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Regents approve System-wide tuition hike After Wis. budget reduction, UW students’ bills will be 5.5 percent higher in coming year Adelaide Blanchard News Editor The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents approved a 5.5 percent tuition increase for four-year campuses and lifted a tuition freeze for two-year campuses for the first time in five years during its July meeting.

The increase means instate students at the UW will see an additional $659 added to their tuition bill, bringing the grand total up to $8,592 for the 2011-12 academic year, according to a statement from the UW System.

The third of four $250 increases from the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates was also added to the tuition rate for the 2011-12 academic

year.

The system-wide increase came after the Wisconsin biennium budget for 2011-13 called for the UW System to take cuts totaling $250 million over the next two years. “[UW System officials] certainly weren’t going to try to cover it all through tuition increases,” UW System spokesperson David Giroux said.

For the first time in five years, the tuition

freeze on two-year campuses was lifted and will add 5.5 percent onto those students’ tuition bills as well, adding approximately $235, according to a statement from the UW System.

Tuition was originally capped years ago because some two-year programs offered at the campuses were comparatively overpriced to other technical colleges outside the System, Giroux said.

The tuition increase will generate $37.5 million for the System for this year, which is approximately one-third of the $125 million cut the system received from the state budget for this year alone, Giroux said.

Next year the UW System will have to make up another $125 million cut as well.

As for other spending cuts in the System, Giroux said each individual

department in each college on each campus will have to consider smaller ways to tighten their belts. “[The UW System needs] to cut back here, there and everywhere in small ways that eventually add up to the savings we need to achieve. The question is, will you as a student

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Crowds gather to watch an impressive fireworks display at Warner Park during Madison’s 2011 Rhythm and Booms celebration.

In what marked the first of the summer ’s four rounds of recall elections, six Democratic Senate candidates won their primary recall elections against Republicans posing as contenders.

After controversy erupted surrounding Gov. Scott Walker ’s budget repair bill to end collective bargaining for state employees, enough signatures were gathered to trigger recall elections for senators in nine districts, three of them currently led by Democrats and six led

by Republicans.

Republicans made a strategic maneuver to delay the elections by planting candidates running as Democrats in the primaries, causing the general election to be moved back a month to Aug. 9.

“This is just one more piece in a highly unusual political season,” University of Wisconsin political science professor Barry Burden said. “I don’t remember a case where fake candidates were run before.”

Although Burden

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New UW leadership to face unique challenges as Martin moves on Former chancellor will take position again while officials look for permanent candidate Selby Rodriguez Campus Editor After Chancellor Biddy Martin stepped down during an uncertain time for the University of Wisconsin, former Chancellor David Ward will take the reigns of the system’s flagship campus July 18 while officials search for a permanent leader.

Ward, who served as chancellor from 1993-2000, accepted the position

Martin’s time at UW cultivated equal parts criticism, support; influence on campus remains Katherine Krueger Deputy News Editor While members of the campus community remain divided on whether ex-Chancellor Biddy Martin’s resignation marks the end of an era or an inevitable action after a polarizing battle, Martin’s influence will remain even after her departure.

After her June 14 announcement that she would be departing the campus to assume the presidency of Amherst College, the former chancellor confirmed the appointment of several leadership roles at the University of Wisconsin and made a tuition proposal to the Board of Regents.

Although Martin’s critics have charged that the proposal — which holds students from families with an income of less than $80,000 exempt from the tuition increase — preempts a decision that should be made by her permanent successor,

shortly after Martin’s June 14 announcement that she had taken a new role leading Amherst College.

Having spent the majority of his professional career at UW, Ward is approaching his new position with excitement despite the challenges inherent in serving during a time of transition.

During an interview with The Badger Herald, Ward said he recognizes Martin’s skill at maintaining a strong relationship with students and that he believes priority must be given to good lines of

communication.

Ward was particularly attuned to the nervousness an abrupt administration change may cause for students and emphasized that within nine to 12 months there will be a permanent chancellor.

“Transitions are always difficult,” Ward said.

“They tend to cause anxiety, and my role will be to reduce that. It’s more a reassurance that there will be continuity.”

Holding down an interim position relies on cautiousness regarding long term decisions, Ward said. He added he plans to

Martin maintained the plan follows up on her earlier financial aid initiatives.

In a recent interview with The Badger Herald, Martin said her plan to use money from the 5.5 percent increase in tuition for need-based financial follows up on the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates and is “completely consistent with [her] priorities.”

She added the proposal mirrors an original provision in the New Badger Partnership.

While Martin acknowledged the final decision would be made after her departure, she characterized the proposal as a “placeholder” to avoid tabling the issue until after students have already enrolled in September.

“In the past, neither the System nor the Regents have necessarily supported using the tuition increase to hold harmless,” Martin said.

The outgoing chancellor also recently confirmed the hiring of Francois Ortalo-Magne as the new dean of the business school, along with

Margaret Raymond as law school dean.

Although some have questioned the timing of these appointments as the chancellor begins the transition to Amherst, Martin maintains the appointments are the conclusion of a shared governance search and screen process spanning months.

Having experienced a time of transition during her tenure as provost at Cornell University, she said the schools required strong leadership as the university enters an interim period.

“Waiting a year while we had strong candidates seemed to be a mistake,” she said.

Much of Martin’s final year as chancellor was marked by her statewide campaign for greater operating autonomy for the Madison campus, known as the New Badger Partnership, which evolved into a plan to break UW from the System, as outlined in Gov. Scott Walker ’s original state budget.

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continue many of Martin’s initiatives already in progress.

Ward said he agrees with the outgoing chancellor’s notion of a relationship with the state that recognizes the university’s value and gives it more room for its affairs.

He added he perceives the New Badger Partnership as an amplification of past chancellors’ proposals and he aims to look forward instead of focusing on the proposal which ignited opposition from around the state.

“The New Badger Partnership simply didn’t have the legs necessary to get it through [the] Legislature, so my instinct there is to build on those principles of flexibility and figure out how to get those in other ways,” Ward said.

With cuts at approximately $94 million in the 2011-2013 Wisconsin biennium budget, Ward, who served on the American Council of Education, said a national trend is arising in which increased tuition acts as a substitute for declining state support.

Under these

circumstances, Ward said he believes an agreement needs to be discussed in regard to what an appropriate state and student investment in education is and that a partnership between parents and the state is necessary.

UW Provost Paul DeLuca said he looks forward to working closely with the new chancellor.

“I have always been impressed by Chancellor Ward’s skill set,” DeLuca said. “He understands the

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During her farewell celebration earlier this month, Chancellor Biddy Martin enjoys a group hug from Bucky Badger. Martin will be leaving UW to take a leadership position at a liberal arts college in Massachusetts.

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A proven dual-threat quarterback fell into the hands of a traditional ground game; how can Wilson fit in at UW?

Kelly Erickson Erickson the Red Right about now, new Badger quarterback Russell Wilson is pouring over playbooks, learning the language of UW’s offense and working out in anticipation of one of the most buzzed-about seasons in recent program history.

One way or another, Wilson is making some sort of adjustment

for this upcoming season.

There’s no doubt Wilson has a fair amount of work ahead of him, but he’s not the only one who’s going to have to adjust.

Wisconsin football will have to adapt to having a mobile quarterback.

After two years of creating strong pockets for former quarterback Scott Tolzien, the offensive line — as well as the rest of the offense — will have to be ready any time Wilson feels the need to roll out of the pocket to create a better opportunity to advance the ball or just get a clearer view down the field.

Wilson is hypothetically the piece that was missing

for what could be one of the most talented football teams Wisconsin has seen in a long time. But just as he has to get used to a new system, team and town, the Badgers have to get used to him as a leader and what he can bring to the field.

It hasn’t been all that long since a mobile quarterback led the Badgers. In 2007, Tyler Donovan led Wisconsin to a 9-3 record with a loss in the Outback Bowl against Tennessee.

Donovan could extend the play and make strong passes on the run — much like Wilson. He may not have left a huge legacy at Wisconsin — only starting the one season — but at the end of

the year, he had a 134.0 passer rating with 193 completions. In that season, Donovan took 32 sacks. Tolzien was sacked less than half of that in 2010 (14).

With most of the same line returning this season -- a line that surrendered only 1.08 sacks per game last year, some changes are going to have to be made if the Badgers want to keep up the good work.

Wisconsin is known for its big, tough offensive line, but if Wilson rolls out to get a nice view downfield, the offensive line is going to have to move with him and continue blocking.

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Senators push bill to end Supreme Court elections Legislation would replace public voting model with merit-based justice appointments by committee, governor; officials say suggestion would remove politicking from job George LeVines State Editor Two state senators announced earlier this month they plan to introduce a bill in that would effectively end the election of Supreme Court justices in Wisconsin.

The proposed legislation would replace Supreme Court elections with meritbased appointments to be reviewed by a committee and referred to the governor for a final decision.

A joint statement issued by Sens. Timothy Cullen, D-Janesville, and Dale Schultz, R-Richland Center, said switching to a merit-based system would curb the influence of private interests in Wisconsin’s justice system.

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be able to notice that?”

Giroux said.

Bigger classes, fewer sections and longer waiting lists may become common occurrences because of the budget cuts, Giroux said, and positions may be vacant for longer periods of time.

Associated Students of Madison Chair Allie Gardner said the student government is going to prepare students for some methods to combat rising tuition prices, including a financial aid fair where students can see what financial aid or scholarship options

system could work to mitigate the influence of politics in the courts but is not a cure-all, said Adam Skaggs, senior counsel at the Brennan Center Democracy Program.

The senators’ announcement comes after the tight Supreme Court race between incumbent Justice David Prosser and Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg.

Cullen and Schultz proposed the idea shortly after Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley accused Prosser of being physically violent during a verbal altercation in her chambers.

“What you have in Wisconsin is extraordinary. The level of dysfunction in the court is off the charts,” Skaggs said.

“When there’s might fit their needs and circumstances.

Gardner said while financial aid is often accessible, not enough students fill out the FAFSA, and she supported making filling out the application mandatory because many first-generation college students may not know they have the opportunity to complete it.

The Legislative Affairs Committee will continue lobbying for the Wisconsin Higher Education Grant, Gardner said, and all members of ASM will continue to lobby for lower tuition.

accusations of assault, things have reached a breaking point.”

According to the Dane County Sheriff’s Office, the altercation happened June 13 — the day before the Supreme Court announced its decision regarding the bill eliminating collective bargaining rights for most Wisconsin public employees.

Both the Dane County Sheriff’s Office and the Wisconsin Judicial Commission are investigating the incident.

University of Wisconsin political science professor Charles Franklin said the public needs assurance the high court is competent.

Should accounts of the incident from the four justices present differ, Franklin said the impact on public perception

ELECTIONS, from A1 said it is more realistic the Democrats will pick up one or two seats in the Senate, if the party manages to net three seats, they stand to seize control of the body.

While the real Democrats came out on top in the primaries, a substantial number of voters turned out to support the planted candidates.

What was originally labeled by critics as a strategy to delay elections is now being viewed by some as a redistricting race.

“This is a very costly and cynical ploy that makes a mockery of democracy,” former Brown County Executive Nancy Nusbaum said. “[Republicans] are willing to spend over $500,000 taxpayer dollars running fake primaries in order to slam through their version

would be detrimental.

But the altercation between Bradley and Prosser was not the reason for the senators publicizing their intentions, according to a statement from the senators.

Discussions began last April when the senators called on Legislative Council to report how other states were handling supreme court positioning, the statement said.

The Legislative Council found 22 states had established nominating commissions through constitutional amendments, and another 10 did so through statutes or executive orders.

Cullen and Schulz said they hope to amend the constitution, meaning a joint resolution would have to pass through two of the redistricting plan.”

Nusbaum won her primary for the District 2 seat against former GOP state representative Otto Junkerman. The District 2 seat is currently held

by Sen. Robert Cowles, R-Green Bay. Burden called the Republican redistricting maps “clear efforts at partisan gerrymandering” and said at least two districts were redrawn so the winning Democrat would no longer reside in the district in which they were running.

The redistricting maps have proven a cause for concern for Democrats because Republicans have the votes to pass their version of the redistricting plan through the Legislature. “[The Republican’s] are rewriting the lines with the sole purpose of maintaining a monopoly on power,” Democratic Party of Wisconsin spokesperson Phil Walzak said. “But there’s a real hunger for

consecutive legislature sessions.

At first glimpse, the proposal looks like a beacon of bipartisanship amidst ongoing political turmoil, but cosponsors have yet to board, and the senate majority leader, Scott Fitzgerald, opposes the plan, spokesperson Andrew Wellhouse said.

“Until we see more cosponsors, we won’t know if this is truly bipartisan,” Franklin said.

Skaggs said given the state of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, seeing widespread political agreement that a real problem exists should not surprise anyone.

“Courts tend to agree on most matters with a few exceptions. The case of the Wisconsin Supreme Court is almost the opposite, bitterly divided,” Skaggs said. change. These people are frustrated.”

Rep. Sandy Pasch, D-Whitefish Bay, said Republicans are ignoring a lot of due process by not providing time for the public and local counties to oversee the redistricting process.

Pasch will run against Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, in August and said she anticipates a very positive election.

Of the six Republican senators up for recall, none returned phone calls to The Badger Herald to comment on the election results.

The primary elections for the three recalled Democrats is set for July 19 with the general election to follow on Aug. 16.

In a special Assembly election, Planned Parenthood Public Policy Director Chris Taylor also won the 48th district seat vacated by now-Dane County Executive Joe Parisi.

--The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Biggest names for reloading Badgers Running backs headline roster as Wisconsin strives for another storied season as conference champions Elliot Hughes Sports Content Editor Earning an invitation to the Rose Bowl is one thing, but making the trip two consecutive years is another entirely.

After the mass exodus of talent that followed last year’s shared Big Ten title and Rose Bowl appearance, Wisconsin football head coach Bret Bielema is now faced with the task of reassembling a championship squad for another go at a conference crown and a BCS bowl invite.

John Clay, Scott Tolzien, J.J. Watt, Gabe Carimi — just a few of the big names from a team that will long be remembered in Badger nation — are gone, and as the Badgers reload for what could be another storied season, here are the top names that could lead the way and leave their own lasting impressions.

1. James White/Montee Ball, RBs Being two heads of the same rushing monster, White, a sophomore, and Ball, a junior, share the top spot as they’ll be the offense’s engine throughout the season. Even with Clay receiving most of the carries last year, White and Ball combined for a scary stat line: 32 touchdowns and 2,048 yards gained (6.42 per carry). They embody the ideal one-two running back punch: Ball has a downhill, power-running style, while White is fleet-footed and evasive. Although Clay received the starting nods, some people thought it was actually White and Ball who were UW’s top ball carriers last year. At times, it seemed like there just wasn’t enough

carries to go around for the three, but now that Clay is gone and another solid offensive line is returning, Ball and White could blaze a trail through the Big Ten — one even wider than last year’s.

2. Russell Wilson, QB There are certainly plenty of lingering questions regarding how much impact Wilson can have on a team he joined mid-summer, but as the quarterback position seemed to be all that was missing from another Rose Bowl trip, the opportunity surely exists for the athletically gifted North Carolina State transfer to elevate Wisconsin from a team with a missing piece to a premier squad. His proven passing ability (two 3,000-yard seasons) mixed with his mobility (17 career rushing TDs) has never before been seen in the likes of a Wisconsin quarterback.

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As a freshman last year, James White stood out among the catalogue of options at running back with a team-best 1,052 rushing yards.

3. Aaron Henry, S Now entering his second year at safety after transitioning from cornerback, Henry, a fifthyear senior, could be on the verge of a breakout season.

In a year in which he was named second team All-Big Ten by the coaches, Henry had two interceptions — both returned for touchdowns — finished third on the team in tackles, forced one fumble and recovered three more. He displayed a bit of a penchant for laying crushing blows on wide receivers last year as well, but his most valuable asset may be his maturity and leadership skills, which were widely apparent during spring camp.

smaller than most linebackers, but Borland has a motor that can match any. Following a Big Ten Freshman of the Year campaign in which he amassed 10.5 tackles for loss, including five sacks, Borland was again off to a fast start last year as a sophomore. He made five tackles, two for a loss and one sack, in the season opener but suffered a season-ending shoulder injury in the first quarter of the second game. He’ll be moving to middle linebacker this season, taking him off the edge that he thrived so well in, but he’s embracing the switch.

4. Chris Borland, LB He might be a little

5. Kevin Zeitler/Peter Konz, OL

Replacing Outland Trophy winning tackle Carimi, All-American guard John Moffitt and super-sub Bill Nagy in one year without losing a beat is an astounding feat, but it appears Wisconsin can do it. Zeitler and Konz will be two big support beams holding the offense’s foundation firm. They bring plenty of experience (42 starts between them) and a taste of recognition already. Both earned All-Big Ten honorable mentions last year, and Zeitler was recently named to the Outland Trophy preseason watch list.

6. Nick Toon, WR Health may be the biggest concern for Toon, whose

nagging injuries persisted throughout the 2010 season and into this offseason. If he can stay healthy — and if a reliable quarterback emerges — the 6-foot-3, 213-pound fifth-year senior wideout can build off his successful college résumé.

He’s averaged 14.2 yards per catch throughout his career and proved as a sophomore he can be a team’s No. 1 target by catching 54 balls for 805 yards and four touchdowns.

At first glance, the receiving corps may appear to be a little thin for UW, but by the looks of redshirt sophomore wide receiver Jared Abbrederis during spring camp, defenses shouldn’t be able to focus solely on Toon, freeing him up for a

potentially big season.

7. Louis Nzegwu, DE After starting all 13 games last season with fundamentally sound play, Nzegwu is probably the best bet to become the defensive line’s new playmaker following Watt’s departure.

He finished second on the team with three sacks and third with seven-and-ahalf tackles for loss last year. With UW’s best edge rusher in Borland moving to the middle, pressuring the quarterback is a bit of a question mark for the Badgers at the moment. If Nzegwu can achieve success beyond fundamentals, UW’s defense will have playmakers in all the right places.

Big Ten Preview: Don’t write off Ohio State just yet; UM on rise

Mike Fiammetta Mike’d Up The Big Ten will gain a new member this upcoming football season, but if you’ve only followed the conference for the past few months, you might not even know it.

The Nebraska Cornhuskers are the newest addition to the now 12-team Big Ten, which has led the conference to divvy up its members into “Legends” and “Leaders,” two grossly under-thought (or, perhaps, over-thought) division titles. Since that fateful December announcement revealed the Big Ten’s new makeup, though, the conference has been rocked and rattled numerous times.

Ex-North Carolina State quarterback Russell Wilson, you may know, is now a Badger. Ohio State, you also may know, no longer has head coach Jim Tressel or QB Terrelle Pryor. Those Buckeyes also recently had the top prospect from the state of Ohio, offensive tackle Kyle Kalis, decommitted for the suddenly greener pastures of their bitterly execrated rivals, the Michigan Wolverines.

But now, with the controversy in Columbus at least temporarily subsiding to the relentless, unforgiving confines of the blogosphere, real

WILSON, from 1 All in all, the offensive line is going to have to be more mobile as well. It’s going to have to move well enough to give Wilson those extra few seconds to get a good look and make a throw or opportunity.

Coming in for only one season — in a position that requires some of the strongest leadership qualities — Wilson also

figure to be attainable for the new-look Buckeyes.

1. Ohio State is still good enough to be a threat in the Big Ten When Pryor and four other Buckeyes (running back Daniel “Boom” Herron, wideout DeVier Posey, tackle Mike Adams and defensive end Solomon Thomas) were suspended for the first games of this season in December, the doom and gloom clouds were quick to gather over Columbus. When Tressel was suspended three months later, they erupted into a full-blown storm. And when Tressel resigned and Pryor left the university eight days later?

Then, the Buckeyes will host Colorado before an Oct. 1 showdown with Michigan State in the Big Ten opener. Winning four of those five should keep Ohio State afloat until the suspensions are ended in time for a trip to Nebraska the next week.

An Oct. 29 home battle with Wisconsin still looms, as does a final stretch of games with Penn State and Michigan (in the Big House, no less).

Nevertheless, the offense returns six starters and the defense brings back four. Mike Brewster, one of the premier centers in the nation, will anchor the athletic and physical offensive line. While the receiving group is shallow behind Posey, senior tight

2. Jerry Kill will rebuild Minnesota — slowly Hiring a coach with a badass name couldn’t be a bad start, right? After former head coach Tim Brewster failed to live up to the lofty campaign promises he laid out upon being hired in 2007, Jerry Kill was brought in after three seasons at Northern Illinois (his position was filled by former Badgers defensive coordinator Dave Doeren). Kill is tasked with rebuilding a program that was not bowl-eligible last year, has not won more than seven games since 2003 and also has not won a conference championship in more than 40 years.

Matt Limegrover is the Gophers’ fifth offensive coordinator in six years, and he will be responsible for a unit that returns just five starters from 2010. MarQueis Gray, a former wide receiver, is all but certain to start at quarterback, barring injury.

Gray caught 42 passes for 587 yards last season, and his top receiving option in 2011 will be senior Da’Jon McKnight, a preseason Biletnikoff Award candidate. At running back, the Gophers have several candidates but no standout leader for the spot that senior DeLeon Eskridge won by default in 2010.

On defense, Minnesota also returns five starters, three of which come on the defensive line. That’s not necessarily a positive, though, as the Gophers recorded an NCAA-low eight sacks last season and the Big Ten’s worst rushing defense (191.4 yards allowed per game).

The other two returning starters on the defense are linebackers Keanon Cooper and Gary Tinsley, leaving a secondary led by former wideout Troy Stoudermire with a glaring lack of experience.

Minnesota begins the season with a trip west to face Southern California, meaning it could be rough early for the Gophers.

But Kill has already done a good job of boosting morale around the team, as his track record of turning around weak programs and his straight-talking attitude have gone a long way in helping to erase the nightmares of Brewster’s tenure. It won’t be hugely

hasn’t faced the same issues his new teammates have other the past year or so.

He wasn’t there to feel the electricity of toppling No. 1 Ohio State under the lights last year on a night when Madison couldn’t have been more deserving of the nickname “Mad Town.”

He wasn’t there when everyone watched in anticipation as Wisconsin

earned a piece of the Big Ten title and the chance to play in the Rose Bowl.

He wasn’t there when Sconnies everywhere felt the bitter sting watching TCU linebacker Tank Carder knock down what could have been a gametying two-point conversion in the Rose Bowl.

But who can blame him?

He was playing what he thought would be his final season at N.C. State.

Coming in as a quarterback, Wilson is expected to lead. The Badgers will have to follow, just like they would follow any other quarterback who steps into the starting spot this season.

Certainly Wilson can’t just expect to be respected as a leader — it’ll take time — but the rest of the team has to give him the chance to share his experience and

adjust to a new system.

Wilson is the new kid in class. Everyone is wondering what he’s going to be like, who he’ll be friends with and how cool he is. Like any new kid, he has to get used to his new life, but the other kids need to give him a chance and let him fit in the best way he can.

The Badgers have to go through the transition with Wilson — adjust as

football talk can begin in earnest. For instance, how much success will Wilson find in Madison?

Can Penn State, once again lacking a concrete solution at the quarterback position, return to elite status? And what about the Cornhuskers? Are they instantly the favorites in their new conference, or is a rude awakening in store for head coach Bo Pelini and stud QB Taylor Martinez?

So much lies in wait for a conference that once again enters the fall with great expectations. The Big Ten went 2-5 in the 2010 bowl season, ratcheting up the pressure on the conference for 2011. Simply put, questions regarding the Big Ten abound, and answers to most of them do not.

But that’s never stopped anyone from making some bold predictions about what’s in store, so without further ado, here’s what you can expect from the Big Ten this football season.

Forget about it.

Still, don’t forget — this is Ohio State. While the Buckeyes will have to adjust to a new quarterback — likely senior Joe Bauserman — they should be able to survive those first five games without Herron, Posey and Adams (Thomas isn’t likely to start) relatively unscathed.

After beginning the season by hosting Akron and Toledo, the first test will come Sept. 17 at Miami.

end Jake Stoneburner returns to give Bauserman (or Braxton Miller, Taylor Graham or Kenny Guiton) another steady passcatching option.

Make no mistake — OSU’s glory days under Ol’ Sweater Vest are over.

At this point, Wisconsin and Nebraska seem slightly out of Ohio State’s reach in the Big Ten picture. But a second-place finish in the Leaders division, as well as yet another bowl berth,

Make no mistake — OSU’s glory days under Ol’ Sweater Vest are over. At this point, Wisconsin and Nebraska seem slightly out of Ohio State’s reach in the Big Ten picture. But a second-place finish in the Leaders division, as well as yet another bowl berth, figure to be attainable for the new-look Buckeyes.

successful, but the 2011 season will be a step in the right direction for Kill and the Gophers.

he adjusts — and follow their new leader if they want to show that they are as talented as everyone believes them to be.

3. The inaugural Big Ten Championship Game will feature…

Wisconsin triumphing over Legends divisionwinner Michigan State.

Nebraska seems well adjusted to make the transition to the Big Ten, especially on defense, but questions persist for the offense. The key game for both teams, of course, will come Oct. 29, when the Spartans travel to Lincoln, Neb., for what is certain to be a highlight of the Big Ten schedule.

Michigan State does have to face Ohio State (they got a year off in 2010) and Notre Dame this season — both on the road — but Nebraska’s transition to a no-huddle offense, along with significant turnover on the coaching staff, present significant issues for the conference newcomer.

Wisconsin, meanwhile, does not face an easy schedule by any means.

The Cornhuskers will play their first conference game under the lights at Camp Randall Stadium Oct. 1, which figures to give the Badgers a fairly significant advantage. The two other most daunting matchups for Wisconsin will come two weeks later at Michigan State, and then one week after that, a trip to Ohio State. If the Badgers can exit that stretch with just one loss, the remainder of the season bodes well for a trip to Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis Dec. 3.

Kelly is a junior majoring in journalism. Do you agree that Wisconsin has to make some adjustments, or is it all on Wilson? Let her know what you think at kerickson@badgerherald.com or follow her on Twitter @ kellyerickson4.

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Experts break down components of budget crucial to student life Pam Selman News Content Editor

Throughout the past several months, legislators in Wisconsin have participated in countless

hours of debate surrounding solutions to the state deficit.

According to figures from Gov. Scott Walker’s

Cuts to the University of Wisconsin System The budget calls for a UW System funding reduction of $250 million spanning the next two years. As yhe flagship university, UW will absorb $94 million of the cut, UW political science professor Barry Burden said.

With the introduction of Interim Chancellor David Ward, university administrators are working to determine how the state funding cuts

can be best applied to UW. “It will be a challenge for the university to compete for the best students, staff and faculty while facing such a dramatic reduction in revenue,” Burden said.

As a result of the cuts to the UW System, all students will see a 5.5 percent tuition increase added to their bill.

BadgerCare Figures presented in the budget show BadgerCare, Wisconsin’s public heath program, could take a several million-dollar cut, Sen. Dave Hansen, D-Green Bay, said.

Hansen said there would be $500 million in cuts to the area of the budget that typically supports programs like BadgerCare and Homestead. How and where the cuts will be made is up to the state’s secretary of the Department of Human Services.

“It’s a matter of priority, and [the Republicans’] priority is to further benefit the elite while taking the cuts out on students and the elderly,” Hansen said. “The state motto is

‘Forward,’ but I think we are moving in the opposite direction.”

Still, according to a statement from Walker’s office, the governor and Republican leadership intended to build a budget that would solve the deficit without raising taxes and maintaining “important government services” such as BadgerCare.

Despite the cuts directly to BadgerCare, the budget gives an additional $1.2 billion to the state’s Medicaid program. Almost all new revenue the state makes throughout this budget cycle will be directed toward the Department of Health Services, the statement said.

office, the state faces a $3.6 billion debt. Experts around Wisconsin agree the 2011-13 biennial budget, signed on

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WARD, from 1 campus extremely well, has a terrific track record and uniquely understands the position of the institution vis-à-vis the university and legislature.”

DeLuca added he looks forward to a smooth

transition to a new leader for the university in the coming months.

In spite of the obstacles the coming year will hold, Ward is sentimental concerning his return to Madison, where he first arrived as a grad student in 1960.

“I never imagined I would be brought back from retirement, so I’m looking forward to renewing many old memories of experiences.

In some ways, this is a personal returning. I’m excited to reconnect and give back,” Ward said.

cuts, experts have varying opinions on how the effects will be manifested on campus.

UW Autonomy New budgetary provisions also allow for UW to have more independence from the rest of the UW System.

“The university will be able to develop its own hiring and salary plans,” Burden said. “This represents part of the flexibilities proposed under [former Chancellor Biddy Martin’s] New Badger Partnership idea.”

Burden said the university and government officials would explore

further ways to allow UW more independence under the next budget cycle.

The majority of the 2011 spring semester was filled with heated debate and discussion surrounding Martin’s proposal for the Partnership, a proposal to allow the flagship greater operating autonomy from the state. Martin’s bid fell short on legislative support just weeks before she announced she would be leaving her position at UW.

Cuts to State Agencies According to a statement from Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, the budget “cuts wasteful spending” to various state agencies while creating a 1.8 percent increase in the overall funds budget in comparison to Wisconsin’s previous budget.

Following the nation-wide discussion on the merits of eliminating or minimizing funding in the federal budget for abortions and clinics that provide the procedure, Walker ’s budget eliminates a $1.9 million state grant to Planned

BIDDY, from 1

David Ward, who served as head of the university from 1993-2000, will take the reins again as UW’s interim chancellor.

June 26, makes serious cuts to offset the deficit.

While it is certain students will be impacted by the

The Partnership, which was originally made public in October 2010, came under fire when it was revealed Martin had not informed UW System leadership she had met with Walker’s staff about the plan.

While Martin became a key figurehead in support of the controversial plan, she emphasized her decision to leave the university was driven by the career opportunity offered by Amherst.

“It’s impossible to sort anything out, and I probably won’t know that answer until years later,” she said. “It was my feeling that I had pushed things as far as I could at the moment and had a great opportunity [at Amherst].”

The new position will mark a return to Martin’s passion for the liberal arts, which recalls her doctoral study in German, a degree earned at UW in 1985.

While many students will fondly remember Martin for her appearance at snowball fights on Bascom Hill and in the viral hit “Teach Me How to Bucky,” members of the faculty run the gamut of perspectives on how the chancellor may be memorialized.

Judith Burstyn, who chaired the University Committee of Faculty Senate for 2010-11, said she wished the body had maintained a closer working relationship with the chancellor.

She cited the project to reorganize the Graduate School as an instance in which committee members’ institutional

Parenthood that had been in effect since 2009.

The Legislature also voted to remove the state’s agency-level Arts Board and eliminate an earmark for the Milwaukee Black Holocaust Museum, which closed in 2008 but was overlooked in the most recent biennial budget, in order to cut down on agency funding.

All state agencies will also be required to “undergo regular base budget reviews to identify wasteful spending,” the statement from Fitzgerald’s office said.

knowledge was “disregarded.”

Burstyn, a UW chemistry professor, said while Martin would be remembered for the high profile she held on campus and a strong public persona, she questions whether Martin was an ideal fit for the Madison campus.

“We are an unusual institution with the faculty committed to a system of faculty governance,” she said.

“That was not something Martin was familiar with, which was challenging.”

Education and sociology professor Sara Goldrick-Rab, an outspoken critic of the former chancellor ’s policies addressing access and affordability, said Martin’s initiatives to increase institutional need-based aid are not as meaningful as campaigns to decrease the net price of education for lowincome students.

She also said the controversy surrounding public authority was forced into the academic sphere and interactions with the UW System may have negatively colored professors’ opinions of Martin.

“Her actions with the System undoubtedly did damage when this is all [members of the faculty] know of System,” she said. “Politics were a major distraction last semester.”

Goldrick-Rab also questioned whether making appointments before her departure would effectively “tie the hands” of the next chancellor.

Board of Regents President Charles Pruitt maintained that Martin’s

successor should not worry about mending bridges with the UW System.

“We had a very important discussion about the role of Madison in the UW System. I don’t think there are any long term issues,” he said.

“This was a Board of Regents that hired her.

She was a thoughtful and dynamic leader.”

The chancellor was no stranger to controversy.

In April 2010, Martin severed contracts with Nike after students protested against alleged workers’ rights violations at the company’s Honduran factories.

Tom Templeton, an Associated Students of Madison representative, said Martin took students’ opinions very seriously and greatly impacted the undergraduate experience with MIU. “She really cared about students and looked out for their best efforts,” he said. “[Martin] also challenged and raised the debate about higher education in the state and engaged in student life on a wide range of levels.”

Martin reflected that the hiring of 80 new faculty members using funds from MIU, the university’s unique Chinese Champions academic program and getting the issue of flexibility on a statewide agenda are among her most proud accomplishments during her tenure in Madison.

“The single biggest thing I’ll miss are the students. I really loved interacting with students at UW in settings of work and play,” she said.

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Q&A: Badger-turned-Buck Leuer talks lockout, draft Herald Sports catches up with former Big Ten star in an exclusive interview Mike Fiammetta Sports Editor After four stellar years at Wisconsin, Jon Leuer has finally made it to the NBA. The 6-10, 228-pound Orono, Minn., native was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 10th pick in the second round (No. 40 overall) of last month’s NBA Draft. Leuer was gracious enough to take some time to catch up with Herald Sports and discuss everything from being able to keep playing in Wisconsin to the draft process and his plans for keeping busy during the pending lockout situation.

Herald Sports: What are your thoughts on joining the Bucks?

Jon Leuer: I’m really excited about it. I think it’s a great situation to come into. Just working out there this past week with coach (Scott) Skiles and their whole coaching staff.

It’s easy to see that they have great, great teachers of the game. It’s going to be fun to learn from those guys. I plan on trying to pick things up quick. That’s what you have to do if you’re a rookie coming in. We went over a lot of stuff in that short time I was there, but I felt like I learned a lot.

A couple of other players were there, too: Brandon Jennings, Larry Sanders.

So I got a chance to know those guys, and you can tell the entire organization has good people. It’s the type of organization you want to be a part of.

HS: Throughout the whole draft process, did it seem likely to you that you would end up in Milwaukee?

JL: I knew I had a pretty good workout there. I knew they were a team that really liked me. To be honest, I didn’t think I was going to fall that far, just from what my agent was telling me and what everybody had pretty much told me, but I fell a little bit further than I thought and I think the Bucks thought the same thing, that I wasn’t going to be there at 40. I’m just glad I got the opportunity to go to a good team. Regardless of where you get drafted, it’s more about what you do after the draft than before it. I just feel blessed to have this opportunity and plan on making the most of it.

HS: When you say you fell longer than you expected, where exactly did you expect to go?

JL: I don’t really know.

I mean, there were teams that say they really like you — everybody has an opinion. But it’s over and done with now, and I’m proud to be a Buck. The draft is just one small part of all this.

HS: How have you been affected by the lockout situation?

JL: It definitely is a different situation. I’ve never been a part of anything like this, so as a rookie, I’m just kind of learning myself. I’m trying to just talk to as many people as I can, try to make correct decisions throughout this, but it’s pretty much out of my control — it is out of my control. The only thing I can control is what I do during this time, and I’m going to train hard and stay ready so that whenever this does end, I can be ready to go and try to get on the court.

HS: Not being able to have the team hold normal

summer activities, what are your plans for the summer?

JL: Well, I’m actually probably going to come back to Madison for a couple weeks here and train there with our strength coach, Scott Hettenbach, and probably work out with coach (Gary) Close, one of our assistants.

And then, I have to finish up my degree, too, which is definitely important to me.

After that, I’m probably going to do a mix of training back home in Minneapolis and going to Chicago, working out there, too. I have a pretty good plan, I feel like, so far.

Hopefully it’s enough to get me ready for an NBA season.

HS: I thought it was interesting with the news today that Deron Williams is planning on trying to play in Turkey if the lockout stretches into the fall. I know your situation is completely different than his, him being a veteran and you being a rookie, but have you considered anything like that briefly if worse comes to worse, the season is shortened or canceled?

JL: Yeah, I think everybody’s kind of thought about that, especially now that Deron’s going over there. But for me, right now, the only thing I’m focused on is just trying to improve as a player. It’s hard to say with the future being so uncertain right now, so that’s something that is not for right now. That’s the way I look at it. I’m just going to try to continue to get better and train hard, and hopefully the lockout gets resolved sooner rather than later.

Stephanie Moebius The Badger Herald

Trapped in limbo due to the NBA’s lockout, former Wisconsin forward Jon Leuer plans on staying in Madison to finish his degree and train with UW assistant coaches to prepare for his rookie year. going to try to earn an inch whatever way I can. I feel like as a big, I’m skilled and can shoot the ball and stretch the floor; that’s something that I definitely feel like I can come in and do. But also just rebounding, being solid defensively — just doing all the little things. That’s something that I feel like I can do and come in and just try to help the team win games.

HS: With that, the rebounding, the being solid defensively, all the little things, those sound like words coming from the HS: What kind of role do mouth of a Badger. How you see yourself playing on well do you feel your career the court for the Bucks? at UW has prepared you?

JL: Coming in, I’m just JL: I definitely look back

on my career and coming in as a freshman, not really understanding what it meant to play the game, you know, the right way.

You learn that under coach (Bo) Ryan, just learning how to be a good allaround player. I felt like I could score coming in, but I didn’t really know how to play defense that well. I didn’t understand the little things as much. With coach Ryan, he gives so much attention to detail and every aspect of the game that if you don’t learn that stuff right away, you’re not going to be on the court. I definitely feel like playing at Wisconsin made me a better all-around player.

HS: Obviously it’s hard

to look at rosters now, but some people say maybe the Bucks are crowded at the 4 position. But that could completely change by the fall, depending on who comes back. Do you feel like you’re facing an uphill battle at all to win a spot on the team, since you did fall into the second round?

JL: It’s so hard to say at this point, just because of the lockout. It’s hard to say.

I’m just going to come in and try to put my best foot forward and work my tail off so that I can try to have a spot on that team. I feel like, like I said earlier, it’ll be a good situation for me.

I’m definitely excited about it, but at the same time, I realize you have to earn that.

‘Future bodes very well’ for track and field, head coach says Nuttycombe anxious to see Badgers turn individual awards into team success Brett Sommers Statistics Editor The track and field season finished at the end of June, and even though neither the Wisconsin men’s nor the women’s track and field teams captured a Big Ten title in the indoor or outdoor championships, the squads still formed a foundation for better years to come.

Outdoor track and field freshman of the year honors were bestowed on Badgers for both the men and women. Reed Connor became the first Badger to capture the award, winning the Big Ten title in the 5,000-meter run for the men. He finished in 16th place in the 5,000-meter run at the NCAA Championships, with a time of 14:00.49.

Emily Sisson earned the award for the women’s side with her 3rd place finishes in the 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter runs at the Big Ten Championships and became the third Badger to win the award.

Sisson also stood out in the 5,000-meter run at the NCAA Championships, finishing in 10th place with a time of 15:53.90.

On top of strong freshman performances from Connor, Sisson and others, both programs are looking forward to being even more competitive next year.

“We are very young and have a lot of good young talent, and I think the future bodes very well for the team,” men’s head coach Ed Nuttycombe said.

The women’s team

only loses one outdoor conference scoring athlete to graduation, Egle Staisiunaite, the new Wisconsin school record holder in the 100-meter hurdles, with a time of 13.45. Jim Stintzi, head coach of the women’s team, hopes the Badgers can move up in the standings because of their youth and the graduation of key players elsewhere in the Big Ten. Other young standouts included freshmen Jay Cato and Dan Block, sophomores Maverick Darling and Mohammed Ahmed and senior Mickey DeFilippo for the men.

All were individuals that Nuttycombe credited for a lot of the success the Badgers had despite not winning a title.

DeFilippo is the only athlete who won’t be back next season due to graduation, but he made sure he left his mark before departing, setting a new outdoor school record for the pole vault of 17-feet-6inches.

Cato was the 2011 Big Ten Indoor Freshman of the Year and 2011 Big Ten Champion in the indoor heptathlon. Block set the school record for discus at 192-feet-6-inches.

Darling was a 2011 AllAmerican, excelling in the indoor 5,000-meter run, and Ahmed finished 14th at the outdoor NCAA Championships in the 5,000-meter run.

Despite the strong individual performances, the Wisconsin men’s track team finished 5th and 3rd place in the outdoor and indoor conference meets, respectively, and as always the goal is to keep climbing the ladder to the top.

“Our goal is to be competitive for a Big Ten

Championship every year, and we did not win either the indoor or the outdoor this year. From that perspective we felt like we didn’t reach our goals,” Nuttycombe said before adding that he is “absolutely looking forward to next year.”

Several individual performers from the women’s team were equally as impressive as the up-and-coming men.

The names of Dorcas Akinniyi and Jessica Flax could barely keep themselves from rolling off Stintzi’s tongue.

Akinniyi and Flax finished sixth and seventh, respectively, in the outdoor NCAA Championship Heptathlon, a multi-day competition that pits competitors in seven different events.

The 100-meter hurdles, long jump, shot put, javelin, 200-meter run, high jump and 800-meter run make up the seven tasks, leaving the cumulative high score the winner.

Akinniyi was the Big Ten Pentathlon Champion and an All-American in the indoor pentathlon and outdoor heptathlon for the second year running.

Flax was the 2011 Big Ten Heptathlon Champion.

Monika Jakutyte also showed her skill in the high jump, becoming the indoor Big Ten Champion with a jump of 5-feet-11 and a half inches. She also earned second-team AllAmerican honors and an 11th place finish at the NCAA Championships.

Sophomore Taylor Smith set school records in the discus with a mark of 172-feet-10-inches and set the school mark for the weight throw with a distance of 65-feet-6 3/4-inches.

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Downtown alders introduce goals, past initiatives to constituents Bridget Maniaci

Ald. Bridget Maniaci, District 2, claims she is the alder for students and student interests, and has roots in the University of Wisconsin campus community as well as a history with Madison politicking.

Maniaci said one of the issues facing the City Council in the coming year that will be of importance to students is the city budget, specifically money that is going to be available for safety, such as building inspection, the Madison Metro bus system and the Madison Police Department.

“There has been a war on fun up at city hall recently,” Maniaci said. “One thing I’ll be diligent about is maintaining events on campus that students really care about, like Halloween, Mifflin and being able to go out and have venues and shows to go to.”

Maniaci said she

District 2

encourages students to attend city committee meetings.

“There is so much happening with legislation at such a fast and furious pace, it’s very difficult to find the information about what is actually being passed,” Maniaci said.

Maniaci graduated from UW in 2007 with degrees in political science and economics. During her time as an undergrad, Maniaci was involved in a number of student organizations including the Daily Cardinal, WSUM, Hoofers and the Greek community.

In fall 2006, Maniaci interned at the mayor’s office. She assisted in transforming Halloween by bringing music to the State Street Freakfest celebration.

“I think my experience interning with the mayor really got me interested in running for alder,” Maniaci said. “I’ve been involved with many different parts of the campus community as a student and since graduating, and being a student at UW shaped my view of the role that students can have in the local political process.”

Maniaci was elected to City Council in April of 2009 and serves on a multitude of committees, including Housing Committee, Landlord and Tenant Issues Subcommittee and Transit and Parking Commission.

Her district includes half of Langdon Street and the area around James Madison Park.

Scott Resnick

Unlike Maniaci and Verveer, who are veterans of Madison’s City Council, this fall will be the first full semester Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, will have a chance to represent his studentpopulated district. It will not, however, be his first time involved in Madison politics.

Resnick grew up in Wausau, Wis., and graduated from UW in 2008, focusing his studies on the State Public Defenders system.

As an undergrad, Resnick served on the Executive Board of College Democrats and interned with Assembly Representative Donna Seidel.

After graduating, Resnick became president of the StateLangdon Neighborhood Association and was appointed to the Joint-

District 8

Southeast Campus Area Committee.

He also serves as Vice President of Hardin Design and Development, a web and mobile development company.

Resnick was elected to City Council in April and is currently the youngest recent graduate serving on the Council. He also serves on a number of city committees, such as the Downtown Coordinating Committee, Economic Development Committee and Housing Committee.

“I still live downtown and frequent the same establishments I did as an undergrad, like the student union, bars, etc.,” Resnick said. “That connection to student life makes me a good representative.”

District 8 works closely with District 4, with their boundaries lying side by side. The district lies between Districts 2 and 4 but extends to Lake Monona.

Like Maniaci and Verveer, Resnick said two pieces of business he thinks will be of concern to students are the future of the Mifflin Street Block Party and Freakfest.

“Beyond that, alcohol policy downtown, with the recent amendment to [the Alcohol License Density Ordinance], will be a big thing for students this year,” Resnick said.

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Zhao Lim The Badger Herald

Madisonians enjoy a day at the Memorial Union Terrace – the perfect place to spend an evening lounging on the docks, watching the sunset over Lake Mendota.

ASM leaders to pursue diversity, financial aid in upcoming session Officials introduce plans to expand multicultural issue resources to more of campus Matt Huppert College Editor As the University of Wisconsin fall semester draws near, the Associated Students of Madison is preparing for what is likely to be a busy session, with a focus on greater student involvement and recruiting.

One of ASM’s top priorities for the upcoming session will be increasing student involvement in the policymaking decisions of UW, Chair Allie Gardner said.

Along with encouraging students to participate in student organizations, Gardner said ASM hopes to increase participation in its grassroots committees, especially the Shared Governance Committee.

Shared Governance appoints students to over 50 committees that provide input for policy decisions in a variety of areas.

“We do have a lot of power [as students] to make changes when we see fit, or we can at least be involved,” Gardner said. “Sometimes I think we don’t always use that to its maximum potential.”

Along with Shared Governance, ASM Vice

Chair Beth Huang said the group will also encourage more students to join the University Affairs, Legislative Affairs and Diversity Committees. She said ASM will also attempt to recruit more students to its internship programs.

Gardner said another priority for the coming session is increasing student multicultural competency.

She said she believes demand for this type of training has existed for some time, but groups such as the Multicultural Learning Community do not have the resources to reach all UW students.

“We’re a majorly white institution, and when we provide dialogue and discussion for issues that are faced by students of color, usually the only students involved are students of color,” Gardner said. “We want to make sure that the majority students are also benefiting from diversity education.”

Along with adding a Lakeshore location to the Multicultural Learning Community’s space in the Witte residence hall, Gardner said ASM has also discussed increasing diversity education programs for students and working more closely with diversity-centered student organizations.

Huang said the ignorance of many majority students toward

minority issues is now a serious problem at UW. “I think that one of the issues we’ve identified on this campus is not so much a lack of diversity itself but also unknown privilege,” Huang said.

“We definitely have issues with marginalization of a lot of students on campus, but this can be rooted in the unknown privilege of majority students.”

Huang said ASM, along with several student organizations, will host two forums on diversity and privilege next semester intended to create policy decisions more focused on increasing multicultural education.

ASM has also considered bringing back recent graduates, especially those currently living in larger cities, in order to investigate if UW adequately prepared them for a diverse workforce environment, Huang said.

One of the other big priorities during the coming session will be finding more resources for student groups, Gardner said, especially in terms of providing proper space.

She said while not all 900 student groups on campus need their own designated areas, there is not room for all of those that do in the Student Activities Center and the Red Gym.

Mike Verveer

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, is a native of Washington, D.C., and attended UW as an undergrad and law student. As an undergrad he was a leader in the umiversity’s student government.

Verveer is the secondlongest serving member on City Council. He was first elected in 1995 and has since served eight two-year terms. He is an active member of many city committees, such as the Alcohol License Review Committee, Ethics Board, Board of Estimates and Vending Oversight Committee.

District 4 represents Capitol Square, State Street and neighborhoods that are generally south of Gorham Street, including all of the Bassett and Mifflin Street neighborhoods.

Major student high-rises like

District 4

Equinox, Aberdeen and Palisades are all included in this district.

“Over my long tenure in city hall, I have always proudly fought for student interests despite the fact that I am no longer a student,” Verveer said. “I never lose sight of the fact that I represent thousands of students, and I always do my best to put student interest first.”

For the past 16 years, Verveer has worked on many large city-sponsored events. He said Mayor Paul Soglin has expressed concern surrounding the current nature of Freakfest, specifically charging admission to be on a public street. Verveer will also look to create a safer environment next May at the Mifflin Street Block Party.

“Given the fact that things turned ugly at the last Mifflin, the future of that event will be under discussion during the next school year,” Verveer said. “It is my intention to fully engage students, especially Mifflin residents, in meaningful discussion about the future of the Block Party.”

Having served for such a long time, Verveer said he knows many “city players” and has a vast “institutional memory” which allows him to be successful in fighting for students.

Shout-Outs

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SO to the cute Badger boy I met at Run n Fun in MN today. Hope I run into you in the fall!

ASO to the Palisades.

This is the second time this week that your fire alarm has gone off. I didn’t know that just living NEAR you could be so annoying.

SO to Jump Around coming on at Summerfest.

DSO to the group of slightly drunk, overweight, middle-aged men who started to jump around without spilling their beer. Once a Badger, always a Badger.

SO to having the most fun I have had in a long time while on a first date. Madison, thank you for the farmers market, the art fair, and excellent restaurants. I couldn’t have done it without you!

HASO to the job market.

All I want is a part time job after classes so I can pay for my booze. Is that too much to ask for?

HMFASO to the phrase “SOLD OUT” next to the Badger football season passes sale link. FML. Hopeful SO to people selling me the tickets of the games they won’t attend? :3 SO to peanut butter.

You have always been there for me, you never change, and you never fail to satisfy me. So much to love. Dinner tonight?

HMFSO to spending the upcoming football season in the student section. Hell yah lets do it again!!

SO to unleashing the Kraken! A day of beer drinking on the beach, followed by a night of beer games and a handle of kraken. ASO to taking big pulls to help finish the handle and going into instant blackout and convincing my friends to go to the bar. Next thing I know I’m waking up on my rug and missing half my wallet...

SO to my most recent walk of shame being transcontinental and technically a walk, taxi ride, and flight of shame. Go big or go home.

ASO to whoever toured my apartment and left the fridge open over the loooong weekend!

RIP pepperjack cheese.

Power to beer for being the sole survivor.

ASO to not having an excuse to talk to the cute girl at the union.

SO to nakedness. DSO to it making everything exponentially more epic. Exhibit A: housework.

ASO to pudding cups.

Why the fuck are you so small? I am a man and I need a man-sized serving of pudding.

SO to my TA for letting us skip the whole “something interesting you’re going to do this summer” part of introductions in discussion.

SO to getting into the university of wisconsin-madison school of journalism and mass communications! drinks on me tonight!

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SO to the two EXTREMELY good-looking men working in the Embassy this summer. Thanks for helping me lift my bike. :)

perceptive as Helen Keller, and having less game than a pitcher with no arms. Here’s to 20+ years of being single.

HMFSO to Madison. I LOVE you more and more each second! SO to being in Madison all summer and soaking up its magnificentness!

SO to my dad’s advice for the Kenny Chesney concert: Bring more beer than you think you need but don’t come home on a drunk crying jag.

ASO to the dude who keeps hocking a loogie in College Library.

It’s miserable enough having to be here in the summer without your gross and annoying habit.

HSO to the super hot, tall, blonde Badger boy ive started to have a thing with lately. I WANT ON. ASO to my three year old cousins for telling me I’m too old and too big to play with them.

Guys, I’m only 19. And just because I can’t actually use the pedals on your big wheel doesn’t mean I can’t beat you in a race. Eat my dust, kids.

ASO to partying with a Hoosier last night.

DASO for him trying to convince me that IU is better than UW, both academically and socially. SO to being a badger and not having to prove anything to anybody. If you’re not a badger.... well, you’re not a badger.

SO to the shout outs on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Not only is he adorable, but even Jimmy is learning how to bucky :) ASO to being as smooth as sandpaper, as

SO to the mother duck and nine adorable ducklings in the pond by University and Mills today.

SO to creating a college search power point for my students today.

I decided to include Minnesota. SO to being completely stumped for the “Reasons to go” section...

SO to going on an unexpected bar crawl after finishing some pitchers at the terrace. SO to thinking it was a good idea to hide a pitcher in the bushes in order to be able to find it the next day. ASO to going back the next day and finding someone passed out in the bushes...SO to summer in madison.

ASO to men. I wear my sexy panties. We eye fuck each other for 8 hours straight. I wait for you. And you just LEAVE? SO to shower sex on a hot day....mm mm good.

ASO to thinking a guy was cute until I looked down and saw his man crocs. Really?

HMFSO to the SOC. That’s it.

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SO to seeing two guys awkwardly trying to ride together on a moped without looking gay. Sorry boys, but that ship sailed when you both got on.

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ASO to lucas, i still love you, you huge fucking idiot. Also, I’m drunk.

ASO to only going for all the assholes. I’m a sexy girl that isn’t high maintenance, where are all the nice Badger boys at?

ASO to kissing my good guy friend and then having him turn into an annoying as hell stage 5 clinger.

SO to the girl with the Bates t on University in front of Memorial South. Tell me about yourself.

SO to the guy on State Street today with long hair and a beard wearing a pink tunic and brown leggings. Where were your sword and horse?

SO to Nicholas Cage films and the companions I watch them with.

Nothing is quite as relaxing as a Nicholas Cage Match; six men enter, none leave sober.

DSO to being able to quote Con Air, Lord of War, Wicker Man, and The Weather Man in their entirety; no woman will ever find it attractive, but I don’t give a damn about that.

SO to sex dreams about married coworkers. ASO to the next day of work...so horny, so unsatisfied.

SO to be invited to my first threesome. it feels like this is a rite of passage or something..

HMFSO to narwhals. Inventors of the shishkebab.

SO to being a happy drunk! ASO to those mean, sad, sloppy drunks.. GTFO. SO to my ex coming over to say bye before he left to study abroad.

ASO to all my feelings rushing back and not being able to see him for 5 months. here’s hoping distance really does make the heart grow fonder.

SO to my favorite Marine! Love ya buddy!!

ASO to having drunk sex last night WITH my tampon in. DASO to not knowing how this is even possible.

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Healy leads Badgers out of Big Ten cellar, looks forward to future New head coach scores first 30-win season for Wisconsin since 2005 Nick Korger Softball Writer

There’s just no substitute for success.

Many Wisconsin athletic programs enjoyed memorable seasons thanks to renewed success, as both the football and basketball teams shined bright for the university in the national spotlight many times. Pasadena, the Sweet Sixteen; these trips brought Bucky a revamped swagger.

But there’s another squad from Wisconsin that went the way of the state motto in 2011.

Anyone fortunate enough to wander down to a game at Goodman Diamond this past spring witnessed the softball program take a giant leap forward, as first year head coach Yvette Healy guided the program to its first 30-win season since 2005.

Healy’s squad reached the

mark through a homestand sweep of Ohio State in May, as the Badgers’ run ruled the Buckeyes in both games.

The Badgers earned 10 more wins than the previous year, marking the second-largest improvement in Wisconsin history. For Healy, this season was one of her personal favorites.

“This year was one of my most enjoyable years coaching college softball,” Healy said. “I attribute that to the amazing coaches and staff at Wisconsin. All of the head coaches did an amazing job reaching out to our staff and team, sharing ideas and strategies for success. (Assistant coaches) Randy Schneider and Tracie Adix did an amazing job running the program, keeping things organized, intense and fun, all at the same time.”

Perhaps what made the season unique for the Badgers was the age of the team. Healy took over a team with 14 of 19 spots

filled by underclassman.

Healy approached the season looking for gradual improvement, but instead found instant results.

Freshman Cassandra Darrah emerged as an ace on the mound for Wisconsin, posting 16 wins and an earned run average under 3.00. Healy also helped three Badgers earn All-Big Ten honors, with senior Jennifer Krueger named to the third team, freshman Mary Massei the second team and junior Karla Powell to the first team. Powell became just the third Badger ever to be named to the first team.

“I expected to get a little better everyday,” Healy said. “We really focused on improvement and the journey of taking pride in doing things the right way, working hard and leaving everything we had on the field. The team bought in, battled and played extremely hard for us.”

One of the important holes to be filled next season will be the void

left by graduated senior Krueger, who besides being a leader and veteran of the program, led the team in hits. Krueger set the Wisconsin single-season record for hits in her final game as a Badger, slapping a single in the second inning against Ohio State.

Healy knows the speedy slugger, who also set a Badger record for career stolen bases, will be missed.

“You can’t replace a talent like Jen with just one athlete,” Healy said. “Her speed and leadership will be missed. I am very excited to see who has the hunger and passion to emerge as a leader at the top of our lineup.”

The Badgers will return all but three members of their roster, positioning themselves to expand on their success and be a major threat in the Big Ten next spring. Healy knows her club will have to stay hungry and motivated to replicate what they achieved this season.

“Our biggest challenge

will be to maintain the energy, excitement and focus that our team displayed this season,” Healy said. “It takes a tremendous amount of discipline and maturity to sustain the kind of energy and momentum we created this season. I think our athletes have a tremendous amount of pride for getting this program on track and accomplishing a 30-win season.”

Healy hopes to accomplish this by continuing to add talent to her roster, providing a constant competition for playing time.

“We will raise the level of competition each year by recruiting some of the top athletes in the country and infusing talent into the program,” Healy said.

“Character will be tested by how each member of the team reacts to competition.

The best leaders thrive in competitive challenging environments.”

“These next few years will test and hopefully build

character and leadership within the softball family,” Healy added. “Our current athletes will certainly need to embrace the challenges of competition as we grow as a program.”

The journey toward cementing a winning tradition at Wisconsin continues for Healy and her staff, as the coaches’ summer to-do list is longer than a Madison summer day.

“Sometimes we’re on the road Tuesday to Friday recruiting 12-14 hour days in Colorado, Arizona, California or Chicago,” Healy said. “When we’re in Madison, we’re running camps and spending days with our best recruits and their families touring campus and selling Wisconsin.”

“My favorite days are filled with film breakdown, creating new drills, strategizing how to make our current team as good as possible while identifying weaknesses in our opponents,” Healy added.

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System halts faculty union fee collection In light of budget repair bill, employers can no longer deduct paychecks of general employees for labor organization dues Matt Huppert College Editor

As a result of the recently passed union legislation, University of Wisconsin officials who belong to labor organizations will officially no longer have dues taken out of their paychecks by their employer.

In accordance with the official implementation of the budget repair bill in June, the UW System announced it will cease to collect dues from its employees’ earnings for the funding of labor organizations beginning in August, UW System spokesperson David Giroux said.

Giroux said it is not entirely clear if the budget repair bill, the controversial legislation which sparked protests at the Capitol last February, requires the UW System to stop collecting dues for groups that do not engage in collective bargaining.

“It does seem like the intent was never to stop collection of dues for employee organizations that do not take a role in collective bargaining,” Giroux said. “We’re hoping that that could be clarified in some way.”

The repair bill restricts an employer from collecting labor organization dues from a general employee’s earnings, Giroux said. He said a “labor organization” is any network of employees whose goal is representing itself in collective bargaining with the State.

This would include unions acting on behalf of UW classified staff and faculty as well as any affiliated local unions, he said.

Some employee organizations are still

trying to better understand the full implications of the new legislation, including PROFS, a nonprofit organization that campaigns on behalf of UWMadison faculty, PROFS President Joe Salmons said.

“I think the key point is that we’re talking to people about clarifying exactly what is intended.

It’s not clear, to me at least, what was intended by the legislation,” Salmons said.

The Teaching Assistants’ Association is one of the groups the UW System will no longer collect dues from, TAA Co-President Adrienne Pagac said. TAA is the oldest graduate student worker union in the country.

Pagac said the prohibition of dues collection will require organizations to spend more time and resources attempting to manage dues on their own.

Payroll departments, who are keenly familiar in general deductions from employee paychecks, she said, are better at ensuring dues will be taken for employee organizations.

Pagac said while TAA would prefer the UW System collect its dues, it has come up with ways of collecting dues on its own.

“We have already devised our own dues collection procedure that we will implement in the fall,” Pagac said. “We will continue to advocate on behalf of graduate student workers on campus and to fight for and support the interests of working people here in our community and beyond.”

These changes will likely be seen in paychecks for classified staff in late August and for unclassified staff in early September, Giroux said.

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Alcohol ordinance to allow for more varied bar options Some officials say ALDO did not benefit city as planned; discussion to resume in year Sasha Hayman City Editor For the first time since its inception, Madison’s City Council unanimously approved an amendment to the alcohol ordinance originally intended to limit the number of taverns in downtown Madison.

Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said the Alcohol License Density Ordinance was enacted with the intention of promoting safety, limiting alcohol consumption and increasing retail business in downtown Madison.

However, Resnick said the unintended consequence was the restriction of new businesses and concepts, such as live music venues, from opening downtown because their proposals involved alcohol.

“ALDO allowed entertainment venues to open up, but kept a cap on the number of taverns,” said Ald. Bridget Maniaci, District 2. “No more than 65 percent of their sales could come from alcohol.”

Resnick said in the past month, City Council received recommendations from both the Economic Development Commission and the Downtown Coordinated Committee that the city allow ALDO to sunset. This is the first time since the ordinance began in 2007 that a city committee recommended an end to the ordinance.

“Essentially, ALDO isn’t working the way City Council had envisioned it,” Resnick said.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said during the last council meeting four alders proposed a substitute amendment that offered a two-year transition period away from ALDO. Most importantly, this amendment allows for capacity extensions for taverns, providing an incentive for “good behavior” from operators.

Resnick said the proposal received unanimous consent among the alders.

Under the amendment, “good” operators will be given the ability to add capacity. Resnick said operators can now go before the Alcohol License Review Committee and request

expanded capacity.

“If you operate within the community and you’re a good operator, those few extra seats would mean extra profit,” Resnick said.

Verveer said the most immediate effect of the amendment concerns the “very robust” entertainment exemption, something he had been fighting for the past two years.

Verveer said he has had to turn down a number of inquiries trying to open establishments in his district.

“People have talked to me about very interesting entertainment venues, particularly some that would cater to those under the age of 21,” he said.

Verveer said there is currently a law that allows those between the ages of 18 and 21 to legally be in bars if those establishments choose to have an 18 and older entertainment license, which requires them to meet certain entertainment guidelines. For example, Segredo is always an 18 and older establishment because they offer a live DJ. “Underagers are legally allowed to be there and coexist with 21 [and older],” Verveer said.

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GOP’s schoolyard tactics warrant time in detention Arkansas Governor Reginald Young how Orval Faubus brought

Staff Writer

Normally it’s the defendants in a courtroom accused of violence.

Recently, Supreme Court Justice Prosser turned the tables when he was accused of putting fellow Justice Ann Bradley in a chokehold. While the allegations are still being investigated, the question coming to mind is why the hell is this even an issue for any Supreme Court justice?

It is not a surprising allegation to be made of a justice who just last year called Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson a “bitch” and said he would “destroy” her. This is the nature of the legacy Wisconsin Republicans in the limelight have brought to the state.

Looking back in history, Wisconsin has had several notable facepalm-worthy Republicans. Foremost on the list seems to be Joseph McCarthy and his false allegations of communism, which ruined lives on a national level.

Today, Republicans in the media continue to build themselves a legacy of deviant politics.

Most obvious would be our current governor and his blatant lies. Remember how he claimed breaking collective bargaining rights would save the state money? A few months later at a national congressional hearing he admitted that it would not save Wisconsin anything.

Or how about the threats of bringing in the National Guard to protect public safety from possible repercussions of the famed bill? This seems like an abuse of power similar to

in the National Guard to protect public safety by preventing nine African Americans from going to a white school in 1957.

My personal favorite is how Republicans (notably the Fitzgerald brothers) claimed that the bill breaking collective bargaining rights could be implemented despite a judicial restraining order.

They claimed that the judicial branch had no power over the legislative branch since it is a different branch.

Really? I guess when you treat politics like business you probably forget some of the main tenets of our system.

Specifically, a little thing pioneered by French philosopher Montesquieu called “separation of powers” which gives us “checks and balances” to prevent corruption and has been so effective that it has been mimicked all over the globe. The branches exist so no individuals gain too much power — the kind of power Walker and his administration have been seeking.

Alexander Hamilton once wrote that the judicial branch is a “barrier to the despotism of the prince,” noting that it prevents too much power from getting in the hands of those in the executive branch. So in the eyes of one of our founding fathers, some of Wisconsin’s contemporary Republicans are despots — power hungry tyrants.

Hey, don’t look at me; I didn’t say it, one of our founding fathers did.

So what does all of this mean? Wisconsin Republicans in the limelight have continued

to break from the integrity and traditional values built in politics, whether it is by ignoring the separation of power, or by calling a colleague a bitch.

The recent allegations against Prosser simply build on this legacy of deviant politics. What happened to respecting those you disagree with?

The next time a senator like Peter Barca wishes to speak and read part of our state constitution before a Senate vote, Republicans should actually listen to the document they claim to be defending. Or they could maintain their childish antics and just yell over him like they did in the March 9 vote on the collective bargaining bill.

Now just to be clear, Democrats aren’t any less guilty of taking extreme actions than Republicans.

But it seems that when they do, they do so in a respectful manner. Sure, some of our Democratic Senators fled to Illinois, but at least they didn’t call Republicans “bitches” and tell them they would “destroy” them as they fled.

Of course, not all Republicans lack integrity and respect. In fact, the vast majority of them are quite honorable. There are some great Republicans in this state; they’re just never in the headlines.

Unfortunately this only furthers the legacy in Wisconsin that the few Republican outliers in the limelight have constructed for their party. They have built a legacy of deviant politics.

Reginald Young (rcyoung3@wisc.edu) is a junior majoring in legal studies and Scandinavian studies.

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Herald Editorial High court elections must go Ostensibly an impartial and apolitical body, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has seen a marked decline in conduct and confidence in the last few years.

From allegations that Justice David Prosser choked a fellow judge during a heated argument to the dubious TV ads that helped to unseat Louis Butler, the high court is due for a change.

Sens. Tim Cullen, D-Janesville and Dale Schultz, R-Richland Center intend to right much of the politicization that has plagued the Supreme Court for far too long by doing away with popular election to the bench.

The governor would make a selection from a group of five candidates compiled by an independent commission; the appointees would then serve a 10year term.

The only issue with revamping the state’s judicial selection process is that it requires a constitutional amendment.

Though such amendments aren’t unheard of, it requires approval by two consecutive legislative sessions followed by a statewide referendum vote — a process that would undoubtedly come under suspicion by both sides of the aisle.

The selection of Supreme Court justices by popular election rather than by merit and experience lends itself to the continued political theater we saw this last April and will undoubtedly continue to see in years to come.

Electing judges to the high

court only encourages issuebased campaigning by candidates who ought not have set, partisan platforms. The influence of outside groups on the elections, be it Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce or the union-friendly amalgam We Are Wisconsin, has no place in the realm of the Supreme Court.

April’s election was seen by many as a referendum on Gov. Scott Walker’s efforts to strip public workers of collective bargaining rights. As a result of the outcry against these efforts, JoAnne Kloppenberg was raised by the opposition to help overturn the budget repair bill when it inevitably came before the high court.

Regardless of your political persuasion, this judicial payola should have no place in our state.

Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, has already come out against the proposal to end Supreme Court elections, claiming an end to free elections to be dangerous. But the dangers posed by ending popular elections are nothing compared to the continued inefficacy and infighting in the high court.

Let us return the high court to what it should be: an unbiased interpreter of the law instead of yet another partisan battle. This constitutional amendment is the best solution to change the Wisconsin State Supreme Court to a place of prestige instead of pettiness.

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Herald Editorial Ward able, untested in current climate Former Chancellor Biddy Martin’s announcement she would step down from her position was the culmination of a three-year tenure notable for its bold initiatives and political volatility. After a period marked by increasing polarization among UW’s faculty and student body, the Board of Regents’ choice to bring back Chancellor Emeritus David Ward indicates a desire to return to a calmer and less politically charged campus atmosphere.

During Ward’s tenure, a conservative Republican was governor and Paul Soglin was mayor, the Internet was radically changing higher education and major advances such as stem cell research were thriving at Wisconsin. Sound familiar?

Ward effectively helped UW take advantage of a strong economy and an attitude toward higher education that many advocates envy today. His success at Wisconsin was notable enough that it earned him the presidency at the American Council on Education.

Most importantly, Ward’s selection to temporarily replace Martin shows the Board of Regents’ desire to avoid further political conflict between UW’s administration, employees, faculty, students and policymakers at the Capitol. Unlike Martin’s predecessor, John Wiley, Ward is largely removed from the political polarization that has hurt UW’s relationship with conservative legislators like Rep. Steve Nass.

We do, however, have some concerns about the appointment.

In February 2000, student

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Jake Begun

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While Ward’s ability to lead the University of Wisconsin isn’t in question, he will preside over a school drastically different from the one he left in 2003. leaders and activists organized a sit-in in Bascom Hall outside of the chancellor’s office to protest sweatshop labor. Four days into the sit-in, Ward promised not to arrest the protesters, but to meet with them at the beginning of the week. However, only one day after Ward’s statements, riot police entered Bascom Hall and arrested 54 people.

“I authorized this action,” Ward said the next day in a press release. “I did so because it is my responsibility to ensure that students, faculty and staff do not

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Allegra Dimperio

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face intimidation, interference or personal danger as they go about their business. Despite the rash of erroneous reports of events during the protests, these problems did develop. They had to end.”

With or without Martin, the next academic year will likely be a tumultuous one for UW. This board believes Ward would be a capable leader for this university in peaceful times. What remains to be seen is whether, in today’s climate of activism, Ward will continue to react poorly against student activism.

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Ryan Rainey

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Editorial Board opinions are crafted independently of news coverage.

Quitty Biddy Martin takes ball, GOP candidates need dose of heads home after losing the lead affirmative action to compete

Carolyn Briggs Managing Editor

You are seven years old and your favorite babysitter is moving away. Your parents tell you she has to go, that it is an exciting new time for her and you should be happy and supportive and wish her the best. But you aren’t, are you? Nor should you have to be. After all, the two of you bonded over the last several years.

You grew to love her for her goofy antics, and though you fought sometimes you knew she had you in her heart. And now who is going to help you finish the major projects she insisted you start?

In case the metaphor hadn’t completely given itself away, I’m talking about former University of Wisconsin Chancellor Biddy Martin.

I understand completely why Biddy would want to leave. The last few weeks of the semester were heavily peppered with protests and rallies that went beyond peaceful demonstration and crossed the line straight into disrespect.

But the ramifications of Biddy leaving far outweigh the factors motivating her to leave.

Our school is now in the middle of one of the most heated debates in its history.

We’re looking at taking a $94 million cut from state funding with no new tools or flexibilities to help manage the loss. Whether or not you think Martin’s plan of splitting UW from the system is a positive step in this endeavor, most people agree we need to change something to keep the quality of life and education as high as it has been.

You know a great way not to get people to take our needs seriously? By saddling us with an interim

chancellor. By announcing her departure so late in the year Martin guaranteed we will take a year off from permanent, steady leadership.

The choice for interim chancellor, David Ward, has served as chancellor of this school before and was approved by the Board of Regents as well as several stakeholders. There is little doubt that he is qualified for the job. But the job itself is the problem.

By announcing her departure so late in the year Martin guaranteed we will take a year off from permanent, steady leadership.

What the school needs right now is someone with clout and the guns to back it up. Someone who can stand up to the state Legislature and the Board of Regents, and, more importantly, someone who can make some headway in uniting the student body.

That job seems impossible enough for a permanent chancellor, and it will be even harder for an interim.

After all, why would you as an active and vocal member of the student body want to make deals with someone who will only be here for a year? It is likely, if not inevitable that whoever follows Ward will want to deal with things a different way. Wouldn’t it be smarter to try and stall things for now and get what you want out of Ward’s permanent replacement?

And let’s take a guess about how our oh-somature state Legislature will act. The side that agrees with Ward will try to ram changes through as the other party does everything in their power — legal or not — to stop them. Then after months of arguing, grandstanding and possibly filing every lawsuit anyone can think of, we’ll have to

go through it all again once the long-term chancellor is announced. If you think they won’t act like children in a debate as important as funding higher education, just look at how they behaved during a debate on funding everything.

We need a steady hand on the helm. Someone who has relationships with powerful state bodies and experience dealing with the current climate on campus.

Martin herself recognized this, publicly stating at a forum in April that now would be an awful time to leave the school. Even though she and I didn’t agree on every point, I was thrilled to hear her say this because at least we wouldn’t have our leadership broken up in the middle of serious turmoil.

Two months later she announced her resignation.

Given that Martin is largely credited for starting this debate on separation and flexibility, I think she owed it to us to stick it out through the end.

Given that Martin is largely credited for starting this debate on separation and flexibility, I think she owed it to us to stick it out through the end.

Of course, much like our childhood babysitter there’s nothing we can do to stop Biddy from leaving us behind to deal with the mess we’re in -- as well as our abandonment issues.

What we can do is tell her we’re disappointed. We — or at least I — really thought she was in this for the long haul. Now that that’s off our chests, let’s get up and try to finish what she started.

Nicely, please. I’m really not looking for another year of tantrums.

Carolyn Briggs (cbriggs@ badgerherald.com) is a senior majoring in English.

Shawn Rajanayagam Staff Writer The Republican primary race is heating up — in recent weeks we’ve seen the emergence of Tea Party favorite Michele Bachmann, pizza mogul Herman Cain and former Governors Tim Pawlenty, Mitt Romney and Jon Hunstman, Jr., as well as the implosion of Newt Gingrich’s campaign.

By this time in the 2008 primaries, we had already seen the emergence of clear favorites. Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee and eventual winner John McCain had all established clear campaign platforms and polled well in the Iowa and New Hampshire straw polls. In the New Hampshire poll from January of this year, Mitt Romney was the runaway favorite (no surprise given his Massachusetts connection), yet only one other candidate registered a double-digit support base, the perennial also-ran Ron Paul. In comparison, the Iowa straw poll of 2008 saw Romney, Huckabee and McCain all registering double-digit support, with Huckabee and Romney both scoring more than 25 percent.

The Republican Party is facing something of an identity crisis. Despite being almost united in their small government approach (Mitt Romney’s healthcare policy is the only notable exception), a leader has yet to emerge who can provide the party with a solid platform for the 2012 elections, now less than 18 months away. So with a fairly ideological stance, why does the GOP lack an identity?

The answer is simple — in the two and a half years since Barack Obama was inaugurated as president, Republican politicians have been defined by

their attempts to negate the government’s achievements and virulently castigate the government for it’s perceived failures. I call it “the politics of no.”

The criticism Republicans have leveled at the government has been extremely effective in discrediting Obama, as his approval rating shows. However, Republican criticism and commentary has been lacking in any credible policy alternatives.

Time and again, we see Republicans lean on their familiar crutch of small government without ever really expanding on what that actually means in terms of practical policy.

As a result, Americans are becoming disillusioned with a political scene that has, for the last two years, been characterized by a shocking dearth of substantive and balanced commentary on what has been a fairly lackluster presidency.

Most importantly, the Republican candidates need to start talking policy, and fast.

Even commentary on the GOP candidates themselves has been characterized by negativity. Time and again, conservative media outlets and rival candidates have denounced Mitt Romney for supporting the healthcare bill during his tenure as governor of Massachusetts. All they offer in the way of alternatives is a nebulous commitment to small government and egalitarianism. So, where to now for the Republican Party?

Most importantly, the Republican candidates need to start talking policy, and fast. Debates are a great opportunity for candidates to express

their views on how to take America forward.

The recent CNN debate was a disgrace.

The focus was on everything but policy, from Obama’s flawed intervention in Libya to the failing economy.

Bachmann’s comments on Libya were especially confusing — after criticizing Obama for not leading, she then argued that America shouldn’t have gotten involved because there was no core national interest involved.

Meanwhile, Romney castigated Obama for his profligate spending, despite having ratified a universal healthcare law when he was governor of Massachusetts just five years ago. Tim Pawlenty’s five percent growth target, though ambitious, is at least an actual policy goal.

Though Pawlenty has been derided in the media for setting what many see as an unrealistic target, he should win many supporters for actually setting a yardstick by which a presidency can be measured.

All is not yet lost for the GOP. There remains more than a year before we find out who will lead the campaign to oust Obama from the presidency.

There is plenty of time for the list of candidates to be whittled down to a worthy few, but the candidates themselves must act like they want the job. They need to stop saying no and start saying yes — yes to real debates over policy, yes to negotiating with the Democrats on issues such as the debt ceiling and yes to Republican voters who are crying out for a worthy candidate. If they don’t, then Obama will be re-elected, and come 2013 the politics of no will start all over again.

Shawn Rajanayagam (rajanayagam@wisc. edu) is a senior majoring in political science and American studies.

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Last HP film a fitting ending for ‘hallowed’ series Final installment of Harry Potter offering also proves strongest of much loved 8-film franchise Regen McCracken ArtsEtc Columnist It’s finally here: The end of an era, the final installment of the phenomenon that defined a generation: “Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsPart 2.”

This is a conclusion more than 10 years in the making, and those belonging to the generation the series defined have a special stake in it; they watched as the characters in the film grew up just as they themselves did.

This is surely a bittersweet moment in the hearts of many fans of the books and/or the movies: On one hand, we are reaching the culmination of so much buildup and the best part of what is arguably the best book. On the other hand, this is our last view into the magical (sorry) world that author J.K. Rowling created. The good news is the series is going out with a bang of which YouKnow-Who himself would be proud.

In comparison to the previous film adaptations, “Part 2” is quite faithful to its novel counterpart.

However, this isn’t really saying much as only the first and most recent movies have been anything but abysmal in their adaptations. In “Part 2,” all of the main plot points are there, thankfully (I’m looking at you, “Order of the

Phoenix”). Astute readers/ viewers will undoubtedly catch several changes/ omissions, but none of them are too drastic. The most important aspect of this adaptation, and indeed all adaptations, is that the emotion stays intact. In all but two events very late in the movie, the emotion is there in all its heartstringpulling, inspirational glory.

All in all, “Part 2” does an admirable job putting the viewer in the same place that the reader was so masterfully transported to in the books.

Taken only as a movie, the eighth Harry Potter film is nearly flawless.

David Yates, director of the last three Potter films, returns to helm this entry.

Also, all the main cast returns from the previous seven movies: Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley, Emma Watson as Hermione Granger, Alan Rickman as Severus Snape, Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort and last but not least, Matthew Lewis as Neville Longbottom; all do excellent jobs in their roles, excepting Radcliffe’s sometimes adramatic delivery and Fiennes’ sometimes laughable attempts at sounding crazy/evil/ what-have-you. As is typical for Harry Potter movies, Emma Watson steals the show in every scene she appears. The real star, however, is Alan Rickman in his evermoredemanding role, as Snape endures increasing pressure to stay loyal to

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Neville Longbottom, played by Matthew David Lewis, stands amid the rubble in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2.” the deceased (by his own hand) Dumbledore as well as maintain his vital image of subservience to the Dark Lord. Also worth noting, Polyjuice Potion again makes a comedic appearance in the form of Hermione’s transformation into the always-stellar Helena Bonham Carter (who is given a criminally small portion of screen time in what could almost be described as a cameo role) as the infinitely evil Bellatrix Lestrange.

The movie begins exactly where “Part 1” left off, giving the viewer almost no hint of a recap.

MMoCA exhibit: Out of many, art

humor, the aforementioned acting slips by Radcliffe and Fiennes, the average, forgettable music and the epilogue that feels equally tacked on here as in the book.

This final movie proves that each book should have been split into two parts for maximum quality and adds an exclamation point to the series that grew with all those who were fortunate enough to experience it. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows-Part 2” is by no means a perfect movie, but it is easily the best in the series and should be seen

by any fan of the books and/or films. It is as fitting an end as the series could ask for.

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DAVID YATES Actors: DANIEL RADCLIFFE EMMA WATSON

Meal time in Madison: Top three delectable dishes around town

Samantha Stepp

E Pluribus Unum offers look into varied artists’ perceptions of United States of America

Chew on This

Lin Weeks ArtsEtc Content Editor There’s a fine line between jingoism and national pride, just as there’s a fine line between cynicism and seeing things for how they really are. America is comfortably wealthy, yes, and has a system of government that generally responds to the voice of its people. But is it also, in fact, a heaven-sent bastion of perfection and greatness impossible to equal under any circumstances? And, flip side, do current economic conditions indicate a slow recovery from a painful recession? Or are they just the latest stomach-churning sign that the American citizenry has jumped in a handbasket and handed Wall Street the shovel?

The key is perspective.

And not just “keeping things in perspective,” though that matters too, but also the unique way each person’s experiences shape the way they understands their surroundings. In E Pluribus Unum: Artists Picture Society, a new exhibit in Madison Museum of Contemporary Art’s Henry Street Gallery, the power of perspective is on full display. Works by American artists and photographers are linked together by the Latin phrase which appears on the Great Seal of the United States. Translated, the expression means “Out of many, one.”

The title of the exhibit, then, refers to the chosen artists rather than their artwork, because not all of the pieces in E Pluribus Unum focus on the many. A lithographed aerial map of Chicago takes center stage, occupying a showcase wall in the middle of the room next to a description of the exhibit. Entitled “Chicago Stuffed with Numbers,” the artist Claes Oldenburg distorted the famous

Unlike the previous movie, this installment is much more action-oriented than the plodding character piece that “Part 1” was.

Harry and the gang are still searching for Voldemort’s horcruxes in an effort to kill him once and for all. Their search leads them to the depths of Gringotts Wizarding Bank, the familiar (but distinctly darker) halls and grounds of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry’s mind and even Snape’s memories. The only gripes to be had are constant, painful and unnecessary attempts at

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J. Shimon and J. Lindelmann’s “Trish and Matt Downtown” is on display at MMoCA, showing American diversity and connections. coastline, filling it to the brim with randomly chosen numbers. The choice not only makes a statement about the regimented nature of urban environments but it sets off a stark contrast with the relative serenity of Lake Michigan to the east. Insofar as Oldenburg is commenting on the United States, he is drawing attention to its population centers and how they relate to natural geographic features.

The curators of the exhibit must also have picked up on that theme, because there’s an all caps title above the artist information card that reads “Urban America.” In fact, approximately half of the gallery’s offering’s have similar titles, which seem somewhat abrupt and arbitrary. Still, the room is small enough that, when considered together, they somehow seem vaguely American (or perhaps just human, but maybe that’s the point). “Gender” hangs above a large paneled painting of kids at play in each of the four seasons.

“Race” heads a black and white Andy Warhol photograph of the race riots in Birmingham, Alabama, in which Warhol dialed up the contrast to drive home the theme.

These are supplemented with an assortment of others whose theme may be more elusive, like the self explanatory photograph

by Diane Arbus entitled “A Family One Evening in a Nudist Camp” or a selection of pop-art dollar signs from the set of Warhol prints “$1.”

Those prints and the piece next to them form the most blatant juxtaposition on display. The large, full color photograph by Paul Shambroom shows a few women sitting in a bland meeting room that will look familiar to anyone who’s spent time around municipal government.

Though deep in discussion, the women look tired, ruffled and, frankly, underpaid.

The implication is that though the rote mechanics of government may be unspectacular, they’re unavoidably necessary. The scene isn’t bleak so much as it is matter-of-fact, an argument driven home by its title: “Dassel City Council, Dassel, Minnesota (population 1,134).”

If you were to add a John Phillip Sousa backing to a slideshow of E Pluribus Unum, it would play like government propaganda.

If you were to add rueful, twanging banjo, it would seem like a condemnation of our modern age. But as an art gallery, the exhibit is inflectionless, a collection of people, places and images captured and created by members of a country as diverse as it is large.

Is America four family members sitting naked in a field, a city government meeting in a wood-paneled room or a neon dollar sign on a bright white background? Depends on where you stand.

E Pluribus Unum is on display through June 2012 in the Henry Street Gallery of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art.

Having lived in this town for three years now, I’ll be the first to tell you Madison is not lacking in great food.

The local produce and epicurean sensibilities surrounding the University of Wisconsin make it a nesting ground for myriad eclectic, excellent, individuallyowned restaurants. These establishments cover a wide range of food styles and nationalities, and all of them are just begging you to have a taste.

Unfortunately, there’s no way to try them all.

Some diners, like the fine people at www. madisonatoz.com, solve the problem by making a list and eating at each and every one of them in alphabetical order.

Others, like you and me, just take pot shots into the culinary abyss and hope we come up satisfied.

What follows is my small form of guidance to you — the three dishes that have stuck out in my mind as the best meals I’ve ever had in Madison. There are no set categories here — no “Top 5 Chinese Restaurants” or “Best Burger” competitions — only eyes-poppingout-of-your-head deliciousness.

In that regard, it all comes down to a smoothie, a salad and a pizza.

I wrote about Fair Trade Coffee House’s (418 State Street) strawberry-spinach smoothie in my very first food column, and it still sticks out in my mind as one of the most unique and surprising “meals” the streets of Madison have divvied up. I say “meals” because with the addition of spinach, this smoothie could almost be a meal.

Now, I know spinach doesn’t typically conjure up images of frosty treats, but I’m begging you to keep an open mind here. The creamy strawberry flavor you would expect from a regular strawberry smoothie still dominates Fair Trade’s strawberryspinach smoothie.

The spinach comes in the form of little dark green bits dispersed throughout the glass and does not have much taste. Rather, the ironrich vegetable subtly adds a meaty, fibrous texture to the drink, making you think you’re drinking something more indulgent than you actually are.

The smell ... is almost enough to bowl you over with pleasure.

You’ll think you’ve hit cloud nine until you actually take that rich, chewy and slightly crispy first bite — only then will you know you’ve really gone to heaven.

The next dish to make my best meals in Madison list is the Orange Jicama Salad with Bob’s Mango/Curry dressing from Jolly Bob’s Jamaican restaurant (1210 Williamson Street). Don’t be fooled by Jolly Bob’s exterior. It may look run-down, but inside the music, pictures and staff all combine to create a true feeling of Jamaica.

For this dish, the actual salad takes backstage to the amazing Mango/Curry dressing.

“Blending is beneficial,” my eccentric professor Tim Allen once told our freshman Botany class, with regard to everything food and drink. Nothing could be more truthful.

The best dishes are created by blending ingredients you usually wouldn’t expect to go together — like curry and mango. The sweetness of the mango combines with the smokiness of the curry to create a flavor that is somehow bright, savory and creamy-cool all at once.

In the land of beer and cheese, the best of the best actually comes out of the ovens of a little pizza shop on Monroe Street.

The last, and most mind-blowingly flavorful, dish of the bunch is the margherita pizza from Pizza Brutta (1805 Monroe Street). Or anything off their pizza rosso list, for that matter.

Pizza Brutta makes authentic-style Neapolitan pizzas using a scorching hot woodfired oven they keep roaring in plain sight on the back wall. Their secret is using simple, imported ingredients sparingly and skillfully so as to maximize their pizza’s flavor. They really know their stuff, and it shows.

When you walk in, the smell of simmering garlic and tomato and freshly-cut basil is almost enough to bowl you over with pleasure. You’ll think you’ve hit cloud nine until you actually take that rich, chewy and slightly crispy first bite — only then will you know you’ve really gone to heaven.

Madison has tons of great dishes to offer — the Old Fashioned Burger from The Old Fashioned, The Scrambler from Mickey’s Dairy Bar, Blue Moon ice cream from The Chocolate Shoppe — and I hope you try many of them in your time at UW. But if you get the time, I hope you make an effort to try one in this trinity.

Trust me; you won’t be disappointed.

Samantha Stepp is a senior majoring in journalism. Have comments or suggestions for the column? A great recipe to share? Email Samantha at ssstepp@wisc.edu

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ROAD

MUSICAL DESTINATIONS

FAR AND NEAR

BY SARAH WITMAN AND DANIEL NIEPOW

THE BADGER HERALD

ARTS Sweden is so underrated in spite of all its creative outpourings and innovations. The Swedes have introduced the Nobel Prize, dynamite, loads of death metal, ’70s pop-group ABBA and, of course, indie-rock trio Peter Bjorn and John.

This trio’s hit “Young Folks” exploded onto the American indie-rock scene in 2006. Catchy and mellow, it quickly got stuck in our heads and on our lips, making a few of us painfully aware of our own inability to whistle.

But Peter Bjorn and John were not content to settle on being a one-hit wonder. The trio has since released three more albums. In addition, front man Peter Morén has also recorded two solo albums of his own, one in English and the other in Swedish.

The group is currently in Europe touring with its new set of songs, and it will be coming to the States shortly. It stops in Madison on August 26th for a free show in front of the Majestic.

Its latest album, Gimme Some, was released this March. The album was written over the course of a year, though the band spent only about a month in the actual recording process.

It’s a bit of a departure from prior albums in many ways. For one, in the making of this album, the group shied away from the use of synthesizers and excess instrumentation.

“The foremost idea was to get back to basics,” Morén said in a

phone interview with The Badger Herald.

“We just wanted to reflect the sound of the live band and try to record most of the songs live,” he said.

Consequently, the group did without strings, brass and keyboards this time around. It kept it simple with the standard guitar, bass and drums. This has created a marked difference between this album and its predecessor, the highly experimental Living Thing.

They drew inspiration from a wide variety of artists and genres, including rockabilly, pop, indie, new wave, punk and shoegaze.

But rock ‘n’ roll, pure and simple, is the most clearly recognizable element. The songs are upbeat, rhythm-driven and carefree, often with a bit of a Lennon-esque flair.

This album is unique for the band in another respect: This was the first time it used an outside producer while recording.

“It was really nice to get some fresh insight … especially since we were working more as a live band,” he said regarding the experience.

The band has rearranged some of its older tunes to fit its new live instrumentation, which is likely to create another interesting element for long-time fans.

Peter Bjorn and John will play in front of the Majestic Theatre on 115 King Street on August 26th. The show is free and open to all ages, and it begins at 7 p.m. For more information, visit majesticmadison.com

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PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL CHICAGO, IL

Picture a world where Madison’s minority hipster population suddenly becomes the norm — where waif girls, mustached men and barefoot hippies of all ages coexist peacefully amid a bounty of cigarettes and marijuana. Chicago’s Union Park provides one such “yuppie utopia” during Pitchfork Music Festival each summer; a safe haven within the bounds of towering skyscrapers to which these enthusiasts of indie music make pilgrimage.

When Herald alum Ann Rivall and I stepped inside Pitchfork, the sound of trains rumbling beyond the enclosing trees was a reminder that Union Park might be a rare glimpse of greenery for some Chicago locals — one we were encroaching upon in those three days for the sake of seeing our favorite bands play live. The park is walking distance from Greektown and Chicago’s Theater District.

Delicious food was never more than a stone’s throw away.

First up for us was Neko Case, lead singer for the New Pornographers.

Case’s flaming red head of hair was recognizable onstage right away, but it is her unique voice that makes her distinguishable from any other artist. Case’s solo performance was a prelude to the talent we’d see this weekend.On our way over to James Blake (who performed elegantly), Ann and I noticed a hat stand; this was our first taste of what would become an anthropological analysis.

You know the type — short-brimmed straw hats that are most often bought

new but made to look old-fashioned and quirky. This style of headwear has become very popular with the crowds that Pitchfork attracts.

The fact that they are worn with an unspoken pretense of having been handed down from their grandparents, or found in some abandoned attic, yet also being sold to the masses at Pitchfork (hipster central) is fairly ironic. Almost as much so is the Respiratory Health Association located just across the street from the grounds, above which you can very nearly see the tobacco/ weed fog hovering.

These so-called “hipsters” aren’t bad people — and in fact several proved to be genuinely nice.

However, the forced negativity toward all things mainstream grew old after the first day. After all, a beauty as obvious and delicate as the Fleet Foxes,’ for example, does not need to be defended with warlike condescension.

This may go without saying, but the Fleet Foxes are amazing live.

Although many beards had been shorn for the summer season, we could see from our faraway location that theirs remained intact and wooly.

The final band to perform Saturday, the group’s calming sound contrasted with Destroyer’s jazzy melodies and Gang Gang Dance’s up-tempo beats.

The Pitchfork experience was a good one overall, as each performer had something different to offer. Then again, it was probably too obscure for me to understand.

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Justice, elections like oil, water on Supreme Court Alex Brousseau Editorial Board Chairman “Elections have consequences.”

This phrase is often used by the victors of an election when passing controversial legislation.

I will be the first to admit that I myself have often used this phrase, especially during the collective bargaining debate following Gov. Scott Walker’s election.

However, that is not the election to which I refer. Elections also have consequences in the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is the final arbiter of justice in the state.

They are unbiased. They interpret the law not how their political beliefs dictate them to, but how the Constitution dictates.

With the title of “justice,”

those serving on the Supreme Court become the pinnacle of what it means to be a legal scholar. They are revered by lawyers, who peer reverently up at them on their high bench and ask them what the law means, knowing they will receive the right answer.

At least, that is how it should be.

We see a very different portrait of the state Supreme Court justices today. We see a group of grade school children, dressed in their parents’ clothes, bickering. When one of them bites, the other cries to mommy — or, in this case, the media. They leave their dirty laundry on the front porch, and no one takes them seriously.

The Supreme Court is slowly losing its credibility because of the recent events surrounding Justices David Prosser and Ann Walsh Bradley and Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson, and not just with conservatives or liberals, but with everyone. The legal community is especially

State tainted by redistricting rush

Jake Begun Editor-at-Large Every decade, states are required to redraw voting districts to account for population changes with the results of the latest U.S. Census. In the last 10 years, the state of Wisconsin gained around 320,000 residents, a shift that is not enough to increase our representation in Congress, but substantial enough to necessitate minor (key word there) changes in districting.

But this is post-collective bargaining Wisconsin, and here, we do it big regardless of whether or not it’s called for.

In 1812, looking to benefit his party, Massachusetts Gov. Eldridge Gerry stacked the political deck in his favor by drawing districts comprised of voters that would secure seats for DemocraticRepublican candidates.

Newspaper editors at the time compared one of the unusual district shapes to a salamander, and the eponymous gerrymandering has since been the term used for the manipulation of voting districts for political security.

Accusations of gerrymandering are bound to arise whenever districts need to be redrawn.

But this is the formerly reasonable and civil state of Wisconsin: Surely with our moderate history and legacy of at least nominal cooperation, we came to a sensible conclusion this time around. Yeeeaaah no. Just as slimy and coldblooded as the salamander that inspired the term, Wisconsin Republicans’ gerrymandering is yet another shameful development in the divided Wisconsin.

The new lines were released to the public and Democratic legislators July 8 and drawn up by private lawyers to the tune of $300,000. By the time you read this piece, Republican leadership intends to have voted on them. Aside from the wasteful use of taxpayer dollars by not relying on state lawyers, it’s completely within the Republicans’ rights to shove through whatever unfavorable or otherwise despicable legislation they see fit as the majority party.

Wisconsin has not seen such blatant disregard for cooperation in the realm of redistricting in decades, but these guys aren’t really surprising anybody with

that.

The redistricting maps as they stand now affect 22 state legislators. More than half are Republicans, they claim. Self-sacrifice like that just brings a tear to your eye, doesn’t it? Me neither. Anyway, two Democrats running in recall elections would no longer reside in their respective districts should they win, and Sen. Alberta Darling’s district would lean even further to the right, likely securing her seat, which she won just barely the last time around.

Democrats have spoken out against the changes across the board, yet the 12 or so Republicans to be affected by redistricting appear to have very little to say in opposition to party leadership. Just following orders: always a solid defense, right?

Luckily, state law stipulates that local municipalities must draw their ward lines before the Legislature draws its own lines; only a handful of communities have already done so at this point in the game. But when those pesky laws get in the way, what else can be done but void the law, which is precisely what Republicans plan to do.

Undoubtedly, Democrats will sue to stop current redistricting plans.

State dollars will be used to fund the lawsuits (never you mind the $300,000 spent by Republicans to draw up the maps), and the right will paint the Democrats as wasters of tax dollars, so look forward to that.

What the Republicans are doing, in and of itself, is not exactly a grievous abuse of power. Detestable to be sure, but nothing of the caliber we haven’t seen this crew engage in before.

The fundamental issue is leaving the redistricting process under the purview of those vilest of individuals: politicians.

One of said vile individuals, Rep. Brett Hulsey, D-Madison, has introduced a bill that would take the redistricting process away from legislators and put it into the hands of a nonpartisan commission.

Why it took this long to introduce a measure of this sort is frustrating, but even more so is the fact that we probably won’t see the effects of such a bill for another 10 years.

Wisconsin made it up until this point as a functioning and civil state government. But this is no longer that Wisconsin, and before it becomes unrecognizable, serious changes need to be made.

Jake Begun (jbegun@ badgerherald.com) is a senior majoring in history and journalism.

embarrassed to see the pinnacle of its profession fall so low.

As a law student, I interact with judges, law clerks, private lawyers, federal public defenders and many more lawyers from all walks of life.

As the controversies arose, officer chatter was abundant. While there were disagreements as to who is to blame, the same common thread ran through everything: “This is ridiculous.”

While the individual justices are certainly responsible for their own actions, behavior such as this is part of a larger, more systematic problem: the election of Supreme Court justices. Electing instead of appointing justices based on their credentials creates several unintended consequences.

First, elections breed partisanship. When running in an election, a candidate has to juxtapose his or her self against their opponent in every way possible.

This not only includes comparing one’s skill sets and qualifications,

but also pointing out each other’s flaws. This creates a conflict not only between judicial philosophies, but political beliefs and personal characteristics, drawing a permanent line in the sand. Therefore, when legal principles should be the only thing on which justices should base their decisions, extraneous factors such as politics come into play, warping the very foundation of the court.

Second, elections create constituents. In a normal election, a politician feels a sense of responsibility to those who elected him, and he knows he must continue to appease them lest they vote him out of office. The Supreme Court justices should have no constituents and answer to no one but the law. However, when elected by a body of citizens, those people expect a certain level of cooperation.

A prime example was the race between Prosser and JoAnne Kloppenburg.

Kloppenburg continually cast Prosser

as a conservative by referencing his time as a Republican member of the state Assembly, whereas Prosser emphasized Kloppenburg’s affiliation with liberal and Green Party candidates. By drawing analogies to the collective bargaining bill, liberals voted for Kloppenburg to overturn the bill, where conservatives voted for Prosser to uphold the bill. The very idea of voting on the legality of a particular piece of legislation is absurd.

Should Kloppenburg have been elected, she would have felt obligated to decide that the collective bargaining bill was unconstitutional, and vice versa for Prosser, regardless of what the law said.

Finally, with constituents comes issuebased campaigning where justices run on issues such as the collective bargaining bill, pro-life/ pro-choice, hard on crime, etc. For example, the public asked both Kloppenburg and Prosser about their opinion

on open meeting laws during their debate. A judge should not have a solid idea of what legal issues they think are constitutional or not before they get into office.

Being a judge involves looking at the legal issues presented to you and ruling based on the law and the constitution.

Preconceived notions should play no role in a decision. However, issuebased campaigning brings out the justices’ notion of the law before they even arise.

Looking only one year back, it is clear that electing justices goes against the very idea of the what the Supreme Court represents — a fair, unbiased representations of the law. Eliminating the election of Supreme Court justices will go a long way to reforming and rebuilding the institution which the public has seen fall in the past couple of months.

Alex Brousseau (abrousseau@badgerherald. com) is a second year law student.

Herald Editorial Bye bye, Biddy

Matt HintzThe Badger Herald

Former Chancellor Biddy Martin will be well remembered for the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates as well as her interactions with students.

Last month, deep into the University of Wisconsin’s drive toward greater independence, Chancellor Biddy Martin momentarily ground things to a halt with her resignation, essentially dropping us on the curb before rerouting east for Amherst College. We were left scrambling in a volatile political environment on the eve of one of the greatest operational shifts this university has ever seen.

And yet, as we reflected back on Martin’s short three years as chancellor, it was immediately obvious they will be remembered as positive ones for the university. Though Martin is leaving, she has begun a necessary discussion that will continue to dominate the campus for semesters to come.

While her New Badger Partnership may never be seen as a triumph, her true successes cannot be denied.

When Martin arrived on campus, she said among her top priorities were faculty recruitment and retention, affordability for students and easy access to education for young people around the state.

These have been evident in her every move.

The Madison Initiative for Undergraduates raised $40 million, half of which went to need based aid, the other half going toward underfunded campus services that directly affect students.

MIU allowed UW to hire more than 80 new faculty and staff members, allocate more than $1.5 million to revamp the advising program and open up more spaces in high-demand classes.

Martin will also be remembered for her visibility and reputation among students.

She personally reached out to lawmakers and invited UW’s scholars and organizations into her home.

Late in 2009, she became the first chancellor in more than 55 years to cancel school for the day due to snow, and then followed with another snow day a little more than a year later.

Martin was at the top of Bascom Hill surveying snowball fights on both of the days, receiving personal thanks from students.

Not everything Martin has done is remembered with such enthusiasm. We remain unconvinced of the necessity

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for a restructuring of the graduate school, which was thankfully put on hold in 2010 until more research is done.

The New Badger Partnership has also led to deep fractures between students, UW System schools and the Legislature.

This, paired with her untimely departure, has set her predecessor up for an immense about of work to answer these questions and unite the campus. While these will without a doubt persist as a part of her legacy, they should not detract from the good Martin has done for our school.

We have been lucky to have a chancellor who puts so much focus and attention on speaking directly to students, whether joking around or holding a full-scale discussion on campus policy.

We are convinced the students of Amherst will grow to love and appreciate her as we do.

Chancellor Martin, this board thanks you for your three years representing us as chancellor and wishes you the greatest luck as president of Amherst College. Bye bye, Biddy.

Now, who wants to give us a ride?

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‘Green Lantern’ entertaining, not intergalactically so Superhero movie a decent flick despite predictable end, unconvincing plot elements Emma Austin ArtsEtc Writer Say you were just sitting around one day and a mysterious ball of green light encapsulated you and dragged you off to the location of a crashed alien spaceship. I would hope you would attempt to pinch yourself awake, or at least question what in the world was going on. Or if you were attending a fancy party, and in the midst of a helicopter crashing, a guy in a skintight green suit appeared and saved the day, one would think you would be a little surprised. All this leads to

the biggest issue found in “Green Lantern” -- no one ever questions any of these ridiculous occurrences.

The movie is grounded in a world a lot like ours, but the minute a dead alien shows up, the fact is treated with normalcy, almost as if it was expected. And once Ryan Reynolds (“The Proposal”) is transported to another planet and told he was chosen by an unknown force to become a “Green Lantern,” he accepts it without question. What?? I mean, yes, it is a superhero movie so it’s not going to be completely realistic, but a little convincing from someone would have definitely been helpful.

But ‘Green Lantern’ isn’t a bad movie; it’s

actually quite enjoyable.

Based on the decades-old comic book series, the story begins when a dying Green Lantern, Abin Sur, a member of the intergalactic police force, is summoned to find a deserving replacement after being attacked by the enemy, Parallax, a creature who finds its power in the fear of others.

His Green Lantern ring finds test pilot Hal Jordan (Reynolds), who is transported to Abin Sur’s spaceship crash site.

After Hal takes Abin Sur’s green lantern and speaks the oath, he is transported to the home planet of the Green Lantern Crops and is trained in what it takes to become an intergalactic warrior. However, the

Corps leader sees his humanity as being unfit for the position, so Hal quits and returns to Earth.

Meanwhile, Peter Sarsgaard’s (“Knight and Day”) Hector Hammond is called to inspect the body of the alien Abin Sur and becomes infected by a piece of the enemy, Parallax, and begins the transformation into an enemy creature himself.

However, Hal shows up in time to fight with Hammond and attempts to use his power of will to defeat Parallax itself and save his planet.

Despite that description, the movie’s story is pretty easy to follow, and the special effects, once you accept the fact that aliens are just suddenly

a part of the universe, are convincing. And not that it always matters in a superhero movie, but the acting is quite strong.

The standout is Sarsgaard as the geeky and creepy villain, Hector Hammond, Hector becomes infected by the fallen alien and is empowered with the ability to read people’s thoughts and see their memories.

Spoiler alert: In the end, Hal Jordan saves the world and gets the girl.

But if you think about any other superhero movie that you’ve ever seen, is that really a spoiler?

Isn’t that why we go to these movies in the first place? “Green Lantern” does what superhero

movies are supposed to do. The ending of the film isn’t surprising, but isn’t that how it’s supposed to be? That’s likely why audiences love superhero movies in the first place: They always give us that little bit of hope that in the end everything will be all right, and someone will always be there to save the day.

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MARTIN CAMPBELL Actors: RYAN REYNOLDS

Bon Iver’s latest: Distant, beautiful, self-titled incantations Indie folk group explores new musical, philosophical ideas in album recorded in Wisconsin Bess Donoghue ArsEtc Writer Since the release of their album, For Emma, Forever Ago, American indie folk group Bon Iver has done quite well for themselves.

The single “Skinny Love” was featured on a number of television programs including “Chuck” and “Grey’s Anatomy.” Other songs from the album were used throughout the entertainment industry, including “Rosyln” for the Twilight series’ “New Moon” soundtrack.

Four years after their first, Bon Iver released a second album, the self-

titled Bon Iver. The album consists of 10 songs and was recorded in a veterinarian clinic in northwestern Wisconsin. In addition to the four musicians on the first album (Justin Vernon, Michael Noyce, Sean Carey and Matthew McCaughan), additional musicians, including bass saxophonist Colin Stetson and pedalsteel guitarist Greg Leisz, are included.

With all the songs on the album written and composed by Justin Vernon, two that have been popular on iTunes include “Holocene” and “Calgary.”

But each entry is unique in its musical style.

“Holocene” focuses on the distance between two people, the singer arguing, “Strayed above the highway

aisle/ Jagged vacance, thick with ice/ I could see for miles, miles, miles.”

A steady strum of the guitar chords accompany a beautiful vocal harmony.

Another nice touch is the rhythmic drum beating during the bridge of the song.

A more quickly paced song, “Minnesota, WI,” begins with a very pronounced drumbeat. As the song enters the chorus, a distant saxophone adds a jazzy element. There is a conflict in the message of this song with the repetitive line “Never gonna break” held in contrast to lyrics such as “So carry on, my dear/… Fall is coming soon/ A new year for the moon…”

The opening song of the

soundtrack, “Perch,” is mainly instrumental but manages to beautifully blend the sounds of the group’s vocals, guitars and snare drums. As the song continues, the instrumental sounds come together to create an even greater musical fusion, especially with the inclusion of cymbals.

One of the most frequent themes over the course of the album is romance, specifically the questioning and confusion over a relationship before, during and after one is started.

In the final song of the album, “Beth/Rest,” the song comments on living life in a relationship surrounded with love. “I ain’t living in the dark no more/ It’s not a promise, I’m just gonna call

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Indie rockers Of Montreal perform in Varsity Hall. The venue is just one of several new entertainment options in Union South.

Busting presuppositions about new Union South Venues, amenities, design make the Randall-area union a solid option for studying and socializing alike Anna Elsmo-Siebert ArtsEtc Writer When the library seems more like a dungeon and the dorms lack inspiration, head to one of the unions — where studying is accompanied by good grub, eclectic music and peace of mind.

Designed with influences from honorary alum Frank Lloyd Wright, the $94.8 million Union South is to be in full swing this fall semester.

Since its official opening on April 15, 2011, the Union South has been the buzz around campus; the bowling lanes, billiards and rock climbing wall have all drawn attention from toddlers in Badger gear to the “I learned how to Bucky” alumni.

The new 276,664 square foot Union features the top two floors dedicated to the Union hotel -— 60 rooms fit for any Badger fan. The rest of the building sports a 350-seat cinema, eight bowling lanes, an outdoor pavilion with multilevel terraces and four new restaurants: PanAsian inspired Ginger Root, pizza goodness at

Urban Slice, the hearth of Harvest Grains and pub food at The Sett.

Along with classics like Babcock ice cream, there is an infinite selection in Badger Market and the coffee/wine bar at Prairie Fire; the food options are sure to please any and all cravings.

On top of delicious food choices, the chaletstyle Union is your destination study place with ample tables, chairs and outlets and a large cozy fireplace to hover around. You might get swept up in the shiny newness of Union South, but do not forget about Memorial Union on the other side of campus.

The original beauty for more than 80 years, Memorial Union is home to the classic bright green, orange and yellow Terrace chairs that overlook Lake Mendota.

As summer transitions into autumn, the Terrace and lakefront will still be booming with sunshine and great Wisconsin weather.

Boasting three large docks filled with sun tanning men/women, live music five nights

a week on the outdoor theater and ample amounts of brats and beer, Memorial Union is the season’s jewel. Lake Mendota isn’t complete without student discount rentals on everything from croquet to canoes to sleeping bags and tents for weekend getaways.

In case of inclement weather, festivities continue inside the German inspired Der Rathskeller music stage.

Piggy-backing on Memorial Union’s entertainment vibe, Union South is bound to be the new hub for soulful jams and playful beats this fall.

The Sett is the newest stage for the Wisconsin Union Directorate to fill with live music and performances, while the Marquee will be the Film Committee’s baby featuring all movies previously shown at the Play Circle.

Summer Film Coordinator Rayna Christman weighed in about the music scene.

“I definitely see music at Union South strongly competing with Memorial Union’s, especially in quality of venue and

acoustics. The Rathskeller is just too small and old for a big, modern band,” she said, comparing it to the Sett’s “great stage and space.”

Union South’s location puts it near Camp Randall and residential areas that draw a younger student crowd, while the Memorial Union’s State Street- and Capitolcentral location drives an older, more nonuniversity mass.

Some worries stem from the unfamiliarity and “difficult transition from the Rathskeller with the Terrace, lake and Brat Stand to the Sett and Varsity Hall,” Christman said.

But, while everyone has their own partiality, incoming students should make sure to form an individual opinion.

You may find that you enjoy the lakefront music scene while others prefer the limitless recreational options inside Union South -- whatever the atmosphere may be, both unions are sure to satisfy your itch to get away from the bleak cold walls of the dorms, classrooms and libraries.

it/ Heavy mitted love/ Our love is a star.”

“Towers” also comments on love following the conclusion of a relationship.

Throughout the lyrics there is a sense of want, nostalgia and regret. “From the faun forever gone/ In the towers of your honeycomb/ I’d a tore your hair out just to climb back, darling/ When you’re filling out your only form.”

Finally, “Michicant” discusses love at a far more profound level. The lyrics study the anxiety present when making love for the first time. “Hurdle, all the waiting’s up/ Know it wasn’t wedded love/ 4 long minutes end and it was over.”

Although previously well-established, Bon

Iver continues to impress audiences with their vocal harmony, soft blending of instruments and common themes in their lyrics.

Instead of relying on the things that brought about their initial success, their new album, Bon Iver, provides a new and exciting taste of the group’s capabilities.

BON IVER BON IVER

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