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City may foot protest bill State says Madison, Dane County might not receive funding for spring’s Capitol security fees Matt Huppert State Editor The state’s Joint Finance Committee suggested it might not reimburse the city of Madison or Dane County for expenses incurred during the Capitol protests last spring because local officials advocated on a partisan viewpoint that pushed the rallies onward.

A statement from the JFC said operating decisions of the Madison police during the protests were inappropriately affected by the political leanings of high ranking members of the police department and the Mayor’s office.

“The comments and Malory Goldin The Badger Herald actions of (then) Mayor Protesters gather at the Capitol building to fought against Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair bill in March. [Dave Cieslewicz], Police Madison may not receive refunds for extra security costs because local officials a advocated the rallies. Chief Noble Wray, County

Executive Kathleen Falk and Sheriff Dave Mahoney encouraged the behavior of the siege participants in an attempt to achieve a partisan political outcome in this government crisis,” the statement said.

The requests were made by Madison and Dane County officials to reimburse city and Capitol Police officers for their role in the protests of last spring.

Rep. Steven Nass, R-Whitewater, a member of the JFC, said he believes the police administrators inappropriately relaxed their officer policies during the protests.

A reimbursement bill for police officers at the protests was originally sent to JFC from the Department of Administration. This bill,

he said, was inspected by members of the JFC, who found several “red flags” that warranted the JFC’s request of specific reimbursement details of the bill from the DOA. “I am concretely certain that’s exactly what they did,” Nass said. “Clearly, [the police officers] were siding with the protesters and they were not going let them help.

Quite frankly it was very unprofessional.”

These decisions made the protests a much more dangerous situation and inflated the cost on the taxpayer, Nass said.

The accusations that police officers did not do a proper job of maintaining the protests, Madison Mayor Paul Soglin said, is not only false but insulting to the administration and

officers in the police department.

“It’s very disappointing that they impugn the integrity of the most efficient police department in the state,” Soglin said. “It’s a denouncement of all law enforcement in the state.”

Among the JFC’s concerns was the bill’s request for reimbursement to officers and official equipment into the months of May and June, which he said appears to be a waste of money considering the level to which protests had shrunk.

Madison and Capitol police were only in the building for a handful of days, Nass said, and remained primarily absent from the Capitol

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MPD, MFD health care may change with repair bill Firefighters, police only city employees forced to pay added deductible for budget Grant Hermes Campus Reporter In a ripple effect from the state’s new collective bargaining law, the city of Madison is attempting to push through legislation that would create a new health insurance plan for

city firefighters and police officers in hopes of saving the city money.

The proposed changes to the healthcare plan would ask firefighters, police officers and supervisors to pay an extra deductible in an effort to fill the city’s $4 to $6 million deficit in the annual budget.

The new plan would affect the insurance coverage of 800 city employees.

According to Madison Human Resources Director Brad

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Wirtz, 350 firefighters, along with 450 police officers and their supervisors, would be subject to the changed policies.

Each active city official would be asked to pay $500 for a single deductible and $1,000 for a family. The plan is expected to raise $553,000 toward the city budget, Wirtz said.

This deductible would be added to the existing coverage, which used to be covered by the city

with a budget of more than $280,000 in 2010, according to the City of Madison finance website.

Madison Human Resources Director Brad Wirtz emphasized the deductibles would be the only change made to the existing plan for employees.

“The reason it is only MFD and MPD on the plan is that other Madison unions signed contracts through 2014. Our main goal is to help fill the budget gap and avoid

layoffs,” he said.

The Madison firefighters’ and police officers’ unions were among the few who did not choose to negotiate new contracts after the collective bargaining law was approved by the Legislature earlier this year.

As a result of this chain of events, officials do not currently intend to extend the plan to other public workers, Wirtz added.

He said this is the reason the city entered into talks

with both the firefighters’ and police officers’ union.

However, the firefighters’ supervisors’ union chose not to agree to the change in healthcare plan after rejecting the collective bargaining legislation.

Ald. Joseph Clausius, District 17, a member of the Board of Estimates, said it was presented to the body after the city comptroller had completed negotiations

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Jump on the bandwagon University of Wisconsin student Brad Lindevig advocates for students to join UW’s Engineering World Health club at Wednesday’s campus-wide Student Organization Fair. The University hosts two fairs each academic year to showcase the hundreds of organizations students of all ages can become involved in.

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Reps. say referendum could provide students chance for input in theater renovation plans Selby Rodriguez Campus Editor Student Council voted Wednesday to place a referendum concerning the Memorial Union Reinvestment Project’s student theater lounge on the 2011 ASM fall election ballot in an effort to collect student opinion on the renovation.

The referendum was introduced by Rep. Andrew Bulovsky as a way to give students a chance to voice opinions on the subject of the student theater lounge portion of the reinvestment project.

Bulovsky emphasized that regardless of student opinion, having the referendum on the ballot does not necessarily affect the project.

He said a plausible way it would affect the project is if there were an

overwhelming amount of students against the project, as it would make the Wisconsin Union Directorate look bad should they continue without change.

“This really should not be contentious,” Bulovsky said. “It would simply be placed on the ballot in order for students to voice possible concerns.”

Bulovsky also said he believes more students vote on the fall ballot then attend student input sessions held by the Union, making it a more effective way to gauge opinion.

Several members brought up the possibility of the referendum’s inclusion on the ballot causing more students to vote.

Rep. Justin Gerstner said more students would

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UW faces lawsuit for possible copyright infringements HathiTrust group accused of illegally digitizing books Selby Rodriguez Campus Editor Five universities participating in efforts to digitize books for student usage, including the

University of Wisconsin, are battling a lawsuit over copyright protections filed by author guilds and authors.

The Authors Guild, the Australian Society of Authors, the Quebec Writers Union and eight separate authors filed the suit Monday afternoon, stating the digitalization of the universities’ library

books violated authors’ copyright protections.

This digitization effort targets the sued universities’ participation in HathiTrust, which contains approximately 10 million digital files as a result of working with Google since 2004, according to Deputy Director of UW Libraries Ed Van Gemert.

Headed by the University of Michigan, HathiTrust is a collaboration of more than 40 universities that first create digital copies of their books and then combine these digital libraries.

Authors Guild President Scott Turow said this digitalization threatens the books’ rightful preservation.

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“These books, because of the universities’ and Google’s unlawful actions, are now at needless, intolerable digital risk,” Turow said in a recent Authors Guild press release.

The Library Copyright Alliance — which includes the American Library Association, the Association of Research

Libraries and the Association of College and Research Libraries — disagrees with the lawsuit, according to a statement released Wednesday.

“We are deeply disappointed by the Authors Guild’s decision to file a lawsuit […] against HathiTrust and its

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Housing residents in Phillips Hall were evacuated after the discovery of a Freon gas leak late Tuesday night.

The University of Wisconsin Police Department and Madison Fire Department responded to the call at approximately 11 p.m. after smoke was seen in the Lakeshore dormitory.

The alarms were triggered by a Freon gas leak.

“Firefighters were able to determine that the smoke was in fact Freon leaking from the building’s cooling system,” said UWPD Sgt. Aaron Chapin in a statement.

UW students were

evacuated to the Natatorium across the street from the dormitory, to wait until the leak was fixed.

Meanwhile, maintenance was able to locate the leak source and “shut off valves connecting to [the] failed piping” according to University Housing Assistant Director Mike Kinderman.

“Firefighters were able to determine that the smoke was in fact Freon leaking from the building’s cooling system.”

Sgt. Aaron Chapin UW Police Department Kinderman also said it is still unknown exactly how much Freon gas escaped.

Exposure to the refrigerant Freon, a

compound gas composed of chlorine, fluorine and methane, can case several severe symptoms. These symptoms include skin irritation, burns, severe pain and swelling in the eyes, nose, throat and lungs.

Still, there were no reported injuries among the 142 students who currently have housing contracts with the dormitory.

Residents were allowed to return to their dorms after the leak was under control at approximately 2 a.m. Wednesday.

Kinderman said the problem in the cooling system has been isolated and maintenance personnel should have the repairs completed within the week.

Formerly known as Friedrick Hall, Phillips Hall was renamed this year after UW alum and civil rights pioneer, Vel Phillips. Phillips, who graduated in 1951 with a law degree, is the first African American

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Students were evacuated from Phillips Hall late Tuesday night after the fire alarm sounded in response to a Freon leak caused by the dorm’s cooling system. Residents were kept out for nearly three hours. woman to ever do so at the UW Law School.

Extension chose to honor the building’s original namesake, Jacob Friedrick, with an honor associated with their

program.

Phillips Hall has been used by the UW-Extension as a conference center since 1978. The building was converted into a coed residence hall in 2008.

Having seven judiciaries instead of eight would benefit voting as well as make sure additional positions do not go unutilized, according to Chief Justice Kathryn Fifield.

Contention abounded over a potential violation of an open meetings law as the referendum was both introduced and voted on the same meeting.

Rep. Nneka Akubeze said she did not like how voting on the referendum violated this law, especially when ASM had previously decided not to vote on the shared governance chair for the same reasons.

The motion to place the Student Judiciary Composition Constitutional Amendment carried.

Council members asked for abstentions to be put on the record but Chair Allie Gardner refused to

call for them.

During open forum, several design committee and WUD members discussed their opposition to the student theatre lounge referendum, stating it would affect the timeline of the renovation and cost millions of dollars to have plans redrawn.

These speakers also emphasized that no student segregated fees were funding the addition, but rather donations.

They also asked for the term “glass box” to be removed from the ballot as it had a negative connotation.

The amount of speakers caused Gardner to call several votes to extend open forum several times, making it last approximately two hours.

Council members voted to not pick a new shared governance chair and will decide during next week’s meeting.

digitization focus. He described the project as a “smokescreen,” claiming the organization is actually attacking the importance of preservation and going after the reformatting of physical items to digital files.

Stating that the Orphan Works Project includes none of the plaintiff’s material, Van Gemert said it would be difficult for the guilds to convince the court they have legal

standing and can represent their position.

Van Gemert also emphasized the importance of digital information for students.

“Printed material is and will continue to be important, especially in humanities but also the sciences,” he said. “Access to digital information is not only convenient but it is the preferred method of access for students and faculty.”

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ASM, from 1 vote and he sees the referendum as giving students power.

The motion to vote on adding the referendum to the ballot originally failed.

The failed motion was then reconsidered, and the Associated Students of Madison entered a debate over the wording.

The referendum eventually passed 12-3, with 6 abstentions.

The referendum will go up for a second round of approval at next week’s meeting. If it does not pass through the second vote, it will not appear on the ballot.

Another referendum that was passed during Wednesday’s meeting proposed the eradication of one member of the student judiciary. The Taylor Frechette The Badger Herald referendum must be voted ASM Chair Allie Gardner had to call multiple votes at Wednesday’s meeting to extend the on twice in order to make it on the fall ballot.

open forum time because debate on the Memorial Union referendum was so contentious.

LAWSUIT, from 1 research library partners,” the statement said. “The case has no merit and completely disregards the rights of libraries and their users under the law, especially fair use.”

Another area of contention in the lawsuit is the “Orphan Works Project,” slated to begin Oct. 13. This project digitizes books protected by copyright but whose

rights holders cannot be found.

The Authors Guild is accusing the Orphan Works Project of not putting forth significant effort in finding these rights holders, according to its most recent blog post.

Angelo Loukakis, the executive director of the Australian Society of Authors, said this project is a direct attack on authors. In a recent statement, he also said

American universities do not have the right to forfeit protections without consent.

“Maybe it doesn’t seem like it to some, but writing books is an author’s reallife work and livelihood. … These aren’t orphaned books, they’re abducted books,” Loukakis said in the release.

Van Gemert said he believed the Orphan Works Project is a way to cover the lawsuit’s anti-

COSTS, from 1 grounds and rotunda for the majority of the protests. He said the city has overfilled the bill in order to get improper state financing. “[I believe] that the city of Madison has padded this bill,” Nass said. “They saw a way to take advantage of tax payer dollars, and they are taking that opportunity.”

Soglin said he did not know why the JFC had decided to reconsider the police officers’ reimbursement. The reimbursement plan was put forth by Cieslewicz’s office and has continued to be sought under Soglin’s office.

Solgin said the city would not concern itself with the effect reimbursing the police officers would have on the city’s budget until the JFC decides what to do with the reimbursement requests.

He said he is confident that the measure will be approved.

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Two city commissions to offer joint hearings UDC, Landmarks: allowing proposals 1 meeting would maximize efficiency George LeVines News Reporter Two city commissions gathered Wednesday evening to hammer out the overlap and inefficiencies between the two groups.

Madison’s Urban Design and Landmarks Commissions deliberated what many members called a ping-pong effect — the chosen phrase used to describe proposals that are often sent back and forth between the two commissions.

“The interaction between the two commissions was really highlighted in the Edgewater process,” Executive Director of the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation Jason Tish said.

UDC is charged with hearing proposals from developers and providing

recommendations to ensure public and private projects are held to a high design standard.

The Landmarks Commission designates and protects historical landmarks and oversees additions and renovations at such locations.

Overlap occurs between the two commissions when developers propose projects on designated landmarks, like the Edgewater proposal.

The Edgewater hotel is most recently the subject of Mayor Paul Soglin’s funding cuts, putting a burden on the controversial redevelopment plan.

In Dec. 2009, the City Council and Landmarks Commission denied the proposal to expand the hotel from the Hammes Company — known for developing the Kohl Center — but the project was revived by the Council in Jan. 2010.

“Edgewater was really the trigger on this,” Ald. Marsha Rummel, District 6, who sits on both commissions, said.

“No policy was ever adopted, the Landmarks Commission just saw proposals first because their [approval] is a go or no go.”

Former Mayor Dave Cieslewicz questioned the process leading the two commissions to address instances where a different approach is more suitable, Rummel said.

The commissions entertained calling joint meetings for large projects requiring significant input from both the UDC and Landmarks.

“We resolved that the offer to have joint meetings will be available [to developers],” UDC Chair Richard Wagner said.

The commissions immediately decided to meet jointly on two upcoming proposals.

The first for Bethel Lutheran Church at 100 Wisconsin Ave. and the second for two properties on West Mifflin Street where the Overture Center plans to develop, according to Rummel.

The Overture is looking to buy the block. One of

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UDC Chair Richard Wagner speaks at Wednesday’s combined meeting with the city’s Landmarks Commission. Wagner said the two commissions would offer the option of having a joint meeting for developers who are presenting large development projects. the buildings they plan to demolish is landmarked and the other very well could be, Rummel said.

UDC members expressed concern with the City Council’s plan to push the commission to having only one pass at proposals.

Doing so would result in many rejected proposals and may discourage

projects that would otherwise improve the city, they said.

The commissions also discussed the use of vinyl siding in projects.

An email from architect and UDC member Mark Smith encouraged both commissions to reject proposals using vinyl because of its toxicity and negative environmental

impact.

Members of the Landmarks Commission said the five districts they oversee put together grassroots efforts to write their own ordinances.

“In order to change that, each district would have to have their ordinances rewritten,” Landmarks secretary Amy Scanlon said.

Minn. fire creates air quality problems in Wis. DNR warns of red level advisory, says Wisconsinites could feel health effects Katherine Kreuger Deputy News Editor Residents in some Wisconsin counties may be feeling the health effects of an expansive forest fire Wednesday, although the fire itself continues to rage miles away in Minnesota.

The Department of Natural Resources issued a “red” level air quality advisory Wednesday, cautioning residents in Kenosha, Racine, Milwaukee and Waukesha counties that even citizens without chronic illnesses would likely experience symptoms.

The original blaze started as a result of lightening in Pagami Creek, about 15 miles from Ely, Minn.

DNR Air Monitoring Chief Bart Sponseller said while the fire has not yet

been contained, weather conditions in Wisconsin are allowing for air quality to continue improving.

The fire, which began Saturday, has consumed an area of nearly 60,000 sq. acres.

As the prevailing winds have carried the smoke plumes created by the fire into the eastern part of the state, Sponseller said the cumulative effect of particles in the air is considered unhealthy for all individuals. “[Tuesday], acute

symptoms, including wheezing and coughing, were common.

[Wednesday], we’ve seen an air quality improvement,” he said.

“The impact we’ve been seeing is quite unusual.”

DNR spokesperson Laurel Steffes said the advisory was based on air monitoring units that average data collected for a 24-hour period.

Steffes also said a red level warning is considered rare, with the most recent similar advisory dating

back to 2007.

She also emphasized the current poor air quality rating is not a result of local pollution in the state, but rather a direct result of the smoke and particles created by the fire.

Although a statement from the DNR said the advisory was scheduled to end at 11:00 p.m.

Wednesday, Steffes said officials are recommending caution of individuals with cardiac or pulmonary diseases and asthma past the expiration.

“We just wanted people to be aware that conditions were such that everyone could be affected,” she said.

Sponseller added these susceptible individuals could continue to feel a range of symptoms for up to 72 hours after the exposure occurred.

He also said while a warning of this severity is uncommon, Wisconsinites have previously felt the effects of forest fires from particularly aggressive blazes in the western states and Canada.

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Law School receives federal grant to boost program AmeriCorps staffers to join UW students in pro bono work Adelaide Blanchard News Editor Pro bono law efforts at the campus level are expected to boost in the coming months after the University of Wisconsin Law School announced its receipt of federal funds to bolster its mission.

The Pro Bono Program at the Law School announced in a statement yesterday it received a grant from a chapter of AmeriCorps that will give it two staff members to perpetuate and build the

program’s mission in the coming months.

The program gives pro bono attorneys at social justice organizations a chance to pair up with a UW law student to work on cases, Pro Bono Program director Ann Zimmerman said.

AmeriCorps Vista Program Director Stephanie Jung said her organization places a person in a program — like the Pro Bono Program — that AmeriCorps believes will fight poverty and economic disparity.

“Basically, we try to contact community partners that are addressing issues that recruit attorneys, and we offer to partner students

with pro bono attorneys so more attorneys will take it on and students will address poverty issues,” Zimmerman said.

What the Vista position will aim to do, Jung said, is strengthen the ties between the groups that have lawyers doing pro bono work for more disenfranchised groups in society and the law students who can assist them in the program.

In the past, the pro bono program has teamed up with groups that work on disability rights for prisoners in Wisconsin, domestic abuse prevention and intervention and immigration issues, Zimmerman said.

Max Han worked in the Pro Bono Program while in the UW Law School and said his experience helping the Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups was memorable.

UW is not the only university with a member of the AmeriCorps Vista chapter, and not all of the Vista workers deal with the law, Jung said.

The UW Law School group was not the only program with good financial news. Several state agencies, including the Department of Justice, received a $2.5 million grant from a federal agency called NICs Act Records Improvement Program, according to a statement from the Office

of Justice Assistance.

Last year, the same agency only awarded Wisconsin $980,000.

This year, the Office of Justice Assistance was able to put together a more comprehensive, competitive application, which is why the awarded grant more than doubled, Office of Justice Assistance spokesperson Tami Jackson said.

Jackson said the money is going to help the different state departments update and expand data-sharing projects.

The funds will try to make data-sharing in the criminal justice system easier, according to the statement from the OJA.

Some of the funded projects will include a space to determine a person’s eligibility to borrow a firearm and also update the current software, which keeps and shares rap sheets.

“A lot of different state and local agencies having access to data and this money will go further several projects that will lead to better datasharing and better datasystem improvements,” Jackson said.

The grant will be renewable for three years, according to a statement from the UW Law School.

The school’s pro bono program began in 2007 on the Madison campus, the statement said.

Walker speaks out against Great Lakes regulations New York’s shipping rules could damage economies elsewhere Sean Kirkby State Reporter Gov. Scott Walker and several other governors are joining the federal government and Canada in demanding New York reconsider shipping regulations that protect waters from invasive species but could damage Wisconsin’s economy.

In a letter sent to New York’s Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo last week, Walker joined forces with the Republican governors John Kasick of Ohio and

Mitch Daniels of Indiana to argue that unless the New York Department of Environmental Conservation regulations are amended, the regulations could require the St. Lawrence Seaway to close down, resulting in thousands of job losses in the Great Lakes states and in Canada.

New York’s regulations deal with ballast discharge.

When cargo ships are not fully loaded, they have to take on water to maintain their stability. This water is stored in ballast tanks, and may host aquatic organisms.

When ships discharge this water in harbors, they may also discharge these organisms that could become invasive, Steven

Fisher, executive director of the American Great Lakes Ports Association, said.

The regulations require boats to install ballast cleaning technology that will clean water to a certain quality standard.

The regulations also create a water quality standard 100 times stronger than the current standards given by the International Maritime Organization, which coordinates international shipping policy.

According to Walker’s letter, the regulations require that ships built after 2013 meet requirements 1,000 times stronger.

The regulations affect Wisconsin, since most of the ships that go through the Great Lakes pass through

New York waters and ports, where the regulations will be enforced, Fisher said.

These regulations apply to all ships passing through New York harbors.

“Today, there is no technology approved by the United States Coast Guard to meet New York’s regulatory requirements,” the letter said. “In fact, the USCG has yet to establish a ballast water treatment technology approval process. Ship owners will not install ballast water treatment systems unless USCG approved, because they are unable to obtain insurance otherwise.”

According to the letter, Wisconsin considered establishing requirements similar to the ones in New

York in Feb. 2010. Later that year, the Department of National Resources, in collaboration with scientists, naval architects and other experts, including NYDEC staff, determined the technology does not exist to meet the standards.

Walker and the other governors are not the first to argue against New York’s regulations. Besides the shipping industry, the federal government, along with the provinces of Quebec and Ontario and the Canadian government, have also complained against the regulations, Fisher said.

“We are quite pleased that Gov. Walker has added his voice to the existing chorus that are pointing out that these regulations are

technically unworkable,” Fisher said. “We hope that it’s going to have an impact on these regulations.“ While New York has not announced any changes to its regulations, the NYDEC is working with the Environmental Protection Agency to find a national standard, NYDEC spokesperson Emily DeSantis said in an email to The Badger Herald.

“We are working with other states and encouraging EPA to adopt a standard by Nov. 2011 that is achievable and protects the state’s coastal waters from invasive species” DeSantis said. “We plan to re-examine our requirements following the release of EPA’s proposal this November.”

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“We had pretty much ran the other unions out [to 2014], and it was a unanimous decision to put this resolution through,” Clausius said. “We want to save the tax payers and the city money.”

While Clausius said this proposal is the first of its kind presented to the Board of Estimates, he said it would be some time until the board is asked to pass another similar resolution because of the nature of the other union contracts.

“We really want to stress that our goal is savings for the city of Madison,” he added.

Clausius also said he had not heard of any controversy over the plan recently from either City Council members or union stakeholders involved in the negotiations surrounding the new healthcare policy change.

The Madison Fire Department did not immediately return calls for comment on Wednesday.

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Translating jobs plan into policy beneficial for all Shawn Rajanagayam Columnist It might be just two weeks into the semester, but for the seniors on campus, it is already a nerve-wracking time. Over the next nine months, they’ll be assessing their options for next year.

Will they take some time off to travel? Will they consider undertaking graduate studies? The bravest among them will even consider getting a full-time job.

It isn’t the best time for anyone to be looking for work, let alone the newly graduated. Unemployment has been hovering around 9 percent for two and a half years, without even mentioning the further 7 percent of the population who have been either unemployed for more than six months or work part-time and therefore do not count towards the

unemployment rate.

So with that ominous background, does it make any sense for recent college grads to try their luck in the employment market at all?

Is it really as bad as people say?

President Obama’s speech on the proposed American Jobs Act was delivered last Thursday.

Reportage on the speech was low, given the impending 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 bombings. However, it is likely that Obama’s speech will become central to upcoming national political debate, and so it is worth analyzing, particularly for those on campus who will find themselves in the job market within the next year.

The speech, first and foremost, demonstrated Obama’s talent at engaging with middle America. Throughout the 32-minute oration, he distanced himself from Washington’s “political circus” and emphasized the real-life concerns of average Americans who are struggling to make ends meet. But what of the actual

policy?

On first glance, it appears fundamentally sound.

Obama doesn’t shy away from the substantial cost— an estimated $450 billion — but he assures us that this will be financed in cuts from other areas.

What is disappointing is that he admits some of these cuts will be from health care reform, an act that was probably the defining accomplishment of the first half of his presidency. Nonetheless, Obama has shown that he is willing to come to the negotiating table and make spending cuts elsewhere to satisfy conservatives.

We can only hope that the Republicans, led by John Boehner, R-Ohio, will follow suit.

The cuts include tax breaks for small and medium-sized firms that hire new workers, as well as a 50 percent cut to payroll tax. Furthermore, any investment toward a business will not be taxed, encouraging businesses to invest in modernizing their equipment.

Obama has also

promised $60 billion to go towards repairing and revolutionizing schools and keeping teachers who would otherwise be laid off, and $65 billion towards infrastructure renewal that will keep engineers and construction workers in their jobs. The proposed National Infrastructure Bank will also provide firms with capital to finance infrastructure projects that will impact positively on the economic viability of their regions.

The plan also has contingencies in place to expand unemployment benefits and encourage firms to employ workers on a part-time basis if they can’t afford to keep them full time.

What does all this mean for those of you looking for a job? First of all, that the government realizes there is a problem, and it is trying to fix it. But broadly, will it mean job creation will be spurred and grads will be able to find a job without a problem? I think so.

All of the proposals outlined in the American Jobs Act make economic

sense — from keeping the 280,000 teachers who would be laid off because of state budget cuts (I’m looking at you, Mr. Walker) to the National Infrastructure Bank and the innovation that it will finance. After all, what the financial crisis has really showed the world is that America is vulnerable. It doesn’t have a ready-made answer to every problem, and while its economy is standing still, China’s is moving forwards rapidly.

If America wants to lay claim to being the “best country in the world,” it needs to recognize there are certain areas where it is being soundly beaten and then set to work on improving them.

Just as important is the fact that the plan won’t grow the national debt.

Conservatives have to admit they are impressed by the economic wrangling involved to bring such a claim to fruition.

While Obama hasn’t yet delineated exactly where the money will come from — the details are set to be released next week — it

is surely heartening for conservative citizens to know that the burden won’t grow too much.

Of course, that won’t stop the wealthiest Americans (in other words, those who might have to pay a slightly higher tax bill this year) from complaining that the government is taking all their money.

The American Jobs Act will work. It might not work overnight, but it certainly will help to inject the economy with a muchneeded boost.

Whether government passes it quickly enough is another matter — the middle class can’t afford to wait for Congress to play its petty games. Hopefully when thousands of Badgers are graduating in the May of next year, they’ll have the Jobs Act to thank for the graduate positions they’ll be starting. They just have to depend on Congress to see sense and actually pass it — right away.

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

Divisive rhetoric rules Herald Editorial U.S. discourse post 9/11 In defense of diversity Spencer Lindsay Staff Writer As we all know, this weekend marked a grim, sobering milestone in this country’s history. The attacks of Sept. 11 were horrifying, and though at the time many students here could not fully comprehend the tragedy as it happened because they were too young, we have been immersed in the post-9/11 political climate for as long as we can remember. This political era brought about by the tragedy has been of great hindrance to our political dialogue and has brought out some of the worst qualities of American politics.

In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, the nation united in the name of our common patriotic principles.

President George W. Bush saw his approval rating hit 90 percent, the world stopped in commemoration of the heroes and citizens that we lost that day and many were inspired to act on behalf of their country.

Military enlistment spiked. The country was united in the search for justice and in the name of the honor of those we had lost.

This unity, however, was shortlived. An intelligence failure prompted an unpopular war that America had no business in. Many called for racial profiling in national security. Many American civil liberties were compromised in the name of safety. After these moves (which may have been extreme in and of themselves), there was a rise in leftist extremism and hate speech.

Some likened Bush to the Nazis, and many called for his impeachment.

Some conspiracy theorists went as far as to say he planned 9/11.

Although I personally hated Bush’s policies, and in retrospect may have engaged in some rhetoric that borders on extremism, I realize now this spirit was unhealthy for the country and has caused an increasingly violent political climate.

Although I disapprove of the compromises of American rights by the Bush administration, they were nothing new. Franklin Roosevelt interned thousands of Japanese during World War II. Woodrow Wilson imprisoned critics of World War I, and the Red Scare greatly compromised the civil liberties of foreigners. Abraham Lincoln imprisoned secessionists, suspended habeas corpus and imposed martial law. John Adams passed the Alien and Sedition acts in 1798. The compromise of rights for safety has played its way through history and is no reason to liken Bush to the Nazis.

Waterboarding is a sad compromise of American ideals; however, this torture, because of both

its method and the scale it was used on, is nothing compared to what went on in Nazi Germany. Although Bush’s policies were outrageous and stretched the law, he did nothing to deserve being called a Nazi, nor did he deserve impeachment. Any notion that he planned the 9/11 attacks are sickening. Such rhetoric was, for its time, extreme.

After Bush’s presidency, this extremism magnified and shifted sides.

A group called the Americans for Prosperity manufactured populism by bussing protesters into town halls to shout and boo at congressmen who supported health care reform.

The Tea Party movement has brought about extreme rhetoric about economics that promote ideals the economics world widely accepts as incorrect. This nearly brought the U.S. to default and resulted in a downgrade in the U.S. credit rating.

Many attempted to delegitimize President Obama by saying he was not born in this country and that he secretly does not belong to the Christian faith. Much of this was based on his race, and much of this ended when Obama was forced to “show his papers.”Just as extremists on the left likened Bush to Hitler, extremists on the right are currently comparing Obama to Stalin.

As this extremism has become part of the political rhetoric, our country has been plagued by political paralysis. The past five years of congressional action have been characterized by ineffectual legislation brought about by awkward compromises in which neither party is willing to address the real issue. Compromise has become a dirty word, and nothing has gotten done. Our political process has been polarized, and the political dialogue has not been healthy.

Some results of this have been violent. In 2008, Bill Gwatney, a Democratic Party official in Arkansas, was assassinated. In 2009, abortion doctor George Tiller was shot dead by pro-life extremists.

Earlier this year, six people were killed and Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was nearly killed by a conspiracy theorist in Arizona who seemed to have no political allegiance.

The post 9/11 era of politics has been characterized by violent rhetoric that is doing harm to our country. As citizens, we have a responsibility to stop this rhetoric by not engaging in it. We must realize that people of different political views all share the interest of bettering America and are entitled to their opinions. Respect for the opinions of others is the key to ending this violent climate. If the parties do not begin to reconcile, the next decade of politics will be more toxic than anything we have seen before.

Spencer Lindsay (sclindsay@wisc. edu) is a freshman majoring in political science.

The Center for Equal Opportunity came to the University of Wisconsin earlier this week intending to push an agenda running counter to the goals of this institution and the ambition and potential of thousands of students. Perhaps expecting its report of alleged racial discrimination to be taken hook, line and sinker, it instead encountered resistance from a well-organized student body backed by a supportive administration.

UW’s holistic admissions policy is of immeasurable benefit to our community.

It works to lower the barriers to opportunity and success. It promotes greater inclusiveness throughout all of higher education. And, most importantly, it attempts to break the cycles of disadvantage inherent in our society.

The report that would seek to eliminate the above benefits provides a crucial opportunity for UW to engage in a discussion regarding diversity and the barriers before it. By simply calling out and rejecting the report, we have collectively taken a step in the right direction. But it remains merely a step.

The roles of organizer and agitator assumed by officials early on was inappropriate. Defense of policy and practice ought to be the purview of UW officials, and they’ve shown themselves to be more than capable of doing so.

And while Monday’s meeting in the Red Gym was crucial in making the report known to the student body, we take issue

with the conduct of the administration.

University officials should continue to defend policy and practice without assuming the greater role of agitator and spurring students to action. This should remain a student-driven movement, as it is students with the most vested interest in seeing diversity flourish at this university.

As has happened in a handful of other states, the release of reports of this kind has prompted lawmakers to reexamine a practice that has for some time worked to improve the state of higher education.

Rep. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, chair of the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities, is calling for a review of UW admissions practices. Though affirmative action and similar processes have significant precedent supporting them at all judicial levels, there is no legal obligation for the state to ensure such an opportunity. Given the makeup of our state Legislature, the possibility of eliminating UW’s inclusive policies is a very real danger.

UW needs to appraise where it stands with respect to its diversity initiatives, be that the state of its admissions policies, its academic requirements or the atmosphere of the campus and its surroundings. A multifaceted approach is necessary if we are to grow as a community and protect not just what we have, but what we strive for. If we don’t, there may come a day when the vocal resistance as has been seen in recent days fails to be heard.

Signe Brewster

Carolyn Briggs

Jake Begun

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Allegra Dimperio

Ryan Rainey

Taylor Nye

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Mark Woulf Madison Alcohol Policy Coordinator Temporary non-voting community member

Dissent I agree with the editorial board that the University of Wisconsin administration’s reaction to the Center for Equal Opportunity’s report was inappropriate.

However, the board and I differ when it comes to affirmative action.

While I am not entirely opposed to the university’s holistic approach to admissions, I do not believe race should be a factor. It is more important that the university extend opportunities to those who are of lower socioeconomic status than those who have different colored skin.

Diversity comes from overcoming hardship and facing the world head-on in the face of challenges. By admitting those students of low economic status, the university gives them an opportunity they would not have otherwise been afforded because they did not have access to the same resources as those students who are better financially situated.

A student of lower socioeconomic status would benefit more from the rich and extensive education provided by this university. It would allow the student to enrich his or her life and provide a brighter future for the student and his or

her family. If the university’s admission policy should indeed “lower the barriers to opportunity and success,” as the board says, then poorer students, not those of different colored skin, should benefit more.

A person’s race also does not correlate to the diversity of his or her experience.

A young African-American female could have grown up in a wealthy suburb as an only child to two doctors, whereas a young white male could have grown up in downtown Chicago with three siblings and no father. By allowing race to be a factor, that young black female who has the world at her fingertips may be chosen over that young white male struggling to survive and overcome his family’s turmoil.

I am not necessarily giving any credence to CEO’s report or their findings. I merely believe that socioeconomic status is more important than race when it comes to promulgating a diverse atmosphere on campus. Therefore, race should not be a factor in the university’s admissions policy, and doing away with affirmative action would do little in the way of diversity.

Alexandra Brousseau Editorial Board Chair

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SC to the girl who danced with me and complimented my hat on Saturday night. Sorry I had to run before we could talk - maybe we can go dancing sometime?

tonight. SO to not being a business major but still wanting to come here to “study” thanks to you. Thanks for helping me print my paper.. maybe I can help you out sometime too :)

2nd Chance to Zoe. We met last semester during exam week and had a pretty good time at and after the bars, but have only texted a few times since. Hit me up cuz I’d like to take you out sometime!

SC to Grif G, i was too scared of rejection to act but maybe ur not

SC to Duncan. what is your phone number? I should have kissed you back. Lets meet up :) From the redhead who told you the koala/lizard joke last Saturday night.

SC to the girl that passed out outside of Humanities. I hope I didn’t creep you out by catching you, and then telling you that I noticed you were passing out because I was watching you. Though this probably shouted “creeper status” I truly was caught off guard by how damn beautiful you are. Let me take care of you more than you let me and take you out on a date. You won’t be disappointed.

SC to the extremely attractive guy in navy blue running down bassett a little after 6pm on tuesday. run with me some time? straight to my bed?

2nd Chance to the guy who picked a flower and gave it to me as I sat in the Botany Gardens between classes today.

I’ll be there again next Tuesday for you to introduce yourself!

SC to the hottie working the front desk of Grainger Library

SC to the dime piece working in Newells on Tuesday night with the tan hat. ow ow ;)

2nd Chance to my social life.

Thanks to school, work and extracurriculars you have managed to disappear from my life. And it’s only the 2nd week of school. Please come back to me.

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Repeating numbers?

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Tiesto prepares for womp-fest of grand proportions Dutch musician, DJ, record producer Tijs Michiel Verwest to plays Exhibition Hall Andrew Averill ArtsEtc. Writer Grab ahold of something buoyant, Madison — Tiesto is coming to Madison Thursday night, and the trance waves are going to drown your face and turn you into a flounder all floppin’ around on the cement floor of the Alliant Energy Center.

Dutch producer Tijs Michiel Verwest, known as Tiesto chose Madison as the kickoff to his Club Life College Invasion Tour: an aggressive 20 shows at college campuses across America in 24 days. In an interview with The Badger Herald, he said he had been following college students’ remarks through his social networks and decided to go directly to his younger fans.

“There’s a new generation of electronic music fans growing in the

United States, and a lot of those fans are in college,” Tiesto said in an email.

“I’ve never been able to reach this crowd before, and I’m hoping this tour allows me to do that.”

He added he was expecting energy from Madison, which has been experiencing an influx of electronic music ever since Skrillex played his filthy-crunch and Deadmau5 got behind his cube for the city’s fans last year.

“I’d heard that Madison had a great college-town energy to it, and I know from messages online that they’re a town just waiting to have an epic time with me,” Tiesto said. “I’ve seen so much feedback on my social networks from college kids looking for me to play at their schools, so how could I say no?”

The producer amassed a huge following since he began playing and recording mixes in 1997 and released his last studio album, Kaleidoscope, in 2009. The album was a departure from his often lengthy earlier productions like “Traffic” and “Flight 643” — the

latter remixed into a white noise induced thumper by fellow Dutch compatriot Laidback Luke in 2010.

The new album features shorter, pop-influenced tracks featuring indie singers like Tegan and Sara, Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke and Tilly and the Wall lead singer Kianna Alarid. It also nods to dance music staples Calvin Harris and Sneaky Sound System.

“I’m playing around with a variety of different genres now instead of just sticking to any one genre, and it has led to some amazing music,” Tiesto said. “It’s been more of a natural progression for me. … I don’t know where things will progress to, but I always leave myself open to inspiration, and I will see where it takes me.”

Supporting oneself as an eclectic top DJ is not easy, especially with the rigorous regimen of shows spanning many continents that Tiesto maintains on a regular basis.

“I generally look after myself really well on tour to make sure I survive,” he said. “There’s no

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Dutch performer Tiesto will play in Madison tonight as part of his Club Life College Invasion Tour. Notable American artist Porter Robinson will open. denying it is exhausting, but at the same time it is so rewarding. … My production team and I work hard to make each show I play better than the next.”

After releasing Kaleidoscope, Tiesto opened concerts with the album’s self-titled track

featuring Icelandic band Sigur Ros’ Jonsi’s soaring vocals. The breakdown toward the end of the song can cause foot stomping that is largely uncredited; some sources say it was the No. 1 reason the Eyjafjallajökull volcano erupted in March 2010, just after

Tiesto played in nearby England.

Tiesto will be performing at the Alliant Energy Center’s Exhibition Hall tonight at 8 p.m. His opener, who just released an EP called Spitfire, is American electronic-dance music producer Porter Robinson.

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Mason Jennings, who will play in Madison tonight at the Majestic Theater, said after more than a decade of touring he is still on a constantly-changing journey through musicianship.

Jennings’ music called ‘collage of love’ Hawaii-born artist to return to Madison in conjunction with release of Minnesota Kia Namin ArtsEtc. Writer Singer-songwriter Mason Jennings will kick off the fall tour of his new album, Minnesota, this Thursday at the Majestic Theatre. Jennings, whose album was released Sept.

13, started writing it with no vision at all, yet he knew it was headed somewhere great.

“At the outset I was just trying to experiment and see what came out, you know? So it’s just kind of writing all kinds of stuff, and it was only at the end that the songs felt the strongest to me,” the 36-year-old artist explained.

At the end of the writing process, Jennings had a heaping 35 songs that could be his album.

It wasn’t until he and his co-producer, Dan Field, started to whittle away at the conglomerate that they could finally get down to the core of what was destined for his music.

The album has been referred to as a “collage of love.”

Jennings drew inspiration from disparate loves throughout his life to create the album. “[I get material from] just growing up and going through the different phases,” he said.

“Down from being at home with my parents, to going through them

getting divorced, my first girlfriend and then getting married and having my own kids.

It’s just been this really cool journey for me, and there’s all kinds of different angles to look at the world from.”

From being a musician to being a husband to being a father, Jennings has not faltered in his beliefs as an artist.

“For me, the goal has always been to be able to play music and just do it in a way that I feel like I’m not compromising anything. For me, that means making music that I love and not worrying about it, and hopefully I’ll be able to do that my whole life.”

The album steps in a different direction instrumentally and tonally from Blood of Man, his most previous album.

It feels brighter. Opening up with the slow-pianoroller “Bitter Heart,” Minnesota’s instrumental differentiation from the previous album becomes apparent. The piano is Jennings’ instrument of choice this time around, and it’s intimate, almost conversational.

“I think it really came about from my last record, Blood of Man; it had a lot more electric guitar, and I toured on that record for a while.

And after touring on that record with the band, it was just kind of a really

loud tour. … When I came home off the road, I would naturally gravitate toward the opposite of that. I would gravitate towards the quieter and sit down at the piano a lot and play more intimate sounding music. I didn’t consciously think about

The piano is Jennings’ instrument of choice this time around, and it’s intimate, almost conversational ... The live shows on the tour will feature Jennings ... staggering between instruments.

it,” he admitted.

The album, recorded in his Minnesota-woods studio, was virtually a one-man act: Jennings, a multi-instrument talent. There were two exceptions. “Well of Love,” which features a band of Jennings’ friends, and “Raindrops,” featuring actor buddy Jason Schwartzman on vocals and piano.

The live shows on the

tour will feature Jennings and fellow multi-talented musician Jake Hansen in a duo staggering between instruments. The tour’s opening band, The Pines, will sit in toward the end of the set.

The slimmed-down duo will cater to Minnesota’s personal tone and still be able to provide for “abbreviated” versions of songs from Jennings’ older albums.

Jennings said he can’t wait to get on the road.

“That’s the hardest part … the anticipation,” he said. “It’s just a really cool feeling of completion to be able to get out there and share it with people.

I love live music because you never know what’s going to happen, and every night is different.

You know, even if you’ve done it for 10 years, there hasn’t been any two shows that are ever the same.”

And is he excited to get back to Madison?

“Yeah I am; I love it there. It’s been such an awesome place for me to play over the last 10 years,” he said. “Every time we go there I always look forward to coming because the crowds are always so cool and the people are so nice.”

Mason Jennings will make the first stop of his tour in Madison tonight, at 8:30 p.m. in the Majestic Theater. Tickets are $20.

Maybe it’s a cold cut at Subway. Maybe it’s a double cheeseburger from McDonald’s, or a cinnamon raisin bagel from Einstein Bros. When we’re on the go and we need something to eat — quick — we often end up choosing the same meal from the same place every time because it’s convenient and safe.

Although we can be assured we’ll enjoy our meal every time, this leads to bored taste buds.

And bored taste buds are unhappy taste buds.

Luckily, many quickservice restaurants and food carts in Madison offer both speed and unconventional cuisine.

Take Buraka, for example.

The cheerful East African food cart is often found parked somewhere along Library Mall, beckoning to passers-by with its bright yellow sign. Even when traveling between a tightly-packed schedule of class, work and meetings, it’s easy to drop in and grab a Styrofoam to-go box filled with all manner of Ethiopian and Somali cuisine.

There’s the dorowot — chicken and carrots in a peppery brown sauce — the baris, curry chicken and the chicken peanut stew, which also comes vegetarian style. Every dish is served with a cold lentil salad and on top of either rice or injera, a spongy flatbread.

I went for the popular dorowot with injera. The chicken was moist and the carrots were wellcooked. Both were soaked through with a savory brown sauce that ignited my nose but went down smooth.

The injera was mostly tasteless but was a delight for a texture junkie like me. It somehow had the porous-ness of a sponge, the lightness of cotton candy and the gummyness of a mouse pad all at once.

The lentil salad was cold, lemony and bright and provided a welcome relief from the heavy spicier main dish. And the best part? The slim, rectangle to-go box fit

perfectly between my laptop and me while I perched on a bench, typing emails.

You only have to look at the line of students in front of The Mediterranean Cafe at noon to know they serve their food fast.

And the service is fast — unbelievably fast. In the 30 seconds it took my friend Kelsey and me to navigate from the register to an empty table at the back, our food had already materialized in front of our chairs, as though the waiters had known where we were going to sit.

Maybe their speed and intuition is a magic secret imparted to all their employees upon initiation. Whatever the reason, Kelsey and I had steaming hot plates of curry and pita under our noses before you could say “hummus.”

The Mediterranean Cafe serves up Middle Eastern cuisine such as falafel, hummus, pita and dishes based around lamb, beef and chicken.

They have a rotating schedule of specials that is always changing. I ordered the Wednesday special: Zidane’s Couscous — with lamb.

It came on a huge plate filled with chunks of lamb and vegetables on a bed of yellow couscous.

The lamb was like a rich smoky sausage, while the couscous was buttery, soft perfection. The whole thing was so big I could barely eat half — before rushing off to work, of course.

Also, the walls of the Mediterranean Cafe are absolutely packed with tapestries, postcards, statues and all manner of souvenirs. If you look around for a few minutes, you might just be able to ram some color and culture into your institutionalized, detailpacked brain.

Who says you can’t be daring as well as fast with your lunch? Put some adventure back into quick eating, and try out some of Madison’s “fast food” from around the world today.

Sam Stepp is a senior majoring in journalism. If you follow and admire the Chew On This column, or aspire to be a fan, please feel free to email any and all recipes, comments or suggestions to ssstepp@ wisc.edu.

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THIS WEEK'S TOP GAMES No. 1 Oklahoma at No. 5 Florida State

No. 3 LSU at No. 25 Miss. St.

Sat., Sept. 17 • 7:00 p.m.

Thurs., Sept. 15 • 7:00 p.m.

A juicy middle-of-the-week contest to get everybody to the weekend. LSU travels to Mississippi State for its first road game of the season. Mississippi State is coming off a tough loss to Auburn last week and looking for revenge.

Probably the most anticipated game of the week, full of national title game implications.

Easily FSU’s toughest game of the season; a win could mean clear sailing to the Louisiana Superdome.

No. 17 Ohio State at Miami (FL) Sat., Sept. 17 • 6:30 p.m.

Last week was a close call for Ohio State in the Horseshoe against Toledo. Despite Miami’s off-the-field issues, the Hurricanes will pose a much tougher matchup for the Buckeyes, especially on the road.

NUMBER OF THE WEEK

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The number of receiving yards by Colorado sophomore Paul Richardson in a 36-33 overtime loss to California. Richardson hauled in 11 receptions, tying a career high, and two touchdowns in the heartbreaking defeat.

NATIONAL RANKINGS Associated Press Top 25 1. Oklahoma (32) 2. Alabama (9) 3. LSU (17) 4. Boise State (2) 5. Florida State 6. Stanford 7. Wisconsin 8. Oklahoma St. 9. Texas A&M 10. Nebraska 11. S, Carolina 12. Oregon 13. Va. Tech

14. Arkansas 15. Michigan St. 16. Florida 17. Ohio St. 18. W. Virginia 19. Baylor 20. S. Florida 21. Auburn 22. Arizona St. 23. TCU 24. Texas 25. Miss St.

PLAYER TO WATCH

USA Today Top 25 1. Oklahoma (44) 2. Alabama (8) 3. LSU (7) 4. Boise State 5. Florida State 6. Stanford 7. Oklahoma St. 8. Wisconsin 9. Texas A&M 10. Nebraska 11. S. Carolina 12. Va. Tech 13. Arkansas

STANDINGS ACC

Atlantic

EJ Manuel Quarterback, FSU Manuel shredded Charleston Southern for 329 yards and four touchdowns on Saturday. Oklahoma will be an exponentially tougher test for Manuel, but with little run game to speak of, the Seminoles will be leaning on his arm to beat the Sooners.

Team Maryland WF Clemson FSU BC NC State

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UCONN Louisville Rutgers

Robinson may have thrown three picks and dug the Wolverines into a 24-7 fourthquarter hole, but he was also the reason Michigan won the game. 446 total yards and five total touchdowns = clutch.

LSU quarterback Jarrett Lee has stepped in for Jordan Jefferson and filled the void, leading the Tigers to a huge win over No. 3 Oregon.

After 2 weeks, SEC right back among nation’s elite

COACH OF THE WEEK Brady Hoke Michigan

With eight ticks left in the game against Notre Dame, Hoke had the confidence to let Denard Robinson try to win the game rather than kick a game-tying field goal. The result was pandemonium in the Big House.

HEISMAN HOPEFULS 1. Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford ‘11: 461 yards, 7 total TDs 2. Kellen Moore, QB, Boise State ‘11: 82.4% Comp., 3 TDs 3. Justin Blackmon, WR, Ok St ‘11: 20 rec., 272 yards, 2 TDs 4. Russell Wilson, QB, Wisc.

‘11: 444 yards, 6 total TDs 5. Robert Griffin III, QB, Baylor ‘11: 359 yards, 5 TDs vs. TCU

CONFERENCE POWER RANKINGS

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SEC — Still the cream of the crop despite Georgia dropping its week one game versus Boise State. No. 2 Alabama and No. 3 LSU look to be on a collision course for the SEC crown.

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Big XII — No.1 Oklahoma could determine if the Big XII holds onto this ranking with its Saturday night clash versus No. 5 Florida State. It will be a true test to see which can compete for a BCS national championship.

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Big Ten — Penn State could have done the rest of the conference a huge favor with a win over Alabama Saturday.

And Iowa didn’t do the Big Ten any favors by losing to an Iowa State team that went 5-7 last year.

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Pac 12 — The game of the week for the Pac-12 is Washington vs. No. 10 Nebraska. These two teams split two games last season, but Washington won the bowl game, 19-7. The Pac-12 needs this one.

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ACC — The ACC has a huge opportunity to propel itself up the rankings this week with four games against Top-25 opponents, including No. 1 Oklahoma and No. 17 Ohio State.

Brett Sommers Statistics Editor If there was any doubt about whether the SEC was heading into the season with plans other than taking home another BCS Championship, the first two weeks of the season have erased that notion beyond shadow of a doubt.

Even the last place, 0-2 and essentially eliminated Georgia Bulldogs are better than some of the teams in the upper halves of their respective conferences.

Georgia entered the season ranked in the Top-25, but dropped its first two games to two teams now ranked in the top-10, No. 4 Boise State and No 10. South Carolina.

Georgia head coach Mark Richt is already hearing the deafening chants of “off with his head” (well something like that), and this is a guy who is in his tenth year at Georgia with a 96-36 (.727) regular season record and a 7-3 record in bowl games. University presidents across the country would kill to have a guy with those credentials at the helm of their football program, and instead Richt is in serious jeopardy of losing his job.

That isn’t really how the traditional college schedule are supposed to go is it? As Adam Sandler says as Paul Crewe in “The Longest Yard,” “We’d start the off every season against Appalachian State or some slack Division II team. Kick the living shit out of them and get [the team’s] confidence up.”

I don’t call No. 4 and No. 10 slack Division II schools, but you know what? That is why the SEC is so unforgivably good every single year, and the rest of the “power” conferences look around at the end of each season wondering why an SEC school is holding the glass football.

It is almost unfair how good each of those SEC teams is. In just the last week, then No. 3 Alabama went up to Happy Valley to take

on No. 23 Penn State in one of the most raucous and intimidating crowds in the country and made winning look easy. A whiteout meant nothing to the Tide, and it’s unclear as to whether a January snowstorm-type whiteout would have made a difference either.

Alabama didn’t even have an experienced, elite-level quarterback to roll the Tide to victory either. Sophomore quarterback AJ McCarron didn’t dazzle like Michigan’s Denard Robinson, he simply did what was asked, passed for a pedestrian 163 yards and the running game and the defense did the rest.

LSU is experiencing quite a curious bout of success. The Tigers lost their starting quarterback, Jordan Jefferson, to one of the stupidest instances of lack of self-control, getting in a bar fight and leaving one man lying on the ground with multiple broken vertebrae.

What happens next? LSU is so deep, backup quarterback Jarrett Lee ducks under center and immediately leads the Tigers to a win over last year’s national runner-up, No. 3 Oregon. The way LSU has been playing they look to be on their way to an epic clash versus Alabama that could be No. 1 versus No. 2, if No. 5 Florida State can prevail over No. 1 Oklahoma this weekend.

Then you have No. 10 South Carolina. Complete with sophomore running back and Heisman Trophy candidate Marcus Lattimore, stud wide receiver Alshon Jeffrey and the ever-enigmatic, yet talented quarterback, Stephen Garcia.

The combination makes for a lethally explosive offense that can score on just about everyone. The favorite to win the East division of the SEC, South Carolina is as fun of a team to watch as there is in college football. And Coach Richt can thank the Gamecocks for putting him in every Georgia fan’s proverbial (and in this case literal) dog house last Saturday.

Alabama, LSU and South Carolina are just three of seven SEC teams saturating the AP Top25 poll.

Rounding out the seven are No. 14 Arkansas, No. 16 Florida, No. 21 Auburn and No. 25 Mississippi State. Who wants to play any

of them at the beginning of the season?

Arkansas has allowed 10 points on the season and are flying high on the arm of junior quarterback Tyler Wilson, who has been extremely consistent, throwing for 260 and 259 yards in each of the Razorbacks first two games respectively, and that has been while splitting snaps in Arkansas’s two-quarterback system.

Florida has given up three points in two games this season, winning by a combined score of 80-3. Yes, the competition for the Gators has been poor, but UNLV put up 17 points on the Badgers, and the Rebels were ranked No. 112 in the CBSsports.com poll, so three points is three points in my book.

That leaves Auburn and Mississippi State, and one needs little introduction since it is barely eight months since the Tigers won the NCAA Championship game under Cam Newton … Cam who? Junior quarterback Barrett Trotter has stepped in to fill the void making the transition nearly flawless. Already knocking off Mississippi State, Trotter is 33 for 46 (71.7%) with 407 yards and five touchdowns after throwing only nine passes all of last season.

Mississippi State will likely drop from the rankings after they play LSU Thursday night, but they will have opportunities to climb back in with upcoming games versus South Carolina, Alabama and Arkansas, two of which are at home. And who knows, maybe every SEC hater’s dream will come true Thursday night, and the Bulldogs will pull off the upset.

So what does such a talent-rich and dominating conference mean for the rest of college football?

Probably nothing more than continuing to complain about the conference’s over-powering nature.

But there is hope. Hope that the SEC is too good this year; that teams will alternately knock each other off the top of the polls week after week while entertaining us all with exhilarating football.

For any of the other schools with dreams of a national title, it may be the only way they can be rewarded with a championship season.

QUICK HITS

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Quarterback Carousel Alabama and Texas: Neither of these elite programs can decide on who its starting quarterback should be. Alabama was led to victory over Penn State by sophomore AJ McCarron, but head coach Nick Saban said after the game, “We still have a competition.” Texas thinks it’s best to split QB time between Case McCoy and David Ash, both of which were behind Garrett Gilbert on the depth chart to start the season.

100 Times the Best!

It is said that the only season that matters it the current one. While that may be true, it is worth noting that with the release of this week’s Associated Press poll Oklahoma is the first program to have topped the charts as the best team in the land for the one-hundredth time. Congrats to all the great Sooners of the past and present.

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The Associated Press

There were heavy preseason expectations for Brown to resurrect a Texas ground game.

Brown has yet to cross the goal line for the Longhorns, but his 5.1 yards per carry average has helped add some balance to Texas’s offense.

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BIG EAST

Denard Robinson Quarterback, Michigan

Malcolm Brown Running Back, Texas

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Coastal

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

FRESHMAN FOCUS

14. Oregon 15. Michigan St. 16. Ohio State 17. Florida 18. Arizona St. 19. Auburn 20. W. Virginia 21. Texas 22. S. Florida 23. TCU 24. Baylor 25. Miss. St.

Leaders Team Illinois Wisconsin Ohio St. Penn St. Purdue Indiana

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Legends Team Nebraska Michigan Mich. St. NU Iowa Minn.

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BIG XII Team Iowa St. Kansas OK St. Texas Baylor Kansas St. Oklahoma A&M TTU Missouri

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2011 STAT LEADERS Quarterback Rating 1. Robert Griffin III, Baylor 250.6 2. Russell Wilson, Wisc.

237.6 3. Marshall Lobbestael,WSU 217.1 4. Jordan Webb, Kansas 209.2 5. Tyler Bray, Tennessee 204.2

Rushing Yards 1. Ray Graham, Pittsburgh 2. Ronnie Hillman, SDSU 3. Taylor Martinez, Neb. 4. Vick Ballard, Miss. St. 5. David Wilson, Va. Tech

322 306 301 301 300

Receiving Yards 1. T.Y. Hilton, FIU 2. Paul Richardson, Colo.

3. Michael Floyd, ND 4. Stephen Hill, Ga. Tech 5. Quinton Patton, LT

333 333 313 307 306

Sacks 1. Vontaze Burfict, Ariz. St. 2. Sio Moore, Connecticut 3. Chase Thomas, Stanford 4. Nordly Capi, Colo. St. 5. Korey Jones, Wyoming

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Best fits for the Big Ten? Try Notre Dame, Pitt Nick Korger Korger’s Korner When I wrote my open letter on conference expansion last week, I had no idea how widespread of a response I would receive.

There were both positive and negative views on my assessment. My favorite comment in particular was, “It looks like a five-year-old wrote this.”

But let’s pick up where we left off last week. Iowa State made me look smart with an upset over Iowa.

I received a large number of suggestions on what schools the conference should look at adding.

So step on up, Big Ten, and meet your list of eligible schools!

Let’s see who’s behind door number one!

It’s NOTRE DAME!

Here are the positives about Notre Dame. It is an outstanding academic school (the No. 19th university in the country, according to U.S. News and World Report) and has the treasured history of athletic success in college football.

The basketball isn’t too shabby, either So why did I snub Notre Dame a mention on my expansion list of schools?

Simple. Notre Dame is a GDI in football — a Gosh Darn Independent. Notre Dame needs no conference to ensure its revenue falls in line with athletics in the contemporary college athletics landscape.

With its current deal with the BCS, Notre Dame basically needs to finish in the top eight of the rankings to be ensured a BCS berth. Notre Dame also receives a handsome sum of money if it qualifies for BCS games, and even in the years it does not qualify for the BCS bowls.

Add that to a TV contract extension with NBC through 2015, and the Irish have it made.

But there are some reasons for hoping the Irish will fall into the arms of the Big Ten. With Notre Dame falling further in recent years from the football success it was so accustomed to, the television ratings have been falling and so, most likely, is its revenue. With the Big Ten Network helping to distribute millions of dollars to even the lowliest conference programs, Notre Dame could eventually see the light that a conference offers constant monetary stability in television markets. How many more losing seasons of Irish football will NBC tolerate before the contract is cut short?

The system as it remains with the BCS is too lucrative for Notre Dame to drop its independent status for a run at conference placement. The only way I see Notre Dame entering the Big Ten or another conference is if the BCS format is changed after the conference realignment cools off.

With more teams in

fewer divisions, the BCS will have to change its automatic bid format to remain relevant. What some have advocated is the possibility that the new superconferences will receive two automatic bids to the BCS games. I could see Notre Dame in the Big Ten, but it’s a remote possibility with the way its deals with the BCS and NBC are set up.

Who’s behind door number two?

It’s the Pittsburgh Panthers!

Positives: Pitt has great athletic programs and a great academic record — ranked no. 58 of national universities. Already geographically close enough to existing Big Ten school Penn State, the Panthers would most likely make a seamless addition to the conference.

Negatives: They already lie in a state that is tapped out for the most part by the Big Ten — and Penn State.

If Big Ten expansion is truly motivated by the search for new markets, Pittsburgh

and other in-state schools (like Iowa State) that lie in the same area as an existing school would most likely be excluded. If the conference wants a new market, Pittsburgh is not the place to go.

Who’s behind door number three?

dissolve in a ripple effect, much like we’ve seen in the Big 12.

That just leaves us with one last team to investigate, a team whose football team has remained undefeated since 1960. Who’s the last school behind … door number four?!

The Maryland Terrapins!

Crab cakes and football!

That’s what Maryland does! This is an entirely new market for the Big Ten. The Eastern Seaboard is obviously a lucrative pull for conference infiltration in the television market, considering the conference’s major hold lies exclusively in the Midwest.

If the conference wants to expand its recruiting power nationally, the addition of Maryland or some other team in the east would make sense.

It may be hard to pull away Maryland from the ACC when the current conference situation seems to be relatively solid.

However, if Florida State leaves for the SEC, the conference may begin to

It’ssssssss MARQUETTE! Yes, everyone’s wildest dreams in the state of Wisconsin would come true if the Golden Eagles would stumble their way into a helmet and shoulder pads. An in-state rivalry is something we have lacked for decades. While Marquette had to terminate the program after years of budget deficits, the popularity and the money football generates today should make Marquette seriously look at reviving football once again.

Which programs do you think would be a good fit for the Big Ten? Let Nick know at nkorger@badgerherald. com and be sure to follow @ BHeraldSports on Twitter for all the latest Badgers news.

Despite battling injuries, Prince making quick impression Sophomore forward hoping to take next step in 2nd year as key UW contributor Ian McCue Associate Sports Editor While Chris Prince’s 14 points as a freshman may have come as a surprise to many Badger fans, the Wisconsin coaching staff knew he was the rare player ready to make an immediate impact.

Prince, a highly touted player from Naperville High School — outside Chicago, started 18 of his 20 games a freshman and showed he was more than prepared for Big Ten soccer, netting seven goals for the Wisconsin men’s soccer team last year. Coaches note that Prince was ready for college soccer before camp even started his freshman year, a testament to his toughness and skill.

UW head coach John

FAILS, from 12 her and get rebounds,” freshman forward Cara Walls said. “We needed to take them on and not be as passive. I think we did that sometimes, but not enough.”

Following the game, Wilkins called for a meeting on the field with all the seniors. Dalton shared some of the message that Wilkins tried to convey.

“We are the core leaders

FENELUS, from 12 also consistently challenged at the highest degree.

“I kid you guys not; he works his butt off in practice going against Toon, one of our better receivers every single day in practice,” senior safety Aaron Henry said. “The work is definitely getting put in for him, and it’s just going out there on game day — facing a guy like Toon in practice all week — it’s just easier for him, once he gets on the field during game day.”

Through two games this season, Fenelus has made a

Trask said he felt the superior coaching and extremely high level of play Prince experienced as a member of the Chicago Fire academy club — a team known for producing high-level college players — were critical to his quick transition in Madison.

Despite his quick impact for UW, the sophomore forward has battled through injuries in his first two years with the Badgers, suffering a separated shoulder last season and nursing an ankle injury in 2011.

Yet, Prince still has a reputation as one of the toughest players on the team and refuses to sit out for any extended period.

“He was ready for Big Ten soccer before he got to us, so therefore he was successful immediately,” head coach John Trask said.

“He has a bright future; it’s been a tough go around for him for two years now. … I don’t think Wisconsin fans nor our opponents have seen the best of Chris Prince

on a consistent level.”

Though just in his second year, Prince is expected to be one of Wisconsin’s top scoring threats alongside Tomislav Zadro and Josh Thiermann. In last week’s matchup with UC-Irvine, Prince drew the penalty kick that got the Badgers back in the game and then scored his first goal of the year to tie it up. His performance against the Anteaters showed that he has the ability to singlehandedly bring UW back into any game.

In addition to his technical skills with the ball, Prince identifies his physicality as another key to making an early impact.

The Big Ten seems known for its bruising play in all sports, and men’s soccer is no different.

“I’ve always been more of a physical player; I got in the weight room about a year-and-a-half ago, and I feel like it helped my game immensely, and especially in the Big Ten for how physical it is,” Prince said.

of the group, and moving forward, it is something we need to take responsibility for and just make sure everyone is organized and on the same page,” Dalton said. “Just take that leadership role and the responsibility on ourselves moving forward and just play better. Honestly ... all we need to do is just play better.”

It will be pivotal for the Badgers to start focusing on their next opponent right away. Defending co-

Big Ten Champion Penn State is visiting Madison on Saturday, but it may be difficult for Wisconsin to shake this loss off.

“It’s really disappointing to have fought that hard in a game and to finally be tied and just have this small lapse in focus right at the end of the game and lose,” Nosbusch said.

“There is only a minute left, so you can’t really do much about it, so it makes you feel a little bit helpless and exasperated.”

total of nine tackles, second only to Marcus Cromartie among the cornerbacks.

Yet, he was also penalized for a questionable pass interference against Nevada-Las Vegas.

“It was pretty frustrating,” Fenelus said.

“I didn’t dwell on it too much; I just put it in the past because as a [defensive back] you have to have a short-term memory. … I asked the ref what I did wrong; he said I kind of cut the receiver off too much.

I’m just learning from it because you know the ref is going to win every time.”

Despite the one mistake, Fenelus is currently on track to have another dominant season.

“He’s played tremendous, but he’s been playing like that, I want to say since the latter part of last year,” Henry said. “He’s really been stepping up and making some plays for us. I think eventually people are going to stop going to him.

Hopefully he can get his hands on a couple of picks.

The guy is — what, 5-foot9, maybe -8, something like that? And people continue to pick on him, but he loves a challenge; he loves it.”

“I had my head on right; I didn’t come out all cocky — and some of the freshmen are like that. I came in, listened to the captains, let them give me as much work as possible and just worked off of that.”

While his technical ability and physicality are certainly a key to Prince’s success, another aspect of his game allows him to be a complete player — his mindset. Despite setting school records for goals in a season, career goals and career points in high school, the sophomore arrived on campus realizing he still had much to learn.

His 2010 performance drew plenty of accolades, as Prince was named to the All-Big Ten Second Team, All-Freshman

Big Ten Team and the Big Ten All-Tournament Team last year.

“He’s skilled, he’s fast, he’s strong, but he’s a confident player and you have to have it up there, you have to have it in your head,” Zadro, a junior midfielder, said. “I think he just wants to succeed and always wants to improve.”

In Trask’s second year at the helm of the men’s soccer team, the Badgers are hoping for significant improvement this year with the goal of qualifying for the NCAA Tournament, and Prince will be a major factor in just how far this year’s squad goes. With Prince not off to an incredible start individually, the coaching staff feels that the ankle injury is what’s keeping him from truly

taking off in his second year.

“Chris, easily if he were 100 percent healthy, we think he’d be at three or four goals right now,” Trask said. “He’s that level of player; he’s a marquee player in Division I soccer.”

If Prince continues to develop and turns into the player coaches foresee, he could bring a new element to the Wisconsin men’s soccer program. On a team full of young players, Prince is one of the most proven and still has three years to build his game.

“Last year, I felt like I became much more of a possession or one-two touch player,” Prince said. “I understand the game well, and I’d like to get our team a lot more involved going forward.”

S PORTS Fenelus starting strong Sports Editor

Mike Fiammetta sports@badgerherald.com

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Senior cornerback atoning for lack of height with lockdown coverage, ball skills Kelly Erickson Associate Sports Editor Standing at a lofty 5-foot9 and sporting a wide smile, Antonio Fenelus isn’t exactly the most intimidating cornerback at first glance.

Fenelus’ friendly offfield demeanor and his below-average height don’t necessarily reflect his play on the field. The senior cornerback does as much as he can to get his hands on the ball against receivers who are, on average, four to nine inches taller than him.

“My mindset, every single time when I’m competing against a receiver, is ‘I’m going to try to make sure nobody catches the ball on me,’” Fenelus said.

“Whenever I see the ball my way, I’m trying to get an interception, trying to get a pass break-up. I don’t like to

get caught on, so I just try to make sure I compete every play.”

From about the middle of last season through the first two games of the 2011 season, Fenelus has been relentless.

The Boca Raton, Fla. native has been badgering receivers up and down the field, breaking up passes and deflecting them away. While he currently has the most pass break-ups on the team with three, he hasn’t been able to claim an interception yet.

“Whenever I play, I try to strive to compete in every play, making sure I’m doing my assignment, and the rest of it will take care of itself,” Fenelus said. “If I’m doing my assignment, I’ll be in good position to make those plays on the ball, so that’s what I really strive for.”

He may currently be UW’s top cornerback, but that wasn’t always the case.

When the two-star recruit initially came to Wisconsin, he had to fight for his spot.

He never attended any special camps like many higher recruits, so instead, Fenelus just played high school football and quickly learned how different the game is at the collegiate level.

During his sophomore year, he lost his spot on the depth chart and was forced to revamp his game in order to earn his starting role.

“I had to watch film … a lot,” Fenelus said. “I used to stand upstairs in the coach’s office just trying to learn how my opponents are, how I messed up my sophomore year, what technique I was using and why I was wrong.

I just strived on making sure I was good on my technique

and made sure I knew my opponents inside and out.”

Last season, defensive coordinator Chris Ash joined Wisconsin’s staff from Iowa State, bringing with him a new mentality for the secondary. Coupled with a new knowledge of the game and a renewed aggressive mentality, Fenelus began to develop into a consistent force in the secondary, finishing the season with a team-high four interceptions and 11 passes deflected, as well as 56 tackles.

“From when I got on campus a year ago, he’s really improved,” Ash said.

“He’s bought into the things that I was trying to coach, and he just competes every single day. He’s a great kid. He studies the game of football all the time. It doesn’t matter what day it is, who we’re going against,

Stephanie Moebius The Badger Herald

Cornerback Antonio Fenelus was looked upon heavily to lead the secondary once Niles Brinkley graduated last spring. In 2011, he is off to a strong start. what drill — he always competes, and it makes him better.”

Wisconsin has said it before — pitting its offense against its defense in practice is the best daily medicine for the team. For Fenelus,

the statement couldn’t be truer. Facing the 6-foot-3, 220-pound target that is Nick Toon every single day in practice, Fenelus not only gets a great workout, but he’s

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Badgers shocked at home RECAP

Women’s soccer fails to take advantage of several scoring chances, falls to Central Mich.

Brett Sommers Statistics Editor

Zhao Lim The Badger Herald

Senior forward Laurie Nosbusch scored Wednesday, but the Badgers still fell.

Chances were plentiful, but conversions were quite sparse.

Losing for the first time at home this season, the Wisconsin women’s soccer team (5-3-0) could do little but stare in disbelief at the scoreboard following Wednesday night’s game against Central Michigan (61-1).

After missing out on numerous opportunities to put away the Chippewas early in the first half, the Badgers fought back to tie the game at one in the second half, only to have the Central Michigan score in the 88th minute to down Wisconsin, 2-1.

With just over one minute to play, Central Michigan forward Chelsi Abbott found a way to get behind the Badgers’ defense and lob a shot over Wisconsin goalkeeper Michele Dalton. Abbott was immediately wrapped in hugs from her teammates, despite there still being time on the clock.

Ultimately, it mattered little, as the Badgers were unable to find a way to score in the time that remained.

“I am speechless right now,” UW head coach Paula Wilkins said after the game. “Our details haven’t been very good. For us to be successful, we need to be on all cylinders doing things right. Whether it’s clearing the ball up the field or defending properly or doing certain things. I just don’t know if we are doing that.”

While it was an unbelievable play at the end of the game that carried Central Michigan

to victory, it was a defensive breakdown and mental error that really cost the Badgers.

A handball gave Central Michigan a direct shot in front of Wisconsin’s goal barely eight minutes into the contest, and the Chippof sewas capitalized on a great opportunity to jump on top early. Central Michigan defender Liesel Toth buried her shot in the right side of net, past the outstretched arms of a diving Dalton.

“We just weren’t playing together,” Dalton said.

The game almost got uglier for the Badgers about two minutes later when the Chippewas had a header go off the crossbar.

Wisconsin appeared ready to rally quickly, seeming to get shot after shot in the first half.

The Badgers outshot the Chippewas 16-9 for the game and 11-5 in the first half, yet they couldn’t find the back of the net. A missed opportunity on a corner kick and a shot that went off Central Michigan goalkeeper Stefanie Turner’s glove, giving a defender time to help make the save, slowed the momentum Wisconsin seemed to be building.

“The keeper played a great game, and it just felt like no ball wanted

to hit in that net today,” senior midfielder Leigh Williams said. “I think we will probably practice a lot of shooting this week and finishing our opportunities because we definitely had the opportunities. We just need to work more on the execution of them.”

The Badgers continued to dominate the amount of time spent in Central Michigan’s zone, and it finally appeared to pay off with a goal 11 minutes before halftime, but the referee ruled offsides and negated the goal.

The second half remained uneventful until Wisconsin senior forward Laurie Nosbusch found a way to maneuver herself and the ball to the net and score low past Turner.

Sophomore Catie Sessions was credited with the assist on the play.

“I don’t think we played with enough urgency,” Nosbusch said. “It took getting scored on to wake us up and realize we need to go for this.”

Nosbusch’s teammates realized they needed to do more to help, as well.

“Everyone expects her to get her chances and make opportunities, but it is a team, so we have to be there to support

this strategy is senior outside midfielder Leigh Williams. With a shot on goal and several crosses into the box, Williams played a strong role in creating many scoring chances during the game.

“Distribution from the middle has been phenomenal, especially the past few games, and their movement off the ball allows me to open a lot more,” Williams said. “We definitely had the opportunities; we just need to work on the execution of them.”

The inability to capitalize on plays inside the box is what ultimately led to UW’s third loss of the season.

Opportunities were indeed wasted, as the Badgers largely outplayed their opponent in putting up 16 shots to the Chippewa’s nine.

Despite having multiple chances, the Badgers only put one ball in the back of the net.

Putting five goals on the board so far this season — including the lone goal in the home loss — with a team-high 36 shots, senior forward and captain Laurie Nosbusch has led the

offense.

In order for Wisconsin to bounce back for the remainder of the season, Nosbusch’s ability to put the ball away — coupled with the offense’s as a whole —needs to be shown on the field.

“You are responsible for your team scoring goals because it’s your job,” Nosbusch said. “As a senior and captain, yeah, I feel responsible.”

Crossing in the ball has been a successful strategy for the team so far this season, as well as in past years.

“Getting around the corner, crosses, headers.

Last year I scored a lot of goals that way from great services,” said Nosbusch.

“We got around the box but couldn’t get that final pass.”

Going forward, the Badgers will need to take better advantage of the chances they’re creating. One key to finishing these scoring opportunities is making sure there are enough players in the box to get a touch on the ball.

“We need to attack out of the back,” Dalton said.

“Our wide defenders need to get forward more and get involved in the attack more.”

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SIDEBAR

UW lacks execution in 1st home loss of season; Nosbusch scores lone goal Caroline Sage Sports Writer After failing to connect on several key opportunities, the Wisconsin women’s soccer team just couldn’t maintain its winning ways.

Despite a devastating last-minute loss, Wisconsin (5-3-0) saw many promising opportunities in Wednesday night’s game against Central Michigan (6-1-1). The Badgers dominated the outside of the field and created major scoring chances from crosses coming in from the corners.

“I think flighting the ball in is a strength for us,” senior goalie Michele Dalton said. “We just need to get on the end of it more often and finish.”

Keeping the ball and building up to the outside is a prominent approach the Badgers usually take on the field. A key player in