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Staff call for extension of Ward’s term Top Faculty Senate committee requests regents add year for interim chancellor Selby Rodriguez Campus Editor The University of Wisconsin community is abuzz with rumors of a possible extension to Interim Chancellor David Ward’s one-year term after a letter was sent from the University Committee

to System President Kevin Reilly late last week.

Vice Chancellor of University Relations Vince Sweeney said while he has not personally seen the letter, he believes the committee made the case Ward should be looked at as a two-year appointment instead of the original one-year term.

Sweeney said the positive impression Ward has already left on the university could be a major contributing factor as to why the University

Committee feels a second year would be fitting.

“I can’t speak for the Committee, but it would appear they are very happy with Chancellor Ward’s performance in the short time he’s been here,” Sweeney said.

Citing the flexibilities the university gained and the money lost during the 2011-13 budget cycle, Sweeney said Ward’s reputation as a strong and experienced leader would prove beneficial during this important time.

He highlighted the

University Committee would be well aware of this, as well as other facets of the university.

“These two years are crucial for UW, and the extension of Ward’s appointment would help with stability,” he said. “The general feeling is that someone as experienced as Ward can prove to be very valuable.”

Associated Students of Madison Chair Allie Gardner agreed, stating a second year would add a needed sense of stability.

“In the past year, the university and state have been in economic and political turmoil,” she said. “Consistency in Bascom would be a good thing.”

Should Reilly consider adding a second year to Ward’s term, Gardner emphasized he would talk to several university stakeholders and the Board of Regents before making a decision.

She also said the University Committee is asking the search and screen committee, which

is designed to help select the next permanent chancellor, not convene until the end of the academic year.

This would delay the current timeline of the search and screen committee, whose nominations are due Sept.

30, with a prospective deadline of having a new chancellor named in the spring in order to assume office by July 2012.

Ward, who came out of retirement to serve as

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PROFS register opposing GOP stem cell legislation UW professor group against laws to criminalize fetal body part research Katie Foran-McHale News Reporter

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Hundreds of Madison community members and friends of Brittany Zimmermann, a UW student who was killed near campus in 2008, came out to support Crime Stoppers during Saturday’s memorial run. Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for information leading to an arrest in the case.

Memorial run honors student slain in 2008 Although the case remains unsolved, Madison remembers Zimmermann Adelaide Blanchard News Editor On a bright September morning, Kevin and Jean Zimmermann stood at the finish line of the race named in honor of their daughter, high-fiving the runners and walkers who

filtered through the final stretch in front of the Memorial Union.

Saturday marked the second annual Brittany Zimmermann 5K Run/ Walk, held by Madison Area Crime Stoppers.

Approximately 300 people registered for the event, according to Race Director and University of Wisconsin Police Officer Erik Pearce.

Brittany Zimmermann was a University of Wisconsin student murdered in her home

near campus in 2008.

Her death revealed issues with the Dane County 911 Center after it was found a 911 dispatcher received a call from her phone shortly before her death but never followed up. While the dispatcher claimed the call was silent, tapes released during a court case included screams and other noise indicating a struggle.

The investigation to

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A University of Wisconsin faculty organization voiced opposition Friday against state legislation that would make use of and experimentation on fetal body parts illegal.

The Public Representation Organization of the Faculty Senate issued a statement saying the legislation would threaten the university’s standing as an international leader in stem cell research.

The bill, introduced

by Rep. Andre Jacque, R-Bellevue, and Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend, is cosponsored by 51 additional Republicans.

Judith Burstyn, UW chemistry professor and PROFS steering committee member, said she is concerned repercussions of the legislation could lead to a loss of university researchers, as well as the university’s position as a top research institution.

“I think the real concern is that this legislation will so

severely constrain stem cell research that we will both lose the people who we have here who are doing the world’s leading research in stem cells, and also that we will lose our position as the world’s leader in stem cell research,” she said.

In a statement issued to the state Legislature Wednesday, Interim Chancellor David Ward urged lawmakers to oppose the bill.

If passed, the legislation would drastically weaken UW’s world renowned work in the field of stem cell research, Ward said in the statement.

“The bill would affect both fetal tissue and cells derived from fetal tissue, which would hamper a wide variety of promising biomedical and basic scientific research at UWMadison and eliminate ongoing studies such as those involving child development, cancer and infectious diseases,” Ward said in the statement. “This, despite the fact that the federal government permits, regulates and funds fetal-tissue research.”

Burstyn said if the legislation passes, finding and hiring new researchers will be a difficult process.

She said experts in

stem cell research will possibly leave the state in order to be able to practice their work in its fully capacity.

Burstyn also said the legislation would prohibit the use of adult stem cells.

“It’s a serious concern — especially in the scientific community — that the people who wrote this legislation don’t have much of a scientific understanding of stem cells,” Burstyn said. “Therefore, the legislation will be written in such a way that regardless of what their intention is, it will constrain stem cell research broadly, and not just stem cell research that comes about because of the use of embryonic stem cells from aborted fetuses.”

According to PROFS’ statement, as many as 100 researchers could be affected by the proposal.

Jay Heck, Executive Director for the non-partisan group Common Cause in Wisconsin, echoed the sentiment that passing the legislation could have harsh impacts on UW’s national and international standing as a top-tier research institution.

He said if the legislation does go through, the university

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Homeland Security official visits campus Secretary Napolitano reveals new website to help international students study in US Selby Rodriguez Campus Editor U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano unveiled a new website and initiative aiming to help international students study in the U.S. Friday afternoon during a campus appearance at Union South.

The website, Study in the States, was described as a one-stop resource for international students as it combines several agencies necessary for students before studying in the U.S. According to the website, Study in the States is the culmination of the Student and Exchange Visitor Program, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Department of State.

“Study in the States is

an innovative approach to coordinate information for international students considering study in the U.S., and it’s a resource for universities and colleges across the country to recruit the best and brightest international scholars,” Napolitano said.

Napolitano emphasized the importance of international students, stating that in the 2009-10 year alone international students contributed more than $20 billion to the U.S. economy.

She also said that in Wisconsin, nearly $217 million was contributed to the economy.

UW political science professor Barry Burden said linking international students to the economy was a strength of Napolitano’s speech.

“The economy is the number one issue for most Americans right

now,” Burden said.

“I thought that was a clever twist to show how the contributions of international students improve economic situations.”

Napolitano said international students are some of the brightest individuals in the world today, and those who choose to stay in the country increase the U.S.’s competitiveness in science and technology and create a wealth of jobs.

“We all benefit from international students,” she said. “And these students benefit from some of the finest academic institutions in the world.”

Following her brief lecture, Napolitano invited questions from the audience, during which she said the DHS is considering expanding the use of biometrics as identity markers.

This technology could improve the facilitation of students through customs, and Napolitano mentioned using fingerprints and eyes as markers. She did not hone in on any specific details.

Napolitano also said she does not understand why visas for students in some countries take months instead of days. In a previous press conference, she said these visas might take longer to obtain because the country must know with confidence the student is in the U.S. for legitimate purposes.

In the end, Napolitano hopes the Study in the States website gives the U.S. a competitive edge in the realm of education and ensures that the U.S. remains a place international students choose to study.

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Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano spoke to UW students and staff Friday. She said the government is launching a new site to make registering to study in the U.S. easier for internationals.

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Justices deny open discussion proposal Wis. Supreme Court votes 5-2 against allowing live streaming, public attendance in private case debate Leah Linscheid News Reporter An internal proposal to open state Supreme Court deliberations to the public following a physical altercation between two justices this summer was not approved by the judicial body last week.

On Thursday, five of seven State Supreme Court Justices opposed Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson’s proposal for open case deliberations, according to a statement from the court.

Abrahamson proposed her idea after reports were released concerning an altercation between Justices David Prosser and Ann Walsh Bradley, where Prosser allegedly placed his hands on Bradley’s neck, according to police reports obtained

by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. No one was charged in the event.

In a statement, Abrahamson said she hoped her proposal would give court members a reason to behave more appropriately during deliberations.

“We should be, above all, a place where disputes are resolved — openly, civilly, professionally — not where they are created,” Abrahamson said in the statement.

While creating open deliberations can instill decorum, University of Wisconsin political science professor Charles Franklin said it can also prevent court debate from being free and unfettered.

With cameras running, speakers could feel particularly constrained, he said.

“There was a lot of

resistance to cameras filming debates, with arguments that it would either intimidate members so they couldn’t speak their mind, or they would grandstand for the cameras,” Franklin said.

Franklin said the U.S. Congress is the only model for the open deliberations proposal.

He added having open proceedings does not necessarily introduce automatic decorum or openness in debates.

“It strikes me as reasonable that people could have a discussion about it, but any notion that it would quickly or fundamentally alter the interpersonal relations of the court is probably not so likely to have happened,” he said.

While it is not unusual to see justices who disagree with each

other in courts, Franklin said it is rare to have those personal feelings spill over into open confrontation as it did between Prosser and Bradley. He said the altercation damaged the court’s reputation for judicious behavior and crossed the notion of judicial temperament that judges should be able to control themselves.

On controversial and highly politicized court cases, the court’s dynamic is tense, with votes split 3-4 with a conservative tilt, Franklin said. This is not considered unusual, as many courts across the country are generally split.

“Coming on top of the disputes of the spring, the court’s difficulties certainly reinforce the notion that Wisconsin is a deeply divided state at

the moment, somewhat different from our longterm reputation,” he said.

Franklin said Wisconsin’s practice of electing the state judiciary has contributed to the recent tension in the court, adding the polarization in the Legislature has also spilled into court elections.

He said Wisconsin is seeing the use of campaign tactics that should accompany the election of a legislator rather than a judicial official.

“As long as we have an elected judiciary that is also caught up in these very partisan, ideological campaigns, we’re likely to see supreme courts that are polarized in the way that we are seeing state legislatures more polarized than before,” Franklin said.

CRIME in Brief FORDEM AVENUE Homicide Madison Police Department officials are following up on several leads in a shooting in which one victim was killed and a second was critically injured early Thursday morning.

The shooting occurred in a parking lot at 1782 Fordem Ave. around 12:05 a.m. and is believed to be an isolated incident with targeted victims, an MPD incident report said.

“We believe this was a drug deal that turned violent, and this kind of violence is certainly not uncommon,” MPD spokesperson Joel DeSpain said.

“We do not have those that we believe fired the weapons in custody yet, but we have a lot of detectives working on it.”

DeSpain said Madison residents need to under-

PROFS, from 1 should prepare to lose top-notch researchers, scientists and faculty in addition to millions of dollars in research money.

UW research brought in nearly $1 billion in research funding for the

stand that dealing drugs in any capacity can lead to criminals who will target the dealer and try to take their money and drugs.

According to an MPD incident report, the suspect yelled something along the lines of “Money” and “Damn Republicans” while his friend videotaped him.

lem beyond the drug use itself—those addicted have to find funds to buy drugs and we cannot arrest ourselves out of this problem,” DeSpain said.

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MPD officers recovered more than $575 in stolen retail items Wednesday night after tracking down two suspects whom security at Kohl’s Department Store indicated as thieves.

When store personnel tried to approach one of the suspects, the woman began to throw stolen items from her purse and additional items were found in her car, an MPD incident report said.

MPD also found heroin and paraphernalia in the woman’s car, which the responding officer cited as a possible reason for the theft.

“There is a criminal prob-

Madison Fire Department paramedics revived a woman who was found unresponsive inside a public restroom at a local Arby’s Wednesday night.

According to an MPD incident report, after the woman was revived, she told officers she had overdosed on heroin.

“We see many people each year in Madison who are dying and many who are being brought back to life by paramedics, police officers and others as a result of heroin overdose,” DeSpain said.

MPD officers arrested 26-year-old Miles. E Kristan of Madison on charges of disorderly conduct Thursday after he allegedly dumped a beer on a Wisconsin lawmaker in a public bar Wednesday night.

The lawmaker, confirmed by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel to be Rep. Robin Vos, R-Burlington, told MPD the suspect had been harassing him verbally since February.

Still, he said the harassment escalated Wednesday when the lawmaker and two nearby state lawmakers were hit with the beer.

state last year, Ward said, much of it in biomedical research.

Andrew Welhouse, spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, and Grothman declined to comment. State Rep. Andre Jacque could not be reached for comment.

SECURITY, from 1 “Our international students are something we are very proud of because we know the students studying here had many options. We are committed to making sure the U.S. continues to be a destination of

choice,” she said.

As the associate chair and director of graduate studies, Burden is well aware of the problems international students face when coming to the U.S, and he hopes the initiative will prove beneficial to students on campus.

SOUTH WHITNEY WAY Accident A woman in her 60s was taken to the hospital in critical condition Sept. 14 after a northbound vehicle struck her while she was walking outside the crosswalk on the 200 block of South Whitney Way, according to an MPD incident report.

DeSpain said no citations had been issued as of Friday and said preliminary investigations show the driver likely did nothing wrong to cause the crash. He said speed and intoxicants were not a factor.

In the past, MPD has cited injured pedestrians for walking outside of the crosswalk with sudden pedestrian movement charges.

DeSpain said he was still uncertain of whether the victim would be charged in this case.

Burden said one of the most common problems for graduate international students is a lack of eligibility for grants, resulting in a loss of funding for projects and research.

He said he does not know if the new initiative will cover this.

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Interim Chancellor David Ward may be asked to sign on to an additional year serving as UW’s leader after the University Committee sent a letter to the Board of Regents requesting consideration. A spokesperson for Ward said the chancellor would likely consider the offer if it were extended.

WARD, from 1 interim chancellor this year, would also have to agree to another year.

Sweeney, who was sasked to speak on Ward’s behalf, said if members from across the campus community are in favor of a second year, he believes Ward would consider the proposal.

“My hunch is that if others are supportive of adding another year

and if others outside of the [University] Committee think this is a good idea, it’s something [Ward] would seriously look into,” Sweeney said.

Ward’s career at UW exceeds 30 years.

Looking forward to his year as interim chancellor, Ward mentioned the political circumstances that may lead to his second year as an area of focus.

“I am eager to listen

to reactions to the political challenges of the past six months both on and off campus, but my main purpose will be to build on the substantial increase in fiscal and administrative flexibilities contained in the recently enacted budget,” Ward said in the statement.

Attempts to contact Reilly and the University Committee were unsuccessful.

find her killer is ongoing.

“We’re not going to give up, and I’m not going to let them give up,” said Jean Zimmermann at a press conference on the 5K held earlier this month.

Kevin Zimmermann, Brittany’s father, stressed how important the race is to the community.

“It’s about the people in Madison and Dane County that need to take back some of their safety.

It keeps Brittany’s name out there,” he said.

While attendance dipped from last year ’s turnout, Pearce said he attributed the possible decline to other area 5Ks taking place in the region on Saturday, pulling runners away from the Lakeshore Path track.

Tim Caramore won the race, soundly beating the other racers at 15:35 minutes and rounded the finish line with no other runners in sight.

Caramore is working on his residency in Madison and ran the NCAA regionals in college.

The top male and female racers received $50 in prize money. Other prizes included Badger football tickets, according to a statement from Crime Stoppers.

Regular registration fees were $20, and the money raised went toward the Dane County Crime Stoppers, according to a statement from the group.

Dane County Crime

Stoppers uses funds to offer rewards for information leading to wanted criminals, the group’s wesbite said.

“Without them, so many crimes would be unsolved,” Brittany’s mother said at the press conference.

As of Saturday, Pearce said he did not know exactly how much the race raised for Crime Stoppers.

Most of the race’s volunteers were UW students who are a part of Greek life, said accounting graduate student Doug Gschneider, a volunteer and member of Sigma Pi. Gschneider said volunteering was a great way to give back to the campus, and supporting a group like Crime Stoppers was important to those who live on Langdon Street, where safety can be a concern.

The race is especially resonant with older student volunteers, Gschneider said, who were on campus when Zimmermann was murdered.

Dean of Students Lori Berquam has run the 5K both years and said the race is a good way for the campus to keep Brittany’s memory alive. “[The race is] important to us, and we know it’s important to Brittany,” Kevin Zimmermann said at the press conference. “If it had been someone else, Brittany would’ve been here. Brittany would’ve been running.”

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Morgridge Center hits 15th year serving UW Public service institute celebrates significant growth Seung Park News Reporter The University of Wisconsin’s Morgridge Center for Public Service, the campus’ landmark for civic discourse and community work, is celebrating its 15th anniversary with a series of special events and discussions.

The Morgridge Center will host a gala at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery Sept. 22 to commemorate the anniversary, according to a UW statement.

The gala will consist of speakers including Interim Chancellor David Ward and Morgridge Center founders John and Tashia Morgridge, followed by a series of presentations from UW students, the statement said.

According to Morgridge Center Director Nancy Matthews, the Morgridge Center was founded with a 1996 grant from the Morgridges to promote the understanding and appreciation of the roles individuals play in building strong democratic societies.

The center continues to receive grants from the family, Matthews said, which allows the center to have a strong presence on campus. “[John and Tashia

Morgridge] endowed the Center to be the goto [place] on campus for students to get connected with the community and engage in community activities,” Mathews said.

The Morgridge Center’s 15th anniversary also coincides with the introduction of the ‘Wisconsin Without Borders’ showcase, according to the statement.

A partnership between the Morgridge Center and the newly formed global health initiative supports international service learning and allows university faculty and students to extend their work beyond just academics and location, Matthews said.

Proud of the relationships the center has cultivated with more than 120 organizations in the Dane County Area, Matthews said she sees the Morgridge Center as covering an increasingly broad range of studentcentered volunteer and community activities in the future.

“The vision I see for the Center is … a growing focus on ensuring … our ties to the community are strengthened and really assuring students [continue to work] with the faculty in community-based research,” Matthews said.

To meet this goal, the center has recently started the volunteer

transportation program, which arranges free cab rides for student volunteers.

Students are eligible for the service if they commit to volunteering at least eight times during the semester and the destination is further than a half mile from the university.

The program marks a milestone for the Morgridge Center, according to Matthews.

“We are very, very proud of establishing our volunteer transportation program,” she said.

However, the project has run into some unexpected monetary problems the Morgridge Center must address this semester.

“Last year, the program cost us about $120,000 to run and maintain,” Mathews said. “We are asking ASM to consider supporting the program so we can expand cabs to all students.”

In 2011, the Morgridge Center will connect more than 1,200 UW students with dozens of local community partners.

With the improved cab program, Mathews hopes they can reach many more.

“We’re very excited about it,” she said.

The gala is slated to begin at 1:15 p.m. with opening remarks in the forum at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, according to the statement. Ward and the Morgridges will speak at 3 p.m.

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A self-made glass blower shows off his talents to the crowd at this weekend’s Willy Street Fair. The artist is representing the shop Fat Pinky Glass, located on the 900 block of Williamson Street.

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The Badger Herald | Opinion | Monday, September 19, 2011

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When protest doesn’t work: the beer incident Charles Godfrey Columnist Last Wednesday evening, State Rep. Robin Vos, R-Rochester, was at the Inn on the Park with a group of fellow legislators when protesters decided to crash the party.

Racine native Miles Kristan and an accomplice with a video camera barged into the establishment and began shouting at the group of lawmakers, swearing loudly and calling them criminals. Kristan allegedly said something about “money” and “damn Republicans,” and, when asked to stop filming, took a glass of beer and poured it over Vos’ head, splashing a few other legislators.

Beer dousing is a new low — one of the most

pathetic displays of political activism Madison has seen this charged and divisive year. In my book, it is rude to pour beer on somebody in the same way it is impolite to spit on people or throw tomatoes; it demonstrates a profound lack of respect and adult rationality. Regardless of what Kristan and friends were shouting in the bar, the protesters were the criminals in this case.

Protest is a perfectly valid form of political expression, and, at times, it is completely justified and historically effective.

However, the goal of protest is to influence the decisions of lawmakers through a direct display of democracy. It would be unrealistic to expect that being soaked by beer will inspire Robin Vos to change his ways and warm up to the wants and desires of Kristan and radicals who think like him.

If anything, this sorry spectacle will galvanize conservative lawmakers

against the never-ending waves of protesters and frame such activists in a negative light. Spilling a beer on the powers-thatbe wasn’t an act of free speech, political activism or protest seeking to change the status quo.

Kristan’s actions were nothing more than a sad attempt at petty revenge, a frustrated protester finding someone to blame for all of his problems and retaliating with public harassment.

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Beer dousing is ... one of the most pathetic displays of political activism Madison has seen this charged and divisive year. police, Kristan’s beersoaking escapades are no isolated event. He has been harassing Vos since February and was arrested in March for throwing a pink nightgown at the lawmaker during a

Republican fundraiser.

“I’m so used to them following me everywhere,” Vos said of Kristan and his fellow protesters. Referring to the possibility of a restraining order, he added, “I hope it doesn’t get to that point.”

I see nothing political in Kristan’s actions; only a pattern of obsessive and criminal harassment.

It is disappointing that childish and uncivilized harassment such as this finds support in a community of radical protesters who see Kristan as a hero for the cause, and consider him completely justified in rudely invading Vos’ personal bubble and ruining a good suit.

When interviewed, one protester said she thought that “(Vos) deserves everything he gets and more.” Such protesters make a mockery of lofty ideals like free speech and direct democracy and are contributing to a divisive political climate.

By hanging on to partisan grudges and relentlessly

harassing conservative legislators, they do more harm than good.

If these radical political activists are so upset with Vos and so eager for change, they ought to go home, find candidates who they agree with and support and start planning and building for the next elections.

In the past year, Madison has seen far too much complaining and a lack of positive politics. Rather than criticizing those in office, protesters should start finding representatives they approve of and begin working toward the future they want to see.

Lawmakers aren’t the only ones who suffer the beer-stained consequences of protest run amok. A divided and partisan atmosphere — exacerbated by the overzealous antics of people like Kristan — has had a negative impact on all Wisconsin citizens.

A recent Politifact report found that in the past legislative session,

Republicans accepted one of 376 amendments proposed by Democratic representatives. I’d venture a guess that if Democrats had the majority, we would be looking at similar statistics the other way around.

Mordecai Lee, a UW professor of government affairs, said these figures show that “these people despise each other.”

Unfortunately, he is correct.

A bitter partisan divide has become an unpleasant part of daily life in Madison, yet it doesn’t have to be. As we move forward, it is imperative that the citizens and politicians of Wisconsin give up long-standing grudges, give up their deadlocked game of tug of war and find constructive ways to coexist and seek out compromises that benefit the state as a whole.

Charles Godfrey (cwgodfrey@wisc.edu) is a sophomore majoring in math and physics.

Gov.’s failure to comment No votes for transparency on FBI raid strategic move in Supreme Court proposal Eric Carlson Columnist When Cynthia Archer, the Wisconsin agency official now under investigation by FBI officials, announced her “personal leave of absence” from her post as one of Gov. Scott Walker’s top appointees last month, administration officials refused to comment on the reason for her departure.

It was ultimately revealed that Archer would serve as legislative liaison at the Department of Children and Families, where she would earn $39,129 more than the last person to hold the job as a result of Republican legislation giving Walker more political appointments. The same bill also ended collective bargaining rights for public employees.

The Walker administration has continued to give reporters the silent treatment, despite intense speculation that the FBI raid of Archer’s house is connected to a year-long John Doe investigation into suspected campaign work done with taxpayer dollars by Milwaukee County staffers during Walker’s tenure as county executive.

Just as Walker expected the tide of anger over his attacks on collective bargaining to subside, he knows that keeping mum

on the Archer scandal will help the story fade from the front pages.

Of course, Walker’s instincts are to protect himself and one of his closest political aides from further controversy.

Before her role as Walker’s deputy administration secretary, Archer served as Walker’s top aide when he was Milwaukee County executive, helping oversee an 85 percent increase in county debt.

[Walker] knows that keeping mum on the Archer scandal will help the story fade from the front pages.

Walker’s refusal to talk to reporters about the FBI raid of Archer’s home, in which federal agents seized some of her records and a computer hard drive, reminds me of a recent political scandal surrounding a top politician’s willingness to shield an aide from public scrutiny.

In early August, when discussing the resignation of his deputy mayor, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg conveniently failed to mention the domestic violence allegations that had been leveled at the departing aide.

The revelation that Bloomberg opted to keep the public in the dark engulfed his administration in controversy, and called the mayor’s priorities into question. Would he protect political allies even if it meant letting harm befall city residents?

It’s difficult to imagine that Walker has no knowledge of Archer’s potentially criminal indiscretions.

The governor doesn’t necessarily have a clean track record when it comes to his political acquaintances. One of the top donors to his gubernatorial campaign, Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Company CEO William Gardner, was found guilty of two felonies tied to violating campaign finance rules by exceeding campaign donation limits and laundering donations to Walker.

If Walker wants to keep Wisconsin “open for business,” he’ll have to allay the concerns of potential investors, who might be hesitant to put money into a state where top officials are in the crosshairs of the FBI.

... Walker’s instincts are to protect himself and one of his closest political aides from further controversy.

For her part, Archer has denied having ever done “anything at work that’s not appropriate.”

So confident is the agency head in her innocence that she has expressed no interest in hiring a lawyer.

Walker needs to start giving taxpayers answers, lest he continue his administration’s weakening of Wisconsin democracy.

Eric Carlson (ejcarlson@ wisc.edu) is a senior majoring in journalism.

Jake Begun Editor-at-Large Lips, snouts and assholes, my father used to tell me. These are the integral parts of what we know as America’s signature sausage: the hot dog.

So after Justice Patrick Crooks compared open Supreme Court deliberations to making sausage, is it so much the lips and snouts we have to worry about, or the assholes?

Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson first proposed the high court’s deliberations see the light of day on Sept.

6, the first time the court met since the alleged June 13 altercation between Justices Ann Walsh Bradley and David Prosser.

Three proposals were on the table: opening all court conferences to the public, opening discussion of which cases the court would accept and releasing transcripts or recordings of deliberations more than a year after opinions were issued.

But Abrahamson hasn’t caught many breaks in recent months, and her proposals were soundly rejected by her colleagues last week.

Wisconsin’s high court would have been the first in the nation to approve any such transparency measures,

and justices were less than enthused about having their discussions made public, claiming everything from “[stifling] candor” to discussion of the proposal itself standing between a justice and a bathroom break.

Abrahamson plans to introduce further transparency measures, such as relying on an independent body to review whether justices ought to recuse themselves from cases and bringing in experts on small group dynamics to help justices work with each other to resolve issues.

Now, I can’t claim to be anywhere near an expert on judicial proceedings, but when Wisconsinites have such dismally low levels of confidence in our high court, something needs to change. Especially when members of the court aren’t even aware of the problem.

Justice Patience Roggensack, in an impressive feat of obliviousness, said Abrahamson’s proposal may even suggest the court has significant issues that need to be resolved. Unthinkable, I know. Moreover, it’s not only the insinuation of rifts below the surface, but those good-fornothing journalists exploiting a few, simple misunderstandings between justices in order to sell newspapers (seriously though, buy some papers).

I’ll give it to the justices who disagreed with Abrahamson.

The idea of having the

public eye constantly scrutinizing one’s every word can seem daunting and could possibly have a chilling effect on candid and open discussion. But we’re talking about something much more akin to C-SPAN than “Jersey Shore.” Well, for now at least.

What fails to rise to the surface is the fundamental flaw in the electing of our justices and the inherent partisanship and outside influence that comes along with it. If we mean to truly address our problems, we have to do more than stick a Band-Aid on the sucking chest wound that is our state judiciary.

Abrahamson may have some lofty goals for the court (justices keeping their hands to themselves, being held accountable for statements and decisions that could have lasting implications, etc.), but seeking to bring some sense of civility and transparency to the court shouldn’t be so easily dismissed.

The sausage-making that goes on in the court’s chambers is not pretty, nor should it be.

It should be thorough and open to constant reexamination. But no matter how many lips, snouts and, yes, assholes, go into it, we’re all going to have to take a bite sooner or later.

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

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Chicago Imagists galleries show human side of art Multiple exhibits at MMoCA chart spread, roots of artistic movement Sarah Witman ArtsEtc. Editor The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art began its exhibit on the Chicago Imagists Sept. 11 with a talk by several members of the movement. That night, Gladys Nilsson and Art Green sat down with a MMoCA representative in an attempt to draw out memories of the time that inspired these distinctive works of art with other Imagist artists in their circle of friends chiming in to tell their stories in front of art patrons and the Madison public alike.

Green, an Imagism artist who has probably heard the joke about “Art does art” more times than he cares to remember, talked about how he had tried to adapt his interests into something like design or architecture that would translate into a fiscally suitable career, before finally realizing that art was his true passion.

The MMoCA took a creative approach in how it laid out the exhibit by splitting the artwork into two floors — Chicago Imagists at the MMoCA and Chicago School: Imagists in Context. The latter exhibit includes work inspired

by Imagism, as well as by those who inspired the Chicago Imagists.

Gladys Nilsson also had much to say about the era that, unbeknownst to them, would one day be termed the Chicago Imagist movement. She and the other pals would get together and “make art,” an experience that would one day have its own name and be studied as a defined style.

Their shows at the Hyde Park Art Center — usually followed by parties with a signature punch made of vodka, lime juice and a few other choice ingredients — included shows with titles like “Hairy Who,” “Nonplussed Some,” “False Image,” “Marriage Chicago Style” and “Chicago Antiqua.” Their art was by no means monotonous; in fact, it was very different.

Their close friendships and interests in art allowed them to easily share ideas

and inspiration, something which undoubtedly allowed for the success of the Imagist movement.

Nilsson’s watercolor portraits stood out among the high levels of acrylic and other mediums in the gallery — such as Ed Flood’s Aluminum Floater, which you could walk right into. Her work flourished beside the ot her styles. She said she didn’t realize there was gender inequality in

Their shows at the Hyde Park Art Center [were] usually followed by parties with a signature punch made of vodka, lime juice and a few other choice ingredients. ... the art field until she went to New York City and other big cities, because her work and that of other women at the Hyde Park Art Center had been so accepted.

All of the artists benefited from teachers

like Ray Yoshida, who taught at the school of the Art Institute of Chicago (1959-2005). He also had his own work in the exhibit, which consisted of shapes cut out from comic books and placed strategically on matting.

These employed good spacing, and he chose images with complimentary, neutral colors.

Jim Nutt’s abstract portraits capture common themes, by showing how art can reveal a person’s emotions and attitudes in ways that realism cannot.

The distortion represents a personal as well as national angst. Nutt was experimental with shapes, letting the individual’s imagination declare the meaning, such as the alienlike figures in “Don’t Make a Scene.”

Christina Ramborg’s darker toned acrylics from 1980 are distinct from the rest of the exhibit in that they demonstrate a more sophisticated style. Her cluster of works shows the progression from teenagers to adults through her skill and artistic decisions.

The transformation in age was more visible in Karl Wirsum, who was

Photo courtesy of MMoCA

The cohesiveness of the Chicago Imagists’ works reflect the close proximity of their creators. literally tangible in the second row of public seating at the pre-opening gallery talk. He sat calmly and modestly in an orange baseball hat, a whisper of the once-youthful artist his friends described. It became incredibly hard to imagine that he had once crafted the hugely ornate, cartoonish graphics hanging in the gallery upstairs. His works are grotesque and distorted, and show the hairy, oozy,

ugly, tattooed parts of people — not typically valued as subjects for works of art.

The artists that brought Chicago the iconic “Hairy Who” have also given a rare treat to Madison — a glimpse into the human sources of this great art.

The two galleries on Chicago Imagism will be at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art on State Street until Jan. 15.

Talent still matters most of all, even for F-18s, bro Photo courtesy of Bold Films

Ryan Gosling plays a stunt driver by day, getaway man by night in director Nicolas Winding Refn’s recently released film.

Action-packed ‘Drive’ one hell of a good ride With ease, Gosling carries thrilling new L.A.-set escape flick Jenny Slattery ArtsEtc. Writer “Drive,” based on the book by James Sallis and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, is a well put-together film that keeps viewers on their toes throughout the entire wild ride.

Driver (Ryan Gosling, “Crazy, Stupid, Love”) is a Los Angeles movie stunt driver by day, and a for-hire getaway driver by night. With his own set of rules and 100,000 streets known by heart, he helps robbers escape into the night. After meeting Irene (Carey Mulligan, “Pride and Prejudice”), her son Benicio (newcomer Kaden Leos) and Benicio’s father, Standard (Oscar Issac, “Body of Lies”), who has recently returned from jail with a hefty protection debt to pay and main villains Bernie (Albert Brooks, “Finding Nemo”), and Nino (Ron Perlman, “Hellboy”), Driver finds himself in a dangerous dilemma.

Wanting Irene’s family to live happily and safely, he offers to be a getaway driver for Standard so he can pay off his debt.

However, the robbery goes awry, and Driver finds himself, Irene and her son in danger.

The once-mysterious character changes up his game — breaking all his rules — to ensure their safety.

The most suspenseful scene occurs as Driver maneuvers through the dark streets of L.A. early on in the film.

Although this chase scene seems to go on forever, it keeps the audience on the edge of their seats.

When it comes to the R- rating, please take caution. Only one scene includes nudity, but it is long, and the camera does not shy away. The f-bomb is thrown around like a hot potato, as well as a few other blasphemies.

While the language adds to the dark, mobster-like feel of the movie, it sometimes comes off as excessive.

As for violence, this movie is in no way meant for the faint of heart. The film contains very dark and gruesome material. Each murder gets increasingly more bloody and up front.

Heads blown to bits and vicious stabbings are just a few of the scenes that make “Drive” an extremely convincing yet unexpected bloodbath, showcasing the true talent of the visuals team behind the scenes.

“Drive” has one of the most unique and refreshing soundtracks for a movie of its kind.

The lack of mainstream sound gives it a hip ‘80s retro-vibe. Each song plays a crucial role in scenes that lack dialogue, helping to intensify the emotions on the characters’ faces and getting across the message of that moment.

In one scene, Driver is presented in a much different light than previously in the movie. Carrying Benicio back to his mother’s apartment, one of the tracks says “A real human, and a real hero.” This is the first time we see Gosling’s character as

a compassionate being, and the soundtrack relays this quite efficiently.

The acting doesn’t stop short either.

Gosling has always been an incredible performer, and his role as Driver continues to reflect this. Given a character who says so little but must convey so much through actions and mere facial expressions, he intrigues the audience opening a gateway into Driver’s mind.

The moments of pure silence in the film are truly some of the best. Gosling’s ability to go from a merciless killing machine to a sympathetic guy who cares deeply for a young boy and his mother is effortless and deserves a serious round of applause.

Irene, also given very little to go off of, remains slightly underdeveloped.

Her acting does not always reveal how she feels about certain predicaments she finds herself in, but nonetheless her scenes with Gosling are pure and reminiscent of a grade school crush.

Gosling’s developed character is incredibly well-played and backed by a fresh and fitting soundtrack that takes the movie to new heights.

Although the violence comprises straightforward, inyour-face blood and guts, it ties in with the mobster feel of the film.

“Drive” contains all the elements that make its genre entertaining to watch and is a truly unique experience.

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Lin Weeks ArtsEtc. Content Editor Back in March, when the only way you could avoid jokes about warlocks, tiger blood and F-18s was to hole yourself up in your Beverly Hills mansion for 36 hours with a couple of well-paid porn stars and enough cocaine to make Pablo Escobar blush, Newsweek published an essay by the writer Bret Easton Ellis.

In it, he made an interesting argument.

Charlie Sheen, Ellis wrote, was not sabotaging his own career, not contributing to the moral erosion of society, not alienating his fans but instead making all the right moves as a celebrity in the 21st century. Ellis broke the world of popculture into two gorups: Empire, or the antiquated, non-ironic celebrity behavior, and post-Empire, the fame-seeking, stuntprone new school. Aaron Sorkin, Robert Downey Jr. and Anne Hathaway are Empire. Snookie (and the rest of the “Jersey Shore” cast), Ricky Gervais, and James Franco are post.

As, said Ellis, is Charlie Sheen. The article’s message can be distilled down to two lines. This first, about a third of the way through: “What Sheen has exemplified and has clarified is the moment in the culture when not caring what the public thinks about you or your personal life is what matters most— and what makes the public love you even more.”

The other, a little later on: “Being publicly mocked is part of the game, and you’re a fool if you don’t play along.”

But here’s the thing:

Ellis missed the point. He completely overlooked the most essential piece of the puzzle. Grouping celebrities into those two groups doesn’t make sense, because it doesn’t account for talent.

Let’s take a look at three ratings from two shows with affirmed postEmpire leads. According to Nielsen, “Jersey Shore had a rating of 4.4 for the episode that ran the week of September 5. The week before that, “Two and a Half Men,” which was showing syndicated reruns, drew a 5.9. That means approximately 2 million more people chose to watch episodes of a show that they’d almost certainly already seen than a brand new episode of a “reality” show featuring the most Empire group imaginable.

For further comparison, the first game of the NFL season received a 16.0.

People didn’t tune in to “Two and a Half Men” because Charlie Sheen was a self-destructive trainwreck. They tuned in because he’s really good at playing a selfdestructive trainwreck on TV. Is the cast of “Jersey Shore” uninhibited? Yes. Popular? Yes. Are they skilled at being on TV? Not even a little bit. When you really step back and examine it, the scene that plays out on MTV every week resembles neither a scripted television show nor real life. Same with “Real Housewives.”

Same (sadly) with “Teen Mom.” The people on the shows live interesting, sometimes entertaining lives, but they’re neither comfortable enough to ignore the camera nor good enough at acting to pretend they aren’t going

to watch themselves on TV in a few months. And, thus, they’re less popular than both a scripted show and a televised broadcast of reality like the Packers game.

To put it another way: People didn’t tune in to “Two and a Half Men” because Charlie Sheen was a self-destructive trainwreck. They tuned in to “Two and a Half Men” because he’s really good at playing a self-destructive trainwreck on TV. To be a real celebrity, to have people care enough about what you do or say that they make the decision to watch you do it, you have to be good at something, like acting, say, or catching a football. Otherwise you’re just a show on TLC. That’s what Ellis got wrong. Talent will always trump hype, no matter how savvy or self-aware or persistent or post-Empire the person in question is. Viewers will always gravitate toward skill and actors will always be more famous than socialites. It’s true that name recognition is more important than likability, it’s true that all press is good press, but advertising dollars beat them all.

Tonight, after he (presumably) watches Ashton Kutcher’s debut in “Two and a Half Men” from his couch, which is (presumably) made of silicon and uncut coke, Charlie Sheen might flip over to Comedy Central to watch a bunch of comedians make fun of him for an hour. During that show he’ll sit there and smile and take it in part because he’s disgustingly rich and in part because he’s postEmpire but also because he knows there’s always a part where the comedians say how talented he is and that they watch his show every week with their families. And that, not the other stuff, is why he’ll remain a celebrity.

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Improvement possible for UW Mike Fiammetta Mike’d Up CHICAGO — Russell Wilson threw his first interception Saturday afternoon at Soldier Field, and Badger Nation … was perfectly fine.

This earth-shattering event occurred with 9:42 remaining in the fourth quarter of Wisconsin’s 49-7 dismantling of Northern Illinois, and it was noteworthy because it was Wilson’s first interception in 66 pass attempts as a Badger. Wilson was looking for tight end Jacob Pedersen on the play, but a breakdown along the offensive line allowed the NIU pass rush to alter his throw. After pump-faking once, Wilson threw the ball as he was being brought down, steering it directly into the hands of defensive lineman Zach Anderson (a Ladysmith, Wis., native, no less).

Don’t worry — this won’t be a 1,000-word analysis of the first mistake Wilson’s made in a Badger uniform.

The interception certainly wasn’t a crucial mistake, and Wilson’s numbers for the game — 23-for32 passing for 347 yards and three touchdowns, with 37 rushing yards on five attempts — speak for themselves.

Rather, the turnover was a very gentle, subtle reminder that neither Wilson nor the UW offense is perfect.

Prolific and quite often dominant, sure. But not perfect. The Badgers have beat up on all three of their opponents thus far, but as head coach Bret Bielema said after Saturday’s game, Wisconsin has yet to play a full four quarters. That’s why Wilson and the firstteam offense were still in the game with less than 10 minutes remaining in such a one-sided affair.

With the widely-asserted game of the year against Nebraska looming just two weeks away, Bielema knows Wisconsin has barely been tested through weeks — if at all. It’d be shocking if that changed against South Dakota Saturday, and while a 135-24 combined margin of victory, the nation’s No. 11 scoring offense and No. 4 scoring defense through three games is tremendous, Wisconsin is a team that still needs refinement before tougher competition arrives in October.

Six penalties every game?

Conspiracy? Of course not. But for a team carrying a reputation built on words like “headstrong” and “cerebral”, 18 penalties that have cost UW 148 yards are somewhat unnerving. Not so much in a “that will come back to hurt them” manner, but as more of a curiosity.

If not for the six penalties committed in each of their first two games, the Badgers’ six on Saturday could largely be excused.

Regardless of the weak attendance (reported as 41,068, despite Soldier Field’s listed capacity of 61,500) and a very friendly road crowd, Wisconsin anticipated a difficult atmosphere and spent the week preparing for it (crowd noise in practice, week-long quotes to the media about preparing for the first game outside of Camp Randall Stadium, etc.).

But in the first half alone, the Badgers committed six penalties that cost them 45 yards. Five of them came from the offensive line, four of which were false start

PLAY-ACTION, from 10 grab.

In completing 23-of-32 passes for 347 yards (and one interception) Wilson was able to hit seven targets — four of which gained at least 50 yards receiving.

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penalties. The other two were holding and an illegal block.

All together, the penalties were the lone puzzling aspect of an otherwise dominant game for the Badgers, who racked up 14 points in each of the first two quarters.

“We have really smart kids, so I think we might have tried to outsmart ourselves,” Bielema said.

“We had a silent count and a one-count, and obviously we weren’t communicating on the same page there. We were able to overcome it, which was huge, but yeah, it was a little bit embarrassing.

My face probably matched my jacket; I was very upset.”

As Bielema alluded to shortly thereafter, UW didn’t commit any penalties in the second half. Perhaps the Badgers were truly anticipating a much louder crowd than what showed up, and the silent count and one-counts just weren’t perfected throughout the O-line. Regardless, Wisconsin was able to fix the issues after halftime and play a remarkably clean second half.

But still, what happened in Weeks 1 and 2 at home?

Sure, early-season issues are legitimate and even expected. But Bielema made clear that he was paying extra attention to this first test away from home. And if there were problems with penalties against a 1-2 Northern Illinois squad, what will happen when Wisconsin travels to Michigan State, Ohio State and Illinois?

“One of the things that I stressed on Sunday was this was our first road test; it’s a different environment,” Bielema said. “I learned that early on in my head coaching career, how difficult it is to win on the road. I realize the crowd might have been 50-50 today, but it was a new venue that wasn’t Camp Randall.”

Kickoffs remain a work in progress Kicker Alec Lerner continues to improve on kickoffs, a spot he earned even before last year’s starting kicker, Phillip Welch, was sidelined with a quadriceps injury.

But, as Bielema said Saturday, Lerner’s consistency must be improved. In Week 1 vs.

University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Lerner averaged 65.5 yards per kickoff, though he had zero touchbacks.

Against Oregon State, his average fell to 59 yards, though he did have one touchback. Saturday, Lerner averaged 59.4 yards, though his final kickoff was a mishit that went out of bounds at NIU’s 25-yard line. Prior to that kick, Lerner was at 65.5 yards and two touchbacks.

“Obviously, we’ve got to get our kickoffs with Lerner more consistent with what we’re doing,” Bielema said.

“But we’ve got some guys flying down the field and doing good things.”

Depth on kickoffs might seem like the smallest of gripes for a team that’s been as overpowering as Wisconsin, but come those crucial Big Ten matchups — again, mainly the road trips Ohio State, Michigan State and Illinois, as well as the Nebraska home game — any special team’s advantage (or disadvantage) will be critical.

Just ask the Buckeyes what they thought of David Gilreath’s opening kick return for a touchdown last year.

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in that category, with six catches for 83 yards, while Nick Toon scored two touchdowns on top of his five catches for 75 yards.

Pedersen and fullback Bradie Ewing, meanwhile, combined for 115 yards on six receptions.

“It’s a positive thing for our football team, that a lot of guys can make a lot

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Wisconsin goalkeeper Michele Dalton recorded seven saves Saturday against Penn State, giving the Badgers a shutout in their first conference game.

Wisconsin blanks Penn State, 1-0 Badgers snap 2-game losing streak; Nosbusch ties team-high with 4th goal of season Caroline Sage Sports Writer After snapping their two-game losing streak, the Wisconsin women’s soccer team left the field full of smiles after narrowly defeating Penn State 1-0 Saturday afternoon.

The Badgers (6-3-0) were able to stay on top of the Nittany Lions (63-0) despite allowing numerous penalties near their own goal.

“It was a group effort and something we haven’t seen yet this season,” head coach Paula Wilkins said. “I am very proud of them today.”

Saturday’s game was a big matchup for the Badgers, as it marked their first Big Ten conference game of the season. Penn State’s stature as the defending Big Ten Co-Champions only magnified the pressure surrounding this game. However, the Badgers were able to overcome any anxiety and claim their first Big Ten win of the season.

During the 17th minute of play, senior forward and captain Laurie Nosbusch was able to put the ball in the back of the net off a long throw-in into UW’s offensive third to give the Badgers the lead.

“I think [defenseman] Joana [Bielefeld] went up and flicked it on, and I was just standing in the middle of the goal wide open and it bounced right to me,” Nosbusch said.

“Basically everyone else did all the work; I was just in the right place at the right time.”

The team fought hard as the Nittany Lions

MARCH, from 10 a silent count and a onecount and obviously weren’t communicating on the same page there. We were able to overcome it, which was huge, but it was a little bit embarrassing. My face probably matched my jacket at that point.”

Despite the penalties, Wilson led the Badgers to another dominant performance, completing 23-of-32 for 347 passing yards, three touchdowns and one interception.

Wilson also rushed for 37 yards on five attempts, and his 384 yards of total offense amounted to the 5th-best single-game performance in UW history.

“He knows the plan, he knows how to stick to it, but he can adapt very well, very creative,” Bielema said of Wilson.

“Some of those plays he got us out of with his feet were extraordinary.

He’s playing at a high

of great plays,” Wilson said. “Just giving the ball to the right guy, that’s my job, to just facilitate the ball to the right guy at the right time and make plays when I need to. So that’s a positive thing and we’re doing a great job of doing that right now.”

Wilson also combined the play-action with

never stopped pressing into the Badgers’ defensive end. Although the offense was able to produce a goal, it was the defense and senior goalie Michele Dalton who kept the Badgers in the game.

“Whenever we have a zero next to their score, we have done our job,” Dalton said.

“I am happy with the shutout.”

Dalton made several diving saves throughout the game to keep the ball out of the Badgers’ net. In the 67th minute of the game, Dalton was barely able to get a hand on the ball as she punched the PSU’s shot over the crossbar.

“The one that [Michele] tipped over the bar is the gamechanger,” Wilkins said. “She has been doing that throughout the season and did it today.”

Dalton’s impressive seven saves in Saturday’s game took much pressure off the offense, which knew it only had to score once.

“As always, she is an amazing goalkeeper,” Nosbusch said. “Any time she can get a shutout, it makes our job easier. It gives us a lot of confidence knowing that, even if we mess up.”

Aiding Dalton’s strong performance was the strong Badger defensive line. UW was able to maintain control in the back as it battled some of the top offensive players in the country. The Nittany Lions were able outshoot the Badgers 12-6, but failed to turn any into a score.

“I think we were

coherent enough that we were all moving at the same pace and were all covering each other,” senior defenseman and captain Meghan Flannery said. “We trusted each other, so I think it was hard for them to penetrate our back line.”

Wisconsin maintained composure throughout the game, something it lacked in its last game against Central Michigan Wednesday night.

“I think the back line has always been our rock, and for some reason we have sort of lost that a bit in the past week,” Dalton said.

“But I think we found it back and know what it feels like now.”

Although the Badgers were able to hold off the Nittany Lions, several close calls due to penalties and handballs near the box kept the game within PSU’s reach. With two minutes remaining in the first half, the Nittany Lions had two opportunities to score from free kicks right outside the 18yard box. However, UW narrowly escaped without being scored on when one kick hit the post and the other was saved by Dalton.

Emotions also ran high for both squads Saturday. After an ugly battle for an air ball between Wisconsin’s junior midfielder Alev Kelter and Penn State goalie Erin McNulty left both players shaken up, the game intensified and players did not back down.

“It was a good start to the Big Ten, which is always a physical conference,” Nosbusch

said.

“It kept us emotionally charged.”

Free kicks were taken in high numbers. Both teams battled hard as the game became increasingly intense and physical. Four Badger players received yellow cards throughout the game, as did two of Penn State’s players.

“Some of that was fatigue from us playing Wednesday,” Wilkins said. “It was a little bit more challenging for us being tired, and I just thought we brought the mentality that we were going to win balls and not let them settle it.

“They are a great technical team and a great tactical team with their spacing, so we wanted to make sure that they didn’t have any clear possessions.”

A factor that set the UW offense apart was the long flip throws from junior defender Lindsey Johnson near the PSU goal. It was this tactic that ultimately gave Nosbusch her opportunity to score.

“Lindsey Johnson did her flip throw and it was her best one of the game,” Nosbusch said.

“The defense has to worry about giving us a throw in down there because of the threat of a long throw.”

Ultimately, the group effort allowed the Badgers to come away with a victory and be able to look ahead to their road trip with confidence. “[We] saw a lot more heart on the field today than we have in the past week with our play,” Dalton said. “I was really happy to see that, and moving forward, I hope we will continue.”

level. If there’s somebody that’s better out there right now I’d like to see them, because [Wilson] is an exceptional football player.”

Wilson and wide receiver Nick Toon continued to showcase an impressive chemistry, as Toon brought down five receptions for 75 yards and two touchdowns.

On the first drive of the game, the Badgers pushed their way down to the Huskies 7-yard line. After a 5-yard penalty for a false start, Wilson squeezed the ball into Toon’s hands in the middle of the end-zone.

Toon, despite illegal pass interference from the NIU defender, caught the ball for the first touchdown of the day and set the tone for the rest of the game.

UW’s defense initially faced issues adjusting to NIU’s no-huddle offense.

Huskies quarterback Chandler Harnish capitalized early, leading Northern Illinois to a touchdown late in

the first quarter. NIU, however, failed to reach the endzone for the rest of the game. Harnish finished the game 14for-24 with 164 passing yards.

Early in the fourth quarter, linebacker Ethan Armstrong broke through the NIU offensive line and sacked Harnish for a loss of 10 yards.

“Our coaches kind of preached on getting back to the line after every play, looking at the coaches for the calls,” cornerback Marcus Cromartie said. “We even worked tempos in practice, so that was just getting ready for NIU. We knew they were going to come and try to tempo us up, and I think we did well. “[Safety] Aaron Henry and the captains of the defense preached that it’s not about Northern Illinois, that it’s about us, about us getting better. I felt like we did that.”

Before the Badgers were able to consistently

pressure Harnish, Cromartie showed that the injured Devin Smith shouldn’t be too sorely missed. Smith suffered a season-ending left foot injury last week against Oregon State, and Bielema said after Saturday’s game that Smith should be cleared for a medical redshirt that will allow him to return next season.

Northern Illinois targeted Cromartie early, largely due to his inexperience but also because top cornerback Antonio Fenelus began the season in dominant fashion.

Cromartie finished the game with eight tackles.

“I feel like when somebody’s throwing at you, you get the chance to prove yourself as a corner,” Cromartie said.

“Any cornerback that says he doesn’t like competing really isn’t a cornerback. When I go out there, I want to compete, I want to make plays.”

rolling out of the pocket — sometimes appearing by design and other times as improvisation.

With Northern Illinois determined to stop Wisconsin’s running backs, Wilson’s ability to expand the game outside of the pocket — to throw or tuck and run — went a long way in helping UW gain

a season-best 621 yards of total offense.

Wilson gained an additional 37 yards on the ground on five attempts and avoided getting sacked on the day, leading his head coach to come away from Saturday’s win with the highest of praise.

“Russell Wilson, he’s a guy that he knows the

plan, he knows how to stick to it, but he can adapt very well,” Bielema said.

“Very creative. Some of those plays that he got us out of with his feet were extraordinary.

“He’s playing at a high, high level, if there’s somebody that’s better out there right now I’d like to see him compete.”

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Wisconsin marches on at Soldier Field in big 49-7 victory Kelly Erickson Associate Sports Editor CHICAGO — It turns out the Badgers have nothing to fear about Soldier Field or former defensive coordinators.

Wisconsin (3-0) committed more than enough penalties in its 49-7 win over Northern-Illinois (1-2), but still showed a strong offensive front both passing and running the ball.

After the Huskies tied the game at 7-7, former University of Wisconsin

defensive coordinator and current NIU head coach Dave Doeren went for an onside kick with 1:59 left in the first quarter. The ball seemed to bounce off nearly five pairs of Badger hands — and even some Huskie ones — before UW tight end Jacob Pedersen recovered it, allowing for another Badger touchdown drive.

Head coach Bret Bielema credited the play as one momentum shift that was vital to Wisconsin’s success through the remainder of the game.

“You can’t point to one play,” Bielema said.

“But it was definitely a big momentum swing because we did respond with a touchdown and got that score back where we needed to.”

And it was enough for

the win, as the Badgers scored the go-ahead touchdown three plays later on a 16-yard pass from quarterback Russell Wilson to wide receiver Nick Toon.

Despite losing 45 yards on six penalties in the first half, Wisconsin discipline improved in the second half and the damage was limited.

“We just have to keep working at it,” center Peter Konz said. “Obviously it was a different situation being away and on the road [with] a little bit of noise. … We’re a new team, so it’s just something we’ve got to work on.”

“We have really smart kids, and sometimes we try to outsmart ourselves,” Bielema added. “We had Megan McCormick The Badger Herald

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James White (center) slips by two NIU defenders Saturday, something he did often in gaining 126 total yards and a touchdown.

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Badgers’ play-action bewilders Northern Illinois defense; Wilson escapes would-be sacks Elliot Hughes Sports Content Editor CHICAGO — Opposing defenses are going to have to learn not to turn their backs on Wisconsin’s passing game.

Time and time again in Wisconsin’s (3-0) 49-7 win over Northern Illinois (1-2) Saturday, quarterback Russell Wilson feigned a handoff and connected downfield to an open teammate, taking advantage of the tendency of Northern Illinois’ safeties to fill the holes against Wisconsin’s wellknown run game.

Midway through Stephanie Moebius The Badger Herald Russell Wilson became the ninth Badger to throw for at least 300 yards in one game. Wisconsin’s second drive of the game, on a handoff

to running back James White, wide receiver Jared Abbrederis was flagged for a block in the back when the Northern Illinois defender quickly turned his back on the wide receiver to cover the run.

The play caught the eye of UW head coach Bret Bielema and his coaching staff, who then deduced that the play-action should leave targets open downfield.

“That first penalty on Abby, the safeties were turning their shoulders right away to fill on the run game and we can’t put our hands on them — Abby did,” Bielema said.

“But as soon as they do that, the counter-action to

that is, they can’t see what our receivers are doing.

Once they started doing that, that’s why I went to the play action.”

Easily the best example of that strategy’s success came in the third quarter with the Badgers on the Huskies’ 9-yard line.

Wilson faked the hand-off to running back Montee Ball, turned around and tossed a touchdown pass to Jacob Pedersen, who was standing upright and alone in the endzone.

Nobody was within five yards of the redshirt sophomore by the time the ball landed in his hands.

“That was nice,” Pedersen said. “We’ve been working on that all week.

We saw teams bringing that safety down hard and everything and it popped and worked just the way we hoped it would.”

Two of Wilson’s three touchdown passes stemmed from the playaction while several other chain-moving throws — including a 38-yard pass to Abbrederis and a 55-yard pass to Pedersen — did, as well.

The long passes to Abbrederis and Pedersen were two other examples of the play-action’s effectiveness, as both plays saw the two Badgers slip by all three levels of NIU’s defense before making the

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