of prisoners rather than an “earned” release program, which is a consequence of good behavior. She said the program at risk of being repealed is a step forward in providing incentives for prisoners to
show good behavior, but she added that neither the early release program or the Republican supported truth-in-sentencing acts go far enough to provide prisoners with the tools needed for successful rehabilitation. Milwaukee defense attorney Cord Klein supported the early release program while being a victim of violent crime himself. He said keeping inmates in prison longer
would have negative effects. “Keeping someone in longer than otherwise would happen goes toward increasing the fact he’ll be more of a hardened criminal than a rehabilitated person,” Klein said. He added that the early release program saves money by reducing the costs of keeping persons behind bar and gives a “massive” incentive to
CRIME in Brief MIFFLIN STREET Armed Robbery A 23-year-old man was robbed at gun point late Wednesday night around 11:30 p.m. according to a Madison Police Department incident report. The victim was walking on the 500 block of Mifflin Street when two men and a woman approached him. One of the men put a gun to his head while the woman searched his pockets, taking an iPhone, according to the report. A shot was heard as the suspects left the scene.
“The unusual part was that a shot was heard; otherwise it was not something uncommon,” MPD Lt. Mary Lou Ricksecker said.
STATE STREET Battery A 32-year-old man was arrested after allegedly assaulting a 51-year-old custodian in a State Street apartment building early Thursday morning, an MPD report said. The assailant, Christopher Brodell, assaulted the man after being told to leave. The incident occurred the
second or third time after Brodell was told to leave by the custodian, he said. Brodell preceded to strike the custodian repeatedly until he was on the ground. The victim suffered facial injuries but did not go to the hospital. MPD spokesperson Joel DeSpain said this sort of crime is not uncommon to Madison’s downtown area. “We want people to call if they notice someone hanging around who is not supposed to be there and let [Madison Police] handle it,” he said.
EAST TOWNE MALL Lewd and Lascivious Acts
A 38-year-old man was reported committing lewd and lascivious acts in the women’s clothing section of JCPenney of the East Towne Mall on Wednesday. According to a MPD report, Loren Pate was witnessed both by customers and caught on tape committing the acts. The suspect struggled with the arresting officers as he left the mall. DeSpain said this was
not Pate’s first offense for the same crime and MPD strongly encourages members of the public to call if they witness this type of behavior taking place.
SOUTHEAST CAMPUS Robbery UWPD is seeking information regarding three recent robberies in the southeast campus area. Separate strongarmed robberies occurred in front of the Kohl Center, on East Campus Mall and on West Johnson Street,
rehabilitate those who commit crimes. Two men from Voice Beyond Bars, a support group for formerly incarcerated individuals, also testified against the bill. Dwayne Murphy told the committee he thought the victim came first and foremost. “We don’t want to make victims,” Murphy said. “We made victims, but we don’t want anyone else to become a victim.”
a statement from UW said. Three men were assaulted and one was robbed late April 30 around the same time in these separate locations. In all three incidents, the assailant struck victims in the face. The third victim in the assault described the suspect as a collegeaged male around six feet tall, darker hair and a thicker build. UWPD remains uncertain as to whether these incidents are related and will continue to investigate the robberies.
Drafted legislation would allow citizens to conceal firearms Critics say proposal negative for state, argue it could bring higher homicide rate to state Alicia Wolff News Reporter Two Wisconsin Republican lawmakers released drafts of a bill Wednesday that would allow citizens to conceal and carry firearms, which have a chance at passing considering the Legislature’s Republican majority. Sen. Pam Galloway, R-Wausau, and Rep. Jeff Mursau, R-Crivitz, coauthored the legislation. They drafted two versions of the bill, one that requires a license to conceal a firearm and the
SUPREME COURT, from 1 The Republicans would like the legal process surrounding the collective bargaining bill to be finished quickly because they said the cuts in Gov. Scott Walker ’s biennium budget would be offset
WISPIRG, from 1 a violation to viewpoint neutrality. The panel also issued an order to reverse the previous decision by a panel that SSFC had incorrectly interpreted the ASM bylaws in determining WISPIRG’s eligibility status, but the decision to deny the group funding was correct. “SSFC was just doing their job and were correct to deny funding,”
other without any license requirement. “Crime goes down when concealed carry is legalized; it’s time for Wisconsin to fully recognize the right of all its citizens to preserve their security and the security of their families,” Mursau said in a statement. “Criminals in Wisconsin are going to have to start asking themselves if their potential crimes are worth the risk of encountering someone ready to fully defend themselves.” Galloway said that Wisconsin’s current laws against concealed carry deny people the right to bear arms granted by the Constitution.
by provisions within the budget repair bill, including the limits on collective bargaining. Jambois said if the Supreme Court takes up the case it could take a long time, but Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald does not think the limits on Fifield said. “From my perspective, the matter should be put to rest.” She added the ruling of the appeals panel, which consisted of all Student Judiciary justices, is supposed to be final and called WISPIRG’s chances of appeal at a higher level “long shots.” Former SSFC Chair Matt Manes said the organization’s only chance to further appeal the final ruling will be to take up the dispute
The group Wisconsin Gun Owners said it agreed with Galloway. “We don’t see this as a Democrat versus Republican thing, the ‘bear ’ part of the constitution is being infringed and our legislators have the duty to uphold it and get behind this bill,” executive director Corey Graff said. Similar pieces of legislation were introduced in Wisconsin as recently as 2005 but were vetoed by former Gov. Jim Doyle, a Democrat. There is no Federal Law prohibiting concealed carry and Wisconsin, Illinois and the District
collective bargaining would be placed in the budget bill. “There are no plans at this point to do that,” said Welhouse, a Fitzgerald spokesperson. “We are still expecting the bill to go through the court system.” with the chancellor of the Board of Regents, which will only hear the case if viewpoint neutrality could be demonstrated. While Manes said cases have been referred to these higher bodies in this manner, he said SSFC has never denied a group and had the decision overturned in this process. He said he was pleased the decision affirmed SSFC did in fact deny the organization correctly. “It was good to
of Columbia are currently the only states without a concealed carry law. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, supports the bill, spokesperson Andrew Welhouse said. “It is a piece of common sense legislation that is long overdue and has bipartisan support, and we look forward to passing it,” Welhouse said. However, not everyone is enthusiastic about the proposed legislation. Jeri Boniva of the Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort said the bill would bring with it negative consequences. “If we look at the states with experience, it
only leads to one thing: more tragedy,” Boniva said. “Research that has been done shows there does exist a correlation between conceal carry laws and firearm death rates; in those states that have the loosest laws, they typically have the highest rates of homicides by firearms.” Rep. Donna Siedel, D-Wausau, released a statement listing her concerns with the lack of gun training and certification processes in the bill. “I have had concerns about enacting concealed carry in the past, and the fact that the bills being circulated go beyond previous versions such as
the lack of a permitting process and eliminating training requirements only adds to my previous objections,” Seidel said. Joel Despain, the spokesperson for the Madison Police Department, said that the chief of police would support concealed carry laws if there were certain strict conditions in place. But as of publication, Despain said the chief has yet to look over the specifics of the MursauGalloway bill, so he was unable to give his full support or opposition. The bill is currently circulating around the Legislature and is expected to be decided on next month.
LANGDON, from 1 in the individual’s condition, DeSpain said. University Health Srvices Director Danielle Oakley said students who may have witnessed the incident might be grappling with shock and disbelief following the event. “If they have their own
mental health concerns, an event can make them worse or can bring back traumatic experiences,” she said. “The best is to talk with others about what they’ve been through.” UHS Director of Counseling Sarah Van Orman said she urges students to seek out
support resources if they are concerned for a friend or about their own personal safety. UHS provides free walkin counseling sessions daily from Monday to Friday and has an after hours mental health crisis line available 24 hours a day at (608) 2655600, option 9.
see Student Judiciary recognized what SSFC’s role in this process is and that SSFC did in fact deny correctly,” he said. The committee originally denied WISPIRG General Student Service Funds because their direct services had too many beneficiaries, among other reasons, Manes said. WISPIRG Chair Rashi Mangalick said members of the organization were surprised to
hear the appeals panel reversed its previous decision and were anticipating the release of Student Judiciary’s full explanation for the final ruling. In the wake the notification by the justices, she said members were engaging in discussions with ASM Student Council members, WISPIRG board members and others to consider the next appropriate course of action, adding it remains
uncertain whether the group will pursue a higher level of appeal for the decision. “We want to get back to providing educational services,” Mangalick said. “We are still having budget discussions and trying to discuss what to do next.” Fifield said the formal opinion written by the justices, detailing the rationale behind the ruling, would be delivered after final exams.
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University Health Services COMPLAINTS SHOW COMMON ISSUES Complaints down from 2008-09, but reports of staff misconduct spike Adelaide Blanchard News Content Editor While the amount of complaints University Health Services received between 2008-09 and 2010-11 decreased, claims of professional misconduct among staff were still a common thread, according to documents obtained by The Badger Herald. UHS, which has 85,000 annual visits, received 33 complaints filed electronically through a form titled “Tell Us How We’re Doing” between February 2010 and 2011, down from 46 between 2008 and 2009. Breaking down the complaints In the past year, the most common complaints were claims of professional misconduct, followed by problems with scheduling appointments, according to the documents. Confidentiality concerns as well as problems with medication and side effects were also issues that some patients reported. While the number of total complaints went down, the amount of concerns over professional misconduct rose slightly from 13 in 2008-09 to 15 between 2010-11. One complaint speaks of an instance when a health care worker did not make eye contact with the patient for most of the visit and the
patient felt they should have been treated in a warmer and more welcoming manner. Another complaint spoke of a time when a health care worker made “very concentrated” and “concerned” looks during an exam, but didn’t say anything, making the patient uneasy and left the exam feeling as though their condition was just something they “just would have to deal with it.” Another patient said the health care worker they saw at UHS veered from asking questions about the patient’s sexual health and contraceptive use to asking the patient relationship questions relating to sex drive, according to the complaint. The patient said she would go to another clinic, “where they treat me like an adult who knows her body.” One complaint concerned a patient Lukas Keapproth The Badger Herald incurring injury as a Dr. Sarah Van Orman, director of UHS, said she reviews every complaint that comes to any of the departments personally. result of treatment at UHS. At an appointment for an ear irrigation in appointments. The six not asked permission, it in the room, watched for are directed to the at UHS, one patient complaints said finding is due to a staff oversight an hour as other patients appropriate department detailed how a nurse appointment times that or not clearly explaining came and went with within UHS, be it punctured a hole in worked in their schedules who any extra people in their medication, and counseling or general the pharmacist and other care and the director of the patient’s eardrum, also proved to be difficult. the room are. that division reviews it. It is UHS protocol staff smirked as they left. Complaints pertaining resulting in lost work The complaint form Other complaints privacy concerns to ask every patient time, subsequent testing to decreased slightly from for permission when highlighted issues such has the option to be and surgery. Complaints about five to four. One privacy a resident or medical as being misdirected submitted anonymously, waiting room time complaint from a patient student sits in on an about insurance plans, but Van Orman said being misinformed about when a student decides went down drastically said while the patient was exam or appointment. “Students are told they medication’s side effects to leave his or her name from 21 between 2008- having a pelvic exam, 09 to two between a resident and medical are seeing a resident and and receiving ineffective and contact info, UHS attempts to reach him 2010-11, but there were student came in to observe they are also asked if medicine. or her to address the still scheduling and without the patient’s a medical student can and problem. participate in their care. Reviewing appointment concerns. permission. Students and patients UHS Director Sarah Van People should always be addressing concerns Six complaints said they Van Orman said she can also approach Sepich would benefit from more Orman said when there asked,” Van Orman said. One patient said they personally reviews each personally if they have opportunities for walk- are cases where a patient is felt like they had been complaint that patients an issue with the care they received at UHS. racially discriminated submit. Van Orman said UHS Many of those against while waiting over an hour to have complaints are submitted leaders try to “close the their prescription filled on the “Tell Us How loop” on each complaint Doing” form that comes in, and part and was disrespected by We’re staff upon receiving the and are reviewed by of that includes making prescription, according herself and Rob Sepich, a summary of what was the student relations learned and anything to the complaint. that could have been The patient, who was manager, she said. From there, complaints done differently. the only black individual
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National program for sciences comes to UW National organization will expand to recruit in NYC, add a new focus to study Mark Jasinski News Reporter With the expansion of a national program for underrepresented students the University of Wisconsin, officials look to further diversify campus and instill enthusiasm for studying science. Founded in 1989, Posse is a program that recruits public high school students in groups of ten from select cities, trains the group and sends it to a higher educational institution to act as “catalysts of change” on campuses, the statement said. UW, which was the organization’s first public partner institution, will seek to expand recruitment efforts to New York City and join in the national initiative focused on areas of science in the coming
year. A statement from UW said the program, which works to recruit and support underrepresented students from urban areas, said the change will increase UW’s strategic role in the national Posse organization and the mission to foster strength in scientific fields across the country. Valeria Davis, a spokesperson for diversity programming on campus, said Posse currently recruits students from Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington, D.C., to study at UW. She said creating the new science, technology, engineering and mathematics Posse branch would help to diversify and boost the international standings of the nation’s scholars in these areas. The program’s main goal is to support underrepresented scholars in urban cities, Davis said, along with promoting
diversity among the scholars who will contribute to the global positioning of the country one day. She added the presence of the program on campus brings a diversity of underrepresented students to UW for critical training to be leaders of tomorrow. “The Posse program chooses wonderfully qualified students from urban areas across the nation, helping our campus to become more reflective of our new global world not just in terms of race and diversity, but also in terms of leadership and contribution,” Davis said. Vice Provost of Diversity and Climate Damon Williams said in a statement that in order to qualify, a student must not only be considered underrepresented but must also attain competitive academic standards. “[Students need] the high academic standards
of the university they are attending, along with showing substantial leadership potential in their daily lives,” he said. Davis said the name for the organization came when a student expressed she felt like she could have been more successful during her first year of college if she “had her posse” as a support system on campus. Once selected, Davis said students go through a 32-week training program before entering college to prepare them for the academic and leadership opportunities that lay ahead. Davis characterized the current members of the UW Posse branch as a group of diverse, gifted and motivated students that lend perspectives from across the country to collaborate and contribute to the already diverse culture of Madison and the greater campus community.
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UW diversity official shares experiences Vice provost for diversity and climate says background in cultural studies, activist history guides his work with students on campus George LeVines State Reporter After taking office as the vice provost for diversity and climate at the University of Wisconsin in 2008, Damon Williams has seen a lot of issues and initiatives related to campus diversity and climate. Williams says his background in multicultural studies and activist experience equipped him for the challenges and goals he sees at UW on a day-today basis. The following is an edited and condensed version of an interview Williams conducted with The Badger Herald. Badger Herald: How did you become the vice provost for diversity and climate at UW? Damon Williams: Tupac Shakur will talk about thug-life hitting him like the Holy Ghost. Well, when I was in boarding school issues of power and privilege hit me like the Holy Ghost. As I was completing my undergraduate degree at Miami I desired some additional tools to become an agent of change with all the theory I had learned. Then when I was in grad school at the University of Michigan, issues of strategic planning and leadership development hit me like the Holy Ghost. It was something that deeply spoke to me because it was about how do we make change from an organizational, leadership perspective. BH: What kinds of experiences did you have as an activist? Williams: I was doing my PhD at Michigan and I had just finished a paper on the
Black Action Movement, which was a major social movement at Michigan that helped move diversity efforts forward, and I get this phone call. “Damon, it’s poppin’ off here in Oxford. The Ku Klux Klan left a phone message telling the president of the Black Student Union that they’re going to string him up.” Klan members from Indiana had marched through campus in ‘87, three years before I arrived as an undergrad. So this wasn’t just rumors. I threw the material from the paper I had just written in my car and headed down to Oxford. I distributed the material to leaders in the BSU; we held workshops and developed a whole game plan over the weekend, and then I left to be back in class on Monday. On Monday, several hundred students showed up at the administration building and presented them the Miami University Black Action Movement. The demands that were presented at Michigan in the late ‘70s were the same demands that students wanted at Miami in the ‘90s, which are the same things that students want regarding space and issues today. What it shows is that even though we’ve made some tremendous progress, there’s still a lot of terrain yet to go through.
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my track record, look at the track record of the Vice Chancellor for Administration, look at the provost — I mean look at the leadership’s track record and their commitments! Why would we want to do something that would erode access? Why would we want to be supporting something that’s not in the best interest of diversity? BH: What about the New There’s nothing in any Badger Partnership? How of our backgrounds that will it impact the goals of would suggest such a thing. your office? BH: Associated Students Willams: There’s a lot of Madison control a lot of of complexity here. I think money on campus. How students need to trust the do you think that affects administrative team. We’ve diversity efforts at UW? made it very clear we’re Williams: One of the committed to protecting diversity initiatives and things I love about this university is the voice that need-based aid. Look at the Chancellor’s students get through ASM. track record, look at That being said, I wish
there were more diversity within ASM. I also question whether a 19- or 20-year-old is equipped to make big decision about allocating funds. Diverse student organizations come to me saying their goals and missions are not adequately understood and supported by ASM and consequently are not equally valued in their budgeting process. We saw the Campus Women’s Center lose their funding, and other diversity initiative groups have had their funding reduced. Those decisions come at the hand of ASM. BH: What’s frustrating about this job? Williams: I don’t complain about it but, whether you go left, or go right, you’re wrong. It’s
hard to convince people that the glass is a third full, not two-thirds empty. There’s only one of me — and this is true for lots of people in the administration — but 60,000 students and faculty. Every time a student comes to me saying that their TA is racist, that’s time that I’m not spending on initiative or meetings that have a broader institutional. It’s difficult because I honestly want to meet with everyone, and I usually do but it takes time. This hallway that I work in, everyone here is doing 60-hour weeks, and there is still not enough time. I respect when people are frustrated, I am too. BH: What is the diversity climate at UW? Williams: I sat on a
dissertation committee today. The student was defending his research on African-American student activism. Did I look at it and say, “Wow, we’ve come a long way?” Absolutely. But there were also some aspects that I felt like I could erase 1970 and write in 2011. This notion of living in a post-racialized world — let alone existing beyond issues of homophobia and sexuality — that’s just not reality, and we see it play out everyday on campus. People should remember change is slow. The Department of AfroAmerican Studies just turned 40. At times it feels like nothing is happening, but I look at all the new programs like First Wave and MCSC and remind myself and others that the glass is a third full.
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Herald Editorial Mayor Soglin: The ‘Brett Favre’ award of everything. He’s the classic Negative Nancy, poo-pooing Cieslewicz proposals like the Central Library and the Public Market Square. He’s even begun to tear into our beloved Mifflin, acting as if debauchery and public drunkenness were not a part of Madison’s very identity. “This is unacceptable,” Sogdawg told the Wisconsin State Journal on Sunday. “The city has no business sponsoring an event where the primary activity is drinking.” Yes, because the title of the event
The mustache rides again. After years of being mayor, not being mayor, being critical of other mayors, not being critical of other mayors, Paul Soglin is, once again, the mayor of Madison. He beat incumbent Dave Cieslewicz by about 700 votes in an April race that was so nuanced no average Madisonian would be able to discern a difference between the mayor in his 60s and the mayor in his 50s. Since becoming mayor, Soglin has found ways to be critical
was “Mifflin 2011: Brought To You By the Taxpayers of the City of Madison.” Anyway, good luck to our oftmayor, Hizzoner, Sir Paul Soglin. Although, we have to say, we’re reminded of quarterback and Wisconsin pariah Brett Favre, who twice threw in the towel, only to return again. We’re looking forward to a similar ending to Soglin’s career, involving sexting, extramarital affairs and pictures of his cock on the Internet. It’s what a Bears fan deserves.
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Brett Hulsey: The ‘Balls Deep’ award
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The mass union protests occurring just months ago showered the Dairy State with a whole lot of unprecedented national and even international attention. And among the numerous politicians scrambling to input their quotes and smile nicely for the major media outlets, Democratic Rep. Brett Hulsey of Madison seemed to be one of the most pervasive. Hulsey was like the Steve Buscemi of the union-busting controversy: He showed up almost everywhere and threw in some snarky comments about a main character.
governor of all time. Of all time!” (Though few people would really believe that). Of course, if you want to make an omelet you’ve got to break some eggs. An unfortunate result of Hulsey’s media bird-dogging is that he has alienated some of his fellow Democrats, with rumors that a few even want him stripped of committee appointments. Popularity doesn’t come without a price. So while Hulsey may be sitting alone at the lunch table, at least he can have the Balls-Deep award to keep him company and to boast about in his next interview.
Despite his freshman standing in the state Assembly, Hulsey has not been too timid to speak out against Republicans and their pet issues every time a camera pointed his way — whether he is actually well-informed on the matter or not. He’s what those in the business refer to as a “ballsdeep legislator.” Hulsey even assumed control over one of Gov. Scott Walker’s press conferences after Walker had left the room. But it would have been better if he pulled a Kanye West and interrupted the governor with “Imma let you finish, but Jim Doyle was the best
Maniaci: The ‘My 2 Daddys’ award Oh, Bridget. We understand. It’s tough to be you, the esteemed alderwoman from Madison’s second district. It hurts when the neighborhood associations don’t inform you when and where their meetings are — even if it’s because your involvement level with them conveys the message that you don’t care about them. And your ordinance proposal regarding landlords’ ability to show apartments and housing? Why should you have to compromise? It’s your proposal after all; if they want something different — and heaven forbid, more reasonable — then they
should have thought of it first. Yes, choosing a mayor to align yourself with is a monumental decision. Mommy is so much younger and you just know you’re her favorite; but Daddy gets to keep the house and you’re not about to cross him and get grounded. It’s exactly like children of divorced parents — there’s no way that could offend anybody who actually had to make that choice. Mom or Dad, clean-shaven or mustachioed, it’s all the same. Tears are tears, are they not? And the waterworks certainly don’t lose any impact after they’ve been seen again, and again and again.
Being an alder ain’t easy. There are long hours on top of other long hours; shouldn’t a gal be entitled to some health care? And when someone blabs, it’s time to catch a snitch. Yes, subtlety is difficult, we know. Filing an open records request on all your fellow City Council members is an acceptable way to get to the bottom of the leak about your proposal — not only is it nuanced and polite, but it strengthens the wonderful relationships you have with your colleagues. So Bridget, now that the dust has settled and your second term as District 2 alder is underway, we ask just this: Who’s your daddy?
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Senate Democrats: The ‘FIB 14’ award
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that creates a tyranny of a small majority, you fought for the rights of the Wisconsin working man. And we are sure it has nothing to do with the fact that unions are the Democrats’ biggest financial supporter. In no way would this have caused the Democrats to take such drastic action. Even the most cynical of critics would concede that the Democrats out-of-state stand was done for purely virtuous policy. The only question we have now is: Why Illinois? When members of this board cut class, we don’t go chill at MATC just for the fuck of it. We sleep in. We go to the Terrace. Sometimes we just enjoy a rip-roaring day drunk. Hell,
To the 14 Democratic state Senators, this board would like to offer up an award of thanks. After years of being told by our parents, teachers and Aesop that we can’t run away from our problems, you went and proved them all wrong with a flourish. Instead of standing up to the biggest bully in the schoolyard as the fable goes, you snuck out the backdoor, stuck your head under a Comfort Inn pillow and prayed the whole situation would just resolve itself. We can all learn from your example. All kidding aside though, we admire you for standing up for your principles. Instead of laying down to a broken system
we’re drunk now. What we don’t do is share a motel hot tub with vacationing Canadians. So next time you play hooky, at least make it worth your while. Protest your ass off in Hawaii. Take your complaints to an ocean cruise liner. Give a speech about Wisconsin workers struggles to the factory laborers of urban Asia. (No. Wait. Don’t do that last one. Don’t do that at all.) Just keep our advice in mind Dems. We hear Gov. Scott Walker will be pushing “insert conservative policy” into law soon. And Miami is much nicer this time of year than rural Illinois.
The Teaching Assistants’ Association: The ‘Those Who Can’t, Do’ award If there’s one group of people you can count on to avoid an intelligent argument at all costs, it’s the Teaching Assistants’ Association. Having recently gained a minor spotlight by doing what they do best — walking away from work — the TAA has taken their torch-carrying
entourage from the Capitol to Bascom Hall. They’ve been busy hurling rhetorical feces at Biddy Martin over her alleged corporatization of this university via the New Badger Partnership. In the past several months, the TAA asked for a debate with Martin and then canceled
on her. They sent out an email denouncing the New Badger Partnership and then realized they hadn’t voted on it. And as if to put icing on the cake of their long march to irrelevancy, the TAA finally had their delayed meeting with Martin — at a debate, hosted by them, on the New
Badger Partnership, which they had already condemned beforehand. It makes us sad that so many committed graduate students have to be associated with such a corrupt, thoughtless collection of morons. But then again, we can’t blame the TAA if its
members have such a blindly homogeneous view of the world — not one of their officers is a hard sciences or engineering major. And while it may take years to redefine Marxist identity theory in postindustrial states, it takes mere seconds to ask if you’d like fries with that.
CFACT and WISPIRG: The ‘Now That’s What I Call Bullshit!’ award We remember our first Now That’s What I Call Music! album. Backstreet Boys, Hanson and Spice Girls: It was all there. Now 2 and 3 are hazier, and we are not quite sure what happened with Now 4. All we know is we were horrified to find out Now 38 debuted this week. It has been a similar feeling each time we found out Wisconsin Student
Public Interest Research Group and Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow appealed for another hearing before Student Services Finance Committee or Student Judiciary. The two student groups have been in an endless cycle since SSFC denied them funding last semester, so it’s high time we put it out there: In the words of Josh Hartnett in Lucky
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Number Sleven, fuck you both. CFACT lost funding, for the third year in a row, after failing to return Associated Students of Madison equipment on time. They were given a five-month window and warned if the items, which included computers, printers and video cameras, were not returned promptly, they would be in violation of
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ASM bylaws. Intentional or not, the supplies were not returned in a timely fashion, proving that, like teen pop, McCarthyism does not improve with age. Things got a bit stupider with WISPIRG, the case reaching its tentacles into many of the most enigmatic portions of SSFC bylaws. But it soon became clear the majority of WISPIRG’s benefits did not
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go toward students, and the former contract-status darling was struck down, only to rise again. As messy as ASM bylaws are and as much as we hate to agree with SSFC, the bullshit needs to end. Everyone else moved on ages ago, CFACT and WISPIRG, and it is time you did too. Maybe then we will be able to listen to Lenny Kravitz in peace.
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Departing editor, papa Bargnes, Voter suppression name of offers up wise cliches, guidance game for Wis. Republicans Kevin Bargnes Editor-in-Chief The phrase, “Man, if I could go back to freshman year…” gets uttered a lot in early May. It’s probably because the final days of college are similar to the first days. Exciting, yet frightening. Surreal, yet fun. But when I first walked into Witte Hall I was much less prepared for what I would face in college than I am now, as I enter this supposed real world. I have two reasons for that: my liberal arts education from the University of Wisconsin and my time as editor-inchief of this newspaper. So, before I leave Madison, allow me to offer a few pieces of advice to those remaining on campus. They’re entirely unrelated, so I apologize for taking the easy way out and numbering them. 1) Take everything with a grain of salt. And I mean everything. Nothing in life is black and white; nothing is as good or as bad as somebody makes it out to be. Extremism is the root of the world’s problems, and when you subscribe to one ideology (such as pro-choice, Zionism or environmentalism) without taking into consideration
the merits of the opposite ideology, you’re further contributing to the world’s problems. 2) The things that unite us are far greater than those that divide us. This is something Americans talked about a lot in the wake of January’s shooting in Tucson, but it’s worth mentioning again. If there is one thing history has taught us it’s that mankind gets better at resolving the issues that divide us, and we should have no reason to believe that won’t continue.
Some of my best memories in college involve grilling and drinking a beer while watching the sunset over Lake Mendota.
3) Spend multiple summers in Madison. I could not envision a better place to spend a summer. Live on the lake, too, if you can. Some of my best memories of college involve grilling and drinking a beer while watching the sunset over Lake Mendota. 4) Don’t hold grudges. Life is too short to hold unnecessary anger. 5) Take road trips. Lots of them. There are not many points in your life
in which you’ll have the energy to leave Springfield, Mo., at 9 p.m. and drive straight through the night to Albuquerque, N.M., arriving at 9 a.m. (something I did on my own en route to Pasadena). Find a car, find people you would want to spend 40 hours with in said car, and go. 6) Get involved in one major organization on campus. It doesn’t have to be a leadership role, but there are too many opportunities to simply go through college by taking classes and working. As cliché as it sounds, do your best to give something back to the campus that has given you so much. In closing, I’d be remiss if I didn’t take the time to thank my colleagues here at the Herald. They are truly an amazing group of the brightest, funniest, nicest people on this campus, and I am eternally grateful that I have had the opportunity to lead them. On Wisconsin! Kevin Bargnes is graduating with a B.A. in journalism and mass communication who loves sentiment and giving cliche advice. He’s traveling in Eastern Europe with fellow Heralder Kyle Mianulli, teaching college students how to start their own online newspaper, then moving to his birthplace of Buffalo, N.Y., to report for a newspaper. Catch up with him at bargnes@ gmail.com.
Jake Begun Editorial Board Member The 2008 presidential primary was the first election I ever cast a vote in. And while myself and 900 or so other Wisconsinites who wanted our politics a little more senile, a little more ballsy and a little more crazy may not have won out, it’s the principle of being able to vote with ease that matters most. So with that, and in the spirit of free and open democracy, this one’s for you, Mike Gravel, you kooky bastard. Since that afternoon I cast my vote at my hometown’s fire department, I’ve missed only a single election, my first on this campus as a matter of fact. Like many new to the University of Wisconsin, there’s often a greater preoccupation with where one acquires booze in a dorm setting than where and how one goes about participating in the democratic process. Both are pressing issues to be sure, but the Republican-controlled Legislature isn’t hiding in the alley behind University Liquor rifling through your backpack.
Senate Bill 6 or Assembly Bill 7, whichever you prefer, is endangering the ability for students to fulfill one of their civic duties, and there‘s little we‘ll be able to do about it. To combat the paper tiger of voter fraud in Wisconsin, Republicans are hawking a bill that puts in place unnecessary barriers to voting. But surely the Republicans’ track record of compromise and understanding will win the day, right? Rep. Jeff Stone, R-Greendale, gave in to popular demands by students last week by amending the bill to allow for student IDs as valid identification for voting. Sounds pretty good when ignoring the fact that few if any student IDs in Wisconsin bear a current address as the bill now requires. Pair that with the transient nature of student voters in general, and you’re par for the course as far as the bill was originally drafted. Some claim students can still vote; all they need to do is opt for an absentee ballot. This is certainly an option but ignores a major concern. Students spend upwards of four years on this campus. The leaders elected to represent these students will surely continue to represent other students in the future. Our interests are equally as valid as
any other voter in the state. The brushing aside of student demands through absentee voting cannot and should not be tolerated. All the bill seeks to do is narrow the predominantly democratic-leaning votes from out of state and dilute the concentrated voting base on college campuses and in lowincome communities. Self-preservation is the name of the game for Republicans, and the unfortunate part is this is very likely going to pass in the next month due to their majority in the Legislature. But I guess that’s the democratic process for you. I like to vote. I’d do it more than once if the fact election fraud is a felony isn’t enough of a deterrent. The quaintness of the Gates of Heaven synagogue, those nice old folks handing out the ballots, it’s a wonderful little break from the norm. The ‘I Voted’ sticker only seals the deal. I could do without the aesthetics of the process, but when you take away my right to representation in the city I live, we’ve got a problem. Jake Begun is a junior majoring in history and journalism. He’s returning to the Herald in the fall as editor-at-large, catch up with him over the summer at jbegun@badgerherald. com.
Polemicists wanted to bloviate about current conundrums Allegra Dimperio Editorial Page Editor Mass protests, calls for secession from the UW System and shifts in power all made this semester one of the most politically exciting in recent memory. While for some the term is an oxymoron, for the
Opinion page, it’s a boon — the more outrageous, outlandish or polarizing the debate, the more people want to talk about it. Our job is giving them a forum in which to do so. We hope we satisfied your desire for columns with good intentions, LTEs with contrary (if not always solid) points and amusing political cartoons. We hope you enjoyed our often-sardonic Quotes of the Day and our So Sayeth the Herald Editorial Board statements, or at the very least that you were enraged enough
to leave a constructive and thoughtful comment online. But most of all, we hope you recognized that the Opinion page has remained committed to doing what the News department cannot — analyze, philosophize and galvanize. We will renew our efforts to achieve this goal next semester, but we cannot do it without a team of dedicated writers. We thank this year’s staff for their hard work and tough hides and for uniquely shaping the tone of this semester’s page.
But looking forward to next semester, we are looking to represent a more varied voice of the students on this campus. For all of you that scorn the page for being too this, not enough that or anything in between, we invite you to help change the page from within. We are looking for new writers to join our staff in the Fall, so shoot us an email at oped@ badgerherald.com if this is something that interests you. We can only publish what our writers submit, so if you think a viewpoint
QUOTE OF THE DAY “They want to inspire the next generation of scientists.” -Janet Kelly, WARF Spokesperson Upon the announcement that John and Tashia Morgridge, the original daddy Warbucks of UW, would be the keynote speakers at this semester’s commencement ceremony, WARF pawn Janet Kelly uttered these words in an apparent defense of the wholly uninspired choice. It’s not just that a graduation ceremony is actually the least likely place to inspire young people to study science. They’re all done, Janet. Either they already majored in science, or they avoided it like engineers avoid words. It’s not even that anyone who didn’t study science would likely be more inspired by a lamp. It’s that while our peers draw people like Barack O’fuckingBama (Michigan, 2010), UW graduates are left to try to glean inspiration from entirely uninspired speaker choices.
is missing, join the page and be the one to voice it. Your like-minded friends will thank you. Along with changes in writing staff, next semester’s page will see a change in leadership. Kyle Mianulli will be graduating and leaving the Herald, and former columnist Sam Stevenson will be taking his place. I will be maintaining my post in hopes of making next semester’s Opinion page better than ever. So for those still reading, thank you for your support and even
your disdain. It’s reading those anonymous online comments that spurs me to work to continuously improve the page. Enjoy your summer and come check us out next year because you never know just what you’ll find on the Opinion page. Allegra Dimperio is a sophomore majoring in journalism. She’s returning to the Herald this fall, remaining the editorial page editor. Catch up with her over the summer at adimperio@badgerherald. com.
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FEBRUARY 11 Walker announced the budget repair bill would contain provisions limiting the collective bargaining authority of public employees, and requiring them to contribute more for
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pensions and health care premiums. A reporter asked Walker if he was expecting any backlash and he let out that the National Guard had a contingency plan ready.
In a move that would earn weeks in court, Republican leaders held a conference committee to strip the fiscal elements from the budget repair bill, leaving
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the controversial collective bargaining provision. After the Senate passed the new bill, hundreds of protesters swarmed into the Capitol building in protest.
After challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg declared victory with a reported 204 vote lead in the Supreme Court race, the Waukesha County Clerk announced she failed to report
14,000 votes from Brookfield. The votes put incumbent Justice David Prosser in the lead by more than 7,000 in a race viewed as a referendum on Walker’s policies.
The last recall petition was handed in for Sen. Robert Cowles, making it the ninth petition handed in over constituent anger with their legislative representative’s
actions in passing the budget repair bill. Four Democrats face recalls for leaving to Illinois while five Republicans face special elections for their yay votes on the controversial bill.
BUDGET REPAIR BILL ROCKS CAPITOL FEBRUARY 17 With an unwavering Republican majority aiming to pass the budget repair bill without change, Senate Democrats decided their only option was to leave
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MARCH 12 While Madison went on Spring Break, protesters went to work and packed the Capitol grounds 80,000 to 100,000 people deep and greeted the Democrats returning from
the chamber before session, pack up some last minute things and book it to Illinois. They stayed for three weeks, while Republicans tried everything they could to get them back.
City Editor What began as a seemingly uneventful and predictable mayoral race throughout the latter half of 2010 quickly turned tides as an unexpected candidate — known as the only person in the city who could possibly beat out former Mayor Dave Cieslewicz — joined the ticket. Following the Feb. 15 primary, Mayor Paul Soglin walked away with exactly 50 percent of the vote to Cieslewicz’s 47 percent — flipping the results of a race Madison had seen in 2003 when the two candidates were neckto-neck in a similar
mayoral competition. Still, because the majority of student voters skip over the primary elections, Madison looked at the February results with uncertainty, given Cieslewicz’s lead over Soglin in 2003 came from his student support on the University of Wisconsin campus. So, when the April 5 general spring elections rolled around and Soglin walked away victorious over Cieslewicz with a lead of only 713 votes in an election where more than 88,000 votes were cast, the night proved to be a nail-biter up until the final call was made. The two candidates, both Democrats, shared similar sentiments about a number of essential city values, and neither could argue experience over the other given both
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candidates had served multiple terms in the mayor’s office. Following the election, Cieslewicz said the only combination that could have possibly beat him out was Soglin coupled with the ammunition of the former mayor ’s handling of the controversial Edgewater construction project. “Dave and I have some basic shared values in regards to the importance of work and recognition of workers, in regards to the importance of good development in an urban setting and in regards to economic and social justice and the environment,” Soglin told The Badger Herald on election night. “The difference between the two of us is the emphasis in the priorities.” Since taking office, Soglin has put the brakes on a number of Cieslewicz’s inprogress projects, including funding for the Central Library renovation and the new staffing model at the Overture Center. A close race was also seen in the District 2 competition between incumbent Bridget Maniaci and challenger UW student Sam Stevenson — two
Illinois. It would be the largest protest against the budget repair bill seen since the bill was introduced, though not by much. Two other protests held earlier reached above 60,000.
After the collective bargaining bill became locked in the circuit court system over an alleged open meetings violation, the Supreme Court announced it would
begin to hear oral arguments on whether a Dane County judge had the authority to block publication and implementation of the budget repair bill.
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candidates who continuously criticized each others’ policies throughout the weeks leading up to election day. While a student district, the campaigns focused around more centralized city issues such as Maniaci’s often criticized approach to handling the Edgewater development. Following her April victory, Maniaci has drawn attention from city officials through submitting the seventh draft of her cornerstone legislation, a controversial tenant-renting ordinance that would push back the date for when Madison landlords could begin showing properties. In a competitive race to fill a recently open seat to represent a heavily student populated area, Ald. Scott Resnick swept the District 8 elections with 1,180 votes to his challenger Kyle Szarzynski’s 880. Resnick ran on a promise to push changes to city policies that particularly affect students, such as creating medical amnesty for students faced with an underage drinking danger and updating safety on various parts of campus.
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SUPREME COURT More than $4.5 million came flooding in from third-party groups to support the candidates — challenger and Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg and incumbent Justice David Prosser — in the April 2011 Supreme Court elections. The race was largely viewed as a referendum on Gov. Scott Walker, who in February March released two and M controversial budgets cont that would limit collective bargaining lect rights for public emrigh ployees and take masploy sive cuts from public K-12 eeducation and local and municipalities. cities a The candidates said the unofficial vote reports from election night were too close to call, and only come
morning did Kloppenburg take her 204 vote margin and announce she would be the next Supreme Court justice. But then Waukesha happened. The county clerk announced she had failed to report roughly 14,000 votes from Brookfield. That lead to a new vote total over the weekend, and Prosser declared victory at the start of the next week with a commanding lead of more than 7,000 votes. , The GAB found ound nothing wrong with the he votes, but Kloppenburg requested a state-wide recount count soon after. The recount ount started April 27, and d the results as of May 5, with 73 percent ent of the votes counted: unted: Prosser 565,662 62 and Kloppenburg 530,768.
Campus Editor What began as a vague proposal for increased autonomy for the University of Wisconsin-Madison became a fleshed out plan in the spring semester, igniting campus debate and finding its way into the governor’s budget. Campus groups responded to new details of the proposal, which Chancellor Biddy Martin began advocating more than one year ago, with rallies on Bascom Hill, public forums and cross-college discussions of the plan’s merits. Gov. Scott Walker proposed public authority for the Madison campus, with similar administrative flexibilities to follow at UW-Milwaukee and other UW System campuses, during his Feb. 1 biennial budget address. While rhetoric has since equated the original version of the New Badger Partnership with the public authority model, Martin has maintained that the separation from the system outlined by Walker was not the original intention of her proposal. Walker’s budget also dealt both UW-Madison and the UW System $125 million in state funding cuts during the 2011-2013 budget cycle. Throughout countless public question and answer sessions, Martin has advocated a new set of flexibilities for the campus, which she said are critical to maintain access and affordability to higher education in the state for all students. Among the additional “tools” Martin has said the proposal would provide are the ability to create a completely new personnel system that would better serve a world-class research university in providing faculty and staff with competitive pay plans. Martin has also said additional administrative flexibilities from both the state government and the UW System would be necessary to maintain the quality of education
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and value of degrees at Wisconsin’s flagship university, while nations compete to establish worldclass research institutions and the battle to attract top students and instructors intensifies on an international scale. As legislative activity concerning the proposed split from the UW System has picked up speed, groups in opposition to the plan have worked to mobilize students and faculty at UW and across the system in hopes of broadening a base of opposition. Organizations ranging from the United Council of UW Students, Student Labor Action Coalition and various multicultural groups have worked to organize supporters against the proposal, most notably
marching to Martin’s office near the end of April, occupying Bascom Hall and listening as the chancellor emerged from her office to hold an impromptu forum. Opponents continue to contend the proposed separation would promote a sentiment of elitism among the UW-Madison campus community, would prove detrimental to the other UW System schools and could weaken transfer agreements and collaboration between campuses. Other key tenets of the argument against the proposal include the assertion that public authority marks a shift to a high tuition, high financial aid model which does not offer a specific plan to increase need-based aid as tuition for
students rises. Matters were further complicated when the UW System introduced the Wisconsin Idea Partnership, an alternate plan for flexibilities for all campuses while retaining a unified system, during a February Board of Regents meeting. As the two competing plans have reached legislative committees, several lawmakers have indicated a desire to remove the New Badger Partnership from the budget for later consideration as a separate bill. The fate of the Madison campus and its relationship with the UW System will likely be determined when the Legislature debates the state budget during the summer months.
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Let’s set the record straight right away; while your best friend Sarah’s 20th birthday party at the Nitty may have been the craziest night of the semester, it has nothing on the vigintennial celebration of Lollapalooza set to take place in downtown Chicago’s Grant Park August 5 to 7. The warm summer days, reaching as high as 104 at high noon in years past, will feature the smooth stylings of perennial festival favorites like folk rocker Lissie. If you’re looking to add some flavor and rhymes to the mix, look no further than duo act Damian Marley & Nas or Minneapolis-based hiphop group Atmosphere. While the afternoon shows get a nice little buzz going, things go over the top with headliner Eminem, still high off of winning the Grammy for Best Rap Album of the year, coming down from Detroit to celebrate his stunning comeback. Bringing it down to a much chiller level, Coldplay and Muse headline the other nights, with house music übercelebrity Deadmau5 providing a welcome diversion to move around and shake off some of the grime that inevitably accumulates. If you find yourself in the Midwest this summer and are new to the festival scene (no, Summerfest doesn’t count) check out Lolla’s sure-to-be-insane birthday party. You’ll be able to dance, rock, and rap along with your childhood idol without the worries of camping or driving for countless hours to some random farm field.
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Three of the best words to describe Pitchfork music festival — in no particular order — are dirty, hip and fun. This year’s festival will run July 15-17, which should be an awesome follow-up to the “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” midnight showing we’ll all be attending the night previous. Set in Chicago’s Union Park, with a great proximity to downtown lodging and attractions, this year’s lineup promises — to name just a few — Animal Collective, Neko Case and Das Racist Friday night, Fleet Foxes, Zola Jesus and Wild Nothing on Saturday, and finishes off Sunday with TV on the Radio, Toro Y Moi and Baths. Pitchfork is a wise alternative to Lolla, which some have grown to deem an over-hyped festival and provides sun-soaked concert-goers with a more intimate feel for their overall musical experience. Make Pitchfork a stop on your sonic journey this summer, and don’t forget your grungiest of skinny jeans.
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The eternal question is asked every summer — how do you Roo? This massive 100-acre celebration of arts, comedy and most importantly music all contained on a 700-acre farm in Tennessee is a veritable potpourri of genre headliners for nearly every music preference. A modern-day Woodstock, Bonnaroo offers a village for faithful campers to descend upon the chaos of the sweltering atmosphere all set to the soundtrack of music’s most prized performers. Bonnaroo is not for the weary though, sunburns and the inaccessibility of proper showers can leave the enervated or Bonnaroo virgins hankering for the comfort of a real mattress. But with this year’s lineup including Mumford & Sons, The Strokes and Explosions in the Sky, four days of body odor perfume may just be worth that peeling sunburn and week-long hangover.
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Cake concert offers the frosting on top of post-finals glee from Columbia Records shortly after the release of Pressure Chief, selfproduced and released Showroom of Compassion Amelia Wedemeyer under their own label, ArtsEtc. Writer Upbeat Records. That It’s slightly tempting might explain why fans to want to reference cake had to wait seven years when talking to Xan for this latest record. McCurdy, a member of the McCurdy explains that the alternative rock band that group was able to unfold shares the same name. Compassion under the But within moments of band’s own time schedule, McCurdy’s interview instead of having to with The Badger Herald, work in conjunction to Cake’s lead guitarist the demands of a major mentioned a different type record label. “We had plenty of time of dessert, ice cream. And in this case, specifically so we didn’t have to rush. Madison’s own Babcock Those record people can get upset ice cream. “I’d with you, love to go to can Babcock. I Those record people they be kind of have a friend mean to who says it’s can get upset with you, they the best ice you, they can be expect you cream in the kind of mean to to deliver on world.” a specified So don’t be you, they expect time surprised if you to deliver on schedule, you happen a specified time but for to run into schedule, but for this record him after didn’t you finish up this record we didn’t we that. finals, when have that. We got to, have Cake comes to I wouldn’t say relax, We got to, I wouldn’t the Orpheum relax, Theatre May but not stress out as say but not 13 for a tour much. out celebrating Xan McCurdy stress much,” their latest Cake Lead Guitarist as McCurdy record, said. Showroom of With that freedom, Compassion. Compassion, released in January, marks the band took the time the band’s sixth full- to create music they felt length album and first could transition well in nearly seven years, from an album to a live after the release of 2004’s performance. “The songs from Pressure Chief. Cake, which split Pressure Chief were sort
Lead guitarist Xan McCurdy tells all about band’s label departure, readies for first Madison show
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Fed up with record label expectations encroaching on their musical creativity, the members of Cake decided to create their own label, Upbeat Records and recorded their latest album, ‘Showroom of Compassion’ in a solar electric powered facility built by the environmentally conscious members of the group. of hard to play live, so we wanted to make sure that when the record was done, we could play it live,” McCurdy said. “So we played it live once, and then went into the studio.” The studio, in this case, being the solar electric powered facility built by the environmentally conscious band members themselves back in Sacramento.
Cake’s patience was rewarded when Compassion debuted at number one on the Billboard Top 200. This was the first time in the band’s 20 years in the industry that an album of theirs took the top spot. McCurdy, who likens Cake’s music genre to “country-funk,” was surprised as anyone with the position. “It was crazy, right? This is
not like Cake, this isn’t a Cake-like occurrence, but it was really great, it was really nice.” With that kind of enthusiasm, Cake plans on performing a show that invites fans to participate, transferring their energy to the audience. “They should expect to sing because we have a lot of background vocals on our albums, and even
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though there’s five of us we can’t do every part so sometimes we need some help,” McCurdy said. McCurdy says the band is “really looking forward to coming to Madison,” and with the show already sold out, it seems like Madison can’t wait until they come either. Cake will be performing at the Orpheum Theater May 13 at 8 p.m.
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‘Reconstituted’ takes the collected excess waste of Madison and morphs it into an examination of our collective over-consumption.
Reflections of Americana in Madison’s forgotten clutter Local artist Hongtao Zhou continues his environmental aesthetic with ironic exhibit Sarah Witman ArtsEtc. Content Editor With the school year drawing to a close, most students begin to anticipate the unique sounds, sights and smells filling the city as summer kicks off. A less reflected upon subject, however, is the excess amount of waste cluttering each and every Madison gutter around this time. Artist Hongtao Zhou bases his current exhibit at the Porter Butts gallery in the Memorial Union upon this very idea. “About a year ago when students [were] moving out, I saw a lot of chairs, furniture, the overflowed dumpsters,” he said. “I found a lot of waste. Some of them were broken, but most of them good so I started thinking I should save them … I just didn’t want them to sit there loose on the street.” For the past seven months, Zhou has been amassing his collection of discarded furniture from the city’s streets, as well as leather belts from second-hand stores. He chose to use solely these materials to construct bull heads, works reflective of Americana, to emote an environmentalist message to viewers of the gallery. “It’s reflecting the material culture in this country,” he said. “We have so many materials to
use, but afterwards a lot of it will be wasted. I want to address the country using these bull head [sculptures]. I also found a lot of belts in thrift stores that I started binding some these together to make bull heads because to me cowboys are an American symbolic image, and I wanted to make this image big to come to people.” Currently Zhou has made 23 bull heads — the vastness of his project is done purposefully, in order to have the greatest impact on the American people. He also wants them to relate to the materials, so the issue can be brought closer to home and made personally applicable to each viewer. “I’m going to continue this project into the summer because it’s going to be a lot. You’d be shocked how much people throw away,” he said. “And not just Madison; that’s what I’m thinking; it’s everywhere in this country … The chairs and the belts each have a history attached to them. Three or four hundred belts, some of them actually have ties to local people. I want people to come here and look at them and think about their own stories and lifestyle here. So we could change the future with this.” Most of Zhou’s works in the past have centered upon environmentalist themes, and he hopes to continue this in plans for upcoming artwork.
“In winter I made ice chairs out on the lake addressing the life cycle: coming out of nowhere and going back into the lake. The [ice sculptures] have no environmental impact,” he said. “I’m also making a few tree sculptures out of chair parts this summer because they’re made out of wood, so it’s like I’m making them back into trees. I’m probably going to do it in a wooded area so it will be a big tree in the real forest; it will look ironic and interesting.” For the bull heads in Porter Butts, Zhou said he wants people to feel somewhat scared when they first enter the gallery. He finds that a strong reaction such as fear can lead to more thought, in this case about their overconsumption. “If they’re scared they will think about it,” he said. “’Why is all this stuff here?’ Maybe they even contributed to something here. Everybody makes it. If you think about it we can change things for the future; there are too many things… Most of these objects actually would go into the environment. We use a lot of space right now; we will run out quickly.” Hongtao Zhou’s art exhibit, constructed entirely of recycled materials, opens tonight at the Porter Butts gallery in the Memorial Union as part of Madison gallery night.
Time Warner subsidiary embarrassed for opting Bieber in lieu of far-superior Rivall
Neglecting Witman may have been biggest fact error Time has ever made
Each year, Time, Inc. produces a bare-bones, multi-category list of what it calls the “100 most influential people in the world.” This has been going on since it debuted in 1999 — to put it in perspective, think pre-middle school and pre-Y2K scare (and if your dads are like mine and Ann’s, you’ve been eating unnecessary stores of Tang and freeze-dried food ever since). The purpose of the list is to recognize the influence of certain people, whether they are leaders and revolutionaries, builders and titans, artists and entertainers, scientists and thinkers and heroes and icons. However, unbeknownst to them, the “Time 100” selectors have been depraved. They’ve assembled nation leaders and household names year after year, some better than others, but never have they been fortunate enough to find a person qualified for each of these criteria. I feel they would find this in my senior ArtsEtc. editor, Ann Rivall. Just as she is the doted-upon starlet of any social gathering, Ann would be welcomed with open arms to the 2011 Time 100 squad. It’s easy to see her rubbing shoulders with comedian Amy Poehler, since she has been said to look and act eerily like the A-lister’s “Parks and Recreation” character April Ludgate — but we all know it’s just the bangs. She’d also fit right in with all the other nerds, like Mark Zuckerberg and Julian Assange. She might not be a “tiger mom,” but many have likened her, most likely due to her long auburn locks and fiery demeanor, to a tigress. So which global notable would I knock off in order for Ann to deservedly swoop in and replace? My vote’s for Justin Bieber — although I’m well aware how much his haircut earlier this year influenced many a young teen. In fact, Ann has met Justin Bieber, and admitted he is “cuter in person.” Perhaps next year the 100th spot can go to the genius who develops a cure for the “Bieber Fever.”
When paging through this year’s “Time 100,” I noticed a glaring absence and was sincerely shocked to see the one human being integral to so much global change missing: Sarah Witman. While I applauded their inclusion of Chris Colfer and Patti Smith, the entire shebang immediately lost credibility once I noticed my fellow ArtsEtc. editor was harshly overlooked. Really, Time? You’ll include resident “Gossip Girl” slut Blake Lively because she’s the “all-American girl,” but you’ll neglect to recognize my partner in calculating crime? Not only can she reach the pitch-perfect adorbleness of Marcel the Shell, but she can also definitely hold her punches in a fight better than honoree Mark Wahlberg can. It’s a little known fact, but she routinely strikes fear within her fellow Heralders eyes whenever provoked, especially when our naive colleagues attempt to bait her by attributing her bunny genes to her carefully constructed facade of tender cuteness — a mistake many have painfully regretted. Sure, some of these “influential” people are advocating for school reform, curing fatal diseases or just being Oprah, but are they also followed by Yoko Ono on Twitter? Yeah, I didn’t think so. So what makes an influential person like Sarah so influential? To answer this, I turn to my perennial life guide and look down at my wrist. Why? Because around my wrist are the tattooed words “WWSWD?” You guessed it, “What Would Sarah Witman Do?” This habitually leads me to stay up until 6 a.m. on a Thursday night/ morning to finish a paper while intermittently taking a break to trim my bangs and tweet at Yoko Ono, and it also frequently causes me to text photos of long lost Furbys to various friends. Let’s just say Sarah and Angry Birds creator Peter Vesterbacka, also a member of the distinguished 2011 Time 100 team, would have a lot to talk about. So now that one more person has been added, who would I take off the original, heinously compiled list to take the 100th spot? Justin Bieber. Sarah and I agree finally agree on one thing — it’s the hair.
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Player of the Year: Jordan Taylor
Huge games, big moments define season for Badgers’ point guard; efficiency, consistency keys men’s hoops Mike Fiammetta Sports Content Editor Following one of the most memorable years in University of Wisconsin sports history, it seems somewhat shortsighted to name one player “Player of the Year.” On the gridiron, the Badgers made their first Rose Bowl since 2001; while on the hardwood, UW reached its first Sweet 16 since 2008. Here, those two sports receive special consideration among the several other Badger sports because they, far and away, have the two most appropriate candidates for Wisconsin player of the year. In one corner, J.J. Watt. Entering the fall, Watt was expected to be a significant contributor at the defensive end position. Sixty-two tackles, 21 tackles for loss and seven sacks later, Watt was a consensus first-team All-Big Ten and secondteam Associated Press and Sports Illustrated All American selection. He became a campus hero for his play on the field, his interaction with the community on Twitter and his charitable efforts at local hospitals and through his Justin J. Watt Foundation.
Now, he’s in the National Football League after the Houston Texans selected him with the 11th overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft. In the other, Jordan Taylor. The Badger point guard manned Bo Ryan’s offense efficiently and consistently, leading the nation with a plus-3.8 assist-turnover ratio and the Badgers with 4.7 assists per game. But more than simply a game-manager or facilitator of the offense, Taylor finished right behind Jon Leuer (18.3 points per game) in scoring with 18.1 points per game. As his selection to the 2011 Big Ten All-Defensive Team proved, Taylor was also a lockdown defender, capable of shutting down the top guards in the nation. While Watt’s monster junior season propelled him to the NFL and the Badgers to a near Rose Bowl victory, Taylor was, simply put, everything for the Badgers men’s basketball team. For that reason, he is the Wisconsin player of the year. Taylor’s laundry list of accolades is stunning — first-team All American selection by Fox Sports, second-team All American selection by AP, SI, Sporting News, Yahoo!
Megan McCormick The Badger Herald file photo
Jordan Taylor was one of the nation’s top point guards in 2011 with his efficient, consistent offensive play and strong defensive effort. and CBSSports.com — but his singular moments of brilliance defined his 201011 season. None stood brighter than his game against then-undefeated, thenNo. 1 Ohio State Feb. 12. With less than 15 minutes remaining in the game, Wisconsin trailed by 15. The Badgers had played a decent first half, trailing just 28-26 at halftime. But out of the break, OSU surged ahead while UW
appeared sluggish. In less than four minutes, the score was tied. Taylor keyed the run with eight straight points and scored 21 of his 27 points in the second half. Wisconsin ultimately won, 71-67. Up to that game, Taylor was having a good season. After it, he was having a great season, a breakout season and so many more characterizations that cast him as a god on campus. Against Indiana in the
second-to-last game of the season, Wisconsin nearly suffered what would’ve been a crushing upset shortly before Big Ten Tournament play — until Taylor scored a career-high 39 points in 39 minutes of playing time. Against Belmont in the opening round of the NCAA tournament, Taylor keyed the Badgers to the next round with 21 points. Against Kansas State in the next round, Taylor
had a mediocre game (12 points) — until he blocked the Wildcats’ Jacob Pullen’s attempted game-tying shot with two seconds remaining. Make no mistake: Watt’s emergence into a star was purely remarkable. He will stand as one of the finest players (and people) the Badgers have ever sent to the pros. But in Taylor, Wisconsin had a player that meant more to his team than anyone else.
Team of the Year: Women’s Hockey Wisconsin rolls through year, dominates playoffs to collect remarkable 4th title in 6 years Kelly Erickson Associate Sports Editor Four national titles in six years. While Wisconsin upended No. 1 Ohio State on the football field and the basketball court, its very own No. 1 team brought home yet another national title. Football brought Badger nation back to Pasadena, but unable to bring home a victory its bid for team of the year ultimately fell one game short. In a 41-game season, the women’s hockey team lost only two games and tied two, which were both shootout wins. For the season, the Badgers outscored their opponents 212-70 and attracted more than a total of 52,500 fans to their home games. Without a doubt, the Zhao Lim The Badger Herald file photo national champions are the team of the year. Wisconsin’s women’s hockey team was one of the most dominant teams not only on campus, but in Led by 2011 Patty the nation, this year. The powerhouse Badgers won their fourth national championship in six years. Kazmaier award winner
(given to the top player in women’s hockey) senior Meghan Duggan, the Badgers quickly became an intimidating force. Beginning the season with an eight-game homestand, UW went 8-0. After losses to conference rivals Minnesota and Minnesota-Duluth each one time in the first half of the season, Wisconsin didn’t lose another game and ended the season on a 27-game unbeaten streak. Before the Badgers even made it into the national championship, they played one of women’s hockey’s most unforgettable games. Drawing a crowd of 10,668 fans to the Kohl Center, Wisconsin faced Minnesota and didn’t disappoint, winning 3-1. The players themselves felt the electricity and knew they had witnessed something special. But that game was only the beginning of their ride to another national title. Facing Minnesota once again in the WCHA tournament title game, the Badgers found themselves down 4-1. The game
seemed over before the third period even started. Then, something happened that didn’t stop until the final second ticked away in the national championship game. UW came back and pushed the game into overtime, where senior Kelly Nash notched the winning goal. It was one of the few times this season the Badgers had to fight from behind for a victory. Nash’s game-winning goal is one of the main reasons Wisconsin won another national title and is the team of the year. With names like Duggan, Hilary Knight and Brianna Decker, Wisconsin was already full of talented goal-scorers. It wasn’t these front three who made the Badgers so intimidating — it was a team effort. At the end of the season, 15 Badgers, five of whom were defensemen, had at least two goals apiece. Wisconsin didn’t just bring home its fourth national championship — it dominated the ice as a team every game.
Best Moment: Beating No. 1 Ohio State... twice that made the Badgers look doomed for disappointment, the OSU game loomed larger than ever. Jim Tressel’s Adam Holt squad looked like it Managing Editor might steamroll UW. Bret Bielema’s boys had Rose It was perfect. aspirations that The underdog had the Bowl No. 1 team in the nation at would hinge on an upset of home, a place where those OSU. Drama, anyone? rankings haven’t mattered David Gilreath finally much. It was time to make a statement, to let the returned a kickoff for a rest of the country know touchdown — the opening kickoff, nonetheless — and Wisconsin was for real. Mission accomplished — Madison erupted. Fifty-nine minutes of twice. play later, the As soon Badgers were as the 2010 And like any good mobbed by football tale, there was the a deluge of schedule ecstatic fans was released, opportunity for a celebrating Oct. 16 was a 31-18 win circled and sequel. But would the starred. The it play out like “The over Buckeyes. Buckeyes — Season who everyone Godfather, Part II” saved, loves to hate, or “Blues Brothers statement and who the 2000?” made. Badgers have And played pretty like any evenly over the past decade — were good tale, there was the coming to Camp Randall. opportunity for a sequel. It was a night game, and But would it play out like ESPN’s College GameDay “The Godfather, Part II” or was in town. Something “Blues Brothers 2000?” When Ohio State’s special had to happen against the top-ranked basketball team regained the No. 1 ranking just in team, right? And following a time for a trip to the Kohl conference play-opening Center, Herald Sports ran the loss to Michigan State appropriately
Badgers take down Buckeyes twice in unforgettable fashion, stoking fire in budding rivalry
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From David Gilreath’s opening kickoff return for a touchdown to the final whistle, fans were eager to celebrate an OSU loss Oct. 16. headline, “We’ve heard this story before.” Down by 15 points early in the second half, it looked like that $100 for the game ticket had gone to waste. UW couldn’t score and OSU was running — practically sprinting — away with a huge road win. But then Jordan Taylor woke up and showed America why he is one
of the nation’s top point guards. With 13:21 to play, he keyed one of the greatest Wisconsin comebacks, overcoming a 15-point second-half deficit for just the sixth time in UW history. Taylor scored 18 points in that last 13-anda-half minutes, playing a direct part in 34 of UW’s final 39 points. Taylor finished with 27
points, making the game final, UW 71, OSU 67. Again, No. 1 Ohio State came to Madison. And again, the Buckeyes could only trudge off the playing surface as Badger fans stormed out of the stands to celebrate. How often does a team get the chance to beat the No. 1 team at home in a season, let alone twice? And
how many teams capitalize on both opportunities? Both were great moments, and both complemented each other; neither was as impressive unless the other was considered. So yes, Wisconsin taking down No. 1 Ohio State at home is the top moment of the 2010-2011 year. As for which particular win, that’s up to you.
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Club cycling hosts national championships again UW won’t be as advantaged as other teams. At the University of WisconsinMadison, the sport is, indeed, a club sport. For Elliot Hughes the other schools in this Associate Sports Editor competition, that’s not For the second necessarily true. Varsity squads will consecutive year, USA Cycling brings its also participate in the Collegiate Road National championships — squads Championships to the with professional coaches city of Madison and its and larger budgets. Teams like UW, on the other hand, surrounding areas. The competition, which are completely studentrun, from kicks off coaching to today and budgeting and continues administrative until Sunday Wisconsin is notoriously flat, duty. afternoon, A good features but our road-race number of nearly 100 courses actually are those varsity universities teams are and colleges, one of the hardest expected to with a total road-race courses capture some of about that the national of the top 500 student spots, but athletes. Each event has competed nevertheless, year, 18 titles on. are at stake, Ken Huxtable the Badgers and once President UW Cycling have defeated varsity again the opponents UW Cycling before and Club looks to speed past its competitors expect to place high in the standings. on its home turf. “When it comes to final According to club president Ken Huxtable, standings, I would say the cycling team trails only we’ll probably place top-15 the triathlon club for the definitely — hopefully top school’s largest club sport 10,” Huxtable said. Being a club sport also put with about 90 members. And this weekend, the team the team at a disadvantage will be represented by 10 of for the honor of hosting the its members — five men and event. But what helped was the fact that the UW’s team five women. But despite the benefit of is large, organized and has riding on familiar territory, hosted the event before, in
Nearly 100 universities, 500 student athletes to compete for title throughout Madison
Emily Bremer UW Cycling
After bringing the Collegiate Road National Championships back to Madison last year, UW Cycling will host the event again this year. 2004 and 2010. At first glance, the state of Wisconsin may not seem like a particularly challenging environment for competitive cycling, but Huxtable and other cycling enthusiasts know the Madison area is home to quality courses for road races.
“Madison is a mecca for cycling,” Huxtable said. “Wisconsin is notoriously flat, but our road-race courses actually are one of the hardest road-race courses that the national event has competed on in recent memory.” In the efforts to bring the event back to Wisconsin,
the team received an encouraging amount of enthusiasm from other sources, as well. According to Huxtable, the team received great support from the city and the university in its effort to bring the championships back to Wisconsin. The team also managed to round up
over 100 volunteers to help run the competition. The championships open with road-races Friday in Blue Mounds State Park, followed by time trial events Saturday at the Trek headquarters in Waterloo and will conclude with the criterium event at the Capitol on Sunday.
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Bret Bielema and the Wisconsin Badgers overcame an early loss and returned to the Rose Bowl.
Coach of the Year: Bret Bielema Football returns to Rose Bowl, Big Ten glory after memorable 11-2 season Max Henson Sports Editor After back-to-back Rose Bowl championships in 1999 and 2000, the Wisconsin football program had its fair share of talented teams. But in the years following, the Badgers regularly crumbled under the weight of high expectations. That changed in 2010 as the Badgers won a Big Ten title and earned a trip back to Pasadena under the steady leadership of head coach Bret Bielema, who gets the nod for Wisconsin coach of the year. For the first time in his tenure at Wisconsin, Bielema led a squad comprised solely of players he recruited. His star-studded senior class represented his first signees and everyone around the program knew there was a chance for UW to have a special season. But after an inconsistent start to the year, onlookers began to doubt Wisconsin’s conference title chances. A sloppy win over San Jose State created concern among Badger fans, and after a blocked extra point paved the way for a onepoint victory over Arizona State the following week, the sense of doubt heightened. Still, Wisconsin was 4-0 heading into the conference portion of their schedule. A trip to Michigan State in the
Big Ten opener, though, quickly ended the undefeated run. UW piled up the miscues and missed opportunities in East Lansing and it seemed as though the term “underachievers” would once again become attached to the Badgers. But Bielema was convinced this team was different. He never wavered in his belief his team was capable of competing for the Big Ten crown. He was proven right. Bielema and the Badgers absorbed that loss at MSU and rolled through Minnesota to claim Paul Bunyan’s Axe for the seventh year in a row. Then Bielema led the 18th ranked Badgers to a historic win over No. 1 Ohio State. Bielema’s message finally got through as UW began limiting the penalties and mental miscues. The Badgers protected the ball and executed their game plan brilliantly against the nation’s top ranked team. The win over OSU was Bielema’s first signature conference victory, and he wasn’t about to stop there. The very next week, UW went on the road to No. 15 Iowa and pulled off a heart-stopping comefrom-behind victory over the rival Hawkeyes. Bielema rolled the dice with a fourth-down goal line attempt and a fake punt, and during the game-winning drive, the coaching staff put the run-oriented Badgers in an empty backfield
formation. Each one of those decisions worked in UW’s favor, as the Badgers came away with a 31-30 victory to reclaim the Heartland Trophy — making Bielema 2-0 in the Badgers’ trophy games. From there, the skeptics waited for a late-season collapse. But it never came. The Badgers dominated the rest of their opponents as Bielema kept his foot on the gas and never let up. UW piled up 83 points against Indiana and totaled a measly 70 against Northwestern in the regular season finale to clinch a share of the conference title. Wisconsin lost a heartbreaker to undefeated Texas Christian in the Rose Bowl, but despite that disappointment, Bielema and the Badgers produced one of the most memorable seasons in Badger football history. Bielema knew he had talent, but to meet the high expectations UW needed to play clean, disciplined football. Turnovers and penalties could not be tolerated, and there would be an unyielding commitment to running the football. That early season loss to Michigan State could have crippled the Badgers and sparked panic within the locker room as the pressure mounted. Instead, Bielema kept his team composed and the Badgers played to their potential, finishing 7/8 in the polls with an 11-2 record.
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Impressive year for UW athletics not finished quite yet Kelly Erickson Erickson the Red What a year it has been. Between toppling No. 1 Ohio State twice, a return trip to the Rose Bowl and a national championship, Wisconsin athletics has had a remarkable year. But for several sports, it’s not quite over. As the campus rejoices with the final hours of
class while also dreading looming finals next week, seven Wisconsin teams are still competing. So if you find yourself missing some Badger athletics once you finish that last exam, softball, men’s and women’s track, women’s golf, men’s and women’s rowing and women’s lightweight rowing are still here. Softball If you haven’t already heard, the softball team is having a fairly decent season compared to its old mode of operation under former head coach Chandelle Schulte.
men’s squad holds a No. 39 ranking nationally by the USA Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, while the women’s team sits at No. 78. For the Badger men, distance and middle distance has been a bright spot this season with several individuals ranked in the top 25 nationally. Freshman Danny Block has also been making a name for himself with a No. 6 national ranking in discus. On the women’s side Men’s and Women’s Track Wisconsin is just entering of the track, sophomore Dorcas Akinniyi, junior conference and national Jessica Flax and freshman championship meets. Heading into the week, the Deanna Latham have held strong for Wisconsin in the heptathlon, with both Akinniyi and Flax in the top 25 nationally and Latham close behind. The Badgers have notched a 27-22 record so far this season with a 6-10 Big Ten record. With four conference games left, UW could see one of its best Big Ten finishes in four years. Despite its success so far, the softball team still hasn’t achieved elite status. But if it finishes the season with a few more wins, the Badgers will have their best finish in several years, winning close to 30 games instead of losing close to 30 games.
Women’s Golf Finishing fourth at the Big Ten Championship, the Wisconsin women’s golf team repeated last year’s notable finish. Adding to the success, head coach Todd Oehrlein was named Big Ten co-coach of the year. This weekend, the Badgers will look to make a run in the NCAA Regional round for the first time since 2003. As the No. 18 team in the field of 24, Wisconsin has a tough road — only eight teams qualify for a chance to tee off in the NCAA National Championship. But with two golfers ranking in the top 10 nationally, this could finally be the Badgers’ year to make an impression on the
national level. Men’s Rowing While I gave the women’s rowing team some special attention two weeks ago, the men’s rowing team is also making a name for itself as it heads into the final weeks of competition. With a No. 4 national ranking for its varsity eight boat, Wisconsin has had several notable wins this season, winning both the Jablonic Cup and Cochrane Cup for the sixth straight time. UW has hopes of winning another national title, which the Badgers last claimed n 2008. On campus, the men’s rowing team is gaining more notice. Junior Tim Aghai was named student athlete of the year at the annual “Buckinghams” Award Ceremony. Women’s Rowing Wisconsin just wants a repeat, and then some. With the Big Ten Championship coming up, the Badgers hope to capture the title for the second year running (or should I say, rowing?) while also getting faster and stronger for the National Championship regatta. Heading into the Big Tens, the Badgers are favored with their varsity eight recently being named Big Ten Boat of the Week. Finally getting to race on their home course, the Badgers defeated border battle rival Minnesota,
which was the first full varsity race UW has hosted since 2002. The team didn’t want to waste the opportunity, especially against a conference rival. Women’s Lightweight Rowing Standards are high for Wisconsin. The lightweight rowing team has won the IRA National Championship in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009; the Badgers are looking to get back on track this season after finishing second in 2010. With Wisconsin’s varsity eight currently ranked No. 3 nationally and around a month until it competes for another national title, UW has plenty of time to train — now that the weather is nice enough — on the water and return itself to its former glory. Men’s Tennis The team’s season may be over, but senior Marek Michalicka still has a chance to play for a national championship. Michalicka went 18-6 this season, holding strong for the Badgers at the No. 1 singles spot. He also led the team with doubles partner sophomore Billy Bertha, who went 18-5. Kelly is a sophomore intending to major in journalism. Can’t wait for summer and some badger sports? Let her know at kerickson@badgerherald. com.
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In Healy, Badgers find proven leader, winner First-year coach brings track record as softball program rapidly restored Nick Korger Softball Writer July 24, 2010. That was the date when athletic director Barry Alvarez announced who would take over the Wisconsin softball program. Alvarez cited the fact that this coach had proven herself to be a winner both as a player and a coach as instrumental in her hire. Meet head coach Yvette Healy. Before her success came from leading a club, Healy was a dominant college player. She left her name in the record books of her alma mater DePaul, holding the second-best batting average in a season (.424) and the all-time record in stolen bases (102). Healy was a two time All-American and a three time Academic AllAmerican, and as a senior, she led DePaul to a schoolrecord 54 victories and an appearance in the College World Series. In only her twenties, when she accepted her first head coach position at Loyola (Ill.), Healy turned around a Rambler program with five 20-win seasons and a 2007 Horizon League regular season title. For her efforts in 2007, Healy was named Horizon League Coach of the Year. A proven winner herself, she sought to add more to her staff. Healy’s first move as head coach came in the hiring of two experienced assistant coaches, Randy Schneider and Tracie Adix. Schneider, who serves as the Badgers hitting coach, served previously as the head coach at Valparaiso, where he led the Crusaders to 20 or more wins in six of his seven seasons at the helm. Previously, the school had only reached it three times in the last 22 years. Adix serves as the Badgers pitching coach, and for good reason. Recruited to play in 2004 by then-assistant coach Healy at DePaul, Adix
eventually went on in 2007 to earn Big East Pitcherof-the-Year honors and was named second team All American, leading her team to the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament. “All their experience has helped so much,” senior Jennifer Krueger said. “Both coach Healy and coach Adix have played at a really high level themselves, so they know what it takes to be a great player. All of them know how to coach because they’ve been in winning programs in the past. Coach Schneider always puts in extra work and does all the little things for us, as well as stats and positioning for the upcoming games.”
The energy she brings everyday is amazing. I don’t know how she does it, but everyday, it’s there. It helps us work harder because she’s never down a day, we always want to match that energy. Jennifer Krueger Outfielder Alvarez and Wisconsin have looked like geniuses with their hire of Healy. In her inaugural season as the head coach of the Badgers, Healy has already coached her team to 27 wins. With four games remaining, Healy has her squad in position to win 30 games, a feat that’s only been accomplished five times in school history. “She [Healy] instills a competitive spirit in everyone,” Adix said. “Having played for her, she was very competitive. She really tries to instill that aggressiveness in everything you do. Even when we’ve played wiffleball, she dove after the ball and slid into bases. It shows she’s a competitor in everything she does and it really resonates well with the team.”
The Wisconsin players also credit Healy’s high energy and dedication, things that are easily noticeable for people fortunate enough to cross the head coach’s path. “The energy she brings everyday is amazing,” Krueger said. “I don’t know how she does it, but everyday, it’s there. It helps us work harder because she’s never down a day, we always want to match that energy.” That positive outlook and coaching style seems to have been the right fit for the team. The Badgers have an energy about them in the dugout, on the field and in between innings that defines the team, effectively distancing the program from the past two years, when the Badgers have finished with a 15-40 overall record. “Over the past couple years, there wasn’t really this kind of energy and focus,” junior Karla Powell said. “Coach wants to keep the energy very high on this team, and she’s the example of that. She’s so upbeat and positive everyday.” Healy’s positive fashion has meshed well for a young Wisconsin team, where 14 underclassmen fill out 19 of the roster spots. Expectations were not high at the beginning of the season, as Healy herself stated her understanding that she was looking for a gradual improvement throughout the season. However, with her first season almost being under wraps, Healy and her team have taken huge strides to change the culture of Wisconsin softball. “No doubt the change starts with the attitude of the players,” Schneider said. “Getting them to buy into a new system and teaching them positively is something we work hard at and have done well with. The kids have worked hard as well and made it easier for us.” Healy knew early on she had a great group of players with the personalities necessary for changing the program.
Zhao Lim The Badger Herald file photo
In her first season at Wisconsin, Yvette Healy seems to have turned the Badgers’ softball program around. After several difficult seasons, UW is 27-22 with four conference games remaining in 2011. “We did camp before the season started, and I was surprised at how much I liked all the players,” Healy said. “I’m a big personality person, and these young women wanted to have a good relationship with me. They care about that give and take between players and their coach. It grew my respect for them right off the bat; we approached this season as the players and coaches as partners in rebuilding the program, and I think they appreciated that.” The mesh between Healy and her players appeared to be imminent early on. The Badgers tied the school record for most consecutive wins, spanning over two tournaments on the Badgers’ spring break road trip, to jump out of the gates to a 14-7 start. What was even more impressive was the fact Healy started four freshman for the
majority of the games. “We were lucky we had some nice wins early on,” Healy said. “I think everyone gets more excited for the new system when you do win, so spring break for us was the best thing that could have happened. If you lose 10 out of 14 on spring break instead of winning 10 out of 14, nobody wants to listen to how you’re coaching. We’re really fortunate we had a lot of come from behind wins. A lot of that comes from preparation; we have a new scouting approach, and coach Schneider brought a lot of that with him.” The success from early in the season transferred, as Wisconsin is in position to capture its first winning record since 2005. Healy has found rewards in her new job with Wisconsin, with her assistant coaches helping to share the burden
of her first year on the job. “For this year, and I have to put it on the staff, it’s been one of the more enjoyable years I’ve coached,” Healy said. “I’ve been in a situation before where I was the only one coming down on a team and laying down the law. When you have a really strong staff like Randy and Tracie, it makes it such a nice dynamic to have on the team.” Krueger, the lone starting senior on the team, knows from her years of experience in the program and from comparison that Healy is the right fit for the job. “She’s going to do great things here,” Krueger said. “It’s just a matter of the younger players getting older and learning from there. It’s been a special year to me, and I’m glad I had this experience with her.”
It’s finally time to move on, but first, a story of 1 fine day Adam Hold Nice Going, A. Holt Let me tell you a story. It’s more or less true, based on what I remember — I might have filled in some spots with other memories, but that’s how life goes; everything kind of blurs together after long enough. My first Badger football game as a student was a win over Washington State in 2007. It was the end of Welcome Week and in the middle of a Labor Day weekend where I was intent on making questionable decisions, so long as the opportunities presented themselves. I was up at 8 a.m., still a bit woozy from the night (morning?) before. I trudged down to the 5400 floor of Liz Waters because Jon’s room was there. One of my best friends from home, Jon convinced me to come to Wisconsin. And he was about to convince me to drink Jaegermeister before breakfast. I of course obliged, and began my liquid diet for the day. Facepaint was applied. We blared “Hot Time” and “Jump Around” and any other gameday song you can imagine on his iPod dock. If anyone on the east side of Liz didn’t know the words to “Cecilia” prior to that morning, they were quickly initiated, whether they liked it or not. Jon’s sister’s boyfriend
lived on Breese, so we weaved our way there after a few drinks named after hand tools and sea captains. His place was referred to as “The House of Sin,” for reasons you can probably imagine — and some you can’t. It’s a rust-red colored box of a home with a balcony whose railing looked ready to fall apart, a sunken garage and a front lawn full of beeryellow grass. We of course brought along a crew, as freshmen are prone to do. Some were lost in the sea of fans that scuttle up and down Breese and some disappeared to play flip cup in other yards or get shot down by upperclassman girls. But we eventually got there, received our cup and at times, enjoyed an eight-foot beer bong from the top of the garage. I wasn’t sure if I was willing to try to down a pitcher of Natty Ice through plastic tubing until I saw somebody’s grandfather do one. That may have been the point when I told myself, “I am proud to be a Badger.” That sunny Saturday afternoon devolved into a routine: Drink, pee, refill at the keg, repeat. After all, these games go long and it would be a shame to sober up at halftime. When we finally stumbled into Camp Randall, it was eight minutes into the first quarter. It took a while, but we were finally in. Jon made sure we got into Section O, because, well, it’s the best section, after all. After navigating the tunnels and emerging back into the blinding daylight, I looked up at the mountain of stairs we had to climb to reach
open seating. Upper O meant upper O, I guess. We reached our seats and began cheering whenever P.J. Hill got a touch and screamed every time Tyler Donovan threw an incompletion. There were all those distractions, too, of course. The Wave, like it or not, happened; the girls wanted to take pictures, partially because they were sentimental, partially because they knew they wouldn’t remember half of the day otherwise; there were cheers, some I followed, some I led. We coordinated the “We want more… beer” chant, and called out the assholes, which was appreciated at times and worked less at others. When you make your voice heard, it’s sometimes applauded, sometimes scorned; it’s a risk you have to take. The game itself, well,
that was almost secondary. It was a reason to drink, a reason to enjoy the day, a reason to socialize. Not that it wasn’t important, but it was almost more of a framework upon which all the rest of the activities were based. Most of the plays were just minor details; a Luke Swan reception here, a Lance Smith run there. As long as the Badgers won, it was a success. And of course, there was the Jump Around, the thing people knew about Badger games at Camp Randall. DJ Lethal cued up the horns and all of a sudden it was pandemonium. It was excitement and bouncing and by the time the first chorus rolled around, the tired legs and breathlessness meant it was a reminder of how out of shape and, well, old I felt.
The Badgers won, of course, 42-21, and ensured the Cougars would have a quiet trip back to Pullman. I made sure to note the final score, just in case Mom or Dad called to ask how the game was.
When you make your voice heard, it’s sometimes applauded, sometimes scorned; it’s a risk you have to take. We filed back down those stairs and out of the stadium, just a few of the thousands who were headed for more drinking or naps or half-hearted attempts at studying. It was also time to wipe that damn metric ton of red
paint off my face that I realized I never wanted in the first place. The long walk back to Liz meant there was plenty of time to recount the day and tell stories — except that the people who were still with you probably were there for the stories too, but you told them anyways because it’s fun to remember. Those gamedays are special things, an excuse to forget about real life and enjoy some football. It’s always a little bit sad when gamedays end, but that’s how things go. The day is over and then it’s on to the next thing. Adam is done. He also may have tried to sum up four years of college in one anecdote. In a week, he’s on to the next thing or whatever. Thanks for reading for the past two-plus years; it’s been a pleasure.
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Flawless. Those who attended a Badger football or men’s basketball game on campus this year never saw a loss.
A perfect
23-0
combined at home.
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